The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-15 00:00:00

ited, stfal heading : " LAMBETH-STREET " THE CASE OF TH announced that the subs and expressed ti: public charity and benevole as exhibited in the prese ever, that the sympathy whic ,oin' rn of had they hoped that ti. such a prac tice whould sha ;ornething like common f them to give the poc for them an existing remuner Norton) should no names of those slop- leePlY .(1"--' 4 the !ri °r It pro at th e rnair of the ) take ors °f m hat red of ion °f for 3 lot °I n y , ito raged . t it 15 act , to st Ili' :° ' anY °'l a, gift' ,e Pro' 7 c 00• P orted t Of af . 1, SO' wAole seph e pal' via' 3 ,cl, tsi , ct iov , dal'd the (1 Pt ) pOS' asked yes t° aleigil 0119 , Co, se lves you'd to S et prO' D the 3 or ;ro ts twi ll Tta'lt the re , v itA o se ,i r w r . I tio s nna king Thi s atioo of such competition, which appeared in the police re ports of the Morning Herald of yesterday, under the MISSES REYNOLDS.-Mr Norton ;criptions addressed to him, and left by many persons who had called at the court for the Misses Reynolds (whose deplorable and distressing case appeared in the Morning Herald of this day week) amounted to £l2O, tion he felt at the amount of h existed in this country, He was of opinion, how- lad been awakened was owing to the exposure of the disgraceful conduct, for he could call it no less, of a class of persons calling themselves respect able tradesmen,' in only paying the paltry pittance of three halfpence for making a shirt; and he (Mr. Norton) sincerely oval mark of public reprobation of , dealers into humanity, and induce lions persons who worked heir labou ) be furnished with a list of tl I exhibited such a want of humanity, hut to world. It would then be seen whether the public would ap- :II list published to the prove of such a system 11 them 'evious to the emancipation of ::laves in t West Indies many kind- hearted and benevolent r ccuntry d ispensed with the use of su gar in their tea and coffee from a feeling that their use of t rticle led, if not directly, at least re tnotely, to an encour ton) had very little philanthropy many persons woo _ . than encourage a system whi slavery—namely, or THREE HALFPENCE to proceed,— " Davis, one of the u endured by the poor peon who were oblig greater than th .1, within the last few• y d the competition in the form any conception of persons, principally Jews, lyx into the wholesale slop tract business was so great foreign orders, that the nt of slavery; and he (Mr. Nor- t that from similar feeling of rather go wit Out a shirt was, if possible, worse than misery and starvation MAKING A lI•r ! But of the court, said, the miseri , particularly in supplying, shipping and Were ground down to the but hat sons who made up the articles and the poorer the persons the more miserable their remuneration. The present system, he (Da exact a security from a c " middlemen," to cover out for manufacture, and t es, was to t he called .-naterials they gave e persons made a living getting persons who were too poor and friendless themselves to obtain security, to make up the articles at a still lower rate. A few days before, a woman whom he (Davis) had formerly known in comforta stance called on him and after apologising for troubling him, requested the loan of a penny to buy thread with. She then told him she had got a dozen of shirts to r ke (from one of the middlemen he had before represented), at jive farthings a piece, and to find thread, and that she and her husband should go without food until she had made them up and taken them home." FIVE FARTHINGS FOR MAKING A SHIRT ! Worse and worse. And it must be borne in mind, that the bulk of the poor unfortunates reduced to the necessity of working for this wretched pittance are females brought up to comparative ease, educated, no doubt, and perhaps at some former period of their life as high in station as the ignorant beings to whom they are daily compelled to crouch for employment, or for a penny to buy thread with! They are now competi in the open labour market" with the " tender mercies of capital ! They periencing the blessings of one of the leading " principles philosophy ! Would that those ladies of Liverpool, who are just now busy in aiding the exactions of the League, would glance round amongst their wretched fellow-beings, and see how many, even in this town, are thus toiling to fill the griping hand of the slop-seller, and to whom "a penny" given " to buy thread " would be infinitely more acceptable in the sight of the giver of all good, than pounds squandered upon the hired itinerants, the lyin g pamphleteers, or the selfish philosophers of the Anti-corn-law League ! ) of the free trade We give elsewhere the particulars of a dreadful occurrence which has recently transpired—the loss of two British vessels containing troops and convicts, attended with the sacrifice of the lives of nearly two hundred and fifty human beings,—and we cannot refrain from remarking here upon the fatality which has recently attended the vessels employed in the transport and convict services of this country. Surely there is some looseness in the system of selecting ships for both these services, which ought to have the prompt attention of the legislature The City article of the London Times of yesterday has the following remarks upon this occurrence : "By her Majesty's ship Hyacinth, arrived from China, and which touched at the Cape, we have papers from the litter port to the 9th of September. These record the Melancholy intelligence of the stranding in Table-bay of two vessels, one the Abercrombie Robinson, for the eastern pro vince of that colony, with troops, the other the 'Waterloo, with convicts, bound for Van Dieman's Land. The disaster occurred on the 30th August, and the sacrifice of human life is estimated at upwards of 200 souls, the greater number being convicts. A doubt is expressed whether that speedy assistance was afforded to the sufferers which under the cir cumstances should have been rendered. It is stated that the Waterloo was stationary on the " riff," nearly three hours before she struck, which, according to the Cape journals, allowed sufficient time for more effectual preparations than than those made for the deliverance of the unfortunates on board. The supposition that the vessel, from her being sta tionary for some time, would ride out the gale, is alleged to be no excuse whatever that no precautionary measures were adopted. A small boat appears to have been in the first in stance the only craft sent out to afford a passage for the per sons who survived the wreck, but, she being found insufficient for the task, was superseded by another craft of larger dimen sions. The absence of public authority on this truly distres sing occasion is adverted to in terms of just indignation. Everything depended on the voluntary interference of private Individuals, who, it is asserted, did not, when they communi cated information with the pure feeling of assisting the ship wrecked crews and passangers, meet with due courtesy. The exertions of Messrs. Moltino and Still are spoken of with Much satisfaction. A subscription list had been opened for the survivors, and promised in a slight degree to relieve their temporary wants. Dr. Helsall, of the emigrant ship, was among the number saved. The weather on the coast had been most severe for the shipping. At Algoa Bay, the Sabina, a Spanish vessel, with a cargo valued at £120,000, of which £90,000 was insured, was lost, and 21 of the crew and passengers drowned. The ship, which was bound from Manill to Cadiz, in trying to make for Algoa Bay, struck on Cape Recief. The wreck had sold for .E 500." LOCAL NEWS THE BRITANNIA.-At the time we went to press no in telligence had been received respecting this steam-ship, which would leave Boston on the Ist instant, and may consequently be expected every tide. The Rev. Mr. Cave, incumbent of Flixton, near Man chester, has been appointed to the incumbency of St. Philip's Church, in this town, vacant by the promotion of the Rev. T. S. Bowstead to the rectory of Tarvin, Cheshire. THE WATERLOO COURSING MEETING.—This event is fixed to take place on Tuesday,• the 28th of February, and Thursday, March the 2d, 1843. The grand steeple chase will come off on Wednesday, March the Ist. The Lord Bishop of Chester has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Rob. Davies, M.A., minister of St. David s Church, to be one of the ministers of St. Paul's Church, in this town, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the death of the late Rev. Roger Hesketh Formby, M.A. PRICES OF BUTCHERS' MEAT.—In our markets, on Sa turday, the prices of butchers' meat were lower than on the Preceding Saturday. Prime beef was 6d. to 61d. per lb. ; mutton (Welsh) 4 d. ; and pork 6d. Corned beef, of the best quality, was selling at sd. per lb. Prices of provisions generally, which have been very high, are gradually falling. THEATRE ROYAL.—Mr. Hammond is strengthening his company by adding to it the fascinating Mrs. Seymour, Mr. Leonard, the new Irishman, Mr. Wallack, and other stars. A. capital bill is put forth for to night ; Mrs. Seymour's Clari is equal to anything on the stage, for expression, taste, ood feeling. PUBLICANS FINED.—On Friday, eighteen publicans and beerhouse-keepers appeared to summonses, at the Police court, chiefly for selling liquors out of doors, or entertaining ~orapany at hours on Sunday, when the were forbidden by 'aw- One was fined £3 and costs ; seven £3; seven 40s. ; one acquitted ; one case postponed ; and the other to be again summoned, the information being wrongly laid. MISS WHITNALL'S CONCERT.—This accomplished song stress will give her farewell concert on Thursday next. She is about settling in the metropolis. As one of those possessing c onsiderable talent, and having at all times endeavoured to Nesse her hearers, Miss Whitnall has some little claim Upon the kindness and patronage of the musical amateurs in this town. We should be sorry to find that her farewell ap 13eal is not handsomely answered. S WINDLING.-At the Police-court, on Wednesday last, toe accomplice of Thomas Rule, who was tried, convicted, 41)( 1 sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment, at the last Quarter sessions, for swindling Mark Foggett, of Manches ker, out of the sum of sixty-one sovereigns, at cards, was o ven up. His - name is William Humphreys, and he had apprehended at Manchester by one of the officers there. : 1 ° Was clearly identified by the parties, and committed to 'aire his trial. NEW UNIFORM FOIL THE SUPERINTENDENTS OF POLICE. ins pectors of our readers are probably aware, that besides the i ns pectors of police in the borough, there are seven super aZepdents, who have the general management, under Mr. :AttY, of the force. These individuals, like the head con bl/44.e, haveenerall made their appearance in plain clothes I ,u It is now the intent on of the Watch Committee to pro , 'ne them with a handsome uniform, so that they may be o w readily distinguished, especially on public occasions, when their assistance may be of essential service. THE INFANT SAPPHO.—The first concert of the Infant Sappho took place last night at the Royal Assembly-rooms, Great George -street. The attendance was numerous and respectable. The Infant Sappho appeared to surprise those present by her precocious talents. AMPHITHEATRE.