The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-07-24 00:00:00

• .) t 24, 1835. _ - BROUGHAM would again join Ainnonasn or RUSSELL, Particularly after th e fl or id de s cription be has given of their intrigues and machinationa in the above extract from his speech. Lord BROUHLIAM cannot. Mean 'this. Neither is he in earnest about joining GREY or AL •TR°RI'. for these two statesmen are in every sense of the word, if • not mora ll y , at l east p o liti ca lly defunct. Who• then remain? WELLINGTON and PEEL; ha is Lord BROUGHAM ready to join them ? He says so. Are they ready to join him? That is quite another question. The noble and learned lord, after - dwelling upon his misfortunes, and assailin'in the most galling terms, the conduct of his late colleagues, amid the cheers of at least five hundred persons wbo could not understand his 'allusions, at length changes his strain, and consoles him "if that, being released from the cares of slate, he is now the faithful and independent servant of the people. He say s • "Judg e of the bounding exultation which seized and made to quiver every fibre of my frame, when I could burst from the cerements of that living tomb—start into new and uno ffi cial life, and once more take my place in the van of my honest, en lightened, and free countrymen. (Loud cheers.)" Not so fast, my lord. Before you are entitled to as sume the command of the people, and lead the " van," it is necessary that you should exhibit your 'credentials and . show your appointment. Lord BROUGHAM like many other pretenders may flatter or delude himself that lie has had a eall. The call, ton, may have been from within ; hat unless it come also from without, and from a very different class of persons than those . who Cheered h im on Monday l as t, a ll hi s s UppliC a ti o ns will be in vain. Such claPtraps are proofs of dovinright and incorrigible silliness. • Bat the noble and learned lord; MI6 of a Sodden has henome SO enanionred of Lord ELDoN, whoni he libelled and insulted- for at least fifteen years of his life, ik -pleased to call the male part of his audience at the Amphitheatre Suppohe tie 'did t- includela di es} his , se TIO RAINCK R,t "fellow citizens:- Is this affectation, or is it ignorance, or is it a significant adaptation borrowed from the French revolution? We strongly suspect the latter. Liverpool is not a city ; the inhabitants of Liverpool are not citi zens; Lord BROUGHAM holds no burgess rights in Corn !non With our freemen; and therefore to address them -as citizens, however gratifying it might be to a few Ame ricans who shared in his triumph, and astonished him by the familiarity of their peculiar manners, evinced as much bad taste as it showed a marked disrespect towards the subjects of the king, and the " gracious master" Whom he recently served, and so much loved. Lord BROUGHAM may place himself in any " van" he pleases, but he must not expect the " citizens" of Liverpool ' either to acknowledge or draw him. We could point out to Lord BROUGHAM a much more convenient place than a " Van," and one better adapted to his genius, but that must leive to another opportunity. We have already noticed, perhaps more than it deserves, 411 0 treatment which the reporters of this journal expe rienced on Monday last at the hands of the liberal con ductors of the entertainment given to a certain personage. This Conduct of Mr. JAMES BRANCKERI however, has been ? 1 a nature which we cannot allow to pass. Had the Object of the meeting been exclusively of a party nature we neither slu.-uld have asked nor expected pfirmission to report ix proceedings. On the contrary it was stated to be one wholly unc onne cted with politics or faction ; that it was strictly of a national character ; and that as 11°1 • 16 V but the moral an.] religious instruction of the • ris ing': generation was contemplated, we imagined that 110 o bjection.would be made to place our reporters on the same footing with the rest of the press, particularly as this W4- ' t he only journal in the town which could,on a short notice give a full report of the proceedingq. At the place of the ceremony application was made on be half of the STANDARD to Mr. JAMES BRANCKER. who was perched upon an open carriage, and who, as chairman of the Committee, seemed to direct the whole proceed- Inga• The application to .be admitted was not only but it was refused• in the most marked and "ostentatious mane r,. He . ..spoke in_answer. _loud voice, in the presence of . Lord Dwbu<in.l.3,r, and in:the hearing of a vast number, that tickets of admission had been given to sit of the • Liverpool papers, but that no ticket would be given to the 5T.1,113.1:11D. If Mr. JAarss BR: NCKER fancies that we care three straws foranything he could give or refuse to this journal, or any one connected with it, he. is. greatly mistaken. That this illiberal denial, so loudly made, was intended to injure the SrANn van we 'have no doubt whatever. Were we in the forlorn condition of some newspapers .this treatment might)Jit-ve affected our credit, and that is a matter which Mr. JAMES BRANCKER should treat in a more delicate manner. If he had said " there are six papers in Liverpool which I will trust,.but I will not trust the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," the public would have clearly understood his meaning, jest as if we were to say there are sixty merchants in Liverpool which we wil( trust, but we. will not deal with Mr. JAMES BRANCKER." If this noisy person be unacquainted with the rules of courtesy, that is his misfortune ; hut we shall not allow him, or any one else, • to attempt to• vapour us down 'Othout resenting it with do — uble• interest, and in a way that he will perhaps live to regret. • 'When he and his Party begin to act upon their empty professions, and "ince some libera:ity towards us, they will act-wisely, and they will be treated accordingly. If• they should continue to act otherwise, us they have invariably done,. • t hey must abide the consequences. LONDON LA7'ES7' NEWS. ,'•• City,,;rednesday Evening, Hoif-past Seven o'clock, The fitness of Mr. Abercromby for his office of speaker '+ v as fully p u t t o , t h e proo f . l ast n i g ht . ...in .the reformed douse of Commons, in which was displayed one of the most disgraceful bear-garden scenes of tumult and tip 1-•°ar ever witnessed, and to restrain which the speaker 1 :nlY evinced an utter incompetency. The "tail," as may "mAmpposed was the most active promoter *of the dis gusting and - disgraceful confusion, and the noises and • sounds savoured more of bedlam than of the lipase of ,•,Vresenthiives o f the British nation. The speech of Sir ' 4 ', °bete Peel has formed the,only topic of conversation to ulkv and is considered as surpassing any of his former efforts. e understand that in three or four days it is expected rat ministers will make a communication respecting the an reqnired for the West India compensation, and that a large p ort ion o f t hi s a m oun t w ill f or thwith b e ra i se d. Already three or four lists of our leading inonied men are • being formed for the purpose of making tenders. The ezpectetion of this loan has, during several days past, had the effeci. of Camiingtur money market' to' be very .11e.avy=,-anti consols, both for money amt account, : closed This afternoon at 90t 1. Money, however, fcr .commer cial purposes„ has been rather more easy during the last ( i4y .or two, and discounts effectable without difficulty where thelaaper is good. It appears by the private letters froin•Amsterdam,.that all fears of a renewal of the recent disturbances there had ceased, and that it was generally current that the ob,nox,, • ious tax, as well as its arrears, will be abandoned by - the • koternment. The - large standing army kept up in thil llod since the insurrection in Belgium has somewhat in- • el'cafied the burthens of the Dutch people, and may be . considered as the actual cause of the recent violent ,pro (n."(iings, although from h is p roximit y to t he "brave • ~,i4elges," w e d o no t exactly see how his M a j es ty th e of Holland•could have clone otherwise than keep up t his force, or thave his frontiers exposed to the predatory incursions .of his exceedingly heroic neighbours, who, however they may dislike steel and bullets, have not the • slightest antipathy to silver.spoons, or, as George Robins would say to "jewels and other. etre.ets," if the same can be obtained without the aid of "villainous gunpowder." With the exception of an arrival fro m Q uebec, w e are Without any colonial arrivals to-day of a later date than those preiiously received. The accounts from Havre, however, state the receipt of adviees from Martinique,‘ at i which pl a c e i nte lli gence h a d been received from St. Lucia of the negrnes hiving set on fire seven or eight ho uses, and being in a very disorganized state. Great I complaints were made at Martinique of the desertion Of the slaves, who readily 'found an asylum in the neigh •boUring islands. • The issue of the debate respecting the Irish church ex cites intense interest here. Wagers have peen laid to the following effett :—Five to one that the min isters will have a majority ;• two to one that it will not amount• to forty ; and even bets that it will exceed twenty. In our...foreign Market the recent intelligence from Spain has had a favourable effect upon Spanish Bonds •amt. Strip, but the amount of these liabilities is so large tt • tttat the ch anc e dint; Material rise in - value are very i *Mall. 