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THIRD EDITION. Standard-office, Six o'cloci. ADJOURNED COUNCIL MEETING Council was held this day d meeting of )nly time to state that th y a ma Evans's motion was.carried t Mr. Platt's mo as withdraWn vISI PRIUS COURT -THIS DAY Before Mr. Baron ROLFE. IMPORTANT TO ATTORNEYS UILDING SOCIETY V. CURRY AND STATHAM. klexander Neilson, Society, for the recovery Society on mortgage to Charles respectable attorneys in this ion acted as attorneys to the ) the Cr s and Crompton were counsel for th - for the defendants. great length on both sides, the ing up at a quarter to three o'clock ; g gone at some length into the evidence aw of the case, the iury consulted and returned lamages -£1,350 IHE ABDUCTION CASE xtraordinary case of the abduc wned to -day, and the interest 7eater than in any former instance of ur remembrance. It was first sup ags would take place in the Court of , in which the public business was assizes ; and immediately on the open ush to obtain admission was great, and the room and the approaches to it !d. About a quarter past twelve, less before Mr. Justice Parke having been )se, in t court at the Sessions-house,it was • accommoilation of all parties, to n's case in the usual Police-court just vaca -1 Mr. Rushton, with a view to the ladies then pre told them to go to the top of the court 'oors, before he announced the adjourn s many of them got over to the other __ did it become known that the proceed lere to be taken, than a general rush was made 1, who soon crowded the'sta;rs, the lobbies, and tes' room ; and the police-officers in attendance doors bad some difficulty, when orders were given to he public, to prevent serious accidents, so great was h. The curi )urt ; but no soo, ty and excitement were extreme, and derably crushed at the doors. Seats t the right of the bench for the witnesses ; s pushing and scrambling, order was rhe court was densely crowded in every' part. lose on each side of the bench, we observed moment High Sheriff, William Brown, Esq., Thomas Booth, Li., J. B. Neilson, Esq., Hardman Earle, Esq., together h a number of ladies, and several of the barristers in their e Nisi Prius Court. The body of the court ost part filled with well-dressed individuals. in females,—the latter in particular, no doubt, rn the denouement of the affair, as it occurred minutes after one o'clock, Mr. Rushton at on the bench, and inquired of Mr. Snowball if e ready. At thir Mr. Snowball said he was; but that he did not purpose to 11 any more witnesses himself, he having concluded his se on Thursday, in behalf of Miss Crellin. He suggested dt Mr. Dowling should examine the witnesses he had brought )m Gretna, and he, Mr. S., would then examine them. e did not call them himself, and being solely employed in half of Miss Crellin, he might object to the evidence of me of them, as he did not know what they had to say. lose of them he had seen, he should wish to examine. Mr. Rushton said, that as attorney for the prosecution in fof Miss Crellin, Mr. Snowball could not cross-ex ; witness in that stage of the case, and he must de her he would call any witnesses himself Snowball said that he would Ir. Rushton en ordered a female prisoner who had a 'ore been ordered to be committed for trial, on tealing a watch and some money. On her being Mr. Rushton, addressing Miss Crellin, said, ;aid, madam, that when you first saw Martin, as with a female whom he said he WAS to be mar- in said yes ; but on being asked if she recog iar to be the same, she replied that : female at - 1 not. Th as then put down. _e-keeper, at Roby, on the Railway, said, er a party coming on the 18th March, to go by the station. The prisoners Quick, Mrs. Clayton, nd M`Gill were amongst them. The party consisted ther was Miss Crellin, now behind to be intoxicated. It was appeared to rff .utes before ten in the morning, I asked was the matter with her. He replied, it was -,, way she had. He asked witness to book 'selves. Miss Crellin was assisted age by Jones and M`Gill. He saw Quick the following. He called me out of the office, shall want you this week." I inquired was concerning the party that went He said that parties that knew was carried off in the ne to contradict that. I said that I )st without employing a substitute, He said he would send me a other d led to s that she ire me £2 for my trouble Grocott here expressed his astonishment at the man which the case was conducted in that court, other ,ses being brought up after the case had been closed by ;itimate advisers of the prosecutrix. A. great deal of ry and zeal had been shown by Mr. Dowling in getting dence which be (Mr. G.) did not consider necessary t preliminary stage of the proceedings. He had also nplain that the magistrate in a manner extremely un- y put leading questions to the witnesses. . Snowball claimed to say a word before Mr. Rushton I. He said he appeared solely for Miss Crellin, and e saw-witnesses in court whom he was desirous of ex ng, as he believed they would be enabled to fix the on the parties implicated ; but there were others pre whom he should not examine, though he trusted he Tutted to cross-question' them: n said he would give Mr. Snowball every fa. stently with the justice of the case. With respect had been stated by Mr. Grocott, he did not nter into a controversy respecting the manner in le case had been conducted by him. He thought narks might have been spared. The course ha had was adopted from the fact that when the case was re him, he had no proof that a felony had'been corn the parties carrying off Miss Crellin, to marry or and he had thought fit to take the mode pursued, rrive at the truth on that point. The only way ends of justice could be attained was by getting -sible of the whole tr ansaction. Whether -- -tion or the defensive chose to e witness or otherwise, would He should take care that all the le to collect should be adduced, , and it was the duty of the corn _..,e—who was appointed by the proper au -or that purpose—to make dilligent inquiry, and to forward all the evidence he could obtain bearing on the iestion th, ogers continued.—Hodgkinson's house is 500 or from the station—no other person living at Roby mined.--Is sure Jones was there. Knew Mr e, but not M`Gill. Never saw Rogerson before, old me the other man's name was M`Gill. , Scud—l am a porter at Parkside sta er a train arriving on the 18th March, about Several passengers alighted, and walked to the The witness identified Quick, Jones, Clayton, as of the party. They sat down about ur in one place, and Miss Crellin with them. Miss . . a Statjon to be in a drunken slate. She asked for a pipe, noked for about ten minutes, and appeared a and the'rnan Jones and the Dr. walked out until game up, when the Dr. wished to see if there was carriage, and I put them in. The fare was paid by I.—Th( ain can •eated 7 twelve o'c Ntiss le in con M`Gill by, the doctor luding party was about an hour at Park up. Miss Crellin seemed to en- , t much •tr ble to get Miss Crellin 1, but she was not very active and cheerful. s Crellin. The party had some brandy. She 'sation to address herself to the parties. aker.—l am a porter at Parkside station. Quick, Jones, and Mrs. Clayton. Miss nd was tipsey. Jones produced some I tasted it ; it was brandy, and it Nichols, wife of the keeper of the Parkside said,—On the 18th March a Party came to Miss Crellin was one of them. She wished to The gentleman with her did not seem inclined to ,r. She went up stairs. She first said "Yes," and No," and then "It does not matter." She said she Lng to Birmingham, but it did not matter whether she ►st day or not. When I came downstairs I saw Mrs. She wished to go up stairs, and I said there was le. Both spun afterwards left the house. I went to r with them. I saw a gentleman waiting for them in • u stout gentleman, ay Station I "s;wai ti c "'lute osh. 1 saw them afterwards in the gar- One of them pushed or struck her. The prisoner I inquired for Miss Crellin. I told him the lady not go to Birmingham that day. That was the last ay. them there, till they came back same day by the The `lady appeared much overcome with some agitated. Her face was swollen and x. by Mr. Grocott.— The striking an d pus hi ng was ig way, not apparently in anger. She ex pressed a to go into th e house. She went out with them ugh afterwards. by Mr. Lancaster. Davenpo.---It was o n a F r id a y. They wards rt The Birmingham train was 4 he time. The joking took place in the garden. I stk. 'as not mad, but did not know what she was •as minutes before eleven o'clock. I saw rn afterwards that day. It was a t s sa id:—l am coachman of the North on the 18th Brit a i n , r to Chap. I drove the o -ty went with me. I see tial%nisasil here— , Jones, Mrs. Clayton, and p l ac es, and booked them in the name e rellin a . e paid for the places. The two female s and :le, and M` Gill and Quick outsi de. 1 took Railway station at Lancaster. We drove to where we dined. We went thence to the rellin was looking out, and making a to get inside to her and qui_ did get inside and rode there to is taken into the coach by the iad glasses again. M'Crill rellin asleep, with her I then We let' No particular conver e arrived at Crookland offered some brandy. Th said, she (Miss C. --n-ere taking the lad! -, you would not thin k thl ),000. This was at Burrow's Green le distance to Annan. He said when le. and uad t used to ; that they (himself and nave .ence from the army, and had Liver epic Chase. At flux, seven , the , glasses, and the doctor paid. re g he appeared tipsy, and could I once helped to take her out of the coach. ery different from what she is now. Her face and swollen. Two of us assisted her into the lift her to get her in. I left the coach got there. The doctor more brandy in a bottle to take into' the coach ; but not got, as the coach was going to start. We had There 1 Stet naa more was more drin Ir. GrocOtt.—When the lady made a called for " the doctor," not for es at Hux. They were ordered examined by Lancaster, She bad two g Wilson, coachman.-1 drove five of a party afterwards northward, from Chip to Carlisle—four Insides and one out Quick ro de on the box with roe. I saw Jones at Carliile a pasiongeri that There were twc ladies and two gentle . men inside. At Acthorp we changed horses. The doctor got some brandy, I think, and gave glasses into the coach, and I had a glass. There was a noise made in the coach at Acthorp. I saw them afterwards in a rood at Carlisle. 1 saw the doctor and I think the same party start in a double-seated carriage from the Bush Inn; at Carlisle, and saw they were the same party I had driven. quick was seated outside. We took some other passengers up at Acthorp. Joseph Hodgson called.