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CASH 44, B NOW DI M. BECKWITI • LINEN DRAP TION hai made CLOT' as. A ANTED, a f JOHN LONDON DYE 9, RAN BOLD EVERY Arti or Dyed an KID GI MA and MOUSS MR. COCKLE PA.I Grafton Manche Duk Duk Duk f Bedford f Argyll Duke of Beiufort f Rutland Duke of Maribor, )f Sutherlal is of Lansd iq of Nonni Harrowb: Carnar of Gain ,unt ME Lord P 1 Murray Kinnaird Lord M Lord Hartland Lord Western .chbishop of Ar of Durham . p of Bath and U P of Norwich And numerous Fa Mr. COCKLE, St I NATION rdprPd de - r them a be taken at !on Extra- s COCK e late LANDGNAITINE of ...Q.eetable Medi- ;E. , that those Pills only are JAMES COCKLE, APOTHE- I on te Government Stamp. ~,tert b the Public against any specia This mark of authent dangerous Ar 4 4eleter L on don i-row. ,t, Bed "Irmond -Ftn ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE A CLERGYMAN IN ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. lerformance of the afternoon service in St. rri, London, on Saturday, an attempt was made upon the life of the Rev. Mr. Haydon, one of the mi nor canons, who was at the time officiating for the Dean (the Bishop of Llandaff). It appears that the Rev. Mr. Warden, nffender (who wag in PV. Paul's Ca two Yar a3 ast what h e _ the barrel, he per , screame d out .t, as the co r roediat nim• As rm, the attention of P would-be • and could XOO ame of order nds re ad, Bay Itzenick water, an A mess s father's ,e, and ti resided at Ba In this t His abs kRRIVA and swear er was 3ri tain alone would pot es to be derived from the con with that of Lille and Belgium. —On Wednesday, a young man - 3C John Richmond, was taken to the station arg,e of !g to t en heard to s 1 - had no right to reign and that ains out the ffrst opportnnity he had , vas backed by Sir Robert Peel he would his head with a hatchett. anded,and the Secretary of State was I owick Torrin Aches( Alford 3 alarm the soon as the rev. gentlen W. H. Plymsell was dir pimw, witu a icon, in 6.'" - r• i Mr. Bo ' a Bowler both Ler some resistance, from his hand• Plysell and positively was aimed at the Rev. Mr. Haydon, as they were behind the state that the deadly weapon misoner, and conld jug ~ the conclusion of , although he s napped He was im mediately and, upon examining the pistol, it was found to con e shots, which were p reserved by the cathedral. The prisoner was then conducted . cathedral in custody, When be was first seized ambled very much, and remarked , " Y—P on need not hold - --- :I am not the fact accused uting Lil for exec nt whit se was im r for the Queen weapon missed fire and fiv me so tight, for I have J dung more about oc me , bsndker- Nothing but an old pket --re found upon the pri ne and ad d res s, he r statements in this to disclose his to run awa' a small tin tobacco- ome coma )bstinate I to do s " I tt t rying, u I shot was 0:?a was mai ght, and Inferior, Ordinary Middling Middling fair, 5 4i a 54 3 Good fair 51a 51 6a64 -„„ —New York Paper, March 16 71 a 71- 71a--: The French journals state, that on Monday the Duke de urs narrowly escaped the same fate which befel the Orleans in July last. Driving in a low carriage rses, one of the leaders fell, which caused overturned, but the duke previously jumped Nerni Duke drawl IThe death of the Duke of Manchester elevates the Earl o _Mandeville to the. House of Peers. The act for the absolute prohibition of foreign reprints of Ifflish copyright books came into force on the Ist of April. des- ed to Catb( rust by Pro m pas t. and is Mr. Cr s at once mation was disco Mr. Sintzenick, who is a a—Repealer .cted in the neighbourhood e gentlemau above r I During , i celet?te ,nd has resided th his arents, who hay g to I valued The lawyer 3e prlson. London ght was wet it was con- weavir gentleau a bed, a ig further have occurred s a uerfct my 3er of the faimil powerr I Transcript has had no- 111ontm... to arise through ROBBERIES AT EATON COLLEGE The fact Eton a man nar ary and )istol was • unknown to magistrates f s aware of it. ellery from s dan atten- for trial. The Chin( ar to have pre sion. He took ti - d better built .oportior FORGED 1, in 'I 'onnell threatens to eject Mr. Corbally, a Roman rom the representation of Meath, unless he be- after the present month, gas of the first qua lit y icjin ffie b e Sh f e arni l sted to the consumers at 4s. 2d. the 100 cubic Filet, with the present discounts for prompt payment. a steeple chase, at Swindon, on Friday last, the horse Dragsman. dropped down dead. He was £7OO, which sum Mr, Bliss had refused. day to fora line of three miles and three quarters, amounts only to thug caused some uneasi- ty"a s um of £116,088 14s. 7d. In the borough of Stockport there is one spinning and establishment which produces a greater amount of d cotton cloth than, 60 years ago, was produced Lancashire. a poor drunken loafer was picked up —no sense in his head, no cents in hi . s pocket.; rat to his breath—sent to the Penitentiary.- —On Thursday last at d Towers was again placed before the ding watches and other articles of jew pupils in the college. He was committed tlly superior to the nations a tle. A Chinese is at least ti , and by three inches taller th or a Javanese, and his frame am Assizes, on Wednesda 1 the 20th day of Sc Sale, in this county, lel o two years' impribo hen tO LI upon RE SHAWLS SHAWL D-STR it the zodia that it in fact in the longatec we have received New e vessel arrived at this New York one instant at, probably, unprecedented Le comet whos sudden appari- terest anion urnonz those of America. .ore, many persons took its brilliant tail ~ght ? but, it having been seen in the day with the naked eye, in several places distant from each no doubt existed in the minds of competent judges was truly a comet. Its brilliant tail was noticed, for the first time, about the first of March. On the tenth the ne ucleus, or head, itself was observed, among - other places, from Yale College. Its appearance is thus described : We 'had a fair opportunity, on Saturday evening, the of observing the neuclus or head of the comet, it being en o'clock considerably elevated above the horizon. ose to the well known star Baten of the Whale (55 ~ At this time, its right ascension was 1 hour 43 minutes, and its declination 11 1-4 degrees, nearly, setting about t w enty minutes before eight o'clock. The train occupied, , more than two hours in setting • but, being immersed vapour near the horizon, its feeble light was extin , gunned rapidly. and long before it had actually set. The nduclus was, doubtless, far less brilliant than it would have latitude been greater, and the moon absent; liven under these disadvantages, it presented the appear ! ance of a_ bright central spot, enveloped in a misty haze, tion of the train; the whole somewhat resembling a :lamp seen throng h a shade of ground glass. seen than heretofore, being more ele horizon, and extending further eastward. IThe train was better vated abc Its visibli length was about forty degrees ; northern margin NTIBILIOUS PILLS, nhout two degrees south of Gamma Eridani ; eastern visible THE limit near Sceptre; shape resembling a very large feather, with the convex side upwards. The House of Representatives having, on the 22d of Fe bruary, adopted a resolution offered by Mr. Ingersoll, which called on the President to communicate the correspondence which had passed between the United States Government and that of Great Britain on conflicting interpretations of the treaty concluded at Washington, as it concerns an alleged right to visit American vessels, on the 27th the President Jt a message to the house on the subject of the resolution, acc ompanied by a report mad e t o . hi m by the Secretary of State and other documents., Mr. Tylei, in his message, ad mits and regrets that there exists a misunderstanding be tween the two Governments in relation to the eighth article 3ishop of Gloucester 3ishop of Chichester )f Worcester Bishop of Hereford Bishop of St. Asaph Bishop of Bangor ,Bishop of Llandaff Bishop of Calcutta Rt. Hon. J. A. Murray, Lord 8 t. Hon. R. C. M.P. Judge A dward Cust,K the Earl of and suggests the doubt, as arising from the declarations of England, whether the difference is rather ;one of definition than of principle. Mr. Web accompanying the message, reports the sub a s,atement made to him, as Secretary of St4te, by our Minister, and which was the purport of a de -1 the Earl of Aberdeen relative to the passage in President's message, on the opening of Congress, on the subject of the right of search. letter, Mr. N inist Senate had rejected two nominations of the President, vise was three times nominated by the President as er of France, and as often rejected by the Senate. The as two to one, 12 to 24. Mr. Cushing was also thrice cant post of Secretary to the Treasury, They had, however, confirmed the no- Everett, the American Minister at Lon- Minister to China. Mr. Spencer, of the War De- Jent, was nominated to the Treasury. and the nomina- minationof M don, as don was confirmed by the bare majority of one cessor, as Secretary of War, was Judge Porter. Mr, Webster was, it was understood, on the point of re tiring from the Cabinet. Mr. Cushing, it was said, would succeed him as Secretary of State. A rumour prevailed, that Mr. Webster would be appointed Minister to London, in the place of Mr. Everett, who is going to China. The session of Congress closed on the 3d ult., leaving un touched the