The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-31 00:00:00

GOOD HOP ll who I ',ow cause, Mr. t, accompanied by sere here her Majesty's flag anted to them the reonsibility act they were pursuin sp g. In the was of the most pacific charac -;tion that suppos . eir rebellion, and r breach of which bad been enter hem with a )1 . a con- a prevent fford for d of the c aid a dividend IGN INTELLIGENCI NITED STA t armis 1 took sal a r said to FRANC ) THE Ot s peech of Dr Conservatiye:. ehronicle, the se travels f history by the side of t ok. Originally from Chi :s - to the East Inc Is of ti Lie one LI )n, M.A., for ditto . ditto . ditto . ditto ditto . ditto Dean Canon ditto. Non-resident ditto. ditto. ditto. ditto. and indispensable article of be considerably extended ere „ from the approachnirz completion of the works of the --w company. A shaft has been sunk to the depth of 165 feet. and in the course of sinking it, a rock of pure salt, of considerable depth, has been arrived at ; and the workmen are now engaged in boring through the rock for the brine, upon the plan of the Artesian Weils, with the expectation that it will very shortly be met with. icu N AL SCIIOOI GREI f the Upper Nav wiu., have been expelled for their i Thursday week, when they did cc windows, &c. On Sunday last th which was, however, easily repressed. The damage done on the two occasions is estimated at £lOO. 100 boys are to be added to the present number in the upper school in lieu of the girls' school, which was done away with some time since. RADteAL FALsEHoou.—We inserted, in our last, the - - red at the Buckinghanishire lum Schools, Green bordinate conduct oi ige to th outbreak 3siderab I,a fe The Mot hief organ of the Leaguers, wincing uncle : administered by the Dr. to Anti-Corn-lav _otices his address. " Dr. Marsham's name,' not, perhaps, well known to the public. Bdt i Dr. Marsham is one of the greatest pluralist h. We fors 1, who had I olborn. H han fifteen occupation d to an en the Wash- al from al ilready to that the country es ; and, though maintained by procet t.d on the 12th fore the Exchequer system came . It came up in the shape of a mo the Chairman of , the Committee of ___:.....:•.. "I tbs. ed. On the 1 duct. Several divisions EeactunerlL iu. nquiryinto the mutiny on board the United ws.. , still sitting. All the officers of the nined on the subject, the court was ition of the seamen. The enquiry Porter to the legislature of puu....ed. It clearly sets forth the A important state, which Is described f Goverpf A most populous states meet al e demands against ,e prom sylvarna is nearly tin sterling. nlnetuallN 1 ritillio: this deb urred In Columbia, Georgia a ) M'Dougal had quarrelled .te_ intended for a challenge to a large, but 3f exchange hts had risen ,eu at. • th e re not having beer. a sufficient num ) the produce for the European market. a Canada report an improvement in the s Bagot, and his ultimate recovery was Ie go vernment having left the choice of ,vincial government , the latter bad o fixed P a pineau was ezpecte to return t —d and important. General _nt of San Luis, had, by a military en in preparation some time, declared ress, and announced the convocation Ana, to from a constitution for the the same declaration Mexico -- w . 7 a - , 7., movements General Tornel, the ately made the event dy, ,s si.ated, at once took a they would not listen to threats would continue to sit un- The news or tht The movements ation in the capital. as expected, declare with the Unite Statesriate Potomac q uence g of a report which declared by the United —rerev. a town in Cali- .fter having Governme i.L• ~,t a eainst the Mexican land cu tl~m;t lead to impor a of frequent occurrence hy the ravages e been tbiun 11 speech from M. de Broglie, the address s carried, on Wednesday, by 117 to 33. address of the Depnties was read in tbea ies ph on Tuesday. It includes a paragr and stify the slave-trade treaty of 1841, ation of the treaties of 1831 and 1833 ; a ge as possibler atived the prcposition of t to neg d in as delicate tang f Peers having n( i to the Govern ate for the orts of the intdie,ondri s ; lisihi:las; ,ould be to anticipatiot that M. Guiz ; of the Lau,.— ,t is confident o f a majority to considered sufficie,,nfttohtel sable him to carry on the business o. it is not improbable that many deputies .ive of M. Guizot's policy, but who dislike M• *hat they would oppose anything that c o te uld himhimto office, will v anyy chance tendency to restore 4e of preventing nt in this t o wn, in • - ..._ 4.T.-Til 4r. Luc travelled upward We should suppose, unpr Rue writ —Derby Me to local k re of the , n, IS A LAYM Hal, nor recell Woolwich, 1 fe a murderous conspiracy existed ould have terminated, those marked down as ie is kept up 7 cony n transported for 14 years ,ter to the sur- lOutbreak nn the morning o put to death all the sol --I, of the crew as offered Brazilian coast xatnin of the chum,— how many ecclesiastical sinecure ,s very be enjoys; but the sum which he pockets from the revenue v, marked with dark of the Church amounts to d somewhat about £5 e g,OOO at a year. somewhat ha madre preter. lv to this, the L pledge of Buckinghamshire and of t the reader will, therefore, be hette hen we state, that Dr. Mar nd, of course, is neithe er of one penny of ec is set afloat, however, and no doubt tl Liberal papers will abound with philippics against th "clerical" assailant of the League, and the clergy generally Thus the 6 GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY —The adjodrn, •oprietors of this compar on Thursday, pursuant to liournment for the purpose of balloting the votes for and against the resolution that the leas .ine be confirmed, Mr. Sturge having, .st meeting, moved that it should not be so. Th ~ors also proposed, in case Mr. Sturge's motion shoul arried, to move, as an amendment, that the line be pur ' and upon that motion also the votes of the proprietor Only t No scrutineers werelappointe mpany, and Major Wayth, for MI uroprietorb was then proceede .he two scrutineers entere eleven . o'cloc the propriett of the Cheltenham 1 wonid have to be taker —Mr. Bath for the The voting of tt with. S hort ly after three O'M , • ___ have voted on, 352, making a majority representing 14,894 shares.' The announcement •of the numbers was received with loud cheers. A resolution, giving powers to the directors, if they should think fit, to exercise the option of either leasing or purchasing the line of the Cheltenham Railway, thereby amalgamating the two lines, was agreed to, after a few ob -qtions from Mr. Vonsley. On a resolution being put to :he directors to carry the two previous resolutions into effect, by creating a sufficient number of shares to raise eQOO,OOO required, and to pay interest while the works Mr. Stnrge said that the . directors bad not • enable what they propose :tion adopting the 1, Cap I a war x-couPleof apons ot of the ports -- t u he loss of life n pn.v, --- ,eader was a youn g man ;cary's as- 3 an ar the discovery, 3e was, to save LBRI UNIVER Cambrii Rev. William Bedford, Fellow of New College. Rev. William Judd Upton, Fellow of New Col Rev. Robert Edward Hughes, New Inn Hall. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Jonathan Dawson, Exeter College, grand compounder. George Henry Greville Anson, Exeter College. Henry Worsley, Exeter College. Edw. Sampson Eardly Cousins Eardley, St. Edmund Hall The Rev. W alter Kerr, MA., Fellow of Merton College. Prebendary of Wells, and Canon of Salisbury, has bee► appointed Precentor of Salisbury Cathedral. On the 13th inst., the Rev. Augustus A. Bags re Perpetual ! resignation us Christi College, was paup.....— f Wormhill, Derbyshire, vacant by the .... Wm. Baghawe, M.A.; patrons, Trustee. The Bishop of Lichfield has returned to Eceleshall Cas, a very improved state of health, and with every prospec sy Merm M.A., of the Lord Bishqp of Ely to the Rectory o county, vacant by the death of the Rev Ditton, in Rector of A , Rectory of God- Dorset ; patrons, R. B. Sheridan and J. Good- A' Nether Cerne, and of Emmanuel Cc ae Modern Department at city Coll i Darlaston Rev. Chas.Simeor J. Haggitt gh, Esqrs. tomes Allen of the Free tir Cambridge to the Curacy or Perpetual Cu James-Ind vacant by the c 1 of the lit St. Ohr Rev. John Chapman, to wait. Rev. Richard Evans, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. John, TAantrissant, Glamorganshire, vacant by the death of the W. Rh Robert Gordon v. Benjamin H-allK ).D.. of S John's C Cambridge, Head M ,13d of Gtta Major, ii f Lichfield, vacant From the Cam The Lord Bis tituted the Rev 3 the rectory of vacant by the resig n the presentation I Cam a the Oath rd Vyse, itonshire, 1 chard Carl, R. W. H. Howard Vyse, The Lord Bisl Wm. Henry Nev in Northampton of Peterboroug It, M.A., to the J. Kerrioh of Winche The Rev Oxford. ,art, D.D rectory of I of the RI of Dorset. The Rev. Thom Lord Bishop of Pe gh to the Andrew's, The Re Cheshire, Ripon, has tuted the R ctory of Paulers the Rev. titian of the Warden and Scholl a instituted to the .