The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-23 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. The circulation of the STANDARD is now greater than that of any Conservative journal in Liver pool, and we think we may add, of any provincial Protestant paper in England. The high respecta bility of its readers has always been acknowledged. FFithin the last twelve months, our advertisements have increased nearly one hundred per cent. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Onr correspondent from (3oerwen, Anglesea, is informed that parishioners have not the power of withdrawing themselves from a poor-law union. The object can only be accomplished by an act of parliament; and the chance of getting such an act passed is very remote, and the expense to be incurred of course enormous. "Eternity," who denounces in strong terms the article of the Mercury upon the general fast, will see that we have briefly referred to it elsewhere. Such outrages upon decency may, however, safely be ing , to the public indignation which they excite. Our co esponlent may be assured that the sinking print in questioi, is r Adly losing its power to offehd. The lines on Spring, evidently from a juvenile pen, are not up ' to our standard. .Z.—We have heard of the loan from government for the carry ing out of the works over the water as a rumour, but cannot satisfy our correspondent as to the nature of the security to be given. We presume that government will be satisfied on that point. THE SHUTTER NUTEA NCE.—We have received frequent com plaints on this subject; and it really ought to attract the at tention of the authorities. It is hard that people cannot be allowed to walk along any of our.principal streets without the risk of having their ears carried away, or their heads frac tured by abutters violently projected up from the cellars of the shops at closing time. Arrangements might easily be made to have them raised through an opening inside the shops, near enough to the door to serve every purpose of conveni ence and.despatch. `C. H. H. P." We believe that the Factory Commissioners' Reports for the last ten years can only he had in London. A bookseller would be able to procure them. An excellent work on the cotton manufacture was published a few years ago by Mr. James Wheeler of Manchester. We prefer it to Baines's History of the Cotton Manufacture, as having been written by a gentleman living in the centre of the cotton dis tricts, and bringing the reader's information down to a later period. For a thorough exposition of the factory system, our correspondent ought to read the Fleet Papers of Richard Oastler, and the speeches of that gentleman, Lord Ashley and other well-informed advocates of the Short Time Bill. There is no work that we are aware of devoted to Railway Statistics. The letter of "H. P." shall be handed to the proprietor of the Ferry referred to. Any notice from us would only give in . creased circulation to the announcement referred to. EN Eitirrpool kttanbaD. Yearly Subscription : In Fidlance, 12s. On Credit, 15s. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1847. THERE is something in the impudence of Irishmen which is unapproachable ; but, when to *that impudence ignorance is added, the native of the sister isle beats the world. The debate on Thursday evening, upon the motion of Mr. W. G. O'Brien, the cellar martyr, for the imposition of an absentee tax, afforded a rich specimen of the first quality—impudence. Mr. John O'Connell was the • exhibitor on the occasion. The twist in this young gentleman's intellect is, of course, well known. Every evil, real or imaginary, under which Ireland labours, is, in his estimation, attributable to the union between• the two countries. The absentee drain, he says, commenced after the revolution of 1688, and increased until 1782. From that period, when Ireland was managed by an Irish Parlia ment, it had considerably diminished." We cer tainly do not know whence Mr. John O'Connell derives his data. Most likely, however, it is cor rect, that more money was spent in Ireland during the existence of the Irish Parliament, than either before or since. The history of the period informs us how rapidly the gentry of Ireland were then squandering their fortunes in idle ostentation, semi-barbarous hospitality, and dissipation. How many a fine estate the orgies of Daly's club, in Dublin, saw dissipated in gambling, or subjected to the necessity of being pawned to the harpies who ever hang about the improvident ! Within the period from 1782 to the Union, when all this wanton extravagance was going on—when the peer, the baronet, the squire, the squireen, and the simple yeoman, were one and all congregated for half the year in Dublin, haunting the avenues of corruption, which was more rife at that period in Dublin than corruption has ever been in any ci vilized country, and spending their incomes in an ticipation, in the hope of some prospective golden employment—we verily believe that nine-tenths of those encumbrances were contracted, which at pre sent obstruct the improvement of the social con dition of the Irish people ; which keep the Irish landowner in the position of an insolvent pos sessor of rank and station—a kind of lackered in cumbrance upon the soil, of which he is the merely the nominal and powerless possessor. Mr. John O'Connell and other repealers may well talk to the dupes of Conciliation-hall of the glorious times of the Irish Parliament. They were glorious times for the pimp, the clever gambler, the intriguing place-hunter, and the reprobate of every degree and kind. They were glorious times too for the Dublin tradesman they were bad for honest tradesmen in other localities. They were glorious times for the money lender, the aspiring middle man, and the acute lawyer, who could draw up a deed in an hour to supply a gambler's or a spend thrift's necessities. But they were bad for the racked tenantry of Ireland ; and the curse has fallen upon their successors. They were bad for the wives, the widows, the sons, and the daughters of the men who were enacting the farce of do mestic legislation. Superlatively impudent as arc Mr. John O'Connell's complaints thus far noticed, the following passage of his eech betrays igno rance not easily to be surpassed: " What was it that caused the want of a good market mad of rich customers for Irish manufactures. The absence of rich proprietors ; and it was with a view to remedy this evil that his honourable friend had brought forward the motion now before the house. They ought, he contended, to do all in their power to restore to Ireland the use of her own money ; and if then she could not develope her resources, and thereby vivify her manufac turing and commercial industry, she deserved to be poor." Certainly the young gentleman must imagine that Irish manufactures' are glued to the soil, or to the looms in which they are wrought. Perhaps he runs away with the idea that Irishmen, whether "rich proprietors " or not, will give more for Irish manufactures than for others of better quality, which can be sold for a less price. This kind of s'atriotism, however," we haVe not yet seen. Let Ir land produce goods which will compete with the manufactures of other countries, and they will find markets for themselves, wherever her " rich pro prietors" may live. She has labour cheap enough, facilities for production enough, and a fair chance of buying the raw material upon the same terms as the people of other countries. If her manufac tures are equal in quality, and as reasonable in price, as those of other countries, they ought to sell not only in Ireland to resident proprietors, but to the world at large. Scarcely any man in the present day thinks it necessary to confine his pa tronage to the bootmaker or the tailor next door. The Irish ladies, we dare say, think that the con stant wear of Irish poplins savours rather too closely of the " toutjours perdria'." To attribute to the effect of the Union the fact that Irish ma nufactures arc not sufficiently encouraged is per fectly absurd. Before residents in Ireland confine themselves to the wear of Irish fabrics, one of two events must take place. Either Ireland must pro duce more cheaply than other countries, or steamers must cease