The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-07-12 00:00:00

- 6 - L alli 7tain ores The Na !ces- is to I will. and•' , and who ed ou JULY 12, 1S Q. siderable portions are not selections at all, but most ob jectionable manufacture) are " most valuable additions to the schools of this country"—that the censures bestow ed on them are evidences of nothing but a disposition on the parrot' the " mousers for faults" to carp and cavil Without reason—that the Roman catholics who come here are entitled toevy consideration, driven hither as they are, he says, by the abuse of our power over Ire land through successive generations. These few sentences contain all that was really said in favour of the proposed change. Now, let us see what they amount to. In the first place, as we have hinted, the error of these people i§ radical. The matter is not one of expediency or degree; it is one of PRINCIPLE. The Romish portion of the Irish commission object to the Bible be cause they know that that book was given for our learn ing as welch as for our salvation, and that the infallible church cannot stand the test of Bible doctrines and principles. n the )t Ire to its rid' of In order to serve the purposes of popery, they hold vague tradition to be superior to the word of God ; and as no attentive Bible reader can be a good Roman catholic, the church, wise in its generation, sets up a higher standard—to wit, its own inventions, calling them .ntous f traditions. ranee, 11, un- f great is ap care ic ps. would ie the vs and AlcL- iption :rpost ival of fa the of the xposes )range under *gland ely re end it. Popery, however, is consistent, and, with reference to its purposes, rational. It is your liberal protestant who is most guilty. Professing to believe in the word of God, which declares its own superiority to all other authority, he, nevertheless, impiously attempts to supply something better than the word of God! In this spirit of foolishness it is that Mr. BLACKBURN declares that the book of the Brummagem Catholico-Socinian commission are " worthy of all acceptation," whereas they are worthy of all rejection, unless, indeed, all men were of Mr. Councillor RATHBONE'S way of thinking, and were ready to extol a distempered judgment above that which the 'powers of hell strive against in vain. No. Bad as the world is—self-sufficient and extravagant in their notions as the march-of-intellect people are in things affecting man's eternal interests—there is yet, we would hope, not any very imminent danger that the mass of our Countrymen and countrywomen will chime in with the absurdities and monstrosities of Mr. Councillor RATH- IioNE and the clique of which he is one of the lights. They may sneer at " what is called the agony in the garde n"--( vide RATUBONE'S speech )—they may turn over the leaves of the Bible and pick out this or that passage to suit their own crotchets, and fancy that their garblings and sophistries are profound discoveries; but genuine, Protestant,' scriptural christians will take the whole of the inspired volume, and in it they find the following Vassages, among many others of like import : as, and of the ,y, and back ,uld de- len, we ded be' al staiP lUST be Jesus, have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. And the . spirit and the bride say come; and let him that heareth say come; and let him that is athirst come; and whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, if any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book. And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his Part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book." It is very possible that Mr. Councillor RATHBONE may think this passage as ridiculous, if not so " filthy" as ",vghat is called the agony in the garden ;" but we would fain flatter ourselves that he has not many fellows even in the Liverpool town council. Mr. BLACKBURN says that the Irish papists who are in Liverpool, and who have been driven from their coun try by abuse of power, have a claim upon the town council. The cause which brings the swarms who light among us from the oilier side of the channel has as little to do with " abuse of power through successive genera tions,"as that gentleman's argument has to do with common sense and common honesty. Yet we admit that swarms do come; we admit, also, that those who thus come, with whatever intention, or from whatever motive, have claims upon the town council, and we should heartily rejoice to see some provision made for their instruction ; but, as the minority contended on Wednesday, let separate Means be provided. Do not mutilate and set aside the scriptures to promote the views of agitator O'CONNELL and Priest WHALE. Do not, under pretence of guard jPg the children of Irish popish parents from inconveni ence or wrong, - do violence to the children of protestant parents. Do not, under pretence of getting Roman ealholic scholars, expel protestant scholars. The town Council, indeed, have proclaimed their determination to let thus; but the friends of sound scriptural education in Liverpool will not be thus treated, and if the council will not perform their duty, the inhabitants will take the question into their own hands, and effectually settle it. Ta-tnerrow the friends of the established church meet at the . Amphitheatre at the request of our able and zea lous Clergy. They properly call upon all persons who are members or friends of the established church and advocates for the fundamental principle of protestantism, the free use of the unmutilated Word of God, to assist them in building and supporting schools where that word ' r ay be freely taught under their direction and superin tendence. The call will be obeyed. There will be such a Meeting as Liverpool has seldom seen, and the fruits of it Will soon appear to the confusion and discomfiture of t he unprincipled idiots who are playing O'CONNELL'S .! 4 tne among us. Mr. RATHBONE may abuse and bully M'NEILE, if he pleases, again and again, and give that reverend and truly estimable gentleman the lie five h undred times in that vulgar strain in which he is so Treat a proficient, still that which Mr. RATHBONE so ' 4)a reelycontroverts and denies is true to the letter. The unhallowed scheme is " the syren voice of the enemy of ell righteousness," who lays his snares by mild and gen tle mea ns , i n or d er to l u ll men into repose, and while they are asleep lie sows his tares. Nor is it a local 'utter. It begins at Liverpool, but it is a feeler of the national pulse, and is to all intents and purposes at once 4 1 31.0 -popery an d l e velling movement. Parties of oppo si te view s are un it e d i n thi s thing on the same principle, "_.r rather the same want of principle, that actuates the d issentin g body to join in O'CoNNELL's raid against 110 Pr otestantism, though claiming to be considered the al -7).a exclusiv e f r i e nds of civil and religious liberty, by 1 they mean t hei r own p o liti ca l d o minancy, and the liberty of cramming their own nostrums down the. taro ata of their neighbours. Mr. WNEILE asks the Protestants of Liverpool if they intend to bear this? We undertake to answer for them—NO, NEVER. This ans wer they w ill con fi rm at the meeting to-morrow. end we say to every friend of the church—to every true t 0 every one " who is an advocate for the fu lamental principle of protestantism, the free use of th e unmutzlated Word of God"—be present and do your duty like Christians, duly impressed with your accounta hi]. 'tV to Rim who has commanded that the gospel in its 3itil speak shall b e ma d e k nown to every li v i ng crea ture. 1. P e ak the truth boldly, yet speak it rightly—" speak Eh* truth in love." WI ,vented! y which e make no apology to our conservative readers for 131 lee more reminding them of the REGISTRATION. This 4 s the point on which the elections turn ; therefore let no' 11 . 14 e presume to call himself a conservative who neglects the easiest, the least expensive, the most legitimate Inean s of victory. Conservative electors for counties, or div isions of counties, claim your votes, or claim coriec tion of inaccuracies, on or before the 20th instant. That is the last day. Depend upon it that a general election *ill take place under the next registration. C onservative borough electors have a different duty to Perform. As soon as the lists are published it will be their task to see that their own names are rightly put on, an d to send in claims in cases of omission or error. There is also another duty—namely, to see that no per- Sons on the adverse side are improperly on the list. If there are, let objections be sent in. A clear stage and 40 favour. Stand by the law. The country's best inte rests Supersede ordinary notions of courtesy. The London Reform Association is at work with its tiloulating 'circulars, and the local associations on the sa me side are not.idle. Their efforts will be in vain, in Illost instances, if the conservatives exert themselves as thC Y ought to do. Shame on those who hang back on Suc h an occasion ! We are glad to see that the enemy is alarmed. The reformers are called upon to defeat every attempt on the part of the tories to tamper with the constituency of the country, and thereby to regain that power which for so many years they had exercised and abused. We all know what this means. The conservatives have no rights; to place their own names on the lists, or to prevent improper names from remaining there, is to " tamper with the constituency." The best method of resenting this insolence is by following our advice— calmly and perseveringly attend to the registration. This is the alpha and omega. As to the abuse of power by the tories, we will say broadly, that if they have com mitted in half a century a tenth part - of the abuses and tyrannies committed by the whig-radicals in the last three years, they ought never to return to power. But it would t'e a libel on the tories to suppoe theM capable of so disgracing themselves. ,cans 90 )NNEL L, g ; 0 10 earnest ckshire• position tli ; and rid than r odious )rds with I such a nd which Ile pas' rties Wll O hurch or t appear• .tlier the , remaius Mr. There is bapk, an d the estore i t ' dahlished v e their clause s 'ere shall church or " of their of event s they hav e !minentlY clown tile described " into in" to spea k o infornls ther ha le 18th in it' lieve that e a plans' , we eve o a onscien The 1e55. trainers 't ty s of 501' in Liv er . : eful TO; it a tion-" 1 tion as tile, n any r` these sag e the Edi na • l e front the &Tent u ° 1 again' . 