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Oet • 3, 1843. 1. 0 7 , „ IQ '0 it RES I' 0 N DENCE. '' ------ , ' ,C OR OF TiL L IVERPOOL STANDARD• 0 t ,: 1 ,--Iti t he Liverp 00l Journal, arid also in the Jr . er , - . li'lir'dallusion has been made to a meeting in Scotland rceetitigiltd.l)rivate meeting' ' has . been . held,. hut at stl , ct M r did not say one word either in praise or censure Thorrliliirhornhll. I made no comparison between Mr. did not la / one I °I. any other member of the Council. *bat co w l to discourage an opposition to him. dechir-. , Ir se I was hound to pursue, in consequence ot p revio a tl o,,,, , I I stated v.. , 1 .,' I made so far back a: the 9th November last, .ginwh.,, -, to the appointm-ht of the committees. .- !we consider th disgraceful and factious oPPos' lociThlehd w : as Putuede. Parliament,—the attempt. to ° r e .." In i'lre the interests tsofth; country by agitation e:11 of 01;:afit Blitain,--the agitation eres in Ireland for the purpose s the Pu blic, these and other circumstance the '4l te k;onservatiVes not to withhold their support, Present period, from a just and proper course. I remain, Sir, bedient , __ Cr eni ", HOLNIES. e °r.ge sl ur Square, olSAACservant 2nd, 1843. -- _ 'llivr-- Til t ot, ?p 2 ... A N 0 Tla LIVERPOOL `A ZER CUR Y. ASSOCIATION id t tbi, ------- L STANDARD. ,q0.,,w. IT OR OF THE LIVERPOOL f vour Olier it ;L I I You allow me through the me . d un .l4,ded si at ar 'l to contradict a most mal i Mer 4k. or p ri r ‘ t . ent which appeared in the Liver i turnance I . c i i u o u m s u o a o _n d th2eh took plate ast. After alluding to the t se Anaphi.. 44 7, 4 t.re, the at the late repeal meeting h at,, These wild theutitigiels ...% ti.cl,e in question proceeds enough for r,,,,part, b ) , t u , lls, who were ready and willing absolutely fh'"+hed ~i„"nt disposed to pay for it, were . sion to be,nip4. ; n the coppers for their admis ._ '' kohl "ate 6 .ti Mot t rios[pious and Peace-1"1".'" 4.1 0 • Chrii• . I Operative . Nati o , ' lan like body, the Protestant this, and it ' l tati t t 0,,,:‘, Our readers will scarcely believe_ , d b it our torete, b ut u'i:eas that we are almost staggere“ . ther snore vil) t ,.,' tha: ta"SitiVe/Y assured that it is nei very night this"tht sent fact, and further, that on the making it....Ploo,,iEtestar.)t pperative Association thewas mo. N''ec ithetllutPs ciiipriation of its funds, and at very * ~...,„,„ an nu,- *as ° l. lll breach °Per Protegees were committing an )dada,usolotely °f the public peace, the Hee. . • k o.. Lhe abov Preaching a charity sermon on its behalf."anntiy. them alaoder:statement been written by any of the disgrace i liv: °l ota tla r; whn'e Produ itions continually thought' oe _ lth ray whi , the Mercury, I should not have.n as it la ..' rre t , the ,_,!e to lee noticed it ; but . coming a" lead- Otiliaurticle,,, .i."toer. h.irnself, and in what is call ed. don. as its tl'eattrtietr, santeletble lit, rn t y dut t y to h t i li to e A w s h s o oc h i ave afforded Paoltifieclencotnefre:tid„s.npr°Poer;t,atto' give Pt it a distinct and trurtoe stant fric"°n, and to assure you, Slr' and • is tiiti.'',,stle of idsf,,l,generally, that the whole statement_ - b. 'e t'r " sennod froml- • . to end The U -it4t, atesta,t , oeginning. do t y e/ . to ihdipe7distarbanAssociation had nothing.wha e directly or Is.peopY,soc ce t the Amphitheatre, either been Wile din, e an u c 't a single farthing of its funds has everurY- Purp o " thin 11°1 ' Way as that stated by the Mercury. the r ep' °f brilf [labile t ca/umny, got up, no doubt, and of ti the tto l ag it fr,flongettlithaei Association into disrepute, that it has tithee ,, s b oe r i ee e e i l" ( I ; f 0 r t thuen editor the littleof the support Mereury seems , to , - ,, e u,ed f or a,l'et,the it of a charity sermon havi t n u g io n n ee e u y zi tito ' 70 0 1e r It , l t u o a n b a u a s oe c .u t y u , r end i thatneighbours." il t)u u w r e s It , ' 0 ü B l d u g But get tell the h t0P14,4,°?,,e leeavaAltebr_c_tol, that we do not abuse our radical and of pllte`ii nten ipor ':: , to the Aler . cury and . its what we do : the t s iie tra ct 'es ; but I will tell him „, t the Poor tifd is oit o , w s and distribute them among-- hip ... serainat• e sUpport a lending library for the purpose k?r,utlr pope,ing sound Protestant principles and Prs'sfierdel sad c !Ple s wh'ation from imbibing the popish and in ,s io42jldtistri",sieh are constantly teeming from the pres . 