The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-08-08 00:00:00

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS 4' %al Monthly meeting of the Town Council was ltt," Wednesday in the Council -chamber. al twe . srobers 44 minutes past eleven before a Be ae the °Persons were present to make a council. The 4oeeedings commence, sufficient cien t the silaeittoAlost said he wished to call the attention of lisdea object which was of some importance.s now 1 444 .the late attendance of members. It wa leotit:uniutes past eleven o'clock ; they hadgreat a lrable hattegibusiness to transact arid it was very 6 40 atte"aernen should not infrin , e upon the time of those /I " t d ill Proper time. g The bp,,._ , FINANCE COMMITTEE. . Ithermedings of the Finance Committee . were read ash. Fresh Town -clerk, comprising a gratuity of £lO the yeastreseh the consideration of which was postponed 15 r council. 14.te,renee to the Birkenhead estate, 44 eati RNs spoke of the necessity ofreservng the st eo ter t !. He hoped the Finance Committee ) would land at ttil use;ii nt° coY bargains respecting the sale of i IR late;th 40111 without letting the whole council t N I to ..w ere r iot, be told at the last moment hantoitww, so kt.. _ ers e i t . isalib;NDs Bald Ur. Evans was afraid lest the land kkr. E B°l4 fur docks. r vklls•---Isl 1 ' H. L °' " ' rani' 1 , • A:wilt NCE knew that was not Mr. Evans's . i hte‘4,,mot for his part he would have no objecLion avitek•° lee docks on the other side of the water. Mr. and It ri,,r;lroceetled to state that whenever they sold 1 Tht dad been taken care of astport:°eeen elings were confirmed with the exception_ of 'skate,wit,-‘O. thena which related to the Wavertree-hall 41,11,eell?ralritlomodr.ovvearriicn consequence of a motion on littea Drciccedins of the key and Improvement Com o, tZecre read 'and confirmed. *lt ti ft tb°tl " or Mr. H Mr. StewFt w" the - (1,11111:4 )4Z e i i be i r of the Impsovement Committee in ‘ ll)t c ? 'i tl ' ) . rt°;) Il'ieEducation Committee was read and °O th e h °lilt ed to e t t ioO of Mr EARLE Mr. Stewart was al,: 411 Cc0.."4-clokelixt•ittleeoelsna. e's place in the Education and l ett ll fr ofog, Ellen 01, COMMITTEE. ed r til the eft Norris, complaining of her dismis . - It oe, es_ i - ; le e of schoolmistress to the Borough Gaol, " °1 Vran' Fl3Perssation, was read and referred to aitttee to report. 11 ~,, c luck, Itlt : Po t 0(7 tXPENOITCRE COMMITTEE. ot e4 read ,_tce Church Expenditure Committee h su ay : Ire t i l rep a i rin ' luere Was a long conversation on the _ b e. hi ) , 6044 St, Luke's Church, putting a screen t p on asin rekler,tl; so as to do away with thejeverbela i___ - loodltwo e b •c clergyman ahnost inauaibl, and Pu!. k be h re , ai rs, the cost of which chairs it was said i reFei 4. L vtY guineas. i 'eP4ir a be 4 Canaoved that the part which related ll'oord Passed, that' relating to the chairs, &c. 'kit? ? 44 seconded the motion, and it was carried. The 'r°l °li R - rem, : - ALL R s .. 0(1 4e ,•,. of ,_ .A.RLISHMENT COMMITTEE. . /ap re l .an o f ~.._e .above committee recommended t h e pqatisly gas into the Town-hall where it had no e'r oi ; tl A . itt trt a ll use. e ma ts . 4 11. f °l( e against the introduction of gas into ier itilatts of thenOlldOn, in the club.houses, and in 4tpertgv.ocatdthe nobility, gas was not used. Mr. 1 1r f i % the reporte use of wax lights, and moved that etp, el ; tawitt_ be of back to the committee. I,hote,i,t,lPtliies.oibetieNscsEofseconded the motion, and . spoke of „ • th e sas wi th gas. He could not go into a room I `Nit e aaeodn.,,,"t suffering severely from headache. at, Or f ol 'nt, or against gas, 14 ; against the gas, 23; majority, 9. 111 , WA - . ' fir, port of ;.BR-RODSES AND BATHS. NO4her.l,"olt,sh.,"e Committee was read. 1 1 i n ' ,Introduced the subject of establishing e ooeit-streettir north end of the town, as o oper or. H, h a d contributed greatly to the comfort of those in led Wll/41..131:7! supported b Mr. Thornhill, t ql _ are d e , e l s ! ti bl ' is c h ' n , ° e ll ,T ,_ and otherh), • t hout delay. It who strongly advo 4,reileeiywever, fr •' o , DI other ...at.is.wi Mr. 0 . H. „ estahrnd th e T al the observations of . ;t tt • . , sh add.. own -clerk, that the corporation could . Itig t fro Itianal baths at the present juncture with -41 sooae other operation. 1 41. t44 ) ; ‘ , tqb ; OPFic ER , 1 e tro,L, COIVIMITYEE. . tt 'N eil ; whi ch :_4.eed the report of the Paid Officers' h , ket a Lotis aianes taken as read at a former council, , t tl)li a " . 'ra bat ;irloip.printed and circulated amongst has not come in any Ilitßlleverar• Lloydni itott..,rktsebrieecorarn ilitr9ducd a series of f r o e r s m olutions et es in the report. 4 4, 1 introduced was the Treasurer's depart -1 fat n t ot e t 'e 'o It o ift er , sll ace ved, sec by Mr. BARCLAY, that, P°f&seited,Payaieritiots for Endedswhic a ' re now ybe seI. Y t he tre t a ° the Borou'gh Fund, be minedexa and , elt eek ly oar perso:urer, who is required to obtain from 'ttltlt.stierilut aricse duty it is to pay over such fees, [ 1 , 11. 1 a 01 k a ,,,, , all fees received by him,. and the )}, k 4 lt o ;I: aocogun'TY exa.mine the particular items set T h vo i lee goi re th t, certifying such examination, .and )4 1 , t roo ti t t receit e„,gross amount of fees so ascertained 'he .o°4 w as e `' to be paid over to him. t tet ai l 'nth rntPe!,ssed without a division. othe tt eti otl u ' 'lnd Mr. BARCLAY seconded, that Ek tr h e l ek t n , a te , _ to Oh q t: n everY committee of the council Pliil 4 ke t kip ten , , ,e her -,,,nnaittee) to direct that all orders tiol ri tills ofteeearter Purchased, shall be sent through tal'er,the'acric..of th e sa d that the Treasurer is required ertan ktrtseeeoterreltlla sup sa p T ie e , , i and ar in i) future shall according i to the , ' , ll io,4: t id tl l ie nte, or. arrangeemeent-s made between the '1.21)4'44 eoa3iitiearrattes employed by them. li l l h lst ? l ately . ul e oPPositio n to this resoluti9n, strew t ot 5, rejected on a division by a majority ,hi% N rer 4 „nlov ed tdtp,°llo4,ualline:ind Mr. BARCLAY seconded, that ''' fir ,14it,7acco„„4,‘11re, as far as practicable , in making 'Sttal'evi lochs'', Place to CI,MtB. fro sti cos as maybe p aid to . or on account 11 1 'led•, t a, or on accountofsuch offices or de tli rel)/otlthott t (l p te l I t : 1 4 itll, 414;161810n. t, i , tl l: ll tiett a l l . rtio,,P, the Surveyor's department was ch. bte ad ue aim" ,the Mr. LLOYD that the scheme 104t1;`°X)-"ePteci r.r°ved• 'lifter much discussion the edilllv'ltal.tssoliB,lary altietn,eing Understood that the increase ,t o t , Ith ,red th a , u over. i'4,,ge i .w . ith a 1 ' a reCOnaDleDdatiOD to provide a Mr. rrhi..o'sooe Commit arduous situation should be refer :4ora ofiread'eranaittee iNtiv.clilotirduildiiißDsortion Of the report relative to the i i sil yo ha r, the, Whose books, it was stated, were tt l i!tt,,the a.c.l, teglec,Pr,oPer entries not having been I hi. at,, te 7, aad who, to make the declaration t s he r tarc f ell reel:4l7' ,to to the terms of i tat,seo a Pol a Yed in surveying on their own ac '°iS;' 4 10 1 I"Nuti 'ith 4 t„ t rh e ,I' M r ) 1 4 was moved by Mr. LLOYD, S' l bl, l , l ll 'th ` t rh) . AkeLAY •—That as the report ,tikiti!Orvealf,ofeeesetth which tho. Surveyors were a . p- Vit 9, ia 41 :3 at "ave not been strictly complied )lthtlltetttleCtritirlet:l'es.pectfully reired to ive a o n t ;14:. Itt.. , t hi f, th: i r r tn 8, ancite council , why l the have reason n 0 f .or 44 4l 4 : q t, ;4 "ried P . art to likewise e . make d x ec p la a r i a n tions required 4pt io th _d r , vp t, V l l4 ll Pq a h 4 Notirieer, attention of the Council to the olie,,teljeett ,1 ~department, which, in less than I t1 0 ; 14 t I,' iia deed, •,,T5 4s. Id. and moved that the ,14144sathreaietLotriallZore, to lay his accounts befor( '°4 1a .rao led by"ed by the report and that suck it t str a llo et i ltlil y e the Town -clerk on' the Thursdr l'thwa lt r al leh to the eeon.cil, in order that it may be e -41artIVNIv aeNtwtthJect being mentioned in the sum t)ll to:toli ec thatiiiii.