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SEPTEM ERR 18, 18:=:)• •S'QUIRE BY COVRTESI" .2ND B. B. BT FROFRRSIN Rome men ate born fools, and some make fools of themselves. LETTER 11. In resuming the subject of my formei letter, allow me now to sa y a word or two as to your silly rhodomontade on the subject of. Your million of " fighting catholics." You ridicule the idea of being opposed by a hundred thousand orangemen. You have a st rangely oblivious memory. What think you of the sixteen Millions of protestants in England? Talk of your "milllion of t atholics I" a few thousands of the maligned orangemen would "nu scatter the cowardly, superstitious crew which yells at your heel s i nto t h e i r nat i ve w ild s . I n d e ed , ' I would engage to Pick KW mountain-boys from my own loved land of the harp and song, inheriting the bravery of their noble ancestors, who put your vaunted million hors de combat "in less than no ti me." That they would be warmly disposed to engage in such praiseworthy enterprise, you may infer from the pitiful pro., P o rtion of r a di ca l s which Wales has returned to the House of i, "mroons. Your reliance on the physical force of your "finest I lMatry on the face of the earth" is, therefore, a contemptible piece of humbug. They may be very well for a midnight attack fin defenceless females and unresisting children; they may acquit themselves very well in lying in ambush for a protestant parson or magistrate, and in secretly levelling their deadly wea pons at the unprotected and unarmed traveller; but they ' w ill never stand a regular fair battle. In such a predicament they would prove too discreet to indulge their murderous elmpro ities ; too prudent to trust to any thing but---:their heels. N eed I say that, in this respect, your character is closely assi- Milated to theirs? You are a great hero—on paper. You • 7 4)414 —as was well remarked in the Times — sooner bite your imlgue out of your head thLva say the things which you have l'resurned to write in the presence of Sir Robert Peel. 1 : 01 i significantly remark that the million of raggamuffins ‘ 4 ~,s r mi you represent would be delighted "to get leave to fight." " 11 0 hold them in abeyance? Do you not wish to intimate that Yu" havecogy, to let slip the dogs of war, and Ireland will be deluged with blood? 1 • - Your sneering and treasonable remark on the Duke of Cum , t ?erla n d , and the objects of the orangemen, with reference to s o succe ss i on to t h e t h rone o f E ng l an d, are such as are calcu lated to s t amp your c h aracter w ith i n d e libl e i n f am y, if this had been the only act of turpitude which you ever committed. Chat right have you to infer such rebellious designs? Have ° o ua tittle of ev id enc e t o o ffer for your villanons insinuation? L 2 t me tell yon that loyalty and attachment to protestant government are the proud distinctions of the orangemen. heir fealty is not likely to be withheld from the Princess Vic toria, sedulously instructed as she is in those principles, for the 'ainlenanc e of which-they are leagued together in a justifiable it niance • ton-plainly and frankly inform us that the justice which you t e lait ° for Ireland is that which would be conceded by a domestic e``gislature, nominated by yourself. Thank you. We are thus I tahled to estimate the degree and extent of that control which /°4 exercised over the Melbourne ministry. We know what Yo ur designs, your inordinate expectations, are; you say that You anticipate the fruition of your hopes from the hands of the !'resent cabinet; you thus let us at once into the secret of their 414tuated policy with .reference to Ireland. I ° imitation, of yourself, I proceed to invite your special `' t endon to these few facts. 'our despicable, purblind, °awkward squad" in the House :reroninons, last year pronounced the appropriation principle, applied to the church of Ireland, a piece of robbery at once I.o el and impracticable. Th is year, the same delectable "awkward squad" unseated Sir Robert P ee l b y gu l p i ng d own thi s o bj ec ti ona ble morcel of legislative fatuity. 1 „ 4 doing this, they—the "awkward squad"—were drilled by 1, They were conscious that they could not. carry such a kt. 'Poste rous resolution. Your ends, however, were served°ll gained your long-desired ascendancy, .and secured fresh ?). " -°4 4d for agitation. Are You not over-stepping, the bounds of discretion in allud-, after your insolent fashion, to the offer of £ 70 and £72 15s. ' -t cent. t o the hi& clergy, as a substitution for the tithe corn t.°tion income. Have. they not a right to the whole amount? kh ; 4 has f rustrate d t h e exact i on of this right in the payment Al t ithes? Y ou have; an d you au d ac iously demand the acqui ekellee of the British senate in your scheme of unqualified Pit ; 4 der. v r : 0110 point have you been so unfortunate as in the slar which ji lt have eyleavoured, to cast upon certain members of the t ' i tl3 ° of Lords. Your "catalogue raisonnee" of the conser- Z, t-r e party stands in ludicrous juxta-position with the por '4 which you last year gave of your present allies—the ehi gs. . Th e foll ow i ng i s f rom your own.pen... M y coun t rymen w ill t- , l i d dY allow the fidelity of the description. Your manifesto last year, you describe "Wellesley as t. z "g in vic e - rega l dotage; Littleton as incapable and con- Atible ; M e lb ourne as utter l y andentirely inefficient; Dun -11,41141'r eharacter as having gone for ever; Brougham as ~;4 141 .1 put a fool's-cap ove r hi s chancellor's wig, and