The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-12-12 00:00:00

Reiv publirattons. It is gratifying to find that active steps are being taken to provide receptacles for the bouseless, and destitute, and famishing poor, in various parts of the great metro- PUNCH! polis—great, by reason of its wealth, luxury, penury, and THE WEEKLY NUMBERS o f PUNCH are issued misery ! The kind-hearted gentleman who has been most .u. Li active in this humane undertaking, and who is appointed wverpool EVERY THURSDAY AT NOUN. Honorary Secretary to the Institution for providing a -----Q_QING Wiss, Wholesale Agent, Castle-street. place of harbour for the needy, is a Mr, Arber. HOURS OF BUSINESS. Journalist phraseology is often very anomalous, and A,... Just Publish e d, p r i ce Si x p ence , even when applicable to news frequently repeated. Thus .‘„-11-IANCE AT THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF the miserable German, now under sentence of death in tfr._23IJSINESS AMONG SHOPKEEPERS the Newgate, is stated to be respited " exec her Majesty's lunt of that System upon the Young Men engaged in further pleasure," as if the time of his ution could be "411 Trades, as well as upon Society at large. any pleasure to her Majesty. And recording the death of I . _ By EDWARD FLOWER. a poor clergyman in Yorkshire, who committed suicide 11,7 1 1 0 11d0 n : Wit. AYLOTT, 128, Chancery-lane ; CHAS. last week, it is quaintly stated that " the reverend gentle al 11 1.14 " , South John-street, 'Liverpool. To be had of man put a period to his existence at his living." ookseller ---........._ S. WORKHOUSE RELIEF.—On Saturday an inquest was IIt VF C held at the Bell, Church-street, Lambeth, on the body of 1.,, , CHRISTMAS BOOK, BY MR. DICKENS. Sarah Horskin, aged 66 years. It appeared that the de ' uecetnber will be published• in small Bv o , with four ceased had been in the habit of receiving out-door relief A,oloured Etchings, and Woodcuts, by LEECH. for some time past from her parish ;On Wednesday C l'i it IST M A S CAROL ; I N PROSE . last she went as usual to the workhouse door, where up- BEING A. GHOST STORY of CHRISTMAS. wards of 1,000 persons were waiting; the deceased after By CHARLES DICKENS. C RAPN I Price Five Shillings. .A.:si and HALL, 186, Strand, London " c 'W VOLUME OF MR. NEWMAN'S SERMONS. 8"M ln Bvo, price 125., ONS bearing on SUBJECTS of the DAY. By JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, 8.D., 11/ Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. lINGToNs, St. Paul's Churchyard, and Waterloo- Londo n ; and PARKER, Oxford. PA ROCHIAL who m may b e h a d, b y t h e same A u th or , ep rA ROCHIAL SERMONS. 6 vols. Bvo, (sold arar e l 2. y,) 10s. 6d. each. 3. SE LECTIONS from the above. l2mo . 7s. 6d. RMONS before the UNIVERSITY of OX- Rn 4. 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MARSDEN, M.A., 4 nd Rector of Tooting, Surre eod : Published by HAMILTON, ATCHARD and SON, Piccadilly ADAMS, and Co MISCELLANEOUS —Many of the colliers in _this tei et) ,ltattr t tail 4 bn urhood h av ,. z ed of Newcastle paper. oti i ll e Home Se cre t ar y, Si r J ames Graham, lqed to leave London for his residence at bar e ' C umberland, to recruit his health. His physiciaua olis and his -indispositio has arisen from the lab d ort- Lea to , anxious duties which have of late oresse Co _ - 0 - a the I ule absolutely necessary. tri -T ING OF PARLIAMENT.—Her 03, Is eek , -9unc i l at Windsor Castle the latter end Tues ‘.. arliament will be further prorogued from to t l'ay, the 19th i nstant, to a f uture d ay , th en to meet 11 4 ` l .e despatch o f b us i ness. W e un d ers t an d th at t h ere bef,° Int ention atpresent of calling the legislature together ur e th e usual time of assembling. the e Tint l / 4 7 JOICE.—At the recent election in the city, leptve°,,te nien old and well-known gentleman was chal. Wli o 1 1 ! bY a young whipper hi. 'new ch.. - 'hen p; struck and a ge lotne.office, and that r eral "strike" is has been Netherby ation has be- will hold a standing a long time at the door, - fell down, and upon being carried into the house was found to be labouring under an attack of apoplexy. She died at nine o'clock in the evening. The jury were of opinion that her death was accelerated by being kept so long waiting in such a dense crowd. They returned a verdict of " Natural death," but recommended that some better plan should be adopted by the guardians for payment of the paupers. Observer. FREEMASONRY.—The election of Grand Master will be made at the next Grand Lodge by the masonic body. On Wednesday last the Grand Lodge met in solemn conclave at Freemasons' Hall, wben the Earl of Zetland was . proposed Grand Master by Brother Peter Thomson (who holds what is termed a " Lodge of Instruction" somewhere in the city,) knd the Marquis qf Salisbary, K.G., by Brother Captain Mathew, M.P., junior Grand Warden of England. The John Bull supports strongly the claims of the Marquis of Salisbury, and expresses a fear that " a most improper political feeling animates those who are desirous of conferring the office on the Earl of Zetland, and that the election of the, noble earl will be the knell of the craft in these realms, for it will evince the fact, that to one party alone in politics is the succes sion of Grand Master to descend." DEATH, FROM A PUGILISTIC CONFLICT.—An inquest tor vv est nent, on the body of a young man named James Gray, whose death had been the result of a prize fight with a fellow workman. It appeared that the deceased and his opponent had quarrelled and fought in the tap room of a public-house, but were not permitted to decide the fight. Subsequently, deceased had frequently pressed his opponent to fight again; and ultimately, a mee ti ng was fixed for two pounds aside, which took place in Romney Manse, the result of which wns the death of the deceased, as was supposed from a fall backwards in the course of the contest. The coroner adjourned the in quest, for the purpose of procuring the attendance of the seconds bottle-holder, &c. The survivor, himself, was present at the enquiry, and was complimented for his promptness in surrendering to justice. ARMY PRIZE MONEY.—It is stated in a Parliamentary return of last session, that the unclaimed army prize mo- ney from 16U9 to 1642 was t;1,06U,435 16s. Bd. ; the inte rest was £215,235 Os. 4d., making together £1,275,670 17s. Od. On the credit side there are disbursements, leaving a balance of £4,115 17s. 104 d. The following memorandum appears on the return :—" Although the balance on the account appears to be as above stated, yet there is in the 3 per Cent. Consols £lOO,OOO stock; and in the Bank of England, to the account of the Paymaster- General, £1,038 15s. 'sd. cash, which arises from the in vestments having been made in the earliest periods when the funds were very low, and from the amount sold there- ng bee stock were considerably higher, thus accountin e , difference between the balances stated and the present amount of the Army. Prize Fund in the 3 per Cent. Con- ie prices of for the EXTRAORDINARY ORATORICAL CONFLICT.--To-Mor an extraordinary affair will come off at the row morning ,ondon Tavern, in Bishopsgate-street. Mr. Pearson, the city solicitor, having discovered that Wm. Hickson, Esq. is the author of an article in the Tresimirister Re view, and of other anonymo us p u bli cat i ons, on the affairs And of the Corporation, wherei n M r . P earson has been held uo to the world as having disgracefully abandoned his this " It is necessary for you to Yo u Zard more than ten days," sai te n ~..now that I h ave ," re pli e d th i ha t "lonths ago you came to my shop, and purchased the J0 ur 3 ;? ,, 1 1 , have on, and never paid for it yet V—Worceste; 0f 4 55.0,,, th - A OTEAM.n..