The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-03 00:00:00

- Oct, 3, 1843 isl COR RESPONDENCE. 07.11 EDITOR S IR . 1 . OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. liii4llallu'stliotrilleb-LasiVebrPool Journal, and also in the iller- L4c,l. A orivat ihli ti nr.g in Scotland meeting has . been . held, but at such ,ay one word either in . praise or censure IThdokirrinhoiti : ten made to a meeting 10tahili or 1 . I made no comparison . between Mr. lhe - ,anY other member of the Council. I did not . h at '1 ara to di, a., tou roo , co urage an opposition to him. en l e s_ta_t f ed a ca!r ati. , was bound to pursue, in conseu e o " rt :. l _ o 4l„". l tnade so far back as the 9th November last, t , W l , h eltiv o “ ) th e appointment of the committees. 05 ... a l l ,v,,i,:onsider the disgraceful and factious opp 1 hp..4delotos pursued in Parliament,—the attempt to t'reateAre the interests of the country by agitation oliii:lPltioaerin.rll4l,a,--the agitation in Ireland fo . r the purpose o°4 ti l l.!" Public; these and other circ . umstances 14epre cuonservatives not to withhold their support, sel lt Period, from a just and proper course. I remain, Sir, Great Geo Your obedi en t s ervant, ISAAC HOLMES. /* lie Square, Oct, 2nd, 1813. k Ili -----"----- AND 1,1,1VE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION. lti l , ) , "E L IVERPOOL MERCURY. ilkt4lToß OOL STANDARD. K t n i f ill you ail:: mTlieEthLriornfißi LIVERPOOL medium of d your o, 4le o i r s p ti c t i . t tl e r ro n e a n i t t w o hiei contradict /tier_ littiii_teolei(liaY last. A p e p r e a a l r l e uding to the disturbance r% th P lace at the late rep al meeting at the Amph . i. 0141148 e article in question proceeds,—" These wild tt k.74ths, who were ready and willing enough for absolutely iett4o4,7.tiot disposed to pay for it, were kiditip4 i ;4 14e coppers to pay for their admissionto v _ ng 2 40 it ci e it:e by that most pious and peace-lo i rve , wtei4tio4a.ristian like body, the Protestant Opera z itl, l4 it t „ , Our readers will scarcely believe thi s , and lot tl e 6 tiel l ,ess that we are almost stagg . ered . by it our -1,11,711t th an ',ore positively assured ht ti l i tilt p, (h! fact, and further, that on the very nit ric,. hat it is neither more k,,Plopsstaat Operative Association was m ak m : titlttoithell'illaropriation of its funds, and at the very - 11 4 4 t Il l h olt it a ol e y 4 'lf the .public ' peace, t 38 I ke 3 b°Peful p rot egees were committing an ?nti he Rev. H. AI Neie ; It% eabo„ Preaching a charity sermon on 14 .‘14,,d ',statement been written by any of the . anony its behalf. it e °l4 ere rs vvho, L itri tt4 tans of , h e Pro u tions not have thought d , • continually disgrace MI f r Ity while` e Mercury, I should . q t 44 th to have noticed it ; but coming tkiiirtioie „ceditor himself, its and in what is called a " lead - li tn tl tt, 'a„ l , feel it my duty to the Association, a ;tlte o Z+ ce m the Protestant public, who . hav t e ni ff id o a r s ded un totoed co d ' h , (l s upport, to give it a distinct li tt sta llt Fr. radiction, and to assure you, Sir, and our l'sileorTnds generally, that the whole statement pe ,_ oiProt.!alsehood from beginning to end. l'ilithttliol'taut Association had nothing whatever to do htip::elty iut.harice at the Amphitheatre, either directly been t . :44, i 0 " 45 uot a single farthing of its funds has ever I,l4)goitti,a.ilY sUch way as that stated by the Mercu ry. tie N 4 il se .of i r t i l l g i . s a vile calumny, got . up, no doubt, for Ilt hen ti nt it from the Association into disrepute, ad of , 41 te . `,, ° recei„Nt,o obtaining the little support that it has o .4 clted' e ui for the editor of the Mercury seems Iti l'df at the idea of a charity sermon having been ta o Or st , N i t° tis su c h he society, and that we should get money lt.e holi r r st th e t 0 abus e " our neighbours." But I tell the !.1 /° ' l ' l4 - liercurY that w; do not abuse our neigh -111411 oo teave that t Mercury and its radical and titNelialLe..t4Porarieso; i l ii e tl will tell him what we do : !t o , . t taiv l - 1 tr acts and distribute them amongst the poor liat l i, 4 a . ti w n e s upport a lending library for the purpose ka t i m pop ul g sound Protestant principles and preserv 7 k .l 4l ',,,' l lth,! t i ell from imbibing the popish and infidel o ' if iliki l Oet, lo '' ll 'u i are. constantly teeming from the press, 4 4 . Sa d BIY circulated amongst them. We occa ?f deleithop nletings, not for the purpose of " abusing the l4 ilo e4 dinp r , 3 , , 'as the lle cur says, but for the purpose ' . etl3oOiTteo Principles of r the Reformation,. as wt. are to il l l ' i g ti r , e4 or R , against the anti-Christian dogmas of %,,the Lqad , ,, °,/ne. This is what we have done, and w i -uf Of In,,,We will ' , PA "'et - 'teas' ~ continue to do according body of men k t i ti ti i 4 r the 1,4-11 r abilities. If we . were a . 0 8, if N ,, 'Mae of disseminating radical or popish W I th.t ev e , e Were re ealers or precursors, or ribb 7 t l i t l . sk j/l er e re4 B 4 c . i . a b li u st t s ijw P we should' not call forth the anger u e will not be enlightened e c)4 aried.4'll ' a " .i r ea th s e e w anks of the enemies of our I;llll„titcha,,°,l4rnliberet.ns but r still continue to stand by ltor o s p ap-41,,k,-;_o,o. stit l u e ti i ono , f our beloved country, we Ztelf ' thiags'.Ntied, and ' counted as the off-scour t'B! n a hh e ,., i i and all this, too, by a person who c , alls liklly.`ltlie7,Land a member of the Church of Eng yi,,:elf h e ed itor of the M<rcury I know nothing per ii)ttio'o.duaidi.!.a member of the Church of England, I it,°3e r .q abj." tight to be ashamed of himself, for Voriatid 4 1 , 1 g her faithful clergy, and consistent other IllitOrty 4,,t0g part with papists, d r... n ev f every other Este il!tlio ,liilroh.o.avovv themselves . enemies Ott o 4 .ar c h 4 0,,, , a I do not think( he man s be a member h ti li,v, 'th at r-;ugland. I rather suspect that he be and most k o l!le o g . like b o ir , l °l pious, and peace-loving, ha , ,„?l , th e r, one of whose . characteristic . features, ?iAt'qeir LlPostle, is, g , speaking lies in hypocrisy, ) , oe tk ke,, eO7/80ience seared ' with a hot iron. . h °4 l , Nh e i l .‘ P ,Y has often charged Mr. M'N . eile . an h d 4 4 1 3 ; wh en °caring false witness against their neig - 1,48,;„11kin, taring had been stating truths which . could 't , t o l toreo• But I would ask, who is guiltfy ofthe wi l :ip ie esacti witness" now ? To the E a d n itp , i; o et t St e Writtent lu y . say, " Thou art tle Lttki,coo loh , this as Treasurer of the man Association ohmth.-ing the committee, as I . was anxious to li:4tlt;°4l)artatetnent as soon body,ssb; but . l have r l 'e k tl elie. t l l e c ommittee as a will feel it their e ti l i gaaL• i , at their next meeting. te4ll7i w hethe r the Editor of the Mercury will T. t our to insert this in his next publication. tit, 1 ,,, 4 q1i, sir, Yours, &e. K e lt -.101 II'EASIJREII. OF THE OPERATIVE ll'iln,i'llOTESTANT ASSOCIATION. la t ii 4 114 e 8 ". ti Nt a ee cived a communication from Mr. Gleave, te te r ,„q of the Association, denying in equally . " 18 the falsehoods of the Mercury.] --________„lll.------ t THE LATE REPEAL MEETINGS. ,Si it i lt t h '§cl,Nr 17 '°It OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Itlth 4 clq Ih t , lt o e Il e e were wanted for the murderous way in 41 r tol 4 harPeal rebels lately met at our Amphitheatre iik4tp4tllBll3ol("rs, and bludgeons, it is to be had in 1 41 04: lately adddressed by an honourable gen e i fi ti ttA t : the p n g in Dublin, which gentleman also . figurer I), t k i ,t 4 ou ih'uters at the Amphitheatre on the disgrac.e 114otii:t. oyhis town. The remarks were as follows: p t cbsor N NM.I., in presenting contributions from liCtli age served that the warmth and party feeling of ttY tlle 4 th ere, made it dangerous to the collectors Ipf,l4,wilqildresPocal rent. He hoped the delusion of that 4110 t 4 4," vanish before reason and common sense. ,4tejtoi‘taa'/(ed, what.was to prevent the repeaters tti t .ttyley , t , log orangemen now, if th . at were their VtltOece s er e ten to one "—(loud cheering.) Remark k o ' 4 l t l4 t o s tY, but one for an instant that Pro pod;totottite eland were to use the same argument, how tyoeedi„e thoUsands of Irishmen who are at this . 4 chi s n ot a eon the face of England—hut, thank ttpt'tto.lttl4lll;thtehe language .of protest , ants—their reh. 1 tti oo _e eorn To oetter things —no not in the midst ' P have I ever heard such blood-thirsty c. -TO V1459' -I'o llssPi .daY, die ° s. re,l to 11 01(01 1 i n oe ' . a ken) cct ioro a ßen) ;et)) (t akeat ofl t la S 4 eP) r° fr° o 4 co" f e ig,orip e e " tit we ags t A p ire e r lior°3 di ° t fol for .1 , 0 1 oor Ik lot , er I of ,ot s O o f 51). o ce t I it of, " • 'cii• D e, 1, ;;; °° e' of vo) (itd`, , .. ~, ast roo ilb:(go, ..