The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-12 00:00:00

JANUARY 12 possession of the town, and had one-fourth of the troops. subsequently sent to retake it been forwarded at the pro pertime, no loss of property wouli have taken place. So far, therefore, were the destruction and rapine corn milted by the insurgents from being consequences of a purely accidental nature, that they - were decidedly the Consequences - of gross neglect. The argument founded. on th e losses suffered by Brazilian subjects is too ridicu lous to merit an observation. Brazilian subjects have no means to compel payment, and the justice of any claim they might choose to advance would be no argument in their favour with the Brazilian government. A short time previous to the entry of the insurgent forces into the town, • the governor of the province ad dressed a despatch to the British consul at Para, claim ing the co-opeiation of B.M. ship Racehorse with the Braiilian squadron to defend the town from their attacks, when feared or expected. This was readily complied with from the 14th August, 1835, when the insurgents opened their attack upon this town, until the 23d, when it was abantVned by the go vernment and the white population. Ding the whole of this time the Racehorse kept up an effective fire when ever the insurgents made their approaches, and at the same time kept her boats constantly employed in the convey ance of Brazilian subjects from the shore to the lessels lying off the town, and thus saved many hundreds of lives. If, therefore, as foreigners, connected by a treaty of reciprocal duties and privileges, but in nu war• concerned in their national differences or internal divisions, British subjects might have previously claimed protection from all parties under all changes of government, they were by this last measure stript of their usual claims to. for bearance from the insurgents, and thrown entirely-on the justice of the Brazilian government. It has not yet transpired how the British government' intend to follow up this matter. Every concurrent cir. cumstance, however, so fully supports the justice of the claimants in their appeal, than we feel assured their in terests will not be neglected. THE MEETING OF THE TRADESMEN'S REFORM Assn- CIATION.—The hole and-corner meeting of this political club was held last night at the Music-hall. This assem blage of the Liverpool radicals was designated, in the Telegraph of Wedneiday last, a "public meeting of the reformers of Liverpool, for the purpose of adopting reso lutions in favour of the ballot, the extension of the suf frage, and the introduction of Sir John Cam Hobhouse's bill into Liverpool." . can there be a greater mockery of common sense than to dignify this secret meeting of the Reform Association with the title of a public meeting ? Every body knows that no one could obtain admission into such a meeting but the enrolle4 members of the so ciety. It was, therefore, to all intents and purposes a private meeting; and every thing emanatinz from such a meeting must be considered as the result of the furtive operations of a weak and contemptible faction. It is really laughable to speak of " the voice of this great community being unequivocally expressed" on such an occasion. The " voice of this great community," in deed ! The miserable whisper of an expiring faction we should call it. We suppose the radical journals of this town will con tain a report of the proceedings at this meeting. We shall take care that they do not escape our notice. On Tuesday. next we hope to Nave it in our power to inflict ti salutary castigation upon Mr. Blackburn and his asso ciates. In the mean time we warn the people of Liver pool against the fallacy of considering the resolutions which may have been passed at this secret conclave of the radicals as the echoes of public opinion. The peti tions which may emanate from the same source must participate of the same nature. O'CONNELL AND THE DUBLIN TRADES.—This "bold, bad man" has at length met with a rebuff which he little anticipated, and from a - quarter in which he considered himself perfectly secure. In a moment of excitement he ventured to declaim against the proceedings of the Trades of Dublin, accusing them of unlawful combination, and vituperating their leaders .in terms of unmeasured eiduploy. This was considered the more surprising as Mr- o.tonnell himself had advised them to carry out the very scheme s against which he now proclaims his hostility. On numberless occasions his hat rangues to the Trades were,marked by the most lawless violence; and if they acted upon his suggestions, and rendered them selves obnoxious to the law by their secret combinations, ,they rationally and naturally concluded that lie should have been the very, last to upbraid them for the conse quences resulting from his own insidious advice. Ac cordingly we find that, when he ventured to impugn their conduct, they retorted by accusing him of directly Prompting them to acts.of violence. In this the Trades . were perfectly right. There is no man living who has suggested more numerous infractions of the law, or organized a greater number of conspiracies against the public peace than the Arch-agitator. At the same time there is no one who has shrunk more frequently, from feelings of instinctive cowardice, from the consequences of his own seditious and villanous advice, than the same traitorous O'Connell. But lie has at length met with his reward. The very instruments, upon whose willing co-operation he had long depended, at length have proved the means of bringing his character into disrepute. :But on this subject we cannot do better than quote the i'emarks which the Evening Mail has made upon the greeting of Monday Evening. The following is the lan guage of our-able eontemporary:— .THE TRADES OF DUBLIN AND MR. O'CONNELL. Monday last will he upt,r,Led as the fatal thy in the calendar -of Mr. O'Connell's public life. It was the crisis on which de pended the return of the.popular tide in his favour —,or its per -.severance in retreating and deserting him for ever. He em ployed his arts. and noire than his usual arts, to procure the .appearance of a favourable result. He Caine prepared to flat ter, to cajole, to tempt with pecuniary offers. and government patronage the injured and insulted men by whose hottest but mistaken zeal he had himself attained that eminence whieti .enabled him to injure them. He had filled his rooms at the 'Corn Exchange with a packed assembly; he had selected a .chairman suitable to his purpose ; and in Peter Purcell, the -mail-coach contractor, it must be admitted, he found a hench , man who "did hint yeoman's service." Ere yet the proceedings were fully opened, or the agitator committed with his " country men,"- Peter, who in irony is called "Simple," took occasion to read a document, as h e said, eilianating from the coach makers of Dublin, and signed by those who work at the factory in Russell-place, wherein the subscribers " most heartily coin cide with Mr. O'Connell." But Peter forgot to state that the factoryin Russell-place is a portion of his own establishment, ,and that the coachtnakers who signed his document are exclu sively those in his own employment, and under his own controut. ,Nor did this disinterested contractor's aid stop here—his friend .ship carried itself through the whole proceedings from beginning :to end—for we are informed that " the business of the meeting concluded by the chairman (Peter Purcell, as aforesaid) bring ing forward a resolution to the effect that a tradesman's-hall, with -suitable committee-rooms, should be erected in this city; and -announced, amidst continued cheering, that himself and Mr. , O'Connell would subscribe £lOO each!" 4 sprat to catch a salmon ! But the bait did nut take, The meeting broke up at "three cheers for Lord Mulgrave nineo'clock, p.m., giving twd old Ireland," and omitting by universal consent the once Popular name of O'Connell! How are the might} fallen! The proceedings are of the most singular nature. For the first time in his life, Mr. O'Connell stood as a criminal—not at the bar of justice, but at the bar of the popular party—arraigned of deception, treachery, and falsehood. His position was painful: had he been an honest. straightforward and virtuous man, it had, excited pity. In public he has hitherto mastered his temper, but here he lost all self-control ; and being encountered with an ability, a firmness and spirit which he did not expect, and was unable to resist, he stood like an angry bear at a stake, growling, and snarling and snapping at every thing and eve!) , body, till his spleen at length gave way to exhaustion. On the very outset he made an injudicious cast, in calculating on the absence of Mr. Patrick O'Brien, the Chairman of the late Aggregate Meeting, and in falling foul of that. able antagonist in his absence. But Mr. O'Brien having learned the course adopted by his honourable opponent, in violation, as it would appear, of api pylons agreement entered into, left the wof k in which he was industriously engaged. and quickly appeared upon the platform to confront this calumniator. We have seldom seen a display of . snce prompt ability, and unpremedicla teil eloquence in alabonring mechanic. His denunciation ►t•as terrible —and when he remin►ted his antagonist that he (Mr. v'C•actnelll was hi►zlself , a _leading con►hinator—that at Kerry •he recommenileil the death's head and cross tones to be placed at the doors of all who not combine with him—that he hail a' this whole country to combine ,against tithes [—and lie b . aveaddett that blond atreauled at ItatlsCorusac i►s con- sequence of that advice- 7 1 tha iron entered the soul of the convicted detnagogite, and " he fell to railing live a very drab," assuring