The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-02 00:00:00

opinion of w as co unsel was, that th e appointment of schoolmaste r vested in the parish ; an d also that the land belonging to the s c h ool could not b sold- Mr. T. F. ROSIKELL e explained that it had betenrpthroeppousrepdostoe sell the land, and invest the money in the funds •0 of increasing the salary of th-c-niaster. Mr. TYRER suggested that power Might be obtained by an act of parliament. Mr. J. 8. Lerort.You may do anything by act of piffle , 'Beni, but I doubt very much whether you can do this. Mr. C ARTWR I G H T asked whether the duties not bet taster were defined; and whether it would no the vestry to fu. his duties previous to Mr. H . _nrsfall's tno et hbee school.tt for k_ticat being Put, because, in the event of it failing, it would eeminecessary to explain what the duties were. Mr. T. P. ROSKELL then read the following abstract of w o o f the Witt; slaty of the schoolraaster, which, he stated, he had with couch stare :---- „:' The duties to be performed by the successor reading, .. t l ig r : aleaker, as schoolmaster are, to teach the child,r,ent hi d s l at. Writing, arithmetic, and English grammar. That tendance in the school shall be from half-past eight la in the. 43°4 ' 1 to twelve at noon ; and again, from lt till fivesin the afternoon. That there shall be aweeklyf b d a fortnight's boll. Y on each Saturday, and there shall be a o!i ,hat the holidays at Christmas, and a week at Midsura • schoolmaster to be appointed shall devote his attention ex clusively of all other things to the teaching of the scholars, and shall not, on any account, be engaged in . any . other trade, profession, or employment, on pain of forfeiting. his office of eh°olnlaSter. That the situation of schoolmaster shall not be held for the life of the schoolmaster, but during his_ good o behaviour. That the schoolmaster shall be bound, on re!Penalty of th es ish forfeiting his situation as schoolmaster,fe tide in olhouse which he will have rent rl e .n . , And ttod that he shall not charge 'any thing for reading spe I ii!erajrnitlar; but, in addition to the salary arising f i r l ' e o l m d i i t u rie tr n u e s t t t for tsbribderipezfitost Otfi so e me lands in West so Derbyloo I 1, he shall be pero teriitted to charge three selllingra quarter for suchl'elsarloearbnotth wwrit.", and five shillings a quarter for such as sent and arithnsetie. Provided always that those children • "e Parents are parishioners but reside in a cottage made for eight po un , _. i " 4 year no charge whatever shall be roreaosdt-enrgs,lisatpielling, ;rammer, and writing, but the a sc o l a io rt o e l ; h'.., allowed to charge them four shillings eraell. When they learn arithmetic. That copybooks, slates, adlg-books; and other requisites, for the use of the school, are t o b ' at the expense of 8 e found by the parents of each child, . 4141 ch Parents in case they think fit, but if the master theta, char s Which he Shall not be bound to do,lie ttay g o e 11,° Profit upon them, but only cost price. That t 0 be be allowed nefit tle4aloaed books now in the schooll for the be toehaof all the scholars. That the master shall t each boy. Th at trhgse for fire-money threepence per quaFter sh o all be con lidered;:iler. of the parish for the time being • good hes eanntor of the school, and the judge f o f t thhee 'oyster's want of",,Mletlr, and that the vicar's report of as to give the vestry ti.,"!:l behaviour shall be conclusive, Mr. J" tlght of appointing a new schoolis s Uter." not to- eha 9. Littott, for one, approved of anything, and also O f that to r'se the parents of the children tr a t s he suggestion , but, he would ask, whet...lncrease the salary of the lan, % s ly' the fonds were to come fr ra cim as ? e 0 a-year, a rent which wich was the endowment, let for £4 • that sum a superior At present the sehool,44:leire than it was worth. For , Mr. Ty r , r " I tld not be obtained. . tar y ro _ KR recommended the meeting to to make no 0,...... e 1 : 1 4 the funds of the parish, in order give a good sa -34. ...POO the parents of children. for £4O a e Pectabl i ; 1:1•3 Ilosket.t, thought it was . impossibleto get a re- Year all to teach the boys in this school Mr. Ty,, Mr, T . s,"•--Asise the salary, then. fro m ? e. Rosictras—But where is the money to come Mr 7 , i l treat de I desirabla time it was • !loasPaa.r. said if his resolution was carried, a of diseussion would be saved ; at the same raised,: t 0 ascertain the way in which the salary could be defin e ' ,ityl also that the parish should be in the condition to Was i °ls duties. He confessed, that as a parishioner lie mrg.njorant of the condition of the affairs of the school. se • LEIGH observed that if it was at all probable Prop o d . to the seh ,corntruttee could discover any funds belonging . the he 8 1, 0 °in, by which the master's salary could be increased, , re _ e old h ave no objection to it ; but, as it was known there Is_nosauch funds, he did not see the necessity ofhe wasm 1 not fra'rarejw...l3tti lioaspass explained that the resolutionsolely a dlviesri.rect.ol but from the slightest hostile intention ; .rueet the wishes of all parties. ten ded , tl:l 4 ' l( E, in SpeeCh of considerable was not con sary to -"' for 13.. a school of this description it w. mathematics and classic,. c lab master capable of teaching it was not rc -91141te to teach enat?le R man to hold a plough,. neces taught r_ ding, him Latin and Greek ; if the scholars were as a ny e7,°inrg, writing, and arithmetic, they wercas much he re com2_l4,ten_e s should possess, and for these . reasons Ar r. c ir , d that Mr. Musker's son be appointed. rettiqks of It ,HRSPALL observed that a considerable part of the Master air r. Clarke when he spoke of then e being , a srcohrooble had be "dY aPPointed had taken him by suprise, been keotinard nothing whatever of the individual who had la coo s n e ed * He understood that they had assembled there the intince of the resignation of Mr. Musker, lion. and who might appear best to aP- Poio t a m " t!leught the adoption of his Proposition lish that qualified for . t t o he situa object. committee the more likely course to accomp M r e i th e 484 RTIVRIGHT said he had a few remarks to submit to th e fich Y, but before doing SO he wished to know whether e iitlo pted e ) 4le °f duties, proposed by the churchward s _ i s 'S n 'a . tention to tie wiahed to ascertain this, because it a. h e n i p- Pointed Move, as an amendment, that the master b Arr. A1191%'• (Cries of „Yes, yes.") to the .._,lcrtkoolt thought that more time should be given Air. izrkshioners to• consider the scheme proposeda. t some le the ia „ItuTpWpaarttott!T then addressed :i h c e h , v h e e s s t r al r d , he had ritiont.haensdehoef Wel l .P .e et atte he entirely aPPPYed theme, to w report:ealtaPProved of that Part which stated that periodical Mr, k s a „ al d be made. he sus , . tested s„,:,_'-att also approved of that part ; and of 1 "....ter t hat •-, • • should take place tneseh„, an annum. examination s ai r. e viers, consi derable 14"WItIGHT, after addressing the meeting at MOsker,gth ~. , moved, as an amendment, that Mr. Thomas st r o . Ihe schoo-ras.of.the late master, be now appointed master 1 that .e se io , s tlin motive for proposing Mr. M ke us ' • r d w for the iitiok'iterY. worthy young man, quiCte qualihemr Cart. Aright c oo li ki Pcant of intellectual endowments. • of the sal ett , k, ell ;4 . aded h„ , ' '' luleging three reasons in support tl qu fied . first, that Mr endow was sufficien y di for the kithlftesPect to ' • vents ; secon s, it Wasce Noe of i. intellectaal men thirdly, because the desire u nr's Moral character ; and ~ h that Mr. usker shoos be the authorities of the parts Mr. AsH,.- "a appointed. I After soto-'4l' seconded the amendment. Th e e„ e farther discussion of a desultory character, thole in iliktrtstassi took the sense of the vestry, by causing__ e 0 , the eh, wv° ur of h e °a nt, to retire on that side t hi, l eft. rch to b; , to a r,ght, and those e for the original motion A v er d taei t Y large ma' • of the amen , 1 - and the C JOrtty appeared in favour been carried. hc;k PARI,4IO HAIRM&NI declared it to have. I will go f ?re the h. , Ntn•----I give the parish notice thatome con -I.r kitsnop tor this. (" Hear, hear," and s h Mr, j you e- t euae . S. 41GR,You may enter a caveat if .r. its• run ellstiop,-Nnettsox demanded a poll; and some wa the reNo•,:._look place on that sub•ect • but, eventually, on, _ __ Withdr'otl!itiort of Mr' ,T, -: It B. j tio'LtsPALL, Mr. Henderson ittAir.7 1148 call. r Mr. -,tiska, ~ ~..tioRsPALL said that the appointment there 50014 be havi ng now been made, he apprehended t tha ttee to neaue tTleno objection to the appointment of a corn= enc. raj inter i estdm.es of the schoolmaster, and look to the g and rotate ab o bf the school. He suggested that i .laps wee oth e old he Members of that committee, Land Peri c'nsistiti r gentle Men. A committee was then appointed, r Cartwri got, o the vicar, the ur rte, the churchwarden, M . Seee and Mr. Nlacgrce , o a r ' spas 4'4 parishioners sphered 6 into explanations of the rea 'nine 1Y theY had considered the bei ' the • t ent of a coat appoin in . as ng now 8 P.referable course ; ' and expressed themselves k n the ,„st!shed with the decision of the vestry. was prehottdaiotion of h Mr J 8 LEIGH, a vote of thanks t° the Chairn;an., miclthe proceedings terminated. I NsTI IT .......„,................................. l ' -11 0 N k-----;------- AND DUMB. Th e OR THE DEAF th e annual exam. • • ---.--- children bein educated in co We'erPool lostititnetion of the took place aele_. drie„do,, last, in for the Deaf and Dumb t respectable and tio,,`:c6Akidito;yd!lit; the the presence of a most iioya. I Institu- Pre,ioquitt.street e Lectui e-room of fire us CAMPBELL, 4, 'iit of th e • a .The Rev. AUGUST US , n,RRIzi institution, took the chair ? head of the tioodntios, p the excellent and indefatigable tarnina ohile,. ti.adrem3ere,viously to the and of the emeet.ng. I, OMR th ot u it fe W general observations to the . 1 ology he lin t a , hellilithOU he could not plead as . an at) s!nnos lest ranger ld t help feeling a little alaPre euhitsth , ono he disap. t ioto,`" -- -at leant orOisany should, in some degree, vtria. ina the ....beeaus. those who had attended. f"rn i e t r w e a'; one of tioe'nost paw, be . had lost his pi ndure, the tool,val of h i : 1 1. be. which the teacher had to e were be the !rig t o t,• Ptipi.ls just at the period when they t d however, ketiZeetiot"'nsbost important to him. He trused,sapp i oint sersetia tle ° i d had latert experience any verys great titutins for the in- Zil ai derwm.Pf the deal: thoulod gdhotmthat b e i r u n not unworthy of the soli'neh : e a t ': of the .13‘ritish parliament, with the view toas. : 110.;i4 Dropo°°ll by an annual grant. If Sir Robert ri Peel (4,oabt, ~.'e aotnething of this sort he would deserve, and de?, Itnise j'eessive the lasting gratitude of every deaf mn • d -e elif t . "e rernetab d lately meeting with a noble eqf,, * he ks__ thingee ordering that every Pep "Ilq Ill,at)''rnt of Denmark, , h ee l's of th,„ child born in his kingdom, shonld., at the ex tssns to thaiane e4;oltate, receive an education qualifying - -..- 1 ed Thatatate u,„: ineMbers of society. He (Mr. Mond) 1013 titti,,e eta„,: _°o.ld never be repealed. (Ilear, hear.) same 11,41sctoqination then proceeded, and furnished the we 'hat fl•c qiie t , l4• ,°°fs of the progress of the children which Th. htii:led to ,!'Y detailed on similar occasions. Much erflri termass,ho'e due to the attention and perseverance of Al a • t he k:elo b r i i a s s the different pupils presented themselves, r - '4o4N:trio hei different of the mode of communicating_t.e h ad b` Of hi 1.'1443 of knowledge to the scholars. I.r.lrahry to,o),eer, qratoarks he incidentally mentioned that a_ lib . . e.l haled'ntli°fftlieroahis for the benefit of the points, of w !. 11 I Ih:frgess o•ee l • made diligent use, and that the committee tole thankful f r kind which the ee r t z 'bight te, oli any books of a prope 11114 l ettt ra e ci bse of theeased examinationselSir. RHINO read two . or topi•e nt" k i .. 