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.~_ FEBRUARY 12, _1836.. permitted to withhold from us the tardy and imperfect indem nification, which, after years of remonstrance and discussion, had at length been solemnly agreed on by the treaty of 1831, putt to set at nought the obligation it imposes, the United States will not be the only sufferers. The efforts of humanity and religiun, to substitute ,th e a pp ea l s o f j us t ice and arbitra ment of reason, for - the coercive measures usually resorted to by injured nations, will receive little encouragement from such an issue. By the selection and enforcement of such lawful and expedient measures as tnay. benecessary to prevent a result so injurous to ourselves, and so fatal to the hopes of the philan thropist, we shall, therefore, not only preserve the pecuniary interests of our citizens, the independence of our government, and the honour of our country, but do much, it may be hoped, to vindicate th e f a i t h o f treaties, and to promote the general interests of peace, civilization, and improvement. Washington, Jan. 15, 1836. AN ORION JACKSON. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL ITALIAN OPERAS, Under the Management of Signor DE BEGNtS. PO S IT IVELY THE LIST NIGHT BUT THREE OP THE ITALIAN OPERAS. For the BENEFIT of Signor CURIONI. 9111 IS present FRIDAY, the 12th instant, will be performed, X positively the last time, Rossini's celebrated Opera, LA GAZZA LADRA, Principal characters :—Mailemoiselle De An soli, Signora Mariani, Signora Oldericci, Signor Curioni, Si or Berrettoni, Signor De Begnis, Signor De Angioli, and S• nor Galli. To concl u d e with the Second Act of the omic Opera of L'ITALIANA IN AL I, , WParteinrsc,ipsal characters—Signora Coates. Degli Antonj, Miss ignora torsi, Mr. Benn e tt Older Si g icci,nor Signor Dc Begnis, Signor Berret , and Galli. oil MONDAY next, the 15th instant, a favourite OPERA, with other Entertainments. On TUESDAY next, the 16th instant, for the BENEFIT c Signora Contessa DPgli " t°ll i• Ou WEDNESDAY next, the 17th instant, a favourite OPERA, with other Entertainments, being positively the last night of the Season. Bouks of the Opera, in Italian and English, price Is. 64.1. each, may be had at the Theatre: The Box-office will be open from Half-past Ten till Half-past Th ree, when Places may be taken. Boxes, 4s.—Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d.—Pit, 2s. 6d.—Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at Seven, and the Performances to com mence at Eight o'clock. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. For the BENEFIT of Mr. and the Misses SMITH, and the:LiIST moor of their appearance. -11-piesent FRIDAY, th e 12th in s tant, will be per formed the Drama of THE ZINGARO GIRL. Padge Cavanagh Mr. Ray ond. Paulin. Mrs. Herbert. After which a CONC ER'!', in which A . and the Misses SMITH and Mr. ANDREW ill appear. To conclude with the rce of VISIBLE AND IN SIBLE. Phelim Mr. Raymond. Celeste Mrs. Raymond. Doors t o open at Ha Si; the Curtain to rise at Seven eeclock.—Boxes 35., Second Price 2s.—Pit 25., Second Price h. —Gallery Gil. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under th e Di rect i on o f M r. A RMISTEAD . Increased attraction of the Grand Drama of the JEWESS, or the Council of Constance. THIS present FRIDAY, the 12th, and TO-MORROW, ence(Saturday,) th e 13 t h i nstant, t h e performs ces w ill com with THE JEWESS; OR, THE COUNCIL OF CON CE. which Will be with new Sc , Dresses, Deco rations, and R• n' magnificent ud of Horses, War Chariots, &e , ya Novel and Extraordinary SCENES in the CIRCLE, by the whole of the celebrated Company of Equestrians, whose un rivalled exertions are the theme of universal praise. To conclude with a laughable Farce entitled NOTHING SUPERFLUOUS. On M OND Stage Manager, Mr. Stirling. AY next, the JEWESS and two New Piece;, ASTER HUGHES, the CAMBRIAN HA : ST, begs . leave respectfully to return thanks to h . ' r i en d s an d P atrons for their liberal support of his recent .ncerts, and to inform theta that he will have the hono s y the desire of numerous Friends, to_give a FAREWEL CONCERT in a few -4 Y B .—Full particulars will be duly announced. WELSH CHARITY BALL, WELLINGTON ROOMS. A BALL, in Aid of the Funds of the Welsh Charil 10 will b e h e ld on MONDAY, the 29th February WaLt. i tioToN Roosts, which hav e b een ki n dly n occasion. ;chools, g 36, at the kted for the Mrs. BATESON, Lady Patro s. PATRONS. The Worshipful the Mayor of Liverp • The Lord Mostvn. Sir Watkin Williams Wynne Bart. .P. Sir F. R . Glynne, Bart., M.P .I The Hon.. E.: M. Lloyd Mostyn, M.P. The Rev. Jonathan Brooks, A.M., Rector of Liverpool. John Robin, Esq., Tarty Craig, High Sheriff of Denbighshire, John Maddocks, Esq. Glanywern. H. R. H ug h es, Esq, 'Bache.. Samuel Sandbach; Esq., Hafodunas. Michael Hughes, IN., Sheidley Hall. Dancing to commen ce at Nine o'clock. Tickets of Admission, Gentlemen's, 10s. 61., and Ladies', 7 s. 6d., to be had of the Lady Patroness, St. Ann-street, and at the usual f r jaces. Mr. ST BBS'S QUADRILLE BAND is Engaged. Eipz.liibetpool *lanbarb. MORNING, -FEBRUARY. 12, 1836. In an article Avill.be found belOw, , r;eoffered our opinions on the state of affairs hetcreei7fanee'and the United States of America. Since that article was written we liave received later advices from the United States. The Sheffield, New York packet, arrived yes terday, after the unusually short passage of little more than fifteen days, bringing no. New York papers to the 27th of January. In these we find a full corroboration of the warlike disposition of President JACKSON and Con gress. In the senate, on the 21st January, 660,000 dollars were voted for the construction and equipment of floating steam batteries. A bill was repotted for the construction of a military road from Port Leavenworth to the river Des Moines ; also a bill• to provide for the increase of a corps of . . meet together and send some relief to the suffering and defe dee less inhabitants of Florida. Colonel Twiggs, of the United States artily, chartered the steamboat Merchant, and started with four companies from New Orleans to Tampa Bay. Major Belton is now there with the force under his command. Mr. President JACXSON'S special message to congress will be found in another column. We need hardly say that the subject of that message are the differences which exist between France and the United States relative to the indemnity of five millions of dollars claimed by the latter, and conditionally admitted to be due by the former power. We have repeatedly explained the nature of these dif- ferences ; but, for the sake of clearness, we shall briefly recapitulate the circumstances. The King of the French, by a treaty ratified on the 4th July, 1831, agreed to pay the United States, by specified instalments, the sum of twenty-five million francs as indemnity in full for certain losses alleged and admitted to have been sustained by American citizens, provided that the two chambers should consent to the payment.. The ministers of Lours PHILIPPE, in 1832, 1833, and 1834,.either did not or could not induce the chambers to vote the money. In 1834, indeed, the Chamber of De puties refused their consent by a majority of eight. Mr. President JACKSON, either' not comprehending or not willing to comprehend the nature of the arrangements or the delicacy of the position of the Frenph ministry, remonstrated in strong terms against what he called a vexatious, an unnecessary, and an unreasonable delay in fulfilling the stipulations of the treaty; and on the meet ing of congress in December, in the same year, he ad dressed a letter to that body which was by no means cal -1 culated to facilitate the payment or make a favourable impression upon the government or people of France. On the contrary it reflected harshly on the conduct of the citizen king and his ministry. It questioned the sin cerity of the King, and impugned the honour and justice of the chambers. In short, to studied insult President JACKSON superadded unequivocal menace—the last touch ing sorely the tenderest part of a brave and vain but powerful nation. Rankling under the wound thus inflicted upon their pride, the two chambers of France, in April 1835, pro. ceeded to consider the stipulations of the treaty, and passed resolutions agreeing to pay the money, but annex ing a condition, that, before payment should be made, the President of the United States should, in the name of his country, address a written apology to the govern ment of France, and therein state that he never for a moment, or even in thought, doubted the honour of France, and never menaced her in any manner or de gree ! ! In consequence of this the conditions of the treaty re main unfulfilled to the present hour. At the opening of the present congress, in December last, Mr. President JACKSON addressed another intempe rate message to . the senate and house of representatives, evidently