the meeting, in the end, that Mr. O'Brien was " no lrishma❑"—t.hat he " wore very large whiskers"—that " he should go away to Cumberland to Hanover." . . What could be more contemptible—what more wretched than such an exhibition? The fall of Sejanus was not more rapid— scarcely more justly deserved; and certainly not more to be rejoiced at by all good and peacful subjects. • Unless Mr. O'Connell can arouse the passions and hopes of the rustic population, by renewing his outcry for Repeal, and pointing to the glorious—yea, the infectious example of Canada, his day has for ever past, and a dishonoured grave awaits him. This revolution in public feeling bodes good to the country. We well recollect when Mr. Woulfe, and Mr. Sheil, Mr. Lavel le, Mr. Brett, and others, having grievances to complain of, tried,-but in Nain, to give utterance to their feelings in opposi tion to Mr. O'Connell iu these very rooms. They were inva riably overborne by clamour, and put down by violence. It was evident from the commencement of the proceedings on Monday, that Mr. O'Connell felt that his position was altered, and his object manifestly was, first—to propose that no inter ruption should he given to the speakers; and having availed himself of this general amnesty, secondly—to talk against time —tire out the meeting, and deprive the tradesmen of the oppor tunity of replying. His scheme was discovered and to a great extent defeated. SECOND SOIREE AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION. On 'Wednesday evening, the second soiree of the season was held at the Royal Institution, in Colquitt Street. Owing to the disappointment experienced by parties at the last sot, ee, in not being able to obtain tickets, and the brilliant success which attended it, it was deemed expedient to issue lit) inure tickets for the present meeting, than before. A very brilliant company was assembled, though we thought not so numerous as on the former occasion. The museum was encircled .by several new specimens of zoology and of att. The upper, or geological gallery was also greatly ornamented by a number rut vet v beautiful water colour paintings, lent to the Institution by Mr. Nicholson! - At eight o'clock, the company proceeded to the theatre of the institution, to hear the lecture of the even ing. Mr. J. 'N. WA LKER, the president, took the chair. Before proceeding to the more important business of the evening. he begged to express his obligation to.the gentlemen of the com mittee fe'app l iinting blur to that honourable post. How ever much he. might regret tint having been present at the last suit ee, that. regret was lessened front the cir curnstanee of the President of the Literary and Philos'', phicad Society, Yates, having filled the chair, a gentle man touch more coinoe,ent to fulfil the (billies of the stati9n than himself. The papei which had been read at the last soiree inns most appropilate. Mr. Roscoe, its author, having been amongst the first founders of the institution. Ile alluded to the valuable Elgin casts, and specimens of Grecian at ehitec ture and sculpture possessed by rite Institution. The museum also was now creditable to the town of Liverpool. lie trusted that they should not be liable to the charge of being narrow minded. The committee, during the time that lie had been president, had dev,,ted ail their attention to obtaining a good museum. There had been some doubt of the success of these soirees that had been proved groundless. Some In.rsons started back with horror at the idea of science; he hoped those persons were but few. Some thought that they who were a commercial people wete not' called on to follow scientific pursuits. Although he was not wrepaied to compare the Liverpool of the nineteenth century with the Florence of former years, he thought the de sire of acquiring wealth might be consistent with the improve ment of their intellects. These soirees were valuaWe in drawing together in friendly intercourse those who were not in the habit of associating. Aber smite farther remarks he sat down. Dr. SUTHERLAND !hen ruse to read the essay of the evening, being "Some remarks on the geological surface of the country, and its effects upon its natural landscapes and scenery." Where soft rucks existed, the mountains assumed a rounded appearance. The insinuation of water be tween masses of rock, and the effects of cold on it afterwards, exeicised so powerful a degree ut force as to dissever large masses of rock, which caused their downfall and affected the landscape. The first or primitive formation comprehended granite or sand rock, and was the lowest in the series. By vol canic and other action this beeline broken up and raised verti cally towards the surface. Stone of the highest mountains io Eniope belonged to the granulated formation. The Fenn of the mountains generally depended on the rock. If the rock were rather ; soft, the mountains were rounded. If hard, the mann- • tains shot up in granulated angles and perpendicular precipices. The Alps abounded with these appearances. The precipives formed by granite had a marked sineffilmess, and many exiim ples of this kind were .to tie seen in the Alps. The grandest mountain scenery in the world, perhaps, was that of Mont Blanc. in Savoy. Of the scenery of Mont Blanc, the lecturer gave a vivid and eloquent description. The break ing off of large portions of granite rock sometimes was fol lowed by dangerous results, in overturning into ruins, and crushing all that opposed the avalanche. W here the geological surface consisted of clay slate, the mountains were not so lofty. The secondary formation presented a vast variety of 'scenery. It presented what was called the landscape, and the romantic; boundless plains, mountains, and lovely friunful valleys. Limestone surface presented a great variety of scenery. The colour of limestone was very different ; it was sometimes of a bluish cast. Limestone formations were generally conical. The scenery of Berne afforded the finest specimens - of this kind of scenery. The mountains of Alpine limestone were of the most stupendous character. The reason of the barrenness of limestone rocks and bills, arose from the quantity of magnesia contained in the limestone, which was prejudicial to vegetation. The sandstone was of very extensive formation in England. This generally was distinguished by flowing hills, and fertile valleys, as the beautiful vale of Wharf in Yorkshire. Alluvial formations ought to he considered rather as a covering to others, than as a distinct class. The most remarkable specimen of this kind of surface was seen in the platus of Lombardy. Their fertility was well known. He noVr came to allude to the qualifications of scenery. He then noticed the basalt formations of the Giant's Causeway, and the peculiar construction of the basalt rock pillars. The vol canic scenery next claimed attention. The whole' of the country about Rome, was of a volcanic formation. The whole country,for miles round was flat and barren, with occasional hills, the result of volcanic action. In the neighbourhood of Rome there were tao or three lakes occupying the bottoms of craters. The seven hills on which Bente was built were of volcanic erection. Tbe• lecturer then gave a vivid description of his descent into the crater of Vesuvius. The south coast of Italy appeared as if it were shaken into fragments, and afforded striking evidence of subterranean action. After the conclusion of the lecture, the President proposed a vote of thanks to Dr. Sutherland, which was given by acclama tion. _ The company again proceeded to the rooms and promenaded for an hour. On the whole the yoiree struck us as heing lunch more flat than the last. 'l'he lecture. though one of great re search, and• very interesting to a scientific audience, was of far too dry a character for a mixed assemblage, composed chiefly of ladies, to keep their attention alive fur au hour and a ball.. Ducrow is drawing excellent houses in Glasgow. He will visit L►verpool previous to re-opening his Theatre in London. The congregiltion of Edge hill Church have agreed to give their pastor, the Rev. R. Barker, £lOO annually, in addition to his present salary. The . production of 'wool in our Australian colonies is now be t ween . two or three tittles the amount of that of Spain, whence this country used to derive its principal supply. STEEH.E. CHACE AT NESTON.—This expected race did not take place on Wednesday, in consequence of the hardness of the ground. We believe the waiter is " off" altogether. MR. PEMBEWTON'S CoNCERT.—We beg to call attention to the programme of Mr. Pemlierton's Concert, as announced to take place on the 19th instant. The excellence of the selection has, we feel assured, sufficient attraction to draw an excellent attendance. Ms DILATED BATHS.—We ben to refer the notice of our readers to au advertisement in another column announcing., the Opening of the toedicated and vapour baths in G rea t G eorg e s . street. These baths are beautifully fitted up, and afford every convenience to the public. ScHooLs. OF THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—The various schools attached to the Mechanics' lustitulion were opened on Monday last :—the High School with 120 to 140 pupils; the Lower" School, with 150 to 160 pupils; the Evening Sc hools, wilt. 360 pupils. The Philosophical Class of the Evening School will meet each Tuesday evening; the Chemical Class each Thursday evening; the French CIaSS every Monday and Friday evening ; all the other classes every evening, ex-ept those de voted to the lectures, say, Wednesday and Saturday. CONSERVATIVE. DINNER IN ST. PAUL'S Wano.