The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-29 00:00:00

CONTRACTS FOR PANTALOONS AND BOOTS BOROUGH OF LINERPOOL. THE WATCH COMMITTEE HEREBY GIVE NO TICE, that they will be ready, on SATURDAY, the 3d of October next, to receive TENDERS for supplying by CONTRACT, the following ARTICLES for the CONSTA BULARY FORCE, viz. :-580 Pairs of Wool-dyed Blue Cloth PANTALOONS ; and 520 Pairs of Leather )300T5.,,, Sample Patterns may be inspected any day, between tht hours of One and Three o'clock in the Afternoon, a,Khe Office of the Head-constable, until the 30th instant The Parties whose Tenders will be accepted, wil ave to enter into the usual Contract with the Watch Co ittee for the due fulfilment thereof • and also engage to c plete and deliver the Goods on or before the Ist day of e mber next, to be paid for, on approval, in cash, at the ex ation of one The Committee will not pay for any sample patterns sent for inspection, except those approved of by them for the Contracts. Sealed Tenders, eeparate from the sample patterns, must be left at the Secretary's Office, not later than Friday, the 2d October next, addressed to the Committee of the Watch Committee, and marked " Tender for Clothing." By order CAPES ASIILIN, Secretary h Office, No. I, Fenwio September 14th, 1840 '-street, I R B4O, TO THE ELECTO iI It B S I 7) F li EXCHANGE September, N D. GENTLEMEN, - IHAVE received a requisition, very numerously sig dby a large and influential body of Electors connect with this Ward, soliciting one again to offer myself as a ndidate to represent your interests in the Town Council ; d I have much pleasure in communicating to you thus e ymy cor dial assent to the invitation, and of assurin y u that lam not insensible of the honour conferred upo eby the ex- pression of your confidence. The principles which I professed and advocated three years ago, and which then had your sanction and approval, With respect to my views of the erection of Warehouses by the Dock Trustees, I need only refer you to the amend ment of a motion upon this subject, which I had the honour to move in the Town Council on the 2nd of October, ]839, which I annex.* Had this amendment been adopted, all the supposed advantages to the port would have been secured — the private interests of a large number of individuals would have been respected—and a very large sum of money, spent in a fruitless application to Parliament, would have been .ved to the toti In conclusion; —that I shall continue to advocate those en lightened principles of commercial policy which have raised this great and flourishing town to its present eminence, and that whilst I am anxious to maintain the civil and ecclesias tical institutions of the country, I am nevertheless desirous to promote all measures of safe and useful reform. I remain, Gentlemen, • Yours, faithfully, me to repeat what I have before ted to you THOMAS SANDS * " That, concurring entirely in the opinion that great experiments in public improvements ought trot to be stayed from motives of private interest, and that, on the other hand, individual rights are entitled to every protection consistent with the public good, this Council resolve, that equal justice ' , istered, and every contemplated benefit secured, •he Dock Committee to sell or let o❑ long auction, such positions of the dock will be min by authori: terms c grays as they may think suitable for the erection of ware houses, upon such terms and conditions, for ensuring the due management thereof, as may be hereafter determined upon ; and that the powers proposed by the Dock Commit tee, as to warehouses, be limited accordingly ;—and that, subject to this qualification, the resolution of the Dock Committee be confirmed." TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF EXC RANGE WARD. GENTLEMEN, HAVING had the honour to be invited by a la e and highly respectable Public Meeting, of the 7 ectors of Exchange Ward, to come forward as a Candidate r the Re presentation of the Ward, in the Town Council; t the ensu ing Municipal Election, I now beg to solicit our Votes in my favour. Never having filled any public situation, I cannot appeal to past services in the cause of the people, as a claim for your confidence, and a plea for your suffrages ; but should you return me as one of your Representatives at the Council Board, I pledge myself to be faithful to your interest, and to support, by my vote, all measures tending, in my opinion, to improve the Trade of the Town, and to promote the wel fare of the Working Classes of our community. Believing that the Educatlon.of the People is of the utmost importance, and most intimately connected with their phy sical, as well as moral well-being, I will give my best support to the impartial system of education now pursued in the Cor poration Schools ; being persuaded that these could never be so generally useful as they now are, if placed under the ex clusive superintendence of the Clergy of any denomination whatever. As I ant of opinion that the erection of Warehouses upon the Dock Quays would tend materially to the dispatch of business, and promote the security of property, I will, by all Means in my power, further those measures now in progress, for bringing about this desirable object. Should this expositkin of my opinions upon Municipal matters meet with your approval, I shall look forward with confidence to your support on the day of Election. I am, Gentlemen, Yours, faithfully, WILLIAM WOOD 15, 01(14a11-st. )1. 1810. MECHANICS' INSTITUTION, )UNT STREET ______......._... , ON WEDNESDAY next, 30th Septembe , instant, at Half-past Seven P. M., ROBERT ADD s, Esq., of London, will commence a COURSE of LECTURES on ACCOUSTICS, to be illustrated wi a-most extensive Apparatus. To be followed by a COURSE of SIX LECTURES on GEOLOGY, by Professor PHILLIPS, of York. Arrangements are in progress for COURSES of SIX LECTURES, by Professor ESPY, on the LNW of STORMS, and SIX LECTURES, by B. R. 11.nynoN, Esq., on PAINTING. On TrturonAy, Ist October, the next Quarter of the HIGH and PREPARATORY SCHOOLS will commence. In the High School the Course consists of instruction in, English Grammar and Composition, Arithmetic, Mathema tics, Natural Philosophy, Writing and Drawing, Classics and French, one hour each day being devoted to each depart ment. TERMS, Ten Guineas per annum, and 4s. per quar ter for the use of Books. Payable quarterly in advance. DEPARTMENTAL PUPILS.—Those Boys who may not wish to attend all the branches of instruction comprised in the complete Course, may select one or more of the de partments on the following terms :—For one 'department, One Guinea per quarter; for two departments, 15s. each ; for three or more, 12s. 6d. each ;. one hour being devoted to each department per day. The PREPARATORY SCHOOL is intended for those Boys whose age, or the want of the necessary attainments, unfits them for immediate admission into the High Sehool. Terms, SIX GUINEAS per annum, and 4s. per quarter for the use of Books. In both Schools it is required that the Parent or the Pupil become** Member of the Institution. WANTED, in the !Iron and LOWED. DAY SCHOOLS; a TEACHER of NATURAL PHILOSOPHY and a TEACHER of CHEMISTRY, qualified to teach the ele ments of Natural Philosophy. They will be required,to de six hours per day (in equal proportions) to the two )ls, and to attend four hours per week in the Evening )ls. The minimum salary will be 200 Guineas per an- Testimonials of intending applicants to be lodged, on or before TUESDAY, the 13th of October, with the Secretary, from whom further information may be obtained. NORMAL SCHOOL—It being the intention of the Directors to carry out the plan of a Normal School for laid down in the Prospectus of the Institution, it is hereby intimated, that young men (to the number of six), who are desirous of qualifying themselves to become teachers, will have an opportunity of being trained in the PRACTICE of their profession, in the Lower School, under the superintendence of the Principal and other Masters. No salaay will at first be given, but '•ill enjoy the privilege of Members access to the Library, the Immediate application young men so employed w.._ of the Institution, and have free Lectures, and the Evening Cie:4.4es to be made to the Secretary. A Donation of Ten Guineas, or upwards, constitutes the Contributor'a Life Member. Annual Members, One Gui nea per annum • Ladies' Ti c k et, Half-a-Guinea; Soria or narentices of "Members, Five Shillings ; Apprenticei of Half-a-Guinea. W. B. HODGSON,. Secretary. tOn-Members JOURNAL OF THE MONEY MARKET, THURSOPAy EVENING.—TiV: great operators in the Eng lish Funds,to-day were,t . he Hebrews, who made large bar gains for the fall, and prices consequently became even more depressed than yesterday. Another circumstance, and an important one too, may be mentioned as keeping the m ar k et down—namely, a demand for money, which sprung up in the afternoon ; to supply which, sales of Exchequer Bills were made. This accounts for the decline in the premium borne by that security. Consols for Money left off 87i to -, and iunt 87/ to 8. Exchequer Bills closed 5s to is Bank Stock maintains 166 to 167&. Freiman) The de partero p laration of the Queen of Spain in favour of the Es .rty soon rallied the value of Spanish at the opening and the Active Bonds were in one instance done uLbubii at 22? The increasing depression in Consols, however, checked further improvement, and the last price marked was to -a. Portuguese Bonds were slightly influenced, and an d •alent ad vance t oo k p l ace, but was not long sustained : .e per Cents were quoted 321 to 1, and the Three per 1+ to 1.. The other Foreign Stocks have given way under the general weakness of the markets. --- FRIDAY EVENING. —Some purchases of money stock ral lied the prices of the English Funds in the course of the day, and the advance gained upon yesterday's prices, at the close of business, was rather under a quartet per cent. The tent wants of the jobbers being supplied, money is now in the Stock Exchange. Consols for Money I, and for the Account,. 881,-, buyers; Bank to 1671 ; and Exchequer Bills, ss. to 7s. prem. Though there has been no great extent of business done in the Foreign Stocks, the prices of the leading speculative se curities are firmer. In Spanish the bargains were mostly for time, and the Active Bonds left off at 22i; to ; Portuguese Five per Cents, 32+ to ; Ditto Three per Cents 50 to l, and the Five per Cents 99 to 100. Belgian, and the Transatlantic and other Bonds are still heavy. Belgian closed 96 to 98 ; Danish, 77 to 79; Brazilian, 77 to 79 ; Colombi an , 22 3 to 23; Mexican Old 25 to 26; and Ditto New 27 to B+. The continued unfavourable advices from Liverpool and Manchester as to the state of the Share Market there, have affected the price here.. Birmingham were last quoted 75 t 6 77 prm.; Great Western 16 to 17 pros.; Brighton 11 to 101 dis.; and Blackwall 3+ to 3 dis. termed easier left off 88 to COURT CIRCULAR.