The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-02-07 00:00:00

BODY OP A CHILD FouNb.—On Friday last the body of a new-born female child was found on the King's Dock pier head. It had been stillborn, and, at the inquest held before Mr. Curry, the jury returned a verdict accordingly. A female, named Sullivan, embarked on Friday, at Dublin, in the Commerce steamer for this port. She was ill when she went on board, and so continued a ll th e passage, d ur i ng which very severe weather was experienced. On arrival she was sent to the Northern Hospital, but died on the way to that institution. The inquest will be held this day. THE KIREDALE QUARTER SESSIONS.—We learn from a circular of Messrs. Gorst and Birchall, clerks to the magis trates, " that by a resolution of the late Quarter Sessions at Kirkdale, the Quarter Sessions there will is future commence on Wednesday, instead of Thursday, as heretofore. In con sequence of this alteration, the following ill be the days on which such Quarter sessions will be held during the present , mely.—Wednestlay, the 19th April ; Wednesday. ; and We .0 12th Jul) A nIqriONT November 1' APPREN Prentice to Mr.-6c-o-r--; inesday, the let —John Coc shot, an ap• mutation row, was placed before Mr. Rushton, on .Saturday, charged with having stolen a quantity of cigars from time to time. On Friday night he stopped all his boys, as they were leaving the premises. They were searched, and on the pri soner forty-four cigars were found. He was sent to Bride well, where he was again searched, and ten more cigars were discovered. He was committed for trial. anufacturer, Co • "'"" ACCIDENT ON SHIP BOARD.—On Sunday week a foreign sailor, named Henry Gilmenz, belonging to the Amelia Hill, lying in the Queen's Dock, while the vessel was being hauled to her berth, received severe injuries on the head from the handle of the winch, the rope at which happened to slip. Ile was conveyed to the Southern Hospital, where he died, in consequence, on Thursday. An inquest was held on Friday, when a verdict was returned of " Accidental Death." STEALING COPPER.—A young man, named John Bell, was yesterday charged, before Mr. Rushton. with stealing a quantity of old copper, in sheets, from a warehouse in Gray son -street. on Saturday last. The warehouseman had locked the gate, but the padlock had been forced, and he found the prisoner inside, with the copper tied in a handkerchief, ready, no doubt, for removal. It was the property of Messrs. Bibby and Co., weighed about 301 b., and was worth Bd. a pound. The prisoner was committed for trial at the sessions. STREET ROBBERY.—At the Police -court, yesterday, an ill-looking young man, named James Griffith, was charged with this offence. Mary Evans, a decently-clad female, re siding in Islington, said that, about seven o'clock on Satur day night, she was passing up Gloucester-street on her way home, when the prisoner came up, snatched from under her arm a pair of new stays (produced), and ran off. She gave the alarm, and the prisoner was secured, and the article found upon him. The stays cost is. The prisoner was committed for trial at the present sessions. THE Miss SWAIN'S CONCERT.—We have just learnt, from the advertisement in our present paper, that those very pleasing vocalists, our townswomen, Miss and Miss May Swain, are about to give a concert at. the Royal Assembly rooms, on which occasion they will be assisted by a host of talent well calculated to do justice to the various perform ances. Sincerely do we commend these deserving young ladies to the patronage of the gentry of the town and neigh bourhood, confident that the success with which their efforts may be crowned will be reflected in the gratification which tha audience will experience. —Mercury, Feb. 3. THEFT FROM A CART.—Timothy Williams was! placed before Mr. Rushton, on Saturday, charged with having stolen a parcel containing seven-and-a-half yards of linsey Woolsey, from a cart belonging to Mr. John Maycox, of Crosby. On Saturday night week, Mr. Maycox stopped his cart opposite St. M artin ' s Market. The prisoner was seen by a boy, named Birchall, to go to the tail of the cart and take out the parcel, with which he ran off. Information was given to the police. On Friday last, police-officer Seymour went to a cellar in I 3 ebbington-street, and there found the Prisoner with several others. He was committed for trial. EMIGRATION. —We understand, from well-informed per sons, that a large emigration of the working classes will take place this year to the United States. Already the pas senger brokers are inundated with letters of inquiry, from all parts of the United Kingdom, from parties wishing to emigrate. Among the parties preparing to quit the country are many spinners. A party, consisting of one hundred, are about to emigrate together from Scotland. A. considerable portion of this year's emigrants will proceed to New Orleans. The Emigration to the Australiats Colcnies does not promise to be extensive this year. The stream of emigration will run, as usual, towasds the United States and Canada. THE ACADIA.—This vessel was at her moorings on Sa turday, ready to start on her voyage to Halifax and Boston. So violent, however, was the storm, and so agitated the river, that several of the ferry steamers could not, early in the fore noon, ply. Nor dare any steamer make the attempt to carry the passengers and the mails alongside, lest it should be se riously damaged, if not actually sunk, by the heavy sea. But, even if the passengers and the mails had been on board, it would not have been prudent for a vessel drawing so much water to have attempted to cross the bar, on which there was atremendous sea, after the t urn o f t h e t id e. All these con siderations induced the agents to delay the steamer's sailing until Sunday, when, the storm having abated, she proceeded to sea. DEATR BY DROWNING.—As one of the Birkenhead boats was returning from Liverpool at half-past two o'clock on Thursday afternoon, when opposite the Manchester basin, the hands were in the act of hoisting the jib, and the rope caught one of them, Joseph Bennett, between his legs and pitched him overboard. It is evident that he must have been severely injured, because he was an excellent swimmer, yet he o n ly rose once to the surface of the water, and when a rope was thrown out to him he was unable to take hold of it. Every effort was made by all on board the packet to save the unfortunate man's life. The body of Bennett was found the same evening near the spot where he sank. The deceased had been in the employ of Messrs. Willoughby, of Birken haad ferry, for several years, and was a most confidential servant. Smoot/kn. OCCURRENCE.—On Wednesday last, two young gentlemen, Mr. John Currie and Mr, Grenville Hugh Pierce, went to some ponds in the neighbourhood of Windsor to swim their dogs. One of the dogs, after he had been a few minutes in the water, dived, and rose to the sur face bearing something rolled in black silk. The animal brought the bundle to land, when Pierce, on examining it, discovered that it was the dead body of a child. A police officer was called, %vim took the body to the dead-house, where it was examined by Mr. Wood, surgeon. It was a fuil•grown female child. At the Inquisition, on Saturday, Mr. Wood gave it as his opinion, that the infant had lived but a short time, and had died from debility. It had not been thrown into the water alive, nor did it exhibit any ex ternal marks of violence. It had not been long in the water. INQUEST AT TIIE WORKHOUSE. —On Saturday, an inquest was held at the Workhouse. before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of a child. It appeared that the infant had been taken away from the house by its mother, on Thursday, who carried it in one arm, and a band-box in the other. She went to a house in Brooks's Alley, when it was discovered that the child was dead, and was bloody about the face. The mother was given in charge by the surgeon of the Workhouse. It appeared that the mother, on finding her infant dead, im mediately went to the Parish-office, in great distress of mind, and reported the circumstance. It was found that the child had been suffocated, and tha4 it might have been from the folds of the shawl. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that death arose from suffocation, but how caused there was no evidence to show. • • THEFT. FROM THE QUAYS. — George Kennedy, a boy, and Henry Davitt, an old man, were yesterday charged at the Police -court with stealing, on Saturday, a quantity of Indian rubber from a parcel that was being landed from a vessel in the Queen's Dock. They were not seen to take it, neither could the property be precisely identified ; but police-officer Toole saw them in the street with a basket containing it, and followed them. They finally went into a cellar in M oor fields, and, on seeing the officer, threw some of it away. There was about 141 b. of the article, and it was stated to be w orth about 9d, a pound. As they could not account for their possession of the property, the magistrate, acting under the new local act affecting such cases, ordered the boy to be imprisoned for 7 days, and the man (the principal in the theft) for 2 months, WRECK OF THE DOURO OF LIVERPOOL.—This vessel, registered as 400 tons burden, with a valuable cargo on board, was totally lost, with all her crew, on the night of Thursday last, upon the rocks at the westward of the Scilly Islands. At an early hour on the following morning the ill fated vessel was discovered by some fishermen, with her mast gone, and thrown upon the rocks upon her broadside, with the sea making a complete breach over her. They immedi ately bore down to the spot, but there was no one on board to give them the slightest information—every soul belonging to her had perished. In the course of the morning the vessel b umped so heavily upon the rocks that she soon went to ;Pieces, and part of her cargo came ashore. Four bodies were vnfoashed up on the beach, which have been proved to be be g:irtung to the vesse l. O ne o f t h em is supposed to be her unfortunate comma n d er , M r . G ow l an d, an d the others his Samen. h IN4l7 Esr.—O n S a t ur d ay, an i nquest was held before the " n rough coroner on view of the body of Peter Chaddock, W ho resided in Carpenter's-row, and was master of the flat n ee. On Friday he was on the river in the vessel accompa nied only by his son James. Th e wea th er was very squally, and the vessel strnck on a bank off Speke. Some time elap h d se before she was go t o ff. Th e d er(: ,,, d told his son that e was hurt between the boom arid tile tiller. They 9 001 d not get up to Runcorn, and the deceased died on board, In Runcorn Gap, a short time after he said he had been truck. Th e b ody was afterwards taken on board a steam boat and brought to this town. It appealed on the inquest that there were no outward marks of violence sufficient to account for d ea th , and a post mortem examination took ocerf, wh en i t was found that death was occasioned by an statlow of blood from the cavities of the chest, which, it e robable, was produced by a blow or hurt such as that The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased was accidentally killed. ;Ta EiP ORMATION OF SPEClE.—Specie, to a very large onteunt, is now exporting from Liverpool to the United s. The British and North American royal mail steamer Bos ton, which sailed on the 4th ult., for Halifax and carried out a b ove 100,000 sovereigns ; and, yesterday, the Acadia, for the same port, had on f re i g h t not l ess than 00,000 sovereigns. The ordinary rate of insurance for s_pe e cie in these steamers is 12s. 6d per cent., but, in conse., 4utrnce of the large quantity going by the Acadia, and the Wee VlelY boisterous state of the weather during the last ~the premium rose as high as to 30s, At this rate, even, it was difficult to get insurance done on the specie, the Underwriters being quite full of risks. The packet-ship !Ti de e 0 4 ,ndence, which sailed yesterday for New York, carried v_ruo,ooo sovereigns on freight; and the packet-ship New 4 4 ° k, ‘vhich will sail to-morrow for the same port, will have ,j,a.rge Inamity on freight. The Great Western, too, which .;I_ll_,leave Bristol on Saturday nex for . Madeira and New tons exported will carry out a large amount oft pecie. The sovereigns ,Ins exported are, it is supposed, chiefly intended for opera in bills of exchange. d ''' :)Bl3 OF LIFE.