The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-07-27 00:00:00

THE CABINET MAKERS Amongst the - dabs of London,'Eis in most other places, are to be found a number of crotchetty individuals, who, having no business of. their own to manage, devote them selves with great zeal to the management of other people's. During the past week this ingenious class have been busily engaged in constructing a cabinet for Sir Robert Peel ; and, from the variety of lists put forward, all of course conjec tural, it really does seem that the right hon. baronet has a somewhat perplexing task before him,—arising, however, from a source which it cannot but be gratifying to the coun try to notice, from its contrast to that which has of late formed the difficulty of whig cabinet-making. The difficulty of Sir Robert will be, not the paucity, but the absolute abundance' of the materials at his disposal and that abundance, even, is essentially different in its na ture from that which would perplex Lord John Russell in manufacturing the patchwork thing, which whigs would call a cabinet. It is not an abundance of protruding individuals —blue and Yellow reviewers, anti-corn-law spouters, and novel-writers—men whose claims to notice consist in their being endowed with the best possible opinion of themselves, or with some tenth cousinship to a bedchamber favourite ; and amongst which the great difficulty of selection would be in finding these who, on vacating their seats to accept office, would not be kicked contumeliously by their various consti tuencies : but, on the contrary, an abundance of men of high character and talent in the, estimation of the country, amongst whom the only difficulty of selection is, that, whichever of them become members of the administration, there must be left behind men whom an almost unanimous people would wish to see in office. The conservative baronet will not, for any of his appointments, be driven to a kind of " Hobson's choice"—this or none. There is, for instance, no plain John Campbell amongst the lawyers of his party, who cen tralises in hie person.all the qualities required for an Attor ney-General, amongst which the most essential is a sure seat in the House of Commons. Sir Robert need not be driven, either, to ." Macheath's choice"—" How happy could I be with either !"—whilst balancing the comparative claims of any two rival competitors for this or that secretaryship or judgeship. But he may possibly be in a more perplexing dilemma than' any other, and be bewildered to discover, out of the many " good• men and true" around him, which are in every respect the very best I It would indeed be wonderfill if the oracles of the whig press, in their anxiety to keep up the spirits of their party did not discover this particular difficulty of the right lion. baronet. They have discovered it ; and, from the very strength of conservative talent in the house, we are sagely and gravely told that the forthcoming administration will be absolutely eat up Conservatism was but the other day only " the whisper of a faction" ; and we are now, it seems, so overgrown that we are likely, in agricultural phrase, to die of the " fat rot." We were but the other day so many " duck-legged drummer boys" waddling at the rear of the march of intellect ; and now that we have been well recruit ed, it seems we all want to be in the grenadier company. Very distressing it is really; and yet, even at the risk of putting our whig friends further into the seventh heaven, we must have our little growl at the arrangements of the con servative cabinet-makers. We do not see in any of the lists hitherto put forward by these ingenious gentlemen, the name of either of our own noble representatives ; and we are quite sure that either of them would adorn the administration of Sir Robert Peel, and almost certain that one of them at least—Lord Sandon —the country will expect to see a mem ber of that administration.. We arc willing, however, to wait until Sir Robert has time to form his own arrangements ; and if he disappoint us in our just expectations—if Lord Sandon be doomed to continue member for Liverpool only, we shall—do nothing very desperate, reader; but at least console ourselves with the reflection of a certain English monarch, that we have within our land " Three hundred good as he." Should Lord Sandon, however, be—as we hope he will—a member of the cabinet, some other individual of perhaps equal talent and worth must be excluded ; and the admirers of that individual must—and we trust will—imitate our phi losophic temper. THE NEW WHIG ALLIANCE O'Connellism is defunct. The " blatant beast" himself is no longer himself. He will give away no more judgeships, cornmissionerships, inspectorships ; nominate no more re peal magistrates, sheriffs, or lord-lieutenants ; diddle no more Raphaels or Gishornes out of hard money for slippery seats ; and, in short—the game's up ! The great Daniel has been unshrined. The clay feet would no longer support the brazen head of the image ; and it lies now an unsightly and unclean thing amidst kindred offal in the kennel, and decent whigs pull on their kid gloves, and take out their cambric as they pass by to avoid its defiling contact. The saint of brogue and blarney is out of favour ; but we must not imagine that the whigs are without a saint for all that. The rogues could no more do without a patron than an old man of war's man could live without his pigtail and his grog, or the editor of the Mercury discern a goose egg from a gridiron without his specs. The new saint of the whigs is SAINT SWITHIN—a - venerable saint of doubtful gender, and anti-corn growing principles—and at her or his shrine the whigs, both great and small, are now doing homage. " Rain down upon us thy favour, good saint !" is now the prayer of whig patriots and whig scribes. " Drizzle, drizzle, drizzle," is the chorus shrieked forth with all the fervency of frogs croaking in a dried up swamp, as they gaze upon the figure of their newly sainted deity—a venerable personage, with a most melting look, who is represented as performing that office for the clouds which mere mortal old women perform upon a dishclout. " Wring them tight, good saint ! slop England's harvest; drench it, good mother; and then, hurrah for cheap foreign corn, large loaves, black bread, and PLACES FOR THE WHIGS !" Yes, reader, such is the patriotic and philanthropic prayer of the whig faction in this hour of their defeat and humilia tion. At this moment the whig press and whig gentlemen of the Walinsley class, throughout the country, are i n a fever of perfect ecstacy at the unfavourable state of the wea ther for the ripening of the growing corn crops ; and gloat with satisfaction upon every shower of rain which falls upon the earth. " One bad harvest"—writes the ministerial Globe—" will seal the fate of the corn laws ;" and " Saint Swithin send it us," is, no doubt, the Globe's pious prayer An Irish rebellion is a more dangerous game to venture upon than a ruined harvest—besides it has been tried lately at Carlow, and was put down ; and, therefore, SAINT DANIEL is shelved; and SAINT SWITHIN is the whig saint of the ascendant ! The latter saint has the advantage of requiring fewer offerings in the shape of " rint" than the burly beg german ; but, in other respects they are at the present moment " arcades ambo"—blackguards both ! UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE PROMOTIONS. Rev. John Lupton. to the Rectory of Ovingdean, Sussex ; patrons, John Leach Bennett and Edward Cornford. July 7, Hon. and Rev. John Sandilands, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Coston, Leicestershire, void by the death of the Rev. Charles Kipling, 8.C.L., of Wadham College ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. Rev. Joseph Taylor, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of St. John the Evangelist, Dukintield, Cheshire. Rev. W. Ramsden, to the Perpetual Curacy of Hales and Heckingham, Norfolk ; patron, Sir E. Bowyer Smith. Rev. Francis Thompson, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Giles, Durham; patron, the Marquis of Londonderry. Rev. Edward Elmhirst, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Shadwell, Leicestershire, void by the death of the Rev. M. Blencowe ; patron, the Lord Chancellor. Rev. James Hamilton, M.A. to the Rectory of Bedding ton, Surrey, vacant by the death of the Rev. John B. Ferrars. Rey. TAtevan7toThetie — ifni;CeToTiheNew Church of the Holy Trinity at Twickenham. Rev. W. Vernon, M.A., to the Vicarage of Little Hamp ton, Sussex ; patron, the Bishop of Chichester. Rev. R. Reade, B.A. of Caius College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Romaldkirk, Yorkshire, void by the cession of the Rev. G. Price ; patron, J. Bowes, Esq. Rev. A. Bunn, to the Rectory of Kinnersley, Shropshire, void by the death of the Rev. T. Butt ; patron, the Duke of Sutherland. Rev. Robert Rasbdall, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, to be the officiating Minister of the New Church at Bury, Suffolk. Rev. W. Haddon, of Trinity College, Cambridge, to be the officiating Minister of St. Stephen, Liverpool. Rev. John Graves, to the Vicarage of Stretton Grandsorne, with the Chapel - of Ashperton annexed, Herefordshire, void by the cession of the Rev. John Hopton. A churchman is one who believes that the truth of the gos pel is carried out in al l its p r i n ciple and practice in th a t part of the church adopted England a n d I re l and styled the , " Established Church —one who reverences her institu tions, partakes of her ordinances, and is a recipient of her blessings ; one who, while he disseminates sound evangelical doctrine, is submissive to the guidance and controul of strict apoitolical or episcopal authority. BOROUGH OF BURY.—There is no town in England which has done its duty more satisfactorily than Bury, the birth place of the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart. It has been a hard contest with Henry Hardman, Esq., of Chamber Hall, Bury, a Conservative (born under the same roof as Sir Ro bert Peel), who came into the field only four days before the nomination, and after the borough had been canvassed twice over by the Whigs, to fight a battle against an " old Whig candidate," R. Walker, Esq., who was supported by all the influence of Socinian magistrates and their poor law and registration attorneys ; also by the Radical Ex-M.P. at the first e l ec ti on , w h o , as a return for his efficient assist ance, (as he terms it,) expects to be made a magistrate ; and to finish the proceedings were obliged to call in the assistance of a once-noted' character, who, instead of stopping a t home to make boluses, w e nt up to London, with two guineas a-week allowed to him, under pretence of passing the people's charter." Upon the husting's he was received very politely by the touching of hats, amid thunders of cheering from the Whigs ; after cross-examining each can didate, he told the people that " Mr. Walker was the man ior them and the charter, and they must support him." How ~gratifying, after all their bombast and unfair dealings, Mr. 'Walker was returned by the small majority of 35, and those 'bad votes. Mr. Hardman was at the head of the poll till 112 eiiiock, when the Whigs finding themselves completely ibeaten„, began to bring up persons who had removed to other ttowns, ,persons who are bankrupts, others now living in £6 .cottages, &c. ; and by such paltry and unfair means 418 these, Mr, Walker was placed at the head of the poll. w o /Ba ttu.; the battle has been well fought, and won but .for a time.. The electors have formed themselves into an association, which amounts to above 250 members, who are increasing daily. As Mr. Hardman has promised to come forward again, the electors are longing to show their strength, and let the time come when it may, this rotten borough will be arrested from the hands of the Whig Socinian faction, and will return to parliament a talented young .do justice to all.