The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-08-30 00:00:00

=F. . 1 7 ", AUGUST 30, 15:36, Mongers violated the very first fundamental principle of their own charter of liberty, by re-instating the Queen even, ad interim, in the false plenitude of her authority, ti nder it, as well as that of her new administration. We ask the noble Foreign Secretary, " in our place," how Qre these anomalies to be reconciled ? Are there any Provisions in the quadruple treaty to meet their exigency ? Is that treaty to be held binding, under all changes of government and circumstances, with Christina, or her masters? We wish to treat' the subject logically, and e ven genteely—tenderly, if you please, under our battue, "to assi s t i n remov i ng t h e b an d age f rom th e eyes o f t h e "tender deity," that he may shoot more dexterously against the enemi es o f hi s favourite Queen, the arrow o f ° l3 genius, especially as the last pull from his quiver, of the little " Globe," recently levelled against ourselves, fell harmless in the centre of our position, and which we w ould not condescend to pick up, and, much more, scorn to trampl e upon ! In our last, we gave free notice that the Irish cabinet ?r catholics were progressing with their administration, 1t h aving been decided in full conclave that they should to all things take the lead of his Majesty's whigs, to w hom Dan of the base vial said, " We would not play second fiddle' even though the greatest whig of the en tire lot should be richly decorated with the flowing curls ° fa lamb's tail." And for why ? " Because, said he, " I carry a tail with a point at the end that will take t h em all dance to my tune without a fiddler. " -tv erily, this was most audacious, Master Dan ; but really we cann o t bl ame y o u th ere in, however we may look down with contempt upon the servile company of thir d - rate performers in state theatricals, who allow you I? ? PlaYprim o buff o whilst they perform the puppet s ! Well, the grand association, taking up Dan's solemn in ruction to cut down toryism, on or about the 23d instant, argued their Proclamation to all " the boys" in all the 'counties of that "quiet and peaceable country known by the e°gnomen of Paddy-land, commanding them to be at th eir posts and to bring " yid 'em" the shellelah of all " justice rent ;" and the following is the nucleus of the order of the day for carrying on the opera tions: 10 :: T. the men of Ireland—joint labourers in the mighty struggle 4 , 14 once lified a nation from the your;dus, and made the slave sinews is the golden opportunity for °4l" ohs Must be furnished, comprehending as it does, the attain- Oat of valuable political immunities, and the much required the relief of those who suffer for conscience sake, whether in a7,exercise of the franchise, or the resistance of an odious impost, 2 , 11 ' has claims upon the sympathies (qy. death's head ?) and 'ellerous liberality of all ! 3 flow, Englishmen, seriously, what think you of this s i k Peal? Did you ever hear of this mighty struggle : j oillifted a nation from the dust, and made the slave a "'"? In what part of the moon did it occur ? Does it a pply to th e Lilip u ti an p eo pl e w h om G u lli ver , by th e i r din g , lifted into the palm of his hand? Verily, it is so Profoundly metaphoric we cannot comprehend it—we must net aspire to the genus of such rhetoric—it is out of rie r vocabulary altogether. Marvellous indeed ! Is it deltic ? Is it Hindoostanee ? Is it Sanscrit ? Or, f ati ler, is it . not Mulgravian ? Well, perhaps we have the th e key, and we will consult the chief Secretary ! But " t h e go ld en opportun i ty " — w h at i s meant b y this? Are the poor ragged, half-famished wretches who are commanded to bring the " sinews of war" to the F at hering t o h ave t h e i nterest f or th e i r p ence re t urne d tt so vereigns? Undoubtedly, these very pence, filched f rom the pockets of the deluded votaries, will supply the : lea ns of wholesale bribers/ to the O'Connellite priestly 110 t of trading politicians, and so far may realise a Piden opportunity to many, who will be equally ready `,.° sell th emselves, whilst others w i ll be driven by the befo re-practised means of proved intimidation; thus, a perfectly free and honourable franchise will be secured; . 44 i ndependent " tail members" returned ! Then those who suffer for conscience sake"—poor souls ! What :to lie d one f or t h em ? Wh y , th e y are to b e prov id e d resis ting of thi s " j ust i ce rent " w i t h t h e means o f eva di ng and the la w —tl e king's authority, conveyed by his ' j ; i tid ges, and th e r i g htf u l c l a i man t i s t o be c h ea t e d o f hi s all ' other and plain wo rd s , n o tithe is to be p a id a t 74 fo r th e " rent" is to be the means of sustaining " the resistance to an odious invest." Men of England! you have the climax partly before y o u -let us furnish the rest. This Godly tribe—this Atlta of political alligators, have long since declared war, e a terminating war against the word of God ; it is not, t herefore, by any means surprising that they should de lare war against the law of man ! This they will not honestly tell you they have done in implicit obedience to t he decree of the Pope, or the expressed wishes of his "liness, who long ago fulminated against Bible so cieties. And why, Protestants of England, we would en quire? Simply because the Bible breathes the awful language of truth, and truth is entirely subversive of : I tholi c i sm , w hi c h i s f oun d e d i n myst ifi cat i on, fanat i c i sm, rtiDerstition, bigotry, intolerance, and falsehood—there tore' they wou ld , pol i t i ca ll y, k eep men i n darkness, that id be Y may wear the degrading chains of ignorance and la trY ; and yet these are the reformed and re f orm i ng papists whom the march of time—the march of intellect or a nd tile march of that spectral ephemera, the " spirit th e age," has reclaimed ! Yes, these a re th e half bred' the less ingenuous spawn of that precious set who 114 t Eng land in flames and warmed Smithfield with their mur dering s p il es — t h ese, t h e hypocritical- semi papists wi 1° affect to deny the temporal power of the Pope, and i: t follow hi s very errors — w h o , w hil e th e y p reac h to etati°ll, are intolerant by their very acts—aiming at the x In 7 e ise of a p os iti ve d es p o ti sm over the less informed t4 C ic ttle more helpless porti on o f their own body—whilst 44 , 1 ng against s l aver y see ki ng t o make others slaves, 10 ' 4, not on l y b y stratagem, but by threat of fine, to pull Wll an establishment which protestantism commenced tliwhich protestantism supports—which has hundreds of r us lnds in its list—whi c h h as th ro wn the mantle of w o or t :ction over t h e i r poorer brethren, and spread the 6 r,b u e or God th roug h ou t near l y t h e w h o l e o f th e h a bit a bl e translating it into more than on e hundred and 'Y to ki•nd ues and dialects for the common benefit of man- 1 4 he re the n , men o f E ng l an d and protestants of Eng ca.n(i. is the question fairly before you; this justice asso t:" is at onc e o p en ly, ar bit rar il y , an d avowe dly ar qied against y ou — aga i nst your re li g i on — aga i nst your 4 °ll Wh a t are you prepared to do under the circum ti:tlees? Do you mean that this associated band of 4 13 °tsi avowing allegiance to a foreign priesthood and 41 2 i r eign power, shall first beard you in y o ur o w n cas tl e e i: i t hen march in and triumph over you ? Equality of ti l t Privil eges and equality of civil rights are not suffi ent for these equal-justice-loving mongers : ascendancy oPcsitive controlling ascendancy is their aim and pur to e---nothing less. Men of England, are you prepared 4 1 3 ; leld We, as protestants, say no ; and we tell this "constituted junta of registrative liberals, that their saturnalia is th oroug hl y un d erstoo d , an d w ith th em non Z. e r erunt s a t urna li a ! Ihilst the se wort h y l ay b rot h ers are t h us performing e !r Part at Dublin, under the express sanction of his thalesty's government, the consecration of a popish ca t:drat took place at,Tuam, with due pomp and ceremony; ee d in absolute v i o l ation of the emancipation act, the 4t e kgiastica/ titles of our protestant bishops are openly ti lic tir Ped. The whig lib eral papal press has, with the as 4tance of its great cra c k e d mortar, affected to make an til hgy for all this, and t o extenuate what the Times 4 °14 justly ca ll s the "by e -b lows " to .protestantisin in t i ela nd The croaking of these pitiful showmen, who li ; v al the d o i ngs o f Richardson's buffoons, at Bartholo (1;1'P-fair h as b ee n so effectually silenced by the thunder P rintinghouse-square and the evening battery of "Itlge-street, that little is left for us to perform, did our h i t) , 4e e and needful attention to other topics of pressing h `e'est admit; and as the London conservative press : 8 t he daily advantage of being enabled to exhibit the il;e'Phantic panders to popery and deformed whig g i stu 4 4 , 1 /111 their n a k e d d e f orm ity, a nd which