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LIVERPOOL MAY SESSIONS Th e May Sessions of the Peace for the borough of Liver -I)"leoromenced on Wednesday, in the Crown Court, before Gilbert Henderson, E:q•, who had been appointed by the Recorder to act as his s deputy on this occasion, in con i s i e r - . quince of the i ndisposition of the learned gentleman.. I . Henderson was sworn in, and took the oath of allegiance before oeencourt previous to the commencement of business, befo the,Po Esq and Wm. Earle, Esq., two justices of the Peacefor ou'lity, and Thos. Shaw and John North, Esqrs., two member s of the Town Council. The court having beers_ jeoairisytLtuted, the following gentlemen were sworn the Grand WM. Posber, Esq•, merchant, of Plum pton-terrace, foreman James liateson, broker, Shaw -street. Robert Lew'n Bolton, merchant, Gambier -terrace. Richard Brians, Jun''' merchant, North John-street. Thomas Prance Benntt, merchant, Castle-street. Jpehn Wilson Carter, corn merchant, Oil-street. illgh Craig merchant t Kin -street. Richard Da;son shanre'brokger, Exchange -street. Tho m , b Henry ' L'errY Horsfall, merchant, Exchange -buildings. Henry TJenkins, merchant, Goree. cs s ''ogan, merchant, Oldhall-street. wardedatlesSitewart Middleton, merchant, Rumford-place ..l . 'lnon, merchant, Tithebarn-street. ~,Oiseph Mann, broker, Dale -street. Thoma s Martin, broker, Water-street. . Robert M James , miler, gentleman, Mount-pleasant. George tries Mulleneux, rectifier, Dale -street. 'r,.,Ramsdenrgentleman, Canning -street. "'ktns,'. lc (-LEAK of the PeAcr. having read the Queen's procla against vice, profaneness, and immorality, I e DePutY RECORDER aduressed the Grand Jury as fol- Twei*--Gentlernen of the Grand Jury, in consequence of the 1 alatehriiiisof the.learned recorder, it falls to my lot t o n eet you tr..s., °ccasion. The experience which many of you possess - 4,7 l erS it unnecessary to say anything as to the general na enetOf the important duties upon which you are . aboutto b e t ! The number of cases which will come before y•ou will rosiderable but none of them seem to be such as to r o yout!;e4 special direction or advice ; but if in the co i urs b e est f aasisrvestigations any points of law should occur,..t the Pres. anc e in my power will always be at your sen f ice m . At liasi;ll,,t' however, I shall not detain you longer Your ti •l ' w hich is likely to occupy a considerable portion of which Grand Jury then retired to their room. maria _ROBBERY IN A HOUSE OF ILL FAME. : char d l i t in, aged 28, and Mary Ann Bran lam, 30, were 't passe having, on the 24th April last, stolen a watch, tNI to ail., .sovereigns, two half-sovereign ,s s, t r wo ao half-crowns lowaMr, m W ings, the property of Edward . .lr? g • at...,ew , k Nan is a clerk, residing with his father New_ " e had he°N°oiery. On the night of the 24th of Aprilrd wasl (1 his 1 ,, a e , r1 , at the Shades in Williamson-square, p. kee n , , oame when he met the prisoner Irwin, whom ai he t.. 8 Pdtlled ipockets t he her residence ;?_Pililish the pro perty above mentioned. s It is impossible Ir:o4a clothes bi r r e n ati l t e i e l lreurns c ian c,e . e placed 1 ' 400 w hich he is h al es ' • d The cpNlrioisrtn.hlenselorarngl li iB ° PiearttcYl: The prisoner Branham ine subsequently gave l h o i r tn . Ran was It i. la a remarkable feature in the casetli, t I l with botielecl) ding to his own account, in communication !etUallY sle lie ,Prisoners after he was robbed, and that lie int, custody t with Irwin till the morning when he gave both Tli e i n , 4 : It ap Y f ound Irwin guilty, and acquitted Branham. Was jrra,red that Branham was an old offender, but this Mouth a , l !' sfirst offence. The latter was sentenced to twelve all'4lPrisonrnent. The learned Deputy-Recorder. id ,(or be w ed ga i l l. would not, in consequence of his bad conduct, ins expenses. Wi// 1. "" fly AN OFFICER OF CUSTOMS: ktolen ; 0 °74 .14.180 n Phillips, aged 32, was charged with having It a, shags'"Shillin the property of Charles Miller Taylor. servie,t,'Peared the prisoner, who was a tide waiter in the the Fr of the customs was, in A pril last, stationed on board i killr4rtna, which s;as lying in the Waterloo Dock. C Chas. sa to , atm Ylor, the second mate of the vessel, slept inli above that e-roo as the prisoner, the berth of the former beingise_ front 4, of the latter. On the 24th of April Taylor s m o ..._ a d y th e ,u"lne Pfocket of the trousers which he had worn on , u o _d_ e, etc um ten shillings. After a consultation with the chief h s t ix t Ihillin resolved to mark some money. He marked hea p ; 81: oV'flitirehti,soen Tuesd.ay morning, were left in the . pocket .. exainined e h' ra• Miller went away, and on his return d that only two stuilin.,„ _ .t e trousers, when he foun The coin was ,11'41!mained, four having been taken away. r°on that"d by two parallel lines cut over the date. It was An in, the prisoner had been at Sixsmith's public-house. t ll a k k d eti . oe . P ( ll : e a t e r t r 7 d a nd a police-officer, who were informed of what es „, , i ' went to Sixsmith's, where the priso i ne u r ir w „ -,a riced 0 custody. He was searched, and two shillings, t wo his ~,,a_!eltir. Nliller had marked his shillings, were '.d, and " fou l. ri two shei"liei! .The drawer at Sixsmith's was examined, w Sisami,i.,"gs similarly marked were found. The waiternat morniniglias proved that the prisoner had been there twice I r _ .. t. 84 er p a id il • ti have_ tat the drink. On one occasion the_ . P ie , coul d hot in silver, but on the second occasion the witness PriMr. IT N recn liect in what coin he paid. s°fler.E‘ He Spoke at some length in defence of the outi n . the tie said he had no hesitation whatever in _attt.lrai the niit,: robber Yto another person. He contend co t . t nizauen of ate of the ship was the only person who had and Rho, h L t -e In° nev being in the pocket of the trousers, P, t i w e a a ., 1- ,e(l, CO have-taken it but him ? They a d t e , ) , P tlii d r t q h a l t ‘ e t h h cl e ; kannde Patrick _Mooney were called. ThellZinst against, before. w e prisoner, and had never heard 111 ' , gaid , a-Pt;il, KCORDER, in the course of his summing s Lie point i'r'• t° the in against the mate, there h an 4 Pth es i " the evidence which tended to support su i e . n found th e a • . The i ArY, after a few minutes' cOnsul.atio and ke,i. prison a ;1 ^ ° tY• He was sentenced to he imprisoned " (0 hard labour for six calendar months. THURSDAY. k r i/P STALIN'G F ROM A COUNTING HOUSE. *IIS ine:4, I:9rneitt 15 able to read and write,nalPFrf.ercethlYi: how jae,eu tor stealing' from the counting house of 1 p er „, n . ea troWn, co 4. "e l °ne tootjal.ipeiceikg:rocnaesep'aoir'e o P f air sc ° i f ss s o P r e s c ; ta a c i l l e. d s' one Th e N . O the pris'oner ecuti " was conducted by Mr. Blackburn, and The circum stances efti,„,was defended by Mr. Venables.. day l ast, wh-, else were reported in our pul - .llic i. a 7 t: i, o sp n ebfre o td f y il mr ' o u eo e ini s l_ - ti oned i li tC t;", ' i hglar mode in which the ( wa s fun . - .iniiettrient • s discovered in c_. 4,. ) detailed. A ~ottu tinhouse of . 4 :2o '"' r a iote had been missed from the ' f i e l l. bring.loner was thedfirm in Indi . a.buildings during the time d bed-roenn being searche r hoe,lee‘te, the p r o r pert an o f t (--O S)e his rosecutor, whose coun e ti r n e ! n; fon ha th,!,(l, )een broken ( Y ipen in P December , last, was therein elaie,l,"_el,,-. qd, the police-officer. - ,u, ience substantially was, that four monthshavin o g f the pt.' uetween the time of the robbery and the discovery ; the .oPerty, ~,.„5 t l Pri - t oolong to justify . the charge of robbery but e d , ueerit _if th at lolliangllit to have been indicted for stealing; i'l,`.." is Part rebl'aetinvesOto, there i had been no suspicious con mercytt,',Jury f shed theprisoner guilty but recommended .. him Uh ground of his youth. ' Sentence deferred kliar RORIIERT FROM THE PERSON. uig'!"( Edwar(lB, 28, Martha Jones-, 14 . , and Ellen three Be, 40, were indicted for having feloniously stolen IlPee„°"reigns, four half-crowns, five shillings, and ten Th e ' the property of Benj. Thomas, from his pe.i,o f all the The .itlrY returned a verdict of not guilty in favpu, caw_ liitiorl ;611ers, and the - were discharged, after a brief a 1 ironi the court.) John . STEALING LEAD. fo r ia.,,,i6Wf, 1, and Thomas Wi nail. 28, were indicted ahnl cartlfelonieusly ripped cut, g broken, stolen, taken, rteriert.''" awaY, two ta s ;rid 11b. weight of lead, the `inert. of Robert Prodshparn, on the 10th of May. 1 ,rh:iialiii Jileaded guiltY• .° kr. e p u r was stripped from an unoccupied house belonging leek r " as in Toxteth-park. The prisoners were tad Is ,ner both before and after the robbery ; and the Gill Po rtion of it, was found in a cellar. Fetitieter found guilty'. was nail, who had been previously , I t tri i ,Pr ilon,, °f a misdemeanour was sentenced to six months grta tc ont e b n 3 t to hard labour'; and ' Gill to hard labour for Ili a of Rey a i . l '"'... 77 .... "'''''''''''' by desire 41.heer mit,eighness,Prince Albert held a levee, ‘e, . 1 4 LY, on NS ednesday afternoon, at St. James's i 11 GUI. b (N te l ? 1," the 12,01,eRNE AT A FUNERAL.—On Sunday after °fth e ll in th ' o f an old pensioner, named Penfold, was in tee NI e churchyard at Patcham a small village about t he tl e4 fr° rn 13 ' I I: don -road. The wife .ot eect , -ee ettleA rig iton, on the on . sp ew ner husb,, was attired in a becoming mariner, and fol iip tel di st and as chief mourner. Behind , her, at a re 1, Deated ance, was another female, in widow s weeds, who to the 45%leePty Concerned in the sad ceremony as Mrs. It dg gra ve ,_° ll the corpse leaving the church, followed it t°,7," whis'tthe no small astonishment of the spectators. fto,,eased, and that the strange widow was d ;: also married wife, ict 4,1 whnro .$o it proved. She was Penfol s atip "'skill' ' separated many years ago. He enlisted in if tin !"g tYagoons, and went abroad. On Ins return, t tl e a, Iti'o4, wife to be dead, he married again. .His first li t ° , l h e , a.tried ag,aii, and we believe her husband is living ; afr e ' 4 trn e n eg of the death of her first husband, she resolved, '' l eti nn h Penitent, to pay him the last sad tribute of her Ilis r Nei l l '. t ee ing to laid in his grave. There is another ' , rat ~:r `eason, perhaps for making herself known as Itlp rty , w ' i h eietio , ld, it is said, died possessed of some 1104,1,t4t _ she Jays claim to. stat le of 11 ' 'FRE tINioN.—A report made in thr Irish k l of th. xtitootis in 1703, by the Committee ' on the litrhaty b c ,Aation" concluded with a resolution that Her liti ll abjee e „ r a`ledthrough her favourable interposition .'', th e °' this kingdom may be relieved from the cali!- 'rhi4ititnti'linoW labour under, by a full enjoyment ofthei , r , 4 t ePre s ' and . bY a more .firin Union with Engrand. th, l tlie iti,l entation was voted by the house. The iddress N• t' r '. l2 it 1 " s e Of Lords, Ist October, 1703, concluded -sin g * ' v e art sensible that our preservation is owing to kihope it ~ .t ! ''!'led to the Crown of England, So we are con t. 5 tri'rd tend to our further security and happiness to t et, 4tl ona. , , e comprehensive and 'entire Union with that NC'''' an d To these th • 1 . 'tiki ce . ap t e _ !e answers returned were in general e pt _ r, In neouraging. On the 4th March, 1704, the voi re Presenting the Bills, referred pointedly to the tt n : and eona above mentioned, as having had the unanimous 3 tli tit', 8 tisent of a full house, and prayed the Lord Lieu -141% 1707aPPort to carry it into execution. On the 9th te,%!;eeen' the Irish House of Comnions in their address to aqrate cr,eintLeted her " to add greater lustre and strength '4l t .' 