—Manchester Courier. LOCAL NEWS. The HOil. Octavius Duncombe has been requested to come forward as a candidate for the representation of the North Riding of Yorkshire, in the room of his brother, who has been elevated to the peerage on the demise of his father, Lord Feversham. NEWSPAPER PROPERTY.-At the hearing of a case in the Insolvent Debtors' Court, last week, on the presentation of a petition from Thomas Holloway, the well-known proprietor of " Holloway's Ointment," the insolvent stated that his creditors amounted to 204, out of which number there were 190 for newspaper advertisements. GRAND RAILWAY MATCH AGAINST TIME.-Mr. J. K. Brunel, the engineer on the Great Western Railway, will shortly perform a match from Bristol to London, by the engine which is termed the " Hurricane," within two hours, for £l,OOO, at as nearly as possible 60 miles an hour.—Bris tol Standard. BOOK-KEEPING AND WRITING.—A good book-keeper in an office is valuable—he is the very pivot upon which 'an ex tensive business turns. What would our great merchants do if it were not for their " good book-keepers ?" Why they would not know what were their profits and losses, or be hble to carry on for half a year with any thing like success, without his services • and what looks so well as a neatly kept set of journals, ledgers, &c. &c. To some men a biotless page and the stiff columns of figures, give more charms than the sweetest painting extant. To those who write badly, we say, go to Mr. Thompson ; and those who want to become adepts in book-keeping, should also apply to him for in struction. COURT OF PASSAGE.—The Court of Passage, for the trial of causes within the borough of Liverpool, will sit on Thurs day next, in the Sessions-house, before Charles Crompton, Esq., assessor. The cause list contains one demurrer, fifty issues, and five writs of trial ; total 56. LIVERPOOL. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—The Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, in the borough of Liver pool, commenced yesterday, in the Sessions-house, before Henry Revell Reynolds, Esq., commissioner. There were twenty-five applications to be discharged under the act, but none of them were worth reporting. MR. WONIBIVELL'S EXHIBITION.—Mr. Wombwell's splendid collection, now exhibiting in the Haymarket, - is about to be removed from Liverpool. We recommend Mar readers to visit it, as they will be highly gratitied by the beauty, variety, and number of the • specimens. Some of them are very remarkable, and well worthy of notice.- -The beautiful giraffes in Bold-street are also to be taken away. Those who have not seen them should therefore lose no time. RADICAL CHAGRIN.—At the Birkenhead Police Court, on Thursday last, Mr. John Whitby, hosier, of Liverpool, charged John May, chairmaker, also of Liverpool, with assaulting hini in Birkenhead, on thel3th instant. This was the first day of the contest for South Cheshire, and Mr. Whitby, accompanied by a friend, came over 'to witness the scene, and during his perambulations he came in contact with the radical chairmaker, who, in a feverish impulse, caused by learning that the state of the poll was in favor of the conservative candidates, attacked Mr. Whitby, assailing him in the most low Billingsgate slang ; and, not content with this, May followed him some distance, and eventually struck him with a stick or umbrella. May, in vindication of his conduct, said he thought Mr. Whitby " gave him a groan.' as lie was walking from Birkenhead Ferry ; but he happened to be unable to prove that the complainant had thus unceremoniously saluted him. One of May's party declared that the defendant had no stick or umbrella, but it, unfortunately for the defendant, came out that this was not true, for lie attacked, almost at the same moment as he assailed Mr. Whitby, another gentleman, and he then had an umbrella in his band. The court was fully satisfied that the charge had been proved, and May was bound over in his own recognisance in £4O, and two sureties in £2O each to keep the peace. ST. JUDE'S CHURCII.—We are informed that this church is now closed for the purpose of being painted and cleaned, and that it will not be opened again until the last Sunday in August. THE PAVILION IN THE HANmAnicET.—This immense building was open to the inspactiOn of the public on Friday and Saturday last, at the low charge of threepence, to be given to the public charities. The sunk of 413 was realised. THEATRE ROY AL.—The theatre was crowded with a most fashionable audience last night to witness London Assurance. It was eminently successful. THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL.—One of the most compact, quietest, and most agreeable hotels to stay at for a commercial man or traveller is the Brunswick, in Hanover-street. Many of the nobility and gentry have been sojourning there during the last week. STAMMERING.—A correspondent informs us that nine cases of severe stuttering or stammering have been success fully relieved by Mr. Cronin. It has been supposed that this affection generally arises from pressure on the epiglottis, but Mr. C., we are informed, treats it as a purely nervous affection. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF FELONY AND ATTEMPTED AnsoN.—Yesterday a respectably clad female, a pp a rently of from 25 to 27 years of age, named Isabella Madge, was placed at the bar of the police court, under the following extraordinary charge, the circumstances of which were briefly introduced by Mr. Dowling :—lt appeared from the evidence that the prisoner, who is well connected, was on her way to the United States, and had taken up her lodgings, pending the stay of the packet ship by which she had taken her passage, at a Mr. Sumner's, in Steward-street. Two other females also lodged there, and who slept in a separate bed, but in the same room. — A few nights ago, while they were in bed, they smelt a suffo cating smoke, and, on rising, saw the prisoner, with her night dress sparkling as if from the ignited materials in which inciter matches are dipped. They put out the fire, and as she made some plausible excuse, they would have again gone to rest; but the smoke and smell of burning being still strong, they roused the landlady, and informed her that they apprehended fire. She came into the room, threw up the window, and expressed a mistaken opinion that the smoke came from the outside. The smoke soon dispersed, and the matter subsided. Next day one of the females in the house missed a handkerchief, and complained of the circumstance to Mrs. Connolly, who had some connection with the house. She (Mrs, C.) expressed her surprise that it could not be found, and at last on searching a chest of drawers in the room, missed a cloak, a dress, a remnant of cloth, and some other articles of her own. She also found two other handkerchiefs of her own partly burnt, and so placed as to form each a sort of train to two packets of gun powder, together of about four ounces weight, each in a separate drawer, which had happily not ignited, otherwise the drawers 3vould have been blown to pieces, and some of . , those present much injured or killed. The property missed, including the handkerchief and some other articles, were afterwards found, partly at a pawnbroker's, and partly amongst the luggage which the prisoner had sent to the packet-ship. The articles were identified, as also was the prisoner as having pawned some of them. The also admitted to one of the witnesses that she had taken them, and that she had bought the powder, and ignited the handkerchiefs extending to it. It would appear that she was not aware of the probable immediate danger or effects of the gunpowder, and that her object was to cover her dehn quincies by setting fire to the house. She was committed for trial on the felony only. The prisoner is, we learn, from Wakefield. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—In reference to the interdict which has been granted by the Court of Session, against the Board of Directors of this Company proceeding to act under the resolutions of a meeting of the shareholders, held on the 22d of February last, by which difficulties in the future management were intended to be removed, we un derstand that the interdict is restricted to the first two reso lutions—the first authorising the board to take upon itself the supsrintendence of the whole affairs of the company, re- miffing only matters of a purely local character to the . Edinburgh and Glasgow Committees ; and the second, authorising the appointment of certain committees to expe ditethe business of the company. The court has not ex- :ended the interdict to the other resolutions of the share- holders, one of which is to erect all the workshops at Glasgow, instead of dividing them between Edinburgh and Glasgow. The decisions of the court, and the opinions of the judges, as reported, leave still undefined the powers and duties of the two statutory committees, as distinguished from the powers and duties of the Board of Director's:, and leaves uncertain whether the interdict refers to the committees as deliberative or executive. The act of parliament on the points in dispute, it would seem, like most acts of parlia ment, admits of two interpretations ; meanwhile, we under stand that, in order that no obstruction be made to the opening of the line, the board, at a meeting held this week, consisting of most of the Edinburgh and Glasgow members, unanimously agreed that the superintendent and other officers of the line be immediately appointed by the board, and that it proceed to enact the regulations for the manage ment of the whole affairs of the company. MATES' PROTECTIVE AND BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. —We have much pleasure in hearing that this society is likely to succeed, and to become of even more importance than we at first deemed. Lord Sandon, his worshipful the Mayor, Vim. Potter, Esq., and T. M. Gladstone, Esq. have already consented to patronise it, and, we doubt not, other influential gentlemen will also step forward when the pros pectus of the laws can be laid before them. The chairman of the society is active in his endeavours to obtain the ex perienced advice of gentlemen interested in the cause, and, no doubt, ere we go to press, will have seen a good many that want of time alone prevented him from seeing on Satur day last. One of the laws, we understand, will provide for the apprentices having the use of the library and newsroom. The utility of this wise regulation is evident ; but the ft;11 importance of it we have not at present time to descant on ; but one thing is certain, that neither can be formed of ade quate extent without a liberal assistance on the part of the community. If the public would arrest the plague of im morality that infests our docks and wharfs, and radiates over half our town, let them step forth and assist the society. Peradventure a portion of it may be stayed, in the preserva tion of those wh - o have not yet, but soon will " occupy their business on the great waters." IMMENSE MUSHROOM,—On Monday last Mr. Edward Kirby, of Chettisham, near Ely, cut a mushroom of the following extraordinary size :—circumference sft. 3in., dia meter lft. Gin., stalk 14iu. round. It weighed 4lbs., and produced one quart and half a pint of catchup, HEREFORD CATHEDRAL.