—The conser vatives of this ward dined together ou Weduesilav, the al at the house of Mr. James Fieldhouse ' Hightield-street. Mr. John Barton, one o f th e counc ill ors of the ward, was in the chair, and the party consisted of about fifty gentlemen, being as many as the house could conveniently accommodate. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts were drunk, with the " tneinbßrs for the borough," &c. The evening was spent in the litmus. har mony and good feeling; and it is but justice to Mr. Fieldhouse tit state, that he catered for theta in the best style, the dinner ,and wines being most excellent. WHALE.—We understand, that the skeleton of the Whale has, dttring the week, been visited by a number of the most re spectable families of the town and neighbourhood. Without ahy exerption, they have declared this to be the most interest- • ing exhibition they have ever witnessed. No idea of the nn- Teusity Of the skeleton can be formed, without actual inspection; nor can the beautiful structure of the anatomy be at all adequately imagined, except by a minute survey. The skeleton is perfect in all its parts, and tbe exhibition is most admirably arranged to show the imposing grandeur of this relic of the monster of the deep.—See the advertisement. CHILD BURNT TO DEATH.-011 Saturday last a child be binging to a person named Isaac, a wood-turner, in Great Howard -street, was burnt to death under peculiarly painful circumstances. 'the mother, it appears, had gone up stairs, and left the child, which was only two.years and a half old, in the kitchen. In the meantime the child had come in contact with the fire, and its cries arrested the attention of the mother ; but the poor creature, before she came to its assistance, was s 9 dreadfully but ut that it died almost immediately. It is strange that parents will leave.chillren of so young an age alone where a lire is kept. Accidents like the above are almost daily the results of such negligence. A case nearly similar to the one we have mentioned, happened only a day or two before to a child belonging to Mr. Leather, the architect, in Rose-hill. The servant was up stairs, and Mrs. Leather was in the front par lour, while the deceased, a line little girl, of three years and, a half o ld, w as lort alone in the kitchen. Her cloth'es ciinght flee, and although Mae. Leather instantly flew to her assistance, the injuries on her neck, back, and arms were so severe as to cause her death on the succeeding Sunday. The distress of the parents, as maybe imagined, has been very great. FATAL. ACCIDENT.—CAUTION TO CAR DRIVERS.-011 Tues day an inquest was held on the body of William Briscoe, whose death occurred under the following circumstances:—The de ceased was an old man in the seventy-sixth year of his age, The father of Thomas Briscoe, baker, Circus-street. On Friday week, in the afternoon ; he was passing across Lime-street, be tween.. the bottom o r Gloucester-street and the. top of Elliot sl reel, A l vet ow painted coach, with two horses, was passing at the time, and knocking the old man doirn, the wheels passed over his right leg, which was severely bru;sedz and fractured. The fellow who drove the car or coach was requested to stop, and a'woman who witnessed the transaction, made an effort to prnctire a sight of his number. but this only !wheel him to give the whip to his horses, in order to escape Itetectinn end punish ment. liesuceeeded in getting away, and has not been recog nitied since- The old man was taken to the Infirmary, whet e he lingered until Friday, when he died of the ininties he 111 received. It is to be hoped that the unfeeling wretch who ill:(1Ve he car mar he nitiinatelv discovered and brought to punishment. The great Ulster canal. has been opened from. Charlemont ' to Monaghan, and Nbters are plying on the gamu, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD; COTTAGE OWNERS' ASSOCIAI lON. vitals the subsistence of the pie-sr. (Hear, hear, and cheers ) .That most extraordinary bill had been often brought into the eisi4 if Co a anonsanteriorto this time, and as often repulsed; ill he. w0u..1 h (via Mara,' that it repulsion would have been a clear raasoa eht Sir Harry Verney should not again Maitre pre-.., smi•neil to introduce it. It was clear that all its godfathers had I been tirail , vita the siaht of it ; and ataetathe repeal of the act, some time since in operation is Liverpool, Which in its working was so extraordittary, as. t heir chairman hail stated, hiving in- I creased the p oo r rates iathree years fall 3) per cent—ha shank! , have thought, after that PX.l:up.e, no man in the House if ( Coin- ! mons would have brought forward a general measure for the I whole county. (Bear. hear.) Immediately, however, after the repeal of that eat, Mr. Slaney, forsooth— The CliA ta MAN.—No tint after, but while it was in operation. Mr. KN A PPER.—WeII, the necessity of repealing the Liver poi act was then made most evident, at all events; and imme diately on that necessity being made evident, Mr. Slaney brought in a general measure.; but it was cut off, not in the burl, but when it was cotrong, out, for it had got into committee Atter him Lord Al' horp mooted another questiun of the same nature; the Earl of Darlington fallowea him; and Sir Harry Verney, in the last session of the last parliament, brought in this inea-- sure. The pretension for creating so unwise and unjust a law bettert e afford to pay f is 't his—that the land l ords ,r, : p e r rly, si t t h li e t property p t e h r e t y y c g o e u t ld grea r reels r ( i i i f te l s l '['here property, that was a most erroneous idea. oere than those was always competition in building that sort of property, if an ything mould he got out of it, so that the rents were kept at a inodel'ate level, as their experience taught them. It was well known that all that had built small property had not got rich, and the holders had nut made fortunes, t het etnre it showed that meeting that that reasoning was erroneous. If it was at all proper that cottages :should be assessed, awl they were at this moment, it was equally right that the rates should be collected on the premises. It was constitutional that it should be so; and at the tone when we had a most expensive and protracted war, and the property tax was obliged to be laid on, the tax was col lected i m mediately from the tenants. Suppose that a house of VI a year paid £3 in taxes, the landlord would net £27 ; but if the tax was collected fr an the landlord, and he lost his rent, it made a difference to hint of £6. He would in that be £33 out of pocket. So much for that as a constitutional measure. Again, the magistrates had the power to remit the rates where they saw that the parties were iu poverty and distress; but the magistrates under the proposed law would have no power to re lieve the prior and distressed, if an exorbitant rent were charged to cover the rates ; and if in the event of that rent being unpaid, the landlord distrained the tenaut, the tenant must 'eventually become a pauper on the parish with all his family. (Hear.) They all knew by experience that cottage property was not the best that (.4,11111 possibly be, and he would ask Str Harry Verney, or any other matt that supported that unaccountable measure, I what interest they ought to receive for their investments? The sun of £11)) doilliled itself in. fourteen years, and the capital way 110 worse ; but in fourteen years of constant wear and tear the dilapidations of cottage property repired that it be nearly ) Let S r [tarry Verney Kook at that anti see whether cottage property yaelited th‘e remuneration that larger property did. No; and he wound also tied that the larger aro ', pert) , was more secure and less subject to dilapidations. The object of that bill was to extract front the pockets of the cot tage owner, and spare the owners of large property. Previous to the repeal of the Liverpool act, he had four cottages. and in four years he did not receive a penny ft ain them, and they cost him the value alone to put the four in repair, and he was pay ing poor-rates for that property three years out (tithe four. lie I would next come to the owners of that description of property • who were executors, trustees, or devisees for orphan children. The.property perhaps was 'deeply mortgaged before the death or the parent, and the trustee under that executorship had not wherewith to maintain that family. lie would come also to the awnership of a widow's, and perhaps in that ease, too, the pro perty was deeply mot !gaged, and that wido.v and her children, perhaps, wete in deep distress and great a ant ; they must inevi tably come to the parish, and the property would be confiscated or walled up. That was a sort of pauperism which would be pr .duced if that hateful bill were made the law of the land. tie camel hen to the disfranchisement chase, although as their chairman had stated, lie was not quite clear as to .he meaning of it; but this was clear, that It wauld throw the occupants into the hands of the landlords, and the tau [lords would have the power to waver the tenants as they pleased to their own way or voting; therefore, he said, on public grounds, he felt himself callea upon to give this bill his twist decided and determined opposition. In the next place, ac to the occupancy of these houses—if that bill passed into a law, the occupants of those houseS would be thrown into damp cellars, and large and dilapidated houses where half a dozen families live together, perhaps, and where were effluvia and contagious diseases, and from which great and seri o u s evils would arise. They would not only be thrown into damp cellars, hut be huddled together in one apart ment. He had known a man and his wife, with ten children, living in a cellar iu'one apartment, in which theme was but one bed for the whole. Look at the contamination of moral prin ciple that arose