The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-08-09 00:00:00

1836, This is the on the result ction of the of it, on the tost gracious his proposi ich we posi ympathy and e protestant .4 a negative of the pro._ ie papisiical )ill, in such subsistence on any other Istalment" -- ng-beld pos lion to Ro a protestant " the bane t too, prede under all the means they ow treacher e end should n her wonted enemy un fair and full al entrench "en fait de ie upon us? e, have " we aw his ta/onsp the buzzing t upon it or 1 events, for sponsable, in !fence of the 1 the purest positive un f Ireland for of Commons, he obnoxious ' pledged" to v a conscien- •s, its sworn possessions- Proh-pudor , making such d and man? edge at your nan Catholic ritish nation , er—will you lord, shall it 'Lir illustrious slant Russell 11 decide the n, or tail, of ien still, maY )ear, (sinking ;loriously at by means of s at once dig" handing, an d of peace, we flice to reflec t the great En' ation to the with an incle- itent in sinsUla' warning ire L Council Mr' ►rity. • His v anity mity, and b l 9 character a s a his l o ve or lied to d ec ide , ilternativ e for short horns• ing, on Wed' lv sour mood. r ; the secr et ad met with 3 Sul which was after poPu" rding thine , the "Churc h :onsideratiov . s innate PO' r mention the and he 1 0. Inesday, hat question . been paid 25 orator's eri r f at times, but ng them th e a malicio us the bills ba d Zatlibone Wa s peg on vvhi 4ll t use. unately pai d ' to cannot b e nt on provi d, action to th e place unti l Having P er ; council wh a ' s, this was cil have ba d hbone "feels mpered on that Ilea!: VednesdaY , I . wished the hurchmen id churchrn e° the Char`', oral impos gv to do his ov 7ll his toisera b , i t e poration most head ) ; ance did 111° . !rrors of the'( for Rathbonet y his con uc t , n the Clo r % he takes t`ie, mined, ben e to an contrive to )ect, in time to 11 be ready new lip hat con fessed H e charr se , ncy, bee o es their nan' il , sending Cli o )ols, wher e 0 . waling bet' oP d Gi adwia a ,ayment i f r a ° o !nee w e ' 1 i re Inot conce,e inister ef t' u _ uf orporatinnoo pa yment 11. , es this C ° : se Are tres s h e coune ih° d , en ford° AUGUST 9, 186. Let him dismiss all such notions. The corporation funds are public funds ; and Mr. Rathbone only happens to be a steward for the public for the moment, because a corrupt ministry, under pretence of reform, caused the Passing of an act of parliament expressly constructed so as to take from one party to give to another party, to which Mr. Rathbone happens to belong, on the principle that birds of a feather flock together. Let him ever bear in mind these facts, and do remember, also, that although the first municipal election took the turn it did, there is i❑ Liverpool an immense majority of persons on the side opposed to the corporation; for the truth of which we refer him to the Amphitheatre Meeting and its results ; aye, and to other indications which lie is beginning to comprehend, for he complains that the children going to the corporation schools are brickbatted, and that he, the veritable Rathbone, is exposed to insult when seen prowl ing in the same direction. But let us return to the speech in council. Having charged Messrs. Gladwin and Wray with indecency for the conscientious discharge of an imperative duty, he proceeded to say—" When he saw the Rev. Charles Lawrence preaching against these schools." Here he was set right by Mr. Counciller Henry Lawrence, who stated that Mr. Lawrence did not preach against the schools; and it turned out that Mr. Rathbone had not seen any thing of the kind; that he had not been pre sent; that he had no proof of his assertion ; that he had not a tittle of evidence of any kind; but he believed, he said, that the Rev. Charles Lawrence did, one evening, by INUENDO, allude to those schools, and preach against them ? We have long been accustomed to trace the wrigglings of partisan whigs and radicals, but in the whole course of our experience we never met with any thing more truly " indecent" than this. We should have arrived at a pretty pass indeed were Ministers of the Church of England in a situation to be made pecuniarily or otherwise responsible for what Mr. Rathbone might be pleased to believe of them, when it is well - known that he is as ready to believe of them any cock-and-bull story as to inflict his petty vengeance. The fact is, that, as Ministers of the Gospel, Messrs. Gladwin, Wray, and Lawrence, and all other Ministers of the same Gospel, are bound to stand up for the cause of scripture truth, Which truth depends upon the Bible, and especially with reference to the training of the rising generation, for here upon the hope of national well-being is grounded, not to mention the far more important consideration, the salva tion of immortal souls. We will say, broadly, that the clergyman who does not do all that in him lies to prevent youth from becoming such characters as Mr. Rath bone unhappily is grossly compromises his duty to God and his fellow-men. The Mayor, however, recalled Mr. Rathbone to his senses, and warned him of the extreme danger of his new course—namely, that of professed and preme ditated illiberality and injustice on the avowed principle of revenge for fancied wrong. His worship said that there were persons on both sides of the agitated question of very pure intentions; he did not add that he included Mr. Rathbone within that circle. The " Dissenter," nevertheless, stood abashed, indirectly apologised for his Warmth, and found it necessary to "vindicate" himself; which vindication took the odd shape of an allegation that "the people threw brick-bats at the children who went to these schools when they were playing at mar bles;" and, (oh shocking atrocity !) "he himself " Ur. Councillor Rathbone—the popular Mr. William Rathbone—"had been constantly subjected to abuse." The abuse, however, he said, "he did not care that for (suiting the action to the word by elegantly snapping his fingers); but the children--alO the children !—think of the children!—but the bric.-bats might kill the chil dren." The very thought was too much for the bene volent Mr. Councillor Rathbone to bear—and he wept, or seemed to weep. "He thought that after this ex• planation the Council would not say that he had done wron g ." The Council said nothing; but scouted his mo tion for very shame. Really, we almost begin to pity the unfortunate Mr..Councillor Rathbone, and we conjure the burgesses to spare him these sad exposures and se vere mortifications by placing him on the municipal shelf, With the other lumber of the concern, when his time comes. But hard as it may appear, we must pluck the crow a little further. Mr. Rathbone, in his first speech—that is, before he was brought to his senses and apologised—was pleased to say that he must "take this opportunity of contradict ing a falsehood which was circulated regarding those schools, that the Bible was excluded. He had himself read the Bible to the children in the North Schools, and he had no doubt that it was also read in the South Schools. If after that contradiction it was so reported again, he must say that it was a most daring falsehood." Poor Mr. Councillor Rathbone ! He is, without exception, the most luckless of the luckless. Will nobody believe him? Is he always to be at the pains of twenty times repeating the same thing and still gaining no credence? We ask for information, because if a man can't be credited by anybody when he solemnly asseverates, the game is up, and he might as well give over his attempts to do the Public man. It is really a distressing predicament to be Placed in, and we don't wonder that the, Councillor is "warm," or that he snaps his fingers. Oh, no, the Bible is not excluded—Mr.-Rathbone takes one to the North School in his pocket, and who shall say that it is excluded? Oh, no, the Bible is not excluded,' though substituted by something better, in the estimation of the Unitarian and Papist Council, for Mr. Rathbone hath actually gone to the North School and read it, that he might be enabled to go to Council and proclaim that factl Hefter this it is again reported that the Bible is ex chided, Mr. Rathbone will say that it is a most daring falsehood- Behold the Councillor's own portrait, as drawn by his ovvn hand. It would be an insult to the reader to ex- Pose the juggle—we shall only say "THAT for it! Now for the moral of all this soreness and irritability 43 4 the part of Mr. Councillor Rathbone; and he very f aithfully reflects the feelings of his colleagues in the work of the invasion of the schools. .The right, in this ease, has put down fancied might. The would-be pros trators are themselves on their backs. The appeal to the Public on the part of our clergy has shewn what the pub lic sentiment is; and the Corporation schools may here after be left, without much fear, to the teachings of Mr. Rathbone and Mr. Hope, for there will be no children to pervert from that way in which our rising population Should be trained, if we wish them to become good Christian s and nseful members of society. This, we say, is the moral of the stupidities of Mr. Rathbone. And the worthy Mayor, too, does not seem to enjoy his Wonted ease. He may talk of the Council's self astisfaction, an d o f no t t urn i ng t o th e r i g ht h an d nor th e l eft; but we would respectfully whisper in his ear that the sooner he turns the more he will consult his own respectability. Our readers will not consider any apology necessary for our alluding once more to the meeting at the Amphitheatre, which has been attended with such important results to the nation at lar g e ' Judging from the rebound, the blow then and there struck was heavy, and it has been sorely felt, if we may judge of its effects by the labour of the radical press in this town to decry its important objects and