The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-09-27 00:00:00

SfIPT, 27, shall be ? Does Mr. Daniel O'Connell know and feel this ? Is he sensible that he Merits, justly merits, the reproof here addiicid and the severe castigations which have been occasionally inflicted on his political conduct, and his objects connected therewith, in that independent journal ? Is lie alOne , to escape the lash of criticism who so unmer cifully assails the reputation and the motives of others ? Is he vain enough to imagine that the Times at this period of its career would stoop like himself to become the assailant of private character, and towards those to whom it is politically opposed, and honour him with the first " tilt" in his own literary assassination style ? Do not the public at.s of Mr. Daniel O'Connell afford a suf ficient field for animadversion ? Is Mr. Daniel O'Con nell enabled with this one case to go into court with clean hands, or rather is lie not in his own person the palpable victim of the memorable law maxim—"furiosus furore suo punitur," arising from the furor loquendi et scribendi which has marked his progress, and full evi dence of which we can bring against him? No. Mr. O'Connell must expunge the epithets " mighty great liar," " lying miscreant," "traitor," "coward," "sasse nach," " brutal," " bloody," " accursed," atrocious,' "recreant poltroon," &c. &c. from his BRIEF before he can with the least propriety ask at the bar of a British public that impartial judgment upon the remaining virtues of his case which he has arrogantly, aye, tyran nically, denied to others. We now consider that case to be truly desperate, evidenced by his two letters to the Pilot : they are the ravings of a disaPpointed and mis chievous ambition at a loSs for instruments sufficiently foul and malignant to satiate its fury, and they will be treated as such by the reflecting of every class in Eng land and Ireland. These discursive observations we have felt called upon to make, in vindication of our own consistency and Political principles, from a sense of pripriety 'to a nobleman we deem to have been most unjustly assailed, and 'cq.;; debita justitia, between the Times and Mr. Daniel O'Connell, whilst disclaiming every unchristian feeling towards him in the relative capacities of husband, father; or friend, we notwithstanding pronounce and charge him with being, in his political conduct, spirit, and connexion, the CURSE of Ireland and the enemy of England. This is our "bill in equity," and " here there is no retreating." Let him answer its interrogatories. We have been given to understand, that our strictures upon the political career, and public pretensions of Lord Palmerston, have given some offence in'certain quarters. We 'deem it due to ourselves, once for all, to disclaim every motive' of private hostility towards his lordship, or any individual member of that administration, to the en tire policy of which, foreign and domestic, we are con scientiously and unflinchingly opposed, under, a feeling of conviction, that it is entirely incompatible with the secupity of England's Crown 'and dignity, on the one hand, and fatally injurious to the public and private in terests of the whole of her people on the other; and we flatter ourselves, that we have shown our opposition to have been founded on rational principles, in something like solid data,—that we have not 'rested our strength in mere idle declamation, and party bickering, or in cavil ling about non-essential points, in reference to the com plex machinery nf our reform polity. It has been our endeavour to illustrate and maintain a principle, without which all government is hypothetical and its securities fallacious. In our present position and our past carrier, we stand as freely independent of either party in the State, as it is poSsible for the Whig-liberal Administra tion to do towards us; either indicidually or collectively. We are under no favour to any public man in this king dom, let his rank or station be what they may, for the exercise of our opinion ; and defy the whole tribe of pretenders to liberality to establish against 'us any one act of our life whereby we have compromised that funda mental principle of allegiance we hold to be due to the vessel of the State, let who will' preside at the helm. Standing alone on high principle we have not' been pre pared to tamper with our own jUdgment, nor to attempt to impose on the judgment 'of our intelligent community, at this era of political and moral competition; and, in maintaining the allegiance we have described, as the basis of our past and existing feeling, in Religion and Politics, we have from necessity allied ourselves to those only, who, we, in our humble judgment, conceive possess the fairest - pretensions to enjoy the confidence of our fellow-countrymen, whether considered as political or moral agents. Under this impression, and giving matter of fact reasons for our conclusions, we again repeat, that nothing save a miracle short of the immediate contrOul Of a master mind, and the association of a decided principle of action will avert a general appeal to arms. We deem it necessary to repeat this, and again to refer to our Friday's commentary, on the existing foreign relations of this country, and wherein the word " divi ded," instead of decided principle of action was, inad vertently printed, and which, taken literally, would destroy the force of that argument, we wish to impress upon our readers. Were we wrong in that conclusion ? Let the proceedings of the Court and Cabinet of France, towards Spain and Portugal, and the return of M. Pozzo di Borgo to this country, at the imperative call of MS Master, answer for us! France herself 'disclaims all participation in the new Governments, and consti tutional squabbles of Spain and Portugal. She sends her Ambassadors to the nominal Quee ns o f ' t h ose , two countries; but she dissolves tile qUadruple compact made with Lord Palmerston, and leaves him to his shifts With the legion, and to sustain single-handed the in , an ass oc i a ti on terests of a desperate band of adventurers of beings whose policy is shunned by all the moral worth and all the better intelligence of the Spanish na tion, headed, as we sometime since predicted it would be, by the bankrupt financier whose acts and statements, to save his own peculations from exposure, have thrown the entire peninsula into the flame of revolution ! Did not the Duke of Wellington, who well knows Spain t hroughout, and all her parties—her strength and her weakness, predict the whole-of this, and, with his usual straightforwaid and manly bearing, warn his Majesty's government of the consequences ? Did not Lord Mel bourne t rea t suc h warning with undignified nonchalance `nay, almost sneer thereat? Is not the Duke of Wel lington borne out. .fully borne out ? And' What is' the Up as an object of execration to the British nationi not on account of any maintained or defined private injury done, to himself or any one of the members of his family, but because he chooses to take it into his arrogant head that some articles which have been inserted, and some letters. which have been published, in that journal, re flecting on his political conduct, and his known connex• ion with the objects of the present ministry, have eman ated from tht nobleman's influence! Now, as the public life of Lord Lyndhurst is before the entire English nation, and not more conspicuously displayed in any one part of his honourable career than by that which embraced an act of signal, albeit, imprudent generosity to Ireland herself, the object of Mr. O'Connell's pretended affectionate solici tude, and rendered only nugatory in its effects by the per jury of those who ought to have been ever grateful for the concession. The threat cf bringing L9vd Lynd hurst before the public, in the form in which it was con veyed, by every rule of logical inference, could only be taken as applied to his private life and actions ; for the context would be incomplete without such inference, and which is not merely implied, but expressed by the term hideous details" in connexion with "all the bearings . and all the partnerships that have distinguished that life;" nor would the malice of the threat itself be satis fied by any other conclusion. Upon this the. Times openly and, being politically opposed to Mr. Daniel O'Connell, or rather to that destructive course to which thousands and tens of thousands of our fellow country- Men . in England and Ireland are also opposed, simply warns Mr. Daniel O'Connell that, should he carry such threat of more than implied private injury into execu-- tion, that journal, under a sense of its public duty, will Show up the whole of his history and that of his family as a set off against tile threatened injury to a third party. Now, in the name of common sense and impartial discus sion, and of common h ones t y i nto t h e b arga i n; is there any thing so very extraordinary in all this ? Is not the article of alhiged grievance a fair retort courteous for the foul aspersion cast on Lord Lyndhurst by the very threat itself, leaving it open to be considered what that threat giouslf ag that .?.r pro- , vatory 0,- us on iefrable lilt "it do that t--how 11 they as the in the having 11 was Mr. is new mortal 'lent— Anion, tended Braise please 11 next ixuries at will estrous debate these r into all its at cla- lespots in the a brief we to owing retire in the will be retire. about Serva- !rev er have urged who 1 the ndivi- That advo- W iS - ;um es in re- ied in hreat ssina- fy in on to zrned n," a y, at Is his Ise of )r the on of Y 'E.isdccaSf ~'giA~: ^lt'.'