'The Bonds were dime at-SH-, and the Scrip at discount, but the former closed at 51, and the latter at 8f 9 discount. -Ip none of the other securities is there 44 vtl iag• to notice. Russian Bonds left off at ION; "itch 5 per Cents. at 1011-Y ; Colombian at 371-; Chi - liar) at 45 to 47 ; Mexicawat 375 ;, and Brazilian at 86,1,.T ANNUAL DINNtn OF 'TILE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SOCIETY On Wednesday last the annual dinner of the Licensed Vic tuallers' Society was held in Parry's Pavilion, Seacombe, Where between six and seven hundred persons, male and fe male, sat down to a most excellent and substantial repast. George Gnrden, Esq in the chair, and Robert Hardman, Esq. vice-president. His worship the Mayor, having accepted an invitation to dine with the bonifaces and their better halves, landed at Seacoinhe at two o'clock, accompanied by Sir Thomas Brancker,` Peter Bourne, Esq., Mr. J. H. Morgan, chairman of the association, the secretary, and several of the committee. His worship was met on the lauding pier by the stewards and a band of music, the latter playing " Gud save the King." A procession being formed, it mqved towards the pavilion, where the good cheer was laid but awaiting the arrival of the-company. The pavilion was extended by means of a temporary erection to double its usual size, and tastefully fitted up with drapery and decorated with flags. In the centre of the room between six extensive tables a sort of platform was elevated for the Chair man, the Vice-chairman, and their respective friends. To the right of the President sat his Worship the Mayor, Sir Thomas Brancker, P. Bourne, Esq., Ambrose Lace, Esq., A. Wood ward, Esq., &e: The Vice president was supported by Mr. William Parlour, Mr. Statham, Mr. R. A. Moan!, and several other gentlemen. . After the removal of the cloth, "Non nobis Domine" was sung by Messrs. Andrews and Benwell, of the Theatre Royal, arid Mr. Green, the musician. In consequence of these gentlemen being unprepared to sing "Non nobis Domine," not having been engaged, but asked suddenly to favour the company with it, it did not go off well. The Ctiainataw then proposed " His most excellent Ma jesty, the King," 'Which. was received with deafening cheers, and amid the cries of " One cheer more for the church 1"- - " The health of the Queen" was also drank amidst great cheer. ing; " The Princess Victoria, and other branches of the royal family;" and "The Army and Navy" followed. The CHAIRMAN then rose, and said that he felt great pleasure .in having to propose the next toast, which he was confident would he received with enthusiasm by all present. Before, however, he did so,-be begged leave to be allowed to congratulate , the numerous and highly respectable body of licensed victuallers whom he-saw before him on the prosperous state of their asso ciation on.the third celebration of their anniversary. (Cheers.) The parent society in London had held their twenty-seventh anniversary, and he hoped that the Liverpool society, which had similar charitable objects in view to that of metropolis, would shortly.equal it in strength and-imeertance.. (Hear.) It was a gratifying scene to see the children educated in the schools ef the London association enter at the anniversary with the bloom, of health and happiness beaming in their cows tenet-ides :And - still more pleasing was it to hear them offer a hymn of thanksgiving for the benefits they hart received, and to hear an. address delivered by one of them, the author of which was educated ia the school". (Hear.)' He wiihed to see the Liver- Pool Licensed Victuallers' Society prospering like that of - London, awl . he felt confidintrthat success would crown • the effdrts of its supporters. With these views he was happy to propose as a toast—" Prosperity to the Licensed Victuallers' Society of Liverpool." (Loud cheers.) The cheers having subsided, The MAYOR rose and said, he was glad to hear from their chairman of the progress the society had made in its endeavours to alleviate the-distresses and sorrows of its poorer members. He was sure that an association having such-kindly objects as theirs must succeed. (Hear.) When he looked around him on the present occasion he was assured of the fact that the in habitants of Liverpool and its vicinity were ever alive to the cause of christian charity. (Cheers.) He could sincerely assure them that it was a source of proud gratification to him that day to see them all assembled to celebrate theiranniversary. He might say that it was an exceedingly proud sight to perceive the light of reason and the good disposition which prevailed amongst the publicaus, and prompted them to form a society for the relief of poor widows and orphans. (Cheers.) They had kindly invited him to partake of their good cheer and enjoy the day with them, and he begged leave to propose a toast which he was sure they would receive with as much pleasure as he experienced in giving it, which was the health of their worthy, chairman. (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN rose and said that he felt highly sensible of the flattering compliment which their esteemed guest, the Mayor, had been pleased to confer upon him, and thanked them for the manner in which they had received the toast. He was glad to .find their honoured guest thought so well of the meeting and tire nbjecta of,the association, fur he might almost say that as the Mayor countenanced their proceedings it was a sign of the society's ultimate and permanent prosperity. (Cheers ) The chairman concluded by calling listen Mr. Sliaw, the poet laureate of Walton,. for a song which he (Mr. Shaw) had written for the occasion. Mr. Shaw then mounted the table, dressed in a blue jacket and white apron, and, with a mallet and tap in hand, sung the following song : I'm a knight of the spigot—my name's Peter Dunn, And I draw the best ale that's sold under the Sun, I hope you'll excuso this intrusive approach, For it's only to tell you I'm just going to broach. Derry down, Sic. But before I depart—with the leave of our chair, My cask with this fine goodly club I'll compare, And as all casks have tapholes, you very well know, Our chairman's the tap from whence good things must flow. Derry down, &c. The chorus you grant is the thing that I crave, For it shows me all hands can produce a good stave, While our wealth are the heeds that protect it from th' weather, Our union's the hoops that must bind us together. Derry down, &c. Now there's ! pooping:, and glinivs, and dowels likewise, There's casks for alt uses, dimensions, and size; And to what you'll compare me, perhaps, when I've sung, Tho' I'm now giving vent, that I'm more like the bung. Derry down, &e. Now, I've ale of all suits in my nethermost story, can suit either Radical, Whig, or the Tory, Oe comp strong mellnw stuff that was brewed,in October,. • r I've temperance beer that will keep you all Sritier. . Derry down, Sr. Now we've Ilindley, and Johnson, and Bent, and some otlprs, Who've join,d with their treasure this band of true brothers, In vending their goals they take infinite pains. And we know they brew malt fur we've seen them sell grains. Derry down, &c. • Thos the lion Se duty job raised our licence in price, If what Atthorp laid on be ta'en off by Spring Rice, Ile shall have our warm thanks ' and his budget can't fail, But if not, let' s s h un sp i r i ts, an d drink nought but ale. Derry down, &c. . . The ladies bionght over declared, ono and all, They'd go to the 'next ferry, for there was a Ball, But when dancing was promis'd it made them soon tarry, And all seem content now to stop with friend Parry. Derry down, 84i:. • Nov my song's at an end, your good nature afford, And make up your minds a you'll have it encor'd, For it's you must determine, while I stay behind, And I'll sing it again if you're all iu a mind. Derry down, &c. Mr. Shaw was encored, and sang the following additional verse, which was received with deafening cheers : Now before 1 come back, there's one thing don't neglect, . Mane your glasses prepared for a toast of respect,— We've drank King and Queen, who're the pride of our nation, So we'll now drink th e M a y or , an d o ur old - Corporation. Derry down, &c. The CHAIRMAN rose and said that he had no doubt the ladle ond.f.elltlenien pi esent would cordially join himself and l',lr Shaw in drinking the healths of the mayor and magistrates o Liverpool. (Tremendous cheering.) . ~ f 'the MAtoit rose and said that as he formed a component part of the toast, and holding the high situation he did in the town 'of Liverpool, he should lake the liberty of returning his 'acknowledgments on behalf of himself and brother magistrates for the high honour they, had conferred:. It would be super fluous and ridiculous in him to say that he did not anticipate, the toasty but when be saw the multitiale of !reptile raising their voices to do honour to it, it was difficult to find words to express the pleasure he felt in common with bis brother inagis.. trates present on the occasion. He hoped that whatever they had done in their official capacities would be considered by all persona, to whatever class of society they might belong , as being for the general good of the town of Liverpool. (Cheers.) tie • could assure them that it had always been the atxious wish of the magistracy to protect and watch over the interests of the licensed victuallers, as well as the rest of the community; and, on seeing so many persons around him after the tecent alarm ing occurrence in the borough, he was convinced that the pub-' lie considered that the magistrates on that• Occasion had done' their duty. (Cheers.) lie would take that opportunity of thanki; ing the inhabitants for the very handsome manner in which they , -behaved, and for the support they afforded to the magistrates and the police in suppressing the disgraceful riots, which he hoped would never occur again in the town of Liverpool. (Cheers.) If there should ever be a renewal of such scenes as those to which be had alluded, he might inform them that the magistrates were armed with the law, rand would not be de terred frOte doing their duty. (Cheers.).