• .. ..' e' ;ch f' e) 0) . ' T Iv ' .. • (' ..*r;i° f ''i'sr' !e c.,•,re.. '• ~~e e~c°~l~`l ( 1 ' ~ , •' . e .05 4e ill , .• . • • ' o r • ' e oer I beg to remain, sir, Your obedient servant, '' AN ORANGEMAN. i k NoHEW AND TEETOTALISM. N it tl kth;kt LeaAr lo , THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. i4it,"4eti ta'nreonceive a case in which poor John V i D isl i tl ea t ° o len e ,. °Pen to gullibility than in Father ii t ht t o d‘• Not that I would de the benefit 6 tat has r unkard to give up drink; or that a L t 't t t hyi i !.4l o ,, er as great a right as anybody else to 4 1 1)eil l a p art; ; ---- but that the administration of the hi s ` c ular priest should be hailed as if there o ris elip , , is indeed extraordinary. But 04. t , lli atts a and even our Wellingtons, Peels, rty tba '„ _, B ce,, are as open to it as the most 1. 1 ,4 t' nenend upon it, sir, that this smooth -I,eapie°,,the ea ing as much good to the cause of tf ter h is se of sobriety, by the golden opinions Isi ): ' Pop e ,: r ni/c/ and Christian-like d e p or t men t. q"t i , NON ] Y knows f u ll well how to temper her b e t o tit;', seeo;, a nd if a plausible, benevolent advocate ,t 0 the most suitable sliding scale from /Ne! ayinerY, she will use it. When popery 11, -, 0 4 , h av 'ue more in vogue (which God forbid), this an advocate with a little rougher tkp2lo, °ht b gre 4t ➢ Nrisb.teetotal advocacy is considered so p f ° Pt "arch o ,! s hoPs and great folks, why have we England champion ? Why do not i ) qp i tt h'aPe ra ungst their people and advocate the ht tl ne e? Is it - beneath them ? And if so, I " hand a • O tt atii, tir oes , Popish advocate of the system, adr aa i_Je a s uspicious expounder of any i„,,,,ecernput. of popery. urs, will not much longer be thus 4 1_ •' ANTI-HUMBUG. 14 A ' t i) N A ND THE REPEAL MEETING . i f 4 .on cad, . T HE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. t Ot o b3e ari v Ith I iv, an d !nixed feelings of contempt and sur- Ntippoa tin d ay i mpotent remarks of the Liverpool ‘ltt ath Be recent bon the police examinations con • 00t, th eat r , cent brutal attack of the Repealers at 4 tl air If the • • 1 . 1,01 1 tl e , ir T o f an editor, of that jnurnal v/shes to Nlti, l 4lb I na hi he must dissuade his abet ht,llll 44 0 4 of °I to make such remarks in future. t r ; p o th er 's not e ll:len than the Protestant Operative hi oa a f a t alen t ; whilst tbeir rules of organisa -4,1%) (4 ;1 k, ow afe such as no Christian could im ptittoa te y ea 'edge thereof. It has been much f tis e for the disaffected portion ofthe t t lYlo o i;oto i g " 4 " upbraid what are termed " Orange 01,4tinae.n f ra 2ran . ce, often from treasonable ma etti„ tivo th P bigotted fury under which de leetlsto at editor has been actuated, I leave :. Is ure• With regard to the moving i' l oo ; ,4 l ;„eve r in ,t, the late Repeal demonstration in 00)r,s4apiate ~,,n.screet some lukewarm persons may tt 6a th e f ! t c l Was, at all events, perfectly legal hh 4 p,,a.et t ; but a l _ us onslaught which followed was cq t tipftipe.ated 4°lne what-to-be-expected result of th a q th e lid ee Y such anti-British feelintts, and Ditli r on ati G t .,.terly at variance with the Queen's atte n :"°n of the realm. Pt, by insinuation, to affix perjury 40' 6 t. !- I, ep• ro c v P O t i ll ;rel upon the witnesses examined, is rather of too base a de scription to pass unnoticed ; and particularly when made u . ,on a portion of a body of men who have not only often preserved the peace of the town, bur the knowledge of whose very existence has been the deterring of mane scenes of brutality and carnage. If the writers in the Mercury will take the trouble of inquiring, from the heals of our different local courts, what particular credence can be, and is, placed upon that class of swearers known as Repealers, &c. &c., he will find perjury enough for com ment, or depravity for the year round. Ido not say of what creed they may precisely happen to be; suffice it to say, they are known and duly appreciated ! With regard to the foul attack on the Rev. Mr. M`Neile, I leave that as it stands; it is beneath his notice. But when the writer comments on his preaching for a Protestant benefit society, I can only say. that such object is praisewarthy ; whilst that of priests presiding at repeal meetings in this town, and fomenting the wild fury of Irish treason, is rather out of character ! No matter who grants them absolution for the offence.—l am, &c. Sept. 29th, 1843. VINDEX. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD Sia,—l have heard say that there is in some countries an insect whose bite is curable only by music. Can you inform me whether such a wonder has been imported into Liverpool lately, as it appears that even grave folks are so musically disposed as to attend and encourage perfor mances where the most solemn and sacred pieces are sung promiscuously with others of a light and trifling charac ter? It is true the latter (lest they should startle the scrupulous, no doubt) are entitled .secular. Ours is an ingenious age, and we are an ingenious people : a less in genious would have called them profane. I attended a meeting lately, in the Amphitheatre, of the above sort ; but I hope I shall not soon attend such another serio-comic affair. I could conceive nothing more likely to bring sacred music into contempt than such an amalgamation ; and I have seen some of its work ings. I know some people plead for it that "it will be the means of withdrawing persons from the public house, by enabling them to amuse themselves at their own fire side." But is it not as likely that the public-houses will be made the rendezvous of those trifling warblers whose only motive is to amuse, and will also decoy after them others who would otherwise never have inclined to such haunts? It is a pity to see such a system receiving such respectable support; while, at the same time, said system is lending its aid to Popery. It seems an excellent coun terpart to teetotalism. When I see such expediency adopted by churchmen, it reminds me of a comparison used by a worthy clergyman not a hundred miles from Kirkdale, in reference to worldly conformity. "It is the church coming down the hill to meet the world," instead of keeping her place at the top. I have thrown out this spark in hope that it may, by influential hands, be blown into a flame that will exter minate these (religious ?) comedies! A LOVER OF MUSIC. Crown-street, 19th September, 1843. P.S.—Of akin to the above is the system of engaging persons to lead the singing in churches, whose only qua lification is a musical one, and who alternately lead the sacred and profane. Is it to be wondered at, if, under such a system, congregations are not over-forward to join (the praise)? [We have the assurance of our correspondent, that his remarks are only directed against the junction of sacred pieces with profane or trifling, and that he has no wish to say one word in disparagement of any of the class systems of singing per se.] x---~ ,r < r ~,.. The Moderator followed in a strain commendatory of the said speakers ; and von, sir, who were ihe next speaker, so far from saying they had spoken irreverently of your favourite (?) church, followed in a strain not unlike theirs. (Prov. xxix. 24.) If von have forgot your words, I have not, as they are now beh)re me, and am able to prove all I say. Another speaker of a simi:ar sort was Dr. Bu chanan : indeed, the enmity was so palpable throughout the convocation, that it almost seems a work of superero gation to prove it. Before the decision in the civil court, the non-intrusionists threatened, in the event of the de cision being given against the m , t o cross t h e b or d er an d disturb the English church. It were well if the execu tion of this threat were a fair sample of their faithfulness. They have done what they could. As another instance of your feeling towards our church, I may mention, that, at the first non-intrusion meeting held in the Music-hall in this town, the author of the " Harp on the Willows," in opening the meeting with prayer, prayed " that God would bless the churches esta blish,d in this place," but instantly retracted the word established, and for it subsituted planted, evidently shew ing that he did not wish a blessing upon the established church. I must now conclude my second letter on this unplea sant subject, not anxious for, but not afraid of, a third, should I see that necessary. I have not said so much as materials enable me, though I hope I have said enough to convey to the minds of those who may read this letter something like a correct idea of the relative positions of the Church of England and the non-intrusion party, and also to show you that the questions which form the sub ject of this letter are not yet answered. I remain, rev. sir, yours very respectfully, WILLIAM TATLOCK. Liverpool, Sept. 27, 1843. COLLISION ON THE RIVER.