- 4 igh e total t of loss of the Prio Tuesday. off the F polT:nouse in ta g ' " ' belongi ng I 1 40tof 1 taBspu,suo_ "ira e u, With a t Accounts I enger, " Why for more than ceived er on t Le vessel was a small o Goole, master, lent was on her w voyage to c 4 gers Wet , 0,11\14, I sIONToLERANcE.--rThe Roman C a th o li c Bi s h o 'he 4° 5 has addressed a pastoral letter to his oth 841 ject of Freemasons' Lodg es , i n - • Nl', v iolent denunci a ti ons, an d 11 etto t I Pon his flock t o a bh or t h e o 4b .tve to eve ry ce l est i al law, every munu- t to d. g idictory t o every evangelical maxim, and tenoin : 41 sorganise, put to fli ght, and uttc:' Veligion, of honesty, and of good then.. Catholic faith, or among our peaceful cit former principles from mercenary motives; as baying been a hypocrite when he was in the Common Council, and an apostate since be has become its officer; and de an enormous income for persecuting the poor, at d `—.es he formerly denounced.— M r Pe tavern a 'stray whatever Mr. Pearsoliunder;ake; ~,aiscuss the matter. to disprove the charges, instead of troubling son to prove them ;and Mr. Pearson n”- Mr. ti Mr. Hick ,son's publications abound with untrue ased upon figures and accounts falsified, garbled and extracts misquoted.—Lan- upon documents .. zti _ ..,. z , 11,4: orator 4tai.!lectc COBDI don Sunday Paper ROYAL ANECDOTE.—Her Majesty's generous sym pa ' the too-frequent misfortunes and consequent un ovided circumstances of 'literary men has been often experienced by them in the substantial relief they have received from the Royal bounty. ' The following recent nstance deserves to be recorded, and will be remembered A few weeks since Mr. Blewett, the see _ y of the Literary Fund, was honoured with a com munication from her Majesty, directing that a selection of the most meritorious and •pressing cases which were on thy with nd rehearse( ie made and for- eit7 t Pt the - ci; \Op: - Ula- V a lSPP at ell t, r h Pe 111,4 fl warded for her inspection. The royal command was, of course, promptly obeyed. A ennm,„-:__.• r made to • Mr. Blewett A communication aen, that her Majesty had be en pl ease d to present u the three first on the list with admissions to the Charterhouse. One of the individuals thus favoured, being a Dissenter, was ineligible. This being communicated to the Queen, Her Majesty was graciously pleased to settle on him a pension of X2O annually, and directed that the amount of three years be paid to him forthwith. case was brought before the sion-house, on Saturday, in which siness as solicitors under the style ber and liircham, were proceeded against for hay ocured, by means of a forged will, the transfer of 0, and interest, in the public funds to some pre- I relative of the lady said to be deceased--in fact, Ives appropriated the money. A quantity Lord May eviden for hay s purr 1, displ d by the parties to get at the circumstances tian name, handwriting, - &e., of the party—a lady—in whose name the money was vested. In defence, the ac cused called a Mr. Joshua Fletcher, who professed him ... )roperty, t money let , ut whose pro ession fn the fact of his having been introduced to the sham.leg accompanying her to the office of Barber and Bircham, and to the circumstances of the whole affair. The legatee in question could not, however, be produced ; and, at the conclusion of the proceedings, the attorney (Mr. Barber), and his witness, both, were remanded for further ex amination. J-UST DISCRIMINATION.-At one of the late grand re views in eastern Prussia, says a Getman paper, a brigade of artillery was ordered to pass at full gallop over a piece of uneven ground intersected by a ditch full of water. One of the guns, from the horses not making a sufficient rength, jumped down into the water, am his shoulder to one of the wheels, lifted it out of the mud, and resuming his seat, the gun crossed the ditch. Prince Augustus of Prussia, who came up at the moment, cried, " Bravo,-my lad !" and, tearing off a strip from his sash, gave it to the artilleryman, telling him to fasten it to his sword-belt in remembrance. in the evening the soldier, when in his barracks, was surprised by receiving a gratuity of 150 gold crowns. A short time afterwards another ar tilleryman, having heard this anecdote, wished, in his turn, to display his strength. Prince Augustus, when one day at the arsenal of Berlin, ordered a 24-pounder to be mounted on its carriage. The man in question immedi ately raised the piece from the ground, and, unassisted, put it on the carriage. The Prince, however, said, " This man is a fool; he has risked his limbs and wasted hjs strength without any necessity. Let him be under arrest for three days."—Galignani's Messenger. marry under a , 11; ( iorthampton, n; in nem: of York, 21 ; in the East Weii tmor ;land i Westmoreland ; and the highest the COUT "T n 1 I I X 175 ; and the Digest in the county of int, £877 EMIGRATION TO THE WEST INDIES, (From the Herald.) conducted in the belief that the vessel despatched thither would find hundreds of negroes, with their bundles packed, waiting on the shore eager to step into the ship on its arrival ; and because they were riot so found, :it was not allowed to be repeated. But two of the Aterra Leone requirements would alone account for the small number of lAbourers procured therein, had the govern ment emigration agent been properly supported—they are, the proportion of females and the length of residence in the colony required. Equality of sexes is most desirable ; but render male emigrants comfortable and prosperous in the West Indies, and their wives and daughters will soon follow their fortunes thither, and the women will become as anxious to emigrate as the men and thereafter accom pany them at once. Freedom of emigration is indispensa ble ; but such freedom cannot require a six weeks' resi dence by an intending emigrant in Sierra Leone, where he cannot find work a must starve as a condition precedent to seeking happiness and employment in the West IndieF. Such a requirement at Sierra Leone is not merely posi tively cruel when complied with ; but it practically amounts to an absolute prevention of the emigration of all but the liberated Africans, and it hinders that settle ment from becoming the medium of intercourse and civilisation between the West Indies and the interior of Western Africa. All these impoTtant points have, however, been under the consideration, of Lord Stanley ; and it is not without . • • • • . reason that we indulge in the hope that his lordship will follow out the success of his policy in the Mauritius, by promoting the greatest possible circulation of free labour in the tropical colonies, and save the West Indies. extir- pate the slave trade, discourage slavery, improve Africa, augment our-colonial markets, and, though last not least, honestly increase the revenue. THE GENTEEL BEGGING IMPOSTORS.—The dashing impostors, John Neil, Caroline - Stephens ,(his wife), Andrew Oraig, and Betsy Craig, were brought befOre /Ur. Rushton, for final examination, yesterday. From the had formed part of an extensive and regularly orgAised gang of impostors and saindlers, under a head or leader, lo cated in Dublin, who commissioned them, with instruc tions and fnrged documents, to go through the principal towns in Ireland, England, &c. About a hundred forged documents had been found. The Secretary of the Mayor of Cork appeared as a witness, and proved that . the letter purporting to be signed by him (as before noticed) was not his writing. Mr. Rushton committed the two females for trial, and remanded the two men,- saying that he would this day decide upon the manner in which he should dis pose of their case. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.--CLAIMING PROPERTY WORTH FOUR MILLIONS.