The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-10 00:00:00

°et 10, 1843. ' IT, F OR THE EDUCATION OF THE Clkr 'S OF CLERGYM EN WHO HAVE I),E Ap ,OR ARE OFFICIATING, WITH -16,4 Ti‘-'l-IDEACON RY OF HESTER ; VONs , liE TRAINING OF OTH ER YOUNG BESIDES THE DkUGHTERS OF to t .IE N, AS 'S - 100LNI1SFRLSSE . i ° , t -iti ght R e . President l L 2to to 4 t re IK: r t k u l-crcl of C H P l E s ti El f t o . r the 'lT'latt°lluf PUPILS i()INN'I will be ?he 15 ' th of Ja 4tler.uilder the direction o o b f N a D ß A o ir a ' rd of Managers, uPerintendent and Chief Governess. ib t444l ( G I, '° , the Office of Clerical Superintendent tl a : e _ e rness to be made to the Secretary of t . he ergot to th e ivho will furnish applicants with 1 47ces, requisite qualifications for either . of tl~Ttioi b e .o w r it h all needful particulars re t s o ptc e t e m x g .. e Er e c e r t r ion m o e f d , a r c i e . r i en-un e e r r i a n t t i p :dent and 4 et 4 111 ez e t ss will take a pla e c r e ca early u in the month of koPt 4 ,._ . Ron. se t ! . ° t to the AC F Board ri9W o Lr l\ S l L 'ortou:rington, September 30, 1843. . Onagers. N i as p °f . APplication for Admission into the . upils may be had by application to the k O il l P°o N Ai ry I -G p -',ILIARY SOCIETY FOR PRO -HRISTIANITY AMONGST THE 11 11 4. 1 , JEWS. t's uel4. 440vt Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chester. klot NT-v. i 4 C.0061' F OURTH Voti rt '-' A UXILIARY will be held, (D. V..) 16ti '' Iik TRE, on MONDAY EVENING 00 stant, at Half past Six o'clock. , Bu Nh • Ilt 'llll7 NEXT, th e 15th i ns t an t, b Pl ttr. , SERMONS c RED kND COLLECTIONS MADE, AS t uNDER. : St N 4 MORNING. J. lI A „ LL SAINTS', " STEWkRT, M.A., Incumbent of 141 00. T.l* AUGUSTINE'S, teds'• GRIMSHAWE, M.A., Rector of q e V". A SI , 4 4 4. A. BRIDE'S, DALL AS, M.A., Rector of Wans- . . 1 ltev ST %o t i . it, Sl ' . CLEMENT'S, ti l i et eNi HOMAS, M.A., Secretary . of the e /t e .s)T, rtbreland, And Rector of Ballinakill. '• V?.. - p;ORGE'S, EVERTON, . . L. " PYM, M.A., Rector of Wahan, k e t ' RA T. JAMES'S, ON, M.A., Incumbent. • t 74% 1 ZLER, M.A., Incumbent of St P1,91418;8 TOXTETH-PARK, ."OLAN:M.AI, Incumbent of St. Bar- vt e,. b CROSBY, tokiellaricia'e.OUTFLOWEß, M.A., of St. John's 4k,„4".1, KN OTTY ASH, "gip a, Eve lAT TERSH ALL, D.D., Incumbent of rt on. ). k . /. r, 0 JOSEPH RUNCORN, qt . . Pik73/.3.13 SEAFORTH, otlj e • FARTWRIG HT, M.A., Chaplain to 14 111 4 Chapel, Lond }n. 4411. E t' 13.,‘‘VTAETSE11.T,13Incumbent. ce -° comet nce at tile usual hours. AFTERNOON:4). et.p? EDGE -HILL, M.A. L11 %4, S• GWINrSHIIIIVE'S A, t ei ;l• S 3 ,1 1 5 1 - 1 4 1 C 1 0 RN, 13 ) I ce to e...9mmence at Three o'Clock. E VENING. LL SAINTS', ,` - ' ll . l iT\V RIG Eli. M.A. liv 4, 01 % ANDREW'S, RevPYM' M.A. A . , ST. BA RNA BAS', OMAS, M.A. e v.l) . '' BRIDE'S, 'RWART, 8.A., of Exeter College, 4 11. CHURCH, 4 11 R ' C. DALLAS, M.A. ST. JUDE'S, k eo " l `NElLli], M.A., Incumbent. R. DAIT S I T E . s PAUL'S, t() colutoence'at Half-past Six o'Clock s 4lh ‘sslt i 0 1 NI L AY Dv lettp 4 ue h 1.71 ENING next, a PUBLIC MEET tit e t s' HI SAINT BRIDE'S SCHOOL ROOM, '1004 ) , 'even o'clock, when a Deputation and )t,liiitlirti3 will attend. 41(Eit4,,,Y,EVENING next, the 14th, a PUB- Ly`lL'llb °ll sp 'ILETING will be held in the INSTI i 4,.1%-later -street, at Seven o'clock. 1,, 11 4 f ,14;1,tiep t „,,ORNING next, the lith, there will yNt tith. - Lvtlit'ABT, at the AD EL 71 liurßL, tlp:!tth e witti,i ) lock. And the same EN E (±, a S e n NG will he held in behalf of the so !Nilt,tkt::,l4,4ll‘4l:olll, l a i a;V: eo H u r it M io , n SE an A d FOTTH at Half-past Six other' Clergymen will 4Se t .P.tk ei pit h NlON will be Preached in ST. M N tt),,'e t o ' the Rev. A. R. C. DALLAS, NlNotsipmmence at Seven o'clock. tv'll AY EVENING, the 18th, a PUBLIC 444 1 ,' , a 4°e held at WOODSIDE. The same will be Preached to the Jews, tv;„"E s CHURCH, by the Rev. H. S. JO " the Brethren will be Baptized : Ser "Tllri,N)A7. at Seven o'clock. Welled' MORNING the 29th, a SERMON IatWEST DERRY. by the Rev. WALTER i tt et tt q Servic e t ocommence at El even o ' c l oc k . Nt t 4tte Ade,. ori)y 6, B sion to the Boxes and Pit of the k ;N I rt et had on application at Mr. PERRIS s, 6, w tOtli ° i n P RIDAY - next, the 13th, and SATun 'nstittit, between the hours of Ten and ' le rY Free. 04tr111i.....' lo o qi i) . l leti on ite e 'eli ft of the new stations on the Newcastle cot ) "ton a al ` w aY, at Durham and other places ,cot) h'inenced. I to t N f at t r h ee l has to acknowledge the receipt of a ,still'i Nt ° l l ll irn e ., Bl )rn of £lOO which has been sent up ., tie kid into the Stamp-office," and which will p t ,tt o etio n r _ the Exchequer. Nek s u r Lord Mayor of London has been kt 4l l9:ler ol e a -- n the respective votes for the candidates I ly l iktb Pop Magnav -, st der - ' 853; O\V TI oN an Thos. Wood, 82. q k ' 4, l tc; eoti g ( i . 3 . ll. THE VICE-CHANCELLOR AT OX WINN of ittOla!e the University of Oxford on pkilti ti to e , i:f Principal magistrate on Friday. _. A N'l\, , ,t t li, i 4 b r , .-,., round that the wary Puseyites, dis -9' r pro . t .'" Ynter's manly' conduct in refusing to ,li, t t ti ll i ttep 4o `at on the university's condemnation of VytateViet.a6were about to muster in great force \:it tt kp t af hi s r e ancellor on his nomination to fill eolear a gn, the period of the office contin . ) ,, -4 o p L 't u r , h . The friends of Dr. Wynter were on l N l ;h . "at -m a ti d ; p a , " bristling front " of members of i thi„!irig r i,;7: , Y Presented itself on a similar occa d't ./J - non placet" was heard, either from M D a etor ee ~ ~ •• m istri " end ''l t , t , ti iN tnid g eme or Dornm! ap , I, 4t g ti ltth st aoce ral Szlence prevailed, it was ' most 'l l it. k ti Alk; foorf se a nd effect. We understand that k ott i, 4t tt wts ore gownsmen were present. I t \ I I I 4 e. 4 felt e _ ri __• -- A. few years ago one of thheessture ;,,tiattic e ,orti'nvtlinnced that the Adelphi r T ya . tes. 1 1 , I t a t atio n tcated his fears to M t Otto- Qa tl brok lt proved . that they were t'oo well O tto epae and en out in an enclosed space be ,t, 11 % o e.th e de store-room. The entrance to the 44 the tta,,nger. existed could only be effected \ lll S l ito it t,l l , l 4l. v,j43_tellirninutive size, and a d pupy little t k, ti e d wit ed ( C t a o selected for the task, i and ve h r is bl admiration. .1- was much fottt t lv es (13 lellnedia e y take . n into e Salter's y where Ybetteldea , (}b e to 1 tkiso . re , 0 th promote his comfort. Yates . in ~ L ttei„ a fi n _ e little fellow, and on leaving him L li v s rte a lt th, ; lad ; and remember, if I ever hear 14VIlit,j,lili.itettih'IdelPhi Theatre without coming into 1, , V R a u eet . . s q l a 3 much to eat and drink as you Nti;aov e ',. ° !l as blue as you are black. Mean- N)5,,N . , ;;_;gn for you." " What! all this mo iir,4l. thNo ofk.ertainly, my boy." " Ha! ha !" ;i k k o .,_ l altie., 800 t, " God bless your honour ! I 'W o tt nati" h h_,ay be on fire every day in the ;‘l l ll . 4 , 2t tl e it - e n ... " Musical Review. . itlitiltqtycli: AlihsallowEsxet Goclidt-Exeter ; , 4..t,t. tdreoinct, Close Precinct, ' St. David, 01 14 , 11 t re ne til e tin c ,d, St. George, St. John, St. Ker ,,,Ot 't. Ai ' 3 t. Martin, St. Mary Arches, St. li,qt,,',Pet rn 5 ,!Y Steps, St. Olave, St. Pancras, ' klq"t 'uol " e a , St. Sid well, St. Stephen, Holy k ed e t went • i ,,, e04 1.,... Y-two ' united for settlement kl, The population within an area of auuuc one \ iihts was 31,333 by the census of ~. ~1, 11. oo k , s ~.. \ the Ne st sßoP.—The first restaurateur's or \ ~II.:11._ ablished in 1774, in Rue de Pecheurs, I ' i p Y 1. 47 t l i f ,.. this father of restaurateur's house kit l. 4l ) Jr4s qili following inscription, in culinary (s d INV t o st9macho laboritis ,• accurite ;et ego Vi l \ t 'oti a . 4 Y fr en u h r ing the reign of Louis XIV., the \k\lle'v"' and invited their frien.',E to dine at kr theo Daftly the beginning of the 16th cen- NSikt)k,a-shopand artists broughtinto fashion dining ktketiZhere inert ce then it is usually at the re 'it th Of every description who are not ttlil,4\44llyebitoelnselves, dine and invite ' their friends. yt,:qlll,, W e 011ATe DAYS.—These are not de t't,tt 1 0 1 . 1f .e e , B eve still strong thinkers among us; . °4; l h tt , 4l 4;„ ° er hir er ance, who flinch before no diffi- Vit t ' t 4 th at ti e the knot which their leaders are tli t 'li Q, k d_oitle,."eYshould let alone ; men who dare_ t 4 ,l ?tit '9' boo`T:ntne out of every hundred will 1 p t , ,1 4 to the a.i who pledge themselves, not to t,!: , i 14 ').