—It will be seen by the advertisement that there has been a change in the entertainments. On Friday next there will be no performance, in consequence of Daniel O'Connell intending to take " a dish of tea" with the old women of the Anti-Monopoly Ass-ociation. There will be lots of slop no doubt. Mr. Alfred Dowling, barrister-at-law, was on Saturday admitted to the honour of " the coif," and was introduced with the usual ceremonies to the Court of Common Pleas, where he took his seat among his brother serjeants. The motto on the rings presented by Mr. Serjeant Dowling to the Judges on this occasion was, " Onus allexit." NOMINATION of SHERIFFS.—The nomination of sheriffs took place in the Privy Council on Saturday last. The fol lowing gentlemen were named for the county of Chester : John Dixon, of Astle Park, Esq. ; George Wilbraham, of Delatnere House, Esq.; and James Walthall Hammond, of Wistastow. Esq. The appointment of sheriff for the county palatine of Lancaster rests with the Chancellor for the Duchy. WRECK OF A LIVERPOOL VESSEL.—The Lisbon corres pondent of the Morning Herald, under date of the sth inst. "The British schooner George, J. Way, master, `tom says— Tarragona to Liverpool, with wine, fruit,aint cork, struck On a sunken rock off the south coast of this country on the 27th ult., and went down so quickly that the master and crew had barely time to save themselves in the boat, in which, I am happy to say, they reached the port of Lagos next day." ST. ANNE'S CITURCH. — The lamented death of the Rev. Wm. Blundell, the highly-respected pastor of St. Anne's, is this day announced in our obituary. The rev. gentleman has been assisted in his ministerial duties for several years by his son; and we may remark, he has pursued his ministry in the same place of worship for the long space of forty-one years. During the whole of this period, and for a few months previously, Mr. Thomas Holden, of Richmond-row, has officiated in the same church as clerk, and is still a hale, active man, and an efficient servant of the congregation. BIRKENHEAD INFANT ScHooLs.—On Sunday morning and evening last, two most excellent sermons were preached in Birkenhead church, by the Rev. A. Knox, and collections made in behalf of the above schools. The Rev. gentleman in the morning, proved that the church as founded on the Bible only, ought to have the control of the teaching of youth, and that the principles inculcated by the Bible were so simple, that even the youngest child was capable of comprehending them. In the evening, the danger and mischief of adding to, or diminishing from the Sacred Oracles, was brought forward with consummate ability. OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—A well clad roan, named Thomas Jackson, was yesterday brought to the bar of the Police -court, on this charge. It appeared that he had gone, on Saturday night, to a butcher's shop in Edge-hill, and obtained 21b. of beef-steak, for and in the name of .Mr. Vidler, of the Tunnel Hotel. He was sus pected, as Mr. Vidler was not in the habit of buying such small articles on credit; and on his being followed, it was found that he took the article to a place in Windsor. He had afterwards gone to a baker's and obtained a loaf, which he requested should be booked to Mr. Vidler. The prisoner had formerly been employed by Mr. V. as a driver, but was d:scharged for malpractices. He was committed to gaol for 14 days. ROBBERY BY A CHIMNEY-SWEEP.—Since the act regu lating the trade of chimney-sweeping came into operation, the " knights of the brush " have to some extent been thrown upon their wits for a livelihood; and, in consequence, several of them have recently been brought before Mr. Rush ton for making " a brush " with property here and there, to which they had no legitimate claim. Yesterday a sweeper, named George Atherton, was placed at the bar, on a charge of stealing from a draper's shop. A little boy, who identi fied the prisoner, said that On Saturday night, about nine o'clock, he observed the prisoner, and two others of the same fraternity, loitering about the shop. A tall boy who was with them took two pairs of stockings from the door, and handed them to the prisoner, who was immediately af terwards taken into custody. A silk handkerchief was found on the prisoner —an article which he had evidently not been accustomed to wipe his sooty visage withal, and which he had in all probability purloined in his travels. He was com mitted to gaol for two months. STEALING LEAD 'FROM AN UNINHABITED HOUSE. — Two young men, Solomon Wren and Joseph Acton. were yes terday placed before Mr. Rushton, at the public office, on a charge of stealing a quantity of lead. Mr. Eato n Mill s , a linen draper, in Vauxhall-road, said that he had recently taken an unoccupied public-house in that street. He was within the premises on Saturday night, and saw everything secure ; some time afterwards, on the same night, a police officer found the prisoners in an entry in the neighbourhood, with a quantity of lead piping in their possession, which had been taken from the cellar of the house. In breaking it off a pair of pincers, found on one of the priso ners , h a d, it ap peared, been used, and fitted the marks where the pipes had been broken or cut. The lead, which had been doubled up into a portable compass, was stated to weigh 40 lb., and to be worth 9s. The prisoners were committed for trial at the sessions. THE FUNDS—SATURDAY EVENING.—At the Stock-Ex change business presents no new feature. The permanent securities, although dealings are but limited, continue at high quotations, exhibiting a firmness rather remarkable„ con sidering the inanimate state of the markets in general. The Government broker is still a buyer, which has some little in fluence on the stability of prices. Consols for money and the account left off 94 to I ; Th ree p er C en t s . R e duced, 93i to _a ; Three-and-a-half per Cents. Reduced, 100 i ; New Three-and-a-half per Cents. 101 k to -a ; Long Annuities, 12 7-16; and Exchequer-bills, 58s. to 60s. premium. Bank Stock closed firm at 172 to 173, and India Stock at the higher quotation of 260 to 262. In foreign stocks business was transacted in Spanish Actives at 171 to 18 ; ditto Three per Cents., 214 to 22 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 384- to 384 ; ditto Three per Cents., 224 to 231 ; Mexican, 324 to 33 ; ditto, Deferred, 94 to ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52* to ; ditto Five per Cents., 1001 to ; Danish, 831 ; Colom bian, 21 to a ; Brazilian, 631 to 641 ; and Belgian, 1021. OPERATIVE SHIPWRIGHTS.—On Friday last a numerous meeting of the operative shipwrights of Liverpool was held, in their large room, Bond-street, to take into consideration (according to the statement in the placard calling the meet ing) " what means could be taken to avoid the starvation which was staring them in the face, and which the master shipwrights were straining every nerve to bring about; and to reply to the calumnies which they had heaped upon the men, in order to reduce them in public estimation." Six resolutions were proposed and carried unanimously. The first recommended the formation of an association, to be called " The Shipwrights' Association," the objects of which would be to protect the trade, and resist all encroachments from interested parties. The second recommended the ap pointment of officers to draw out the rules of the new society, which were to be approved or rejected by the body at large. The third resolution recommended the raising of a subscrip tion to defray the expenses attending the trial of the ship wrights recently committed to prison. The fourth proposed the appointment of a committee to reply to the calumnies which the master shipwrights had uttered against the opera tives. The fifth recommended the members to use their best exertions to carry out the objects of the society, by peaceful means, and enjoined union among them to dissipate the evils which at present threatened them. The sixth recommended all heart-burnings about religion and politics to cease, topics which had been introduced among them by interested indi viduals to serve their own vile purposes : it also recommended a common bond of fellowship among the members, for the purpose of securing the peace and comforts of their homes and familes. One of the speakers stated that there were at present between five and six hundred shipwrights in a state of starvation in Liverpool. DARING ROBBERY IN CHESHIRE.—OR the evening of Friday last, a most daring robbery was committed at the house of Mr. Peter Wood, at Capenhurst, in Cheshire, about nine miles from Birkenhead, and an equal distance from Chester. Mr. Wood is a farmer and shopkeeper. On Fri day night Mr. Wood was absent from home on business. His wife, his daughter, a servant boy, and two male friends were sitting in the kitchen at the fire, about half-past eight o'clock, when the latch was raised and several men entered, the door opening directly into the apartment. All the fel lows had their faces blacked. Three of them, who were armed with pistols, advanced upon Mrs. Wood and those who sat with her, and, presenting their weapons, commanded them to sit still, declaring that, if any of them dared to re sist, to move, to speak, or even to look round, such party should be immediately shot. A command so urged was, of course, not violated ; and, while the three armed ruffians kept guard over the party, their companions proceeded up stairs, broke open all the drawers, and ransacked every part of the rooms where they conceived it likely money would be kept. They found various small sums, amounting altogether to £lB or £2O. They then returned to their companions in the kitchen, when Mrs. Wood, in great alarm, exclaimed, " If you are hungry, take what you want, but spare our lives." Miss Wood, at this juncture, ventured to look round, when she was punished for her temerity by a severe blow from a pistol on the head. This was the only act of personal vio lence committed. The villians, finding no further booty was to be obtained, left the house, fastening the door outside. On the arrival of Mr. Wood an alarm was given, and infor mation Am immediately conveyed to Mr. Palmer, the spe cial high constable, at Birkenhead, who forthwith proceeded to Capenhurst with a party of police-officers, leaving direc tions with Mr. Boughey, superintendent of the night police, at Birkenhead, to keep a strict look out for any suspicious characters that might appear. The result of the precautions taken and the vigilance exercised was the capture, in the course of the night, of two men at Birkenhead and one at Eastham. On Saturday morning two others were appre hended at Birkenhead. At eleven o'clock the five prisoners were brought forward, at the Town-hall of Birkenhead, be fore John Deane Case, Esq„ and J. W. Harden, Esq., when Mr. and Mrs. Wood, their two friends and the servant were examined, and the circumstances above detailed were sworn to. A sum of £7 10s. was found on one of the prisoners, and other sums on two of the others. Amongst the money was a crooked sixpence, which was sworn to as the property of Mr. Wood. Other circumstances were brought forward which tended to confirm the suspicions against the prisoners. —Yesterday afternoon, at five o'clock, the prisoners were again brought up before the same magistrates, at the Town ball, Birkenhead ; but previous to the examination being entered into, Mr. Case observed that he wished to set him self right respecting a misrepresentation which appeared in the Albion of that day, but which he was quite sure was un intentional. He was there represented as stating that he felt satisfied as to the guilt of three of the parties. Now he was sure every one who was present on Saturday would bear him out in asserting that he had not stated anything which could bear the