results. The object of that splendid meeting was to combat, on the threshold, the introduction of any helps to popery in this laud— tn•display the uncompromising spirit of real protestantism in defence of our religion —to show up the hollow pretensions of the quack system of education—to preserve unmutilated that holy book which is the charter of protestantism—the code of real liberty—to oppose the insidious designs of the papist and the utilitarian—to reject the hollow speciousness of a base ex- Pediency, and take a firm stand upon principle alone—to un- Mask the men who, upon specious pretexts of liberality, were ready to open the floodgate s t o i nf i delity —and to plant the sacred' standard of truth, pure and adulterated and unmutilated, upon the schools of our national church. The effects of that meeting will not be of a transient nature—and if any testimony be want• ng to its importance, it is to be found in the burning desire of the radical press to burlesque its proceedings and to fritteraway its arguments. A subscription of £lO,OOO, raised in a few days, i 8 a most convincing answer to those who deny its effects; and a proof, that although the latent spirit of protestantism, such as animated our forefathers in bygonedays, has been lying dormant fo r some time, yet its strength is inexhaustible. Schools for educating 2000 children, according to the doctrines of the, church of England, will in a very few weeks be erected, f i nd, from the appearance of the subscription lists, it seems pro bable that accommodation fur another thousand will not be long i ~, to followin , . Convinced as we are that the principles of the church of England are more consonant with civil and religions liberty than any other system on the-face of the cavil); we cannot but rejoice at the demonstration of feeling exhibited in Liver- Imo;, which, the first to be attacked, has been the first to repel that invidious system which has, and ever will, direct all its etFarts to smother the flame of liberty wherever it has been kin dled. The wonder is, that men who dissent from a church whose doctrines are in accordance with scripture, should he found in company with the priests of Baal, forwarding their dark views, and accelerating theirprogress. The wonder, how ever, ceases when we come to dissect their own system—founded upon pride, a rejection of discipline, a love of self-government, dissent, divided and split into numberless sects, and, polypus like, acquiring new .heads and new tails by annual divisions, can only exist by being united against some common object. •It cannot find a bond of union more consonant to its own princi ples, which are essentially democratic, than a continuous attack upon the church of England, which is bound up with the mo narchy, which is one of the firmest bulwarks of the British constitution, and, as was well-observed by Mr. Dixon, " a breakwater against the swelling tide of popery." Were it not for this bond of union, dissent would speedily decrease in the present day ; but it is a wise ordination of providence, that error always defeats its own object, and thus dissent has been subservient towards arousing the church of England, and, with her increased usefulness, and extension, and faithfulness, will cause the downfall, in a great measure, of those systems which, advocating liberality, practise tyranny, and, professedly avowing superior _ purity, are found, in fact, doing the dirty work of bigotry and superstition. Let us be clearly understood upon this point,—we are allud ing to the system of dissent, to its general effects, its avowed ob jects. There are hundreds of conscientious dissenters who would not for their lives, accelerate the march of popery and infidelity. Many have by their liberal subscriptions openly - avowed their hostility to the scheme of our liberal Town Coun cil. But still, we must assert that, as a system, dissent is fast becoming utilitarian, and independency is on a gallop towards Socinianism. If it were not the case would it be tolerated that the Albion, the organ of independency, should boldly advocate a system which has fur its especial object the absolute exclusion of every thing religious from education, which will inform the intellect at the expense of the morals, and benefit the body at the risque of the soul? We think not; and it is no small argu ment in favour of our assertion, that the body who principally support that paper, not only tolerate the latitudinarian princi ples which it now advocates, but enter no protest against them. Would the generations of dissenters now in their resting places have been found linked in fraternal union with the enemies of truth, to forward merely political objects? No! they took a higher stand, they were dissenters front conviction—from prin ciple—and we, of the present day are indebted to that fearless race of men, who would hold no communion with popery and infidelity, and whose irresistible and unflinching adherence to truth was terminated only by death. The degeneracy of their successors, more than anything else, is helping onwards the movement—laxityof discipline, and uni versality of creeds, and political feelings, being now the watch word, popery itself comes in for its share of regard, and whe ther the great body of dissenters know it or not, they are strengthening the hands of popery, and blindly paving the way for its further extension. That many of the dissenting ministers know, and feel, and lament this, we are assured : but such is the slate of vassalage in which they are held by their flocks, upon whom they are, in deed, dependent for their bread, that few are found to raise their voices against it. No being on the face of the earth is iu a greater state of bondage, and if he possesses no private pro perty, more entirely dependent than the independent minister. He can be dismissed at pleasure, and, knowing this, is it a won der that he dares not speak out, but presents the humiliating spectacle of a man who is conscious of the existence of error but dare not oppose it. That the socinian should chime in with the corporate plan is not so marvellous. That cold, and selfish, and grasping sect, whose theology keeps hold of both worlds, can never become popular. It virtually excludes the poor, for it yields them no hope—it discourages the unlearned, for it gives him metaphysics when he looks for bread. It is built on insubordination, for it rejects some parts of scripture whilst it adopts others. It is more akin to popery than men think of, for, like popery, it is tyran nical, grasping, arbitrary, not content to remain in subjection, but continually aiming at political power, assuming the spe cious appearance of benevolence, but steeped to the hilt in des potism—it is a kindred spirit—it seeks to lay hold on the rich, leaving it to popery to secure the poor, and thus they jog on together, having one grand object, viz., the destruction of scriptural and evangelical truth, and the establishment of an age of reason on the one hand, and blinded bigotry on the other —apparently, they are adverse systems, fire and water—but they combine their energies to get up the steam. Thus we see Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Wakley, in parliament, Mr. Shiel and Mr. Rathbone in one town council, combining and agreeing on various points, and the strange union seems to cause no sur prise in the public mind, but all is viewed as a matter of course. We feel thankful that it has been reserved for the abused clergy of the establishment to throw themselves into the breach to resist the terrific innovation, which, at first, seeks merely a footing, but would not have been long contented with that. Such men as Mr. Brooks, Mr. M'Neill, and Mr. Campbell, and hundreds of other clergymen of the established church,-will make no compromise, hold no parley, agree to no terms, with a system which is opposed to liberty of conscience, and the un erring principles of sacred truth. It is their duty to be on the alert, to give timely notice of danger, to repel the invasion of the troops of discord, and to warn the country of their approach. The system may be patron ised by the professors of liberal opinions, but that only renders it the more open to suspicion ; they may assert, and re-assertthat the scriptures are not excluded from their scheme, but what man of common sense will believe the honesty of the assertion. Had there not been such a demonstration of public feeling on the subject—had the clergy not laid bare the cloven foot, in a very few weeks the scriptures, under the advice of the popish priest hood and the sociuian councillor, had been no more used in the corporation schools than they are at the Mechanics' Institute. Present peace is no security against future discord, and we would remind many who are disposed to make large sacrifices for the sake of peace, that it may be purchased too dearly. Popery will take every thing, however small, but it will give nothing in return. It is necessary that it should breathe the spirit of peace and advocate the rights of conscience in a land where the friends of those blessings are all powerful and nu merous, if it were to throw off the mask to fulminate its anathemas here, as it does in Ireland, in Italy, and other countries, the repeal of the emancipation bill would not be long in taking place. It seeks to deceive protestants by talking of its disunities, and as it grows in political importance, it will rise in its demands, and will assuredly obtain that, by acting on balance of parties, which it never will obtain by any other means. Against the first introduction of this system the esta blished churches of England and Scotland, and the Wesleyan methodists have by their ministers lifted up their voices. The slumbers of protestants have been disturbed, and no wonder surprise and indignation and abuse should follow such a noble vindication