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MAnen Iv. 8 the open defiance of her Majesty's lawful authority in provi!ices or Upper and Lower Canada, and the necessity '.l suppressing rebellion by force of arms, and of sus"ing the constitutional government of Lower Canada, are in a great degree attributable to the'w ant. of foresight and energy on the part of her Nlajesty's confidential servants,and to the ambiguous, dilatory, and irresolute course which they have pursued in respect to the affairs of Canada since their appointment to office"—(this resolution was received with great cheering from the opposi tion benches) He trusted this address conveyed a full, lair, nod candid explanation of the course that had been pursued— (Great cheep ing front the ministerial benches, reiterated from the opposite side of the house). He would contend that this roldress was in Perfect concordance with the arguments held by honorable gentlemen opposite, when the noble lord brought for ward his resolution of last year ; and, if he recollected right, the only objection taken to the resolutions on that (the oppo sition) side of the house was, that taey did not go far enough. Ile tiMuLzht the case he hail to meet did not lead hint so 'far back as the hon. baronet had gone into anterior events. (minis terial cheers.) He , ; .new the meaning of those cheeps, they went to insinuate that the disorders which had prevailed in Canada had not been of recent growth. lie at once agreed in that proposition . that the seeds of these difficulties had been sown at an earlier period, but they bad been fostered by the "mind pursued by the present goveinment. The noble lord then ptnceded to take a review of the progressive state of affairs in the Canadas front the printed documents, and con tended that the course pursued had been such as to warrant the terms he had inserted in his resolution. With regard to the absence of troops to quell the rebellion, he knew it had been Stated by the great captain of the age that he cast no blame on Ministers on that account. But that was a military opinion relating to the fact that the troops in these colonies were suffi cient to retain them, and the result hail proved such to be the case.. But the question was, whether there were troops enough to keep down rebellion, and that was sitisfactorily proved not to be the case. Lord Glenelg himself becaMe, in March, of opinion that more troops were necessary in Canada. Yet no troop s were sent out, although Lord Gasford repeatedly ex• press,ed his opinion that more troops were necessary to awe the disaffeeted, and ive confidence to the loyal. Title. the govern ment had succe eded in suppressing the rebellion; hut how? Why, by calling the volunteers into action, from whose inter ference; Manned as thev-Were by long party animosity, all the horrors and evils of the Canadian struggle had sprung. It had imparted to the contest all the characteristics of a civil war. Would this have been the case if the civil arm had been suffi ciently fortified with troops? The same opinion of the culpable neglect of government in not sending out sufficient troops, ap peared to. have existed in Upper as well as in Lower. Canada. On the 21st of April, 1836, Sir F. Head wro'e home that he was confident he would have no difficulty in crushing the repub lican party were it not for the general fear in the country that the efforts of the governor would not be supported by the home government. 'The noble lord read several- other extracts from the parliamentary papers, for the purpose of proving - th - at the same feeling pervaded the population of both provinces.. The government had, he contended, by their niliance with those in that house who had abetted the desigLs of the revolutionists in theiCanadits, plainly evinced - their indisposition to take anticipa tory measures of reression. They would still expect the sup port of the extreme s party in that house, and the members of that party would doubtless again expect the support of ministers at the elections—(hear, hear). The hon. member for Westmin ster (Mr. Leader) would again hope to have the hon. comptrol ler of the household for chairman of his Committee, and to have the cokes of members of the cabinet recorded in his favour (hear). On the other .hand, no doubt, there would he many Members of that party who. notwithstanding the oppositiorrthey had given to ministers on the Canada question, would vote fur them on the present occasion-, (hear).. They (the conserva tives) were compelled to take their . present course on this ques tion. Th e -qu e stion was s o p u t that they most either consent to condemn Lord Glenelg, solely and singly, for a line of policy in which the whole government participated, and for'which they were responsible, or they -must join - with the noble Loid, the foreign secretary, in sanctioning .hat.which they could not con 6elentiouslv approve. Ile repeated that they were coutpelled to adopt this course—(" no no" from the minislerialists). No ar rangement existed between them, and the hon. bart. whose call of the house compelled them as honest and . honourable men, fairly and freely, without fear or favour, to express their sincere opinion. Had - not they been so placed he could answer fur him self and those who agreed with him, that they certainly would not have been the first to come forward with such a motion as he had to submit to the house. here was no intention on the part of the party to which he belonged to originate such a motion—(ironical ministerial cheers). The noble lord (Pal merston) had jocularly remarked upon the probability of a coal (Ion ministry, of which the right hon. bart. and the hon. member for -L ee d s s h ou ld b e members, and upon the sacrifice of opinion there must be if such a fusion occurred. The noble lord, how- I've'', would have but little cause to complain of such ajunction, for ,surely there were differences. quitq as great between the radicals and. the government, as there were between them and the conservatives. The noble lord (J. Russell) was understood (0 support the principle of an established church—a great pro- Porti on of his supporters wet e opposed to it. On the subject of the Himse of Lords, too, there was an equal difference of opi nion, to say nothing of' the . difference existing on great ques tions among the members of the government itself. He (Lord oandon) confessed that he very much deprecated all such forced unions, and he should always regret any circumstances which compelled him to embark in the same boat with gentlemen of opposite opinions - to his 'own—(cheers). - The noble lord con cluded by moving the amendment which he already read. We rejoice that die task of moving the amendment devolved nPrin Lord Sandon, who , representing as he dOes the first mercantile town in the United Kingdom, (London excepted) was Well qualified to give expression to the opinions generally entertained in reference to the c _. °lo nial policy . of the preient ministers. In t he execu tion of this task our noble representative has displayed considerable tact and ability, and contributed to strength en the feelings of respect and attachment with which he is regarded by his constituents. Lord Sandon was followed by Mr. Labouchere, who entered boldly upon the defence of ministers. He con gl'atulated the House that " the veil of mystery, which had so long enshrouded the designs of the conservative party, was at length torn asunder." He expressed him self as perfectly satisfied with the colonial policy of the present cabinet. He said that the real question at issue was " whether or not the government here to be de -Oared unworthy to occupy their present places, and ho nourable gentlemen opposite walk, over and take their seats." "As a member of the government he felt it Would be the more graceful course in him to abstain from - 411 Y expression 'of opinion on this subject. It was a question for the House to decide ; and he heartily hoped that the division would be . Cane to in the manner that Would best promote the'interests of this`great empire" Mr. Labonchere was sncceded by Lord Stanley, who inflicted upon ministers one of the most terrible castig,a tions that they have i over writhed under. For the fol lowing ana ly s is of Ms truly elbquent speech we are in debted to the Times : "Lord Stanley was of opinion, that the mystery hung rather on the side of government. No one knew what Course they meant to pursue. They might have moved (and, considering their lofty tone, he thought they would have been more consistent if they had moved) a bold series of counter-resolutions. Surely they would never 'deign, for the purpose of preventing the amendment from arriving at a distinct vote, to affirm that such words of censure as those of the mover ought to stand part of the question. The only direct course would join i t , in voting that those words should not stand 0,l the question ; and then, when the words of Lord andon's amendment should be put as the question in their stead, meet that aniendni'ent with their full front. He was of :opinion that no blame could be imputed to his friends for shaving abstained from moving censure while the out break in Canada was fresh. That early time (while it was still doubtful .whether, from the conduct of govern .ment, it might not be difficult even for the most perfect unitiM of all parties to preserve the Canadas) was not a ,season for stirring party questions and endeavouring to ..embarrasa the government. But if, as ministers declare, ~everything has become smooth and tranquil, the house is now free to censure the misconduct