The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-04-27 00:00:00

A?Ru t . 27. 18::8 THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. FOR TIM BENEFIT OF MR. HOOD, ,First Ni.ht of the Opera of NINETTA. 'ThePuhlic is respectfully informed that Mr. and Mrs. WOOD, the celebrated Vocalists, of the Theatres-Royal, Covent-gar den and Drury-lane, aie engaged for a limited period, and will make their fifth appearance, these two years, at this -111, Theatre ; this evening. And to give additional effect to the aen: Operas in which Mr. and Mrs. Wood will appear, an arrange -161 ment has- been made with Mr. MAItTYN, principal Bass ~ di, " ' Singer for several seasons at the Theatre-royal, Drury-lane, ,9 d mid Mr. CLEMENT WHITE, of the Theatres-royal, Edin burgh and Bath. 'Wale NEW COMIC PANTOMIME, which continues to be received throughout with reiterated shouts of laughter and applause, will be repeated Every Evening until further notice. 'PHIS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 27th instant, will be produced, for the first time here, with new Scenery, &c., the English version of Rossini's Opera of La- GAzzA LA Dila, under the title of NINETTA ; eto OR, THE.MAID_OF PAL SEAU. The Music adapted-to the, En islr by Bishop. — Venetia Mrs. Wood. I Adolp e Mr. Wood, 'l O As originally performed by them at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-garden. La Roche Mr. -Maitvu. I Michel Mercour, Mr. Chaplin. Bertrand ,.Mr. Clement White. Delande Mr. G. ilorneastle. , • • Blaisot Mr. Baker. f Petit Jacques,Mrs. W. H.Bland. ,70 Miss Grant. uOn MONDAY, a FAVOURITE.' • OPERA, in which Mr. ygYid w Mrs. Wood, Mr. Marten, and . Mr. Clement White will i a - ppear, conclude with the New Comic Pantomime of - 1 1 - IAILLEQUIN IN SICILY. CONCERT, A:NI - • GLI 11.,ViPLAR HALL, • kris , urftEA RUT.. . 1 ' l, NIACPH.ERSON. Precento of the Scotch Church, Rodney -street, begs leave mos espeetfully to inform the 'Ladies and Gentlemen of the above mgregation, and the pnb lic in general, that his ANNUAL CONCERT will take place t,n Mummy, the3oth instant. • • Vocal Per Mrs. II ILES,:nr. DAVIES,_ Mr. BOOTHBY, Mr. M 01.1.7 , RIS, and Mr. MACPHERSON. Mr. G. EY•TON will preside at the Piano Forte. Tickets to be had at Mr. M'AePitiaSoN's;l,ltertshaw-street, andiat the Music Shops. TO THE PUBLIC. Owing to the :very liberal encouragement which we have received from our advertising friends, and for which we beg leave to tender our grateful acknowledgments, we have come to the reSolUtion TO. ENLARGE TUE LIVERPOOL:BTANDA RD, TO THE EXTENT OF SIX AD• DITION AL' COLUMNS Hitherto we have frequently been under the necessity of excluding various article.i . of local interest, and a large proportion of general news, in consequence of the great press of advertisements with which we have been fa 7 mitred. We have often, also, been forced to the alter native of materially curtailing- our reports as well as our editorialreMarks, on the same account. The pro posed enlargement will enable us to embody a greater share of such - intelligence as may be" generally useful, and to extend our reports .of the various public•meet7 ings, Oc., which may be held in the neighbourhood, as well as to present to our readers a mass of amusing and instructive extracts. from modern publications, which latter we intend to make a prominent feature in the STANDARD. • - 7 It will also afford us great pleasure to, avail ourselves of the opportunity which the contemplated entargement of the STANDARD will give us for advocating more fully those conservative principles for which we have uni forinly-contendetr- The extended patronage which we enjoyAativerate as a.stimulus to increased zeal and energyfurdefence of that glorious cause to which we feel azai dent attachment—the cause of the Lllondi chy, the - Church, and the constitution'of Great _Si:gain. We are happy to announce that arrangements are in ' • progress for considerably increasing, the number of agents for the sale of the .LItE4 I I6 01. STANDARD. When these arrangements are matured, we anticipate a material increase in our arclilation, an advantage vt,i4 which we feel confident will be duly appreciated.by our adoertisittifriends. We also /latter ourselves that great increase. of matter which the STANDARD will `contain in its enlarged form will procure for us ad ditional support_ front the conservative public in Liverpool. The proposed enlargement will lake place in THE FIRST WEEK IN JUNE; after which the LIVERPOOL STANDARD will contain TWELVE COLUMNS OF ADDITIONAL MAT vER. WEEK, without any increase ofprice. •r 0 dORRESPONDENTS. Mr. Purnell's letter shall appear in our next. • ,'De li.tberpool g-tanartl. iIRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1838. • The - Publication of the STANDARD commenced this morn- _lag, at 5 o'clock. LATEST NEWS 1111031 CANADA.—By the packet. ship Capibridge, which arrived here on Tuesday; we have re -ceived New York - papers ,to the 2d instant. The news from the .-Canadian frontier is of.<a• satisfactory clia• • racter. Cknadian papers have also been received: They state that tranquillity prevailed throaighout both provinces. .At Toronto, the trials were proceeding for high treason. The following extracts will he read - , with interest:— (From the Courier and, Inquirer, March 28.) The Argui cotdradicts the rumour that Papineau is at this tioaa'in Albany; or that it has any _knowle.dge of any interfe ...fence by 'Papineau in the affairs of Nii.vy Wand: It admits , ,IM - wever, that during PaPineates residence id Albany, he was freely • visited by ‘gentlenten of all parties,''• and, among others, by the editor of the Argus. A - KCH 29.—Sir F. B. Head arrived yesterday morning from Titronto, having passed through.,Kingt - tou, Wa •tertown; Utica , and Albany. We are hApny toaa'd he was• ,treated .on his route with the respect •becoming.our n atioval . character, and due to his character and station. Sir G eor b 7 . Arthur arrived at Toronto a few bouts previous'to. Sir Fratt.cie's' departure. lye are informed Sir Francis will embark for England in the next packet. LOWER CANADA.-QUEBEC. MONTREAL, M A RCil 28,-1 hc house belonging toitlr.,Jus tice Bowen on the Cape is undergoing repairs ter the receptieu of his Excellency, Lieutenant general Sir John eclborne , Commander of the. Forces... His Excellency, with his staff and ' the officers.of the civil .and military. departments, are expected in Quebec from Montreal•iu the first wee.k of May.—Lit. Trans cript, Saturday. It is understood that the order of the 93d Highlanders to -Cute up to Quebec by land from Halifax has been counter manded: Her Majesty's ship Pique is to bring Ihem•up, and .the left wing may be looked fur here about the middle of April ---. Lit. Transciipt. UPPER CANADA. DEP Anrcrst .tiv% Sec P. B. HEAL:I.—An extract of a private letter received in town yesterday, and copied on the News-. room slate, gives us the following information, from which it ap pears that Sir. George Arthur has entered on his new govern ment, and that Sir Franeig does not mean to pass through 99)43 (.op his woy.home . . sir Prauels Bond Head left Toronto at six o'clock on the I .*orping of ;the nd iost. iu the steamer Transit, landed at Math .the.next day at -two and would crossover from' Kingston to' Watertown on the morning of the with, on his way ,fta England." ' -TonoNTo.—The brigand chief, Sutherland, was again before the court-martial yesterday, when Mr. Prince gave his testi- I:nor:3 - , and the trial is again procediug this day. The "Gene_ ral" has the able assistance of Mr. D. Ridout, as counsel; but it appears the facts of the case are, tocrstubbotn, even (coin his admission, to make it possible for him to avoid being non ,Victed.—Patriot, March 20.. - 114mil.roN.—We understand that Colonel Price said the spot where Sutherland was taken has been measured by the ,American auihurities, arid declared by 1,11-4:111 to be.within our i territory.---Express, Mardi 17. The . Legislative Council of Upper'eanada has rejected the resolution aWaidiug a sword to I‘l'l';ab . . - , (From the Quebec Gazette.) General Scott, whom the American papers bud killed, upon " Official" information too, arrived at Buffalo on the evening of the Bth instant, from" the Detroit frontier, on his way to the eastward TOE PRISONERS There are still upw girds of 100 prisoners of Montreal detained for political offences. We are glad to see in some of the United States " patriotic" papers the contradtction of the former stories of their harsh treatment. There are perscns on both sides of the hue who seem to take a pleasure in exciting the inhabitants of the. United Stales, and those of the British provinces against each other by falsehoods suited to their respective prejudices. They forget the general character of the British, nation, which is generous and humane. So far from their being any disposi tion to unnecessary severity in the present instance, the British government has actually IA Eaten out to Canada to guard against of any thing'of the kind. The law will no donht be permitted to take its course against those who have been guilty of crimes, which every one must know to be crimes, whether committed from malicious motives, or under the pre text of an usurped authority. UPPER CANADA. TRIALS FOR HIGH TREASON. The Court, before whom the persons charged with high trea son are to be tried, commenced its sittings on Thursday, the Bth instant. The bench was occupied by the Hon. the Chief Jus tice, with the Hon. Justices Sherwood, Jones, and M‘Leata, An able charge was 'delivered to the grand jury by the Chief Justice. The petit jury was dismissed until Monday, the 26th instant, as by a merciful arrangement, under the provisions of the statute, none of the parties accused can be arraigned for trial until l 0 days after the finding of a bill by the grand jury.