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~~ ~ ' 'Z- ~~1 ti..: -.. --'-.9i EXTRAORDINARY AND NOVEL DAY AND NIGHT EXHIBITION. GRAND MODEL of the BATTLE of WATERLOO, and the CATOPTRIC LIGHT, being a hundred times more powerful than the common Gas, is NOW EXHIBIT ING, at the LYCEUM LECTURE Rooms, Bold-street, Liver pool. The above Exhibition has been visited by upwards of 70,000 persons during the last twelve months of its exhibition in London. The author of this splendid Model, which far su saes anything of the kind ever produced in this county as suc ceeded in producing upon the mind of the spectat. an almost perfect illusion. Every undulation of the . und, every house, field, road, and tree, is faithfully re. seated, as is also every regiment, in its exact position as at the time of the battle so that it is difficult for the spectators to divest them selves of the idea that they are beholding a reality instead of a work of art. Open from Eleven in the Morning until Nine in the Evening. Admission, Is. Children, 6d. Descriptive Books, 6d. each. " Oes y Byd i'r laith Gymraeg." SOCIETY FOR HIE PUBLICATI. T OF ANCIENT WELSH NIANUSCR , ' 'S, Founded at Abergavenny, in 183" WITH WHICH THE CYMMRODORION S • lETY, Founded in London, 17",' IS NOW ACTING IN CONJUNCTION. Patro:zess. HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN. Patronized also by HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS TETE DUKE OF SUSSEX. HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS THE CZAREVECII, THE HERE DITARY GRAND DUKE ALEXANDER OF RUSSIA. V ice-Presidents. THE MOST HONOURABLE THE MARQUESS OF BUTE. His Grace the Duke of BEAUFORT, K.G. His Grace the Duke of NEWCASTLE, K.G. His Grace the Duke of SUTHERLAND. The Most Hon. the Marquess of CAMDEN. The Most Hon. the Marquess of ANGLESEY. The Right Hon. the Earl of SHREWSBURY. The Right Hon. the Earl of CAWDOR. The Right Hon. the Earl of DUNRAVEN. The Right Hon. Lord DYNEVOR. The Right Hon. Lord CAUDERY. The Right lion. Lord MosTYN. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount ADARE, M.P. • Honourable G. RICE Tatvoa, ALP. The Right Hon. CONSEILER JOUKOVSKY. Honourable LLOYD MOSTYN. R.. 1. BLEWIT, Esq., M.P.. of Lantarnarn Abbey. Sir .1. J. GUEST, Bart., M.P., of Dowlais. Sir B. HALL, Bart., M.P., of Llanover. Jour: JONES, Esq., M.P., of Ystrad. J. NICHOL. Esq., M.P., of Merthyr Mawr. Sir R. B. PHILLIPS, Bart., M.P., of Picton Castle. J. H. ViviAs, Esq„ M.P., of Singleton. W. Wm:lris, Esq., M.P., of Maeslough Castle. W. A. WILLIAMS, Esq., M.P., of Llangiby Castle. Sir CHARLES MORGAN, Baronet, of Tredegar. Rigbt Hon. Sir J. B. BOSANQUET, Knight. His Excellency the Chevalier BUNSEN. W. Oniasnv Goan, Esq., M.P., of Porkington. Committee. Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., M.P., of Llanover; near Aberga • veuny, Chairman. Octavius Morgan, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S., of Tredegar. J. Bruce Pryce, of Dyffryn. near Cardiff. Rev. W. J. Rees, M.A., of Cascob, Radnorshire. W. Williams, Esq., of Aberpergwar, Glamorganshire. Editors and Collators of Manuscripts. Rev. Evan Evans, (leuan Glangeirionyddd Chester. Rev. John Hughes, Knutsford, Cheshire. lam John Jones, M.A. (Tepid,) Christ Church, Oxford. Aneuria Owen, Esq., Denbigh. 'Mgr. T. Price, (Carnhuanawc), Crickhowel. fMr. Taliesin Williams, (Ab lolo), Merthyr Tydvil, Gla morganshire. Those marked thus t are also members of the Committee. Corresponding Members. WALES. Blackwell, Rev. J., M.A., of Maenordeivy, Cardigan. Booker, T. W., Esq., of Velindre, Cardiff. Bridges, Right Hon. Sir Harford Jones, Bart., of Boulti brooke, Presteign. Davies, Rev. Walter, M.A., of 7.'Janafon. Evans, Rev. D. 8.D., of Maesmynach, Cardiganshire. Guest, Lady Charlotte, of Dowlais, Glamorgaushire. Hall, Lady, (Gteenynen Gwent,) of Llanover. Johnes, J., Esq., of Dolecothy, Carmarthenshire. Jones, Rev. W. L., of Tygwn, Carnarvonshire. Knight, Rev. Chancellor, M.A., Margam, Glamorganshire. Lewellin, Rev. Lle., D.C.L., Principal of St. David's Col lege, Lampeter. Lewis, D. Jones, Esq., of Gilfach, Llandovery. Lloyd, Rev. H. R., M.A., of Danyralt, Carmarthenshire. Lloyd, J., Esq., of Dinas, near Brecon. Salusbury, Rev. Sir Charles, Bart„ of Llanwern, Mon mouthshire. Traherne, Rev. J. M., M.A., F.R.S., of Coedriglan, near Cardiff. Vaughan, P., Esq., Brecon. Williams, Miss, of Aberpergwm. Williams, Miss J., of Aberpergwm. ENGLAND. &C. Clough, Rev. A. 8,, 8.D., F.S.A., Jesus College, Oxford. Evans, Rev. R. W., M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. James, Rev. D., Kirkdale, Liverpool. Mackenzie, J. Whitefoord, Esq., W.S., Edinburgh. Meyrick, Sir S. R., K.H., F.R.S., F.S.A., of Goodrich Court, Herefordshire. Parry, J., Esq„ (Bardd A;a7c,) London. Phillips, Sir T., Bart., F.R.S., F.S.A., of Spring Hill, Worcester. Prichard, J. C. M.D., F.R.S.. M.R.1.A., Corresponding Member of the Institute of France, Bristol. Rowlands, D., M.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c., London. Turner, Sharon, Esq., F.S.A.. R.A.S.L., &c., London. Williams, Ven. Archdeacon, M.A., F.R.S.E., F.S.A., &c. &c., Edinburgh. Williams, P. 8., Esq., India Board, London. Secretaries. HONORARY SECRETARY. Rev. J. Evans, Lianover Vicarage, Abergavenny. HONORARY FOREIGN SECRETARY. Mons. Rio, of Llanarth Court, Monmouthshire, and Brittany France. Treasurer. Rees Williams, Esq., of Aberpergwm, Neath. Bankers. Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., London. Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co., London. The Monmouthshire andGlamorganshire Bank, Abergavenny, PROSPECTUS. This Society has been formed for the purpose of tran scribing and printing the numerous unpublished Bardic and Historical Remains, still extant in the Principality and other parts of the world, which have hitherto been allowed to con tinue in a state of obscurity, without any effective measures having been adopted to lay their contents before the public, and secure such valuable literary treasures from the various accidents to which they are liable. In addition to the gene ral decay, which from their perishable nature these venerable relics have been for ages undergoing, within a short space of time whole collections have been destroyed by fire, and of those copies distributed throughout the country, numbers which are known to have existed a few years ago are no where to be found. Besides the interest which these ancient documents pos sess, as objects of antiquarian curiosity, and as corributicg to the elucidation of British History, they have claims to at tention of a far more general character, as being intimately connected with the origin and progress of modern European Literature; for it is among the legends and traditions of the Welsh that those materials are to be found, which supplied the nations of the Continent with the earliest subjects of composition, and produced those highly imaginative works, which continue to exercise so powerful an influence to the present day. A great body of Historical knowledge, from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries, is contained in the unpublished Writings of Wales during the wars of the Rival Roses, and at least as far down as the year 1500. From these documents, a very intimate acquaintance with the state of society during the above period may be gained. The Welsh Bards were the Chroniclers of the times in which they lived, and their Poems are chiefly addressed to the leading men of the day. Besides Poetry there is still existing an immense collection of Prose, both Historical and Legendary. The mode of proceeding adopted by the Society is, so far as its pecuniary means admit, to procure Copies of the most important Ancient MSS. relating to Wales, and to publish the same with Notes and Illustrations, accompanied by Eng lish Translations. The Publications are to appear at such intervals as may be convenient, in Parts not exceeding One Guinea each Volume to Subscribers ' to he paid for on de livery ; such Volumes to be s o ld to Non-Subscrib er s at an advanced Price. The Society began to make known its views in 1837, under the patronage of His late Majesty, William the Fourth, wbose death for a time caused a delay i n i ts progress, but Her present M a j est y Queen V ictoria, having graciously ap_ proved of its object, and become it, Patroness, it once more appealed in 1838, to the well known p a t r i ot i sm and gene rosity of the British Public, for the aid nece ssary to accom plish. its undertakings. As soon as adequat e f un d s were pro commenced its labours in January, 153 9,vided, the Society from the Library of Jesus College, O x f or d, a by procuring transcript of that valuable Manuscript relating to Welsh History, called Ll..rifr Lla . ndaY, or Liber Landavensis, which has since been collated with another MS. Copy of the same Work in the Hengsvrt Library; it is now in the Press, a n d will speedily he published , accompanied by English Trans lations and Notes, by the Rev. I,V. J. Rees, M.A. of Casoh, and illustrated with several Plates and Fac Similes. The above W or k would have been long since before the Public, but for the unavoidable delay occas i on ed by the sudden and much lamented death of its - former learned Editor, the Rev. Professor Rees. Transcripts of other valuable MSS. are in a state of forwardness, which the Society hopes, on collect ing sufficient Funds, to publish without delay. Donations and Annual Subscriptions, together with Orders for Copies of the Works, are respectfully requested to be forwarded to the Honorary. Secretary, the Rev. J. Ev ans, Llanover Vicarage, Abergavenny. Subscribers! Names and Orders for Copies of the Works will also be received by the Publisher, W. Rees, Llandovery. DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS ALREADY ANNOUNCED. DECEMBER 30TH, 1839. Donations. Subscriptions. Copies The Hereditary Grand Dulcet;. s. d. s . d. Alexander of Russia 100 0 0 The Duke of Newcastle -50 0 0 5 5 0 The Marquess of Bute 26 5 0 3 3 0 Lord Dynevor Lord Mostyn 2l 0 0 Sir Charles Morgan, Bart 2l 0 0 3 3 0 The Earl Cawdor 2O 0 0 2 Sir B. Hall, Bart., M.P.. SirJ. John Guest, Bart., M.. P. 15 15 0 2 2 0 2 The Hon. G. R. Trevor, M.P. 15 0 0 J. Nichol, Esq., M.P lO 10 0 2 2 0 J. H. Vivian, Esq., M . P. Col. Wood, M.P Lord Adare, M.P. lO 10 0 Sir J. B. Bosanquet lO 10 0 W.Williams,Esq.Aberpergwm 10 0 0 1 0 0 T. Phillips, Esq., London W. Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.P lO 0 0 2 0 0 The late Lady C. Greenly, of Titley Court J.BrucePrvce•Esq.of Dyffryn 5 5 0 1 1 0 Rev. W. J'. Rees, M.A 5 5 0 1 1 0 The late Rev. Professor Rees, B.D. Sir S R. Meyrick T. F. Wakeman, Esq., of Graig, Monmouthshire Octavius Morgan, E sq , F.R.S., F.G.S. J. C. Prichard, Esq., M.D , F.R.S., M.R.1.A., &c... • 5 0 0 Philip Jones, Esq. of Llanarth 5 0 0 JnoLlewellin,Esq.ofAbercarn 5 0 o The Hon. Miss Harley 5 0 0 Rev. R. W. Evans, M.A , Trewen, Chester J. W. Mackenzie, Esq., Edin- 500 110 500 5 0 0 5 0 0 O 3 0 burgh Robert B. Phillips, Esq., of Longworth 3 3 0 Esq .of Lland o 2 2 0 N.B.—Subscriptions, in Liverp 00l and its Vicinity, will b e thanisfully mimic 041 by thi Uev , .Jam Ki r kd o l e , u nr . pool. The recent dry and fine weather has considerably raised the hopes of the farmers throughout the country generally. In consequence of the great mortality among the troops in garrison at Senegal, owing to the excessive use of spirituous liquors, the governor has issued an order limiting the num ber of military cantines, and prohibiting the sale of spirits, except at certain hours, and in moderate quantities. ISLE OF MAN FISHERY.