The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-27 00:00:00

venom too Openly, too soon, and upon too slight a pretext, against the Collegiate Institution. You have been very indiscreet, too, and calculated too .much upon the ignorance of your readers—possibly shared by yourself—in the matter of this Marseillaise Hymn. There is something, to English feelings, inexpres sibly revolting in the crime of the miscreant M`Naghten, by whose hand an amiable and excellent man has just been hurried into eternit There is, for the crime in question—so far at least as we have been able to gather as yet—a total absence of motive. The plea of insanity is now entirely out of court. We have no evidence to shew that the murderer even knew, much less that he had been injured by, his unfortunate victim. There is nothing in the circumstances of M‘Naghten to induce the supposition that he was likely to be the mere agent of a criminal in the background. There is no poverty; there is no evidence, as yet, of a strong political bias on his mind; and assuredly there was nothing in the position or the demeanour of Mr. Drummond to point him out as a fitting mark for political enmity to aim at. But the fact, nevertheless, strikes home to our hearts, that in the metropolis of Christian England—once manly England—the das tardly crime of assassination has been committed in open daylight ; and there is, moreover, coupled with the person, the place, and the circumstances, sufficient ground for very strong suspicion that assassination was here resorted to as the means rooting political ends. The assassin is proved to have been, for days before the commission of his foul crime, lounging about, armed no doubt, in the neighbourhood of the govern ment offices. "Why there particularly ? Are there in the metropolis no other noble and valuable lives, whose in some wa of pro- sacrifice might have conferred an infamous immortality upon an amateur murderer ! It was som )ne con- nected with the present governmen for, we repeat, there could be no personal motive. Was the secretary mistaken for the premier himself, or was it immaterial—provided the victim was connected, however remotely, with the administration of Sir Robert Peel—upon what particular head the blow fell? These questions may be answered. We may be able to trace to some intelligible design this, at present, darkly-veiled transaction. It may be that the crime had its origin in the moody heart of the assassin him self. It may be that he was but an instrument in other hands. This much, however, we must impress upon every member of every political party in this land. If they do not wish the name :Ind the character of Englishmen to be degraded in the eyes of mankind, they will abstain from that savage tone towards poli tical opponents which is so well calculated to excite the minds of weak and depraved men to the commission of crime. We imply no charge against the Anti-Corn law League, or any other party, with respect to this hideous crime. But we do again and again urge the necessity—at a time when assassination seems to walk to its foul purposes in open day—the overwhelming - necessity of a moderation in the tone of political con troversy, and a check being imposed upon the tongues .of hireling agitators, rampant millocrats, and especially REVEREND ministers of the Gospel! The debates in the French Chambers present indeed a strange--a humiliating spectacle to the world. The legislature of a great nation—the " liberal" party par excellence—the men who boast their passion for liberty—the philosophers and sages—stand forth, the advocates of a breach of the national faith, of treaties negociated by their own leaders—the leaders of the latest revolution—and lauded to the skies, as the con summation of the national wisdom and greatness, by their own journals, which would be disgraceful even to a country semi -barbarous. They stand even in a more infamous position than this. They dare to tell the world that the tricolor of France shall for the future be the passport of the slaver through the fleets of Great Britain and of those of her allies who, in good faith, join her in her noble efforts to put down the trade in human flesh. Let them succeed in this. Let the French monarchy and government humble themselves before the revolu tionary faction, and abrogate the treaties of 1831 and 1833. What must be the issue ? One which England cannot contemplate with satisfaction, and would scorn to contemplate with fear. Whether France chooses to waive her maritime rights, acquired by those treaties, or not, England cannot resign her own —cannot he blind to the course which her dignity and the interests of humanity require of her. Her cruisers will exercise the right •of search against every vessel carrying the French flag upon the African coast ; and the next step —if indeed it be deferred so long —must inevitably be a declaration of war between th 9 two countries. Such a calamity, we repeat, no Englishman can regard with satisfaction. No Englishman, on the other hand, need fear its approach. Its first result would he the sweep ing of the French flag from every sea; its next the singing of " the Marseillaise"—a strain in high favour just now with the Jesuit and republican factions in our own country—over the ruins of the Orleans dynasty. Its last, the ripe in France of another military despo tism, which armed Europe would have to crush be neath her indignant heel. Thanks to the " irritating" policy of Lord Pal merston, such is our position at this moment with respect to the French nation War with France, or a humiliating submission, on the part of Great Britain, to the dictum of the profligate adventurers—the scum which the agitation of the political cauldron has thrown up to the surface of French society; to the dictation of the unprincipled journalists who have forced themselves into the French Chambers, and the mobs of journeymen tailors, who haunt the cabarets of the fauxhourgs : one or other of these alternatives we must embrace. Need we predict which alternative high-minded England will embrace ? Since the above was in type we have seen the issue of the debate in the Chamber of Deputies. It will be seen, from our summary of French intelligence, that the amendment for the abrogation of the treaties refer red to, has been negatived by a large majority. LOCAL NEWS • Derby At a meeting of th e B oar d o f G uardians of the West Union on Tuesday week, C. S. Walkor, Esq., was appointed surgeon to the township of West D el uy. NORTH HAYMARKET.—The value of the. hay, straw, pota toes, &c. sold at this market in the course of the psst year amounted to X 149,744 19s. 91d. SHERIFF OF LANCASHIRE.—We understand that Wm. Garnett, Esq., of Lark Hill (in Salford), and of Quernmore Park, is to be the high sheriff for this county for the ensuing Year. TRESPASSING ON THE SHORE.—Joseph Rawden was Yesterday fined 5s and costs, by th e mag i strates of Birken head, f or taking a way . a quantity of gravel from the shore near Tramnere-quay. CO LLEGIATE INSTITUTIO N .—W e un d erstan d many per sons are under the impression that the wal:s of this institu tiontr are not sufficiently dry • there can be no g round for this , as all th e schools are ' merely whitew ashed, and the walls are more than usually dry from the very fine summer experienced last year. BIDEFORD. -011 Thursday last, the 19th instant, a very fi ne brig, named the Sarah Louisa, was launched from the building -yard of Messrs. Leans and C o . Sh s i s i ntended tßell o trade betwe_ en Liverpool and Valparaiso ; thi s vessel is worthy of inspection, as a specimen of Messrs. Evans an d Co.'s building, on whom she re fl ects great creclitfno; 100 4 el and neatness ,' and strength of workmanship. L/VBRPPOL 'RIENDLY LOAN SOCIETY.—We u n d erstand that, durin g th e pas t y ea r, the mo ne y a d vance d to trades men_ and others by this society, in small sums, amounted ton.) less than £9,350, an d that of this sum the hole with the exception o f about £1 is., has been repaid with intere s t. I n three years since its establishment, about £lB,OOO have been l ent, the loss on which has been only £3. The profit made by the society during the year, after paying all expenses of clerks, offices, printing, &c., has been about £5O, out o f Which the sum of £5 each has been presented to the In firmary, the N or th and South Dispensaries, the Stran gers ' rriend Society, and the District Provident Society. LIVERPOOL ANTI-MONOPOLY ASSOCIATION.—This body Held their first annual meeting on Wednesday evening, in the S usie -ball, Bold-street, which was considerably crowded on the occasion. Mr. Thorneley, M.l'. for Wolverhampton, Was in the chair ; and after he had made a speech in favour of free trade, Mr. C. E. Rawlins read the report of the com- Mittee. Mr. J. T. Crook, the treasurer, next read a state- Ment of his accounts, from which it appeared that the ex penditure had exceeded the receipts by upwards of £BO. The Meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr. William Wood, Mr. Charles Robertson, Mr. William Rathbone, Colonel Williams, Mr. Charles Holland, Mr. Shiel, Mr. Thomas -Blackburn, and Mr. Francis Boult ; and resolutions were carried of the nature usually adopted by such assemblies. Rev. S ERMONS.—it will he seen from an ad vertisement that the J. H. Stewart, of St. Bride's , has p ublished th e two di scourses preached by him at St. Bride's Church, on Sun laY, the Ist of January instant. The reverend author states a preface, that they interest In published " with t he view of pre- P9tinm gin a ore detailed form, to those w ho take an te the subject, the urgent reasons mentione d i n the author's §Pventh annual invitation for united earnest prayer for the ° utPourin,g of the Holy Spirit, on the first da y of the new Year." These reasons are connected with " the days of rebuke and blasphemy," in which our lot has fallen; the Present state both of the Church of England and the Church of Scotland • the high position in which the Great Ruler of the universe has placed our nation, more especially since the "IVY termination of the war in China and Affghanistan ; and the peculiar circumstances in which Isis ancient people t he Jews now stand. The Bath Chronicle of yisteiday (Thursday) says " We hear that Mr. Jenkins, a merchant of Liverpool, has taken on a long lease, Sydney Gardens and premises, for the pur pose of being converted into an institution in which the cold water system' is to be practised on a large scale." COMAIITMENTS.—Yesterday, at the Police -court, a female, named M`Gee, was committed for trial for stealing a top.co4t, and pledging it. A boy was also committed for stealim;a pair of boots from the shop door of Messrs. Frost, Ranelagh street. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' BALL.—The annual ball in aid of the charitable objects, supported by the Licensed Victu allers, took place last night, in the Town-hall. The Mayor was present. At the time we went to press the company numbered between 500 and 600, and dancing was going on with great spirit. DANCING.---Mr. Harwood's first dress (pupils') ball was extremely well attended on Tuesday evening last. Soon after nine dancing commenced, and was continued till the usual hour—half-past twelve. These balls partake more of the character of private parties than of public entertainments. We refer those who wish to commence a course of instruc tion in this polite art to Mr. Harwood's address elsewhere. THE INCENDIARY FIRE.