running between Great Britain and the Irish ports. If Mr. John O'Connell can bring about the former result, he will confer a greater benefit upon his country, than by spinning inflam matory • harangues ad infinitum. If he can bring about the latter, he will be, what very few people have ever considered him, a conjuror. It is revolting to find such an appeal to popular prejudices and ignorance, as Mr. John O'Connell's revival of the agitation in Parliament of the Repeal of the Union, resorted to in the *sent disastrous crisis of Ireland. Repeal the Union indeed Why, there is scarcely an English rate-payer or tax-payer, who, in hi s heart of hearts, would not thankfully hail his riddance from all connexion . with, and proximity to, that unhappy island, whose fortunes, had not such mercenary agitators as Mr. O'Con nell and his dying, and we hope penitent, father, never interfered to mar them, ought to have been at the present hour as promising as the most fa voured portions of this country. Such a cry comes with an ill grace, at a time when those aga inst whom it is levelled are expending thou sands, the product of individual charity, and mil lions contributed by the state, for the sustenance of their revilers. JOURNALISTS, like other people, will sometimes meddle with matters which they, do not understand, and with the facts connected with which they are entirely unacquainted. Our contemporary the -Albion is in this predicament with respect to the Factory Bill, which we are happy, whilst he is sorry, to see almost carried by acclamation in the House of Commons, and certain to be similarly treated by the House of Lords. His human feeling cannot get the better of his political eco nomy. The end of all legislation, he seems to think, is to enable the capitalist to amass gold. The prosperous working of the iron machine is everything in his eyes; the soul's and the body's health of the flesh-and-blood watcher and slave of that machine is nothing in comparison. By allowing the poor factory worker two hours per day additional for bodily rest, for the proper super intendence of his family, and the cultivation of his mind, we are swamping, our contemporary ima gines, the manufacturing interest of the country. We are doing no such thing. If necessary, we could prove to our contemporary that the factory worker in ten hours can effect more both for his employer and himself than by working twelve hours. An overtoiled operative cannot compete at piece-work with one in full breath, and with all his energies at command. We are not, however, going to argue the ques tion with our contempory. It is a settled one already. Our object in referring to it is, merely to contradict one of the many flippant assertions which he has put forth in his last publication. The following is that to which we refer : " All the idle and dissolute among the working classes are for it, because they would rather cramp the energies of their more industrious fellows than put forth their own to emulate and imitate them." We can state distinctly, authoritatively, and prove that it is not the idle and dissolute who are advocates of this Bill. The idle and dissolute can do with the system as it is. They can sit at home, whilst the wife and mother or the child is worn down by inordinate and destructive toil. The idle and dissolute desire none of the opportunities of social amelioration, for which the short-time advo cate contends. They care not for improvement of their domestic comforts—improvement of the health and the morals of their families. We are borne out by fact, in asserting that amongst the advo cates of the Ten Hours Bill are the best men in the factory districts—the most industrious and moral men—the best sons, husbands, and fathers, and the best workmen. Our contemporary, if he had known these men, watched their strivings for years in behalf of this measure, mingled with their fa milies, and observed the orderly state of most of their households, with the limited opportunities at their disposal, he would not have inflicted upon them the very uncalled for epithets " idle and dis solute." A GOOD RESIDENT LANDLORD. The indiscriminate abuse which is being levelled against the landlords of Ireland by a portion—and, we regret to say, an influential portion—of the press of this country, and by some of our legislators, is not creditable to the hearts or to the judgment of its utterers. There are selfish men in Ireland, without doubt ; but we should scarcely say that the most selfish are to be found amongst the landlord class. Some of the owners of the soil in that country we know to be kind-hearted men, unceasing in their efforts to improve the condition of their mis guided or unfortunate tenantry. Many are anxious to do all which their limited means will allow ; and if such men do not succeed in meeting fully the emergencies of the present crisis. it is only just, before condemning them for their deficiencies, to weigh the extent of those emergencies and the hindrances offered to their efforts by the character and habits of the people. The following letter, read in the House of Commons by Mr. Labouchere, as affording a reply to the last waspish attack of Mr. Roebuck against the whole body of the gentry of Ireland, exhibits an instance of con siderate generosity scarcely to be paralleled in our own own country, in which, happily, our sympathies are seldom so seriously taxed. The party referred to is Sir ROBERT GORE BOOTH, of the county of Sligo, and the letter is addressed by Captain O'Brien, inspecting officer in Sligo, to Mr. Walker, Secretary of the Board of Works. Cap tain O'Brien says : " Sir Robert Booth's esthte is large, and the supplies he has procured would keep those of his own well enough, were he not pressed also to find his neighbours' tenants. At his own place, Lissadill, he has established two soup boilers, which make each 140 gallons of soup ; and I cal culated the cost of the soup in each boiler to be about 32s 6d. He gives, gratuitously, 280 gallons of this soup per day, each day, including Sundays. He sells, six days in the week, 150 loaves per day, each being 4 ounces larger than the fourpenny loaf sold in Sligo, and sold by him at 2d. per loaf. He also sells 30 tons of ! Indian corn per week at a reduced price, and gives a portion of Indian corn to 30 persms daily. In this manner he has provided for the poor, and sold through the agency of his chaplain, Mr. Jeffcote, since the 29th of August—lndian meal, 393 tons ; barrel flour 70 tons ; whole wheat flour, 40 tons ; biscuit, 9 tons ; rice, 3 tons ; oatmeal, .12 tons ; total, 527 tons. He has still a good deal in hand, and he has ordered on his own account, in addition—lndian corn, 2375 tons ; new seed oats, 81 tons ; hogsheads of flaxseed, 10 tons. He has at this moment in Greenock, ready to be shipped, but he is in difficulty respecting freight, 200 quarters of oats, 23 quarters of barley, 200 loads of beans, 18 tons of peas, 100 barrels of flour, 180 barrels of wheat, 99 tons of oats, 25 tons of barleymeal. Much good would be done if the Government would assist Sir Robert Booth in having this large quantity of food transported into Sligo. What he has done for the part of the country in which he resides has been so well done, that it would prove a real blessing to enable him to do more." SAWDUST . BREAD AND THE FIRST YEAR OF FREE TRADE. We quote the following paragraph from the Manchester Guardian of Wednesday : " Sir John F. W. Herschel, in his discourse on the study of natural philosophy, states, ' That sawdust itself is susceptible of conversion into a substance bearing no remote analogy to bread ; and though certainly less pa lateable than that of flour, yet no way disagreeable, and both wholesome and digestive, as well as highly nutritive.' Note—' See Dr. Prout's account of the experiments of Professor Autenrieth, of Tubingen. Phil. Trans. 1827, p. 380. This discovery, which renders famine next to impossible, deserves a higher degree of celebrity than it has obtafned.'