calculated to sting and irritate our volatile neighbours. Since then all diplomatic relations have been suspended between the two countries. The Ame rican charge d'affaires, Mr. BARTON, made another formal and final demand for payment in November last, which not being complied with, inasmuch as the old objections were repeated, that gentleman demanded his passports, shortly afterwards left France, and made the communica tion to his government upon which the special message of the president is founded. In-that document Mr. President JACKSON asks, " Does France want a degrading, servile, repetition of this act, (the apology,) in terms which she shall dictate, and which will involve an acknowledgment of her assumed right to interfere in our domestic concerns? She will never ob- tain it. The spirit of the American people, the dignity of the legislature, and the firm resolve of their executive government, forbid it." Lie then declares-- COMP. WHAT MAX, the explana• Lion winch France demands can never be accorded! and no armament, however powerful or imposing, at a dis- tance or on our coast, will, I, trust, deter us from dis charging the high duties we owe to our constituents, to our national character, and In _the world." The presi dent recommends the prohibition for the present of the " introduction of French products and the entry of French vessels into the ports" rif the United States, and urges congress to. make " adequate preparation, and large and speedy appropriations for the increase of the navy and the completion of our coovt,,,deano,:e,s7:_.!l_._'. Is this, or is it not, pmatunptive of war ? We need not remind our readers that this complication of erenta is what we prepared them to expect many months ago. We were as much satisfied then as we are now that France would not pay the indemnity, and that the United States would adopt measures of retaliation, which France will consider tantamount to a declaration of war. We repeat, for more than the twentieth time—France' will not pay the dollars ; and we are convinced that both the senate and the house of representatives will adopt the views of the president, and that the non-intercourse, which he recommends, will he carried into effect. . But stop, say the peace-party, has not Lord PALMER sTON, our own dear lord of the protocols, our gentle and softheaded minister for foreign affairs, offered his kind mediation, and has not the Pantaloon sloop of war, with a red box of gilt-edged papers, tied with red tape, and I , scented with otto of roses, been despatched to New York, conveying this generous offer to our representative at Washington ? True, most true, gentle musician ? It is all as you say; and therefore play away, upon your lyre or your flute, " Fly not yet," and cling to your delicious " Last rose of summer." The Pantaloon, ordered by a slippered pantaloon, has sailed as you state, and if not at the bottom of the sea, the probability is that she is within sight of America at this present writing. But what will President JACKSON care for the Pantaloon, or PALMERSTON, or his red tape, or his mediation ? We much mistake the man if he do not consider it a most im pertinent piece of mediatorial presumption. What right has England or PALMERSTON to interpose between France and the United States ? On what principle, based upon any thing but impudence, has. our meddling secretary assumed the , powers of an intercessor ? Who asked hini to interfere ? Certainly not France. Did America seek his good offices ? Decidedly not. Mr. President JACKSON may not toss Lord PALmEasTox's ' proposition in the face of the British ambassador, for that would be rude, and JACKSON, like all Americans, is a polished gentleman; but he will most probably ex claim, " Mediate I—there ‘ is nothing to mediate about ! I want no mediator ! I want the dollars; and, by the bones of my father, I swill have' them, " come what may!" declin e d .a t Washing '. The Britishintercession/ thus ton, may again be tried in Paris, thus causing delay and suspending the operations of ,France ; but those of the United States will proceed meanwhile, and the non-in tercourse act will be passed before the. Pantaloon shall have returned to England. But what good effect can possibly be produced by any Mediationin Paris ? • Will the government of France recognise a mediator which the United States would not listen to ? The idea is pre:- posterous. France will commence active offensive and defensive operations as Soon' as she hears that her pro ductions and ships are prohibited from entering the ports of the United States. There is another reason why we should view the mat- ter in the worst light. The ministry that succeeded in inducing the French chambers to recognise the indemnity are now out of office; and we contend they cannot be replaced by any administration so favourably disposed towards America as was that of the Duke de BROGLIE. This is an important consideration. But there is ano• ther—a still greater consideration. France, by remain ing involved in differences with America,.has-an oppor tunity of completing her naval armaments which she is preparing for a war with Russia. Her answer, when in terrogated by the envoy of the Court of St. Petersburgh —What do you mean by such vast naval preparations ? Oh, she replies, they are all intended for the contest into which we have been dragged by that haughty and pre sumptuous republic of English expatriots who grow to bacco and raise slaves, for the purposes of liberty, on the other side of the Atlantic. What answer could M. Pozzo DI BORGO make to this ? He would know it to be as far from the truth as St. Pe,. engineers. In the senate, on the same day, it was unanimously resolved, that "so much of the surplus revenue, as may be necessary, be set apart for the defence of the country." In the assembly of the state of New York, on the 23d January, the following resolutions were proposed and agreed to : Whereas itaippears by the Special Message of the President or the United States to congress that a new question of vital importance to all free governments, resulting from the extraor dinary position assumed by the government of France, has been presented for the consideration of the American people ; and 44 the diplomatic correspondence between the two nations, Prance distinctly takes the ground that a communication made by the President to congress, in performance of his Executive •daty, contained language implicating the honor and menacing the French nation, and therefore an explanation of, or apology fur, such offensive language, is demanded by the government of -- 'tee as a condition precedent to the performance of a treaty the articles of which had been finally settled : A nd whereas, submission to such a demand would be subver sive of the constitution and principles of our government, and either Prevent that freedom of communication, from one depart tile" o f the gove r n men t t o the o th er w hi c h i s requ i s i te f or i ts safe ad ministratio n , or tend continually to embarrass our inter "'lime, and embroil us with Foreign nations : Therefore resolved, that, (if the senate concur,) as the repre sentatives of the people of this state, and as American citizens, we regard this new and unprecedented demand of the govern tnent of France, as wholly unwarranted by international law: h© evolving prin c ipl es o f i nter f erence en ti re l y i na d m i ss ib le in the modern intercourse of nations ; and one to w hich free g"ernments cannot submit without compromising their rights -and ndange r i ng their independence an d sa f ety. , Iteesul ved, that h owever hi g hl y we ma y regar d th e i mportance o• commercial intercourse with France ; and however much we :: gr f e , t a " deprecate any occurrence that may have disturbed We e --endlY relations existing between the governments, yet the scant hesitate to justify and support the administration in nu. auri it has assumed, declaring that an apology to a Foreign :" for 4he performance of an official act in any communi a on frorn .county one dep ar t men t o f governmen t t o ano th er, i n thi s Y' is Impossible. The above relates exclusively to the important question between France and the United States. The subjoined has reference to American warfare nearer their own borders By the Sunday express of the Courier and Enquirer. Mobile, January 12. CarsonHOßßlDMassscrre.