80140 suritten by the more advanced pupils, in feeling !Itlilao Oenreerlate terms, expressing their gratitude, firs h o i tll4 to tt' ther ton, for an invitation to visit N , ew Bri g - hgpit _ 4ptilai_ e Proprietors of the pictures of the 'I eroptation ehtibitiorin,,ffor allow chars the Pupils to visit that Interest 014tfdoll theltPtlpiliir,ewe 15tof iiarig% dto articulate, then exhi h,or itt,tTler., aria Mr eßriturearostated that he ha . d . no 4 'ettlea, I 'icing able, c;entually, to speak with sufficient etittpits4er or all the ordinary purposes of life. liroostited during of needlework and knitting were . Th of th e a . ° !he Proceedings, affording most favourable ,t,e 1404_ ,Pplication of the artizans. layilrlie ,Ite,."' being closed, VI N O if th swetor ci, addressed the meeting, lb a h eY were • • BELL t ; With t satisfied, as he hoped and trusted they cotoeerriesti he result of the examination, he h a d only ali th e to pso2 to request they would do all they possibly tfitY De,s'rte the hiterests of the institution, and to do Vigo fro s al ,. tkluie could in resCu'a tl e unfortunate inmates stir filPr4lieerivations to whiChgb 'la mysterious dispense ehilde„it ft 4„ePee, they Were exp'osed'. lie had always him- PAW% th 04,19 Portion of wonder that the deaf and dumb lhoule,,eitiol„.4 oe objects' of h r inferior interest, in f as t , `' be th:' l bb to the blinds.uelievediYd not see why that for ta s te ehiZrFt!se, yet the fact was the Blind Asylums were foe th deer eolst'e, geoerally s ae" --ng and that institutions ts th a l ‘ bele -,msuuMb were not , Th' could be no reason gap - Oes,: t d Ca se. ti t • ere such an exhibition ettiPy ereiittit, in which it ehardust:ed that provedthat these on be t hete te ,.._ B • who would 8-11r:eel) have any power of ex titee4 hY walk-rutin, without such a Y id as was here given to i!'teir o,t,ejl!ga, :ot4he_Y were restored to the position of to a et st4ete ssaeleivisb. rit:lbiled. in a great many instances but (1141. tt.a,..etletheta_ _ tistiNtio9 of thi , s sort could not th; lo tt ‘ l . l , l r, hess.g.featite.st postulate intone d st tp every l feelingi so, d hat :. t heeeete pre•s2_, would earnestly hope . it _ . en . s w sp: ,is w h l e e h o 011 the :uhlt relate . to theirerten h were two ,44,4 afford•theY. rol gl i la s s ell occasion. .T one of which A•e,th. 1 4 it . hist the Institution,. a _ f ar as 1 , Y • la . elr fri PeCUlllary aid and inducing, s other ahs Whiah h ends to d l'k e '' There was an the Il Po v ~, ey i, 0 i wise i ' ooj e , .ssittut as •the institution,.or rather a a t f .... eta for I._oB 18)18t fed. It was ) `setOoloiZt:ha it a e fi e should beetTo little known ((lear, he u a m r.. - could ' accoturnodate twice the present H - ber of pupils if they had them—a fact which he thought most I singular in a town situated as Liverpool is ; for there must be, he should think, some mutes who had never been in any asylum, who had not been benefltted by the aid to be afforded, both in this town and in the adjoining counties; yet it was a. fact, that whilst the institution for the Deaf and Dumb in London wag an object of extensive canvas whenever a vacancy occurred,. the Liverpool Institution was able to accommodate twice the present number, if they could be obtained. The Institution, then, would be benelitted,•and the objects of it also, by this fact being made known. The Rev. Gentleman then referred to the specimens of sewing and knetting, ob serving that the sale of such articles Ras another mode of benefitting the charity ' • and be concluded by again request ing the auditory to make its utility and capabilities better known. The proceedings - then terminated, having occupied about two hours. CLAIM FOR WAGES-SHOCKING MALTREAT MENT OF A STEWARD AT SEA. • Yesterday, a coloured man named John McDowal, ap peared at the police-court to prefer a claim for a balance of wages due to him for services on board the ship Ann, of this port, Captain Salkeld, on a trading voyage hence to Bombay and other parts, and back. The vessel is owned by a Mr. Johnson,.who, it will appear, had employed the applicant for many years, had a high opinion of him, and to whom, of course, no blame can be attached for the treatment he re ceived on board.—Mr. Wardle appeared for the applicant, and Mr. Bateson for the defence. John McDowal being sworn, said—l shipped on board of the Ann on the 26th of May, 1841,as steward only, to go to Bom bay and back, at £3 10s. a month. After she had sailed a short time some words took place between the captain and me as to the cooking of a duck, and a quarrel ensuing he put me in irons, and I was so kept for 33 days, on bread and water alone. I was put on the half-deck, and a man came down twice to see me when I lay very ill. The captain as signed no reason for putting me in irons. On. the 6th of September we arrived at Bombay. The captain there wished me to take my discharge. 1 refused, stating that I had a wife and family, and that I had shipped for the voyage out and home. I had been in the employ of Mr. Johnson for upwards of 14 years. The captain on my refusing to take my discharge, took me ashore to a magistrate. He told the Magistrate I was of a very bad disposition, and said every thing he could against me. He gave him (the magistrate) no reason whatever for putting me in irons. The magistrate said, " You must take him on board again." The captain then went down and took away the boat to prevent me from getting on board ; but I took another boat, and got on board. He then made me stand on the open middle of the deck for five days, and did not allow me to. go below at all. H e al lowed me no fo o d f or 19 d ays, and Ihad noth'ng but what I got from the men who gave me a bit. I Eat and stood as well as I could on the middle of the deck. I was taken again before the magistrate, and the captain wanted him to give me my discharge. The magistrate sent me to the " Sailor's Home," from which I have brought a certificate of character. I came home in the Ann 'Morton to Port Glasgow, at £1 10s. a month. I was on board of that vessel five months and a half, and my wages were £8 ss. I have sailed in Mr. Johnson's employ a great length of time„ (Several letters were produced. The letters, he said, were in the handwriting of the owner and the captain. They were handed in.) Cross-examined by Mr. Bateson.—There was an awning on the deck at Bombay for the men to work under. I had no food but what the men gave me, and that was not by the captain's orders. He wanted the magistrate to imprison me, but he would not. The irons were riot taken off, except to let me wash, and they were then put on again. I was once told I might have them taken off. When they were off I said to the captain, " You put them on to please yourself, and now you have taken them off to please yourself," and he had them immediately put on again. Mr. Bateson'said that the articles were endorsed, showing that the man was discharged at Bombay. Mr. 'Rushton said he had the articles before him ; they merely stated that several of the crew had been discharged, and had joined the Indian navy, and that the complainant was sent from the ship with the captain's permission ; but no cause was assigned. What was the defence ? There were two cases to be considered—first, the wages, and secondly, the treatment of the man. Mr. Wardle said he had intended 'to bring on the case for the wages in the first instance; and afterwards to bring stronger evidence on the other case. Mr. Rushton said, that as the case now stood he would rather hear all the evidence at once : he thought this course, too, would be the most just to the captain himself. Mr. Wardle assented, and called John Al`Kelva . n.—l . szilled with the Ann from Liverpool, as cook. The last witness was on board. He is a sober man ; he never drinks anything but a glass of ale. When we got close to the line we were becalmed, and the ship rolled much from the swell. The last ~itness (the steward) fetched me a pie to bake, and I said I did not know whether it could be kept in to do, as the vessel rolled so much. It rolled out two or three times, and the gravy was shaken out. After that I heard nothing of the steward for three days, when I went into the hold for water, and the mate abused me for going near him, (using coarse language.) I did not see the steward for 14 days. I was then told be wanted me to go and see him, as he was badly, and wished it. I asked the captain to let me go, but he said he would not let an Irish man go to see the d—d black b—. After dinner I was sent down to see him in the presence of the second mate. I found him laying on his back with his hands transfixed. He had handcuffs on—no othe► irons. Here, Mr. Wardle and Mr. Bateson having consulted to gether, the former, addressing the bench, said, " Will you allow us to consult together, sir ; we think some arrange ment— Mr. Rushton.—No; certainly not. If this which we have heard be true, or even anything like it, public justice requires that the case should goon. Sailors must be protected as well as others. The witness continued.—l asked the captain to give me a physic (dose) of salts for the steward. He said he would not. The steward would not touch anything from the cap tain, unless it were out of my hand. was not allowed to see him again. I saw him in Bombay. Cross-examined.—He would take nothing from the cap tain, but through me, for fear there was poison in it. I heard he was in irons the third day after they were put on. I saw him in fourteen days. A message was sent to me, that if I went to him I would be put in irons. I saw six holes bored in a' piece of board to let him have some air, and to keep him from getting anything from the men. Robert Evans was next sworn.—l was a seaman on board. I saw McDowal on the second day after he was put in irons. I went down to get up some sails. He was down on the half deck. He was confined with handcuffs; no other irons that I saw. He was there for thirty days. as near as I can guess. At Bombay he was kept in irons forty-eight hours longer. He was not allowed to go above to do the offices of nature. A bucket was sent down to him. After he was let out of irons at Bombay he was sent forward to live with the crew ; hut no meat was allowed to him by the captain. None ever came forward for him, and we shared with him. The captain once came forward and found us giving him something, and said, " If I know you give him any, I will put you on allow ance, and a d—d short allowance too." I was not taken before a magistrate at Bombay, and don't know that any of the crew was. I was only once ashore. None of us were taken on shore, so far as I know, at Bombay. I remember the plaintiff being taken out of the ship there. He got on board again. He said he could not do our dirty work, which he was sent to. He slept on the top of a round-house. The mate and another found him one day not amidships, and the mate and the carpenter ordered him aft, to the place he was at before, and struck and kicked him. There was an old lower studding sail on the top of the round-house, with holes in it. Cross-examined.--I never saw him in a small place in the cabin. The half-deck is as broad as the vessel, and about 20 feet long. Mr. Rushton put some questions as to the irons, and the plaintiff himself said that he was only hand cuffed. Mr. Bateson said he had not been sufficiently instructed as to the alleged assault to proceed with it then. Mr. Rushton said he would on that account adjourn that part of the inquiry. _ Mr. Bateson said he was instructed to say that the defend ant had been insolent to the first mate, but he offered no evi dence on that point. He again referred to the endorsement on the articles. Mr. Rushton read it at length, and said it did not affect the case. The magistrate had cautiously worded it; no cause was assigned for taking the man from the ship, and he himself had not consented to be discharged. He (Mr. R.) then read the certificate from the Sailor's Home at Bombay. It certified that John M`Dowal, (the plaintiff,) of the ship Ann, of Liverpool, was admitted on the 13th October, and remained till the 13th November, 1841, during which time he conducted himself much to the satisfaction of the master, (whose certificate it was,) and was a sober, steady, and re spectable man. A certificate from the owner, Mr. John Johnston, was also read, dated May, 1842, to the effect that he had served five years in the brig Berkley, as cook and steward, and had given every satisfaction, and recommending him as " a sober man, steady, and honest." A letter of the same gentleman to the plaintiff's wife in this town, dated Workington, 1841, in which the plaintiff is spoken of as " his" very old and respected servant, John M`Dowal, was also put Mr. Rushton said the wages must be paid. The two at torneys then settled the amount, leaving to be received by the plaintiff £8 16s. 6d. and 3s. 6d. costs. The defendant had previously paid £lO. on account. The case for the assault with which the captain stands charged will be heard this day. The Overland Mail, via Marseilles is detained. Letters will be in time, if posted in London on Tuesday next. DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A fatal accident oc curred on Thursday evening on the Arbroath and Forfar Railway, near Forfar. A carter from Glammis. named Bunch, had, it appears, delivered a load of wood at the dePilt adjourning to the Red-road, within a short distance of the railway terminus, and was about to return, when the up train whistle sounded ; but in place of stopping, he urged and hurried on his horse, putting it into a trot, with the view, it is supposed, of getting across the railway before the train. He was called to repeatedly by a person who saw the danger he . .was running into, but the warning was unheeded. The engine came up just as the horse was in the middle of the railway, or nearly so, with the man at the horse's head, when, dreadful to relate, both were killed on the spot. The cart was dashed to pieces, but no damage was done to the train.