—The take of cod fish on Thurs day night last was prodigious. Immense quantities were for warded by the Queen of Isle to Liverpool, and there was af terwards remaining more than sufficient to supply the whole island. Fine fish were sold as low as Id per lb.—Manx Ad vertiser. A RARE BIRD.—On Wednesday last was captured on the estate of William Baldwin, Esq. Stede-hill, by the game keeper, a beautiful and rare male specimen of the feather legged buzzard It was taken alive, but by Mr. Baldwin's wish was killed, for the purpose of being stuffed.—Kentish Gazette. The Riseholme estate, belonging to the late Mr. Chaplin, near to Lincoln, is transferred to the purchaser, Mr. Machin, of Gptefield Hill, through the instrumentality of Mr. George Robins, who, it will be remembered, had it to sell last May. The price is £60,000. The Bishop of Lincoln is to partake of the purchase to the extent of near.£4o,ooo.—Lincoln paper. The Beilhy Grange estate, adjoining the town of Wea therby, in Yorkshire, and coequal in fame with Ribston, close by, is announced by Mr. George Robins for public competition in May, by direction of Lord Wenlock. On the opposite side of the town is Ribston, which Mr. Robins sold for £lBO,OOO the other day ; and it is only a few years since the whole town was alienated, at one fell swoop, by the Duke of Devonshire. The amount of these three sales approach six hundred thousand pounds.—Yorkshire Journal. The suhscriptions at Marseilles for shares in the Medite raneo-Transatlantic Steam Navigation Company now amount to 4,175,000 f. This company is not to be constituted until its capital amounts to 6,000,000 f. nor until Government shall have agreed to grant it an annual subsidy of 2,000,000 f. in re turn for the money paid for all letters, dispatches, &c. which would in that case be transferred to the coffers of the state. -Paris paper. ROYAL FAMILY OF RUSSIA.—We learn from St. Peters burg that the hereditary Grand Duke of Russia will set out for Germany towards the end of March. After making short visits to Warsaw, Weimar, and Darmstadt, his imperialhigh ness will go to Ems and Baden, where he will he followed by the Empress. In the meantime the Emperor will go to Mos cow, and probably to Odessa, to inspect the troops in the south. PAPAL INTRIGUES IN DENMARK.—The King of Den mark. according to a correspondent of the Universe, has forbidden all Roman Catholic priests and missionaries in the kingdom to hold any correspondence, directly or indirectly, with M. Laurent, Bishop of Chersonesus, who has been ap pointed to reside at Hamburg, as apostolic vicar, by the Holy See. The King, at the same time, interdicts that prelate from exercising any spiritual jurisdiction within the State of Denmark. Taglioni still remains the star of the ascendant in St. Pe tersburg. Her engagement, which was for three years, will expire at the close of the present season ; but overtures to renew it, on the same enormous terms as the present, have been made, which there can, we presume, be no doubt la sylphide will accept. The sum she receives is the almost incredible amount of £12,000 sterling per annum, with other emoluments ; among which the truly imperial present of the empress, and others of the royal family, figure to an immense amount. It is a fact not generally known to the English people, and and not at all known to the Irish, that Daniel O'Connell, Esq. M.P., drew up the abstract of the charter, and, together with several other members of Parliament, affixed his signa ture to the document, O'Connell, upon delivering it to Lovett, observed, "There now, there is the charter of your liberties, and be satisfied with nothing short of it." This fellow de sired them to arm to the amount of 500,000 fighting men, and he, with that force, would ensure the accomplishment of their object—so says Feargus O'Connor in his Northern Star newspaper.—H r hitehaven Paper. On the 21st instant, the Lord Bishop of Peterborough in stituted the Rev. John Clarke Jenkins, M.A., to the vicar age of Ashley St. Ledger's, Northamptonshire, vacant by the death of Dr. Benson, on the presentation of Mrs. Gait skell and Mrs. Senhouse, the patronesses. A SOLDIER'S LIFE IN INDIA.—I like this country very much ; as to the climate I think the reports which you hear of it in England are greatly exaggerated. In the hot wea ther the heat is certainly oppressive, but by means of the immense punkahs kept continually in motion, and the pecu liar construction of the houses, we do not suffer much more than on a hot day in England. As to the weather now (Dec. 15), it resembles a fine sunshiny day in October, except that the sun is hotter and the wind cooler. We play at cricket, and go about all day at this period of the year. You would be astonished to see the queer houses we live in, some little bigger than cottages. They look cold and desolate to a per son just arrived from England, but one soon gets accustomed to them. We are all quite quiet in this part of the world, since the arrangement of affairs in Caubul, and there seems to he no prospect of a war.—Private Letter from Barrack pore. DEPTRUCTION OF BREAD FOOD BY DISTILLATION. — Strangely deluded indeed are those legislators who view the revenue derived from the sale of intoxicating liquors as a source of national prosperity. The destruction of grain alone —independently of the serious evils arising from intemper ance, doubtless, more than preponderates over any benefit derived from a system so manifestly immoral in its nature and tendency. The report of the late parliamentary inquiry on drunkenness, amongst other injurious effects of the system, includes " the destruction of an immense amount of whole some and nutritious grain, given by a bountiful Providence for the food of man, which is now converted by distillation into a poison; " and after looking to the acknowledged fact that spirituous liquors " are always in every case, and to the smallest extent, deleterious, pernicious, or destructive, ac cording to the proportion s i n w hi c h they are taken into the system, the report adds, "so that not only an immense amount of human food is destroyed, whilst thousands are in adequately fed, but the food is destroyed in such a manner as to injure greatly the agricultural producers themselves, for whose gain, but for this perverted and mistaken use of it, there would be more than twice the demand for the use of the now scan ti e ly ns f u ed me p , eo a p n l d e, hn w p h r o ev w e o d u l l n d e a t h n e s n t o h a p v e u r c healthy t a v p i - p e tites to c n i s ld o r f e n t h i e n chin, e g a r r a tik._ e s r, well as i n a ll om Bacchus, the other varied themselves u n c d t i o earariesedivper PEAT ExTRAORDINARY.—On Thursday last, a gentleman of this university backed himself against time, to perform the following feats,—Kill 12 pigeons, jump over six hurdles on foot, and leap a horse over six more, scull one mile, and run one mile, in the short space of half an hour. The place se lected for the performance of this undertaking, was a mile from Baitsbite sluice towards Clayhithe, and it being gene rally understood that it would come off about twelve o,clock, tinam b I.large concourse of persons assembled at that time, and ~betting_o commenced with great spirit at 3 to 1 against him. accompanied'nestruckbut half-ast twelve the gentleman made his appearance, y on h g i s s t fr t i h e e nd p s ige a o n n d s h , e an s d oon began the work of for the performance of this part of the undertaking, five guns, and eight traps were provided, with 21 ' duwn they came r, pigeons. The signals being given, had expired, the: ne at the time, and before four minutes the remaining two, Pigeons were killed out of 19 fired at ; of which 4- of a minuteone escaped, and the other was false, for Thus this part of thew;esa allowed, according to agreement. calculation, was expected to which from the most moderate was performed in three to have o ccu pied eight minutes, began well he showed good minutes and three quarters. Having six hurdles, which were Pluck, and started for the first placed abort three yards apart ; steed, took the next six in gidiant aml having mounted his leaping being completed in two minu s t ty e le ; the whole of the s then quietly jumped into the boat, and and a q uar t er . H e sculled a mile down the stream in nine minutes, apparent ease, plaudits of the persons assembled. The next and amidst the to be performed was to run a mile, which he co and last thing a walk a quarter of the way, and the remainder m w enced by moderate pace, this took up seven minutes and a hall s onlya accomplishing the undertaking in the incredible short T huss pa cea 22 minutes and a half. We understand the wage only five pounds, but we calculate the knowing ones dropped .aa their fives and their fifties upon this occasion .-- Ca mbr i d ge C ridge Chronicle. ITAVING received a REQUISITION to calla ' • LIC 11 MEETING of the Inhabitants of Live , to con sider the propriety of Petitioning the Le ,, islat ein favour of the measure of IRISH MUNICIPAL ORM now be fore the House of Commons, I hereb .point a PUBLIC MEETING for that purpose, on THURSDAY next, the 12th instant, at Twelve o'clock, in the Civil Court , in the Sessions' House. JOSHUA WALMSLEY, Mayor. Town-Hall, sth March, 1840. . THE celebrated Cordial BALM of SYRIACUM, or NATURE'S GRAND RESTORATIVE. There is nothing more remarkable in the social habits of the present day, and mere particularly in those of the past century, then a general disregard to the maxims of pr nee in regard to health and enjoyment. Hence the v multi tudes who, having acquired the portion of an e led con stitution, are doomed to the class of habitua valids. Their minds anxious, unsteady, or sluggish, d their bodies weak, the natural functions of life are dis arged laboriously, with pain and difficulty. For this state f nervous derange ment, the celebrated CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM will be found to have peculiar efficacy, strengthening the lan guid system and shedding new hope on the mind. A perse verance in its use has been the happy means of relieving many thousands, and of restoring a great number to the per manent enjoyment of life. It is remarkable for its efficacy in all disorders of the digestive organs, and is especially recom mended to those who, from the irregularities of youthful age, habits of studious application, -or a life of pleasure, have fallen into a despondent state of mind, and that distressing train of symptoms commonly denominated the NERVOUS. In such persons the mental are not less enfeebled than the corporeal, and to them a remedy that acts with efficacy, with out interfering with domestic habits, is peculiarly desirable. Its primary object is to relieve those persons who, by an immoderate indulgence in their passions, have ruined their constitutions and brought on a perfect tabis dorsalis ; or, in their way to the consummation of that deplorable malady, the affected with any of those previous symptoms that betray its approach, as the various affections of the nervous system, obstinate gleets, involuntary emissions, excesses, irregu