—The following is the passage in Dr. Prout's paper, to which Sir John Herschel refers :—` To illustrate the properties of lignin as an aliment, the only point of view iu which we have to consider it here, I shall briefly quote the experiments of Professor Autenrieth, of Tubingen, who showed some years ago that, by proper management, this principle might be rendered capable of forming bread. The following was the method he em ployed for this purpose :—ln the first place, everything that was soluble in water was removed by frequent mace ration and boiling. The wood was then reduced to a mi nute state of division, that is to say, not merely into fine fibres, but actual powder ; and after being repeatedly sub jected to the heat of an oven, was ground in the usual manner of corn. Wood thus prepared, according to the author, acquires the smell and taste of corn flour. It is, however, never quite white, but always of a yellowish co lour. It also agrees with corn flour in this respect, that it does not ferment without the addition of the leaven ; and in this case, sour leaven of corn-flour is found to an swer best. With this it makes a perfectly uniform and spongy bread ; and when it is thoroughly baked, and has much crust, it has a much better taste of bread than what in times of scarcity is prepared from the bran and husks of corn. Wood flour, also, boiled in water, form's a thick, tough, trembling jelly, like that of wheat starch, and which is very nutricious.' Coming so closely after the measure which was to give the working classes a large and a cheap loaf, this proposal to give them a wooden loaf is rather'disheartening. We cannot but suspect that the philosophers are only joking. Would the Guardian himself try for a week or two the article recommended,- and give his readers notice of the commencement of his experiments ? We should watch the effect produced upon the staple of his editorial lucu brations, from this wooden fare, with great interest. ----- THE MERCURY VERSUS THE GENERAL FAST. Our contemporary of Friday, in an article which we would have quoted entire but for the offence which we should have given to our readers by offering such revolt ing•sentiments to their perusal and the perusal of their family circle, has characterised the proclamation of her Majesty, enjoining a general fast and humiliation, " a decree worthy of Nebuchadnezzar and the days of Sha drach, Meshach, and Abednego." Her Majesty must be infinitely obliged to the Mercurial scribe, who also accuses her of using a peroration to the document in question, praying for " a selfish benediction on her own head." It is " selfish " in her Majesty herself, whilst urging her subjects to prostrate themselves before their Maker in a time of trouble, to recognise the source of all consolation by praying " God save the Queen" ! We venture to intrude upon the Mercury's notice the different spirit in which the whole subject is regarded by a class of her Majesty's subjects who, although not Christian in faith, set an example here which it word be well if Christians generally were to imitate. We refer to the sublime prayer which has been ordered by the Rev. the Chief Rabbi of the Jews to be offered up, on Wed nesday, in the various synagogues under his control. The form is as follows : PRAYER IN THE SYNAGOGUES FOR THE GENERAL _ FAST. PRAYER.—Thou who art great in counsel and mighty in action, whose eyes watch the ways of men and their doings, fortify our soul and strengthen our heart, when we pray unto thee at eventide. Incline thine ear to listen to the supplication of thy servants in the time of their trouble ; for thou hast visited various parts. of this country ; the staff of her strength, her stay and her prop, is broken; famine has entered the dwelling of the poor, desolation has come within our borders, and terror has seized us. . Verily, we know, 0 Lord, that thy decrees are just and thy judgments pure; that because of our iniquities thou art wroth with us ; for we have seriously trespassed against thee, we have departed from the way which thou THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. hast pointed out to us, we have broken thy statutes, vio lated the covenant, and transgressed thy lawn. But, even as a father hath compassion on his son, so dose thou compassionate us ; if we return unto thee with t and sincerity, if we circumcise our heart, and cast awillirpeach of us, our vanity ; if we are charitable alike to those that are far off and to those that are near; then thou increasest thy greatness, and again hast mercy upon us ; for thou woundest and bindest up, thou smitest and thine own hands heal. _ _ Thou, 0 Lord, our Rock and Shelter, behold, our soul mourneth, and our spirit is dejected to the ground. Be not silent to the tears of those who are faint with hunger. Do not abandon thy children to the evils which are let loose. Bid the famine stop; and let disease not touch. us. Let us not encounter any calamity ; and let no mis chief befal us. Good and gracious Lord, by whose mercy even evils are made the harbingers of salvation, command the earth that the renew her youth and resume her pristine vigour, scpthlt she may bring forth her produce, and ripen her choice fruit ; rebuke also the consumer, that he do not destroy the fruit of our ground. Let the earth be full of th 3 goodness, and with thy blessing replenish our land, the land in which we delight. We pray thee, 0 Lord, as thou showedst marvellous deeds in the days of our departure from Egypt, so do now gladden us according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and let us behold the glory of Zion. Amen. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES. The Commission of Assize, for this county ; was opened yesterday, at the Crown Court, by Mr. Baron Alderson. Shortly after ll o'clock, the learned Judge entered the Court, and took his seat on the bench, when the usual formalities were gone through, and the following gentle men sworn as a Grand Jury William Brown, Esq., M.P., Richmond Hill, Foreman. Elkanah Armytage, Fsq., Manchester. Sir Thos. Braneker, Liverpool. Sir Joshua walmsley, Wavertree Hall. Montague Ainslie, Esq., Coredale Hall. Thomas Eastwood, Esq., Brindle Lodge. F. D. Astley, Esq., Fell Foot. Wm. Rayner Wood, Esq., Singleton Lodge. John lre!and lllackburne, Esq., RutlandHalL C. D. Archibald, Esq. , James Dawson, Esq., The Wray. Leigh Clowes, Esq., Broughton Hall. R. C. B. Clayton, Esq., Abercromby Square. William Earle, Esq., Liverpool. Adam Hodgson, Esq., Breckfield Lodge. George Hall Lawrence, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool. Hugh Hornby, Esq., Wavertree. William Ratlibone, Esq., Green Bank. . • Abraham Wood, Esq., Starkey. Richard Walker, Esq., Bury. John Woodcock, Esti., The Elms: Ralph Thicknesse, Esq., Black Hall. John Potter, Esq., Mainehester. The Royal Commission having been read, - His LORDSHIP proceeded to address the Grand Jury to the following effect :—Notwithstanding the great distress which pervaded this town and its vicinity, he was glad to perceive that in the present calender there was not so very great an increase in crime as might have been anticipated under the circumstances. The crimes themselves, with the exception of four or five, were not of very great mo ment. There were indeed some cases at which common humanity shuddered ; one of them was of the nature of those cases where the sacred relation which existed be tween parent and child had been violated. That case . would require their very careful and serious atten tion should it come before them. They would, he hoped, give that case their serious consideration, and un less they had full grounds for putting him upon his trial, of course they would not do it, because they must be aware that the publication of such a case in an open court had a direct tendency to corrupt and destroy the morality of the public mind. They should be careful, and put no person on their trial in a court of justice, on a charge of that nature, unless they .thought there was every likelihood of the guilt of the party charged being fully and substantially proved. But in cases of a doubtful description it would be their duty to make the most careful preliminary investigation in their power, so that by their examination they would separate all doubt from the certainty of the cases brought before them. There were two other cases to be brought under their notice to which he would direct their attention. They were cases of murder—one of them by poison. The point to which their attention in that case should