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II OF LIVERPOOL SHOPKEEPERS ASSISTANTS re into t IVER THEATRI CHURCH-STREET. th a Requisition numerously and respects )olllt THURSDAY next, the 22d instant, Noon, at the. Sessions-house, Chapel- ING of the :INHABITANTS of this camplOnts of the Assistants Aployment of Retail Traders ; and in case ar reasonable, to consider and determine `ion to the Public and the Einployers Hours of Labour. THOS. BOLTON, Mayor [ND DELIGHTED AUDIENCES NING DURING THE 'WEEK, )2- a Short Timelonly THE CELEf Yai ROYAL VENTRILO AND ENGLISH IMPRO- Strand Theatre, London), will continue ierful Performances as above. MAGICIAN Lt have already honoured him with. their •aptures of applause bestowed upon each Lnment, is a sufficient proof of the amuse- the London Press have spoken of Mr. Ja the most gratifying manner. His exploits 'stonishing, and as a Ventriloquist he has ..ry since Mons. Alexandre. a is introduced in a Piece written ex entitled the LANDLORD AT HOME; is' FAMILY HOARSENESS, in which Rising number of Twelve Persons. s, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. Seven o'clock, and performance to corn- LTalf-price only to the Boxes at Nine GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. TRAIN FROM BIRMINGHAM TO AND MANCHESTER . / !kr 2 15 P.M. LIVERPOOI blic are informed, that on and after SLTURDAY, ay, and until further notice, an ex)fa FIRST tAIN will be despatched from BirmAgham daily, (Sundays excepted), for the conOyanee of Pas and Private Carriages : AmPNotice is here ' -fter that date, no Private Carriages Je conveyed by the Day Mail Train from Bir -2 45 p.m., or from any other. Station on the Line. "h April, 1841. that on and ROYAL ROCK FERRY HOTEL, CHESHIRE. KING, in returning his sincere ackno edgments ,e very flattering encouragement he s received ring upon the above Hotel, begs lea to inform is and the Public that he has recen y fitted up a 3ILLIARD ROOM for their am ement, and is ;ed in preparing a BOWLING GREEN, which be pening the first week in May, being determined lap be wanted on his part to add to their comfort could humbly suggest to those who have never yet s Establishment, that it possesses advantages in situation not to be surpassed ; being distant two 2 Liverpool, on the opposite side of the Mersey, it s a full view of the Town, its Port, and Shipping— , to its confluence with the Sea, with the rising Birkenhead and Woodside : the whole comprising most magnificent prospects that can possibly be This, combined with the known salubrity of the nited with every attention to the wants and wishes tors, he trusts will procure him that patronage and e is anxiously solicitous to acquire. harges, 3d. each. tabling and Lock-up Coach-houses. d Cold Baths any hour of the day. Gentlemen on a cursory visit, or wishing their remain at Livery for any length of time, may rely attention heing paid to them ; Mr. KING being deter make this department a leading feature in his Establish . k Ferry Steam-boats ply every half hour from ierhead, and may be distinguished by a star at the N S 0 N AND M`N E I L L, 55, DALE-STREET. FINE OLD WINES. tl PORTS, of the l 485. , 425., and 365. per dozen. character Ditto DITTO, from 1 345., 305., and 245. „ and fit for Ina- and / e l6s., 145., and Os. per gallon , old and deli-1485., 425., 365., 305., and 2is pale, brown, per dozen, and 188., 165., 14s and 12s. per gallon. 225. per doz. ; 10s. 6d. per gall 30s. „ ; 13s. Od. „ tONTE MADEIRA SBON, (dry or sweet) MADEIRA f 17s. and 18s. per dozen ; and 1 Bs. and 9s. per gallon. gle Bottle or Quart of any of the above Wines may be the same price as per Dozen or Gallon. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SPIRITS. lISKEYS, Old Irish, 116 s and 17s. per gallon is used in Dublin) .... DITTO, Old Seoteli(lslay) 16s. and 175. , )ITTO, very good los. 6d., 125., and 14s. per gall ;t qualities 10s. and 12s. per gallon. nuine old t from j . 325. per gallon. LANDS NDY, (finest Old DITTO 'Bes of 1 Gallons 170 s. per dozen, Cases and Bot paid ties included. .. le) 365. per gallon ; 6s. per bottle. .. 30s. and 28s. per gallon. .. 16s. and 17s. per gallon. 12s. and 14s. per gallon. Quart of any of the above articles can be me price as per Gallon FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE AUSTRIA. 1, April 10.—A disgraceful outrage took place to which Mr. , all Englishman, k.ccidentally meeting a religious g was taking a part, parading to pull his hat off as thelost was mob, in their incomprehensive jar him uncover his head, which he, either from of their patois, or feeling conscientious scruples on mint, neglected to do : his hat was consequently dashed v the mummers, inebriated as they were rather with the :h the Kir strong beer of Munich than moved by any real .devotional catholic feelings. He responded with an arguwentum ad baculum on the shoulders of the offender, when one and all they set upon him tooth and nail, and like a seeond Peutheus, he would infallibly have been murdered by them in their bac chanalian fury had not a body of gendarmerie thought proper to rescue him. st time that violence of this nature has nrpetrated on the body of a British subject in this Indeed it is the hot-bed not of tolerant conscientious i Catholicism, but of the Papacy in its most rabid, un- s is not t raising form. is moment the celebrated orientalist and poet Ruckert, e point of leaving Bavaria for Berlin, whither he has vited by the enlightened Kineof Prusia, with a salary ) dollars, and, as 1 am credibly informed, the main )f his sudden departure is the unworthy manner in e, as a Protestant, considers his creed to have been eated here. A certain fanatical Dr. Eberhard has aching from his pupil in St. Michael's, the thunders arch against the Protestants, and all those having 'ot with them. Offended at these unjustifiable at t body of enlightened Protestants, Professor Tiersch e number, petitioned the King to put a stop Some trifling notice was taken; not, however, in the just resentment of the attacked. This is le of soreness. The Reformers complain at, on the occasion of religious processions, when ry are drawn out, Protestant as well as Catholic are compelled to kneel down in the street before ,issimurn— a measure in direct variance with the s of the constitution given tO Bavaria in 1818, by -•sal toleration is accorded to every creed. only cans, Pope views this attempt at extension of his power in ny with no small interest. I remember very well avellin r g in an eilwagen with a Roman Catholic priest, who as returning from Rome, where he had kissed the Pope's ot. He related to me the following words spoken by the )1y father :—" Ah ! you are going to Bavaria. King Louis indeed a pious monarch : in short, he is the only true hristian in Germany, and were it in my power I would :tend his kingdom to the very gates of Rome." UPPOSED MURDER AND ROBBERY am the Manchester Guardian of Saturday last.) t a quarter before five o'clock on Tuesday morning dam Livesey, a smaliware weaver, living in Jackson's .ate, on going clown the street, saw a man lying of a cellar. He went to him, and, as the man ae insensible, he obtained the assistance of a po man, who got the man conveyed to the Town-hall, where lied in about an hour afterwards, without having spoken ord from the time of his being found. As he was not ,wn, placards were printed, describing his dress, and stat the circumstances under which he was found. It was sequently discovered that the name of the deceased was tthew Naylor, a mechanic, lately living in Kingston- a the course of Thursday, Inspector Bibby, in conse nee of some information which had been communicated he police, apprehended a man named Thomas Roach, a ;on of bad character, who was brought up at the Borough irt yesterday—morning. Superintendent Sawley stated circumstances under which the deceased was found, and vho lived with the prioner, came to the Police receding night (Thursday), and stated that he had : she added, that he caused her to rob and plun ms, in order to maintain him, and said she would e him, and she wanted him to be punished. She then t on to state, that on Thursday morning he said to her, )u had like to have lost me altogether; we had a bit of tin Jackson's-row, on Tuesday night, with a man. We )thing on him : the others took his coat, and I believe ;filled."—[The girl here denied that the prisoner made the latter expression.]—When the prisoner was sp aded, they found a pair of trousers belonging to him, had several marks of blood upon them. Buckley, the girl above alluded to, was then sworn. black eyes, and one of them was nearly swollen e stated, that the prisoner had beaten her in a most manner. She had lived with him, and he was con beaten her when she had not money to give him. days ago she left him. On Tuesday night she met him ; _ and said they had had a row in Jackson's Row ~efore, and that she had like to have got shut [quit] altogether. He said, that they knocked a man down, sut he had nothing on him ; that the other fellows got his had a hard run for it. Last night when witness went into Deansgate, she saw the )out a man being found in the cellar, and she called isoner and told him that was what he had mentioned upon which he said he would kill her. They went er, and when he got her into a dark street, he down, and jumped on her. She then went to the night shoes, and the r produced the trousers, and said, he asked the .e he was on Monday night ; and he said, he met as a baker, hut did not know his name ; and he at the Turf Tavern, and different places about 11 eight or nine o'clock the following morning. red, and found that that was the fact, and that lept in a lodging house, in Cupid's Alley, the !r, in his defence,. said, it was all spit e ., lle was wing woman [the witness Buckley] from bad d that she was connected with another man, an d quit of him. — He wa s remanded until Thurs. The exchange of flint for percussion cap - guns to the army, will cost this year £130,000. Mit. JosEpH HualE .— This ingenious gentleman is now learning Irish by way of completing the measure of his ac complishments; arid we may state in proof of his profici ency, that the other evening Ile presented a petition in the House of Commons, which he stated was signe4 medical " by every man residing in the county of Kilkenny, except three, who didn't live there !"