—Mr. Parsons, solicitor, yester day applied to the bench at the Birkenhead Town-hall, to allow Peter Evans, who was lately committed to Chester assizes for setting fire to the stack-yard of R. W. Barton, Esq., of Caldy, to be admitted to bail, but the application was refused. It was intimated that application will be made to the Court of Queen's Bench, the prisoner being, we un derstand, very respectably connected. SMUGGLING. — Joseph Gallaghar appeared before J. D. Case and J. R. Shaw, Esqrs., at the Birkenhead Town-hall, yesterday, having been taken into custody by Mr. Oakely. an excise officer, whilst coming on shore from one of the Government steamers in the river with three gallons of Irish whiskey in his possession. He was fined £25, and in default committed for three months. James Wilkinson, who was caught committing the same offence yesterday morning, was convicted in a similar penalty. TRESPASSING IN PURSUIT OF GAME.—Mr. Seymour Willoughby, of Birkenhead, Mr. Thomas Rawlinson and Mr. John Johnson, of Liverpool, were summoned before the magistrates at Birkenhead, yesterday, at the instance of Mr. Chamberlain, of Oxton, with trespassing in the township of Tranmere in pursuit of game. The defendants stated that they were allowed to sport over the property by permission of the tenant; but on calling the latter, it turned out that he had no power to give them permission, and in consequence they were convicted in a penalty of 40s. and costs. POACHING.—John Hill was charged yesterday, before the magistrates at Birkenhead, by the keeper of Mr. Parry, with poaching in the township of Tranmere, on Wednesday last. The keeper stated, that he saw the prisoner in a field, behind the hedge, with a hare in his possession. The keeper took him into custody, on which the prisoner knocked him down, and a scuffle ensued, when the keeper was induced to allow the prisoner at liberty, on his promising to accompany him quietly. No sooner, however, had he gained his liberty but he drew his knife and took up some large stones, and threat. ened to stab the keeper, on which the latter seized him, but not before he had received a severe blow from a bludgeon on, the head, from which he bled profusely. He, however, suc ceeded in securing his prisoner, and, on his being searched, two skeleton keys were found on him. He was, therefore, committed as a rogue and vagabond to the House of Cor rection for three months. THE Loss OF THE JESSIE LOGAN EAST INDIAMAN.— The following extract of a letter, dated Boscastle, January 21, gives the latest particulars respecting the loss of the ill fated ship Jessie Logan :—" Every tide portions of the cargo and wreck of the Jessie Logan, East Indiaman, are b e i ng picked up and conveyed to th stores here (Boscastle.) The owner, Mr. J. Logan, of Liverpool, has arrived here, super intending the saving of as much as possible of the cargo and wreck. The day previous to the intelligence of her loss being received in Liverpool, the owner, Mr. Logan, was in the re ceipt of a letter from Captain Major, from St. Helena, stating that all was well. The cargo she had on board when she sailed from Calcutta was of a general nature, and valued at £35,900, the greater portion of which was insured in Cal cutta. The Jessie Logan was insured, but not to the full amount of her value, and consequently Mr. Logan will be a sufferer by her loss." HANDSOME TESTIMONIAL.—On Monday night last, at the Victoria Hotel, a valuable silver snuff box was presented by a few gentlemen to Mr. Samuel Jones, one of the hands of No. 4 Pilot-boat, as a token of their high estimation of his conduct on a recent occasion, when the donors were ex posed to great peril on board the ship Grace. That vessel, the property of Messrs. W. and F. Shand, put to sea for Antigua on the 24th of October last, Jones being her pilot. She was towed out by a steamer. Soon after she left the river a gale sprunc , up, which increas e d t o suc h a v i o l ent ex tent, that when the time arrived for the steamer to put hack that vessel was unable to approach her. The pilot and the gentlemen to whom we have alluded were compelled, there fore, to remain on board the Grace, which was buffeted about during the whole of that tempestuous night, and was, in the morning, compelled to put back. To the coolness, skill, and intrepidity of Jones, it was believed the safety of the ship was in a.great measure owing. The passengers who sailed with the Grace entered into a subscription, which was in creased by the gentlemen who had accompanied her round the rock, and the box mentioned above was purchased with the proceeds. ROBBERY.—On Tuesday last, at the Police -court, Mary Gribbin was placed before Mr. Rushton charged with having been concerned in a robbery in the counting-house of Messrs. Hamilton, Jackson, and Co., Tabley-street. On Saturday night last he locked up the office and delivered the keys to the warehouse man . O n M on d ay morn i ng h e received in formation that the premises had been robbed. He went thither and found that th e office had been entered. The iron safe was broken open, and from it he missed two quart de canters of spirits and twenty-six samples of rum. He also missed a watch, his own property. From a box which had been broken open he missed one piece of silk taffeta, two pieces of s ilk h an dk erchiefs, forty-seven worsted caps, and six Guernsey fro c k s . C onstable Kehoe stated, that he received information of the robbery. He went to a house in College-lane and there found the prisoner. He asked her where she lived. She told him No. 11, College-lane. He went with her and she pointed out to him her room. He searched the bed, and found between the mattresses the watch produced, which was claimed by Mr. Frankland. She said she had had it five years : on the way to bridewell she said, `• I told you a lie ; I never saw that watch before." The prisoner declared she knew nothing of the robbery. She was committed for trial. THE AGRICOLA. — COLLISION.—In the Admiralty Court on Tuesday last, an action was brought by the owners of the Don, a schooner of Jersey, against the barque Agricola, to recover the amount of damage sustained by the schooner by a collision with the barque. on entering the basin of the King's Dock, at Liverpool. The Agricola had arrived from the east, and discharged great part of her cargo in London; whence she proceeded with the remainder to Liverpool, on the Bth of September, having taken aboard a duly licensed pilot, under the Liverpool Pilot Act, to carry her up the Mersey. When near the entrance to the dock basin, which she was about to enter, the Don was lying close to it, being required to remain there by the dock-master, in order to allow an outward bound vessel to come ( At. The Agricola was coming in with a strong wind from the N.W., and a flowing tide, at the rate of six miles an hour, and not seeing the Don till when near, and when she could not drop her anchor, the collision in-question took place. On behalf of the Agricola it was alleged that the collision was occasioned by the position which the Don had taken athwart the en- trance to the dock, so that it was impossibleiOoiastrik- ing her. On behalf of the Don it was argued that she was placed in her position by the direction of the dock-master, and that the Carque did not keep a good look out or proceed with proper caution. After hearing the Queen's Advocate and Dr. Addams for the Don, and Dr. Haggard and Dr. Bayford for the Agricola, Dr._Lushington . addressed a few observations upon the facts to Captains Loch and Wyndham, the two Trinity masters by whom the court was assisted, who declared their opinion that the Don had acted properly ; that the Agricola was solely to blame, and that the pilot On board that vessel was alone in fault. This decision raised a question of law, how far the owners were exonerated under the Liverpool Pilot Act, which remains for further argu- DEATH FROM A GUN-SHOT WOUND.—An inquest was held, yesterday, in the board-room of the Infirmary, before John Heyes, Esq., borough coroner, and a respectable Liverpool jury, summoned by the beadle, Mr. Balfour, on view of the body of a young man, named George Whittaker. Alexander Smith, being sworn, said he lived in Falkner street, Liverpool, and•was a clerk. The deceased, who lived . . in the same street, was a striker at a railway-smith's, but had been some time out of employment : He was twenty years of age. On Tuesday last, about half-past one o'clock in the afternoon, deceased and witness went out together to go to the country to shoot small birds. The deceased had borrowed a gun from a person named Davies, who keeps a milk-house in Trowbrideg-street. It was a single-barrelled gun, with a percussion lock. Witness had no gun. They went in the direction of Wavertree. The deceased told wit- ness the gun was loaded, and it had a cap on the nipple. They went into the fields on the south side of Wavertree- lane, and about two fields from the crossing of the road. The deceased, who had the gun, got some distance before witness It was about half-past . tv;o o'clock As soon as I got over a fence which deceased had passed; witness saw him thrusting at the hedge with the but end of the gun, and called out to him, " George for God's sake don't do that ;" and , instantly the gun went off and the deceased fell. Witness ran up to him. He said he was not much hurt—that he would walk home—would be well in a day or two—and that witness must not tell his father. He tried to get up, but could not, and fell down again. 'Witness got help, and he was conveyed to the Infirmary. Mr. Brandreth, house surgeon of the Infirmary, said the deceased was brought there about half-past three o'clock. He immediately found that the deceased was wounded in the abdomen. There was a wound two inches from the navel on the right side, and ra ther higher up. The wound was mortal, and he died at half past two on the following morning. On a post mortem examination, it was found that the shot had penetrated the stomach, wounded the ascending colon, fractured the hip bone, and lodged in the right buttock. It was impossible to save him. The shot went together as it had been a ball. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death," with a nominal deodand on the gun of one shilling." Loss AND CURIOUS RECOVERY OF £6O, IN Two BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES.—At the police -court, yesterday, a poorly-clad elderly female, named O'Hara, was placed at the bar on suspicion of having become feloniously possessed of two Bank of England notes—one for £5O and the other for £lO. The prisoner, it appeared, was in the habit of taking away, without permission, the ashes and sweepings of several offices. On Tuesday she went to Mr. Franklin's, bullion office, Lord-street, and offered that gentleman a £5O note, stated that he must give her no light sovereigns, and adding that she would give him £5 to change it. From her appearance, he suspected all was not right, and , he questioned her about it. She at first said it was her own, but afterwards that she had found it. He detained it, and afterwards showed it to a police-officer, telling him the circumstances. He did not detain the prisoner —she being at the time very tipsy. A gentleman connected with the firm of Messrs. Hodgson and Ryley, cotton brokers, Exchange -street West, said that the prisoner was in the habit of getting the ashes, &c., from their office. He had been in Manchester on Saturday, when he received several payments from different parties. These he put into his po c k e t s i n separate sums as he received them, taking a memorandum of each on a piece of paper. On re turning to Liverpool he entered the sums in a book, with the exception of a sum of £6l, which appeared in the memo randum, but which he missed, and, thinking he had left it at Manchester, he wrote to enquire about it, and had just re ceived an answer to the effect that it was not there. The prisoner came to the office on Saturday, and said she had found a pound note amongst the ashes. The person who swept out the ashes usually placed them on the opposite side of the street. The sum he missed was a £5O note, a £lO note, and a sovereign which was wrapped within them. He conjectured th at l ie h a d d ro pp e d th em i n t h e street when he arrived on Saturday from the railway station and was paying the carman.