The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-14 00:00:00

HEATH FROM SCALDING.—About six weeks ago a 0 0Y, son of William Atkinson, of Hornby-street, took a boiling saucepan a rolling-pin, which had been use press down some clothes. The hot water ran down his to his shoulder and scalded him severely. The injury dressed with linseed oil and lime water, and subsequec with some ointment procured from an apothecary. At lenp as the staid became worse, a surgeon was called in, b symptoms of gangrene had already set in. In a short tin sloughing, commenced, and the child died on Friday last. N EW CHAMBER ORC;AN.—A few evenings ago 3 Thomas Platt, organist at St. Bartholomew's Church, as& by some professional gentlemen, opened a new chamee San at the residence of Mr. Francis Baines, Rose°. street, Everton, before a select party, raid seine / songs and choruses out of the Meseiali were sung be round Stott, M r . J o h n Stott, Mr. Richard Davies - tl•mtna Stott, who were highly delighted with the tone and power of the instrument, as well as it pearance as a piece of furniture, and wine) credit upon the builder, Mr. James Lambert, ver-street, in this town. SINGULAR DEA'lll.—Amongst the passengers b, Queen of the Isle steam-packet, which arrived on Thu. Morning from Douglas, was a poor woman named Kaye, reside s in Bispharn-street, in this town. She had witl an infant child, which, before she left the packet, she h TT; but when she reached home she was utterly amazed finding that the infant was lifeless. It appears that Packet lay a s h ort di stance from the pier, and that the woi a to be assi s t e d on shore by a policeman. She bad to t short jump to enable her to reach the shore, and it is s Posed that, in her anxiety for the safety of her child, she pressed it so closely to her body that she smothered it. inquest on the body was held on Friday. A ROGUISH SHOPBOY.—A boy named Joshua Harsfie was bro ug h t up at the Police-court yesterday, on a charge eeaving robbed hi s master , Mr. John Carley, agent to Mess Men and Clarke, boot and shoemakers. No. 126, Da street. F requently on making up his accounts Mr. Chat had found hi , money short, and in order to discover thief he marked eight half-crowns, which was locked up the till on Friday last. The prisoner, who was the shop-b On Saturday morning last was cleaning just near the t w hen he was gone away the till was examined, and there ti found only seven half-crowns. A policeman was called o searched the prisoner but not finding an thing in nun he did not interfere i ; n about an hour afterwards, hi ev er, the missing half-crowns was discovered where the 11 _ ) oer h a d b een working, and he was then taken into casts Co ninsitted to the sessions: f SubnaN D eAsrn.—On Saturday, an inquest was held aV e .e. F. Curry, easq., to inquire touchinhere death of IN' a. hitehead, aged 27. The deceased and sband 100 a t. the house of Mr. Lawton, Edmund-scree 9 - . be had frequently complained of a pain in her chest, sick week she said she was worse than usual. Si .ick, and took an emetic. On Monday she was sorra better ; but on Tuesday evening she was again ill, and c Plained of being cold. She refused to have a medical rule bt at ngth consented that a neighbouring draw shoo but he r see her. This gentleman gave her some medic day her sto mac h re j ecte d i t. A t t h ree o ' c l oc k on Weds ``aY Mrs. Lawton went uts to her, and found her in ad: state. Her husband ran out for a surgeon, but on his err She Was dead. A post ,nortem examination was made, w aalrearel that death was the consequence of an effusim Water on the chest. There was a slight disease of the 11, and i nflammation of the stomach. MANCHESTER PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—The ann meeting of the friends and supporters of the Manchester a "d Protestant and Reformation Association took pi loei3ll nday eveninse last, at the Corn Exchange ; and "a announced that the Rea. Hugh M'Neile, of Liverpt would be present and take part in the proceedings, and t the chair would be occupied by the Rev. Hugh Stowell, President of the association, there was a most overflow sand respectable attendance. As usual on those occasio 'a prevent the interruption of the proceedings by papi and socialists, the admittance was by ticket. A portion Me room next the platform was fitted up as "reserved seat which were principally occupied by ladies. The tickets %nese seats were sold ; the remainder were issued free. T doors were thrown open a few minutes before six o'cloc a nd in about a quarter of an hour neatly the whole of t reserved seats were filled, and a great portion of the star. la g room was taken up. The body of the hall was denst crowded during the meeting ; and the utmost interest in t Proceedings were manifested by the large and intellige audie nce. der BUSINESS OF THE LIVERPOOL ASSIZES.—We and, s that the usual order by Mr. Baron Parke, wi .eference to these assizes hts been promulgated ; and he the following are it , :principai regulations :—The con t s ni o, we unde rs t a nd. will be opened at Liverpool on S NaY, the 25th instant. The prosecutors and witnesses f ll criminal cases for trial at Liverpool are to attend in ti ro wn Cou r t t h ere on M on d ay , th e 27th, a t t we l ve o ' c l o , ? 11 °° 1 1, except in the following cases :—ln all cases of ma ° aughter, of attempts to murder, and of maliciously shot I ng, stabbi ng, cutting, and wound i ng, atten d ance i s requir °1 ef Tuesday, the 2Sth, a t twelve o'clock at noon ; in all cas Mrder, rape, and misdemeanor, (excepting in offenc rel ating to the coin,) attendance is required on Wednesda the 29th instant, at twelve o'clock at noon. We believe t court will sit for the despatch of business each day during t assizes (except Monday, the 27th instant,) at nine o'clock the forenoon, and on the 27th at twelve o'clock at noon. It stated, that the allowance of expenses will be regulated s e r d s i ng to the above days of attendance respectively, z making default. allowance will be made to prosecutors or wanes - " a atng default. d I NTIMIDAT ION OF LABOURERS AT THE DOCKS.—Yes' a a Y a labouring man was examined at the Police-cour la bourers Mr. Rushton, on a charge of intimidating at work on the vessels in Victoria Dock, in o 0 induce them to strike for advanced wages. It appea t hat during the last few days a great number of vessels ha a t rrived, an d , consequently, that many l a b ourers, w h o, ow n ° the lon g prevalence of the late unfavourable winds, ha been without work, have suddenly found as much, if n More employment than they could perform. On Satur& the prisoner and a gang of between thirty and forty of the tite r' Paid a visit to the vessels discharging in Victoria Doc wci a ttempted to intimidate those who were at work. 1 ...!8 the o n ly one secure d. M r . R us ht on , i n o r d er i ng 1 p ri soner to be remanded, told him that this intimidation L a e greate s t f o ll y i n th e world. If he thought that he or (I VY of men would be permitted to go about threate• de Met c en people who wished to sell their labr for whet' d a sufficient reward he was much ou Rushton) cared not how numerous or how orga, s c onfederates were, they should undergo the hie punishment of the law. He was determined to put suelii. -e .... eai ngs down. The prisoner was then remanded. 'nue' N • No, —Some person has bi h o . ADO ABOUT 01HI. . j e alt ing our contemporary the Mercury respecting an inqu E e ' e e l ,Y held on the body of . a . yo . ung woman, named A l o 'nes, who, having been missing from the house of W. Ca near Preston, in whose service she was, was su f e q u ently,found drowned in a pit near the house. The Ms ZY,says," We have resolved to agitate the subject, if, ii — i t urY hi the most likely quarters, some few particulars c. o h e obtained, in addition to those before us. Next week Zf to be prepared to speak out." The Prestou Chronici igaturday, thus disposes of this mysterious affair.% If Pepe h° anY satisfaction to our contemporary we will save hi r a am_ note of " agitation." The editor of this paper hai dto be empanelled on the jury, d sifted the evident the uch as possible, but there g a lbein iterally no proof ho kti _ Young woman came into the pit, or what the state of hi s u ,Z l was, a simple verdict of " Found drowned" was rt h . le d- There was nothing of the slightest public interest i a n e d ea se, and there being no object to serve by publication n .. as the friends of the deceased, as well as the family i lchthe circumstance happened, were painfully and deepl affected, we saw no reason why we should outrage their feel t ,gs, or i nva d e the sanctity of their grief by rudely dragg i n "eua before the eyes of an over-bearing public curiosity.' , THE PACKET-SHIP NORTH AMERICA.—We gave in ou Was' a surmise of one of the New York papers, that this vesse a.ashore on the Jersey bank. It turns out that this sup position Was correct. From subsequent arrivals from th, berth] 8, We learn that she arrived off Hampton, Long Island 17e morning of the 14th ult., from which place she laic ourse for Sandy Hook. Shortly after a gale from tin svai ca e cnmenced accompanied with a severe snow , -storm a sas " made it impossible to see the ship's length. The lest twe lY . con stantly used, when suddenly the water shoaled freer Shout, to eight fathoms and before the ship could be mil It, she went as h ore , ' , lead on opposite the highland light T t he Jersey s h ore, and immediately fell on her beam ends. ire to asts were cu t away, to save t h e vesse l if p oss ible, and seveelnives of th ose on board. The passengers, consist i ng of tande l in the cabin and thirty its the steerage, were safely New mkt on the J ersey s h ore, an d were b roug h t up to So o . e by the Shrewsberry boat. The steamboat Mutual e et . a went ttesp on the orning of the 16h, with se nt. a'alJ i u ghters, o to h save hi the cargo, m which consisted principally littl e and coal, with a few dry goods. All was saved with ;gill. damage, as the hull was yet perfectly tight as late as the serious;he vessel wou ld, it was e xpected, b e go t o ff, b u t 81 1 , Y d amaged. Passengers, Mr. Bray and lady ; Messrs. Young, Wells, Stanton, arid Shaw. M„ (lay FRIENDLY AND BURIAL SOCIETY.—On Tlsurs el4l.:(Thn Laugharne, a middle-aged man, formerly second to Mr. Whitty, head constable, was placed at the bar of thetll Police-coot, charged with having defrauded a number e Poorer classes of this town, under pretence of being tw.ehieo.stensible secretary o f a F r i en dly Si c k an d B ur i a l Cl u b, pa a t t h he had represented as ex i s ti ng un d er the v ery hi g h es t th e re nage• The prisoner i ssue d a c i rcu l ar , s ub scr ib e d w ith ( after ns oa e " J. Larn e ," as secre t ary , i n w hi c h h e stated, titee holding out strong inducements tor the public to enrol s.Fruselves as members.) that, in consequence of the shame- and in which many other societies had been conducted, arsons gross misappropriation o f th e i r f un d s , h e , w ith ot h er 6les aons of the greatest respectability, had been induced to s on foot " The Liverpool Provident Legal Friendly Burial eei etY," for their protection. The animus of the charge a g a inst the priso ner was , t h at h e h a d induced numbers of .. I°Ple in indi gen t c i rcumstances to subscribe their small r, ltt ances, by means o f f a l se representat i ons, h e h av i ng men "°ned the names o f many persons o f hi g h stat i on, here an d Z a ' s ewhere, as being connected with the club, thereby extract large amount of money by false pretences. He made pa _e v use of a number of respectable names, without regard to p o r r t tle , s his ,r object being to gain the temporary good-will of all tro n i • elms we find him representing his society as pa w. _sed by Daniel O'Co nne ll an d Si r H owar d D oug l as, M r. the Rev. Fielding ()aid, Mr. Lawrence Heyworth, s o u n. lir- Shaw, of the Sa v i ngs ' B an k ; t h e name o f t h e last e_waell gentle man b e i ng f i rst down as that of secretary. He suaU Induced two decent men, a Mr. Bibby and a Mr. Harri cas:9 become canvassers for him, and to do their utmost to ne, Friendly the fame and increase the emoluments of the Liver '''4oictil;riendly Provident Burial Society amongst the class to Untie they b e l onge d . The prisoner also induced a medical costes m a" of this to w n t o m i x hi mse lf up (i nnocent l y, o f self e,) with his proceedings. Mr. Rushton expressed him whoilrongly on the unpricipled conduct of the prisoner, had been defrauding a n numerous class of people of the :eororiest description, u n d er a v il e pretence o f ren d er i ng t h em v He hop e d, h owever, t h at th i s occurrence would not railtititeae. te against the m an y b enevo l ent soc i et i es w hi c h a b oun d e d li n 4,!