-Carried. i ,te.t,s4(l°„tbtnittpe lledles' and clothing be charged , N 8 nlie e ' e, in the account of the consta t q s ah l tatti'.; d, if theXPeoses. .0 1 4r ,it t , s t.t 4 1 R, thje expenses of the Coroner's o ffi ce 1,4,52,18,162480ati1l more so of the Inspectors of weights . ie~e,gttilt4t.tlo th e Per a ' nr Or s e so. They had three . adjusters 1 ' t l Yio.d., a„reaea7.4each, and only one inspe t c w tO a r s . F lat 1 1 ~kBt 1 0 .4 the fe,ersicnoel the gross amount shil_ 1P)o /1.1, t tl iat Qf h 4,672 noel the 9d. Mr. 17 e Lloyd pro ylayDort, po ap ‘.l Means 9s . tin mea t s . ures, which N,t 't. e 0i al re 4 wer e stil l pk,ttili)r,i,aNi.gatd, tb cheated. It was proposed to '''st e ati 1,, k 'tee. V ese offices, be referred 4, sv t., l s,f l ,,l?eri al iti t am Agreed to. ot' IV !ta tl tlit c Od e 4 they were in a fair way of N tl t l , l N I t 4,, a t rts of the markets appointed in t)it to i *ll t;ert ' o reasu r ,p,rt o , 0 4 t, s Pol ce i e s l )tt tt ko N a h r th e Li, t ,, i the very highest terms re d I'L eteirvectilthaBtsalary t e n rl 2 o o o l o o a ffic e , and it was r to thethpcinutlPort on thel?e r c . eiver of Town e C ommittee for considera- -Nillk.,. ~ iu t utt °No t , , ----......._ It t -1 .ak LO ith Itth,t . t i) i 4 7e4ciltie7silitollvve enrolment of Jas. Shand's lecte,, several coarur na ef u u :i e c d ations on various V t 1 )e i; i it t itOoti o4 was t otit t t 'lt: s t ri t: be b c) r ti o the subject of the gaolnew.coun_ I , ll l l ttl, I brok:rutow Wetdifloerszrd)at a special gtitlulkG „ l' 4t 1.014 O'CIOCYL 40 ,j '' hk i' q, ,1 4 1 1° iNt Iv viltckiiioe,t,t'llt or i[Nx AND SPIRIT TRADE tyri:j.t°,fiii4ti(),'' helrrersons connected with the win€ 4,o'ie4t,Btillithe injuart. the Clarendon rooms, to take lib to .4 p l Ati. , outY w0.. , '° 1 . 1 s effect which the re T st r s e . asury Mr. ,k4lkl444tiliti'titet.44or.oietrtli:veehaoinr.t heiiireinte stated that he ptikittlt: tlqtittlit, g hioawl i°n the subject, which he it th i e n n . Aott,ttip,Pay ti of ng the hardships which I'4'o .11,f4,091 4 h wine as well as those who were . Kt 41441 a t i Itiee .eaY sum for licenses, and praY 1 4 th 'te "ti Illight b e dto all engaged in t1;',14t4 Ot e l3 t pti eci oti of th ttegrantei. moved by Mr. I,4tfqttlik''hkriZtlvebel‘,34,•ell. rrl"a res w t d o s n, and on being VI f e Yl, 4 tt' t ife:. %,31rtied. A resolution was then '1 :4 )4 to ti l ch tl t 1, th at ttl', seconded by Mr. Edward .. t4itio;;hlltit,aittt,,leenes e‘salte privilege be gran tNkiVt‘ 4k ttiAa"4 Ob a' Which they ar. d t t 4 tiplthe ast7ed that the next si . lii ty ki o h l iymt the allow for wastage o. khtt,ti, 011,11,e:,e in he y °,4ght to be put on the same Otl, ‘t,gS4,dlial Rt"uon, which was to allow duty tilltlNl VSer'ratva-ii.length when taken out of bon o d r , tv'tl: , . % * ttiths4 the a tnelTlOtial to the Chancel ki tt;4lmtPtee,°til , 84 bject, which he read to . the tt,%kyi t t o _ o s , m: as adopted by the meetin a g o , tit'itltli ost,q`liethp;ili, Pr est.on, that as the chai r r_m laps 4t ik, t ,leti te e t o l • ot t to t°ll3l own account _ e, mpeor l ials, ip tile eh The el _c.armarr oafsstehnetme d After 4414:444 a' t he tu n eeting separated. t present the next si of brands FURTHER EXAMINATION OF ANDERSON The examination of the prisoner Anderson was resumed by Mr. Rushton on Wednesday. Mr. Alfred Pickering, a clerk to Messrs. Schroeder & Co., proved a payment of £450, on the 25th Nov. last, to Captain Broad. The numbers of the notes were, 89,589, a £5O note, dated Manchester, 18th Feb. 1841 ; No. 6154, £lOO, dated Manchester, 24th FA. 1841 ; No. 97,504, £lOO, dated Manchester, 17th Feb. 1841 ; No. 82,257, £lOO, dated Liverpool, 24th May, 1842; No. 81,806, same amount and date. Captain Broad, it ap peared, paid all these into the Branch Bank in this town. In this parcel it appeared there was not a note numbered 80,348, but that number had been substituted by Jen nings for 97,504. Mr. George Nicholson, cashier with Messrs. Steel and Co., of this town, remembered paying about £9OO into the Branch Bank, on the 28th November last. He did not take the particulars. It appeared by other evidence that the note 97,504 was paid by Messrs. Steel and Co. into the bank on the 28th November. Mr. Nicholson could not account for such a note coming into their pos session, but by supposing that they had changed it. Mr. Sixsmith, publican, Chapel-street, deposed that Anderson was in the habit of frequenting his house for the last twelve months. He recollected Anderson apply ing to him for change of a note at the latter end of last year. He (Mr. Sixsmith) asked what it was. Anderson replied, it was a £lOO note. Mr. Sixsmith said he had not enough of cash, but he could get it changed at Mr. Howard's, his spirit-merchant, in Cunliffe-street; An derson handed the note to him, and he sent his boy to Howard's. The boy returned with the change, and he gave it to Anderson. - Mr. Rushton (addressing Mr. Dodd, Anderson's attor ney) said it was only fair that he should state that this was a note for which one of the Preston Guild notes bad been substituted. This, it appeared, was a note No. 07,089. John Walker, Mr. Siasmith's boy, proved that he took the note to Mr. Howard's, and got it changed as above stated. John Debney, Mr. Howard's clerk, examined the note which was produced. The name of Sixsmith was on it in his handwriting. It was changed on the 20th Dec., 1842. He paid it as part of £173 into the Royal Bank on the 20th Dec. Mr. Thomas Scholes, clerk in the Royal Bank, proved receiving the note on the 20th Dec., 1842. The bank number was on it in his writing. Mr. Adrian Lowe, cashier at the Royal Bank, recog nised the note, by the name of Thomas Howard, which was written upon it. _ The above note was taken by Jennings from the Branch Bank, on the 17th December. The prisoner was remanded till Saturday. COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONER The prisoner was again brought up on Saturday, but the evidence adduced was merely to corroborate that given on former days. After the depositions had been read over, Mr. RUSHTON said he was about to commit the pri soner for trial, and that he thought the case had been made out against him with one of the £l,OOO notes. It was, however, fair to tell his solicitor, Mr. Dodd, that measures were in progress to trace all the others, and that, though the Court had been anxious to give him (Mr. Dodd) the benefit of his cross-examination up to the last moment, yet that it was impossible the prisoner could be remanded any further, upon the supposition that other cases might be substantiated. The prisoner having been here cautioned, and asked him whether he had anything to say, replied in the negative. Mr. RUSHTON then said, I shall commit you for trial to the assizes. Mr. Dodd.—On the charge, 1 suppose, of the £l,OOO note ? Mr. Ru SHTON.-I shall commit him on the two charges ; the £l,OOO note and one of the £lOO notes. The prisoner was then removed to the Borough Gaol A man of the name of Thomas Brooks, of Ridgehill, near Stalybridge,lhas been committed to Kirkdale, for trial at the assizes, on a charge of having murdered his wife. The tenants on the estates of Fasque and Balfour, belonging to John Gladstone, Esq., were allowed an abatement of ten per cent. on their last year's rents, at the Lammas collection on Monday last. STEALING LEAD.—A youth, named George Williams, was yesterday committed for trial at the sessions for stealing a quantity of lead, which he had stripped from the stairs of the Clarendon-rooms, Lord-street. He WJS detected by the master. ROBBERY.—Two workmen of Messrs. Milner, the ce lebrated manufacturers of the patent safety boxes, were on Friday committed from the Police-court to the borough sessions, charged with robbing their employers of articles used in their trade. THE FIRE IN THE DUKE'S WAREHOUSES.—Gay, the man in custody on a vague suspicion of being concerned in this incendiarism, was discharged from custody on Friday, there being no evidence to warrant his detention. The police are not, however, without hope of success in discovering a clue to this villainy. BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN MAILS.—The Hi bernia, Captain Judkins, sailed at a quarter to five o'clock on Friday afternoon, for Halifax and Boston, with a very heavy mail, and eighty passengers. The Caledonia, packet of the Ist instant, will be due here on Wednesday week. The Great Western, for New York, sailed on Sa turday, and carried out 100 passengers. SINKING OF A YACHT.—On Friday last, as a new yacht, called the Queen Bess, was leaving this port for a regatta in Scotland, she struck upon a bank opposite to the Crosby Light. She immediately filled with water and sank. The crew deserted her, but she was afterwards brought up and moored behind the wall of the Waterloo Dock by some of the river boatmen. GALLANT CONDUCT.—On Saturday week, opposite Waterloo, a young boy was rescued from a watery grave by the gallant exertions of a young gentleman of the name of Reid, son of John Reid, Esq., the manager of the Branch Bank of England at Manchester, who, observing the tide rapidly carrying the child away, at once stripped off his clothes, and being a good swimmer, brought the little fellow safely to shore before life was extinct. TEMPERANCE versus INTEMPERANCE.