of religious liberty. But the election of town councillors is fast approaching, and some of these gentry have begun to discover that the flagrant violations of public princi ple which they have manifested on this as on other subjects, has met with the deserved reprobation of the wise and the good ; and we hope that on every annual weedin g d ay t h ere will he a clearing away of some of these useless thistles, and that they may be rooted out from a soil which they only cum- ber, to the exclusion of better seed. TO WILLIAM RATHBONE, ESQ. SIR,—In the report of the proceedings of the Council at the quarterly meeting, on Wednesday last, as published in the Mer cury of this morning, I find the following expressions attributed to you :—"He again took that opportunity of contradicting a falsehood which was repeated every day, that the Bible was ex cluded from the (Corporation) schools ; he himself had read the Bible, and had heard the pupils read it, in the South Schools; he had,no doubt it was also read in the North School; and if the assertion that the Bible was excluded were again repeated, he must say that it was a most daring falsehood" — You, Mr. William Rathbone, are a bold man, or you would not have ventured upon the assertion attributed to you by your brother counsellor of the Mercury. I will not so far violate the usuage of civilised society, as to apply to yon the epithets which the Editor of the Mercury has had the bad taste to use in refer ence to a zealous and exemplary minister of this town; nor will I follow even your own example in saying that you have stated that which you know to be false, or that you have been guilty of a most daring falsehood. I will merely request your atten tion, and that of the public, to what took place in Counsel on Wednesday, the 6th of July last, leving you to reconcile your present rabid disckimer with facts which are notorious to the whole community. It may be as well (although hardly necessary) to observe that in what is termed "the Irish system of education," the intro duction into the schools of any version of the Bible is entirely forbidden, and that certain selections are used instead thereof, in order to conciliate the catholic priesthood, so far as to get their consent to instruct the children generally in the knowledge of revealed truth.— On the day above mentioned Mr. Joshua Walrusley, is council, moved a resolution in the following words : " Resolved, that the Irish system of religious education be adopted, - and have a fair trial." Upon which the following amendment was moved by Mr. E. Cropper: — °'l hat the proceedings of the Education Committee be con firmed, with the exception of that part which refer to the religious instruction of the children, and that the proposition to introduce the Irish selection from the scripture referred to the reconsideration of the committee, with a recommendation that the Bible be substituted." Upon this amendment being put, the votes were—for it 6; against it, 45.—50 the original motion was put aad carried. That the clergy, and the inhabitants at large of this town, understood this to be an exclusion of the Bible from the corpo ration schools, and a substitution of the Irish selection in its stead, the meeting at the Amphitheatre, and the consequent subscription for the erection of schools, in which the children of the poor may be instructed in the " knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus," proved to you and to your fellows, in a way that is gall and wormwood to you—and I now challenge you to the proof, that the assertion Which is daily repeated, and which I now repeat, that "the Bible" has been excluded by the council from the corporation schools, is "a daring falsehood"—l am Sir, your humble servant, AN ABHORRER OF "LIBERALITY," falsely so called. r .r..~ THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The quarterly meeting of the council was continued yesterday by adjournment. COURT OF REQUESTS. On the motion of Mr. Councillor JOHN HOLMES, seconded by Mr. Alderman BA RC LA Y, the report of the committee on the borougl, courts was referred back to the committee to draw up regulations to make arrangements for opening the court on the 31st of August instant. JAM REGULATIONS. The TOWN-cLerix said, by the municipal reform act all the power formerly held by the justices at the Quarter Sessions, relating to the regulations of the prisoners, now devolved upon the Town Council, and they had consequently to draw up rules and regulations for the management of the gaol. The gaol committee had done that, and he had now to submit their regu lations to the approval of the council. The report then stated that it was ordered that the following gaol rules should be enforced. First,—That on a prisoner being brought into the prison, he should be placed in the reception room, and his or her person thoroughly cleansed, and their ap parel examined by a searcher, as required by the lith rule of the jail act. That requisite clothing should be provided for the prisoner. Second,—Lvery prisoner, before being placed into his or her proper ward, must be searched, and if money, tools, or any implements should be found the same should be taken from the prisoner, the governor to enter into a book at the time the name of the prisoner and every article taken, which is to be carefully returned on the prisoner's discharge. If the prisoner be a female, the search to be made by a female. Third,—The hours of rising, between Lady Day and . Michaelmas Day, should be five o'clock in the morning, and during the remaining part of the year at seven o'clock in the morning. That the prison ers should make their own beds, wash themselves, and put their rooms in order before breakfast, which no prisoner should re ceive unless those duties were performed, unless with leave un der special circumstances. Fourth,—The prisoners should be locked up in their cells during the winter months at six o'clock, and during the summer at seven o'clock in the evening.. Fifth, —That silence, night and day, is to be observed by all prisoners. All breaches of it to be punished by the stoppage of a meal, or a part thereof, or by solitary confinement on bread and water, or by other punishments as the law provides. In like manner singing or whistling in the cells are strictly prohibited. Any bartering of provisions, any marking of their clothes or bedding or furniture, is declared against the rules, and to be punished accordingly. Any attempt at communication by signs or stra tagem, any unnecessary looking round or about not to be al lowed; each prisoner to he required to look before him. Any secreting of money or tobacco, or other articles, any purloining provisions, books, &c., or non-attendance to the reasonable or ders of the governor to be punished accordingly. Sixth,—No soner, whose imprisonment does not extend to mote than a month, shall receive a visitor. If it extend to a longer term a visitor a month may be allowed to see the prisoner. Seventh, —MI members of the council being magistrates of the borough are appointed by the council to be visiting magistrates. NO visitor can be admitted without an order from a magistrate; the visit to be made in the presence of a male or female, as the case might be,,aceurtling to the sex of the prisoner. : 4ighth, s —The governor shall examine all letters, papers, pacleets,,&c.; of:per sons entering, and to deny admittance to persons- , if they: wilt not submit to this order. Ninth,—Every visitor of every per= son for trial or under sentence shall enter his or her'name in a book to be provided for the purpose, and in which. alSa the go vernor shall insert the visitors profession, where..he rssides, whether a relative or not, and the name of the prisoner he or she is visiting. Tenth,—Prisoners before trial, who inatintdiu themselves, are to be restricted to one pint of beerlier day s ani to a reasonable quantity o f w h o l eso melfood.. 11th,—Th e jail al lowance for breakfast is to be 1 pint of gruel and LialVa-pound of bread. Dinner to be one poundofecouse. Supper the same as breakfast. The dinner, every third day, to be changed to broth made from cow's head. Twelfth,—Coals will be allowed under the direction of the visiting justices if required; but they will be withheld if the governor discovers any waste ormisapplica tion of the same. Thirteenth,—The passages, cells, &c., to be washed out weekly; in summer the windows to be opened. Fourteenth,—No stranger to be allowed at any time to go within the wards of the jail unless attended by one of the visiting jus tices. Fifteenth,—No admission whatever to the prisoners ex cepting between the hours of ten and two o'clock, and on Sun day between two and four o'clock. Lastly,—All rules made by the Justices at Quarter Sessions hereby repealed, and not to be considered as impairing any of the provisions of the present act. The TOWN-CLERK said these rules would require to be trans mitted to the Home Secretary for his approval after they should have met with the approbation of the council. Mr. Councillor J. lloisiEs begged to move that these rules be confirmed, and sent to the Secretary of State for his ap proval. Mr. Alderman Bnowts seconded the motion. The MAYOR said these regulations had already been under the consideration of the Borough magistrates, and were dis cussed, and as a matter of necessity were sent before the coun cil to be transmitted to the Secretary of State. He understood that these regulations ought to have been adopted so long ago as last Octbber. Mr. Councillor Blum wished to inquire of the town-clerk, whether only such magistrates as were of the council could be visiting magistrates? it was an invidious distinction to make. The TOWN-CLERK apprehended that legally the council could not appoint gentlemen to be visitors out of the coun cil: He thOught the council could not delegate any discretion ary