—We stated in our last that a schooner was riv e thatt the n, the day before on West Hoyle Bank, and sunk, and crew had been in the rigging all day. It appears L h at the schooner was wrecked on Blayney's Bank, on the Welsh k ! 8,1,1 s uore, off Rhyl. The life-boat did not succeed in e '''''lN the schooner, and the two poor fellows, 1 o been visible all day in the rigging, perished, not a . v w es i tige a of The cue wreck being visible at daylight on Friday crew ' it is believed, consisted of four, two of crew' in the morning. As soon as themorning. m ing )erished whom distress t was signal o the Tele„aph a!aserved flying at Bidston Lighthouse, sn ilionnunced that the vessel in di s t r ess se v‘ i •a t t e su y nk ict o o i r l ia NN w 'e a s s t . l ifer the Steam-tug Company l i , I ; (1 red to put to sea instantly, acc ' o s m v p e a s nie . d by the company's I,IT-boat, fully manned ; but, after cruTria - about the bank 1) - five hours. she returned without meeting"the e o n bj ß ec hi t y o n f e h y e ,s r }(arch; and the fact of the wreck having been banks being miles anti, and not en West Hoyle, the _timOnder, e' Mains the reason of the e wreck all day, N t r W ie7ori i l not seeing the Merl:. 1-li m the men managed to cling tlst the continued washing of the f li n fi s must have war t • o e: l and the piercing t n id, it is difficult to guess. What their k e en, if they saw the attempts of the life-bo "tuation, and the e a e t aril the steam( fa to rescue them from their perilous si cannot be 'lllilr e of one attempt after another to reach t t h e e rm in, The tei!pressed, but may be imagined. continued t urn ngh the night, and on Saturday mornings iitirricane from the northward, there having and i t be b e l n ew v e a r p y e l r i f t e t c le t West in it. One small vessel was wrecked onhtehe all hands were lost. Neither her name nor t she came could be discovered, any more than . ht. A flat Dort of the schooner wrecked an Wednesday ' thpeornta banks,n a whence and a s also wrecked near Mockbeggar, but th e Frew g were happily saved. The lovers of harmony are referred to Mr. Newton's ad vertisement, which elsewhere appears.. The vocal as well as instrumental music is executed by the artistes engaged in a style of unusual excellence. JUNIOR CLUB.—Tbe first general meeting of the mem bers of this club took place on Wednesday evening last, at the Brunswick Hotel, Hanover-street, which was nume rously and respectably attended. After a detailed outline of the objects of the club having been gone through, it was deemed highly satisfactory ; the numbers who have already put down their names being considerable, the club was con sidered as formed. A committee of gentlemen was formed for the first year. We commend the gentlemen of Liver pool in carrying out the formation of this club ; and we only wonder, the many advantages it will embrace over any other institution in this town, that the applications for shares were not ten times as many. Its merits will be the best test ; and we shall be greatly disappointed if it does not in a few years rival any of our older institutions.--From a Correspondent. WRECK.—The George, of Belfast, Patton, master, laden with cotton, from New Orleans, and bound for Liverpool, was struck by a heavy sea, on Sunday night, the 29th ult., between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock, and driven, by a strong southerly gale, on Life Island, about two miles eastward of Lettermullin, on the western coast of Galway, where she has become a total wreck. The master and crew were saved, with the exception of a little boy, who, in endea vouring to escape, was washed away and seen no niore. Ten or twelve bales of the cotto n are , a t present, d epos i te d i n the custom-hose at Galway, and the entire bay is dotted with it. The inhabitants of and about Life Island committed on the vessel the greatest plunder, and even a knife was presented to the throat of the second mate, whilst striving to resist being deprived of his clothing. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW P.AILWAY.—A meeting of the Lancashire shareholders of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, called by Mr. Nicol, one of the directors, was held last Thursday, at the Clarendon-rooms, on the subject of the proposed extension of the line to the north bridge in Edinburgh. Mr. Nicol was unanimously requested to take the chair, and, after explaining the object for which the meet ing had been convened, read the report of Mr. Miller, the engineer, which stated that the probable cost would be under £70,000, together with letters from Mr. Learmouth, the chairman of th e bo ar d o f di rectors at Edinburgh, Mr. Buck ley, the resident director at Manchester, Mr. Sandford, the chairman of the Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven railway, Mr. Hamilton, the deputy chairman of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and resolutions passed by the Magistrates and Provost of Leith, in council assembled, giving strong tes timony in favour of the projected undertaking. Resolutions, founded on those adopted by the Manchester shareholders in favour of the extension, provided the Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven Company should be prepared to co-operate by the completion of their line, were ultimately passed, and the meeting separated. THE DISPENSARIES.—On Friday last, a meeting of the subscribers to these valuable charities was held in the office, Fenwick-street. The president (J. Rigby, Esq.) opened the business of the day, and read a letter from Lord Stanley, accepting the office of president for the ensuing year. The Rev. Cyrus Morrall read the report, which stated that the dispensaries were in debt no less a sum than £1,092 75., although a strict economy had been exercised, and a large amount had been received in donations and legacies. Many subscriptions had been lost by death and other causes. The report particularly alluded to the loss of £420 formerly sub scribed by the parish, and showed, in forcible terms, that the withdrawal of that amount, and the appointment of surgeons by the parish, had not been beneficial to the parishioners, and very disastrous to the poor. The report concluded by " strongly urging upon their fellow -townsmen an increase in the number of subscriptions, and upon those subscribers who can afford it, an increase upon their present contributions." Total number of patients relieved, 1,342: North, 24,153; South, 22,375 ; total, 46,528. Relieved as per Report, 1841 54,093 Do. for 1842 .. 46,528 7,565 Difference in the number of patients relieved hi the months of January, 1842 and 1843 : North. South. Total. 1842 3102 2771 5873 1843 1743 2192 3865 1359 649 2008 Mr. Alison moved the adoption of the report, which was carried unanimously.—The Treasurer read a statement of the accounts, from which it appeared that the subscriptions in 1841 amounted to £2,333 6s. 6d., and the new subscriptions to £159 19s. 6d., making a total of £2,493 6s.—The Rev. C. Morrall wished to correct an erroneous notion which pre vailed, that the dispensaries were influenced by political feel ing. Nothing was further from the truth.—James Mulleneux, Esq., said, that during the last ten years he bad been the con stant and uniform advocate of the dispensaries, and he was extremely sorry to state that he had of late years been very indifferently supported. The dispensaries, in point of utility and general excellence, were certainly not inferior to any other of the valuable institutions in the town. The best proof of their utility consisted in the fact of their relieving, annually, upwards of 50,000 patients. He regretted the withdrawal of the parish subscription of £450, which com pelled them to send from the doors of the dispensaries many poor creatures labouring under severe disease. They were obliged to send to the parish all applicants who had any claim upon it. This was not the whole extent of the evil. Many persons sought relief from the dispensaries who did not re ceive it from the hands of the pariah. He hoped that the parish would renew their subscription, otherwise the dispen saries would, in all probability, have to be closed, and an ex pense of at least £4OOO a year would be thrown upon the parish to supply to the poor the medicines which the dis pensaries supply.—A vote of thanks was passed in favour of Mr. Rigby, for his services as president during the past year, and a similar compliment was paid to the committee. SEIZURE OF UNWHOLESOME MEAT AT THE PUBLIC MARKETS, &C.—A PRACTICE HITHERTO ACTED UPON BY MARKET -LOOKER AND JURY, DECLARED BY THE MAGIS TRATE TO BE CONSTITUTIONALLY WRONG .— Yesterday, at the Police -court, a case was gone into, by adjournment from Saturday, relating to the seizure of some pork in St. Martin's Market, and its being declared to be unwholesome by a jury of three butchers who have standings there, one of whom was absent on the first hearing, and now appeared. The butcher from whose stand the meat had been taken com plained that that juryman had said to his boy that the pork was rneasled, and produced a leg of it to show that it was not. The juryman said that the boy (after the investigation) had asked him what was the result, and that his reply was, " It is condemned; it smells, and it is measled." Mr. Rushton . here inquired as t o thi s pecu li ar disease in pigs, from which it was considered that the meat was unwholesome, and was told by the witness, Mr. Grose, the superintendant of the market, and others, that the disease did not always affect the whole carcass, but chiefly the shoulders and under the tongue. The leg produced, the juryman said, did not appear to be af fected by it, but he would not swear it was wart of the beast ; they had only seized what was on the stand at the time. Mr. Rushton said that the defendant, from whom the meat had been taken, complained that he had not been admitted to hear what the jury had to say on the investigation, and to defend himself. Mr. Grose said that he had refused to ad mit hlm , as he did all other parties on like occasions, lest they might interfere with the jury. Mr. Rushton said that every accused person had a right to be present, and to cross-exa mine the jury if he thought fit. Mr. Grose said he had pur sued the system of excluding the accused parties in such cases for seven years, as he found great inconvenience from admit ting them to sway or molest the jury. Mr. Sharp, from whom the meat had been taken, said that the witness, (the juryman) was never bred to the business of a butcher, and was not a com petent judge. The witness said he had been in the business for fourteen years. Mr. G rose said that if the accused parties were admitted there would be a difficulty in finding ajury to act, as they were generally abused by those whose meat was seized. He had, on this account, sent cases to other markets. Mr. Rushton said that exchanging the cases in the markets would, perhaps, be beneficial, but he had no power to make such a regulation. An application on the subject might be made to the Market Committee. He was also of opinion that the jury had given a right opinion as to the badness of the pork in question, but he did not think they had used proper and legitimate caution in condemning it. They had not ad mitted the accused to their conference, to which he (Mr. Rushton) considered he had a right, in common with all accused parties in this country, and he should, there fore, not feel justified in inflicting a fine.