—We have from good authority, that, one night last week, the proprietor of an extensive dram-shop, not far from Dale-street, in this town, discovered, on reckoning up the cash taken during the day, that it amounted to thirty-six pounds less than he had ever taken before during the corresponding day of the week. So much for Father Mathew ; or, else, so much for the bad state of the times. QUICK SAILING.—One of the quickest passages, for a very long period, from Demerara to this port, has been made by the ship Sandbach, Captain Bellis, which arrived here on Tuesday. She left the bar at Demerara on the 2d ult. and arrived off this port on the evening of the 31st, accomplishing the voyage from port to port in twenty-nine days. The celerity with which the passage was performed did not admit of any advice being received by the West India mails announcing the fact of her sailing. FIRE AT BIRKENHEAD HOTEL STABLES.—ShortIy after eleven o'clock on Saturday night last, a fire broke out in the range of stables belonging to Mr. Willoughby, Birkenhead Hotel. The only engine belonging to the township was quickly taken to the spot, when it was so effectually worked that the flames were got under controul about four o'clock on Sunday morning. The fire damaged the stables considerably, and destroyed .a valuable horse and other property belonging to Mr. Willoughby. The supply of water, which was obtained from the pumps, was extremely scanty. The fire is supposed to have been caused by a spark from a candle falling amongst some ' a- straw. DISSOLUTION OF THE ST. GEORGE STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.—A general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held at the ,Clarendon-rooms, on Thursday last, for the purpose of considering the propriety of effect ing an absolute and entire dissolution of the partnership. After a lengthened and animated discussion, in the course of which it was elicited that losses of the company, du ring the eight years of its existence, had amounted to no less s sum than half a million sterling, the proprietors came to the determination of effecting an immediate dis solution. The English portion of the proprietors then agreed to take the steam-packets which belong to the company and have not been lately is use, while the Cork proprietors agreed to take the steam-packets which are at present, and have been for some time past, plying across the Irish channel. OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—A middle-aged man, named James Dixon, was brought be fore Mr. Rushton, on Saturday, charged with having, by means of false pretences, obtained brass articles to the value of £5O and upwards, the property of Mr. James Alexander Forrest, hardware merchant, of this town. It appeared that the prisoner had ordered the articles to be sent to the Grand Junction Railway, and Messrs. John Fell and Co., of Wolverhampton, to be debited with the amount; and that, when the latter were applied to accept the bill, they denied all knowledge of the transaction. It had since appeared that, the day after the goods had been forwarded to the railway, they were sent on by the prisoner to Manchester, where they were sold by auction for £35. The invoice was for £52. The prisoner denied the truth of the charge. Mr. Rushton said he would re mand him. EXPLOSION OF G AS.-A serious explosion of gas, which caused considerable damage, took place on Thursday night, at a small public-house in Upper Dawson-street, immediately oppos►te that entrance into St. John's Mar ket which can be seen from Williamson-square. A strong smell of gas, it appears, had been apparent for some hours, and shortly before ten o'clock the landlord, Mr. Steven son, went up stairs to ascertain the cause, followed by another man, who carried a candle. He found the front room full of gas, and opened one of the windows, with a view to promote its escape ; but a current of air rushing in, drove the gas into the back room, and in its passage coming in contact with the lighted candle, a fearful ex plosion followed. The roof of the house, which is only two stories high, was blown off, and all the windows in the back were entirely destroyed. The landlord was se verely burned in his hands, head, and face, and his wife, who followed the men up stairs, had her cap and one of ber eyebrows burned. The man who held the candle escaped. The building has been so much damaged that the whole of the upper story will have to be taken down and rebuilt. The accumulation of gas, in the first room up stairs, was caused by the burner having fallen down, owing to the thread of the screw by which it was held having been worn away. The landlady had ordered her three children to bed a short time before, but the eldest (a boy) being rather deaf, did not hear her, and they all remained below. As they slept in the bedroom in which the principal explosion took place, and which was blown down, the►r lives were saved by this delay. THE LIVERPOOL NTANDARD. SWEEP FOR THE ST. LEGER.—It will be seen by an advertisement in another column that Mr. Berry, of the Victoria Hotel, Drury-lane, has opened another sweep. The satisfaction that every affair of this kind, held at Mr. Berry's, has given, will, we doubt not, be sufficient to ensure him the support of those who patronize the sports of the turf. ILLEGAL PLEDGING.—At the Police-court yesterday, a rather well dressed young man, named John Page, was placed before the sitting magistrate, Mr. Booth, charged with having, on false pretences, obtained a watch from Mr. James Stevenson, which he promised to return in a short time, but which he kept and pledged at Mr. H yam's, in Dickinson -street, for £2. He was required to pay £2 for the value received, and £5 for the illegal pledging, or to be imprisoned for two months. THE SOCIALIST HALL.—An information was held on Friday before Mr. Rushton, against William Westwick, of the Socialist Hall, for harbouring prostitutes on his premises. It appeared that at a ball on the 27th of July, in this building, 250 persons were present, more than 100 of whom were disorderly females ; but the defendant having apprised the police of the ball before it took place, Mr. Rushton declined to convict, observing, that should the defendant again appear he would do so. CHESTER AND LIVERPOOL CRICKET CLUBS.—The return match between the above named clubs was played, on Wednesday last, on the Chester racecourse. The play on both sides was first-rate. The Chester Club was triumphant, concluding with 92 runs in their favour, a greater number than their antagonists numbered in both their innings, namely, 88. The score was as follows : —Chester, first innings, 66; second, 114: Liverpool, first innings, 54 ; second, 34. THE BUILDINGS OF PRINCE'S PARK.—The prizes of fered for the best designs for terraces in the Prince's Park have been awarded as follows :—For terraces A and B, to Mr. Henry Currey, of London; for tearace D, to Mr. Papworth, of London. The elevations for terraces A and B are very beautiful. Mr. Curry was a pupil of Mr. Decimus Burton. We understand that two of the designs for terrace D were considered of equal merit : on this being declared, our young townsman, Mr. Horn blower, who had sent in one of those designs, handsomely withdrew from the competition, he being in the office of one of the judges. A MISCHIEVOUS PLACARD.—A placard, as vicious in its tendency as it is silly in its expression, is now being extensively circulated in Liverpool, in xhich it is asserted that some of the recent fires at that port have been the work of parties who, having insured cotton at 10d. per lb., burn it when the price falls to Bd. The falsehood of, at least, the latter part of this assertion need not be pointed out to the intelligent reader; but it may not be amiss to remind those whom the statement is intended to deceive, that the insurance on cotton, or any other merchandise, is paid, not at the price it bore at the time the insurance was effected, but at the market value of the commodity at the time of its destruction by fire. THEFT.—William Anion and John Jarman were placed at the bar of the Police-court, on Tuesday, charged,—the latter with having stolen, and the former with having knowingly received a quantity of wood, the property of Messrs. Samuel and James Holme. It appeared, that Jarman was in the service of Messrs. Holme, and had charge of the timber. Anion has a workshop near Messrs. Holme's offices and yard in Seel•street. Some time ago Mr. James Holme received information which caused him to suspect the prisoner of having robbed them. He re quested Mr. Benjamin Lobley, who had a workshop op posite, to keep an eye occasionally on the premises. On Monday, Mr. Lobley saw Jarman carry out two deal boards, which he took to Mr. Anion's shop. He had twice before seen him (Jarman) carry timber to the same place. Both prisoners were committed for trial. THE WonimousE.