►ire, vacant by the death presentation of the Duke 8.A., has been licens I by the erpetual curacy of St ,ed to the rectory of Cro M.A f St. John's udent of 1, York- nerly of Queen's been presented to perpetual Bishop of town of NOT Charles Dodg! shire; patron, the Crown . Oxford, cora s Strin death of Rev. William Blundell. - The Rev. William Ward, of Horncastle, to the curacy of Asgarby, Lincolnshire ; patron, the Lincoln. The Rev. Mr. M`Kan, to be chaplain of the Bridewell, at Marlborough, Wilts. The Rev. Walter J. Clarke, M.A., late minister of Rode Chapel, Cheshire, to the vicarage of Swiuderby, Lincolnshire. The Rev. Robert Shirley Bunbury, to the perpetual curacy of Ecclestone, Lancashire. The Rev. Sharp Mossop, to the perpetual curacy of St Bridget's Berkermet, Cumberland. The Rev. Edward Neville Valcnt petual curacy of Wingate Grange, The Rev. John Pickwood, to b Boydell, to the per- The Rev. James ain to the Bishop of c chaplain to the Earl of -,ion for the vacant Professorship of Divinity is the general topic of conversation amongst the graver members of the University. It has happened now and then that it was Trinity against the University, as in the contest for the High Stewardship between the present Lord High Chancellor of England and Lord Lyttelton ; but it is now Trinity against Trinity, and not two but three members of that College in the contest. Dr. Mill stands very high as a Theologian, and his labours in the East, in conjunction with Middleton and Heber, are well known and universally spoken of. With respect to Drs. 011ivant and C. Words worth, their respective friends are enumerating their acade mical honours. By a reference to the calendar it appears that the honours taken by both stand as follow : of Hitchen, to be The still undecided e Honours. Chancellor's Medal Dr. 011ivant 1 Members' Prize Sir W. Browne's Bri! Porson l s Prize „ .... Chancellor's English Prize Craven Scholarship Tyrwhitt .. Dr. Wordsworth 1 Total 4 •r The death of Dr. Le Blanc, Master of Trinity Hull, has caused very deep regret, not alone in his own college, but throughout the University. The appointment to the vacant office is in the hands of the Fellows of the College. The following dignitaries of the Established Church died in 1842 : Y0rk........ London .. Bath & Wells L. Hird.. Canon. R. Watts.. . ditto . J. Williams ditto . T. S. Escott . . ditto S. Blackall ditto F. Wrangham... Dr. Shuttleworth Bishop H. Atkins Canor C. Chichester .. E. Rodd.. R. Wetherell .. . S. Clayton. . F. Blick T. Blomfield J. Pretyman Norwich...... Dr. Fisher Peterborough.. Dr. Strong Salisbury ..... .W. Kerrich G. Montgomery H. Majendie.. St. Asaph.. ... R. Wingfield.. St. David's.... E. Griffith..., Woreester.. J. Meakin.... Dr. Singleton Westminster.. Dr. Ireland.. Dr. Canston Chester.. Chiebeste Non-resident Exeter, Hereford Lichfield. Lincoln ditto ditto ditto ditto ditto ditto Canon The produce of the valuable a.. t. at Droitwich, is likely to be cor Non-resident 1., of Stol The Chairman said that the resolutions circulated among the proprietors it to be printed, ilUd 1 ~(i'l'Ki the prig ate Mr. D coded to 'hold =mond, but lace at the g in the v on the part of the government s, Deputy Coroner, as also present to assis The jury having been sworn in the usual form, retired to the residence of the late unfortunate gentleman to take a view of the body. On their return, The Coroner asked if any part accused) appeared on behalf of the Maule said be appeared on behalf of the Crown —Not on behalf of the accused? The Coroner The co!. —Certainly no limited on Drummond banal will judge of moti Then, I think .the inquiry will be a very y to investigate into the cause of Mr. Another and a more competent tri- Intl the circumstances under He (the coroner) had applied )vernor of Tc A to produce the prisoner aol had exercised a proper discretior the coroner) should, therefore, though he was aware that Mr. proceed with t SVakley bad ref sed'to do so unless the accused was present at the inquiry. Policeman James Silver, A 63, was the first witness examined.—His testimony was exactly the same in all respects as that given at Bow-street, on Saturday last, when the pri soner was exarined before Mr. Hall. The witness, however, added that he had since examined the ball which was ex tr.rtpil from Mr. Drummond's body, and it exa of Mr nd was be Al examined by the coroner the Cor ,yards from tt The prisoner could not have 'been for at the time he fired the first pistol. t the prisoner in custody was the man The deceased party was Mr. Edward who fired the pistol name as Daniet M.Naughten ; he said that he was a - turner I,,,Lypa in Ponlar-roW, Newington. The yistols wer took them from the prisoner the time the first pistol was fired. A Juror.—Where was the powder-flask now produce found ? Witness.—ln a 1 se tabl cl at 11 -drawer of thi prisoner'slodg aring-cross at the time the prisoner ,d, and then proceeded to detail the cnce previousi 1,1 in any r Mr. Charles Guth s no person near him except tt Jun. w first called in to see the d+ xt Failed and examined ased about eight o'cloc evening. I remained in attendance upon him every evening until late on Tuesday night. When I saw Mr. Drummond he had a wound in the part of the abdomen which had been made to extract the bullet ; he had also annthpr wound in the back - - -^;ne. It was a small round wound 'ear th, —Did the deceased ever speak to you on the The Coroner .31r, we did not wish him to speak. mule the post mortem examination to-day in the presence of 1 gentlemen. The witness then read a written , th was of a technical character. It that a serious injury had been inflicted on the abdomen, and no doubt could exist but that the death of Mr. Drummond was caused by a pistol shot. This writ ten evidence was signed by Dr. Chambers, Dr. Hume, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Branshy Cooper, and Mr. Jackson. The wit ness said the size of the wound was exceedingly small when . . • cmniier than the size of the atement, stated, in substanc It was the Lde larger for the purpose of extracting the ,nanimous opinion of , all the medical men that the pistol wound was tne cause of The Coroner Said he thought the evidence was so exceed ingly clear that it would not be necessary to call further evi , _ the. niutnl was nroved, and the identity of the prisoner had also been proved. He ► not object however, to further evidence if any of the jury desired it. William Parrott, footman to Mr. Drummond, proved the cbristian and surnames of the deceased. The Coroner.—You will now, gentlemen, consider your verdict. The jury, without leaving the room, immediately returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Daniel M'Naughten. The Coroner inquired who prosecuted ? Mr. Maule.—l attend here to-day. Sir, by directions of her Majesty's government to watch the proceedings, but not to take any part in them. I have, however , received instruc tions to prosecute the prisoner on behalf of the Crown. The Coroner.—Then you will undertake to prosecute' —Certainly, Sir ut there is no objection to ur bind the wit ar at the trial s of £4( a a chdrge of who have given evidence to were then bound over in recogni- Duchy at the next Old Bailey Ses- to give evidenc sions /die prisoner wilful murder. The inquiry then terminated. Mr. Gurney, the short-hand writer, was in attendance to take notes. Several of the relatives of the deceased were also present. The inquiry excited the greatest interest. INAL EXAMINATION OF THE ASSASSIN. In consequence of the melancholy death of Mr. Drum mond, it was decided that the prisoner, who was originally remanded till Monday, the 6th of February, should be finally examined ow Saturday, in order that he might be at once committed to Newgate to take his trial at the Central Cri minal Court sessions which commenced yesterday (Monday.) The prisoner was brought from 'Tothill•fields, between eleven and twelve o'clok, in a.liackney-coach, in the custody of the chief turnkey of the prison, and was locked up in one of the cells attached to the court till the hour appointed for his examination arrived. Mr. Hall took his seat at half-past twelve. Mr. Maule appeared for the prosecution, but no legal adviser appeared for the prisoner. Mr. Cooper, the surgeon, was examined at length, but the substance of his evidence will be found in the depositions at the inquest given above. The prisoner was dressed in the same manner as at the former examination, and looked very well; his incarceration did not appear to have had the slightest effect upon his health. Throughout the whole of his examination, he seemed