power to any others than members of the council. But it was proper to state that the jail committee, on all occasions, acting under the authority of the council, had invited the justices of the Borough who were not of the council to join them in their deliberations, and that in practice there was no distinction whatever made. Mr. Councillor BIRCH only wished the other magistrates to understand that no personal disrespect was intended to them. The 111Ay oit said he believed they were aware of the legal objection. It was proper to state that they had received the greatest assistance from Captain Williams, when he was down here, in drawing uti those regulations. Mr. Alderman 14 REME inquired if these regulations applied to_prisoners both before and after their trial? The TOWN-CLERK said the regulations made no distinction except as regarded the visits. Mr. Alderman FREME, then there was a . part of these regu lations which appeared to him to be placing more power into the hands of the jailor than ought to be placed in any man's hands. A large majority of the prisoners, he believed, were not convicted; and as the law of England said, a man was not guilty,of a crime till found so, the restricting of a man's food for merely looking round, he thought was too great a stretch of power. a The MAYOR said Mr. Freme was in error regarding the number of unconvicted prisoners, the majority was the other w ay. Mr. Councillor HOPE said a part of the report stated that the prisoners should rise at five o'clock in summer and seven o'clock on the quarter day immediately after ; he thought thi s was a more rapid change in the rising of the prison4s, in one day than had been intended. The TOWN-CLERK would apprehend, that in practice the two periods would approximate. Mr. Councillor JORDAN wished to inquire whether county magistrates members of the council, but not borough magi_ strates, would have power of visiting the gaol. The TOWN-CLERK said every justice of the peace had the power of visiting the gaol, but with this qualification, that a justice of the peace who is not appointed a visitor has' not the power of making any regulations. The report was then agreed to. BYE-LAWS. The TOWN-CLERK said, by the 90th section of the municipal act, the council might make bye-laws for the prevention of nuisances. Under this section the bye-law committee, with the advice of counsel, had made the following bye-law, A bye-law was then read at length, for the purpose of abolishing the nuisance of the alkali works. The report first set forth the authority under which the bye-law was made; having the power to inflict a penalty of £5 for a nuisance, pro vided such offence was not cognizable summarily by the existing laws, and provided that no such law should be made unless two-thirds of the council were present. It then went on to state, that whereas divers nuisances were from time to time transmitted, sent forth, and dispersed in and through the pub lic streets of the borough, and also divers noxious and offensive gasses, such gasses being injurious to the health and comfort of the inhabitants, and of the liege subjects of the realm pass ing through the streets, and also destructive to the goods and merchandise of the said borough; for the prevention of these nuisances the council of the borough make and order the fol lowing bye-law, " that is to say, that if any person shall after the day of commit any nuisance, by making, causing, or dispersing, or causing to be sent through any . of the public streets or any of the shops, any noisome, noxious, or offensive gasses, every person committing any such offence, being a common nuisance within the said borough, shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the amount of £5, and so from time to time for every such offence not being com mitted on the same day." The MAYOR said be did not wish to interfere with the Town clerk whilst reading the bye-law, but, in point of fact, they could not not entertain it, as there were only 40 members of the council present, and there ought to be 43 to constitute two thirds of the council. Several members went out for the purpose of getting other members to attend, and the subject was, for a short time, ad journed. FESTIVAL ACCOMMODATION. The MAYOR said he had received an application from the Festival committee, for the use of the ball-room of the Town hall, during the festival week. Mr. Councillor BIRCH presumed that the rooms would be granted on the the same terms as they had been to the catholic schools. The MAYOR said they would taketare and have that attended :0. Granted. WALLASEY EMBANKMENT. The TOWN-ctaiiit said a vacancy had occurred in the com missioners of this-embankment it Was necessary to supply the vacancy by the election of three commissioners as soon as possible. It was proposed to do so on the 19th instant. The MAYOR said it was very important, the commissioners should soon be elected, as the borough was at an expense of £l7OO a year in keeping up these'embankments. Agreed to. THE BOROUGH SEAL. The TOWN-CLERK, said, -by, law, the common seal of the boroiigk being affixed to any deed or instrument, was evidence of that deed or instrument. It had occurred to the mayor, and himself, that it would be a, wholesome rule that when the seal is affixed to any in'strument, it should be attested by the mayor, or deputy , mayor, arid by the. town,clerki - or deputy town-clerk, who should sign their names, as witnesses of its having been affixed.' In future, if - thiii rule were•not observed, there would ,- be sufficient cause of suspicion, on producing the seal not at tested, of its being not correct. Agreed to. LEASES. The Towx-cutn K said, it had - been suggested by counsel that under the municipal act, the council h a d no t t h e power to grant the renewal of leases for 75 years on the payment of a fine. Under these circumstances, a part of his employment in Lon don, had been to get a few words introduced into the section of the act, which would give that power. He mentioned this as there were a great many complaints that the leases had not been despatched as they ought to have been, and certainly would have been. While there was a doubt on the minds of the council, they thought it better not to make this difficulty known. It was now thought that the lessees should be made aware through the medium of the press of the real cause of the apparent delay. APPOINTMENT OF A GAOLER. The TOWN-CLERIC apprehended that it was the intention to fix the 19th instant fox the appointment of a gaoler to fill up the vacancy caused by the de at h o f M r. Neighbour. Mr. Councillor RAW DoN suggested that the appointment should be deferred to the next monthly council meeting, as there was not time for receiving the testimonials of applicants. Mr. Councillor BIRCH seconded the - suggestion, and moved that a committee should be appointed:_ for receiving the testi monials of the different candidates. The TOWN-CLERIC suggested the gaol committee.—Agreed to. Mr. Councillor RAWDON said the amount of salary, £350, had been for the duties formerly devolving on the office; those duties would now he considerably increased, and would require a greater amount of salary. Mr. Councillor WALstsLEy believed there were certain fees as well as the salary. The illAyon suggested that this subject should come under the consideration of the gaol committee, and be brought forward on the 19th. Mr. Councillor BOLTON said, in announcinz the vacancy it was necessary they should announce the amount of salary. The delay of a month was of no use if they thou (lid not fix the amount of salary. Mr. Councillor Hopa believed the present amount of salary was fully requisite; there were already three candidates under that'salary, and he knew one to be a very respectable individual. The MAYOR said, if requisite, the salary might be advanced hereafter. After some discussion about the fees, Mr. Councillor JOHN Holscsnovedthat £350 a-year should he the salary, without fees and perquisites, and with the usual allowances.—Agreed to, and to be advertised. CONVOISSIONERS FOR COURT OF REQUESTS. The commissioners for the Court of Requests for the present month were then nominated by the council for the last time. THE ALKALI NUISANCE. A sufficient number of members having arrived to form two thirds of the council, the TOWN-CLERK again read over the report, and suggested that the blank when this by-law should come into operation should be filled up by inserting the 27th of September. Mr. Councillor BIRCH wished to suggest that, instead of the penalty of £5 being uniformly enforced, they should make it 10s. for the first offence, 40s. for the second, and £5 for the third, and thus give some discretion to the magistrates. If £5 be fixed as the penalty, no discretion was given. The TOWN-CLERK said, they were obliged by the municipal act to fix the penalty, and it did not leave them the power to confer on the justices any power of mitigation. Mr. Birch's suggestion might be very safely acted on with regard to general bye-laws, but Mr. Crompton, whom he had that morning con sulted as counsel on the subject, was of opinion that in this very peculiar bye-law it would not be safe to depart from the sum of £5, or other sun the council should fix upon. Mr. Councillor G. HOLT inquired if a larger penalty could not be fixed, as it appeared to him that the £5 penalty would not be sufficient to abate the nuisance. if inflicted every day. He was told that one of the most distinguished of these nuisances in the town was in the receipt of £12,000 a-year ; and he was of opi nion that a fine of £l5OO or £2OOO a-year would be paid sooner than they would be put an end to. Mr. Councillor BIRCH pressed his objection. It was evident that there were nuisances of various degrees, and he merely wished to give the power to the magistrates of making a differ ence between the smaller offender and the greater one. The TOWN -CLERK, in answer to the objection, said the whole burthen of the bye-law applied only to alkali manufactories. Mr. Councillor E. SMITH enquired if it was prohibited by law that they should not lay more than one information against a nuisance in one day. If that were done it would obviate all difficulty. The M axon.