--On Tuesday an old grey-headed man was taken before Mr. Rushton, having been taken into custody for begging in the streets. Mr. Gray, of the parish office, who is usually in court during the hearing of a certain class of cases, stated that he had a few days ago given the prisoner one shilling and sixpence for his support. Mr. Rushton said it was not of any use to give such a sum as that; Mr. Gray might as well have thrown it away. He must either allow the old man adequate sup port or place him in the workhouse. Mr. Gray said they found great difficulty now in getting people to go into the workhouse; it was indeed becoming empty. At present there are only twelve hundred people in it. Mr. Rush ton.—l am glad of it :it is quite as many as you can ac comodate. In fact there is not accommodation in the workhouse for more than one thousand.—lt was ordered that the old man should be taken over to the parish , office. ROWING BOATS TO BE ATTACHED TO STEAMERS. — We learn that the police authorities have laid several in formations against steam-boats for not having each a row boat attached to them, as required by law. These infor mations are laid under the local act, 6 Geo. IV., cap. 187, the 81st section of which enacts, that, for the prevention of accidents, every owner or master of a steamer plying on the Mersey shall have a boat attached to her (or, we presume, on deck), on pain of forfeiting 40s. for any time she shall ply for hire without such boat. We want ano ther act still. Every steamer running, plying with pas sengers between this port and any port or place on the adjacent coasts, or to Wales, &c., beyond the channel of the Mersey, should be required to carry such a number of boats as might reasonably be deemed necessary to carry the passengers on shore in a few trips, should a casualty occur to the vessel on the banks or elsewhere. The City of Dublin Company's vessels are well provided in this respect, as well as with life-buoys ; and we may say the same of the Glasgow steamers, and some others. IMPORTANT TO ODD-FELLOWS' LODGES, &C.—On Saturday last the officers of the Brunswick Lodge of Odd fellows appeared before Mr. Rushton to prefer an infor mation against Mrs. Ellen Woods, publican, of Cockspur street. It appeared that the meetings of the lodge had been held at Mrs. Wood's house from March, 1841, till June last, when it was deemed advisable by the members to change their place of meeting. On applying to the landlady for the box, regalia, &c., she refused to give up possession of them, and set up a claim of £ll for altera tions made in the room, in order to accommodate the lodge, and another claim of £7 Ils. for the use of the room and gas-light. The officers of the lodge declared that they never made any arrangement to pay for the use of the room or for gas-light. Michael Neville appeared for the defendant, and said that it was agreed with the landlady that the usual sum charged to other bodies for the use of the room and the gas should be paid by the Shamrock lodge. Mr. Davenport, who appeared for the complainant, said that, with respect to the alterations, there were five other societies held in the house, and, he supposed. whenever any of them left, the same charge against them would be set up. Mr. Rushton, after ascer taining that the charge of 2s. per night was a reasonable sum for the use of the rooms, &c., directed that the re galia of the lodge should be given up on the payment of £7 lls. for the use of the room and gas, no allowance being made for the alteration. DOCK COMM ITTEE.—On Thursday the usual meeting was held, the following members being present, namely : —Messrs. Holt, (chairman,) Moore, Bold, Tobin, Roy den, Evans, Bulley. Nichol, Smith, Chilton, Holmes, Barclay, Middleton. A letter was read from Mr. Kew lett, the Engineer to the Duke of Bridgewater Trust, ad dressed to Mr. Hartley, stating, that he had received the estimate for the section of the Duke's Dock entrance, and it exceeded what tbey expected, yet their confidence in the Dock Trust was so great they would accept it. Mr. Evans wished to know who was to pay for it, supposing it exceeded the estimate. Mr. Hartley said the committee had offered to do it for prime cost, but would rather have the estimate. He would have no objection to take it off their hands. After some further conversation it was con firmed.—The Marine Surveyor reported that the Rock Lighthouse required new machinery, and it was referred to the committee to get an estimate, and produce a plan for the approval of Mr. Hartley. Confirmed.—The usual annual payment £5O was allowed to Mr. Wain wright.—A memorial nom the delegates of the Commer cial Association, praying the committee to take steps for amending the new Act, was again deferred.—A resolution of the Finance Committee of the Town Council was read dated the 21st July, to the effect, that the deposits on the North Shore were washed away, and they called on the Dock Trust to erect a wall or defence, and not to allow of the discharge of anything which might obstruct the tide way. It had arisen in consequence of a complaint having been made of behalf of the conservators of the river Mersey ; it was also understood that there was an agreement entered into between the Dock Trust and the Duchy of Lancaster. Mr. Evans contended that there was no contract, and said it was the disinclination of the Finance Committee to build a wall; they wanted to pos sess themselves of the land, and put the Trust to the expense of a wall,—they had no right to the land at all. Mr. Nichol supposed they would pay for it. After some further conversation it was agreed to refer it to the Sub committee of works. Mr. Tobin wished to know whether the solicitor had given in his opinion relative to the Dock sheds. The Chairman said the solicitor was at present in London, on business, but when he returned, he would, no doubt, give them the required information. The com mittee then adjourned. SINGULAR CREDULITY.—On Saturday, two dashing fellows, who gave their names as William Hughes and John Smith, were brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of possessing themselves of a silver watch, the pro perty of Matthew M`Quirk, servant to a gentleman re siding in Merrion-square, Dublin. The complainant gave a long account of the manner in which he had been duped, but as the trick has before been practiced, we need but give the heads. On Friday the complainant went to the docks to take his passage for Dublin, when the prisoner Hughes came up and made his acquaintance, stating that he intended to go to Glasgow to shoot snipes, but would relinquish that excursion and go to Dublin for the plea sure of complainant's company, whom he invited to take a glass of ale with him, and they went to the Dolphin, in William's-street. The other prisoner, Smith, there joined them ; complained that he had had some valuable watches abstracted from his travelling bag; and said he had pur chased, by advice, one of " Chubb's patent locks," which no man could open but the purchaser. The lock was produced. Another man like a sailor came in, and offered to bet twenty guineas that the purchaser only could open it. Hughes said he was inclined to accept the bet, and complainant foolishly said he would join in it to the amount of £5, but had not as much. Finally the sailor put down £5 for him, receiving the watch as security. Hughes backed complainant, and put down what appeared to be a £5 note, but which turned out to be a note of the " Bank of Elegance." The agreement was, that the lock should be opened while the sailor counted ten, or the money be lost. The complainant tried to open it, but could ❑ot within the time, and the money was swept up, and the watch carried off by the sailor, who said he would send it to Dublin when the £5 was sent to the Dolphin. Complainant gave information, and afterwards went with a police-officer, and found the prisoners in Hesketh's public-house, Tithebarn-street. A pawn ticket for the watch, the flash note, &c., were found upon them ; and they were both committed for trial. PUBLICANS, &c.—Several publicans and beer-sellers, to the number of eighteen, were on Friday summoned before the Police-court for infringing the law, several of whom were fined from £3 to £2 each ; two had their cases dismissed ; one beer-shop keeper was fined £5, and four others in various sums; two were acquitted, and two table-beer sellers were fined £5 each. Mr. Harden ap peared in three caees, the first of which was an informa tion against Mr. George Hodgson, of Challoner-street, for selling after hours, in which Mr. Harden produced evidence to show the ale was furnished before the pre scribed hour, and in consequence the case was dismissed. In the case of Mrs. Worthington, of Church-alley, who was charged with having her doors open for the sale of ale, &c. on Sunday morning. Although it was proved that the servant, who was almost a stranger in the house, had drawn the ale contrary to orders, and that the drink was not given to the parties or paid for, the magistrate fined the defendant £2, holding that the fact of the doors beimg open for the sale of drink was an infringement of the law. The third case in which the learned gentleman appeared, was an information against Mrs. Bickerstaffe, of the Queen's Theatre Tavern, for permitting disorderly characters to assemble in her house on Tuesday night last; but there not being sufficient proof that she did it " knowingly," the case was dismissed. RIVAL STEAM-PACKET COMPANIES.