to pay extreme attention to what was going forward. After proof had been offered, which was legally required, Inspector Tierney stated that he had had several interviews with the prisoner in his cell, and at one of them he gave the prisoner a caution not to say anything to criminate himself, and he said I had acted towards him very fairly. I first asked him where he came from, and he said from Glasgow, but had been from there about three months, and had remained at Liverpool seven days, ori his road to London, where he bad since remained. He said lie had been in business at Glasgow, on his own account, as a turner; that he gave up that business, and was going into another line, but was pre . I said, " You have a good share of money ;" to WIIICLI he replied that he had, but that lie had wrought hard for it ; that he used to do the work of three ordinary men daily. I then told him I had been in Glasgow three or four months previous, and had brought back with me d . prisoner of the name of Ellis, and asked him if he knew Mr. Richard son, of the Gorbals police. He said he knew him, though not intimately, but he was considered a more clever man than Miller (meaning another officer). I said I did not re collect the name of the vessel I went over in, but thought it was the British queen. He said "No ; it must have been the Princess Royal." I then recollected that that was the name of the vessel, and told him so. I then asked whether that was the same vessel he came over in, but he said it was not; he'came in the Fire King. I next asked him whether he had ever been at Paisley ? He said he had. I remarked it was a great place for shawls; and he replied they were nearly all weavers there; but a great many of them were out of employ. I asked him whether he would take any food, and he expressed a wish to have some tea or coffee, and some coffee and bread and butter was supplied to him. In the of the conversation I asked him whether Drummond •• vented 1 of Perth ; but the title had died awa Nothing further passed that evening. Mr. Maule.—When did you see him again? Witness.—About 9 o'clock on the following morning. I then asked him whether he had taken his breakfast, and he said he had. He also asked what o'clock it was, and I told him. He then asked if I would allow him to have some water to wash with, to which I consented, and sent the con stable who had remained with him all night to get it. When the constable had left, I said to the prisoner, " I suppose you will assign some reason to the magistrates this morning for the act you have committed ?" He said he would—a short one. I then told him he might ha v e said anything he pleased to me on the night previous after the caution I had given him. Mr. Hall here asked the prisoner whether be beard all the itness wa s head Witness continued.—The prisoner then said the tories bad adopted a system of persecution against him ; they followed him from place to place, and continually persecuted him. I then said, I suppose you are aware who the gentleman is you hot at. He said, " Sir Robert Peel, is it not 1" I said, No" at the moment, but instantly recalled the word, and " We are not aware, exactly who it is yet ;" but reeol motion I gave you last night, for anything you say sed against you. The prisoner, who was sitting down at the time, looked up at me, and said, " But you won't use this or these words against me." I said, " I don't know ; I gave you a proper caution." I said nothing more, but immediately Jeft him. Mr. 11 all then told the prisoner be might make any state ment he wished, but he declined doing so. Mr. Hall then edmmitted him to Newgate to take his triai for wilful murder; and told him that the Sessions would commence on Monday. The prisoner, whose demeanour was extremely calm and collected, bowed respectfully to the court, and was removed lect th from the bar M‘Naughten on Sunday maintained his usual composure through the whole day. As yet he has said nothing about being defended. The witnesses for the prosecution will go before the Grand Jury on Thursday, and the trial is expected to take place on Friday or Saturday next. The Post of yesterday says " scarcely the vestige of a doubt now exists that (and we ourselves have all along dis claimed any doubt,) the murderous bullet which closed the good, valued, and honourable life of Edward Drummond was designed by the miscreant assassin for the person of the Prime Minister ;" and the Herald says that the statement ' of risoner to the Inspector, as given in the preceding evt , has produced a profound and most painful sensation )ughout the metropolis. PNaghten looked much better on Saturday than he 3is first examination. His complexion was more clear, tention appeared to have been paid by him to --- a black coat, black double-breasted trousers. He is of the wide ,g nt, rather slenderly made, and seemingly about 30 of age. His hair, which is of a light brown colour, was oed on one side, in accordance with the prevailing fashion. - • --- which are rather lighter than his hair, are :coat, and pepper His face is of the angular form, and the !s sion of his countenance is not unpleasant, if we except ht squint, which is occasionally discernible in one of his There is notbing like ferocity or even determination Mr. Edward Drummond, the unfortunate 'gentleman who has been hurried into eternity by the bands of the assassin M'Naughten, is believed to have been the same person who was mistaken for Sir Robert Peel, as he passed through this city, to meet her Majesty in Edinburgh, in August last.— NAtf ORTON, THE MURDERER (Pi'om ihe Glasgow Constitutional of Saturday.) It appears, from the statement of Mrs. Pattison, the per ;on with whom he lodged in Clyde-street, Anderston, that its mother. who was a dressmaker in Glasgow, died about enty years ent misunderstandings betwixt them, ughton, as already stated, then entered elf, and, in the course of .a few years paid t a home for mor last, as month of Au,, pears from a letter found in his chest here, his attention seems to have been attracted by an advertisement in a Lon don newspaper, wanting a partner who could advance from £BOO to £lOOO, to be embarked in a " profitable business" connected with the oil trade. Ile made application by letter, stating that he could advance the money, and received an swer, requesting him to go ta London to treat personally in reference to the matter. Immediately after this, be ap pears to have proceeded to London. On leaving Glasgow, his landlady states that he took no shirts nor clothes with him, and that what he left behind were mere rags. Indeed, his wardrobe had.all along been of the most wretched des cription—a circumstance which is to be ascribed to the ex treme parsimony of his manners. She farther states that, abaft a year ago, he became very incoherent in his language, and had an uncommonly wild appearance about the eyes, which impressed her with the conviction that he was more or less • . 1 _ when she challenged him for injuring her furniture, he got into a dreadful rage, seized her by the throat, and manifes ted such symptoms of frenzy as deepened her impression that he was labouring under insanity. He told her on another occasion, after a return from one of his wanderings, that he was so beset with devils from Glasgow that he could not get a situation. The devils, he said, were "just men from Glasgow," and, while making the complaint, he ap peared to he under great terror and alarm. In the latter end of July, or beginning of August his landlady found a pair of istols, about nine inches in length, upon a shelf attached to -• , 11 of his bed-cloSet. She exclaimed, "In the name of you going to do with the pistols ?" when he replied that he was going to shoot birds with them. _ •—_, be might intend to shoot herself, di;a:Diiniel,_ what' a tier fe ...err him to take them away, or soiWone' etas; and sne which he afterwards did and she had never seen them since. Soon after he disappeared himself. Since the month of D aalnl e ca ce i lay7gx;:luiii:ylalr,,,,,ltiueutrfnr7eacidiunerrintl(a)yrn te b a e t d the night,• lv,e. went t y o with at, his clothes on, reaclihg books h i a ll ar sc o ie r n a c a e , a s n a d yin t z hc he li i k ia e, d walked ten miles. He then undressed and went to bed. The landlady bad no doubts latterly of his being insane, and sotnetimektold him he was " wrong in the mind." to which his usual reply was, " you know nothing about it." Among the books which were left by M'Naughton in his lodgings are a number of French works, including a Gram mar and Dictionary, which bear marks of having been a good deal used : a number of volumes of plays; pamphlets relating of travels, &c His connection by his being possessed. of a ;be stage is evidenced .ndals of red leather, t ; volumes lichbear , ,The stamp of a boo It has Aker in London that the