from that state or things, as in foriner times, consequent on a bill of this sort passir g into a law. Forty-live years ago he remembered, in this town, that the tide flowed so high as to flood the cellars, and persons lost their lives in con ' sequence; they had no resout se but the cellars at that tithe, and remembered the cellars letting at 2s. 641. and 3s. a-week for . one apartment only, and even as high its 54. and 6s. where any , thing could be dime in the way of a little business, in conse quence of being situated in froat. Since theta cottage property had been erected—decent little dwellings of four apartments in which the members of the family might retie to rest in sepa rate apartiaents, and thereby the moral evil of indiscriminate admixture in one apartment was wholly removed. He would not long,er detain the meeting. What had iallen from the chair- ' man wits ably urged upon them, and the report of the cow , tnittee was of so comprehensive a. nature, that be need say 11.1 more on the subject ; but he did warmly contend that that till was a hateful measure', and he hoped that their association, mid the association of every town in the kingdom, would set their fares agaiest and prevent its passing into a law. (Applause.) Mr. JONES seconded the motion, and it was carried unani mously. The petition which appears in our advertising columns was then read and adopted. The other resolutions were also prefaced by. able speeches from Mr. Ellis and Mr. Ilenshaw; and a very interestinv, debate succeeded, in the course of which many exceedingly strung argu ments were !treed against Sir Harty Verney's bill. The CHAIRMAN then introduced to the notice of the meeting the bill of Mr. Aelionby, to facilitate the recovery of possession of tenements alter due determination of the tenancy, and a pe tition in its favour WaS adopted. A subscription was then entered into to defray the necessary expenses atteudant on the opposition of the association to the bill, and a vote of thanks was then given to the chairman for Iris conduct in the chair, and the meeting was dissolved about .half-past nine o'clock. A. trteeting of the Liverpool Cottage Owners' Association was held ou W,doesdav night at the Pied Bul - Inn, Great Charlotte stre,t, to adopt p e raiaus to the Elouseof Commons in opposition to Sir Harry Verney' rat tug of tenements bill, and in support of a bill of which notice has been given by Mr Agliontry, to facilitate the recovery of tenements after the due deteriuinatiou of the tenautcy, Mr. B. FOP n was called to the chair, and opened the busi ness Of the evening by stating sannewha,t in detail the objection able nature of Sir Harry Vernev's bill. The committee of the association, he observed, since their last meeting in December, agreeable with the instruction given them, hail corresponded with the various associations of the towns of Manchester, Bris tol, and Birmingham, and also the metropolitan parishes, and it appeared by the whole to be thought desirable that petitions should be sent from Liverpool in support of the object of the association. Anil since that meeting he had received a copy of the contemplated act. the first clause of which made it impera tive on the chuichwarilens and overseers of every parish in Etw.- land and Wales, and all the afficers whose duty it might lie to rate all property of the value of £6 and downwards. That was, the first clause; and though it night not set iouslv affect Liver pool, it would affect the agricultural' districts and the towns in the neighbourhood, and he would oppose it with the same vigour as if it affected their own town. (Hear, hear, hear.) The second clause gave discretionary power to the guardi ins or overseers of any parish that might crone under the operatiou of the new weir law, to rate the owners of properly of the annual value or £2O, anti down to £6, instead of the tenants; and of course %%heir the new poor law came into operation in Liverpool, they would he at the mercy of the guardians. The next clause ;rave the occupier power to dedUct the sums paid in rates from. the reat. Tile fourth clause had the affect of disfranchising the occupier of that description of property, and gave to the owners the powers of which he was dispossessed in parochial affairs. Now, in Liverpool there were somewhere about 21,000 houses, the occupants af which would be disfranchised by that bill; and looki»g at that fact, he (amid not imagine why suet' an attempt .should be made to grind the rates out of them,though indirectly, and then give them no voice in their disposal. 'Tat was un'inst and intolerable. and he knew not what their Reform Associa lion would say to it at its meeting next week, for he believed they were to hold a meeting, praying that all should be given an equal right to vote; but if this bill of Sir Harry Verney's passed it would do away with that right in very imimrt int af fairs. lie would venture to say, it' that bill came iutooperition, that the( Cottage Owners') Association could rule the parish htfairs, spite even of the merchants, just as they liked; lint he hoped the day would not come when the parochial affairs would be entrusted to one setmf Men, as was contemplated by the bill of Sir Harry Verney. \Vhen that association met at the Bell to oppose the act then its operation, it was found that there were upwards of 11,000 nouses paying rents under £lO per annum, about 7500 paying £l5, and but about 3joo warehouses and larger h anies paying higher rents; and, therefore, from that alonr, if this hill passed, it would be evident that that very so ciety could take possessio n "f the select vestries, and they could do as they liked; though he was one of the members of that so ciety, he must confess that that was a power which be thought they ought not to possess. for hi! vv sushi rather see the powers given equally In all. (Hear, hear.) lie would call tit it attetyiem to another clause. By the filth clause it appeared that that bill did oat disfranchise lite irceunier, so far as respected the parlia mentary and municipal franchise. but it gave them the privi lege of being rated if they demanded it, to give them the fran chise under the reform bill and the municipal bill; and, there fore, -if th: , tenants chose to pay the rates themselves, they might have the privilege of voting, but if those rates mete p aid 1, 0,...,the instrumentality of the landlord, he thought they would not be entitled to a vote. The clause in that respect was ambiguous. 'rite next was the sixth clause, and really if these were the words of Sir Harry Verney, he eavied hint not the heart he possessed. for it took ;away the powerenjoyed by magis trates or exempting from the poor rates where the parties were in poverty. lie cared not what Sir Harty Verney's politics might be—be believed they were libetul, soda pretty specimen of liberality it was, amid after that he thought Sir Ilarry Verne)* cotiiii scarcely return to his constituents and tell t hem that he had done hlt that he could to ease the burdens of the poor—(ap plause)-for it was openly and palpably an attempt to crush and grind them down. lie (Mr. Ford) was not an enemy to that party to which Sir Harry Verney belonged. nor was he entirely with them, but he should be sorry to see those with whom be in any measure agreed in politics placed in the equivocal post lion of supporting a bill so wrong in principle. (Hear.) After goini , through the hill of Sir H. Verney in the way he had done except the explanation clause, and from the explanation they had had they had heard enough to satisfy them it was bad, , thoroughly bad; he thought he might say that in Liverpool its effects would be so injurious that the legislature had better at once confiscate their property and transfer it to the parochial board without troubliog them. The bill was exceedingly paitial, and they ought not to put up with it. They were ail aware that during the time a somewhat similar bill was in operation in Liverpool, the association formed to oppose it num- bered 400 members; but if this bill passed and caine into operation, he doubted not they should form an association still greater, and that it would he formed, as the overseers made the ' rates, that the rate-payers would flock to the standard of that associaiiiin. If that bill passed. he Was confident every large town would hild its meetings to obtain its repeal; anal he hoped in Liverpool the owners of cottage pope' ty would stand firmly and determinately. ( Hear.) There was one circumstance he wished to call to their minds respecting the operation of that bill, and it was one they ought uot to neglect oft that occasion. They were aware that the landlords became severe in enforcip , their rents, and that increased the rules, until the inhabitants of • the town preferred to have the bill repealed. Amid it would be fresh in their recollection that when they were considering the necessity, the absolute necessity, of convincing the parochial authorities that they had the power to double or treble the rates, that it was contemplated, and God forbid that he should ever see it done, to distraiu upon every tenant who was in arrear with his rent ; and out of froat 10,000 to 12 000 tenants at least 8000 ' were in that condition. What, then, would have been the con sequence? Why, that from six to seven thousand fatnilies— not persons—or probably more, for time were two and some times three families huadled together in some of those houses, would be thrown on the parish ; and where would be the saving then by that act of parliament? Why, instead of Is. 91. in the pound, as at first, the rate became 7s , Ss. , and even 10s. in the pound. They said at first that the attempt was a dangerous one, and now the question arose whether they should submit 'to this new