0 11 , 4.Y hotti"lllY irculated fitnotigat them. der'tbbnurs to'''sstlngi, not for the Purpose of" abusing ie d,„ e Odi o ,,, ~ the fury Mer says, but for the purpose e A_ 4 41, 0 .is primi i t R f ationas we ar , I ,e eh and to d • P . es 0 t)e e orrt? . 'dogmas of 4.'44 w; t4 e'r k or ri ci, against the anti-Christian " t4',tti Q q , w•otne. This is what we have done, and btiitad °est o ,s bless: T his will continue to do according, men tria o s i ' f i or the (p.orur abilitie. If we were a . body w oo , ti le), 4't• if vreu_P.,osee °f dissetninating radicalotrirrrbbainn. zry the :_veo soe7a7a. arewpeealers,or prtecuirl s t o o r r s t , h th e anger eli t.le .3:eury: ;titt but s, we should n 9 ca 14 tlutl '' ' ... "'lo, and • cause we will no tbe enlightened emies of our te h and „ H. ~, Jom the ranks of the en tand by t he k b 'ltch 5„ imerties, but still continue to s _ tit:tlnk Papd a 11 Constitution of our beloved country, we lkopfall thpi. Maligned, and "counted as the off.scour : a liC,ngs ;'' and all this, too, by a person who calls k aki] Of thearsi'. a nd a member of , the Church of r'ng" tell him i f he e.ditor of the fiber of I know nothing per; t noti, 4 " c if a member of the Church of E. nglard;)ir tae rt , h 4lll Y ah Y,.he ought to he ashamed of himself, r( kt, C,, 1. 8, and 4'4lg her faithful clergy, and consistent alith-' phi taking part with papists and every other " th ed Chilrelihe' RVOW themselves enemies , of our Bata lpbt,;Qllaroh ;,. but I not think he can be a member t.hrihti° "th,„ °I England. I rather suspect that he he 'Qbir , 0 ,,, i.1i k 4 rriA",t Pious, and peace-loving, and most t 'l l -4 rho th °,„'V," one of whose characteristic features, heP th, b , e Aponte, i, speaking lies in hypocrisy, tti, - 4 1„ "nBcierice seared w ith hot iron." ;1Loll: ~ithe.:7 has often charged Mr. M'Neile and i()trhe whari teLlting false witness against their i n o e o ig o h ., - . i.iießri,,Rainaa„,,'_7Y had been stating h trutus yvhicl 0 11_ " 7 "...„ ut f o l "" But I would ask, who is guilty f , CP ~,,. :e witness" no w ? To the Editor of the vitt, SOe •'n t ri'lv sa "Th the man !" t0t1,04 e _linen ~,,,, this a Y s , Tre artouurer of the Association bo dtradietcht7l",ing the co mmiTt s ee as I was anxious to tltit,l,4obt th,et tsitiaetement as soon as' possible ; but I theirhave ‘1 noti e • committee as a body, will feel it 1 4v e % hall el t at thei ' e th e se t , w, r next meeting. will e can dour [o t her the Editor of the Mercury ~, I , r ,, t ° )ISert this in his next publication. all ;',. str. yours, &c., 9„ p t i i ‘ ,,E ANUIt E R OF TEI E OPERATIVE 4,(V"" 2 IQ urEsTANT ASSOCIAI lON. tit hal, 4,43. Iti. 'erf.f.'. reCeiVed -itive terms a Communication from Mr. Gleave, teroas ref, the Association, denying in equally rie falsehoods of the ilfercury.] , /lit L::------..______. 4 0 1, 4 ATE REPEAL MEETINGS. 1 ,,, ./?: kb /1 , 0 ~,_ --_____-- '9ieh' t '', If a , W ere " TIII3 LIVERPOOL STANDARD. "Ith • tit It - " in o ro ot epeai rebelsanted for the w ay murderous l'akiltetnarlc ars' Poker lately met at our Amphitheatre had in 4 to 4 Slate' s, and bludgeons, it is to be , tle t 00, tbeetinryadddressed by an honourable gin th:Nl 4l e o ° , t . the r.,ln Dublin, which gentleman also fiure tUno, 'pri i n " t Zers at the Amphitheatre on the disgrace- . rq". ()I,`°.! citisti. The remark s were as follows . t o ' op„ ,1 ',liser-v0,,N,'f.1.1., in presenting contributions from o, Niitek i:0,,, r1 rho, that the warmth and party feeling, of Z? ‘o ol , rep e , t e r r e+ , 'had- Nett dangerous to the col e i r t t ha f t „ r, t, 1, 1 R,,,_ ~eri:. p the delusion, o I ..e t It ro t u x A 1,,_ anisli before reason and common sens s . 141,41, o.teruir.!'ed, What vvas to prevent the repealer . I tt u el ' they ~,',""ng orangemen now if that were their w„tiiit,Y,rieees.,!r_e ten to one "l otacheering.) Remark 4Ne`).411 4,_in ri,,,,y,„ but suppose for an instant that pr o () ; rli,r_s the were to use the same argument,t !Lis 0 . ', 1 , to jNio,,,' ''usands of Irishmen who are a thank or t lll k , " is 1)0 1 tnlsPen the face of England—butt tt ''ts "Rht ft "e language of protestants—their reli- ANcratie ‘.leru better thin s —no not in the midst In Ot. canaP have I ever heard such blood-thirsty I beg to remain, air, Your obedient Servant, AN ORANGEMAN 1;.4. 111 8 N i AT IIEW AND TEETOTALISM. 