—Last week, owing to the dan gerous state of the main tower of the Cathedral, the pathway on the northern side was, by the direction of the Dean, closed against the approach of passengers. A letter from Mr. Cottingham, the celebrated architect, fully explaining the nature of the danger, appears in the Hereford Journal. Mr. Cottingham says :—" It appears that the shaft or body of this magnificent tower, as seen above the roofs, was erected on a low Norman or Saxon tower of a much earlier period, and apparently with some degree of suspicion by the masons of that day, as to the capability of the latter to carry the additional weight. The ingenuity, therefore, displayed in the construction of this unique specimen of early English work is truly admirable, for while it presents on the exterior the boldest masses of light and shade spangled with the most delicate ornaments, the interior affords an unrivalled spe cimen of masonic art. The walls are, to diminish the weight, built in two thicknesses, with galleries all around, and the apparently ponderous buttresses at the angles are very inge niously lightened by spiral staircases ; but unfortunately this splendid work of art was set on an imperfect foundation ; the artificers gave credit to the bulky Norman pillars for more strength than they really possessed, they being con structed with a thin casing of stone on the exterior, and the core filled in with fragments of stone mixed with marl and lime grouting ; this compost was quite sufficient to carry the weight of the original Norman tower, but inadequate to the great additional weight imposed upon it ; consequently the foundations pressed down partially into the bed of gravel on which the tower stands, and meeting resistance there, the rubble cores having but a small proportion of lime in them became disunited, and left the thin ashlar castings to carry nearly all the weight. Symptoms of failure were undoubtedly discovered many years ago, as various unskilful attempts have been made from time to time by ignorant country artificers to remedy the evil ; among the rest that of inserting stone pillars under the centre of the old Norman arches, which have had the very natural effect of loosening t h e key stones of the arche s , and thrusting the piers out of an upright. To remedy iese accumulated evils is now become a very onerous and dangerous task, but I hope, with great caution and unremitting attention to the subject, to be able to restore the tower to its original beauty in detail, and give the required additional strength to its fabric. 1 persons unconnected w i t h the works w i ll a b sta i n all isiting the interior of th e C athedral until the difficult f h r o o p m e v process of shoring up the defective parts of the tower is a s anything which has a t en d ency to take o ff t h e f the workmen engaged in thi s ar d uous under takingatt otion completed, 0 must be attended with great inconvenience." ANNUAL DINNER OF THE SHIPMASTERS' ASSACIATION. The members and friends of the Liverpool Shipmasters' Association held their first anniversary dinner, in celebration of its establishment, in the assembly-room of the Adelphi Hotel, on Friday evening. Between eighty and ninety gen tlemen sat down. The chair was occupied on the occasion by William Potter, Esq., and in the vicinity we noticed the following gentlemen :—Lord Sandon, M.P., the Mayor, Sir Thomas Brancker, Sir John Sainsbury, Jas. Aspinall, Esq., Josias Booker, Esq., Charles Lawrence, Esq., Thomas M. Gladstone, Esq., James Robertson, Esq., William Smith, jun., Esq., Captain Fayrer, R.N., of the Forth, Captain Keane, of the British Queen, Rev. William Maynard, Rev. Mr. Smith, John Andrew, Esq., Captain Hunt, of the Troubadour, Samuel Cearns, Esq., James Moss, Esq., Mr. Parnell, &c.„ &c. Win. Rowett and Thomas Alston, Esqrs., acted as vice-presidents. The dinner, which was got up in Mr. Radley's best style, was excellent, and the wines were of first-rate quality. When the cloth had been withdrawn, the Rev. Mr. Maynard returned thanks, and The PRESIDENT rose to propose the first toast. In doing so, he said that in any assembly of her Majesty's subjects, the first toast he was sure would be hailed with gratulation individually, as a subject of rejoicing as much as it was a matter of constitutional propriety ; but in no other meeting should he feel more confident of its being received with cor diality than among the men of the sea, and if they gave him leave, he would add, that he had ever found the heartiness of their expressions to be a fair index, and no more than a fair index, of the sincerity and energy of their feelings. (Cheers.) He begged to propose " Her Majesty the Queen, Duchess of Lancaster, and God bless her." (Drunk with applause.) The PRESIDENT rose again, and said it had been believed, he hoped truly, that uprightness and straightforwardness of conduct always attained their meed of approbation in this county. If it were so, those qualities must, as they were, be more highly appreciated when they were found to be so important to the happiness, as well as to the interests, of those dear to it. He believed that those characteristics might be justly applied to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the consort of their Sovereign, and therefore he would give " His Royal Highness Prince Albert," and he would add to that, " the rest of the Royal Family." (Drunk with ap plause.) The PRESIDENT said, that essentially commercial as this country was, her policy must naturally be a pacific one; but we knew enough of what was inherent in human nature ge nerally, and in political society, to be aware that the enjoy ment of the benefits with which Providence had blessed any country, in order to be maintained, were subject to one con dition—that of a readiness to defend them. (Loud cheers.) It had been the happiness of this country long to enjoy a ce lebrity in war, not inferior to her eminence in the arts of peace. (Hear.) Without attempting to pass any eulogy upon the army and navy, for the achievements of both were beyond all praise, he might fairly advert to the gratification which we derived from the reflection that, during a long peace, neither the iron nor the intellect of the country had been suffered to corrode. (Cheers.) It was a great blessing to know that, as this country was so essentially pacific, her efforts in war naturally tended to the restoration of peace, and to improve the civilization of those who were in the lower stages of it, as well as to promote constant and unin terrupted intercourse between nations which were in a more advanced stage. (Cheers.) It was therefore that we loved and esteemed " The flag that for a thousand years Has braved the battle and the breeze !" He had great pleasure in proposing as a toast, and the Navy." (Renewed cheers.) Captain FAIRER, R.N., responded. He had the honour to return the meeting thanks on behalf of the profession to which he had the honour to belong. It would be superfluous in him to detain them with a detail of what it had accom plished in olden times. Recent occurrences showed what it was capable of doing, and he could only say that the British navy had done its duty, and that it would do it again. (Great cheers.) " The Army Mr. Moss having been called upon by the president for that purpose, proceeded to read letters, apologising for their unavoidable absence from the dinner, from Lord Stanley, Lord Francis Egerton, Mr. Cresswell, M.P., Sir Joshua Walmsley, the Rev. Jonathan Brookes, the Rev. Mr. Rox dale, Captain Bowker, R.N., Sir Philip Egerton, M.P., Mr. Tollemache, M.P., Robertson Gladstone, Esq., the Hon. Bootle Wilbraham, Alexander Smith, jun., Esq., and others; after the reading of which Mr. Moss added, that the members for Manchester and Chester had been invited to attend, but that no reply had been received from them. The PRESIDENT said, the next toast to which he would call attention was one which every feeling of respect and gratitude would require them to receive with acclamation. (Cheers.) It was the health of their noble patron. (Loud cheers.) It would be an easy task, and a very gratifying one under other circumstances, to descant upon the various qualifications which had rendered the noble lord in every respect so valuable to them ; but there was a limit which his presence forbid him (the President) to trespass upon. He should therefore only say, that as his lordship had graced their festivities with his presence, and as he had been pre sent at the very commencement of the society, he trusted that his having witnessed the sowing of the seed might here after be followed by his witnessing a redundant and prolific production of good. (Hea r , h ear .) H e b egg ed to propose the health of Lord Sandon. (Tremendous cheers.) Lord SANDos, on rising to return thanks, was greeted with very great applause. He said he was exceedingly obliged for the very kind manner in which the President had been so good as to introduce his name, and exceedingly obliged to the meeting for the more than kind and cordial manner in which they had received the toast. (Hear, hear.) Capt. Fayrer had told them that the British navy had done its duty, and that it was prepared to do it again. (Hear.) He wished he, like it, could boast of having done his duty; he was sure no man was more, or so sensible as himself, how far short he had fallen in the performance of his duties as one of the representatives of this great community. (Cries of " No.") He could only say, that he hoped the endea vours which he had hitherto made should be exceeded by what was still to come ; and that the encouragement which he had received at all times from every part of this great community—from those who were connected with him in politics, and from those who were opposed to him in poli tics—in the slight services which he had been enabled to render to this community, whether in the aggregate or indi vidually, would lead him to devote himself more zealously than ever to the service of this great borough.• (Cheers.) There was nothing, perhaps, which had given him greater pleasure in his connection with Liverpool, than to watch the gradual development of those seeds of usefulness within the towr, which, within the last ten years, had been distinguish ing this great city. (Hear.) He had seen great institutions for the education of youth, in every class of society, rise up under various forms, and he had seen them with the highest gratification (hear, hear) • he had seen bodies of men asso ciate together for all useful purposes, but perhaps there was none which promised more extensive usefulness, although yet in its infancy, than the association which he now saw before him. (Cheers.) Why did he say this? It was be cause the body of men who were here associated were not confined in their influence to the particular community with which they were connected, but bore abroad to every quarter of the globe the influence of the' British name and of the British character. (Cheers.) Anything, then, which tended to raise their character—anything which tended to raise their intellectual and moral character—was indeed a large contri bution to the moral, intellectual, and physical strength of this great nation in the eyes of foreign countries. (Applause.) He did not think—and he hoped it would not offend them if he said it—that hitherto the mercantile marine of this coun- try had assumed that position to which it was fairly and pro perly entitled. (Hear, hear, hear.) He did not think, con sidering the high responsibility with which the commanders were charged—whether as having the lives of great bodies of men committed to their trust, or the property of their indi vidual employers confided to their charge—whether as being called upon to exercise a sound discretion in great and un foreseen emergencies—whether as entrusted in some degree with the character of the nation in war and its representation in peace, for the mercantile marine like the British navy had to experience the emergencies of war, and it was a navy often called upon, as we had seen, to assert the honour of the country, in war as well as peace ; when we considered these various claims upon them, he did not think they had assumed that station in the country to which they were so well entitled. (Hear. hear.) He believed, however, that it was no small step towards an advancement in their station, that they associated as one body of men, for their mu tual improvement, increasing thereby that feeling of respon sibility which every man found to be enlarged by the con sciousness that he was not only responsible for his own cha racter, but responsible for the character of the body with which he was connected. (Hear.) With these general views of the advantages of all such associations of bodies of men, that they thus raised and increased the feeling of responsibi ... lity, and gave that esprit du cceur which was the great gua rantee of individual virtue by making them to feel that they had the character of the community to