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MARCH 22, 18:36. returned, if they ever did return, having been so familiarised with atrocities and cruelties, they.would become so brutalised as to become very dangerous subjects? (near, hear.) If they ' ever did return they would of _necessity cause serious apprehen -Bton. He did nut mug to he masa strict and scrupulous than other men, but he m - ewn-- chat..bis did entertain great doubts whether any goiernin. . ,ould he justified in. promoting those objects which the p. „ •• ministers lutd. It had been said that no war could 6e justified ‘Yhich.was-not either strictly a war of defence, or a war the intetests intotved in which were of a cha meter of so great a magnitudealutt Other nations might inter pose. Now the war in Spain Was• Mat -a war of defence; there fore the only question was .were the. interests of such a magni tude as c o uld justify another government interfering ? Could it be pretended that our own interests were in danger? Could it be said that the independence of Spain was in jeopardy? He apprehended that nasuchttssettiOn'Couldbe stated. He thought it was high time now that the house should know what endea vours have been made by his-Majesty'sgovernment for the pur pose of softening or ameliorating , the character of that most horrible warfare. The noble earl concluded by moving, "That a humble address be presented to his Majesty, praying that his Majesty, would be graciously pleased to direct that there be laid before this house copies or extracts of letters which passed be tween his Majesty's minister at Madrid and the Spanish govern ment, showing the intervention of his Majesty's government to 111 , itigate•the sanguinary character of the warfare carried on in the northern provinces of Spain ; also a copy of the remon strances addressed to the government of-her most catholic Ma jesty for that purpose.." Lord MELBOURNE concurred with Lord Aberdeen in repro bating the cruelties and barbarities practised in the northern Provinces of Spain. He would 'not - attempt to offer a single . palliation for the mode of warfare now going on in that country. ae thought, however, that the noble 'earl had acted-unfairly to- Wards government in now coining forward and bringing the accusation which he had- done against his Majesty's ministers. The order in council had been in. operation a whole year, and yet the noble.earl had 'myna:thought fit to express an opinion Upon it. This was like laving a snare fur ,government, and Waiting to see the result befora an unfavourable opinion was Promulgated. '['he noble earl had-expressed a doubt whether any efforts had been atade to put an end to the dreadful conflict Which prevailed.. • He-begged to assure him that the convention alluded to had been acted uponotnit that exchanges undet.it had been effected. The noble•oarl had. stated the circumstances of the-case upon - whicluiudeed.,:his. motion had-been, as he had - intimated, founded. The chief facts connected, with that fright ful act of barbarism were these—Cabrera had shot two Alcaldes in Lower. Aragon.; in consequence of which directions had been given to Nogueras a general commanding at Tolosa,, to seize the m o th er o f C a b rer a,—that .he,did so, and on appealing to know what.was to be done with- her, he was referred to Mina, and that Mina had given directions to have her put to death. Mr. Villiers, at once Communicated with the Spanish govern ruent Madrid i with the first minister there, requiring an inn - Mediate investigation into.the matter. In conseunente of this interference an investigation was set- on foot.. liogueras had been, since deprived of his conunand, and an ,inquiry into his conduct had. he ivatitaterl.. was. unfortunate that wars ap ',tared to be necessary—that the state of the world countenanced shelsanotion ; so long, therefore, as this. necessity existed, evils would naturally don in-the train. War ,was "a hard and cruel mistress," requiring many sacrifices. The education of a sol dier Wag _pretty 'similar under similar circumstances—(hear) — and it the character of a solder were to be considered in the ar gument a priori, it would not be very favourable as to his moral qualifications on his return to his own country. (Hear.) The noble earl seemed to. think that his Majesty's miaisters were bound to throw off our connexions with the whole of t western Pare of Eu r ope—to abandon the treaty entered inn' . between this country and France, because of the cruel acts which had taken place between the ,contending parties in Spain: With respect to those acts themselves, he detested them as much as the noble earl, and he had done every thing in his power to pre vent their repetition. . . . The Duke of WELLINGTON reprobated, in strong and indig nant terms, the atrocities alluded to by Lord Aberdeen, and la mented that ministers had destroyed their influence with Don • Carlos by the course they had adopted with regard to Spain. The body or troops sent from this country at once put an end io the convention fur the establishment of a cartel ; they were not Part of that army with respect to which the cartel was framed, mini it was clear that no pains-had been taken to include them within it; they hail not, in fact, arrived in 51'ain when the con vention was agreed to. The noble duke concluded by saying, that so lone as the noble viscount was prepared to keep that body of troops in Spain, the war would not, in his opinion, be b rought to an end and the government of this countr., would "sa all that beneficial influence in the cotmcili or both parties which it had hitherto happily exercised for the benefit of lmiiian nature, in repressing' similar acts of atrocity in the unfortunate straggle going on now goin on in that distractel country. ( Herr.) a. ay, he was even prepared au , say that, as affairs stood now, these matters would front day to day become worse and more revolt i4r, to good feeling. After souse observations front the Marquis of Londonderry the motion was agreed to.—Adjourned. HOUSE' OF COMMONS, FRIDAY. On the motioniof Mr. Tennyson D'Eyercourt this bill was read a seconclqiiite , and ordered to be committed. •IfkedMSFIELD SMALL DEBTS' BILL. A short dismission arose on the question " that this bill an P a ss," t'pon which the house divided. For the bill, 203; against I t 5 6.—Majority 147. CARLOW COMMITTEE. Mr. N ARDY gave notice that on the 21st of April he would 'Make a motion relative to the evidence taken before the select tnrumittee appointed to inquire into the transactions between Air. O'Connell and Mr. Raphael, with regard to the Carlow election. (Hear, hear, froii: Air. O'Connell.) 14.00G1N0 IN THE ARMY.' Lard JOHN RUSSELL laid on the table the report of.the cern rnissioners appointed to inquire into this subject. Lord Clovvick, in answer to Mr. I:ttille, ib,at he meant " gilthilit a motion to the house founded on the report aftci the aster helydays. OcCI;PATION OF CR!COW Sir STRATFoaD 6ANNING brought under the consideration of the house the occupation - Of t t•acow detailed the forces of qussia, ‘e Au • "- na, and t'russia. In doing so, he Coe circtoostan, ces attenda n tapon the ocenpatione•-showed.what ,;ere the 'crofts of the treaty' or Vienna, and maintained that the ,lecllpali kVaS a violation of the treaty, and'an' insult to this country.: did not wish to embarrass the government he was only anxieus to ascertain that theproceeding had not been disregarded. Lord PALMEP.SToN admitted the importance of the subject, and the interest-noto rally , - attaching , to it: but as-yet the go vernment had received no of Trial intimation from the three powers of the course they- had adopted, nor why they had Pursued it. Tl:ey had learned the !'act from one of their own 9 . tinisters, and from public sources ..yr intelligence., Not know ing w hat grounds those powers hail to. urge for their proLeed infzs, he could not express an opinion. ille observed—" It was quite true that the treaty of Vienna stipulated that on no.pre fence whatever were foreign troops to entet Cracow : but it was also true that the same treaty stipu!ated that the people of Cra cow should not harbour any offendert against the peace of those states, but should give them up to the powers whose subjects they were. And it was upon that ,stipulatioe of the, treaty that the r e sidents of the three great powers at Greene demanded the exnu lsiou of refugees." llis lordship added that he was anxiously- waiting to learn front, those powers the reasons for their proceedings; in the meantime the government would direct every attention to the subject, and take care that the honour of England was in no way compromised. Mr. tyCoNN E. Lt. deem ed •it on insult to England and Prance., Mr. ulna sugoested the stoppage of the payment on account of the Russian-Dutch loan. Lord J. liesscm. considered that Lord Palmerston's expla nation was perfectly satisfectory, and denied that the honour of this country had been compromised. Lerd DiIDLEY STUART condemned the conduct of the three Powers towards Cracow, and maintained that it was a violation 'of treaty—of all honour, and an insult to this country. lie was friendly to the present' administration, hut he considered that h ere ottr foreign secretary had been remiss, for, otherwise, how ras it that he was without official information of the transac tions at Cracow ? 'The conversation then dropped. `The house was engaged in committee for the remainder of the ev,ening on this bill.