11 4 ,1 k , thrzor, it ' 1'1..4 Ca., ...` OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. tth m b gtiot er , . tt . ti t , ee o _or nceive a case in which poor John 11101.,1j triove:: e open to gullibility tha❑ in Father 1444 1 4 11 bit?t? he Not that I would deny the benefit loOtirriest h4B'irankard to give up drink; or that a b r 'lle . r nove not as great a right as anybody else to 4 4i,' it this r ;but that the administration of the e 'll hlstll iol'irttelli„ loi ti t i tli i t 4tdii.s touellp,riiesstinsdheouldeb hailed as if there d extraordinary. But o re he, tiiintlible ; and even our Wellingtons, Peels, p r o 1,0 ~ l'oo","'s. Bce, are as oen to it as the most kilicrietit Ci s al mend upon t, sir, that this smooth- Neitetth.`° the - "'rig as much good to the cause of D ee, for pause of sobriet‘ by the golden opinions ttqtto tisir, Doper mild and ' C hris t i an-like deportment. IN,lhtiegte ativii.Y know full well how to temper her p t ? fiee o .; a nd if as plakvible benevolent advocate 'it Q om lin t a the mostsuitable sliding scale from 1 ' 3 0 4 Wpe stiff l'oher y s tntoreh Will use it. ytite: hhtti l i ' a littl e t t k it tili bli t it h t a k v ail advOlcav t o e ue with a little rougher g (which W G h o e d n fo p r o b p i e d7 I'‘t 4.11441 R b y 0 'IN .tetotal advocac is considered so I:4l4ol3.opt_litiectihrobris,lionPa and great folks,. why have we th_ ky r . te4! ani onn , ,, f , _yip champion ? Why do not 10r , ..`e b thence?PeraE (new people and advocate the l itoZtlitt ~Y IS it beneath them ? And it ,o, iabtk,". toff` tti ti 41 ' 1 : 8 1 a Popish. advocate of the system, .-ol e adva 3 e a SUSPICIOUS expounder of any Y o ur t„. neement opery. ars ":41e will note much longer be thus , oce., ch, 4 k,, h 4totiwp. A.,_____........._ANT1-HUMBUG. 8 1 14 /t Iv A , Nia TIE REPEAL MEETING. 4 ,\1 F LIT AND IA: th. read ii OF , nr, Nsit,,,.. p, s., win LIVERPOOL STANDARD. N'tp,v Or e4 tl '" nr , ized f • 4,, k ' %Ilieelings of contempt and sur iZt:Stil?ri t , 3 da y, u'Potent remarks of the Liverpool t a e tk i th,'a ree en ,rn the police examinations con • ,s kii‘ t t o ll ;+t tia. !te. If !.tieriitt.tl attack of the Repealers at ti, l t I .o lle s i r r 'e of auT,.editor of that journal wishes to t 1 30 - ‘ ,..v5,1 )5i b o l ti ng hi tt u t i! s or he must dissuade hts abee thr 1 t o o oes no f hake rn en " such remarks in futur • 40,A1, 1) P 0 .Yer t ,„, exi st . n the Protestant Operative kJ: 4 0 1 4" h ti"!'t „). , whilst their rules of organis 14;4,0 tit:, of.-I.4tt kno, x ;i p e dc, B e lleh as no Chn•stian could irn li . 11 Ils t 'N at e ye ars ‘.., thereof. It has been much 01 1 ,401,t1 y , Is e , 11 _, I For the disaffected portion of the 4. 4,11 % p 07elp ignuottPbraid what are termed " 0 range tk,tti),`4la,.4 tt , n frornr'',n.ce, often from treasonable ma \to'llk ' I L 'Nt* c ' t ive tC "ignited fu_ry : under whicheadve tii,'sesite is e ditor h I t., . a , 1 ol ut: _at leish_ .__Ft . s been actuated, I 1 e tqtt s to t i e ,,, , ;or? at i' l ;;:• 1 with regard to the moving ~,cq; a n d ' tput't Y ill th it, i t e some lukewarm persons may I, l 4, l tiri. ekai b e fp,. w a''. at all events, perfectly legal IN " h" tie t ' btu. fun d onslaught ' 1 • ' ll f 11 wed was Lei, ,), be ti,,_ .. a ti,,,,,,._‘ vcr lie 0 0 "Itt ' l nd 'Ile; ,"(1 by :'.' 'cost -to-be-expected result of til e the P'ess n "eh a nti-British feelings, and paltry mit Terly at variance with the Queen's attet:"°,l of the tealm. Pt, bY i nsinuation, to affix perjury upon the witnesses examined, is rather of too base a de scription to pass unnoticed ; and particularly when o ie upon a portion of a body of inn who h v;: not only often preserved the peace of the town, but the knowledge of whose very existence has been the deter nig of many scenes of brutality and carnage. If the writers iii the Mercury will take the trouble of incriring. front the heads of our different local courts, what particular credence can be, and is, placed upon that class of swearers known as Repeaters, &c. &c., lie 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 sac, they are known and duly appreciated! With regard to the foul attack on the Rey. Mr. M`Neile, I leave that as it stands; it is beneath his notice. But when the writer comments on his preachin4 for a Protestant benefit society, I can only say. that such ohjeet is praisewirthy ; 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. SIR,—I 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 a f fair. I could conceive nothing more likely to bring sacred music into contempt than such an amalgamation ; and Ihave 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 o thers 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 referene to few-icily conformity. "It is the church coming down the hill to meet the world," instead of keeping her place at the top. I hare thrown out this spark in hope that it may, by influential hands, be blown into a flame that will exter minate these (religious ?) com A L es! die OVER OF MUSIC. Crown-street, 19th September, 1813. P.S.