—Dundee Warder. DISTURBANCES NEAR BIRMINGHAM.—On Tuesday night the western neighhourhood -of Birmingham was considerably excited and alarmed by rumours of disturbances amongst the turn-out nailors of Bromsgrove and the adjoining mining districts of Cradley, Stourbridge, &c. About 7 o'clock a detachment of the Ist Royal Dragoons, under Captain Peel (the nephew of the Premier) left Birmingham at a hand gallop, and arrived in Bromsgrove about half-past 8. The mobs had been addressed by several gentlemen ; they con sented to retire, but expressed their unalterable determination not to return to work without an advance of wages. The following correct statistics will show the wretched state of Browsgrove and its neighbourhood :—The population of the parish is 9,671 ;. the number of houses assessed to the poor, 2,016; of these 1,763 are under 101. per annum, and 1,391 under 51. About 180 occupations are void, and the tenants of 619 are from poverty excused paying rates. The number of permanent paupers receiving regular relief is about 1,000 ; and on Friday last, in addition, 360 heads of families, com prising about 1,500 people, received temporary assistance at the union workhouse. Such is the state of the nail districts in 'Worcestershire: DARING IMPOSITION.—On Friday a pretended ship's crew of lubberly-looking landsmen were placed at the bar of the police court, accused with having feloniously attempted to impose on Mr. G. Crawford, treasurer to the Merchants' Seaman's Fund of the port of Clyde, by presenting a false certificate, alleged to have been granted by two of Her Ma jesty's justices of the peace, acting for the port of Cork and also by falsely representing themselves as being part of the crew of a vessel named Mary Anne, wrecked on the 3d current, while houeward bound from Demerara. It having been brought out in the evidence that the certificate was forged, and that no such vessel had been wrecked, the magis trate, after a suitable address, rewarded each of them accord ing to his merit, by sending the captain for 60, the mate 40, and each of the crew 30 days to prison, regretting at the same tiroe that he had not the power of sending them to a higher court, where they would not have been so leniently dealt with. It would serve as a sufficient warning to all such impostors, could they only have seen how blue the seven looked when removed from the bar to the place of confinement, where their manners, it is to be hoped, will be reformed, and their hearts improved, under the salutary treatment of Mr. Brebner.—Glasgow Chronicle. CORRESPONDENCE. DOCK WAREHOUSES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE' LIVERPOOL STANDARD, perceive that the warehouse owners are severely attacked in the Albion of this week; evidently by one, •cOlo, I am sorry to say, even now, is all powerful in guiding, and directing the dock affairs of this port. It is melancholy to reflect, that after the battle which the conservatives have so nobly fought and won, that one of their most deadly enemies—a man too, of " such manners and such morals"—should now he the real leader in that important trust; and the consevative party ought to be warned, that if such men are allowed to guide the dock affairs, that that trust, which ought to be a tower of strength to them, will only prove a source of weakness. This man hates the ware house owners, first, because they are almost all conser vatives, and, secondly, because they were the main in struments in destroying the radical predominance in the Town-hall,—l wish I could add in the Dock-office. There is some presiding genius on the latter board, which, though neither openly seen nor heard, seems to check control and neutralise the conservative influence. I can give no greater proof of the truth of this remark than by stating that God's holy dad is habitually profaned at the new dock works, the men working on that sacred day, as though they were living in a heathen rather than a Christian land. The first ground of attack upon us is, that the warehouse owners have tied down the dock committee not to erect one-third of the ware houses around the Albert Dock until the one part has been in operation for two years. Now, in my judgment, the ware house owners have clone a wise thing in that; their fear, all along, has been that the dock committee, not spending their own money, would recklessly go to work, and the sequel has shown that their fears were not groundless. It is said the Dock Committee have spent upwards of fifty thousand pounds in the bringing up the foundations of the warehouses, which, if erected, cannot be insured ; they are, therefore, driven 'to the expedient of making their ware houses what is called " tire proof;" there again their folly is seen, the walls of the foundations are laid too far apart ; or dinary beams will not carry the width, and they are com pelled to go to the 'expense of beams of an unusual length, which are of course very expensive. By the newspaper re port of their proceeedings, on Thursday, the 18th of May, I observe that the warehouses are to cost £36 ss. per square yard, which, with, the land, may be called £4O; and, as there are fi ve rooms i nc l u di ng t h e vau l ts , th e cost will be £8 per square yard of superficial warehouse ro om; now, the dearest warehouse in the port has never cost more than £2 per superficial square yard, so that if the Dock warehouses are to pay,—or in other words, if there is no t t o be a tremendous loss upon them they will have to char ge f our times the rate of rent now charged in the present warehouses, i. e. threepence per bale for cotton per week. But say their advocates we shall save in the fire insurance. Now the in surance would have to be £8 per cent to make up the differ ence between the rent now paid for cotton, (viz. one penny per hale per week,) and the dock warehouse rate, viz. 3d. per bale per week ; a rate, high as the premiums are at present, which, we are sure, never will be changed. The length, too, of the warehouses is such that the light cannot be carried from one end to the other; and it is very probable that gas will have to be burned all day longin them. Another charge is, that the transit sheds, which were a boon to the warehouse owners, are a 'failure. Every one' knows the difference between a thing being worked by a friendly and an unfriendly hand ; were the transit sheds fairly worked, I know they would be more useful than they are ; but still I, hear of many instances, in which they have been very useful, and are found to be a saving of time to the ship owners, and of money to the merchants : and when they are more known, and the rules and regulations better understood, I venture boldly to predict, that they will be found to be a great bene fit to the trading interests. One word more about fires. If the - origin of the recent fires is what it is now generally suspected to be, the dock warehouses would be no more free from them than any others, but the loss would be attended with the additional aggravation of ships with the warehouses. In conclusion, however, let me ob serve th a t I thi n k some thing ought to be done by the owners of warehouses to put a Stop to the frequency of fires. The trade of the port will be injured if these fires go on, and if they do not make sonic attempt to accomplish this, their property will be superseded by a different and safer kind of warehouses A WAREHOUSE OWNER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. London, May 31, 1843. SlR,—Your Numbers of the sth and 16th instant respec tively contain statements concerning some recent experiments made with a screw propeller, in a vessel called the " Liver pool Screw," constructed by Messrs. Mather, Dixon, and Grantham, of your town, which call for somc remark, as they would tend, if permitted, to remain unnoticed, to lead to erroneous conclusions, not only as to what has been here tofore effected by other experimentalists, but as to the abso lute value of propellers of this description, when compared to that of the paddle-wheel. The invention of the screw propeller is attributed to various persons. But the conception of the application of such an instrument to give progress to bodies through water, can no more be raised to the rank of a discovery than the first use of a paddle-wheel in a steam-vessel can he considered so now. The idea of using a screw, (under which name we must class all propellers whose motion in the water is helical or spiral, whatever be the form of its blades,) is of great antiquity. The sole merit must, therefore, be derived from the mode of applying it, and it is my object in this communication to in quire in what respect the Liverpool screw is superior to its predecessors, or wherein it merits the high encomiums which you have bestowed upon it? To the spirited gentlemen from whom it emanates I am ready to award the credit of having done something to advance our knowledge on this important subject. The screw propeller has been applied in various positions in the vessel, namely, at the bow, before the stern, by Brown, in 1827; one on each quarter by Captain Carpenter, and (with much the best effect,) in the dead wood by Mr. Smith. This last positio n i s se l ec t e d i n the " Liverpool Screw," and, although in the details of her construction, the precise form adopted by Mr. Smith has not been followed, yet I apprehend it will be conceded by any impartial person, that when the propeller is placed before the rudder, and in a space between the stern-post and the hull of the vessel, it is virtually placed in the dead wood. The position of the pro peller of the " Liverpool Screw" is clearly specified by the expression, " in the dead-wood," and if the mere change of form given for no obvious reason, is to constitute a novelty or an improvement, the mere application to an iron vessel, in which there can literally be no dead-wood, would have equally emancipated the projectors from any claim of Mr. Smith's. In the discussions which have from time to time arisen in our courts of law, the nature of " mechanical equivalents" has been well defined, and the substitution of an eccentric for a crank, or a wedge for a lever, has been held to be a " colourable imitation." Where, therefore, instru ments differing so widely in form and character, were still held to be imitations; there can be no doubt, but that sup posing Mr. Smith's claim to placing the propeller in the dead-wood to have been a new discovery at the date of his patent, any propeller placed relatively in the like position as regards the vessel and the rudder, will be considered an in fringement of his patent. But the direct motion of the engine adopted in the " Liver pool Screw" is claimed as a novelty. Now the direct engine has been adopted by Smith in the Archimedes, in her first trials, by Ericcson in the " Stockton," and by Weinshurst in the " Novelty." These vessels had also, like the " Liver pool Screw," high pressure engines and short strokes, whereby a greater number of revolutions could be obtained on the engine shaft than with a condensing engine. The