—ilforning Herald. MISCELLANEOUS There is not in the present session of parliament one single bill for the construction of an original railway. CANTON BEGGARS. --L DUrillg the first month of this year upwards of 130 beggars died about the streets of Canton, in consequence of the severe cold and continual wet. There has been a cardinal of every nation, except an Irish one—perhaps lest he should encroach upon the authority of the Pope in making bulls.—Su;inburne's Courts of Europe. LAW IN THE FAR WEST.—" Gentlemen of the jury," said a lawyer in defence of his client, " I say, that ere mag nanimous sun shines in the heavens, though you can't see it, kale it's behind a cloud; but you know it, though I can't prove it. Now, if you believe what I tell about the sun, you are bound by your Bible oath to believe what I tell you about my client's case; and if you don't, why then you call me a liar; and that I'll be squataw'd if I'll stand any how. So, if you don't want to swear false, and have no trouble, you had better give us a verdict."—American paper. A paragraph appeared in the papers a few days since head ed `• The Silk Gown," containing a statement that the question of clerical gowns being worn by Wesleyan ministers was in agitation by that body throughout the country, and that in consequence of the disapprobation manifested of the Rev. W. Bunting's appearing in one, he had withdrawn himself till conference. We learn that it is not true that the question is in agitation by the Wesleyan body througnout the country. As regards Manchester itself, even there the subject is anything but agitated. So far from the Rev. W. Bunting having withdrawn himself, he still continues to preach as before, and in his gown.—Morning Herald. A general order has been issued to the troops stationed in Ireland, that in future, when escorting prisoners, the oldest and steadiest soldiers be placed in the van and rear-guard, and that no communication whatever be permitted to take place between the prisoners under escort and the civilians ; and that interference be repelled with the point of the bayo net. It is also ordered, that on the military reaching the gaols or bridewells, the destination of the prisoners, the old , and steady soldiers be detached, and placed in such positions as will protect the escort from the intrusion of the mob, and that they are in no instance to suffer an intruder within the reach of their musket and bayonet with impunity. A few days since, as some men were digging in a garden near the Windmill, at Pebmarsh, when about a foot only from the surface, they arrived at an earthen quart jug. On examination, it was found to contain 269 pieces of silver coin —one of Oliver Cromwell, one Philip and Mary, the re mainder being those of Charles I. and 11. Elizabeth, and James 11. The weight of the whole was 41b. 7oz. The gar den in which they were discovered being parish property, the churchwardens and overseers have taken possession of the treasure for the present.—Essex Herald. The Globe contains the following :—" Robberies.—On Monday, from the Treasury, the following property :—A brown Petersham great-coat with velvet collar, lined with dark plaid ; a carpet bag, containing a pair of brown trousers, a plush waistcoat, a black satin stock, and other articles." We trust that the evil-disposed person who stole the above mentioned articles, will immediately restore them to the dis consolate owner. Unless he does so, it is impossible that the Premier can make his appearance at her Majesty's table. MR. FORSYTH.—The ex-secretary of state, Mr. Forsyth, has been sued in a ward court for the sum of 18 dollars ! The suer must be a locofoco, for Mr. Forsyth would have no dealing with a rascally whig. But what presumption for a plain man to coerce Mr. Forsyth to pay a debt ! A man of his distinction has no business with dollars and cents. It is honor enough for a tradesman to furnish his goods without looking for pay. If the ex-secretary has any other small debts about town, his creditors may send their bills. pro perly authenticated, to this office, we will settle all such mat ters for him, on account of the love we bear the late ad ministration.—. American paper. CAMBRIDGE.—The following notice has been signed by the vice-chancellor and heads of colleges :—" Whereas, it has been represented to the vice-chancellor and heads of col leges, that several resident students of the university have of late been engaged in riding in steeple chases, and otherwise promoting the same, we, the vice-chancellor and heads of colleges, hereby order and decree, that if any person in stata pupillari be hereafter found guilty of either of the offences above described, he shall be liable to the punishment of rus tication or expulsion, as the case shall appear to the vice chancellor and heads of colleges to require."—Cambridge Advertiser. THE DEAN OF YORK.—Mr. H. W. Bull, solicitor to the dean, has addressed a letter to the newspapers, requesting that "the public will suspend its judgment on the dean's conduct in ecclesiastical affairs until he has had an opportu nity of bringing the proceedings of the late pretended visita tion before the superior tribunals, and of exposing before competent and impartial judges the unwarrantable manner in which, under the disguise of a visitation, it has been attempt ed to pass a sentence of deprivation against him upon alleged simonaical charges of which he is altogether innocent." MR. WOOD'S WILL.—In this case the costs incurred in the Ecclesiastical Courts considerably exceed £50,000. The costs of the pending appeal before the Privy Council will be enormous. We understand that the fees alone, which have been given to the numerous counsel with their briefs, amount to between five and six thousand pounds. The Attorney- General's brief is marked 1000 guineas ; Mr. Pemberton's, 800 guineas ; Sir F. Pollock's, 500 guineas ; Sir William Follett's, Dr. Phillimore's, Dr. Addams's, and two or three others, 400 guineas each. The juniour counsel, we hear, received 200 guineas each with their briefs ; and it should be stated that an additional fee (called a " refresher,") varying from 10 to 15 guineas, is daily given to each counsel during the inquiry. The amount of interest which has accumulated on the property left by the testator, since his death, exceeds £200,000. REDUCTION IN GERMAN POSTAGE.—On the 6th of this month the British postage on letters passing between the United Kingdom and Hamburgh and Lubeck was reduced from is 6d on letters posted in London, and from Is. 8d on letters posted in the country, to a uniform rate of 6d. The Hamburgh Post-office has also reduced its rate on British letters from about 4d to 2d, so that upon London letters there has been a positive reduction of is 2d, and on country letters of ls. 4d, as respects Hamburg correspondence. EXTENSIVE IMPORTATION OF ENGLISH HORSES INTO FRAN CE.—A private letter from Boulogne states that the French government has entered into a considerable contract in this country for supplying the new regiments of cavalry being now raised with English chargers, in consequence of the difficulty experienced by Marshal Soult, the minister of war, in procuring horses from the French breedeis suitable for the heavy cavalry, they generally being small and light, and not able to compete with the Austrian and Russian cavalry. For the last month or six weeks Boulogne has had the appearance of a horse bazaar, as a great number have already been landed from Dover, when they are immediately marched off by the parties from different regiments to St. Omer, Ayr, St. Pol, Amiens, Beauvais, Compeigne, and Paris. It is stated that the contract is for 20,000 at the rate of 500 and 600 francs each. EDITORIAL TROUBLES.—The editor of the New York Commercial Advertiser makes the following apology for the non-appearance of its usual commercial remarks and market intelligence :—" During the week many of us were detained from duty by severe indisposition. One who attended to the advertising department was detained at home by this cause ; the person who attends to the marine department was kept away by having three of his family down with the scarlet fever, one of whom died. On Saturday morning, one of us who attends to the stocks and money matters was confined to his bed during the day. The one who takes care of the office as usual, at nine o'clock, was called away to take leave of his father, who was supposed to be dying. Another, who left his family, as he supposed, well, early in the morning, was notified at nine o'clock that since he had left home his infant child had died. In addition to this four compositors were absent on account of illness." TAGLION I, THE DANCER.—This woman, whose sole merit is that she dances well—of all merits the least meritorious — is actually Pted throughout Europe ; received at the table of emperors and empresses, hussared by counts ; presented with a purse of diamonds by one super-opulent fool, and with a chariot, with solid silver spokes to its wheels, by ano ther ; demanding for a few nights of piroueting and bound ing at the Italian Opera, a sum which would feed the peasantry of a province for a month ; amassing money which might raise the drooping sculpture, painting, music, and literature. of an empire. What was the engagement' which Taglioni had the modesty to demand at the theatre of Drury Lane ? One hundred pounds a-night for herself three nights a week, and six hundred pounds to be paid for the services of her father as ballet-master ; nine hundred pounds to her brother and sister to dance with her; with two benefits to herself, guaranteed to her at six hundred pounds; one-half a benefit to her brother, guaranteed at two hundred pounds; in all, six thousand pounds ! All this is monstrous ;it actually dis gusts the mind to think of such sums lavished on a parcel of jumpers—even the effrontery of the demand is offensive. Here is a knot of the meanest of mankind—the very dross of Parisian life—actually think their caperings worthy of being paid at a rate which the liberality of a nation has scarcely ever offered to their greatest benefactors. The noble poet, the most profound philosoper, the greatest mechanical in ventor, the most gallant soldier, all would be regarded as exorbitantly over-paid by half the sum which these vulgar contributors to the Italian Opera think themselves entitled to demand, and, by the prodigal folly of fashion, actually ob tain.—Blackwood's Magazine. BURGLARY AND EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT DAGENHAM' ESSEX.