The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-21 00:00:00

TO ADVERTISERS. 11re firs , respectfully to call the attention of lifirAants, Brokers, Auctioneers, and others, th , the important fact that the LIVERPOOL STANDARD IS NOW THE NEWSPAPER ONLY IMBLISHED WEEKLY ON TUESDAY, .e read on that day by the thousands al Manufacture id others attending TUESDAY'S MARKET IN MANCHESTER. ANDARD is taken at all th Newsrooms table Inns in that town and the g manufacturing district, OND EDITION is published at Half-past for the North Mails, containing the MARKETS, and any news of importance that y arrive in the course of the morning Cbt tibtrpool &tanbarb. DAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1848 E were unwilling, so long as any evidence NI of a disposition, on the part of the idle lisorderly portion of our population, to con ;he claims put forward by certain of our k ing classes into an excuse for riot and disorder, ter into an examination of their justice, or of xtent to which the authorities of the town to endeavour to meet them, Thanks, how the firmness, prudence, and watchful fore displayed by his Worship the Mayor and her magistrates; thanks to the loyal spirit y our merchants and tradesmen, in so ering their aid to repress outrage ; )ove all, thanks to the patient spirit and it conduct of the suffering classes them we can now address ourselves to the task, the danger of exciting any irritated feel ing to yield to mob dictation. nen, we should imagine, who will lftend n• of s Imit the existence of a large amount of dis it and ill-feeling, on the subject of the ar nents under which the business of our port ducted, amongst the classes in question—the and labourers in our docks and warehouses. sibly, such ill-feeling was recently directed Ise classes against alleged abuses of the pre ystem—the paying of men in public-houses, canting of licenses as master porters to parties blic-houses, beer-shops, or boarding _ s, and the employment by such parties of lent hands who might be willing to submit But we know well enough ie were not the real grievances felt. We A they are not of consideration and amount to excite any serious discontent. Amongst ster porters there are only two who are either publicans or lodging-house concession, therefore, h the complaints of the classes aggrieved by the Dock Committee, can be produc- The grievances were ill exist. The latter is fely to be drawn; and ly warn the merchants and ties of Liverpool against the danger of lining any other. ist exactions ole of our r no healing of ginary or they n the most s e extension throughout every branch and de nt of the business of the port, by which the ____ r loyed, of the principle .fich our dock warehousing system is 'ed—a principle whose essence is monopoly— grievance really felt by the labouring classes. not by them alone is this grievance felt. It tred by the masters and employers of labour any of the most important trades of the town. e men, along with the mass of our porters and mem see absolutely closed against them the rt Dock and its warehouses. The porters, ;rs, and others, see a large portion of the less of the port as absolutely withdrawn from reach and competition as if it was removed the Mersey altogether. They see, in this spe and germ of the new system the foundation ^noly, which must in time crush all inde ly annihilate some of 4es, whose prosperity has been hi- Jed as a great element of the general 4 and progress of our town. The recent nent by which the porterage business, in the port, was banded over to licensed _ _.,ors, each privileged to discharge the "argo of a vessel, shutting out all individual and denying even to the owner of of such cargo the right to employ his ervants to handle his own merchandise, is regarded as evidence of that monopolising centralising spirit amongst our mercantile , the perfect operation of which is to he found e Albert Dock and its warehouses. Happily neasure has been a failure. It is condemned own framers. It is more expensive than the ,stem ; and whilst the labouring man under fleeced of a portion of his reward, the mer .. and the community are not benefited in rtion. But granting that this grievance may noved, that its intolerable pressure may pro n time the adoption of the old or of a new n, we have still the close dock and warehouse 3, winding its thraldom round our tradesmen ur labouring classes, and threatening ulti - not to leave a day's work or a day's pay the reach of any tradesman or labourer who t been fortunate enough to find favour in ht of that public body which seeks to mo e the entire business of the port ; and we iorov conviction that to the further nr 4uch system will or ought any 1- Y to ' or the labourer is err ertion, and virtua ks of the :tition thorough of no - nay be quite true that, thus far, we have had tanifestation, on the part of the labouring s, that this is the grievance against which hostility is immediately addressed. Men of iss do not ordinarily look beypnd the im e evil which afflicts them, or contemplate the ' snd effect upon their condition of one ears in reaching them. But the body of porters against the system , ed into our open docks was, virtu 4. complai is being carried out although the labouri ie centralizing system by the Dock Committee. porters themselves not precisely see the connexion existing be the two descriptions of monopoly, they owed of the popular . sympathy with which their garded to daises more informed, iom the connexion was clearly enough dis d. The monopoly of a single ship's thscharg• y a merchant master porter seemed to them, vas felt by them, as intolerable enough ; but s were rc ere not wanting in the community - those looked to the more gigantic monopoly erecting e Dock Committee. If favouritism and un xclusion from work could be occasionally prac by the individual master porter, upon what • -a-AA scale might it not be prac- the - pub is not the fact that the working classes esmen of the port are blind to the fate impending over them. Many of them are thing the growth of the Dock Warehouse with feelings of intense alarm. They see wer which will be able by its arbi of individuals and of former—" we will not cks and warehouses ; some other port "- 1 the extinction ndent trades of allow it to be body in question ! )ymen Henceforth v nmittee own lumpers, own cooper len and masters in c per branches of rity that 'ally inquiring► a shall not be nr OWY utlC MCC um wanting, either, persons I with such trades; who are asking rather startling questions with respect nolitical influence of the committee, 4- ,o which those employed under it gents and to ex- ted to remain free a Leges of •Er. Oh feelin sand fears, we can assure the Dock l the authorities of the town, have " the•minds of the people ;. and we would most e necessity of bestowing ~ion. Th e principle upori .dly increasing hem a timely atter which the Dock Warehouse system is conducted is unpopular; and its extension will not be endured. Indeed, the power which the committee is seeking is one whose gigantic extent is scarcely compatible with the security of the labourer from oppression, of the tradseman from proscription,or the community from arbitrary dictation. Persist in setting at de:- fiance this feeling of repugnance to this system ; place the trades and the industry of the port more completely under the arbitrary control of a public body; and you erect at once an object against which, on the first occasion of popular ferment, the passions of the mob will be directed. It is of little import whether or not the grievances over which the masses brood are as great as they are regarded. The fact that they are entertained, at all, is a con sideration which ought to have weight. And when, as in the case of the Dock Warehouse system, it is notorious that the rights of large bodies of the community to compete for their fair share of the business of the port are circumscribed, or taken away altogether; and an authority is set up which is to dictate who is to work and who is to starve, what branch of trade is to be swamped and what to be left untouched, it is imperatively the duty of those to whom the charge of maintaining order is committed, to endeavour to appease the public mind, and to remove the cause by which it is excited. We trust that the whole subject will now receive the consideration which it demands ; not only from