tariff and the various exchequer plans. An act had been passed reducing the value of British gold about of 1 per cent., which would somewhat curtail the profits of ; and another establishing the rate at ioneys of account shall be current at he thaler of Prussia at 68 12 cents, it 1 dollar 12 cents, the rix dollar of cents, the thaler of Bremen, if 72 grotes, milree of Madeira at 100 cents, of the Azores at 83 cents, the marcbanco of Hamburgh at 35 cents the rouble of Russia at 75 cents, the rupee of British India at 141 cents. The act to carry into effect the stipulations of the treaty of 'Washington had met with little or no oppo - ion and had passed. The President had signed the bill repealing the bankrupt His suc- )orters of specie - 1 foreign n which cer The bill for the occupation of the Oregon territory, which had, it will be remembered, passed the Senate, had been left untouched by the House of Representatives. Trade and manufactures are described as stagnant. Money was abundant, there being little employment for it in business. The ex on Eng,lan Notwithstand the constant arrival of coin by every packet ind steamer, the rate did not evince any sign of advancing. The 6 per cent. stock I g one up to 10q, at which price for purchases. Treasury notes, 'ere on the advance United S ent. Ne qual to 1( ___. York State se a were at 10, interest off, the sale of the State's i operation succeed, e debt. t would ex Canada come down to the 10th ult Sir Charles Bagot still continued to suffer severely from his disorder, but he had not become worse. His reco very was . _ considered very doubtful. There had been serious rioting among the labourers on the Lachine Canal ; they had, how- iediciL The Mexiciis were still engaged in the siege of Cam peachy. The Campeachanos bad, it was stated, attacked them on the heights, defeating them with great loss. A mong th e kill e d _ _ Noll on the side of the Mexicans, General Andrada and a son of Santa Anna are named. The possession of the heights, from which the Mexicans were driven, is said to be of great im portance to the besieged. A spirited action had been fought between the Mexican iron steamer Guadaloupe and the Campeachy gun-boats, which resulted in the forme: being beaten off. Campeachy had been placed under martial law, in order to render the defence more effective and vigorous. Accounts from Aux Cayes, Hayti, to the end of February, state that the south part of the island was in a state of open insurrection. The insurgents had taken possession of several places, established a provisional government at Jeremie, and imprisoned a number of respectable Haytien merchants. Their object is declared to be the establishment of a consti tution modelled after that of the United States. AMERICAN COTTON TRADE.—The late accounts from abroad have greatly checked all disposition to operate in the ' The continued large receipts of cotton at the knson, M.P Ile. M.P. Hon. ( H Fox Ma , G.C.B G.C.H. ald, K.C.B. s B j- urdett, Bart, :ton, Di s, Bart Tyrrel K.C.B ry Smyth, Bart, M•P• rhpw Wood,Bart,D'i•P Sir John de Beauvo Sir Thomas B. Mash Sir Thos.Wilde,M.P.Sol.Gen Sir Frederick Pollock, M.P. J. Wildman, Esq., Chilhant Cas uc el Tynte, M.P. ct-hthoro. M.P. Delap,Stoke Park, Surrey Bence, Thorington Hall ,nel Cowell s Attwoot In 'I P SHAWLS ) BRITISH •• ELLING OFF. 4 DISE-STREET , S extensive STOCK of SILKS. RY, RIBBONS, PRINTS, 1-10- of which an immense REDUC immediate Sale, as the W DAYS to make im :ment of BONNETS of ON BROTHERS, NG ESTABLISHMENTS, LAGH-STREET, TREE? superior manner oVES CIiENED LINE DE LAINI ) and FINISHED DRESSES ;ed YOUNG LADIES to I and C. „..t; rci been had its Business Cleaned 1 hr.* ...._ 3, M.P yir. 0... Mr. Ser Walker, Esq., jeant Talfourd ypant Ludlow_ Archdeacon of Colchester Archdeaco n ofSt.Alban's Dr. French. Cambridge. Dr. Benson g h Rev. Dr. Birch Rev. Dr. Marsh Ro b e rt RenwickEsq• M.D. C. Waddy, Esq., late M.P. , Dublin Hatc hell, Esq., Dublin, e highest respec Mr. s Pills ABE,teasnre in laying ItNETHY'S from a idressed to him in the year it An tibilious Pi le lls ah i as to his al eniT him to I he lice of a ca FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE D STATES '3reat West markets South seem to warrant the highest figure yet quoted for the crop. The following are the stock, receipts, and exports this year as compared with last : FROM SEPTEMBER 1 TO MARCH 10 . 1842. 1843. Receipts 1,088,391 418,428 Export to G. B 1,637,825 758,531 542,434 346,113 8,356 , 51,992 75,945 23,953 Stock, 388,581 504,400 115,869 The receipts, thus far, nearly equal the whole crop of the previous year, and the state of the money affairs at the South compels it to come promptly forward. At the leading ports of the South, prices have declined. At Mobile, for the week ending March 5, the sales were 13,500 bales, at a fall of lc a ic, and prices were 14-c a 11c below the highest points o f the season. At New Orleans, the sales of the same week were 34,300 bales, at a fall of :e a Ac, under the advices re ceived per Acadia to Feb. 5. New Orleans 'rance, 201,983 Other ports, Mobile. New York a 51 a 5} a 61 a 7 paritanuntarp prottrbings HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY Lord WicKLow moved for certain returns respecting the law to regulate spirit distillation in Ireland, with the view of procuring an alteration of the act passed last session, by which, in lieu of the income tax, an additional duty was im posed upo❑ spirits of Irish manufacture. He gave ministers credit for this substitution, but their measure had, in its mfortunate. It was fraught with in ource of revenue, and it had produced vice and immorality to a most alarming extent. Ti►e *nouns of duty had bee❑ increased, upon the plea of assimilating it with that paid by the English and Scotch distillers ; but as the drawback duty which by the bill was taken from the Irish spirit was continued to that produced in Scotland, the latter possessed an advantage which has enabled it to supplant its rival in every foreign market. It has been calculated that the increased duty would produce £250,000, the experience of the year had given only £lO,OOO, of which no less than £25,000 had been paid during the first quarter, while the low duty only was exacted. This, however, was not the worst of the evil. A low duty was the only effective check upon illicit distillation, and since the late addition the number of offend ers against the revenue laws had been in several counties more than doubled, while the utmost exertions of a vigilant magistracy and police, backed by all the assistance in regular troops which England could afford, would be insufficient to suppress the practice, so long as the high duty afforded a bounty to the illicit distiller. The Duke of WELLINGTON regretted that LOrd Wicklow should have brought the subject in its present shape before the house, instead of communicating privately with the go vernment his reason for supposing that the measure had operated injuriously. He believed that the extreme cheap ness of oats and fuel had contributed much to the increase of illicit distillation ; but still the number of offenders, although greater than that of the previous year, was considerably less than it had been four or five years since, under the lower duty. The more temperate habits of the Irish population also had greatly lessened the consumption of ardent spirits, and in that manner occasioned a falling off in the amount of revenue collected. Lord MONTEAGLE denied that the question as to draw backs had been settled last session to the satisfaction of the distillers ; and proceeded to show that an increase of duty upon Irish spirits bad been uniformly followed by a falling off of revenue and general demoralization. He would prefer a tax upon property to a duty which augmented crime. Lord FITZGERALD said, if he believed that to the increased duty was to be attributed all the evils which had been enu merated, the increase of illicit distillation, the increase of crime, and the demoralization of society, he should not for one moment contend for the retention of that increased duty. He did not think, however, that it had, led to any material increase of illicit distillation, nor was there a particle of evi dence to show that it had produced the other mischievous effects which had been charged to its account. The govern ment was not prepared to abandon the experiment, which was still in the course of trial ; but he had no objection to the papers moved for, in no hostile spirit, by the noble earl. The Earl of WICKLOW replied, after which the papers were ordered, and their lordships having disposed of some routine business, adjourned. s brains HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY Mr. HUME moved that a new writ should be issued for Nottingham in the room of Mr. Walter, who had been un seated by a committee on the ground of bribery by his agents. Sir It. . INGI Is seconded the motion. The Earl of LINCOLN disclaimed any intention of oppo sing the issue of the writ, although as the seat had been de clared vacant on the ground of bribery, he felt it right that the writ should not issue until the evidence received by the committee was placed before the house, more particularly as he had himself seen most demoralizing scenes at former elec tions. The noble lord added that the last election was an improvement upon former ones, and he had since heard cir cumstances which exculpated Mr. Walter from improper practices which had taken place, and for which he had lost his seat. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that the Duke of Newcastle, in a recent correspondence, had attributed the suspension of the writ for Nottingham to the democratic section or the house, whereas the issue of the writ was opposed by the noble duke's nearest relative (the Earl of Lincoln) and by the go vernment. Mr. B. COCHRANE expressed a wish that it were in his power to move that Mr. Walter should be allowed to become a candidate at the ensuing election. Mr. HOGG, as chairman of the election committee which had unseated Mr. Walter, said that the evidence disclosed not merely a few isolated cases of bribery, but went to esta blish the tact that there was an organised system in the town of Nottingham. Mr. Walter had unfortunately mixed him self up with those whose practices had led to the loss of his Lord J. RUSSELL contended that the house had done right to suspend its judgment, although he was not going to op pose the issue of the writ. If committees of that house did their duty, they would give a severe check to bribery. Mr. BERNAL said that Mr. Hogg, holding the opinions he had expressed, should have caused a special report to be made to the house. It was a disputed point whether a per son in Mr. Walter's position could become a candidate again, and the house should set the question at rest by a de claratory act. Sir G. GREY referred to the case of Newcastle-under- Lyme, in which it was decided that a member unseated for bribery, either by himself or his agents, could not again be- lat after consideration he was prepared to vote for the issue of the writ, and he had since heard nothing to alter that determination. According to the statute of George the Second, the member unseated on the ground of bribery, whether by himself or his agents, could not again 7 , 77.u5uk. VISILIIIg upon toe men, ber the penalty of the misdeeds of the constituency might have a salutary effect in checking bribery, After some further discussion, the new writ was issued. Air. PERRAND then moved for leave to bring in a bill to compel the allotment r' F of waste land in _ngland. The hon. member contended that the people in the manufacturing dis tricts were in a state of absolute starvation, and the evil was rapidly extending itself to the agricultural districts, and yet in this state of things nearly half the session had been already suffered to elapse without the introduction of one practical measure for the relief or benefit of the industrious classes. A remedy might in his opinion be found in the allotment system, in support of which he argued at considerable length, asserting that no time was to be lost, for the country was on the brink of a volcano which might explode before the con clusion of those Easter festivities, to enjoy which they were soon about to separate. The hon. member detailed his scheme, which was that out of every 100 acres of waste land belonging to a parish five acres should be reserved for the poor ; and that another five acres should be reserved for dry ing-round, and another five acres for recreation. He pro posed that a rate of three-pence in the pound should be levied to defray the expenses of enclosing these allotments, and that cottages should be erected, the rents of which should be applied to the repayment of the expenses, until a surplus should accrue, which should be paid to the poor fund. He further proposed the act should be carried into execution by the tithe commissioners. Sir J. GRAHAM could see nothing in the proposed Scheme but a plan for supporting the poor at the expense of the pub lic. It was to be remembered that in general lands were left waste because of their sterility. He would not, however, oppose the introduction of the bill, though he wished to guard himself against the supposition that he thought it likely to benefit the poor. Lord J. MANNERS thought that public opinion was ra pidly advancing towards supporting some such measure as the one proposed, and he also thought that the present time, when there was an absence of anythi ng lik e par t y exc i temen t afloat, was favourable for a trial of the scheme of allot ment. Mr. HIJME was of opinion that the capital embarked in a scheme such as this would be found out of all proportion great as compared with the probable chance of a return in the shape of profit. It was bad economy to waste money on barren soils when we might with more advantage exchange our• labour for the corn of other countries. Sir J. HANMER said that instead of there being an ab sence of political feeling in the public mind, there was arising a spirit of discontent to be done with only by passing practical measures for the relief of the people. This mea sure he conceived to be one of that character. Free trade, he was convinced, must come at last, and as to taxing or stopping machinery, they might as well endeavour to alter the course of satellites of Jupiter. Mr. BROTIIERTON was opposed to the enclosure of com mon lands, which was generally done for the benefit of the rich and not for the benefit of the poor. Even in this bill there was but a small portion of the enclosed lands to be ap propriated to the poor, and he presumed that the great bulk of them, as in all enclosure bills, was to go to the landed proprietors, who were appropriating to themselves every available common in the country. Mr. S. CRAWYORD was of opinion that the waste lands could be profitably cultivated. They might not yield a return to the capitalist, but they might be made to give a comforta ble maintenance to the labouring man. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. Sir V. BLAKE moved for leave to bring in a bill to repeal and abolish all the oaths now taken by members of parlia ment on taking their seats, except the oath of allegiance. Sir J. GRAHAM opposed the motion, on the ground that the law as it now stood was the result of an amicable under standing amongst the various religions of the empire w hi c h it would be very unadyisable rashly to disturb. Mr. Ross supported the motion, on the ground that all oaths ought to be abolished that could by possibility be got rid of. Mr. fIUME thought it was'absUrd to keep up these oaths, after all that this country had done to re-establish the Pope in his dominions. Sir R. PEEL said it was impossible for him to accede to the motion. When the Catholic Relief Bill passed, one of the securities offered by the Catholics was the oath which it was now proposed to do away with, and which oath, together with the others referred to, was framed with the view of ren dering them as unobjectionable as possible. After a few words from Dr. STOCK, Sir V. BLAKE replied, and on a division his motion was negatived by a majority of 10-1 to 17. Mr. ELPHINSTONE moved for leave to bring in a bill for establishing a Court of Marriage and Divorce. Sir R. INoLts opposed the motion on the ground that such a proposition should not be made at so late an hour when it could not be discussed. Mr. ELPIIINSTONE said his object was to have the bill printed in order that full consideration might be given to it before he proposed the second reading. • • • After a short discussion the'house divided, and the num bers were 47 on each side. The speaker gave his casting vote for bringing in the bi 4.. The orders of the day being disposed of, the house ad journed. • HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY Lord CAMPBELL moved the series of resolutions of which he had given notice, relative to the disputes in the Church of Scotland, with the view of bringing them to a close by endeavouring to place the question of patronage upon a foot ing less disagreeable to the people of that country. The noble lord professed the strongest attachment to that church, having been reared at the feet of one of its professors; but he hoped, nevertheless, they would not persevere in the ey were pursuing. It WaS said that they would partition between the church and state in that but this he was convinced they would not attempt, " ' pproach treason, for it would be y did not possess. They might but he hoped that upon calm consideration so detrimental to the best interests of Scotland course th a usurpation of power the would not by The Earl XISERDEEN felt himself called upon to oppos )lutions of the noble lord. The church was about a ey were told to petition, and if so, would it not have grew anon to complain if their lordships decided its case by these petition. He believed the lutions, if adopted, would aggravate the difficulties under _.,,,. Luau there -••-. canvass or 011 CU-son, ..u,..c.