—A man, who gave his name as S axon , b u t w h os e rea l co gnomen is Mitchell, was then fined 40s. and costs for exposing 93Ibs. of unwholesome beef. He was stated to be a regalar " slink" butcher, of the lowest class, and in default was committed for one month. Two other parties, who had each exposed a blown calf's head in St. John's Market, had the respective atricle forfeited. THE HOAX MATRIMONIAL.—" The course of true love never did run smooth," by this time, says one Mr. Edwin Horatio Tittlebatt, or some other young man of good ap pearance, answering to the initials E. 11. T., .who had an nounced his intention of " t a ki ng to himself a wife," among the advertisements of " Wanted" which appeared in the columns of one of our contemporaries of Saturday week. This advertisement described the young man as of good ap pearance and respectability, twenty-four years of age, and possessed of property in Manchester. The lady " wanted" was to be the exact counterpart of the gentleman as to personal attractions, and her " means" to be similar to his. Ladies answering this advertisement were assured that they might depend upon both " secrecy and honour ;" and little did poor Mr. Tittlebatt dream of the trick about to be played him in Warrington, " Some evil disposed person or per sons," at present unknown, had the malice to send Mr. Tit tlebatt one of the sweetest billet doux he ever received. The citing, the paper, the scented wax, and, lastly, the little Cupid on the seal, convinced him that he was not long to re main a bachelor, and that at least one heart returned the " gentle passion." The note, amongst other matters, hinted that an interview would be desirable, and at once appointed the Corn Market, Warrington, as the place, at the hour of six o'clock on the evening of Monday last. By way of dis tinction, Mr. Tittlebatt was to walk just under the gas pillar, and to carry a white handkerchief in his hand. The lady was to wear a particular-coloured bonnet, and her dress was otherwise so minutely described in the letter, as to leave no doubt on the matter. Mr. Tittlebatt was true to his appoint ment: as the town-clock struck six, he took his station imme diately under the gas light, pulled out his white handkerchief, arranged his collar, and buttoned the lower button of his new Taglioni, His " lady love," however, came not ; and, by and-by, when he had almost exhausted his stock of excuses for her abse nce , i n li eu o f h er, out came, from sundry of the neighbourin g taverns, a whole host of wags, who gave our hero three hearty cheers. The truth at once flashed on his mind ; he had become the dupe of others, and had made a foolish and useless journey to Warrington. Finding the true state of the case, beat once took to his heels, and, chased by his hoaxers, ran a sharp race down Bridge -street. Whether he threw h imse lf i nto the Mersey, or returned to Manchester a wiser man than he came, we know not ; but it is hoped, that, as experience keeps a dear school, and fools will learn at no other, he will profit in after life by the practical lesson he re ceived.—Manchester Guardian. NEW MAGISTRATES.--The following gentlemen have been added to the commission of the peace for the borouh of Mancheste r : —M essrs. Edmund Buckley, Thos. Town g end, Joseph Peel, John Barker, Dr. William Fleming, Richard Birley, Francis R. Hodgson, Samuel Walker, James Con sterdine, J ames W . Fraser, Charles Smith, John Sl-arpe, William Atkinson, Robert Gladstone, and Joseph Jackson. NORTH WALES CIRCUIT.—Before Mr. Justice Williams : Montgomeryshire, Tuesday, 7th March, Welshpool ; Merio nethshire, Monday, 18th, Bala ; Carnarvonshire, Thursday, 16th, Carnarvon ; Anglesey, Tuesday, 21st, Beaumaris ; Den highshire, Friday, 24th, Ruthin ; Flintshire, Thursday, 30th, Mold ; Cheshire, Saturday, Ist April, Castle of Chester.— At Chester, Mr. Baron Maule will join Mr. Justice Williams. MR. BROUGH.—Our esteemed fellow-citizen and favour ite operatic performer, Mr. Brough, pays his third visit to the United States by the Acadia, which ssiled from Liver pool, Sunday the 7th inst. We wish him ev ery success. He can no t be b etter than h i s many friends wish him. It is. however, but departing from one set of friends t o visit another, as he has always been a d eservedly esteemed favourit e w i t h t h e Americans.—Dublin paper. The Duke of Wellington gave notice on Th urs d ay i n the House of L or d s, j ust b e f ore its rising, that on T uesday, the 14 th of Feb ruary , h e s h ou ld move the thanks of the house, in certain resolutions, to the naval and military officers and men engaged in her Majesty's service China ; " and on Thursday, the 16th, he should move the thanks of the house to the Governor-General and officers and troops con cerned in the military operations in the East Indies." The notices are thus entered on the minutes of the proceedings of eke house. LIVERPOOL FEBRUARY SESSIONS The February sessions for this borough commenced yester day morning, at ten o'clock, before James Clarke, Esq., Re corder. Though only eight weeks bye elapsed since the last sessions, the calendar contained a list of 120 prisoners, of whom 110 were charged with felony, and the remaining ten with misdemeanours and assaults. Of tilt whole number of prisoners only six can lead and write well ; forty can read and write imperfectly ; twenty can read imperfectly ; and fifty-tour can neither read no.* write. The following gentlemen were sworn of the GRAND JURY James Cockshott, Esq., Rodney-street, Merchant, foreman. Ralph Abraham, Esq., Derby-road, salt merchant. John Barnes Braneker, Esq., Exchange-alley North, broker. Charles Booth, Esq., Brazilian-buildings, Drury-lane, mer chant. Gavin Brackenridge, Esq., North John-street, merchant. Isaac Oldham Bold, Esq., Edge-lane, merchant. David Cannon, Esq., 27, King-street, merchant. James Robinson Croft, Esq., 21, Exchange-buildings, broker. Jacob Fletcher, jun., Esq., 40, Hanover-street, merchant. John Greenshields, Esq., 22, Huskisson-street, merchant. Henry Hore, Esq., 1, Rodney-street, commission merchant. Vincent Higgins, Esq., Tabley-street, iron merchant. George Green Hornby, Esq., North John-street, merchant. Thomas Jevons, Esq., New Quay, iron merchant. William Imrie, Esq., Covent-garden, merchant. Edward Lister, Esq., 23, Rumford-street, merchant. Daniel Mather, Esq., 96, Mount-pleasant, gentleman. Henry Murray, Esq., Rumford -street, merchant. William Rothwell, Esq., 9, Manesty-lane, merchant. Charles William Read, Esq., Shaw-street, gentlema n . George Rarnsden, Esq., 4, anning-street, gentleman. Thomas Stockdale, Esq., Blackstock-street, soap-boiler. Thomas Robinson, Esq., Mason -street, merchant. The Clerk of the Peace (Richard Radcliffe, Esq.,) then read her Majesty's proclamation against vice and immorality, after which The learned RECORDER addressed the Grand Jury. He said that it was extremely gratifying and satisfactory to see the readiness and punctual attendance which the gentlemen of the Grand Jury had given to the discharge of their duties that day. They had shown a readiness and willingness to discharge those duties which related to the administration of the criminal laws of the country that was highly commenda ble. No one. regretted more than himself the necessity that they should be so frequently called together for the discharge of those duties. He did not at present see any hope of an alteration in that necessity, because, from one end of the country to the other, the gaols were full of prisoners, and there was no chance at present, he was afraid, of a reduction of the numbers. This was a melancholy state of things • but he saw nothi ng to l ea d hi m t o enterta i n a h ope that a better state of things was at hand. There was no doubt, however, that every effort should he made, in every possible shape, to reduce crime ; but he did not think that improvement in gaols, or alterations in the criminal law, would altogether, or perhaps in any way, effect the desired reduction. As he had observed at the opening of the last sessions, this was to be accomplished by efforts made out of the prison, and not within it. The number of prisoners in the present calendar was very large, especially when it was recollected that not more than eight weeks had elapsed since the last sessions were held. As be had previously observed, they ought to make every effort to reduce crime. Now, he was afraid that many of the crimes which took place must be attributed to the pro secutors themselves; for he had been informed by a very intelligent officer, that many persons in town were very negligent in exposing their goods at the door. This they did in such a way as not to make themselves ame nable to the law. The goods were hung just within the line, so as to escape an information, but not at all, or in any very slight degree, to diminish temptation. Now, many cases would come before the Grand Jury where persons had stolen the property so exposed. Shopkeepers were no doubt anxious to sell ; hut they ought to know that they should not increase the temptation to crime ; and when these cases came before them, (the Grand Jury,) he hoped that they would, in the discharge of their duty, observe upon them. He bad only a few observa tions to make upon the cases, and one reason for this was, that the gentlemen of the Grand Jury were men of experi ence as grand jurors. Still he had one observation to make, which arose from and would apply to many cases in the calendar, In many instances, several persons were included in the one felony, and a plain and old principle of the law was that where persons were acting together for one common ob ject, they were equally guilty. Some persons might say, " Why, this man is indicted f or s t ea li ng, an d h e was a great way off:" This might be true : a man might be removed to the distance of fifty yards from the place where the crime was committed ; but if there was anything to show satisfactorily that he was lingering about for the purpose of giving infor mation or assistance to those who actually committed the felony, then, by the law of the land, he was aiding and abetting, and was guilty of a constructive felony. If, for in stance, some men broke into a dwelling-house, and others lingered about to give information or assistance to them, they were just as guilty as those that broke into the house, He had mentioned this in order that the Grand Jury might not experience any difficulty in cases of the kind alluded to. There were several cases where parties had been committed for receiving stolen property. In one of these cases, the very intelligent person who drew up the indictments had taken a different view to that of the committing magistrate, thinking that the party was present; and if they (the Grand Jury) thought that the man was there aiding the felony, he would be there as a principal, and not as a receiver. Amongst the cases of assault, there was one upon a police-officer, and if there had been no misconduct upon his part, a true bill ought to be found against the prisoners. When police-officers did not exceed their duty, they ought to be protected, because, if they were not protected, they could not protect the public. The grand jury retired, and in a short time a few bills were sent in. The cases heard during the day were, however, trifling in character, and, where deserving of it, the par ticulars have already been given in our paper. William Moll, 22, charged with stealing two pairs of trowsers, a jacket, a coat, a waistcoat, and a shirt, the pro perty of a shipmate named 'William Briggs, and with having pawned them for £2 25., was found guilty, and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment and hard labour. The pawn broker was ordered to deliver up the goods to the owner. Mary Ann Nowland, 29, charged with stealing two shillings from her master, Mr. John Healey, publican, of Thomas street, was convicted. Money had frequently been missed, and, in order to detect the thief, a quantity of silver was marked and put into the drawer. The prisoner opened the drawer with a false key, and took out two shillings, which were found upon her. Mrs. Healey said that she had received no character with the prisoner, but she had a recommendation with her from an acquaintance. The Recorder told the pri soner that, by the law of the land, she, being a domestic servant who had robbed her employer, was liable to be transported for fourteen years. As, however, she had not been there before, he would not transport her; but, if she came there again, he would. She was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. THURSDAY Upon the learned judges (Lord Chief Baron Abinger and and Mr. Justice Maule) taking their seats upon the bench, directions were given that Daniel M'Naughten, who is charged with the murder of Mr. Drummond, should be placed at the bar. The prisoner immediately walked forward to the front of the dock. He was dressed in the same manner he was at Bow-street, and appeared perfectly cool and collected. He looked steadfastly of the judges. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prisoner. The Attorney- General, with Mr. Waddington and Mr. Adolphus, attended on behalf of the crown. Mr. Streight, the clerk of arraigns, then read the indict ment, and then said to the prisoner, How say you, are you guilty or not guilty ?_ - Prisoner (in - a kind tone)—l have been driven to despera tion by persecution. The y The question was again repeated, and the prisoner still made no answer. He at length said, " Guilty of firing." Lord Abinger—That amounts to a plea of not guilty of murder. Let the plea be re cor d e d. _ _ _... . Mr. Clarkson then said he was instructed on behalf of the prisoner at the bar to apply to their lordships that the trial of the indictment against him should be postponed until the next session of the court, and the ground on which he made the application was contained in an affidavit made by Messrs. Humphreys and Perceval, the attorneys, who were instructed to conduct his defence. He had also to apply for certain pa pers, and among them a receipt for a considerable sum of money that was lodged by the prisoner in the Glasgow Bank should be handed over to his attorneys with a view to his de fence. The prisoner's attorneys had not had sufficient op portunity to prepare his defence, and on that ground the application was made. By the affidavit which he held in his hand, it was stated that Mr. Humphreys, on seeing the pri soner for the first time, found in his possession copies of de positions that had been taken at Bow-street police-court, and which had been furnished to him by some person of authority in that establishment, and also copies of depositions that had been taken before the Sheriff Advocate of Lanarkshire, and which latter were of very great importance in reference to the state of the prisoner's mind before the unhappy occurrence. The affidavit also stated that the prisoner could not safely proceed to take trial without the testimony of a number of witnesses who were in Scotland, and some who resided in France, in which country the prisoner had been living for some period. In consequence of the short time that the attorneys had been instructed, they stated that it was im possible for them to obtain the attendance of those witnesses at the present session, and that it would not be safe to pro ceed to trial without them. An application had been made to Messrs. Maule and the Treasury solicitors, and the answer given was, that any mo ne y necessary f or the prisoner's de fence should be handed over, but that the counsel for the crown could not allow any of the papers found upon the pri soner to be given up, and referred any further application upon the subject to their lordships. For all these reasons the learned counsel humbly prayed the court to allow the trial of the prisoner to be postponed until the next session. Lord Abinger.—Mr. Attorney-General, hare you seen these depositions that have been alluded to as having been taken in Scotland? The Attorney-General.—l have, my lord, and I think it would have been more satisfactory if some of them had been appended to the affidavit of the prisoner's attorney. It did not very clearly appear what was the nature of the testimony that was expected to be adduced, and it was only in the latter part of the affidavit that it was made clearly to appear that the prisoner's defence was unsoundness of mind. He must admit, although the depositions were not set out, that upon a perusal of them they did contain matter which might be material for the consideration of the jury. He would, there fore, leave the question of the adjournment of the trial en tirely in the hands of the Court. Lord Abinger.—After the statement of the Attorney-Ge neral, that the depositions taken in Scotland contain matter of this description, it would be impossible to refuse the ap plication. The mere affidavit would not have been, in itself, sufficient, but for the fact of these depositions having been taken. make M r . anC a e r t k d s e o r n fol. wished thet t e o s t k i the prisoner at th e ti me h e was appre h en d e d . giwonwhoef t t h h e e r m t o i e n e C y o f u e r u t h w d ill p n o o n t Lord Abi nger sa id th at t h e prosecutors h a d a l rea d y ma d e an offer to fu rn i s h t h e amount t h at m i ght b e necessary f or t h e prisoner's defence, and he did not think he could make any order upon the subject. The Attorney-General.—The Solicitor to the Treasury, iu answer to the application made to him, offered to provide a reasonable amount fo r th e d e f ence, b ut decl i ned to give up the papers, as they were considered necessary in the shape of evidence for the prosecution. With regard to the bank re ceipt that had been spoken of, that was material evidence, and certainly could not be given up. Lord Abinger said that the trial would stand over upon the understanding that the prisoner's attorney be furnished with the necessary funds for the defence. The Attorney-General thought it right to say, that the de positions which had been alluded to were not so taken with the knowledge of the prosecutors, but were the act of a pub lic officer in Scotland, who thought it right to take the de positions relative to the prisoner, upon hearing of the act he had committed. on Lord Abinger.—The t r i a l i s postponed by your consent ly. The prisoner was then removed from the bar. DISCONTENT. —H owever paradoxi ca l it may appear, we are more indebt e d to man's discontent than to his nobler qualities for the comforts we enjoy; since, h s d h e remained content, societ y wou ld h ave made little advance.— The Prism of Thought. BANK OF MANCHESTER. Yesterday (Monday), the adjourned special general meeting of the shareholders in the Bank of Manchester was held in the large room attached to Hayward's Hotel, Bridge street, Manchester, for the purpose of receiving a report from the directors of the state of the concern at the end of the year 1812. The meeting was attended by a large body of proprie tors, amongst whom were two ladies, who appeared to take intense interest in the proceedings. The chair was taken by JOHN Sr ENcErt, Esq., chairman of the board of directors. The Cu AIRMAN said the present was an adjourned special general meeting held in pursuance of the 74th clause of the deed of settlement. The last meeting, of which this was an adjournment, was held on the 7th of November, and since that period the directors had brought down the accounts to the close of the year. A report had been prepared by Mr. Smith, the manager, which had been submitted to the board of directors and adopted by them, which report he called upon Mr. Smith now to read. Mr. SMITH, the manager, then read the report, of which the following is a copy : The present adjourned meeting of shareholders has been summoned in conformity with the resolutions of a special meeting held under the provisions of the 74th clause of the deed settlement, on the 7th day of Nov. last ; the powers of such special meeting are, therefore, in full force on the pre sent occasion. The directors have availed themselves of the interval to re view the estimates of the probable value of the assets of the bank ; and the following is a summary of the condition ofthe concern on the 31st, December, 1842 : GENERAL SUMMARY. ASSETS. £ s. 9d. Amount due to bank from sundry accounts 970,156 17 9 Overdue bills Properties Alliance bank Stamps Cash Bills of Exchange £142,872 9 1 Less interest 1,133 19 0 141,738 10 1 Shares of Bank of Manchester 63,175 11 11 Bills negociated £1,666,003 6 4 LIABILITIES. Amount due by the bank on sundry open accounts .... Per notes Alliance Bank ............ . Notes in circulation Unclaimed dividends ... 1,711 14 0 Bills negociated Sums in transitu with branches:. 581,859 19 1 219,231 16 4 801,091 15 5 3-18 7 4 801,440 2 9 Bank Stock.. £741,030 0 0 New calls.. Reserved fund 861,563 *3 7 SUMMARY BROUGHT DOWN. Total assets Deduct estimated loss 1,666,003 6 4 1,666,003 6 4 826,375 12 8 Net assets 839,627 13 8 Deficiency in repayments of new call 46,170 9 1 Liabilities, New call 885,798 2 9 £801,440 2 9 84,358 0 0 885,798 2 9 Estimated deficiency shown by last report.. • 16,247 7 0 Further estimated loss and expences since 30th June, 1842 .. £46,170 9 1 On comparing the foregoing with their previous statements, it will appear That the liabilities of the bank, including those contingent on bills of Exchange, were on the 30th June On the 31st December 801,440 Showing a decrease of £1,009,023 That the liabilities, exclusive of those contingent on bills of Exchange, were, on the 30th of June£1,062,856 On the 27th October. . On the 31st December 581,860 Showing a progressive decrease, from 30th June to 27th October, £349,774 ; from 27th October to 31st December, of £131,222 ; and making in the whole the sum of £186,996. The continued decrease of the liabilites, since 31st Decem ber to the present period, has been about £120,000, of which £BO,OOO has been by the maturing of bills of Exchange. It will, however, be seen that the estimated ultimate loss has been increased by the sum of £29,922 2s. ld. This arises partly from a positive falling off in the value of some of the outstandings, partly from the discovery of more extensive frauds committed by Mr. Burdekin, and partly from interest and the expenses of the bank. The directors take occasion to remark that the estimates have been revised by the general board, and although they have endeavoured to come to as correct a conclusion as was in their power, it is impossible for them to foresee, with any certainty, what may be the ultimate result of an estate, which is dependent on so many contingencies. It will be observed that the sum of 7£84,358 has been paid towards the call of £2 per share. The directors expect to realise from that source a gross sum of about £120,000. They have hitherto refrained from pressing for payment, well knowing the serious inconvenience which the unfortunate position of the bank must have entailed upon many of the shareholders. They trust, however, that the example set by so large a portion of the body will have its influence on others, and that they shall not be driven to exercise the unpleasant duty of enforcing a contribution, which is so evidently neces sary, in justice not only to the creditors of the bank, but to those shareholders who have already paid up the call. Since the last meeting vacancies had occurred in the board of directors, by the lamented death of M r. Oilivant, and the resignation of Mr.:Prince and Mr. Burt. These have been supplied by the election of Mr. Alexander Bannerman, Mr. John Goldesborough, and Mr. Peter Rothwell. By order of the Board of Directors, G. R. CRAPrELL, Chairman Mr. GREIG said it was hisin;;tiOn to prop' Os3a TesOlu tion which he would f or th w i t h rea d ; but he would reserve any observations he might have to make until Mr. Charles Smith had read a letter which his brother, Mr. J. B. Smith, wished to b e i n in what understood to h ave wr i tten to the sharehoi h d a e t rs po in sit t i l o li n s unhappy concern. Af ter t h e statements ma de by Mr. Ri c h ar d Roberts e.s Bo a n. t so t the all e it last ht oe meeting fodac. t