—On Thursday morning a lengthened examination took place at the Ilford House of Correction, before Messrs. Pierse and Mashiter, magistrates for the county of Essex, re lative to a burglary and extensive robbery which took place at the house of Mr. Henry Gray, a respectable farmer re siding at Dagenham, and for which two men, named Joseph Oliver and Abraham Bush, are in custody. From the evi dence i t appeared that an entrance to the house of Mr. Gray had been effected by the thieves removing some bars and lattice-work from the pantry window ; and after getting in the burglars made their way to the cellar, and regaled them selves with strong ale and other good things. They also carried away a vast quantity of pickled pork,- upwards of 42 store hams, and a variety of other property. The prisoners being suspected characters, one having returned from trans portation, and the other having been frequently convicted of different offences, police Sergeant Teddenham, K 36, assisted by a local constable, searched their premises, and found buried in the garden of each nearly the whole of the stolen property. They also found nearly a waggon load of pro perty of almost every.description, which left no doubt that they (the prisoners) have for a length of time been carrying on a most extensive system of plunder. Amongst the arti cles found at the house of the prisoner Oliver was a large pistol loaded with ball, and on its being produced, Mr. Gray observed, he had no doubt its contents were intended for himself, or any person in his house who might have dis turbed the prisoner or his companions on the night of the robbery. Mrs. Gray identified the pork and other things produced as belonging to her husband, and amongst other things a leg of mutton, which was in the larder, and intended for the next day's dinner. At the end of the examination, the prisoners, who conducted themselves in rather an impu dent manner both to the prosecutor (Mr. Gray) and the other witnesses, were remanded to a future day, to give time to the constable to trace out the owners of the other property found in their possession. —Times. CONLTANTINOPLE, MARCH 24.—The following are the energetic representations which Austria and Russia (filled with compassion for the melancholy situation of the Chris tians in Syria and Palestine) have joined in presenting to the Porte in behalf of their Christian brethren, the object of which is to maintain the privilege formerly granted to them. In particular the Porte is most earnestly recommended to appoint a governor immediately dependent on the Porte for Palestine and its chief towns of the Holy Land, who should reside at Jerusalem, to which the port of Jaffa should be. long, in order to keep open a communication with the Medi terranean, likewise to take steps to put an end to the abuses and the oppressions to which the Christians are exposed, to treat all the inhabitants with equal impartiality, and to afford them the same protection in the administration of justice equally, to afford a friendly reception to all pilgrims who visit the Holy Land. All the differences between the clergy of the Greek Roman Catholic and Armenian churches shall cease. The Patriarch of Jerusalem, who generally resides at Constantinople, shall have the facility to visit his diocese, which has hitherto been attended with much trouble and ex pense. A commission shall be appointed to regulate the affairs of the church, consisting of the Governor, the Patri arch of Jerusale m , or his Vicar-General, the elder of the Latinast and Armenian consuls, and a prelate, as commissioners. Lastly, each sh a ll endeavour to facilitate the repa i rs of the churches and convents which have been ruined or damaged, and measures to be taken to maintain strict discipline among the Turkish soldiers who have to guard the holy sepulchre, &c. Letters from Damascus say that Count Szechenzi has died of the plague in that city. — Allgenteine Zeitung. THE CONVICT MITCHELL.—The Northern Star states that this young man, who has been reprieved from execution for the murder of Mr. George Blackburn, at Barnsley, has confessed "to have been guilty, of more than a thousand robberies. some of them accompanied with the greatest vio lence, and many with extraordinary results, before he had attained his seventeenth year ! MARRIAGE IN SCIENTIFIC LIFE.—Dr. Lardner and Mrs. Heaviside, now in Philadelphia, will be married this week. By the last accounts this lady has been divorced from Captain Heaviside ; so there is nothing in the way of the two philosophers becoming one. Will some one in Philadelphia give'us a description of the wedding.—From a New York paper. CHAIN-BRIDGE OVER THE DANUBE.—A coffer-dam for a new chain-bridge over the Danube, at Pesth, is proceeding very vigorously under Mr. Adam Clark, an English engi neer, assisted by thirty English workmen. Their solidly constructed piles have hitherto withstood the immense masses of ice brought down by the Danube, to the great en hancement of the fame of English engineering. On Thursday, the usual distribution of the Royal Maundy Bounty took place at Whitehall. The recipients of each sex were 22, the number of years that the Queen has lived ; and they received £1 and 22 silver pennies ; besides £1 : 15s. to each woman, as composition for the old clothing whiCh used to be given, and XI : 10s. in lieu of provisions which once formed part of the bounty. On the preceding Monday and Tuesday, the Royal Minor Alms were distributed to up wards of 900 persons, who received ss. each, and also the Royal Gate Charity of 13s. each to 168 persons, all above the age of 60 years, except in a few cases of a special nature, such as blindness and great affliction. • THE PRESIDENT STEAM-SHIP.—Her majesty, upon leav ing Buckingham Palace for Windsor Castle, left strict com mands that immediately upon the news of the safety of the President reaching London, a special messenger should be dispatched to Windsor.with the intelligence, and it having been (alas ! too confidently) stated in London, on Tuesday evening, that some information had been received respecting this vessel, which left no doubt that it had been heard of, and was in safety, Mr. Rogers, a Queen's messenger, ar rived express at Windsor from town, shortly after 8 o'clock that evening , and her majesty, immediately after his arrival, had the inteligence communicated to her, through the Lord Chamberlain, when the Queen and Prince Albert expressed the highest , satisfaction at the gratifying communication. THE LOST WAGER.—TWO young Englishmen, (says the Gazette des Tribuneaux,) after b rea kf as ti ng th e day before yesterday at the restaurant of the Marroniers at Bercy, were crossing the bridge from the Quai de la Rape to the Quai de la Gare, when one of them took off his paletot and hat, gave them to his companion, and plunged headforemost into the river. Some bargemen, hearing the splash, but not hav ing seen the previous preparations, immediately went off in boats, and, as the diver rose to the surface, sei ze d hi m an d carried him ashor,e, in spite of his remonstrances, and the joyous laughter of his friend, who remained on the bridge. The bargemen conducted their dripping prize before the Commissary of Police, in order to prove their claim to the reward given by the city to those who save drowning per sons. How this question may be decided we know not, but the magistrate had great difficulty in dissuading the young Englishman from lodging a complaint against the bargemen, fur causing him to lose a wager he had made with his fellow countryman that he would jump from the bridge and swim down to the Pont d'Austerlitz. For several weeks past letters have been received, through the Rochester and Chatham post-offices, by several respect able families, stating that the party, who is stationed out at such a place (naming it), is either killed, drowned,, or has died of some disease, thereby throwing families into the ut ; most distress. It appears that the wretch who writes these letters finds out respectable families who have sons abroad, and then immediately writes to them a most distressing let ter, detailing their deaths. The family of Mr. Hillier have had three or four of these letters ; also a widow lady in Ro chester, having an only son. The writer assured her that her son was drowned at the place where he was stationed abroad. It, however, happened that her son was in this country on leave of absence, and was visiting at Stafford. Some clue, we believe, has been obtained of the villain, and we hope soon to hear of his being placed before the tribunal of justice.—Maidstone Gazette. Ma. JUSTICE WIGIITMAN.—The legal gentlemen, and others connected with the Western Circuit, are delighted beyond measure with the new judge, whose dignified deport ment and agreeable manner on the bench have been the theme of general praise. To talents of the first order he unites a peculiar aptitude for business, with a thorough knowledge and ready application of the law. He listens to the arguments of counsel with the most placid and evident consciousness of his own ability to unravel and dispel all legal sophistry, and he decides the point, however abstruse or difficult, with that ease and decision which at once carry conviction to every mind. His summing up is particularly clear and striking. With a masterly facility he selects and contrasts all the material points of the evidence, and, by picking out the corn with an unerring hand, and rejecting the chaff, he submits the case to the jury in so lucid and concise a manner that they are enabled to form a correct judgment of the law and facts, and to give their verdict without doubt or difficulty. Altogether, a more gratifying and perfect judicial debut has never been witnessed ' • and it is acknow ledged on all hands that the ele v atio n o f Mr. Justice Wight man to the bench is one of the happiest legal appointments of modern times. LISBON, APRIL s.—There is at present in this city a peer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, of whom neither Debrett nor Queen Victoria herself has any knowledge. I mean the Right Hon. Baron Mu'linger, fifth of that title, whose ancestor was raised to the peerage on the 28th of June, 1661, by King Charles 11., in reward for services rendered to his father during the civil war. To drop all mystification, the individual in question is the Portuguese Count de Mes quitella, a Miguelite nobleman of very ancient family, whose ancestor was ambassador at the court of Charles I. The Count has commissioned his nephew, the Chevalier d'Horta, now in London,, to make application in the proper quarter for the recognition of his title and rights annexed to it; and I understand that if he should succeed so far, he intends to male a push at once into the House of Lords (though an alien by birth), and if successful in that too, to bid adieu to this country and settle in England. This is rather a novel and curious case. I have seen the original patent, bearing the king's sign manual, as well as a number of private letters from his majesty, and some of the other principal personages of the British court to the count's ancestor ; and though I am not able to judge of their authenticity, I certainly can vouch for their antiquity, the letters especially, being as tattered as the colours of any crack regiment after the Pen- insular war.