—Of akin to the above is the system of engaging persons to lead the singing in churcheE, 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.] TO THE REV. DR. COOKE, OF BELFAST. REV. SlR,—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-iiitrusionists) 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 .v ho 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 hare been taken of them on this latter occa sion, I did riot feel it worth my while to attend; and, consequently, did not hear 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 hut 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 malls nn the (11`,..:4 111 twora oalreilutpd to 00.1•• o, to tl-so 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 had he wished it, he could have had the names of their authors viva voce—there 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 such 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, hut 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 judgingfor 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 receire the person appointed and approved by the judgement of the GODLY and LEARNED." Having thus, as I think, plainly proved what I stated in the commencement of this letter, viz., that while yoar party in appearance offer the peop'e the power of reject ing a minister if they choose, they do in 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, had 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 Erastion 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- The answer, then, which you have made—namely, that nion ? 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 c h urc h is equally irrelevant, and for the same reasons : be sides, as you declare y ourself an out-and-out non.intrusion isr," you must he judged of as such. For proof that the non intrusionists as a body are not friendly to the Church of Eng -1 procee dings of their convocation in Edinburgh, on which occasion t he Rev. Mr. Denham , ; a d y , s 1 e 9 e and Professor Killen, as a deputation from Ireland. took pks eve ry occasion in the ir speeches to revile laoinur remarchurch, , t . 4 - h latter k in o t ge n tlem an a 1 i rn o n s i s d of " t h s e on i e nsi v li e i r h y e s tablishment." lishment ." TI-IE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. The Moderator sairl speakers ; flowed in a strain commendatory of the you, sir, w!io were he ilex! speaker, torch, followed in a strain not unlike theirs. Pror. xxix. 24.) If you have forgot your words, I have ot, as they are now before me. and am able to prove all say. Another speaker of a simi:ar sort was Dr. EN_ hanan 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 them, to cross the border and 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 chew ing that he did not wish a blessing upon the established church. irrPveren ravourite ( I must now conclude my second letter on this unplea sant subject, not anxious fo•, hut not afraid of, a 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 8 colision took place on the Mersey. The Flambeau, steamer, left the George's Pierhead for the Menai 13ridgf., 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 d;fficulty she could he 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 by 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.—Mr. 