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

CONTRACTS FOR PANTALOONS AND - 1300T°; BOROUGH,OF LINERPOOL. WATCH COMMITTEE HEREBY GIVE NO will be ready, on SATURD-kY, the 3d of TENDERS for supplying by ARTICLES for the CONSTA- M Pubs of Wool-dyed Blue !O Pairs of Leather BOOTS. I. TICE, tt LA RY FORC th PANTA LO( !cted_ any day, between th clock in the A 3.iternoon, at tilt ,stable, until the 30th instant se Tenders will be accepted, will have to 1 Contract with the Watch Committee for thereof ; and als9 engage to complete and JO or before the Ist day of December next, nal, in cash, at the expiration cf one pt thos pay for any sample patterns sent approved of by them for the !rote from the sample patterns, must 's Office, not later than Friday, the 2d !cl to the Committee of the Watch " Tender for Clothing." CAPES ASHLIN, Secretary Fernvii ith, 1840 .street Marley Will, 22d September, 1840 ) THE ELECTORS OF EXCHANGE WARD. !quisition, very numerously signed by ial body of Electors connected with again to offer myself as a Candidate sts in the Town Council ; and I have uunicating to you thus earlymycor- itation, anS of assuring you that I am honour conferred upon me by the ex- :11 I professed and . advocated thr ee hen had your sanction and approval, to my views of the erection of Warehouses istees, I need only refer you to the amend !' upon this subject, which 1 had the honour 'own Council on the 2nd of October, 1839, /lad this amendment been adopted, all the .ages to the port would have been secured— ests of a large number of individuals would 2ted — and a very large sum of money, spent pplication to Parliament, would have been me to repeat what I have before shall continue to advocate those en ommercial policy which have raised town to its present eminence, and I maintain the civil and ecelesias „ I am nevertheless desirous s of safe and useful reform. ours, faithfully THOMAS SANDS concurring entirely in the opinion that great mblic improvements ought !lotto be stayed irivate interest, and that, on the other hand, are entitled to every protection consistent nod, this Council resolve, that equal justice red, and every contemplated benefit secured, Committee to sell or let on long action, such positions of the dock think suitable for the erection of ware is and conditions, for ensuring the , f, as may be hereafter determined ,ers proposed by the Dock Commit bit limited accordingly ;—and that, ratification, the resolution of the Dock ENDENT ELECTORS Of CHANGE WARD. ) THE INDEI honour to be invited by a large and Jle Public Meeting, of the Electors of come forward as a Candidate for the Re- Ward, in the Town Council, at the ensu etion, I now beg to solicit yuur Votes in led any public situation, I cannot appeal he cause of the people, as a claim for your 112 a for your suffrages ; but should you of your Representatives at the Council self to he faithful to your interest, and to all measured tending, in my opinion, ►t the Town, and to promote the wel iasses of our community. Lineation of the People is of the utmost intimately connected with their phy well-being, I will give my best support of education now pursued in the Cor ig persuaded that these could never be they now are, if placed under the ex it of the Clergy of any denomination that the erection of Warehouses upon , uld tend materially to the dispatch of e the security of property, I will, by all further those measures now in progress, is desirable object. xposition of my opinions upon Municipal th your approval, I shall look forward with Lir support on the day of Election. Yours, faithfully, WILLIAM WOOD ICS' INSTITUTION 7NT STREET )AY next, 30th September instant, at n P. M., ROBERT ADDAMS, Esq., of lenee a COURSE of SIX LECTURES to be illustrated with a most extensive COURSE of SIX LECTURES on ssor PHILLIPS, of York. in progress for COURSES of SIX ssor ESPY, on the LAW of STORMS, by B. R. HAYnoN, Esq., on Ist October, the next Quarter of the A.RATORY SCHOOLS will commence. )1 the Course consists of instruction in d Composition, Arithmetic, Mathema- Ily, Writing and Drawing, Classics and h day being devoted to each depart- Guineas per annum, and 4s. per guar . Payable quarterly in advance. PUPILS.—Those Boys who may branches of instruction comprised may select one or more of the de ie following terms :—For one department, • varter ; for two departments, 15s. each ; ;, 12s. 6d. each ; one hour being devoted to 'A.RATOItX SCHOOL is intended for those ige, or the want of the necessary attainments, or ionmediate admission into the High Sehool. GUINEAS per annum, and 45. per quarter for is required that the Par en t or the P u pil the Institution. the HIGH and LOWER DAY Schools, a kTURAL PHILOSOPHY. and a EMISTRY, qualified to teach the ele iilosopl'y. They will be required to de 1,.., (in equal proportions) to the two I lour hours per week in the Evening n salary will he 200 Guineas per an intending applicants to be lodged, on 13th of October, with the Secretary, rination may be obtained. minimu —lt being the intention of the out the plan of a Normal School for e Prospectus of the Institution, is hereby intimated, that young 1, who are desirous of qualifying !rs, will have an opportunity of CTICE of their profession, in the superintendence of the Principal salaay will at first be given, but ill enjoyed:le privilege of Members access to the Library, the Immediate application to the SeeretarY. )n of Ten Guineas, or upwards, constitutes the a Life M em b er . Annual Members, One Gin hum ; Ladies"ficket, Half-a-Guinea ; Sons or of Members, Five Shillings ; Apprentices of ars, Half-a -Guinea. B. HODGSON, Secretary AL OF THE MONEY MARKET EVENING.—The great operators in the Eng lay were the Hebrews, who made large bar n, and prices consequently became even more i yesterday. Another circumstance, and an too, may be - mentioned a:skeeping the market Y, a demand for money, which sprung up in the ) supply which, sales of Exchequer Bills were iccounts for the decline in the premium borne ty. Consols for Money left off 87 to-I, and ut 87 to 8. Exchequer Bills closed 5s to is ank Stock maintains 1661 to 1671. lion of the Queen of Spain in favour of the Es soon rallied the value of Spanish at the opening ❑d the Active Bonds were in one instance done creasing depression in Consols, however, nprovement, and the last price marked was uese Bonds were slightly influenced, and an e took place, but it rats not long sustained : were quoted 32.1 to and the Three per The other Foreign Stocks have given way weakness of the markets. -Some purchases of money stock ral- English Funds in the course of the day, ed upon yesterday's prices, At the close er under a quartet per cent. The tem jobbers being supplied, money is now Stock Exchange. Consols for Money 1 for the Account, 88k, buyers; Bank and Exchequer Bills, ss. to 7s. prem. )een no great extent of business done in :he prices of the leading speculative se- I n Spanish the bargains were mostly for Bonds left ofr at 22i to ; Portugue se , Ditto Three per Cents 50 to 1, and '9 to 100. Belgian, and the Transatlantic . Belgian c l ose d 96 to 98 ; i 7 to 79 . ,. Colombian, 221. to ,nd Ditto New 27i to 81. able advices from Liverpool and 1 of the Share Market there, have Birminzliain were last quoted 75 tb rn 16 to 17 prm.; Brighton 11 to 101 Lo 3 dis. ;',4 to COURT CIRCULAR FRIDAY Albert, ttended by Major- Bowater, arrived in town, yesterday r Castle, and paid a visit of condolence of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. His so visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager, House, an d their Royal Highnesseg the !x and Catobride, at Clarence House, St. , attended by Sir E. Bowater, returned to in the afternoon. of Gloucester visited her Majesty the Qfteen ray, at Marlborough llouse. Sussex and Cambridge attended, yesterday, ".. and afterwards visited the Queen Dow- House. Marlboro ire magistrates . have resolved b y a considerable the rural police should n u t b e established entire West Riding. But it was consequently le motion of the chairman , Lordwharnatre, able to establish it in certain districts of the cominittee was appointed to define the limits ets and to report to the next adjourned se , roposition was carried by a majority of only SECOND EDITION. Standard Office, Three o'clock DREADFUL FIRE AT DEVONPORT PARTIAL DESTRUCTION OF THE ROYAL NAVAL ARSENAL- HALF A MILLION OF PROPERTY DESTRO I-ED (From theDevoneort Telegraph.) At half-past four this morning, (Sunday,) an alarm was given to the superintendent of the dock-yard police, Lieut. Williams, that the Talavera line-of-battle ship, in the North Dock, was on fire. All hands were instantly on the spot, with the engines; but so terrific were the flames as to give proof that the total destruction of the ship was to succeed. The fire-bells were then rung, and the workmen, with the military, called in. The tide was high, and plenty of water consequently at hand ; but nothing appeared to subdue the fury with which the fire extended southwards, the direction in which the other docks and building-slips lay, as well as the rigging-house, sail-loft, and all the store-houses. At a quarter to five o'clock, the Talavera was one mass of flame, which, communicating with the shed over head, threatened to carry the fire to the extremity of the yard. The Minden line of battle ship, lying at the stern of the Talavera, which took fire a-head, at one time appeared in evitably doomed; but the wind shifting a point, and by the most strenuous exertions of the engines, the progress of the flames astern was stopped ; but what appeared to be the cause of the prevention of this danger only carried it in another direction, as the roof of the shed adjoining took fire, and the dense volumes of smoke for a time appeared to choke the flame. Beneath this shed were kept the figure-heads of some of the ships which, having borne the brunt of the battle, were after the peace broken up; and these slight remembrances of their achievements were kept with a degree of pride. At the eastern end hung the flag of our never-to-be-forgotten naval hero, Nelson, under which he fought the battle of Tra falgar ; and opposite, the flag of Lord Exmouth at the battle of Algiers. An attempt was gallantly made by a young man to save them, but the fire was too fierce, and the attempt was given up for the safety of the party who made it. Speedily suc ceeding the firing of this shed,the one adjoining also took flame, in which was the Imogene frigate. This was also completely destroyed. To subdue the flames here appeared to be fruitless, and an attempt was made to prevent a furtler extension by playing the engines upon the building opposite, hut without success, and the whole range, together with a large pile of timber under a shed, were in flames. Eight o'clock.