—Morning Herald. NEW STEAM COMPANY IN NEWRY.—We learn by the Newry Examiner, that a most influential meeting was held, in the Assembly-rooms of that town, on Monday last, for the purpose of forming a company for the purchase of a steamer to ply between Newry and Liverpool. " A resolution," says the Examiner, " was passed in the affirmative, and another that the capital of the company should be £lO,OOO, a thou sand shares of £lO each. The following gentlemen were ap pointed a committee :—Rowan M`Naghten, Francis Carvil, A. Postley, Hill Irvine, and John Donnelly, Esqrs. It is gratifying to find the spirited merchants of Newry alive to the encouragement of home companies. In Dublin we have a steam company which is dividing large dividends, and in Belfast there is another which is most prosperous. We see no reason why in Newry, Cork, and other thriving sea ports, home companies for steam transit should not be as tablished and rendered prosperous, The good work has been commenced in Newry, and we wish the new company every success.—Dublin Monitor. ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.—A strange story appears in the morning papers, of a young lady who has been discovered, disguised as a man, among the male prisoners at Westminster Bridewell. The tale is, that she is of a respectable family in Sussex ; but that, being seduced by a footman, she dreaded the displeasure of her parents, and escaped to London in a suit of her brother's clothes. She afterwards encountered a variety of adventures and privations ; always keeping her sex concealed. At last she was committed as a rogue and vaga bond to the Bridewell ; but why, does not appear. The whiteness of her neck excited the suspicions of a shrewd turnkey ; although she had before, without detection, bathed with the male convicts, and her arms had been examined by a surgeon, who thought she had some cutaneous disease. Letters have been sent down to Sussex to discover her family ; for she will not tell her real name. She was known by that of George White. She is said to be enciente. REPRESENTATION OF NOTTINGHAM.—In consequence of the vacancy occasioned by the death of General Ferguson, all parties have been on the alert, and a spirited contest may be expected. Mr. Fox, who was the gentleman to be brought forward as the ministerial candidate, has taken alarm at sun dry indications of the state of public opinion in this town, and wisely declined the proffered honour, "safe" as the borough used to be booked by our local whigs. Tuesday, the " liberals" (falsely so called), held a private meeting, and resolved to support Mr. Larpent, a thorough unmitiga ble whig, the most unpopular genus of politicians ; and as he comes recommended by Sir John Cam Hobhouse, is no doubt a resolute partisan of the present imbecile and wanton administration. On Wednesday, a numerous meeting of conservatives was held at the Assembly Rooms, when the following resolution was adopted with the most cordial en thusiasm :—" That this meeting, having full confidence in the political integrity and ability of Mr. Walter, pledges it self to use all legitimate means to secure his election as a member of parliament for the borough of Nottingham." An important section of the radicals have also determined to support Mr. Walter, in acknowledgment of his zealous and honest opposition to the new poor-law, as well as in gratitude for the humanity and perseverance with which (during the time he sat in parliament for Berkshire) he uniformly advo cated every measure that had a tendency to promote the comfort and happiness of the industrious classes. MILITARY OUTRAGE AT CANTERBURY.—On Thursday last Captain Byng Doherty, Captain John Allgood, Captain Edmund Doherty, and Captain John Goddard, of the 13th and 14th light dragoons, at present stationed at the garrison at Canterbury, were brought before the mayor and other magistrates to answer the following charge :—William Brad ley, inspector of police, stated that shortly after 12 o'clock on the previous night, the defendants, with others not in custody, were rioting about the streets in a state of intoxica tion, and creating considerable disturbance. He went up and expostulated with them, and stated that if they did not pass on quietly he would be compelled, in the discharge of his duty, to take them into custody. They promised they would do so, but in a few minutes they renewed the hal looing and shouting, upon which he approached them a second time, accompanied by other police officers, and being grossly abused by Captain Doherty, he took that gentleman into custody. Some of the other defendants attempted a rescue, when he charged some by-standers to aid and assist, and, finally, the whole of the above defendants were con veyed to the station-house and locked up. A few minutes, however, had only elapsed, when a body of soldiers belong ing to the 13th and 14th regiments came to the station house, headed by two men dressed as officers' servants, and one of them declared that Captain Doherty was his master, and that they (the soldi ers ) were d etermined to have the officers out. They then endeavoured forcibly to enter the doors of the station. house, but were resisted by witness and other policemen. In the skirmish that ensued, the door in the passage which led to w h ere t h e pr i soners were confined was broken in by them, and he (Bradley) was seized by the throat and dragged out of the station-house into the street, and, while there, he saw sever a l o f th e so ldi ers try to force the iron bars which secured the window, and by that means obtain admission to the lock-up. They employed an iron bar which they had obtained fo r thi s purpose, and they threatened to knock him down with it if he dared to inter fere. After some time the defendants were lib era t e d , an d as they came out singly they raised a loud sh ou t o f exu l tation. Upon Captain Doherty 's release, he t oo k o ff hi s cap and hallooed loudly , and at i that time the windo w s h u tt ers of the s t a tion house were driven n, and many of th e w i n d ows shat tered. The whole party, which consisted of between :30 and 40, then went down the street shouting and cheering.— The defendants called no witnesses to contradict the state ment, and admitted that they were rather noisy," but de clared that they in no way encouraged the soldiers in the mischief they had committed, nor had they (the defendants) assaulted anybody or damaged property of any kind. They severally expressed their regret for what had taken place, and thinksaid they proper were t o wil levylin g o n to th p e a m y . any Ti fi e net a h y a o t r t i h n e fo b rm en e c d h th m e i g h tthatb bench had nw e breee unanimous advanced de fendants that, after maturely weighing the whole circum is n t a the nc u r e t c o o thefs e o case, the investigation, and in their opinion that they would best discharge duty to the public and to the parties concerned by sending the case before a jury. The defendants were then bound over, them- athe evidence h e selves in £lOO, and two sureties of £lOO, to appear at the quarter sessions, and take their trial. The officers of the 14th, by the magistrates' decision, have placed them selves in an awkward position, in consequence of their being under orders for India in May. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL Miler the Afanagenzent of Mr.. CLARKE, Sole Lessee. Last Night hnt Three of the Engagement of Miss DELCY and Mr. TEMPLETON, of the Theatre-Royal, Drury lane. rrilliS present TUESDAY, April 20, 1811, will be per formed Auber's Opera of FRA DIAVOLO. Written, and adapted to the English Stage, by Mr. Rophino Lacy, under whose direction the Musical arrantements will be conducted. Leader of the Orchestra (which will be considerably aug mented) Mr. Aldridge; Zerlina Fra Diavolo Mr. Templeton. Lorenzo (The last night but four of his engagement.) Lord Alleash Mr, G. Horncastle. Lady Alleash.... Miss E. Honner. After which, the Farce, in one act, called LODGINGS FOR SINGLE GENTLEMEN. Colonel Stanmore Mr. W. H. Bland. Captain Postlethwaite.. Mr. H. Holl. I Trusty.. Mr. Baker. Mrs. Greville Mrs. W. H. Bland. Mrs. Stanmore.. Miss Cleaver I Mrs. Prattle.. Mrs. Clarke. To conclude with BOMBASTES FURIOSO. King Artaxomines. Mr. Baker. General Bombastes Mr. G. Horncastle. Distaffina Mrs. P. Crowe. TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the Entertainments will commence with the Drama of A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Alfred Highflyer, Mr. H. Holl ; Maria Dar lington, Mrs. W. H. Bland.—After which will be revived Weber's celebrated Opera of DER FREISCHUTZ. Agatha, Miss Delcy ; Rodolpb, Mr. Templeton ; Caspar, Mr. G. Horncastle ; Prince Ottocar, Mr. F. Gardner ; Anna, Miss E. Honner.