sT, ihnehoerd(cMr resolutionrt.o Greig)see he proposed was as follows :—" Resolved, that the Bank of Manchester be not dissolved ; and that the directors are requested, at the earliest practicable period, consistently with the interests of the bank, to lay before the proprietors a list of all the debtors, with the amounts owing by each individual, together with a full statement of all the circumstances connected with the mismanagement thereof." Mr. STUBBS seconded the motion. Mr. CHARLES SMITH asked Mr. Greig to what part of Mr. Roberts's speech at the last meeting he referred ? Mr. GREIG replied that on that occasion Mr. Roberts stated that, to shew Mr. J. B. Smith's confidence in the bank he had ordered some American stock to be sold, and the proceeds to be invested in the shares of the Bank of Man chester, whi c h were th en at a discount. I n th e same l e tt er he (Mr. Gr e i g ) un d erstood that Mr. J . B. S m ith requeste d those shares to b e pa id f or by the m oney of the Bank of Manchester ; b u t w h en h e found the b an k wa s not in a situ ation to advance the money for the shares, he requested the transaction not to be proceeded with. Mr. CHAR LES SMITH, in reply, entered into some de tailed explanati ons; and he read the lelter f rom hi s b ro th er, Mr. J. B. Smith, to t h e shareholders, from Grafenberg, in Austria, ref erre d t o M r. Greig. In this l et t er , w hi c h was o f great length, Mr. J. B. Smith acknowledged to hating been greatly in fault, whilst he was a director in conjunction with Mr. Roberts, in not paying greater attention to the interests of the shareholders —that he had long been aware of the mismanagement of Burdekin, and wished to get rid of him. Mr. STUBBS, a ft er reading some port i ons o f th e ev id ence before the Com m i ss i oners in Bankruptcy un d er t h e fiat against Burdekin, w hi c h showed a com plicated and ruinous series of bill transa c ti ons, called upon t h e di rec t ors to state how much had been l ost b y Burdek i n, an d h ow muc h b y Messrs. Potters. He intimated that some machinery had been purchased with the money of the bank, by one of the directors who was alderman of the borough ; and he con cluded by mentioning that no less than fifty-eight ladies, who had invested their property in this bank, had lost all through the mismanagement of Messrs. J. B. Smith and Burdekin. Mr. G. R. CHAPPELL, in reply, said he never was upon the managing directory ; an d h e w i s h e d for a distin c ti on t o be made between tho se w h o were s i mp l e c yph ers a t t h e board and those who h a d the managemen t o f th e money transactions. He had paid £l5 premium upon upwards of 1000 shares; and, after that, he had bought others at £8 10s. At the present moment he was a loser of £25,000 clean ' by this concern. At the s ame time, he f e lt more f or the dis tress which had fallen upon numbers of his fellow townsmen, and upon females especially, th an he did for his own loss ; and if anything he could d o or say cou ld re p a i r th e d amage he would do it. His c h aracter, he trusted, stood unim peaehed. He had nev er owed the bank £2OO at one time ; and he had never k nown the state o f any gent l eman ' s ac count except his own. Th e fact was, th at t h e b an k a l ways had money of his in its hands ; and for ten years the average amount which it had had of his had been £3OOO. The only fault he had to find with himself was a misplaced confidence in the managing directors. Mr. STUBBS asked Mr. Chappell, why, if he was a cypher at the board, he took the money paid to the directors for their attendances ? • Mr. CHAPPELL said he had often given the explanation more than once. Out of the body of directors, for the management of a joint stock bank, three should always be a part for the special purpose of looking into the accounts. This was a general custom with joint stock banks. Theother directors knew nothing of any transactions whatever save their private accounts ; and, indeed, they got their informa tion of any loss from the public, and never at the board. It had been reported that a private ledger was kept at the bank. This was so, and the directors insisted upon its being placed before them ; and, on examination, it was found tbat the only name in it was that of Mr. George Wood, for a number of shares which he had bought. In short, this private ledger contained only the salaries of the different clerks and Mr. Wood's shares for it was convenient. for which he (Mr. Chappell) s u pp osed Mr. Wood paid whendriesjsr• edWthlLeLslhehAalrlSomldelTril, th s in a nswer Mr. Stubb s . H e h ope d the meeting would favour him with emanagtiongthdeirector, questions then put ad dressed attention for a few moments, whilst he said a few brief it t o u rds in answerllimnortanttthoutthtehqeyuesshtoiounlds o n f Mr. Stubbs. ometo aright He thought understand ing, as to their relative position, because the insinuations thrown out by Mr. Stubbs, not only upon the present r ubbs knew—of bank. w— o f course He (blr. M he occa sions, but at th e l as t meeting. of unwillingness on the part of the directors to ans wer the questions proposed to them re quired some comment. Mr. Stubbs must know—that the present board of directors were, as a board, by no means the sam e body of gentlemen to whom the sharehoiders might attribute, with different degrees of bl a m e , the mismanagement of the Bff4is of this Smith) therefore wished the meeting to understand that the present board claimed to stand upon the platform of perfect (clihrboard's) t o equality with the rest of the s hare holders, and a p er f ec t ex emption from blame. (Hear . ) He felt it wa s th e i r d uty (the board's) at once, and without reference t o M r . G re i g ' s motion, to say that it would be qu h i e t a e r d .) ue n to e th t e ho s u h g a h re t h , o m ld o e r r e s . , when it could be done consisten tl y with thei r sa f ety, to g i ve a full and particular account of the manne r i n w hi c h t h e i r over, yithwasdsbteheenir duty lost. be prepared a t a ll times to give the shareholders an answer i n re f erence to any e actions g s of s itheir the nii misfortunes own—thatforwnaes to say a ny part of their pro s of the b an k had been made known. (Hear, hear, hear.) They were l eg i t i mate subjects of comment, and the directors ought not to s h r i n k f rom giv ing prope r expl ana tions; but, he did, at the same time, say, tthhoatsethdeisyelmosuustrebs, w hi c h might be eith er prudent or e perm itted to exerci se a sound discretion in impru dent with reference to the mismanagement of other people. (Hear, hear.) Whilst he was quite free to answer any ques tion fairly and candidly, and to state all he knew in rela tion to Mr. Burdekin's account, he would just tell the Ishareholders that the examinations which Mr. Stubbs had read, or portions of them, were just the description of subject on which it would be exceedingly unwise for him to offer any explanations upon, for there were two heavy actions at law to be tried at Westminster arising out of those exami nations. That the directors must be, also, consistent in all the statements which they might make, and had made, he would read• an extract from their report made in October last. They then said, " The directors are sorry to be obliged to report that Mr. Burdekin has recently absconded, and that he has misapplied the endorsement of the bank to his own purposes. It has not been possible to ascertain the ex tent of these fraudulent transactions; but the directors are in hopes it will not exceed the amount for which his sureties are liable, and no exertions on their part shall be wanting to bring Burdekin and his confederates to account." The amount the directors had then discovered, (and it must be borne in mind that this report was written ten days after Burdekin went away, for he went on the 4th and the meetir was held on the 15th) was somethinilikel6,soo of bills, o.lCVl.ll to which allusion had been made by Mr. Stubbs. But on making up their accounts to the end of December, the di rectors found a great man y accounts w i t h w hi ch the frauds of Burdekin appear to have been interwoven ; therefore it was only upon a thorough analysis with the parties themselves, that they could ascertain the exact amount of these frauds. They had now, he thought, ascertained them to the full extent, and they amounted to £15,000, or within £lOO of that sum. (Hear, hear.) They had his securities, as they believed and thought, for £9,000; he might, however, tell them that two of the gentlemen who were hi securities for £4,000 each, intended to dispute their liability, therefore it was just possible—though he could not see upon what ground they could honestly dispute it—that they might fail in fixing them with it. The amount which was at risk, in respect of the frauds of Burdekin, was £15,000 ; he owed also to the bank about £15,000 more, but that, of course, was a mere subject matter of account, and not one for which the directors could at all call upon his sureties. That was the amount for which, when the proper time arrived, they would be in a position to prove upon his estate, as well as any surplus loss after the question had been decided with his sureties. The proof upon his estate, at pre sent was incomplete. He (Mr. Smith) thought he might as well—although the question had not been asked—follow out the latter part of the paragraph from the directors' report, that every exertion should be made to bring Burdekin to account. The steps taken were just these. The moment he went away, the directors took the best legal opinion they could get as to their ability to bring him back; they found, however, that the offence he had committed was a misde meanour only, therefore it was not one of those offences contemplated. by the treaty between the United States and this country. They had hoped, however, that when the forty-two days had elapsed, and be had not surren dered, be would then have committed a legal felony ; and the case would then come under the terms of the treaty. Upon the day succeeding the expiration of the time, they applied for and obtained, after a very great deal of difficulty, a warrant, signed by the magistrates in Manchester, for his apprehension ; but their own lawyer advised them, and the common sense of the thing addressed itself so forcibly to their own minds, that there was a very strong doubt as to whether it would be held to be felony; being a mere leg al felony, there was a strong doubt wheth er it wou ld b e l oo kd upon as a felony in the United States ; and the board, con sequently, did not think it would be well to go to the expense of sending out a special messenger with the warrant when great doubts existed whether it would be received. They, however, sent out a warrant immediately to their friend Mr. Stell, who had the interests of the bank at heart, and he had promised to look after Burdekin, requesting bim to address himself to a competent authority in the United States to see whether he could legally act up3n that warrant, and if he could so act, he was to be at liberty to place Burdekin in custody, and send him to this country. Mr. Stell, in com pliance with the directors' wishes, laid the matter before Mr. Randall, a well known counsellor in the United States, whe gave a decided opinion that nothing could be done in it, because, to make it an offence which would entitle the bank to have him given up under the treaty, it must be such an offence as would be a felony in the United States. The bank rupt law of the United States had no such clause as that which we had in our law ; there was no felony in not surren dering; and, therefore, there was no offence committed for which he could be delivered up under the treaty. Mr. Stell, however, was at all times prepared, if he could, to take ad vantage of the provisions of the treaty, or to proceed by civil action against Burdekin whenever he could find him. These were the steps which the directors had taken ; they were the only steps in their power to take ; and in taking them they had ful fi lled their pledge to the shareholders on the 15th October last. With regard to Messrs. Potter's account, that was precisely one of the cases which it was not for the interest of the shareholders to go into. Mr. STUBBS said he considered these statements very satisfactory. Mr. MILLINGTON, Mr. SANDARS, Mr. CHARLES SMITH, Mr. DYER, and Mr. GREIG next addressed the meeting on some matters of detail which have been already before the public. Nothiug new was elicited. The CHAIRMAN having put Mr. Greig's motion, it was unanimously carried. This being all the business, the shareholders separated The proceedings occupied about an hour and a half. GOOD NATURE.