—Three men were brought before Mr. Rushton, on Saturday, on a charge preferred against them by Mr. John Holmes, of the Glasgow steam-packet-office, of having, contrary to the provisions of the act 39th of Geo. 111., issued certain bills and placards without the printer's name being attached. Mr. Pedder conducted the prosecution, and said he believed the parties were liable to a penalty of £2O for every bill issued without the printer's name. Mr. Rushton, having been handed a copy of one of the bills, proceeded to read a part of it, which reflected, in very gross terms, upon the Flambeau steamer, and made cer tain invidious allusions to the recent loss of the Pegasus. He then asked what the dispute was about. Mr. Pedder replied, that it was rivalry between two steam companies. Mr. Rushton said that, in the present case the proceeding had been laid under the old statute without reference to the new one, the 2d of Victoria. He then read the act, 39th of Geo. 111., which was repealed, and also the 2d of Victoria, which imposed a penalty of £5 on any person who should issue any placard without the printer's name attached thereto, but which also contained the following provision, that " it should not be lawful for any person to commence an action, complaint, or information, in any of her Majesty's Courts, or before any Justices of the Peace, for the recovery of any fine under the act, unless the same were commenced in the name of her Majesty's Attorney-General." " Where, then," asked Mr. Rush ton, "is the Attorney-General ?" Mr. Pedder replied that he was not in court. (A laugh.) Mr. Rushton or dered the prisoners to be discharged forthwith. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—The monthly meet ing of this body was held on Tuesday evening. Mr. Wm. Laird was requested to furnish plans for a new market. For the year ending the Ist instant there was a surplus profit on the ferry account of £5BOB Is. 7d. Of this amount the township had already received £3052 6s. 5d., and it was now proposed that a further sum of £1334 13s. 7d. be paid over, which would not only pay the interest upon the whole amount invested in the ferry, but place in the commissioners' hands for general purposes £lOOO, besides adding to the reserved fund not less than £l4OO, making the total amount of that fund £5OOO. Mr. Wm. Jackson then presented a financial statement connected with the ferry and park. He said the Ferry Committee had made up their accounts to the Ist August, with the exception that they had not included five days of the pre sent year, in order that they might be able to give the statement at the present meeting. If these five days had been included there would have been an addition of £2OO to the receipts. He estimated the receipts for the ensuing year, supposing the improvement rate remained at 9d., at £8910; the receipts from the ferry at £6OOO only. The surplus from the ferry this year was £5OOO, but if the five days were taken in, it would be £6OOO. In 1839 the-re ceipts were .C 6598 ; in 1840, £8268 ; in 1841, £lO,O - 00 ; in 1842, £12,472 ; in 1813, £13,800. The increase of property, and the assessment upon that property, had not kept pace with the increase of the ferry receipts, and it was upon that circumstance he based the certainty of the ferry producing, as it hitherto had, an annual increase over the year preceding. In the year 1836 there was an assessment made upon 760 houses, shops, &c., of £8791 ; in 1837, upon 952 houses, of £9742; in 1838, upon 1044 houses, of £27,653 ; in 1839, upon 1333 houses, of £34,765 •, in 1840, upon 1505 houses, of £39,565 ; in 1841, upon 1734 houses, of £42,623; and in 1842, upon 2328 houses, of £48,102. The year 1843 would present a still greater increase, particularly in the better description of houses. Mr. Harwood, one of the assistants in the office, had gone carefully over the town, and he reported that there were either finished or just ready for tenancy 233 new houses (various rents) the aggregate rental of which could not be less than £5OOO per annum, upon which an assessment might be made for the repair of the roads, if the commissioners deemed it necessary. Mr. Jackson then went into other details, showing that after defraying every expense, a surplus income might be expected of £l7BO, which would enable the commissioners, if they thought fit, to do away with the improvement rate. It appeared that Mr. Paxton, landscape gardener to the Duke of Devonshire, is to lay out the park, and to have £BOO as his remuneration, and that a resident superin tendent is to be appointed, at a salary of three guineas per week, until the work is completed. DEATH ACCELERATED BY WANT OF NouRISH MENT.—An inquest was held yesterday, before Mr. Curry, borough coroner, on view of the body of a man named Michael Grady. The case excited considerable interest, from its being supposed that the death of the de ceased was caused by want of the necessaries of life. James Redington, a labourer, living in Bent-street, said the deceased, who was about forty years old, got his living by gathering rags and bones in the street, and resided in a cellar in Eliza-court, Hare-place, Scotland-place. On Saturday morning witness went to see the deceased, but found the cellar door fast, and thinking he was out went away. He went again in the afternoon, and finding the door still fast called out, but received no answer. He then looked through the keyhole; and seeing the key in it called some of the neighbours, and they broke open the door and found the deceased in bed quite dead. Witness saw him last alive on Friday evening, and he then com plained of being very weak. He had not been well for the last two months. He was in a state of great want. The wife of this witness said sbe made deceased's bed on Friday night, and he then complained of being unwell and unable to walk for a swelling in his feet. He also com plained of being very weak in his inside. She did not see him again till the alarm • was given on Saturday, and he was then dead. Onfibursday evening witness got a note signed from a surgeon, which she ;got signed for some re lief from the parish, and on taking it to the Parish-office, she saw a person there who told her to take it back to the doctor from whom she had got it, as nothing could be done for him, as he was an Irishman, except passing him home. Deceased had no means of living but by picking up rags and bones in the street. Mr. George Turner Jones, a surgeon of the North Dispensary, said he was called to the deceased on Thursday morning, and found him suffering from chronic disease of the chest, and also a tendency to dropsical effusion ; but he appeared to be more in want of nourishment than anything else, and witness accordingly gave him a parish note for medical relief. On Saturday witness heard he was dead, but did not see him after Thursday. The disease of the chest might have pro duced death, but witness did not apprehend immediate danger when he saw him. He was in such a debilitated state that he might have died for want of food. Witness had since made an examination of the body, and found considerable disease of the breast. The stomach and bowels were quite empty. The diseases named were the cause of death, but witness was of opinion that the fatal termination had been accelerated by want of proper nourishment. James Redington, being recalled, said, that on Thursday, at deceased's request, he sold a set of bedstocks for him for 45., and gave him the money. De ceased was then sitting on the side of the bed, and did not express a wish to have anything to eat, but said he had a pennyworth of cheese. After his death witness found 4s. on the chimney-piece. The last witness's wife, being re called, said she saw deceased about one o'clock on Friday, and asked him if he wanted anything, but he said not. Mr. Eckersley, Superintendent Registrar, was in the court. Mr. Curry thought it was necessary that some explanation should be given by the parish authorities, and sent the beadle, who returned with Mr. Rowlands, the relieving officer, (Mr. Gray being engaged,) to whom the evidence was read over. Mr. Rowlands said he exceed ingly regretted that an unpleasant feeling had for some time existed between the newly