.r.?.'.'~.L.~ The hapless company of Whig performers driven for ward by their merciless manager - of Derrynane, who has added an additional thong to his .whip, have, somehOw or other, contrived to get up two farcical displays, for the amusement and quiet keeping of their radical .and papal colleagues—this became vastly necessary, in consequence of their worthy confederates of the '• whole hog" sys tem having began to grunt and growl vociferously at the slow movement which their sluggish . patrOns have of late especially evinced, and the onward stepping gentry having resolved to cut the connexion, unless their double quick stop movement Was occasionally used in the drill. We have one great farce'performed in Wicklow, under. the tutelage of the good .Lord Fitzwilliam, assisted by his band of independent nominees, tenants, and stipen diary .magistrates under the command of the drum major for the county, Mr. Parnell, the .brother or Sir Henry, and who, having been routed from the Queen's County, by the O'Connellite priestly' tribe, was too happy to take shelter in the radical Scotch borough of Dundee ! ! Be this as it may, the said Mr. Parnell is now,- by some quirk of whiggery and Mulgraveism authority, right trusty high sheriff of Wicklow. Under him figured the justices, who came galloping to the field at the whisle of Lord Fitzwilliam's huntsman, the more or less absolute dependents upon his lordship, inducing Mr. Challoner his steward, Mr. Hume, his steward's son in law, (no relation except politically to cackle goose the " feelosopher") Mr. Redmond, the Roman Catholic stipen diary, Messrs. Byrne and Segrave also Roman Catholics, and his lordship's apothecary ! As we propose favouring our Radical friends with an accurate list of all the leading grandees, with their titles and qualifications, who figured on this occasion 'we will not inflict on our Conservative friends to-day a lengthened statement in detail ; but satisfy ourselves by observing, en pdssant, that nine Peers of the county and thirty Magistrates exonerated themselves from all participation in this performance, and left the honours to Lord Fitzwilliam, and two other noble colleagues! That. Lord Fitzwilliam should thus identify himself with the destructive policy of the preSent Cabinet, in its downward course of imfatuated misrule for Ireland, is certainly somewhat surprising to us, who are well acquainted with the caution with which he voted as Lord on some of the measures of Lord Grey's Administration, and - which brought upon himself, and his departed sire, all the obloquy and low scurrilous vitupera tion which is the leading . feature in the O'Connellite vo cabulary ; and still more surprising, that he should compromise the honourable reputation to which he is fairly entitled as a private character, by identify ing himself with a party of destructives, for the presumed purpose of courting a fleeting popularity. We can attribute . his Lordship's acquiescence to the workings of Whiggery, in this instance, to the least noble' principle in the human character, not distin guished by positive corruption, from which we must consider Lord Fitzwilliam still exempt, the principle of fear; 'and we hope he may not have to repent, at no far distant period, he course be has taken, despite of his barely negative support of O'Connell by name; whilst he has laboured to propel the engine of this mischief against the House of Lords, in his own foolish speech, and the others- to which he gave countenance, as the threadbare questions' of the Irish Tithe and Municipal Bills, for the expulsion of which, with all due deference to the acute reflecting judgment and patriotism of the Noble Earl of 'Wentworth, we" . pronounce that high estate, of which he is a member, exonerated before God and their Country ! , We now comeio tne second act in the drama, or rather the afterpieee performed at Taunton Dean, in West Somerset, where the worthy baronet, better known as the consistent knight of the " leather breeches," the ad mired of the departed Hunt, and the hero who moved for the committal of the all-liberal Sir Francis. Burdett to the Tower of London, led the onslaught against the lords and toryism.'" But, oh ! gentle readers, steady whilst we inform you of the woeful kick-up—the rumpus which here took place between the heroic orators of the poli tical. pock and buskin; - for the whip members having declined performing their part against her hereditary peerage, a leader was found for the radical section, and Messieurs Ayshford Sandford and Colonel Tynte, both of whom have large landed possessions therein, were knocked down by the man of Bridgewater, who has no possessions in Somerset that we can as- certain beyond his seat for the borough. Well, one important discovery results from this fracas, this • bear-garden exhibition of West Somerset—the . wliigs and radicals cannot possibly hold together much longer. Nor are the speeches which were delivered on this occasion worthy of our notice, did our time and spacef permit. We leave to our radical contemporaries and our Whig palliators the rich treat of making the most o their West Somerset raree show, reserving to ourselves the benefit of a reply, if needful. It is with no inconsiderable share of satisfaction, that, in ad dition to the Other splendid efforts now making for the spread of religion and morals in our opulent and populous town, we have to note the establishment of a society, which will un quesjiOnably pr ore a 'powerful auxiliary to the objects contern Plated in the foundaii66 of our nevi Protestant schools.— posture of the ministry on this breakuj; in Spain, so smhlenly after the 'splafli tisplaYS mule by Our noble foreign secretary in parliament, although we might as suredly h av e f ou nd a M ore co rrect index thereto in the truly effeminate display which our •goordy and manly King was called ',upon to make in his sneech-fronn the throne, and Which,showed that his lordship ~was already tossed on an unknown and an unfathomable ocean, with regard to " the restoration of that internal peace in Spain which was one of the main objects of the quadru ple treaty, and which is so essential to the interests of all Europe" ! , These are not our words, let it be borne in mind; and we feel it our duty to show that Lord Palther s'on has not redeemed the important principle, the objects declared, and that he has placed himself and the country in a situation under which there is no visible prospect of redemption; and, moreover, one in which, with all the inflated confidence of Lord Melbourne, the govern ment would not dare to meet, even the all-liberal House of Commons, were - it now sitting? The prospect of a peninsular republic now stares us in the face. Does the quadruple treaty provide the Lord of Protocols with any powers to meet such a contingency ? Is the legion and " the co-operative naval force" of England to fight for all .and every change of govern ment-or principle which the political anarchists of Spain may choose to set up ? Will Lord Palmerston, throw himself, as a dernier resort, into the arms of Don Carlos, indebted to his lordship's:versatile and glaring hostility for his rising prospects ? or, will he hazard, single handed, a general war for the restoration of the questionable authority of Christina and her daughter, which it is now fully evident can never be secured ? We say, then, here is but one course which Lord Palmer ston and his colleagues can adopt with honour to them selves, with justice to Spain, and with safety to England. We shall see what their election will be—the gulph is before them, and they will not plunge headlong therein without doe notice; nor - will they have any grounds to _ expect forbearance at our hand's fur the awful responsibility they already have incurred, and to.which they weuld do well to make no further addition. What we have advanced with regard to our general and particular motives for opposition. to Loud Palmerston is strictly applicable and analogous to the opposition we feel it our conscientious duty to make to, the destructive proceedings in our Town Council. We- have no desire to sow the seeds of discord arnids:. a body of intelligent and wealthy gentlemen, forming within themselves . a leading element of society within our town of Liverpool, which has, by the general assertion of sound principles, raised it to a pitch of the highest importance, as an inte gral and component part of the state; but, if in the as sertion of that we deem to be essential to its continued prosperity, we should be accused of unworthy motives, we know how to defend ourselves, and to sustain our premises; and not all the gall and scurrility, which Lord Mansfield appropriately termed the " Mendax inflamia," that a disconceked whig-radical press may vomit forth will drive us from our self-possession ; nor divert us from our loftier purpose, the exposition of error and the advo cacy of truth! liTitt LIV.. - AP . OOL STANDA.f4,,iI.O. 