• e°4l Plet ' e r a sub ject; and will not desert it '9,:,tt i 'll o !er 4, u • --El ackwood's lilagazine. O t t l it, p l i t l i et r :f b a _is says . , that a young English her h t e qinti; married, purchased for 5Ut., ; r husband `net', the glass in which Madame his drink.' THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. CORRESPONDENCE THE MERCURY AND THE CHURCH TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—The Mercury of to-day destroys its cobweb, as you will see, by being at its " dirty work again." Re iterating the foul charge against the Protestant operative body, upon the vague and anonymous statement of some Achan in the dark, he st , ll would fasten the charge of giving money, &c. to that body, though admitting that it was not done through the agency of the chairman or treasurer. This is the extreme of jesuitry ; and one of those many slimy and sinuous remarks with which that many-faced journal did always abound. In his paper of this day, the editor endeavours to escape (or rather slyly wipe off) the charge of being hostile to the Established Church, by a cunning paragraph in favour of the bazaar for defraying the debt on St. Silas's Church ; and, in a feigned notice to correspondents, asks any one to make out a list of the established clergy of the town, and put a mark against the name of those whom he has ever publicly attacked, either as ministers of religion, or as men I This is " matchless impudence personified ! ! I perfectly re collect the history of this mercurial organ, from its birth to the present era ; its " concentric" phalanx of Smiths, and Nobles, and Johnsons, not forgetting its memorable Caseys and Jordans, and Rushtons, down to the present period ; and I have been, (with a slight exception of about three years,) a constant reader and observer of its leading articles; and the truth warrants me in asserting, that, throughout its whole career, the Established Church of England, and its ministers, have been the object of its in vincible slander and rancour. The clergymen of this town, from the two present (and a deceased) rectors, to above twelve more, can be pointed out as having been un justly maligned in his columns, both as clergymen and as men ; and I hereby offer to prove it from those columns, in almost innumerable instances! If any clergyman of that church committed an impropriety, an error of judg ment, or in any way acted in a public capacity contrary to the jesuitical aim of the Mercury, he, and the church also, were forthwith assailed in:thelcoarsest phraseology, and the finger of scorn directed at it, and them, by the very " minnows and small fry," who now wish to crawl and live in the circle of the salmon's waters, fearful of that one lash of his tail that would crush them for ever as designing slanderers ! That lash must now come : the crisis has approached : delays are now dangerous! Talk of " pictures." View the Rev. H. M'Neile, open minded, resolute, firm, faithful, flinching not,—as he has been attacked and vilely abused by this journal !—nay, a black list might be collected fitting for a St. Giles's voca bulary therefrom,—and contrast that abuse with the cant ing, crawling, and hypocritical paragraph about St. Silas's church, of this day ! Why, the most radical and revolu tionary palate must be gorged with such a nauseous dose of advertisement and subscriber-hunting sycophancy ! I had intended to say something about the public career of Mr. W. Rathbone, the " hanging" of his picture, &c. &c. ; but am afraid of occupying too much of your va luable space, knowing that your duties, for three weeks to come, will demand and require your every vigilance; so shall reserve it for your next paper. But I will make one general remark, that all the sophistry, all the soft-soapy ness of the times, cannot controvert; and that is, that not the most liberal charity, the widest declarations of philanthropy, can countervail, or counterbalance, the struggles of twenty years efforts to upset the constitution and institutions of the country! Picture revolution and passionate anarchy as you may, in " robes and furred gowns" withal, the true historian must still depict and narrate the deformities and horrors of anarchy and dis union in all nations, and hold up as beacons to true order and morality, the dangerous shoals which landed La fayette and his tribe of philanthropists in temporary foot ing.—l am, &c. LYNX. Oct. 6th, 1843. TELEGRAPHIC CLOCK.—The experiment of the u ility of a new description of night clock, that exhibits three lights fixed to the points of the hands and the centre of the dial, was tried on Monday evening, at St. Nicholas's church, with perfect success. One light is stationary and marks the centre. It is distinguished in size and colour, and serves as an index, pointing out the situation of the other, which is always that of the hour and minute, res pectively. The burning planes, surrounded with darkness showed the time a great way off, whilst the illuminated dials now i❑ use, look at a short distance only like so many full moons. The other advantage of this invention, which is that of a Mr. Hughes, is in the reduced cost, which is but from one-third to one-twelfth of that of the old plan, according to the degree of the distance. By dispensing with the incuinbrance of the old "figures," the day dial affords a large and clear field for the display of the indicators, which also make the time visible at a much greater distance. THEATRE ROYAL.—The Liverpool Theatre Royal, which has been closed since the bankruptcy of Mr. Ham mond, has at length found a tenant in the person of Mr. Webster, the spirited lessee of the Haymarket. The company which is at present playing at that establish ment, will be divided between that town and the metro polis ; the new lessee, we understand, being of opinion that he can work both theatres to his own advantage, and the satisfaction of the public. The house will open un der :the new arrangement, in the course of a month or six weeks. The length of the season will depend, doubt less, upon its success ; but it will have one advantage over the seasons of the late lessees, it will open at the best period of the theatrical season, whereas they always se lected the worst season for their opening—the summer, and closed at the best part of the year—Christmas. Mr. Clarke, well knnu , n in tnn•n and in XI nnollactor frmrt his long connection with both theatres, is to assist in the management. DUTIES RECEIVED AT THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL. — We understand that there has been a considerable fallen off in the amount of duties collected at this port on the articles of coffee, corn, molasses, and brandy, or, at least, in that portion of the remittances, which falls into the exchequer receipt of the last quarter, compared with the corresponding quarter of the year 1812, whilst there is an increase in that of the duties collected on silk manufac tures, rum, sugar, tea, tobacco, wine, sawn wood, and cotton and sheens' wool. The increase is the most re markable on tobacco, being, as we are led to believe, somewhere about £50,000; sugar, about £10,000; tea, £12,000 ; wine, £12,000; cotton wool, £40,000. On the other articles enumerated it is comparatively trifling, whilst the greatest decrease is in corn, said to be about £240,000 ;!molasses, £23,000 ; coffee, £6,000 ; and brandy, £6,000, In round numbers, the total difference between the two quarters is stated to be between £40,000 and £50,000. SCOTLAND WARD.