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passed, enjoining that ‘ 4 the medical man, who shall be applied to for a certificate, may, in certain circum stances, make himself a party to false statements on the subject." The act, according to the statements ;made by Lord Ashley, and which were uncontradicted, 'permits the surgeon to certify that a child may be worked beyond the specified time, provided its phy sical development —that is, its mere height in inches— •comes up to a certain mark, however much it may be short of 13 years of age. But the subject is one to which we cannot do justice within the brief space at our command this day : we shall therefore recur to it ,on Friday. RISLEY CHAPEL.—IMPORTAN T CHANGE OF TRUST. --We wish particularly to direct the attention of our :readers to a very interesting communication in ano aller column, respecting the transfer of Risley Chapel, in the parish of Winwick, from the hands of the Uni tarians to trustees selected from the members of the :Established Church of Scotland. Our respected cor respondent briefly furnishes the particulars connected with this most important change. We rejoice to find 'that this restitution of the trust into the hands of a body professing those orthodox doctrines for the pro mulgation.of which this place of worship was founded, , has been mainly effected through the instrumentality •of members of the Church of England. We hail this as a pleasing indication of• th at good feeling which ought ever to ex ist between the'members of the Established Churches of England and Scotland.. We are informed that many among the poor peasantry of the district in which Risley Chapel is situated urged their g old and silver up on t h e acceptance of-the committee a ointed for the purpose of wresting this place of vvorsipirp-from the hands of the Unitarian usurpers. As usual in cases of a parallel character, the Unitarians refused to produce the original title deeds; and when a bill was filed in Chancery to compel them to show by what right they held possession of the chapel with the pro perty attached to it, they voluntarily resigned their trust, no doubt under a consciousness that the produc- ' -tion of the title deeds would hive served to show the gross injustice of which they had been guilty, in re taining hold of an endowment, which was designed by the pious founders to afford a maintenance for an orthodox minister of the gospel. We look upon this fresh triumph of orthodox prin ro;iples as one of the most important events which has rrecently happened in the religious world, especially as iit affords an example which we hope to find .extensively :followed in other parts of the kingdom. It is a well iknown fact that most of the chapels which are now ;held by the Unitarians in different parts of England :and Wales, together with many other rich endowments inow in their possession, originally belonged to an or 'thodox body of Presbyterians—a body which has al .most become extinct as far as the distinguishing tenets 'which they professed are concerned. Most of the Presbyterian congregations in the country have lapsed into Unitarians, in whose hands the chapels which formerly belonged to the Presbyterians have, in most instances, been suffered to remain. We shall not stop to investigate minutely the causes which led to the la mentable and almost universal decadence of the Eng lish Presbyterians. There can be no doubt that the Principal cause of this untoward change has been the vaunted voluntary principle. Had the English Pres byterians been attached to the Church of Scotland — had they adopted its constitution—acknowledged its authority in ecclesiastical matters—and bound them selves by its established profession of faith—we should not have had the mortification of witnessing those pul- Os, which were formerly occupied by such men as the pious and learned Matthew Henry, now in the posses sion of men who deny the glorious doctrine of the atonement, and who impugn the divinity of our Sa viour. But it does not follow that the Unitarians, as such, have the slightest right to the possession of the old Presbyterian chapels, which are now chiefly in their 'hands; nor have they, strictly speaking, any legal 'claim to the numerous rich endowments which they have d er i ve d f rom t h e same so urce. The case of Lady Hewley's Charity affords strong presumptive evidence of the contrary. The funds belonging to that Charity Were bequeathed for the education and support of " gospel' preachers," under which terms we certainly cannot class the teachers of the Unitarian dogmas. Indeed, the highest legal authorities have decided that the support given to Unitarianism out of the funds of the Charity in question was totally incompatible with the evident intention of the munificent founder, and, accordingly, after appropriating nearly half a million of money out of the fund, the Unitarian usurpers have been deprived of all controu'. over its further distribu tion. The recent change in the trusteeship of Risley Cha pel is another case in point, illustrating the futility of the claims of the Unitarians to the property which originally belong e d to the orthodox Presbyterians. There ca n be no doubt that the provisions in the title deeds of other places of worship are of an equally stringent character with those of this chap el , and that the like s a ti s f actory result woul d follow a similar in vestigation into the alleged rights of the present hold ers of such property. We sincerely hope that the tri umph achieved by our friends of the Established Church at Winwick will be the prelude to a general and searching inquiry into the validity of the titles by which the Unitarians hold so many of the richly en dowed di ssent i ng chapels in the community. We par ticularly call upon churchmen generally to aid in the recovery of such property from the hands of the most inve terate enemies of the Established Church. The noble example set by the parishioners of Winwick Ought to be emulated by churchmen in other parts of the kingdom. We feel assured - that success would crown their efforts while seeking to do away with so monstrous an abuse of trust as that of which the Uni tarians are guilty. We would also strongly urge the n ecessity of similar movements on the part of the or• t hodox Dissenters—to whose feelings the promulgation of Socinian•heresies, we should suppose, must be as repugnant as to those of Churchmen. giving While this advice, we are, of course, pre- Pa led to enc ou nter the most virulent abuse of the ra dical press, whi c h i s a l most universally under the con trl of the Unitarians. But we shall not be deterred from the discharge of what we imperative d ot conceive to be our Y by all the abuse in the world. In an ticipation, however, o f tlie torrent of vitupe ra ti o n towards which will b e directed u s : in the ears of our Socinian opp , we would whisper onents that th ey did pot hesit a t e to urge upon the people of this country the investigation of trusts placed precisely in the same predicament as those in the hands of the Unitarians. We al* to the Parliamentary inquiry into the funds of public charities, endowed schools, &c The corn- Missioners appointed for this purpose have been sig aally instrumental in recovering very considerable fe n d s Which had been long diverted from the original i h jeetacontempl a t e d by the legatees. Let equal jus ice, then, be done to the Unitarians, who have not only diverted the funds now in their hands from those objects for the promotion of which they were be queathed, but have continued to employ them for the Purpose of promulg a ti ng d octrines of a diametri c4llY opposite character to those contemplated by the founders of their chapels, which must be considered as a shameful aggravation of their dishonesty. Several cases have•been mentioned to us, as likely to be shortly subjected to a legal investigation, in . which th e same result is anticipated as that which has been witnessed in the parish of Winwick. Amongst Others we m ay notice the chapel at Gateacre, and the Chi i Per at Chester, the walls of which formerly re sounded to the eloquence of Matthew Henry, the dis tinguished_.a bibli cal scholar and commentator. We do "t feel at liberty to say anything whict have the eff ect of prejudging these cases ; but h we mi certainly w ou l d advise Dr. Shepherd to " ut his house in ord er." lest h e s p hould ' find himself speedily deprived I of t _the broad a cres over which he has now the liberty this subject without once more ad -- verltVine cannot over ,r distinguished ' ~, ri tl t e cli s l t i i t periority of an Established Church the voluntary system. As is well remarked by a Inguislied clergyman in reference to the case of Risley ....nape!, "If any hee ded as to the trustees for d iss ent in g additional conviction were be ad vantage of establishments, it would ' f ound on the present occasion, when, to secure a chapel, on orthodox princi ples, none caul couldd be found, amongper manency whom be attained, except among members of an established chu rc h." A mongst di ssenters there is no security Whatever aga in s t d ec l ens i on i n d octr i ne or lUitY i n iscipline. They are not only liable but apt , to be led away by "every wind of doctrine." They have no fixed canon of interpretation to which they can appeal in every controversy—no constitution to which they are bound to conform—no system of eccle siastical polity to regulate all their proceedings. The only security which a dissenter of any denomination possesses, that the chapel in which he now worships may not fall into the hands of a sect whose doctrines he re pudiates, is a perishable piece of parchment in the shape of a title deed—a security which has been found insufficient to prevent a large proportion of the chapels which once belonged to the orthodox dissenters from falling into the hands of Unitarians. But how differ ently circumstanced are the members of an established church, with an acknowledged ritual, embodying a course of scriptural instruction—with a constitution based upon the soundest and wisest policy— with arti cles of faith imposing a universal obligation upon its ministers—and with endowments which can never be appropriated to the maintenance of heterodox teaching ! It is impossible to contemplate these advantages with out feeling an increased attachment to the established churches of Great Britain and Ireland, which have so long stood as effectual barriers against the encroach ments of Popery—which have so long secured us against the inroads of infidelity—and which have so long preserved, unmutilated and uncorrupted, that sacred deposite, the infallible Word of God. Who would not exclaim, in reference to the established church of England, •' Esto perpetua ?" ,Perhaps we shall not be deemed guilty of presump tion if we should invite our contemporaries, both me tropolitan and provincial, to give the subject of this article their consideration. They may be influential in bringing similar cases to that of Risley Chapel be fore the notice of the public. ST. GEORGE'S HALL.—We are glad to find that the proprietors of this spirited undertaking are deter mined to carry their plans into immediate execution. They have already made ecall of £5 per share, which will enable them at once to proceed with the work. We trust that this call will be promptly and cordially responded to, and that Liverpool will soon have a public edifice worthy of her rank as the second com mercial city in the kingdom. We feel assured that the stigma, which the absence of such a building has so long cast upon the town, will be very speedily removed. Nothing, we are convinced, has been wanting to remove this stigma but an adequate im pulse to the public spirit of the inhabitants; and this impulse has happily been supplied by the committee for the erection of St. George's Hall. LOCAL NEWS. Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Williams will open the commission for the summer assizes, at Lancaster, on Saturday, the 4th of August, and at Liverpool, on Thursday, August 9. The garter vacant by the death of the Duke of Leeds is to be given to the Earl of Derby. THE LATE Wlll. ROSCOE, Esu.—Chantrey has nearly finished a fine statue of our illustrious townsman Roscoe. The figure is seated, and the likeness admirable. It is to be placed in the Town-hall. A ball took place on Thursday evening last, at the Castle Mona Hotel in the Isle of Man, which was most numerously attended. Phillips's exhilarating band played some of the most fashionable quadrilles during the evening, and the com pany did not separate until early dawn. . - BUSINESS OF THE POLICE COURT.—Yesterday, at the Police court, 88 persons were brought before the magistrates, charged with being chunk and disorderly; 50 charged with felony, and 10 persons charged with assaults—in all 148 prisoners. FIRE ALARIL—We would particularly direct the attention of our readers to an advertisement in another column re specting this very useful invention, the simplicity of which, conjoined with its general utility cannot fail to recommend it to the notice and patronage of the public. THE BRITISH QUEEN.—A very splendid portrait of this noble vessel has just been finished, and is now exhibiting (gratis) at Mr. Lacey's, Bold-street. It is from the easel of Mr. S. Warlters of this town, an artist of considerable ability, and who has made, as we believe is generally known. marine subjects his especial study. It is a very clever picture. VESUVIUS—ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—This stupendous work of art has proved, what is in theatrical parlance termed " a hit"—and we are not surprised that many th iusands should visit these beautiful Gardens, when so much attraction is held out to them. The effects produced by the eruption are wonderful in the extreme. AN OLD SLY Fox COMMITTED.—We understand that a man of the nun of James Sixsmith, of Wavertree, has been committed to gaol by Peter Bourne, Esq., for felony. This sly old fox has been long notorious for his depredations upon the hen roosts in the neighbourhood of Wavertree, but has hitherto contrived to elude detection. He has at length been caught, despite his cunning, and as been sent to roost for a season in Kirkdale. PICTURES IN BOLD-STREET.--We understand that upwards of 1,500 persons have visited the Exhibition of Paintings in Bold-street during the past week, Several connoisseurs state that the collection is one of the best that they have seen for a considerable time. "The Guido," we are confidently assured, is'an authentic and veritable production, and we see no reason to doubt the assertion, as it bears about it all the characteristics of that great master. We strongly recom mend an early visit to this display of art. A HORSE KILLED ON THE RAILWAY.—OR Monday night, a horse, that had trespassed on the Grand Junction Railway at Winwick Quay, was overtaken by one of the Birmingham trains. All the carriages, with the eng ine, went over the animal, which was cut to pieces. No further damage was done, and luckily the train was not thrown off the rails. " BETTER TO BE BORN LUCKY THAN RICH."-011 Tues day afternoon, Hampson, a guard on the Birmingham line, fell from off the roof of the last carriage of one of the Grand Junction Company's train, when passing Eccles at full speed. He escaped with a dislocated shoulder and a good shaking, which did not prevent his proceeding home on the following day. A few months ago, the same guard made a similar descent, and rolling into a muddy ditch, received not the slightest injury. STEALING PLATE.—Thomas Boys was on Wednesday brought before the magistrates at the Wairington police - - office, charged with stealing a silver spoon, the property of Hugh Clare, Esq., of Sankey. On Tuesday, the prisoner c ame to the prosecutor's house, and, after making some fri volous inquiries, took his departure; some short time after, Sarah Smith, the servant, who had seen him at Mr. Clare's, went on an errand to Warrington, and on the way she saw eoattnfihdeh at o s p u no ea s t ' I d; e ms o iht b et s e o e d r w v hn e ie d sd o gi t tu t the prisoner .engaged in a scuffle with another man. While e ce as s f t u e wl r al ' Ns s , guilt. He i e e r pris on er s a s o) p po r pn e e gd u rt d oo e p d s fe , committed for trial. HIG HWAY ROBBERY.—On Saturday night, Joseph Ather ton, Joseph Orford, and James Dawson, together with a man not in custody, attacked Richard Faulkner, a workman be longing to the Vulcan Foundry, on his way home from War rington market, and robbed him of his hat, silk handkerchief, and - sixpence in money. O❑ Wednesday, they were brought before the magistrates at 'Warrington, and having been fully identified as the party who committed the robbery, by the evidence of Joseph Chadwick, a hair-dresser, of Town's End, his wife, and Woodcock, the constable, they were committed to the assizes for trial. THE THEATRE ROYAL.—Last evening a corps of English vocalists commenced an engagement of ten nights, consisting of Miss Shirreff, (who was so general a favourite when last here) Mr. Wilson, Mr. Strettun, and Mr. Manners, from the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden : and last evening. Auber's Opera of " Fra Diovolo" was performed. This change from Italian to native vocal talent, evincing the desire of the manager to obtain every attraction, we do not doubt, will be appreciated, and draw good houses. On Saturday evening the legitimate drama was revived, and Shakspeare's "Mac beth" was performed, Mr. Stuart taking the part of Macbeth. The house, we understood, was a very good one. CAUTION TO MASTERS OF yESSELS.—Mr. Hall had a case of collision brought before him yesterday, which took place on the 24th ultimo, by the ship Angelique running foul of the Irishman steam-packet. The latter vessel when under weigh in the Rock Channel, and being a head of the Roscoe packet-ship, had a signal given by that ship to take her in tow, when in the act of doing so, the Angelique and Irishman came in contact; it appeared from the evidence of the pilot of the Angelique, who gave his testimony in a very exact and ca ndid manner, that there was sufficient time to keep the s hip on the same tack, when he suddenly put the ship about and caused the colli s i on , which Mr. Hall awarded was a mere accident.—From a Correspondent. "MERSEY CONSERVANCY."—On Wednesday evening the boroughreeve and constables Met several of the committee, appointed at a late public meeting, and other gentlemen at the York H otel, for the purpose of testifying to Mr. Barrett, their honorary secretary, the high sense they entertain of the services he rendered the town and neighbourhood, in op posing an attempt to interfere with the free use and naviga non of the river Mersey, when they presented him with some valuable articles of plate bearing the following inscrip tion :—" Presented to James Barratt, Esquire, junior, their honorary secretary, by the committee appointed at a public meeting of the merchants and manufacturers of Manchester, to defend the interests of the town from the encroachments projected in a bill brought before parliament by the corpora tion of Liverpool. A.D. Ai occcxxxvit. A memorial of grati tude and respect."—Manchester Courier. COUNTY OF DOWN AND LIVERPOOL STEAM BOAT COM PANY.—The usual half-Yearly meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at their office in Downpatrick, on Monday last. The re p or t o f t h e Di rectors was sat i s f ac t o ry in the highest de g re e . I n M arc h l ast, t h e company was con siderably in debt, but that debt, we are happy to say, has been gradually becoming less every week since, and, in a short time, the Company expect to he altogether free from debt. Several directors, whose term of office had expired, were unanimously re-elected. The Victoria has been per manently placed on the Warrenpoint and Liverpool station; she is to ply between these places twice, and between Liver pool and Lough Strangford once in a fortnight, making, in all, three trips in the two weeks. We can assure those who have money invested in the undertaking, that, if matters proceed as they are doing, they. will obtain good interest for their money, notwithstanding the fears that were entertained, some time ago, for its success.—Downpatrick Recorder. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO A CLERGYMAN.—On Friday evening last, the congregation of the Mariner's Church, Liverpool, presented their esteemed pastor, the Rev. Mr. Maynard, with a very handsome silver tea and coffee service, with the following kind and gratifying address, signed by one hundred members :—Rev. Sir,—We, the undersigned members of your congregation, having long entertained an anxious desire to make known to you how much we value and appreciate your faithful labours amongst us, in preaching the truth as it is in Jesus, during the last six years, beg to approach you this time, and to present to you this service of plate, as a memorial of our united regard and esteem; at the same time, assuring you of all our prayers and . best wishes that b o th you, and your dear partner and offspring, may long li ve i n peace and happiness to enjoy the same. And while we thus wish to shew our gratitude to you, .Rev. Sir, we desire to lift up our hearts in praise and thanksgiving to our Heavenly F a th er , th a t h e b a th been pleased in his own wise providence to cast your lot amongst us, and pray that you may be long spared, to minister to us. With these feel logs, we beg to subscribe ourselves, your faithful and at tached hearers." RISLEY CHAPEL. (From a Correspondent.) A solemn and affecting act of restitution was accomplished at the Hamlet of Peasfurlong, in the parish of Winwick, Lancashire, on Thursday last, by the surrender of the pos session of Risley Chapel, and the property attached to it, about ten statute acres of arable land, a farm house and four cottages, situated in the said parish, on the part or the Uni tarian trustees, into the hands of new trustees, professing orthodox principles, consisting of the Rev. Dr. Ralph, and the Rev. Mr. Park, of Liverpool, the Rev. Mr. Munro, of Manchester, and certain laymen resident in these towns, all of them members of the established Church of Scotland. This arrangement originated with, and was conducted to its termination at some expense and no small trouble by a very few persons, some of high rank and some in humble life, all of them members of the established Church of England. The ex-trustees, with incredible contumacy, had refused to show the title deeds; but when a bill was filed against them by her Majesty's Attorney-General, in the Court of Chan cery, they could not answer it. The Unitarians had no more right to the possession of Risley Chapel than of Westmin ster Abbey. We mention this for the encouragement of others to follow the example that has been set them. It has been often publicly asserted, and never contradicted, that there are in England more than a hundred chapels, many of them with rich endowments, which were, like Risley Chapel, erected for the maintenance and diffusion of the doctrine of the atonement, which chapels are now unjustly and unlaw fully held in possession by the Unitarians. The trusteeship of Risley Chapel was unsolicited by the parties who now hold it, but when it was offered to them free of all debt and clear of every incumbrance, they could not, from a sense of duty, decline it. They have accepted it voluntarily, and we trust that they will act faithfully. As soon as the legal forms were concluded