larity, weakness, total impotency, barrenness. &c. But the relief the CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM ge nerally administers is not confined to these alone : the latitudinarian by birth, who has received from his parents the inheritance of a diseased and unprolific frame—the deli cate female, whom an immured and inactive life, together with an immoderate use of tea and other weak and watery aliments, has, without any fault of hers, brought on all the calamitous symptoms of a consumptive habit, and are, with out timely assistance, sinking into a premature grave! Such as these, under Divine Influence, the Cordial Balm of Sy riacum will restore to the enjoyment of all the comforts of life. It is universally admired, being pleasant to the taste and smell, gently astringes the fibres of the stomach, and gives that proper tensity which a good digestion requires. To the young it will afford lasting health, strength. and spirits, in place of lassitude and debility, and to the aged and infirm it will assuredly furnish great relief and comfort, by gently and safely invigorating the system. It will not give immortality, but if it be in the power of medicine to gild the autumn of declining years, and calmly and serenely protract the close of life beyond its narrow span, this restorative is capable of effecting this grand desideratum. The Cordial is highly esteemed in the East and West In dies for nourishing and invigorating the nervous system and acting as a general restorative on debilitated constitutions, arising from bilious complaints contracted in hot climates. The studious as well as the sedentary part of the community should never be without the Cordial Balm of Syriacum, which removes diseases of the head, invigorates the mind, mproves the memory, and enlivens the imagination. Sold in bottles, price Ifs. each, or the quantity of four in one Family Bottle for 355., by which one Ils. bottle is saved, duty included. Prepared only by Messrs. Perry and Co. Surgeons, at 22, Slater-street, Liverpool, and 4, Great Charles-street, Bir mingham. _ _ _ Observe, none are genuine without the signature of R. and L. PERRY and Co., impressed in a stamp on the outside of each wrapper, to imitate which is a felony of the deepest dye. Letters for advice must be post paid, and contain the usual fee of one pound. At 22, SLATER-STREET, LIVERPOOL, (Private Entrance First Door up the Passage.) ~~ Impertai ibritamtnt. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. THE CHURCH. The Bishop of EXETER presented some petitions refer ring to church discipline. The right rev. prelate said it was his misfortune to be opposed on that subject to the opinions ot those whose judgment he revered, and whose character he respected and esteemed; but, in presenting these petitions, he was authorised to state that communications had taken place between the bishops, and, he was rejoiced to say, that they were able to agree together, and to produce such a measure as would, it was hoped, be satisfactory to the church at large, and to their lordships. The Bishop of LONDON confirmed the statement of the right rev. prelate. NON-INTRUSION. The Duke of RlcHtoia,in --- PieSenting petitions against the intrusion of ministers on non-consenting congregations in Scotland, called on Lord Melbourne to introduce a mea sure that would satisfy the moderate men of all parties. If that were not quickly done, it would be next to impossible to satisfy any party, and he feared it would be found that it was beyond the power of parliament to remedy the evil. Lord MELBOURNE replied that he was not ready to state that the government would be able speedily to introduce a measure on the subject, and such a measure ought not to be introduced without due and mature consideration. TEE SULPHUR MONOPOLY. Lord LYNDHURST drew the attention of the house to the monopoly of the trade in sulphur. Lord MELBOURNE said, that the strongest representations hid been sent out, and that the British minister had been di rected to state to the government of Naples, that we must insist on the fulfilment of the conditions of the treaty Lord Lyndhurst had referred to. Lord LYNDHURST said, that 18 months had now elapsed since this infraction of the treaty, which was said to be the subject of the negociation which had been proclaimed. He should like to know what had been done during that period to put an end to the general losses sustained by the British merchants. He was told that it amounted to £l,OOO a day at the lowest estimate. • Lord MELBOURNE.—We have had a promise from the Neapolitan government, and unquestionably it now rests with ministers to insist on the fulfilment of that promise. - Lord LYNDHURST wished to ask the noble viscount whe ther he did not know that the Neapolitan government in sisted on the continuance of the monopoly for six months further, dating from the Ist of January last ? Lord MELBOURNE.—No, I have never heard of such a condition, Lord LYNDHURST.--SIX line-of-battle ships sent to Naples would settle the matter in a fortnight. The house then adjourned. • HOUSE OF COMMONS-MONDAY. Captain Howard took the oaths and his seat for Morpeth. BEER. Mr. PAKINGTON brought up the sale of beer bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on the 18th instant. CHINA. Sir JAMES GRAHAM ob;e;V - ed, that as the papers relating to China had not yet been laid on the table of the house by government, he should on Thursday next move for an ad dress to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to give directions that the papers relating to the events which had led to the interruption of our com mercial intercourse with China, be laid before the house forthwith. PRIVILEGE Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice, that on Thursday next he would move for leave to bring in a bill for the summary pro tection of persons employed in the publication of parliamen tary papers. POOR LAWS Lord G. SOMERSET wished to know when Lord J. Russell intended to bring on the measure, which he was understood to be preparing, on the subject of the poor laws? It would be very desirable that it should come on for discussion at an early period of the session, so that due time might be given for considering its provisions. Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to say he hoped to bring forward a measure on the subject before Easter. BOUNDARY QUESTION. Sir R. PEEL wished to know whether there would be any objection to lay on the table the papers relating to the nego tiations that had taken place upon the subject of the boun dary question ? Lord J. RUSSELL said he thought his noble friend, the secretary for the foreign department, would have no objec tion to lay the papers upon the table ; but, at the same time, he did not think the question was at present in such a state that it could properly be discussed in the house, inasmuch as the correspondence was still going on, and the instruc tions which had been issued were still matters of discussion between the two governments. The house then went into committee of supply, and the remainder of the navy estimates were voted. INLAND WAREHOUSING BILL. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that he did not see in his place the right hon. gentleman who bad given notice of a motion to refer the inland warehousing bill to a select committee, and, in his absence, he would only say that he was willing the sub ject should be taken into consideration by a committee up stairs. The right hon. gentleman subsequently moved for, and obtained, the appointment of a select committee accord ingly. Mr. CHRISTOPHER moved for leave to bring in a bill to consolidate the laws relating to sewers in England and Wales. Leave was given, and the bill was brought in. Colonel SIBTHORP, pursuant to notice, moved fora return for all the appointments exceeding in value the sum of £2OO per annum, that have been made in various public depart ments, including the household appointments, with the names and dates of such appointments, together with the several salaries and allowances granted to, or received by each, from the 22d day of November, 1830, to the present period. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no objection to the return per se, but it would take ten years to make it out. If, however, such a return was to be granted, let it be made from 1820 instead of 1830. so that they might have it fair for both sides. They all understood what this motion meant,—it was to find matter for attack. Colonel Surrnonp had no objection to say that he did mean by his motion to get at matter of attack upon the go vernment. He wanted the country to know into what sort of hands the official patronage of government had fallen ; and if government would not give him the return, he was ready to pay for it out of his own pocket. (A laugh.) " Let the galled jade wince," said the hon. and gallant member, "my withers are unwrung." (Loud laughter.)—Ultimately the amended motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, extending the period to 1820, was agreed to. Adjourned at twenty minutes past twelve. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. A number of petitions were presented, amongst them one by the Earl of GALLOWAY from the Protestant Association, of Edinburgh, praying for inquiry respecting the books used as class-books in the college of Maynooth, and alleging that if these books were such as they were described to be, it was inconsistent with the duty of a Christian government to sup port that college. He would not give any opinion as to whether the books were immoral, anti-social, and unchris tian, as they were described to be ; but if they were so, it was as much the duty of the government to suppress the in stitutions in which they were used as it was to suppress the Socialist communities, against which the house had ad dressed the Queen. In answer to a question from the Earl of ABERDEEN, Lord DUNCANNON replied that there was not, nor never had been, the least intention of breaking up the Royal Bo tanical Gardens at Kew. The Earl of ABERDEEN could assure the noble viscount of such an intention, for an offer of these plants had been made to the Horticultural Society, whether with the authority of his colleagues or not he was not aware, but the society refused the offer so made, thinking it injurious to the interest of the public to remove the plants. The condition on which they were offered was, that the public should be admitted to the society's gardens, gratis, one day in the week. He was happy to find the project was abandoned. Viscount DUNCANNON said that the gardens were.. in the lord steward's department, and he could assure the noble . earl theft was not the least intention of giving them up. In answer to a question from Lord REDESDALE, Lord MONTEAGLE said the documents which had been destroyed lately, belonging to the Exchequer, were mostly duplicates of llocurnents connected with the old proceedings of the Exchequer, and they had not been destroyed until there had been a full inquiry and due deliberation upon. the subject. Two gentlemen competent to the task were ap pointed to make the inquiry, and they had reported upon the subject, and if the house required it there would be no diffi culty in furnishing that report. The Duke of RICHMOND begged their lordships to give a first reading to a bill which was rendered necessary by some