—The fire is still burning, but will now be confined merely to the consumption of the timber and materials. The loss, at a rough estimate, is said to be from £400,000 to £500,000 ; this appears to be an extreme amount, but that the destruc tion is immense there can be no doubt. No account can yet be collected as to the origin of the tire ; no party has been at work on board the ship in which it originated for several weeks ; at four o'clock there was nothing like tire seen, and at half-past five the ship was in a flame fore and aft. The strictest inquiry will no doubt be instituted as to the cause, and, for the credit of the executive, it is to be hoped that no want of caution from a false economy has led to this severe national loss. LWERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,-THIS DAY Although there was every indication of fine settled wea ther on Friday last, it has since been variable here ; and in the northern districts of the kingdom, harvest, still more or less subjected to frequent rains, is reported to be in a state of slow rnd tedious progression. Of any article coastwise the receipts into this per conti nue very small ; but of Irish new produce arriva!s are be ginning to increase, and ere long we anticipate ample supplies thence. From abroad the imports consist chiefly of a moderate quantity of Wheat and upwards of 27,000 barrels of Flour, nearly all of which, arriving on or befo.e the 24th instant, the former was admitted to entry at lOs 8d per er., the latter at 6s 5d per barrel duty. Upon a limited number of millers at this day's market, Wheat of all descriptions moved off very sparingly, and the decline of Friday being applicable to . the best as well as to the inferior qualities of English, Irish, and Foreign, we re duce our quotations generally Id to 2d per 701bs from the rates of this day se'nnight.—Flour attended with a moderate demand only, was the turn cheaper. Of new Malting Barley none has yet appeared, and con sequently, no certain prices are determined : meantime, grinding samples of foreign are rather more saleable at our last currency. Malt, Beans, and Pease, continued to rule much the same as on Friday. Having a fair, steady demand for both old and new Oatr, and the latter being mostly of very good quality, there was a tolerable clearance of each this morning on the terms last notel—Old and new Oatmeal were also in improved request at our reduced quotations. ARRIVALS OF CORN, From the 22nd to the 28th September, 1840, indusitm, IRK- I COAST- I UNITRDI 1 , 0- TOTAI LAND. WISIC. .STATES.( REIGN. DESCRIPTION Wheat Qrs. ' 665 25 3772 • 2710 7172 Barley Qrs. 52 33 1;7 264 Malt Qrs. 44 502 346 Oats Qrs. 2606 243 2849 Rye ' Qrs. Beans Qrs. 13: 151 Pease . Qrs. 22 137 159 Shelled Barley . Qrs. Indian Corn . . . Qrs. Rapeseed Qrs. Oatmeal .. . . Loads 3511 330 3841 Flow . Sacks! 230 101 339 Ditto . Brls. ! 6 1 ) 12840 • 11109 27301 EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, qrs. ; Barley, —qrs. ; Oats, 75 qrs. ; Pease, 25 qrs.; Oatire 11, is loads. ; Flour, 28 brls.— Ireland. Wheat, 823 qrs.; Oats, 12 qrs. ; Rye, 12 qrs.; Indian Corn, 12 qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads ; Flour, 38 sacks.—Coaht. wise. Wheat, 641 qrs.; Barley, 19 qrs.; Malt, 7 qrs. ; Oats, 1097 qrs. ; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Beaus, qrs. ; Pease, qrs.; Oat meal, 89 loads ; Flour, 212 sacks, 311 3 brls. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Sept. 18, 1840. Wheat.. 645. 2d. I Barley 365. Bd. I Oats.. 253. led. Rye.. 393. Sd Beans.. 456. tid. 1 Pease.. 4 Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat .. 695. 3d. I Barley.. 31s. dd. 1 Oats.. 295. sd. I Rye.. 395. 4d Beans— 465. 10d. Pease—A-is. id. Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week. Wheat las.Sd. Barley 10s. 10d. Oats .... 3s. 3d. Rye .. 1 Is. Od I 1 I Beans, Is. Od. Pease.. 3s. 6d. I Ind. Corn 10s.10d Flour Ss. 2id Liverpool Averages, week ending 22nd September, is-io. Wheat. I Barley. Oat;. I Beans. Pease. 709 - 2583 1 30 -- 635. 10d. Os. Od. 235. 3d. 525. Otl. Os. Od SESECM=g%Manowl= Mat== FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. (From the Paris Papers of Thursday.) The Temps says, " It is asserted, in certain well-informed political circles, that Baron Bulow is in disgrace with his Sovereign, the King of Prussia, for having signed the treaty of July 15. His Majesty is stated to have said, that the baron was authorised to sign in the absence of France, but not without. her knowledge." " The Duke of °deals," says the commerce, takes an active part in what is going on at the office of the Minister of War. where he passes daily three or four hours, and where he frequently meets M, Thiers, who does as much business in the rue Saint Dominique as in the rue Neuvu des Ca pucines." M. Guizot, according to the Univers, intends being in Paris at the opening of the session, to take part in the debates which must arise on the question of the east, and which will lead to explanations of the positions in which M. Guizot and M. 'Tiers stand with regard to each other. The Minister of the Marine has given orders to French manufacturers for 14 steam engines of 450 horse-power each, for the projected Transatlantic packets. Of this number four are to be constructed at the royal forges of Indret, four by M. Cave, of Paris, three by Messrs. Schneider, of Creuzot, and three by M. Hallet, of Arras. A Liege paper mentions that Madame Veuve Cockerill has renounced the community of rights of property that existed between her and her late husband. On the demand of the heirs, the court of Liege has prorogued for six months the delay granted by the law for making out the list of the property. The ifnivers says it has received a letter from a well-in formed correspondent in London, announcing that all the members of the House of Commons who disapprove of the dangerous policy of Lord Palmerston, are about to sign a protest against the alliance with Russia, and deprecating a rupture with France. In the event of this policy being per sisted in, says the Univers, they will withdraw their support from the Ministry, not only on the question of the east, but on all other questions also. Lord Palmerston, says this journal, persists. however, in his policy, and has declared to a high personage that France will not venture to oppose him, and that all her armaments and preparations for war, are merely for the purpose of calming the warlike enthusiasm of the country. Some experiments with flying bridges and boats were made a few days ago upon the Rhine, near Strasburg. Iu the first instance a bridge of a new construction for the passage of troops was thrown over in 20 minutes. Three flotillas of boats, supported by a gun-boat, were next brought forward, in regular order, to represent the passage and debarkation of troops. At the same time a flying-bridn, capable of bear.• ing 300 men, came down the stream, and fixing its anchors in the middle, by the mere force of the current expanded its arms, and in three minutes reached from bank to bank. The next experiment was with a bridge of boats, which, in an hour and a half, would enable an army to cross a wide river. The last experiment was an attempt to pass under the bridge in very small and slight boats, so as to defy the power of the current. Several men, alter having directed their course to the bridge, lay down in the boats, and passed rapidly and safely under the bridge. SPAIN I‘IA SEPT. 17.—1 t is reported h ere t h at the Queen of Great Britain Britain has written an autograph letter to the Queen Regent, in which she offers her assistance, and to send her a naval force from Gibraltar to Valencia, to act under her command._ . Orense, Oviedo, Santona, and Castro de U r di a l es , h ave sent in their adhesion to the provisional junta. Th ey h ave formed their resuectivc juntas. Dou If:varisto San Miguel has been named president of the junta of Ovieda. An insurrectionary movement has been attempted at Pam pcluna, but has been repressed by General Ribero at the head of his troops. The general threatened to place the town under martial law, and shoot all who should attempt to re new disturbances. A similar attempt was made at St. Se bastian, hut was put down by the energy of the commandant. The Bishop of Soria, a very celebrated preacher, while proceeding through his diocese, was arrested by order of the supreme junta, and thrown into prison at Badajos. The Eco del Contercio attributes all the misfortunes which have befallen Spain since 1837 to the policy of the French government. Sheridan Knmvl:s . 's new tragedy, " J o h n o f P roc id a ; or, Bridalsth h e eatre ol i Saturday nigh t, was performed at Covent-garden T night, for the first time, with complete success. QUEEN'S (OUNTY.—A letter from Mont Mel:ick gives a most appalling account of the state of thousand s an d t ens o f thousands of the peopl e in th is county for want of food, and that a miller in the neighbou rhood of Maryborough, who gave out a vast quantity of Wheaten meat and oatmeal, upo n p r omissory notes, has contracted With a s p s r e oc s t e .o s r s- t s h e e rv r e e r co f v o e r ry a sum,_ not less than £5, to ser ve the P of the debts. The letter proceed s tor sta te that a p erson w h o drew a certain sum from a loan-fund b ecame unable to pay ; the min who stood engaged as his surer " himse:f, raised money to discharge the de bt, enga ging for l to pay an interest of ss. to the pound. The debtor gave ut his corn t) his friend to reimburse himself. The lan dl or d , OWS ever, comes down upon the corn , and has it seized for hi rent. The corn is taken away by night, and the man to whom it had been made over by the owner is appreh end ed and c )mwitted to Marvborough gaol upon a charg e of felony. ed , _ Thus runs the struggle between the necessities of t he people and the demands upon them. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL POSITIVELY THE LAST FOUR NIGHTS OF THE FRENCH COMPANY OF PERFORMERS, From the Prince's Theatre, (late St. James's,) London, who are engaged for a limited period, and will appear in a va riety of French Dramas ; the principal characters in which will be sustained by the following Performers from the Parisian Theatres : Messrs. ARMAND, Mesdames EDLIN, TOURTOIS, PILATI, ISIDORE, VICTORINE, EUGENE, DE RUEL, AUGUSTE, CLEM ENCE, CHARLES. CLOTILDE. THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 29th instant, the entertainments will commence with the Musical Drama of LOVE LAUGHS AT LOCKSMITHS. After which, S VIEUX PECH.ES ; OU, LE MAIER ET LA DANSEUSE. By the French Company. To be followed by the Farce of A PLEASANT NEIGHBOUR. To conclude pith LE MARI DE LA DAME DE CIREURS. Vaudeville en Deux Ades, par M. Duvert. The characters by the French Company. _ TO-MORROW, for th; BENEFIT of MADAME DE RUEL, the favourite Drama of PERFECTION. Kate O'Brien, Madame Pilati, in which character she was received with most enthusiastic applause on Friday Evening.—After which, LES BRODEQUINS DE LISE. Vaudeville en an Acte. The principal characters by Madame de Ruel, M. Tourtois, M. Armand, M. Eugene, and M. Auguste.—To conclude with ROBERT MACAI RE. By the French Com pany, which was received throughout, on Friday Evening, with shouts of laughter and applause. THE LIVERPOOL ANNUAL EXHIBITION. rr HE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of the LIVERPOOL ACADEMY of WORKS of MODERN ARTISTS IS NOW OPEN for the Season, from Nine until Dusk. Admission, Is. Catalogue, Is. Season Ticket, ss. SAMUEL EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Academy. Exhibition Rooms, Postoffice-place, September 14, 1840. EXHIBITION. THE LAST WEEK BUT ON/ CAPTAIN SIBORN'S MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. THE celebrated MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO is NOW OPEN for EXHIBITION at the GALLERY OF THE UNION ROOMS, Slater street, Bold-street. Open from Ten in the Morning till Ten at Night. Ad mission, One Shilling each. TO CORRESPONDENTS We have no reply to make to the application from No. 21, Lincoln's- I nn-Fields, London. E,be Ztherpool &tanbaCti. TUESDAY MORNING, SEP7T,MBER 29, 1840 We have received our files of the Guiana Chronicle to the 31st of July, inclusive. These papers only supply us with intermediate dates, as we have already acknowledged the receipt of a file of the Guiana Times to the 10th of August. They are chiefly occupied with extracts from the English journals on the subject of immigration into the West Indies. From an advertisement which appears in one of the papers before us, we learn that Mr. Bernard Reis pro poses to form a settlement of Germans on the River Essequibo, after the plan of Manheim on the Rhine, to contain at least 2,000 inhabitants in two years, with the prospect of a proportionate increase (annually, we presume,) to the population, by the arrival of families able to purchase, with their own means, houses and small lots of the land. The city of Cincinatti, on the Ohio, is referred to as presenting an example of the growth of such a settlement as that proposed by Mr. Reis. He is very sanguine that, in the space of four or five years, the colony will enjoy "the advantages and pleasures of a fine, richly populated city, about 100 miles up the Essequibo." The soil in the neighbour hood upon which he has fixed is, as in most other parts of British Guiana, exuberantly rich ; while the climate is exceedingly healthy, and attractive to invalids. Mr. Reis does not propose to convert British Guiana from a sugar-growing country into a manufacturing one ; but he leaves it to the operation of circumstances to . maintain its rank as it may in the production of the West India staple, and to enrich it by a new class of labourers—persons who, with the means of settling themselves as respectable tenants, will be found willing to contribute, by individual toil, to their personal com fort, and to the prosperity of the colony. We have received our files of the Jamaica Standard and Royal Gazette to the 15th of August, inclusive. The Royal Gazette expresses itself in more cheerful terms than usual when speaking of the future prospects. of this once great and nourishing colony. . We hope that the sanguine expectations of the editor will not be disappointed. He appears to think that " the British Government, at last roused from the apathy and indif ference with which they viewed every act of the Legis- lative Assembly, have ceased their determined hostility, and seem now eager to do all in their power to stem the torrent of the misfortunes" of Jamaica. We are sorry to inform the editor of the Gazette that this opinion rests upon a very uncertain foundation. Our bungling and incapable ministry have become too much em broiled in their disputes with foreign powers to pay much attention to our colonial interests, even if we could give them credit for entertaining any serious in tention to do justice to the planters. We quite agree with the Royal Gazette that the ad ministration of Sir Charles Metcalfe, if he is permitted by the Home Government to carry out his policy un molested, is calculated to support the drooping spirits of the inhabitants of Jamaica. He has acted hitherto a firm, uncompromising, and impartial part. He suf fers no abuse of power or authority to go unchecked. He keeps himself aloof from the fawning and hypo critical 'sycophant, the malignant backbiter, and the agitating demagogue, and seems determined, in all matters, to judge and act for himself. Under his ad. ministration, political excitement—the great bane of the colony, and the most serious impediment to its pro sperity—is rapidly subsiding. The only parties who are inclined to find fault with Sir Charles Metcalfe are the Baptist missionaries and their misguided dupes. These men, who have long made a profitable trade of agitation, now find that their craft is in danger; and their abuse of the executive has accordingly increased within the last few months. Their influence is, how ever, rapidly decreasing. The Rev. Mr. Houghton, one of the most violent of the Baptist agitators, was undergoing an examination before the Insolvent Debtors' Court, at Kingston, he having announced that he intended to take the benefit of the act. His appearance in court was the signal for collecting a rabble in the streets, among whom the most preposterous reports were spread. Amongst others, it was stated that a party'of police had been sent to take down his pulpit ! The origin of these rumours it is not difficult to guess at. A letter from the mountains of St. Elizabeth states that much rain had recently fallen in that neighbour hood; but that the effect of the drought was severely felt on some of the coffee properties to the southward, and particularly towards the savannahs. The roads, in many parts of the island, were so much cut up that many properties were unable to cart their sugars, &c., to the shipping places. Respecting the habits of the negroes in Jamaica, after two years of unrestricted freedom, we are still furnished with very unfavourable accounts. The prin cipal complaint against them, independently of their general indisposition to accede to the proposals of the proprietors, is, that they bring very few agricultural productions to the markets. The island is almost en tirely dependent upon foreign countries for its supplies of corn. Fruit is occasionally brought to the market, but it is generally stolen. To such a pitch, indeed, has the plundering of provisions and fruit attained, that those who are inclined to plant, dread the predatory habits of the others so much, as rather to run the risk and expense of purchasing, than that of cultivating their lands. With regard to fruit, it is said to be "no uncommon thing for the owner to find his fence de stroyed, his trees stripped, and marks left of the asses and panniers which had been used to carry away the stolen produce." The Royal Gazette adds that "if the labourers have an object to attain, such as a certain sum of money for any desired purpose, they will con tinue to work until it is accomplished, and the n th e y will stop." It appears that no entreaty will prevail upon them to do more than a certain quantity of work. Doubts were entertained as to the possibility of ob taining immigrants for Jamaica from the United States, the tide of immigration from that country hav ing set in in favour of Trinidad and British Guiana. The Cornwall Chronicle suggests that the most useful daises of labourers, and those best adapted for the island, might be obtained from the agricultural districts of Scotlaud and England. These labourers, it is al leged, would be delighted witi i the country—would live cheerfully—and conduce to the rural wealth and in lustry of the island. The same paper deprecates the introduction of continental labourers. The labour is such as can be easily performed by a native of Great Britain. We had imagined that the tricky resources of the Protector Society were exhausted, and that they would have been satisfied with the retribution which they have drawn upon their own heads. We have been disap pointed. The dirty creatures are at their work again. Their last trick has been to send in upwards of 1000 claims to be rated 'on the part of the occupiers of cellars in various parts of the town. Yes, upwards of 1000 tenants of cellars—themselves among the most indi gent of the inhabitants of the parish—claim to be rated for the relief of the poor ! We know that this wretched manauvre will prove a signal failure ; but we also know that a very large proportion of these newly assessed popish ratepayers will themselves become, at no distant period, a burthen upon the parochial rates. Merchants and tradesmen of Liverpool ! this is the way in which the self-styled liberals deal with your inte rests. Can any one of you, after this, ever so far stultify himself as to vote for a liberal ? Let your purses and your pockets answer the question. We earnestly request our conservative friends to be prompt and vigilant in their attendance at the registra tion courts. We have the strongest reason for urging upon their notice this advice. The radicals are making, and will continue to make, the most strenuous and persevering efforts to secure the rights which they have so scandalously arrogated on behalf of their pauper vo ters. We are sorry to hear that there exists a degree of culpable indifference on this subject among a large class of the conservative electors. Thit feeling ought in stantly to give place to a strong resolve to fulfil an act of imperative duty to themselves and to the country. The conservatives of Liverpool should remember that the present year may terminate their anxiety on the subject of the registry, g iv giving them such a prepon derating influence in electoral matters, as to render ut terly hopeless any further trickery on the part of the radical faction. '!