—The town-Cle'rk has stated that it would not be sufficient to lay the information for a second offence in one day. Mr, Alderman )38owrl ingyscl that the bye-law be adopted, which was seconded 14 - 11r.'Coifficillor THORNMiLL. Mr. Councillor. M444..m0rr conceived that this bye-law would be the means of crushing & the small manufacturer and throwing hishtifineSs infoltWlitinds of the large manufacturer, ,who by this-means Wonld be. indemnified for the 'fine. Mr. - COuncillor HOPF, thought that the fine Every day inflict ed Would operate asquite , sufficient inducement to a manufac turer to remove his works where he would not incur the fine. It would not in that view bear hard on the smaller manufac turer. • Mr. Councillor THORNHILL said if the manufacturers saw that the council was determined to put their works down they would be removed at once. The MAYOR said that the whole of these penalties would go to the borough fund, and not to the informer. Mr. Councillor . MRLLOR wished to know if the manufacturers could be proceeded against in a summary way for the nuisance. The Tow N-c LERK replied that the bye-law would apply to any nuisances which could be put down by common indictment. A notion had prevailed that because manufactories had been erected and were conducted so as to amount to a nuisance pre vious to the erecting of buildings around them that therefore they were not guilty of a nuisance. This was a great error. The ground was there before the erection of the nuisance, and the owners of it had a right to use it for all purposes, and there was no length of time which•could alter this. Mr. Councillor COGLAN wished to know who was'to deter mine a manufactory a nuisance? _ The TOWN-CLO.K replied the civil magistrate, and if the party differed from his decision he had a right of appeal. Mr. Councillor HOPE wished to know how far this would ap ply to their own nuisance of the powder magazines ? (Loud laughter and cries of " It is not a nuisance to be blown up.) The bye-law was then agreed to, and to come into operation on the 27th of September, if passed by the proper authorities in London. The Mayor. then announced that that quarterly council, with reference to the gaol and all matters connected with it, stood adjourned till the 19th instant, at eleven o'clock. The council then broke up at half-past twelve o'clock. LIVERPOOL POLICE. CHARGE OF ASSAULT.—On Tuesday, at the Police-office, an Irish woman, who responded to the name of Julia Kiltbside, having an extraordinarily capacious mouth, and having large projecting and diVided teeth, which gave her frontispiece some what'of the appearance of a half-open iron rat-trap, and whose volubility did justice to her ample requisites for it, appeared before the magistrates to prefer a charge of assault against a fellow countryman named Bartholomew Matthews. Mr. al , venport 'defended the accused. The complainant, addressing the magistrates, said, " Plase yer riverences, on Saturdhay mornin' me husband was takhen very bad intirely, an' bekase he tould me, I dhrew his wages, £1.4d., for the wake; an' sure is throe I owed this man's mother £l. Os. 3d. of id. Well, sure, I got me money at four o'clock, an' whit to the pawn-shop to redame some bits o' duds afore the money should be wantin' an' not to be found, whin this spalpeeu's mother follied me, the crathur, an' sis she, ' Is that the way ye're goin to pay me now? —is id there ye're goeu stead o' comin' to pay me?' I said, as me husbhand is taken ill, I'll sthick by the money. Wid that, yer honners, she cotched me by the neck, an' almost squeazed de breath out o' me. This man conies rennin' up, and widout saying 'py your lave,' at all, at all, he knocks me down, but I gas up an' runs away down an entry, whin he follied me an' knocks me down agin, and gev me two big lumps on me head?' Mr. Davenport: Was it not the gin-shop you were coming out of instead of the pawnbroker's ?" Complainant : " Gin shop! trogs!" Mr. Davenport : " You mean by your husband being taken, that he was taken for debt, do you not ?" " Shure, shir"—" Did he not give you instructions to thaw his wages and pay the amount to the defendant's mother as part of the debt?" " Shure, shir; but I thought I'd sthick to the wages as he was fasht." " Well, you swear you were not in a gin shop when the defendant's mother came up and asked you if that was the way you meant to pay her ?" I will swear Id; I never tasted a dbrop, not a dhrop but a glass ov ale." " Were you drinking spirits?" " Dhrinking spirits! avouch! not a dhrap, though I was knocked down, an' it was but iasonable I should have some spirits to kape me up under such instances." " Were you not quarrelling with and abusing this young man's mother, because she wanted you to pay the money, when he came up and interfered, and then you scratched his face and gut knocked down in the scuffle ?" " Oh, wurrab ! did ever any body hear!" " Were you not calling very hard names?" "Me call bad names !" " Were you sober? did you know what you said?" " Yes, capital well I knowed." " Did you not shake your purse in his face, and say you had the money, and you would keep it ?" " Musha, when ! no, no, no." Mr. Davenport said the case was, that the mother of the defendant was asking the complainant for the money which the husband had promised, when the complainant began to abuse and strike her, and the defendant coming up at the time, and seeing his mother struck, took hold of the complainant in consequence, when she, scratched his face. e called a young woman named Honour H 1 - b Hutchinson, who deposed to being present at the time of the assault. Mrs. Killbride was coming out of a gin-shop, and was tipsy, when the mother of defendant met her, and asked her if she was going to give her any money, when she gave the old woman a great deal of insolence. The old woman followed her, when the complainant began to ill use her, and the defen dant coming up interposed. the complainant shook her pocket at them, and told them she had the money and would keep it, and if they dared to take it, she would swear a robbery against them. Complainant : " Augh, gemini!" The magistrates im mediately dismissed the charge. UNPLUASANT PREDICAMENT.—On Saturday, at the police office, a respectable-looking artizan and his wife, named Ed ward and Sarah Jones, were brought before the magistrates on a charge of having stolen a watch. Mr. Richards, the pawn broker, deposed that the night before, about seven o'clock, the wife had called at his shop to, pledge a silver watch which he produced, which corresponded in its marks and description with those given in a bill issued from the police office, of a watch which had been stolen. He accordingly sent for a policeman. She then wished them to send for her husband, who she said was in a public-house in Stanhope-street, and who had sent her with the watch. A policeman accordingly went there and found the husband and brought him. The husband, in defence, said that about a fortnight ago he went, after his work, to get a glass of ale at a public-house in Parliament -street, and, whilst there, he went to the privy and heard a watch ticking; it was quite dark; and he there found the watch in question. He asked on his return if any one had lost a watch, and made many enquiries in the neighbourhood, but could find no owner, and gave himself no further trouble about it. Several persons in court spoke to the prisoner having made enquiries, as he had stated,, and he was in consequence immediately discharged. Custarno-uoys.—On Saturday, at the pollee-office, a chim ney-sweep named Jones was brought before the magistrates, charged with having employed a child as a climbing-boy under 14 years of, age, contrary to the provisiona of the act of parlia ment for the better regulation of chimney:sweeps and their ap prentices, which piovides thatuo chimney-sweeper " shall hire, use, retain, or employ any child under the age of 14 years, other than an apprentice bOund according to the provisions of the act;" the provisions are that the boy's consent be given, after a trial, to be apprenticed, and his indentures to be certified by a magistrate. If these provisions are not complied with, the offending party is liable to a penalty of £lO, and not less than 40s. Barton, the constable, deposed that on Thursday he was going down Har rington -street and saw a crowd and a sweep, quite a child, in the centre of then', crying. ,The prisoner was shouting to him " Dennis, come along, and threatening him if he did not, what he wou ld d o w i t h hi m. He took him into custody in con sequence. The child was carrying a soot bag and brush. Mr. Shuttleworth, one of the clerks to the magi s t ra t es , d e p ose d th a t the prison er had never applied to have the lad on trial, nor had he ever applied to have him bound-an apprentice, and allowed by the magistrates, according to the provisions of the chimney sweepers' act. A female named Jane Robinson, deposed that she' knew the boy and knew his mother, but did not know where she was at present. He would he seven years old in September next. The prisoner, in defence said, that the boy's mother had given hint to him, and he had no way of getting a living but by sending the boyfup a few small chimneys. He bad had him about five months. Mr. Adam Hodgson, the magi strate, said it appeared the prisoner was employing the child to s w eep chimneys, and he was not an apprentice, and he had no right- to employ him withoat complying with certain condi tions with which, from the evidence of Mr. Shuttleworth, he ' had not complied. The magistrates had decided to fine him 405., or one month's hard labour in the Borough gaol. The magistrate s wished it to be known to the prisoner's trade, that , they would not allow these little boys to be employed. The lawinterfered in their protection, and if the magistrates found any chimney sweeper not acting in strict accordance with the law, ur employing parties they had no right to employ, they should use severe means. The child which appeared very deli cate, was then given in charge of Mr. Evans, to get put into the workh ouse. O n being librought to Bridewell it had to be sent to the Infirmary, its limbs were so sore from climbing. Tun SALOONS.