'We allude specifically to the " Chureh 'of England School Master's Reading Society." It is far from our wish •to encourage any misrepresentation on the subject of• this so ciety, its intimated by the letter of Mr. Staples, the secre tary of " The Liverpool Teachers' Book Society." And, with regard to the motives which have induced the formation of the Church of England Society, and the secession of its mem bers from the former, it is with much pleasure, that we are nosy enabled to prove that the secession has not arisen from any factious spirit, but that it has been founded on principle to ren der the undertaking in all respects worthy of its design, and honourable to the Church Establishment,, with which it is more intimately connected, whilst the third resolution unanimously passed at the meeting, held on the 2,1 September inst., stamps the friendly disposition, under which the members of the new society desire to continue, and to co-operate with their bre thren, the teachers of the dissenting schools. The friends of order• and rational religion can desire nothing more ; and we argue, that much good will arise from the change—that the spirit of emulation to do good, rather than the spirit of rivalry to create disSention or jealousy, will be evinced by both societies. The cause of true religion—of religion witho it bigotry or into lerance, can never be thoroughly promoted, whether in the schools of establishment or the dissenting interest, without a system of good government—religion and morals must go hand in hand in this respect—the divine founder of the Chris. tian religion was a perfect pattern of moral conduct; and in an age when freethinking in religion, and licentiousness in morals, are pushed forward in a given ratio, with mental culti vation in other respects, the Church• of England, or rather her accredited guardians, cannot, with any consistency or propriety of purpose, sanction the unrestricted reading of works, which inculcate principles entirely at variance with revelation, or attempt by their plausibily to establish a code of morals upon a foundation, which is altogether irrespective of scripture autho rity: It is under, these views, we conceive, purely, that our worthy rectors have given their sanction to the formation of this society. If the schoolmaster be abroad in our days, accord ing to the dictum of a certain noble and learned personage, it is proper that he should also be at home, in all the requisites of his honourable and useful vocation ; for next to the Christian pastor, a more useful and more needful character hardly exists in a civilized community, his responsibily and utility beinepro portionate with the presumed intelligence of the age —we, o course, refer not to the ideal schoolmaster of Lord Brougham ; We mean, strictly to describe a schoolmaste - as he ought to be LIVERPOOL POL DISGUSTING LANGUAGE.—Om Thursday, at the Policesofilee, . a female of the town e umned Ellen Burrows, was placed before the magistrates cilerged by a policeman with having, the night before in Chapel-street, whilst along with several oth er g i r l s made use of th e mos t di sgust i ng and revolting langnage. The' prisoner, in defenceesaid she was - snuck and ill-used by the officer. Tee policeman denied this, and said he had ordered her away a peat many times : she was very tipsy. • Mr. Hall said partiesenight depend upon it that such improper lenguage would not be allowed. Ho should never pass over any person malting use of improper and disgusting language in the street.. She must go for seven days to the House of Correction. The officers have orders to apprehend ail peisons making use of such language. WINDOW SMASHING—DISGRACEFUL Casa.—On Thursday; at the Police-office, a man apparently a respectable artisan, Wahines the very picture of despondency and wretchedness, was placed before the magistrates charged with having broken five ponce' of glass in the window of a house behinging to a man of the name of Bell. • A respectablyolressed young 'man named Gulliver, with great flippaocy of, manner, deposed that the night before he heard a dreadful smash in a room over head in Bell's house, where he lodged, arfti shortly .after the same noise was repeated; he then ran up stairs to see whit was the matter, mid saw the poi oner running away out of the door; he followed him and called "W tc 1," and he was taken into custoly by one of the port em On going into his lodging-room up stairs, he found tiro pan ts of glass broken in th e w i n d ow Bell corrobo rated this statemeut as to the damage. Gulliver deposed that the value of the panes was about 2s. fid„ each. He was only the lodger of Bell, and was no way interested. The prisoner, .on being asked what he had to say to the charge, made no re ply. .A female here started forward, who said she was the sister of the prisoper, and, with much excitement, said she could state the particulars. After baying been admonished by Mr. Hall to be calm, she deposed th a t B e ll was h ar b our i ng the pr i soner ' s wife. ell's and the prisoner's wife were sisters, and the pri soner's wife ran away with a man whom she liked better, and who lodged with Bell. "She liked hint better than the prisoner, and went to live with him; and thus let' her go if she liked." Mr. Hall—" You are a very sensible woman. Who is that man ?" Witne ss (l oo ki ng round)—"'Phis is the man; Gulli ver is his name. The fact is, my brother has been completely ruined by this Man; he has seduced his wife, and completely rendered him unfit for any thing,. and my brother's wife now lives withhim." Gulliver—"lt is false. lam given credit for favours which is have never received." Bell—" She does not. live with us at all. You may believe my word; my neme is Bell." (A laugh.) The sister—".He has inflicted a very-seri ous injury on his own wife, whom he has leff, as well as distroy ing the domestic peace of my brother. He is a married man." Gulliver--" If your worship is disposed to entertain the ques tion, Mr. Evans can state the circumstances of the case to you." Mr. elall—".The' fact is enough for me. I recollect the ('Sr.. cumstances, and they are certainly buy thing but creditable to you." Mr. Evans said he knew nothing more about the cir cumstances than that Mr. Gulliver allowed his wife ss. a week, which she gotat.the.public-office. Mr. Halt said that Gulliver cerainly dal not come there in a.situation to prefer a complaint. Fle oueht to be ashamed to show his thee in that court. ;Gulli ver reiterated that. it was not true. Mr. Hall—" You have almost driven the man mad by your behaviour to hint in the first instance, and it is quite..disgraceful to you to appear to pre fer such a charge. You ought to..be ashamed to show your face in court." (Addressing the prisoner.) But you have no right t o take the law into your own hands, and break .the complain ant's windows; that is not .the way to help yourself. You liAve committed en illegal act, and you - must take the consequences. 1 evil take the .damesse at 2s. a pane, and trill allow - you a fort eight to pay it in. if you do not pay thee, you will be behav ing ill to me." The prisoner agreed to pay the money in the tone, and was di c u rgsd. tiewesec, .w Reimer LICENSE.—On Friday, at the Police- Ace, a. man uatnedWalter Mooney was charged wiih hawking spy-gasses without a license. Alexander, one of the police men, stated that on the previous day he had seen the prisoner hawking spy-glasses, which he. was endeavouring to sell. A gentleman to whom he offered his goods gave him in charge, and said he would appear at the Police-office .to prefer. it. The prisoner, on being called on for his defence, said be hail several small children and a wife in a sickly state, and the only means he had of providing for them was by selling such trifles as tie had offered the day before. Mr. Hall said such proceedings must be put a stop to, and committed the prisoner for seven days to the House of Correction at Kirkdale. At the conclusion of the case Mr. Hall inquired if the address of Johnson, the informer against hawkers, was known, as-he wished to see hint. Ile had heard that he had taken Bs. from a prisoner, in addi tion to the goods he was exposing for sale, who had beets charged by h'm to the police-officer for hawking, and had nut returned either ts the prisoner, or given them up to the proper authori ties. Such conduct should not be permitted. To the credit of the police force he ought to state that Johnson was not em ployed oe that force, but by some private individuals. Ains worth the constable was then ordered to procure the attendance of Johns .11. On Saturday Johnson the informer appeared at the office according to Mr. Hall's request, Mt. Hall then told him that a .person who some time . ago had begn convicted of hawking goods without a licence had written him word that he (John- . son) had got his money and goOds, and wou ld no t re t urn e i t h er. Johnson ieo!ied th a t he left his address in Bridewell, and told the officers that he would deliver up the goods as soon as they were app dLed for. Mr. Itall said the right course for him -to pursue was to bring all the goods he seizedond deliver the m u p to the officers i s Bridewell. Every thing which lie seized ought to be delivered up and entered in a book kept for the purpose in Bridewell. Johnsen said that in future he would do so, and that the applicant had now got both his money and the goods. He had, however, since found him exposing the same goods • for sale on the dock walls, and had seized them again, and told this lest any fault should be found with him; and it was his inten tion to lay another information against the man. Mr. Hall said the act of parliament did not authorize him to seize the goods • it only authorized him to 'taring the man before the ma gistrates on a warrant issued on Isis information. He must lay an information in the regular way; he had no busin e s s t o se i ze the goods. He (Mr. Hall) was bound to prevent the illegal selling of goods, but he was also bound to prevent oppression. Johnson said he would not do wrong if he knew it. Here the matter ended. AeSAae•e.