—By th e ma il-b oa t *M azeppa, C apta i n arrived yesterday afternoon, from New Orleans, we have received the painful and distressing intelligence of the surpris e and massacre of two companies of United States troops, u nder the c ommand of M a j or Dade, cons i st i ng of 112 men, b y The Seminole Indians. Cern 8 Majo r D ade had started with his troops from Tampa Bay to *th P King to join G e ne ra l Cli nc h, w h en, on the morning of Sul e 2 December, at eight o' c l oc k, th ey were cut to pieces. t ''ree men of the one hundred and twelve escaped badly Wounded, to recount the lamentable history of the butchery of their fellow soldiers. h haa j o r Dade was s h o t o ff hi s h orse on th e commencement of /the a "ank. Capt a i ns G ar d ner an d F raser soon after fell flier ally wounded and their scalps were taken by the savages. Lieutenants Bassiiiger, Henderson, Mudge and Kean, an d D r. tilatii . r ` tta g, s urgeon to the detachment, were all slain. Lieut enant "Inger was wounded on the onset, and was discovered by a ee er4r° 41 the party o f savages , cra wling o ff t o a pl ace o f con rahnent, and tomahawked. We do not remember the hist or y tthe a butchery more h orr id, an d it stands without an exam pl e i n a nnals of Indian warfare. Our citizens, we are sure, will Tai LIirERPOOL STAibArib. hirsburgh is from Paris, but tiO Would be compelled to be satisfied with it. The last question, but one of the deepest importance •• to the people of this country is, will England, after the first gun has been fired between the Americans and the French, be enabled to avoid taking some part in the contest ? She might if she bad any one man of talent, influence, and address in the ranks of his Majesty's mi nisters. But unfortunately for our country we have at present no such man. Lord MELBOURNE is evidently only the portreve of Lord JOHN, who is the deputy of DANIEL O'CONNELL, who is lord of the manor. We have an imbecile administration, with an Irish agitator, priest-fed, priest-ridden, but powerful, As its master spirit—its supreme director and dictator. There is not an Englishman of any vigour or renown—of any nerve or ability—connected with it. We have not a diplo matist of any fame or experience. We have LAMBTON the Lord of Durham, at St. Petersburgh, whom the Em peror makes his fool--whom his courtiers laugh at. There is not a man in the whole cabinet whose claims to distinction would be treated with even ordinary respect in any court of Europe. At home our ministers are thoroughly despised by the people. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was kicked out of Devonshire, and was compelled to re treat under the looms and the carding: - machines of • Stroud. We have Lord PALM ERSTON ejected from Hampshire, and seeking shelter amongst the lace weavers of Tiverton. We have a Chancellor of the Exchequer driven from Limerick by the papists he served, hiding his bead in the town of Cambridge, and owing his return to the wretched outcasts of its vicinity. We have a POULETT Tuomsorr, presiding over the Board of Trade, who has purchased his return from the dyers, cotton-spinners and bleachers of Manchester, at an ex pense seriously detrimental to all the other interests of the counpy, Nye have a Lord GLENELG WhO,Sleeps,'but never speaks—a Lord MORPE'EH, who speaks but never reasonsa Lord HOWICK, who talks but cannot be corn-. prehendedan Attorney-General, whose wife is a peeress, simply because he was deemed unfit to be Master of the Rolts—a Solicitor-General whom nobody , knows—an Irish Lord-lieutenant, who was deemed in capable of governing Jamaica—an English Chancellor, whose equity is policy—an Irish Chancellor who has run the gauntlet from the sublime to the ridiculous, and who is too much worn out to be depended upon, and too hackneyed to be respected—in short, we have not a man connected with the ministry, from the President of the Council down to the Groom of the Stole, from DANIEL down to CAM HOBHOUSE, from HOBIIOUSE to HUME, from HUME to BULWER, from BULWER to ROEBUCK, and from ROEBUCK to the next in degree, the sweeper of the crossing in Palace-yard, who is entitled to the slightest portion of respect or confidence from the people of England. Do not these facts furnish fears enough as to the con sequences in case of a war between France and the United States? " Fools rush in," says the poet, " where angels fear to tread." Lord P_ ALMERSTON will interpose only to commit himself and involve his country. The protocols which saved LEOPOLD in the Netherlands, and have consigned his dynasty to a lingering if not cruel death, treated as they are sure to be by the Americans with contempt, will nevertheless expose England to the fatal consequences which arrogant interposition invari ably entails upon its author, so that if the present admi nistration 'continue in power, the contempt of Europe will only be the prelude to the indignation of its fury, and the safe completion of those aggrandizements which France meditates in northern Africa, and Russia in European and even in Asiatic Turkey. England, we are bound to admit, as far as its commer cial and manufacturing interests-are concerned, is in a flourishing condition; but the tree of this prosperity is not sound at the roots ; we are vegetating above, but we are rotten below; and, casting all party feelings aside, we feel it to be our duty to declare, that what others call sunshine is a delusion—a reflection from stagnant waters —a light leading to convulsion. There are those of our friends who will not believe this. Be it so—they may be right—and we have no wish to tamper with their felicities LONDON LAT ES7' NEWS. City, Wednesday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock. - Since the loss of the Wallace in Entrecasteaux's Channel, Van Diemen's Land, the underwriters and the merchants con- nected with our trade to that quarter have been land in their co mplaints of the want of a proper survey of 'that.daloger °o p n e a r v ! i y g . ati F on r , om fra a n d a v h i t ee a s a r it ece ha i s ve h d ee: t L w io itl y t d st s c t h o- l d o a ss y, of the authorities at Van Diemen's Land are turniogitapth4Pier atten tionars that to this important matter; fur in a 'despatch from Lieut.- Governor Arthur t o th e S ecretary o f Stat e , he says that , ha had directed the port-officer to inquire into the cirealustaaces ofthe wreck, and that, from the fact of the reel upon which tee vessel struck not being laid, down in the charts with Which the master was provided, no blame eart , be attribUtedlo him. His excel lency states that an arrangement was under consideration for tendering the pilots in the Derwent more effective, and that it was in contemplation also to erect another lighthouse, which measures would be the subject of a•future communication. His excellency recommends in the meantime that masters of vessels about to sail for Hobart Town should be cautioned to take the more safe and open entrance by Storm Bay in preference to D'tntrecasteaux's Channel. Captain Morcasty, the port-captain, in his communication, states that, in accordance with his excellency's directions, he had gone to the spot. where the Wallace was wrecked, and that in Horsburgh's directions there was no notice of the Actasou Reefs ; that the Wallace had struck upon what was called the Middle Beach; and that, as the master had no information re specting the reefs, it was impossible to attach all blame to him. There can, therefore, he little doubt that sometbitig will era long be done. The American President's message respecting the. dispute with France has bad no effect on oar funds; bUt it bee caused an advance in the rate of insurance f 4 iloyt4' s 9lloO i r4 30 to 4 0 per cent. We bear a report that 04 470100,'OiRe of War are to be put in imuaedirite commission. pL Since our last report the Congo' Market has presented a most passive appearance until this afternoon, when the quotation for for consols suddenly rose from 91' t0.911,' closing at 911 buyers. This was caused by a rumour that a split had taken place be tween Lord Melbourne and his lickspittles and Mr. O'Connell and his tail. True or false, the rumour advanced consols, and may serve to show the opinion of the capitalists with regard to our cabinet—we say the capitalists, not " the people." Exchequer Bills have declined, 17 to 19 being the premium; and India Bonds have fallen 2 to 4. There is no material change in the Foreign Market, and the business is very limited. Spanish Bonds are at 47f, Portuguese Bonds at 83, Nei 3 , 1- per Cents. at 52g. In Northern Bonds the fluctuation is trifling. Russian are 1091 110, Belgian 1024, and Dutch 5 per Cents. at 103 f. In Shares there is' some briskness. Preston and Wyre are as high as 6 prem., Dover are I, Gravesend prem., Greenwich 9 prem., and London and Birmingham 112 per share. LIVERPOOL POLICE. MoNnAT.—(Before THOS. JAMES HALL, Esq., the Magistrate.) • DISTRESSING CASE.