— Townto Guardian, March 14. .MILTON. —'The Court for the trial of prisoners charged with high treason, and treasonable practices, was opened on Thursday, before Mr, Justice Macaulay. After the usual for malities, the grand jury were sworn. His lordship addressed the jury in a long and able speech, explanatory of the novel and important duties on which they were summoned to decide. Treason being the highest crime known to the law, and visited with the heaviest penalty, the Constitution had secured to the accused the most ample means of defence, so that prisoners could not be immediately tried on a true bill being found, but must have a copy of the indictment furnished to them 10 clear days before they can be arraigned, Which copy must contain all the facts, together with the names, professions, and abodes of the jurors who are to be on the panel, and of all the witnesses who are intended to be produced. In addressing the petit jury, his lordship said that the prisoners being entitled to a pereMptory challenge of 35, without assign ing any cause, the necessity of a punctual attendance was im perative, and fines would be inflicted on absentees. The petit jury were then discharged till Friday, the 23d instant.—Ex pleas, March 10. TRIAL OF SUTHERLAND. Soon after noon, on Tuesday; last, the Yankee General Suth erland, and his aide-de-camp Spencer, captured oft POint-au- Pelee, by the gallant Colonel Prince, after the late bloody en gagement in that quarter, were brought into town, and securely lodged in our garrison. ' YesterdaY the ;general was put upon his trial, before a court martial 'composed of the following offi cers:—Colonel Samuel P. Jarvis, President; Colonel Kings mill, Queen's Own; Colonel W. R. Robinson, 2d Sitncoe; 'Colonel Carthew, Royal Foresters; Major Guruett, Queen's Toronto GUards; Major J. W. Dewson, Royal Foresters; Major Henry Fry, ditto; Captain Joha Powell, Queen's Ran gers; Colonel Fitzgibbon, Judge Advocate. He is tried by the provisions of an act of our Provincial Legislature, passed in the last session, entituled, "an act to protect the inhabitants of this province against lawlesi aggressions from the subjects of foreign countries at peace with her Majesty." We attended the opening of the proceedings, and it appeared to us that although the general deportment of the prisoner was calm and self-possessed, be seemed taken a little aback when he found by what law he was to be tried. However, he bore up upon the whole very well, and without that degree of vulgarity and insolence we expected from him. He stated his profession to be that of a lawyer, and, at the same time, that he knew little of military law on such occasions. He was anxious to know whether the officers who tried him were of the regular trmy or of the militia, and whether they were residents of this country. We thought we could perceive a slight beam of satis faction pass over his sallow complexion when informed they were all militia officers. Whatever may be his fate, he can have no cause of complaint of the manner in which be is treated, and the leniency that is shown him. He is allowed the benefit of counsel, so far as consultation goes, but not to plead for him. A copy of the charges, and also a copy of the act upon which he is tried, has been furnished to him; and he is allowed the use of a pen and ink. The court adjourned until ten o'clock this morning. He is a tall, muscular man, about five feet eleven inches in height, with bold and strongly marked features; a full, quick, light grey eye, dark sallow complexion, and black hair. He was dressed iu a sort of half military, blanket frock coat, much resembling those frequently used by the Indians, with dark blue buttons, collar and cuffs, grey pautalonus, with seams of dark blue. It is thought his young Aid-de-Camp Spence will give important evidence.— Toronto Palladium, March 14. Postscript of the Toronto Patriot, Wednesday, March 14. We stop the press to announce that the trial of the Brigand Sutherland has met with a sudden interruption, in consequence of his attempt to bleed himself to death by opening veins in his arms and feet. His state of exhaustion is extreme ; another half hour and he would have been dead. AMHERSTB UltG El.—We have seen a letter from an officer at Amherstburgh, of the 12th March, which states that accounts had been received there of 40 of the Americans, wounded in the engagement at Point Pelee Island, on the 3d instant, having been taken in for treatment at the hospital iu Portland, and that about 3J or 40 were drowned in their precipitate flight across the ice. About a dozen of the company of the 83d, who had pursued the runaway brigands about four miles, fell through the ice, but , were fortunately rescued by their comrades.— Gazette. , (Frum the Patriot ) TORONTO, MARCH 23.—His Excellency Sir George Arthur arrived this morning in the 'frausit, in time to breakfast with Sir F. B. Head, who leaves this evening for Kingston in the Transit. We are happy to learn that great preparations are making for his respectful reception in Montreal. The crown has closed its case against the bandit chief, Suther land, who, on his request, has been granted to Thursday, next to enter on his defence. (From the 13nrlingion Sentinel, March 19. TRIAL OF VAN RENSSELAER, FOR SET'hNG ON FOOT A MILITARY EXPEDITION AGAINST CANADA. This trial was commenced at A übui n, New York, on IVlonday of last week (March 12.) Three witnesses were examined. It was proved that Van Rensselaer was at French Creek with a large armed force on the 22d ult. ; that early in the morning he, with 22 others, passed over to Hickory Island; that during the day large numbers arrived with muskets, rifles, and pikes, came on to the island; that they had two six-pounders and one eighteen•pouuder; that 84 persons were the highest number he could muster; that they all returned to French Creek the same day, and voluntarily disbanded. It was also proved that Van Rensselaer was at Oswego two or three weeks before, requesting men to engage in an expedition against the Lower Province ; that he said, "We want men and means to go and see Papin eau," and that a few pistols, swords, and cutlasses were contri buted. It was also proved that Van Rensselaer gave ordet s,nf ter he left Navy Island in January, to Sutherland, to go west. P.S.—The examination of Van Rensselaer is closed, and as hedeclined to give bail, he will be committed to gaol in Albany to await his trial in June. WORKING OF THE NEW MARRIAGE ACT IN LIVERPOOL. —From the returns of the marriages celebrated in Li verpool and its vicinity during the year 1837, which re i.urng are oddly enough classified. under the head of " A General Bill of Mortality," a find our conjectures re tpectin g the failure of the Nigi . Marriage Act fully rea iised. 1 - lete, as well as at Manchester and other places, this pt eposterous act, designed to unchristianize the com b s been almost literally inoperative. For the purpose .showing the de c id e d p re fe rence w hi c h t h e : people of ,this - . town and its neighbourhood give to the c ii d _ fas bi out .d ceremony of the Church of England, we shall state th. e relative numbe rs of th ose w h o h ave ava il e d Therriselves of . the provisions of the New Marriage Act, an d o f - t h ose w Oo Have conformed to the ritual of the c h u i c t. w e fi n 'e I that 2781 marriages have taken place within the town 0 , f Liierpool during the past year. Of this number we fiM. 1 that the • . . Marriages in Clio:relies Amounted, to 2670 Ditto in Co tholic Chapels , Ditto in S col 'cli..Kirk Ditto in Regi:ste, - Office • 9 Ditto in all th e Dissenting Chapels 13 And of tip thirteen ma rriams which took Place in the Dissenting Chapels it sho.uld tie stated that two were so lemnised h the Mariner's Church, Rathbone-street, where, be believe, the forms of the Church of England are used. Again, out of 236 marriages which took place in the immediate vicinity of Liverpool, we find that 226 were solemnised in the Church and ten in the Roman Catho lic Chapel, (St. Patrick's,) -whilst not a single " union according to act of Parliament' took place ! It should also be borne in mind that the marriages in the Catholic chapels are solemnised much after the same manner as those in the Church of England, so that the number who have entered the " holy state of wedlock" ,without the sanction of a religious service will be very small• indeed. We are glad to observe that the large and respectable body of Methodists-in this town have entirely eschewed the new-fungled mode of marrying, and shown their de termination to abide by " the good old way." Were we wrong, then, in saying that the New Mar riage, Act would be despised by the people of England ? Is it not now evident that the act was not wanted, and that its enactment was purely a work of supereroga tion? • POSTOFFICE REFORM.