talking nonsense, and matchless and immeasurable aburdity, q: a h all the lest put together." Here is a quintetto which is uite equal tublimeo your more recent attempt at the ridiculously . ‘ r e have reason to think that another laughable "catalogue might be composed out of the materials furnished by l': u h r , O wn "awkward squad." Let us try. You seem to de wiu alliteration. Take a specimen. There is Daniel, eight of the death' s head, (that' s yo urs elf,) the big beggar hi 4, bothering a bevy of bumpkins with - his blarney and born teetical hogtrottery • Sheil, wholesale dealer in bubble and iC e et dcl Ruthven, gentleman of no school at all; Roebuck, t threadbare threehalfpenny politician ; Buckingham, the t:a.ebraterl circumnavigator, who thinks it a mortal sin for a 03 be "half seas over;" Ewart, the dunder-headed dandy; the widow's mite, floundering in mysterious profuu tit t tallow-b ra i ne d Th omson , a d voca ti ng un il a t era l recipro e.4,.Y.; Rhinoceros Rice, whose hide is as impenetrable as his th e ' : l- 7"itn; and last, though not least, in the comical register, 12 Hume, the Middlesex gander, cackling his queer cal -I,„e -ti°u tos, which even the Rhinoceros has the sagacity to dis br be fallacious. fre."t lam weary - of the muster-toll." I could amuse you dr e a d ay tiro by introducing your old friends to your notice, 4 " in these fanciful habiliments. Let the above suffice. l e :cur to the 'serious parts of your letter. What drivelling of t h " ) °lery it is to talk of the constitutional rights or liberties as tk e /3 ritish people, if such despotic, such tyrannic conduct, 16 1 - ;* licus e of Commons has recently exhibited, should go un -0 I tt ' he d• Are the desperate and inquisitorial functionaries of liei - ' ° use of Commons to be the absolute arbiters of the &a te " ° I millions? Is a contemptible knot of ne e dy Irish papists p ri : . tereise an un li m i te d an d unaccounta bl e contro l over t h e Fe egos, the prope r ty, and the lives of sixte e n millions of la t lh protestants? The reply will be speedily furnisheo . , 0° 'Your satisfa c ti o n. it et ° , ll e numerate the separate acts which the lords have re kee:;4. during the last session. I take them up in your own havi They have annihilated the Irish church reform bill, and t has &.voided the guilt of a sacrilegious and cruel proceed. eweer hey have rejected the Irish constabulary bill, and have tli e d e to the protestants some shadow of protection, which b t) uhi never haveenjoyed under a' bloody popish police. Ihey have thrown Out the Irish marriage bill, which whig di sapproved of. Ith.. , a hey have rejected the Dublin police bill, in concocting Ile l h o ; t he rate-payers ; who would have' to pay for carrying its , " a i q tis into execution, were not even consulted. cushioned the Irish corporatien reform bill, a mea t!, - lr hlch was intended to augment indefinitely the power of of ti:ornish priesthood, and to deprive the oiners of friur-fifths i t)h„, lll.o Perty e f . Ireland of every one of their representatives p r nament. hia:: .r lteY threw nut the Irish registry of voters' bill, which tie ' e mi tr tted to give you the right of nomination to every mem lyye ' Ol Irel an d. Thi s b ange d B an a g her hollow. This would P m th 4 E ng li s h b o roughmougering system for ever. 44 I ti r u ; ac cuse, the Duke of Wellington of forgetting that he is ' ti at . -44 uan• The circumstance of Daniel O'Connell being \" 44. 4 ' ,t olost enough to sicken any one at the name. a ' l, whether the duke has ever been suspected of a gene -94-ett"n• I shall r e lat e s e veral most conspicuous ones soon. I,"estion is an awkward one for you to ask. Where is it t /nrle rosity? Of your avarice we have sufficient evidence t tlf-e• e te 4 7 l orictioly fact that you have, within the last five years , ' 44 4 48 0,000 from the poor starving potato-diggers of Ire tileieuder the dishonest pretence of sacrificing your profes -404 e nlolu tnents f or t h e purpose of re d ress i ng t h e i r g riev- I tas 3. T he truth is, you are idle and ambitious; and must )4 4 I., 'geY to support your indolence, 'and help ,to gratify AQ aiebition. ti ° l 3Z lit roe, in conclusion, to whisper a word of friendly cau- Ni - You, whi c h it ma y concern you to li sten t o b e f ore it is . 1 , 0 4 1 e. )0 4 4 . 11111 5t have perceived what lamentable consequences %te lt ittteniperate invectives have brought upon your poor is OwL YI " I3 , of the same creed as yourself, in New York. It fa ce 4 ;"R to you that a Roman 'catholic scarely dares show his i Ntt er t a '.' 6 W his religion in that state. Do you want to bring 15 to -l e _ t r. o the same pass in England ? Do you wish to cause Bntre.crate the presence of an Irishman and a papist? hot re, this dismal consequence will supervene if you are l'e r t , !es k te d in your triad career of agitetiaa xeiolence. shall iii from me again when it 101%* azavanlimM i I have the honour to be,,,ir„ Your obetlient,,sestwateat„ Pu° l , Sept. 27, 1835. INZILIHXAV• 41 .14 . kt li i. s4l ' e :i n Mrs. lietnans is now in Boston, lind, it is added, • ' 41e, p Prot - Jai-o. v go through a course of studies in one , of .ngland !wM , Vmtv.w.N7ar:Mratif.r , iwzrawra*,,mrq. gUrrSiaX.',EP.',, 13-1' !SIN G •Tuessday being the day appointe4 bythe revising b misters fur the . suuthern division of the .connty to sit in this town, for the• purpose of revising the lists' f voters for the election of knights of the shire, John 'Berwick Greenwood, Esq. took his seat on the bench at the Seisions Court at ten o'clock. It was