The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-09-02 00:00:00

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Has extended a direct believe-- ataa the of their s of your ern them- their in- Aishment the false Russell) barriers lceslors ? against of our nent, to its which - I let ruin len sail' Ither edd e should loss, by ion of a temptable e is not mpelled )hn Rug tutionar' . or the ry. We d,i above ,try free- are not n• vOU to ,he rer itutional n a nother h of En r* next, bf scriptural 11 long be connected occasion, rust, mai nd trades )l3 this in incipla of sent time. rseries for itechisms into the ildren ar e sed at C4'.e visit the own eYe'' , :ly taught att Estab' E., articles , of eternal rise liber blood boil to such a C 010 11 0 - , ma y be Defence Schools." ►rk is not ixon sat , the grea t ld reds of ,they ar e ,idingit s isistentlY v prote and th e ervice of 4 s upe!in" ) ristic , e other: ergy f er Ise pin re intro- lose vrh° 0 f doc h e gran d spirit of based OO the re al 11 to the hey vdtil stblistt- he hike of PO" cate tbe e united 5 11• Id at death 0. don,vho io vias aler, ao: sed that said she • s pirits' fled the , ose d 1 a roP e ? livere d a dead" ,wrie , re wer er, gave Jr. iverp o 7 on, a ° ° "idea ,ving to )arts. ye bec lOV ed. . t S S fl i g " owee $ enc s J. rtod e." is h n fo . ey week, red- ~~. SEPT. 2, I 5:36. LONDON LATEST NEWS. City, ednesdy, Hal f t One. American pap e r s t o "th e 11th of W August, a have been -pas brought by the Ontario, which state that Mr. Rathbuin, of Buffalo, the propriet or o f severa l esta bli s h ments, had failed for upwards of 2,800,0(X) dollars, and that in consequence 1500 labourers had been thrown out of employ. The Indian war, it seems, has not yet terminated, for we learn by the Columbian Sentinel, of the 29th of July, that a severe engagement took place between the Georgians and the Indians, in the neighbourhood of Mr. Quail's plantations, the result of which, however, was not then known. The New Orleans Bulletin, of the 27th ult., contains the fol lowing paragraph, in a letter from a highly respectable source, dated at Matamoros, the 2911 i ult., says, " it is a n und ou bt e d fact that this gover n men t (the Mexican) have made, or are making a treaty with the Indians to join them , the Cherokees are already engaged." The New Orleans Bee, of the same date, says that letters from the same quarter state, that six American Indian Chiefs of the Cherokee tribe, with 40 runners, are in close negotiation with General Uren, at Matamorus. The letter has been sent to Washington. A letter from Vera Cruz of the Bth Jo i ly says:—" A revolu tion has. broken out in the State of Oaxara, the capital of that state is already besieged by a very large force of the sovereign people. I think the present order of things will soon change the people; in all parts the people are arousing from the leth argy in which they have been plunged for these last two years, and appear determined to displace their sovereignty. Our commerce is paralysed, and the government are about making us pay a forced loan. Orleans is resisting it. The Montreal papers of the 7th of July, state that a report had be en i n c i rcu l ation f or some days, that the provincial par liament would be called together about the middle of Septem ber; dispatches which were considered important at the government house having, it pis said, lately come to hand. 'Consols for the Account are at 911 4, and for Money at 911. Exchequer Bills aris to 7 premium , and India Bonds are Ito 2 discount. Spanish are rather higher , the price of the Active Stock being 3 n , of the Passive 94, and of the Deferred 13i. Portuguese rather heavy, owing to a man-of-war, the Corn wallis, hiving sailed for Lisbon, by which it is inferred that an attempt will be made to proclaim the Constitution in - that country. Portuguese Five per Cents. are 70; the Three per 'Cents.43i ; and the Seripll 8 discount. Colombian are 244; and Chilian. 441. Russian Bonds are 1111; Dutch Five per Cents, are 1044. and the Two-and-a-l-lalf per Cents. 55i. The Share Market is rather fiat; Great Western are 35 per share, Blaekwall are 21, Grand Junction are 14 1, North Mid-. land 121 13, and South Eastern 54, Stephensoo's Brighton are 'B4 4, and Itennie's 4. The Colonial Bauk Shares are 114 4, and General Steam Navigation ere 281. Fogg; o'CLoce.—Consols foi the Account closed at 914 4, Spanish Bonds,' 304 / I: 'Portuguese, 694 304. Chilian, 41 to 45. BnitisirscrtkTlFic ASSOCIATION. At the last meeting of the general committee, on Saturday, at Bristol, the subject as to where the next annual meeting was to take place was taken ibto consideration. Invitations were re ceived and advanced on behalf of no less than seven towns ; all were, however, eventually withdrawn, except those from this town and Manchester. A lengthened discussion took place, during which Dr. Carson, J. Brooks Yates, Esq., and Samuel Turner, Esq., ably enforced the propriety of holding the next meeting in this town ; which, on a divisi on , was carried by a large majority. It is therefore to be hoped that our townsmen, who feel interested in the advancement of science, and those anxious to support the credit of our town during the meeting, will proceed with vigour in all the necessary arrangements. In conformity with the above resolution, the following letter was addressed to the Mayor of Liverpool:— Bristol, August 29,18.36. Sin,—We have the honour to inform you, that at a meeting of the General Cointnittee of the British Association, held at Bristol oh the 27th, it was resolved, that the next meeting of that body be held at Liverpool, in the month of September, 1837, the precise period to be left to the decision of the council, the officers elect being— PRESIDENT. The Earl of Burlington, F.R.S. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Dr. Dutton, F.R.e&e. Sir Philip de Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P. and P.G.S. The Rev. Edward Stanley, F.L. and G.S SECRETARIES. Dr. Charles Henry. Charles Stewart l'arker, Esq. LOCAL TREASURER. Samuel Turner, Esq., P.R.S. We have the honour to be, sir, Your very obedient servants, WM. VERNON HARCOURT, General ROD. J. MURCHISON, 5 Secretaries. To W. Wallace Currie, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool. (Signed) TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, a special meeting of the town council was held, called for the purpose of swearing in the commissioners of the . Court of Requests. SERGEASIT-AT-MACH ' On the reporters being admitteW,"illey found the TOWN CLERK speaking By this act, (the court of requests act,) it was necessary to appoint a sergeant-at-mace, who must give security. The person svho'naturally would have the appoint ment would be the sergeant who bad tilled the office before, and, in fact. the present appointment would be merely a conti nuance of that officer. A • letter had been received by the Mayor, from Mr. Parkinson, who hid filled the office, soliciting to be continued in office under the new act of parliament, and that he coold fin 4 the requisite seeority. He had filled the office of sergeant-at-mace since. 1822, and, should he be re elected, would faithfully discharge the duties of his office. One of the principal points of the act was to obtain from this officer sufficient security for the property of suitors. No such security had hitherto been given. Another object of this act was, to separate the sergeant from the bailiffs, and make him their su perintendent, to prevent oppression and extortion. He thought no better course could be pursued than to re-appoint the sergeant-et-mace during pleasure, obtaining from him the re quisite security, which he (the sergeant-at-mace) stated he could give. Ile would also rewind the council that if this officer were discharged he would certainly he entitled to com pensation. Under these circumstances .he would propose a re solution for the adoption of the council :—" That Timothy Parkinson he appointed• sergeant-at-mace, to hold his office during pleasure, and that security be taken from him, and that he receives a salary in lieu of fees, the amount and the appoint ment to be 'referred tod.he next borough council." Mr. Councillor RATHBONE would move that the resolution be passed, with the, understanding that it did not hold out any pledge to the sergeant-at-mace that he would be continued, until after the council had determined on the appointment. Mr. Alexander Ls:A . l4ot%z would second *the resolution with the same understanding, that the appointment should not be considered as permanent.. . Mr. Councillor MELLOR wished to know why security for the office was to be given, and for what the sergeant was re sponsible? • The TOWN-CLERK said it was his duty, through his bailiffs, to arrest: pal ties, and if, the debtor . escaped the plaintiff would have ari .action against him, and the, security ought. to be such that the plaintiff might be satisfied that he should receive his money. Again, the amounts which passed through his bands very frequently amounted to £5OO or £6OO, and on one occa sion he had as much as £2,500 passed through his hands at once. On the subject of security, he had suggested that the amount should be two sureties in £2,000. The resolution .was then carried. SWEARING IN COMMISSIONERS. The TOWN-CLERK said the next proceeding . would be to call in Mr. -Lowndes and Mr. Hall, who were in attendance to swear them in as commissioners of the Court of Requests. In the interim, he would read the resolution appointing' William Lowndes Esq., and Thomas James Hall, Esq., s tip en di ary magistrate, as commissioners of the Court of Requests, and Richard Radcliffe, Esq., as clerk of the commissioners of the said court. T 11eIEyoR said that they might not lose time, he had yes terday. received a letter from Bristol, stating that the British Association holding there would hold their next annual meeting in September next, at Liverpool, whiChwould avoid the assizes; the period of the month to.he fixed by the council. The letter was signed by the president, the vice-president, the secretary, &c..; and addiessed to the Mayor Mr. Lowndes and Mr. Hall now entered the room, and the requisite oath was administered to them and to the town-clerk, after which The MAYOR, addressing Mr. Lowndes, said—" I beg to con gratulate'you, sir, and, from all I have heard, I congratulate the council also; on your appointment. With the merits of the other gentlemen we are acquainted. I have no doubt but that 3'04.- will each fulfil your office so as to give satisfaction." (Applause.) Mr, Lowndes and Mr. Hall bowed and left the room. 