—l am waiter at the Buck Inn, Carlisle. The North Briton came there on the 18th March. The parties stopped at our house. There were Quick, Jones, M`Gill, Mrs. Clayton, and Miss Crellin. They arrived at eleven o'clock at night. The lady (Miss Crellin) appeared to be in a state of insensibility, I thought they were going to take her to the asylum. I thought so from his manner and conversation. Four of them had tea, and the doc tor (Quick) had a glass of brandy. They slept then. Before going to bed, the doctor ordered two glasses of brandy. He mixed one of them, and gave it to Miss Crellin, and he then took the other himself.— She was not very quiet. She seemed to hate the other two, Jones and M`Gill, and was scolding them. After that I took three glasses of ale to the three gentlemen. Before they went to bed there was a great noise made by them. Another waiter went to quieten them, and told them the house must not be so disturbed at such a time in the morning. M'Gill pushed him out. Quick said the others were his servants, that she was a lady who had plenty of money, and that they were going to Annan. I waited on them in the morning. They had breakfast for only three. The lady had none. Mrs. Clayton came down with the doctor, and she asked him for a glass of brandy for Miss Crellin, and the doctor was against it, saying She would only kick up another row. The doctor then asked for a glass of brandy and two glasses of ale. On the night they arrived the lady asked where she was, and the doctor replied, " Pive miles from Warrington." Quick said they would stop there all night, and go to War rington in the morning. They left the Bush at half-past eleven on Saturday morning, in a double-seated carriage. Cross-examined by Mr. Davenport.—The three gentlemen had breakfast. They had eggs, cold meat, and ham. Miss Crellin was not in the room at all while I was waiting upon them. I saw them go off from the door. I saw Miss Crellin when she went into the carriage. I did not see her get any brandy that morning. The waiters assisted the ladies to get into the cat ria. ' e. 1 never heard Miss Crellin ask, " how far is it to Gretna Green." Thomas Brownrigg sworn.-1 am a coachman, of Carlisle. I was employed to drive a double-seated carriage from the Bush on the morning of Saturday, the 19th. The three male priioners, MiGill, Quick, and Jones, and Mrs. Clayton arid Miss Crelliu, were the party. I did not see Miss Crellin's face. The waiter told me to drive to the Metal Bridge, six and a half miles on the Glasgow road. Quick was on the box. About two and a half miles from Carlisle we stopped. One of the gentlemen inside called out to the Doctor to tell me to stop at the first public-house we came to. He said they were a set of d—d ugly devils inside, and wanted nothing but drink. I told the Doctor there was a beer-house close at hand, and a public-house about a mile further QM We told him to drive to the latter, and when we got there, the doctor got down and ordered four glasses of ale. Three glasses only were brought, and two of them were handed in side, he takin ,, the other. The doctor ordered another glass, and the taking fetched two. I drank one, and the doctor wanted me to drink the other, but I would not. Soon afterwards, as we were going through the toll-bar, the doctor asked me if we had any weddings now ? I said they were very scarce. He asked me how they paid, and I said there were various prices, and it was according to circumstances. He wished to know how much they paid to be married at Gretna. I told him the fee was from a gill of whisky to £lOO. The doctor then directed me to stop at the Metal bridge, and asked if they had any posting conveyances thei e. I said no they had not. He then said he would leave the rest of the party and walk on to Gretna, as he merely wished to see it. The doctor said my master charged him too much (155.) for the coach hire ; and I said I did not mind giving them a ride a little further ; and I drove them two or three , hundred yards beyond the bridge. When we were leaving the bridge the doctor asked me where was the nearest place to get married at. I told him Sark Bar. He said lie would have a lark there ; and I told him he might get .the lines there by going in for a glass of whiskey. 1 pulled up rather short of two miles from the Sark Bar. I looked into tha carriage when I was letting them out, and saw Jones had e small black bottle, and Mrs. Clayton had a wine glass. On the road from Carlisle the party kept " skriking' out, and bursting into loud fits of laughter, more particularly on the part of the ladies. The doctor (Quick) paid the coach fare.: Cross-examined by Mr. Grocott.—The old lady (Miss Crellin) when she got out, hung her head down, took hold of M`Gill's arm, and walked away with him. We were then at the south side of Sark bar. We could see Grena Hall from the place where I set them down. Gretna Hall is between two or three miles from there. John Linton keeps Gretna Hall. I looked after them some time. The ladies walked with them as far as 1 could see them. Cross-examined by Mr. Davenport.—l drove them about seven miles. I thought it was very like a wedding. 1 am sure the female, Mrs. Clay ton, had a wine glass in her hand when 1 looked into the carriage, as before stated. I can't tell which of the ladies laughed and shrieked out. They seemed to be enjoying themselves. M`Gill took hold of Miss Crellin's arm when she alighted. She took his arm as they went along the road. Mr. Rushton said that a great portion of the evidence Mr. Dowling had collected related to the journey back from Gretna, and he did not think it was necessary to give it. Mr. Grocott inquired if the priest was brought? Mr. Rushton said, No ; Mr. Dowling had not succeeded in bringing him. Mr. Dowling said he had seen the priest, but that he re fused to come unless he were paid a considerable sum for coming, arid he (Mr. D.) was not authorised to pay him so large a sum. Mr. Snowball had also seen him. Mr. Snowball said he understood the priest was willing to come provided he received £2O for himself, and would also bring his daughter, for whom he wanted £lO. This was to include ail their expenses. Mr. Rushton said he would be obliged to make his appear ance before the proper tribunal. Mr. Davenport again cross. , examined the postboy, rela tive to his seeing a wine glass in Mrs. Clayton's hand, but elicited nothing contradictory of his former testimony. • William George M`Gill, saddler, 7, Molesworth-street, Dublin. I know John Orr M`Gill. He is the son of a tailor. I have known him from a boy. His father is dead., He lived in South Frederick-street, Dublin. His father kept his carriage and horses in Dublin, and two or three livery servants. He Coss-examined.—l am no relation to the prisoner. left a handsome fortune behind him, of ffillich the paisouer got a share. II is father has been dead about 16 years. Mr. Snowball then called the following witnesses : Elizabeth Armstrong said—l am chamber maid at the Crown and Mitre Inn. The prisoners Clayton, Jones, M'Gill, Quick, and Miss Crellin came there. I was then out, but found them there on the evening of the 20th March. Mrs. Clayton had gone to bed at half-past nine. I lent her one of my night-caps. She wanted me to go down to the other lady to get her to bed, for she was very tipsy. When I went down stairs, I got to to the sitting-room door. I saw Mr. M`Gill ;he wished me to show him to Mrs. Clayton's bedroom, which I did. He wished Mrs. Clayton to come down, but she said she was going off in the morning. He said that would be two guineas out of his way. She said that would be nothing in his way, if he acted as a gentleman, as he said he was. Ten minutes after I saw Mr. M'Gill coming out of Mrs. Clayton's bed-room. Mrs. Clayton was in bed. About ten minutes afterwards I met the waiter taking up two glasses of brandy and two segars to Mr. M'Gill and Miss Crellin. She was very tipsy. She could not undress herself. I undressed her. I lent her a nightgown and nightcap. A short time after Mr. M'Gill asked to be shewn to Miss Creliin's bed room. I wished him to go in. I carried the candle into the room, and set it on the dressing-table. She was asleep, and M'Gill said, " She is fast asleep." I came out of the room, and left them in. He did not wish to waken her. He said to me, " Don't waken her." She appeared to be very tipsy. Her dress was open at the back, and her hair hanging down. Cross-examined by Mr. Davenport.—l first saw Miss Crellin about ten o'clock on the night of Sunday, the 20th March. I first saw her in the sitting-room, with M'Gill. No one else was in the room. I took her up stairs, and left M'Gill. I did not see her next morning. She did nut send for M'Gill downstairs. She walked by herself, but could not undress herself. I don't recollect saying to Mr. M`Gill that the lady will not go to bed unless you go to her. Wm. George M'Gill was here called, in order to be bound over as a witness, as he had wished to return to Dublin. John M'Farlan'e called.—l am a waiter at the Crown and Mitre. On Sunday, 20th Marcb, an omnibus drove up about five in the afternoon, with all the five prisoners before named. Mr. Quiok was outside, and the others inside. I looked into the omnibus and saw Miss Crellin lying with her head on one of the gentlemen's knees. I think it was M'Gill, but am not quite sure. She seemed to be asleep. 1 assisted them out. The gentleman on whose knee she was lying said they were at Carlisle, and would go out. She got up. She appeared stupid, either from the effects of sleep or drink. Her dress was much out of order. Her bonnet was crushed, her boots unlaced, and her clothes unloosed behind. She went up stairs. She walked up, but staggered a little. I afterwards showed her a sitting-room, and she had a glass of brandy. She must have had at least six or seven glasses that evening. She had a glass of brandy next morning. She was then at breakfast with the other four. Cross-examined by Mr. Grocott.—She ordered all the glasses of brandy herself. By Mr. Davenport.—On the night previous she pressed upon Mr. Jones to take another glass, and he declined it. She then asked me if I bad ever seen so rum a set there be fore ? and I said, " Oh, yes, often." She then said she had got married, and she was determined to have a d—d good spree. She was about three-quarters of an hour before she went to bed. She appeared to be very much pleased. She offered to treat. I declined drinking, and she offered me a shilling to get something for myself. Mr. Clayton said— " Take. it ; she is worth plenty more." 1 took it. She at least appeared to be very merry, and to enjoy herself. Re-examined by Mr. Snowball.—Yet she was very merry and very drunk. John Hawkes.