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CriVIBER Q. 5, JB3t) LEEDS kcieAL ELECTION (Front a Correspondent ) The radicalsW 'Leeds, among whom are some of the most ignorant and revolutionary bigots in all England, f have suc ceeded in electing forty out of folly-eight persons to fill the office of town councillors, eight only out of that number being conservatives. One ward alone, Headingly, was not contested, the conservatives walking over the course. In another, the Mill-hill ward, five out of the six persons chosen are conserva tives. In the South ward, one of the most uprigt anti i ntelli gent magistrates in the county of York, Mr. Banks, a gentleman highly respected by both parties, and a liberal, too, in politics, has been defeated by a lay baptist preacher, and two nonde script upstart radicals, Who were not long since overlookers, or something of that sort, in some of the mills in Leeds. In an other ward, two broders are returned, one of whom can scarcely write his own name, and is as ignorant as he is tyrannical and violent. One of the elected - radicals has failed three times, arid been twice in the Gazette, and to show the respect in which he and another or two of his fellow-councillors are held by the burgesses who have chosen them, we may state that a man who was led to one of the pelting booths in a state of inebrity shortly before the poll closed, refused to take off his hat in the polling booth, affirming, that although he was going to vote I...rise radical candidates, yet he was himself a better man than many of them, for be had always-paid 20s. in the pound, and that was snore than several of them had dune, and he should, therefore, be. very sorry to, pay them so much respect as to poll for them .with his hat - off. The forty radical councillors elected consist of six unitarians, nineteen independents, three methodists, three infidels, one baptist, one Roman-catholic, three protested church bleu, and four men who, having in turn been methodists, ranters, baptists, &c., at present, we believe; belong to no sect. Such is the pass which things have come to in that sink of unitarianism and republicanism, the borough of Leeds. The destructive councilmen were insulted and, bearded even by the very men who were giving them their votes. It is the colour, said several of the burgesses, that-we wish to support, not the candidates. The Rev. R. W. Hamilton, aniadependent minister of Leeds, a gentleman much esteemed both by churchmen and dissenters, expressed his determination not to vote for any candidate who %vat. a unitarian, and his example, we heir, was followed by one or two ether respectable dissenters. • • . . THE NEW 'CoAiiV.ION COUNCIL. _ . Yosterday, at, one o'clock, the Mayor, as returning o ffi cer, made the official declaratiOn of Councillors elected, with the numbers for the successful as *ell as the uusucceisful candi dates. They. were as follows : EVERTON AND KIRKDALE WARD. • Conservatives. " • I • • - Rejiirmers. Charles Horsfall, E5q.....214 [John Holmes, Esq. 224 Adata Hodgson, Esq ' 193 Samuel Hope, Esq '2ls W. C. Alolyneux,"Esq:... 175 Josept! Horuby, Esq 2ll &a q m A No-uuA ; WARD. , Richard Houghton, E... 118 Crawford Logan, Esq 177 James He . iworth, 96 William Thornhill, Esq l7l William Vaster, Esq...;. 89 Richard Shed, Esq VAUXHALL WARD. John Wright, Esq 74 Enoch Harvey, Esq.- 92 Joseph Aelters, J..D. Thornely, Esq BO Henry Copeland, Esq.... 76 .4erton Smith, Esq. B6 ST. PAUL'S %VARD. - R. B. B. Hollinshead, Esq. 102 Christopher Rawdon, Esq. 137 William Shand. E5q..... 89 William Stuart, Esq ll7 John Barton, Esq.. 'll9' Alexander MtGregor, Esq 124 EXCHANGS • WARD. . Thomas Sands, Esq 13- Lawrence Heyworth, Esq. 167 G. B. Irlam, Esq llB Henry Holmes, Esq 179 John Bent, Esq.. 126 James Mellor, Esq l6l CAS' M-STltfil . WARD. Sir Thomas Brancker.. , 96 George Grant, Esq B3 John Nelson Wood, Esq. 78. ST. PETE it Thomas Bolton, Esq. 248 Joshua Waluisley, Esq 26U Charles. Birch, Esq 259 's WARD. Thomas Tobin, Esq 142 John Wooßright, Esq.... 205 William Potter, Esq. 145 William Rushton, Esq... 200 N. Litherland, Esq 143 Richard Bright, E5q..... 190 PITT ST !MET WARD. John Bibl;y, 1 William Rathbone, Esq.. 193 Peter Bourne, Esq l5l Hugh Hornby, Esq T. C. Molyneux, Esq.... 140 W. R. Preston, Esq. lB4 GREAT •GEORGE WARD. Charles Lawrence, Esq.. 131 James Aikin, Esii • 135 James Lawrence, Esq.... " James Lawrence, Esq 237 Joseph Cooper, Esq . lOB Wel'wood Maxwell, Esq 146 RODNEY-STREET WARD. Dr. Brandreth 192 Thomas Holt, Esq. 194 Henry Lawrence. Esq l9B Eyre Evans, Esq 179 J. H. Turner, Esq lB'2 William Lassell, 199 ABERCROMBY WARD. Robertson Gladstone, Esq. 146 William Earle, jun., Esq. 186 William Ripley, Esq 129 James Carson, M.D...... 18-1 Thomas Kaye. Esq l4l Thos. Brocklebank, Esq.. 172 bili-STREET WAR !). Ambrose Lace, 190 Thomas Blackburne, Esq. 302 J. Todd Naylor, 170 . JOSeph Langton. Esq.... 308 Robert R igby, 'Esq 176 .;Robert Ruskell, 292 ST. ANNE-STREET WARD. Richard Jones, E.q 127 Richard Allison, jun., Esq. 288 F,dward Gibbon, Esq 139. Edward Cropper, Esq.... 191 John Davies, 132 Thomas Coglan, Esq 195 WEST DERBY WARD. " John Shaw Leigh, Esq... 172 W. Blain, Esq i Joseph Sandars, Esq.... ..153 George 'Holt, Esq l6d W. P. Bushby, Esq . 136 'W P Fretne, Esq 153 SOtTH Trixt•srfri WARD. I ______,,,, Ni c h,l a . 1 i ~him t or ., F.,,, q ___ .,lah.n crgnuer_ iqq. - Eso-- 41 Alexander Smith, Esq.... 7, Pr au eis Jordan, bsq John Fletcher, Esq ' • • • N ORTH fr arricru WARD. John Troughton, Esq 132 W. W. Currie, Esq ' 242 James Dempsey, Esq.... 90 Charles Tayleur, Esq Joseoh Gibbons, E5q....1 130 W. M. Duncan, Esq 223 EDINBURGH pßonlsrANT ASSOCIATION. • (Abridged from the Edinburgh Evening Post.) . On Wednesday last a numerous meeting was held in the As sembly-Rooms, Edinburgh, for the . purpose of forming a Pro telstant Association in that city. • - The Marquis of Tweeddale took the chair, and was supported by Lord Ramsay, Sir James M. Riddell, Bart., Sir Robert Abercromby, Bart., Sir William Setotr, Bart., Alexander Prin gle, Esq., M P., &c. • ; - .The Chairman said he felt it an honour on any occasion 'to preside at a meeting of so numerous and respectable a body of individuals; but when he recollected that thei: - sole object of meeting was to renovate and perpetuate the protestant faith, which they held - in so much reverence, and which had been tiought at such a high price by their forefathers. (Cheers.) It was to him a source of unqualified satisfactieu, as well as a feel ing of peremptory duty to do what lay in hiS power to carry the objects of the meeting into efficient and , exteusive operation (Loud cheers..)• _ The Rev. Mr. Candlish moved the first resolution in a short. bat pointed speech. Speaking of the political influence of popery. he said he entertained his own opinions and feelings regarding the influence of popery on the political interests of men; he be lieved that popery was .- the essential ally of despotism; but he had no faith in any set pf mere worldly politicians being ever fully alive to the danger of popery, for he had no faith in worldly politicians ever seeing the sin or acknowledging . the danger of an alliance.with Antichrist, and he had no faith in worldly po liticians shaking themselves loose from such an alliance, unless the minds of the people were leavened with the fruits of right eousness. But he looleed upon political interests as compara tively insignificant, and such as the association ought to overlook. After a few. remarks, the reverend gentlemen concluded by say ing that popery, stung by its political defeats in other parts of Europe, was now concentrating its forces for an attack upon the moral interests of the world at large. They had already seen the preparations for what even a worthy statesman had sa gacity to forsee--the war of opinion; and the time was coming when popery, not by political armour, but by the souls it had enslaved,.would marshal its thousands and tens of thousands to battle against the Lord. Let protestants. then, be up and. be doing—let them do something to rouse protestants to prevent the advance of popery, and leaven the minds of men with just views of truth, and to maintain the views of the Lord against the mighty. (Loud cheers.) - . The resolution having been seconded by Mr. Pringle, M.P., was carried ur.aniinously. - . The Rev. Mr. Cunningham, in seconding the third resolu tion, observed that the papists were continually alleging that they were misrepresented, that .protestants did not understand their 'doctrines, that. they ascribed to them Practices they ab horred and detested ; they did ,not say that popery was changed—they left their protestiuit friends to tell that falsehood in their defence, but they. dare not take up that ground them selves, though .he dared to-say they rejoiced to hear the protes tants make that iellegsitioti . in , their favour: He would say, that; they were not te inquire Into the 'opinions of individual papists, but into the doctrines of the church of Rome; and in judging of , these, they were to look to, the standards of that church; now, we have those standards 'in our hands, and are able to • judge of them, and to. take our opinions of what popery is from them.