is so patriotically 1 lt h : e abl Y executed, little is left for our feeble dissecti ng q$ e; whilst the Tuam exhibition, on general grounds, lir t : it s consequences, shall not escape our . attention.. , pl 4 - u ttr e neither. without inclination rior materials to dis -04." PoPery,priestly and political, in its title light before . oil:" n trYtnen; and as these quill trumpeters of the m a d e h lve made a 'signal failure of their attempt t . o e pantomimic paiade at Tit= beneficial to . their ma.iters, much less injurious, immediately, to our pro testants bishops and clergy, by their contemptible deduc tion therefrom, we shall have full opportunity of doing our best to prevent both them and their popish allies "taking anything by their motion." The mean attempt to throw the odium of neglect on the protestant clergy displays the hoof in its polished lustre ; whilst the energies of that clergy have been pa ralized by the treacherous duplicity of the King's govern ment to the protestant cause generally, for the sole pur pose of acquiring that political support from the mass which alone enables them to remain in office. We boldly tell the servile defenders of the " thimble-riggery," that it . is the secret connivance given to popery and its wither ing influences, which together with the open policy dis played in parliament, checks the utility and the benign progress of protestantism in Ireland,—the onus probandi lies with the jesuitical defenders of the O'Connell-Mel bourne policy, and of negativing this our position, sus tained by plain matter of fact circumstance and fair ar gument. The Times has put this question in its true and simple position :—Test the accuracy of the charge by the ex tent of the way the state has been able to make, and com paring the progress of the govekment of the King with the advancement of the religion of the church, it • will certainly be seen, that whatever blame may attach to Great Britain our fellow-countrymen in Ireland have chiefly to thank themselves for the fact that they are not more faithful subjects, and better christians ! " The error is easily elucidated to unprejudiced minds. The misnamed reform government, since the pasting of that measure, following the measure of catholic emanci pation, has allied itself to the popish party on account of its numerical strength; and it has openly discouraged protestantism in a given ratio, instead of upholding the le gitimate interests of the established church, as a fair coun terpoise to the political interest gained by the Roman catholics under those two measures, and yet, with hands un clean, through this truckling and disgraceful anti-national policy, these worthies now come forward and attempt to attach the stigma of neglect to the protestant clergy and draw from it an inference in favour of the increase of Romanism. Away with such futile assumptions !--they are worthy only of the gaseous smelting shop from which they first emanated, and they have already been blown into their air and their virulence neutralized. We hope that our warm-hearted conservative bre thren in Liverpool, will not accuse us of want of con genial sympathy in the proceedings and feelings of that respectable body of Englishmen, and undisguised patriots, who recently marshalled themselves under the constitutional banner of our " Church and King," at Stockport, on the occasion of the dinner of the Stockport Branch of the Cheshire Conservative As sociation; and a full report of the exhilerating spec tacle, which there took place, we gave in our last impres sion. The length of that report, as well as of another, connected with the issue of the Warwick election, on Tuesday evening last, must be our apology for the omis sion of any special notice in our leading articles of Fri day; and our kind friends in Cheshire will know, by this time, that whilst they were gloriously engaged in triumphantly celebrating the rise and progress of the good cause there, we were assailed on all sides by a black hail storm of pen and type whiggery, on what they, the assailants, falsely conceived a vulnerable point in our own trenches, and through which they might enter and blow up conservatism in our town of Liverpool. Vain coxcombs of the goose-quill ! did they imagine anything so preposterous as that a private misunderstanding (how ever unpleasant to us individually) would be the ready means of compelling us to abandon our posts of public trust, of national importance, and surrender them ingloriously into the hands of a contemptible enemy, driven to the mean expediency of such a wretched resort ? They have yet to find out the quality of our metal—we are not going to strike the colours of the ship on account of a personal difference amongst those lately in command. We congratulate our constitutional friends at Stockport, and at Warwick, on their double triumph—a reunion in one case, and a victory in the other ! But what shall we say of the speeches of Mr. Robert Hollingsworth, and Mr. Tatton Egerton, at Stockport. If men are not both drunk and blind, under the influence of democratic bigotry, here "be who runs may indeed read." No humble comment of ours can add to their strength and importance. Nor must we forget Mr. Turner, who, with the force of his humour turned the crazy works of the whig radicals upside down. We say to our townsmen, read ! read ! Most heartily do we respond to the pro posal for forming a grand Conservative Association in London, under the charge of Lord Sandon—there we shall fight the enemy on their own ground ; and present at once a formidable and much needed bulwark, concen trated in the heart of the British empire, as against the workings and doings of the Dublin band of Popish revolutionists. To Mr. Canning, we say God bless him. And to the independent electors, we return our thanks. It was shrewdly remarked by Rochefocault, that " hy pocrisy is the homage rendered by vice to virtue." This keen satire from the pen of a learned Frenchman, is particularly applicable to the conduct of our flaming patriotic whig scribblers, who arrogate to themselves the the supreme right of engrossing all power, and all the influence in the state, for their crafty task-masters, that they may smother the general influencers of reli gion, and triumph over the securities of constitutional liberty, the more effectually to establish that oligar chical principle of government, which is its very oppo site, and at. variance with the ,feelings—the habits— the principles—and the interests of the whole commu nity of Englishmen, under the false, the delusive, pre text of extending their civil privileges. Thus, viciously disposed and designing men have, in all ages, endeavoured to impose on the credulity of the weaker portion of their fellows, by an as sumption of the visor of morality liberality religion, or superior goodness, according to cir cumstances, that they might more effectually cloak their corrupt objects, and thus disarm the unreflecting, or confiding, who would otherwise be a match for their crafty opponents on the broad principle of honest dealing. The mass of the people of' all nations whereof we read has been discontented and even, in most instances, miserable; hence, it always offered a ready leaven of fermentation for the operation of political knaves and hypocrites; and, principally through their workings, empire after empire has sunk into degeneracy and ulti mate oblivion( _ Ranging through the moral universe in search of the causes of human and social misery, we may ultimately trace them back. to the designs of the few upon the weakness of the many, operating there as a contaminating spirit on their feelings, their morals, , their affections, and their peace, and thus engendering the seeds of great organic social changes and political re volutions; the first impressive influence never rising si multaneously with the mass, but concocted in the breasts of ambitious.. individual adventurers who gather unto themselves congenial elements, and thus spread around the materials of political combustion. In fact, they merely form the agents for fanning the passive embers of discontent into flame ; first denouncing names, dig nities, and titles, and then propounding schemes and phantasms as impalpable as the air we breathe, each seeking his private ambitions despite of his neighbour's good, and each becoming his own tormentor, and each the evil genius of his friend and compatriot Before the worthy beings we have described, existing in our social sphere, we wear no mask, nor are we either ashamed to stand by our principles, nor afraid to meet the sordid band we are opposed to on their own high vantage ground, armed, though they may be, with the whole artillery of false logic,—irreligion,—whig philo sophy, and presumptuous impudence. Public men are public property, and if we have roused the feeble ire of apostate whigs and radical or popish enemies, we have done so in the advocacy of truth—of a fundamental prin ciple of sound national policy, without any reference to a private disunion, totally unconnected with external po litics, although we would painfully lament, in