The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-18 00:00:00

Contemporary, offering him this honest advice, that he should devote his pen and his columns to something more useful than this kinnishing upon the outpost of public questions,—to denouncing the numerous glaring evils which a jobbing and agitating faction have brought and z ')ringing upon the particular ucubrations. Why fly community favour out of his way con questions, wi to fight upon abstrac scarcely look aside to when he map ascertain the fact of his very existenc be so laudably and fully engaged at home The noble Institut on in Shaw-street, so creditable to the public spirit of our town, is now, as will be seen from the advertisement in our columns this day, pre- pared for the reception of pupils immediately after the Christmas Vacatio )ortunitv of earn*, ition of parents and others to the important advantages which it offers for the education of our rising generation We do so the more readily because we believe that a very erroneous impression is abroad with respect tJ the kind of education to be afforded The Upper School, it is quite• true, will be, as the name of the Institution implies, a College. In this school the st .udents will receive an education equal, if not superior in u Worded by either of our English Universit The Middle School, too, will provide an education of a very excellent descrip- tion, such as ought to b oyed by every aspirant to In both of these the terms are most reasonable, the advantages afforded being taken The Lower School, however, it is mercantile succe . . cj_ , O. - he CO r : Mani' [ by the ittee to ,s a t tbe be n ° l ,plume of tha t cordi n g bef ore food o f tue es w he 4 Wiliel' Ther e l' Wing °.i in tact; de, car• th fac t, o fftee I have° . . _ . _ _. the re- Ts the reala ri ‘ tlO on will age of , e rring its op' cOtt °°' 00 0 ld it Lion °' i y , , Or the ev. I , pol l ' IV allate -9 , spirit s hine; m arl I . and of our d AV°r' at the T forij bef ore Drit enld lesola te gra s p chest' r oari( 6 regular : sloir e w og blO.l I g°°‘ ec heb' j a i • ; 3teni Ps al Ws be can tere' t° oe seo - a has n ._, of tho se Of the isu alb 00' orte"' rid, of tors ;hest°. [ be 1- )f O tj f d ° 11 ( a bit 0: _ e O il : eSce". to W I goOt` ce, Sr this into consideration to which we. would particularly direct the attention of our readers, and which, in our opinion, fills up what has lon,f; been a vacuum in the educational institutions of the town ess already, in our Corporation Schools, most excellent seminaries for the youthful children of We pc our working classes ; hut as yet, except in private and too expensive schools, we have not the means of 'pro viding for the education of those children in the principles of the Church of England when more , ad- vanced in year piring to a wider cli of merely secular cUucc Institution S to them and to This desideratum— afforded by the the humbler c a school in which rel bined with the advantage ce, tn. )us education is afforded, com- asses of trad Lecture-room and a valuable and well-selected library—the Lower School of the Collegiate Institution now supplies ; and we trust to see those advar portion of th ges embraced by a large children of the industrious classes in our town. To the character of her working classes and her industrious tradesmen England must look, amidst the distractions which a mischievous agitation is struggling to create, for the safety and permanence of her institutions. To the loyal operative we, in this town especially, owe a deep debt of gratitude for the past, and upon that class we build much of our hope for the future. Let us see the children of the opera tive well educated, and, above all, educated in the truths of the Bible ; and agitation may do its worst— anti-monopoly meetings may drum up their political firebrands, and repealers summon their rebel gather- —we repose in the consciousness that, with a loyal and religiously educated Dernoc IS SECURE .cy, ENGLAND We may here venture a word to parents proposing to embrace for their children the advantages which this Institution affords. Let them at once intimate their intention to do so in the proper quarter, that the necessary arrangements for t ,heir reception may be made Our readers are well the habit of noticing theatrical entertainments in a .e that we are not much in leading article They 'vi us for so doing in our 1, however, we trustppardon sent publication. The enter- tainments to w hich we hay true, not trictly theatri Hamlet,' with the par ) call attention are, it is although " the play of Hamlet omitted," bears some remote resemblance to them They may, with propriety, be styled Menoyeriq Exhibitions ; and as no one can objcct to those opportunities of studying the physiognomy and the animals, which the e conformations of Irange of our Wombwells Atkinses affords the public, We cannot be complained of for noticing the exhibitions of a similar description, with which we have been favoured, or should have been favoured, during the present wee!, The first, in order, of the entertainments in question took place on Wednesday evening, and was for a charitable purpose. The attraction was to have been the exhibition of a well-known wild animal imported from Derrinane, who was to be seen feeding. The admission was by ticket, and the charge twelve and sixpence each. There was here; however, a melan choly disappointment; for, although the 'house was a bumper, the principal performer was non est ! There was music and a multitude, but no bear to dance; and, as a matter of course, blank faces were the result. A few of the minor animals, it is true, were poked up by the exhibiting management, and performed their peculiar evolutions. The aviary and the apiary flut tered and chattered. But the promised great attraction —the animal from Derrinane —being absent, the proper amount of spirits could not be got up, and the audience eventually went away in sulky mood, mutter ing something, very vulgar and shocking, about their Money being returned, and the entire affair being "a take in." The exhibition of Thursday was of a lower grade and more questionable in its purpose. It was, in short, a meeting of the back-slummery and cellar ocracy of the town, for the purpose of -promoting the cause OrREPEAL. The same Irish animal was pla carded to appear ; and various hods full of copper were to have been presented to him, in reward for his services as the great "liberator" of the " First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea." 'The curtain rose, amidst throbbing hearts, sweet brogues, dirty faces, and a hurricane of shillaleghs beating tattoo upon the floors and benches of boxes, pit, and gallery. But, alas for the mutability of human affairs and the vanity of human expectations ! A sweeter audience never assembled to greet prima donna, tragedian, or comedian, than were met to honour the animal from Derrinane but again disappointment was fated to Feed on their damask cheeks; mana:, . Rawlins for the animal came not ! He was sea-sick at home with the thoughts of crossing the Channel ; or he was out of humour, or busy counting " the rint," or some other unaccountable hindrance had interfered ; and the audience went home, stark mad with chagrin, to their various domiciles, in cellar, court, or alley : but what became of the copper collection to the present hour we know not. For this evening another exhibition is announced — a splendid affair, got up by the elderly ladies of the Anti-monopoly Association, who have taken the Amphitheatre for the occasion. With respect to this exhibition, we shall have something to say in our next. LOCAL NEWS, All the sixty defendants indicted at the late special com mission at Liverpool, and who then traversed to the next as sizes, have had notice that the indictments against them have been removed by the Attorney-General from Lancashire and Cheshire into the Court of Queen's Bench. Similar notices have been served upon the Cheshire defendants, SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL.-011 Sunday even ing nest, as may be seen from an advertisement, a sermon will be preached in St. Barnabas' Church, by the Rev. Thos. Nolan, incumbent, in aid of the funds of this invaluable cha rity. Its claims upon the liberality of the public are of no ordinary kind, and, we hope, are felt to be sufficiently urgent to produce a liberal collection. MRS. ST. ALBIN.—It will be seen elsewhere that Mrs. St. Albin continues her instruction on the piano-forte. From the admirable manner in which this lady acquitted herself on Friday last, in the duet with M. Thalberg, it must be evi dent that no one can be more fitting than herself to be en trusted with this now essential portion of the education of a Young lady of lthe present day. THE LATE BANKRUPTCY COMMISSIONERS.-At a special general meeting of the Liverpool Law Society, held on the 9th instant, for the purpose of considering the propriety of expressing to the Liverpool Commissioners in Bankruptcy the opinion and feeling of the society on their retirement from office, the following resolution was unanimously pasted, and a copy was forwarded to each commissioner : "That this society, abstaining from the expression of any opinion upon the important change in the administration of the bankrupt law about to come into operation, cannot per mit those gentlemen who have acted as commissioners in this town under the existing system to retire from office without expressing their deep sense of the courteous and obliging manner in which they have performed those duties towards the members of this society and.the profession ge nerally, and of the facilities which they, have so cheerfully afforded on all occasions to the transaction of the bankruptcy business brought before them;-and.that the president be re. quested to transmit a copy . of this resolution to each of the cornmissioners.—(Signed) Titus.. FISHER, President." ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOLS.--....k &ay be seen from an advertisement, two sermons will be preached in this church on Sunday next, in aid of the schools connected with the church, which were commenced in July last with 10 scholars, whilst there is now a regular attendance of ltio, and if a school could be obtained the number would soon be doubled. There are only two schools in the Park connected with the church, and these are not in districts where schools are most required. His Worship the Mayor is expected to attend the service in the morning. PASSENGERS BY THE BRITANNIA.—The following is a list of the passengers brought by the Britannia :—From Boston—Mr. Thomas Lloyd, Mr. C. Adshead, Mr. James Fox, Mr. W. C. Allen, Mr. — William . Spaight, Mr. B. F. Babcock, Mr. John Hall, Mr. C. Congreve, Mr. Thomas Ambler, Mr. Charles Samuel, Mr. J. Davidson, Mr. Durd Febrman, and Mr. Walker. From Halifax—Mr. J. B. Forsyth, lady, and daughter; Mr, E. Burstall, Captain Middleton, Rev. Mr. Bartlett, and Mr. James Robinson. THEATRE ROYAL.