—On Thursday last a colision took place on the Mersey. The Flambeau, steamer, left the George's Pierhead for the Menai Bridge, and, in shaping her course down the river, she drifted across the bows of the King Orrey, steamer, carrying away the foretopmast of the latter, and doing herself serious injury : her bulwarks, maintopmast, mizenmast, and stern-boat were swept away by the bowsprit of the King Orrey, and her stern-frame separated from the deck plank. Her steering apparatus being crippled it was with difficulty she could be steamed to the Coburg Dock, where she is now undergoing the necessary repairs. ROBBERIES.—On Tuesday last Amelia Wade was charged, before Mr. Rushton, with having robbed Robert Anderson, a Swede, of six sovereigns. The prisoner so licited charity from Mr. Anderson, as he was leaving the Amphitheatre. He refused, when the woman put her hand into his pocket, and two men coming up, he was struck, and the woman ran off with the purse. She was pursued and taken be the policeman. She was committed for trial.—Margaret West was also committed for robbing Daniel Walters of a pocket-book, containing a £2O note, a £lO note, and two £5 notes, at a public-house, in Leigh street, kept by a person named Holden. CAUTION TO MARINE STORE DEALERS.—On Thurs day John Phillips, of Henderson-street, was summoned before Mr. Rushton, for carrying on the business of a marine store dealer without procuring a license. The de fendant's wife said they had only been in the business 15 days, and they were trying to see how it would answer be fore they got out a license. Mr. Rushton said he would not allow such proceedings . Parties so acting were liable to a fine of £2O, and the defendant must pay 40s. and costs. Mr. Rushton further stated, that the defendant was liable to a fine of £5 for every day he carried on the business without a license, in addition to the £2O, and added, that he would inflict that penalty, if the case was brought before him again. LICENSE TO THE QUEEN'S THEATRE.—ME. Brether ton, appeared before Mr. Rushton, on Wednesday, and said he wished to give notice, which, he believed, was re quired under the Act of Parliament, that Mr. Holloway intended to apply for a license for the Queen's Theatre. Mr. Rushton said the notice must be countersigned by two justices. Mr. Bretherton said he was aware of that, but he merely attended now to give the preliminary notice. Mr. Rushton asked for the written notice. Mr. Brether ton said it was prepared, but it was at his office. He would get it countersigned as required. Mr. Rushton said he would call the justices together to consider it in a body. The course would be to lodge the paper. As soon as that was done he should cause the justices to be called together to consider whether the paper should be counter signed or not. After this the application could be made. Mr. Bretherton acquiesced and left the court. The course, in future, as regards similar applications, will, we under stand, be as above laid down. In the case of the appli plication for the Liver Theatre Mr. Norris made an ap plication at once, with the document countersigned by two justices, and the application was granted on the under standing that the stipulations of the statute should be complied with. The magistrates, have, however, we be lieve, determined not to countenance what have been cal led " penny theatres." It is deemed expedient, there fore, that, in future, they shall consider in a body ere any of them countersign an application. LADY HAMlLTON.—Lieutenant Parsons has addressed the following letter to the Mercury:—" I am this morn ing favoured with a copy of the kind and able critique on my humble effort in literature, which you inform me is to appear in to-morrow's paper. I not only most freely ac cord my consent, but heartily thank you for the honour done me. The late unfortunate Neapolitan admiral, Prince Caraccioli, was doomed to death by his own coun trymen, officers of high rank and station, Lord Nelson, as Viceroy, alone sanctioned the sentence. The she-wolf, as you are pleased to term her, I depict as I knew her in the palmy days of her beauty and her might, when her smiles were eagerly courted by heroes, and grave sedate statesmen not only respectfully listened to her advice, but adopted her talented, strong, and energetic measures— when her favour was the highroad to p.m:notion, and her masculine mind governed kingdoms. It would ill become me, gentlemen, to lend an ear to the scandal that has blackened her fame, and clean-blotted from memory her great services. Thus are our virtues written in water, our vices eneraven on brass. Not to trespass further on your paper at this late hour, I shall conclude by stating, that when I knew this unfortunate lady, she was the ob served of all observers, the honoured and idolised wife of Sir William Hamilton, Bart., not only one of the most learned men of his day, but universally beloved as great and good. Not mentioning Lady Hamilton in Nelsonian reminiscences (as recommended by you), would, it strikes me, be on the same principle as omitting the character of Hamlet, in the tragedy of that name." DISAPPEARANCE OF MR. DYCE SOMBRE.—SOPOe spe culation, mingled with alarm, has been excited by the sudden disappearance from the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, of Mr. Dyce Sombre, a native of the East Indies, who married the daughter of Lord St. Vincent, and was lately pronounced insane by a Court de lunatico inquirendo. About ten days ago Mr. Sombre arrived in Liverpool from London, accompanied by a physician and three servants, and put up at the Adelphi Hotel. The object of his visit to Liverpool was change of air and scene. It was in. tended to purchase a pleasure yacht, in which Mr. Som bre was to take pleasure trips on the Mersey. Occasion ally he walked about the streets of the town, and con versed with several individuals on the docks, shipping, &c., in a very rational manner. His attire, when he thus went abroad, was magnificent. On the night of Wed. nesday last a servant, as was his wont, went several times into the bed-room of his master. His last visit was at twelve o'clock, and he then found the gentleman asleep. It appears, however, that about four o'clock on Thursday morning he came down stairs in his night dress, opened the hall door, which had a very peculiar latch, and went out. He has not since been heard of. Persons have been despatched through all parts of the town in search of him, and on Friday last one of them went to the Adel. phi, " breathless with haste, and fiery hot with speed," to announce that the lost one had been found, and was approaching in the care of a constable. The anxious friends of the gentleman rushed to the door, and saw a tall black man coming towards the hotel in the custody of an officer ; but the captive turned out to be the steward of a vessel in the King's Dock, who had been captured because, like the East India gentleman, he was a tall and handsome man of colour. It is supposed that the missing stranger took with him a considerable sum of money, and that he has fallen into the hands of crimps, who are keep ing him locked up until his gold shall have been exhausted. INQUESTS.—On Friday last, there were six inquests held before the borough coroner. The first was on the body of Esther Emery, a child three months old. Anne Emery, the wife of James Emery, who lives in Mary's place, Gildart's-gardens, deposed that the deceased was her daughter, and that, on Wednesday evening last, as the latter was troubled with a cough, which she had had for three or four days, she asked a little girl of the name of Ellen Shaw, whose parents lived in the neighbourhood, to go for a pennyworth of paregoric. Shaw having brought back a bottle of dark fluid, which was about three parts full, witness poured some of it into a tea spoon, mixed it with some warm water and sugar, and administered it to the deceased, who, in about a quarter of an hour after, became seriously indisposed, and worked as in a fit. A neighbour having about this time come in, and . smelled at the bottle, pronounced the liquid to be laudanum. Inquiry was immediately instituted. It was soon found that the mixture had been purchased at the shop of Mr. Sheldon, druggist, Vauxhall-road ; and he, upon being questioned, stated that the girl had asked for laudanum, and that she had been constantly in the habit of coming and purchasing that article. The bottle which was sent, and which was the property of a Mrs. Foyles, bad a label on it marked " laudanum—poison." The deceased died at eight o'clock the same evening. Ellen Shaw distinctly deposed that she asked Mr. Sheldon for paregoric, and not laudanum, and stated that it was 12 months ago since she had got any laudanum at his shop. Mr. Cockburn, surgeon, made a post mortem examina tion. In his opinion the deceased died from an overdose of laudanum, a teaspoonful of which, mixed with warm water and sugar, would be quite sufficient to cause death in so young a child. Sarah Foyles, the owner of the bot tle, stated that she had repeatedly purchased laudanum from Mr. Sheldon, and that she bad requested of him to send laudanum to her whenever the bottle was taken to the shop. A verdict of " chance medley" was returned. —The second inquest was held on the body of John Fin layson, a carter, who was accidentally crushed to death between two carts at the Salthouse Dock, on Wednesday last.