be directed to inquire whether the crime had been committed by poison. And as this used in this case was of a mineral nature, they would see that the only sort of evidence which they could safely rely on was that of find*, the poison itself in the body of the deceased ; because the human frame was too apt to suffer change from the effects of various diseases ; and medical science was too uncertain in those matters to admit of their judging by the appearances which the body presented. They should, however, take into consideration the symtoms of the body ; and also the conduct of the party; but still he would impress upon them that it would b unsafe for them to act on any evidence short of the production. They would, however, judge for themselves, as his object was merely to direct their attention to these cases. The other case of murder was one of those unfortunate cases which too frequently occurred in this county. He alluded to the too frequent use of the knife. This case, it appeared, arose out of a quarrel, and it would be for them to say whether the quarrel was of such a nature as to justify the party to re taliate in that way. They would not take into their con sideration any provoking language—no matter however provoking or injurious to his character it might be — for that could not be regarded - as a justification for the awful offence of using the knife, or of com mitting any violence by which the life of a human being would be destroyed. They would inquire, however, if any altercation resulting in personal violence had taken place previous to this unfortunate occurrence. And if they found that any had been useu by the deceased to the prisoner, they would inquire what time had elapsed oe tween the period of this altercation and the time when the latter used his knife. At the same time he hoped that they would make all due allowance for the strength of the human passions, and the infirmity of human nature in order to enable them to come to a just and rational conclusion. If however they found that the violence used by the deceased to the prisoner was of such a nature as to be calculated to provoke him, in a fit of passion, to the commission of this act, then the crime would be re duced from murder to manslaughter ; but above all things he wished them to endeavour to ascertain, if possible, how far the prisoner was actuated by feelings of revenge. He began his charge by alluding to the distress which afflicted this part of the country. To it a great deal of the crime committed at present might he attributed ; for it could not be otherwise when they took into consideration the immense influx of destitute people which came into this town. Most of these people assumed the avocation of street begging : but his opinion of their conduct was such, that he believed they should be put upon their trials for obtaining money under false pretences. Yes, and he would go even further, and say, that. if any such cases came before him, he would assuredly transport them ; for he thought they were the worst class of persons in the kingdom, as their conduct was calculated to shut up the channels of human kindness and charity, and thereby prevent those who were worthy objects for relief. from receiving it. Amidst all this, however, he could not but see the serious working of a merciful God. Perhaps nothing short of this awful calamity could have awakened the people to a sense of their duties. And being now awakened to a sense of those duties, he hoped that such measures would be taken as would prevent the recurrence of so much misery in the kingdom. That it would lead to hat result he had no' doubt. He hoped they would pe%lit him to call their attention to another subject, which was closely connected with the administration of justice. He alluded to imprisonment which, was about to place in the discipline of prisons as re garded the mode in which both primary and secondary punishments were conducted. It was some time since he had directed the attention of this Grand Jury to one great defect in the prison rules of this as well as every other county. As long as they kept county jails in which were kept collections of all classes of prisoners, tried and untried, men and women, girls and boys—so long As these persons were kept together in one body, they would be maintaining a system which would never reform or amend criminals. The remedy, in his mind, for this system was, instead of havinga jailfor the common purposes of all classes of prisoners, they should have several, one of which would be devoted to each particularclass. For instance, why might there not be a house of detention, or separate prison for persons who were not tried, as it was not in his opinion fair to treat such persons whom the law always presumed to be inocent until after their conviction. Such a house or gaol of detention should be governed by rules of dici ' pline, totally different to those adopted in a prison for punishment ; because in the one the persons who had been convicted had to be reformed and punished whilst the other should be merely a house of detention for such persons as were accused of the commission of crime. It appeared to him that in each county there should be a gaol of detention. Then, where the prisoners were convicted, and placed in a state of punishment and reform, surely no man would say that the punishment of I the men should be the same as the penetentiary..discipline of girls and boys. The discipline of boys ought to be no more severe than a severe strict school; but that, he was cer tain, would no t do for grown up men. Until they established prisons for each of the three classes lie had named,_ he was. of opinion that they would n ot have made even the first step in prison improvement. They might s. -- .y that such a system would entail a great deal of expense upon the country. He, hoivever, was not of that opinion, for he knew that in this county they had three goals — Lancaster 1 Castle , Kirkdale, and Preston ; and why not, instead of having them appropriated to the uses of all classes indis criminately, have them converted into separate prisons for each of the three classes he had named. As they had all one common object in view—namely, the prevention of crime, and reforming the criminal—in that obj ect they were all agreed. He hoped, that with the power of the law, and the efficacy of a good system of prison punishment, in a short time to see much of the crime, which at pre sent disgraced society corrected. With a few more obser vations, his Lordship. dismissed the Grand Jury. Hugh O'Neill was then placed in the dock, and indicted for having, at Wuerdale and Wardale, on the 29th of December last, feloniously cut and wounded George Townend, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Guilty.—To be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 6 months. Thomas Fothergill was next indicted for having cut and Wounded Maria Fothergill, at West Houghton, on the 13th of February last, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. - Mr. For.Lurr briefly stated the case, after which Maria Fothergill was examined. She deposed, I am the wife of the prisoner. On the 13th of February, when he came home, he asked me if I would go with bins to Leeds. I said I would not then go with him, but next morning I should. I was at the fire, with my child in my arms, when he asked me to lay down the child, as he did not wish to hurt it. He took it from me, and laid it down himself : after that he took hold of me, and pushed me down, and then he took up the fire-poker, and struck me over the head twice with it. He was not sober all this time.. He had always when sober behaved well to me. The surgeon and some other witnesses were examined, but they stated nothing new. The prisoner, on being asked if be had any defence to make, expressed the utmost contrition for the rash and unfortunate act he had committed, and begged for mercy on account of his little children. Guilty. Not sentenced. Jane Baker, for bigamy, three months' hard labour. Joseph Costlidge and James Henahall were then in dicted for robbing Charles Rothwell, at Manchester, on the 19th of February last. Guilty.