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. I3rether 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, he 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 documeut countersigned by two justices, and the application was granted on the under standing that the stipulations of the statute should he complied with, The magistrates, have, however, we be determined not to countenance what have been rai 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, hut heal tily 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 uy nerves , anti gia.c actlaLe statesmen not only respectfully listened to her advice, but adopted her talented, strong, and energetic measures— when her favour was the highroad to promotion, and her masculine m'nd 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 engraven 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 L u a n d i;e i r i s a a m ll i y l t b o e n lo i beloved d. e a i s so g n r i e a a n t arentridignoisoedenceNso(tasmreereitoitonnminegnded 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.—Some ape. culation, mingled with alarm, has been excited by th e 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 lunatic° inquirendo. About ten days ago Mr. Sombr6 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. Ills 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, ope Jed 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 tal and handsome man of colour. It is sunp , sed that the missing stranger took with him a considerable sum of money, and that be 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 ber 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 be, 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, had 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 had 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 father's e e rs t s t x ) th c ho o s t n a ed c i t ni w aßs i ttohs Roscommon -street, ( t t, e n d ;s c at a sr (c d , tn l anditthenhe ba body pantry jyed o,tle James death.-- The s Turoblety, a child of two years old, who was bi.rned t• death in a house in Crosby-streer.—Verdicts of ' 1 acci dental death " were returned in the five last cases. DOCK COMMITTEE At the weekly meeting of this body, on Thursday, the gentlemen were present L.--,Messrs. Sands. Bar clay, Holt, Holmes, Smith, Nttlyneux, Nicol, Bully, Rovden, Tobin, Shand, Moon, Middleton, Bold, Evans, Ripley, sod Mr. Hartley, the surveyor, presented a report, giving an account of the unfortunate Pccident at the dock works. lie said he could tint attribute the tnisfortu:ie to anything hut the neglect of the enginernan 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 t he length of time which had elapsed 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 ternain 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 1813, it was 96i 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. Evatis said they should not he 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 %illicit 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 in her berth three weeks or so ; but the steamers were often in their berths not many more hours than tne 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. Ntcot, 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, hut he would call on the committee to look at it not as an affair cf 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 was 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, hut the cry would he for the same convenience in all the docks. By building warehouses round the docks, they would give more accommodation than if they doubled the -lock space. Mr. Mem. 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. SrlAr:ro said that, allowing they should want more dock space, it became a matter of consideration where they could get land for that purpo s e. lie said that they were now making land for the Corporation up to Beacon's gutter, and he thought that they ougot 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. TIIR TRANSIT SHEDS The CHAIRMAN said that these sheds were opened on the lith of April, 1843, and it was required by the 45th section of the dock act, that six months aftet 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 he 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 ' 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 pe.iaity paid by that estate to the warehouse interest of Liverpool, in (trier to get their support to obtain a bill for the building of docks with warehouses on the quays—one of the mast 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 Cu A I Ithl A N.—The whole will not be lost. Mr, HARTLEy.—Atiout of,e third will be saved. Mr. Itm.Ev.—About the interest of the money I sup pose. Mr. Ripley tarn propo:ed 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. WlSride, 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 ill 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, & CO. 