—The third was on the body of Jane Gerard, a ser vant, in Gloucester-street, who, while putting clothes on a line in the cellar kitchen, slipped and fell against the dresser, by reason of which she was mortally wounded in the stomach.—The fourth was on the body of Stephen Morecroft, a child five years of age, who overbalanced himself at the edge of a pit in Great Howard-street, and was drowned.—The fifth was on the body of Edgar Waugh, another child five years of age, whose clothes came in contact with a lighted candle in the pantry of his father's house in Roscommon-street, and caused death. — The sixth and last inquest was on the body of James Tumblety, a child of twc years old, who was burned to death in a house in Crosby-street.—Verdicts of " acci dental death " were returned in the five last cases. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD TO THE REV. DR. COOKE, OF BELFAST. REV. SIR,—At a meeting, called by your non-intru sionists, and held at the Amphitheatre here on July sth, two questions were sent up to the chairman : one was, " seeing non-intrusionists ask Englishmen to assist them with money, are they (the non-intrusionists) friendly to our Church of England ?" The other question was, in substance, as follows :—" Is it contended by the non-in trusionists that the people shall have power to reject a minister, merely because he may not be agreeable to their feelings?" To neither of these questions did the chair man then vouchsafe a reply; nor were the three English clergymen who were present apprised of this circumstance. I do not interpret the chairman's motives for observing this " reserve :" doubtless he saw it was better to act as he did than to be more open on the point. On the 14th instant, another meeting of the same body was held at the same place, when (as it would appear) it was felt necessary to make something like a reply to the questions already alluded to. Not, however, expecting, after so long silence on the part of the chairman, that any notice would have been taken of them on this latter occa sion, I did not feel it worth my while to attend; and, consequently, did not bear the replies that were made. On being informed that they had been replied to, how ever, I hastily sought the fullest report of the meeting I could obtain, and there found that the question had been spoken to by the chairman, (the same gentleman who served as chairman on the former occasion,) and also by yourself; but must say that I found the answers made so perfectly evasive of the pointrto which the questions were evidently directed, that I feel I have no choice but to give a plain and direct reply to your speeches, in doing which, I feel that apology on my part would be mere pedantry, as the circumstances of the case render silence a crime. And it is perhaps necessary first to remark that I went to the meeting of the sth July, expecting at least to hear the case of the non-intrusionists fairly stated and honestly (however feebly) argued ; but finding myself wholly dis appointed, and seeing, as I did plainly, that the speeches made on the occasion were calculated to convey to the minds of the audience an impression which I knew to be false, I put the question—" Is it contended that the peo ple shall have the power to reject a minister, merely be cause he may not be agreeable to their feelings?" The Rev. Dr. Cunningham and others sought to win the sym pathies of their English audience by complaining only of the intrusion of ungodly ministers, as though the rejec tion of the ungodly by the people had been all for which they contended. The other question, touching your friendliness as a religious body to our established Church of England, was induced by the unkindly expressions which have, in other places, been uttered by your party respecting her, as contrasted with your appeal for our sympathy. But now, Rev. Sir, to reply. The chairman of your last meeting alleges, as his reason for omitting to answer the questions when first put, that they were anonymous. To this I beg to say, that bad he wished it, he could have had the names of their authors viva voce—(here and then, when first put. Further, if he omitted to notice them at first because they were anonymous, as stated, why notice them at all ? Were they less anonymous after two months' keeping than they were when they were first made ? Where is the consistency of sueh an excuse, for it deserves no better name ? To the question respecting the power of the people with regard to the rejection of their ministers, you say nothing in reply. You only state the qualifications of a minister, but do not state who are to be the judges of these qualifications, whether people or presbytery. The chairman, whose words you approved, speaks to the fol lowing effect, viz. :—" In sending missionaries to the heathen, we could not ask them what minister they would have; but, when we send to a Christian congregation a clergyman, and where we seek to form the pastoral tie between the clergyman and his people, it is a very differ ent thing, and we do contend that we have no right to intrude a clergyman on a Christian people without the will of the people. (Applause.)" Now, sir, first—has it not been a common topic among the non-intrusion party that the " moderates" (those in the Church of Scotland who have not seceded with you) have kept their parishes in heathen darkness; and money is contributed and re ceived for the professed purpose of " evangelising the Church of Scotland "! Now, such being the case, what becomes of the distinction made between sending a mis sionary to the heathen, and placing a minister in the unevangelised Church of Scotland? Are the former to have it " lorded over them" (as non-intrusionists like to speak), while the tender feelings of the latter must be soothed ? A godless people would choose a godless priest ; and what would be the end of such a state of things ! But, the fact is, although your party have endeavoured to work upon the passions of Englishmen by talking largely about the " rights of the people " to choose their own ministers, they nevertheless wish to retain for themselves the power of jndgingfor the people: and in so doing it is but fair to state that .you are acting up to the " Book of Discipline" of that church, which provides that " they (the Christian people) should be compelled, by censure of the counsell and church, to receive the person appointed and approved by the judgement of the GODLY and LEARNED." Having thus, as 1 think, plainly proved what I stated in the commencement of this letter, viz., that while yoar party in appearance offer the people the power of reject ing a minister if they choose, they do i❑ fact wish to keep that power from them ; and having, as I hope, made it plain that on this ground you can claim no sympathy from the multitude, I proceed to reply to your answer to the second ques tion, viz., " Are non-intrusionists friendly to the Church of England?" ? " You reply, " We are friendly to every evangelical cler gyman and layman in the Church of England ; " and you also appeal to your own personal conduct towards the Church of England, as a proof of your own individual friendship towards the said church. But let me observe, rev. sir, that the question is one relative to two public bodies (not individuals), and that therefore such an answer is, in fact, no answer at all. It, however, affords still more evidence that, as a body, the non-intrusionists are not friendly to the Church of England ; for the candid avowal of friendship, bad any existed, would, in such a meeting, have been for the furtherance of your object,— namely, the enlisting of our sympathy, and the securing of our Eraslian cash. lam far indeed from delighting in this discovery, but, sir, when we have enemies it is well to know them. The term Church of