- There was one observation he could not.overlook; and though it might seem harsh to`the papists, there was no help for it, because it was a plain fact established by the whole history of the popish church 'that the . ptiiiists were continually in the habit of mystifying their views, and accommodating their state • ments with respect-to (*trine . according to temporary views and circumstances, without regard to the standard of truth, whitheseas the same in all ages. The rev. gentleman then ex patiated at some length upon the corruptions which the church ~ of Rome had introduced into the doctrines of the gospel, neutra lising the doctrine of fhe atonement by the system of penance gad purgatory, profaning the worship of God by images, and rendering void the doctrine of salvation by grace by theinculca tion of supererogatory merits. Many had heard a curious state mentuaade in the House of Commons by one who was at the head of the papists, and who, he was afraid, was also at the head of a very different class of persons; he had lately professed himself a voluntary, and •he gave the following graphic description of the voluntary principle—that clergymen ought to be paid like . lawyers and doctors, by a fee for every job. •He mentioned this because it was literally following out the voluntary principle, and it was thus point's , had attained its tremendous influence. He stated this as a plain matter of historical fact, and no,--inan who had a character to lose would attempt to deny it. Thii ex hibited the plain origin and cause of the host of rites and cere monies of the Church of Rome and her five bastard sacraments, as our ancestors called them. the object being by the increase of jobs to increase the fees. Such being the character of popery, they ought to - regard it at'all fillies, and under all circumstances, • and to see in the increase of its strength and influence, an ad ditional reason for th;in to be up and to be doing. Its friends were active and ingeoious. It was a curious fact, that the re porters of the London newspapers *ere nearly all papists. Now the protestants would never have thought of that, but the papists were alive to its importance, and had succeeded in stealthily tilling the offices of the London newspapers with these men to accomplish their purposes, and it was well known they could do a great deal; but this was nut all. One or two of the . London newspapers were in the pay of the papists—they were not paid to profess popery, that would not be half cunning enough—but professing protestantisra, they were to overwhelm with torrents of abuse the protestant associations -= they were to explain away all that was offensive in popery, to declare that there was no material difference between the two systems, and to declaim . upon the topics of charity : brotherly kindness, and universal benevolence; and if he might judge, some papers nearer home were also in the pay of the papists, for they used the same style and mode of writing. Mt. Cunningham sat down amidst 10 - ud cheering. -• , The meeting was, afterwards addressed by Mr. Dunlop, Rev. Mr. Begg,Rev.Mr. Drummond, and Lord Ramsay, who moved the thanks of the meeting tri the chairman, which haring beta carried, the assemblage broke up. CHARITY SERMON - AT ST. PETER'S On Su nilay morning, the mayor—we should hive said James Aspinall, ESq., 'the late mayor—of Liverpool,• preceded by the Blue Coat boys, and" followed by the greater pelt. or the mem bers-of the did common council, and a lbng retinue of Mends, proceeded to St.. Peter's church, where an excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. Rector`Brooks, after which a collec, tion was made in aid of the funds of the Blue Coat Hospital. Several gentlemen, who reside in the environs of Liverpool, came to, town on purpose to attend his worship In.this, almost, the last act Of his official life, and after the service returned to the Town-hall, in order to pay their respects to an able and upright magistrate on quitting a statihn which he has filled with so much credit to himself, and satisfaction to the inhehi tants of Liverpool generally, of all sects and of all parties. On the ;return of the pi °cession, a considerable crowd was collected at the bottom of Lord-street; but a passage for the mayor and his friends was, of course, easily made by the people quitting the foot-path. We were somewhat struck with the obser vation of one of the bystanders, a working man, who said to his friend, "Sigh, man, teak a look, for you'll never see sich a seight as this again i' Liverpool!'? Whether the man who thus ex pressed his fears suspected that a Roman catholic or an unita rian mayor of Liverpool was not likely to sanction by his pre sence a collection in a protestant church for the maintenance and spread of proteSta.nt education among the infant poor, we, of course, cannot say. The church was crowded, and the col lection amounted to £53 12s. CHRISTMAS DINNER AT THE WORKHOUSE. The inmates of the Workhouse, aboat 1750 in numbei were regaled on Christmas day with a substantial good old English 'dinner of roast beef and plumb pudding. Of the. former article 20321b5. was prepared, and of the latter 11001bs., both of excel lent quality, to which was added a pint of strong ale served' round to each person. At the head of the women's table at Margaret Tarlton, aged 82, who has been 32 years in the house; and during that time never broke 'a single Yule of the establish- ment, or received the slightest:reprimand for any part of her 'conduct.' AU'Other old woman, Jane Berrington, also excited great interest from the visitors. In February next she will be 403 years. old, and is now. in perfect health, and,apPeared in excellent spirits.> -Shelia, only been supported six-years tlie cast of the parish. . . • • The president of the men's table was David Cross, a'rnan weighing 22 pt one (3081bs !) - He has been nine years in the ,Workhouse,,and, like Margaret Tarlton, is much respected for the excellence'of - his conduct, for during that period he too has never been subjected-to a single rebuke. : Before the dinner grace was said by a blind man, who also returned thanks after the . repast was ended. The national an them was then sung by Messrs. Gillow, Cearns and Heushall, and Mrs. Pillow, Mrs. Lerman, and Miss Cassidy, and perhaps was never sung vith finer effect. As-soon as the cheering hid subsided,— • ; • -. Mr. G. H. LAwaENcE, one of the churchwardens, shortly ad dressed the poor as s embled in the hall to the fallowing effect— My good friends, I hope you will allow me the privilege of ad dressing a few words to you, in order to express the pleasure I feel in witnessing your enjoyment of the comforts provided for you. Kneed not remind you that thiiplace of refuge, to which yOu have resorted, and others may fly to in their old age, or, when 'overtaken by other calamities to which we are . all alike subject, has been prepared for you by the humanity of the laws of England. (Cheers.) To these; therefore, you owe a debt of gratitude, and such of you as may again be in a situation to live upon the fruits of your own labour elsewhere, it will, I hope, be an incentive for implicit obedience to those. laws which protect alike the indigent and the affluent, the weak and the strong.— (Cheers.) lam quite sure that you duly appreciate the un needed kindness and attention to your comforts and the pre servation of good order among you, (without which you could not enjoy any comfort,) manifested in the conduct of Mr. Dow dall, the governor of the Workhouse, whose health I now beg leave to propose to you. (Loud cheering.) Mr. DowQl's health was then - drank by the men and women With three cheers. Mr. DownAi:r: thanked them for this mark of their respect and good feeling 'towards him, and promised that no effort of his, consistent with , his duty to the parish, should be wanting to contribute to the happiness of all who were confided to his care. (Loud cheerio:) Mr. WimuNsori then rose and proposed the health of Mrs. Dowdall, wh i ch was dra;llc 'with equal enthusiasm. - ' About two o'clock a simple banquet was provided in the large room over the dining-hall for the infant part of the establisment, to each of whom an mange, a slice of plum-pudding, and a cup of new milk was given. In this room , the ladies and gentlemen, who had previously been singing it to the adults, repeated " God save the King" to this juvenile audience, about 400 - in number, who joined in the chorus, and gave a shout at its conclu. siori which will be long remembered by all who heard it. Although in some respeOs the Workhouse dinner was a me lancholy sight—,-for it is difficult to contemplate unmoved 1750 paupers congregated in one house, among whom there may, perhaps, tie some who owe theit mistortuiieslo then , vices of their `follies—yet, vvkieu the sum of_ human misery which is there re lieved, if not altogether removed, is taken into consideration, a more pleasing train of thought is engendered, and the heart must be dead to all feeling 'for htiman suffering, and cold indeed to' the wretchedness which must accomPany actual want, that could wish to destroy these asylums for the poor and the needy: We cannot dismiss this subject without thanking the ladies and gentlemen who so kindly attended fur the purpose of singing "God save the King." They never sang it better, and never will sing it With..better effect.. 'THE LI'VEli THEATRE. On Saturday, Mr.,T. P. Cooke commenced an engagement, for a limited period, at this theatre, in his well-known character of William, in , - "q3laCk Ey'd Susan." This play and T. P . Cooke are alitiost identified as one and the same thing; and, therefore, it would be superfluous to say more than that he looked and acted'. the honest, loyal, fearless, and light-hearted English sailor, • -Whose character has been so finely sketched from life by the elder Dibdin, in his beautiful nautical songs. Why, we would ask, are these songs so entirely forgotten ? But we have no time for a digiession. At an early hour every part of the house was what the sailors would call "choke full," and as a very large portion of the audien - ce was composed'of holiday folks, particularly " up aloft," .the noise and confusion was greater'than we have ever yet had the pleasure of hearing or seeing in,.a Liverpool theatre. Mrs. Herbert, in Black Ey'd Susaii, was very effective,, and . in her interview with William, after his condemnation, the only scene which calmed the audi ence into perfect silence, supported her character with a degree of force and truth that we have seldom seen surpassed on any stage. In the concert Mr. Smith, the father of the Misses Smith, who, from his,toice, we instantly 'recognised as a popular London singer of the Incledon school some twenty or five-and twenty years ago, sang Dibdiu's sung of "The.lass that loves a certainly. not so well as we have beard him sing that and 'some' hundreds of other airs, but infinitely better than we could have' supposed it possible for a man of his years to have sung it. His daughters are two very sweet and very accom plished singers. The soprano voice of the elder and the treble of the younger. sister blend very beautifully together, while their execution- shows the excellence of their musical education. In the duet" Lasciarini non Castello" (Rossini) they were loudly and eapthrously applauded, and perhaps there were but very few - personi in• the • theatre on that ,night who ever' before enjoyed a musical ,treat so :•delicious. This leads- us . to hope.that the Smiths, if not already re-engaged, •wiII skortlY_APjlehr again at. the Liver,. where, as the existing monopoly prohibits the performance of the regular drama, heir . services wOulcritah: so valuable: The-other singer, Mr. Binge, has a good terms -voice, and, when he has acquired by stud's , the knowledge how to make the best use of it, will, we haVe no doubt, become a vocalist of considerable fame. He is evidently pew to the stage,. and therefore does not appear quite at home, .1 either as an actor or a singer. We have not as yet had an op- Portunity of seeing the other new performers, but we intend noticing them all in their turns. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. The accounts which have reached us of the returns under the Municipal reform act from the following places may be relied upon as being correct. In Wigan seven conservatives, and twenty-three radicals have been elected. In Leicester the whole fortylight chosen by the burgesses of that borough are puce, unadulterated radicals. The people of Norwich have.se lected twenty conservatives and tweuty-eight radicals to guard their interests and watch over the growing presperity of their ancient city. In Bristol we find parties more equally balanced, for in that place twenty-three conservatives and twenty-five ra dicals have been returned. In Nottingham, where tbere has been "time out of mind" a whig corporation, strange to say, the whole of their forty-eight councillors are conservatives. With this fact staring us in the face what may we not expect from Derby, Portsmouth, and other boroughs where whig.cor-- porations have been established. • LATE NI ICHARI. THOMAS SA IM.EIt,::ESQ:-111r: Park, the artist appointed to execute the full-length statue of the late. Michael Thomas Sadler, Esq., has been, in Leeds For some days past. Having made himself acquainted with various prelimi nary mattys, he prepared three designs, in clay, for the inspec tion of the committee and subscribers,—all upon the .elassic model. The committee, after some discussion, unanimously fixed,upon,an admirable and characteristic design, in which the departed 'philanthropist is represented in a contemplative atti tude, the head gracefully bent forward; the right hand to the chin s the left holding a scroll. The statud will be six feet long, and stand uptin a plain pedestal, which will, of course, bear an inscription wherein will be found a record of. the virtues and labours of the lamented deceased. Mr. Pack's models display a happy genius and pure taste; and from.what we have seen we feel ourselVes Warranted in saving that the work will be worthy of Mr. Sittlltt, and do honotir to the town of Leeds and the art. The inetntitizil will be placed in the parish church, within the. inclOstire which contains the monuments to the inetnory of Oaptaini Beckett and Walker, (wbti tell at T:.latiera,) and ,gOltittel Lloyd. It will be pot up in alicitit eighten months fttiiti this tietd.--/..&eds hittl//yefteet; - THE LIVERPOOL STASiDAidi LIVERPOOL POLIVE. WEDNESDAY.—(Before Alderman Sir_GeottGe pniste w A reg.) " IN Ns" AND "OUT3."—William Pritchard was charged by Mary Arinstrong, an Irish woman, with breaking her house door open,and assaulting her. Coinplainant.-=Plase yer wortship, this man as stands there last night bhroke me door pannel right in, an' kicked the boult (mane out; an' last week; a murthering Mild rap; he knecked four of me teeth down we troat, an' the docthor had to put ele yen stiches into me mouth to make it right agin. The Magistrate.—Well, PritChard, what do you say to this. :You were here only last week— . Complainant (interrupting.)—Eleven stiches put into ine mouth; think of that, yer hodour. Oh, the ould dust, look ye !here, yer wortship (taking hol.l of her top and bottom lips with - both hands, and stretching her mouth to show the magistrate.) The. Magistrate (to the prisoner.)-You must find bail to keep the peace, and pay the damage. - MATRIMONIAL FELICITY.-,•Yesterday Mrs. Lynch appeared before Alderman Sir George Drinkwater, to lay a complaint 9gainst her "lawful husband" for brutally assaulting her, knock ing her down, and threatening' to "rip her up." 'Airs. Lynch also complained that her husband refused her any support, that he had sold the bed, and she was obliged to sleep on the hearth before the fire; he spent all his money. at " pitch and toss."-and gave her nothing. • Now Mary," said the husband, in defence, "how can thou say so; thou knows thou's swearing false. 1 gave thee five shifting week afore last, and I've a witness in court that'll prove it." The two then commenced recriminating each other, "matrimonial fashion," till the magistrate put an end to the discussion by ordering the husband to find bail to keep the peace, the assault having been proved. MONDAY.—(Before Sir THOMAS BRANCRER.) POCKET PlexING.—A gentleman named Arehhell stated that; on Saturday evening he was walking with a friend, who had. hold of his arm, down Pool-lade, when his friend happening to look round discovered a lad with his band in his (complainant's) pocket. His friend left loose of his arm and immediately seized: the lad, who dropped a pocket handkerchief, which he imme„ diately recognised to he his. Prisoner in defence said he wee coming down Pool-lane to seek for his mother, when some lads ran past him'and dropped the handkerchief, and he was imme. 'diately seized by complainaet.,-Batcheldor said prisoner only came out of Kirkdale on Friday, where he was sent again by the magistrate for'three months. VERY LIKE STRALING.77ThoIIias Smith; a journeyman shoei maker, was brought up charged with robbing Thomas Sefton, his master, on Saturday night of a pair of boots. :,Mrs. Seftou appeared to support the charge. Her husband was a.shoinniker, in Hatton-garden, and employed the prisoner. On Saturday night-prisoner brought home a pair of boots, for which she, paid him, and he then went out. Shortly after'-she heard a nisise in d. - Vie ahnp„.an.saw prisoner running out with a pair .1;lf: So - ots.l She. Called after Lim stop thief, when he was faked into custody by the watch. The Magistrate.—Well, what have you to say to this ? Prisoner.-- , -Well, sir, did not take them in the way of stealing only took them in the way of pledging ; they . owed- Me some briiss and wouldn't ,pay me, so I took the boots to pledge,for, what they owed me. The Magistrate (to complainant.)--You owe hint nothing do you ? . Prisoner.—They owe me sixpence. The Magistrate.,-But you are not to go and help yourself to property out of his shop. I don't know what you call it, but to me it looks very like stealing. The case was remanded, to ascertain whether there was any thing else against the prisoner. UNRULY APPRENTICES'.—Thomas Dippins was brought up by Mt. Broyins, charged with neglecting his work, giving him much trouble, and abusing him., Mr. Brewins stated, that the prisoner had on various occasions very shamefully abused him, and that .he was in the constant habit of neglecting his work, in consequence of which he had lost many of. his customers. Saturday night he came and asked for his wages in a very impudent way, which he refused him, because he had not been at work during-the week; he was , then very insolent, and he attempted to turn him out, when he struck lihn very violently with a bolt on- the head- and wounded his eye. Mr. Brewin stated further, that he was unable to make him do anything. He and the apprentices had established a club, which they called " the free and easy club," and where they drank toge ther and neglected their master's business. The Magistrate.— Free and easy enough. It appears now the fashion for ap prentices to be masters, whicl must be put a stop to. He was ordered to find bail for his future good behaviour, and told if he did not in future attend to his work, he would be sent to the House of Correction. GETTING A LIGEIT.—Heury Fortune, a lad about seventeen, was brought up charged by Mr. William Hughes with attempt ing to steal from his till in the shop. Mr. Hughes said, that, hearing a noise in his shop, he went in suddenlv,and found pri soner lying across his counter trying to get the till oitt. Pri soner, in defence, said he went into the shop for a light for his pipe, when Mr. Hughes came in and gave him into .- He was only just going to get a light. The Magistrate—To light on what you could get, I suppose. He was sent to, the House of Correction for a month: _ A DESIRAIILE HUSBAND..—Alexander M'Kaye was brought up charged with assaulting Mrs. Crossberry, his mother-in-law. Mrs. Crossberry stated that on Saturday night she heard a great noise between prisoner and his wife. Prisoner was her son-in law. She then heardher daughter crying out—" Mother, he's a beating of me again. " She got up and went down stairs, and found prisoner at the street door abusing his wife. As soon as . she came down, prisoner took her by the throat and " throwed" -her down in the passage-entry. She got up again as quick as She . could, and liiished; Win out 'of the door, and locked it. " Says I to him, 'You had bettergo home, Mr. M`Kaye,' says I, quite-civilly ; ! . .and don't insult the house any more, I. 4 , You had better not kiCk up your noises here,' says I." Prisoner.