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 £4945. Bd., being £2 Bs. Id. less than the corresponding period last year. PUBLICANS, BEERSELLFRS, &C. FINFD.-011 Friday, j 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 ooe acquitted. A table-beer seller was fined £sand costs,(second offence) and two keepers of eating cellars, for supplying refreshments to bad characters in the night, were Sued —one fithl. and the other 50s. with coats. ALLEGED ROBBERY AT KIRKDALE HOUSI OF CORRECTION For some time past, hut more particularly within the last 12 months., strong suspicion has pervaded the minds 44f 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 4 , n the increase; that the clothing for that department cost about £6OO more last rear than ever it had done before ; and yet, after the sup ply had taken place, there did not appear to be any .uper 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 pubic investigation of the case. Mr. Dodd, attorney, appeared, at the request of Mrs. Herd, on the part of the prisoner, wo is a well-looking young woman far advanced in pregnancy. The magistrates on the bench consisted of Mr. J. FORMBY, Sir T. RB.ANCKF.R, 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, toweis, 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 neoessars 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 r. Mr. Dodd said, that although the enquiry had ostensibly for its object the crirninaring 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. FORMBY 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 hack to the ;Magazines. The Canary was at starting the decided favourite, but in rounding the New Brighton boat \Vhittle's Elizabeth came up to her, and shortly took the lend. Half way to Egremont Canary/few 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 : - T 1,.. 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 skill and a long pull. The Gypsey Queen 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, J.pan. and Swallow. A capitally contested match, and all showed 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 dim 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 Mapzines' 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, 31 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 Ferris. 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 he should find bail for his nopear 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 1331 bales from Port Philip, the former consisted principally of clothing qualities, arid 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, awl 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 %,ithin 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. articles COMMlTMENTS,oiriolbmteldoeiocralne r ec ei v ed gcnae , : os o Ttb ß hthuoeuns T rdt sel n ademh is i : ft, snoutsideoa r childrenre named jastealingnot dhh en ai others their ALp shops i THE hxp of: e t foi P I rrt o osasuw t kt ces h c ae s lrtaishn C emgf rm o aoa y n.m ß nl T aeaorr , d A o T or. TH E 5 S i rE.S Rushtons IoN S . reprimandedO n Wednesday, the Rowobneerrt for hang in g leather, from the shop of Mr. Smith, Old Haymarket, offered it for sale to Mr. Latham, Richmond-row, been left outside the shop, preparatory to being shipped. some money on account. The bund le . bad Same day, Andrew Caldwell and John Conwin, for offer ing bad money to Helen Bowman, Brownlow-hill. prisoners were traced to their lodgings. where about I sovereigns, & c., 20 half-crowns, four a lf-sovereigns , all counterfeit, was , -The found concealed. The half-cr owns were so well executed that the magistrate himself said he might have taken any one of them without suspicion. I LIVE;IPOOL BAN Mr. Corn INTERESTING TO SOLICITORS Nil-. Packli ted to tht of the firm of r ourt that the ha certificat Ul COUiti PIIILI IPS rson few days been transferred ato the new Court, from the soli( ;ho had the custody of them. Befo his application, be would 1 - 10noilr, that some expense (amounting to about £4) had been in ctirred in producing the proceedings in court, and as he (Mr. Radcliffe) had t e honour to represent both parties, he was desirous of taking his Honour's opinion as to ap portioning the expense between his clients. . .. _. Ilk IloNourt.