—On Saturday, at the Police-office, a brawny-look ing Irish cattle-driver, named Patrick Maloy, was b roug ht before the ma g i s tr a t es charged with having violently assaulted a warehouseman named John Hogan, and cut his head with a shillelagh. - The c om pl a i nant , who appeared with his head wrapped in a bandage. and with several large plaisters over cuts on his head, deposed that the afternoon before, as he was going down Temple -street with a friend, he met the prisoner driving a sheep.. The sheep passed close to his legs, and he made a remark tee his friend on the quality of its wool, and.felt the wool on its back as it was passing, when the prisoner told him if he did that again, he would serve him as he served the sheep, at the same tune thumping the sheep on with his stick; and, as he was passing down the street, he called him a "prig." He (complainant) asked him if he knew what a " prig" was, when the prisoner raised his stick, and struck him two violent blows on the head, cutting open his temples, by which he lost much blood. The prisoner, in defence, said, " I was cumin' down Key-street, and when opposite Temple -court wid a sheep o' my masthers ; that man takes houd o' the sheep. Do you know that sheep ?! No, I don't,' sis he. 'Very well,' sis 1, be antler lettin' it alone.' I'd some bother wid. the sheep, and walked on, when he follied me agin, and sthopped me an' the sheep agin. What is p l i t 4 r e aison,' sis I, you are follying me . This is my masther , se s. rty, an', if you meddle wid it, be afther takin' care o' yourself, or I'll make my shillelah an' your sconce very close 'cquintances,' sis 1. Wid dhat he gev me a very saucy answer, and d—d my eyes to all intents an' purposes, an' stuck to me, an' sthopped the sheep;, so wid ghat 1 sthruck him twisht, an' it certainly did emaciate his head a lettle bit." Mr. Hall inquired of the complainant if he had obstructed the sheeli as stated, which complainant denied, and called a witness who corroborated his former statement.. Mr. Hall said nothing could justify the assault. He inquired of the prisoner what business he was. Prisoner—" I dhrives cattle s every day in dhe wake, if you call dhat a business." Mr. Hall—" You drive cattle till you are peefectly hardened, and then beat the man as you would your cattle.' Prisoner—" We can't help id; the bastes iz quite stupid somet i mes. " Mr. Hall—" You must pay 10s. and costs, or be remanded eleven days. CUSTOMS' INFORMATION.—On Saturday, at the Police-office, Henry Williams, the chief mate of the Orontes, was placed be fore the magistrates under a customs' information charging him with having endeavourer] to smuggle a quantity of tobacco. Smyth, a dock policeman, deposed that on the 15th of this month he was on duty at Prince's Dock, and met the prisoner coming across the bridge towards the town with bundle in his hand. He inquired what he had got in his bundle, and he re plied that lie was taking some clothes to wash. On examining it, he found it contained tobacco, and he then took himinto custody, and delivered the tobacco at the station-house to Mr. Quickly. Some more tobacco was also found in the priSoner's hat. As he was conveying him to the station-house, he said he bad'3o lbs. more on board the vessel lying on the west side of the dock. Mr. Quickly, an inspector of dock police, deposed to receiving the tobacco, and delivering it to the custom-house officers. A tide-surveyor deposed to seizing the tobacco, and afterwards going on board the Orontes, and in the berth of the prisoner 'he found 27 lbs. more of negrohead tobacco. That found on his person weighed 13 lbs. The prisoner, in defence, said a , ierson gave him th e t o b acco to carry, and he was not aware o i l the consequences of it. Mr. Hall said the penalty was £lOO, which he was adjudged to pay, and if not paid, to remain in jail till it was paid. Abraham Vynou,' a seaman on board a foreign vessel, the Favouritan, from Finland. was placed in custody before the magistrates charged with having concealed a quantity of spirits •on hoard his vessel. James Cheetham, a tide-surveyor, deposed - that he had regularly searched the vessel on her entering the river, and found nothing. In consequence of information he had received, he had gone that morning to the vessel to make a further search. On removing several sails and ropes in the fore castle, be found three two gallon kegs of spirits, one of brandy, and two of Hollands: the kegs were full. The vessel was lying in George's Deck.- Handley, another officer, deposed to the prisoner acknowledging the spirits to be his, and that he was a Welshman; he said he got the spirits at Elsinore. The case was remanded till the Ist of October to afford time to communi cate with the Customs' Board in London. UNWHOLESOME MEAT.—On Saturday, at the Police-office, Peter Williams, a butcher, appeared to answer an information laid against him by the leave-looker of the markets charging him with having exposed for sale a quantity of unwholesome meat in Cable -Street on Thursday last. The officer stated that, on entering the slaughter-house of Mr. Williams, in Cable street, he found 360 lbs. of beef, the carcase of a cow, exposed for sale which was not fit for food. The meat was condemned by a jury of butchers as "unwholesome and not marketable," and was destroyed. The defendant said " they were very short of brass in their street and shat the cow w as ver y thi n , but was good." Mr. H a ll said that was absurd; it would not have been condemned by three butchers if it had been good. Defendant— " Well, sir, it ii the first offence." Mr. Hall—"'ghat is your best defence. You are liable to. a penalty of 205., and I run very much inclined to inflict the - fall penalty ; I hope, however, you will never do so again. As it is the first offence, you must pay 7s. and costs." • CONSERVATISAL—Leaving our frinds of West Somerset to enjoy and regale themselves, after the dinner display at ,Taun— toni we haVe great pleasure in drawing the attention of the readers of the SYANDAIIii to the happy gathering at Wor cester.'Here we fiiia between live and six hundred true English hearts , collected together for the purpose of giving their constitutional member, Mr. Eailey, a dinner of res pect fur his tipright support of primiiples diainotric4lly the reverse of,those of the Fitzwilliam and Lethhriclge factions. And who are the parties assembled on this occasion ?—not the minions of a lord, nor the stipendiary tools of a whig-radicall,7o vernment ;—but men as independent as any class of men on England's soil—the Operative Conservative Association of Worcester ! Mr. Bailey, as a commoner, may, indeed, be proud of his elevation, towering as is that elevation, in intrinsic value and real independence, over the united performances of Wicklow and West Somerset; nor was his speech, delivered on the:oeca sion, of less Value, wherein he so happily described the relative position of the present ministry with Lord Grey, Lord Stanley, and Sir James Graham. Here is a fair set off for the folly of Wicklow, and the idle bombast of. Taunton. Take the balance iu your fayour, my Lords of Melbourne and Russell; it will be useful to you against the approaching - dissolution.---it may even enable you to hang together until the next meeting of parlia ment, but think not to rule the mind of Englataby the solemn farces we have exposed! EXTENSIVE BE GGING - LETTER F RAUD. Y ester d ay, at t h e Police-o f fice, a noted imposter, an Italian, named Peter Ge not hfie, alias Genoles, and a lad, named Thomas Brown, who has frequently been committed, and is better known in the in terior of Kirkdal e than anywhere else, were placed before the magistrates charged with carrying on a Most extensive system of fraud by means of begging-letters. In Ile first instance they had been taken into custody for having comm itted.. petty theft in a lodging -house at Preston ; on searching Genoles , an immen•ze numb e r o f l etters, i n answer to begging applicati o ns , from different noblemen and gentlemen, were f o und,together with adarge glass sear, a copy of an official seal, a plaster cast of an official seal, some large official wafers, severa l passports, a peti tion, and a numb er o f begging-letters, written in French, ready to be addressed to parties.—William Wilkinson then deposed tha the lived at Anchor's 'Wean. Preston. and let lodgings. On Saturday morning last the prisoner was lodging with him, when he decamped, and afterwards he (complainant) missed his purse, c„„taining 2 4 „ , one shilling of which he could swear to am' ost a thousand. .lie had occasion to come over to Liverpool on Saturday, and met the prisoner in Preston street, when he gave him in charge of a indieeman, and he was taken to the North Station-house.