—Adjourned at two o'clock. EXTINCTION OF THE SEE OF BRISTOL. A public meeting, numerously attended by the most influen "al merchants and other citizens, was held on Tuesday last at rist o l f or the purpose of addressing the King and petitioning both hou ses o f parliament -against the proposed extinction of t t h h a a t ir b . ishoprick: I-lis' worship the Mayor of Bristol took the Mr. P. F. AIKEN, in a speech of greatforce, urged as reasons w hy that episcopal see should not be suppressed, that it was c oeval with the reformation, and with which the distinguished ziarnes of Seeker, and Newton. and Butler, and Warburton are asseciated, should not he expunged with the stroke of a diplomatic pen, from the ecclesiastical records of the kingdom. lie said the 'Tint to which I shall chiefly confine my attention is the strong ground for remonstrance, to be derived from the principles of the 'ePort of ate commissioner; itself. There is much that is valuable a nd worthy of admiration in that report. Every sincere friend of the established church will rejoice to see a better distribution , its revenues, the removal of ever y abuse that has weakened L i a„ (l , impaired it, the addition of whatever may increase its sta y and usefulness, and seat it more firmly in the affections of `"e people. Accordingly, the following futiclatneptal principles et the report merit our highest approbation. " 1 hat in order to give increased efficiency and usefulness to the established c hurch, it is obviously necessary that we should attempt the ac complishment of two objects, *Which are indispensible to the complete attainment of that end. One is to improve the condi tion, of those benefices, the population of which is of considera ule amount, but which are so scantily endowed as not to yield a competent maintenance for a clergyman ; the other is to add to t he number of clergymen and churches, and so to make a more 4 ctequate provision for the • cligious instruction of a raPidly in creased and increasing population." Now, a fair application of the rules here laid down to the case of the proposed annihila y"n of the see o f B r i s t o l would lead to the very opposite result. ts revenues are Small, its population is great and rapidly in creasing„ The legitimate inference from the commissioner s ' wise and equitable principles therefore is—that its condi jon - "alit be improved—that its scanty endowments" should be Vgineuted from the superanous•revennes of Canterbury, Dur ham Ely, and Worcester—that in all its parts it should he ren- V..ed more efficient—but not aholished. (Cheers.) The second 13..1ect contemplated in the report is the remedy of one Of the fiost serious evils connected with the established church and the natthe Population has in times past got so far in advance of e means of religious instruction provided by the state, that 12aultitudes have been utterly neglected; many are alienated fr om the c h urc h t o ' which they might have been attached. In t r late admirable charge of the Bishop of Chester. it is stated e such is th e in crease of population in his diocese, during every ten years, that fifty additional churches and their clergy na would be r equ i s it e t o keep pace with it. These facts being the number and the suilable remedy of a large addition to numbe r o f churches and clergy being seriously intended, is thi s a time to abolish an ancient bishopric in the midst of an immense population ? u ., , Ye subjoin th e reso l u tions upon which an address to the ;.'"eg, and petiti o n s t o the two houses of parliament, were 9unded and agrebd to by the meeting. b ist.—That this Me e t in g has heard with disma y and re g ret, t At the commissioners appointed to consider the state of the e stablished church in England and Wales, have, in their second r eport, recommended that the See of Bristol should be sup; I s / Psseil and its jurisdiction transferred to the adjoining bi -I,"Prics of Gloucester, and Bath and M' ells; a measnre which, siS' degrading this City from its rank and station in the empire, could, not fail in its consequences to he most injurious to our se- T ll ar interests, but, which is still more to he deprecated, in re "ellc.e. to its effects on the spiritual welfare on the numerous L a oalritants of the City, and its Subnrban Dependencies, em 14„,aett)g a population of at least 1.50,000 souls. ... 4 9,77-That to deprive so ancient and populous a city of its ec clesiastical privileges, at the same time that it is proposed to erect Manchester into a bishopric, solely on account of its po- PWati on, would, not only be a poor return for our well-known itchment to the c h urc h- e stablishment, and zeal in su pp or t o f a crights, hut an act of manifest arid gross injustice ; tending I )Ve to strengthen the hands of the enemies of episcopacy, ' 0 and to weaken the defence"of our national institutions: THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. The first and only appearance of Mr. , Y ATES, Acting-Manager of the Theai re-Royal, Drury-lane. Positively the Last Niglit of .he new OPera of •T:.-IE S!EGE OF - ROC ELL!i . ., WHICH MUST BE WITHORA'4VN . AFTER THIS EVENING. Last Night but Four of the new popular Drama uf THEJ ENV ESS, • • Which cannot beperftirmed- after Saturday next, in consequence of Mr. Yates's Engagement to produce it in Bath ou Easter Monday. 'Last Night but Four of the Engagement of Mr. Ws LSON, Reiss BC't"i'S; and Mrs. -YATES, Of the The,ire-Roval; Drury-lane. The Last Week of the Company's performinirbefare 'Easter. rrilltS ()resent TUESDAY, Maich 22. )536, din tie per il. formed t eighth time ; , ere) the last new 0,444, called 'l'llE SIEGE 01. , OCH - Tne Al.atqtts de Val -,tt..... ; k1y. ikon. Clo , a .. Miss B After which, the New Grand Op niic,D( . a.ma of E JO sYESS, Eleazar. ..(a Golostniih)....Mr. S;na Rac'Ael I tile Jewess) Airs, Pales. At the conclusion of The Jewess the Stage will represent the SALON D'APOLLOSI ET TERPSICHORE- Al AS KE FETE, In which / will be given a Melange of Recitation, Music, and Dancing. Dance des Folies, from Gustavus. Mr. YATEs will, by particular desire, give part of Jaques' Celebrated Soliloquy, by the world's a stage,' in imitation of Mr. Young, Mr. Mtind,4l, Mr. • Macready, the late Mr. Blan chard, the late Mr. Kean, Mr. Incledon, and Mr Braharn. The favourite Song of "Lo, here the gentle Lark," by Miss BETTS. The Double Dance, from Gustavus, by Mr. I'. Ridgway and Mr. Jonas. " Tak' your auld Cloak abort ye," by Mr. Wicsot.l. • • Grand Finale of Cinderella, and the Gallopade-from Gustavus. Scotch Ballad— On WEDNESDAY (To-mounow) will be performed, by per mission of A. Bunn, Esq., and for the first time out of London, with the original Music, composed by Be!Hui, aud adapted to the English Stage by Bishop, the English version of the Opera of LA SONNAM BtTLA. To conclude with THE JEWESS. Madame Vt.:SI:O s.S is en , ) ,a , leti for a limitedpe , iod, and will ter A ppe.traore et this Tot! on Eosi.er GiZAND SCWECTION OF sAcr,,ED UN.164 Ti , E PAT.:.:ONAGE: 1 1 ; WORsNiPFUL TOE j.t.,43 7 01 - 1, - : , t, 9 ;, - , • AND OF 'll - 1 C., COM NI I.l"t"Ett, Or' 'lll ).. FE' . 3" 1.1 COORAL 'SOC. Ct'Y. ANA:. G. .11014 D IW a9nounce inte - . , ; 7 0a a toying a P,EfIvQ(ZA) AN C on an e: - .4easave SAM:, r: selecied ilom i'de roost Letenrated Com posers. Prificrnal "%Toe: , I Pe. s tO .SS B ( Vocalist of iue Theo - i•ct Dow). prnry-lare,) .1.`,1;. , s 11 A t'? DM A.N, ' (0; Cle it)a)r ;)e..;ie.• Ceoc.e As,) W A 1.1.%0 N . M. PEA USA ,O Joao, uz ‘31.6 (01' Cie I.3; , mioutpam ocei ) ttl .1 1 ) AC . .N. Le...de , L-Mr. A 1., ..;.t OG PRINCIPAL INSTRLIMENTALI'STS.—SeCOOd Violin, Mr. G. Evton • Viola, Mr. Cooper ; . Violoncella, Mr. Jackson ; Double Bass, 111 r. Tayleure ; Flute, Mr. Brown; Oboe, Mr. Hughes, of Manchester; Clarionet, Mr. Stubbs; Bassoon, Mr. Jones ; Trumpet, Mr. Hanson; Horns, M essrs. Thompson and Schmiat; Tromboneir, Mllessrs. Cuttreis, Leonard, and Edgar. Conductor.—Mr. G. HOLDEN. The Orchestra, upon this occasion, will be erected on the Stage, and the Band will consist of 120 Performers. The Chorus, formed by the Members of !the Liverpool Festi val Choral Society, who have kindly offered their services, and assisted by others, wilt be full and efficient. The take pLyce at the T BEATE- E. noYA u, 0," EkH.N•NC. ii`C 29.11 ic.s;ooj. Tickets, with Books of the Words, may be had a. the princi pal Hotels, Music Shops, Libraries. and Newspaper Offices. The Do: - ; Plaq will remain Lit M... s Mcsic Shop, Cold-soeti, where places only can be sectired. llo•.es, 45.; 13.)per Go.; P;i, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performance to commence at Half-past Seven, punctually. TO NEWSPAPER PROPRIETORS. A Gentleman well acquainted with thg management of l e iIL. Newspapers, who has just retired fro " the Editorship of one conducted upon Conservative Prince es, wishes to form a similar engagement. He has had the ad ntage of being bred at an English University, and can be well recommended. Address (post paid) 0. Z. Standard-office, Liverpool. Tin iLiterpool etaiti:ai•Y. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1836. We have received advices from Jamaica which reach to the lGth February, but they are uninteresting. A person of the name of TAYLOR, a baptist preacher, bnd been tried and found guilty of fomenting dissensions amongst the negro labourers, but the particulars are not furnished. The debate in the How of Commons on Friday last is highly instructive: It will be seen from the humiliat ing' and melancholy confession of Lord PALMERSTOS, that his Majesty our :King and his ininisters,.our execu tive rulers, are not considered as having any voice, or possessing any infinence in the affairs of Europe. They are treated by the governments of Austria, Russia, and Prussia ascontrahand articles, orthe smuggle - , s of snc:t ar- tides, that is to say, as if they were quite beyond the pale of law, undeserving of any respect; and unfit to legislate or decitb tipon any treaty in which,GreatA3ritain in her better days had the honour' to' bevpmrOpKer) Y • 'tile subject under cliscussion.wmiAlliOmitlatiou of Cracow by the Austrian,l4,4AVllNVt l prkfl:loops, or the around, that certaiti.P.olish.re hAttling§taltat city ae§i7Nl, V 1 94014 tOiktikkiiimice rf.co ussii ro.l with the rebels of t,heir ow.ulAmtion, tocateci a in various parts of Europe. TheiCity of CraCOW w4oleclared to he a free and independent republic by the fatlious treaty of Vienna. The King. (if , Englatid was a party to , that treaty. He in conjunction I:vith his allies recognised its rights, privileges, and liberties. It was stipulated that no armed force should be permitted to enter it under any circumstances, the republic at the same time contracting that no deserters or suspected persons, or enemies to the public peace, should find shelter within its confines. So far as these stipulations go it is plain sailing. The rebellion of Poland, however, in 1830, changed the as pect of affairs. The patriotic swindlers who distinguished themselves in that catastrophe; after a cruel, unprinci pled, and frui tiess warfare, were scattered to the four winds of heaven, and numbers of them took refuge in Cracow. Had they betaken themselves to peaceful and honest pur suits they would have remained unquestioned and unmo lested. Had they confined themselves to a lucrative traffic in old clothes, to cobbling or tailoring, or to any fair mode of acquiring the means of subsistence, they _ _ neverwould have been disturbed. But they added poli tical to their other habits of tinkering ; they became :li berals in prison; they established schools of sedition; they sent emissaries abroad to preach rebellion ; they en tered into correspondence with the subdued rebels in exile, and they bade defiance to the powers by whose ,mercy and clemency they were suffered to have a home in Cracow. What were the consequences ? The natural. ones. The combined powers marched troops into the town and removed the offending parties. Some have very pro perly beer transported to the land of liberty on the other side of the Atlantic—some have had a locality, assigned to them nearer home—and some have *en walked or carted to we know not where. Lord PALMERSTON COlll - plains that all this has been done without consultilv; hint ? and that the treaty. of Vienna has been violated by the Wore mentioned! The noble royal and imperial partiei lord laments, most pathetiO#l l iy, that Austrian troops have been marched into Lt av ow y4thonticiik permisSion—that officially he is. ignorant of the transaction—and that the seditious Poles have been xernoved with Out so much as a. civil letter having been addressed to him on the subject ! This is very galling no doubt. It places England in an exceedingly low position, as if she were a seventh rate nation, only worthy of being the football of Austria, Russia, and Prussia. That his lordship has been treated with very marked indignity and contempt we freely con fess. That he has been treated otherwise than he de serves is another question. That the . northern states have insulted the present government of England cannot be denied. That they have poured water on .a " drowned rat" is obvious enough ; but that the noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs is entitled to more courteous service at their bands is an assumption which it is easy to question but difficult to establish. Lord PALMERSTON complains that the treaty of Vienna has been violated. No doubt it has; but who was a con senting party to its first and most flagrant violation ? Why, Lord PALMERSTON himself. If the Polish refugees have been hardly treated they have the noble lord en tirely to blame. He is virtually an accessory to their 1 deportation. He helped to forge the chains which bind them ; and yet he is ready to make war upon the other states of Europe fiat att infrattion of covenants which he assisted to breal: Wittiess for us the change of dynasty in France, the itiAliffeefien in Belgium, and the infamous spoliation of the tetfilorieS.of the King of .the Nether lands: Theft it ii'd# that the treaty of Vienna became rt 1 THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD dead letter—when it ceased to have any binding force upon the parties who subscribed it—when it vanished as an indenture from the records of Europe, each party being absolved as if by mutual consent. Let us not then hear any more about the treaty of Vienna. When Belgium was occupied by French troops —when a BritiSh pensioner was placed upon the mush room throne of that Worthless country—when the fortresses erected upon the frontier§ of France, at the expense of Eugland, were dismantled by Lord PAL MERSTON'S consent, from that moment the treaty of. Vienna became like an old almanack, fit only to be tossed into the fire. If it could not bind France and England, it could not bind the other parties, Anstria, Russia, and Prussia. If it. could not protect WILLIAM of Holland, it cannot be made a screen to the Polish re fugees located in Cracow. What a revolutionary niob trampled upon, cannot be held in high respect by those who cheered the mob in its hour of triumph, shame; and injustice. What is justice in the west of Europe cannot reasonably he called cruelty or tyranny in the east. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Upon every consideration of the subject we cannot see anv reasonable grounds upon which to question the acts Of Russia. She dealt most tenderly with Poland in this master. She did not send her cossacks into Cracow; she sought the intercession. of Austria, and an Austrian force took possession 01 the town. Poland altogether is. the Ireland of northern Europe. Whatever might be said with respect to her first dismemberment, nothing now can be urged against the policy of the RuSSians, against whom her unprincipled and denianlized 'paqe. rose in rebellion. They were the debtors of a powtifili and generous nation. 'Fhey- bethime - - . prosperoas under the mild and parental goy - 6'444 A3P,'gwoi)4l3olla return for the favours he . 1)4 (iodated, the sums of Money he had lent, the eneottriooAtielie hadAien to their manufactures and agriculture, they rushed head. long into a mad insurrection, the object or which was plun der, and the motive dishonesty and ingratitude—in which mad attempt they were discomfited and subdued. Can we' then; according to all the tales of justice or expedi— ency, look upon them with a very favourable eye ? They seek what they call liberty, but they show they are not fit to enjoy it : Russia desires peace, and she has established it by the edge of the sword. OAVDOAT z.v.t alEicrf% Sa,:tity l 72 Eren:py, Half-past Seven o'rlo-1.. The Money Mail:et continues very steady: Consols for-Ac count opened to-day at 91i, and closed at 914, the money price being 91g. The premium on Exchequer Bills remains at '2O to 22, and upon India Bonds at sto 6. India Stock is quoted at -2&•.1-1. Spanish Bonds have risen to-day from 454 to 471 account, and closed at 472. The deferred bonds reached '23k, and the passive stock advanced from (51 to 16. The Portuguese Bonds have also improved, and some business has been done in them. The last quotations are,. new 80, 3 per cents. 514. The greater part of the railway shares have declined in value t;uring the week. The following are the plices named at the close of the market--Aylesbury Railway, 2; Birtningham and t)erby, 161; - Ditto and Gloucester, 131; Br;stol and Exeter, VA; Calcutta and Saugur,.;3l; Cheltenham and Great Western, ; Coat merciat Blackwall, :3; Eastern Counties, I 4 ; Glasgow, and Edinburgh, 41; Great North of England. ; Great Western, 40; dull and Selby, 94; Leeds and Mart• chester, 2:3; Brighton (Stephenson f s,) 18; Ditto (Itennie's,) :35. ‘ f ; Blackwall, Grand Junction, ; Manchester South Union, 54; North Midland, 14 ; South Durham, 6; South Eastern, 6;( 2 ; South Aft ieau Bank Shares, 9. LOCAL NEWS. THE Ass IZES.—There are, at present 569 persons confined in Kirkdale gaol, for various offences, 50 of whom are for trial at the ensuing assizes, 4 under a charge of murder, two Men and two women.. FLINT tiss.-4n consequence of the great advance in price of all articles used in the manufacture of flint glass, a Meeting was held at Dee's Hotel, Birmingham, on Wednesday last, the 16thinstant, which was attended by most of the principal ma nufacturers of the united kingdom, at which it was determined Id advance the price ten per cent., with an understanding that a further advance would.tike place if the materials maintained their present prices. THEATRE' ltoy sl,.—DuriUg the past week, the " Siege of Rochelle" dud the " Jewess" have beer. played each night. The former opera brings into notice the vocal powers of Miss Betts, Mr. Wilson, Mr. G. Horncastle and Miss Stanley ; divested of their pleasiug exertions, it is rather flat and uninteresting. There is but little scope for acting. Mr. G. Horncastle, as Michel, -makes the most of his part, and - elicits deserved applause. To night is the last night of its representation. The " Jewess" will be performed five nights more. This piece also owes much of its fame to extraneous circumstances—to the splendour and gorgeousness of its processions. The majority of the characters afford little opportunity for the display of the talent of the coin pony ; we must except, however, the parts of Rachel and IF./eazer, which are ably sustained by Mrs. rates and Mr. Stuart. The house has been pretty well filled. Madame Vestris will make her appearance on Easter Monday. STiASI BOAT LAuticif.—On Saturday, a steam packet, built for the St. George's Steam Navigation Company, was launched from the new building-yard, north of the Clarence Dock. The vessel, as she went off the stocks, was named by Mr. Drury, one of the proprietors, " The Ocean." ALLEGED MURDER.