—A singular case ,came before the Insolvent Court, London, on Saturday last. A boot and shoe maker, named Wm. Mobbs, presented to swear to his schedule, in which, amongst assets, was a claim upon some property in the neighbourhood of London, belonging to'Charles Strutt, Esq., M.P. It ap peared during the examination that the insolvent had already been defeated in two actions for the recovery of his imaginary estate; and yet, although strongly advised of the inutility of his further claims, he obstinately per- 3g to have his schedule altered, andit - was with much difficulty that he was ultimately persuaded to swear to it and receive his discharge. SISTERS OF MERCY.—" I am convinced that nothing is so likely to destroy This country as inducing the different classes to regard each other as castes. There must be a way of intermingling the higher with the poorer classes. The intercourse of ladies, of all things the most amelio rating, is invaluable. I have a number of female district visitors thus employed. The Roman Catholics have re cently established a convent of Sisters of Charity close to my parish, whose labours, in the way of conversion, I seriously dread. They will effect more in one.year than all the priests in Great Britain in seven. I name this as a proof of the effect of sympathy with the poorer classes." Convents 'have not,o►ily been established at Dublin, York, Liverpool, Birmingham, and Newcastle, but in the very capital itself. viz., at Bermondsey, and at Lambeth.-- Rev. .1. Garbett. THE STATE BED AND BED-ROOM AT BELVOIR CASTLE.—The magnificent state bed made expressly for her Majesty's use during the Queen's visit at Belvoir, was unique for its gorgeous embellishments, and the splendour and taste evinced in its structure and hangings. 'stead was of the period of Queen Anne, , acing surmounted by the regal crown of bur ... Jed gold, resting on a cushion elaborately carved. The hangings and draperies were composed of the richest silk damask, colour Eau de Nile. trimmed with exquisitely finished fringe in accordance with the draperies. The colour of the interior was quite in harmony; and the canopy terminated at the centre with the heraldic roses of the houses of York and Lancaster. The walls of the bed room were covered with a most costly pearl-coloured silk fabric, finished by a handsome gold moulding; and the window hangings, and covers for ottomans, chairs, &c., were of a splendid white figured satin of British menu *are, and the carpeting was the finest our domestic auld supply, and so designed as to blend harmo *t,e ornaments of the apartment. MATRIMONIAL STATISTICS..--On the motion of Sir R. H. Inglis, a return was ordered by the House of Com mons,-in May last, of the number of places of religious worship in England registered for marriages under the act of the 6th and 7th of William IV, c. 85, to the 30th of June, 1842 ; also the number of marriages celebrated yearly in England from the Ist of July, 1838, to the 30th of June, 1841, distinguishing those by the Established Church and otherwise. It appears, that to the date o the return, 1,922 places were registered for mar r i age ' under the act. Under the second department it is stated , that in the year ending the 30th of June, 1839, 114,632 marriages were celebrated according to the rites of the Established Church, and 6,451 not according to the rites of the Established Church, making the total marriages in one year 121,0.83; of these parties, 97,546 only signed with their marks-40,587 men and 59,950 women could MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY.—Lask Sunday afternoon a not write their - names. 5,628 men and 16,414 of the singular and mysterious robbery was perpetrated in the aggregate number were not of full age. In the year end house of an old man named Rider, living at Burford, near ing the 30th of June, 1840, in England 117,018 marriages this town, under the following circumstances : — Rider had took place according to the rites of the Established Ch urc h , £BOO out at interest, which he had called in, and a few and 7,311 not according thereto, making the total mar days ago the money arrived in a small wooden box, which riages in that year 124,329, of which number 104,325 per was placed in the bedroom. About the middle of the day sons signed with their marks—being 41,812 men and on which the robbery took place Mrs. Rider left home, 62.523 women. 5,101 of the men and 17,909 of the women and then saw the money and the box safe where it had were not of full age. In the year ending the 30th of June, been placed, leaving her husband sitting by the parlour 1841, the marriages in England were, according to the fire. On her return, in the course of two or three hours, established church, 11,448, and 1,034 not acco r di ng t o th e she missed the box from the place where she had seen it established church, making the total marriages in one just before leaving borne. An examination of the pre- Year 122,482, of which 99,95.5 persons signed their marks, mises immediately took place, when it was discovered being 40,059 men, and 59,896 women. that some person must have been secreted in the house THE RIVAL PRETENDERS.—SoIomon says there is when Mrs. Rider left, or must have entered it shortly safety in a number of counsellors, in which he is quite after unobserved by Rider (who was, as has been before wrong, but there is safety in a number of pretenders, and mentioned, sitting by the parlour fire all the evening), Loui s Philippe bas to observe that we have in this realm and carried off the box with its valuable contents. From another claimant to the French Crown besides the Duke the adroit manner in which the robbery was committed, of Bordeaux. in the person of one self-styled the Duke there can be no question but that the thief must have been of Normandy, and these two pretenders should settle well acquainted with the old man's affairs. No clue has their rival claims before either should inspire any uneasi yet been obtained likely to lead to the discovery of the ness in the breast of the King of the French. Each has thieves, although the police have been on the alert ever had his followers, though of different sorts, the Duke of since information of the robbery was given them.— Wor- Bordeaux having been followed by French Carlists, and cester Chronicle. the Duke of Normandy by English creditors. The Duke In form the bed I the ornaments o STATISTICS.—The rate of increase of the population of Bordeaux has not been noticed in any way by the Court between 1831 and 1841 in England, varies from 2.4 per the Duke of Normandy has had much of the notice of thq cent. in the county of Hereford, to 36.9 in Monmouth. Co urt for In sol vent Debtors. The Duke of Borde aux The rate of increase in the number of inhabited houses has not been received at the Court of St. James's; the D u k e for the same period, varies from 4.7 to 41.1 per cent., the of Normandy has been not only received at the Court of houses in Westmoreland having only increased 4.7 per Requests and the Court of Conscience, but specially and _., whilst those of Durham have increased 41,1 per urgently summoned to attend them. The Duke of Norman cent. In the following counties of England the number dy hasbeen shot at in proof of his claims, the Duke of Bor of males exceeds that of the females :—Hereford, 78 ; deaux has no such evidence to show in support of his preten- Lincoln, 914 ; Monmouth, 6,857 ; Rutland, 140 ; Stafford, sions. So far, how much the balance of credit is on theside 7,224 ; and in Wales—Brecon, 545 ; Flint, 697 ; Glamor- of the Duke of Normandy ! But it is not enough to corn gan, 4,550; Radnor, 296. The greatest excess of females pare the two. Louis Philippe has shut up in one of his occurs in the county of Middlesex, where there are 1,133 prisons a third Pretender, who went in the City of Bo females t o 1,000 males, no doubt arising from the great logne steam-boat to take France, and who did take nothing numb er o f f ema le se rvants in the metropolis and its but Champagne, a province for which be had a peculiar suburbs. In the county of Bedford 25 in 100 women capacity, till he h'inself was taken in turn. Let Louis ; in Huntingdon_,_2s . ; ithCam , br , idg . e n , tl'hliti,ppprepitupsntdaenrt.lymiredletahspenatnidi,vsenindmrovfieprhttothEentgrliaanndauthlairs of I combat of Captair _ . 