°wn, and which were of the greatest advantage to the Dgel ositions to be taken, when he was asked by the prisoner °,,gurant a remand. The prisoner said he should be able to bra forward testimony which would free him from the r ge• Mr. Rushton granted the prisoner's request, and ae_avras remanded to Saturday. It was Estated, that the ,ori nip of money already known to be collected by the pri "ioiaer was about 4:19, but there was every reason to believe t a much larger sum had passed through his hands. No se r s C e r than 3:00 persons had been duped by enrolling them s members of this imaginary eociety. .1t was, however, .1 1 : 1111 aed to the magistrate, that the majority of these pee etter discovering the swindle, had formed themselves h l ' l o a be ne fi t society w i t h every prospec t o f success. On s tar daY the pri soner wa s again placed at the bar. After he d stood there a few minutes, Mr. Rushton said, "'What has become of all this money ?" One of the witnesses said, I Paid mine to the prisoner," Mr. Rushton (to the rm. tit ' n er) " Where is it ?" Prisoner "It is where it will be for the good of the society." Mr. Rushton said, he should net have asked the question but that he was prevented ti by l a t techuical difficulty from sending the prisoner h for had regularly and properly certified • but even this was . but a part of the scheme by which he lead robbed the poor, ruts . - ri °us, and provident members of the communityofteii little savings. He had done a foul wrong, but unfortunately there was not the means, in this case, of punishment. It Would be w e ll if poor people, on a ll occas ions where money Was required from them under the apparent sanction d re. B Pectable names, would take the trouble to enquire from the P a rties mentioned whether the names were used by t"" authority. The prisoner was diseharged. Toxteth- al;en, f DERBY SWEEP AT MANCHESTER. — Our Manchester readers will perceive that their respected townsman, Mr. King, of the Bush Inn, has announced a " Derby Sweet)" to be drawn shortly at his establishment. No doubt he will have many subscribers from this town. THE BERLIN COFFEE HOUSE.—One of the most tinpre telding establishments in the town, is the Berlin Cotn-e-Ilous:e, kept by Mr. Eisentein (an old soldier who has served at Waterloo, and has had three medals given him for his good conduct), where by far the finest cup of coffee or chocolate can be procured, we have tasted. Mr. Eisentein's method is different to the English mode, and is incomparably su perior. Foreigners should patronize this establishment as thq will find Contineutial papers lying on the table. LAP.GT: SlllPS.—There are now in dock, at this port, two of the largest merchant ships we remember to have ever seen here.—namely, the Rappahancek, burthen 1,225 tons; and • tie - United Kingdom (which last arrived from Charleston yesterday), burthen 1,267 tons. The Greenock, burthen 1,:309 tons, is also daily expected. It is somewhat remarkable, a evincing the rapid rise of Liverpool in maritime importance, that another ship of about equal burthen with the last named, would, added to the three, equal the entire tonnage of the whole 84 vessels belonging to the port in the year 1709 namely, 5,180 tons. In that year the first vessel sailed hence to Africa, and her burthen was only 30 tons. DARING HOUSE-ROBBERY.—On Thursday evening, be tween the hours of seven and eight o'clock, a most daring robbery was effected in the house of Mr. John Stoward, No. 31, Copperas-bill. It appears that the thieves effected an entrance through the back garret window, and got into the front bedroom, where they broke open a desk and chest of drawers, from which they took a pocket-book, containing up wards of seventy pounds in gold, including a guinea and a half-guinea, and the rest sovereigns and half-sovereigns; a bag containing £l4 or £l5 in silver; and from a silver cup, about £25 in sovereigns, half-a-dozen silver spoons, two sil ver table-spoons, and a pair of silver sugar-tongs, all marked J. S. S. in cypher, and six Geneva silver spoons, not marked. They also took a silver verge watch, maker's name, James Cawson, Liverpool, No. 973. There were also some gold rings and other articles of jewellery in the desk, which, for tunately escaped their notice. The pocket-book was of red morocco, and had the owner's name marked on it in gold let ters. During the lapse of time that this daring robbery was effected, Mr. Stoward and his family were in the kitchen. Mr. Stoward beard a slight noise, which must have been made by the thieves, but he thought it proceeded from the next house, and took on further notice. This robbery was dis covered by one of the family, who, having been out for a few minutes, went up stairs and found several articles lying about, which led to a search. All that the thieves left behind them was a couple of lucifer matches. Information was immediately given to the police ; but no clue has yet been obtained likely to lead to the apprehension of the offenders. BREAKING AND ENTERING.—The premises of Messrs Mackie and Gladstone, wine and spirit merchants, South Castle-street, were entered on Sunday, and a small sum of money, with a - quantity of wine and spirits, stolen. About nine o'clock on Saturday night Mr. Gladstone left the pre mises safe ; the shutters and doors were barred across, and everrything seemed secure. About £1 15s. in silver and copper were left in the till. On Sunday afternoon a person, who was passing by, informed policeman No. 29G, in Lither land-alley, that he thought some one was in the premises of Mr. Smith, next door to Mackie and Gladstone's ; the officer was soon of the same opinion, and constable No. 392 kept a watch, whilst the key was being sent for. When it arrived it was found that the door had been fastened inside, and, consequently, it was forced, when it was discovered that a hammer had been placed across the lock so as to prevent the door being open. On examining the premises five bottles, four of which contained wine, and the other whiskey, were found in Mr. Smith's coal vault; and, on further examina tion, the officers saw a large opening made between a parti tion wall between Mr. Smith's and Messrs. Gladstone's coal vaults large enough to admit a man. Messrs. Gladstone's premises were then searched, when the till was found to have been broken open and rifled ; a dark lantern was found be hind the door, and a man was seized from among a quantity of bottles, in a vault underneath the parapet. He was imme diately secured, and he proved to be a well known bad cha racter named James Kelly. The prisoner was brought up at the police-court yesterday, when Mr. Gladstone identified the bottles removed into Mr. Smith's vault as his property ; and it was stated that when the prisoner was searched he had £1 19s. Id. upon his person. He made no defence, and he was committed to take his trial at the sessions, which com mence on Monday next. CHANGE OF WIND.--EXTRAORDINARY ARRIVAL OF VESSELS. — The strong easterly winds which, accompanied by frost, had prevailed for several weeks with scarcely any interruption, gave way on Saturday morning, and we have since enjoyed a more genial atmosphere, with occasional falls of rain. The wind first changed from the south-east quarter to northerly, and finally hauled round to the westward — varying on Sunday and yesterday between north-west and west-south-west. Many large vessels that had bee❑ for some time due, and which had been beating about for weeks at sea, or about the west of Ireland, and in the channel, unable to make good their casting have since made their appearance. The arrivals, indeed, during the last three days, and more particularly on Sunday and yesterday, have been more nu merous than on any former occasion that we remember within the same period. On the former day upwards of 50 square-rigged vessels—ships or barques—came up. the greater part from the United States, exclusive of coasters ; and yesterday the arrivals of the same class of vessels was upwards of 80, making within the two days upwards of 130 ! Thesg include several Indiamen. A great number of them have not yet got into dock, and the river consequently pre sents an appearance of maratime grandeur, rarely, if ever before witnessed. Most of the vessels are of large burthen, and they thickly stud the bosom of old Mersey from the Rock at the entrance so far up as the quarantine hulks— thus extending' over a space, in one huge fleet, of little short of five miles in length, and an average of about three quarters of a mile in breadth. Between the Salthouse, Duke's, and King's Docks, and the opposite shore of Bir kenhead, they were so thickly placed that that part of the river, particularly towards the centre of the stream, resem bled a large and well filled dock. When they swung across the river at low water they appeared to be still more crowded, and, as many of them were decorated with flags, their appearance was at once lively and interesting. This great arrival (which will doubtless be increased to-morrow, and for some time to come) will, we trust, give a new im pulse to the long depressed commerce of the town, while the mere discharging of so many vessels will give profitable em ployment to our dock labourers, who have suffered many privations during the winter. Not a few of these ships sailed from the American coast so far back as December, and the crews of some of them have doubtless long been upon short allowance ; but we have not yet heard of any fatalities amongst them. A large number of coasters have also ar rived during the last three days, particularly from Ireland. The news brought by the foreign vessels was, of course, anticipated by previous arrivals of the mail steam-ships and sailing vessels that were more fortunate in not meeting with the same adverse winds on their passage to Europe. Amongst the arrivals since the change of wind we observe no fewer than 115 cotton ships, whose cargoes will amazingly increase the stock of that article on hand at this port. From the crowded state of the river, the ferry steamers have much difficulty in crossing to avoid collision. AN ILLICIT DISTILLERY.