The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-07-26 00:00:00

;: 1 6, de for D 9 e subject, ttee fully ect of the . ars past, consider minishecl. :the malt wricultu had been interest. ,rward in en one of :ry would [le would nust eon , member tntry that milted to into this , founded rnmittee, ject. It commit s rather distress flt.lemen !cessarily declining riven his ell recol- Id be the Lad been !usion to culturists to expect the way ,h au P ., " rd there- JuLy 26, 18•%. fore if the noble lord without a division (hear, hear,) agreed to let the committee report the evidence only to the house, it was rather too late for him to endeavour to throw the responsibility of the committee having agreed to no report upon the shoulders of others. (Cheers.) Mr. SANDFOR D said that the question which the committee had discussed was not whether the report which the chairman had drawn up be received, but whether the committee should make any report to the house. If the committee had done their duty, they ought to have adjourned and drawn up resolutions. He believed that the agricultural interest would not he bene fited by the agitation of this subject. Sir It. PRICE explessed his opinion that, nn relief could be given to th e agr i cu l tura l i nterest b y l eg i slative enactments. Ile would ask whether the fact that no report could he agreed upon did not prove that the result of the evidence was that no one remedy that had been proposed could be effectual? After a few words from Mr. HAWES and Sir J. GRAHAM in explanation, Mr. S. LEFEVRE brought up the report of the committee on agriculture, which was laid upon the table in the midst of loud cries of " Hear." "NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. HUME rose, pursuant to notice; after referring briefly to 'the circumstances under which the commissioners were ap• pointed, for selecting the designs for the new houses of parlia ment, he said, th a t se l ec ti ng M r . B arry ' s p l an was the result of an erroneous judgment, and at variance with the instructions of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, for the interior ar rangenaents. He therefore moved that an humble address be presented to his Alajesty, praying, that in order to obtein plans for the new houses of parliament in accordance with the in structions issued by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, his Majesty would be pleased to direct a fulther competition of designs without limits as to the style of architecture, and the expense of erection not to exceed a sum to be fixed; and that such designs should be exhibited before commissioners to be appointed to examine and report upon the same. (Hear.) Mr. Ew RT seconded the motion, and after a lengthy discus. aion in which Mr. H. Tracy, Mr. Estcourt, Sir J. C. Hobhouse, B if R. Peel, and Mr. Wyse took part, the motion was put and negatived. The Post-office bill was then read a second time, Mr. Wal lace consenting to withdraw his resolution. The house then went into committee on the newspaper post age bill. The clauses were agreed to. Report on Monday. Mr. STEWA RT said it was not his intention to press the mu bicipal corporations (Scotland) bill this session. The house adjourned at two o'clock. HUSE LORS.. On the m o ti on O of Viscoun OF t MEL D BOURNE, —FRIDAY that the Church of Ireland bill be read a second time. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that he should offer no op_ position to the motion, but hoped their lordships would be pre- Pared to consider the bill in committee, with a view to make such amendments in it as might be deemed consistent with the interests of the church and the people connected with it. The second reading of the bill was then agreed to. OUSE OF COMMNS.—FRIDAY. , There being only 32 members O present at four o'clock, the louse was adjourned till Saturday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—SATURDAY. The house met to-day. About 200 members were in attend ance. The ministerial benches were crowded. No business Df importance, however, was transacted. The debate on the 1 - 3 hurch of England bill was adjourned to Monday. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SPAIN. From e nmes. S. SEBASTIAN, JUL Y the ) 16.—Since the affair of the Iltb, there o h ave been no active demonstrations of hostility b e t w e e n ,the -a nglo-Spanish troops and the Carlist t roo p s i n thi s neighbour hood, beyond the usual dropping shots o f some o f th e ou tp os t s at each other. If appearanc es are t o b e trusted, it would seem di rection the C ar li s t s h ave somet hi ng to occupy them in another u _, l rection, as a large portion of th e i r f orce h as w ithi n th e l as t da y or two been drawn off from before the lines here, which 'tO ir cumstance goes in some measure to give a colouring of truth a report that prevailed here yesterday, that Cordova hail Moved from Vittoria, and come down hitherward as far as B aiinas about 18 leagues di s ta n t f rom S e b as ti an . A no th er report brought yesterday by a French naval office from France that General Bernelle, with the French Legion and a rein forcement of Spanish troops, had had, within the last four or !lye days, an encounter with a divisi o n o f D on C ar l os ' s arm y, l a which the latter were defeated with considerable loss. Upon this occasion it is said that the Spanish troops rivalled in the Itiscrity and vigour of their attack th e ir f e ll ow com batants of the' French Legion. Should these two tumours turn out to be well founded, it will form some compensation for the disap rhiitment consequent upon th e resu lt o f th e a ff a i r of th e 11th. t 0 a 'is affair has given rise not only to some dissatisfaction, but considerable difference of opinion. The younger and more ardent spirits of the Legio n con t e nd that an a tt ac k on Fon tarabia might at least have been attempted, and maintain, with that confidence in the happening of that which they so eagerly F ished for, that it must have been successful, whilst the older a nd at least more prudent heads aver, that on findin g th e t own hut by any means in the defenceless state it h a d b een repre enteci, it would have been an error in generalship (certainl 71,e ins humanity) to have risked a considerabl e loss of life for temporary possession of a town ; for to have kept perma 'Tilt possession of it would have required not only the leaving .11. i strong garrison in it, but the keeping up an uninterrupted I :" of communication between it and Passages, a distance of I,!tween eight and nine miles—a plan utterly impracticable with ;"eaa,uumber of troops under General Evans, a number barely atcient to keep.the very extended lines in their possession. itch are the conflicting opinions that have been the chief food Fa r discussion here for the last four or five days. It is for ex perienced and impartial military men a l one to d ec id e w hi c h o f 'ne tw o is the sounder. That the dissatisfaction, however has not been limited to a but has even spread amongst the men, some proofs were ? v eri yesterday. The Bth regiment b e i ng on para d e, t h e word ",` ei numand was given to go through a cer t a i n manoeuvre, b ut et tin t a so ldier moved a muscle ; the e stad wor was repeated twice over, the men remained in the samte of dogged immobility. ( 1 Ihe captains of companies asking the meaning of such con lat, a private of each company stepped forth and said, that the Ole of the regiment had come to the resolution of doing no rope duty until they got a partat least of their hard-earned and aftdue pay. An officer immediately rode into town to acquaint Lieutenant-General with the circumstance, and a short time ,en erwards a sum of money to satisfy in part the demands of the was_issued, which sum of money, it is said, was taken from t a funds destined to pay the officers' field allowance. It is un vteessary here to make any comments. from their being so ob anis on the danger to the future discipline and subordination the troops involved in this circumstance, or upon the folly, Ill gratitude, or bad faith of a government that can leave a Gene fl, the only one who has done them good and substantial service, R i this year's campaign at least, to struggle with such cruel and Otost insurmountable difficulties. Yesterday was also marked 2 another and still more disgraceful circumstance—that of Z 7 ea men of the Ist Regiment of Lancers, with their horses, and accoutrements, going aver to the enemy. They were au out-picket, and went of in s. a body and at full gallop to the arlia (From the Correspondent of the Times.) ARIS, JULY 20, 1836.