—l am a waiter at the King's Arms, at Kendal. I recollect Jones, M`Gill, Quick, Miss Crellin, and Mr. Clayton coming there on the 21st of March, about two in the afternoon. They dined there. Miss Crellin ap peared to be in a state of stupefaction. Her face was very red and bloated. She did not eat much. She drank some sherry. They left by the coach (the mail) to Lancaster. Cross-examined by Mr. Davenport. There were four glasses of brandy taken in at dinner, and a pint of sherry. They all enjoyed the dinner, but Miss Crellin, who ate but little. The witnesses who had been examined this day were here called upon, and bound over in the sum of £lOO each, to appear at the next assizes, to give evidence against the pri soners. THE THEATRE - ROYAL AGAINST THE " ROYAL " LIVER THEATRE KIRKDALE PETTY SESSIONS-APRIL, BTH (Before Sir THOS. BRANCKER, and W. RATHBONE,. PETER BOURNE, TURNER, J. B. Y ATE S, and T. HODICK, Esqrs.) THE QUEEN versus RAYMOND. This case, which has exdited considerable attention in t h e theatrical world,, was heard to-day at Kirkdale Sessions house. There were many gentlemen connected with the dramatic profession present. Amongst them we noticed Messrs. Clarke, Hammond, Baker, Aldridge, sen., Ray mond, Lloyds, L ee , Ald r i dge, jun., Egerton, Barton,elham, Slaiter, Eaton, Jonas,. Benwell, & c . Dr. BROWN and Mr. JAMES appeared in support of the information ; attorney, Mr. Lloyd, of the firm 'of Foster and Lloyd. Mr. HENDERSON and Mr. WARREN for Mr. Ray mond ; attorney, Mr. Norris. , which after the formal Mr. MYERS read the information fourteenth day part, proceeded as follows :—" Tharonwtthein six calendar eight esaid, the months now last past, (that is to say) of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand hun dred and forty-two, at the parish of Liverpoola defendant, in a certain place there, to wit a mall . the parish and county aforesaid, then and still enailleacje in "d known by the n ame of the Liver Theatre, other wise the Royal Liver Theatre , wit hout lawful authorit y by virtu e of letters patent from her present Majesty, or any of her Ma jesty's predecessors, and without license from the present or any other Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household, and without any license from the Justices of the Peace in General Quarter Sessions assembled, and having jurisdiction in, or over, or at the said gace called and known by the a:me of the Liver Tbikatre, , 6therivile the' Royal Liver Thea tre, did cause to be acted ; represented, and performed ter pin and reward, a certain part of, and in a certain entertain went of the-stage called the " Maid of CrOissey," contrary to the statute in such case made and provided, whereby and by force of the statute in such case made and pi ovided the said defendant has forfeited for his said offence the sum of Fifty rounds of lawful money of Great Britain, to be distributed as the law directs." (Signed,) ROBERT SANDFORD ROBINSON The informations against Mr. Strickland, Mr. Webster, and Madame Celeste were similar. Dr. BRowN said he had the honour to appear, with his learned friend Mr. James, on behalf of the lessees of the Theatre-royal, in support of the information against Mr. Raymond. Mr. Anderson and Mr. Hammond were those lessess ; and he appeared for them in support of a right given to them by law,—a right valuable to them for the protection of their own property in a theatre for which they laid a very large rent, under the authority of certain acts of parlia ment which the legislature had thought proper to pass with reference to the direction and management of theatrical exhibitions. With the policy of those acts neither he nor the court had anything whatever to do ; and he apprehended that his learned friends would not attempt to raise a question of that kind. Thelearned counsel then proceeded to state that the information was founded on the 10th George 11, ch. 28, sec. 2, which provided that no person should perform or cause to be performed theatrical exhibitioniwithout the license of the lord chamberlain or the license of the justices of the peace in quarter sessions; and that every such person so performing or causing to be performed in such unlicensed theatre should fdr every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of £5O. This had been supported by subsequent decisions, which he quoted. Messrs. Anderson and Hammond had refrained from asserting their rights till they were in danger of losing them altogether unless they did so; and they now only took these proceedings to vindicate them. The learned counsel concluded by some general remarks on the case, after which he proceededed to call the first witness, who was JOHN FRANCIS ROGERSON, who said he was an actor and prompter, and had been in Mr. Raymond's employ. He was not now, but was so employed on the 19th of March. Was an actor as well as prompter. Knows the place called the Liver—was prompter there. Went there on the 26th December. Was engaged by Mr. Raymond. Remained in Mr. Raymond's employ till 19th March. Mr. Raymond engaged with witness's wife. It was a double engagement. Mr. Raymond paid him. Believes Mr. Raymond is the manager of the theatre. Has always received his directions from Mr. Ray mond himself. Has always received his money from Mr. Raymond. Does not know who pays the other performers. Has generally received his orders from Mr. Raymond. Has sometimes received directions from the stage-manager. Mr. HENDERSON objected to a question put by Mr. James, to show Mr. Raymond's general mangement of the theatre. The objection was that the questions should have reference to the act committed on tne specific day laid in the information. After some argument, the court overruled the objection, and the evidence proceeded :—He had received general direc tions from Mr. Raymond, and had heard him give directions to the stage manager. Witness used some times to give a book out to the performers, by directions of Mr. Raymond, from which they themselves wrote their respective parts. Mr. Raymond generally corrected the bills of the per formances : in one or two instances witness had done > o himself by Mr. Raymond's directions. Air. Raymond was in the habit of correcting the bill from the 2Gth December to the 19th March. Witness always received his salary for acting as prompter from Mr. Raymond. Witness was pre sent at a rehearsal of the "iMaid of Croissey," previously and preparatory to its performance ; this was on the 12th March, Saturday. Does not recollect whether Mr. Raymond was present at that rehearsal. :None of the London performers, Mr. Webster, Mr. Strickland, or Madame Celeste, were present at the first rehearsal. A rehearsal was appointed for Monday, the 14th cf March, by witness's direction. Witness put up " a call" for a rehearsal on that day, at ten o'clock, and he was in the theatre at that time. Mr. Raymond was there between ten and eleven o'clock. Does not think that the London per ormers were there at the time, and there was a delay in bringing on the rehearsal, in consequence, as witness be lieved, of some notices to the London performers. Remem bered the London actors coming into the theatre that morn ing. Saw Mr. Raymond, whilst they were there, with them before the rehearsal took place. Mr. Raymond has a private room in the theatre, into which he and the three London actors retired before the rehearsal. They remained there a quarter of an hour. The rehearsal took place, and Mr. Raymond was occasionally on the stage during the re hearsal. The " Maid of Croissey" was rehearsed: It is a drama or entertainment of the stage—such as is usually exhibited at licensed theatre. The " Maid of Croissey" was performed at night, and the London actors took part in that performance. Mr. Raymond was on the stage that night ; and lie believed he appeared before the curtain to the audience as the manager of the theatre, but could not say positively unless he saw a bill, which appeared on the following morning, Tuesday. The witness was cross-examined at considerable length by Mr. HENDERSON, but without his testimony being affected. Re-examined.—When there was no treasurer, the manager generally paid the performers himself. Witness was engaged and paid by Mr. Raymond. Mr. Raymond, when he appeared before the audience, read something from a paper, the whole or part of which appeared in print the next morning. The bill was here produced, and the witness said he could now undertake to say, it was on the night of the 14th of March Mr. Raynard appeared on the stage: The bill contained a portion' of what Mr. Raynard read. This bill was then put in and read, but we do not repeat it here, as it has already appeared in the STANDARD. Mr. Raymond gave directions to the stage manager. Peter Godfrey Lloyds, prompter at the Theatre Royal, proved the performance of the " Maid of Croissey," at the Royal Liver Theatre, on the evening of the 14th of March. Witness went into the gallery, and paid sixpence for his ad mission. Mademoiselle Celeste, Mr. Webster and Mr. Strickland performed in the drama. Cross-examined.—The " Maid of Croissey" is not a five act play ; it is a two act drama. John Connor, a printer at the Mail office, was called, but objected to by Mr. Henderson. As it appeared that he was a rate-payer, and that the act of parliament says that no rate payer should give evidence in such a case where the penalty exceeded £2O ; his evidence was rejected. Mr. Thomas Carter said he was a proprietor in the Liver pool Mail Company ; but it appearing that the same objec 7 tion applied to him as to the last witness, his testimony was reiected. Thomas Carter, bill deliverer to the Liver Theatre, said he wcs employed and paid by Mr. Raymond. Philip Frederick Garnett, a clerk to Mr. Lloyd, was next called, and he proved the performance of the " Maid of Croissey," on the evening of the 14th of March. This wit ness proved the service of the notice of the intention to com mence these proceedings on Mr. Raymond, if the perform ances were continued. John Fogg, box-keeper at the Liver, was called ; but being a ratepayer his evidence was rejected on the same ground as Mr. Connor and Mr. Carter. John Reynolds and Mrs. Whiteman were rejected on the like grounds. Mr. WARREN.— (Laughter.) Henry Stewart, an artist, said he was in the pit of the Liver on the night in' question. The " Maid of Croissey" was performed, and he was very much delighted. Mr. Ray mond came forward on the stage, and read a paper to the auditory. Dr. BROWN said this was the case. Mr. HENDERSON said he had two objections to take, which he apprehended would he fatal ; but he would con dense them into one. H e submitted that, in a case like this, where the information alleged that this play had been acted without the authority of letters patent, the onus of proving that allegation lay not upon the defendant, but upon the Mr. Y ARREN followed upon the smile side, and quoted several cases. •" They come like shadows, so depart." person who preferred the charge. The learned counsel con tended at some length that the current of legal authority was in favour of his objections. Dr. BROWNE and Mr. JAMES replied, and after a few minutes' consideration, the bench overruled the objection. Mr. HENDERSON then addressed the court on the general question, and contended the case had not been established, and that these proceedings had been instituted for the pur pose of crushing a rival establishment. The magistiates retired to consider their decision ; and after an absence of ten minutes they returned into court, and fined Mr. Raymond £5O. The other parties, by agreement are to pay £25 to the charities. THE DISASTERS IN AFFGHANISTAN (From yesterday's Times.) We have been favoured with the followiLo• interesting letter from the only uncaptured survivor of the 'Cabul army—Dr. Brydon. It is addressed to his brother, and dated Jellala bad, January 20. ""My dear Tom,—Here I am at this place, all safe, but not all sound, having received three wounds on the head, left hand, and knee. I have lost every thing I had in the world ; but my life has been saved in a most wonderful manner ; and I am the only European wt.