—A policeman deposed to taking the prisoners into custody and conveying them to the station-house, where they were searched, atitla great number.of papers found on cleaochlie.—Mr. Jones, the superintendent of :,5.. «i Y3._ciC:K;lC'Sff '"_'."~cj+~.e'Wt2i " September 23d, 1836. • Silt,—l pray you will pardon me for taking the liberty of addressing you, but I have done so trusting in your general character for benevolence, which I doubt not will induce you to pity the misfortunes of a Polish captain, escaped from impri sonment in Russia. Having been attached to the Polish army from the love of liberty, and of the independenc e of Poland, I have been made prisoner by the Russians; but, by the help of God, I have had the good luck to escape from them, and am now on my way to Dantzic. I met with friends in Prussia. and received a passport from the imperial consul at Dantsic, and a recommendation from the consul to his Britannic Majesty; but on my passage here I was seized with along and severe illness, and h - ave been reduced by it to the greatest indigence. My great age, of more than seventy years, and the impossibility of travelling without means in a strange country, has constrained rue, notwithstanding Inv dislike to such a proceeding, to emplore your assistance to relieve my destitute situation. Trusting in your goodness of heart, and not doubting of your aid from the kindness which you have ever shown to the unfortunate, be assured I shall never forget any assistance, !it shall ever have the most lively remembrance and the deepest consideration of ypur kindness. "I have the honour to be. " Your very humble and obedi en t servant, " Captain V. J. pa GUAN DULFY and SoN. " P.S•.—I take the liberty of transmitting with the present my recommendations along with other letters from respectable persons who havedeigned to interest themselves in my sad story." Some of the letters had also the following rota bene attached:— "N.B.—As it is impossible for me to wait upon you, I have sent my son for your answer." These letters enclosed copies of the following testimonials " The bearers, Captain Jean Van Gandulphy and Son, are natives of Warsaw, who having been made prisoners by the Russians, they escaped from them, and arrived here. 'I hey have been most particularly recommended to my notice by Mr. Arthur White, British Consul at Memel, as gentlemen of pro bity and worthy of attention. Mr. White informed me that the interest Captain Van Gandulfy and son took in the indepen dence of Poland caused them to be particularly marked by the Russians, and consequently prevents their return to that coun try. Under these circumstances I most earnestly recommend to the consideration of the benevolent the above two unfortu nate patriotic gentlemen. " Given tinder my hand and seal of office, at Dantiic, the 12th of May, 1835 (Signed) ALEXANDER GIBSON, Consul." A very large consul's 'seal was h ere attached. The letters in reply found were from the following perons:—Lieut.-Colonel Campbell, Mr. Majoribanks, Mr. Townley Parker, Mr. Ander son, of Wbitburg,_ Colonel APAlurdo, of Mavis G rt en . t h e Mi ss Jeffersons, Mr.Bainbridge, of Gatton-side-house. Alt-. Fullerton, Lady Eliott, Mrs. Young, Mrs. Bold, Mrs. Davidson, of Muir house, Mrs. and Miss Woods, of the Isle of Man, Miss Dalrym ple, Mr. Old, Mr. Naylor, W.C. Sir W. Hill ary . I s l e o f M an, Mr.i Hutchisson, Captain Walker, Mr. Willis, of Holmead, Colonel Braddyll, A. 8., Lady Broughton, Colonel Shum, and Mr. L. Lees. Some of these'letters, it appeared, had enclosed El, some £2, some 10s.; in seine the sum was not stated. In his pocket-book was found the following list of persons in this town whom, it appears, he was intending to victimize:—bars. Lolly, Charlotte-street, Mrs. Stewart, Con way-sh - eet, Mrs. Mills, Upper Parliament-street, Mrs. Holt, Hope-street, Mr. Ashton, Dryden-street, Mr. Headon, Mount Pleasant, &c. &c. The French letters were extremely neatly written in tolerable French, and certainly did the secretary extraordinaire of Cap- Van J. Gandulfy considerable credit. The lad does not appear above twelve years old. This may be looked on as one of the evils of extended education. THEATRE ROYAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.IND.IRD. Stn,—l3usiness having led me' through I3asnett-street, and thence through \Villiatuson-square, toward s th e Il aymar k et, -: last ni g ht, at aboht nine o'clock, I perceived an old, respectable gentleman, who appeared to be then under the influence of li quor, accosted by two girls of ill fame, who laid bold of Ids arms, evidently intending, as I imagined, to take advantage of his in sensibility. They were immediately followed by four dis , trderly men, sehont I considered to be their partners in unlawful transactions, and who were after a short tine, in the act of picking his pockets. On seeing this, and considering it a part of every luau's duty to prevent such occurrences from taking place, I pointed them out to a gentleman then passing by, who suggested that they 11;1.1 better be followed and watelteti by .aTiolice cater. accord ingly acquiesced in hi s sugge Sti on, ho we proceeded in search of one. We had only proceeded a short distance before we at tained our object. The gentleman related to the officer the par ticulars of the circumstances, and begged of limes a layout' to act accordingly, (I being . present at the•time,) Whenbereceived the following as au answer :—" You bad h.'tter go and mind' your own business; we have quite enough to do wittiout looking. after them; uu d t a k e care you d on ' t p i ck people's p r oekets your self." This is the language used by a police officer to a gentleman ! I and he ascertained front a person in the neigithouchood tbi the name of this officer is Bishop, who at that time was attired in the garb of a fireman. The above I defy him to refute,' It took place nearly opposite to the Star Inn, occupied, I believe, by James Ward. How far his'conduct may be considered proper I am aka loss to understand. The generality of the police officers appfAj . , Ur endeavour to make it appear, that they have learned a lilt* die-' cipline; but they are in want of that courtesy and decency of behaviour and manners which their stations in public life re.' quire they should be possessed of. I n f ac t I can safe l y say, that • one-third of them either do not understand their duty, or do . not wish to understand it. Verily we have reaped a never-to.be-' forgotten benefit from a reform in our municipal government:— Yours, &c. OBSERA Liverpool, 21st September, 183 G. DEATH O 1 MADAME MALIBRAN DE BERIOT. ----r- . It is with feelings of the most poignant sorrow and rearet, that we announce the death of this distinguished and highly. gifted vocalist, wh o ex pi re d l ast n i ght at Mosley Arms Inn, i.n. this town, after an illness of nine days, the commencement and progress of which have been detailed to - our readers in former numbers of the Guardian. We stated on Wednesday, that up to the preceding evening Madame Malihrau still continued i n a very f ee b le state, w ith" ' much fever. From that night she continued gradually getting worse, apparently sinking into a state of stupo r , with a pulse , be coming more and more l angu id , an d w i th other symptoms yr the most alarming natur e . Ab out two o'clock , on Thursday afternoon she became ins ens ibl e , an d h er genera l con dition so alarmed her Medical attendant, D r . Bellowini, that, alter suf fering considerable anxiety, he determined to call in skil ful surgeon, with whom to hold a consultation on the case. Ac cordingly, about seven o'clock, that evening, he sent for Mr. William Lewis, of George-street, who, i v o r:, s frß h c o ee li t t ie , oani t j a n t i, she some from the state of her pulse and her insensibility, was strongly itnine g l i e fil d iett l y lN : .l l o : kmriu t a l ii ' idn e l conviction that she could not recover, and, was then fast sinking under her malady. in his judgment, Ma_ understand, asked Mr. Lewis whether, dame Malibran's state of pregnancy materially relation to the . disorder; his decided opinion, that it did not, as she was in an early, and an instant, not, as has been stated, in an Since the hour already .r anted of her recovery, and, in. rim. I. wili, , ,,, , r i sin e ,b n itai. : , ;( t, : vi n i‘. e rt h d hoA , eun t t h st is ,hdel h: .ti Lt on h og l k y io r e c x on ce t ) in a u o e i cl lc g e r y a e d s u t a e l r lE y leclinieg , (barmy water) t nine o'clock last night y . minutes before twelve o'clock; continued to sink d n e o e t d t , n h e e s r li d g e h a t t e l s i t w fi a ° s P l e i owuarls y ee t x p ecte d , and the melancholy event without regaining From the c ommencement of her illness Monsieur de Beriot lut:eporkt faculties t ' a l i l l e i t e ci t i: i s ) t r i i e .