'at, the Duke of Normandy firing inst the Duke of Bc way his pretensions Luke of Bordeaux Napoleon, the Princ Duke of Norman-d Defendit nt, of pretender! xim, especially in the first settle it among tt rms of the King of the French may wait t have adjusted their conflicting claims.--. Examiner The advocacy which free emigration into the tropical colonies has always found from the present Ministers, the success of Lord Stanley's bold policy in the Mauritius, and the comparative failure of his more cautious policy in the West Indies--all beget a hope that Government is about to take some decided steps to open to the latter colo nies the most ample facilities for procuring labour, and consequently capital. Already indeed has the Colonial Secretary given encouragement to emigration from our ultra-Gangetic settlements, and, through them, from China to the West Indies ; but such encouragement is far more valuable because ofthe authoritative sanction involved therein to the views we are now promoting,than from any great supplies of labour likely to be had in consequence thereof from these distant parts of the world. Lord Stanley is bound in consistency with his own adopted principles, and with the views taken by the Cabinet on the sugar duties, and in fairness to the West Indies, to extend to them the advantages which have proved so beneficial to the Mauritius. If Cooly emigration to that island be so profitable both to it and to the immigrants, why, under proper regulations, should not Cooly emigration to the West Indies be equally profitable? The greater distance of the latter colonies from India—the Malacca Straits settlements, now opened to the West Indies, are still -more distant—will always prove an obstacle to such emi gration to them ; but the existence o f th a t ph ys i ca l obsta cle is the best o all reasons why factitious impediments should be removed. Ensure at first the pet fect freedom of the emigration from India—the comfort and the safety of the passage to the West Indies—and the protection of the immigrants when there, and the advantages of their new homes will, in due course, conquer Cooly dislike to long sea voyages, reduce the inequality- of the sexes, and connect the East with the West Indies by identity of in terests and frequency of intercourse. It is from Western Africa the West Indies may be most easily supplied with labour; the shortness of the voyage, the smallness of its cost, the general identity of race between African immigrants and the black popula tion, and the moral advantages to be remitted back to Africa, are all strong arguments in favour of relying on Africa for West Indian labour. Hitherto such immigra tion has only been permitted from - Sierra Leone, and has even there beers clogged with requirements which are even more obstructive to its success than the indifference of the local authorities and the interference of ignorant and prejudiced missionaries. An effc arttar, coroner I cure emigrants from the Gambia U e( . 12, 184:3 all.* Cat.CU pc tpd the other day, in one of his harangues to th, gyhTsaying he thou would 'be to s `that h best th monster thedral) turned =into a 4 , - NOIJ S CONTRIVANCI "tiOn of a very ulcer th e ttit e ited at rnar the g e 4 hilt week, i t :he ° 'h. t he inventic ,1 41 1 0f .,_ct of this new coffin is to I ooryi ng a person alive ; P th e ;1;1 Aged with sprin— thro'ghtest tr,-`• Uq t: 4 P th e A 44 , /, l ocit th e 5, ble specimens of r of the person wi 'y OF DISSENT I °frn Corbett was summc 0 - ‘ tr o - "..1 ' 4 ee J 4 hi One of ucing cacuipL, as gutug to rus usual j)llligur reli gio ' o " s ' worship." It appeared that the chapel , 18 ' , „ t oad to which he claimed this exemption was not tt % N d 441 1 1 41 " place of worship. H . e was a local preacher, ated twice in the chapel in the cause of the year wltr E c t !'nted by the Wesleyan circuit paper, and the ma . 11. t herefor e acqu it te d t h e d e f en d ant r Ea, - th e ...at yA „, tleo JCATION FI eG .ns the I t Pt 'al fun. de.' which t N 4n thi ,' tn p„, tern ,DUCATION FUND.—The tains the first list of contri Ichman, of towarc 1 9liary to a to aid the educational move stuess with which the work h 4,11-• qncerity and cam.. alki L4tldertak . The sum of nearly £6.( t7B4Pe4clet,°rYr fir:t n insta . lment of the £2P q% 00,__aise at once. The list contains nve contribu 4hi ' .4 00, ten of £lOO, and twenty of £5O, and two o 4 11e as• i ilbh l lll4O NIAL MANIA.—A Holbeach corre o den tP°l(4l4 ef the difficulty experienced maleesP;ouse be et r r s a of that town in retaining their f..- itiCtil'i° Yt great an th e !t} :vvn of Long Sutton. TL tai,latt‘ everal bearded i youths . " of‘lg t e :,t,own have been lately seized totilll,w," Temselves, " for better for wore - - qaes: ll ' . upon whom these gallants, in worse, Xl5 d e - 0, P bestow annuities for life to the tune of £lOO, ittLeripi t i l ( ; l , in a recent case, £2OO. A lucky hit of this 4 4 2 r 1 was made on Monday last by e 4. I, female servant, Ott 1 4 4 "tho was affianced in holy wedlock a to a sprightly i'th4 eo,44,beritig 87 years ! The fearful odds of 60 years I, l fo 4 ,,,,, Pe rLaated by a settlement of £2OO per annum.— i i. v •.. •azercury.: viii-qt.,, t loo., of 411 LE VARIETY.—LateIy I partook of a nice ; t al i green vegetable, 11, hs ulv i t c ) Perh am which was to me a a_relty, al it may be known to gar P I ttibt /I ° l lld be found xiety to procure situati ),000, which it i of large fortunes it t 8 tlliosespace !im am. I !im. t. Pring, to Asave the crown of h 1449(eapplied by the green-grocer for the use of the N it. tall that part usually thrown away as waste); L e i s p l i tl ,tit i a. 11 quantity had been collected I planted them, jtittrtl 4 7: 4 Just under the surfac.- of th immediately, eq, tit further culture, but vegetated 'kb, de their little cabbages like heads. They are li ll ati‘ eat e in flavour, an d i n fi n it e ly su p er i or t o the t gqr den greens.—G ar d ener ' f Ch r o n i c l e . 4.0,„ rth art CLASSES IN PARIS.—II is impossible for Itiae , - "9lan to pass along Paris, without being stuck edela: s Pectof superior comfort which he sees in the 4"irt , ,," se ' B - His eye is seldom offended by the ragged ft'hcloa", clothes which meet his vision in the street . s , of 11 °' are his feelings often wounded by the sight sot'taqqaalid-lookig creatures in human form, that are reaoli/: to be seen in the highways and byways of this 1 1 ,:ke et ; t % The humblest persons in Paris are, with very a , °l4 h,„ 1 , 9 : 18 , decently clothed. And there is some : ;eat a . ",",, a PPearance which indicates a degree of con- N4ls , --- ` l4 Comfort which is not visible among the iet v " es af this country. You see no traces of care ba t - Vn their countenances. And not only do they it A t e,tte, 6 2 , ",e, a ctually healthy and happy.—Par . is anci its the Author of " Random Recollectarns " P • p i , ort,, ts . MENTS IN THE BRAZILIAN JOURNALS 40041„TY of obtaining a waiting-woman . for ' t,A q , k a e for a waiting. woman, with a child eight ,7 ° ,, ' 5 1, °tiler ri3a, , e 4 , subjects of value. Tickets may ait do Roseria." To be sold, a little ir °I e age, very pretty, and well adapted 445,, (Ch ristmas -box) No. 415 4 4 et `i Tot D'a sold a -- 11 41 4. 