which rouserVall: this mischief- The-noble lord then proceeded to present ,in an historical 'series the proofs of the ambiguity and v,acillation•which this amendment charges on the cabinet, ibeginning from the period of his own secession in 1834. :',Mr. Spring Rice, his successor, had misled Mr. Roebuck iby tis ambiguity on the subject of the Legislative Corm vil i and when the truth came out indignation was the natural result. He had himself, on leaving office, be queathed to Mr. Spring Rice his papers and his private secretary. Mr. Rice remained colonial minister till No= Member, when it unluckily happened that the govern- Ment were dismissed on the very day on which Mr. Rice declared that he completed his plan. He did not, how ever, leave that plan behind him--no, not a scrap of pa per to show what sort of thing it was. Lord Aberdeen succeeded, and remained iu Once till the spring, when )re also left his papers respecting Canada for the use of his successor. Threecommissioners were then sent out, fremarkable for their unanimimity in discrepancy; and on their information the government at last, in 1837, screwed up their courage to submit a string of resolu tions to Parliament. Meanwhile their ambiguities had raised doubts of their sincerity among the Canadians, who saw that while they were nominally asserting one course, they were bestovving their utmost aid and favour on the champion's of the course directly opposite —the Mr. Humes, and the Mr. O'Connells, and the Mr. Leaders. In one particular indeed they had not been ambiguous, but too . clear; fer Lord John Russell had declared, that if popular concessions were made and found unsatisfactory, more must be conceded till satisfac tion were attained. This was clear indeed—it was tell ing the Canadians that they had only to persevere in mutiny to get all they Wanted. And thus the govern ment,: while it was affecting to repreSs disaffection with one hand, was actually encouraging it with the other. The vacillation and delay impotent by the amendment , .. 114 d-been evidenced thrcu P ahout the matter of Lord Gos . • . LIVERPOOL STANDAR,j) ford's instructitnlF. Worst of a, it lad been eviden'red in the neglect to send out troops. There were soldiers sptiicient, in the opinion of the Duke of Wellington, -, to maintain the Canadas : but while these troops were wholly occupied in that service, what was the state of defence in which the neighbouring possessions of the Crown were left? How would the interests of this country have been able to protect themselves, if the ac tual government Of the United States, instead of taking the honourable line they have actually pnrsued, had seized on this opportunity to settle by force the question of the disputed boundary ? He thought favourably of the disposition of the Canadians; hut it was no wonder that they are not conciliated, 'when, instead of dealing with them fai'ly, you treat them with dark hints that you are willing to give what it practically turns out that you have no intention of giving." In reference to this brilliant oration we cannot avoid quoting the admirable remarks of the Morning Herald; "Lord Stanley presented himself to the house; and delivered a speech—which to characterise, as beyond all comparison, the best, Which has been delivered in either house of parliament, during the present session—is but to render feeble justice to its transcendaut merits:! " It may be doubted; indeed, whether a more splendid oration' was ever delivered within the walls of parliament. When we reflect on the profound intimacy with his subject, which the noble lord displayed—on the logical order which his trains of reasoning-assumed- -on the exquisite felicity of the mode,- in which he treated the admissions, and assertions, and ironical assumptions of the ministerial speakers who proceeded him— together with the graces of style and manner which characterised the whole—it becomes difficult to imagine anythingin the nature of a speech, of which a larve portion was, necessarily, extem poraneous, more perfect than Lord Stanley's speech of Past: night! " His lordship began, by repelling the imputation on.the con duet of 'the conservative party, which was involved in Mr. La botichere's. phrasethat- "`the veil of mystery was at length rent asunder:" lf.any mystery attached to the conduct of any party in the house, the conduct of the conservative parly, as the noble loid showed, was, at all events, free from it. • ' But Why,' 'exelaitried Lord' Stanley, "-should ministers be so sensitive on the subject of an attack, directed against that portion of - their policy, _on which, in an especial manner, they declare them Selves willing to . test their claims to glory ?" And, certainly, it nrightjlave seemed inure natural, if the ministerial ists. instead of talking abOut " myStery."• and hinting at unna ral coalitions, had' expres , ed the gratitude, which must have swelled their hos - orris, at finding public -attention so closely rivetted to the especial "glory" of the whig system of govern ment ! „ " Lord Stanley, then, proceeded to make terrific havoc with Mr. Labouchere's statement, that former administrations were responsible for the - nresent disordered state of our Canadian re lations; and proved, by the most unanswerable arguments, that the disaffection, and revolt; and bloodshed which have recently desolated the fields of Canada, have sprung naturally from the conciliatory, and glorious" policy of the present government. The present government, as Lord Stanley most clearly showed, had paltered with. the Canadian insurgents in a double sense— had held out to their accredited agents in this country, expecta tions, which no Ijreced-ing government had ever held out—expecta tions, moreover, which the present government never meant to fulfil! On the subject of the elective council, Lord Stanley pointed out the wretched duplicity, the miserable shuffling, which had characterised' the Melbourne administration—and pointed out, moreover, how 'Completely that administration had reversed the policy, on which he had acted while he filled the office of colonial secretary. "On this branch of his subject—and, also, on the vacilla tions of poor Lord Glenelg—the arguments of Lord Stanley were marked by a degree of power, which ministers evidently felt to be terrific!' _ _ _ -" In reply to a taunt that bad fallen from Mr. Labouchere— a taunt to the effect, that the conservatives had neglected during the discussion of the Canada hill, a more fitting oppor tunity than they now possessed, of censuring the Queen's go vernment, but that, perhaps, the storms of that period, and the calm which marked the present, might account for the circum stance—Lord Stanley replied with irresistible truth, that the storms of the first period alluded to, did account for the forbear ance of the conservative party. It was not,' observed the noble lord, ' at a time when rebellion was raging, and when the efforts of all parties might have proved ineffective, in at •tempting to avert the dismemberment of the empire, that the conservatives could condescend to indulge in petty warfare.' As to the calm of the present period, however, so pompously announced from the ministerial benches, was that calm esta blished to exist; he begged to ask, by the evidence of the fact, that it was still deemed necessary to suspend the Canadian consti !Liam? • Lord Palmerston, however, was Lord Stanley's chief vic tim! The unfortunate foreign secretary attempted, as we have seen, to be ironical on the subject of the coalition which he was pleased to conjure up between Sir Robert Peel, and Sir Wm. Molesworth,! Lord Stanley ,howed the imaginary picture to be incomplete. The noble lord, exclaimed Lord Stanley, has forgotten to state whether he means to be a member oftlie Peel and Molesworth administration. If he does not, all I can say is, that, for a period stretching beyond my remembrance. it will be the first administration, of which the noble lord has nut formed part." The shouts of laughter which greeted this bitter retort-- laughter extorted even from the ministerial benches—wilt pre vent, for sorikotime, the poor foreign secretary from attempting irony at the.expense of the conservative leaders! " When Lord Stanley resumed his seat, not one of the minis ters dared to rise. No. They seemed rivetted to the Treasury bench; and actually permitted Sir Charles Gres', one of the most tearful t waddlers who ever obtruded himself on a public assembly, to talk against time ( the period was an hour and three quartersk until an adjournment became feusible. "A snore flattering compliment has selduhi been paid by an .tagonists, than was thus indirectly paid by ministers, last night, to the tremendous power of Lord Stanley's speech. But. al though Liird Stanley is silenced for the rest of this debate, Mr. Gladstone, - Lord Francis Egerton, Sir William Follett, and Sir Robert Peel, yet remain. Well may the miserable Whigs tremble! Terminate the matter how it may, in other respects —they • are certain of being crucified by the Conservatives, as never imbeciles were crucified by their antagonists before! We cannot.wish them a happy deliverance !" The debate on Tuesday night, though it closed hea vily, was one of the most interesting that has taken place within the last two years. The calm and divi fied speecii of Lord Sandon, and the scathing eloquence of Lord Stanley will create a great sensation throughout the .country. Whatever may be the result of the deci slots on the amendment, the ministers must inevitably suffer in their reputation—if, indeed, it be possible for them to sink lower than they are in infamy. We had proceeded thus far when we were favoured, through the kindness of Mr. Willnter, with a copy of the Times of yesterday morning, containing the resumed debate on. Sir William Molesworth's motion, and the di vision on Lord Sandon's amendment. 