transactions. In 1740, an act was passed which prohibited any person from running more than one horse in a race, or from running any horse otherwise than in his own name. Up to the present time that act had never been put in force, nor could it. If a person bought a horse under an engagement, it ran under that engagement, as a matter of course ; yet, according to that act, the horse was forfeited, and the owner Lable to a penalty. A clever solicitor had ferretted out this act, and he had lately. served notice of action upon six gen tlemen under it. Now, according to that law, the member for a borough or county, subscribing £lO or £2O to the races there, was liable under it to a penalty, or number of gentle men entering for a sweepstakes. His late Majesty, who kept race-horses for the purpose of supporting an amuse ment in which all could join, and to maintain the breed of horses, frequently ran three horses in one race, and that in the name of the Master of the Horse. His Majesty was lia ble to one of *the penalties and the forfeiture of the horses, and the Earl of Albemarle to another penalty. The act had clearly fallen into desuetude, and he asked them to read this bill, in order to repeal it. He had followed the precedents of the acts relating to pluralities and newspapers of the last two sessions, so that the party might get his costs, but no penalties. _ Read a first time, and ordered a second time on Thursday. The Duke of RICHMOND moved fora return of the number of stage coaches which, during the last year, were allowed to pass on the turnpike roads free of toll, in consequence of bearing the mails. The bills on the table were then advanced a stage, and their lordships adjourned till Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--TUESDAY. A great number of petitions were presented, and a new writ was ordered for the borough of Lewes, in the room of Sir C. B. Blount, Bart, deceased. The reports of the committees on the Chester and Birken head railway, the Lancaster and Preston railway, and the Sheffield and Rotherham railway bills, were further consi dered, and the bills ordered to be engrossed. BRAZIL. Mr. E. TENNENT gave notice that to-morrow he would put a question to the noble secretary for foreign affairs, as to the state of the ne , ociations between the British and Bra zilian government's in respect to compensation claimed by British subjects for the losses they sustained during the last insurrection. Also, that on Thursday he would move for copies of despatches received by the government from Vene zuela or Brazil, as to the claims of those states on British Guiana. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH INDrA. Mr. IfinuE gave notice that on Thursday he would move for a select committee to inquire into the best mode of open ing steam communication with India, North and South America, &c., and whether the contract recently entered into by the Admiralty for the purpose was for the public benefit. MR. SHERIFF FVA • Lord MAtioN, on the authority' ofNB Mr. Sheriff Evans's medical attendant, called attention to the state of Mr. Sheriff Evans's health. was subsequently exam i ned at the bar of the suffering severely fromer dangerous. a H e stated that which the sheriff confinement w a mights u i tt a h a Mr. Fe . complaint, Lord MAHON succeeded in obtaining th e house. liver house to the printing of the surgeons evidence,consTit of th e with a view to further consideration to-morrow. Mr. COLQUHOUN inquired whether the Government in tended to present any bill in reference to the collision between the ecclesiastical and civil authorities in Scotland, regarding the appointment of ministers ? Lord J. RUSSELL said the matter was under considera tion. Sir R. PEEL hoped, if it should be determined not to bring in any bill on the subject, that the determination would be stated to the house as early as possible. Nu Sir R. o s, in answer to inquiries by Mr. Hawes, stated that he should bring forward his motion on the sub ject of church extension as early as possible after Easter. A conversation aroao botwoon Mr. Goulburn and Mr. Labouchere respecting the inland warehousing bill. A conversation followed on the subject of the dispute be tween the ecclesiastical and civil authorities in Scotland on the subject of church patronage. Sir F. BURDETT moved that the petition of John Dillon be referred to a select committee; but The motion was opposed, and negatived on a division, the ayes being 15, noes 42majority against it 33. Mr. BAINES moved that the house resolve into committee " to take into consideration the propriety of abolishing the first fruits of the clergy in England and Wales ; and the more effectual rating and the collection of the tenths, applicable to the augmentation of the maintenance of the poor clergy." Lord J. RUSSELL and Mr. GotTLßtrux opposed the motion. The house eventually divided, and the motion was carried by ayes 38, noes 17—majority in its favour 21. The house then went into committee. Mr. BAINES moved the following resolution :—" That it is expedient to provide for the abolition of the first fruits and tenths of the clergy, as at present in force in England and Wales, after the next avoidance, and in lieu thereof that one tenth be contributed by all archbishops, bishops, and otheri of the clergy, whose incomes shall be above £5OO, to be ap plied to augment the stipend of the poor clergy, the building of churches, and other purposes." The resolution was agreed to, the chairman ordered to re port the resolution to the house, and with leave that a bill might be brought in conformably to this resolution. This was accordingly done, and leave was given. On the report of the municipal corporations (Ireland) bill, a desultory discussion arose, and amendments were moved. It was'afterwards ordered that the bill, as amended, should be reprinted. The reports of committees of supply having been presented and agreed to, the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS—WEDNESDAY. The lords did not assemble to-day. HOUSE OF COMMONS-WEDNESDAY. 'the LORD ADVOCATE presented the fictitious voters (Scot land) bill. The bill was read the first time, and ordered to be read the second time on Friday se'nnight. On the motion of Sir T. FRENIANTLE: a new writ was or dered for Helstone, in the room of Lord Cantilupe, who has vacated his seat by accepting the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. PARKER gave notice of his intention to move for leave to bring in a bill, exempting union workhouses from rates. Mr. HAWES moved for returns relati►►g to the pew rents and church rates'of the parish of Lambeth. Lord M &HON resumed the motion regarding the liberation of Mr. Sheriff Evans, and, after the examination of Dr. Chambers, moved that the sheriff be brought to the bar for the purpose of being liberated. Kftet:lbme discussion the motion was negatived, by ayes, 84, noes, 125—majority against it, 41. Mr. E. TENNENT inquired of Lord Palmerston the present position of the negotiation which has so long been in progress regarding the compensation due from the Brazilian Govern ment to British subjects, for injuries sustained during the insurrection of Para, in 1835. Lord PALMERSTON answered that, inquiries had been made by the government through the proper channels as to the negotiations, and the circumstances attendant upon the claims ; and that the answers, as they had been received, had been forwarded to the Queen's Advocate. Captain POLLII LL gave notice that he should to-day move the liberation of Mr. Sheriff Evans on his parole. __ _ _ Mr. HOWARD having inquired when the house might ex pect Dr. Bowring's report regarding the German commercial league, &c. , _ _ Lord PA.LNIERSTON answered that it would be ready in a few days. _ _ _ Mr. BROTHERTON moved for a return of the annual ex ports of British manufactures to the different West India Colonies, both in quantity and value, each article being separately stated, from the years 1835 to 1839, both inclusive ; also the annual imports of different kinds of provisions into Jamaica, from 1835 to 1839, both inclusive. The motion was agreed to. The remaining business having been deferred, the house adjourned. COURT CIRCULAR, TUESDAY. Her Majesty had a dinner party, last evening, at Bucking ham Palace. The company consisted of their Royal High nesses the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and the Duke of Sussex, his Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha, the Countess of Lichfield, the Earl of Erroll, Earl of Uxbridge, Earl and Countess of Surrey and Lady Mary Howard, Earl of March, Viscount Melbourne, Lord and Lady Cowley and the Hon. Miss Wellesley, Lord and Lady Kinnaird, Lord Fitzalan, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Baron de Heringen, Lady Barham, Lady Fanny Howard, Miss Kerr, Hon. Miss Lister, Hon. Miss Murray, Baroness Lehzen, Marquis of Headfort, Gen. the Hon. Sir William Lumley, Col. Wemyss, Col. Wylde, Mr. Seymour, Baron de Lowenfels, and Baron de Gruben. The dinner was served in the state dinner room. This apartment, since last season, has been greatly improved : it has a vaulted ceiling, divided into panels, enriched with carved stucco work of a very elegant and tasteful de sign, having three .large circular compartments in the cen tre. Many of the mouldings and ornaments in relief have been gilt, and the entire ceiling and walls have been fresh coloured ; pier glasses of the largest dimensions occupy the spaces between all the windows; the draperies also are new, and of the richest description. The effect of the whole being very magnificent and striking. At the end of the room is a square recess not extending to the full height of the apart ment, and over it is an ante-room where the band of the Ist life guards were stationed last evening during dinner. The back of the recess is fitted up with large mirrors in gold frames. The style of ,the room is now in unison with the other state apartments with which it communicates. The grand hall and sculpture gallery have also been embellished since last year. All the capitals of the numerous Corinthian colnmns have been gilt, and some of the mouldings in the entablature, the soffitas of the architrave, and ovolos of the ceiling have been gilt, thus relieving the whole of the ceilings. In the grand hall four new lanterns furnished by Messrs. Perry have been introduced of a very handsome design. The Queen gave audiences, yesterday, to the Marquis of Normanby and Viscount Melbourne. Colonel Wemyss has relieved Lcrd Alfred Paget in the duty of equerry in waiting on her Majesty. Her Majesty the Queen-dowager visited the Princess Augusta yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. Her Majesty honoured Messrs. Copeland and Garrett with a visit to their manufactory yesterday. _ _ . - The Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen dowager yesterday, and also the Princess Augusta, at Cla rence House, St. James's. STATE OF TRADE. MANCIIESTF.R.—There was no change in the market yes terday, business continuing in the same dull and inanimate state which has prevailed for several weeks past. and the buyers generally offering lower prices both for yarn and goods. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, MARCH 3.