'the MAYOR then announced that the business was concluded. THEATRE-ROYAL. On Tuesday evenincr, the, play of the "Stranger" was brought out; the part of the Stranger b'y Mr. Stuart, and Mrs. Haller by Mrs. Sharpe, of the American Theatres. We have already spoken of this lady as being a fine figure for the stage; and, where fitted with a character she is a good actress. As Mrs. Haller, she played extremely well. lu thelast scene especially she "was peculiarly effective, the best criterion of which was the general application of handkerchief from all parts of a crowded house, and the audible sobs of many of the feminine part of the audience. Stuart's acting as the 'Stranger was energetic and yet suppressed ; it partook sufficiently of all the bitterness of the Misanthrope without bursting into rant and fury against all the His representation :of the last scene was fully " up to , autaark." The interlude of " Rip Van Winkle/' a silly pjec e , in which Mr. Hackett played Rip Van Winkle, followed'. The only good pnints in it were Rip Van Winkle's Americanisms grafted upon aboriginal Dutch. In the afterpiece, a farce called " Hunting a Turtle," Miss Faucit played the part of Mrs. Turtle with much naivete and talent, and, together with Mr. Browne's clever acting, and the assistance of Mr. Goldsinid, 'kept the h ouse i n a roar of laughter. On Wednesday evening, Mr. Goldsreid took his benefit, but had but a Poor house. Last evening, Shakspe are's play orate "Tempest'' wasbrought out, but so murdered, mangled, cut up, and metamorphosed was it, that Shakspeare himself would hardly have recognised it. Whole scenes were left out, and whole scenes introduced. The reading of the characters of Alonzo, Gonzalo, and Antonio was wretched, and by leaving out the whole of the first scene in the second act, and all the succeeding parts relating to it, the plot of the play was Much injure:l. This, with the introduction of Dorincia into the Plot completely altered the author's conception, and destroyed the narrative of the piece converting all into jumble and bu r l esque . Mr s , Bl an d made a most Ariel-like looking, Ariel. Mr. Stuart, as P ros p ero , a p peared hardly " at home," and Mr. Bland con trived t o ma k e suc h a hash of Ferdinand that he had not a leg to stand on Miss Stanley played Miran da p retty well. The Opera of " Guy Mannering . ,"' concluded the pe rformances. The house was only thinly attended. TO *.t**** ;k I've roved through many a • Pleasant vale, And looked abroad from In Where fragrance cam e on ever gale, a l hill, And music played in every rill Oft have I wander'd where the brake Above me spread its curtains dim, And where, clear shown in the still blue lake, Lay the rich hued woods that fringed its-brim. But vale nor hill, wood, lake, nor stream, Could form a scene so fair to me, (Though fair it was as poet's dream,) • As that o'er which I roamed with thee. True it was but a waste of sand. Without a tree—with scarce a flower ; But whilst.l press'd my true love's hand, 'Twas sweet to me as a fairy bower. Then oh! how donbly,sweet had been Each charming spot, hadst thou been there To view with mo k eacb lovely scene, • And wander o'?rthe landscape fair; , And thus throughllfe's oft varying state • Would thy sweet presence he to me ; • - Thy Ire would cheer ray gloomiest fate, • jp- an 71.1,smile would gild prosperity. 4 'clust 22, 1836. LIVERPOOL POLICE. OBTAINiNG 'GOODS LIMIER • Fat, E Pi/ kTENCES.--On Wed nesday, at the Police-office, a man named James Lowrey. dressed ,in ,shabby black. was placed before the magistrates charged with 'having obtained goods of various tradesmen, con sisting of table knives and forks, tea and coffee pots, boots and . shoes, Ste.. by representing himself as the servant of Mr. Voel ker; of St. Domingo House, and as sent by him for the articles. -Mr. Richardson, of Postoffice-plaCe, deposed that on Monday last the prisoner came to his shop, bringing a note purporting to be from Mr Voelker, and requesting to have a dozen and a half of table knives, a tea-pot, and a coffee-pot, which he gave to the prisoner. Mr. Gibson, the brother in law of last witness, deposed to the prisoner coming to his shop and handing to him a note purporting to be from Mr. Voelker, wanting a tea and coffee pot and some knives to be sent to him. He showed some of the articles required to the prisoner, who said they would do very well. He, however, suspected him, and told him he would send the goods up at night, that he had not got them ready. Another witness, a boot and shoe maker, deposed to the pri soner hating gone to his shop on the 16th instant, and ordered a quantity of boots and shoes for Mr. Voelker, for which he brought a note. He let him have three .or four pairs to try, which he took with him. As soon as he was gorte, he suspected all was not right, and sent up to . Mr. Voelker's, who said he had never ordered any boots, nor was the note in his handwriting. He had never s een the prisoner since until now. Mr. Voelker was examined, and deposed to the whole of the letters being fabri cations, and that he had never authorized the prisoner to obtain any of the articles in question for him. The prisoner had been in - his service about five years before. Several pawnbrokers were called, who produced the stolen articles, and deposed to having received the m f rom th e pr i soner i n p l e d ge on the days on which they had been stolen. The prisoner had nothing to say in defence, but begged for mercy. The informations were ordered to be taken for his trial. Dtson DER LI ES.—On Wednesday, at the Police-office, a great numbecvf disorderly women were brought before the magistrates charged with annoying and interrupting gentlemen in the streets the night before. Several were committed for seven days where the case was clearly proved. The officers have orders to apprehend the women in all these cases. This will perhaps put an end to this.nuisanee, no gentleman at present being able, in an evening, to pass down any of the streets without being AtirjeCted 'to continual and disgusting annoyance. from these wretched . creatures: . INFoitmATIoNs.--Yesterday, at the Police-office, there were no less than 70 informations against car-driv e rs, & c ., an d f or obstructions o n th e f oo t wa lk s , 41 of these were for obstructions in Stanley .street, and Mr. Venables was engaged for the de fendants. The Whole of these obstruction cases were adjourned until two o'clocic.this day, Mr. Hall being engaged in the licensing court. .It is expected that one case will decide all. APPREHENSION OF A GANG OF COINERS. This case, which has excited considerable interest froM the ex tent of the operations of the gang, and which we before have noticed, was heard before Mr. Harvey in the magistrates' room, on Tuesday last. Crewe and Son attended to watch the proceedings on behalf of the prisoners. The prisoners whose names are Edward Simon Arnett, Elizabeth Arnett, his wife, and Isabella Arnett, his sister, appear to he members of a faintly of coiners who . have e x t ensive l y carr i e d on the i r nefar i ous occupat i on for a number of years past in various parts of the country, and have one by one been detected. So early as 1822 one of the family was convicted of coining, at Beverley, and since then at several other places. Some years ago Arnett and his wife resided at Hull, coining and circulating there to a great extent till they were obliged to decamp to avoid detection, and from thence they came to this town. The wife of Arnett is a daughter of a per son who keeps a beer-shop in this town. Another member of the family who is now in custody, under suspicion of being a receiver, has long carried on a steady business as a shopkeeper. After residing in various houses in the town from which they had removed to avoid detection, the prisoners for some time past have occupied a house No. 62, Virgil-street, which they have furnished in a most sumptuous and splendid manner, and were looked on by the neighbours as respectable people. This mansion they have for some time past made their grand manu factory of counterfeit sovereigns, half-sovereigns, crowns, half crowns, and shillings, their warehouse for the manufactured article, and theirstorehouse for su c h s t o l en p l ate as h as b een given in exchange for base coin. In one of the tipper rooms was found upwards of £3OO worth of plate, besides a number of gold and s il ver wa t c h es. Two-hundred andi seventy-oneounces of this plate has turned out to be a portion of that which was burglariously stolen on the 3d of June last, from the seat of Mr. Dawson, near Lancaster, and a considerable quantity more has been claimed as the property of Mr. Sudlow, solicitor, of Manchester. -The officers of the mint have had cases of utter. ing base'toin in all parts of the country in which the coin passed has been of the manufacture of this family, and it is estimated that they have carried on a business in this commo dity to the,amount. When the prisoners were brought in, Edward Simon Ar nett looked -perfectly unconcerned. He is a little unheal thy individual, with much the air of a mechanic, though he was well-dressed. His occupation, at which he seems to have laboured most industriously, has affected his health. Isabella assumed a lofty and theatrical air, while the unfortu nate wife appeared to be ab sor b e d i n grief. She carried her in fant child in her arms, which was neatly and elegantly dressed, as were both the female prisoners. Thomas Boothby stated, that he was a clerk of the court of requests. On Wednesday last he was at Harper's public house, at the Mile-end, Scotland-road, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. By the direction of Messrs. Parkinson and Ains worth of the police, he took a parcel of papers and letters in his hand and went to the house, No. 62, Virgil -street. He rang at the door bell, and the prisoner, Elizabeth Arnett, opened the door. He asked if Mr. Johnson lived there, and without waiting for any reply entered the passage, followed by James Ainsworth. Elizabeth Arnett seized him by the collar, and tried to push him out. After struggling a little she cried out, " Cut, cut—bolt, bolt." He forced her along towards the par lour door on the left, and Ainsworth slipped past him. By this time Thomas Ainsworth and Mr. Parkinson had come up, and he delivered his prisoner over to them. She exclaimed, " What do you want here ? I hope you will_never prosper !" The other'prisoners having been taken upstairs to be present during the search, Elizabeth Arnett said to witness, with whom was Thomas Ainsworth, " come up stairs and I will show you all there is." They went up to the back bed-room and the pri soner removed a large box, from behind which she took up two counterfeit sovereigns and four counterfeit shillings. These she put into his hand saying, " there, there!" She then un locked the box and gave him two watches, one of silver and one of metal. On the chimney-piece witness saw a small paper parcel, which, oir examination, he, found to contain 14 half sovereigns, all ready for circulation. By the direction of James Ainsworth, be took the prisoner down stairs, where they saw Isabella. The prisoner was weeping, when the former ex claimed, " Never, mind ; the c a pit a l i s taken off. It might have been worse—we know the worst of it—we shall all go to gether." (By the capital the prisoner meant, that the offence was no longer capital which it was until lately.) James Ainsworth stated, that Mr. Parkinson and he went with certain officers to Harper's public-house, at Mile-end. Having arranged their plan of operation, they directed police officers Flockart and Thursby to get permission to pass through the house, N0:63. Baothby was then despatched as a postman, as then stated, and otherofficers were placed at the front and bards of the hunse. ' He followed Boothby into the house, and passed the kitchen. As he entered, he heard sonie one cry out, Fly, fly—cut, cut !" He found Isabella there,- and on look ing forward into the yard, he saw the male prisoner attempting to make his escape! Flockhart was getting over the wall which divided the garden ,' . of No. 63, from the house in question. Wit ness ran obilitiirtook the man into custody, and delivered him over to-Mr. Parkinson.. He then went up stairs to examine the rooms.' When he :went into the hack room it was very hot; in the grate was a very large coke fire, with an iron blower suspended before it; the blower was red hot; he took it down, and the fire was at a white beat. In a few minutes Mr. Powell and Mr. Parkin son came up, having brought the prisoner to witness the search. In the middle of the room stood a large deal table; on it was a quantity of black founder's earth, two bad half-crowns, rough from the mould, twelve good shillings, hi g hly p o li s h e d, used a s patterns for the moulds, two wooden patterns for channels for the moulds, a box-iron, round at the bottom, for crushing the earth, a thick board for the same purpose, a silver caddy-spoon, and part of a silver tea-spoon, a small pair of furnace-tongs, and' two triangular files. In a drawer next to the fire was a paper parcel containing forty-four counterfeit half-sovereigns fresh from the mould. All the sovereigns and half-sovereigns which have been found are made of exceedingly pure silver, gilt over with gold: In the seine drawer were found, 8 half-sovereign finished, ready for gilding, filed at the edges, a jett, seven inches long, a channel with four newly cast half-sovereigns attached, a parcel containing 14 other sovereigns and half-sovereigns, in various states, with a quantity of scrap metal, a small crucible with metal in it, 14 very highly polished god(' crowns which . had been used for. patterns, an immense number of counterfeit crowns, half-crowns, and shillings in various states, a manu script book filled with recipes for making amalgams, alloys, platings, colouring mixtures, &c. for gold and 'silver. On the floor were aline sieve, a great number of counterfeit half-crowns and shillings, flasks, 12lbs. of grain tin, six gilt farthings, a large parcel containin g severa l d ozen highly finished half-crows, carefully folded up in tissue paper to prevent them from rubbing, a parcel of crowns in the same state, two moulds, one for shil ;litigs anst ,pne fer„half-crowns, for both sides, each o, which would cast a dozen pieces at a time, a large bag filled with base coin of various descriptions in different states. In other parts of the resins were found fourteen crucibles of different sizes, a barrel of coke, several flasks, and numerone implements for coining. Alf the above articles were produced. • The testimony of Mr. Parkinson corroborated that of Ains worth, as .to their first movements. He, however, discovered in the kitchen, and in the pantry adjacent, a wooden screw vice, for holding the pieces of coin while they are finished off, several moulds, one of which was hot, as though it had been recently used, a marble mortar which contained silver for plat ing, several vessels containing various mixtuies, three bottles of aqua forti s , a b o ttl e an d box, o f quicksilver, a wire gilding brush, and• a board • and eork on which various mixtures had been worked. On the fire was a plate of iron, red hot, and near it a large Dutch crucible full of earth. William Flockhart stated, that when he got upon the wall of the house, No. 63,41 e saw the male prisoner running to make his escape. He (the prisoner) had nothing on nut his trowsers arid shirt, and looked as if he were very hot and much agitated. Witness exclaimed;. " if you move I'll knock your brains out." The prisoner held up his hand and exclaimed, " Oh for God's sake don't kill me!" Ainsworth then came out and took him into custody. When the examination of the upper room was completed, Mr. Powell asked the prisoner if he were satisfied. He re plied, that he was, and wished to be taken to his wife. He was then taken down to the bock parlour were the two females were . The wife was weeping. The prisoner said, " Never mind, don't fret, old lass, We know the worst of it." Isabella upon this said, " Oh my mind's perfectly made up,' we shall all go together." Witness took the prisoner to dress himself, and saw him put five good sovereigns, and some silver and copper into his pockets, with a lever watch with a silver chain. These be took from him. He Searched the other prisoners, and took gold and silver frOm both' of them. From the wife, Elizabeth Arnett, he took a lady's gold watch. In a cupboard which 'he searched he found I 3lbs, of arsenic, lllbs. of regulus of antimony, a bag of blue-stone, Verdigris, and various coloured ochres. The case was adjourned at five o'clock, to next day at half-past nine. At half-past nine o'clock on Wednesday the examination was resumed. Thomas Ainsworth, constable, confirmed the evidence of the previous witnesses. On his entering . the house a dog flew at him, which bit him in the thigh, and was only got off by Boothb y striking him on the head -with a pair of hand cu ff s . I sa b e ll a Arnett gave Boothby a quantity of plate knives and forks,, &c. and watches. She said " she did not care so much for herself as for her brother, as his constitution was gone by working at it so, what with the heat df the fire and other things, if he was injg e d he would-not livelong." • Robert Bartnn ; etritable.,. deposed to finding 42 counterfeit half-crown s in a ,pair i)flnsets, -nntler Arnett's bed, offer_ Arnett hint b'e . tri u fttar4 to' &range fill dress after he was pursue, and on his return announced Mr. Hall's intention of leaving the case as it stood, till the opinion of. the Attorney- General had been taken. Ralph M'Gill, the agent of the landlord of the house where the prisoners lived, deposed to his taken the house.of him, and • having given notice to quit the last quarter, as he had some in tention of going into the public line. The examination of witnesses was then proceeded in against the prisoners, as receivers of stolen property. Matthew Redder, footman of Dawson, Esq. of .Ald winkle, ne ar M anc h es t er, d epose d , t h at on the 'morning of the 10th of June, his master's house was broken open. On getting up in the morning, he found the parlour window open, and the paper in which the plate was wrapped up on the floor. On going into the pantry wher e th e pl a t e was k ept, h e f oun d the cup b oar d open, and the plate gone; it was in the cupboard the night be fore. He missed a silver tea-pot, a coffee-pot, tea caddy, 23 desert spoons, two gravy spoons, twenty-four table spoons, a fish slice, thirty tea-spoon, one dozen large forks, one dozen small forks, six or eight sauce laddles, a silver tray, tea-pot stand, a sugar ladle, two pair of sugar tongs, a butter knife, a wine strainer, &c. They were all marked with a crest of a cat's head. He had the robbery advertised, and gave information of it to the Lancaster police. A part of the plate now produced was his master's; he knew it well. Mr. John Sudlow, deposed to being a solicitor, at Manches ter, and residing at No. 35, Princes-street. On Sunday, the 7th of February last, a robbery was committed at his house. He left the house in the morning at ten o'clock, and returned at half-past nine at night, and found the police in possession of his house. The front door had been forced open with a crow in - bar. On going up stai rs , h e f oun d th e d r awers his bed-rbom removed, and lying on the floor broken open. He missed a silver cup, with an inscription upon it. and his name; a silver castor frame, marked C. • a silver ewer, marked S. Som e silver tabl e - s p oons mar ked S.; and a variety of other ptate. A part of the plate produced was the property he had missed. The constables were then for form's sake, re-examined as to the finding the plate in the prisoner's house. The magistrates' table was completely strewed over with orti cies of plate, watches, &C., found in the house. ' • Mr. Crewe submitted that there was no evidence to connect the prisoners with the robbery. They might have regularly pur chased the articles. Mr. Harvey said they found the goods in their possessien, and they did not trace them to their hands. He should consi der it his duty to commit the poisoners on the latter charge, and with respect to the charge of coining; they would be re manded until the Attorney-General's opinion had been received. The case occupied until three o'clock. The father of the prisoner Arnett. who is in custody, Was remanded until Friday, there not being vet, more than sus picious circumstances to connect him with ale other prisoners. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. • ' taken, which Isabella said he had been at work. at frotti six of criticising the talents of Mr. Montgomery. That the writer o'el4ck in the morning, and said lie was a very active and_ in- is altogether defi6ient in ref - miming, to convince his readers that dristrious husband.' He asked the sister where they 'had lived Mr. M. has mere declamation than argument, and mere ex v . b e fdr e th e y came t o Li ver p oo l, an d s h e rep li e d . ". at. Hull, and geratian than force' of lauguage, I thi n k i s mo at apparent. At that the police chaps could not have got at them sa easily there, all events,, judging (ruin his own matchless production, he i s for they had' a garden half a mile long, and could, e e e them most incompetent to giv e t o M r . M ontgnmery t h at adv i ce comitta long before they got to the door." Mrs. A rnett appearea which he so much needs himself, viz. " whenever You write any very poorly and faint, and desired him to fetch a pint of expression which you think particularly pretty or flue, be sur e and gave thin half-a-crown to fetch it with, which appe4ed to draw your pen across it." Wny did not "R. M. S." follow very bright as if it had been used for a mould. There wait,tt this advice of Dr. Hincks's, and, acting up to the true spirit of pianoforte in the room, and Isabella said she might as well it, erase the whole of " Pulpit Sketcher, Ne. I." have a last tune upon it, and she would give them " Over the The writer of this criticism admits, though evidently with water to Charley.' great reluctance, that M r . M.' s d e li very i s " earnest ana plea . asserts . "that his sermons are care f u ll y wr i t t en an d o memory, because th ere are none o f th ose b ursts Helsel!, the officer, deposed to finding a b oo k o f l ea f sil ver , but . 1 n and a bag containing a large quantity of cou n t er f e it co i ns o f a ll risin t t kinds, in various stages of completion. He also found in g.wieateh and out of the subj ec t s , w hi c h s h ow t h e ex t empore various parts of the house a number of th e requ i s it e t oo l s f ur preacher." How s o a b sur d an id ea cou ld o b tru d e i tse lf into coining, the mind of this invincibl e cr iti c , I cannot d eterm i ne. I t hi n k that he will stand alone in hia opinion upon that paint. There Mr. E. Powell deposed to being one of the inspectors ap- are such occasional bursts of feeling in his eloquence, evidently pointed by his Majesty's Mint. In consequence of suspicions . proceeding froni ail intimate knOviledge of the hidden resources he had entertained for a considerable time, that the prisoners were of the heart —that do one can suspect that they are the result of : en g a ge d ver y extensively in coining,as well as in receiving stolen tedious diving for genus of thought, or daazling fanciers: There plate, he determined if po ss ibl e t o effe c t their apprehen s i o n • is an unstudied calmness in his manner, until a certain point He did not know their residence. but ultimately succeeded in in his discourse, where his Mind appeara to be itrongly and ascertaining that they lived at No. 62, Virgil-street, Scotland-'1 irresistibly excited by his subject, in the midst of which, with road. Accordingly on the 231 i ns t an t h e applied to Mr, Hall ' out having any controul over the chasteness of his expressions, for a warrant to search the prisoners' house, which was grant- the nervous diction of the accomplished orator deVelopes ed, and he then gave directions to Halsall, Ainsworth, and with all that richness of perception, and beauty of imagination, Parkinson, constables, regarding the search, whilst he re- which at once convince our minds, and excite our admiration. mained outside to watch the _result. In about half an hour The earnest sincerity which tinges the whole stirface of his Ainsworth came to him, and h e accom p an i e d him back to the conduct, convinces his bearers that he is an unbotight champion house and there saw the three prisoners sitting on the sofa in of the faith, and an illustrious example of domestic piety and the back parlour. H e a s k e d a nd received their names. He virtue; and thathis energetic appeals, and expositions of the then proceeded into the front kitchen, and found upon a table faith, proceed from an inward conviction that a life of righte a mould upon whi c h was i m p resse d th e obverse and reverse 4 ousness can alone - prepare us for the world to come.—and that sides of Shillin gs , He then went over the house and found jhe is one who practises himself, the conduct he exhorts others large quantities of coining materials, which he took an account I to adopt. of. The coins f o u n d by th e o ffi cers and stated to be counter- :As a stranger in Liverpool —as a warm admirer of Mr. feit, were so, and had all been c ast in the moulds. On being Moutgotnery's character and talent—as a member of that holy cross-exa.mined, witness said he had not ascertained whether Protestant Church, which, after standing the test of ages, still, Elizabeth Arnett was the wife of the prisoner Arnett or not. at this period of its venerable existence, possesses all the utility Barton the constable was recalled at the request of the pri- and efficiency of its younger and brighterdays,—.l have though't sonar's solicitor. He deposed to finding a marriage certificate proper to give publicity to these few remarks, in a spirit of of Edward and Elizabeth Arnett, and also a certificate of the thankfulness to Mr. Montgomery for his zealtats exertions in burial of one of their children. They were married in York- j• preaching the true Gospel; and beg to subscribe myself, shire, on the 16th of September, 1828. VERITAS. Mr. Crewe submitted that the wife could not be detained. Mr. Powell said, that the wife had, from the evidence "been concerned in distinct acts of uttering base coin,, and that ahe must stand committed until the opinion of the Attorney-General had been obtained. His own opinion was, that allahe prisoners would have to take their trial for the offence. Mr. Crew then enquired if bail could he admitted for the wife, and called attention to- herdelicate situation, she being near her confinement. Mr. Shuttleworth said the application was premature, :se the application must be made t o th e mag i s t ra t es, one of idiom Must have signed the prisoner's committal. Mr. Harvey consulted Mr. Hall as to what course he show! TO JOHN HOLMES, ESQ., Chairman cif the Board of Commissioners under the Paring Scl,4c. Stn,---Ilowever reluctant I might be to place your name before the public in the columns of a newspaper, you have left mp . the alternatieein the present instance of either foregoing that re luctance, or of quietly submitting to conduct, worthy certainly of Mr. Holmes, but as certainly unworthy the countenance of many estimable individuals who composed the Board of Com missioners over which you, by what accident it is not necessary to inquire, presided yesterday. When I. waited on the board on that day it was for the pur pose of objecting to the robbery that is now being perpetrated of half the parapet on the east side of Christian -street, which depreciates the value of the property there fully 10 per cent.; for the further purpose of inquiring into the grou n d on w hi c h the opinion for th e nece s s ity o f that robbery had been based; and also for 'discussing the question on its merits. to the endthat the contemplated alteration might not be carried into effect, if substantial: reasons should be elicited for its abandonment. So far'hovverer from 'being permitted to discuss the several points with the board, I was not allowed even to state the case; but the moment it was ascertained on what business I stood be fore you, you, sir, as chairman, in a manner the 'nest ungentle- manly and summary, stopped my proceeding, dismissed the case, and called for the next one instanter. Sir, however much in accordance with your natural disposi tion and habits this arbitrary mode of dealing with the applica tions of your fellow-citizens may be, I take leave to protest against it ; and think it quite time to put the public in possession of the manner in which its affairs are administered by its ser vants. The rudeness with which you repulsed me astonished me that the board could so far lose sight of its own dignity as to appoint you to a seat which the want of common courtesy so eminently disqualifies you to fill, and for the absence of which qualification the possession of any other requisite cannot com pensate. That the powers conferred on the Commissioners for . Paving by the act of parliament are of so arbitrary and extraor dinary a character as to surrise even som e o f y our own mem bers, is too true to be denied; but that you should concentrate the arbitrary essence of its spirit for personal exhibition as chairman of the board, may perhaps tie a subject fur wonder to those who cannot boast the honour of a personal acquaintance with you. It may be laid down as a principle fairly based upon reason and propriety, that where the carriage-road of a street is suffi ciently wide to admit three or four vehicles to pass abreast, there is room enough for every business-purpose, and that the remain ing space should, however . great, be conceded to the comfort of the public; or, in other terms, that so soon as the fair and legitimate claims of commerce are satisfied, the rest ought to be considered the indefeasible right of the community, fur the facility and convenience of pedestrians. Now, the centre or carriage road of the street in question is nine yards in breadth, which is more than sufficient for any fourth-rate thoroughfare; and lamat a loss to conceive on what . principle a justification can be attempted, f or t a ki ng e i g h t feet f r om the parapet or foot-path to add to a centre or cart-road already nine yards broad. If the excuse be (and here I am obliged to beg the question, not having been indulged with the shadow of a reason by your board) the expense of flagging so great a width as the original parapet, the answer is, then fla g such a portion of it only as will equal the breadth now deter mined on, without reducing its dimension, and let that portion intended to be flagged, he it two or more yards, commence from the curb-stone, leaving the remaining space to the houses, as it now is, paved; which would relieve the front apartments from that gaze of impertinence to which close contact with the win dow will expose them. The alteration is unsolicited either by the owners of the houses or the inhabitants ; it is uncalled for by necessity, and is perfectly unjustifiable on any one principle either of expediency or common sense. It is quite manifest that none of your board can he located in that street, otherwise we should have heard nothing of the job; and to test the accu racy of that judgment which could proceed. to take away. eight, feet frorn.a parapet that has been approved of for forty years, let me recommend you to try the principle in some one or two of the aristocratical localities—try it in St. Anne-street, whereone of the commissioners resides—or try it in Rodney-street, and we shall soon see the pulse to rise and the swelling tide of indigna tion to set in with a fury that shall rouse the slumbering energies of your board into activity, and compel it to exercise a sound discretion, in actual inspection, before it commits itself to the interested importunities of any individual. Your refusal to entertain the inquiry is explicable only by yourself—a censorious disposition might attribute it to a desire to cloak a flagitious expenditure of a public fund without any earthly equivalent—or to a supineness of judgment that could quietly, but criminally, surrender itself to the representation of some individual interested in furnishing either the materials or the labour for completion of the job; or to some other equally reprehensible motive. For my part, 1 shall put no interpreta tion upon it, but leave you to offer the best apology you can for what the occupiers of the houses consider an infringement .of their rights, and the owners a reduction i n t h e va l ue of their property; there must, however, be some motive for the proceed ing; if it be a valid one, you will perhaps permit me to ask you to indulge my neighbours with its disclosure through the same medium that you have compelled me to adept to bring this ques tion' before you. If it be an untenable one, you may . perhaps treat the request with the same supercilious contempt with which you treated my personal application; but, answer or refuse to answer, I beg you to bear one thing in remembrance, that this mode of bringing it under your cognizance is not adopted by me through choice, but from you r a b so l ute refusal to g i ve a hearing your obedient serva n t , to, sir, THOS. RADFORD. August, 1836. • CORRESPONDENCE. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STAIXD,IRD. 1 Stn,---In an article inserted in a late number of the Liverpool Journal, and professing to be the first of a series of " Pulpit Sketches," several remarks are made upon the fitness of the Rev. Robert Montgomery for the clerical profession That .those observations ar e wr itt en i n no f r iendl y Spirit, although clothed in language professing much good-will towards Mr. Moote . omery, cannot, for one moment, be doubted. The fact too of their publication in a journal, the conductors of which are avowed enemies to the established church, is ample con firmation of that opinion. I will pass over, without any comment, the writer's introdu e . tory remarks upon the well-established literary reputation of Mr. Montgomery, and at once proceed to point out the absurdity and injustice of his attack upon that gentleman's quantizations for a popular preacher. The writer might have spared himself the infinite labour of describing Mr. Montgomery as " a very young man—say twenty-seven years 'of age; well-looking, nest in dress, and sufficiently imposing in his manner." The intro duction of this absurd description of M r. Montgomery's personal appearance is neither the result of any previous argument, rior does it form any data upon which the writer's subsequent ones are founded; therefore, so trivial a circumstance could only have been recorded with the view of casting ridicule upon those splendid talents, which are daily increasing the popularity o f Mr. Montgomery, as an author and a preacher. Whether " R. S. M." has ever had the pleasure of M r . Montgomery's acquaintance, I will not take upon myself to de termine, hut thus much I will say—that if the author of " Pul pit Sketches, No. 1." has known that gentleman for any len gt h of time, he has obtained but little insight into his mental quali fications, and has failed to mark the powerful language in vvhir the rev. preacher clothes his thoughts, if, from that intimacyi ' e considers himself warranted in asserting that Mr. Montgomery " rather declaint4 than reasons." The article is written after hearing Mr. Montgomery's dis , courses on Sunday week. The writer professes to have take!? ' rather copious notes—to have even preserved the ipsixsima versa, and, upon them, to found his arguments, that Mr. Montgomery has few claims to the distinction of a popular preacher. The text selected on that occasion appears to have been the ever memorable words of Agrippa to the Apostle Paul—" Almost thou persuadest me to be a christiau ;" : a text upon which no man of ordinary qualifications would have attempted any expo_ sition. The writer ventures to assert that this discourse, which may be considered one of the finest efforts of pulpit oratory, was without argument ; that the declamation of the preacher wa s beautiful, like a tessellated pavement of rich mosaic, but that it was not a practical sermon. This objection to Mr. Montgo mery's want of reasoning is not the least serious of those which are carefully, although ungenerously, urged in the Journal, and shall be presently answered. The writer's second objection is to the rev. gentleman's diction, and his third to his delivery. Firstly—That Mr. Montgomery is deficient in argument, I cannot admit; :ne ith er can I account for the erroneous iinpres sion which appears to have been made upon "R. S. M," Those who frequent . St. Juries church, and have been, during the last few weeks, under the spiritual direction of the Rev. It. Montgomery, will, no doubt, be enabled to give the most direct contradiction to an assertion, which breathes ringing of that "impartiality, and independence" professed by the writer, at the outset of his criticism. I will fearlessly assert that the author of the "Omnipresence of the Deity," is not' less an af gurnentative than an eloquent preacher. lie enforces " thought!! that breathe in words that burn," and brings to his assistance, upon intricate and obscure points, the soundest reason, And the most soul-thrilling language. The arguments of Mr. M. are not less distinguished by their force and truth, than by their, elegant diction, which is never carried to an extent which per plexes or displeases. I willingly admit that we should inot judge of the worth of a sermon by the impression only which it makes, but by what it leaves in the mind; and, bearing in i'ecol• leetion, the distinction which that rule prondunces between mere declamation and reasoning, I cannot conceive that Mr. Mont.: emery's discourses are deficient in the latter qualification, while there can be no doubt that, in the foriner, there are few divines of the. Establishment, by whom 'be can be equalled or surpassed. Another visit to St. Jude's would convince "R. S. M. that he has expressed too hasty an opinion upon this p o int, —that, notwithstanding Mr. M.'ilanguage• is as a „ mingling glow of rainbow tints," breaking a spirit of poesy and enthusiasm siinilnrao that which at the dawning and first appearance of the gospel-sun dispelled those black and sulphurous vapours which had previohsly. obscured its radiancy—that his power of argu ment is still more calculated to establish his reputation as a po pular Divine. I cannot think that there can be the slightest impropriety in an allusion, from the pulpit, to the very great attention which is paid by the sons of commerce and those engaged in mercantile Rursuits, to the variations of trade, or the occurences of the ' I , :xcharige, in preference to evincing any zeal in the service or adoration of their God. To draw such a comparison, with the view of creating a spirit of devotedness to religious duties, i s a legitimate course to be pursued by a Christian Minister; and one which finds its way more readily to the understandings of all individuals, who, more or less, are directing their thoughts to thingi worldly, rather than things eternal. And this brings us to the writer's objection to Mr. Montgomery's diction, which is, in his opinion, "a galaxy of glittering words, and strained images, and high-flown sentences." In support of his opinion,_ the writer gives a number of phrases, which are stated 'to be some of those employed by Mr. M. in his discourse on Sunday evening week; and these extracts display a richness of concep-,. than, and a force of language, which I hope Mr. M. will not endeavour to restrain. If he were to attempt to do so, the chief recommendation in his favour, at the present moment, would no longer exist, and I should question what I am now gratified to admit, viz. that his remarks upon every subject are full of sin - ceritv, and flow immediately and distinctly from the heart. What gives to oratory a more lasting grace, than the fotce and richness of language? What renders the statesman more distinguished, or the public speaker more popular, than the , power of conveying by words, the m os t en d uring i m p ress i o ns , upon the minds of his auditors? Why, then, should the pulpit be excluded as a field for expressing fervency of feeling and, depth of sentiment ? May not these be expressed with mea sured music of declamation, resembling " youth in its light of beauty ?". The writer, with a consistency peculiar to himself, complains of the impropriety of some of Mr. Montgomery's language, and then, as to give a practical illustration of his argument, com; pares that gentleman's di scourse t o a "d raug h t o f c h ampagne ,', which "sparkled and frothed, but that was all." If we are to judge of the writer's notions ! of propriety, by the peculiar mode in which he expresses hi s o pi nions, the decision, I fear, would not redound to his credit, or - convince the world that he pos sess.es any transcendaut 9.ualifications for the self-imposed task TO MR. T. BLACKBURN. Sin,—Yon say, in what you are pleased to call your " De fence of the System adopted in the Corporation Schools," that the Church Catechism is " full of popery from beginning to end." Now, sir, I can assure you that I detest popery from my very soul, and, as I teach my little children the Church Catechism, I shall be very glad if you will have the goodness to point out the popery contained ia it. If you can do this to my satisfaction, I candidly promise never to teach it again. But, sir, I think you will find this no easy task; you will find that you have hazarded an assertion which is incapable of proof—an assertion which proves that you are equally ignorant of popery and of the Church Catechism. I suspect that you have derived your knowledge of it at second hand, and that you have condemned it without examination. How you can reconcile this mode of dealing with the subject with a sense of candour, honesty, and truth, it does not concern me to inquire. Do you know, sir, that the Ten Commandments form a conspicuous part of the Church Catechism? Is there any popery in the Ten Commandments? Bowing to images is one of the superstitions of popery; the se- cond commandment condemns it, saving, "thou shalt not bow down to them nor worship them." This is inserted in the cate chism certainly not for the purpose of inculcating the image worship of the Romish church. Again, the Lord's Prayer is introduced into the Church Catechism. Is there, most sapient councillor, any popery in the Lord's Prayer? Can you sup pose that our Lord taught his disciples popery? ()pen your eves, sir, and see whither your rash bigotry is leading you. Again, popery holds that there are seven sacraments; we teach our children out of the Church. Catechism that' there are but 'two, for, in answer to thequestion, " How many sacraments hath `Christ ordained in his church?" they are.taught to say, " Two only, as generally necessary to salvation, that is to say, baptism and the supper of the Lord." Popery, moreover, teaches that in the mass " there is offered a true, proper, and propitiatory Sacrifice fur the living and the dead." Does the Church Cate chism teach any such doctrine? Nothing of the kind. In an swer to the question, " Why was the sacrament of the Lord's supper ordained?" we do not teach our children to say, with the Church of Rome, that it was instituted as "a propitiatory sacri fice for the living and the dead;" but we teach them to say, " for the continual remembrance of the sacrifice of the death of Christ, and of the benefits which we receive thereby." Then we ask them " What is the outward part or sign of the Lord's supper ?" and they answer, "Bread and wine, which the Lord hath commanded to be received." The Church of Rome teaches that it is not bread and wine which is received, but "the body, soul, and divinity of the Son of God." In the face of this you can.say that "the Church Catechism is full of popery from be ginning to end," and tout "no conscientious dissenter could consent that his children should commit it to memory, though Roman catholi cs , I s h ou ld t hi n k , could have no great objection to it." What "conscientious dissenters" would do I cannot tell, for I know many of them profess to have very tender con sciences; but sure I am that no conscientious Roman catholic would consent to it; and, if you will not take my word for it, I recommend you before you write again to consult Father Wil cock on the subject. But after all, sir, perhaps you may say, ‘• Does not the Church of England, in common with the Church of Rome, require sponsors for each child that is brought within her pale ?" and, as there is a recognition of these sponsors in the Church Catechism, you may ask, " Am I not justified in condemning it as full of popery ?" I think not, sir. The Church of England, in common with the Church of Rome, does require sponsors, and in this I think she has acted ssi2ely. The Church of Rome has retained some good things from primnive times, and this is one of them. Our reformers acted prudently in selecting the good while they cast the bad away. I think the same objection might with equal justice be brought against your own system. Suppose your good friend Mr. Hope, who is, I believe, a baptist, were to say to you, "Friend Blackburn, your system of religion at Bethesda 'Chapel is full of . popery from beginning to end." You would no doubt be surprised, and ex claim, " How so, how do you prove it?" His answer might be, "Because you baptise infants in common with the Church of Rome." 'Would you not think your friend very ignorant, as well as very uncharitable, in thus charging you with popery ? I think you would; and I candidly confess that I believe you to be possessed of those unenviable attributes which you would discover in your fellow.councillor, were he to apply the same rule to yourself which you have followed in Judging of the Church Catechism. am very sorry for you. I took you to be a very different person. I think, sir, you have acted a very unwise part in making ;our defence" the medium for insulting a faithful, devoted, and uncompromising, minister of God's word, in sneering at the - doctrine of Christ's personal reign, and in c:indemning the the Lord .open .your „eyes. Church Catechi sm as p o pery. May and take away the entitity to the truth which kirks in d our heart! M a y He bring you to repent- of your contempt of his holy word, and of your direct co-operation with the false teach ers of the Church of Rome ! Iu conclusion, I wouß s recommend you to read carefully the catechism which you so recklessly condemn, and may you learn from it "to keep your ton gue f rom ev il spea ki ng, lying, and slandering." I am not an admirer of anonymous letters; there &me I shall put my humble name to this, and subscribe myself, your sincere well-wisher, . EDW. RATCLIFFE. Liverpool, August 26th, 1836. MEETING OF THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS, On Wednesday. a meeting of the licensed victuallers was held at the Queen's Theatre, convened by requisition of a atm her of their body. Large placards, were posted, calling the meeting, and a good deal of excitement prevailed amongst the publicans with regard to it. The meeting was convened for two o'clock ; shortly after, about three hundred of the publicans had assembled. The meeting, ostensibly, was called for dis cussing the various grievances under *filch the publicans la boured from the. recent harsh measures of the Magistrates. Mr. LEWIS was called to the chair. On calling upon the re quisitionists who had convened the meeting to come forwards and open the meeting by a statement of those grievances and of some mode of remedying them, none of the requiiitionists could be found. One or two, however, at length answered to their names, butpaid they were not prepared with any Statement, and that they had signed the requisition at the instigation of others. Mr. DANSON came forward, and in the course ofa lengthened address, said he had been induced to sign the requisition under knotion, which he had since believed to be not founded in fact, that the magistrates were harshly disposed towards them. He beliared that that harshness was only exhibited towards the un- Worth' , members,of their body. and, so far from its being detri mental, was calculated to be beneficial to them. A good deal of .desultory discus s i on f o ll owe d , some of the meeting expressing, opinions that the unworthy members of their body were deservedly fined, and others contending that much injustice had been exhibited and innocent parties had been fined. Mr. DANSON said he had some important documents to read to them, with their permission. to eorningforwards as he had done, he had no motive but the good of their body. -He held in his hand a document which Mi. Walmsley had entrusted to him after a mee ti ng o f t h e watch committee. He told him he was aware of the public meeting about to be held, and he was anxious that the publicans should not go away With any wrong impressions or misstatements, and for that purpose entrusted him (thoeg'h not perhaps in perfect order) with the watch com mittee report. The moiety of the fines goi ng to the policemen had been a matter of opprobium against the town council.. But it appeared that with them it. had been a subject of serious con sideration, and they had appointed a sub-coinmittee to take in to consideration the propriety of altering that law. Tire magis trates had two acts of parliament authorising the appropriation of a moiety of the fines. He would read to them the ieport of the watch committee which had been handed to him by Mr. Walmsley. Mr. ROBINSON thought it ought not to be read before the re porters, as it had not been confirmed by the town council, and was premature. The CHAIRM 'IN thought as it had been given, it had been given to be made public. Mr. DANSON then read the report of the sub-committee ap pointed on the 23d day of July, to take into consideration the present mode of allowing the police one moiety of the penalties arising from fines on informations. The watch committee had given the subject their most ample consideration, and examin ed many persons with regard to it, and they agreed to the following report. The committee found the clauses of the act 9th Geo. IV, c. 61, sec. 26, and the 4th and sth William IV, gave magistrates the power of appointing a moiety of the pe nalties, as circumstances might warrant. They were of opinion that if they were to discontinue this, it would be against the nAfare of the community and the efficiency of the police force. In this view of the subject. the respectable part of tile licensed victuallers had concurred. The committee were convinced that the rulei followed by the police had produced a very salu tary ettret, many public-houses before disorderly being now conducted. in a proper manner. The committee had to regret that notwithstanding the efforts to pit these houses down, many were still kept open for the resort of Rrostitutes and thieves. The prretent mode did away with the system of bribing, many publicans under the old system willingly paying double the penalty to avoid coming before a magistrate and risk their license. From evidence taken before the watch committee, it was ascertained that upwards of £l,OOO per annum had been received by the police from the publicans in this way. Where as the annexed statement showed that £3ll penalties had only been received since the new police came into force, half of which sum had been divided amongst the inspectors, and they had to divide this sum with the men. It appeared that the largest amount which had been received by any two'officers was Only £l6 for forty-one inforinationa, and for this sum the officers lost a great part of their time, which should be appropriated to rest, and it could not be conceived that they were overpaid, the amount they received only being about six or seven shillings on an information. (Mr. Murdock-" A great deal too much.") If it were proved that any officer received the smallest sum as a bribe, he would be at once discharged. But should any portion of the conviction be withdrawn from the reward, there was reason to believe that regular informations by the police would cease, and the publicans would he left to the common informer. lie thought it reasonable, betore they sought for redress, that they should show that the act in existence was wrong, and that the grievances they talked of existed. It appeared from the state ment appended to the report that there hart becn3l6 informations given within the period of the new police coining into operation, 187 of which had been against beer-sellers, considerably more than one-half. Th e t o t a l amount o f fi nes was £371, of which the police had received £153 14s. 3d; and the proportion which the publicans had paid was only £BO. It Jid not appear to him that the act of parliament wanted altering, since they did not, see any abuse by the police. Mr. Walmsley had told him that he knew many publicans had been fined on very slight pretexts, but they must remember that the system was new, and required some time to get into proper working. They did not now allow any such informations to be bratight forward. No private po liceman could lay an information ; none but an inspector with. a witness, Mr. Munoocic thought Mr. Whitty thould not have put forth the statements which he had in the Albion that there were se; public-houses supported by thieves and prostitutes. If they were known to him, why were they not put down ? and why were their licences renewed ? Mr. DAMSON said it might he thought extraordinary that these disreputable publicans should get their lieeneses renewed without a word, whilst other nublicans, who kept respectable houses, had been severely rebilked • hut the fact was, the police were vvaiting for the result of the decision in the case of one of these men; they had got their eye upon them, and they might depend upon it they would be crushed as soon as they could be. Mr. M moaner( conceived they were badly treated by the town council. They put in men to do justice' between man and man, and they found that, instead, they had their friends and fa vourites. One man, because he assisted to get two or three of the councilmen elected, got a license granted directly, next door to a publican who had opposed them. Many of the publicans hail paid as much as £3OO for their houses with the licenses, and he did not think it just for a magistrate to say, "because you assisted me to get into the town council ; I will get you a license for an old cheese shop." It was depreciating the property o' others. Mr. DA NSON said, that the number of new licenses which had been granted was a great deterioration of their property, and the system might, in a very short time, become a great injury to them. He thought they ought to memoralize the magistrates on the s'ihject, and a committee should be formed for that pur pose. It would be much better if the magistrates would take the licences from disreputable houses and transfer them to other parts of the town, rather than grant new licenses. (Cheers.) He would beg to propose that a committee be formed for the purpose of taking this subject into consideration, and drawing up a memorial to the magistrates upon it. Mr. BICKERSTAFF seconded the motion. Mr. BRIMEN moved, as an amendment, "that the existing committee of the licensed victuallers be the committee with power,lo . add to their number." , The amendment was carried. Mr. Gardner, of Dale-street, Mr. Richmond, of Lime-street, and Mr. Dawson were then pro posed on the committee. Mr. ROBINSON moved, "that it is the anxious wish of the respectable licensed victuallers of Liverpool to preserve public order, and promote the race of the town, and that they are desirous to effect this wi' tout any unnecessary interference on the part of the constabulary force." Mr. LOBLEY seconded this. Mr. M`CnlvE proposed, as an amendment, that the word " respectable" should be left out, and " licensed victuallers" only made use of. He did not like drawing any distinction. Mr. DON ALDSON seconded this amendment. This gave rise to considerable discussion. in the course of which Mr. floorisort spoke against the distinctiot , and was loudly applauded. He considered himself; according to the wording of that resolution, one of those who were not respecta ble. He had been fined unjustly three times. Mr. Hodgson then entered into the particulars of the informations laid against him, which he had witnesses in the police court to disprove, but the police who swore against him for the sake of the moiety of the fine were belived before him and his witnesses. In onecase he had called a policeman named Owen in to turn out some disorderly persons who had come into his house, and he went and laid an information against him. One of the policemen who swore against him had been turned out of the old police force by the late Mayor, James Aspinall, h Es perjury in open court, and a no th er o f them, who was believed before witnesses, and was s t a t e d t o h ave b een 25 years in the pol ice force, was convicted a few years ago of stealing some rope from the docks. Yet these men were believed before himself and his witnesses, who were at least respectable. tio Ar n i w . we r e C r t em % t d v e E howould t toe a w s i t t withdraw invidious hi a s tne r n e dr ec e t n, io t n if o n t res ort. po por tion of the licensed victuallers.—The motion was then carried, arred. After some further discussion about the payme nt of the ex penses of the meeting, which it ices at length agreed should b e collected from the body of the pubrlisoleanys4wNhemnmt,leied ranezteoriilf l was sent round for signatures, . thanks to the chairman, which was ,sec o nded by Mr. BitEN N; A N, and acknowledged by Mr. LEWIS. The meeting then sepa rated,at live o'clock. SPAIN'S PROPERTY —The Siecle has the fOl• M E W EEN "' March, ,, I n F ebruar y , April, and May, Queen Chris. lowino.:— • ,-, in Paris received, on account of her majesty, tina's bankers about AK and in June and J u l y s h e remitted to them d,200 s l x „ 6W )sumsf. more. These sus have bee n pl ace d out in various secur ities at five per cent. The quee n h as invested 800,000 r. at Amsterdam since the commencement of the year. It is not how much m oney h as been placed by her at appears that it i s muc h more considerable than thelkronoavEn precisely but ve-t e n i n eitl t y ioued sums, and other remittances have been made to Genoa and Naples. 'Phis it is that occasioned M. Torlonia to say very lately, ' the Queen Regent or Spain has a much larger income than Don Carlos has capital !"lhese re venues are derived from donations and endowments out of the apanages of the crown, the annual amountof which were estima ted by the cortes, in 1823, at 74,000,000 rials, without reckoning the grants to the royal family out of the public treasury, which were 13,000,000 rials per annum." ..... li AND TR AVELLING.—The facilities for travelling in thenew and old world are such, that the rapidity with which persons may be conveyed to the most distant places is truly interesting; as one instance out of the many, we notice the following ;—A family sailed from Vera Cruz, in Mexico, on April 22, and ar rived at New York on May sth. On the same day they em barkedfor France, in the packet Vtica, which reached Ha vree on the 27th May. They had time to transfer their effects to tn Hambro' steam-boat, and without stopping took their de parture again. On arriving at Hambro,' route by the steamer Lubeck, and thence by Mexico, byAhe of June. Thus in 53 days, they passed f into the capital of Russia. to St.Petersbro', where they, no doubt r , o ,s ta r a r;ved on the I4ih United States, France, and GermanY. th 4 4dyayc i :I l i I:r convey- Russia. in a-worldcount country, c a i N ni a n -r n t y o N fo .s t tirr.— hazarding LordL ord Lyndh urst the . assert i o n , Lordship may be ,par doned al ien s. His . .and religion, the Irish wer e th a t sustained inbl ood, Wyse himself, admitting, one — when find the Patriotic memb 0 r t t he rvv mis t ake—if ,tterford., it be "the Iris/iKtuction" lit the , a p s or it e,:v w n er d e t , e t v h i e e, f v a . et, and treating of HOW TO HET A NEW CHURCH CLOCK. - It appears that the liberals refuse to pay for the repair of the church clock. On the evening in question, Mr. Webb told them that he had hit.upon a scheme by vihiCh it was very likely they would get a bran span new illuminated clock for nothing. The astonishment of the liberals at this announcement may be well imagined. The seven gentlemen present drevacloser to the Chairman, who proceeded: to lay . open the scheme , _ which was no less th a n t o se nd a " wery nice letter" to th e Duke of Northumberland, and they would be sure to gammon him out of it, for he was " a werry liberal nobleman." Hereupon a very curious debate ensued, from which it seemed that one of th - e gentlemen had heard from one of the cast-off servants of his Grace, that he " was'nt a werry liberal nobleman." This was a " convincing settler," and no more was said about " yarn moniag" the noble Duke. A debate thlio;ed abo►it " three lamp posts," and whether ri certain coort was six or eight beet wide. A great deal was said on both sides.-11.furning Herald. • DE,ICE OF THE Swer.i. Al - on—Two well-dressed young men. wearing mustachios, have within.the last week coin mitted,robberies to some amount in the following Manner in thn vicinity of Igancliester,nnd Cavenrlih-srinPres.•The ndvsntre are in the, habit, of calling to look at ap ar t men t s, an d on b e i ng introduced to the mistress of the !muse, one of them feigns sud den illness, and requests to be furnished aitb a glass of brandy end water, for which a servant is directly sent out.: His friend in the mean tiMe has examined the room, and on going into the parkTur expresses to his sick friend, who, has been recover- ing himself, his approval of the apartmentsviei'ved. They then take their leave, promisin g t o ca ll on the next day, and soon, after their departure it is discovered that the parlour gentleman has contrived to rob the mantelpiece, shelves, and cupboarcli various valuable articles. REVISING BARRISTERS FOR 18.36.—The barriSters irpointed to revise the list of voters for North Lancashire, Clitherue , Bolton, and Preston, are E. E Deacon, S. Temple, and H. Stanhope, Esqrs.; for South Lancashire; Liverpool, Manches ter, Salford, Oldham, Wigan, and Warrington, B. Greenwood; F. Heywood, W. Blanchard, and B. H. Abrahall, Esqrs.; for the boroughs of Blackburn, Bury, Rochdale, and Ashton, FL Lawrence, Esq.; and for Lancaster, F. Maude, and R. Atkin son, Esqrs. MANCHESTER AND CREWE RAILWAY.—A very numerous and respectable meeting has taken place in Manchester for the purpose of forming a company to construct a railroad between that town and Crewe. The cost will be at about £540,000. The highest gradient to be met with on the line was stated to be 1 in. 330; on , the Manchester and Liverpool line being one in 60 and lin 96. The expectations raised of success are most san guine. This railway will be of importance to North Wales, as it will open a communication with the iron districts and the west of England, with the various other railways now forming branching off from the great London line. • • A laughable accident, though attended with considefable less, to the party, occurred on Saturday morning in Lincoln's fields. Two men, who were employed to carry a large looking glass, stopped where a showman was exhibiting Mr. Punch and his family to a gaping multitude; they put down the glass and placed it securely against the iron railing of the garden, covered over with a green baize, whilst they went forward and stood on tip-toe behind the crowd, attentively enjoying the exhibition. In the meantime some mischievous boys, who were at play; threw up the baize and left the glass exposed; at the same mo ment a tine he goat, who generally runs after the hies, crossed the road, went up to the glass, and seeing, as he fancied, another goat in the glass, he retired back a few paces, and rearing ort his hind legs, darted forward with all his might, and made a desperate plunge at his supposed antagonist, going: head and shoulders through the glass. The crowd deserted Mr. Punch and his family and joined in a general laugh at the mischance of the untOrtunate men. Et.orEmENT.---A few days since the wonder-loving and scan dal-whisrwring folks of TUllamore had a gala-day, in conse quence of an elopement which took place here. The gentle man is a Mr. James Kelly, who is owner of a pretty consider able farm near Kilbeggau, county Westmeath, and a Roman' Catholic; the lady a Miss H. Manly, a Quakeress, second eldest daughter of the late Thomas Manly, Tullamore, formerly a hanker. The happy man is young and well looking, au athletic lover of respectable faMily and connexionS; the lady'is— " At the years Which certain people call a certai n age, Which yet the most uncertain age appears." Report, however, must truly attributes to her the noueision of " three thousand char ms " Of the most capti va ti ng nature. •T i said the envied couple are domesticating in the metropolis, but: do not meditate a trip to Gretna Green, as the lady herself sole guardian of the go - W.—San. MRS. GRAHAM.—Ong of 'the medical attendants upon Mrs: Graham, Mr. N. Barl o W, o f Bl ac k ur o re, g i ves the following ie count of nature of the injury sustained by her :-,Mis.Gra ham's senses hav e com pl e t e l y returne d , and reasonable finpeS may be entertained of . her recovery. The blow which occa sioned th e c oncuss io n was received from the lower end of the spine, the vertebral column Communicating with and account ing for it. - It is also evident, from the great disrolouration, and the little paralysis that occurred, that the. poWerfid muscle's which cover the pelvis in a great degree softened the shoi..k. The only paralysis left is on the right eyelid, which still falls over and completely veils the eye. This circumstance gives her a vacant and somewhat idiotic appearance; but this, as the eyelid rem• vers its elevating power, will wear of The vision of this eye is yet confused and indistinct." The South of England cricket played have Achieved a victory over their opponents north of the Thanie. The match, which: was commenced at Leicester, on i'donday, between the alined contending parties, did not terminate till Thtirsday, and there, never was a match played in which greater skill iii the science was displayed. We subjoin the result : South of England. I North of England: 165 First innings First inningsllo Second innings.. 414 I Second innings . l5l 479 261 . The extraordinary inni ngs made b y t h e southern players was owing principally to the splendid batting of E. Wenman and A. Mynn. Esqrs. The former scored, from his own . hat, 61, and the latter 125 ; and it is remarkable that Mr. Mynn, daring the whole of his long innings, did not give at cacti: ... As a horse and fly, belonging to Mr. Boss, and the latter con nining the owner of the horse that woo the Brighton Stakes and several ladies, was returning front the bill en the east side of th 2 new wall, th e to p o f w hi c h i s cover ed with pieces o f b ro k en bottles, the driver k e pt c l ose t o th e wall, and, as he was com i ng along at a pretty sma r t pace, (the horse being a very flee animal and worth from forty to fifty pounds,) in checki ng hi s progress the left rein broke, and the driver, pulling u p on t h e right rein, drew the head of the horse over the wall; the fly irn pelted the poor animal forward , and continued to drag his i neck along the broken glass on the top of the wall for nearly e . nearly a hundred yards, mangling his flesh in a most frightful way, 'till at last he dropped dead. The persons in the fly received no . t f 7 r id e eo ro r r peo th f u es o si t o h ti e printing business, or more liable t o have l injury.—Briyhton Patriot. ERRORS OF THE PRESS. — There is not in existence more subject to the casualtiras t*- erro r s blazoned p r e e n , e r for instance, forth to the world. An ordinary sized and the eye of upon each of these little fellows, such as our own, contains about 326,0 ' 0 "' ty s the corrector must be constgaont!tys•t better-disposed neighbours into arwiykwtia'ernid sseeirvo•eisic,lb.ubtytic)olemarlintgheiior who are liable not only to , c , o h n e t n ac w t e wr i t n h te s n u d l d " t a o lie d n e s s . e ' i ' ibe, In:Bhouse,happened some time ago, that, internal regulations oifniaefrie in a complimentary way, the put it to press by a provincial people call in question our Ve i n " the ::.111 veracity. time i is le o p n a e p , , e 1 a r teal:: alluded r e tl d the printer very coolly. mean &c. But the error which grieves us most iret ' h a e " paper, whi ch i t s .i ca l cu la ted . to ma ke thinking rp to i . tte n d i copying a paragraph lecein • -. g its sour ce ; ma k es us state, that "a peat() was late l y - dug up in thi s vicinity measuring seven feet in diameter!"Our version made it only severs inches , which we thought in 11 .. R con science large enough fur the 'hi 'pn lc make,. We hope our contemporary Contem ' for although wi ll be more careful in copying fr om us i n f uture ; although the error is self-evident, we have strong doubts that it ma • • y have passed current in Nithsdale, as we notic e that the Duntfriel Con rkr has oat said a word about potatoes of any kind since the "seven feet" matister appeared !—Seotsrnan. New TILBURY.—A French gentleman, named Peurrat, has recently arrived in London, bringing with him a Wintry which' possesses sonic new and important features as relates to the harness and carriage. This vehicle has the same a ppearance as any other fashionable carria ge , b ut t h e h orse is harnessed with the ordinary apparatus in such a manner as that, in the event of his running assay, the driver can immediately relearte him from the shafts without the least risk to himself or damage to the vehicle or public. The hairless is very simple, and a horse can be put to in a fourth of the time at present occupied in performing that operation, and the horse carries very little mote than a saddl e h orse . Th e h arness is also much' more easily kept in order. The axletree is constructed upon a new principle, which combines the advantages of possessing greater strength and making the draught more easy to the horse. On Thursday week M. Pourrat, at the request of the stewards of the Dove House Race Meeting at Pinner, exhibited his vehicle on the course, lie mounted, accompauied by his groom, and when the horse, a very spirited one, was at full speed, he, in ass instant, released him from the shells, and in a moment after wards he alighted from the vehicle, amidst the plaudits of the numerous company assembled. lie repeated the experiment several times with the same results. This invention appears likely to create a complete revolution in the present system of building carriages and harness making. PROGRESS OF EMANCIPATION.—to one ve • • at• and ten mrenth • after the abolition of slavery, i3-I,UOO hav e b een 5 negroes for the release of WOO of their body fro raised by the tions of the apprenticeship. when we consider th a t th e sum m the obliga which a person so pays is the pr ove d net value of his uncom pensated services, over and above the f.:6,500,000 sterling already divided among the forme (which .f.; ,5 ° 0,000 iS money laid downr slave holders of this colony the redemption of the slay six years in advance for been paid for the emanci p ation e,) we shall find that Rill value has and ten mo the average of the bondman. if at one year too much te n ths .sa, that erage of the money parr! is X 34., it is ockt was DK i , 17.000 o on the Ist of August, i'B3l, the average tit he number of slaves who were tecordect as apprentices by the by -the colonists valuators; this gives an estintatifurnished . the £6,500,000 them se l ves £8,680„1100 currency, 40 addition ,O sterling, or £ I 0,000,000 currency, already .paid and distributed. making an aggregate .of znoney and yalne .iti services after , money paid more than tlB, (100,G0 gmo for die ' • n the as emancipation i• ' iand.of Jamaica. —Fabian( fir Venter ' cai Po4z.- THE SOLONS OF ST. mARTIN's-IN-TrigA.Ettif!, • These lawgivers continue to legislate. They held their meeting a night or two since at the Two Angels and C rown; St: Martin's-lane, in the rear Of St. Gil es ' s. Mr. Webb was ultimately (half-past ten o'clock) Crated to the chair. . . . • • . stti rßAticts BURDETT AND i:OLONEt.' E 4/ ANS. • • • ' Mr., Webb, who was sitting with a rlass of " the aforesiiid,": before him, and one of his legs over. an arm, of his chair, la mented in a painfully lachrymose .style,,the deplorable condi.• Lion to which the city of Westatinister was reduced—on e of lin representatives being "an old fool," . .and the other nobody knew where,. whether chopped up by the Carlists; treacher ously slain by the Chrstinos, or flogged by the Westrninister Grenadiers. , . • • Mr. Pearce thotfght it was a shocking state for any body. of reformers to be in. • . Mr. Webb—lt is indeed ;as to Sir Francis Burdett, I think we had better give him a service of plate and get rid of him. Mr. Pearce—What ! a service of plate ? Why, he's a tory Mr. Webb—l know better. Mr. Pearce—Yes, he is. Mr. Webb—No, he aint. ; . • • ' • 1 : Mr. Pearce—Why, he told us se himself; and said he'd been a tory all his life—(" oh, oh, that won't do.") • . Mr. Webb—He's no tory,. he's only an " old fool"—(great laughter. • This seemed to settle the matter, and— • • • . Mr. Bainbridge rose for the purpose of telling the meeting how to get rid of church rates. After a long speech, full of advice. to the people,, he concluded by observing that this so ciety, notwithstanding all that the Morning Herald had said is ridicule of it, ". was a neuclus from which .examplei would go forth for the imitation of the whole British empire."—(Loud hurrahs.) . . ~~,