—Mr.. Sir Thomas, sir, I'll. state the thing jist as it hoittlelie stated. I've bin employed wid Mr. Wright for the -hist: twelve. weeks. Me and my wife, as isn't here jist now, has lived very happy and comfoitable since we was marrid; but ahagor since the, mother has com' home it isn't happy at all we'se bin: I came home . on Stituiday night, an' had only had twO:glaises o' Whitkey punch, an' I don't know how it was, but as soon 'as 1 cons' home they begins blowin' me up an' locking ttie aorelTh me ; 'an' a trihn-Was - not a e.Lci kept-hthlt on' his hewn place. is that, Mr. Sir Thomas, jistly exactly as it bout to ,be ? Was it likely I was guile to lave me wife except whin business called me? Mes.'Cressberry.—He has abused me till I'M all manner of colottri; both me and my 'daughter. The-wife here produceda large rusty-sword, with which, she said ; her Husband was wont to. chastise her. He is my huss band, sir, and I have been married to him fourteen months; and he has abused me from the very day I was married. The very first day he slapped. me on the face, and I was afeard on my life. . The Magistrate.—A 'pretty Choice you have bad. (To the prisoner.) P You must find bail to keep the peace. A lodger in their house, here stepped forward and said he had a complaint tp snake. Prisoner had gone into his apart ment-and abused him when "he wished to be at rest," and hid broken a tea-board of his, and " done" damage to the amount of five or six shillings at-least. He had also broken a square of glass: - , Prisoner.—A square of glass is id you say? where, when; 03' about your bisness, such a feller as you to com' here (turning up' his nose with ineffable contempt). Mr. Sir Thomas; Sir, I bhroke no glass; but that dam ould dust trew me hat bout ov the windy into the street. • The Magistrate (to • prisoner) —You will have to make the , damage good, Prisoner.—Ogh, VII make the damage good ; an' if j ustice is to be had he shall make the damage good for Crowing Die hat bout ov the windy. Prisoner then left the court with huge in dignation. CHARGE OF STA BBING.—James Grant, labourer, was charged by Benjamin Hughes with having stabbed him iii the abdomen, itt republic-house on Friday last. It appeared that Hughes went into the, public-house drunk, and called for a quart of ale, and whilst drinking it was very noisy, dancing and singiyg, when Grant told hint to be quiet. 'Hughes then began abusing Grant arid challenged him out to. fight, aad pushed and parted him about, and during the struggle received the wound in the abdo men, from a clasp knife each Grant had in his hand, and which he (Grant) brought evidence tri prove he had been using and only had . hold of accidentally. The wound had been a very dangerous one, the complainant's intestines having . protruded. The magistrate said whatever injary he had received be had brought on himself; be might, if he .thought proper, have the, privilege of prosecuting prisoner.—The prisoner was ordered to find bail. Assaum—Daniel Hancock and' Charles Harrison were charged by .John O'Callaghan with vioreattly assaulting Min. Complainant said, "On Christmas Day this mad came into my house an' ordered a quart of. ale, an' did not pay for it... I wint . up stalls to dinner, and was .soon called down agin by the ser vant, who said he was abusing her. I ordhered"im hout ov the house, an' he sed, He'd tee. me dam first,' an' he ups an' he knocks me down. - I definded mes.elf as well as I could wid a small switch, when he wint away . an' he brings an innumerous sort ov a rabble baCk wid 'int, and they thried to get into me house. I saw this man Harrison poke his fist right through my windy ; I ran hout to catch 'im, whin they tore toe to pieces an' trew me into a Cellar, an' used me shochingly ill badly, an' al most killed me; an' I should like yer riverence,•if ye•plase, to bind.'em to the pace." Prisoner, in defence, said he went with hia Mention Christmas -Day and ordered some ale; he was rather intoxicated; there ..w;ris a. loaf of bread standing on the table, which he broke. 'As soon us complainant sasr this fie orlered •hiair.into•-the street; and succeeded, after a scuffle, in turning him out, ~vheti - he threni•ari - axe after him, and beat hitn severely with athjck stick. Complainant here put.in a bill of Li 114 Alarnages done his clothes, from which it appeared that he had on, three Shirts, which Were all torn to pieces; a "dress" waistcoat 41sa torn to pieces and a " dress coat" quite "done up." The magist rates,' after reprimanding. the prisoner for pot le - iving - complainant ' s house quietly, sent both parties out to try and make it up. They, however, soon returned, not being able to agree, when the magistrate ordered prisoner to ,find bail tOr his future good behaviour.- WHOLESALE ROBBERY.—A few weeks ago a gang of deprerla tots took advantage of the absence of Mr. Holloway, of the Sans; pariel, his family being out of town, to break into his house in Gloucester-street, (which he had locked up. having no One to take care of it,) and removed chairs, tables, fire-irons, fenderi; and other articles of furniture, all of which found their way to various pawnbrokers. One of the police, passing by the house, saw the inside shutter partially open, and went round, when he.; discovered that the back-door. had been forced. On entering, he found a valuable chimney-glass in the kitchen - ready to be removed. One bedstead had been taken away, and the bed s Crew left an . the chimne y-piece, to take down the rest. By the active exertions of Mr. Edward -Sayer and another officer most • of the property has been recovered, anti five youniters taken up.' To-day, the depositions were read for their commitment to the - sessions;, the evidence there, however , only impliCates two of the party, John and Charles Edwards. The case was again • Put back, some farther evidence having transpired likely - to implicate the whole gang. Their names are John Hamlet, Neile, Robert Boardman, and the abovementioned John and Charles Edwards. The oldest of the party does nut appear to be.utore than twelve years old. DOCK POLICE. WEDNESGAY.—(Before Mr. Alderman SANDUACH.) • A LIKING FOR VI.GAI PUDDING.—John Jones, a porter, was charged by one of the watch of the Clarence Dock with having left the dock side with a quamity of currants in his hat the night before, of which he could not give any satisfactory account. -,.Fisher, to whom the currants belonged, and whose servant tea) ler was, stated his belief that prisoner had taken them in order that his family might have a plum-pudding on Christmas day, and, if he had only asked him, he would have given him them with pleasure. He wished the prisoner to be forgiven this time. It appearing. however, that he had been up four or five times before for similar offences, he was sent to Kirkdale for one week, there to spend Christmas-day. COM M ITTA s.s.—Patrick Doyle and John 11 odney, two porters, were charged by Mr Crary, of the firm of Crary, Fletcher, and Co. with having stolen on the previous night some pieces of - fish linen from some of the packages placed alongside his ves sel' at . the Clarence Dock. Mr. Crary stated that. 11,1 quantity of goodi Icing about his vessel, the Napoleon. for ship ment to New York, he went to obtain a policerofficer t i watch them. As he was.retOrning, one of the crew Of the ship Odd him that two men had been hanging abouti arid "had just left, and he suspected had taken something. He immediately ran back, and called to the policeman to stop the two men, the pri 'sotters'at the bar. One of them (Doyle) refused to be searched, and offered considerable resistance to the officer, and Pulled him to the dock side, where he saw him - throw.somethinz white into the dock. That morning two packages of Irish linen had been found floating in the dock; other two were missing which had probably sunk. The sailor who had seen the men about corro borated this statement, and also stated that Rooney sat himself dOwn on one of the packages, and was the person who took the linen out: Both prisoners denied knowing anything about it. They were.conunitted to take their trial at the sessions. John Fry, Mariner, was committed to take his trial at the ses sions for stealinz a watch -the day before, the property of his maAter, the captain of a Spanish vessel. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ETANDIRD. Sie,—The doctrines laid down in a contemporary journal, (the Albion.of Monday last,) with respect to the right of resist ance to the payment of tithes in Ireland, appear to be of so dangerous and novel a character as to call for a reply not only because the consequences to which these doctrines tend would terminate in the total subversion of a church establishment in Ireland, but because, if once admitted, society itself would •be shaken to its base, and might, not right, ba justified as the ulti mate appeal of .the discontented. The questiqu.most immedi ately at issue is not whether titheis the best mode in the present stage of civilization of remunerating the clergy. irt Ireland or in other countries. There may be many conscientious individuals who thiok., the system requires change, who believe that the existing. mode of. levying and of appropriating the tithe is pre judicial and unjust, and who, by commutation or other means, would entirely abolish tithes as a means of payment to the clergy.. : But these are points for moral and economical consi deration at a later period, and, not now the matter in dispute. This, and it is a solemn question for the rulers of a . people to answer,,is, whether the law is to be violated with unpUnity; whether its majesty is to be ridiculed, and its edicts disregarded; or whether it is to be vindicated with energy, and, if necessary, upheld by force. However great may-be the wrong, or how :ever flagitious the enactments with respect, to tithes in the eyes lof the maltOntented, they certainly rest upon the same foundas tions, and are sanctioned by the same forms of legislation as those other laws which eprevail is this country, and against which neither the most wicked nur the most bold have yet dared to set themselves up in active or passive array. The selfsame right which conferred property in land, conferred property iu tithe, and to seek fur the origin of either, beYond the mere law !of,the land which bestowed both, is to plunge into the mazes - of, obscure and visionary