4 s ' very useful to the cottage gai I desired my cool 4i 4 v t milk, her fi t to la y ith edre Of 014 No. 108. (,)I ( l,iti pk serv• five mo ti ~„ , o de P Ni e 4„ ti et h a q tia 4 , Of cati on 44 Y ki nd (of a good v be bad stem of all the THE LIV - ER - POOL STAN DAM/. CORRESPONDENCE. AIR. QUAKER BRIGHT'S CHARITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. 1 am, sir, yours obediently, Liverpool, Dec. 8, 1843. CIVIS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD —lt appears that another of those meetings, which, whatever character they may assume, would be so inimical in their effects, to those important national in terests, British Agriculture, and British Colonies, took place, on Wednesday last, in this town, when Mr. Cob den, with what appears to minds of ordinary calibre, the greatest inconsistency, whilst representing most forcibly that the manufacturing artizans, &c., were in a' state of the greatest prosperity at a .time when the , agricultural oueratives were suffering from abject poverty, drew the illation, that the business of the latter ought to be yet more depressed, in order to promote the interests of the former; for, if the former are in so palmy and flourishing a state, why should they seek to still further add to the gloomy condition of the latter: which arises from their not having protection enough, although Mr. C. rather il logically argues, that, because insufficient protection does not produce perfect prosperity, even that small measure of protection should be taken away, arid so render the dis tress still deeper; for, admitting that the agriculturist might possibly, for a time, obtain his own bread cheaper if foreign corn was admitted duty free : it is out of the na ture of things for any operatives long to thrive whilst the very business they are employed in is in a state of depres, sion, for, however, their expenditure may be lessened their income must suffer in a greater degree. Your;, &c BRITANNICUS Liverpool, December 9, 1843. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sea,—Having noticed several paragraphs in your paper respecting the disturbed state of the British Iron Com panys works, in this neighbourhood; and knowing your paper always to be open to the exposure of wrongs, I am induced, through its medium, to bring before the public an evil which has long existed in this neighbourhood—. the desecration of the Sabbath—in hope that some of our Christian societies may be induced to turn their attention not only to this, but to all the iron districts. Much is said at the various meetings of the different religious so cieties respecting the degraded state of heathen nations, and statements are put forward which make a man's blood run cold,—whilst in this Protestant land, can it be be lieved that there is almost as much work done here on the Sabbath as on any other day of the week? men, horses, waggons, and engines are all seen in active employment ; and upon inquiring why it is done, you are told the works cannot go on without doing so. Such is the demoralising state of this country, that the Sabbath is not in any way looked upon as a day of holy rest. How, then, can any thing besides discontent and rebellion be expected from men whose minds are reduced below the level of the brute creation, by the want of that religious elevation which, thanks be to God, has raised England into its present proud position amongst nations? Those who use their means, as well as their time, in propagating the Gospel, and inducing the heathen to enter within its pail, I would that some of them would give this grievance their serious attention, for no heathen nation can be in a more degraded condition ; and can it be otherwise, when, tor the sake of filthy lucre, men's bodies are made to work to the pre- judiCe of their souls'_salvation ? And by whom ? Mer who are moving in the highest, as well as the middle, walks of life. .We are told that this concern has from the beginning bean a most ruinous one. How could it be otherwise? With what were the children of Israel threa tened for polluting the Sabbath? Is God's law changed since their days? If they were threatened not to be brought into " the land flowing with milk and honey" for despising God's judgments and polluting his Sabbaths, what profit can those anticipate who openly violate God's holy commandments? A new company ha however lately taken over these works • it is to be hoped of them stand high in the religious world, that a change will be made, and that holy day which has so long been .s many despised will now become an honoured day.—Yours, & OBSERVER. .Rualon, 11th Dec. 1843 LONDON BANKRUPTCY COURT.—Mr. Follett, one of the official assignees for this district of the Bankruptcy Court, has received the London appointment of o assignee, in the room of Mr. Gibson, deceased yet known who supplies his place at Liverpool It is n A NEW BUT NOT LEGITIMATE _ LIVING. - A boy named John Atherton, placed before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having stolen a piece of - beef from a butcher's standing, and the case was proved. The urchin on being asked what he had to say, remarked—" My father, sir, was out of w.-k, and we were obliged 'to do something for a living !" committed for a month to the House of Correction. THEFT IN A 'PUBLIC HOLSE.—On Saturday MODE OF GETTIN s yesterda He wa man named James Mason, was charged at the Police court with abstracting f rom th e poc k et o f a man, i n Mills's public house, corner of Eldon-place, a pound canister of gunpowder, and a quantity of percussion caps valued at 10s. The complainant, on going for a consta ble, was threatened-to be struck by the prisoner. The articles were recovered. The prisoner said he merely did it for a lark, and was afterwards supplied with liquor in the house. Ile was committed for trial. FATAL ACCIDENT.—Late on Saturday evening, a most melancholy accident occurred to the wife of Mr. Brown, residing in Mason-street. Mrs. Brown retired to bed, leaving Mr. Brown down stairs ; when, much to Mr. Brown's surprise, in the course of a few minutes he heard the noise of some one falling down stairs: he rushed out of the room, and found at the bottom of the stairs his wife in a complete state of stupefaction. Every means pos sible were resorted to, and for some few hours Mrs. Brown seemed to recover considerably, but early on Sunday evening she expired from the injuries she received in the fall. The body awaits a coroner's inquest. THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—The performances during the last week at this spacious and elegant place of amusement, both as regards those of the stage and the ring have been of a superior quality, and have been received with unmixed gratification by crowded audiences. The amusements opened with the "Battle of Austerlitz," in which Mr. Watkins Burroughs (whose stage company are engaged,) afforded an admirable portraiture of Napoleon, and all his peculiarities, and his tact combined with feel ing in winning the affections of his soldiery. The horse manship was for the most part excellent, and varied to a considerable extent every night. Several of the riders, both male and female, were loudly cheered. One lady we noticed in particular, in a black velvet riding habit, who rode and danced her fine white steed with astonishing elegance, keeping time to the music. This was a chaste and beautiful act of horsemanship, which would have be come Diana Vernon herself. The new moveable stage and new circle are a wonderful improvement in the house. The stud of Mons. Tournaire consists, we learn, of nearly 50 fine animals ; his foreign equestrians are also very nu merous, and he can produce, it is said, nearly 500 changes of performance. One of his young men, (whose name we did not learn,) is a remarkably active and bold rider, and reminded us of Ducrow in his better days. The French clown is truly an original, and elicits roars of laughter by his tricks and eccentricities. Last night for the first time was produced, as a stage piece, with horses, "The Bri gand :" Mr. Watkins Burroughs ably sustained his ori ginal character when the piece was first produced in Lon- London, of A lesandro Mascaroni, with great vigour and effect. The horsemanship was again varied and excellent, and a laughable afterpiece kept up the good humour of the audience MR. HENRY PHILLIPS'S CONCERT AT THE ASSEMBLY Rooms.