—To conclude with the Melo-Drama of the WARLOCK OF THE GLEN. On THURSDAY—A Favourite OPERA. On FRIDAY—Miss DELCY'S BENEFIT, and the last night of Miss Delcy and Mr. Templeton. TO CORRESPONDENTS Can any gentleman of the committee inform us why we were not furnished with a ticket to the dinner to Commodore Napier until the eleventh hour, and then only on our appli cation, and after all the local and London morning papers had been supplied ? We have a letter in our possession, too, which will require explanation. chr gtiberpool•,ttanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 184 1 . It is a highly satisfactory circumstance, that owing to the error of the clerk of the County Court, M`Leod has obtained a postponement of his trial, and that his life is in no immediate danger. For this agreeable piece of news, we are indebted to our last intelligence from the State of New York; but as it is natural to the human mind to look forward to some new object the moment it is satisfied by the possession of that which it has primarily sought after, we should cer tainly like to know how long our British fellow-sub ject is to remain in an American jail, upon a charge of being only too faithful to the commands of his own government ? Commissions for the examination of witnesses have been granted, which, we are told, it will take a good deal of time to execute—and this change has certainly come o'er the dream of our free and enlightened citi zens, that they are no longer, as heretofore, in any haste to take that vengeance which at first they seemed eager to inflict, in the most summary manner, on a British subject caught straying within their border, unconscious of any crime, and unsuspicious of any attempt being about io be made on him. This is all that has been gained by the remonstrance of our government, and it is plain that the republicans treat us with the coolest possible indifference, if not positive contempt. It is said that M`Leod will cer tainly be able to prove an alibi to the charge ; but what is that to the purpose ? A national affront has been put on us by his arrest, and is continued by his imprisonment—and no acquittal can cure it. Truly may we be taunted with being valiant only towards Chinese, and small deer of that description ; but ex tremely placable and peaceable towards those who use our own language, if this affair be suffered to go off in a manner so little creditable to us. We hope Lord Palmerston will be prepared to answer all necessary questions relating to the subject, on the re-assembling of Parliament. There are no men who entertain such exalted no tions of the powers of Parliament as your dealers in cheap-corn-agitation—there•are none, at least, who by their conduct give more just occasion for predicating such a proposition of them. Our writers on constitu tional law have certainly encouraged the growth of these ideas, for it is a conceded point among them, laid down, indeed, with axiomatic confidence, that Parliament can do everything but make a man a wo man, or a woman a man—or, in short, is only a little less than omnipotent. It would be extraordinary if our Parliaments did not sometimes avail themselves of a prepossession that so greatly favoured any desire they might have felt to make themselves irresponsible to the people, and to " cut fantastic tricks before high Heaven;" and so they have done not unfrequently. But neither Parliaments, nqj writers upon the lex et consuetudo of Parliaments, have carried these extrava gant conceits so far as the cheap-corn agitators of this day evidently do ; for it is an essential ingredient in their system that nothing makes the poor man poor, but the terrible efficaciousness of an invidious act of Parliament, and that nothing else is wanting to seat us all, each under his own vine and fig tree, but the same magic power exercised under a more favourable con juncture of the stars. " Give us," say they, " free trade in corn, and all will be right ; bread will then be plentiful, and each man will have his share." The ex isting order of things, therefore, and all who defend it, are with them a proper subject for invective and detes tation. The question has been long and minutely discussed; but not much impression seems to have been made on the agitators, and, what is worse, we fear, never will be, though to our mind, they have not been left a leg to stand upon in the fair field of argument. The rea son of the phenomenon we take to be this—that these gentry labour under a state of mental, or mensal delu sion, a sort of oven monomania, for which there is no remedy in the pharmacopoeia of secular policy. The disease is a serious and, not unfrequently, an alarming one, and different opinions prevail as to the best mode of treating it. Some are for humouring the patient to the full extent of his wishes, in order that he may dis cover their vanity and emptiness by actual experiment; others run into an opposite extreme, and are for no thing less than putting him into a strait waistco once. But, for our part, we prefer a medium course, and would try, to the last, mild and soothing mea sures, always endeavouring to draw away the attention of the sufferer from the unhappy subject of his delu sion, by engaging him as much as possible in some useful employment. But, to return to the supposed powers of legislation, we would remark, that if it be an ordination of Providence that we shall have the poor "always with us," then it must be in the highest degree absurd to imagine that any law of man can pre vent it. Our omnipotent Parliament might, we may suppose, by its fiat, put all men on an equality in point of property at a given time ; but no man, not an idiot, would believe that the equality thus produced would last a week, no, nor an hour. This, to be sure, is a slight limitation on its power, but one too certain to ad mit of dispute. So also might they abolish the corn duties ; but they would not " remove the poor out of the land," nevertheless. They cannot say to the ocean wave, thus far shalt thou go, and no farther, nor can they undo that which the decree of Providence says shall be done. But the agitators seem to think other wise; at all events, their doctrine pays much more re spect to the assumed self-sufficiency and all-sufficiency of Parliament, than to those insuperable barriers which the Eternal has set up, and which man can never pass. The corn duties are, in our view, a fair and reason able adjustment between conflicting, or apparently con flicting interests. We look upon them as indispensa ble to the well-being of the community, and feel as sured that the poor man is just as much interested in maintaining them as the rich. We cannot but per ceive the fallacy and delusion sought to be promul gated by those who are agitating the humbler classes with a view to their repeal. They would persuade the poor man that it is the laws of his country which make him so, whereas we believe there is not a country on earth which giv es f reer sco pe to the exercise of t a l en t and industry in every possible form than those of our own. Sometimes, through the blundering of some oblivious exhibitor amongst the "reformers," . more aged than wise in his generation, a little truth, harmo nising exactly with these sentiments, escapes from their own lips --.as when old Colonel 'Williams last week told an admiring crowd how much good corn was wasted in the manufacture of ardent spirits, and how much might be saved from the still for the oven, if they would only attend a little more to the reform of their own habits. But such a topic is rather ungra cious in the hands of one whose business it is to flat ter the prejudices, and exalt the majesty of the people, and tells them too plainly to look at home for the re medy of grievances which it is much more agreeable to, and congenial with the weakness of human nature, to look for abroad. They quote Scripture too, but their quotations are usually made, like those of Sir Joshua Walmsley, with a talent only for the most lu dicrous perversion. There are some Scriptures, how ever, to which they seldom allude—such as that which declares that man shall " eat bread bread by. the sweat of his brow," and that which tells him to " seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and that all other things shall be added unto him." Eng land, however, will not yield to the mad and mischiev ous stage-lecturings of these free-trade monomaniasts. Of all countries she would be most inexcusable in so doing, because if we regard their attempt as a conse quence resulting from an excess in her population, no country possesses greater facilities than she does for draining off that excess by colonisation. Our Hibernian sister is at this moment quite a trou bled sea of movements. We will not undertake the part of seers, and presume to say what may be the re sult of all this agitation ; or whether it be for good or harm. Storms and hurricanes purify the air, and though portentous, and big with alarm while they last, are succeeded, in general, by a calm and freshful stillness, which is conducive to health. Arguing from such an analogy, we might hope that the moral and social state of Ireland would be improved by the violent heavings with which it is at present troubled from centre to circumference. The conflict between light and darkness rages through every part of the land, and in a variety of forms—and considering the natural proneness of man to evil, and the stupendous force which it commands, we are astonished at the glorious battle which the opposing power, so much weaker in numbers, and so much more fastigious in the use of means, is able to maintain. In the first place, if we hear a great deal in this country (and we can scarely hear too much) of May nooth and its priesthood—of the progress made by Popery, and the fearfully evil influence which it exerts over the people, we are reminded also—less ostenta tiously indeed, but by the most unquestionable evi dence,—that the national church, and its efficient mi nisters, are not idle on the opposite side—not only in defending themselves against the enemy, but in re ducing his numbers, by gaining them over to his own side. The anniversary meetings of the religious socie ties which take place at this season in Dublin, bring to light a good deal of information on this point, and shew how completely alive the clergy are to the critical position of the church, as well as the various means which they put in exercise to meet its difficulties. In opposition to that mis-named national, but truly anti national system of education which the government supports, they have established a comprehensive sys tem, on strictly church principles—supported entirely by voluntary contributions. In order to meet other wants of the country, various other societies have been established, such as Bible Societies, Sunday School Societies, and numerous others not unknown to many of our readers. All these are now in full and vigorous operation, and it is satisfactory to know that in spite of every discouragement, a large and gratifying amount of success has attended their labours during the past year. But this is only one form of the antagonism that ex ists, though doubtless, the most direct and important; there are numerous others, but of less defined and more questionable shape. Some of them are such, that we scarcely know on which side to range them. There is, for instance, Priest Matthew's Teetotal So ciety. That society, we have heard from a gentleman who has lately travelled through all parts of Ireland, has made, and is yet making, astonishing progress. All strong drinks are abjured, and exorcised like the venemous reptiles expelled by St. Patrick. Whiskey is only manufactured for the English, and other "out side barbarians;" no Rechabite of the Saint's school will touch a drop of it. The