—On Saturday two of the saloon keepers, of Williamson-square, were summoned before the magistrates on an information laid by Mr. Parkinson, charging them with hav ing, on Saturday night, had a number of men and prostitutes drinking and drunk in their houses. They were each fined 20s. and costs with an admonition that if the offence was repeated they would be summoned again and the fine rendered more severe. THE HACKNEY COACH NUISANCE AT THE RAILWAY.— On Saturday, at the police-office, Mr. Hilbury, the manager at he railway station, appeared before the magistrates to lay an formation against the driver of Thomas Wainwright's coach , No. 4, for driving before the station entrance to ply for Pas sengers on the arrival of the trains, and greatly obstructing the egress. This was not the proper stand, and the defendant had frequently been ordered off for it. He was fined 7s. and costs. If the offence were repeated he would be fined again more severely. FEROCIOUS Docs.—On Saturday, at the police-office, Win. Jones, a carter, was summoned before the magistrates on a charge of keeping a ferocious dog, which had flown at, and se verely injured two valuable horses belonging to Mr. Bent, the brewer. Mr. Mawdsley appeared to support the complaint. Barton, the constable, deposed that on Thursday night at a little after s ix o'cl oc k as he and Ainsworth were walking down Summerseat they saw a dog attack the horses iu Mr. Bent's dray. The dog first flew at the shaft horse and seized it by the nose, brin g ing it down on its knees. The d og th en se i ze d it en the flank , and bit it severely. It was then taken off, but again escaped, and flew at the leading horse, seizing it by the nose, and bringing it on its knees. Another witness corrobo rated this statement. The wife of the defendant appeared, and said the dog was always kept fastened, but had got out by acci dent.‘n Her husb an d ily earned 15s. a week. M r . M aw d s l ey said the defendant pa ir o tax for the dog, and it was this class of persons keeping dogs who were the cause of most of the dis turbances, and dog fights which occurred. He pressed for the 1 full penalty of 40s. as the only means of abating the nuisance. The magistrates said they should fine the defendant 40s. and costs, but if he consentedsto have the dog destroyed they should mitigate one half of the penalty. Mr. Mawdsley said, if the dog were not destroyed, he had instructions to enter an action against the dqendants. STEALING tines( A WAREHOUSE. —On Saturday, at the Po lice-office, two carters, named Joseph Green and Edward Grif fiths, were brought before the magistrates, charged with having stolen a quantity of nutmegs and spices from the warehouse of Messrs. Cornthwaite, coffee and spice merchants, in Hanover street. Mr. Peter Cornthwaite deposed to one of their ware housemen showing him a cask of nutmegs, from which he saw that a great many had been taken. On going into a stab'e, to which no persons but the prisoners had access, be found in the manger a quantity of nutmegs. He ga ve information to the police, and Ainsworth, the constable, searched Green, and in his pocket found a quantity of fine ginger, which he said he had r oot from one of the cellars. Nothing was found on Griffiths. He had them both sent to Bridewell. Some tea was also found in the stable, which he had no doubt was the property of himself and partner. Ainsworth, the constable, corroborated this state ment, and said the prisoner Green, whilst he was searching him, confessed to having taken some nutmegs. He then went to the lodgings of prisoner Green, and told his mother he had come from her son for some nutmegs. She immediately took some keys and opened some drawers, and gave him a quantity of nut megs. Chalmers, another constable, deposed to finding the nutmegs in the manger, and also some tea in the lanthorn wrapped in brown paper. Joseph Jones, warehouseman to Messrs. Cornthwaite, deposed to examining the nutmeg cask, and finding a deficiency of 341 - 1). in the weight. He went to the cellar where Griffiths lives, and there found a bag containing unground coffee,which he afterwards gave to the constables. He had no doubt but that it was his master's property. The prisoners denied the charge. They were committed to take their trial for the offence. THEaTittr-ROYAL.—On Friday night Miss Turpin took her benefit, in the drama of " Robert Macaire," her husband (Mr. H. Wallack,) sustaining the character of Robert Macaire. The house was a good one, and the piece went off well. Miss Turpin's place as a cantatrice has f a night or two been supplied by Miss Betts, from theTheatre-Royal, Drury-lane. On Saturday evening Shakspeare's tragedy of "Richard the Third" was re presented. Mr. Stuart personated Richard in a more subdued tone, and with less rant than we have frequently seen it played. We used hardly add it was an improvement. We did not much admire Miss Faucit's Lady Anne, the representation was spirit less and wanted finish; b u t i ndeed we do not wonder at this, for the house this evening was wretched, and it is but poor encou ragement to play to empty benches. In the afterpiece of Der Frieschutz, Miss Betts made her appearance as Agnes. Her voice is powerful and of rich tone, but nothing very extraordi nary. Mrs. Bland, of the company, as Anna, sung in a very sweet style the songs which fell to her quota. This lady is a very pleasing little actress, with a voice which does nut lose much in comparison with the stars who occasionally appear-- she has been too much overlooked. We can assign no other reason than that "a prophet bath not honour in his own coun try.' Mr. O.' Smith personated Zatniel. ,We have seen far more terrible Zarniel's ; his voice too, unfortunately for this character, is hardly diabolical enough. Last evening Mr. 0. Smith took his benefit' in the drama of " Presumption," with the afterpiece of "Robert Macaire," in which Mr. Vale, of the Theatre-Royal, Covent-gardent, personated Jacques Strop. ZOOLOGICAL GAR DENS.—On Wednesday last the children from the Welch Charity School, in Russell-street, (240 boys and girls,) were permitted to view this splendid menagerie. Great praise is due to the conductors of this establishment for their liberality on this and similar occasions. THE FETE AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Last evening was one of the first evenings advertised for this novel exhibi tion. As early as five o'clock, crowds began to perambulate towards the gardens, whilst hackney coaches. &c. were put in bustling request. Shortly before eight the garden was crowded, and presented a splendia appearance, more than the customary preparations having been made, every corner being hung with coloured lamps, and a variety of figures all over the garden being illuminated with them. In the hollow behind the me nagerie, a temporary proscenium was erected for Mr. Yates's scenic representations. Around this the principle mass of the crowd collected, and owing to its being a dead level in f ron t, this part of the e ve ni ng ' s entertainment was cut out from the principal part of the visitors. Several seats on the centre of the grass plot were eagerly seized as 'vantage positions, and though standing on these certainly gave their fortunate pos sessors a superiority over their neighbours, they yet com pletely shut out all view from persons behind. Those too who happened to be of middle or low stature, comprising most of the fair sex, found the heads of tall gentlemen made of most impenetrable stuff. Yates's voice too diffused in so large a space, was lost and heard but by the fortunate few in the im mediate front. If we might form a judgment from the hearty laugh and the buz of applause, his comicalities told well. Miss Belt's voice sounded very sweetly through the gardens, and was of sufficient power to be heard all round. She was loudly applauded. Mr. Williams sung an excellent comic song, but his voice was weak and consequently ineffective, the great mass not hearing him. The gardens at this time had a most splen did appearance. Owing to the higher price and the higher or der of entertainments, the visitors generally were, of a superior class. The fire-works were on more than the ordinary scale of magnificence. We understand that there were full 5,000 'per sons present. The weather fortunately was extremely favour able. The same routine of performance and exhibition will be represented to-night. THE ASSIZES.—The Commission for the Summer Assize, for the northern division, was opened at the Castle of Lancaster, on Saturday. The Judges for the circuit are Mr. Justice Coleridge and Mr. Baron Parke; the High-sheriff, Charles Standish, Esq. of Standish Hall. OPENING OF KIRKDALE CHURCH.-011 Sunday the church, lately erected at Kirkdale, was opened for divine service. Two most excellent sermons were preached by the Rev. Mr. James, the minister appointed. The church was crowded to excess. ALL SAINTS' CHURCH SCHOOLS.—The second annual re port of these schools has been published, and is of a most gra tifying nature. The whole of the expenses of the schools have been paid by subscription without an appeal from the pulpit being rendered necessary. The average attendance in the fe male day school has been about 80. The boys' daily school was opened on the Ist instant. The general account shows a balance of £l7 3s. lad, to be carried towards the next year's expenditure. ELECTION OF A DOCK COMMITTEEMAN.