protect as well as their own—independent of these general considerations there were particular advantages derivable from associations like this, such as the giving opportunities of association for the purpose of assistance and mutual improvement which he saw already developed in the report, although at present but in a small degree. (Hear.) When he saw they were asso ciated to collect a museum, to take advantage of the great opportunities which they had of drawing together objects of the highest interest from all parts of the earth, to collect a library and charts, to listen to the delivery of lectures upon subjects connected with geography, history, and those laws of intercourse between nation and nation, with which a British captain in the British mercantile navy was often called upon to be acquainted ; when he saw they were engaged as a charitable association also and were looked to to offer advice and counsel to the Marine Society in the administration of the funds of seamen ; when he saw they were also lending their assistance to the poor seamen—which he looked upon as one of the greatest objects connected with the association —that in the words of the report they were " bound to leave no stone unturned until the mode of shipping, lodging, and protecting seamen from the destructive habits which thy are now, by a certain class of men, drawn into, be changed ;" when he saw they had these great objects in view for their own advantage, for the advantage of the various interests with which they were connected, and for the advantage of those men who were under their command, and whose inter ests not only at sea but on land, they seemed now to feel that they were called upon to watch over and protect, he confessed he did think they had a high mission to discharge, and he looked with the greatest anxiety for the prosperity of this institution, (Loud cheers.) He did hope that this great part of their mission would not be neglected. He hoped they would lend a hand towards raising the character of the British seaman and improving those fine raw materials which we had in his character • that they would endeavour, without diminishing that reckless bravery and spirit which had so long distinguished him, to give to him some of that human prudence and foresight, and moral selfcontroul which, he believed, instead of diminishing, would heighten extremely the value of all his other qualities. (Hear, hear.) He would not trespass further upon their attention. (Cries of "go on.") He had already taken upon himself the character of a Mentor rather more than became him on an occasion like this ; but the deep interest he felt in the objects of the asso ciation, the anxiety he entertained that it might not only exist, but might thrive and flourish and extend itself, and be an example to every port of inferior importance In the em pire, so that no port should be without its association of this nature, had led him to go into greater detail on this occasion than perhaps any other would have become him. He begged leave to thank them again for the kindness with which they had received him, and to say that if, on any occasion he could in any way forward the interests of the association he should be happy to do so ; and to listen to their advice, and receive their assistance upon any questions connected with the mercantile navy or interests of this country. (Loud cheers.) The PRESIDENT, in proposing the next toast, said that any association founded as this was for the improvement of moral character, must naturally have its basis in the principles of religion. (Hear, hear.) On this account the promoters had from the first sought, and it had been readily accorded to them, the countenance and favour of the clergy. (Hear, hear.) They had been unfortunately disappointed in their expectations of the presence of the rectors this evening for satisfactory reasons which had been stated, but they had among their' the gentle;;;;;;liohad a very important charge —that of the floating church.—(hear, hear)—which he (the President) believed to be eminently useful. He trusted, in deed, that the time was not far distant when its usefulness would be extended by another being placed at the extremity of this now very extended port. (Cheers.) He begged leave to propose the healths of the rectors and clergy of the town and port of Liverpool. (Renewed cheers.) The Rev. WILLIAM MAYNARD, incumbent of the Mari ners' Church, acknowledged the compliment. In rising to return his sincere thanks for the honour conferred upon the clergy, as well as himself, he desired to express his most earnest desire for the benefit of the Shipmasters' Association. (Cheers.) It had pleased God in his providence to call him to the ministry of the Mariners' Church, which he had now held for nine years, and during his labours among seamen his desire for their spi r it ua l and temporal comfort and benefit had been increased from day to day. (Hear, hear.) He trusted that by God's grace that desire would yet increase, and that He would enable him by his influence to carry out, as for as in him lay, every means which might promote His glory and their benefit. (Hear, hear.) Allow him, before he sat down, to address a few words to those who went down on the sea in their ships, and who occupied themselves on the great waters. Whilst they were engaged in promoting their temporal welfare and benefit by joining - together in the Ship masters' Association, let him exhort them to unite together in heart and in soul to promote their own spiritual welfare, and that of those under their charge. (Hear, hear, hear.) He need not remind them of the dangers to which they were constantly exposed, and that the only refuge they had under those dangers was in the favour and love of God in Christ Jesus. If they knew Him, and the Lord Jesus Christ whom He has sent, and whom to know is everlasting life, then they might face every storm ; and when the waves were breaking over their vessels, He would say to them as he said to Paul, " Fear not, for I am with thee ; be not dismayed, for I am thy God." (Hear, hear, hear.) Oh, might they all enjoy peace and comfort, not only when the gales were favourable. but when they were adverse ! Oh, that they might seek to know Him, and our L or d J esus Ch r i s t th r ough the spirit, and then they would be at rest! But let them remember that they had others under their charge, whom it was their interest as well as their duty to benefit by their example and by their instruction--by setting to them a Christian example as the master of a family, and as the commander of a vessel, ought to do. (Hear, hear.) He might point to some among them who had received every possible encouragement in this duty; he might point to one whom it was his privilege to know and love—he was not present among them—who car ried out as far as God enabled him every means of promoting the spiritual welfare of his crew, and he was happy to say there was not a captain more beloved by all under his com mand than that roan. (Hear, hear.) Their worthy president could testify to the same fact. He had no hesitation in stating that this man was Captain Crighton. (Loud cheers.) He wished to make one remark upon a subject alluded to in the report, and to which reference had also been made by Lord Sandon. It respected the Sailors' Home. (Hear, hear.) It was the desire of many in this town to establish such an institution ; it was the desire of the Shipmasters' Association that both should go hand in hand together ; and that no stone should be left unturned till such a glorious in stitution had been founded. None could desire such an event more than he did (hear, hear) ; none who knew the condition of the sailor when he came on shore could feel otherwise than desire it. (Hear, hear, hear.) What was the sailor's condition? When the vessel came into dock he was deprived of the privilege and comfort of light and fire whilst On board. Having come a stranger, without home or friends, he was driven to the lodging houses, or to some receptacle of vice and crime; (Hear, hear) but it was the desire of all who interested themselves in the welfare of the seamen, and it was the desire of the Shipmaster's Association, to raise such a glorious building, that when the sailor came on shore, he might say to himself, " I have a home whither I may go in comfort, for my benefit." (Cheers) In looking forward to the establishment of such a place, there was considerable encouragement. He knew there were difficulties and obstacles in the way of the sailor, but he knew further, that many would avail themselves of the in stitution. As a proot of this, he would mention one which was a sort of stepping-stone to it—the Seaman's Reading Room in connexion with the Mariners' Church. (Hear, hear) This place was open every evening in the week free of ex pense to seamen who had sufficient time. Various tempta tions were thrown iu the way of seamen, when they came on shore, which they would avoid by frequenting that little room. It was, however, largely frequented by them, and the more it was known among them, the more thankful were they for it. During the last year, between 3000 and 4000 seamen visited the room, spent their evenings there, and ex pressed their heartfelt thankfulness for the opportunities of improvement there afforded. (Cheers) So that whilst there were difficulties in the way of the Seaman's Home, there was every possible encouragement for them to go on, in what had been seen and witnessed in the sailors frequenting this little reading room. (Hear, hear) He trusted, then, that the Shipmasters Association would be the means, under God, of stirring up our merchants, and the hearts of all interested in the welfare of seamen, to exert themselves to ameliorate the condition, not only of themselves, but of their men. (Cheers) Once more thanking the meeting for the manner in which they had received the toast, he begged leave to wish them every happiness. (Cheers) Lord SANDON rose amidst much cheering, and said he should take the liberty of proposing the health of their worthy president. (Cheers) He (Lord Sandon) would not say much concerning that gentleman in his presence : but in his opinion, a better specimen of the English merchant, and of the English shipowner could not well be presented. (Cheers) He was a straight-forward, intelligent, and upright man, and as anxious for the prosperity of those who were connected with his interests, as he was for his own. (Cheers) He begged to propose the health of Mr. Potter. (Immense applause.) Mr. POTTER said, that fur the very high honour just conferred upon him, for the unmerited terms in which it had been proposed, and for the kind manner in which the toast had been received, he begged to offer the meeting his most cordial thanks. The manner in which the toast had been received far exceeded his merits, but not his desire to be useful to the very important body which had there met together. (Hear, hear) He had long had the impression, that, considering the responsibility which had been so ably stated by Lord Sandon, and the attainments which were re quisite by the more advanced state of society in those who had the conduct of vessels freighted with a great number of valuable lives, and a vast amount of property, that their sta tion had not been quite in correspondence with their deserts. (Hear, hear) Nothing could be more gratifying to him than to see them raised to that point in the social scale, which he believed they not only deserved, but which would be very much to the advantage of the merchants of the country ge nerally if they did enjoy. (Cheers) This association was founded twelve months ago, upon some such principles as these, which were very generally prevalent, though not brought forward into notice; and the success which had at tended its establishment, young and humble :is it was, gave great reason to hope for very much higher results in future. The flag over him, he was happy to say, spewed that nine hundred and forty members had already.joined; these formed a large proportion of the commanders of the port, they com prised also commanders