() has escaped from the Cabul army (although we have heard of two having been taken by. the enemy, it is very doubtful if they will be spared). Two natives only have reached this place, making, with my se lf, three persons out of an army of 13,000. " I got on very well till within about fifty miles of this, with the exception of losing all my baggage, &c. I then lost the horse on which I was riding. Having taken one of my servants, who was wounded, up behind me, we fell rather too far in the rear, when he was pulled off from behind, and I fell with him. I was instantly felled to the earth with the blow of a large knife, which wound ed me in the head. I, however, managed to avert the second blow, by receiving my enemy's hand on the edge of my sword, by which his hand was somewhat damaged, and he dropped his knife, and made off as fast as he could, and I, following his good example, managed to reach the main body, minus my horse, cap, and shoes, which last I lost in the snow. I was then trudging along holding fast by the tail of another officer's horse, when a native, who was riding close by, said that he could ride no further. and told me to take his horse, which I did without delay. I do not know who the man was, as it was quite dark at the time, but the saddle must have belonged to an Affghan. I now got to the front, where I found a number of officers, who determined to push on, as the men would obey no orders, and were halting every minute. We travelled on slowly all night, fired at occasionally from the sides of the hills, and found ourselves at day-break about thirty miles from this, our party consisting of only seven officers, five European soldiers, and myself, the rest having lost us in the dark, and gone by some other road. " At about 10 a. rn. we were attacked and surrounded on all sides by horsemen : three officers and the five Europeans were here kill e d. O ne of the officers ;oo thefn t; remainingh t e h r ee oMadrasf our four, a rm p vas Lieutenant Bird, ayrg,toytwcbhleoeianrfge of l w l the well l l o n s : oh uo b nr y stee m md , y en le s , t da en t 11 .d e pl f u o swuhri pushed and myself far in the rear, when he, after coming on some way, said his horse was done up, and that he would hide until night, for which purpose he left me about four miles rom this. Ile was taken and killed. I proceeded slowly for a short time, when I saw a great many people running towards me in all directions. I waited until they got pretty close, and then pushed my horse into a gallop and ran the gauntlet for about two miles under a shower of large stones, sticks, and a few shots, in which I had my sword broken by a stone, my horse shot in the spine close to the tail, and my body bruised all over by the stones. I was now attacked by a horseman, who left a party of about six, whom I saw leading away one of our officers' horses who had gone on ahead ; these three were killed ; and having nothing to defend myself with, and my horse being quite done up, he wounded me on the knee and hand, when seein g me stoop down he galloped away as fast as he could, thinking, I looking for a pistol. I now suppose, that I was proceeded unmolested, and arrived here about one o'clock, quite done up, as was also my poor ho rse, who lost the us e of his hind legs next clay, and died two days after without ever gettin g know at up after his arrival. If you receive this, let them home that I am alive, as I ha • ve not been able to write sin ce October last, and perhaps we shall not have the road open arriving here I have had had three shirts, three pair of socks , when the next overland starts. a jacket, and a pair of will say ; trousers given to me. A very fine stock, you how ever, it must do until I cane get an other outfit. Write to me and let me know the news from home. _ " Your affectionate brother, " WILLIAM BRYDON." " P.S. 1 arrived here about noon on the 13 th. All fur ther Particulars you will find in the papers, so I can w rite no more at present, it being awkward holding my paper whilst writing. Tat AiimY.—tord Hill will shortly afte► Easter, resign his office into the }Lewis of Sir George Murray. Sir Henry Hardings will probably remove to the Ordnance-office. It is rumoured that Lord F. Somerset will succeed Sir E. Blakeney in the command of the troops in Ireland, or be appointed Secretary-at-War, and Sir Brooke Vere be Military Secretary to the new Commander-in-Chief. Numerous other arrange ments are in contemplation, including, we expect, the abolition of the depot system.—Naval and Military Gazette. re on leave of '-- Liver, THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL THIS EVENING, FRIDAY, April Bth, will be per formed, for the last time, Shakspeare's MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM. With the New Comedy of THE PRISONER OF WAR. TO-MORROW, (Saturday,) a favourite Tragedy, and other Entertainments. On MONDAY, MACBETH. After which will be re vived the popular Melo-drama of the MILLER AND HIS MEN, which will be produced with NEW SCENERY and COSTUME. TO PROFESSIONAL GENTLEMEN AND OTHERS. B. HEW ITT, SHORT-HAND WRITER AND PRINCIPAL • REPORTER TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, begs to offer his services to Legal Gentlemen and others who may wish to obtain SPECIAL REPORTS of any Cases for Trial at the ensuing LIVERPOOL ASSIZES. Standard-office. TO CORRESPONDENTS Our correspondent " R. J." must observe, from the state of our columns'to-day, and during the past fortnight, that we have had no space for reviews of any new publication. We shall notice that which be mentions at our first opportunity. The name of one of the parties in the abduction case ought to have been spelled Dunlevy, and not Dunlevie. A correspondent is desirous of calling the attention of the authorities to an abominable smell proceeding from South Castle-street, between Cable and Atherton-streets. He says it is sufficient to generate a fever to the persons who have occasion to pass frequently. The lines on " The death of Christ" cannot appear at present and we fear their merit will not pass muster. INFORMATION .AQAINST TUE LIVER THEATRE THE ABDUCTION CASE We intend to publish in a SECOND EDITION, a full report of the proceedings at Kirkdale this morning on the information against the Lessees of the Liver and Haymarket Theatres ; together with whatever additional evidence may be adduced in the Abduction Case. • Eibtrpool &tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 1842 " Vare, redde mihi Leyiones !" was the anguished exclamation of the Roman emperor ; and well indeed may the insulted might of England urge that demand now upon her Majesty's late Whig administration. Where, my Lords Auckland and Palmerston, Mel bourne and Russell—where is the noble British force which a few months ago was plunged by your blind and reckless policy into an unprovoked interference in the affairs of Affghanistan ? Where are M`Naughten, Burnes, Trevor, and the host of gallant Englishmen who led on that doomed and devoted band ? Where are'their fond wives who followed them to the scene of slaughter and of shame ? Where is the gallant 44th ? Where the faithful native troops which fought with them for the cause and beneath the flag of England in that ill-starred quarrel ? Oh, if we had a voice which could pierce through the leaden folds with which the selfish heart of Whiggery is enshrined, we would peal upon your ear every name of that host of slaughtered and butchered men, whose blood now blackens the rocks and whose bones bleach ber.eath the suns of In dia, until even your impenetrable and seared souls would cower beneath the storm of indignant reproba tion which such a catalogue of infamy would draw down upon you, from the justice of a betrayed and abused'people ! But a few months ago, an army of 13,500 men, composed of the best blood of England and her Indian provinces, —high in hope, and complete in appointment and discipline, —were embarked in that unhappy ex pedition. Of that army, one—BUT ONE (!)-Euro pean has made his way, a fugitive, to a Briti s h settle ment ! A few, and amongst the number fourteen la dies, the wives of British officers, remained, at the last date from the scene of slaughter and shame, in the hands of their treacherous and savage foes. The re mainder, more than 13,000 men , have fallen beneath the combined effects of the inhospitable climate to which they were wantonly submitted, and the attacks of the infuriated and fanatical hordes by which they were surrounded,—have become the victims of the gross incapacity of their leaders or of the basest treachery from their remorseless enemy. Their slaughtered bo dies, mingled with the trophies of a hundred glorious fights, bestrew the mountain passes and the plains of Affghanistan ; are food for the vultures to gorge upon; are sport for barbarians to trample upon ; are objects for thousands of British wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters to wail over. They have fallen, not as Eng lishmen have fallen in days past, with the trumpet notes of victory ringing in each ear whilst its nerve was fast becoming dull and dead—not with the advancing bay ' onet and the flying banner of their loved land gleam ing upon their glazing eyes ; but with the bitter con sciousness of defeat and humiliation weighing down their once proud spirits and strong arms,—pent up in mountain defiles, wearied and despairing,—they have been shot down and butchered, the shame of their last hour—their country's shame, not theirs !