—Ann Makin was brought up' charged by her father with having a fortnight ago left his house during his absence ; having previously broken open a box in his room and taken out a pair of trowsers and some other things belong ing to her brother, which she had pawned, and t hen had run away to Manchester. -ile - sent her brother after her to bring her back; who after much difficulty found her, but she would not come home. She had robbed him before iu August last. All he wanted was to bring her up respectably, and for her to behave well, and live at home. She was sixteen years old in November last. The daughter said her reason fur behaving in this way Was be cause her father and brother beat her. The father said, if she would promise to stop with him, he would take her back; and,. if she would behave herself, he would never beat her. She had kept house for him for the last two years since her eldest sister got married, to whom she had gone from Manchester the night before. The prisoner replied that she would not go back ; that she wanted to go to her mother. The father said. that she had had no mother for the last ten years; that his wife had run away, and left'him with six children to take care of, of which the prisoner was the youngest, and that lie had endeavoured to bring them up respectably and as they ought to be, but that with this girl he was fairly beat. He thought that, perhaps, a short time in the House of Correction might he of service to her. His wife he had heard was in Bristol in disreputable company. The magistrate said he was afraid that sending the prisoner to the House of Correction would do her more harm than good. The father said, as she now went on, he could do nothing with her. The prisoner said she had in Manchester gone to service toe cook-shop. The case was remanded till next day, when the prisoner was discharged after a severe admonition, promising to return to her father. ROBBERY.—John Hodsall was brought up charged by his master, Mr. Edward Holt, glass-manufacturer, of . Argyle-street, with having stolen 'some glass drops. The prisoner had been in his service several months. He took the glass himself for making the drops, and on bringing his work home thirteen of the drops were found amongstbis number, which had-men pre vioutly Marked for boring with wire, and which were the pro perty of the establishment, and had been taken by the prisoner. I'he prisoner said he had left his work a short time on thu coun ter, and that during his absence some one must have mixed the Marked drops amongst his work. He was committed to take his triat.. - 44nnautt OF A WORKSHOP.—John Harris was brought up charged hy'Mr. Dry, plumber and glazier, of Virginia-street, With having,robbed his shop on the night previous. Miss Barry, , who lives at No. 1, in Virginia-street, near to the works* de posed to: seeing three men standing against the door for some-I time, and suspecting they were after no good, she informed:Mr. , Dry of tti-Cirminastance.—Mr. Dry said that he left the donv-df, his shop locked safe on Saturday night. In consequence of-in-. J formation he bad received from Miss Parry, he went to the shop the night before, and found the prisoner and two others standing at the door, and one of the was coming out of the door, whom he seized; the others ran .away. The prisoner escaped from him; -hut he succeeded afterwards in taking him into custody. One of the men threw a parcel of Prussian blue at Miss Parry, who went with him, which was his property, and taken out of the shop: On searching the prisoner, a number of skeleton keys were found upon him. He was committed to the sessions. Shortly afterwards a young man, named Patrick Mackenzie, was brought up, charged b Miss Parry and by Mr. Dry , as the person who bad thrown the parcel at Miss Parry. lie was standing at the Police-office door as they were going out, and was immediately recognised and given into custody. Miss Parry was certain he was the man; on his hat being put on, she was „quite positive of it. She knew him more from his dress than his face, which she had not been able to see. He was remanded till next day, when the witnesses were not able, from the dark ness of the night, to swear FO positively to the identity of the prisoner as to justify The magistrate. in committing him. He was discharged. BURGLARY.—Georg 6 Abrahams, Mary Ann Jenkins, and Catherine Williams, were brought up charged by Miss Bellis, who keeps a public house in Charles-street, with having on Sa turday night last, broken open a box iu a room up stairs, and taken out of it £l5O. Mrs. Williams stated that she went up stairs about nine o'clock eu Saturday night, and was unable to open the door of the room from something against it inside; she, pushed it however a little open, and saw the room all in confusion, and immediately ran down stairs and called in Elliot the constahlo, arid went up stairs along With two men whom she called from the bar. She found the room all in confusion and a box broken open, from which was taken about £150; £4O was in five pound notes, about £7 in silver, and the rest in gold. They had also taken some silver spoons. Elliot stated, that when he went in, Mrs. Williams said " I am robbed and ruined." Ile ran up stairs, and saw out of the room window Catherine Williams holding up a lighted candle, as if to light some one down. Two iron bars were broken out of the window and it was open. The woman was crying "Come down, come down, or you will be catched." 'l'he woman who held up the candle was servant to Mrs. King. who lived next door ; he was quite positive as to her identity. There was a low roof under the window, and a wall connected wah the roof which male it easy to ascend. A man in a dark dress was on the roof; he immediately , ran down to take him if he could, but he had escaped. The prisoner . Abrahams is a well known character. Some suspicious circumstances having transpired, be was taken into custody along with the other female -prisoner, with whom he lived. The case was here remanded, to give time for fur ther particulars. On Wednesday they. were again brought up, but there being no further evidence they were discharged. THE ITALIAN OPERA. Want of space has prevented us from continuing our notices of the late performances of the Italian opera company, which we are sorry to observe have not been so fully attended as we could have hoped would have been the case. ".La Gazza. Ladra," and the second act of "L'ltaliana in Algieri,"l,,will be performed this evening for the benefit of ,Signor eurioni, the principal tenor singer, and he is a very fine ,one, or the company. Signora Antonj takes her benefit on Tuesday even ing; but the opera intended to be produced on that occasion has not yet been named. On Wednesday the season will be closed; and, after this night, Signor De tlegnis anti his com pany remove to Dublin, where they are engaged by Mr. Cal craft, the manager of the principal theatre in that city. 't he speculation of Signor De Begnis, owing to the rent of the theatre, the expense of the orchestra, and the other inci dental heavy charges, has not, we regret to learn, turned out very favourably. This perhaps is partly owing to the rapid succession of the performances, which have been too frequent to command full attendances on each night. We should be sorry to hear that Signer De Begnis, to whom the town is in debted for producing a series of musical entertainments which have been well received, had any cause to regret having done so, in a pecuniary point of view. To obviate this difficulty, we would suggest a second benefit, and that he should get up for the occasion an opera that would engage the whole strength of his company. "Don Giovanni" has not yet been performed. If he can manage this opera, together with a concert, he might be certain of a full house, which we should hope would amply satisfy any expectations he might have entertained before be opened the theatre. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST./HM.4RD. SIR,—My attention having been called to your shipping re port for the 3d instant, as also to a report in the Underwriter's Room, Which lepds to an inference that the ship St. Patrick got on shore in coming through the new channel, 1 am prompt ed to disabuse the public mind respecting the most important channel into this great port, by stating that 1 saw the St. Patrickfirsi take the ground full one mile southward of the en= trance of the channel in question. I can only conceive the re port to have originated by Bidston telegraph being unable to estimate correctly the distance of the ship in that direction ; but I was on the top of Formby Lighthouse, which afforded the lint Of direction directly.-- , Yours, &c. 11. 111:1TBAIHAM; Marine .Surialtrf ttt the F'art' Marine Surrtybes P 4, tWif TUESDA,Y,—(Before Tiips..lAmES HALL, Esq., the magistrate.) . EXTENSIVR FR A un.—John Leyland, a young Man respecta bly attired, was brought up charged with Iniving, appropriated to his own use the money of his employers to a considerable, amount, and also further charged with attempting to shoot the . constable who took him into custody. Flock hart, the coostable, deposed to receiving information of the prisoner being ivon:ed on a charge of embezzlement, and to looking out for him for the last ten days. In consequence of information he had received he went the day before to a house in Finch-street, which he watched. He was accompanied by Ainsworth. Towards night he looked through the keyhole of the door and saw Levlaml going backwards way out of -the back-door ; he cried out s -thereiis,Leyleod, and.