—At the Police-court, on Fri day, an information was heard by the magistrate, at the instance of Mr. Woodruff, supervisor of excise, against James Cooper and James Hart, on a charge of illegally ma nufacturing whisky upon premises in Naylor-street. Mr. Woodruff stated that he went, from information which he had received, to the premises on the previous day, and found there a vessel which contained about two hundred gallons of wash, and some whisky in a bottle. The wash was such stuff as whisky was made from. There was also a still upon the premises, but it was not at work at the time. He also found a cask of molasses, and a quantity of wine in a low state, as if it had been used ; and he had no doubt whatever that illicit spirits had been distilled upon the premises. He met the prisoner Hart at the door. That person said that he was only casually upon the premises, as he was merely looking after his pig, which was kept in the yard. He kept a marine store next door to the prisoner Cooper, on whose premises the still, wash, and molasses were found. Mr. Davenport appeared for the prisoners, and stated that what had been discovered by Mr. Woodruff had been used in the process of manufacturing blacking, Mr. Cooper being en gaged in that business; and as a proof that that person was not doing anything improper in his place, he said the officer was admitted on his appearing. Cooper requested the ma gistrate to adjourn the case till the next day, as he had some evidence to produce. Mr. Rushton assented to the request, but stated that he had no doubt whatever that he had been carrying on an illegal distillery on the premises. The pri soners were again placed at the bar on Saturday. Mr. Da venport said he could offer proof to the magistrate that Mr. Cooper used the still for the purpose of making ginger -beer. Mr. Davenport called John Cooper, who told a most mar vellous and rigmarole story, which it was next to impossible to understand. He swore that he knew the premises of Mr. Martindale, a manufacturer of ginger -beer, spruce-beer, and treacle-beer. Mr. Martindale had, to his knowledge, four stills on his premises, and might have many more. He (witness) was perfectly conversant with the manner of ma nufacturing ginger -beer and treacle-beer. Mr. Martindale uses the stills to make ginger-beer, and it is not possible to make it without. The prisoner carries on a similar business to that of Mr. Martindale, in addition to which he makes blacking, and in that he puts treacle. " The process of making the treacle-beer is this. You take the treacle, and pour your boiling water upon it, and then you let it cool to a certain pitch, and then you leave it three days to ferment, for it takes three days to perfect the process, if it be done properly, though it might be done by a shorter process by using a mixture of whiting and vitriol. Well, it lies in fer mentation for three days. and then it is put through the still." Mr. Rushton : " Well, and what would be the pro duct?" No answer. Mr. Rushton : " What would this fermented liquor produce when passed through the still?'' Witness : " It would produce treacle-beer, which must be bottled in the usual way." Mr. Davenport : "Do you work for Mr. Martindale?" Witness: " I do." Mr. Daven port : " And is that the process he uses ?" Witness : " It is." A Mr. Viccars, a ginger-beer-manufacturer, who hap pened to be accidentally in court, was called upon. He said a still was never used in the manufacture of ginger-beer. The product of such liquid as the last witness had spoken of, if passed through a still, would be spirits. Mr. Rushton ordered that Hart should be discharged, and that Cooper should pay a fine of £3O, or be imprisoned three months. He (Cooper) had called a witness who, on his oath, gave a series of statements of facts connected with a manufactory, which statements the veriest schoolboy, who knew but the elements of chemistry, would disbelieve. The prisoner, under pretence of selling ginger -beer and blacking, had, in reality, been manufacturing and selling whisky, and no doubt his beverage was very popular. PROPHECY. I A course of lectures, on the prophecies, and particularly on those events which are supposed to be on the eve of fulfilment, will be delivered during Lent at St. George's Church, Bloomsbury, by the following clergymen ; they will, as soon as possible, afterwards be printed. The following is the syllabus:— Friday, March 3, 1843.—H0n. and Rev. H. Montagu Villiers, M.A., rector of St. George's, Bloomsbury. The certainty, nature, and scriptural prominence of the second advent. Tuesday, March 7.—Rev. Edw. Auriol, M.A., rector of St. Dunstan's in the West. The actual neglect of the second advent. Friday, March 10.—Rev. William W. Pym, M.A., rector of Willian, Herts. The doctrine of the New Testament on the time of the second advent. Tuesday, March 14.—Rev. J. C. Goodhart, M.A., in cumbent of St. Mary's, Reading. The doctrine of the Old Testament on the second advent. Friday, March 17.—Rev. Wm. Dalton, M.A., St. Paul's, Wolverhamp t o n . The delay of the second advent, its causes and practical lessons. Tuesday, March 21.—Rev. J. W. Brooks, M.A., rector of East R e tf or d. The signs of the second advent in the state of the world at large. Friday, March 24.—Rev. T. R. Birks, M.A., curate of Wattons, Herts. ' The first resurrection. Tuesday, March 28.—Rev. Alexander Dallas, M.A., rector of Wonston, Hants. The judgment of the living. Friday, March 31.—Rev. W. R. Freemantle, M.A., rector of Claydon. The glory of Israel after the second advent. Tuesday, April 4.—Rev. Thomas Hill, M.A., rector of Chesterfield. The judgment of the dead. Friday. April 7.—Rev. Edward Bickersteth, M.A., rector of Wattons, Herts. The kingdom of Christ the Lord. Tuesday, April 18.—Rev. James Haldane Stewart, M.A., incumbent of St. Bride's, Liverpool. The duty of prayer and watchfulness in the prospect of the Lord's coming. ADJOURNED MEETING OF MAGISTRATES The magistrates held their adjourned meeting on the state of the Workhouse, at two o'clock on Friday last, in the Council-chamber of the Town-ha uirran,) 'Alton, J. Holmes, NV. RLithborie, R. Y. Yatc H. Hamby, C. Logan, I'. Booth, R. Bern, ~ 3 were present following magis- Ivor (ci W. Earle, R H. Jones, A. Hodgson, C. S. Parker, S. Perceval, T. Ca e, R. E. Harvey, W. Dixon, J. Crosthwaite, G. Turner, NV. Potter, and R. Houghton. The Town-clerk and the Deputy Town-clerk were also present. The MAvoR opened the proceedings by observing the ma gistrates were aware that since their last meeting, Mr. Cle sistant poor-law commissioner, had visited Li verpool, and that he hal left some written instructions, for a copy of which he (the Mayor) had applied. The original had been sent over for the perusal of Mr. Rushton and himself; nd they would now be laid before the magistrates. ments, the Mr. RUSHTON said, that before those instructions were read, perhaps it would be well that he should deliver the few words which he had to say upon this important and serious business. All, or many, of them were present a month ago, when he had the painful task to discharge of bringing this subject fully before the magistrates. He had then the duty imposed upon Whim of proving many very harassing details and disagreeable facts upon the state of the great mass of the poor who had taken refuge in the Liverpool Workhouse. He then endeavoured to show to the justices, and he hoped with success—at all events, if he did not succeed then he hoped he would now—that they were the parties responsible for the management, order, and direction, of the workhouse; and he had hoped, up to this day, from the time when they adjourned for a month, he should, have had it in his power to communicate to the magistrates some more gratifying intel ligence than he had to give. The Mayor had alluded to Mr. Clements : that gentleman came to Liverpool Iwo or three days after the last meeting, and did him (Mr. Rushton) the honour to call upon him, requesting that he would go with him to the Workhouse. Ile had considerable reluctance in acceeding to this invitation for this reason, that he was not going to exercise the powers of a justice of the peace; anti, therefore, he thought it was much better that the assistant commissioner should go himself. Mr. Clements, however, pressed his request so strongly that he (Mr. Rush ton) communicated it to Mr. Hodgson, and they went together. Mr. Clements had inspected a considerable part ' of the building, and a great portion of the inmates, before they arrived ; and they accompanied him through that portion which remained to be performed. Mr. Clements took a careful and accurate note of all the matters which fell under his observation; both Mr. Hodgson and himself, of course, carefully abstaining from inculcating their own views upon him. A member of the select vestry and one of the churchwardens were also present. Mr. Clements saw and judged for himself. At the termination of the pro ceedings they went into the board-room, and Mr. Cle ments did him the honour to ask him what he wished to be done. He told him that from th© state of the building he knew nothing effectual could be done at that moment, but that much might be done in the way of elevating the different officers, and alleviating the miseries which the inhabitants had endured under the present system ; above all, he asked, in the first place, that the lunatics should be removed, and that lie (the assistant commissioner) should make an order on the part of the poor law commissioners, that no lunatic should ever be brought there again. That was the only point on which Mr. Clements expressed a strong opinion ; but he did give an opinion which led, in a day or two, to the entire removal of all the lunatics in the Liverpool .Workhouse ; and that was the only real piece of good which had resulted. Part of them—those who could sustain the journey —had been sent to Lancaster, and the others had been taken to the Liverpool Asylum over the way, where they ought to have been taken before. Mr. Hodgson and him self (Mr. Rushton) then left Mr. Clements speaking with the parochial authorities. Since that titne various persons — he might mention that some of them had been official cha racters—and among them, Mr. Nightingale, had written let ters to the public papers. Mr. Nightingale had written a letter, in which he seemed to throw some doubt upon many of the statements which he (Mr. Rushton) had the honour to lay before the magistrates at their last meeting, and which the magistrates believe he had amply proved. Now it was a curious matter that within a few days afterwards Mr. Nightingale himself had gone before the magistrates, and given evidence against a woman of the most disorderly cha racter, who had been associating with decent people, and lie then, before himself (Mr. Rushton) and the magistrate who sat with him, proved that that very woman had been uttering the most obscene and blasphemous lan guage, so that it was impossible that any decent person could reside with her ; and upon the testimony of that very Mr. Nightingale, he (Mr. Rushton) had sent the woman to gaol for 21 days. This sufficiently disposed of that part of the charge, which also was the strongest he had made, upon the management of the workhouse. Within a few days of the present time, fise pauper girls, or rather women, had been brought before the magistrates for a repetition of the disorderly conduct which first drew the attention of the ma gistrates to the workhouse. These women had sealed two walls, the one 20 feet high, and the other 22 feet high, in order to get inta the men's ward. It appeared on that occa sion that only three additional female assistants had been employed since he had produced the proofs of the necessity of full and competent female officers, and that one paid officer only was placed over fifty-five of the worst -women ever assembled within the walls. It appeared, upon that occa sion, that that woman had been obliged to go to the relief of another officer, and during that period this scene of disorder occurred; and of course he (Mr. Rushton) had but one feeling for them, which was, to do his duty. Here, again, he felt,the greatest pain and difficulty, and it was a practical difficifity which he felt, because the Inspector of Prisons had decided that the gaol was fit to accommodate only 450 pri soners ; it contained to-day 717 ; and it was intolerable that the magistrates should be called upon, day by day, to punish disorderly paupers, who would not have been guilty of that disorder if proper officers had been employed at the time the last investigation took place. He knew, indeed, of nothing done, save the removal of lunatics, which had given, or couid give, satisfaction to the magistrates; for he believed, with that exception, the workhouse was, to all intents and pur poses, in the same state as it was,—there was the same in discriminate mixture, the same want of classification, and, lie was afraid, the same wrong and misery. It was not, how ever, his intention to recapitulate them, for they must be fresh in the recollection of every gentleman who had been either present or who had the report of the proceedings at the last meeting; but it was his.intention to show that this work house was still under their charge. It might be necessary to tell some gentlemen that the parochial authorities of Liver pool had sought for and obtained an act of parliament to give in some measure more stringent legal powers to the Select Vestry—that the Board of Guardians should no longer exist, that the county justices who were ex officio members [of the Board of Guardians] shdUld no longer be so, and other pro visions ; but that act still contained this important clause [Mr. Rushton here read this clause, which was to the effect