members of this society, it is said, now amount to more than two millions ; and there can be no question on this point, that very many of the members have been raised from the lowest de gradation to circumstances of comparative respectabi lity and comfort. But there .is a reverse of the pic ture—a per contra side to the account. O'Connell has joined the brotherhood, and from being, as at first, a society of mere superstition, or really for the reform of intemperate habits, it is now as much a political repeal association, as if it had been originally founded for this express object. Again, there is a society,- with branches throughout the entire country, whose professed intent, is the pro motion of Irish manufactures ; but this, also, is liable to a similar objection—it has been " O'Connelised"— and consequently converted into an engine for forward ing that honest patriot, and loyal subject's particular views and designs. As to the arch-fiend himself, he is ever at work boldly and busily in what we must call—for it is too manifestly such—the cause of absolute treason. He has been unceasingly energetic and active in his fa vourite vocation since the adjournment of parliament, and has now got, in addition to all his other adjuncts, a society of " repeal volunteers,"—which, if it do not mean a company or army of "fighting men," enlisted for this particular service, we really know not what is to be understood by it. • There has been recently formed, under favourable auspices and. high patronage : , an Agricultural Society for Ireland, in imitation of the great societies of this country and Scotland, and gentlemen of various poli tical sentiments have joined it, as the exclusion of po litics is a fundamental principle of its constitution. Mr. O'Connell, however, hss not given in his adhe sion. No; his mind is too intently fixed on one grand object—the regeneration of his country through the medium of repeal—and her entire redemption from English " chains and slavery." He has no heart—no mind for any lesser instrumentalities of good ; and he has condemned this society, because, he says, it has a tendency to draw away men's attention from that grand object never to be lost sight of—Repeal. An enemy to every thing that is good, his touch seems to impart bitterness, and poison wherever it reaches. The cup that temperance would substitute for the maddening bowl, this watchful enemy of his country's peace, con verts into a mystic pledge of treason. His breath is a blight that blasts every wholesome fruit, and proves destruction -to every thing that is not poisonous and destrnctive in itself. He will encourage no industry unless it be devoted to some unlawful service—no re form in the habits of his countrymen, unless the devil is to reap all the benefit. His dark soul revels in no thing but "treasons, stratagems, and spoils ;" and as sisted as he is by the surpliced janissiaries of Popery, the question still remains to be decided, whether the powers of light, or darkness, are in the end to obtain the victory. We conclude for the present with this question—is it right that Protestant England should be a passive and inactive spectator of the contest ? It has been stated that the gallant Commodore — who was yesterday most enthusiastically received by our fellow-townsmen—and into their feelings on the subject we heartily enter—is charged with a commis sion from the Pasha of Egypt, to exert his good offices for him touching the affair that still remains unsettled between him and his re-instated master of the Sublime Porte. If the talents of this brave officer in diplomacy be equal to his justly-earned reputation as a naval and military hero, we should conclude that Mehemet Ali could not have entrusted his interests into better hands ; but we have some doubt as to the exact truth of the statement referred to. It is centain, indeed, after all that British valour and military science have accom plished, that the eastern question is not yet brought to that satisfactory termination which we might have ex pected. Why this should be the cane, we cannot con ceive, since the question now remaining undetermined is one which the conference in London, or Lord Pal merston himself, if he were disposed to deal hand somely by a fallen foe, might settle at once without difficulty. It is ridiculous to suppose that the boy Sultan would be so mad as to insist—in his own strength—on the terms of his firman, which, by saving to himself the power to select the heir who shall suc ceed to the Egyptian Pashalic, would deprive the here ditary title to .that gover nment of all its ,value. In setting up such a claim, 'we may argue either that lie has a promise of direct support to make it good, or an assurance that there shall be no interference with him in any attempt he may essay to establish it, on the part of the allied powers. Now either of these suppositions, if founded on fact, is in our mind dis graceful to the conference, and to our Foreign Secre- tary in particular. The Pasha has fulfilled the terms of the con vention on his part. He has, amongst other sub missions enjoined upon him, restored the Turkish fleet, and we have read amongst the latest dates from Con stantinople, a grand description of the Sultan's visit to inspect for the first time his long lost possession. It is one of the fruits of those battles so well fought for him by our distinguished guest, Sir Charles Napier ; but it remains to be seen whether the Pasha will sub mit to the indignity put upon him by the firman, and be content to hold a government agreed to be given him as an hereditary possession, clogged with this Sul tanic after-thought—this hard, nay monstrous condi tion, that the Sultan shall have the selection of the heir to succeed. Since writing the foregoing, we perceive that a Paris correspondent of the London Morning Post of yester day states, on the authority of a letter from Vienna of the 11th instant, that the Eastern question may be re garded as settled, for that Reschid Pacha, who had been only the creature of Lord Ponsonby, has been dismissed through the united efforts of the Russian and Austrian ambassadors, and has been replaced by Rifaat Bey, who was formerly ambassador at Vienna, and who, since that period, has been in close connec tion with Prince Metternich. At Rifaat Bey's first conference with Baron Sturmer, the new minister for foreign affairs solemnly promised that within a few days the Porte would publish a new hatti scheriff, with the modifications urged by Austria, namely, the direct succession to the pachalic of Egypt. • This news is said to have produced a great sensation in the diplomatic circles at Paris, not only because of the defeat of Lord Ponsonby, and his probable recall, but on account of the complete fall of the system of reforms and changes into which Reschid Pacha had embarked. The abdi cation of Mehemet Ali. in favour of Ibrahim Pacha is looked upon as a probable event. LOCAL NEWS, We are requested to menti hat Mr. Davenport, of the firm of Davenport and Co r, solicitors, Commerce-court, Lord-street, does not, r ever did, practise in the Police Court. We understand that arrangements have been made to carry passengers from London to Liverpool by the fast trains, very shortly, in six hours and a quarter.—Railway Magazine. The lords of the treasury have declared Chester a free bonding port for teas, coffee, sugars, and all other goods that can be. legally imported. THE PEOVER MURDER.—The warrant for the execution of Bartholomew Murray, for the barbarous murder of the aged couple, At Peover, arrived in Chester on Sunday last, and the unfortunate man is to suffer the extreme penalty of the law on Saturday next. The convict still maintains his innocence. THE LATE MURDER AT RUTHIN.—It is stated that Ed ward Chubbe, upon whom sentence of death was passed, at the last Rutbin assizes, for the murder of Evan Evans, a gamekeeper, has expired in gaol, but we have not been able to ascertain any other particulars. The Britannia steam-ship sails for Halifax and Boston this morning, at nine o'clock. A steamer will attend, as usual, at the Egremont slip, to convey the passengers to the Britannia. We are still without any intelligence of the President, and she had not been heard of at Fayal on the 28th March, at Terceira on the 27th March, or at St. Michael's on the 2d April. Letters from Bermuda, dated the 15th ult., repre sent the weather as very terrific. Ships were continually coming in damaged, and all of them on approaching the island struck topmasts for safety. This account of the wea ther accords with what has been stated by vessels that have encountered these gales in or near the same latitudes. TRADESMEN'S ASSISTANTS.—Another meeting, we per ceive, is convened for the purpose of effecting the laudable objects of the association of assistant tradesmen. Much has already been said on this subject, but little seems to have been accomplished. We, trust our readers will make one more effort to assist this much neglected class of our fellow townsmen, who, we are surprised to learn, number upwards of fifteen thousand. Several of the leading clergy and gentry of the town have promised to attend the meeting on Thurs day next, and support the resolutions. The meeting is called by the Mayor, in compliance with a numerously and respect ably signed requisition. PORTRAIT OF SIR R. W. BULKELY, DART.—Mr. E. Parry, of Chester, (whose enterprise and perseverance, as well as patriotism, in publishing the portraits of eminent men of his country, has won for him some fame, and much credit,) has just brought out a remarkably fine engraving, from a por trait by Mr. Grant, of Sir R. W. Bulkely. In the first place, as a likeness. it is most admirable—there can be " no mistake" about it; and secondly, as a work of art, it is un rivalled : it is executed in the very first style, and for light and shade, and depth of expression, there never was a more brilliant impression produced from a plate. The engraver is Mr: Reynolds. Mr. E. Parry has published several portraits of his countrymen ; not the least estimable is the gen tleman whose portrait we thus notice. Mr. Parry, in select. ing his illustrious countrymen, seems to think that by mul tiplying a good portrait the purchasers " May ne'er be unmindful, dear Cambria, of thee." We reconumend this fine engraving to the notice of our Welsh friends ; we shall be glad to receive subscriptions for it at the STANDARD-OFFICE. STABBING, BY A BOY.