England, be it remembered, is not an ambiguous one. Our church is a body constituted by certain written laws, and holding cer- . tain written doctrines. Why, then, tell us that you are friendly to this or that particular "clergyman," or "lay man" enjoying the inestimable privileges of her commu nion ? _ _ The answer, then, which you have made—namely, that you are friendly to certain ministers or members in that church—has, I fear, done as little towards sustaining the argument of the man who made it, as it has towards an swering the purpose for which it was given. Your appeal to your own individual conduct towards our church is equally irrelevant, and for the same reasons : be sides, as you declare yourself an out-and-out non-intrusion ist," you must be judged of as such. For proof that the non intrusionists asabody are not friendly to the Church of Eng land, see the proceedings of their convocation in Edinburgh, May 19 last, on which occasion the Rev. Mr. Denham and Professor Killen, as a deputation from Ireland, took every occasion in their speeches to revile our church, the latter gentleman making some very plain remarks, "shaking the foundationvof the English establishment." `," . - DOCK CO ;IMITTEE. At the weekly meeting of this bode, on Thursday, the following gentlemen were present :—Messrs. Sands, Bar clay, Holt, Holmes, Smith, Molynetn, Nicol, Bully, Rovden, Tobin, Shand, Moon, Middi-zton, Bold, Evans, Ripley, and Aikin. Mr. Hartley, the surveyor, presented a report, giving an account of the unfortunate accident at the dock works. lie said he could not attribute the misfortune to anything but the neglect of the engineman in not keeping the boiler full of water. DOCK SPACE. A report from the surveyor on the present state of the docks was then read. Mr. Hartley called the attention of the committee to the length of time which had elrpsed since the docks were let dry, and proposed certain days on which he should be allowed to run them dry in turn, for the purpose of clearing them. He said they ought not to be allowed to remain longer than three years with out being inspected. The report stated that for the twelve months ending July 1824, the number of vessels that en tered the port was 10,001, tonnage 1,180,914. For the same length of time ending 1843, the number of vessels was 16.606, tonnage 2.,415,278. In 1824, the dock space was 501 acres; in 1843., it was 963 acres, and when the Albert dock was completed, it would he 106 k acres ; yet notwitstanding this,. the surveyor was of opinion that a further extension of dock space was desirable. Mr. EvANs said they should not be hurried into con clusions, and thereby act prematurely, for if they went to Parliament before the expiration of the two years which they were allowed, they would be compelled to go for what were called open docks, and not those with ware houses. There was a larger per centage in the increase of dock room than in the tonnage. But, when they looked at the year 1842,they would see that there was a vast quan tity of steamers, and their tonnage was not correctly given in ; still they would find that the facility with %bleb they went in and out, compared with the square-rigged vessels which they had supplanted, would, in a great degree, form a very large portion of the increase of tonnage. One of them would measure 400 tons. Now, a square-rigged vessel, even if she were going coastwise, would be i❑ her berth three weeks or so ; but the steamers were often in their berths not many more hours than toe square-rigged vessels were weeks. He thought therefore, that they ought not to be hurried, by any statement like that on paper, to any precipitate or premature measures. In reply to a question:from Mr. Nicol., Mr. HARTLEY said the docks had not been cleaned in consequence of their being so constantly filled with ships. Mr. EVANS said he forgot to add that they were now getting on with the Albert Dock and basin, and taking these into account with the increased depth of the ad joing docks, he expected the docks would be relieved to an amount equal to four or five thousand tons a year. He did not want to negative any research into their wants, but he would call on the committee to look at it not as an affair of instant and urgent necessity. The CHAIRMAN said it was only right for Mr. Hart ley to bring before the committee his views; it was for the committee to adopt them or not as they liked. Mr. ROYDEN spoke of the necessity of cleaning the docks. _ _ _ Mr. RIPLEY was quite satisfied that the Albert Dock would do as much work as any two docks; and if they had warehouses on the margin of the Prince's dock in stead of sheds, they would be of great service. Mr. AIKIN was satisfied Mr. Ripley gas within the mark, when he said the Albert Dock would do the work of two docks. Here (Mr. Aikin) would be disappointed if it did not do the work of three docks. He was almost sorry that this subject had been brought before them, until they had ascertained the good that would arise out of the warehouses on the margin of the docks. When that good was found out, the demand would be not for new docks, but the cry would be for the same convenience in all the docks. By building warehouses round the docks, they would give more accommodation than if they doubled the dock space. Mr. NacoL said warehouses round the docks would not give additional accommodation to steamers, nor much facility as regarded the timber trade. There were other branches of trade in the same position, and he appre hended Mr. Hartley's statement related to dock space alone. Mr. SHAND said that, allowing they should want more dock space, it became a matter of consideration where they could get land for that purpose. He said that they were now making land for the Corporation up to Beacon's gutter, and he thought that they ought to buy that, for in fourteen or fifteen years they would ask a great deal more for it than they would now. The report of the surveyor, as to the extension of the dock space, was allowed to lay on the table for a week. VICTORIA CHANNEL. Mr. HOLT said the Marine Surveyor had sounded this channel during the present springs, and found at high water 41 feet 3 inches, and at low water, the depth was 9 feet 11 inches, which clearly proved that his former calculations were correct. THE TRANSIT SHEDS. The CHAIRMAN said that these sheds were opened on the 17th of April, 1843, and it was required by the 45th section of the dock act, that six months after they were opened the committee should pass a resolution as to the expediency, or otherwise, of erecting transit sheds on the west quays of any of the other docks. After the experi ence which they had had, he, the Chairman, thought that question might very soon be disposed of. The origi nal cost of the sheds was £13,262 and the expense of working them for six months about £ll5. They had been used by about twenty-slx vessels, and the receipts were somewhere about £lO, so that it was not a very profitable concern. Mr. RIPLEY said these sheds were intended as an ex periment, and never was there a more complete failure, or thorough waste of money. At the same time he was exceedingly glad to say that that committee, or a large majority of them, never gave their sanction to them. It was a penalty paid by that estate to the warehouse interest of Liverpool, in order to get their support to obtain a bill for the building of docks with warehouses on the quays—one of the most important measures ever brought before that committee, or any committee, in the town of Liverpool. The sheds were eleven in number, and twenty-six vessels only had been accommodated. He was quite satisfied that one shed would have done the work and that ten out of the eleven were useless. Mr. EVANS.—The sheds were intended as an obstruc tion to warehouses- Mr. RIPLEY said the public had an idea, and it was a very great mistake, that the committee were the cause of building these sheds. They were certainly instrumental in doing it, but they were driven into it. It was against the opinion of the majority of that large committee, for if the majority of the committee had had any influence £13,000 would have been saved. The CHAIRMAN.—The whole will not be lost. Mr, HARTLEY.—About one third will be saved. Mr. R IPLEY.