—On Tuesday evening last, this splendid singer delighted a numerous and fashionable audience with a se lection of the old classic melodies of England. To those who have heard Philips little more commendatory need be said than that he was in first-rate voice, and sang in his usual chaste style. To those who have not we can only say, embrace the first opportunity of bearing one of the first bass voices of his time, and the best of old Eng lish ballad singers. In the first part, the gems were an Irish melody, " Och, the Lakes of Killarney," and " Tom Bowling." The latter was magnificently sung. In the second, " The Lily on Liquid Roses,"—a chaste and beau tiful Bacchanalian song, drew down an enthusiastic en core, as indeed would many others had the audience not been restrained by a sense of the arduous nature of the task which the singer was imposing upon himself. " Shall I, wastynge in despaire,"was also enthusiastically received, as well as the concluding song of " The Old English Gen. tleman." which no living singer, in our opinion, can sing like Philips. If we may be permitted, however, to give tc one who has shewn such fine taste in the selection evening, a hint for his future course, we should him, at his next concert in Liverpool, favour us wit of those beautiful modern ballads, which he Hark hi. irtz-r, 1,.. , . When we ir;e-ntiOnb7: Farewell to the Mountain' &c., he will not he at a Inca f cal taste of Liverpo !mot oe were music more a study here ; and in most places, a first-rate performanc popular music tells best with an audience. SlR, — Permit me to call the attention of your readers to a passage which occurs in the speech delivered at the Amphitheatre by the above-named gentleman on Wed nesday last. He says :—" I know not that it may not be with the very simple object of enjoying herself, that the Queen has left the metropolis, and come down into the country • but it does seem o dd th a t men , w h o on th e floor of the :House of Commons are bitter enemies to each other, should meet on such friendly terms at Chatsworth." Most charitable remark ! Only picture such a state of things as Mr. Quaker Bright would seem to desire ; imagine such political animosity carried home into the family circle—the father at enmity with the son, and the mother with the daughter ;—and oh! what a distressing sight is presented to the view ! We might well indeed then say, Farewell to all social intercourse—farewell to all those fond charms which alone can soothe the weary hours of this life's toils and troubles ! Yes, says Mr. Bright, all these comforts are to be thrown aside to che rish a feeling of political animosity. It was indeed a saying well worthy of the man from whom it emanated. It was (to quote a noble lord) " the splenetic effusion of an ill-bred intellect." Here for once the true character of his mind shone forth with a brilli ancy which eclipsed the ardour of his patriotic love. Here you see the man in a true light, stripped of the outward garb of liberality, and giving utterance to the real sentiments of his heart. Alas for Anti-Corn-Law charity !! Let the inhabitants of Liverpool ponder over this saying of Mr. Bright's, and let them consider well before they throw away their money into the hands of those who are aiming a deadly blow at the sweetest and most endearing ties of social life. LECTURES ON THE SUN AND MOON STAND ING STILL, AS RELATED IN " JOSHUA." Mr. Linton delivered his third and last lecture on this subject, at the Assembly Rooms, Great George-street, last night. The audience was not very numerous. After alluding to Mr. Taylor and the Rev. Dr. Clarke as having disposed of the subject without due reference to philoso phical principles, he gave his definition of "a miracle," as something " produced by a natural cause, and that cause being produced by the will of God." A miracle, he conceived, did not involve a violation of the laws of nature, but merely a new natural cause for its accomplishment. He divided the phenomena of the miracle, which was the subject of his lecture, into four heads. First, the sun stood still; secondly, it stood still a whole day ; thirdly, the moon also stood, at its accustomed proportionate distance ; and fourthly, it was assumed that the sun set where it rose during the miracle. The cause he attributed to a new motion given to the earth at right angles to the earth's diurnal motion. This was an oscillating and single mo tion, so far; the point of the oscillation was the earth's centre; and this motion (or inclination from the north pole, as we understood him) kept parallel with itself, the diurnal motion being still maintained. He afterwards illustrated his views by a balloon representing the earth, with a black spot upon it to represent Gideon; and ma king the north pole of this dip towards the south pole of the heavens, stated that in such a position, and the earth having made a daily revolution, the words in Scripture were verified ; inasmuch as Gideon being in latitude 35 deg. north, the city, by this inclination towards the sun for " a whole day" —commencing when the sun, as stated, was at his meridian over it—would have the sun over it for twelve hours, and neither less nor more. The sun would take six hours (as it was then the equinox) to rise to its meridian, and six hours to set from it, fr om eas t to west,—the miracle being in the interim, and lasting pre cisely 24 hours, making in all 36 hours. The moon, in its relation to the sun, must, he said, have retained her rela tive position. The diagrams he exhibited were rather ingenious ; but we cannot help observing that he has left the matter, in .our humble opinion, precisely where it stood. If Sacred Writ is to be believed, a miracle was performed—and he admits a miracle, or an alteration by &vine cause in the heavenly bodies; and as nothing is impossible to Him who made and rules the planetary bodies, we think it rather too presumptuous to assume, as he did that, he had discovered the true plan on which the - - - easy for omnipotent power to make the sun, which philo sophically stands still, while our earth in her daily revo lutions finds, from her own intervention to the rays of light from that luminary, the alternations of night and day,—it would be as easy, we say, to make the sun keep pace with the world, and illuminate any meridian, as to cause the earth to ascillate or bend down out of its steady polar position, like a vascillating common air-balloon! Mr. Linton, however, admits.that th ere was a " m i rac l e, " and we do not, therefore, incline to be severe upon him in meddling with subjects that are beyond the reach of human ken. The Liverpool Trade's Cup will, in future, be handi capped after the Northumberland Plate race. COMMITMENTS AT THE POLICE COURT YESTERDAY. —Two men, Lewis and Taylor, were committed for trial, on a charge of stealing a quantity of lead pipes, from the premises of a Mr. Sherwood. They had placed nearly l cwt. of the article in readiness to be carried off.