3 Of the by a yet more comprehensive Union." The l'ilt;lresseti Irish Ilouse of Lords on the 15th July, 1707, * et , " o ld ,In terms still stronger in favour of an Union. Itaidatts deeito:reland," influenced by wisdom and foresight. '4lTilnee of 4: (:) ,,t ?t1 LT oio 11 as " Young Ireland," under the 4 t , e i, C . " Connell, is eager for a severance of it. forksint:tY Rill Probability that for the future a general gaol it l ',. Th e take place throu hout Fnyland early in the the , tt a t increase of crime in -the country;together I'lllo4l, b a st nutober of offences handed over to the assizes ka t i ha e eanae calendars to assume.. an appearance n abl n pricer tptt; i e for shello e: The late circuit has . been re e tentn,very rwheltning amount of its criminal busi tq'vrn eg tseff.c?otY the same overcharged calendar has tee bneine_s indeed , so exceedingly heavy has been the arinwholiy t ; of the assizes, that the ordinary judges have tll:''ere‘'es.,f4eeri9(ltial to the task of disposingand tbe N t :fled nt: enonse.l who were joined in'the commission 4 di et ' Prlsone. tequisition for the purpose of trying !be no i ~,t th e and e0,,..8 .111 the county of York, what with learnec e tt i 6i, 48414 ti`un.lnussioners, there were five or slx courts open ,:re,,, Lt ~, _,. for the disposal of the various indictments. t ,u e e t tie. , of things to be by, no means desired ; if parties _ floe !e lte `;_ r .the assizes at all let them he brought ve t 4°° k '' wi th 1! Judzes of the land ; let their cases be a - generally Ittfate,t u p . a t eht , ~ fore and dignity be kt. 1 a the '4:4 . ' • • which we g . e of the h te e at ed L QJect s „'. uetore the Queen's judges. 0 , t .o ee a by the e.-.oPosed by a trial at the assizes is ni entire_l i y i ,N. 4,te., ,rnake-shift expedient of sending an cans be 4 :0t ) ,,`" iti rit,,,j.? 8 roe-shift for ad judication. Nothing c ar .' 1 .,. eloo,i.n74e:ir arete7ea,nee than trying offenders in some gram3-iduge-', 'll , th 11,11.1nry w'i'taurnber, with no conveniences 0 th e 'a otheate huki'asTes, accused, officers, or pub f lic r . ' t he day hr Pereo,3" together, prisoners shoulder to shoulderwho lir eNrveetnre, ..._, and the presiding judge a gentleman. been ii,hl s i,, 5 lin ,ouf Perhaps the same day, . 3 1 '1 14 in has hjinsetiatll de kiti_s" crirnin7 prosecution. If solemnity be a highly 1 q tii five, am 41 courts, these nssistant courts . ar• i e _ tit.actar.o, tt ed t. Y‘et, according Its, i ll % th ey utir''le Circuits to the necessarily the heavy nature ot t i us.- 'ti,"leed, , at Present unav i lable • the criminal b ' into kilt drn the Norther 9t Circuit has actually run limited ( e l p ea. Y 8 of the present i term, --Justice of Peace. COURT OF PASSAGE—TunsnAr. SED L'CT 101. i BILLINGE v. HASLAM.-I❑ this case Mr. JAMES ap peared for the plaintiff, and Mr. VENABLES for the defend ant. The plaintiff, John Billinge, was a cowkeeper and publican, residing at Edge-hill ; and the defendant, James Haslam, was a fitter, working at the station of the Grand Junction Railway, Edge-hill. The action was brought to recover compensation for the loss which the plaintiff had sus tained in consequence of losing the services of his sister-in law, Margaret Carter, who was seduced by the defendant, himself a married man. It appeared from the evidence of Margaret Carter that she lived as servant with the plaintiff; that on the 14th of April, 1842, the defendant, who with his wife lodged in the same house, accomplished his purpose during the temporary absence of Mr. and Mrs. Biliinge and his own wife ; and that on the 15th of January in the pre sent year sbe was delivered of a child. 'Witnesses were also called who detailed expressions which the defendant had used indicative of his intentions to seduce Margaret Carter. Mr. Venables, for the defendant, contended that the plaintiff could only recover for the loss of service, which could not be much, as he could easily have got another servant. The Learned ASSESSOR said there appeared to he little loss of service, but the jury must consider to what damages the plaintiff was entitled for the outrage to his feelings, as head of the family, in having his wife's sister seduced whilst a servant in his family. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £lO. DISPUTED AGREEMENT BINKS V. CIIEW.—The plaintiff in this case was Charles Binks, a Butcher, the defendant, an attorney, and the action was brought to recover the sum of £5 Gs., being the amount of costs and damages obtained by the defendant in a case which was tried in the Court of Passage in February last, on behalf of Binks. It was stated by the witnesses who were called on behalf of the plaintiff, that the defendant had agreed to conduct the action without any charge, as he would be sat isfied with the costs which he might obtain ; he had also ob tained £3 6s. from the plaintiff, for carrying on the action, which, however he had offered to pay, but the offer bad been refused by the plaintiff, who required the whole amount.— Verdict for the plaintiff for £5 6s. RECOVERY OF A DEBT GILLDESSLEEVES V. QUIRK.—The plaintiff and defen dant in this action were acquaintances, and various sums of money, amounting to .;£4 13s. -Id. had been lent by the plain tiff to defendant, which were now sought to be recovered. An acknowledgement was put in, purporting to be signed by the defendant, and also by Mary Smith, servant to the plain tiff, as attesting witness ; the latter, however, on being called on to write her name, was unable to do so, and the Learned Assessor, after administering to her a suitable caution, or dered the plaintiff to be non-suited. ACTION FOR DEBT ROURKE v. GIRVIN.—The plaintiff was a lumper, and de fendant a shipowner, and the action was brought to recover a sum of £l4 2s. for work performed in discharging a vessel called the Success, belonging to the defendant. After some conversation between Mr. James and the defendant's coun sel, a verdict was taken by consent for the plaintiff, subject to arbitration as to the costs. There was also a cross action, Girvin v. Rourke, for an amount of £lO, which was disposed of in a similar manner. BROKER'S COMMISSION. BARFF v. BECKETT.—The plaintiff is a broker, and de fendant a passenger agent. The action was brought to re cover a sum of XS, which had been incurred in chartering a vessel called the Henry Wood, but which charter had been afterwards transferred.—Verdict for the plaintiff for the amount sought. This terminated the businep in the Court of Passage, which adjourned at a quarter past five. CASE OF DESERTION.-REFUSAL OF SEAMEN'S WAGES On Wednesday, Mr. John Radcliffe, solicitor, of the firm of Rogerson and Radcliffe, appeared before Mr. Rushton, on behalf of Henry Curtis, for the purpose of substantiating a claim made by John Curtis, a seaman, for wages alleged to he due to him from Messrs. Challared and Co. owners of the ship 'Windsor Castle, M'Clelland, master. The case of Curtis, it was understood, would settle several other claims. Mr. Radcliffe stated that Curtis shipped as a seaman on hoard the Windsor Castle, bound for Bombay, and back to Liverpool, o r any port in the United Kingdom. On the Ist of March last, about half-past eleven o'clock, the ship Windsor Castle, which was homeward bound, with a cargo of cotton, was run into by the Berlin, of Boston. When the collision took place, the Windsor Castle was under close reefed top-sails and reefed foresail, the wind blowing hard from S.S.E. with a heavy sea. She was standing in towards the land on the starboard tack, and the Berlin out on the larbord tack. The ship was about 100 miles off the S.W. coast of Ireland. The bowsprit and cutwater of the Wind sor Castle were carried away, and the three masts in a few minutes afterwards went overboard. No very serious damage was done to the hull of the ship, but in consequence of her disabled condition, she became entirely unmanageable. The Berlin stopped by her until morning and took on board three passengers and four of the crew who were sick After the sick men had departed, the captain called the crew aft and said if they were any one willing to leave the ship, they might go. The crew said, " let the sick men go, we will all stop by the ship." The captain said, " I ant glad to hear 1 1 it." The men said'they would stop and see if they could by any means get her into port. The captain, mate, and crew, thus determined to remain by the vessel, thinking the wea ther would moderate, though there was at this time imminent danger, owing to all boats being staved. The weather having got worse, they showed a flag of distress. On the day after the Berlin bore away, the ship Hudson, of New York, hove in sight, and the captain seeing the disabled and distressed condition of the Windsor Castle, bore down and spoke her. Captain Page requested Captain M'Clellan to leave the Windsor Castle, as there appeared to be little chance of saving the ship, and the lives of the crew were in great jeopardy, from the risk of her drawing on the iron-bound coast of Ireland without the means, in case of such an event, of quitting the vessel. She was rolling very heavily in the trough of the sea, having no sail to steady her. Captain Page said he would remain by the Windsor Castle till morning, as it was blowing too hard to lower a boat then. He did remain, and though it still continued to blow strongly, he, next morning, sent his mate with a boat to take off the crew. Previously to thin, repeated conversations had taken place between the captain and the crew of the Windsor Castle, as to the necessity of going themselves, and leaving the ship. The captain told the crew that the vessel was drifting in the direction of the land, and was likely, in less than 24 hours, to be on shore. He said it was a very dangerous part of the Irish coast, where there would he very little, if any chance of any one being saved. Whtn the mate of the Hudson came with the boat, the cap tain made no objection to leaving the ship himself, or allow ing the crew to do so, but merely said he would be the last man to leave her. He left her accordingly, in the last boat, accompanied by the carpenter, who unscrewed the two chro nometers, and put them into the boat. This was on the morning of the 4th of March. During the period which elapsed between the collision and the abandonment of the ship, she had continued to roll very heavily in the trough of the sea, throwing every thing moveable about the decks into the greatest disorder, and threatened to send the anchors through the top-gallant forecastle. The captain several times showed an unwillingness to allow the crew to set a spare sail on the stump of the wizen -mast, to endeavour to steady her, and they did so almost against his consent, but it had little effect. It was quite impracticable thin to take the vessel in tow, the sea ran so high. She was unmanageable, and the weather very threatening. She was subsequently seen and reported by various vessels, but none of them attempted to take her in tow. On Sunday, the 13th March, she was boarded by a schooner, 15 miles to the west of Loophead, but they were obliged to leave her after vainly endeavouring to get her into the Shannon. Two steamers were then put out to search for her, and she was ultimately towed into Kilrush by her Majesty's cruiser Hamilton, with the loss of masts, spars, and rudder. Mr. Radcliffe concluded by saying that the Windsor Castle arrived in the Mersey on Thursday last, and that frei:lit will he payable to the extent of £3,000. Curtis, the carpenter of the Windsor Castle, and the sail maker were called, who swore to the statements embodied in the above address. They also stated that the boats of the ship were in such a conditio❑ as to be useless. _ Mr. Radcliffe cited the case of the Neptune from Haggar dy's Admiralty Reports, not as a case precisely in point, but for the purpose of sheaving the judgement of Lord Stowell, which container; all the law applicable to the Windsor Castle, Lord Stowell says :—" The contract of the mariner covers the whole of the ship ; a part separated by a storm is not dis engaged by that accident from that lien, if it be recovered as a part of the primitive pledge mortgaged to the mariner." In the present case, the whole of both ship, and cargo was ultimately recovery. Again adds Lord Stowell :—" When does the authority of the waster cease? His authority does not certainly merge in the misfortune ; nor are the seamen at liberty, without staying a reasonable time for the recovery of parts of the ship and cargo (if there be any prospect. in his judgment, of such recovery), immediately to disperse themselves over the country on whose shores they have en countered the mischance without some discharge from him. No such attempt was made in the present case." Nor was any such attempt made in the case of the Windsor Castle ; on the contrary, the crew all declared their readiness to stay by the ship to the last, and it was not until the captain had ex