—We are glad to see that our new - 7er is tuft sparing of his-engagements with acknowledged favourites or performers of first-rate talent. In the latter list we find Mr. Leonard, who has made a most favourable ap pearance as Dr. O'Toole; his reception was highly flattering, and worthy of the able successor of our lamented Power. Mr. Leonard possesses all the ease of his predecessor, with a power of representing the eccentricities of , the Irish cha racter that has obtained for him the admiration of the London audiences, and, we doubt not, will insure him the warm sup port of the play-going public of Liverpool. - - WRECK OF A CONVICT SHIP.—We have elsewhere given some account of the wreck of the Waterloo, convict ship, off the Cape of Good Hope, in her passage out; and have in serted a list of the names of the convicts drowned. It will be seen, that the two first are, apparently, those of James Thelwell and James Skerratt, who were convicted at the as- sizes at Liverpool, in March last, of robbing the Blackburn coach of a portmanteau, containing a large sum in notes and gold, belonging to Messrs. Cunliffes, Brooks, and Co., bank ers, of this town. We have reason to believe, that several others of the convicts lost are from this neighbourhood.— Manceester Guardian. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.—On Thursday, the 10th instant, a public meeting was held at Clitheroe, for the purpose of presenting a piece of plate to E. H. Shellard, Esq., architect, of Manchester, for his gratuitous professional services in the improvement of St. James' Church in that town. The plate bore the following inscription : _ _ ; 7- Presented to Is. 11. Sliellard, Esq. for his kind gratuitous services in the erection of .a tower and gallery to St. James' Church, Clitheroe : " THE REV. W. MORGAN, B.A. Minister. " J. HAWORTH, Churchtvardens. " J. MERCER, " November 10th, 1842. CAN ATLI' SHOW.—One of those exhibitions, which tend so much to improve the mind and elevate the character and condition of the poor man, while it employs the more affluent in a knowledge of natural history, took place on Monday week, at Mr. Matthew 'Walker's, the Lamb and Flag, Great Howard-street. We wish the habits of the labouring population could be brought more into this pursuit ; for while by the careful attention to the wants and necessities of the feathered tribe, it may be the means of creating a sense of what is due to their own families. On this occasion about fifty members of the club sat down to a very elegant dinner, which would do credit to any of our first-rate hotels, and the evening was spent in a very convivial manner. The follow ing were the prizes awarded on the occasion :—Buff and yel low plum heads-Ist, Mr. Walker; 2d, Mr. Jacob ; 3d, Mr. Clueas ; 4th, Mr. Robinson. Buff plum heads-Ist, Mr. 'Walker ; 2d, Mr. Jacob ; 3d, Mr. Clucas ; 4th, Mr. Owen. Yellow toppin-Ist, Mr. Walker ; 2d, Mr. Buchan ; 3d. Mr. Robinson; 4th, Mr. Owen. Buff toppin-Ist, Mr. Walker ; 2d, Mr. Clucas ; ,3d, Mr. Jacob ; 4th, Mr. Rimmer. LlvEr.Pool. PHILOMATIIIC SOCIETY.—The annual dinner of this society took place in the large room of the Adelphi Hotel, on Friday evening last, Thos. Eden, Esq., president for the session, in the chair. The substantials and delicacies of the table having been discussed, and the dessert introduced, the proceedings of the evening began with the usual loyal toast of "The Queen," drunk with all the honours, the com pany joining in the national anthem, followed by the " Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family." The following were amongst the sentiments and toasts given during the evening :—.• The Philomathic Society," responded to by Dr. Dickinson. " Truth the sole end of rational argument," by Mr. H. Chapman. " The President," responded to by Mr. Eden. " The Universities," by Mr. F. H. Rankin, B.A. " The memory of Roscoe," by Mr. J. Spence, in a speech of great eloquence, which elicited great applause. "The Vice- Presidents," responded to by Mr. C. G. Cowie. " The diffu- sion of knowledge throughout the globe," by Mr. C. E. " The Treasurer and the legal profession," re- sponded to by Mr. Payne. " The town - and trade of Liver pool," by Mr. A. Thomson. " The Secretary," responded to by Mr. W. Porter, who gave " The Ladies," which was drunk with great enthusiasm. " The Liberty of the Press," by Mr. G. B. Highlield. The meeting was also addressed by Mr. S. Boult, Dr. Duncan, Mr: Westmacott, of London, who made some interesting remarks on the memory of his late friend, V Roscoe ; also by Mr. J. E. Gladstone and Messrs A. Radcliffe and H. EdWards, when the company ....,....,.... _ , separated, highly gratified by their intellectual treat. Th - e following gentleman were amongst the company : Messrs. D. Bellhouse, W Rowett, J. Gtadstone, T. Hayley, y Fisher, J. Frodsham, J. IN. Holmes, G. Lowthean, W. M`M. Davies, A. Baruchson, Westmacott, Ormerod, &c. THE ROBBERY AT CAPENHURST.—On Wednesday John Broughey, Michael Mahar, John Hopkins, and John Mahar were again brought up before the magistrates at Birkenhead, on the charge of robbing the house of Mr. Wood, of Capen burst, on Friday night last, as stated in our paper of Tues day. Mrs. Wood was re-examined, and merely deposed that she did not believe it was nine o'clock when the theives entered the house. Francis M`Kinnock deposed.—l'am a lodging-house keeper in Atherton-street, Liverpool. Michael Mahar lodged with me during the last five or six weeks. I have seen Broughey calling on Mahar. He called on him about four o'clock on the evening of Friday last.—The .._ . _ . soners were now called upon by the court. Broughey.-LI never in my life saw Francis M'Kinnock. Michael Mahar. —I came over from Liverpool at five o'clock on Friday after noon, and went to a ferry where they take persons across to Holywell, in search of work, but could not get across. I turned back at eight o'clock, and walked till I' got on the Chester road to Birkenhead. I met five men about three ---- miles from Birkenhead, and walked with them about a mile, and afterwards overtook Broughey on the road, about a mile and a half from Birkenhead, and we came up with the five men before we entered the town Two of the men stopped behind us at an old building, near the New Road. We soon afterwards met . the police. I had fifteen shillings when I left Liverpool. John Hopkins.—l was getting potatoes near Warrington. I had 50s. of my own, and my cousin, Tom Hopkins, gave me about 30s. to take to a woman in Liver pool, with whom be lodged. 1 came from Chester on Friday, and got to Primrose-hill, in Bebbington. On Saturday morning I went to Eastham Ferry, and there the police took me. Broughey, Michael Mahar, and Hopkins were com mitted fOr trial at the next assizes, and John Mahar was re manded until Friday next. (ROMAN) CATHOLIC BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—The annual dinner of this society was held at the Music-hall on Wednes day evening, upon which occasion about 140 of its supporters sat down. The dinner was provided by Mr. Towers, of the Angel Hotel. It was announced that the chair would have been taken by Mr. Daniel O'Connell, M.P., but the company were doomed to suffer considerable digappointment in con sequence of the hon. gentleman not having made his appear ance. They waited dinner for upwards of an hour and a half for the purpose of seeing whether the second Dublin mail packet (due from ten in the morning) would convey him, hut it was all to no purpose. Under these circum stances, the chair was taken by Mr. Richard Sheil, ex-alder man, and a very dull evening was spent. After the cloth had been withdrawn, the chairman proposed the following toasts in succession :—" Her Majesty the Queen, the beloved of her people ; " "His Holiness Pope Gregory XVI. ; Prince of Wales ; " " Prince Albert, Princess Royal, and the rest of the Royal Family ; " " The (Roman) Catholic Benevolent Society and its Officers." Vice-president Chal loner proposed " The Right Rev. Dr. Browne, V.A., and the (Roman) Catholic Prelates of Great Britain." Dr. Youens replied to the toast. Mr. James Molyneux proposed "The (Roman) Catholic Hierarchy of Ireland." Dr. O'Grady replied. Vice-president Hore proposed "The (Roman) Catholic Priesthood of Liverpool." The Rev. Peter Wil cock replied. Dr. Youens proposed " The Chairman's health ; and, after Mr. Sheil had replied, Mr. William Rathbone proposed " Civil and Religious Liberty." The Rev. Dr. Appleton proposed " The Supporters of the Be nevolent Society"' which was replied to by Mr. John Yates, jun. " O'Connell ; " " Those friends not in communion with the Holy See who have honoured us with their presence ; " " The Vice-Presidents; " The Stewards ; " and " the Lan cashire Witches," were next given, after which the company separated. DEATH FROM LAUDANUM.—An inquest was, yesterday, held before P. F. Curry, Esq., borough coroner, on view of the body of Joseph Channers, a ship-carpenter, whose death it would appear was occasioned by his taking a very large quantity of laudanum.—Elizabeth Channers said she lived at No. 21, Harford-street. The deceased was her husband, and was 49 years of age. On Wednesday night, about twelve o'clock, she was in bed, and the deceased then came home. He was a little tipsy. He drank a glass of ale and smoked his pipe before he came to bed. Soon afterwards he fell asleep, and, during the morning, she heard him moaning and sighing, but did not take any notice of the circumstance, as he was subject to do so in his sleep. About a quarter past seven she got up. Deceased was asleep and breathing. About nine o'clock witness sent her daughter up stairs to learn if he would take a cup of coffee; and when she came down she said she could not awake him. She then went up stairs herself, and found him lying in the same position in which she had left him. She tried to waken him, and spoke to him, but received no reply,—and then discovered that he was dead. She sent for a surgeon, but he found him dead. Deceased took a little drink occasionally. For the last three weeks he had frequently complained of pain in the chest. She had never known the deceased take any laudanum. He had been out of a situation some time, and, in consequence, was in a very low state of mind. Mr. James Gartbside stated that he was called in, and found the deceased quite dead. He could not then account for death, and had since made a post modem examination. On opening the stomach, he found about half-a-pint of fluid which smelt strongly of laudanum, which he could also taste. From th e a pp earanc e of the stomach, and detecting laudanum, he was of opinion that death was produced from that drug. Ann Haworth, who lived in the cellar below the house, said she knew the deceased well. For some time back, she had observed him to be in low spirits, but had no conversation with him. He was out of work for some weeks. The case being involved in considerable doubt, as regarded the taking of the poison, the Coroner adjourned further enquiry until twelve o'clock tomorrow (Saturday,) OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES..—A youth, in the dress of apparently of a young sea-officer, was yester day placed before Mr. Rushton, in the police-court, on a charge of fraudulently obtaining a quantity of wearing ap parel from a shop. A sbopman, in the employ of Thomas Hague and Co., clothes-dealers, St. James's-street, stated that the prisoner had come there on two occations, with notes (produced) ordering clothing, and purporting to be signed by Mr. Hall, jun., (his cousin,) son of Mr. Hall, corn-merchant, Brunswick-street, who is the primer's uncle. There were several notes of a similar description, (produced by constable Thomas Ainsworth, jun., who apprehended the prisoner) ; but it appeared that the prisoner had obtained the goods, on Monday, ordered in two of them only—the whole consisting of a few shirts, singlets, &c., worth, in all, about £1 17s. 6d. On Tuesday a boy brought another of the orders to the shop, but the delinquency being suspected, and some information hav ing also been obtained, it was detained and no goods w er e given. The prisoner was apprehended in a house in Upper Mann•street.—Mr. Hall, jun., (a clerk at Mr. Hall's,) said that the notes were not written or signed by him, nor bad he or Mr. Hall, sen., authorised the prisoner to write them, or to get the goods in their name. The charge of forgery was not gone into—that for ohtaining the goods uncle' false pretences being alone preferred.--The prisoner, or, being cautioned, said that he had been in the habit of get. ting clothes at Hague's on former occasions ; that he hac told his uncle that he had an opportunity of joining a shit going to Sidney; that he wanted some clothes for the voyage that his uncle said he would give him a note for them, bu that a gentleman came in at the time, and he (Mr. Hall) soli ' he could not then give him the note, but that he might write one himself—which he did—though be admitted that he did wrong in doing so, and did not think it would turn out so seriously.—He was committed for trial, and told that he might be bailed out in his own security for £3O, and two sureties in £l5 each, for the misdemeanour.—The prisoner signed his name in a neat business-looking hand. THE INFANT SAPFOO.—We regret that we have not yet hoard this surprising little child ; all those who have attended her concerts have been greatly delighted with her. This evening being the last concert she will give, it will be well for those to attend who wish io hear a wonder, in nature, as we have been assured she is. We can give no opinion, but • favourably of the little girl's precocious talent e requested to contradict an impudent and imperti tement which some contemptible creature has ma , in inserting Mr. Alexander Kincaid's name at We 2 nent st of marria.„ place. Th,, es and births, no such c . last imposition appearec )ceurrenee having taker 1 in the Liverpool Time, Of Tuesday, in the list of births. Our contemporaries, it is hoped, will give place to this paragraph, and should the individual attempt to impose upon them again, it is particu larly requested that he may be seized and handed over to the police. THEATRE ROYAL.—A dramatic version of Ainsworth's " Miser's Daughter," was produced at the Theatre Royal last night. It is beautifully got up—the scenery is all new. and Cruickshank's admirable pictures are all put oil the stage in a surprisingly correct manner. Those engaged in it greatly exerted themselves, and looked, acted, and spoke as one might have expected Ainsworth's characters to speak. It is, without exception, the best dramatic version of a story we ever saw. The scene at Vauxhall created great merri ment. The piece is well—very well worth seeing —it is done with much care, trouble, and cost. Mr. Wallack appears to night as Benedict, to Mrs. Seymour's Beatrice ; it will be a treat for the playgoers. TIIE FUNDS.—WEDNESDAY EVENING.—A few purchases of Stock gave Consols, in the early hours of business, the shade advance to 94 to 1, both for money and the account, but they ultimately closed, as yesterday, 94 to s ; Bank Stock declined to 168 to 170, its final quotation ; but - India Stock continues at 260 to 2t2; Three per Cents. Reduced left off 93i1; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1002 to i; New Three-and-a-half per Cents., 101-1, , to ; and Long Annuities, 12a to 7-16 ; India Bonds, 51s. premium ; Ex chequer-bills, 575. to 59s premium. In foreign securities, Spanish are quoted firm at 224 to -a for the Three per Cents., and 181 to for the Actives ; :Mexican are 33 to 1; ditto Deferred, 91 to ; Columbia, 214 to 4. Danish 83 to 2 ; Belgian, 102 to ; Brazilian, 611 to 651 ;• Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52t to 53 ; Portu guese Five per Cents., 381 to ; ditto Three per Cents, 22-1 to 234; and Peruvian, 17 to 18. TEE REPEALERS NONPLUSSED.—The promised visit o the great ex-Mayor of Dublin to our town was eagerly seized upon, as the staring green placards upon the walls can tes tify, for a demonstration of the strength of the Repeal inte rest in Liverpool. On Wednesday, however, the arch-agi tator had not arrived, and some qualms visired the expectant Paddies. Thursday's first mail arrived, and still no Daniel ! The second mail, however, it was confidently anticipated, would bring him ; and a deputation accordingly waited its arrival at George's Pierhead. They waited, however, in vain; for, alas! blue noses and shivering limbs were all that they brought back with them as the fruits of their airing. We understand that the old fox did go down to Kingston on Tuesday, and-took stock of the weather in due form; but the prospect being uninviting, he was advised—" and that by his best friends"—not to risk his precious person to the perils of the deep, in blowing and foggy weather. His ex worship grows timorous in his old days ; but we calculate that if the money prospects of his proposed visit had been more promising, he would have dared the elements. It is hard to sacrifice comfort and ease at his time of life, merely to be exhibited for the amusement of a mob of hodnien, or to drink slops with the unfledged goslings of the Anti-Mo nopoly Association, without a quid pro quo to put into his empty breeches-pockets ; and Daniel is not to be done after this fashion. MR. DANIEL O'CONNELL'S TREATMENT OF THE LIVER POOL REPEALERS.—After the scurvy mode in which this prince of humbugs treated the people who invited him to the dinner on Wednesday, it was not to be expected that the minor fry would fare any better. They held a meeting last night in the Music-hall, for the purpose of promoting the cause of Repeal ; and by announcing the name of the beggar man, they filled the room. Of course he did not, as in all probakility he never intended, make his appearance. A per son, who must be extensively known when we mention that it was Mr. George Smith, in taking the chair, delivered him self of the following morsel of eloquence :—" Ladies and gen tlemen, I assure you that nothing can equal the honour you have conferred upon me by placing me in this proud position, except the regret 1 feel for the continued absence of that illus trious individual who is to honour us with his presence. There is a deputation still waiting at George's Pierhead, in the hope that he may yet come to us ; but, from all I can learn, his absence has been caused by the severity of the weather. I have been told this evening by a gentleman who has come from Dublin to-day, that he came upon the evening of Tuesday last as far as Kingston harbour, with the inten tion of proceeding to Liverpool, in order to attend this and the meeting of the preceding evening ; but upon reaching that place he found that the weather was so severe that the vessel which was then proceeding had been labouring in the bay for more than an hour before it could get out of the harbour. Under these circumstances, and acting under the influence and advice of his best friends, it was deemed ad visable for him to return home. A motive of personal safety only induced him to pursue this course. But although O'Connell is not here, still I hope there is some of the spirit of O'Connell here."—The meeting were wofully disappointed at hearing of Daniel's well-known fear of salt water, and the proceedings passed off harmlessly. - A LADY COMMITTED FOR TRlAL.—Yesterday, two well dressed and respectable-looking young females were placed at the bar of the police-court, they having been put into custody on a serious charge of purloining some articles in a shop. As no evidence was adduced to implicate one of them, we, as a matter of course, suppress her name; and in com pliance with the wish of the friends of the other, we do so in her case likewise. James Sweetman, a sbopman in the establishment of Messrs. Jeffrey and Morrish, drapers, Church-street, stated, that about one o'clock on Wednes dhy, the prisoners came into the shop, and asked for some purse twist, which he showed to them. There was a basket containing woollen stockings on the counter near them at the time, and be saw one of them take up a pair of them, and put them under her cloak. She then asked him to choose some of the finest knots of the twist, which he did, and the other prisoder paid 9d. for what was selected. The witness then observed the same prisoner take another pair of the stockings, and dispose of them in a similar way. He went behind and informed his employer, Mr. Jeffrey, of what he had seen, and that gentleman questioned him strictly as to his being quite certain of the fact, the parties appearing to be so respectable. He stated that he was quite certain.—Mr. James R. Jeffrey said, that on hearing the facts stated by the last ::itness, he went to the prisoner alluded to, and taking her behind, told her that the young man had informed him that she had taken something which did not belong to her — at the same time asking her to produce what articles she had in her pockets or about her person. She objected to do so, and remarked that she would pay for what she 'had bought, (or, as we understood the witness, words to that effect.) She then moved a little distance, and was observed to put her hand under her cloak. He then observed the stockings fall from her person, and picked them up. There were two pairs.—Mr. Stephens, superintendent of the shop, was pre sent when the prisoner was taken behind, and saw u small bundle of the purse twist also fall from her person, and a travelling cravat. The articles were identified as the pro perty of Messrs. Jeffrey and Morrish, and were stated to be worth about 10s. 6d.—A. police-officer, who had been sent for, in the first instance, took the prisoners into custody.—Mr. Rushton finding there was no evidence against the other female, who was merely in company with the delinquent, and looked at the articles, ordered her to be forthwith discharged ; and said that, however painful, the delinquent must be committed for trial.