—police-officer Thomas Ainsworth, sen., said that on apprehending the prisoner, she said she had found the note offered to Mr. Franklin amongst the ashes ; and that she had also found another note along with it; and she handed him a £lO note. Though the numbers of the notes were not given there could be no doubt of their b e i ng the same that w ere l ost. M r . R us hton said the prisoner had had a narrow escape, but he should not send her for trial. It it had been shown that she had any reasonable cause to suppose that she knew the owner, the case would have been most serious. At the same time, money found did not be long to the party finding it, who should take means to find out the owner. Though her conduct had not been strictly honest, she must be discharged. The gentleman enquired if he should pay her a reward ? Mr, Rushton.—" No ; not a farthing,” SURETIES TO LOAN SOCIETIES. ...Yesterday, Several parties who had been sureties for parties borrowing money from a loan society, were brought before Mr. Rushton, to show cause why they refused to pay, the borrowers having become defaulters. Orders were made upon them for the l'wo sureties are requite I by such stated that loth were cqually pective amounts !ieties ; but Mr. DEATH *FROM SCALDING.— On Tuesday an inquest was held before Mr. Curry. on view of the body of a tine child, aged nine years, daughter of Mr. Mitchell, railway agent, St. Vincent-street East. It appeared that on the 22d Dec. ult. the deceased was much scalded on her right side and arm by the contents of a kettle which accidentally fell off t tie nre. She was attended by Dr. Manifold, but lingered on and be came gradually worse until Saturday last, when she expired. Verdict, " Accidental death." A BRIG -ABAN DON ED AT SEA.—(Extract from a letter dated Holyhead, Jan. 23.)—" On Saturday night, the brig Caroline, belonging to Newcastle, bound from Liverpool for the Cape of Good Hope, with a general cargo of merchandise, was brought in here (Holyhead) by a portion of the crew of the Emily, Captain Nicholas, from Liverpool for Terceira. The Caroline was discovered by the Emily near Arklow Banks, and is supposed to have struck on some of the numerous sands on the coast of Ireland, and to have been abandoned by the crew. They are supposed to have left with the boats, as not any were to be discovered, and that they succeeded in getting safely into some other port, or had been picked up by some vessel at sea. Too much praise cannot be bestowed on Captain Nicholas and his crew (five in num ber) for the task they undertook, it blowing strongly from the S.W. when the Caroline was boarded, consequently the navigation of both vessels by six hands must be considered wonderful, and that being done without any material damage. The Caroline seems complete, hut leaky. The Emily lost her jibbotm, and had her boat stove, also her mainchains on the starboard side damaged." THE FUNDS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—Some of the trans actions in the Stock Exchange to-day were of a large amount, and threatened at one time completely to change the aspect of prices. The Bank broker appeared early as a seller, and got rid of £35,000 Consols, at a reduction in quotatio❑ of about I l i to 4 per cent., but when the jobbers found he was in clined to carry his dealings to a much greater extent, they, to use a technicality of the fraternity, " cut" the market un der him, and hence he discontinued his operations. The greatest decline prices suffered was 4 per cent., Consols for money and the account receding to 94+ to 4. As, however, an increased demand for money stock shortly followed, con fidence revived, and the latest quotation was 944 sellers for money, and 944 buyers for the account. Bank Stock closed 172 to 173; India Stock, 262 to 263; Exchequer Bills, 645. to 665. premium; Three per Cents. Reduced, 9a4; Three and-a-half per Cents. Reduced, 102:1 ; New Three-and-a- Half per Cents., 1004 to 101 ; Long Annuities, 12 13-16; India Bonds, 58s. to (;M.. premium; and South Sea Annui ties, 934. In foreign stocks, Spanish Actives were quoted 184 to 11 ; ditto, New, 234 to 4 ; Mexican, 31+ to 4 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 52+ to 4; Dutch Five per Cents., 1024 to 1034 ; Brazilian, 74 to 75 ; Belgian, 1024 to 1034 ; Colombian, 23+ to ; and Portuguese Converted, 36 to 15. BLUE COAT BROTHERLY SOCIETY.—The fourth annual report of this valuable society has just been published. It states that there are 177 boys in connexion with the society, who have been regularly visited, some of them for nearly four years, and yet, during that period, and out of so large a number, there have only occurred three instances of mis conduct of such a nature as to call forth the regrets of the society. It appears from the visiters' reports that the boys are generally honest, industrious, and obedient at their places of business ; orderly and well-behaved at home, and regular in their attendance at divine worship on the Sabbath. Their almost uniform good conduct must, under divine Providence, without whose assistance all human means would be utterly unavailing, be ascribed to the instruction they received whilst in the school, and may be considered as a decisive proof of the advantages of a sound religious and moral training. It is to be hoped that the success which has hitherto attended the society will encourage the members to the most diligent prosecution of its objects, and that the impulse given by the visiters of the past year will spread until it pervades the whole body, and render each member individually anxious to further its operations. It appears from the statement of accounts, that during the year three members have had cash advanced to them amounting in the whole to £55, and that five other members have been presented with various articles of clothing , whilst the w h o l e amount o f t h e year ' s expenses is only £ 2. 6s. The society has stock and cash in the hands of eight members amounting to £127. Bs. Bd. A BOY FIRED AT WITH A PISTOL AND HIS EYE SHOT OUT.—On Tuesday last, (the case being postponed for fur ther evidence) a boy named John Healey was placed at the bar of the Police Court, on a charge of having fired a pistol at another boy, named Patrick M`Maher, by which the latter lost his right eye. It appeared that the two lads had known each other for some time, and that on Wednesday fortnight the prisoner beckoned the injured party (who has lost an arm) out of the cellar where he lived, as if he wanted to speak to him. The latter came out accordingly, not ex pecting to meet with any harm. Th e p r i soner as k e d hi m, " How do you d o ?" and he replied " Pretty well." The prisoner then said, " Will you have a chew of tobacco ?" to which M'Maher's reply was, " Yes, if you please," upon which the prisoner put a pistol to his face, instantly dis charged it, and h an di ng i t to anot h er boy ho was by, ran away. The contents, or rather the explosion of the weapon took effect on the right side of the face, destroying his eye and otherwise injuring him. Mr. Cameron, of 'the South. Dispensary, soon afterwards attended him in that Institu tion, but the evidence of the surgeon who first saw him after he was fired at, was required; and Mr. Leech surgeon, being in attendance (on Wednesday) described the injuries. He said, the boy's face on the right side was much blackened, and the eye quite obscured. The patien., told him he had been fired at, and the appearances bore out such statement. There was no trace of shot. but some particles of gunpowder were found in the skin. The prisoner admitted that he had fired the pistol, but said, he did not think it would have done such injury. He was committed to take his trial at the assizes for the felony. We understand the Jerusalem Bishopric Endowment Fund already amounts to little short of £lO,OOO. One of the prisoners confined in Morpeth gaol, escaped out of prison on Tuesday week, and has not since been captured. A verdict of wilful murder has been returned against four poachers for killing one of the keepers of Mr. Phil lips, at Tean, in Gloucestershire. VINTNER.—The derivation of this name would seem to be from " wine-tunner," by which name the company of vint ners in the city of London were incorporated by Edward 111. Their arms display three wine-tuns. THE WEST INDIA MAILS. — From a statement of the voyages performed by the royal mail West India steam-ships during the year 1842, it appears that the average length of the West India voyages, both out and home, was 18i days. The longest outward passage was made in 20 days 17 hours, and the quickest in 16 days 19 hours, the distance steamed over being nearly 4,000 miles. We have seen a letter from a tory county member to an influential constituent, in which he expresses his conviction that Sir Robert Peel will in the ensuing session meddle with the corn laws only so far as to make some adjustment of the sliding scale, with a view to the more accurate taking of the averages. And is this really all that Sir Robert Peel purposes to do ?—Glasgow Chronicle. DETERMINED SUICIDES.—On Tuesday last, Mrs. Benton, the landlady of the Prince Regent public-house, in Globe lane, London, committed suicide by hanging herself to a bedpost by a cord.—On Sunday last, a travelling hawker of boxes, named Crew, and residing in Woolwich, got up out of his bed and cut his throat with a razor, and died shortly afterwards. lie had been labouring under a severe fever for several days. There are few, if any, instances of increase of population so rapid as that of Berlin. In 1650, it reckoned 6,100 in habitants; in 1700, it had inereased to 29,000; at the birth of Frederick the Great, in 1712, it contained 61,000 ; at his accession to the throne, in 1740, his capital contained 90,000; and at his death, in 1786, there were 107.000. On the ac cession of Frederick William 111., in 1797, he found 165,000 inhabitants in Berlin ; and on the accession of the present monarch, in 1840, the number was 330,234. The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress gave a splendid ju venile ball, on Wednesday last, at the Mansion House, the alterations and improvements in which have been so far corn pleted that his lordship's family were able to remove into it from his private dwelling on Monday last, There were up wards of 250 present at the ball and supper, amongst whom were the children of some of the most eminent merchants and bankers in the metropolis, Members of Parliament, &c. The dancing did not conclude till past two o'clock. On Monday last, Thomas Sharpies, an innkeeper at Bol ton, was brought before the magistrates, charged with having a dramatic performance at his house. The piece performed was Mazeppa. The case having been established, the ma gistrates retired, and, after a lengthened consultation, the mayor said, " Our opinion is, that there has been an enter tainment of the stage within the meaning of the 10th Geo. 11., c. 28 ; and we convict Mr. Sharpies in the penalty of £50." Mr. Sharpies intends to appeal against this decision to the sessions. NOVEL AND EXTRAORDINARY FEAT.—On Saturday the citizens in immense crowds flocked to all parts of the city to witness the daring feat of Mr Hughes driving 15 horses in hand. This singular and hazardous exploit he performed to the surprise and admiration of thousands who witnessed the spectacle. The horses were harnessed to a vehicle re sembling a mail coach ; and he handled the ribbands and turned the different corners with as much seeming ease as if he was only driving a tandem. The horses were re markably beautiful and docile animals, and obeyed with singular precision and unanimity of purpose the movements of their able whip.