the new trustees repaired to Risley Chapel, and there one of the clergymen, in accordance with the religious principles of its pious foun ders, offered up prayer, and praise, and thanksgiving to Al mighty God, through the mediation of our Lord Jesus Christ, within those walls where for many a year His holy name as the Saviour of the World had been suppressed, in flagrant violation of a sacred trust. THE IRISH TITHE BILL-INCREASE OF PRO- TESTANTISM. (From a Correspondent.) If the debate of Monday night upon the Irish Tithe Bill, in our reformed House of Commons, exhibited no one more important feature than that of the miserable state of subser viency and vassalage in which the Cabinet of England is now prostrated to the power of an Irish demagogue, it must be entitled to deep, and we would hope creative, reflection. It must appear strange to say, that the present government have any pretension to honour, or honourable feeling; but, nevertheless, such is the fact. Lord John Russell makes no secret of his motive—his original postulate, we may call it— in legislating for the temporalities of the Irish church. He has avowed that his tithe bill is "a peace-offering"—in other words, that it is a morsel of political food extended to a hungry and impoverished nation, which the providor anti cipates may satisfy the cravings of the people for the present, It is an ingenious fraud upon the credutity of a nation. THE SWINDLERS or THE EMPIRE imagine that they can draw upon the sanguine temperament of a naturally credulous people for the requisite supply of a bankrupt hope. In truth, this measure is nothing more nor less than a compromise between principle and duty, in which the latter makes a bar gain of its integrity for the consistency of the former—a kind of moral pawnbroking, in which the deposit of principle gets a per-centage upon expediency. If this be not the case, why else should we have the minis terialists, whether orally or scripturally, expressing the " hope" that the present " tithe bill" may (" aye, there 's the rub") prove satisfactory. Satisfactory to what party, we would ask? For the Protestants of Ireland? That would indeed be a bitter mockery ! Well, then, to the Popish sec tion of that country? Yes, there is the quarter from whence the echo of the realisation of the "may" is expected to come. Oh ! degradation upon an English Cabinet, which thus places itself as the puppet of an Irish showman—all IMPOSTOR, who is inferior to a travelling hurdygur'lyman, for he makes men dizancy wear the aspect of an honest calling, and converts the credulity of his country into the staple commodity of his individual aggrandisement. People may doubt such a degradation of the official legis. lators of the people of England; but what is the fact? We have (and let the fact make its due impression on the minds of Englishmen) the Home Secretary of England—the leader of the British House of Commons—in his utter dependency querulously admitting "that Mr. O'Connell will not guaran tee the present 'tithe bill' as a final or satisfactory settle ment" of the question. Can there be anything more truly distressing or i rritating than this ? What! are the legiilative functions of a British Minister to acknowledge the will of an Irish demagogue to be their Lord Paramount? We repeat the question in another form: can there not be laws enacted for a section of the empire, without a positive reference to the governor of its mob? Or we should rather say—can nothing pass current through the Excise office of an English Govern ment, without the permit of the NATIONAL COLLECTOR—MR. O'CONNELL ? The answer to these questions lies in the declarations of the very men who are responsible for the consequences of their peculiar mode of legislation. They glory in their na tional, as well as individual abasement. They are not con tent to wear the evidences of their bondage, unless they rattle the links, so that those who have not eyes to see, may have ears to learn the misery of their slavery. But it would be well if the mischief of the measure ended here. The axe of political power, which the ministers are at present wielding, is striking deeper at the root of the tree of Protestant ascendancy than can be generally supposed. In the many and multiplied discussions which have taken place, as well upon the leading and operative cause, as upon the subsequent details and deductions of "the bill," there has been one great and fundamental truth and principle left out of consideration altogether, viz., the growth, and spread, and eventual security and triumph of Protestantism in Ire land, In all the clauses, provisions, and amendments of the measure, there is no reference to, or ever, recognition of this principle—this primary and moral ground or motive of action. The present Ministry aie legislating for the Protestant Church as if its connection with the State was to be station ary, not progressive. As it would appear, they shut the " toll-gate" of Ascendancy to every one who does not wear a Popish signet in his hat. The measure of the Ministry is a pound-shilling-and-acre consideration. We would weigh them all in the scales of principle. But even if we were to meet them on. their own grounds, what is the superstructure of conjecture we can erect therefrom? We defy the boldest of the advocates of Popery to give satisfactory proof " that the present income of the Protestant clergy of Ireland" is even EQUAL to the demands, wants, wishes, and necessities of such a body. Let us analyse the measure. The average income from 1,422 parishes does not exceed £250 per annum. In one half of such incumbencies there is both a necessity for the provision and services of a curate. There is then to be considered the amount of population. This may be calculated in the ratio of 600 to each parish. _ WE MEAN PROTESTANTS. Well, here 'is the fact we would wish to lay before our readers ! The average income deducible from these 1,422 parishes, as referable to the incumbent, is about one hundred and twenty-five per year. Now what is the taxation pro posed to be levied upon such an income by the present " tithe bill ?" will classify them for the benefit of our readers. Tax tdlPclesiasticar Commissioner Allotvance to landlords, reduced by Mr. Shaw from 30 to 23 per cent 25 Curate on average Poor-rates and revision 5 Of thus in truth making a per-centage of tO per cent., not upon the tangible, hut upon the available income of the Protestant clergy of Ireland. And why is such a sacrifice made? It is nothing more nor less than a sacrifice offered to the landed interest, as an equivalent for the security as well as facility of a "rent-charge." We defy contradiction to the fact we are about to state. It is this—that the present amount of tithe, even if collected, is only one-tenth of the rentage, or one-sixtieth of the produce, of the country. Thus, instead of being ONE-TENTH, which the collection of tithes originally was and is still asserted to be, it is one-fifth in the pockets of the landlord. We leave these important facts to the consideration of our Protestant readers, and we promise them that we shall return to the subject again. GALLANT REPULSE OF PIRATES. We have been politely favoured with the followingextract from a letter, giving an account of an attack made by two piratical proas on the ship Mary Dugdale, of this port, Capt. Harrison, in the Straits of Comback, on her voyage hence to China. The writer, Mr Robert Woodnorth, is mate of the vessel, and son to Mr. Peter Woodnorth, of 33, Paradise street:— " WAMPOA, CHINA, MARCH 2, 1838. " I take this opportunity of writing a few lines to you, in forming you of our safe arrival out here, after a long p assage of 104 days, and some danger. You will most probably, ere this reaches you, have heard of the skirmish we had with some piratical vessels, while coming through the straits of Comback. There were three of them, and a narrow escape we had of it. We were, at the time, but ill provided for such a dust. I think there could not have been fewer than 70 men on board of each of the proas, and much better provided with tire arms than I expected such a set of savages to be. Two of them had each a large brass piece, from which they dis charged some shot about six inches in diameter, with three or four small ones, and musketry. However, to it we went, for there was nothing but do or 'die for it. We had two of them at one time, within twenty yards of us, and I fully ex pected they would have boarded us; but there seemed to be an interference of that undeniable power—the Almighty, for they did not succeed, though I am sure that one-third of their numbers and force had done much more on many occasions. They sent their shot pretty thick, without killing or wound ing any one. Twenty or thirty musket balls went through the sails and bulwarks, and a large piece of stone (about seven inches in diameter) went over the poop and through the spanker. All this time we fought in a very exposed and disorderly manner; but one shot was allowed to tell a tale, for we raked one of them fore and aft with a balland canister shot from one of our swivels, which caused them to haul off to amore respectful distance, yelling like so many devils: we then worked out two heavy guns, wben we could get them to bear upon them. Soon afterwards a breeze sprang up, and we got clear of them, after being engaged with the scoundrels for two hours, and expending nearly half of our ammunition."—Mercury. FEMALE INTREPIDITY.—On Wednesday evening, just before locking up time, Mrs. Jones, the wife of the governor of the Warrington Bridewell, discovered Edward Boys (a prisoner in custody upon the charge of stealing a silver spoon from Mr. H. Clare's house, at Sankey) sitting upon the outside wall, and in the act of lowering his shirt, which he had made into a rope, over the outerside, in order to effect his escape. Mrs. Jones, with a presence of mind well be coming her situation, ascended to one of the upper rooms of the Bridewell, and with a long pole gave " my gentleman" two or three awkward taps on the head, threatening at the same moment to knock him off the wall if he did not imme diately descend. This he unwillingly did. Mrs. Jones then gave him a " good thrashing" with the keys of office, and locked him up in the strong room for the rest of his sojourn at her house. The walls of this prison are in a very defective state. POCKET-PICKING EXTRAORDINARY. A correspondent says, "Returning on foot from the races on Wednesday even ing, between the hours of five and seven o'clock, when the road was crowded with vehicles of every description, and the causeway crowded with pedestrians like myself, I observed a gig with a lusty gentleman and lady drive past, (the horse in full trot.) On the back on the cross-bar stood a prig, evi dently in the act of rifling the lady's right hand pocket; half his body was bent down into the gig, and his right arm ap peared in the lady's pocket. The crowded state of the road, and the rapid motion of the vehicle, prevented any alarm be ing given to the inmates. How far the villain succeeded it is not for me to say ; but as this is a novel way of picking pockets, I think it my duty to caution the public against it. The hurry and bustle occasioned at those times, and the atten tio❑ it requites to drive through a crowd, are favourable to the thieves' designs, and it would be at the risk of any per son's life to attempt to arrest them amongst so many violently driven vehicles."