pressly stated there was not the slightest chance of saving her, that the men, with his assent and along with him, left the ship. Mr. Rushton said the law was admirably laid down in the judgement of Lord Stowell, that the seamen should cling to the last plank of the vessel for his wages. The case of the Neptune, which was stranded on the coast of France, did not apply. There was no parallel between the two eases. The seamen of the Neptune struggled to the last. Mr. Radcliffe said the seamen of the Neptune quitted the vessel, yet they were entitled to their wages. Mr. Rushton said they did not desert the vessel till she was stranded, and till they had done every thing that could be done to save her, so long as there was any hope or likeli hood of doing so. In this case, a ship at sea had been abon dened, lie (Mr. Radcliffe) said justifiably. However he (Mr. Rushton) was not going to decide yet, as had not heard the whole case. Mr. Whitley, solicitor, who appeared on the other side, contended that the vessel had not been justifiably abandoned and he called William Everill, an apprentice to the owners of the Windsor Castle, who deposed that on. the day after the collision they cleared the wreck. The weather was moderate till towards evening, and they might have repaired the boats or done any thing they pleased. The long boat had been cracked a shoe t time previously, and though it had a rat-hole in it, it might easily have been repaired. The men went aft to the Captain, and desired to leave the ship. He did not hear them make the request, but he heard them say they had done so. James Roberts, another apprentice, stated that the men demanded to have a signal of distress put up. Heard the captain state, but not in the presence of the men, that he would not leave the vessel. Heard the men say that they would go and ask the captain to let them quit the vessel. They went aft of ther own accord, and without any orders from the captain. The long-boat might have been repaired by nailing a piece of lead over the rat-hole. Mr. Cullen stated that he went to Kilrush on the arrival of the vessel there. He found the hull perfectly tight, and only six inches water were in the hold. The boats were all seaworthy, and he was himself several hours on the water in the boat that was most damaged. Mr. Radcliffe said the vessel had earned freight, and the men had not left her till, they could not, with safety, remain on board of her. She was now in the dock here, and was, with her cargo, worth £20,000. Mr. Rushton was of opinion that the men could not re cover their wages, for the Windsor Castle had been impro perly abandoned. It appeared that after the collision the weather was moderate enough to enable them to make all snug ; they had time to examine the boats, and to have re paired the long-boat by nailing lead over the rat-hole as sug gested by the boy. This was a most discreditable abandon.. merit of that high feeling which usually characterised British seamen. No attempt had been made to rig a jury -mast, or to provide for the emergency in any way. Thenaval charac ter of our men would soon n c e a se to be what it wasif men were allowed to recover their wages under circumstances such as these. The Count de Sails, having had his eyes opened to the real objects sought to be attained by the men of the repeal move ment has very wisely cut the concern, and is, of course, made to pay the penalty of a pretty reasonable share of vituperation, oral and written. The Count states that he is determined to remove the license from a Popish chapel, in consequence of repeal meetings having been held there, though a short time since he was a subscriber to the Repeal Association. The declarations of the Government are working some reformation. THE ROBBERY AT THE LIVERPOOL POSTOFFICE. On Tuesday, at the Police-office, John Leeming, a clerk at the Postoffice, in this town, was placed at the bar, on a charge of having stolen letters. The first witness was Mr. Wilks, assistant to Mr. King, wholesale jeweller, IS, Bridgewater square, London. Mr. Wilks stated, that on the 7th March last, he received from his employer two gold rings set with pearls and diamonds, which he was to enclose in a letter and send enclosed to Messrs. Roskell and Son. lie enclosed them and sealed them up and addressed them to Messrs. Roskell and Son, Church -street, Liverpool. The two gold rings produced, the witness said, were those which he had enclosed. About three weeks afterwards he beard that the rings had not been received. Philip Phillips. the errand boy in the service of Mr. King, described the custom of the establishment, as regarded putting letters in the Postoffice. Mr. Robert Roskell stated, that in February last, he sent some stones up to Mr. King to be mounted in gold. He did not receive the articles so soon as he expected, upon which be wrote to make inquiry, and was informed in reply that the rings had been sent through the postoffice. He believed the stones in the two rings produced were those which he sent. George Rose, a jeweller, in the service of Mr. King, iden tified the two rings. He made one of them himself about two months ago. Miss Martha Davies, of No. 42, Pleasant-street, stated, that she first became acquainted with the prisoner on the 28th of February last. She had some knowledge of him previously, but had never spoken to him before that day, which was Shrove Tuesday. She saw him again on either the Friday or Saturday following, again on the Monday, and again on the Tuesday following. She was in the habit of seeing him frequently after that. After she had seen him about four times he showed her a ring, (produced,) and asked her to accept it. He said, if she would not take it he would throw it behind the fire. She then consented to accept it. lie gave her another ring, which he said he had bought in Manchester, but he did not say where he had got the first ring. She kept both rings till the preceding day, (Monday,) when she delivered them to Mr. Bond, a clerk belonging to the Postoffice. William Augustus Bond, senior clerk in the Postoffice, stated, that the prisoner was a clerk in that establishment. It was a part of his duty to face letters, which had been sorted, to the delivery windows were the private boxes were placed. Messrs. Roskell and Sou had a private box. A letter addressed to them, posted in London on the 7th March, would arrive on the morning of the Sib, and would he sorted for the delivery windows and put into the private box that morning. The prisoner was at the delivery window that morning, and the letter would go through his bands. The prisoner declined saying anything in reply to the charge. He was committed to take his trial at the next assizes. On Wednesday the prisoner having again been placed at the bar, the following evidence was adduced against him. Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the General Postoffice, was pre sent to watch the case. James Halsall, constable, stated that he apprehended the prisoner on Monday, the Bth instant, at the Postoffice. The prisoner said he resided at 34, Hunter-street. Halsall went there with Mr. Bond, senior clerk at the Postoffice. In the prisoner's apartment a pocket-book was found. It was ex amined, and in it were found seven bills of exchange, one for £2,000, drawn at Macao, dated 31st December, endorsed to Messrs. Dirom, Richmond, and Co. ; one for £3OO, drawn at Bombay, dated 24th February last ; one for £lOO ; one for £142. 4s. 10d. ; one for .£79. Ils. ; one for £2,000; and one for £43. 18s. 4d. When he apprehended the prisoner he took from him a watch that he was wearing, to which was attached the seal produced. Williams Augustus Bond, senior clerk at the Post office, described the departments to which the prisoner at tended, which were the returned letter office and the window. Messrs. Dirom, Richmond, and Co. and Messrs. Edmond and Co. have private boxes at the Postoffice, for the letters addressed to them. Mr. Bond corroborated the testimony of Halsall, as to the discovery of the bills of exchange at Leeming's residence, and proceeded to say, that he found in a division in the returned letter office, which was entirely under the charge of the prisoner, two packets addressed to the firms above named. These had the appearance of having been opened and re : sealed, and had the word " refused " on the part where the direction was. ^ The packet addressed to Messrs. Edmond and Co. had been re-sealed with the seal appended to the watch. He (Bond) found also a memoran dum belonging to the prisoner. The latter snatched it from him, saying, lie had no right to examine his private memo randums. The prisoner attempted to tear out a leaf, but the book was secured. On the leaf was written, "Miss Davies, 42, Pleasant-street." The packets found in the prisoner's office appeared to have arrived by the overland mail by Marseilles, and the London post mark was, 7th April, the Liverpool mark, Sth April, on which day they would come into the prisoner's possession. Frederick Maitland Davidson, stated that he was one of the firm of Diron. Richmond, and Co. They had an esta blishment in the East Indies. The letter produced was from their house at Bombay. The bill produced for £2OOO. was from their house in China, and was payable to them. The bill for £3OO, was from their house in Bombay. The other bills of £lOO, £142 4s. lOd., and £79 Ils. were also theirs. It appeared that the prisoner had placed the documents be longing to each of the firms in the envelope addressed to the other. Mr. Davidson proved that the whole of the docu- ments, consisting of bills of lading, &c., found in the packet addressed to Edmond and Co. were intended for them. Ile showed that one of the letters referred to a bill of exchange for £lOO, and to a letter addressed to Baring Brothers and Co. from Lord Ashburton, which was found in the envelope. The same letter referred to the bills for £3OO, and £142 4s. 10d. The firm have duplicates of the bills of exchange. Robert M'Kin, partner in the firm of William Edmond and Co. of Liverpool, and at Bombay, of William and Thomas Edmond and Co., stated that the packet produced, addressed William Edmond and Co. was ,rom the firm at Bombay. The packet was transmitted on the Ist of March last, and he (witness) left Bombay on the 2d of March. The two bills produced, one for £2OOO, dated Canton, 26th Dec., 1842, and the other for £43 1 ls. 4d., dated Bombay, 31st January, 1813, were part of the contents of that packet. There was enclosed in it another bill of exchange for £5OO. Mr. PEACOCK said this last bill for £5OO was yet missing, and there had, as yet, been no time for inquiry after it, as its existence had only been ascertained this morning. It appeared, however, from a letter in the prisoner's possession, addressed to a mercantile firm at London, that attempts had been made to negotiate it. _ _ _ Mr - . RUSHTON asked whether application had been made . to pay this £5OO bill? Mr. PEACOCK replied in the affirmative. Mr. ItusirioN hoped it had not succeeded. The publica tion of the circumstances now would certainly prevent it from succeeding. Mr. PEACOCK expected to be able to trace the bill very soon. From other evidence brought forward, it appeared that the prisoner had taken a letter containing a link of beads, which had been put in the post-office by Julia Dalton, a servant, residing with Mr. Marsh, Scotland-place. The beads were intended as a present to a Mr. Sherlock, Bachelor's-row, Dublin. The person who wrote the letter for the girl forgot to put Dublin on the back of it. This was remembered after wards, and the girl made application for the letter at the post office, but was informed that it hnd gone to London. It was proved that it was carried out by the deliverers of this town, and returned to the department of the prisoner, who, instead of transmitting it to London, took it into his own possessiost, and it was found by Halsall, in a flour barrel which stood close to his bed. A letter, which was found in the lining of the prisoner's drawers, was addressed to Messrs. J. and W. Brown, Gorce. This letter had been sent out and returned. It was proved that the words " refused" on the letters were in the hand writing of the prisoner. To all these charges the prisoner declined to make any answer. Mr. RustiTos then committed the prisoner to Kirkdale, to take his trial at the next assizes. Mr. Davidson here said he was under the necessity of proceeding to India, and he was desirous of being relieved from further attendance. Mr. ItusuToN said the officers of the crown would con duct this prosecution, and the application must he made to them. For himself he should not think of granting it. Mr. DAVFNPORT, who appeared for the defence, said that in order to satisfy the friends of the prisoner, he wished to know whether the court would admit him to bail. Mr. RUSHTON replied—No, certainly not. This was one of the most cruel cases he had ever known, for it not only dishonoured the establishment in which the prisoner was a 'servant, but it embarrassed commercial matters in a very high degree. It was a felony of the most grave character; and he could not, for a moment, think of taking bail. The prisoner must be committed upon all the charges. The prisoner was then removed. A soldier writing to his father from Limerick, says—" I forgot to caution you against having anything to do with this Repeal business, as we have received particular orders respecting it. Every Chelsea and Kilmainham pensioner taking part in it will be struck off the list immediately."