reasoning. Ohedience, full and , per . fact obedience to the law, ii one ()Nile first elements of civilized life; and if this duty is directly violated without penalty; or 414ftety eluded. and set 'at nought. - at. the eatpriteasf ifinvittaAS or the of interest, there is at once an end of Overt'', _snent e and with it of society properly so called. -The right.of insurrection by a people when writhing under oppression is adduced to Justify by analUgy the right of resistance to tithes, and Mr. Jefferson's opinion is called in aid of the justification of rebellion. Without intending to underrate such an authO-- rity, it wouldperhaps have been better upon thisaubject to have recurred to a less interested party; and if the writings of the greatest publicists are consulted, it will there be found that there is no point so cautiously treated, no subject held to be so deii- Ilcate (except when the commands of the sovereign aro at vari ance with the Divine law) as to decide where submission in.a na tion ought to cease, and where it is lawful for resistance to begin. And if this be true where the power of the prince is absolute, which is the supposition under which Puffendorf and Wattel condemn the doctrine of resistance to authority as criminal, how **eh less can such resistance be approved of when the people have, by their representatives and other means, a regu gular, legitimate, and influential mode of remonstrance. What might have been justifiable in Athens against the Pisistratithe, or what was laudable in Corinth on the part of Timoleou; what was to be commended in Rome when the senate proscribed the Tarquins, and when Brutus, in his consular office, trade the people swear never more to submit to kingly authority; or when again, in another instance, what was praiseful when the people revolted - against the deeenivir; Amiiiis Claudius, on account of his atrocities, and abolished the office, is not to be discussed here, nor are these cases in point, although continually appealed to by the dilaffected as sanctifying the cause of rebellion, and as having their apology in the best feelings of mankind. Eat these eveats have, in fact, no application to the circumstances of our own times, and, least of all, to those of odr own country; and though they may be ambitiously cited as examples of glowing patriotism to urge on the enthusiast and the fanatic to acts of overt rebellion, they are after ail only brilliant excep tions to the rules upon which society is framed, and their vindiea tion depends greatly upon the harbality of the.age in which they originated. But laying aside all further reflections as to the defence set up too. frequaeatly in these days in favour of resist ance, whether general or particular, to lawful . authority, and referring once more to the cinestion of tithes, with Out entering into those.mixed causes of policy and religion from which this contribution to a certain class of society sprang, it may be de sirable to observe that the justification of tithes as au imposthas not, as it is pretended, in any way rested for centuries past, upon what is termed the division into three or four parts— namely, one for the repair of religious edificese-anothef for:the lupport of the poor—and another for the maintenance-of the clergy, which last, it is said significantly, had the stnallet por tion. Notwithstanding that such 'a division as this, or one simi lar. to it, excepting that the bishop had also a part; which is an important fact in showing that the church as a body had not as stated the smallest part. Charlemagne adopted, when he 'de creed the payment of tithes, which, before this lime; though ad vocated by the clergy, are stated by Moutetqien not -to- have been established by positive law: If all this be true with regard , to-the division of tithes at their origin, or, more strictly speak ing, at what may be called their revival, it is also as !rue that alienations, were subsequently made, and these have been since either ratified virtually, or expressly, by those same laws which protect national and individual property, and it hence folhovs that, unless we would see the rights of property invaded, the existing clergy are as much entitled to their tithes or to compen sattou as the landlord is to his rent. But even if this should be denied, upon the principle that public and private property do not rest upon the same basis, tithes, in justice, cannot in any case, as they now are in Ireland, be retained by the owner or teaaut of the. seilie If _she.one, rasiets.eand the other eutourages the resistance, they stand both equally convicted or dishonesty, and before conscience can be allowed to be an excuse on their parts, the money now held back forcibly and iniquitously, (for under ao circumstances can it belong to the party so retaining it',) should at least he deposited in third hands to await the deem s* of the tribunal to whom the case is finally to be referred. That tribunal would necessarily be the legislature of the coun try; who seeing the question at issue to be in truth one of prin ciple, would then feel itself more end more imperatively bound to consider and redress the alleged wrong. That church pro perty has been confiscated by the different countries of Europe in succession, as each has gone through its fiery ordeal of revo lution orconquest, is no argument for the justice of such a proceeding, nor does the authority, though somewhat ostenta tiously adduced, of the Emperor Joseph 11., (himself but an awkward mimic of Frederick the Second,) render it mare praiseworthy.- " His conduct, says an eminent writer, ought not to be taken as a rule, fur his reign has been described as eine continued scene of agitation and disappointment, and his plans of...reform, however beneficial in many particulars, as exciting general discontent, and proYeking an opposition which threatened the very existence of hisempire ; and added to which he is accused of concealing despotism and ambition under the mask of phi losophy and benevolence." In addition to 'this, a foreign bingtapher also strongly remarks, that • ti.nprincipled ambition. --a restless degree of innovation —disregard of the rights and feelings of his subjects, and the perpetual phrsuit of projects inconsiderately adopted and lightly forsaken rendered his reign an incessant struggle, ending with the defeat of almost every plan which lie had formed ftii the public improvement or the increase of his own authority." Although church property has not, as it is stated, been held inviolable in France, Spain, and other countries, there is a broad.distinction between the legislature of a nation (whether .it had a right to do so or not is not now to be inquired into,) alieuating the possessions of the clergy and dectdring them to be the property of the state, and a section of a state •setang itself up in opposition to all law, and 'consigning to its own use that which, if it does not belong of eight to the clergy, assuredly is not the , property of the party holding it back. But it cannot be too -often repeated, that until the law is changed, the tithe is unquestionably legally vested in the clergy,. and it would be as unfair because the law of primogenie tire may be a bad one, to divide an entail by forte as it would be to alter the distribution of the tithe, unless the sequestration were sanctioned by the legislature, and compensation were. Hgranted for the injury done. The greatest perhaps; amongst the many great speeches of Grattan was that which he made in 1787 upon tithe. He traced its rise and progress from the earliest times of .Jewish theocracy to the present day. He de precated many of its effects, and lamented over its results, but he breathed nut a word which could be construed into a justi fication of resistance to its payment, and only advocated ino deration in its collection, and an improved method of fixing its amount. It was reserved for these latter times to see resistance systematized, and that resistance, if not justified, at least mere than palliated, and it is much to be feared; such is the short sightedness of immediate self-interest, that even some proses aa.nis in Ireland are not very adverse to the progress of that ,spirit . against the payment of tithe which 'inew so dangerously sprevails, forgetting that the days may soon come arisen the right obtained through conquest by the Sassenach to the Soil may be equally questioned with the protestant clergyman's claim to the tithes. The picture of Ireland is. melancholy to look upon in every point of view, 'amid they-who see in it more a question of. religion than at'y other, oYerloakthe histerVof those - dark periods when ruled by its own kings, and goVernee by its own-laws, it was stiThurtilent. disquieted, and factions. , To enforce the.paymmatof lithe "at thepsaint of-the bayonet" may he au unfortunate hecause it seems a harsh eitnressiOn, but eitrelv it is only.lo'he ainderstood as having been used rheto rically, and the fignie'of speech ought not to be objected •to by those who, though they may not intend to set down "aught. in inalice," state Without reservation, that archbishops in succession have left £U/SW t0 . ,£500,000 to their families, and that the:cler gy es a body _in Ireland have shown theruselveslo be worldly and immoral. Statem6hts such as these are, nittst be coloured, how ever unconsciously by prejudice, for nithout in any way milling .to detract from the virtues of the catholic Clergy, of which there are many shining proofs, yet viewed as 'a 'body of moral teach ifs, the general testimony of Europe 'has been undeniably in favour of their protestant fellow laboarere. But this'is not the paint' in contention, nor as it bus before been urged, are n-e now to ilecitle upon the wisdom or ehefolly of the existing laws re specting the Claims of the clergy upon the land, but it is to be . aletermined, and that seriously,—whether those claims shall be t ix(ljusted by legislative interfence, or whether they shall be ',fraudulently evaded to; those from whom they are due—whether in fine the law shall be vindicated in all its dignity, or