—A most numerous and respectable meeting was held on Wednesday evening last, at the house of Mrs. Barton, Burlington-street, to consider the means necessary to be adopted in order to secure the re turn of Thomas Wilson, Esq., to the Town Council, next November. A little before eight o'clock the chairman, Thomas Vernon, Esq., opened the business of the even ing in a business-like speech, in which he warmly dwelt upon the private and public excellencies of the gentleman named as a candidate, and of the very encouraging fact that many gentlemen of opposite political principles were so well satisfied of his qualifications that they had at once signed the requisition which had been presented, and which contained the names of at least half the regis tered electors. Resolutions respecting the nomination of Mr. Wilson, the determination of the meeting to use every lawful exertion to secure his election, the appoint ment of a committee, and the subscription to defray ex penses, were severally put by Messrs. William Stewart, Francis Stewart, James Teasdale, Harry Ashcroft, R. Edwards, P. Rowson, G. Taylor, and R. Mansfield. John Wilson Green, Esq., on behalf of his brother (Mr. Wison) expressed his pleasure at the good feeling and respect paid to one with whom he was so intimately con nected, and for whom he could say that the kind and en thusiastic proceedings of that evening would be deeply felt. After passing a few remarks respecting the support which his brother had already received, Mr. Green ex pressed his conviction of the triumphant return of the candidate, and sat down amidst loud and general applause. A most imposing list of names was read over as the com mittee, and indeed the number who offered in the room to become committeemen and canvassers was so great,:that the chairman desired the further additions to be made upon the next night of meeting. Three times three cheers were given for Mr. Wilson, and a vote of thanks and con tinued applause for the chairman, after which the meeting separated. • UNFOUNDED CHARGE AGAINST A POOR FEMALE. — An inquest was yesterday held before Mr. Curry. on view of the body of a young child named Eiizabeth Tattersall. The mother was brought in custody into the court. She was wretchedly attired and appeared to be in great dis tress, and much reduced by want of the necessaries of life. It appeared she lived with her husband, a night man, and a worthless character, in Eaton-street, Vaux hall-road. The child had been ill for some time, and some of the neighbours had sat with it along with it several nights. The husband had gone out on Sunday af ternoon ; came back in a drunken state after being robbed of his money ; and finding the child dead, and that she had been drinking a little, abused her, brought a police officer, and gave her in charge for having suffocated her child and being drunk. She was taken to the police station in Vauxhall-road, where the keeper, not seeing sufficient ground for the charge, refused to book her. She was taken to Mr. Dowlings, but he was not in. She was then taken to the Main Bridewell, where she was booked on the charges stated, and hence the inquest. On the circumstances being inquired into, it appeared that the child had all along been most kindly and affectionately treated by the mother ; and that the husband was a brute ; and that there was neithera chair, nor abed, nor a blanket in the cellar they inhabited, which presented a scene of the greatest wretchedness. it further appeared that though often in a starving state herself, the mother had taken all the little money she could by any means raise from time to time, and bought wine with it for the infant when it could not take the breast. Several witnesses were brought before the coroner, and deposed to these facts. On a post mortem examination, it was found that the deceased had died from inflammation of the lungs, which had been going on for some time, and died from natural causes, there being no appearance of maltreatment in any way.— The coroner said the poor woman was free from all impu tation, but that the husband deserved punishment, and he regretted the law would not reach him. The verdict must therefore be " death from natural causes." He then said that as she was booked " drunk" as well as the other charge, he could not discharge her from custody without Mr. Rubton's consent; but he sent a police officer with her to that gentleman. Mr. R. bad left the court, and she was taken to the Main Bridewell, where, the circumstances being explained to Mr. Parkinson, he took the responsibility upon himself and discharged her. It happened that she was slightly affected by drink ; but it was only from some small-beer, which had taken hold of her from long want of food. The coroner on her re turn after being dismissed gave her ihalf-a-crown out of his own pocket. DEATH OF MR. GEO. WILLIAM WOOD, M. 13, (Abridged from the Manchester Guardian.) It is with feelings of deep regret, heightened by the suddenness of the event, that we have to record the death of Mr. George William Wood, M.P. His decease, which was quite unexpected, and almost instantaneous, took place on Tuesday evening in the rooms of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, of which he was a vice-president. The following are such particulars of the circumstances attending this melancholy event as we have been enabled to collect : Mr. Wood, we believe, since the close of the parliamen tary session, had been on a visit to his constituents at Kendal. He came from the neighbourhood of Lancaster on Tuesday ; and, as we understand, without proceeding home, his residence, Singleton Lodge, being at a distance of between two and three miles from the town, he pro ceeded to the rooms of the Literary and Philosophical Society, George-street, which society opened its session on that evening. He entered the upper room, where the members usually take coffee together before commencing the business of the meeting, about twenty minutes before seven o'clock, and, except that some of the members thought him looking pale, to all appearance in his usual state of health. There were about thirty of the members assembled at the time, and Mr. J. H. Stanway having told Mr. Wood that there was room at the table at which he was sitting, Mr. Wood took his seat at it, on a form be tween the fireplace and the window nearest it, with his back to the fireplace, and having shaken hands with Mr. Stanway and Mr. J. P. Joule, he took his seat between Mr. Joule and Mr. Clare, the latter at his left side, and Mr. Stanway being at Mr. Joule's right. Mr. Wood en tered into conversation with the gentlemen at the table. After Mr. Wood had made an observation he was silent for about half a minute, and then Mr. Clare was startled by hearing him breathe stertorously, and also by feeling him tremble. The windows were opened to admit air; bett on Dr. Clay feeling the wrist, he found that there was no pulse. An ineffectual attempt had been made by two gentlemen to raise Mr. Wood, and he was then placed on the form ; and as Dr. Clay said he thought it was a case of apoplexy, preparations were made to bleed him. There were two other medical men in the room, Dr. Marshall and D. Jarrold ; the former requested Dr. Clay to open the temporal artery at once, in preference to bleeding in the arm, and Dr. Clay instantly made an incision in the left temporal artery ; but no blood followed the lancet. At the time the attack commenced, Mr. Wood appeared to be sitting at ease. One arm was coiled round the back of the form, and with the other hand he was twirling the guard-chain of his eye-glasses. He had not partaken of any coffee or other refreshment. An inquest was held on Wednesday, and a verdict re turned of " Died from apoplexy." By Mr. Wood's death the representation of the borough of Kendal becomes vacant ; and the Speaker, on the fact being certified by two members of parliament, and an nounced by him in the Gazette, will have to issue the writ for a new election. At the Police-court, on Friday, a publican was brought before the magistrates for infringing the law, and acquitted Two heersellers were fined £3 and ss. each. OBTAINING MONEY, &C., ON A FALSE DOCUMENT.— At the police-court, on Wednesday, Andrew Stephens, apparently a seaman, was charged by a slop-dealer named John Ryan with having presented a shipping-note for £4 10s., stating that he had shipped by the Joh❑ B'bby for China, and that it was signed by the captain, whereupon he received an advance of ss. 41d. from complainant, and also a slop. It appeared that he had not shipped by the vessel at all, and that the captains name was not " Leea," as on the note, but Corkett. The prisoner had endorsed the note himself. He was committed for trial. THEFT OF CLOTH FROM A SHOP.—Two men, Edwards and Whalley, were on Wednesday brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of stealing a piece of beaver cloth, from the shop of Mr. Murray, in Paradise-street. The article was 25 yards in length, and was worth £lO 16s. They were seen loitering about the shrm and police officer 488 afterwards saw them hurrying off, Edwards having the piece on his shoulder. It was identified by Wm. Danvers, one of Mr. Murray's assistants. They were old offenders, and were both committed for trial. PUBLIC LIBRARY.