— Cork paper. REPEAL AND,_CIVIL WAR.—At a meeting of the repealers on Monday last, .at Dublin, Mr. O'Connell after stating that he despised Peel and Wellington and regarded their threats as a mouthful of chaff, said " There would be no civil war in Ireland as long as he (Mr. O'Connell) lived. The people would keep at the legal side, and if others invaded them that was not a civil war, and he promised them that there was not a Wellingtonian of them all who would shrink less than he from that contest, if it was forced upon them. Violating no law, the repeaters would keep on constitutional grounds, as long as it was left to them ; but, said Mr. O'Connell, if they throw us from that, then vice viclis for the contending par ties. (Great cheering.)" SECRETS OF THE CHARTIST EXECUTIVE.—It WAS stated last week that Campbell, the secretary of the Chartist Exe cutive, had decamped to America, taking with him the books of the National Charter Association. Since then it has been intimated to the executive that Campbell had, previously to his flight, pledged those books, with a large number of cards of membership, for the sum of 4:16 15s. 90. and that they will be delivered up by a Mr. Arthur O'Neil as soon as the lien upon them is paid off. The defection of Campbell, O'Neil, and other firebrands, from the Chartists, had des troyed all the confidence which they had formerly in each other. Even Mr. O'Connor himself, who boasts so much of his disinterested services and sacrifices in the cause of Char tism, is charged with being a venal and time-serving public character. The following charges are made against him : That he accepted £2B for lecturing and assisting at Mr. Stur ge's contest with Mr. James Walter, sen. ; that be demanded £l9 from Mr. Rogers for his services at the late contest be tween Mr. Gisborne and Mr. John Walter, jun. ; and though last not least, that lie received from Mr. Sturge's committee the sum of £5 for an active agent, to whom he only paid £3 putting the remaining £2 in his pocket. Mr. O'Connor as a matter of course, denies these charges, but his accusers allege that they can prove them. Mr. BRUNEL'S CASE.—Some particulars of the treatment pursued by Sir Benjamin Brodie in the case of Mr. Brunel have been made public. It appears that the accident hap pened on the 3d April. Sir Benjamin was consulted on the 18th, and found that the half-sovereign had passed into the windpipe. A consultation was held on the 22d, at which it was decided that the half-sovereign was probably lodged at the bottom of the right bronchus, and that it was movable. It was determined that every effort should be made for its removal, and that for this purpose an apparatus should be constructed for inverting the body of the patient, in order that the weight of the coin might assist the natural effort to expel it by coughing. The first experiment was made on the. 25th. The body of the patient being inverted, and the back gently struck with the hand between the shoulders, violent cough came on, but of so convulsive and alarming a nature that danger was apprehended and the experiment was discon tinued. On this occasion the coin was again moved from ; o i r ts , situation, and slipped towards the glotti s . O n the 27th tracheotomy was performed by Sir Benjamin, s w u i b th seg t of the enhueitnly tendon of extracting the coin by tlleforcepas and repetition, if n in the event of this failing, with the expectation that the e o x p p ening in experiment ielfietwhein2d2pdi.pe On w thisould facilitateoccasion, on the 2d cf May, the introduction of the forcep s was at irastio o n n tended with so much irritation that it cou ld not bepersev ered consult in without danger to life. O n th e 3d another was held, and it was agreed that th e experiment ofit should be repeated as soon as Mr. B rune l h ad recov er e d sutG cient strength, the incision in the windpipe being ke p t On Saturday, the 13th, Mr. Brunel was again placed apparatus, the body inv er t e d, an d th e back gently ) open. s o struck the k ia itsp t a h s e sage opening through the in th e After two or three coughs he felt the c o i n qu i t itsoacec o g . the right side of the chest, and in a few s econ d s it droppe d from his an m y ou d t i h s t,r'ewsisthoorut incon venience, exci ti windpipe presenting any spasmodic action of the glottis. MEETING OF TIIE DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY. The annual general meeting of the above society was held on Tuesday afternoon, at one o'clock, in the Savings Bank, Bold-street. The meeting was but thinly attended, and the majority of those present were, as usual, ladies. Amongst the gentlemen present were the Mayor, the Rev. Rector Campbell, R. L. Carr, Esq., Mr. Henry Hcathcote, Statham, Mr. Payne, Mr. James Heyworth, Mr. T. Rath bone, Mr. R. Rathhone, Dr. Iliff, the Rev. J. H. Stafford, the Rev. J. B. Monk, Rev. Thos. Bold, Rev. R. L. Towns. bend, Rev. R. Appleton, Rev. W. Hesketh, and the Bev. John Robberds. On the motion of the Rev. Rector CAMPBELL, The MAYOR took the chair. His worship expressed his regret at the sinking state of the society, the merits of which he highly eulogised, and hoped sufficient funds would accrue to place it in a state to act with the efficiency that is so de sirable. Mr. CARR, the secretary, read the report. The report set out by stating, that the committee had lost no time in con sidering the recommendation " to carry into more active operation that portion of the past rule which relates to the suppression of mendicity and imposture, by inducing the in habitants of the town to the consistant practice of giving the society's tickets instead of money to all street beggars." As an inducement to the public to make use of the society's tickets they were offered for sale at the society's office, one class at one shilling a ticket, and a second class at one penny each. The committee anticipated from this a more general circulation, and an augmentation of funds, but were disap pointed, for they only sold 136 shilling tickets and 3,072 penny tickets, almost the whole of the latter having been taken by subscribers in virtue of their subscriptions, so that £2l 18s. was all that had come to the treasurer's hands from this source. It was recommended, therefore, that the lowest priced tickets be three-pence each. The premiums have been discontinued. Some improvements have, it appeared, been made in the mode of administering relief whereby more dis crimination is insured, and imposture is more easily detected. The accounts of the funds were less favourable than hereto. fore. In May, 1842, the treasurer had a balance in hand of £25 95., at present there is due to him a sum of £324 Is. The annual subscriptions have decreased from £1,030105. to £1,004 10s., and the donations from £1,341 14s. to £553 15s. 2d. The calls upon the town have not, however, been of so prominent a character as during the year preceding. The number of applications for relief entertained by the board has been 19,426, of whom 500 were refused as unde serving, or as not being objects of the society's care. The number actually relieved was 18,926, at a cost of £1,056 3s. 100. In 1840-1 the number was 14,506, at a charge of £1,230 is. 2d. The committee again expressed their ac knowledgements to the managers of the soup establishments for their liberal donation of soup tickets to the amount of £lOO, and also for the remission of a debt of £49. The committe reported a trifling increase of visiters, the number being 315 ; but as there are upwards of 1,200 districts which require visiting, this number is very inadequate. A con siderable falling off was reported in the amount of deposits and the number of depositors. This is partly attributable to the suppression of the premium, and partly to the effect of the severe winter of 1842, and the continued depression of trade. There has been paid out of the deposit fund during the past year £11,471 ss. 2d., and the balance in the hands of the treasurer on this account is £1,907 17s. 9d. The com mittee lamented the very inadequate means of relief at their disposal. The committee su g gested that efforts be made by the clergy in conformity with the mode expressed in one of the resolutions. Dr. 'LIEF moved . the first resolution. In moving the approval of the report, he wished it might be approved a little more extensively than merely by those present. Dr. Iliff proceeded to point out the great advantages of the society to those whose occupations prevented them from making inquiries into the cases of distress which came under their observation. He had known many instances where in dividuals whom he had encountered were promptly attended to, but which would, but for this society, have been either cases of protracted distress or of imposition. Mr. BOUTFLOWER seconded the resolution, and said, he could fully bear out the testimony of Dr. Iliff. He had been a frequent trespasser on the visiters of the society, and should be most ungrateful if he did not acknowledge his obligations to them. He hoped the finances of the society would soon be in an improving condition. The resolution was put and carried unanimously. The Rev. THO➢rAS ROBBERDS proposed the next resolu tion, which was seconded by Mr. CHARLES STUBBS, and carried. Mr. PAYNE moved the next resolution. Mr. Payne pointed out the great and anxious labours of the committee, and the slight encouragement they had received from the town at large. Considering that the society was one which afforded relief without the consideration of creed or opinion, it was lamentable to see the slight support which it received from persons of all denominations. The speaker next ad verted to the great usefulness of the society, and the excel lent effect that accrues from persons of higher grade mingling with the poor, aiding them by counsel, and sympathising with them in their distresses. When they heard that the annual subscriptions did not avail for the working of the so ciety, it was plain that, if a change for the better did not take place, the society must go down. Mr. Payne concluded by pointing out the evil of premiums, the withdrawal of which be considered a proper measure. Mr. JAMES HEYWORTII, after expressing his gratification at seeing the Mayor presiding, in a position which he consi dered more dignified than that conferred by his (the Mayor's) fellow-townsmen, inasmuch as the cause of religion and cha rity was more dignified than civic honour, expressed his plea sure at seconding the resolution. His pleasure, however, was mingled with regret, because the apathy which had pervaded the community must have thrown a chill over the gentlemen who had been so indefatigably employed in their endeavours to do good. He was struck with regret that a society so excellent should have so fallen into decline. He hoped a different feeling would soon pervade the town in regard to that valuable institution. He knew from experience that the society was not less excellent as a detector of impo sition than as an administrator of charity, nor was the former less valuable than the latter. He bud frequently asked par ties who were seeking relief to bring him a certificate from some medical man or some other person to whom they were known, that he might