—To be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years. John Hurst, an old man of sixty years of age, was next placed in the dock and arraigned for having, on the 22nd of January last, entered the house of Mary Whitaker, of Rochdale, and stealing therefrom one cushion, one shawl, and other articles, her property. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and begged for mercy. Baron ALDERSON, in passing sentence on him, said that lie had been transported before, and should not, therefore have committed the offence. Prisoner.—Oh, my lord ! but that is a long time ago. Baron ALDERSON remarked that that punishment should have deterred him from the commission of further crime. His previous bad character, had he not pleaded guilty, would have, weighed with him in considering his sentence ; but he was too old now to be sent out of the country—if indeed they sent . any persons out of the country. He believed, however, that they_ would txams. port criminals no longer. He would sentence him to one year's imprisonment, with hard labour. Samuel Diygle, alias Samuel Scott was charged with having, at Brittle-cum-Bamford, feloniously entered the dwelling-house of John Berry, and stealing from it a quantity of groceries. Not guilty. Timothy Kelly was then placed in the dock, and in dicted for having, at Manchester, married Mary Cronan, his former wife being then alive. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Sentence deferred. _ _ - Thomas Eden and Thomas Williamson were indicted for committing a highway robbery on the person of Thos. Blackshaw, on the morning of the 2nd of January last ; and also for committing an assault on him at the same time. Not guilty. James Keough, for having, at Bury, on the 12th of December last, maliciously and wilfully wounded David Buckley, with intent to do him grevious bodily harm. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Sentence deferred. The Court then adjourned until 9 o'clock this morning. NISI PRISI COURT.—YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) LLOYD V. BENNETT. This . was an undefended action, brought by the emi nent bankers at London and Manchester, against the de fendant, Robert Bennett, for the recovery of a balance of £1,031 18s. Bd., with interest. Verdict for plaintiff for the full amount. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STANDARD. SIR,—We have now been in correspondence with a considerable number of the Irish clergy for nearly three months. We found them at Christmas busily engaged in feeding, from their own scanty means, large numbers of their hungry neighbours of all creeds and parties. Had they received no assistance, this their good work must have been of very short duration ; but they have been assisted and enabled to persevere in (to use the expression of one of them) " detaining men alive." Their time and attention, their feelings and anxieties, as well as their means, have been absorbed in this work. Their health, both of mind and body, has been endangered. In some instances it has given way. Their own private affairs have been neglected ; and now I fear I speak the truth concerning a great number of them, when I say that they have not, and cannot by any unassisted efforts of their own procure, seed for their glebe lands. Ido not speak from positive knowledge, because none of them have written on this particular point. I ascribe their silence to their delicacy, since while spending all they had, and all they could beg, on others, they have been nobly forgetful of themselves. The Government soup kitchens are now in operation, relieving the clergy from the actual pressure of the starving poor ; and our attention has become painfully alive to the protracted difficulties, not to say destitution, which must be entailed on our devoted reverend brethren, if they'do not get their glebes properly cultivated and cropped. Sir, will you circulate these few lines, and appeal in your valuable paper to British liberality (already grievously taxed) on this point ? Will you ask your readers to select Irish parishes for themselves, and instantly to communicate with the clergy on the subject of seed (of all kinds) for their glebes, and wages for their labourers ? The "Irish Clergy List" will supply names of both incumbents and parishes. If enabled duly to cultivate their glebes, they will em ploy, as they ever have done, labourers of all creeds and parties : and at this moment whatever adds to the amount of agricultural labour is of the utmost importance, not only as regards the hope of harvest, but also the present occu pation of men withdrawn from the public works. But I will not prolong this letter by attempting to plead this cause. I may, however, commend it to Christian sympathy, by applying, and with strict truth and justice, to my dear reverend friends, what Mr. Grattan beautifully said concerning the self-exhausting labours of Dean Kir wan—" In feeding the lamp of charity, he has almost ex hausted the lamp of life." The season for spring labour is on the wing. There is not a day to spare. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, HUGH M`NEILE. Aigburth, Liverpool, March 19, 1847. LIVERPOOL FOREIGNERS' MISSION.—The Rev. Joseph Baylee preached on Sunday last in St. Barnabas Church, for the above mission, under his superintendence, after which a collection was made of £l2 towards its support. FEVER.—Yesterday, two coaches. Nos. 425 and 99, were observed to carry fever patients to the hospital, Mount-pleasant. Police-officers, strange to say, accom panied the vehicles to and from the hospital. CHURCH EDUCATION SOCIETY FOP. IRELAND.—The anniversary meetings of the Bowden and Wolverhampton Associations in aid of this important society, were held on the 10th and 16th instant. The Rev. T. Nolan, of St. Barnabas, attended in both places as a deputation. CHRIST CHURCH SUNDAY AND DAILY SCHOOLS.— We beg to direct attention to the advertisement in another column, of the Sermons to be preached in aid of the above excellent Schools. Few schools better deserve support than those connected with Christ Church ; and none will be more eloquently advocated. THE ASSIZES.—THE BAR.—The number of barristers attending the present assizes appears to be quite as large as on any former occasion, and we believe that some are still expected to arrive. We counted about seventy oc cupying seats in the outer bar yesterday. The following gentlemen sat, as usual, within the bar :—Mr. Knowles, (the Attorney-General for the Palatine.) Mr. Baines, Mr. Watson, Mr. Martin, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Sergeant Murphy, Mr. Ellis and Mr. Bain. REPORT ON THE GAS QUESTION.—The Council meet to-day to receive the report of the Sub-committee ap pointed to inquire relative to the merits of the gas bills now before Parliament. The report of the commissioners, just published, recommends an amalgamation of the three companies, with a rate of interest not to exceed 71 per cent. ; and should the Council adopt the recommendation, and the rival companies consent to such an arrangement, the public may derive much benefit from the consolidation of the present opposing companies. TOXTETH-PARR.—ELECTION OF OVERSEERS.—The Conserxative rate-payers of Toxteth-park should bear it in mind, that Friday next is fixed for the election of over seers of the poor for that township. We believe the friends of fair play intend to bring forward one gentleman of Conservative politics as a candidate ; and in order to do away with the impression that the overseers make im proper use of the power in their hands in making out the lists of electors, we trust that . one gentleman of each party will be elected, when, if they each do their duty, no one will have cause to find fault with being off the register. POLICE-COURT, YESTERDAY.—Three men, Lloyd, Cates, and Walls, were charged with having attempted a robbery in Falkner-street. They were found attempting to get over the back-yard wall of a house, and had been followed, on suspicion, from other streets. On the case being investigated, some of the prisoners having been pre viously committed, Lloyd was sentenced to be imprisoned for one month, Bates for two, and Walls for three months. —Thomas Walls, for robbing an elderly man, named Waring, of his watch on Saturday night in Scotland road, was committed for trial at the sessions.