only difference in the examples is, that the " Liverpool Screw" has oscillating engines. But as such engines have been applied indiscriminately to every purpose for which steam is applicable, it surely cannot be assumed there is either merit or novelty here, since there is no essential advantage in this individual application ; and were the idea of using a screw and oscillating engines valuable, their adoption in two vessels by Penn would have anticipated these projectors on the score of novelty. Passing the minor question, however, of the value of an os cillating engine, we must enquire what are the characteristic's which distinguish the direct motion from that of the inter vening apparatus of gear wheels, or other multiplying mo tions—what the efficacy of this method of producing a direct action—and lastly, are the alleged defects of a multiplied ve locity of the screw over that of the engine a really formidable detect? Our experience in paddle-wheels and in the theory of the resistance of fluids leads to the almost self-evident truth that the greatest effect in re-action, as compared to the im pulsive effort, is obtained by having the plane or surface of the impelling body at a right angle to the line of motion of the body propelled. This is only obtainable in the paddle wheel when the float is vertical, and in the screw propeller no portion thereof can ever be in this position ; it is only possible, therefore, to approximate thereto, which is done by making the screw as flat as possible, or, as it is technically termed, having a short pitch. Hence it is obvious that, as the pitch is decreased for this purpose, the velocity of the screw axis must be proportionably increased. The rules which must be observed to get the best mean with reference to the difficulties on either hand are beyond the sphere of these remarks—but suffice it to say, that in all cases the ve locity of the screw axis considerably exceeds that of the axis of a condensing engine, but does not necessarily exceed that of a high pressure one. Hence we are reduced to the di lemma of either using high steam or of multiplying the mo tion of the engine shaft, and I shall now proceed to enquire the relative value of each system. The condensing engine may be considered as a perfectly safe instrument. In the vast experience we have had in this country of every variety of vessels and engines, there is not an instance in my recollection of the life of a single passenge r having been lost by the explosion of a well constructed low pressure boiler. On the other hand we have a melancholy list of fatal catastrophes which have been caused by even small increases of the pressure on the boiler beyond what may be properly termed low pressure steam. With this striking contrast in results, we cannot hesitate to designate the man a bold one who would send a vessel on a long voy age with a high-pressure engine. Rather, I will say, (advo cate as I am of screw propulsion, and sanguine, yea! confi dent as I feel of its ultimate general introduction,) let us stick to the much abused paddle wheel, which has been thu mercilessly attacked by the writer of the articles alluded to, but which. despite its effects, has produced those miracles in Trans-Atlantic Steam Navigation which have added to our country's glory. The worst that can happen to a paddle wheel leaves many chances of escape, but high pressure steam, when it causes explosion, must surely be attended with fatal consequences to many, if not all, on board, and from which there is no possibility of escape. The adoption of a multiplied motion by means of spur wheels (for I have no hopes that ropes or chains can be ren dered durable) enables us then to use a condensing engine, and our inquiry is next directed to the amount of drawback entailed by the gearing. Now we have numerous instances of such wheels having lasted upwards of 20 years, and there is an admirable specimen in the Mint, by Rennie, of wheels which have been in constant use for upwards of thirty years, and which are still in good condition. It is futile then to talk of the " well known disadvantages of spur wheels," Machinery can never he so perfect as we desire it, and at every arrangement comprises advantages and disadvantages; experience and judgment enabling us to strike the balance in favour of the most efficient. No engineer would hesitate to guarantee constructing toothed wheels of any conceivable strength, and I have no hesitation in saying that with gearing judiciously constructed, we may insure a really simple, safe, and more economical arrangement than with either the direct high pressure engine and screw, or the condensing engine and paddle-wheel, subjected as the latter is to concussion and irregular resistance, from which the screw propeller is wholly exempt. Having, therefore, disposed of the alleged superiority of The direct high pressure engine, I may next consider the merits of the propeller itself. The modification now brought forward in the " Liverpool Screw, " under th e name o f Woodcroft, is clearly enough described in Tredgold, in the first edition of his Treatise on. the Steam Engine, published in 1827, where, in a very brief notice of the theory of screw propulsion, he calculates the effect of using a screw with an increasing pitch. I could easily demonstrate such a modifi cation to be worse than valueless. I shall not, however stop to discuss that point, but r eserve any d emonstration my opinion if it is challenged.o. The resulis in the " Liverpool Scre w ," ( which I shall shortly shew are vastly inferior to o th er examples of the like nature,) are, in my opinion, attributable in a great measure, if not wholly to the peculiar form of th e screw t h erein ado ed The performance of the " Liverpo o l S crew, " i s alleg e d be superior to that of the paddle whe e l i n t h e proportion to sto 4. I must say that the writer betrays great want ofeto gineering experience in jumpin g to thi s conc l us i on from such imperfect data. With vessels of the same power and dimen- In a vessel called the " Mermaid," recently fitted by Messrs. Rennie with condensing engines of 90 horses' power, a speed of 13 miles has been attained with a midship section of 52 feet. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, NAUTICUS. - [The two paragraphs to which the writer of the preceding letter refers, were written with the honest intention of im partially describing the results of the experiments, or trial trips, which we ourselves witnessed in the " Liverpool Screw." If we have fallen into any technical error, or ascribed too much merit for originality to the builders of that vessel, our mistake was quite unintentional, and we have no objection of awarding to our correspondent the merit of possessing more detailed information on this sub ject than ourselves, though in all probability his statements will provoke a reply from some person better informed than ourselves.—En. L. S.] A grand dinner was given by her Majesty to the Queen Dowager, on Wednesday. WARLIKE PREPARATIONS.—We shall have some '"crumbs of comfort" for the rebels on Friday. In the meantime, amongst other preparations, we may announce that Rear-Admiral William Bowles, C. 8., is ordered over to hoist his flag as Naval Commander-in-Chief on the coast of Leland, and that a large fleet of war steamers and other vessels of war will be placed .under his orders.—Publin Evening Mail, of Wednesday, DARING ROBBERY AT HOLYROOD. —On Tuesday the police received information, that on the 22d ult. the throne room of the palace of Holyrood, Edinburgh, was en te re d by thieves, and a variety of articles stolen therefrom, the pro perty of the managers of the Exchequer of Scotland. The property stolen consists of six yards and a half of rich silver lace (gilt), 38 silver tassels, and 16 or 18 imitation pearls. We have fortunately the means of satisfying every general but very natural curiosity—principally among our lady readers—as to the names which die royal parents have se lected for the infant princess. Her royal highness will, we understand, be called Alice Maud Mary, three names indis putably English, and the first and last of which have been long popular. Perhaps even the second, so long generally disused, may thus be restored to its former favour.—Times. • STEAM-SHIP " PRESIDENT. " —WhiIe at Thatcher's Is land (Cape Ann), Captain Sturgis, of the revenue cutter Hamilton, was informed by the keeper of the light-house, that, during the severe easterly gale, last October, a board, evidently part of a vessel,Avas drifted ashore, with the words " Steam-ship President" cut upon it. The board was after wards destroyed or lost; but, from the description given, it seems not unlikely that this was a part of that ill-fated ship. —New York Herald. During the thunder-storm in the metropolis and neigh bourhood on Sunday, which was accompanied with continued and most vivid flashes of lightning, a lad belonging to the free-school in Greenwich, who was sitting at a window, was struck blind by the first flash that preceded the thunder. An cur that was grazing opposite the Royal Hospital on the Isle of Dogs was struck dead by the fiery element. Tne oldest inmates in the college declared that they did not remember on shore such intense peals of thunder as shook that noble and solid institution. THE LATE DISTURBANCES AT MANCHESTER.—By order of the Duke of Wellington a strict enquiry commenced at Manchester, on Monday, in the origin of the affray between the soldiers and the police. Lord Charles Wellesley, the colonel of the regiment (15th foot), has gone down for the express pupose of being present. Major-General Warre presided, and the Mayor of Manchester, the late mayor (W. Neild, Esq.), and the town clerk attended, but the re porters were excluded. It is expected that ground will be laid for at least one court-martial. AFFAIR or NoNouß.—A meeting took place on Saturday last.between Captain Beresford, late . M.P.' for Athlone, and Mr. Augustus Moore, of Moore-hall, county of Mayo. The former gentleman was accompanied by Mr. J. P. Somers, M.P., and the latter by Mr. William Bodkin, brother of the member for the county of Galway. After an exchange of shots, without effect, and a declaration, as we have heard, on the part of the challenger that he was not satisfied, Mr. Moore was walked off the ground by his friends. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM COMPANY.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was held in London on Tuesday last. The report, which was unanimously adopted, contained a recommendation that a dividend of three and a half per cent. for the half-year should be paid to the pro prietors. There remained to the credit of profit and loss a balance of about £41,000, exclusive of the grant of £20,000 a year from the East India Company, as the first instalment of £lO,OOO was not payable until July. The Bentinek steam-ship will be ready for sea in July, and will go round by Southampton in that month. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—SOIIIetime ago two gentle men from Cupar witnessed a very singular circumstance while near the Pond of Monzie ; they observed a rabbit run ning from an old dike there direct towards the pond, fol lowed by a weasel. Just as the latter was about to attack the rabbit a crow, passing at the time, darted down and struck the weasel with one of its wings, which made it run back again to the dike. A few minutes afterwards the wea sel returned, and when about to make a second attack upon the rabbit the same crow returned, darted down a second time, and again put the weasel to flight, the rabbit thus mak ing its escape with life.—Caledonian Mercury. A singular occurrence has recently taken place on board the brig Triumph, the property of Mr. J. Parker, while the vessel was lying in the Victoria Dock, Hartlepool. On Friday, the 12th instant, the sails were loosened to dry, and furled again in the evening. They were again loosened early on the morning of the 18th, when a sparrow's nest was dis covered ill the mainsail, perfectly formed, containing three eggs. What renders the circumstance more extraordinary is, that the vessel was moored at three different places during the interval. The captain and crew repeatedly observed the birds hovering about the sails.—Durham Advertiser. A MODEST LEAGUER !