- sary for buoying up the machine, i s state d to b e equal to one ____ ......3c ,i no were not prepared to oppose the square foot - for each half pound weight, the whole apparatus preposterous pretensions put forward by the church. He being about 3,000 lbs., and the area of surface spread out to admitted its value—he believed it had done the most good at the least expense of any establishment of the kind in the world. It was admitted that patronage had been for a long time exercised without reproach and without complaint ; but for his own part, he saw no necessity for expressing any opinion as to patronage. For his own part, he would prefer the abolition of patronage to the existence of the veto. In- support it„ 4,500 square feet, in the two wings, and 1,500 in the tail, —making altogether 6,000 square feet. The engine is proposed to he of from 25 to 30 horse power. It is stated in the specification, that on launching the machine into the air, an elevated situation must be selected, and the machine allowed to run some distance down an inclined plane, for which purpose vertical wheels are attached to the bottom of deed, he did not think the abolition of patronage the worst the car or boat. When the machine has thus acquired a mo thing that could happen. He hoped the ministers of the mentum, the rotary fan-wheels are put in action to raise it Church of Scotland would pause before resorting to the des- into the air and propel it ; the rudder, appeaded to the car, perate step alluded to. He did not think the people took i s then used for regu l at i ng i ts course. much interest in the matter except where they were urged parlia►r by ministers. When her Majesty was in Scottand he had the honour of accompanying her, and although in the crowds through which they had on that occasion to pass, they often heard the cry of " No corn-law," " No sliding scale," they never heard one syllable about non-intrusion, which would not have been the case if the subject had taken a deep hold in the minds of the people. If the threatened secession should take place, which those resolutions would do nothing to avert, no one could say that these parties were driven to it by the deci s i on o f th a t house or by the legislature. The noble earl conc l u d e d by m oving as an amendme n t th a t th e house should adjourn. Lord BROU Glff Msaid that those who acted in opposition to the highest courts of judicature in Scotland, and who set at defiance the subsequent decision of their lordships' house, were deserving of the severest reprehension, for their first duty should be obedience to the law. Until they purged their offence in that respect, it was not consistent with the dignity of the house that it should make any concession whatever. The Earl of HADDINGTON opposed the resolutions, and said that the letter of Sir James Graham had already made the ministers of the Church of Scotland aware that the Go vernment was willing to meet their views as far as it was possible for them to do so, and be hoped they would not persevere in adopting the fatal resolutions they had threat ened. Lord CorrENRANt said that the law was decidedly in ac cordance with the judgment in the Auchterarder case. The LORD CHANCELLOR said it was impossible to come to any other decision than that which had been arrived at in the Auchterarder case, consistently with the known and ac knowledged principles of law. Lord CAMPBELL declined. after what had been said during the debate, to press his resolutions to a division. The amendment w as then carried, and their lordships ad journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY, The consideration of the miscellaneous estimates was re sumed in a committee of supply. The adjourned debate upon tile vote for the expenses of the poor law commission was resumed, upon which Colonel SIBTHORP moved that the vote should be reduced to £20,000, th a t b e i ng t h e amo unt r equ i s i te f or the poor law were commission really r f e o g r u lreland, where he was of opi n i on poor laws cidedly objected to. Sir J. 6 aAnam — said that the refusal of the vote would be an overthrow of the whole system. Captain PEcRELL - Condem fled any interference with the Gilbert unions. Mr. HUMS supported the vote. Mr. FIELDEN hoped the vote would be rejected, as a means of getting rid of the poor law commission. Mr. WAKLEY expressed a similar hope, for he was sure the commissioners would not work without pay. On a division the amendment of Colonel Sibthorp was ne gatived by a majority of 93 to 14. Captain PECHELL moved that a commissioner and two as sistants should be reduced, but the motion was negatived without a division. On the vote of £39,200 for secret service, foreign and do mestic, being proposed, _ _ _ _ . Mr. WILLiAms moved a reduction of the vote, on the ground that money for home secret service was unnecessary, if not mischievous, by leading to the employment of spies. Sir G. CLERK said the amount of this vote had been gra dually decreasing. Dr. Bowittivn said that it had been precisely the . same for the last six years. Lord STANLEY said the money was expended by each of the Secretaries of State under the obligation of an oath, and its expenditure was so strictly confidential that he could not disclose it consistently with his public duty. The committee divided, and the vote was carried by a ma jority of 100 to 13. On the vote of £38,000 for salaries and law expenses of the treasury, information was required by Mr. T. DUNCOMBE relative to the sum of £15,000 for the expenses of the spe cial commission, and he moved that the vote should he post poned until the information should be granted. His motion was however defeated by a majority of 115 to 43. Several members, and amongst them Mr. Hume, said that unless the required explanations were given, they would move that the chairman should report progress. Sir J. GRAHAM said if bon. members would allow the business in committee to proceed, he would state on Monday whether there was any objection to furnishing the details. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it would be unfair ou this account to stop the progress of the estimates. Lord STANLEY said that £23,000 of the £38,000 was for the current expenses of the year. The remaining £15,000 was for the expense of the special commission, and he ap pealed to the house if it was not reasonable to give time until Monday to decide as to whether the details should or should not be furnished. Mr. F. BARING thought the vote might be postponed without the slightest inconvenience, and it was quite unrea. sonable to ask for a grant of money without assigning a single reason to enable the house to judge of its propriety. Sir J. GRAHAM then assented to the postponement of the motion. On the vote for the Model Prison at Pentonville, Mr. T. DUNCOMIIE adverted to the effects of the separate system which was rigidly enforced in that prison, and which, judging from its effects in the Penitentiary, was likely to pro duce insanity amongst the prisoners. Sir J. GRAHAM said th e e ff ects pro d uce d a t th e Peniten tiary were to be attribut e d t o t h e s il ent system and not th e separate. He was sanguine as to the result of the system adopted at the prison at Pentonville. The vote was agreed to, and the chairman soon after re ported progress. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. THE BLACK PRINCE AND PRINCESS. — We stated, last week, that two relations of Christophe, formerly Emperor of Hayti, had arrived at Southampton from the West Indies. The Prince, if we may so call him, was a kind of butt for the passengers during the voyage. He made great preten sions to dignity. On this foible the passengers played, oc casionally surrounding his royal highness, who, offended at their familiarity, waved them back with his hand, saying that he was not used to be approached so rudely by his in feriors! The Princess spent nearly the whole of the time in her berth. This circumstance was noticed by the passen gers, one of whom, with a curiosity that excused his bold ness,buy her ple n t y o f asked his royal highne ss why her royal highnes s l a y so much in bed. The P r i nce c andidly confessed, that hi s princess was short o f c l o th es ! But, chinking the d o ll ars i n his pocket, said, with m uc h g lee, "These fine clothes when she get to London. PRIZE FIGHTING.—On Tuesday. last a prize fight was an nounced to take place somewhere in the vicinity of Kirkby Lonsdale. The circumstance had , of course, reached th e t ears of the police, and Inspector Armytage proceeded to th e neighbourhood of Kirkby Lonsdale , a nd found the ropes ar ranged in a field, w here a large c rowd of persons h a d assem bled.sq., and T thathelns m pe a c g t i o st r ra a t p e p g l r ie a d immediatelyntedawarranto the In s p ec t or , to E. T a th am, E who thereup on warne d the parties off, and prevented the fight, so far as the county of Lancaster was concerned. Sus pecting that the scene of conflict would be transferred to the neighbouring county of Westmoreland, the Inspector con sulted with the authorities, and the result was that the com batants were driven out of Westmoreland also. The fight subsequently took place at a spot called Scotch Jeans, in Yorkshire, as many as five thousand persons being present to witness it, but owing to the interruptions that had occur red, the affair did not happen till late in the day. The prin cipals were one Gouldie, a Scotchman, and Langan from Liverpool. We understand these men fought for two whole hours and seven t een m i nu t es , having during that period had nearly one hundred rounds. So dreadfully reduced were both !nen, that they fought at last upon their knees, and only gave in from pure exhaustion. Ward and other celebrated fight ers accompanied the parties, and we understand the stake was £l5O a-side.—Lancaster Gazette. THE ANTI - C ORN- L AW L EAG UE.