—The election of a rate-payer to fill the vacancy caused in the Duck Committee by the death of Robt. Woodward, Esq., took place on Saturday. The candidates were J. B. Yates, Esq. and Alex. Maxwell, Esq. At the final close of the poll the numbers were, for Mr. Yates 182, for Mr. Maxwell 108; majority for Mr. Yates 74. CA uTtox.—A man, having the appearance of a shoemaker, called at a gentleman's residence in the Park-road, and, having told the servant be was to have her master's boots to make some trifling alteration in them, she delivered a pair of new ones to his care. On the gentleman calling on his bootmaker to know for what they had been fetched, it was discovered to be an im posture, no boots having been sent for at all. It is hoped this caution may save others from being imposed upon in a like man ner, as no doubt, he will try the same tricks elsewhere. HEYwooD.-On Saturday last, an Operative Conservative Society was formed in this thriving village; about 40 members were enrolled the first night, and there is every prospect of its embracing a great number of the operatives employed in the neighbourhood A . deputation from the Bolton Society, con sisting of J. Cooper and I'. Latham, attended the meeting. The Reading-room is expected to be opened in about a fort night, to which several influential gentlemen have promised to contribute, by sending books, newspapers, &c.--Bolton Chronicle. DEATH BY DROWNING.—The following melancholy occur rence took place on board the Charlotte, Captain Sloane, which recently discharged her cargo in the Brunswick Dock:— John Cummings, extra tide-waiter of customs, on the 3d in stant, was boarded on the abovementioned vessel. On going towards the channel of the vessel, he unfortunately missed his bold and fell into the dock. Every assistance was rendered to save him by the master and shipkeeper who were on board and left and saw him a few minutes previous, but 4) no effect. He h a widow, in a state of pregnancy, to deplore his loss. a of h We the happy to state that Messrs. Sharples and Co., thevessel bereft on wi which dow h . he was subscriptionstationed, also£ on officers. Donations will thankfully be received at her resi dence, No. 25, Norfolk-street. 5t fwoaortdbsy7hhei owners s relief brother • quest was held INQUEST.---011 Thursday afternoon, an l b a e b f o o n re rer Ph n i a li m p James Sandars, scalded about a fortnight ago, at the r the deceased who was edFiMncihskCelulyr,ryWhEo d C i o i l o , c e n o u e n e r :s i e no q u ee t n i c t • e e b o o f dY be o i f n a i, deposed to being a labourer,andknowing. was bricklayer.as working besides O hl Monday nc t a o y a in s r p 'Tuesday e e ie s i d o a s v Te tt f ahh o bkee r y t ep n dtnih i ep g etce h oe.s t art , the nshreaerdi hl entl fil e avnr c sanm e : a vaKle s ro e rayuy d t. pipe h t u . rst, in consequence of one the railway, when the steam of the waggons coming againsts a c s n e u a d in se t g h d e fr w o e a m n a gineer tried to stop it in much scalded by the ste n a n ui edl : was going down the tunnel; the bon t the infirmary, faca a d n e se (l t o the time, but could not. The e Mr. J. Ashcroft, neck, and had had him daily,butHetheap plied, be had died in conse quence and bad attended deceased being sheQvuesreellusrcgaelTdtoa injuries he had received on Wednesday last. The verdict of accidental death. FALL OF A BUILDING.—Last week, a building near the top of Temple-street having been pulled down, workmen were eta- J 9 u u r e y n found oeu of the t a h e Whey loved in digging, on the site, the foundation for a warehouse. They appear however, to have proceeded rather carelessly with their work, for, on Sunday forenoon, th e b u ildi ng adjoining tumbled in ruins. Fortunately, it being Sunday, no workmen were on the premises, or lif e an d limb might have suffered. BURGLARY.—A very daring and extensive robbery was, on Friday night, committed on the premises of Messrs. Claypole and Son, clothiers. The doors were forced open, and two pieces of broad-cloth, a quantity of ready-made clothes, hosiery, &c., to the amount of upwards of £lOO, were carried off. The two pieces of cloth were found, on Saturday morning, in St. John's Churchyard. Through the vigilance of th e Police, two indivi duals supposed to have been concerned in the robbery have been taken into custody. They were placed before the Itlagistrates on Saturday, and remanded for the production of further evi dence. FATAL ACCIDENT ON SHIPBOARD.—On, Tuesday last Mr. John Shedl e y, l a t e comman d er o f t h e s hi p M a l a b a r, died at the Infirmary, his death having been caused by the following cir cumstance. About two months ago, when going down the r iver at Savannah, the deceased ordered the anchor to be let go. One of the men let the stopper go too quick, in consequence of which it struck the deceased and broke his leg. He entered the Infir mary a month ago, with his limb in a frightful state, the bone protruding through the skin. He languished from the 2d of July to the 2d of August, when, mortification having ensued, he expired. A WRECKER.--A man, named Richard Halidav, has been committed to Chester Castle, for stealing on the 2d instant a chest, the property of some person unknown, and which had been washed on shore from the wreck of the John Welsh, OD the Cheshire coast. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SPAIN. A INHOA, JULY 31.—The Royal Head -quarters, on the even tug of the 29th, was changed from Villafranca to Aspeitia. 'Vile last Christine account of the march of Gomez states that that General, on the 27th. was at Tencio, and was expected at Oviedo on the 28th. Two battalions of the English legion, and a company of Chape.hrorris, embarked at St. Sebastian on the 3Uth; to reinforce the division of Iniante, and thus, if possible, stop the Carlists from returning natoßiscay, and give Espartero time to take them in the rear. The followin g are the last accounts from Aragon :-- SARAGOSSA, JULY 29.—"1 he town is in a state of fermenta tion, and the people cry aloud for the heads of the Ministers. " The Urbanos of Alcorisa, having appointed their command ant, joined the Carlists. _ . . "Cabrera and Quilez, are in the province of Valencia, and the Christino General, dontes, at Terruel. " The commandant of Fort Cantavieja having promised to deliver up the place to the Christino General, Mantes, was be trayed and hung by his men. The Christino hoping that the fort would surrender, laid seige to it, were warmly received, and compelled to retreat with the loss of upwards of 3:10 Morning Herald. An article, dated Prussia, July 17, in the Augsburgh Gazette t after expressing an opiuidu that Dun Carlos is evidently gain ing ground in Spain, and in the end will succeed in establish• ing his authority, says that the Powers have hitherto refrained from acknowledging him as sovereign, oecause such acknow ledgment would have had the air of moral violence, a subject on which Spaniards are extremely jealous. But as soon as affairs in that country have assumed a more decided aspect, and the issue of that struggle is no longer doubtful, the Powers of the North will not hesitate to acknowledge Don Carlos as the legitimate King of Spain.—Morning Herald. The Journal du Commerce has a letter of the 22d ult. from Genoa, which states that a magnificent hotel has just been taken in that town for Don Miguel: i ~/~ ./A-_- , BRIEF CHRONICLE. Preparations are making at Kensington Palace for the de. , parture of the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, on a tour through Scotland and the northern counties. The heiress presumptive cannot quit the kingdom to visit the conti nent without the consent of both houses of parliament.— France, Hungary, and Germany, are nearly exhausted of leeches, and the trade is now supplied from Moldavia and Wallachia ; depots are established at Bucharest, whence they are brought to France in the post carts. In , 1825, France ex ported more than a million, and now, as above stated, is obliged to import.—The managers of the patent theatres in the metropolis are in treaty with Mrs. Stirling. All the thea trical caterers appear anxious to secure the services of this fascinating actress.—An old man, sixty years of age, named Phillips, the clerk of Beckford Church, near Chester, was found on Wednesday last, hanginf.7, in the bell ropes. Life was extinct: He had been drinking the whole of the preceding week.—A rhinoceros, bought by Mr. Wombwell for £l2OO, about six weeks ago, has since (lieu from ineammation of the lungs. It is to be skeletonized and stutied.—lt is very re markable that at Paris, precisely the same sum which was for mally prodigiously wasted in the lotteries, appears as an in crease upon the amount received by the savings' banks.— Parliament is expected to be prorogued about the .18th or 20th instant.—Plymouth has been (teured a free port for the re ception of East India goods. It is the intention of his Ma jesty's ministers this year to renew the grant in aid of the erec;. tion and establishment of schools tinder the National and British and Foreign school system.—Mr. Bunn finally con cluded a lease of Drury-lane Theatre, for the next three years, with the committee iu full meeting on Monday.------The sittings of the British Scientific Association commence at Bristol on Monday, the 22d instant, the Marquis of Lansdowne, president, in the chair.—Last week, a cartel employed at a mill in the vicinity of Bradford, eloped with the wife of the wring-turner employed at the same place. The carter has left eight children and the woman seven.