The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-01 00:00:00

Within the last few years, foi the formation of the vari. ous lines of railway throughout the kingdom have been chiefly furnished by these classes; and within the next twelve months, in the midst of depression and loss, further millions are required, and will be readily and even cheerfully contributed. 'We are well aware of the existence of one strong conducing cause for this unusually sulmiissive temper on the part of the suffering interests. Our commercial brethren, we know, hope nothing and expect nothing from the present government; but even this is not suf ficient to account for the apparent indisposition of our manufacturers and merchants to assist themselves. We no longer see that restless desire to explore new markets, and increase consumption to the extent of production, which used to be the characteristic of Bri tish commerce. On the contrary, we have seen, within the last few years, some of the most important foreign markets closed against them altogether ; and where we should have formerly experienced a storm of dissatis faction against the government which has brought upon them the deprivation, we have now scarcely a murmur of disapprobation ; and we are strongly tempted to ask ourselves the question, ' 6 Can it be that the commer cial greatness which this country has hitherto enjoyed is now admitted, even by those engaged in it, to have reached its summit, and to be no more worth a struggle to retain ?" We suspect that some such feeling has existence in the minds of the trading classes. A feeling of the in-' security of commercial capital has grown up, and new and promising speculations are resorted to in the hope that more solidity will attend them. This feeling, how ever, we trust, will before long pass away. The recent failure in the metropoils, with the extra ordinary exposures by which it has been accompanied, has naturally turned the attention of thinking men to this subject. The commercial world are beginning to feel that merchants and manufacturers are equally as liable as bankers to be betrayed by the ignes fatui, which speculation presents to them on every side; and when it is known and notorious that for the last two years a great portion of our trading and manufacturing operations have been, not only unattended with profit, but in many cases have been carried on at a positive loss to the parties engaged in them; it is far from pleasing to witness the cold and listless feeling with which this state of things is submitted to. The occur rence of a day or an hour may plunge us into the hor rors of a continental war; and with a deficient and declining revenue, a disaffected population at home, and insecurity and even danger menacing our colonial possessions, it is far from being evidence of a healthy State of feeling or of circumstances, when the com merce of the country, which has ever been its right arm in times of difficulty, is allowed without a murmur to remain sunk in hopeless dilapidation. We shall return to this subjeet on a future occasion, and endeavour to point out a few of the claims which the mercantile and manufacturing interests have a right to urge upon the government of the country. We have given insertion to Mr. Briarly Browne's re- Ply to the remarks which we felt it to be our duty to offer upon the recent ungenerous attacks upon the Pastoral Aid Society. We might content ourselves With a bare reference to Mr. Browne's letter, as con taining a full justification of the course which we pur sued in reference to his case. He professes to take grave offence at the designation of " Puseyite," which, from an isolated passage in the correspondence with the secretary of the Pastoral Aid Society, we ventured to apply to him. We have already explained that we selected the appellation because it is popularly applied to the disciples of the Oxford Tract writers. We find to Mr. Browne's letter intrinsic evidence quite sufficient to justify us in identifying him as one of the ad mirers of that school of divines. In doing so we never meant to accuse him of entertaining sectarian dews. We are well aware that such views are by none more strongly disclaimed than by Dr. Pusey and the rest of the Tractarians. At the same time we are prepared to maintain that the doctrines put forth in those tracts, and in the larger and more elaborate tomes published under the same auspices, are utterly inconsistent with the articles, homilies, and rituals of the Church of England, as expounded and illustrated in the writings of the fathers and col essors of the RE FORMED and PROTESTANT faith. Nay, further, and what is of far greater importance, we are prepared to prove that the dogmas of the Tractarians are utterly repugnant to the sense of the Holy Scriptures, as set forth and interpreted in the formularies of the esta blished church. To go fully into the proof of these positions would require more space than we have at present at our command ; but the subject is one of too touch importance to the lasting interests of the church to permit us to shrink from its discussion. Mr. Browne asks whether we have ever read the " far-famed" Oxford Tracts ? We answer in the affirmative. We have read them usque ad nauseam. We have also read Froude's Remains, Palmer's Works on Ecclesiastical History, Newman on Justifi cation, and several others of the same character ; and feel, therefore, tolerably competent to enter upon this field of polemical divinity. We should hold it both unjust and disingenuous to stigmatise works which we had neither seen nor read. In reply to the third pa ragraph of Mr. Browne's letter, we have merely to remark that, according to his own confession, we can not have "stronger grounds of attack" than those Which we at present possess. When Mr. Browne remarks, that " if we have read the Oxford Tracts, we are almost singular amongst the number of their opponents," he must surely forget the fearful onslaught made upon them by the present Bishop of Chichester, and the dignified and seasonable rebukes of the Bishops of Chester and Oxford, not to mention the powerful exposure of their Romish ten dency by the pious and excellent Bishop of Calcutta, and by the learned Bishop of Ohio. He must also forget the numerous articles which have appeared in the London Standard, in the Morning Herald, in the Times, and in a great majority of the provincial journals. Neither can he be aware, in making such a sweeping assertion, that the doctrines promulgated in the Oxford Tracts have been boldly and repeatedly opposed from the pulpit, in hearing of several of the largest congre gations in Liverpool. It would be too much to assume that the bishops and clergy who have thus opposed the Pxford Tracts have never read those tracts. We have now, we presume, sufficiently explained ourselves on the subject of Mr. Browne's complaint. We never intended to " nickname" him by calling him a Puseyite. We merely wished to intimate that he en tertained views which we conceive to be inconsistent With the doctrines of. the Church. of England. His own letter fully corroborates our original impressions. In our next we shall enter upon our proofs, availing ourselves of his own references to the canons and for mularies of the church, as the principal grounds of our defence against the charge of unfairness which his letter conveys. LOCAL NEWS. SOUTH LANCASHIRE COURSING MEETING.—The mem bers of the South Lancashire Coursing Club, and others in terested in this truly national pastime, assembled in strong force on Wednesday and Thursday last, at Southport. The hares were sufficiently numerous, and cut out some strong running for the dogs. The weather could not be better adapted for the sport, consequently " no grumbling" on that score manifested itself, Mr. M`George was the chosen judge, and acquitted himself admirably. Want of space prevents US entering into particulars, but the following will be found correct statement of the judge's fiat in each contest :—The Fleetwood Cup, for all-aged dogs, was won by Mr. King's Mat, Mr. Walker's Manfred running up. The Rossall Puppy ,‘Alp was won cleverly by Mr. Robinson's Cob-coal, Mr. f lobinson's Beetle running up. The Churchtown Stakes, ~.for all ages , was won by Mr. B a k e ' s T om b o y, M r . All en ' s Monarch running up. OPENING OF THE WASHINGTON HOTEL, ST. PAUL'S ictIiAILE.—On Wednesday evening the opening dinner took Olaee at the Washington Hotel, St. Paul's-square. Upwards of eighty gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous dinner, which embraced every imaginable variety of the season. The wines Were excellent. The chair was filled by Mr. Roberts, and o pe vice- c h a i r by M r . G eorge Wright, one of the councillors r the ward. A number of loyal toasts were given and Warmly responded to ; amongst others, the Queen, Prince Albert, the Princess Royal, the Queen Dowager, the Army 41 1 d Navy, &c., &c. The memory of General Washington drunk in solemn silence by the company, followed by , Prosperity to the U n ited St a t es ." To these toasts, two n•lnerican gentlemen present responded in neat and glowing terms,—Mr. Charles Ware and Captain Aitcheson. After tarrin g a delightful evening, the company broke up at a late • O ur, with otel their best wishes for th e success o f the " Wash legton H." „ZooLoGicAL GARDNS.—The very fi ne li oness b e longing to 11 % Atkins's collection presented her liege lord with two it° B , male and female, on Saturday week ; the same day, by e Way, on which another royal personage presented a some- What similar gift to her happy consort. The male cub, we plerstand, is a verey r fine one but the female is since dead. la not the leastremarkable circumstance, that the lioness IN suckling two pups which were placed in her den, and seems ” fond of them as of her owu cubs. SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS.—The first of these concerts will take place this evening. We doubt not there will be a very brilliant assemblage of beauty and fashion. The utmost anxiety is manifested by all parties to hear Mr. Liszt's recitals, as busy rumour has extolled them to the " Very echo, Till echo cloth applaud again." Those who have not secured places should lose no time in obtaining tickets. The demand has been very great. INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.—On Sunday morning last the Rev. Hugh M`Neile delivered a ver• powerful and affecting sermon to his congregation, Jude's, after which a collection was made on behalf of the above institution. The handsome sum of £7l 4s. 80. was contributed on the occasion. Several new names were also given in the vestry as annual subscribers. BLINDNESS.—In our last paper appeared an advertise ment from Mr. Baxter the occulist, to which we forgot to draw attention. The cases he has performed are well worthy the attention of all those whose friends are deprived of sight; his method is so simple that a trial of it can be no harm to the patient, while a chance of doing good may be obtained. Mr. Baxter, we understand, is very candid with his patients, and does not mislead by false hopes. PASSENGERS PER. PACKET-SHIP PATRICK HENRY, CAPT. DELANO, FROM NEW YORK.—Henry S. Samuel, England ; Alex. Levi, Ohio ; F. Colby, Quebec ; Mr. West, lady, and niece, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Broadbent, Mr. Meyer, Mr. Thom lev, Mr. Beatty, Mr. Crichton, Mrs. Sketchley and daughter, Wm. llabershaw, Frederick Jones, J. K. Armstrong, Mrs. Kenworthy, Mr. Paton and friend, all of New York ;, David Nevins, J. D. Steele, of Boston ; Mr. Jones, British Army. BIRKENHEAD AND TRANMERE.