-Ainsworth ran. round- andeel-red-him; He then heard a sort of shriek. and saw them both tumbledown the , cellar together; he immediately jumped down after them, and found Ainsworth wrestling with the prisoner, who had a double barrelled pistol in his hand, which he snapped at Ainsworth and also at him, but Ainsworth's hand being round the lock the priming was spilt, and it did not go off. The pistol was.loaded, and contained two balls; the priming fell across his hand. The - muzzle was presented at each of them. Prisoner said he did not Mean to shoot them, but himself, after the piitol was taken from him. He never presented the pistol. at liimself at all. Ainsworth corroborated this statement. When-he seized the 'prisoner he drew a pistol from his breast, and he (Ainsworth) immediately seized hold of it, and in the struggle they fell down the cellaristens. Mr. Parlour stated that the prisoner had been heard to make use of threats tbat he would net be taken by any constable.—Mr; Mather, iron merchant, deposed to the prisoner having been in his employment as a clerk for about six months; he acted as book-keeper and sometimes as cash-keeper. He'had . a verbal authority from him to collect money, and had frequently received money tor him, On the Bth of January last &sheet of lead was sold to a stranger of the name of Jones, which the nri? soner desired the warebOuseman not to deliver till itwas paid for; the money was paid, amounting to £6 erld, and. was not credited in the books.—The magistrate: How do you know it was paid'?-Mr. Mather: It is here in his own band writing. The magistrate : I can't receive that as evidence. —Mr. Mather then stated that the prisoner had received £sos. 2d:freight from Messrs. Newton, Lyon, and Co., which was not accounted for ; the captain of their sloop saw him receive it. Hewes at present absent, but would be back in a few day's. These were the only two cases he had as yet discovered in his booki ; he had not had any time to make search. Their books were not balanced, and he...could not ascertain without a little time what further defi ciences there might be.—Flockhart said prisoner told bim, without any promise, that he had received £5O of Mr. Mather's money, which he had not accounted for—The case was remand ed until next day, to afford time for inquiry. Mr. Parlour said there was another charge against the prisoner, for bigamy, which they (lid not intend then to press. A Timegn MERCHANT.—John Joyce was brought up charged by, the parish officers with neglecting to maintain his wife, whilst the day before one of their men had found him in the streets beastly drunk. The magistrate: What are you, how do you bet your living ?—Prisoner : I wurk for meself in cuttin' tim er.—The magistrate : What sort of timber?—Prisoner: Fire wood, plase sur, yer wortship.—The magistrate : What. kind of firewood; how do you cut it ?—Prisoner : It's matches, yer honer. (Laughter.) The prisoner then said that he had a house, and supported himself and four childher by selling his timber. • He could not tell how much he arned a wake; he did not spend a dale of it in the public-house. He considhered his wife had as much to support hurself wid as he himself had.—The wife said he had turned her out of the house about a fortnight before because she did not bring him down a clans spurt to get his dinner in as soon as he wanted it. (Laughter.)—The pri soner was discharged on his promise to take his wife back and behave kindly to her. . INFORMATION UNDER THE BUILDING ACT.—Mr. John Pd kington, builder, was summoned on an information laid by-Mr. Barton,:tbe building surveyor, charging him with having erected some buildings without having given twenty-four hours' notice to the surveyor of buildings. - Barton statecithatMKPilkingten was building six houses in Great Howard-street of which he had never given him any notice. He was surveyor.of that 'district. Mr: Pilkington's son appeared for his father; he said it was a misunderstanding •, he understood that the person for whom they we're erecting the. buildings had given notice. The owner of the buildings said lie' hid given notice of a number of buildings some time ago, and thought that would be sufficient. It 'ap peared,:however, that they were a different lot of houses, and it was-requisite to give notice for each lot. The surveyor said he had.hatl‘no occasion to complain before of Mr. Pilkington ; the ,buildings were properly erected. Mr. Hall said Mr. Pilkington . mist be extremely careful in future ; they should not inflict the penalty this' time, as he appeared to have been under a mistake, and there was no fault in the buildings. They had power to inflict a penalty . of £2O. WEDNESDAT.—(Befote T. JAS. HALL, Esq., the Magistrate.) ExCisn INFORMATION.—Mr. Brooks appeared on behalf of the Custom-house to support an information against Captain Clark, of the Gipsy, the Waterford steam-packet, charging him with smuggling a quantity of brandy. . Mr. Laking appeared for the defendant, and applied, in the first instance, for a post ponement, but which the magistrate decided against. John Ensey, formerly steward of the Gipsy, was first called; he de posed to the captain bringing two jars from the state-ropm on the 14th January last, which might contain about nine gallons. Ile poured some of the liquor out; it was brandy. The captain desired him to call Riley, the cook, and to get one of the mat tresses and roll it round the jar. He told the captain it would be seized. The jar was then rolled up by Captain Clark's direction in a blanket and quilt; it was theti taken on shore. The cook said it was rather heavy, and he would put it in a donkey cart. As soon as it left the dock, the captain cried out that the police had taken brandy and all, and desired him to go and smash the other brandy down the water closet, which be refused to do. Captain Goason and the captain then went after the brandy, and said they would go and tip the police a sovereign. Cross-examined.—Had been discharged from the vessel; but it was in consequence of this, lest he should tell, and to get him out of the way. It was not on account of previous bad conduct. He had been in the Police-court about three weeks ago on another-transaction. Did not think that transaction was the cause of his owner's discharge. He went with the steamer on Tuesday, the 9th ult., when they were towing a vessel out as far as Ormshead. They parted with her on account of bad weather. In such cases it was common for the vessel towed out to send a compliment of spirits on board the steamer for the men. There were 14 or 15 men on board. There was nine gallons of brandy sent on board. The captain got it and kept it; the men never , tasted it. Did not know that the captain gave the men an . alloWatice of whiskey because they preferred it. lie never gave them any allowance. After he was discharged he went Mime , diately to the Customs. Did not know that he should be told . it with being discharged. I By the magistrate.—The vessel towed out was the Renown, for the coast of Africa. . f 1 Henry Price, the policemah, deposed to' stopping the donkey tart on the 14th, and finding the brandy as stated. The titan Was placed into custody on a charge of felony. The .captain . soon after male to the station-house, When the brandy was there, , a-itel Attu there Weie a little brandy they had got out of a ship they were towing, which he was going to send to the captain of the St,l'attiele. The cookwas.accordingly discharged..., _ • " Mr: Tyrel, the inspe ctor of the dock-police, deposed to:Capt, Clark coming to the station-house, and wanting them to let off the cook, and telling him. that they had got the brandy out of n. vessel they were towing, which he was going to stud toCaptain - Kave's house. . • ' ; doe of the Custom-house officers deposed to its being foi'ehrn brandy, and that there was about two gallon's. That was the case for the prosecution. • Thos. King,sweleanate of the .Gipsy, deposed to their Owing the Renown out, and to a quantity of brandy being Benton board for the men. The men preferred whiskey, and the captain gave it to them instead, and took the brandy himself. lie would swear he had had some whiskey himself; what the steward had sworn was false. - Mr. Laking said the customs had selected the higher penalty, but he thought 'if they had known the particulars, they would not have done So. The fact was, the captain suspected his steward, and sent the 'brandy on shore fur safety to another captain's house close at band, who was in .the same einploe. He did not send it home for his own consumption. He found" his own spirits on board for the passengers, and he intended to send it back. They must admit the fact of the brandy being sent on shore, s and were thus liable for the penalty- but he trusted, under the circumstances, the full penalty would not be • inflicted. Mr: Hall said they had nothing to do with the selection of the penalty by the Custom-house; he thought it a case for mitiga tion.