—more keenly felt than the pang of the death-wound or the fierce triumphant yell of the foe who gave it. Aud will not England exact for THE CRIME, which has led to such a stain upon her arms—to such a sa crifice of the best blood of her sons—a fitting retribu tion ? Will not the indignant voice of a united peo ple, in justice to the widows and orphans which they have made, cry out upon the wretched faction whose mingled selfishness and incapacity have precipitated this fearful blow upon the honour and the name of their country ? We trust they will. We trust, too, that that voice will be heard—that it will pierce the brazen front (however thick and impervious to the shame which would crimson other brows) and wring the ossified heart of Whiggery ; and if there is one Englishman in the senate of Great Britain—one Eng lishman who feels as in days past our legislators were wont to feel, when shame and betrayal were permitted: to tarnish the arms of their country—we call upOn that man to stand forth and arraign before the bar of par liament the government, one and all, whose ill-starred and disgraceful career has thus caused England " to bleed through all her veins !" Let us not be told, by the organs of the Indian go- . vernment and the Whig faction at home, to look upon this as merely a "temporary reverse"! Let us not be told of new expeditions, of new expenditure of blood and treasure, to wipe out the memory of this fearful' stain upon our arms—this fearful outrage upon our common humanity ! Other hands—other hearts than theirs will vindicate the name and the position of Eng land amongst nations. We seek of them only retribu tion for the past ! We say to them only, "reddite mihi legiones !" And, we repeat, if there is an Eng lishman in the parliament of Great Britain, the minis try of Lord Melbourne, or, at the least, that portion of it whose incapacity and recklessness have precipitated this heavy calamity, will be made to answer this de mand at the bar of the tribunal of that assembly, be fore the blood of our gallant Indian army and the tears of the widows and orphans which bewail its loss shall have sunk into the ground. It has been , intimated to us that, in the remarks which we offered in our last publication, upon the sub ject of the resolutions which will come before the ad journed council meeting this day, we assumed a tone approaching to the dictatorial, and likely to be displeas ing to some Conservative members of that body. Our reply to this friendly hint is brief and plain. We must do our duty, and we will do it, if possible, without jar ring.upon the feelings or wounding the self love of others ; but, on this ground alone, we will not be re strained from expressing freely to our friends, in the council and out of doors, the course which we would have them pursue upon questions of public interest. . _ We are well aware that there are gentlemen in the council entertaining strong and conscientious Conser vative opinions, who have a perfect horror of the im putation, even, of being dictated to, or influenced by, their party, and, in particular, of being "priest-ridden" or " press-ridden." In itself the feeling is an honour able one. We, ourselves, who are influenced by no consideration except our own independent convictions, would be the last to treat with anything but respect the conscientious exercise of such a feeling upon every occasion. But we are bound to use our own judgment with respect to the extent to which it shout be ear- ried. We cannot allow the feeling of independence to be pushed into a morbid fear of the appearance only of dictation ;. and when we see, as we have seen on more than one recent occasion, the conduct of members of our party, influenced by that fear alone to support views which are in entire opposition to previously re- corded opinions, and, in doing so, winning and Lpr rently valuing, above all things, the praise of disinter estedness from opponents, previously their most bitter censors, we cannot but call upon those parties to pause and to, examine carefully and intently the position in which they are thus placing themselves, and the nature of the motives by which they are actuated. In addition, however, to the dangerous influence of this morbid sensitiveness to the imputation of being dictated to by a friendly press, is it certain, we ask, that some of the gentlemen to whom this feeling is attributable may not also be charged with an undue dread of the censures or an undue longing for the praise of the opposition press ? We are much afraid that to the latter cause is to he attributed the incon sistency of conduct which has been betrayed by some of our friends upon recent and important occasions, Gentlemen may be " press-ridden"—although Conser vatives—quite as effectually by the Radical organs as by their own. A fear of the censures, or a hankering after the praise, of a " Crito" or a Blackburn, may possess quite as much influence as the applause of con stituents. The apostate is ever caressed by those who win his aid; the tried and faithful soldier has only don e his duty. The former is "liberal minded," "enlight ened" "unbigotted," whilst the latter is still only consistent and honest. The Radical press, depend upon it, is not blind to its power of thus influencing by alter nate abuse and fawning—censure and praise—th e wavering followers of Conservatism ; and when we see this the case—and we cannot mistake it—our own course is perfectly plain and clear. LOCAL NE Liverpool has during the last fortnight almost resembled a garrison town, from the numbers of soldiers of various regiments in its streets, in their route from Scotland and Ireland to Portsmouth, where the reinforcements for India are collecting. SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.—TO author ize the making of a branch line from Penistone to the North Midland Railway. We have noticed a long article of abuse in the Railway Times against the Thames Haven Company, which, as it is euidently libellous, is likely to form the subject of legal de cision, we shall notice no further than to state, that we have authority to deny all its allegations; and we certainly do not envy our contemporary his appetite for these personal attacks. Another meeting is about to be held here on the subject of the Thames Haven Dock and Railway, at which the charges will be fully rebutted. LUNE SALMON.—This delectable Fish, formerly con signed to an Agency at Preston, is now regularly transmitted, immediately on its leaving the water, to JOSEPH NEWTON'S Wholesale and Retail Fish Establishment, 14, St. John's Fishmarket, so that the nobility, gentry, and the public in general, may now obtain fresh Lune Salmon (equal, if not superior, to thaj of the river Severn) three hours after it is taken out of its native element. No other person will be able to supply the public with Salmon equally fresh, as JOSEPH NEWTON is the sole lessee of the Skerton and Lune Salmon Fishery. Crimped Salmon to order, at the shortest possible notice. MR. TEMPLETON'S CONCERT.—We perceive by the ad vertisement, that this celebrated vocalist has announced his concert at the Music-hall, Bold-street, on Wednesday next, and that he has succeeded in securing the powerful aid of Miss Delcy, of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. The delight with which we listened to these distinguished vocalists last season, during their short engagement at the Theatre Royal here, leads us to anticipate a still richer treat, from the variety which a concert-room affords. We understand that the Music-hall is about to undergo considerable alterations for the occasion. Mr. Templeton has fixed the price of ad mission at a rate suitable to the times, and we have no doubt the public will avail themselves of the opportunity. We wish him a bumper. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.—The follow ing notice of an intended application to Parliament in the next Session has appeared in the London Gazette " to enable the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company to alter, extend and enlarge the said railway, and the iunnel, and station, and works belong thereto, or connected therewith, situate on the easterly side of Lime-street, in the parish of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, and for that purpose to take and purchase all or any of the lands, houses, and buildings situate at the back or east side of the said Lime-street station, arid lying between the same and Hotham-street (lately called Duncan-street), and Gloucester-street, and L :i - d Nelson street (lately called Great Neison-street), all in Liverpool oforsaid." Also (a second application) to " alter, amend, explain, repeal, enlarge, and render more effectual," some of the provisions of existing acts. Likewise (a third appli cation) to authorise the Store-street junction in Manchester, of which so much has been said in the newspapers. THE ABDUCTION CASE.—The London Times of Wednes day has the following paragraph relative to this case :—"Since the prisoners were remanded on Friday last, inquiries have been made at Gretna-green as to the circumstances of the marriage of Miss Crellin to The conspirators, it appears, posted the whole way from Lancaster to Carlisle. At every change of horses spirits were ordered, of which Miss Crellin, who was in a state bordering on delirium, was made is partake. The continued doses of liquor all along the road had the effect of rendering her quite frantic before the party reached Carlisle, and to deceive the innkeepers, who noticed her condition, they geve out that she was a rich lady in a state of lunacy, whom they were conveying to an asylum in Scotland, Quick saying that he was the medical man in charge of her. She is described as having raved and cried out that she wanted to go home. As soon as the con spirators reached Gretna-green dinner was ordered, and the " priest " invited to be of the party.' Ile declined, however, but joined them after dinner, and drank several glasses of spirit. Miss Crellin being in the state which may be supposed from the drugging she had undergone during the journey from Liverpool to Gretna-green, and the " priest " well pre pared for the due celebrationr of the ceremony from the po• tations he had imbibed with the conspirators after dinner, the marriage was performed. What followed the evidence already published has shown to our readers. The " priest " has, we hear, refused to come to Liverpool as a witness against the prisoners; significantly remarking, that before he once went on a trial to England, he had received " saxty sovereigns doors in his haun." Both he and his family were extremely close when they understood that criminal poceed ings had been commenced against the conspirators, and that the object of the inquiries was to obtain evidence in support of the prosecution." MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting of the dock committee, which was held yesterday, the following members were present:—Messrs. Sands (chair man), Barclay, Holt, Middleton, Holmes, Smith, Molyneux, .Mellor, Tobin, Martin, Evans, and Nicol. The sub-com mittee of works recommended that Canning Graving Dock should be permanently repaired. Mr. Holmes understood that this had been ordered before. The Chairman said it had ; but it had been found necessary to reconsider it. Some doubt had arisen in the mind of the surveyor whether it would be proper to do it : now he had given it as his opinion that it would, and that it ought to be done permanently. The reommendation was then adopted.—The sub-committee for the department of the marine surveyors recommended that the North Star, Crosby light ship, which had been two years on the station, should be brought into dock about the middle of next month, in order to be examined and cleaned : the Queen, light-ship, to be sent to the station in her place. Agreed to.