be convinced that the alleged distress was not feigned. In numerous instances no such certificates were brought, and be came to the conclusion, thereupon, that no such distress had existed. Mr. Heyworth proceeded to show that no such distinction was made where distress was found to exist ; that a large proportion of those who re- . . . ceived relief from this society are Irish ; and, having urged that it was more blessed to give than to receive, he pointed to the example of Christ, and expressed a hope that all would try to tread in his steps. The Rev. Rector CAMPBELL, in moving the next resolution spoke in the highest terms of the visitors, and expressed an earnest desire to see their numbers increased. Without ac tive, zealous, discreet visitors they could do ❑othing, while with a sufficient number of them, if backed by the town, the miseries of poverty might be greatly alleviated. He could not but lament, that the visitors should be so few, seeing that they ought to have, at least, five times the number, but he hoped this miserable deficiency would be remedied. The work was a labour of love in all, which all should be anxious to participate. To those who were engaged in it, it must be highly satisfactory, for they were doing that which Christ had done before them,—going about doing good. The reverend rector coucluded by some well merited praises on the efforts and services of the ladies. The Rev. R. L. TOWNSIIEND seconded the motion, which was adopted. The Rev. Rector CAMPBELL said, the unfortunate absence of the wealthy merchants of our town, who would have done well, like Mr. Hepworth, to have been present, rendered it necessary that he should move the next resolution. The rev. rector said, if the resolution had recommended sermons and collections in the church he could not have supported it, as there were so many calls for peculiarly religious services, and for thecharities connected with religious purposes. Rethought they were not called upon to maliecolleCtionsprsuch ties as this, and that they ought not to require it. It was most deplorable anti astonishing to contemplate the slackness on the part of the wealthy people of this town to support this society, which would, if properly supplied with funds, go further to the banishment of pauperism and the moral re generation of the town than any other means that could be devised. It was, he repeated, surprising that a society like this should be so miserably in want of support—that in such a population as that of Liverpool they should not be able to get £l,OOO in the year for an institution capable of doing such a vast amount of good. No arguments were necessary to prove its utility. He could not imagine that people would not come forward most gladly, and confide to this society that which they give away in indiscriminate charity. There were multitudes of cases in which individuals appeared dis tressed who were really impostors. The officers of the so- ciety were experienced hi such matters —they were well ac- quainted with the frauds of poverty, and the attempts of parties who were idle and indisposed to work ; and they could discover such frauds when others, who were unpracticed, could not. The rev. rector concluded by expressing a hope that subscriptions would come in, not only from the wealthy, who could subscribe one or five guineas, but from the classes who could only afford to contribute as much as half a-crown. The Rev. Mr. BOLD seconded the resolution, which was carried. Mr. RICHARD RATHDONE moved the next resolution, and read an address, of which the following is the principal portion :—This meeting has been called for a very important object, no less than to decide whether this society, the Dis trict Provident Society of Liverpool, shall continue its bene ficent operations, or whether it shall be extinguished, by want of support, and cease to exist. lam well aware that this alternative may not, at first sight, appear evident to those who are only acquainted with the working of the so- ciety from its annual reports or its annual meetings. They will probably allege—and they would do so very correctly— that the principal value and chief duty of this society consist in the collection of small deposits, and of the promotion . . . thereby of economical habits among the poor. But that the society cannot perform this duty, nor be of this value, with- out visiters, will at once be adMitted ; and tben we initnedi. ately arrive at the difficulties which we are this day specially convened to meet, to discuss, and to endeavour, if possible, to remove. The first great difficulty is the fact—sodisgface-_ ful to the town of Liverpool !—that, in a population of 250,000 persons, there have not yet been found 1,000 indivi duals to meet the requirements of this society as visiters. The town was, in the first instance, divided into about 25 districts, which were again subdivided into about 1,000 coin partments, intended each to contain about 25 families. Let me mention, en passant, that when such a subdivision has been organised, and the depositors are expecting their visiter on an appointed day, at an appointed hour, (the importance of the regular attention to which cannot he overrated,) Monday morning, always the best in towns; half to three quarters of an hour will, in general, be sufficient for the pur pose. As the town has increased in size, the subdivisions have, of course, also increased in number, and they now amount to nearly 1,300 sub-divisions, of which about 530 are provided with visiters, the remaining 700 su b-di v i s i ons having none, and being therefore wholly neglected. And to perform the whole of din; duty there can only be found, in the 250,000 inhabitants of Liverpool, after the experience of 14 years has demonstrated the exceeding value of the work, and the undeniable success of its working, 315 persons! In strong contrast to this, I will now, sir, take the liberty of reading a few extracts, giving some account of a society esta blished in Paris, with objects in many respects similar to our own, and which will, 1 think, confirm the old adage, that where there is a will there is a way, or, in other words, that where the spirit is its manifestations will not he wan ti ng . M r . Rathbone here read some abstracts, giving an a c co un t o f th e origin paris. and I wlirirlog only ress s o a f y, the le t u Society a li of St. Vi ncent d e P au l, at " go an d d o lik ew i se, " in " our own country." The next great difficulty, sir, to that of procuring a su ffi cient number of visiters, is that of pro obfegth of you, for a mo ment,e visiters, " th e arryu pro curing a sufficient amount of fund s to enable the society to Look ,then consequences l its noble few," being deprive d of the power of giving orders for carry at t objects. probable relief in any case, to the persons whom they visit ! Of the 315 visiters now upon our books, 232 are women. We have frequently appealed, and in vain, eelin to the community ; let me now appeal, distinctly, to the feelings of the men of Liver pool, and ask how they can expect these excellent sisters of charity to dive (in the course of their unwearied applications for deposits) into the most wretched of Liverpool's cellars for the poor, to see cases of distress of which those who live delicately in king's houses know absolutely nothing, without the means of giving even to the worst of such cases the smallest assistance ? Is it not enough that they give so much of their time, their patience, their counsel, their sympathy in every week, and in all seasons of the year—that they are exposed to so much that may be clangorous to their health, and disgusting to their feelings—that they see, in every weekly visiting, more or less of disease, suffering, actual destitution ? Are they, also, expected to witness all this, and to be utterly powerless to relieve—powerless to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to keep hope in the hearts of the sick and the unemployed, who would gladly work for their bread, until the one may regain strength, and the other obtain em ployment? It cannot be! We cannot hope, and we ought not to wish, that the visiters, and particularly the female part of them, should, under some circumstances, persevere in their ministrations of mercy, in their truly " angel visits." I repeat, therefore, sir, that if the inhabitants of Liverpool shall remain insensible to the immense power for good which they possess in the action of this society, it must go out, and cease to be; and I will not entrust myself, sir, to state the character of the epitaph which will be inscribed upon its tomb ! The Rev. Mr. MoNK seconded the resolution, and spoke in the highest terms of the society and its objects. _ Mr. THEODORE RATHBONE moved the next resolution Mr. CHARLES COLE, a visiter, seconded the resolution, and gave instances, within his own experience as a visiter, of the benefits conferred by the society. The Rev. Rector CAMPBELL moved a vote of thanks to the Mayor, which was carried, and the meeting separated at a quarter-past two o'clock. AFRICAN FREE LABOURERS Our shipping columns, a few weeks back, announced the arrival of the Mary Hartley, of this port, under the com mand of Captain Webb, from Berbice. We find she had been engaged in carrying from St. Helena a quantity of negroes that had been rescued by British cruizers from Spa nish and Portuguese slavers, taken into St. Helena, and con demned there. On the first arrival of the blacks, they were immediately located in Berbice, and so much delighted with the change, that when Captain Webb was chartered for a second voyage he was unable to get one of them to accom pany him as an interpreter. However, he obtained and safely landed upwards of three hundred without a single casualty. The contrast between this and the horrors of the middle passage under the former system, when one-third to one-half of the negroes perished, is most striking. Since the arrival of the Mary Hartley the captain has had for warded to him an elegant gold watch, bearing the following inscription Presented to Captain James Webb, of the ship Mary Hartley, by a few proprietors and representatives of estates in Berbice, as a mark of their approbation and in testimony of the kind care and attention bestowed by him on CCCCLI. captured Africans during their passage to Ber bice, from St. Helena, as freemen." To which the following reply was sent : "Liverpool, 10111 May, 1843. " GENTLEMEN,—I have most respectfully to acknowledge the receipt of your letter in September last, transmitting to me a gold watch, in testimony of your approbation of my proceedings during the two voyages the ship Mary Hartley. under my command, was engaged in carrying liberated negroes from St. Helena to Berbice. " It will ever afford me pleasure to reflect that I have been instrumental in accomplishing your benevolent wishes, and safely bringing so many Africans, without one single casu alty, to an employment, where, as on my second voyage to Berbice, I bad so many opportunities of witnessing—they are now supporting themselves in freedom and in happiness. " Sincerely hoping that the example your colony has afforded of the increased advantages resulting from the intro duction of these labourers may lead to your prosperity, " I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, "Your obliged and obedient servant, "JAMES WEBB. " To Messrs. Laing, Edglow, and Winter, " on behalf of charterers of the " Mary Hartley." WARRINGTON BLUE COAT SCHOOL The lively interest which James Greaves, Esq., Mill-bank, Cheshire, has long taken in the welfare of that institution, has been well appreciated by the trustees and friends of the school ; and the paternal kindness which he has unceasingly evinced towards the children gave rise to sentiments of grati tude withi❑ their bosoms, creditable to themselves, as well as justly due to their benefactor. To give expression to these feelings, the female pupils of the school spontaneously under took to execute two pieces of needlework, an appropriate and permanent token of their gratitude. These beautiful and well-wrought specimens of skill and industry, neatly made up into two ottomans, were presented to Mr. Greaves at his residence, on Friday last. The following inscription, tastefully formed in needlwork, appears on the loose cover of each : PRESENTED TO JAMES GREAVES, ESQUIRE, OF MILL-BANK, CHESHIRE, BY THE CHILDREN