bill or make a united and determ;ned struggle against it. He trusted they would do all in their power to prevent Sir Harry Verney's bill being carried. It would appear that cot- , tages were an eye-sore to the upper classes, but he trusted that the inectiug would do all it could to protect the working classes, who were the back-bone of Eagland. (Great applause.) Mr. Muunow, Jun., then, at the request of the chairman, read the following ' Report of the cuturnittee a the " Liverpool House trod Cottage Owners' Associat THE LATE ROBBERY IN LEATHER LANE. The committee, appointed by the members of this association' at a meeting held on the Ist day of December lasi, after a care ful and diluent reading of Sir Harr) Verney's bill, have come unanimously to the following conclustons. Firstly,—That the bill in its principle is partial and unjust, affecting the vested rights of the owners of property wiitru its sphere, and will also prove highly injurious .and arlitiary to the tenant ; parti a l a s affecting one class of landlords only, making a distinction where none ought to exist, and for which no pre cedent can he found, in taxing that part of :he property which before they held flee, untaxed, and uncontrolled ; unjust, as it will compel the owner to pa) his tenants' rates whether he re ceives them or not. Secondly,—That this hill, by its stern and dictatorial legis lation to the owner, precludes the remotest Chance of any lenity being- shown to a tenant who may happen to be in arrears; its effect will destroy all kind, benevol e nt , a n d g e n ero us feeling, which communication and acquaintance gives birth to, and cements, such as sul.sisis between landlord and tenant, it being out of the common nature of things, that any one can.so far for get his self-interest, or the duties he may owe to his f tinily. as to forget rent due, with the fact staring him in the roc, , that he must pay the defaultets' fates also. Let anyone judge of tl i e extreme hardship of this case, it will lie no better than tiched from his pocket by a legislation to which he is opposed, and considers partial and unjust. It is a well -known fact, that in times of depression of trade, infectious dis'oders, domestic cala mities or bereavements,'t that the owners of property within the operation of this bill, have not only forgiven rent due, but have sympathized with, and assisted their poor unfortunate tenants. Will they, if compelled, by such an unfeeling, dogmatical, and dictatorial bi.l, to pay, and at the same time to be reconciled to their loss, will they sympathise and assist? No. Their kinder feelings will be turned into bitterness and severity, and the poor tenant, owed by his goaded landlord, will be driven to take the most repugnant course to au honest mind, the relie due to a pauper by his parish. 'Thirdly,— Phis committee are convinced, that the hill in question will put a stop the further erection of tenements adapted for the poor. and the result may easily be foreseen, the rents of the buildings now erected will be raised. in Many cases •too high for the poor artisan to pay, his family will consequently be driven to some loathsome cebar or dilapidated garret, o r perhaps to herd with others equally as destitute: crime wilt by this means find endless resources to till tier ranks and pander to EXTRAORDINARY CHAIN OF EVIDENCE. recently gave a report of the robbery of a gentleman named Clarke. a silk thruwster at Macclesfield, of two £lOO. nol'es, and a £6O. note, by a dissolute female at a house in Lea ther-lane. lie had arrived in Liverpool On Friday, the first of December, and put up at the A'ellinaton Hotel, in Dale-street. That night, as he was _walking iu Dale•st reel, he met the girl Sandi t , , e 6eston, who induced trim to go home with her to a n „ l „ r i,, t , s house in Leather-lane. Here sae contrived to rob himol two m ites for .1:10t). each, one note for f.,50. and several gn s. Site was committed by Mr. Hall and tried at the tt;iteruiediate sessions , w hen s he was found guilt y and sell membered, tha the woman w ho ke p t the lions., and who was S t id e7l te i. Ce t ll to . font teen years' trauspoitation. it will also be re missing, Was s upposed to have received the money from the pri soner Sarah Eccieston, as it was not to be found Since then tr a ie i a a ce ei thers i lillpolice have been actively engaged endeavouring t rece i ve d inrorniatlon that a ticrsou, who was weil known4o the police, had purchased hoOse in Birmingham-,for which iitr'(t i' ing s. A short time a . zo Messrs. Whitt y and Dow . Purpose he had cha n g ed a note for 1:100. i BH t t 11 , -.) , immediately hich he mi g ht leceive. The result of his exe r tions was the a ppreheosion o f a man familiarly known by the name of Bid LeotteY• The latter forme rly kept a tap at the coiner of Marble st reet, and sut4sequently he has, in 'conjanc lion with another p erson. taken a tavern somea here in Scot rrivaith v "active officer, to act up on an y ft it , the h o p e of having the licence transferred to him. lie has limit been known to the police as connected with what is technically; denominated the ring," and has been cog viciedof felony. • e n m„„a n y Looney was placed before Mr. - Hall, charged with having been concerned in the robbery Molded to. Mess's. Crewe & Davenport both attended on his behalf. The gentleman who was robbed, stated tiri particulars of the case as he had previously detailed them. He further staled, th a t h e h ai l E cceived five hundred pound notes, and one fifty, front Messrs. Bindless and Preston, of Manchester. 11e ar rived in Liverpool at three ()Mock, He had paid "ay £U.). itt Liverpool, and the balance remained in his pocket. Mr. Needham, a clerk anti cashier in the service of Messrs. Bindless and Preston, Of Manchester, stated, that he paid the last witness £550. in notes The numbers of the notes were co- pied by :mother clerk. Mr. Murray read a memorandum which he had made, in which ilwas set forth that the notes were. No. 1-1:311. Bank of England, for the sum of ElOO; dated 28 - h Febt nary. 1837. No. 8116, Bank of England, for the sum of £l01; dated February, -1837. No. 152, Batik of Manehester, for the stun 4.1 £5O; dated 1-Ith February, 1831, No. 2256, Bank of Manchester, for £100; dated 341 August, 1836. No. 2910, Bank of Manchester, for £100; dated Ist August, 1835. The last-named bill, it was stated, was that which had been traced to the prisoner. The above hills were paid to the prosecutor by Mr. Needham, iu the nu ntier t c , i l it t‘ t i h t I s i s ) it :r a h , e id n( s ) a te i i wis produced and presence of witness. He. witness, had put their own private hauled it was ono of the n o tes which had been paid to t h e • • ' pr ose cu t or, but the private number had been cut if. . her wants. Fourthly,—This committee are assured, and tearless of any contrailicion or inquiry, state, :hat it the tIAVDers of tltJ descrip tion of property named in this bill are compelled to pay lieir tenants' rates, double the amount of the expectant rates will be added to the rents, so as to enah:e the landlord to cover his losses. This can be better shown by an example : If the tenant of No. 1 pays his landloru's demand, and the tenant at No. 2 does not, the owner will not lose, because he has added to the rent of No. 1 doub,e the rates; thus the honest will be made to pay the debts of the idle, profligate, and dissipated. The glaring injustice needs not to be shown. The owner will be excused and excul pated by all men—the blame only being attached to and arising from, the operation of an unjust and tyrannical. act of parlia- Mr. Llarison, a clerk in the Bank of Manchester, after look ing at the note stated, that he recollected dating it on the Ist of August. The date was in his handwriting. 1.3 v Mr. Bail— There was never more than one note of the same number issued on the s•trne date. The note was now cancelled. went. Fifthly.—lt appears to this committee very unjust that the owners of properly, who run the greater risk, are more .exposed to insult, labour, aud losses in the collection of their rents, should be compelled to collect the parochial rates, whtrai owners of large property, not subject to any such rates, the returns from which are in all cases more certain, and attended with less labour in the collection, should be exempt. This distinction ous they cannot look upon but with feelings of repugnance, jeally, and deep indignation, as a distinction highly injudicious and im politic. Sixthly,—This committee are fully and recently acquainted with the operations of an act, in its effects similar to one now under t heir consideration. It was a bill procured about seven years ago for this parish. In the first year of its working.the rates were raised from IS 9d to 2s 64 the second year. It was afterwards repealed by the unanimous consent of the most numerous vestry meeting ever held in Liverpool, and at the expense of the parish. It caused peiverty to become unexampled. landlords severe in the extreme. continual opposition ;And hickerings, and an odium lasl.