—On Sunday night, a man named Prit chard, who lives in a house in Portland-street, was heard by the neighbours, during the night, frequently beating his wife, so much so that they became alarmed and sent for a policeman. Early yesterday morning, a policeman went to the house and found the door and shutters fast, and he then heard that the woman had died from the ill usage she had received. The house was then broke into : the husband was out, and the body of his wife, which, it is supposed, had been dead two or three hours, and upon which were visible marks of violence, was found. - The constables immediately went in search of the monster and ineeeeded in taking him into custody. An inquest will be held 40- the body to-day r PREVENTION OF CRIME BY THE NEW POLICE.—The Liver pool aftbion, of last week, was grandiloquent in a paragraph re,- lating to the great reformation caused by the new police,so great . as to leave the authorities and those connected with the conrt nothing to do. We have had the curiosity to ascertain how far this statement of • the 'reforming powers - of the new police is grounded on fact. -We linden the Monday that there were 114 cases • Tuesday 48; . Wednesdav„44; Thursday 37; Friday 59, ' and cases; 67 - case's . ' total 369 cases in one week Being an average of upwards of 61 cases per day. These cases embody offences of nearly every description—burglary, pocket-picking, stealirtg swindling, stabbing, neglect of family, assaults, sraug s „ling, illicit distilling. fighting, drunkenness,- &c., &c., &e. What a reform! what a wonderful police! The old average of 'cases at the police-court seldom exceeded from 49 to 50 per day, and was frequently below that number. . . .. . Tuft NEW Poratua.-On Friday raw thantrylad.•about 17 years of age,' who had tliat 'nibrning enieretl upon his duties as a policeatata.chargeita fellow_ calling hitnsell , Christepher Bra ds with stealing his regiynontAls;., 4 p.rkeforp(l that as the police manw as on his duly ln Daleiatie L helaity fi ctieprisener walking up and down on the pavementaki a, cane in his hand, and, taking {inn for a brother o i jialsa asked him to held his coat for a few minutes, to which he consented, and, taking, the coat from him put it on an4l.7Wkiefi aalfty„with it. About an hour after wards(ii!j he metalowas al. fo a llfhitechapel, and took him into custody. a ßradyon mefealee, said he was walking in Dale street about eleven ii'c oc -taiiiiiiiOrning; when he was accosted by the policeinali c ifibp . Van",4pre, brother officer, take A chargeofany naaa,i'„' m ke r ana.,,,and"Jeeling rather cold, he put it on and walkacr ia iip a data. Vhitechapel :Ind Dale-street, waiting faa, : th.e.ceetuan tcopiplainant. - lie at length met with hint,„witera. to his, alpttshrrient, he laid violent hands upon' him and dragged hint ttalewell. - lie ,thought it was a very poor retain for his tpriSmer.:o kindness. The magistrate, after reprimanding bothalmparties, discharged the prisoner THE NEW Priateia'adWitt.-L-Art old man, quite bald, anti with j his head mactacnit, vas brought up on Saturday to the Police office' charged"By 9 ttliFet&in'No. 21Y2, a stout brawny fellow, fresh from the:ifil/ ' rya with - having violently assaulted him and bit his thumb;'atifralso with gettin a g his staff from him. The . policeman - said that about half-past seven o'clock on the night before he saw the old man running after a boy in the street and beating him. tie went up to hint and asked him what he was about. • He then began to be very abusive.' and he (the police man) told, hint he would lake him to Bridewell if he did not mind what he was afoot. He replied he was a respectable man, and a roan of property, and had some stables near. lie thought, hoWever, the man was not a good'un, and wanted him to show hint the stables. The old man then struck hint several times, and be was obliged to draw his staff to defend himself. The old manahen got the thumb of one of his hands into his mouth, which he nearly bit through, and held fast, and succeeded in getting hold 4 the staff which he twisted and twisted till he wrenched it out of his hand, he still kept twisting it. and the thick string at the end was drawn so tight round his other hand as to have lamed him and rendered him unfit foe duty. Before the case proceeded further the inspector of the policeman's division requested the case Id be remanded for a short time for further evidence regarding the liolicetnao.' - Shortly afterwards the in spector stated that the policeman was drunk so early as seven o'clock on the evening mentioned, and had been reported to the board as such. ' The magistrate, taking this circumstance into consideration, said he should discharge the prisoner; had the policeman been sober at the time he (the magistrate) should have inflicted a severe punishment on the prisoner. BEGGlNG'Larraus.—On ThersdaylaSt a man -named Wm. Smith was brought before the magistrates charged with going about with a begging letter, which was found, on-inquiry, to be a forgery. ~The letter purported to be written by Mr. 'Marshall, s a i s r r b g e e i o li n g , i recommending s s t , I i a e bearer to t s i gii ei l) e b • C i‘ h i a r i . .i charitably h disposed ti . n - antimber of respectable The names,' various t the e a . amounts ofsub scriptionsr into Al.r. Hope's bank, and Mr. Hope haying been once before deceived byaa similag application ordered the.man into custody.. On in rimpostor took quay it was found that Sir. Marshall had written no such let t er , and that the other signatures were forgeries. The magistrates conatuitted bitnfor three months to the House of Correctiop, 4: The publication 'of logarth's Original Plates, completely restored, in Five Shilling Numbers, is going on with great suc cess, and :he work deserves it. Eighteen numbers are now in the hands of subscribers. These plates, the public need not he told, are the' actual engravings of Hogarth and artists under his inspection ; they are now restored to their original freSh ness, at a price so moderate, that they may be sail to come within the means of all his admirers. A good impression' of ;he March to Finchley has never been purchased for less than a guinea, but in this edifier , it will he given, -with probably two other plates, in the same number, for - 55., • and such a compari son nay he made of every number. We cannot so well express our opinion of the value of the original Hogarth Plates as by giving. the following extract from the last January number of the Foreign Quarterly Review :—‘, 'Chere 'is certainly- 'no rea ' son to suppose that Hogarth himself hasgone mita the fashion —never can tie go out of date—for withinthe lastatwo- Or three years not fewer than .as many publicatipai , Vitth , niiniettire copies of his'engravings have appeared, atarttilkileea4 impres sions from the original plates is now itahliontkeltitltatthlica , lion. It is by these last alone that he cani cll,dttdciated, uy even the most cardia redliiiiiti: • What. then i'or his spirit is of so subtile a nature, - tha iMileb(Writ rrit st , aiates•- . CsaarnillY).otiblol,syt tie retained when it ~i ii fat vtali ter pout itLinto abCdg, - ec/ copies? Such imitations mad 1. Viioled'veryttioatlya and took exceedingly pretty , but HogaitlilliMkiNtllielrtanjwhose worts, On. show to - advantage by Witt; prettified. When the Scale faithfully the generalities and the I:iHi s so g . fea r t e u (e riesedoe however .the subject may be preseiVelP,' nearly , all the Minor, but not less charaCteristic traits, all the rich hy-play of his scenes are lost; and, though the other ingredients may tie retained, the seasoning w ['kit gives a piquancy to the Whole is necessarily omitted." .. GREAT (MPROV.EATENT TN MODERN SCHOOL BOOKS.—Mr. Guy, the popular author of School Geog,raphy,'British Spelling aiiiitik, School Questior Book, &c.,• has Just published three very Valuable works on. General History, at a price so moderate for •tnich a fund of information, as cannot fail to insure their intro duction into all respectable schools. - Tha first is called " Ele ments of Ancient History," including Greece, Egypt, Persia, Carthage, ;tome, the Philistines, Phcenicians, Jews, Goths, Thins. &e., with - a copious list of questions for examination at the end of the volume, timbered, to correspond with the figures placed to each paragraph throughout the work. It is neatly printed in 12mo. anti contain upwards of 30 1 ) pages, at the moderate. price :of - 3s. 6d. very handsomely bound and lettered. The second is." Elements of Modern History," oat taining France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Russia, Prussia, SWedena , Denmark, Italy, America, &c. .and is ar- I ranged • with' questions for examination in the same Manner, printed and bound in , the same form, and the price only 3s. 6 , 1. The other volume is called. ". Elements of British History," in cluding England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, with a caplet's store of questions for er.amination at the end of the volume, ar ranged in the same way as the two preceding, price also 3s. Gd. • handsomely hound. ' Hitherto, even- in the. most respectable schools, it was only thought necessary to make youth acquaint ed with the histories of Greece, Rome, and England ; indeed no work in a moderate compass embractag the other interesting portions of general history could be found. Conductors.-of schools are always unwitting to give their pupils large and ex pensive volumes, and having no other, that, portion of general history has been left out of school e ducation...J - I.w .Mi . ..Gu has supplied,this deficiency these very interesting volumes wi sufficiently prove—they till up a void in the school library whic has long been wanted; and it may be asserted without fear of contradiction, that so lunge a portion of history has not in anY work been exhibited within the same compass; the object- has been to compress as much as possible, authentic, valuable,' and interesting history in each volume, and Mr. Guy has never been more successful in accomplishing this object that: in the present instance. The volumes are perfectly distinct front ei,4laot her, -and may he purchased separately to meth. the 4 saaqs'ttf the pupil, who may one half year he studying AriatOit alaither half-year British or Modern Ilistory. SOUTHEY'S COWPER.