arranged that the above named gentleman should undertake the revision of the list in respect to property situate within the parish of Liverpool, while his three colleagues attended to those of the adjacent parishes, townships, Br.c. The first case crf in terest that occupied the attention of the court arose out of an objection being taken by Mr. Peacock„ solicitor to the conserva tive association, to the .validity of a notice of objection served ou Mr. Ackers by Mr. P. F. Curry, solicitor to the reform asso ciation. Mr. Peacock contended - that the objector's iesideuee was not clearly defined as required by the act, being dated from Knotty Ash, which was not the name of any town, township, or village, .but ,the name of a house so called on the Prescot-road, from the circumstance of an ash tree growing on the opposite side of the road. It was proved by evidence that Mr. Curry's place of abode was some hundred yards distant from the knotty ash house, that Knotty Ash was not recognised in the books of the overseer of the township of West Derby, in which it is sitn ated, that it was not known in any county proceedings, and that indeasing property in the neighbourhood no mention of such a place was made. Mr. Atherton, a special pleader, appearedon be half of Mr:Curry, and contended the neighbourhood was popularly known by the name of Knotty Ash, and that the place of abode was sufficiently described—aiul called evidence to prove that a letter directed to Knotty Ash would be regularly delivered through the Post-office. l'he court took the same view of the case, and-decided that the objection against Mr. Curry's notice could not be admitted: The court having then gone through the list, for the purpose of taking the objections of the Overseers as regarded cnauges of residence, deaths, &c., proceeded immediately to the business names the day, taking the paei in kbeir alphabetical order, as they occurred on the stateinent of those objected to. Mr. Charles Adlard, Scotland-road, Was first called. The objection against his name was but trifling, and his claim was immediately conceded, Mr. Thoruas Abraham, of Great Newton -street, did not ap pear. His brother, Mr.,Robert Abraham, however, answered for him, but on examination stated that be had done so without the authority of the former, upon which the name of Thomas Abraham was struck off the list. " Mr. Robert Abraham, Roseotnmon-street, then stood forward on his own case. He was objected to by Mr. Atherton, who appeared on behalf of Mr. Curry. Mr. Atherton having proved the aervice of the notice of obkctiort, proceeded to 41.stst. that the peOperty for'whielf Mr. Xbrabam . ctainied to • fie registered was leasehold and not freehold. Mr. Lowndes produced the deeds, and showed that the claim was good, inasmuch as the property was land and houses on lease under the corporation for three lives and twenty.one years. The claim was allowed. Mr. John Andrews, Scotland-place, claimed for leasehold property situate in Banastre-street. Mr. Atherton appeared for the objection and proved service of notice on the 25th August. Mr. Peacock said he stood in behalf of Mr. Andrews, but subse quently aoknowledged that he was not prepared to prove the qualification. The name was therefore erased. Mr. James Aekers, Orrell, Sefton. Mr. Peacock stood up and stated that he appeared for Mr. Ackers at the same instant as that gentleman himelf stood forward on the bench. Mr. Greenwood said that he could not permit that a solicitor should appear on behalf of a person who in person presenotl himself. After a short discussion it was arranged that the solicitors for parties should conduct the cases and examine their clients as witnesses touching the proofs. Mr. Ackers was objected to by Mr. Atherton, but he prdved his claim, and his name stood on the list. The objections against Mr. William Andrews, Great Orford street, and Mr. Thomas Allen, of Macclesfield, were with drawn. Isaiah Ashlin, Rose-place, was objected to by Mr. Peacock, on the ground that he was a collector of taxes. It was proved, however, that Mr. Ashlin was merely a collector of parochial and not of government rates, as had been supposed. Qualifica tion allowed. Mt. James Aspinall, Grove-street. Objection made by Mr. Atherton. Mr. Aspinali did not appear, and was struck off the list. Mr. Richard Addison, Mount-pleasant, was registered as trustee, in receipt of rents of certain warehouses. Mr. Hewitt objected, on behalf of Mr. Curry, and proved service of no tice on the 10th of August. Mr. Addison said, that he was a trustee under the late John Bridge Aepinall. His wife had an interest in the property. He (Mr. Addison) received rent from the property to the amount of more than forty shillings per an num. Mr. Hewitt objected, that the will settled the portion of the property enjoyed by the wife upon herself. Mr. Greenwood decided that Mr. Addison was trustee for his wife, and was in possession for his own use, hence the qualification was good. Mr. James Ashton, Upper Newington. Mr. Peacock ob jected on the ground that Mr. Ashton had described leasehold property as freehold. Mr. Ashton did not appear when ca ll e d, and - his name was consequently struck off. Mr. Benjamin Allport, St. Anne-street. Objection with dritin". Mr. James,Ashton, Tyrer-street North, was registered for houses in Tyief-street and Regent-street. Mr. I'eacock ob jected on the ground that this did not sufficiently describe the property. Mr. Atherton was of opinion that the revising barris ter had the power of correcting an error of this sort. Mr. Pea cock