`he Albion of yesterday contains a leading article professedly in reply to the strictures which we offered in our last on the attack which our contemporary made .upon the proceedings of the Diocesan Society. We say professedly, becauSe the Albion does not deal fairly with any one of our statements. This being the case, we do not feel called upon to enter into any lengthened defence. The Albion is extremely anxious to disclaim the character of being "the recognised organ of any reli gious denomination whatever." Be it so. We must henceforth consider our contemporary as an anything ai:ifin in religious matters. It is utterly indifferent to the Albion whether Protestantism, Popery, Dissent, or Socialism, be in the ascendant in this country. For aught that the editor of that very exemplary journal cares, Christianity, Mahometanism, or Heathenism, may become, in turns, the established religion of Great Britain. He " refers to religious proceedings only as they affect the national interest." Indeed ! Do not religious proceedings uniformly affect the national interest ? If so, how can he justify his indifference on so important a subject ? We beg leave to remind the Albion that the speakers at the Diocesan meeting were called to task in its columns simply because they spoke of religious proceedings in reference to their influence upon national interests. This, in the opinion of our contemporary, constituted the "head and front of their offending ;" and yet he professes to act upon the same principle himself. Let him learn a little more consistency in future. It turns out that our contemporary, when he pro nounced " science to be only another term for truth," merely implied the "exact sciences"—the pure and mixed mathematics, mechanics, &c. Is he not aware that geology, chemistry, and many other depart ments of human knowledge have been dubbed " sciences." It was to the variations and contradic tions in these that we alluded. It is quite obvious that our contemporary has entirely lost sight of the abstract meaning of the word " science." We look upon the great meeting, held last night, at the Amphitheatre, as one of the most important that has ever been witnessed in Liverpool. It has afforded us another proof—if proof were wanting—elf the unflinching attachment of a large mass of the working classes of this ancient borough to the principles of the Established Church. It has likewise afforded a triumphant refutation to the falsehoods which have recently been put into circulation respecting the de sertion of a large number of the free burgesses from the Conservative ranks. We appeal to the five thousand individuals who were present at the meeting last night whether the freemen of Liverpool have not been grossly calumniated by the introduction of such a charge. From the appearance of the meeting of last night we feel more than ever convinced that the safety and integrity of the British empire, and the preservation in unimpaired efficiency and vigour of its free constitu tion, depend chiefly upon the unwavering attachment of the Protestant democracy of these realms to the Church of England, and upon their zealous mainte nance of the grand principle of PROTESTANT ASCENDANCY. The great source of danger to the government of Great Britain is from the ascendancy of.Popery, and its consequence, a divided allegiance. Against this danger it is impossible to be too much upon our guard. It is with the greatest satisfaction, therefore, that we hail every fresh attempt to erect a barrier against the aggressions of Papal domination. We feel assured that the example which has been so nobly set by the operative classes in Liverpool will exercise a salutary influence over other parts of the kingdom, and that the day is not far distant when every city, town, and hamlet in Great Britain will have its Association of Protestant Operatives. We recommend a careful perusal of the speeches delivered last night. They will be found fraught with political wisdom of the highest order. ' INQUEST.—On Friday last, a girl about twelve years old was sent to a pit in Wooton for some water; she did not re turn when she was expected, when they sent in search of her. She was found in the pit, drowned, the can she had taken for water being beside her. An inquest was held on the body on Saturday. Verdict, " Accidentally drowned." FIRE.—On Thursday night last, a fire broke out in the ropery of Messrs. Duncan, Rowett, and Co., Lodge-lane. The engine -house only was consumed. One of the firemen had a narrow escape from the falling of a wall : he was much hurt. ACCIDENT.—On Sunday evening, as the Southport mail, which conies in at six o'clock, was passing along Byrom street, the axletree suddenly snapped, the near fore wheel flew off, and the coach toppled partially over. There were only two persons outside, in addition to the driver, and a lady and gentleman inside. The coachman was thrown from his seat and slightly bruised : the others escaped without in jury. FATAL ACCIDENT.—A coroner's inquest was held on Fri day, on the body of a labouring man named Juhn Parry. The deceased was employed, along with others, on Monday, in taking down some houses in Canning-place, and was engaged on the second floor of one of the houses in clearing away the rubbish, and other men were employed in taking down a cross wall which divided two houses, which wall gave way and broke through the floor on which the deceased was standing, and he was buried in the rubbish ; he was taken out and con veyed to the Infirmary, where lie died on Thursday, from in flammation of the chest, produced by the injuries received. A verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned. AWFUL THUNDE R STORM AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Thursday last one of the most appalling thunder storms that had been recollected for a long time visited the neighbour hood of Halsall ; the murky clouds hung with gloomy aspect over the seemingly devoted place—the rain descended in tor rents, while the mighty artillery of Heaven rolled, roared, and thundered, as if threatening at one fell swoop to involve the whole place in one universal ruin. The timid dis tractedly ran to seek a hiding-place in some dark pantry or gloomy cellar, while even the stout-hearted threw down their implements f employment, and lifting their hands and eyes to Heaven, uttered a " Lord, have mercy on us !" with a fervency perhaps previously unknown to their hearts. About 3 o'clock in the afternoon, a person named William Howard had taken shelter in a barn belonging to Mr. Jno. Hesketh, farmer of Halsall, when his attention was arrested by the screams of some person near in apparent agony. He imme diately ran to the place from whence the cries proceeded, when a frightful spectacle presented itself. There lay on the floor, near the shippon-door, one of the sons of Mr. Ilesketh ; lie had received severe injuries on the head and legs, and was unable to move himself.' A yard or two further lay, side by side, his father, Mr. H., and a young man in his employ ; they did not move, and on coming near to them he found they were locked in the arms of death—they had breathed their last : the electric fluid had burst through the roof, and of course had produced the melancholy tragedy. Mr. Hes keth was slightly bruised in the head, his hat was split from the crown to the brim ; but on the other unfortunate victim no wounds appeared—his death was caused merely by the electric shock, and not from any outward wounds. The state of the afflicted family can be better imagined than de scribed, deprived as they were in an instant of a father and a husband. The son is, however, in a fair way of recovery but it is feared he will scarcely be able to attend the sad rites of his father's funeral, who in his company met with that death from which lie so narrowly escaped. An inquest was held on Friday on the remains, and a verdict was re- ; turned according with the above facts. COUNTY POLICE COUR7 YESTERDAY. GAMBLING AT LIVERPOoL RACES—CONVICTION IN THE PENALTY OF IVO HUNDRED POUNDS Shortly after eleven o'clock, the Mayor and William Rath bone, Esq., took their seats, and proCeeded to hear evidence in support of an information lodged by Mr. Dowling, corn• missioner of police, against Mr. William Lynn, proprietor of the Waterloo Hotel, in which the defendant was charged with keeping a certain place, to wit, the grand stand at the Aintree racecourse, for gambling purposes, and with per mitting certain persons to play roulette there on the 23d of the present month. contrary to the statute, which provided that the party so offending should forfeit and pay the sum of two hundred pounds. To this infraction the defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. Lace, one