—At th e t r i a l of the Staffordshire ri o t ers , Mr. Serjeant Talfourd thus conclud e d his reply to the defence of the pi isoners. " The defendant Cooper promised us he would show that the members and agents of the Anti-Corn Law League were the originators of these most afflicting outrages in the Potteries. Gentlemen, I need scarcely sa y, b ecause you know it, there h as not been a tittle of evidence produced in proof of that assertion. Gen tlemen, I do not stand here to defend the Messrs. Ridgway, nor have I any sympathy with the members of the Anti-Corn Law League. If, as stated in that able publication th e Quar terly Review, such statements as Mr. Cooper quoted have been uttered, th en I say th e p a rties giving utterance to those statements ought to be prosecuted. The only time whenever I have said anything about the corn laws was in this place, when I was addressing a jury upon some exciting language reported in a local newspaper. I then took occasion to say, and I now repeat it, that of all subjects in the world to which popular passion should be the last directed, and whi c h oug ht to be in qu i re d i nto a f ter statistic examinations, with calm and philosophic thought, that question was as to the restrictions or non -restrictions imposed upon the food of man--the ques tion of all others which ought to be deprecated. Gentlemen, I cannot conclude without also referring to a quotation which I then made from a speech of Mr. Curran :—" I have known tumult and disorder make many a rich man poor, but never knew it make a poor man s ich !" ComET.—Public attention having been excited in no ordinary degree by the passage of one of the great family of comets through our system, may I be allowed to offer one remark through the medium of your widely circulating jour nal? I would advert to that fear which thousands, and among the number many well-educated people, never tail to experience at the appearance of these mysterious bodies. They have only, however, to dwell on one fact, and their apprehensions will, in a great measure be dissipated, I al lude to the extraordinary rarity of the substance composing the bodies of comets, and on which sufficient stress is not, I think, generally laid. Through the centre of Encke's comet stars of the fifth magnitude have been known to shine. The comet that approached Saturn so near that it was thought danger must have happened to that planet, was found to have produced no apparent effect upon its motion ; and the comet of 1454, which passed between our earth and the moon, did not even disturb that small satellite. The notion, then, of Halley's comet, or any other having caused the deluge, seems to be scarcely admissible ; and startling as the assertion may appear, it is impressed on me, that since the gaseous substance of which comets are composed is many times rarer than the atmosphere we breathe—for the ray of no star could possibly permeate 50,000 miles of so dense a medium as the latter —even were a comet to approach within the attraction of the earth, so as to be drawn to its very embraces, the light and subtile fluid, so far from com ing in contact with the solid portion of our sphere, or even disturbing our tides, would merely float and be diffused on the confines of our atmosphere, engirding, of course, that atmosphere completely, but neither obscuring our day, nor hiding the stars from our vision at night.—Correspondent. AERIAL STEAM CAR RIAGE.--We gave in our last a de scription of this novel machine. The London Journal of Arts and Sciences, after mentioning the invention as a chi mera the most visionary and fallacious, goes on to describe it as follows :—." The apparatus consists of a car, containing the goods, passengers, engine, fuel, &c. ; to which a rectangular frame, made of wood or bamboo cane, and covered with can vass, or oiled-silk, is attached ; this frame extends, on either side of the car, in a similar manner to the out-stretched wings of a bird, but with this d ifference,—that the frame is immo vable. Behind the wings are two vertical fan-wheels, fur nished with oblique vanes, which are intended to propel the apparatus through the air. These wheels receive motion through bands and pulleys, from a steam or other engine, contained in the car. To an axis at the stern of the car, a triangular frame is attach e d, resembling thetail of a bird, which is also covered with canvass or oiled-silk ; this may he expanded or contracted a t pl easure, and is moved up or d own, for the purpose of causin g th e machine to ascend or d escend. —Beneath the tail is a rudder, for directing the course of the machine to the right or to the left; and, to facilitate the steering, a sail is stretched between two masts which rise from the car. The amount of riPePc- THEATRE-ROYAL, WILLIAMSON-SQUARE. Madame CELESTE, Mr. WEBSTER, and Mr. STRICKLAND, of the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket, FOR SIX NIGHTS ONLY. THIS present TUESDAY EVENING , the 4th instant, the PRETTY GIRLS OF STELBERG. A LOVER BY PROXY. AND MARIE DUCANGE. In each of which Madame Celeste, Mr. Webster, and Mr Strickland, will sustain their original characters. -- TO MERCHANTS, BROKERS, AND OTHERS The largely increased and most respectable circulation which the Tuesday's Edition of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD has now obtained amongst the mercantile body in Manchester affords its proprietors the gratify ing power of urging this, amongst the other undeniable claims which it possesses, upon the favor of that portion of the mercantile community of Liverpool who desire to bring their advertisements before the notice of buyers in the neighbouring manufacturing districts. In most of the surrounding towns of Lancashire the circulation of the STANDARD is steadily increasing. In Manchester, however, the centre of the manufacturing district, our publication of Tuesday —occurring upon the most im portant market day of the Cotton Trade, when its Exchange and Hotels are thronged with country manu facturers, spinners, and calico printers—is firmly es tablished in circulation, and is perused with increased and increasing interest. Under these encouraging circumstances, we trust to receive an increased measure of support from the mer chants and brokers of the town generally ; and it affords us great pleasure to assure those of our friends amongst those classes, who• have hitherto bestowed their adver tising favours liberally upon us, of our increased ability to do justice to the interests committed to their care. It is not unamusing, by the way, to observe the shifts which are being adopted by Mr. Joseph Sturge to steer clear, at the approaching election for Notting ham, of the danger which the late committee has placed in the way of all future candidates for a contested bo rough. The worthy quaker stipulates, not only that he shall be put to no extraordinary expenses, but that he shall not even contribute to the usual expense of hustings, &c. Now without staying to remark upon the dangerous principle which the practice of such ultra-purism establishes—a principle which virtually places the choice of a member for any large consti tuency in the clique of monied busybodies who subscribe the necessary funds, for placarding, coach-hire, hustings, and other necessary expenses, without which few elec tions can be carried to a successful issue—how does the caution of the worthy friend, and ultra immaculate, guard him from the fate of Mr. Walter ? The latter gentleman, equally with Mr. Sturge, provided against the allowance of any illegal expenses; and we are not aware that all the discretion of the borough of Not tingham is centred in the Sturgeite party ! If any future enquiry into the doings of Joseph, however prudishly they may have been conducted, should be confided to a committee, similar in discernment to that by which Mr. Walter was unseated, we wouldn't give sixpence for his chance ! The exposition of the law, by Mr. Justice Coltman, on Tuesday last, in the case of Birley and another v. the Hundred of Salford, may not have startled any person who has ever given a thought to the subject; but it is one, nevertheless, which is calculated to fur nish matter of uneasy reflection to our good neigh bours of Manchester and Bolton, with respect to the price which, some day, they may be called upon to pay for their favourite hobby —INCORPORATION. Doubt less, in " liberal" estimation, it is a delightful thing to write " councillor" after one's name; to be spoken of as " the excellent representative for" this ward or the other; to be addressed as "Mr. Alderman" So-and-so; and to look forward to the prospect of some day ap pending, to our patronymic, the sounding title, Mayor." Then there are the delights of holding sessions of our own; of having a gaol of our own; of having prisoners of our own, to be tried by our own recorder, and prosecuted by our own town-clerk; and these inexpensive (?) pleasures are of course heightened by the reflection that they are paid for out of the pockets of our very dear friends and neigh bours ! But enamoured, as the " liberal" people of Manchester and Bolton may be, with these novelties, We suspect that the decision, as to the question of law, in the above case, will be a slight damper to their in corporation felicities; and may even lead some of them to think that they have paid " too much for their whistle.". The case of Birleys v. the Hundred of Salford, which was reported in our last, was one arising out of the recent disturbances in the manufacturing dis %nets i ; in the course of which the factory of the plain tiff was attacked by the mob, and damaged to the 'amount of some two to three hundred pounds. The oidinary proceeding in such cases has been to site the hundred; and this