—Mercury. WARRINGTON FAIL—The fourteen-day fair held in this town commenced on Tuesday last. The show of cattle was, perhaps, one of the worst ever witnessed in Warrington. They were for the most part Irish. The few fat beasts of fered fetched from s'd to qd per lb on the average, sinking the offal. Mitch cows were in good demand. The horse fair, on Wednesday, was well attended by dealers. There were several excellent strings of cart horses, which realized fair prices. VISIT OF THE DUKE OF DALMATIA TO LIVERPOOL. ( From the Liverpool Albion.). . We have, in another part of our paper, given an accoun, of the visit of this illustrious individual, better known by the title of Marshal Soult, to Manchester. On Saturday morn ing, at half-past six o'clock, the marshal and his suite, ac companied by Charles Lawrence, Esq., left the last-named town for Liverpool, by a special train. At an early hour the Mayor and a party of gentlemen were in attendance at the Railway-station, in Lime-street, for the purpose of re ceiving and welcoming the distinguished foreigners to our town. The journey from Manchester was accomplished in fifty minutes, some luggage waggons having been on the line. On his arrival, his excellency declined making use of the carriage that had been provided for him, and tie and his train proceeded on foot to the Adelphi. Notwithstanding the ear liness of the hour, a multitude of persons had assembled, who repeatedly cheered the gallant veteran as he passed, and, by their eagerness to catch a glimpse of him, occasionally re tarded his progress. The party of visitors comprised the following distinguished names :—Le hlarichal Soult, Duc de Dalmatie, &c. &c., Le Marquis de Dalmatie, (his son,) Le Marquis de Morney, (his son-in-law,) Charles Manby, Esq., (who acted as inter preter,) Le Colonel Naudet, Le Chef d'Escradon de Tinan, Le Marquis de Bassano, Le Duc de Vicenza, Le Compte de Praslin, Le Compte de Tournon, M. de Francqueville, Admiral Napier, Colonel Napier, Mr. Mackintosh. It had been originally arranged that, after breakfast, the marshal was to visit the markets. In conformity with his own wish, however, after resting for a few minutes, he was conducted by the Mayor to St. John's Market, accompanied only by his son and one or two attendants, where, without being generally recognised, he examined the place at his lei sure. The marshal, it is well known, speaks English but im perfectly, but his son converses in our language with consi derableflueney. It is said, that a gentleman in the market, who discovered the quality of the vititors, expressed some fear lest they should conceive an indifferent opinion of our resources from the appearance of the stalls at that compara• tively early hour. The Marquis of Dalmatia is said to have replied, that he understood very good dinners were furnished in Liverpool! The party having inspected every thing worth notice, returned to the Adelphi, where they break fasted, and remained till about ten o'clock, when the duke got into a •private carriage, and accompanied by his suite, and followed by the mayor, several members of the council, and other individuals, proceeded along Ranelagh-street, Church -street, &c., to George's Pier, where he embarked on board her Majesty's steam-boat Urgent. Commander Chap pell, R.N. received his excellency on board; and Lieutenant Tudor, R.N. commanded the steamer. On his way the mul titude repeatedly manifested the kind feeling with which they regarded him, and be frequently took off his hat in acknow ledgment. He was also loudly greeted at his embarkation. '1 he Mayor had issued tickets of admission to the packet, and eleven o'clock. was the hour fixed for her departure. From the extreme anxiety, however, of Marshal Soult to make the most of his time, and from the party being, from the visit to St. John's Market, at the pier nearly an hour in advance, the steamer, in deference to his wislics, was put in motion at half-past ten o'clock. This was the cause of great disappointment, and the time in advance thus gained had a vexatious influence on every arrangement that had been made throughout the whole day. The first consequence was that a numerous party, including nearly the' whole of the Town Council, who were not iu attendance when the steamer started, were disappointed of the aquatic trip and of the pleasure of meeting with the gallant veteran under extremely favourable circumstances. Several individuals, amongst whom were one or two members of our local legislature, seemed to feel the disappointment very keenly - . As a majo rity, sufficient to form a council, was on the spot, it was wag gishly proposed, that a special council should be held, for the purpose of considering upon what was best to be done under the circumstances. This would, probably, have been carried into effect at once, but the mover was reminded of two insur mountable difficulties, namely, that it was, in the first place, impossible to constitute a council in the absence of the Mayor, as his worship had not appointed any deputy; and, secondly, that it was required by law, that, previously to holding any special council, three clear days' notice should be given ! he discussion, therefore, was general and not special, several persons who are not members of the Council taking part in it. Amongst the persons left behind were some of those to whom the public look for intelligence, viz. the gentlemen of the press„ and, of course, these felt, in a spirit of disinterestedness for which the fraternity are pro verbial, less for themselves on the occasion than for the inha bitants of this enlightened community. " Wo, wo for England, not a whit for me." Various proposals went round, and there was much humour badinage on the occasion: so that, at length, the gloom and vexation were dispelled before the hearty laughter that greeted some of the sallies. One person proposed, that a steamer should be chartered for the use of the detenus, who would thus form a party independent of those who appeared to have left them in the lurch; whilst another waggishly sug gested, that the companions of the brave marshal must hav e had an Urgent necessity for their sudden and unexpected de parture. Meanwhile, the steamer proceeded close under the piers, in the direction of the north shore, for the purpose of giving Marshal Soult and the other strangers an opportunity of in specting the magnificent seawall. Amongst the officers on board the Urgent were Colonel Campbell, commander of her Majesty's forces in this district, Commander Chappell, and Lieutenant Townley. The Urgent was, in the absence of Captain Emmerson, commanded by Lieutenant Tudor, who wore his naval uniform. The vessel steamed some distance along this side of the river. As she passed Messrs. Wilson's ship-building yard, the workmen assembled at the river side and greeted the company with three hearty cheers. After this, the vessel crossed to the flock Fort, when she put about, and ascended the river as far as the Brunswick Dock. As she passed the various passages to the docks, vessels of all nations were taking their departure. It was remarked, that, amongst them, there was but one French vessel, which was seen, just as the steamer was approaching the pier, putting out of the George's !Dock, with the Tricolour flag flying. This must have struck the marshal with a conviction of the very trifling commercial intercourse that is carried on be tween the two nations. As the steamer passed up and down the river, she allowed to the strangers a full view of the Mer sey. The forest of masts which the docks presented, from the north to the extreme south end of the town, with the co lours of every nation streaming in the breeze, (for all the shipping had hoisted their flags in compliment,) had an ex tremely beautiful appearance, and must have reminded the brave old warrior of our indisputable maritime superiority. The steamer returned to the pier a few minutes before twelve o'clock. The voyage was, altogether, a delightful one. A more brilliant day could not have been wished for, and the direction of the wind was such that the whole atmosphere over the town was clear and bright, the smoke being all blown away in a south-easterly direction. The strangers could not possibly have seen our noble river under a more fa vourable aspect; and they, one and all, expressed their high gratification. Marshal Soult took his station on the starboard quarter, the neighbourhood of which he did not quit during the voyage. He took, in regular Oilier, the panoramic suc cession of scenes which the mo ti on o f t h e vesse l b roug h t un der his view. He conversed gaily and frequently with his sou and suite, and other gentlemen who were fortunate enough to get on board the vessel with him. He was repeat edly cheered from the pier, and vessels on the river; com pliments which he acknowledged with simple and unaffected courtesy. On his landing, the crew of the Urgent gave him three chews, and he was received with like gratulations by a large and respectable concourse, who had there assembled to receive him. The gallant marshal and his son, with one or two other gentlemen, then stepped into the Mayor's carriage. Amid the acclamations of the people, they drove to the Town-hall, accompanied by a train of other carriages, containing the re mainder of the suite and several gentlemen of the body cor porate. At the 'Town hall the party partook of a handsome luncheon which had been provided, though "the original blunder," in commencing the tour of the town too soon, rendered it somewhat hurried and incomplete. The Mayor then conducted the strangers to the area of the Exchange, and afterwards introduced the marshal to the Newsroom and Underwriters'•room, in both of which places he was received with cheers, loud and long continued. From the Exchange the party proceeded to the Clarence Dock, where they went on board the beautiful steamer Unicorn, and afterwards on board the splendid steam vessel recently built by Sir John Tobin, with both of which the strangers were highly gratified. The party, having inspected the spacious quays, &c. returned along Waterloo-road, and entered within the walls of the Prince's Dock. There they went on board the fine American. ship George Washington, commanded by Captain H. Hold redge. But here, again, the untoward deviation from the first arrangements threw the gallant captain entirely out of his reckoning, a circumstance of unfrequent occurrence with so able a seaman. Still, as Burns says, " Nae man can tether time an' tide." The arrange;entsofthecommandeTweie completely upset; for, be it known, he had provided a handsome collation, and invited a party of influential gentlerr en to receive the gallant marshal. The latter, however, arrived full three quarters of an hour before the time expected, and the consequence was, that the guests did not arrive till full three quarters of an hour too late, Here, again, the veteran seem©d greatly de lighted with the economy and the beauty of the ship; and he expressed to Captain Holdredge his gratification at being, for once, under the flag of the United States From the Prince's Dock the party proceeded to the New Custom-house, which having viewed they crossed to the Rail way-station, in Wapping, where the marshal went within the tunnel and examined the works. He was then conducted to Air. Logan's chain-cable manufactory, in Stanhope-street, where the stupendous works excited his admiration and asto nishment. As his excellency had inspected the iron steam-vessel Rain bow, in London, he was desirous of visiting the works of M r. John Laird, where she was built: as his time, however, was so limited, and the arrangements made by the Mayor would have been interfered with, he was reluctantly compelled to give up his int en d e d visit to Birkenhead. The party, in their return, drove through the Cemetery, passed the Mechani cs ' Institution and the Infirmary, and pro ceeded to the Adelphi, having been everywhere, when recog nised, greeted with cheers. At seven o'clock the marshal and suite, in the Mayor's state carriage, proceeded to the Town-hall, where a