--It will be seen that a meeting has been convened „by the Mayor for the purpose of urging forward tl e refoim 9f the Postoffice regulations. In the object of -the!tneeting vre,cOrciially concur, and we hope that the proceedings will be characterised by that prudent deliberation which is so requisite in discussing a subject of such general importance. On this question there will be found a degree of concord among men of all shades of political opinions which can be very rarely expected to exist on any other topic connected with the fiscal arrangements of government. The glaring ano malies which so frequently present themselves to our-ob servation in the Postoffice regulations, and the gross abuses and mismanagement which are so often witnessed in its various departments, have given rise to an opi nion, almost unanimous, that a searching reform of the whole system is indispensably necessary. The Posloffice Circular has rendered valuable service in bringing the subject of Postoffice reform more promi nently before the notice of the pUblic. In its last num ber, which we have just received, we find the following observations on the evidence taken before the, Select Committee on Postage : "The evidence of the select committee on postage was pub lished this morning. Farewell to the shilling pustages,—fare well to a decreasing revenue,—farewell to anomalies of charge, —farewell to tardiuess,—farewell to the contraband postage trade! Not long will they survive the disclosures made in the evidence of the select committee. Already we have an uniform penny rate,—no postage to pay on the receipt of a letter,—no tears fur the security of money letters,—nodelays, but deliveries worthy of the name of "post-haste." So confident are we of these results,—so completely has their feasibility been demon strated, beyond our most sanguine expectations, that a few months only can elapse before these important ameliorations will have been accomplished. No minister, with the fact of a sta tionary, if not decreasing. revenue on postage disturbing his peace of mind, can hesitate to secure the certainty of improved finances, and at the same time confer a most weleOtne' benefit on the people. Let any minister pruchtim, in the teeth of this evidence, which demonstrates perfect security to the revenue; as compatible with a penny postage, that the religious and mo .ral sentiments of the poor shall continue to be suppressed,—that trade shall be annihilated, unless its correspondence be con ducted thi•ough a systematic violation of the law,—that the re verence for the law, so strong and habitual in our countrymen, shall be peri , erted by a .4:rightful and : .universal contraband postage,—that the post monirpoly and the' post smuggler. shall flourish together, and be the minister who he may, we trust the people will hoot him from her Majesty's councils. No minister can dare to avow his scepticism of the unanimous and uncontra dicted testimony of the witnesses whose evidence is submitted to the public. We find a difficulty in, pointing to one portio'n of the evidence . as more valuable than another—all are equally. so; and it is only because the public are familiar with the fol lowing names that we single them out. There is evidence of Messrs. Knight, Whittaker, Parker, three of the most exten sive publishers in the world,—of Messrs. Dillon and Branckston, belonging to the largest warehouses in the world,—of Messri. Christie and Moffatt, each most eminent in his respective busi ness,—of Messrs. F. de Porquet, the school agent; of J. Wright, partner of Warren's blacking warehouse; of B. Sharpe, the medicine vender,— each first-rate witnesses abOut advertise ments; of Dr. Laidner, R. Taylor, the printer and publisher; J. Desborough, Secretary to the Atlas Insurance; L. Murray, Chairman of the National Loan Society ;'J. Webster, Secretary to the Civil Engineers; Capt. J. Bentham, &c.,—proving in contestably, the systematic evasion of postage in all their re spective departments, developing the evils of the present sys tem to morals, trade, science, and literature,—the acceptability of Mr. Hill's plan, in its features of reduction, uniformity, and payment in advance,—the indisputable certainty that an in crease of letters consequent upon a reduction to a penny would suffice to sustain the revenue,—and a perfect willingness of all to enter into contracts to secure the revenue from loss." The plan proposed by Mr. Rowland Hill embodies the following facts and suggestions • That all letters passing from one post town in the United Kingdom to another, be charged one penny for each half-ounce, to be paid in advance through the me dium-of stamped . covers, or stamps or that letters should be stamped when delivered at.the Post• offices. 'Phi s system would introduce uniformity and simpli city.— An easy and cheap collection of the Revenue.— , Avoid a tpyitipliejty of accounts kept at the Post office.— Save time in charging by pen and ink a varying rate on each , letter, and in the delivery. Avoid candle scrutiny into each letter to ascertain whether single or double as at present and consequent temptation to, fraud. The English Post-office Revenue has, during the last twenty years, slightly diminished. The French Post-office Revenue has increased more titan half since 1821. The United States Post-office Revenue has more than tripled during the twenty y ears that ours has been nearly stationary. The vast extent to which the trade of the country has increased within the last twenty years, must have been attended by a proportionate increase in mercantile cor respondence, while the great spread of education, and increase of population during the same period, must have greatly augmented the correspondence of all kinds: As the number of post letters sent through the Post office, during the last twenty years, has not increased at all, it is manifest that the whole augmentation,nipat have gone to swell the contraband conveyance:rth;4!V'"'.7 The average of the present postage of a single letter (taking in all chargeable letters) is sixpence halfpenny. The average cost of its actual carriage, to any post town is about one-tenth of a penny. . The penny posts of large towns are very profitable, even though these pence have to be collected from house to house. The average cost of managing the twopenny post of London, notwithstanding the large allowance of weight,. and the expensive manner in which the establishment is conducted, is only 34 per cent. on the receipts, or about two-thirds of a penny per letter. The chargeable letters do not weigh more than about one-fourth of the whole mail. NORTHERN HOSPITAL.—Ou Sunday last, after an excellent sermon by the Rev. James Martineau, a collection was made. in Paradise•street chapel for the benefit of this charity, amounting to £55 16s. Chows' iNEsTs.—Two crows have recently taken up their abode in a singular position, at the back of Mr. Lyon's house, in Bold-street, above Slater-street. ,There are, we believe, but three trees in the yard, yet, in one of them, the crows have for about a week been engaged in building a nest. A third crow made his appearance a day or two since, but was beaten off as an intruder. Two crows have also built a nest on a house-top iu Wood-street, Hanover-street. EXTRAORDINARY DESPATCH.—The barque Brilliant, Gib son, belonging to Joseph B. Yates, Esq. which arrived front ' Jamaica on Saturday night, was reported at the Custom-house' on Monday morning, began the discharge of her cargo at two o'clock the same day, and finished on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock, having occupied in- the discharge less than twenty hours. The cargo consisted of 469caisks of sugar,:'c i offee and rum, and 25 tons of dyewoods. ' ' • • KlNNEAri.—This notorious' character was sent off from Kirk dale prison on Tuesday week for Woolwich, in a van with other convicts. He was in good health, and did not appear to be affected in any degree by his prostrate condition. During the time he was confined in gaol he subsisted on •prison allow ance, and complied with all its regulations without any complaint or apparent uneasiness. His wife, who is stated to be a well educated woman, visited him in gaol only once, a few weeks before his trial. It appears that'she was living at Paris at the period of his apprehension. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.—On Saturday, a number of gentle men, the friends of Mr. Samuel Holwe, met at Mr. Lacy'S' Bold-street, to consult upon the best. method of presenting to his' mother a picture, ( a portrait of that gentleman) painted by Mr. Midge. when it was determined upon to request him to be the medium of presentation. ,Mr. Holine being sent for, on his arrival was addressed by one of the- gentlemen present:— " I beg„ in the name of the gentlemen present, to request the favour (knowing the retiring habits of that excellent lady) of your presenting to your honoured mother this memorial of their regard for her; and their esteem for you. , They thought they could not present to her any.thing she would'value more, es a menento of friendship, than a likeness of her- eldest son. I need not express to you ,bow much pleasure they have in finding an occasion of exhibiting some token of their attach ment to you, and in congratulating themselves upon having fixed upon an artist who has been so happy in the execution of the work, and in conclusion, I am requested, to say, how heartily they wish, that you may continue to enjoy that good health to which it has pleased Divine Providence again to restore you, and their wish that your life way be long spared, that they may have the happiness to continue to enjoy, uninterruptedly, your friendship and acquaintance." To which Mr. Holrne replied in a neat and appropriate speech. The picture is a haiNength portrait, an admirable likeness, and well painted; and what adds to the value of the gift is the consideration that it is a joint contribution of men of all parties, and not, as was el rone ously stated in the Mail and Standard of Tuesday, of the con servatives only. " DEAIERA RA BA R—IMPORTANT INFORMATJON TO MARINERS. - 7 -We understand from Captain Spence, of the ship Johnstone, which. arrived, here yesterday from Demerara, that a floating light vessel, with a fixed white circular light, was moored off the bar of Demerara 13th ultimo, in 3y 2 fathoms at low spring tides, and exactly in 7 degrees north latitude, and 57 59 west long., the lighthouse on the shore at the port of Demerara bearing S.W. by S. distance 12 miles. All vessels inward bound will be supplied with a pilot from the said floating light upon their heaving to for that purpose; and the light will be lowered every night exactly at twelve o'clock, to be supplied with fresh trimmed lamps : this will occupy not more than fifteen minutes, duringahich time a common lantern will be hoisted at the mast head, THE LI VER(tpOl, STANDARD LETTEIt 11. CORRESPONDENCE. THE REV. 'rum' M‘NEILE AND lIIS RADICAL REVILERS. .TO THE EDITOR OF THE. LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sift,—lt is curious to observe the jealous malignity with which every public act of the Rev. H. M'Neile s is viewed by a certain political party in this town, whether eloquently support ing time-honoured laws and institutions against the inroads of revolutionary violence,—whether from his pulpit, expounding the everlasting word,—whether in the performance of a duty, which it has ever been a.delight to him to be engaged in which he has ever been found replenishing by a Powerful oratorical dis play,—the decaying funds of our public charities,—or, whether, whilst thundering at the gates of the senate, he boldly and un compromisingly demands 'the total abolition of slavery. On all, or any of these ;occasions, are thr4re to be found little men, of little Minds, anxious, not only to find faidt,'hut also to pub lish their silly animadYersions. Witness the effusions of a cor respondent in the Albion, of Monday lait, who signs himself J. P. In contradiction to the word of God, as quoted by Mr. M`Neile, at thd:ineetiog on Friday last, this Jesuit. undertakes to state, that . " - God dues not separate the sinners from his sin, till the sinner foisakes sin." Of course thiS is tr bit of logic that Mr. M'Neile Will laugh at. At the same time the cloven part of popery on socinianism, (twin . feelings,) is so clumsily concealed, that the object of the writer is rendered clear and intelligible. Slavery is incompatible with the doctrine of the Holy Bible, therefore Mr Nl'lsleile opposes it, and in that op position he sometimes necessarily finds himself iu strange society. J P. is a Member of that society; he is also either a papist or a sociuian, or "something more," and as a conse quence, although an abolitionist to the very echo, he must de nounce, very sincerely denounce, the scriptural doctrines of the talented and respected minister in question. I wonder these curs do not find it inconvenient to be eternally annoying their respectable neighbours. Of course some of them must have read the anecdote in Addison's Spectator, of the noble mastiff and the cur.—Verb. sap.—l urn &c., your's always, R. W. H. LORD MULGRAVE'S IRISH TRANQUILLITY TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.4NDARD. Sin,—ln my previous letter, which you did me the honour to insert, and which favour be assured I estimate as it deserves, I endeavoured to impress upon that portion of the English public which coustitutes your. readers, the broad downright fact, that. all, the.statemeuts and assertions of " Lord Mulgrave's Irish tranquillity were notbiag better than the frauds!and knaveries of certain political rogues and swindlers, who should have been long since arraigned at the bar of their country for the felony of " obtainin,,e - nioney under false pretences." And I went further. I showed that beneath the temporary varnish which it was the interest of ,the place-keepers to spread .over the surface, the grain and knots of Irish turbulence awl sedition still existed in all their native perversity and stubborness, and that • the very polish they. had so sedulously glossed upon it only tended to preserve unimpaired that natural crookedness andliesistance to equality which pave so long operated to prevent her being dove tailed into an integral portion of the British empire. I shall now proceed to investigate the causes of the late tranquillity (?) and cessation &Om crime, which have given rise to such conti dence and exultation among the supporters of the ministry, and inflated with worse than bull-frog vanity every individual of the Irish executive, front the noble author of "Matilda" himself, to the printer's devil of The Evening Post. There:is nothing in modern . Irish'politics, strange as they are, so inconiisteht and contradictory as the conduct of the liberal party and theifjOurnalists with respect to the actual state of the country. W'hb'sir, until within a short time ago, they were all as industriotietriPublish, as they are now to conceal, the out rages of the people. The columns of their newspapers teemed with the very narratives of murders, and burnings, copies of Rockite menaces,' and incendiary notices, and details of barba sOusand Wanton mutilations of dumb and helpless animals, for the real or imputed crimes of their owners, which they now term the fabrication of the tory prints. But then it is to. he borne in_ mind that this honesty of publication, and this marvellous pro pensity to tell the truth, only existed in the 'minds of the wor thies during the ascendancy, as they call it, of,Orange domina tion. And for this good reason too, because they served the two ! fold purposes iif casting .the reproach, and the origin of the blood, and the guilt, and the misery of the misguided people, upon the condurt of the government, and of enforcing still stronger the concession of certain measures, the legislative refusal of which, coupled with the supremacy of a party, they asserted to be the primary causes of Ireland's want of prosperity and quiet. Well, sir, emancipation, one of the required sedatives, was at length granted. Was Ireland more tranquil or composed ? Not a whit. Reform too followed in the tracks of the relief bill ; but this also failed to bring either security to life or pro tection to property, or to effect a shadow of change in the disposition of the peasantry towards their rulers, their land lords, or even themselves. Far from it ; and i degress a little, because the matter is worthy of attention—it was after the pas Sing of these very measures 'that outrages and resistance to law in Ireland begatt to be systematised and reduced to certain rules and regulations, and to exhibit its their perpetration all the craft and artifice which the science of modern agitation could suggest. To Mr. Sine!, the commissioner of Greenwich, and the member fur 'Tipperary, is due the credit of teaching his countrymen the value of. combination. To his celebrated plan of "simultaneous meetings" is to be attributed that union, fidelity