belonging to other ports, who had found the advantage of having a common centre where they could communicate and receive instruction bearing upon their various interests, and which tended to remove obstacles and increase facilities for it in the various places to which they might be going, and which information, for want of that common centre, lay like manure useless because not spread. (Hear.) He hoped from the experience of the past year, that it would be seen how necessary and desirable it was to make an effort in this direction, and that though they had much reason to congratulate themselves upon the great success which had attended them during that period, yet hereafter greater results might arise. He should conclude with pro posing, as a toast, " Success to the Liverpool Shipmasters' Association," coupling with that, the healths of the vice presidents. (Loud cheers.) Mr. ROWETT. amidst much applause, rose to respond. It was not in his power to reply as he wished to the compli ment of the toast ; but he certainly could say for himself that he was second to no one in anxiety for the prosperity of the Shipmasters' Association. (Cheers.) The report of the committee, which was before every guest, conveyed to them every information connected with the institution ; therefore it would be quite unnecessary for him to make any remarks upon it. He referred the meeting to that report, and should conclude by returning them his thanks for the toast. (Loud Cheers.) The PRESIDENT, after one or two remaks upon local affairs being much better administered upon the spot than by par ties at a distance, said, it was of course of very great ad vantage to a body like the Shipmasters' Association to be on the best terms with the governors and administrators of our municipal corporation. He was very happy to believe that the presence of the first officer of that body might be consi dered to testify a desire to attract the respect and attention of a body so important as the shipmasters, upon whose conduct and management depended, in so material a degree, the re spectability and prosperity of the port. (Hear.) He had, therefore, very great pleasure in proposing the health of the mayor and town council of Liverpool. (Cheers.) The MAYOR for himself, and on behalf of the town coun cil of Liverpool, begged to return his sincere thanks for the kind manner in which the toast had been proposed. Elected as he had been from the people, and responsible for the acts of himself and those of his brother town councillors, the people had opportunities of judging with what earnestness and conviction they desired to promote the public good. It was a satisfaction to him that town councillors were elected by the people for the wards with which they were best ac quainted, and that by the yearly reports of their proceed ings, every act which they had undertaken was brought under revision, so that the town was called upon to decide whether they had done good or evil in the situation in which they had been placed. (Hear.) It was not his wish to draw any in vidious comparison between the old and the new council ; he stood there as one of the present council elected in the man ner to which he had already adverted, and under respon sibilities and checks which prevented them from acting otherwise than for the good of the town whose interests they had been sent to serve. He should say nothing further in regard to the situation he had the honour to hold, than thank them for having been pleased to associate his name with the toast, He would now advert, and he did it with great sincerity, to the establishment of this association for the ma ters of vessels. Whatever the nature of our occupations in life might be, he maintained that good would always result from associations which had for their object the common good of society, inasmuch as they tended to the spread of improvement, to rivalship and competition, which ever tended to the advancement of the parties so situated, and to the advantage of those so emp . loyed. (Hear, hear.) He was old enough to recollect the spirit, the activity, the knowledge which distinguished the present day from that in times past. (Hear, hear.) Some thirty or forty years ago he had known vessels detained in Liverpool from the beginning of Novem ber until February, and frequently till March, " waiting for a fair wind." (Hear, hear.) He adduced that fact with pleasure, as a proof that great improvements must have been made in the art of navigation, and in the knowledge of mas ters ; for he believed now it was a very rare thing for a ves sel to be detained a fortnight with the m ost a d verse winds, and in the depth of *inter. (Hear, hear.) Difficulties had been overcome which thirty or forty years ago were thought i nsurmoun t a bl e —(hear) —and_ he had a co n fid ent expecta tion that this society , based as it was up on t h e means o f future improvement, wou ld find in increased rivalship the e. seeds of increased knowled He had no doubt that great g improvements were c apable of beine made in the manage ment of ships, as well as i n the charact er o f British seamen. Allusion had been made to the Sailor's Home. That was an institution which it was most desirable should be estab lished, for sailors were a class of men who, however meritori ous in other respects, were thoughtless and imprudent. After a few further remarks upon the advantages of such an institu tion, his worship concluded by again thanking the meeting for the compliment paid to him. Mr. SPENCE, in an eloquent and impressive speech, in which he dwelt largely upon the utility of each, p ro p ose d " Ships, colonies, and c ommerce. " The toast was drank with enthusiasm. The PRESIDENT sai a he had one more toast to propose, namely, the officers of a very valuable institution, which he was afraid was not sufficiently appreciated in Liverpool. It was the Marine Society• (Cheers.) It w as per f ectly in comprehensible to him, why it should be unpopular or un known. He had taken great pains to make it known, and be hoped that many had in consequence joined it. It possessed a large fund, which he believed had not, at this moment more than twenty or thirty claimants upon it. The amount had accumulated from what he could not b ut call neglect, though he believed it was neglect which h a d ar i sen from the want of acquaintance, more than from the want of agreement, with the purpose. It now exceeded 10 ,000, arisi ng f rom sub scriptions, not exceeding two gnineas a year, and he believed the widows of commanders, sailing from the port of Liverpool from £8 to £2O per annum from received pensions varying those payments. There was one rule which had existed from the foundation of the society, which he was told was objec tionable. It was that which declared that the master or his widow, in the receipt of more than £lOO a year, should not be claimants upon the fund ; and he understood that it was objected by many young masters, that as they looked for ward to the attainment of property whi c h would afford them a larger income than that, it was therefore against their in terest to make even the small payment of two guineas per annum, since their widows would be deprived .of the benefit of any receipt from the fund. It had always appeared to him that this was an incorrect view to take. There were limy masters of vessels now pensioners upon the Seamans' Hospital, which was a fund arising from the monthly contri butions of masters and seamen. By an act passed about five years ago, the contributions of masters were made to double those of seamen, and a certain limited time was allowed for their pensions to be increased in proportion. That time had now arrived, and the masters now received double. because they paid double. But contended that it was for the advan tage of every master who was married to become a member of the Marine Society. He knew not but that upon the first voyage a mischance might occur, and his wife and children be deprived of his assistance before he had been enabled to rea lize the property which he thought he should do ultimately. What was their situation then ? Instead of receiving an al lowance from the Marine Society's fund, they were thrown, at best, upon the Seaman's Hospital fund, which, generally speaking, was at a low rate. But the allowance of the Li verpool Marine Society was considerably higher than in any port in the kingdom, and the reason was that we were al lowed to administer that fund ourselves, without being mixed up with the funds of other ports. This, then, was the port most advantageous for the seaman to sail out of, inasmuch as the pensions to his family, in case of his loss, were much larger than in any other port in the kingdom. (Hear.) He was at a loss, therefore, to conceive why all shipmasters did not at once become members of the Marine Society. It was, further, not only a benefit society, but a charitable society, in which those whose good fortune enabled them to pass through life without becoming claimants upon it, by their small subscription would be consulting the advantage of their fellow members and their families. No fund in England was better administered, and that it had not had more members was the misfortune of those who might have availed them selves of it, but had not. He begged to propose the healths of the president and officers of the Marine Society. (Loud cheers.) Sir THOMAS BRANCKER said, that many years ago his father was treasurer, and he himself the secretary, to the Marine Society. He could testify to the value of the society at that time, inasmuch as he was in the habit of paying all the pensioners upon it. The great fault of the old system was that greater pensions were paid than the funds could bear. Through the instrumentality of the late Mr. Yates, a reform was effected, and the society placed upon a sound basis. Its present prosperity was, to a considerable extent, owing to that reform, and it was a great pity it was not bet ter known. (Hear, hear.) Mr. THOMAS MURRAY GLADSTONE, on behalf of him self as president of the Marine Society, and the officers of that valuable institution, warmly thanked the meeting for their kindness. Whilst the Shipmasters' Association was formed for a present and temporary object, the design of the Marine Society was the welfare and benafit of the widow and orphan. (Hear, hear, hear.) Their excellent chairman bad stated the advantages of the society ; Sir Thomas Brancker had also given his own experience, in early days, of wrong calculations in the management of the funds. He must, however, correct that observation of the president, when lie said he was surprised to find that so large an amount had been accumulated whilst the institution had so narrow a compass of action. It was to be remembered that the society, as originally established, was acted upon by two funds : one was the honorary fund, the principle of which could not, and ought not, and must not, be disturbed, forming, as it did, a premium to those who entered now, whilst the other, the equitable fund, which was composed of the contributions of shipmasters, was eaten up. The waste was accounted for by false calculations, and not one particle was left when Mr. Yates interfered, and new calculations were made. Mr. Yates applied to a party who could make a proper calcula tion : from that day to this the society had received the sup port of shipmasters, and he was convinced it would receive the support of shipmasters, especially when the rules were remodelled. The fact was, the society had been a light hid under a bushel ; but he hoped it would now come forth in the refulgence of light. (Cheers.) The PRESIDENT proposed, amidst loud cheers, " The good old town of Liverpool and the trade thereof." Captain KEANE begged to propose the health of a gen tleman, who was just absent from the room, and for whom he felt a high respect. He never did, though it had been said he did, entertain any feeling but that of friendship towards the gallant gentleman whose health he had now great pleasure in proposing. He considered him not only what he was well known to be, a gallant officer, but