—About the interest of the money I sup pose. Mr. Ripley then proposed a resolution, which was carried unanimously, to the effect, that it was inexpedient to proceed with the building of any more sheds. A letter from Mr. M'lSride, as to the withdrawal of the police from the Clarence and Trafalgar Docks, was read, and a communication was directed to be addressed to the Watch Committee on the subject. Mr. Wilson was allowed to break up the Duke of Lan caster in the graving dock, on condition that he paid the dock dues during the time he occupied the space. The following letter was then read : Liverpool, 27th September, 1843. SIR,—We are in receipt of your letter of the 22d inst. enclosing a copy of a resolution of the Dock Committee, passed at their last meeting, in reply to our letters of the 15th and 18th instant. addressed! to Mr. Withers, the Treasurer of the Dock Estate. _ _ With regard to the question between Mr. Capper and Mr. Bennett, we observe that upon evidence given by one party only, the committee have thought fit to come to a decision without any notice to the other, and without affording him an opportunity of adducing evidence on his part, a course of proceeding not calculated to give the decision any weight in the minds of impartial persons. Touching the statement in our letter of the 15th inst. as to the ignorance of your Measurer, Mr. Capper, we presume the committee do not deny that he did formerly measure ships, contrary alike to your own Local Act and the general Registry Act, and that, consequently, large sums were illegally exacted, which the committee would have been obliged to refund, if they had not obtained an act of indemnity, and whilst through you, (as their official organ) in your letters to the United States Consnl, dated the 10th of March last, they stated " that the sole object of the bill which the committee have been advised to seek to obtain in this session of Parliament, is simply to remove any doubts which may exist in the minds of many parties on the general question, namely, the admeasure ment of ships for the collection of tonnage dues." In furtherance of this object, our present purpose is to have the mode of measuring ships' poops clearly defined. This we conceive to be the more necessary in consequence of the poops of some American ships differing in con struction materially from those of British ships. In the former the poop is separated abaft from a raised tiller-room peculiar to some American ships, and there fore a question arises whether the length of the poop is to be taken between the foremost and the aftermost bulk heads, or from the foremost bulkheads to a line run per pendicular with the fore part of the stern-post. The Independence, New York, and Siddons, now in dock, have poops constructed as described, whilst the poop of the Liverpool has no break abaft, but a round house on the poop deck covering the patent steering ap paratus and wheel. As rate-payers, bound to protect the interests confided to our charge, we conceive that we are only executing our duty in requesting the boundary line, defining the points of measurement, to be clearly laid down within the mean ing of the act of Parliament, and thus, and for ever, prevent the possibility of a mistake. Waiting the decision of the Dock Committee, we re main, Sir, your obedient servants, (Signed,) CHAPMAN, BOWMAN, & .Daniel Mason, Esq., Secretary, Dock Committee. Some little discussion ensued, after which the subject was deferred until inquiries were made. The number of vessels which entered the port of Run corn during the month ending 24th Sept., was stated to be 203, tonnage, 9681, receipts £49 4s. Bd., being £2 Bs. Id. less than the corresponding period last year. PUBLICANS, BEERSELLERS, &C. FINED.—On Friday, five publicans were brought before Mr. Rushton for breaches of the laws regulating their business, and par ticularly for selling at illegal .hours on Sunday. Several of them had before been convicted. Two were fined £4 and costs ; one £5 and costs ; one 50s. and costs; and one acquitted. A table-beer seller was fined Xsand costs,(second offence) and two keepers of eating cellars, for supplying refreshments to bad characters in the night, were fined —one 60s. and the other 50s. with costs. ALLEGED ROBBERY AT KIRKDALE HOUSE OF CORRECTION. For some time past, but more particularly within the last 12 months, strong suspicion has pervaded the minds of the authorities that a systematic course of plunder has been carried on by more than one or two of the servants employed within the House of Correction at Kirkdale. There was no doubt that the expense of the female side of the prison had been greatly on the increase; that the clothing for that department cost about £6OO more last year than ever it had done before ; and yet, after the sup ply had taken place, there did not appear to be any super abundance of the requisite articles. Within the last few days, certain information having been given by a female prisoner of the name of Sarah Pugh (who, it will be recol lected, was sentenced to two years imprisonment for rob bing Mr. Zwilchenbart, of. Bootle, of a considerable amount of property), an investigrtion became imperative. Pugh stated distinctly that one of the thieves was Eliza beth Green, who for some time past has been acting as servant to Mrs. Herd, the matron. but who was formerly confined at Kirkdale on a charge of having concealed the birth of a child. It seems that when the period of her confinement expired Mrs. Herd, thinking that she could possibly be reclaimed from the course of life she had pre viously been pursuing, took her into her service. • in consequence of the information given by Pugh, Mr. J. Formby, one of the county magistrates, instituted .a preliminary inquiry, and appointed Wednesday last for a public investigation of the case. Mr. Dodd, attorney, appeared, at the request of Mrs. Herd, on the part of e prisoner, wo is a well-looking young woman far advanced in pregnancy. The magistrates on the bench consisted of Mr. J. FORMBY, Sir T. BRANCICER, and Mr. T. RAWSON. Seven large boxes, five of which belonged to the pri soner, were brought into court, opened, and searched. They were all filled with linen, woollen, and calico articles of various descriptions, consisting of tablecloths, chair covers, towels, petticoats, drawers, handkerchiefs, aprons, &c. Several witnesses stated that the various articles resem bled those supplied by them to the prison. After the whole of the evidence had been gone through, Mrs. Herd complained that her boxes had been seized and brought to court, as well as those belonging to the prisoner. _ _ Mr. FORMBY assured her that it was not his intention, when giving the necessars orders to the officers, that any boxes but those of which the prisoner was the owner should have been taken possession of. He then stated it as the opinion of the Court, that there was not a case to go to the jury, but that strong suspicion existed in the minds of the magistrates with regard to the manner in which some of the property had been obtained; and they should content themselves with ordering her to leave the gaol immediately and never to enter the premises agai , . M r. Dodd said, that although the enquiry had ostensibly for its object the criminating of the prisoner, yet that it obliquely glanced at an old and faithful servant, Mrs. Herd. He. therefore, hoped the magistrates would ex press something which might go forth to the world to show that she, who had been a faithful servant for nearly a quarter of a century, left the court without any imputa tion on her character. Mr. FORMBY said that nobody charged Mrs. Herd with the plunder. Mrs. Herd said that she would never suffer a person to be blamed wrongfully, and that if necessary she could explain how every article came into the possession of the prisoner. Her sole object in retaining the girl in her service was to do her some good. Mr. FORMBY thought it impossible to do her any good. He believed there was not a servant girl in all England who had such an immense lot of linen, woollen and calico goods as her boxes were filled with. Mrs. Herd said, it ought to be recollected that the prisoner was a housekeeper before she had come into her service, and had been so for some time. Mr. FOItMBY said, he knew what she was very well; and that Mrs. Herd would not serve herself by the pre sent explanation. Mrs. Herd ultimately left the court, and the prisoner was turned out of the gaol. MAGAZINES REGATTA, This interesting event came off on Tuesday, and the weather being fine brought a large concourse of visitors from Liverpool, until the sands presented a most ani mated appearance. The tide serving at twelve o'clock, the four following sailing boats started :—The Mariner's Friend, Bell's Elizabeth, Whittle's Elizabeth, The Canary. The match was to sail round a boat stationed at New Brighton, from thence round a boat at Egremont, and back to the Magazines. The Canary was at starting the decided favourite, but in rounding the New Brighton boat Whittle's Elizabeth came up to her, and shortly took the lead. Half way to Egremont Canary _flew ahead, but her wings were soon clipped by Elizabeth, who now showed fine sailing, and real skill on the part of her crew. She came in first, closely followed by Canary, leaving Eliza beth second, and the Mariners' Friend considerably astern. The next was a sailing match by five boats for the Gunpowder Cup. They all made a good start, the Eleanor being the decided favourite; but as she sailed round the boat at Egremont in shore coming out into the strong current, instead of sailing round her, outside, re turning in shore, according to the rules laid down, it was apparent that she must lose. Two gave up. and the re mainder then rounded the boat in the following order : The Eleanor, The Liverpool, The Industry, The Japan, The Swallow. The Liverpool was declared the winner. The next was a rowing match between four oared ,gigs, the Gypsey Queen and the Brunette. This was a hard trial of .kill and Ck long pull. The 0 y r .:ay Q"apn took the lead at starting, and was the favourite, but the crew of Brunette strained every nerve for Victory and were suc cessful. The match was well contested, the Brunette winning by about three boats' lengths. The next was a rowing match of four oared boats, the Industry, Japan, and Swallow. A capitally contested match, and all shewed themselves to be right good fel lows at a pull. They all came in within a boat's length of each other, the Japan Ist, Industry 2d, Swallow 3d. The George and Swallow thm started for a two oared match, which was won by the George after a hard strug gle, for in rowing up to Egremont they once or twice ran on shore. It being too late for more sport during the day, the Manor House Stakes, kindly given by the Hon. Thomas Kenyon, were contested the following day. This match was for the losers. After a hard pull Swallow was declared the winner. Eleanor came in second, Japan third, and Industry fourth. . . . . We were well pleased with the two days' sport, and doubt not that the Magazines' Regatta will become one of the most popular ones in the neighbourhood. The spot is remarkably well situated for such an amusement, the elevated ground in front of the Magazines offering a commanding view of the whole match • the pleasant walk on the sands from Egremont, and the nearness to New Brighton, all render it a pleasant holiday for Liverpool as well as Cheshire. ROBBERY OF A SHOP IN CASTLE-STREET.--On Tues day morning last, the shop of Messrs. Blackburne and Bell, tailors and drapers, Castle-street, was entered by thieves, and a quantity of goods, consisting of silk scarfs, handkerchiefs, neckerchiefs, plain and figured satins, &c. &c., to the amount of £l5O, were stolen therefrom. NEW AMERICAN LINER.—A ship, called the St. George, was launched early in the last month at Newbury port, Massachusetts. She is intended to run between New York, New Orleans, and Liverpool. She was built under the immediate supervision of Captain 'Watson Fer ris, who is part owner, and who is well known as an expe rienced packet commander. The St. George is about 1000 tons burthen, 150 feet on deck, 120 feet keel, 341 feet beam, and 22 feet depth of hold. Her poop deck is 66 feet long, extending from the mainmast to the taffrail, with a top-gallant forecastle divided into two apartments, one for each watch. The St. George will sail from New York about the middle of this month, under command of Captain Perris. CUSTOMS' INFORMATION.— On Thursday, Mr. Henry, solicitor, appeared in behalf of James Brocklehurst, to offer bail for his appearance in London at the next :Mi chaelmas Term, to answer a charge of conspiring to de fraud the customs. The prisoner was committed under a judge's warrant until be should find bail for his appear ance, himself in £2OO, and two sureties in £lOO each. Mr. Henry acknowledged that the bail was indemnified, and Mr. Brooks, on behalf of the customs, objected to its being taken. Mr. Henry said his client lived in Man chester, and it was a great hardship to him, as he knew no person in Liverpool who would go bail for him. Mr. Rushton said he would take good bail from Manchester, if it were offered, and Mr. Henry said he would endea vour to produce such bail. LIVERPOOL WOOL SALES.—The wool sales commenced here on Thursday. The total quantity of Australian brought forward amounted to 2617 bales, of which 1266 bales were from Sydney, and 1351 bales from Port Philip, the former consisted principally of clothing qualities, and were generally in good condition, whilst some marks of the latter were seedy and rather heavy. On the first day's sale, there was a larger attendance than has ever been before here, and all the good wools sold with spirit, at an advance of fully Id. per lb. on the prices obtained at the sales here in June; but on Friday the chief pro portion being Port Philip, the biddings were rather languid, and did not sell within Id. per lb. so well as on the previous day. About 300 bales of East India wool have already been sold at very extreme prices, partly for export. COMMITMENTS, AT THE POLICE COURT, FOR TRIAL AT THE SESSIONS.—On Wednesday, Robert Parkinson, a boy, for stealing a pair of trowsers from a clothes shop door. Mr. Rushton reprimanded the owner for hanging articles outside their shops in such a manner as to tempt poor children and others to take them. On Thursday, a man named John Leigh, for stealing a large bundle of sole leather, from the shop of Mr. Smith, Old Haymarket, He offered it for sale to Mr. Latham, Richmond-row, and received some money on account. The bundle had been left outside the shop, preparatory to being shipped. Same day, Andrew Caldwell and John Conwin, for offer ine: bad money to Helen Bowman, Brownlow-hill. The prisoners were traced to their lodgings, where about 20 half-crowns, four half-sovereigns, &c., all counterfeit, was found concealed. The half-crowns were so well executed that the magistrate himself said he might have taken any one of them without suspicion. LIVE! POOL 13ANKRUPPCY COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner PnruArs.) INTERESTING TO SOLICITORS.-IN THE MATTER OF HUGH LLOYD. Mr. Radcliffe, of the firm of Rogerson and Radcliffe, stated to the Court that the bankrupt in this case was about to apply for his certificate. The date of his bank ruptcy was in the latter part of the year 1839, but the pro ceedings had only within these few days been transferred into the new Court, from the solicitors of the assignees who had the custody of them. Before the bank rnt,t made his application, he would beg leave to state to his Honour, that some extiense.(amounting to about £4) had been in curred fn producing the proceedings in court, and as he (Mr. Radcliffe), had V,e honour to represent both parties, he was desirous of taking his Honour's opinion as to ap 'portioning the expense between his clients. His HONOUR.—Surely, Mr. Radcliffe, repre s enting as you do the two parties, who can be so fit to adjust such a difference as yourself. By whom were these expenses in curred ? Mr. Radcliffe.—The bankrupt, of course, being inter ested in the production of these proceedings, made an ap plication to the solicitor who had the controul over the proceedings to forthwith bring them into court. This application being disregarded, a summons was applied for and granted by Mr. Commissioner Skirrow to have the proceedings brought in and duly registered, an affidavit having to be prepared, which affidavit and the custs of the service of the summons had created the costs referred to. His Hoslona observed, that it was pretty clear to him that the non-compliance of the solicitors had produced all the difficulty, and it was very hard that the other party should sutler for a fault in Which he had no participation. The rules and orders of the Lord Chancelor were, in fact, not complied with as they ought to have been, which would have , prevented the necessity of an application at all. The rule expressly states, " that all proceedings ten years anterior to the operation of the new act (Nov. 1842) shall, within one calendar month, be transferred into the new courts, and duly registered." Independent of this, an, application had been made, and not attended to, and a summons issued, founded upon this disregard, the whole of which seemed to him to have been caused by the par ties themselves. In all cases where similar conduct shall have been pursued, he should, where applied to, act so as to be in consonance with the opinions he had expressed; and if any dissatisfaction appeared at the result of his de cisions, he himself would stimulate an appeal tdthe Court of Review, so as to have the matter decisively settled. NOVEL APPLICATION.