---Surely. Mr. Radcliffe, representingas you do the two parties, who can he 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 fur 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 costs of the service of the summons had created the costs referred to. His HONOUR 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 sufler for a fault in which he had no participation. The rules and orders of the Lord Chancellor 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 to the Court of Review, so as to have the matter decisively settled. NOVSL APPLICATION.—An insolvent, who bad only recently obtained his final order, having discovered that, by some means, a creditor bad been omitted in his sche dule, applied to Mr. Commissioner Phillips for his advice how to act under the circumstances. lie 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 ADJOITItNED. C. J. Morley, (certificate,) from the 27th inst. to the 23d October, at half-past 12.—Thomas Parry, from the 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, 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. s.—Darcey and Dierden, (special examination,) at 11. Oct. G.—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, s ll e he containing t returningti ge d n l Johnson, iyrunotgft se, f.duynxn,i:2dsohert residing reliaopca nofnaele oi colliery f i yetm n l }lre: England n t ernidiso s assa t i n,n r doo e ej eftoooetrti cart, ridath Margaret dutw n ujilinl kdi.f w ceeooh a rsr passing over his neck, killed him on the spot. of f t ner k was . committed by Mr. Rushton for trial, charged with of Brook -street, North Birkenhead, Of a pocket-book. f 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 Rushhn, 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 ainthad her an d . plC111:11lACU. tit EMJCIteI,UUU. 'tam .11, - 1011 Lib lOULW tna the ground, but not the money, which had disappoared. 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 ninny others, we are in some doubt whether such disgusting hoary old sinners, who encourage female depravity in our streets, are proper objects for the protection of the law. WEST D FLOWER Snow. —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 between 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, best 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, Edvrd 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 ; best black grapes, T. Toulmin, Esq.; second best apples, Mr. Tyrer ; best white cabbage, best melon, and red cabbage, S. Bright, 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 tnent, 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 posedl in swi hich h e Mr . ma dTehsoosm. some ap propriatee n - k n s tlatnhden allusions a n ceive speech,de t a o tw t i h t e h e e ff n e t cts 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. sehrg sreNasuat toirpaotvonin of the Thomas ho oe smd steam-ship aasy,\r fe r w ron a mo s n l t a ah , n i o n a ch e Co.,d extensivea B t a h r a r l a f c - kp bui l d ing-yard LAUNCH OF THE" NIMROD."—A remarkably fi ne iron s s t t r street, e w t el vNe North 'ticl Messrs. lo s c h k o r o e n She has been built for te City of Cork Steam-packet company, whuintend 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 upon her of the Mersey, amidst cheers from the assembled thou sands. Soon after the launch abont 1 50Iadies and gentle men sat down to a sumptuous dejeliner prepared in the model room, and after the removal of the cloth, Mr. Samuel Holme in a neat and appropriate speech proposed the the health of the builders which was received with loud liiver Ganges. and unanimous cheering. Mr. Thomas Verno i n t i i n a r s ep t l after thanking the company, referred to the iron pam phlets construction s her trproceed eproprietorst.o of Mr. Thomas Gladstone and Mr. Grantham and denied that there was any fear of a reduction of labour from the East India Company ves sels. Several other toasts were proposed. The . Nimrod is now lying in the Trafalgar Dock, where she will receive ei n d ym that Messrs. Vernon in consequence of the incrtheawehiessrihnssgahhmeceorewnstruction of iron ' " and Co Ilfib build.anre success. ecte voyage. r i :o n igevt4esi steamers ~ 7dt:e a a n onwmu d randeev i dre n i Nimrod, and also two accommodation boats, 140 feet Imme diately after the launch a handsome chased was presented by Wilfred Troutl _ silver tankard Pyle, who has been appointed Jack, Esq-, to Captain hilst in comma of 1 • to the comm an d o f t h e Nimrod, in testimony its effi c ient a d of n and seam an lik e con duct Cork Comp any , another vessel belonging to the _ 1 •i'i. p ti to,