( t i t e r l i e s :s i m b n Y e o a l l t i T e t d:t t e : has scarcely left the sufferer for an instant, excepting when en gagedthe performances of th e festival, and every one who has in had an opportunity of witnessing his affectionate solicitude,- his trembling anxiety,. his tears of anguish at beholding the pitiable condition of a wife on whom he goathteadthtio distraction, speaks of him as one of prostrated strength I d l have very much affected husbands.hiis the most devotedly' attache d p o p f reh re e s n t si a o n n d s anxiety serious apprehensions are entertained for his health. The affection whit-h, on all oc casions, he manifested for her the deceased appears tO have been reciprptated by time siifferinc, with equal tenderness. Though at that severely, she betrayed the greatest anxiety to know how 11" 0 • nsieur de . - Beriot had been received at the Thurs day e venin!es concert, as she was apprehensive, that his feel ings and tears for her would unnerve hint, and probably prevent him from d • (nag justice to his own great and peculiar powers as a performer, When told that his concerto had been greeted N'tih the m ost h , ent usiastie applause, a placid smile brightened her pallid face and she appeared t o re j o i ce i n h er husband's satisfactory. . reception. r, __ It was at first intended that Monsieur de Beriot should remain at the inn all night; but, finding himself entirely unable to rest, having indeed scarcely slept or tasted food - for the last two or three days, Dr. Bellomini thouglit it best that he should im mediately return to London. A carriage and four was accor dingly prepared, and ab ou t h a lf-p as t one o'clock this morning , Monsieur de Beri o t, accom p an i e d by Dr. Bellomini, quitted Manchester. a place which to him must ever be attended with recollections the most poignant and distressing. Instructions were given for the interment, which will probably take place on Wednesday or Thuisday next, but at which of the places of st ulture we do nut yet know. -Madame Malibran de Beriot was `z,B years old, so that she was in the flower of her age, as well as in the zenith of her reputation, when the hand of death fell upon ,her.-- 7 Fron . 2. the 4 - anchester Guardian, of Saturday. ~~, ; t ea» ~;a.,. =...~,:~~.y~,,.: police, said that a cassvas bag was found on the elder prisoner. , . containing great numbers of docume n t s , w hi c h he Prbdeced; aI i • certificate Irma the Danis:, consul, a seal in glass, with the Da- 1 Our,Theatre has never since its opening for the zeaesese estoda nisi) consul's seal engraved upon it, a petition &c.-e-Mr. Whitty i higher for the talent add strength of Its i company O t an i, it does said it appeared that the elder prisoner had been living on con- at preeent and has done now for accord merit severtributums up and down the country. The documents which beep as maxim with us willingly to , , .meritis were found upon hint stated him to. be a captain' in the Polish due, and we think the-manager ought hisnotitioesen,etdseeanviholueras army, and the certificates purporthigto be signed by the Danish in tattering for the public-passed over. ~ ,:,ii.s ... e s. rit . consul, and also bearing his seal, stated the same. The signli- . a highly effieient and talented temp iii', t h in • lity, on Lure was alorgery, and the seal had' been obtained by takingan his inert, has been no less :mound pufiey. N that is company impression from a genuine seal, and transferring . it in one in- is sufficiently effective to be able to Undertake and rell te e-- stance to glass and in another to plaster of Paris.. There were form the standard dramas—to give some t ry: ,. ( l !; t se e se . .!l , t , he l :: : , , : ja :-: also a great number of answers to applications, from noblemen , icription of plays Which are enacted, and i•e eem . h s. te it c ! . ur and gentlemen, expressing pity for his sufferings. The young frthe frivolities—the gossamer man who was with him was known very well at the police-office, , per night were some time ago presented, and which bat. much Wetter known in Kirkdsle Gaol; where he had been a I - "---- Like an unsubstantial pageant timded, . . pieces which at the . set ju frequent resident. It appeared that lie had been employed in j Leave not a rack be traneeribingletters in French, - for the 'purposes of begging, and —the public duly appreciat e the improved state of tliagr , ; fiii& which he had done exceedingly well, thee g h he did not under- • ing now some food for mental enjoyment, more lastmug than tliC' stand the language. The elder prisoner had also been convicted " airy nothings" and trifles, to be laughed;at and toreetten, of as an imposter, and also for steali ng a old wat c h. H e passed which they had grown sick, they have come forward and stronglY himself off in his applications as the fath er o f the boy.—Mr. Hall: " I reme m b e r the elder expressed - th e i r op i n i on by filling boxee, whi c h were b e f ore more - prison er ' s face perfectly ;he than half empty, and crowding the .- pits-- never before full. On passed off as an Italian,; and was convicted us an imposter. His, l Friday night we saw Kean in one of his best characters, and in wife called upon me to get him one' , —/si r , Davenport, who ap- one of his happiest moods for performing it as it ought to be. peered for the prisoners, (to Mr, whn ty ,) m, yo u are sees. aware We never witnessed a more beautiful.persohation of Handel ; that he has made use of these documents?"—Mr. Whiny : there was little, so far as Kean's part of Hninlet went, of which " No ; wept teem the letters which have been received in to find fault; it was, from first to last, a fine and classic repre answer tb applications."—Mr. Davenport: " And you don't sentation. The elocution in many parts was faultless, and thd know from these answers what those documents were ?"--Mr. action appropriate and natural. In those parts too were passion . Whitto : "No, personally I don't know."—Mr. Llall : " Here was required, it was given somewhat after nature's dictates—as is very good evidence, fur a lady' returns him the letters that he a ,high .and noble mind brooding over a dreadful secret and had forwarded to her, addre'ssea to th e n ame h e now bears, ex- fighting against successfully villainy would give it, Whilst that pressing pity for his sufferings, and enclosinee a sovereign.' Here approach to rant, which may be termed the " besetting sin" of is also a letter f r om Mr'. Wood, of Ballydti, in the Isle of Man, this talented young actor, was kept within due bounds: In one addreised to him, and enclosing a sover e i gn s What is known or two scenes, 'however it was observable; ise reniasised it par er the boy ?",-Parkinson i "He has been committed several titularly in the Scene where be is restrained by Mareellus and times."—Mr. Hall (to the hoy :) " What is your neme ?" Horatio front followin the Boy: "Thom as B rown , s i r. "—M r. Hail: "Is the other pri- l o q ue commencing - g ghost of his fath er . Th e fi ne so li - soner your fathe r ?"—Bos- : "No, si r , I - aln only a servant." O (A laugh.)—B rown was t h en b rought round " 0 that a ils too, t oo so li d flesh would melt, into the witness- - ' Thaw, nmlresolv e " —" In Liverpool." --Mr. hall: "H ow long ago? " -- " Seven box. Mr. Hall : " Wh ere did you first join the other prisoner ?" was finely spoken, and the conclusio n d rew forth a burst of applause. In the s c ene wh ere the ghost of Hamlet's father weeks."—Mr. Hall : °` was he paid you f or yous services r " — "He gave me my meat an d clothes. ' . ' —Mr. Hall: " For what beckons hi m t o f o ll ow, and Hor at i o en d eavours to dissuade hint, the sentence— purpose did he engage you ?"—"To copy French letters."— .. " Why, what should be thesfear Mr. Hall : "What was to be done with them ?"—" He sent I do not set my life at a rlit's foe, them to gentlemen; and Captain Van Guandulfv, who went And for My soul, what tutu it tin to that, with us to the Isle of Man, copied too."—Mr. Half (holding out Being a thing hemostat as iteelf ?" an unopened begging-letter:) "Did he tell you to do anythieg Was given in a style andwith a grandeur of action suited to the:. with that letter ?"—" No, sir "—Mr. Hail: "What was to be elevated sentiment, which almost . 'electrified the audience: it done with it ?"—" It was to be sent to the gentleman's house it called forth three irrePresSible bursts or applause. Not to be, is directed to."—Mr. Hall (opening it:) " I see it is a copy of too tedious in particularizing, and. pSing over many beauties,' the other begging -letters found written in French. Do you user the celebrated soliloquy "To lie, or wit to be," of thick know anything more about it ?"—"Thew never told me much we will only say that it was recited wi t h lint. effect, and also about it; th e o ld man, C aptain Van Guandelfy, and he kept over the seems of theplavers s which was equally happily given very ninth together, and the old man did the principal part of in . eversepointsaml which exeited intense interest, we come to the business, and went to gentlemen's houses."—.Mr. Hall : the celel»•atesi interview between Hamlet and the queen mintier, "Do you understand French at all ?"--,-" No,- sir S l' merely whisk is perhaps one or the finest elrorts sf genius the author copied what I wrote."—" Mr. Hall: "Did he ever tell vim he ever penned. ' The persimation of this' scene throughout was ibe was taken Imv the Russians, and made Ins escape ?" (Laughter.) perfection of actin g -. a irs. Stanley, mee,ytime ..9neen, also well —Boy: "No, sir, he never told me anything of that."--:Mr. ' sustained-her-arduous part. The vommetvemema— Hall: " Have you ever been to any person in this town with a " Hamlet ; thou bast thy father mueh ofromided." Message from him ?"