—Mr. Counsellor Harden appeared for the prisoner, and appealed strongly to the bench in her behalf, with a view to her being liberated on bail, on the ground that she was in a weak state of health ; of a highly-respectable connexion , and of a nervous temperament, so that confinement in gaol, under such a charge, would endanger her life. He wished the me dical gentleman who had attended her to he heard. Mr. Rushton said that he supposed the only tangible defence that could be intended.from such a statement would be, that she laboured under infirmity of mind, He should, however, hear the medical gentleman, in conjunction with the surgeon of the gaol, and if they were both of opinion that her life would be endangered, he should not object to receiving bail. The prisoner, who appeared to be in great distress of mind, was then put down, and the evidence was reduced to writing. She was afterwards again brought up, and Mr. Cox, a sur geOn who had attended her, stated that he had seen the lady, and found her in better health than she enjoyed some months before. Her health, however, might be injured by confine ment in the gaol. The surgeon of the prison said, (as we understood him,) that her health was not such as to be im mediately endangered by such restraint. Mr. Rushton said, that after the evidence adduced, he could but mete out equal justice by committing the prisoner the same as the poorest individual in the land. He could not take bail. The evi dence was then read over. The prisoner, on being cautioned as to what she might think proper to say, merely said " It is not a correct statement." She signed her name in a very neat hand, and was put down. She is a good-looking young woman, and cried bitterly when taken away. WATERLOO COURSING MEETING, OVER ALTCAR, (NEAR LIVERPOOL,) On Tuesday, 28th February, and Thursday, 2d March, 1813, MR. Will. NIGHTINGALE, OF CRAVEN, JUDGE. THE WATERLOO CUP, value 300 sovs., in specie,—by a sub scription of 25 sovs. each, thirty-two subscribess. The money, amounting to £BOO, to be divided as under The winner to receive . . 3OO sovs The second to receive .. Two winners of three courses to receive, each 30 do. Four winners of two do. do. do. 20 do. Eight winners of one do. do. The dog which is beaten in the first round for the cup by the winner of the cup to receive 10 do A. bonus (£170) for the Altcar Stakes 170 do The winner to give three dozen of Claret to the club dinner THE ALTCAR STAKES, valve 170 sovs. ; for the sixteen beaten dogs in the first round for the Cup ; to be divided as under : The winner to receive . . The second to receive. . . Two winners of two courses to receive, each lO d 0... 20 Four winners of one do. do. do 5 d 0... 20 The winner to give one dozen of claret to the club dinner. THE WATERLOO PURSE. A Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each. Sixteen Subscribers. The money. amounting to £l6O, to be divided as under : The winner to receive The second to receive Two winners of two courses to receive, each Four winners of one do. do. do 100 sous.. £lOO 42 d 0... 42 5 d 0... 10 2 d 0... 8 The winner to give two dozen of cham pagne to the club dinner.. THE HOT BLAST PATENT.—This patent expired on the 11th of September for England, and on the Ist of October for Scotland, and has proved one out of the few which havebeen eminently successful to the inventor. Besides being of great national benefit, it has realised a sum of not less than £150,000 to the patentees, and has placed John Beaumont Neilson high in the ranks of the benefactors of, not his country alone, but of mankind, iron being the most useful of the metals, and its cheap production of immense importance in arts and manufactures, on which the convenience and comforts of life depend. Of no small importance has the economizing of that valuable mineral coal, been promoted by this discove ry ; where formerly nine tons were required in Scotland to make one ton of pig-iron, it is now done by two an d a h a lf tons, or less, and inferior descriptions of both coal and ore may he used, which before could not be applied , and f rom this cause a prejudice has arisen against iron made by hot air, which should rather be attributed to those ores and coals which produce weak iron, than to heated air, which, with proper materials, makes as strong, tind even stro nger, i ron than cold air ; even the most prejud iced admit this fact in the case of iron made with anthracit e coal. The experi ments of Messrs. Hod g kinson and Fa i r bairn, made under the direction of the British ASSOChitiOH, show this , fact in iron from the clay iron-stones, and also the red ores. It would only be common justice that some national testimonial should be awarded to Mr. Neilson, and it is hoped that some influential paity will take the lead in perpetuating the name of a benefactor who may be classed with Arkwright and Watt in the mighty effects of his discovery.—Mining Journal. VESTRY MEETING Yesterday, a meeting of the ratepayers of the parish of iverpool was held in the Church of St. Nicholas, for the 11 be reqt: ich and so many her of highway commissioners eral acts; and when and where receipts and expenditure of the ler and by virtue of the said laid before the inhabitants." OLMES was called to'the chair NE, clerk to the con the meeting, loners, read the statement of the ,_„ accounts, which, we supp ose , will be advertised. There were nine vacancies to be supplied, three of which must be out of the council ; and the followinz was the list intruded to be whicti h o rub teLer, Joseph Cooper, Thomas Kaye, and WE:TUMULI. said he objected to the whole batch been read. They would agree with hint that the most sacred thing that could the health of t be imagined; yet he found that the commissioners had neg leclel, shamefully neglected, their duty of attending to . it. In certain parts of the town, along which he was compelled to go, he tbund accumulations of filth and dirt which were really disgraceful. The CIIAIRMAN said, the commissioners were not the scavenging board; and they had nothing whatever to do with cleansing the streets. Mr. WETREILILL.—Then, who has ? * Mr. DEANS and Mr. COOPER explained, that this duty belonged to a committee of the council—to the watch com mittee, in fact._ _ _ _ _ Mr. JamEs HUGHES said, that in the place of Mr. Joseph Cooper he should propose that Mr. Thomas Cuff, of Byrom street, be elected a commissioner. It was presumptuous in any set of men to monopolise the management of the parish affairs. On referring to the list of commissioners for the last dozen years, the: 7 e would always be found the names of Joseph Cooper and William Birkett, and a similar set, who monopolised the patronage and the distribution of the funds of the parish, to the exclusion of others, equally worthy, of their fellow-citizens. He thought it was not right that the parish board should be kept a complete snuggery. The CUAIuMAN said, that so far from there being any monopoly, the difficulty was to get gentlemen to attend. Mr. WETHERILL said, he would second the motion of his friend Mr. Hughes. . Mr. BtGuAnt said the true secret of all this monopoly of business was that the people who monopolized it had too little to attend to in their own affairs, and, therefore, they determined to meddle with parish matters. Now, what could this be for? It was not frotn a patriotic feeling ; it was not because they wished to sheer themselves good citizens ; but it was because they had plenty of patronage and money to dis tribute. That only could be their motive; and the parish ioners felt it to their cost. The speaker then complained of the mode in which the streets are watered, alleging that the most fashionable streets were carefully attended to in this re spect, whilst the poorer ones were totally neglected. He concluded with some coarse remarks on the list submitted to the meeting. . . Mr. THOMAS KAYE, in reply, said, that the commissioners had done all in their power with regard to the watering of the streets. They had not the means of watering all the streets. There were a hundred miles of streets in Liver pool, and it was impossible they could all be watered. If any plan could be pointed out whereby that object could be attained the commissioners would be glad to adopt it ; and at present they did as much as they had the means of doing. It was quite a mistake to suppose that there was any favouritism on the part of the board ; on the contrary it was their wish to consult as far as possible the wants of the public. Mr. BIGHAM asked whether there was ever a single 'lay when Lord-street was not watered? Mr. KAYE said, yes; fourteen or fifteen days sometimes. It was impossible for the board to meet the demand which was now made ; to do so would cost at least £6OOO a-year, whilst they had only the disposal of £l5OO a-year. Mr. ICN APPER corroborated the statement of Mr. Kaye. Mr. BIGHAM.—What right has Lord-street and those streets to be watered more than any other? The CHAIRMAN.—Because there is more passing in them. Mr. 13IGHAAL—I beg your pardon ; there is not. Mr. WETHERILL asked whether it would not be cheaper to water the streets by contract ? The CHAIRMAN thought not, and added that there was always a difficulty in passing the accounts. People com plained., but they did not like to pay for removing the com plaint. Mr. WETHERILL said there were people in the town who would water the whole town, or; at least, two-thirds of it, for a less sum than one-third was done for now. The CHAIRMAN.—It is impossible. Mr. WETHERILL thought it might be done early in the morning, for it was a nuisance to have the watering carts in the streets in the middle of the day. Mr. KAYE replied that at one time the commissioners gave instructions for the streets to be watered between four and five in the morning, and it was done, and then came complaints that they were dry again by nine o'clock. It was impossible to please everybody. The CHAIRMAN then put the list, seriatim, and every name was carried. Mr. HUGHES demanded a poll in favour of Mr. Cuff and against Mr. Cooper. Mr. WETHERILL seconded the demand ; but on inquiry it appeared that he had not paid his rates, consequently his seconding fell to the ground. Mr. BIGHAM.—II is very unfair! It is like all the rest of your conduct ! It is grossly unfair, like all the rest of your conduct, and I am determined to oppose it as long as I live! I second the motion myself. Mr. Wetherill is a well known parishioner, and I say it is most unfalr to treat him in this way ! - . The CHAIRMAN said it was the law which must be obeyed. Mr. BIGHAM.