0 , we saY e arent to ti l e influ ei rt rority ; t 3 3, a of obt istl e cludiog i ag its °d, ristic fra u t is be nt ° , 0 115 iestion Isorr Ins and e a m W tr°d do 5. ., We t Ir. C° urici nd 11 of fire . 3 00 , Ts are be l ov in ill io i n dalg- e l r . Ja e" °f the ikir. h i stru ck; r tV ) f the W° iri g a the e ll as . e fi e rce P of modieuca t b tb e ertlis - 3 ...., cCeP tati°ll liVri that coo / DIVISION IN THE CAMP. It will probably be in the recollection of our readers that on the debate in the House of Commons on the Irish church bill on Friday week, Mr. Sharman Crawford thought proper to divide the house, sorely against O'Connell's will, on one of the clauses relating to tithes—to wit, that it was expedient that tithes and all compositions for tithes in Ireland should cease, and be for ever extinguished ; compensation being first made for all vested interests. To this.proposition O'Connell expressed his dissent , and made use of some of his characteristic slang, of a personal nature, to Mr. Crawford, which has stirred up the ire of that gentleman in a manner which bids fair to disjoint the entire tail, and cut off a pretty large share of that support which the agitator receives from the popish members sent by his influence into the House of Commons. Upon the occasion to which we refer eighteen of O'Connell's tools voted against him, and for the motion! Mr. Crawford, in consequence of his late mas ter's rebuke, has published two letters, the first addressed to O'Connell, and the second to his constituents in Dundalk. In the first he says, " In the lobate on my motion on last Friday evening I stated my surprise at your opposition, as the proposition I made was originally suggested by yourself. I feel that it is proper I should distinctly state the grounds on which I made that assertion. " You did me the honour of addressing a published letter to me, dated the 27th of September, 1834. In this letter you state most forcibly the enormity of tithe grievance, and the necessity for its total extinction." This is pretty well to begin with. However, the malcontent member three days afterwards waxes warmer, and thus writes to the independent electors of Dundalk. " I do not disguise from you that 1 am directly atd unequi vocally opposed to the compromising policy adopted on this and other late occasions by the distinguished-leader of the catholic body. He has possessed your confidence, and the con fidence of his countrymen. Now, the question is this—Do you require me to support this policy ? That I will not do: but I will do another thing, I am ready at any moment to surrender into yonr hands the trust I have received from you. • Feeling that I cannot be of the least possible service here —feeling that no practical good has been done, or, under present circumstances, can be done for my country, I shall leave London this day, and shall, with as little delay as is in my power, forward to you a particular statement of the views under which I have acted. On your approval, and on the course determined on by the people of Ireland, it will depend whether or not I shall again return to this metropolis as one of the re presentatives of Ireland in the imperial parliament. " The representatives of England talk of doing Ireland justice; but, if you come to the point, what will they do? Will they give up the tribute of the slave, which you pay to their church ? No such thing; they will give back a mite to rivet the remainder the firmer on your shoulders. Will they now come really and truly to issue with the lords on your cor poration bill? You know they will not: they have already sa crificed the essence of it to avoid that collision. " My countrymen, I have told you before, and I now tell you again, you have nothing to depend ou but your own determina tion, I do not mean resistance to the laws, either passive or active, but I mean the enforcing from the reprcsentives of Ire land an unflinching stand on principle; by principle I mean the interests of the people generally against monopolies of every kind, religious or political—against the wasteful expen diture of taxation for the benefit of the few to the injury of the many. Identify these objects with the cause of your country, arid, if justice be not done to Ireland, command your represen tatives to interpose all the obstacles to the granting of supplies which the forms of the house will admit of. You will then con nect the great body of the people of the empire with your cause —you will then have justice or repeal The people of England may be disposed to do you justice; but if you expect their support be true to yourselves. Let there be no blustering swagger in words, and mean submission in ac tion—act so as to obtain YOUR OWN respect then you toill,_obtain theirs also, and then, and only then, can you command or de serve their assistance." We have nothing in common in politics with Mr. Crawford— he. is a radical—a revolutionist; he would, we dare say, very gladly,see both the church and the monarchy laid in the dust; but, it is no less gratifying to find that he is possessed of so much independence as to shake off the yoke of intolerable ty ranny, of a man whose despotic intentions know no bounds, and who sways an immense power, to the manifest injury and dis advantage of the best institutions of the country. We shall hear of more deserters shortly. LIVERPOOL POLICE. THE POLICE AND THEIR STICKS.—On Saturday, at the police office, a private of the 23d regiment was brought before the magistrates charged with having been (hunk and very un ruly in Whitechapel on the afternoon before. He had struck the police three times in coming to Bridewell, and they, as they stated, had been obliged to strike him in their own defence. The prisoner appeared with a tremendous wound on the temple, covered with a large plaster. He said that in coming along to Bridewell, the police dragged .him very roughly and caused him to resist, and one of them then struck him on the head with his stick a most severe blow, completely laying his head open, whilst the blood flowed in torrents. Had some gentlemen not interfered he should have, it was his belief, been murdered. Mr. Hall very severely repr;manded the officers for using their sticks as they had done. He would not allow them to strike persons on the head. If they were unruly, it was surely enough to strike them on the arm and hold them till further assistance arrived to carry them off. The police of Loudon were never allowed to carry sticks except at night. if this vio lence were not put an end to, the magistrates must summarily discharge such policemen as they found making use of it. The prisoner must be discharged, he had already been sufficiently punished. He should see Mr. Whitty and the watch committee on the subject; this violence on the part of the police must be put an end to. ' SEAMAN'S WaGEs.—On Saturday, at the police office, Wm. Shute, seaman a-board the Nora Crane, appeared before the magistrates to complain against the captain for not having paid him his wages. Mr. Crewe appeared for the complainant. Shute deposed that'll° had sailed from Hull, in Nov. last, at £2 Ios. per month. He had signed articles. The ship went from Hull to Yarmouth, then to Venice, from thence to Palermo, from thence to St. Petersburg, and arrived in Liverpool on Saturday last, having been out eight months and sixteen days, and he claimed altogether a balance of £l9 16s. The captain said he objected to pay the seaman on the ground that be was incapable to do semau's duty. He had shipped as an able bodied seaman, and was able to do little better than a lad, and could not properly do the duties he was set to do. On entering Venice, he was throwing the lead and had called out six fathoms of water, when he was luckily near, and found that there was only two fathoms and a half, or the safety of the ship might have been endangered. Mr. Hall said the captain must point out something more to him than that. The log book was then produced, and several parts pointed out where the complainant had been put down as incapable of performing seaman's duty. Mr. Hall said, though not a good seaman, still he would be worth some remuneration. The captain said lie had offered him, before a witness, 455. a-month. The mate was then examined, who proved the general inability of the seaman.' Another seaman was called for the defence, who deposed that complainant did his work as a good seaman; but the captain bad frequently found fault with him. Mr. Hall said, putting aside the evidence of tl/c interested parties, he thought the evi dence of complainant's not performing his duty . properly was made out, and he thought the offer of captain to tray him £2 ss. a-month a very fair one. He should order that amount to be paid. DARING ROBBERY.