—The same sub-committee also reported that se veral of the buoys had been knocked from their stations, and sunk, on which account they recommended that six new ones to be constructed, one of which should be made of plate iron, as an experiment. Mr. Tobin : I will have nothing to do with that. 1 dare say you will put me down as a very obsti nate fellow for it ; but I cannot help that. The Chairman : You see the sub-committee have had great consideration for your opinions, for they have only recommended one out of six. (Laughter.) After some further remarks, the six buoys were ordered as recommended.—The sub-committee for the department of the harbour-masters presented a report from the north harbour-masters of the number of stages used in the northern division of the docks during the past quarter. Mr. Holmes asked what had been the receipts from this source? The Chairman referred Mr. Holmes for information to the treasurer.—Messrs. Duncan and Ewing requested some alterations to be made in their yard, near Brunswick Dock, al the expense of the committee. After some conversation, the committee desired the applicants to be informed that they must make the alterations at their own expense, as Mr. Challoner had done.—An application from John Roberts, keeper of the telegraph station in Chapel-street, for an in crease of salary (having now only £7O per annum), was re ferred to the committee for the marine surveyors' department. —A letter from the American consul, upon the subject of the mode of measuring foreign vessels for dock dues, and repre senting that American vessels were measured contrary to the treaty of 1815 with that country, was reconsidered, and re ferred to the solicitor.—Mr. Mellor then gave notice that, at the next meeting, he should move that the resolution of the committee to build the intended new light vessel of iron, should be reconsidered; after which the committee separated. THE ABDUCTION CASE—COPELAND'S APPREHENSION. We give, in another column, a report of the examination rela tive the obtaining money under false pretences, by Copeland from Miss Crellin. The circumstances under which his ar rest was effected may interest the public. It appears that when Inspector Campbell went to the house, No. 90, Vine street, he took an officer with him, and knocked at the front door. While he was in the act of knocking he heard the sound of male voices in the parlour. A female opened the door, and immediately he proceeded into the parlour, where he found a man (but not the man of whom he was in search) a female, and a child. He searched about the room without effect, and having taken the precaution of placing the officer who accompauied him at the front door to prevent the egress of the party, he proceeded up stairs, where lie instituted a vi gorous search, but without effect. On returning down stairs, the female who opened the door said she thought the indivi dual he wanted was in the parlour. Accordingly, he went into the latter room a second time, and searched under the sofa, the tables, and other furniture, but, as before, without effect. He then , observed a small pantry or cup board, in a corner of a room, and on searching the door of it, found that it had been locked upon the in side, and that the key had been left in the lock. He asked to have it immediately opened, but the parties refused to do so, and demanded his authority for searching the pre mises. He admitted that he had not a search warrant in his possession, but said that by virtue of his office he possessed the necessary authority for the purpose. The parties having still, however, refused to do as they had been ordered, the inspector despatched the officer at the door for Mr. Wliitty, the head-constable, who proceeded to the place without delay. Mr. Whitty then requested of the parties to open the door, but they continued to refuse, and again demanded by what authority the head constable presumed to search their premises. Mr. Whitty informed them of the nature of his office, and of the powers intrusted to him thereby, but finding that further parley was not likely to he attended with the desired effect, he was proceeding to break open the door, when a voice from the inside told him to desist from the attempt, and that he (the party within) would mien the door himself. Mr. Whitty immediately desisted : the door was then .unlocked, and forthwith walked the redoubtable Mr. Copeland. The unfortunate fellow appeared pale and ghastly, and to have indulged rather freely in intoxicating drink. He asked the charge upon which Mr. Whitty was arresting him, and was told that it, was for having obtained £250 from Miss Crellin, under fraudulent circumstances. He then drank off a quantity of gin to give an additional excitation to his spi rits, and was subsequently removed in a coach to Bridewell, where he arrived about twelvo o'clock. CHESTER Assints.—The asaizes for the county of Ci,ester commenced ,on Atopday. There were ninety prisoner ~ for trial, and the cause list contains an entry of twenty- Ihrec PROPERTY ON SALE.-It will be seen from Mr. Will advertisement, that he has very eligible and extensiv _ perty on sale. We refer our readers to Mr. Thompson's announcement, in another page, in which he holds out great advantages to those desirous of obtaining proficiency in the art of penmanship. We have seen several who have been under his 'tuition, who gratefully acknowlege the benefits of his system. LENGTHS OF CARTAGE.-4 publication which is adver tised elsewhere had just been published, showing the various lengths of cartage in this town. We . have bad no opportunity of testing its accuracy , but have understood that it is correct. The Britannia, Captain Hewitt, 'royal mail steam• ship, left Liverpool, on Tuesday, with the mails for Canada and the United States, which were under the charge of Lieut. Roberts, R.N. She had about 50 passengers. The Britan nia during her stay has been newly painted and decorated, and, under the excellent management of the agents, Messrs. M'lver and Co., has been put to sea in the most perfect and beautiful condition. AMPHITHEATRE.—Our space has been so occupied of late that we have not been able to find room for a notice of the clever equestrian company now performing at this theatre. Taken altogether, this company is superior to any now esta blished in this country, it is equal to Ducrow's in his best days. There is a great deal of novelty in the performances. Mr. Sands appears an extremely talented artiste. The horses are very beautiful. The humour of the clowns frequently creates risibility. We shall notice the performances in our next. THE Sour HOUSES.—Number of quarts of soup made at Pickop-street from December 24th, 1811, to March 31st, 1842 Ditto at Flint•street from December 24th, 1841, to IVlrcli -----____ ..—. 22C1 , 1842 .... 120,720 Ditto at Gill-street from December 24th, 1841, to March 22d,. 1842 . -1,376 Total The attention of our readers is directed to the following communication, addressed to Messrs. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, London, whose advertisement appears in another column :—Leicester, April 6, 1839.—Gentlemen, — About two years ago I lost all my hair in consequence of a fever, so that I was obliged to wear a wig, and being of an advanced age and subject to . head-ache, I felt great inconve nience from the misfortune. In this state of things many of my friends proposed to me divers remedies, none of which, however, had any effect; but at last I was induced to try your MACASSAIL OIL, which in a short time quite restored my locks, so that I have now a remarkably good head of hair for one of my declining 'years.—l am, gentlemen, your most indebted and obedient servant, Wm. SHEPPARD. CONSUMPTION or SMOKE.—At the Usual. monthly mete ing of the commissioners at Birmingham, on Monday last, the committee appointed on this subject reported that they had inspected the steam chimney of Mr. Clifford's mill, in Faze ley-street, to which the patent of Mr. Williams, of Liver pool, had been applied with a view of consuming the. smoke from the furnace, and they were perfectly satisfied of the utility of the plan, and its efficacy in accomplishing all that was required. The committee also referred to two letters wnich they had received in reference to Mr. Williams's inven tion from Messrs. Sharp, Roberts, and Co., of Manchester, and Mr. Nicholas Knight. of Liverpool, which they requested might be entered on the minutes. These letters stated that the plan had been adopted with the most complete success, di minishing the consumption of coal, increasing the quantity of steam, and at the same time reducing ,the amount of manual labour. SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS.—On Wednesday the Queen held a court, and an investiture of the most honourable mi litary Order of the Bath, at Buckingham Palace. The following Knights Grand Crosses of the Order of the Bath assembled and were robed by Mr. Hunter, in their Mantles and Collars, viz, :—the Duke of Wellington, Sir George Cockburn, Lord'Hetesbury, and Sir George Murray. The Knights, preceded by the officers, passed into the picture gallery, where they were met by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, Acting Grand :Master of the Order, and, having been called over, proceeded to the presence of the Sovereign, in the Throne-room, with the usual reverences. Her Majesty was accompanied by bis Royal Highness Prince Albert, both wearing the collar' and mantle of the Order. Then, by her. Majesty's command, Lieut.-General Sir How ard Douglas, Bart., was introduced between the two junior Knights Grand Crosses present, preceded by Bath King of Arms, bearing the riband, badge, and star of the Order, upon a crimson velvet cushion. Sir Howard kneeling, the Queen was graciously pleased to put the Riband and Badge over the Lieut.-General's right shoulder. Sir Howard, rising, had the honour to kiss the Sovereign's hand, and having received from her Majesty the Star of a Civil Knight Grand Cross of the Order, withdrew. The same high ho nour was afterwards conferred by her Alajesty upon several other distinguished veterans. THE FUNDS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The stock-mar ket has been very buoyant to-day, the revenue returns having given great satisfaction. Consols have been as high' as 904 for money, but they left off 901 to -; and for the account, 90-i to 4 ; Exchequer-bills were 355. to 375. pm. ; Bank Stock, 166 to 7 ex. div. ; 3 per Cent. Reduced, 894 ex div. ; ai per Cents. Reduced, 98i; New 31 per Cents, 1001; In dia Stock, 242 ; Long Annuities (expiring Jan. 5, 1860), 129-16. This was the first day for the private transfer of those stocks that are about to pay a dividend. In the foreign market there were but few transactions. Belgian left off 1031 to 10 , 1 i ; Brazilian, 67 to 68 ex div. ; Colombian 27 to ; Mexican, 394 to 404 ex div. ; Dutch 21 per Cents., 50 to ; 5 per Cents., 100 to 4 ex div. • Portuguese, 5 per Cents., 354 to 64; 3 per Cents., 204 to 11 ; Spanish Actives, 25 to 4; New 3 per Cents., in which the principal business in this house was transacted, 244 to 5. ROBBERY OF AN ATTORNEY.