'We proceed to lay before our readers the analysis of the debate which is furnished ii? the Times. We have no room for any com- ments of our own. The Ilorfse of Lords did not sit last night. In the House of Commons, after the announcement of the confirmation of the City election and a few petitions, the order of the day for the adjourned debate on Sir William Molesworlh's proposal for a vote.of censure against Lord Glenelg was proceeded with; it began languidly with a speech from Mr. Leader, who, though the hero of-the - Whig party at the last Westminster election,, was unhonoured i ;as far as we could discern, by the presence of any of his friends, the ministers, with the exception only of the Right lion. Poulett Thomson. Several short speeches were made, among which were some having reference wholly to Ire land ; that topic being considered by Irish members as appro priate to 'every debate, on what subject soever. An official gentlernan,- . -named Rich, was then heard at considerable length, having been requested, as was whispered in the house , to speak fur min isters, in order to occupy time till the house should be fuller. The debate then began to improve. Mr. Praed com menced this 'better order of things in an acute diisection of the Canadian pOlicy of ministers.. By the time when he had finished; the season was come for making their case, and Sir George Grey, the Under Secretary for the Colonies, rose to state it He was very angry indeed, and began with hard words; called Sir W. Molesworth's speech miserable, and Mr. Praed's unserupokus; and complained that after giving large powers to government at Christmas, the tories were trving in March to acqUire those powers for themselves. They ought not; in his opinioft z to have first adopted the policy of goveiument, and then arktigned it. Ile attempted to answer some of Lord ; .Stauley"sStateinents, vindicated the non-transmission of troops, and observed: , that the.portion of the ministerial policy which this amendment went to condemn was their conciliatory, not their coercive, dealing. In all the colonies except Canada, the administration of-LordGlenelg had. been a successful and a sa tisfactoryside; and he believed the real question to be, not as the opposition would have it supposed, the colonial, but the domestic, policy of the government. Mr. Gladstone defended the opposition from the charge of coufederMing with the radicals. Such a combination would have been a - dishonourable course for the conservatives, though not without precedent among the whigs, who, on the Irish church question, had met the Irish party and framed a joint resolution ' 'on the words whereof both sections could agree. The true reason why, on acceding to office in 1835, they had abandoned the more manful policy of their predecessors as to Canada Was, that adherence to sounder principles would have committed them with their then new allies. In a full review of their Canadian measures, he commented with especial severity upon their delays. to which they had become so much.accustom ed, that they seemed to think when they had put otT a subject they hart settled it. Their minds were actually become insensi ble to the. distinction between settlement aril procrastination. Mr. Spring Rice, like Sir George Grey, attempted to answer Lord Stanley; but with as little success. lie had not left his , Canadian plan to his successor, because it had not been sub- Milted to the cabinet, who were to haiie deliberated upon it the very day they went out of office. Lord Stanley might cen • sure ministers for being dilatory; they might, with better reason, censure him for being too precipitate The tory leaders on this occasion were forced on by their followers. The two last diVisiOvs had stimulated the present. Lord Maidstone; like a valiant young knight, had earned his spurs well; he seemed to have used them well since. It was a struggle for Power—not for office simply, but for the principles of the re spective parties. The ministers had, indeed, been lately beaten; but how often had tory governments been beaten, and yet ad hered to office? M r ._ Rice then enumerated various instances of divisions unfavourable to tory administrations, and discussed the materials for forming a new cabinet it the whigs should • he turned . out: It could not be a radical, and must be a tory, administration. .After some conciliatory explanations 'from Lord Stanley to Mr. Rice. rind a few words from Lord Howick, doirg rather tardy, justice to Lord Abei - deen as a Colonial Minister, Sir Robert Peel rose, and in a powerful speech justified and enforced the pursued on this occasion by the conservative party. Ile coars e began by expressing his surprise at the tone of Mr. S. Itice's retaliation on Lord Stanley, remembering, as he did, how the whigs, when Lord Stanley left them, deplored his secession as the hiss of their brightest ornament. Th e subject of the debate, he said was two-fold—the amendment and the policy impeatherl by it. The amenduieut embodied his own. principles, and dif fered from theits, for it was not ambiguous or irresolute—it asked nit conferietacy with obnoxious opinions—no ceinproinise with adver-e principles—it founded no compact, nor " compact alliance . ; but declared loyal sentiments, and expressed a just wopt of confidence in the.whig ministry. It was ascribed by ministers toil pressure taiin behir•d; they were so uncharitable as to judge others by themselves Then talked as if their Ca nadian policy had been arbtpted by him and his friends; whereas, every occasion. he bait ;ascribed the late misadventures to their dilatory and irresolute conduct. The Under. Secretary had asked why the amendment had not been inured when the address was moved at Christmas? Why, because Lord John . then begged the house to be unanimous, and reserved to every member his future right of raising the question. The conser vatives were accused of having waited till all was tranquil. Sorely this was just the fairest course. However, when the Canada Bill was in progress, some weeks since, he had not shrunk from respunsioility of proposing the needful amendments. The noble Lord at that time said, that if those amendments should lie pressed, he must consider whether it would not be necessary for him to resign; they had been pressed,. and the noble Lord had given way. The Conservatives were now blamed for having been con nected with the Administrations which had existed before 1828, and to whose errors the distractions of the colony had been mainly owing. But of those administrations not a few members had been the colleagues of these very Whigs—for ex ample, Lord Palmerston, Lord Ripon, who had been actually their colonial secretary, and Mr. 'Wilmot Horton, whom they had made governor of Ceylon. Now, his case was, not that past governments had been exempt from error, but that if the whigs had used ordinary foresight, the recent bloodshed might have been prevented. Sir ROBERT PREL then proceeded to contrast the Colonial Administration of Lord Aberdeen with that of Lord Glenelg, and showed that the adjustment of differences had always been prevented by some unlucky accident, connected with the blun ders of the whigs. As to his views on the present motion, he looked not to the formation of a government, but to the honor of the Conservative party, who could not properly absent them from such a discussion, nor properly move the previous ques tion, nor properly vote with Sir William Molesworth, in fixing upon a single Minister a charge appertaining to the whole Cabinet. He had expected that Ministers would relieve him from that embarrassment by proposing, according to all prece dent, a. counter-resolution, declaring that the conduct of Lord Glenelg had the approbation of the House. If they would do that, even now, he would wave the amendment and fight them 0 ..hat counter resolution. Lord John Russell complained that Sir Robert Peel was over ruled by his supporters. Parties are now, said he, like serpents, moved by their tails. (This untoward simile recoiled upon the noble lord in a burst of laughter.) The ministry had not been unsuccessful against the rebels, nor, yielded any point to them. It was said that ministers might have prevented the revolt ;•but that sort of hypothesis was incapable of proof. The noble lord then recriminated on formt r governments, and put forth some bitter, but somewhat feeble, sarcasms against Lord Stanley. As to the present motion; its object was to eject the govern ment : but this had not been a usual proceediug with the House OtCommons, except in "a very strong case of culpability. H_e did not wish to take any but a direct course, and would beg Sir W. Molesworth to withdraw the original motion, that the amendment might be substantively put, and met with a flat negative. To this request Sir W. Molesworth agreed, with an alacrity which looked as if he had heard of the request before that moment: and the House then proceeded to a division, upon which, without any Radical vote, the Opposition came within 29 of the Ministerial numbers. No fewer than 'l5 of the con servatives were, it seems, absent from illness or other causes. The following is the division upon Lord Sandon's amendment, which was put from the chair in a substan- five form, in consequence of the withdrawal of Sir Will. Moleworth's motion : For Lord Sandon's