- jug and unforgotten. Seveuthly,—The committee beg leave Instate, that they have acted upon the suggestion given them as to corresp o nding it ith the associations in other towns. from which they hope to effect a unity of purpose and a strength of operation, and they recommend that a deputation be stout to London to assist other deputations from other towns. Eighthly,—The committee cannot sufficiently express their indignation at the attempt now making by this bill to rob the owner of property aithin its operation, by a partial confiscation of their property for the parochial rates, and they recommend that a petition' be sent to the House of Commons, praying for a rejectien of - the bill. Mr. KN APPRR, the treasurer to the association, then rose to move the first resolution, together with those subsequently agreed to, and the seveial petitions, will be foiled in mot' arivertislng columns. tie said. after what hail fallen from the chairman, in it is very stole address -to that meeting, he could.have hut very • Well, say. But of that most hateful, and detestable. and pesti ferous bill ho must beg permission to make one or two remarks. In the first place. then, he would venture to stote that il was un just in prineiple- - (hear, hear )—inasmuch as it m akes one law for one description of persons:nod another for the other. ( Ilear ) Equal laws and equal justice ought to b e dispensed to all men indiscriminatelv—flicar, heart—but in that this bill failed. Again, it was inquisitorial : it looked into the innermost recesses of every man's property and every man's interests ;a nil, inas much as it did that. he most nuequivovally stated that it was in quisiobriaL an d th a t also it way tMeilllStitUtiOnd, and ht (Ike into the on constituted laws of the country— ( hear)—and, tiq Night add, that it was oppressive, and ground to the very Mr. Whittenbury B;med. that he was now a ca,bi9r at the Imperial Bank of Manchester. The note produced bore his signature. It was ❑ow cancelled, and consequently not in cir culation. the Walsall Bank. The prisoner and Thompson were in the house, and he pail the £95 to Looney, remaining accountable to Follows f:r the £5 retained by Mr.. Rot heroin.. By Air. Da venport.—ile had no conversation with Looney. He was per. fectly sore !hat the prisoner wits the loon. By Mr. Hall,—He (witue,s) did not ounce therrainber, but he requested Rotheram_ to notice it. He said he could not attend tmi it, as he was busy. but he requested Rotheram " to take the dimensions of it.." Mr. Rotor-rain t ed, titit he was a tint tier merchant, at Bir mingham. On the 9th Deceintier he went to Mr. Birth and asked hint to lend hint £5 for an hour itr two. 'kir. Birch sail he could not, tint if he would get change fora £l(.) blithe would be accountable for £5. He undertook to get change. kik wife usually posted up his accounts for him. Hetook the note home, and read it to his wife while she Made a record of it. He alter wards compared the memorandum With the bill. Witness pro duced the memorandum and read " No. 2910, £lOO, Bank of Manchester, dated Ist August, 18.31, payable on demand to Joseph Dennison, Esq., drawn by W. Witittenbury. Received from Jas. Birch." Witness sent Mrs. Rotheram to the Borough Bank of Binning:ham and told her to pity iu £2O and receive the balance. She went, :Ind brought back ES), in sixteen £5 notes of the Bank or Walsall. He paid those with some other notes, including a Bank of England note for £lO, making the amount £95, to Mr. Birch. Mrs. Rotheram stated that she received the hill from her husband and took it to the Borough Bank, where she paid it, leaving in the bank £2J and receiving sixteen £5 notes of the Bank of Walsall. She gave the notes to her husband. She made the mentmandum of the note, and compared it with the note afterwards. Mr. Goode, of the Borough Bank, stated that he received the note in question from Mrs. Rol heroin. He'plated it in the local drawer, and it was sent to London that night, but not by him. Mr. Goode examined the note, anti identified it. He could recollect it welt, because he bad no other note of the Bank of Manchester at that time. Wrighton stated that Mr. Goode gave him thC note from the drawer to copy. The witness lead the copy, which tallied exactly with the bill. He put it amongst the rest of the n!d'es.,ou the d:•sk and left it for. his employer to ?noose and send to Loudon, but he could not say whether in a parcel or iu a letter. Mr. Tomlin proved that he had received ft em the prnsecutor. in this town, on the Ist December, £3OO in Bank notes of .E.lOO each. One was No. 8116. B.tuk of England, for £lOO, dated London, 30th October, 1837; another No. 14,367, - Bank of h;nt►land, for £lOO, London, March 2 , 1; and the third No. 2780, Bank of Manchester, for £lOO, Manchester, August 1, all 18.37. • Mr. Joseph Richards stated, that he kept the Royal Exchange public-house, in Birmingham. On the 9th of Deeember •the prisoner and Thowpson dined at his house. After dinner they went out. They came hack at six o'clock. Looney had a horse with him, and requested hint (witness) to put it up for him in the stable, which he did. The prisoner owed lion El I Is. for a cask of ale which he had sent to Liverpool. Ile changed three £5 notes of the Walsall • Bank, and paid him. lie (witness) saw a Bank of England note in the prisoner!s hand.and a roll of hills. • Mr. Dowling produced the note. On the 29th December he received hat note from the Bank of Manchester. Ile made applicition for the note, stating the number and date, and found that they had received it from London. They cancelled the bill and entrusted it to him. Mr. li a rr,s,m nail Mr. Whittenbury were re-called and re examined by Mr. Ball, touching the Possibitity of two notes Of one number being issued on the saute day. Both those gentle men stated, that it was impossible. Bradshaw, an inspector of police. stated, that information ha7ing been received that Looney had chanued a bill lor ZUJO iu Birmingham, in the purchase of a horse, he, by direction from Mr. Dowling and Mr. W tufty. went to inquire into the circumstances. tiliving discovered sufficient to throw suspicion on the prisoner. he proceeded to search him. Bradshaw de tailed the circumstances or his pursuit, slid stated, that he at length found him at a tavern called the Broekles Arms, some where in the vicinity of Birmingham. It was on Christmas night when he found the prisoner. tie was in the midst of a convivial company, and was stretched on litre or four chai rs near the fire (pile at his ease. tie told the prisaner that Ire "was wanted,' and the latter, who perfectly understood the meaning. of this significant phrase, sat I, " wt.at for." Brad 7 shaw told him. The prisoner said he had nothing whatever to do with the £101) rote. It was Thompson's. Thompson bought the horse, and paid him £l5 which he owed him, Be brought him to Liverpool and lodged him in Bridewell. On the follow ing Wednesday the prisoner sent for him, and told him that he might as well.tell the truth. The note hail been given to him by a person, and Thompson hail snatched it front hint. The witness was examined by Mr. Davenport, as to the reason why he had not taken Thompson. Bradshaw-said he went iu pur suit of Thompson, whim he accidentally saw him on the rood, about five miles from Birminohain. Thompson was on horse back, and he (witness) was in a gig. The former galloped off when he saw him, and he pushed on in pursuit of him. In the race the gig was overturned, and the fellow got away. Mr. 11 lA, after some consultation with Mr. Dowling and Mr. Shutt leworth, said, he should send off for another witness from Birmingham. who would furnish a nother link to the evi deuce. The witness would probalil) arrive on the fallowing day. In the mean time the prisoner was•reinanded.. Air. HAIL turned to the prosecutor. and, address ing Into by name, said —" see, sir, the enormous expense to which your egregious folly has.solijiicted the public purse. You are aware, sir, that I know ever% eiremnstAnee of the case, and I must tell you that I feel perfectly disgusted with your cianiurt. You ought to be perfectly ashamed of showing your face in society. There is an enormous expense incurred by your con duct, and I only wish 1 had authority to make you pay every shilling." COURT OF PASSAGE. LIABILITY OF SHERIFFS' OFFICERS AND THE SERGEANT AT MACE EVERAII 0 V. Roscov.. This was an action brought against Wm. Stanley Roscoe, the Sergeant at Mace, for an alleged escape and neglect of duty of one of his officers, in the arresting of James Moore, a horse-dealer.. It was stated by the learned counsel for the plaintiff, that the constitution of the office of Sergeant at Mace is similar to that of Sheriff. Two bailiffs are appointed by the former, and their appointment is similar to that of sheriff's officer, as they have to give a bond to the Serjeant at Mace in a similar manner, in order to indemnify the Sergeant at Mace in case of any loss or misbehaviour on their parts. The names of these two borough bailiffs are Henry Hilton and William Kirby, the latter being in point of fact the real defendant in the action, It appeared t luit James Moore, an Irish borse•dealer, was in the habit of lowing up at the Iwot, of Mrs. Mary Bat tley, who kept a house, the sign of the Ship Launch, in Ke:-street. Dlting the period of his stay at this house he was arrested for the amount of a horse license. He borrowed the money to pay the debt from Mr 3. Bartley, and thus became indebted to her, including the amount of board art't lodging, £2G. 19s. 3d. Mrs. Bartley died in 1837, and in her books the above debt appeared recorded against Moore. As the executor had applied several times, for payment, without effect, he determined to arrest him. The plaintiff having received information that :More was coin ing to Liverpool with same hoses in September last, he went down to the pier with a friend and met hint, when he demanded the money. As the answer he received was unsatisractory, a w r it was issued against Moore for the sum. It was given to Kirby, and he hail orders immediately to follow Moore down to the Mitre Inn, and arrest him, as he was going to leave the town. Kirby said he would follow as soon as the writ had been entered; but be did not follow at all but sent his man, who fail in; to find Me ore at the Mitre followed to the Black Bull and through the markets, without better success. At length they found him at the Black Bull, but he knocked down the plaintiff, who attempted to detain him. and ran out of the house followed by Kirby's loan, Duckett, He took Moore in the Haymarket, but he escaped from him. After searehing, for him till half-past ten o'clock. Duckett refused to try any further. Ile took the writ to Kirby, and told hitri what had occurred. The latter abused the user.and pushed hint out of the house. _ _ The learned Assessor in the coniseOftilistrial, remarked that there was no excuse for an officer pleading th,.►t. he had not sufficient hands, as the public were not to lose their chance of arresting for such frivolous excuses. The fitly returned a verdict for the plaintiff. Damages — £26. 18$. 3.1. Attorney for the plaintiff, Mr. Pedder. -- --- TILE INSTITUTION SOIREE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIPERPOOL ST:iINIMRD. DmAit —M) sister Emily and I have just reunited front the Institution Sutter., and now that we have sent away our maid, and got our house done up, and all things comfortable, we are determined before we go to bed to give you our Own Mile account of the proceedings; but you must be sure not to print soy thin , * we say about ourselves, but just work it all over ag a in, as "if it was out of your own head, only you cannot be supposed to understand these things as well as we do. Papa proutised to take us about a week ago, and Emily and I were to tie dressed alike, that is, not quite exactly, because dear Emily is a year younger than I ant, and is not out yet, but we both wore pink dresses and our hair was braided alike, but still there was a difference, and the beauty of it is, that you could not find it out. Mademoiselle A thalte declared we were "Mises a va.vir," and you know her authority cannot be dis puted. It was rather late when we arrived, for Papa gorinto an ar gument about that odious Canadian war, that took all the officers Iron the Chester halt, and we had Meat difficulty in getting into the lecture room, and were quite too lute to hear Mr. Walker's address, which we were very sorry for, for he is a very nice man, and a good conservative, and had on a very nice waistcoat and kid gloves, and looked just as a gentleman ought to do, and so did Mr Brooks Yates, only he wore an ugly brOwn silk cravat with pink stripes, which you may just hint does not become him. Next to these gentlemen, the principal persons there*peared . . . .. to kw. two aldermen, who sat beside each other ott the steps, and seemed very affectionate to each other, and I was told their names were Barclay and Coglan. Mr. Barclay is not a nice man at all, and he stared at us with a loiguette, and I thought at one time Papa was going to be very . an;lry with him; and ... some yitung gentlemen who sat behind laughing very much about some story they were telling, but I couldimi ex actly make it out, and dare nut repeat what. I did hear—only it was about 4r. Barclay. Thomas Faßows; a horse-dealer, of Skinner-street, Birming- When Mi.. Walker' had done, a little gentleman began to ham, stated. that on Saturday, the 9;h of December last, he lecture. 1 do not know exactly who he was, bui his hair was sold a horse to the prisoner Looney. On that day. Looney and beautifully curled, and 1 wonder, now that dear old Tetley has a man named Thompson called at his place, and asked him if re ti re d from business with a Withi) of money, who be gets to he had a horse suitable for general purposes, either for gig, sad- curt it so nicely fur him. He told us all about primitive rocks dle, or cart. Ile asked ahem to walk in, snot ht.); a t what he and secondary, tertiary, and alluvial, and he said that granitic had in his stables. • They went into the st *hies, and he showed I r oc k s were io lumpy masses, liable to disintegration when long them a h orse . w hi c h h e said they might have fur £lB. Thom p- exposed to the action of the atmosphere; then he took up a son said he wished to ride the horse to try it, lout Looney pulled long stick, and I was aft aid he was going to point rout Alderman out a mie hundred pound note, and sating the horse wit,: for i Barclay with it, for a granitic work. auif 1 fancy the Alderman him, tendered it in payment. He (witness) said he was a very was afraid too, f or h e gou t li p an d wa lked out of the room, his bad se-t o iler, and, did not understand much about those matters; shoes creaking as he went, and we were very glad that he was they had better send it up to the back too he changed. They gone, he stared so. sent up his !Jolting man to the bank. The latter returned, att.! And then the lecturer drank :: g lass of water, or eau sucrk, I said the bank refused to cash it, unless some person we'll. whom I d on 't kn ow which; he told IA all about Montt Blanc, Vesuvius, they knew. Ultimately they got the note cashed. and he was Etna, the Giant's Causeway, the Andes, awl many outlet things paid for the horse by Looney about half-past five o'clock. 1 can't remember, but Emily can, for she is a hot of a bate, and Looney paid him three £5. notes of the Walsall Bank, and Mr. does the scientific part of this. letter. He ietainded me so much Birch remained accountable t o hi m for £5 . w hi c h h e retained, of the cook at Madame Amidon's when she used to cut the and he (witness) returned Looney £2. 10s• On his cross-exa- onions for the soup. the dry toast, and the cake with the same initiation by Mr. Davenport, the witness said he knew Thump- knife, and they all tasted alike. for he spoke French, German, son by sight—he kept a public-house in Birmingham. He had and It a l ian , and y ou cou ld not tell them at all. they all tasted left Birmingham recently, and h e ( w itn ess ) did n o t know what 'so strung of Scotch. And when he had talked a great while, hado•become of him. he gave over, and we were very glad to go up stalls ; and then John Claike stated, that he was in the service of Mr. Fallows. we had such.a pleasant evening, there were such nice beaux ',mules , gave him the wile which he had offered to Mr. Follows there, and B on dy an d I h a d a whole circle of them round us, and for the horse, and told him to lake it to the bank to be cashed. they talked, and we talked, and we kept them alt away from He (witness) said, "if they ask for any poundage, non Ito pay that odious Mttry B.; an d we had each a CUP of tea upon a it ?" Looney said, " No, of course not ; it is for 1:1 00 , and I mummy case, with areal Mummy in it—only fancy h ow horrible most have £lOO for it." 11 , went back to Mx Birch's, where and r om antic, E m ily declares she shall never sleep for thinking they were all too meet. lie gave the note to Mr. Birch, and Mr. of it, and eve were shocked with an eleetro rh a vw fi e mac hi ne , Bir-li gave it to Mr Hotheram. SO delogLtfully; a certain young gentleman and 1 looked over Mr. Birch stated, thar he kept the King's Arms at Birming- a book to g ether. I d o n't k n ow what it was about, anti at 'last ham. lie recollected 'be parties coming to his house. and he Papa said it was time to go home; Si) this young gentleman was asked to cash the EMU note which Clarke brought back, shawled me and took me to the carriage, and asked me if he but he was linable to do it. Mt. liofterain at that manient • th on aht 1 should—hot I won't tell you all. came in, and 4,k,d him tit l e nd him £5. Ile said he coold not Dear me, it is growing very late. and Emily looks sleepy in 'do that, but if Mr. Rothe-ant .would get change for a £lOO note spite of the mummy, and 1 stn quite ashamed of myself that I wilt. h a frieliti of his rrquired to have coshed. he would lel hum have sat no until this hour of the morning writing too yom, but, have £5. and be answerlibie for it. He thoug ht Mr Rolberam d e ar Mr. Edit o r, be sure you du not print It. )(ours, 8/e. could get it cashed at his own hankers . Mr. Botheram went . CU AltLavr E. away •with the mite, and brought. back .05, chiefly in bills of Abetcromby-square, Thurs. morn. 2 o'clock. LIVERPOOL BPI' The Geoeral Borough Sess before Jdnies C:dlke, Esq.. 11. took his seat at ten o'clock. of thirty one prisoners fur f« and aszults. The following. tote the grand jury:— Win. Brandrelli, Forcinan Thomas Barger James Alison Richard Bryans, jun. William Dixon, jun. James Duncan William Hadfield Joshua Heap Thomas Hobson William Hope Robert Johnson Thomas Jevons The usual forms of the court having been go n e.._ Learned Recorder proceeded to deliver his charge to the fol lowing effect had, he said, extreme satisfaction in in.; forming them th&t,.tu proportion with the business which fre quently devolved upon grand juries at that court, their duties would be comparatively light. He had looked over the caleu , dar, and there was searcetr a case whieh called for observation., They were the ordivary class of felons, and the good sense of the grand jury would enable them to overcome any trifling difficulties. which might present themselves. These was one case, hi), ever, on which is would be his duty to make a few remarks, as points of law mould arise in trifling cases, as well es those that were important. Tile case to which he alluded stood No. 17 in the Calendar. The committing magistrate had very properly, on re-consideration of the case, altered his opinion respecting it. The prisoner was, in the first instance, committed fur having received a qoantity of Vothes knowing them to be stolen. She would, however, come before them foe stealing the property The judges had very prop-rly held that obtaining goods from a carrier by any trick or misrepre sentation, constituted the crime of stealing. The carrier had the goods in his charge to deliver, and if he was deprived o f the goods by any party who made a false representation to him, the owner was thereby depritied of them, and the individual so obtaining the goods was held by law to be guilty of the crime of stealing; and it Was so in fact, for if they considered the va !ions modes in which felonies were committed, by force and fraud. by juggling anti trickery, it was evident that this was one of the stratagems emitioyed, and that so ter obtain goods was felony. The ease No. IT,they would find, involved - his rin cipl s The party went and said " 1 3111 sent for this property," and thereby obtained it. It was at first called a case of obtain. leg goods under raise pretences, but the committing magistrate had since, eery properly, held that it was a case of stealing. Uwe; his arrival here, he made very anxious inquiries as to whether there were any cases of stealing by warehousetnen. He found there were none, and he was very glad of it, Ware , hunsemen were in places of confidence. entrusted with large quantities of property. and the offence of stealing that property was .enhenced by the facility with which it could be removed. He wished it to be well understood, that warehousemen had nci right, under any circumstances. to sell the property of their employers. They Might endeavour to palliate it to themselves' by considering' it a were sale, but in the law it was felony, he considered it felony of the worst description, and the party or parties who purchased such property were involved in the crime of stealing. Those who tampered with men in any man' nor to incite or induce them to the commission of such an act, were guilty of one of the hi hest description of crimes against soviets. Lii mk at the resisinsibility of the warehousetn 'is, and at the sort of situation which he held. Undiscovered crimes might go on for years. If persons. charged with this description of offence, came before him, he must put the law in force against them, whatever their previous situation in life or cha racter might have been. However respectable, thouels it might be a paiuful and bitter task to him, he held it out to the town of Liverpool, that he would do inflexible justice. He had the satisfaction of knowing that he was supported by her Majestv'd Government and it was, therefore his duty to say, that he should adiniuister the law, in such cases, with the greatest se , verity. The cases tried have very recently been fully bef , re the pub , lie in the form of pollee reports. They were generally of surf trivtal interest, that we du not deem it necessary to enumerate them. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Manchester, Tuesday Evening. The anxiety we last week noticed. its existing in the turf circles, for the appearance of the Chester Cup entry, no longer e xi s ts. Upon its ditod, business at once became noire animated as the character of the entry was pronounced, by those who were competent to pronounce an opinion upon it. not only good, but very likely to be productive of a long run of varied specu• lotion. The spirited manner in which some half-dozen horses at the fag end of the twenty-six candidates have already been supported, renders it pi obable't hat there will be a strong pha lanx of favourites, should the weights not exceed the expectation of the parties so early in the field, and backing such horses as Ki ng Cole, Drone, Mersey, Master of the Rolls, Ludford, and Lord Derby's Pantiles; ail of which have been more than once taken ie a lot, and backed at 101) to 2 each. Indeed, yesterday the layers were somewhat shy of the speculation, and justly for, should Birdlime start the handicap after the heavy f,shion of Newmarket handicapping, the sC's to 1 will not look amiss in the takers' books. Birdlime may be considered us simply having the lean, and 10 to 1 is the current and every-day offer; on the field. To-day she would have been freely supported against dither Sylvbn or Abraham Newland at evens. Mr: Robinson's Whaley was backed in the course of the morning,. 300 to 11 being booked. Mr. St. Paul's horse Gelewood, cou pl e d t o Parolles, was also backed to-day at 100 to 5. The weights are not now less arrxiously looked for than the full entry was this night week ; and caution no doubt will be the watchword for the remainder of the week, as it may be remem= bered that, during the corresponding week of last year, the celebrated horse General Chasse stood at 7 to I, with "takers;'' but in seven days afterwards, he (in consequence of theappear ance of the handicap) sprung to 41 to l taken. leavin'a all his oppenents six pints behind hint. It is not immissible for another jump forwattls before Monday, after the fashiou of last year. This, however, all depends upon the ability displayed in dealing out the weights. Should the thing be well done, there is ❑o doubt the event will heroine as prominent a booking race, in the provincial markets, as others that have long since passed into the pages of Weatherby.—We may notice the Derby favourites, as regards the two leaders, much as before. There is. however, a little further improvement in Grey Morons. The rise of lon in the London market, yesterday evenin g . to 17 to 1, might, in truth, have been anticipated here-20's to 1 being freely taken. There were also some rather heavy double en gagements made, as will be seen by a reference to the quota , tions. There is still a good deal of mystery as regards Mr: Scott's team. The Nonplus colt is firm; and still the ctult out of Trauby's dam continues in favour. Ott Saturday, a little • silver was sported for 200 to 7 to be laid; 500 to 20 was also taken upon the same colt. The cogroscenti rank the St. Leger entry very high. It appeals a puzzler to name a second favou , rite. _ Lord Chesterfield's Don John shines as premier; and Piearmiti has also been nibbled upon, since the list made its appearance. The following are the average prices of the horses in any particular request : Tne, CHESTEtt CEP, p.r.—Accept or not.) 10 to 1 on the field (offered.) 11 to 1 agaiust Mr. 'Most yn's ll.to 1 „ General Yates's Sylvan. 11 to 1 „ Mr. Fairlie's Abraham Newland. 16 to 1 „ Captain Lamb's Chit Chat taken ) 16 to 1 „ Mr. Walter's Prime Warden (taken.) 25 to I „ Mr. Bowers's Lord Stafford ('akeu.) '25 to I „ Mr. Robinson's Whaley (taken.) 26 to I „ Lord Egiintun's Potentate (taken.) 100 to 2 „ Lord Dcriry's Pantiles (taken.) Offers to give 9 against the field, and take 10 freely - , THE DbltEtY. 10 to I against Lord G. Bentinck's D'Edgville. 12 to 1 „ Lord Jersey's Cobweb colt. 100 to 7 „ Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus. 15 to 1 „ Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird, 16 to 1 „ Mr. Armitage's Noophis colt, 20 to I „ Colonel Peel's lon (taken.) 25 to 1 „ Lord Chestet field's colt out of Trauby'a dame to l Sir J. Volunteer (taken.) 2 to 1 „ Lord Sutlieltl's Bamboo (taken.) 10 tto 3 „ Mr. Worrall's Dormouse (taken.) Ivo° to 20 „ The Early Bird and Ninny winuing the Derby and Oaks (taken.) 1000 to 20 „ Grey Motr.us and Ninny, for the same events (taken ) 200 to 4 o D'Edgcille soul Lord Jersey's filly (Glenara,) for the same races (taken.) A GENERAL RETURN OF ALL PFIISoNS WHO HAVE EMIGRATED FROM LIVERFoor g FROM THE 7TH oF MAY, 1833, TO THE 30TH oF DEC. 1837 1 UNDER THE SitomvistoN OF LIEUTENANT Low, R.N. Go+ VEIkNMENT EMIGRATION AGENT. VIZ. — British Colonies in North America United States of AmetiCa Cape of Good Elope and Mauritius Australian Colonies West Indies East I ndies South America and Brazils Gibraltar and Spain Grand tothl of •I'ersoos Nondier of ships employed Tonnage employed 636336 N u rof semnen employed Summer Quarter of 183 G Ditto ditto 1837 Increase on this quarter 396-1 As compared with the corresponding quarter of last se ar, occa sioned by the great demand for labour in th e United'States of America. Winter Quarter of 1836 Ditto ditto 1837 Decrease on this quarter.... 1339 As compared with the corresponding quartcr of last Near, occa sioned by the commercial einharrassoients of the United States of America, and the consequent want of demand for libour. Grand total of persons emigrated from Liverpool in 1 8 83 6 32 8 51 Di tto ditto ditto 183 6 7 3145 Spewing a .decrease in the year of 80G Owing chiefly to the commercial embarra•sinents of ti,e United States of America, and the unsettled state of affairs in Lower Canada. ' Abstract of the number of complaints lodged at the of-) . fice by emigrants against passenger brokers during I the year 1837, fur which no redress could be ob- }- 28GG tamed, owing-to the ineffective state of the Passer) i gets Act Diu ditto, redress obtained during the same period .. 891 Total number of complaints during 1837.. 3760 Abstract of the amount of money wrested fiorn) passenger orokers, and restored to poor per- I sons emigrating from the port of Liverpool, }£523. Is, 8;d• through the lust rumenta lity of this office. be- I tween the 7th May, 183.3, and 31st Dec. 1837 ) It will be seen by reference to the above table, that the ap pointment of Lieutenant Low, as Government Emigration Agent at this pot t, his notwithstanding the great difficulties with which he has had to contend, been attended vitt) beneficid results. There is no doubt however, that a mach greater bene fit wo'ild accrue, if individuals who are shout to emigrate, would apply to him in the first instance for instruction: preven tion is proverbially better than cure, and if the proper course were in the first instance taken, we might soon see an end pot to a system of swindling, which is a disgrace to our community, DIABOLICAL OCTBAGE.—SouIe monster, a few evenings avO, rut the paps off a vets good milk cow the property of Braithwaite, at the Corn Mill, Eamont Bridge.— Bolton Cha n. The private business of the House of Comtmins this year will not amount to one-half of what it did lest, as ti , ere are sun rctly itv railway bills, and very few private Lille of any lind 0 , 1 Luueli consequence. 4ttv i .V ', , r. n-