—Fined in th e mitigated penalty of £25, and £l. ss. - costs: AN Beetcreisre POLIGEMAN.—Robert Hughes, one of the' new Police; appointed by the watch committee, a man about six feet high, who had the appearance of a broken-down tailor, and who had a tremendous black eye, brought a charge against a little man of the name of Layrey, for knocking him down. The complainant, extending his arm, addressed the magistrate in true theatricil style. I was. corning down Mile-end; it was on yesternight. I found amen lying at the top of Collingwood street, bleeding profusely, who, in the agony of distress; pointed to the prisoner, who was walking away. I followed him,: and, before I knew where - I - was, he turned round and knocked me down. 'He made several kicks at my body, and,.gentlemen, look at my dy_e , (slowly raising his arm in a circle till the point of his forefinger touched his cheek, and turning his dark side slowly' round for 'the 'admiration of the court, amidst great laughter.) One - of the regular police fortunately came up and rescued me from his .oppression. (Laughter.)—The prisoner said heavorked atthe docks, and earned 14s. a week.—Batchel dor did not think he. bad earned 14s. for the lasefour years.— He was ordered 'to pay a. fine of £l, or be committed for one month. . - . John Leyland, who was epreanded the day before, was again brought up. Mr. Roberts, the clerk of Mr. Pownal, depoied tkat saw Mr. Pownal pay the prisoner £2l)4s. on the .124th tat month. Flockhart deposed that the prisoner told him the day before in Bridewell, without any promise, that he had re ceived £2O odd from Mr. Pownal, and. £22 odd from Mr-Water house, for which he had not accounted. He also acknowledged tha: the receipt which Mr. Roberts showed him was in his hand writing. The prisoner here asked Mr. John Mather if he had not tendered him the money, but that being too busy he did not take it? Mr. Mather answered that he had. Mr. Hall said this was the only case of which there was any evidence against the ri .soner; the charge of his receiving money of Newton, Lyon, aril Co. was not correct; it had been found entered in the cash-book. The prisoner then submitted that Mr. Mather had taken a false oath, and that he was entitled to an acquittal. Airisreorth, the constable, also deposed to showing the prisoner some bills against Mr. Waterhouse, which he had receipted, and which he acknow ledged was his handwriting. Mr.'Waterhouse's clerk was sent for, but did not appear. The Magistrate ordered the depositions in Mr. Pownall's case to be taken, in order-to his commitment. THURSDAY —(Before Tiros Jas. HALL, Esq., the. Magistrate.) To-day John Leyland was *again brought up, and a further charge preferred against him. Mr. Wm. Henry Jones stated that he lived at Preston. On the Bth Januarylast he went to Mr. Mather's, of Liverpool, and bought a sheet of lead, for which he . paid and received a receipt. Theprisoner sold him the lead; it amounted to £6 13s 3d.; he received the prisoner's receipt for it. Ile wanted the 3d. knocked off; but the prisoner would not do it, be said he was not the master and could not do it.—Mr. Parker Jones, the brother of the last witness, corrobo- , rated this statement, and that he saw his brother pay . the pri. soner.—Mr. John Mather deposed to the prisoner being clerk to his brother, and having authority to sell lead during their ab sence, and also to receive money in such cases. They were ab sent on this occasion. The money hod not been accounted for to him. •He was cash.keeper.—Mr. Mather deposed to being a partner in the house. The prisoner never accouniecrto him.fer themoney. He ought to have accounted for it to his brother John. The prisoner had not to their knowledge debited himself with this amount in any book.—The magistrate ordered the informa tions for his commitment on this further indictment also to he taken.—Mr. Crewe, on the prisoner's behalf, applied to know if bail would be taken.,-The magistrate said be would consider of it ; his present impression was that bail in this case could not be taken. COURT OF PASSAGE.-FRIDAY. (Before-.W. WA I.I.ACE CUR tilE, Esq„ Mayor, and HENRY ROgCOE, Esq.: Assessor.) . _ CHAMBERS r. COLf,ARD.-Mr. HeNuatisos appeared for the plaintiff, and stated the case. Mr. COTTINGHAM conducted the defence. . _ . . The plaintiff was a livery stable-keeper, and let out horses and gigs to hire. The defendant, who was a respectable :man, hired a horse and gig of the plaintiff in May, 1833, which, whilst in his care, were seriously damaged by being ,Apset. The defendant had left the gig and mare in question standing without any person takinl.T care of it; near tbo railroad, and the carriages passing:soon after, the mare had taken fright, galloped across the railroad, upset both the gig and herself, and in so .doing had damaged the gig and injured herself, and, what was must material, had become inistet4;heil, and was ever - after unlit ;for liarness„ The farrier's bill had been paid by dhe defendant for curing the horse; the present action was brought fur the de terioration in the horses Value.. . Mr. CorritsGirssi submitted that on the record .no mention, was made of the temper of the mare being injured, and no da ' niages consequently there-sought on that account, but merely that-the mire was lacqristed and torn by,such satiated that the action muSt :be confined to the reelird,ther evidence of the injury to 'the temper of the mare could not be 'Omitted. Mr. HENDERSON replied. - • The ASSESSOR determined that 'on'ihe whole he thought it his duty to admit the evidence. • John Atkinson was then called.—lle deposed to being a livery stable-keeper. In the summer of 183.3 he was in the employ. ment of Mr. Chambers. who kept livery. stables. On the 22d-- May, Mr. tellard 'hired the gig and 'mare. He brought her back at night much injered and the gig broken. The mare's legs were all Scarred. He said he was sorry to say he had met with an accident; He had Jett the mare standing in tC farm yard near the railway at Huyton, and in consequence of a train of carriages coming up, the mare took fright, and ran across the railway, and in so doing upset the gig and. injured herself. He told him to take the mare to the farriers, and the gig to be re paired, and he would pay. He took the mare to Mr. Chambers' veterinary surgeon. She was not fit for service again of five or' six weeks. -His master had to keep her during that time doing nothing. They charged 14s. a week for keeping the mare. Before the accident the mare was a quiet and safe mare in a gig; after the accident she was very techy, and would run away if a coach came after her. He attributed it to the fright she had received. " She was not fit to let out to drive afterwards. She was by no means so valuable an animal after the accident- as before. She was deteriorated in value at least £5 or £6. Cross-examined.—Believed Mr. Collard had paid the farrier's bill. The injury was very perceptible, any person might see it.- e had tried her in a gig after the accident, and she was not fit to drive; she was quiet before. They durst not let her out in consequence. William Thomas deposed to being gate-keeper at 1-luyton gate on the railway at the time in question. Recollected a gig and mare coming to Mr. Redson's farm yard, about twelve yards from the railway. The gentleman got out, and left it standing without any one to take care of it. The beating of one of the engines coming up frightened the mare, and she ran away and crossed the railway. l'he gig and herself were turned upside down, and she began fighting against a wall with her feet; he ran and held her down ; her legs were bleeding. She was left alone perhaps ten minutes. Cross-examined.