—Eliza Jones, charged with stealing cloth, value 18s., was also committed for trial. ILLEGAL REMOVAL OF NIGHT-SOlL.—Yesterday, at the Police-court, a man named Thomas Jenjenson, was brought up charged by Mr. Pickering, of Vauxhall-road, the head contractor (under the new act) for the removal . of night-soil in the town, with having carted away some night-soil, representing himself as one of Mr. Pickering's servants. Mr. Rushton said that, according to the act, it was requisite to proceed by information, and that lie should endeavour to put a stop to a practice which would render the contract of the complainant unprofitable. The prisoner was then discharged, as the case was not cognis able but by information. THE CAUSE LlST.—This list contains the unusually small number of 132 causes-32 in the Salford Hundred list, and 100 in the West Derby Hundred (or Liverpool) list. The Salford list includes 3 special-jury causes, viz., Doe dem. Molesworth v. Elliott and others, ejectment ; Lees v. Huddersfield Railway Company, debt; and Wat son v. Aspinall, prom. The Wet Derby list includes nine special juries, namely : Kendall and another execu tors v. Bronnall, prom. ; Sowler v. Simpson, prom. ; Gibson v. same, prom. ; the Queen v. Selsby and others, indictment ; Whitwell v. Harrison, prom. ; same v. England, prom.; M'Callum v. Aspinall, prom. ; Frazer and others v. Toy, prom. ; and Bell, public officer, v. Lord Ingestre. • • CHESTEIt ASSOCIATION IN AID OF THE IRISH SOCIETY OF LONDON.—The anniversary sermons in aid of the ob jects of the above society were preached on Snnday last as follows :—ln St. Peter's Church, by the Rev. Thomas Nolan, and after the sermon a collection was made of £l2. In St. Bride's Church a sermon was preached by the'Rev. John Hackett, incumbent of St. James's, Bray, county Wicklow, and by the same gentleman at St. Paul's. The collections at the two places amounted to £29. A meet ing of the clergy connected with the association was held yesterday, the Rev. Chancellor Raikes in the chair, at which the following rev. gentlemen were present :—The - • Rev. Canon Ealin, Revds. T. Nolan, J. Hackett, W. P. Hulton, Frederick Ford, W. Haworth, J. G ama n, J. Hewson, R. Bryan, and J. E. White. A collection was made after the meeting. IRISH AND SCOTCH DESTITUTION. — We understand that a large and highly-respectable meeting of ladies was held at the Lyceum yesterday, at which the Rev. Wm. Pollock was invited to preside. The object was the re lief of the'existing destitution in Ireland and Scotland, by affording a sale for such articles of domestic manufacture as can be supplied from the suffering districts. An In dustrial Committee was formed; including ladies of con sideration connected with almost all the congregations of Liverpool. It was agreed upon that a sale should be pre sently opened at the Lyceum, (when the use of the room has been granted,) to be superintended by ladies of the committee. A. sub-committee was also appointed for carrying out in detail the proposed general arrangements. The full particulars, we believe, will be communicated to L e i n ss t en o ft Dissenter," the local press generally, after a meeting of the sub-com mittee, 'which has been fixed for Monday next, at two o'clock. D( T al n y n iv A eu rc .3 7 ; E h n o u si e g A n T s i i o li N na s s s e sis f and dates from Oswestry, states that " in a rural district of enlightened England a petition has been put by the •Bainesites into the hands of the people for signature, and 'T:A A n Orthodox elpresP°n of the individuals whose names were subsequently affixed nearly one-half are unable to write, and of the remainder a considerable portion cannot spell their own names, while very few of the whole number show, by a creditable and legible signature, that they have had the means of ac quiring even the most simple and elementary branches of knowledge. The opponents of the measure must be careful, or they will overshoot their mark. Such petitions carry with them their own antidote. Unfortunately, the respectability and genuine character of petitions are too little scrutinized in Parliament. We trust, however, that Lord John Russell knows sufficiently the extensive machinery which the Dissenting bodies have for getting up petitions on all imaginable subjects, to inspire him with firmness sufficient to resist this storm in a tea-cup. KNIGHT V. TAYLOR. This was an action brought by Mr. James Knight against John Taylor, for the recovery of the value of a bill of Exchange for £llO. Verdict for plaintiff. BANNING V. WALTON. An action brought by Joseph Banning against William Walton for goods sold and delivered. Verdict for plaintiff for £l4O. APPLETON V. JONES. This was an action for slander, brought by John Gaskell Appleton against Jabez Jones. Mr. WILKINS, who appeared for the defendant, with drew a plea of justification which was upon the record, observing that his client knew as much about pleading as he did about Arabic. He did not mean to attribute any thing improper to the plaintiff. The fact was, the two gentlemen were partners—the partnership was dissolved— the safety valve was taken out at parting —an explosion took place; and now he hoped nothing more would be thought about it. Mr. MARTIN said that the only object of his client was to vindicate his character, and intimated his satisfaction at the withdrawal of the plea. The case ended by the withdrawal of a Juror, by mutual consent. BROWN V. BRUCE. An unfounded action brought by William Henry Brown against James Bruce, for the recovery of a balance of £l9 19s. Verdict for plaintiff. TETLOW V. WHITEHEAD. This was an action of ejectment, brought against Ro bert Whitehead, for the recovery of certain lands and tenements forfeited by a breach of covenants. Verdict for the plaintiff, subject to a reference. MORTIMER V. COLUMBINE. An action by Richard Elliott Mortimer against Mary Columbine, for the recovery of £77, upon a judgment. Verdict for plaintiff. TIMS V. SPEAK. An action brought by Wrn. and Joseph Tims, against John Speak, for the recovery of £24. Verdict for the plaintiff~. INGAM AND OTHERS V. LORD AND OTHERS. Verdict for plaintiffs for £65. TAYLOR V. HOLFORT AND OTHERS. Verdict for the defendants. LEADBETTER V. PEARSON. Verdict by consent, for the plaintiff, for £3O, subject to a reference. There being no other cause in which the bar was ready, the Judge adjourned the further hearing of civil causes until this morning, and proceeded to try CRIMINAL CASES. Wm. Ashton was charged with having burglariously entered the premises of Michael Morton, a cotton-spinner. in the parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, and stolen there out a variety of household property. There was no evi dence to show that the prisoner had actually entered, but, as the stolen property was found in his possession on the day of the robbery, the presumption was, that he was the burglar. He was found guilty of stealing. _ _ _ The prisoner was again indicted for having burglari ously entered the house of James Fletcher, a chemist, in the parish of Middleton, on the 19th ult. He was also found guilty of stealing upon this indict ment, and sentenced to 16 months' imprisonment. Wm. Sharpies pleaded guilty to having burglariously entered the house of James Bromley, and stealing there out a variety of articles. He was sentenced to two years' imprisonment and hard labour. John Froggatt pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy at Eccles. Not sentenced. Thomas Kershaw was idicted for having, at Rochdale, burglariously entered the dwelling-house of Betty Ker shaw, and stole thereout a quantity of money and other property, belonging to Samuel Hardman and Alexander Butterworth.