—The extensive circulating Library kept for many years in Castle -street, by Mrs. Crew, has been removed to Renshaw-street, near the top of Bold street. The collection is a very extensive one, comprising many ancient and almost every modern work. THE ACCORDIAN.—There is no modern instrument with which we are acquainted that is more easily acquired or capable of producing more harmonious notes, either in a room or the open air, than the accordian. A case of these instruments, with the latest improvements, has just been imported by the proprietors of the Liver Bazaar; and, judging from the one we have heard tried by Mr. Inch, who is now constantly employed in teaching at the ba zaar, we should say they are superior to anything of the kind we have hitherto seen.—Sev adv. ARRIVAL OF THE. ASHBURTON.—This splendid new ship which excited so much admiration in the early part of the year, when she first came from New York, arrived here on Tuesday last ; but her advices were anticipated by the steam-ship Britannia. The passengers have pre sented to Captain Huttleston the following expression of their opinion of his gentlemanly and seanienlike conduct during the voltage :—We, the undersigned, passengers in the ship Ashburton, from New York to Liverpool. deem it proper to give a public expression of our thanks to Captain Henry Eluttleston, for his uniformly polite and kind atLeutio.. to nor comfnrf, .0 .7011 .0 ..‘" nur appreciation of his pwr,nsturrat HUelity and skill :—George Cogghill, E. Probyn, Francis Brown, Thomas Wilson, John G. Manley, Henry Cook, H. Lemoyne, Ellis Fray, Theodore Parker, Samuel Hodg,kinson, John Haley, James Ross, Edward H. Green, Gerard S. Boyce, H. W. Christie.—Liverpool, Oct. 3rd, 1843. THE PALATINE CLUB AFFAIR.—The Mercury gives the following as the correct version of this case :—" W e have received a statement relative to this affair, the ac curacy of which is vouched for by two most respectable gentlemen, one of whom has been personally known to us for years, and on whose word we should individually place the most implicit reliance. It is to the effect that, about half-past ten on the night in question, the gentleman ac cused went from the door of the club to the passage a few yards below. Finding some persons there, he returned towards the door, where some gentlemen were standing, totally unconscious of having been seen by any passer by. He left town at an early hour the following morning, and knew nothing of the statement which had ap?eared in the papers for some days afterwards, and it was only on Tues day last that a letter was received from him giving an account of the matter substantially agreeing with the above, and expressing the deepest regret at what had taken place. We are assured, by both the gentlemen to whom we have alluded, that the accused is utterly in capable of having intentionally committed the indecency attributed to him." CAUTION TO OMNIBUS PROPRIETORS.—On Saturday last William Jones, omnibus owner, residing at Bootle, was summoned before Mr. Rushton to answer a charge preferred against him by Mr. Alderman Turner, for hav ing taken a greater number of passengers into one of his omnibuses, which runs between Liverpool and Crosbie, than the Act of Parliament warranted. Mr. Turner stated that he had, long since, expected the proprietors of omnibuses would have been brought before the court for their repeated infractions of the act, in overcrowding their vehicles ; but that, as this had not been the case, he was induced to make the commencement. On Saturday last he found no fewer than nine passengers, four on one side and five on another, in the defendant's omnibus, which, at the time, was standing in Dale-street, and he immedi ately called a police officer to reckon the numberland to ascertain the interior dimensions of the vehicle. Three witnesses deposed, that the length of the inside was six feet six inches ; whereas, allowing sixteen inches, as pre scribed by the act, for the accommodation of each passen ger, it should have been six feet eight inches. Mr. Mul ler, the builder of the omnibus, deposed, upon the other hand, that it measured six feet eight inches clear of the cushions; but two persons having been sent from the court to make a fresh measurement, and they having cor roborated, on their return, the testimony which had been originally given, Mr. Rushton ordered the defendant to pay a fine of 50s. and costs. THE ANTI-CORN LAW LE AGUE IN LIVERPOOL.— On Wednesday evening a meeting of the Liverpool Anti- Monopoly Association was held at the Royal Amphi theatre, for the purpose of affording an opportunity to Mr. W. J. Fox, of London, of addressing a Liverpool audience on the subject of free trade. The theatre was crowded, and besides Mr. Fox, there were present Mr. Alderman Bulley, Dr. Blackburn, Mr. Cooke, Mr. L. Heyworth, Mr. R. Mather, &c. The proceedings dif fered in no respect from the frequent meetings of the kind held by members of the Anti-corn Law League in differ ent places, except that the usual arguments in favour of free trade were mixed up with allusions to the forth. coming contest for the representation of the city of Lon don. After a general resolution in favour of free trade principles had been proposed by Dr. Blackburn, and agreed to, Mr. Rawlins proposed a special resolution, soliciting the citizens of London to elect the free trade candidate. Upon this motion, Mr. W. J. Fox rose to ad dress the meeting, and delivered a speech, which was loudly cheered. It consisted of the usual topics that are urged by free trade speakers on such occasions, and con tained a strong appeal to the feelings and interests of the audience in favour of free trade principles. Mr. Fox thanked them as an elector of London for the interest they took in the approaching election, and expressed him self sanguine as to the result. This speech over, which was the chief business of the evening, thanks were voted to the chairman, Mr. Charles Holland, and the meeting separated. CHARGE OF ROBBING A MAN OF £6l.—At the Police court yesterday, two women, Mary Ann Rigby and Mary Ann Wilson, and a man (the keeper of a house of ill fame), were charged before Mr. Rushton with robbing a man of sovereigns to the amount stated. It appeared from the statement of the complainant, a young man, and a stranger in the town, that on Friday night he met the two female prisoners, and went home with them to Garden-lane. He then gave one of them a sovereign to get changed, but, after going down stairs, she returned and said she could not get change from the mistress of the house. He put it back into his belt, in which he had the other money. The light was soon afterwards blown out, and he directly afterwards found himself minus his belt and all ! Tho girls got out of the house. On cross-examination, it ap. peared that the complainant must have been drunk at the time, and he did not give information to the police until after ten o'clock next day. He did not see the male pri soner, and though he appeared positive as to the identity of the girls, he was quite uncertain on other points of which it was to be supposed he would be equally obser vant at the time. The girls had b en seen going with him the same night into Garden-lane, by a police-officer.