—It is gratifying to see that this fine editing of the great poet is taking its place where unrivalled talent. diligence, and exquisite illustration, deserved to place it. We cannot so well express our opinion n 7 its great excel lence as in the language of some sa, the 'leading periodicals that have noticed the second volume :—" We have 'al most everything we could require in these volumes of Dr. Southey. • He has had large assistance from the relatives and friends of :he poet; is enabled to introduce mach that has been hitherto unknown; and has obtained the en-operation of an ac complished at tisa Mr. Harvey, whose illustrative designs are among the most delicious' we have ever met with. Dr. Southey's style Is so happy, so pure, and so c wnprehensive, that the reader is delighted in 'every page."—(New Monthly Mag., March, 1836.)--" rut we do know that ;.his second volume is equally as deliglitful as the first—as careful in its research—as pleasant in its saner spirit—and as rich in contemporary anec dote and illustrations. it contains one or two of his lest known poems, and afeiv letters, hitherto unpublished, with other notices and fragments, giving the entire work a freshness as well as completeriess."—(Athenaeom, Feh. 27.)—" The portrait of Mrs. Unwin is Worthy to pair - off with that of Cowper's mother. The WilderneSs at Weston, with Fop's Monument, and ['or . traits of Sir G. an() Lady Throckmoiton, is equal in point : of : taste, interest, and execution, to - the most shining gem of the ` Annuals,' and what a sunny poet's Paradise is the Residence at Olney! Mr. Harvey seems to have executed these ' fair designs' in a spirit of love and veneration of the two great poets whose names are lastingly linked together in this beautiful *a r k. We agree with a contemporary, that it this must not be called the best biography in the language, it is equal to the best. In the present century, two of England's ornaments have been singularly fortunate in their biographer, Nelson and Cowper The second volume of his life of thesweet-natured Cowper is more masterly than the first.... The sketch of the progress of English poetry, from Chaucer to Cowper, is a mas terly composition, abounding in such noble things as are only to he found in the depths of a fine poetical imagination."— (Court Journal, Feb. 27.) AMEUICA. Extract from a private letter, dated COLUMBUS, Georgia, Ifith February, IS36:—" I have given you the business part, now comes the fighting part of the best of all republics, to wit, an Indian battle farce, which was enacted here a fortnight since, when this meanest city in the United States was inundated with what Jonathan styles, volunteers and cavalry.' Some of the former had muskets, some rifles, some no arms at all, souse in uniform, some out: but the most motley groups were the cavalry, who hid not more than three or four swords to a troop, with here and there a mounted rifleman amongst them, uniforni, and no uniform ; and all these troops were assembled to give- battle to a few harmless Indians, whom Jonathan has robbed of their hunting - grounds. A part of these highwinded republicans acre marched to the steam-boat wharf, to he conveyed to the field of battle, which was intended to have been ten miles below this, say about L5O men, when they all refused, save 38, to got and the adjutant, who is an Irishman, and fine soldier, having been in the oth regiment of horse in England, waited upon the major ._ genera! for instructions, when the general told hint that if a sufficient number would not go, they might return ! liow would this have been in• a kingly povernment; to which, thank God, i belong ? however, the major-general, not being accus tomed to swords, rifles, and the smell of gunpowder, thought it best to conclude a peate, which was done neitt - dav; after which, according to republican custom, the major-general gave a cham pagne treat, to ifficers and amen alike, and the sparkling wine was of the best, and some hundreds of bottles were drunk, in consequence of which champagne, the only drinkable wine here, has become scarce." IMPRISONMENT FOR ICiEBT: The following is the ropy of a letter which has been received frOm Lord Sandon, in reply to an application made to him last week to present a petition: from .the debtors confined. in our Borough Gaol, in favour of a measure to abolish imprisonment for delit:— i. Milli _ Lbntioia; Marie,. "Sir,—l have had the honour of teceivisigpyolcie,) , ft the. IGth itittaiit, together with the petition which folkolnitilliu will Out it in' the hands o f ,battle pee; for, Pkylki - itniftiPA7- - in. thtik-i-t4•Lord Ilarrowby, if it isriiitia*Witt9t oo ,t l feßW; o o 6 l'e somehleasure upotr the subjectraiuciaumf pdsaictoulthwitv,qamuot sart 6 fi44iti was 4uite3atisfied. thq bill 0+0% 50441 w . °use ortektun en§ t 9..ftgarki-i-Lattysir,oxitrntilithAbl'7""t " 4: ‘" l .‘ft'. S . ; W.Pititelteiii siltl26koZstB 3o el* 4.,teido , . TO MR D ITO a. 61 1,4) 711E41 1 r' —l5 " NIMI? • 9V,199 9 Lit wit Jou tr.: Silt,- With every,. tvishotiO 40% t be, I cannot hut express niy intlignatioreatiktO r-gotliSuftipiqloom:ftil :effect ing the appOintmencottlta fittintt - tii l Pviwi - ekcii,gy to the,,sapr i hour that they: the sithirY4 osl lheY C P 4 9 f 1 : 4 - P th i!Mrl pointmellt. ' flow respectful to the ProJOADfI, at large..i.voinna have been to have delayed the appointment For a v.- - gek or so, and then, if need lie, to have met sPecially upon.lt! This would have given other young mien an opportunity (after :they knew the emolument, for, previously, its amount was veri 7 itit certain) of declaring themselves calitlidates, tot the office, and probably a fitter person !night thus have been selected. Anfrl believe this postponement was both moved and seconded, lad. not carried. And whc : Because the council- mere determined to appoint their pet favourite, for whom the office appears to have been invented, for, whoever heard of a deputy town-clerk being appointed by any one hut the town-clerk himself? The only snug place the council had to confer was : that of clerk of the peace; out as they could, not annex to that? salary large enough for the person soliciting place at :their hands, they mergedthat office in that of deputy town-clerli ol And, while upon the subject, let me .ehtlePIVP 45i cruelly Mr. Lowe was treated, not only by Mr.sikibighoWll9oThAkif,zeal for Mr. Crooke, stated of Mr. Lowe things whiAlverp,f4terly tt false, hot by all those-rnembers'ofthe_coneil)whp yos.cit pihe appointment being filled up withoUtittheofFcti,sotly4v4.ng an op portunity of admitting, explaningi.o.r4tta4ingil)WeAltleVs: hasty statements. All who have/mead, the,rekort Nll , 4ll l 4FikPaPer of yesterday's proceedings in , the council oiltiht pleased with the manly leiter of Mr. Lowe On'ahre'subjecCi ajtclig,ihe same time he surprised that MciilShiella;gowl sense OW; Mill him to make an open avowal of filisiermiti forward the charge in stead of titteinptiag tOnttitlY lb Alod ) The deputy town-bleakilhaainglibben-aPPointed under the above circumstances, I recommend no one to soli4the corn nership, het ansil tteJlialvirtuatba aPpoinittgiatAtf,a4Vas, doubt less, Mr. Currieliiii otiosisave ethieletaviablorplpefli nor need any person apply forithethigirofficarof Ineasuiteri t t 9 enause that is re served for the Iteastireeellvidnikibdr.bilVy erg,. for our new economical rouncil'thinkrnothino pfutia.triago,gentleptari . .C66o per annum fore life if his,retiliernertt'willm6foina.y:C4 v one of their mra caste ,. .1!97/ erti of Such doings as this lottieviallaties)lo6lo*have an end, and perhaps some of the coutufikvild repent ;of, their reckless con duct. As to the leader ott thebairldlyll , iraust say nothing, as I cannot ~:press rfiv'contemPo ., of hit - I - resentful and waspish con duct. Ws remarks on those two respectable individuals, Mr. Case and Mr. Foster, were pitiful.—Yours, &e., Liverpool, March 17th, 1836. S,QAUT ATOM. FRIENDLY SOCIETIECA—case was ;ward at the Bolton Petty SesSionS or Monday last which excited great: interest amon,gst the mechanics. The facts were shortly - these. John Dawson, an iron inotilder, who had been a oternber of .the Friendly Iron Moulder's Society nearly ihree yea r rs, and had been exeluded because he refused to pay a tine of a guinea imposed at . 