OF THE WARRINGTON BLUE COAT SCHOOL, AS A MARK OF THEIR A FFECTION AND GRATITUDE FOR HIS LONG-CONTINUED ATTENTION AND KINDNESS TO THEM. May health and peace attend you here, And ev'ry joy above, While we improve with grateful hearts, The labour of your love. Warrington, 12th May, 1843. After a plentiful dinner of roast beef and plum-pudding, in the true old English style, served to the happy group under the umbrageous shade of the overhanging trees, and when the friends whom Mr. Greaves had invited to be present on the occasion had also partaken of his hospitality, the children, conducted by Mr. and Mrs. Forester, and attended by Wil liam Stretch Esq., their excellent Treasurer, who is always at his post when the interest of the Institution is to be served, the Rev. P. S. Dale, incumbent of Hollinfare, and his lady, (this gentleman is always amongst the foremost to contribute to the innocent enjoyment of those poor children,) Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe, of Rixton-hall, were also present, and a nume rous company formed a circle in the grounds adjoining the house, when one of the boys addressed their worthy host in these terms : HONOURED SlR,—Permit me most respectfully to state, that nay schoolfellows have selected me to perform the pleas ing duty of presenting to you these two ottomans, as the tri bute of grateful hearts, and a small acknowledgement of that paternal kindness which the children of the Warrington Blue Coat School have so long experienced at your hands. We are indeed highly gratified, that our conduct should have se cured your approbation, and we earnestly hope, through the care of Almighty God, that our future conduct in this world will be such as to deserve your approval. Kind Sir, that you may long live to witness our future attemps to do our duty to God and our fellow-creatures, is the ardent wish and prayer of the orphan and fatherless of our school. In con clusion allow me most heartily to thank you for your kind ness on this—to us—memorable day." To this address, which was delivered by the youthful speaker with great propriety, Mr. Greaves responded in a most feeling and affectionate manner. The philanthrophic sentiments he expressed were listened to by his young guests with marked attention, upon whose young hearts they were calculated to make a beneficial and lasting impression. Mr. G. spoke in high terms of the peculiar fitness of Mr. and Mrs. Foster for their situation, and of the effective services which they had rendered to the institution. Mr. Forster, in an animated speech, eulogised the unpre cedented kindness and attention which Mr. Greaves had so repeatedly bestowed upon the children. He also acknow ledged the very hospitable manner in which the whole com pany had been treated. _ • The day, with the exception of some passing showers, was fine. while the beauty of the season, and the hilarity of the children, who, at intervals, gave fresh animation to the scene with their excellent baud, made it a delightful treat to all. Joy at beholding the happiness of others seemed universal. This Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company afforded, on this occasion, as they have kindly done on their former ex cursions, a free passage to the children in their steam packet. Sir R. Peel was born in 178 S, Lord John Russell 1792, Lord Stanley 1300, the Duke of Wellington, 1769, and Lord Brougham 1779. The important office of President of the Board of Control, vacant by the lamented death of Lord Fitzgerald, has not been filled up ; there is no doubt but that the Earl of Ripon will have the appointment, and that Mr. Gladstone will suc ceed the noble earl as President of the Board of Trade, with a seat in the Cabinet. No one is at present mentioned as the probable successor of Mr. Gladstone, as Vice-President of the Board of Trade.—Standard. KIRKBY LONSDAI.R.—On Monday last, the farmers and others who supply the inhabitants of this town with milk, consented to a reduction of a halfpenny per quart in the price of the new milk, it being now sold at threebalfpence, instead of twopence as heretofore ; and on Thursday reduced the blue or skim-milk to two quarts for thrsehalfpence, in stead of a penny per quart, the price at which it was before sold. The library of the late Duke of Sussex is likely to be forthwith distributed, except it be purchased by the British Museum, to which body the executors have injunctions in the first instance to offer it. For that purpose Messrs. Evans are valuing it. Should that he declined, it is ex pected that it will then be offered to the public. There are upwards of 45,000 volumes, said to be in excellent bindings and condition, independently of an immense number of valuable MSS. of the Holy Scriptures, consisting of early copies, &c. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.—lmportant alterations are to be made in some of the colleges in this university. Baliol is to undergo thorough repair, the direction of which was entrusted to Mr. Pugin, the celebrated catholic architect. The master of the college objected to the employment of this gentleman, and Mr. Pugin's engagement is, conse quently, broken off. St. John's and All Souls' Colleges will also receive decorations during the course of the summer ; and some new buildings are to be added to University Col lege. The dirt, which has been accumulating for many years, covers many beautiful specimens of art in the respec tive colleges, the existence of which is scarcely known. ROBBERY AT LORD FITZGERALD'S MANSION.—On Satur day a daring robbery was committed at the residence of Lord Fitzgerald, Belgrave-square, London, at midday. The rob bery was especially odious from the fact of the body of the deceased earl being then upon the premises, and that awful circumstance being to its fullest extent taken advantage of. .At 12-o'clock that day the tailor and milliner to the establish ment attended at the house to measure the servants for mourning. They were all ordered up into the drawing-room, and immediately afterwards a chaise-cart drove up to the door, two men descended from it into the area, proceeded to the butler's pantry, took up the plate-chest, carried it up the area steps, put it into the cart, and drove off. So coolly was the robbery committed that two female servants who met the wen carrying the chest away never imagined but that it was by order, and let them pass. The error was, however, soon discovered, and a pursuit, fruitless in its result, was made after the men. The value of the plate stolen was upwards of £3OO. Two persons, one a carman, and the other a steward of his lordship, have been examined before the magistrates, and both have been remanded. FOREIGN Au) SOCIRTY.—The twenty-third annual mee- ting of the above society, in connection with the Socidtds Evang.lique of France and Geneva, and the Society Christi anisme Protestante at Bordeaux, was held on Wednesday, in the lower room, Exeter Hall, the Marquis ot Cholmonde ley in the chair. his lordship opened the business of the day by a few preliminary remarks, and called upon the secretary to read the report. The growing interest and importance of the society had occasioned much additional responsibility on the part of the committee. Its operations had extended over the whole of Europe, and it was the only Society occupied in missionary labour on the Continent. It aimed at the revival amongst the Protestant Churches of France, Italy, and the Peninsular, of the genuine doctrines of the glorious Reforma tion. The number of persons in France professing the reform ed faith was 1,500,000; in Italy, 2,000,000 ; in Germany, in cludiug Austria and Prussia, 20,000,000 ; in Prussia, 1,200,000; in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, 1,500,000; in Russia, 1,000,000 making a total of 38,000.000. All these were within the scope of the society's aid. In Denmark one agent was employed; in Belgium one ; and at Lisbon, until recently, the mission was conducted by the Rev. Vincent Gomez. It was no part of the society's design to interfere with the discipline of the reformed churches of France, or to favour the interests of dissent from those churches. The number of colporteurs engaged at Geneva was seldom less than 50, each of whom received 20 francs. The sum expen ded in this department amounted to £1,500 annually. The " evangelisation " department continued to be prosperous. The whole expenditure of the Genevan Society ha d fallen short of £3,000, towards which the Fore i g n Aid Society had given ..£3%. The society in France had e m p lo y ed during the past year 69 agents and had educated 25 young persons. The society began the year with a debt of 27,000 f; the expendi ture had been 119,000 f. The Socite Christianisme had ex pended £6OO, of which they had received the sum of £125 from the Foreign Aid Society for the year was £1,738, being a larger sum than had been received at any former period. MOST ATROCIOUS AND ALARMING OUTRAGE BY A PARTY OF ARMED TURN-OUTS-SEVERAL MEN SHOT. MANCHESTr:II, W£DNESDAY.—AbOIIt eleven o'clock last night, a most alarming and riotous outrage was com mitted by a large body of men, principally brickmakers, armed with guns, pistols, bludgeons, pickshafts, and other weapons, on the brickcroft of Messrs. Pauling and Henfrey, a short distance from this town, on the Eccles new road. The mob made a forcible entry on the premises, and in the most savage manner commenced firing on the parties sta tioned there, with the evident intention of murdering or maiming them, and destroyed everything'within their reach. Owing to some disputes betwixt Mr. Pauling and his men, a turn-out of the brickmakers took place two or three months ago ; their place was, of course, supplied by fresh hands ; and ever since a system of annoyance and intimidation, frequently accompanied by acts of violence, has been pursued towards the new hands. The brickcroft which has been the scene of this murderous outrage is situate on the right hand side of the Eccles new road, about 200 yards beyond the Cross-lane toll-bar. Near the centre of the ground is a cottage, which was occupied by Mr. Ralph Fletcher, the manager and overlooker. Close to the house are two large kilns of bricks, containing about 100,000, which they had just commenced burning . . A third kiln at a little distance contained about 50,000 more. On the night in question there were eleven men on the premises, along with Mr. Fletcher, who had been led to apprehend that an attack on them would be made; and about ten o'clock this small force was augmented, by Butterworth, one of the Salford beadles, being sent there by Mr. Diggles, the deputy constable, in consequence of an application from Mr. Fletcher for assistance. In anticipation of some such attack as occurred, Mr. Fletcher and his men, and the private watchmen, were armed, having amongst them four blunder busses, five guns, and three brace of pistols ; Butterworth was not armed, Things were in this posture at ten minutes after eleven o'clock, when their attention was first roused by the dis charge of two guns, at what is called the top of the Croft, which is the end nearest the toll-bar. At ten minutes after that, the mob made their appearance in great numbers, sonic of the witnesses estimated them at between 300 and 400, but probably their fears, and the darkness of the night, might lead them to exaggerate the number. As far as could be ob served, they all had fire-arms of some description or other, which they proceeded to use in the best way they were able. They rushed tumultuously along the Croft, towards Mr. Fletcher's house, treading down in their way vast quantities of bricks, in the soft state, which were spread out upon the flats. Mr. Fletcher and his party had taken up a position behind the house, the mob fired upon them ; the men re turned their fire ; about ten volleys were fired on each side, and the affray lasted a quarter of an hour. Fortunately, owing to the darkness of the night, and the unskilful manner in which the ruffians directed their pieces, not a single shot took effect, though the two watchmen were severely injured by blows from the butt ends of guns. On the other hand, the firing of the defenders of the property, though their num bers were small, told most severely on the mob, several of whom were wounded. Shortly after their entering on the ground, the mob sepa rated into two divisions, one