— John Roach, a man employed as a grate finisher, by Mr. Bennett, at his extensive works in Sir Thomas's-build ings, was charged by his employer with stealing two ham mer heads, which were found in his coat pocket, on the premises. lie stated that he did not intend to steal them, but merely to put handles into them. The prisoner had been seventeen years in one employ, and latterly, ten weeks with Mr. Bennett. He was committed for trial.— A man named John Hoben, was also committed for trial, on a charge of having knocked down Mr. John Wilkin son, on Saturday night, and with the asst... ,f r who came up, robbed him of the sum of i Gd _ _ tance of o land-roan INTERESTING very interesting meeting of the female teachers of the in fants' and girls' schools connected with the Church of England Schools in Liverpool and the neighbourhood, and also the Corporation Schools, took place in St. Mary's girl s ' sc h oo l, Ed ge -hill. The Rev. H. H. Higgins, the inspector of schools in this place, arranged the meet ing for the furtherance of kindly intercourse amongst the teachers, and had also engaged the services of several clergymen to address them. The room was very hand somely decorated. Being carpetted and curtained, and the walls being hung with flags, evergreens, and a por trait of the bishop of the diocese, it presented the appear ance of a very ample saloon. Nine tea tables we out, the families in the neighbourhood very kindly lendirk tea services for the occasion, and a piano was placed at one end of the room. One hundred and two persons were present, of whom seventy-four were teachers and their assistants, and fourteen clergymen. After tea, addresses delivered to the teachers, on the responsibility chers' office, by the Rev. J. Cordeaux. On mragements belonging to teachers in their Rev. J. Jones. On the qualifications by the Rev. F. Barker. On the complainant afterwards followed the prisoner into Scot and had him secured. He was sent for trial, wer of the ty work, by th of a teach 'eral hymns hin M EETI liggins —On Friday evenin ious instruction, by the most t v. F. Parry instructive, and listened to with In the intervals between them, . At ten o'clock the tables were witu truly and wine, and after a short ad er from the Rev. J. H. Ste Wart, the party highly d ring's enteitain ;iven to the rev. cur ms Kindness in devising, and his zeal and erality in accomplishing, this useful and instructive eting, of which it is to be honed that the heni.fit tents were successful VALLASEY FREE SCHOOL labitants of Wallasey meeting of the nd —A vestr . ve to the rnar airs or tne rree school, was held on Th - ursday mount to notice; and the ratepayers had been espe illy called upon to attend, by a placard extensively cir hated throughout the parish, and signed " Henry inch," Seacombe. This document was to .the effect it the school had an estate of £l5O a year, which was elv fn inorana. ----- . . 1 proportion to the growing s nevertli ficiency, ti proper the extension of its value id without s prevent e affairs c Writer y these ce he cot perty was court, yes as not yet f It is proposed to build Day and Sunday schools in con nexion with St Thomas's Church, in the poor and densely populated district in which it is situated, in Toxteth-park. One third of the children who are of an age to receive instruction attend no day school, there being no public institution in the neighbourhood, and are growing up in ignorance and vice. A Sunday School of nearly 300 children is held weekly in the church ; and the majority of the children are so destitute of decent clothing, that the respectable inhabitants of this great city would scarcely believe were they to see them, that they are the inhabitants of this town and the children of English parents. The church is the munificent donation of John Gladstone, Esq., to Liverpool, who erected and endowed it at a cost of nearly £BOOO, and who has also with disinter ested benevolence intimated his intention of making a large donation towards the erection of the schools. An appeal will be made on Sunday next (for particulars see advertisement) to the benevolent and charitable to aid in this good work, which it is hoped, under God, may be made the blessed means of leading many souls to the knowledge of him, who is the way, the truth, and the life. A PARENT INITIATING HIS CHILD IN BECOMINt THIEF I —On Friday evening last, the police constah' duty in Ranelagh-street had his attention direc' man named John Corlett, by observing him - shop to shop, and inducing or six years of age, to purloin articles exposed to view his daughter, a child of five At length, seeing som took both of them into custody well, a large pocket was found a and in it were some brushes and wearing apparel. The small attic, Pedlars' Market. A pair of draw( father, which turned out to have shop of Mr. Hague Q. thing bulky at t the c ken to bride- in Hardman-sheet, Messrs. Fawcett's foundry, four weeks. He has a wif case being heard before . gistrate said that it was one of the worst cases that had ever come before him. Here was a father who migh* earn an honest livelihood, deliberately teachip , - ' - child to become a thief! The mother . ordered to be sent to the workhouse, and the r tier tot treadmill for three months. but had been out of work fa r. Rushton yesterday, thair; his poor iu children were DEATH FROM THE TALE OF A W ATER-TA Yesterday an inquest was held touching the death of James labourer in the employ of Mess P. F. Curry, Esc turpentine and taid be remembered, that some weel, on the body of another man, who came to his death in the in accident. The circumstances precisely similar, and we need, tl the principal facts. On the 20t1 (who was a labourer, aged 43) on a stage composed of bricks engaged filling the pane, with to about nine feet high from the was a large iron tank, support Whilst so engaged the tank all down the stage on which they made their escape, and in doing fallen materials. They heard, as calling from under the rubbis covered all over with with the n his face and shoulder. Blood wi He was conveyed to the Southe opinion of Mr. Rishton, torpor, Mr. S. Holme, the building app thicker than the act required, at attributed to an unforeseen accid times arise even when the greate I inquest v lamed Owen ifirmary,through the sarne. of the present case a nly recapitulate st, deceased were working beams The sta , and over it there ar brick wal had to walk ove h, and found •ed to I e _fall could only be ,t, which would given. The deceased 1 : ;(1bot s lingered until Satu r d a y l ast. win rued a verdict DISCOVERY OF S hoe were walking ale served a spring cart st house, some coarse wrapp( part. Suspecting that then ueath Lloyd put in his hanc could not at the moment asc tolen property umder Kehoe took out one of .tool at a little distanc and, as it afterwards turned c a parcel of sti linens, which Thomas M'Kay. re marked I.G. --..-K 9perty was ILA the ev ne was n come out of the public-hou drive rapidly to La( -street stopped him in tha_ shaw, a fellow who ha_ sions, and is well known to Oieves in North Jo.m-street. which were five in number. they no fe;xer than 63 pieces o were stamped with to, Dromore, Ireland. The wra 161, 163, 170, 171, and I" the street for about an whether any of his aecomol none of ', ne was r which were val o Mr. D found.- lay, but quired to make further mantled. monthly fuesdav eveni sent, Messrs. William.] Appleton, Green, Wat field, Horner, Kerr, Ad provernent Committee re( should be built in the I .