—The prisoner was found guilty of larceny, and was sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for twelve months. The Court adjourned at ten minutes to five O'clock to nine this morning. THE EFFECTS OF ETHER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Siu,—An Englishman has been in the habit of following Van Amburgh, and attending every performance, and when asked why he should so "pertinaciously persist in seeing the same performance over and over again, he answered, that "he was convinced that he should at length see the lion tamer devoured." • I have for some time past watched the pranks of the professional showmen who have been puffing themselves by their wonderful operations under the influence of ether, and have felt as certain as the other obstinate Englishman, that the farce would, ere long, become a tragedy, and end in the death of the deluded. At length, as will be found on reference to the inquest, which I presume you will give, ether has produced death. This cannot be a matter of surprise to any medical man who has ever reflected on the subject for one moment. Many weeks ago, a case was reported in the Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal, where a medical man who was foolish enough to .inhale the ether was almost killed. He remained in a cataleptic state for some time, and his friends dreaded his death. _ _ What can those licensed professional puffers think now of themselves ?—men who, until they puffed by inhaling, were respectable. What, I say, can those men think of themselves who, for the sake of seeming cleverer than their neighbours, risked the lives of their fellow-creatures, under the plea of performing without pain a simple operation on the eye or, the teeth ? A well-educated and thinking medical man must have known that he was endangering life. A dentist may not. In conclusion, I would add, that if those who have practised puffing by inhalation, and are not ashamed of their names, would discuss the question, they will find an opponent in No. 4, Upper Parliament-street.—Yours, &c., H. G HARBORD. FEVER lIOSPITAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Siit, — ln a conversation I had with a resident at the north end of the town to-day, he informed me, that a shed rented by a member of the Select Vestry, was being cleared out, with a view to the requisite alterations being made to fit it for a Fever Hospital, for which purpose it had been let. I cannot bring myself to believe that such is the case, but if it be, the consequences to that densely populated neighbourhood and thoroughfare will, I fear, be most disastrous. The idea of converting a shed, from which no separation is made between the walls and the thoroughfare, and that shed directly approaching to one of the lowest and thiokest populated streets in the town. (Stewart-street) bespeaks a reckless regard to the health of its inhabitants. There are plenty of other sheds to let in the same road, a short distance lower down, recently built, equally eligible, and may be bad on as good or better terms, that have few if any dwellings near them. I trust the proper authorities will pause ere they commit so cul pable an error, as in this there is nothing in the eirc W um - G. . stances of the case that warrants it. TIIE LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES, The Liverpool Dispensaries are now granting medicines and medical aid to nearly eight hundred new cases weekly, and maintain at all times an efficient staff of fifteen expe rienced medical officers. At this' important crisis, when all are induced to grant pecuniary assistance to the suf fering poor, we recommend to the consideration of the thoughtful and humane how highly important it is to maintain in an efficient state these truly valuable institu tions, which by the extent of their operations serve to check the advancing progress of misery and disease. The committee state in their report that the expenditure last year exceeded the income from all sources by £723, and that a great increase of subscriptions is absolutely neces sary to carry on the operations of the charity. EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES.--At a meet ing of the examiners, held on Tuesday, the 17th instant, Mr. James Fenton, late mate of the. brig Enterprise, of Liverpool, was examined, and found duly qualified for a second-class master's certificate, which was accordingly granted him. THE ASSIZES. THE FAST DAY.—By an arrangement made between the Judges, and announced by Mr. Baron . Rolfe, in the Nisi Prins Court yesterday , it appears that business will be commenced in both courts on Wednes day, the fast day, at the same time at which it is usually commenced on Good Friday, namely,. immediately after divine service in the morning . —that is, about half-past one o'clock. His lordship, in making this announce ment, availed himself of the opportunity to state that on the fast day, the courts would probably sit until seven o'clock in the evening, but that six o'clock would Ice the hour for rising, and that, as a general rule during the as sizes, defended causes would not be taken, at all events in the first' week, after five. SMUGGLING TOBACCO.—At the police-court, yesterday, a man was charged with having smuggled a whole chestful of tobacco, with which he was detected at one of the docks. It appeared from the evidence of the captain of an American ship, by which he had come a passenger to this port, that inside of the N. W. Light -ship, (within the boundaries of the port,) the prisoner had attempted to remove himself and his trunk into a boat, but was re strained by the captain, and that afterwards, when the contents of the trunk were discovered, he expressed a wish that the property should be destroyed. The captain gave his evidence with great clearness, and supported the laws of the country. The prisoner was remanded, as is usual in such cases, as the higher authorities in London must be corresponded with, as to the proceedings to be taken against him. Ilarch 23, tg4i. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (EY EXPRESS INDIA. ANTICIPATION OP 'THE OVERLAND MAIL , e a A telegraphic dispatch of the Indian mail wa s mail', at Paris on Saturday. Tile news from Aff g h e eisisti l l , 4 favourable. There is nothing new from the N0.0' 1 , 4 A revolution was reported to have taken place amon6 - the Birmahs, and the son of the Regent had been as#' sinated. LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. At this day's market, although the supply of English W heat was short, still the absence of French buyers caused a rearm: , and a decline of 2s. per qrfarter under the currency of this d Y week. Foreign was dull, but generally held at our previon, currency. Floating cargoes of Indian Corn are pressed at irregular price` varying from ss. to 7s. per qr. reduction, without promoting business. The Irish markets having received liberal supplies; all bread stuffs are quiet and easier to buy. Barley, Malt, an Beans Is. lower. No alteration hs Peas. • The Oat trade has participated in the general dullness, let not only lost the improvement noted on Monday last, hi buyers unwilling to take at this decline. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YrtsrEnnay. The supply of home-fed beasts on offer was, the lime of Yew considered, by far the most extensive as to number ever rec.() lected by the oldest frequenter of the market; while the vs', li ty has been seldom or never equalled during the month 01 March. This circumstance, together with the prevailing til e weather, and the large arrivals of country-killed meat up to Newgate and Leadenhall, produced extreme heaviness in the beef trade at Friday's decline in the quotations of quite 2d. per 81b., and a large number of really prime beasts-left the maria unsold. To show the state of the demand we may intimate that maul good Oxen were with difficulty disposed of as lnw as 35. 