—With the possession of every good quality, an excess of good nature, while it may appear the most estimable of all, will often render the whole nugatory. The Priam of Thought. A young man, of the name of Berningham, was killed on the Greenwich Railway, on Wednesday. He was looking out of the window of the carriage, and had his head and part of his body out when he came in contact with the roof of a new station, and he soon afterwards expired. The Waterford Chronicle says that there is at present a case of " Estatica" in the Rev. Mr. Foley's Magdalen asylum, or house of refuge, at Youghall, similar in all re spects to the one familiar to the public by the Earl of Shrewsbury's description. PORT OF NEWCASTLE.—The following is an official return of the duties, as registered at the customs : Customs' duties received in 1841 amounted to £409,815 Do 1842 .... do .... 432,787 Being:an increase in 1842 of. £22,972 Duties received on Corn in 1841 amounted to £33,095 Do Increase in 1842 Duties received on coals in 1841 Do. Increase in 1812 E 35,915 £8,122 28,528 £20,406 DICKENS'S NOTES AND PEASE'S• CANDY.—The follow ing appeared as an advertisement in the Charleston Courier: —"I have the only Notes of Dickens to be found in the town —price 25 cents. I have also just received a fresh lot of Pease's celebrated Candy for coughs and colds; mind it is very essential that this article he kept fresh. It loses its virtue after a while. I keep the only fresh article. I had a lot of Artist monthly yesterday ; but they are gone—gone. It was beautiful. I can't buy enough of these things with my small means. I want a partner with 5,000 or 10,000 hard dollars— ready cash. If any man wants a fortune, why here's a chance. I have a few of the Ladies' book, Ladies' Com panion, and World of Fashion, for December ; Musical Li brsry ; Loco foco matches ; Vivian Grey, by D'lsraeli ; Shaving Soap, a fine article ; Puffer Hopkins, by Cornelius Matthews ; excellent Blacking—cheap ; the Miser's Daugh ter, by Ainsworth ; Brandreth's Pills ; Liebig's Animal and Angricultural Chemistry ; and some excellent Pens, at the Old Curiosity Shop, 95, East Bay." CRAB CATCHING.—We soon perceived two men in a small craft, who seemed quite unconscious that " the flaming chariot of the world's great eye" was now almost upon them. Their little boat hung motionless on the then waveless mirror of the bay, in about ten feet depth of water; and after for a minute or thereby holding their faces close upon the surface, they seemed suddenly to pull a long pole out of the water, with something adhering to its extremity. We soon found they were taking advantage of the glassy stillness of the water to overlook the early walks of the crabs. They no sooner saw these crusty crustaceans on the sub Aqueous sand than they poked them behind with their long staves,—the crabs turned round to revenge the indignity, and, like Russia❑ Bens-d'artnes, seized upon the unsuspecting poles. These latter were lightly shaken by the fishermen, as in pain or terror ; the angry creatures clung all the closer, and were then rapidly hoisted into the boat. The moral we drew at the time, and have since maintained, was, that neither• crab nor Christian should ever lose his temper.— Wilson's Voyage round the Coasts of Scotland. A FROSTY MORNING.—What better time for driving, rid ing, walking, moving through the air by any means, than a fresh frosty morning, when hope runs cheerily through the veins with the brisk blood, and tingles in the frame from head to foot? This was the glad commencement of a bracing day in early winter, such as may put the languid summer season (speaking of it when it can't be had) to the blush, and shame the spring for being sometimes cold by halves. The sheep bells rang as clearly in the vigorous air as if they felt its wholesome influence like living creatures ; the trees, in lieu of leaves or blossoms, shed upon the ground a frosty rime that sparkled as it fell, and might have been the dust of dia monds. Froth cottage chimneys smoke went streaming up high, high, as if the earth had lost its grossness. being so fair, and must not be oppressed by vapour. The crust of ice on the else rippling brook was so transparent and so thin in tex ture, that the lively water might, of its own free will, have stopped to look upon the lovely morning; and lest the sun should break this charm too eagerly, there moved between him and the ground a mist, like that which waits upon the moon on summer nights,and wooed him to dissolve it gently. —Martin Chuzzlewit, No. 2. AN UNGAZZETTED TRAIT AT GHUZNEE.—WhiIe the Affghans were disputing our entrance into the citadel, an ac cident occurred which for a moment diverted the attention of the combatants, and turned their fury into pity. Amongst the foremost of the party who signalis e d themselves by their desperate gallantry was an aged chieftain, the richness of whose costume excited general attention, his turban and weapons being resplendent with jewels. The hope of plun der immediately marked him out as an object of attack, and numbers at once assailed him. lie defended himself like a man who knew there was no chance of life, but who was re solved to sell it as dearly as he could. He had killed several of the Queen's Royals, and severely wounded Captain Robinson, when a grenadier of the company to which the l a tter belonged, seeing his officer in danger, rushed to his assistance, and with a bayonet thrust brought the gallant old chieftain to the ground. The grenadier was about to d es p a t c h him, when a beautiful girl, about seventeen, threw herself into the melee, and plunged a dagger into his breast. She then cast herself on the body of the chieftain, for the purpose of protecting it; and the Affghans, forming a sort of ram part before them, maintained their ground until the heroic girl succeeded in getting it conveyed into the interior of the citadel. Shortly after the place was taken she was found weeping over the remains of the brave old man, who, on in quiry, we learned was her father. She was treated with the utmost respect and tenderness by our men, who neither ob truded themselves on her grief nor offered any interruption to the preparations which she mad e f or hi s interment.—Serge ant-Major Taylor's Scenes in Afghanistan. THE CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN.—The character of a Chris tian gentleman is thus sketched by Dr. Bethume, of Phila delphia, in a recent oration before the Porter Rhetorical So ciety of Andover, Massachusetts, entitled " The Eloquence of the Pulpit, with illustrations from St. Paul :—" Can I be wrong in saying that a Christian preacher should be the high est style of gentleman ? Not one of those polished hypo crites, fashioned by the tailor, dancing master, and hair dresser, who usurp the name ; co ver i ng co ld ness of h eart with pretence of friendship ; flattering to cajole; bowing where they feel no respect, and promising service while they intend to abandon, circumvent, or destroy, But a gentleman in the true sense of that honourable t erm , fi rm i n hi g h pr i nc i ple, and dignified by integrity ; frank without bluntness, kind without flattery, gentle without we a k ness , exact w i t h out f ormal i ty, charitable without show ; free fro m a ff ec t a ti on , egot i sm, or im pertinence; ever mindf u l of hi s : ne i g hb our ' s f ee li ngs, to l erant of his infirmities, and patient w ith hi s m i s t a k es ; never intru sive nor yet bashful, tempering his speech to the occasion, ready to give place to the older, the wiser, the stranger and the more feeble ; yielding scrupulous respect to authority, not ashamed of allegiance to God, and serving his fellow men for God's sake; a gentleman not in outward garb only, though of that not careless from deference to the world and him self ; not in a mere ph rase or f orm , tho u gh in these seeking to propitiate ; not in education or accomplishment, though despising no worthy aid to his social influence; nor from station or pursuit in life, but in heart, purpose and conduct, recommending virtue by an example without obtrusion, and religion without sanctimony; rebuking scandal, profaneness, and impurity, by well-measured remonstance, or silent with. drawal ; anxious to please that be may do good, but giving no countenance to evil through fear or favour of man." CORRESPONDENCE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE " HEALTH COM MITTEE" OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF LIVER POOL. GENTLEMEN,—My principal motive for thus addressing you, —a desire for the common weal of this great town, must be my apology for the liberty I take in so doing ; not that I would for a moment suppose you were unwilling to exert yourselves to the utmost for the benefit of the inhabitants of Liverpool, hut from the nature of the occupations of the ma jority of you, you may not feel inclined to go so minutely into detail as 1, in my Professional ranaritv have felt it nn J y.... ,apcmity. 1111 VG lc. it 11,/ less a duty than a pleasure to do, and, indeed such is human nature, that, as a very talented author has tritely written, " It is not that we are so ignorant, (on these subjects,) but that we require to be frequently reminded of what we do know." But revenons a nos moutons. In accepting the office, you have incurred a great responsi bility, but at the same time you. will, individually and collec tively, have more opportunity for benefitting your fellow creatures by the prevention of disease and death, than if you were to subscribe your hundreds of pounds annually for the mere alleviation of suffering entailed by neglect of proper s measures. On reference to the report of the Registrar-General it will he found that the average mortality throughout England and Wales is 21 in every thousand of the population annually, and of these deaths, 56,461 were caused by endemic, epide mic, and contagious diseases, the greater proportion of which, according to Mr. Chadwick, the able secretary of the Com missioners, are proved to be preventible; thus reducing the mortality to rather more than 18 in every thousand. The same authority states that " the slaughter in England and Wales from preventible causes of typhus attacking persons in the vigour of life is double the amount of what was suffered by the allied armies at the battle of Waterloo." It will be within the memory of many now living, when similar diseases prevailed to a greater extent at sea, but these have since been prevented by sanitary regulations, and when such diseases did prevail in ships of war, the deaths from them were more than double in amount of the deaths in battle. If these melancholy facts are startling as regards the nation at large, how much more so are they, and how loudly do they call for your interference and assistance, when applied to Liverpool, where the mortality instead of being 18 or 21 per thousand per annum, amounts to more than 33 per thou sand per annum, or where, in other words, a thirtieth part of the population is annually swept away. In a previous letter to the working classes I there gave a tabular account of the relative mortality in Liverpool and the county of Rutland ; and as it may not have had that inspec tion which its importance demands, I shall subjoin it for your information : Average age at death. Liverpool. Rutland. Professional persons, gentry, and their 135 52 families . Tradesmen and families 22 41 Labourers, mechanics, &c 15!! 38 By this table you will find, that although the greatest waste of life is amongst the lower classes, yet the same noxious causes which produce such baneful effects on them, tend to shorten the space of your own lives ; as in my last letter to the artizans of Liverpool, I pointed out to them two classes of causes which shortened their lives, one which were under your control, and the other under their own. I beg to refer you to that letter, or 1 might sum up what 1 would say in a few words. If the provisions of the act of parliament which ordains your appointment are carried out promptly and ener getically, you will diminish the deaths in Liverpool by 700 or 800 per annum ; and every day which passes over your heads, (until the crowded cellars are evacuated, the filthy courts and back streets cleansed and ventilated, the unpaved and ill drained streets put into proper condition), dooms at least two fellow-mortals to an untimely grave, leaving, in many instances, widowed mothers of starving children ; for it is a melancholy fact, that a large proportion of fatal typhus cases are those of men in the vigour of life; and I would re mind you, that when scarlet fever has acquired a certain in tensity, by being fostered, and by nestling in the close un wholesome dwellings of the poor, all the precautions which a rich man can take will not suffice to keep the destroyer from his door. This fact must be painfully recognised by many whose families suffered during the epidemic scarlatina which raged a few years ago. I would, therefore, appeal to you respectfully, but strongly, —in tile name of common humanity, by the love which you bear for your own children, by the tears of the bereaved widow, by the cries of the motherless children of the poor,— lose not a day in making use of those means which Providence has placed within your reach for the prevention of so much suffering. London, before the great fire of 1666, had few drains in the narrow and overhanging streets, and the consequence was, a pestilence occurring at intervals of about twelve years, each destroying, upon an average, about one-fourth of the popu lation. Edinburgh, which, from its situation, should be a healthy town, is the seat of frequent epidemics of fever, &c. owing to the old parts of the town (which were built before the import ance of drainage was understood in Britain,) being densely inhabited by the lower classes; and Glasgow, which is a per fect hot-bed of typhus, and of the most malignant character, owes its unfortunate notoriety in this respect to the same causes. As a proof of the value of drainage, 1 would quote from the Commissioners' Report, some evidence given by Mr. Baker, an eminent medical man, and a member of the Town Coun cil of Leeds—he says, "in one of the streets of Leeds, where stagnant waters used frequently to accumulate after rain, and where there was frequently occurring fever of a malignant character, a deputation of females waited upon me in my ca pacity of town councillor, to ask if any remedy could be ap plied to this nuisance, which they declared was not only offensive, but deadly, 1 directed them to communicate with the owner of the property, and to say that if the grievance was not remedied I should take further steps to enforce it. Never hearing again from the deputation, I presumed that the remedy had been applied, and had forgotten the circum stance, until the House Surgeon of the Fever Hospital, in 1841, in noticing the localities from whence fever cases were most frequently brought to the hospital, remarked that, for merly many cases of malignant fever were brought from street, but for two or three years there had been none, or not more than one or two." With regard to cellars, there are, according to Dr. Dun. can, upwards of 8,000 inhabited in Liverpool ; and according to the report of your surveyors, " upwards of 3,000 of these are either wet, or damp, and nearly one-third of the whole number (examined by them) are from five to six feet below the level of the street," the inhabitants consequently breath ing the air which has to pass over the oozy slime, and foetid water, generally accumulated in the channel, within a foot or two of their doorway. You will, I have no doubt, at first meet with some opposi tion from the very people whom you wish to benefit, for it is a well recognised fact, that persons inhabiting dirty and ruinous houses soon become " of a piece" with their habita tions, and that long habitude makes them cease to feel the various dangers and discomforts with which they are sur rounded. Another class of opponents, at first, to your mea sures, will perhaps be the cottage owners, but, as I purpose ere long addressing some remarks on the subject to them, and showing them how they also will be benefitted, I hope when they find that their interests will be advanced by doing their duty to their tenants, they will cease to oppose your " sanitary regulations." With best wishes for success in your undertaking, I beg to subscribe myself MEDICUS ACHATES A curious suicide, says the Memorial de Rouen, took place on the 28th of January, at Vernon. M. R—, a gentleman of good fortune, 47 years of age, not having made his ap pearance as usual, one of the lodgers, uneasy at his absence, went up stairs and knocked at his door. Receiving no an swer, he sent for the commissary of police, who had the door forced. In the room were placed five braziers for charcoal; on the bed was the lifeless body of M. R—. On a sheet of paper, lying on the table, were written these words :—" It is twelve o'clock—l cannot die—it is dreadful! My head is heavy—l suffer—and yet I am still alive ! I breathe more freely—the fires have gone out—l must relight them—l feel dreadful pains in my head ! Is it at last death ? My God ! My God !" It is said that failure in a commercial specula tion was the cause of this suicide. ASTRONOMICAL. NOTICES FOR 1843.—Mercury, the nearest known planet to the Sun, may be seen near the western hori zon soon after sunset, on or about the 30th of January, (set ting about a quarter past six,) ,the 24th May,- (setting about ten in the evening,) and the 31st December, (setting about a quarter past four) ; and may be seen eastward, a little before sunrise, on the mornings of the 12th July and the 31st Octo ber. On the 12th and 13th of July this planet will be very near Venus, and on the last day of the year near Saturn. Venus, though the most brilliant planet in the heavens, is not well situated for observations this year : the best times for viewing her by the naked eye will be in the mornings of January, February, atiO July, and in the evenings of the last two weeks of December. Through a good telescope, Venus will appear a fine large crescent in January, and in December exhibit the appearance of a little full moon. Mars may be seen in the mornings in the early part of the year, and in the evenings of the autumn months. He will be at his least dis tance from the Earth in June, when lie will appear with a large and ruddy disc, near the southeastern horizon. Jupiter will appear very splendid, even to common observers, in the evenings from the middle of August to the end of December. Saturn will be in an advantageous position for some time, if the telescope be a good one, and will hear a considerable power, this planetand its extraordinary ring will present rather a novel sight to those who may not be accustomed to obser vations of this kind. SHOCKING MURDER.--A shocking murder was perpe trated near herein ea on the thherr road side, thult.T athe uanfpoiratcuenactaellevdicttihme lived in a cabin Toeher. It appears that he had been of very parsimonious habits, and thereby amassed a good deal of money. About this time last year a hand of plunderers who infested this place had been apprehended in consequence of one of them turning Queen's evidence ; and it appeared that they had then resolved to murder this man, John Pew, who owed his escape then to the active exertions of Mr. Donohoe, chief of police, who actually found two of the band sleeping with knives under their heads in Pew's house. At eight o'clock on Sunday evening, a man named Byrne was met on the road by a strange man, who asked him where John Pew lived. Byrne told him in the next cabin. A short time after a mail called at one of those cabins and asked where Pew lived. A little girl from within said Pew's son was there, on which the stranger asked him was he going to Arklow to-night, to which the other replied he was not. About eleven o'clock Pew and his wife were in bed, and his son in a bed near him? when a person called them up and said that their daughter, who lives near Tinahely, was dying; that the priest and doctor had been sent for ; on which the afflicted mother and son hurried off in a car, and on return ing they found Pew a corpse, lying on a heap of manure in the bawn. The police soon discovered bloody clothes in some houses near Tinabely, and two bloody shirts, on which some suspicious characters have been arrested. One of them had his brother's clothes on him.—Dublin Evening Packet. i s r ay A s L th L e lA A N , c at E i s o . n --; , E , r l e a a n t d e n a n u s d in h c e e r s s f a r n i e t lnyd within F r F a c E e N , war if we refuse to submit to the exigencies of the British cabinet. We trust we have, on a former occasion, demon strated that this is a vain boast, and that England is by no means in a position to draw her sword in order to support her tyrannical pretensions. She well knows that she no longer possesses the means of subsidizing the coalesced al lies, by whose aid Europe triumphed over France. She is perfectly aware that, in the event of a struggle with her, we should find auxiliaries even amongst her own subjects. Ire land, for an example, which formerly furnished the greater part of her military force—lreland, at the voice of France, might escape from her masters, and turn against them. If the French Government offered Ireland, with her 7,000,000 of inhabitants, not to incorporate her with us, but to assist her in recovering her liberty by the aid of our alliance, it was not doubtful but that England would find a formidable enemy on that side. Notwithstanding the divisions so artfully established throughout the soil, Ireland at present compre hends that there is a great question of national existence paramount to her religious interests so dear to her 6,000,000 of oppressed Catholics. The greater part of the Irish Pro testants now comprehend this question in the same manner as their ancient adversaries, and united they form a powerful party, which in England is called the French party, and which would take advantage of the first European war to raise the Irish standard under the protection of France." We believ e the best and the most complete answer to this article, and the others of the same nature published nearer home, would be found in the dying words of the unfortunate Robert Emmett* His opinion on French alliance is indisputable- UNIVERSITY AND CLERIC INTELLIGENCE. (From the Cambridge Chronicle.) At a congregation on Wednesday last, the following de grees were conferred : MASTERS OF ARTS. Thomas Eaton, Trinity. James Webber Birley, St: John's. Fred. Hopkins, Corpus Christi. John Otter, Corpus Christi. Philip Badworth, Jesus College. Jeremiah Stoddart, Corpus Christi Maitland Dashwood, Downing. BACHELOR OF MEDICINk William Wegg, Caius. BACHELOR OF ARTS Alfred Martell, St. John's. At the same congregation the following gentlemen were admitted ad eundem : Robert Gray, M.A., University College. Oxford. Henry Gray, M.A., Christ's College, Oxford. TRINITY COLLEGE. Rev. James Gavin Young, 8.A., of Trinity College, has been appointed to the curacy of Boxwell, Gloucestershire. The Rev. James Hutchinson, 8.A., of St. John's College, has been presented to the Perpetual Curacy of Pleshley, Essex, by J. J. Tuffnell, Esq., the patron. The Rev. George Peloquin Graham Cosserat. of St. Peter's, Bushey, in the county of