—TWO females of question able character, who gave their names Mary O'Donnell and Sarah Delany, were brought before Mr. Rushton, on Tues day, on a charge of having robbed Mr. William Barlow, attorney, residing at Oldham, of the sum of £7O. The com plainant stated that he was lodging at Seacombe at present, and that about nine o'clock on the night of Saturday last he was on his way through Chapel-street, and when near Covent garden, saw several men and women standing together. One of the women came up and took hold of his left arm. lie pushed her aside, and went on a little distance, hut had not proceeded far when he was pushed into a side street, and received a blow behind his head and a smack on the face. lie was somewhat stunned by the blow, and was a few seconds before he recovered, but he was unable to say who had attacked him. On his recovery he examined his pockets, and missed his purse, which contained £35 in sovereigns and half-sovereigns, and £35 in Bank of England notes, with the amounts of which he was unacquainted. Information was immediately given to officer 37, with a description of the dress of one of the women, and subsequently the two prison ers were arrested, and upon their persons several of the sovereigns were found, but the bank notes were not dis coverable. WESLEY A N MISSIONARY ANNIVERSARY.—The twenty fifth annual meeting of the Wesleyan Missionary Society for the Liverpool district was held on Tuesday evening at the Brunswick Chapel. The chair was taken by Mr. Alderman Crook. The report was read by the Rev. J. Hargreaves. The income of this district for the past year, was stated to be £2,463 Bs., in addition to which £207 ss. 3d. was raised by the children as a Christmas offering. The increase in this auxiliary for the last year, is £264 ls. 4d., exclusive of the Christmas offering. The Rev. It. Wood, of London, moved, and Thomas Sands Esq., seconded, the first resolution. The Rev. W. Arthur, from India, in a very interesting and and powerful speech, moved the second resolution, which was seconded by T. Crook, Esq., and supported by the Rev. R. Newton. Thanks were voted to the chairman and the meeting adjourned. Sermons were preached at the various chapels throughout the town on Sunday last, and the col lections exceeded those of previous years, being respectively as follows :—Pitt-street Chapel,X23 ss. 3d. ; Mount Pleasant £24 Os. ld., ; Stanhope-street, £l7 Bs. ld. ; Great Homer street, £lB 16s. Bd. ; Brunswic, £52 1 ls. ld. ;Total, £136 13s. 10d. After a sermon at Brunswick Chapel, on Monday evening £l9 16s. 6d. After the meeting on Tuesday night £ll9 4s. 2d. " MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREANI."—To-night this fan ciful and exquisite play will be represented at our Theatre- Royal,for the last time. It is a singular thing that, since it has been played, there has not been a full house to witness it ! It appears to us quite remarkable. Here we have beau tiful scenery, costly dresses, dances, songs, duets, glees, and choruses, good actors, and every requisite to make a drama tic entertainment worth witnessing ; yet those who patronise the drama actually turn their backs upon it ! Those who see it are greatly pleased with it, if we may judge by " the loud laughter and applause" that rings frequently through the theatre ; yet it does not draw ! We have noticed for some years that whatever is successful in . London is certain to prove a failure here. " A Midsummer Night's Dream" has been highly attractive in the metropolis, as also " The Pri soner of 'War." Neither seem acceptable in Williamson square. Can Shakspeare be at a discount? It would appear to be the case.—ln "The Prisoner of War" Mr. Baker per sonates an old navy captain very cleverly. Mr. Hammond and Miss Julia Bennett have caused much amusement by their drollery as Peter and Polly Pallmall.—On Monday " The Miller and his Men" is to be produced, with new scenery, &c. This no doubt will draw. LIVER THEATRE.—MR. RAYMOND'S BENEFIT.—The benefit at this theatre on Tuesday night, for the fund of be nevolence attached to the Provincial Grand Lodge of Free masons of this province, was a profitable one, although the house was not so well attended as we expected. The per formances went off with great eclat. The principal novelty of the evening was the introduction by Br. Henry Dodd of Stonehouse and Hargreaves' masonic song, " Prosper the ' Art." He sang it splendidly, and was rapturously and de servedly encored. Br. Thompson, provincial grand organist, accompanied ; Messrs. Hortiby, George, and Crank assisted. Br. Dodd, in the course of the evening, sang " The rose shall cease to blow," which was also encored.—To-night the Liver closes for the season. It has proved the most success ful, we believe, experienced for some years. The patronage usually shown to this theatre must prove gratifying to the management ; and as Mr. Raymond's benefit takes place this evening, a parting manifestation of favour will be ex ' hibited, to prove that he has not lost the good wishes of the public. We perceive that au account of the proceedings which are to take place at Kirkdale to-day, will be given to the visitors of the Liver this evening. The entertainments which comprise the bill of fare are of a very attractive and amusing character. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond appear next week at the Haymarket. We expect both will hit the public hard, and become favourites. CAUTION TO EMIGRANTS.—A respectable gentleman in this town has handed to us the following, with a request that we wauld insert it, as a warning to those about to emigrate to see that the stores on board are ample and wholesome : " The passengers on board the—[we leave the name blank for obvious reasons] ,—froni Liverpool to Port Philip, deem it their duty to warn all persons intending to emigrate, not to take a passage without making personal investigations as to the accommodations and provisions on board, as it will be seen, from the annexed copy of a resolution, passed at a meet ing of cabin passengers, held on board, previous to putting into the Cape of Good Hope to replenish, that the assertions of owners are not to be relied on :—‘ That the provisions at present on board are utterly insufficient, and unwholesome, and inferior in every department, to what we positively agreed for, and were assured by the owner were on board, on taking our passage in Liverpool. Another resolution was to the effect that a list of the articles deficient be drawn up, an d appended to the report of the meeting, and a copy of the pro ceedings be given to Captain articles deficient are,—` water, vinegar, Mustard, katsup, and pickles, whit e and brown sugar (no white on board, and the brown u nfit for use), butter and eggs, tea , ch eese, hams, and bacon, prime mess beef, potatoes and vege tables, p e pp er and salt, spirits, live stock, and dried fruits. -10th Januar y , " EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCE OF Two JERSEY POTATOES. In the spring of the year, a friendly contention arose at St. butcher, as Peter's, Thanet, between M r. Jose p h Silver, bake r' of Read ing-street, and his neighbou r, Mr. Jose p h Hill, to which should rear the greatest quantity of potatoes from a single root. Mr. Hill planted in his garde n th e cuttings of a Jersey Blue. weighing 21bs. 6oz. Mr. Silver planted the same day, close by in the Ranelagh Gardens, at the Red Lion, St. Peter's the cuttings of his seed potato, weighing 2lbs. 10oz., also a Jersey Blue. As a proof of what may be effected by culture and attention, on diggi ng up _ the produce of both, a short time since, ort the same day, the immense number of 332 Po t a toes, weighing 1411b 5., and measuring 18 gallons, was the produce of Mr. Silver's, one root yeilding 23 potatoes, we i g hing 15ilbs, Mr. Hill' s produce was 240 potatoes, we i g hi n g 1371b5., and me asur i ng like his competi tors, 18 gallons, some weighing upwards of 21bs. each, and one 2lbs. lloz., and being grown on the third of a perch of ground.---Sun. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS The monthly meeting of the town council, which was also' the adjourned second quarterly meeting, was held on Wed nesday, in the town-hall, for the despatch of business. The Mayor presided. FINANCE COMMITT PROCEEDINGS The proceedings of this committee were read by the Dz- PUTY TOWN-CLERK. It appeared from them that Mr. Loch, the agent for the Bridgewater trust, had called the attention of Lord Granville Somerset, chancellor of the duchy, and of Lord Haddington, first lord of the admiralty, to the deposit of excavations by the dock committee, from their new works, upon the strand of the North Shore. He complained that the effect of them would be to enlarge Puddington Bank, which it was exceedingly desirable to remove, and suggested that some eminent engineer should be called in to report thereon. The committee passed resolutions to the effect that the dock com mittee be requested to suspend their operations in this respect for the present ; but the request had not been complied with. It also appeared from the proceedings, that the Birkenhead improvement bill, which the finance committee had been in•• strutted to oppose, bad passed the House of Commons. BIRKENHEAD IMPROVEMENT MILL Mr. PARKER wished to be informed of the result of the efforts of the deputation appointed to oppose the Birkenhead improvement bill, as far as related to the Woodside Ferry ? The Birkenhead people were satisfied that they had outwitted the corporation. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said, that as far as the House of Commons was concerned, the Birkenhead commissioners had succeeded in their wishes. The arguments of the corporation had been of no avail. There were two points which the cor poration urged in opposition to the 'measure. In the first place, they thought the rights of ferry, as defined in the bill, might militate against the interests of the corporation, as far as the rights of Birkenhead Ferry were concerned. The com missioners claimed a right of ferry both ways, ,whereas they had no such right, and the corporation had power in the House of Commons to set that part of the bill right. The main objection, however, was, that it was unjust for the Bir kenhead commissioners to appropriate their funds to a spe culation such as the purchase of the 'Woodside Ferry unques tionably was. He thought they had no more right to specu late with the .public money in such an undertaking than the corporation had to take shares in the Harrington Docks. Tile wisdom of parliament, however, as far as the House of Commons was concerned,, thought differently, and it was for further consideration whether the finance oammittee should pursue their opposition still further. Mr. LLOYD inquired whether the Birkenhead ferry was to be rated under the Improvement Bill ? Mr. BOLTON said it was, as part of the property of the township. Mr. PARKER observed that in that case this corporation would be in the anomalous position of promoters and op posers of the Imprcivement Bill. Mr. BOLTON remarked that if the council would recollect the committee of the House of Commons to whom the bill was referred; they need be at no loss in accounting for the result. There was a feeling hostile to Liverpool whenever a Cheshire committee met; and when it was stated that the Birkenhead Improvement Bill was referred to a Cheshire committee, no one could be surprised at the issue. ELEVATION OF HOUSES IN FALKNER-SQUARE. Some conversation took place between Mr. Alderman EARLE, Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE, and Mr. PROCTOR, con cerning the adoption of a reduced elevation for some houses in Falkner•square by the Finance Committee, but no motion was made on the subject. BILLS BEFORE PARLIAMENT, Mr. BIRKETT inquired when prints of the bills now before parliament, as amended, would be placed in the hands of the council for consideration ? The TOWN-CLERK said it was not the parliamentary course to reprint a bill, except by leave of the house, till the bill had gone through committee. Mr. BIRKETT observed that, by the new standing orders, the promoters were bound to deposit a reprint of their bill, as amended, seven days before going into committee. The TOWN -CLERK, in reply, said that was true; but the standing orders required the original bill and the amend ments to be lodged in manuscript. , It was only till after the bill had gone through committee that a reprint could be had of it. At the same time, there could be no objection to any amended bill being placed in the Town-hall for the inspection of the members of the council. STATE OF THE STREETS. Mr. Alderman EARLE wished to call the particular atten tion of the Finance Committee to the state of the streets. On a former occasion he had endeavoured to get the paving board placed under the council, because if that were so, he was sure the streets would he maintained in much better order than they were ; and as the council paid a large sum of money for the repairing of streets, they were in duty bound to see that those streets, particularly the great thoroughfares, were not suffered to remain in their present state. There was London-road, from Russell-street to Lime-street, there was Mount Pleasant, there was Leece-street, from thechurch to the new road in Berry-street, there was Brownlow-hill, and last of all Lord-street itself, in all of which there never was such execrable pavements anywhere as were to be found in those streets. They were disgraceful to the town, and he hoped therefore that the Finance Committee would direct their surveyor to examine them. No experiments were ever made in Liverpool with the view of endeavouring to improve the public pavements as in London ; indeed experiments were made in every great town in the kingdom except Liver pool. Certainly a trifling experiment had been once made opposite the Athenaeum ; the pavement then put down had never been removed to this day, and he believed it was good still. . Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE was rather surprised at the at tack made by the worthy alderman upon the Paving Board, because wherever the corporation had any paving work to do, they were very glad to apply to the Paving Board to do it for them. If he would attend the board himself he would soon see that he knew nothing about the subject. Mr. Alderman EARLE.—I judge from having seen them. Mr. JOHN HOLMES recommended Mr. Earle to apply to the vestry for an increased rate before he ventured upon making these complaints. The Highway Board were in debt ; and they had always spent their funds in the best possible way. Mr. Alderman EARLE.—Then we ought to spend more. Mr. PROCTOR said the Finance Committee had nothing to do with the works of the Highway Board. Mr. BIRKETT was by no means surprised that Mr. Alder man Earle should have made this attack upon the Highway Board ; but he ought to have given notice of his intention of doing so. Considering that there were twelve members of the council, one of whom was the chairman of that board, common courtesy should have suggested to him the propriety of giving notice of his intention. Mr. EArtLE.—I will take a lesson from Mr. Birkett in the art of politeness, and in future I will give notice. (Laughter.) Mr. GLADSTONE was glad that Mr. Earle had mentioned this subject, for he was quite sure the streets were not in the state they ought to be. The only remedy was to bring them before the notice of the public. Mr. Alderman EARLE.—I did it with that view. Mr. GLADSTONE, in continuation, said that what the Chairman of the Paving Board (Mr. John Holmes) had stated was true : they wanted money to carry on improve ments, and they were also in debt; but at the same time he (Mr. Gladstone) contended that they were proceeding upon a wrong principle. Most of the streets that Mr. Earle had named were not safe for people on horseback. He confessed he did not want to see legislation in favour of one class or another ; but he must say, that nine-tenths of the streets of Liverpool were not safe. He hoped that some material change would soon be made. Mr. Alderman EARLE said his object was answered by this discussion. The proceedings of the committee were then confirmed LEASES The DEPUTY TOWN-CLERK read a list of the leases which hoed been granted within the past month, and on the motion of Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE they were confirmed. IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS The DEPUTY TOWN-CLERIC read the proceedings, resolu tions, and reports of the Improvement Committee. Mr. Alderman BARCLAY proposed, and Mr. H. HoLmEs seconded, a motion for their confirmation. Mr. LLOYD, in allusion to a portion of the report con taining resolutions touching the improvement bill, said he had formerly made some observations on tnc clauses in the bill empowering the council to appropriate property for improve ment. He objected to this power being given, because at the very moment, perhaps, when a person had made a purchase of property which he intended to use for business purposes. this clause, which he had never dreamt of, might, without no tice, be brought into operation ; the corporation might dis cover that such property was in the line of an intended im provement, and he might be compelled to give it up. They might only require a portion of such property, and might leave an useless remainder on the hands of the proprietor. They ought to be bound to take all the property if they took any. In cases of new improvement bills which affected the rights of possessors of property, the latter had ample notice, beccause they were defined by the schedule, but by this bill they might. be taken without any notice whatever. He would move that the matter be referred to the committee back again for consideration. Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE objected to the clauses in ques tion, because he thought they might be made instruments of injustice. He thought it was dangerous to place such power in the hands of the council. He seconded the motion. Mr. EVANS objected to all observations tending to imply that injustice was more likely to govern the future acts of the council than justice. He had every confidence in the council of the present day, as well as in those which were to come, and he would recommend that in all cases they should legis late boldly, and with the utmost confidence that all their suc cessors would act justly. ' Mr. B.Ancutv said the subject had had full consideration in the committee, and they came to the conclusion that it was advisable to go for the clauses. Mr. EARLE would be very sorry to see those clauses obli terated. He was confident that no injustice would be done, and the clauses would prevent the repetition of great injustice to the corporation, which had had to pay large sums of the public money unjustly. Mr. BIRKETT said Mr. Lloyd had alluded to the opposition which these changes would probably occasion. It was better to settle the matter here, and not to run the risk of opposition hereafter. The TOWN-CLERK explained that the clauses applied only to houses which had been burned or pulled down, or which were intended to be re-built, and which were, at the same time, in the line of a projected improvement. All these matters were necessary before the clauses could come into operation, and on the occasion of any dispute or difference reference must be made to a jury. hf r. BUSHELL said the Town-clerk's explanation was per fectly satisfactory. The TOWN-CLERK said Lord Shaftesbury, who was the great authority on matters of this nature, had expressed his approval of the clause. Mr. Lloyd's proposition was taken as an amendment on the motion that the proceedings of the committee be con firmed. The council divided on the amendment, when there appeared For the amendment 9 Against it 35 The amendment was consequently lost. The following, members voted on the division : For the amendment—Messrs. Copeland, J. Lawrence, Wood, Birkett, Procter, Lloyd, Parker, Bramley-Moore, and Molyneux. Againsi4 ll lVlessrs. Shaw. Shand, Houghton, Thornhill, Preston, H. Holmes, Mellor, J. Holmes. Bolton, Bright, Rae, P r i est l ey , A sp i na ll, Yates, Robinson, C ooper, B us h e ll , Gladstone, Rigby, Kilshaw, Brassey, J. S m ith, G . H . Law rence, Jordan, Platt, Holt, Bulley, Freme, Evans, Barclay, Earle, Nicol, Turner, and the Mayor. WATCH RATE The TOWN-CLERK read the calculation of the new watch rate. The average account for seven years for Liverpool was £8,527 12s. Id. The Liverpool assessment is £952,321. The rate, which upon this amount yields the sum nearest to the average is 2d. and 7-47ths in the pound, which in the assessment give £8,526 19s. 2d. The assessment for Kirk dale is £18,191. which at 2d. and 7-47ths gives £162 18s. 10d. The assessment for Everton is £58,224, which yields £521 6s. Sd. The assessment for West Derby is £45,534, which yields £407 14s. 2d. The assessment for Toxteth Park is £106,890, which yields £957 Is. Bd. Total, £10,576 Is. Id. Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE, seconded by Mr. PROCTER, moved the above rate. Agreed to. Mr. COOPER said, out of 7,000 rate-payers of Toxteth Park, not more than 1100 or 1200 had paid. He would ask the Town-clerk, if, after letting matters go in this way, it was legal to levy for the arrears on those who were willing to pay ? The TOWN-CLERK said they looked to the overseers of the poor of the township, and might have levied on their goods and chattels long since. They appeared to be suffering through their improper misconduct in bygone years. He could not take upon himself to direct them as to their pro-