-•He was sorry to say, -as a magistrate, that the misguided people who commit ted those excesses were natives of the sister country, many of whom had not been in England more than a week, who were brought over cheaply by the steam-packets. He regretted that Liverpool should have been disgraced by the riots, as it had ever before maintained its character for being one of the most peaceable and one of the most loyal towns in the King's dominions. (Loud cheers.) .Since be had held office there- had been but few soldiers in the town, and there was seldom any occasion for them. He hoped in future there' Wiould be less, and that. theywould never again have occasion to call them out. It %Yea repugnant to his feelings to call out the soldiers, and he was' sure that if the inhabitants on any future similar:occasion, lent them the support they had recently done, they should never again have occasion for them. He was sorry to allude to it, but there had been reflections cast upon him for calling out the military at the late riots. (Cries of " No, no.") He could assure them that there had; but the magistrates who co-ope rated with him on that occasion were now before them. They had done all in their power to maintain the peace, and to sup port the character of the good old town, and it they had failed it was an error in judgment, and the reflection was a most un deserved one, for they had to the best of their ability done their duty. (Cries of.'' Yon did.") Probably.the observations he' had made on the subject were uncalled for, but he could not refrain from alluding to it. To .return to the object of the meeting, he really felt gratified at seeing it so well attended, and at seeing so many ladies smiling around him, in comine tueration of the anuiversary of a society intended to comfort the widow. and the orphan whenever they might reqUire it: His worship concluded by thanking them for the honour they had conferred on him. Toast—" The ladies who have this day honoured us with their presetice." Mr. An( tivsoN, in a brief and complimentary speech, then proposed the health of Robeit Hardivau, Rig., the vice-pre sident. Mr. IIA anwv4 rose to acknowledge the compliment, and, in doing so, said that their indefatigable secretary, Mr. Dryden, would shortly enter into a detail or the progress of the society since it s formation, from which they would see that it was in a flourishing state. He regretted, however, to say that notwith standing the liberal objects of the society there were many in the trade who did not countenance it. In conclusion, he begged leave to propose a toast which would come hone not only to the hearts of all present but he believed to their pockets. The toast was—" Prosperity to the town and trade of Liverpool." (Cheers.) Mr. Andrews-then sung " The. fine old English Victual ie i" better than we ever recollect to have heard it snug. Toast—" The members for the borough." (Cheers.) Toast—"'That illustrious patron of the London licensed viettia tiers' society, tire Duke of Sussex." (Cheers.) Mr. Baker, of the Them,' e 'loyal, at the request of the Vice- Chalon:lan, favoured i the company with an Irish comic song, which he sung with Infinite humour. Laws :thew rose to propose a toast.' He said that they had met together fora charitable purpose, and be was proud to see that the institution, iodependent of the support it received from the licensed victuallers, wits countenanced by so many highly-respectable individualt of Liverpool. From the time the foundation stone of the society was laid it had kept on - increasing, and from the support it continued to receive, who could doubt its prosperity? Mri Lewis concluded by giving " The honorary members of the society." Mr. BENT rose to return thanks for the toast, and said that he could' assure the members of the licensed victuallers' society that the honorary members could not but approve of such rea sonable institutions, and be begged to congratulate them on the prosperous state of the society. No one could doubt the Utility of a society which not only entitled the decayed member, but the widow and orphan of the member, to claim relief from its funds, and provide the orphan with educations He freely de clared his beliekhat such good and excellent institutions could not fail to prosper, as they would receive support from the honorary members, and every friend of humanity, he was sure, would lend a hand to complete the good work which the licensed victuallers' society had begun. (Cheers.) The society in tune, he had no doubt, would raise itself as high as the Loudon one had done, and entitle itself to the support of all classes'of the community. He congratulated them ou the large attetith ance at the meeting, and was happy to join the members of the society and the ladies in so much conviviality and friendship, and, in conclusion, begged to drink all their good healths. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of Mr. S. H. Morgan, chairman of the association, and other members of the committee. _ .... Mr. . MORGAN said that he rose with diffidence to return thanks on behalf of himself, for he felt that little was due to hint as a member of the committee, for having been unwell, he had not devoted so much time to the association as he could have wished. He would, however, yield to none in his wishes for the prosperity of the society, and would not be a passive spec tator of its success. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of Mr. Bryden, the secretary, whom he believed was unparalleled by any in his exertions for the benefit of the society. . Mr, B y DliN (the secretary) then entered .into a- statement of the progress of the society since its connciiceinent, and con trasted its success with that of the parent society in London. He showed that for the short time it had been in existence it was infinitely more prosperous than the Loudon society. From the statement he entered into,,it appeared that tne last year's in come of the society was £4OO, but since the 25th of September last it-had amounted to £639 odd. For, this cheering state of their funds they were much indebted to the. exertions of their strenuous friends, Messrs. -Johnson and Bent, who had taken the trouble to collect subscriptions for them, and the society was now prepared with funds to relieve the widow and .the orphan. He was happy to state that since their last meeting they had enrolled 167 new members, and he hoped ere that day twelve months they would enrol the majority of the publicans in the ,ton 4 n, oratnny rate the most respectaide portion of them. He • was happy to see members *sent from the society in Mau cheper. Birmingham had - a society, and he hoped tn. see simi• lAr societies 'established all over the - kingdom. Mr. B. con cluded with giving—" The health'of the strangers." The Ma von then said, after the handsome manner in which the company had drank the health of the Mayor and Corpora tion of LiVerpool, it would ill become him not to propose the healths of those who had treated him in so hospitable a manlier. lie begged to give—" Thestewards of the day. ' Mr. STEWART returned thanks. . . • The health of Mr. and Mrs. Parry, and other toasts were given, and the company proceeded to the ball-room at about eight o'clock, where dancing was kept up till a late boar. His worithip the Mayor took his departure about six o'clock, having previously intimated his intention of subscribing £2O towards the funds of the institution. .--~...~ _..,v,...., THE LIVERPOOL 'I'ANDARD. LANCASTER INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT. John Colley, 141, St. George's-road, Manchester, also of Spear-street, Manchester, and of Red Lion-street, Manchester, rug, waste and bone-merchant, was opposed by Mr. Hall on be half of Mr. Kilbank, his detaining creditor, and, supported by Mr. Vsnables. The insolvent, in his examination by blr. Hall, stated that in 18.3! he executed a deed of gift to one Margaret Ratcliffe, his housekeeper, and another in February the same year. of his stock - in-trade and furniture. The deed being read recited that for divers good causes and in consideration of ser vices rendered he consigned over all his stock-in-trade, house hold furniture, &c. to the above named Ratcliffe, subject to the payment of 10s. a week to his wife, from whom the insolvent had separated. The insolvent said when he executed this deed he was about to be tried at the Manchester Sessions for receiving stolen property. He was acquitted of the charge. He did then owe £lOO. Mrs. Ratcliffe has power to receive all his debts. In December 18.3-1, he received a bill at four months from Mr. Ibbotson, paper-manufacturer, value £l7O, which was cashed by Mr. James Bakewell, glueman. Could not tell when. Would not swear it was not on the 9th of April in the present yeir. Ibbotson owed him £53 at present, but insolvent had not put it into his schedule because he thought Ratcliffe had a right to receive the debt. He was then asked to produce- the deed, and in looking for it took out of his pocket two letters salDscribed " Your's till death, M.R." being from Margaret Ratcliffe, and relating to his affairs at home. The Commissioner here said enough had been , exposeil of the insolvent's affairs to justify him in dismissing the order for hearing. Mr. Venables then rose and said, as Mr. Owen had come from Manchester purposely to prove the execution of, the deed of gift, which the insolvent's attorney produced, from Margaret Ratcliffe, he hoped the court would permit of. his proving that fact, in order to save the expense of auotherjouruey at the next hearing. Mr. Owen, solicitor, was then sworn, and stated that he was engaged to defend the prisoner when about to be tried as before mentioned; that he advised him to provide for those dependant on him in case of conviction. He therefore executei the deed produced to Ratcliffe, which witness understood was only to take effect in case of conviction. This deed was dated 28th May, 1834. The insolvent was then asked for the deed dated February, 1834 and he took a letter out of his hat, which he opened. Mr. Hall asked him whether that letter had any reference to his affairs? Insolvent Teplied that it had not. Mr. Hall: What is it about? • Insolvent: Nothing particular.