that the Poor Law Commissioners should have, exercise, and perform all the same rights, powers, privileges, authority, and immunities as were given to the guardians]. So that. call them what you might, the Poor Law Commissioners had supreme authority over their (the vestry's) proceedings, and they had power to make rules for the government and direc tion of the poor law authorities in the whole of their admi nistrative duties, and they had power to make regulations for the government of the workhouse. Now, if these regulations were applied to the Liverpool workhouse, he would undertake to say, that profligacy and wickedness would be effectually restrained, and the virtuous pauper—made a pauper by the unfortunate necessities and casualties which might be fall any of us—would have a comfortable existence, un polluted by any association with the vicious and the depraved. These orders the magistrates would find in the appendix to the poor law acts, given in the common edition of Burn's Justice. Mr. Rushton then read these or ders which related altogether to classification, after which he observed that they afforded to aged paupers a great provision for the comfort and enjoyment of the remainder of their lives, and certainly a great protection for those who were driven by misfortune to seek a temporary shelter in the work house. But no rules, orders, and regulations had been issued by the Poor Law Commissioners for the government of the Liverpool Workhouse. Ile (Mr. Rushton) had heard that Mr. Clements upon his visit had communicated to the paro chial authorities certain rules, orders, and regulations; and under that impression he requested the mayor to apply to the churchwardens and select vestry for a copy of the document. There was some little difficulty made about it, but eventually it was obtained, and it now lay before the justices. He was, however, disappointed to find that it contained not " rules, orders, and regulations" by the assistant commissioner ; and his disappoinirnent arose from this, that if these " recommen dations, the remedy, as well as the responsibility for their non-fulfilment, lay with the magistrates, by the a3d section of the act. (Mr. Rushton here read this clause.) The pe nalties were given by the 98th section ; they were very strin gent, and he would show how the magistrates could apply them. (Mr. Rushton read this section, from which it ap peared that if any person wilfully disobeyed the rules and orders of the commissioners, on being convicted before two justices they are liable for the first offence to a penalty of £5, for the second £2O, and for the third liable to indictment for a misdemeanour). Theism - , therefore, armed the magistrates with full and stringent authority; and all which was required in order to enforce this provision was, that those who had the permanent direction of workhouses should make such " rules, orders, and regulations," as should not make the office of justice of the peace, with regard to workhouses, a sinecure, and prevent the justices from reme dying the abuses which they did not find to exist. He ought to say, too, there was another power which the justices had, under the 30th George 111., the justices were empowered to visit the workhouses within their jurisdiction, and to report the state of those workhouses to the Quarter Sessions. That authority was originally given only to Justices of the county, but it had been extended, by one of the clauses in the act he had just read from, which not only gave power to the justices to inspect workhouses, but the "rules, orders, and regula tions" of the poor law commissioners, were to be enforced ; so that in fact they had two acts—one that the poor law com missioners were to make rules, orders, and regulations ; and another,that;the state of the workhouse was to be certified by the justices to the quarter sessions, who had power to make the re medy. He did not contemplate that the poorlaw comtnissioners would hesitate for one moment as to what course they ought to take when these evils were fully pointed out to them, and therefore he did not contemplate at present any certificate to the quarter session, because it was a rule—he did not say rule, for that was not the proper term—but it was a machinery which would hardly work for this purpose. Under the mu nicipal act all the powers which the justices exercised at quarter sessions were in the Recorder, and if they imposed upon the Recorder the remedy, in detail, of all those mani fold wrongs which required remedy, there would be no end to his labour. He therefore did not contemplate, except in the last extremity, an appeal to the quarter sessions ; and then he should only contemplate it, not because he expected any practical good from it, but because then the justices would have discharged all their powers and duties, and the responsibility would no longer rest with them. To shew the necessity for proceeding in this matter, and not allowing anything to divert them from it, he might mention that if this disorder went on as it had for the last year, they would have 117 persons, in all probability, sent from the workhouse to the borough gaol in one year, Between the Ist of January and the 30th September, 1842, seventy persons had be e n committed to the borough gaol for disorderly conduct in the workhouse. These two facts spoke volumes as to the want of proper classification. He knew what the answer to them em om pl e o n y , in th g a t t e o couldg o was ; he knew it was said, " We have active pauper women to superintend the inmates ; " but he replied that active pauper women were totally inadequate; they had none of that moral influence which was the best means of governiog ' such a community • they could not exercise that influence, for they were of the paupers, and they were divested, by their situation, of all proper authority ; and it was only by twelve nt, gi bey o v an. esor anticipated y t oeci temporary More than trdia r i aorlybi withinutmwsta matter, tt a veh n ere d ,m onnt wallse t whilst intelligent g f att e hgh n eoe t women, oew workhouse—and buildings were ordern r that oi d the l froorc thehia authorities porpose o f b o purchased adio g op upon i plot t a juvenile ooi groundle workhouse i n Kirk dale, i rk - ot E t i r wr school. The money was borrowed, interest had been paid upon it, but not a brick was yet laid in the ground ; the plans had been ready more than a year, yet nothing was done 0 ; and this the justices,order whichw hi which gave e e t w h o e ul d sanctionre (1 he held in his hand an order, by the commissioners.s s i n e t• s January, 8 w 4 1 2 ,. .h 3 1 n Rushton then n t r o epa t od h n e new building, and directed it to be cool ie months from its date, which was the 20th Janti p It be served simultaneously upon the parochial authorities was stipulated by the act of parliament that all orders should justices' clerk ; and the parochial authorities were ()rides and nothing rectsed to obey it, and next the justices. Yet done! Under that order nothing had been done ! Land m g wl had s been bought, plalls had been obtained, but no practical steps had been taken ! If that school had been bnfit, a vast space would have been taken, which might have been applied much sooner than it could be now applied to the relief of the pre sent building. He mentioned this to show that it was ne cessary for the justices to exercise a vigilant controul and inspection until the whole matter had been set right. What the precise nature of the new building in Kirkdale might be did not pretend to know; it was sufficient for him to know that, when erected, it would accommodate hundreds of chil dren who were now in different places—and they could not be removed there without liberating a vast space, which inig,ht be appropriated in the existing building. But, at the same time, it was quite clear to him that the buildings themselves were inadequate to the reception, under the new poor-law, of the poor who should come in them. If the poor-law bill were administered in Liverpool—and he had long given an opinion that it never could be stringently administered here —its provisions could never be applied to such a population as we had, without building a workhouse to contain a com munity large enough for a town. He believed that the ad ministration of the workhouse test in Liverpool would re quire a workhouse to contain as least 5000 people ; therefore, he said it was impossible to work it here; but if it were worked in any modified form or shape, it was quite clear that the justices must exercise a perfect and vigilant coutroul over the rules, orders, and regulations of the poor-law commis sioners. He wished it to be understood that he did not attribute any blame to the parochial authorities for the delay in the directio❑ of the schools. Mr. Houghton had sug gested to him, that there had been some dispute about the pla6es, that the places had only receutly been finally approved by the poor-law commissioners. All he (Mr. Rushton) knew was, that an order of their own had been sent down more than twelve months' ago, that not a brick was yet in the ground, and that the justices had had no subsequent order suspending the operation of that which was before them. Mr. EARLE.---I can explain that. Mr. RUSHTON, resumed. He was strongly inclined to say nothing about those matters the details of which he had given upon the former occasion : but as to one or two things about himself, if the meeting would permit him, he would say a sentence or two. He had been attacked in the public prints for the course he had taken with respect to this mat ter. That he cared nothing about, every man who meddled with, or took a share in public business must make up his mind to be exposed in a free country like this to the fair and proper criticism of persons conducting the public press, and he was the last person in the world to shrink from its obser vation or to complain at all ; hut in one or more papers, the Liverpool Courier there was an assertion so false that he felt it his duty to assure the magistrates of that fact. That paper, on The very day after Mr. Hodgson and himself had communicated with Mr. Clements, stated in an editorial article that he was a member of the select vestry twenty years ago, and that although he knew of these abuses he had never thought proper to mentiou them—that as a fact he had connived at these disorders—that he had neglected his duty in bringing them to exposure then and insinuated that he had done so now simply because the majority of the select vestry were gentlemen of conservative principles. Now, he felt that that imputation upon him was false—that it was most injurious ; and it was the only one he thought it his duty to give his proper and distinct contradiction to. Having said so much he begged that the recommendations of Mr. Clements, and the letter from the churchwarden to the Mayor might be read : after which he should have the honour to submit three or four resolutions to the considera tions of the justices. The TOWN-CLERK then read a letter to the Mayor, .signed " Wm. Birkett and R. W. Houghton, churchwardens," in closing Mr. Clement's communication. They stated that they at first felt great difficulty in complying with the request of the Mayor to allow Mr. Clements' instruction to be placed in his hands, for the consideration of his brother magistrates, in consequence of a regulation of the select vestry. On fur ther consideration, however, they had come to the conclu sion that the magistrates and select vestry could have but one object in view, and they therefore placed the document in his worship's hands, requesting, as it was the original document, it should be returned. Mr. Clements' document was then read. It was entitled " Memorandums of sugges tions for the permanent improvement and temporary amend ment of the Liverpool Workhouse." The suggestions were ranged under separate heads. The first recommended the appointment of an architect for making the necessary altera tions in the workhouse, so as to preserve a proper classifica tion of the inmates. The second recommended arrange ments for old and infirm men, able-bodied paupers, old and infirm women, and able-bodied women. This classification also contained suggestions