—The utmost 'exertion is making by Messrs. Jackson to complete the erection of gas works in Birkenhead. Many pipes are laid, and fittings-up finished in the shops and houses. It is positively affirmed that Vie town will be lighted on the Gth of December next. In reference to the introduction of gas into Tranmere, a most astounding announcement has this week been made, in a printed document, calling a public meeting of the inha bitants. In this it is stated that it is the intention of certain parties to apply in the next session for " An act to incorpo rate a company to light the township of Tranmere, &c., with gas, and to enable the said company to levy rates for the sup ply of such gas." This is the first time we ever heard of a private company applying to parliament for power to levy rates on the inhabitants of any district. We trust that all who attend the meeting on Tuesday next will display that determined opposition which will at once convince those who wish to impose burdens on their shoulders, that they are re solved not to submit to monopoly, in whatever specious form it may be presented as a " bait to hook" them on. AMPHITHEATRE.—There was a very crowded house last evening to witness Mr. Carter, the Lion King's extraordinary performances. The command that this wonderful person has over his animals is astonishing ; the piece in which they are' introduced has been got up especially for the purpose, and is full of variety and incident. In the scenes in which Mr. Carter performs with his wild animals the effects are really surprising. We recommend all to go and see the perform ance. Well may we say with the poet— " No animal so wild that patience cannot tame." In one scene, a tiger springs upon " the Lion King" from a height of twelve feet, and after seizing him by the 'throat, drags him down the stage, and after an apparent contest, the tiger is taken up in his master's arms. In another scene, a tremendous lion is harnessed and draws a c h ar i o t over the stage ! In another—but our readers should go and judge for 1 themselves—Mr. Carter seems to possess great strength, agility of limb, and a fine muscular figure. The farce of the " Irish Lion" succeeded. . Mr. Sloan enacted Tim Moore with infinite humour and spirit, keeping all parts of the house in a continual roar of laughter .. He i s grea tly i m p rove d since his last visit to Liverpool, and promises to become one of the best performers of Irish characters the stage has yet produced. The performances were announced for repetition amidst great applause. A DANGEROUS MODE OF EJECTMENT.-A man named John Durning was yesterday placed at the bar of the Police. court, and a charge preferred against him, by a master chimney-sweeper, of having injured one of his boys, by set ting fire to a quantity of straw in a grate, while he (the boy) was in the chimney.—A Mr. Williams said, in defence, that the prisoner was his driver; that he (witness) had recently taken a public-house in Freemason's row, which he did not yet occupy ; that on Saturday night he had seen everything made secure, but had reason to suspect that some persons had broken into the house overnight, and had consequently gone in to search for them, along with the prisoner. On finding nobody in, they shouted up the chimney, but re ceived no answer. The prisoner then lighted the straw, at the same time making use of an expression, that if any one were there, that would bring him down. The boy then came down.—The master sweep said the boy was his, and that he was " hamstrung" by the injuries he had received by the burning, and could not vet be removed from the hospital. He intimated that he could not make a living without the service of the lad.—A witness having stated that the lad had broken into the house by a window, the master sweep re plied that the window was open, and his lad and others had gone in to play hide-and-seek. He was afraid to answer when called.—Mr. Rushton said the experiment to bring him out was a dangerous one, although he had no business there ; but he should discharge the prisoner now, who, how ever, must appear hereafter, should he be called upon, when the boy came out of the hospital. DETERMINED SUICIDE AT NEW BRIGHTON.—New Brighton hasbeen the scene of one of the most determined suicides on record. It appears that a few days ago, an old gentleman, apparently between sixty and seventy, respectably dressed, took up his abode at the Egremont Hotel. He had no other description of luggage than a carpet bag, and was appar ently in good health and spirits, eating and drinking mode rately. On Tuesday week he wrote a letter, in which a key was enclosed, addressed to the cashier of one of the most re spectable mercantile firms in Liverpool, with the delivery of which he intrusted the boots of the hotel. In the morning he left the hotel before the inmates had risen, and between ten and eleven o'clock two young men arrived to inquire after a gentleman of his description. The waiter stated that he had most probably taken a walk on the shore, and the young men immediately left in search of him. After proceeding along the sea shore for about four miles, when between Wallasey and Leasowe Castle, they met a countryman, who informed them that near to that spot, as he was standing upon a hill, he observed a man run into the sea in a rapid manner, with out coat, waistcoat or hat. The sea was running very high at the time, and thinking that a man would never attempt to bathe in such a sea, and especially with his trousers and shirt on, he ran instantly to the bea c h, b u t on l y i n t i me to catch a glimpse of the deceased, as a breaker came and carried him away. The clothes which he found upon the beach, he con veyed to the parish constable. Several other countrymen then came up, who said they had seen an old gentleman an swering the description, walking about the shore some time that morning, and they remarked that his features were very like those of the young gentlemen who were then making the inquiries. The parties having seen the clothes in the custody of the constable, and identified them as belonging to the party for whom they were in search, repaired to the Egremont Hotel, paid the deceased's bill, and took away the carpet bag —one of the parties leaving his address --"John Swanwick, Manchester." Nothing further was heard of the circumstance until Sunday morning, when, some fishermen's lads, who were hunting for muscles in the muscle beds, in a place called Wallasey-hole, discovered a body in one of the beds. They pulled it out by the legs, and they ran for some of the neigh bouring fishermen, who identified the body as that of the old gentleman missing. It was horribly disfigured, and, what was most singular after remaining so long in the water, bled profusely from the nose and ears. An inquest was immedi ately summoned to inquire into the deceased's death, which was held before Mr. Faithful Thomas, and a respectable jury, at the New Brighton Hotel. Previous to the summoning of the inquest a letter was sent through the post-office, ad dressed " John Swanwick, Manchester," stating that the body had been found that morning, and that an inquest would be holden at 12 o'clock the following day. Singularly enough, however, as it would appear, that on the assembling of the coroner and jury, no one was present to claim the body. The mutilated corpse of the unfortunate deceased had lain in a coach-house from an early period on Sunday morning until half-past two o'clock on Monday afternoon, and yet neither relative nor friend was present to claim the deceased or to inquire whether the verdict of the jury was felo de se, or in sanity. The Coroner, at the request of the jury, sent to Li verpool for Mr. Joseph Swanwick, to whom the deceased had addressed the letter. On being questioned relative to the contents of the letter, the witness stated that he could not recollect, for he had not the letter with him. Its purport, however, was that he had struggled with the troubles of life until he could bear them no longer, and that he had come to the determination of destroying himself. He also said that he had sent the key of his carpet bag, in the latter of which his watch would be found, and that they would most likely find his body among the rocks. The witness could not tell the state of his mind or what was'the state of his pecuniary affairs. The jury, after some discussion, brought in a verdict of " Temporary Derangement." The unfortu nate deceased was about 65 years of age, in extensive busi ness in Manchester as a corn-merchant, and was much re spected. It is said that he had recently made some exten sive and bad speculations in railways. Seamus Accuse/sr.—Shortly after three o'clock on Fri day, Dr. Windsor, of St. Anne-street, was proceeding down Islington in his gig, accompanied by his servant man, when his horse took head at the corner of Clare -street, and plunged forward with such great impetuosity that alarming fears were entertained for the doctor's safety. The ungo vernable animal ran furiously against the railings in front of the Misses Holden's fancy warehouse at the corner of Chris tian-street, levelling a considerable portion of the iron and stone-work, and upsetting the gig, by which, we regret to say, the doctor and his servant were both thrown out, and the leg of the former was broken. He was immediately taken to the Dispensary in Christian-street, where medical and surgical assistance was speedily administered to him, from whence he was removed to his residence, where lie is, we understand, getting on as well as can be expected under the circumstances. The servant was not materially injured ; he received some slight bruises, and was greatly frightened. The horse's mouth and breast were severely cut, and bled profusely, and the gig was almost broken to pieces. On Sunday evening an operation was performed on the doctor's leg, and a portion of bone was, we learn, extracted, which it was hoped would have placed the case out of danger. We deeply regret to learn, however, from enquiries made last night, that he is still in a precarious condition. A few years ago this highly respected gentleman had the misfortune to break his leg by a fall, caused by his treading on a piece of orange peel in the street. _ LECTURES ON GERMAN LITERATURE.—We understand that a course of lectures on Germanliterature will shortly be delivered in Liverpool, under high patronage, by Professor W. J. Schweitzer, formerly of the Royal College, Belfast, a gentleman who is admirably qualified for the task, and who has travelled through Great Britain and Ireland, and delight ed numerous auditories in every town which he has visited. In the present day public attention has been very much directed to the acquisition of a perfect knowledge of the German lan guage, in consequence of the interesting character of the lite rature, and the commercial communication which we have with the inhabitants of that country. Professor Schweitzer has a most astonishing facility of establishing pupils in the fundamentals of the German language, and his abilities have had testimony borne to theft by the most accomplished lite rati of Britain and the continent. We have no d ou bt that many of our townsmen, and especially ladies who may wish to read the works of Goethe aid other Germa n au th ors i n th e original, will be anxious to wail themselves of his instruction. Six lessons alone are required to qualify them for this study. --[We copy the above from a contemporary of Saturday, and are happy to have this owortunity of bearing testimony, derived from personal acquaintance, to the merits of Professor Schweitzer. It is perfectly true that he un dertakes to enable pupil; to read German authors in six lessons. To accompish this object, which is one of the most extraordinary undertakings we have ever heard of, he carries the pupil through a strict analysis of th e roots of the language, m a ki ng hi n i n d ee d, write his own grammar. This occupies four of the essons. The two which remain are devoted to translation, Ind at the end of them, a student of ordinary application, wil find himself, by a sort of royal road, in possession of the iower of reading German. We pledge our character for veacity for the truth of this state ment. The professor corns among us under the patronage of Lord Francis Egerton, /IT., who is well known to be a distinguished German schdar, and whose translations from that language hold a high rack in literature. He has also testi monials from many of the irst literati of the day. We trust that his powerful recomme:dations, together with his own great merits, will obtain fe him that support which we are confident he deserves. WI perceive that the Professor has announced his intention to leliver a course of six lectures on the German language and literature. In other places his lectures have been attendd by fashionable audiences, and we doubt not they will be here. They will be richly illus trated by the productions olthe first minds iu Germany.] FUNERAL PROCESSION.