-- - • - •,, e. ,• Mr. Hall: Do you mean to swear now 'that ii does not relate to your affairs? Take care; we have evidence to prove all about them. Insolvent: Well,. yon ere quite welcome to read it,_ir you like; and handed the letter to Mr. Hall. The letter *Rs put in and read. It was dated in May last. and addressed to the insoli ent in gaol on the subject. of his business, and stating that his servant, a man nate .4 Haddock, had got one of the deeds attested by a person tinned Tetloiv. The Commissioner (to insolvent:) This letter rasher relates to your affairs. Mr. Hall: Have you not lost £lOO at cards in the gaol? Insolvent : No. Mr. Hall: Have you lost nothing? Insolvent: No. The Com Missioner ordered the three letters which hail been produced to be impounded, and dismissed the order for hearing, giving the Insolvent liberty to amend his schedule or to file a nbw one, and ordering at the next hearing that he produce Ratcliffe, his servant Haddock, and the origival deed. The Commissioner (to the Insolvent.) —Don't suppose that under this pretended assignment to Margaret Ratcliffe you can keep back yuur debts; we are not to be so hoodwinked when we find them constantly writing to you about every particular of the business. Don't come hereto practise such a fraud. Mr. Hall.—lf the case had been fully gone into I have evi dence to prove that the insolvent is at thiernomeut worth £3OOO, and he only owes £193. Insolvent (edit essing the Commissioner.)—On't you order that this business be settled while you a re here The Commissioner,-1 dare say, sir, you can put sufficient money into Court to pay 20s. in the pound„ and then it will be settled. I would advise you to settle it, for if lam cat led on to make a report I shall express a very strong Opinion oft the subject. A grosser attempt more entirely def,:ated I neversaw. Thomas Inman. The discharge of this insolvent Was opposed by Mr. Hall, on the behalf of Mr. Hyde and Mr. Molyneux, of Liverpool. From the examination of the insolvent, and the statement of those gentlemen, it appeared that he had formerly been in the service of Mr. Molyneux as cash keeper, and that when so employed he had appropriated £3OO, received on ac count of his employer, to the payment of his own debts. Shortly after he left Mr. Molyneux's service, the deficiency was dis covered, and the insolvent, on being applied to on the subject, agreed to effect an assurance on his own lite for £2OO, leaving a balance still slue to Mr. M. of about £49. The insolvent subsequently to this transaction was engaged by Mr. Hyde as cash keeper. Mr. Hyde finding that the salary given him- by Mr. Molyneux was £125, voluntarily . said that he would allow him £l4O for the first year, and, if his conduct was approved . of at the end of that period, be would give hint an interest in the business. A few days after the insolvent entered his employ, Mr. Hyde perceived that he was unwell, and believing that it arose from perturbation of mind, insisted on knowing the cause, Observing that unless he was perfectly easy in his mind, he could net eentinue with hint. The insolvent said that his un easiness arose from his being indebted to Mr.'Molinenx in the. sum of £2OO, and Mi. Hyde offered to advance him £lOO, if he could procure another friend to do the like. It was afterwards discovered that the insolvent had appropriated £2.00 of 4lr. Hyde's money, charging it to a person with whomisc had no acqount. The irregularities of the insolvent led to -his dis- Charge, and he lived about a year afterwards at No. 5, Mill- Street, Toxteth-park, Liverpool, and acted for a short time as' a broker; but his commissious amounted to only about £2O. He was then arrested and went to gaol, having previously sold his furniture: • Of the proceeds of the sale £4O remained in the hands of the auctioneer. Mr. Venablee- addressed the court at some length on behalf of the insolvent. .The learned CoMmiesioner Harris, in pronouncing the jud g e. ment of the court, said there was no question but the insolvent in both cases had most fraudulently abstracted his employers' money. In the case of Mr. Molyneux, £2OO was covered by. the deed of assurance; but he (Mr. Harris) 'could not say that £49 had been abstracted in any particular instance, so as to fix the insolvent with a breach of trust. With regard to Mr. Hyde, there was a fatality about it, because, after getting a better situation, where he might have retrieved his character, (but perhaps it !night have been more to his advantage had his first offence been punished,) still he would not refrain from repeating his former practices, which he had been guilty of when in the employ of Mr. Molyneux, aud, in order tsecouceal that transaction , he had tint down £260 to a Mr. Johnson, who Was no customer of Mr. Hyde's at all. .I never saw (continued the commissioner) a greater instance of ingratitude for kind: ness received. I therefore think that you should be placed at the mercy of Mr. Hyde for some considerable period. The commissioner then inquired whether Mr. elyde had lodged a detainer against the insolvent, and was answered in the negative. The commissioner.—There will be time enough to do that, as he cannot be discharged until 0-morrow. The judgment of the court is that, as regards all his other ereditorsethe insol ent is entitled to the benefit of the act; but as regards Air. Hyde, "I adjudge that you be remanded and detained at his suit for the space of ten calendar months from the time of filing your petition, for contracting a debt with him by a breach of tre e. The commissioner also ordered that the insolvent should not be discharged until £4O had been paid into court. Dr. Johnson being asked his opinion of a very small volume with a- pompous title, replied, "that it was like placing-an eight: and-forty pounder at the door of a pig-sty." Dr. Hunt, one of the fagot freeholders in the Duke of Bed ford's forty-acre field, on his examination before the revising barrister, was unable to point out the precise into for ahich be clainred to vote.--Noftlfampton Herald. - • . FAGOT Vortsci:—The Birmin Otani Adrertiser, in enticing the system pursued by the Dnke'ofßedford in Huntingdonshire, where his graCe's forty tenantS'ar'e facetiotfilly called " the forty thieves," says—" The same systirn• has been adopted by the members' of a 'vote manufactory,' named the Reform" Registra tion Cemmittee in Birmingham. A freehold hbain, in Sun street:lbe rent of which is £8 OF annum, hai r been purchased by one of the secretaries and' three other' iriaridnals of the mute clique! We would have. these worthies to bear in mind that others can play at this game besides themselves, nor : that allimately the straiagern Trait reenind LVeli'eWtrillOhrfirfOtt.':'• r•=or."- COTTON MARKET-.7ONATEIAN v. JOHN BULL: TO THE EDITOR 01 4 +1E; LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,-1 met, the othei (lei, with a very rare animal, namely, "an honest Yankee." We had some talk, and, amongst other things, he asked me if I knew the cause why raw cotton had ad- Canced so in the European markets, and, consequhntly, in the United States, the principal producing country ? I answered'. that it was, no doubt, owing in a great measure to the reports from that country of short shipments, and that I had seen a statement in the American papers, showing a certain deficit o f 100,0(X) bales this season. As I talked Yankee to him, we be_ came quite cordial, and his patriotism was so excited by John Bull's gullibility that he became quite fidgetty, laughing in his sleeve, and anxious to communicate his own knowledge on the subject, which he did to the following effect:— "You're a citizen of the union, I guess. Now I have lived to the south myselflong enough to know all about it. I only jist came out in the George Washington, one of our line . of splendid packets from York city, and have bin in Alabama and Louisiana j all last winter, and I tell you what friend, there will be a sur plush, there's no kind o' doubt about it- Do you know the size of the bales has bin enlarged at least twenty-five per cent., and that the southerners, in giving the quantity, take no notice Of this? Besides; there's no kind o' dependence to be had on their statements ; and I'll tell you the game they're now, and have bin, playing, all 'long summer and last winter. The planters are now so well off, getting such long prices, that they can 'ford to keep their stock on hand longer than they used to, and they jist send it along for shipment so as not to glut the market like. Agin, they are helped in this 'rangement by ex change negociations. They draw on New York at six months (a negociable date in the union) on account of stock on hand, and then the New York agent, when tho draft falls due, draws a bill of exchange at three months on England, on account of shipment from a southern port, which enables him to. meet the planter's draft, and these negociations, together with the transits, allow nearly a whole year to- manoeuvre in. But, before a few months, you'll see if cotton speculators are not in a pretty fix." In looking over some of the late American papers, I met with the inclosed paragraph• on a similar subject; but, as the matter comes nearer home, the New Yorkers, though they are willing that John Bull should suffer, you will perceive, are by nojneans slack in exposing the fraudulent statements of the southerners when they are likely to affect themselTes.