—Ten minutes was a long time. He had not kept Ins two eyes fixed on her all that time: he had but one. (Laughter) He kept his one eye, which was a piercer, on the gig the whole time. Would not swear it was more than five minutes;.. would not swear it was more than three. Saw no young woman at - the horse's head. George Chambers deposed to being the brother of the veter inary surgeon. Recollected the mare being brought to him. Her legs were very much injured. His demand fur attending her was-18s., which was paid by Mr. Collard. Such an accident was calculated to spoil the mare. Scars were left on her legs. He had sat behind her both before and since the accident. She was blemished In consequence, as well as her temper injured. He thought she was £7 or £8 worse. Mr. John Wood, wine and spirit dealer, deposed to Having engaged the mare before this accident for his journeys ; shethen drove steadily and well, though a spirited mare. Ile had had . her a fortnight's journey since her accident, and she had - run away with him twice. He would not go -out with her again. He would not give any thing like the price for her he would have done. =That was the case for the prosecution. Mr. -COTTINGHAM addressed the jury in mitigation. of de— rnagea. The defendant had paid for the curing of the mare and • for the injuries done to the gig, and yet three ysara . afterwards this claim was brought, after the mare had gooe.out otthe plain tiff's possession. The gravamen of the charge w as .the Injury to the mare's temper. If Mr. Collard had been in th e l iab gig'whle the engines engines passed on the railway, she was eq_uay to have run away, in which case he would not have been liable for such a claim. If they were convinced that the neglect was not greater than any gentleman would have used in similar circum stances with his own gig, which he thought he had' l shown, he should be then entitled to their verdict. The ASSESSOR, in summing up, said the r unt of law was, in such cases, to take such care of the property rusted to a per son's charge as a prudent and car eful man would take of his own property. If he did that, he was not liable for any damage that might ensue; if he did not, he was, of course, liable.' The only question was, whether the facts'adduced amounted to neglect; it suffering the gig to remain in the yard without any person near it was such neglect as to entitle the plaintiff to d - ainageS If it was, plaintiff was eutitled, not only for damages done exter' pally to the mare, but also for the injury her temper had re ceived. It was evident from defendant paying the farrier, tha he thought himself liable for the consequences of the aecidentt If they thought there was neglect, in his opinion plaintiff wa. liable; if they thought he had used proper prudence and cans lion, they would find their verdict accordingly: The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £7. SATURDAY. P RIVILEGES OF ATTORNEYS—WEVOY V. HUGHES. This was a writ of trial from the Court of Common Pleas, Lancaster, in which Mr. Venables. a barrister, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Bardswell, an attorney, for the defendant. The case being called on, the following discussion took place : Mr. VENABLES.—Without imputing anything improper to any gentleman engaged in this cause, 1 am requested by the bar to call the attention of the court to the right of Mr. Bards welt to be heard, and, as the junior barrister, I rise for that purpose. Mr. Bardswell is not the attorney on record for the defendant, and, although the court has allowed the attorney on record to conduct his case, no other attorney has a right to hold a brief. In this case, Mt. Robinson is the attorney for the de fendant. I, therefore, with the full concurrence of the bar, ob ject to Mr. Bardswell being now heard. Mr. COTTINGHANI.—I perfectly agree with my friend 'term bles, and object to Mr. Bardswell being heard. An attorney haf no right to address the court when the bat is present. To this effect the judges have already decided ; and,:for Abe purpose °t establishin g a regularity in practice, without meanitig any thing offensive, I object to Mr. Bardswell being heard, d Mr. El ENDERSON.—I also make the same o b f eCtion, and agree e in what has been said by Mr. yenables and Mr. Cottingham,.,, t:ctrou is now Mr. BARDSWELL.-'-I don't know why th.is b i This is a writ of made. •unless from some trial from a superior eourPt,":dmircitert Tel:tried in this co .. u:t i and an attorney has the full right to advocate a cause he pleases, whether he be the attorney .onrecord or not. In simi 'ler cases on writs of trial before the sheriff, attorneys' 'hold briefs, and have the tight to do so. this court, also, on writs' • ;;;.: , MustsamemicailtaV - of trial, I have, in the presense of the bar, and ithnut interrupt tic~ti field rlitTeretit briefs, and aildt"essed the On.taXatipU oftosts; counsel's fees-are not Allowed. 'l'be atorue.y,; have 6 : right to advocate causes, if thek please, and I c'th fi n t,lit fight new,. - . 'The Ais'Esson, Without givin any opinion as to the cfnestioti. of right, perniitted IMr. Bards*ell to- conduct the difetidant'll case. THE LIVERPOOL MUSICAL FesTivAL.—rreparatiour ard making, in the way of preliminary arrangements; for the Musical Festival, which will eoirimetiee on 'Monday, the 3d October., _Sir George Smart is engaged as the 'conductor; the etnninitt6ti. will we understand, be composed of nearly the same gentlemen who Superintended the last l festiva. , LECTURES AT ST. ANDREW'S, CHURC H.—Thd series of lee tures.against the doctrines of the Romish 6iirch, delivered at St. Andrew's church in this town; is now closed; and we nil.; derstatid that another series in defence of the. principle of a Oluirch Establishment, and the doctrines of the Church of Etig- . land, will shortly be delivered. • CATHOLIC ORPHAN iiSALL.-- he Ball in support of this char ify; will be field on Monday evening next, in the Town Hall. ST. PAUL'S CHtlfibli DAILY iNri SUNDAY SCHOOLS.—The committee under whose nianigement and superintendence the St. Paul's schoolt are conducted have just published their re pdit for the year 1835. There are at present in these schools— , Daily pupils, 201 boys and 125 girls.. ' ' 326 ; ; Daily pupils, 52 boys and 41 girls' .93 Total The friendS of a sound scriptural education may well rejoice td find so great a number-of children. enjoying that inestimable Messing in these schools, but something more is required from thein than mere self congratulations or expressions of satisfac l ticin at the accomplishment of, their wishes in this respect. The, 'entire ground floor of St. PAUIS's Chitich, with the exception of a very Small number of peisisOccupierd by free seats, generally : filled by the: poorer classes. Hence. the congregation is too poor to support their schools, and is.the.rgfore compelled to ask, , 'the mare wealthy . of other districts, who, if they wish to see. them more extensively useful, or preserved itt their present state of 'efficiency, inust countenance the N';ork . by their support... The funds of this institution . are, We regret id obierVe by the re port, in dal to the treasurer. We therefore earnestly recom.' mend the report itself to the notice of our readers, fully satisfied that in doing so we are serving the collie of a good, moral, and religious education, in a district where it .is so .much wanted; more effectually than we can possibly. do by any further com ments of our own. . . . . Eleusetinuak ING.—Ahout one o'clock on.lliuridOy morning 111 r. Daveup . ort:# house, Great.slersey-atrisettKirkdale, was en, teieit by two iiien who obtibredullinittance by forcing the coal- . vault in the front of the. house,' and - after ransacking the kit. chens and cellar without procuring any -valuable articles, pro, . ceeeded up stairs and finding the gabby-door secured, cut out a panel and effected an entrance, when they were discovered, and an alatin being given, .retreated by the hitek 'door, taking only a few articles of little value with theM. .A quantity of linen was readymide up in the kitchen tube conveyedaway ; but; the thieves having been so unexpectedly diiturbed . left it behind:. It being moonlight, the thieves were distinctly.seen by one of the.servaiats, so as' td be known again should they be taken by the:police. WATCH CosisturtgE:—Thii committee hai been sitting on Wednesday and yeSterday, during thernorning, to hear the ap plicants for situations in the police as superintendents and in spectorS; and Will also sit in the early part of the week for policemen. The applicationi for each of the departments have heed very numerous. The appointments of superintendents and inspectors will not made until - next week. THE Am P HRA T as.L-The " Je*ess", end the equestrian corps, either together or separately, continue to draw full houses at the Amphitheatre. The horsemanship is very good. A new farce; called " Nothing Superfluous," closes, the entertain ments of this evening. NKw CHURCH AT KNOTTY ASH.—We understand it is the intention of the Lord Bishop of this diocese to consecrate the new church of St. John the Evangelist, at Knotty Ash, West Derby, on Thursday next, the 18th instant, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon: - MULANCHOL* DEATIL—On Wednesday evening, as Mr. BOoker, a very young man, aiid a son of the late Mr. Booker, breier, of Roscorinnon-street, was returning to his mother's house, in pas Sing A youth who was carrying two milk cans, he accidentally jostled one of the cans, and thereby spilt some of the Milk. Enraged at the supposed inte.ntinual mischief done hini, the boy.immediatelydiserigaged himself froha his burthen, and in a sudden fit of passion picked up a stone, which he, threw at . Mr Booker, arid unforttinately struck him on the neck or back' part of his head: On reaching' his borne, Mr. Booker complained of the injury he had received from the blow, from the effects of which he died in a few hours. The milk-boy was taken into custody yesterday, and is now confined in the Bride well to await the issue of a coroner's inqudt oh the body of Mr. Booker. ' . . . Mr. FEAVRE.