large party were to dine. A great concourse of people had assem bled in front of the hall, and, when the veteran descended from he was again greeted with demonstrations of kindness, carriage. with which h e ap p eare d gr ea tly gra t i fi e d. "The rp( , personal appearance of Marshal Soak," says the e ‘• has b een so o ften delin ea ted, both by pen 0,01, and pencil, that it seems almost unnecessary to allude to it. Without any thing of the air distingue, he has a look of plain, vigorous common sense and decision, which bespeaks the man of thought and energy. Wounds have injured his lower limbs, and age has grizzled his hair and furrowed his cheek, but his appearance is still pleasing, his manner 'extremely so, and his countenance weather-beaten as it is by thirty cam paigns, does not in the least degree belie the character for as well as courage, which he ac gnired distinguished him, not less than than politicalero s i i n m g enerosity h aeanbdiintegrity, is ia ttiieds :hfrom the mere soldier of fortune such as Davoust or Massena. Of his foreign companions it is, of course, unnecessary to sa y o f p e rsons in their high rank, that there appearance is gentlemanly; but we may be excused observing, that they possess, in all eminent degree, that sim ple, unpretending manner and quiet repose which English men are accustomed to connect in idea with the epithet 'gentlemanly.' Much cur i os ity was expressed to recognise the' bearers of the now -historic names of Bassano and Vicenza, the youthful inheritors of honours associated with the glories of the ephermeral empire of Napoleon. The Marquis of Dalmatia, who conversed freely and fluently in English, as, indeed, did some of his friends, was also regarded with great interest, principally from the very striking resemblance he presents to those portraits of his father taken at an earlier period of his life. H is noble person, intelligent countenance, and frank, and simple, and dignified bearing, are a perfect antidote to those ideas of a French marquis which the vulgar form, from the caricatures of obsolete farces, borrowed from French original, meant to reform the subjects of the satire." THE BANQUET. The dinner, which was served in the Grand Dining-room, was provided by Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo Hotel. The mention of this fact is sufficient to satisfy the public, that it was sumptuous and elegant. In short, on this occasion, Mr. Lynn outdid himself as well in the delicacy of the viands as in the taste of the devices and decorations. The ornamental emblems very generally expressed the union and concord ex isting, not only between England and France, but amongst all other nations. About seventy g entlemen sat down to table. Marshal Soult sat on the right of the Mayor, and his son, the Marquis of Dalmatia, on the left. The remainder of the distinguished visitors occupied seats on each side of his worship. Amongst the other guests we observed Sir John Stuart Monteith, one of the oldest and best reformers of England, and who was honoured with his title at the coronation; the Hon. Colonel Molyneux, son of the Earl of Sefton ; Colonel Campbell, the Commander of the District; Captain Chappell, the Conductor of the Post-office Packets; Randal Wilbr..bam, Esq., M.P.; the Mayor of Chester; the Boroughreeve of Manchester; Henry Lawrence, Esq , C. H. Jones, Esq., John Woolwright, Esq., Joseph Ewart, Esq., Christopher Rawson. Esq., William Earle, Esq., Joshua Walmsley, Esq., William Wallace Currie, Esq. T. Blackburne, Esq., Hugh" Hornby, Esq., Charles Horstall, Esq., Thomas Bolton, Esq., Enoch Harvey, Esq., 'F. J. Hall, Esq., Pascoe Gren fell, Esq , Heywood Jones, Esq., Joseph Hornby, Esq., Joseph Langton, Esq., Henry Romilly, Esq., R. H. Gregg, Esq., of Manchester, Theodore Rathbone, Esq., the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, the Rev. Dr. Shepherd, and many of the most influential gentry and merchants of the town. The cloth having been withdrawn, and a most sumptuous dessert placed upon the table, The MAYOR arose and said Our distinguished guests will, lam sure, if from no other reason, from the known gallantry of their nation, excuse our rendering our homage first where the homage of all Englishmen is especially due, to our youthful Queen ; and permit me to propose, ' The health of her Majesty the Queen, Duchess of Lancaster.'" The toast was received with loud cheers, and it was drunk with the most marked enthusiasm. The MA rots again arose and said :—" It is with much pleasure that I have now the honour to propose the health of the head of a great nation with which, we hope, we may per manently continue in cordial alliance, to the benefit of each country and the advantage of the rest of the world, the only rivalry between us being, in future, in the career of im provement, and in promoting those objects which are most calculated to increase the real happiness of nations. • His Majesty, the King of the French."'—(Loud applause fol lowed the toast.) The Duke of DALMATIA, after a short pause, arose and addressed the assembly in French. He expressed his sense of the honour which had been conferred on his nation by the remarks of the Mayor, and said he should report the same to the King on his return. He should'also tell his Majesty of the intelligence of the people of Liverpool, with whose li berality and kindly feeling he expressed himself highly gra tified. He had often heard the Xing speak of Liverpool in terms of admiration; and all that he had, therefore, been led to expect bad been more than realized. Accepting, as he had done, a mission of peace, he should feel proud and happy if he could assist in conducing to feelings of concord and unanimity between two of the greatest nations in Europe. His feeling was, that there should be no more war between them, but that they should be united in the same cause—the cause of universal freedom and good-will to all mankind. His excellency concluded by reciprocating the kind feelings expressed by the Mayor, and drinking the town of Liverpool and the health of his worship. (Cheers.) The MAYOR said, that it would be the greatest affectation in him to deny, that he felt the highest grati fi cation in hav ing his health drunk by so great and distinguished an indi vidual as Marshal Soult. "It is our privilege," continued. his worship, " to have as our guest an illustrious individual whom the King of the French has honoured as his representa tive. That distinguished warrior is now entering, may Ibe permitted to say, a yet more glorious career, 'and is proving how his presence may draw nations more closely together iu. the bonds of amity and peace. I speak, I am sure, the unanimous voice of my fellow-townsmen, when I express our high sense of the honour conferred on us by our distinguished. guest in coming amongst us. I cannot look upon it as a mere passing event, but as the augury of that closer alliance be tween the two great nations, by which the prosperity of each. may be increased, and which must prove a blessing to alt mankind at large. Allow me to propose, The health of his Excellency Marshal Soult.' "—The Mayor had resumed his seat, but he again arose and said, he shouli be gratified if they would give the toast in the true English style, with three times three. Immediately the whole company arose, and gave three times three hearty cheers. 'I he French suite seemed not only amused, but highly gratified at this display of feeling, and it appeared to us that they caught some of the enthu siasm. The Duke of DA LMATIA said, that the sentiments which the Mayor had done him the honour to express he hoped he would allow him in the fullest extent to reciprocate, and he wished the same to be understood with respect to the whole town of Liverpool. The reception and the hospitality which he had met excited a proud feeling in his heart, and be should feel gratified to bequeath to his children a memorial of the honours which they had conferred upon him. He hoped the commercial prosperity of this port and the commercial inter course of this country with his own would be increased to the greatest extent. (Applause.) The MAYOR said— • I have learned, that his Excellency has yet other claims to respect. In that smaller, yet deeply interesting, circle, the bosom of his own family, he has the gratification of seeing the statesmen and the philanthropist. We shall, therefore, I should hope, not be doing what is un welcome to Marshal Soult, while we only do justice to our own feelings, in drinking the health of the Marquis of Dal matia and the Marquis de Mornev."—(Cheers.) The Marquis of DALMATIA said, some years had elapsed since he had last been in this town, but the courteous recep tion which he then met with had not, nor ever would be, effaced from his memory. He had, during his present brief sojourn, been gratified to look upon the many changes and upon the great improvements that had taken place. This he must refer, wherever he had seen it, not only to the spirit of the nation, but to the love of freedom, which was the most powerfut and, indeed, the only beacon which led to great achievements,—the only power which led to the accomplish ment of great things —(Much applause.) It was by the bless ing of splendid exertions that great rewards came. This country had obtained an unparalle led fame: " that it may gather and increase," said the noble marquis," is my most sincere hope."—(Applause.) After a pause of afew moments, _ _ _ The Marquis de MoarsiET arose, and was loudly cheered. The noble marquis is one of the most popular speakers in the French senate, and he spoke with so much vivacity and ani mation, and rapidity, that it was with difficulty we could catch more than the import of what he uttered. He is the great advocate of the free trade systetia in the tribune of his coun try, and his opinions have great weight; and therefore, they are held in respect in this country. The marquis commenced by saying, that he thanked the company for the kind manner in which they had drank his health, and he should always remember his reception in Liverpool - and amongst them with feelings of pride and gratification It had alWays been his object, in the tribune of his own country, to advocate a free trade system; and what he had seen, since he came to Eng land, had determined him still more strenuously to advocate it.—(Applause.) The M A ?nit proposed, as the next toast," Prosperity to the French nation, and the healths of the noblemen and gen tlemen around us, representatives of names enrolled in the pages of history."—(Cheers.) The Count de PnAstiti briefly returned thanks. The MA Yon alluded briefly to`the sentiments that had been expressed by the Marquis de Morney. We should not (he said) he considered sincere, in this commercial place, if we did not express our conviction of the value of a better under standing of the true principles of commercial intercourse. He ventured, therefore, to propose, as a sentiment, "The free and unrestricted interchange of the productions of our respective countries."—( Applause.) _ _ _ The Marquis of DAtr;tAii.st proposed the Lady Mayoress and the ladies of Liverpool. The MAYOR, in return, drank the ladies of France, who, he believed, were the great inducements to their guests to leave them, for they were hurrying away on the following morning. The toast was then drunk with applause, and The MAYOR said, as the ladies were the subject of that, their last toast, they would now join them. The company were about rising to depart, when, The Margins de MORNEY, in a brief speech, returned thanks on behalf of the French ladies; and proposed all the English ladies.—(Applause.) 