—Cork Examiner. DEATH OF Two FISHERMEN FROM STARVATION.—A small yawl put to sea on Friday last, with six hands from Lurgan-green for the purpose of fishing, but were unable to return back in time in consequence of a brisk gale blowing off the shore. However, on Sunday the boat was observed from Clogher-head, when a fisherman named Cunningham and his sons put to sea, and succeeded in bringing the boat and hands ashore, two of them having been found dead from cold and want of food, while two more were in a very exhausted state. The inhabitants of Clogher treated the survivors in the kind est manner. We understand that a boat containing six Clogher fishermen is missing.---Drogneda Conservative. STORM IN THE BLACK SEA.—According to a Russian journal, the Black Sea was visited, towards the close of last year, by the most awful storms. During the month of No vember and the first fortnight of December 30 vessels of dif ferent sizes were completely lost, and 75 very seriously das maged. A letter, dated Genoa, the 18th inst., published in the Journal des Debals, announces that the agitation of the sea continued and even increased during the 13th, 14th, and 15th instant, and had caused considerable damage in the port and neighbourhood. .Two French vessels were lost in the waters of the Spezzia, and much injury was done to the new mole and the ramparts of Mala Paga, where the foundations of the barracks appropriated to the Custom-house troops were considerably shaken. On the evening of the 15th the Archbishop, together with the chapter, and accompanied by all the clergy of the place, the municipal authorities, and a great eoncourse of people, blessed the sea, from the heights of the mule. MUSSOOLAH BOATS.—During the late gales, in which so many human lives have been sacrificed for the lack of means of putting out boats to sea, to render assistance to the crews and passengers on board vessels which have been wrecked on various parts of the coast, Mussoolah boats, constructed upon the same principle as those in common use at Madras, which are employed in approaching ships riding at anchor in that roadstead in tempestuous weather, would have proved of incalculable service. These boats are built upon a large scale, and are remarkably broad in the beam, and are so ex ceedingly buoyant that they may, without any extraordinary degree of labour, be made to pass through a succession of terrific surfs, which extended for upwards of a quarter of a mile from the shore, and to reach the seyeral ships in perfect safety, returning back again to the beach with the passen gers. These craft are composed of very e s o t p o p u e t r t o i r m i b r e o r n s ‘n a a p il d s the planks of the same are muted tog e th er with strong lacings of leathern thongs, instead of and fastenings. They are each of them conducted by eight oar .men, denominated " dandees," besides a steersman, styled the " mangee." They are capable of being shoved with ease into the most overwhelming breakers, and, with proper management, of effecting a passage through a rapid succession of surf-coronetted surges, amid which no Euro,. pean boat could possibly live, let her be con structed upon the most approved mod ern principle as a lif e - preserver, It may be considered somew h a t surprising that the subject in quertion has not yet attracted the attention of nautical men. MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE The weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was held yes. terday, when the following members were present:—Messrs Sands (chairman), Horsfall, Holmes, Middleton, Nicol, Swith , Molyneux, Bulley, Evans, Boyden, Bold, Shand, Martin, Moon, Aikin, Chilton, Tobin, Barclay, Ripley, and Holt. EXCAVATION OF ALBERT DOCK The Sub -committee of Works reported, that Messrs. John Orrell and Co. had r e li nqu i s h e d th e i r con t rac t for e x c avating . •• — • ke the 1114/Cll /0.1 ; ai,u recommen excavation from Mr. John Waring be accepted Mr. RIFLED inquired why the contract had been relin quished ? The CHAIRMAN replied, that Messrs. Orrell had found out a mistake in their calculations, in consequence of which, they stated, they could not afford to do the work. Mr. HORSFALL observed, that no mistake had been pointed out. The CHAIRMAN added, that Messrs. Orrell stated that if they took the work they would sustain a loss of £l,OOO or £5,000. Mr. TOBIN asked whether there was no penalty for the non-fulfilment of the contract? The CHAIRMAN replied, that the parties had not signed the contract.—The conversation on this subject then terminated. LIFE-BOAT SERVICES, &C, The Sub-committee for the Marine Surveyors' Depart ment recommended the following rewards to be granted in consideration of services rendered during the late severe storm :-30s. to the master, and 20s. each to the crew, of the Magazine Life-boat; a double day's wages to the crews of the Formby, Point of Ayr, and Liverpool Life-boats ; 30s. to the second mate, and 20s. each to the four seamen of H.M. steamer, Princess, and that a letter of thanks be ad dressed to her commander, Captain Saarsfield, fur their ser vices rendered during the late storm. Mr. AIKIN said he did not know a more able officer than the commander of the Princess, and he only regretted that it was not proposed to give to him some more substantial mark of the approbation of the committee than a mere letter of thanks. He had frequently had communication with Capt. Saarsfield, and received from him many valuable suggestions. One he received from him the other day he thought so valuable as to request him to put it on paper, which he had, and sent to the Secretary. The SECRETARY then read a letter, dated the 25th inst., from Captain Saarsfield, in which he pointed out the cause of the North-west Lightship's parting from her moorings on a recent occasion. He was sure she would always part from them whilst the present system was adhered to of giving a certain length of chain to ride to, without reference to the state of the weather. He recommended strongly that the lightship should be furnished with sufficient length of bridles to clear away in heavy weather, which should be hove away when the weather moderated. _ Mr. AIKIN said that Captain Saarsfield agreed with him, that the vessel broke from her moorings by the heavy iron chains being embedded in the sand. Mr. HOLT and Mr. RIPLEY said that lighter chains of the very best description of iron were now adopted. Mr. TOBIN said that Captain Saarsfield bad frequently rendered services to the dock estate. Some days ago he called upon him (Mr. Tobin) with a letter of thanks, ten years old, from the committee of that day, for services which he had rendered. The North-west Lightship had broke loose from her moorings, and she would have inevitably have run on the banks if the steamer he commanded bad not in stantly gone to her assistance. Captain Saarsfield, at that period, was not the permanent commander of the Princess. Mr. ATKIN begged it might not be supposed that Captain Saarsfield had been canvassing the committee. The letter which the Secretary had read had been written at his (Mr. Aikin's) request. The rewards were ordered to he paid, and Captain Saars field's communication was referred to the Marine Surveyor's Sub-committee. COLLISION WITH A LIGHT-SHIP. The Sub-committee for the Marine Surveyor's department reported that, on the night of the 18th instant, about ten o'clock, the Crosby light-ship was run foul of by the steamer Blanch, having the American ship Powhattan in tow, whereby the light-ship's bowsprit and anchor-davit were carried away, her starboard bow severely injured, and the north-west arm of her moorings broken at 30 fathoms from the box. Mr. H OLT stated that one of the crew of the light-ship had lost two fingers by the collision, and another had since been amputated. Mr. RIPLEY said that, connected with the damage to the light-ship, there was the consideration of who was to blame. It appeared to the Sub-committee that the pilot was to blame. The consideration of the expenses incurred by the injured man was referred to the Marine Sub-committee, and the question as to the damage to the Solicitor. CUSTOMS ' DEP6TS The Harbour Master's Sub-committee reported that they had considered the memorial of the landing waiters for bet ter accommodation, and they recommended that suitable places be built upon the site of the Customs' depots, or wherever there might be room.—On inquiry it appeared that no estimate of the cost had been obtained, and it was re ferred back to the sub-committee to ascertain the expense. LANDING-WAITERS' HUTS The Head Constabie,iti a letter to the committee, enclosed reports from several police inspectors of the landing-waiters' huts left open during the night on the dock quays. Com plaints had been made of the police not reporting the huts when found open ; but, by the reports of the inspectors, it appeared that they had very frequently been reported, and copies of their reports were now read. Great numbers had been left open during the night, some for the accommodation of watchmen, but the greater part from negligence. Mr. UORSFALL suggested that these reports should be sent to the Inspector General of the Customs, in order to satisfy him that the complaints made in this respect are groundless. The committee acquiesced in this course, and the Secretary was instructed to act accordingly. LIFE-BOAT AT SOUTHPORT The Secretary read a letter from Messrs. Chapman and Willis, requesting a contribution from the committee towards defraying a debt incurred by them for a life-boat at South port. There was no life-boat on that station, and, since 1839, they (Messrs. Chapman and Willis) had, at their own risk, placed one there. This boat had been instrumental in saving many lives during the late storm, particularly eight seamen belonging to a Glasgow schooner. The cost of the boat had been £ll4 Is. 2d. ; and the subscriptions amounted to £75 Ils., leaving a debt of £35 10s. 2d. remaining. The committee of Lloyd's had contributed ten guineas. As Southport was in the legal jurisdiction of the port of Liver pool, they, (Messrs. Chapman and Willis) hoped the Dock Committee would have no objection to discharge the debt remaining. The names of the subscribers and other vouchers accompanied the letter. Mr. RIPLEY inquired whether it was correct that South, port was in the port of Liverpool? Mr. HORSFALL replied that it was. Mr. TOBIN had never heard anybody but Mr. Chupman ever say before that Southport was part of the port of Liver pool. It might have happened that the stone which was called the boundary, had been moved; at all events he (Mr. Tobin) had never heard of Southport being part of Liver pool before. _ _ Mr. HonsFALL repeated that Southport was in the legal jurisdicti on o f t h e port of Liverpool. M r . Walker, th e en gineer, in hi s survey o f Fl eetwood, cam e two miles into th e port of Liverpool, and he was requested to withdraw on that account, Mr. EvANs observed that if Southport was part of the port, it was only reasonable that the committee should pay this charge. Mr. RIPLEY was of the same opinion. It was then resolved, that the committee should pay the amount requested by Messrs. Chapman and Willis. , which, C ORPORATION NEW BYE - L AWS. The Finan ce C omm i ttee, in a letter d a ted the 18th insta n t, requested the D oc k C ommittee to f avou r them, in writin g , with any su ggest i ons in their opinion , might tend to improve the exi s ti ng regulations relat i ve to stevedores, por ters, and car t age rates.