—We have nothing new to state in reference' to this market; at any rate nothing more favourable. Every week seems to add to the gloom and perplexity ; and, for the most part, the goods that find a market are sold at a ruinous loss. In some styles of new fancy woollens a small profit may, with difficulty be obtained ; but in plain cloths, and in all other fancy goods, the trade is altogether unprofitable, and, without a speedy change, the most disastrous results will be experienced among merchants, manufacturers, and shopkeepers. The operatives also suffer much, and we fear their severe trials are not even near an end. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, MARCH 2. — We have had to-day a very dull market, the business done has been extremely limited, and at prices somewhat lower. The flannel weavers, at present, are in low circumstances on account of the increased scarcity of work. Within this month there have been several failures among the small manufacturers. In the wool market there is no change to report.—Manchester Guardian (t . Wednesday. BLACKBURN.—FIat as our trade has been for several weeks past, it is still manifesting a downward tendency ; and recent prices of both yarn and cloth cannot be maintained. We do hope, however, that the very auspicious state of the weather will have a favourable impression ere long.—Black burn Standard. • KILMARNOCK.—In some departments of trade in town briskness prevails. The printfields are nearly all in full operation, and the weavers, consequently, are much better employed. The carpet manufactories, owing to the position in which we at present stand with America, do not possess the same activity, but they continue to employ about the same number of hands.—Kihnarnock Journal. The ballot for the Cambridge petition is fixed for March 16. Mr. Trevelyan, the new assistant secretary to the treasury, in the room of Mr. Spearman, commenced his official duties on Saturday. - We understand that the Brighton and Shoreham Railway will be opened to the public on Easter Monday.—Brighton Gazette. A strong shock of earthquake was felt at Susa, near Tunis, on the 27th alt. A few isolated houses were destroyed, but no further damage was done. The Gazette Musicale announces the approaching mar riage of Mademoiselle Pauline Garcia with M. Viardet, who retires from the management of the Italian Opera. NEW VEER. — There is a rumour, but we do not vouch for its authenticity, that John Fort, Esq., M.P., will shortly be called to the Peerage, by the title of Baron Aqua-Fort-is.— Blackburn Standard. The sum of £l5OO has been raised in Hereford towards removing St. Nicholas Church from its present inconvenient site, and towards building a new church for the use of the parishioners. It has been intimated to Mr. Gurney by the Privy Council office, that he is no longer to charge the parties in patent cases for a copy of the evidence furnished, not to them, but to the office.—Globe. YORKSHIRE VERDICT.—The Bradford Observer of last Thursday, after stating the particulars of an inquest over a man who had been found suspended by the neck quite dead, says that the verdict brought in was "Found drowned !" Lord Francis Egerton has paired off with Mr. Fazakerley, until the beginning of May,' - and from the great benefit expe rienced by him in his voyage, there is every ground for nop ing his health will, by that time, be completely re-established. - - ROCHDALE MONTHLY CATTLE FAIR, MONDAY, MARCH 2d.—There has been something like an average number of cattle shown in the market to-day, and the prices have un dergone little or no 'change since last month's fair. Milkers have been more plentiful, but tolerably fair prices have been obtained for them. STOCKDALE V. HANsAED.—In the fifth action brought by Mr. Stockdale v. Messrs. Hansard, in which the damages are laid at £50,000, the venue is laid in Surrey, and the writ of inquiry will therefore be executed before the sheriff at the next assizes for that county.—Times. i The fashionable b a th s a t Ems, near Coblentz, will open ts season more brilliantly than ever before, as her majesty the empress of Russia, and her son, the hereditary crown prince, have already had the best part of the Kurhaus (old ducal place) reserved for them for the end of May. _ . Much illness prevails among the paupers of the Stamford union and district, which arises from the peculiarity of the atmosphere, want of warm clothing, and insufficient nourish ment. The four surgeons have under their care now 427 patients.—Lincoln Chronicle. - - - - WlNDsoit.—The subscriptions towards defraying the ex pense of erecting a new church in this town are proceeding most satisfactorily to those who were the originators of the fund. The estimated expense of the erection is £4OOO, and up to Tuesday, the sum of £1761 had been subscribed.— Kentish Gazette. The Duke of Wellington arrived at Apsley House on Mon day, from Strathfieldsaye, and at four o'clock proceded in a close carriage to attend in his place in the House of Lords, where he was congratulated by his noble friends on his re storation to health.. It is said that the young Duke d'Aumale, fourth son of the King of the French, had directed that his estates, which he inherits from the Duke de Bourbon, be charged with an annuity for his brother, the Duke de Nemours, equal to the required dotation refused by the chamber of deputies. It ought to be known and recorded to their honour, that no less than five of the learned judges (Messrs. Matteson, Coleridge, Alderson, Gurney, and Erskine,) have been for some time, whenever other duties would permit, actively en gaged as inspecto rs o f tropolis.----Argus. Diocesan schools in and about theme. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The usual monthly meeting, and also the adjourned quar terly meeting of the Council, was held on Wednesday, in the Town-hall. Joshua Walmsley, Esq., the Mayor, presided. FINANCE COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS The DEPUTY TOWN-CLERK{ read the proceedings of the Finance Committee, at their several meetings since the last Council, all of which were confirmed, except those relative to the purchase of the property at Birkenhead, belonging to the trustees of the late Mr. Hetherington. Mr. W. W. CURRIE said, the subject of this purchase had been postponed from time to time in consequence of its being thought desirable to take into consideration the pro priety of purchasing a small adjoining property, the possession of which would'render the purchase complete, as far as the Corporation were concerned. Since the last Council meet ing this purchase had been made. [The plans were here submitted to the inspection of the Council.] The Corpora tion had now possession of the whole of the land. The Council having sanctioned the purchase from Mr. Grindrod and others, it became the duty of the committee to see whe ther they could make other purchases to complete the first, and those two lots being offered, were now waiting for the confirmation of the Council. The same policy that induced the Council to approve of the original purchase, would lead them to sanction the propriety of these additional ones, inas much as they would make the powers of the Corporation in that quarter complete. They would give them the command of that locality, and to make favourable terms hereafter with the Chester and Birkenhead Railway Company, which line ran close to this property ; for when an attempt was made by the proprietors of that railway to get rid of the obligation to carry their communication from Birkenhead Ferry alto gether, and to enable them to carry the line to Woodside, proceedings were taken which ended in that clause being struck out of the bill by the committee of the House of Commons, so that the obligation still existed. The company then must go to Birkenhead before they could go to Wood side. The additional purchase was very desirable because it was closed in on one side by the railway and on the other by the property just bought. The plot he referred to was Mrs. Pegram's. The owners had offered very fairly, through a gentleman, a member of that Council, to take the same price for the land as had been given for that adjoining, and as to the two houses upon it, it was agreed that the value of them should be left to the reterence of two surveyors, who were to call in a third. The amount asked for the land was £l6OO l Os. ; and for the two houses, which produced £l2O a-year, £2400, so that the purchase money would be little more than £4OOO. This purchase then, withe the other at £BBOO, he submitted for the confirmation of the Council, assuring them that the greatest care had been taken to make the best bar gain they could. Mr. CASE seconder; the motion, and it was carried unani mously. LEASES The DEPUTY TOWNCLERK read the petitions for, and grants of leases, all of which, after one or two unimportant questions from Mr. Alderman EARLE, were confirmed. PROCEEDINGS OF IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEES. The proceedings of this committee were next read, and on the motion of Mr. BARCLAY, they were confirmed without observation. PROCEEDINGS OF WATCH COMMITTEE. Amongst the proceedings of the Watch Committee, was the following report on the comparative state of crime in Liverpool in the years 1838 and 1839, which appeared to ex cite considerable interest : The Watch Committee for the borough of Liverpool, in laying before the Council the criminal and other returns for the year 1839, are gratified in being able to state that these returns exhibit the same evidence of the effective working of the constabulary force as those of last year. At the close of 1838, the number of thieves returned as residing in Liverpool was 1835. These consisted of 736 as appertaining to a first class, or those who live solely by steal ing ; 407 of a second class, who support themselves partly by labour and partly by theft ; and 242 who belong to a third class, or of those who are suspected persons, and known as the associates of thieves. At the close of last year these numbers had been reduced to 936, being a decrease of 449. The following table shows the respective relation of the different classes for both years : 1838. 1839. Increase. Decrease. First Class Second Class 407 358 Third Class Total 1385 936 449 From this it evidently appears that the police operations affect, as they ought to do, the more criminal:class, and who, as was stated in our last report, being supported solely by criminal means, and having no fixed locality, naturally seek those places where they would be least interrupted by an organised police, and where they can commit their depreda tions with the least danger of detection. The annexed tables test, as it were, the accuracy of the returns relating to the resident thieves, for they show that the number of individuals in custody for felony more than once have been much fewer in 1839 than in the preceding years, as will appear from the following abstract : NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS IN CUSTODY FOR FELONY, AS SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS, &C. Number of times during the year. 1839. 