appointed medical officers under the Poor-Law Commissioners, and the medical gentlemen connected with the Dispensaries, which had been a source of great annoyance to the parish, and also to the poor. He (Mr. R.) did not know anything of the application made on Thursday evening, as he was not then in the office; but he had no doubt but that a note had been presented, and that as the person did not belong to the parish, and the note was for medical relief only, it was doubtless referred back to the Dispensary. Mr. Curry then inquired whether a party applying for relief, and belonging to Ireland, would be refused? Mr. Row lands said certainly not, and that if a party applied, and was found destitute, he was immediately visited and re lieved, and no questions were asked as to colour, creed, or country ; but it was their duty afterwards to inquire to where the parties belonged, so that they might be re moved to their parishes. He challenged inquiry from the medical officers of the Dispensaries, or any other persons, whether there had ever been any unwillingness on the part of the parish authorities, or himself, to attend to any case of distress when an application was made. He (Mr. Rowland) thought it was very wrong that Mr. Jones should have left the man from Thursday until Saturday, (when he was called in and found him dead.) If he had considered the man in so destitute a state as lie had re presented him to be in, he ought to have sent a note to that effect to the parish, and it would have been imme diately attended to. Mr. Jones said that he considered the case in question one in which nourishment more par ticularly, and not medicine, was required ; for that reason the patient was sent to the parish, and, as he did not re turn, he (Mr. Jones) concluded that the parish officers had attended to his wants. He added, that he was not aware of any schism or ill-feeling existing between the dispensaries and the medical officers of the parish. The coroner summed up, and the jury returned a verdict t o the effect " that the deceased died from disease, but that death was accelerated by the want of the common neces saries of life." The coroner then informed Mr. Jones that it was his (Mr. Jones's) duty immediately to call a medical board, to investigate the circumstances alleged, so that if anything wrong existed, it might, for the benefit of the public, be instantly amended. Mr. Wilkinson, churchwarden (who also belongs to the Dispensary Board), afterwards called in, and stated that he should take care that the matter should be properly investigated. The coroner and jury appeared to be perfectly satisfied with the straight-forward explanation of the parish auth oritiei. It will be observed that the man had four shillings in his possession at the time of his death. ' THE CRISIS UNMASKED." Under this title Mr. Eneas M`Donnell—who has per haps done more to demonstrate the mysterious sources of Ireland's misery and disorganisation than any man living —presents us with a short pamphlet, from which we glean much that is valuable, as bearing upon the present state of things in that country. The information in question, thoagh much of it of course is not new to us, is most seasonable at this crisis. Whilst a furious reviling is being directed by the agitator of Ireland against the Bri tish people, it is well to be reminded of that personage's past professions and declarations, as well as of England's deservings. Whilst Whig statesmen are industriously patting rebellion on the shoulder, and endeavouring to crawl back into office, as the slaves of its leader, it is well to be warned of their past performances in Ireland, and their alternate bullying of, and humiliating subjection to, his power. We are, therefore, thankful to Mr. M'Don nell for his judicious work; and propose to bring a few of his facts before the notice of our readers. In all the harangues of Mr. Daniel O'Connell and his co-conspirators, there is nothing so prominently dwelt upon as " the Saxons' hatred of Ireland." Let us see how this hatred has been evinced in times past. In the spring and summer of 1822, it is probably within the me mory of most of our readers, that the peasantry of Ireland were reduced to a state of distress almost amounting to famine. Under such circumstances, what was the mode in which this " Saxon hatred" towards the sufferers was developed? Committees were promptly formed through out Great Britain ; large sums were raised and distributed amongst the peasantry ; and, by these judicious and timely aids, they were preserved from starvation until a bounti ful harvest came to their relief ! Previously to this, how ever, it became apparent that the funds collected by sub scription were in danger of falling short; and what was the next effort—the next demonstration of " Saxon ha tred " ? It came from the " Saxon clergy" of Great Bri tain, who enthusiastically appealed to the benevolence of their congregations, in behalf—not of their Protestant brethren in Ireland, but—of the peasantry belonging to the Church of Rome ; and so abundantly was that appeal responded to throughout the land, that the committees were enabled to carry to a successful issue the noble work which they had undertaken ! That the feelings of Ireland's people—the kindly and thankful spirit of that people, when unperverted by men dacious agitation, and permitted to act from the impulses of their own hearts—were in that hour of deliverance most grateful to the British public may be gathered from the following address, agreed to "at a meeting of the nobility, clergy, and freeholders of the county of Kerry, 22d Octo ber, 1822, the High Sheriff presiding" : " Resolved,—That the grateful thanks of the county of Kerry, assembled pursuant to requisition, by the High Sheriff, be returned to our illustrious fellow-subjects of Great Britain, who, in the late calamitous sufferings of the south and west of Ireland, promptly pressed forward, and, with splendid and unparalleled munificence, saved our famishing peasantry from imminent and inevitable destruction." " Resolved,—That the grateful thanks of this county be returned, especially, to the benevolent chairman of the London Tavern Association, John Smith, Esq., M.P., who, with his generou s assoc i a t es, t h roug h the wole sea son of Irish calamity, devoted, with unconquerable perse verance, the labours of his mind and body, to this noble work of mercy, and by his wisdom and energy eminently contributed to the judicious and successful appropriation of British benevolence." And well was this expression of gratitude deserved, and foully has its memory been since obscured by the ribald scurrilities of the betrayers of the same people ; for, we find that the amount distributed by the committees in that year was no less than £304,180 7s. 5d., (!) and that in a subsequent year the " HATED SAXON," for the relief of a similar visitation of distress to Ireland, contributed a further sum of one hundred thousand pounds! —or NEARLY HALF A MILLION on these two occasions! ! With respect to the gross conduct of the whig party towards the fomenter of the agitation for the repeal of the union we need say little. In 1831 that agitation was de nounced, and by the full consent of the whig cabinet, a proclamation issued to put down repeal meetings, which the proclamation in question stated were held "for dis semminating seditious sentiments, and exciting among his Majesty's subjects DISAFFECTION AGAINST THE AD MINISTRATION OF THE LAW, AND THE CONSTITUTED AUTHORITIES OF THE REALM." Are repeal meetings any thing other than this now? Are they now held for the purpose of exciting any other feeling than "disaffec tion against the administration of the law, and the con stituted authorities of the realm 1" And yet whiggery now tells us, with an audacity and forgetfulness unpara lelled, that magistrates—those "constituted authorities" themselves—are justified in presiding over such meetings, and that their removal by the Chancellor of Ireland is an unconstutional stretch of authority ! Well, the agitation on this question continued under various forms; and next year, with the concurrence of the same cabinet, it was again denounced and attempted to be put down. In 1833, under the same administration, it was denounced from the throne, and additional powers called for, to enable his majesty to " control and punish" the disturbers of the public peace !"