of purpose, and secresy of action, whiCh have so long distinguished the proceedings of the insurgents, and whirls have so frequently defeated the exertions of the magistracy and_ police mu the enforcement of any legal process or writ. In truth, sir, it is since the questions of liberty and reform became the law of the land that the outrage of the Irish people assumed such a character, that in legislating for their suppression it was necessary to divide them according to their nature and origin, and hence, in the discussions on the infamous coercion bill, we have them classified under the heads "agrarian" and " politi cal" outrages. So touch for the gratitude and tranquillising effects of yielding to the people of Ireland the objects of their desires and clamours. But to return.'7,Emancipation and reform being granted, while the agitation and excitement of the peasantry were fo mented and encouraged, it was neither the business nor the interest of the liberal (?) journalists.to be commonly honest or 'truth telling. It did not now suit the designs of Mr. O'Connell, or his Burgh-teray convention, to have accounts published which daily gave the ready lie to their frothy declarations about their country. Accordingly, the plan now adopted was to con ceal the truth. To hush up and suppress every fact which at all betrayed the unquiet and restless state of the population, and to represent to the people of England that the fermentation of discontent which had4been brewing and boiling for centuries, was rapidly subsiding, and that when it bad cooed down to a proper national temperament it would be a very wholesome and palatable beverage for home consumption. But although this system of falsehood and misrepresentation began to he thus immediately acted upon, still it was never finally - methodised, and broadly and shamelessly acted upon, until the accession of Lord Mulgrave to power. Now sir, it is too plain to be, denied that the administration of this noble man is one of Mr„O'Connell's experiments." The Viceroy is the veriest creature of the Demagogue of Ireland, and the Lima sores of his government but the obedience to a policy which has involvedthe character and fortunes ora country, for the vanity of sunal ambition and the gratificatiou of individual agran diseineut. I thus particularize Lord Mulgrave as the creature, and his ` - koVeinfaent as the experiment :of Mr. O'Connell, because, al the-ugh-the whole whig•radical cabinet, taken: as a body, is nothing better than a pack-horse which be.bestrides with. a rod and spur'of iron • still as it is Ireland, tie is practically des potic, and from "frelatid he draws the sustenance of his popu larity; it is Mere the goxernineut must chiefly cringe and fawn for his.favour, and do the drudgery of an Irish Agitator in the livery of a British'illotnirch. To secure then the official existence of this treature, and to promote the success of the experimeut, has been the real pal pable cause why the provincial agents of Mr. O'Connell, the priests and the village demagogues, have laboured to snake the country exhibit the late delusive calm; and that his literary hacks and supporters have been striving to force the intelli gence of the Iridi wonder down, what they conceive to be, the gullibility; of the English public. And with good reason too. Lord Mulgrave and Mr. O'Connell both know well, that beyond the imputed credit of trauquilliziug Ireland, there, is not another ground upon which the vi cero y a lty o f th e f o r mer is en titled to the confidence or ap'probation of the well-ordered, and sober-thinking portion of the community. It is, true that his lordship has strong claims both upon the trust and applause of the movement faction of the land he governs. For if to super cede a protestant high sheriff, because he had the pi esumption to appoint a, substitute who was obnoxious to a discontented mob, and to nominate the leading person among them in his stead.—lf to fill every place and situation with men whose only Claim to their emoluments was their connection with previous agitation, and their opposition to former governments.—lf to throng the police, the paid magistracies, the vacancies iu the courts and other official dignities, with the . professors of a par ticular, and even an anti-English creed.—lf to govern a section of a protestant empire upon such principles, -be enough to en title the deputy of the crown to, the gratitude and support of those who were always disaffected and disinclined towards it; unquestionably, the administration of Lord Mulgrave should tie prized and popular amongst the hitherto malcontents of Ireland. But beyond this disgraceful, pandering to the passions of a rabble, and this subserviency to the command of their leader, the Lord Lieutenant - . has not another dune to the approbation of his sovereign or the nation, save that of tranquillizing Ire land. Hence it is, that from one end to the other of the mi nistry—from Dan O'Connell to the lowest penny-a-liner, the whole end and aim of their speeches and writings, is to estab lish, by every species Of humbug and deceit, the fact, that he, Lord Mulgrave, as the creature, nominee, deputy, under strapper or what you will of the Irish demagogue, was enabled to effect what no other governor -could achieve since the sub jugation of the country,—viz—the reduction to peace and good order of a naturally turbulent, and by habit, a discontented and disaffected population. And all this sir, for the purpose of enlisting the sympathies, while it called forth a renewal of the confidence of the English nation in behalf of their Irish breth ren;, and' by identifying the official career of L or d M u l grave and his colleagues with the manifestations of both, give them in ' the hearts and feelings of the people, an influence and ascen dancy, which neither God'nor nature intended they should oc cupy, Such sir, iu my opinion, are the causes of the late as sumed, and pretended tranquillity of Ireland. lam confident that any unprejudiced and dispassionate Englishman, who re flects upon the matter, will come to the same conclusion. As "the machinery by which the late farce of the no capital conviction was got up," is a subject of sufficient importance to merit a separate, notice, and as this letter has already ran to a considerable length, I shall for the present conclude, with a re iteration of my thanks fur your kindness, and am sir, your obedient servant, A TIPPERARY MAN. Liverpool, April 18111, 1838. OPENING OF THE KING'S DOCK.—The King's Dock will, we understand, be opened for the reception of shipping on the first of May. The dock has been deepened, and several other improvements made of practical utility. The shipping which frequent the upper docks will experience the benefit of this ar rangetnent. SHIP LAUNCH.—On Wearies,.lay morning last, a very splen did vessel, register 756 tons, was launched from the building yard of Messrs. W. and F. Porter, near the Queen's Dock. She was christened the Victoria. Her destination is not yet fixed upon. She is of most beautiful model for sailing, and it is anticipated will be the fast • ship out of Liverpool. This magnificent naval fabric Iv.a signed, amidst the cheers of thousands of spectators, to th bosom of the waters, without the slightest accident. and was proudly floating up the Alersey, the steamer which' had towed her iu, having Just left her, when the bark Bridgetown, which was in tow of a steamer, foolishly crossed her course, and was, in consequence, struck right amid ships by the Victoria, which still had considerable way on her.' The concussion was so great that the foretopmast of the Bridge town snapped off like a carrot, and the topmast, along with the topsail, which wus set, and topsail yards, came down npon the deck, and upon the deck of the Victoria with a tremendous crash, and it. is a miracle, considering the crowded state of the deck of the Victoria, that no person was killed. A falling splin ter broke the arm of a boy, which, we are happy to say, was the only casualty occurring. We have since heatd that one of the sailors of the Bridgetown was seriously hurt, The Vittoria received no damage whatever. THE NEW QUICKSILVER STEAM-SHIP COLUMBUS. This splendid new steamer, destined shortly to cross the Atlantic, which has created much interest, from the novel construction of its machinery, made after Mr. HoWard's invention for the rapid vapourization of water on iron plates over heated quicksilver, on Tuesday afternoon took a trial trip down the Mersey and round the light-ship, with - a highly respectable party of gentlemen on board. ' Site excited much curiosity on the river, from the novelty of her appearance and the beauty of her model. In her construction she has wore of the appearance of an elegantly-Made brig ; she has two chim neys,. both very low, .and from the peculiar coal, the anthrasitc, consumed by her no_sinoke is emitted. By the politeness of