1838. Once Twice Three times Four times Five times Six times Seven times Eight times Nine times Ten times Eleven times Twelve times 3795 4230 790 605 222 303 92 140 47 GG 32 40 12 19 10 5 4 6 0 2 0 3 1 0 In 1839 there were in custody 18,074, of whom 14,870 were apprehended by the police, without being given in charge. The proportion of prisoners convicted, to the whole num ber in custody, was in 1838 thirty-eight per cent., and in 1839 it was fifty-one per cent., being an increase of thirteen per cent, on the convictions. The class of juvenile thieves, that is, of those who are fifteen years of age and under, has also decreased. The number returned as known to the police in 1838 was 226, and in 1839, 171, the decrease being likewise almost solely in the first class. It is worthy of remark, that a reference to the tables will chew that the number of known thieves .in custody, the re formations, transportations, removals, &c., bear the same relative proportion to the total numbers in 1839 as in previ ous years. It will be seen from the large return, that the number of burglaries and housebreakings actually committed was, in 1839, 249, and 107 attempted, but prevented. In 1838 there were of the same class of offences actually committed 313. and 68 attempted, hut prevented. The number of offences prevented by the police, where the offenders have been captured upon the spot, was, in 1839, 132, and in 1838, 63. The total number of offences prevented by the police was, in 1839, 237, and in 1838, 94. The number of prisoners apprehended by the police subsequent to the commission of the offence, from a description of their persons, was, in 1839, 1567, and in 1838, 813. BEGGARS. The number of beggars apprehended in 1839, was 515, and in 1838, 320. OFFENCES AGAINST THE BYE-LAWS. 1839. 1838. Amount Amount NATURE OF of of No. Penalty. No. Penalty. Disorderly public &beer-houses 226 346 2 6 238 348 1 0 Carters, car-drivers, &c. .... 1162 159 6 0 1131 148 0 0 Cruelty to animals Nuisances, obstructions, &c 1589 329 3 0 1366 253 5 6 Disorderly eating-houses Total 3029 882 6 0 2769 758 10 0 Offences under the local laws committed on the dock quays32B2 882 13 6 3078 826 1 FIRES. The number of fires in 1839, was 103; and in 1838, 129. The amount of property lost by fires was, in 1839, £8530. 9s. 6d.; and in 1838, £107,008. The amount of property saved under the roof of the build ing or buildings, in 1839, £159,278. 9s. 6d.; and in 1838, £88,698. BROTHELS AND PROSTITUTES While the number of thieves has diminished, there has been an increase in the numbers of brothels and prostitutes. In 1838, there were 431 brothels, and 154 houses in which prostitutes lodged; the number of prostitutes residing in both being 1695. In 1839, the number of brothels was 591, and of houses in which prostitutes lodged, 184 ; the total number of prostitutes inhabiting both, 2414. Part of this apparent increase is no doubt owing to a greater knowledge of the prostitutes and their residences by the police, and part to other circumstances over which, in the present state of of the law, the police can exert no control. THE POLICE FORCE. The preceding remarks, the accompanying returns, and the orderly state of the town, prove the continued efficiency of the police force. Watch Committee-room, 1 (Signed) 29th Feb. 1840. I Wm. THORNHILL, Chairman. Mr. THORNHILL moved the confirmation of the proceed ings, and that the report upon the state of crime be printed, and a copy forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Home Department by his worship the Mayor. Mr. CASE seconded the motion. Mr. BLACKBURN asked whether these tabular returns would be furnished to the public at large, and whether the report would be supplied to the members of the Council? The report was extremely interesting and important. Mr. THORNIII LL replied in the affirmative, and amended his motion, to the effect that a copy of the report be sent to every member of the Council. Mr. H. LAWRENCE did not rise to oppose the motion, or to resist the alterations suggested, because he bad had no op portunity of considering them. But the Watch Committee having taken up more beggars this year than in previous years, He would refer them to Lace-street, which he hoped they would clear, for there was no time of the day when pas sengers were not molested by vagrants there. The motion was then put and carried. PRocKEDLNGs; OF THE MARKET COMMITTEE. This committee, in their proceedings, reported their hav ing appointed Mr. Abraham Lewyer, to the situation of market-looker, at a salary of £l5O per annum, in the room of thelate Mr. Henry Lace. MrAIENwe HoLmus moved the confirmation of the pro ceedings, and Mr. THORNHILL seconded the motion. 11r. Isaac HOLMES understood that this appointment had been made in consequence of the death of Mr. Lace. Mr. Lewyer, he believed, had been only an attorney's writer, and therefore what peculiar qualifications he could have for the superintendent of a market he was at a loss to imagine, except it was to vindicate reformed principles. He had been told this man had made himself extremely active as one of the principal canvassers in North Toxteth Ward, and, as a dele gate, from the ward to the reform association, and that therefore, he had become uncommonly well qualified to till the situation of a market superintendent. As to Scotland Ward, they were well off, for they had two extremely active reform canvassers among the market-lookers there, and he believed the same was the case, not in that ward alone, but in Vauxhall and St. Paul's. East, west, and north, there fore, we found attention paid to canvassing by market-lookers at the north end of the town, and he supposed the south end must now have one in the person of this Mr. Lewyer. This appointment was a wrong one, when it was considered what other individuals were among the candidates. One of them had held a situation in St. John's Market for between eight and nine years, against whom there had never been even the shadow of a suspicion. That man, he believed, had been most strongly recommended, but his claims had been passed over in favour of this Mr. Lewyer, of whom be (Mr. Holmes) had never heard, except on the Ist of November, 1838, when it was mentioned in the Mail newspaper that he was one of those who had been promised a situation when the new docks should be built. A situation, however, had turned out be fore the docks had been built, and, of course, it was given to him. He (Mr. Holmes) was aware that the majority of the council would negative any motion he should make; but when he found there had been applications from 67 individu als for this office, not less than two dozen of whom were well known in the town, and that a stranger was appointed to it, he must solemnly protest against the measure; and, he trusted, although he could not hope to be able to prevent this appointment, that on any future vacancy, the committee would look for different claims than those of an electioneering Character, which were the only claims this individual pos sessed. He might perhaps be said he was qualified for the situation of a market-looker, because he had seen an attor ney's office swept out, but that, he apprehended, was not a sufficient qualification. Mr. M`liEE said Mr. Lewyer was a very honest and a very honourable man ; and if the member for Scotland Ward thought that worth and honesty and integrity, alon g with liberal principles, were incompatible, let him a t once state it. Mr. Lewyer was a very respectable man, well qualified for the situation, and if there was only one recommendation proving it, that of his late employer, who was a very active conservative, was sufficient. Now, although Mr. Lewyer had taken an active part in asserting his principles, his employer considered him as a most efficient servant, and had so much respect for him that he became one of his sureties. Tlvire was also another fact which should be known—namely, that the greatest number of Mr. Lewyer's testimonials, were from conservatives. Mr. ISAAC HOLMES.—With regard to honesty and integ rity, I particularly mentioned these were the very qnalitica tions for the individual in St. John's Market. • Mr. RATHBONE said it was rather unfortunate that Mr. Holmes should make these remarks, for he (Mr. Rathbone) believed that the late Mr. Lace, before being appointed, to the situation, was a cabinet maker, and taken out of the office of his cousin, Mr. Ambrose Lace. Mr. EARLE said, some gentlemen were drawn into conse quence by being answered. There was one individual in that room who was perpetually bringing charges against the coun cil, but the best way of treating him was with silent contempt. After a few words from Mr. JOHN HoLmEs the motion was carried. MISCELLANEOUS The proceedings of the Town Hall Establishment, the Education, and the Church Expenditure, Committees, were next read and confirmed. ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN, &C. The MAYOR announced, that in conformity with the re solution of the council, on the 17th of February Mr. Alder man Sheil, Mr. Councillor Bushell and himself had pro ceeded to London, and presented the councils address to the Queen, which was most graciously received. On a sub sequent day they had the pleasure of presenting the address to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, whose answer he would read :—" Accept my sincere thanks for your congratulations, and I beg that you will assure the inhabitants of Liverpool that I have received their address with the most lively satis faction and pleasure." They had the gratification of re ceiving this reply from the Prince himself, and he (the Mayor) would venture to suggest, that this would be a most fitting occasion for the council to possess themselves of a full length portrait of her Majesty, for the purpose of being placed in the Town Hall. Mr. EARLE.—We must have the Prince too, then. The conversation then dropped. MR. (MILL'S SALARY. The •Mnroz next read a letter from Mr. Charles Okill, clerk of committees, addressed to the council, thanking them for the increase recently made to his salary. RE-BUILDING OF ST. GEORGE'S-STREET CHAPEL. The MAYOR said the next subjectfor consideration was a letter from Mr. Joseph Franklin, the corporation surveyor, in which he referred to a resolution passed by the building committee for re-erecting St. George -street chapel. This resolution was to the effect that•llr. Franklin should. be re quested to'furnish the designs of the intended new edifice ; but to do so being contrary to his engagement, the matter was submitted to the council for their determination, as to whether, under the circumstances, they would permit him so far to depart from his agreement. Mr. G. HOLT was not aware of this matter being brought forward ; but seeing no objection to the proposition, he would move that the request be complied with, and that Mr. Frank lin have permission to act as the architect in this case. Mr. BRIGHT seconded the motion. Mr. SHELL moved that the agreement before the council and Mr. Franklin be read. If they adopted the motion of Mr. Holt, they would set a dangerous and very improper precedent. He should be very sorry to interfere with the views of the gentlemen who had come to the resolution just read, or with the just wishes of Mr. Franklin ; but they (the council) had been sent there to perform a duty to the public, and they ought, therefore, to be very careful how they set an example—a bad example—of permitting persons in their service to deviate from their agreement with the public, made through the council's instrumentality. He did not think they could safely or justly grant the request, .and for that reason he should vote against it. Mr. JOHN SMITH perfectly coincided with the views of Mr. Alderman Sheil, and had great pleasure in seconding his motion, that the terms of Mr. Franklin's appointment be read. Mr. W. W. CURRIE said; it could scarcely be necessary to read the terms of the appointment, because all the council well knew Mr. Franklin had engaged to give the whole of his time to the service of the public, arid that to accept the present offer would be a violation of it. If, however, there was any danger of this application being drawn into a prece dent, of which lie (Mr. Currie) had no fear, he was sure Mr. Franklin, whom he had seen that morning, would cheerfully withdraw the application ; but, having been applied to in so flattering a manner, he thought it only respectful to submit the matter to the council. The DEPUTY TOWN-CLERK read the agreement moved for by Mr. Alderman Sheil, dated May 4, 1836, from which it .appeared that Mr. Franklin's salary was to be £5OO per annum, and that, in consideration of it, he was wholly to devote his time and services to the public. [The salary has since been increased to £7OO per annum.] Mr. WOpLRIGHT inquired whether Mr. Franklin, since his engagement with the council, had not furnished some plans to the Grand Junction Railway Company, or the Lon don and Birmingham Railway Company. The DEPUTY TOWN-CLERK replied in the affirmative—to the Grand Junction Company. Mr. SHELL said probably that might be under some exist ing arrangement with the company before Mr. Franklin entered the service of the corporation. Mr. BRIGHT said the application was made in consequence of a very serious calamity to the congregation of Great George -street Chapel, and the cause, therefore, was out of the ordinary rules. He could see no impolicy in granting the permission. Mr. RATHBONE considered that the permission would be only shewing a kindly feeling towards Mr. Franklin, espe dially as he had pledged himself not to take any time belong ing to the public. He would, therefore, give him the per mission. As to setting a precedent, it appeared to him that if Mr. Franklin was allowed to furnish plans only when places of worship were burned down, the interests of the council would not be materially injured. . Mr. JORDAN thought that whenever any place of worship was burned down, the surveyor to the corporation ought to give his services. Mr. BLACKBURN was of opinion the council might with strict propriety comply with the request, having Mr. Frank lin's assurance that it would not interfere with the discharge of his public duty. It was a compliment to the council to have elected a 'surveyor-who stood so high in the estimation of those . who had passed the resolution, that they wished to avail themselves of his services. From what he knew of Mr. Franklin's character, and had heard from him, he could state that if the permission was not unanimously conceded, he would not accept it. In the case of the Grand Junction Railway, he had furnished plans without any evil result to the corporation interests. Mr. JOHN SMITH asked whether Mr. Franklin intended to act gratuitously ? Mr. BLACKBURN was not prepared to answer the question. Mr. EARLE was also of opinion that it would be ungracious to refuse. • The motion was about to be put, when Mr. Alderman SHEIL intimated that he should divide the Council upon the matter. He had so strong an opinion of the propriety of the Council adhering to, and officers strictly respecting, their engagements, that he could not consent to allow a departure therefrom in even one instance. If such a departure were permitted in one case, it would be solicited in others, until at last the officers would come to think that they might give to their duties whatever portion of time they thought necessary. This would be a first step to sinecure situations, and such first steps ought to be jealously guarded against. Mr. BOLTON thought, that as the motion could not be passed unanimously, it had better be withdrawn. Mr. EARLE.—Oh, no ; let us go to the vote, whether Mr. Franklin chooses to take the thing or not. Mr. BLACKBURN observed, that as one gentleman was determined to have his pound of flesh, the motion had better be withdrawn. Mr. T. CASE was opposed to the motion. He agreed with Mr. Sheil that they had a great duty to peiform, which, however anxious they might be to oblige an individual, or a body of men, they should not shrink from. Mr. ISAAC HOLMES could not see any necessity for the application to Mr. Franklin. There were plenty of survey ors in the town, one of whom might be employed to furnish the design, and if the committ ee afterwards chose to have it submitted to Mr. Franklin, that could easily be done. Such applications as this ought to be put a stop to in the beginning, and he should certainly oppose this. Mr. M`KEr. contended that it would be a very gross case of illiberality to refuse it. Mr. H. Hoitsßy was sorry he could not agree with the proposition to allow an exception in Mr. Franklin's case, be cause he did not know a more meritorious officer : but, at the same time, he could not agree with Mr. Blackburn that this was a mere matter of form. It appeared to him to be rather a principle of great importance. The council should adhere to the determination expressed by them when they first came into power, that all corporate officers should de vote the whole of their time to the duties of their respective situations. If, the first time they were called upon, they should break through that very proper regulation, a prece dent would he formed, not only for Mr. Franklin, but for all other officers, Mr. H. SANDBACH had every disposition to act in a friendly spirit towards Mr. Franklin, but •as this was a matter of public principle he felt bound to vote against the motion. Mr. Hour, with the concurrence of the seconder, intimated that he should withdraw his motion. Mr. EARLE wished the council to go to the vote, in order that the gracious might be separated from the ungracious. The council, however, allowed the motion to be withdrawn, and the subject dropped. THE BOTANIC GARDENS. The MAYOR presented a memorial from the proprietors of the Liverpool Botanic Gardens, which set forth " That this institution has existed for forty years, the ad miration of those skilled in botanical science, and a just source of pride to the inhabitants of this great commercial emporium. That your memorialists, not unmindful of, or ungrateful for, the valuable support which has been given to it by the corporation of Liverpool through this long series of years, are encouraged to apply for your aid and assistance in the present state of their difficulties, from a full persuasion that you would be unwilling that an institution of such long standing should cease to exist, when so little is required to restore it to its former vigour and efficiency. That your me morialists are the more strengthened in this hope, now that they can assure the council that it is their wish and attention (should the means of continuing the gardens be afforded them) to open the gardens to the public, at least one day in each week during the season. Thus not only will the pro prietors enjoy their rights and privileges as before, but what is of vast and vital importance, in a town of such magnitude as Liverpool, the middl e and lower classes of society will have the opportunity afforded them of enjoying an innocent and healthy recreation within the precincts of the borough. "That your memorialists, anxious that the council should be informed as to the real state of their finances, will now briefly remark that the present debt of £4OOO. was caused by the removal of the gardens from the old to the new site, together with such accumulations of interest as the annual income has been unable to meet. For the main taining the gardens in the order they require, an average annual expenditure of £80(1 at least is necessary, whereas the annual income, arising chiefly from subscription, is barely adequate to defray these charges, consequently the debt must go on annually increasing unless an additional income be raised equal to the amount of interest. That the gardens, consisting of six Derby acres, are now the absolute property of your memorialists, and therefore, if the assis tance they hope to receive be granted, this institution (which is so well placed for receiving the valuable treasures of the vegetable world from every quarter of the globe, and which, at the same time, is so capable of yielding the benefits of pure air, exercise, and innocent amusement to thousands engaged for the whole week in their toilsome occupations) will and must continue to flourish, an honour to the town, and a source of great and increasing interest to every portion of its inhabitants. " For and on behalf of the proprietors of the Botanic Gardens, " CHARLES HORSFALL, President. " Liverpool, 3d Marell, 1840." Mr. RATHBONE moved that the memorial should be referred to the favourable consideration of the Finance Com mittee. He stated that great efforts were being made by the proprietors to reduce the debt. Mr. JORDAN seconded the motion. Mr. SA.NDBACH suggested that the Gardens committee should be associated in this instance with the Finance Com. mittee, to consider whether, in addition to the Botanic Gardens, some larger place of recreation for the public might not be established in the neighbourhood. Mr. Sulam asked whether the application of the corpora tion funds to the Botanic Gardens would ne in accordance with the 92d section of the municipal reform bill, which re stricted the application of the surplus, if surplus there were, to the general improvement of the town and the general benefit of the inhabitants ? To open the Botanic Gardens one day in the week would be of little service,'unless that one day were the only day on which the working classes could possibly take advantage of it ; and he certainly should not let any squeamishness of opinion operate on him to deprive the working-man of innocent and healthful recreation on the Sunday, although he should oppose any motion for the grant ing of funds to afford recreation which could .not he enjoyed by those classes who stood most in need of it. Mr. BLACKBURN said thnt he should like the word " fa vourable" struck out of Mr. RathbOne's motion, as that was tantamount to instructing the Finance Committee to agree to the prayer of the memorial. If ever any proposition were made to open the gardens on the Sunday, be should oppose it, as he differed toto cre/o from Mr. Sheil on that point. Mr. RATHBONE agreed to withdraw the word " favour able." The motion was then adopted. MEMORIAL FROM FLOUR DEALERS. The MAYOR next presented a memorial from certain flour dealers against what was formerly a by-law, but now a ge neral law, enacting that if any person cause to be drawn out by a horse or horses any rope or chain for hoisting goods into warehouses, or lowering them into cellars, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding 20s. This law (the Mayor observed) had been found injurious to the flour dealers, who had formerly, and now again, memorialised against it. Mr. CURRIE observed that the provision was contained in a parliamentary act, and could not.be altered by the council. Mr. JORDAN had repeatedly seen the practice of hoisting by means of a chain and horse, and had once suffered from it. He had seen, not only sacks, but American flour