—On Sunday last, the remains of Mr. Henry Hulse, an original member of Mr. Peter Stubbs' Royal Harmonic Band, was attended to the Cemetery, Duke street, by the whole of the members of the band to which the deceased belonged, the band playing, with solemn and striking effect, the Dead March, by Jove. The procession proceeded along Russell-street, Clarence-street, and Rod ney-street, to the Cemetery, accompanied by a great con course of spectators. The appearance of the band, with the drum hung in black, and each member wearing black crape on his arm, excited peculiar attention. PuECAUTION AGAINST RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—A pre caution is used on the North Midland Railway, which, if it were used on all oti er railways, would prevent many acci dents to life and property. During the night a green light burns at 400 yards on each side of every station ; and the engine -driver has strict orders always to shut off his steam on arriving at the green light, so as to pass the station slowly, and not to turn on the steam again till he has passed the second green light. lie is thus in a position to stop the train, if anything should occur to make it desirable, within a very short distance. CAUTION TO SEAMEN.—SMUGGLING TOBACCO.—At the police court, yesterday, a man named William Douglas was placed at the bar, charged with having smuggled from his ship 2i f lbs of foreign manufactured tobacco. The case was made out, and he was required to pay a fine of 255, or in de fault of payment to be imprisoned 14 days. Another seaman was also brought up for smuggling a bottle of brandy, and 41b8 of tobacco. 'He was fined 30s, or in default of payment to be imprisoned 14 days. STRIPPING A CHlLD. — Yesterday, a young woman named Charlotte Seaborn was placed at the bar of the Police Court, (having been remanded from Friday last,) under the follow ing charge :—Frances Moffit, wife of Robert Moffit, said she lived at No. 15, Lambert-street, and that on Thursday after noon, between two and three o'clock, her daughter, a child of four years old, went into the street with another girl. She had not been gone many minutes when a child came and informed witness that two young women were stripping her daughter in Wilton -street. She went out in search of their, and found the prisoner and another young woman in a back entry, with her daughter and the other child. When the prisoper saw her she ran, and dropped from und er h er arm the Cloak, cake, and pinafore produced, which were her daughter's. She picked the clothes up, and pursued the prisoner into Springfield-street, and secured her. She asked her why she had stripped the child, and she said she was hungry. The prisoner was giyen into custody. She was committed for trial.—Yesterday, the other young woman, named Margaret Thomas, was placed at the bar, sh e h av i ng previously ben apprehended by the police. Frances Moffit stated that she was sent for to the bridewell, and pointed the prisoner out from amongst about twenty female prisoners, as the person who was with Charlotte Seaborn, on Thursday afternoon, in the back passage in Wilton-street, and that she then . escaped. The prisoner was also committed for trial. MERSEY AND IRWELL DOCKS, RUNCORN.—These docks are situated at the entrance of the Mersey and Irwell Navi gation, about sixteen miles above Liverpool, on the course of the Mersey towards Manchester, and afford great advan tages to the Irish, Scotch, Welsh, and coasting traders ge nerally. On Tuesday last the sloop Mary, from Dublin, ar rived here, on her second voyage to the port of Manchester, laden with meal, consigned to Messrs: J. and S. Barratt and Co. of that port. The Mary had been anxiously looked for during the last week, having been exposed to the late dread ful storms, and nothing being heard of her the worst appre hensions were entertained. It appears that Captain Hill prudently put into Holyhead harbour, where he remained in safety until be could venture out to sea again. Great inter est has been felt in the Mary's expedition, she being the first sea-trading vessel that has taken her cargo direct forward to Manchester, which town promises to become as distinguished in maritime greatness as it is now in commerce and manu factures, when the projected improvements, already com menced, in the Mersey and Irwell navigation are completed. —Manchester Courier. NEW STEAM PADDLE. — Considerable sensation has been excited here amongst scientific men by a series of experi ments performed by the Marquis de Jouffroy, with the view to improvements in steam navigation. I had the pleasure of being present at one of these experiments some time ago, but refrained from giving any account of it until I should see what report the committee of the institute would make upon it. M. de Jouffroy is the son of the Marquis de Jouffroy, who, so long ago as 1776, made some steam-boat experi ments on the Saone. The present scientific nobleman hav ing conceived a plan for getting rid of the inconveniences of the ordinary steam paddles, has been for some years working out his theory, and has only very recently brought it into practice. The apparatus of M. de Jouffroy consists of two palms, or articulated duck's feet, placed either at the sides or stern of a vessel, having an alternate motion, so as to open, in order to give the impulsion, and close again pre cisely in the same way as th e f oo t o f the duck. M. de Jouf froy's first experiment was made in the canoe of the Jardin de la Folie St. Jaques, near the Bois de Boulogne, with the model of a frigate, made on a scale of one foot to thirty seven feet, and so constructed that the common paddle or his improvement might be used at will. With the common paddle the vessel performed a distance of 130 feet in seven minutes, the paddles having performed 130 revolutions; at this time the propelling power was completely exhausted. The common paddles were then taken off, and the duck's foot paddles substituted. With 130 oscillations of these pad dles, the vessel performed, in the same space of time, a dis tance of 153 ft. ; but what was most remarkable was the fact, that instead of stopping short when the clock-work, which in both cases put the machinery in motion had run down, the impulsion communicated to the vessel by the steady and undisturbed motion of the duck's foot paddles was sufficient to keep the vessel moving 150 feet more. This experiment was in both cases against the wind—with the wind the ves sel performed with the common paddles 160 feet in eight minutes, the paddles giving 182 revolutions. The impelling power having ceased, the vessel 'scarcely moved, when the new paddles were put on ; the distance performed in the same length of time was 230 feet, and the clock-work having again run down, the vessel, so f ar f rom s t opp i ng, per f ormed, in eight minutes, a further distance of 190 feet. The report on these experiments by the committee of the institute, com posed of men of practical knowledge, is highly favourable. In their opinion the experiments on a small scale are suffi ciently conclusive to induce them to recommend to the go vernment, in strong terms, the adoption of M. de Jouffry's principle, which was allowed by many scientific gentlemen present to he superior, in many respects to that of the Archi medean screw, which has been found so valuable in getting rid of the strain upon the vessel and the agitation of the water, which is so destructive In c.als and so dangerous in river navigation. Another advantage is, that M. de Jouf froy's principle may be adapted to vessels of any construc tion. I have reason to believe that attempts have already been made in England to adopt the principle of the duck's foot paddle, but M. de Jouffroy has the merit of having so perfected it, that no reasonable doubt can now be enter tained of its success.—Correspondent of the Globe. DEATH OF A CHILD BY BURNlNG.—Yesterday an in quisition was held at the coroner's office, on view of the body of William Carter, a child between three and four years of age. The parents of the deceased live in North Shore buildings, near the factory. The mother had gone out on Saturday last about half-past twelve o'clock with her hus band's dinner, to the place where he worked, in the neigh bourhood, leaving the child in the yard, and his dinner on the table, The door was left open, as there was another young child in the house, on a chair. She was not absent above a quarter of an hour. In the interim a female who lived close by happened to pass, and hearing a cry looked into the house and saw the deceased in flames in the middle of the floor. She ran up and endeavoured to extinguish the flames, but could not. She carried him to the door and ran for some water. A man came up before she could apply it, and cutting the clothes from the deceased, smothered the fire with his jacket. He immediately afterwards carried the deceased to the dispensary. There was a very poor fire in the house at the time. The deceased was dressed at the dispensary, and was afterwards carried home • but he w as so muc h b ur nt a b ou t the body and face that he died on Sunday morning. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased died by being severely burnt, but how his clothes took fire there was no evidence to show. ANOTHER CHILD BURNT. —OH the same day another in quest was held before Mr. Curry, touching the death of Ann Flinn,' a child of about two years old. The parents of the deceased lodged at No. 3, in Croston-court, Cunliffe street. On Friday last, at eleven in the forenoon, the female who keeps the house was alarmed by a little girl, sister of the deceased, who came down stairs. She ran up to the lodging room where the deceased had been left with her little sister. and found her in flames, on the floor. She took a towel she had in her hand to put the fire out. The mother of the child, who had been absent only about twenty minutes, came in, and immediately, accompanied by her husband, carried the :dece ase d t o t h e j D i spensary , w h ere it was dressed. There was a low but red fire in the room at the time. A surgeon afterwards attended the deceased, which was much burnt about the throat and breast, but she died in consequence of the injuries received on Saturday afternoon. The jury returned a verdict, as in the former case, that death was caused by burning, but that there was no evidence to show how the clothes of the deceased had become ignited. The Coroner, Mr. Curry, remarked that it was much to be lamented that parents should so often leave young children by themselves, in apartments in which there was 16re-7-particularly as it was well known they would naturally creep to and play with the fire if they were not looked after. [We may here remark that it is . our painful duty to record thi s day, no fewer than five inquests on children burnt, thr oug h neg l ec t— a ll within a circuit of ten miles in this locality ;—namely, three cases (supplied by our Prescot correspondent), heard before Mr. Heyes ; and two in this town, before Mr. Curry.] STEAM LOCOMOTIVES ON TURNPIKE ROADS.—Our townsmen will be interested to know, that preparations are making at the extensive works of Messrs. Wilson and Co. of Salford (in which Mr. Briddon, machine-maker, of this town, is the principal proprietor), for the immediate con struction of two loco-motive steam-engines and•coaches, for the purpose of travelling upon turnpike-roads. Sir James Anderson, the eminent civil engineer, is surveying the ma chinery, and they are expected to be ready in about two months. They will proceed direct through this town to Birmingham, .at the average rate of 16 miles the hour, car rying 30 outside and 20 inside passengers. The smoke and steam which is emitted by the engines now in use on the railways are done away with, and the vehicles will glide away quietly, securely, and without any smell whatever, and will be capable of making any turn, however sudden, by an easily worked leverage, at the command of the driver. The size of the engine is very compressed, and is attached to the coach, which will not exceed in size a large and commodious omni buf. Mr. Briddon has received an order for twelve of them ; and, if they answer the purposes described to us, they will be hailed as a vast improvement in steam locomotion, ex ceeding the advantages of railroads in every thing but speed. —Stockport paper. SERIOUS CHARGE 01? ROBBERY. — Yesterday, at the police-court, a respectably-clad young man, named William Perry, was placed at the bar under the following circum stances ;--Mr. Dowling introduced the case by stating, that a robbery of a counting-house had been committed in the town, in the month of July last, in the premises of Mr. Brebner, merchant and forwarding agent. The desks were broken open and considerable property was taken away. Police-officer Ainsworth, sen., said, that on the night of the Ist or 2nd of July last, Mr. Brebner's office was found to have been broken open over night, by means of false keys, and a gold watch and other property, including two keys be longing to a set, were missed. Witness, from information he received, went to the house of prisoner's sister, where he lodged, (a respectable place,) and took him down to Mr. Dowling's office, where he left him with an officer, and went back to the house to search for the missing property. He there found two desks (produced), and which contained se veral articles taken from Mr. Brebner's office and from other offices in the same buildings. Amongst them was a bunch of keys, twenty pairs of new gloves, pieces of new ribbon, satin, sarsenet, &c., also a number of pattern books of prints and other small articles. Mr. Brebner's cash-keeper said, that the prisoner had been employed as light porter by Mr. Brebner for some time prior to the month of May, when he was dismissed in con s equence of articles being missed and some suspicion falling upon him. On going to his office on the morning of the 2d July, he missed from his desk £3 Gs., and another desk had been attempted to have been forced open. He identified two of the keys produced, which he had seen there on the previous day. One of them was found in a coat belonging to the prisoner at his lodgings. He be lieved the goods shown him were extracted from parcels of the same kind. lie had heard complaints of gloves, silks, &c., being missing. —A witness, in the employ of Messrs. Barber and Loblett, of the same building, stated, that they had lost 75 pieces of Glasgow ginghams, (or checks,) similar to several pieces produced, and which were also found at the prisoner's lodgings. The prisoner was remanded for one week, in order , that additional evidence might he brought up. We understand that the Rev. Hugh Stowell is expected to preach at St. Michael's church, on Friday the 11th instant, in aid of the fund s o f the schools in connection with the church. IN x.—We can recommend to notice the ink advertised elsewhere, for the s a l e o f w hi c h Mr ,zent; it is durable and indelible Kellet is appointed MEETING TO ADDRESS HER MAJESTY.—We perceive that an address of congratulation to her Majesty will be proposed at the annual meeting of the Tradesmen's Conser vative Association, which is to be held this evening in the large room of the York Hotel. The Earl and Countess of Wilton arrived in Grosvenor square, on Saturday last, from a visit to the Duke of Wel lington, at Strathtieldsaye. The Earl and Countess take their departure in the course of the week for Egerton Lodge, Melton' Mowbray, for the hunting season. COACH ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday evening last, as the Blackburn coach was returning to Bolton, driven by Mr. Charles Briggs, one of the proprietors, on arriving at Bull Hill, near Darwen, it came in collision with a cart, the horse attached to which was galloping down the bill at full speed, having been frightened b y somet hi ng or ot h er upon t h e roa d . So sudden and severe was the shock, that the pole was broken, the leading horse killed, and the two wheelers thrown down against the coach ; but, fortunately, it was not upset, and the passengers escaped uninjured. NWl..rwitilllllll¢l.lMTU.. THE LAUREL-STREET GANG.-FINAL EXAMI NATION & COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONERS. In our publication of this day fortnight, we presented our readers with a sketch of this case which would put them in possession of its main features. We shall now merely add such further particulars as appear most interesting. The case occupied the authorities at the Public-office during a considerable portion of Saturday last, when the prisoners, Henry Stevenson, alias Evans, John Francis, alias Taylor, Henry Mitchell, and Louisa Mitchell were placed at the bar at the unusually early hour of nine in the morning. The two police-officers, John Stevenson and John Kirkham, who were so seriously injured from the usaults made upon them when they went to apprehend the prisoners, were brought from the Infirmary to the court in a coach, attended by Mr. Bran dreth, one of the surgeons of the hospital. They both had their heads bound up, and Stevenson appeared to be still suffering severely from the effects of his wounds. An immense number of witnesses were in attendance, as it turns out that the prisoners must have been concerned in se veral extensive robberies. In our former account we gave an inventory of the more valuable articles, as plate, watches, gold ornaments, jewellery, &c., found on the premises. Much of this has been identified, though a very large tea-tray, which was heaped with glittering valuables, for which owners have not been found, was displayed in court on Saturday. The property identified has been stolen from the following places, on the dates prefixed to each address :-3d Nov., Mr. Forsyth, Grove-street ; 11th Oct., Mr. Minton, Park-street; 26th Sept. ' Mr. Miller, Percy -stre e t ; 20th S ep t., M r . Robinson, Windsor-street South ; 12th Sept., Mr.-Nichol son, Crown-street; 2d August, Rev. John Kelly, Clarence street, Everton ; ith;to 11th July, Rev. J. H. Thom, Falk ner-street ; 28th June, Mr. Robinson, Queen -street, Edge hill ; 31st May, Mr. Bell, Prospect-street ; 11th April, Mr. Boggle, Chatham -street ; sth April, Rev. Mr. Griffith, Wal nut-street; 3d April, Mr. Branscome, Brougham -terrace. Mr. Forsyth's cook and housemaid, Mary Cornish and Sarah D'Evereux, were first called to state the particulars of the robbery, which took place on the 3d instant. It ap peared, that thd house had been made perfectly secure on the night of the 2d Nov., and that, about half-past five on the morning of the 3d, the housemaid had her slumbers broken by the entrance of a man into the chamber where she slept with the cook. He was without his coat, and he struck a lucifer-match while he was in the room and produced a light. After looking about for a short time, he quitted the room, when she awoke her companion and told her what had hap pened. The cook got up, but would not for some time be lieve the statement. At length she went down, when she saw the doors, which she had made fast, standing wide open, the kitchen window broken, and other indications that the house had been robbed. She aroused the family, and it was discovered, that the thieves had carried off all the valuables on which they could lay hands. Information was given to the police, and bills, describing the arti c l es s t o l en , were printed and distributed. The goods described by Mrs. For syth were produced in court and identified by her. They consist principally of valuable articles of wearing apparel, which she had brought with her from India, and are worth about £l5O. Mrs. Parke, who keeps a beer-house at the corner of Lau rel-street, next door to the house where the prisoners were detected, detailed the circumstances which, through her in strumentality. led to their discovery. The female prisoner, who used to frequent her house for ale, called on the evening of the sth of November, and made her a present of some worked muslin, commonly called " insertion." She after wards again visited the house, and made Mrs. Parke's sister a similar present, and extended equal liberality to a friend of the family who called in accidentally. A short time after wards, she returned to the house with a riding habit and two dresses, which she urged the females to purchase for 305., and, on their refusing her pressing entreaties, she offered them for a guinea. She did not succeed in obtaining a cus tomer, though she did in raising Mrs. Parke's suspicions, for that lady testified, that " something struck her very for cibly" th a t th e thi ngs h a d been stol en f rom Mrs. Forsyth's. Next mording she accordingly repaired to the house of the latter, and showed her the worked muslin: Mrs. Forsyth at once recognised it as her property ; the result of which was, that a police-officer was sent for, and the discovery was ef fected as already related. Police-officer - John Stevenson, No. 136, was the officer who received the first information of what had transpired. He procured the assistance of officers Kirkham, 173, and Tom linson, 512. Tomlinson he posted at the back d6or of the house, and Kirkham he took with him to the front. They knocked at the door twice before any answer was returned. At the third knock the door was opened by Louisa Mitchell. Stevenson held the muslin work in his hand, and shewing it to the prisoner, he asked her if she had ever seen that pro perty before. She replied No. " Oh, yes, you have," said the officer. She persisted that she had not, and Mitchell, who stood within the passage, near the parlour door, said, " You are in the wrong place." " No, replied Stevenson," " I think we are in the right place." Kirkham stepped out and brought in Mrs. Parke, whom Stevenson asked it Matilda Mitchell-was the person who gave her the muslin. The re ply was in the affirmative ; upon which Kirkham observed, " That 's enough for us," and Stevenson said it would be their dnty to make all in the house prisoners. Francis im mediately made his appearance from the back parlour, and Kirkham hearing a sound of footsteps on the kitchen stairs, went to see who it was, and met Evans ascending. Mitchell was without his coat. Evans walked into the back parlour, where, it afterwards appeared, were a number of shoemakers' tools, and returned with a large shoemaker's hammer in his hand. Mitchell at the same instant advanced with a very formidable weapon, being a supple-jack, heavily loaded with lead, after the manner of a life preserver, but much heavier, and more dangerous. Stevenson, seeing Evans with the hammer, called out to his brother officer to apprise him of the circumstance, and at the same time made a rush for the purpose of gaining possessio n o f i t. E vans s prang back, and at the same instant aimed a desperate blow at the head of Kirkham, while Mitchell rushed at Stevenson and struck him violently on the skull. Mrs. Parke made her escape at the first onset, dreadfully alarmed. She turned her head as she quitted the house, and saw Kirkham with the blood stream ing over his face : he was uttering loud shrieks for assistance. Stevenson was soon felled by the terrible instrument of his antagonist, who repeated the blows several times while he lay prostrate. He was stunned but for a moment, and when he got up he saw Evans still striking Kirkham with the ham mer, and Kirkham shrieking murd er ! Kirkham ran out at the front door. Stevenson followed, and met the female pri soner going round from th e back 'door. He immediately captured her. Meanwhile Kirkham, who had been already knocked down more than once, having cleared his eyes from the blood which almost blinded him, s a w Francis running along the street, close past hi m. He' immediately called out stop thief ! and two men arrested the progress of the fugitive. The two officers, sick and exhausted, by loss of blood, were taken care of by some gentl emen, who' caused them to be re moved to the infirmary. Police-officer Tomlinson, who had been placed at the back door, stood with his eye to the keyhole. He saw a man rush hastily into the yard and immediately return. This was re peated, and the man, seemed as if he were desirous of esca ping, but was withheld by some secondary consideration. He soon afterwards heard the cries of " Murder !" and several women entered the passage and told him to go roun d to the front, for the inmates of the house were murdering the policemen. He was about to obey, and had proceeded as far as the end of the entry, when, turning his head, he saw Mitchell, " in his shirt sleeves," scale the wall, and the next instant Evans broke his way through the back door with the hammer which he carried in his hand. Tomlinson imme— diately gave chase to Evans, an d , i n Chat h am - s t ree t, h e was joined by Stephen Kitchen, a young butcher. The latter had got within a yard or two of hi s quarry when E vans turned and stood at bay with the uplifted hammer. The butcher, however, rushed boldly at him, but he suddenly changed his purpose and dashed off again at full speed. His pursuer, however, was far younger and more agile than he, and he was soon overtaken. He again brandished his hammer, as if determined to strike, but Kitchen caught his wrist and held him till Tomlinson came up and disarmed him. The ham mer, as the butcher described it, " was all of a jelly with blood." A little later on the same day, James Moore, a labourer, who was working at a house in Grove-street, having had oc casion to go into the back yard, found that the door of the privy was fast. He had heard that some thieves had that morning been taken, and that one of the fraternity had es caped. He, therefore, became alarmed, and went and in formed a friend of the circumstance. This person, Lawrence Lyon, an Irish bricklayer, seems to have had much more courage and perseverance than his countryman Moore. They found the door of the privy opon and the bird flown. Lyon, however, insisted on continuing the search, and, at length, lifting up the lid of an empty horse-midden,'he there discovered Mitchell. His companion was at a little distance, and he immediately called to him. Mitchell said, "My good man, let me go, for I'm quite fatigued every night this week." The reply of the Irishman was, " Faith, you'll be more fatigueder thon ye iver have bin." He wished to get out, but the wary fellow would by no means permit this till his companion came up, when he gave him his hand and assisted him from his lurking place. They placed themselves on each side of him, and took him away to Vine -street. On his' way thither he endeavoured to trip Lyon, and did suc ceed in making him stumble, upon which, said the latter, "We threw him upon the broad of his back. ' Oh ! don't use me that way,' siz he. Well dhin you disarve it, siz I ; can't you behave yourself dacently „ vihen we're taakin' you, and come along properly wid you? Mr. Rushton gave these men, and also Kitchen, who took Evans, great credit for their conduct. Wilfiain Watson, a police-officer, who met the prisoners accidentally on their way to the lock-up, after having assisted in conducting them thither, hastened to the hou se i n Laurel street. He found a considerable quantity of blood upon the kitchen stairs and in the passage. He searched the house, in which there was scarcely any furniture, with th e except i on of two beds. He was accompanied by another officer, and they found several chests of valuable wearing apparel, much of which they at once knew to be the property stolen from the house of Mr. Forsyth. In the front parlour th e y f oun d two dark lanterns,, three crucibles, in which silver bad been melted, a small night protector, a number of skeleton keys, and a small vice of fine workmanship, fixed to the arm of a chair. In a closet, up stairs, several glass and eart h enware pickle-jars were found corked and resined over. These were crammed full of small and valuable articles of jewellery. Three large tin cans, the lids of which we re f ast so ld ere d, were, on the arrival of Mr. Dowling, wh o was set down at the house soon after the officers co mmenced their search, found to be similarly filled. They discovered, in other parts of the house, an immense quantity of silver plate, gold and silver watches, knives and forks, foreign coins, &c. The value of the whole is estimated at upwards of £2,000. The back bed-room was singularly .appropriated. The officers found the whole floor covered with skeleton keys and blank keys, of fine workmanship, arranged in rows according to their respective sorts and sizes. There were also found, as before related, the most complete set of house-breaking im plements ever seen. They were produced in the court, and astonished all who saw them. The workmanship of all these implements was admirable. Constable Ainsworth produced a curious sort of apron, with numerous compartments for carrying bits, keys, ,&c., so that they could not rattle. Mr. Dowling also produced a shooting jacket with a multitude of pockets and one enormous pouch, which occupied the whole extent within' the ample skirts, and is capable of containing two or three moderately sized children. In addition to the jewellery above mentioned, Mr. Dowling showed a most beautiful and highly valuable set of carbuncle ornaments, the owner of which, he said, he had traced in London. He wag then in Dorsetshire, but had been written to to come to Li verpool._. in addition to the search made in Laurc et, it was, of course, deemed requisite to scrutinize the lodgings of Evan who has long been '-- represented hi Anown to the police. It appears, he elf to his landlord as a commercial tray , " :Jsturt from home for weeks to{ were found, besides several watches, «.. three volumes of " The L a di es ' M useum ," several other volumes of which had been found in Laurel -street. At the latter place were found some forks, without handles, and the handles were found, at Evans's lodgings, in his box. It was proved, on the evidence of Mr. Brandreth, house surgeon of the Infirmary, that the officers, Stevenson and Kirkham, when brought into the hospital, were very danger ously wounded, and that they remained in a most precarious state many days. md was frequently at At these lodgin'- gether, The individuals mentioned at the opening of our state ment, with their witnesses, were severally produced and the particulars of their robberies were detailed. They had all lost plate, jewellery, apparel, and valuables to a great amount, in most instances to the extent of £l5O to £2OO, and they had all found some portion of the property amongst tlte goods found at the house in Laurel-street. Some of them will recover the greater portion of what they have lost. The robberies were all committed either during the night or while the inmates of the houses were absent at church or market. Two gentlemen were called at the last, who proved, that they had seen all the prisoners, at different times, go i nto the house in La ure l- s t ree t, b y a key, and that they all seemed to belong to it. _ Mr. Rushton, after the usual caution, asked the prisoners seriatim, what they had to say. Evans said, " ft's no. use saying anything when you've two such men as those coming here to swear anything. 1 verily believe these gentlemen never saw me in their lives before." Mitchell replied, " Nothing at present." Louisa Mitchell, who stated, that she was the wife of the prisoner, Henry Mitchell, declined saying anything. Francis, to the demand, replied, by saying, " At a future period." The witnesses were bound in recognizances of £lOO each, and the prisoners were committed for trial at the next assizes. The examination occupied Mr: Rushton from nine o'clock till twelve, and from two till past seven. CASE OF WILFUL MURDER An inquest was held on Eriday, before P. F. Curry, Esq., on view of the body of John Lewis, a seaman of the New York packet ship " George Washington." William Atkins, a seaman of the same ship, said that he knew the deceased, who was a seaman on board that vessel. On Friday week the deceased and witness went to a board ing-house in 'Denison-street, to breakfast ; and whilst there the deceased fell backwards from the table. He did not complain of any thing, and would give no answer to any one. He had complained a good deal during the week of his head and mouth. He said that he had been coming along Old hall-street the previous Saturday night, and that a man had struck him, and knocked him down ; that he had got up and knocked the man down; and that four other men s et u p on him and knocked him down again, and kicked him. H e told his shipmates the followin g Sunday, and stated the man ner in which he had been assaulted. He was able to attend his work as usual from that time up to Friday week, until he fell backwards (as before stated), at the breakfast table. He came on board the vessel that morning, and took to his berth about nine o'clock. On the following day a doctor was sent for, and by his order he was sent to a Mrs. Lilly's, where the witness lodged. He gradually got worse until Monday week, when he died. On the forenoon of that day, he com plained of great pain in his body ; and that he should not live long, and that it wa s th roug h th e b ea ti ng h e h a d go t h e should die. Hannah Wallace, a servant at Mr. Newton's public-house, in Denison-street, said that there were several seamen in the house belonging to the Susquehanna (an American ship), when the deceased came. Shortly after a disturbance took place in the tap-room ; and on going down she found a man lying on the floor, and six or eight men kicking him when' he was down. She was sure the prisoner (Henry Snider) was one of the men who kicked him about the shoulders and the' head. The man on the floor was apparently dead. All the men then went out, and the man recovered shortly after wards, and drank a glass of grog. He said he was not much hurt, and soon afterwards he left the house, and she never saw him alive again. She accused the prisoner Snider of abusing the man, and he replied, " ; The -, I owed it to him since the last voyage." There were six men kicking the man about the head and shoulders. Eliza Bond said she was in the house at the time, and saw the deceased there. The deceased knocked against some of the other men who were in the house, and one of them struck him, and / four or five others abused him very much. He was , knocked down, and they all kicked him, and one of them jumped upon him. Eliza Roberts said that the deceased, about seven o'clock, came to her house in Leeds-street, and remained until twelve o'clock. She did not see him until the next day, when he said he had been abused the night before by some men, who hit him on the head with a stone, and knocked him down. He also said they had taken a pair of shoes and three shillings from him ; and that the men who had abused him were lunq.ers. A s police-officer (Peter Dutton) said he was on duty on Sunday morning week, between two and three o'clock, when the deceased came and knocked at the gate, and said he had been abused by some men at the Canal Bridge, in Leeds street ; that a man had knocked him down and jumped upon him, and robbed him. He was vomitting a good deal of blood. Witness sent him to the Northern Hospital. Mr. Cullan, junr., surgeon, was called to the deceased, on Saturday, and found him speechless on board the " Wash ington," and had him removed to Litherland Alley. The deceased partially came to himself, and said he had been I icked and jumped upon. He complained of pain in his head. Witness attended him up to the time of his death, which took place on Monday. A post mortem examination of the body was made. On opening the chest, witness found lymph thrown out from the pleura costelus. The left lung was gorged with blood caused by the rupture of a blood ves sel, which was the cause of death, and the result of very se-. vere external injury. No natural causes could have produced the particular appearance of the lungs. The parencryma was completely destroyed. A man might live a week or ten days after receiving such injuries as would produce similar effects. The intestines were very much inflamed. The Coroner summed up the evidenecein a very explicit manner, explaining the law of the case. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown." The . case excited much interest at the Coroner's-office, which was crowded throughout the day. ANOTHER DEATH FROM VIOLENCE Yesterday an inquest was lied before P. F. Curry, Esq., coroner, touching the death of Lawrence Work. Richard Williams said the deceased lodged with him in Drury-lane. He was about 38 years of age. About nine o'clock on Friday night last the deceased was brought home by two young men who lodged in the house. He was not able to walk. Ile was taken up stairs directly to bed, and complained of a wound on his head. On Saturday morning a doctor came to see the deceased, who attended him up to the time of his death this morning. Thomas Charleston said:—l am a sailor, and lodge at Mr. Williams s. The deceased lodged in the same house. On Friday night last, a little after eight o'clock, the deceased and I and a shipmate were coming across from the north to the south part of Drury-lane. The deceased had a girl with him. We had all had a glass of beer together. I was quite sober, but the deceased had had a glass too much, yet was quite able to walk and to take care of himself. When we were passing along Drury-lane we met some foreigners, some of whom turned round after they passed and laughed at the deceased. The deceased turned round, asked them what they meant by laughing at him, and called them foreign b—s. Some of them ran down the street, and the deceased ran after them. My shipmate got hold of de ceased by the arm and wanted him to come away, and whilst he had hold of deceased's arm, I saw one of the foreigners heave a stone over my shipmate's shoulder which struck him on the head, and the man who hove the stone immediately ran away. The deceased fell directly with the force of the blow. The man who threw the stone was only about a yard from the deceased at the time. I pursued and tried to take him, but I could not. I then returned to the deceased. My shipmate and the girl were supporting him. He was taken to a druggist's shop close by ; and the druggist said his wound was' so bad that he was ordered to be taken to a surgeon. The man who threw the stone wore mustachios. Erasmus Johnstone said he was a sailor. He lodged at the same house as the last witness, and was along with them as before stated. Witness corroborated the last witness in material points. He had hold of the deceased, endeavou r i ng to get him away, when a man's arm came over my shoulder, and a stone like that now produced was thrown at the head of the deceased, who fell immediately. We pursued the man but he escaped. Witness and the girl first picked the de ceased up. Mr. Jain Dick, surgeon, said—The deceased was brought to the surgery about a quarter-past 8 o ' c l oc k th a t night. There was a wound on the forehead over the left eyebrow. I found a fracture of the frontal bone just over the left frontal sinews, the interior wall of which was fractured. I cleansed the wound and extracted two pieces of bone, and having dressed the part, sent him home. I attended him afterwards until his death, which was caused by inflammation of the dura mater, brought on in consequence of the fracture. The wound appeared to have been produced by some blunt instru ment. The coroner thought it advisable to adjourn the case, in ke hope that the man who threw the stone might in the eantime be found and identified. The jury concurred, and the inquest was accordingly ad urned for further evidence until Wednesday at 12 o'clock. The deceased was a native of the Shetland Islands, and has ft, we learn, a wife and five children. CORONER'S' INQUESTS THREE CHILDREN BURNT TO DEATH.--011 Thursday, the 26th instant, an inquest was held at the sign of the Bull, at Broad Green, West Derby, befor e J o h n H eyes, Esq., on view of the body of a child, named Ann Pendleton, about eighteen months old, who was burned to death in consequence of its clothes taking fire. There was nobody in the house but the deceased and a little boy about six years old at the time, the latter of whom immediately ran out and gave the alarm. Assistance was immediately afforded, and a medical man sent for, but she died in less than four hours afterwards. —Another inquest was held on the same day, at the Old Swan, on the body of William Wallace, a boy about five years old, whose death was also occasioned by his clothes being set on fire. He was at the infant school at Olive Mount, in Wavertree, the Thursday previously, before the master had arrived, when several of the boys were warming themselves by the fire, and some of the most mischievous of them were playing with the fire. One of them had a flat stick, and took out a hot cinder with it, which by some means fell into the deceased's pinafore and set it on fire. A woman was imme— diately drawn to the spot by the cries of the children, and extinguished the flames, but the deceased was very badly burnt. He was taken home and lingered, (gradually getting worse,) until about 4 o'clock of the morning of the day on which the inquest was held, when he died.—On Saturday, the 28th inst., an inquest was held at Warrington, on the body of a girl named Mary Smith, about 7 years of age. Her death also was occasioned by her clothes taking fire. She was in the house with an infant, and taking the fire shovel to get some ashes out of the fire, her frock took fire as she was turning round. A man passing at the time ran to her assist ance, and carried her out and extinguishid the flames. — Medical assistance was also rendered but she died the follow ing day.—Verdict in each of the above cases, " Accidental death." INQUEST AT WARRINGTON.—On the same day another inquest was held at Warrington, on the body of Esther Cook, aged 63, who had been missing since the 29th ult. The fol lowing is a summary of the evidence adduced :—James Barlow stated, that on Friday morning, he was spearing eels in Dallam.Brook, in Warrington, when he saw something very like a dog near the spot where he was. He pushed it with his spear, and then perceived that it was a human body. He called to some men on the opposite side of the brook, and the police were immediately sent for. When they arrived the body was taken out of the brook, and it was then disco vered to be the body of a female, dressed with a cap on but no bon ne t. I t appea red to have been in the wa t er some time. Jane Bromilow stated, that she was, passing the de ceased's house on Thursday morning, the 29th October last, and saw the deceased at the door. Thinking she looked very odd, she stopped and asked deceased what was the matter. Deceased said she was quite at the far end, and she would set off. Witness asked her where she would go. She said she did not know, but she was obliged to go somewhere as she was quite out of her mind. Witness asked her to stay till John (deceased's husband) came to his breakfast, but she said " No, I'll go now." Directly after witness saw deceased pass her house with her bonnet on. She was never heard of afterwards, until her body was found on Friday last as before stated. Grace Barlow, who keeps a provision shop opposite to where deceased and her husband resided, stated, that on the Tuesday before the Thursday on whi deceased disappeared, she came to witness's shop and too more pro visions than she usually had. witness remonstrated on her taking an unusual quantity. She said she was aware, and she could not pay for all that she had that week. She came sked her whether she was " You don't know what in again soon after. fretting about her son. She min, I am fretting about, but I don't like to be drunken woman." Witness said " Surely your husband does not call you a drunken woman." She made no reply, but burst into tears. Witness never saw her aftewards. The deceased's husband stated that he left her in bed when he went to his work on the morning of her disappearance, and when he came to his breakfast she was gone. She had left word with the neighbours for him to take the key of the house with him when he went back. He had many times gone round the country in search of deceased, but had never heard any thing of her until her body was found in Dallam Brook. He stated that the deceased never took too much drink. They had had no quarrel or misunderstanding to induce her to go. away, but he had perceived that she was in a strange way for about a fortnight, but she never explained to him what it was that seemed to be oppressing her mind. In the absence of any other evidence as to how the unfortunate woman came to her death, a verdict was returned of " Found drowned." CORRESPONDENCE THE PASTORAL AID SOCIETY TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—Many pressing engagements have hitherto prevented me from noticing an article which appeared in your paper of the 20th instant, with reference to a dispute which has re cently taken place between the Rev. John Clark, curate of Hunslct, near Leeds, and the Committee of the Church Pas toral Aid Society. As I have unfortunately been the subject of this difference, I trust you will have the candour to insert the remarks which follow in your next publication, in offer ing which, I shall merely premise that whatever further no tice may be taken of this affair in the public prints, I do not intend again to put pen to paper on the subject. lam quite sure that your numerous readers will have much more plea sure in perusing the general news of the day than in conning over the epistles of an individual about whom they know nothing ; and I am happy to say that I can find more agree able and profitable employment for myself than a paper war fare could afford me. Indeed I should not have taken any notice whatever of the remarks which you have thought pro per to make on this affair of the Pastoral Aid Society, hid you confined yourself to the general subject at issue, and re frained from advancing charges against me, which, to say the least of them, do not ex a c tl y b reat h e t h at sp i r i t of chrisbian meekness, with the want of which you charge me. The following is the sentence in your article of which I particularly complain. With reference to my letter to Mr. Clark, you say, " It is evident that the writer is a thorough going Puseyite. Yes ! we feel justified in usit , the term in reference to any one who denies salvation to all who are not within the pale of the church, meaning as the Pussyiles do, the Church of Rome or the Church of England." Now, sir, allow me to ask you what you mean by a Puseyite ? I am really not aware that any such sect is in existence in this country, and I have yet to learn that Dr. Pusey has become the " father and founder" of any religious community which bears his name. It is peculiarly offensive to my feelings, and I am sure must be so to every churchman, to have a designa tion thrust upon him which implies that he has separated from the body of Christ and enrolled himself among the fol lowers of a mortal man. It has always been one of the cha racteristics of the members of the church that, whilst here tics, ancient and modern, have adopted the name of their founder for the designation of their sect, they have always repudiated the idea of acknowledging a human original, and claimed no founder but Christ the great head of the church. Of course it is quite consistent and proper that those who separate themselves from the body of the faithful, and become members of a htiznan sect, should designate themselves by the name of him whom they follow ; but I most strongly protest against having a nicknaMe fastened upon me. lam not a Puseyite ; but a member of the Anglican branch of Christ's. Holy Catholic Church. But, sir, I presume that by stigmatizing me as a Puseyit e , you wish to c onve y th e id ea t h at l am an vocate of the doc trines set forth in the " Tracts for the Times." Now, really, I do not conceive myself called upon either to acknowledge or deny this accusation. I will, sir, however, with your per mission, ask you, whether you have ever read these tar-famed Tracts? If you have, you are almost singular amongst the number of their opponents. I have conversed with some scores of persons upon the doctrines which are set forth in them, and it is a fact that, after asserting that they inculcate the worst abominations of Popery, their most violent adver saries have at last been obliged to confess that they had never read one single line of them ; even clergymen have been re duced to the necessity of making this avowal. If, however, you have not perused the publications above referred to, I would by all means advise you to do so without delay. This must lead to one of two good results : if you should discover that you have been mistaken as to the nature of their con tents, you will cease to stigmatize them as Popish; and, should you be confirmed in your belief, you will have mush stronger grounds of attack than now you have. I am quite aware that in these days of compromise, when it is the fashi on t o smoo th d own a l l the grand anddistin guishing doctrines of the church, in order to conciliate those who, although they have separated themselves from our communion, have still so much of the Old English blood left in their veins as to desire the continuance of the esta blishment,—l say, that in such times as these, lam quite aware that any person who will stand forward boldly to vin dicate the church on the broad and sure ground of its being a true, and the only true, branch of Christ's holy Catholic church in these kingdoms, must expect to receive a pretty good share of abuse. In fact, a man of this kind comes in for a double portion of obloquy. From the Papists, of course, .he gets no quarter : with them he is a heretic, and the advocate of a church which possesses the endowments which, they say, once of right belonged to them. With the radical dissenters he is a tory bigot; and, in fact, it is quite enough to raise their spleen for a man to profess that he belongs to the church 'at all. With the conservative party among the dissenters (which is composed principally, indeed almost entirely, of the Wesleyans) he is a Papist, and a dis turber of the community of spirit which, they say, exists between themselves and the great body of the church. By the mere establishment party in the church he is contemptu ously termed a Puseyite, and accused of a desire to depart from the principles of the English reformation. This state of things makes us naturally ask the question, Why is there an attempt made, at the present day, to hide the distinguishing doctrines of the church, and to stop the mouths of those who conscientiously proclaim them? The reason is quite plain. There are, as I have said before, many individuals who, although they separate from the church, belong to the conservative party in politics; and it is consi dered expedient not to offend the prejudices of these persons, lest we should lose their support at the next general election. In fact, the !plain English of the matter is that the church is to be sacrificed at the shrine of the establishment. Now, sir, I have no sympathy with those who follow this plan of political warfare. I am, to use a word which is getting al most out of date, a tory. But do not misunderstand me. I merely adopt this appellation for want of a better. Ido not by any means agree with what is now called the conservative party ; " for, alas ! they ha ve gr i evous l y " f a ll en from the high estate, and retain little of what once characterised them but the name. I have taken unwearied pains, as far as I could with propriety do so, to promote the good old cause; and when the time comes (and I am afraid it very soon will come), I trust that I s h a ll b e rea d y to su ff er for its sake. With these views and feelings, I think you must acknowledge that I cannot but be a warns advocate of the union between church and state : but rather than make common cause with those who, while they support the church as a mere political engine, entertain a deadly hatred to her distinguishing doc trines, and laugh at the idea of her ministers having received their commission in a direct line from the apostles, I would gladly see that union dissolved. The church, as such, would have nothing to fear from this; but it would entail conse quences the most disastrous on the state. Our bishops were just as much bishops when they were reduced to starvation by Cromwell and his "godly and paittlial ministers," as they now are when they rightly take their places among the no bles of the land; and if, in God's righteous indignation against the state for having committed adultery with popish schismatics and protestant heretics, he were to permit a repe tition of the scenes which characterised the great rebellion, the ark of the church would ride peacefully over the waters of discord, and be safe in the keeping of Dim who had said that the gates of hell shall not prevail against her. There seem to be very strange notions abroad on the sub ject of popery. Some persons think that it is popish to bow the head at the name of Jesus, and I have heard clergymen openly declare from the pulpit that it was a matter of indif ference. But what says the church ? " When in time of Divine Service, the Lord Jesus shall be mentioned, due and lowly reverence shall be done of all persons present.—Canon xviii. 160.1. It is considered also very popish to fast or ab stain on particular days; and I have heard a very celebrated controversialist adduce the practice of the Church of Rome in this respect, as a proof that she was the apostacy foretold in the 4th chapter of the Ist Epistle to Timothy, and yet the church has set apart for observance, in the course of the year, above a hundred days of .fasting and abstinence—(see the Book of Common Prayer). Again,—it is by no means popish to baptise an infant ; but it is the very climax of Puveyism to suppose that there are any spiritual benefits at tending a due performance of this holy sacrament. To be lieve that such is the case has a tendency, we are told, to wards the popish doctrine of the opus operatum ; and yet the church enjoins that after the administration of baptism the minister shall say of every child, " Seeing now, dearly be loved, that this child i s regenerate — (Service for Infant Bap tism.) And in the catechism she tells us that in baptism a child is made " a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of Heaven." And mark the fol lowing question and answer, in the same form of sound words : " Q. What is the inward and spiritual grace (of baptism) ? " A. A death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness : for being by nature horn in sin, and the children of wrath, we are hereby made the children of grace." Take another instance. It is not at all Popish to receive the Eucharist, but it is rank papistry to believe that Christ is really (not corporally) present in that holy mystery; and yet, mark the language of her church in her catechism. " Q. What is the inward part (of the Eucharist) or thing signified ? A. The body and blood of Christ, which are verily and indeed tahen and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper." But I might go on in this way until your patience would, I am sure, be fairly exhausted, and yet, even then I should not have nearly enumerated the whole of the points of doe- trine and discipline which the church enjoins, but which are, by many persons who profess a great reverence for the church, (they mean the establishment,) considered as savouring of the very dregs of popery. In your article you go on to accuse me of holding the opinion, that none can be saved who are without the pale of the church. I hold no such thing. But lam quite p ersua d e d that none but members of the church catholic have any claim upon the covenanted mercies of God. Still I should think myself very presumptuous were I to assert that is impossible for any but those who belong to the church to be saved.— " Them that are without God judgeth." St. Paul himself tells us that he obtained mercy because he did it (i.e., perse cuted the church of God) " ignorantly in unbelief." The scriptures constantly speak of the church as an outward and visible society ; and, although I am very far from believing that all those who belong to this society will necessarily ba saved, I am quite convinced that none will ordinarily be saved who do not belong to it.—See Col. i. 18—John xv. 16—Eph. v. 23—and more particularly, Acts ii. 47. But let us consider what is the judgment of the Church of England as it regards dissenters ; and for this purpose we must refer to the Canons of 1604. These were agreed to by the Houses of Convocation, and set f or th by th e Royal Au thority; and, of course, have; exactly the same weight now which they possessed on the first day of their publication. The third canon excommunicates all those who maintain that the Church of England is not a true and apostolical church. The fourth canon excommunicates impugners of the pub lic worship of God established in the Church of England. The fifth canon excommunicates impugners of the articles of religion established in the Church of England. The sixth canon excommunicates impugners of the rites and ceremonies established in the Church of England. The seventh canon excommunicates impugners of the go vernment of the Church of England by archbishops, bishops, &e. The eighth canon excommunicates impugners of the form of the consecrating and ordering archbishops, bishops, &c., in the Church of England. But the ninth canon bears so directly upon the question in hand that, with your permission, I must quote it at length : " WHOSOEVER SHALL HEREAFTER SEPARATE THEIS- SELVES FROM THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS, AS IT IS AP PROVED BY THE APOSTLES' RULES, IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, AND COMBINE THEMSELVES TOGETHER IN A NEW BROTHERHOOD, accounting the Christians, who are conformable to the doctrine, government, rites, and cere monies of the Church of England, to be profane, and unrneet for them to join with in Christian profession; LET THEM BE EXCOMMUNICATED IPSO FACTO, and not restored but by the archbishop, after their repentance, and public revocation of such their wicked errors." From these canons of the Church of England it is unques tionable that she holds all dissenters to be excommunicated ipso facto; and the question then naturally arises,—What is her decree as to those who are so excommunicated. The 33d article furnishes us with an answer : " That person, which by open denunciation of the church is rightly cut off from the unity of the church, and excom municated, ought.to be taken of the whole multitude of the faithful, AS AN HEATHEN AND PUBLICAN, until he be openly reconciled by penance, and received into the church by a judge that bath authority thereunto." After reading the above, I think that no person will deny that the Church of England excludes all dissenters from the covenanted mercies of God. The question now under dis cussion is not, Whether she acts scripturally in so doing? (although I am prepared to prove that she does, if it were