£5,000. The proceedings From the report of the 3f the last month had t ng one last year )n the rates of towr , - )ted to that purpo once woull 500, and t at be had, in order to re evils, institut y ed th proceedings in Chancery, on - parishioners at large, under the advice of en. gal authorities; but be did this in a friendly ment, ~.. _ that he did not attribute blame to the present nued to increase, a.. .a, lagers of the school. He concluded by expressing a creased number of buildin, $e that be would be allowed to proceed without inter- ment rate. If the whole re, ince, and rather be co-operated with, in his views of township purposes, no rate arging the utility of the institution. —The Rev. Dr. but it had been decided in 1, rth, the Rector, having taken the chair, a report was to the reserve fund of the ferry id by Mr. North, to the effect that the committee ap. Mr. Stanfield said that the S jilted on Easter Tuesday last, to negotiate with the be printed was now ready, and I vies in the resolution referred to, with a view to pre- a body of matter relative to the tnt a suit in Chancery, had done their utmost to effect prospects of Birkenhead, includii a amicable arrangement, but had finally failed in the Wallasey Pool Docks, and the r ttempt, in consequence of the differing views of the par. with plans, &c. The price vo— • les interested; that they were still of opinion that the the fact with a view to the uit should he avoided, from the expense that would arise he estimated at X4O or £st, ind the dissension it would create ; and that, as they pensary,—in doing which he .rusted all parties agreed that the common object was to his trouble in preparing the give a sound religious and secular education to the chil. curred, and returned thanks to _ dress at the school, they earnestly recommended all ar- labonr he ad bestowed, r. A, ties to unite f or t h at o b ject, and to present a petition to the Wallas b oc ey Dks, said M ppl that no the Lord Chancellor, so that the arrangements they may them, and that the general belief wa make might be carried out. —This report was carried una- but one large dock-road, which, if nirnously.—The Ch a i rman sa i d he bad received a letter, posite ships. would be a five-m• dated the 6th instant, from Mr. Winch, which was then a pen-and-ink sketch,dividin read to the meeting. The writer stated, in effect, that he in a string or row. had gone no further than to file a bill in Chancery, which time to perfect the plans . was merely initiatory to bringing the matter before the actively engaged on the subj, court; that when the facts were there, he should be happy were deposited they would ha\ to meet the necessary parties with his proposals for the Admiralty, as well as the Con future management of the school ; that the proceedings Forests, would h ave t o d ec id e he had institut e d on hi s own responsibility would be at them, irrespective of the Coma his own expense, if no factious opposition were offered; disapprove of the plan handed Ii but if otherwise, he should not consider himself bound should call it "the Appleton plan by any pledge in reference to legal expenses ; and that should not like Mr. Appleton's nan should the funds of the school thereby suffer, the oppo. tolposterity with it—it so resembled sing parties must be alone responsible for the evils that (great laughter.) The Board then at might follow.—Mr. W. Healing then moved that the fol- A FEMALE SAILOR.—At the Pol lowing resolution be printed and circulated :—" That this day, a robust and rather good-100l vestry condemns the address circulated throughout the though certainly not a "Black-eyed .. parish under . date of lst December, and signature of garetJohnson was placed at the bar, s Henry Winch, as mischievous in its tendency, and erro- in charge for striking the captain neous in its statements; being calculated to undermine Spinks's, the Brunswick tavern, nr and destroy the confidence of those parents who send The complainant, however, did ii their children to the Free Grammar School, and to deter and it was stated to the Court 1,- others from availing themselves of its usefulness. This main bridewell, and seva--' vestry also disputes the right assumed in the said address been to sea in the garb . to institute proceedings in the Court of Chancery on be- having, since her return, half of the parishioners at large, without their authority." fortunate," and thrown up —Mr. Parry seconded the resolution.—The Chairman pressed penitence for the course of li expressed his disapprobation cf Mr. Winch's letter, and which she was heartily tired, and the stated that it ought not to have been addressed to him ; admitted into the female penitential that the writer ought to have been present; and that he stated, and information we otherwise c should oppose its being entered in the parish book.—A as follows :—She is a native of this long discussion then followed, in which Mr. Woodward, years of age. About twelve months a Mr. H. Meadows, Mr. North, Mr. Healing, the Chair- to a seaman named Johnson, who left man, Mr. Mann, Mr. Parry, and others, took part. The on a voyage to British America. She s Chairman and one or two others did not impugn Mr. herself as a sailor, and went in pursuit Winch's motives, but the former thought he had corn- ship called the Thetis, to S. Jot witted an overt act, which, to say the least, was an extra- where in vain she enquired " 01 , ordinary, if not a presumptuous one, calculated as it was - .. F , sow alf of th Ipetent 1( it, and se of expenditure woul the staff was now cornpl propriatic W. ficksor and capacity me montl on the to , vt-- love find ;" for whether from not to t, .issension in the parish. Some considered the " cruel fate," or from incontinent language of the resolution too strong ; others (includin the Chairman) thought the occasion called for the ea- with the Thetis for three weeks, pressions used. Mr. North wished them to be modified, after a voyage out and home of five n g another part of the world. Sb , and that there should be added the words, " particularly whole of which time it does not appe pending an amicable negotiation for the settlement of the discovered. When she afterwards b affairs of the school," which was done. The resolution, female," she frequently appea. as thus amended, was carried by a large majority. Mr. young "man unknown"—in j• Woodward demanded a poll, but this being objected to this guise there can be no don°, as illegal, it was withdrawn.—Mr. Mann then moved, adventures, as she had caught ur ' Mr. North seconded, a resolution as follows : castle. A female cornpan i,-- .Ing ha ve every conf i dence in the Rev. the d request that h e w ill use hi s own discre. and may' it the bill ; but that she Ras tempted to h. -motive behalves, out with that muscular this meetin- • " That th the Rector .t with whi ?eared that h she v c offence to be made agains other c ive full to i her plained stand I a chance, in ios. but Mr. R motion was put an d carr i e d nem. con. — The meeting then übytum of so far wnere redeet passed a vote of thanks to th e c h a i rman , an d separated. good, she may yt A exce d. It appeared hat the receipts rt of a eorr ferry con duce the improv ve been reciuir( £1,335 :bould , rt was at Report ordered to bad appended to it )t state and future rt of t e menti In of the profits nds of their new dia. ansfield, for the leton, with allusionto plan was yet before that there was to be ties were in London that after the plans Ts_of Woods a the con (laughter); bUi he to be handed down t ring of sausages— ice -court, on Satur young female named Mar: a vessel at - Mr the Union Dock ,pear against her nson, of th ,go, becOme-`7; n, that she had ex fe she bad taken. of :refore wished to be y. From what was derived, her story town, and now 1 ;a she was married Ter and proceeded Don after "rigged of him in a timber nswick her, from had embarked for ned at St. John 'eturned with her onths— during the r that her sex was ne " an unfortunate 1 trowsers ssailed a few blows dealt :quired it oiale a useful member of society. autical details