whether it Shall continue to be Contemned and despised— whet her those who. resist shall still go on enjoying their immunity, or be reduced fly force, if required, into obedience and eubmission ; considering with the eathor of the Enquiry respecting Political . Justice, that abuses even when. proved should be corrected by the.silent hostility of opinion instead of . .. She active direct oppo sition of rebellion. VINDEX. December 24:11. DO TILE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.IND,IRD. Top of the "iintrn hall, 28th Pec; 183. Mr DEAR EDlTOR,—Ahhouh I'd Ont suppose you will have any very great influence with my new masters, yet 1 trust you will not refuse to render me your 'assistance in the situation in which I fear I am now placed; and. which, I can assure you, is a matter which perplexes me not a little. The fact is, that a " Bird of the Air'' hath, with great consi deration for my personal feelings, carried unto me a report which ha accidentally heard, viz., that one of the first acts of the flew council will be of course without any consultation of my feelings on the subject), to clothe my 'hitherto admired foi.rn, (I say this without vanity,) in the ungainly, and to me useless trappings of a " cork jacket." Oh save me, Mr. Editom, from this indignity, and I shall ever afterwards be—Your obliged, "BRITANNIA." My feathered informant also stat4d 4 that he suspected a plan was on foot for demolishing the •' apposit;uo Baths" on the Pier-head, but this I fancy would be too glaring an illustt a tion.of the levelling principle for these worthies- to venture on just at present. - CORONER'S INQUESTS, On Saturday, an inquest was held at the Infirmaiy; before James Pownall, Esq., one of the bail,iffs of Liverpool; on the body of Ann Johnson, who died in ciinsequence of her clothes, taking fire. Thomas ilobinkin, a lodger in Johnson's house, deposed that between twelve and two o'clock on Sunday morn ing, the 13th, he was awakened by JOhuson's little girl crying out her aunt was on tire. Hi got. up and went up stairs, and found deceased's i'oom full of smoke, but no one there; he then came down stairs, and found-deceased with her clothes on fire. He immediately got a quantity of water, WhiCh hepoured on her, and extinguished the fire. The deceased seemed to be in a state of stupoi, and, whilst the water was being poured upon her, she turned round and said, ."A'ial burnt to death." Deceased was severely burnt in various parts. Mr. .Long, hense-surgeon to the Infirmary, deposed to . deceaSed being admitted on the 13th Instant, and that she died . id consequence of the injuries she bad received from being'biirtit.---The jury returned a verdict of " accidentally burnt to death." On Saturday, an inquest was held in Vauxhall-road, before Mr. Pownall, on the body of Edward Lord, cork-cutter. Ann Scott deposed that she let lodgings at No. 1,48, Vauxhall-road. The . deceased came to her about three weeks ago and inquired for lodgings, which she let him. He had, ever since he came to her, drank to excess, and.was drunk every night he went to bed. On Friday morning last, betWeeri twelve and one o'clock; he came. home drunk,,assisted by a ,young man. He imme diately.went to bed. In the morning she wept to chapel; de ceaSed was not then up, On her return, her daughter informed her that she had found deceased dead on his be&room floor. She went for a doctor, who said he was quite dead. Mr. New man, house surgeon to flie,3l4tetisary, deposed to being sent for on Friday, and finding, deceased ,quite dead. He had since . opened the body, and found the ventricles of the brain and the blood-vessels gorged with, blood; the internal - coat of the sto mach was also much intimea: He was of opinion deceased: came to his death by popfe24,..p . — rilifu'cikby, excessive drinking;. ~V erdict accordingly. - ... .)ti Saturday another inquest was held before Mr. Pownall at the Intiimary_, on. the !)ony . ...... . Win. Sothefu shoemaker, of Knotty Ash; deposed to hearing a child scream ing in deceased's house, at Knotty Ask, on Wednesday morn• ing, about eight o'clock, he went in to ascertain the cause, and found deceased standi in the middle of the fl oor . w i t h h er •eliiihes on fire. Ile and another neighbour put the fire out as quickly as they could. She was severely burnt all over her bidy. No person was in the house when he went in.-:—Timothy Fiialay a the husband of deceased, said_he had gone out to work on the - morning in "question, and left deceased sitting in the chair near the fire. She was then quite well. Hu heard nothing further till a inesiage informed him that deceased's clothes had `taken ,fire:- ace immediately: weut ..home, and found her there very severely burnt. He sent for e doctor but he not_bei•np,.at, tiume.ki*:got cdvered cart And took her to: Liverpool hair- Long.-the house surgeon to the Infirmary, deposed •tii deceased being admitted into the Infirmary on-Wednesday last. She was severely burnt about the head and neck, and in other parts. of her body. Every thing was done that could be foriaera- but she died of ihe injuries she had received at half past six o'clock the same day. Verdict—Accidentally burnt to ' We-are requested to ask whether it be true, that in a certain rather extensive retail slip in Liverpool, the young men in reference to ladies who visit the shop,, use the letters D. P. and D. 13., which are perfectly intelligible to themselves, and highly insulting to the ladies ? This must be answered, and satisfac torily explained, or —! Mayton's DONATION.— On Christmas-day the Mayor, ac cording to custom, gave to each person confined in the Borough Gaol two pounds of excellent beef, two pounds of bread, three pounds of potatoes, and a quart of ale. Cowstisi - AT SEA:—On Wednesday last, about noon, the William Penn steamer, on her return from Waterford, in con sequence of 'the dense fog which then prevailed, unfortunately run down a sloo belonging and bound to Cork.. 'The captain and mate were drowned; the remainder of the crew (two men) Were saved by the crew : of tile Lucy End. AcclnuNT ON THE RIVER.—On Wednesday evening, about five o'clock, as the William Fawcett, Birkenhead steamer, was coming down the river, she ran foul of a large outward-bound schooner, then lying at anchor, and did considerable daMage. The shock was tremendous, carrying away the chimney of the steam-boat, which fell aft the vessel, and a passenger belonging to the Dolphin, government hoat,,had his thigh broken. The steamer had on hoard about forty passengers, who scrambled on board the schooner, and the confusion which took place can not be described. •The two vessels were extricated in about twenty minutes; but considerable time elapsed after this before any : communication was made with the shore, although the acci dent took place within hail. In about an hour a boat, with fonr men, came alongside the schooner, into which the man who had his thigh oroz 3a. nil wife, and tw,, gentleman ware lowered, and ultimately ianded at the Prince's Pier, when the police very promptly procured the usual apparatus in cases of accident, and conveyed him to the Northern HospitaL where' Mr. Gill and two other medical gentlemen were in attendance. The acci dent was occasioned by the density of the fog. SIR JOHN BAYLEY, BART —This venerable ex judge has tetnrned from a tour on the continent. • NORTH LEICESTERSHIRE ELtcrioN.—The High-sheriff of Leicestershire has fixed on this day for the election of a member in the ro'citn - of the ►ate'Lord Robert Manners. The only can didate in the field is his lordship's brother, Lord Charles Somer set Manners, who will be returned without opposition. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday morning a boy, named Joshua Cragg, about . eight years of age, the son of a poor widow residing at Much Wootton, was drowned whilst, sliding on a large piece of water situated .in the centre of, the village, and known lay,the name of the Loads, in consequence of the break ing► of the we. NEW Loan CHANCELLOR.—SOMe of our contemporaries seem to have made up their minds as to who is, or, rather, who is not, to be the Lord Chancellor; but, as the question belongs more properly to the cabint, we must await the determination of his Majesty's ministers on the subject. It is quite certain, however, that a Lord Chancellor will be appointed, and it is understood that the judicial and political functions of that high office will be separated, Znst Luau -CLuau Y. J. B. Wil4rumn, Es 4;. at (Iv Canter. bury meeting, on the 11th instant, for the Irish clergy, stated that "he would vouch for the truth of a narrative he was about to give them :—A clergyman of Ireland, possessed of an income Of 1200-per annum, recently went to an office in llublia to in• sure his life in favour of his wife and children. Some hesita tion having. been evinced. he.asked if there was any objection to him. The reply was, "We cannot, sir • we dare not run the risk of insuring the lives of clergymen. We cannot make out a policy fot you 'unless you agree to a proviso that the insurance shall be void in the event of your being murdered." ' A thrill of horror followed this antecrote.—Kelitish Gmiette. - Prince CharleS of Hesse was soleindly affianced ea the 11th inst. to the Princess Elizabeth, dui:4lll4ra Prince - William of Prussia. Prince Charles, the Grand Duke's Second son, Ma jor -General :in the Austrian service, was born on the 2.3 d of April, 1809, and is therefore twenty-six years of are. Princess Elizabeth of Prussia, eldest daughter of Prince'William, was born on the 18th of June, 1815, the day of the battle of Water lob, and is consequently twenty years old. A-TTEMPTED I3IGuWAY RO.BBRItY ,— On Friday (Christmas) evening, about six o'clock, M. de La Claverie, a French teacher of langua . ges, while- proceeding to the house of a friend in Bold-street, was most" audaciously attacked opposite -Green lane, by some ruffians, who attempted to rob him. M. de La Claverie was walking with his hands in his great coat pockets, the coat being closely buttoned over. A man froth hehiud clasped him in his arms, while another in front placed his gaud upon his mouth, so as to prevent him front calling for assist ance. In this situation a third ruffian dealt hint a violent blow on the stomach, which felled him to the ground, and for a Short time deprived him of the power of speech. M. de La Claverie, however, retained the possession of his senses. While on the ground, another man, appearing to commiserate his situation, attempted to unbutton his great coat, for the pur pose of getting at his pockets. This M. ere La Claverie had sufficient presence of mind to resist, by folding his arms firmly on his breast, and a boy coining sip the gang instantly left hint. There were hut very few people in any of the streets, and no police officer or watchman was near the spot to assist in cap turing the thieves, or to have prevented so gross an outrage. ISLE OF MAN STEAMBOATS.