a good friend, a pleasant companion, and a gentlemanly man. (Cheers.) He (Captain Keane) had had nothing to do with the cause of that gentleman having left the ship that he commanded, or with he (Captain Keane) having taken the command of her. He proposed and drank with cordial respect the health of Captain Fayrer. (Cheers.) Mr. Row Err begged to propose the health of a gentleman who had frequently gone to, and actively worked for, the Shipmasters' Association. He had, moreover, given the committee very valuable advice, which had been the means of communicating energy to their proceedings, and, there forre, he ought to be held in deserved and grateful remem brance. He meant Sir Joshua Walmsley. (Cheers.) Regardless of every feeling but a desire to stimulate the efforts, and promote the interests of, the Shipmasters' Association, he had most handsomely sought to encourage it from time to time in a manner that every individual on the committee could not fail to appreciate. He (Mr. Rowett) had not words to express what he felt towards Sir Joshua for his kindness. Whilst others had kept aloof from the association, he on tile contrary, had from time to time gone arnonst them ; and on the part of himself and the committee he returned him the most heartfelt thanks. He proposed the health of Sir Joshua Walmsley. (Cheers.) Mr. THOMAS M. GLADSTONE, alter a few remarks, pro posed the health of Sir John Sainsbury, connecting with it success to the Sailors' Home. (Cheers.) Sir J. S. P. SALUSBURY, in returning thanks, said the institution to which allusion had been made had not made much progress hitherto ; but the committee with which he had the honour to be connected felt such an active interest in its welfare that he had no doubt ere long a building would be raised which would be an honour and credit to the port. The sum already subscribed for this purpose amounted to very near £3OOO. (Hear.) This was some little encourage ment; and he hoped that an opportunity would soon be afforded in the shape of a public meeting of bringing the sub ject more immediately before the merchants of the town. It was one of those societies which only required to be known to be better appreciated ; and any humble assistance in his power to promote so desirable an object should be cordially rendered. (Cherrs.) The PRESIDENT next proposed the healths of Major Lawrence, and Adjudant Sir Thomas Brancker of the Liver pool Volunteers. Mr. LAWRENCE and Sir THOMAS BRANCKER acknow ledged the toast. _ _ _ _ _ Mr. Row Err proposed the health of the contributors to the library and museum of the Shipmaster's rooms. (Cheers) Both were increasing every day, and he trusted that all those Shipmasters who were going abroad, would bear in mind the museum. If they would, in the course of a few years it would become one of the most extensive and important in the town. The institution had been established only a few months, yet in that time the museum comprised curiosities of one kind or other, to the amount of some hundreds of pounds. (Cheers) If it were so advanced in its infancy, what might it not be expected to be in a few years? (Cheers) Having again recommended shipmasters to send curiosities to the museum, Mr. Rowett proposed, amidst loud cheers, the contributors to it, and to the library. The PRESIDENT said an institution so young as this, must depend for success upon the labours of the committee, and it was no little labour that was imposed on them in carrying on its affairs. He begged to propose the healths of the Committee. Mr. ROWETT was called upon to respond to the toast. He said he felt proud in having been called upon to respond to this toast, and he begged to return his heartfelt thanks for this remembrance of the committee, but he would remind the meeting that the committee were indebted for all the ex cellence of their proceedings, to an individual, who had scarcely been remembered. That individual was the master of the rooms, and who had thrown into the scale of the Associ ation, his education, his energies, and his abilities, for its ad vantage. (Cheers) He (Mr. Rowett) did not claim for him self any credit for the advancement of the institution ; it was due to the master of the rooms, and to him alone. (Cheers) The PRESIDENT said he could bear the strongest testimony in support of what Mr. Rowett had said in favour of the energetical management of the institution. He begged there fore to propose the health of Mr. Moss, the master of the rooms. (Cheers) Mr. Moss returned thanks for the honour conferred upon him in an eloquent address, in the course of which he took the opportunity to call upon merchants and ship owners to give all the assistance in their power, towards raising the character and increasing the comforts of the shipmasters. Sir THOS. BRANCKER said we had witnessed this week in our own town the great importance of agriculture to this country. It had been the fashion of late to set one class against the other, to array commerce against agriculture ; but he would tell those who did so that no great interest in this country could long remain depressed without the others being affected. Therefore as a compliment to the Royal Agricultural Society which had been favouring us with its company during the present week, he would propose as a toast, " The landed and commercial interests of the country, and may they ever remain firmly united". (Loud cheers.) Mr. HALL returned thanks. The PRESIDENT, after a few remarks upon the suggestions of Mr. Moss, proposed the healthy of the committee of the Shipmasters' Association for the present year. (Cheers.) Mr. ANDREWS, the chairman,in a brief address, thanked the meeting on the part of himself and the committee. Sir Titos. BRANCKSR proposed the healths of the mem bers for the borough. (Loud cheers.) Lord SANDON acknowledged the compliment in a few ap. propriate words. __ _ The toast of " The American service " was next proposed and duly honoured. The list having been gone through, the meeting separated, highly gratified with the entire pro ceedings. LIVERPOOL MIDSUMMER SESSIONS These sessions commenced in the court-house yesterday, before the recorder,. James Clarke, Esq. The following gentlemen were swain on the grand jury : WILLIAM BATTERFIELD COLTON, Esq., Oldhall-street, wine merchant, foreman. George Batley, Everton Terrace, broker. Ellis Martin Brodie, Huskisson-street, merchant. George Bolton, Upper Parliament-street, broker. William Wilkin Bulley, Exchange Chambers, merchant. George Booth, Brunswick-street, corn-merchant. Wareham Jennett Brown, Exchange Alley, North, merchant. Edward Challoner, Queen's Dock, Timber merchant. John Coward, Edge-hill, cotton-broker. Thomas Challoner, Parliament-street, ship-broker. Nicholas Crook, Brunswick-street, merchant. John Dutton, Exchange Buildings, broker. John Davidson. Exchange-street East, merchant. John Deakin, Hurst-street, coal-merchant. James Harding Wrigley, Exchange -court North, broker. Cholmondeley Woodward, Fenwick-street, merchant. Henry Whittaker, Rumford. street, merchant. Christopher Bentham, Derby-square, merchant. Roger Waterhouse, Oldhall-street, broker. The royal proclamation against vice, profaneness, and im morality having been read, The RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge to the Grand Jury. He said that having read with some attention the various depositions in all the cases which would come before them, he was happy to be able to say, that be did not think any of them would give them much embarrassment. If they saw there were fair and reasonable grounds for send ing a case before another jury, they would of course be jus tified in finding the bill; on the other hand if they did not see those fair and reasonable grounds they would cut the bill. He had no further observation to make upon the calendar, and as their time was very valuable, he would not detain them longer. The CLERK of the PEACE then. called the traverse jury. There was only one case of an excuse being applied for, and it was granted on the ground of deafness. Only one jury man was absent, Mr. Robert Dentist, butcher , of me street. ' The clerk of the peace said the fine upon that gen tleman would not be fixed at present, but he woul d be liable to a fresh fine every time he was called and did not answer. If he had any " friend in court," it would be well therefore to apprize him of this circumstance. The trials comme nc ed s h or tly after eleven o'c lock, but the cases which occurred during the day, w ere perfectly unin teresting. The calendar is very heavy. It comprises the names of 121 prisoners for trial, on charges of felony, and 36 for mis demeanours and assaults—total 157. Of this number only 6 are able to read and write well ; 24 can read imperfectly ; 77 can read and write imperfectly, whilst the very large pro portion of 50 can neither read nor write. DREADFUL DEATH OF AN ITALIAN BY BURNING. EXTRAORDINARY CASE. VERDICT OF " WILFUL MURDER" AGAINST THE PERP TRATOR, ALSO AN ITALIAN On the morning of the 13th of the present month, an Ita lian organist, named Girolomo Cappella, who had previously had a quarrel with a young man of the same vocation, of the name of Antonio Toscani, with whom both lodged (sleeping together) in the house of Luigo Ginachio (all Italians), in a court out of Addison-street, in this town, did, at an early hour, without any immediate difference or provocation, so severely scald Toscani with hot porridge, while he lay naked in bed, that, after enduring excruciating torments, he died yesterday in the Infirmary. An inquest was consequently held yesterday, on view of the body, before P. F. Curry, Esq., coroner, and the follow ing evidence, and deposition of the dying man, adduced, dis closing a case of revenge and cold-blooded cruelty, than which we do not remember one more extraordinary in the annals of crime which we have had the pain to peruse : Louigi Ginochio being sworn, said, 1 am a native of Genoa, but have resided in this country, backwards and forwards, for about 15 years. 1 am a painter by trade, and keep a lodging-house in Thurlow-street. I know the deceased, whose name was Antonio Toscani. He lodged in our house, and had done so for about two years. He was a musician. I know the prisoner also. He has lodged in my house for about four years. He went by the name of Girolitno Capello. The deceased and the prisoner used to sleep in the same bed. There was another bed in the same room. A fortnight to day the deceased came home between 9 and 10 o'clock at night. He was sober. The prisoner was in the house when the deceased came in ; but I cannot positively swear which was the first to come home. There were two or three other men there, who also lodged in my house. Between 11 and 12 o'clock same night, as near as I can remember, deceased went up stairs to bed : to the best of my belief the prisoner went previously. I was the last up in the house. I went to bed about one o'clock in the morning. Two other lodgers, a man and his wife, slept in the same room where the de ceased and the prisoner slept. Their bed-room was on the second or top story, and I slept in the parlour on the ground floor. Between 3 and 4 o'clock, same morning, I heard a great scream upstairs, and I heard some person exclaim, in Italian, "I am burned, I am burned." I jumped up, and thought at first that the house was on fire, and saw the pri soner run down into the kitchen like shot. I went after him, to see if he was on fire. I saw no fire there, and then ran up stairs, to see if there was any fire there. On my way up I met the deceased coming down stairs. I should observe that it was daylight at the time. The deceased was covered over face and body with a kind of thin porridge. He exclaimed in Italian, " I inn scalded to death.' I asked him wao had done it, he said the prisoner, calling him Capello, had done it. I took a towel and wiped the stuff off him as well as I could, and I put him into another bed. I then went and fetched a doctor. I had previously gone into the kitchen, but the prisoner had gone out ; there is a door com municating with the kitchen to the street. The deceased was