construction there put upon his observations. All he had stated was, that in his judgment there was such a clear case against three of the prisoners that the magistrates would feel themselves justified in committing them. He was well aware of the jurisdiction of magistrates in such cases merely extended to a preliminary inquiry, and that all they had to do was to inquire whether there was sufficient evi dence to warrant them in sending the case before a jury. Mr. Harden also made some observations respecting the case, testifying to the correctness of what his brother magis trate had just said, and adding, that on seeing the report of the case he felt quite astonished at the misrepresentation. The prisoners were then placed before the magistrates in the following order :—John Brophey, Michael Mahar, John Hopkins, John Mahar, and John Connor, and Mr. George Palmer, special high constable of the hundred, being sworn, stated that he had no doubt he should be able to produce further evidence against all of them except Connor. He, therefore, asked for a further remand. Mr. Case, having consulted with Mr. Harden, said the prisoners stood remanded to Wednesday next, except Connor, who was discharged. The prisoner Brophey then attempted to address the court, observing that he left Chester en Friday afternoon, about six o'clock, and walked on to Sutton, where he stopped at a beer-house about eleven, and that he saw two men— Mr. Case here interfered, and said he had better at present say nothing; if he had anything to say be would have an opportuuity of doing so previous to his being committed. He was also cautioned by Mr. Harden, and told by him and by the magistrates' clerk, Mr. Townsend, that if he wished to produce any witness, he had only to mention the circumstance to the gaol keeper, who would use every endeavour to have such witness in attendance. Brophey replied that he did not know the name of the party at whose house he stopped. The prisoners were then removed. At the examination on Saturday, part of the money found on one of the prisoners was clearly identified as belonging to Mr. Woods. The burglars also carried away with them a fowling piece, but that was afterwards found in a field near the house which was robbed. We understand the four prisoners are well known to the police of this town, where they have re cently resided. AWTFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.--An inquest was held yes terday, before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of a man named Robert Smith, a coloured man. The deceased was cook on board the line-ship " Scotland," which arrived re cently from New York. On Saturday evening he went with a companion to Mr. Heywood'a public-house, in Ilighfield street, where they had taken lodgings. About six o'clock they both went up stairs to the bed-room assigned them, to get some money out of their chests before going out to take a walk. Deceased was combing his hair in the room, when he suddenly remarked to his comrade that there was surely cayenne pepper in the comb. He had scarcely said so when he turned round and fell down on his face, becoming instantly insensible. Mr. M`Cartney, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. Emmett, surgeons, were immediately called in, and used every probable means of restoring him, but without effect ; and he expired about ten o'clock. On a post n2ortem examination, it was found that death had arisen from apoplexy, causing suffusion of blood on the brain ; and that there was also great enlarge ment of the heart.—Verdict accordingly. THEFT BY A PlLol'.—At the police-court, yesterday, two men, Isaac Sware and Thomas Lewes, the latter a pilot, were placed before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of carrying off a quantity of clothing from a vessel. It appeared that the prisoner Lewes had entered the port with a schooner in the capacity of a pilot. After her arrival in one of the docks, he had met the other man, and, being himself in a state of intoxication, he requested him to go with him to endeavour to find the vessel, which he did—not knowing but that lie was merely assisting him to get his own property from on hoard. Sware, in fact, enquired of the police-officers at the dock for the schooner. They took away from on hoard an oil cloth coat, a boot, and several other articles of apparel belonging to the mate. Sware's innocence of any evil intent in the transaction was fully established, and the guilt of the other (who pleaded intoxication) being established, his con duct in robbing a 'vessel of which he had the care was se verely commented upon by the magistrate, and he was sen tenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. PORTICO, NEIVINGTON.—The amusements at this build ing still continue to attract the attention of the admirers of dioramic and allegorical views. To the excellence displayed in those departments, under the superintendence of the ta lented proprietor, we cannot but heartily give our full weed of praise, and assert that his endeavours to please and in sruct are well worthy of support. The mountainous and frigid pass of Mont St. Bernard is faithfully represented ; and the once great Napoleon and his hardy veterans, 30,000 strong, are seen crossing the snowy Alps, on their way to ravage romantic Italy. The allegorical representation of Britannia rising from the " deep blue sea," a typical illus tration of the national melody " Britannia rules the waves," is gorgeously produced ; and lastly, though not least, the grand and terrifis: scene of a storm at sea, which forcibly de picts to the mind's eye of the beholder the dangers to which time hardy mariner is exposed, when on the " tempest trou bled ocean," is pourtrayed with much nautical excellence. We earnestly recommend those who have not visited this place of amusement and historical instruction to do so. The entertainments will be concluded this week.—See advertise meat. ROBBERY OF DOLLARS FROM ON BOARD A VESSEL.-- A coloured man, .named William Harrod, was yesterday brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of stealing a quantity of dollars from a ship recently arrived from South America. —Mr. James Frazer said, he was owner and master of the barque Swallow, which arrived on Saturday afternoon in the river, from Valparaiso. He had received on board, at the latter port, some bars of silver and a quantity of dollars, which he had locked up in the lazaretto. He had counted the dollars himself on receiving them, and they were in bags, which were enclosed and nailed up in boxes. Some bags of coffee were placed over them in the lazaretto. The prisoner (who was steward of the ship) and also the second-mate had access occasionally to the room, for the purpose of getting at ships' stores, but no one else. The vessel having been got into the Waterloo-dock, the witness went into the lazaretto, yesterday morning, for the bullion, with a view to its being landed, when he found that one of the boxes of dollars, con taiaing originally 1000, had been broken open, and no fewer than 619 of the coin were missing. The dollars were of various descriptions, some Republican, and others of the old Spanish kind. On missing them, he immediately called police-officer Charles Turner on board. In about ten minutes afterwards the prisoner came on board, and he questioned him respecting them, stating that no one but himself or the second-mate could be cognizant of the defal cation. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the matter, and without reluctance gave up the key of his pantry. Mr. Inspector Massey was then present. Prisoner then went into one of the state-rooms with the inspector, and in that apartment, on searching, a small bag was found containing 123 dollars. The prisoner said that was all the money he had taken. In another room the witness soon afterwards found a towel and two stockings, containing, in all, 432 dollars. The prisoner said that was all.—Mrs. Coppener, wife of the landlord of the Commercial Inn, Great Cross Hall-street, said that the prisoner came to lodge there on Sunday night. He paid, in liquidation of a bill which he had contracted, seventeen dollars, and gave her twelve dollars to keep for him until next day, she having seen him with the money and remarked that it was unsafe to keep it about him. The witness delivered up the twenty-nine dollars she had received to the care of the police; so that the whole of the missing money, the defalcation being discovered in time, was recovered, with the exception of five dollars.—The prisoner was committed for trial at the sessions. BLUE COAT HOSPITAL.—The annual sermon in aid of the funds of the Blue Coat Hospital, at St. Peter's Parish Church, was preached on Sunday by the Rev. Joseph Heath cote Brooks, M.A., Fellow of Brazenose College, Oxford, and Incumbent of St. Philip, Stepney. In accordance with annual custom, the new Mayor, Robertson Gladstone, Esq. with most of the members and officers of the Town-council, attended the church. The day was most unpropitious, nevertheless the church was filled. The children of the school were stationed in the principal aisle, in front of the altar, and a considerable number in the organ gallery : their neat appearance, and their orderly demeanour, deserve to be mentioned with commendation. The following brief epitome of the history and description of the present condi tion of this excellent charity was distributed in the church along with the hymns appointed to be sung on the occa sion :—" The Blue Coat Hospital is the oldest charitable in stitution in the town—having been established in 1708. It was the intention of the founders to provide a suitable education with board and lodging, for children whose parents through sickness or other misfortune had been reduced in worldly circumstances. An existence of one hundred and thirty Jour years must render it as unnecessary, as it is impossible, to estimate the benefits and blessings it has conferred on the community at large; and num bers who would doubtless have remained in total igno rance of the saving truths of the Gospel, have been here taught to praise their Maker's name, and to look up to Him, through His blessed son, for pardon of their trans gressions, and the guidance of the holy spirit to direct them for the time to come. There are at present 330 children in the establishment ; 136 of whom are orphans, 206 fatherless, 4 motherless, and 4 who have parents but in indigent circum stances. The average expenditure for their maintenance during the last seven years has amounted to about £3700, to meet which the real income has been under £7OO per annum, leaving the charity dependent upon annual subscriptions, church collections, &c., for upwards of £3,000. The aanual subscriptions this year will fall considerably short of the amount received last year, and from the pressure of the times very few new ones have been obtained to make up the defici ency. The trustees, therefore, earnestly appeal to the libera lity of a benevolent public for continued support, to enable them to maintain the institution in its present efficiency." The preacher, who is a son of the Rev. Rector Brooks, se lected for his text the 3d verse of the 4th chapter of the se cond Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians—" But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost." From these words the preacher showed the necessity for the education of youth to be of a religious character, and also that the Church of England, both in her principles and character, furnished an education to her young which would prevent the gospel being hid to them. lie enlarged also on the necessity for church extension as one means of exhibiting gratitude to God for his manifold mercies, both national and individual, and he concluded with an urgent appeal to the congregation on behalf of the funds of the school. The collection was made after the sermon, and whilst it was being made the sentences from the offertory were read by Mr. Rector Brooks. The money was then placed upon the communion table, immediately after which the prayer was offered up for Christ's church militant upon earth. The service then con cluded in the ordinary way, the organ playing the Hallelujah chorus. The collection amounted to £65. We ear nestly recommend the Blue Coat Charity to continued public support. Solomon says, "There is that scattereth, yet increaseth." SUPPLY OF WATER FOR FIRES.