respecting the sick, and for the management of the probationary wards. Third classification contained regulations for fffreen classes of paupers, and re commended distinct airing-ground and other conveniences. Fourth recommended proper provision to be made for old and infirm people. Fifth, rooms for old and infirm men and women, and that no class be on the ground•floor. Nos. 6, 7,8, 9, and 10 recommended various plans to be adopted for the better maintaining of cleanliness and securing the com forts of the inmates. No. 11, that provision should be made for all ehildren above the age of maturity by the erection of an industrial school. Under the head of " Temporary Amendments," the document recommended improvement in the system of management, in which were included all the officers of the establishment. No. 16 recommended arrange ments to be made for placing Lefractory paupers in cells. No. 17, additional conveniences to be made to each area ad joining the chapel. No. 18 recommends a permanent over looker to the quadrangle. No. 19 contains regulations respecting uniformity of dress for the paupers. No. 20, single beds to be provided for men and grown-up boys. No. 21 recommended the distribution of paupers throughout the house to be revised, with a view to reduce the number in such wards as may be over-crowded, and render classification as complete as circumstances will admit. Mr. RustiToN then said that if these recommendations were adopted as " rules, orders, and regulations," much of that now complained of would be remedied upon the instant. He then moved the series of resolutions which appear in out advertising columns, to which the reader is referred. Mr. A. HODGSON seconded the resolutions. A discussion followed of considerable length, in which Messrs. HARVEY, EARLE, CASE and AIKIN took part ; after which the resolutions were unanimously adopted. THE HIBERNIAN SOCIETIES. The subject of party processions was then discussed at some length. in consequence of an intimation from the Hiber nian Society that they intended to walk on St. Patrick's Day. T2e conduct of the Welsh, the Orangen: , a, nnd the ship carpenters, in yielding to the wishes of the magistrates, was warmly eulogised; and it was resolved to enforce the regula tion adopted by the magistrates on the 2nd of July, 1842, for the suppression of these processions, as havil:!; a tendency to endanger the public peace. The meeting was adjourned to that day month, unless the mayor should see fit to summon the magistrates at an earlier period. These resolutions will also be found advertised. THE NEW CHURCH IN CATHERINE -STREET. This building now in progress of erection, bas become an object of general interest and curiosity, not only from the rich style of the architecture, and the splendour and costliness of the masonry and interior decorations, bnt from the un certainty abroad as to the peculiar class of religionists for whom it is to be appropriated, a wide scope having been left for doubt and conjecture on this point, in the absence of authentic and distinct information from those initiated in the apparent mystery that has hung over it since the com mencement of the work in 1841. W e may state, however, as a probable means of so far satisfying the curiosity excited, that (to use the words of a gentleman connected with the works, who politely replied to our inquiry) it is to be " A Catholic Apostolic Church, t hat it will be dedicated not to any particular Saint, but to the whole of the Apostles; and that all who have been baptized will have free admission within its pile." A rumour has, amongst others, found pretty ge neral credence, that the doctrines to be promulgated at this new place of worship will assimilate to those entertained by the disciples of the late Edward Irving ; but our informant would not undertake to say from his own knowledge whe ther this was the fact or not. Be this as it may, thes build ing itself, both in design and execution —so far as it has pro gressed—is highly creditable to those who originatsd it, who appear to spare no trouble or expense in the general style and purity of the architecture they have adopted, and in revising and concentrating, in its elaborate details, the usages and ap. pertenances of the ancient church ; and as we have visited the building, a few particulars of its construction even in its present state may be acceptable to those who take in interest in the ecclesiastical architecture of the town : The building is in the perpendicular decorated style of Go thic. The eastern portion only, enclosing the choir and altar, is all that has yet been nearly !Nought to completion, and is walled off and being fitted up for public worship. The re mainder, raised somewhat above the base, will, however, be proceeded with so soon as the weather will permit. The whole edifice will be crusiform,—about 21 feet longer than St. Peter's Church, and about 40 feet in width, exclusive of the transcepts. The building stands due east and west, - and, as it is within a considerable area at the corner of two wide streets, it will be seen to advantage from various points. We can estimate its appearance as a whole only from that part which is finished, from the fact that the nave will be of corresponding richness of style, and that from between the transcepts near the middle will rise a gothic tower, sur mounted by a handsome spire, the height to the top of which will be about 200 feet. The whole is built of fine white tooled free stone, from Bury, in this county. The east end is quintagonal, nearly approaching, in appearance, from the obtuseness of the angles and the number of buttresses, which are continued all round the building, to the semicircular form. On each side of the aisles (of the west end) there are four handsome gothic windows, with pointed arches richly moulded. In these—each between buttresses—there are two perpendicular stone mullions in the same massive style of moulding. The windows at the quintagonal altar end are of the same height and style, but are placed two and two together between the buttresses, with each one sentre stone mullion only. The aisles round the choir are but of one story in elevation, there being no interior gallery. They are roofed with slate, and within them rises, all round, other walls of fine stone, enriched with shafts, and perforated with numerous Gothic windows, similar to those below at the east end. These walls are supported interiorly on lofty Gothic clustered columns and archwork round the choir, the roof of which, pavilioned at its eastern end (to correspond with the angular form of the masonry), rests upon them. The roof, covered with a bluish green slate, has more than the usual pitch, so that it rises, from its steepness, to a great height, resembling the piqued roofs usual in the Elizabethan style of building. Round the tops of the walls, and between the summits of the buttresses, there will be a band of perforated tracery in stone. All the buttresses and shafts, too, will be surmounted by richly carved pinnacles, and from the former spring light flying buttresses to the bases of the pinnacles of the inner and higher wall. These together will go far to hide from view the roof round the aisles, and a considerable por tion of the higher roof over the choir, which at present, though in keeping with the ancient style of the whole, may by some be deemed (as it now appears) somewhat unseemly. The stone tracery within the arches of all the windows is massive and elaborate, and what is rather remarkable, no one window in the whole pile, above or b e l ow, i s, i n thi s particular, alike in design, though all harmonising, from the uniformity of the archwork, and size of the windows that are intended to correspond. This tracery, indeed, com prises almost every pleasing variety of which the style is so copiously susceptible--in quatre-foils, trefoils, and foliated i i es odidffiestraenn distance. design,. Tile b ornamental work. On the sout h side, and leading into the transcept, is a highly dec orative doorway, forming a pointed arch, the deep moulding s of whic h are enriched by square projecting ut app appearing ornaments,ing similar f viewed o r tu e d d s , frometse h a f a short arch terminates in a handsome fineal. Surmounting the end of the roof on the east is an ornamented gilded cross, the form of which was taken, we learn, from thatof the , dral of Boulogne. The whole of the • windows are glazed with stained glass of a v ariety of designs, wrought out chiefly by minute p i eces inserted ti! the lead work, and of the brightest, most varied, and 1 P easing colours. The designs are as varied as the colours, no one window being alike in this respect, and all being more or less e l a b orate. Some of the larger pieces of glas s ate circular, and represent scriptural subjects. Generally, however, the entire design is carried out by means of numerous small pieces of self-colours and of various shapes. We shall describe the interior of the building in our next. e,~,m,a ~--~, The following is a distinction drawn between railway and coach accidents by an old whip. " If," said he, " you gets comfortably capsized by the road side, there you are ; but if you gets blown up by an engine, run into a cutting, or off an embankment, vere are you 7 " FULL DRESS !" —A French naval officer of distinction, lately returning from a cruise in the Pacific, brought with him n im dia as pin a r pr c e e s s e s o n to hist t he complete costume of an I ncine sister, ofthe Sooiety Islands. It consisted of a necklace only ! CORRESPONDENCE THE ESSEX RING TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SIR,—In your journal of this day is a paragraph, extracted from the Leeds Mercury, relative to the discovery of a valu able antique ring, in the neighbourhood of Bolton Castle, Yorkshire, on which is an oval shield, bearing the figure of a crowned female, &c.,with the inscription "pences de moy," and a suggestion is thrown out that the ring in question might probably be the one given by Queen Elizabeth to Lord Essex. In reply to the above erroneous surmise, I beg to state that Lady Nottingham, on her death-bed, restored the Essex ring (as it is called) to the queen, from whom it passed into the hands of her successor, King James, who, as a special mark of royal favour, bestowed it on Sir Thomas Warner. knight, lieutenant of the tower. a gallant soldier, who bad accompanied Sir Waiter Raleigh in several of his expeditions, and was himself the discoverer and founder of one of our West Indian colonies, of which be was constituted governor for life, by letters patent under the hand and seal of King Charles I. In this ancient family the Essex ring continued as an heir loom (" Du roy je le tieu,s." in allusion to the gift, being the family motto), and Colonel Edward Warner, half-pay 2(iih regiment, is the possessor of the ring at the present moment. I have only further to observe, for the information of the curious in such matters, that tl e ring in question is merely a diamond heart, set in gold, and bears neither motto nor device of any sort.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, 10/h March, 1843. 111. A. J. -•.Vs , •---•—^ MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Barque " Charles," of London, Liverpool, March 13. 