—•l am, &C., PH lI.Q-VBli, :VAS. Liverpool, 22d July, 1835. ► • •• 'Lis attempted to raise a panic about shOrtowheat.eps. A famine in the United States! This suits flour holders and speculators. Almost every year there is eery that the crops have been injured in the solitti; but the harvest has, neverthe. less, generally proved abundant. Some auspicious change has falsified the sinister predictions in almost every instance.— Nat. Gs :. SIR TIIONIAS'S-BUILDINGS. TO TIM EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL NT,IXD"IRD. SIR,—It is surprising that so pttblic a thoroughfare as Sir Thomas's-buildings should be so long neglected, and be suffered to escape the eye of our enterprising corporation, It is at pre sent one of the most public leading streets from the north end of the town to Whitecbapel and St. John's Nlarket, and the ad• jacent squares, and at the same time one of the most repulsive nuisances on account of stiaitness, the intolerable effluvia from soaiperies, sugar-houses, chandlers. and the almost continual loading of carts with soap waste on the very parapets; the spat tering of omnibuses hati frequently covered the dreses of ladies and - gentlemen. , This ' street, from its otnttal situation : and being the only regular thoroughfare between North John-street and Jtlanchester-street, would be a most advantageous iMprove mmit to the town if an opening was madeinto it from High field street, by demolishing that little dirty .wint called Hockenhall alley, which would form a direct line from Highfield-street to Williamson-square, and for convenience would be excelled by none. A CONSTANT READER. Liverpool, July 20. 1835. THE WARRINGTON CHARITY FOR THE RELIEF OF WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF THE CLERGY. The Anniversary of that excellent Institution, which has for its object. the relief of the widows and orphans of the Clergy of the Deanery of Warrington, was held in Liverpool on Tuesuay. The Worshipful the Mayor, attended by a numerous body . of clergy, gentry, and merchants of the town, went in procession from the,Town Hall to St. PeteritiChurch, where an excellent sermon was preached b y the Rev. Ainger, Prebeudary of Chester, from the 19th hapter of St. John, and the 26th and 27th verses. From this highly-interesting passage the reverend preacher deduced many practical inferences in favor of the im portant charity in whose support they were assembled. In doing so, he very pathetically adverted to the destitute and forlorn condition of that female who, having been accustomed to the comforts and, occasionally, to the elegances of social life, i-, by the death of her beloved and esteemed partner, left, with her infant children, to the charity of benevolent christians. He thert.port.razgcLipiatipagg,tbe Inost affeeting, the feeling of love exhibited by our Sainour in the awful hour when he hung on the 'cross, and thought on the destitute condition of his poor ntritheri and - con - signed her to,the care of that.disciple whom he loved. From this he drew the obvious inference that it must prinfully embitter the dying hour of many a laborious servant of ..7hrist, to reflect that it has not been iu his power, out of bis scanty income, to make provision for his beloved partner and their Offspring, but that they must he left to the exercise of that love which can only be shown by those who love the Saviour. The friends of the Society dined in the afternoon at the King's Arms Hotel. About one hundred gentlemen sat down to dinner, and the business of the-day was conducted with that correct and christian tone that ought always to characterise the proceedings of charitable institutions. From the accession ob. tamed to the funds of the Institution, the managers will be enabled to extend its benevolent effects, and to receive on its lists many . urgent cases which their means have hitherto pre vented their receiving. The balance in the hands of the trea surer is about £2OO more than last year, and the collection at St. Peter's Church amounted to upwards of ESL DISGRACEFUL SCENE AT THE METHODIST MEET ING-HOUSE, 51IC HAEL STREET, WHITEHAV EN. ( From the Cumberland Pacquet.) We have this week the sickening task ot recording one of the most impious and disgraceful scenecs that ever desecrated a place of public worship. We say the sickening task; for though our duty as public journalists mimic's us to notice the affair, it is impossible to enter into the details withiut feeling sick to the very heart wale desperate wickedness and impiety which these details exhibit. It is not often that we meddle with the pro eerdings of any . class of religionists, though our creed may differ from theirs as " wide as the poles asunder,"—but when we see public decency outraged—a place of worship,profaned— the fiercest and most violent passions carried iuto a house of prayer, where peace and charity only should reign,—when. if we may use the expression, we see a temple dedicated to God converted into a perfect Pandternonium—a very hell—by the violent and unholy passions of men who only prostitute while they pretend to religion—when, in short, we see such a scene as was exhibited in the methodist chapel, Michael-street, on the evening of Tuesday last—we deem it our duty to mark our ree l probation of such conduct is the strongest language that we can command. Silence, in such a case, would be as criminal in us, as the conduct which we are about to resold is disgrace ful to its authors. • It is not our intention to enter upon the merits of any of the qnestions which led to the late divisions amongst the Methodist!. Of Dr.Wairen and his affair we kbow little,*and ts'e care even less than we know. He appears to its to be a person whom the Conference did quite right in ejecting from their society; but who, like many . other itinerant orators and agitators, political as well as religious, has contrived to gain to his cause anumber of partisans—dupes, we should rather call them—and finally to create a division throughout the whole Methodist body. But it was neither by his learning, his piety, his eloquence, nor the excellence of his cause that this was achieved. It was by a more simple and a more fashionable process that he effected his end. He professed himself a reformer—a religious radical — and by calling politics to his aid, he easily gained to his side all the radicals and destructives in the connexion. , This said Dr. Warren, then, in his cheracter of religious rue tater, paid a visit to this town a few weeks ago, and let off a violent speech in Duke-street chapel, containing, as a matter of course, an ex party statement ot his case, but for which, whe ther true or false, exaggerated or extenuated,7ive do not care so much as we care for the pen between our fiugers. It was an ex parte statement—that is enough for us,—and they who lis tened to his harangue ought, in common fairness —nay, were hound by every principle of justice, to listen to the rejoinder. The Doctor having thus thrown the apple—or rather the fire brand—of discord amongst the Whitehaven methodists. poc keted the subscriptions, and went away, laughing, at his dupes. Thus matters stood until the arrival in this town of the Reve rend Messrs. Lusher and Squance, the two missionary dele- , gates from the Parent Society, who announced at the close of the meeting which took place in Michael-street chapel, on the evening of yesterday week, that they would attend there on the following evening, and as the public had heard one side of Dr. Warren's case—and that from himself—they would state the other side. of the question, and then leave their hearers to de cide impartially between Dr. Warren and the Conference—a matter which they could not do until they tieaid both sides of 'he question. Nothing could be fairer than this, and all impartial men were antious to hear the statement which the rev. gentle men promised. But not se with the radical party. They had already found out, we believe, that that' had been duped by the worthy Doc tor; but they had All far committed themselves by taking his part on all occasions—and particulat,y at the late "Leader's Meeting," at Which they were handled in a manner so rough as never to be pardoned—that they knew not how to extricate themselves from the dilemma. Their pride forbade them to re cant their opinions; and they well knew that if Messrs. Lusher and Squance were permitted to make their statement, they, the said radicals, would appear before the %%hole methodist body, amongst whom they have hitherto carried so high a head, as the dupes of the Manchester Doctor. They determined, therefore, —anti the determination was a desperate one—that whatever consequences might ensue, they would recent the ntinistersfrom being heard. We write this advisedly, fur we have it on the compunctious confession of one of the parties. Thus resolved, the leaders of the radical party proceeded to the meeting house, on Tuesday evening, taking with them a number of documents and papers, in order to save appearance'', and induce a belief that they were desitous of discussing the question with the delegates. There was a platform erected for the speakers, and upon this they took their seats. And now commenced a scene more disgraceful, we will venture to say, than ester was before enacted in a place of christian worship. Mesere,'Lusher and Squabce havin g declared that it was not their ititinticni to discuss the merits of Dr. Warren's case—not to errrei into ant altercation with his partisans—hut simply to troit4 a plairi' stateriient of facts, and leave the public to form their' nun derision; the radical party easily saw the line of °negations whic4a4airnost likely to effect their object, and that object, as we have already ; ohserved, was to prerent the delegates frohi' making ail' safFnVirt, : whatever might he the conse .qhe'ric'eS.. With (le tr i yhices, therefore, they vociferously de ,ic.dared that thetsW s r n . A, be allowed; to speak, unless they IpcomuriNtl 'oft W- 4 A 41 0 . 1 ,4 .. *M14 . 1?..tia . 1 1 - niielt lA put to t Title ttr, . Sr „ .. iUwniyfi.;-t~ was objected to on the part of Messrs. Lusher and Squance, who did not go there-to a place.ol, Worahip s -for' the purpose of entering into an acrimonious•diseussion, but sirotil7 to make a plain statement in reply to thut, which they had heard from Dr. IV.arren. The signal was .given fur a general uproar. Mr. Lusher, with a degree of dignity . and firmness which ilidlonour to his character, declared his .detertnivation to adclreSs the meet ing, and the radicals were determined that he shottld 'not be beard. The signal, as we haYe alteady said, was : therefore; given for a general uproar, acid one simultaneous htirst of dis cordant noises from the leaders on the platform and their parti zans in eery part of the house, would have drowned the voices of a hundred Stentors. Some hooted-some hallooed-some imitated the yelling of the hyena, and others the roaring of the lion or the tiger-one fellow bellowed like a bull--anotheo yelped like a dog-and a third imitated the cry of a hound when .an pursuit of his game. - Hissing- s hattering ofpews r clapping of hands-huzzaing—avery speciet of discordant noise, iu fact,' was kept up so incessantly and so long that some of the perpes trators, were actually " lioarse with calling." TheAelegatee were !castled, besides, with the rnestopprobriousePithets. Abuse was heaped upon them from every quarter, and their persons were ridiitlled amidst loud shouti of laughter. v • This scene, disgraceful even had it been in a tavern, but shocking, nay impious, in a place of christian worship, continued with Unabated violence for at least a quarter-of an hour; when Mr. Lushes:; finding that he had no chance of obtaining a hear ing unless he agreed to the terms proposed by the disaffected party, resolved to comply with their conditiOns, and declared that be was ready to answer any questions which might be put to him, or to discuss the affair in any shape that they chose. He would meet them upon their own ground, and upon their own terms, and the meeting should decide between them. • But Mr. Lusher little knew the characters he had to deal with. It was not discussion, but the prevention of it, that thee wanted ; and they now saw that it would be no 'longer a difficult mattes to effect their object. The feelings of their partizans were in a high state of excitement, and they determined that the delegates should not be heard at all. The uproar, therefore, was renewed with increased Violence-howling, yelling, screaming, bawling, groaning, toa ring, and 'hissing, prt;ducing togetlier aicombina tion of noises io discordant and so loud that theY Might have been heard as far as Lowther-street. The outrageous conduct of the leaders upon the platform was perfectly demoniacal. They pUshed the delegates about-they gratified them by the arms-shook their fists in their- faces-threw their arnis about like inadtrien--stamped with rage-called Mr. Lusher " the Pope's Legate"-appliedopprobrions epithets to other preachers who were present-and wear, in fact, more frantic, more out rageous, more disgraceful in their conduct than any set of msniacs or drunkards we have vet chanced to meet with. • To remain any longer spectators of so shocking a sce ne a scene, he it remembered, enacted in a house of prayer, by men who have not only ultra pretensions 'to religious purity. but many of whom are themselves itinerant preachers-would have' been too much fur their feelings. Messrs. Lusher and Stpiance, therefore, very wisely determined to quit the meeting -the former remarking as be went out-" If this be your Christianity, Lam done." . • Now awe ask our readers if, in thelMole course of their ex perience, they ever met with - so disgraceful, so shos'kine, ro impious a scene as this? They dedicate their meeting house to the worship of the Most High-they call it the House of God -and they helieve•that when they are gathered together Ile is in the midst of them;-and yet these very wen, most of them christian preachers with ultra pretensions to righteousness, hesitate not, even for the most paltry object, to desecrate that hmise by creiting a scene of uproar and violence which were disgraceful in a theatre or a tavern. Even their wives-with sorrow do we write it, and with shame will it tie read-assisted in swelling the tumult. Yes, these men are preachers and leaders amongst their sect-who lake upon themselves to ex pound unto others that word which teaches peace and che.rity and good-will to man. How fit they are to fill the sacred of we leave the reader to judge. We respect the Wesleyan Methodists as a body-highly respect them ; but we cannot be the spectators of such a scene as that which we have feebly , at tempted to describe without expressing not our disapprobation only but our detestation and 4 , bliorrence.-The offenders are well known, and therefore we need not write their names. They have long had our contempt, and they now have our de testation; fur mean as was the opinion which we ever enter tained of their heads, we have a worse-infinitely worse opinion of their hearts. FIRE ON THE RAILNTAT.—OR Tuesday, a very serious and rather extraordinary fire took place on the iailway. It appears that as a luggage train, laden with sacks of cotton goods and other rotunda( tared articles, was proceeding towards Liverpool, • on the railroad, some . sparks of fire, as it is supposed, lodged from the engine chimney on one or more Of the packages; the. wind being high, in audition to the current created by the speed of the train, it rapidly ignited the combustible articles on which the fire had fallen. l'he loss has been variously estimat ed, but, we have reason to suppose, notch exaggerated. Messrs. Morrish and Co.; of CoMptun-hotiSe, had about a thousand pounds' worth of goods destroyed, but they were, we under stand, immediately mdensuified . tor their loss by the directors of the company. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.—Our readers will perceive by an advertisement in the Standard of this day that a meeting of the occupiers of premises who .are not inhabitant hoes holders of this borough will be held on Monday next, to petition the House of Lords against the clause in the municipal corpdrat ions' bill to which we called the attention of the public in bar last number. We scarcely need urge the importance of it full at tendance on that occasion of all those who are interested in its provisions. ALLEGED IMPROPER CONDUCT IN A WATCHMAN.—A man named Robert Jules was on Tuesday placed at the bar of the police-office before Alderman Case. The prisoner presented a most shocking appearance, his hair being. matted and hts shirt sleeves saturated with blood from a cut in the head, and his face much scarred and covered with clots of gore. The prisoner seemed faint, and his eves looked Weiss , as if from loss of Mood. An extra watchman named Robert barker appeared in the witness-box against him, and stated that Captain Bradford had called him to the prisoner on the preceding evening, when :he had found him to he drunk and behaving in a very disorderly manner. The prisoner in turn charged the watchman with haying struck him on the .head and faca,.and maltreated-him. in the severe manner which his appearance evidenced. Barker, being questioned on this subject, said, after some ectoirocation„ that he had certainly struck the prisoner, but it was waren the body, not on the face or head, and that his provoking conduct had - exasperated him to it, as the prisoner had assaulted him violently. and struck him with a plate which he had in his hand. Captain Bradford corroborated the latter portion of this state ment. Batcheldor said that the prisoner had bled so profusely when brought to the Bridewcll, that the blood ran in streams about the hall. He had procured the attendance of a medical man, who pronounced the wound to be very severe. 1111.. Whitty agreed with Alderman Case that the ronduct of Barker should be reported to the board, which Mr. Whitty said he should not fail to do. The prisoner was ordered to by carefully sent home in a coach. Barker was taken into custody to be detained until the medical gentleman should attend to give his evidence. COAST Gunn AT THE MOUTHS OP THE DEE AND THE MERSEY.—About two months since the Macor and other ma gistrates, together with the merchants and underwriters of Li verpool, apalied to the Lords of the Treasury for the establish ment of an efficient coast guard between the mouths of the Dee and the Meisey, in order to protect the public revenue, and also the private property of merchants, from Icing plundered in cases of shipwreck. An answer, signed by their lordship's secretary, Mr. F. T. Baring, has just been received, stating that their lordships have declined making any alteration in the present revenue establishment at this port, or in its neighbour hood. Perhaps it would he as well if the London gentlemen sent here, who appear to have it all their own way at our CUP. tom-house, were, instead of removing experienced officers from this port to make room for their friends, to pay some attention to the smuggling carried on along the Cheshire and Welsh coasts. POCKET-PICKING.—A well-known young thief was on Tnes day placed at the bar of the police-otfice charged by a gentleman with having picked his pocket on the preceding day. The complainant stated that he was hastening towards the platform erected in Mount-street, that he might have an opportunity of seeing Lord Brougham lay the foundation-stone of the new building, when he felt a tug at his coat-packet. He turned round on the instant, and saw the prisoner making off with his silk handkerchief in his hand. He immediately seized him and gave him into custody. Alderman Case committed him to the House of Correction to be kept to hard labour for two months. —A lad named Edward Evans was brought up in custody of police-officer Whitty charged with having on the preceding day. in Crown-street, stolen a silk handkerchief from the pocket of a gentleman who had gone into the crowd for the perpose of seeiug the procession from the railway station. The gentleman himself did not appear. A coachman who was plying in Crown street deposed, that he had seen the prisoner running and a gen tleman pursuing him, when he immediately stopped the fanner till the gentleman carne up. The prisoner requested them to let him go, and he would go and get the handkerchief from the boy to whom he passed it. It was stated by Batcheldor, the governor of Bridewell, that the prisoner had frequently been before the magistrates on similar charges, and that great efforts had been made to reclaim him. He had a short time ago been sent to his uncle in London at the expense of the parish, anti bad then given the strongest promises of future amendment. Alderman Case said he was afraid that, young as the prisoner was, he was on the high road to destruction. Ile should not be doing his duty to the community, if he again suffered him to go at large without his meed of punishment. The coachman was then sworn as to the truth of his statement. Batchelder being sworn, said he knew the prisoner to be a common thief and pickpocket. The pi isoner was then committed to the House of Correction for three months; to be kept to hard labour. ROEBERT AT THE AttioN-oFeice..—A robbery, the circum stances of which are, as yet, involved in mystery, was corn mitted on the premises occupied for the publication of the Albion newspaper, in Castle-street, on Monday night or yester day morning. It is the custom of the cashier of the. establish- , 1 .ment to remove all the cash from the premises each night. On Monday afternoon, however, Mr. Bean, who had to attend the dinner to which Lord Brougham was invited, at the 'Amphi theatre, took his purse, containing fifteen sovereigns, from his pecket and placed it in his own private drawer in the iron safe, care fully locking the drawer , after him. At. night, when the cashier departed, he took with him all the money which had been paid in during .. the'day, except about £2. 15s. in copper, which he locked up . in a drawer in the shop. Having then seen everything secure in the usual way, he locked up the premises. yesterday morning, when they were re-opened, the locks, doors, &c. were found to be in their usual state, and no suspi cions were excited as to any person having been on the pre mises since the cashier had fastened them up on the preceding night. The iron chest was locked, as was the drawer in %vision 111 r. Bean had placed his purse, but when this was opened, the purse and money were found to. have disappeared. It was fur ther discovered that the drawer in the shop, which had been locked on the preceding evening, was 'now open, and the copper w hich it had contained gone. The singularity of this case is that no lock bad been broken, no mark of violence ' or disturb ance appeared'anywhere abnut the place, and, with the single exception of the shop drawer, every door and drawer had been carefully re-locked. The thief, or thieves, had no (kohl chosen the night succeeding the day of publication, its tfie hope of obtaining a great booty ; but if it had not been for the curious circumstance of !Ur.' beau having removed his purse from his pocket to what he conceived to he a place of greater safety, they would have obtained nothing but the small sum in copper above-named. One or two individuals have already been examined by Mr. Parlour, in the [tope of obtaining some clue to the discovery of the depredators, but nothing satisfactory has been elicited. it is suspected that the lock of the iron chest above alluded to was tried by some person about a fort night age, as it was found in the morning that neither the door nor the di awer would open. The assistance of a smith was obtained, who had to remove a portion of the iron-work before the bolts could be shot back.—Courier.—[Mr. Bean, who has the character of being a shrewd man, ,appears, from the fact of leaving his purse behind him,. to have entertained no very favotirable opinion of the party he was about to join at the AMphitheatre. In seeking to avoid the rock of Scylla, he was lost in the whirlpool of Charybdis.] Fine sense end exalted sense are not half so valuable as com mon sense. There are forty men of wit for one man of sense ; and he that will carry nothing about him but gold will be every day at:a - less for want of readier change.—Pope. xy~+~ .:, ~, , . DIALOGUES OF THE LIVING. (FroM Ve . Dublin Tackit,) " 3 . 11 . • Acres procufrunt Matthaei spetactilum uturgae. ice Sat. 7. They rush to Dens r defence— , eah a magnificent booby.—Freqi Tt ans. . I • "A blot that Will be still a blot in spite Of all that gra re a,pblogists may write; And though a bishop toil to cleanse the stain, He wipes and scours the silver cup in vain." • Coiper's Export u lati o n.s [Father Thomas M'Caraham Ma guire !mittens Bishop Murray ‘l,ll embodiedfiustrifirati on .] • Father Torn (with na i ee tte).—We've put our foot in it, your highness.. Bishop Murray.—Prti!afraid so. ' Who would ever imagine we'd be so followed to ottr It'll'? Confound Dens and his ex posers! We've no hole hut due for escape, 1164 if it fajta:— •• Father'rom—(interruptin'a filling tip the hiatu- of the sentence.)—" We may yir to Morn; • for May the brindle bite/slat her litter, but there nothin else for it ! - Bishop.Mnrray.—" I'm sorry vou published that fooliditirades of a chailenge: it did us more harm than good, no doubt; as not only its •evin ridiculous style, but your not follawing it up, got us laughed at..;• • Father Torn (indignantly)— By myreowli your holiness IS undher a bit of a mi s t a k e th ere, au v h o W ;' my challenge wasn't by chalks - half so:ridiculous as your letther; neither did i!get off half so much laughed at, as I'll now Prove : to 7rlt4f my chat.' lenge wasn't minded, for, it was like myself, coarse and bluster ing; but your letther Sods looked to i • amid (witha shrug of dis dain) more's the pity! •• ' "' Bishop Murray.—That infernal Bishop of Dieter has regd • larly fixed themnus on my shoulders; and, egad, if I can't re move it . tri some one else. I'll sink with the weight. He said I lied. Danny him ! . Father - Tom (with a long Whistle)—*hers evi! your Holi ness! but that sounds mightrlike swarin! ' Bishop Murray (still heated, swearing)—W!to can help It to bt baited thus—goaded thus—sneered at thus, and not to be able to return the attack. St. Atigustine him,self couldn't beat' it with patience! • • Father Tom—Whootht y our holihess! here's one fides Achates, Mr. Coyne. = • i tEister the honest Publisher Den,. • - Bishop Murray—My de ar M r. C oyne h ow do yo u lighted to see yuu looking so healthy—sit dowu, my dear sir. Maguire reach a chair ! Father Torn (a /a the hishop.)—Prowl and happy to meet you, Mr. Coyne—a little this way, sit—there'l a draught Irtins [bat door. , , o • Mr: Coyne.—Thank your holiness I Thank ycrur reverence! I'M very welt in health, bet being concerned. to hear what von required so urgently made me heat myself in my hurry ! No thing serious, I hope ? Bishop Murray ( fawning.)Wfrv, Mr. Odyne,'Pll be canild with you. I knots itgentlematt, ieid it'reflgions. Line, so VII be freak. , -This.' , Dins" , •TheolAilly r haring• pnb hilted with my einisent, ktyititlsas hivisosimp.aeonsiderabla finis, and 1 was ishlied to deny . it, • Father Torn.—Falth; and . fur a right' good tedsori, vas couldn't help it ! Bishop Mui ray.—This denial 'of mine. .you are navam t has caused much discussion. The Bishop of Exeter has brought itt before the lords, and our church will be eternally scandalised tint ess my statement be confirmed. • Now, my dear M r . Coyne, think of this. Mr. Coyne.—Well, your holiuess, what would you have me do ? Bishop Murray.—Why, if you were just td maks afEdayit the( I did not countenance the publication. Mr. Coyne (aghast and startled.)—Perjure myself, your holinest Fathti Torn.-- , Tut psha! I'll give You absolution.. „ • Bishop Murray. _why, niv dear Mr. Coynejt'ivfor i the goo 4 of the church, and.you know it can't do you any harm. Father Totn.—liivil a hair it 'ill singe! . •• Mr. Coyne (ittdignantly.)—Yo ur h o li ness, I ani itt , testied; that you'd insult you rse l f and .me by such a n ()frit; pu did desire the publication, and 1. can't deny it. As for you, Mt. Maguire, I don't wonder at any thing you advise. Your ho lines,, I take my leave,—( Krit,) Bishop Morray.—We are.namt, inelefq, in a. hoblile! Fattier Tom .—Th vOna men Avid /—and after tills efactilatibn both worthies departed. ROI4I,RY OF DR. SHRPRURD.--:-Pour persons, bearing tilt! names of Thomas Howard, Thomas Bilsburv, Robert ?tins-. worth, and William White, have been taken into custody by. the police on suspicion of having been concerned in the antrage and robbery lately committed on Dr. Shepherd. They' were examined oa Tuesday before Alderman Case and ColonelWil hams. The latter, being a personal friend of Dr. Shepherd, as well as county magistrate, att en d e d with much anxiety to the. Yin,ie e vi d enceftth e'''itne":l whom h e scrut i nised in every " point of s tvi e w.inOtitrienced with th e pr i soners at Run tet corn, whence they were gradually traced to Wavertree. They were last seen at a place retied Blick-stall, about four and a half miles from the spot where Dr. Shepherd was robbed.. The prisoners left Brick-wall about an hour and g :bait'. before the outrage was committed. A witness named Rushton testified the disorderly and violent conduct of the prisoners oh the road. We believe the prisoners belong, to that class of disorderlies usually denominated Park-rangers. The prisoners were all re manded for further examination. We mentioned last week that the younger Miss Mickle thwaite, niece to the:Earl..of.Stradhroke, wa s a b out to he united to a brother of Sir J. Astley. On th e same day it is expected that her sister, one of the beauties of Alniack's, will be married to Mills. Esq.. a gentleman of considerable property, and somewhat the lady's senior. On these two points ,this match forms quite a contrast with the other.—liferniey Herald. Ills MODESTY THE MEMBER FOR Roebdck, , in the pursuit of that notoriety which .he mistakes for reputa tion, has lately taken to political pamphleteering; and to save, the inconventent charges of advertising, has had the effronter . y. to put his putts into the shape o f a p ar li amentary attack upon the press, which he says is characterised, from the highest to, the lowest, by the most paltry corr..aption.._the basest. cow lea,' and the - hVekeif This is' t he, niildeSt...yr r sion of the attack ; these words he, owns . t o in Mi. last-L."ollrd pamphlet. The press has. paid him th e com pti en t ut 1- dis charge of artillery, which was hardly worth while; :inch guns as the Standard, and the Times, the Examiner, anal the Chroni cle; are too large for so small an object. It. is like - .sending troop of horse to gallop over a crawling spider; nr setting the Houses of Lords and Commons on fire for the purpose of roast ing a goo•e, Mr. ltoelmek is one of the most I.ig.headed men that ever went the wrong road. We always knew him to be a most petulant, arrogant, conceited, and person, set ting up the trade orstatesmauship and philosophy; bid we were not prepared for such confirmed craziness as he has exhibited. just at this juncture. The press might break him upon the onallest of its wheels; it will more cruelly crush hint by its si lence. lle is the paltriest of the tribe of malignants.—N ew Monthly Magazine. THE MARS.—The bare is oni v no ti ce d f or i ts extreme timidity and watchfulness, and the rabbit for the burrows which it eta antes fur its own habitation and as a nest for its young. But there is an animal related to them, the rat-hare, which is gifted ? by its Creator with a very singular instinct, on account ofarhich it ought rather to he calted the hay-maker. since matt may or might have learned that part of the business of the agriculturist,, which consists in providing a store of -winter provender; for his cattle, front this industrious animal. Professor Pallas was the first who described the quadruped exercising this remarkable function, and gave an account of it. The Tungusiatot„Who in habit the country beyond the lake of Baikal. call it Pikii, which has been adopted as its Trivial name.. These animals make their abode between the rocks, and during the summer employ themselves in making hay for a wiroer store. lailiablting thi, lowa northern districts of the old world, the chain of Altaic Mountains, extending from Siberia to the confines of Asia and Kamtschatka, they never appear in the plains, or in places exposed to observation, but always select the rudest and most elevated spots, and often the centre of the must gloomy and, at the same time, most hu : forests, where th e h er b age i s fresh and abundant. Th e y , ' ally hollow out th e i r b urrow b e tween the stones and in t • lefts of the rocks, and sometimes in the holes of trees. Sometimes they live in solitude; and some times in small societies, according to the nature of the moun tains they inhabit. About the middle of the month of .August these little animals collect with admirable precaution their win ter's provender, which is formed of select herbs, which they bring near their habitation, and spread out to dry like hay. In Septeinher they form heaps or stacks o f th e f o dd er t h ey h ave. collected under the rocks, or in other places, shelterett.from the rain or snow. Where many of them have laboured -together. their stacks are sometimes as high as a man, and 'store than eight feet in diameter. A suhterraneangallery Leads .from the burrow below the mass, of hay, so that . neithet frqst nor snow'. can intercept their communication with it 'Pallas had the pa tience to examine their nrovision of hay piece by niece, and found it to consist of the choicest grasses aairl the sweetdst herbs, . all cut when most vigorous, and. dried so slowly , as,to form a green and succulent fodder; he found in it searcelyory ears, or blossoms, or hard and woody stems, hut some mixture of bit ter herbs, probably useful to render the rest more wholesome. These stacks of excellent forage ate sought out by the sable hunters to feed their hafrassed horses, and the (Jakutes) native• of that part of Siberia pilfer them, if I may / so call it, for the subsistance of_ their cattle. Instead of imitating the foresight and industry of the Pika, they rob it of its means of support, and so devote the a'nirisali that set them so good an example I. famine and death. How milt-it better would it be if, instead of robbing and starving these interesting animals. they learned from them to provide in the proper season a supply of hay for the winter provender . of their busses.-7-Bridgewater_ ite,dise. STAFFORDSHIRE Ef..teTION RIOTERA.-- . Thr, %Veit' Broom with rioters, convicted at the Stafford ses s ions list week, for attacking the friends of Sri F. Goodrieke,•at.the late election,, ()D m wore brought up for sentener . Saturday' Arning,-betwe e n• twenty and thirty in nninithr, when Frantic Eeq., the chairman, suitably admonished them on the character of their offence. lie said the court had deferred the time' of Pronnunc— ing sentence, from a wish duly' to h 'rthe shitleiel . violencis in the di ff erent individual s; d a d th a t •hfiwater OesPous- they were to attend to the reconirriendation of mercV ti tfcli ague from • the jury. they had a duty to tender to the 11 . 1.614; *hie/Immo b o , faithfully pet Gamed. In the Indtritenttlie(l4' had to .deliver,' the court had made every •fair liowapt:e.for the exeiternent of•• the period and the latitude given uttd tahcr oli such riceasi o n s . Ile then sentenced theta—respectively to atiX , fivi i four, three, and two months hard latintir..; INCENDIARIS . M.-011 the.ith instant, .0.• .re bro)tt cat between eleven and twelve o'clock at night, int Jhe,,firetaises.of Pritchard, farmer, at Tockington, which cousi tmet t t h e wa ggon : house and cart-house, and injured the stable. By' the great exertions of the neighbours the remaining part of ine•stabie, several rici:s of corn and hay, &c., were litoei veil, From the improbability of the fire .aceidentally occurring in, the out-, house's it was suspected that, it was the rink of an incendiary, and Mr. Pritchard ileterniineil to use (le er% e*,: r tto o to di scover the perpetrator; he, accordiugly, c one t•,, Thi s c i t y, ar m laid his case before tl?e Bristol Association, who. sent down. Stephens, put., an active officer,. who, with the assistance of Webb, the constable of Tockiugtnn, siteceeried in getting aueli infiVmatiou as justified them in apprehending a luau Or,the4 l arkt:o of Nehe miah Stallard, who w or k e d for Mr. Pritcharrl, and, who, after a doe examination before S. Peach, Reit:, has been . folly coin- . Bristol' Journal. • m ilted to Gloucester Gaol. The.prisoner was esPlain of a ( 1 1 1 :s i til o t t t i t i.h g c, :. 0 ,z_ f f fellows, alio. have .lioett the dread of the • . . DYING GAME. —T he I-I(refitrd Jov) lat ia:rt, ..".The corpora tion of this city have sithictibed the. shin of • towards our race fund, and'alset Ea). to the Herefordshire fox-bounds." ROYAL. V val. To Woot.wicii.— Grrat prsporation, are mak-, ing for the reception of the king on Finlaf next; (ibis day, upwards of two thousand soldiers WHI tie reviewed en the Com mon. The royal party are expecred.to arrive §hortly after twelve. o'clock, and will be escorted f v the Life Guards and the Bth Hussars. After the review the ;oval visitors will partake of luncheon at the mess-rooin, vihich is being fitted np in a most inagnifieent style.- Aftet the departure of the king end queen the officers or tile regiments necompanyiug their Majesties will. dine with those of the Revel Artillery; four hundred Lancers will arrive et Woolwich on Wednesday morning for the purpose. of keeping the ground. Should the weather prove tine, the'. number of visitors will, without doubt, exceed any yet un re' cord to this popular town:- Vete:. . _ ,~._ 11 , „ di 0