—a demand which was readily responded to by both houses of parliament. In 1834 the agitation was again referred to in a speech from the throne, in strong and indignant language; and on the Ist of May in the same year, a joint address was presented to the crown by both houses of parliament, commencing thus : " We your majesty's most dutiful and • loyal subjects, the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons in par liament assembled, feel it our duty to approach your Ma jesty's throne, to record in the most solemn manner our fixed determination to maintain unimpaired and undis turbed the legislative union between Great Britain and Ireland, which we bonsider to be essential to the strength and stability of the empire, to the continuance of the con nection between the two countries, and to the peace, and security, and happiness, of all classes of your Majesty's subjects," &c. And his majesty's answer was couched in the following strong and emphatic language:— " It is with the greatest satisfaction that I receive this solemn and united expression of both my houses of par liament, to maintain unimpaired the legislative union of Qreat Britain and Ireland, which I entirely agree with you in considering as essential to the peace, integrity, and safety of the empire. _ _ " You may rely, therefore, on my discharging with fidelity and firmness, the sacred duty which I owe to my subjects, in exerting the powers with which the constitu tion has invested me, for their protection against attempts which, if successful, must inevitably produce a SEPA RATION of my dominions," &c. Can anything be more clear than the light in which the Whig ministry of that day viewed the agitation of the re peal of the union ? And yet, in the following year, under the Melbourne administration, into whose confidence and care the often times denounced TRAITOR and INCENDIA RY had been taken, we find that traitor acting in both houses of parliament in alliance with the ministry, and pursuing the following atrocious course. We give it as described by Mr. M`Donnell ; and it will be within the memory of most of our readers. Speaking of Mr. O'Con nell's proceedings, the writer remarks— , " He opened his mission on the Bth of September, 1835, with a coarsely offensive public letter to the Duke of Wellington, and then proceeded to Manchester, New castle-upon-Tyne, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and other places, convening large assemblies, calling upon his hearers to assist him in putting down the House of Lords; and, having arrived in Dublin, addressed his partisans on the 4th of October, calumniating violently and indecently the Lords, collectively, and some of them by name. In three days after which, he was invited to the viceregal board by the Whig Lord Lieutenant, and within a week after, on the 14th of October, was nominated by the Whig Lord Chancellor a justice of the peace for tke county of Kerry ; and, to crown all, was, in some time after, in vited to accept ONE OF TIIE HIGHEST JUDICIAL OFFICES IN THE GIFT OF THE CROWN." 0) We leave this conduct of Lord Melbourne's govern ment to speak for itself ; and now let us refer to a subject of more local interest--the implication of the Irish popu lation of Liverpool in the threatening proceedings which are occurring on the other side of the Channel. We have in Mr. M`Donneil's pamphlet a list of British contribu tions in aid of the repeal movement—now become evi dently a physical force movement—for about three months of the present year, beginning in April. In looking through this document, the following startling facts meet our observation. From " London and its vicinity," within these three months, the sum of £289 18s. id. has been contributed. From the country districts of England the sum is £768 Os. 6d. ; and from Scotland, £287 16s. 4d. ;—in all, £13.15 14s. 11d. Of this amount the town of Liverpool alone contributes £227 Ms. 6d. ! and, with the expenses of collection, the total amount drawn out of the pockets of the Irish population of this town cannot, during the past year, have been much less than THREE HUNDRED POUNDS! Taking the average contribution at 2s. per member, THREE THOUSAND of the most wretched and debased amongst the population of this town have enrolled themselves members of the Repeal Associa tion within the past three months ! This is a startling fact, and well worth reflecting upon, when we remember the following unrecalled and unex plained language made use of by the agitator of Ireland on the 21st of May last : " Let them "—the government—" attack us • and if they do, what will b e th e consequence ? (Hear.) What would be the state of the three and a half per cents? (Hear.) If they did attack us, and that some penniless, shoeless Irishman found his way on the deck of a steamer to Manchester or St. Giles's, and collected a number of Irishmen about him, and one would ask him What news?' to which he would reply, ' Your father was cut down by a dragoon; your mother was shot by a police man ; or your sister,—but I will not say what has hap pened to her.' Let him but say that, and I would ask Peel how many fires would blaze out in Me manufactories of England ? (Hear, hear, and tremendous cheering.") Or the following expressions, used at Longford, on the 28th of May : " Yes, my Lord Beaumont, the brother of Ellen O'Moore would be near your castle. He would hear that you were one of the men who hallooed on the de stroyers of the peace of his home. Oh ! vou would be very safe that evening, would you not, Lord Beaumont ? The manufactories in your neighbourhood would be safe, too, and proud London herself; in which you would flat ter yourself with the hope of being secure, would be also safe when the account of the ruin of Ireland would arric e? (Hear.) No: ONE BLAZE OF POWERFUL FIRE WOULD REACH THROUGH HER VAST EXTENT ' • and, in THE DE STRUCTION OF EN GLAND , would vindicate the country of the maddened and persecuted Irishman who would have reached her shores. (Cheers.)" This is language certainly worthy of Englishmen re. fleeting upon, and especially of the attention of the au thorities of a town in which repeal is making such gigantic strides, and where there is such a mass of property for incendiarism to operate against ! DURHAM ELECTION, We last week referred to the strange and disgrace ful result of the contest in Durham, since which a friend resident in that city has written us upon the subject,— the facts,—somewhat strongly stated it is true, but all the more likely on that account to be true. We give a short extract from his communication, as tending to shew the feeling excited amongst the respectable portion of the Conservative party by the return of the Anti-Corn-law Quaker:— " You will, I dare say, have heard, ere this reaches you, that we have sent the immaculate John Bright—the Leaguer—to misrepresent us in parliament ; and returned him through such influence, and by such means, as nothing but the actual facts could have induced me to believe possible. The facts in question are these. Mr. Purvis, the Chancery barrister, is a county man, born and bred within three miles of Durham. At the last general elec tion he was solicited to come forvcard fur our city, and would have done so, but the requisition was too late in. reaching him. He, however, expressed his willingness to do so on a future occasion, when opportunity offered ; and the unseating of Lord Dungannon gave him that opportunity. He immediately came forward and can vassed the electors, but committed the unhallowed crime of doing so without consulting Lord Londonderry. This could not be forgiven ; and Lord Londonderry sent his own man, first in the person of Lord Seaham, then Lord Blandford, and lastly of a Mr. Ward,—all of whom were rejected by the Conservative Association. This, I pre sume, was adding insult to insult, in the eyes of my Lord Londonderry ; and all his tied votes were instructed not to promise Mr. Purvis. The day of election arrived without any compromise between Lord Londonderry and Mr. Purvis, notwithstanding that his lordship had named his conditions ; but his lordship's overtures were spurned by Mr. Purvis, and it was ultimately resolved that he should fight the battle upon his own merits. We then hoped that Lord Londonderry would remain neuter, and not allow his men to poll on either side; but we were in this expectation most lamentably deceived. Bright took the lead in the morning, and soon headed the poll by between GO and 70 votes. About 12 o'clock, however, we began to gain upon him, and by 2 o'clock had reduced this majo rity to about 30. Lord Londonderry's men, who had been in town all day, had then their instructions at once to poll for Bright; and upwards offifty of them did poll. Some few polled for Purvis, notwithstanding the strict orders issued, and many remained neuter, their hearts being too warm in the cause to allow them to abandon it under such circumstances. Thus ended our notable contest, returning Bright by a majority of about 78 ; the numbers being—for Bright 488, Purvis 410 ; a great many voters remaining unpolled." We learn, by a later advice, from another correspon dent and subscriber in Durham, that, so strong is the feeling excited by the conduct of the crotchetty Marquis, the Conservatives have resolved to petition against the return of Mr. Bright, on the ground of the unconstitu tional interference of Lord Londonderry in the election. The conduct of that noble lord has been already, he in forms us, in all its details, brought before the notice of Government ; and we really cannot see upon what just and legal plea such fantastic and grossly dictatorial con duct, in a peer of parliament, can be overlooked, much less defended. THE GARTER.