—Referred to th e T rans it Sh e d Committee, RUNCORN Dugs. The receipts of dues at Runcorn for the month ending the 24th instant, were reported to amoun t t o £2t 12 s . 9d . The committee th en proceeded to transac t some fi nanc i a l business, and shortly a f terwards they separated. POST OFFICES.—The Post-Master-General has acquitted all persons connected with the Cork Post-office, of any share in the recent abstractions. We have heard that in one Office in Ireland, there is in th e l ast quarter , o n the sums ret urne d as received for unstamp e d l etters as com pared with the num ber of such letters that actually passed the Office, a deficit of £3OO. It is pretty confidently stated, nevertheless, with the addition, moreover, that the Post-Master of the district has been required to make good the deficit out of his own pocket —a rather hard requirement, considering that the persons who, as clerks, have the handling of the letters, are persons whom he is obliged to take w ith out an y voice in their selection, any proof of their capacity, or any guarantee for their integrty. Cork Constitution. THE CURRENCY QUESTION.—Amid all his public avoca tions, the Premier has found time to maintain a controversy with the currency-men of Birmingham, represented by the Chamber of Commerce of that town, who publish the corres pondence. It is carried on by memorials and letters in the name of the Chamber on the one side, and letters from Sir Robert Peel, addressed to Mr. G. F. Muntz, M.P., and Mr. Richard Spooner. It began at the close of July last, with resolutions passed by tile Chamber, and transmitted to the minister, calling his attention to the depressed state of trade and the condition of the people; and the Chamber soon hint that the establishment of a new paper currency issued by the government is the only remedy. Sir Robert Peel at first seems to hold back from controversy ; but the legislator of 1819 cannot resist the opening made for palpable hits, and he is soon in full tilt. The Chamber are voluminous in their essays—Sir Robert Peel's replies are briefer, but compre hensive, frank, and very neat—aiming at essential points 1 except that he is betrayed into 4 subordinate controversy as to what were the opinions of Locke, whom he recommends the Chamber to study. Sir Robert Peel's last letter is dated 12th December, 1842. In consenting to the publication of the correspondence, he requests his antagonists to append to it a definition of the sense in which the word " pound" will be used in their inconvertible paper—what it will represent, to what it will be equivalent, and what it will imply ? The Chamber comply, with more good faith than success, by describing the peculiar kind of paper currency which they recommend—issued by government alone, a legal tender, receivable in payment of tax es, a n d limited to 20,000,0001., about the amount which they consider re q uisite for the pur poses of trade.—Spectator. THE sse WEDNESDAY EVENING.—A ng C a stle this morning, from town, messenger COURT.—WINDSOR , iz, with the intelligence that it was considered very improbable that the life of Mr. Drumm ond would be prolonged but fora very short period after the letter was despatched from with the painful communication Grosvenor- street. Another special messenger reached the ortunate victim of assassination Castle at a few minutes before 1 o'clock (liavir!g left Padding ton o ii h e y r the ma j l e 2 s o'clock thattae t h re i n n i ) i f , had breathed his last very few minutes after the first mes anied by the Earl of Jersey, and senger had taken his departure for Windsor. Upon the the first moment receipt of this melancholy intelligence the Queen immediately ), and the Prince commanded an express to be sent off to his Royal Highness Prince Albert (who was out shooting in the Royal preserves immediately attended in the Great Park, accomP the Queen was informed of the diabolical attempt which had been made upon the life of Mr. Drummond, her Majesty and Lieutenant-Col onel returned t o the Castle.B 0 u vFerroi From the Prince manifested the deepest and most intense anxiety for the fate of the unfortunate sufferer. The Earl of Morton (Lord in Waiting upon her Majesty) left the Castle this morning for Grosvenor-street, immediately aft er t h e arrival of the first messenger from town. His Lordship returned this afternoon. By the Queen's command n e ith er t h e mili tary, band, nor her .Majesty's private band of musicians, will be in attendance at the Castle this evening. Admiral Sir Robert Otway is expected to arrive at the Castle to-morro w , to relieve Colonel Drummond , as the Gr oom in Waiting upon' her Majesty. Colonel Drum mond remai ns in town, and will not return to Windsor until after the funeral of his lamented brother. Covers were laid this evening for 18. The follow ing will have the honour of joining the Royal dinner party:-- Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Norfolk, the Hon. Misses Liddell and Lister, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, Lady Clementina Villiers, Lady Fanny Howard, the Earl of Morton, the Rev. Lord Wriotheslev Russell, Viscount Anson, Lieutenant-Colonel Bouverie, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, the lion. C. A. Murray, and Dr. Prcetorius. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY The twenty. second half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was held on Wed nesday, in the Cotton Sales Rooms, for the purpose of receiving the report of the directors, and declaring a divi dend. CHARLES LAWRENCE, Esq., chairman of the board of directors, took the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting-having been read, Mr. BOOTH read the report of the directors. In commencing the report, the directors regretted the conti nuance of that general depression in the affairs of trade and manufactures, which they have been compelled to notice, in so many of their former reports. In the half-year just ended, the business of the railway, both in the merchandise and coaching departments, had experienced still further and extraordinary checks, caused by the disturbances which prevailed so extensively, in the manufacturing districts, in August last. The period of the year which in general is relied on, as most propitious to locomotion by railway, was thus rendered comparatively unprofitable. The total receipts from passengers had fallen off to the extent of £B,OOO, and from merchandise to the extent of £5,000, as compared with the corresponding six months of the previous year. To meet this great deficieney in the receipts, the directors had been anxious to introduce the strictest economy into every branch of the expenditure ; and their exertions in this respect bad succeeded to an extent which, under the circumstances, they trusted will be deemed satis factory ; the current disbursements for the half• year being £lO,OOO less than in the corresponding period of 1841. Since the general meeting of proprietors, in July last, the directors have completed their contracts for tlw, execution of the extension railway from Ordsall-lane to Hunt's Bank. The report concluded by stating, that four directors went out of office by rotation, viz.:—Mr. Robert Benson and Mr. William Rotheram, elected by the proprietors; Mr. George Locke and Mr. Langton, elected by the Duke of Suther land ; to which list must be added Mr. Wm. Garnett, elected by the proprietors, who resigned his directorship on the 12th December last ; the present election, therefore, would be for three directors by the proprietors, and for two directors by the Duke of Sutherland. Then followed a statement of the receipts and expenditure, from which it appeared, that the nett proceeds for the half-year were £63,696 10s. 9d. ; to which must be added, the amount reserved in July last for the income tax, not yet paid, £2,168 12s. sd. ; making a total of £65,865 3s. 2d. The directors recommended a dividend of £5 per £lOO share, which, on 12,090 shares, amounts to £60,450; and whi c h w ill leeve a balance of .£5,415 35., chargeable with the income tax for the year ; this charge being liquidated, there will be a small residue (the amount at present uncer tain) to _be carried to the credit of the next half-year's ac count. The CHAIRMAN then addressed the proprietors. He said that in submitting the report of the directors to their ap proval, he was sure it was not necessary for him to detain them by enlarging upon the subjects contained in it. They had, indeed, travelled the same road so often that, really, very little which was new could be said. The directors, how ever, had to express their regret that, owing to the great de pression of trade, their returns had not been so great as on former occasions; they had, consequently, exerted them selves to the utmost to increase their trade, and he hoped it would be found that in some respects they had succeeded. If better times came they would be prepared to carry on an increased trade at a reduced charge. (Hear, hear.) One word he would add with regard to the satisfactory sum the directors bad been able to save in the disbursements—namely, a reduction to the extent of £lO,OOO. At the same time. he was justified in saying that the efficiency of the stock was not at all impaired. Upon the contrary, he was happy to say, that at no period since the commencement had the engines, both in working and in stock, been in such high order as at the present time. The proprietors owed much, in this respect, to Mr. Woods, the superintendent. He might here mention that, within the last two years, nineteen engines had been either entirely removed or replaced. He would not longer detain the meeting, and he would conclude by saying that either himself or the treasurer were prepared to answer any question which the proprietors might put. On the motion of Mr. WILSON BENSON, the report was received and adopted ; and Mr. BICKERSTETH moved, that a dividend of £5 per £lOO share be declared. The motion was carried. In answer to a question from a SHAREHOLDER, Mr. BOOTH stated that the dividend would be paid on the 7th or the Bth of February. It was then resolved, on the motion of Mr. WILSON CREWDSON, seconded by Mr. WILSON, that Mr. Robert Benson and Mr. William Rotherham be re-elected directors, and that Mr. Edward Cropper be elected a director in tile place of Mr. William Garnett, resigned. Some conversation took place on a suggestion of Mr. ALSTON that the number of directors be reduced from fifteen to ten, but the sense of the meeting appeared to be against any alteration. Mr. Lawrence was then thanked for his conduct in the chair, and the meeting separated. On Thursday, at the meeting of Income-tax commissioners held at the Half-way House between here and Canterbury. Mr. Manti, an Italian, and a dealer in watches, &c., appealed against his surcharge, when he was asked to produce his books. In compliance with this demand, Mr. Manti pulled from his pocket a memorandum-book, which contained cer tain jottings in his native language, and presented it for the inspection of the inquisitors, telling them that it was all the books he kept. Whether this document contained satisfac tory evidence that Mr. Manti was, or was not, entitled to exemption was not explained, no one of the inquisitors being able to read it ; but, at all events, he got clear of the sur charge.—Dover Chronicle. ANECDOTE OF TDB PRINCESS ROYAL.