—" Ni,, sir, not in this temen."—Mr. Hall: • " Mother, you have toy father much ()trended" " Vm 7 hen did you. leave Preston ?"—"On last Saturday."—Mr. "Come, come., yowanswer vvith an idle tongue.' .. Hall: " Where you with .him when he was convistedlast ?" " Go, 0, •yotm questitea with a wicked tomigne s " - . " No, sir; 1 thought it better to go with him, and keep ou t o f was given in a style best jud ge d i s f f rom th e hremeidess silence bad company." (Latorhter.)—M r . Hall: " Remand them both of a crowded house and die intense interest. exeited. The, till to-mon ow (this - day,) and them be kept separate.—lt is aeting throughout was.equally gut : !heat titude e flie look,' and perfectly clear that the last document is written for the purpose the elocution 'of linnil-r, during the ghost scene, left nothing to of taising money, fur it relates, in a very concise manner, his. b e wished. The delivery of the part-- s . sufferings, and purposes to be signed by Mr. Gibson, the Da " .--- but go nut to any untle's.bed.; nish e.insul, and there is his seal of office attached to it." . Assume a virtue if you have it not." We trive copied seine of the, documents, which-will be found was splendid, and th e act i on which accompammied it we n ever underneath, to sh ow h ow systematically and extensively this saw surpassed. Th e part. ttf Polituitis was played with great description o f f rau d i s carried O. • talent by Mr. Baker, .inmil Miss Faucit pal void Ophelia with a The begging p e ti t i on was. following effect : good deal of fine an d or i g i na l conception of the diameter, and " The beare r , Captain Van Guanduify, and son, are n a ti ves with much el egance o f act i on. The effector the mil:elusion of of Warsaw ; they tool ` an active part in the l a t e struggle bp. the liberty of thier country, and were in consequence their esca p e to Dautzig. n consequence M a d e prisonet s the play was , however, spoilt, anti the fencing scene completely by the Russian s , f rom w h om t h ey so, by the represeutation of Leertes by Mr. W. Howard, who • • Captain Guand u lf y and son were recomm en d e d t o my not i ce hy is totally unf i t f or th e c h aracter. the British con s ul an d severa l of my friends and correspondents The b dfi erpiece of " C a t c hi ng an H e i ress, " b rought on the ims- imitale John Reeve, who w as etnesmee d f or t h ree-nights duriog in Dantzig, w h o i n f orme d me that they were gentlemen of strict probity. 1 the week in passing through from America to London. As a matter of course he kept the house in a roar or laughter with his " FroM the int eres t th ey too k i n the independence of Poland, ing the consequent su ff er i ngs t h ey have endured, and the excellent the " comicanties. H e t oo k h i s b enef i t on the follow evening with character I recei ve d o f t h em, t can confidently recommend-them Wreck Ashore," an d th e sen i e afterpieee, rut had a to lerable house. Last evening Mr. Browne toels his benefit, when to all gentlemen of feeling. Dated Aberdeen, 7th June, ISM. " Dowries," " Raising the Wind,". end " Faustus," were per- This was signed by " THOS. BANNERMAN, M.P., El. " JAS. BENTLEY, 10S." formed: Mr. Kean played the part of Young lyorrnl, and Mr. with much And there were ninetv-one other nathes affixed, amongst which ,i t ) t i l l ?rt the part of Gtena/son, which be sustained t The farce of " Raising the 'Wind" introduced Mts. were Mr. Simpson, the Colonel Farquhar, clergyman, and a widow's offering, 25., &c. &c.; the sums sub- ' Tayle y m;r. We have not time for leuptimened comment, but we scribed varied from £2 to 2s, may observe en passant that the part of l'autin Not rat appeared .It appeared that when he m a d e an ap pli cat i on to parties he ' somew h at b eneath the abilities of Mr.. Kean. The dying seenel in thielast act -between him and Mrs. Stanley, as Lady RandOlph, did not do so pe rso n a ll y, h ut sent the petition, with the following letter in Fren c h, w hi c h we h ave translated, a number of copies was irresistibly ludic rous . Th e h ouse was crowded by a very of which wer e f oun d rea d y wr i tten, enclosing the testimonials fashionable audie nce . which will be f oun d cop i e d - b e l ow : Amenmem....s..e son .. maft ,, n• . POLITICAL MOVEMENTS, &c. Dr. Lee has announced his intention of comin,7 forward as r: candidate for the r.ltresentation of Aylesbury, at the next elec tion.—Bucks Herald. Mr. Nicholl, a conservative candidate of great influence, rill contest the borough of Yough.:l next elec'.i.w, and must likelv drive Mr. John O'Connell out of the representation.-- Limerick Chronicle. In addition to the gentlemen already named as likely to coma. forward for the honour of representing the city of Bath event of a vacancy, Captain rt•uuell, U.N., of High Littleton, has been announced as a candidate.—ButA hierald. i Earl of Surrey, and gran d son o f the Duke of Norfolk, a s a It is intended to bring forv:tl - 1,1 LordFitzattan, sun of the: , the next electi on , i n upposit i ou t o Sir. Buckingham.— fj. 7 , 4 1 candidate for the repr esenta ti on o f the borough of _Seeiheld at. extent, but the ; Riding Hera discovery of no fewer, As slept e L; t ut r rti t hN h eE a l t r— i l i tt: l si % ti :o es it would tn b FiE st p ul :E . pa ' r i t 'i y lE in n th E i G s I b S o T r i o 'A u T g i h O h N av l e N n i‘ o l t watch fulnessposedsib iet o f rocoafmtt catch the the t hperol conservativesi c b e e e r d a i i i s : g t s: , t i : isi l u a l last getd to )o anyt h e than 581 bad votes, all of which have been objected to, and ppearance of the register for the ensuing nearly the whole of which, it is certain, will be lust to the radi cals. We are happy to be able to state there is a decided iut_. year.—Morning REPREsENTATioN ou ORKNEYi AND SHETLAND.—Mr. Bal 'proyement in t four, the present member, will, in the event of an election, be ertek Dundas The • - .• in ' opposed by Frq . • _ contest will, ail puha biatv, be an unusually keen one. Political feeling runs, if pos sible, still higher in Orkney and Shetland thou in Caithness. Il h er n ald. Northampton town and county conservative dinner is to take on Thursday, the fit li of next month, and is expected to be very numerously and respectably attended. Among the distite.r,oish ed characters who have already subscribed their niunt!s to dine M.P.; W. it. Cartwright, 1 4 '..5q., INI.P ; ar e, Sir C. Knightly; Bart., M.P. ; Sir IL (inflame., Bart., C. Rose, Esq , M.P.; The lion. Charles the Mayor of Northampton, end abou . t. 100 other gentlemen. Augustus Murray has arrived by the Ox ford from New York. Ile has trhvelied fur two years in the . United States. At the next election he will stand in the popu lar interest for Lanarkshire.—(iiasgow Chrwilde. Me. BArtn.cm, M . .l ) .—We are sorry to learn that the health of vur respected and liberal-minded representative is such as to leave not the least-hope of his ever Kg,ain resuming his parlia mentary duties.—Kendal Mercury. ~ • LEEDS Et..TtioN.—At the nest election for Leeds it is in— tended to invite George Goodman, Esq., the present Mayor, to • , allow himself to be 'put in nomination as a candid ate i n t h e room of E. Bain e s Esq., who pui poses 'retiring from repre sentation.—Leeds Time 3. [ THE SEMICIRCULA R Aitcn.—lt is well ',mown to p ersons , versed i n anc i ent arl l iteciure, that the semicircular trill which 1 has n o w b een use d f o r soute•centUries in a ll t h e civilized coun tries of Europe, was unknown to the inhabitants of ancient , [ Greece. The Greeks had, it is trite, impr o v e d somew h a t on the architectu re o f the Egyptians and Thebans; but it is curious , that an improvement so obvious as,tbe arch should not have been made earlier. That the fact is so is uniptestionaide; for no re mains of this beautiful, useful, and (lovable form of architecture have ever been found in the coins of...temples or other puhlh; buildings,—not even of bridles,—built antecedent to th.i con guest of Greece by the Romans. The semicircular arch, then, is decidedly a Roman invention; and though- superseded in no small degree during the middle ages, by the Gothic (or -rather Moresco) pointed arch in the building of bridges, castles, and - churches, in order to suit the sombre bent' of religious grandeur. perfect,—nothin g and solemnity so apparent in ourold ca thedrals•aud abbeys, still the most experienced architects (amamt " 1 " 1 " wes the eele— Michael Angelo Buouaratti) have contended that, both for rodi , beauty and s t rength, the in,;(forn or true arch is infinitely to be preferred to the Gothic; for the -pressure of and on all 11115 h e _ Ills jlls11 . 