1843 . . SlR,—The above ship, under my command, was lying in Savanilla Bay, when the following accident happened on board :—lt was on the 22nd of November last, the men were at their suppers, and, as was their custom when the weather was fine, they were all sitting on the forecastle under an awning. They were laughing and joking amongst them selves, and all appeared to be very happy and in good spirits, when one of the seamen, William Steele, decidedly the live lest man of the whole crew, being then in the act of eating his supper, after some few acts of what sailors call " sky larking," suddenly rose from the deck, and, jumping over the bows, swung himself overboard by the gear of the bow sprit, and so suddenly that he was in the water in an instant. Every aid was given him from the ship, and, although it was blowing fresh at the time, one of his inessmates, Peter Platt, in a moment threw himself overboard, and endeavoured to get hold of him, but without success, as the unfortunate young man appeared to reject with determination all aid, and, though known to be a swimmer, sunk immediately. No reason can be assigned for the act. The united evidence of the crew goes to prove that he was perfectly sober at the time ; indeed he was habitually abstemious, seldom drinking the quantity of spirits allowed him by the ship. He was a very fine young man, a native of Liverpool, and has left a widowed mother, who was, I believe, in a great measure dependent upon his exertions for a subsistence. He was not mote than three and twenty. Every exertion was made for several hours after the acci dent, and on the two following days, to recover the body, but it was needless, as there are vast numbers of sharks in Savanilla Bay, and nothing was ever seen of his remains up to the time of the Charles sailing for England, which was four weeks after. I am, sir, yours obediently, JOHN V. GILES LANCASTER ASSIZES THURSDAY. THE CHARTIST TRIALS-VERDICT, The Jury, after being in deliberation about twenty minutes, at a quarter past seven o'clock delivered their verdict. They found the following defendants guilty on the sth count of the indictment, namely :—Feargus O'Connor, William Aitkin, John Arran, William Beesley, Alexander Challenger, George J. Harney, Wm. Hill, John Hoyle, John Norman, Richard Ottley, Samuel Parkes, Thomas Railton, Robert Ramsden, James Sherrington, and Wm. Woodruffe. This is the count about which his Lordship has expressed some doubt as to whether by law it is an offence, and as to whether any judgment can pass. The following were found guilty on the 4th count :—F. A. Taylor, David Morrison, James Mooney, B. M'Cartney, Dr. M'I)ouall, John ),each, James Leach, James Fenton, Christopher Doyle, John Durham, George Candelet, Thomas Cooper, John Campbell, Robert Brookes, Jonathan Bairstow, and James Arthur. ___ The following were acquitted, Patrick M. Brophy, William Booth, Joseph Clarke, James Chippendale, John Crossley, John Fletcher, Thomas Fraser, James Grasby, John Lomax, Robert Lees, John Lewis, John Massay, Thomas Mahon, Richard Pilling, David Ross, James Scholefield, James Brown Smith, William Stephenson, William Storah, James Taylor, and Albert Wolfenden. The following were acquitted during the progress of the trial, in consequence of the Attorney- General abandoning the case against them :—John Allinson, James Cartlege, George Johnson, Thomas Pitt, William Scholefield, John Thornton, and John Wild. The Court then adjourned, it being understood the defen dants would be called up tor judgment during the next term. We subjoin a copy of the fourth and fifth counts of the indictment on which the defendants have been found guilty— The 'fourth count charges, that theretofore, on the Ist of August, in the year aforesaid, and on divers other days and times between that day and the Ist of October, in the year aforesaid, and at divers places and with evil disposed persons, tumultuously and unlawfully assembled together, and by vio lence, threats, and intimidation to divers other persons, being then peaceable subjects of this realm, forced the said last-mentioned subjects to leave their occupations and em ployments, and thereby impeded and stopped the labour em ployed in the lawful and peaceable carrying on by divers large numbers of the subjects of this realm, of certain trades, manufactures, and businesses, and thereby caused great con fusion, terror, and alarm in the minds of the peaceable sub jects of this realm ; and that afterwards. on the Ist of August, in the year aforesaid, and on divers other days and times between that day and the Ist of October, in the year aforesaid, at the parish aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, the said defendants, together with divers other evil disposed per sons to the jurors aforesaid as yet unknown, did unlawfully aid, abet, assist, comfort, support, and encourage the said evil disposed persons in this count first mentioned to con tinue and persist in the said unlawful assemblage, threats, intimidations and violence in the said impeding and stopping of the labour employed in the said trades, manufactures, and businesses, with intent thereby to cause terror and alarm in the minds of the peaceable subjects of this realm, and by means of such terror and alarm violently and unlawfully to cause and procure certain great changes to be made in the constitution of this realm, as by law established, against the peace of our Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity. The sth count charges that the defendants, together with divers other evil-disposed persons, to the jurors aforesaid as yet unknown, afterwards, to wit on the Ist of August, in the year aforesaid, and on divers other days between that day and the Ist of October in the year aforesaid, together with divers other evil-disposed persons to the jurors us yet un known, unlawfully did endeavour to excite her Majesty's liege subjects to disaffection and hatred of her laws, and un lawfully did endeavour to persuade and encourage the said liege subjects to unite, confederate, and agree to leave their several and respective employments, and to produce a cessa tion of labour throughout a large portion of this realm, with intent and in order by so doing to brimy about and produce a change in the laws and constitution of this realm, and against the peace of our said Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity. FRIDAY LIBEL ON A ROMISH PRIEST This was an action preferred by the Rev. Thomas Sher borne, a Roman Catholic Priest, against Thomas Eastwood, Esq., a magistrate of this county, and residing at Lancaster, for writing certain false and defamatory libels, which had been published in the Lancaster Gazette. Mr. Sergeant Murphy and Mr. Segar were for the prose cution ; Mr. Eastwood defended himself. Several numbers of the Lancaster Gazette having been put in, containing articles reflecting on the conduct of the prosecutor, by inducing persons on their death-beds to leave their property to the church. Mr. Eastwood addressed the jury on his own behalf. He said the counsel for the prosecution had said the prosecutor sought only the vindication of his character. If that were so, he (Mr. Eastwood) was prepared with evidence to prove all he had alleged, but that he was prevented by the form of form of the present proceeding from doing so. His lordship summed up briefly, and stated there could be no doubt the libel was fully proved. The jury, on understanding what the law of the case was, returned a verdict of guilty, but under the circumstances re commended the defendant to the consideration of the court. His lordship then required Mr. Eastwood to enter into his own recognizances in £5OO, to appear when called on. The assizes terminated on Satui clay. IMPORTANT TO SALT MANUFACTURERS AND BOILERS OF SUGAR, &C. IN OPEN PANS.—The following improve ment in the manufacture of salt has been tried and proved available by Mr. Benjamin Smith, salt manufacturer, of Droitwich, (although he has not claimed it in his patent for the manufacture of salt,) and he wishes to make it known to persons in the above business, as it will be a great saving both of fuel and pans. Over the tire or fires, where the must rapid boiling takes place, put a cover, made with anything which can be removed on or off at pleasure; by so doing it will be found to move the greatest part of the salt that would form itself on or over the lire backwards, with the brine in agitation, to the back part of the pan. It may be done by having a number of boards nailed together, similar to a thor, with a rim upon the top side about four inches high, over each tire, with the front part of the boards a little lower than the back ; and as the evaporation moves back ward train und,r the cover, the greater part of the salt will move back w also, and thereby, in a very great measure, save the pan from burning. By adopting this method there will be very little boiling observable, though, in reality, the boiling will be mere maid. The brine will be in constant agitation trout the buil ing part being covered in part, and thereby cause the crystals to fall more freely than under the old system of open pans. We understand that persons wishing further informati.ni upon the subject can obtain the same by applying to Mr. Benjamin Smith, Droitwich ; so that such information required does not relate to any part of the patent which he has had granted to him for the manufacture of salt. INSANITY.—" The principle on which we are to proceed in awarding punishment is very simple, if we do but steadily keep in mind the end of human punishment—prevention. If a man intends to do what he does and not otherwise, he is a proper subject for punishment, because a person so circum stanced may be deterred (as is well known persons con fessedly insane often are) by the fear of punishment. If it is clear that he did not intend the act, whether the absence of intention be referable to insanity or to any other cause, his punishment would answer no good purpose. If a man for instance who raises a fire can be proved to have laboured under such a kind of insanity as not to know that fire would consume, he is properly exempted from punishment, on the very same ground that another would he who should throw a spark over gunpowder which he believed to be dust; be cause no punishment denounced against incendiaries could operate on persons so circumstanced, viz., those who have no design of the kind. But if a wan design to burn a house, or to do any other act, we have nothing to do with the causes which led to his entertaining such a design. We know, on the one hand, that no one can be, strictly speaking, in a sound state of mind who designs any crime ; and we know, on the other hand, that many who have been impelled to such designs by the strongest and most evidently morbid aberrations of intellect have yet shewn by the precaution they have taken for accomplishing their purpose undetected that they were fully aware of the particular act they were engaged in ; and consequently that they and others similarly circum stanced might be checked by apprehension of punishment. In fact, although no one considers the brute animals as moral agents, every one is well aware that it is possible to operate on them through fear of punishment. It is not reckoned .o an a z useless cruelty or an absurdity to attemp t to teachi therefore b y beating to abstain from worrying she e p . who well knowing that irrational animals may he h o e ne trained by fear of punishment to check the ir impulses, yetwould pro claim impunity to any man wh o may be partially or wholly mal, such an one reduced to the state of an irrationa plainly shows that lie is allowing his a s m to be influenced by views T a e y r s ThOughts irrelevant consideration ."