—During one of the late cold and stormy nights, her Royal Highness was awakened by the loud and frequent coughipg of some one without, and starting up in alarm, enquired of her sleepy at tendant " What it was ?" On being informed that it was the sentinel on duty on the terrace beneath the tower. the Princess observed, " Oh, poor fellow, he has got a very bad cough ; and after repeated expressions of sorrow for the " poor soldier out in the cold," again fell asleep. The weather continued for several days unfavourable, but one morning preparations were made for her Royal Highness and her little brother to take their usual airings, and when the party bad reached the terrace from the postern door, the Princess was again startled by the well-remembered sound which had disturbed her slun - ibers a few nights before, and breaking from her attendants, she ran up to the sentinel on duty, an old grenadier, and addressed him—" How is your cough to-day, soldier? I hope it's better." The surprise and pleasure of the soldier was great when told by her atten dants that it was tilie Princess Royal who had made this kind enquiry. But neither his surprise nor his pleasure ended here, for the Queen, on hearing of the sympathy expressed by her little first-born, sent a present of two guineas as a cure for the "poor soldier's very bad cough."—Court Journal. ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE, OR LOVE IN A CHIMNEY. —A correspondent informs us, that the Quiet and secluded neighbourhood of Thornley, near Longridge, has this week been the scene of one of those singular adventures which are so often depicted in the works of fiction, with more colouring and exaggeration than the nature of such adventures will al low ; but which, in the case in question, is painfully true to the letter. The hero of the story, a labourer in a quarry, has certainly for some time been a hero in his way, and his love adventures at Longridge or the neighbourhood have often been of sufficient importance to occupy an idle hour of some of the softer sex of the village. and his stratagems, too, have often displayed more than ordinary tact and sagacity. The house and scene of his enterprise on Monday evening was the residence of a farmer, who, with his wife, were from home, and the house was occupied at the time by the object of our hero's earnest solicitude—a sweet-looking damsel under 20. The luckless wight knocked at the door and windows, and could get no answer. It then occurred to him, that all ap parent means of access were blockaded up at the sides of the house, there might be wisdom in trying to get an entrance from the top. So having found his was there, be was not long in thrusting himself down the chimney; when lo! having got only a part of his way down the chimney, this man of the hammer and wedges was wedged fast in the chimney, and for neither good nor ill could he extricate himself. A groan ing was heard, which was frightful at first. However, the alarm was soon given —a great part of the chimney was pulled down, and a chain of the quarries procured ere he could be extricated from his most perilous situation. He was at length dragged out, nearly half dead. Medical aid was speedily pro cured, and this hero of a hundred love affairs released from a situation which threatened quickly to put a " finis " to hi s love adventures and excursions for ever.—Preston Chronicle. THE WHITE QUAKEHS.---The Monitor, of Wednesday, in bringing again under notice some of the recent antics of Joshua Jacob, thus observes:—" When we find him success fully inducing among others, an unfortunate lady to quit her own home and to reside in his house, with property to the amount of £9,000, of which sum £6,313 were government stock, and two-thirds the property of her children, their fa ther having died intestate—when we find him afterwards systematically bringing her to a stockbroker, and standing by while the necessary steps were taking for selling out and making the transfer, and then himself receiving, in her pre sence, twelve Bank of Ireland notes for £5OO each ! then taking ten of these notes to the Bank in Dublin, and the re maining two subsequently to Waterford, and not merely ex changing them for gold, but insisting that the sovereigns should be weighed—nay more, that he himself should hold the scales to prevent even the possibility of his being de prived of a single grain. When we consider all these facts we cannot but be led to the conclusion that his pretended fanaticism is but a knavish imposition, put in practice until he shall have entirely drained the unfortunate victims whom he has gained over to his delusions. The above facts are not in the slightest degree exaggerated, being taken almost ver batim from the affidavit supporting the petition for a writ of as exent regno, made by Mr. Geoghegan, the solicitor, of Lower Gardiner-street, who has, with considerable ingenuity and perseverance, traced step by step the whole proceedings as they occurred. A petition, we understand, has been pre sented to make the Minors Wards of Chancery, and a bill • has already been filed praying, amongst other matters, that Joshua Jacob may be compelled to refund two-thirds of the property, amounting to £6,000, which the wretchedly de luded mother signed over to him, and which legally belongs to the children. Joshua himself con ti nues i n th e Ci ty Mar shalsea, being either incapable of proc ur i ng h a il t o th e amount of £4,000, the sum in which the writ was marked, or unwil ling to lodge that sum in cou r t as secur i ty to a bi de t h e de cree. In addition to the sum of £9,000, the subject matter of the suit above referred to, we are informed that he has also possessed himself of several other sums." FURTHER PARTICULARS OF REBECCA AND II ER DAUGHTERS.—The lawless mob in the neighbourhood of St. Clear's have again committed a daring outrage. On Fri day, the sth ult., the magistrates for the county met at the Shire Hall, Carmarthen, to deliberate respecting the riotous transactions at St. Clear's, during the past month, and to take measures for the apprehension of the ringleaders. The proceedings on that occasion were strictly private, but the result has been that a troop of the royal marines from Mil ford, commanded by Captain Wilson, was stationed at St. Clear's, and a great number of the old pensioners from Car. marthen received orders to proceed to the same place ; the reward for the apprehension of the offenders was also in creased from £5O to £lOO. Notwithstanding these precau tions, on Monday last the rioters sent a message to the ma rines, to the effect that they were about to pay a visit to the gates, and that they should be glad to meet them. Between three and four o'clock in the morning a detachment of 20 marines, accompanied by four officers, set out for the gates, to ascertain if the men intended carrying their threat into execution. When they arrived at Trevaughan gate, it was found to have been levelled to the ground, and part of the toll-house destroyed. Not one of the rioters was, however, to be seen, they having dispersed in different directions after they had levelled the gates. On each of these excursions the mob, consisting of a large number of men and boys, all of them well mounted, and most of them dressed in women's clothes, and nearly all armed with guns, pistols, pitchforks, hay-knives, reaping -hooks, crow-bars, or some other weapon, are invariably headed by Rebecca, who is described as being a remarkably strong tall man, well disguised, and who appears to have unlimited authority over the lawless crew who terni themselves her children. The toll-keepers arc dreadfully afraid of them, and the mob altogether is the terror of the surrounding count r y. Th e f armers i n t h e ne i g hb our h oo d have refused to be sworn in as special constables, and many of them h ave p a id t h e t i ne o f £ 5 f or suc h re f usa l. The whole of the peasantry of that part of the country appear to be in a s t a t e o f t h e greatest exc i temen t, an d w dis pute will n o t b e p u t an en d t o w ithout the o effusion efear o f t ood We have ju s t b een i n f orme d, that onefthe mob can be identified, and will at once be apprehended. A ameetis was go s f the repres en t a ti ves o f th e v arious neighbouring parishes held on Wednesday last, when several resolutions . we a r r epa,ssed which are to be printed, and circulated in the 1 dis trict.—the Welshman. INFORMATIONS _AGAINST THE MINOR THEATRES. On Wednesday morning a Special Session was held at the Court-house, at Kirkdale, for the purpose of hearing the in formations laid under the direction of the proprietors of the Theatre Royal, against the managers and actors of the Minor Theatres in this town. The Rev. Rector Brooks presided. There were on the bench the Rev. Miles Formby, Richard Edwards, Esq., Nicholas Robinson, Esq., John Fletcher, Esq., Adam Hodg son, Esq., Charles Hor s f a ll, E sq ., James Ileyworth, Esq., and the Rev. Mr. Moss. Mr. James appeared on behalf of the proprietors of the Theatre Royal; attorneys, Messrs. Foster an d Ll oy d . M r. Sowler, of Manchester, defended Mr. Copeland, the mana. ger of the Liver Theatre; attorney, Mr. James Norris. Mr. Myers read the first information, which was laid by Mr. Robert Sandford Robinson, against Mr. W. R. Cope land, who was charged with having, at the Liver Theatre, without lawful authority, and without license, &c., on the 19th December last, caused to be acted a dramatic entertain ment called the " Pet of the Petticoats." To this informa tion Mr. Copeland pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. James opened the case by directing the attention of the bench to the Act under which the informations were laid, (10th Geo. 11. cap. 28th,) which makes each offence punish able by a fine of £5O. The information stated that on the 19th December Mr. Copeland caused to be acted the " Pet of the Petticoats," without either patent or authority. In point of fact, such authority as this could not have been given by the Lord Chamberlain save in Westminster, or in some place where his Majesty was residing. No such authority, therefore, could be given as regarded Liverpool, because Li verpool was not Westminster, and the King did not reside in Liverpool. He did not appear as counsel for a mere com mon informer, who went about the country laying informa tions, with the mere object of putting money in his pocket. He would state broadly that he appeared as the representa tive of a large body of gentlemen whose interests were at stake—as the representative of the proprietors of the Theatre Royal. The lessee of the patent theatre had no more to do with these proceedings than any of the gentlemen on the bench. He might indeed be interested in the result, but the proceedings were brought forward by the body of the proprie tors, who were determined to protect that which was their property, and which had been infringed upon. There was a spurious sympathy existing in Liverpool on this subject, at least in the minds of some individuals. It was said to be very hard that the people at the Liver Theatre could not be let alone ; that the pUblic surely had a right to be allowed the choice of going to what theatre they pleased, and that the public conve nience ought to be consulted. Persons who reasonedlthus should remember that there was an adage which inculcated that it was proper for individuals to be just before they were gene rous. They should consider that there were other interests which ought to be as narrowly watched as the interests of the Liver Theatre. Had not the proprietors of the Theatre- Royal a right to be protected against the infringements upon their patent, which was their property, and which had cost them a large sum of money ? At one time there could by law be no performances in Liverpool. It was well known that parties had to pay large sums for peculiar privileges. Here was a right legally sanctioned and known to exist ; a contract to which the faith of the nation was pledged. What right had any one to say " I will infringe this contract " ? People had spoken of the hardship of the case. There was no hardship in it. Here was a