--FRIDAY His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Major- General Sir Edward Bowater, arrived in town, yesterday indsor Castle, and paid a visit of condolence of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. His royal highness also visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at Marlborough House, and their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Sus.,ex and Cambride, qt Clarence Bowe St • James's. morning, front W to the Duche Prince Albert, attended by Sir E. Bowater, returned to Windsor Castle in the afternoon. The Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty' the Queen Dowager, yesterday, at Marlborough House. '['he Dukes of Sussex and Cambridge attended, yesterday, at Clarence House, and afterwards visited the Queen Dow ager, at Marlborough House. The Yorkshire magistrates have resolved b y a considerable majority th a t t h e rura l police should n o t b e established throughout the entire West Riding. But it was Consequently resolved, on the motion of the chairman, Lord Wharneliffe that it is desirabl e t o esta bli s h itin certain di s t r i cts of the Riding, and a committee was appointed to define the limits of those districts and to report to the next adjourned ses ow. This proposition was carried by a majority of only ne. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, FRANCE. (From the Paris Papers of Thursday.) The Temps says, " It is asserted, in certain well-informed political circles, that Baron Bulow is in disgrace with his Sovereign, the King of Prussia, for having signed the treaty of July 15. His Majesty is stated to have said, that the baron was authorised to sign in the absence of France, but not without her knowledge." " The Duke of Orleans," says the Commerce, takes an active part in what is going on at the office of the Minister of War, where he passes daily three or foie• hours, and where he frequently meets M. Thiers, who does as much business in the rue Saint Dominique as in the rue Neuve des Ca puei nes ." - M. Guizot, according to the Univers, intends being in Paris at the opening of the session, to take part in the debates which must arise on the question of the east, and which will lead to explanatioos of the positions in which M. Guizot and M. Thiers stand with regard to each other. The Minister of the - Marine has given orders to French manufacturers for 14 steam engines of 450 horse-power each, for the projected Transatlantic packets. Of this number four are to be constructed at the royal forges of Indret, four by M. Cave, of Paris, three by Messrs. Schneider, of Creuzot, and three by M. flatlet, of Arras. A Liege Paper mentions that Madame Veuve Cockerill has renounced the community of rights of property that existed between her and her late husband. On the demand of the heirs, the court of Liege has prorogued for six months the delay granted by the law for making out the list of the property. The Univers says it has received a letter from a well-in formed correspondent in London, announcing that all the members of the House of Commons who disapprove of the dangerous policy of Lord Palmerston, are about to sign a protest against the alliance with Russia, and deprecating a rupture with France. In the event of this policy being per sisted in, says the Univers, they will withdraw their support from the Ministry, not only on the question of the east, but on all other questions also. Lord Palmerston, says this journal, persists, however, in his policy, and has declared to a high personage that France will not venture to oppose him, and that all 'her armaments and preparations for war, are merely for the purpose of calming the warlike enthusiasm of the country. Some experiments with flying bridges and boats were made a few days ago upon the Rhine, near Strasburg. In the first instance a bridge of a new construction for the passage of troops was thrown over in 20 minutes. Three flotillas of boats, supported by a gun-boat, were next brought forward, in regular order, to represent the passage and debarkation of troops. At the same time a flying-bride, capable of bear. ing 300 men, came down the stream, and fixing its anchors in the middle, by the mere force of the current expanded its arms, and in three minutes reached from hank to bank. The next experiment was with a bridge of boats, which, in an hour and a half, would enable an army to cross a wide river. ,The last experiment was an attempt to pass under the bridge in very small and slight boats, so as to defy the power of the current. Several men, after having directed their course to the bridge, lay down in the boats, and passed rapidly and safely under the bridge. SPAIN MADRID, SEPT. 17.—1 t is reported here that the Queen of Great Britain has written an autograph letter to the Queen Regent, in which she offers her assistance, and to send her a naval force from Gibraltar to Valencia, to act under her command. Orense, Oviedo, Santona, and Castro de Urdiales, have sent in their adhesion to the provisional junta. They have formed their respective juntas. Don Evaristo San Miguel has been named president of the junta of Ovieda. An insurrectionary movement has been attempted at Pam peluna, but has been repressed by General Ribero at the head of his troops. The general threatened to place the town under martial law, and shoot all who should attempt to re new disturbances. A similar attempt was made at St. Se bastian, but was put down by the energy of the commandant. The Bishop of Soria, a very celebrated preacher, while proceeding through his diocese, was arrested by order of the supreme junta, and thrown into prison at Badajos. The Eco del Conzercio attributes all the misfoi tunes which have befallen Spain since 1837 to the policy of the French government. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL POSITIVELY TfIE LAST FOUR NIGHTS OF THE FRENCH COMPANY . OF PERFORMERS, From the Prince's Theatre, (late St. James's,) London, wjp are engaged for a limited period, and will appear in a riety of French Dramas ; the principal characters ' -ilia will be sustained by the following Performer rom the Parisian Theatres : Messrs. ARM AND, Mesdames IN, TOURTOIS, ILATI, ISIDORE, VICTORINE, EUGENE, ' DE RUEL, AUGUSTE, CLEMENCE, CHARLES. CLOTILDE. THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 29th instant, the entertainments will commence with the Musical Drama of LOVE LAUGHS AT LOCKSMITHS. • • After which, L S VIEUX PECHES; ' OU, LE MAIRE ET LA DANSEUSE. By the French Company. To be followed by the Farce of A PLEASANT NEIGHBOUR. To conclude with LE MARI DE LA DAME DE CIHEURS. Vaudeville en Deux Actes, par M. Duvert. The characters by the French Company. TO-MORROW, for the . BENEFIT of 11 . 1AbAME DE RUEL, the favourite Drama of PERFECTION. Kate O'Brien, Madame Pilati, in which character she was received with most enthusiastic applause on Friday Evening.—After which, LES BRODEQUINS DE MSE. Vaudeville en un Acte. The principal characters by Madame de Ruel, M. Tourtois, M. Armand, M. Eugene, and M. Auguste.—To conclude with ROBERT M ACAI RE. By the French Com pany, which was received throughout, on Friday Evening, with shouts of laughter and applause. izsr tsT THE LIVERPOOL ANNUAL EXHIBITIO . THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBIT' of the LIVERPOOL ACADEMY of WORKS o ODERN ARTISTS IS NOW OPEN for the Season om Nine until Dusk. Admission, ls. Catalogue, ls. eason Ticket, ss. SAMUEL EG GTON, Secretary to the Academy. Exhibition Rooms, Postoffice-place, September 14, 1840. EXHIBITION. THE LAST' WEEK BUT ONE CAPTAIN SIBO,RN'S MODEL OF THE - BATTLE OF WATERLOO. _ T HE celebrated MODEL OF nig BATTLE OF WATERLOO is NOW OPEN for EXHIBITION at the GALLERY OF THE UNION ROOMS, Slater street, Bold-street. Open from Ten in the Morning till Ten at Night. Ad mission, One Shilling each. TO CORRESPONDENTS We have no reply to make to the application from No. 21, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, London. MEXICO. VERA Cnuz, Auu. I.—On the 15th July the military on guard at the palace early in the morning revolted, seized the person of the president, and took possession of the cathedral and the adjacent buildings. They were soon joined by the federal chief Urea, and the former federal president Gomez Fareas, their object being the overthrow of the present rulers, and the restoration of the federal form of government of 1824. The rebels having found means of rallying a great number of the lower classes, and having got hold of the funds then in the Treasury, the Mint, ana the Arzolispada, soon found themselves.in a condition to hold their ground , and would no doubt have succeeded in their object had it been responded to in the interior. Providentially, this did not prove to be the case. The aversion to a federal form of government is very general, and in no one part of the interior was the at tempt to change the constitution of the country seconded. On the 19th the president was released for the purpose of bringing about an arrangement, it was stated, favcurable to the views of the insurgents ; but in lieu of this he joined the troops that remained faithful to government, under General Valeira, when an organised resistance to the rebels took place, the result of which was a struggle, in the course of which the palace was nearly reduced to a mass of ruins, and 500 persons were killed and wounded, the urcharis plundered, and many public and private buildings greatly injured. Until the 27th of July the government were unable to conquer the rebel party, and probably from fear of a general commotion, consented to an arrangement by which they engaged to gua rantee the lives, property, and employments of the adverse party, to allow them to march out of the city with the honors of war, and moreover to promote the reform of the present constitution. This arrangement, which in reality is a triumph for the rebels, has left a general feeling of anxiety and appre hension, that although the contest is removed from the city of Mexico, it is by no means at an end. General Santa Anna, who had been requested to take the command of all the military, in the name of the state, had gone from his country house as far as Perote, when the news of the arrangement met him. As the federalists are his de termined foes, it is believed it will not have his approbation, and as he is, doubtless, the most influential man in Mexico, nod in Icgal command of a considerable force, many persons are inclined to think and to hope that he will take the helm of affairs once more. A very few days will decide. In the mean time trade is quite at a stand still, owing to the ill-advised note of November 26 last, which doubtless will affect materially our importations, and therefore must be repealed. It is satisfactory to be able to add, that in the midst of the recent turbulent and sanguinary struggles the persons and property of foreigners were uniformly respected; and the city of Vera Cruz, at this date, never was more quiet. The conduct of its population is most exemplary. There are no ships of war at present here, and only three merchant ships in port, all French, which, in fact, brought out machinery for the new cotton factories. The Seagull left Vera Cruz on the Ist of August, Tampico 3d, and Havannah 10th. Freight, 860,000 dollars. No pas sengers. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MISCELLANY It is reported that the Duke of Orleans, accompanied by the Duke of Nemours and several general officers, will in a few days set out on a tour of inspection of the fortified places in the north and east of the kingdom, commencing with the Pas de Calais and ending with the Doubs and Is4e. They will also, it is said, take with them several superior officers of engineers to direct the various works now in execution. According to a Milan letter in the Journal de Franefort, Count Anatole Demidoff, upon his marriage with the Princess de Montford, settled on his lady, in case of widowhood, an annual income of 250,000 f. The joint property is to be en joyed in common, and 25,000 f per annum is to be paid to the princess as pin-money._ " Orders have beeii issued," says the Journal de Maine et Loire, " to put the fortresses of Lorient, Port Louis, and Quiberon in a complete state of defence. The Commandant of Lorient, who had obtained two months' leave of absence, has been ordered to remain at his post." Orders, dated 16th instant, have been received at Cher bourg to mount artillery immediately on the central fort of the dyke. a point in the middle of the roadstead, and defend ing the east and west entries. It is to have 12 Paixhans' guni of 80lb shells each, and 12 36-pounders. According to an official census of the population of Gal lic*, recently published by the Vienna papers, it appears that the total number of inhabitants is 4,763,661, of whom 32,212 are gentlemen, and 4,783 ecclesiastics. The Roman Catholics are 2,094,445 ; United Greeks, 2,077,995 ; Greeks, 269,327; Protestants, 28,128 ; and Jews, 283,345. DREADFUL EARTHQUAKE.—ST. PETERSBURG, SEPTEM BER 11.—The Abeille' du Nord of yesterday published the following letter from Tiflis, August 13 :—" You have, doubt less, heard of the terrible .earthquake of Mount Arrarat, which has totally destroyed the town of Makitchemati, da maged all the , buildings at Erivan, and devastated the two districts of Sharour and Sourmate, in Armenia. All the villages in those districts have been destroyed. The earth is rent in such a manner that all the cotton and rice plantations have perished for want of water. But the most awful event has taken place in the neighbourhood of Mount Ararat. A considerable mass was loosened from the mountain, and de stroyed everything in its way for the distance of seven wersts (nearly five English miles). Among others, the great village of Akhouli has had the fate of Herculaneum and Pompeii. Above 1000 inhabitants were buried under heaps of rocks. A thick fluid, which afterwards became a river, run from the interior of the inotiutain, which was opened, and following the same direction, swept over the ruins, and carried with it the corpses of the unfortuate inhabitants of Akhouli, the dead animals, &c. The shock continued to be felt every day in the above-mentioned districts, and entirely laid them waste ; then the shocks became less frequent. Arrarat is not yet quiet ; the day before yesterday I was awakened by two vio lent subterranean corornotions.—Journal de SI. Petersburg, Sept. 12. _ . Advices from St. Petersburg of the 2d instant estimates about 100 the number of lives lost in consequence of the ca tastrophe which occurred on the 25th ult. on the Czarskoje selo railway. DEATH OF THE DUCIIESS OF MODENA.—Her Imperial Highness the Archduchess Maria Beatrice Victoria Guisep pino, Duchess of Modena, died on the 17th instant. This princess, who was born on the Gth of December, 179 9 was the eldest daughter of King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia. She was married to the Duke of Modena on the 20th June, 1812, and has left issue two princes and two princesses. DEATHS IN PARIS. — The Princes Adrien de Laval Mont morency ; Rear-.Atimiral Lecoupe ; Major-General Surheck, one of the surviving officers of the Cent-Suisses of Louis XVI. ; Major-General d'Hincourt ; the Baron de hi Haye ; Colonel Castres, military commandant of the Tuilleries. A FRENCH SUICIDE.—" A few (lays ago," says the Con stitutionnel, " some journeymen bakers were reproaching one of their companions, a man named Berangere, with his propensity for drinking, and telling him that with such courses he would end his days in a hospital. You are wrong,' said Berangere, showing sii francs five sous wrapped up in a Paper, ' one can die when one pleases whilst such a sum re mains;'- • On Sunday he purchased a pistol and some powder and balls with his six francs five sous, and after writing , upon the paper in which they were enclosed, You see, my friends, that when one has six francs five sous he need not die in the hospital,' put the p ,istol into his mouth and blew out his brains." Sheridan Knowles's new tragedy, " John of Procida ; or, the Bridals of Messina." was performed at Covent-garden Theatre on Saturday night, for the first time, with complete success. QUEEN's CotiNTy.—A letter from Mont Mellick gives a most appalling account of the state of thousands and tens of thousands of the people in this county for want of food, and that a miller in the neighbourho o d of Maryborough, who gave out a vast quantity of wheaten meat and oatmeal, upon promissory notes, has contracted with a process-server for a 'sum, not less than £5, to serve the processes for the recovery of the debts. The letter proceeds to state that a person who drew a certain sum from a loan-fund became unable to pay ; the mart who stood engaged as his surety, apprehensive for himself, raised money, to discharge the debt, engaging to pay an interest of ss. to the pound. The debtor g ave up his corn to his friend to reimburse himself. The landlord, bows ever, comes down upon the corn, and has it seized for hi rent. The corn is taken away by night, and the man to whom it had been made over by the owner is apprehended, and committed to Marvborough gaol upon a charge of felony. Thus runs the struggle between the necessities of the people and the demands upon them. Ebe Etberpool Alanbarl3. TUESDdY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1840 We have received our files of the Guiana Chronicle to the 31st of July, inclusive. These papers only supply us with intermediate dates, as we have already acknowledged the receipt of a file of the Guiana Times to the 10th of August. They are chiefly occupied with extracts from the English journals on the subject of immigration into the West Indies. From an advertisement which appears in one of the papers before us, we learn that Mr. Bernard Reis pro poses to form a settlement of Germans on the River Essequibo, after the plan of Manheim on the Rhine, to contain at least 2,000 inhabitants in two years, with the prospect of a proportionate increase (annually, we presume,) to the population, by the arrival of families able to purchase, with their owu means, houses and small !obi' tif the land. The city of Cincinatti, on the Ohio, is re -s ieved to as presenting an example of the growth of such a settlement as that proposed by Mr. Reis. He is very sanguine that, in the space of four or five years, the colony will enjoy "the advantages and pleasures of a fine, richly populated city, about 100 miles up the Essequibo." The soil in the neighbour hood upon which he has fixed is, as in most other parts of British- Gniana, exuberantly rich ; while the climate is exceedingly healthy# and attractive to invalids. Mr. Reis does not propose it convert British Guiana from a sugar-growing country into a manufacturing one ; but he leaves it to the operation of circumstances to maintain its rank as it may in the production of the West India staple, and to enrich it by a new class of labourersperstins who, with the means of settling themselves as respectable tenants, will be found willing to contribute, by individual toil, to their personal com fort, and to the prosperity of the colony. We have received our files of the Jamaica Standard and Royal Gazette to the 15th of August, inclusive. The Royal Gazette expresses itself in more cheerful terms.than usual when speaking of the future prospects of this once great and flourishing colony. We hope that the sanguine expectations of the editor will not be disappointed. He appears to think that "the British Government, at last roused from the apathy and indif ference with which they viewed every act of the Legis lative Assembly, have ceased their determined hostility, and seem now eager to do all in their power to stem the torrent of the misfortunes" of Jamaica. We are sorry to inform the editor of the Gazette that this opinion rests upon a very uncertain foundation. Our bungling and incapable ministry have become too much em broiled in their disputes with foreign powers to pay much attention to our colonial interests, even if we could give them credit for entertaining any serious in tention to do justice to the planters. We quite agree with the Royal Gazette that the ad ministration of Sir Charles Metcalfe, if he is permitted by the Home Government to carry out his policy un molested, is calculated to support the drooping spirits of the inhabitants of Jamaica. He has acted hitherto a firm, uncompromising, and impartial part. He suf fers no abuse of power or authority to go unchecked. He keeps himself aloof from the fawning and hypo critical sycophant, the malignant backbiter, and the agitating demagogue, and seems determined, in all matters, to judge and act for himself. Under his ad ministration, political excitement—the great bane of the colony, and the most serious impediment to its pro sperity—is rapidly subsiding. The only parties who are inclined to find fault with Sir Charles Metcalfe are the Baptist missionaries and their misguided dupes. These men, who have long made a profitable trade of agitation, now find that their craft is in danger; and their abuse of the executive has - accordingly increased within the last few months. Their influence is, how ever, rapidly decreasing. The Rev. Mr. Houghton, one of the most violent of the Baptist agitators, was undergoing an examination before the Insolvent Debtors' Court, at Kingston, he having announced