Captain Daniel Green, her commander, and Mr. Howard, the inventor of her machinery, we have been furnished with the following particulars :—The Columbus is 330 tons, builders' measurement, being 211. feet beam, and 145 feet keel, with 131- feet depth of hold. She has n o horse power, two 55 feet engines, the cylinders being 401 inches diameter and 31- feet stroke, and the wheel 171 feet diameter. Her speed through the water is ten statute miles per, hour; her im mersed section at her present load is 150 square feet. She has now -on board twenty days' fuel, besides 30 tons of iron ballast. The novelty of the engines (Mr. Howard's pa tent) consists in a new method of 'producing the steam, and of condensing it, the latter part of the invention being applicable to the ordinary .boilers. In a boiler the heat from the fuel is passed over very extensive surfaces, in contact with which , is a large body of . water, the temperature of which is always such as is due to the density or pressure of the steam, and consequently the evaporation is limited by such circum stances. In this invention the steam is formed by bringing a small quantity of water previously made boiling hot, in contact with a comparatively small surface, heated to, and maintained at the temperature of most rapid vapourization, viz. about 400 deg. to effect which a quantity of mercury or amalgam lies between iron plates, the one near the fire being a plain surface of only three quarters of a foot per horse power, and the other, or vapourizing surface being about four times as much. The steam never obtains a density or pressure due to the tempera ture, but is itself heated to about 400 deg. and worked at about ten pounds to the inch, and cut off from the cylinder at half the stroke. The condensation is effected by the repeated injection of the same water---:so that pure water is continually circulated through the engines, the waste from casual leakages being sup plied-by stills attached to the funnels, and which further give a surplus quantity of water for the ship's use. This principle of condensation is effected as follows, on board the Columbus: — the air pumps withdraw the warm injection water from the con densers into the hot cisterns, from which it passes slowly through a series of copper pipes exposed to the actiou of the external cold sea water in a cistern supplied by a pump, on the air pump , cross-head, and then is re-injected amidst the steam in the con densers, after having been effectually cooled by its transmission through the pipes. This process of condensation is obviously equally applicable to the ordinary engines with boilers, and is most effectual. The fuellnade use of is coke or stone-coal, or other fuel giving a strong local heat and little flame; that em ployed on Tuesday was Kilkeuny coal. The con su mpti o n o f fuel is three tons per day of 24 hours, and the fire grates have a total bar surface of only 22 feet, the air being supplied by a small blowing machine, under easy regulation. The irou plates exposed to the fire are :perfectly secured from any bad effect from the somewhat intense heat, by. the close contact of the mercury within them, and which absorbs and gives out the heat with the utmost rapidity. The combined effect of th. reduction in the consumption of fuel, and the weight and size of the va pourizers, compared with boilers is such that a steam vessel of any ordinary tonnage and power will he - enabled at her loaded immersion to make a voyage office times the length now prac ticable. The steamer made a delightful trip round the light ship ; her speed is not great—about tea miles an . hour—but is very good, taking into consideration the power of her engines compared with her tonnage. Her paddle wheels are also ou an improved principle, being constructed after Morgan's patent, the paddles turning on an eccentric centre with the wheel, and • always turning perpendicularly, exposing a perfectly fiat and perpen. dicular surface to the water. By this means the beating of the paddles on the water is avoided, and the constant lifting and vibration of the vessel done away with, the paddles always descending into and rising out of the water perpendicularly. On Friday last, the vessel made an experimental trip to Dub lin, and was seventeen hours on her passage, having a strong head wind part of the way. She returned on Sunday in 151- hours. At Holyhead, she fell in with the Mermaid steamer, from Waterford, and slightly gained upon her. A rumour has gained very general circulation that the quick silver used on board, in generating steam, had the effect of salivating the crew, and that two of the men were landed at Portsmouth, on ,her way from London, seriously ill in conse quence. Such, however, we learn not to be the tact, but that two engineers, landsmen, who were dreadfully sea sick, were so landed, and that probably gave rise to the report. At the request of Mr. Howard, we made enquiries of one of the en gineers, named Smith, who went on board the first steam vessel of this construction, the Comet, in March, 1834, and sailed Irons Loudon to Ramsgate, and afterwards from Woolwich to Fal mouth, and returned again, 'and went from thence to Lisbon and returned, and during the whole time never felt the least in convenience or effect from the quicksilver, though constantly in the engine -room. The tires require not half the labour to keep them up of the ordinary steam-boiler fires. A prejudice appears also to exist about the slow speed of the vessel compared with that of some of our first steamers; but, when it is consider ed that the power of the vessel is not more than half, compared with the tonnage, of most of our steamers, the speed is in more than proportion. The Columbus ppssesses a cabin and quarter deck of very great extent, compared with her tonnage, and the cabin is fitted Op with great neatness. We wish her every success. THE THEATILE-ROYAL During the past week we have had the high musical treat of having the Woods to perform at this theatre, and a series of operas have in consequence been got up. Last evening we wit nessed the beautiful Italian opera, L Sonnambula, Mrs Wood Playing as Amina, the sleep-walker, and Mr. Wood as Elvino. The playgoing public of Liverpool has been so often delighted with this opera and the exquisite singing of Mrs. Wood in it. (and will, we trust, be so again,) that it were useless extending our remarks upon it. Since her last trip across the Atlantic, Mrs. Wood has grown much stouter, which has not improved her figure; her voice, however, continues dulcet, delicious, de lightful as ever. The part of Count Rodolpho was taken by Mr. G. Hotneastle, who does not sustain the character near so well as that of Alessio; whilst the latter was played by a new performer named Martyn, who made a most miserable affair of it; the bills announce " as originally performed by him in London." There cannot be a doubt of the " originality" of the performance, for nothing was ever seen like it before. If he plays in other characters as " originally" as he did in this, though such "originalities" may pass in London, where the audiences are not over-discriminating—at least, judging from the success of some of the plays and actors that have there been loudly lauded—we think he will find it expedient to cease "originality" and here become one of the commonality. Mrs; W. H. Bland both played and sung well. The scenery was excellently got up, and the Opera passed off very well. The new pantomime of "Harlequin in Sicily" concluded theper formanees. 'There was a very good house. ' BAPTISM OF. CONVERTED JEWS.-01:1 Sunday last. Mn. Moses Woulf Gourland and his wife 'were publicly baptized in St. Jude's Church, by the Rev. H. McNeile, under whose mi nistry they were converted to christianity. CHEAP LITERATURE.—We understand that Mr. Pugh, the News agent, of No. 6., Marybone, and No. 2. Prices' Street. intends giving to eactrourcbaser of the Liverpool newspapers of the 4th and sth of May a copy of some modern publication, of which be has a series to offer for choice. - STEAM TO NEW YORK.—By refering to our shipping intelli gence, it will be seen that the Sirius steamer which sailed on the 4th inst., from Cork, for New York, has been spoken in lat. 47 long. 24, (after being six days out,) by the Intrepid, from La guna, which vessel arrived here yesterday. When the Sirius was fallen in with, the wind was blowing hard from the S.W., in the above lat. she would be between 7or 800 miles on her voyage. Mr. MACPHERSON'S CONCERT.—On Monday next Mr, Mac pherson, the Precentor of the Scotch Church, gives his annual concert at the Templar's Hall. His bill is a very strong one, we hope it will be well attended. A singular circumstance occurred to the gamekeeper of Sir H. Russell this week. Walking in one of the woods near A rborfield, be heard the flutter of some bird close to him in the underwood, and looking about he perceived that he had trodden on a woodcock, which was too much injured to escape; whilst securing it, two more rose close to him. These birds were always supposed to leave this country in February. MEETING OF WA REHOUSE-OWNERS.