01dham, on an alleged charge that Dawson, whilst working near Oldham, had caused,Hugh oowitice, a moulder, "W who was erking at 313. per week,;to be discharged, anil had worked himself at 325. per week. Dawson went to work near Oldham some time since, and took his trade card with him, which was lodged in the Oldham h rifteli box. The club, it seems, etcods over England and Ireland, but the head onarters are iv Manchester. Dawson returned to Bolton, and was em ployed at the Wharf Foundry of Nlessrs Jackson and Co. On, Monday night he attended his chili, and tendered his arrears to the officers, but they bild him that he had been fined a guinea at Oldham for the offence before-mentioned, and he must either pay one-half as an instalment, in addition to his arrears, or be excluded. Dawson refused, and the 'Consequence was, that next morning when he went to his work, his shopmates told him that he must either comply with the mandate of the club or they would not work with him, Intimation of this resolve having been communicated to Alessi's. Jackson and Co., they told Dawson that unless he arranged with the club they should be obliged to part with him at the end of the fortnight. This was the grievance complaitied of, and Dawson sought the pro , tection of the maglStrates to reinstate him in the club. He had written to the Oldham secietary to know the charge against him, and received the same answer as from the officers, with the addition, and if lie wished to know any more about it he must over, to Oldham. Mr. J. L. Rushton, who appeared for Dawson, contended, that as the rules of the society were still within the p"ovisions, although enrolled, of the :13 Geo. the society not having conformed to the statutes of Wm. IV., relating to sick societies, the bye-laws were not binding, and the club had do power to inflict fines for trade disputes. Mr. Taylor, for the defendants, maintained that by the originalrule, a majority of the members had power to make bye-laws, and hail done so. There was a provisional committee who sat, in Manchester, to whom all disputes were referred, and that com mittee had decided that Dawson should pay the fine: The magistrates, Mr. Lomax anti Mr. Darbishire, held that the sick society had nothing, to do with inflicting fines for trade disputes, and in their opinion, if the officers of the club had received one penny of Dawson's fine, they would have been liable to an in dictment for obtaining money under false pretences. The partiet retired and arratigcd the matters LIVERPOOL POLICE. • • TitE / , ';'F.V . t'POLICE.—On Friday James Owens, a fellow of dog-fighting appearance was brought up to the . Polic e -offic e, charged by policeman No. 239 with having attempted to stab him. The policeman said he had frequently ordered the pri soner to move on from the corner of Marybone, but that he always returned. He went to him again whilst a number of other bad characters were arouud him, and ordered them to move on. The priioner refused, and abused him, and he then struck him on the arm with his cane. The prisoner immediately drew a knife and attempted to stab him. The magistrate said the policemen's duty was to take persons into custody, and not to strike them. If they offered resistance, they might then offer counter resistance. 1 hey must not strike any person. The prisoner said he had been struck violently across the back be fore he Offered violence. The policeman here produced the cane with which he had struck the prisoner, amidst much merri ment, in the shape of a bamboo as thick as a man's wrist. The magistrate said; when the policeman talked of a cane, he thought he only meant a rattan. Ile would not allow the police to use those sticks. Another policeman, who had gone to the assistattee of the former one, said, if lie had not done so, and they had not had sticks, the prisoner would have stuck them. The Risoner, who is a known thief, was ordered to find bail. VIOLENT ASSAULT.—On Fridayilltohn Passmore, a labourer, who appeared in a wretchedly dirty condition, with a torn shirt and a pair of trousers, that had once been white, as his only covering, was brought up to the police-office charged with vio lently assaulting Ann Macdonald. Macdonald said that be tween eight and nine o'clock the night before the prisoner had come into her father's house after she had gone to bed along with another female, who had lately been confined, and, jump ing on the bed, had nearly murdered the other woman, and had seized the complainant by the hair of her head, and kicked her in a most brutal manner. He then beat her mother, put her father's shoulder out, and broke the table leg, and she (com plainant) was afraid of sier life.—The prisoner asked complain ant if he had not kept tier and her mother for two months, and pawned his boots and his jacket to do so, when their donkey cart was broke down ?—Complainant: Don't be telling a tale now. He's a shocking young man, your worship.—Prisoner- You'd hang a man!—The constable who took the prisoner into cus tody said the complainant was covered all over with blood when he was called in.—The prisoner, in defence, said he was a-tan ner by trade, and had kept coinpany with that wench for about 'eighteen months, and he had never done a pin's worth of good since he had seen her face. She had let him into her father's house at all hours, and she encouraged him to take his jacket and boots, and every thing he had to pledge, till he had not a thing left worth twopence. The' night before, as he was going down Prescrit-street, she beckoned him back, and he pawned his jacket for 2s. to get some drink for her, and before he left her she got'up, took•the poker, and hit him a violent blow on the arm; and AhaC was the reason he had struck her.—The magistratesaid they believed herstory and not his, and adjudged him to pay the sum of 40s. and costs, and in default to go to Kirkdale for ene•month, and , also to be bound over to keep the peace towards complainant in future. DREADFUL ASSAULT.—On Friday Felix Sweeney, one of the St. Patrick's day procession, was brought up charged with a most violent assault on Mr. Franklin, who keepS the Grey hotind public-house. Mrs. Franklin stated that the prisoner came into their house the afternoon before along with a young woman; they were both tipsy and very disorderly, so much so that every other person who was in the room left it on that ac count. She went to speak to him, and he-struck her and broke a number of glasses. Her husband then went to hitn, and the prisoner assaulted him. At length they fasteilted him in the room by himself, and sent for a policeman. They then heard that he was beating her mother, and her husband again went to him. They had a struggle together, when he threw her hus band down, and he had his lea broken in consequence. Mrs. Franklin then put in a surgeon's certificate of the injury her husband had received.—M'Culloch, the constable who took him to Bridewell, deposed to his conduct being most outrageous the whole \ way. When he was in Bridewell, he got a bucket and broke the windows with it, and got the iron handle off the bucket, with which he was trying to break the door open. He was again called in to assist by the bridewell-keeper, and was obliged to knock him down with . his stick before he could master him, He was then taken and ironed in the dungeon.—The prisoner, in defence. said he had half a pint of whiskey brought to him which he did not order, and because he would not take it, they took his umbrella from him and his pocket handkerchief. He afterwards paid for it, and they refused to let hint have his um brella and handkerchief back again.—The magistrates said, if the act of parliament had allowed the infliction of a penalty of £2O, they should have imposed it for such disgraceful conduct. He must pay the sum of £l. 3s. 6d. damages and costs, and £5 for the assault, or, in default, he must go fur two months to Kirkdale. - - BUIIGLAItY. — On Friday, three men named Wm. Brimms, Peter Naylor, and John Pickup, were broeg,ht up at the police office, charged with having stolen a quantity of plat:, the pro perty of Mr. Harrison, of Maghul. Alexanuer Roon, Mr. Har rison's servant, stated that his master's house was broken open on the Wednesday night before, and a large quantity of silver taken away. There were a number of tea-spoons. table-spoons, a silver tea-pot, and a silver snuff-box taken away. That morn ing he came over to Liverpool along with a man named Har rison, for the purpose of seeing about the robbery, and they saw the prisoners standing together at the corner of South John-. street. Harrison recognised them. and he went and called a policeman. The policeman seized two of them, and the third ran away; he gave chase, and the prisoner was eventually taken into custody by another policeman; whilst running he threw away a number of spoons which were picked up and given to him af terwards. It was Brimms who threw the spoons away.. Hale, the policeman, produced the, spoons thrown,away, but he could not identify them. Harrison said that he lived at Kirby, near Mr. Harrison's house. Oh Wednesday, about six o'clock, he went into the Hen.tind Chickens public-house at Melling, which is about hallo. mile from Mr. Harrison's house. 10 get a glass of ale, and the three prisoners were there drinking. He would swear to the whole three of them. That day ue came to Liv,r pool with Mr. Harrison's mini to,s(le after the robbery, when he saw the three prisoners standingAooking into a jeweller's shop, at the corner of South John-stre,et,i`i4e;iininediately sent Roon for a policeman while he watehed them. Ile then corroborated the statement of the last witness as to taking them. The ease was here remanded till next day in order to procure further evi dence. On Saturday the prisoners were agile put rip, and Mr. i Davenport appeared to defend Navlof. Margaret Runnier de ' posed to being h ous emaid• to Mr.' Harrison, of Maghull. On Thursday morning she found the house had been broken into; she saw that all was fast the night before at ten o'clock. She was first down, at six in the morning, and found a writing-desk at the door and two boxes broken open. She f ound the p arlour ''window propped up with a stick. The shutter was puShed down. on one side. The plate was kept in the dining-room in a drawer; the key was left in it. She gave the stick which sup ported the window to her master; the stick produced was the one. Margaret Holly; the housemaid, deposed to missing from the sideboard, when she got up, a silver tea-pot, two 'silver cream jugs, a silver cup, fourteen table spoons, two gravy ,spoons, two salt spoons, two butter knives, and twenty-three tea spoons; they were marked. They missed some 'dessert spoons also, •but they were not silver. Had seen all th ese thin g s - in the sideboard on Sunday; should know them again if she, saw them. - Ann Rushton, who keeps the lien and Chickens public-house at Melling, about half a mile from Mr Harrison's, 'deposed to three strangers drinking in her