---ArchbiahoP on Secondary Punishments, page 29. CHARGE OF THREATENING TO SHOOT THE ' QUEEN AND SIR R. PEEL. MANSION-HOUSE, LONDON, FRIDAY To-day James Stevenson was brought before the Lord Mayor by some officers of the city police, upon a charge of threatening to shoot the Queen and Sir R. Peel. Mr. Maule, the Solicitor to the Treasury, was in attend- The priscr.er, wh the 32d year of his , according to his own statement, is in age, is about five feet ten inches high ; or an oval form, and his complexion rather of a sallow hue; having a low forehead with matted hair hanging over his brows, large and prominent light grey eyes, an aquiline nose, a huge quantity of hair upon his upper lip, and a thick yellow beard. He exhibited au aspect both singular and forbidding. The expression of his countenance, how ever, was that of cool determination rather than that of wild maniacal frenzy. He was dressed in a blue cloth coat with brass buttons, a black waistcoat, and coloured trousers, and wore a black neckcloth. He held a Scotch bonnet in his hand. On being placed at the bar he betrayed no emotion of surprise or fear. He spoke in a broad Scotch accent ex ceedingly puzzling to soot berns. It appeared, from questions put to the prisoner by the Lord NI ayor, and by the evidence of witnesses who had ac companied him from Hull, that he lived with his father in Renfrewshire ; and, having wandered, by Glasgow, Liver pool, and Manchester to Hull, came up to London by the steam-packet. While on board, he was heard to say, that it was not proper for a woman to rule, and that " the woman must be destroyed ;" and he said that he had business with Sir Robert Peel, who `• must answer him, or be destroyed." To the questions of the Lord Mayor he returned the most incAerent and rambling answers. He had been a ser vant, and a weaver ; but for the last three years he bad lived on his earnings, (430,) studying the Bible, the Greek Testament, John Knox's History, and many books that he could not name. If his wandering words are intelligible, he conceived that there was a union (which seems to be a con fused idea between the union of the two kingdoms and a cle rical combination) to put out all truth from the Churches of England and Scotland ; he wanted to see Sir Robert Peel to break this union ; but when asked what he meant to do if he did not succeed, he evaded the question. Afterwards, when Mr. Hewitt, the clerk of the packet company, repeated his declaration that Sir Robert Peel must be destroyed, and the Lord Mayor asked, " Is that your idea?" he replied, " It is ; • that every Minister who holds up Antichrist must be put down." He adjudged that " man must reign, not the fe male ;" and he held, that if the Queen did not lay down her office, she must be destroyed. Pistols being mentioned, he exclaimed " I never intended the pistols." The Lord Mayor remarked, that there was no law in the Bible that lie should destroy a man who would not fulfil what he thought proper ; on which he answered readily, " I think there is such a thing . " Whosoever will not serve the Lord, shall be put to death.' " He quoted other texts, and a paper was produced in which he had joined " Such oppressors make wise men mad" to " That very justly they should stab." "The Bible does not teach you that," said the Lord Mayor. " Yes," he answered, " you will see the passages in Judges: Ahab the King was stabbed ; and he was a very fat man you know." He does not appear to have heard of the assassina tion of Mr. Drummond; but he said that he first heard of Sir Robert Peel's being in power " when the man shot at the Queen ; that first drew my attention to the subject." He had but 2s. 21d. in his pocket when taken. He did not ob ject to his father being written to ; but he said his father thought him " bad beyond correction." The Lord Mayor 'asked whether Major Shaw had not found some documents of a singular character in the posses sion of the prisoner? Mr. Superintendent Shaw immedi ately produced some papers, of which the following are the principal extracts : " Madam, in Christ's name I do thee Address, because they have put me. Where, by law, I can never stand, Because it would sink any land. Intolerable it must be To make a woman head of me. And if besides me there's a man, I'll speak a word unto the clan. For Scotchmen has all abjured thee, • And sworn no prelate shall rule me, And I am no more bound unto her Than if I had married my sister. And though her Ministers should bless, God's law will curse, nevertheless, And shall sweep off those that join her's, Both commoners and state ministers. For all such men do turn God's law As if it were a pile of straw. With mole ease might her foolish men Make earth to pass and the heaven, Tha❑ make the woman's reign lawful ; To men bless such is awful. Perhaps she'll cry—Treason, treason, As one did once without a reason ; But Jehoida's voice is plain, Let such as follow her be slain, And God shall certainly him hear, And thrust them through as with a spear; So she that can two faiths prescribe, Had ne'er a right the throne to side." " Sirs—Do not look so much upon The outside of the cup, As to the wine contained therein, Lest lotbingly you sup. And, as you read, consider well The unlearned state of The writer of the letter rude Lest you should at it scuff. But Scotchmen look the union up, And see if I mistake, When I hold you are bound, this day, The Prelates to forsake." " A Letter to Sir Robert Peel, England " Robert, I am a Scotsman born, And yet this day I sit forlorn ; And, though I am near thirty-one, :My minority's scarcely done, Because a woman is made head, Which 1 must neither fear nor dread; Such oppressors make wire men mad, That very justly they would stab With Chad, thou•zh he had few men. Whose success we may shortly ken; Or Jehoida, good and plain, That would have Ethalia slain— Now God commands as he did then, Let such as follow her be slain. When God sets them below woman, Their lowness tell I never can ; And if in earnest they can pray, That God may lead them lung astray By a eurst woman, they must he Low to an awful great degree." Upon the suggestion of Mr. Maule, the prisoner was remanded till next Friday. Before he left the bar, he anxiously requested that a pocket Bible which had been taken from him by the constable should be returned. As it was handed about the court, his eyes eagerly watched it, and when given him, he, with much ap parent pleasure, thrust it into his bosom. A CLAIMANT FOR THE CROWN.---The London papers of Wed.iesday last glee the following as a copy of a placard, partly in M.S. and partly in print, left at the office by a fe male who has of late been giving considerable trouble by her vagaries to magistrates and newspaper proprietors :—[IN MANUSCRIPT.] " British soldiers !—Act like free men. The power you possess will he required, and when I need your aid—protect me." [IN PRINT.] " VICTORY ! ' Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace ; good will towards men.'—Luke ii., v. xiv. Jesus Christ, when on Earth in the form of Man ' asserted that God was his F a ther, and for that was persecuted by his own people, the Jews; I, with as much confidence, assert that He, Jesus Christ, is my Husband. I have been persecuted by my people, and may still be more so for maintaining this glorious truth. I will nevertheless maintain at ; for I have a right so to do. Christ lived, suffered, died, was buried, and rose from the dead for the salvation of mankind. I was permitted to be born, to suffer, to die, to he re-animated, and to lire, for the same purpose. Bigoted Christians. who are as blind as the Jews were, will assert that I speak blasphemy. Can they prove it? N o . 1 wish they would make the attempt. SARAH NEWELL. Feb. 17, 1843. The above is an extract from a letter written by S. N., Nov. 9, 1831." [IN MANU SCRIPT.] "Who is now your Queen? I am. :March 7, 1843. S. N." There can be no mistake as to the state of this female's mind; the only question is, as to the propriety of allowing such persons to be at large. A gentleman in forms us that this woman is in the habit of frequenting the lobby of the House of Commons. MIRACULOUS CLAY.—A correspondent informs us that some months back a priest, named Kelleher, residing in the neighbourhood of Mallow, died and was buried in the church yard of Ktlshannick. After his interment, an old woman afflicted with sore eyes had a dream that if she went to the grave of Father Kelleher, and drank a portion of the clay, mixed with water, her eyes would be cured. She acted on the dream and journeyed to the burial- place, where she par took of a portion of the clay diluted in water. The old woman returned home, and. as report states, was perfectly cured. The rumour of the miracle ran through the country, and the consequence is, that numbers of cripples and sickly people have since daily visited the grave-yard, with the hope of be;ng relieved from the diseases under which they labour. To such an extent has this been carried on that, from the numbers who have visited the. grave, the clay has been eaten down, if the expression may be used, to ttic coffin. The scene is alto gether most disgusting, hundreds of those ignorant people, under the idea of obtaining a cure, mixing the clay with water in blacking pots and similar vessels, and quaffing off the con tents with as great a relish as if it was the most delightful beverage. Besides this, the " blessed clay," as they call it, draws the poor from the most distant parts of the country. and, many of them bring unable to return home, are obliged to beg from the residents in the district of the church-yard for something to keep them from starving. Altogether the ;nuisance has become intolerable, that ateps should be taken by those whose du; y is to prevent it, by impressing on the Moor and ignorant people the folly of relyi ng on th e c l a y o f a church-yard for effecting a cure, notwithstanding that it sur rounded the coffin of a priest.—Cork Constitution. THE EASTERN STYLE.—In the course of tine debate in the House of Commons on Thursday, on the motion of Mr. Vernon Smith, reprehensive of Lord Ellenborough's procla mation as to the gates of Sornnauth, Mr. Emerson Tenant read one or two existing, styles of some of the princes to whom that document was addressed. The following is from Ameer Dust Mahorned Khan to Lord Auckland, and dated My 31, 1836 :—" As I have been long attached to the British Government by the ties of friendship and affection, the late intelligence of your lordship's arrival, enlightening with your presence the seat of government, and diffusing over Hindustan the brightness of your countenance, has afforded me extreme gratification, and the field of my hopes (which had before been chilled by the cold blast of the times) has, by the happy tidings of your lordship's arrival, become the envy of the garden of Paradise." The subjoined is a letter from Runjeat Sinch, addressed to Lord Glenelg : " At a happy moment, when the balmy zephyrs of the spring were blowing from the garden of friendship, and wafting to my senses the grateful perfume of its flowers, your excellency's epistle, every letter of which is a new-blown rose on the branch of regar'l, and every word a blooming fruit on the tree of esteem, was delivered to me by Mr. Burnes and Mr. John Leckie, who were appointed to convey to me some form, and of superior quality, of singular beau t y , of alpine t and elephantine stature, ad m irable even in their own counr Majesty which had been sent as a present to me b y his King of Great Britain, together with carriage. These presents, owing to the a c la a r r g e e o a f n t d he el e above a n t s g a e f n e t t l i e , m a e t n , d , hhaavveearbreievned delivered d to ne way rerc of ther , iv:e r Sin t yo perfe u c r t togetherci nde , ~h excellency's letter, which breathes the s p irit of friendship, by that nightingale of the garden of eloquence, that bird of the winged words of sweet discourse , M r. Burnes; and the r eceipt of which has caused a thousand emotions of pleasure and delight to arise in my breast. By t he favour of Sur Akal Poorukh See (God) there a re in my st ables valuable and high-bred horses from the different districts of Hin7 doatan, from Turkiston, and Persia, but none of them will bear comparison with those presented to me by the King, through your excellency ; for these animals, in beauty, stature, and disposition, surpass the horses of every city and every country i n th e wor ld. On beholding their shoes th e new moon turned pale with envy, and nearly disappeared r from the sky. S uc h h orses the eye of the sun has ne ver before beheld in his course through the universe. Unable to bestow upon them in writing the praises that they merit. I_ am compelled t o th r ow the reins on the neck of the steed of description, and relinquish the pursuit." He read these letters to show that the oriental style was not at all similar to the eold rules of English composition. CHURCH INTELLIGENCE, (From the Oxford Herald.) In a Convocation holden on I'llorsday last, the Rev. Ed ward John Speck, M.A. of,Triuity College, Dublin, was ad mitted ad eundem. Ina Congregation.holden at the same time, the following Degrees were conferred : MASTER. OF ARTS Rev. Nathaniel Morgan, Brazennose College BACHELOR OF ARTS. Richard Howell Taylor, Trinity College UNIVERSITY COLLEGE An Election to Four Sc holarshi p s, now vaca nt in this Col lege, will be holden on Monday, the 20th of M arc h next. Two, on Sir Simon Bennett's Foundation, are open to per sons born in the province of Canterbury. One, on Dr. Browne's Foundation, is open to persona born in the county of York ; and One is open, without any restriction