—IMPORTANT SUG GESTION.—The recent calamity at the north end of the town has elicited numerous suggestions—many of them highly in genious, not only for the better prevention of such casualties, but for the more effectual suppression of fires that have gained a considerable head,—and we were much gratified by wit nessing the practical application of a plan which, for one in the town at least (the scene and neighbourhood of the great fire alluded to) promises, if fully carried out, to be most ef fectual in that locality. The suggestion originated, we learn, with Mr. Peter Hope, of the Highway Board, whose views were seconded by Mr. Cunningham. It will be remembered that,at the late conflagration between Great Howard-street and Waterloo-road, the waste water from the canal, which passes by a sewer under the streets in a conside ra bl e s t ream , wa s found to be of great avail in working the engines, when the supply from the mains of the water companies was exhausted or inadequate, and that by means of it much of the property that would otherwise have been destroyed, was save d. It was impossible, however, to draw it from the bed of the stream (by a suction pipe attached to the engine) in the sufficient and equal quantity which was desirable, most of it necessarily passing away in its downward course to the docks. The access to it, moreover, by one or two openings at a great distance apart, rendered it available, with the best effect, only on buildings in the immediate vicinity of those openings. Mr. Hope's plan goes to render the whole, or nearly the whole, of this surplus water, or overflow, available, should it be re quired ; or at least to secure an ample supply at a number of points in the several streets, under which the stream passes. He proposes the damming up of the stream, underground, when required, at various convenient distances, by means of sluice gates, or " closes," with main -holes, or square per pendicular openings from the street,—each having a reser voir or space below sufficient with the constant flow into it to supply two or more engines at a time,—a desideratum not attainable by the mains of the water companies, no one of which, we believe, can long supply sufficient water for two large engines. In pursuance of these suggestions, three of these flood-gates or closes have already been fixed, two of them in Neptune-street and one in Great Howard-street. On Friday an experiment was made with one of the fire engines of the efficiency of one of these dams—that, near the bottom of Neptune-street, before a number of gentlemen in terested in the event, and the result was highly satisfactory in every respect. The man-hole, or well, is covered with a thick double-door of cast-iron flush with the street, and sufficient to sustain the weight of the heaviest cart. The two pieces of the door-hinges back in opposite directions, and the well is left open for the ready introduction of a large leather feeding-pipe or hose (of four inches, or any required diameter), which is easily let down into the reservoir or dam below. The sometimes tedious operation of screwing on a branch pipe, or hose, to the main is entirely avoided, and a few hearty strokes of the engine brings up an immediate and ample supply of water to the machine. On this occasion, the water was projected, in a few seconds, considerably above the roof of the tallest warehouse in the street, and was played with admirable effect against the woodwork of the cathead near the peak of the pediment —some six or seven ordinary stories in height. This, of course, was effected by the power of the engine and the good supply of water, as the damming up of the stream has no effect in elevating or forcing the water in the pipes. But the plan appears to us, so far as a ready and abundant supply of water in parts of the town below the level of the canal and adjacent to it is concerned, to be at once simple, cheap, and effectual. This was the opinion of all who witnessed the experiment; and Mr. Whitty himself, who has had great experience in such matters, expressed his conviction that the plan was quite adequate for all future exigencies that might arise in that part of the town —which, considering the great mass of property now (and to be accumulated) there, is itself a great consideration. Mr. Hope deserves much praise for his ingenuity in nthuhsavcoensvoefratr ing a scarcely available sma ll s t rea m, until recently alto gether Theß ooverlooked, Highways,into a wi tia valuablelbecosmeciunrg spirit, security to the distri c t. forwarded his views by constructing the closes.—Chronicle. Mr. Hope has addressed a letter to a contemporary, stating that the whole merit of these suggestions belong to Mr. Cunningham. AN EXCELLENT NEW RIDDLE.—Why is the man that is killed by a fall like Adam in Paradise? Because he lived before the fall. FIRE IN GRAYSON-STREET.—About eleven o'clock last night, a fire broke out at Mr. Hampton's cotton-kiln. The engines were quickly on the spot, and, by the able direction of Mr. Whitty, the flames were soon subdued. CAUTION TO JUVENILE SPORTSM as a young man of t name of N. —On Saturday last, son of a respect . - farmer in the village of Bebbington, was amusing himself with shooting at some small birds on his father's corn, the barrel of the gun unfortunately burst, and shattered his left hand in a frightful manner. He was at once conveyed to Mr. Gorst's surgery, N ew F erry, who, finding the limb in such a mutilated co n diti on, was compelled to resort to im mediate amputation. We hear he is going on favourably. INQUEST ON THE BODY OF A PRISONER IN THE BOROUGH —An inquest was yesterday held before Mr. Curry, ^roner, on view of the body of John Barber Love. .1 have some recollection of the case of the deceased, pired at the time in the police-court, and after sessions.--Mr T-IL•rhtnn •••.a • • JU VI"( a... as ig,l.Ull, 16111, LIOI of the gaol, said, the deceased was a prisoner there, and was fifty-five years of age. He was committed to that prison on the 9th of February last for further examination, and finally committed on the liith of the same month, by the stipendiary magistrate, on a charge of felony. He was tried at the ses sions held in the following April, and acquitted of the felony. An indictment for forgery was prepared against him, upon which he was found guilty, and sentenced to three years' im prisonment and hard labour. He appeared to be in a delicate state of health at the time. He was seen by the surgeon when committed. On his conviction he was placed in the hospital, having been there before his trial. During the time he was there he wrote some letters, contrary to the rules of the prison, and, in consequence, he (witness) asked the sur geon if be was capable of bearing solitary confinement, and on his replying that he was, he (witness) placed him there. Deceased was placed in a cell with a boarded floor. The surgeon visited him ; and his diet was bread and water. Part of the sentence of the deceased was solitary confinement. Witness saw him every day, and he never complained to him. At the expiration of three days, he (deceased) was placed in class No. 10 by direction of the surgeon, where he remained till be was sent to the hospital, where witness also visited him. He gradually grew worse, and died yesterday (Sunday). He was visited by his wife and friends while in the hospital.— Samuel Orme said he was a prisoner in the gaol. The de ceased was also a prisoner there. A fortnight to-morrow he was brought into the hospital and placed under witness's care. He complained of pain in his chest, was very much purged, and had a very bad cough. He was regularly at tended by the surgeon, and everthing ordered was given to him, Every attention was paid to him by the officers of the gaol. He kept gradually getting worse, and died on Sunday afternoon. His wife.and daughter came and saw him several times. About fear or five months ago deceased was at the hospital, but so far recovered that he was able to leave it.— Mr. Francis Archer, surgeon of the gaol, said that he saw deceased when he first came in, and he seemed a delicate man. On the 24th February deceased complained of being, very ill, and witness ordered him some medicine, together with flannel. He did not then send him into the hospital, but visited him several times from that period up to the 22d of March following, when he was suffering from an abcess. He then'ordered him into the hospital, where he remained up to the 12th of July, when he became considerably better. Witness was informed by the governor that deceased had broken the rules of the prison, and was asked if there would be any danger ;n placing him in solitary confinement. Witness said he did not consider there would be any danger. De ceased was placed in a boarded cell for three days, and his diet was bread and water. Witness visited him in the cell, and also when he came out of it, and did not then consider him anything worse. Deceased was then put into class No. 10, a part where boys are placed, and the most comfortable class in the prison. The cell was next to one occupied by an officer of the prison, and one of the most comfortable in the gaol. From this time witness visited him frequently, and in consequence of his delicate health gave him medicine and regulated his diet accordingly. On the 31st October, as he seemed much weaker, witness had him again placed in the hospital, where be gradually declined up to yesterday, (Sun day,) when he died. Witness was of opinion that the deceased died of bronchitis and general debility. As he appeared to be in danger, an application was made to the mayor, and a commu nication was addressed to the Secret ar y o f St a t e for his pa rdorS. The wife of the deceased, a respectably dressed female, who appeared to be much distressed, was present at the inquest, and remarked that the deceased had been very ill for twelve weeks before he was put into solitary confinement. The coroner referred her in reply to the evidence of the surgeon, and proceeded to address the jury. He said that as an individual he thought it was to be lamented that the man had, under the circumstances been placed in the confine ment stated, as perhaps, his treatment in that respect might be supposed to have accelerated his death. He himself, how ever, could not assume to judge so competently as the sur geon, whose evidence they bad heard, and they must there fore return such a verdict as they considered conscien tious. It appeared, too, that the governor had the power to order the prisoner into solitary confinement, for the breach of the prison rules of which he had been guilty. The jury, after consulting together some time, returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased died by the visitation of God, in a natural way; but that con sidering his illness he had not had proper treatment in the gaol in being placed in solitary confinement. The coroner stated that this conveyed an imputation which was, perhaps, not meant to be conveyed—both the surgeon and governor pea - laps acted in their official capacity to the best of their judrierit, and in the strict exercise of their duty. The swain said that he had no conception that the confinement stated would affect the health of the prisoner, nor did he notice that such was its effect. On the contrary, if he had had a doubt, he would in humanity have given him the benefit of it. Mr. Highton also explained that he only acted in the strict line of his duty, and was, guided by the surgeon as to the state of deceased's health. The jury reconsulted, and withdrew the latter part cf their verdict—leaving it simply " Died from natural causes." RAILWAY WHEELS.