the Dock Committee and the Council, but from the constituencies as well. The question is no longer one between the Dock Committee and the Ware house Owners. It is not, either, as to the pro priety or impropriety of building warehouses round the dock quays. What the public will demand is, that the vast Dock estate of this port shall not be so managed as to oppress any trade or any class, or to excite feelings dangerous to the peace of the community. Perhaps the best course for all parties would be to relieve the Dock Committee from their present unpopular position and, at the same time, to satisfy the public mind, by leasing the docks and warehouses to individuals or companies. STATE OF THE TOWN On Tuesday, in consequence of a requisition from Mr. Harmood Banner, on behalf of the committee of the Ex change. that persons should not be permitted to meet on the Exchange to the obstruction of the merchants, the Mayor issued a notice to the effect, that no crowds would be permitted to assemble there. This seemed to have had the desired effect, for during the rest of the week the Ex change was as quiet as it usually was before the late ex citing events. The magistrates, however, did not relax in their preparations for the suppression of any outbreak. Never, we believe, were arrangements more- complete for the protection of the peace of the borough. The number of special constables, from the merchants, brokers, and tradesmen, is 3,000. The police force con sists of about 800 men, fit for active duty. The whole of the men connected with the water-works and public offices, to the number of 400, were sworn in as constables, as also the whole of the men at the dockyard and Albert Dock warehouses. There was a considerable influx of strangers into the town, and of that class generally seen at the meet ings of Chartists. - As a precautionary measure, the fire-arms, powder, &c., from the gunsmiths' shops, were removed to places of safety. In short, every step was taken calculated to frus trate the object of those who are ever disposed to , originate disturbances. OnTuesday, placards appeared on the walls, announcing, for the anniversary of St. Patrick, a procession of the Irish societies. Had such a display taken place there is little doubt some outbreak would have occurred, but, on Wednesday morning, the leaders of the societies an nounced that, in consequence of the excited state of the town, no procession would take place ; and certainly there was no display whatever on that day, the town being the whole day unusually quiet, and only two or three persons being taken to bridewell for drunkenness, whereas there are generally on St. Patrick's day, nearly a hundred " booked for safety." The mayor and 'magistrates met on Friday morning at the Sessions House at seven o'clock. At that hour, also, the whole of the special constables were summoned. A very large number attended. They occupied the two courts, the grand jury room, the lobbies, and the whole of the cellars underneath. The following is a list of the gentlemen who have been added to the list of the borough magistrates :—Thomas Todd, William Nicol, Jas. Mellor, George Holt, G. H. Lawrence, Robertson Gladstone, H. Romilly, J. H. Smith, N. Roskell, John Stewart, T. B. Barclay, J. H. Turner. We are happy to say that the town has continued since in a more peaceful state than usual. /Loral UJ3. Mr. Simpson- is again the lessee of the Theatre-Royal. The operative plasterers have agreed to comply with the request of the masters to work one hour longer each week. On Tuesday morning, Margaret Kenny, a middle-aged female, lodging in Crosbie-street, fell down in a lit while cleaning some clothes, and died shortly afterwards. ST. JUDE'S CHURCH.—The Rev. William Carpenter, D.D., of St. Barnabas, Douglas, "Isle of Man, has been appointed to succeed the Rev. Dr. M'Neile in the incum bency of St. Jude's Church. Mi. Meagher and Mr. Doheny, two of the Irish con federates, passed through Liverpool on Friday, on their way from Dublin, to attend a sympathising meeting in Manchester. ►SUDDEN DEATH.—Joseph Brown, a porter, fifty-three years old, died suddenly, on Wednesday, as he was assist ing another man to measure oats, on board the Prince Albert, in the King's Dock. On Thursday night, John Dawson, living in a court in Milton-street, went to bed in his usual health, and during the night his wife discovered him to be dead. He died of apoplexy _ _ _ _ On Thursday Edward Kinley, aged 26, one of the hands of the Earl of Liverpool, No. 3, pilot boat, was lost overboard in Douglas Harbour, where the vessel had put in the same evening. CUSTOMS.-Mr. H.H. Sutton, searcher of the senior class at the port of Liverpool, has been appointed to the situation of landing-surveyor at that port, rendered vacant by the nomination of Mr. W. Barber to a landing survey orship at the port of London. NEW AMERICAN TRANSATLANTIC STEAM-SHIP.---A new steam-ship, of about 2,300 tons burden, with very powerful engines, named the United States, has recently been constructed at New York : the hull by W. H. Webb, the builder of some of our finest packet-ships, and the machinery by Secor and Co., engineers. She belongs to Messrs. C. H. Marshall and Co., of New York, the owners of the "black ball" line of packet-ships trading to this port. She is intended to be employed between New York and Havre, but she will make her first trip to this port. The New York Herald, describing her trial trip, says that she steamed upwards of sixteen miles an hour with ease. HOLYHEAD MAIL STEAM- VESSEL.— Her Majesty's steam-vessel St. Columba. after being coated with Hay's composition, and having her outfit completed, made a run, on Thursday, as far as Point Lynas. She left the . Rock Light at 11 30, passed the Bell Buoy at 12 7, and reached Lynas at 2 38; thus making the distance of 471 nautical miles in 3 hours and 71 minutes. Her return voyage was made by the Rock Channel, in 3 hours 18 minutes, allowing for the detention caused by waiting for water to cross the bar. The wind was about north-east, a fresh breeze, and cross sea. On the outward passage the engines made 25 to 26 revolutions, with a 28-feet wheel, and on the return, with her head to wind, from 241 to 25. _ _ MILNERS' SAFES.—On Thursday a public testing of these safes took place at Oxford, before Professors Powell, Dawbeny and Walker, a number of the tutors of the various colleges, and several professional gentlemen and tradesmen. One of these gentlemen's cylindrical cases was filled with sundry articles, consisting of books, papers, a gold watch, a X 5 Bank of England note, a packet of gunpowder. &c. At the same time a chest of the ordinary construction was filled with books and papers, and one of Milners' single-cell safes was also so filled, and the three safes were subjected for five hours to a strong fire. In the first safe when taken out, not an article had sus tained the slightest injury. The watch was still going, the gunpowder had not lost any of its original properties, and all the things presented the same appearances as when put into the safe. In the single-cell safe the things were slightly discoloured, but in the other chest the papers were found to be destroyed. The experiments excited the greatest interest. THE NEW HOLYHEAD STEAM-SHIP " HIBERNIA."— This beautiful iron vessel, built for the Chester and Holy head Railway Company, by our townsmen, Messrs. Vernon and Son, made a prefatory trial trip on Thursday, and the result was highly satisfactory. She steamed several times up and down the river, from the Rock to the Sloyne, and finally went outside and rounded the Formby Light-ship. She accomplished at one time 41 miles in three quarters of an hour, and afterwards, with 22 strokes of her engine per minute, steamed within a fraction of eighteen statute miles an hour in slack water. She is a remarkably beau tiful vessel in hull and decorations. The cabins, &c., will be finished in the Flemish style of architecture, with oval panelling, fitted up with pictorial ornamentsin papier mache. The engines are on the oscillating 'principle, built by Messrs. Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy, and are superb pieces of mechanism, in finish equal to the finest clock-work. We shall notice her more at • length when she is completed. _ EXTRAORDINARY DEATH FROM MENTAL EXCITEMENT. —On Friday evening, about six o'clock, a respectable married woman, named Charlotte Sewell, aged twenty. nine wife of a tide-waiter, li v i ng i n Upper Frederick. street, was passing across St. James'-street; opposite Duncan-street, with an infant in her arms, and another following her, having hold of her gown, when she hurried out of the way of a spring cart. The child than followed her fell down close under one of the wheels, - Whieb went over it. Deceased turned back and picked up the child, which was taken to the Southern Hospital, not danger. ously hurt. The deceased followed the party who carried the child, and on "getting in took the child in her arms, and instantly fell down and expired. Mr. Morris, house surgeon of . the hospital, made a post niortem examination and, at the inquest on Saturday, said ". I can find no dis ease sufficient to account for death: The only cause I - can as - 4n Is t that deeeised - dier4 from pare fight , or shock to the systm, - aiising from mental excitement. —Verdict accordingly. THE LIVERPOOL STANDAR& CuLonovoatc—We regret to announce the death of Dr. Anderson, of Birkenhead, who expired last Wednes day. He was in his usual state of health (which was delicate) till within a week ago, when chloroform was administered to him for the purpose of rendering the extraction of a tooth painless. Within forty-eight hours a rush of blood to the lungs threatened instant death. All the skill of the Birkenhead faculty was promptly, but in effectually, brought to bear upon his case. At a special meeting of the Toxteth-park commissioners held on Tuesday evening, it was resolved, upon the motion of Mr. May, that the honorary collectors of the district, Messrs. Harbord and Harrison, should give security for the due performance of their duties, as was required of Messrs. Longworth and Airey, the acting collectors. Mr. Appleby thought that the income tax was indifferently gathered, as there was not so much paid at the present time this year as last by Xl,lOO. We understand that at the considerate suggestion of Mr. Parker, the Corparation baths have been thrown open to the soldiers at present in town. On Friday about six hundred of them availed themselves of the privilege, at the Paul-street establishment, when clean towels and every other necessary were provided for them, and Mrs. Clarke, the matron, also very kindly prepared some hot coffee. The men expressed themselveh very grateful for these refreshing inward and outward appliances. A MAMMOTH SHIP.—The new ship Tuscarora is to take the place of the Monongahela, in Cope's line of Liverpool and Philadelphia. She is to be commanded by Captain E. Turley. The Tuscarora is the largest mer chant ship ever built at the port of Philadelphia, and with one exception only, the largest merchant ship' in the American service. She is 1600 tons carpenter's measure ment, or equal in size to most of the frigates in ournavy. Her total cost will be in the neighbourhood of 100,000. LTSCARD NORTHERN SCHOOLS.—These schools, which have just been completed, by subscription amongst the inhabitants of New Brighton and neighbourhood, were opened on the sth instant, and on Sunday week were first appropriated for Divine service. The architect was Mr. Charles Reed, of Birkenhead and Liverpool. The design is Gothic, and the plans consist of three rooms, capable of containing altogether 400 children. The cost was £BlO. The opening sermon was preached by the Rev. John Tobin. TESTIMONIAL OF FIATILEM.—A handsome service of plate is now on view in the shop window of Mr. Haus burg's bazaar, Church-street, to be presented to Mr. W. Cochrane, Superintendent of the Goods Department at the Wapping station of the Liverpool and North Western Railway . : The plate comprises a beautiful silver salver, of chaste design, with raised ornamented chasing, and a complete tea service to match. The salver is embellished with an engraved representation of a locomotive engine and an inssription, THE WEEKLY AMERICAN MA IL.—A post-office notice states that during the ensuing summer, mails will be trans mitted between Liverpool and North America once a week. This weekly service will , continue until the end of Novem ber, after which time, and during the following four months, mails will be conveyed to Boston and New York only once a fortnight, instead of weekly. The first weekly packet will start from Liverpool on Saturday, the Bth April, for Boston, and from Liverpool for New York the following week, and soon alternate weeks to Boston and New York. From the American side the first weekly packet will leave Boston for Liverpool on Wednesday, April the sth, and New York for Liverpool, on Wednes day, April 12th, and so on from Boston and New York for Liverpool alternately. PEDESTRIANISM.—The• match of four times round Aintree course, near Liverpool, for 4125,a-side, between Thomas Greenhalgh, of Bolton, and Robert Chadwick, the Radcliffe Swallow, was brought to a close on Monday last, and was witnessed by upwards of 4000 spectators. A short time previous to starting betting got up to 30 to 20 on Greenhalgh. Greenhalgh going away with the lead, Bobby following at the distance of about two yards, and thus continued, with little variation, throughout the whole of the first round. In the second round the original position was maintained throughout. Third round, Green halgh won easily. Fourth, . and last round,. Greenhalgh kept well up to his speed, and finally passed the winning post before Chadwick had arrived at the distance chair. The distance run was 5 1 miles, less IM yards, and the time occupied by the winner, 30 minutes and 50 seconds. UNFOUNDED CHARGE AGAINST THB LIVERPOOL PuoTs.:—Captain Nye, of the New York packet-ship Henry Clay, brought a charge against the masters of the various pilot-boats which were on duty on the 28th ult., when his chip arrived off Port Lynas, stating that he could not get a pilot in proper time. The case was fully investigated before the Pilot Committee last week, when it was not only proved that the boats were on their respec tive stations, but that Captain Nye did not use proper means to obtain a pilot, and he was fined £l.—Courier. —Captain Nye has written a letter in which he states " that he was compelled to heave the Henry. Clay ta~ all all night, displaying lights as a signal for a pilot, and that a pilot-boat did not come to him ;.at, daylight, however, he discovered one about three miles to leeward, on the lee bow, and immediately made sail and bore down to- the boat." DEATH SUPPOSED TO BE FROM, FOUL PLAY. — On Wednesday, the inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of James Eagleson, which was adjourned from Monday till further evidence, was resumed before the coroner. Mrs. Susannah Grey stated that she lived in School-lane, and on Wednesday night she saw the de ceased there with two men, who had hold of him on each side, and appeared to be assisting him along. lie was in liquor, and fell twice against a stone, after which blood was observed upon him. The two men, after fealing about his pockets, left him reared against the wall, and said they would go for a car, but they went away, and did not return. They were not went() strike or kick the deceased, and appeared to be friends of his. Another witness appeared, who stated that he saw the deceased on Wednesday evening at Mrs. Pilkington's public-house, in Irwell-street. There was a great uproar and confusion, and witness did not see any one strike him. There was no further evidence. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that ;the deceased died from injuries, but how re ceived there was no evidence to show. THROWING A BOY INTO THE DOCK.—A man named John Faron was charged, on Thursday, with assaulting two sailor boys, and pushing one of them into the dock. A police officer stated that, on the previous day, he was at the Queen's dock, when he saw the two sailors-on the rails of a vessel called the Kitson, engaged in some dis pute with the prisoner, who was an officer on board. The prisoner ultimately became so enraged that he caught hold of one of the lads, and threw him overboard into the dock. The captain of the ship was called, who stated that the lads came on board for their wages, and were very abusive. He ordered them ashore, but they refused to go, and said they would have the lives of some persons on board if their demands were not complied with. This was confirmed by a witness ; and it appeared that the prisoner pushed him overboard, expecting he would drop into a cutter that was lying alongside. The cutter, how ever, moved a little, and he fell into the water, and the prisoner, finding what he had done, jumped in to, his res cue. The lad swore about not requiring his assistance, and appeared desirous of remaining where he was ; but ultimately he was taken out without having sustained any injury beyod a good drenching. After hearing this ver sion of the affair , the magistrate discharged the prisoner. ST. PETER'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-011 Wednes day the foundation-stone of the new Presbyterian Church of St. Peter's, which is about to be erected for the con gregation at present assembling for worship in the Tem perance-hall, Bond-street, was laid in Great Oxford-street, opposite St. Martin's Church. The Rev. Walter Smith, officiated at the ceremony. After the ceremony was over, the ministers, session and deacons' court, and members of the building committee, sat down, to an excellent and substantial dinner, served up in capital style, at the house of Mr. A. Preston, Burlington-street. The Rev. Verner White presided,. and the vice-chair was occupied by. Mr. William Wilson. James Thomson, Esq., Town-council lor„qave a liberal donation of £lO , to the funds. A num ber of toasts appropriate to the occasion followed the withdrawal of the cloth. The building has been con tracted for by Messrs. Paterson, Anderson, Bromley, and Holt, and the cost will be little over £3OOO. Mr. Hay is the architect. On Thursday a tea party took place at the Temperance-hall, Bond-street, being a continuation Of the previous day's proceedings, connected with the induc tion of the Rev. W. Smith to the pastoral charge of St. Peter's Church and congregation. About 300 persons, comprising the members of the congregation and their immediate friends, were present. The chair was occupied by Mr. Smith, and the evening was spent in the most agreeable manner. MITCHELL'S SCREW PILES.—At a meeting •of the Institution of Civil Engineers, in London, a few days ago, communications were -read relative to Mitchell's Piles and Moorings, from several engineers and naval officers, who were prevented by absence from giving their personal testimony in favour of what they termed "the most useful invention." Mr. W. A. Brooks gave an ac count of the method of laying down the moorings at New castle-upon-Tyne, wider his directions. A heavy chain, formed of 31-inch round iron, in links of three feet long each, was stretcheclalong the bed of the river, in the direc tion of the current. To this chair, beneath each tier, was attached a 21-inch studded mooring chain, fixed to the head of a screw mooring ; another screw being also placed beneath each tier, and driven down between 10 and 20 feet into the clay, and sometimes fall i foot into the shale rock The screws were four feet in diameter, and were placed in depths varying from 15 to 24 feet, at low water spring tides. They were screwed down to the depth of 15 feet in an hour and a-half, and sometimes 21 feet in two hours. Each mooring screw was intended to have borne the strain of four heavy ships ; but, during the last winter, the port was so crowded that more than double the proper number of vessels were moored upon each, and yet there were no signs of weakness, and whilst nearly A:30,000 of damage was done at Sunderland, during a heavy storm, no casual ties occurred at Newcastle, which Mr. Brooks stated was entirely owing to the sound holding of the screw moorings. He argued, therefore, that the small sum of £2,a00. paid by the Harbour Commissioners of Newcastle for the right to put down these moorings, was a very wise expenditure. Mr. Thos. Smith, Pilot-Master of the Port of Newcastle, expressed his approval generally of the screw moorings. Captain Washington, R.N. had in the course of his survey.. ing duties, seen the screw moorings in almost every posi tion, and had heard them universally eulogised as being the best and safest moorings hitherto known. He strongly recommended their employment. had also examined carefully the screw pile lighthouses and had every reason to be satisfied with them, as affording a means of placing lighthouses and beacons where they were before impracti cable, and enabling floating lights to be generally super seded by fixed lights, which latter he proved, from docu mentary evidence, to be one-third less annual cost than the former, and certainly mo re us ef u l to sailors ;"for, i n spite of all the care,_ attention, and even lavish expendi ture of the Trinity Board to moor a lightship securely, they go adrift just at the time they were most required. He therefore advocated fixed lights, in. every situation where a foundation could obtained ;. and he believed that with the screw pile there a 3re scarcely auy lituationo' where this could not be accomplished. LOCAL MEETINGS, WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the Weekly meeting on Monday a letter was read from Mr. Read, medical officer of the district of Litherland, resigning his appoint ment in compliance with the wish of the board, and soliciting the appointment of surgeon to the united dis trict of Crosby and Litherland. A letter was also read from the Poor-law Board, enclosing the copy of the registry of the death of John Bolund, who, it was al leged, had died from starvation, requesting the guardians to make some inquiries respecting his death. The blame, it was stated, attached to the parochial authorities.—A petition to the House of Commons was read against the exc - nsal of the tenants of small houses from the payment of parochial rates.—Mr. W. Roskell objected to the pe tition.—Mr. Jeffries said he thought it would have no weight with the Legislature.—lt was ultimately agreed that the petition be forwarded to the county members to present, and that Sir Joshua Walmsley and the borough members be requested to support the motion. SELECT VESTRY.—On Tuesday, the usual fortnightly meeting of the Select Vestry was held at their new offices, in Lime-street. The Rev. Rector Campbell presided.— Mr. Johnson moved that the three out-door surgeons be dismissed, thereby leaving only two resident surgeons to attend to the house. The motion was carried by a majo rity of 9 to 6, and the three out-door medical officers will accordingly be forthwith dismissed.—lt was reported that the land belonging to the parish in Lime-street had cost the sum of £1805; that the parish-offices erected thereon had cost the sum of £2258; that the architect's commis sion was £ll2, and that the gas-fittings, &c., had cost £5, making a total of £4180; and the Vestry agreed to accept the sum of £4200 for thc whole of the premises, should an offer to that effect be made.—Mr. C. H. Jonea - ,, on the part of the Strangers' Friend Society, the District Provident Society, and' other charitable societies in the . town, obtained permission to obtain soup for the use of the poor at the charge of one halfpenny per quart.—The committee appointed to inquire into the mode of giving medical relief to the poor, reported that they found the medical districts very unequally divided, the number of patients varying from 5/ in one district to 614 in another, and also that medical assistants, not properly qualified, were appointed to act in some districts. They thought that non-professional assistants should net be appointed ; and they recommended that' the medical districts be re arrang ed, in order that the pauper population of each be not greater than could be attended by one officer, that additional and properly qualified medical officers be ap pointed,. and that the present amount of salary (£7O, and ls. 6d.. for each case of vaccination) be adhered to. The consideration of the report was deferred to the next meet ing of'the board.—Mr. Cafferatta=gave notice of a motion for the next day, " to appropriate a room in the Work house for the performance of divine worship for the Ro man Catholic inmates." DOCK • OVMMITTEE, THURSIPAY.—The "tall house" was appropriated as the residence oPMr. Charles Bennett. —lt was recommended that suitable residences should be erected for the dock gatemen, and the surveyor was ordered to report as to sites available for that purpose.— Resolutions- from the American Chamber of Commerce against the system of master porters-were read, and it was stated that theaystem never had the approbation- of the Chamber. It was suggested that application should be made to Parliament for an alteration of the laws regula ting the receiving and weighing of goods in the• open docks, and, if it were impracticable to get any amend ment, then to revise the bye laws, with the view of miti gating the evils complained of. In the-conversation which ensued, it was stated that the system had been adopted at the suggestion of the mercantile associations of Liver pool, and it was, therefore, hard to expect the Dock Committee to mai* any alteration whenthose who- com plained did not point out any remedy. The Chairman said if parties would make specific charges, .they should be inquired into.—Mr. Robinson suggested that there should be stands for porters at the docks, -and that each man should be employed in rotation as he came to the stand. Mr. Tobin was a friend of free-trade in labour, and the more restrictions they put upon labour, the more difficulties they would get into. Every man who came to this country had a right to get work if he could.—The resolution was referred to the Porters' Sub-committee.-1V letter from Messrs. Brown, Shipley, and Co., inquiring when the new north docks would be finished, and whether they would accommodate a vessel 300 feet , long, 46 feet wide inside the paddle boxes, 76 feet wide, -and. drawing 22 feet water, was referred to the Harbour-masters' Sub committee.—A contemporary, after stating that the prin cipal objects required in devising a good system in receiv ing and delivering of produce from vessels are—dispatch, economy, and correctness—explains the systems which have already been tried:, and suggests, as remedial of the evils attached to them, the following :—" That the Dock Committee appoint to each of the principal docks an im port superintendent, whose chief duties shall be to super intend the receiving, weighing, and delivering the cargoes of vessels arriving from abroad ; to see that there be no unnecessary delay in unlading ; that goods obstructing the discharge of vessels be warehoused, or otherwise disposed of; that the master porters do their duty, and to adjust differences arising between them and the consignees of goods or vessels. That the superintendent -have power, in conjunction with the dock master, to cause a vessel to vacate her discharging berth, if detained an unreasonable time in discharging. That the superintendents be persons competent to examine and judge of the stowage of cargoes, and of any ship-damage that may have happened to them, so as to give proper certificates upon those points, if called for. That no person, except importers of produce, be hereafter licensed as a master porter, without furnishing a certificate of his competency, signed by at least ten im porters." AMALGAMATION OF TIM GAS COMPANEEB. —On Thurs day, meetings of the two gas companies were held at their respective offices, to take into consideration the draft of the amalgamation bill now before Parliament. At the meeting of the New Gas and Coke Company, William Fosbery, Esq. presided, and there was a larger attendance than usual. Mr. J. B. Lloyd, the solicitor, read the re port, which recapitulated allthe circumstances which led to, and were attendant upon the amalgamation. In reply to a question, the Chairman said, the revenue of the two companies was as nearly as-possible the same. The other company could pay ten percent., and if the two companies were amalgamated the ten, per cent. would be more certain. The whole of the directors recommended the amalgama tion. Mr. Anthony—ls this -amalgamation likely to do away away with any opposition from another company ? May we not be considered as a monopoly ? The chairman said it was very possible, but they, as directors, could not be responsible for what might take place a few years hence. They had done every thing to protect themselves—to meet the wishes of parliament and. the local-authorities, and to render gas so cheap that they. did not believe any other company could compete with, them. Mr. Anthony—ls it likely the Corporation would support us ? The Chairman —That would be a very natural course. Mr. D. Mather— A very natural course, when they had been the means of bringing about the amalgamation. The report was adopted . unanimously. Mr. Lloyd next read over the heads of the various clauses in the bill for the amalgamation. The re port was adopted unanimously. Mr. Lloyd next read over the heads of the various clauses in the bill for the. amalgamation. In reply to a question from Mr. Roose, he said that as both companies made up their accounts. till the end of June, it was proposed that the amalgams. tion should date from the • Ist of July. Mr. Harmood Banner said it would, perhaps, be satisfactory to the pro prietors to know that the limitation, as to price and profit,. would be the same as at present. Four shillings and six pence per 1000 feet would still be the maximum price, and the profit 10 per cent., as. before. Mr. Lloyd, at the - quest of Mr. Banner, then read, in full, the clause securing to the proprietors the quarter share to which they wereat present entitled. The clause was to the effect that the company should first offer for sale, in lots of not more than four each, 940 of the 2210 shares which they%have the power to create, and after that the remaining 1270 should he offered to the proprietors of this companyin the proportion of one .£25 share for each original or substituted share. Mr. Lloyd also explained that, as the money rea lized by the sale of the 940 shares would he expended on, the amalgamated company, the appropriation of, the quar ter shares would take place sooner than if the amalgama tion had not taken place. Mr. Jones, with the view of protecting the company from opposition, suggested that it should he introduced into the preamble that the amalga mation was effected: in accordance with the desire of par liament, and of the local authorities. The directors, it appeared, had considered this point well, and did not believe it practicable to adopt that course,. The subject therefore dropped. Mr. Mather asked if there was any thing in the bill to• allow the proprietors to convert the shares into stock. Mr. Lloyd thought that under the general acts such power was given. The Chairman, se conded by Mr_. Banner, proposed that the d ra ft o f th e bill be approved.' The resolution was passed without a dis senting voice. At the meeting of the Dale-stteet com pany, W. R. Sandbach presided, and stated the objects of the meeting, and said he considered the arrangement would be greatly to the benefit of both companies and of the public. Mr. Carson, the solicitor, then read the report, whichwas in substance the same as that above noticed. It was adopted, and also the draft of. the bill. TO THE EDITOR . OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stn,—Merle D'Aubigny, in his, last work, the " Pro tector," which all Englishmen ought now to read, in speaking of Oliver Cromwell, ( the great champion of Protestantism) says :—" If the positive principle he gave to the British state was morality and faith, the negative principle was resistance to Popery. He held each of these in equal importance, for at the bottom they concen trate in one, in the Gospel. With their aid, England has seen the days of her exaltation ; when they are neglected or set aside, then will come the day of her decline. Whilst the Protestant principle gives to a nation, liberty,, life, and order, the .annanist priaeiple gives to it slavery, disorder, and death. Rome will unite with kings against their subjects, or with subjects against their kings, as her interest may require." The great error now is, the con founding liberty, which is enlightened freedom, with liberalism, which means the adoring the opinion of men, rather than the word of Truth, [which leads to bondage.] Under the plea of this modern liberalism, an enemy has been admitted into our Protestant camp, more to be dreaded far, than were those conspirators against our Protestant constitution in the reign of James the First, an enemy that is concentrating all its sophistry and its talent to undermine it, not by one blow, but more gradually and effectually, by taking down one defence after another, of our glorious constitution ; so that it is now only a matter of time, that is required, to accomplish its entire destruc tion, by stratagem and by national bankruptcy. Already are our mercantile and manufacturing interests injured by Free Trade; and our West Indian possessions are almost wholly ruined. Popery is encouraged at home and abroad. An Union of Jews with Papists in Parliament is advised for the further unchristianizing the Legislature, and attempts are now being made to do away with our " Navigation laws," and also to abolish the Punishment of Death. All this has been brought about through the. medium of those. who appear the friendly advisers of the Crown, but wto. are,, ip, reality, the bitter enemies of the nation. rROTZSTANT, ill tstrirt 3tb3o. The sufferings of the operatives in the Runcorn quarries have been very severe the whole winter. Business has been almost at a stand-still there. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.— The votes of SirJohnJervis on the income-tax have given great dissatisfaction to his supporters in Chester. The mining at the Kitten Tunnel was completed on Tuesday, and that portion of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire line between Grimsby and Gainsborongh is to be opened on the Ist of July next. BURGLARY.--William Nelson was on Tuesday week committed to Kirkdale, for trial at the ensuing assizes, charged with having feloniously shot at Mr. James Cot tam, with intent to murder him, and with also having stolen a gen and other articles from his house, Crow-hall, Broughton on the night of the 25th Ritllllo. VESSEL STRANDED.—The schoonerßranch, of Dunbar, Peter Miller,. master, bound from Leith to Liverpool, laden with pig iron, railway sleepers, and twelve hogs heads of wine ender bond, stranded on the Salthouse bank off Lytham., on Sunday night last, through mista king Lytham lighthouse for the lightship , off Liverpool. Very fortunately there were no lives lost. They are get ting the cargo out,. but the vessel will become - a wreck.— Preston Pilot. LOUIS PHILIPPE.—It is not improbable but that the ex-King may come into this neighbourhood. Re is, we believe, in treaty for Dnxbnry Park, near Cawley. It will be recollected that the late Mr. Frank Hall Standish, at his death, left many of his best pictures to Louis Philippe, who, in return . made some exceedingly splendid presents to the present Mr. Standish, (the owner of Duxbury.) We are quite sure he could not have a more retired or beautiful residence. EMPLOYMENT IN MANOHESTER.—A comparison• of the last and previous week,. gives the following results 1-- eke cotton mill, previously , stopped, has gone upon full time. There are 1,484 more operatives employed in the cotton mills, working full time, who were previouslr either working short time or altogether unemployed. Of the total works included in the table, one previously working full time, and one working short time, have stop ped. There are 2,117 more operatives wo r ki ng full time, I,67tnf whom were previouslyv working short time, and the remainder were out of employment altogether. The return;•therefore, is indicative of improvement. STAVE or STOCKPORT.—The- condition of the factory operatives in Stockport is not so had as it was in Novem ber last. At that period there were %mills in the borough, employing 18,256 hands. Of this number 4,979 were unable to obtain any employment in. the factories ; 6,598 were working three days, 1,670 four days, 1,850 five days, 1,569 five 'and a half days, and the remaining 1,540 t wo days and three days, in bout equal' proportions. Mr. Sadler's return shows that on Wednesday last, the num ber of operatives standing idle is only 31781, so that 1,198 more are employed now than in -November working three days, 2,192, being a decrease of 4,396';-four days, 3,926, showing an increase of 2,259 ; five days, 1,850, being an increase of 433 ;: five and a half days, 1,569, being increased employment ta8,193 persons. THE LANCASTRR ELECTION.—We trust that the vir tual defeat of the Radical host will be converted into a real one. In our •last we intimated that a careful canvass of the poll book had resulted in the discovery, that after striking off bad votes on both sides, Mr. Stanley would stand in a majority; Since then, we find that that ma jority has increased to nearer twenty, and,- of course, additional information is continually cominrin. In point of fact, Mr. Armstrong has been returned by paupers of Lancaster. Thee hon. member, we are told, is not only a ballot man, but an advocate for avextension of the franchise ; and if ever it happens that he is called upon to exercise, his privilege as an M.P. on the question, (not a likely thing, however,) he is in gratitude bound to throw in a kind word for the pauper class, since but for the votes of that portion of the Lancaster community, he would have been leftin a miserable minoritron Thurs day week. He may be called the pauper's member during the brief period he is likely to enjoy the honour of sitting in parliament—Lancaater Gazette. THE REPEAL DEMONSTRATION IN MANCHRSTER.— The meeting on Friday was a very large one, .the Free trade Hall being full in every part. Many of the repeal ers on the platform wore tri-coloured rosettes, of. orange, green, and white. A Mr? Dunn, an Irishman, presided. The meeting was convened for St. Patrick's Day, " To take into consideration the best means of accomplishing the repeal of the legislative union berween Great Britain and Ireland." Of eleven orators advertised to address the meeting only three were present, viz., Messrs:. . Fergus O'Connor, Mr. T. F. Meagher, and W. P. Roberts. A series of five resolutions were moved, seconded, and sup ported by English chartists and Irish repealers, who "fraternised " by shaking hands before the meeting. The chief speakers of the evening were Mr. O'Connor .Mr. T. F. Meagher, and Mr. Michael D o h eny , a barrister,—the two latter a deputation from the repealers of Dublin. The speeches generally were of the usual Irish character. An address of congratulation to the French people was also adopted, and after nearly four hours of haranguing,shout ing, and cheering, the proceedings terminated at eleven o'clock, and the numerous assemblage (as exhorted by several of the speakers) retired quietly to their homes. THE SEASON AND CROPS.—III this district, the wea ther, during the whole of February, and in the early part of the present month, has been.exceedingly wet, scarcely ever so much as a thorough Adry day, with occasionally boisterous winds. This being.the case, the out-door la bour of the farmer has been very considerably retarded. Still, however, the weather has been favourable. for the wheat crop, which generally inoks well, being remarkably 'healthy and vigorous; although in some instances it may be said to be too full of root, owing, no doubt, to the open and mellow character of the winter. That valuable and most useful esculent, the potatoe, which of late has been so most mysteriously affected, has not yet entirelethrown off, the disease, there remaining still most remarkable symptoms of decay in this neighbourhood. In some cases half the produce is in a state of decomposition :;• and in others, the potatoes, where not disturbed or removed, have put out sprouts of at least twenty-four inches in length. But notwithstandingAhis sotaewhat disheart ening picture, there certainly us an improvement: as com pared with former years ; so much so, that it -is to be roped farmers will have the pleasure of seeing their crops of potatoes grown and prove restored to health and sound.. ness next year, which will be not only a benefit to them selves, but to mankind at large,—Preston Chronicle. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—One of the most daring high way robberies and brutal assaults that ever disgraced the annals of any country, was perpetrated on Tuesday night last, upon the person of Mrs. Charlotte Maria Noble Bateman, of Common Head, widow. It appearathat Mrs. Bateman had been spending the day at the Abbey, Stave -ley, with Mrs. Wilson, the lady.of J. H. Wilson, Esq., of the Grange, Sussex, who is at present staying at the Ab bey, and remained there until 11 p.m., when she repaired towards her own house, which is about 40 yards from the Abbey ; when she got some distance up the road, a man sprung out of a field, seized her by the arms, threw her down upon the ground with great violence,. and said, " Now, your money or your life." Mrs. Bateman called out loudly for help, but no one came to her assistance. The villain then swore a great oath, saying,. " If you do not hold your noise I will draw my pistol and, shoot you." Mrs. Bateman got up from the ground, when he threw her down again, still demanding money, , when she gave her purse and money, about Bs. in silver, to him. At this time he was kneeling upon her chest. After the ruffian had got the lady's purse and money, be filled her mouth with dirt, pulled her bonnet over her face to prevent her screaming, and then dragged her into the,field, at the gate he came out of when first he attacked her. Here a great struggle ensued ; the lady got up from the ground, when he again threw her down with great violence, and caught her head against the wall. Here the fellow pursued the nefarious attempt, but Mrs. Bateman being a powerful woman, resisted him, and at length, after a struggle which lasted near half an hour, he left her. and she got home in the best way she could, in almost an exhausted state. Her clothes were in a most shameful condition, being co vered with dirt and mud. Mrs. Bateman is very much injured in her face andvarious parts of herbody. The man has been apprehended.—Lancaster Gazette. THE SCOTCH CHURCH, ST. PETER'S SQUARE.—A few years since a dispute, arose as to. whether this building belonged to the free church (or the parties sympathizing with that body) or to the established church of Scotland. About a month ago, the questiouwas argued in the Court of Chancery, and on Wednesday last Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce decided in favour of the relators. In con, sequence of this _decision, Mr. Webster, solicitor, accom panied by Mr. John Shepherd, Mr. John Young, and Captain Brown, went yesterday (Friday) to the session.. house of the church, and served a notice on the 11,ev. Alexander-Manro,-and another on•Soeeph-ClarteAde r the beadle, reqpiring them to- give up the keys of the building to Mr. Shepherd. Mr. Munro refused to obey the order of the notice until he had consulted his solicitorand other parties concerned ; and asked for the delay of au, hour and a half ar two hours for the purpose of . deliberation. The gentlemen then withdrew but returned withi j ann hour • afterwards,. while the minister and office-bearers were discussing the matter. Mr. Hall, solicitor, being then present, said he declined to accede to their,request, as the 'Vice-Chancellor had given no directions_on the sub ject. Mr. Shepherd then took the key fr.:pea the door of the-session-house, which, we understand, is. the property of Mr. Robert Barbour, and, by the aid of some men ghtho,were outside, took possession of this part of the building. Meanwhile a locksmith was sent to open one of the front doors, which he effected bytneans of skeleton keys, before any one in the vestry could do anything to prevent it. As soon as the door was. opened, Mr. Shep herd and several others entered, and took possession of the church. Information having been sent to the Town hall that a disturbance might possibly, occur, six policemen were sent to the spot to preserve peace. Their services, however, did not appear to be much needed, and accord ingly, most of them left, after having dispersed the people congregated around the church door. In the course of the afternoon, a telegraphic communication arrived from Lon don, stating that the Lord Chancellor had suspended the order of the Vice. Chancellor, with respect to the building, till an appeal, of which notice had been given, should be heard. In consequence of this communication, the key of the session house was returned, and the parties who had taken possession of the church retired. The congrega tion will for the present meet for divine service at the Mechanics' Institution.—Manchester Guardian. WRlTlNG.—Continued testimonies pour into the high ability of Mr. Thompson as a teacher of caligraphy. The paraphrase, " Nature's great masterpiecois writing well," holding more senses than one ; and, certainly, were all acquainted with the facility with which a good hand may be acquired under a competent instructor, bad writers would be rare. The late Mr. Youatt, in one of his orations to the Mfgn hers of the Veterinary College, observes—" That by the improvements in modern chemistry, the medical pro Passion are enabled successfully to treat diseases which wrae pre viously supposed as not within the reach of rredicine." This truth has been manifested for meuv , but in vo instance of greater importance to mankind than by the discovery of Blair's' Gout and Motional° Yills. March 21,1548. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. na4 SAVAGE ASSAULT.—On Saturday, M r . Rus.w. - i ta g James Preston, a flatman, for striking a seaman n a l i a i Peter Hall, on the cheek bone, with a boathook. , nnu the boathook hit him on th e t emp l e h e wou ld have '— killed. PUTTING THE " SCRE W " ON .—L as t wee k, a rou gh looking fellow was brought before Mt. Rushton, hs viog been placed in Bridewell the previous evening for stu i . s ; being drunk at th e ti me . M r. R ushton ordere & his charge.—The prisoner, upon leaving the bar, held I v, threat t 3 the o ffi cer who had apprehended him . t I, e Rushton ordered hi m b ac k, upon w hi ch he repeated ow, threat in the most coarse t erms, —M r. Rushton: '` l es for the threat you h ave ma d e , you must f i nd two sure in £3O each to keep the peace ; or,. in default, Wily, soned three months."—Prisoner "Is that all ?"-- Rushton : " You will fi n d it qu it e enoug h be fore r 2ll have done with it." ARTFUL SWINDLE. Th omas Willi ams an d - , rh• ir , Johnson were brought up on Friday on the follouti; charge appeared they placed themselves outside ! with °913 town and watched the arrival of the carts laden _ o u t as they came in from the country. Having single! n " rjo one driven by a lad, they accosted the driver, .aue ;be agreed to purchase th e coa l if h e wou ld b r i ng it te_A, place to which they wou ld di rect hi m. T h i s wassr ran_cii i and one of the men u lti ma t e l y so ld t h e loa d' o f CO' Oldhall-street, fir which the other received the money : Having finished th e i r I us i ness so c l everly, they deesuWi, leaving their poor v i c ti m t o b ene fi t b y his everiene Both men were committed for trial. A NOTED DOG STEALER.—On Tuesday, r ty Stroud was charged with having stolen a dog, the pruP e w t of Captain Carphen.- In June last, Mr. Carphen, before sailing on a f o r e i gn voyage, purchased a dog l e , the prisoner, for 55., ar id sen t hi m w i t h a note to his ir e to pay him the mon e y. M rs . C arp h en h ad no c hang e r and gave the prisoner a. sovereign. upon his promisiu n g r , bring her 15s. out of it. H e f a iled to d o t hi s, and a"e00 wards got possession of the d og a l so , w hi c h h e i ns i s ted 0 , keeping. Mr. Pa r ki nson , sa id t h e pr i soner was Ir e r i known dog stealer; he had stolen one dog before, a il sold 1 for £3, after which he gave information of l'"' e f r o e r the animal was, in order to obtain the reward offered it. Mr. Rushton ordered himta four months' iniPri e°ll‘ meet. EltruNsivz ROBBERY. — Ort , Tuesday, Susan Lan l _,,„° - was brought up at the P o li ce - court, c h arged with s tealing a quantity of property f rom a h ouse i n St. Anne-stree",o , whiob she and her h us b an d h a d c h arge, and in which hir, niture, plate, linen, &c., h a d b een d ep .. s it e d by Parley, who had them placed in his' hand's by various Pgi ties during their absence from home.. Miss Blundell ' l ' o thus lost property valued at £65 124., and Mrs. KilleN lady now in Scotla n d, was a su ff erer. T he pr i sone r 0 1 : 0 pawned , some of Miss Bl un d e ll' s property, on whie ll 2 o f had tickets in her p ossess i on amount i ng to upwar ds e 9• with Mr. Smith. M r . P ar l ey , an d Mr. C r it e l , There had been £l,OOO wor th o f property i n the liee,o The rooms were locked, but the furniture which had stolen had been removed from one room to another. 19 Rushton; severely reproved the pawnbrokers for their gUa negligence.. The defence of the priso n e r was th a t she 7. plEdged the articles for another woman. She vise mended for fourteen days. IMPOSITIONS OF CAR DRIVERS.—Ori•TELITS. A mOrll' ST ar ect ing Mr. Lynn, proprietor of the Waterloo Hotel, aPtie before Mr. Rushton, for the purpose of substantiating( 0 information•laid against Thomas Binns, the driver e ' r e car belonging t o M r . Th os. F razer, for demanding ,r e i P °, o l than the legal- f are , an d a l so f or having a "'cad " with t - 0 on the driving box, contrary to law. This case revea l f 0 ( gross species of imposition practised by the car drivel' h e this town. On Saturday, three ladies landed fro"' t o Hibernia, and hired the defendant to convey them to 40 Waterloo. The fello w re pli e d t o t h e i r di rect i ons the at Waterloo was.full : he had taken some parties there pre morning, who-had to go e ls ew h ere i n consepuence o f being no room-in th e h o t e l. Th e l a di es, notwithstail 'to this intimation , ,, again desired the man to drive the rn the Waterloo.lnstead of complyi ng , h e d rove the'"_ it the Queen's Hotel, evidently from interested motives, , being a custom for some hotels t o a ll ow th ese me n ad Pl:ees MiMll on every person b r o ug ht t o th e house:- The 19 1 0 , 5 1 t insisted on being taken to the Waterloo, which was at, e 6 acceded to. When arri ve d th ere Bi nns d eman d e d teL shillings, which yeas more than the proper fare-; -it was however, paid him. Mr. Rushton inflicted a fine of, 53, for having demanded more th an th e fare, and one Of oul for using a " cad." The magistrate directed that he sh e oi not be allowed to drive a car until the fine be paid ; La id threatened to prohibit him f rom d r i v i ng at a ll if h e sP be guilty of a second offence of a similar character. THE ROBBERY OF £BOO AT THE ROTUNDA kler s " - „ce, On Friday, a young man, of rather smart apPear a T o tt was brought up before Mr. Rushton, at the Police -e° t o upon the charge-of being the party w h o c ommittee , i ,ro above robbery. Police- cons t a bl e K eog h , o f t h e detect es force, stated the facts of th e case , an d a dd e d that since the robbery had b een comm i tte d , h e an d 00 another officer, had been in search of the thief. po rt Thursday evening the prisoner was appre h en d e d ; and s en t being placed ins. he back office, by Mr. hoperintee be s 4 Brown, amongstsome other parties, Mr. Skane'4 nel o i h oi immediately pointed hi m ou t as b e i ng t h e person wh,.,tp committed the robbery. The nephew swore positiveoLe, the prisoner. Bates, the constable, stated that he f. 11)1 of hended the prisone r on Thursday night, on 3usPi e T, l l 3 o' being the thief, but as yet no portion of the reer, e ,'; been recovered. Mr. Owen, who appeared for._ de; soner, said that ire could prove an alibi ; but tt" . 5 13,01 1 , 1 „' dined doing so at , present. Mr. Rushton said' remand him. It-was then stated that the prisoner Q , s "" 11 0 custody in 1843 but was then discharged, In l'l,l was imprisoned , three months ; an d s i nce t h en he han ti ,--' twice convicted and once di sc h arge d.. .M r . clo Oh ! I remember the man well enough now; and you, Mr. Owen:- He is the man upon whom -the 1. 0 1, 1 sovereigns were found after th e I s li ng t on robbery. . 10 " a oct commit him for.trial. M r . R us ht on a f terwar d s to Bates that he would only remand the prisoner but he would commit him for trial on Saturday. _ ADDRESS FROM TTIE LOYAL ORANGE 1,001 GRAND, ARMAGH, NO. 164, It sl4°{P" TO THE RIGHT. HON . WILLIAM , EARL OF sCLA ~sve GOVERNOR ANL., GOVERNOR GE NERAL OF JR. O dlO; MAY IT RIXASE. YOUR EXCEL L E NCY ,—We a P,°• - ,, oar the loyal Oran gemen o f A rmag h , looking, around "- seeing the fi erce sp i r i t o f d i sorder diffusing. itself t our country, _called into life and nourished bY t ':oo 9l/ flaininatory harangues an d a dd resses of w i l d and 4:400, demagognes,.-and carrying in it s t ra i n terror, devas''„oth and blood,.feel justly a l arme d l est by acquiring streVeli in its onward.progress, it again, as in 1798, develoP e A 4 ,o s in open rebellion,, and make our land once more u of savage slaughter and rui n ! f _ h og It is a well-known an d l amen t a bl e f act ,,th a t in 'lOl9 at the present day is a large number of sinisguided e eager to , overthrow the constitution and governns. the land,_and anxiously awaiting opportunitY.and 0 0 4 stances favourable to the exe cu ti on _of their tra l ,, kW, designs and who, publicly avow their:iatention t°,1.,„ ( 0 1, their tine and ' make England's (15,Ificulty•theirio u ; tea action,. and suthey rejoice at th e over th row of conr authority.even in forei g n n a ti ons , and b a il the reu ; egi olls 0 subjects of. every sovereign as thei r own p ec uliar brev or We, born British subjects, glorying, the libl' a lsr e Britisitlaws,.thinkit well to come forward. and' ;f e te: our unshaken fidelity to our Queen, and our fora` mination, even with our blood, to resist all agg l 7 th e on her rights —no matter whe nce. th e y ,come—and 4 01tev utmost of our power to maintain:inviolate and: no" her mighty empire. e fe` ve The Orangemen of Ireland ia ,time. of need ha. w oa ld --- d acted as the native garrison of iheir, country, an, th ey agaimrender similar service, should e v ents. assistance to. be required. In every county in Ulste ry i n ,D o bli n , and.otlae r do i, 9 of ,Ireland are numbers o f O rangemen closet)`p r itO'i together for the sole purpose o f . preserving th e :, •rtdi constitution in Church and,St a t e , w i t h out i n ter f r i lber d . intending to interfere with the full enjoyment a' toe dby. their fellow-s u bj ec t s o f every , creed. O f tliesf i a n t "good and true" could be formed an army of wh f i .. e a, nation might be proud — an army strong, faithl; tli e 4 compact, with loyalty in their, hearts, and vigour I ::,.ag hands. At a few days' notice a force of 111 0° ,,15 1 , 11 ",i 100,008 men could be mustered, who ~if trained a'c r oai o plied with arms would, with,the assistance of thf r iok e r their fathers, repel any foe, foreign or domestic , l ie r attack their c h ou er nt m ry a . jes l t t i f s s g fo o r ve y rn olar me lo n r t d t s o hi d p e a c tl ici d e ' wT ! f le s t o h c e ll it would not be well tq at once organise a bod Y‘ s," .,, men who " could be relied on in the how; of tlan i ri o rt o „, ,thet--like their father* of Tore — would Peril the . f tba and lives to beat dawn the common enemio f truth • pire, and, to their death, stand by the banliar° freedom. " Tme as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shone upon , •DISAPPOINTItINT AT THE THEATRE .. . IIong - It wgo Tuesday night very considerable disappointmen t it oef. s t perienced at the Theatre-royal, Williamsoll q f 0 ;01 the non-performance of the opera of "Ileoce',,oo - in which Madame Thillon was ann ° o - e POO appear. The cause of the disappointment vissieft i d receipt of the music from London. Abourou' e e4 be e . house, receiving their money at the doors. A substituted, in which Madame Thillon sung 5.3- r e ..,Oii best songs. „BA dee p BRUTAL OUTRAGE AND HIGHW A Y RO.^- 0 ,0-.' A ' Wednesday morning a fierce encounter took Pio„ It e ctf, an Irish labourer a strong and powerful to r 4- 5 , 1 '%01 9 , Jan Seagrave, and four men, at the topof 0 2 a 0 - 0 , Crown-street, which resulted in the robbery 013 r ole e• sea be injury of the former. It appeared that as , t ue 17 3 passing some unoccupied land at the corner 0 , 019 named street, shortly after four o'clock, 11 , e n , 0 11° 0 0- 4 , two men. One of them knocked against w„ — c aist o 97: 4 to trip him. At this rude conduct Seagravewf,, - o ot thy and remarked that they might have passed w''' Ong Of, ing against him. Before he had done sPe a su ed , t bev rushed upon him. A desperate struggle et t ., e t c? Seagrave getting the better of his assailants, 0 7 0 0 1 ; #°; whistled, and instantly two more men molt, rill ) 0/ 3 0 their assistance. On seeing this, Seagra' o9 nY9o,l attempt to run, ah but he had not pr ombst 11000oceecleu off v iitio e p b m e o fo re re sav e as a w geti al t t at ack efore,aendd. the e he oo c r his position till he was struck violently fel o l n °wth ro e 0 0 1 0 te glif e i some deadly weapon. This felled him to the g o t 1 0 $ ( 1 the ruffians afterwards kicked and beat him on' h e 0 2,0 cifully. They then stripped him of his en a c loo '4OPLI his pockets of his money (55.), and other sr: p osil g ifl o f upon him. Afterwards they carried bird rsi i gts te oi , empty houses, and then threw him over t t 9. e an area. 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