as to the place of birth. On Saturday last, Mr. Henry Edward Moberly, Scholar of New College, was admitted Actual Fellow of that Society. On Monday last, Mr. Thomas Davies, Commoner of Jesus College, was elected Scholar of that Society. The Rev. Spencer Rodney Drummond, M.A., formerly of Christ Church, has been presented to the Perpetual Curacy of St. John the Evangelist, Brighton. The Rev. Nicholas Brooking, 8.A.. formerly of Wadham College, has been presented to the Vicarage of Ipplepen, Devon, vacant by the death of the Rev. R. Marriott ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Windsor. The Rev. John Hawkins Hext, M.A., formerly of Exeter College, has been presented to the Vicarage of Morval, Cornwall, vacant by the death of the Rev. S. Puddicombe ; patron, the. Lord Chancellor. The Rev. Eyre Stuart Bathurst , M.A., Fellow of Merton College, bas been presented to the Perpetual Curacy of Bo E. in this city, vacant by the resignation of the Rey. B. E. Bridges ; patrons, the Warden and Fellows of Merton College. The Rev. William Lockwood, M.A., of University Col lege, has been presented to the Vicarage of Kirkby Fleetham, Yorkshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. W. Glaister ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. The Rev. William Gresley, M.A., f or merly Student of Christ Church, Prebendary of Lichfield, is appoint ed Chap lain to the High Sheriff of Warwickshire. The Rev. Thomas ,Nash Stephenson , M. A., formerly of Worcester College, has been presented to th e Curacy of St. James's Chapel, Solihull, Warwickshire. The Rev. William Cecil Fowle, M.A., of Wadham College, has been presented to the Curacy of Ilinington,Warwick shire. The Rev. John Marsh Lakin, 8.A., formerly of Worcester College, has been presented to the Curacy of Polesworth. Warwickshire. The Rev. Richard Hopkins Harrison, M.A., formerly of Trinity College, has been presented to the Curacy of All Saints, Worcester. The Rev. Francis Henry Romney, M.A., of Worcester College, has been presented to the Curacy of the Chapel of Whittington, Worcestershire. The Rev. Charles Dolben, 8.A., of Trinity College, has been presented to the Rectory of Spernall, 'Warwickshirr : patron ' C. Chambers, Esq. The Rev. Charles Eden Peake, M.A.. of Magdalene Hall, has bees presented to the Perpetual Curacy of Ruishton, Somerset, on his own petition, vacent by the death of the Rev. R. Winsloe. The Rev. S. L. Nogan, M.A., of St. Edmund Hall, has been presented to the Vicarage of Walberton, Sussex, vacant by the death of the Rev. R. Hardy: patron, the Bishop of Chichester. PROMOTIONS. Rev. W. T. Shields, to the Ministry of St. Peter's, New castle-on-Tyne.l Rev. Gerard Nevile, 8.A., of Catharine HaII, Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Tilton, Leicestershire, vacant by the death of the Rev. C. Wildbore; patron, the Rev. a G. Greaves. Rev. G. Fraser, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Mary, Wolverhampton. Rev. Richard Crawley, to the Prebend of Ruscombe Southbury, anciently founded in the Cathedral Church of Sarum, vacant by the death of the Rev. G. A. Montgomery. Rev. John White Johns, formerly of St. John's College, Cambridge, late Curate of Falmouth, to the Vicarage of Cole ridge, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. J. C. D. Yule; patron, the Bishop of Exeter. Venerable J. W. Stokes, Archdeacon of Armagh, to be one of the Domestic Chaplains to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Rev. Eugene O'Meara, to the Curacy of St. Mark's, Dublin. Rev. Samuel Moon, 8.A., of Catharine Hall Cambridge, late Curate of Wistaston , Cheshire, to the Perpetual Curacy of Ainsworth, Lancashire; patron, the Bishop of Chester. Rev. William Clayton Green, 8.A., of Clare Hall , Cam bridge, to the Curacy of Woolton, near PerpetualLivero. Curacy of Rev. Charles Palmer, M.A., to the Chesterton, Warwickshire; patron, Lord W. de Broke. Rev. Duncan Campbell, to th e Curacy of Grandborough, Warwickshire. Rev. George Powell, 8.A. , to the C ura cy of Bilton, War wickshire. Rev. Frederick Morgan, M.A.to the Rectory of Wille y , Warwickshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. R. B. Pod more ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. Rev. John Worrell Grove, D.D., to the Curacy of Croo me Hill, Worcestershire. Rev. T. Hides, to the Perpetu al Curacy of Dayton, Staf fordshire; patroness, Mrs. Mold. Rev. T. Lowe, Vice-Principal of the Chichester Diocesan College, to the Perpetual Colleg e of St. Bartholomew, Chichester. Rev. John Williams, M.A., Incumbent of Trinity Church, Llanfor, Merionethshire, to the Perpetual Curacy of Ner- Angmering, Sussex, quis, Flintshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. E. W. Da vies ; patron, the Vicar of Mold. Rev. Henry Reekes, M.A., formerly of Clare Hall, Am bridge, to Cambridge, bridge, to the Vicarage of East, with the Rectory of West Uabo • rne , patron, J. Reekes, Esq. Rev. Francis Fournam Clark, M.A., formerly of Queen's vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Staffordshire •, patron, H. Minton, Esq. Rev. John Cordemx M.A f lof Catharine Hall, , ormer Y ge, to the Perpetual Curacy of Hartshill, Cambridge, to the Incet'mbenc . Y of St. Si las Church, recently erected at Liverpool. Rev. William Cook Osborn, 8.A., formerly of St. John's College, Cambridge, Curate of Melkslaam, Wilts, to be Chap lain to the new Gaol at Bath. Thomas Kenworthy Brown 8.A., Scholar o f Christ's College, Cambridge, to be S econd Richmond Master o f Grammar School, Yorkshire. Rev. Peter Johnson, Rect or of Wenabworthy, Devon, to a Prebendary in the Cathedral Church of Exeter. Curacy o f St. Peter's, Hanley Castl e. Wortestershire; patron, the Rev. P. E. Boissier. Rev. Henry Butterworth Whiting, 8.A., formerly Scholar of Christ's College, Cambridge, to the Curacy of Upton upon-Severn, W orc estershire x . Rev. R. Milikin, to the Vi carag e of Stoughton , Susse • , vacant by the death of the Rev. R. Hardy ; patron, the Bishop of Chichester. __-----_ Hall, on Tuesday s it e y ly crowded in every CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. —A great meeting o f t h e friends of night. Scotland Tha S t o n e , s i e g t n y; of the Church, for the purpose of forming an asspciation to be called "The Glasgow Young Men's . Evangelical Church part by a most respectable assembly of all classes of our fel low citizens amongst whoa, there was a large proportion o i ewnatsrhooelmd rwnatshdeeCr The number present was about four thousand - _ g Dr. CaTnidilEishCdneuliltvecredOL S o dcdorreLs.sk, s a n t . — .ol o e n NationalFiday Church,cveuill Re: gent-square , London. The lvev._ kr : Hamilton, minister of the chapel, invoked the Divine b essing, and offered a few observations. Dr..Candlish commenced by re preliminarymarking on the recent debate in the House of Commons. He rejoiced that the question.was at length settled, a l t h oug h the result of the discussion opinion of the General Assembly, which will meet in May, s hould beome known, an d t h en t h e be taken, whatever these st e p s m i g h t necessar y steps wo uld be. In all robability t he Assembly would deem it advi sa bl e p to refuse in future all co nnection_with the state, on th e terms which the state has proposed. But if otherwise—if the As sembly shall consider it prudent to submit to the restrictions imposed-400 or 509 mi nisters , wit the office-bearers, el ders, and communicants, would retire. They would still hold the principle of an e stablishment, and always prize con nection with the state, but they never could submit to con tinue this connection at the expense of the independence of the church. —....."'".".".".",.... young men prints, that the e 713 1\ 6 7 learn from th Dublin Popish to the coffers just published February to the 6th March returnsT : e in ee a rv o s sum contributed ifo.----116r502m9t5h. e46dt.l: being of the propaganda for ins ta o n n t e i n a o ti n w ih o , n v t £BOOO per annum• at the rate of some PorISTI ARROGANCE. —If a building Belfast, for Conservative or Protestant were to be erected in the completion of the masonry, a flag w purposes, and upon its loftiest turret, of any given colour ere to he hoisted from way o f argument ; and suppose that upon will say orange, by would appear. in the shape of upon that flag a device dressed in a coat of purple, with a King William the Third, thing like tis, " Queen and Constitution motto underneath some- Hence, know what awful denunciationsttution,"—we from cape those who had the temerity t o be would be hurled at ble act. Nov , if a principle be guilty of such an abon,ina be carried out ; and if we act u good for anything, it should is sauce for the goose is sauce f upon the trite saw, that " what expect that the Liberals of ilifa the gander," we decidedly deuming, without qualiticatio st will support us in con feelings of the Belfast Protestants.n, an attempt to wound the that a large, and anything but lt is generally known called the Chapel of - St. Malachi, a contemptible looking building, front" in Alfred-street. ,v, ell—from has reared its head and pretend to say, but yesterday'll—from what cause we a nn'ot one of the towers of this there appeared floating afro Po • blazoned with awhite Popish temple a green flag em erocs if- the shoulder b e against the law, rent coloured trap* and a purple flag with diffe we humbly ~ - u t, • ._ .mit that gs be in opposition to established order, waving before . the el a green flag—the, flag of rebellion — which it is tile inanimate of those who oppose the principle, of witted to displayirnate representative, should not be per itself on ple and the orange offend the sight of the Papi sts, why should they dare to hoist their green and white unscathed ?—Belfast nnes. nuIE.asPRIESTITOOD.—But a short time since, an applica tioT. made to the Master of the Rolls in Dublin for an injunction to restrain a certain Popish priest in the cvunty Longford from disposing of the chattel property of a person named Nugent. It appeared that the priest bad drawn up a will f or N ug ent when the latter was on his death-bed. The whole conveyed all Nugent 's property to the popish bishop ;and the priest, tbroß•tng out the testaior's relatives without hope or home on the mercy of the world, to struggle as they could, and make the best of bad prospects, while the popish ecclesiastics (if they can properly be termed such) fattened on that which should, by right, and did, bye right belong to the dying man's relatives, had fair play been xercised. The will was drawn up and executed without the knowledge, and consequently without the concurrence of Nugent's kindred -, but the Master of the Rolls saw into the nefarious nature of the transaction, and granted the injunction• This is case number one.—Number two relates to a certain reverend per sonage, who claimed thc benefit of the insolvent act in Dub lin, about the same period. He was opposed by a M rs . TOMMIIIS, on behalf of herself and her child. The facts of this case appear to be, that the priest had been appointed eN ecutor to the will of Mr. Tommins, but that, having got pe,,_ s of the property left to his wife, after administration, hessian had squandered or made away somehow or other with the proceeds, only giving the widow whateveirfefingrcthioinidhreenathliniolvuldigrmeliitt. proper, and eventually reducing her and s h e e d r gte c h:l h et il ir d eenin t i o an a rk s a t b a l t e e_ of complete destitution. Let it be remembered, that the m Y O f i e ' l n t i i m ‘ on e i a n i g eases we have cited of priestly rapacity are b i f we have come protemhpinaredinesettvlyerybe.focrhe( the public, 's and if we required additional evidence of the callous miserly disposition, of the Romish old w and land, we could find it in the expression of a I would wordswh i Ie % :..... 'e ,w,were yt.aelkifincganonbetahreistuobjuetett,outhe letter. Ih9 trut ing the room hienot reverence's ? n rn f n o t Tc r et t : b sd eenr,,m,mver,racts,rto circumstances Fd c n i o d h ir e a i l i . pro perty•" ?" we inquired—"ir: . pro your father on his death bed.'' The reply war, if we had been five minutes later enter' was ' .‘ Ice , and hairs been left a beggar!! this we eats vouch.—BeYetst Times. AQf every syll a bl e of