of the clerks to the county magistrates, assisted by Mr. Myers, conducted the case for the prosecu tion ; Mr. Wright acted as agent for the defendant. Charles Mayne was the first witness called. He was ex amined by Mr. Myers, as follows—l am an inspector of the county police ; I was on duty on the Aintree race-course, situated about five miles from Liverpool, on Wednesday, the 23d instant. I went into the grand stand on that occasion. I was at first prevented from going in, but, after I had rea soned with the check-taker, I was allowed to enter. I then proceeded to the first story, and went into the room on the left hand as you go up the stairs. There were fourteen per sons there. Some of them (I would say about nine) were engaged in a play called roulette. I saw a great deal of money on the table, composed of silver and sovereigns. The game was played with a number of black and white marks. Portions of the table were covered with these marks, and I observed the persons betting on the black, red, and white. They had a table, and in the centre of that table there was something like a mahogany dumb-waiter, which was turned round. It moved on a point, and when it was turned round something like a marble went round also in the centre ; and when it ceased turning, the marble became stationary, and then the person who had the management of the game an nounced to the several persons playing whether they had lost or won. I remember seeing the person who had the management of the game handing the silver to the persons that won, and sometimes the parties themselves took up the money ; so that by this means I knew at once who were the winners and who the losers. I saw some place five shillings on a black mark, some five shillings on a red, and some five shillings on a white, and then the dumb-waiter was turned round. I observed some money down before the marble was sent round, and some putting down up to the time it stopped, and then, when it ceased, they took up their money from the different marks, some having lost and some won. I heard them say, at the same time, whether they lost or won, ac cording as the same happened. The person who had the management of the game usually said, " You've lost," and " You've won ;" then they took up the money, and some times that person took up money himself. I have stood in a room, as I did in that, and seen the game played frequently. The person who was sometimes taking up the money, and at the same time guiding the table, appeared to me to lit taking up as a kind of reward. The game there and the game I'had seen played before were similar ; and I should know the peo ple who were playing on this occasion. Cross-examined by Mr. Wright.—This room was in the upper story but one of the grand stand. I would say that it was immediately above the grand saloon. I have been told the game was roulette, and I have no doubt of its having been that game. I never played it myself; if I had, I should have been able to give a better description of it than I am to-day. Jonathan Andrews. an inspector of the Liverpool and county police, stated that he also, on the 23d September, went into the room in the Grand Stand, mentioned by the pre ceding witness. He saw there a table, behind which two men were standing. On the table was necessary apparatus for playing at roulette, and he saw a number of gentlemen there playing at that game. In a room on the opposite side, a si milar game was going on. About ten or fifteen minutes after he had been in the room last referred to, Mr. Lynn came in. He stepped in rather quick, and pointed his finger to one of the keepers of the table. After he bad done so, the game immediately ceased. Witness heard Mr. Lynn say, "Do not be alarmed." He (witness) then left the room. The table produced was similar to those used in the rooms at the Grand Stand. The game of roulette could not be played with that alone. Tables would be required. Inspector Andrews underwent a very long and perplexing cross-examination by Mr. Wright, with respect to his means of knowing whether the.garne described by him as roulette was in fact such, and as to the mode in which the game was played. He stated thatat the last July races but one, he had been told by officers in his company that that game was rou lette ; but he lied no personal knowledge of the fact, having never played at roulette, nor made a table. In consequence of his imperfect knowledge of the game, his answers ex hibited some confusion. When Mr. Lynn said, " Don't be alarmed," he spoke to the gentlemen in the room. Mr. Lynn made some observation when he entered the room, but What it was witness did not hear, owing to the conversation that was going on around him. He did not hear the defend ant say, " I am surprised, gentlemen, that you should be gambling ; stop immediately." He would not swear that Mr. Lynn did not make use of those words. When he stood at the entrance of the rooms, although there was a screen or partition, he could observe that there were persons within ; but he could not form a distinct notion of what they were doing. He was in plain clothes, and did not suppose that Mr. Lynn was aware of his presence. John Poole, inspector of the Liverpool police force, said that he produced a board which was called a roulette board. He had heard the gamblers themselves call it by that name. He was at the race course on the 23d of September. He went into an upper room of the Grand Stand, on the right hand side of the stairs, and saw two tables set out, with a roulette board upon each. There were people in the room, playing. He stayed and watched them for a short time. Ile did not see Mr. Lynn in the room ; but afterwards saw him at the back of the Grand Stand. He (Mr. Lynn) asked wit ness whether he had coma' out for the purpose of laying in formations. He replied that he had received the instruc tions of the magistrates to come there, for the purpose of watching the parties who were gambling. Mr. Lynn said that it was not fair or right for the magistrates to interfere with them : he gave a great deal of money away annually to the charities, and as to gambling, he thought that there was more in the Exchange than there was there. Squire Wovenden, superintendent of the county police, said that he saw the defendant on Saturday, the 19th inst., at the Waterloo Hotel, in Liverpool, and had some conver sation with him. Captain Willis was with him, and he (wit ness) heard the captain tell Mr. Lynn that it was the deter mination of the magistrates to put down the gambling on the Grand Stand and elsewhere. Witness then told the defen dant that he should have to pay him a visit. Mr. Lynn said; " But you will not be admitted on the Grand Stand." He afterwards said that he would let the rooms again. John Hadcock said that he was the assistant-overseer of the poor for the district of Walton, in which the township of Aintree was situated. He made out the rates. He pro duced the rate-book, in which the Grand Stand was assessed to Mr. Wm. Lynn, the defendant, as occupier. One-half of the last rate had been paid. It was paid by Mr. Lynn to witness without any objection. On his cross-examination, the witness stated that Mr. Lynn was also rated for two booths on the race-course ; but be could not tell from per sonal knowledge whether that gentleman was the occupier of the booths. He received his inormation from the overseers, both with respect to the occupancy of those and the Grand Stand. Mr. Whitty, head constable, said that he had heard men tion made by the witnesses of the two rooms in the Grand Stand. He had seen gambling in those rooms at the race: previous to last July. He had seen the game of roulette played there. He also saw it played there at the races pre vious to those just ended. He was not present at the last races. The whole of Mr. Whitty's evidence was objected to by Mr. Wright, as inadmissible on account of its irrelevancy to the present information. Mr. Rathbone, however, overruled the objection. Mr. Wright theh submitted that the case for the informa tion had not been made out. His first ground was, that there was want of proof of occupancy by Mr. Lynn ; and secondly, that if the occupancy had been proved, no evidence had been advanced to show that Mr. Lynn had permitted gambling ; for he contended that, under the statute, it must be proved either that the defendant was the actual occupier of the house, or that he had permitted others to occupy it for gaining. Rathbone retired to consult with his brother magic• trates. In a short time he returned, and said—Mr. Wright. I have oonsidered the evidence in support of the information and your objection, and I consider that information sus. tained. Mr. Lynn, the magistrates of the borough of Liverpool beir g deeply impressed, from painful experience, of the evil consequences of permitting gaming at public tables, which during races have been from time to time erected in the town of Liverpool, encouraging a class of men who live by a viola tion of the laws of their country, have determined to enforce the law, and to put down such pernicious practices. They hope and believe that as respects Liverpool, they have suc ceeded in this attempt. The magistrates of the county have year after year given expression to their determination to pursue the same course as respects the county. Declaratory placards have been issued, and other means have been taken to prove this determination of the magistrates to put down gaming on the grand stand, where the gentry of the county are assembled, and which having been so long permitted to go on there, may not unnaturally be supposed by the poorer classes if not to have the sanction, at least not to evince the honest purpose of the gentry and magistrates there assembled, to put down this flagrant violation of the law. A longer sufferance of this state of things will necessarily lead to . that most dangerous of all i m pre ss ions upon the minds ?t the people, that there is one law for the rich and another for the poor. I need not here dwell upon the magnitude of the evil . inflicted upon society, especially in the