taken the same day to the Infirmary ; he was badly scalded all over his face and the front of his body ; I went there frequently to see him, we talked of what had happened, and he told me all the circumstances. The deceased said he remembered he had been in bed with prisoner, and that the prisoner had thrown hot porridge over him; he often told me so : Thursday was the last da3 he told me so ; he always said he was sure to die, and was sure he would not recover. Before I went to bed on the morning in question, I made up the fire in the kitchen, just ready for burning in the morning; and I found the fire when I first went in, in the same state, but newly made up. The fire appeared as if it had been stirred up, and again made up in the mean time. When I went into the kitchen, after fetching the doctor (I found an iron porridge pot, which had contained meal and water, by the side of the fire. When I went to bed, that pot was amongst the other pots in the scullery, I had washed it my self, and put it there. There was no fire in any other part of the house but the kitchen. I went into the room where the deceased had slept, and saw his bed all covered over with porridge. The porridge was not quite cold in the pot, About three months ago the deceased and prisoner had a quarrel about money. The prisoners travelled together as musicsans. Latterly they appeared to be good friends, and they had no words that I know of, before going to bed on the night in question. My wife followed me into the deceased's bed room, and we found a bucket at the foot of the bed, which had also contained porridge. The usual place for the bucket was down stairs, and how it got above I cannot tell. The same morning the deceased was scalded, a dagger was found on the stairs, but I do not know who it belonged to. I am quite sure that I found the fire in the kitchen in the same state, but it had been made up afresh. Dominic Basini said :—I am a musician. I have lived in the town at the house of the last witness, off and on for about eighteen months. I know the deceased and the pri soner. They both lodged in the house. My wife and I slept in the same room as they did. There are two beds in the room. On the night in question, about eleven o'clock, we went to bed. The prisoner had gone to bed, a short time before, and spoke to him and he answered me. I went to bed. In a few minutes after the deceased came and went to bed. I fell asleep. I heard a voice soon after and got up. The deceased had gone down stairs. There was a great deal of meal and water and grease on his bed. The door of the bedroom was open. 1 went and shut the door, as I thought one of the men was out, and had gone after the other and might return. I heard a great noise on the stairs, and some one screaming. I dressed myself, and in a few minutes went down stairs. I went into the kitchen. I found the first witness and another man there. I did not see the prisoner there. The deceased was there, and the master of the house was wiping him with a cloth. The deceased said that man (meaning the prisoner Capello), had scalded him. The pri soner, when I saw him in bed with the deceased, was under the clothes, but I cannot tell whether he was dressed or un dressed. I never knew the prisoner and the deceased to quarrel while I was in the house. Mary Ann Basini, wife of the last witness, corroborated his evidence : she added, " I was wakened by hearing the deceased screaming out, as he ran down stairs, and crying that Capello (the prisoner) had burned him. This was said in Italian. There was no one in the other bed. I woke my husband. I have not seen the prisoner since until Saturday last. I saw the deceased down stairs on the morning in question. His face was scalded very much on one side. On the Sunday before this happened, I beard the prisoner and the deceased have a few words. I do not speak Italian my self, but when I went down stairs, I asked the meaning of what I heard the deceased say when he was on the stairs. When the deceased and the prisoner had the few words on the Sunday, they did not appear to be either very angry or very friendly. - . . VirsiWlt;ess recalled—When I saw the prisoner run down stairs, he had his clothes on, but no hat on. I found his hat afterwards on the table in the kitchen. When I met the deceased coming down stairs he was undressed. I took the prisoner into custody. He never came back to our house from the time the deceased was scalded until 1 took him last week at Edgehill. The same morning the deceased was scalded I gave information to the police. The deceased was 32 years old. The prisoner used to keep his organ in my house, except when he left it elsewhere to be tuned or re paired. Carlo Rabioti, musician, said—l lived at No. 9, Priscilla place, Addison -street. I knew the prisoner. This day two weeks, at 10 o'clock at nignt, the prisoner came and brought his piano with him. I asked him if he brought it to be re paired. He said n o , th er e is nothing the matter with it, but I will leave it for the night; I am going off very early in the morning and will call for it. About four in the morning he came to my house. He asked me If I had a hat to lend him, as a blackguard in the night had taken his away. I lent him a hat. He took his organ and said—" I may come back to morrow night or the next day. He never left it there be fore, unless it wanted repairing. I have not seen him since till now. Morris Mathew George Dowling, Esq., barrister and commissioner of police, said—l understand the Italian lan guage. On the 17th instant I accompanied Mr. Rushton, the stipendiary magistrate, to the Infirmary. I saw the de ceased in bed there. He appeared to be in great pain, and was perfectly sensible. The deposition in my writing which I now produce was taken in the presence of the deceased ; it was read over and explained to him and he seemed perfectly to understand it. He .made his mark to it, and was then sworn to the truth of it before Mr. Rushton. Mr. Thomas Brandreth, House Surgeon of the Infirmary, said the deceased was brought there on the 13th instant. He was severely scalded on the face, neck, breast, arms, abdo man, and thighs. Every attention was paid to him. He died yesterday about three o'clock. 1 was present when the deposition of the deceased was taken. Deceased was then under the impression that he was dying. Joseph Liardi said 1 am a teacher of languages, in Scarlet street, Mansfield-street. I was acqualnted with the de ceased. I saw him several times at the Infirmary. He told me he had been scalded alive all over with porridge by Ca pello. He said that he was in bed with his face towards the wall, when Capello came and stripped off the blankets, and when lie (deceased) asked him what he was going to do, Ca pello threw a hot bucket of porridge over him ; that he jumped up and ran after him and saw a dagger in his (Ca pello's) hand. About a fortnight before deceased was scalded I met him in Bedford-street;' and he then, in course of con versation, said that he was ruined on account of Capello de clining to fulfil a bargain that had been made between them, relative to a partnership in musical instruments. When the deceased made this statement to me in the Infimary he was under the impression: that he was dying. He said he had reconciled himself to death, and knew he could not recover. The voluntary examination of the prisoner, taken by means of the last witness, who was duly sworn to interpret truly, &c., and after being cautioned as is usual in such cases : The deceased was indebted to me £l2, which I had lent in several sums. On Sunday, the 11th instant, I asked the de ceased when he meant to pay. I told him I would make him a present of £2 if he would pay the £lO by Gd. and Is. at a time. He answered me that there had been one put into the burial ground to-day (alluding to a funeral they had been attending), and that there would soon be another. I said nothing to him, but I went away. The Coroner's clerk then read the following declaration, a deposition of the deceased, taken on Saturday week. Antonio Toscano, by his interpreter, M. M. G. Dowling, says,--I lodged at the house of Luigi Ginochio, in Circus street. A man of the name of Giralomo Capello lodged at the same house, and slept in the same bed with me. On Monday night, the 12th instant, I went to bed about eleven o'clock. Capello was at that time in the room below. I fell asleep, and was awoke by Capella coming to bed. I did not see him. but felt something about the clothes. I fell asleep, and Capello must have got up. I did not see or hear him get up. About three o'clock in the morning, the first thing I felt was hot water thrown over me. I made a start, and followed the man, who was in his shirt. I followed him down stairs into the parlour. I felt as if I was dying, and could go no further. As 1 was pursuing him, I saw him throw a knife or dagger from him. I had a stick which I had taken from the side of my bed when I followed him. I ani quite sure it was Capello that I saw. I said to him, as I was running after him, " What ! have you murdered me in this way for nothing ?" He made no reply. I had a dis pute with Capello about money, There was no other person in the room except Capello. I was very much scalded, and brought to the Infirmary the same day, where I am now lying. his Antonio k Toscano. mark. Sworn at the Infirmary, in Liverpool, this 17th day of July, 1841, before me, (signed) EDWARD RUSHTON. The Coroner in his address to the jury, dwelt on the ex traordinary facts of the case, noticing a discrepance in the evidence, as it related to the dress of the prisoner when he escaped from the house, and explaining the difference be tween the crimes of manslaughter and wilful murder. The jury, after consulting for about ten minutes, returned a verdict of " wilful murder," against the prisoner, Giro loma Cuppella, and he was accordingly committed for trial at the approaching assizes. The verdict was communicated to the prisoner by the interpreter. lie did not appear to be in the slightest degree affected by the announcement—pro bably from not fully understanding the awful situation in which he was placed. The prisoner is a young man of about 26 to 28 years of age, and of an appearance by no means prepossessing, or indica tive of intellectual acuteness. He is of rather slender make, with bluff boyish features, and (unlike the mass of his coun trymen, with light eyes and li ghtish-coloured hair. The upper part of the head rises considerably from the eyes and ears upwards, approaching to the form of a cone. There is, however, nothing ferocious in his look, and as we are no dab blers in the somewhat dangerous science of phrenology, we supply these particulars merely to gratify public curiosity, and by no means with a view to prejudice his case at his ap proaching trial. Th e d eceased is represented to us as being a fine-looking man o f f i ne proportions, and extraor dinary athletic powers. THE MERCURY FABRICATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sta.