course was pursued by Messrs. Birley, and resisted by the defendants, on the ground mainly that, the town of Manchester, being now an incorporated borough, and, as such, ceasing to contri— bute to the county rate, any action for - daniages; received during periods of popular commotion within its limits, should be brought against the borough, and not, as heretofore, against the hundred. The verdict was folthe plaintiff, upon the facts, the point of law, as to the respective liability of the hundred or the borough, being left to be argued before the courts above, the opinion of the learned judge, however, being quite decisively enough expressed to settle any doubt which could be entertained as to the issue of such an appeal. The comfortable assurance received by our newly incorporated friends from this exposition of the law is, briefly, this. If an outbreak, got up in the neighbour hood—chartist, anti-corn-law, or otherwise—for the sake of more striking effect, choose to centralise its demonstratious in either of the boroughs in question, and the mob, by way of recreation, indulge themselves in the destruction of a factory or two, the inhabitant householders, and not the ratepayers of the hundred must pay for any destruction of property which may arise. If the weavers and spinners of Ashton, or any, other town, shall henceforth be escorted into Man chester, it may be safely inferred that they are " doing :he honours" to an approaching borough rate! When justices of the peace are busy advising submission to turbulent mobs, and—hard case !—are condemned to sleep nights together at the York Hotel, and—worse still—to attend for days together at the Town-hall, it may be concluded that, if they are not keeping the peace, they are at least getting the tax papers ready ! In short, playing at rebellion, within any reasonable distance of the towns of Manchester and Bolton, is from henceforth likely to be a rather expensive game for the unfortunate people of these Whig-ridden towns; and this for the sake of the empty bauble of a corpo ration without a groat to pay for its own keeping ! Seriously, it may now be well worthy the considera tion of our neighbours in Manchester how far the keeping up of a ceaseless agitation—in any outbreak of which the safety of property in that borough must be especially perilled—is consistent with their inte rests. They are placed in the centre of an excitable, and at all times, more or less, a suffering, and may we not also add, a demoralized and ignorant population. The silly vanity of a dominant clique—which must strut, forsooth, in corporate dignity--has placed them in the position that, while exposed, in the natural course of things, to the concentration of popular vio lence from every side, the y are condemned now to bear, unassisted, the entire damage which may ensue to the vast mass of property within the town ; and surely, when such is the cat ie, a wise generation would sedulously eschew any thing calculated to produce that popular excitement to whicl a ignorance or wickedness may give so fatal a direction ! The Conservative body in Manchester, too, may not v ask themselves the ques tion, whether it is the part o f sensible men to persevere in that silly and pettish ob jection to contest with the dominant party the muni;cipal gevernment of the town, the obvious result ol which is to entrust the safety of their property anel the preservation of peace and good order to a set of .incapables. We throw out the hint for their serious consideration. DEATH FROM BURNING..—A child, nni - oed Ellen Cono whose clothes hair taken fire, was taken to the Infirmary on the 4th ult., where she lingered until Sunday last, when she expired. DEPARTURE OF AN IRON STEAMER FOR THE EAST. The iron steamer the hoyal Sovertign, formerly running be tween Liverpool and Glasgow. having been bought by a mer chant, sailed on Thursday, under the command of Capta , a, render, for Singapore. She will call at Riu de Janiero. ana thence steam and sail to her destination. She will. we unr derstand, be employed on the coast of China, and sail between Hongkong and the newly opened Chinese port. Her speed is great, and her light draught of water will enable her to as cend the rivers. She took out several passengers, and a ful l compliment of engineers, stokers, &c., who are under en gagements for a period of years. FINES UPON PUBLICANS.—The publicans summoned on Friday were fewer in number than for the last two or three weeks past, although the offences were of a more miscella" nexus character than is generally their wont. Mr. Hales, of Brick-street, was ordered to pay £5 and costs, it being un derstood that the case might be re-opened on a future day. John Morgan, Key-street, 40s. and costs; John Hayes, Vauxhall-road, 20.; Mr. Magee, Spitalfields, 505.; Francis M`Gowan, Parr-street, (third conviction,) £5 ; John Dean , Derby-street, acquitted. Beer-house keepers :—Catharine Jockeson, 20s. ; Thomas Copeland, Pall-mall, (second con viction,) 60s. ; James Button, Hill-street, Park, for allowing rioting and drunkenness in his house, 405.; Hugh Heron, Baxter-street, postponed; Edward Hughes, Chaucer-street , postponed ; George Briggs, Pembroke -street, acquitted. CAUTION TO OUR CHESHIRE NEIGHBOURS.—An imper tinent urchin, apparently about fourteen years of age, dressed in light fustian, or jean, is in the constant pr a cti ce of watch ing gentlemen from their houses in a morning; and having ascertained their names, he goes to the houses with his bas ket of biscuit, and says, " Mr. So-and-so desired me to leave one, two, or three pouads, for which you were to paY me." In answer to inquiries, he is very apt at describing the figure, dress, &c. of the gentleman, and becomes exceed ingly insolent if he cannot make the parties his dupes, but takes care not to leave the biscuits without being paid for them. We trust some one will lay hands on this young rogue, and check him in his deceptive career, which may in time harden him into an accomplished villain. SMUGGLING TOBACCO FROM ON BOARD SHIP.—A sea man, named Joseph Gart, was yesterday placed before Mr. Rushton, at the Police-court, on a charge of endeavouring to smuggle 11b. of cigars. The vessel to which he belonged had recently arrived from Zante. The case was proved, and he was fined 205., or, in default, to be imprisoned 7 days. -- A foreign seaman, named Christiana, was brought up on a charge of smuggling 31110 s. of cigars and leaf tobacco. The contraband articles were found in his chest, which he bad landed on the Victoria Dock quay. The prisoner:and the captain of the vessel said there was no intention whatever to smuggle them, and that they were merely the remainder of his own stores. This evidence was not, however, consi dered sufficient to exonerate the prisoner, and he was fined 20s. and costs, or to be imprisoned 10 days. The money was paid. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On the 26th ult., while a poor widow, named Catherine Williams, was engaged in iron ing, the clothes of one of her children caught fire, and in en deavouring to extinguish the fire, her own dress became ignited. Her cries brought in a man, who succeeded in put ting out the fire round the child, but the poor woman, mean time, ran out into the streei, and fled all the way to Clement street, a distance of about 100 yards, when a police-officer wrapped his coat round her, and put out the fire. She was► however, so dreadfully burned, that, though she was imme diately taken to the Northern Hospital, and carefullyat tended to, she died of the injuries she sustained on Sunday last. The child is recovering. The police-officer was severely burned in extinguishing the fire. The deceased was an industrious woman, who strove by washing, &c., to sup port herself and her two children. The inquest will be held this day. DREADFUL ACCIDENT WHILE CLEANING A WINDOW. —Yesterday, about 11 o'clock in the forenoon, as a man named Thomas Waring was employed in cleaning a window in the first floor over the shop of Messrs. Jones and Son, in Castle -street, and was on the outside in the act of pulling down the lower sash, he lost his balance, fell headlong into the street, from a height of about 15 feet, and was killed on the spot, his skull being dreadfully fractured. The deceased , who was 60 years of age, was a decent man, and had been several years in Messrs. Jones's service, as porter. The practice of servants (male and female) not generally accus tomed to such hazardous employment, cleaning upper win dows while standing on the stone outside, cannot be too much discouraged. The very appearance of persons, a nd particularly of females, s) situated, is painful to passers by and it would be well that all windows that cannot be reached from the inside, should be cleaned by glaziers or painters, who have either a proper frame, or ladder, for the purpose• THE PACKET-SHIPS OXFORD AND PATRICK HENRY,.' 