—An insolvent, who had only recently obtained his final order, having discovered that, by some means, a creditor had been omitted in his sche dule, applied to Mr. Commission e r Phillip s f or hi s a d v i ce how to act under the circumstances. He averred that he had included this with his other creditors, in the list sub mitted to his attorney ; but by some inadvertence, it had been omitted. The commissioner said, the only mode by which the omission could be repaired, so as to bring things into a regular course, was to get the creditor to pray the court to rescind the final order, in which case the insol vent would, of course, cease to have the protection of the court, and thus be open to process from each of his credi tors ; but he would be able to file a new petition, and pass through his examination as before, unopposed. MEETINGS ADJOURNED. C. J. Morley, (certificate,) from the 27th inst. to the 23d October, at half-past 12.—Thom a s P arr y, f rom th e 28th September to 4th October, at half-past 12. CERTIFICATES ALLOWED. Edward Hopkins, coal-dealer.—John Brown, mer chant. NOTICES OF MEETINGS. Oct. 3.—Davis and Davis, drug grinders, (last exami nation,) at 11: J. Parker, (adjourned dividend,) at 11; Buchanan and Cunningham, merchants, (last examina tion,) at 12. _ _ _ , Oct. 4.—Boult and Addison, (dividend,) at 11 ; J. Hignett, insolvent, (final order,) at 12; I'. Parry, draper, (adjourned last examination.) at half-past 12. Oct. s.—Darcey and Dierden, (special examination,) at 11. Oct. 6.—Timothy Bourne, (adjourned audit,) at 11 ; C. Clarke, cotton broker, (choice of assignees.) at 12. Oct. 7—Timothy Bourne, (adjourned dividend,) at 11. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday last, as a young man, named Johnson, residing in Hurst -street, Old Swan, was returning from the colliery with a load of coal, he unfor tunately fell under one of the wheels of the cart, which, passing over his neck, killed him on the spot. On Tuesday last a female of the name of Margaret West was committed by Mr. Rushton for trial, charged with having robbed Mr. David Walltearss, joiner and builder, of Brook-street, North Birkenhead, of a pocket-book, containing a £2O Bank of England note, a £lO Bank of England note, and two £5 Bank of England notes. in a beer house in Leigh -street in this town. The prisoner was at the time accompanied by two men. The thieves who broke out of Castle Rusbhn, Isle of Man, and appropriated a pleasure-boat, landed near Aml wich, in the Isle of Anglesey, and immediately re sumed business. This led to the recapture of two of them, John Tyler and William Roberts, alias Trafford. Tyrer subsequently escaped from the constable, and Ro berts has been committed to Beaumaris gaol for trial. They are represented as Liverpool thieves, of a most ac complished reputation. ROBBERY OUT OF DOORS.—On Friday, at the Police court. a little old man, of mean apparel and unprepos sessing appearance, charged a good looking young girl (of loose character) with robbing him of ten shillings and six pence. He had gone with her from street to street, and eventually missed his old pocket-book, and also the money from the same pocket. He pursued her and had her ap prehended. The pocket-book was afterwards found on the ground, but not the money, which had disappeared. The prisoner was at first ordered for trial, but it being as certained that the complainant resided at Ashton-in- Mackerfield, she was brought back and committed to hard labour for three months. In common with many others, we are in some doubt whether such disgusting hoary old sinners. who encourage female depravity in our streets, are proper objects An the protection ur we low. WEST DE RBY FLOWER SHOW. —The third and last ex hibition took place, on Friday last, at the infant school room, Crosby-green. There was a very splendid collec tion of dahlias; the best, in the opinion of some compe tent judges, shown at any exhibition in this neighbour hood for some time. Mr. Freme won the first prizes for the pans of twelve, eight, and six blooms, the second of four, the second for celery, and other prizes. The other prizes for dahlias are well distributed betweec Mrs. Pres ton, of Firgrove ; Robert Jones, Esq. of Sandfield-house ; R. W. Preston, Esq., of Beech-hill; Mr. T. Harrison, and Mr. Thomas Fletcher. Best stove-plant peaches, second best grapes, beat apples, and second best pears, Mrs. Jones, Lark-hill; best greenhouse plants, best her baceous plant, and second best cucumbers, Mr. Bellison ; best pans of twelve and eight pansies, Mrs. Preston ; best basket of plants, and second best of cut flowers,. Edwd Hunt, Esq. ; best basket of cut flowers, resembling a large crown, with the letters V.R. on the top, most beau tifully arranged by Mr. Richard Tyrer ; nest black grapes, T. Toulmin, Esq.; second best apples, Mr. Tyrer • best white cabbage, best melon, and red cabbage, S. iright, Esq. ; best six heads of celery, R. Jones, Esq. (extremely large;) best cucumbers, ditto; best brace of lettuce, E. Hunt, Esq. LAUNCH OF THE " FIRE QUEEN."—This fine new iron steamer, of which we gave a description in our last, was launched on Tuesday from the yard of the builders, Messrs. Davenport, Grindrod, and Patrick. The launch took place at half-past twelve o'clock, when, every neces sary preliminary arrangement having been made, the im mense fabric was put in motion. The ceremony. of christening was performed by the lady of Mr. Jon. Grindrod. She went off the stocks beautifully, gliding with a slow and steady motion into the river, amid the acclamations of the multitudes who had assembled in the adjacent shipbuilding yards to witness the exciting spec tacle. Just as she went off a slight accident occurred, which was not, however, attended by any very serious consequences. Several men had climbed to the roof of a wooden shed, and at the very moment when the vessel was set in motion the planks of the roof gave way, and most of those who had gained this advantageous position were suddenly plunged into the dark interior of the shed, where they not only missed seeing the launch, but a few of them sustained rather severe bruises. After the launch a large party of ladies and gentlemen were sump tuously entertained in the mould-room, a spacious apart ment, which was suitably decorated with flags for the oc casion. The repast was very elegantly laid out, the wines, port, sherry, champagne, &c., were of a very supe rior description. The usual loyal toasts having been given and responded to, " Success to the Fire Queen" was pro posed and received with enthusiasm. Mr. Thos. Jen kinson then in a neat speech, in which he made some ap propriate allusions to the effects of commerce on civilisa tion, &c., proposed the health of the builders. This toast was followed by loud cheers. Mr. Patrick replied in suitable terms, and the majority of the company sepa rated. LAUNCH OF THE" NIMROD."—A remarkably fine iron steam-ship was launched at half-past twelve o'clock on Tuesday, from the extensive building-yard of Messrs. Thomas Vernon and Co., Barrack-street, North Shore. She has been built for the City of Cork Steam-packet company, who intend to run her between this port and Cork, and is called, after the mighty hunter of old, " The Nim rod." She is of the following dimensions, viz :—Length from figure-herd to taffrail 200 feet, length between per pendiculars 180 feet, length of keel 175 feet, beam 26 feet, width of paddle-boxes 46 feet, depth of hold 16 feet, and admeasures, old mode, 561 tons. The ceremony of christ ening was performed by Miss Haseldine, who was sup ported by several gentlemen belonging to the company, immediately upon which the Nimrod entered the waters of the Mersey, amidst cheers from the assembled thou sands. Soon after the launch about ]5O ladies and gentle men sat down to a sumptuous ajeaner prepared in the model room, and after the removal of the cloth, Mr. Samuel Holme in a neat and appropriate speech propoied the health of the builders which was received with loud and unanimous cheering. Mr. Thomas Vernon in reply, after thanking the company, referred to the iron pam phlets of Mr. Thomas Gladstone and Mr. Grantham and denied that there was any fear of a reduction of labour in consequence of the increasing construction of iron ves sels. Several other toasts were proposed. The Nimrod is now lying in the Ti afalgar Dock, where she will receive her engines, and in November, she will proceed upon her first voyage. We heartily wish her and her proprietors success. We understand that Messrs. Vernon and Co. have received orders from the East India Company to build two steamers upon the same construction as the Nimrod, and also t w i? accommodation boats, 140 feet long, for the navigation of the River Ganges. Imme diately after'the launch a handsome chased silver tankard was presented by Wilfred Troutbeck, Esq., to Captain Pyle, who has been appointed to the command of the Nimrod, in testimony of his efficient and seamanlike con duct whilst in command of another vessel belonging to the Cork Company. I _.-- -- ,~ i~