—Mr. George Wilson, the chair man of the league, informed his audience, at the city meeting, on Monday, that " all the interests of the com munity were represented on that platform—the agricultural by Lord Ducie! the professions by Mr. Moore (1) and Par liament (! !) by—Mr. Cobden !" Shades of Pitt and Fox, of Burke and Sheridan ! how must ye have stood petrified, had ye been present, to hear that the British senate—the noblest assembly in the civilized world—was represented in the person of this small man of cotton and calico, this man of fustian and rent! The agricultural body, too, represented by this lord of tolls and shambles, Lord Ducie—the land by the landless !! and the professions by Mr. Moore—the bar of England by the briefless Irish barrister !!! Exquisite, Mr. George Wilson ! you have a most original idea of repre sentation ! PERTH.—Tini MILITARY AND INHABITANTS.—The fol lowing is an extract of a letter from Perth, dated on Friday. We should hope the statements which it contains are exag gerated ;—" Last night, a dreadful riot took place in this town, in consequence of a quarrel between some of the trades lads and the soldiers (we believe a depot of the 68th.) A party of the military sallied out of the barracks, and in re venge attacked the people with swords (query, bayonets) and sticks, when a fearful commotion ensued. The constables were called out, and the provost had the riot act read. The riot, however, was not quelled before the soldiers were se verely beaten, and a number of the constables so seriously in jured that they are not expected to recover ; indeed I have heard that some of them are already dead. There are several of the soldiers in prison ; and it is said that the military are ordered to be removed from the town, which it is to be hoped, will take place without further mischief; though this is greatly feared by many people here"-Caledonian Mercury. ALL NAMES ORIGINALLY SIGNIFICANT.—Names among all nations and tongues are significative, and not vain sense less sounds. Among the Hebrews, it is certain out of Sacred Scriptures, St. Heirome, and Philo. Likewise among the Greeks, Romans, Germans, and French, &c. ; yea, among the barbarous Turks, for with them Mahowet signifieth glo rified, or laudable ; Homer, lively ; Abdalla, God's servant ; Selimam, peaceable ; Agmad, good ; H aniza, ready ; Nearna, pleasant. And the savages of Hispaniola, arid all America, name their children in their own languages, Glistering-light, Sun-bright, Gold-bright, Fine-gold, Sweet, Rich, Feather, &c. ; as they of Congo by names of birds, precious stones, flowers, &c. In moat ancient times here the Britains bad their peculiar names, for the most part taken fro m co l our s (for they used to pa=nt themselves, which are now lost, or remain among the Welsh. Afterward they took Roman names, when they were provincials, which either remain cor rupted among them, or were extinguished in the greater part of the realm, after the entrance of the English Saxons, who brought in the German names, as Cridda, Fends, Oswald, Uchtred, Edward, Edmund, &c. Then to say nothing of the Danes, who no doubt brought in their names, as Suayn, Harold, Knute, & c . The Norman' Normans conquest brought in other German names, for they originally used the German tongue, as William, Henry, Richard, Robert, Hugh, Roger, Sze., as the Greek names, Ablabius, innocent; Aspasious, delightful; Boethius. Symmachus, helper; Toxatius, ar cher, &c. were brought into Italy after the division of the empire. After the conquest, our nation (who before would not admit strrnge and unknown names , but avoided them therefore as unlucky) by little and little began to use Hebrew and sacred names, as Matthew, David, Samson, Luke, Simon, &c., which were never received in Germany until after the death of Frederick the Second, about some 300 years since. Observe how the French have changed Petrus into Pierre, Johannes into Jean, Benedictus to Benoist, Stephanus to Eslien, Radulphus to Raoul; how the Italians have changed Johannes into Giovanni, Constans into Costante. Christo phorus into Christophano, Jacobus into Jacobo, Rodulpbus into Ridulpho, Laurentius into Lorene. How the Welsh have altered Johannes into Evan, ./Egidius into Silin, George into Sion, Lawrence into Loweis, Constantinus into Custe nith. How, the English have changed Gerrard into Garret, Aibric into Aubry, Alexander into Sanders, Constantine into Custance, Benedict into Bennet. How the English and Scottish borderers do use Roby and Rob for Robert, Lokkie for Luke, Jokie and Jonie for John, Christie for Christopher, &c. That I may omit the Spaniard, Which bath turned John into Juan, and Jacobus into Jago, and Didacus into Diego; as the Germans which have contracted Johannes into Hanse, and Theodore into Deric.—Camdar Remains. sons there are frequently local cams which produce such irregularity of results that we are seldom warranted in draw , ing conclusions without repeated experiments, but by the method in which the conclusions- are now drawn, not only are there no data from which to institute a comparison, but the only fact given, (namely that of the slip of the screw be ' ing apparently less than that of the paddle,) is referable to a cause unknown to the writer. I know that a good screw is at least equally effective in smooth water as the paddle wheel, and that in bad weather it is more so, but I also know that the seeming difference of slip furnishes no ground for calcu lating the relative efficiency. The reason is that the paddle acts. in fluid which has acquired little relative motion, while a screw in the dead wood acts in a following current. This circumstance has produced some seemingly anomalous results, such as in more than one well authenticated case, having given a greater absolute motion to the vessel than if her screw had been turning in a solid ; a result only to be accounted for, by taking into consideration the effect of the following current as it fills up the cavity which would otherwise be left by the progress of the vessel through the water. The draught of water of the " Liverpool Screw," is stated to be 3 feet 9 inches, and as " the propeller is below water," its diameter must be less than 3 feet 9 inches. By the same statement the speed appears to be about 10 miles per hour, a rate from which, I suppose, the proprietors would not be in clined to deduct anything. The pitch of the screw is not given, but I have stated that it must be a certain proportion to the diameter to be at all effective. I will, therefore, as sume it to be four feet. Now, to produce a velocity of 10 miles, such a screw would require to make 254 revolutions per minute, instead of 85 as alleged. On the other hand, to give the screw a pitch sufficiently elongated to get the re quired action of S 5 revolutions, we should require to increase it three-fold, or to 12 feet, thereby increasing the diagonal loss, so as to absorb two-thirds the power of the engine. As this would be an absurdity, I must conclude that the speed of the engine is really more than double the alleged velocity, and as the power must be calculated from the velocity of the piston, it will be found that this little " skimmer" is really working at an expense of 40-horse power. The dimensions of the competing vessels are not given, but I must not omit to notice, that while credit is taken in the Skimmer for expand ing the steam, the full effort of the steam and vacuum is de bited to her opponent. I should have been glad to have had more accurate data by which to have given the actual performance compared to this large power, but as no midship section is stated, I must , be content to guess that her area of displacement cannot exceed 3G feet, which it would be if nearly flat-bottom e d. Now the "Archimedes' " section of displacement is 112 ft., and her power is only 80 horses'; and as she also beat the Government tender, which " was certainly left behind" by the " Liverpool Screw," we find therefore that 40 horses' power only gives the same speed to 36 feet that 80 horses' does to 142 feet. LAW INTELLIGENCE. , (From the Oxford Herald.) NICE-CHANCELLORS' CcIIURT, §ATURDAY, REV. T. MACMULLEN V. REG, PROF. OF DIVINITY, VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, FRIDAY (Before Dr. KEN YON, Assessor.) MACAfULLEN V. HAMPDEN The Rev. H. Cary appeared as Proctor for the plaintiff, and the Rev. J. W. Hughes as Proctor for the defendant. Damages were laid at £5. . On the defendant being called on to put in his appear ance, Mr. Hughes raised. some objections to the form of citation, which were overruled by the assessor. The Rev. Charles Marriott, Fellow of Oriel College, then entered into stipulation for the payment of the costs to the amount of £50., on behalf of the plaintiff; and the Rev. William Haward Cox, Vice• Principal of St. Mary Hall, the same on behalf of the defendant. The Rev. H. Cary then put in the libel, and the case was adjourned till the next Court day. (Friday, June 2.) THE SCOTCH CHURCH GENERAL ASSEMBLY. On Saturday, the committee appointed to enquire as to the status of ministers and elders of chapels of ease, &c., gave in their report. It reccommends the immediate recognition of elders of quoad sacra parishes as elders of the church, and in present circumstances, the prospect of some final arrange ment of the subject by the legislature being immediate, structs presbyteries to make arrangements, in the mean time, for the due exercise of discipline in such churches orchapels. The report was unanimously approved of. . • It was also moved, and unanimously agreed to, that in all cases in which the procedure of the church courts had been interdicted, in respect that their deliverances were, vitiated by the votes of quoad sacra ministers, instructions should be given to the various presbyteries now to proceed as they thought bestfor edification, in accordance with the previous laws and practice of the church. The most unfair and untrue allegation, that the civil courts were endeavouring to Ahelter the delinquents, was solemnly, repudiated. Now that the process can be followed out in competent form, the church will prove her zeal to maintain the purity of her membership. A committee was then appointed to superinted arrange ments for the interim supply of vacant parishes, and reorga nising presbyteries that are left without a quorum. Sub committees for carrying these arrangements into effect are appointed to sit in all the principal towns throughout Scotland. The act-of the last assembly, repealing the act of 1799 re garding the admission of ministers of other churches to the pulpits of the, establishment, was rescinded on the motion of Dr. Cook, and a committee appoiuted to take the whole subject into their consideration and report. • An overture for the revision of the eldership throughout the church was also agreed to. On Monday, Dr. Cook, adverting to a conversation which took place in the House of Lords on Friday last, in the course of which Lord Aberdeen intimated his intention c of introducing a measure for the settlement of quoad sacra ministers, stated that the bill in question referred only to the admission and settlement of ministers; but that govern ment would be ready forthwith to introduce a separate measure in reference to the position of quoad sacra ministers, in accordance with their declared intention. The report of the Committee on Public Accounts was read, and a committee appointed for the purpose of raising funds to liquidate a debt of about £7OO, which it exhibited. Ti;e draft of an answer to the protest of the seceding clergy men was read, and, after some discussion, handed over to a committee to report to the meeting of Commission in August. The evening sederunt of Monday was chiefly occupied in the disposal of special cases, for which we must refer to our report; after which the assembly was dissolved in the usual form by the commissioner. The commission met on Tuesday, and after disposing of a few cases which had been left over from the assembly, adjourned to August. ASSEMBLY OF THE SECEDERS On Saturday the report of the committee on the system to be adopted for conducting the secular affairs of the church was approved of. It recommends that the administration should be divided into five separate branches, each having a distinct agency. The first branch to superintend the in gathering of the general fund; the second to consist of a Board of trustees, in whom the funds realized might be vested for behoof of the church ; the third to undertake the admi nistration and distribution of the annually accruing fund ; the fourth to manage the secular affairs of particular congrega tions, which management it is proposed to place in the hands of deacons, elected by the congregations. The fifth branch of administration is to be intrusted to a separate committee, whose duties shall consist in revising and checking the ac counts of the several committees and of the treasurer, and generally of seeing that the whole management of the funds shall be conducted in accordance with the regulations agreed to by the Assembly. On MOnday, Dr. Cunningham brought forward the report on the election, of office-bearers. It recommends that the election of ministers should be made by the male communi cants from a leet selected by the kirk session, the whole to be under the superintendence of the Presbytery, who reserve to themselves the power of judging of the qualities and quali fications of office-bearers. The report was approved of, and the committee re-appointed. After hearing and approving of the report of the Law Com mittee, Dr. Chalmers brought forward the financial report, in a speech of great length, in the course of which he stated that the sum already subscribed amounted to £232,000. On Tuesday Mr. Wood gave in the report relative to the debt of the Church, incurred by litigation, the total of which amounted to £5,440. It was proposed by Mr. Henry Dun lop that the eldership should be burdened with the liquidation of this debt, which was agreed to by acclamation.' On Wednesday, after the transaction of some rather unimportant business, the assembly adopted an interim con stitution, and adjourned for six months. The above is an outline of the business transacted. But throughout their proceedings, the new secession bas been cheered by various incidents of a character to encourage them in perseverence in their present course. The most remarkable of these is the adhesion of the Marquis of Breadal bane, which was formally notified on Thursday. Among the other adherents who have declared themselves since our last, we may particularly notice Mr. Ewing of Levenside, who accompanied his adhesion with a subscription for £2,000; Mr. Gilmour of Oatlands, who has subscribed £lOO per annum for five years, and has offered to grant a site upon his property for the erection of a church ; and Dr. Burns of Paisley, whose adhesion is remarkable on account of its apparent inconsistency with his previously expressed views. The total number of ministers adhering is now officially stated to amount to 444, of whom 398 have actually signed the deed of demission. The following from Sir George Sinclair, Bart., was read in the Convocation Assembly on Monday,—" Thurso Castle, May 26, 1813.—Dear Sir,—As the awful calamity has taken pace which 1 used my utmost efforts to prevent, I trust it will be ultimately overruled for the glory of GOD and the good of His cause, although the event is, to all human ap pearance, ❑ot joyous, but grievous. Whilst I retain my opinion that there is no adequate ground for the step which many of our best and most devoted ministers have deemed it their duty to adopt in leaving the church of their fatherS, I shall not throw any impediment in the way of the seceding parishioners of Halkirk, who wish to erect a place of worship for their own accommodation and that of their families; and any of my tenants in the parish who may be willing to appro piate a piece of uncultivated ground for that purpose have my full sanction to do so, and shall have any necessary con firmation of my promise to give no hindrance either now or at any future period. I remain, with best wishes to your self and the parishioners, very faithfully yours, G. SiNCLAIR. To Mr. A. Munroe, preacher of the Gospel, Halkirk." SINGULAR ACCIDENT—TWO HORSES STRANGLED."... A very singular accident happened at the stables of Mr. Rickets, of Stockwell Farm, near Birdlip, a few nights since. On the carter going into his stables in the morning, he found two valbable horses lying quite dead side by side. On ex amination, it was discovered °that both the horses had been strangled in one halter; that the one horse must have put his head under the rein of the other, become entangled, and in his struggles to liberate himself, forced the other horse back, and both were thus strangled.—Glocester Journal. A DOG KILLED BY A RAT.—On Tuesday last, Mr. William Moore, at Colne-bridge, caught two large rats in a trap, and took them to Mr. France, a neighboudirw publican', who keeps a rat dog for the destruction of such vermin. When one of them was let into a room the dog made a "grab" at it, but missed his mark, and the rat turning round, bit the dog on the tongue, which immediately swelled to a great extent, and the dog died almost directly ! Our Colne correspondent adds—" This is an actual fact ! and can be verified ! and I think it will rank among the marvelloui things which happen in Yorkshire." We think so too.—J- Ilalifax Guardian. • • The arrangements for the ensuing Birmingham Musical Festival, which will take place in September next, have been conducted with a spirit that cannot fail in continuing this great meeting in the foremost rank of musical attractions; kVe are much pleased to find that the managers are about td dispense with foreign aid for the morning sacred perfor, mances, reserving it for the more appropriate place in the Concert Room in the evenings, and that Mitish talent of the highest class has consequently been put in requisition, to give effect to the sublimity of the oratorios. The choir is now in full practice, and the choruses bid fair to be sung with a power, and at the same time a finish, never yet surpassed The lovers of good music may therefore look forward to a treat seldom placed within their reach. • NEW TARIFF. REDUCTION OF THE DUTY ON THE IMPORT OF LEATIIF.R.—We are induced to notice this sub-! ject from the groundless alarm with which this measure of Sir Robert Peel's was received. It is now generally ad m itt e d that, as regards the principal article of consumption, sole leather. the new duty is sufficiently protective. On the other hand, we are happy to observe symptons of an export demand for this important manufacture. We hear of some large sales having been made for export, with a prospect of a speedy repetition : it is understood that the destination is China.! Should this newly-acquired opening, with her 300 millions take a part of her supply from this country, there is no cal-, minting the extent of demand it may occasion, and the bene, fit that may be thereby reaped by the British manufacturer.!, SEIZURE OF COLLEGE PLATE FOR POOR-RATES .AT 0.X.! FORD. - At the recent Oxford City Session, an appeal was heard against the poor -rate of St. Michael's parish, on the ground that the Colleges of Exeter and Jesus (the whole of the Site being in that parish) were not fairly rated. After hearing evidence as to the rateable value, the court ordered the rate to be amended, by increasing Exeter College front £3 15s. to £23 2s. per rate, and Jesus College from £1 lsi to £l9 Bs. 6d. Upon the parish officers demanding the rate, both colleges refused paying, whereupon distress warran t! were granted, and three dozen of silver forks were seized from the former college, and three silver tankards from the latter. Exeter immediately redeemed theirs by paying cash ; and Jesus College did the same on Saturday. It is expected that actions will be at once commenced against the parish officers for an illegal seizure, as the colleges claim exemption from poor-rates for the greatest part of the buildings. ThiS case, which has excited intense interest in the Uni versity, and in which as our report will show, the prelimi nary steps only were taken yesterday, arises out of the fol lowing circumstances. • • Every candidate for the degree of 8.1/. is required to read exercises on two theses, the subjects of which it has been customary for the Professor to assign. Mr. Macmullen is well known as a warm adherent of the Tractarian school of Divinity, and Dr. Hampden, appointed him the following subjects for discussion, with a view, no doubt, of ascertaining his exact opinions on the cardinal points of the controversy. Ist. The Church of England does not teach, nor can it be proved from Scripture, that anv change takes place in the elements in consecration in the Lord's Supper. • 2nd. It is a mode of expression calculated to give errone ous views. of Divine, Revelation, to speak of Scripture and Catholic tradition as joint authorities in the matter of Chris tian doctrine. These propositions it was open td Mr. Macmullen to affirm or deny as he might think proper, but he refused to deal with them at all, tendering instead two theses on subjects of his own selection. On this ground it appears that the Regius Professor has declined acting as Moderator in the Divinity School, and in consequence of the injury Sustained by this refusal Mr. Mac mullen brings his action of damages. The question at issue is, whether or not the candidate is bound to accept the theses propounded by the Professor, or is at liberty to choose his own subjects. IRELAND, THE REPEAL AGITATION. By neither Charleville or Mullingar has Longford been left behind in the race for repeal-agitation notoriety. Over "250,000 men" graced the gathering, it is asserted, on Sun day last. From the hour of eight o'clock in the morning, large bodies of the peasantry, headed by the parish priests of the various districts, and in many instances preceded by musicians, dressed in military costumes, continued to pour into the town throughout the day. Mass was celebrated at so early an hour as four o'clock in the morning, and imme diately afterwards the several congregations, headed by their clergymen, commenced their progress to the scene of meet ing. Notwithstanding the vast area of grbund thus occupied, every window and house-top from which a glimpse of the meeting could be obtained had its occupants also. At the lowest computation there were 250,000 persons present when the meeting commenced; and the pressure in this enormous mass of people was so great that there were scarcely any females among the crowd. Mr. O'Connell, who slept in Mullingar, arrived in town about two o'clock, and was received in the most enthusiastic manner by the thousands assembled. He was accompanied by Dr. Higgins', Dr. Cantwell, R. C., bishop of Meath, and Mr. Steel, and attended by a numerous escort of respectably dressed persons on horseback. After passing through the streets of the town, he proceeded to the platform, which was ornamented with banners, having on them such inscriptions as " Ireland for the Irish, and the Irish for Ireland,' - ' &c. The principal pl a tf orm , an d several smaller ones erected near it, were crowded by the clergy and farmers of the surround ing districts. The several movers and seconders of the resolutions spoke to them at considerable length, and the substance of their ob servations was. briefly, that they would never rest content until repeal was achieved—no matter how great and exten sive the other concessions might be which the government should choose to make.. Dr. Higgins, its. returning thanks, said that his rev. friend Mr. M'Aver had given utterance to a sentiment which might, by possibility, be liable to misconstruction. The language which his rev. friend had used was strong, but he was,•at the same time, honest in his purpose ; yet proud as he (Dr. H.) was of possessing the. confidence and love of the people,. he would forfeit them, and lay down his unworthy life also, ra ther than that it should be for a Moment supposed that he entertained any but sentiments of veneration for the charac ter :of the pious, learned, and revered Archbishop Murray; and although in his own wisdom (and who would dare to dictate to him) he thought proper sometimes to frequent the castle, he (Dr. H.) knew that he Went there iripurstiance of the most noble and charitable purposes. He (Dr. H.) never went to the.castle himself, and boasted—only of, being the humble chief of an humble priesthood, who, however hum ble, at leist possessed the 'confidence of the people: (Cheers.) He felt that, although he was not an old man, the grave was not many years distant from him, and that that day would soon arrive when he should render to his God an account of all his acts, and in that holy presence 'he now pledged him - Self that while he had an idea in his bead,`Or a drop of blood in his veins he would be at the command . of •his- beloved country. (Cheers.) He would avail himself, of, the oppor tunity which that glorious spectacle, of nearly half a million of human heings . asseuibW togi-lher, afforded him to admi nister another pledge, to which no man should respond with out putting his hand to his heart and swearing to observe it in the presence of his Creator. (Cries of "We will.") Let all promise to 0-operate with the lib, rator. (Cries of" We do promise.") He took his leave of them, then, and hum ble as he was, they might believe him when he said that he was able 'to " take their part in England and his own too. (Loud cheers.) Mr. O'Connell next addressed the meeting at great length. In England they could not understand the people of" this country resisting the terror of their landlords, and the tempt ation of bribery. There never had been a parliament in which bribery was so extensively used as the present, and he proudly contrasted it with the conduct of the independent men of Longford: (Cheers). One Of his reasons for com ing there was to help them to repeal that union . ; and another was the obligation he owed to their venerated bishop, who lived in the hearts of his people. What a paltry thing for any miserable mongrel English Catholic to assail such a man. Mr. O'Connell then proceeded to describe the various meet ings he had lately attended, and went on to say that it had been asserted there would be a civil war, if they persevered in their present course. If there was to be a civil war, they would at least put their enemies in the wrong, for it should be of the making of their enemies, and if they attacked the people, in the name of the people he defied them. (Great cheering.) He was not a slave, nor would ever consent tobe one. If they passed an act of parliament he would obey it, but probably he would find means of 'tinning a coach and six through it. (Cheers.) He promised them that whatever law was passed, they should be protected, and when that was done in the name of the Queen and the constitution, he set their enemies at defiance. (Cheers.) He then proceeded to advert to his deprivation of the office of magistrate by the Lord Chancellor, who, he s a id, was b rea ki ng t h e l aw b y in terfering with the right to petition. In two days the com. mission of the peace would be taken from their chairman; and for what? Because he attended a meeting to petition parliament. (Hear, hear.) The usual petition to parliament having been adopted, the meeting separated. THE DINNER At six o'clock between 400 and 500 persons assembled at dinner, in the old Roman Catholic chapel of the town. The chair was filled by Dr. HIGGINS, upon the right of whom sat Mr. O'Connell, and on the left Dr. Cantwell, the Roman Catholic bishop of Meath. The cloth having been drawn, Dr. HIGGINS rose and said that the humble individual who stood before them had become lately the object of obloquy _hitherto unexampled. lie had been reported to have used at Mullingar certain sentiments, the most of .which he stood by and would until death. (Loud cheers.) Obscure as he might be in the' mind of Lord Wicklow, and others of his . class, he had light enough in that obscurity to see their dark. ness, and he reiterated that all those sentiments he had tit. tered proceeded from his heart, which would continue tin. changed until it ceased to throb. (Cheers.) He had been accused of -saying that there was no hope for Ireland but in the repeal, and he now reiterated ,that assertion. (" Hear, hear,' and cheers.) He also reiterated that he had the most unbounded contempt and hate—not as he had been reported to have said, for the aristocracy, but for their vices. (Re newed cheering.) By the lying and immoral press of Eng land he had been called something like a rebel. He was reported to have roused the priests of his diocese, and to have maddened the people to such a pitch that-there was no safety either for life, or property, while such firebrands ex isted. Could he convert himself into a general, his clergy into,captains, and his people into an army—if it was in his power to convert the towns of Longford and Athlone into garrisons, how did the villains dare to suppose that be would tarnish himself hy such acts. (Loud cheers.) No; he would sooner die than attempt such things, whatever amount of power he might possess. (Hear, hear.) -He would at the same time let the people of England know that if it was attempted to carry into execution the threats which had been held out lately against the people of- this country, he would make every chapel in his diocese a repealing place, and would go into every sanctuary to proclaim repeal. (Loud cheers.) Dr. Higgins then proceeded to advert to the speech recently delivered in Parliament by Lord Beaumont respecting him, and said that for what Lord Beaumont had uttered respecti ng hi m h e forgave him . Ile gave hi m a carte blanche to revile him, and the more Lord Beaumont said against him the more lie would conclude that he was properly performing his duties in the sphere in which he was placed (" hear, hear," and cheers). Another noble lord (Wicklow) had said that even if the bishops of Ireland were all repealers, they would not have chosen so obscure a medium of com municating their sentiments as he (Dr. Higgins) was, and he also denied that Dr. Murray was a repealer. - Now he (Dr. Higgins) had the authority of a most respectable clergy . - man, who could verify his statement on oath, that Dr. Murray had declared himself a repealer before a numerotis company, and when or where had he since contradicted that statement ?—(lou.d cheering, which lasted for several m il. mites). With all the respect which every man of common sense and judgment must entertain for the aristocracy, when they are entitled to respect on account of virtues descended through a long line of ancestors, he still stood to the senti ments he had uttered in Mullingar, and embodying the sentiments of his clergy and people, he defied them all to the death—(loud and continued cheering). Dr. CANTWELL, Roman Catholic bishop of Meath, in returning thanks for his health, stated that lie concurred in all the sentiments put forward by Dr. Higgins that night. His opinion represented 150 Catholic clergyman and 250,000 of the people of his diocese, and that opinion was, that the union was a robbery, and that they could be respected by no man if they did not persevere in demanding a restoration of their rights—(loud cheers). Mr. O'Connell has announced to Sir Edward Sugden his determination to impeach him in the LiOS parliament for dismissing him from the Irish magistracy. REPEAL RENT.—The Dublin Mail, of Wednesday, says "The repeal rent for the week ending on Monday, exceeded £2,ooo—the amount acknowledged being £2,205 16s. Bd. a pretty little contribution paid by a people too poor to be subjected to the income tax ! As a set-off against the supersedeases issued by the Chan cellor, ten barristers, headed by Sir Colman O'Loghlen, son of the late Master of the Rolls, subscribed this day to the funds of the Repeal Association, and were by acclamation admitted as members. This bar-motion has caused a great sensation. MODESTY OF O ' CONNELL.-Mr. O'Connell, at a recent repeal meeting, thus modestly propounded one of his many wants. " I want to get three hundred gentlemen who shall enjoy public confidence by bringing in one hundred pounds each, and that will yield a sum of £30,000, as a fund to pay the expenses which may be incurred." THE QUEUN'S VISIT.—It was whispered in " well-in formed circles," as the phrase goes; that letters had reached the high places, announcing positively her Majesty's deter mination to eschew the " Emerald Gem " for this summer at all events. Extravagant as it may appear, this announce ment is unlooked for by many, who affect to think that the Queen, in the teeth of - all the turmoil, and threatened " placarding " and " petitioning," will face the cortege of 500,000 repealers, to he, in the event of her coming, cant toned at Kingstown.—lrish paper. PUBLIC PRAYERS FOR O'CONNELL.—We understand that some, if not the majority, of the bishops of Ireland are about addressing pastoral letters to their clergy, directing the sertion of the name of Mr. O'Connell in the public prayers after the name of her Majesty, before the commencement of the holy sacrifice of the mass. In consequence of the diabolical threats of assassination held out against the Liber ator, propitiatory sacrifices are deemed necessary, lest the Almighty would permit tiff violent removal of the only man who can at present direct the mighty storm of public opinion. They know full well that if aught happened to O'Connell, it would be impossible to krep the, Irish people from taking a bloody and fearful revenge on all whom they suspected to be; we won't say privy to such a nefarious proceeding, but on all whom they• believed to coincide with them in opinion, or who would rejoice at such an event ; and, in mercy even to the anti-lrish in Ireland, it is fervently to be hoped the prayer to'be offered will be effectual, and will prevent so great a calamity.—Athlone Sentinel.— [What an extraordinary compound of cant, blasphemy, and treason.] The Athlone Election Committee have decided that Joh Cobbett, Esq. was duly returned for that borough. _ . . DUBLIN, May, 2G.—lt was mentioned in the Hall of the Four Courts yesterday, on what was considered good au thority, that Chief Justice Pennefather will not again resume his seat on the bench.—Freeman's Journal. A subscription is now raising in Belfast for the purpose o presenting some enduring testimonial to the Rev. A. C. Ma. cartney, vicar of that town. £430 has been already sub• scribed -- 4;; POTATOE CRor.—in many of the rural districts the early sown potatoes have failed to a great extent. Several fields in the baronies of Condone, Fermoy and Barrymora have been resown, as the seeds first put in were found, in• stead of spring ing up, to be co m pl e t e ly rotten. The circum stance is not, it appears, owing so much to moisture as to the last crop having been dug too early, and consequently wanted mature ripeness for the seed. It would be well if farmers, when ever so favor a bl e a season as the last occurs for the early getting up of their potatoe crops, would leave such quantities as they i ntend for seed to acquire a perfect state of ripening. The wheat an d ot h er crops i n t h e se districts ap• pear very promising, alt h oug h t h e weat h er con ti n ues harsh, with frequent boisterou s and cold showers, rather resembling March weather than that of May.—Cork Constitution; REPEAL IN THE ARMY. (From the Dublin Evening Mail.) measures. reports of the lib era l At the weekly meeting of the "Loyal National Repeal Association," held on Tuesday last , i n the Corn Exchange, r a c r l e e t t a t r e y r , a w n e d f , o a l l s o Su chow, the, the official organ of papers) from " Cornelius O'Callagha n, Esq. , (author of the that body,r the read d secretaryletter, e Green Book,) in which he refers to official documents as to the composition of the British army." The following is an extract : " From these documents it appears that there were in January, 1830, in the so-called English army — of English men, 44,329; of Scotchmen , 13,800 ; of Irishmen, 42,8 97; and in January, 18 40 , there were in t h e same force— of Eng_' lisbmen 51,539 • of Scotchmen, 15,239 ; of Irishmen, 41,218. It will be remarked how much more soldiers, as compared with the size and population of England and Ireland, the latter country furnishes than the former; while the Scotch, of whose feats in the British army we are scarcely allowed by their writers to hear any end, bear no comparison, in point of numbers, to the Irish. I may likewise observe, that while Ireland, which certain folk would tell us must be nothing but a province, is superior in population to 18, and in territorial extent to 15 independent European states, the Irish, from a number of experiments, but particularly from a comparative examination made amongst the various European armies as sembled in France after Napoleon's fall, have been allowed by the celebrated S'cotch and Belgian professors, Forbes and Qnetelet, to be the strongest race of men in Europe. And, by the way, if England should think proper to crush public opinion on the union in Ireland by mere force, and the Irish Catholic Church, knowing repeal to be the right of Ireland. were, through the medium of its patriotic prelates and their subordinate clergy, to set its face against any more recruit ing for the so-called English army in Ireland—pray where wonld that army be then ?" The concluding question is pertinent enough. But there remains one to be asked. still more to the purpose—lf the forementioned prelates and priests were to direct the con sciences of the Irish Roman Catholic soldiery in favour of repeal—pray what would that soldiery be then? This question . we can only answer by saying, they would he what the agitators wish and suppose them to be to a very great ex tent—repealers—ready to desett her Majesty's stand ard, and to range themselves under the oriflamme of the church repealant. Let us take take warning in time : let us •'?lravoiristructiort from the vaunts of the enemy. The Ga I:cam Vindicator is a priest's paper—the Popish nrgan of the . province of Connaught. The following is among his recent lucubrations REPEAL IN THE ARMY. "Surely Sir Robert, Peel displayed either a lamentable ig norance of the truth, or a more culpable ignorance of the state of the public mind respecting repeal. Had he consulted the material of the army, and found that it contained forty_ one thousand ardent ready Irishmen, he would have scab barded his brutum fulmen, and saved Ireland the necessity of despising his impotence. W e , as repeaters, preach peace and order—crime and in subordination we condemn and deprecate. We would not rejoice at any efforts made on our behalf, if those were not sanctioned by every principle of justice; and in referring our readers to our other columns for an expression made use of by a rifleman in Drogheda, we shall reserve our comments. " Contagion is easily spread—if we remarked upon it we might unconsciously be inoculating our garrison; but we shall not either applau d or dam p the enthusiasm of the sol diers.under existing circumstances, as it might not be our province to blame o r our dut y to approve. The last number of the Pilot is more specific. It names a 'went said to be infected. Fleading one of his col umns with the wordstegl or prophecies of the correspondent his case: — " The following p roof ( q uoth he) of the repeal spirit, ex isting among the trocys, will not come with gre a t surpr i se on p th i o lo se t. wh o o upru readers e a a n d y e faith rs may i n the reasonings uponi our is correct ' ' MANCHESTEIL " ' There has been a great disturbance here for the last two nights, between the 15th regiment and the police; the sol diers were fighting for the repeal of the union in a public house, and the poli ce took three of them into custody, when those in the barrack turned out, broke the station-house, and beat the police. There arc some of them now lying i n the infirmary regiment 111;;; applauded (yaoM ANOTHER CORRE o S n P: h N a D d E j N u T st .) given cheersb repeal y a l i " ' What will Wellington say when he hears that his ow regiment (the 15th foot), of which he is colonel, are for the p o e f alE,nbl'itonfonlielli,oaolkidinugld Ireland, when the n e ,-. - poor fellows, who were vehemently number n o rbTerhreethr e lice interfered, and the row commenced. The since been removed out of town. Any of the repealers w h o were aware of the occurrence lgoked quietly on, interred in no manner with either party. ng We have ourselves xi° faith in this mischievous report : and we copy it merely with a view to produce an authorised denial of its truth. So far as the examtrans pire ina d which tion into the riot at Manchester has g one, nothing has in volves the regiment in any such disgrace. not. If the Pilot wou ld consult the Arm the List, b ele would the find th that the Duke of Wellington i s colon of 15 foot. His grace's son, Lord Charles Wellesley, is lieute nant colonel of the regiment. _.----- y pr0g5......1t gs ......It is a remarkable feature br i SIGNS or Tire Tar ---- times that the throughoutpeasantrverywhere purchasing 11 p t the lead from grocers g the province. At first the err cumstance was not noticed, but there is now strong ".'' reason to believe that the tea-lead is purchased for making hone, otherwise why purchase it in such quantities, and for ~,L8 or nothing? It is not very generally known that, within the last few months, several French priests or missionaries ha arrived in Ireiand, and have visited not only callow' bute several parts of the country. They are Considered ht. the peasantry to be endowed with superhuman power, they perform miracles. Now, a question arises, wi;otand that n ouh t them here at this moment ? Are they missionaries to g t pogate the tenets of their religion, or are the other emissaries? Whether their mission be one of Peace or French wise, it would be well if the Government had an eye on the movements. The country swarms with foreigners w h o members of the monastic order, not one of whom is regis tered tered on the books of any clerk of the peace, under the s- Reef Bill, the penalty for the omission of which, is xi cg Here is another subject worthy of public attention. spectable Rotnan Catholic has written to us AR e a very i ron° - taut communication, w hich we regret we cannot publish..- We are, however, at liberty to state that on Sunday last ih Roman Catholic clergy of the entire colliery district " e prided their religious instruction" and harangued "sus- Romanthemselves their flocks on the necessity of enrolling . yes as repealer, and, above all, to 'attend to repeal meeting at Ilallyra • , which was to have been held on Thursday. They get to work in earnest, and ouar respected correspondent, are going s " the people are in a i : a firm supporter of the Un,ion, ts ,I is rumoured that ie - 'rightful state of excitement. are being held in the neighbourhood auistown, county of Kilkenny, and lae masses of men are occasional(); seen moving in thedirectionr of Gowran and erne is bridg e " It is certain that since 1798 the population of this counf r ' was not so much excite d as at this moment, and • Y inflammat in a great measure owing to such w i ld and ory harangus a that of Dr. Biggins, which .e -echoed f altar in the neighbour! lig counties. The people, rout almost ever y forned are everywhere armed in that part we are in n the ready county of ''' ' I ich we allude, and for mischief - Kilkenny, to w ! . circumstance we can the more at a moment's warning, a 1 believe„ from our know eged of the fact readily of Kne that at the late Y election thousands of the co.unty. Kilkenny ncl* Peasantry 1 tided this county, armed with pises a fire-arms, an, u co n tinued their savage forays on i peaceable inhabitants, n a . intervals, during a month ; at Mmes stoppingt.r her M i a.,esty' t mails, living o n free quartersiia d h o,co eatening to murder s any one who dared to disobey r. Connell instructio ns . —Carlow S entinel. _.......... a to 01 accumulate t c w u i mulate Id left hissm to his brother, the present ---,,-------- '"------ . Limerick, of £2OO a year, n the rents of his estates in Clare and Galway peers attains the age of 21, he bequeaths the said accumulated he until the death of the present lord, to whose heir The late Lord Vesey Fitzgera and estates, but in failure of male issue the money and sum tales deseend to the eldest sons of his sisters, the es- Sir Mahon and Baron Foster, the former the Gal nws of His Lordship ' waY th latter the Clare estate. p s personal property, 'e exceeding £150,000, he leaves to his two illegitimate child one of whom is married to an eminent physician in London. He also bequeaths £5,000 to Mrs. Baron Foster. The °n• cipal executor is his late privale secretary, son of Mr._Prin of Dawson street, Dublin. imerick Chronicle. cane, Mona. —A labourer of _the name of Allan Mair,about 82 years of age, residing 1; rtiate andyend, near Avonbrid this county, was apprehe d d last week on a charge a ge , in der, peroetrated under the following circumstances -e , in that on the rnorning of Sunday, the 14th i : It rip_ quarrel arose between him and an old woman who Instant, him as his wife, concerning some trifling circumstance, wed with he swore at her and beat her dreadfully on the he nce' when and chest with a large stick. The neighbours, II ad, arms, cries, ra their to render her assistance, hurNring her learning intention, with l horrid imprecations, ti . lair, on to shoot anyone who s hou . i. approach. They wer threatened polled to desist, as be was known to be a recklessie thus corn - In the m • person and to possess fire-arms. morning, however, information was given to the olice, who proceeded to the h finding the manewo ery ill in bed, immediately t o o u o s k e, and, into custody. H er arms and chest were dreadfully lacer Muir and her head bruised, and the injuries altogether of ated, so severe that she lingered in great agony till a nature early on Tues day morning.. when she died. A post modem examination . of the body immediately took place, and we understand report of the medical gentlemen was, that the a the consequence of the injuries she received. m 'o o man died in examined by the sheriff and fully committedto air has been 'on a charge of murder. —Sliding Advertiser. Stirling gaol IMPORTANT TO CHEMIsTs.—At Kingston-upon-Thames on the 2 7 th ult. two informations were most res pectable chem i s ts of that to preferred against two ha lf a pint of sp i r it of wine to a personwn, for having each sold belonging to the ex cise, and who has been making a practice lately of going to the shops of v arioas chemists for the express purpose of esed n trapping those who may not unfortunately be duly licen to sell spirituous liquors. A fter a lengthened search into the merits of the case, and after a minute • - ' inquiry into the quo anirno with which the spirit had been bought and sold and put into the hands of the informer, whether as an article of general commerce or as a medical compoun, it was unani mously agreed upon by the magistrates that, according to the legal construction of the act, they must feel bound to convict, wis he d it might bear upon the two defendants, though they wished it to be understood that they were convinced that neither Mr. Jones nor Mr. Gould had the slightest in tention of committing a fraud upon the revenue. And Dr. Roots, one of the magistrates present, having most em phatically inquired whether the informer would reap any ad vantage or portion of the fine, observed, that although the law might sanction such modes of detection, yet it was against the feelings of well regulated minds that common informers should be upheld, and reap rewards, where no undue in fringeroent of the law was absolutely intended; and he was of opinion that it would have been far better for the officers of excise in the district to have cautioned the chemists and all other parties liable to fall into similar errors, instead of setting spies and informers to catch them unawares.—[The gentleman who thus strongly reprobated this improper prac tice, must have a very different n otion of propriety in such a case to that entertained by our worthy stipendiary. The latter functionary indi,gnantly rebuked a gentleman the other in the Police -Court, for applying the word spies as de c ptive of the police who are employed, under what are in o our op:nion, much more reprehensible circumstances to watch for some trivial offence committed by an unfortunate übl' can, and in some instances take upon themselves, if not • I structed so to do, to " entraP,'' as Dr. Roots has it thin unsuspecting victim. Such conduct, says this gentleman,' eir repugnant to the feelings of " well regulated" ' is ED. minds.]... Whether the agitators, clerical or lay, who conducted emancipation to a successful issue, had actually corrupted any portion of the Irish soldiery or not, is a question more im portant than capable of solution. They professed that they had done so ; and the ministers of the day not only acted but spoke as if no reliance was to be placed on the loyalty of the army. But, whatever may have been the case at that time, there is no doubt at the present that the agents of the Church of Rome are busily engaged in similar endeavours; and if the reports we alluded , to in a recent number—viz., of regimental contributions to the-repeal rent, &c., be true, there is but too much reason to apprehend that their artifices have not been unsuccessful. Enough has at least transpired to put the authorities, both civil and military, on the alert, and to warn them of the necessity of preventive and precautionary