neighbourhood of this large town, where the young, the heedless, and theinexpe rienced, are often thrown at once upon all its temptations without the protecting care of the guarded homes they may have left. Under the statute, not only those who suffer gaining, but all persons present assisting in the games, or playing at the tables, might have been proceeded against. The magistrates have been most anxious to give full warn ing of their resolution to proceed, and are even now derirous of proceeding only so far as to put an effectual stop to the evil. I deem it necessary, however, to be explicit as to the future, and to declare (and in so doing I believe I speak the sentiments of many of my brother magistrates), that if the present example is not sufficient, I shall feel it my duty upon sufficient evidence, to direct proceedings against all parties, whether those who suffer, or those who take part in the games, and I wish thus publicly to commit myself by the declaration, that hereafter in every case of delinquency, my duty will leave me no other alternative but to proceed against all, whoever may be the offenders. Mr. Lynn, as a magistrate, I can recognise and address you only in this to me painful and responsible duty, but if others should feel themselves morally responsible, I hope this lesson may not be thrown away, and that all well-regulatectininds will reflect on not only the possible results, but on the certainty of ruin• ed character and blasted prospects, the too common conse quence of the vice of gambling, which for the sake of gain, you have suffered in the face of day. I am sorry to have to say to you, that in defiance of the repeated notice of the ma gistrates,. you have pe rs i s t e d i n su ff er i ng gam i ng on the G I an d Stand at the race-course, a place under your control and ma nagement: The evidence which has been offered before me this day is to my mind conclusive, and I do trust that the penalty which will follow your conviction, will effectually prevent the practice in future. I now convict you under the second count of this information in the penalty of .0200, and which it is n o t i n my power to m i t i gate—one-t hi r d o f which goes to the informer, arid two-thirds to the poor of the town ship in which the offence is committed. The ease lasted two hours hnd a half. Orders for manufactured iron for rails have, during the past week. bee n g i ven ou t t o th e iron trade to the enormous weight of 35,000 tons.— Worcestee Journal. TEETOTALISM.—A curious case lately came before a Re lief Presbytery in Scotland. Mr. John Murray, of 13owling, an elder in the Relief Congregation, Old Kilpatrick, being a keen advocate of the teetotal cause, objected to the use of common wine at the dispensation of the sacrament, and re fused either to partake of the same or be the means of giving it to others, contending that what had been used at the insti tution of the ordinance was the juice of the grape in its un fermented state, not the intoxicating wine of commerce, and that the Scriptures warranted the juice of the grape only. Mr. Murray's objections were taken up by the Session of Kilpatrick, as inconsistent with his station and duty, and finally referred to a meeting of the Presbytery, who decided that Mr. Murray could not remain a member of the Relief Church, and the Presbytery accordingly declared him no longer a member of the body. Against this decision Mr. Murray protested to the Synod, and lodged his reasons. — Caledonian Mercury. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-FRIDAY ASSAULTS BY FOLIC A young sailor, named James Perryman, charged police officer Brown, 358, with having committed au assault upon him, by striking him with his stick. Perryman stated, that on Wednesday, during night tide, he was keeping watch on board a ship in one of the docks ; the vessel was " hailed " by the officer, and he (complainant) immediately answered ; he was twice again " hailed," and again answered. The officer then came on board, and said, "If you do not answer I'll make you," and struck him across the face a heavy blow wi!li his stick. The complainant's face was much disfigured by the blow. Brown, iii his defence said, that, if he had struck the de fendant. he had done so by accident, not intentionally, as it was dark. Mr. Rushton said the defence of the officer was ridiculous ; his conduct was most reprehensible, and lie must pay 40s and costs, or be imprisoned for one month. There was no safety for the public if policemen were allowed to strike persons— and the oldest officer in the force, too. The public were en titled to protection, and he must be suspended from duty un til his conduct had been investigated in another quarter, and his restoration would depend upon the evidence he could pro duce in extenuation of his offence. Walter Davies charged Thomas Lee with an assault Lee, 'at the time the assault was committed, was in the police force, and was discharged for his misconduct on that occasion. • The complainant stated that he lived in Portland-street, and whilst standing at the door of his house, talking to some neighbours, the officer, (who was drunk at the time,) along with two other individuals, came by. Some person remarked, "There is a police-officer," and. he (complainant) replied " Yes; but he is not on duty," upon which Lee came up to him, and seized him by the collar, and said, " I'll let you know I am on duty," and struck him several blows on the head with his stick, which caused him to bleed profusely. He (complainant) gave him into custody of another officer, and proceeded, bleeding as lie was, to llosehill bridewell, to make his charge. On arriving there, the bridewell 'keeper refused to enter the complaint, and requested the officer to go home, for that he was drunk when he was at the bi idewell before. Several witnesses corroborated the statement of Davies. Lee called the two individuals who were with him at the time of the alleged assault, who stated that the complainant had behaved in an impertinent and insulting manner towards the officer before he interfered. The complainant's witnesses denied this, and said it was not before Lee had nearly throttled Davies that he would let go his hold. Mr. Rushton.—lt is a very good job for yourself and the public that you have been dismissed the force. You have been very properly dismissed. The proceedings of to-day will have a very wholesome effect upon the police force. It is very seldom such cases as these come before me. It is a very excellent force, and it is only by such fellows as you that it is lowered in the estimation of the public. Having already been dismissed the force, you must pay 20s and costs, or be imprisoned for 14 days. You must also pay 4s for the damage you have done to the complainant's hat. OFFENCES BY PUBLICANS. Mr. Burke, the keeper of the Wellington Hotel tap, was fined 40s. and costs, for permitting drunkenness on his premises. The officer who laid the complaint stated, that about 20 minutes after two o'clock on Sunday morning, he was attracted to the tap of Mr. Barke, by hearing a noise, where he found twelve men, some of whom were drunk. Mr. Barke, in extenuation, said that he and Mrs. 8., at the time NI- which the complaint was laid, were in Derby shire. He had kept the tap for eleven years, and had never before had such a complaint laid against him. James Durhurst, keeper of the Talbot Hotel tap, Vernon street, was fined in the like sum, for permitting persons to tipple in his house at half-past two o'clock on Sunday morning. Mr. Rushton said that this town, from Saturday night until church time on Sunday, was in a most tearful state of disorder, and it was as much as the officers could do to clear the streets by church time. The neighbourhood of Dale street, more especially, was in a deplorable state, and this arose out of the facility afforded to persons obtaining liquor in the dead hour of the night from houses in streets leading out of Dale•street. ROBBERY BY A SERVANT Samuel Owen, porter to i‘fr. Rowland, grocer•, Elliott street, was committed to trial for stealing two parcels of sugar, and some candles, from his employer. The prisoner was observed by a shop-boy to take something from the cellar of his employer, and secret it in a midden. - On examining the place, two parcels of sugar and some candles were found. Subsequently, the prisoner was observed to carry the articles away with him from the premises. ROBBERY BY A PROSTITUTE A woman of the town, named Ellen Holien, was committed to trial for robbing a person named Robert Gale, a packer, in Rook-street, Manchester, of two sovereigns and some sil van The complainant, at two o'clock this morning, on his way from Ward's public-house to the Brunswick Hotel, was accosted by the female, with whom he had some conversation, during which time she picked his pocket. SATURDAY. ALLEGED DESTITUTION Five boys were placed at the bar, who had been taken into custody by Inspector Peacock for sleeping in the brick-fields. The Inspector stated, that on the preceding, night he found two of the boys in the brick-fields, and, in reply to his ques tions, they informed him that they slept with some other boys in a hut in a field, and that at early hours in the morn ing they were sent by their companions to rob gardens. He went to the hut and found the other three prisoners. These boys were in the habit of making a fire in the hut at night and sleeping there. Mr. Rushton said, the Inspector had no right to take the lads to Bridewell. They were destitute, and Bridewell was no place for destitute personS. The pri soners were discharged. FURIOUS DRIVING The owners of two spring-carts appeared to answer a charge preferred against them by Inspector Poole. it ap peared that, on Friday, the defendants were driving their carts, laden with passengers, along Scotland-road, from the races. 