—The Chester Courant of Tuesday states, that about 50 dead bodies were washed ashore on Monday, between Rhydlan and Abergele.—The Acade. mie de Medicine at Paris, has decided that the system of rthre;.: nology ought not to be adopted until it is established on more solid bases.—The repot tas to the total failure of the wheat harvest in America has been very generally contradicted.— The potato crop in Scotland Luis failed, but oats, barley, and other grain are looking well.—The Rev. Mr. Otter, principal of King's College, is to be the new Bishop of Chichester.— So late as 1802, the King of Sweden engaged some British sus.; geons to serve in his ships of war; their perplexity and morti fication may be imagined, on finding that they were expected to shave the whole ship's company as a duty belonging to their station.—United Service Journal.—An American paper, the Nantucket Inquirer, in describing the festival of sheep shearing, expresses its regret at the bad state of the weather, which, it says, considerably impeded the amusements of the day, and concludes by informing its readers that "Providence had set his face against the whole matter," and that the winds and the rain evinced the greatest flatulence and fluciosity.—At the sale of the corporation property of Coventry last Tuesday, among other articles was an elegant four-gallon china punch bowl, given to the corporation by Mr. Serjeant Hewitt, who once represented the city in parliament. It was sold for 11 guineas. —Mad. Vestris's age is a subject of frequent dispute. She was born in 1796, and is now in her 41st year. She was married in 1812, at St. Martin's Church, and appeared the same year, at the King's Theatre, in II Ratio di Prosperpino. She has, con sequently, been on the metropolitan stage 24 years, a circum stance that sufficiently Accennts for the strange stories as to her age.—Vipers have been propagated to such au extent in the forest of Fontainbleau that the magistrates have offered a re ward of five sous 'for evert one , killed--In some parts of the west of England, when a blaCk pudding is' boiling, an old wig is much coveted to bang up the chimney as a preventive against its bursting in the itot. 7 —The mansion and estates of Ribstone. park, the prOperty of the late Sir H. Goodricke, Bart., have re cently been purchased of the present baronet, by James Brown, Esq, of Harebills Grove, near Leeds, for £lBo,ooo.—Mr. Al fred Waddington, an Englishman, accompanied by fourteen persons, made on the 7th and Bth ult.. a new ascent of Mont Blanc. The travellers quitted Chamouny on the 7th, at a quar ter past six, in the morning, and attained the summit of the mountain at a quarter past ten the following morning. At nine o'clock in the evening they returned to Chamouny. The intre pid travellers met with no accident on the journey, but - one. of the guides had his foot frozen, and two others their noses. THE BEERSELLERS AND THE WATCH COMMITTEE.—The Retail Beersellers residing within the Parliamentary I,eundaries of this borough have addressed a memorial to the Chairman and gentlemen of the Watch Committee, complaining of the " op pressions" to which they have for some time past been subjected. They deny that they have ever encouraged any such immorality as should bring down upon them those t e rribl e v i s it a ti ons o f t h e law of which they hav e been the victims. The memorial states, that by the 5 and 6 Wm. 4, chap. 85, passed 15th August, 1834, Magistrates were empowered to fix the hours during which Beersellers might open their houses, with an extension of the privilege to eleven o'clock at night, for which indulgence the charge for licences was increased from two guineas to three. The memorialists complain, that while they have been compelled to pay the extra guinea, they have never yet been allowed the advantage conferred by the act. • The hours, they say, have, in fact, been curtailed in Liverpool two hours, and in the surround ing districts four hours per day. Much stress is also laid upon the circumstance of such severe restrictions being laid upon the sale of beer, while more intoxicating liquors, as rum, gin, whisky, &c. may flow in profusion then and for hours after. A princi pal portion of the annoyance to which they are subjected is at tributed to the circumstance of half the fine going to the infor mer, which custom they pray may be discontinued, the Magis trates having power to order the payment of the whole penalty to the Treasurer of the County, for the benefit of the rate: The memorial concludes by expressing a wish, that the officers of police be directed to discriminate between a wilful and accidental offence before they lay an information, and that the said officers should when a case is brought forward, let it rest upon its own merits, without displaying an anxiety fur conviction. THE BALTIC TEA DE.—Theßussian government has publish • ed a ukase, by which foreign ships proceeding from one part of the Russian provinces on the Baltic to another part of the same ; province to complete or take .11 their cargoes, shall be free from the double navigation duty imposed for the benefit of the 1 rea sury and the Custom-house officers, and shall pay duty only in the first port which they enter, iike ships with a cargo. Report speaks confidently of the resignation of Sir C. Greville, ireekqU in consequence of imp a i re d requisition from the conservati ves the hea I r t e h p ; r representative t i a t t i i s v e added for Warw ick, theta Vaw will be handed to Mr. Canning„ (son of the late Right Hon- George Canning,) requesting him to offer himself for the bor ough in case of a vacancy. At the Wesleyan Methodis t Conference, held last week, the Rev. Jabez Bunting, D.D., was elected presid en t o f t h e Confer ence for the ensuing year by a very large majority of votes — the numbers bein,e for Dr. Bunting, 209 ; f or ot h er candidates, 24. The Rev. Robert Newton re-appointed secretary. LEEDS AND SELBY RAILWAY.—The annual meeting of the shareholders in this undertaking was held at the Railway-office, on Friday, the 29th ult. The report of the directors stated that they had not yet been able to surmount all the difficulties inci dent to the commencement of the undertaking, and that the ex penses of working the line had been considerable, chiefly owing to a deficiency in the number of engines employed, and the diffi culty of obtaining new ones owing to the great demand. The remedy for this, however, was stated to be in progress. The maintenance of the way also has been very expensive by the subsiding of the embankments, extending to one-quarter of the whole line. In the meantime the traffic in every department is steadily on the increase, and the prospects or trade are geed. The divid en d f or t h e year was d ec l are d a t £1 10s. per share. The four direCtors retiring by rotation were, John Wilson, Esq., James Adus, Esq., Robert Harrison, Esq., and Benja min Gott, Esq., and a letter of resignation of his office from Edward Baines, Esq., M.P., on the ground of his inability to attend, owing to absence, was read to the meeting. The va cancies were supplied by the re-election of Mr. Gott and Mr. Audus, and by the election of Win. Catliff, Esq. and D. W. Nell, of Leeds, and Matthias Whitehead, Esq., of Bradford.— Leeds latOligeneer. THE BEER TRADE.—The number of licensed brewers in England is 2009, who consume 16,412,410 bushels of malt; of victuallers 54,551, of 56,962 brew their own beer, and consume 9,521,797 bushels of malt. There are 36,536 persons licensed to sell beer to be drunk on the premises, of whom 14,84 t) brewof own beer, and consume 3,/0.2,417 bushels of malt; an d pre -987 who brew their own beer consume 218.616 us the 4,118 licensed sellers of beer not to be drunk ott . rinses, as w h e to n h il i e s- was time, 880 bushels of malt.—ln Scotland 242 brewers consume 988, . 33n who brew malt; and out cif 17,0'26 victuallers there are In Ireland there ' their own beer, and consume 140,380 bushels: 4822,587 ° h e els of are 245 brewers, whose consumption of malt is bushels.—Parliamentary paper. NTITy.--A respectable ExTRAORDINARY MISTAKE AS To lNDyEery mortifying situation tradesman of Bath has been p Pe s is seen by a lady and her ueice, Browingstolacedoinnaal identity . He went to had him apprehended who after following him for te so o i n a charge of having sold their, l and taken before a magistrate to o on m istakeS it y , som e worthless shawls fora considerable sum of money. He was kept in custody, 1.4' and at last liberated hi s great inconvenience, for nearly 18 hours,only on a bail Of a thousand pounds. 3 The individual 1 • in a very different line of business from t h e person e whom he is mistaken , and is prepared with indispu tablevidence to prov e that he was not in Bristol On the day . e hen the alleged fraud was perpetrated.—Morning Herald. MURDER AT BLAcKBURN.—An inquest was held on 'Thurs day, at the Eagle and Child Inn, in Blackburn, on the body of Edward Murray, who had been stabbed by a • • t priva e in the 48th regiment, named James Elliot. It appears that the soldier, while in a state of intoxication, accused the deceased of being a deserter, and that he should accompany him to the barracks. At this strange demand the deceased became alarmed, and ran away, but he was instantly pursued by the soldier, and stabbed by his bayonet. He lingered from Sunday until the following Wednesday. A verdict of wilful murder was returned against Elliot. Who was thereupon committed to Lancaster Castle to take his trial at tha Assizes, which ceinmenced'on Saturday. We have seen a specimen of the die intended to he used for all newspapers under the new act. The Stamp-office will be at the expense of the die, which will have a cavity at one side to admit the insertion of the name of each journal requiring stamps. The moveable tablet bearing the name of the journal will be of a specified size.—Sunday paper. 4 Al „ -