proposition 287 • Against it Majority in favour of Ministers.... -29 The house then adjourned at a quarter past 3 o'clock.; The pairs on Sir W. Molesworth's motion were as follows: — Conservatives. Whig-Radicals. Archdall, M. Chapman, M. L. Bailey, J. Potter, R. Clive, Viscount Jervis, J. ._ Cresswell, C. Erie, W. Cartwright, T. Hector, C. • Cooper, E. Mai tin, P. Kelley, F. Talfourd. '1 N. Rae, Sir W. Edwards, Colonel ... Ramsey, Lord Hallyburton, Lord D. Tyrell, Sir J. Heron, Sir R. Pollock, Sir F. I'hillpots J. Conservative members absent from illness and unavoidable engagements: — Barnes, Sir E. (ill) LoWther, Hon. H. Blakeinore, R. (ill) Owen, Sir J. Burdett, Sir F. (ill) Stormont, Lord (ill) Dugdale, W. S. (ill) Vernon, G. H. (ill) Fox, L. G. (ill) Wall, C. B. Ker, D. Wilmot, Sir E. (ill) Lowther, Lord County of Rutland vacant. Whig Radicals absent from illness and other causes. Conti•ngham, Lord A. (ill) Moreton A. Johnson, General Wilkins, W. Members who did not vote. Molesworth. Grote. Leader. We were politely favoured last. night by Mr. Willater, with a copy of the Times of yesterday, fitim which we have given ex • tracts elsewhere. Mr. Willmer deserves the thanks of the public for his attention iu providing for their gratification. Ma. BaowN's CONCERT. - Our readers will perceive that Mr. Brown's concert, at the Templar's Hall, is announced.for Tuesday night. It promises to be.. as 'attractive a concert as any which has been held during the season, as far as professional talent can make it so. THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—At this theatre a splendid equestrian fete, called the " Conquest of Jerusalem," has beets performing, with a number of other attractive pieces. Mr. Needle, the stage manager, we perceive, anuounces his benefit for Monday evening, and has put out a p. - ograsmue that must draw him a good house. THE - LIVER THEATRE.—This little' theatre is putting out a most attractive bill of tare this week. Mr. NV. J. Hammond, who has been earning fresh laurtJis for buntelf at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, has paid the theatre a visit, and last evening added his rich fund of humour to One or two laughable little dramas. Next week he makes his appearance as Sans Weller, in a new drama of that name; and takes his benefit with that play on Monday evening. His acting in this charac ter-has been highly spoken of as the best fat: simile of Chasrles Dickens' ideal Sam ,ireller that has yet appeared. THE WIND.—OO Tuesday, the wind, which has been blow ine. from the east and south-east almost instantaneously during the last nine weeks, veered round to the west, with a smart breeze, The consequence was that in the course of the day, up wards of fifty vessels from foreign ports, exclusive of coasters, arrived in the Mersey. RousE Ronaßuy. Some time betwixt Monday n;ght and Tuesday morning, the house of Mr. I'. Allister, Chatham-place, Edgehill, was entered, and the following articles stolen :—one £lO note, k number not known,) one silver teaspoon, a small purse containing one shil;iug and a bunch of keys. The thieves had effected an entrance by getting on the top of the house and opening a garret window. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Monday afternoon informa tion was conveyed to the police inspector at the Clarence Dock that two children were drowning in a pit near the canal. Ward, one of the officers, was immediately despatched to the spot, with the grapoell, which he threw Into the pit, and drew up the body of ahoy named Halliday, the youngest of two brothers, both of whom had, by some accident, fallen into it. The eldest boy, about eleven years of age, bad been got out by another man before Ward arrived. They were both dead. The unfor tunate parents who have been thus bereaved of their children, live in St. Martin's-street, near New Scotland-toad. THE MAILS.—The mercantile community, as well as the public generally, have been .seriously inconvenienced by the non-arrival of the mails during the past week. The detective state of the roads, and the impediment of the snow, have caused obstructions and annoyances quite equal to any thing ve are told of by Miss Martineau, during her recent travels through the United States. A heavy fail of snow occurred on the 27th ult., between Dunchurch and Birmingham. In Yorkshire, in several paits the snow lies very deep. The inspectors on ; the western road report the snow to be in some places nearly 13 feet deep. Indeed, the roads in alt parts of the kingdom are in a rotten condition. In Liverpool and the neighbourhood scarcely any snow has fallen. • During 'the winter there have not been above three or four falls of snow, and never' has it been above three inches thick on the ground. A NEW STEAM-VESSEL.—The City of Dublin Company have made another addition to their numerous fleet by a splen did new vessel called the Royal Adelaide, which was tried in the river on Friday last, previous to her first voyage to.,Dublin on Monday last, in , company with the mail packet. The Royal Adelaide was built by Messrs. Wilson, with magnificent en gines of 200 horse power, by Messrs. Mather, Dixon, and Co., and is, in every respect, of the very first order. She is the fourth of a new series of vessels built by the City of Dublin Company, comprising. the Royal William and two others, and promises to be at least equal to any of her predecessors. SOUTH STACK LIGHT.—The moveable light on the South Stack being placed so near the margin of the sea, has often been seers when that in the Light-house was enveloped by fo g , thereby, on many occasions, found of the greatest use to her majesty's packets, and other vessels sailing by the Head. The honourable corporation Of Trinity-house have been pleased to cause it, from being red, to be made a plain revolving light, thereby more powerful, and showing in all sea directions. This light is not seen beaming northward of N. E. by E. ; is about forty feet above the water, and about thirty yards north of the Light-house; is occasionally lighted, viz. when the wea!her is not quite clear; the two lights revolving, -- and when buds seen,• are readily distinguishable from the two revolving lights.on the Calf-of-Man, which are 187 yards distant from each Other, the highest of which is to the northward, whereas the highe4t light on the South Stack is to the southward. , DISTRESSED POOR• IN TOXTETH-PARK.--The Sum Of £l2O having been raised by the joint exertions of the Rev. Vikl,i . am Ilesketh and the Rev. James Hassall , amon g st their.p'ettional friends, and members of their cong regation, for the relief of the distressed poor in Toxteth-park, that sum was applied, during the last week, to the purposed object, by means of simieuny and shilling tickets, distributed to the poor by those persons . who had contributed to the rued. The number of tickets, by.which relief was thus obtained, amounted, at the close of the following Monday, to two thousand six hundred; of this number. eleven hundred were relieved with potatoes and coals, and fifteen hun dred with shop orders, consisting of bread, meal, or small-gro ceries ; in the former digtribution, twenty tons of coals, and four hundred and thirty measures of potatoes w ere coasinned ; and by the latter, the sum of £57 I7s Gil was expended. 'Of the . persons thus relieved, an examination was instituted, wherever it was practicable, according. so the system adopted by the Board of the District Provident Society. The name, residence, and number in family of each petitioner was taken down, and their place of abode afterwards visited; and of the number thus examined and visited, amounting to no less than 500 families, the inquiry tended, in most instances, to certify the real want of the applicant. THE CHASE.—The Cheshire Hounds will meet this day, the 9th. at lluddon-heath; to-morrow, the 10th, at Norton Priors , . ' on Monday, the 12th, at . Somerford-park ; on Tuesday, the 1 3th , at Manley-mill; on Thursday, 15th, at Bradfield-greets; on Friday, lath, at II ighway-side ; Saturday, 17th, at High•Legh ; on Monday, 19th, at Weston Castle; Wednesday, 21st, at Chnlmondeley Castle; Thursday, 22d, at Wilkesley Viliage Saturday, 24th, at Windmill on Raveustnoor, at half-past ten o'clock.—Sir Thomas Stanley's Fox Hounds will meet to morrowi the 10th instant, at Hawarden, at ten o'clock.—Mr. Leche's Hounds will meet this day, the 9th, at Gallantry bank; on Monday, 12th, at Carden • on Wednesday, 14th, at Penley Hail; on Fri ,lay. 16th. at ll'urtas Halt; on Monday, 19 , h, at Allan Sadler's; on Wednesday, 21st, at Hampton-heath; on Friday, 23d, at Handley ; on Monday, 26th, at Gresford; on Wednesday, 28th,at Egerton Arms, Broxton ; on Friday, 30th, at W3.nnstay ; on Mondavi April 2d, at Hough Bridge, isear Malpas at ball-nat ten o'clock.—Mr. Smythe Oweti's HoutA, Will meet this slay, the 9,11, at Mitcham : Brid , 2e,.at half-past ten o'clock.