benefit conferred upon the public. They had no theatre, and a number of gentlemen stepped forward and said, " You shall hare a theatre, and we will be at the expense of procuring the privilege." It had been attempted to make it appear that the minor thea tres were open for the benefit of the public. This was ab surd. Mr. Copeland, or whoever else might be the manager of a minor theatre, infringed on the privileges of the paten tees, not for the benefit of the public, but for his own benefit. The subject for inquiry was not, however, how far the open ing of minor theatres was expedient or otherwise; they were then to decide upon the law as they found it. It was not for them to determine what was proper or improper, but to administer the law. Mr. James proceeded to show, that many vested rights a r e f u lly ma i n t a i ne d an d acknowledged, even when the public convenience really suffers. Be cited an illustration, the case of the L or d o f th e M anor of Man chester, who has the exclusive privilege of selling meat in the market, that of the right of ferry on the opposite side of the river, &c., observing that these were all privileges which had been some time or other contracted for, which had cost money, were held as valuable, and respected by the nation. If the public complained, there was but one clear course to adopt, which was, to go to the legislature, .and get the law repealed ; but while the law remained in force, it was neces sary that it should be respected. It might be said, and had been said, that the town had increased in size, and that there was occasion for more theatres than formerly. He would urge those who reasoned thus to look at the fact, that though the town had increased in size, the taste for theatricals had diminished. In conclusion, Mr. James said the defendants could not say that they had been taken by surprise. Ample notice had been given to them, that if they proceeded they would be prosecuted. Mr. So;vier said he might as well save the time of the court at once by objecting to the case. It appeared that his learned friend relied on the 10th of Geo. 11. cap. 28. Now another act had been brought forward subsequently, which exempted the town of Liverpool from the operation of that act. Mr. James said his learned friend had better be regular, and wait till the time arrived for opening the defence. Mr. Sowler said his object was to save time. Mr. James had no objection to argue the point, but he assured the court it would save no time. If his learned friend would rest the case on that one point, he had no ob jection to proceed upon it. Mr. Sowler declined to stand upon the point. Mr. James proceeded to call his witnesses. Mr. Peter Godfrey Lloyd proved that he went to the pit of the Liver Theatre, in Church-street, in the parish of Li verpool, on the 19th of December last ; paid two shillings ; saw other persons paying, and was admitted with them into the pit, where he saw a dramatic piece, consisting of dialogue, music, and action, performed. It was called " The Pet of the Petticoats." Mr. Thomas Carter was called. Mr. Sowler objected to Mr. Carter's evidence, because he is a rate-payer. The fact of Mr. Carter being a rate-payer having been proved on his own testimony, Mr. James called upon Mr. Sowler to give his reasons for the objection. Mr. Sowler cited an act of parliament which prevents rate payers from giving evidence in cases where the parish is interested in the penalty. Mr. James said his learned friend must have forgotten a little act of parliament, 3rd and 4th Victoria. which allows rate-payers to give evidence in all cases. Mr. Carter proved that he had printed the bill announcing the performance in question, at his printing establishment; that the order was given to Mr. John Connor, his overseer, and that Mr. Copeland paid for the work.—Mr. Connor was called, and he proved that he received the order for the bills from Mr. Copeland. Mr. Sowle . r, for the defence, said they never would have heard of these prosecutions if the Theatre-Royal had been a paying concern. Mr. Sowler produced the act of Geo. 111. which repealed so much of the act of Geo. 11. as to allow a patent to Liverpool. He contended that it repealed the whole act. Mr. James, in reply, contended that the Act of Geo. 111. was merely permissive as regarded Liverpool. but did not repeal the other portions of the Act of George 11. The opinion of the court was taken on this point. The Magistrates were of opinion that it did not affect the case at all. Mr. Sowler proceeded to contend that no proof had been given that the piece in question had been acted for fee, hire, or reward. The Magistrates, after a short consultation, retired. On their return the Chairman said they were unanimously of opinion that the defendant must be convicted in the penalty of The next information was against Fanny Fitzwilliam, for having acted in the " Pet of the Petticoats." The evidence and defence in this case were similar to those brought for ward in the preceding one. The defendant was convicted. The Chairman asked if Mr. James intended to proceed further against actors. Mr. James, having consulted a minute or two with Mr. Lloyd, solicitor, said he had no discretion. The parties had expressed their determination to proceed. Leniency had been before exercised but it had no effect, and now when the opposite party had thrown down the gauntlet they were bound to take it up. Their rights had been invaded, but if the other parties would now stop— Mr. Norris.—We will agree to the same arrangement as before. Give us the half year. Mr. Lloyd.—No. Mr. Norris.—Then we will go on and try it with vou. Mr. James.—We have a right —an acknowledged right— which they have invaded, and now when we contend for it they ask us to divide our right with them ; as if a man should meet another in the street with a loaf, and say to him, that loaf is yours, I know I have no right to it, but I won't be content unless you give me half of it. Four other informations were heard against Mr. Copeland, for four several performances. In one of these the case failed, in consequence of no proof being offered that the Liver Theatre is in the parish of Liverpool. In the other three Mr. Copeland was convicted. The court adjourned about half-past five o'clock, till Tuesday next, at eleven o'clock, when the proceedings will be resumed. Sia GEORGE COCKBURS.-It is with deep regret that w•e learn, at the moment of going to press, that the condition of Sir George Cockburn has undergone no improvement. He still lies in a very precarious state, it being impossible to stop the hemorrhage from the lungs altogether. But slender hopes are. we are sorry to say, entertained of his recovery.— Standard of Wednesday. TRAGICAL. OccußßENcE.—Mary, the wife of John Fair, residing at Lenuel, near Coldstream, had gone to bed at the accustomed hour, and he (her husband,) coming into the house intoxicated, threw some burning coals from the fire to the bed, and in endeavouring to extinguish the flames they were both so severely burned in consequence as to cause their depths in a few days. John died on the 13th, aged 66, and the poor woman lingered in a protracted agony till the 14th, when death terminated her sufferings also, aged 67. Caledonian Mercury. THE ATTEMPT ON MR. DRUMMOND.—A singular inci dent occurred to the Duke of Wellington a few minutes after Mr. Drummond was wounded. His grace had left the Commander-in -chief's office, and was crossing the parade in St. James's Park, when a stout made youth, about 16 or 17 years of age, ran with considerable violence against his grace. The collision caused his grace to stagger. A police man on duty, witnessing the occurrence, and with the fact of the recent attempted assassination being upon his mind, ran up and secured the person, believing that some intended violence had been used towards the duke. It is but justice to the lad to state, he instantly made an apology, without being aware of the high rank of the person he had so unin tentionally assaulted. The reporter understood his grace to make use of the following reply, " I will take no apology," and instantly passed on. The policeman, construing this into a charge, conveyed the lad to Gardiner's-lane station house, where he stated the circumstance to Inspector Hughes, wh o was on duty. It was deemed advisable to detain the lad until it could be ascertained whether it was the intention of the Duke of Wellington to charge him with the assault. After a detention of upwards of three hours, the lad, who was not locked up in a cell, was given over to his friends.— Standard. ATROCIOUS CRUELTY.—On Friday morning, Thomas tulwell, between 50 and 60 years of age, was brought up at the County Magistrates' Office. Palace Yard, charged with having caused the death of a valuable young horse belonging to his mistress, by cutting out its tongue. Fulwell had been taken into the service out of pure charity, and treated with the utmost kindness. On Wednesday fortnight the horse was observed to be very ill, and bleeding profusely at the mouth. On Wednesday se'nnight the animal died, and it was then discovered that its death had been caused by a deep. gash at the root of its tongue, from which it had gradually bled to death. Fuh% ell had repeatedly wished the horse dead. Sergeant Chipp, upon taking the prisoner into custody, was told by him that " if his mistress would forgive him, he would tell all about it." Ile denied having a knife in his possession, but eventually, upon being taxed with having had one a few minutes before, vvoduced a large clasp knife, which appeared to have been the instrument used in this diabolical act of cruelty. Unfortunately, however, as the prisoaer's own statement under a promise of forgiveness would not be evidence against him, Chipp would not allow his admission to be received on these conditions, and then being no other evidence against him, he was sent about his business, with an intimation that, if anything further trail spired to confirm his guilt, lie would be again apprehended. —Worcester Paper. CORRESPONDENCB. THE WORKING MEN OF LIVERPOOL AND THEIR WIVES. •••...... FRIENDS,--In my last letter to you I ponted ut that you, as a c l ass, suffered more front the i effects ofthe fact r" than your wealthier brethren, and also , - ~ to tables drawn from the reports of tl. that in Liverpool the chances of life were town or place in Great Britain. I shall now devote myself to the task 1 you some of the various causes which prodm sequences, more especially as regards Liverpool; and I would wish you to understand, that of whatever value my own personal experience in these matters may Ise , I clai m your attention, more especially from the fact, that what I have to say to you is borne out by the evidence of the most intelligent practical medical men, engineers, and others throughout the empire, who having had special opportunities of observation, were requested to give their evidence to the commission of inquiry, and which was embodied in their re port presented to Parliament by command of her Majesty, in July last. I must here once for all state the obligations I am under to the compilers of this report, for the valuable in formation conveyed in so clear a manner ; and I would un hesitatingly affirm, that the statesman who should carry out, or rather encourage the people to carry out the various suggestions contained in its pages for the prevention of disease and death, would more deserve to be handed down to posterity as a great benefactor of his species, than any of those whose abilities have gained for them an almost immortal name. e itegis g cut to The causes which produce such evil consequences may be classed under two beads, viz., those which requi re t h e assist ance of men in aut h or i ty, and those