thought otherwise, where a notice of objection had been sent in. Mr. Atherton suggested, that in any case where the revising barrister was satisfied, he had the power of supplying an'timission. Mr. Greenwood agreed with this opinion, and al lowed the vote to stand. Mr. Michael Ashton claimed qualification for a freehold house in Gildart-street, of which he was himself the occupier. On the ground of such qualification, his name was erased. Mr. Thomas Adcroft, 85, Gerar&street, claimed for two houses, 84 and 85 Gerard-street. Mr. Atherton objected that he occupied the house No. 85. Mr. Adcroft proved, however, that he received rent to the amount of £2O per annum for the other. His qualification was pronounced good. Mr. Obadiah Arrovrsinith, 21, Islington, was objected to by Mr. Peacock. Mr. Arrowsraith proved his title to half-a-share in freehold property to the amount of £2OO per annum, which he had directly. by will from his wife's itutt;, Qualification LI) rovvu(i. • Mr. James A ntrobus, Castle-street, was objected to by Mr. Peacock. Did not appear, and was consequently struck off the list. Mr. James Ashburner. Objection withdrawn. Mr. Thomas Harris was.registered for three freehold pews in St. Ann's Church, Nos. 52, 53, 58. He was objected to by M r . Atherton, - on the ground that re freehold right, according to the act for the regulation.of the church, viz.: 12 George 111. cap. 36, vested the freehold right i n t h e t rus t ees o f th e church. It appeared, Irowever, that according to the second section of that act the trustees were empowered to convey the property of the pews to individuals, and that Mr:Harrison had paid for two of them £145, and had received legal conveyance. Oue of them let for £7 per annum, out of which two guineas per annum went to the churchwardens; the other two let for £l4, and four guineas went to the churchwardens. Any sums which were paid towards church repairs were voluntary, to make the property more bene ficial. Mr. Peacock observed, that when the act of parliament gave the right to be conveyed as freehold, it must be so. No doubt could arise on the subject. Mr. Greenwood agreed with this opinion and qualification was declared good. Benjamin John Barrett, Cow-lane, was objected to by Mr. Peacock. Mr. Barrett did not answer to his name, and was Struck off the list. __. _Thomas Banks, Finch-street, objected to by Mr. Atherton. Mr. Banks, had a grant of his interest from the executors of the late Dr. Solomon, for three lives and twenty-one years, two of which lives are yet to run. Claim allowed. James Balt, Birkenhead, Cheshire, objected to by Mr. Pea cock; did not appear. Struck off. Thomas Ituddicom, Blackburn, objected to by Mr.' Peacock; did not appear. Struck off. Daniel Bride, Kirkdale, objected to by Mr:Atherton; did not appear. Struck off. Bradi:, Litherland, objected to by Mr. Atherton; did not appear. Struck off. Henry Miller Barclay, Birkenhead, objected to by Mr. Pea cock; proved his qualification, which was admitted, and his name retained. _ Francis Barnes, Dansie-street, objected to by Mr. Atherton ; did not appear. Struck off. George Bainbridge, Russell-street, obje c t e d to by Mr. Ather ton. The son of Mrßainbridg e produced deeds which proved his qualification, and the registration was pronounced good. Samuel Beverley, Great George-street, claimed registration in right of a freehold pew in St. Mark's Church. Mr. Atherton objected on the ground that the freehold was otherwise vested, and that the trustees could only dispose of a right of occupation for attendance on divine service. Air, Greenwood on eFamina lion of the deed 4 coincided in this opinion, and Mr. Beverley's mine was struck off. Joseph Miles Bennett, Great Newton-street, objected to by Mr. Peacock did not appear. .Struck off. John Bettelv, Woodside, objected to by Mr. Peacock. The grounds of objection were,sat aside and the qualification allow ed. Robert Baukes, Scotland-road; objected to by Mr. Peacock; did not appear. Struck off. Richard Bateson, St. Ann-street, as owner of a freehold pew in St. Ann's Church, objected to by Mr. Atherton; had his claim ratified. ThOmas Blanchard, Rathborie-street, objected to by Mr. Pea cock; cF.d not answer. Struck off. Rev. Richard Blacow claimed right of registration in respect of certain freehold property in St. Mark's Church, granted by act 56, Geo. 111. cap. b 5, as a freehold benefice for life. Mr. Atherton objected, on the ground that the freehold was vested in the trustees, in support of which opinion he presented a va riety of arguments, which were overruled by Mr. Greenwood, who allowed Thomas Brancker, jun., Breek-lane, objected by. Mr. Ather ton, did not appear. Struck off. • Thomas Branch, objected . to'by Mr. Atherton, had his qualifi cation proved as trustee to property held by his wife. Qualifica tion held good. David Beckett, Lord-street, was objected to bvMr. Peacock, for a mistake in his place of abode, which Mr. Greenwood recti fied. and allowed, the vote.' • • Amos Bigland, Toxteth-park; objected to by Mr. Atherton; did not answer. Struck off. John Molineux Bird, St. James's-street, was objected to by Mr: Atherton, and the objection acknowledged to be good by Mr. Peacock. Mr. Bird's name was therefore struck off. Joseph Barton objected to bv Mr. Atherton, proved his quali fication as trustee to property held by his wife. Claim allow ed. •Tames Birkett, Walton-on-the-hill, stated that be bad not re ceived notice of objection, and his name was ordered to Stand on the list. William Birkett, Lord-street, objected to by Mr. Atherton. Adtnitted