-1 don't care. It is unfair, like all the rest; for Mr. Weatherill is a wall known parishioner. In reply to a remark on the absurdity of putting the parish to the expense of a poll on a question of this kind, and re commending the motion to be withdrawn, Mr. HUGHES said he would not withdraw his demand; but, perhaps, Mr. Cooper would save the expense by with drawing himself, as he had been long enough in office, t guardian. and in other ways. Mr. COOPER said he was not a poor law verpool ; and. after the,personal.and.uncallc, Which he had been assailed, he should not NViti (Hear, hear.) The vestry was then adjourned till ten o'clock this morn ing (Friday), at the Parish-office, where the poll will be taken. ardian of Li for inner in his name MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE The weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was held yes terday, when the following members were present :—Messrs. Horsfall, Holt, Holmes, Smith, Nicol, Aikin, Bulley , Boy den, Mulyneux , Barclay, Shand, Moon, Evans, Middleton, and Martin. In the absence of the Chairman, Mr. Hons. FALL, the deputy chairman, presided. The Surveyor's plans and report upon the lengthening of the Clarence Graving Dock were laid upon. the table ; and the CHAIRMAN stated that the Surveyor was engaged in making preparations for going on with the work. After a short conversation, it was agreed that, after the land had been cleared, the committee should personally inspect the site, and then decide to what extent the lengthening should be made. _ . _ Mr._ ROYDEN called the attention of the Committee to a large sand bank, which, for some time had been accumulating right abreast of the Brunswick dock gates. It was now three feet three inches abode the sill of the dock gates. In several instances ships had got upon it, but, had been got off with the assistance of steam ; but, it would be very difficult so to manage ships of larger burden, of which there were many in the timber trade. It was of much conse quence to those in the timber trade, that this bank should be removed as low as the dock sill. From the explanation of the Surveyor, it appeared that the removal of this bank belonged to the conservator of the river under the conservancy act. The subject was, therefore, re ferred to the Sub -committee for the Department of the Marine Surveyor, who will communicate with the proper authority. _ _ -- The CHAIRMAN stated that a letter had been received from the Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Coun cil, recommending the Dock Committee to appoint their proportion of the joint Committee (one-third), to protect the interests of the corporation and the docks under the con servancy act.—lt was decided that the committee should be nominated next Thursday. _ _ _ Circulars were ordered to be issued inviting tenders to be sent in for the supply of 3000 gallons of sperm oil fur the use of the light-houses. _ __ The M ARINE-SURVEYOR reported that the new iron bell beacon had rode out the heavy gales in October satisfacto rily; and that upon examination, the hull and machinery were found as perfect as the day it was put down. Vacancies for two dock-gatemen at Clarence-dock . , one at Trafalgar-dock, and one at Toxteth-dock, were filled up. Thomas Plansdill, a superannuated dock-gateman, had his weekly allowance of 15s. continued for three months. A reply to Mesr;.—li'ielclen Brothers, who requested ac commodation in Waterloo Dock for a new line of packets between New York and Liverpool, was ordered to be sent to the effect that there was accommodation there for all the lines if the consignees would agree upon it among themselves. The committee next considered the subject of the statistical account for each dock. It appeared that the original cost of commencing the account was £217 13s. 6d., and that the annual charge of it was £352 Bs. 6d., which was paid to three clerks who kept it after the usual office hours. It was postponed for further consideration till Thursday. A letter from Messrs. M'Arthur and Co., and several other agents, consignees, and owners of coasting vessels, was read, complaining of the inconvenience to which that trade was put by vessels being laid up for sale in the docks they frequented; and requesting that the whole of Canning-dock, the whole of Salthouse-dock, and the west side of George's dock, should be a ppropriated to them. After a few words from Mr. AIKIN and Mr. EVANS, the committee decided that the application could not be com plied with. On the motion of Mr. Ntcot, Mr. Shand was appointed a member of the Sub-Committee of Finance, in the place of Mr. Mellor; Mr. ltoyden, of the Harbour Masters' Sub- Committee, in the place of Mr. Shand; and Mr. Bramley Moore, of the Sub-Committee of Works, in the place of Mr. Sandbach. The committee then separated. SPLENDID PRESENT TO THE PROVOST AND TOWN COUNCIL OF EDINBURGII.—Last week, a packet, containing several of the most beautiful specimens of needle-work, in the shape of night-caps, that were ever seen, were forwarded, per post, to the above distinguished personages by a number of young ladies resident in London, as a small tribute of their admiration of the conduct displayed on her Majesty's visit to " Modern Athens.!' MYSTERIOUS CIRcumsTANCE..:—FLYmount, Nov. 14.— On Friday evening, between six and seven o'clock, John Burt, a deaf and dumb lad went to the Lambhay Point to observe the state of the weather, it being the intention of his master, the skipper of a trawler, to go to sea the next morning, should the weather be favourable. After remain ing there a short time, he returned in a very agitated state, and by his gestures and entreaties induced a boatman to go back with him to the point, explaining by the way, in a man ner intelligible to those who knew him, that some person had jumped overboard. The boatman, however, could per ceive no indication of such an event, and this caused still more distress to the poor boy. He afterwards informed his father, an honest fisherman, that while standing on the point he observed a strange young man, about twenty years of age, in a retired part, apparently watching until the place should be deserted. The stranger then took his watch from his waistcoat pocket, observed the time, replaced it, and, first gazing intently on the moon, thrust his hands firmly in his side pockets, ran down the slope, jumped on a low wall, and fell face downwards on the steep rocks, upon the edge of which the wall is built. The boy Burt immediately leaped upon the wall, and clambering down the rocks went half into the water, and was just in time to seize the other by the col lar of the coat. The suicide, whose forehead and cheeks were bleeding profusely, gnashed his teeth at his intended pre server, and with a menacing aspect compelled him to desist from his humane endeavours, lest his own life should be for feited in the contest. The stranger sank near the rocks, and rose again out of _reach, sank once more, and then disappeared. Ile was dressed in a peaked cap, with a leather strap beneath the chin, a pilot coat, and black trousers, and wore a silver guard to his watch. Boatmen have been since employed creeping for the body, but hitherto without success, and from the inequality of the ground, it is not likely to be recovered until the tides fall off. ON A RECENT PRESENTATION TO A NEIGH BOURING CLERGYMAN. (0 may e hope—t bones, I Butler!) being a ere approv'd?) To ring the bell, and order in the tea - ! (Don't make it strong, for I am rather nervous,) Pray have you seen friend H's handsome service i objection, TM? some indeed make very When clergy take such pledge Oft have I heard RSCPtie cynics stake I'h' absurd u of plat, Presented to i re or their part, they r As damsels' " not marry" (if t Means only this—not marry. I endure it I don't make the assertion unawares-- A tea service lies a reference to theirs. What are their duties? let us sum them up The law of God, is it—no "bitter cup " Death in the pot—the Pro phet's sons did sh The Prophet's salt—the poison soon drew out ! Thus, the pure milk, the faithful pastor pours, Destroys the bitter, and a calm restores The Gospel sweets—of Gospel hope—supplies, He lives, - who drinks ; the bitter only dies ! Another emblem may ba thus apr " Tried in the furnace as the Silvi What juster emblem of the Pastor's li Incessant trials, and perpetual strife, For ever tempting in this vale of tear (We cling, like Daniel' Which this, the "neet to the clay,) takes aw Burns not the metal—only the refu To make us suit .ed to our 111 iter's use ! These—not unlike the ancient triple crown — Reflect a threefold lustre and renon•n. Here Christian kindness in the donors shine, Here Christian efforts (the recipients Here all unite in one harmonious voice, To praise th'lncutnbent for so good a choice ! twine ; POSTSCRIPT ruov'd, Where I spoke of the " salt," I was all in ti That I ought have said " meal" I discovered But hope, sirs, however, you'll not be unkind And take a " slip o' the tongue" for a fault o But both those lines and these I concocted at And besides (as a poet) I'm just a beginner; (You'll say, like the boy's copy, his master being mad, Who said he could spell, but the ink was so bad ! When this comes from the press, I'll remember the hint, And plead (as of course) a mistake in the print!) But now, alter all, what more natural fault, While eating my dinner, to think of the salt ? e mind ! dinner, But why write ihem at dinner? I fancy you state What more suitable time to be thinking of plate? But here's, by the way, H.'s answer for me : Or (may be not add?) while the tea he is drinkir " Of the dear lady donors I'll ever be thinking Pray excuse all my errors--(I fear there's a host) Which, s'notild I correct, I'd be late for the post. As I am a stranger, no name I'll append ; But sincerity adds, that the stranger's a friend. When the deeds of the ladies again I rehearse, I'll be sure to refer (first) to chapter and verse; Lest the waters of Lethe (from want of reflection) (Like " Maras") should call for the rod of correction vacancies ht t acts, will Mr. JOHN M r. E. G. O'CONNELL AND THE RADICAL FEED Sirs—l'm just come from Jones, who, while cutting my hai Said, in spite of the dinner—no Daniel was there Pray, how did it happen—Great Daniel (M.P.) Staid so long in the ship that his seat wa We had Pike and Leviathan, which were _ And, yet, Dan and his Dens were, each, non est inventus Yet, although they are cold, at least so I presume, They again must come up for friend Daniel and Hume That (whenever they come) t shoulder "' But Hum The worl •" out in his reckoning ien mirelv's aonroachin lust sent us lit meet a -who'll comprehend to pm-I I But its only when money is on the tapis That H ume and his memory ever agree. Would that Dan and his colleague, " Pounds-shillings-and- pence, Were out of their reck'ning ten thousand miles hence But they say, sirs, that Daniel was in for his tea: As he slandered your ladies, pray how can this be? Be this ever your fate, poor unfortunate Dan! To receive a " cold shoulder" from every man ; And, instead of your tea. may each Englishman's daughter Keep you. as you keep the whole land, in hot water ; When we'll hope that, receiving this chastening rod, You may turn from man to your Saviour and God; To whom, turning for pleasure, or turning from pain, The chiefest of sinners ne'er seeks Him in vain.; THE POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY This society held its monthyly meeting on Tuesday even ing, the Bth instant, Mr. Platt (the treasnrer) in the chair. SAFETY