—Y0u will not have forgotten the key Jaye you to decipher the events which are now passing before el . eyes in Spain. This will explain the failure of General 4 van's expedition against Fontarabia. According . to previous hltallgentents, he was to have been supported by a simultaneous h i ft vement of Bernelle in the direction of Irun. Evans fulfilled 11 1 8 Part, but the other not having made his appearance, nor even W as any symptoms of stirring in the whole 36 hours that Evans r etira i . ll action, he decided (very prudently, i n my op i n i on) on , POW " but. this repulse has strangely sunk the Legion in ft . .te opinion here. To give you a beher idea of the course qb! III I are taking against English influence (which it is the r o i l i e ,Ft , here to undermine at all risks,) and the efforts that are b ea ‘ l , 4 , l g to render French intervention indispensable, you must eial ~lts mind, that, according to the statement founded on offi toe mo euments contained in Cordova's exposition to the govern roellt.on the sth o f A pr il, D o n Carlo s c ou ld no t muster 23,000 h ac it 10 line ; and that Cordova, by his own acknowledgment, t oe ,, e " th 7th of April, including the auxiliaries, a b ove 100 , 00 0 t o , Now o f Don `arlos's 23,000, 4,000 have gone with G omez the 2,000 with Castor to the Asturias, and 2,000 more to pp Province of Soria. Cordova, notwithstanding his boasted lis ,7. of blockad e , h as a ll owe d these 8,000 men t o p ass th roug h In es, to carry the firebrand into the interior of Spain; and t i o n Carlos would never have detached so considerable a por with o f • th his troops had he not been sure of remaining unm o l es t e d ti ow e rest. So in Navarre, Biscay, and Guipuscoa, there are Vat e ; l NY 1 5,000 of the rebels : of these, the greater porti on are 'u Proh„,,s iv I ng Evans, and the remainder are unmolested, and unap e of attack. n A , THE MINISTRY. le t 'a t ,;, 4 . Russell assembled his mediate and immediate friends Pro e ":"_,al' morning at the Foreign-office, to discuss the mode of tili ti h — :,`"9..g . in the important measure relative to the Lsta aß4i...'t Church. A. general indisposition manifested itself h_i tti ust the bill. Mr. Duncombe declared he could never show lit m sel f again to his constituents were he to support it Mr. IV° Made a direct charge against a cabinet the li_edent of the Board of Trade stating that it would be were ,e for him ever again to show his face atNfan a cl r i eferu , t of th _r l to uphold it, as it defeated all their . hopes of toll e e Aare)); O'Connell was more designedly moderate,__ re : Pr nl .lng that it was the end of the session, and fearful of corn tial inri ls' i ng his subscription and patronage in Ireland, and fi °Y promising his reluctant support to the bill. dell i re ~4 a split between the English Radicals and the O'Con triett,att The ministers were so startled, that of the forty odd g lions seers who hold places, there were but two present to form %te r . . • The consequence was there was no house, and mini %lia "aye time to deliberate in what manner they can best Pe their desperate course.— Times. etitelZ i ltrs, have, for the present, obtained a respite w u o p rt o h n y th o e f th er „ 13ned church bill, by a stratagem every way fi ee • After a meeting' yesterday morning, at the Foreign-of the. at which assembled the three great parties that govern tiOder,%/41,trY--mercenary whigs or infidels, political dissenters, "`Pr'r;P'3ts—the triforniis chimara now astride of Great Britain kid ~ " DEtRRMINED THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO HOUSE' , fic)t,"ce°rdingly when the Speaker took the chair, less than oelfehrnerabers when fact but thiriy-two) appeared upon e h e eo a eSi. more than a hundred, were, however, in attendance have Ministerial side, ready to drop in should the conservatives o _ fort: emnpleted, as they ought to have done, the full tale . I . llo r The surprise, however, was successful, and the most im thr e :' measure of the session, or of many sessions, was thus th at 4 over Co uld be b r y a trick— e meanest and the most cowardly resorted to.— th Siandard. Abou. --- te ht L 150 of the usual supporters of ministers attended: the dertie,entatives of the infidels and other political dissenters the,, a _ re d, by the mouths of Messrs. Hume and buncombe, that opt;',,etild never again face their constituents if they did no e 4t u e 3 c r the church bill. Lord John Russell said that if de htch on the bill he must resign. Mr. O'Connell said,. that th e ea l l t? he disliked the bill, he more disliked the resignation o .Inet, which would totally change the aspect of political tlk(f)411!:!,in Ireland. Mr. Dunco.inbe rejoined, that it were . better po,i t .'2go, than propose, as ministers, measures, which, in op tleetaluot the party would certainly resist. Lord John, however, allo w te cl that his purpose was immovable, but that he would te m a locus penitentice of three days by having no house yes -40,,,a•Y• The destructives then seceded in a huff, because the Ito,'" theta,Secrery would not concede more; and some half alree..,ll of ore respectable whigs, it is understood, have tltt'qY abandoned him for conceding so much. We believe Aah,, at four to-day, the bill will be again entered on the house b i rr for discussion on Monday : if . proposed, it will be carried, gtc,.enrious scene between the ministe and thei r d estructive Mer les may b e ant i c i pate d . —Standard rs . 'N ter," Thapression among the whigs this morning is that minis hiontrit go out, and high odds against their continuance a 448ert in office are betted in the whig club-houses —we can li eu , that as high as five to one has been wagered, in a par t N. , a t r case, by an ex official whig nobleman. We rejoice, ho,.v kitsi sired case, that among conservatives such a result is neither 14, 1 1,_ nor expected. Our policy i'a now clearly to suffer Lord "ourne to drag on. 4 4,1v t cl ass ':k.n.. 1 ,, ti THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LONDON TIMES AND EVENING MA I*. Dr. ALLEN WakitS to take Ely, and Dr. LENOLEY is named rmE Public is reAnectfully informed that T#4 7 , TIMES to Ripbn, and has even proceeded to fix on a residence. larrives by EXP ESS every Morntug at tapast Seven, - and will be on Sale at the Oillee, No. 3, Lo -street. In a word, if this bill do not pass, the affairs of the church. THE EVENING MAIL three days r week, by post— Price 7d. will be thrown i n t o th e mos t l amen t a bl e con f us io n . Advertisements and communications for the Editor are re- Friday night was appointed for the third reading, after quested to be left at the Office, as above, as a Parcel is for- an abortive attemt to get it throw that stage on a warded to the T tmEs - oFFicE Ni g h t l y , pg g L. T. GASKILL, Agent. previous evening. But on Friday evening there was no house—an unprecedented occurrence on a Friday— Ministers themselves determined there should not be, and there was not, for the following reasons : The Infidel party, with HOME at their head, have been joined by the Dissenters, who suffer themselves to be led by Waxs and BAINES. The latter oppose the bill under the transparent pretence, that, if the income of the Bishops and the Cathedral Establishments be not in part " appropriated," they shall not get. rid of Church rates. HOME and Co. want no Church-reform at all; they wish to sweep away the whole establishment, and they are not backward in avowing their desires. CHORAL MUSIC. fIIIE FIRST PUBLIC P E RFORM A 'CE of the LIVERPOOL CHORAL SOCIETY ill take place THIS EVENING, (Tuesday,) th e 26th instant n the ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Great Charlotte-stre ,t, when Haudel's grand Coronation Anthem—" THE K. G 3 SHALL RE JOICE," and a selection f rom th e a t or i o " JUDAS MACCBIEUS" will be performed. Leader, Mr. EYTON. The Orchestra will be complete in every department, and, with the Chorus, will number nearly Two Hundred Performers. Conductor, Mr. M. MAYBIIICK. Subscribers of One Guinea per Annum will receive two Tickets of Admission to each of Four Performances. Sub scribers' Addresses may be left at any of the Music Shops. Single Tickets—for the Boxes, 3s. 6d.; for the Pit, 25.; and for the Gallery, Is. Each may be had at the Music Shops, at the Standard-office, and at the Amphitheatre on the day of the Performance. The storm thus raised has been pressing closely upon ! I , Lord JOHN RUSSELL for some days past; and on Friday his lordship found himself under the disagreeable neces sity of calling a meeting of the incongruous factions who uphold him in the Commons at the Foreign-office, where the scene took place which is detailed . in the articles which we have taken from the daily journals. All the accounts agree that Lord JOHN complained of ill usage, inasmuch as the bill had been permitted to advance far on towards its last stage without any symp toms of hostility. He declared that it was too late to recede ; and that if he were obstructed, he and his col leagues must resign their offices. HUME acted as spokesman for the English Radicals, and he declared that they could not consent to the bill; that they expected the number of Bishops to be reduced, and the funds to be applied to more useful public pur poses, instead of being distributed among those already possessing too much, and applied to the making of new Bishops. These sentiments found echoes in Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, Mr. WARD, Mr. AGLIONBY, Dr. BOWRING, Mr. POTTER, and others. O'CONNELL, strange as it may appear, acted the part of peace-maker, but from the same motive that he plays the opposite part of peace-breaker. He thought that, rather than lose a Ministry so much disposed to grant " Justice to Ireland," the English Church Bill might be allowed to pass for the present; trusting, of course, to the future advance of the movement to do away with the effects of present concessions! Supported by O'CoNSELL. Lord JOHN is stated to have raised his voice, and to have declared that Ministers were pledged, and must pass the bill, at whatever cost; and that if they had lost the support of gentlemen who had hitherto so disinterestedly stood by them, why there was an end of the MELBOURNE Cabinet—it must disappear from the stage and be no more seen. The noble lord, however, more anxious to trust to management behind the scenes than to the justice of his cause, adopted very active means to prevent forty mem bers from being present on Friday afternoon when the Speaker took the chair, and thus had a respite until Monday. What was done on that day we cannot at,sre sent inform our readers; but we think we may prepare them to expect a further postponement, and a final aban donment of the only tolerable bill the Ministers have , brought forward. Ebt Etherpool ,Stanbarb. Were they to pass it, as they may by aid of the Conser vatives, they would lose their radical and dissenting allies, and down they must go. If they adopt the infamous course of throwing it overboard, still they must fall; if not by resignation, certainly by dismission, for the King cannot retain a Ministry who, as the Standard observes, are not permited by the peers to pass any bad, and not permitted by the Commons to pass any good bill. We have said that we do not expect that the Whigs will voluntarily resign. We judge them by the past. Yet the probability of a break-up is great; and we warn our Conservative friends, in borough and county, to be in readiness for immediate and vigorous operations. The immense importance of the late proceeding with regard to the Town Council and the Corporation Schools is seen on. all sides by the effect that it produces upon the friends and the enemies of our excellent Pro testant Church Establishment. The friends of the Church have been roused from that state of quiescence, we had almost said apathy, in which they certainly have too much indulged of late; for while they have dosed, the enemy has come in and sown his tares, and the sorting out of these tares will be found a much More painful and expensive operation than a little watching, and a little occasional exertion. But in speaking of these errors we do not wish to be construed as conveying censure. It is in the nature of things that the lovers of order and right principles should shrink from display ; and those who have to act on the defensive must neces sarily await attack ; whereas the assailing party, the seekers after a bad eminence, the strainers after a tyran nous dominancy, are ever on the alert, because their very nature is impregnated with restlessness; because they hate order; because they burn with a desire to pull down and tear up; because they have objects to gain connected with their supposed personal and political in terests. Of all selfish beings, your habitual canter about liberality is the most selfish. The enemies of the Church are excited for many obvi ous reasons; but chiefly because they have made the un expected discovery that they are not yet to get every thing their own way ; because they now see that the prey they considered as within their very claws and teeth is yet beyond their power ; because they perceive that the supporters of the institutions of the land have the means of upholding them, and are determined to ap ply`those means with the requisite vigour. With the state of the subscription our readers are made acquainted by the usual authorised announcement. The building fund is now about £8,800; and there will be no want of annual support; erect the schools and supply them with effective teachers, and pecuniary aid may ,be commanded to any reasonable extent. The superinten dence of our able and zealous clergy will be a sufficient guarantee that all is right. We hesitate not to say that by their late efforts with regard to this question they have greatly extended the sphere of their usefulness, both in the pulpit and out of it, as well as increased their Irevionsly high reputation. Men who practice what they preach always speak with authority. As to the miserable Town Council they are truly in a pitiable situation, and that situation is made worse by the stupid zeal of their advocates, who seem to think, poor dolts, that in proportion as they abuse the opponents of the invasion of the Protestant principle they whiten their blackamoor patrons. We are greatly tempted to take in hand some of these scribblers and show up their want of honesty and sense; but as the performance of that duty would just now occupy more time and room than we have to spare, we must needs give them a respite. We cannot, however, pass over their Magnus Apollo, the fount of their inspiration, the never•to.be-forgotten Mr. WILLIAM RATHBONE. That mighty councillor, we observe, has addressed a long letter to the Rev. AtrausTus CAMPBELL on certain pas Sages in his speech at the Amphitheatre. The compliments paid by Mr. CAMPBELL to the gen tlemanly demeanour of the polished Mr. WILLIAM RATH BONE were not considered a sufficient compensation for the Reverend Rector's facts and arguments, which were altogether unexpected from that quarter, because the Rathbone faction had marked Mr. CAMPBELL for their own with a confidence less complimentary than surpris ing. Mr. CAMPBELL said in his speech, in effect, that while the Catholic Clergy had been consulted by the Council, the Clergy of the Church of England, who had been the actual superintendents of the schools from the beginning, were not officially consulted. Mr. RATABONE expresses surprise at this in his letter, and declares, firstly, that the Catholic Clergy were not consulted, secondly, that he himself was in frequent commuication with Mr. CAMPBELL. Now everybody, knows—at leaSt everybody in Liver poOtt-that Mr. WILLIAm RAMIBbNE is a famous special ple'a'der.' We never met with a man more zealously in clined. to make the' *orie' asppeid . ro,w46,if are bound by love of truth to add that we have seldom seen a man with a smaller endowment of ability to per form that difficult task. Mr. WILLIAM RATHBONE, how ever, always does his best, and in his contest with Air.. CAMPBELL, though he altogether fails, has not come off with less than usual success, First with regard to the Roman Catholic Clergy. Mr. RATHBONE says—" Mr. HORSFALL was requested to ask Mr. WILCOX a .simple question as to one of the regulations of his church. This is the only instance in which the Committee had any communication with the Catholic Clergy. It was a simple inquiry as to a matter of fact----not a consultation." By this we learn three things. That a " simple in quiry" is not a consultation ; that Mr. RATHBONE speaks with a mental reservation, drawing a distinction between what was done by the Committee, as a body, and what was clone by the Committee as individuals; and that when a " simple" question had to be proposed to Mr. Wilcox, the office of questioner is deputed to Mr. HORS FALL in order to lug that gentleman in for his share of the blame which the majority of the Committee who sanctioned the Rathbonian innovation in the first in stance felt to be so great that it was desirable to divide it. What was the "simple question" asked of Mr. WIL COX ? M. RATHBONE shirks that point; but Mr. CAMPBELL lets us into the secret. " I stated in my speech," says the rev. gent., " that the Roman Catholic Clergy had been consulted as to whether they would permit the children of their communion to join the others in prayer. You say they were not consulted, but that Mr. WILCOX was spoken to by Mr. HORSFALL as to a matter-of-fact. This matter-of-fact related to the per mission of joint prayer. The permission was not grant ed, and prayer was disallowed." -So much for casuistry. The liberal Roman Catholic Ministers—those who, when it suits their purpose, talk about one God, one common and universally-benevolent Father—refuse permission to the children within their communion to join other children in a plain and non-doctrinal prayer of praise and thanksgiving for ordinary daily blessings, and what is the • consequence ? Do the Council reply to the answer given to their simple question, that if the Roman Catholic children are refused permission to conform to the regulations of the school the consequences must be submitted to by the party raising the objection ? Oh no: but the Protestant children are immediately de prived of the privilege and advantage of prayer; and this Councillor RATHBONE says is not consulting the Roman Catholic Clergy ! Mr. RATHBONE is still more unhappy in his other quib ble. Mr. CAMPBELL, be argues, was spoken to several times by himself on the subject of the schools; and he adds that a copy of the Irish selections was sent to him. He admits, at the same time, that Mr. CAMPBELL gave no answer with regard to the copy of the selections so sent; and we learn from the Reverend Gentleman's own letter that he never saw but one of the plans proposed by the Education Committee. That did not go the length of ,excluding the Bible in school hours, yet Mr. CAMP BELL decidedly objected even to that. The Committee afterwards went the whole hog without a word having been said to the Rev. Rector : and yet Councillor RATH BONE pretends that he was consulted. But the worst part of Mr. RATHBONE'S jesuitism re mains to be stated. His argument, on one side, is, that the Clergy of the Establishment were consulted beOause Mr. CAMPBELL was spoken to on a minor matter, to which minor matter a distinct disapproval was expressed. On the other side, he denies that the Roman Catholic Clergy were " consulted" because the individual Mr. WILCOX Was only spoken to and asked a single question, which single question embraced a vital principle and in volved the schoot-regulations and practice; and the indi vidual answer to which simple question caused a funda mental change. Moreover, he terms his individual conversations with Mr. CAMPBELL "consultations," bu he denies that a similar individual communication witl: 11r. NVILcox was a consultation, though the question put had reference of extensive and vital import, and the answer given ruled the decision of the Council. But if the Committee only communicated with Mr. WlLcox through . Mr. HORSFALL, it does not follow that no other communication was had with the Roman Catholic Clergy. Will Mr. RATIIBONE be so obliging as to inform the public of the nature of his own private communica tions with the Roman Priests and with members of their communion in their confidence. And while he is abou it, lie may go a little farther and give us some informa tion as to what has been done by other members of the Education Committee with his' knowledge and consen The worthy champion of the Council would give us only a fraction of the truth, and that fraction with a gloss upon it which he vainly hopes will disguise it. The public want the whole truth, and in order to a right appreciation of it do not need any of Mr. RATIIBONE . ; commentaries. He, indeed, is very bad authority in any matter relating to the scriptures and the education of the rising genera tion. We,observe, that in his letter to Mr. CAMPBELL, be uses the expression "those who consider the 14th chapter of the Romans as a part of Revelation." Would he wish us to infer that lie is not among the silly ones who so easily believe ? But if he do allow more authority to the 14th chapter of the Romans than to what he terms the "filthy scene in the Garden," we tell him that then he is bound by the same rule to allow authority to the other Epistles of St. Paul, and that Paul bears witness against his creed, his principles, and his practice, in terms that might make Mr. RATHBONE reflect and trem- ble, were be not wholly absorbed in self-worship. We would particularly direct his attention to the third chapter' of the second Epistle to Timothy, Where he will find per- sons spoken of " having the form of godliness, denying the power;" and where it is written that " all scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doc- trine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in riglite ousness." We must, however, dismiss Mr. RATHBONE for the present, (as our article is growing too long under our hands) for the purpose of paying our respects to that greater personage who rejoices in the flame of "William Ewart," and who, by some strange accident, happens to be a Member of Parliament for the Borough of Liverpool. This comical M. P. has addressed a public but short letter to the Rev. H. WNEILE on the subject of a passage in that Rev. Gentleman's speech at the Amphitheatre. Mr._ M'NEILE said that Mr. EWART had lately formed an alliance with the commander-in-chief of the movement troops, and that it was within the bounds of probability, that, in the society of the great leader, he Might have be come acquainted with some of the Romish patrons of the system that had worked so well for Popish purposes in the sweetest isle of the ocean ; and he jocosely went on to say that on such a subject "he might be allowed to indulge his imagination a little in tracing the connexion between the Priests and the member, the member and his con stituents, the constituents and the Town Council, the Town Council and the Education Committee, and the introduction of the Irish syStem into Liverpool." It ap pears, nevertheless, that Mr. WNEILE had greatly over rated the powers of Mr. EWART'S mind. M.P. though he be, and for Liverpool too, he is obviously incapable of working out so ramified a train of communication. True it is that lie has " lately formed an alliance with the commander-in-chief of the troops of the movement ;" true it is that lie has become one of the joints of the Tail; that is not denied, for it is a matter of public record and and notoriety; but if Mr. EwART's word is of any value, we must receive his assurance to Mr. WNEILE " that he . has never had the slightest communication with Mr. O'CONNELL, with any of the Priests, or with any of the Town Council, on the subject Mr. WNEILE alludes to." And with the gravest of faces 'the brilliant Member for Liverpool begs permission to remind his reverend cor respondent, " that facts are precisely the things on which a man ought not to be allowed to exercise his imagina tion." Come, come, Mr. M‘NEILE, be aisy; it is not fair to disturb the repose of our good man DULL in this manner. We admit that you were not imagining of facts, but of probabilities; yet you ought to be aware that the Member for Liverpool was not likely to discover the dif ference; so let him alone, sir,let him alone. Yet if you are determined to tease him, whatever you may say, or whatever you may think or do respecting him, you can not deprive him of the consolation that he is not likely to' be eharged with the exercise Of his imagination, with one exception, namely, the ridiculous fancy that he is an orator and statesman as well as member for Liverpool. But although Mr. EWART has not in this case acted the part of secret agent to Mr. O'CossELL and set our con temptible Town Council in motion; it, notwithstand ing, as true as that Mr. EWART is no Solom.n that a Popish influence dictated the expulsion of the Bible from the Corporation Schools. That is a fact which cannot be successfully questioned. If the experiment had succeed ed, we should soon have heard of others. Thanks, how ever, to our Clergy, and to the truly Protestant spirit of the great mass of our population, the fowler is caught in his own snare, and a warning is given which will at once awaken the public vigilance and deter the guilty. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. The new Drama of LUCILLE, which was received last night with the greatest applause, will be repeated This Evening and To-morrow. Eighth appearance of Miss TURPIN, (of the/Theatre-Royal, Covent-garden,) and of Mr, BROUGH and Mr. HENRY HORNCASTLE, of the Theatre-Royal,4)rury-lane. Last Night but Three of Mr. and Mrs,, , KEELEY, (of the Theatre-Royal, Co v ent- gar d en ,) previous to their departure for Atnei ica. Mr. 0. small, of the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane, and English Opera House, who is engaged for a limited period, will make his second appearance here in the New Drama of LUCILLE. riPH IS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 26th instant, I will be repeated the Opera of the MARRIAGE OF FIGARO. Fiorelli, Mr. Henry Horneastle; Basil, Mr. Brough ; C oun t Almaviva, Mr. G. Horncastle ; Figaro, Mr. Browne • Chem bino (the Page) Miss Chaplin ; C oun t ess Almaviva;Mrs. W. H. Bland, (late Miss Somerville;) Susanna, Miss Turpin. After the Opera, a PAS DE DEUX, by Mr. J. RIDGWAY and Mad'lle MARIE, And the Glee of "Foresters Sound the Cheerful Horn," by Messrs. HENRY HORNCASTLE, G. HORNCASTLE, BROUGH, and BENWEL L. To conclude with (for the second time here) a New Drama, in three acts, as performed at the Theatre-Royal, English Opera House, with distinguished success, called LUCILLE ; OR, THE STORY OF; .4 'HEART. Act I.—Love. THE BLIND MAN AND HIS BETROTHED. St. Cyr (a Young Blind Emigre.) Mr. Stuart; Izak Schuyp, Mr. Keeley ; L uc ill e (betrothed to St. Cyr) Mrs. Keeley, (as originally performed by her in London;) Julie (her Friend) Miss Chaplin. On WEDNESDAY, for the third time, LUCILLE; after which, the LOAN OF A LOVER. On THURSDAY, a va riety of Entertainments. On FRIDAY, Mr. KEELEY'S BENEFIT, and the last appearance of Mr. and Mrs. Keeley in England previous to their departure for America. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The new song, " Wake, Lady, Wake," has been received, and shall be noticed in our next publication. The letter signed J. S. is inadmissible. It partakes too much of theological controversy. " Cynaro" shall appear in our next. We will endeavour to obtain a copy of the act of parliament to which "A Publican" refers, and insert the clause on Friday. L. S. shall receive an answer in our next paper respecting a freeman's qualification to vote. The article signed " A Protestant" is too long for insertion this day. We may give some extracts on Friday. "The Protestant Confederate" shall be noticed in our next publication. TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 26, 1836. We have received New York papers up to the Ist in stant. The following is the only intelligence of irn portance TEXAS.—The New Orleans Bee, of 14th instant ; says:—" By the arrival yesterday, we are informed that an armistice had been agreed upon by the Mexicans and Texians, and that the army under general Filosola were to evacuate Texas and to:en camp at Monterey or Saltillo, to wait the action of the Mexican congress on the propositions of Santa Anna. The latter is still imprisoned at Velasco." CREEK WAR.—News had reached Columbus that General Jessup had taken Ne-a-math-la, the chief of the hostile Indians, and held him a prisoner. Some of the troops were, however, repulsed near Roanoke, and driven into Fort Mitchell, by a body of 300 or 500 Indians. The express left them preparing for another battle. The private letters from Passages and St. Sebastian are very loud in their complaints as to the conduct of EVANS in the late attack upon Fontarabia. The man, as we said a while ago, is not fit to wear the double stripe upon his arm ; and his presumption in placing himself at the head of a legion is the theme of much ridicule in Spain and France. It appears that the English loss on the llth and 12th was 200 killed and wounded, iucluding eleven officers wouuded, though EVANS'S official account states the loss at not much more than one- half of that amount. Even in the ministerial Globe, the organ of Lord PAL MERSTON, we find the following extract of a letter from St. Sebastian : " The arrival of this latelligence (the affair at Fontarabia) at San Sebastion, spread a gloom over every countenance ; and its effect upon the feelings of the men, who were prepared to engage willingly in any, the most hazardous, enterprise, rather than lead the lives they have done, has been most discouraging. They naturally say to themselves—here we have lost much, gained nothing, and have jeopardised the possession of that which was obtained at the expense of so much of our comrades' blood. What is now to be done is a mystery." EVANS is ill, and it is expected that the climate will not much longer agree with him, so he will be compelled to come home for the sake of his health : it is to be hoped that he will bring home his men with him. He must he quick, however, otherwise they will all have gone over to the Carlists. The private letters speak of frequent desertions. On the 16th instant no less than seven men of the Ist Lancers, who were employed at the outposts as a piquet, deserted in a body with their horses and accou trements. What wonder ? The poor fellows can get no pay, and are consequently half starved. On the 15th instant the Bth Regiment mutinied, and refused to obey command until they got at least a part of the money clue to them. Information was immediately conveyed to the sick bed of the general, who succumbed, because, like JOB PIPPINS, "he couldn't help it." In order to satisfy the men for the moment, he sent them a sum of money which he took from the fund destined to pay the officers' field allowance; so that, as the experiment succeeded so well, there will be plenty of mutiny. Poor EVANS, like CHARLEMAGNE, has fallen at Fonta rabia ; though only a little way; he was nearly at the bottom before. His Majesty's Ministers are even in a worse pickle than General EVANS ; and we are not sure that, at the very time we write these lines, the King has not to deplore the loss of his brilliant Cabinet. The English Church Reform Bill is the immediate stumbling block, but, of course, there are fifty other causes why the despicable set cannot carry on the go vernment without risking the safety of all that is dear to us as a nation. Our readers know that there are now before Parlia ment three bills which were brought in on the recom mendation of the Church Commission ; namely, 1. " A Bill for carrying into effect the Reports of the Commis sioners appointed to consider the State of the Established Church with reference to Ecclesiastical Duties and Re venues, so far as they relate to Episcopal Dioceses and Revenues." 2. " A Bill for carrying into effect the Fourth Report of the Commissioners appointed to consi der the State of the Established Church in England and Wales with reference to Ecclesiastical Duties and Re venues." 3. "A Bill for more effectually enforcing Church Discipline." The last is before the Lords, having been presented by the Chancellor ; the other two are before the Com mons, but the first only has been debated there. The laudable object of this measure is to cut down the over wealthy sees, to augment with the proceeds the sees not sufficiently endowed, and to institute the two new Bishops of Ripon and Manchester. By this arrangement the evil of frequent translation will be done away, for when the income of the respective sees is so nearly on a par, there, is no temptation to intrigue and change. Besides this, the luxuriances of the cathedral establish ments are to be cropped down in order to proVide en dowments for new churches. And there are various arrangements dependent upon the passing_ of the mea sure. Dr. MALTBY is appointed to Durham with £B,OOO a year, inst ea d o f £17,000. If t hi s bill b u t f a il s , h e w ill get Durham and all its ancient revenues and privileges 7 LIVERPOOL RACES.-FRIDAY. The races of to-day were not quite so numerously attended as on Wednesday, though the weather was exceedingly fine, and the races announced for the last day's running promised to be good. The attendance was still, however, very great, and the road to the race-course, as on the previous days, during nearly the whole of the morning presented the most animated appear ance, vehicles of all descriptions, conveying all grades, with their "tits" urged to their very best " metal," weie scampering to the course through clouds of dust, whilst the side of the road presented one continuous stream of pedestrians. The grand stand was again very full, but there were not so many of the distingld present as on the previous days. The thimble-riggers and gamblers of all kinds were this time in great profusion on the course, and must have reaped a glorious harvest, and still continued on in spite of the exertions of the special constables to put them down. Upwards of forty tables were broken up, and their owners imprisoned by the constabulary. The cause of the extraordinary number of these gentry having, these races visited the course is thought to be owing to the determination of the Liverpool watch committee not to send there any of the Liverpool police; they were consequently comparatively undis• turbed in their avocations. The first race was for the Stanley Stakes of 20 sous. each, with 30 sovs. added, for two and three year olds; half mile distance. The Marquis of Westminster's b f Sarcasm, the Hon. E. M. LI. Mostyn's ch c Bangalore, and Sir James Boswell's b c Ca lendar started. The betting on 1 his race was 6to ion Banga lore, and '2 to 1 agst Sarcasm. 'lle race was a very pretty one, all three horses coming abreast up the straight distance, and at a slapping pace. About half way up Sarcasm made a push and headed her competitors: Calendar then challenged, closely fol lowed by Bangalore. and Sarcasm was tailed, Bangalore winning by half a length. The ne . xt race was for the Stand Cup. value 100 sovs, added to a subscription of 10 sous each, t wo m il es dis tance. For this race General Chasse, Bella, and Mundig only started. The betting was 3 to lon the General, sto '2 against Mundig, and 6to 1 agst Bella. This could scarcely be called a race : General Chasse having no competitor. At starting MundiKtoikthe lead, followed by the General, and Bella last. On pass - mg:the, winning-post the first time this order wa s pre served,. and pace very severe. On arriving at the corner, Lye, the joeke3 , of Bella, appeared to have lost his stirrup, and on turning the corner was swung off with great violence, rolling over and over several times, and lying apparently senseless. lie was immediately conveyed to the stables, and soon recovered; though much shaken lie was otherwise uninjuied. In conse quence of this accident the race, if so it could be called, was still worse, the General having it completely his own way, and almost any odds were bet upon him. On coming up the straight distance the second time the pace still continued very fast ; there was a short struggle within the distance, but the General laid out and won in a canter by three or four lengths. The next race, the Knowsley Dinner Stakes, of 100 soya each, once round, was of a similar indifferent character. Lord Westmin ster's ch cby Sultan, and the Hon. B. M. LI. ostyn's hr c Trap Ball only started. The betting wa s 10 t o l on T rap B a ll , and it was evident he was to be the winner. The start was a singular one, and created much amusement. After the clerk of the course had pronounced " Off," both horses walked very leisurely from the starting-post to the corner, when the chesnut colt broke into an easy trot, followed two or three lengths off by Trap Ball, at an equally easy rate. The chesnut colt then broke into a hand-gallop, folloWed at the same rate half-round by Trap Ball ; the pace then becanie faster, and both horses came abreast at the straight distance, and the running then, for a part of the distance, became tremendous; Trap Ball, however, near to the winning post, sprung forwards, and won in a common canter. The last race was for the Farmers' Plate of 70 sovs ; two mile heats.. Five horses started, Catharina, Miss Whip, Hectic, Zohrab, and Amurath. Zohrab and Catharina in the betting appeared to be the favourites. This race was a tolerable one. At starting, the first heat Zohrab took the lead, ard preserved it throughout, winning by two lengths. In the second heat Catharina, Zohrab, and Hectic only started; Catharina took the lead, and appeared determined to win, starting at a slapping rate. Hectic followed, and Zohrab appeared to be saving him self for the lust heat. On arriving at the distance-post Zohrab pulled up, and there was a short struggle between Catharina and Hectic for the heat ; Hectic, however, won by half a length. In the third heat the same three horses started, Zohrab now taking the lead. The betting was in favour of Catharina still The pace this heat was severe; Zohrab preserved his advantugc and came in winner by about half a length, after a tough con, test with Catharina. We have not heard that any serious accident occurred, which is somewhat surprising, for immediately after the race every vehicle set off helter-skelter from the coarse, and the road to Liverpool exhibited one continual race between omnibuses, hackney-coaches, gigs, and butchers carts, all of which drove along with the utmost carelessness of life and limb. About two miles from Liverpool the road on each side was literally lined with spectators witnessing and enjoying the appearance which the return of the motley assemblage presented. The following as a statement of the day's running : The Stanley Stakes of 20 soya each, h ft, with 30 added, for two and three year olds. T.Y.C. 5 subs. Hon. E. M. Ll. Mostyu ns ch c Bangalore, 2 yrs Cartwright 1 Sir James Boswell's b c Calendar, 2 yrs Marquis of Westminster's b f Sarcasm, 3 yrs The Stand Cup, or Piece of Plate, value 100 sovs, added to a subscription of 10 soya each. The second horse to receive 20 sovs out of the stakes. 12 subs. Sir James Boswell's ch h General Chasse, 5 yrs ....Holmes 1 Mr. Bowes' ch h Mundig, 4 vrs Sir James Boswell's b m Bella, 5 yrs 3 The Knowsley Dinner Stakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for three year olds. Once round. 7 subs. Hon. E. M. Ll. Mostyn's br .c Trap Bull Templeman I Lord Westminster's ch c by Sultan The Farmers' Plate of 70 sovs, free fir any horse. Two mile heats. To pay 3 guineas entrance, to go to the second horse. Duke of Leeds' br g Zohrab, 5 yrs Templeman 1 3 1 Mr. Houldsworth's br c Hectic, 4 yrs Mr Barrow's bln Catharina, 6 yrs Lord Derby's ch c Ainurath, 4 yrs Lord Kelburne's br m Miss Whip,6 yrs __. ..... 5 d Two drawn: CockiNG.—The cocking terminated in favour of Capt. White, Hines, feeder,) the total being, White, 2tim. Bb. ; Walker, Wightinan, feeder,) 13nt. 2b. One of the corporation journals affects wit and learning, and talks of Mr. Foster as a " sort of fossil town-clerk, calculated (it says) to serve the same purpose that the fossil remains of the mammoth, iguanadon, and the itcheosaurus serve in geo logy." The writer or this has an "itch " to make a fool of himself. He has soinevthere read or heard—perhaps in some lecture at the Mechanics' Institute—of an ichyosaurus, and be hold the fruits of his memory ! Should posterity find any fossil remains of our present town council, we think it would be sadly puzzled to make out the class of animals to which they belong ed; for there is nothing like them in earth or ocean at present. BOOTLE BAZAAR. —Among the novelties to be produced at the app roaching fancy fair to be held for the benefit o f t h e Na tional School, at Bootle, is a song which has been composed far the occasion, the poetry by William Kennedy, Esq., of Hull ; the author of several beautiful poems of high literary merit. It is in the form of a serenade, and is appropriately ern ake, Lady, wake !" It is inscribed to Al rs. Muspratt, of Litherland, and, although only completed on Friday, we are enabled to say, the music is extremely sweet, and the words are afpropriate. The whole is very handsomely litho grap h e d b y I 1 r. Bell , of Lord-street, and we have no doubt it will cornmana at the bazaar a ready sale, and thus fulfil the benevolent object fur 'which it was prepared. CRICKET MATCH.—A match will be played on Thursday next, the 26th instant, between two eleven of the Liberty and Rupert Cricket Clubs, on the ground of the former. CRICKET MATCII.—A cricket match will be played on Fri day, the 29th instant, between the Birkenhead (of Birkenhead), and the Rupert (of Everton),yericket Clubs, on the Ground of the former, Upper Tranniere. Wickets to be pitched at two o'clock precisely. IRON STEAM BOATS.—The Cleveland iron steamer, built by Messrs. Page and Grantham, has b ee n f or some time at work On the Woodside Ferry, and seems fully to answer the most sanguine expectations of the advocates of this mode of construct ing steam boats. It is found that the Cleveland possesses much greater speed, strength, buoyancy, and steadiness than any woodetrvesssl of the same description. The vibration, so annoy ing to passengers, is found to be very trifling, at the same time that the internal accomodation is much increased. It is much to be desired, that this vessel may cause the owners of other ferries to see necessity of obtaining more efficient steam boats, the rapid tides of the Mersey making the passage frequently very tedious. It is now generally understood, that iron vessels possess many advantages over wooden ones', and for the st tl undecided question of the compass they would, no doubt, be ge nerally adpted, but on rivers th e com p as s_ i s no t re quire , e Cleveland is in many respects muc h su p er i or to any of th e ves sels used on this river, and the whole work has been executed in a manner that reflects great credit on the builders. On . the river Humber the iron steamboats have, for a length of nine almost superceded the wooden built ones; and, from a recent announcement, we understand they are beginning . to build_ the flats of iron which ply up the shallow rivers i n the Humber, their greater buoyancy and lighter draught of water rendering them more suitable. NORTH UNION RAILWAY.