that his qualification as regarded a warehouse in Bath street was bad, inasmuch as he was a partner in the firm which occupied it; but proved qualification in respect to a dwelling house in Gerard -street. Allowed. Rev: Jonathan Brooks claimed qualification in right of a free hold benefice, as a rector of the uiediety of the perish of Liver pool, consisting of emoluments issuing out of all houses and buildings in the aforesaid parish. Mr. Atherton objected, on the ground that Mr. Brooks was as rector a member of a cor poration aggregate un d er th e ac t 10 an d 11 Willi am 111 , chap. 36, that he had capacity as such in all cases. Mr. Greenwood said, that under this view of the case the rector could not vote by law. The Rev, Mr. Brooks' name was therefore struck off. The Rev. Thomas Charles Gladwin, Minister Incumbent 'of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, claimed in right of certain- pews in said church, which pews were appropriated to the use of his family and servant's. Mr. Atherton objected to the effect that the whole property in this church was vested in the mayor, bai liff, and corporation of Liverpool. Mr. Greenwood said that the pews being given to Mr. Gladwin for the use of his family and servants would not confer a vote; Mr. Gladwin's name was therefore atruckoff. • • WEDNESDAY. Mr. Thomas Leathom claimed for the Spekelands estate as ,devisee in trust in the will of the late Thomas Earle, Esq. Is ,appearing . that :Mrs. Earle had the estate for her life, and wat 4,o,possession, and that Mr. Leathino never interfered in the ma tatagemi4llt:of the property, the barrister decided that he had no vote. "The Rev. Bug'n M'Neill claimed for a pew in St. Jude's church. Itarpearing by the conFecration deed that the free bold was in the trustees, anti got lse bax.l merely the use of the '-7,1raireC41W2•1791,1, .L. 911 • :ell-. • 'rhe - barrister decided that it was only an .easeme.nt, - and likeetel the claim. Mr. T. 'M Horsfall - claimed as a trustee of this church. Vote good. WEDNItSDAY. 11" The Rev. Jamei Martineau, of No. 3, ,MiSimt-street, elaiMed on freehold pews as minister of the unitarian chapel in Para dise-street. Mr. Peacock opposed the claim, on. the ground that the right of voting was vested in the trustees of the chapel. Mr. Martineau stated that he considered himself entitled to vote in consevence of a life appointment in his office, as neither the congregation nor the trustees could remove him. He ad mitted that he was not in a d ireet receipt of the rents. Mr. Peacock submitted to the court that the legal estate was vested 'in the trustees, and not in Mr. Martineau, as he had himself ad mitted that he was not in the receipt of the pew rents, and it did not appear that he was in the receipt of 40s. per annum arising from lands or tenements. Under these circumstances he thought that the claimant's name as a voter should be struck off the list. The revising barrister (Mr. Greenwood) here re. ferred to a case in Delaney's election cases, in which it was held that where a trustee considered he held his otlice for life, without the power of removal, and being in the receipt of pew rents, the vote had been held vol. Mr. Peacock said, with all due deference to the court he must contend that the present case was distinguishable from the one cited, all Mr. Martineau ad mitted himself not to be in the receipt or the rents for his own use. The revising barrister considerettthe cases to be similar, and admitted the vote. The Rev. Mr. Hull:Minister of the Blind Asylum Chapel, claimed to register for freehold interest in the pews of the said chapel. Mr. Atherton, for the Reform Association, objected to the re gistering, alleging that the right of voting was vested in the trustees, and wardens of the institution. The claimant had no direct benefit in the freehold, as he did not collect the rents for his own use, but was merely paid a salary out of the funds arising from the freehold. It was necessary that the absolute controul of the freehold should be in the hands of the minister to entitle him to vote. If it could be proved that he had such eon troul, then he would not object to the vote being registered. Mr. Peacock considered that Mr. Hull's case and Mr. Marti neau's were similar, and Mr. Hull, who appeared in person, pro duced the act of parliament, authorizing him, in the 33d section, to let the pews of the chapel, and pay himself out of the pro ceeds, in the event of the committee refusing to pay him, or to interest themselves in the chapel. Mr. Atherton, after perusing the act of parliament, said that there certainly was a clause authorizing the chaplain to let the pews, but it was only a provision against auy negligence on the p_ast of the committee. This contingency had never arisen. The' eltavel - *as not an ordiniey place of woTehip, it was attached to a public charity, managed by trustees and wardens, who received the rents and contributions, end paid their offici ating chaplain a salary therefrom; and it appeared from the act the chaplain . had the power of suing the wardens in the event of non-payment. Mr. Hull said, the right given him by the act to let the pews and receive the rents, entitled him to a vote. After some further conversation on the subject, between Mr. Atherton, Mr. Peacock, and Mr. Hull, The Revising Barrister (Mr. Greenwood),said, that to entitle the ellimant to vote, he must not only be in possession of a freehold office, but hold freehold lands or tenements direct ly of the value of forty shillings annually. Here it ap peared by the act, that certain trustees were appointed to receive the rents of the pews, and the committee were cbosen by these trustees, and the profits were appropriated by them for the benefit of the institution. Out of this fund Mr. Hull was entitled to a stipend, which it not paid, his remedy was an action at law. Under these circumstances, he (Mr. Green wood) did not see how he could decide that Mr. Hull was in possession :the freehold, and it was his opinion that Mr. Hull had not established his claim to vote as a freeholder within the meaning of the act of parliament. Supposing that he had acted upon the right given to meet the contingency of negligence on the part of the committee by letting the pews himself; then it might have been different. Mr. Hull.—Then am Ito wait for that contingency? Mr. Greenwood.—! hope not. Mr. Hull.--I presume there is no appeal against your de cision ? Mr. Greenwood.—Yes, you have this appeal. You may ten der your vote at an election, which will he refused as not being upon our register, and if that is not satisfactory you can appeal to the house of Commons against the return. Mr. Hull.—l voted at the last election, and shall certainly tender my vote at the next. • Mr. Peacock, on hearing the decision of the learned barrister, submitted that Mr. Hull had proved every fact adduced in the case of Mr. Martineau, which had been decided in that gentle man's favour. He had, in fact, proved more. He had shown a life appointment by act of parliament. The rents in Mr. Hull's case were received by the trustees, and the legal estate , was vested in them, which 'were precisely similar facts• to /those proved in Mr. Martineau's case. He should be happy to hear the learned reviser's opinion in distinguishing the two cases; as he considered it due to the clergy of Liverpool that they - should know the distinction when the facts appeared identical. The revising barrister being still of opinion that the two cases were different, Mr. Peacock said he was prepared to bring for ward another case which ran parallel with the two just decided, —the case was that of the Rev. Cyrus Morrell, who would prove his appointment for life,end every other fact brou g ht f orwar d by Mr. and Mr. artineau. Mr. Peacock then called Mr. Cyrus Morrell, who having left the court, the hearing of his case was deferred. Mr. Edward 'Willmer, of Church-street, and several other unitarians put in their respective claims to vote by virtue of holding pews in the unitarian chapel iu Paradise-stiect. It is needless to add, that their claims were rejected. Robert Bennion claimed as a trustee of the dissenting chapel in Sidney-place. On production of the trust deed it appeared that the trustees were to permit the minister to receive the rents, and to pay his salary, and alt disbursements thereout. The barrister decided that the word " permit" gave the freehold to the minister on the authority of a case quoted in Roper on le gacies, vol. ii., p. 416, and that the trustees had no right to vote. Joseph Varran; Jehasophat Griffith, Thomas Jackson, James Knox, and William Morris, having also claimed as trustees of this chapel, were at the same time struck off. The Rev. John :Underhill, the minist,er of the chapel, Inra.tetinedOu . Mr. J. B. Falkner having claimed for a pew in Walton Church. was objected to. No vote. Mr. W. Harrison for a pew in Derby Chapel was objected to. No vote. The Rev. Robert Pedder Buddicom claimed to be entitled to vote as minister of St. George's church. It appeared by the act of parliament that the freehold of the church tvas absolutely mited in the minister, excepting some seats, out of which the trustees were directed to pay bins his stipend. It was objected that he derived no benefit, as from a freehold, by this mode of receiving his stipend; but it appearing that another seat was reserved by the act for the use of the minister, and not included in the excepted seats, of sufficient value, his claim was held to he gool. The Rev. Thomas Tattershall claimed to be entitled to vote as minister of St. Augustine, and the act of parliament being similar to that under which Mr. Buddicom, was entitled, his claim was allowed. _ _ John Bruce claimed as owner of shares in the Necropolis. It appeared by the deed that the land was vested in trustees, and the deed contained different regulations as to the mode of dividing the profits amongst the shareholders; but it appearing that the shares were declared to be personal property,and trans ferrable as such, hetwas struck off. Eight other claims were made in respect of these shares, which were all struck off. . _ Alexander Thomson, who claimed in respect of ten copyhold houses, rented at £9 a year each, in Poplm...street, was objected to by the overseer as being within the parliamentary borough; but it was held that as they could only be held separately, andthey Could not separately qualify any .person to a vote for the borough, the owner was entitled to vote for the county for the entirety. Samuel Job claimed as one of the trustees of Claremont cha pel. It appeared by the evidence of the minister that the cha pel was vested in "trustees, who, on his nomination, which he considered a nomination for life, appointed an agent to collect. the seat rents, all of which, amounting to f.:6U a year, was paid over to the minister, and that the remainder of his salary was raised by contribution from the congregation, and that the minister and cointonnicants had the entire management of the chapel. It was held that the trustees had a bare trust, and not a freehold in possession. He was