—The directors of the Isle of Man steam-packet company, haVe appointed 'Messrs. Moore and Christian, of Red Cross-street, as their agents fit conduct ing the company's business at this port. The well known re spectability of these gentlemen will be a sufficient. guarantee to the:public, for the prompt dispatch of any goods consigned to their card. Eiiirt.oiNtENT AFFORDEp EiRAILW/kYS.—The average num- I lier of persons daily employed on the works of the London and Greenwich Railway during the last year has been 554, exclusive of the brickinakers, limehurners, biagemen, ironfounders, per sOns pulling down houses, clerks of the works, police, collec tors, &c. &c. HONOURABLE CONDUCT.—About sixteen years ago, -Mt. James Briggs, manufacturer, of Blackburn, was under the ne cessity of compounding with his creditors for . ..10s. in the pound. He evidently deserved, and he has fallen upon more prosperous times, for last week he most honourably paid his several credi tors the remaining 10s. in the pound, with simple and compound interest,--Albion.—['Phis HONOURABLE tONDCUT is worthy of all praise, and should be, and we have no doubt will be, followed as an example by every member of the new Conn:ion Council of this-lawn, should either of them, at any Fulmer p,,riod of his life, have been unable to make good his pecuniary engarements. TholiropprtyNtialification for office prestimes the ability to dis 7 ' charge every obligation of this - kind in the elected. A lint. nu ;his subject:from the Albion to the gentlemen of the new corpor ation will no,doubt be attended with the happiest ettects, seeing that we have no less than some forty of tile. purest patriots and Wormers of Liverpool in that body.—[E. L. S.] • . A friend to the church begs to intorm the editor of the S.tan .,siard that the Rev. .I. R. Tetlow,. of Christ church, gave, to the unitarians two votes, and the other to his muster. A general feeling of surprise has been excited at the result of the election in Everton ward, where the return of Messrs. Horsfall, Hodgson, and Molynenx was considered certain by a large majority. It is only those who were behind the scenes that are aware of the real cause of the defeat . of two of those gentlemen. Most of the voters residing in gverton are gen;- tlemen who have the right of vdting either for their residences -in Everton, or for their respective offices in different pelts of the town. On discovering in the early part of the day how liadlY the elections were proceeding in some of the radical wards in the centre of the town, the gentlemen in Everton who had these optional votes, confident in the strength of their own candidates, unfortunately went to the assistance of their friends in town, where their votes lA eie thrown away, whilst in Ever ton the result was the loss of the election of two couservatives,.with a narrow escape of losing the third. Doc K.POLICE.-A niimber of informations were laid on Toes day,- before Mr. Alder nan Sandbach, for kiying inflamable i.toods on the quays, and leaving them without a watch all night; the parties were each fined five shillings and Costs. Several fines were also inflicted for allowing timber to remain on the dock side longer than the time al)dried. Mr. Yates, broker, was .ned five shillings and costs, for allowing some goods which had been sent to be put on board his vessel to remain unprotected all night, without a watch on the dock side. The Gs ttnEtv or GETHSEMANE.—This garden is now sur rbunded by a low coarse wall, of a few feet in height, and a third part of an acre in extent. When Mr. Catherwood was there in lql, taking the drawings for his beautiful Panorama Of Jerusalem, it was planted with olive, almond, and fig-trees. Eight of the olive trees are so large that they are said to have been in existence ever since the time of Jesus Christ, although we ate informed by Josephus that Titus cut down all the trees within one hundred furlongs of the city ; vet it is•not improba ble that these trees, which Are unquestionably of very great an tiquity, may have arisen from the roots of the ancient trees, became the olive is very long lived, and possesses the peculiar property of shooting up again, however frequently it may be cut down. The trees now standing in the garden of Gethse mane are of the species known to botanists as the Olea.Europe; they are wild olives, and appear pollarded front extretne old age, and their stems are very rough and knarled. They are highly venerated by the members of the Roman eyntirrunion here, who consider any attempt to cut or injure them as an act 'of profa nation. Should any one of them indeed be known to pluck any of the leaves, he would incur a sentence of excommunica tion:—Finden's Illustrations , of the Bible; .6XPLOSKIN Or A ST - EAAI BOItER—MAN KILLED.—On Wed! nesday evening the boiler connected with the steam-engine at the bleachworks of Messrs. Tayler, Hindle; arid Co,, Sharpies, bark with a treirieridons explosion. The boiler was rent in. every direction; the engine -hou s e completely raised td the grodnd, and the. engine, fly wheel, and other anparatris pleted smashed tri atoms. Several adjoining biiildingS were !Midi damaged, the large 'teller Stones in the fotindation of the - engine, some of them weighing a top, were lifted out of their places, and one large flag Was carried ii truss the writer court?, a distance of near 100 yards, The engineer, an elderly than, named John Mather, w A li a wife and large" Trilled in'the fire-bole. lie was 'Aug m of the .ritins.atTeut an hour after the accident happened. Tivci,cither men were . itajured,* . kti of whom had hii fingers taken off, and the other was injul•e4 the baCk by a falling beam. Several Counterpanes and. 1ife4741 yarns were grit on fire, which Communicated te the locitiktiniiier and burnt fiir sonic time. The (tentage done is to a con Sider; able amount, and the place presents a heiti, of ruins. , It is sup posed that* . engineer had. tied driwn the safety-valve to pre vent the steam escaping. Fortunately the accident happened at the time the day and night hands Change, or clod loss of life would have bees most disastrous, as six workmen had Only left the engine -house a feW unrititei before the boiler Manchester Chronicle. STEAMER Buitsre.—Ort Saturday mothing , thb Lotiden, Capt Clarke, left Hull for London, but providentially, through the boistertias state Of the weather and a strong contrary wind, shsi Could not proceed to sea, but remained in the Hawk Roads Until Sunday morning, when, about five o'clock, her. cargo was disco vered to be on lire; the inog't persevering exertions were used.to extingthsh the flaines,lfut without success, fdr about eight o'clock they. became unorritrollable, and rib othet means being then available to save the lives of the Crew and passengere,' amounv• ing to about fifty souls, they ran the vessel ou the shore near Cleethorpes, where they all landed in safety. The progress of the flames' was shortly afterwards arrested by the tide, which was tiled flowing, washed over - her, and to Out circumstance the preservation of much nruperty, is attributed. The London was laden with a very valuable urge. Which *as packed in her hold on Friday night, and it it believed that a spark 'had lodged amongst some 'bales from that time. Whilst proceedinti dowii the Humber, on Saturday morning, some of the passengers in timated that they perceiVed a strong smell of burning, in con sequence of which Strict search was made while in White Booth Roads, but nothing being discovered they proceeded' to the Hawk, where they remained; as above stated, until Sunday morning, when the intehoi• of the ship had become so hot that some pers. - ins why were lying down could not rest. 0i) Opening a locker a body of flame issued forth; exertiou§ were used as we have stated, and sire was ultimately driveh on shore - Six wag guns and horses were employe - Li during Sunday saving such parts of the cargo as, washe d. up...W.e..tedisii. lie whole has netirlfaii - Talided. Besides the manufactured gtick6 ' the Lou.: don had on board a number of sheep dressed for Smithfield market, and an immeese quantity, amounting to several tons, of geese, turkeys, and other putiltry, intended as Christmas fare for the inetropoli§, the whole of which tie are informed, was de stroyed, and Wilt be a heavy loss to the dealers; It is not usual With .steam-packet coinpanies to inshre - their vessels. An en gineer and one of the proprietors visited the wreck ors Monday; we understand she will - be got otf and repaired; the injuries done to the ship being chiefly confhied to the belt cabin bud after.: buld: Leeds fntellgeneer. MARQUIS CAMDEN:—On fhe. 23d instant was paid into the. Bank of England, in aid of the - consolidated fund. the Slim of £11,469 165., being the contribution to the public service of the Marquis Camden, from October 10, 1831, to October 10, 1835. It is recorded in a clause in the act for the alteration of the mode of transacting business at the Exchequer, that in the . year 1833 the Marquis Camden had paid in aid of the public service the sum of £244,470,105. 11d. Since that period, the KIM paid last year, 1:2,6.11 - 65.,' and that of this year of £11,619 165., make together £258,581 12s. 11d. A MATRIMONIAL ADVENTURE.