common tvitl4 atll etly*onservative supporters, any injury that may THE LIVERPOOL STAN-OAM). result to the cause with which we are proudly identified ; through such private disunion. Our truly able contemporary of the London Standard, placed us at once in our true position in the affair we allude to, on Tuesday last, with reference to the publica tion of private and strictly confidential correspondence : it was a question with which the Whig press generally could have nothing to do, and had no legal nor moral right to interfere with; and it at once shows the weakness of their patron's power, and the, miserable shifts they are put to, to keep up the falling interests of their discredit able policy. We thank our contemporary of the Lon don Standard, for the handsome comparison of our case with that , of our late dearly esteemed personal friend, Michael Thomas Sadler, and Mr. J. Foster, of Leeds—a perfect analogy of principle exists between the two ; and, reflecting on the character of the former, as that of a Patriot and a Christian, whose memory we shall revere, and whose premature loss we 'shall deplore, so long as we retain sensibility of feeling and veneration for virtue, we shall indeed be proud, if the public judgment of an enlightened British people, shall give a similar adjudication in our favour, for our bumble advocacy of religious truth, and consti tutional freedom, as that awarded to Mr. Sadler. At all events, we will labour to deserve it, by holding stead fastly to our principles. If, agreeably, to the fine senti ment of La Bruyere, " men's worth in this world is fi nally estimated according to their conduct," we have the race for the palm before us, as open and as free as it is to our paltry whig enemies. A very full meeting of the Tradesmen's Conservative Society took place, last night, at the large room, King's Arms, when seventy-two additional members were enrolled, making a total of nearly 900. SOUTH LANCASHIRE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.—This interesting reunion of the conservatives in this division of the county will take place on the Bth of Septenlber. We have no doubt that the attendance on this glorious festival will be as numerous as it was last year, and that the proceedings will afford a rich intellectual treat. The last day for the sale of tickets, it appears, is to-morrow. Our friends must therefore be prompt in their applications. LAU N CH OF A STEAMER.—On Saturday last the Clonmel, a splendid steam vessel of 450 tons measurement,, was launched from the building-yard of .11ipssrs. Robert Russell and Sons, North Birkenhead. She belongs, we understand, to the Water ford and London Steam Navigation Company, and is to be titled with engines of 250 horse power, from the manufactory of Messrs. George Forrester and Co., of this town.. THE THEATRE.—Last evening Shakspeare's fine tragedy of "Macbeth" was peformed; the part of Macbeth by Mr. Stuart, and Lady Macbeth, by Mrs. Sharpe, a lady who has recently been engaged for a limited period. Mrs. Sharpe is a fine wo man, with a good figure and face for the character. In appear ance she is not unlike the portraits of Mrs. Siddons. She played tolerably. The splendid conception of the author in the murder scene of Macduff, whilst Macbeth quails with fear and horror at the thought of the guilty deed he has enacted, and fears to com plete it, and Lady Macbeth exclaims, "infirm of purpose! give me the daggers;" was exceedingly well given. Stuart's acting was terrifically true to nature, and was greeted throughout with rapturous applause. The house was very full.—We wish to draw the attention of our theatrical friends to the announced benefit of Mr. Clarke, the spirited manager of the Liverpool Theatre Royal —Mr. Henry Horncastle, who for some time has been performing at the Theatre as a singing actor, has an nounced his benefit for Friday night, with the performances of the musical play of "Rob Roy;" to conclude with the comic opera of "Fra Diavolo." The musical entertainments for the evening promise to be good. We know of no contemporary paper that has contributed more effectually to unmask the popish character of the "Irish system of Education," than the Dui in Record—a journal conducted on religious principles exclusively, and eminently successful in its uncompromising advocacy of the Established Church, as well as in its temperate, but unflinching exposure of the errors of popery. This spirited paper deserves to be more generally circulated than it is at present, among the friends of the Church in Liverpool, recommended as it is by its faithful guardianship of religion and morals, the union of political information with profitable instruction which it affords, the impartiality of its reports, and the decidedly conservative tone of its politics. We understand that the agent for Liverpool is Mr. Perris, No. 32, North John-street. ISLE OF MAN.—Owing to the very 13w fares for pa ss e ngers between this port and the Isle of Man, upwards of 500 persons i‘ c i a o m n e a, o s v l e s r le f . rom the latter place, yesterday morni ng, i n the THE Zootoc mar. GARDENS. — Notwithstanding the unfa vourable state of the weather, great crowds attended these gardens last evening. It having rained a ll day, Messrs. Atkins gave up all idea of having any representation that evening: about 7 o'clock, however, the weather began to clear up, and as a great number had assembled in the garden, and though they were not charged the fete price, lest they should experience any disappointment, a partial illumination was got up, and a number of rockets tired. This evening, should the weather prove fine, the crowd of visitors is expected to be very great. l'he whole of the fireworks, which are on a very grand scale, will be fired, and the gardens beautifully . illuminated. The procennium for Mr. Yates's performance is much more conveniently placed than before. FAT AI. ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday morning, whilst a work man named Edward Hughes, in the employ of Messrs. Dickson and Glover, roll brimstone manufacturers, Paul-street, 'Vaux hall-road, was endeavouring to open the neck of a boiler, con taining melted brimstone, which had accidently become choked, it suddenly exploded, and scattered its contents over the poor man, by which he was so severely burnt that he died almost im mediately. An inquest, we understand, has since been held, and a verdict of accidental death returned. IMPORTANT TO LICENSED VICTUA ELERS.—A deputation from the Licensed Victuallers' Society had an interview the other day with the Mayor and Mr. Hall, the magistrate, in the presence of Mr. Wahnsley, chairman of the Watch Committee, to define the hours of divine service. It was arranged, we understand, that from half-past ten until half-past twelve o'clock shall be considered the morning service, and from three until half-past four o'clock shall be considered the afternoon service, and that all houses of the licensed victuallers shall be required to be kept closed during the said hours, except for the reception of travellers. DISCOVERY AND CAPTURE OF A GANG OF COINERS.—On Wednesday last, from suspicions previously entertained by the police of this town, Ainsworth and another a c tive officer of that force proceeded to a house situate in Virgil-street, and com menced a diligent search upon the premises. The result of their labours was the discovery of an immense quantity of base coin, to a very large amount, in various sorts of money, packed up as if for the purpose of exportation. The persons in the house, together with the counterfeit coin, were immediately placed in safe custody, and the prisoners, four in number, have since been brought before the magistrates, and remanded for a further ex amination to a future day. As we are informed that it might defeat the ends of justice by giving publicity to what transpired during their examination, we willingly forego its publication till the case has been further head. It is supposed that the gang have had their ramifications on a very complete and extended scale, and it is more than probable that a further clue may be obtained to persons implicated in this affair who are still at large. CHARGE OF STABBING AT WARRINGTON.-011 Sunday morning, a man named J. Entwistle, (captain of a flat) his wife, and a man named Ralph Booth, on their way home down Bridge-street, Warrington, passed three Irishmen and a woman, who were standing on the footpath. Entwistle made a jocular remark as he went by them, on which the Irishmen rushed upon him and his companion, and began to beat them in a violent manner. Booth contrived to make his escape and went for assistance, and during his absence one of the men pulled a dirk from his cane, made from a round spindle exceedingly sharp, and with it stabbed Entwistle in several places, one of the wounds at the back of the neck being nearly two inches deep : he was also stabbed in the side in two places, and several punctures were made in his jacket collar, which being made of very thick cloth and padded, was probably the means of saving his life. On hearing the cries of Entwistle, some men came up, on which the Irishmen made off, and were observed to go up an entry. Jones, the deputy constable, and other constables, shortly after wards arrived, and followed them up the ent r y, and there found Michael Ryan with the dirk in his possession, which he was en deavouring to conceal, and Michael Connor, who had been observed to make use of a poker during the affray, and which was found where he was; the other man made his escape. The prisoners were taken into custody. On Monday they were brought before the magistrates, and were committed, to Kirkdale to take their trials at the next assizes. Two STRINGS TO ONE Bow.