—The Commission on Railways in Paris is unanimously agreed to recommend to the Minister of Public Works to prohibit the use of cast-iron Wheels, on account of •their brittle natnre. All the Companies in fu ture will have to employ wrought-iron wheels. In England and. Belgium cast-iron wheels have disapponred, unless, indeed, they may be sometimes used in the transport of coals and goods. MINERAL PRODUCE OF MONMOUTUSIIIRE.--It was stated on the late 'occasion of the opening cf the Newport Docks, that the commerce and manufactures of Monmouth shire had vastly increased, and, as illustrative of such fact, it was adduced as evidence, the increase in her mineral pro duce. In 1803, the whole produce of her minerals was 10,924 tons. In 1842 that produce was 185,000, instead of 10,000. In coal, such has been the progressive increase that, whilst in 1803 it was only 34,000 tons, in 1842 the quantity raised was 600,800 tons. The office held by the late Solomon Herschel', D.D., (chief rabbi of the eastern synagogue) has become extinct by that gentleman's death, the committee for regulating the ecclesiastical affails of the Jewish body having passed a reso lution, about two years since, that the office should be abo lished at the death of its then occupant. The salary of the late rabbi is stated to have been £lOOO per annum, and a considerable addition to hi s i ncome was d er i ve d yearly from presents of various descriptions from the most wealthy mem bers of his nation. COMPARATIVE COST OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN RAIL WAYS.-Mr. Robert Stephenson's elaborate and important report, addressed to the directors of the South-Eastern Rail way, on. the system of railways as now projected by the French Government, he gives an analysis of the cost of rail ways in England, selecting three lines—the Northern and Eastern, the York and North Midland, and the Birmingham and Derby—as cases similar in their results to those in France now under consideration ; from this, and also an analysis of the cost both of the Belgian and French lines, it appears the average cost per mile of the English lines is £25,000,450, the French lines £23,000. and the Belgian lines £16,206, — thus showing a difference iu the cost in favour of the Belgian lines over the English of no less a sum than £9244 per mile, and over the French of £6794. PRESENTATION TO THE REV. ROBERT MOIMAT.--011 Thursday, the 3d instant, a meeting was held in the Waterloo Rooms, Edinburgh, on the occasion of presenting to the Rev. Robert Moffat, missionary to South Africa, a copy of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, as a mark of esteem from friends in Edinburgh. The room was crowded. The Rev. Mr. Alexander, the chairm an , presented an elegant bou n d copy of the above work, with a suitable inscription, to Mr. Moffat; who, in acknowledging the testimonial, adverted to the benefit it would be to himself in instructing the Bet chunas, and other barbarous tribes of Africa. By the liber ality of the Marquis of Bristol, he had also been enabled to provide himself with a telescope and a microscope. Mr. and Mrs. Moffatt, and their fellow labourers, Mr. and Mrs. Inglis, sail shortly for their missionary station, in South Africa. An inquest was held on Friday, on the body of James Ha milton, who was found dead in bed on Wednesday morning. Mr. Elkington, surgeon, deposed that on a post mortem examination of the body, he found eufficient to warrant him in concluding that deceased died from taking a large dose of laudanum. He found in deceased's coat pocket a piece of paper, on which was written, in pencil, the following:—" I bequeath my body to any surgeon who will send a sovereign to my wife, Mary Anne Hamilton, No. 2, Howarth's Gate's, Long Mill Gate, Manchester; and request he will particu. larly examine my head, as I have had a dreadful pain in it. P. Hamilton." The following note also appeared on the paper Ido not di e a Ch r i st i an • no, but a D e i st or So cialist.-The jury r e t urne d a ver dict, "That the deceased died from taking laudanum when in a state of temporary in sanity. Birmingham Advertiser. A GOOD Cow.—The following song, descriptive of the points of a celebrated Durham cow, was chanted amidst great applauEe at the Darlington Agricultural Society's meeting:— She's long in her face she's fine in her horn, She'll quickly g e t f at without oil-cake or corn. Hurrah ! hurrah for this beautiful cow I She's clear in her jaws and full in her chine, She's heavy in flank and wide in her loin, She's broad in her ribs and long in her rump, Has a straight and flat back with never a hump. Hurrah ! hurrah for this beautiful cow ! She's wide in her hips and calm in her eyes, She's fine in her shoulders and thin in her thighs Hurrah ! hurrah for this beautiful cow! She's light in her neck and small in her tail, She's wide in her breast and good at the pail, She's fine in her bone and silky of skin, She's a grazier's without and a butcher's within. Hurrah! hurrah for this beautiful cow ! SAFETY EXPLOSIONS IN COAL MINES.—In a communi cation to the Gateshead Observer, Mr. J. Murray makes the following proposition- " of a safe and efficacious method of clearing coal mines of `fire-damp,' thus obviating all dan ger, and preserving a salubrious atmosphere for the miner, which will go far to obviate entirely the use of safety-lamps (at best an equivocal security,) and must recommend itself to universal adoption, at once for its economy, as well as its simplicity and efficiency. Let a copper conducting wire, traversing the avenues and recesses of the mine, form the circuit, connecting the poles of a Smee's voltaic battery. This copper wire is interrupted at intervals by uniting wires of platinum ; and these platinum wires—say about three eighths of an inch long and one-hundredth of an inch in diameter—form the several nuclei, or centres, of wire-gauze cages, each cage having a double fold of wire-gauze. On each immersion of the voltaic arrangement into diluted sul phuric acid, the platinum wires would be simultaneously ignited throughout the entire extent of the circnit, and the gas safely exploded and consumed. A Smee's battery of very small dimensions would suffice; and this might be re peated at specific intervals." THE FEMALE SAILOR.—DREADFUL DEATH.—It will be recollected, that a few weeks since a girl was apprehended at Cardiff going on board one of the Bristol packets in sailor's attire, on which occasion she stated that she was going to America to see her brother. We lament to state that the unfortunate girl, whose name was Anne Rees, and who was about 21 years of age, was burnt to death at Merthyr, on Wednesday last. It appears that the poor girl, who is of weak intellects, had come to Merthyr in search of employ ment, and, not having money to pay for her lodgings, she went to rest in one of the night lodging-houses, in which there is generally a fire, and having fallen asleep her clothes ignited and were entirely burnt from her person before her cries brought any person to her assistance. On being dis covered the poor creature presented a shocking spectacle, her face, bands, thighs, and abdomen being burnt in a dreadful manner, the flesh on the thighs being burnt nearly to the bones. Surgical aid was immediately called in, and she was removed to the police-station, where every attention was paid her, but after lingering in the greatest agony for 20 hours she expired. OPENING OF THE LOCAL COURT OF BANK- RUPTCY ~..anion on Saturc Ilast, and at eleven o' c l oc k on t h at d ay the Court fp - Liverpool district was formr Room of the Sessions-House, before the commissioner: Mr. Skirrow, Q. C., and Mr. Charles Phillips, Q. C. Th district assigned to the Liverpool Commissioners was define by an Order in Council, published in the Gazette of Frida week, and given by us on Tuesday. It comprehends a; places included within the Southern Division of the count of Chester, all places locally situated in the county of Lan caster not included in the Manchester district, and all place in the Welsh counties of Anglesea, Carnarvon, Denbigh Flint, Merioneth, and Montgomery. The Commissioners, having taken their blapp. Campbell, late Registrar of the Court of Bankruptc to read_ the order in Council. This being ended. al them. Mr. Campbell replied thei, orders of the Lord Chancellor, respecting proceedings not terminated under the fon. received on Monday, when the Court would, a condition to proceed. The Commissioners, thereupon directed the Court to be adjourned till Monday. We understand that both the learned Commissioners hay , permanently taken up their abode amongst us ; and that th Lord Chancellor has appointed— Repistrars.—Mr. Campbell, Barrister, Mr. Abrahal Barrister, (formerly Revising Barrister at Liverpool.) Official Assignees.—Mr. Cazenove, Mr. Bird, Mr. Follet and Mr. C la, wcy Turner Official Messengers.—Mr. L. T. Gaskill, (late Agent f The Timesd Mr. S. Day, late Chief Clerk to Mr. Evan Commissioner of Bankrupts, London. MONDAY The Court resumed its sittings yestert eleven o'clock - y, (Monday, the Commiss mere were presen ers, the two Registrars, and the Official Assignees solicitors were in attendance, and from time to questions were asked by them in reference to the practice the court. The proceedings in several cases were continues, and with reference to some insolvencies, the Court directed the notices to.be advertized in the newspaper which had the widest circulation, but if that should no t b e d eeme d su ffi c i ent , then they should b e advertized in more than one. The rules and orders of .e Court as made by the Lord Chancellor, were, by the' 4rection of the Commissioners, posted up in the court for the information of the legal profession, and the to a question fro►r 01.1KRUW, soma, tuat tue practise Court of Bankruptcy in London would be follower District Courts. Mr. J. C. THOMPSON, solicitor, called the attention of the Commissioners to the 14th rule of court, which stated that no bankrupt should eallowed to pass his examination until after his balance-sh tthad been filed ten days. He had a case in which the bankrupt was now prepared to pass bis final examination ; the balance-sheet was prepared, and was now in the hands of the official assignee. He was not pre pared to follow the 14th rule to-day, indeed he was not aware of it; and he wished to know whether, under the cir cumstances, the balance-sheet must be filed ten days before the bankrupt could pass his final examination ? Mr. Commissioner SKIRROW said the rule was imperative, and the Commissioners had no discretion; the bankrupt must file his balance-sheet ten days before passing his ex amination. Mr. THomPsow then ca' the attention of the court to the 6th rule, which also bo► upon the same point. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS, in reply, said that Mr. Skirrow and himself had been most anxiuus, that in previous cases the balance sheet should come in, and the proceedings be taken up as they stood before the country commissioners. They had determined, if they could, to allow such proceed ings to go on, and that, if possible, the notice of filing the balance sheet should be reference merely to proceedings under the new act ; but they found they were bound by the words in the act " in no case," so that they had no discre tion. It was certainly a hardship, and the commissioners were sorry for it. Mr. NEALE said, he was in a case exactly simil Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS repeated that the court had no discretion. Mr. THOMPSON said, that at the commencement of tit( act, it was natural to expect difficulties and inconvenience and of course he must submit. Mr. Registrar CAMPBELL said, the meetings for the proo of debts would take place as usual. The conversation on this subject then dropped. Mr. BARDSWELL, in reference to that clause in the act which requires the proceedings in all cases to be forthwith brought into court, requested the advice of the court on a case where the proc6edings were necessary to be taken be fore the Court of Exchequer on a motion to be made under the Interpleader Act. The question was, whether -the property in question belonged to the assignee of the bankrupt or to some other party. The proceedings being necessary on that case, he wished to know whether they could re main with him till the motion bad been argued and de termined ? The COURT intimated that the proceedings must be brought into them forthwith ; adding, that there would he time to take copies of them before the motion in the Ex chequer was made. Some conversation on other• matters connected with prac tise took place, and the court adjourned about half-past one till to-day (Tuesday). The court which, as mentioned above, was held in tin Grand Jury-room, will sit this day in the Nisi Prius Court WIGAN-MONDAY NIGHT Tut CORPORATION.—On Sunday morning last, the body corporate, together with a large number of gentlemen, con sisting of the wealth, talent, and respectability of the town, assembled to partake of a sumptuous breakfast with the newly-appointed mayor of the borough, Thomas Eckersley, Esq., at the Royal Hotel. After breakfast, his worship, along with most of the councillors and a great number of the gentry of the town, walked in procession to the Parish Church, preceded by the insignia of the corporation. The streets presented a very animated appearance, for hundreds of persons were crowded in the Market-place to witness the scene. The fine old church, which is such an ornament to our town, was well attended; and, according to custom, a most appropriate sermon was preached by the rector of the parish, the Rev. H. J. Gunning, who pointed out, in an eloquent manner, the duties of gentlemen appointed to fill the office of magistrates, and the great responsibility attaching to them whilst dispensing the laws, which are framed for the suppression of vice, and idle better government of the land. NATIONAL AND BLUR -COAT SCHOOLS.—SeITCIODS were preached in the Parish Church, yesterday morning, by the Rev. H. J. Gunning, Rector, in behalf of the funds of these schools, when collections were made amounting to £5O Isl 2d. There is a debt owing by the trustees of these schools amounting to £ll4, incurred by the extensive repairs which were required to be made after the great storm in January, 1839. The building used for their schools suffered on that occasion more than any other at Wigan • and the trust ee s must be prevented from doing the extent Of good they other wise would be enabled to do if the benevolence of our towns men is not extended towards the removal of their standing debt. IMPORTANT TO COAL MASTERS.—An important case came before J. Woodcock and Joseph Acton, Esqrs. county magistrates, this afternoon, at.the town-hall. The case was one relating to the incorrect statements given by Mr. Dar lington and Mr. Blundell, coal proprietors, of the weight of coals sent, by waggons on the North Union Line. Mr. Chapman, Secretary to the North Union Railway Company, was in attendance, and also Mr. Edward Woodcock, Solici tor to the Company, to conduct the prosecution. Several witnesses were brought by the North Union Railway Com pany to prove the weighing of coals on Friday last. when there appeared in the:ticket from Mr. Darlington's with waggons that c ame a lo ng with Mr. Blundell's er colliery, 7 -s considerably less weight than what actually was brought in the waggons. Mr. Darlington explained that the difference might be occasioned by the wet weather, and also stated that from the length of his branch line he was only able to weigh 8 waggons of a train ; and his servant proved that the weigl.t of 8 loaded waggons alluded to was guessed at. The com plaint against Mr. Blundell was similar; but the magistrates considered the explanation given by Mr. B.'s servants to be very unsatisfactory, as in one ticket 17 tons 15 cwt. 0 qrs. were entered, and the actual weight was 24 tons 0 cwt. 1 qr., which appeared in the book, from which the machine man who made the ticket should have copied it. In Mr. Dar lington's case the company were in some measure satisfied with the explanation, and convicted only in the penalty of Is. per cwt. and casks. But in Mr. Blundell's case the magis trates considered it to be an abominable proceeding on the part of his servants, who must have had come object in view for their conduct. They were quite satisfied that Mr. Blun dell had no desire to do anything to defraud the company, and thought also there was great cause why he should exa mine into the conduct of his servants. They wouid convict in this case in the full penalty of 40s. per ton. DIOCESE OF ST. ASAPH.—The present state of the St. Asaph Diocesan Society, foe promoting the building, endow ment, and enlargement of churches and chapels, not per mitting it to answer the numerous applications made to the society, the excellent bishop of the diocese has made the liberal donation of £5OO in aid of its laudable designs. His lordship is an annual subscriber of £lOO to the society. By means of this society )4 new churches have been conse crated, nine parish churches enlarged, two other new churches are being built; and no less than £40,000 has been expended upon the building, endowment, and enlargement of churches in the diocese of St. Asaph, a great proportion of which, it may be safely asserted, would never have been raised without the promoting influence and ready aid afforded by this society. Some of the parishes in this diocese are very large, extending to 10 and 14 miles in length. SINGULAR DEA-TH.—On Thursday evening, the 27th ult., as John Westwood, a cart driver, in the employ of Mr. J. Farrar, of this town, was on his way home from Hudders field, having lighted his pipe in the public-house at Birchen cliffe, the night being dark, he stumbled against Ile wall and broke the pipe in several pieces in his mouth, as be supposed, without inflicting any serious internal injury. On his arrival at the Mitre Tavern in Halifax, after having attended to his horses, be retired to bed, where he remained until Saturday evening, when he got up and went to his father's house in Westgate. His mother, perceiving that he was greatly in disposed, inquired what was the matter; he said he had got an attack of the quinsy, and that his throat was very much swollen. He continued to grow worse until Tuesday even ing, when medical assistance was called in. About one o'clock on Wednesday morning a violent discharge of blood took place from the extreme right angle of the mouth, when it was discovered that he had pulled out a piece of pipe two inches long, which, according to medical opinion, had per forated the jugular vein at the period above mentioned, and prevented any previous hemorrhage. He died at six o'clock in the evening. The man never told any person of the acci dent until he had discharged the piece of pipe from his throat. —Halifax Guardian. HORRIBLE CRUELTY TO A CHILD AT NEWPORT, MON MOUTHSHIRE.—The magistrates of Newport, Monmouth shire, have been engaged during the week in investigating a most disgusting case of cruelty to a female child of between seven and eight years old by her mother and grandmother, both of whom were committed on Thursday afternoon to take their trial. The unfortunate child was found on Thurs day week on the steps of the union workhouse, at Caerleon. On being taken into the house it was found that she was in a neglected and destitute state. She was unable to give any intelligent account of herself, and she was suffering greatly from ulcers, the consequences of neglect and privation. The child having been sheltered in the union house, and dressed by the medical officer, inquiries were set on foot by a con stable of the establishment. In the course of his inquiries, the officer applied to the unnatural soother and grandmother, by whom she was disowned. At length, however, she was taken in, but the neighbours, suspecting that the cruelties to which the infant had been subjected would be continued, insisted on seeing her. The mother, Flarriet Owen, and the grandmother, Anne Tippet, both resisted them, and asserted with many oaths, that the child was not in the house. The neighbours, however, persisted in their search, and at length in searching the coalhole, found the miserable little girl crouching in a corner, with nothing to lie upon, but the damp ground, and having no covering on her body but a ragged chemise, or short petticoat, When brought out by the neighbours (all of whom to their credit, be it stated, were women) the child was almost benumbed by cold. The magistrates committed the inhuman offenders for trial, and they were removed amid the yells of an indignant populace. PROTESTANT LIGHT-POPISH DARKNESS loath.= horrendum informe ingens vtii lumen adempium." which you I you wi pour foot dish In your yesterday's " Staudard" You sent me, I find Facts, on which to enlarge I feel greatly iuclin'd. " L'Esperance"—of the 12th of October's remark — (Flow Popery 's ever a grope in the dark !) Dr. Wiseman to " Sens'"lias(it;ays) taken flight The bones of St. Edmund to bring to the light. this grave " Sens ceremonie," then, your answer I cm Wbat inducement had he tht Does he mean to impose on And swear the (arch!) .