pistols were made by Mr., ...maker in Paisley, and sold by him to M`Naugh he end of July last, along with a number of bill tots not being entirely matched, M'Naughton several times called upon that point at Mr. Martin's shop, and on none of these occasions was there anything in his ap pearance or manner, o indicate insanity. Among the papers found is a scrap, apparently part of a journal or diary, in which he describes his room, and every article within it, with the greatest possible minuteness. At the close of his description, he adds—" I forgot to say that there are two umbrellas, with handles, hanging one on each side of the eight-day clock." In the months of May, June, and July last, he attended the anatomical lectures of Dr. James Douglas, lecturer in the Portland street Medical School, and the ticket he then used has been found among his papers. It appears that he did not join the class till" a fortnight after the regular time of opening the course, and was, consequently, so far behind the other students; but, in order to make up for this. he was in the habit of spending an hour every day in the dissecting-i room, studying anatomical works, and especially those por tions of them which related to that section of the science which had been expounded before he joined the class. Dur ing the session the class met five days a week, and the students were examined every Saturday. These M`Naughton did not attend, because he was unacquainted with the Latin, and could not pronounce properly the Latin names ; but in no respect was it observed that there was anything peculiar about him, talking perfectly rationally on the subject of his study, and attending the lectures with much regularity and apparent interest. Nothing of this looks as if he should not be made answera ble for his crime, but as his plea of insanity will be tho roughly sifted, we refrain from any reflections on the subject. We understand that a person of the name of Daniel M'Naughton was confined in the Lunatic Asylum here some years ago. If this be the assassin, as we have heard he is, who committed the late murder, the authorities must surely be aware of the fact. ton abo lets. The pis EXTENSIVE FIRE IN MANCHESTER.-SIX WAREHOUSES DESTROYED. MANCHESTER MONDAY NIGHT On Saturday night the inhabitants of Market-street, Brown-street, and their immediate neighbourhood were thrown into an alarm in consequence of a fire which broke out in the extensive pile of buildings situate in Norfolk street, close to the Postoffice. About half-past nine o'clock a fire was discovered to have broken out in these warehouses, which has proved to be one of the most destructive conflagra tions we have had to record for sometime. The building was erected in 1836, a portion of which is in Brown-street, Essex street, and Norfolk-street. It is in the form of the letter L, was six stories high, and occupied as warehouses by Meesrs. Clayton and Gladstone, commission agents ; Messrs. Ackard and Co., general merchants; John Hayhurst, merchant; Andrew Hall, manufacturer and spinner ; . and Lowe and Law, yarn deale are extensively engaged in their respective businesses, and the stock in hand was very considerable. The warehouses, at the time of the conflagration, were crowded to the ceiling with calicoes, yarns, counterpanea, damasks, &c. The fire originated on' the second floor, in Messrs. Clayton and Gladstone's warehouse. By eleven o'clock the flames had so far progressed as to leave little hopes of preserving the building, which,'at one o'clock, was one mass of lurid blaze. The flames having reached the upper part of the building, where the goods were of a more inflammatory nature, raged with great fury, and about half-past eleven the whole roof was on tire, and shortly fell in with a must tremendous crash, carrying with it two of of which was saved, the upper floors. t h oug h not without considerabl e i n j ury The cellars were densely filled with calicoes, a great p or ti on and some of the men engaged were seriously injured, many o them much burned. All hopes of saving the building bein: now at an end, the attention of the firemen was directed to the preservation of another building, which completed the square, two sides of which were formed by the building on fire. The building saved was occupied on the ground floor by Mr. John Hompson and J. Sewill, Esq., as a discount bank, in which there was much valuable treasure. The damage cannot be estimated at less than £50,000, including the building. The whole of the losses, we understand, will be covered by insurances. We are happy to state that no lives have been sacrifised although much danger was appre hended from the falling in of the walls. FIRE AT LORD HILLSBOROUGH'S RESIDENCE (From the Observer.) On Saturday, at a quarter before six o'clock in the morn ing, a fire broke out in Lord Hillsborough's mansion, 45, Upper Grosvenor-street, on the south side, and four doors from the south-west corner of Grosvenor-square, the man sion at present occupied by Sir G. Larpent, Bart., who, with his family, had started but half an hour before for Bristol, to visit a sick daughter. The fire was first discovered by police constable C 62, who immediately sprung his rattle, and commenced giving an alarm ; but before he could successfully do so a thick body of flames burst through the second floor windows ; and so t rapidly did th e fi re extend over the splendid building, that exertions of those persons who first assembled to reseue any portion of the costly furniture, &c., were altogether un availing. Several engines were soon on the spot, but, owing to a want of water, some time elapsed before they could be put into operation. By this time the flames were spreading through the lower part of the premises, and the glare of the conflagration might haue been seen for several miles distant. lv after obtained, water was s and the effect of the engines began to be visible in arresting the progress of the flames to the adjoining houses. Shortly before seven o'clock the root fell in, carrying the back floors with it, with a tremendous crash ; but the second and draw ing -room floors in front still remained. About eight o'clock a second crash was heard, and instanta neous ly th e front floor ings also gav e way, carrying with them two men (Brigade men M'Lean and Goddard, who had carried up the brunches of two engines into the drawing-room) into the hall under neath. Active measures were immediately taken to clear the entrance to the hall, which being effected, Goddard was the first that was got out, and, on his being removed, M'Lean was discovered lying cloSe to the same spot. The former on examination. was found to be comparitively but slightly injured, while the latter was burned all over, and appaared in a very exhausted' state. M'Lean was immediately con veyed to St. George's Hospital, where every attention 'was paid him by Mr. Pollock, the house-surgeon. He is dread fully burned about the lower extremities; and his face and left hand are completely blackened by the force of the fire, every particje of skin having been burnt from it up to the wrist. Goddard was also conveyed in a cab to his apart ments at the engine station in George-yard. Crown-street, where every attention was immediately naid to him Sir G Larpent had only occupied *the mansion (which comprised 26 rooms, besid es c apacious offices) five weeks, i having taken t for six months, during the stay of the noble owner and family at Bexley-hall, Atherstone, Warwickshire. On Friday Sir G. Larpent received an express, via Bristol, from Ireland, with information that his daughter, who is re siding there, had, subsequently to her accouchement, been seized with an alarming attack of scarlet fever, and he im mediately gave orders for the departure of himself, Lady Larpent, and family, for -Bristol, rid the Great Western Railway, by the six o'clock train on Saturday morning. The household, were in consequence up nearly the whole of the night engaged in making preparations , and abont a quarter past 5 o'clock Sir George and Lady Larpent, having par taken of coffee, Sec., left the house in their carriage for the Paddington terminus, whence they departed by the train, unconscious that their residence was at that moment en veloped in flames. How the fire originated cannot at present be ascertained. About 3 o'clock in the afternoon the firemen succeeded in extricating from the smouldering mass a massive iron -chest, supposed to contain Sir' G. Larpent's plate , &c... • which was removed for security to the residence of the Marquis of Downshire, in Hanover.square. . . . The Earl of Hi1181;s;ouglis mansion is insured in the Westminster Fire-office for nearly £5,000. The late Coun tess of Carysfort's mansion is, with the furniture, insured to the extent of £7,000 in th e County-fire office. t has been just taken