—A rough looking country lad, from the neighbourhood of Prescot, made his appearance as witness in a cause tried the other day at the assizes., In his ex amination in -chief, he described himself as a brickmaker by trade, but on cross examination it turned out that he was origi nally bound apprentice to a hatter, " How was that;" asked the examining counsel (Mr. Cresswell) "were you bound to a hatter in order to learn how to make bricks ?" Nou, (replied the witness) I larnt boath—becose yo known if one does n't fit t'other'll do."—" Pray did you learn slating too (continued Mr. Cresswell) as well as hatting and brickmaking ?"—" Noa," replied the rustic, whose bluntness produced a laugh in court, and the merriment was heightened by Mr. Alexander rejoining, " He roofs heads, not houses it seems." THE RIVAL SERGEANTS.—On Wednesday last, in the Nisi Prius Court, a rosy-gilled gentleman of the Falstaff genus, bight Mr. John Green, of Preseot, was called as a witness by Mr. Serge:rut Atcherley, who appeared on behalf of the plain tiff. On making his appearance in the box, and the oath being tendered to him, he first said that he was a witness "on the other side," but being told that that did not signify, as he was also subpcenaed for the plaintiff, be wished to know before being sworn who was to pay his expenses. "They promised me £5 or £lO, (said he) but I have only had a shilling for the last five days, and (continued Mr. Green, laying his hands upon his ca pacious paunch, with an air of paternal pride and satisfaction, which might have become the great and immortal Sir John himself), such a corporation as this is not to be kept up at the rate of a shilling for five days."—(Roars of laughter.) The momentous matter having been referred to the prothonotary, Mr. Forrest, that gentleman said that £4 10s. would be a rea sonable allowance for five days' expenses, and the attorney for the plaintiff immediately handed over the needful to Mr. Forrest in trust for the witness. "Now (said Mr. Sergeant Atcherley) I hope you will he wuith the money to us. Will you trust the officer?" "Well, (said Mr. Green) I have known him a long time, and I think I can trust him. I have known Mr. Sergeant Atcherley, too, a long time. He and I learned our exercise together." The learned sergeant seemed rather taken aback at this information, and not very anxious to acknowledge the acquaintanceship of the facetious Mr. Green. His apparent chagrin was rather heightened than otherwise, when his lord ship good-hemouredly said to the witness, "As a matter of curiosity, perhaps you will allow me to ask whether my brother Atcherley ever got any rank at all."—" Well, my lord, (replied Mr. Green) I think he got to be an ensign. (Laughter.) But he was a full private when I was a sergeant; now he is a ser geant and lam only a private." (Shouts of laughter.) " Pray what squad was he in ?" asked his lordship. " Well, my lord, I am afraid it would take up too much time to tell you now," replied Mr. Green, and so the colloquy ended. The Chamber of Commerce at. Marseilles has been officially informed that the absolute exclusion of all steamers arriving from the west, decreed by the magistrates of health at Naples, has been revoked with regard to packets coming from France without having touched at Genoa or Leghorn. In such case, they will still.be sutject to the quarantine of 14 days, decreed on the llSth of July by the Board Of flealtb.:—Frenchpaper. NISI PRItS.-FIuDA Y. SUTCLIFFE Y. LAN. ....... ASSAULT.—Mr. Alexander appeared forthe plaintiff, and Mr. Cresswell for the defendant. The plaintiff in this case is a . man of some property. residing at Todmorden, and the defendant is a substantial mill owner, at the same place. It appeared that the parties were drinking at a public-hourse, in Todmorden, on the 2.3 d of May last, along with a number of stone-masons, and Mr. Fielding, the brother of the member of parliament, was also present, and that a dis cussion arose on the factory question, the merits of which, led to a wager, between the plaintiff and defendant, and subse quently to acrimonious terms, and a quarrel, when the defendant seized the plaintiff, and tore his coat up the back. A scuffle then ensued, and the defendant had his cheek cut. On being sepa rated, the plaintiff, pointing to his torn coat, said he should law defendant for that, and make him pay for it, upon which the defendant ; pointing to his clerk, slapped the plaintiff's face. The action was brought to recover damages for the assault, and the torn coat. His LORDSHIP endeavoured to induce the parties to compro mise the matter, but it was not aeceeded to. A number of witnesses were examined, who proved the above facts, and a subpcena sent to Mr. Fielding, who did not appear, was read. Mr. CRESSWELL, in reply, rediculed the paltriness of the action, and pointed to the coat, which was produced in court, and which he did not think any old clothes dealer would have given Is. 6d. for, before it was torn. From its appearance, it was evidently a travelled coat, for it had been in Grease, and had apparently seen hard service there, for it was very thread bare,—it was as ragged as King Otho's government, and worth about as much as a Greek bond. The quarrel was a com mon pot-house brawl, at midnight, amongst a number of stone masons, and Law it appeared, had come off the worst. As Hudibras said— " He had heard it said by knowing stagers, That fools for arguments use wages;" a verse perfectly applicable to the parties concerned. To prove this action, there were fourteen witnesses kept there for sixteen days. His LORDSHIP said it was clear the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict. He had brought his action for assault and battery, and there was no doubt he had been struck. It was merely a question of damages. He had endeavoured to put an end to the matter, and which ever party had paid costs, it would h ave been much better for them, than to have come into a court of justice, and suffer the consequent exposure. It appeared that the plaintiff was, between twelve and two o'clock at night, drinking in a public-house, and they had heard what kind of persons were there, and they had seen what kind of a coat the plaintiff wore. They would consider the damage to his reputa tation for receiving an assault amongst such associates; and they would consider whether the injury to the coat was such as he ought to receive compensation for. The coat looked very much like one which had belonged to a gentleman of the bar, and who had gone out one night in the darkness to give it to a beggar. The hegger, in the dark, accepted the clothes. but when he saw them in the morning, he hunted the learned gentleman out, and brought them back, again. (Laughter.) `The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages, Is., costs Is. . Mr. ALExANnEtt.--Will your Lordship certify? His LORDSHIP.—No, certainly not; the plaintiffought rather to pay all the costs. DIGGLE V. B kMFORD Mr. Brandt appeared fur the plaintiff, and Mr. Cresswell for the defendant. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a tenant of the defendant against him, for having destrained for more rent than the.plaintiff was in arrears. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages f.. 61 !Cs. 4d. BROWN AND ANOTHER V. STANDISII Mr. Cresswell and Mr. Wightman anpeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Alexander and Mr. Brandt ftir the defendant. This was an action brought nominally against the sheriff, for breaking into a shop of the plaintiffs, and seizing under a war rant a quantity of their goods, and selling them to cover a debt which it appeared was not due by the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs are Edward Brown and David Edwards of Manchester, who had entered into partnership as fustian shearers at Manchester. Each having bought a quantity of machinery, they took a room in German-street, Manchester, where the machinery was placed. It appeared that Brown had bought his machinery of a person named Wm. Edwards, against whom the warrant was issued, and the sheriff's officer supposing the goods of Edwards and Brown to belong to Win. Edwards, had entered the shop of the plaintiffs, seized their machinery, and sold it all to cover a debt of £l2. The defendant admitted the error, and paid into court £l5 as compensation. It was alleged that the machinery sold was worth a very great deal more, and that the goods had been completely sacrificed at the sale. The consequent injury had been such to the plaintiffs that it had ruined their business. Witnesses were called to the above facts, and to prove the value of the goods. On the part of the defendants it was contended that it was a conspiracy to defraud the creditors of Wm. Edwards, who was behind the scenes in the transaction, and that the goods were really his. The - plaintiffs' witnesses deposed to the goods being worth £l5O, and the defend an t' s w it nesses to their being only worth £75. The cause occupied above five hours. His LORDSHIP summed up with much care. If the jury were of opinion that there were any of Wm. Edward's goods in the shop. the sheriff had a right to enter; if Wm. Edwards had really sold the goods to Brown and Edwards, then the sheriff had no right or sale. The jury expressed a wish to retire. After a short absence they returned with a verdict for the defendant. BROOKS V. MORT. Verdict for the plaintiff, by consent, damages £5OO, costs 405., subject to a reference. BAMFORD V. CLARKSON. _ Mr. Alexander and Mr. Tomlinson appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Cresswell and Mr. Brandt for the defendant. The plaintiff in this case is Mr. James Bamford, an opulent individual, residing at Mount Green, near Rochdale; the de fendant, Mr. David Clarkson, is a respectable solicitor at the last named town. It appeared that a few years previous to 1834, Mr. Bamford and his brother were clients of Mr. Clarkson, with whom seve ral considerable bills of costs had been suffered to accumulate. The family had been involved for a considerable period past in considerable disputes and litigation amongst one another. A brother of the plaintiff's, named John Bamford, was indebted to the former in the sum of £7O Is., £2O and ls. of which was for cash and goods, and the remaining £5O was for a promissory note which John Bamford had given jointly with a John Holt. In November 183.3, the plaintiff applied to Mr. Clarkson to re cover the aforesaid sum from his brother. Mr. Clarkson ad vised an arrest, and a writ was accordingly issued, upon which the money was paid by John Bamford into the hands of Mr. Clarkson. This money was suffered to lie in the hands of the latter. In May, 1834, the plaintiff thought fit to employ other solicitors, vii. Messrs. Wood and Son. Upon this Mr. Clark son immediately sent in his bill of costs, and demanded pay ment. The plaintiff replied that he was ready to pay the amounts of the respective bills, deducting the £7O Is. w hich had been paid in by his brother. Upon this Mr. Clarkson informed the plaintiff that he had already paid over £5O of the money to Mr. Holt, who, having married a niece of the plaintiff's was understood by Mr. Clarkson to be entitled to an old legacy to the amount of £lOO by the will of the plaintiff's grandfather. This £5O Mr. Clarkson averred to have paid with the direct consent of the plaintiff. The latter denied that he had ever given such consent. As the plaintiff had an action pending at the court in Chester, for the conduct of which some papers which were held by the defendant were necessary, an d th e delivery of which was refused until the bills were settled, the plaintiff di rected Messrs. Wood and Co. to adjust the affair. Upon this a meeting took place among the parties, when, though the plaintiff admitted that the sum of £2O is. had been paid for stamps, he again denied that he had ever given any authority for the payment of the £5O to John Holt. The parties got to hard words on the subject, and no adjustment of the matter could be brought about. It was upon this that the action was brought. It was proved by the evidence of John Holt, that in the pro missory note for which he was liable with John Bamford, there was an express stipulation that the money was to be paid on ac count of the legacy. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. RHOYDS, AN INFANT, V. STANDISH. In this ease Mr. ALEXANDER and Mr. SEGAR appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. CaEsswELL and Mr. WIGHTMAN for the defence. The action was brought by the plaintiff to recover compen sation for an alleged illegal distraint. The defendant, as iu the former action of this nature, was Charles Standish, Esq. though it was, as in that instance, also stated that his indemnifier was the real defendant. It appeared that Hannah Rhoyda, formerly a woollen-manu facturer at Rochdale,a widow, was the mother of eight children, of whom the plaintiff was the eldest, though at the time when the action was commenced he was under age. About the mid dle of last year Hannah Rhoyds becam e em b arrasse d i n h er circumstances. At this time she was indebted to a person named Sagar to the amount of £lBO. As Mr. Sagar was press ing her for payment, a Mr. Whittaker, of Rochdale, joined her in a note, which for a while appeased him ; but, on the 4th of August, he put a distress into her house, and sold up her ma chinery and furniture, which paid the whole debt, with the ex ception of about £32 and £8 costs. The elder son, however, by the assistance of some friends, bought in at the sale two looms, two jennies, and some other articles, amounting to about EIS. wherewith he removed to another house, where he took his mo ther and brethren, and endeavoured to support them by learning the business. He subsequently purchased some other articles of machinery and furniture. Shortly after thi s M r . S agar aga i n entered an action and sera an officer, named Seller, with a sheriff's warrant, who aguin seized'goods to the amount of £26, which were alleged to be the property of the plaintiff, Mr. ALEXANDER called a number of witnesses to prove that the goods were the property of the plaintiff. Mr. CRESSIVELL contended that the affair was a mere fraudu lent transfer made for the purpose of blinding the creditor, and dwelt on the improbability of the plaintiff having such a sum of money in his possession. The JUDGE, in summing tip, pointed ou t t o th e j ur y th a t it was just as likely that an industrious lad should he in possession of such a sum as £2O, as that his mother, who had been sold up, and long in embarrassed circumstances, should have been able to transfer it to him. It was, howe ver , h e sa id , pure l y a quest i on for the consideration of the jury, whether the goods were or were not the property of the plaintiff. Th e jury returned a verdict for the nlairitiff,—damages £B. COLE V, MARTIN. Mr. Alexander and Mr. Wightman appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Cresswell for the defence. The plaintiff, Mr. Cole, is a silk manufacturer at Manchester, the defendant is a calico printer. The action was brought to re cover compensation for an assatilt committed upon the former by the biter. I t , a ppeared that on the evening of the 28th of March last, the plaintiff and defendant, with a number of other gentlemen, were sitting in the smoking-room at the Albion Hotel, in Man cwhheisethe r, were when upon theuntt, , h e plaintiff taie pushed forwards some halfpence The defendant said to him, " rsup pose you have been brought up at the Mechanics' Institution, as von have got some light-fingered knowledge." The plaintiff, said, "That is the language of the police reports„and, and sig nifies thief and rascal, and if you intend to apply jt to me you are a scoundrel." Mr. Martin immediately struck Mr. Cole a blow on the face and retired. It was stated by the learned counsel for the plaintiff that the plaintiff had applied to his solicitor, Mr. Webster, who had writ ten a note to the defendant requiring him to pay a sum which the plaintiff might hand over to the public charities. This was r efused, and the present action wasbrought. The learned coun sel said he was willing, even now, if the defendant would make a f a il apology, to take a verdict with 40s damages. The learned judge hoped a case of so trifling a nature might be settled with out occupying snore time. Mr. CaEsswar. I, said that he was instructed by his client to deny, as he had always done before, that he had used the ex pressions imputed to him, and at the same time to express his sorrow for the blow. However, it could not be supposed that he would now pay the whole costs of the action. The jury Joined the learned judge in their endeavour to per suade the parties t o . se ttl e th e di s p u te amicably out of court. The trial however, went on. Henry S3nderson, waiter at the Albion t and Mr. Pichardson proved the assault.—The jury without troubling his tordsfiip to sum up, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages one &r -ill% - • The court adjourned, at ten o'clock, to eight o'clock on Sa turday morning having - sat for thirteen hours. SATURDAY. DOWNING AND OTHERS V. BEVAN. The parties in this case resided at Manchester. The plain tiffs are iron dealers there, and the defendant bought of him a quantity of chain iron and nail rods, to be of a certain quality On its being sent to the defendant he refused to accept it, say ing that its quality was interior to the description given of it by the plaintiff. A letter from the defendant's attorney was produced in evidence, admitting thtwo-thirds of the iron was as ordered. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, the defendant agreeing to take the iron according to the bargain. KNIGHT V. CLEMBNTS. Mr. Brandt and Mr. Tomlinson appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Cresswell for the defendant. This was an action to recover the sum of £2OO on a bill of exchange drawn by a person of the name of Watkins, and ac cepted by Clements the defendant. Mr. Knight was an ac countant at Manchester, and had discounted the bill. The plaintiffs pleaded that the bill was drawn at a time when Wat kins was in expectation of being a bankrupt. The bill was in the handwriting of Clements, and there could be no doubt that the acceptance was his. The bill was drawn apparently at first at three months, but the three months had been rubbed out, and a two written over it, as was evident, and this must have been the case, for the stamp was not sufficient for a three months' date. If the jury were of opinion that such was the case, the bill was a valid bill; but they should be of opinion that the bill had been altered after the acceptance, then the bill was valueless. Several witnesses were examined as to the above facts. For the defence it was contended that the bill was alto gether a fraudulent transaction, and had been botched after it was accepted. His LORDSHIP, in summing up said, if the jury were of opi nion that the alteration was merely to remedy a mistake before the bill was complete it would not vitiate the instrument, but if they should be of opinion that after the bill was a complete in strument it was altered, and without the cognizance of all parties it would vitiate and render nugatory the instrument. The jury expressed a wish to nitre, and after a short interval returned with a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £2OO, and £9 Is. Bd. interest, and Is. costs. NEV ITT V. MOSELEY. Mr. Cresswell and Mr. Brandt, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Alexander fur the defence. The defendant, Mr. Mosely, was the proprietor of a coach running between Manchester and Macclesfield, and the plain tiff was the servant of a coach proprietor running a coach be tween the same places, and there was a rivalry between them. On the 13th of May, the plaintiff's coach started from Man chester, and after going a short distance, was overtakaken by the defendant's coach, driving at a furious rate. The plaintiff as the defendant was driving past, touched his hat to him, when the defendant pulled his leader accross the road, and com menced horsewhipping the plaintiff, and severely cut, on the face, a gentleman riding on the box. The defendant afterwards expressed his sorrow to this gentleman for the injury he had done him, and paid over to a charitable institution a sovereign as a recompence. There was plenty of room for the defendant to pass, and the plaintiff( did not return his blows, but tried to get out of the way. The defendant after he had struck the coachman, cried 'damn ypti. are you satisfied now," and then drove off, leaving the plaintiff's coach and passengers very much alarmed. Mr. ALEXANDER in reply contended the matter would much better have been settled before a magistrate, than, for a vindic tive motive, at a ruidoug expense to one or other of these rival coachmen, have been brought before them. _ The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £5. BYRNE V. SMITH.' Mr. Alexander and Mr. Tomlinson appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. CresSwell for the defendant. The plaintiff in this action was a sail-maker, in Liverpool, and a ship-chandler, and the defendant resided in London, and was owner of the ship Caledonia. The action was brought to recover the sum of £6l, for sails furnished to the Caledonia, in the months of May and June, 1834. An order was given by Mr. Ewing, the agent for the owners, for the goods, and the bill of parcels afterwards signed by the captain as correct, and the amount applied for through Ewing. A dispute arose with regard to the payment of the account, and the plaintiff had brought the present action to recover it. The defendants al leging that they were liable to Ewing, they having been ordered by him, and he acted as a principal, but had not their authority to order these stores in his name. A letter from Mr. Ewing to the plaintiff was put in, stating that he was to look to him for payment for the stores, and not to the owners; afterwards Mr. Ewing became bankrupt, and the plaintiff came on the owners. Mr. ALExs NDER contended for the defence, that the custom invariably was to debit the owners of vessels. HIS LORDSHIP in summing up said, they must have express evidence of the owners having deputed authority to Ewing to order the goods for them, and they must form an opinion from the evidence, whether Smith was liable. The jury would form an opinion on the facts whether or not there was an authority express or implied from the circumstance of Ewing hailing or dered the stores for the ship. The jury expressed a wish to retire, and after an absence of an hour, returned with a verdict for the plaintiff, damages, £6l 15s. 2d. His Lordship then, the causes having been got through, (se veral having been withdrawn) left the court at a quarter to three o'clock, the assizes terminating, after occupying a fortnight and t wo days. LIVERPOOL POLICE. SUPPOSED MunnEa.—Yesterday week a ferocious-looking copper-coloured Indian, who gave his name as Emanuel Rice, was placed before Mr. Hall. Dock Police-officer No. 26, stated, that the prisoner had been brought from Africa, in the ship Huskisson, from the mate of which vessel he had received him in charge, for having stabbed, and it was supposed murder ed; one Joshua Campbell, chief mate of the ship Vere, of this port. The prisoner had been brought over in chains, and he (the officer) had received him into his custody on the quay of the Waterloo Dock. Mr. Hall inquired if there were any.per son in the court to substantiate the charge. The officer replied, that the captain of the Huskisson was unwell and the mate was very busy, which had prevented either of them from attending. Mr. Hall directed that a messenger should be despatched for some one who had seen or knew something of the circumstance. After a short time, the mate of the Huskisson' arrived, but it turned out that, though he possessed the requisite information, he had not seen the act committed. It was stated, that Mr. W. H. L. Curran, captain of the Huskisson, had been an eye witness of the transaction, Mr. Curran was accordingly sent for, and, on his arrival, he deposed, that he had commanded the ship Vere, of this port, on her voyage out to Africa. The prisoner was a Malay, and had been put on shore on the African coast, by the captain of the Buzzard, a slaver . , He (captain Curran) bad found him on the beach famishing for want, and took him on board his vessel, as a mere act of humanity. He turned out to be an idle and useless fellow, who could not by any means be prevailed upon to work. About the end of May last, the Vere was lying in the river at Bonny. The mate, Joshua Campbell, was endeavouring to prevail upon the prisioner to lend a band at some operation which was in prOgress, and, finding his remonstrances ineffectual, he became angry, and told the prisoner that be was an idle fellow, or something to that effect. The prisonerinstantly drew forth a knife and stab bed Campbell in the breast. Before any of the crew could in terfere, he repeated the blow. Both the wounds Were exceed ingly dangerous, and, when Captain Curran left Bonny, but little hope was entertained of Campbell's recovery. Th e Hus kisson being full, Captain Curran, for some reason which was not stated, took charge of her, and by the orders of Anny popple, king of Bonny, he took the prisoner on board, for the purpose of conveying him to England. On their passage hotne, the prisoner, who, it seems is exceedingly irritable, being offended at a negro, had seized a knife, and attempted to stab him, but was prevented by the crew. After this circumstance, he was kept in irons. As the prisoner could not understand a word of English, Mr. Hall remanded him till the next day, giving directions that Captain Curran's information should be taken. On the following day the case was re-heard in the pre sence of an interpreter. The Vere, it appears, is expected up in about a fortnight, and, as the fate of the mate, Campbell, cannot be ascertained till her arrival, Mr. Hall directed that the prisoner should, until that time, be remanded to the Borough Gaol. WOOL-STEALTNG.