-riddenmen, of tear us enough with his claws ! rye," He was 8 of old ; r token, !II our bOnes, and not . one shall be bro- .onner than he shall the " beast " overwhelm antichrist's name be unknown in the realm! A friend of mine once paid a visit to Spain -bank the God who is THERE breaking Popery's chain!) ey showed all their relics—at least so they thought - pen'd, still one was forgot! rule 's not to stick to (You t's said, Iractory e Pope would here break, stake ! ion of Jacob's far gnior!" adds th' id, (with a jeer,) shown ThP ;-0-' hole, my friend ravado ; A at Toledo ! " _ Some such reason as this is the cause I presume, • That this Wiseman (thus wisely) those bones would exhume, To make some such ladder, (he'd do more than that,) nN ISE hIM v be wa: Rome to a Cardinal's hat ! ,ven St. Edmund himself, If by this he could share some of Babylon's pelf I And (who knows) but at last that his way he might grope As high as the mitre of Babylon's Pope • close, let me ask, I beseech, ilinel" wholly leave out 111`Ghee's speech subject I've one word to say, Fie left Wellingt Of Field Marsh, ) I feared who had won us the day ! oi - INelle 1 was first apprehensive, Content " to rest on the defensive ; " to unwilling " to come to the scratch its he and his slanderers were not a " match ; " And said that he fairly might make a " demur," To "stoop " for the stone, should he throw at a cur! That, as for himself, he ne'er dream't of promotion, It was only his enemies spoke of the notion. " Woe unto you when all men shall speak (well) of you. How consoling (this verse) when they (falsely) ill tell of you; Yet " Faith" - (God's word says) ever worketh by "Love;" It is thus that we prove OUR creeds from above. Some say wn " Cut at Rome" when, instead, we should Aro! " we cut but the Mesh" which entangles the sinner ! Yes, this is the difference—be sure to remark— We cut in the light while. Rome cuts in the dark! Yes, she cuts at the HAND which would break her own chain, And then turns round upon us to complain ! Were our Peel truly Orange, he'd give him a mitre, When our Protestant hopes might begin to look brighter. May the Lord show His pity by turning His rod, To scourge those (who keep from her) the word of our God ; Showing Christ 's not a rod for to punish a slave, But a lightning conductor, the sinner to save. Champion Baylee then came, who did only delay, sir, To throw down the gauntlet to " Nebuchadnezzar"— (He reserved his artillery all for the night)— When Popery's darkness he held to the light. One fact speaks a volume ('tis Popish to bide)— Hisformer opponent's now gain'd to our side. Yes, the man who, three years since, was Popery's leader Now asks the appointment of Scriptural Reader ! Pray, where's Dr. Butler—can any one tell? Do „ you think he's conve r t e d, or i s h e unwell? Indispoid—(not at least indisposed fora run) — He first makes a great noise, then goes of, like a gun Or fearing, perhaps, "he'd a hole in his skin," Where some heretic ball might just hap to pop in! * Then Hugh Stowell stood up for his "Thirty-nine Towers!" (We could listen with joy, had he spoken twelve hours ; He always has something so CHEERING to say, As, already I said, we could hear him all day)— Proving Christ their foundation, thew top-stone, and all; Yes, they're built on the Ro c k, so th e y never can fall! (Floods may wash off the dirt which schismatics have thrown, Of the buildings themselves, they can't injure one stone!) No confusion is here, as in Babel of old — Every grain that is here is " a grain of pure gold." So, in vain the blind Papist and Formalist rages ; They've been sifted and " tried in the furnace" for ages. Now the errors of Greece with Rome's seem to combine: It is only what's NEW is deem'd WISE or divine! When they see that those " Towers " they storm in vain, Heaven grant they may join us to tnan them again ? (To revert to 111 1 Ghee) no, it was not his speech, Though his talents and eloquence, few can e'er reach ; For his force of expression could senates command ; Yet, his strength, it was not in lira, but his HAND, Like a Sampson, he wielded those " stubborn facts." (No words are so forcible, ever, as acts :) Yet, his tangible evidence, none could gainsay, For what popery was—it is this very day! Or, (for want of the suN) while this snow-ball as roll'd, Its dimensions have rather (INCREASED seven fold . 1 ) Unchang'd and unchangeable, (sunshine or storm,) (Until melted by Him, it can never grow warm ) 0, the volumes (and medals) he held in his hand, Should be read through the length and the breadth of the land. When we think of our tythes being diminish'd, forsooth For what, PROTESTANT England ? To keep up MAY' xrin,. [N THIS VERY TOWN, ry gut,_east this juggernaut down gdonas arils) but our own ud say, " leave them alone?" The oath of our Queen, was our - pledge they should cease : Notwithstanding, (E'EN THIS,) they are on the increase Awake then, arise (to a man,) for our right, 'Tis " when bad me❑ combine," that the good should UNITE With another Guy Faux, we'd have no chance at all While the enemy's camp is pitched inside the wall! The match could not fail to be put to the train ' • Then adieu to the P ro t es t an t s l e ft t o comp l a i n ! How Judas-like is it, then thus to compound, But, between the two stools, they must come to the ground. It they Antichrist love then, why should they thus trim, Or, if Jesus, be Lord, why not (wholly) serve Him? But, it's plain, all their fault, and thence our disasters Consist in the attempt at thus serving TWO masters. • May Christ, the good shepherd, who died for their sin, Briny them back to His fold, and, (like Jews,) graft them in. (Own BOTH testaments—Jews—from " one Christ" over all, Fitting into each other, like socket and ball.) Like Diastole, Systole, dear " ELDER BROTHER, " 'Tis THE VERY SAME BLOOD runs from One to the other. 0, may Gentiles and Jews soon unite in one host, Only striving in this,—Who'll love Jesus the most! I would that the public would thus take a hint ! Pay the Protestant Standard to give a re-print; (I don't mean to say, they should give their commands. And then leave them " unsold" on the publishers' hands !) And then, tho' the " Sentinel" sleep at his post,: While " our Standard" 's unfurl'd still the day is not lost. ever strike you 7) 1 in twelve-42, I've one other remark, (di It seems " Edmund" was bur Which, subtract from the year in the which we now live, You'll find that 600 (exactly) 'twill give. Now if to each cipher a head you affix, You at once shall have 6 hundred and 66, And then—ev'ry one knows—even down to the least, 'Tis the CRITICAL NUMBER defining The BEAST!!! It was thought of the bones, only some would be found, Yet the skeleton (whole) lay unchanged, under ground. What an emblem of Popery (this) to my eyes; When the Church says the word, then (en masse) it will RISE ! It is true, when she chooses, 'tis ever conceal' d ; But as true that (when summoned) 'twill stand in the field ! (A Bartholomew medal being ready for all, When Papists ride rou4lishod o'er Protestants' fall !) God said, " Let there be light;" nor commanded in . vain: When the Pope calls for darkness 'tis chaos again ! 0, Thou " Spirit of Truth !" who alone can give light, Brood again with " dove's" wings o'er this " mystical" night, And, Thou Saviour of Sinners, (this hairier unfurl'd,) Revisit, renew, and restore this dark world ! Make us meet for those mansions preparing above • Thaw the cold in all he ar t s w ith th e b eams of Thy love. Then will end all our darkness, distraction, and pain, When, Thou, (mighty to save,) cona'st Almighty to reign ! Sir, I feel quite asham' d thus to take up your column; But it is my "first fault," (th oug h ' t i s a l most a volume!) I am no politician, ne'er wrote in my life; I'm a lover of peace, and a hater of strife : " Curse ye Meros," says God, (did she ever oppose 7) (Thrice curs'd) since she did not CONTEND with lies FOES ! (Semper ego auditor's,) the cry of a heathen ; (And numquamne reponam's,) re-echoed by me then ? When the enemy's fast "coming in like a flood," On the Laodicean shall rest his own blood ! Yes, when Christ is depress'd, and when Antichrist 's prais'd, The Standard of Christians must ever be rais'd ! And, like Gideon of old, tho' each vessel be clay, 'l'he lamp of God's truth will drive darkness away ! Although every pitcher be broken in twain, Like fam'd Latimer's light, 'twill blaze brighter again! And the torch-light illurne but the "night of the grave," While the TRUMP shall proclaim Jesus mighty to save. But methinks that I hear some unfortunate fools Say, " We'll meet your objections with National Schools! " Till we educate all, leave God's word on your shelves ; " When their taste, then, is form'd, they'll judge for them selves." 0. Judas, betrayest thou thus with a kiss ! (Was craftiness (ever) seen equa l t o thi s? ) Then the TREE (yielding knowledge) (for this is your creed) To the TREE (giving Life) must infallibly lead. Ah ! this was the doctrine (we know to our cost) Whereby Eve was deceiv'd, and this world of ours lost!!! Sir, when doctrines like these are held up to applause, And back.'d, Protestant England, by Protestant laws! When those (sworn as guides) to this Protestant realm, Let the ship run adrift while they sleep at the helm! When a mutiny rises—to scuttle the ship, Pa the lights out (MORE SLILY the cable to slip,) When the compass is lost—Oß (WORSE) THROWN OVER- BOARD, How, then, can the anchor of Hope be restored ? Still our captain is Christ, (tho' ourfoes haveforgot Him,) All hands to the pumps, (oR) ALL HANDS TO THE BOTTOM Liverpool, November 12, 1842. * (To the English) who are uninitiated in the (p o2e / raja) of Popery, it may be as well to explain, that this alludes t o a circumstance which occurred in Ireland during the Rebellion of 1798. In the summer of that year, (lest the Protestant tares should run to seed,) the Pope thought it advisable to give them a little pruning, or (so scorch them with gunpow der) as to arrest vegetation. The priest who (as usual) was in the van when a shot was fired at this wise husbandman, used to take a bullet out of his pocket, in order to encourage his followers, by sheaving that (he) wa s i nvulnerable. This knowing s h o t " was, however, finally killed ; when the accident was accounted for as above. THE " POOR" PRIE STHOOD.--The Rev. Mr. Kearney, the Ronan Catholic parish priest of Clane, in the diocese of Kildare, who died la s t W e d nesday week, left by his will, £B,OOO to the Right Rev. Dr. Healy, for the college of Car low; £5OO to the poor of the parish of Clane; £3OO to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith; and £2OO to the convent of Clane. LONG CO MITSHIPS. — Married, on the 27th ultimo, at usea, Mr. Isaac Harries, draper, to Miss Jane Harries, ner, Castle -street, Swansea, after a courtship of about ....us. Lately, at Reidead, after a thirty-nine years' courtship, Mr. Bicker, butcher, to Miss Daniels. Had the xample of these prudent couples been more generally fol lowed, we should not hear of such a numerous lot of indis creet and unhappy marriages. twenty CORREST'aND.ENCE, WHAT IS THE CHURCH ? TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. I beg to offer to your correspondek. " Vindex Ecclesite" my sincere thanks for his reply, to question—What is the Church ?