by the Lord Chancellor (Lord Cottenham), whose servants took possession only on the previous evening. It is, however, but slightly damaged by the fire, although the effects of the water will prevent its being occupied by his Lordship's family for some days- Mr, Lyon's mansion (No. 44) is insured in the Alliance Fire-office, but the damage done to it is principally confined to the roof and the effects of the water. . . . On mquiry at a late hou r on Saturday night at St. George's Hospital as to the state of the poor fireman, M'Lean, we learned that he was in a very precarious state, and fears were entertained that the excitement occasioned to his system by the nature of the fear!ul injuries he has received may pro duce inflammation, the consequence of which will most pro bably be fatal. He was, however, perfectly sepsible, and had been several times visited by Foggo and others of his officers. There is a rnan in St. Andrews who is so great a liar that he even lies when he's asleep. A down.easter has invented a patent coat w hic h he can al ternately turn into a hat, ve s t, or pantaloons, as occasion re quires—at least it is said so. 51'ON lit tODY OF TII )RUMMOND i AL, 'WILLIAMSON. gWiAllf • Mr. tt4lNgll and Mr. STUART, Second Night of THE. TEMPEST. Last Week of the COMIC PANTOMIME. • TUESDAY EVENING, the 31st instant, I Steaks re's Play of ,MPESI With New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses. To conclude with the Comic Pantomime of BARON MUNCHAUSEN. rbt Kiinrpool &tanbarb. TUESDAI MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1543 It is really a rich sight to witness the utter con fusion which reigns just now in the camp of the free trade opposition. On the one hand, we have Mr. Richard Cobden and his congregated noodles, " tear- ing passion to tatters," and shouting " repeal" at the top of their lungs. Then we have a repealer of ano ther sort, sitting sore and sulky in his den in Dublin— watching, with fishy eyes, the gold as it drops into the begging-box of the League, whilst he hands round his own empty wallet, and whines his " d6te obolum," in - the ears of the shirtless and shoeless, who compose his Next comes the Palmerstonian sec tion, represented by the Morning Chronicle, building their hopes upon foreign embroilments, and clinging to their fixed-duty proposition and their sugar budget. Then the enlightened aristocratic whip party, pro claiming, through the columns of the Globe, that their Added to morning levees free trade consists in reciprocity treaties these—mingled with them—we have the complete suffrage men; and last, the Chartists, led on by that profound aristocratic leveller, Mr. Thomas Duncombe. A pretty lot, truly ! An agreeable confraternity ! A crew about as well calculated to man a first-rater in a gale of wind, and bring her to a safe anchorage, as any similar number of land-lubbers and sea-lubbers, land-sharks and sea-;sharks, half pirates and whole horse-marines, you could pick up in Ratcliffe-highway, Rotherhithe, St. Giles's, or the Mint. And yet our amiable contemporaries talk of the dissensions of Conservatives ! picture the premier worried on one side by the farmer's friends, snapped at on another by the mighty men of the League, and pressed, from behind, by free traders within his own cabinet ! That cabinet, they would persuade us, is a chaos of conflicting opinions. The Conservative pha lanx by whom it is supported in power is a rope of sand ;—worse, a discordant band of hostile elements. Gentlemen, we ask you to wait one week to have proved to you the fallacy and the folly of your asser tions and prognostications ; and in the mean time we should he happy if you would point out to us one dozen members of your party in the House of Com mons who could hang together for as many days, upon any other question, but some such merely fac tious and speculative question as that which may pos sibly be concocted by Lord John Russell as the groundwork for a division on the address to the throne, or a debate, of a week or so in length, about every thing and every body under the sun ! What a government would that be, which could be made up out of such choice materials ! Why its very first attempt to grapple practically with any of those great questions which agitate the community would be a farce as ludicrous as an attempt to stop a 64 H. ball with a china punch-bowl, or cog the wheels of a.lOco motive, steaming it at the rate of thirty miles an hOur, with an eye-glass or a lady's fan ! The ricketty thing would drop to pieces with its own weight, or be blown to pieces by the first opponent who sneezed or coughed in its puny face ! We have succeeded, at some expenditure of pa tience, in wading through the mass of bbackheadism perpetrated on Wednesday last by the members of that distinguished body, the Liverpool Anti-Monopoly Association ; and slightly indeed have We been re warded. A discovery of that venerable patriot and scold—Colonel Williams—that Mr. Cobden is "worthy of a diadem ;" an assertion of Mr. Charles Holland, that the tariff of Sir Robert Peel has effected nothing for the commerce of the country or the promotion of the comforts of the people; and a complaint of a very chivalrous young gentleman—Mr. F. Boult, jun.— that he and his fellow anti-monopolists can " find nobody to fight with ;" are the only novelties we can discover. We must endeavour to quiet the minds of these three most Wentell personages ; and first, turn we to the gallant soldier. We regret much that we can discover little chance of a diadem for his distinguished friend, the great o'Cohden; but the next best thing to that ornamental head-gear is quite within his reach, and, if the worthy colonel 4sincere in his professions, will not be denied to such deserving. Let our venerable acquaintance resign to his use his beloved white ducks, and his pro togee would be from thenceforth irresistible in the House of Commons, or an any platform within these realms. The unsullied purity—the shadow even—of those venerable garments, encasing the lower extre mities of the member for Stockport, as he trod the floor of St. Stephens', would " Strike more terror to the heart of Peel, Than could the substance of ten thousand leaguers." What can we say of the unadulterated folly displayed in the assertion of Mr. Charles Holland ? " The tariff of Sir Robert Peel has done nothing for the commerce of the country or the comforts of the con suming classes." Assume for a moment that it has done nothing for the commerce or the consumers of the country. It has at least done this. It has shewn to his fellow-townsmen what a charlatan was a certain Charles Holland, who, some eighteen months ago, was wont to expatiate, at Whig gatherings in Liver pool, upon the wonderful results which would flow from the adoption, by Whig statesmen, of measures not one-tenth part so comprehensive as the tariff in ques tion! But this tariff has done " nothing for com merce"—nothing for the consuming classes : has it not, most veracious philosopher ? Ob, Charles, Chides— what strange absurdities men commit—what staange assertions they hazard—when their eyes are blinded by partizan spite, and their weak intellects addled by overweening self-conceit ! In mercy, we pass over the sillinesses of Mr. Francis Bonit, jun., and proceed to remark upon the universal genius displayed on the occasion before us, by Mr. Thomas Blackburn. Let it not from henceforth be imagined that, to a great man, there is any incom patibility between a perfect knowledge of the particu lar art which he professes—be it surgery, midwifery, chemistry, astronomy, or the science of thimble-rig or pricking the garter—and the trade or craft exercised by other men, however apparently irreconcileable in character. The worthy doctor is no doubt profoundly skilled in surgery and the materia medico ; has Gregory and Celsus at his finger ends, and the phar macopoeia by heart. He is learned as a pundit upon the subject of editcation. He has just assured the world that he knows all the ins and outs - of the science of commercial and financial legislation; and we have not a doubt, should ever such questions be agitated, that he could discourse learnedly upon the subject of the orthodox mode of patching a pair of unmention ables, cobbling a shoe, tinkering a kettle, or making Scotch brose. Should our worthy mayor ever be pushed for aid in the culinary department of the Town-hall, he may depend upon it the doctor's the man whose aid be' may safely put in requisition. Shbuld it ever be found desirable to drive a tunnel under the Mersey, Blackburn, not Brunel, is the man Nothing is too great, nothing too humble and insignificant, to escape the comprehension of his Mighty mind. to drive it 'Well, then, we have before us the doctor's views upon the subject of free trade. He would have unre stricted, universal freedom of commerce between Great Britain and other nations. He would wait for no re- ciprocity on the part of foreign countries; but at once invite that reciprocity by opening the markets of Great Britain to all countries alike, AT EQUAL DUTIES. It will be said, this is free trade—the true free trade. There is at least nothing one-sided here. Not so fast, good reader ! at least examine the proposition awhile before you decide. The doctor tells you that he will open your markets to all countries alike—allowing no preference to your colonies—on payment of equal duties. But those colonies now favour the importation of British goods by discriminating duties.. Are you willing to throw open the markets, which they afford, to your foreign rivals - ? You must do so, or your boasted free trade is one-sided ! Again the agricul turist is to have no protection. There are to be no duties upon the commodities which he produces ; and PHIS I I will 1 culturist you tanhat ;aX 1U cottons, silks, hat, shoes, boots, stockings; lace, &c.—for there your free trade would be one-, He must 1 perrnittec iOVCS, these necessaries, as Ito go to the cheapest market for prepared for such a free trade ? Again the doctor cries, "No monopoly !" Yet he is a monopolist ; for the who is not a licentiate of the Apothecaries Company and a member of the Royal College of Surgeons has a right to bleed ,nule or set a purge or poison any luckle )ill or a draught, being in these realm You may import your singers, your artists, your actors, your dancers and fiddlers, from the cheapest or the dearest market, at pleasure ; but doctors are prohibited, and, if caught exercising their art in Great Britain, arc declared contraband! There is really, when you come to examine it, vast absurdity and infinite injustice in this perfect (!) theory of universal free trade, as prated about by such smat terers as our learned doctor and his anti-monopoly friends. For only concede what they demand ; sweep away our entire fiscal cbde ; let the right to exchange freely with foreign countries every commodity be recognised ; let us have no customs duties, which are all taxes upon food or articles of necessity or comfort ; let us have nothing in the shape of a duty to restrict our. dealings with the cheap markets of other countries: —how, let us ask the philosophers of the League, is the revenue of Great Britain to be raised ? Are we to have direct taxation—a poll tax—a more stringent income and property tax—increased window taxes—an inhabited house • duty, or what ? Will they oblige us at their grand display to-night with a reply ? Will they tell us how they mean to patch up the dilapidated revenue, which the success of their mad schemes would create ? Is the debt to be sponged out ? Or what is to be done ? 'We submit to these gentlemen—" all honourable men"—all talented men—that these ques tions it is their duty to solve; and we cannot conceive an opportunity more favourable than is offered by the Amphitheatrical conglomeration of all the wisdom of the nation, which is to be exhibited this day. In conclusion, we hasten to correct an error into which we have fallen in the course of these remarks. We have said, in effect, that there was no undertaking so mighty as to be beyond the reach of the eminent► abilities or conceit of Doctor Blackburn. There is one such undertakingone such office It is the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer; the duty of providing for the wants of the State, and the claims qf the national creditor, after the adoption of universal free trade. But perhaps those gentlemen who exhibit such Violent longings for increased commercial intercourse with America, accompanied with no peculiar distaste to her republican institutions, would not have any inordinate dislike to imitate her Mode of settling with her public creditors! There is one department,—and that a most import ant one, of the business of the Dock Committee of Li verpool, which is conducted in a manner to us per fectly inexplicable. We have had reperted occasion to refer to it, and we need scarcely explain that we allude to the Engineering Department of that Committee. With the knowledge which we possess of the duties of the Dock Committee, we must confess that we have viewed with some dislike and surprise a portion of their proceedings on Thursday last, with respect to the exca vation of Albert Dock. By a reference to our Friday's publication it will be seen that " the Snb-committee of Works reported that Messrs. John Orrelll and Co. had relinquished their• contract for excavating Albert Dock, and recommended that an offer to make the excavation from Mr. John Waring be accepted." Where, pray, is such a system as we have described to be recognized in the course of proceeding here revealed ? Messrs. John Orrell and Co. relinquish their contract. Why ? They had discovered, we are informed by the Chair man, " a mistake in their calculations, in consequence of which they stated that they could not afford to do the work." We are told, moreover, by the same gen tleman, that " if they took the work they would sustain a loss of £4OOO or £5000." 'But where, we ask, are their sureties ? What, asks Air. 'robin, becomes of the penalty for the non-fulfilment of their contract ? To both these questions the reply is perfectly conclu sive : no contract has been signed ! Really, really, this is a very loose way of doing things; a very'haphazard way of letting the execution of any important work; for such the excavation in question must be considered, when an oversight to cal culation could make the difference of four to five thou sand pounds in its cost.' LOCAL NEW,. LIVERPOOL BOROUGH SESSIONS.—An intermediate ses sions of the peace will be held on Mondaj , next before the Recorder The calendar will contain about 120 prisoners for trial. EUTELLPEON.—This fine instrument at Mr. Child's, con tinues to attract crowds of visitors, who all express their de light at listening to its powerful music. There are at present six barrels which play a great number of tunes, besides overtures to Massaniello, Semiramide, and Der Fteischutz. BANK OF MANCHESTER.—The adjourned special meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of Manchester is announced to be held on Monday next, when in all probability some de cisive step will be taken with regard to the business of that mismanaged establishment. MARTYRDOM OF KING CHARLES I.—Yesterday being the anniversary of this memorable event, the service ap. pointed for the day was read at the parish church of St. Nicholas, in this town, and the Rev. Thomas I\VGill preached an admirable and suitable sermon on the occasion. WILLMER AND SMITH'S ETTROPEAN TIMES.--Thisis the title of a newspaper expressly adapted for readers on the other side of the Atlantic, and published on the morning of the sailing of the steamer. The second number will appear on Saturday next, prepared for the Acadia, which sails that day ; and We imagine that those who have friends in the western world, could not send them a more acceptable remembrance than,one of these papers. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—APPOINTMENT FOR THE SPRING ASSIZES, 1813.—Judges :—Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Ju s ti ce Coltman, and Mr. Baron Rolfe : York Wednesday Lancaster . . . Wednesday Appleby ... Wednesday, Carlisle . Saturday Newcastle . . Saturday • Liverpool . . . Wednesday Durham.-- Saturday Ist March, Ist March, Bth March, 11th March, 18th March, 22d March, 25th March THE FUNDS, SATURDAY EVENING. -At the Stock Ex change to-day business has not taken an extensive range, though quotations were steadily supported. Consols for money and the account closed at 9-1 i to 1; Bank Stock, 1721 to 1734 ; Exchequer Bills, 635. to 655. prem. ; India Stock, 263 to 2t4; India Bonds, 60s. to 61 s . premium; Three per Cents. Reduced, 97i ; Three-and-a -B a ll' per Cents. Re duced, 102 , New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1011 to -4. ; and Long Annuities, 13. In foreign securities, Spanish Actives were quoted 181 to 19 ; ditto New, 231 to 24 ; Por tuguese Converted, 36 to 1; Mexican, 311 to 21; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 52i to 3; Dut c h Fi ve per Cents., 1034-; Colombian, 2 n to 4; Brazilian 74 to 75 ; and Belgian, 1034 to 103 g. TOWN COUNCIL.—The usual monthly meeting of the council will take place to-morrow, but the proceedings for consideration do not appear to comprise matters of more than ordinary interest. The principal subjects appear to he, the proceedings of the Paid Officers' Committ ee on t h e l egal queStion relating to the office of Serjeant-at-Mace, and " the laying a watch-rate upon the parish of Liverpool, the town ships of Kirkdale and Everton, and those parts of the town ships of West Derby and Toxteth-park which are within the borough," from the infliction of which we confidently hope the council will spare us. We perceive that Mr. Thomas Boothby is recommended as inspector of hackney coaches, Mr. Thomas Ashbrooke as assistant clerk in the Treasurer's office, and Mr. Robert Topping as Mr. Shuttleworth's prin cipal clerk. We believe the new arrangement recommended by the Paid Officers' Committee, for adoption in the Town. clerks office, will come into operation the week after next. TIIE DEAD ALIVE.—UNEXPECTED RESURRECTION.---A man sailed from this port about fourteen months ago as steward of a vessel, bound to Calcutta, having a short time previous to his departure taken to himself a wife, He left with a mercantile firm in the town a sum of £4O, and about two months ago his affectionate spouse called upon them in great affliction for the money, stating diet she had received intelligence of his having died abroad. They declined to comply with her request until they had some evidence of the fact alleged ; but the disconsolate widow took out letters of administration and compelled them to surrender what pro perty they held of her deceased husband. The accounts were accordingly settled; but on Monday, letters were re ceived announcing his arrival in London, and that he should be in Liverpool in a day or two. Whether the meeting be tween the happy pair would be a joyful one to the wife on account of his resuscitation, or the husband on account of the loss of his money, is a point which must be left to time to decide. FIRE.—On Sunday morning, at about half-past one o'clock, a fire was discovered to have broken out in the spirit vaults (a shop) occupied by Mr. Thomas Hignett, Cockspur. street, corner of Westmoreland-street. No one was on the premises at the time, and the flames, from the combustible nature of the interior, speedily assumed a Very menacing ap. pearance. The alarm was given, and in a very short time two engines and four water-carts with a strong body of fire police under Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hewitt, reached the spot, though not until the flames had burst through the windows and doors and spread half across the street. By great exer tions the fire was completely got under in about an hour, the loss being confined chiefly to the ground floor or shop, which was entirely gutted of its woodwork, the stock in the casks, &c. The premises are three stories high from the ground, and the upper two were saved. The effect of the fire on the paunelled woodwork and frames of the doors and windows, &c., in the shop part was remarkable, much of it being left in a charred state, resembling curious and regularly waved carved work, running in a direction with the grain of the wood. A considerable quantity of spirits in casks and kegs —and which greatly added to the fierceness of the blaze-- was consumed, as also the fixtures, only fragments of which in a charred state now remain, The origin of the fire is not yet known, but an op i n i on i s entertained that it a rose from an escapement o f ga s. Tlle premises were we u n d erstand insured, ESQI, Coro. ks old, and dead irt 'ed that the d , OSt 77tort en turned itt alted from disease of t dant with the evk THE MILITIA We have reason to believe that the in- year is to supersede, by he due equipmeS , and 'discipline of ti►at constitutional' force, county constabulary. The staff of each regiment will be tioned at Lancaster Liverpool, .and Preston, and the three 'ort period of .egiments will combine and ['dile for a s iment are determined to do the thing The officers of each re- perma with spirit, and hate rranzementS for music, &c., and other requisites to•militarY parade and grandeur SUICIDE. — On Friday morning last, at half-past nine o'clock Louis Lapbenburg, who lodged at the house of Mr. 'Wilkinson, Union-street, was found lying dead on his bed room floor, in the midst of a pool of blood. Near him was a razor, with which he had cur his throat, or, more properly speaking, nearly severed his head from his body. An inquest was held on the case on Saturday. It appeared that the de ceased went- to bed, on Thui slay n;ght, in. his usual' good health. He had lodged at Mr. Wilkinson's a fortnight, and had been frequently observed to be in a state of apparent despondency. The jury found that the deceased destroyed . himself during a fit of temporary insanity. MARK OF ESTEEM.—About fifty young gentlemen, for merly students in Kingston College, have united in a volun, tary subscription to present to the Rev. J. H. Brown, M.A., of Liverpool, and late vice-principal and mathematical and classical tutor in the above college, an elegant silver salver, (manufactured by Mr. B. Jacobs,) and bearing the following inscription.:—" Presented to the Rev. John: Henry Brown, M.A., by the pupils, late of Kingston College, in grateful acknowledgment of his kindness and services to them while vice-principahof that institution. Hull, 18th January, 1843." —(Eastern Counties Herald.) Mr. Brown is the Head Master of the .Middle School, in the Liverpool Collegiate Institution. • ROBBING A CHILD.—STREET ROBBERY.—A man rg spectably attired named John Edwards, alias John Pritchard, was placed at the bar of the police-court yesterday on a charge of having stolen a basket containing provisions, from Mary Ann Wilson, a child about ten years old. It appeared that the girl had been sent by her parents, who reside in Sparling street, between eight and nine o'clock on Saturday night, to buy some provisions, and she was on her return with a bas ket containing a loaf, half an ounce of tea, and soilage sugar and butter, when she was met by the prisoner at the corner of Kent-street. He asked her what she had in the basket, and she replied that she had been buying the provisions for the week. On hearing this he immediately charged her with having stolen the articles from M'Caskey's shop, and taking the basket forcibly from her he ran off with it. A sailor be longing to the steam ship Acadia, and another man, fortu nately witnessed the occurrence, and pursuing the prisoner, apprehended him in Frederick-street. The prisoner, in an swer to the charge, said he was not the man. Mr. Rushton said this was a most cruel robbery ; the whole of the week's provisions for a poor family had been stolen, and there could be no doubt he was the thief. The prisoner was then com mitted to take his trial at the ensuing sessions. TOE WORKHOUSIL—ProbabIy some :of our readers may 'een surprised that we have taken no part in the dis cussion ha which some of our contemporaries have recently indulged, with reference to alleged insubordination and im morality in the workhouse in this town. We have purposely abstained from doing so as we have ascertained that an en quiry into the whole of the circumstances is now pending before the select vestry and we shall, until their report is published (which we understand will be in the course of a few days), maintain the silence we have hitherto observed. We may, however, remark (as the result of our own obser vation) with reference to the general conduct of the chaplain who is spoken of by our contemporary the Journal in lan guage most uncalled for and disreputable, that Mr. Cragg manifests the greatest solicitude for the spiritual welfare of the inhrbitants of the workhouse, and we assent, and can be borne out in the assertion by every one who has taken the trouble to enquire into the circumstances that the exertions of .that gentleman have been productive of incalculable benefit to numbers of the inmates but it can never be expec ted that he can exercise the same control over them as may be used in a gaol, becasue the discipline in the latter is much more stringent. it is perhaps necessary to remark that the stop)/ about the refusai to give one of the paupers a Bible, isa gratuitous falsehood. The man referred to had a bible belonging to the institution, in his bedroom, at the moment he preferred his request for another (for reasons which he can best explain). The authorities of the workhouse never we understand, refused to comply. We will, ho .vever, wait patiently, and perhaps when the case is thoroughly sifted our radical friends will find much less cause to chuckle than they exhibit at present. have bet. STABBING IN THE STREETS.