—It will be seen by the advertisement, that the meeting of warehouse-owners will take place on Monday next, the 30th. ST. TOOMAS'S CHURCH.—We perceive, that this church which has been closed for many months, for repaits, is to be re opened for public worship on Sunday next. It is now fitted up with gas, and it is intended to establish evening service, which is much wanted in that densely-populated neighbourhood. PLATE —A very handsome silver waiter has been presented to Captain Stewart, with the following inscription :--" Pre-, sented to Captain Yorke Stewart, of the brig Ripley, by the Liverpool Underwriters' Association, in testimony of his hu mane and gallant conduct in rescuing from shipwreck the crews of the Majestic and Catherine, on his passage from India, iu the month of January, 1838." LAUNCH,--00 Wednesday was launched from the yard of Messrs. Joseph Rigby & Co. Stanhope-street, south end Queen's Dock, a beautiful iron steam-vessel of a perfectly novel con struction, being the first of the kind ever made. We under stand it is intended for the inland navigation on the Duke's canal, and will be propelled by two suitable engines. the paddle wheel working in the centre on an improved principle, which will prevent any injury being done to the banks or sides of the swell. The following came cabin passengers in the packet-ship Cam bridge, which sailed from New York on the 2d tnstant, and ar rived here on Tuesday :—Sir Francis B. Head, Bart., and ser vent, Mr. John Kemble Mason and lady, Mr. William Fox Richardson, • Mrs. E. A. Richardson, Mr. George M. Murray, Mr. Edward J. Woolsey, Mr. Gabriel W. Cort, Mr, George B. Boyle, Mr. John Bates and lady, Mr. D. B. Holbrook, Mr. John D. Prince, jun., Mr. William Pratt, jun., Miss Ellen. Stapleton, Mr. John J. Osborne, Mr. Henry Tobias, Mr. Cun ningham Smith, Mr. Michael Allen, Mr. Daniel Alien, Mr. John M. Miller, Mr. Edward Brusthein, Mr. William Heath cote, Captain Robert Bolton, and Captain Joseph Hunt. INDUCTION OF THE REV. HUGH CRICHTON.—The age and increasing infirmities of the Rev. Dr. Stewart, the highly-es teemed minister of the Scotch Secession Church, in Mount pleasant, having rendered it expedient that he should have as sistance in the performance of his many arduous duties, the presbytery of the above church fixed upon the Rev. Hugh Crichton, a talented, popular, and greatly-respected minister of Glasgow, as a proper person on whom to confer the important appointment of colleague and successor to the rev. gentleman above named. The-proper preliminaries having been settled between the presbytery and the heads of th?. church in Liver pool, the ceremony of induction took place ou Wednesday last, in the Chapel, at Mount-pleasant. The Rev. Hamilton M`Gill, the Rev. David King, and the Rev. Mr. Johnson, ministers of the Secession Church at Glasgow, and the Rev. Mr. Baird, of Paisley, with several preachers of this town, were present on the occasion. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Thursday an inquest was held on the body of a millwright nam-d Heaton, in the service of the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company. The deceased appeared in his usual good health on going to bed on Tuesday night He rose on the following morning at .half-past four, for the purpose of prOceeding to hislaisinesi; but finding the hour earlier than be anticipated, at the suggestion of ,his be went tubed again. His wife became alarmed at the suddenness with which his head fell upon the pillow; she called the assistance of Some persons in the house, who found the deceased lifeless. Surgical aid was called in without effect. On opening the body, the heart was fOund to have become much enlarged; and a quantity of blood had made its escape into the pericardium—As his death was the result of natural causes, a verdict to that effect wa s le turned. POLIgE 11177.E,L,LIGA.VCE. BURGJ.A Y.—On Tuesday, at the Policeaiffice, John Jeve-' nau was placed at the bar, charged with having entered the house of Thomas Moreland, Smith's court, Ashtuh'-street, Tox teth-park. Mrs. Moreland stated, that about half-past five o'clock on Tuesday mottling, the 17th instant', her husband, who was a warehouseman, got up:and:went to his work. Wit ness heard him go out and lock the door. He then opened the parlour window, aCeording to his 'custom; and threw the key( in upon the Sour. Witness slept on the floor over the parlour, and her brother and a lodger slept in the room above. Witness fell asleep, and about . bait'-past six o'clock she was aroused by the creeking of, a basket in the room. Thinking it was her brother, she said, "FrederiCk, is that )ou ?' L No answer was returned. Witness' raised herself in the bed and saw the pri soner at the room door. There was also a boy at the foot of the bed. The prisoner had a bundle of clothes thrown over his arm. Witness called loudly for her brother Frederick, but be fore he came she fainted, upon which the prisoner and his eom pauion made their escape. On examining the house, it was discovered that a great quantity of apparel bad been taken front the bed-room, from some 'drawers, and other places. Two boxes in the kitchen had, been opened by false keys. Mrs: Moreland having received certain information, went to the shop, of James Wardley, in St. Janaes%plaie, where she saw some of the clothes that bad been stolen, and. claimed them. She afterwards went to the shop of Mr. Richards, pawnbroker, in. Wolfe -street, where she found some other . articles. Ou Satur day last she saw the prisoner in custody; and :,immediately re-; cognised him as the person whom she h a d seen in the bed-room on Tuesday. Police-officer James Sharp stated, that be had information of the robbery, and took the prisoner into custody , on Friday, from a cellar in Edward-street. The prisoner de 7 nied the charge, saying, be knew nothing of the robbery:' He' could get witnesses to prove that lie was not out of bed that morning till ten o'clock.—He was committed for trial. ' THEFT BY A RELA TlON.—Tuesday, at the Police-office,'Jobn Kennedy, a very young lad, was placed at the bar, charged with having robbed his aunt, Margaret Hughes, who resides at No. 14, Urossliall-street, of three sovereigns and a half and about a pound in silver. Mrs. Hughes stated, that she was the wife of John Hughes, a seaman ; she assisted hor mother, who kept a poultry shop in the market. About five o'clock on Monday afternoon, she placed nine sovereigns, five half crowns, and a quantity of silver in a velvet purse. She locked the parlour door, and gave the key to her sister, and they quitted the house together, leaving the prisoner John Kennedy, her nephew, us the house. About nine o'clock in the evening she returned, but did not look at her money till next morning, when she found that three sovereigns, one half sovereign, and the velvet purse were missing. She saw, the prisoner in the market during the evening, and charged him with the robbery, but he denied all knowledge of it. Witness gaye,hirn into'the custody of Bryant, a market constable. 'A - velvet purse w a s pr o d uce d, which the witness identified. Bryant, the market constable, stated, that about eight o'clock on Monday night, he; received the prisoner into his custody, and look him into the market office. Hidden, inspector of meal, searched him, and found the purse in his pos essioo. Bryant further stated, that he had examined the house of the prosecutrix, and he found that the lock of the parlour was very weak, and that the bolt could be easily forced back wards by the hand. The prisoner, it appeared, was awell-known thief; and had been convicted of felony before. He was commit ted for trial. STEALING COTTON.—Yesterday, at the Pulice-office, a ware-: houseman named Michael Teneton was brought up before the magistrates charged with having robbed his employers, Messrs. Francisco de Lizardi and Co ,of a bale of cotton. A witness named Henry Crane, a labourer, deposed that on the 9th instant he was standing at the top of Barton -street, when he saw a bale of cotton put out of Lizardi and Co.'s warehouse into a cart. Thomas Stnedley,learter, deposed that he was in the service of the prisoner, who was a warehouseman and carter in the service of Messrs. Lizardi and Co. On the mauling of the 9th of April he wassurdered by the prisoner to go to the warehouse fur a bale of cotton; he did so, and backed his cart to the ware house door, and, whilst it was there a bale of cotton was lowered into it, but he did not see by whom. The prisoner told hint that it had been left at the warehouse for safety by a person named Beckett, and that he was to take it to Beckett's ware house in Cumberland -street, and he would follow him. He went with the bale to Cumberland-street, but, the prisoner not coming, be took the bale to Beckett's warehouse, and was there paid Is. 3d. for cartage. On returning, he met the prisoner, and told him he had: left the bale. and he told him " it was all right." The book-keeper of Messrs. Lizardi and Co.'s deposed that, from inTorination ,he had received he went to Beckett's warehouse to 'see if the bale of cotton. was-there which was miss ing. He there identified 'a bale of cotton as belonging to his em ployers, which was worth about £l2 10s. The prisoner was committed to take his trial "tor the robbery. SUMMONS volt SEAMEN'S WacEs.