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a lad named William Crawford, was placed at the bar charged by Mr. Samuels, silver-smith, of Lord-street, with having entered into his shop, and stolen a silver coffee-pot. Mr. Samu e l s stated, that about 10 o'clock on Saturday night, just before they were shutting up, a silver coffee-pot was standing on the counter in the shop, when the prisoner rushed in, seized the coffee-pot, and ran out again. Ile immediately pursued him, and succeeded in taking him, and giving him into custody. The coffee-pot was worth £lB. The prisoner had nothing to say in defence. He was committed to take his trial for the offence. DISTURBING A PLACE OF WORSHlP. — Yesterday, at the Police-office, a dirty shabby looking fellow, was fined ss. and costs, for creating a noise, and disturbing the congregation of Edmond-street chapel. The chapel was quite full to the doors, and some of the congregation were kneeling, when the prisoner came up and ridiculed them, and made such a noise that he disturbed the whole congregation. He was in consequence taken into custody. EMBEZZLEMEMT Y A CLERK.—Yesterday, at the Police office, an application was made by Mr. Smith, of the firm of Smith and Townley, wine-merchants. for a warrant to apprehend one of their clerks, named William Carson. Mr. Smith stated that Carson was a collector and traveller for their house, and was paid a weekly salary; his duties were to collect monies, and obtain orders : he had been in their service about three years. On the 27th of June, he (Mr. Smith) called on one of their customers for some money, and was told that it had been paid to Mr. Carson, and the receipt with Carson's signature was shown to him ; the amount was £l4 10s. On this being made known to Carson, he had absconded. He had since called on several other of his customers, and found that their accounts had been paid, and that his clerk had been carrying on this work for the last 18 months. The clerk was an elderly man. His present application was for a warrant to apprehend him. Mr. Hall said be could not grant the warrant unless the payments were proved by the parties to have been made. The application was accordingly adjourned till this day, to give (I)Portunity fur the witnesses to attend. NEW PRISON REGULATION.L—It is not, perhaps, generally known, that by a recent order from the Secretary of State, all prisoners under sentence ate prohibited from being . sefmt b their, friends, or front receiving any letters, until the expiration of sr: months front their conviction,. ' , THE LIVERPOOL STA N 1 )!;:* D. OPENING DINNY,R AT THE ROYAL ROCK FERRY HOTEL. On Friday a dinner was given to the proprietors of the Royal Rock Ferry and their friends by Mrs. Dobson, of the Rock Hotel, to commemorate its opening. The dinner was an nounced to take place at four o'clock. At half-Past three o'clock packets, gaily ornamented with flags; .and having on board Joliff's band of music, left George's Pierhead, Liverpool, crowded by gentlemen intending to dine. On landing at the fine pier purchased by the Rock Ferry Company, the band ar ranged themselves in front, and the whole company were mar shalled to the hotel, passing under a kind of triumphal arch -at the pier gates hung with flags and decorated with evergreens. The hotel gates were also similarly ornamented. The band then stationed itself in front of the hotel, playing enlivening airs until dinner was announced. The weather fortunately proved very fine, and contributed much to the enjoyment of the afternoon.. No room in the house being calculated to contain the number of gentlemen who were expected to attend, a tem porary and spacious building was raised in the yard of the hotel, covered with a substantial awning of sailcloth, &c. At the upper end of this was a transverse table, having three tables running down from it the whole length of the inte rior. The interior of the erection was very tastefully orna mented with flags bearing various inscriptions—" Success to the Shipping Interest," "The good old Town of Liverpool," "King and Constitution," " Success to the Royal Rock Ferry," &c. &c., with a number of "Union Jacks," whilst the pillars which supported the roof were twined round with evergreens and flowers, and festoons of flowers and evergreens hung from pillar to pillar in profusion. At the middle of the centre table a sort of alcove was provided for the chairman lined with scar•! let, which was surmounted by a large painting of the " King's arms" very handsomely executed. The tables were very ele gantly set out, and ornamented with jellies and confectionaries, &c., which gave them a very pretty appearance. The whole was lighted up by a number of ground glass lamps suspended from the roof. The dinner was both ample and good, and the wine much superior to that generally given at public dinners ; the wait ing was very well arranged. The desert was also very fair, and we think few could complain that they had not had 12s. 6d. worth for their ticket. The management reflected much credit on Mrs. Dobson. Henry Lawrence, Esq., occupied the chair, and Robert Rus sel, Esq., the vice -chair, supported by J. Mulholland, Esq. and Wm. Henderson Esq., as vice-chairmen of the two side tables. About 240 gentlemen sat down to dinner. At the bottom of the left-hand table a most excellent company of glee singers were stationed, and the band was placed outside the tent behind the chairman, and played at intervals. After the cloth had been withdrawn, "Non nobis domine" was sung, the company standing. After which, The CHAIRMAN gave "His Majesty the Kiwi., and may all his measures redOund equally to his own glory °alto the advan tage (*the country." • Given with three times three cheers and one cheer more ; followed by the national anthem—" God save the King," the company standing. The CHAIRMAN then gave, " - Her Majesty the Queen, a bright example of every domestic virtue." With three times three: Glee—" Hail Smiling Morn ;" which was followed by "The Princess Victoria, and the rest of the Royal Family, and may the House of Brunswick long reign over a happy and con tented people ;" three times three, Glee—" Hail Star of Brunswick,' " Our glorious constitution, the pride of Britain, and the envy of the world," was then given with three times three tremendous cheers, and one cheer more. Glee—" With a jolly full bottl e ." O n arriving at the part of the glee " Here's a health to Olu England, the King, and the church, And may our plotting reformers be left in the lurch." the company simultaneously rose, and gave three enthusiastic cheers. This toast was followed by " the British army, and, whenever their services shall again be required, may they con duct themselves in the same glorious manner in which they hitherto always have done ;" three times three. Glee—" The mighty conquerer." The baud afterwards playing, "See the conquering hero comess." "The Navy, the wooden walls of Old England, by whose exertions this country has been for centuries exempted front the horrors of war ;"three times three. Glee—" Britain's best bulwarks are her wooden walls;" followed by a song by Mr. Napthali, "Here's a health to our country, the mighty and brave;" on arriving at the part " here's a health to our clergy and King," the company again gave three spun; tatmeous cheers. The CHAIRMAN would give a toast in which he was sure they would all join with the greatest pleasure. They had frequently given the toast but in rather too confined a sense. On this oc casion he would beg leave to extend the toast and instead of the " Lancashire witches" he would give " The witches on both sides of the Mersey." The toast was drunk amidst much cheer ing. Mr. SAMUEL. HOLME begged to call on the chairman to ac knowledge the toast as there was no one Bette: calculated to do so. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN did not know exactly in what respect he re presented the ladies. He could only say that when he should be so fortunate as to have any one over whom he might have pecu liar influence, he should be very happy to present her to them. He would propose that they should have the glee " here's a health to all good lasses." The glee was then sung amidst loud applause. Mr. JOHN NELSON WOOD begged permission to give a toast, which he hoped would be received with the enthusiasm it de served. Had the gentleman not been present he could have spoken of him in a way more congenial to his own feelings without being guilty of flattery. He was a gentleman well known to them all and was esteemed by every one. He was a gentleman upon whom the breath of slander had never fallen. He was both in his professional and civil capacity the upright and conscientious counsellor. He would give them " the health of their worthy chairman, Henry Lawrence, Esq." Given with three times three cheers and one cheer more. The CHAIRMAN rose to respond to the toast. His worthy friend Mr. Wood had said so much for him, that if he had been the vainest person in the world he could have wished no thing more to be said in his favour. Though unaccustomed to attend at such meetings, he had conic at the request of some of his friends around him, and if by coming he had in any man ner added to the conviviality of the meeting or the success of the undertaking it would give him the greatest pleasure. He must say that it could not but give pleasure to every one to see these uudettekings starting up ou every side,. and witILIVO. probabilities of success. Prom the reception they bad had that day ho could not but augur well for the success of the under taking, and that it would be of advantage to the public. He would not trespass much upon their time, but he should not do his duty if he did not propose the health of Mrs. Dobson and success to the Rock Ferry Hotel. He should hope that the efforts of the proprietors would be emulated elsewhere. He thought the accommodations for landing there so much supe rior to those at the other side of the water, that he hoped the other side would follow this example. (Hear.) In his capa city as a councillor he should be happy to use his efforts to add to the accommodations at the other side. (Cheers.) "The health of Mts. Dobson, and success to the Royal Rock Ferry Hotel." were then drunk with three times three, Mr. TINLEY had great pleasure in returning thanks on be half of Mrs. Dobson. He would say for her what her feelings would not permit her to say for herself, that he was quito sure her anxious desire wits to give the utmost satisfaction 'she pos sibly could to all who might come to her house. (Cheers.) Mrs. Dobson had desired him to say, on communicating to her that her health had been drunk, that when she heard that the cheers which were given were given on her account, the remembrance of it would cheer her on to endeavour to give satisfaction to all who might honour her house. He concluded by calling on Mr. Shaw for a song. The VICE.PRESIDENT said two hackney-coachmen were once conversing in London about the municipal corporations' act, when one asked the other what he thought it meant. The other replied, "why really he did not know, but he thought it a mat ter of wittles." He would beg to propose to them what was a matter of ivittles to him, (being a ship-carpenter,) "Ships, co lonies, and commerce," which was drunk with three times three. Mr. MULHOLLAND proposed " The good old town of Liver pool, and the trade thereof. It must be a gratification to every individual present who was connected with Liverpool to drink the toast. They must feel proud at being connected with the first town in the British empire. The toast was given with three times_three, and one cheer more. Glee—" Life's'a bumper fill'd by fate." The CHAIRMAN begged to propose as a toast by itself, " Suc cess. to the Royal Rock Ferry Company," connected with the flkme of Mr. Jenkins. They were much indebted to that com pany for the accommodation they had afforded to the public. l'he toast was drunk with much cheering. Mr. JENK INS, on behalf of himself and the other directors of the Royal Rock Fell) , Company, begged to return his most grateful thanks for the kind manner in which the toast had been received. It was pleasing to him to be able to state to them, that the progress of the undertaking, so far as it had gone, had altogether been satisfactory ; and in evidence of that he need only look around at the number of respectable gentlemen who were assembled to promote the undertaking. They were a great deal dependent on the exertions of Mrs. Dobson, and be hoped the evidence of that day would show that she did', her utmost to assist them. It had been the wish of the directors to render to the public every accommodation they could; and they had en deavoured in every way to show their gratitude for the support they had hitherto received. Laying aside all jealous feelings he m►ght have of any of their competitors he would, with the chairman's permission, propose "Success to all the ferries on this side of the river Mersey ;" right and left might they all suc ceed. iu their undertakings. The toast was given with three times three. Mr. Wm. HENDERSON proposed "The health of the Stew ards," which was drunk amidst loud cheering. M r . TILEvEyLAN RAYNES being loudly called for, rose to re spond to the toast. He had not the slightest expectation that he should have been called on to return thanks, as one of the stewards, on their behalf; it had, in fact, been otherwise ar ranged. He was in consequence unprepared to return them thanks as he would have wished to have done. He had not language to express what he would wish on that occasion. He was quite sure that his fellow-stewards, along with himself, felt grateful for the manner in which the company had drank their healths, and on any future occasion on which they might meet together the stewards would do their utmost to promote the hap piness of those who might favour them with their company. Song by Mr. Cole—" The maid of Langollen." 'The CHAIRMAN proposed "The tradesmen of Liverpool." He should make no comment on their merits; they were well known. The toast was drunk with three times three. _ M. SAMUEL Hor.stE being loudly called for, rose to acknow ledge the toast. Though there were many gentlemen con nected with Liverpool in the room more calculated, and fully capable to return thanks for the body with which he was con nected, vet, he begged t o assur e them, like a person in a higher place, that he for one " should stand or fall by his order." — (Cheers.) He must confess, since he had entered that room, his feelings had been wandering back to the origin of the great community at the other side of the water, and he had been con sidering that not many years had elapsed since the fine town with which he had tfie honour to bo connected was composed of a few humble cottages, and the magnificent river simply reflected the sails of a few fishing smacks. By the exercise of commerce, and skill, He trusted that th e b o dy o f m en with whom he was connect ed, they now saw that town second to none in t he em p ire. filling stations of great responsibility, would be ever found at their posts, and in the path of duty, and do all they could.fot the future prosperity of the town. (Cheers.) Several indivi duals whom he now saw around him (treadesmen of Liverpool) had supported the project of building on that almost foreign shore, and they had planted their standard first at Birkenhead, and took their capital, and their skill there, and if population might be considered as the basis of representation in Parlia ment, Birkenhead would in a short time lay claim to it. It did not require.much stretch of imagination to connect the Rock and Birkenhead together. He should not feel jealous if he saw that future town rival the one on the other side. How was this to be effected? It was to be done, if ever it was done, by that mighty and mysterious engine which, in the beautiful words of our late lamented and eloquent representative. Mr. Canning. " accelerates intercourse, shortens distances, creates new and unexpected neighbourhoods, and gives to the fickleness of winds, and the faithlessness of waves, the certainty of a passage on dry land." It seemed as if it were reserved to the mechancical glory of the present age to apply that myste '. rious and powerful engine to the purposes of human civiliza tion. He need not remind that community of farseeing men of sense, that a steam communication was of the greatest im ps tame to any district. Land in that neig,hhourhood had risen more than 1000 per cent, and individuals were enabled by its agency to gO, at a trifling expense, frOm the smoke of Liver pool, and enjoy a refreshing and pure atmosphere. He should tint trouble them at a great length, except to express his hope, that the same necessity which had led gentlemen to establish that, would lead other gentlemen to establish other ferries, and he hoped that prosperity would attend them. He hoped that the order to which he . belonged would never be found back ward either with their capital or their talents, in forwarding' such undertakings as that. (Cheers.) There was one body of Men to which he thought the town was deeply indebted. Those men who were now the owners of 10,00) ships to bring, not only the necessaries, but the luxuries of life from every port tinder lleaien ; he beg g ed to propose " the health of the - Mei , : chants or Liverpool." Given with 3 times 3. Mr. Lows, being called on acknowledged the toast. He felt very much gratified at being called on to return thanks for the merchants of Liverpool, and he had the greatest pleasure in doing so. He begged to thank them in their name for the honour they had done them. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN proposed " the health of the 'gentry of Cheshire," which was given with three times three. Mr. Pemberton suns . in fine style, "The old English Gentle man." Mr. JENKINS proposed "the health of Mr. Ambrose Lace," a man whose skill in his profession stood unrivalled, and to whom they were much indebted. (Cheers.) Given wall three times three. Mr. LACE acknowledged the compliment. He had looked with very great gratification at the establishment of that under taking they were met to commemorate. In his opinion, audio the opinion of other owners of property iu connexion with him on the opposite side of the river, it would promote the conve nience of Liverpool in a very great degree. He looked upon it that the Rock Ferry would, for all the purposes of a ferry, supercede alli other terries for the town of Li v e r pool. He should be glad to promote the interest of the ferry to the utmost of his power, and anything he could do with his own property opposite to the advantage of this ferry and the public he should be glad to do. The CHAIRMAN having vacated the chair at nine o'clock, Mr. Dawson and afterwards Mr. Raynes were called to the chair, when a number of toasts and sentiments were given, and the hilarity of the meeting was kept up to a late hour. THE THEATRE. Farren, assisted by the regular company, has been drawing tolerable houses since his engagement, yesterday week. His well-known representation in the piece called " Past and Pre sent, or the Annals of the French Revolution," although it has been repeated again and again, has been received with undi minished interest. The afterpiece of the week—the pantomime —appears to ansiver the purpose for which it was aat up, and something more, perhaps; for not only do the more youthful part of the audience appear entertained with it. but several other persons of both sexes, of graver years, who seem to have e strange notion of the value of their time and money, by lendir g both for the purpose of witnessing the wonderful feats of " Ha lequin and the Golden Goose," " and the Charcoal Burners and Goblins of the Mine." 7.— Lasie;;;;Crig;.;;, , lTte act comedy full of bombastic fustian was produced, called "Hints for Husbands." Divested of the clever acting of Farren as Old Dashlngton, a citizen attempting fashionable life, the whole comedy was uninteresting and ta lentless, and without his aid would - have been a failure. There was machinery enough for three comedies : plot succeeded plot till each new.scene was a new petit comedy, whilst the connec tion was almost lost. The last scene, the eclaircissement, was rather better, and enlivened the piece. Miss Faucit, as An gelica, a betrayed and simple French woman in a strange coun try, played with judgment. This lady has considerably improved in her acting. Stuart's character as Made!! was not well cast. He is not fitted to represent the gay and extravagant fop; he is capable of better things, and played the part as a task and stiffly. Mr. Browne played will as a libertine and man of fashion. An allusion introduced by Farren about the registra tion told extremely well, and was loudly applauded. The house was partially filled. We are happy to hear that after a most eloquent sermon on Sunday evening last, at St. Judes Church, by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile. the collection in aid of the funds for building St. Mary's Church, at Kirkdale, amounted to the sum of £94 15s. This is an example worth imitating. If ever there was a period when the friends of the established church had need to put forth all their exertions, it is the present. REPRESENTATION OF LEEDS.—We have the best authority for stating that Mr. Baines, at present one of the representatives of Leeds, intends to vacate his seat at the termination of the present session. We understand there is no chance for any other person of the same political creed as Mr. Baines being returned in his stead. Mr. John Wilson Croker has been men tioned as likely to succeed Mr. Baines. THE HOUSE OF LORDS.—The petition set on foot by the Li verpool Operative Conservative Association a few days ago,, expressive of satisfaction in the decision of the House of Lords on the Irish municipal bill, after having been signed by 4526 persons, chiefly of the humbler classes, was sent on Saturday to Lord Sandon, to be placed by his lordship in the hands of some peer ful'presentation. NEW SCOTTISH SCHOOL.—We understand that his worship the Mayor has presented a donation of ten pounds to the fund now collecting in this town for establishing a school fur, educat ing the children of Scottish sailors and labourers, on the system pursued in the parochial schools of Scotland. MANCHESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL.—The whole of the en gagements for this festival have been completed. The princi pal vocal performers expected are, Mrs. H. R. Bishop, Mrs. W. Knyvett, Miss Clan) Novell°, Mrs. Alfred Shaw, Mr. Bra ham, Mr. Beuett, Mr. Machin, Mr. H. Phillips, Mr. Terrail, Madame Caradori Allan, Mademoiselle Assandri, Signor Ivan off, and Signor Lablache. Among the leading instrumental performers we find the following names :—Sir George Smart, Mr. P. Cramer, Mr. Mori, Mr. Lindley, Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Harper, &c. Mr. Wilkinson is to be the organist, and Sir George Smart is to preside at the piano-forte. The band will be numerous and complete in every department, and the cho rus under the superintendence of Mr. George Holden, of Liver pool, and Mr. Wilkinson will be selected from the choral so cieties of Manchester, Liverpool, and the adjacent towns. WHITEHALL, sth July, 1836.—The King has been pleased to give and grant unto John Johnson, of Mortlake House, in the township of Congleton, in the county palatine of Chester, and of the city of Loudon, merchant, his royal license and authority that he and his issue may henceforth take anti use the surname of Bulkeley, in addition to and before that of Johnson; and also to command that the said royal concession and declaration be recorded in his Majesty's College of Arms.—London Gazette, July 5. We have been favoured with a copy of the extract of a letter dated Sumterville, June 12th, which was received in this town, by the Mary Catherine, which left Charleston on the 19th of the same month, and arrived here, after a very quick passage, yes terday—" I have just returned from a visit to my plantations, after witnessing the damage, or rather destruction, done to my Crops, by the excessive rains and freshet. My loss on the Wateree is entire, likewise that of my neighbours generally, and, as far as I can learn, the whole distance to Camden. The loss sustained on the Congaree is not so great, although very serious, occasioned more by the continued and excessive rains than from the freshet. I consider, that with the most propi tious season from this time forward, that it is utterly impossible that more than half crops can be made, both on high land and on swamp; and this, I understand, is not confined to this State only, but extends toGeorgia, Alabama, and Mississippi West, and the Poltitnac North, and this, added to the failure in the crop from Indian depredations, must, and will, reduce the crop several hundred thousand bales." DEAFNESS. &c.—We understand that Mr. Downing, Surgeon- Aurist, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, in London, is at present in this town on his way from Edinburgh to Lon don, and may be consulted on diseases of the Ear at 53, Rodney street, where he may be seen for a short time between the hours of 10 and 3 o'clock. From the high testimonials which, to our knowledge, Mr. D. has received of his competency in his pro fession, from Sir Astley Cooper, Bart. G. .1. Guthrie, Esq. and other distinguished surgeons, and his having made this depart ment of surgery his particular study, we doubt not that those who may be desirous of consulting an experienced aurist, without a Journey to Loudon, will avail themselves of the opportunity thus afforded them. Numerous cases of deafness, of long standing, with disagreeable noises in the head, and discharges from the ears, frequently supposed incurable, have been speedily cured by his mild and: gentle treatment.--"We understand that during lus stay in this city, Mr. Downing, surgeon aurist, has Been con sulted by . a great number of persons of respeetabaiti; uud that in many instances hearing has been completely restored, and in many greatly relieved, by mild treatment. '—Edialourgh paper. " We can bear our testimony of Mr. Downing's success in treat ing diseases of the ear, and of his high attainments as a surgeon.' —London Medical and Surgical Journal. THE POLICE OFFlCE.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, 124 cases were booked to come before the magistrates, twenty-two of which were for felony. The Liverpool Fite and Life Insurance Company's bill ha passed through both houses of parliament. On Wednesday evening last a cricket match was played at the Edge-hill ground, between the True Blue and the Liberty clubs; the former won cleverly by nine wickets. MUSICAL. COMPOSITION.—The latest musical composition that I have heard of in the town where I dwell, is that of an eminent organist, who has made•—(what think you?)—a compo sition with his creditors, at the rate of five shillings in the pound, i. e., a sort of double counterpoint i n the fifteenth, ratio 1 : 4; and is esteemed a better composition than many of the same grade have been able to accomplish.—The Musical World. CRICKET.—An interesting and well-contested match was played, on the afternoon of Tuesday and Friday last, between the Liberty and the second eleven members of the Everton Club, on the ground of the latter, in Shaw-street, Everton, which concluded by the Everton members winning by twenty-four runs. The return match will come off in the course of a fort night from this time. LIVERPOOL GUARDIAN SOCIkTV.—On Thursday evening. last, a general meeting of the Liverpool Guardian Society, for the protection of trade, was held at Eastwood's Royal Hotel, Dale-street, fur the purpose of electing a secretary, in the room of Mr. Pearson Dodgson, jun. of Lord-street, who has resigned in consequence of ill health. There were three candidates, — Mr. Ilolden and Mr. Keet, both of Church-street, and Mr. Reay, of Bold-street. The votes being taken by ballot, there appeared—for Mr. Ilolden, 43;. for Mr. Reay, 23; for Mr. Keet, 14. Mr. Holden was consequently declared to be duly elected. MELANCHOLY Loss OF LIVES.—On Sunday morning week a patty of young men hired a boat, in which they set off to visit the FloatingoLight. A dispute arose as to whether they should proceed farther or turn back, a scuffle followed, the boat was up set, and four of the young men were drowned. We understand that the boat was the same from which so many persons were lost, not long since, returning from a pugilistic encounter on the Cheshire side. The four men who are drowned are Frederick Hergat, joiner, James Frodsham. boatbuilder, Edw. Candlaud, joiner, and Thomas Wynn, tailor. The survivor is a shoemaker, named Daniel Rogan. THE BEER TRADE.—A deputation, consisting of Mr. Mark Philips, M P. for Manchester; Mr. Ewart, of Liverpool; Mr. Brotherton, of Salford; Mr. Brocklehurst, of Macclesfield; Mr. Ainsworth of Bolton; Mr. Potter, of Wigan; Mr. Fielden, of Oldham; Mr. Lister, of Bradford; and Colonel Thompson, of Kingston-upon-Hull; had an interview with Lord John Rus sell, by appointment, at the Home-office, on Wednesday, at four o'clock, to present addresses relative to the amendments now before parliament on the subject of the new beer trade. The deputation was also accompanied by Mr. J. Bishop, secre tary of the London beersellers; Mr. Joshua Green, delegate from the beersellers of Liverpool; Mr. T. Oates, from the Man chester and the North of England beersellers; and Mr. Lindsay, from the Surry retailers. His lordship received the deputation most favourably, and after Mt. Mark Phillips and the several other members had addressed his lordship upon the present situation of the trade, and enforced the views of the deputation. in which remarks they were followed by Mr. J. Bishop, Mr. J. Green, and Mr. Oates, his lordship said he had made inquiries upon the subject, and at once admitted the propriety and rea sonableness of the demand. STEAM NAVIGATION TO NEW YORK.—The first of the series of steam vessels for the American and Colonial Steam Naviga tion Company, under the management of the Directors of the Dublin Steam Company, is to be laid down in the present week, with due solemnity, by the Messrs. Wilson, Clarence Dock. This vessel will be of the burthen of 1200 tons, with engines of 4(X) horse power by Fawcett and Co.: the well known excellence of the work from those firms is a guarantee that every thing that can be done in the perfection of seagoing steam vessels will be accomplished in this instance, and it is gratifying to find the port of Liverpool taking the lead in this description of inter course with America, and maintaining that superiority in which she has hitherto been unrivalled. LINDLEY, TOE COMPOSER. — As a performer on the violen cello, the prevailing feature in his playing, is the rich quality of his tone. His execution is or a highly finished character, and he stops remarkably well in tune. In concerto playing, and, in accomplishing passages of extraordinary difficulty, we can conceive him to have been surpassed by Crosdill; and pos sail) in refinement of expression in au adagio, by his master, Cervetto ; but every judge, who can reineurber . longer than half a century, prefers Mr. Lindley's tone to that of all the great players they have ever heard. [From a well-conducted little publication which has just made its appearance, called The Musical World.] AIL AN D TIOUN DER STorui.—On Tuesday last the neigh bourhood of Preston was visited by a mos t d e structive thunder storm. The early part of the day was hot and sultry, and about two o'clock the gathering clouds and a few hailstones gave no tice of the approaching elementary warfare. The storm came southward from Bank Hall, the residence of Legh Keck, Esq„ where a great deal of glass was broken by the hailstones, some of which were of the esti aordivary circumference of 5 inches, being more like broken and angalar pieces of ice. At Longton the windows of the houses were greatly damaged; some of the hailstones weighed from 3to 5 dwts. In the whole direction which the storm took the damage done has been very considera ble. At Tulketh Hall above 100 squares of glass were broken ; at Ashton Lodge between 3000 and 4000 panes in the house and garden were destroyed. At Claughton Hall, the seat of T. F. Brockholes, Esq., the glass in the upper part of the hothouse was wholly destroyed, to the extent of 8000 squares, to repair which '2200 feet of glass will he required' The frames and handglasses in the garden were also broken, and a large quantity of grapes in a mature state, valued at £lOO, were destroyed. The whole amount of damage there was about £4OO. The storm passed over Poulton at eleven o'clock the. same morning, and ver, Kirkham at. foot., o'clock' the afternoon.. 410 4 of the u trees i it s fruit , -4 Y~ .q...-~.. ~,~ }T COURT OF PASSAGE.—FamAi. (Before Wm. WALLACE CURRIE, Esq., Mayor, and CHARLES CROMPTON, Esq., Assessor.) PAYNE AND OTHERS EXECUTORS, &C. V. AscROPT.—Mr. MURPHY stated the case, and Mr. VENABLES and Mr. COT TINGH AM appeared for the defence. This was au action for the recovery of the rent of a house at the corner of Pitt-street and Greetham-street, occupied by the defendant, under the testatrix, Miss Huntingdon, for six years, at the rate of £24 per annum. Daniel Salthouse, clerk to Mr. Bird, attorney, knew the de fendant. He recollected his coming to the office of Mr. Bird, in February, 1831. He came there to have a notice drawn up as to the rent due to the landlord, because the officers of the Court of Requests were in his house. Mr. Ascroft gave him instructions to prepare a notice. William Roberts recollected residing, in the month of Octo ber, 1833, as a lodger in the house of Mr. Ascroft, at the corner of Pitt-street and Greetham-street, and afterwards he became an undertenant in the house for the shop, at the rent of £ll a year. Since Miss Huntingdon's death he had received notice to pay the rent to the plaintiffs. Miss Huntingdon died in August, 1834. The defendant had married Miss Huntingdon's niece. He knew all the plaintiffs. He knew that Mr. Payne was a relative of Miss Huntingdon's. Had no:. heard that this action arose from some family disputes. He believed that Mr. Payne was a claimant, along with Mr. Ascroft, under the testa trix's will. He had never had any conversation with the plain tiff about this action. Mr. Ascroft occupied that part of the premises which he did not occupy. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. VENABLEs said, this was a very unfortunate case, and, whatever the verdict of the jury might be, it would settle but a very small portion of the differences which existed iu the family. There were several differences which, if not settled in a domestic tribunal, would go far towards sinking the whole of the property in legal expenses. He would undertake to show that the de fendant occupied the premises by the sufferance and permission of Miss Huntingdon—that it was distinctly, stated that the de fendant should pay no rent. When they (mine to look at the kindness and affection which the testatrix had shown for her niece—at the request she bad made relating to Mrs. A seroft and her child before her death—that she was disposed to assist Mr. Ascroft, who was in embarrassed circumstances, and not take any of his pittance from him, they would be or that opinion. Mr. Ascroft had spent a considerable sum in fitting up the shop, and, in consideration of the large sum he had thus spent, Miss Huntingdon had stated, over and over again, that she would let hiin have the premises rent free, and would never receive any other equivalent. No legacy had hitherto been paid to Mrs. Ascroft, and, if a verdict went against his client, he must file a bill in chancery against the verdict. He could have wished that the matter had been left to some gentlemen to arrange between the parties, rather than that the whole property should be consumed in legal expenses. He called Miss Eliza Hill, who deposed to having known the late Miss Huntingdon very well. She bad died in August, 1834. She had been intimate with hr'r between thirty and forty )ears, and was her most intimate friend. She knew that the present de fendant, Mr. John Ascroft, had married her niece; she knew he occupied a house at the corner of Greetham-street; she also knew that he was in rather moderate circumstances. Miss Huntingdon was in the habit of going to visit them at stated times. She was very kind to her niece, for she had lived with her for fourteen years before her marriage. She had heard many conversations about the rent of the premises. The last conversation was about a week before Miss Huntingdon's death. Miss Huntingdon came to her (witness's) house, at Bootle, to see her, as she had been ill some tima. She said she wanted to see her, and asked to go with her into a private room. She said she wanted to have some conversation with her how she should make her will with regard to Mrs. Ascroft. She (witness) replied, " You have brought her up; she has been long with you, and yon cannot but leave her something with the rest of them." She said, "She owes me rent." Witness replied, " I know she does, but she neither is nor ever can be able to pay it." She said, " I know it, and, therefore, I will leave her like the rest; but I have taken her child to maintain and bring up as my own." She (witness) said, "If so, you ought to leave her as such." She replied, "So I will; before you go back I will, before you, leave her as the rest, but I will leave the child more." She (witness) asked, " What will the rest say ?" She replied, " I don't care ; it is my own property, and I have a right to throw it down the channel if I choose; but, as for the rent, I have never asked her for it, and I never will ask her for it, nor do I ever expect it will be asked for." She had had similar conversations with the deceased upwards of twenty times, and she always made similar statements about the rent. She made the same declaration when laying on her sick bed. George Walker, joiner, examined.—Was employed to make the alterations in Mr. Ascroft's house in the year 1828. Mr. Ascroft employed him. His bill . was between £2O and £3O. Several other workmen were employed, and he should think the whole expense of the alterations was nearly £lOO. During the making of these alterations he frequently saw Miss Huntingdon there. He remembered her saying that she thought, through' Mr. Ascroft's poverty and his relationship to her, she should never charge him any rent. Mr. MURPHY would submit that on this plea there was no such understanding with Miss H untingdon as that Mr. Ascroft should live rent free. It was only a set of vague conversations, wherein she admitted rent due, and only stated she did not ex pect to be paid it. The ASSESSOR.—This plea is, Miss Huntingdon never ex pected to Ire paid. Mr. VENABLES submitted that there was quite evidence enough to go to a jury whether there was sufficient understand ing that Mr. Ascroft should live rent free or not. Mr. MURPHY replied. The AssEssoß in summing up said it seemed to him from the evidence that what Miss Huntingdon said meant rather a hope that the amount would not be, asked for than a declara tion that it should not be so. _ The Jury expressed a wish to retire, and after an absence of an hour returned with a verdict for the plaintiff. That the plaintiff and defendant stood in relation of landlord and tenant. rhe amount claimed in the record was £llB, which was of course the amount of the verdict. The whole amount of the rent was £l3B, but the Assessor decided if there was a mistake in the record they must be guided by the sum named whatever it was. Mr. VEN ARLES applied to have the set off deducted. The ASSESSOR said he had" noi. proved the amount by evi dence, nor claimed it. Another action would lie for it: bia the verdict then was for the full amount of rent claimed in the re cord. Mr. VENABLES remarked it was a very hard case, and he should file a bill in chancery relating to the property. KNIBB V. HARRISON. Mr. VENABLES appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. CoTTING HA rd for the defendant. Mr. VEN A BLES stated the case. The plaintiff was a draper and tailor in Bold-street, and sought to recover the amount of £l7 10s., the balance rf an account for goods furnished to Mr. Harrison, the defendant, who is a joiner. The defendant said he had a set off for work done in the shop of the plaintiff. For tunately he had a witness who would prove that the whole work • done was not worth more than £9 or £lO, and they were willing to allow for the work the sum of £lO. 1-Is called John Rimmer, who deposed that he had been e mployed with Mr. Knibb since 1831. Mr. Knibb was a t ailor and draper in Bold-street. He recollected goods being furnished to Mr. Thomas Harrison. There was a top-coat furnished to a Mr. "Wilson on Mr. Thomas Harrison's o rder, the value of which he did not know. There was a dark green coat with silk buttons; a lilac quilted silk waistcoat;.. a pair of Belgian check twill trowsers ; Silesia cord a pair of Sillriaotfwill trowsers an imperial Saxony black coat; and check trowsers. They were all furni?S_X to Mr. Harrison ' with the exception of the top-coat. He did not know the value of these things. Cross-examined by Mr. COTTINGIi AM.—He was 13 y ears old in 1832. He knew that all the things but the top-coat were furnished to Mr. Harrison,. he took them home to him. The black coat was made for Mr. Harrison, and not for his son ; that was as true as the rest of his testimony. He actually saw Mr. Harrison measured for the black coat. He believed that the bill produced was Mr. Knibb's hand-writing. Mr. COTTINGHAM.—Was not the bill written—"lmperial black coat—son's?" Mr. VENABLES.---It is imperial black coat, silk b u tt ons . Y ou are reading "son's ' instead of buttons. • (Laughter.) The plaintiff's attorney said that part of the b was scratched out. Mr. VENABLES.—Some one has been playing old scratch with it. (Laughter.) The bill was handed to the Assessor and by him to the jury. Cross-examination continued.-111r. Harrison was a joiner and builder. He recollected his making some alterations in the shop. He made a cutting shop into a sitting-room. There was a boy and a workman, and Mr. Harrison working off and on at it for about three weeks. He altered the front door and put a counter in the front shop. There was some painting, but Rooney did it. Re-examined.—The wood was partly found bv Mr. Harrison and partly by Mr. Knibb. Thomas Thompson deposed to having been a workman with Mr. nibb when the alterations were made. The charge for the_ clothes was a f a ir c h arge . The black coat was for Mr. Harrison, and the bill appeared to him to have been altered. William Rooney deposed to having done the painting work after the alterations. Mr. Harrison had paid him a pound for painting. Mr. Rankin deposed, that he had been a builder and joiner in the town for forty years. and was competent to value work whiCh had been done. He was acquainted w ith Mr. Knibb's shop before the alterations were made. He had examined thed of alterations for the purpose of valu in g them; he haly valued the time which the alterations would require a man to make them, and had not valued the wood. The time was worth forty days at 'is. Bd. per day, £9 6s. Bd. Cross-examined.—He had not stairs; valued nor the in wood, nor the work outside of the door ; nor u p the cell the painting. Mr. COTTINGHA m addressed the jury for the defence. The amount of their set off was £26 17s. 6d. every item of which he should have been able t o p rove had dr. Harrison been alive. Luckily Langley, the workman who had been employed was so. He called Samuel Langley, who had been in Mr. Harrison's employ ".,a` • meat in 1832, and,.Worked at the alterations., .There.wera men employed three weeks. There iirere nails and sprigs, and glue, and wood, and hinges • used - of Mr. Harrison's, but he could not pretend to put a value on Mr. Harrison's property. Robert Green, the apprentice of Mt. Harrison, gave similar evidence. He .did not know the value Of the materials, used. The ASSESSOR in summing up, said the plaintiff's demand was clearly made out; it would be for the jury to determine whether the set off was sufficiently proved; • The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages L 3., ATURDAY. The causes were got through this day at three o'cloCk. Thee was. no cause of interest to .the RESIGNATION OF MR. D. W. HARVEY FROM THE BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK. Mr. Harvey has addressed a letter to the eleCtors of South wark, in which he has avowed his intention,to retire from the representation of that borough before. the ,se of the present session. • " Considerations (he says) of a iZitical and personal nature, though very unequal in degree, have strengthened my ptirpose. Expediency,•as you are aware, is the compass of party, but I have - ever repudiated its guidance, front the conviction that public men are bound to pursue the dictates of (hay, with , out regard-to partial and -incidental evils. To act differently is at all times censurable—at the present moment it is criminal , at least, such is my conscientious opinion; and, if I have erred in this respect, it is I alone who pay the penalty, for a greater political sacrifice can no man make. But it must be made, for I cannot consent to be a mere , mute member—a passive numeral—flattered by a Treasury summons, to swell the ranks of a division, upon Any question which-two .contending partiel shall so dexterously select, that no one is committed, save theit blind adherents. It would be well for mankind if nohe others were made the dupes of the game. • The Irish tithe bill is not the sole measure of the present government from which I dis sent. Their entire policy is temporisinv, and timid--dishearten in to their friends, while it inspires their political foes with audacious courage.—Mv friends (he proceeds), be not allured from the path of - duty by idle declamations against the Lords.. There is a mote in the nation's eye, which Must be removed, before you can rightly discern the seat of the disease. The mas ter vice is in the structure of the House of Commons; and it is an object worthy of all inquiry, whence it is that 300 members (it'd their way into a reformed House of Commons are thus power. fully sustained, the ministers will Hare tittle else to do than to receive their salaries, and the people'to pay them.". Mr. Har vey. then alludes to an expenditure , of more than £30,000 in a series of cosily contests, and observes that nomian in the House CommonS had greater claims upon the indulgent consideration of its constituents or the country than himself; for while it was open to other members to pursue their respective vocations, to him was denied the right of directing hiS mind to objects for which he was qualified by education and inclination. He spoke with moderation, when he stated that during the two sessions he hail the honour of being the member for Southwark, his ay. , tual loss, occasioned by the order which prohibited the, praes. sional conduct of private business by any member of. the house, • had not been so little as £6OOO. Three candidates have been mentioned who intend to offer' themselves all in the radical interest, viz., Lord Nugent. Sheriff Salomans, and Mr. Benjamin Wood, brother to Mr. Alderman Wood.—No Conservative has yet offered himself. RECOVERY, CONViCT SHIP.—We copy the following from the Sydney Herald (Australia) of February 29 :—" Arrived ous Thursday last, the Recovery, Captain 1 llamas Johnson, with, 280 male convicts, under the superintendence of Alex. Niel!, Esq., surgeon„.R.N. The vessel came into port in a manner highly creditable both to the commander and Dr. Neill. Thef prisoners are all in a healthy condition, not one death having occurred during the voyage. The whole of the berths in the ship present almost the extreme of cleanliness, and the general appearance of the convicts is 01 the same character." CHURCH PLUNDER.-4t is a striking fact; that the Russell family are in possession of more church property than all the English Bishops together, the tithe-property of Tavisteok, Wo burn, Covent Garden, Breutford, and innumerable other pa 7 rishes besides, amounting to nearly one hundred and thirty thousand pounds per annum. If patriotism and a regard for the true interests of religion be any thing more than hollow pretences, with these well endowed aristocrats, let them at once come forward and sutain their honours I,v some sacrifice in the cause of lea' Church Reform, rather that . ' by such diplays as a grant of a hundred pounds towards the support of the most vul gar and unprincipled demagogue that ever disgraced the soil of England The Bishop of London has received an annonymous subscrip tion of £lO9O towards the fund for building additional churches in the metropolis. Within fourteen days after the Bishop had mentioned his plan-amongst his friends, he received voluntary subscriptions to the amount of £W,OOO. One individual hack annouymously sent the munificent sum of £5000; and a Dis senter. in a letter complimenting his lordship on his exertions, had enclosed £5OO to be applied towards the laudable object. The Duke of Bedford's subscription of a Hundred Pounds for the relief of that worthless vagabond, O'Connell, has a soli tary exemplification in John Marshall, Esq., the eminent flax spinner of Leeds. Mr. Marshall rose from humble life, and in the moderate space of some thirty years, has amassed upwards of a million and a half of money—yet it would seem be is dis satisfied with the institutions of the country which have enabled him to accumulate princely riches, and laird him security in the possession of them. Verily the gratitude of some people is equal to their wisdom. CHARITY TRUSTS.—The following is an abstract of the bill introduced into the I-louse of CoMmons by Mr. Vernon Smith on behalf of the Government, for the "Election of Charitable Trustees in the Corporate Towns of England and Wales." The old Trustees are continued until the election of new ones; the town Council, in November next, to decide how many trus tees are necessary.. The number must be 6,12, or 18. The burgesses to elect from the councillors, the number so decided on. No burgess to vote for more than half the number as in the election of auditors and assessors.—One-third of the trustees to go out at the end of each year, fur the first three }'ears, the lowest on the poll first; afterwards to sit for three years, in the. same, manner as town councillors at present. This body so elected, with the mayor for the time being, constitute the trus tees, with power to appoint a treasurer and secretary, who must be distinct individuals, and all other necessary officers. This mayor to be chairman, and in his absence the trustees to el s e& one from their own body. The chairman to have a vote"and casting vote, The town council to have a power -of inspection. of every thing, but no vote.—The rest of the clauses relate to the machinery of the bill. . . . CONVEYANCE OF NEWSPAPERS BY POST.—'L he .yRatfCCINF of the Exchequer is ancut to introduce a bill to consolidate and amend all the laws relating to 'the conveyance of newspaperr by post. We understand that the following will be among, the principal enactments . :—All newspapers sent through the Ge neral Post, and delivered by the penny or twopenny post, and vice versa, are to be free. Newspapers ,sent by the twopeany post are only to pay one penny, and may be sent within post towns at the like rate. Newspapers sent from the United King dom by packets, and vice versa, are to go free. Newspapers may be sent from one colony to another ri i the United Kingdom, by packet-boat, free of postage. Newspapers sent from the United Kingdom to the colonies by private ships to pay Id., and vice versa. Newspapers to or from Foreign countries, to pay 2d; provided that, in case a satisfactory proof is given that any foreign state receives or sends newspapers to or from the United Kingdom free of duty, then no duty is to be charged on newspapers to or from such state, if by packet-boat; but if 4 by any other vessel, they are to pay lcl. postage. Newspapers to be put into the post-office within seven days after date, if gin out of the United' Kingdom. We noticed in the Standard of this day weelt the fact that 'Mr. W. H. Forrester, a broker, designated, in consequence of the favour in which he was held by many interested in Russian produce, " the Pet of the Trade,'' had absconded, taking with him a considerable amount of money which he had obtained, suet in accordance with the regular mode of doing business.— We stated the amount of the claims against him at £15,000; but there is, we are informed, too much reason to apprehend that they will very considerably exceed that sum. '1 he party has been declared a bankrupt, and this afternoon a private meeting of his creditors was held at the Ban kruptcy Court up on matters of importance to the creditors. 'l' he . meeting ha ving been strictly private, we refrain from noticing any particulars relative to it. We understand that Mr. Forrester has been traced as far as Havre, to which place he directed his steps,. having, as we mentioned on this day week, obtained a passport• for that port from the usual authorities here. There is but little doubt entertained that Mr. Forrester will deem it the most pru dent course, as Lakeman did, to come to some compromise with those who have claims upon him. Mr. Forrester had a most excellent business as a la . oker, and his profits by commissions arc stated to have been at from £l,OOO to 1:2,000 a-Year, if they were not even more productive. it is said, we know not with what truth, that he has incurred losses by transactions in rail way and other shares. The property found in the bankrupt's office after his departure, was not to any amount, but included, we are told, one or more good bills of exchange. - • Lord John Russell has already begun to demonstrate the little attention which he is disposed to pay to the enactments of his darling measure, the act for the hotter regulation of corpo rations. By the 103 d section of the act it is enacted than an annual salary not exceeding the sum stated in the petition of the council shall be paid to the recorder of any borough to which a separate court of quarter sessions may be granted. At hull when the town council thought they were likely to have a con_ servative recorder, they fixed the salary at £lOO per annum ; but Lord John Russell, in appointing a Whig successor to Mr Cresswell, h as g i ven a salary of £l5O a-year. • AMERICAN DUELLING.--The Frederiek3hurg Herald gives an account of a duel recently fought near Tallahassee, by George Ward, Esq., brother of the Lieut. Ward who was shot. some time ago by Colonel Parish, and Colonel Allston, brother-in law of Colonel Parish. They tact with four pistols each, and being stationed at fifty paces distance had the privilege of ad vancing as they fired. Each fired four times, the last at twenty five Oyes; Ward was wounded in the right shouldet, and All ston severely in some portion of his body not mentioned. NEWSPAPER STAMPS.—Mr. Spring Rice ' jun., in reply to a letter from Glasgow on the subject, says that uo day was ever appointed and fixed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer fl)r the reduction of the stamp duties, as the period depended entirely on the passing of the bill. fie hopes, however, that it may come into operation on the Ist of August, and adds, that the stamp-office has received orders to make preparations accord ngly. TRADE OF THE HAVANNAR.—A French erchant at the Havannah, in a letter dated April 15 . says—" m During the first quarter of this year there have entered this port 300 Spanish and 269 American ships, and only Once French vessels. The com merce of this country, in fact, appears to be entirely engrossed by the first two nations. l • There are one or two branches, , how ever, in which the French ma y compete with them . hey ma y import mules from Nantes nearly to the same extent in propor tion as to Bourbon. A pair of mules which cost in France 8(X) francs will sell readily here at 1800 or 2000 francs, provided that they are full-sized and match well. Rice front Rio•Ctisamansa, which may he bought at thirteen cents the pound, sells here at ii. t ie l e : e s.itt a rn r r t, o hw b e a hi . ischh' i n ' id o s twenty-five ,cents. This is an article of sure sale, gcoenoestrifue; danisuptioistelldy,44Balt,64oubtiyieouoannuddisituulaiilitltiyiyt sousCha this may be added the ?asap of Monte Video, in the conveyance employ ed."—Frencli of which twenty vessels may paper.US TO MS DUTIES.—A r e t urn o f the Customs C Duties col lected in the United Kingdom for the year ending sth January, 1836, has been published: The three po r t s w hi c h s t an d hi g h es t in the list as to amount, are London, Liverpool, and Bristol ; at eacb of which ther e was an increase last year. Gross receipts Grass receipts year ending year ending London sth Jan. 1835. , sih Jan. 1336. ******** • • •• • £1 0 • 597 , 236 ••• • . £11,773,616 Liverpool Is c . Br' 1 1 ..... ****** ••• • • 3,846,306 .... 4,272,847 Hull. . 1,072,106 .... 1,177,617 ...... Newcastle 286,928.... 289,501 Gloucester • • Newport .. . Swansea .. Cardiff 3,886 —, 5,60,5, Chepstow.• •.• • • - • , • • 902 . •.* 1,195 air •