—This gentlenian, who wds the principal singer at the Theatre-Royal during the last patent season, at the close of his engagement removed to the Bath Theatre, where, we are happy to perceive, he has been eminently . itiocessful. Speaking of his talents, the Nth chronicle, in a theatrical article, says : There is no department in which M. Would's company ex hibits superior merit more signally than in the vocal. We have • incidentally mentioned on former occasions the triumphant de cisioti.of several audiences in favour of Mr. Frazer and Miss Somerville,land we will d 6 even the gallery portion the justice to car That, although they Oetasionally evince bad taste in de- • ntatirling encores of trash without either music or humour, they can when they please judge pretty correctly of vocal merit. • But in noticing these bro singers we can state, not merely on our own judgment, but upon that of inexorably rigid critics, that, .in voice, science,- taste;. execution, and expression, they have not been surpassed. for many years, even by sipters pur posely engaged for this this theatre ' vocal stars." On Saturday last was launched, from• the building-yard of Messrs Falcon and Ileiender,- of Workington, a handsome barque, called the 'rain O'Shanter. She is 272 tons register, . coppured and copper : fastened; and in point of finish, capacity, and sp.rengtb, fully.makmains the character of the Cumberland .laullatirs.. —.She ,ba:a :been .very.mueb_ admired, Lath -upon—Aso:— itoets and afloat, was recently sold to Capt. SumptOn, of Liver pool, and-is intended for the Canada trade. • t' Y EW KIIIGHTS OP THE GARTER.—A Chapter of the Knights of. Ole Garter was held at St. James's Palace on .Friday last, when the Duke of Hamilton, and the-Marquis of .Lansdowue Were elected Knights, and were invested with the-insignia of that most noble order. • I.IWN ST*AmEttg.7—Anittou steamer, the Garryowen, Charles ningliam commander, recently performed the passage between Limerick and Kilrush, against a most tremendous gale, in the short space of live hours and a quarter. She Was completely. washed over several times, the bulwarks hiving tti be broken to free the water from her deck. EXPEPITInN UNDER CAPTAIN J. C. Ross.—Mr. T. Thornp.. son, solicitor of this, place received-on Sunday last a letter-from Captain J. C. Ross, dated his Majesty's ship Cove, Orkney Islands, Longhope Jan. 10, 1836 in which he says—" All's well; we - most fortunately arriv ed here in time to escape a strong S.W. gale:that has continued all this day, and now shows such strong symptons of abating, , that . l hope to be off to-morrdw at daylight. I have obtained here some most valuable information respect- lug the ships that are still absent." iu a posteript he says-- "Jan. 11, 8 a.m. Our anchor is weighed, find we are fairly off with a fine favourable east breeze."—Hull Advertiser. lig GOM MISSION OF Ix Nscv.—A commission of lunacy was held. on Tuesday, at the Freemasons' Tavern, London, to enquire into the state of mind of Viscouutess Kirkwall. Mr. Thessiger, Mr.: Ellison, and Mr. Whitely appeared in support of the com mission; Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Miller attended-to op- pose it. Ile case occupies upwards of two columns Of the • Morning Post of Wednesday, and was adjourned to the followiog • • day for the purpose of hearing the remainder of the evidence.' Ttie disclosures made in proof of the unfortunate lady's abberra tion of mind were of the most pitiable description. The in quiry was adjourned to Thursday. • FORGERIES BY AN ATTORN EY .--An attorney at Leeds. in respectable practice, has been committed to take his trial at the • enstung Yorkshire assizes, for forging the name. of Mr. Nichol son, the town-clerk of Leeds, to proture several sums of money •• .• from the treasurer of the West-riding of the county, alleged to have been paid for the prosecution of felons. Mr: R. Barr,. the brother of the accused, and a partner of Mr. N., has stated his de termination not to let the Riding lose any thingby his brother's misconduct, but to have the whole amount repaid which has'been. flaudulently obtained, " though it should take his last shilling." Thi; IS an act of very rare a nd exalted Merit, and shows the • higheit sense of honour and s duty. The conduct of this gentle man towards his family has in former instances been character- : • ized by remarkable kindness • and the art he is now about to perform, proceeding as it must do from the truest principle, will • entitle him to the warm sympathy and unqualified admiration of • his fellow-townsmen. • PORTABLE STEAM' ENGINES.—M r. 'Gough, an engineer, of , Salford, has constructed a portable steam engine, to which he has attached a very simple apparatus for lifting dead weights:. •1. from the hold of a ship or the top of a building, The engine, with its m achinery, is fixed upon a carriage with four wheels, so that it may be removed at pleasure to' any particular spot where the power is required, and when removed will-perform its duties without being attached to the soil, being in this re. spect as independent of the ground as the snail•or the tortoise who carry their houses on their hacks. If used innidof manual labour in the construction of a large building, a block of stone cr any other heavy mass of matter might be raised and lowered into the exact place prepared for its reception, as„the machineryacimits. of giving to the body moved either a perpendicular or horizontal direction, The fire-place is so constructed thatall the caloric ge nerated is expended under the boiler ; hence,: the-consumption of fuel is very trifling, and the fire itself is so seeurely guarded as to' admit but of little or no chance of danger on that account. In the loading or unloading of -vessels, the engine Might be placed either on a quay or on the deck of a ship with the greatest faci lity. The adaptation of steam power to these purposes, and others td Which the engines we are speaking o• might be ap plied, is second only to the self-moving power already given to these machines. — D E R I VATION (11 , THE -------- wenn ICIVStERY.. The heathens' Used some sort of meats by way of purification or lustration, and chiefly such as were not used in common food—Such were Seve- • fel of those meats forbidden by the law, and tailed aboaiiatifile by Moses,: Deut. xiv. 3.—of this kind was the fitoitse, which was. expressly forbidden to he eaten, Levit. xi. 29—Isaiah lxvi. Saniblichus reckons mice among the several srirts of animals by which the heathens practised magic or divination, and saith that some derived the Greek word musterion (mystery) front Ono! (the Greek and Latin for mouse.)—Lowth. LIRERATION OF Josaril Apr.—This "important informa- • Linn" vender, who, it will be recollected, was tried and . con-. • . victed at the Central Criminal Court upwards of a year ago, of obtaining money tinder false pretences; anibwbo•reeelved sen tence of transportation for seven years: but whic h sentence was sphsequently commuted to one yea r ' s bn p risonment, • -bas been liberated from prison, the period of hi, confinement hay- ing,expired. , , It is not yet known whether Jue will re.surno his "important" communications ; but as he had the nodaeity to transmit his " Sovereign" requests per post, whilst 11:ntint l oc k •nd key it inure than probable, now that he is at lit , e'riN• that a , . , is . , he•rnity again attempt to impose Upon the simple and u t i. Waty..; Wit it is to be hoped . that . the fear of another appearance at the Old Bailey, anti, it convicted, the certairty of .4 long, journey, at his Majesty's expense," over seas, wilt .-, • O.NV;cTS. On Tuesday the' cb d a e o pluet.,:hr i vk ; ff.:o, l : f , Nere o srw ro g oeo ! Nl u nd r t s po U iEvi l leH n fro g irTm h . x i e s dncalling, the es metropolis; , . , I t u t i i • o v t i ° n u t lY he in N th e i v ' v• qouil, that : be had, lust received a petition in fav - tur of a pritoner tried by whose judgment him at the January Sessio,n:i: ginned e n ( d i bl w n h e spited. The petition occupied TI . m of e nAlti "brief beep pnt) e paper," closely written, and wtV; whereas, if three respeNable yno less than 300 persons; gentlemen had apimared before him, and given viva yin:e e • . a w a re e answered; videure, a ninth better purpose would r he (the Common-Sergeant) was well' ' tow those petitions were "at up, and he would venture to sav, that not one nut of ten of the person's who had signed the petition had ever seen the prisoner in the cOtirse of their ' lives. The Court had been so Much imposed upon, that it was . to be feared that on some occasions sonic prisoners ' • who were' really entitled to a lenient consideration injured - i, •were rn conse.' - quence of the imposition practised by. others. - .It was ; quite ..: Astonishing in how many instances the . COurt had been -' imp o sed --‘ upon and misled by•reasen of false staiemtnli: .. : • ' .. - , - ; r ~~ , ~' ;_..: