The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-08-15 00:00:00

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Vikedrisel3eVal Meetint, of the Town Council . was held on th') suaY, fort It o Mc C o he Purpose of electing four members of den, laxt?littee, in lieu of Messrs. Molyneux, Shand, retal2u Alcol, who had gone out by rotation. "Ing members were unanimously re-elected. Mr the • •arker,... T HE N EW GAOL. comet 4 Motion for rescinding the resolution of "at'ertrestood]ect of the proposed gaol at the W as not h e estate, upon the paper, but Mr. Parker kr. /r e sent, 11)°(?Illdhezin4eknotilv said if the Tow vtore the , o rder, he would willingly The 'tn,‘'oancil. ,si t. a-- N-CLERIK having dech.- tliil en •-11-AcaarißN tat en of , moved that the resolution (~ . e r ki,ati on , tne 24th May last, approving of the recom 'Lite!, °t or the Finance Committee, in respect of the e e esc iaded . a new gaol on the Wavertree-hall estate, 1 2 1 _ e - v t !ctin g a Mr• Blnekburn considered Ilse advantage of tr i4e d at , a°l at Kirkdale, in contrast with the feeling eehaii ,anst the erection of such a structure at \l aver there ' w here th At Kirkdale th e , was b o ~_ s e salubrity was doubtful. be e would ~,Kilibt.at all of the salubrity, and the erection tei ati adva_'-',O no.injnry to any man. There would also ghb onrh" a ge In erecting the Borough Gaol in the 111 Urged ~ ood of the County Gaol As to what had been , 4 ;Th a e t a t d he facy afforded by . the railway, he could ir. p vantage of it. te as° A ii kcth i„ n w i l „ , seconded the motion, and explained the to the the council "F had been a few minutes too late in attend spittle siraaat'l• He contended that there was a doubt as must 111°o, andl now proposed • there was a difference of h where there was a' difference of opinion there tle„esketeita d°,9l3t. They had a right to go to a situation intletcliaridgwadniniebi.thie.re was no doubt. There was suffi be ob the at ki r k., ! a nlY adapted for the purpose. 1,41". w. Y would ~,rate, and by persevering in the cour t s u e . taken, - C. H, LA an uncertainty instad . of a certainty. int anchat likWatrrcE said his opinion on the subject j';est 0 , g,eu. He thought no consideration of pri_vate .Tnt' "t to sway them when the inierests o . f the s Ati l e old asas were in question. If the interest of friends bt, Il ee la b c ' el 'tin and recollections could have any pu blic . would ito , his feelings would be with Mr. Parker, lly " go o d w " not give way upon any point . where the eaidpbablie semi concerned. Nor must they give way to It was ea_y rtail,'utirnent as regarded the prisoners. in rid tre'esPersons what a pity it would be to spoil such 4.'wernaol th e y o doubt it was a pity—he felt it so, but 'tenon ould not consider such points as these. who tette ected d h. • teei,?lsbered Lived r is friend Sir Thomas B ta % „& ae t tate!y i'rle,es Piol longer tban h did rau r e e k co e rl i ected Therece er e e there were now Z ' s l g to IZ le i c s , 3 4 , ll(l d i w eTI rri rlY s plasw were objections to te ed ?' Coa r r t " 1 e,.. One was the great distance f t ro e m the pr oe i ngs, an ,' which would he a great check to h trat e • ed ed to" ,a considerable expense. Mr... Lawrence be sl tof p ri sb low the advantages of the railway in the N a d alcl had ,Sonera, and the salubrity of Wavertree, which e Ra a b letter7o called the Montpellier of England. _Ho aoi j,?. 10 Mr. Archer the surgeon [theh. B at 0 , herertree 11 , zo i ieh spoke very ' favourably lotth matters / on account both of the salubritysiteand 01 " v tai e , lce * Mr. Lawrence concluded by showing of f ki ae asnt, , and impropriety of the continual changes the .7"idr. Ds by the council i '"ll(E ' r ‘r 'EI be • -ehh d ove been sal was opinion that the best plan Ilte t b to enlarge the old gaol, but as IV . lajor ,l ar sti on, a , er s had reported so favourably of the site n in . )31 1°4 Of t r i l l u as the council had adopted the recomme )31 1 °4 Of Committee, he would oppose Mr. 1 '4 11 4 A.lt t , e ° "°o• gre ,ina I. Pointed out the inconvenience which would apegnatioa eiesPectable neighbourhood, from the c te o d n re. g the 0 t tleB Of a ,f t:) .gues and vagabonds who frycluP tal bee ei,ectii,son. He had on be preceding day, when a t 'la to deal with a set of these people wn to,i• liighlet'arrelling with their disorderly girls. He asked 4r.libe sainditfouch proceedings were common, and the , 11 , ",.,,y e characters were a complete pest. Win e ; -;A, 34, ""The police can deal with them. la '' 8 ton!'s..rhe police! Can any policeman st l o e p e a . i, "41d eue (Loud laughter.) I think the po i O t ter.) ad that a task of some difficulty. (Renewed A, I 'ACI R ‘ltit,iitoop SlPPOtted Mr. Blackburn's motion. , 141 4 Yof \ , , R. said he knew parties who resided in the tothtity of :iavertree Hall, and he was confident ofth a e s f eet he cl ay Lae situatiOn AA to what had been said .. isleatifieleanatuve of th . e soil, there was certainl _.a...t. _ lkt r e i,ci ty "lit the bottom was solid rock, while at xirk a l, th; u, oac:as Much deeper without that advantage„ . Ne,"teiss,"l". u rged the necessity of going on speedily, itd to , al Arable i ["'part " a tion of the prisoners was a matter of con 'eni 9 0 • ance, and if they agreed to this resolution ii: woidip!hle to s ay Any when they would proceed, at ee. !ite,:ettrrlitltllterfere materially the ends o a f i suitable ' ) ;It ti ° , ,l th rv e i e l bad taken every w ainps to secure Kirkdale, ' A4 4 :3' v er :id examined plots of ground at °r eal t he c o : no of them suitable for the purpose. 1 r a decision itlottllB pag e had been called upon t ev e ea se !aid b ef _' o eY ought to have had bei done, ~ e i , , , i n kv__Ur them, but so far ro thatsaomteeadndgitional stronger than IN 'or th e uur of the Wavertree site was ..ii b I N of V 415 I ke. V Were now assured of the practica 1 . t. a l'ak t was mosat:iittgord• ar that Mr. Blackburn, ;1414444 the site salubrious in for, a gaol, should t i ind:" . 4 o „.,lt for the building of villas. o;:ob N i , , ! $r he opposed the motion,_an a d m. M ey r : 14 ' B tp . GriffitllS Mr. Platt, and Mr. Br 1 Ise,it• Tan°°rted it. ' ' itC,i t ake - kmlll,l, show ed the increase of expense that 1 111, t 'ale, ,' -, e if theyh d to carry all the prisoners to 11 (1 ,1 , 3 an th'd'id that it was a out of the question to build 14 41 9 v e e r 'and becaus of the railway, so that in reality b eep'', tv,, tl .2d he inj ur e d P ained that t)l4 i sa4 oil - :" a corn I' e ' though the -matter had e„., pax t arm y 4 f' Par ° !lia r , r gued on a previous occasieT. they were , 4, c, r a de, Ttisnal all their arguments anew like soldiers rguments t 7 n ereti all f the -I L' tvans to show the reasons in 1 -4 h a d on on -.'easure, contending that the a v,r.linrodue_si;:ie, and that the supporters of the mo -1(h• I)4'7 voeke ' l J en . _ no evidence whatever. the : , ii:/, the:aNp r e eplie d d, after which council di /10ro:ri IN7 f °l f,,4•4leasre — Blackburn, Priestle'y, Lace* 'l' 4l, 4l9 (til i t ° . ' ''PeP P a rd, s H rs o . ughton, Earle, and Brumley /144'41,$ moti e to , r Copei., ort. Messrs. Shand, Shaw, Hodgson, eti;4te ~ ,, A vr e, ,, .nd, H. Hol mes , Hor . nby,john Holmes, ratro,",see, Cooper, Birkett, Kilshaw. - G- Holt too r „ A'lak,", Smith, Barclay Turner, Freme,. _,. H. Law. najo,,.`ti anelmetlx, Moon, Evans, Chilton, Sir 1 9t 917 te Mayo 27. tiicaeip 11,414,1°Vk.c Tun FIRE BILL. 4lt ' , 4 ti ll, th at itiltic read a report on tbe Fire _ a ßill, set ' a et i le ti o , 'vas now in the House of Lord ,havin .. g . t,, ,elbers°,rth th: e , C ornm o n s with the amendments. It ight tq'qo r - ed f -' a strong opposition in t lor jhrid„ tl e, b e ti r e to the w arehouse-keepers, and 'tw be in 14, 4 "v0 t ~,t o or,,,,ecessary for a strong deputation'ds mould, ' • "al - ' eet it Th ion 't h aN e cl a ce • e commit - M Nicol, who e 4 Ned , ° Q ) Pany Mr Turner and T. suggested ; to the ea „Avs° go up on tlie sub'ect. :`"airi no - , r ead the followingj letter from Mr.. Hal lsni IT 4 of the W arehouse-keepers' Association: ' ° t 184 . N I , h e W or h. Liverpool, Bth August, 3 ttl D D N's' A ttl Aill s ipful the Mayor and Town , Council. likiarehouse- N,ty,', s sord aii ': - I a am requested by Ni tl. a . a . i t `o . _ dt at , ? " ,, n_ s rnd t othe . rs inte t res e te t _ l d l i e r i e n warehouse ;o l iN lil t I t , brie?w st,aveiclia,atarierioen to eet _ah_.yr Prevention s fII to remonstrate toZthe4et.e,',ialtirflPlesented to the House of Lords, until tee „tni,''or,Nification is made in some of its clauses , the of t‘otheir7s_ t earnestly trust that you will be pleasedm.t 44fltt %h e t:4l ll 4" to be fully stated before the co t n i i o t of 01 , IQ Itt • COnd u t • th NI iln c o ing the bill, in consiclera "o th III ° a te (tr's aide se q e n of the various additions and e hthralau ,in the said bill , and at so late a given th N,.. e mitt u without timely information . being given, tl,''t j' t hitt t b e key ate' i „ ee of th able to plead their toprotect '44tin.re 41Iterestsge 1-. louse of Commons, so as . v _, cause before "v a rid 'ply of ,ow.hich, had reasonable time b v e e e d n t r e given, I 41 Pra cti P_Il?ipu they could have . ata, gentle elbility of many of its provisions. pro Arcan. yours, very respectfully., Ill t top " JNo. C. HALLOWES, ~ al ° F th " Chairman of the Association. N' 11 04 e Petit. sigped by stsii n se-k ee 'on to the lords was read, ri '0(1 [ [ mad e • Pers of this town. It set forth that the . NN il ' e ffi . 14 the bill since its first introduction had reif. ~,,titkti,,,eleney. 4OttN.4;leitrePreßS,t,,aled that, as there had been a great Vtb' teOse ' e epei`"Ttion as to the part taken by the li!sipjetin°4tioriss with reo . ard to the bill, he should offer eN, 4, 4 R th e re', They l'iad supported it for the purp ose h e ' it ha',uetion of insurances, and not for b 1,14%,11,444a1atiag0' been asserted, of making money b o y.. If lic,:ooNtintit eiTent• They were not the authors t er t )1 4 ti,,, ah eoted us es, the porter clauses, or the oh h ' tl :e I "4 lll° li ve ,, s t:tli h o th ,e 4 l insurances. ; but supported them for t e i.ke,Oe e t o 'r p as ,,,, nis,--the reduction of , l er mtl llt of th eorittii, ''' in its former state, . they would ° I I.i ; a e alt nte their tenant's proportion to the t4:4tq:aihtafdi wir'br4tlons required by schedule B—a larg e k n AlN,s (l tl l 4l p o i r egard to the management, it was, tfae t 'al l ;, an t i „,t' Ishether or not it would be hadad Osy.,ite tiikever tfl'lth regard to ters, they 4r, I ,',rn ee e os . si on ° do with those uses.cla I,lNV,,e4dlng toeTnstied as to the propriety of the 1 11.• 1v,,0t, , % a ti „ ... ...0 0 d on. ;Oil all % a nd "sed it as dero,,ltory to the dignity of ,4 1 .. i ,r 4 ,Vv, anZ,iii quoted t - ii ' e opinion of the late 11,11-tal, Li rer , Currie, that the proper place for ii;lAt tirioZleasheraP°ol Liverpool. .r.ir t F"a lb, eNPressed similar sentiments. . , 10 1 104 haYor e'r,",ekEtt, and others, were of opinion 14 ,es,l4'4,ttic,„'‘-lid serve the town Materially in many 1 ,,:1t Oil ~Tats . 's''rok e m il kt riot come to any decision on . the sub ,!!3 (1,. P rat', 1, h er abruptly at twenty_five minutes , tt . .Ar . , ,. „. o. t r td ' l ri k c \) clti:rl FidtcCck,----Z---------ec. Wm. Fletcher ,) ti 'l,, it i . , or o,, ire ay , before Iheersonr t magistratess named at the Police - N I i t d fr's. 13,l'ef,erred bv AlrJohn Jones, wooli9: tt li t lpiN pel o i tt i the rtices-street, Of stealing a clock.mlrL to ,da;qtit,'sed , evidence that i sho r t t %t t ll t t ao4. clock from 11 ' fl Clvid , " ' , 1 101 4 ti) kr iiwelier i s L ' d r " • 'f or .€B. About I.l. t il l tit i 'ot ° 4 th e ,:., ,-,hadw; or—st . reet, , , , fr. Jones im • e _k ago watcl; 'k:, k tt,ne,,,'inek, c. W.as applied tO 1 .) ( ,._ . .. In the t i Nkt he''inie d, yt i: e l b I.ie promised to ,!. 0 1.. Jones , 4 1,L, • I tl ~, a "moldd done _oprisoner called on Al Velf.4 l t , toleb g the s, on behalf of Mr. Chadwick, iv eti could e lnok, said it required - n i.ets „ tati o only behop It.tifela,,te, 4 Iv a , _„ One at likv 8 , 41 yq, , a t i, ward s ,_ allowed to take away the c10 .. c , k_ . , 11 , 4 1)4 its 8 kr Tund to have been pledged at mr. l '; 11 (1 , ‘ 4 Lei `• Seine • nu' y as made about I l l t ; 4 17 1k.1) , °a il h es : g o rldi.seove red Itnh•at"Mrw. Chadwick had Of a Dr' a dwid, an d on Thursday the prisoner ti,. 4 0,1e, h , and told bim he had stoln the 114(1\vicakd' Comte w kr a journeyman in the tted to the sessions. -clerk thought he bring the 'notion irmativ honours ANNUAL DINNER OF THE LIVERPOOL LI CENSED VICTUALLERS' ASSOCIATION. The members of this association, together with a large number of their friends, celebrated their thirteenth anni versary on Thursday last, by a grand dinner, at their extensive premises, 59, St. Anne-street, (formerly the Literary and Commercial Institution,) which they have recently purchased as an Asylum for the orphans and others who may have claims on the institution. The large yard behind the building, which extends a conside rable way towards Christian-street, was covered over with sails, and formed a spacious marquee for the banquet, tastefully ornamented with flags, flowers, evergreens, &c. Over the chairman's seat, which, with the table appropri ated for the principal guests, was elevated on one side, was hung a decorated picture of her Majesty the Queen, and opposite to it a painting of Britannia, with suitable inscriptions. The walls were entirely covered with na tional and other flags and banners, and the roof orna mented with wreaths and garlands, with the initials, in large gilt letters, of the Queen and her Royal consort, " L. V.," &c. &c. ; and the light being admitted through the canvass, and also by apertures at both ends, the whole had a very pleasing appearance. Eleven tables, each with two rows of guests, crossed the large area, and afforded ample accommodation for the numerous assembly, which nearly five hundred, and was enlivened by many yes and daughters of the members, handsomely attired. Mr. Parker's Royal Cheltenham Band was sta tioned on a platform at the entrance end, and played at intervals during and after the repast a variety of favourite airs. An efficient body of singers were also present, and, accompanied by the piano, followed up the principal toasts by appropriate glees. The dinner was provided by Mr. Towers, of the Angel Hotel, and was sumptuous and well served, whether as regarded the substautials, the dessert, or the wines. Shortly after three o'clock, the chairman, ALEX. SMITH, jun., Esq., entered the tent, accompanied by the stew ards and principal guests, who took their seats at the same elevated table. Amongst them were—Councillor Robert Jones, Messrs. John Bent, R. Neilson, H. Bullin, Jas. Mellor, J. R. Harden (magistrate and barrister), Peter Wright, W. Davenport, James Lea, John Wood (of Stafford), J. Thompson (of Manchester), J. Yates, sen., &c. The vice-chair was ably occupied by Mr. T. Rees. At the conclusion of the repast, several orphans, male and female, supported by the association, were introduced to the chairman. They were neatly attired, and attracted much attention. After the usual loyal toasts were drunk with all due The SECRETARY was called upon, and read the report for the year, which, on the whole, was of a gratifying' nature. It stated that the association had existed rather more than thirteen years, 'and had had occasionally to contend with the difficulties that usually a tend the for mation of such societies. Heavy demands had been made upon its funds from time to time, " to meet what were considered legislatorial encroachments on the freedom and best interests of the trade ; and large sums that might otherwise have been devoted to the charitable objects of the society, were thus necessarily appropriated to protec tive purposes." Net ertheless, its progress, though slow, was steady and improving, though not to the extent that was desirable. The number of licensed victuallers that had been enrolled since the commencement was 832, of whom only 306 were now on the books, together with 100 honorary members and donors, making a total of 406 contributors. The committee expressed their regret that, amongst a class of tradesmen numbering 1400, a society struggling to form an asylum for the orphans and widows of deceased brethren, and to afford education to the des titute children, should not have obtained the sympathies and active support of at least a large majority of the body. They trusted, however, now that they had purchased that noble edifice, as a comfortable retreat for their fellow creatures in distress, that the whole of the trade would come forward with their support for that purpose, as well as for effective protection in the legal exercise of their business. The trifling subscription of 10s. a-year. from all of them, would enable them to place their institution in a position to rival the noble establishments of their brethren in the metropolis, and to enlist the sympathies of their townsmen at large; and the committee, there fore, earnestly besolight their general and cordial support. During the past year the committee had had to provide for the necessities of eight individuals, at an outlay of rather more than £100: these were—a poor widow, a distressed member of the association, and six orphan children. One of the latter, a female, had been put to a respectable situation, so that the society was relieved from further expense on her account. The cash account of the charitable fund stood thus DR To Mr. Molyneux, for the purchase of pre- rnises in St. Anne-street ... CR. By Cash in Moss 8:. Co.'s Bank, By Balance £2300 £1520 £2300 The above £1520 includes subscriptions of upwards of £330, of which Mr. J. Bent subscribed £lOO, Mr. Thos. Rees £lOO, Messrs. J. & J. Mellor £5O, Messrs. Gardner & Sykes and Messrs. J. & J. Ackers £25 each, Mr. J. Bent £lO, Mr. W. Hindley £2O, &c. The Secretary also read a letter from the proprietors of the Era, Sunday newspaper, announcing a subscription from them of two guineas. The CHAIRMAN 'prefaced the next toast by some ap propriate and feeling remarks on the institution and its benevolent objects, than which he knew none more praise worthy—the support and education of orphan children. Another object was to support the widows of deceased members, and another the maintenance of their just and legitimate rights. He regretted that comparatively so few of the licensed victuallers had enrolled their names, but trusted that the institution would in a short time receive that support which it so justly_ merited. He pro- posed ." Prosperity to the Lice - nsed . Victuallere Society of Liverpool and its vicinity," which w as roccived with three times three. . Mr. BiNwELL, formerly of the Theatre-Royal, poet laureate to the association, then sang a very humorous original song, into which he introduced many laughable allusions to parties present, and to passing events. It was received with roars of laughter, and being encored, he sang a number of new verses, of an equally comic character. Thi following toasts were then drunk, and were ably introduced and responded to :—" The Members for the Borough ;" " The Worshipful the Mayor ;" " The Town Council ;" " The Chairman of the day." . The last was proposed•in a neat address by Mr. T. BRYDEN, who passed a warm eulogium on the merits of Mr. Smith, adding that he was the first gentleman. not being a brewer or spirit merchant, who had voluntarily come forward to preside over them. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN made an appropriate and feeling re ply. It was with diffidence that he acceded to the request to take the chair, but when he was informed that it would be of advantage to the charitable object they bad in view, he did not for one moment hesitate to comply. He-should be happy to give his support to so laudable an institution, and it would be a source of gratification to him if his example should induce others to give them a helping hand. (Cheers.) Ile then proposed the health of the Vice-Chairman, who had shown his earnestness in their behalf by the handsome donation of which they had heard. Mr. REES returned thanks in an address of considera ble length and no little eloquence, in which he feelingly dwelt on the advantages of the society, particularly as regarded its charitable objects. He concluded by pro posing the health of Mr. Bent, who replied. Mr. HUGHES then ably proposed " The Trustees of the Association," to which also Mr. BENT responded, in one of the best and most business-like addresses of the evening. The toast of '" The Licensed Victuallers' Society of London " followed, and was replied to in a very feeling manner by Mr. HIBBLE, one of its members, who ex plained its progress, and expressed a strong conviction that the Liverpool Association would, by perseverance, be yet enabled to rival it. At this period of the evening, subscriptions and dona tions were received by the chairman, vice-chairman, and other officers, from parties present. These were announced as received, and were very considerable, but we did not learn the amount. The several announcements were re- ceived with much applause. • " The Honorary Members and Donors " was the next toast, which was followed by " The Bar," connected with the name of Mr. Harden. Mr. HARDEN ably replied. He returned bis cordial thanks, as a humble member of the bar, and considered the high honour paid to himself was in consequence of his having happened to succeed in one or two cases in de fending publicans against what he could not but consider an arbitrary law. There was a day when, in this country, no man could be tried or fined or imprisoned but by his peers ; but that day was zone by, and now they were fined at the discretion of a benCh of magistrates, on the evidence of witnesses who were paid for their zeal in laying infor mations. The police-officers—he said so advisedly—in the shape of an allowance for extra time, were paid for laying the information—paid for serving the summons — and paid for attending and giving evidence in court — pay for serving the summons, and for his time in giving evidence. It was difficult to defend such cases success fully, and to be successful in such an effort was to him a sufficient reward, without the praise which they had pleased to confer upon him. A man's house in England was formerly his castle ; but a publican's house was now exempt from that privilere. An extra allowance was paid to informers for extra officiousness, and now it depended on the arbitrary decision of a pair of justices, grounded on the uncorroborated evidence of a paid wit ness, whether a man should be mulcted in his pocket—in jured in his character, and his , license be in jeopardy. He could assure them, however, that in whatever situation he acted, whether as a member of the bar, or in the higher ca.. pacity which he was empowered to exercise in another county, he shoeld:eyer consider itihis duty, as it was his de sire, carefully to protect the liberty of the subject against what he considered to be an invasion of his constitutional rights. If the present system be carried on—if the police be dressed in plain clothes,,and engaged in spies —if their domicilary and impertinent visits to respectable men's houses, at all hours of the day and night, be encouraged —and if the pernicious system of extra allowance for extra officiousness be corainuedinstead,of that degree of respect and confidenee which is essential to their efficiency, the police will justly be exposed to public odium and disre spect. , He concluded by saying that he should always raise his •oice against a system, which he had no hesi tation in pronouncing to be at once unconstitutional, un-English, and oppressive. (Loud cheers.) The toast of " The Strangers present" was replied to by Mr. R. NELSON, who propdied " The Lancashire `'itches," which was drunk with enthusiasm. The CAAIRMAN then proposed " The Press," in a coin . - plimentary manner. f d separated, May-office, briefly and ably re- Mr. ny shortly a terwar s sponded ; and the co P of the oceedlngs of the day. MARTIN, r highly pleased with th e p THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD CHESTER ASSIZES CROWN COURT - TUESDAY CORRESPONDEA NEW ROADS AT BIRKENHEAD DIMING AND WOUNDING. Thomas O'Neil, 29, was indicted for cutting and wound ing Joseph Roberts, at Birkenhead, with intent to do him TO THE EDITOR 01 some grievous bodily harm. It appeared that on the 19th of June, the prisoner and the prosecutor, with some forty or fifty other labourers had been celebrating the roofing of a house at Birkenhead. During the evening a dispute occurred hetween O'Neil and a man named Seddon ; when the former was once or twice knocked down. The prosecutor took no part in the affray. Roberts started about ten o'clock at night, and on the way was assaulted by the prisoner, who came behind him and struck him a heavy blow with a bludgeon under the right eye, which knocked him down and rendered him insensible. The , ssault was observed by two or three men wb- handsome new streets, public buildings, &c. I bpd, also, that " the authorities" have laid out many new streets, in prospective, over a lar,,e area, towards Oxton and Bidston H ill. They have, however, made a great mistake, omission as regards these roads. All of them lamized with sharply broken stones, so that no Gard for his horse or his wheels will Pn- Had they been laid down with gravel in have LIPPII 110A;LIMP at fITIPP man who has a r counter them ,ni, . no had parted from the prisoner a few multi, before, and who had seen him flourishing the bludgeon over his head. The prose cntor was confined to his bed for a week, and is still suf fering from the effects of the blow. Verdict—Guilty. Sentence, l 8 months' imprisonment. and might have been made permanent by maeadarr as thev - were required. As they now are I would adv that the stones should be covered with a thin layer pounded sandstones, of which there is abundance in the neighbourhood, and, if then rolled with a heavy roller, they would in a few weeks become good smooth roads. It was generally supposed, when macadamizing was first introduced (and the opinion held for many years,) that the " metal," or material, must be allowed to compact of itself, by the continued action of wheels passing over it. This is a mistaken notion. The stones will not bind until MURDER AT STOCKPORT James Ratcliffe, 58, tobacconist, was indicted for the murder of his wife, Elizabeth Ratcliffe, at Stockport, by stabbing her with a knife. It appeared that the prisoner and the deceased were man and wife, and from the loose habits of the former they had for a very long time lived together in a state of great unhappiness, so much so, in deed, that the deceased's life was often in danger. On Sunday, the 22d of June, the prisoner asked permission to sit down in a neighbour's house, which was granted him. His wife shortly afterwards came in, when the pri soner said he was poorly, and she must fetch him a doc tor. She replied, I have no money, and did not go. He then asked her to fetch him some water, which she did, and held it to his lips while he drank it. She then went and sat down in another part of the house ; and the pri soner having gradually drawn his chair close to her, (with out any provocation) suddenly sprang up, drew a knife from his sleeve, and inflicted such wounds upon her as to cause her death on the following day. their sharp edges be ground off, and the pounded matt( be sufficient to fill up the interstices, and they are thu kept tumbling about for months, even in a tho'roughfare yellers, until those on the top surface are worn as round as eggs, and cannot afterwards become so firmly bound together. lam borne out in this opinion by the survey ors of the streets of Liverpool. Part of London-road was macadamized a few weeks ago, and a layer of broken sandstones was put upon it a nriori. In a few day 3 it be- . . . came smooth and firm. Another portion of the same street is now being done in the same manner. In )3irken- The prisoner was found guilty on the clearest evidence, and the Judge sentenced him to death without hope of mercy.. CROWN COURT -THURSDAY MURDER George Redfern, aged 22, was this morning placed at the bar, charged with the wilful murder of Elizabeth Mitchell, at Macclesfield, on the 24th June last, by throw ing her into the canal, by beating and wounding her, and by strangling her with his hands. The case lasted the whole day, and ended in a verdict of acquittal. CIVIL COURT.-FRIDAY THE WILL CAUSE In the important will cause, Doe Dem Forest v. Forest, which came before the court this morning, a verdict was returned for the defendant. WORTHINGTON V. GRIMSDITCH, M.P . This was an action brought by Mr. Thomas Worthing ton, the administrator of Miss Duncalf, against Mr. Thomas Grimsditch, M.P. for Macclesfield, for the re covery of the sum of £3,489 upon bonds passed at various times, with the interest thereon. The defendant pleaded first, that he had paid ; and secondly, he pleaded the sta tute of limitations. Mr..Tervis and Mr. Welsby appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Evans and Mr. V. Williams for the defendant. It appeared from the statement of counsel, the docu ments, and the evidence, that the late Miss Duncalf was the survivor of three sisters, and the representative of a wealthy family, and that Mr. Grimsditch was a distant relative, and commonly called himself a "cousin." He had formerly been an articled clerk, and subsequently be came the law agent of the Adlington property, upon which property Miss bluncalf resided, and rented a farm. Mr. Grimsditch was appointed the collector of her rents, and, being but indifferently supplied with money when he started in life, commenced to raise money from her on bond so far back as the year 1810. He continued to bor row for years afterwards, until at length the sum borrowed amounted to that which was now claimed. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff. PUBLICANS, &c.—Two publicans were on Friday fined at the Police-court £1 and £2, for infringing the law one beer-house keeper was fined 205., and two were acquitted. The members of the New Share Brokers' Association, at Liverpool, have adopted a resolution to close the New Stock Exchange at two o'clock on Saturdays. GRAND CONCERT.—Miss Whitn,ll announces, in an other column, a very attractive concert, for which some unrivalled vocalists have been engaged. MARRIAGE DURING CHURCH SERVICE.—On Sunday forenoon last a couple, apparently in rather bumble life, were married at St. James's Church, in the presence of the entire congregation, as soon as the banns of their mar riage were read for the third time. INQUEST.—On Saturday, an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Archibald Bitten, a seaman, agad 50. It appeared that on the previous day the deceased lost his life by accidentally falling from the bowsprit of a vessel in one of the docks, by which he was drowned.---Verdict accordingly. NEW MAGISTRATE AND DEPUTY LIEUTENANT.— George Stanfield, Esq., of Burnley, qualified as a magis trate for the county, at the Preston Sessions, on Friday ; and Ambrose B. Parker, Esq. signed the declaration and took the oaths .on being appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the county. milar plan, as the number of vehicles is lnit few object o lose who have laid out these roads, is, more over, to sell the land on each side for building ; and the ease and convenience of visiters ought the more to be con- sidered.—l am, S. A FRIEND TO BIRKENHEAD Liverpool, 14th August, 1843. DESIGNS FOR THE TERRACES OF THE PRINCE'S PARK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—Some time since an advertisement appeared in the papers inviting architects to furnish designs for the proposed terraces in the Prince's Park, according to the particulars furnished by MesSrs. Foster and Stewart and A. and G. Williams, architects. Twenty designs were sent in; nine of them only were in accordance with the regulations, and the remaining eleven more or less con trary to the instructions, and therefore ought, in justice to those gentlemen who had followed the instructions, to have been at once rejected. It was particularly mentioned that no attic story should be allowed to appear above the cornice, and also that the drawings should be tinted in sepia only. Notwithstanding this, two of the designs, Nos. 6 and 14, having an attic story appearing above the cornice and partly tinted in colours, have had the premi ums awarded to them ! However clever the drawings may be in themselves, nothing certainly can warrant such a decision. If the instructions were not intended to be followed. it was no use printing them as a guide to deceive. The professional men of the town ought, I think, to take steps to protest against, and to prevent in future, such want of faith in parties advertising for designs. It is surely unfair to tie down competitors to certain rules, and, when they, in the hope of success, devote much time and expense to produce plans in accordance with such rules, to leave them to the mortification of learning (after those plans have been publicly exhibited) that they are all rejected, and that others contrary to the rules are accepted. Simple justice, I think, demands that all those who followed the rules should at least be paid for their drawings.—l am, sir, yours, &c., COMPENSATION FOR PERSONAL INJURY DONE BY A CARTER.—SO far back as the 13th of May, in the present year, a little boy of three years and a half old, named Harper, while crossing Roscommon- street, was run over by a cart, and so mucti injured in the left hand that am putation of the little finger was found necessary. He was also injured in the leg, and was unable to appear before the magistrate, at the Police-court, until Wednesday last, when he was brought up by his parents, who preferred a claim for compensation, for personal injury, under the 197th clause of the local act of 1842, " for the improve ment, &c. of the borough." It appeared that on the day in question William Topping, the defendant, who is a carrier between this town and Winstanley, was, with his two carts, passing along the street named, at a leisurely pace, and some two or three yards in advance of the first cart, when the child, wishing to cross the street, got be tween the two carts, was knocked down in doing so by the horse in the second cart, and was injured as stated, by the wheel, which crossed his hand and leg. One of the witnesses was strongly of opinion that had there been a driver to the second cart the misfortune would not have happened, as the boy could easily have been got out of the way. The accident.was so sudden that those who saw it had not time to get up to him. The father stated that the child had but imperfect use of his fore finger and thumb, and that the hand was disabled for life. His leg was also so much injured that the lacerations had to be sewed up in three places. Mr. Booth said there had cer tainly been great, carelessness as regarded the parents, or their servant, but the defendant was also much to blame, and the law must be enforced. A carter was allowed by law to drive two carts on the highway, but not in any of :the streets in the borough. • The defendant, who appeared much to regret the accident, and had come from Win stanley to settle the matter, said he had for years driven the two carts, which he always did leisurely, and no such accident had ever occurred before. He added, that he had six children to support, and hoped the fine would be moderate, as he did not see the child. Mr. Booth said he should have had another driver, and must pay the sum of £5 as'compensation to the plaintiff, in default of which distraint upon his carts and horses must follow. On re ferring to the clause in the act, we find that £5 is the full extent of the fine that can be imposed. This is, we be lieve, the first fine ordered under the act, and we notice the fact more particularly as a caution to drivers of carts or other vehicles in our streets. CRICKET.—The return match at cricket was played on Wednesday last, the 9th instant, between the Manchester and Liverpool clubs, on the ground of the former club in Moss-lane, when the Manchester club beat the Liverpool in one innings, the score being, Manchester Ist innings, 313; Liverpool Ist and 2d innings, 49. THE LIVERPOOL THEATRE-ROYAL.—Lord Brougham, on Thursday night, presented a petition to the House of Lords from the proprietors of the Theatre-Royal, Liver pool, stating that the Theatres Regulation bill would most seriously affect their 'property, and praying that the bo rough of Liverpool may be exempted from its operation. , " THE JUDGEMENT OF SOLOMON."—There is now on sale at Mr. Jones's, South John-street, (as will be seen by the advertisement' an excellent picture by an eminent artist, embodysng this fine subjeci, from the Ist Book of Kings, 16th to 27th verses. The admirers of scriptural pieces would find it a great acquisition to their collections, and it may be purchased—such are the pressure of the ,-,, a HE ,OLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The e xce ll en t sc h oo l : times—for a very moderate sum. at this institution are again in active progress ; and as a REMORSE OF CONSCIENCE.—Mr. Priestley, chemi s t num b er o f pr i zes f or super i or i ty i n the several branches Lord-street, lately received a letter, bearing the London of science and learning are already announced, we doubt post-mark, and containing a full sheet of penny stamps, not but the pupils will acquit themselves at the next ex with the following words:—" Sir,—Accept one pound's amination in a manner that will do honour to themselves worth of stamps from a sinner who once wronged you to and their talented teachers. The exhibition is still open, that extent, and who is desirous of expressing his repent- and will remain so for a short period. It has been re ance.—Sir, yours, ---.." Mr. Priestley has no idea of duced, and is confined to the upper rooms of the build the party from whom the letter comes. ing ; but it still comprises the extensive collection of CASE OF ANDERSON.—Mr. Dowling, commissioner of pictures, and all the most valuable articles that were police for the borough, is at present in France on a jour- originally contributed ; and the price of admission is so ney of discovery connected with the recent robbery of low, that those who have not seen the collection would do Hayter Blackmore, Esq. M.P., the circumstances of which well to avail themselves of the, opportunity. The institu recently transpired at our police-court. Mr. Dowling tion now presents another source of interest and instruc tion in the series of lectures in course of delivery by ou r went by way of Boulogne for the purpose of tracing one of the £lOOO notes; of which he expects to find traces some- talented townsman Dr. Brett, "on Heat and Combus where about the French capital. Another £lOO note, it tion," That gentleman delivered the first lecture (of a is said, has been traced to Anderson. course of six) on Tuesday evening, and was listened to with great attention. He began by directing the a tt en ti on ROBBERY AT LISCARD.—On Saturday last a respect- able-looking female, named Elizabeth Morton, who had of the audience to the effects of he a t on ma tt er o f various formerly kept a respectable milliners' shop in Bold-street, gaseous. He showed the ex kinds,—solid, liquid, or Liverpool, was committed for trial from the Birkenhead pension of metals by an experi m ent w ith a b rass ro d, fitted accurately into a groove.when cold, and which when Police-court, on two charges, of stealing from Mrs. Wynne and Mrs. Bolton, of Liscard. The former lady hot elongated, and no longer occupied the same spa c e. she had lodged with and in her absence had decamped He . explained the dilation of liquids as in the case of with a table-cloth and two silver spoons; and from the , quicksilver, water, and alcohol, and that of gases by the latter she was charged with stealing a silver tooth - pick, great expansion of the atmosphere on only a small amount , . which the took off a table at Mrs. Bolton's house, during being applied to it when in in a, for measuring glass tube o r bulb. I heat, The.n the time she had left the room to fetch money to pay for various instruments employed eluding the recently introduced thermo-electric instru ments, was next considered ; and he then noticed the 1 1 WATER-TIGHT BULK-HEADS.—In noticing in a recent different heat-conducting powers of various bodies, as article, the water-tight bulk heads of an iron vessel, we exemplified in solids, liquids, and aereform fluids. The attributed the invention of that plan, for strength and imperfect indication of slight differences of temperature, g radiati safety, to our townsman, Mr. John Laird, who has, in articleson from of clothing. polished afforded by the common sensitive powers, was next con nearly all the iron ships he has built, adopted the princi- sidered, with especial reference to the application of pie. We find that the merit is due to .our townsman, .The f r a a c d t i s ati d e e n du e c f ed hea i t n , a s n e d lec i t t i s n second d i in e c c : u n r e e l u w s a i o s n, delivered referred i n continuation to n t t i h n e u aftaicotns of hitherto i s u b j de subject. s t : metalic reflectors, was then explained by experiments , Navigation s hiShip Williams, Company,Es q .hoyf whomtheCity t of was Dublin first Steam applied to, we believe, the Royal William, and the Royal Ade laide. The principle is so admirable that there can be no covered with respect to central heat.—On Friday the . The lecturer commenced by an experiment showing the doubt but that if the steam ship Solway, and, more imperfect power of water as a conductor of heat. He recently, the Pegasus, been built upon it, the lamentable fatalities that attended them would have been avoided. CASE OF STABBING.—A respectably-dressed young produced a glass tube filled with ice at the bottom and man, named William Williams, was yesterday brought water at the top •, the upper part was applied to a lamp before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having stabbed a man until the water boiled within an inch of the ice, yet the ice .of the same name, who yet remained in so dangerous a did not melt. He then passed o n t o th e cons id era ti on o f state that he could not appear in court. It appeared in solar and terrestrial heat. Heat passing from the sun evidence that a quarrel had ensued in the street between through a transparent convex medium, asa burning glass, the prisoner and the other man, and the latter was seen was so radiated that it set bodies on fire, although glass to take a knife and stab his assailant in the side. The was not a very good conductor of heat ; but terrestrial knife (a pen-knife with a large blade at one end) was pro- heat had no such power, though it was not impossible but duced, and was stained with blood. It was ordered to it might have it in a very slight degree. He then calcu be kept in the state in which it was. The prisoner said lated the thermo-electric pile, and explained several of that he was t w i ce k noc k e d d own an d maltreated b} the Malloni's discoveries with that instrument, showing that man without provocation, and stood in his defence. M r . caloric rays were retarded by certain transparent media, Rushton said he must he remanded, until the fate of the and that heat passing from one substance to another was wounded man were known ; but, if the prisoner could not conveyed, when a piece of glass intervened, by induc prove his allegation of violence in the meantime, he should tion, but by radiation, independently of the inductive Admit him to bail. process. Ile showed, by a galvanometer, the effect o f ""COLLISION ON THE RIVER.—On Tuesday, and by.. heat when conveyed directly to an object. without inter adjournment on Wednesday, an inquest was held before ruption, and the difference that took place when various Mr. Corry, on the body of William Johnson, who, as we substances were interposed. such as glass, alum, and rock stated in our lest, lost his life by the upsetting of a boat salt. These h a d var i ous powers i n retar di ng t h e trans which was run fouluf by one of the Rock Ferry steamers mission of heat by r a di a ti on . S u lph a t e o f copper , th oug h , on Friday week. Several-of the passengers on board the translucient,.obstructed the passage o f ever y ra y o f h ea t. 'steamer deposed to the circumstances attending the acci Alum allowed all the rays to pass b u t th ree . Th e t rans . - dent, and entirely acquitted the captain from all blame. ,parency of the media was not essentially c onnected with It appeared that the engineer was below at the time look- their power 'to transmitting or permitting the passage of heat, for a piece of unpolished glass so opaque that it ing after the flues. John.Turner,.a private in the Royal Sappers and Miners, produced a neat plan of the pier and •could not be seen through would still convey heat. He river, showing the position of the boat, aad the position then came to the consideration of specific heat, which and Course of the steamer. He stated that he and others , to those on board the steamer. The meant the quantity of heat required to raise different called out loudly substances to the same temperature, which he illustrated boat also hailed the steamer, And there was an answer by by a table showing the relative heat required for_ w e le e r . , the waive of the hand, and the steamer altered her course mercury, sulphur, glass, and the various metals. 11 and swerved inward a little, but turned outward again. There was no impediment in the shape of a bank, or any- thermometer , and concluded by a number of i st! tion—showing thing of that sort, to prevent the steamer from going be- experiments on liquefaction andrt artificially, 1 z a a nd the s udden tween the boat and the pier, as there was fifteen feet of 1 the process et . noticed latent heat, which could not be m easu n rid er b e y t t . h g e producing ice A water and a width •of twenty-live yards: After several manner in which the ther mom eter On its being imme rsed sion in it and in water d alternat ely. uriatic acide, it desceilded f . . other witnesses had been examined, the coroner explained soda an in e mixed wan 'the law of the case, and the jury, after an absence of half in sulphate n e t t le : 30deg. ; but muriate of t l The sue an hour, returned into cotirt,and delivered - a verdict of 6f3d w eg• w t o o ti n cause a still gr n eaje u r es d a d epj s -e and Fridays, and " Manslaughter" - sgainst'the'eaitaln. — The coroner said' seeding lectures take . place o T proceed, y as they will have be had nothing th'ilo'bbt reeetvet-the verdict , - though it , will be more interesting as the y • hthe it late de vvas directly at variance with his own opinion. The wit- I reference to combus-tion as connectedW a was effected -by ininf nesses•were bound to appear at the next assizes in receg : structive fires in the town. nizances of A'so each. l PARLIAMENTARY EXTRACTS A HEAVY HI —I will say one LAW LEAGUE with refer- gEti3 1 o t vator into ownE and very who have 1 and a laug Ireland, ai of preaching landlord's rent f not, it re, whi her. I see ms con ruction of p Lope property 3 be wel )rdingly, I hay a-payment of rent and con' Ito repeal rent, and that .i ht to be, and I thin that that is WI any one suppo (Hear, hear.) ig the ;un to never cross the ( member, now no there will be no me lly an Irish doctrine But fixity ction of property. is not Irish, it is •ely to spread in England as in Ire- not lot I should and let all in En(, 1 not house of Pat that fixity of ten if a thit I consideraL t the ro of society FATHER MATHEW The simple public, in their admiration of the supposed good effects of Father Matthew's labours amongst the lovers,of strong drink, have resolutely shut their eyes to the nature of the movement of which teetotalism is a mighty instrument. On Sunday last, however, it will be seen that the display of the Romanist leaders of the move ment in question was a little too offensive to escape repre hension, and gave rise to a scene which perhaps may con vince these worthy personages that the Protestant spirit of this country, when once fairly roused, will not brook the insult with which they would fain visit it. The scene in question, which took place on Sunday last, is thus de seribed by the London Times, whose reporter has up to this time larded "The Apostle" . after no unsparing fashion. A capacious hustings and barrier had been erected on the northern side of the Haymarket, and at an early hour a number of persons, decorated with green scarfs, and bearing wands with brass crosses on the top of them, arrived with a banner, which they at once erected at the back of the platform. It was of very large dimensions, composed of green silk, and bore at its top the words Somers-town Roman Catholic Total Abstinence Asso ciation." In the centre were full-length portraits of St. Patrick and Father Mathew, the latter attired in the robes of a Roman Catholic priest, and under them were in scribed the words " the two Apostles of Ireland." O n the obverse was " St. Aloysius, ' the instructor of youth, kneeling to two bleeding hearts, with a cross through them. The entire place presented the appearance of a fair, and if the temperance movement in this quarter did no good to any one else, the venders of ginger -beer and fruit, not to except the publicans, reaped a plentiful har vest. Some of the temperance advocates commenced ad dressing the multitude assembled prior to the arrival of Father Mathew, and it was certainly most ludicrous to see the rush that was made into the various public houses in the vicinity the moment the clock struck one, despite the entreaties of those on th e pl a tf orm. The great apostle," who had been performing mass and preaching in the Virginia -street Roman Catholic Chapel, arrived shortly after one o'clock in a bright green carriage, accompanied by Father Moore and' two or three ladies. There were at this time about 2000. persons pre sent, but with the exception of the slight cheering of the parties before alluded to in the green scarfs and bearing the crosses, the rev. gentleman reached the hustings almost unnoticed. At this time large bodies of the con gregation returning from. divine service at Si. Mary's, Dr. Dodsworth's church, in the immediate vicinity, min gled with the crowd, and loud and repeated were the marks of disapprobation manifested at the banner emble matical of Romanism, hoisted above the platform. Father MATHEW came forward to the front of the hust ings, and proceeded to address the assembly. He said that in carrying out this work of temperance on a Sunday, after attending divine service, he believed he was perform ing a holy work. These temperance meetings were purely religious ones, and therefore be was committing no dese cration of the Sabbath day. They had assembled to pro mote the observance of that great cardinal virtue of tem perance, and in doing so the Deity was as much pleased with it as with any other Christian work in the world. They had among them all shades of religious and political opinions, and they did not interfere with the religion of any man. (Cries of " oh," and "look at your banner.") A most respectably-dressed gentleman, and who had very much the appearance of a clergyman, here interrupt ed the "apostle," and pointing to the banner, called on Father Mathew to state why, professing as he did not to interfere with the religious feelings of any man, he should insult Protestants by having that Roman Catholic banner placed above his head ? _ Another person called out, "Take it down; it is too bad to have a flag with Romish saints emblazoned on' it waving over everything." (Cries of " Hear, hear.") Father Mathew.—lt is not my flag. I did not observe it before. The person who first spoke to Father Mathew desired to know under whose authority it had been so elevated ; to which the rev. gentleman replied tnat he did not know; it ought not to have been put up, and had better be taken down. (Cries of " Hear, hear,") Father Moore would not take it down to please him (addressing Father Mathew). The gentleman said it ought to be taken down instantly, and the keeping it up there would be a breach of faith. If they came there as men of temperance, or total absti nence men, they did not come there as Jesuits or Roman ists. - Father Mathew said the Jesuits were no supporters of their society ; and here there were cries from several Irish men of "Turn him out; make him hold his, tongue; how dare be speak against the 'Apostles ? " A rush was made by some of the men in green scarfs towards the gentle man for the purpose of removing him, and a large body of the meeting at once surrounded him, and seemed de termined to resist any such attempt, some crying ont, " That won't do in this country," and others, " The gentleman is quite right—take down the banner." A serious collision seemed inevitable, when. Father Mathew called out, ".For Heaven's sake don't interfere with him ; don't put him out; pray let him remain; the banner had better be taken away." One of the men in green scarfs.—Why should it be re moved ? It is only for beastly prejudice sake they.oppose it. Father Mathew (addressing Father Moore).—Take it down ; take it down. If it were St. Patrick, and I alone up there, they would'nt mind ; but it is St. Aloysins they don't like. - ' Father Moore called to the men to fold it up if they 'could, and several persons in the crowd called out for it to be taken down ; and Father Mathew at once insisted that it should be taken down, or they would have a dis turbance, aed after considerable reluotance was exhibited on the part of the men in green scarfs the obnoxious ban ner was removed. 'Father Mathew hoped they would bear no more about the banner, and having further addres sed the assembly called for a batch to take the pledge and about 150 persons, nearly all Irish, came forward to re ceive it. Shortly after two o'clock the influx of visiters to Cum berland Market became very great, and between three and four o'clock there could- not have been fewer than, 10000 to 15,000 persons present. At four o'clock Father M athew administered the pledge to a batch; which he called the Rev. Mr. Herne's batch, of the Roman Catholic cha pel, Somers-town, and which he said was at least from 400 to 500 strong. Father Mathew said this made nearly 3,000 that day, and .he believed he should have 10,000 before he left off. TURN-OUT OF FACTORY HANDS. It is somewhat remarkable that the anniversary of the late memorable strike in the manufacturing districts should have been selected .by the mill-operatives at Ashton for another trial of strength betwixt themselves and their employers. Another general turn-out has been effected in this place, the principal features of which we proceed to lay before our readers. On Friday week the spinners in the employ of Mr. Buckley, at Ashton, turned out in con sequence, as alleged, of a reduction of wages. They pa raded the streets during the day, and in the evening held a large meeting, which was presided over by Pilling, one of the chartists lately tried along with O'Connor. Meet ings were subsequently held on almost every day in last week, from 5000 to 6000 person's assembling on each oc casion, and always dispersing without committing .any breach of the peace; and though the streets were daily crowded with groups of •working people of both sexes, who lounged listlessly about, there was no interruption to the general quiet state of the town. -It is understood that the turn-outs have come to the determination of confining the turn-out strictly within the limits of the town of Ashton. On Friday all the mills at Stalybridge continued working, but all those in Duckinfield were stopped, with the exception of two. At Ashton the number of hands who have turned out amounts to 12,519. The men have issued an address to the master spinners, setting forth their alleged grievances and enumerating the prices at which they will consent to return to work; and Mr. Buckley has published a letter, in which he states that he was only effecting a reduction in his establishment to place it on the same footing with other mi 115..., It is stated that, at ,Stalybridge, the operatives are making arrangements to propose lists to the masters before they.turn out; and the only question with them is, whether they should or should not defer the tarn-out till after that at Ashton has ter minated, and the factory hands there shall have returned to their work. The Manchester papers of Saturday contain long re ports of the speeches made at the various meetings; but we cannot from any of them discover a single new fea ture in the existing differences. The police and militriry are fully prepared for any outbreak ; but from the appa rent temper of the men we cannot see ground for alarm that any such unfortunate occurrence will take place. The lists of prices, &c. agreed upon by.the men were to be submitted to the masters ; and as a general feeling of conciliation appears to prevail on both sides,' hopes are entertained that the strike will very shortly be brought to an end. 'Te this conclusion the good sense of the opera tives will doubtless lead them, , notwithstanding the scur rilous invectives in which Pilling and a few others, whose trade is agitation and disorder, indulge against their em ployers. _ _ The fact is, we believe, that a large number of the spinners are exceedingly averse to this movement, know ing it to be a very foolish' affair; but , they are unfortu uately under the coptroul of others, led on by three or four designing men, who ,find agitation a far more easy and profitable employment than working at their own trades ; and who are, therefore, at all times ready to in stigate quarrels between the men and their employers, utterly reckless of the misery and wretchedness which they entail.upon the former. , • , SWEEP FOIL THE ST. LEGER.—There is now open at Mr. Whiteman's, the Brunswick Hotel, Hanover-st., a sweepstakes for the St. Leger, which offers considerable advantages to those who adventure small sums in' such amusing speculations.—See Adeertigement. A deputation, consisting of William Dixon, jun., sq., fiem Liverpool, chairman, and James Moore, ' Esq., chairman, from Bristol, accompapied b y Si r Howard Douglas, Bart., had an audience with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on subjects connected with the wine and spirit trade. MuunEit.— , We gave,in our last the first portion of an inquest held on the previous dm before , the borough roner.,on the I?ody of. Margaret Dillon, whose death mai; occasioned by injuries received from a man of the name of Rollen, who was,in custody. On Tuesday,.Mr. Arnott, surgeon, was examined, and after th e depos4ions_ of se veral ,witnesses, the jury returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder" against. the ,prisoner, and he, was, commi,tte f l t under the coroner's, warrant to take his trial at the next assizes, the witnesses being :bound 19 appear in recogni nixes of 4100 each. a subject for grave consi tion. (Hear, hear.) I (hear, hear)—of all gcr with a firm went, is w den - 's - motio . ind with a strong and unhesitat rip all the efforts of all th e en EFFECT OF AGI recollected, that no Roman Catholics than we have always shown of coercion 4gham speech on Lord Ro- NT IRELAND-I more strenuous for the ,ds and mvself—tt strenuous in resist- ssity did not wri —that w their defenders against all attacks, and that the sacrifice we, on this side, made for between 20 and 30 years, when Lord Grey was at our head- . ..—from the year 1807 to 1830— sacrifices of the dearest objects to all statesmen—that of being in a position to carry their principles into action— for any one worthy of the name of statesman ought to be satisfied with nothing less than carrying out his principles into effect—that all these sacrifices were no doubt in a great measure made because we would not give up the claims of the Irish Catholics, which we had made an individual part of our own proper cause, and from which nothing could tear us until they were carried. Therefore I may consider we are giving them the advice of friends rather than hostile or suspicious advice. Then we tell them that their . - _ C hear \ near, . „ that it is fatal to their own oujec. , agitation under which they are living is the greatest evil and pest v zder which Ireland can su f fer (hear, hear), and while they are told that they are miserable'on account of not having a share of the established church revenues (hear, hear), a thing which could not by possibir' thatch affect the interest or estate, or life, or conversation, or happiness of any one individual of the whole 6,000,000 of Catholics—they are made miserable, poor, kept idle, starving, and without wages, by that wßnt of capital that want of employment, which they owe entirely to their agitation, and which (f they left off agitation and took to peaceable courses, and left their agitators in vain to call these meetings, would All again into those channels of Irish industry which would once more make the country happy and improving. (Hear, hear.) That is the advice I tender to the Irish people.—Lord Brougham's speech on the motion of Lord Roden. AMERICAN SYMPATHY WITH REPEAL.—One word more as to foreign interference with this agitation. I quite agree with my noble friend the noble duke that it is con fined to a few individuals, and that it does not extend to any foreign government; on the contrary, where it has last broken out is in a party, one of the- most moderate in point of extent, one of the smallest in point of amount, one, I was going to say, ridiculously ludicrous in the dis proportion of the phraseology used to the money collected (a laugh) and to the means and, I would also say, to the importance of the parties, for they are to my thinking but unimportant who have so spoken ; but I have reason to say that that politi c an d w i se pr i nce, who is as true a friend of the peace of this country as he is of the tran quillity of his own, and not only he, but his Ministers — all men, in 'fact, who deserve the name of statesmen, all who deserve to be known, who deserve Vibe numbered amongst political characters, who deserve well of the mass of good society in the French capital, are only moved to pity at that demonstration. But no doubt there has been across the Atlantic a demonstration of a little more im portance ; but it is not of Americans, it is confined almost entirely to emigrants, and I have shown you how little they gain in thus taking bold of foreign agitation and fo reign alliance with repeal. The; say, " Oh, let us save the, wretched, ill-treated, poor Irish from the misery of their situation by the repeal of the union!" I have illus trated how much that would be leSsened by the operation of that which would cut them off for ever; but they say, " We helped the Americans in their distress, and there fore they will help us ; it was the same case with the Ame ricans in the war of 1776." But the whole question then was, whether America should be taxed by the British Par liament without being represented in that British Parlia ment. If instead of that the Americans had bad 104, or, I would venture to say, 54—perhaps I might add the odd 4 (a laugh), you never would have heard of the American war, and the Congress would have remained, as'some say, an ornament of the British Crown. or. as others say, a millstone about its neck. But I have seen it said that a person named Tyler, said to be a relation of .the Presi dent, has taken part in this agitation. No one is answer able for the fooleries—the excessive fooleries—any one of his family-pleases to coin mit (a laugh); and I do not for one moment believe that, as has been said, the President has written a letter to say that' his heart and soul were in the cause. I mill not believe it until 1 see the letter. Mr. Tyler is accidentally President of the United States; but, by the same accident that made him President, I hope and trust, and 1 have every reason to believe, that he in herits, with the President's chair, some of the wisdom and prudence of his predecessors. I will not believe that any man in the situation of President Tyler would write such a letter as that which I have seen bolstered up in some of the newspapers ; as if the Queen of this country, like the President, were to say she bad her heart and soul in the cause of the Carolina and Virginian negroes, and that she hoped ere long to see a white republic in the north, and a black republic in the south ; and that the in tolerable bond which now united them would be severed. Why, we should have the British Parliament most justly up in arms; but though I hold repeal to be as-utterly ri diculous a measure, and as pernicious to be entertained, as I certainly hold the emancipation of the Carolina and Virginian negroes would be a wise, humane, just, a nd virtuous act, yet God forbid that, if I were in a situation of advising the Crown, I should think of uttering advice, either in an official capacity or an unofficial capacity, for the purpose of exciting the jealousy and embittering the animosity that may be supposed to have prevailed betwee n the two countries. Th a t i s a course w hi c h no good citi zen of his own country or of the world, and loving the peace of the world, would think of advising. I have thought it my duty to state this matter with the humble but earnest hope, that my strong impression of the bitter evils, the cruel calamities, that are now being inflicted on Ireland, and which may be summed up in figures as a matter of pounds, shillings, and pence, and from which every man in Ireland, more or less, suffers—the hope, too, of all capitalists in this country —may sooner or later be infusedrem ove d, a throughout nd that the capital and la n d . L it o spirit rd Brougham's industry may speec bg on Lord Roden's motion. COMMITMENTS.—On Wednesday, at the Police-court, a:young girl named Mary Byron, was charged by a gen tleman, who had been bathing at Bootle, with carrying off his coat out of the machine in which he had undressed, taking advantage of his being in the water at the time. She was with several companions, and was stopped by a police-officer, who found the article in her apron. She had before been once committed and twice discharged, and was committed to the House of Correction for two months.—Same day an old man, a pauper, was committed to gaol for a month for having absconded from the Work house with some articles of clothing belonging to the establishment.—A boy, named M'Ardle, was also com mitted for seven days for stealing a cast-metal wheel, at George's Dock. ILLICIT DISTILLATION.—A poorly-clad man, appa rently in very feeble health, named Thomas Pilkington, was yesterday brought before Mr. Rushton, at the Police court, on a charge of being connected with an illicit still. An inspector stated that on Saturday night he observed the prisoner in a cellar in Boundary-place, lying stretched on a board before the fire, and the witness added that he saw a still in operation in the apartment. He gave direc tions to a police-officer, and the prisoner, who was known, was apprehended in the street. An excise-officer after wards found two stills—one of them at work—in the cel lar ; also a quantity of low wines. The prisoner denied that he even knew the cellar ; but as he could not account for him histo be , fi whereabout s nperdep£l3rn3n tots,.cltnooh or be pe n ai i ra g ai h tpe t r , iist M os ncreo.dmßfpouors component eh t n o r n et e m adjudged onths. He was, of course, sent to gaol. .ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OlL.—There cannot be a more just criterion of the excellence of any article than the at tempt to imitate it. 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