barrels, being hoisted up in the same way. This was a most dan gerous thing. (Hear, hear.) MEMORIAL FROM THE INHABITANTS OF BIRKENHEAD. The MAYOR presented a memorial from the inhabitants of Birkenhead and the neighbourhood, which, after alluding to the closing of the Monks' Ferry (which, when open, had " proved a great convenience to the memorialists and the inhabitants of the surrounding districts"), expressed an opinion that the ferries of Birkenhead And Woodside were totally inadequate for the greatly increased population of Birkenhead and the surrounding•townships, and prayed that the council would afford them such relief and protection as might be deemed proper under the circumstances of the case. Mr. PLATT snpported the prayer of the memorial, and mentioned, as a proof of the convenienee afforded to the public by the Monks' Ferry, that ten or twelve thousand persons had repeatedly crossed over to it in one day. What the memorialists wished was, either that the Monks' Ferry should be re-opened, or a new one made. He moved that the memorial be referred to the town-clerk. Mr. CURRIE said it could hardly be expected that the council should open another ferry, seeing that the Monks' had been put down by legal proceedings. The memorialist; should have remembered, too, that the suppression of the Monks' Ferry would be•of advantage to the corporation's ferry of Birkenhead. He had no objection, however, that the opinion of the town-clerk should be taken, and he would second the motion. Mr. BOLTON moved that the petition should lie on the table. Mr. BLACKIWIIN seconded this amendment, because they had already had the opinion of the town-clerk, that it would be unadvisable to interfere. Mr. Alderman SHEIL remarked that a proposal had been made to the Finance Committee to sell the Monks' Ferry to the corporation, and he looked upon this memorial as an ad vertisement, quite as dexterous as if it had emanated from Mr. George Robins. Mr. Platt, to show the immense advantages that would result to the corporation from the purchase, had told of--how many hundred thousand was it ?—who had crossed over in one day. Mr. PLATT observed that Mr. Price had only established a right of carrying passengers from the Cheshire side to Liver pool, and not from Liverpool to Cheshire—that remained open. The memorial was allowed to lie on the table. CASHING SEAMEN'S NOTES. A memorial from " a committee appointed by the associa tion of drapers, clothiers, outfitters, boarding-house keep ers, and others receiving or cashing seamen's notes in Liverpool," was referred to the Court of Requests' Com mittee. PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. BRIGHT gave rMtiCe, -- that, at the next council meet ing he should move that the council memorialize the House of Commons upon the present question of the privileges of the house, which were involved in the imprisonment of the Sheriffs. He looked upon this as a question of great im portance. He considered the privileges of the House of Com mons as essentially necessary to the liberty of that house as the air we breathed was to us. He was aware Lord John Russell had given notice that he should, to-morrow, (Thurs day) introduce a bill to obtain power for the house to publish its reports, but he looked upon this as involving a dangerous principle, for it was to lay at the foot of the House of Lords the privileges of an independent branch of the legislature. It was, in fact, going to the House of Lords and beseeching their permission to enjoy the privileges which they had already long enjoyed. He was sorry, therefore, to see that Lord J. Russell had descended from the high ground he had taken in the first instance, for it was an acknowledgment that the House of Commons had no longer a right to their privileges. If the House of Lords refused their consent to the proposed bill, away went the privileges of the House of Commons. Mr. BLACKBURN did not wish to open a debate, but he must state that the bill of Lord John Russell was a declara tory bill, recognizing the existence of certain rights of the House of Commons. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH Mr. RATRBONE gave notice, that, at the next meeting of the council he should move—" That a petition he presented to parliament, praying for the abolition of the punishment of death, as in opposition to the spirit of Christianity, as im perative to prevent the commission of crime, as deterring' parties from prosecuting and witnesses from coming forward, and as interfering with the purity and truthfulness cf the ad ministration of justice, by inducing verdicts in direct contra diction to evidence." PROCEEDINGS OP THE DOCK COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Dock Committee were next read. and on the motion of Mr. BENS, seconded by Mr. BA It- CLAY, they were confirmed. The council then adjourned. POLICE IN7'ELLIGENCE.-TUESDAY. CURIOUS CASE-ROW TO TAKE CARE OF CASH. A man, who has been employed ai a porter in the service of Mr. Lindon, of Berry-street, was placed at the bar, on suspicion of having stolen the sum of X 92 103., the properti' of his master. Mr. Dowling said, the prisoner was merely there on sus picion, circumstances having induced a belief that he was the person who had taken a large sum of money, not less than £92 10s., which had been deposited for security in a cellar. Mrs. Pegram, a relative of Mr. Lindon's, who resides with him, stated, that they had been in the habit occasion ally of depositing cash in the cellar for safety. On Saturday night she gave a young man belonging to the establishment, which was a spirit vault, £92 10s., with directions that he should conceal it, as he had done before, in the cellar. He took it from her and went to the cellar. The young man above alluded to stated, that he took the money, which was enfolded in two pieces of ribbon, and laid it in the porter-bin. He put a bottle of porter over it, and then carefully covered the whole with sawdust. On Monday morning he went down and found that the bottle had been removed, the sawdust disturbed, and the money taken away. The prisoner had had occasion to go down for porter, and he was the only person who had been at the bin. He (wit ness) accompanied a joiner down to the cellar, but the joiner only remained there five minutes, and witness was with biro all the time. One of the young men who waited at the bar was also down, but he had not o :casion to go to the bin. The young man last alluded to said he mid been once in the cellar, but had not touched the bin. Prisoner—Nor I neither. I never was near the bin. The young man who had placed the money in the bin said the prisoner had certainly been there, and had taken out two huzen of porter. Prisoner—l saw a strange man there, a man that I never saw before in my .ife. He was in the cellar, and near the bin. The young man said this was impossible. Mr. Dowling.—l may state, sir, that it is necessary to search the cellar very minutely. We have not yet had time to search the half of it, but we will proceed to do so with all expedition. The police-officer said he had, while searching, found' sovereign on the floor near a bottle-rack. Prisoner—Have you looked at the top of the bottle-rack- - atop of the empty bottles. I saw the man that I mentioned putting something there. I dare say if you look psalm's:lY thereabout you'll find the motley. I should not wonder as all if you would—not a bit. You'd better look there, for I'm sure I saw him putting something there. The sagacious officers of the court looked knowingly sa each other on hearing this, and Mr. Rushton recommended that a minute search should be made throughout the cellar. The prisoner was remanded. YESTERDAY. ROBBERY BY A SERVANT. Rachel M`Lauchlin, a servant girl, was charged with has' ing stolen £l5, the property of her master, Mr. Webster , of Clarence-street, Everton. Mrs. Webster stated that the prisoner had brought her & letter containing the above sum, which she put into her purse , and placed in her pocket. She was in bed at the time, but shortly afterwards got up, to sit in an easy chair, while her bed was made, and directed the prisoner to put her pocket containing the money in a drawer. She did so, and placed e chair against it, but, as prosecutor supposed, must h a ve taken it out again, while her attention was diverted. The prisoner then went down stairs, and went out, leaving the hack door open. When the policeman on duty informed h er of this fact, she suspected something was wrong, and, wi t` her husband, examined the drawer and found the money rais,", sing. No one was in the house at the time besides hero! , and her husband. The prisoner did not return. A police: man stated that upon information which he received he I'4 o ' in search of the prisoner, and took her into custody. When charged with the robbery, she denied it, and said that sh e had only 3d in her pocket : on being searched, however, th e greater part of the money was found in her possession. The prisoner said nothing in her defence, and was wooly"' ed to take her trial at the sessions. ILLEGALLY PAWNING. Ann Downing was charged with having illegally pawn certain sheets and blankets, the property of James Macle 3o lodging-house keeper, 15, Suffolk-street. It appeared that the prisoner had lodged with the prog e : s cutor, and that w ith ou t hi s consen t s h e h a d pawne d s hee ts and blankets, belonging to him, of the value of 19s. The prisoner pleaded poverty, but was ordered to pay 196 : and 405., or, in def au lt o f p a y ment , b e imprisoned one nionto' BREACH OF TRUST. of Robert M u i r , s hi p -k ee p er on b oar d th e Gl asgo w.. Greenock, was charged with having stolen part of the ship cargo. A policeman stated that be stopped the prisoner near the. Waterloo D oc k, an d f oun d a quan tity o f sugar , w hich 1) ,; produced, concealed in his hat ; and on going to the prisoner house, he found more of the same kind. The captain of the Glasgow examined the sugar, and sa l that it was part of his cargo. Mr. Rushton (addressing the prisoner) said he had be, placed in a situation of confidence and trust. This prol e Z had been given into his sole charge, and he had stolen must be committed to gaol for one month. lo TIIE SCHOOLM ASTER A BROA D .—A ludicrous circum a e' happened a few days since near Victoria-place, St. Botolph r ' Colchester. A carpenter, being out of employment, det mined to commence businesson his own account, and ha •,c no workshop he began building one on his own garden, "r, adjoined the southern side of his neighbour's, w ho is a shy , maker and florist. An altercation ensued, the carpenter a f e j ; elating his right, and the shoemaker protesting ha ba d b ia business to prevent the rays of the sun from entering ~e garden, and threatened to give up the premises ; to which nid carpenter replied he wished he would, and then he w° o hire the two houses, and the two gardens would make biro good yard. This altered the tone of the shoemaker, who in” mediately pasted the following lines np4A b i s! l- #T II-I)°St " Four rooms to let at number Too When the Big man the carpenter can make the man goof . And when-theyll be ready cal, baste a!,. •• By axing the man at number Too.. - • offeel Thee the p to fel fixed the q prices This Pulati eubia btu zl "iri-rta - log 4 , l 4 Yit ..i _most °c iv , Artai ,c,_ 'P'3llSt " 4, e4110 ontsitA the a Sev i 1..