1 he company then retired to join the ladies and gentlemen whii had been invited to the soiree. THE SOIREE. The magnificent suite of rooms in the Town-hall were thrown open for the reception of the ladies and gentlemen whom the Mayor and his amiable lady had invited to meet his Excellency the Duke of Dalmatia. Mr. Stubbs' har monic band was stationed in the vestibule: the band after ward's removed to the orchestra of the Great Ball-room. This fine band played during the evening favourite airs, and con contributed much to the enjoyment of the company. The guests began to arrive shortly after nine o'clock. The arrangements for the setting down of the company were under the directions of Mr. Whitty, our excellent head constable; and so complete were they that, though,there was a long train ofcarriages, neither delay nor confusion occurred. Mrs. Rathbone and her amiable daughters took their station at the left hand of the entrance to the drawing-room, and re ceived the company as they arrived. By ten o'clock the suite of rooms to the front of Castle-street were densely crowded. There could not have been less than one thousand persons present on the occasion. Among the company we observed most of the principal families in the town and its neighbourhood. Many of the la lies were splendidly dressed, and their appearance could not fail to give the distinguished foreigners who were present a favourable opinion of the beauty of the far-famed Lancashire witches." The pressure in the drawing-rooms was slightly relieved by numerous parties promenading in the Small and the Great Ball-room. The guests whom the Mayor was entertaining still lingered at the table, the sound of the cheering, which, ever and anon, reached the ears of the company in the rooms, evinced that he and they were •‘ enjoying the feast of reason and the flow of soul." Shortly after ten, the Mayor, accompanied by his distinguished guests, joined the company in the drawing rooms. The Duke of Dalmatia, who was plainly dressed, wore a star upon his breast. The noblemen and gentlemen of his suite were also plainly • attired, and some of them wore orders. A number of naval and military officers, several of whom had formed part of the dinner party, appeared in their respective uniforms, and gave variety to the costumes of the gentlemen. The Duke of Dalmatia honoured Mrs. Rathbone with his arm, and promenaded through the rooms. His son and other noblemen and gentlemen escorted the Misses Rathbone and the ladies of their party. The promenading continued for about an hour, the military bands entertaining the com pany by playing a variety of favourite airs. On the entrance of the Marshall to the Great Ball-room, the baud struck up the " Marselloise," the national French air, in honour of his excellency and suite. About eleven o'clock the refreshment-room was thrown open, and the,company partook of tea and coffee. Prome nading was again resumed, and continued till near midnight, when the guests took their departure, highly delighted with the soiree, and particularly with the hospitality and urbanity of Mrs. Rathbone and the Mayor, who, in inviting our fair townsmen to a soiree in the magnificent rooms of the Town hall, have set an example which all future Mayors and their ladies will do well to follow. When we state that the Mayor returned from London on Thursday night only, and that all the arrangements for the reception and entertainment of the Duke of Dalmatia and his suite had to be made after his worship's arrival, it is mat ter of surprise, all things considered, that the affair went off so admirably as it passed over. The invitations to the soiree were not issued till late on the afternoon of Friday, Mrs. Rathbone having returned from Dublin on the forenoon of that day only; yet the result was one of the most brilliant and delighted assemblages ever convened within the walls of the Town-hall. TRIP TO THE MENAI BRIDGE. The voyage to the Menai Straits, for the purpose of in specting the magnificent chain bridge which connects the Isle of Anglesey with North Wales, was considered one of the most important attractions. It was generally understood throughout the town, that the marshal and his suite were to start on this expedition at eight o'clock yesterday (Sunday) morning. This, however, like several other arrangements which had been determinately fixed, was set aside by the marshal himself. He particularly desired, it seems, to get away from Liverpool by one of the early afternoon trains; he therefore determined upon leaving Liverpool for the visit to Wales, at midnight on Saturday. so that he might get back in due time the next day. Her Majesty's steamer Avon, commanded by Lieutenant Townley, E. N. was ac cordingly prepared for the trip. Immediately after the soiree, the marshal and his suite proceeded in three coaches to the George's Pier-head, where the Avon was lying. Several of the hands were placed on the pier-head with lanterns, and the gangways were manned with seamen, who also held lights. Captains Chappell and Townley stood on the deck, and received the guests as they severally came on board. An ample store of provisions, with a complete host of waiters, were sent to the vessel by Mr.. Lynn. The collation, which was contained in several ham pers, eonsis•ed of the most choice and delicate viands, liquors, and wines, and the servants were the elite of his establishment. The steamer was put in motion about one o'clock, and, while she glided down the river, the marshal and the greater portion of his train remained on deck, watching the ever changing lights which spangled the town. and cast number less bright and beautiful scintillations alont , the rippling water. Many of the strangers paced the deck for some time smoking cigars, and conversing in joyful anticipation of the pleasure of the trip. The voyage, after all, so far as the passages to and from the straits were concerned, was disagreeable enough. It was feared by the nautical individuals on board, that the weather would scarcely be such as would suit the stomachs of some of the fair-weather gentlemen of the party, though a certain difference of opinion did obtain on the subject. One or two maintained that the wind had lulled, and that the sea would be perfectly smooth and calm. They were, however, mis taken. The moment the vessel rounded the Rock, she met with a strong head-wind, and a heavy, disagreeable swell, which caused her so to pitch and roll, that most of the pas sengers were fain to betake themselves to their berths. Much to the vexation of all parties, the weather became more and snore disagreeable, the wind increasing in violence, till a dirty, rough sea kept th e s t eamer shaking up and down in all 'directions, and more than one wished, with the pour schoolmaster, that, if Britannia did in very truth ride the , waves, she would have the humanity to rule ihem straighter. All those who were not seasoned, and even some who were, began to he awfully afflicted with sea-sickness. This malady increased so much, that, towards morning, the lamentations began to be very dire indeed. The only persons exempt, if we except Capt.,Townley and his crew, were Marshal Soult, the Marquis of Dalmatia (his son), and Admiral Napier. With the latter, of course, these tossings are things of cus tom; but Marshal Soult told one of his friends, that neither he nor his son were ever sea-sick, or sick in any way: they had no conception of the feeling. Certain it is, that the marshal showed no indication of the malady; and the Mar quis of Dalmatia smoked cigars,.both out and home, with the most perfect nonchalance. Towards morning many of the suite began to wish they had never undertaken the enterprise; and this regret was in creased when it was discovered, that, in consequence of the state of the tide, the hour of starting having been an incon venient one, the entrance to the sound did not contain suffi cient water to enable the boat to pass over in safety, and that the enjoyment of smooth water, now most anxiously desired, would be postponed for some hours. The Avon arrived off Puffin Island between five and six o'clock, havinF been brought to this point in four hours and a half. Captain Town ley was disappointed in his expectations of finding a pilot oft Penman, and he, therefore, thought it most prudent, in the then state of the wind and tide, to wait for the flood. In the • midst of a very heavy sea, the vessel was allowed to drift, oc casionally steaming backwards and forwards, for the purpose Of keeping her within a proper distance of her port of destina tion. The continued pitching and rolling, however, was most annoying to the poor landsmen, especially with smooth water in view. Several of the gentry now began to make their appearance on deck, with pale faces and " lack-lustre eyes," and very few of them seemed in the least to relish the situation in which they were placed. The fresh, cold, morn ing breeze, and the sight of the sun rising over the distant ex panse of heaving billows, brought the colour to it few cheeks, and seemed to powerfully revivify such as had suffered least. Captain Townley turned the head of his vessel towards the dangerous passage leading into the strait one hour flood, and brought the vessel through without the assistance of a pilot. The passage through the sound between Puffin Island and Anglesey, always one requiring the utmost caution, is now doubly dangerous and tedious, from the wrecks of two vessels which lie in mid-channel. In the first place, there is the mast of the sloop, which, at the time when the Avon passed, stood several feet out of the water; and, farther in, at a still more difficult point, the wreck of a vessel was seen rising above the boiling waves. The steamer, however, was brought through in gallant style, without the slightest approach to danger, though not without great care and watchfulness. Arrived off Beaumaris, it was again found impossible to procure a pilot. A boatman, accustomed to the strait, was, however, taken on board, and, with his assistance and directions, the steamer was taken to within five or six hundred yards of the bridge, where she cast anchor. The two boats belonging to the Avon were hoisted out and manned, and Captain Chappell took charge of one and Ad miral Napier of the other. In the former, Marshal Soult, the Marquis . of Dalmatia, Colonel Napier, and two other gentlemen embarked; and in the second the remainder of. the suite. They were rowed along the banks till within a short distance of the bridge, that stupendous work, which may rank amongst the greatest of the wonders that have been wrought by human ingenuity and perseverance. The Menai Bridge, however, with the harbour, the straits, and the communities adjacent, with every thing appertaining unto them, have employed the pens of so many authors that we feel any further description of them here would be out of place ; nor have we at this late hour, and in the present squeamish state of both stomach and fancy, any inclination to indulge in pictorial display. Suffice it to say, that the marshal and his friends viewed every portion of the im mense and novel fabric with delight and admiration. We observed, that, not only in this case, but during the whole voyage, Colonel Napier, the celebrated historian of the Peninsular War, evinced the most eager curiosity, and he scarcely seemed satisfied while auything remained unex plained, or imperfectly understood. Marshal Souit, though he was evidently much interested, appeared to be suffering from fatigue, and occasionally he seemed only to yield him self to the wishes of those around him. The Marquis of Dal matia entered with keen and ardent interest into every in quiry and inspection. The survey of the bridge having been completed, the im patience of the marshal led him to urge an immediate return to the vessel. Accordingly. the party wended their way to the boats, which lay far down in the tide below, and