—though I am bound to say, because I feel it, that it does not fully satisfy. The fault may be in myself, not in his answer. be thinks that "A. M." in particular can and will answer the question. I hope that "A. M." will; and I now more especially appeal to him, and I beg that the answer may he as simple and conclusive as possible. I will read the sermon which Clericus commends. TO TH F. I am , Sir, &c. IURCH OF ENGLAND CHRISTIAN F.: EDITOR OF THE LIY Sin,—You will greatly oblige ing the following in your valuab; (L. STANDARD constant reader As I wish to become an examiner of the Board of Ship masters and Mates, I am thinking of joining the Shipmasters' Association, as it appears the officers of that society have but one object in view, that is to get a snug berth these bard times. Hoppning to hove the misfourton to lose my vessoll in en deavouring to explore a passage from Liverpool to London, but sorry to say the rocks brought me up all standing, I am now badly off for the want of a situation. If I could get a ship I could circumnavigate her all round the world, without chronometer or barometer, no place to sleep in, and nothing to drink but water and small bear. I can handle a vessel when the storm is up, but reather afrade of exomination, all tho would be quite competent to exomin others when I have larnt my lesson. A SHIPMASTER Liverpool, Nov. 131' CHRISTIAN MISSIONS IN INDIA TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVI TOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Every Christian philanthropist must feel anxious for the extension of the inestimable benefits of his holy religion to the immense population of the dark and idolatrous regions of Hindostan, and, consequently, solicitous for the removal of every impediment that may oppose its salutary progress; at least as tar as British authority and influence can effect that object, in that interesting country. But there appears to be a most formidable obstacle in the way of the extension and profession of Christianity in India, which it is in the power of the British Government to remove, in reference to its own subjects and dominions there, but which, it is stated, it rather unhappily perpetuates. In a recently published quarterly number of a periodical sketch of the operations of an influential foreign Missionary Society (the Wesleyan Me.. thodist,) now flourishing in an d b y t h e l ib era l suppor t o f t h e British nation, I find the following extraordinary, and by no means encouraging statement :—" The old Hindoo law, which deprives every landowner who changes his religion of all civil and even domestic privileges, is still enforced by the British Government. Whenever, therefore, a Hindoo, who may be fully convinced of the errors of his own system, visits the missionary for the purpose of ascertaining the conditions necessary to his becoming a Christian, and in reply is told to "repent and be baptised," he immediately adds, " Will you maintain me then. All my friends will forsake me : will you give me rice and clothes." It is deeply to be lamented that the British Government should continue to enforce so barbarous and injurious a law as that above referred to ; and as all missionary societies, and indeed the whole Christian world, are deeply interested in its repeal, or abrogation, I would beg leave, through the me dium of your paper, to direct the public Attention to the sub ject. Surely, Sir, upon a proper appli ca ti on t o t h e B r i t i s h Government of India, that cruel impediment to the propaga tion of Christianity and the destruction of idolatry, under the auspices of a British Episcopal Christian establishment, in those eztensive regions, would not be suffered to remain. I am, Sir, &c., PHILO CHRISTIANUS Liverpool, sth Nov., 1842 THE LEAGUE MONOPOLISTS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,—As Cobden, O'Connell, and Co., are about to make a glorious lift of " fools' pennies" this week, for the purpose of continuing their retailers of thread-bare speeches in office ; it may not be amiss to propose a question or two, the answers to which would furnish matter for a speech from Cobden of two or three hours duration, and enlighten very considerably, the working classes, whose co-operation the League so ar dently desire, but of which, hitherto, they have been so severely disappointed. Without further prefix the questions are subjoined, with the belief, that should the League orators forget them, more sensible persons will not : 1. Is it not a fact, that while the working classes attached to the establishments of the factory leaguers have been gra dually sinking into a state of abject want and wretched po verty, the factory lords have been making rapid and immense fortunes? 2. Is it not a fact, that one of these leaguers, who a short time called himself a sufferer from the corn-laws, has realised during the last twenty years somewhere aboat two millions sterling, or about £lOO,OOO annually ? 3. Is it possible for any set of men to realise such enor mous and rapid fortunes compatibly with a fair remuneration to the working classes? 4. Is it not a fact that in the manufacturing, or League districts, the labour of the adult male has been superseded by the employment of WOMEN and children ? 5. Is it not a fact that nineteen-twentieths of the working population place no confidence whatever in the sincerity of the League leaders, and deem them a batch of interested hypocrites ? 6. Is it not a fact that the league are, notwithstanding their rapidly-made wealth, aiming at the reduction of wages? How these sir queries should be answered, every man who thinks will at once see. They are questions, however, with which such men as Richard Cobden, Esq., 211. P., will not seriously meddle in . the presence of an intelligent English audience. Hoping that you will be able to sfford a small space in your paper for these remarks, I am, sir, yours, &c., CERE _-....---___ TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,--=Has it not been proposed to preserve the good old town from fire by the use of- brine, and also to wash the streets with the same? -Would it not therefore be well to consider the consequence's of such a pickling? In extinguishing fires it not only is often necessary to deluge the building in which the fire originates, but the ad joining ones also, to prevent the fire from spreading. N ow , would not a house saturated with salt water be almost as useless as one consumed by fire? Floors, walls, and all con tained within them would, doubtless, well denote any hygro metrical changes that took place, and may thus far conduce to the amusement of any interested in such things, but would hardly add much to the comfort of the inmates, or be at all suited for the storing of goods liable to damage from damp. But will not the watering the streets with salt water have much more serious consequences upon the comforts and the property of the inhabitants of the town ? Let us make a little calculation. Now, suppose that the streets to be wa tered daily in dry weather measured altogether 10 miles in length, by 30 feet wide, that would give us 1,584,000 super ficial feet ; let the water be laid on 1-50 of an inch deep, which will give 2,640 cubic feet of water; then one cubic foot of sea water contains at least two pounds of salt, we have, therefore, 5,280 pounds of salt as the produce of one day's watering, and a moderate watering too. What would be the consequences of introducing such a body of salt upon our thoroughfares ? Is it not a constant complaint with our shopkeepers that on a windy and dry day all their precau tions are useless for the exclusion of dust; that the enemy steals through every crevice? What, then, would be the effect of such a visitation if a large quantity of that dust was composed of salts in the form of an impalpable powder, salts attracting moisture from a damp atmosphere, forming nu merous active combinations with matters that they would meet with, destroying colours, acting upon metals, penetra ting wood, brick, mortar, and stone, and rendering them pe culiarly sensible of all atmospheric changes? What would be the effect of a few years continuance of such a salt -wate r system? Would there be a dry house in the town? But without waiting many years for the full development of the evil, what would be the immediate effect upon those traver sing the streets? Would double their present expenditure in clothing keep them respectably dressed ? Would not one dusty morning, followed by a shower, turn black hats to brown, and coats, &c. to all known shades, while a wet day would make wholesale destruction amongst boots and shoes, leather and salt water being deadly enemies ; and, moreover, would not dry feet be a luxury much to be desired but seldom experienced ? But if the rough sex would thus suffer, who can point the woes of the softer sex ? Alas ! for silks and satins, bonnets and trimmings, they would be known only as things to be mourned for, not that they would be mourned for if they could be replaced as quickly as destroyed, (for rumour says that our fair friends love change, but rum our sometimes fibs,) but what husband or father has a pocket strong enough to withstand an everlasting shower of brine, so Mr. Editor I trust you will raise your voice, and exert your influence, to ward off so great a calamity, and thus pre serve to us, in all their beauty, the ornaments of our fire sides, (spoilt dresses would banish smiles,) and, amongst others, you would oblige your humble correspondent, AN INQUIRER. 12th November, 1842. TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE SCOTCH SECES SION CHURCH, MOUNT PLEASANT. GENTLEMEN,—As a member and a seat-holder in the above-named church, I beg mo s t respectfully to ask, if it is by your permission that a political clique of " a n ti- corn " ladies meet every three weeks within the S co t c h S ecession Church, Mount-pleasant , to discuss the corn-law question ? I ask this question in consequence of se e i ng a long circular in last Monday's Albion, dated from that place. Yours, &c., A SCOTCHMAN, Liverpool, Nov. 10th, 1842. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE AT SANDBACH.—On Thurs day night, about a quart er past eight o'clock, Mr. J.E. Willi am s, solicitor, was seen running as hard as he could in a direction towards Mr. Percival's pool. In a shott time after a person was heard in the water of the pool. Assistance was rendered, and in five minutes the body of the deceased was taken out, quite cold. Hi s h a t w as f oun d on the grass close to a lath fence, th roug h which he had broken in his ,w ` a lun ti d the pool. The coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of 'f drowned." r • assaults, by FRIGHTFUL STABBING.—Very ierocious occurred which the lives of two men were nearly sacrificed, d n esdaylast. The cir cumstances Ellesmere, Shrewsbury, on of Ellesmere party of countrymen from the neighbourhood of Van Amburgh, who was ex cunastances are as follows :—On Wednesday evening, a went to see the performance o• re pn returning home, about hibiting his feats in that town. ar I ensued between Edward a labourer. Tho mas o'clock at night, il of Edward Williams, endeavoured Williams, a sawyer, mas Judson, a companion of when Williams turned round to p ersuade him to go d stabbed him with a clasp knife in the upon him (Judson)an abdomen in such a shocking manner that and Tb q o u mas Mason, lower part of the He immediately st a bb e d h i m again, the bowels protruded. on each side 0 near the heart to th e d epth of two inches, and this the breast would have, undoubtedly, proved fatal had the knife a woun glanced against one of th e r ib s. He then in notd about four inches lo ng an d nearly half an flicted inch deep, at the back of the neck, and a no th er severe cut from the crown e f the head to the forehead, wh ere t h e knife glanced st the bone of the forehead. H e a l so got two severe cuts again on the rig ht hand, in endeavouri ng t o save himself After having stabbed Judson, Williams went on his way towards home, and on the road he was told by Thomas Mason that he was no man for having stabbed Judson, and for having made use of a knife at all. Williams immediately turned round, and struck Mason on the bottom of the belly. Mason ex claimed has " Don't knock me there." Some one cried out, "He stabbed thee ;•" when Mason put his band down and found his trowsers were cut, and the blood flowing from a wound two inches deep in his thigh. This cut hadjii,. aii t Ed the scrotum, and was within an inch of the fenlarar ATM\ Mason, on finding he was stabbed, knocked With - anis 4tivi 1.... into a ditch. Willi ams, on getting up, immedititelytraii away, and was seen to throw something out of his hand.', a ,.. The knife was f oun d a short distance from the spot where 10 , . Mason was s t a bb ed ; it is a clasp knife, very sharp, and was. • . ‘,- bent in the blade, supposed from striking against the ribs of '. •* ,•. Judson. Willi ams has been committed to prison. Botlithe ‘ , wounded me n are i n a very precarious state. 4 . 1 . .