—The annual general me e ti ng of the proprietors of this undertaking was held on Wednesday, at the company's o ffi ce, Li v erpool, Sir Thomas Dalry mple keth, Bart., chairman of the company , in the chair. A very clear account of the state and progress of the works was em bodied in a report from the directors, by which it appears there are upwards of nineteen hundred men employed between Wigan and Preston ; and that, though some ground exists for complaint as to the rate at which the excavation is proceeding at one point, vet, generally, the works are progressing with unexampled rapidity; especially the magnificent bridge over the Ribble, which will be a structure which the county may be justly p rou d of—in fact. it will be exactly the sa me as Waterloo Bridge, except the difference in ltumber of arches, as it wlti possess but five; these, however, will be of 120 feet span, and are in a state that renders the completion by the spring of 1838 almost a matter of certainty. We are happy to find the spirited and able contractors for this work, Messrs. Henry Mullins and Macma hon, of Dublin, are executing not only this, but the other parts of their work in a highly creditable manner. The general routine business of the meeting having been gone through, among which, we understand, was a resolution moved by Mr. G. J. Wainwright, authorising the directors to borrow money on mortgage security, Mr. Councillor Coglan rose and moved a vote of thanks to the directors, for the very able and efficient manner in which the concerns of the company have been con ducted, and expressive of the perfect reliance of the proprietors on the assiduity and attention that have always been manifested to their interests. After a suitable reply from the chairman, the meeting dissolved, apparently highly pleased with the report, of which, a copy was directed to be sent to each proprietor. Bony VOUN D.—Some short time since, the body of a man was discovered in a plantatien near Wacertree, and from the circumstance of an empty bottle lying by his side which had contained laudanuM, it was supposed that his death was occa sioned by poison. Two pawnbrokers tickets were found upon his person, one for a large sheet, which had been pledged for 2s. and the other for a pair of trowers, pledged for 6d. Thepro perty was taken possession of by Mr.',. Andrews, the constable of Wavertree, and may be ha'd on application to him. ti; LIVERPOOL MUSICAL PESTIVAt. , . The committee of the Liverpool Festival, intenCie:il-; place in the ensuing autumn, have hitherto preserved both themselves and their plans remarkably The time - tthe commencement of October) ivhen it is announced the festival will take place is rapidly approaching, and as yet scarcely any thing definite appears either known or determined upon. : We have heard that some difficulty exists in obtaining at sult4tle building. in which to.hold it, some being in favour of St. George's Church, some of St. Luke's, and some advocating the AM:phi theatre, as being the largest and best building tbr the ptirpose: It is singular that a town like Liverpool has no building fully suitable. Last week the committee, by a few hundred : small bills charily distributed, announced that" the committee: were making arrangements for the ensuing festival." What •those arrangements may be is still as mystery. Manchester,. on the contrary, is bustling on, and will, if the committee mind' not, to use a provincialism, " take the shine out of us." . We have gathered, that Braham (who is to,.receive 200 guineas,) lips, G. Taylor, 13en net t, Mrs. Alfred Shavv, and the Knyvett's I have been engaged. Madame Malibran has been written to, but wants too high a figure, (nou,) no terms have: been come to. Mrs. Wood is also engaged, at £250. Sir George Smart was very recently in Liverpool for the purpose of making arrangements. We should hope, however, that the aboveliamecl stars of the musical world will not form- the only attractions,: whilst a Lablache, a Rubini, a Donzelli, a Clari Novello, and a Grisi remain unengaged. We have heard that, in addition to the standard pieces, a nevi oratorio, called " Paul at Dussel dorf," which has not yet been publicly performed, will be brought out. . . . . Whilst on this subject we with our contemporary the Journal, express a hope that slit able arrangements will be made for the gentlemen of the press, and those facilities afforded to them which their arduous duties entitle them to. We under stand that the arrangements at the previous festivals have been anything but satisfactory. It is too bad, and indeed contrary to all custom elsewhere, (as far as we have Seen, special accommo dation has been provided,) that the press should be expected to pay dearly fur the opportunity of forwarding the objects of the festival, by giving the public a full critique and description of the performances. LIVERPOOL POLICE. • • FRAUD AND FELONY,—On Friday, at the Police-office, a respectable loiking elderly man, named Edward Griffiths, was . placed bef ore th e mag i s t rates c h arged by Messrs. Humphreyii. and Robinson, drapers, of Bold-street, with having obtained a quantity of silk and sheeting from them under fraudulent pre tences. John Williams, one of their shopmen, deposed that the prisoner had been in the habit of pwrchaeing goods at their shop for the purpose of selling again. The day before the prisoner said he had an order for a quantity of sheeting and some Irish linen, and he thought he .eould sell some silk. He gave him two pieces of Irish linen,,and a piece ef sheeting, and a piece of black silk, and accompanied him to Mrs. Kendall's Coffee house, at the Postoffice-place, where he said he had the order, and told him the prices of the goods, which he 'mst pay him,. allowing him to charge what he liked, lle waited at !Ice door whilst the prisonpr went in and sold the geods; and. he was - to bring him out either the goods or the money. _: He waited for three-quarters of an, hour at the back door for Inns, but he did not return. He found on inquiry - that he had, sold a. quantity of silk and some sheeting, and gone out by the other door. He afterwards met the prisoner, and gave him into custody. He had not since obtained any of the goods which 'he had en , trusted the prisoner with. They were altogether worth- about £2O. Mrs. Kendall deposed to having purchased twenty-one yards of silk and eleven yards of sheeting.. She thoeght they were the prisoners own goods: she had purchased frequently of him before. She had known him many years as a dealer in drapery. Sbe paid him £3. 1. 6d. for the silk, and £l. 18s. for the sheeting. In answer to a question from Mr. Hall, the com plainant said that he had never authorized the prisoner to sell the goods to any other party. The prisoner, in defence, said, that he had a regular order for the goods, and got the articles he wanted at the complainant's, with an invoice, on credit. On coming out of the house, he did not see the young man, and,. having an order for what he had not sold, he proceeded with the goods to another person to dispose of them. Mr. Hall said, so far as the case went with regard to his selling the goods to the landlady, and retaining 'the money, that was a fraud, for he had sold the goods; hut, as regarded keeping the goods altogether, and going off with them, it amounted to a felony. The informa tions for his commitment were ordered to be taken. NEAPOLITAN STILETTOES.—On Friday, at the Police-office, a robust Neapolitan sailor, named Antonio Pinno, mate of an. Italian brig lying in this port, was charged with attempting to stab a young man, an English sailor, on the quay, near Wap ping, on Thursday evening. The prosecutor stated that he was, passing along Wapping the previous evening, and saw the pri soner at the bar ill treating a woman, when he ran to her rescue, and the prisoner turned upon him and plunged at his left breast with a poniard, which he fortunately warded off by a dexterous movement of the arm. A policeman coming in• sight, the pri soner was taken into custody, and on his person was found a sheath about six inches in length, evidently intended as a case for the poniard, which it was supposed he had thrown away. Mr. Joseph Coffin was sworn as interpreter for the prisoner, but no exeuse was elicited from him for this Neapolitan fashion of taking vengeance. The captain of the brig was in attend ance, and promised through the interpreter to take the prisoner back with him to Naples, and he intended to sail that afternoon. The prisoner was fined . los. and costs, which was immediately paid by the captain, and he was liberated. Mr. Hall severely animadverted on this dastardly 'practice' of foreigeers, and said that some mode of punishment for this offence must be adopted,' as many persons in the town had been stabbed and seriously injured by foreigners, amongst whew the'cowardly - and villain ous habit of stabbing an unarmed man in revenge for an insult prevailed. . REFUSING TO TAKE A FARE.--John Dowrieswas summoned. before .Mr. Hall, on Saturday, orethe inforthation of a gentle man, named Seholes. The latter stated that he had called the defendant in Castle-street, and had requested him to. drive to the first turnpike on the Bootle-road. The defendant said ha would not drive him there under six shillings. Mi. SchBles said this was more than the fare, upon which the defendant. said he would not take him at all. Fined ss. and costs. A PRECIOUS BARGAIN.—OR Saturday, at the Police-office an elderly man named Farrell, who keeps a second hand clothes shop, in Park-lane, appeared to complain before the magise trates of his wife, a good looking young woman, from whom he was anxious to be Separated. The complainant stated that his wife was in the habit of getting drunk. On the Wednesday night before, she went to the races, and came home quite drunk, and created such a noise at his door, and was so riotous that he was obliged to get two of his neighbours to assist hint to force her into .he house. On Thursday, she went away with one of the children, only three mouths old, and never came home till . the night before, when she left the child with a neighbour, and started off again, returning at midnight quite drunk, and silly, and he then caused her to be taken into custody. What he wanted, was to be separated from her, and live in peace. The magistrates inquired if he had any objection to allow her a sepa rate maintenance ? The complainant said none whatever he only wanted to be rid of her. P r i soner. "O h, I ' ve no objec tions. " Complainant. " I wish to he entirely separated front her, and have done with her if I could." Mr. Hall. " I dare sa y ; but I cannot grant you a divorce." Prisoner. " I'll keep far enough off you my boy, you needn't fear." (Laughter.). After a great deal of squabbling it was arranged by the magis trates, that the husband should pay 4s. 6. a-week into the parish office for the maintenance of the wife, and the parties left the court, each apparently well satisfied with their quittance. GAMING HOUSES.—On Saturday, at the Police-office, Jun. Henry Oldfield, and James B. Layeock, were summoned be fore the magistrates on an information charging them with keep ing a gaming -house in Mr. Lucas's Repository, in Great char lotte-street, whereby they were liable to the penalty of £2OO. There was also another count in the intbrination, charging them with allowing gaming in the house. A gentlenian named Boulk, a solicitor, from London, appeared for the defendants, and on, theirTehalf pleaded guilty. Having pleaded guilty he hoped. that the fine would be remitted; the defendants were willing to give their positive assurance not to commit the offence again. Mr. Hall enquired if Mr. Waring, the solicitor to Mr. Lucas, was willing to show the magistrates that he was sincere in his promises to do away with the house, by having the lease would a celled. Mr. Waring repli e d t h a t M r. L ucas was per f ect l y will ing. The defenda n t s a l so rep li e d t h at they were w illi ng. M r. Hall said the penalty w as i ncurre d , b ut no proceeding be taken, if the g a ming were pu t a s t op t o . The inagistrates thought that the ends of justice would be sufficiently satis wgaasintihnegnpuunt d a e n r s e t o n o d d t o t , h a a n t d t eh the e p a a s r e ti s e h s o l u e lf t t h 4 e e c c a o n u e r e t l . l a d, SERVANT.—Yesterday, at the Poli ce - o ffi ce, and ROBBERY th BY Alt te warehome in Ranelagh-street,. was brought before the magis a female, servant to Mr. Fergusson, who kepeo)irfesimoanusbslaribanyiselladinwetnni atti.ladt trates fine engeen d . with ir s . h r e g g u s s s t o o ni l leenhraadqrhiaenrtsi suspicions husband's pro perty. s the prisoner wearing a fine cap, and she, in consequence, took the opportunity of examinin,egv;;lritehr, boolex,coannsdtafobulen,dv,:itsaengtuafonr 'nterel'ae'aunnsbtdtoideilinB:She denied that she lead anything b 'he tttoi e nti l dd On toho g loe i m n kr g hlu'use t irs o ibnians her master in her box. On exa Min in git and taking the muslins, &c., out, one piece was found with Mr. Fer gusson's private mark upon it. Ainsworth corroborated this statement. The informations for her commitment were or dered to be taken. CAUTION To STRANG ERS. —Yesterday, at the Police-office,, sn w, a : porter, lun was wa y b i r T o i r a t b l , , , e x fo o r f e tt t a hh r n i et t t e ischargedill-lookingeomf e wl l i t o t , trusted to his care by band-box,wn containing' her clothes; etlhoethmesageins-- a stranger. A respectable looking man man, named John Parkinson, said that he was passing through from Wigan, and engaged this man to carry his wife's he was to walk along with brother-in-law - svas along with him. and they were talking a moment to an a cqua i n t ance , w h en th e prisoner ran o ff ; he ran after him, but prisoner contrived to elude them. They afterwards found him and gave him into cus tody, but the boa of clothes was gone, and they had since heard nothing of it. Mr. Hall said it was a sad loss fur the poor man; he ordered the informations to be taken for the trial of the pri soner. STEALING GAS PlPE.—Yesterday, a miserable-lookin7 man, named John Barrigan, was brought before the magistrates, charged with having stolen and conveyed away some p i eces o f gas-piping from th e f oun d a ti on of a house. An officer saw him In the act. He was sent for six weeks to Kirlaiale House of Correction under the gas company's act. PAy trio AnDar,ssEs.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a sheepish-looking Irishman was placed before the magistrates, charged by one of the police, with having run away down Sack yille-street on his approach. He had watched him lurking about a house for some time, and heard him whistling once or twice. On his running away he followed him, and took him into cus tody. He had a handkerchief in his hand, in which was wrapped a woman's fine cap and a bottle of beer. Mr. Whitty said that he had ascertained that the prisoner was paying his addresses to a maid-servant of one of the houses in Sack vilie-street, and the cap was intended for her as a present towiu her favour, and the. beer to soften her and render easier the attainment of her affec. Lions. Mr Hall said he had better pay his addresses in a less clandestine manner. He was discharged. IMPUDENT TllEFT.—Yesterday, a female named Ann Camp bell, was brought befoze the magistrates, charged with having gone to various drapers, and ordered goods to klarga amount, last, the ori- - under the pretence that she was commissioned to buy them far loo ni k aor morning A . some sailors, and whilst there, taking the opportimiy of secret ing sonic of the articles. Mr. Georgewl7hriacihicissh, eliTyna,:lrap of. St. James's_streehtisssahiodpthaantd ou u.a n Saturday ted to sutler came into some read y made drawers, and some men'.s stockings, commis sioned to buy for some sailors. She selected 'a large quantity send the mone amounting to about X 6 in valne,gaonoidlsl.eaftntahe sho.pse.Ssatslyu.elselpitge. S shop, in St. Ji . une ki s' g u e o vv , ti e li d ai l l i t e i r t to ca s tie h ldd e. folloWed her. She t u i • i o e t n ild we s n e t nd int f o or m t r h . e ‘ m vil a i n i : tils„ that she had taken some ot .the. goods, of similar (roods, pair of s th h e o i p ik :a s n e d le h ct e ed th a4a fo r and left the a_ pawn-shop, and in a basket which she had . he.fotind a pro perty, and seveilrAirs of new drawers, which were his the same description as those stockings, which were of exactly identify them.', Mr. ' e had to sell, but he could not gave similar testimony Williams, draper, of St. James's-street, • which she said she would y as to the woman purchasing stockings, had a great many B , ol. send for arid. send the money. He t c - ings out and could not swear that he bad missed any. 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