--Yesterday, at the Police office, a coloured lad, named Dover, appeared before the Magis trates, to prefer a complaint against Captain Day: of the Laura, for non payment of his wages to Trieste and back. From the ship's articles, it appeared, that he was to receive 10s. per month. He had been absent five months on the voyage, and had received more than the amount of his wages at that rate would amount to: he claimed 30s. a month. A gentleman nam ed Phillips, ,who stated that he had been 15 years in one of the merchant's offices in the town, stated, that the complainant had been a slave to his son iu the Brazils, and, do gaining his free dom on coining to this country, did not wish to go back lest he should be made a soldier of, hut preferred going to sea,' and on his (witness's) recommendation Capt. Day took him on board, as he (witness) understood, at 395. a month. The complainant could neither read nor write. The Captain said, the buy had been perfectly useless; he was diseased and could do nothing. Mr. Hall asked him how he came to e nt down 10s. a month in the ship's articles? The captain said. it was customary to put down something in an agreement. The boy said he was never completely laid up, but always did whatever he was ask:- ed; he acknowledged to having been sick. The mate of the Laura stated, that the lad was positively worth nothing; that all he could do was, to coil a rope or sweep the deck. . He could neither keep watch nor do any other thing ; and, -in hie opinion, 10s. a month was as much as he was worth. 'Mr. Hall said, he did not like to see the positive sum of 10s. putdown in the agree ment; but, according to the evidence, it appeared that the boy was worth nothing. (To Mr. Phillips)—" I suppose you will take care of him ?" Mr. Phillips—" Oh, no; I have nothing more to do with him." Mr. Hall—" Well, but your son brought him over to this country." Mr. Phillips--" He is worn out." Mr. I-Iall—" But vou would not see him starve?" Mr. Phillips " No." Mr, Hall—" Because he is worn out, and that you, can et no more out of him as a slave, you want to have nothing to do with him." (To the boy.)—" Boy, follow that gentleman— he will take care of you." (A laugh.) The parties then left the court. APPLICATION FOR A SummoNs.—Yesterday, at the Police office, a female named Christian, better known as Mrs. Gould. the keeper of a public-house in the Old Church Yard, appeared before the Magistrates to apply fur a summons against her hus band, fur ill using her and turning her out of doors.. She' stat ed, that she had only been married seven months to her present husband, and during five of them he had kept another female in the house, whom he made the mistress. Mr. Hall said. there was perhaps a reason fur his conduct. The applicant appeared to be quite tipsy. Mr. Hall, however, granted a suunuoils, CRIME IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASTIgten"C From official tables of the number of criminals in 1837, pub lished under the sanction of the Secretary of State fur the Home Department, we derive the following statistics of crime iu this county. In • the last year there %%ere 2,809 offenders committed, of whom 2,190 were convicted, 617 were acquitted, and 2 were pronounced insane. ,Of the 2,190 convictions the event of sentences were :—Agalciist 29 judgment of death re corded, 30 transported for life; 3 for 15 years, 86 for 14 years, 22 for 10 years, and '2B-1 for 7 years.—lmprisoned, 1 for 3 years. 72 for 2 years, 278 for one year, and 1,359 for 6 months and un der. Of the 617 acquitted, 374 were found " not guilty" ou trial, as to 78 no bills were found, and in 165 cases there was no prosecution. Of the 2.809 offenders, 2,171 were males, 638 females. Their ayes are thus given :-35 males and 6 females aged 12 years and under • 237 and 44 aged 16 and above 12; 647 and and 164 aged 21 and above 16; 611 and 226 aged 30 and above 21; 359 and 106 aged 40 and above 30; 139 and 85 aged 50 and above 40; 62 and 23 aged 60 and above 50; 25and 9 above 60 years; and 29 and 2 whose ages could nut be saner tained--As to the instruction of these offenders, it is thus re presented iu the table:— MALES. FEMALES. 901 358 Neither read nor write Read and write imperfectly Read and write well Superior instruction Instructiou could nut be ascertaiued 2171 638 Next as to the nature of the q/fences. Dividing these into six classes, the aggregate uuutl)er of 'offenders in each class stand thus:— MALES. FEAIA LES . No. 1 Offences against the person .„_ 2 Ditto against property (violence) 109 • 2 3 Ditto do. (with violence) J723 569 4 Malicious offences against property 5 Forgery and offences against currency 41 14 6 Other offences Of offences in the first of these classes, there is only one pri soner for murder (a female); 9 males and 2 females for shoot ing at, stabbing, administering poison, &c., with intent to mur , - der, maim, &c, ; 37 males and 3 females for manslaughter ; 6 males for bigamy; 30 males and l female for assaults; and 50 males for assaults on peace officers in the exeoshtion of their duty. In the second class of offences there are 17 males for burglary ; 33 males dud l female for housebreaking; 36 males and 1 female for breaking into shops, warehouses, and counting houses, and stealing; 15 males for robbery, and 4 males for assault with intent to rob.—ln the third class there are respec tively-7, 6, and 4 males for cattle, horse; and sheep stealing ; 17 males and 3 females for larceny to the value of £5 in dwel ling houses; 135 males and 121 females for larceny from th e person (picking pockets); 93 males and 69 females for larcen y by servants; 1,228 males and 307 females for simple larceny ; 29 males and 1 female for embezzlement; 88 males and 56 fe males for receiving stolen goods; and 70 males and 11 females for frauds and attempts to defraud.-1n the fourth class there are 5 males for arson (capital); 3 males for kill ing and maiming cattle; and one for: sending letters threatening to burn houses, &c.—ln the fifth class, there arn 3 males for forging and uttering forged instruments not being wills or powers of attorney, or Bauk of England notes; 1 for having in possessiou, &c, forged lia.uk of England notes; 3 males and 2 females for counterfeiting the current gold and silver coin ; 3 males for having in possession, Sx. im plements for coining ; 1 female for buying and putting off coun terfeit gold and silVer coin ; and 31 males and 11 females far uttering and having iu possession counterfeit gold and silver coin.—ln the sixth or miscellaneous class of offences, are 8 males, for being out armed to take game by night; 1 for prison breaking, &c. • A for perjury and subornation of perjury 75 males and 1 female fur riot, breach of the peace, ac.; 1 for rescue and refusing to aid the peace officers; 30 males and 41 females for keeping disorderly houses; and for misdemeanours not included in the above denominations, 14 miles and one female.—'Throughout these tables we do not see any persons committed on any of the following offences:—Setting fire to crops, plantations, heath, &c.; attempts to commit arson, &c. ; riot and feloniously demolishing buildings, machinery; &c.; destroying silk, woollen, linen or cotton goods, - in process of manufacture, and other malicious offences; administering un lawful oaths; conspiracy to raise the rate of wagei. A prospectus of a new banking company, on a large scale, to be called the " Commercial Bank of London," is circulating in the city. The capital of the new company is to be £2,000,00 0 . of which one-half is to be paid up by January next, and as the shares are to be paid of £I,OOU each, there is at uuce•a solid basis to begin upon. CHESTER ANLi CREWE RAILWAY.—We are glad to find, that the landed gentry, manufacturers, and public autburities of Staffordshire, are resolved to take up the subject of the eiten. sion of the Chester and Crewe Railway in good earnest; and, for thia purpose, are determined to welcome the deputation from thii city , on Monday next, with a large. meeting of persons in , . terested in the trade of the Potteries, to carry the above object into effect.=-Chestei- Gazette. Dr. Rolph, for whose apprehension the Canadian goiern. ment has offered a reward of £5OO, has just Commenced the practice of medicine in this city.—New York Parrr•