of which stood aloof, firing at the men, as above described, while the other division forced thrir way into Mr. Fletcher's house, breaking the door with a large pick-axe, which they had brought with them for the purpose. Having thus effected an entrance, the house was instantly filled with armed ruffians, all of them having either guns or pistols. Their avowed intention was to murder Mr. Fletcher ; but the only persons in the house were Mrs. Fletcher, and a poor:woman from Ireland, who, being foot sore, and unable to walk any further, had been taken in through charity on Sunday evening. When the mob entered Mrs. F. was seated on a chair near the bottom of the stairs, and a number of them rushed up to her, presenting the guns and pistols as though to shoot her, which they would most likely have done, had not one, less inhuman than the rest, called out, " d—n you, don't kill a woman." One ruffian, however, struck her with the butt end of his gun, knocked her from her chair, dashed her head against the flags, kicked her, and dragged her by the hair from the house into the house into the brick-croft. She was severely bruised, and left in a very weak state. One of the mob ran up stairs in search of Mr. Fletcher, and returned, exclaiming, "The b—y b—r is not here ; he's given us the slip." This man was known to Mrs. F. as Michael Bagley, commonly called " big Mick," and from her description, ho and another man were afterwards apprehended. The poor Irishwoman being observed to look at one of them, was also knocked down. They then smashed the furniture, threw the bread into the brick-croft, and threw a small table upon the fire. They they broke into the office adjoining, and attempted to set it on fire, by burning some wooden seats ; they also carried off a portion of the furniture. While these outrages were going on, the thirteen men were engaged with the rest of the mob outside. The ruffians made an attempt to surround them, but were prevented doing so by the continual fire kept up by the men, who, notwithstand ing some adverse circumstances, made a most gallant de fence. A soldier, who had been engaged as watchman, was knocked down and disabled, and another man tumbled into a gutter, and his gun getting wet, was of no further service. Notwithstanding this, and the disparity of numbers, the mob were compelled to retreat. Before doing so, they com menced pulling down the new kilns, intending to destroy all the bricks ; but here the fire of the men proved too hot for them, and they were compelled to relinquish their purpose. The portion of the mob who had taken possession of the house were also compelled to evacuate it, and they then effected their retreat, which was done at the command of one who acted as their leader, by the lower end of the croft, and took the road towards Eccles. This was extremely fortunate, for Mr. Fletcher's men had discharged their last shot, and must have beer., in a great measure, at the mercy of the mob, had they remained. Probably the ruffians had also ex pended their ammunition, and hence their precipitate retreat. Mr. Fletcher, accompanied by Mr. Butterworth, the Sal ford police-officer, followed them along the road, and found that they had halted on the other side of Trafford-park View. Fletcher and Butterworth got behind the hedge, and on coming up to the place where they were, found them engaged in counting themselves, or calling over the roll, which they did by calling out—" No. 1, get your men together ;" and by the numbers called out, it would appear they were in six regular divisions, each having its leader, and that several of the men were missing. They then moved forwards on the road to Eccles. At Eccles, which is about a mile and a half distant, the firing had been heard by the county constabu lary, and two of them, a sergeant and a constable, were coming towards the spot, but being warned by a person whom they met that a large body of armed Men were coming up the road, they concealed themselves in the hedge-bottom till the mob had passed, and then followed them. On reaching the lane which tnrns off towards Seedley, the mob separated ; the greater portion of them took the road to Seedley, hut three proceeded on towards Eccles. The police kept their eye on these men, and when they were a sufficient distance from the rest, they seized them, and took them to the lock ups. They had no fire-arms with them ; but on their being examined, it was found that one had his boot full of blood, and that he had been shot pith a ball just above his knee; and the nails in the boots of another were found, on compa rison, exactly to correspond with impressions made on the clay in the brick -croft. After Butterworthand Fletcher had heard the mob call over their divisions, they returned, collected their men, and went in pursuit, but the mob had dispersed. An alarm was sent to the Salford police-office; and a party, consisting of the superintendent of the watch, three inspectors, and 80. hanna, the beadle, came up in cabs, and pursued some por tion of the mob towards Isaac Goodier's Fields ; but they retreated towards the river Irwell, at Throstle Nest, and got away. The remainder of the mob got into the back lanes near Seedley. Their pieces appeared to be loaded with large heavy balls and slugs; and though the shots flew like hail, they chiefly went over the heads of the party attacked. The night was cloudy and dark, and the light from the kilns was, from their situation, rather a disadvantage than otherwise. Of the two parties hurt, Lomas had suffered most; he had been severely beaten with the butt end of a gun or a bludgeon ; the soldier was slightly wounded in the face, having been knocked down by the butt end of a gun. A surgeon was sent for with all convenient speed, and they received the proper attentions. The number of bricks destroyed by the trampling of the mob was about 34,000. The parties, it is thought, must have fired upwards of 1,000 shots, as the croft was in a perfect blaze for more than ten minutes ; and though the shots have done comparatively little execution on those against whom they were directed, in every part of the croft, especially in the doors of the buildings and the kilns, there is abundant evidence in the shot holes, of the plentifulness with which they have been scattered. Besides fire-arms, the mob were well provided with large pick-shafts, the handles of pick axes. The large pick-axe which they brou , ,l,ht with them to break open the doors, they left on the ground ; and on its being examined, it proved to be one that had been stolen from the ground in a former affray. Two pistol ramrods and some other articles were also found after they had left the field. The circumstance which led Mr. P. Fletcher to apprehend an attack was this :—About a week before, an anonymous letter was thrown over the wall of the brick-croft; it was in the following terms :—" Fletcher, mind, an attack is made up on the lith, at 10 o'clock. Take care of yourself; and, con stable, mind your head,—keep out of the way." The con stable alluded to was Thomas Powell, a day constable, who had been regularly on the premises for eight weeks, but who went off at six o'clock in the evening. This man, on Mon day afternoon, overheard a party of men in the road, who were going in the direction of Manahester, conversing and saying that their men would stand man to man, and would beat them off the ground. In consequence of this, Mr. Fletcher sent down to Mr. Diggles for assistance. Early the following morning Butterworth -and Drennan, two of the Salford police, apprehended Michael Bagley and Thomas Hough, in Cross-lane, Salford, on the information and description given by Mrs. Fletcher. Hough is one who had been engaged in the first disturbance, and he was only liberated from the New Bailey on Monday morning, after an imprisonment of two months. On Wednesday morning, these two prisoners were brought before Sir Thos. Potter, at the ...,;alford police-cou r t, an d, after a short statement nfthe facts, were remanded till Friday. Op the same day, the three men apprehended at Eccles in the first instance, whose names are Peter Burnes, alias Lund, Matthew Hough, and Charles Lee, were brought up before Mr. Maude, at the New Bailey, along with the other priso ners, Thas. Crompton, Henry Robinson, and John Walker, the last of whom had been apprehended at two o'clock in the morning, in Cheetham-lane, a considerable distance from the spot, with a wound in his leg, They were all remanded till Friday. DISSENT AND TRUE CHURCHMANSIIIP.—My dissenting friends, oppose the Church Establishment as much as you will, but let that oppo•ition be fair and manly ; and do not have recourse to Romish aid, nor join hands with anarchists. (Cheers.) The day is at band when the conflict will be, not between rival sects ; not between the Church and those who are (it may be) conscientiously opposed to her, but between Christ and Antichrist. (Hear, hear.) lam less than ever disposed to make common cause with Dissenters, because they, less than ever, show that dissent in itself is a good thing; for it seems to produce such an intense and immitigable hos tility against that which they exaggerate into so great an evil, that they lose sight of all real evil in comparison with that imaginary one. (Hear, hear.) Let the really orthodox, in life as well as in creed, come out and separate themselves from such unhallowed alliances ; and we will not, I am sure, attempt to lord it over their consciences. (Cheers.) My Christian friends, neither become Low Churchmen. A High Churchman is a man, who is as high as his Church and no higher. (Cheers.) We are content with our Church as she is ; and we will stand by her, and, if needs were, we would die for her. (Loud cheers.) Have we been the men to de preciate her? Have we not more communicants than those who would turn the Supper into the Mass, and make it the way to heaven ? (Cheers.) Were we not among the first to restore the sacrament of baptism to its proper place in the service? (Renewed cheers.) We are the High Churchmen ; we love the Church from our heart's core, and we will never desert her. (Great cheering.) Let me only add, at this hour, two remarks. Be not supine. Events which used to take a generation, are now developed in a year; they hasten after one another, like shadows in autumn over the waving corn , tield ; and there is no time to be lost. It may be—now or never: next year the cloud may have burst. Friends, be alive. (Cheers.) And finally, be alert, and he not affrighted. It was beautifully sa id b y a dying saint, " There is no danger to the Christian." His daughter whispered, tremblingly , . You do not think there is any danger to the Christian? " My child," h e answered, " do not use such a word ; there is no danger to the Christian." (Hear, hear.) Then there ought to be no fear to the Christian. Let us be firm, not fearful ; ardent, not anxious ; calm, not cowardly ; and , spite of the storm a n d t h e waves, we shall so pass throueh this troublesome world as to reach the land of everlasting rest: — Rev. /AO Stowell: CORRESPONDENCE. THE REFUSAL OF INFANT BAPTISM. TO THE REV. CECILIVI?AY,M.A.,ONE OF THE INCUMBENT MINISTERS OF ST. MARTIN'S CHURCH, LIVERPOOL. REvEnEND SIR,—AII men accustomed to a plain co.rnphras: v b i e o n u s r io t n ow o a f r t d h s in i‘ g ir s . m L u o s z t an ha a v n e d a h n is ap i p n r f e a c n i t at c io h n ild of w y hLuilr • be scar cely be " decent" that an incumbent minister ol e Church of England should excite or for a moment l abour under. under. t th e at pu th b e lic ci p rc a u pe m rs st , a i n t c .l e s s o l bv r i e o f u er s t t oh that e s r o e me correctlyefxefewer reportedsum Assuming h nation, either through the press or the pulpit , is due to the conscientious members of the glorious Church of which you are an apostolically ordained m inister. Difficulties of a nature to peril the continuance of tender consciences 'within our comm union I fear may beimpending; and the soo ner they are enabled accurately to understand their exact positio n . with reference to the admin i s tration of in f ant ba ptism, w motives will there be for murmur and discord. Let me, therefore, request you to inform the members of the Established Church to whom I have just alluded, of the precise principle upon which you acted in intimating you r willingness to celebrate a portion