—A few weeks ago a pair of lovers, Sick of freedom, presented themselves at the altar of St. Margaret's Church, that they might be united in the bonds of marriage, But the rev. gentleman having learned that the bans had been published in the parish church acme only of the parties, he declined to nerforrn- the ceremony, stating that at they lived in separate parishes, it waS necessary that proclaim- lion should be Made iu both. Reluctantly they withdrew, to pass a few mere weeks of tedious courtship, while the bans were duly published. On Sunday last they again presented them- - selves,. and were buckled together hard and fast. The Gordian knot being tied, the " happy man" refused to pay the fees, as, he had been subjected to an extra expense in the nubliLdtion of bans, whereupon be was locked up in the chancel, in company with his new-made wife, who (as all "better halves" should) refused to desert her partner in hit adversity. Imprisonment made no impression Cu hi:- resolution—he persisted in refusing to pay the ehaeges--(perhaps for a sufficient reason)—and the relenting sexton liberated nun in tithe for the wedding dinner. —Leicester Chronicle. EuGaNe ARiim.—Theie is how living at Knatesbtirougli ad old pensioner, named Edward, Day, upwards of one hundred years of age; he was a hatter by trade; and wad in the employ of Mr. Francis Moore, the constable of Knaredbotough, whd was sent in 1776 with a warrant to Lynn, to take Eugene Aran prisoner for the murder of D. Clarke, and says that on his Inas.: ter's return with the prisoner, he assisted Eugene Aram into thei • . house, and dressed a sore on the anti for him. Soon after Day enlisted for Et soldier, and served uineteeu years in the 20th Regiment; he lost a leg and thigh, in the American war„ when engaged with the Aniericans.. Being a married man, his wife, hearing that he was wounded in the battle, went to Search for him. A thunder storm came on, and she was struck blind by a flash of lightnirngas she was opening the gate to enter the field on which her husband lay wounded. They were cloth got to the hospital. Her tight Was gone for ever, and she died at Knares: borough about six or seven years. ago: He has always Used crutches, not having a sufficient -stump left to fasten a whinlen leg to, hut quite sufficient to cause hitch much pain iti windy and changeable weather. He remained in Chelsea Hotpital front 1779 to 1793, when, at his own request, he became an out pen.; sioner, and has resided at Knatesborough ever sines. HIS voice and appetite arc good, hut his sight and hearing fail him, and he is growing feeble and helpless: He had only 13. per day pension.--Leeds CHOICE OP A WIFIL—The steneral and constant advice re gave, um, when consulted aboatalse..eheiseasof ci s • wife, a Tirofes- , sion, or whatever influences a isittai 7 s partionlar-and immediate, happiness, was always to reject no positive'gooUfrom fears of its contrary consequences. "Do' not," said , he, " forbear to marry a beautiful woman if you can find such, out of a fancy that she will be less constant than an• ngly one; or condemn'. yourself to the society of coarseness and vulgarity for fear of the expenses, or other dangers, of elegance and personal charms; which have been always acknowledged as a positive good, and for the want of which there should be always given sinna weighty compensation. I have, however," continued Mr.' Johnson, '" seen soinepradent fellows who forbore to connect themselves with beatify lest coquetry should he near, and With wit or birth, lest insolence should lurk behind them, till they have been forced by their discretion to linger life away in tasteless stu pidity. and choose to cotint the anotnentit by remeinbrance of pain instead of enjoyment of pleasure."—Jo/insoniana; QUEEN OF PORTUGAL'S MARECIAGE.---CORCIUG, Nov. Tw-morrow being the day. of the accession of the House of Bra g-at-mato the throne, the marriage contract will be ratified on the part of the flow. of Saxouy. Though the tenor of the con tract is not yet ofteially known, I cap, however, guarantee the truth of the following points 3- " 1. The young Prince Ferdi nand resigns in favour of big brothers and sisters, his claim to the possessions of. the Wilily of Cohary in Hungary, because he cannot have any other subjects than Portisguese. 2. He re ceives the title of his Royal Highness the Duke of liraeanza till there is an heir to the throne, when he is to he King of Por-: fugal, but not to act, except together with the Queen. 3, After the death of the queen he is to be chosen King of Portugal, as guardian to bit successot. 4. He is to have for his life it sepa: rate revenue of f 35.000 sterling per annum as an indemnity for his possessions iu Hougary. 5. Ile is at liberty to bring as' many persons attached to his service as he pleases, their sala ries and petitions to be paid by Portugal." The eonferenees on every point are concluded, and to-murto the contract oill be 'sent to Lisbon for tatification: CURING BaCost,---A cdirestidedkit Of the Mark La n e Er', press, after remarking that Man* instances of failure have of late occurred in the curing of that important article bacon, gives the following mode as the result of nearly forty years ex perience: —Keep the pigs at least twenty-four hours without food before killing them; kill them as speedily as possible, and let them remain twenty-four hours more to Cool. Then cut them up, convey them to leaden bowls, wipe Salt over the swarth (skin) side with the hands, takihis care to step the salt and saltpetre into the shank ends, in order that they may effec tually reach the bone; then turn the flesh side uppermost; covered with salt, - and sprinkled with saltpetre (a stone of the former and a pound of the latter fur a twenty-nine stone pig;) after lying for a week, remove the whole, put that which was uppermost lowest, and add more salt to those parts froin Which it may have disappeared ; in about three weeks or a 'month, it will be fit to hang up to dry. The principal things to attend to are these :—the pig must fast before it is killed; it must be as little irritated as possible when killed, and should be killed as speedily as possible; it should he thoroughly cool before it is salted, and placed in leaden vessels, if Al hand; it should not be rubbed—it only excites the putritactive process; amid You cannot rub the salt through the skin; let the shank ends be well-stopped with salt; let the place where it is put oe cool andairy ; re-: move it. and add salt as above directed, frequently. The stews directions are of great importance to the poor Ware cape= cially, DISASTROUS FIMELITY OF A Fridat SCOnight an inquest was held on view of the• body of Thomas Jenkins, at Ruddingran, who *as found . dead iu a ditch on the high mad between that place and Nottingham. From the evidence ad aced befete the comner, it appeared that the deepased was a drover, and was' driving tome-sheep from Lcicesterta:Netting limn, when, about eight o'cloek at night ; he elan heard to call for help by two men returning from Netiinghttni, and, ort searching, he was discovered; on his face in the ditch; with his dog sitting close by , him; but the dog resisted every attempt on their part to approach him. The titan it vain entreated help. One of the in:n asked the master Of the dog to let him kill it, but he said " Oh, don't kilt the dog, don't kill time dog." They then said,-" We must leave you, as the dog wont let us touch you;" and they thtaight; as he was off the road and safe, he might have a little sleep, arid afterwards get out himself. He did not appear intoxicated, or tell them- h,Ov he gut into the ditch. The following Morning early a milkman from Rudding ton, walking along the high road, beard a dog bark, anti upon going to the spot he saw a man lying in the dyke, with big• back upwards and his head under his body; be *mat as neat hint as he dare; the' dog growled at add would have bitten hint had lie offered to touch the body. With, the assistance of anothet person the slog was. at last beaten off, but hot befere the animal, a kind, of:shepherd'aclog, had made a most 'determined resistance; - The man was taken out of the ditch. When nei sps pearante of violence or blood was found upon his person, ex.. cepting pieces of his frock and shirt, which, it was supposed; had been Into by the dog in attempting, to pull the deceased out of the ditch; l`roin further evidence, it was the opinion of the jury that his death-was caused by apoplexy. iiditNEß AND Baouint s recollect meeting Mr. Brough am, well. I Met him at Bp...Sliarp's With Mr. Horner. They were then aspirants for potUical advent tires. Mr. Horner bore; in his coMverst.tion and Thiteanour, -. evidence of that straight forward and genefous frankne s s whist) tharaeterised him through life. You SaW, or rather yofi feli,Ahat you could rely upon his integrity. Hit mind *as bettet fitted te..rerontile crepancies than to discover analogies; /16 had line, nay, even high talent, father than genius. Air; Brougham, on the con trary, had an apparent restlessness, a CO,IISCIOUSIieSS, not of so pesior.powert, but of Superior aktitity h inan'tshese heart was placed in *hat should liatielieett his head : you were never sure of him, you always doubted his sincerity. He was. st that time a hingir-oh opOn LOrsAntland, Mr. Heiner betiig under the auspices of Lord Linldosine. From that time 1 lost sight of Mr. Brottgliain for some time. 'When We next tnet, the subject of the parliamentary • debates was alluded .to ; previously to which Mr. liroughatit' had expressed OPititims which were in unisbd With my own upon a inatter at that time of great public interest: I said, "I could never rely Open what was given for the future in the newspapers, at they had made him say rectly. the conttar+; I was glad to be undeserved." "Oh,". said•Broughum, in a tonerof voi,e half-coilitiehtial and half,: jocular, "Oh, it was very true I said - so in 'Parliament, where there is-a-party but tee know better:" I said' notiVay i bat 1 did not forget it.—Melnorials v . /Toler:4e.. . •