—A boy, aged about eleven years, was placed at the bar of the Police-court, on Saturday last, charged with having stabbed a la'l, about his own age, with a penknife. It appeared, that the prisoner was pursuing his avocation of vending boxes of lucifer matches in the street, when the complainant and his companions went with him, and, after pushing and teazing him for some time, pretended they wished to steal some of his matches. According to the complainant, the prisoner " swore a great oath", that, if they did not desist, he would stick a knife into some of them. The complainant told him if he did so he would suffer for it. Upon this he took out his knife and stabbed complainant in the arm. Mr. Rushton reprimanded the complainant for his improper conduct to the prisoner and fined the latter 20s and costs. In default of payment, he was committed to the House of Correction for seven days. ROBBERY OF A BUTCHER.—AbOUt half-past nine on Sa turday evening, a woman named Ellen Graham, called at the shop of Mr. James, butcher, of Windsor, and whilst she pre tended to be looking over the meat exposed for sale, managed to hide half of a shoulder of mutton. She was seen to take the meat with her, but could not be apprehended at the time. She was, however, taken into custody about eleven o'clock the same evening ; and yesterday at the police-office she was committed for one month by Mr. Rushton. CAUTION TO HOUSEKEEPERS. — On Saturday evening a bad character, named John Clark, was found concealed be ; hind the staircase door of a shopkeeper in Russell-street, no doubt with the intention to commit a robbery. He told the servant who found him that he was looking for Mr. Hunt's, the plasterer, whereupon she allowed him to go. He called, however, in the shop, and the manner in which he asked for Mr. Hunt's exciting suspicion, he was given into custody. At the Bridewell he was yecognised as an old acquaintance, having been in the hands of the police no less than eleven times, ten of which he had. been sentenced to different terms of imprisonment. Yesterday he was.examined at the Police court, before Mr. Rushton, who committed him to prison for three months. THE LOVERS OF PUBLIC EXECUTIONS DISAPPOINTED.— Of; Saturday morning, between seven and eight o'clock, the writer of this paragraph met, on his way from Kirkdale, crowds of men and boys, with a few girls and women, hurry rying towards Kirkdale Gaol, in the belief, evidently, that Holland, who lies there under sentence of death for murder, was to be executed at the hour of eight. He asked oneparty what they were going to see ; when a fellow in a carter's frock replied, laughing, " Oh ! only to see a man dancing upon nothing." So tickled were his companions at the wit of his, saying that they all laughed out-right. Yet these are the hardened and insensible wretches to frighten and terrify whom the punishment of death is inflicted ! —Albion. ILL CONDUCT OF A SEAMAN: FORFEITURE OF WAGES. —Captain Harvey, owner and master of the ship George Canning, appeared before Mr. Rushton, on Saturday, hav ing been summoned, by' Elias Jones, to show cause why be refused to pay the sum of £l7. 10s. 6d., wages earned on board the above-named vessel, by services as a seaman, dur ing her last voyage. The mate, Joseph Black, appeared, and produced the log-book, which appeared to have been kept in a very creditable style, the record of the proceedings in the ship from day to day being entered in a plain and per spicuous manner. Against the complainant a continual course of misconduct was alleged., he having refused to obey the orders of the captain, and abused him, with the most foul language, on all occasions. The last entry which Mr. Rush ton read from the log was to the effect, that both the captain and mate were in danger from the violent and mutinous con duct of Ellis Jones. Mr. Rushton, addressing Mr. Daven port, Jones's, solicitor, said, the conduct of the complainant had been so bad that he had justly forfeited every farthing of his wages. THE WATERMEN'S CHURCH AT WESTON POINT.—The interesting ceremony of laying the foundation stone of this church took place on Wednesday week. The church will be an elegant gothic structure, with a light and beautiful spire, and will be erected upon the pier-head land, at the entrance of Weston Basin. From the river it will present an object of great beauty. It will afford accommodation to about 350 watermen and their families ; and we are glad to hear that it will be fitted up in a simple manner, with forms, like our old parish churches, and not apportioned into separate pews. About three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon week a number of gentlemen assembled upon the site of the church for this important and sacred purpose. We observed among the gentlemen present, Sir Richard Brooke, Bart., the Hon. Bootle Wilbraham, M.P., Colonel Brooke , J. H. Harper, Esq., R. E. Warburton, Esq., the Rev. C. Spencer Stan.. hope, the Rev. Frederick Master, Vicar of Runcorn ; Rev. D. Vawdrey, Rev. J. Neuman, Rev. James Cox, Rev. T. Hawthornthwaite, Rev. John Sheldon, T. B. Hostage, Esq., John Johnson, Esq., and John Wright, Esq. Many ladies graced the occasion by their presence; and a concourse of the neighbouring poor, and the men employed upon the navi gation, gathered together. The interesting proceedings were commenced by the whole assembly joining in singing the Old Hundredth Psalm, after which the Rev. Frederick Mas ter, vicar of the parish, offered up an appropriate prayer, which ended, Sir Richard Brooke, as one of the trustees of the Weaver Navigation, took the trowel and mallet, and per formed his office of setting the corner -stone, with skilful exactness. After the stone was firmly fixed in its place, where we hope it will remain for ages undisturbed, Sir Richard proceeded to address the crowd who had been witnessing, many o f them with pious interest, his masonic operations. He expressed the great pleasure it afforded him to be instru mental in promoting a work so great and good as that of erecting a house of prayer, in which the liturgical services of the apostolic church of the laud might be regularly used, and in which the gospel might he faithfully preached. He said that he hoped, while the temple to be raised would be a beacon to the waterman, guiding him safely into Weston harbour, that it would also guide many a poor waterman to the gates of heaven ; and he could only further say, that he trusted those sacred walls, the foundation stone of which he had just had the honour of laying, would endure throughout many generations, yea, even to the end of all things, and be a bless ing to thousands yet unborn. We have before had occasion to say, that the stone for this structure has been very liberally presented by John Tomkinson, Esq., of this town. A SUDDEN IMMERSION.—John Wild, master of the flat Whitby, belonging to the Ellesmere Canal Company, was, on Saturday, charged with having assaulted Thos. Hindley, of one of the river steamers. It appeared, that about half past ten o'clock, on Thursday last, the flat made fast a rope to the steamer, which Hindley was about to cast off, when Wild; greatly exasperated at the attempt made to cast him adrift, struck him (Hindley) and then pushed him overboard. Wildnlleged, that he did not intend to push the complainant into the river. Hindley would have been carried off by the tide but for some boatmen who were at hand, and who dragged him out of the water. The defendant was fined 10s. and costs FATAL ACCIDI4NT. — On Friday, an inquest was held on afternoon the deceased was engaged at work on the brig Fame, the body of James Meudall, a shipwright. On Tuesday lying. in George's Dock, and was sitting on a beam, by the half deck, in the after part of the vessel, from which he fell head foremost into the hold—a depth of some ten feet—and was so severely injured as to cause death the following day. Verdict accidental death. THE LATE WALSALL ELECTION. —A bench warrant having been transmitted to Mr. Diggles, the deputy con stable of Salford, against Mr. Edward Hall, of this town, on :in indictment having been found against him at the last Stafford Assizes for attempting to corrupt a voter at the late election at Wallsall; that gentleman attended at the New Bailey on Thursday last, when Mr. Maude required him to enter into his own recognizances of £250, and find two sureties in £lOO each, to appear at the next Stafford Assizes, and answer the charge. Mr. Hall, and two gentle men who had accompanied him for the purpose, then entered into the required cognizances, after which they left the court.—Manchester Guardian. DEATH FROM FALLING DOWN A CELLAR ENTRANCE. — An inquest was held on Friday before Mr. Currie, on the body of a child two years old, named Elizabeth Moss, whose parents live in Clarence-buildings, Mansfield-street. On the previous afternoon the deceased, along with other chil dren, was sitting on the door-stews of a house in the court where she lived, when she unfortunately fell into the entrance of the cellar below, by which her head was so severely frac tured as to cause death the following morning. The coroner strongly commented upon the liability of accidents to drunken persons and children in consequence of the cellars in this court, which were some ten or twelve feet deep, not being railed off. The jury unanimously concurred with the remarks of the coroner, and offered some observations upon the im propriety of the owner of the property not causing railings to be placed round the cellars. A verdict of accidental death was returned. CAUTION TO PAWNBROKERS. —A girl, of apparently nine or ten years of age, was charged at police-office on Friday, before Mr. Rushton, with having robbed several :hildren of their shoes and other articles of apparel. From he evidence it appeared that the prisoner who, though of avenile years, is well known to the police as an accomplished hief in her peculiar line, had pledged eight pair of shoes at pawnbroker's in Vauxhall-road, none of which were, how- evor, identified; and that a person resembling the prisoner had pledged two pairs at another place. These were identi fied as the property of parties in court ; but as the pawn broker could not positively swear that they were pledged by the prisoner, she was discharged. At the close of the evi dence, Mr. Rushton instructed Mr. Dowling to inquire into the case ; and, if he found sufficient evidence, to lay informa tions against the pawnbrokers, under a section of the act that renders them liable to a fine of £lO, for receiving pledges from children under 12 years of age. TuE BRINDLE WILL CAUSE.