— The prisoners were all remanded for further evidence. DECIDED STEP OF GOVEIt Nlll ENT AGAINST THE IiEPEAL AGITATION. At length we have to notice an effort made,---and made, too, with all that deliberate preparation of the means of success which will ever distinguish the proceedings of a ministry, of which the Fabius Cunctalor of the present age, the illustrious Duke of Wellington, is the master spirit —to put down the rebellious proceedings of O'Con nell and his confederates in Ireland. For weeks and months past this port has reminded us more of the ap pearance of one of our southern ports during the war, than of mighty and peaceful Liverpool. Regiment after regiment have been shipped from our piers to various parts of the sister isle. No later than on Saturday last a fine regiment of infantry, the 34th, were despatched in hot haste for Dublin by a mail steamer, the Medusa; and, whilst all this concentration of military has been going on, to an extent which has rendered Ireland one vast camp, we have heard of the most active efforts being made by the ordnance department to put into a state of efficiency every fortification and place of strength capable of being defended, and I kely to be required in the worst emergency that could arrive. At the last hour we have the clue to all this apparently incongruous mixture of activity and lethargy. During the past week, rumours of important coming events have been passing from ►ip to lip. Cabinet meetings have been holding in the metropo lis, the purpose of which have puzzled even those ingeni ous gentlemen whose scent is so proverbially keen, and whose game is a profit upon their speculations at the Stock Exchange. Couriers have gone here and there, and the neighbourhood of Downing-street has reminded the lively people of the metropolis of past years of excitement, when events were occurring big with the fate of empires, and of the whole human race. The cause of all this bustle may now be briefly stated, in the fact that government have felt themselves in a condition to repress the repeal sedition in Ireland, and that the first step in advance has at last been taken. We will proceed to narrate, in a more orderly fashion, the course of events thus far. After a cabinet meeting held in London on Monday last, which was remarkable only for the circumstance of Lord De Grey attending it, instead of proceeding, as was expected, to his seat in Yorkshire, that nobleman started off forthwith to the seat of his government in Ireland. On his arrival, a meeting of his privy council and the law officers was summoned, and for some hours on Friday were in earnest deliberation. As the result, on Saturday afternoon was issued the fol lowing proclamation, announcing the intention of the government of Ireland to put down the meeting of re peaters which was to have been held on, Sunday at Clon tarf. We give the document entire, reserving to our selves the opportunity to comment upon it bye and bye : " BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT AND COUNCIL OF " DE GREY, IRELAND " A PROCLAMATION " Whereas, it has been publicly announced, that a meeting is to take place at or near Clontarf, on Sunday, the Bth October instant, for the alleged purpose of pe titioning Parliament for a Repeal of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland ; " And, whereas, advertisements and placards have been printed and extensively circulated, calling on those per sons who propose to attend the said meeting on horseback to meet and form in procession, and to march to the said meeting in military order and array ; " And, whereas, meetings of large numbers of persons have been already held in different parts of Ireland under the like pretence, at several of which meetings language of a seditious and inflammatory nature has been addressed to the persons there assembled, calculated and intended to excite discontent and disaffection in the minds of her Majesty's subjects, and to bring into hatred and contempt the government and constitution of the country as by law established • " And, whereas, at some of the said meetings such seditious and inflammatory language has been used by persons who have signified their intention of being present at, and taking part in the said meeting, so an nounced to be held at or near Clontarf; _ _ " And, whereas, the said intended meeting is calcu lated to excite reasonable and well-grounded apprehension, that the motives and objects of the persons to be assem bled thereat are not the fair, legal exercise of constitu tional rights and privileges, but to bring into hatred and contempt the government and constitution of the United Kingdom as by law establi,hed, and to accomplish alter ations in the laws and constitution of the realm by inti midation and demonstration of physical force; " Now, we, the Lord Lieutenant, by and with the ad vice of her Majesty's Privy Council, being satisfied that the said intended meeting, so proposed to be held at or near Clontarf, as aforesaid, can only tend to serve the ends of factious and seditious persons, and to the viola tion of public peace, do hereby strictly caution and fore warn all persons whatsoever, that they do abstain from attendance at the meeting : and we do hereby give notice, that if, in defiance of this our proclamation, the said meeting shall take place, all persons attending the same seall be proceeded against according to law. And we do hereby order and enjoin magistrates and officers entrusted with the preservation of the public peace, and others whom it may concern, to be aiding and assisting in the execution of the law in preventing the said meeting, and in the effectual dispersion and suppression of the same, and in detection and prosecution of those who, after this notice, shall offend in the respect aforesaid. 16 tober, 7th riarr nf rip_ Eda. B. Sugden, C. Donoughmore. Eliot "F. Blackburne. E. Blakeney. F. Shaw " T. B. C. Smith. " God save the Queen !" After all the swaggering bravado of the arch agitator, O'Connell, the natural exclamation of most men, on the appearance of this document, would doubtless be that the long threatened collision between the repeaters and the government must now take place. They would remem ber the magnificent attitude in which he announces his intention to die for Ireland—which attitude by the way is to be immortalized in congenial bronze, if it is not thought more fitting to erect, instead of the statue origi nally designed, the brazen image of a cur sneaking from crying danger, with his tail comfortably sheltered between his hind legs; and remembering this, and a thousand other pieces of Bobadilism, they would expect that the meeting at Clontarf would take place in despite of the proclamation of the Lord Lieutenant. But they miscal culated. They knew not the depth of Daniel O'Connell's infamy and cowardice. They knew not how perfect a representative is this braggart to Bob Acres, and Ancient Pistol—how composedly he could eat his leek and feel his valour " ooze out of his finger ends." On the appear ance of the manifesto, the committee of the repeal asso ciation was immediately summoned, and in a whine, like that of a beaten hound, this very Daniel begged, entreated, prayed to be saved from the consequences of his own vil lany. The meeting, to be held per fas et nefas was not to take place. The squireens and farmers were not to ride in military order. The riff raff of Dublin were not to howl in sweet concord their hatred to the Saxon. A pro clamation was to be issued, and was at once issued, post poning the gathering sine die; a posse of priests were dispatched to every outlet from Dublin to stop the people. Tom Steele started off to stop the men of Meath, and Daniel O'Connell, we presume, went home to Merrion Square to calculate at how early a period it would be necessary to decamp, to avoid the scorn of his duped—a hundred times duped—fellow countrymen, and the pos sible further steps of the British government. Hear the mixture of attempted sublimity and insolence in which the fallen bully communicated his august desires. " NOTICE. " Whereas, there has appeared, under the signature of E. B. Sugden, &c., a paper being, or purporting to be, a proclamation, drawn up in very loose and inaccurate terms, and manifestly misrepresenting known facts, the object of which appears to be, to prevent the public meet ing intended to be held to-moorow, the Bth instant, at Clontarf, to petition parliament for the repeal of the bale ful and destructive measure of the Legislative Union. " And, whereas, such proclamation has not appeared until late in the afternoon of this day, Saturday, the 7th instant, so that it is utterly impossible that the knowledge of its existence could be communicated in the usual of ficial channels, or by the post, in time to have its contents known to the persons intending to meet at Clontarf, for the purpose of petitioning as aforesaid, whereby ill-dis posed persons may have an opportunity, under colour of the said proclamation, to provoke breaches of the peace, or commit violence on persons intending to proceed peaceably and legally to the said meeting. " We, therefore, the committee of the Loyal National Repeal Association, do most earnestly request and en treat, that all well-disposed persons will, immediately on receiving this intimation, repair to their own dwellings, and not place themselves in peril of any collision or of receiving any ill-treatment whatsoever. " And we do hereby inform all such persons that, with out yielding in anything to the unfounded allegations in said alleged proclamation, we deem it prudent, and wise, and, above all things humane, to declare, that the said meeting is abandoned and