which may be remedied by yourselves alone. In the first class of causes may be placed, defects of the houses in which you reside, as to situation, ill construction, want of ventilation, dampness, want of proper drains, sewers, and ash-pits, neglect of street cleansing and paving, and scarcity of water. Under the second class of causes, or those which you your selves alone may remedy, may be included :—Want of clean liness of your houses and persons, overcrowding, intem perance, popular prejudices, quackery, and general domestic mismanagement. With regard to the first class of causes, the new act of par liament obtained by the Town-council" is so c omp l ete a re medy, that if the " Health Committee only do their duty in carrying the various clauses into effect, its good consequences will soon be found in the improved state of health and morals of yourselves and families, and as a short way of pointing out to you the kind of dwellings you should avoid, I would wish you to notice the various provisions of the act as affects your selves. The Town -council are empowered to appoint a com mittee out of their own body, to attend to the health of the inhabitants, and to call in to their assistance the surveyors. No streets are, in future, to be built of less width than twenty-four feet, and all courts of houses are to have an open space of fifteen feet from side to side, and from the ground upwards ; the floors of all houses are to be raised six inches above the level of the footway ; the rooms are to be eight feet high, the attic seven feet, and cellar, not used as a habitation, - six feet ; there must be only one story in a roof ; the windows must be of a proper size —viz., five feet high, and three feet wide. No cellar in a court can be let as a dwelling, and after July Ist, 1844, no other cellar may be let as a dwelling, unless it be seven feet high, two feet of which must be above the level of the street, with an area of two feet wide in front, a window three feet square, and the use of a privy and ashpit ; and every person letting a cellar for a dwelling, not according to the provisions of the act as above, will be subject to a fine of five shillings a-day for every day it is let ; owners of houses must provide proper privies and ashpits ; owners are to keep these in proper repair under a penalty of five pounds, and ten shillings a week after, so long as the nuisance continues owners of courts and passages are to keep them in proper repair. Private drains and cesspools, &c., to be kept cleansed by occupiers. If any house be kept in a filthy state, and the tenant re fuse to clean it, the magistrates have power to order it to be cleaned, and the charges of cleansing, in case of nonpayment, to be levied by distress and sale of good s o f th e occupier. The Council have power to make bye-laws f or preventing nuisances and annoyances in courts and passages, an d effect ing cleanliness therein ; and for removal of th e contents of middensteads, &c., when necessary, and for preventing foul water from soaking therefrom, to the annoyance of the own ers of adjoining property, &c., &c. There shall be no interment in any grave which shall not leave two feet and six inches clear of soil above the coffin, under a penalty of ten pounds. Houses are to be more sub stantially built than before, and roofs, chimneys, drains, and water-pipes, to be more carefully constructed. Ruinous walls or chimnies must be taken down; owners of property must pave half the street fronting their property, and keep it in repair for twelve months, and after that time the high way board must keep it in repair; a justice of the peace may issue a warrant (without summons) for the apprehension of parties offending against this act of parliament. Here you will find the most ample provisions for suitable dwellings for you ; the increased width of the streets and courts; the improved regulations for the cleansing of filthy accumulations ; the better provisions for internal ventilation in the height and size of your rooms and windows; the dis continuance of cellars as dwelling-places (those graves for the living with which this town has unfortunately been over stocked) ; besides, the powers (for the first time given) to carry these excellent measures into effect, will, if assisted by your own exertions, be the means, through God's bless ing, of extending the lives of yourselves and of your chil dren at least twelve years. In my next I shall review the second class of causes of premature death, and on that subject I shall have a great deal more to say to you, as 1 have for years been well ac quainted with your habits as a class, and have only waited for an opportunity when I might speak to you of these mat ters with the greatest advantage. That time has now ar rived. Till next week farewell. MEDICUS ACHATES. [We call the attention of the Health Committee of the Town Council—which is likely to have one of the most useful, and at the same ti me th e mos t laborious, of delegated du ties to discharge —to the present and forthcoming letters of our intelligent and respectable correspondent, " Medi cus Achates." At the same time, we would offer a sug gestion to the committee—namely, that the provisions of the act which they are to administer have not yet had that publicity which their very great importance requires.] SCOTCH CHURCH QUESTION, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Your last number contained a paragraph (trans ferred from some other journal) which stated that, in the late decision against the Scotch Church in what is called the Stewarton case, the judges were unanimous. The fact on the contrary is, that the judges were divided, five being for and eight against the church. In her former suits there has been a like powerful majority in her favour; and it is remarkable that Lord Cunningham admits that the views and judgments which he and those who side with him now against the church entertain and pronounce, are opposed to those of the soundest and most eminent lawyers of the last century and of the court itself in time past. There is no doubt the law is now interpreted differently from what it was heretofore. If your readers knew the first usurpations of the civil power over the ecclesiastical, and felt the evil, or I may say ab horred the sin, of surrendering the discipline, the indepen dence, the functions of Christ's Church to the controul of statesmen and lawyers, they would not wonder that the body of the people attached to the Scotch Church, and probably one-third of her pastors, should prefer to resign the bene fitshave observed that Sir James's , Advocate, Edin•_ of such a state connection rather than enjoy them at the price now exacted. The answer of the commission com amusingmitiola hs com mittee to the letter of Sir James Graham may be referred to by those who wish to see a clear, convincing statement on the church's side. You may a d ray letter (framed, it is said, by Mr. Inglis burgh) is written on principles which the church has repu diated from her earliest existence. It is some parties describe the non-intru.,ionists as a they must in number amount to three•fos wonder, for their sentiments are those of the standardsof the church. _ . Yours with respect, LUCEM E TENEBRIS EXPECTANS ----......---- MR. W. J. HAMMOND o b b o i v e e c t s si gnature attached. o insert a few re .ith fairness the a TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOO L s TA 2vHARD, SIR,—My attention has been drawn t o r a l e tt er i n you paper pres o o m f t e h y e 0 1 11 7 t w h i l i I n n s t o a t n i t n , vs marks in reply. The private correspondence of ten years' standing, violation of which Mr. Hammond seems to in the make him a present of. It says lit t l e f plume himself, I for less for his heart ; and were he at ala his head—much how to estimate his real character, I sito teach th e pu bli c he has fully succeeded. think in this instance In resisting the disgraceful " penal act," I injure no man. It i s an ac ' ," by which I have a disgrace to the country, and i n d ella long since considered n e dozen theatres are constantly open i eof whi c h , at least a the very eyes of royalty. n the metropolis, under It is with reluctance, Sir, I press these the public ; but in this instance iiese observations before Mr. Hamtnond's letter on its own cannot remain silent. reply. Were it a private matter I merits is unworthy of in a different manner; but Justice should have answered him lic, to whose kindness I have been to myself and to the pub mands that I should publicly een indebted for years, de with truth. answer a statement at variance Mr. Hammond asserts that, l, , ei Live ur Theatre, h e was notng a partner with me at the ceedings, &c. Perhaps lie " a willi ng party " to my pro he openly c ar i catured a will allow me t o as k hi m —when express order, called • late lessee in a drama written to his him with the mimicry ' The Jewess Travestie," did I inspire public scorn for t ry by which he held that gentleman Ill) to That ? Why didwelve successive nights at the Liver gentleman alluded t - Ir. Hammond do this? Because the the theatre, a credit be it thre atspoken, which Mr. Hammond, to his lusting , has since carried out. Allow me again scriber for a piece to ask Mr. Hammond—was he not a sub ce of plate to present to the author of the said drama vvl • itch had so delighted him? Did not Mr. Hammond sit for ' his picture in the character in which he so ridiculed the publicly said gentleman ?—and did he not cause it to be exhibited for several weeks in a shop window in Lord-street, that it the stage • , On the merits or demerits of these acts I make no comment : I leave the public the judge of Mr. Ham mond's " truth" in asserting that he - was " not a party" to the proceedings of the Liver Theatre. They will best know how to estimate the character of the man who can violate confidence, and screen it by a statement which he A ct ." l:o w' c * can be untrue, that " my interests cannot suffer by it "Ttfi.eat one hour exclaim against dramatic monopoly,d assist a in the Am phitheatre, and at another, turn roundican h h he had derived prosecution of an establishment from u, e - ar,..._an _ d who lastly support for himself and family for Y makes an attack on the professional r evved of a worthy gen tleman, d ad fiend, and tleinan, who had long gratuitous advice been open to him. Your obedient servant, YMOND RICHA RD MALONE RA . Birmingham, Jan. 25,1843. ours elves with th e matter in debate [Without identifying d th minors—Mr. Hammond or between the major an e , ress an opinion that not Mr. Raymond, we cannot but express also, has misunder- Mr. Raymond alone, but Mr. d' - üblishing the intention of Mr. Hammon . h p stood the appeared 111 the STANDARD extract from the letter, which bend that Mr. Hammond, We apprehend of Tuesday week. t cautionsg made to induce feeling that an unworthy attemp against the Liver • to believe that the ros". the public means of Fair Play's " letter were instigated by him, by üblished a portion of a which appeared in the ilibioni,, to p show that he was not letter along with his reply to t clings. and that when in other the originator of the yrocee b w to authority, his wish was to 0 f rom a, circumstances , s too strong to be played with. We feeling that the law wa . , or Mr. • e that either --- 3 do not perceive . this w ~_ tact; and we cannot but think letter does away . ILu publication of the letter by Mr. Hammond was that the intended not to wound the feelings of any one, but mer e l y to al s h e w that he had not acted with the inconsisten cy - - leged.—Ep. L. S.J It i s said that the Duke of Cleveland will move the address ftLheorsdessbijnon'a.u_svis•ei,rapt:io l a i , 7 l. l Maje s t y , , speeci i On tiLttgoeptilstulgseoot