struck off. Three other similar claims were struck off. The claim of Joshua Tunstall, the minister of the chapel, was allowed. •Thomas Wm. Medcalf claimed as tenant in receipt of rents of a freehold house. It appeared he was trustee under a will, and had the entire management and cont:ol of the letting, and repairing, and 'receivin g th e ren t s f or :he benefit of two daughters of the testator, who were minors, until they come of are. Claim held good. RIGHT OF TRUSTEES AND MORTC;AGEFS TO VOTE. Mr. Robert Clay claimed to vote as a trustee of certain free hold warehrnases and offices in Moore.street. He was objected to by Mr. Atherton, for the radicals, who contended that Mr. Clay, being a mere trustee of property, was not entitled to vote. Ihe resising barrister, Mr. Greenwood, before the state ments were gone into, said that the question was* very hit poitant one to decide, and before he gave' his opinion ho should like to call in the assistance of his colleagues, as there was a great diversityof opinioa on the subject. On their coming into court Mr. Peacock was called upon to support the claim. He contended that trustees in receipt of the rents were admissible. Before the passing of the statute of seveu and eight of ,William, persons having the dry legal estate were the only persons whom the law recognised as admis sible voters, and the statute referred to was purposely passed, with a view to remedy the hardship under which certain parties beneficially entitled to vote laboured.: The 7th section of that statute was precisely the same, but it only had the; effect-of takitigaway the right of trustees to vote in certain cases. The e next statute referred to was the 10th of Anne, chap. 23, sec. 2, which enacted that no person shall vote fOr knights of the shire, and in respect or in right of any lands or tenements for which such nersous shall not have received the rents and profits, to the fullamount of forty 'shillings or more annually, for his o w n use. The words for his own use" were introdUced into the set:- lion for the express purpose of preventing the fraudulent multiplication of votes by conveyance of property for election purposes, as it often happened at the time it was framed, as in the present day, that a party appeared to the world to be the visible owner, but had to.account to the real owners for the pro fits ; and it was to restrain this practice only that the words were introduced. This statute, however, was found not to have the desired effect; and another statute, the 18:11 Geo. 11., chap. 18, was passed for the purpose of restraining the practice just alluded to ; and by this statute the voter was compelled to swear at elections that lie was iu the receipt of rent to the amount of 40s. per year for his own use; and by the sth sec ti on o f t h e same act it was enacted that no person should vote at elections with out having a freehold estate in the county for whiels he should vote of the clear value of 405., or without having been in the actual possession or receipt of the rents and profits tier his own use above twelve months. He (Mr. Peacock) merely referred to those statutes to show that the words for :is own roe were merely introduced for the purpose, as expressed in the title of the statute of Anne, viz., to prevent frauueieut conveyance of votes. It was never, lie contended, the intention of those words to affect the right of trustees to vote. It heel hoe& the aniee see practice, from the year 1696 to the paesingof the reform act, for trustees to vote, and this he had no doubt woreld be conceded to him by the leas red gentleman who objected to the claim. The questieu that now arose was, whether there'weil anvthing in the reform bid which took away the right that existed in this ease before that bill passed. Now the 23d section of the ectorni bill was an exact re-enactment of the statute of 7 and 8 of William. before adverted to. Mr. Pea,cock then read the section alinfletl to, which enacted that no person shall be allowed to vote in an election for knights .of the shire fur or by reason of any trust estate or mortgage, unless such trustee or mortga gee be in actual possession or receipt of the recta and profits of the same estate, but that the mortgager, or parties in possession, shall and may vote . for the same estate, not withstanding such mortgage in trust." This enactment was a confirmation of the rights of trustees; and, had it stood alone, no difficulty would have arisen, but when placed in juxtaposi tion with the 26th section of .the reform bill, great difficulties arose. By that section it is declared that no person shall be allowed to vote \unless he should have been in the actind posses s sion, or in receipt of the rents and profits for his own use. How, he would ask, could a trustee he said to be in possession for his own use ? If the words were intended to imeort that ho was to be in possession 4,s owner, then ma trustee or unirtgagee could THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD er registered. Now, it would appear that the sole object, of tha, 26th section was to limit the time during'wbich the party regis tered should be in possession; and if it were to he held that the words " for his awn use" were to refer to trustees, then the lid section would be a dead letter, and the rights of trustees, as confirmed by the section, destroyed. He begged to impress upon the court the object of the legislature in first-tuaking use of these words, for, as he had already shown, they were merely made use of to prevent fictitious votes being given at elections, and