'One of them attempted to pass the other, upon which a race ensued, each flogging his horse with great violence, and urging the animals to a speed that put the lives of many per sons in great jeopardy. With some difficulty, Mr. Poole, assisted by the officers under his command, managed to stop them. One of the men immediately ran off, and did not re appear till his cart was taken to the pinfold. The defen dants both alleged, in excuse, that their horses, affrighted by the shouts of the populace, had set off of their own accord. They were each fined 55., and costs. EMBEZZLEMENT OF FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS James Leatham, a man of very respectable appearance, was charged by Messrs. Lovett and Taylor, soap-makers, of Naylor-street, with embezzling several sums of money, amounting, in the aggregate' ' to £5OO, or the r e a b ou t s . M r . Henry Lovett, of the firm of Lovett and Taylor, briefly stated the case. The prisoner was employed by them in the capa city of a traveller fur the last five years, during which they had recently discovered he had been in the habit of em bezzling considerable sums of money he received on their account. The present was one, and only one, of the cases in which he had acted a dishonest part. The complainant added, that the prisoner was authorized to receive whatever money was owing to the firm, and that he was paid a yearly salary. Mr. Parkinson, of the firm of Messrs. C. and J. Parkinson, of Blackburn, deposed, that he paid the prisoner the sum of £39. 18s. on the 4th of last July. Mr. Lovett here exhibited a written statement of the moneys prisoner accounted for, in which the last mentioned sum was omitted. Mr. Rushton inquired when he was in the habit of making up 'his accounts. Mr. Lovett replied, that he generally took a three-months' journey, and then made a return of the sums he received. Mr. Rushton inquired at.what time he returned from the journey he made to Blackburn. Mr. Lovett said, about the 28th or 29th of July. He had since made another journey, and when he returned he made no mention of the £39. 18s. received from the Messrs. Parkinson. Mr. Rush ton asked how the complainant knew that the present was not merely an error in the account. Mr. Lovett said, that it waa because there were twenty-five other different accounts of the like kind for which he failed to account amounting altogether, as he said before, to about £5OO. Constable Lloyd deposed, that when he arrested the prisoner, the latter asked the nature of the charge against him. The officer re plied, for embezzling between £5OO. and £6OO. from the house of Lovett and Taylor, when he admitted the truth of the accusation, and said he was prepared to give security for the money at Mr. Tabbett's, 4, India-buildings, on the fol lowing day. Mr. Parkinson was here cross-axamined by Mr. Davenport, on the part of the prisoner, when the only facts elicited were, that he received an acknowledgment from the prisoner at Blackburn for £4O. Bs., though he had only paid him £39. 18s.; that he paid money to him before, a long time ago; and that he believed the prisoner was, for a consider able period, in the employment of Lovett and Taylor. Mr. Davenport prayed the magistrate to afford the prisoner a little time to get up his case, because he was so much excited at the present moment that it was impossible to take any in structions from him. Mr. Rushton was inclined to grant a postponement of the case under the circumstances stated, and asked when the agent could be prepared. Mr. Daven port replied, the following morning. Mr. Lovett said, that most of his witnesses reside in Birmingham and that neigh, bourhood, and that it would be impossible for him to have them in attendance at so short a notice. After some further remarks on this point, it was finally determined, that the case should come before the Court on Monday ; that the prisoner in the• mean time should be remanded ; and that Mr. Daven port should have access to him. YESTERDAY. ROBBING A STABLE. Two men, named Robert Hughes and John Hughes, were charged with having stolen a quantity of horse gearing from the stable of a man named Meacock, near Brunswick Dock, on the morning of Thursiay, the 27th instant. Police-offi cer No. 449 saw one of the prisoners in the neighbourhood of the stable on the morning of the robbery, but, before he was aware it had been committed, on Saturday he met with him again, and at the same time it was ascertained that the other prisoner had sold the property to a dealer in such ar ticles for 2s. 6d. Mr. Rushton censured the conduct of the buyer for purchasing the articles without enquiry. Both the prisoners were committed for trial. Charles Rock lington was committed to the borough jail for one month, for breaking open a seaman's chest, with intent to rob it. TDEEASE OF ALLEGED EMBEZLEMENT James Leathom, whose case is briefly noticed in our police reports of Friday, was again placed at the bar. Mr. Pritt, of the firm of Messrs. Avison and Pritt, appeared on behalf of Messrs. Lovatt and Taylor, and the prisoner was defended by Mr,llevenport, -I Mr. Pritt stated he had two additional cases to bring against the prisoner. One was a case in which he had been paid money by Mr. James Whylock, a tea dealer and grocer iu Birming ham. In July last he received a sum from Mr. Whylock which he had not accounted for, but he had accounted for money received from him subsequently. Mr. Rushton said one great difficulty in the case was the fact that there had been an omission by the prosecutors to ac count. __ Mr. Pritt mentioned that there were three cases in which the prisoner had received money and not accounted for it. This,-lie considered, was sufficient to rebut any inference from the fact of omission. Mr. Rushton. -1 suppose you mean to give evidence in ad dition to that you off ere d on F r i day? Mr. Pritt replied in the affirmative. He had received money in July which he had not accounted for. Mr. Rushton desired the case to proceed. Mr. Davenport thought it right to mention that the case had been in negotiation for the last month, with a view to settle it. Mr. Rushton. —What do you mean by negociation ? Mr. Davenport. —A negociation for an arrangement where by the prisoner might give security for the amount. Mr. Rushton.—lf you have done anything of that kind, you have made a debt of it. Mr. Pritt said he had been careful not to make any elec tion under the statute. Mr. Rushton.—All criminal courts regard with peculiar jealousy the following up of any arrangement of that kind in a charge of felony. Mr. Pritt was aware of that, but he believed none of the nature described had been entered into. Mr. Davenport said the evidence of Mr. Taylor, one of the prosecutors, would be very important to the prisoner, and unless he were ►resent it would be impossible to go on. Mr. Pritt said Mr. Taylor was in court, and would be called. Mr. Richard Taylor was then sworn. tic said he was in partnership with Mr. Lovatt, and the prisoner was in their employment as a traveller. Ile did not recollect when he first discovered that the prisoner had not accounted for all the sums he had received from their customers, but it was some. time iu August when witness was from home. Mr. Rushton —Did you speak to Mr. Lovatt on the sub- Mr. Taylor replied that when he returned home Mr. Lo vett told him of the prisoner's defalcations. Afterwards the witness received a letter from a customer of the firm, stating Mr. Leathom. had paid a previc neAs, in consequence, proceeded to Birmingham after the prisoner, who was then on his journey, and he admitted ha ving received about £l3O for which he had not accounted. The prisoner wished to proceed on his journey, but witness refused to allow him, and they returned to Liverpool. '1 he account vas gone over with Mr. Lovatt, and the prisoner then admitted having received £7O upon the whole for which he had not accounted. Witness the same evening wrote letters to all the customers of the firm in the country, desir- inz them to state whetht , r their respective accounts were cor rect or Rot. In the course of a v.—ek replies were received from nearly alt of them, and in twenty-o n e i ns t ances they were found to be wron Mr. Rushton.- ternber when von The witnes. in Septembe -This would bring the date to the Ist Sep iscertained the balance ? replied that it would be about the first week When it was ascertained, witness told the prisoner to meet him at Mr. Pritt's office. He did so; witness then told him the deficiency, and be replied it was only about £230 or £3OO. The prisoner called on witness the next day to go over the accounts, and after that had been done, he acknowledged the deficiency to be about £5OO. Rushton.—Did you ever, in your communications with him, undertake to settle the matter by way of security for the re payment of the money ?—I never pledged myself to ,anything at all, one way or anot h er Did you make any offer to hill curitv He offered to give Sc- You never did ?—I never proposed it. Did you accapt the ofler which he made ?—No, we did not. Then why did you delay charging him here ?—Mr. Lovatt was from home, and I did not know what his feelings were upon the subject. Mr. Lovatt went away under the impres sion that the deficiency was not more than £7O, and when he returned we gave the prisoner into custody Mr. I'ritt —Mr. Leathom made proposals at my office to give security for the amount of the deficiency, and I was very careful not to make any selection. Cross-examined by Mr. Davenport.—l think it was on the Ist of September, after I had returned from Birmingham, that I met the prisoner at Messrs. Avison and l'ritt's office. I went over the account with him. Whenever there were any arrears of account before, we invariably placed them to his debit. Mr. Rushton.—Did you permit him to overdraw his ac count P—lie has overdrawn it. Was this I'soo which you now charge him with embezzling an overdrawn account I—Certainly nut ; he has now an over drawn account to the amount of £lO or £5O, but that has nothing to do with this case. Was - that money which le had received from your eu4- tomers ?--Yes : it was the balance of his account of that Mr. Davenport.—When you were at Messrs. Avison and Pritt's office, Aid you not propose to ensure the prisoner's life ?—He proposed to insure his life. Did you not accede to that proposal ?