6d. 81b., and, further, that nearly 1000 head of Beasts more wen on show than at the corresponding period in 1846. The prices of Beef now range fully 4d.; Mutton, 4d. to Lamb, 6d. to Is.; Veal, Sd. to 10d., and Pork, 2d. to 4d. P 6 81b. lower than at the same time last season. THE CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. We lately noticed some of the proceedings of the Che s ' ter and Holyhead Railway Company, in referenco, esPe . cially to their attempt to obtain powers to construct 5 inner pier, or harbour, for their own exclusi v e use , (at great public cost,) and also travelli ng ou t o f t h e i r o wl " line" to run steam-ships bet ween H o l y h ead and Live:: pool. iVe observe that in th e i rnew Bill , t h ey i ntroduce the following clause, whi c h i n our op i n i on detracts mos t tri flingly from the obnoxious character of the former " And be it enacted, that the said Company shall not take, charge, or levy any toll, rate, wharfage, or other dues for or in respect of passengers, carriages, goods' cattle, or merchandize landing at or embarking from the said inner pier or inner harbour; and it is hereby q; pressly provided and declared, that the use of the saw, inner pier and inner harb our , b y or on b e h a lf o f th e s aid Company, shall be limited and restricted to the purpose connected with the said Railway and the transit of pa s ' sengers, goods, cattle, and merchandize travelling o f carried upon the said Railway, and using the works coo' netted therewith, and subject to such limited and re stricted use, the said inner pier; inner harbour and works shall be and remain the absolute property of her Majesty' her heirs and successors, and shall be and remain ati and subject to, the absolute disposal, governance, an t control of her Majesty, her heirs and. successors." _ - It merely means that the said harbour shall, as stated, 11 " limited and restricted to the purposes connected kith; the said rail wa y," an d th a t th e h ar b our an d wor k s sha l ; be, and remain to be, th e p ro p er ty o f th e Crown. Till is a mere fetch, or cajolence. Her Majesty's ships ha' ° free entrance to any port in the kingdom ;• few of 60' ever go to Holyhead ; and this new clause gives no furthe r security to the public th an th e f ormer act. The trut h that the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company mg' even under the revised bill, charge their own price, directl! or indirectly, either as port dues or as railway rate The matter cannot be disguised, that the bill is a from first to last ; and if Parliament has its eyes open. " ought to be, and we trust will be, scouted altogether' We must have no such Harbours of Refuge as these. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY'S CONCERT.—Last evening' we were treated with selections from the Oratorio of " St* Paul ;" and we have rarely heard a finer performance' The principal singers were Miss Stott and Miss Parsol ls ' the former of whom acquitted herself with great ability' Mr. Ryalls and Mr. Armstrong were the male singel The gem of the evening was the chorus " Oh happy at blest." Miss Stott accompanied by Mr. Sorge, jun., an air by Neukomm, achieved a triumph. The trio fro . ; " Winter," •loy Vincent Novello, was splendidly sit!! by Miss Stott, Miss Parsons, and Mr. Ryalls, and "'" encore called for, which was only withheld owing to the late hour at which it was sung. The Courrier Francais announces that M. Munn Duke of Rianzares, had paid fees on the p a t en t of t ' French dukedom of Montmorot to the amount of 18, 0 w: The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commeg: had a Parliamentary dinner on Saturday last, at the fa r mansion in Eaton-square. le' SPORTING. — Latitat won the Leamington SteeP„ Chase, Brunette second. Wolfdog won the Northa'_% ton Handicap Stakes, colt by Euclid second ; won ea 4 l .ig HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Times, in netliet the new ballet of " Thea," says, "Altogether, this ba„ r ; is a little gem, and does the greatest credit to its i n vet'' M. Paul Taglioni . father of the aamtr.hte-m ar l e. " ,. EA STERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—We are i n to , - to that the clause in this company's bill entitling th en' in become steam-boat propriet ors will b es t ru ac ." I " ; Committee, Government havin g set themselves agai n " giving any railway companies such pow er ; REPRESENTATION OF BEDFORDSHIRE.—UntiI within the last few days it was not decided who should be put i i : ll nomination as the successor of the late Mr. Astell in tu, e , representation of this county. The Bedford Times sni that there is no doubt Lord Charles James Fox Rus se will be elected without opposition. ' V VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S ASSEMBLY. . IS cell° and Viscountess Palmerston entertained his Excellel Count Schemmelpenninck, the Earl of Auckland al l Hon. Miss F. Eden, Viscount Anson, Lord Howde lic Lord and Lady Dalmany, the Right Hon. E. J. and Ni l. ' Stanley, Mr. C. Buller, and a distinguished party, at 01 ' ner on Saturday, at their mansion, in Carlton-gardens. , A Cabinet Council was held a t 3 o ' c l oc k on Satnrag,l afternoon, at the residence of the Marquis of Lansdow''' in Berkeley -square. It was attended by Lord John Bil2 i ; sell, the Marquis of L an sdo wne , th e E ar l o f Minto,Pi George Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Ea s t Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, Viscea l L Morpeth, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Claai l a carde, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. The coun e " sat two hours. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Thursday last the nall Rothschild's hounds met at Rowsham. The deer took e, line towards Bierton, and when near Mr. Eustace's hot l l, Mr. Vyse, in taking a fence near the road, fell from horse, in consequence of the saddle slipping round. 1 34 feet unfortunately hung in the stirrup, by which he dragged upwards of 100 yards, the horse galloping at 1 0 `; speed, and beating the unfortunate gentleman's heal against the ground. At length his foot became disenga9:s: from the stirrup, and he was carried to the house of John Eustace, from whence; after a short period, it wa ; very alarming advisable to remove him to London by railway' We unde rs t an d h e i s at hi s res id ence i n t o wn in a e u. alarming state.—Bucks Herald. c p era ! aqjournme nhtes, followingltahtee o i n n gTuiel verdict t errs o (di t ia t cyt t :n h_ i e gh u s u lA f a o c t s L w t e ta t t et i l s t t e; THE ARDSLEY COAL-PIT ACCIDENT.—After - 4c -v r erg se a by the late coal-pit accident at Artisley, n ear 13 3 ,% s i a ry returned was concluded t and the jury are of opinion that efficient regulations 0 A not enforced in this district to prevent the use of nuket; lights in those parts of coal-mines where inflammable g a g is known to exist; and are further of opinion that Yu_ life r demands h recurrence of atcceidents immediateinvolviantgtetisnoloanrg of h ea losser ma of h ie u s te ty g,: o Government, and would justify Parliament, in franli!!!, such a code of regulations as would give greater securi t y to persons employed in mining operations." The kV'. requested the coroner to forward their sentiments to tJi Secretary of State for the Home Department. THE BARNARD CASTLE MURDERERS.—It will be re' collected that the three men, Geo. Barker, Jno. Brecke and Thos. Routledge Raine, tried at York last autumn sizes for the murder of James Yates and Catherine RaW e i were acquitted, but put back for trial on a charge 1 . 9 having robbed th e mur d ere d man Y a t es . Th e prisoae, were tried on this charge on Tuesday last, before BaY5, Rolfe; and some additional evidence having been g duced, confirming the truth of the principal witness 0 , the former trial, they were found guilty. The learnr'; judge, in passing sentence upon them of fifteen yea ll f t r ansportation, remarked th a t it " was i m p oss ibl e fora one who had witnessed the pro c eedin g s on this trial, not I" feel that they had been guilty of t w o of the most bg r e ; b a rons murders that perh a p s th e anna ls o f crime e lf • furnished. Hia lordship expressed his regret that it 01 :3 not in his power to inflict a sen t ence more proportioa to the deserts of the offenders. TILE COURT.—The Queen and Prince Albert, • - t, Duchess of Kent, the ladies an d gen tl emen o f the Cour f t and the domestic household, a tt en d e d Di v i ne S er vice (l ip Sunday morning in the private chapel at Buckingli g o f Palace. The sermon was preached by the Bishel , f r y Norwich. The lion. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay ° n o dated at the service. The Queen had a dinner party Saturday at Buckingham Palace. The company '„'t„ eluded her Royal Highnes s th e D uc h ess of IC.„„fe';,j his Serene Highness P r i nce Ed war d o f Saxe "ie mar, their Excellencies the Baron and Baroness e, Moueorvo, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanries. Lady Emily de Burgh, L a dy F anny H owar d, B a roa c „, de Speth, Earl of Des ar t, Vi scount Clifd en , b ir d Cal g re bell, Lady Campbell and Stratheden, Hon. 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