only of the baptismal ser vice. And, if you deign to answer that question, probably You will think it necessary to point out your scriptural au.. thority, as well as your legal power, to intercept an ordin ance which Christ has himself made universal, and in which there is reasonable doubt whether any person in your position is entitled to introduce arbitrary , or apparently arbitrary, mo difications. My knowledge of Mr. Logan is altogether confined to his name. I believe, however, he belongs to a dissenting per suasion, and that misfortune it is alleged constitutes your justification. Have you ascertained whether Mr. Logan holds the essentials of Christ's religion? Is he a believer in the doctrine of justification by faith ? If lie is, he must repudiate works of supererogation, to which, I lament to say, there appears in the Church no inconsiderable tendency. My definition of works of supererogation is , that of our Articles, as they are " understanded of the people." If Mr. Logan is orthodox on these important points, I am inclined to the belief that he has been rather summarily treated ; at all events, in the absence of information from you, I, for my part, am not in a condition to consider your alleged defence sufficiently valid. I hone I have not prejudiced the merits of this case. My intentions were certainly otherwise ; and my mind is at this moment as open to conviction, from argument on your side, as it has been to impressions fr om statement u p on the otner. I have the honour to be, Reverend Sir, Your faithful servant, EUCHARIS'rIiE PARTICEPS. Great George-street, 17th May. THE INDEPENDENTS AND THE FACTORY BILL TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sist,—You must be well aware of the numerous meetings held by dissenters of all denominations in this town for the purpose of protesting against Sir James Graham's Factory Bill, in which opposition the Independents have taken a pro minent part, petition after petition is got up by them, and presented to the House of Commons as bearing the signa tures of the respectable inhabitants of Liverpool. But what is in reality the way in which these petitions are got up ? There is at present one lying in the vestry of a chapel in this town to forward the attainment of their object; and it is a notorious fact that last Wednesday week three school boys. who actually confessed their ignorance of the enactments of the bill, were allowed to sign it, one of them only fift een years of age having had permission, and himself the audacity, to append stx names to it ; is this honourable and fair deal ing. My reason for giving publicity to the above mentioned fact is, that people may have some idea bow the numberless Pe I petitions have been got upwith which parliament h as l ate l y I am, been deluged. Yours truly, L. THE INCOME TAX. notwithstanding , t i h u e iet f l e y e l app human stnean pro babilitynit t TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. liihor-s -colCally SIR,--It is consoling to observe that the In i feel ings of ailtis straightforward inquisitorial honeat ( r g approximating results, which will in all nrleicm" Tax, prove as beneficial to the interests of this co financially and morally,—as they were unexpecte l d an t r y y, parties, with perhaps the exception of the illustrious a of the bill itself. I wish to make this remark, in relation to a view which I have taken of the practical working Income Tax. I contend, then, that the act is practically the gains enforcingo f certain there f r i o o influential e a n teioa contribution tri b parties, u tio useful in the discovery of fraud upon the revenue, by tahtettiherstilpl-igaorett,eonfnanlinrilorl mean amount, to the exigencies of the state. In th e place, it has afforded a cue for Sir Frederick Pollock ;naext so dexterously has it been handled by that right hon. gentl n e d man, that scarcely a day passes but we have the report of a game having been played in the Court of Exchequer, wherein "highly respectable individuals" come off second best dropping, as a consequence, (some £5,000 or £lO,OOO ; .nto , the pping, public purse. Again, the tax has been formed to tou c h the tender " conscience" of some retired old smuggler, wh o has all his lifetime luxuriated on cheapside ; and forthwith, the Chancellor of the Exeliequer receives a remittance o f £1.1,000 ! with which, however, Mr. Goulburn does not at all seem satisfied, as he appears to be using great exertio n* to discover the whereabouts ohi f s liberal corresondent, i n order that the first instalment (possibly of one shi p lling in th e pound) may be dutifully acknowledged. I am, however, rather apprehensive that it will be the fall of the leaf era that whereabout be discovered. It has clearly shown th a t the tramping organs of the league; the represented emblems e at this momen ri of ruined manqfacturers, at . _ t ~,rom what_ ever source derived) in possession?! a yearly income of from £lO,OOO to X 30,000! ! And how is this? Is it possible that league c ompacted for the purpose of cor n laws in this country , but that causing a repeal of the there is a lso a league with certain foreign government subor dinates, who facilitate the exclusive ingrtss of our patriot'. ions on the Continent as the price o f manufactured Product their labour: in the cause of their peculiar agitation ? I pause for a reply, and shall again address you. 'lours ' , truly, . H. W. H. vrile-street, 18th May, 1843. they 'order a WOODSIDE FERRY. ---- TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stn, —After the account given by you of the new screw boat, in your paper of the 10th instant, the directors of the n Nt e ' w o o v d e s s t l Ferry h pw addleould w d b o cel s Fell . to lf p t a h u e s y e a before r a i d of a d opt _ ing any new plan, though with so many proofs of the succe ss of that little vessel, and the means before them of obtaining FO absurd — so thoroughly at more, they exhibit great inconsistency in building one to try g to steer both waye, which your correspondent A. B. informs ti l i i l l 'g a ricer such as ours, what Us is their intention, and seems to consider as one of th reasons for their not making use of the screw. Surely they will never it a i t i te p m ra p et i c a e. y e n n o g t ine h s ig m h a .p y r r e lo s t ..ilt will become o f the large broad rudder at the head of the vessel, when s he is running at ten knots, and a sea strikes the vessel on the beam; or when her stern comes against the pier i n dark nights? If broken limbs, as well as frequent d ams to the boat, are not the consequence, I shall be greatly trig_ taken. They must contrive some new form of vessel to meet c hic ; and if it fails, they will justly be laughed at. T he concluding part of your description of the new principle ex. plains the objection of your c orrespondent respecting hi gh _ p ;but the same pressure steam. I be adopted to low-pressure steam, a . m they are very like those canwnhoitesiele, Iwhbyeltihevees, s u u s r e e d . on m t , l it ie h Irellsapmecetgio steering both ways, this is though amaree object may be accomplished by winding the boat, instead c e f desirable, I suppose only at the Woodside slip steering back, by means of a capstan or winch : there • his between the arrival " always plenty of time to do t . and . there an d the taking in of passenge rs again it is, I think, p re f e able to revering. I h o pe, therefore, the directors will sot,rithout dues consideration, deprive the ferry of the advan tages c ag es of the new Principle of propulsion, which, comp ar d with clumsy paddle-wheels, offer s a great increase of com f ort and accommodation topassengers. I am, Sir, &c. A FRIEND TO IMPROVEMENT. 18th May , IS 13 e G ss r a o g s e v t e h n e or p - r s e t v re io e u t, s i ztgi the e a draw ter ni GENTLEMANLY AMUSEmENT.—A well-dressed person accompanied by a boy apparently about fifteen or sixteen Years of age, presented himself before Dr. Kelly, et the Dublin Police -office, on Wednesday, and said the boy pre and on boys dread sent hadpabseseinngsetob crowd of boys, and he observed two gentlem e e_n o i ) n s ing-room window of No. 11, in the same street ; they were t r o o u u g t h O L n 'p a p emr throwing halfpence amongst the boys. After some ti me spent in this manner, the "gentlemen" commenced throw: Packet. e g monatnerre;d-ahmoot ncgosptpetrbse,"re‘sythitcbhe bluardn withe thhihm fully injured in the nand, and would not be able to work for a long time in consequence. Summonses were granted against the copper ro►nes, who_ are . known, and will, we hope, be punished.Dtiblzn Evening mer to I p ' o i r la tun hu it tn y e reiand Ume i ~ . diksva e, Her - , a, AN asa, and Tornea Gotie, tin ic circle gives an o Tornea, and as it enters the arct b , A steamer runs from Stockholm weekly for the tourist of witnessing the sun a ove the horizon for the four and twenty hours. to no less a sum It was stated at a late meeting of the Horticultural ciet at Paris, that the daily sales of flowers and flowering plants at the three markets and . the different shops which serve the and committed to prison on a charge of than w2istohoogafr.l,o:xiiinodoboosutneitns. amount Four persons, a father and three sons, were arrested in fraudulent utl"e. ioltdl'.itayisikarguop,tey. They are said to have belonged to one of those fictitious firms by which the merchants of Paris have been lately defrauded Wan enormous extent. Not lest and brought back to Paris. It is said that orie of than three waggon-loads of merchandise, fraudulently sent off by some of these wholesale swindlers were seized the other concerns had obtained credit to the amount of 800,000 f . e, Mtscutevotts Hoax.—A. steam-boat coming down the' Hudson on the Ist of April was hailed from the shore, and the captain observed a man waving a flag, and crying out ~ Steam -boat ashore." He rounded his boat, and finding she was too heavily laden to land her, he ordered out the yawl. The mate was nearing the shore, expecting to take in a passenger, when the man in a very civil manner requested to be informed by what name they call ed the "cook of the boat."—American paper. An old man of the name o f Gu y ot, lived and died in Mar. seilles. He amassed a large fortune by the most laborious industry and the severest habits of abstinence and privat • . i? t o. The populace pursued him, whenever he theappear_oo.o ....xi& hootings and execration. In his will were that f) 1 vr/ the poor words :—" Having observed from my infen,c,y. eanonly be of Marseilles are ill supplied with we i t i e e r, rf :L i y ch laboured the procured at a great price, thisshall be laid oiCiu. I direct that the whole of my progerty whole of my life to procure florhtalivecin building an aqueduct for their use. .: •.. Teete e.—(From the Noe ce great blessing,Nd MARRIAGE OF THE SIAMESE York Sun.)- 1 have obtained wives. Th . hey were office, that these creatures . North Carolina on the 13th married at their resilience in _t appears. from a lettei•rr oeceNiiv.iesdseast ,_tch.aeraChouraiierld instant, be 311der Colby . spar k s, Adelaide, Relative to which the editor of the Commercm. say s, 'fort s so that, were it not the daughters of David 1 eater, of Wilke; county, N.C. ordinary indeed. o m ud s w e should noun ce the account incredible. P women will do, e vidence daily afforded of what unnatu ral thin g s men and P What sort of father to consent ? IVhat stet of c a m arriage. What sort of women can they be who have entered into ste h FEARFUL ACCIDE NT. —A frigh tful accident ha p pened at c l e rgyman he who performed the unnatural ceremony? Marseilles on the Ist of May. A grand display of fireworks had taken place, and the last portion was a representation of a volcanic eruption. A very large number of persons had been attracted to the Plain St. Michel by the entertainment. died next mornine. The Sod estimates the number at 60,000. After all was bruises end contusions over, the people began to crowd hurriedly through the gates, which were very narrow, and the consequence was that many were knocked down and trodden under foot, and some lost their lives. Seven, severely wounded, were carried off to the and presented, lifter the distressing aT t I lih ot te evnlearpyaigeerure;antf: nat. those od o aef gent omt received a u,: eni i. y v y o eb, n al i d e b t tr i h e i r clothes torn from most deplorable a their t becks, . .