—At the time we were in the office, I considered if he had given us the money, or shewn us clearly that we coald get it, I might have acceded to the proposal ; but I did not, as Mr. Lovatt was away. Was not a proposal made that he should insure his life the Scottish Union Fire and Life Insurance Office.—lle pro posed to insure his life for £5OO, and to give security for the payment of £BO a-year, the premium ; but as we were not satisfied with the security he offered, we did not accede to the proposal at all. Do you know Mr. Tweedle ?—I do. Has he not seen you upon the matter of the insurance Yes. Do you not know, in consequence of what took place at Mr. Pritt's office, that a policy was effected upon the prisoner's life in that office ?—it was not in consequence of Mr. Tw•eedle calling upon us. Mr: Rushton.—Will you be so good, Mr. Taylor, as to answer the question which is this--Do you or do you not know that a policy of insurance for £5OO was opened in the Scottish Union Office on the prisoner's life for your benefit? —Yes, I know that. And was that with your sanction and approbation not object to it. Did you desire it to be done ? '—l did —lt was left to himself to be Did you desire it to be done ?—The prisoner merely said he had been told it would be the best way for him to do, and give security for the payment of so much a year till the defi ciency was liquidated, but we were not satisfied with the security. Mr. Davenport.—Did you ever meet Mr. Tweedle in the street ?—I do not recollect : Mr. Tweedle called upon me, n ot in the street, and said Mr. Leathom wished him to call upon► me respecting the insurance, but I told him we would not pledge ourselves to anything. How lung was that after the meeting at Mr. Pritt's office? —I do not recollect; I think it was only a few days. Did Dr. Macrorie call upon you ?—I did not see him. Did you make any use of a document brought to you by Dr. Macrorie about the prisoner's life ?-one was brought to Mr. Rushton.—What was that I—lt was to answer some questions as to the prisoner's state of health to guide him iu the insurance. Mr. Davenport. I had it in my hand. Did not Mr. Leathom call for it at your offict, he did. Did he not understand it was for the express p ur pose of securit ' , you the money in arrear ?—lt was hi s i ntent i on . Mr. Rushton.—Doe s that policy exist 1— Witness.—l have not seen it. Davenport.—lt is in progress if it does not exist, for everything has been done to effect it. Mr. Rushton.—There certainly .appear to have been cot siderable negociations upon this matter; but I understand Mr. Taylor to state that he never consented to the proposed arrangement. I understand you [to the witness] to say t 0 me now, that you never did consent to an arrangement to receive this policy as a security, and to treat the defalcation as a matter of debt 1— Witness.—We should have received it, but the security" — Mr. Rushton.—Do you answer the question. i desire 10 administer justice b e t ween y ou an d t h e unfortunate mail it , the bar, but I must do so u p on some certa i n rules. your answer will depend the course I must take. I now a you again —did you, or did you not enter into negociatiol with the prisoner to t rea t th e d e f a l cat i on of his as a debt, gull did you receive his p ro p osa l s to enter into any ' o ' e the repayment ?—I must answer in the affirmative, as far $ 1 that goes —we should have received his offer had there beell —Did you put your hand to that paper ?--- '—l suppose gootisecurit Mr. Pritt. -I submit that Mr. Taylor does not underitan4 the question Mr. Rushton.—Then I shall be glad if you will put it W him in a plainer form. I have put it us plainly as I can. Mr. Pritt—[to the witness].—Did you assent to take soul° definite security for the debt? Mr. Rushton.—flat was not my question, Mr. Pritt. Thj e question is not definite security, but any security. It is n°. doubt an embarras s i ng s it ua ti on f or any gentleman to 19' placed in, but I am sure Mr. Taylor will answer the question . Mr. Pritt.—Have you ever said, Mr. Taylor, that you would take the security offered. Mr. Rushton.—No, no, that will not do ; did you consen t to take any secur ity t o t reat t h e d efalcat i on as a debt ?--V° should have taken security if good security had been offered' Mr. Davenport.—A n d yo u h ave b een act i ng under that impression from the time you discovered the prisoner to be defaulterl—Yes. Mr. Rushton.Did you negociate for three weeks or a month after you found out the defalcation.—There was a tie gociation : the fact is, I would not tell him what I shoulddo• You have answered the question first in the affirmativ e : and now }on qualify it. Was it so—yes or no ?—We s hould have taken the offer if we could have had good security. Mr. Davenport.—Do you know that a gentleman was mentioned as one security ?—Yes, he was. And he said he would get another ?—He said he would 01 to get another. And the thing has been hanging on in this way ever since? For the last ten days nothing more has been. done. Mr. Rushton.—The only question you have to answer is , whether or not you have negociated with the prisoner t ° treat this as a matter of debt, and that failing se curit? 4 ' , you now come he re an d c h arge hi m w i th felony 1- 1 di not like to do anything till Mr. Lovatt came home. Mr. Pritt having said be could throw some light on the case, was then sworn. Ile said that Mr. L. fel o.n sad 3 1 r" Taylor called at his office and the accounts were itos e through, when there appeared to be a considerable differen o as to the amount of defalcation. After Mr. Leathom ne s zone Witness advised with Mr. Taylor. Mr. Lovatt, he be' lieved, was then from home. Witness advised Mr. Tayll that the best course to take nould be to keep the prisoner 0 and on : he proposed to insure his life, and mentioned $ gentleman's name as a security. It appeared that the gentle , man had employed the prisoner as an a gen t, t o t h e neg l ec t °I Messrs. Lovatt arid Taylor's busine ss ; an d as wi thin% satisfactory could be done, it. was det erm i ne d t h at the c h a rge should assume the nature of felony. No assent to treat it a s a debt was ever given before wit ness . Mr. Davenport observed that th e rece i pt o f t h e docume nts from Dr. Macrorie was unk nown to M r. P r i tt. Mr. Pritt believed that Mr. T ay l or h a d never assente d t 0 it, but had given it back with ou t o b servat i on. Mr. Rushton said, this w as a case w hi c h requ i re d cons ider , ' Lion on his part. A grie vous wrong h a d b een done, a b re ach of trust of great magnitude h a d b een comm i tte d , the ev il of which was enormous in a large commercial community lis e t this. It was his duty to take care that the prisoner was no sent for trial without proper precaution ; he should therefor e take time to consider the case. Mr. Davenport requested permission to cross-exam: os Mr. Taylor further, when the case again came before tbs court. Mr. Rushton thought the cross-examination had been concluded. It was upon th e ev id ence now before him that he should take time to consider. Mr. Davenport then cross-examined Mr. Taylor at con' siderable length. Mr. Rushton said it all resolved into the question whether, any arrangement wa s p ro p ose d b y th e pr i soner an d sanc tioned ' by the prosecutors, to g i ve secur ity f or an d t rea t th e d e fa' cation as a matter of debt. Mr. Taylor.—The prisoner was making arrangements. • Mr. Rushton.—Was that with your sanction and apPrc" bation ? Mr. Taylor.—Of course it was. Mr. Rushton.—Do you swear that ? Mr. Taylor.---It was with our sanction I believe. Mr. Pritt said this was quite consistent with the advice had given. Mr. L ova t t was f rom home at the time, and witness advised th a t it - wou ld b e b etter to keep the matter oP and on till his return. Mr. Rushton.—When did Mr. Lovatt return? Mr. Taylor.—Last Saturday week. Mr. Rushton. —When did Mr. Lovatt know about the de' falcation ? Mr. Pritt replied, that when Mr. Lovatt went away 118 thought the defalcation was only £7O. Mr. Rushton having ascertained that Mr. Davenport bad no further que s ti ons to ask upon the point he had raised, 311' journed the case till three o'clock. At three o'clock Mr. Rushton proceeded to deliver his de" cision. Before he commenced, Mr. Pritt said Mr. Taylor wished to give some explo r tion of his evidence, if the court bad no objection. Mr. Taylor then said, that when he was asked whether h e ever negociated with the prisoner, he did not properly ur" derstand the question. He never had negociated with hie ) : He thought the question applied to merely talking over the matter with him ; but he had never made or accepted 0 3 ' proposition to make the defalcation into a debt. Mr. Davenport said he had known several cases when 1 41. 2 Hall presided in this court, in which he would not allow 7 criminal charge to be brought against a party after negociation ° for a settlement. Mr. Rushton said that, as a general principle, he concur.' red in it, but in this case there seemed to be nothing so d" rect and positive on the nature of the negociations, as to PT tify him in foregoing the commitment. There seemed .° have been many communications with the accused, and a Pi position to take the money,. if a sa ti s f ac t ory arrange men t , could be made, but those communications did not assume, positive aspect that there should b e no f urt h er proccedingP. He did not think that the negociations had assumed a fet; titre to bring them within th e genera l pr i nc i p l e d escr ib e d Mr. Davenport, upon which he had himself acted. 1-J"u er these circumstances, he felt it his duty to go into the evidcnec Mr. James Whylock, tea dealer and grocer, of Birmingb 3l ni proved that in July la s t h e pa id t h e pr i soner , on accou nt Messrs. Lovatt and T a yl or , two sums o f £37 12s. 6 d., ao u d £32 10s. 7d. Mr. Staines, of the firm of Walker and Staines, wholesa! grocers, Birmingham, pr o v e d that in Ju ne h e pa id t he PL I , soner £2O 19s. 9d., and another sum of .Z2O 14 s . 10d., 0 0 " count of his employers.