1: . a . short of and crushing force van alter its position or destroy its semicircular _line. Reasoning tat there • ted Metropolitan Surgeon-D t' points, the c elebra . of _ . , en Ist, tu ti a w l anniodsteoq,uearli;-o,,iefrtinlige cohesion V Monsieur` rued Incor ' ble Mineral Teeth on the same princi ple.ll.ll4 StleCeSS much labour and experiment, was at length colt , , af ter has, consequently, ever since abar.doned the 'Pete and he has, conceived the idea ft.nny I sightly use of wires and every other ligature Clams and un persons who are obliged to use artitio 1 whatever. To• Proyement in modern science is a real amasticators, this b lessing,inl- THE RIVAL SCHOOI Al. , ASTERs _ At ~. last week, two schoolmasters . ' ts-tlrush ' petty sessions who were at daggerS' drawn a appeared before the magistratesi -weep them to teach_ the N n account of. the competition be. Theiearned gentleman, Whohis was the insadcr of his rivars'do mind " y in the yarinn rinottneentent, to initiate the . vont II ra i i iranches of knowledge, . from A B C . to Romer s records of This flourishiao- tefeats 'of the plume-waving nextor," description of his powers alarmed the peda gogne in noqsessio who sent a threatening letter, it: which he vowed . to dive his u* quickly decamped. . r ival a most . serious castigation, unless he ;ed. In th i s epistle he render.ed the vuldarism " cut your st i ck " i nto more classical expression-, " '' amput at e !.• your staff with ce l er ity." Th e parties were bound to keep the peace. DIABOLICAL CONTRIVANCE. On Saturday night, about nine o'clock, a circumstance oc curred at our Post&flee which had nearly proved fatal to one individual, and might have been produ c ti ve o f sev e re i n j ury to man iv v i , da i n ft i Le full intention of the contriver of the wickedness had taken effect, th,mgh who Nvere.the intended victims it is impos, sible to say. We need not inform our commercial readers, that letters for foreign countries require that the postage should be paid, or they are never forwarded, but, instead, are sent to the Dead-letter-office, in London, there to be stamped, opened, and . returned, if practi ca bl e, to t h e writers. On Saturday a number of letters of this description were put into the office; which after being made up in packets for the inspector of dead letters were handed over to a man named Barnard, Tor the purpose of being, stamped,, previously to being forwarded4o London by the. mail., Amongst these was a packet containing three large letters, seven of the same description having bechposted,..all directed in the same hand, andit is ,believed to official persons at Matanzas, liavana,&c. The stamp is a heavy steel implement, with which the letter is struck with some violence. Ile had got through nearly all the letters but this particular bundle, and they had been removed as he operated upon them. The package con taining the other four similar letters had been previously stamped without any result, but on striking the packet containing the three remaining, the percussion produced an explosion which shook the whole building. Every clerk irf - the once; 'even those at the greatest distance, was stunned, and one who stood within a few yards of the spot was thrown violently to the ground. When they recovered, in some measure, from the 'shock, they looked round for the poor man Barnard. The floor around him was completely covered with the frag ments of the letters, for all the three letters had exploded, aud he lay upon the floor bleeding and insensible. He was found to have been shockingly injured, his hands being torn almost asunder, and portions of the flesh and skin -fleeted from them, His face appeared a s if it b a d rece i ved a.charge of sinall,shot. and his left eye had rece i ve d w i t h suc h violence so much of the paper and other matter that its use as an organ of vision is lost irrevocably. Ends of small brass tacks have been found, with which the letters were charged. Theihumb-nail of the left hand was torn off, and, what is more extraordinary, was shot through the left cheek.. ,The poor 'nen is in a very dangerous stare, al. though hopes ate entertained of his recovery. The packet which contained the other four letters, having been previously made up, was despatched by the mail during the consternation incident to the disaster. After it was discovered from the exa mination of the fragments of paper what letters had exploded, Mr. Banning immediately forwarded an express to the General Postoffice; informing the parties there of what had occurred, and warning them to be careful how they opener! these letters. It is to be hoped that they may be found to contain seine c l ue which will lead t o th e di scover y o f th e contrivers of a'seheme so diabolical. .The explosion was so violent that it put out the lights and blew out five panes of glass. MR. HESKISSON'S STATUE.—This fine piece of sculpture was on Thursday last placed in the building prepared for its re ception in the Cemetery. FANCY BALL—We are happy to see the, public exerting themselves on the aboeg charitable occasion, and amongst the many . preparations just in progress, we refer our friends to E. DelVm and Co.'s splendid Fancy Dresses, as they have spared no expenSe to procure for the public a magnificent wardrobe. IMPORTANT TO TRADERS TO THE BAHAMAS AND GULF OF FI.OR I DA.—The now revoking lights erected by the late Capt. .Ritson, of the Royal Engineers, on the S., E., point of the Island of Abaco, and at the south end of the Coral Ridge, called Gun Cay, in the Florida channel are now in use. REFORMED COP.PORATIONS.—One of the reform magistrates of Leeds has been accused through the local press of obtaining,, by means of his influence as a magistrate, a publican's licence for a house, in the name of his clerk, and which turns out to be his own property. He is also further accused of endeavouring to traffic and make money by it. TOXTETII-PARK BAZAAR.—We invite the attention of our readers to an advertisement in another column, announcing the projected bazaar, to be held 'at Toxteth-Park, for the benefit of - the schools in connexion with the established church. The highly respectable patronage under which it will be held, we hope will contribute to further the object in view. Tun FESTIVAL.—The commiitee, we understand, are making every exertion to repair, as far as possible, the severe loss which the 'death of Malibran has occasioned, and the inability of Signor de Beriot to fulfil his engagement. Expresses have been sent off to Worcester to secure the services of Madame Caradori Allan, and to London to engage, if possible, OHI Bull, the celebrated violinist We have not yet heard With what success. Ma. SMlrus NEW LECTURES.—We. - are happy to find that this gentleman purposes delivering his new series of lectures in Liverpool shortly. The subject which he has chosen for illus tration, is," The Beauties of Geography." Nearly 100 splendid views of the wonders of creation, are to be exhibited. We have no doubt that,the superior talents of Mr. Smith, conjoined with the facinating study itself, will procure a full attendance. For further particulars we beg to - refer to a very copious syllabus which Mr. Smith has published. ' ST. ANNE'S WEST DERBY DAY AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS.— On Friday last 40 girls belonging to these schools bud a rich treat. Through the kindness of Mr. Atkins, a free admission into the Zoclogical. Gardens was procured for them, and, after seeing every thing in that attractive place, they returned to the residence of the Rev. T. Gardner, where they were received by his lady and several others interested in the school, and regaled with tea, buns, &c. TIM girls had -new bonnets on on the oc casion, and had a remarkably' neat and healthy appearance. SUDDEN DuaTn.—An inquest was held on Friday. before Mr. Curry, on the body of a man named ,James Bailey, who died very suddenly. It appeared from the evidence that a young man named Allen, who is in the employ of Mr. Ellis, carpet- Merchant, Byrom-street, had gOne to deliver a parcel in Regent street, on Tuesday evening last, about eight o'clock. Near the -north end of the Prince's Dock, he saw the deceased lying on his back, with his head bent down upon his breast. He asked the deceaSed what was the matter, but could not understand what he said in reply. Some persons gathered round, and some wine and water and a bun were given to' the deceased. The as sistance of Timothy Donovan, a policeman, was then obtained, and he was carried to the Northern Hospital, where he soon ' after . expired. From the extremely miserable appearance of the deceased, Mr. Blower, the house surgen, was induced at first to apprehend that he had died of starvation • but on open ing'the body he found, f rom the state of the vessels of the brain, that he had. died of apoplexy. A verdict - to that effect was ac cordingly returned.- Au instance of the fatal effects of terrifying children occurred last week at, a ladies' seminary near Hackney. A little girl, between the age of six and seven, for some act of childish dis obedience, was thrust into a dark cellar at some distance from the house, and suff ere d to remain there throughout the night ; the dreadful cries and screams which the child uttered produced no effect upon her inhuman perceptors, and when the door was opened in the morning the poor child was an idiot; a medical man, who was instantly summoned, has pronounced her re covery extremely doubtful.— Times. The Gloucestershire Chronicle draws attention to the subjoined new trophy of " Whig wisdom :"—"By one of the clauses in the new newspaper act, we find that newspapers may be put into the postoffire without covers; but there is to be no writing or marks on them. Query—how are they to find their destination? Another clause imposes triple duty as a penalty for fraud; that is, his Majesty's Solicitor for Stamps is' to bring an action to recover THREE PENCE. Oh, r are whig wisdom!' 110" -- NIMMM 3 the ti the ted at- n ed to in Id In ut ry r-