they were quickly rowed to the steamer, which now had the tri coloured flag floating at her main, mounted by the English pennant. Here an elegant and sumptuous dejeuner a la /ourchette had been spread during the absence of the party. The appetites of the guests had been sharpened, not less, perhaps, by the recent depletion, than by the keen mount a in air which they had inhaled. Accordingly, they did ample justice to the viands set before them, and while they were breakfasting the vessel was got under weigh. The gusto with which the meats were disposed of, and, afterwards, the fragments of fowls, tongues, beef, ham, &c. &c., showed that the repast had been a delightful one both to ap petite and palate. But, alas! "all that's bright must fade," and all sublunary joys are of short duration. The steamer got out of smooth water, and she began again "to play at pitch and toss," regardless both of the day and the rank of the voyagers whom she carried. The faces of several began again to look pale, and the sumptuous meats which had been swallowed-but why pursue such a picture ? Suffice it to say, that the waves were stilt in a state of unsubdued wild ness, though the swell was not quite so high; and that many were compelled to betake themselve to their berths, while others paced the deck in a state not the most agreeable. As the steamer neared the New Channel, the water became more smooth, and most of the company partially recovered. Again, a most elegant repast had been spread, and we may take this opportunity of bestowing our tribute of praise on Mr. Lynn, for the luxurious and ample provision which he bad made, and for the excellent and judicious arrangements made by his servants. The stewards of the Avon also exerted themselves to the utmost, and the result was the utmost perfectitude of arrangement in the department. The guests had again re covered their appetites most marvellously, and they did due honour to the good things provided. The gallant marshal poured a little wine into a glass, and proposed the health of Captain Chappell. One of the party offered him some water. He said, "No : as I have taken the wine merely that 1 may drink the health of the captain, I will not do it halt sad half; I will not reduce it by putting water to it, I will take it as it is." Captain Chappell was indefatigable in his attentions to the friends of the ambassador. The nautical skill, and great attention and urbanity of Lieut. Townley entitle bin to the highest commendation, and, we have reason to believe, they were highly appreciated by the illustrious guests. Previously to the disembarkation of the Marshal and his suite, the Mar quis of Dalmatia presented to Lieut. Townley, the corn mander.of the Avon, a letter written by his father (the Duke of Dalmatia), expressive of the high gratification which he bad experienced in the course of the trip, and particularly complimentary to the gallant commander, whose politeness be acknowledged in glowing terms. The view, as the steamer neared the river, was beautiful end animating in the extreme. Crowds of vessels, of all descriptions and all nations, were putting out of port; some of them towed by steamers, and others trusting to the un aided power of the wind. the sight was magnificent, and the guests gazed upon it with delighted eagerness. Several vessels, knowing that the Avon had taken the marshal and his train on this voyage, recognised her as she passed, and the crew greeted his excellency with loud cheers, which he acknowledged by taking off his hat. Arrived opposite the steps near the Prince's Pier, the steamer Redwing was hailed, and the company were transferred to her to be couveyed to the landing-stage, as the Avon was too large to go close in shore. Marshal Soult and his friends shook hands with Lieut. Townley as he and they left him, and expressed them selves gratified with his kindness and urbanity. Captain Chappell embarked with :he company in the Redwing, where they were received by Lieut. Tudor. As the Redwing passed the Urgent, the rigging of the latter was quickley manned with the seamen, who gave three hearty cheers. As the dis tinguished strangers passed accross the landing-stage, where they were received by the Mayor, who had been waiting since two o'clock, similar demonstrations proceeded from the crowd. His worship had carriages in attendance, in which the train took their departure from the Pier, amid loud cheers from thousands of individuals who were there assembled. DEPARTURE 6P THE VISITORS The marshal and his suite proceeded from the Pier to the Adelphi Hotel, where the former alighted. On his entrance, it was observed, that he waited within the hall for the Mayor, to whom he presented his hand with great cordiality. The party remained at the Adelphi about ten minutes, when they departed for the Railway-station. Here a special train was prepared, and the strangers, having taken leave of the Mayor, set out for Wolverhampton. They were to remain in the latter place all night, and at an early hour this morning they were to set out fur London, where the marshal has some e'lagements to fulfil. The reason of his great baste is, that he is anxious to be in Paris in time for the celebration of " the three glorious days of July." TRIAL OF ANTHRACITE COAL. We understand that, on Friday last, a trial was made on the Liverpool and Manchester railway, of the applicability of Anthracite coal, as a fuel for locomotive engines, under the superintendence of Mr. Woods, the talented engineer of that line, and with the approbation of the Board of Directors. Mr. E. 0. Manby, an engineer connected with the South Wales Anthracite district, who has devoted his attention most. successfully to the introduction of this fuel, was present, and assisted in the trial. The engine employed was the Vulcan, one of the smaller engines, used for conveying goods. The general result of the trial was highly satisfactory. In the first instance, the engine ran out without a load about six miles, and the coal was found to do very good duty, without any difficulty being experienced either with the tubes' or in getting up the fires. It was noticed that the fuel burnt nearly without dust from the chimney and entirely without smoke. The engine brought back a load of coal waggons from the Huyton col liery, and acquired a speed, thus loaded, of twenty-one miles an hour, which is about the duty of the Vulcan.• Another trial was made in the evening, with the same en gine, for the whole distance to Manchester, taking five load ed wa)gons. The journey was performed in one hour and twenty-nine minutes. The consumption of Anthracite was only five and a half cwt., although a large portion was .wasted from the fire-bars being too wide apart for the economical use Of this fuel. The engine would have used upwards of seven and a half cwt. of coke for the same journey, with the same load. We regard the success of this trial as likely to prove, in its result, a most important public benefit. The price of coke, as the demand for it for use in locomotive engines, on rail ways, has extended, has increased, in some places, almost fifty per cent.; and in districts which produce no coal this enhanced cost of coke will be seriously prejudicial to the success of railway undertakings. If Anthracite can be ge nerally applied in locomotive engines, we are given to under stand, that a saving of thirty to forty per cent., in cost and quality, will be effected. We hare no doubt,"that the di rectors of our leading railways will instruct their engineers to follow up these experithents, and introduce such modifi cations into the form and workings of the fire boxes as the use of a new fuel may naturally . be supposed to require. The application of Anthracite to marine engineS is the next object most deserving the attention of practical men. The journalists of the United States appear to claim for their country almost the exclusive production of this invaluable fuel, which is destined to play so great a part in the iron manufacture, in railway locomotion, and in steam naviga tion; but the western part of the outh Wales coal field, with reference to which Liverpool is, geographically, so favourably situated, contains stores of Anthracite of much superior quality to those specimens from America which we have seen, and can produce it a much smaller cost.— ..lib/on. This day will be launched, from the building-yard of John Dawson and Co., Baffin-street, a beautiful new brig, of 200 tons register, intended for the Oporto trade. POLICE . NTELLIGENCE. ATTEMPTED BURGLARY.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, policeman 170 stated, that after taking a boy into custody on suspicion, for lurking about a warehouse, the lad informed him that a robbery was going to be committed at a plasterer's in Head-street. 'After he had taken the lad to Bridewell, he proceeded to Head-street, and found the doors of a plasterer's shop broken open. He roused up the inmates, and on search ing the house, the prisoner, a noted thief, named James, was found under one of the beds. A young man, resident in the house, stated that be was awoke by the policeman, and, on searching the house, the prisoner was found. He had broken two locks to get into the premises. The prisoner was sent for three months to Kirkdale. FLAMBIING A POLICEMAN.— Yesterday, at the Police office, a respectably dressed female, who looked heartily ashamed of herself; named Mary Griffin, was placed at the bar, charged by policeman 205, with having grievously de ceived him. Yesterday morning," said the policeman, with a very grave face, " 1. met this woman about six o'clock, and she said she had a watch which she had picked up, and which she would give to me if I would meet her. I thought she might have the watch upon her, so took her to Bridewell and had her searched; but it turned out that this watch which she said was a good Sun to go,' had gone, and that she had not a watch at all. She was rather intoxicated." Mr. Hall—" She has been very facetious with you, I suppose. (To the prisoner.)—Well, what do you say about this watch ?" • Prisone;—" 06, well, your banner, I don't remember a ha% porth about it." Mr. Hall—" Well, you have had a night's lodgings for your joke."—Discharged. RESULT or DRUNKENNESS.--Yesterday, at the Police office, a respectable looking mechanic, named Bond, was placed at the bar, under a serious charge of assault. The keeper of a wine vaults stated, that on Saturday night he had a barrel in the street before his door, the bung of which he wanted to get out, and a boy in his employment named Da vis, was trying, with a small hatchet, to get it out, when the prisoner walked up and said he would get it out for him, and he was allowed to take the hatchet. After striking three or four blows with it at the barrel, it was seen that he was drunk, and could not be of any service in getting the bung out, and the boy Davis told him to stand out of the way and give him the hatchet. Without saying a word, the prisoner struck the lad at the back of his head with the sharp edge of the hatchet, cutting through his cap, and laying his head open. The boy was lying very ill from the injury. The prisoner said he was so drunk he recollected nothing about it; but he bad offered to pay all the damages. The mother, who was present, said he could never pay her child for the injury he had done him. The Magistrates fined the prisoner £5 for the assault. THE POLICEMEN AND THEIR STlCKS.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a female named Cameron, who appeared at the bar, and a man named Holden, the ostler at Mrs. Stretch's, at Kirkdale, who had been out on bail, were charged by police officer 229 with violently assaulting him. The Police man stated that he was on duty on Saturday afternoon at Everton, when he saw a drunken man coming along the road in charge of a cart, and the female prisoner following him, as he (policeman) thought to rob him. The man's cart was right across the road in the way of the mail which was coming up, and he was so drunk, that he (policeman) was obliged to take the cart out of the way. The woman then struck him and gave him a black eye, and whilst he was scuffling with her, the defendant Holden came up and struck him. The female prisoner said that the drunken man was ber brother in-law, and sbe was seeing him out of town he was so tipsy, when the officer came up, and gave her a violent poke in toe back with his stick, and when she remonstrated, he knocked her down, and beat and abused her shamefully, She was very severely injured by the blows she had received. Mr. Halt directed the prisoner to be examined by a female, who on her return stated that the prisoner's knees were black and blue, the skin off, and much swollen, and she had a small round bruise on her hip which she could not bear touching. On be halfof the otherdefendant. a number of witnesses were called, who stated that the policeman knocked the carter down with his stick and ill used the woman, knocking her down three or 'four times with his staff, when the ostler went out of Mrs. Stretch's yard, and told the policeman not to ill use the man, but to take his number, when he seized him violently by the collar and asked him what he had to do with it, and an hour and a half afterwards went to Mrs. Stretch's, and took him into custody. The woman had struck the policeman, in the first instance, a blow on the face. - The policeman persisted in denying that he shuck either the drunken man or the fe male. Mr. Hall.—" Here are no less than five persons who were there by chance who say you were using that woman in a very disgraceful manner." The policeman.—"l did not, Sir." Mr Hall.—" The stick was given to y ou never to use against an individual, especially again s t a woma n ; it was given you for quite a different purpose. Upon. my word it is too bad. I am as anxious as any man can be to protect the officers in the discharge of their duty, but I will not allow a man to behave in this way. It is ver;. disgraceful. You bring the whole police force into dis credit. Such a thing as this would not be alloWed in Lon don for one moment, and no police-officer in London would ever raise his stick against a person unless h e was a b out to he beaten to the ground; and it was an act of n ecess i ty. My brother magistrate quite concurs with me in th e v i ew I take of it. We think it is doing a kindness to the police force if we make a rule to discharge all officers behaving in this way - because when the officers know that the magist ra t es will dis miss them for such conduct they will cease to behave so. The parties are discharged, and (to the officer) you are dismissed. (A buzz of approbation ran through the court a t t hi s deci sion. This will be found the most efficient way to protect the a p ta o tp l i ic .,,nk e i e n a einu drunken t t h h e e m r s i el bfso v o e wl s ii . sthh At the present, aenijgoel. policeman's on frequentlyapna.sssing stick; a the policeman,ar e fi t r a s l t ia s t a o l rucs blow is most likely immediately given, a row ensues, three or four policemen rush to the plac e , th e man is conveyed to bridewell with his head broken, and there is additional busi ness for Mr. Hall next morning to fi ne t h e drunken 'simple- ton for assaulting the policemen. This is a crying evil, and wants a stop putting to it. To use Mr. H a ll' s words such conduct is "too bad." Not only are individuals frequently hurt and abused by it, but the policemen themselves often get severely injured in the rows which they thus provoke; and, what is worse, engender an ill feeling in the town against them. The sticks ought never to be allowed to be used except in cases of extreme necessity; and it ever they are used without occasion, the policemen ought to be invaria bly punished, for taking the surest means of exciting a row; for, it is out of the question to suppose that men, if excited, will tamely submit to be struck, or poked in the ribs, by p a _ linemen, any more than by anybody else.] A direct trade, which is thought likely to turn out very beenn opened Arthur Anderson , betw ee ofBPain and th e the f irm beneficial,shet Shetland bas Islands. lat e lyi‘• r. A Messrs. 'Wilcox and Anderson, has been appointed by the Queen of Spain vice-consul of these islands. The Rev. Joseph Wolff, LL.D., has been appointed Chap lain to Lord Lorton. WHITE STARLINGS.-Mr. Charles Storr Kennedy, or Fair View Ulverston , has now in is possession two white star lings, (or, as they are called in that part of the country, chipsters,) taken this season from a nest which contained four young ones,.but the other two are of the ordinary colour. —Carlisle Patriot. AWFUL VISITATION.—An elderly woman, named Mar garet Flynn, living in Short's-gardens, Drury-lane, was on Thursday night last drinking in company with a bricklayer, at a gin-shop in the neighbourhood, when a question was put to her on the subject of some money, which the woman denied having, adding, that if she had, " she wished th a t t h e "iug miiht strike her dumb." She was mu c h intoxi cated a h t ty the thine, and in a few minutes afterwards fell to the ground in a state of insensibility. On being raised up and carried home the wretched woman partially recovered , but she had lust the power of speech, and to the present moment has been unable to articulate a word.— S tandard. HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY.—The Directors of this Com pany entered into contracts, on Saturday last, for the two remaining portions of the line, viz., from the junction with the Leeds and Selby Railway at Selby, to the river Derwent, . a distance of six miles; and from Melton to the Market Weighton embankment, also a length of six miles. The bridgeon nfston in d in ehtins b overthe river Derwent was let at the same time. As the contractors are bound to commence op er ations imme diately, the whole of the works between Hull and S e lby will in a short time be carrying on, and befo re th e c l ose o f th e year 1839 all the contractors are to compl e t e th e i r respect i ve engagements.— Hull Times. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by C o l one l J ones , s l ep t at Mr. Wallis's the Kin g 's H e ad H o t e l, D er b y, on T ues d ay night. As soon as it way k nown th a t hi s roya l hi g h ness was in the town, the ringer s at th e severa l churches gave the royal visitor a merry peal, and hi s presence created quite a sensation in e n t rl ea that borough; u,e the are desire afmid to hi se ro e ya h l im hia w h a n s es s s o w a a r s dentand gincom moded hotel,ai a n d perambulatinge ggrg ave va et numbershi m the a h tow n. e aof s heart persons cheer h e H e e r • assemb led Wednesday frontsd a of movements mo t i r i n e i n n , h leaving. His royal Hi gness passed through M atlock, on his way to Chatsworth. At this romantic place he went up the Heights of Abraham, to the Rutland Cavern, and ex ceedingly admired the sweet scenery and the extensive view from that commanding height. On his return to the Old Bath, his royal highness called at Mawe's Old Museum, ad mired the splendid stock, and made some purchases. We understand he intends to spend some days in viewing the scenery of this county.—Derby Reporter. SELBY RAILWAY.--AE an evidence of the increase of travelling attributable to the formation of railways, at pre sent the number of passengers through Selby, on a moderate calculation, amounts to 600 daily, whilst the number in a corresponding season, previous to the Leeds and Selby rail way, did not exceed 50. The great regularity of the de parture and arrival of the trains, together with the facilities 'afforded for passengers. luggage, &c. is deservedly raising the management of.the undertaking in public repute; and we are happy to understand, the business of the line is steadily on the increase.—Hull Times. BIRMINGHAM, FRIDA Soult and a numerous `suite arrived by a special train on the railway in this town at 11 o'clock this morning. A large concourse of people was assembled to receive him, and the marshal was loudly cheered on his arrival at the station. The train, which consisted of several carriages, left Euston-square at half -past five o'clock, and performed the distance to Denbigh-hall (48 miles) in 1 hour and 20 minutes. The distance from Denhigh.hall to Rugby tat miles) was posted in 2 hours and 14 minutes, and the remaining line of railway, from Rugby to Birmingham, (28 miles) in 1 hour. Thus - the whole distance from London to Birmingham, including the stoppage of nearly an hour at Rugby, where the marshal and his suite breakfasted, was performed in 5 hours and 34 minutes. The marshal, on alighting from the London and Birmingham carriage, en tered one of the Grand Junction mails, and in the course of 10 minutes the party left the yard for Liverpool, amidst the loud cheers' of the populace. He looked remarkably well, and appeared highly gratified with his reception. He is to be in Birmingham on Monday, when he will be publicly received and entertain e d by th e authorities.—*,* 'we be lieve Marshal Soult started from London at half-past four, instead of half-past five. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON:—He is almost invariably to be seen among the first who make their appearance on the opening of the doors, and he is usually among the last to quit the house. He is usually wrapped up, close to the mouth, in a narrow cloak, which does not reach the length of his knees. He is a man of whom the tory party may well be proud; he is in every respect a credit to that party. Most assiduously and heartily does he labour in their service; not, indeed, with the view of promoting party purpose; but, be cause he deems toryism to be heaven-burn, and, consequently, most conducive to the interests of the empire. I have no idea that any other consideration than that of a persuasion that he is acting for the welfare of the country, would ever operate on his mind. Mistaken, as I regard him to be, in many points of essential importance, I cannot resist the con viction, that he is actuated by the purest motives. I cannot conceive that anything but genuine, even if misguided, patriotism could induce such active exertions in a man who has attained the advanced age of 70; who has so distinguished a reputation ; and who is, moreover, so advantageously cir cumstanced, in reference to pecuniary matters, as the duke. It is no less gratifying than surprising to see a man who has reached such an age, and undergone so much anxiety of, mind, and great physical fatigue, looking so well, and in such excellent spirits. Nothing but an extraordinary energy of mind, and a constitution of the m o st ro b us t kind, cou ld have enabled the duke to servive the eurcumstances in which he passing h e were in has been placed, and the hardships he has un d ergone. Th ere still i t i the e i n htohues prune a he sits, night alter night, with his a rms usua ll y f o ld e d on his breast, and his right leg thrown over hi s l e ft , li stening most l a tio tte k n in ti g ve a l s y f t r o est e i v a e n r Y h vi i g n o g rots whichiis as i f of life. His grey hair, approaching to whiteness, is the principal, if not the only index to the accuTulation of years which has gathered on his head which his personal aspect affords. If one might judge from_ present appearances, e a though in such m a tt ers w know how that the duke deceptive appear ances often are, th e conclusion would be., is destined to live f or many years to come.-- Random Recollsc lions of the Lords and Commons, Second Soriei. 1 c . .4 1111 ..