—The precise nature of the ;erms on which this important cause was compromised, has not yet transpired. We believe, however, that the cession on the part of Mr. Sherbourne to the heiresses-at-law, con sists of certain personalities, a sum .of money, and anar _ •angement for transferring to them some of the late Mr. Heatley's property on defined and easy terms. We have ;ood authority for stating, that altogether Mrs. Eastwood and Mrs Middleton will derive from tie terms of settlement an equivalent of from five to six thousand pound each, over and above what the will devised to them. The parties re spectively pay their own costs.—Preston Chronicle. " LIFTING" ON EASTER MONDAY .—Hannah Jones, a good-looking little girl, appeared at the Police-court, on Sa turday, to prefer a charge against a youth, aged about four teen, who, in conjunction with a gang of companions, had . . seized upon her on Monday last, ald, in conformity with a disgraceful custom now on the wane, attempted to " lift" her. She struggled with them some time till, at length, the de fendant pushed her through a window, whereby her arm was .... most severely lacerated. The girl said she worked for a stay maker, and was, in consequence of the injury, unable to fol low her occupation. Mr. Rushton ordered the defendant to be taken into custody, and sent a police-officer to inquire into the character of the girl, and of her aunt, with whom she said she resided. The report brought back by the officer was, that the aunt kept a brothel. Mr. Rushton told the complainant, that he intended to have ordered her some al lowance during the time she was incapacitated from working, but he feared her assertion, that she got her living in a re spectable manner, was untrue. The complainant looked greatly concerned, and declared, that she worked hard for a staymaker whom she mentioned. Mr. Rushton ordered a small sum to be given to her, and directed that further in quiries should be made. The lad, who was one of those who caused tht injury, was ordered to be imprisoned in Bridewell till the evening, and then discharged, his father having re presented, that he would suffer, in the opinion of his em ployers, if he were kept long in custody. DESTRUCTIVE FIRES AT LITRERLAND.—On Thursday night the premises of Messrs. Beakbane, tanners, on the bank of the Leeds and Liverpool canal, near to Litherland, caught fire, and sustained serious damage before the flames were extinguished. On the breaking out of the fire, a messenger was despatched to Liverpool to summon the fire- police. - Mr. Hewitt immediately started with engines and water-carts, but the work of destruction was completed ere he arrived at Litherland. The loss of the Messrs. Beak bane will, we hear, be not less than £lOOO. On Saturday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, the Asphaltum works, recently erected at Litherland, caught fire, and the whole interior of the premises_ was, in a very short period, completely destroyed. How the fire originated, we have not heard. It would appear, however, that some asphaltum in a fluid state had exploded. One of the workmen was so dreadfully scalded that his life is despaired of. The works were indicted, at the last assizes, for a nuisance, and a true bill was found by the grand jury. The proprietors undertook to abate or remove the nuisance before the autumn -assizes. The flames have, however, anticipated the intentions of the company, and much to the satisfaction of the inhabitants of Seaforth and Litherland, effectually suppressed a most into lerable nuisance. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—An inquest was held on Friday, before P. F. Curry, Esq., on view of the body of Mr. Thomas Martin, of the firm of Messrs. Martin and Co., merchants, who suddenly dropped dead in the Lyceum News-room, that morning. David Williams, Esq., deposed that he had attended the deceased as his physician for five or six weeks back. He was labouring under disease of the heart, and had been confined to his bed for the greater part of the period above-named. He was in such a state as not to be left to himself. Witness was called to him that morning, and found him lying dead at the Lyceum News-room. From the state the deceased was in, witness had no doubt his death was occasioned by the bursting of a blood-vessel. Robert Frodsham deposed that he was a solicitor. He knew the deceased very well, and had frequently seen him at the Lyce um News-room. Witness was in the news-room that morn ing, and whilst in theact of crossing the room, heard a noise, and on looking round to see what the matter was, observed the deceased lying on the floor. Witness must have passed the instant before where he had been sitting. Several gen tlemen went to his assistance immediately, and placed him on a chair, and sent directly for a surgeon, but before he ar rived, the deceased was quite dead. He only gasped once or twice before he was raised up. The jury returned a verdict of died by the visitation of God—to wit, by the bursting of a blood-vessel. A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.—PoIice-officer No. 155, on going his beat in Mill-street East, on Sunday night, about half-past nine, observed two men named Robert Ando and Thomas Swaine, go down a passage which led to a house the tenants of which had just removed. He and the inspector maintained a watch, and in a few minutes they heard the sound of glass breaking. On proceeding to the spot they found the two men standing there, and that a third had escaped. These men they took into custody, and on exami nation - they. found several articles, such as brushes, &c., at the door of the house, but they could neither ascertain whe ther the men had removed them or whose property they were. Yesterday the prisoners were brought up at the police court before Mr. Rushton, when the above circum stances being stated, the magistrate ordered` them to be dis charged, observing that the case was one of suspicion.—A decently dressed female, who said she was the keeper of a beer-shop in Mill-street East, here said the prisoners had left her house not half a minute before the officers took them : they had been there the whole day, were both respectable men ; and she was sure they had no intention to commit a robbery.—Swaine asked the court whether, as he had been discharged, there was no recompense for his imprisonment. —Mr. Rushton : The police-officers were quite justified in taking you ; you were found under circumstances of suspi cion.—The female : There ought to be some recompense, I think.—Mr. Rushton : The police have done their duty.— The female : I do not think they have.—The conversation then ended, and the prisoners were discharged. LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK AND HUMANE SOCIETY.—The committee of this society met on Wednesday last, when after carefully considering each case, the following rewards were voted :—To Captain Tweedle, a silver medal, for jump ing overboard from the Gilbert Henderson, on her passage from Liverpool to Van Diemen's Land, and saving a child that had fallen into the sea through one of the gun ports. A silver medal was also voted to Captain Clelland, of the steam ship Britannia, for jumping into the Clarence Dock, on the sth instant. and saving a woman that had fallen in, and from the effects of which he was seriously indisposed for several days afterwards. A silver medal was also voted to Captain Williams, of the steam-packet Glasgow, for saving four boatmen who had been upset between East and West Wharf Buoys ; mid 20s. each were voted to the crew of the Glas gow that manned the steamer's boat and picked up the drowning men. Two pounds were also voted to the four boatmen who saved Mr. Revis, (the correspondent of the London Shipping Gazette,) on the night of the 9th March, when he fell into the Mersey while endeavouring to board the packet-ship England. Ten pounds were also awarded to differenlOatmen ror similar 'services to different persons on various occasioUs, The Cotimaittee also voted a reward to the bOk 4 hoingeniously coritFiVed,to save the life of one of his companions, who fell into a'pit - between Woodchnrch and Bidston, in January last. This lad threw off his jacket, took the comforter from around his neck, and tied it to the sleeve. This done, he held the end of the comforter in his !Old and threw the jacket into the water, which the drown ing boy caught hold of, and was dragged safely on shore. The committee wish to draw the attention of the public to this mode of deliverance, similar means being, at all times, within the reach of every one. ARRIVALS AT THE BRITISH HOTEL, IYIOORFIELDS.—Mr. and Mrs. Parry, Captain and Mrs. Stirling, Capt. Houston, 4th Dragoons, - Mr. Cowen, Mr. Holdsworth, Mr. Dicken son, Dr. Vanken, Captain Pennington and family, Mr. Sim- Esq. and lady. mons, Mr. Salkeld, Mr. Boose, Hoppings, We understand that the lecture delivered by the Rev. H. M'Neile, at St. Jude's Church, on Thursday last, addressed to the Young Men's Established Church Society, is now in the press, and will be published in three or four days. It was an able discourse, and will amply repay a careful peru sal. The ground or argument adopted by the preacher on this occasion was somewhat new, though well deserving the attention of the advocates of the voluntary principle. DAVIDSON V. SIR THOMAS STANLEY, IBART.—This case, it will be remembered, was tried at the last assizes, which have just terminated, when a verdict was returned for the defendant. The only issue raised at the trial was, whether Blundell, who lately was agent to Sir Thomas, had authority from him to draw the bills which we re i n the defendant's possession. as the registered officer of the Commercial Bank o f England. Sergeant Stephens, on Saturday, moved the Court of Common-Pleas for a new trial; but Chief Justice Tindal thought that there was no ground for the motion. He did not perceive any proposition of law that had been laid down by the learned judge at the trial which was not correct. It was impossible to say that the learned judge, in his observations to the jury, was not to be allowed to express an opinion as to the merits of the case ; and that was all that had been done in the present instance. If the bankers in this case were to recover, every agent or receiver of a noble. man, or any farming bailiff, might pledge the credit of his principal to any extent. Here it was not shown that Sir Thomas Stanley had any opportunity of knowing that his name was used on the backs of these bills. Under all the circumstances, his lordship thought that nu rule could be granted in this case. •