—Yesterday Frederick Ken dal and Mary Robinson were examined at the Police-court, on a charge of having stabbed a youth named Edgar Samlars, fifteen years of age. The complainant and his brother were passing along Warwick -street, on their way home in Tem perance-court, Heath -street, Toxteth-park, about half-past eight o'clock on Sunday night, when he saw the two prisoners sitting on a step together. The boys looked at them for a moment as they were passing; and the male prisoner asked them what they were looking at. Tl:ey replied, "Nothing at all ;" and without any provocation the male prisoner at tempted to strike them. The female prisoner, on seeing the attempt, cried out, " Out with your knife," and at the same moment offered her companion a brick to throw at the boys, but instead of taking it, he drew his knife and stabbed the complainant in the left hip. A policeman was called, who apprehended the girl, but the male prisoner made•his escape, and was not taken for two hours afterwards. The wound was examined by Mr. Caw, surgeon, and he stated that it was about an inch and a half in length, superficial,_ and not dangerous. The female prisoner made no defence; and Kendal, in: answer to the charge, said he had not been out of his mother's house from four o'clock in the.afternoon ; he •ealled his Mother to prove tbis statement, and, in answer to the first question put to her, she said he did not arrive at home till nearly nine o'clock. Robinson, after being severely reprimanded by Mr. Rushton, was convicted in the penalty of £3 and costs for the assault, in default of payment to be imprisoned two months ; and Kendal was committed to the House of Correction at Kirkdale to take his trial at the next assizes. STRANGERS' FRIEND SOCIETY. —The annual meeting of this society was held on Friday, at the Charitable Institution House, Slater-street. The report stated, that in the early part of the year, the season being rather inclement, and work scarce, the exertions of the visiters were called into great activity, from the very numerous cases of distress and sickness recommended to their notice by the subscribers generally. A very large numb er were , consequently visited and relieved to the utmo s t a bilit y o f t h e society. 6-1 , 080 quarts of soup, the greater part of which was generously granted by the Soup Committee, were distributed in the most careful and judicious manner; and a great number of special cases were particu larly recommended to the Select Vestry, which were generally attended to with promptitude and kindness on their part ; the able-bodied were recommended and directed to the likeliest quarters in which employment might, at least for a time, be obtained, and the sick and the dying encouraged to look unto Him who doth not despise the desires of the sorrowful, nor the sighings of the contrite. At least seven hundred widows and fifteen hundred fatherless children have partaken of the bounty of the supporters of this charity durilig the last twelve months, many of whom have been found in deplorable cir cumstances of poverty and affliction, but who have happilY learnt that there are hearts who can feel for the woes of others, and who are willing to do something, at least, towards their alleviation. " Upon reference to the Treasurer's report, it will be seen that the total income of the society does not much fall short of that of previous years, which, however, it would have done—owing to the decease and removal of several subscribers and donors—but for the timely supply afforded by the payment of two handsome legacies, the one of £l5O fro m th e l ate M rs. Eli l abeth Johnson, and the other of £lOO from the late William Lawson, Esq., both of them warm friends and firm supporters of the Strangers Friend Society for many years. After the distribution by the visitors , ending 21st December, the Treasurer has a balance in hand of £6l. 18s. 3d., a sum, however, only equal, in this seas on of the year, t o meet t h e usual calls for a very short t i me. ' TESTIMONIAL TO Ma. CROWE.—On Tuesday evening , the inhabitants of Edge-hill were favoured with an oppor tunity of witnessing the effects of the Williem system 01 vocal music, lately introduced into this town and neighbour hood, by Mr. Crowe. The pupils of the adult class, who have just completed their course of instruction under the able and efficient direction of that gentleman, conceiving that they were under great obli g ations to the trustees for the free use of th e N at i ona l School, which had been so kindly lent for their accommodation far upwards of six months, felt desirous of manifesting their gratitude by giving a concert for the benefit of the schools. The Rev. Frederick Barker presided. 'rile attendance consisted of the elite of ti neighbourhood, including Ch ar l es L awrence , E sq ., b ail party, Mrs. Ea r l e o f S pe k elands and party, Mrs. Barker mill party, Mrs. D. Willis, Mr. and Mrs. Dirom, Mr. and Mrs' Houghton, &c., together with several clergymen belonging to the town and neighbourhood. The room was well and most respectably filled. On this occasion the Edge-hill class was very efficiently' supported by a considerable num ber of the members of the Cornwallis-street class who veil kindly offered, their assistance for the occasion. There wa s also a number of children from tlre different schools where Mr. Crowe has established his classes, who went throoo their exercises with credit to themselves and satisfaction to the audience. The performance consisted of a selec tion of sacred and secular music, including motets , madrigals, &c., which were executed in a vigorous and ala s " terly style. Before singing the national- anthem, which wa s to conclude the evening's perfo rmances , th e rev . c l ia irintoo in an appr o p r i a t e and feeling speech, presented to Mr. Croce two splendidly bound volumes, as a token of respect, frr i ' the pupils of th e Ed ge -hill and Cornwallis-street a dult classses ; on e was the Manuel, or " Wilhem's Sy s tem of Voca l Music," bound in vellum and most chastely and inagni! i : ceutly illuminated : the other contained a selection of t"..' songs, duets, t r i os , & c., o f that great master of the a rt, Handel, bo un d t oget h er i n one massive volume, covered w ith red morocco, and most elegantly decorated. Mr. Crowe re,; ceived the pr esen t w ith mingled feelings' of emotion an d pleasure, and i n very a ff ect i onate and appropriate languag e returned thanks to his pupils for this mark of their esteem' We are very much gratified to learn that Mr. Crowe has been appointed instructor in vocal music at the Collegiate lll stitution. THE ASHBURTON PACKET SHIP.—TiIiS splendid Tie ° ship, which arrived here on Sunday, is thus described in ono of the New York papers.—" She is eleven hundred toto burthen, and can c arr y f orty f i rst class passengers. I ° the construction of this ship, her ownersand others have adop ted every modern imp rovement i n spip building, and have still"' ,, out a new path in the arrangements and decorations of the cabins. About her hull are to be seen the beauty and sq, tnetry of the R o i c i us, Si ddons, Stephen Whitney, Garrir Sheridan, and New Yo - rk, with their flattish bottoms a li o poop deck s , as introduced by Mr. E. K. Cellins a few yF a .,, ago. On deck we noticed the same excellent accommodat o r a t for Cows, pigs, poultry, and sheep, so necessary at sea, tt!, t , were introduced on hoard the Cambridge when she was built. In bhtween decks there is plenty of cargo room, Running I° ,, e. the steerage passengers, and aft, equal to three thousand bales of cotton, or ra° l , In between decks also there are large berths and clear a ir 11 5 Down in the hold is a water tank that will take four thous° la gallons of water feom the Croton, and keep it pure and, c o d so much needed by the poor emigrvila all the time. In the bows of the ship the sailor will. ce p every thing dry and comfortable, and warm berths to into after a fatiguing day's work on deck in a gale of w i 'l i fe Added to th ese, t h ere are plenty of boats, inclnd i ng boat, to use in case of emergency, which we trust will fr o be occurr. But h er capta i n wisely thinks that it i s best ' s to prepared for e very cont i ngency. It is, perhaps, needleilo give a full d escr i pt i on of the cabins. So far as the decora.,o, go, it i s per h aps enough to say, that they are very beau t t il ei i, and in the s t y l e o f L ouis XIV. of France, There 3 . ate cacy about the finish that is really fine. In the window: an d panes of richly stained glass, wiili psrtraits of Ashhurtel_. of Western in the ladies' cabin, and the cotte d' arntrof England and America in the gentlemen's cabin- u sed mahogany, bird's-eye maples, and satin wood, usually t he in the cabins of our packets, have been discarded, a% na• sides painted, as in the cabins of the Great Western, w il id s oa tional sketches, not including, however, the little CaP_ ew o: the doors. All, excepting these Cupids, is in the e0, 01 T,, and, ration of the recent treaty of peace between Great Botfi t tea the United States. In the state room, the berths are a re up as in the Stephen Whitney, and the entrances to toLnillY! a la Anglais. They connect by doors, so that a `:d 00t in crossing the Atlanti c , can h ave a su i te o f roo ms, 8 7, 0' 10 be separated night or d a y, w hi c h i s pot t h e mo st agfr thing in the world.