Hertford, has been insti tuted by the Lord Bishop of Norwich to the Rectory of St. Matthew, near Ipswich, in the county of Suffolk. The Rev. Walter Kerr Hamilton, M.A., Fellow of Mer ton College, Oxford, prebendary of W e ll s and canon of Salisbury, has been appointed Precentor of Salisbury Cathe dral. _ _ . The Rev. Matthew Vicars, Rector of Allhallows Exeter, to the Perpetual Curacy of Nether C erne , and the rectory . of G o dmanstone, Dorsetshire ; patrons, R. B. Sheridan and J. Goodenough, Esquires. The Rev. G. AA'. White, M.A., to the Rectory of Darlas tan, Staffordshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Huoill D.D. ; patrons , the trustees of the late Rev. Charles Sime t Oti' The Rev. John Dobson, to the Rectory of Wiveuhoe, in Essex, vacant by the death of the Rev. James Ind. The Rev. J. Chapman, to the Curacy of St. Olave, South wark. The Rev. Richard Evans, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. John, Llantrissant, Glamorganshine, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Rlivs. On the 30th January, the Lord Bishop of 'P eter b orough in s tituted the Rev. Arthur Hibbet, 8.A., of Catharine-hall, to the Vicarage of Blakesley, in Northamptonshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Francis Henry Whi te, on the p r e s entation of John Wight Wight, Esq., of Blakesley-hall, the patron. Rev. William Benwick Bowditch, of St. Peter' s C o ll ege, has been appointed to the Curacy of Wa dd ington, Yorkshire. J. B. Grant, Esq., 8.A., of Emmanuel College, h as b een elected Vice-Principal of the Chester Diocesan College for Training Masters. The Rev. Kyrie Ernie Aubrey Money, 8.A., o f C orpus Christi College, was on Tuesday last licensed, by the Lord Bishop of Hereford, to the Curacy of Weobley, in the county of Hereford, on the nomination of the Rev. J. B. Webb. (From Me Oxford Herald.) The Rev. Joseph Corfe, M.A., at Magdalene College, some years since Perpetual Curate of Statford, under the Castle of Old Saturn, has been appointed Custos of the Col ley of Vicars Choral of Exeter Cathedral. The Rev. Francis Henchman Buckerfield, M.A., formerly of Magdalene Hall, Curate of Little Bedwin, Wilts, has been presented to that Vicarage, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Skey ;• patron, the Marquis of Ailesbury. The Rev. John Saunders, M.A., of Queen's College, late Curate of Cripplegate, London, has been presented to the Rectory of St. Mary Magdalene, with the Perpetual Curacy of St. Gregory near St. Paul's ; patron, the Dean and Chap ter of St. Paul's. The Rev. Count John Delafield, M.A., formerly of Oriel College, Vicar of Tortington, Sussex, and a Count of the Holy Roman Empire, has been appointed, by the Very Rev. the Dean of Middleham, a Canon of the Stall of St. Cuthbert, in the Collegiate Church of Middleham, vacant by the death of the Rev. William Bunting. The Rev. Anthony Austin, M.A., of Oriel College, has been presented to the Perpetual Curacy of Alderton, Wilts; patron, J. Neeld, Esq., M.P. The Rev. Francis Brandt, M.A., formerly of Brazenose College, has been presented to the Rectory of Aldford, Che shire, vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Edwards; patron, the Marquis of Westminster. The Rev. Brian William Molineux, 8.A., of Trinity Col lege, has been presented to the Perpetual Curacy of Whitby. Rev. George Ayliffe Poole, M.A., formerly of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Perpetual Curate of St. James's, Leeds, to the Vicarage of Welford, Northamptonshire? patron, the Bishop of Oxford. Rev. Augustus Adam Bagshawe, 8.A., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of Wormhill, Derbyshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. W. Bagshawe. Rev. J. Turner, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, Cam bridge, to the Rectory of Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Haggitt; patron, the Bishop of Ely. Rev. James Baynham Snow, M.A., to the Vicarage of Arreton, Isle of Wight, vac an t by the death of the Rev. H. Atkins. Rev. Thomas Knight, to be a Priest Vicar in the Cathedral of Exeter, vacant by the death of the Rev. A. T. R. Vicary ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter. Rev. J. Stoddart, D.D., Rector of Lowick and Islip, Northamptonshire, to be Domestic Chaplain to the Duke of Dorset. Rev. Thomas Dale, Vicar of St. Bride's, and the Rev. H. Soatnes, the historian of the Reformation, have been ap pointed by the Bishop of London, to Prebendal Stalls in St. Paul's Cathedral. Rev. Lhomas Dovies, Curate of Llancynvelyn, Cardigan shire, to that Vicarage; patron, J. P. B. Chichester, Esq. Rev. William Jowett, to be Sunday Evening Lecturer of the Parish Church of Clapham. Rev. G. Wells, to the Rectory of Boxford, Berks, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Wells. _ Rev. J. B. Byodrick, to the Duchess of Gordon, to the Curacy of Frating, Essex. Rev. H. Delamere, to the Curacy of Gateshead, Durham. Rev. Charles Burton Reid, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, to the Curacy of Wadhurst, Sussex. Rev. Alex. H. Small, 8.D., Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, to the Curacy of Thurlaston, Leicestershire. Rev. Charles Felton Smith, 8.A., of Queen's College, Cambridge, Curate of Handley, Cheshire, and Domestic Chaplain to Viscount Combermere, to the Incumbency of Pendlebury, near Manchester. Rev. Lancelot Sharpe, Perpetual Curate of Allhallows, Staining, London, and Head Master of St. Saviour's Gram mar School, Southwark, to a Prebendal Stall in St. Paul's Cathedral; patron, the Bishop of London. Adolphus Venua, Esq., 8.A., formerly of Jesus College, Cambridge, to be Classical and Mathematical Assistant of Lucton School. Rev. Augustus Andrew Burnaby, M.A., of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Rector of St. Peter Martin, Bedford, and Chaplain to the Duke of Cambridge, to be a Canon of the Stall of St. Ninian, in the Collegiate Church of Middle ham, vacant by the death of the Rev. R. Cutler. THE NEW INSOLVENT ACT.—In the case of " Culpep per v. Joy," of which we took some notice last w ee k. t h e Court of Queen's Bench have decided that the benefit of the New Insolvent Act applies only to parties out of custody ' • from which it follows that insolvent d ebtor s w ho may be in custody can only obtain their discharge through th e C ourt by passing through the forms required before the passing of the late act. PRESENT HEALTH OF DR. SOUTHEY.—we do not env y the heart of the man, who can r ead wi thout deep emotion v i ec6aur thate than two more the following extract from a communication from Mrs. , Southey (formerly so well kno wn a s Caroline Bowles,) to Mrs. Sigourney, in answer to a lett er , in which the latter t remembered who sang , e to the sire l rie still kn ows lady t d o e h s i e red to b e remembered o him ,t the wild believing Scarcely c and wondrous tale.' Alas , m y fri end , the dull, cold ear of death is not more insensible than hi s , my dearest hu s b an d' s, can I keep me. The almost compl ete unconsci ousness has not b een o f to hold al l ecfo the mm lastun communications poorati o n comforts from more than six months' standing, th ou „, years have elapsed since be has wr itten even his f without. the death of his first wife, ' Edith,' of his first loe name. After for several years insane , his heal th was terribly s v, wh h o was aken. Y e t for the greater part o f a y ear tha t he spent wit shire, my former home, it seemed perfectly me in Hamp shire, and he used to say, ' It had surely pleased God,re-established, years of his life should be happy. But the . that the last was otherwise. The little cloud soon appeared,Almighty's will in no long time to overshadow all. In which was the blackness of its shadow we still live, and shall pass from under it only th roug h the portals of the g rave. The last three years have done on m e the work of twenty. The one, sole business that, which I verily believe keeps the of m y lif e i s dianship of my dear, helpless, e in me, the unconsciousguar husband." For years Mr. Cobden and his brother maintained, with infinite emphasis, free-tr a d ers h ave laws has been to bring into cultivation immense t the eff ec t o f our corn in this country, which ought never mmense tracts of land from their primitive barrenness. to have bee n rec l a i me d which extends — unwisely as the free-traders How then, can a law c ultivation of our soil, t en d to make maintain—the o m c ountry? That such a syste rn ake f oo d " scarce " i n t hi s relation to certain cl asses of the ma y render f oo d " d ear ," i n ted ; but among the c l asses in community, m a y be compre hendedadmit- ted; the class of labourers. No will not be soils involve s an ' No :—the cultivation of infe rioraugmentation in the expe n dit ure o f la hour ; and an augm ented in the market val ue o f l ab e xpenditure of labour involves a rise to the cultivation of our. A law, therefore, which leads inferior soils cannot tend to render food " dear" to the labourer—to the producer of the food. The n extended cultivation of the soil may induce, must b e " dearness" pressing on the classes that pro duce nothing-- on the owners of fixed money incomes—on the class of public and private creditors—on the class of usurers, and of idle consumers. It can scarcely be necessary to add, that a system which . entails on these classes the pressure of " dearness," •1s a system that must secure the blessings of v i rtua l "cheapness" to all producers throughout the community.—The Agricultural Advocate, No. I. [A very timely and exceedingly able publication, • which has the merit—and a great one it is, as a means of pro corn law de fence • against the trash issued by " the league," of being very cheap, and is therefore calculated for extensive circulation. — ED. M. H.] RAILWAYS.—The following important circular has been addressed to the secretaries of the different railways :—_ " Railway Department, Board of Trade, Whitehall, 27th January, 1843. " In consequence of the late occurrences on the Nth Midland Railway, the Lords of the Committee of Privy Couorn cil for Trade think it right to call the attention of the Direc tors of Railway Companies generally to the extreme import ance of observing the utmost caution in making reductions in their establishments by which the public safety may be af fected. The experience of the last three years has fully sa tisfied their Lordships th a t the comparative exemption which has been latterly enjoyed from the alarming accidents which infancy occurred so frequently d urin g the of railway travel ling, is to be attributed mainly to the gradual formation of establishments of experienced and trust -worthy engine drivers and other s ervants upon all !lileading passenger rail ways, and that it is only by maintaining such establishments that a repetition of such accidents can be effectually pre vented. This opinion has been confirmed by the recent ac cident upon file North Midland Railway, and the investiga tions which their Lordships have directed in consequence dutyi p l l pecuniary c i nt u oc n ur i a re r mi v f i c nt r e t s yh i d el dem have fully satisfied them that . sudden and sweeping reductions ' in the branches of the establishment connected with the pub lic safety can rarely be attempted without occasioning great danger. " Under these circumstances, although my Lords have n wish to interfere with the discretion of the Directors of Rail way y y thinkix!w caseswhich i h t th theirey wherew ofra titohneshaeraeviyn Companies,y,responsibility vp e eo s dn p ,s e it ; h i i a el i l yt l low themselves to be influenced by a mistaken economy, far as to attempt reductions, either in the numb so cieney of the establishment which previous experienceer and effi them to consider necessary for conducting the has led in safety, or iii the . accustomed wages of the l public traffic upon whose intelligence, sobriety, and habitual ass of servants duct, the safety of the passenger . depe d good con obedient servant, n s.—l am, Sir, you; " T. LAING