that he intended to take the benefit of the act. His appearance in court was the signal for collecting a rabble in the streets, among whom the most preposterous reports were spread. Amongst others, it was stated that a party of police had been sent to take down his pulpit ! The origin of these rumours it is not difficult to guess at. A letter from the 'mountains of St. Elizabeth states that much rain had recently .fallen in that neighbour hood; but that the effect of the drought was severely felt on some of the coffee properties to the southward, and particularly towards the savannahs. The roads, in many parts of the island, were so Much cut up that many properties were unable to cart their sugars, &c., to the shipping places. Respecting the habits of the negroes in Jamaica, after two years of unrestricted freedom, we are still furnished with very unfavourable accounts. The prin cipal complaint against them, independently of their general indisposition to accede to the proposals of the proprietors, is, that they bring very few agricultural productions to the markets. The island is almost en tirely dependent upon foreign countries for its supplies of corn. Fruit is occasionally brought to the market, but it is generally stolen. To such a pitch, indeed, has the plunderingul provisions and fruit attained, that those who are inclined to plant, dread the predatory habits of the others so much, as rather to run the risk and expense of purchasing, than that of cultivating their lands. With regard to fruit, it is said to be " no uncommon thing for the owner to find his fence de stroyed, his trees stripped, and marks left of the asses and panniers which had been used to carry away the stolen produce." The Royal Gazette adds that " if the labourers have an object to attain, sue ti as a certain sum of money for any desired purpose, they will con tinue to work until it is accomplished, and then they will stop." It appears that no entreaty will prevail upon them to do snore than a certain quantity of work. Doubts were entertained as to the possibility of ob taining immigrants for Jamaica from the United States, the tide of immigration from that country hav ing set in in favour of Trinidad and British Guiana. The Cornwall Chronicle suggests that the most useful classes of labourers, and those best adapted for the island, might be obtained from the: agricultural districts of Scotland and England. The se labourers, it is al leged, would be delighted with th e country—would live cheerfully—and conduce to the rural wealth and in, dustry of the island. The same paper deprecates the introduction of continental labourers. The labour is such as can be easily performed by a native of Great Britain. We had imagined that the tricky resources of the Protector Society were exhausted, and that they would have been satisfied with the retribution which they have drawn upon their own heads. We have been disap pointed. The dirty creatures are at their work again. Their last trick has been to send in upwards of 1000 claims to be rated on the part of the occupiers of cellars in various parts of the town. Yes, upwards of 1000 tenants of cellars—themselves among the most indi gent of the inhabitants of the parish—claith to be rated for the relief of the poor ! We know that this wretched manoeuvre will prove a signal failure ; but we also know that a very large proportion of these newly assessed popish ratepayers will themselves become, at no distant period, a burthen upon the parochial rates. Merchants and tradesmen of Liverpool ! this is the way in which the self-styled liberals deal with your inte rests. Can any one of you, after this, ever so far stultify himself as to vote for a liberal ? Let your purses and your pockets answer the question. We earnestly request our conservative friends to be prompt and vigilant in their attendance at the registra tion courts. We have the strongest reason for urging upon their notice this advice. The radicals are making, and will continue to make, the most strenuous and persevering efforts to secure the rights which they have so scandalously arrogated on behalf of their pauper vo ters. We are sorry to hear that there exists a degree of culpable indifference on this subject among a large class of the conservative electors. This feeling ought in stantly to give place to a strong resolve to fulfil an act of imperative duty to themselves and to the country. The conservatives of Liverpool should remember that the present year may terminate their anxiety on the subject of the registry, by giving them such a prepon derating influence in electoral matters, as to render ut terly hopeless any further trickery on the part of the radical faction. The Albion of yesterday contains a leading article professedly in reply to the strictures which we offered in our last on the attack which our contemporary made upon the proceedings, of the Diocesan Society. We say Professedly, because the Albion does not deal fairly with any one of our statements. This being the case, we do not feel called upon to enter into any lengthened defence. The Albion is extremely anxious to disclaim the character of being " the recognised organ of any reli gious denomination whatever." Be it so. We must henceforth consider our contemporary as an anything arian in religious matters. It is utterly indifferent to the Albion whether Protestantism, Popery, Dissent, or Socialism, be in the ascendant in this country. For aught that the editor of that very exemplary journal cares, Christianity, Mahometanism, or Heathenism, may become, in turns, the established religion of Great Britain. He " refers to religious proceedings only as they affect the national interest." Indeed ! Do not religious proceedings uniformly affect the national interest ? If so, how can he justify his indifference on fop important a subject ? We beg leave to remind the Albion that the speakers at the Diocesan meeting were called to task in its columns simply because they spoke of religious proceedings in reference to their influence upon national interests. This, in the opinion of our contemporary, constituted the "head and front of their offending ;" and yet he professes to act upon the same principle himself. Let him learn a little more constency in future. jt turdS out. that our contemporary, when he pro nounced " scienc,' to be only another term for truth," merely implied the "exact sciences"—the pure and mixed mathematics, mechanics, &c. Is he not . n aware that geology, chemistry, an . fly other depart, ments of human knowledge - v i e been dubbed " sciences." It was to the variations and contradic tions in these that we alluded. It is : quite obvious that our contemporary has entirely lost sight of the abstract meaning of the word "science." We look upon the great meeting, held last night, at the Amphitheatre, as one of the *most important that has ever been witnessed in Liverpool. It has afforded us another proof—if proof were wanting—of the unflinching attachment of a large mass of the working classes of this ancient borough to the principles of the Established Church. It has likewise afforded a triumphant refutation to the falsehoods which have recently been put into circulation respecting the de sertion of a large number of the free burgesses from the Conservative ranks. We appeal to the five thousand individuals who were present at the meeting last night whether the freemen of Liverpool have not been grossly calumniated by the introduction of such a charge. From the appearance of the meeting of last night we feel more than ever convinced that the safety and integrity of the British empire, and the preservation in unimpaired efficiency and vigour of its free constitu tion, depend chiefly upon the unwavering attachment of the Protestant democracy of these realms to the Church of England, and upon their zealous mainte nance of the grand principle of PROTESTANT ASCENDANCY. The great source of danger to the government of Great Britain is from the ascendancy of Popery, and its consequence, a divided allegiance. Against this danger it is impossible to be too much upon our guard. It is with the greatest satisfaction, therefore, that we hail every fresh attempt to erect a barrier against the aggressions of Papal domination. We feel assured that the example which has been so nobly, set by the operative classes in Liverpool will exercise a salutary influence over other parts of the kingdom, and that the day is not far distant when every city, town, and hamlet in Great Britain will have its Association of Protestant Operatives. We recommend a careful perusal of the speeches 'delivered last night. They will be found fraught with political wisdom of the highest order. INQUEST.—On Friday last, a girl about twelve years old was sent to a pit in Wooton for some water ; she did not re turn when she was expected, when they sent in search of her. She was found in the pit, drowned, the can she had taken for water being beside her. An inquest was held on the body on Saturday. Verdict, " Accidentally drowned." FIRE.—On Thursday night last, a fire broke out in the ropery of Messrs. Duncan, Rowett, and Co., Lodge-lane. The engine -house only was,consumed. One of the firemen had a narrow escape from the falling of a wall : he was much hurt. ACCIDENT.—On Sunda? , evening, as the Southport mail, 'which comes in at six o•clock, was passing along Byrom, street, the axletree suddenly snapped, the near fore wheel flew otf, and the coach toppled partially over. There were only two persons outside, in addition to the driver, and a lady and gentleman inside. The coachman was thrown from his seat and slightly bruised : the others escaped without in jury. FATAL ACCIDENT.—A coroner's inquest was held on Fri day, on the body of a labouring man named John Parry. The deceased was employed, along with others, on Monday, in taking down some houses in Canning-place, and was engaged on the second floor of one of the houses in clearing away the rubbish, and other men were employed in taking down a cross wall which divided two houses, which wall gave way and broke through the floor on which the deceased was standing, and he was buried in the rubbish ; he was taken out and con veyed to the Infirmary, where he died on Thursday, from in flammation of the chest, produced by the injuries received. A verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned. AWFUL THUNDER STORM AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Thursday last one of the most appalling thunder storms that had been recollected for a long time visited the neighbour hood of Halsall ; the murky clouds hung with gloomy aspect over the seemingly devoted place—the rain descended in tor rents, wbile the mighty artillery of lleaven rolled, roared, and thundered, as if threatening at one fell swoop to involve the whole place in one universal ruin. The timid dis tractedly ran to seek a hiding-place in some dark pantry or gloomy cellar, while even the stout-hearted threw down their implements of employment, and lifting their hands and eyes to Heaven, uttered a " Lord, have mercy on us!" with a fervency perhaps previously unknown to their hearts. About 3 o'clock in the afternoon, a person named William Howard had taken shelter in a barn belonging to Mr. Jno. Hesketh, farmer of Halsall, when his attention was arrested by the screams of some person near in apparent agony. He imme adiately ran to the place from whence the cries proceeded, when a frightful spectacle presented itself. There lay on the floor, near the shippon-door, one of the sons of Mr. Hesketh ; he had received severe injuries on the head and legs, and was unable to move himself. A yard or two further lay, side by side, his father, Mr. H., and a young man in his employ ,• they did not move, and on coming near to them he found they were locked in the arms of death—they had breathed their last : the electric fluid had burst through the roof, and of course had produced the melancholy tragedy. Mr. Hes keth was slightly bruised in the head, his hat was split from the crown to the brim ; but on the other unfortunate victim no wounds appeared—his , death was caused merely by the electric shock, and not from any outward wounds. The state of the afflicted family can be better imagined than de scribed, deprived as they were in an instant of a father and a husband. The son is, however, in a fair way of recovery •, but it is feared he will scarcely be able to attend the sad rites of his father's funeral, who in his company met with that death from which he so ,narrowly escaped. An inquest was held on Friday on the remains, and a verdict was re turned according with the above facts. COUNTY POLICE COUR7 YESTERDAY.. GAMBLING AT LIVERPOOL RACES - CONVICTION IN THE PENALTY OP 'WO HUNDRED POUNDS Shortly after eleven o'clock, the Mayor and William Rath bone, Esq., took their seats, and proceeded to hear evidence in support of an information lodged by Mr. Dowling, com- inissioner of police, against Mr. William Lynn, proprietor of the Waterloo Hotel, in which the defendant was charged with keeping a certain place, to wit, the grand stand at the Aintree race •course, for gambling purposes, and with per mitting certain persons to play roulette there on the 23d of the present month, contrary to the statute, which provided that the party so offending should forfeit and pay the sum of two hundred pounds. To this infraction the defendant pleaded not guilty. _ _ Mr. Lace,.,one of the clerks to the county magistrates,. assisted by Mr. Myers, conducted the case for the prosecu tion:; Mr. Wright acted as agent for the defendant. Charles Mayne was the first witness called. He was ex amined by Mr. Myers, as follows—l am an inspector of the county police ; I was on duty on the Aintree race-course, situated about five miles from Liverpool, on Wednesday,. the 23d instant. I went into the grand stand on that occasion: I was at first prevented from going in, but, after I had rea soned with the check-taker, I was allowed to enter. I then proceeded to the first story, and went into the room on the left hand as you go up the stairs. There were fourteen per sons there. Some of them (I would say about nine) were engaged in a play called roulette. I saw a great deal of money on the table, composed of silver and sovereigns. The game was played with a number of black and white marks. Portions of the table were covered with these marks, and I observed the persons betting on the black, red, and white. They had a table, and in the centre of that table there was something like a mahogany dumb-waiter, which was turned round. It moved on a point, and when it was turned round something like a marble went round also in the centre; and when it ceased turnin g , the marble became stationary, and then the person who had the management of the game an nounced to the several persons playing whether they had lost or won. I remember seeing the person who had the management of the game handing the silver to the persons that won, and sometimes the parties themselves took up the money; so that by this means I knew at once who were the winners and who the losers. I saw some place five shillings on a black mark, some five shillings on a red, and some five shillings on a white, and then the dumb-waiter was turned round. I observed some money down before the marble was sent round, and some putting down up to the time it stopped, and then, when it ceased, they took up their money from the different marks, some having lost and some won. I heard them say, at the same time, whether they lost or won, ac cording as the same happened. The person who had the management of the game usually said, You've lost," and " You've won ;" then they took up the money, and some times that person took up money himself. I have stood in a room, as I did in that, and seen the game played frequently. The person who was sometimes taking up the money, and at the same time guiding the table, appeared to me to be taking up as a kind of reward. The game there and the game I had seen played before were similar ; and I should know the peo ple who were playing on this occasion. Cross-examined by Mr. Wright.—This room was in the upper story but one of the grand stand. I would say that it was immediately above the grand saloon. I have been told the game was roulette, and 1 have no doubt of its having been that game. I never played it myself; if I had, I should have been able to give a better description of it than I am to-day. Jonathan Andrews, an inspector of the Liverpool and county police, stated that he also, on the 23d September, went into the room in the Grand Stand, mentioned by the pre ceding witness. He saw there a table, behind which two men were standing. On the table was necessary apparatus for playing at roulette, and he saw a number of gentlemen there playing at that game. In a room on the opposite side, a si milar game was going on. About ten or fifteen minutes after he had been in the room last referred to, Mr. Lynn came in. He stepped in rather quick, and pointed his finger to one of the keepers of the table. After he had done so, the game immediately ceased. Witness heard Mr. Lynn say, "Do not be alarmed." He (witness) then left the room. The table produced was similar to those used in the rooms at the Grand Stand. The game of roulette could not be played with that alone. Tables would be required. Inspector Andrews underwent a very long and perplexing cross-examination by Mr. Wright, with respect to his means of knowing whether the game described by him as roulette was in fact such, and as to the mode in which the game was played. He stated that at the last July races but one, he had been told by officers in his company that that game was rou lette; but he had no personal knowledge of the fact, having never played at roulette, nor made a table. In consequence a his imperfect knowledge of the game, his answers ex hibited some confusion. When Mr. Lynn said, " Don't be alarmed," he spoke to the gentlemen in the room. Mr. Lynn made some observation when he entered the room, but what it'iyas witness did not hear, owing to the conversation that was going on around him. He did not hear the defend ant say, " I am surprised, gentlemen, that you should be gambling; stop immediately." He would not swear that Mr. Lynn did not make u.se of those words. When he stood at the entrance of the rooms, although there was a screen or partition, he could observe that there were persons within ; but he could not form a distinct notion of what they were doing. He was in plain clothes, and did not suppose that Mr. Lynn was aware of his presence. John Poole, inspector of the Liverpool police force, said that he produced a board which was called a roulette board. Heashad heard the gamblers themselves call it by that name. He was at the race course on the 23d of September. He went into an upper room of the Grand Stand, on the right hand side of the stairs, and saw two tables set out, with a roulette board upon each. There were peqple in the room, playing. He stayed and watched them for a short time. He did not see Mr. Lynn in the room ; but afterwards saw him at the hack of the Grand Stand. He (Mr. Lynn) asked wit ness whether he had come; out for the purpose of laying in formations. He replied that he had received the instruc tions of the magistrates to come there, for the purpose of watching the parties who were gambling. Mr. Lynn said that it was not fair or right for the magistrates to interfere with them : he gave a great deal of money away annually to the charities, and as to gambling, he thought that there was more in the Exchange than there was there. Squire Wovenden, superintendent of the county police, said that he saw the defendant on Saturday, the 19th inst., at the Waterloo Hotel, in Liverpool, and had some conver sation with him. Captain Willis was with him, and he (wit ness) heard the captain tell Mr. Lynn that it was the deter mination of the magistrates to put down the gambling on the Grand Stand and elsewhere. Witness then told the defen dant that he should have to pay him a visit. Mr. Lynn said; " But you will not be admitted on the Grand Stand." He afterwards said that he would let the rooms again. John Hadeock said that he was the assistant-overseer of the•poor for the district of Walton, in which the township of Aintree was situated. He made out the rates. He pro duced the rate-book, in which the Grand• Stand was assessed to Mr. Wm. Lynn, the defendant, as occupier. One-half of the last rate had been paid. It was paid by Mr. Lynn to: witness without any objection. On his cross-examination, the witness stated that Mr. Lynn was also rated for two booths on the race-course ; but he could not tell from per sonal knowledge whether that gentleman was the occupier of the booths. He received his information from the overseers, both with respect to the occupancy of those and the Grand Stand. Mr. Whitty, head constable, said that he had heard men tion made by the witnesses of the two rooms in the Grand Stand. He had seen gambling in those rooms at the races previous to last July. He had seen the game of roulette played there.. He also saw it played there at the races pre ♦ious to those just ended. He was not present at the last races. The whole of Mr. Whitty's evidence was objected to by Mr. Wright, as inadmissible on account of its irrelevancy to the present information. . Mr. Rathbone, however, overruled the objection: Mr. Wright then submitted that the case for the informa tion had not been made out. Ilis first ground was, that there was want of proof of occupancy by Mr. Lynn ; and secondly, that if the occupancy had been proved, no evidence had been advanced to show that Mr. Lynn had permitted gambling ; for he contended that, under the statute, it must be proved either that the defendant was the actual occupier of the house, or that he had permitted others to occupy it for gaming. Mr. Rathbone retired to consult with his brother magis trates. In a short time he returned, and said—Mr. Wright, I have considered the evidence in support of the information, and your objection, and I consider that information sus tained. Mr. Lynn, the magistrates of the borough of Liverpool beir.g deeply impressed, from painful experience, of the evil consequences of permitting gaining at public tables, which during races have been from time to time erected in the town of Liverpool, encouraging a class of men who live by a viola tion of the laws of their country, have deteliniped to enforce the law, and to put down such pernicious practices. They hope and believe that as respects Liverpool, they have suc ceeded in this attempt. The magistrates of the county have year after year given expression to their determination to pursue the same course as respects the county. Declaratory placards have been issued, and other means have been taken to prove this determination of the magistrates to put down gaming on the grand stand, where the gentry of the county are assembled, and which having been so long permitted to go on there, may not unnaturally be supposed by the poorer classes if not to have the sanction, at least not to evince the honest purpose of the gentry and magistrates there_ assembled, to put down this flagrant violation of the law. A longer sufferance of this state of things will necessarily lead to that most dangerous of all impressions upori the minds of the people, that there is one law for the rich and another for the poor. I need not here dwell upon the magnitude of the evil inflicted upon society?, especially in the neighbourhood of this large town, where the young, the heedless, and the inexpe rienced, are often thrown at once upon all its temptations without the protecting care of the guarded homes they may have left. Under the statute, not only those who suffer _gaming, but all persons present assisting in tht games, or playing at the tables, might have been proceeded against.. The magistrates have been most anxious to give full warn ing tif their resolution to proceed, and are even now derirous of proceeding only so far as to put an effectual stop to the evil. I deem it necessary, however, to be explicit as to the future, and to declare (and in so doing I believe I speak the .sentiments of many of my brother magistrates), that if the present example is not sufficient, I shall feel it my duty upon sufficient evidence, to direct proceedings against all parties, whether those who suffer, or those who take part in the games, and I wish thus publicly to commit myself by the declaration, that hereafter in every case of delinquency. my duty will leave me no other alternative but to proceed against all, whoever may be the offenders. Mr. Lynn, as a magistrate, I can recognise and address you only in this to me painful and responsible duty, but if others should feel themselves morally responsible, I hope this lesson may not be thrown away, and that all well-regulated minds will reflect on not only the possible results, but on the certainty of ruin ed character and blasted prospects, the too common conse quence of the vice of gambling, which for the sake of gain, you have suffered in the face of day. I am sorry to have to say to you, that in defiance of the repeated notice of the ma gistrates, you have persisted in suffering gaming oil the Grand Stand at the race-course, a place under your control and ma nagement. The evidence which has been offered before me this day is to my mind conclusive, and I do trust that the penalty which will follow your conviction, will effectually prevent the practice in future. I now convict you under the second count of this information in the penalty of £2OO, and which it is not in my power to mitigate—one-third of which goes to the informer, and two-thirds to the poor of the town ship in which the offence is committed. The case lasted two hours hndn half. Orders for manufactured iron for rails have, (hiring the past week, been given out to the iron trade to the enormous weight of 35,000 tons.—Worcester Journal. TEETOTALISM.—A curious case lately came before a Re lief Presbytery in Scotland. Mr. John Murray, of Bowling, an elder in the Relief Congregation, Old Kilpatrick, being a keen advocate of the teetotal cause, objected to the use of common wine at the dispensation of the sacrament, and re fused either to partake of the same or be the means of giving it to others, contending that what had been used at the insti tution of the ordinance was the juice of the grape in its un fermented state, not the intoxicating wine of commerce, and that the Scriptures warranted the juice of the grape only. Mr. Murray's objections were taken up by the Session of Kilpatrick, as inconsistent with his station and duty, and finally referred to a meeting of the Presbytery, who decided that Mr. Murray could not remain a member of the Relief Church, and the Presbytery accordingly declared him no longer a member of the body. Against this decision Mr. Murray protested to the Synod, and lodged his reasons.—r. Caledonian Mercury. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-FRIDAY ASSAULTS BY POLICE-OFFICERS A young sailor, named James Perryman,. charged police officer BroWn, 358, with having committed an assault upon him, by striking him with his stick. Perryman stated, that on Wednesday, during night tide, he was keeping watch on board a ship in one of the docks ; the vessel was " hailed " by the officer, and he (complainant) immediately answered ; he was twice again " hailed," and again answered. The officer then came on board, and said, "If you do not answer I'll make you," and struck him across the face a heavy blow with his stick. The complainant's face was much disfigured by the blovi Brown, in his defence said, that, if he had struck the de fendant, he had done so by accident, not intentionally, as it was dark. Mr. Rushton said the defence of the officer was ridiculous ; his conduct was most reprehensible, and he must pay 40s and costs, or be imprisoned for one month. There was no safety for the public if polieemeu were allowed to strike persons— and the oldest officer in the force, too. The public were en titled to protection, and he must be suspended from duty un til his conduct had been investigated in another quarter, and his restoration would depend upon the evidence he could pro duce in extenuation of his offence. Walter Davies charged Thomas Lee with an assault Lee, at the time the assault was committed, was in the police force, and, was discharged for his misconduct on that occasion. The complainant stated that he lived in Portland-street, and whilst standing at the door of his house, talking to some neighbours the officer, (who was drunk at the time,) along with two other individuals, came by. Some person remarked,' " There is a police-officer," and he (complainant) replied " Yes ; but he is not on duty," upon which Lee came up to him, and seized him by the collar, and said, " I'll let you know I am on duty," and struck him several blows on the head with his stick, which caused him to bleed profusely. He (complainant) gave him into custody of another officer, and proceeded, bleeing as he was, to Rosehill bridewell, to make his charge. On arriving there, the bridewell keeper refused to enter the complaint, and requested the officer to go home, for that he was drunk when he was at the bridewell before. Several witnesses corroborated the statement of Davies. Lee called the two individuals who were with him at the time of the alleged assault, who stated that the complainant had behaved in an impertinent and insulting manner towards the officer before he interfered. The complainant's witnesses denied this, and said it was not before Lee had nearly throttled Davies that he would let go his hold. Mr. Rushton.—lt is a very good job for yourself and the public that you have been dismissed the force. You have been very properly dismissed. The proceedings of to-day will have a very wholesome effect upon the police force. It is very seldom such cases as these come before me. It is a very excellent force, and it is only by such fellows as you that it is lowered in the estimation of the public. Having already been dismissed the force, you must pay 20s and costs, or be imprisoned for 14 days. You must also pay 4s for the damage you have done to the complainant's hat. OFFENCES BY PUBLICANS Mr. Barke, the keeper of the Wellington Hotel tap, was fined 40s. and costs, for permitting drunkenness on his premises. - The officer who laid the complaint stated, that about 20 minutes after two o'clock on Sunday morning, he was attracted to the tap of Mr. Barke, by hearing a noise, where he found 'twelve men, some of whom were drunk. _ Mr. Barke, in extenuation, said that he and Mrs. 8., at the time for which the complaint was laid, were in Derby shire. He 'had kept the tali for eleven years, and had never before had such a complaint laid against him. James Durhurst, keeper of the Talbot,Hotel tap, Vernon street, was fined in the like sum, for permitting persons to tipple in his house at half-past two o'clock on Sunday morning. Mr. Rushton said that this town, from Saturday night until church time on Sunday, was in a most fearful state of disorder, and it was as ►nuch as the officers could do to clear the streets by church time. The neighbourhood of Dale street, more especially, was in a deplorable state, and this arose out of the - facility afforded to persons obtaining liquor in the dead hour of the night from houses in streets leading out of Dale street. ROBBERY BY A SERVANT Samuel Owen, porter to Mr. Rowland, grocer, Elliott street, was committed to trial for stealing two parcels of sugar, and some candles, from his employer. The prisoner was observed by a.shop-boy to take something from the cellar of his employer, and secret it in a midden. On examining the place, two parcels of sugar and some candles were found. Subsequently, the prisoner was observed to carry the articles away with him from the premises. ROBBERY BY A _PROSTITUTE A woman of the town, named Ellen Holden - , was committed to trial for robbing a person named Robert Gale, a packer, in Rook-street, Manchester, of two sovereigns and some sil var. The complainant, at two o'clock this morning, on his way from Ward's public-house to the Brunswick Hotel, was accosted by the female, with whom he had some conversation, during which time she picked his pocket. SATURDAY. . ALLEGED DESTITUTION Five boys were placed at the bar,.whOhid been taken into custody by Inspector Peacock for sleeping in the brick-fields. The Inspector stated, that on the preceding night he found two of the boys in the brick-fields, and, in reply to his ques tions, they informed him that they slept with some other boys. in a hut in a field, and that at early hours in the morn ing they were sent by their companions to rob gardens. He 'Went to the hut and found the other three prisoners. These boys were in the habit of making a fire in the hut at night and sleeping there. Mr. Rushton said, the Inspector had no right to take the lads to Bridewell. They were destitute, and Bridewell was no place for destitute persons. The pri soners were discharged. FURIOUS DRIVING The owners of two spring -carts appeared to answer a charge preferred against them by Inspector Poole. It ap peared that, on Friday,. the defendants were driving their carts, laden with passengers, along Scotland-road, from the races. One of them attempted to pass the other, upon which a race ensued, each flogging his horse with great violence, and urging the animals to a speed that put the lives of many per sons in great jeopardy. With some difficulty, Mr. Poole, assisted by the officers under his command, managed to stop them. One of the men immediately ran off, and did not re appear till his cart was taken to the pinfold. The defen dants both alleged, in excuse, that their horses, affrighted by the shouts of the 'populace, had set off of their own accord. They were each fined 55., and costs. EMBEZZLEMENT OF FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS James Leatham, a man of very respectable appearance, was charged by Messrs. Lovett and Taylor, soap-makers, of Naylor-street, with embezzling several sums of money, amounting, in the aggregate, to £5OO, or thereabouts. Mr. Henry Lovett, of the firm of Lovett and Taylor, briefly stated the case. The prisoner was employed by them in the capa city of a traveller for the last five years, during which they had ►ecently discovered he had been in the habit of em bezzling considerable sums of money he received on their account. The present was one, and only one, of the cases in which he had acted a dishonest part. The complainant added, that the prisoner was authorized to receive whatever money was owing to the firm, and that he was paid a yearly salary. Mr. Parkinson, of the firm of Messrs. C. and J. Parkinson, of Blackburn, deposed, that he paid the prisoner the sum of £39. 18s. on the 4th of last July. Mr. Lovett here exhibited a written statement of the moneys prisoner accounted for, in which the last mentioned sum was omitted. Mr. Rushton inquired when he was in the habit of making up his accounts. Mr. 'Lovett replied, that he generally took a three-months' journey, and then made a return of the sums he received. Mr. Rushton inquired at what time he returned from the journey he made to Blackburn. Mr. Lovett said, about the 28th or 29th of July. He had since made another journey, and when he returned he made no mention of the £39. 18s. received from the Messrs. Parkinson. Mr. Rush ton asked how the complainant knew that the present was not merely an error in the account. Mr. Lovett said, that it waa , because there were twenty-five other different accounts of the like kind for which he failed to account amounting altogether, as he said before; to about £5OO. Constable Lloyd deposed, that when he arrested the prisoner, the latter asked the nature of the charge against him. The officer re plied, for embezzling between £5OO. and £6OO. from the house of Lovett and Taylor, when he admitted the truth of the accusation,, and said he was prepared to give security for the money at Mr. Tabbett's, 4, India-buildings, on the fol lowing day. Mr. Parkinson was here cross-axamined by Mr. Davenport, on the part of the prisoner, when the only facts elicited were, that he received an acknowledgment from the prisoner at Blackburn for £4O. though he had only paid h►m £39. 18s.; that he paid money to him before, a long time ago ; and that he believed the prisoner was, for a consider able period, in the employment of Lovett and Taylor. Mr. DaYenport prayed the magistrate to afford the prisoner a little time to get up his case, because lie was so much excited at the present moment that it was impossible to take any in structions from him. Mr. Rushton was inclined to grant a postponement of the case under the circumstances stated, and asked when the agent could be prepared. Mr. Daven port replied, the following morning. Mr. Lovett said, that most of his witnesses reside in Birmingham and that neigh bourhood, and that it would be impossible for him to have them in attendance at so short a notice. After some further remarks on this point, it was finally determined, that the.case should come before the Court on Monday ; that the prisoner in the. mean time should be remanded ; and that Mr. Daven port should have access to him. YESTERDAY ROBBING A STABLE. Two men, named Robert Hughes and John Hughes, were charged with having stolen a quantity of horse gearing from the stable of a man named Meacock, near Brunswick Dock, on the morning of Thursday, the 27th instant. -Police-offi cer No. 449 saw one of the prisoners in the neighbourhood of the stable on the morning of the' robbery, but, before he was aware it had been committed, on Saturday he met with him,again, and'at the same time it was ascertained that the other prisoner had sold the property to a dealer in such ar ticles tbr 2s. tid. Mr. Rushton censured the conduct of the buyer for purchasing the articles without enquiry. Both the prisoners were committed for trial. • Charles Rocklington was committed to the borough jail for one month, for breaking open a seaman's chest, with intent to rob it. THE CASE OP ALLEGED EMBEZLEMENT. James Leathom, whose case is briefly noticed iu our police reports of Friday, was again placed at the bar. Mr. Pritt, of the firm of Messrs. Avison and Pritt, appeared on behalf of Messrs. Lovatt and Taylor, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Devenport: Mr. Pritt stated he had two additional cases to bring against the prisoner. One was a case in which he had been paid money by Mr. James Whylock, a tea d ealer and grocer in Birming ham. In July last he received a sum from Mr. Whylock which he had not accounted for, but he had accounted for money received from him subsequently. Mr; Rushton said one great difficulty in the case was the fact that there had been an omission by the prosecutors to ac count. Mr.. Pritt mentioned' that there were three cases in which the prisoner had received money and not accounted for it. This, he considered, was sufficient to rebut any inference from the fact of omission. Mr. Rushton.—l suppose you mean to give evidence in ad dition to that you offered on Friday ? • Mr. Pritt replied in the affirmative. He had received money in July which he had not accounted fo r . Mr. Rushton desired the case to proceed. Mr. Davenport thought it right to mention that the case had been in negociation for the last month, with a view to settle it. Mr. Rushton.—What do you mean by negociation ? Mr. Davenport. —A negociation for ins arrangement where by the prisoner might give security for the amount. • Mr. Rushton.—lf you have done anything of that kind, you have made a debt of it. Mr. Pritt said he had been careful not to make any elec tion under the statute. 'Mr. Rushton.—All criminal courts regard with peculiar jealousy the following up of any arrangement of that kind in a Charge of felony. Mr. Pritt was aware of that, but he believed none of the nature described had been entered into. Mr. Davenport said the evidence of Mr. Taylor, one of th e prosecutors, would be v er y i mportan t t o th e prisoner, and unless he were present it would be impossible to go ou. Mr. Pritt said Mr. Taylor was in court, and would be Mr. Richard Taylor was then sworn. He said he was in partnership with Mr. Lovatt, and the prisoner was in their employment as a traveller. He did not recollect when he first discovered that the prisoner had not accounted for all the sums he had received from their customers; but it was some time in August when witness was from home. Mr. Rushton.—Did you speak to Mr. Lovett on the sub ject] . Mr. Taylor replied that when he returned home Mr. Lo vatt told him of the prisoner's defidcations. Afterwards the witness received a letter from a customer of the firth, stating that he had paid a previous account to-Mr. Leathom. Wit ness, in consequence, proceeded to Birmingham after the prisoner, who was then on his journey, and he admitted ha ving received about £l3O for which he had not accounted. The prisoner wished to proceed on his journey, but witness refused to allow him, and they returned to Liverpool. The account was gone over with Mr. Loiatt, and the prisoner then admitted having received £7O upon the whole for which he had not accounted. Witness the same evening wrote letters to all the customers of the firm in the country, desir ing them to state whether their respective accounts were cor rect or not. In the course of a week replies were received from nearly all of them, and in twenty-one instances they were found to be wrong. Mr. Rusbton.—Thi;would bring the. date to the ht Sep tember when you ascertained the balance ? The witness replied that it would be about the first week in September. When it was ascertained, witness told the prisoner to meet him at Mr. Pritt's office. He did so; witness then told him the deficiency, and he replied it was only about £250 or £3OO. The prisoner called on witness the next day to go over the accounts, and after that had been done, he acknowledged the deficiency to be about £5OO. Mr. Rushton.—Did you ever, in your communications with him, undertake to settle the matter by way of security for the re payment of the money ?—I never pledged myself to anything at all, one way or another Did you make any offer to him curitv —He offered to give se- You never did ?—I never proposed it. Did you accept the offer which he made ?—No, we did not. Then why did you delay charging him here.?—Mr. Lovatt was from home. and I did not know what his feelings were upon the subject. Mr. Lovatt went away under the impres sion that the deficiency was not more than £7O, and when be returned we gave the prisoner into custody. Mr. Pritt. - - - -Mr. Leathom made propOsals at my office to give security for the amount of the deficiency, and I was very careful not to make any selection. Cross-examined by Mr. Davenport.—l think it was on the Ist of September, after I had returned from Birmingham, that I met the prisoner at Messrs. Avison and P&itt's office. I went over the account with him. Whenever there were any arrears of account before, we invariably placed them to his debit. Mr. Rushton.—Did you permit him to overdraw his ac count ?—He has overdrawn it. Was this £5OO which you now charge him with embezzling an overdrawn account ?—Certainly not ; he has now an over drawn account to the amount of £4O or £5O, but that has nothing to do with this case. \Vas - that money which he had received from your en ,, - tomers?—Yes : it was the balance of his account of that journey Mr. Davenport.—When you were at Messrs. Avison and Pritt's office, did you not propose to ensure the prisoncr'S life ?—He proposed to insure his life. Did you not accede to that proposal ?—At the time we were in the office, I considered if be had given us the money, or shewn us clearly that we could get it, I might have acceded to the propcisal ; but I did not, as Mr. Lovatt was away. Was not a proposal made that he should insure his - life in the Scottish Union Fire and Life Insurance Office.---le pro posed to insure his life for £5OO, and to give security for the payment of £BO a-year, the premium ; but as we were not satisfied with the security he offered, we did not accede to the proposal at all. Do you know Mr. Tweedle '—l do Has he not seen you upon the matter of the insurance Yes. Do you not know, in consequence of what took place at Air• Pritt's office, that a policy was effected upon the prisoner life in that office ?—lt was not in consequence of Mr. Twee& calling upon us. Mr. Rusliton.—Will you be so good, Mr. Taylor, as to answer the question which is this—DO you or do you not know that a policy of insurance for £5OO was opened in the Scottish Union Office on the prisoner's life for your benefit ? —Yes, I know that. And was that with your sanction and approbation ?—I did not object to it. Did you desire it to be done ? done —lt was left to himself to be Did you desire it to be done ?—The prisoner merely said he had been told it wou ld b e t h e b est way f or hi m to do, 39.° give security for th e p aymen t o f so muc h a year t ill t h e deb' ciency was liquidated, but we were not satisfied with the security. Mr. Davenport.—Did you ever meet Mr. Tweedle in the . street ?—I do not re co ll ec t : M r . T wee dl e ca ll e d upon me , no —, - in the street, and said Mr. Leathom wished him to call u pon me respecting the insurance, but I told him we would no t pledge ourselves to anything. How long was that after the meeting at Mr. Pritt's office? --I do not recollect; I think it was only a few days. Did Dr. Macrorie call upon you ?—I did not see him. Did you make any use of a document brought to you by Dr. Macrorie about the prisoner's life ?—One was brought to me. Mr. Rushton.—What was that ?—lt was to answer sole questions as to the prisoner's state of health to guide hin► Ia the insurance, Mr. Daveuport.--Did you put your hand to that paper ?"- I had it in my hand. Did not Mr. Leathom call for it at your office he did. or . Did he not understand it was for the express purpose securing you the money in arrear ?—lt was his intention '-1 sup Poe, Mr. - 11:ashton.—Dos that policy exist ? \Vitness.—l have not seen it. Mr. Davenport.—lt is in progress if it does not. exist, P r everything has been done to effect it. Mr. Rushton.—There certainly appear to have been CO' i siderable negotiatio ns u p on thi s matter; b ut I underst3ll, Mr. Taylor to state th a t h e never consente d to t h e proposii'd arrangement. I understand you [to the witness] to so',,, " ~ that you never did conse n t t o an arrangeme nt . ;, receive this policy as a security, and to t rea t th e d e f a l e sti° - as a matter of debt ? me now Witness.—We should have received it, but the .securitY to Mr. Rushton.—Do you an s we r th e ques ti on . desir ° ,c administer. justice bet w e e n y ou ' an d th e unfortunate 013,9}0-0 the bar, but I must do s o u p on some certa i n ru l es. your answer will depend the course 1 must take. 1 noWL, you again—did you, or did you not enter into r..,,,,i5t%-4 „ with the prisoner to treat th e d e f a l cat i on o f hi s as a dent, v did you receive his proposal s t o enter into any security ~,, the repayment ?—I must answe r i n the affirmative, as tar that goes--we should have received his offer had there be e good security —I submit that Mr. Taylor does not understai4 Mr. Plitt. the question. Mr. Rushton.—Then I shall be glad if you will put it to him in a plainer form. I have put it as plainly as I can. e Mr. Pritt—[to the witness].—Did you assent to take 6 ° La definite security for the debt? The Mr. Rushton.—That was not my question, Mr. Pritt. - no question is not definite security, but any security. It doubt art embarrassing situation for any gentleman t° „ placed in, but I ton sure M r . T ay l or w ill answer t h e questil, Mr. Pritt.—ll av e yo u ever sa id, M r . T ay l or, t h a t would take the security offered. Mr. Rushton.—No, no, that will not do ; did you confe ve to take any security to treat the defalcation as a debt ?- ---3 01 , should have taken security if good secur it y h a d b een 00 1 10 Mr. Davenport.—And you hav e b een ac ti ng un d e r t" impression from the time you discovered the prisoner to be defaulter ?—Yes. Mr. Rushton.—Did you negociate for three weeks or e • month after you found out the defalcation.—There was a 0 0 , gociation : the fact is, I would not t e ll hi m w h a t I s h o uld, ~ You have answered the question first in the affirmsnj and now you qualify it. Was it so—y es or no ?—W e sh° l3 have taken the offer if we could have had good security• 0 Mr. Davenport.—Do you know that a gentleman ` I mentioned as one security ?—Yes, he was. And he said he would get another ?—lle said he would tri to get another. And the thing has been hanging on in this way ever sin ce' For the last ten days nothing more has been done. • Mr. Rushton.—The only question you have to ausseel ► t o whether or not you have negotiated with the prisonee., treat this as a matter of debt, and that failing seed,r i d i,i you now come here an d c h arge hi m w i t h f e l ony not like to do anything till Mr. Lovatt came home. 00 Mr. Pritt having said he could throw some light ou t ", case, was then sworn. lie said that Mr. I, e! oai and ;' l l , e Taylor called at his office and the accounts were g ° ,, through, when there appeared to be a considerable differed‘o as to the amount of defalcation. After Mr. Leathom gone witness advised with Mr. Taylor. Mr. Lovatt, lieved, was then from Lome. Witness advised Mr. f ril?„tf that the-best comse to take would be to k ee p th e pr i s onci, - ,, and on : he proposed to insure his life, an d men tionea ir gentleman's name as a security. It app eare d t h a t th e gol . t . man had employed the prisoner as an agen t, t o th e ne glecka Messrs. Lovatt and Taylor's business ; an d as n ot satisfactory could be done, it was determined that the at t o should assume the nature of felo n y. N o assent to tre at I` a debt was ever given before witness. p ig Mr. Davenport observed that th e rece i p t o f th e d oc ume from►MDr. Maerorie was unitnown to Mr. Plitt. ot r. Prat believed that Mr. Taylor had never assente d it, but had given it hack without observation. Mr. Rushton said, this was a case which required comO c c i ii, tion on his part. A g r ie vous wrong b a d b een d one , a br7ot of trust of great magnitud e h a d b een comm i tte d , t h e ev l o o which` was enormou s i n a large commercial community 1 0 4 this. It was his d u ty to t a k e care th a t the prisoner wO eo re sent for trial without proper pre cau ti on ; he should there' take time to consider the case. Mr. Davenport requested per m i ss i on t o cross -exam t be ide Mr. Taylor furthe r , w h en th e case again came before court. e l Mr. Rushton thought th e cross-exam i nat i on had Lit concluded. It was upon the evidence now before him 0 " he should take time to consider. Mr. Davenport then cross-examined Mr. Taylor at O n' Siderablc length. tb er st Mr. Rushton said it a ll reso l ve d i n t o th e qu e s tion ile any arrangement was proposed by the prisoner and sanctio'4l, by the prosecutors, to give security for and treat the d e ' cation as a matter of debt. Mr. Taylor.—The prisoner was making arrangements. Mr. Rushton.—Was that with your sanction and aPP III bation ? Mr. Taylor.—Of course it_was. Mr. Rushton.—Do you swear that? Mr. Taylor.—lt was with our sanction I believe. Mr. Pritt said this was quite consistent with the advic o d had given. Mr. Lo va tt was f rom h ome at t h e t ime, o if witness advised that it would be better to keep the matter and on till his return. Mr. Rushton.—When (lid Mr. Lovatt return ? Mr. Taylor.—Last Saturday week. err Mr. Rushton.—Wh en did M r. L ovatt k now a b out the falcation? wa Mr. Pritt replied, that when Mr. Lovatt went awl r thought the defalcation was only £7O. Mr. Rushton having ascertained that Mr. Davenport ,pd no further ques ti ons to as k upon the point he had raised' journed the ease till three o'clock. At three o'clock Mr. R us ht on p rocee d e d t o d e li ve r big cision. Before he commenced, 'I I/ Mr. Pritt saiel Mr. Taylor wished to give some exP- 1° tion of his evidence, if the courttad no objection. be Mr. Taylor then said, that when he was asked whethe 00, ever negociated with the prisoner, he did not properly id' derstand the - question. He never h a d negoc i a t e d w ith u t be He thought the question applied to merely talking nv e l s oi matter with him ; but he bad never ma d e or acce pteu proposition to make the defalcation into a debt. M r. Mr. Davenport said he had known several cases when vi Hall presided in this court, in Which h e wou ld no t 2 3 %0 criminal charge to be brought against a p ar ty a f ter ne gociat' for a settlement. Mr. Rushton said that, as a gener a l p r i nc i p l e , he COP t it' red in it, but in this case there seemed to be nothing' O h o' met and positive on the nature of the negociations, as tO d . 1 0 tify him in foregoing the commit men t. Th ere s cone do' have been many communicati ons w i t h t h e accuse d, an d s o ot position to take the money, if a satisfactory arrange," could be made, but those com mun i ca ti ons did no t ass l 4o , positive aspect that there sh ou ld b e no f urt h er proceo i f e r He did not think that the negociations had assumed a In ture to bring them within the general principle desorihVoder Mr. Davenport, upon which he had himself acted• these circumstances, he felt it his duty to go into the erl"'' o o,c Mr. James Whylock, tea dealer and grocer, of Birmingi, t proved that in July l as t h e p a id the priso ner , on accn °l " s o ,l Messrs. Lovatt and Taylor, two sums of £37 12s. tki" . _ . £32 10s., id, _ __ o de Mr. Staines, of the firm of Walker and St a i ne s, wih t ' le oti' grocers, Birmingham, proved that in June he paid th e :pc' soner £2O 19s. 9d., and another gum of 1.:20 14s. 10d, °" count of his employers