--WE understand the blue riband of the order of the Garter, vacant by the death of the Duke of the Duke of Dorset, has been conferred on the Marquis of Abercorn, at the express wish of the Quecn.--Herald. Robert Arkwright, Esq., of Sutton Hall, Derbyshire, owing to the depressed state of the markets for agricultu ral produce, has directed 15 per cent. of the last half year's rent, and 10 per cent of the previous half year, making 25 per cent., to be returned to his tenants. RUMOURED FLIGHT OF A REPEAL OFFICIAL WITH Xll,OOO OF THE RENT.—A strange rumour was circu lated in our town yesterday that a party high in office in. the Repeal Association is missing, with money to the amount of eleven thousand pounds. Up to the hour of going to post, however, we have no authentic particulars. The Earl of Rosse will officiate as president, and the Earl of Listowel as vice-president, at the approaching meeting of the British Association, to be held in Cork, on the 17th instant; but, on the first general meeting, Lord Francis Egerton will. in the first instance, as presi dent of the last meeting, take the chair, in which he will be succeeded by the Earl of Rosse. NORTH UNION RAILWAY COMPANY, AND THE BOL TON AND PRESTON RAILWAY COMPANY.-011 Wednes day last, the Solicitor-General, in Vice-Chancellor Wig ram's Court, moved for an injunction to restrain the Bolton and Preston Railway Company from using some slidings or branches from their line, at the Preston ter minus. His H onour deferred hisjudgment. - - ROMANIST COURTESIES.—The Romanist journal, the Tablet, of Saturday, indulges in the following inquiries and remarks relative to the debate on Mr. Ward's resolu tion :—" Where was Mr. Shell ? we say again —the rhe torical trafficker in repeal politics ; the man who sold his repeal opinions for a seat in a whig cabinet ; the man who never renounced those opinions, but consented to draw his quarter's wages by means of their suppression ; the man who once had the confidence of the Irish people, but now enjoys their supreme contempt for his dishonesty and shuffling ; the man who, by the double ties of his religion and his politics joined to his high station, was bound to make his opinions known at such a crisis as this, on so vital a measure as thi s ; w h ere , we say, was Richard Lalor Sheil on this occasion? OUTSTANDING DIVIDENDS.-It has been pretty gen erally stated by the press that assignees are bound by the new orders in Bankruptcy to pay over to the official assignee of the new court any unclaimed dividends in their hands, declared before the data of those orders. It would appear, however, that there is great doubt express ed on this point, and we have seen an opinion given on the subject by an eminent Chancery barrister, in which he says :—" I am of opinion that the 21th of the Orders in Bankruptcy, relating to official assignees, (12th Nov., 1842,) does not apply to dividends declared before the date of those orders. The right of creditors who had proved to receive such dividends was vested before the beenation t a h n e d i n w t e e r n e t i n o o n t o e f ff t e h c e t e l d e g , s n l o a r t u d r e o e act of 5 and 6 Vi c . c . 122 , or T h e O rders came into oper ation a t p h p e e y a r s h t o o u l h d a b v e e affected by any of the provisions of the new law. That mountain in labour has brought forth its mouse. Mr. Thomas Attwood, the quondum leader of the " masses," and the great stalking-horse of the Birming ham agitation during the halcyon days of the Reform Bill, has at length declared his nostrum for the cure of of the political maladies of the state. It is no less than the establishment of a " sacred league," for the purpose, would it be believed, of holding the ministers of the Crown responsible for all the ills, social and political, under which the nation labours ! One of the modest conditions on which Mr. Attwood consents to place himself at the head of the movement is, that the sum of £lO,OOO be raised, in the first instance, amongst his " starving suffer ing" fellow-countrymen, and when this is done he will undertake to hold her Majesty's Ministers responsible for the prosperity of the country ! For the purpose of concocting this notable scheme, Mr. Attwood has been in London consulting members of Parliament, disap pointed whigs, and dissatisfied radicals, with what success is not yet ascertained. AFFRAY ON THE BRIGHTON RACE COURSE.—OR Friday afternoon, after the conclusion of the races, a se rious affray took place between a number of soldiers be longing to the 7th dragoon guards, at present stationed at Brighton, and the Brighton police. The soldiers had gone to the race course to avenge a wrong alleged to have been committed on one of their comrades by the keeper of a thimble table, on finding whom they destroyed his table and smashed those of the other parties similarly employed. The soldiers were about one hundred in number. The police then interfered. Serjeant-Major Nutt was on the course, and seeing a collision likely to take place between the military and police, went into the mob, and assured the police that he would draw off alt his men if they would retire. He had scarcely uttered the words, when he was struck in the most ferocious manner by one of the police men. The poor fellow fell senseless by a frightful wound in his skull. Two or three of his comrades immediately conveyed him to the hospital. The soldiers became in censed at the conduct of the police towards their serjeant major and fell on them. A furious conflict then took place, the military armed with sticks and the police with their bludgeons. Several dreadful blows were inflicted on both sides, and the faces of many were streaming with blood, presenting a frightful appearance. After the fight had lasted for some time the parties separated, ar if by mutual consent. The case is to be laid before the secre tary of state. TERRIBLE THUNDER STORM.—A few minutes before two o'clock on Monday afternoon last, Stamford was visited by a most terrific storm. The quantity of rain was immense ; and one flash of lightning and clap of thuuder were so alarming, that many persons felt per suaded such a combustion must have been attended with awful results to some persons' habitations. The surmise turned out to be too correct, for a ball struck a house at the back of North-street, and made it a complete wreck. The house destroyed was tenanted by an industrious plasterer, named Beale, who, at the time of the visita tion, was at dinner with his family (his wife and five children), in a room on the east side of the house, adjacent to the open fields. During the clap of thunder before spoken of, the building was struck, and instantly shattered in every part ; the floor of the room in which the family were taking their meal was perforated by the fire-ball to a considerable depth in several places, and the floor of an adjoining room extensively forced up from the joists and shivered to atoms ; the tiling and the rafters of the roof of the house, and of an adjoining workshop, were also totally demolished ; and the walls of both build ings were riven and forced out of the perpendicular, many of the stones, bricks, and tiles being hurled to a con siderable distance ; and yet, in the midst of this ruin, Beale and his wife and children miraculously escaped personal injury, except what proceeded from terror. As quickly as possible, the father extricated the children from the suffocating smell of sulphur that prevailed in the house, in which almost every article of furniture and crockery, as well as a cased clock and one without a case, had been smashed to pieces.—Stamford Mercury. A Grenada journal gives the following details of the late fire in that city :—" Fifty-two houses or public establish ments, with all they contained, have become a prey to the flames, and more than fifty families who had been in easy circumstances are thus reduced to distress. The com mercial houses of Perez del Bana, Izquierdi, Lanton, Font y Antiga, Charco, Lopez Garrido, Larriba, Morales, Avila, Monton, Guidu, Estradas, and many others, have sustained irreparable losses in merchandise, money, and books. The Marquis de Tabuemiga was severely in jured in the shoulder by a wall falling upon him. Nine teen other persons have been more or less bun, but none