VALVE FOR ENGINE nouEns The Secretary read an interesting letter received from Mr• MAITLAND, formerly a member of the Polytechnic Society, and at present residing at Montreal. The following are " Shortly after my arrival in this country, a serious ex plosion took place of a steam boiler on a canal high-pressure boat. The boiler was constructed on the locomotive ptin- ' ciple. The effect of the exPlosion took place immediately behind the tube plate of the fire-box. The boiler had no appearance that indicated that the explosion had taken place from scarcity of water. The engineer, in evidence, declared that he was allowed to carry Sslb., but there is no doubt but that a much greater pressure than that would be required to tear the boiler in the manner the Shamrock's was torn. The boiler was constructed throughout ofa-inch plate. This, there is no question, is too thin for tube plates. The tubes were wrought iron. Prom all the circumstances of the case, I have no doubt but the boiler exploded from a too great accumulation of steam, and having either a too small or in efficient safety-valve, that did not allow it to blow off. From this circumstance I was induced to pay some attention to, and, if possible, to improve, the safety-valve. I send you a sketch of one which 1 consider does away with many of the objections of the present one in use. It is more especially useful when steam of high pressure is used. If a valve is constructed to he out of the reach of the engineer —that is, to be loaded in the box that contains the val;:e, if the valve be of any size at all—the weight requires to be enormous, for a pressure is 15, 20, or 30 lb. per inch. In the valve I have invented this objection does not hold, as the same amount of weight will load .a 10-inch valve at the same pressure, as it would load on the old plan a valve of 2 inches diameter. This is easily seen from an examination of the sketch. The top valve is shewn 10 inches diameter, and the lower one 9i inch ; consequently the area to be loaded is only a ring 10 inches diameter, and inch broad.—As the Poly technic Society is established for the advancement of science, I will, if it would be of any service to its members, prepare a paper on the system of marine engineering in this country. The boats attain a speed here, with an economy of fuel, that you have as yet not got at home. A boat was started this summer on the St. Lawrence, called the Montreal : she is the fastest in North America, Some engineers visited her here from the Hudson, and they declared they had nothing that surpassed her. She is 250 feet long; breadth, or beam, 27 feet ; depth of hold, 10 feet ; diameter of cylinder, 57 inches; length of stroke. 10 feet ; diameter of wheel, 30 feet, 10 feet long, and depth of float, 2 feet G; strokes, 21 per n - inute; steam, 25 lb.; speed, 15 miles per hour!" Mr. WILLIAM FERNIHOUGII having drawn a large sketch of the valve above alluded to, proceeded, with much ingenuity and clearness, to contrast the merits of Mr. Maitland's safety valve with those of the valves HOW in use. This safety-valve (he observed) is intended principally for marine engines working with high-pressure steam, (such as the American steam-boat engines,) or, indeed, for any large high-pressure engines, in which the, difficulty of applying a safety-valve on the usual construction is well known—arising chiefly from the large weight required to keep down a valve of only moderate size against steam of such high pressure as 50 or GO pounds per inch. Mr. Maitland's valve consists of a very simple and ingeni ous modification of the common equilibrium valve, now well known and much used among engineers. Steam from the boiler enters freely a flat chamber, the top and bottom of which are formed . by two valves firmly connected together, and both opening upwards. Now, if these two valves be of equal diameter, the steam pressure above the lower valve will exactly counterpoise the pressure beneath the upper valve, consequently the valves will have no tendency to rise, and no steam will be allowed to escape. But if we suppose the upper valve to be even one-eighth of an inch the larger in diameter, the pressure on it will overcome that on the lower valve, and the two valves being connected together, they will both .ritse, and allow the steam rapidly to escape (upwards throUgh the upper valve, and downwards through the lower one); end it is evident that the weight necessary to load this valve is exceedingly small, viz., just sufficient to balance the pressure on an area equal to the difference be tween the areas of the two valves, whilst the valve is as efficient as a common safety-valve having an area equal to the sums of the areas of the two valves. The force necessary to keep this valve down is so small, th at the ordinary lever is dispensed with ; and in place of it, a weight 'corresponding to the pressure required is placed immediately upon the top valve, thus preventing a tendency to gag or stick from want of attention, and making the ap paratus what it really is—pre-eminently a sofety-valve. Mr. FERNIHUIFIH'S able explanation of this valve was listened to with great attention, and elicited much ,applause at the close. The thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Maitland—the same to be conveyed by him to the Secretary. CORRECTION OF TEE COMPASSES IN IRON SHIPS. Mr. SPENCE read an extract of a letter addressed to Messrs. Gray and King, of this town; (opticians, &c.,) by Captain Charleywood, of the iron steam-frigate Guadaloupe, built at this port, and now (we believe) in the eervice of the Mexican government. The letter was dated the 26th of August last, and the gallant writer states with much gratifi cation, that the correction of the compasses by Messrs. Gray and Co. was so effectual, that he had not found the slightest inaccuracy in them during the outward voyage, nor during his several trips in the South American seas. This I is the more gratifying, inasmuch as the vessel is not only (with the exeeption of the decks) entirely built of iron, but, moreover, carries one of her two large guns (G8 -pounders) aft, and necessarily at no great distance from the binnacle. The moving of this large gun from side to side when in use, had but a very slight effect on the compasses at the moment only. The same effect would be perceptible in any vessel carrying guns ' • so that it may now be safely assumed that the compass, if properly corrected, a priori, may be relied upon as maintaining its accuracy, as well in iron as in wooden ships—a great desideratum, particularly as regards the future advancement of steam navigation. The plan adopted is that of Professor Airey ; but the nautical world is indebted chiefly to Messrs. Gray and Co. for bringing it by long study and experiment to a practical and successful, re sult. _ _ . . A brief discussion then took place on the spontaneous combustion of iron under certain circumstances; also on its conversion by exposure to salt water, or the fi ictfon of tube metal, into plumbago, of which extraordinary mutation of its particles some interesting explanations were given by Mr. Smith, Mr. Spence, and others. The meeting then separated. The Reverend Denis Browne, vicar of Santry, has been promoted by the Lord Lieutenant to the valuable and im portant living of Enniscorthy, vacant by the elevation of the Rev. John Whitbey Stokes, to the Archdeaconry of Armagh. This is in every respect a good appointment, and well calcu lated to inspire respect and confidence in the government. We learn too that the value of the appointment, which was entirely unsought for, is considerably enhanced by the pe culiarly kind and gracious manner in which, by his Excel lency's desire, it was communicated to Mr. Browne.. — Dublin poper. CORRESPONDENCE, POST-OFFIC DITOR C lied to POOL : S o every ap . the follow- a of your he Christian tually imposing. ring the day to .he most fatignin m one of rest) the busiest- It is a lamentable fact, that since the coni- nt of this year, no fewer than s he packets have arrived oftener on that Surely, sir, these thin^s here the remedy is so simple. at this port, be arrivals and de- day than on any day in the week ought not to be, especially wi Let the sailing days, at Halifa some fixe4 as well as Friday), al in the week (s nd not regulated ment the mails become c , uld never, in the le at either por R alteration could no 1 as it ot t the London Post-offic in the 11 not iwaginary ; no, but real, ir, aey mig Let us, then, who happily d our God, show that we value these We can do nothing ;" but pilfered from us blessings. Let us not sav rather let ever Christian who pr knows the .worth of an immortal soul, raise his protest against this criminal, unchristian, and inhuman regulation. Let memorials on the subject be presented to the legislature ; and if all who profess to be sincere would act consistently, I have no doubt this monstrous evil would soon be remedied. yours very respectfully, OBSERVANS November, 1842, PRIESTLEY INFLUENCE TO THE EDITOR -OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND.IRD Although the buz about theMU4cipal Election is just over, yet, I think, a circumstance which took place on the day SIR,- ) be made known I s to the way that cil of this Borougt .son who The circumstance is as follows ms been, (and if not now) I can' Romish priest, made himself very busy canvassing., o _ sonalljj bringiny up many persons to the Booth, (yea, an( even had the audacity to present the papers of several !) to vote for the reform candidate, (who happily has been_ de- How is it, that he can think of giving the right hand of fellowship to_ one, who, according to what he professes believe that the church of Rome bath errec living and manner of ceremonies, but faith'" 1 not only in their also in matters of Yours most respectfull A CONSTANT R EADER 01, Nov. 16, 1842 )RN-LA. TO TH. 'OR OF THE LIVERPC Pray, is there no one dispose( INDARD nell, Hume, and Cobden demand an apology for the mal place by O'Connell on the la :urbed by the occasion when he ihrust..l. J • • _ Have they not materials sufficiently inflammatory in 'Man chester to work upon.. Mr. Cobden is reported to have made a fortune of half a million in less than fourteen years, with an original capital of £5OO only; this being the fact, what pretension has that individual to assume ,tlie puss feelings of compassion and bowels of mercy towards'thosc s he has ground all his wealth in so short space of time? liad he realised Lot a fifth pert of it and the other 4-sths been distributed in the shape of wages, the former would have been more than equal to his deserts, and the latter more than sufficient to .have stopped /he com plaints of the workmen, in a manner.too that would have stultified agitation, and prevented those disgraceful exhibi tions of these three buffoons, the Irish mendicant, the Man chester man, and the " Suns Cottle of the wool." Should the out of whose bo shew therasel s on 'Change, I .ing the good sense, the Po: WARDENSH lace where any aid orthy classes will JUSTUS PORTS.