—WiIIiam Harris was, on Saturday, placed at the Police-court, charged with having stolen a quantity of fine wool, the property of Mr. Abraham Gartside, wool-broker, with whom he occasionally worked as porter: Mr. Gartside stated, that he had, for some time past, suspected the prisoner of dishonesty, and, about a week since, in consequence of in formation which he had received from Francis King„ another porter, he noticed fwo bags of Peru v i an mixed wool, which were lying at the bottom of the warehouse stairs. As he did not keep any wool there, he directed the bags to be watched, and gave immediate information at the Police-office. The prisoner was, on Saturday morning, seen t o l eave t h e warehouse with one of these bags. Witness was on his way to the Police• office to give information, when, as he passed along Moor-fields, he saw Police-officer Lloyd coming; out of a cellar, with the prisoner in custody, and a bag which contained 18lbs. of wool. The other bag, which the prisoner had secreted, contained about 141bs. The value of the wool is one shilling per lb. Police officer Lloyd stated, that having been made aware of the suspi cions entertained against the prisoner, he had watched Mr. Gartside's premises, and, on the morning in question, he had seen him come forth wittka bag of wool. tie watched him to the cellar in Moorfields, when he followed and took him into custody. The prisoner had nothing to say in his defence, and was committed for trial. ' - GOLD WATCH ClamNs.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a rascally-looking fellow, dressed in a sailor's garb, and having a strong Irish accent, named James Stott, was placed before the Magistrates, charged by a respectable-looking young man, a sailor, with having sold him a watch-chain, and seals for gold, which he afterwards found did not contain one particle of the precious metal. The complainant stated, that on Saturday week, about half-past seven o'clock at night, as he was going along Wapping, the prisoner came-up to him and asked hint if he would buy a gold chain and seals. After some bartering, he bought it of him for 17s. 6d. The Chain was produced, and Mr. W bitty pronounced it, to oe worth, hrecAtalf-pence. Mr. Hall said the complainant must have Jost his eye-sight to take that chain for gold. The complainant continued ; en Saturday he again met the prisoner,. who Came Up to him and wanted him to buy some more chains. "Some more gold ?" Complainant : As soon as he saw who it was the prisoner shuf fled off. tle (complainant) followed him, and told him he wanted his money, and . he bad better . give it hint or he would "bother him." The prisoner then knocked hint down and ran off. He, however, followed, and a policeman coming up he gave the prisoner in to custod y . The p ris oner, in defence, -• said, wanted shain: that the complaina nt, when he sold h im the chain, to get hint a goo d g old watch, and he w ould pay him well and never mention it; and whet e was he to get a gold watch; unless he broke open a sho p for it? lie 'had not as k e d a gold price ' for tha chain. The c o mplainant said, that he m e t the prisoner casually; he had never seen him before,and never asked him to get him a watch , Batcheldor said the prisoner had been r frequently charged with similar acts. e case was then re manded till to-day to give ti me f or the complainant to ascertain whether he will lie in port at the Sessions to prosecute. ROBBERY OF THE "KING" OF THE TEE-TOTALLERS.— Yesterday, at the Police-office, a young man, named Joseph Pearson, and aigirl, named Mary Ann Anderton, were brought before the., Mapsttates, charged with having in their possession, under suspicion! circumstances, a pocket-book, the property of an individual named John Finch, who, by his own account, is "King, defender of Tee-totalism," and which was either lost by him or picked f rom hi s poc k et whilst assisting' a drunken man to regain his perpendicular. Andrews, the constable of Waver tree, said, that on Sunday morning he was sent for down to a farm-house, to look after a robbery that had been attempted there, and found the two prisoners in the neighbourhood under_n suspicious circu ms t ances , w h om h e t oo k i n t o custody. searching the f ema l e p r i soner, h e f oun d on h er a containing a promissory note for £5O, an acceptancet e descrip cket-book, for £l2B 4s. 34., a n d a num b er o f m emoran d ums , a nswering offering a tion given i n a h an d-hill w hi c h had been post ed up h reward for their recovery. The prisonersaid she ba found the book in Great Orton-street. He then broug h tsl John Finch, in both to Bride well. " The King, defender of Tee-t t o o t n ai e : and appropriate in 7"l"i"ersonet then' with solemn de meanour, preferred his complain t to tbe Magistrates. He had _ _ beep at a Texperance Mee-ADZ 0 . i'"naY nigh . Bnelk"t • and oil turning ths tarner near St.. John's Markt'', there war drunken fellow there who tumbled over the corn er o f a s t ep an d fell on his face with considerable violence. Another youtitt man who seas with him assisted him in helping the inairup, who they found bleeding on the face and cut about the eye. They assisted him to a druggist shop to get a plaister applied, when he missed his pocket-book; there were several men and females about, and he had either lost the book out of his pocket in stooping to lift the man up, or one of the femalee, Who were clustering round, had picked his pocket of it. The hook pro. duced was his property, and the one which he had lost. There being no evidence to show that the female had not fonnct the pocket-book, as stated, both prisoners were discharged We copy, literally, the following precious morceau from the con elusion of the hand-bill put out by Finch, offering a reward for the recovery of the pocket-book, and which was handed about the court and created much laughter. The society of "Tee totallers" with some reason may exclaim, " Save us from our friends:"—"JOHN FINCH, by the Grace of God, of the Re formed Drunkards of Ireland and Liverpool, King, defends= bf Teetotalism. Whereas, in returning home from the Temperatit:e Meeting, held every Friday evening, in Roe-street, Queen square, a male drunkard, wearing the Devil's uniform and pub lican's coat of arms,—dirt and rags, fell down flat upon the ground, stunned himself, bruised his face, and cut his eye. Whereas, whilst I and a young man, another Teetotaller, were lifting him up, and taking him, bleeding, to the druggist's Shop for a plaister, a fem a l e d run k ar d, not o f t h e hog, bloated, ape plectic, lazy, ale-drinking, but of the thin, consumptive, weasel, dram-drinking-kind, rather better dressed, darkish complexion, and of middle stature, was using a deal of blarney, and keening close to my sacred person; and whereas, that immediately after coming out of the druggist's shop, / missed my pocket-book, I strongly suspect this female picked my pocket; and whereas, I believe she would not have robbed me if she had been sober, and she could not have got drunk if there had been no drunkard makers. dram and beer sellers; whereas they could not sell these articles unless there were inaltsters, brewers, and distillers, and these could not abuse and destroy God's blessing, good barley, if king, bishops, lords, and commons did their duty; and whereas, they encourage this vile traffic because it returns fifteen millions annually to the Treafury at the expense of the health, life, virtue, and happiness of the - community. I am de. , termined to pay no taxes ou wine, ale, and spirits in future, and I promise to do all in my power to obtain pardon for the offen der or offenders, on condition of their submitting to my lawful authority, and signing and faithfully keeping the Teetotal pledge; and, if I should have dropped it by accident, 1 promise the aforesaid Reward of ONE POUND to any person that will return it, with the bills, papers, and memorandums, at my Office, Iron Warehouse, Sir Thomas's-buildings, or at my House, opposite Park Cottage, Mill-street. " Liverpool, Saturday, 27 th August, 1836. , " GOD SAVE THE KING I" RORBERY. — Yesterday, at the Police-office, two fettitilea named Jane Gribbons, and Alice Reeve, were placed !Wore the magis.: trates, chaged with having robbed a woman who keeps a bro ker's cellar, of 19sove, and a-failf, a book, and a crooked shilling. The complainant, Mrs. Makay, , Stated, that she keeps a broker's cellar, in Vauxhall-road, and on Saturday' morning, her daughter came running to her, she having just left the cellar, saying that the two female prisoners were in the cellar, and were robbing her box. One of complainant's diughterS then deposed, that Gribbons came into the cellar early that morning, and saw her counting the sovereigns, which were in a box in the cellar. She placed the sovereigns again in the box, and placed a card over them,. and. a book upon it, and locked the box, she then went out, leaving her mother, and the woman in the cellar. Soon after, she came into the cellar, and found. her mother out, and the prisoner Gribbons leaning over the box; and the other prisoner standing near her; she immediately went out to call her mother, who was close by, and the prisoners meantime went out. On examining the box, they found the money all gone. Policeman 87, deposed to receiving informa-; Lion of the robbery, and going to Reeve's house, and on the table finding a book, which was:identified by Mrs. Makay's daugh;; ter as the book she had placed over the money. Gribbons, and the husband of Reeves were there as well as the prisoner Reeves; the husband said the book was his property, and, on his (the officer), attempting to take the two females into custody, Reeves, the husband, committed a violent assault upon him. The in 7 i formations for-the commitment of the two females were ordered to be taken, and the husband was fined 20s. and costs, for the assault, or to be _committed for 18 days. Two OF A TRADE . NEVER AGREE.—Yesterday, at the Police office, a man, named David Wolf, a Jew, and a vender of gin ger-bread, appeared before the magistrates to complain against a female, named M'lntosh, for having capsized his tray, and spoilt all his ginger-bread. The complainant having been sworn, addressed the magistrates as follows:—" Pleash your worships, I makes spiche; and to keep this womansh hushbant from starving, I learnt dem de bishness for sicx shillen. Vat does her hushbandt do, but comes epos op to me hopposition; and on Satday, at 4 clock, he come op, and began abushe me, and call me a transhport Jewish-looking puppy, and offered hish spiches at 12 tor one penny. I tho't it ver hard to be abushed, and my trade ruinet sho, and offered sixhteen for one penny, to drive de man away, when dish woman, hish wife, come op, and capsized ever cake I had, and here ish all I have leftlthat I cout save, (holding up a large round lump, apparently of red clay,) and all !vents is peache and qeietnessh, and the values of my cakes, five - shillen, shentlemens." The prisoner, in de 7 fence, said she was coming -up Whitechapel, with her tray of spice, and saw her husband shouting cakes in opposition to the complainant, and she told him to give over and not go near him, for they could only make up a quarter of a stone, and sell at If/ a penny, and be could make up a stone and sell at what he liked. She then went to the complainant and told him to keep off her husband. The complainant was at the time addressing the crowd, with both hands off his tray, and her hand acci dentally struck the tray, and capsized it, and he, in return, immediately seized her tray and capsized it. The magistrates ordered her to pay 55., the amount of damage. • THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TO THE ODITOR OF THE ALBION. SIR,—In a few lints which I addressed to you last week, and which you were good enough to insert, in your paper of the 22d instant, I mentioned that the matter in dispute between the late Editor of the Liverpool Standard and others, including myself, having been submitted, by mutual consent, to arbitration, I considered it incumbent upon me to take no public notice then of the charges brought against me: in connexion with that paper. The arbiters having now given in their award, I feel myself called upon to remain silent no longer. Of those conductors of the public press who are my aeCusers, I will say nothing, except that I think they would have pursued a more just and honourable course, had they refrained from con.; demising even an opponent unheard. The accusations they have brought against me art twofold; namely, unfairness of dealing towards Mr. Alexander, and pre varication or falsehood, in haVing dis Claimed all participation in the editorship of the Standard. With regard to the first of these charges, I have merely to refer to the following extract from the award of the arbiters, for the vindication of my character front any unfairness towards Mr. Alexander: We are of opinion, that there has been nothing to jtistify any charge of unfair or dishonourable conduct or intention on the part of Messrs. Robertsoh Gladstone, George Grant, and T. B. Horsfall, towards Mr. Alexander, and hope that the re sult of the inquiry on which we have been engaged, may lead Mr. A. to the same conclusion, and that he may take an early opportunity of giving expression to it. (Signed) " DUNCAN GIBB. " WILLI a RI PUTTER. i ' With regard to the second charge, I have only to repeat my disclaimer of all participation in the editorship of the paper in question. The deed of agreement seemed to Mr. Alexander the " sole discretion of inserting or rejecting any communica lion or communications to the Said newspaper." And, during the whole period of Mr. Alexander's engagement, I wrote none of the articles in it, With the exception of two : those articles appeared as far. hick as tbd xea,c1,834; they were both upon the same subject; that subject was not political; and in neither article was there the slightest reflection made upon any indivi duals opposed to me in politics. Not have I ever, to the best of my recollection, either verbally or otherwise, furnished Mr. Alexander with the substance of any remarks which be thought proper to publish respecting any individuals whatever: - I think Mr. Alexander, if applied to, cannot but do Me the justice to Confirm the truth of these statements. With regard to the origin of the Liverpool Standard, I have never denied that I was one of those who subscribed to establish it. But the idea of being thereby necessarily a proprietor, is ridiculous. 1 have or.ly to observe, it conclitaion, that, as it was not Mr. Alexander's intention to have made public the letters which gave rise to the above charges, so neither would it be right for me to make public the details of my reply. Suffice it to say, divare of Mr. Alexander's h av i ng that, immediately upon being addressed a copy of those letters to the gentlemen who subscribed towards establishing the Standard, Mr. Robertson Gl a d stone; and myself requested their attendance at a meeting, for the purpose of laying before them a reply to Mr. Alexander's state ment. Sir Thomas Brancker having been called to the chair, the statement and counter-statement were read, when it was unanimously resolved, ‘• That it is the opinion of this meeting, that the conduct of Mr: Robertson Gladstone and Mr. 'l': B. liorsfall, towards Mr. Alexander, has been honourable and gentlemanly throughout." I have purposely refrained from saving Mere than is neces sary for the vindication of my own character. I trust I have said sufficient for this purpose, and that you will do me the favour of inserting this letter in yolir paper on Monday next.—r I ain,•Sir, your most obedient sPrv:int, 'll-10M AS B. H - ORSFALL. Liverpool, 27th August, is:36;. LICENSING SESSIONS FOR THE BOROUGH. --- ' The court h a d di lposed of nearly all the applications at itt breaking up, shortly after five o'clock on FridaY afternoon; having granted no fewer (inclusive Of new licenses, renewals, and transfers) than 1,179 in the whole. The magistrates reas sembled on Saturday, to take into consideration the propriety Of renewing the licenses of a number of publicanS whose cases stand over, by reason of infringing the law, through keeping late hours and harbouring disorderly characters. Some of the offenders thus situated have been frequently complained_of, and fined in more than one instance before the magistrates.— Amongst the rest avas the case of Mr. Shaw, of the Saloon; who had incurred three separate penalties.. Not one license had been absolutely refused at tire adjournment of the court nu. Friday, but many. of the applicanifr,,whose houses were repre sented as not having been properly conducted, were cautioned by the magistrates as .14 their future' conduct". - The following are the names of individuals to whom new licenses have been granted :—Berry, Newton -street; LoWe, Nile-street; Homeri Price-street • Parker, Seel-street; - Cotterill, - Slater-street; Spencer, Hooker, Trafalgar-street; Spencer, Boundary- street; h !l fi l f . Bootle-road; Bold, King-street; Birch, ---.------;; dale-road; O'Donnell, Dale-street ;- Mawdsley, V a a B :! . :: . : 4l l7,7 l : i l ic f . GradWe.ll, Whitechapel ; Shinn, -Clayton.- squ ar e; _ " hitt Holines, Great. Horeer-st teet ; ""-iggies"rth ' "r" - ul lti v enga Great Brunswick-road; 'Lythgoe, Da nsie-stree e t: Charlotte-street; and a house in Wavcrtre twenty four fresh-licenses for the year.• lane, in all theleeper of the Saloon, in Wil- On Saturday, liarnson-square. and Julia John Shaw'Rimmer, the keeper of a similar applied to the . magistrates sitting oalthe 8- their license renewed. The.magis ether rata short time, refused corn . hou s e, lieeilsin i n ir Murray-street, business, the magistrates agreed to the together i) T ia e n s c , e after consulting h kg' tif the Magistrates t ! That the best t an their he given to the foit t wi t n h ; Watch Committee, fur strenuous . and effective exertions ' • h drunkenness and crime , to diminisTeel:Osletlt°lof:Sh:l-.^ .. That the Magistrates cannot separate wifhout cautioning by being more strict, i n f uture, the Publicans of th e ir intentiOn to discourage drunkenness and cr r ev r e e , in vrithholding licenses Ivh i the law haft been viol a t e d," , ----- The Zara Gazette announces that the choleri Iva ticeice out in Dalmatia, and threatens to invade the 4ouu of Zara. 'The archbishop has exempted the people from abstaining from hating meat on certain days, and ordereti prayers to be offertd We are assured that the prothunotiim of the Coststitutins A Spain basil:tenet:cod tho King of Myles to shorten bis stay at Paris, and that 1 still Inneediatel7 let out sons itietteitollt t)nm% l --Gettettoole ammo