necessarv)—but, Whether those who maintain this doctrine do not strictly agree with the church ? And, if we do agree with the church, you, sir, should pursue one of two courses : you should either ceaseto revile us as Puseyttes, and Jesuits in disguise, for so doing ; or you should change the politics of your newspaper, and avow yourself at once a church re former. In fact, it just comes to this:—either you are grossly in error, or the Church of England is full of Po pery, and not sufficiently reformed. It is indeed most pain ful to my feelings to be obliged to speak of dissenters in that strain which, as a member of the church, I have no alterna tive but to adopt. It would be much more in accordance with the desire of my heart to address them as brethren and members of the same household of faith ; but I dare not do - so,—for their own sakes I dare not " daub the wall with untempered mortar." I deprecate most strongly that mode of controversy now so common, wherein hard names are often substituted for strong arguments ; and were it not that the dissenters, both Popish and Protestant, are sinning aginst their own souls, no mere question of party politica should induce me even seemingly to violate the bonds of love. lam sure that there are many most estimable cha racters amongst them ; indeed, some of my earliest, warm est, and best friends are living in a state of separation from the church ; and it is a matter of the utmost difficulty to attack their errors without appearing to be at enmity with themselves. Well may we in such circumstances ask the question, "Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth ?" (Gal. iv. 16.) But sure I am that God permits the existence of the numerous sects which abound in this land, to bring about his own good purposes. One obvious lesson which they teach churchmen is, to set a just value upon the privileges which they enjoy, and to re member that their responsibilities are vastly increased by these privileges. If on the dissenter "vengeance shall be taken sevenfold," truly on the careless and indifferent churchman " seventy and seven fold." You, sir, have also not scrupled to state that by the church I mean the church of Rome, or the church of England in differently. This I beg leave to deny. By the CHURCH I mean the catholic or universal church of Christ, and not any particular branch of it. In this country, the Romanists form no part of the cathdlic church, but they belong to a schism introduced here by Pope Pius V. in 1569, eleven years after Elizabeth ascended the throne. I am afraid that I have already occupied a much larger portion of space than will be agreeable to the hulk of your readers ; but, before I conclude, I would humbly and ear neatly exhort all those who desire the continuance of our church as the established religion of the country, to ask them selves upon what ground they tender it their support. I am, as I have already declared, an ardent advocate of the union between church and state, but I am firmly convinced that our success must depend upon the motives with which we fight the battle. If we build up our cause in the strong foun dation of church principles, I am sure that nothing will be able to withstand our efforts to preserve the establishment ; but, if on the other hand we make common cause with those who for the sake of advancing their own views, desire only the political existence of the church, I am persuaded that the overthrow of both church and state will result from the unnatural alliance. It is quite possible, sir, that the very essence of popery,—a popish spirit, may exist in those who look with horror on the peculiar doctrines of the papacy ; and surely, for the sake of a little temporary advantage, to join ourselves with those "who cause divisions" among us, is very like acting upon the jesuitical dogma, that the end sanctifies the means. No man can be more anxious than my self for the extirpation of the Romish schism from this ca tholic country; but I do not think that we are justified in attempting to put down Rome at the expence of putting up Geneva; in endeavouring to destroy the traditions of popery at the cost of favouring the traditions of Wesley and Calvin. I have now done. lam quite aware that the opinions ad vocated in the foregoing letter will subject me to the charge of bigotry, intolerance, narrow-mindedness, and all the other accusations which the cant of the day heaps upon those who endeavour to act consistently. But really, I consider it an honor to be called a bigot in these times ; for, " done into English,"—the word means, a person who, having made up his mind as to the principles on which he should act, pursues his course without deviating to the right hand or to the left for the sake of obtaining the character of a liberal and cha ritable man. I am, sir, your very obedient servant, THOMAS BRIARLY BROWNE , Portland-place, Everton, 26th Nov. 1840. RADICAL " LIBERALITY." TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR, — Having heard various rumours of late respecting our " liberal" town councillors and their " DOINGS ' t in the " Tradesmen's Reform Association," can you inform me if it is true that a " proposition" was made a few days ago to remove an'old-tried servant of 15 years standing out of the " Dock Estate," to make way for that disinterested sup porter of radicalism and infidelity, Mr. Tinpot Atkinson, one s of the very SUCCESSFUL " lions" of North Torteth Ward I—l am, Sir, yours respectfully,' Shaw-street, 30th Nov. A " RATE-PAYER." SICK AND BURIAL CLUBS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, - - seen an inquiry in your last Friday's publi cation, emanating from the Secretary of the Bolton Opera tive Conservative Association, in which he appears anxious to form, in conjunction with the said society, a sick and burial club, I am induced from your request, and for the information of himself or any other parties, to hand you the following particulars, trusting you will give them insertion in your next. There is no sick and burial society in Liverpool in con nexion with the Conservative Operative Association ; but I have the honour to he the president of the Protestant Be nevolent Society, which is exclusively Protestant : it is insti tuted for the purpose of relieving the sick, and the decent in terment of members and their wives, is governed by rules according to act of Parliament, and though not formed for political purposes, out of upwards of ninety members there is not one who is not devotedly attached to our glorious consti tution in church and state. This society was established in November, 1837; its members and funds have gradually in creased from that time to the present. At the period of its formation application was made to the worthy representatives of this borough, Lord Sandon and Cresswell Cresswell, Esq., who with their wonted kindness and liberality became its patrons, and annual contributors to its funds ; there are also fourteen honorary members, who contribute one guinea each annually. It has been asked by some, why a society o f thi s kind requires honorary support? Because, in its infancy, the small sum contributed by each member would not be a sufficient provision in case of many members falling sick ; hence it is, without such help great doubts might be enter tained of its permanency, whereas with honorary aid the officers of the Protestant Benevolent Society have reason to hope that in a few years they will have funds not only avail able for their present benefits but also for the succour of the widow and the orphan. I beg, in conclusion, to observe, if the Secretary of the Bolton Operative Conservative Association will oblige me with his address, I will forward him a copy of our rules and the last annual report, with any further particulars he may require.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, C. S. ROWLANDS, Dentist, &c. : 6, Tithebarn-street, Liverpl. P.P.S.--I believe there i s a sick and burial society in c o on_ junction with the Operative Conservative Association in Preston, and another at Manchester : full particulars of the former may be known by applying to J. Armstrong, Esq., solicitor, Preston; and of the latter, to J. B. Wanklyn, Beg., Manchester. MISLEADING A REPORTER, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—You admit, I perceive, with your usual candour, that one or two inaccuracies have occurred in your report of what took place at the Welsh dinner given to Sir Joshua Walmsley last Monday. It is allowed, I believe, by all parties that no journal in this town excels yours in fidelity and copiousness; and, therefore, there is none that can better afford to apologise when an error has accidentally crept in. _ _ But the matter of which many members of that meeting complain is, not the inexperience of your assistant . reporter, but they complain of what may b e a very serious evil, of what might be attended with bad consequences to the press and to the public—and that is, that one of the guests at the table did impose upon your assistant reporter, names and titles of his own fabrication, while others, at least equal to himself, were strangely omitted. For instance, he put down our worthy Mayor as, Mr. Thomas Bolton—and modestly set himself down squire —the only squire in the room. I am aware that some impute thi s i nv idi ous di stinction to your differencein political opinions from our chief magis trate, but I am convinced it is not so ; and that I have charged the wrong at the right door. If this violation of good manners and dec ency i s d en i e d , I am prepared to go furtherinto it. lamin . a position (thanks to the gentlemen present) to enquire whether the young man was not himself misled by scraps of notes handed to him from time to time by a preceptor, who was bound by nature and duty to shew him good example. But there are some who prefer crooked ways to straight ones—who pass muster by a fair exterior — who live upon contrivances—but who, at length, are fre quently caught in their own craftiness. It is hoped that the young gentleman will profit by this gentle reproof—that he will, in future, shun bad example, and that he will hereafter remember that " h ones ty i s the best policy, and innocence the great es t w i s d om ."—l remain, Sir, Your obedient Servant, JUSTITIA. The Queen Dowager arrived in town on Saturday ; a n d, as it is understood that the infant Princess Royal is to receive the names of " Adelaide Victoria Louisa," there seems good ground to suppose that her Majesty will be one of the god mothers' when the interesting ceremony of the baptism shall take place. STEEPLE CHASE.—A steeple chase is expected to conic off on the 10th of December, at Dorney, a short distance from Windsor, between . the Ist regim ents o f l i fe guards and the GOth rifles, in garrison in that town. Amongst the riders who have been named, are Lord William Beresford, Sir H a rvey Bruce, and Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. On Monday night four convicts made their escape from the Leviathan hulk, in this harbour, by effecting an entrance into the steward's roo m , out of the porthole of which one. of them dropped, and swam towards a boat, of which he took pos session, and came b ac k f or his comrades, who accompanied him to the shore. On their escape being made known, search was made for them in all directions ; and in the course of Tuesday morning they were discovered in the game preserves eorsf who, conceiving Thist themletliwayte to be , near Southwick, by the gamekeep poachers, took them into custody, but not until the convicts had strongly resisted (one of them having made an attempt to stab one of the keep ers with a k n if e ) , and been well cudgelle d . On being secured, they were brought here in a cart, and safely lodged again on board the hulk. Three of these convicts are well known des perate characters, and are under sentence of transportation for life . the third is under sentence for a less heinous crime. — Hampshire Telegraph.