'The Packet-ship Oxford, Captain Rathbone, which sailed from New York on the Ist ult. ' did not arrive until Satur 'day last. On the 16th, i n l a t. , 1S 30, lon. 29, in a sudden and violent whirlwind, she carried away her foremast main topgallant mast, main topsail yard, and sustained consider able damage. One man was lost overboard from the male topgallant yard. From that time until her making port she •has encountered almost continual easterly gales. The Ox ford did not speak any thing during the whole passage. Cabin passengers, Mrs. Dennison, two children, and servant , Mr. de la Hooke, Mr. Whitlaws, Mr. Bisset and lady, and Mr. Carroll ; and thirty-five in the steerage. The packet ship Patrick Henry, Captain Delano, which sailed from New York on the 10th ult., also arrived on Saturday - last. She had been six days on the coast, with strong easterly windsi Cabin passengers, Lieut. Webster, Ist Royal Regiment, kieut. Leader, 22d; Rev. Mr. Condil, Rev. Mr. Andrews , :Vogt, New York ; Mr. Connor, Bolton. The packet ship Sheffield was to sail on the 17th. MISS WELLE R.—We gave in our last our opinion of this lady's performance at the Philharmonic Concert, and We may now add, that though p er h aps th e most ta l ente d English pianiste of the age, she is not much in advance of her sister, Mrs. J. C. Shaw : they have been heard, in private, by manY, professors in Chelt en h am , Li verpoo l , an d ot h er places, an d the universal opinion has ever been, that, when they " dis course sweet music" in concert, it is the ne plus ultra of science, harmony, concord, and feeling. As a proof that the two sisters excel in their own peculiar style, each thinks the other the superior player ; a beautiful illustration of talent and purity of mind. There is a third sister, only 13 years of age, who bids fair to reach the goal which has been attained by Miss Christiana Weller, for her execution of the most difficult compositions and the feeling thrown into her touch are astonishing; and yet, beyond what nature has kindlY done for them, who has been their preceptress 'talented mother. A TRUANT YOUTH.—On Friday a boy, of respectable ex terior, named William Rutter, was placed before Mr. Rutin" ton, on suspicion of having absconded from the roof of hill parents without leave. From the evidence of a p ers on con nected with the police-office, it appeared that the prisoner had been noticed lurking about Dale-street, on the previous day, in the company of railway porters, from whom he wa a making inquiries which led to a suspicion that he had 1 10 good object in view. It was afterwards elicited that the boy's parents resided in Birmingham, from which town he had eloped without their consent, to gratify some whim that he had got into his head. It also appeared that he had come from Birmingham by railway, having paid his own passage thence, but h ow h e b ecame possessed of the money did 110'' appear. On being taken into custody, a small sum of money was found upon his person. Mr. Rushton asked the lad his motive for leaving home in the way he had done, and re' ceived for answer that he (the prisoner) wanted to go to se; and was about following up his intention when the police laid hands upon him. Mr. Rushton.—" Go to sea; nonsense • You would be better off in your father's pigstye than by going to sea." Mr. Rushton gave orders that the boy's relativ e s should be made acquainted with his present position, and.° the meantime that lodgings should be taken for him till a n answer was received respecting his future disposal. BEGGING.—The magistrates having determined to Put down street begging, no fewer than forty-six mendicant s were yesterday brought befo re Mr. Rushton, of all age!' from children to decrepit p ersons, and of both sexes. Their respective cases, where th e y were not before known, h ad previously been inquired into by the police-officers who BP' prehended them ; and Mr. Gray, of the parish-office, wsa attendance. Several of them, old offenders, were comniitte to aaol for seven or fourteen days, or a month. A conside rable number who we re f oun d to be in great destitution we re set down to be visit e d an d relieved ; others to be taken in to ; the workhouse, an d some to be passed to their parishes I n Ireland and else w h ere. Some of them were in the wee' 't receipt of outdoor relief, but generally of so small an a mour/ compared with the necessities of the parties, or their respec tive families, that Mr. Rushton remarked upon the inad" quacy of such payments, which necessarily left the indivt duals no resource but begging, or perhaps stealing. 1 `" . %, Gray agreed, i n such cases, to take the parties into the hous e ' or more effe c t ua ll y to relieve them out of doors. There w e re amongst them severa l cases of severe fa i uily s i c k n esses' Some of th e more destitute from Ireland were told t hat t clothing would be provided for them before they were sen to their parishes. HAVING AND CONCEALING TOBACCO IN A D WE LLING' 11011 sE.--At the Poli ce - court a c h arge was yesterday prefer red against a m an named John Wainwright, (not in custody. who was staled to he a shipwright, of " having and conceal ing ing . in his house a quantity of illicit tobacco." Mr. Brooks' solicitor for the Customs, conducted the case against t. 5 defendant, and called several revenue officers. It aPPe are c e from this testimony, that in November last, in consequeeld, of some information, the defendant's house, in Highfi_ i e pcl street, was searched by two officers, who found, concealed amongst some shavings in a basket up stairs, 9 lbs. weig ht 0 Cavendish and Negro-head tobacco. and 41bs. of leaf tobaec ci the former worth 9s. 6d. a pound, and the latter 3s. 4 .; including the duty. The defendant had been served wit l i l e a summons, but h a d not appeared. The Board prose 6J., against him for triple the value, namely, £l4. 165., 0 0. though th e y might havtz,Kone for th e f u ll penalty ef'"viti A woman, it appeared,,., ;ged i n th e h ouse , w h o was K n, , e t. as an acti ve smugg l er. t he tobacco was valued by the ' de . ing Queen's warehouseman. A man appeared for th e his fendant, an d sa id t h e article was left there without he knowledge ; but thi s was not taken as a defence, and , t ; ( 1. defendant was adj u d ge d to b e mu l cted in the amount sta`-ve Instructions . were given to an o ffi cer of the police to h 3 him apprehended. CHARGE OF SAITIGGLING.—A respectable-looking persotli named Alexand er Y a t es, was yesterday placed at the barets the Police -court, on a ch arge of smuggling twelve pac k e r of tobacco. It appeared from the evidence that the priscit,net, had arrived from New York by the Patrick Henry, P ac deal ship, and had landed his luggage, amongst which was a ... box, whi c h th e o ffi cer who searched it found to contaThe false bottom, in which were the packets of tobacco. big prisoner at the time told the officer that the box was nn" rsc i property, and th a t h e h a d merely brought it for a P e c s whom h e h a d k nown i n A mer i ca, to be delivered to a 'l i t he of the fo rmer i n t hi s country. Th e other conten t s 0' nts l package were a f ew newspapers, a b oo k , some ornoned e small ba s k e t s , & c. Th e pr i soner sa id he had been old dupe of in the matter. The box was given to him by a r ne clt schoolfellow of his when he lived in the south of Eng t hat to be delivered as a present to a friend here. Wil en j lilt person requested him to bring it, he (prisoner) inquire d t he contained anything that was chargeable with duty, 013 b ring reply was that it did not. He therefore consented to con it alon g w ith hi s l uggage, an d d i d not k now w hat t he tamed. Mr. Rushton said he was disposed to belle ° prisoner's story, and ordered him to be discharged. o il COUNCIL MEETING.—The usual m eeti n g of the°of the will be held to morr ow , w h en , a ft er th e p ro ceedings m °' various committees have been discussed, the follovvinq it IS Lions will be m a de : —By M r . C ounc ill or North,--1113_01it proper and expedient th a t thi s C ounc il o r th e Dock Coru_ani.. tee, or th ose two b o di es con j o i nt l y, shoul d prov id e and T oy ed taro a powerful steam-boat or steam-boats, to be eoP d w ith in aid of the present and with additional life-boats , a . n och other nece ssar y an d use f u l apparatus to b e ca rried ,`!) and steam-boat or steam-boats, in the preservation of o property (but more especially of life) upon the °eel t hst shipwreck or other disaster at sea oIT this port . ; anu deputation be appointed to confer with the Dock C 0 t hiS or a dep u t a ti on o f th a t b o dy, w i t h th e v i ew o f ntreeti n tdieet object. By Mr. Alderman - Earle,—That it is not eT w ith' to dispose of the houses in Hanover-street, which wer: os ses: as the y nc eti o r, drawn from the public sale on the 15th inst., sion of them by the Corporation appears to afford a t i n ot able opportunity for abating certain nuisances in tt, v r e bee i, the town, for the general remedy of which clauses "t to ine':', introduced into two Acts of Parliament recently ?q uit s . n . : By Mr. Councillor Bushell,—For the loan of the f" . . titt itio u the Town-hall.to.the Directors of the Collegiate In v ' es ti o l l ; during the period of the approaching Midsumn 3 „ er iu teChn with a view to their forming part of an intended Exhibition. TO CORRESPONDENTS " Musicus." We believe Miss Weller was taught entirely by her mother. That lady received instruction from Chianchettini. NEWSPAPER RETURNS. Extract from a parliamentary paper, showing the number of stamps used by each Liverpool paper during the six months ending December 31st, 1842, and the advertisement duty paid by each : No. of Pub. No. of Stamps.. Av. Cir. My. Duty. Mercury .... 27 Albion 2G Courier ....26 56,000 2 153 207 8 6 Chronicle ..26 Advertiser .. 26 Journal .. . .26 ...... 36,000 1 , 384 .... 114 19 6 STANDARD* 53 Myers 26 ...... 28,000...... 1,076 .... 448 16 0 Mail 69 Times ...... 26 ...... 18,000 692f.... 155 12 6 * The only paper published twice a.wcek in Liverpool. f The Albion of yesterday says that they have authority for stating that 36,000 stamps were taken out for the use of the Times, though they have credit for only half the number. tbt Ulm:pool gptanilarti. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, .184. The successful result of the petition against the return of Mr. "Walter for Nottingham is calculated to excite some misgivings, as to the soundness of the present law and practice in cases of contested elec tions. It was proved before the committee that, in the case of some fifteen or twenty voters, of the lowest class, bribery—admitting that the payments made might be called such, which is more perhaps than is warrantable—had been practised to an extent the most insignificant. Compared with previous elections in the borough, venality might almost be said to have ceased altogether. It was distinctly admitted by the committee that the sitting member himself was pot cognisant of the slightest malpractice. No proof of agency, sufficient to connect Mr. Walter with the pro ceedings of the half-dozen individuals, who had made the disbursements which have invalidated his election, was established ; and yet the committee, blowing hot and cold in a breath, having already stated not only that Mr. Walter had not authorised such acts of any body —not only that he had no agents for such illegal purposes but that he was :absolutely ignorant of any illegal practices, proceeds to declare that he had been, " by his agents, guilty of bribery," and, as the result, he is incapacitated from sitting again the present parliament 1 Now here, we submit, is an anomaly, or rather a se ries of anomalies, which are rather startling. A gen tleman of high consideration, and known ability and integrity, who has sought the representation of a bo rough, is, by the friends and agents of his defeated opponent put upon his trial; and, after a lengthened and expensive enquiry, pronounced not guilty of the charges alleged against him—for that is virtually the ver dict of the committee. And yet the accused and morally acquitted party, is to be visited, for acts over which he had no control, with the temporary forfeiture of the highest privilege of a subject ! For a few trivial cases of malpractice in others, an innocent man is disfran chised ; whilst the admitted delinquents—the heralds of their own shame—who had given evidence against him, and probably embraced or sought corruption that they might so give evidence, are left in the undisturbed enjoyment of their immunity of self-prostitution! Here then is anomaly the first. But, if Mr. Walter was not duly elected, the de claration of the committee might have been expected to be that Mr. Sturge, his opponent, was so elected. We do not find, however, that such was the case. The pure and patriotic friends of this gentlemen, after they had unseated his opponent, do not turn round to the committee and say, " we have proved corruption against the sitting member, and we now propose to shew that our own acts are stainless." No;—for what reason we need scarcely say, for it will be readily guessed at—Mr. Sturge at once withdraws from before the committee, thus refusing to submit his own purity to its scrutiny; and, as the result, whilst his late oppo nent is declared unworthy of a seat in Parliament, he himself, unpurged from the taint which his refusal to submit to enquiry is calculated to fix upon him—mo rally innocent, no doubt, but perhaps legally as guilty as Mr. Walter —becomes a candidate to represent the borough of Nottingham. Here, then, is anomaly the second. • Now, we ask, if such is the state of the law, or such its interpretation by committees—if the unauthorised acts of a few individuals, (whose utmost connection with the candidate is the privilege of entering his com mittee-room, or acting as a canvasser upon some sub committee), are to be visited upon him, with so heavy a doom as incapacity to sit in the Parliament existing— what security can any gentleman have, however care ful and however determined not to offend, in the issue of a contested election ? What need prAvant any party —csuch a body, for instance, as the Anti-Corn-law League —by a judicious employment of agents in divided constituencies, with the means to bribe some half-score of voters—disabling, at any future general election, every eminent member of the House of Com mons? Surely half-a-dozen Tamworth electors, for instance, might be got into a dark room, and have a sovereign each put into their hands ; and if the briber only made himself busy enough, could run in and out of a committee-room, could foist his' person into a prominent position upon the hustings, and be seen shaking hands with the candidate, and we might have Sir Robert Peel himself declared by a committee perfectly innocent of any knowledge of the acts of the party in question, yet " guilty of bribery by his agents," and incapacitated to sit in Parliament for a period possibly of seven years! In justification of such strange law and practice, Lord John Russell maintains that a few examples of its working will put down the practice of bribery, and other irregularities, even by: authorised agents; that indiscreet parties will cease to act illegally when they see their acts so prejudicial to the object of their choice. Why, what strange logic is this ! We must punish the innocent, that the guilty, whom we allow to go scot free, may be convinced that their crime has been ineffectual to produce its object ! Really, my lord, if the object is only to deter unauthorised parties from practices fatal to the seat of a candidate, it would be rather the more sensible plan to punish those parties themselves, and not their victim. Let bribers and re cipients of bribes, where cognisance cannot be proved against the candidate, be punished with disfranchise ment, either on proof before a committee, or any legal , tribunal ; and then, we conceive, we may get rid of the practice, without the commission of such palpable in justice as has been committed in the case of Mr. Walter. LOCA.L :NR W 8 • PIIRENO-MAGNETISM.—A 0311 eof lectures on this sub ject will be commenced at the Royal Assembly Rooms this evening. We believe that some very curious experiments will be brought forward. THE ROSE LIGHT. —The new arrangement of gas burners may be seen in great perfection in Mr. Stafford's shop in Chui,n-street. Inc light emitted is almost, if not quite, as intense as the Bude. SELLING BEER AND SPIRITS WI TROUT A LICENSE.—On Friday, at the police-court, two pE.rsons were charged with this offence. One was fined £5 and costs, and the case against the other was dismissed, in .consequence of his being new to the business and a stranger in the town. A REFRACTORY PAUP ER.—A fen:ink pauper, of the West Derby Union Workhouse, Low-hill, was brought up before Mr. Rushton, on Friday, charged with behaving in a most outrageous and unbecoming manner. She was sentenced to pay a fine of 40s. and costs, or, in default, to be sent to prison. We are informed that the Warehouse-keepers' Association have come to the resolution of allowing their landlords seven and a half per cent per annum on the outlay in altering the warehouses agreeably to the Fire Prevention Bill and insur ance companies' regulations. This we think very creditable to them. COMMITTALS.—On Sat' arday, at the Police -court, George Fowler was committed for trial for stealing a quantity of silk from a bonded warehouse in Robert -street, North. —On the same day Esther Willis Iris, a servant girl, was also com mitted for stealing money fr om the coat-pocket of a gentle man who lodged at the house where she was servant. PASSENGERS PER GREAT WESTERN. —Mr, J. N. Booth, Mr. G. Converse, C a pt a i n Cu mulling, M a j or D enny, Mr. and Mrs. Fox, Mr. J. Ferguson. 11 tr. Victor Fauch6, Mr. Macrae, Mr. J. B. Murray, Miss Mun ay, Mr. Edward Massey, M rs . Ransome and three children, P dr. J. Roberts, Mr. and M rs . Tappan, Mr. Richard Trask, Mr. J. Thornley, Mr. J. Town ley, Mr. Pounder, and Mr. WE setidenk. SUDDEN DEATH,--On Satun fay night last, an old woman, named Multy Jones, who lived at No. 22, Fleet-street, went out to take a walk, and on her return complained of being very ill. Her son i nstant l y ran f or .Mr. Intyre, surgeon, who was soon in attendance, but on his arrival she breathed her last. SAVAGE CASE OF ASSAULT.—On.Friday a m an, named Samuel Smethurst, was pl ace d a t th to bar, on a ch arge of committing a savage assault on the pi !rson of Mr. UT of the Feathers' Tavern, and stabbini ; him in the left arm with a knife. Mr. Rushton ordered Smethurst to pay £5 and costs, or two months' imprisonment, and afterwards find two sureties in £5O each, to give forty -eight hours' notice thereof, or, in default, to be imprisoned stwo months more. --- SPECIAL J URIES .—An erroneous itnpn ?.ssion prevail s , t h at persons sammoned on Special Juries nee d only to Wr i te a letter to the Under-sheriff, stating a legal e xcuse, such as age or sickness, for their non-attendance, and they will not be fined. We are informed, that such letters are of no avail, but that the Court requires all such excuses to be verified by an affidavit, or oath in open court. Several. Jurors, who had sent letters, were fined £25 each at the late• assizes at Lan caster.