—It is re ,hat, as the Queen coast, the Duke of Harden o d accepted, three (worthy trio, cent do trust that such a bill shall teach him the danger of 1 testy, and the respec nd to seduce the 111 1 he ma . sianallv fail y know him :nee on ti is case Walmer Castle will be fitted up as a Royal residence, and her Majesty will probably reside there for some weeks or months in the course of the year.— bility of lbert: In tt Britannia —The following coMparison exhibits at one view the difference between the former property tax, with 1 - of collecting it, and the present : PRESENT. INCOME TAX E SABBATH DESECRATION THE LI; considerations to the d of your readine'ss to humanity, may I hope through the me Of the many ways in which the objects of d and negatived, ther to c r .,,cunarly, at the present time, ~ aloud to the nscience of every Christian for an effort on his part to I allude to t mis in connection with the overnment ckets between this country Accord is made to the regulations of t thus, too fr rnueli I Iv. an r fellow the princir IncomesunderX6oexempt. All incomes under 2;150 Incomes between £6O and wholly exempt. £l5O subjected to reduced• ;;..,13%1 scale of charge Charge imposed. In 1798.... 10 per cent 1803.... 5 Charge imposed 7d. in ti: pounci, or £2 18s. 4d. per cent 1805,... 1806: ... 10 Tax payable in respect of Tax payable in respect of the occupation of land in the occupation of land in England of the abpve rates, England of the above rate, and in Scotland 1. and in Scotland at the rate of _ _ Foreigners having money 21d. in the pound. in the funds exempt from duty . All funded property charged on such property. with duty. At the rate of 10 per cent. or 2s. in the pound, the produce of the old tax was at its commencement in 1807, ;U0,131,344, and at its termination in 1815, £35,227,500, the increase in the interval being nearly uniform. PREVENTION Or SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION AT SEA. — A letter has just been received at Lloyd's from their agent at Sydney, addressed to W. Dobson, Esq., enclosing certain suggestions by a Dr. W. Bland, on the subject or sponta neous combustion of wool in ships, and submitting certain plans for its prevention. The whole is too voluminous for insertion, but the following will be found to be the substance : —The doctor suggests as a preventive the use of carbonic acid gas, as its specific gravity and solubility in atmospheric air, does not prevent its subsiding in that fluid, and remaining unmixed, even under extensive exposure to its action. With regard as to what substance would best afford the supply of gas required, he states that about 4001bs. of carbonate of lime in the form of whitening, chalk, the poorer marbles, and lime stone, yield about ISolbs. of carbonic acid gas, and more than sufficient to fill a space of 20,000 cubic feet, or 500 tons by measurement ; that the admixture of one part of carbonic acid gas to four of atmospheric air will prevent or extinguish combustion. The mode of application he advises is, to have a cask in each hold placed on the keelson, perforated in the upper third of it, each about an inch in diameter, the lower two-thirds to be lined internally with lead. Into the head of each cask a metallic tube of about an inch in diameter to be fixed, leading from the deck ; the whole length of each tube to be protected by a strong casing of wood. Each cask to be provided with the requisite quantity of whitening, and when, required for use pour down by means of the tube the requisite quantity of sulphuric acid, diluted in the proportion of about one of the acid to four or five of water, when the carbonic acid gas would disperse along the vessel, and replace all atmospheric air. THE WRECKS AT THE CAPE.—By accounts which have been circulated this morning in the city, it appears that there was much exaggeration and misrepresentation in the first de scription of the circumstances attending the loss of the tran sport ship Waterloo, off the Cape of Good Hope. We refer principally to the statements, that within half an hour after the Waterloo struck " she parted in two, and that within an hour and a half not a vestige was to be seen —she had literally gone to pieces." This is effectually contradicted by a fact very material in such a ease, that the public sale of the wreck took place on the 2d of September, five days after the gale, and realized the sum of X 630. The underwriters at Lloyd's, whose judgment in such matters is not to be im pugned, are so far satisfied of the seaworthiness of the vessel, that they have agreed to settle for the loss at once. The re lative position of the Abercrombie Robinson and of the Wa terloo is considered, by those conversant with the subject, to explain sufficiently why one vessel was able to weather the storm, and to save nearly all on hoard, while the other was totally wrecked with so dreadful a loss of life. By the letters of Captain Young, the commander of the Abercrombie Robin son. it appears that he went ashore at half past 3 a. m., on the 23th of August, at the top of high water, while the Water loo did not go ashore till three-quarters past 10 a. m., when, consequently, it must have been near low water. The Aber crombie went ashore with her head on, but the Waterloo went broadside on, her anchors still hold'ng her, and the ac tion of the sea tearing her to pieces. The lamentable loss of life in the convict ship arose from there being no life bots on the shore to send to their assistance, and the necessity which exists in s u ch vessels of keeping the convicts under hatches to prevent their ee.cape till the last moment . hat ever imputations, therefore, may attach to the mode in which the transport service is performed, they do not apply to the Waterloo.—Tivies of Wednesday. _ _ CHEAT' FORK.—A considerable time ago we (Newry Telegraph) stated, on good authority , th e tact of a trade being carried on in unsound pigs , w hich were purchased i n almost every stage of unsoundness and decomposition, in va rious markets, and being conveyed to the vicinity of Ban bridge, underwent some proces s which converte d them into pork or bacon sui generis. This traffic, we have goo d reason to know, has rather increase d than otherwis e , owing to the distemper prevalent among the porcine race in various places We have heard of an entire pig being purchased for half-a crown, in the county of Tyrone, where the cheapening mala dy has of late been too frequent. But it has been reserved for the tariff to bring the trade into full and profitable opera tion. Unless we are greatly misinformed, many a savoury morsel, which has caused our pork-loving neighbours in En gland to,stuack their lips at the admirable Yankee skill in cu ring pig's flesh. has, in fact, travelled no farther than from the banks of Blackwater or Bann. The following has been forwarded to us as the copy of a letter found on the cushions of a car plying between Banbridge and Warrenpoita, from which two jolly looking personages, in coats peculiarly greasy had just alighted. We wish John much joy of his dainty fare:— " Liverpool, Oct. 29, 1842, "Dear Sir,—We _, have yours of 20th and note contents Your draft of that date (amount £36 4s. 7d.) has been duly honoured and paid by us. Nothing could exceed the rapidity with which your American pork went off at 32(1 per lb, es pecially in Manchester and Stockport. Pray continue the supply before ;:ny blow-up takes place, One of the barrels was near selling us, from the word Riga' being on it instead of ' New York.' Please he careful in this matter, and give m notice the day before the vessel is to arrive with next supply, that there may be no mistake or delay in its being conveyed to our stores. We ask no questions. We remain, yours! - --near Banbridge 44 " To Mr. Ireland." RATHER REMARKABLE. At a recent meeting of the League in Mancl,ekter, Mr. Cobden said,— _ " Au elderly person, haying the appearance of a country gentleman, c:3 - 11ed on him on Tuesday, and put a paper, accompanied by a bank note, into his hand, stating, ' A landowner, possessed of several farms, subscribes £lOO to It is a money question, The subscription shall be and the money speaks fOr itself .epeated if requisite.' " It is unfortunate that this gentleman did not give his lame. Anonymous communications are not usually_en- tory reminds us of the hini; we taiu periodical which the publishers are so titled to muchcredi perceive it good as to send us. In the column devoted to correspond ents, persons whose names are signified by initials are con tinually thanked for presents of baskets of game and dozens of champagne, with the additional remark, that " such con tributions are always acceptable." Far be it from us to assert that the meals furnished by these provisions resemble the feast in the "Arabian Nights" made by the barber's sixth brother at the Barmecide's table, when he sucked his lingers and praised the flavour of the roast lamb and pistachio ❑uts ; but it is necessary to con&ss, that if such presents are received, the editor in question is much more fortunate than his brethren, and that his thanks have vastly the appearance of hints. To return to Mr. Cobden :_ if his `• country gentleman " is anv thing more than a vision conjured up by his heated imagination, or a by his fellow-leaguers, let him feeler ingeniously got up summon his correspondent to his aid at once. "The sub scription shall be repeated, if requisite." Requisite! The word is feeble to express the urgent necessities of the League. As well give a starving man a mouthful of bread and a tea spoonful of wine, and tell him lie shall have more if he needs it. Requisite! Why, the League has fifty thousand pounds to raise, and, as all the manufacturers are being ruined, where the money is to come from no one can conjecture. ere the " country gentleman that the League .. existence; that unless cash comes in freely and quickly, its last guinea will be expended to put a black border round its last pamphlet, and to pay Mr. Acland for pronouncing its funeral oration. Let the " country gentleman" not hesitate, then, to do all he purposes, and to do it at once. The League can never require his assistance more urgently.