house on Wednesday • night, and she served them with liquor ; she could not swear to them, as she scarcely saw their faces. They were in her house about two hours. Henry Harrison came in whilst they were there. They were cutting two ash plants whilst they were in her house. Henry . Harrison recapitulated his evidence of the former day, and said the prisoners told him they were all going to Ormskirk - to see Brimm's mother. They were cutting an ash plant, which they broke, and left a part of it in the house. Thor Were cutting dletter on it ; either N. M. or W., he could not fell which. The stick produced b Mr. Harrison was, to !the best of his belief, the stick they were cutting. There was a W. upon it. He could swear the three prisoners were the men who were at the public-house. Roon the servant of Mr. Har rison, and the two policemen. recapitulated their evidence of the former day. A witnass deposed .to seeing Brimm running down Atherton-street, pursued by Roon, and putting, his hands in his trousers pocket. and drawing out something which he threw up an entry, which jingled; he went to see what it was, and found seven silver spoons, which he gave to the constable after he had apprehended the man who was running 'away. Both Mr. Harrison and his housemaid identified the spoons produced by the policeman as his property. - The magistrate ordered the depositions to be taken. The value of the plate lost, is upwards of £6O. One of the prisoners (Naylor) was sick in court, and obliged to be taken down. H A RTLESS ROBB ntr.—Patrick Brinnan, an importation from Dublin, come to seek for work—on the treadmill—was, on Satur day last, placed at the bar of the police-office charged with rob bing a child who had been sent to the parish-office by his mother for her weekly allowance. A gentleman said that he saw the child counting some copper, and the prisoner and another lad go up to him, and get it from the lad and begin counting it ; he then appeared as if dividing it, giving some to the lad behind him, who , then made off. Suspecting that all was not right he went up to them and-questioned them, when the child said the prisoner had taken some of his money, and he then gave the prisoner into custody. The child, a little boy nine years of age, having . been questioned as to the nature of an oath, deposed to the prisoner coining up to him whilst he was counting over 2s. worth of copper, which he had received from the parish-office for his mother thatmorning, and asking him to let him wrap it up for him ; he put it in apiece of paper, and on giving it him back he found there was 7d. short. The prisoner said he had only jest come from Dublin to seek for work. The magistrate gave the Child is and sent the Dublin importation to work on the tread-. mill at Kirkdale for a week. ILLICIT DISTILLING.—John and Ellen Roper, and Jane Graham, were on Saturday last brought up at the police-ollice, Charged' by the excise. Graham with having an illicit still, and the two Ropers with carrying some whiskey from the place. — .Martindale, the police officer, deposed to-going the night before with the excise officers into Slater's-court, Ben Jonson-street, and seeing the two Ropers talking at the door of the house Where the still was forind, - to a person who was afterwards found iii the house. The female Roper had a basket in li , o• hand, which contained a bottle, afterwards found to he tilled with whiskey. William West, 'excise officer, deposed to the same effect. On entering the house where the stilt was found, they found no person there, potion returning there • about two hours after they found the prisoner . Graham there, who was the - same woman as he saw talking to, the Ropers. On taking her to Bridewell, she took the key of the house with - her, said she was the mistress, and gave directions about the Furniture. Cross examined by Mr. Crewe on lielialtof the prisoners : He did not know that Graham was a married woman. John Hutchinson, excise officer, deposed to seeing Mrs. Roper receive a bottle from Graham in the court, which was afterwards - given to him. The bottle was p ,„d uec il, containing about a quart of whiskey. Mr. Rawlinson. excise officer, deposed to seeing the female, Roper, coining out of the Court from . Graham's house: He net her in the entry. and a basket knocked against his legs, be pushed her back into the court into a corner and begun to search her, and in the place where she Then stood, behind her petti coats, he found the bottle and basket produced. The bottle contained whiskey 6 per cent. under prior. He then proceeded to search the house, and found a gallon and-a-half of whiskey in the house which was of the same quality. He found a still in the house which had been recently at work; there were also eight tubs, containing 180 gallons of wash. They did not then find Mrs. Graham, but on returning about two hours after wards, they found her there along with a man, who he sup posed washer husband. but who succeeded in malting his escape through the cellar window. ,The still was calculated to defraud the revenue of about £3O a week. Cross examined: Ild did not find the basket absolutely in Mrs. Roper's possession. Mr. Crewe submitted that there was no evidence to affect the Ropers; there were three or four houses in the yard, and they might have got the basket elsewhere, or it . might not he theirs. The magistrate thought there was no evidence to affect the Ropers, and discharged thein. Mi.. Crewe then snlithitted that Mrs. Graham was a married woman, and her husband rented the premises. The magistrate said he had no evidence that she was married. He had no discretion left him. Under the let of parliament she had incurred the penalty of £3O, fault of payment she must be committed for th ree mouths to the House of Correction. or in . There is evert , reason to fear that theliftoli Schooner of 100 tons, Hymn mister, with a crew of five bands, foundere er d - in the late severe gales. She was bound from Ipswith to Livpea— Suffolk Chronicles YOUR NAME MAY BE NOBLE. BY ROBERT STORY - Your name may be nohle, unsullied your rare Ai the couise of the mountain:.rill pure from its sprinir; And you may have done nothing that nameito disgrace; But you-are not a Briton, if false to your KING. You tell roe of FREEDOM—I worship it too, ,Without it my life were a valueless thing; But I find it consistent with LOYALTY true, And you are not a Briton, if false :o your KING. The flock may be false to the shep!terd that leads Their steps during summer to pasture anti spring-- Be false to the kininess that foEs them and feeds; But ne'er will true Britons be false to their KING! [The above song is from the nen of the author of "The ft , les are Awake," who has now in the press, " Lyrical Efforts," a volume of poems which will shortly be published under the pa tronage of Lord Francis Egerton and several other hoblemett and gentlemen of this and the adjoining counties.] TESTIMONIAL OF ESTEEM TO AN ACTOR.—On Tuesday even ing last Mr. Basil Baker, the favourite comic actor attached to the Theatre Royal in this town, was presented by a few of his friends, at Mr. 'Hammond's, in Murray-street, with a splendid diamond ring and breast pin, as a testimonial of the high esteem in which he is held, bdth at an actor and a gentleman. lliatatAcF. IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage between Lord Viscount Deerhurst, son o: the Earl of Coventry, and Miss Cockerell, only daughter of Sir Chas. Cockerell. Bart., M.P., took place on Tuesday last, at Lougthorough. After the cere mony a splendid dejeune' a iajintreCette was given to a large party of the nobility and gentry residing in the neighbourhood ; and the tradesmen, labourers,- and farmers were not forgotten, as - it repast was also provided fur them on the occasion. The bride and bridegroom left Segincote House soon after two o'clock for the neighbourhood of Windior, where his lordship intends to reside for the present. Ai AI:II6CE OF LORD JOHN SCOTT AND MISS SPOTTISITOOT —Tho marriage of Lord John Scott and Miss Spottiswoodu took place on Wednesday evening at Spattiswoode, in the pre sence of a notnerous assemblage of the friends of the parties. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. GO' of Norhant, one of Fhe Prebendaries of Durham. The new married couple afterwards set out for Bowhill. AMong the company present were the Doke and Duchess of Briccleuch, the Marquis and Marchioness of t.othian, the Earl of Home, d Sir Hugh and Lady Flume Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Hope Johnstone. ~.'IILITAitY PUNISHMKNTS. — The report from the commissi9e ers I'm- inquiring into the system of military punishments in the army has been published. It appears to be the opinion that the suOstikution of 0. her punishments upon actual service and in the held, even if practicable, windd be intufficierit for the mainte nance of proper discipline that the abolition of the power of awarding corporal punishment by court martial ? during peace, and the retention of that power when the army is on service, is manifestly unjust ; that the punishments resorted to have not had such an effect as. to render it safe to abolish altogether that, power in Britain or he Colonies; and should some substitute be devised so as to render corporal pu&slnuent ultimately un necessary, the abolition should be gradual. - A child was baptized in the High Church, Paisley, on Sunday week, whose grandfather's grandmother is still alive. This is the second member of the fifth generation, and none of the di rect intermediate links between the child and his great-great grandmother are broken. PAISLEY ELECTION.—The contest at Paisley has terminated. At the close of the poll, on Wednesday, Mr. Hastie had a ma jority of 151 votes, and was declared duly elected. The num bers were :—For'Mr. Hastie, 680 ; fur Mr. Aytciun, tal nainlier of votes, 1,209. There are about !JO electors, of whom 1,138 voted at Mr. Speirs's election. The number who voted at the last •election was considerably less. The late venerable Lady Dorchester, who died at the seat of her sou-in-law, Lord Bolton, Hackwood Park, early in the week, had been in the receipt of a pension on the civil list of 2115 for 72 years. •• The grant to her ladyship dates from 1;61. Lady Dorchester was daughter of Thmnas, second Earl of Ef-' fingham, and married Guy, first Lord Dorchester, grandfather of the present Ear 4 di-Cnguished, as Gen. Carleton, fur his mi litary services during the American war. BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF ST. PATRICK, LONDON.- The members and friends of this society dined together at the Free masons Tavern, on Thursday last. 'Towards the close of the, feast, the secretary created a " great sensation" while reading a list of the noblemen and gentlemen who had on that day given their respective largesOes.to the funds of the society, lay au flouncing that Daniel O'Connell, Esti., the present M.P. for the city of Dublin, had subscribed the sum of Ftvs: PotNns!— ' "The name, and amount of this subscription," (intuit the re-. porter of the Tunes, " was received with a minded noise of applause, "BraVo," and hissings, which Continued for a •Con siderable time, and seemed likely to have lasted to an almost interminable duration." Those Who scouted the donation of five pounds forgot that the beggars occupation is to receive and not to give alms, and that the rent collected in Ireland was never intended to support the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick, or any other benevolent or charitable society. Such a disposition even of 'file of the twenty thousand pounds ex-' torted annually by the priests of Ireland from their impo verished flocks for the use of their hireling is clearly a misap propriation of the fund. What has the return of Daniel and his queue to parliament to do with the improvement of the condition of the Irish of St. Giles' or the Irish in Ireland ? " On principle" Daniel was right in not giving more, and per haps wrong in haying given even so much as five pounds. MII:TROPOLITAN Cosstav sTism:—The ConserVatives of rho borough or Marylebone dined together on Wednesday last, W. A. Mackinnon, Esq., M.P. for I.yinington, in the Chair. The dinner was attended by upwards 400 gentietnen, among whom were the Duke - Newcastle, Earl of Winclnisea, Viscount Litiord, Lord Calville,'Lord Teignmouth, Lord Stormont, Earl of Bandon, "Lord Kenyon.: Lord Skelmerstiale, Lord Barnard, Hon. Wingfield Straiford,''Hon. lienry Barnard, lion. It. Wilbraham, M.P., Sir James Cockburn, - Sir Peter Laurie. Sir F. Booth, Bart., lion.' Col; -StOpford, Mr. Entwistle ' M.P., M. Ormesby Gore, M.P. Capt. Polhill, M.P., Col. Rushbroo4-, M.P., Col. Baillie, M.P., Mr. H. T. Hope,•M.P.,. Mr. Randall Plunkett, MX., Capt. Vletcher, Henry Howe, Rev. Dr. Groh., Morton Dyer, Col. Clitheroe, Mr. Capel, Captain Bortou, 5-1 i 1 Towers, Mr. Greenwood, Mr.-Isherwood, M. Wood, Mr: Tucker, &c. 'The chairman in giving the " health of Lord eighmouth and the electors of Marylehoner said that helsoßed to see that nobleman returned for the borough. FAMILY JAlts.—The quarrel between Master Ilenty Cathy- . nay O'Connell and John O'Connell, "the - purest creature that. ever breathed" and the member for Youghall, occupied: much of the time and attention of the Bow-street magistrates on Wednesday last. The .plaintiff was attend, it only ty Miss Courtenay, his mamma, while his hair-limiter was accompanied by his brother Maurice, M.P., his brother.io law, Fitzsimon, also an M.P., and Morgan John O'Contied, the member for Kerry. Dank!, the father of this illustriimi race, did not make his a.,,peirauce imagining, possitity; that Miss Courtenay would be there, and knowing., probably, that she is a lady not very easily silenced. The assauttt eamplaimor of was admitted by the honourable member for Yot4hall, who was tined twenty shillings—a sum which rte or his friends con- . trived to pay before they quitted the hail of justice. Miss Cour tenay and Master llenry, her son, complained nitterly of Da niel's unkindness by.varcis them. According to their account, although starving, they could not obtain from hint " a ha'porth of the tint." The lady declared that site demanded only (corn the hoo. and learned member for Dublin what he claims for Ireland—justice !—and vowed site would 'take nothing less: The police report states that if Master Henn' O'COUll , ii he not "the exact image or his father," it was admitted by all in the court that he is a "striking likeness" of Daniel O'Connell. As the youth is so good a bully Mr. O'Connell had better bring him into parliament at once. - • • '1'11.6 CHURCH IN n N clitsmn. —We stated a sbnrt time ago that the proposal to place the ecelegiastical chive us of this town and district ur. , 7er the control of a iVshop wiis likely to he adopted, and we tiO our opinh,o in part confirmed by the recent report Ecclesiastical Couovissioners, in Whit+ the following passage occurs :—" I f the recommendation con tained in Our first report to your Majesty for the ere, title of two new sees he adopted, the two Collegiate Chinches of Man chester and Ripon maY be made the Cathedrals of those sees. At Manchester the estaolishment is already So timiiar to that purposed for the Cathedrals of the new fitindation, that little change will be required, besides the &tete, ion of titles from Warden and Fellows.to Dean and Chapter." 1 o another part of their report the Coinruissioners enumerate set e. at poices, , %lanchester being among the number. in Which " it will be necessary to provide iesideneeS tor the Bishops." " The mode of doing his (they add) should, in our opinion, be left to the deteini;najon of whatever body may be appoioted to carry into effect the measores remmended in nor Reports." Although no detio;te conclusion can be deoucerl fioal these suggestions, the tact that the names of six of the Ministers •.are appended to the report tenders it ro?re possible that there is some in•entiod to carry out its proposit,ons, the More sn as " its recommenda tions were unanimously agreed to."—Manchester Chronicle. ALARM IN THR Ntst PRIUS COURT AT DERRY:—On Thurs day, during one of the the trials in the Crown Court, a confused noise was heard at the bottom of the Court, in the gallery and in the hall outside. The audience rose in great alarm, and screams were heard from without. The report was, that the gallery in the other Court, where Lord Abinger was silting, hail given way in consequence of the great number of persons who crowded that Court—the women being all excluded from the Criminal Court during the trials for ra p e. Mr. Justice Bosom qua insisted on silence, and proceeded calmly to charge the jury, without seeming to feel the least alarm. There Was, how ever, strange confusion in the other Court. Lord Abinger had retired from the bench into the passage behind; Mr. Sergeant Goulburn, who was defending a horse cause, with •sorprising agility, cleared clean oYer the high railing between lime plave and the judicial seat, and made his escape into the back room, .where Lord Abinger had retired'. Mr. Balguy, in the middle of his. reply for the Plaintiff in the said cituse, - cut' Shott his speech, and made his way over all obstacles; into the passage next to .hint; the gentlemen of the special jury, •who were try ing the cause, mace a rush out it the box; several of the junior barristers took refuge under the table of - the Court, around which they sit, others pkoted themselves muter the staircase, -in the passage between both Court:`. rumbling noise on "the roof of the Court. which caused all this alarm and rout, soon ceased. On investigation, it was found that a part of the weathercock ou the top of the Court House was blown down, and it made a tumbling noise rolling along the iron root of this beautiful and well-Quilt edifice. It was stated that some per-. sons in this gallery, in their first alarm, threW thenielves•af into the outer hail, but no serious injury was fount to have hnli nened to any one, and in five minutes all persons Were again in their places. Died, on the "id instant, at Hawkchutch, at theadyahn,d h cl et ale en of 103 years, Mr. James Moly. Th o ugh hissfadcutninic,, wh he. for some time unpaired there wer e iutervit dd e d do ['rive at ti c lear retained a perfect recollecti on, and was fo, account of the diversified scenes and of public events there was not i : tie n t i l l p i ./ n , ( 0 1,e f i tt tach : t t h : i t lt e il d e: h Scotland, iu 174'; • e time was more vivid than that of the reT..lli: , ,ilct.welve years . the trained'h"and' iu d the me ,George the set cm ? , ~e ,lear 110(1'CM)- lle is havi which he remembers its inhabitants in general and 'itagissbeire°tlp'°lrnVds'Etta 11:a8) since la stfirticol tilled ,t b rh y K m who as then mil De ,- b tt ex pected to enter thesity.—liorxet lan:count of the Pretender,. Isli7irstrlivWirrxEss TO AN 11l Ist' As SA On edr d h a eA , i , ris :h e police magistrates of Marlborough-st reel (Kee, Londoni were engaged for sometime in exatniuing t he merits of all Irish row, for the' purpose of ascertaining, whether the gentlemen ot MunAer or the gentlemen of Connaught nommen( 'ed tat io n " which ended by each party giving and receiving the usual number of broken headss-from the oPposite side. lit the course of the proceedings an Trish girl' named Kitty Bally stepped forward as a witness,. and, having 1.11(en thy ro tit. ~ vas adni9ni , ched to he particitlar speaking the truth; ith," shfi rephed,•"that 1 will,,yow may depind; 4hich sieie aro slake for how?" Orehearing this answer the magistrate ordered belt' to stand dtiWn innnediate4. -- - • .