„—You will oblige me by inserting the following letter, a copy of which was forwarded to the editor of the Liverpool Mercary on Thursday last, I fear too late for insertion in their Friday's number. As no mention was made of it in their notices to correspondents, and as that paper contained. a repetition of the charge against Young Sampson, I thi n k it right to give the public, as soon as possible, what I believe to be the correct version of the story. Your's very truly, Ju/.1, 26, 1841. NV. FALLOON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. SIR,—My attention has been directed to an article in your paper of Friday, the 16th ultimo, in reference to an outrage committed on the windows of your establishment, in Lord street, on the day of the election, in which, " on the autho rity of a pupil of St. Jude's school," you charge a young man, named Samson. with being " one of the rabble who broke the windows;" and you also comment severely on the assertion of the Liverpool Standard, which states that the said young man " took no part whatever in the outbreak of the children." Having ministerial connection with the young person in question, he being an assistant in St. Jude's school, and having no sympathy with any person, of what ever party, who would commit such an act, I felt it my duty to make immediate inquiries from Mr. Samson as to the truth or untruth o f th e s t a t ement. A ccord i ngly I wrote to bur! in Chester. where he has been for some days past, reco vering from dan gerous woun d s rece i ve d on the day of the election, and his reply came to hand yesterday. I charged him solemnly to tell the truth, w h a t ever consequences it mightinvolve, and I cannot do better than give you his own words, which I co py ver b a ti m, an d w i ll, moreover, inclose the extract. Mr. Samson says—" I read the statement in the Mercury to which you allude, and can contradict the fact of having either act or part in breaking the windows. I was in Lord-street about a quarter past four on the day of elec tion, and saw a party of youths break the windows. I looked up and laughed, but so far from taking any part in the trans action, felt sorry that they should break the windows where there were many people with red favours. I think I can bring evidence to prove what I assert." This, you will acknowledge, is at least candid ; and, when you take into account the extreme difficulty of identifying as to act, in the confusion consequent on such an occasion, you will, I trust, be ready to admit that your young informant may have been mistaken, and that, as you have propagated, concerning Mr. Samson, an assertion which, if true, would redound infinitely to his disgrace, you will be equally willing now, for his credit and character's sake, to publish this letter, and confess the possibility of an error. The veracity of Mr. Samson's penned statement is surely as likely (to say no more) as the assertion of a youth of 12 or 13, on the day of an election, full of bustle and excitement. Your's, &c., WILLIAM FALLOON, Curate of St. Jude's. July 22, 1841 THE PAVILION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sin,—Having observed in some of the public prinjsavery absurd paragraph, in reference to the temporary buildings which we have recently erected for the Agricultural Society, wherein it is stated that we are " the only parties in this lo cality who could undertake structures of such magnitude", will you permit us to contradict such a mistaken idea ? The highly respectable firms of Messrs. Foster and Stewart, Mr. Haigh, and others are equally competent with ourselves, and had they contracted for the work, would have executed it quite as well, and as expeditiously as we have done. We deem it an act of justice to these and other firms to state this fact, and regret that the author of the paragraph should un wittingly compliment us at the expense of gentlemen for whose character and abilities we have the highest esteem. Fulsome adulation, however well meant, is as painful to us as it is, we hope, unnecessary; and the paragraph in question may be constructed into a slight on other gentlemen, whose competency, both to design and execute such works, i s quite equal to ours.—We are, sir, your obedient servants, SAMUEL and JAMES HOLME Seel-street, July 23, 1841. -- -410.--- SHIPMASTERS' ASSOCIATION DINNER TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—Will you permit me to make use of your columns to correct a statement made in a paper of Saturday last, which is penned in a spirit calculated to injure a meritorious institution, and contains untruth ? --- - At the conclusion of the report in the Chronicle of the Shipmasters' Association dinner, it is stated that " the toasts of the Queen, Prince Albert, Queen Dowager, and the rest of the royal family, were drunk in solemn silence, whilst the members for the borough and other toasts were drunk with cheers." I beg to say this is incorrect, as is also the statement of the numbers present, there having been between ninety and a hundred instead of "between sixty and seventy." The healths of her Majesty, and Prince Albert and the rest of the royal family, were given and received with as much eulogy, warmth of manner, and cordiality, as I ever witnessed at any public dinner strictly non• political ; and I believe it is considered unnecessary, and in fact would be quite mis placed, at such meetings, to add " three times three " to those compliments to royalty. The three or four toasts which subsequently elicited from the company the compli ment of cheers, were the healths of gentlemen intimately connected with the association, and whose patronage and influence have largely contributed to its prosperity. It was therefore perfectly natural and proper that the assembled members should avail themselves of the opportunity which their annual dinner presented them, to testify to those dis tinguished individuals their estimation of such benefit ; bat it would have been a neutralization of the distinction, as well as a most uncalled-for ebullition of loyal feeling, if they had extended the like compliment to the toasts above mentioned, however worthy of the honour they may be on fitting occa sions.--I remain, sir, your obedient servant, A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION. WARRINGTON REGATTA THURSDAY.—Stewards : Joseph Perrin, Esq., and R. S. Norris, Esq.—Umpire : James Davies, Esq.—The town of Warrington is admirably situated for the purposes of a re gatta. Its central situation, between the towns of Liverpool, Manchester, and Chester, combined with its easy access by railway conveyance, are such, that, joined wiih the placid stream of the Mersey running through its centre, cannot fail, in the course of a few years, to render it one amongst the first, if not the first, for aquatic contests. Last year a re gatta was started on a small scale, and this year, the ama teurs of Liverpool and Chester, induced by the prizes of fered by the inhabitants who had seen the capabilities of their river, to join in the sports, and to put themselves in competition with the newly-raised Warrington crews. Eight prizes were offered. The day, notwithstanding several heavy showers in the morning, proved exceedingly favourable, and we were pleased to see the grand stand, erected by the re gatta committee, shew such a galaxy of beauty as few coun ties could afford. The river was kept free from obstruction, notwithstanding the multitude of boats of every description, from the cork canoe of Africa, up to the fancy skiff, the pro duction of the first London boat builder. A crew in a wash ing, tub, who despite of wind and weather and a heavy swell, threw themselves :upon the mercy of the Mersey, afforded considerable amusement, especially, as tired of buffetting them about, she at last cast them on her banks. The prizes came off as follows : ROWING MATcit for workmen of Warrington, for four-oar boats, for a sweepstakes of 15s. each boat, and £8 added, over the cup course, second boat to save his stake, not less than three to start :—all watermen, fishermen, or others connected with the river, to be excluded. 23ft. keel. Won by Mr. M'Knight's Mermaid, beating two others. A SAILING MATcir from Fiddler's Ferry to Warrington, for Warrington boats, not exceeding 211 ft. keel, for a Sweepstakes of 10s. each ; with £3 added. Four to start or the £3 will not be given. The second boat to have stake returned. Entrance 3s. 6d. To start from opposite the Ferry House, and terminate at the winning flag op posite the Grand Stand. Six boats started for this prize, which was won by Mr. Taylor's Majestic. THE OPEN STAKES.—A Sweepstakes of £3 each boat, with £2O added from the Fund, for Amateurs the members of any established club in Warrington, Liverpool, Chester, Runcorn, Dublin, or the Clyde, to be rowed in four-oared Gigs over the cup course. The winner to pay £4 to the second, and the third boat to have entrance money re turned. Four to start or no race. Entrance £1 each boat. This race was contested by Liverpool, Warrington, and Chester clubs, and was run in ties. The winning or Liver- Pool crew consisted of A. Littledale, W. Eaton, H. Royd, and H. Crewe. The Warrington crews being entered for other prizes, and finding that it would be " too much of a good thing" to con test each race, tried their strength in a good start, and then left the Chester and Liverpool crews to carry out the " tug of war." The pulling of the three crews, who have been re gularly and scientifically trained by the first watermen of the age, excited general admiration, and finer crews have scarcely ever been seen on any water. The three miles was done by the winner, against a heavy current, in twenty-six minutes and ten seconds. A SET OF SILVER SCULLS, for Gentlemen Amateurs of War rington, pulling a pair of sculls and two oars, in wherries, to a boat moored in the river below Tom Paine's Bridge, and back to the winning flag. Entrance 15s. each. Three boats to start or no race. Won by Mr. Wm. Wagstaff's Water Witch. The WARRINGTON CUP, of not less than £2O value, added to a Sweepstakes of £2 each boat, to be rowed for by Warrington amateurs, tradesmen, and tradesmen's son's, not being employed by any except their parents, in four oar gigs, from the starting place, opposite the Grand Stand, through the Lancashire arch of the Railway Bridge and back through the Cheshire arch to the winning flag ; the second boat to receive £4, and the third boat to save entrance money. Entrance £1 each boat. Three boats to start or no race. The Crusader Club, the Crusader, W. Stirrup, T. stir rup, J. Swinton, B. Dromgoole, W. Worthing, Cx., white body, crimson and gold caps Warrington Victoria Club, The Corsair, Wm. Woods, W. Gibson, J. Gibson, J. Woods, John Phillips, Cx., blue and white .......... 2 It was in this race the Warrington amateurs put forth their strength. The Crusader took the lead, and kept it through out the race. A ROWING MATCH for four-oar boats, open to all classes ; for £3. 15s. to second boat. Cup course. Three to start or no race. 23ft keel. Won by Mr. Middleton's Pearl, beating the Mermaid and Majestic. The STAND PURSE of 20 Guineas, giN en by Gentlemen of Warrington, to be rowed for by W arr i ngton amateurs, in four-oar Gigs or Wherries, over the cup course, entrance £l, the winner of the Warrington Cup to give two boats length, the second boat to receive £2. Won by the Victoria Club's Corsair, beating the Crusader, Thetis, and Railway. A SWEEPSTAKES of 10s. 6d., with £lO added, was won by Psyche, a six -oared boat. APPREHENSION OF A GANG OF THIEVES.—At the Borough Court, on Thursday last, John Iligson, a lad, but an old offend er , Michael M'Clarence, and Patrick M'Cla rence, two brothers, and Michael Kelly, were brought up, charged with breaking into the warehouse of Mr. Charles Wiggins, pawnbroker, Crook -street, Great Bolton. It ap peared by the evidence, that Hugh Campbell, a wei!v er ' way re siding in York -street, and three others, observed home, about 12 o'clock on Wednesday night, and_ The light ap a light in the upper room of the warehouse.lier attention. On peared to move about, and this attractedt on the roof, and one were on their looking more strictly they saw two me n Two o f them went for the watching near the building. get upon the roof, but the The police attemptedthrew bricks at them from the po lice officers, and the other remained until they received as sistance.two M'Clarences and downHigso a chimney, and was dragged chimney. Iligson went brew-house afterwards. On examining the house below. The others escaped butou t by we r t e h e ap le p g re f b r o m m i d e a an entrance from the roof, and the was ascerdtained that the thieves had removed the had been disturbed. Mr. Taylor in in the drawers goods d that there bad not been a sufficient removal defence a r g ue d that larceny ; and Mr. Holden for the property to const i tute . slates, so iatsto admit q uoted cases in opposition. Mr. Heywood said of . n there was sufficient evidence to constitute larceny , but, • however, the bench would leave those knotty points for a higher court to determine. The prisoners were ipnroisiiescut opinionloq *hen all committed for trial.—ftwon Paper.