is not to be held. " Signed, by order, DANIEL O'CONNELL, Chairman. " Saturday, October 7th, 34, P.m." As from the little time which would intervene between the adoption of this determination on Saturday night and the intended hour of meeting on Sunday, there was little probability of its circulation in the ordinary way being effectual in keeping back the people, it was, in addition to the despatch of Tom Steele, and their Reverences who were present at the Corn Exchange, for the purpose of making personal efforts to prevent the assembly. " Resolved,—That the above cautionary notice be im mediately transmitted, by express, to the very reve rend gentlemen who signed the requisition for the Clontarf Repeal Meeting, and to all adjacent districts, so as to prevent the influx of persons coming to the intended meeting." The precise amount of success which attended these efforts, at the hour of writing this, we do not know. The mission of the " head pacificator" to Tara to inform the assembled peasantry of Meath that they were' not to be indulged with a march to Clontarf, would, we imagine, be an unpleasant one. Paddy, in his hot blood, would be slow in discovering why, when he was prepared for a rebellion, he was not to have one ; and Master Tom would look rather small in his eyes. Their reverences, the priests, would searcely be very well received in their perambula twos ; and the levy of bludgeoneers who went over from this town and Manchester last week will, we dare say, be asking by this time, what they went for, if not to fight " the hated Saxon." The newly-adopted pacific tone of the great agitator will be a little incomprehensible beyond the ranks of his immediate confidants and sharers of his plunder; and we should scarcely be surprised if the feel ings of disappointment which It must have created should some effect upon the rent itself, and prompt the very oral inquiry, " for what has it been collected, and hoc ose pocktqs is it to go ?" Dublin, we feel assu ed, may be attributed the fact. th up to half-past five o'clock on Sunday afternoon, U. supremacy of the law had been vindicated in Irelan, The poltroonery of O'Connell and his coadjutors wa well enough calculated to excite in the minds of repealer that disgust and contempt which prompts men to with draw from undertakings, of which they distrust th leaders, and thus only can we thank him or his; but th well prepared attitude of government was the most power ful instrument in preserving the public peace. Dui in, the whole of Sunday the city of Dublin is represented a resembling a place in a state of siege. The Rhadaman thus war steamer, had arrived on the preceding evening with a portion of the 87th Royal Irish Fusileers, 0 Sunday, at ten in the forenoon, the 34th arrived, an, were marched from Kingstown harbour where they hat disembarked. On crossing Carlisle-bridge to proceed n the Royal Barracks the assembled crowd gave them threw cheers, which the officer in command mistaking for a hos tile movement, ordered the regiment " to halt," whicl, was followed by " fix bayonets," upon which the crowd gave three additional cheers ! The regiment then marched quietly to barrack. A company of infantry occupied Ald borough House, situated on the North Strand, and com manding the road leading to Clontarf. The guards at all the military posts were doubled, regular patrols esta blished ; the police on the alert at all the stations, with extra men in readiness to act, whilst additional mounted police patroll-d all the roads leading to Dublin. Such was the state of thins in Dublin on Sunday morning—such the preparation for any contingency which might occur. And now turn we to the scene of the in tended meeting. At an early hour a large body of troops had been marched to Clontarf, each man provided with sixty rounds of ammunition. The scene which presented itself there during the day must have been highly impos ing. As you approached the spot where a platform had been erected, and was being taken down by order of the repeal committee, the first object which struck the eye was a piquet of the sth Dragoon Guards, stationed on the Clontarf side of the Dublin and Drogheda railway. Near to Clontarf the main body of the guards were stationed, the men all dismounted as on parade, and ready to vault into their saddles at the word of command. They were ac coutred for active duty, each man and horse being pro visioned for 24 hours. At Clontarf Green were the 60th Rifles standing at ease, in divisions, each man with his service cap and 60 rounds of cartridge. Further on was a brigade of horse artillery, with two six-pounders, ready foe instant action. Nearer to the sheds of Clontarf were the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's), and beyond the sheds the 54th (foot), drawn up in line. The immediate spot where the meeting was to have taken place was entirely deserted, no troops being there, nor any of the people to be seen in its vicinity. Along the entire line thus occu pied by the troops (a distance of four miles) multitudes, impelled mostly by curiosity, were passing and re-passing during the whole of the day ; and when, to the effect of the whole, be added that of the several staff-officers and orderlies patrolling up and down, we have before us a scene sufficiently imposing in its display of power to blanch the cheek of rebellion and palsy the hand th;,:t would have raised its banner in the heart of a peaceful people. Up to the hour of our latest information, no disposition to riot, and scarcely a display of public feel ing, had been evinced. In the city itself, although tilled with strange and rough-looking people, perfect quietness, we are happy to say, had been preserved. SCOTCH CHURCH, RODNEY-STREET.—The Rev. John Macfarlane, minister of Collossie, Fifeshire, is, we un stand, one of the candidates for the above church, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. John Park. The rev. gentleman is author of "The Jubilee of the World," one of the prize essays on missions, an advertisement of which will be found in another column. EXCHANGE RESTAURANT AND HOTEL.—We are glad to find by an advertisement in another column, that, in consequence of the increase of custom, Mr. Harris, of the Exchange Dining-rooms, has been making great ad ditions to his premises, for the purpose of establishing an hotel—which will, however, be carried on quite distinct from the restaurant. The alterations are extensive : on each floor are five spacious rooms, (in addition to the kitchens,) all of which are fitted up in a most costly style— more particularly the private dining-rooms, the coffee room, &c. We feel convinced that if the whole es-ablish ment is conducted in the manner Mr. H arris has hitherto adopted, he will give general satisfaction. A PRETENDED PILOT.—OD Wednesday last, an in formation was laid before Mr. Rushton, against the master of the ship Abbotsford, for entering the Salthouse Dock, on the Monday previous, when the hall and flag were hoisted on the staff at the entrance. It appeared that a man named George Stansfield (but better known by the unenviable cognomen of " The Widow's Curse !") had gone on board the vessel while she was in the river, and having represented himself as an authorised pilot of 21 years' standing (which he is not), told the captain that there was plenty of water, and took the vessel in. The master was fined ss. and costs; and orders were given to report the conduct of the pretended pilot to the Pilots' Committee, so that an information might be laid against him. SMUGGLING TOBACCO.—This offence appears to be very much on the increase ; or, if it be not, the revenue officers are more on the alert than formerly. We had last week to record five cases in one day ; and on Wednesday last there were several others. a seaman of the ship Siddons was brought before Mr. Rushton charged with that his chest was guaged outside, anf in at the aepot, new system), and was found to have a false bottom in which the article was concealed. He was fined 60s. and costs, or in default to be imprisoned. Another sailor, Hugh M`Bride, was charged with smuggling 16 lb. of the same article from the ship Ashburton, which was under seizure at the time. He was proceeded against by Mr. Brook, solicitor for the customs. He was put back until Saturday, that the authorities in London alight signify what punishment should be inflicted. ASSAULT AT THE WORKHOUSE.—A coloured man named Johnson was yesterday brought up at the police court, on a charge of having bitten and assaulted Mr. Galloway, one of the officers, and of being otherwise in subordinate. The prisoner and others had, it appeared, been put upon " disorderly diet," which gave rise to the disturbance. The prisoner said he had previously been struck by the complainant with his hands, and also with handcuffs over the head, on which he showed some marks. Mr. Galloway said he was obliged to do so, after the vio lence of the prisoner. The prisoner said that if another officer in the house was brought up as a witness, the case would appear different. This was not, however, acceded to, and he was required to pay a fine of 50s. for the assault or to be imprisoned for two months. (We cannot help considering it remarkable that there should be so many assaults on the officers of our workhouse.) A THIEF OF LAST YEAR CAUGHT.—OR Wednesday, a man named John Saul was placed at the bar of the po lice-court, on a charge of stealing some joiners' tools. It appeared that on the 20th Sept. 1842, a window in Mr. Macknall's joiners' shop was broken open, and there were missed by several of the workmen, a ripping saw, a sash filister, a tenant saw, and a toothing. Bills were printed at the time, and distributed to pawnbrokers and others ; but the prisoner, who was suspected, got out of the way, and was not seen by any of the parties until Tuesday, when he was given in charge to a police-officer by one of them. Mr. Howard, pawnbroker, Christian-street, had at the time given information that one of the saws had been pledged with him for 25., and that article was now produced and identified by one of the workmen. The pri soner was also identified by Mr. Howard's assistant, Jas. Poison, as the person who pledged it. CHARGE OF FELONY. — On Saturday, two persons named John Whitley and Ann Little were charged at the Birkenhead Town Hall, before John D. Case, Esq., with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel from the house of the husband of the female prisoner Adam Little, residing in Bav Horse-lane, London-road, Liverpool. It appeared that the female prisoner absconded from her husband about three weeks ago, and on Tr ursday last was found living with Whitley at a house in Birkenhead. Part of the articles were identified by the husband as his property, and it was also found that the male prisoner brought them to his lodgings. The male prisoner having obtained a remand until yesterday, produced his sister, w h o p rove d that part of the property identified by Little belonged to her brother. In consequence of this descrepency, Mr. Case discharged the prisoners after a very severe repri mand on their disgracefully immoral conduct. DISTURBING PARTIES AT A FUNERAL—TWO youths, 'Wm. Devereux and John Poulson, were brought before Mr. Rushton on Wednesday, on a charge of this uncom mon kind. Mr. Samuel Holme said the prisoners were in his service, (as apprentices, we believe,) and had been employed at the assize courts. On Wednesday last, (he added,) they got upon the wall while the clergyman and clerk of St. John's Church were proceeding with the fu neral service, and shouted at them in a disgraceful man ner, to their great annoyance, and the wounding of the feelings of those who were in attendance. Several wit nesses were called, who saw them on the wall, and heard them shouting, in an indecent manner, so as to insult the funeral party, but none of them could speak to the precise words they used, or say whether they were addressed to the clergyman or the clerk. Mr. Rushton said their con duct was most disgraceful, and he regretted that he could not, as the evidence stood, punish them, as they richly de served, and which he would have done had the language they used been shown to have a tendency to a breach of the peace. Mr. Holme said they were otherwise ill-be haved ; did not attend to their hours ; and he wished to get rid of them. Mr. Rushton said that must be done • In another way, and they were discharged. SERIOUS ROBBERY AT THE BRANCH BANK OF ENG LAND, HANOVER-STREET.—On Saturday forenoon, be tween eleven and twelve o'clock, a serious robbery was committed upon a young man, who is a clerk in the house of Messrs Findlay and Co., Exchange-buildings. It ap pears that the young man had been sent to draw a large sum of money at the bank for his employers. He re ceived two hundred pounds in notes, and the remainder was in gold. The notes consisted of a £lOO note, and ten of £lO each. These he folded up, and placed in the right hand pocket of his coat ; and, in order to make assurance doubly sure, he passed his left hand round his person into the pocket where the notes were deposited, and kept them safely enough while he counted some gold upon the counter. Whilst occupied in counting the gold, one of the sovereigns slipped upon the floor. He stooped to pick it up, and momentarily withdrew his hand from the pocket in which the notes had been placed, and dur ing that brief period the robbery was committed. On rising he immediately discovered his loss, but could . not g I g f e o t r i the discovery of the thief , b ut as yet without success. The following is a list of the stolen property. identify the thief , as ther e were at that time th irty in t y r t e he a c r o d u o n f t et.. £lO lnfor mation bas beenoffered was to pe persons s police, i n fronto and a f reward DISTRICT COURT OF BANKRUPTCY (Before Mr. Copnotissioner Phillips.) IN THE MATTER OF TILLING, INSOLVENT, Mr. EvANs made an application to the court, on hursday, that the messenger's bill, which was said to nount to £l6, chiefly fur possession money, as it is Tined, that is upwards of 50 days' posse, , sion of the in dvent's premises, might be referred back to the regis ar for re-taxation, with special directions to him from le court to disallow such part as was incurred after a ..rtain day, when security had been offered for the safe istody of the goods. Mr. BARDSWELL appeared on the other side. The facts, as they appeared from the affidavits and the statements of the solicitors, are these :—On the 3rd Aug. , ast the petitian was filed, and the interim order made ,ppointing the hearing for the Bth September. The final )1-der was made on the 22nd September. On the 3rd of ugust the messenger was sent into the insolvent's pre .nises, there being property of the estimated value of up- Nards of £9O. Mr. Green, the insolvent's attorney, re commended, in order to save expense to the estate, that security should be taken for the delivering up of the goods to the assignee. This was agreed to by Mr. Turner, the official assignee. On the 4th of August, the insolvent oroposed Mr. Aylward, of Lord-street, whom Mr. Tur ner said he did not know. The insolvent said he was well known to Gaskell, the messenger. The affidavits gave a satisfactory statement of Aylward's responsibility, which was admitted on all hands. This security ass not taken, the official assignee requiring the value of the pro perty to be paid, which the insolvent was not able to ac complish. Mr. Turner stated, in his affidavit, that he should have been willing, in order to save expense, to have withdrawn the messenger, as he had done on some former occasions, upon receiving a sufficient guarantee; that the property, or its estimated value, should be placed in his hands again at the granting of the final order, and that he bad stated that Aylward's guarantee was not suf ficient, as the insolvent had declared his intention of leaving his premises unprotected from Sunday until Mon day, and that no other guarantee was offered. On the 26th September a sale of the insolvent's effects took place, which produced about £4O, and on the fol owing day the messenger was withdrawn, after a possession of fifty-five days. On the 27th September the solicitor's bill was taxed, and the sum found due to him was £l6. There was rent to be paid amounting to £27. The offi cial assignee had paid part of the messenger's bill, whe ther before or after notice of the solicitor's claim did not clearly appear. Two preliminaay questions of practice were disposed of on a former day, namely, the right of priority of payment between the solicitor and the messenger, and the necessity of giving notice of taxation to the solicitor of the messen ger's bill. The practice on the former point was stated to be in favour of the messenger. The learned commis sioner promised to inquire into the latter. Mr. EVANS said there was less reason in these cases than in bankruptcy to keep possession, since the insol vent sought to be protected on giving up his property. Mr. BARDSWELL, on the other side, contended that the official assignee had acted correctly. The CONIMISSIONER. said the solicitor should have gone before the commissioner and made affidavit on the cir cumstances, and the commissioner would have ordered bail. The application was refused. The new tunnel intended to connect the present station of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, Grange-lane, with the River Mersey at Monk's Ferry, has been com menced. The contractors for the work are Mesrs. Hard ing and Cutfe, of Leeds. ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF COALS.—At a meeting of the coal proprietors of Wigan, Manchester, St. Helens, Chorley, &c., held at Wigan, on the 29th of September, it was unanimously agreed to advance the price of coals 10d. per ton, and slack 6d. per ton, from the Ist of Oct. HOURS OF BUSINESS.—We hear that a meeting of the Law Society will soon be called for the purpose of consi dering upon the closing, or partial closing of the offices of solicitors, on Saturdays, at one o'clock, with a view to the release at that hour of the clerks. The bankers and cotton-brokers have already adopted the plan proposed. The Penang, Captain Illberry, arrived at this Friday last, bringing advices from Hongkong tot _ of May. the day of her departure from that island. Th e Penang has brought but little news, owing, we suppose, to the presumption that all intelligence of interest would b e anticipated by the overland roads. Mr. GEORGE VANDENHOFF.--IVIr. Geo. Vandenhoff, who has been playing in various parts of the United States, with the most complete success, is on the point of returning to England. Indeed, it is probable he is even now on his homeward voyage. He has, amongst the Americans, established a high and lasting fame, both in tragedy and comedy. BIRKENHEAD CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The anniversary meeting of this association was held on Tues day night. The Rev. A. Knox took the chair. The col lections for the past year amounted to £167 19s. ld., the subscriptions to £B2 14s. 6d., money received in the mis sionary boxes £56 Is. Bd., and from the Juvenile Associ ation £lB Bs. 11d. The disbursements, (luring the same period, amounted to £1 12s. 2d. A LARGE SPINDLE.—On Thursday last a large cylin drical mass of wrought iron, weighing no less 22,4001b5., was conveyed from the foundry of Messrs. Fawcett and Preston to the Clarance Dock, where it was to be shipped for London. This immense piece of metal is intended for the spindle of one of her Majesty's steam frigates. It was placed on two strong trucks, and was drawn through thstreets by eleven IJIABOLICAL FREAK.—About four o'clock on Wed nesday a number of idle boys, aged from twelve to four teen years, were seen standing on the cellar-lid of a ware house, occupied by Messrs. Priestly and Griffith,, in Ed. mund-street. A man passing observed one of the young rascals push a piece of burning cotton underneath the lid, and they all immediately scampered off. The warehouse man was sent for and strict examination made, but all, except the piece of burning cotton at the bottom of the vault, was safe. The warehouse is full of combustible matter. A VICIOUS HORSE.—A few weeks ago, Frederick Best, a watch-case polisher, was in the Saracen's Head Yard, when a horse belonging to an Aigburth omnibus, broke loose and galloped furiously along the yard. Best caught at some of the harness, and endeavoured to check the career of the animal. The horse threw him down and trampled upon him, by which he was so much injured that it was necessary to carry him to the Northern Hospital, where be lingered till Monday evening last, when he died. THE STEPHEN WHITNEY.—This splendid packet-ship arrived in the Mersey on Friday afternoon from New York, after a short passage of nineteen days. The follow ing is a list of her cabin passengers :—Major Baron de Rottenberg, 8.A., and Baroness de Rottenberg; Mr. Goodville and lady, Scotland; Mr. Sayers, Canada; Miss Parnell and Miss Ann Parnell, Ohio; Mr. Partridge, Mr. Rakaman, J. Noble, Esq., Mr. Pearce, Mr. Loyd, T. Scholes. Esq., Mr. Peirce, Mr. La. Forte, Mr. Tomr belle, and Lieut. Milne, R.N. THE QUEEN OF THE WEST.—This fine new American liner arrived at this port on Friday, having left New York on the 16th instant. She now lies at the south side of Waterloo Deck. She was built for Messrs. Woodhall and Minturn, in whose line of packets she has now taken her place. Her burthen is 1,350 tons, and the following are her dimensions :—Length of upper or spar deck, 198 feet; main deck, 181 feet; breadth of beam, 37 feet 8 inches ; height between decks. 7 feet 4i inches ; depth of hold, 22 feet; length of gentlemen's cabin, 60 feet; length of ladies' cabin, 18 feet; height of cabin, 7 feet 4 inches. THE REV. W. FALLOOIV.—This gentleman, late curate of St. Jude's Church, in this town, entered upon his mm isterial duties as the incumbent of St. John's on Sunday morning week. The church was crowded in every part to overflowing. The subject selected by the reverend gen tleman was taken from the Book of Judges. 3rd chapter, part of the 20th verse, " I have a message trom God unto thee." A text more appropriate to the occasion could not have been chosen, inasmuch as it suggested subject for much serious consider a ti on as t o t h e nature, character, and vital importance of that peculiar message, which de volves upon the pious Christian pastor solemnly to deliver and which were enlarged upon in terms both eloquent and deeply affecting. TAKING A RIDE WITHOUT LEAVE.—OH Friday Mr. Whiteman, of the Brunswick Hotel, Hanover-street, ac cused two individuals, Joseph Price and Edward Walker, of having driven off with his horse and gig, which had been left outside a house in Thornton-place, where he was paying a visit to a friend. Mr. Whiteman said the prisoners had made use of the vehicle for upwards of three hours, and were exceedingly abusive to him after he regained posses s ion of it ; the elder prisoner having held out threats of violence. Mr. Rushton having asked Mr. 'W hiteman whether he thought the p r i soners h a d ta k en the horse and gig with felonious intent, and the latter re plying that be thought not, th e pr i soners were di scharge d , after a suitable admonition. The prisoners were appre hended in Hill-street, while taking their cheap ride, by an officer of police. REPEAL PENSIONERS.—The late meeting in the am phitheatre, it appears, has attracted the attention of go vernment. The person who o ffi ciated as chairman is a pens..oner, and from what has occurred in this case, it seems to be tolerably evident that the order prohibiting all military pensioners from attending such meetings, on pain of their pensions being forfeited, is to be strictly acted upon in this country as well as in Ireland. He cal led last week at the staff office, in Soho-street, for his periodical allowance, and on applying to the pay-officer on duty, he was informed of the unpleasant news. Remon strance was of course resorted to, but the order could not be relaxed. The office which the unhappy chairman holds is " inspector of repeal wardens in England." Several other repeal pensioners in this town are in the same predicament, to the no small discomfort of their families. SUICIDE.—An inquest was held before the borough coroner, on Saturday last, to inquire into the death of Terence Duff, a shoemaker, who had been found sus pende d by a black handkerchief from his b ed p ost on the previous day. It appeared that the d eceased lodged in the house of a Mrs. Ann Camp bell, in Fontenoy-street ; that inmates.he had almost n e was ta y n e t a l r y s b o e f age e nin an d a state a married a r o r intoxication during the las t month ; and that, at times, con 4 s 1 there was a wildness abo ut his a pp earance which t errified the but he had been for some time separated from his wife on account of a feeling of jealousy upon herpart, been frequently heard to say that he was and he had his mind in consequence of the . very uneasy in separation day last he told a female, in whose * Upon Thurs shop, that "he would eat n house he kept a work- Maker ;" and, upon taking o his more until be met his Maker;" twelve o'clock on the following dinner to him, about d hang ing from the b e d post i n theay, he was found at of " Temporary insanity" w n a i sr i e n t e u r rn d e eszribed. A verdict