— Brilanniu. A RADICAL'S OPINION OF FREE TRADE A great commercial question—the question of free trade — has lately been taken up upon political grounds alone. Th e higs adopted it as a desperate expedient; they felt all the old props of their party failing them, and as a last resource they caught at free trade. All their allies joined them in the same ridiculous cry, and of the whole host of movement men very few had sufficient sense or honesty to protest against the delusion and proclaim their own opinions. Some there are, however, who disdain to be dragged through the dirt for the advantage of a party they despise, and Mr. Muntz appears to be one of the number. At a puhke dinner lately given in Birmingham, he said, in returning thanks for his health being drank as one of the members for the borough— le. He was like that but he did not humbug sort of trade which some' gentlemen so very much applauded as free trade. There were many men in the House of Commons who professed to be great advocates for free —.ity were opposed to it when it interfered with their own interests, and wanted all trade free except the trade in gold and silver. Mr. Williams, of Coventry, a very good man, a thorough good radical, was an advocate for free trade, but, the moment they talked about letting the ribbons in free of duty, up he jumped, and declared he could not stand that, for it would destroy all the Coventry weavers ; and he was quite right. So it was with other gentlemen in the House of Commons: some wished to protect coal; others this article, others that; so that, in point of fact, the men who were foremost in calling for free trade were generally its bitter practical opponents. The whole system was unsound. It was utterly impossible to run a race with a him half the distance. But then they were - I " • • • trade, but in re to repeal the corn laws. .n his opinion, no laws to raise the prices of food were justifiable, unless the same law simultaneously raised wages in the same proportion. But there they were, having been in operation so many years, and there were certain effects which had been produced by them ; and the question they had to ask themselves was this—what effect would the repeal of the corn laws have upon adi6ed society at large? In his opinion it would be attended with ruinous consequences if unaccompanied with other measures. Of that he did not the least doubt in his mind ; and he did then it had been said, why could he not rote for a repeal of the corn laws, and say nothing about it? He could not do that, because he would be acting a thoroughly dishonest part. He knew that the corn laws repealed, with out an alteration in the monetary sy s t em , an instantaneous be dui- , ) destruction of all the farmers it; the kingdom would take place, followed by a great discharge of labourers, a reduction of the rental of England, and consequent loss to every interest bound up with it. They might depend upon it that, if they had but one week's experience of the effects of an uncondi tional repeal of the corn laws, the very men who were now most anxious for him to vote for it would be the first to blame him for having done so. They might benefit one third of the community, but they would ruin two-thirds. So long as men viewed the question with tory spectacles, whig spectacles, radical spectacles, and philosophical (which, by the-bye, were the worst of all spectacles for commercial pur poses) instead of natural spectacles, so long would they be unable to arrive at any honest conclusion." TELEGRAPHS IN ENGLAND CONTINENT. AND ON THE (From a Correspondent of the Morning Herald.) It has long been a subject of great complaint among the merchants in the City, Liverpool, Bristol, Glasgow, and Hull, that in a great commercial country like Great Britain there should not be a regular line of telegraphs at the differ ent out-ports, so that the arrival of vessels may be immedi ately communicated to the Board of Admiralty and at Lloyd's. For some time past the Lords of the Admiralty have had the arand uroiect in contemplation of establishing semaphores from Portsmouth to Plymouth, Falmouth, and the Land's End ; as it very often happens that ships cannot make the British Channel, and are obliged to run up the Bristol or the St. George's Channel for safety, and their ar rival off the coast is not known to the merchants until they have put into port. A Government survey is now being made, under the direction of experienced engineers, to carry the line on to the, Land's End, and to fix the points most eligible for the ereetiOn of telegraphs, a report of which will be laid before 'Paillanatitit ivheu it rssembles'in February nest. At present the defiefenty is felt daily by the Admiralty Board, as there is bet'orie line, and that-only to Portsmouth. Th - e stations are 'to bet's follows :--Ist, At the Board of Ad miralty, Whitehall; 2d, Chelsea Hospital; 3d, Putney; 4th; Kifigston-upotiThames; sth, Esher ; 6th, Cobham ; ith. Guildford ; Bth, Godalming ; 9th, HaSlemere ; 10th, Mid hurst ; 11th, Beacon-hill; 12th, Compton-down ; 13th, Poris down-hill, and 14th, Portsmouth ; the whole ofwhich are under command of lieutenants of the royal navy. Intelligence and orders for the sailing of ships of war from Portsmouth can be thus communicated by the Admiralty, and vice versa, in three minutes and a half, from one end of the line to the other, should the weather be clear. As soon as the signal is Made it is instantly answered by the next one, and so on, until it has gone the whole line, when another is made, till • the whole communication is despatched from the chief office to the officer in command, who communicates it to the ad miral on the station. The contemplated line to the Land's End will puss through Truro, Falmouth, Plymouth, Gosport, and Portsmouth; thereby embracing the whole of the English Channel. A despatch, from one end to the other, is ex pected to be made in nine or ten minutes, the distance being rather better than 290 miles. It is also in contemplation to establish a line from Holyhead, Pembroke, Bristol, and Li verpool. The only line at present to Dover and the Downs is by Watson's telegraph, at London-bridge, but not through the Admiralty, who are indebted to this for their intelligence of arrivals of ships of war in the Downs. A line to Hull and Harwich is much wanted. On the Continent, tele graphs have been established for the last eighty years, but particularly in France, to whom we are indented for the invention. The French government have lines of com munication from every port and large town throughout the kingdom. From Calais, Dunkerque, Boulgone, Dieppe, Havre, Caen, Brest, Nantes, Rochefort, La Rochelle, L'Orient, Bordeaux, Bayonne, in the north and west ; Per pignan, Marseilles, Toulon, Antibes, &c., in the Mediterra nean ; Montpelier, Aix, Grenoble, Avignon, Lyons, Dijon, on to Paris, Metz, and all the fortified towns on the borders of Germany, Lille, Valenciennes, Douai, Cambrai, and the frontiers of Belgium, so that in case of e'rneutes, or the ad vance of any foreign power, the arri va l of ves sels , &c., the circumstance is immediately communicated to the Admiralty at Paris, which is daily made acquainted with whitever is stirring from one end of the country to the other. In Al geira, the French have also established a regular line of tele graphs from Algiers to Bona, all along the coast to Constan tine, and through the interior , i n case of a sud den attack by the Arabs under Abd-el-Kader . in s p ain th ere is a line of telegraphs from Cadiz, I'uerta Santa Maria, Seville, to Ma drid; from Algeciras, opposite Gibraltar, Malaga, Cartha gena, Barcelona, in the Mediterranean, Coruitna, Vigo, Bilboa, &c., in the north - west B i s ca y a, along the frontless of France to Catalonia, and the p rinci pal towns to the capi tal; the same in Portugal , Bel g ium, Holland, P russ i a , Russia, and Austria, there are lines front one end to the other, from Trieste and Venice, in the Adriatic, to 'Vienna and the Baltic. England is the only country where tele graphs are scarcely used. Should the plan of the Board of Admiralty be carried into effect, it will prove highly bene ficial to the merchants for early intelligence, and to the ship ping for assistance. PROMPT ASSISTANCE. — The brig Anne, of Lynn, Long, master, from Liverpool, bound to London, ran on the Red aSnandon.Fricayni.orm B ng y e laassts,ll3sltoacing strong from the S.S.W. d thick with rain. tendered by the Vigilant cu tt er and hovelling tugger Queen, of Whitstable, she was got off at about eight o clock in th e even i ng, b e i ng a t th e height of the gale at the time, but not until, by her heavy striking on the sand, she had nearly six feet water in the hold, and only by continued exertion at the pumps during the night the leak was kept from gaining. On the following morning (Saturday) the brig was run on the soft Ooze. Bank,. at Whitstable. By th e strength of assistance afforded in this case, a vessel, with a valuable cargo. consisting of lead , litbarge, hides, an d staves, was rescued f rom wreck o n sand in a gale of wind. —With sincere DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF CASHEL. antiouncin the re gret we this evening fulfil the painful duty ,tswithaviewwlttoo d o f i, Lord Bishop g of death of the Right Honourable Dr. Sa" e 'f-1* lordship, Cashel, Emly, Waterford, and L has been for sonic time in declining health, at Brighton, from recovery, resided for the last i ti e Fitzwilliain-square, in this lie died last night, in the w ei h ty en , c o e n h , s e a r t e u tu rd r a n y ed ra t o o r i n i i!nlfrihfee prelate was elevated to 64th year of his age. The deceased late Whig ministry, and although political views and connection, he is m o r h e e . al th t d b iff e e p ri p 4 is g co fr p o a m l bench , b h y is the "8 il- h esteemed and respected for his high was nevertheless re acquirements" as an eminently learned scholar, standing and . , of heart and mild • • his kindlines s unassuming as well as for rtie The extensive church patronage ►se enjoyed deportment. . of the working of the dioceses P • th e w elfare , clergy over was uniformly exercised in maintaining the interests anci pro moting 1 h e presided. Dr. Sandes was for many years a senior fellow and bursar in . the University. In 1836 he was conse crated e of killaloe from whence he was translated to i • i 1839.—Dublin ' Slatesman of Tuesday. Castle ii THE INCOME TAX.—The assessment under the new in come tax is now coming into operation, and notices have crated Lisboa been sent round to the shopkeepers and others in the city, whose income is above the fatal £l5O per annum, for which they have to pay the ominous 7d. in the pound. The follow ing notice has been issued by the commissioners :—" Pro perty and Income Tax—District of the City of London — Ward and Vestry of —. Notice is hereby given, that if any person shall think himself aggrieved by the assessment for the said ward of —, in respect of the profits arising from professions, trades, and offices, and of the other profits chargeable under schedule D of the property and income tax, for the year ending the 6th April, 1843, he may, upon giving due notice in writing. to - Mr. —, the surveyor of taxes, re siding at ---, of his intention, appeal to the commissioners for general purposes, acting in and for the said district, at their meeting, which will be held for the purpose of hearing and determining such assessment, on Wednesday, the 23d day of November instant, at the Property and Income Tax. offices, 36 ,.Bassinghall-street, at te❑ o'clock in the forenoon precisely. Dated this 12th day of November, 1842. Signed. by the clerk of- the commissioners." rse of things, id, surely, so of Sabbath ob- ,died to the present lculable, crying Sabbath's aye not our