—The Ludlow Hounds wilt meet to i mm row, the 10th, at Stanton Lacy; on Thursday, 15th, at Pedlar's Rest; On Saturday, 17th, at But:knell Wood, at ten o'clock, THE ORATORIO AT TE-IE TnEATRE ROYAL. On Tuesday evening last, the Liverpool Choral Society per formed Handel's sublime Oratorio, the " Messiah," with ac companiment! by . Mozart, at the Theatre Royal. The oratorio was aunounced to , be under the patronage of the Mayor, and for the benefit of the distressed poor. Such being its meritorimis. object we were glad to see so excellent a house, the theatre being well tilled in every part. The orchestra was very strong, containing upwards of 30 female anti about I(X) male choristers, besides a very good toned organ,, which was erected in the cen tre of the orchestra, with the usual comPliment of other instru ments, to make the instrumental department complete. Mr. George Holden acted as conductor, Mr. M. Maybrick pre sided at the organ, and Mr. G Eyton led the orchestra. Per haps as a society of choristers, strictly so speaking, there is not a more efficient one in the kingdom than the Liverpool Choral Society; but when we go beyond the choral singing, we know not from what cause, but a prevailing tameness and flatness characterises the •tostrninental department. The overture to this sublime oratorio, which is a mellifluous movement, partook precisely of this character, with just a sufficiency of excellence to save it from being damned, but not enough to excite applause. Mr. France was put forward to sing the first recitative, "Comfort ye," and wis no saving clause to the overture. The chorus which followed, "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed," was splendidly effective. The finished effect was, however, somewhat destroyed by the leader's violin, being heard a full minim before the rest in tbe• middle of the chorus was completed. The simulta neous crash of the chums ceasing at once into complete silence was magnificent, conjoined with the words, " For the mouth of the Lord bath spoken it;" but this splendid effect was greatly marred by the anti-climax of a single squeaking violin destroy ing the emphatic silence by a tone sufficiently long to draw at tention before the chorus again ruse. The recitative accompa niment which followed by Mr. Wearing, "Thus, saith the Lord of Hosts," was a complete lullaby. The following chorus, " And he shall purify the sons of Levi," was again spirited, and a redeeming trait in the oratorio. Mr. Dutton sang the next recitative, " . Behold, a virgin shall conceive." He posses. ses a counter tenor voice of a very singular quality of tone, which is sometimes almost puerile. It, however, told well in snore passages. The next recita ice, " For, behold ! darkness shall cover the earth , " was sung with much power and sweet ness by Mr. Davies, who really possesses a fine bass voice, and a voice capable of filing the house. The following chorus, " For unto us a child is born," was exquisitely sung. •'The charming undulating melody was dune full justice to. We think this decidedly the most strikingly beautiful passage in the whole oratorio. ' The pastoral symphony which followed is a beautiful flirting melody, and was played with good taste. The next recitative was sung by Mrs. Hiles," There were shepherds abiding in the field." Mrs. Hiles possesses a voice of consider able power anti sweetness, though not sufficiently tutored to be capable of much ornament. She sang the recitative very chastely. The next chorus, " Glory to God in the highest," was main a marked feature in the oratorio. Mrs. Hiles sang the following " Rejoice greatly," very sweetly and introduced neat ornamental cadence. She was loudly applauded. Miss Swain sang the next recitative and air, very creditably. The music of the air is a most beautiful melody, which accords finely witta die words. The verse is taken from Isaiah, and is one of those examples of fine metaphor and of the harmony of language-with which Isaiah abounds. For instance, can there be a inure fitting metaphor, more perfectly carried out, or the arrangement and choice of the words of which can be more liquid, and musical, and appropriate, than the following : " He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; and he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them iu his bosom, and gently lPad those that are with young." The verse is one of exquisite beauty, as a piece of composition, and nothing could be better adapted to it than .the beautiful passage of his oratorio to which Handel has set it. The music and the words seemed to pos s,ss but one meaning—one soul, which breathed upon the audience with the softness and sweetness of a gentle zephyr. Mr. Brand sang the next recitative, " Come unto him," but her voice Was greatly deficient in power. In the second part part ML'. Lunt sang-well in a counter alto, " He was despised and rejected of men." The following chorus was very tine ; the cou eluding. cadence especially, "And the Lord bath laid on him the iniquity of us all," was splendid. The recitative by Mrs. Hiles, " lie was cut out of the land of the living," was also well sung. The full chorus before the interval, " lie is the King of Glory," was gloriously sung. The oratorio was resumed after the interval, with,. " by particular desire," the grand march and chortn, "Crown ye the altar," from Beethoven's Ruins of Athens. We never heard a piece of music more wretchedly played or in worse time than was this. In vain did the couductor endeavour to get the orchestra into something like time; for while one half was con ducted by him, the leader was most perseveringly leading the other half half a bar before him, and the result was what might be expected, a musical jumble—a discord in concert. After this, the new instrument, the ophicleide, was introduced, played by a soldier of the hand of the 82d regiment, stationed io this town. The in s trument is an unwieldy brass instrument , intended as a substitute for the serpent. Its principle supe riority consists in its scale of notes being complete, and thereby allowing a solo to he performed upon it. As an instrument, bowr ever, it will never come into general use but as an accompani ment. The tone has a disaoreeable smothered flatness of quality wkieh makes its solo performance anything but agreeable. The player, however, exhibited much execution on the instru ment, and for that and the apparent difficulty of playing it he was encored, though, really, it was infliction. The. following air, "Thou art gone tin on high," was sung, or, rather, attempted to be seno, by Mr. Hadley. We wonder that men will put themselves in such positions without even a shadow of qualifi cation. Mr Hadley has neither voice nor the knowledge of the the Of one. The concluding chorus, " Blessing and honour, glory and power be to Him that sitteth upon the throne," was Magnititent. As a whole, the concert passed oil' very well, hut tediously, and rather tamely. The foolish - suggestion of the .committee to the audience to Obstairr " from any mark of appro bation, or otherwise," to avoid delay, pet haps contributed to the character of spiritless tameness which pervaded it. We think it would have been more judicious to have shortened the oratorio anti have given a little "breathing time" fur the public, to applaud if they thought fit. BUILDING SOCIETIES. PUBLIC MEETING ON SIR lINRRY VERNEIPS BILL. On Tuesday evening last at seven o'clock, a public meeting of the members and supporters of the building associations of this town was held at the Crown Inn, in Lawton-street. The meeting was convened by printed papers, in which were very concisely set forth the reasons that urged the interference of the building societies with the measure in question. It was stated " I.—That the great bulk of property which is purchased by members of building societies out of the funds which their con nexinu with the building societies e na bl e s them to command is of that description which will be affected by this bill. "2—That as the rates and t axes w ill b e ' l a id o n the owner, he must either add them to the rent, and collect them along with it, or he must sustain th e l oss out o f hi s own pocket. "3. —That as those p ersons ma i n l y re ly on the income they derive from the property p urc h ase d ou t of the funds of building societies to enable them to pay their subscriptions, and thereby to repay the money advanced by the societies, any measure calculated to reduce their income must materially tend to em barrass and inconvenience them, if not, in many instances to deprive them of that which otherwise might become a perms-. cent provision for old age, or other casualties to which all per sons are necessarily exposed. "4—That as the interests of all the members are so intimately connected together, whatever has a tendency to injure one de scription of members, consisting as all such societies do, of lenders and borrowers of money must necessarily injure the other, and under such circumstances the members of building societies should unite in opposing a measure which would pro duce such an effect." The address proceeded to urge to immediate action, as a com mittee of the House of Commons is now inquiring into the ef fect which Sir H. Verneys bill is likely to produce, which com mittee might close its business before the association could stale their reasons for objecting to the measure. The address concluded as follows: "As to the propriety of send ing a deputation to oppose the bill, there are two difficulties in. the way, viz.—To fix upon a proper person, and to provide the expenses attendant upon the sending of such a deputation. When there are so many persons in the town who have been connected with building societies for so many years, it would appear s trange if sonic person could not be found capable of giving evidence before a committee, and when it is considered that there is now so much property invested i n b u ilding societies, a trifling contribution voluntarily sub scribed by each, would be sufficient for such a purpose. If, there fore, a committee could be formed, composed of two or more Members from each society in the town, and a small sum of mo ney supplied by each society, leaving to that committee either to .select a person or not, at their discretion, and to adopt any other measure which that committee might think proper to sug gest, a body competent to meet the necessity of the ease would be ealled into existence to be dissolved only when the immediate Causes of such compination shall cease. "It is extremely gratifying to state that since the above was written, a letter has been forwarded to this town from the secre tary of a committee elected by the members of building societies. in Manchester, to oppose Sir H. Verney's bill—with that letter the form of a petition to parliament adopted by them in opposi tion to the bill, has been sent ; the following is au extract from the letter:— " "rhe committee are confidently of opinion, that if the bill in question shenbl ever become a law, (which, unless great and uncommon efforts he made to prevent it, is by no means im probable.) the property of members of building societies will be confiscated. The committee have, however, done their duty ; they have succeeded in making all the landlords of all the neigh bouring towns for thirty miles round Manchester, sensible of the danger threatened to their property, and have induced them. to petition against the measure.' " THE MAYNOOTH COLLEGE PETITION.—This petition, which is now lying for signature at various places in the town, has already received a large number of signatures. Our readers are aware that its object is to petition Parliament to refuse the annual grant for the support of Maynooth College out of the National funds; on the ground that it is inconsistent in a Protestant government to support an establishment for the nurture and encourag ement of dogmas, against which it pro . tests; as well as on th- ground of the mischievous tendency of the college on the education of the population of Ireland. THE CHURC H L EASES PETITION.—A petition to both houses of Parliament is now lying in this town for signature , p ra y in g the legislature no t t o apply any excess of revenue which may be derived from the church leases to other than church pur poses, for the spiritual instruction of the people in the doctrines and principles of the estatriished church. The City of Durham is in a state of great excitement on the subject of the petition which has been presented by Mr. Gran ger agaiust Mr. Harland. The ballot for the committee took place on Thursday, and every preparation for a hard fight ap pears to have been made by the contending parties. Upwards of seventy witnesses have been sent off by coach to Loudon within these three days from Durham. There is little doubt that both Whig and whig-radical will be foiled. The conserva tives are ready for action, and will put in their man in gallant style. CAUTION.—An unusual number of fatal accidents have lately occurred to labourers while attending to thrashing machiuss when at work, at which times the utmost caution is requisite. WEST LENT,—Sir Edmund Filmer hasbeeu returned for the western division of the county of Kent, in lieu of Sir William • Geary, who retires, on account of ill health. They are both conservatives, so that the change makes nu difference in the strength of parties. In illustration of the working of the Ballot system, it may be mentioned, that the Common Council of Loudon, a few years ago, this famous nostrum was found to he such a cover fur fraud and deception, that it was abolished, the proposition for that purpose havingcome from the `.` Liberal" party, bitterly disappointed at the result of an election wherein they had the majority of the promises, but the minority of the votes FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—'The 12th ult., as some labouring men at St. Juliet, near lioscast le, were coursing a hare on the cliffs, William Orchard fell on the snow, Which being very slip pery and sloping* ground; be rolled several times till lie fell' over a precipice on the cliff above 100 feet high. When his compa• nioos got to burn, he aas seusille, but his limbs were. paralysed though no hones appeared broken. Ile lingered t ill next even ing, wten dealt) put a period to his sufferings. He was a single . man, about 40, living with his mother.— West BT inn. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SHOPLIFTING. —On TueAday, Mary Hunt was charged at the police-court with having enier,d the shop of Messrs. 1) ke and Co. tailors and drapers, Castle-street, and stolen there from three silk handkerchiefs, valued at Mt. Mi. Dyke stared that betwixt eleven and twelve that day he was passing through the lobby which led from the yard at the back to his shop. There was a glass door at the end of the lobby looking into the shop. On getting close to the glass door be sow the prisoner and another girl in the shop, white his shopman was serving them with handkerchiefs. The shopman having turned his head from the prisoner, Mr. Dyke observed her put her hand into the window, and take up a piece containing three silk handkerchiefs, which she put into her apron. Mr. Dyke then walked through the shop into the street, and gave notice to one of the police officers, who took the prisoner into custody after she had left the shop with her companion. She was committed for trial.—Ann Kirby was charged with entering the shop of Mr. David Nelson, draper, Old Haymarket. and stealing a piece containing five silk handkerchief's, valued at 30s. On Saturday night eight or ten handkerchiefs had been stolen from Mr. Nelson's shop, which naturally led the shopman to keep watch, and on Monday night the prisoner, who had come into the shop, accompanied by a confederate, was detected in stealing the piece before-mentioned. She was an old offender, and had been tried and convicted under another name. She was sent to the sessions. Her companion was discharged with a caution to take care how she acted in future. CHARGE OF HOUSE ROBBIiRY.—On Tuesday Wm. Hewitt, Henry Flynn, Robert Hunter, and zThomas Gardiner, were brought before Mr. Hall, charged with having broken into a house in Gloucester-street, and stolen therefrom various articles. The first witness, a female, deposed that on Saturday night, about seven o'clock, she heard the cry of " Stop thief," and saw two of the prisoners, whom she pointed out, running down the street. They dropped a bundle, which she picked up and carried to Bridewell. A second witness stated that she saw one of the prisoners, whom she identified, go to a spout, and put something into it, which proved to be a chisel. In consequence of the bundle having been taken to Bridewell, some of the police went to Gloucester-street, and found that the house, No. 38, had been broken into in the absence of the owner, and a great quantity of articles removed. It appeared that he - had left the house betwixt six and seven o'clock. and did not return till twelve. The officers found that the latch of the window had been broken, and an entrance effected into the house,- - where every thing was in disorder. Besides the bundle pro duced, another bundle had been thrown in Skelhorne-street of which a Mr. Hughes, who was not present, could give an ac count. Mr. Hall remanded the case to bring forward Mr. Hughes. There was some hesitation, on the part of the wit, nesses, to identify the prisoners, one of whom., on being re manded, said with great emphasis, ° I am as innocent as the child unborn." From the several bundles mentioned, the rob bery must have been to a considerable extent: • kraocious Assxur.T.—On Tuesday, a man named James Lighthurn, was brought hefore time magistrates, charged with a violent and unprovoked assault on the complainant, John Abram. On Tuesday morning the prisoner met the complain ant in the street, and, in' the true style of blackguardism, de manded to know " who the h— he was ?" Abram, naturally enough, rejoined. " what is that to you ?" Ou which the, pri soner immediately took nut a knife, and made several stabs at the complainant in the breast and shoulder. The complain ant opened his coat and waistcoat, and showed that they were cut through, and that the knife had entered his breast. Several large cuts appeared in different parts of the coat, which did not • pierce far enough to enter the flesh, except at the shoulder, where a very severe wound was inflicted; but altogether the complainant had got two wounds and seven cuts. This took place at two o'clock in-the morning', and the reason which the complainant gave for being out in the streets at such an un seasonable hour was that he was a stranger in town, and did not know the name of the street where be lodged. A double bladed penknife, one of which was hooked, was here produced, covered with blood. Mr. Hall said that the ease appeared so serious that no punishment the magistrates could award would be commensurate with the injuries -the complainant had sus tained; and for the sake of convincing individuals that they had no right to use knives in their quarrels, he should send the prisoner to take his trial. If convicted, his punishment would no doubt be very severe. CAUTION TO PAWNBROKERS. —On Tuesday, a pawnbroker, . trained Critchley, appeared before the magistrates to answer to a summons charging him with not having delivered up a shawl which had been pledged with him, but substituting another in its place. Mrs. Ann Irving, the complainant, stated that she, consented, about two years ago, to allow her sister. who was in difficulties, to pledge a shawl worth .os. belonging to her, with Mr. Critchley, on which she raised 10s. On Thursday she sent for the shawl; • and paid up both principal and interest. She then received. from Mr. Critchley's assistant what was said to be'her shawl, tied up in the same handkerchief in which it had been pledged. But she found that instead of a Thibet shawl with "a black border three inches deep" she had got a shawl which proved to be only Canton crape. Mr. Critchley's assist - - ant insisted that nu mistake could have occurred; it must have been the same shawl as well as the same handkerchief. Mr. Flail said, that by the act of parliament he was empowered to _order the article pledged to be returned, and if it- could not be found he was obliged to order the value of it to be paid. He therefore ordered 20s. and costs to be paid in the present case. A SEAMAN'S STocic.—On Tuesday, a man named M'Kenna' who keeps a cellar for carrying on the old clothes trade in Prussia-street, was placed, along with his wife, at the bar of the Police-court, charged ..with having in their 'Possession the _entire " kit" of a young sailer, ahich bad been stolen from him three weeks ago. John Cannon, the complainant, stated that about the titnt'; mentioned, his chest, coot:Ai - 111110 his clothes and bed were stolen out of a public-houso where they had been been placed; and no discovery was made of them till Saturday. when a cook, who had been purchasing a pair of truwsers at the prisoners' house, saw the chest. M'Kenna, in defence, said he had bought the chest and its contents from two young men, and had paid 12s. for the whole lot. Previous to doing so, he had " consulted" the policeman of the district, and that great legal authority had " advised" him that he was perfectly safe in purchasing the chest, This was on the Bth of February. A sort of note of sale was produced, which seemed to confirm the prisoner's statement, and the entire stock of the complain ant did not appear to be worth more than 12a. Mr. Hall re ►uauded M`lientia till the polieemauewha had advised with him should be forthcoming. and discharged his wife. A NEW WAY ot , It4sING THE WIND.—On Tuesday an Irish pig jobber, who said he had been in the habit of coming to Liverpool for twenty-eight years, was charged at the Police court with attempting to carry off a bed from a house where he lodged, under pretence that tie had been robbed of his money. The complainant, though rather advanced in life, was stout and vigorous, and at any rate had sufficient strength to carry a feather hed on his back from the attic to the kitchen. When he was asked his reason for removing the bed, he entered into a lung detail, the amount of which was that he had been rubbed of L 4 while he was asleep, by his trowsers having been cut-at the pockets• He had not taken the bed out of the house, but only down stairs till he could recover his money. Mr. Dowling here stated that he had received iuformation of various pranks of the same kind which the prisoner had been performing. When he wanted to raise money. he btought charges against individuals with whom he came in contact, that they had robbed him. Davidson, of the bralewell, state,'" that the last time the complainant had been there he had charged hiw (Davidson) with having robbed him of 25 or 26 sovereigns. With respect to the pretended cuts in his trowsera they appeared to be of old date. Mr. Hall said if he could find out that the prisoner Was taking property out of the house, in order to carry it away, he would send hint for trial. He was then. dismissed. BURGLARY.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, three lads, named Preston, Cassidy, and Barclay, were placed before the magistrates, charged with having broken into the house of Mrs. Sylvia Rainey, of Bootle, on the night of Saturday week. Miss Eliza Grant, a young lady of colour, stated, that she resided at Mount-pleasant, and was on a visit to Mrs. Rainey, who resides at Bootle. On Saturday night week she was awoke, about one or two o'clock, by a man holding a candle in her face. He asked het for the money. She said she had no money; he said sbe had, and she again said she had not, There was another lady in bed with her who screamed out, and the man said, "Silence; or else it will be worse for you." The lady screamed again, and then he shouted to • another man, "to bring that knife there;" and on his saying this, the other lady screamed out, and they then ran away. She could only identify the prisoner, Preston, who was caught in the house. Mrs. Sylvia Rainey deposed, that she was sleeping in the next room, and heard a terrible noise in the lobby of the breaking of boxes, and got up to see what was the matter, when she saw two men in the lobby, and immediately ran to the window and screamed out, when she heard a police Man knock. • She again screamed, and the policeman then ran as hard as be could to the door. She saw the prisoner, Preston, and other two, breaking boxes in the lobby. She gaVe notice to the police of the articles she had lost. A number of things vrete taken out • of the house. Police-officer 16 stated, that on the 25th of February, at two o'clock on the Sunday morning, he was on duty, in Bootle-lane, when he heard a scream from the house of Mrs. Rainey. He ran there, and saw Mrs. Rainey at the witi dow, with a baby in her arms. He itnmediately after caught the prisoner, Preston, coming out of the front door. Inspector Thompson said that he heard the- policeman knock, and on going to Mrs. Rainey's, found Preston iu the custody of the officer, and on going round to the back of the house, ire found the parlour a indow broken open and the. thieves escaped. In the garden he found a hat, which he pi-whined. Ellen Alston, the keeper of a beer-house in Ben Jonsoiflstreet, deposed that the three prisoners were all at her house. ih company on the night of the robbery, and left at nine o'clock. Mrs. Kelly de- po3cd that on Sunday morning after the roblaery, the prisoner Cassidy came to her house to borrow What. Peter Howie!, who in the first instance was taken into custody on suspicion. deposed, that on Sunday seeing the police about the neighbour hood, in Ben Jonson-street, and hearing.of the robbery, he met Cassidy. and told him about the police being about, and Cassidy said he knew it; they were after hint, Caasitly 'afterwards told him that he was concerned in the robbery, and that Dixon had stolen the rings and gold chain, and Woolwich had got the breait pin and wore it on that Sunday. Constable Ainsworth deposed that he went with Lloyd to a house in Heaton-street, on the Sunday, from information they had received, and broke into a house, in which they found Cassidy and Barclay endea vouring to conceal themselves. Barclay said Iris name was Williams. They then both confessed to the robbery, but said it was the first time. The hat found was tried on Cassidy's head, and fitted it exactly. They were all three committed for trial. DISORDERLY PAUPERS.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, three paupers from the Workhouse, were placed before the magistrates charged with violently assaulting a black man, named Sambo, alsoin the Workhouse, and knocking out several of his teeth. The complainant fully proved the charge. Th e prisoners had quarrelled with him for thrusting himself in amongst them at supper, and they had afterwards waylaid him in the workhouse and given him the beating of which he com plained. Mr. Hall said it was highly necessary to preserve order in the establishment, and he should therefore visit this shameful conduct of the prisoners, who were subsisting on charity, with a severe punishment. Two of them, named M`Naspy and Piers, who were the worst, must pay £5 or be committed for two months to the Borough Gaol; a third, Cow ley, must pay ss. and casts, or he committed (or three days; and the fourth, named Lyon, to be discharged, with a reprimand. A HORROR-STRUCK PotacEmaN.—Yesterday, at the Police ' office, the keeper of a beer-house in Alhion-street, named Samuel Shakeshaft, was summoned before the mtwistrates to answer the charge of permitting disorderly conduct in his house. His wife answered the summons. Inspector Thompson stated, that on Saturday night he heard some singing in the house, and on going in saw a disorderly woman quite drunk, and two thieves singing; Inspector Hackev. would state the nature of the song. Inspector Hackey.—" I saw the same, sir,; and they were singing to the tune of " A roaming we Will gu." " And a robbing we will go; For to support her,. We went a-robbin4 night and day." And the woman was leading„ the choltii, so f took them all into custody. (A laugh.) Mr. Nall.—You are actfuitted. Yon cannot call singing 014, song being disorderly. The wife bete, in a peremptory tone, demanded of the inspector, "Now, sir, I should like to know who you call a dtsot del 'fionian." Iler story was, however, out short by her being told that she was discharged. CORREJPONDENVE. COMPtNS.VVION TO CORPORATION TENANTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Si li,—Aathe Corporation (although a discretionary power has been vested in them by the act of parliament) refuse to compen sate their tenants, whose premises are recoired for improve ments. are the Town-council justified in,anowing a servant of the Colonial Office, and of Irish Government, an office rent free, or to entertain an application fora sum of money to provide lodgings for an official, the duties of wLose office are of no benefit whatever to the inh a bitants o f Liierpool, however useful they may be to ititligiduals from other parts of the king dom? If the lowa-council possess authority to give the Go vernment the use of an otlice rent free, and to augment the remuneration of a servant of Government, (not under the con trol of the Corporation,) perhaps some of your readers ,wril direct attention to the source from which such authority is derived, as every provision of the Municipal Bill appears to prohibit such an appropriation.. Your obedient Servant, • SCRUTATOIt. TO THE SURVEYOR OF THE BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. SlR,—May I request a favourable notice, or report, from you to head quarters, if you agree with me that a most beneficial acconamodation may be given to the public, by opening a pas sage for pedestrians from the west end of Gascoyne-street to Carruthers-street, in order to allow at approach (through Mr. Carter's marble yard, as now permitted) to the foot-way over the Canal, whereby people can advance to ttie northern docks. &c., with a celerity and conveuience to which the natives of that crowded neighbourhood at present appear to be utter strangers. Again,--That passengers may be allowed the great advantage of . a thoroughfare (on sufferance) from Shaw's-brow to St. John's-lane, through the Old Infirmary Ground, or else through the Church-yard; iu the latter case a moderate extra com pensation might be given to the beadle of St. John's, for un locking the gates for twelve hours every day. No doubt this short approach towards the heart of Old Liverpool would be found a Wan of considerable value and estimation by every one. Your's respectfully, SENEX. TO CAPTAIN GRIFFITHS, OF TTrn SHIP "POW H AT TAN." SIR,--I beg leave, on behalf of self and crew, to return yon my very grateful thanks for the extreme kindness and attention shown to us from the date of your relieving us from, the wreck of the " Byron," until our landing in Liverpool.--I am, Sir, yours respeetfudy, CHRISTOPHER FORREST. Liverpool, March 8. 1838. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. COUUSING. THE Abut. R CLun.—The members of this club did not take the field before Friday morning; when, as well' as on the fol lowing day, the attendance was highly-respectable, the diver sion was very good, and the whole arrangements wet e conducted in a first-rate style. The successful dog in the Cup contest, is the same that, at the end of November, ran up tor the similar prize, then won by Mr. E. G. Hornby's Hidalgo, by Hannus, out of Cora. The following will be found the deciding courses in the various Stakes run for, and the separate classes for the Cup, and the Sefton and Croxteth Stakes : THE CUP AND SOVEREIGNS. Mr. Alison's Asmodeus beat Mr. Hind's Hailshot. Mr. Swan's Siasbiug Harry „ Lord Talbot's Treornan. Mr. Rigby 's Rasp „ Mr. Blundell's Blackberry. Mr. Thompson's I'amworth „ Mr. Cluwes's Cripple. Mr. Lawton's Lynch „ Mr. Gongreye's Cate au Lait Mr. Shaw's Spice „ Mr. Horuhy's Holyhock. Mr. E G. Hornby's nor „ Lord Molyneux's Morpeth. Mr. Lamb's Lark ~ Mr. Unsworth's Urchin. SECOND TIES. Asmodeus beat Slashing Harry. Rasp „ Tamworth. Spree Lynch. Lark „ Hor. THIRD TIES. Rasp beat Asmodeus. Spice , Lark. DECIDING COURSE.—Mr:Shaves slack bitch, Spree, won the Cup, and Mr. Rigbv's black bitch, Rasp, the Sovereigns. - - THE SEFTON STAKES. Lord Talbot's Thames beat Mr. Clowes's Cockade. Mr. Moore's Mosquito „ Mr. Swan's Stafford. Mr. Shaw's Sulky „ Mr. Hind's Hotspur. Mr. Thompson's - Terry Alt „ Mr. E. G. Hornby's Hus- SECOND TIES. [bandman. Mosquito beat Thames, Terry Alt „ Sulky. DECIDING Conase.—Mr. Moore's blue dog, Mosquito, beat Mr. Thompson's Terry Alt, and won. . THE CItOXTETU STAKES. Mr. Thompson's Turtle Dove beat Mr. Hind's Handmaid. Mr. E.G. Hornby's Himalaya„ Lord Talbot's Tabinet. Mr. Lowton's Lady „ Mr. Clowes's Cbarm. Mr. Shaw's Spondee „ Ld. Molyneux's Maid of 110 ,, SECOND TIES. tuour. Himalaya beat Turtle Dove. Lady Spondee. DECIDING COURSK.-Mr. Lowlon's white and black bitch, Lady, beat Mr. E. G. Hornbv'e Himalaya, a n d woo . The wEsT DERBY STAKES were divided by Mr. Ali son's Artificer, and Mr. Clowes's Coxcotnb. The WEST DERBY STAKES (2d class) were won . by Mr. Lowton's Lurline; Mr. E. G. Hornby's ficernanthus ran.. up. The SAPLING STAKES were eon by Mr. Lamb's. Lady; Mr. E. G. Horuby's History tan up. The DITCH IN STAKES were won by Mr. Swan's Solo mon; Lord Talbot's Tabinet ran up. The ACKERS Hour STAKES were won by Mr. E. G, Hornby's Husbandman; Slashing Harry ran up. The ALTCAR HALL STAKES were won by Mr. Thowl, son's Theresa; Mr, Shaw's Slow and Sure ran up. WATERLOO MEETING. This meeting commenced on Tuesday. The day was very favourable, and the company, on horseback and root, exceed ingly numerous. Lord Eglington, Lord Molyneux, the Hon. Mr;Talbot, Mr. Hornby, Mr. Graham, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Blun dell (the High Sheriff of the County), and many other gentle men of distinction were on the ground, who'll was kept in ca pital order. The coursing was good, the hares were in great profusion, and ran well. Several of the crack greyhounds are thrown out. Madman (Lord Stradhroke's property), greatly backed in Manchester, met with a fall, which, it is understood, defeated his chance. Al the drawing of the dogs on Monday night, at the Waterloo Hotel, the assemblage was great. Gilper was barked freely at IUO to 8, Madman at the same price, and Bugle at 100 to 7. THE WATERLOO CUP. Value £250. in specie; the second dog to receive £lOO. Mr. Birch's True Blue heat Mr. Stanton's Bachelor. Lord Talbot's Beelzebub „ Mr. Brown's Ben. Ld. Eglington's Will-o'-the Wisp „ Mr. Kaye's China. Mr. Ball's Bugle „ Mr. Bennett's Rocket. Mr. Perkin's Fly „ Mr. Goodlake's Glider. Mr. Graham's Black Bess ran a bye. Mr. Bennett's Ranger „ Mr. Sou horn's Dr. Fop. Mr. Penkett's Pop Guu „ Mr. Manlove's Snowball. Mr. Hobson's Hartz „ Mr. Calvert's Chancellor. Mr.E G. Horl;by's Hepatica„ Lord Stradbroke's Madman Mr. Slatter's Samphire „ Mr. Moore's Mystery. Mr. Lander's Hermione „ Sir H. Campbell's Crafty. Mr. Kershaw'sliateKeerney „ Mr. Speed's Reveller. Mr. Shaw's Miss Berry „. Mr. Chaloner's Brandy. Mr. Harriott's Hornsea „ Ld. Eglingtou's King Cole. • Mr.-Hamilton's Risk „ Mr. Swan's Soothsayer. SECOND TIES. Beelzebub . beat True Blue. Bugle „ Will-o'rbe-Wisp. Black Bess „ Fly. Rauger „ Pop Gun. Hepatica „ Hartz. Hermione „ Samphire. Kate Kearney „ Brandy. Risk „ King Cole. THE WATERLOO PURSE. Value 100 sovereigns in specie. The second dog to receive 42 sovereigns. Mr. J. A. Kaye's Hamlet beat Mr. H. Hornby's Hock Mr. T. Goodlake's Geoffrey Gambado ~ Lord Eglington's Deluge. Mr. Swan's Sorcerer „ Mr. Penkett's Princess. Mi. A. Graham's Arab ~ Sir H. H Campbell's Carver Mr. J. Ball's Gilberlfield „ Lord Talbot's Tweed. Mr. E. G. Hornby's Hidalgo „ Lord St radbroke's Mimic. Mr. Shaw's Snowdon „ Al r.Chaioner'sChilde H arold Mr. Calvert's Courtesy „ Ld. Eglinton's Lass-o'-Pat [ties'-Mill WEDNESDAY. This morning was delightfully favourable for the sport., and the company numerous. They met at a farm about a mile and a half south of Altcar church. Lord Mutyneux (the umpire) and several other noblemen' and gentlemen arrived shortly after eleven o'clock, and the sports were cow tueueed imatediatelY• THE ALTCAR. STAKES. • Mr. J. Brown's Ben beat Mr. J. Stanton's IlichilOr. Mr. Bennett's Rocket „ Mr. J, A. Kaye's China: Mr, Goodlake's Gilder „ Mr. S. Brundrett's (not named.) Mr, Menlove's Snowbaall „ Mr. Sotbern's Doctor Fop. Mr.T.S.Calvert'sChancelior Lord Stradhroke's Madman. Mr. Moore's Mystery „ Sir H. H. Campbell's Crafty Mr. Swan's Soothsavel „ Mr a Harriott's (not named) • WATERLOO CUP.—THIRD Mr. Ball's Bugle beat Lord Talnot's Beelzebub. Mr. Graham's Black Bess „ Bennett's Ranger. Mr. Hornby's Hepatica „ Mr. Lauder's . Hermoine. Mr. Hamilton's Ittsk „ Mr. Kershaw's Kate Kearney.• WATERLOO PURSE.—Sscorsu TIES. Mr. Kaye's Hamlet beat Lord Eglinton's Deluge. Mr. Graham's Arab „ Mr. Swan's Sorcerer: Mr. Hornby's Hidalgo „ Mr. Ball's Gilhertfield. Mr. Shaw's Snowdon „ Mr. Cuken's Cotirtesy. We have not been able to procure any authentic particulars respecting the ties and deciding matches for the above stakes. Mr. Chas, Kean's attraction is so great that the Mayic Flute Is to be brought out at Drury-lane Theatre to-morrow, as a last piece, so as not to interrupt the arraogement of Mr. Keatr's per formances. . Mozart and Shakspeare on one night !' Lord Clenelg is about to retire, not into the artns of Morpheus, as is so generally reported, hut into the arms of a bride. lu plain terms, his lordship iw going to be married. A Miss Moore is named as the lady. • Lord de Roos is quietly domiciled at his cottage in St. John's Wood, near the Regent's Paris, in the society of his sister. His lordship is an invalid, and takes very little exercise. He occasionally perambulates the circle in the Regent's Park,. followed by his private carriage. A jury in the west of England had . , a short time ego, a poor woman brought before their, chargen with some trifling theft its a moment of hunger. Commisserating her case, they agreed ;•a the following verdict :—" We find the prisoner NOT guilty, but. ice hope she wont do it aga ii,7 Such is frequently the hive of hearing himself talk in the practised orator, that he heroines regardless of any other audi ence; in proof of which it is said that tine of Lord Brought . m'e most brilliant ,peechei Of the present season was trade toll house consisting Only of five peers, besides the Lord Chancellor and himself. A Marriage has taken place at Barrow, Leicestershire, which has afforded considerable amusement so the inhabitants of that county. An only daughter of a lately tit:ceased clergyman it that neighbourhood, possessed of £7OO or POI a year, has roar--. vied het late fathet's ( awl Until now her own) footman. It is reinatbable that the pr , setir clergyman of Barrow had himself but a yens days before married a p.,qr Sirt Of the sr.= village/4.x Stuutfold Mercury.