were never held to apply to cases of trust-which were fairly open to inquiry. He (Mr:PO conceded the point that a naked trustee, not in possession, would have no right to vote ; but in all cases where a trustee was in possession, and had the entire control of the estate, be bad a clear right to vote. If it were held otherwise, nearly one-lcalf (capital) of the real propotyin England would be unrepresented, as it was chiefly vested i n trustees. It would consequently follow that in every instance where there were married women-or infants, the pro perty.woulcl. be entirely deprived of the advantage of represen tation. He, however, contended that trustees in possession for -the time being were owners of the property, and subject to all taxes, such as that upon land. repairs, and other legal pay ments made for his own use, inasmuch as it was a discharge of his own responsibility. There - could be no doubt of the meaning of the legislature as to the point, for when the 23d section of the act was before the House of Com Mons, Sir RLward Sugden enquired from the law officers of the crown what construction they intended to put upon it, and whether there was any intention to alter the law as it existed respecting trustees and mortgagees, when Sir William Horne in reply stated that itewas not intended to make any 'alteration. In this statement to was confirmed at the tine by Lord John Russell.: He (Mr: P.) had already shown that before the passing .of the reform bill trustees in his case were clearly entitled to a vote, and it would be absurd to suppose that the words "'for his own use" were introduced in a mere matter of detail to deprive the trustee of his unquestionable vote. Mr. Atherton for the objection replied fully to Mr. Peacock's argument: but did not at all shake it. lie contended that the 26th section took away the right of trustees to vote in all cases, unless the trust was accompanied by some beneficial interest. Mr. Greenwood then returned,' and after an absence of about a quarter of an hour, informed the court that trustees in posses sion were entitled to vote, and that was the opinion of his col leagues unanimously. It was quite clear to him and them that the legislature did not intend to take away the rights of trustees to vote at elections which had e)iiSted hefet e the reform bill passed. Ile; Mr. Greenwood, and. others of the revising bar risters, had their attention called to the. peiut during the pro gress of the bill, and if such had been' -the. intention, a fresh. enactment might have been made touching the 'clat*e in ques -tiaels e•die-did. not meant) ,sayAlukt . the decision would apply to public entity trustees. - The claim of Mr. Clay was then declared to be allowed. ... ~fi , ~.~:~-~ coN,e4RT,4I,':I.IIE :pEL4I. Mr. Henshall's concert uu Wednesday night was well at tended, end the performauces, generally, were much appiauded. Mr. Heushall sang two of his own compositions, " We part, dear maid," and "The oniy eircuinstance of life;" to altu latter a chorus was added, which gave a fine effect to the air. This piece was enerwed. The principal novelty was the introduction of Miss and Miss Margaret Hamilton, sisters of Miss E. Hamil ton, who has been singing in Liverpool for about the lest twelve months. With somewhat less vocal powers than their sister, they are decidedly her superiors as musicians, and will be found, if it be their intention to remain here, a valuable addition to our stock of musical talent. Miss Hamilton's is a coutr'alto voice, that of her sister a very sweet and powerful treble. They sang a duet from Semiramiile (Rossini) so well, that we almost ima gined they were importations trout Italy instead of Ir e l an d. Miss Ilaulihon sang the sceua, "Ohl l'ictria," from Tencredi, with very fine effect; she also introduced a very pretty air, " Why hiist thou taught me to love thee,'' accompanying her self on the piano, in which she was rapturously encored. Miss M. Hamilton was equally successful in the comic son.. of "Rory ()'More;" in this she delighted the audien ce w ith her playfulness. She also sang a " Gratias Agimus," (Heushall,) an a very superior manner. The other pieces which attracted the greatest notice were "Beata Nobis Gaudia," (l3onfichi,) by Messrs. Gillow and Davies; Glee, " Mild 'as the moon beams," (Brahain,) and the prayer, quartette, and chorus from Mose e :Egetto, (14,Assini.) The succeis of Mr. Henshall, in this his first essay as the conductor df a - public concert, will, we trust, induce him to tura his attention to that part of his profession. A succession of good musical performances during the winter season is much wanted in Liverpool. Were Ur• talent to be found here more frequently embodied and called into action, there is nu doubt that it would be liberally patronised. LIVERPOOL POLfCE. • MONDAY.—(Before Mr. A lderman ItkiniNsoN.) WHOI:ESALE ROBBERY FROM FUBNlSifiel)l4onoiNo.—A neat, cleanly-looking woman, calling herself rune Owens, but whose real name is Thompson, was charge 4 vi . ith stealing a large quantity of wearing apparel and other articles from her lodging in Blundell-street. It appeared from the evidence of a Mrs. Farrady the complainant, that about a week ago the pri soner teed: lodgings in her house, stating that she had come from Falmouth for the purpose of meeting her husband, whom she expected from sea. On Friday complainant had occasion to leave the house for a few hours, and on returning found the prisoner's son, a lad of fourteen years old, coming .from the direction of the house;carrving a large bundle. Knowing that the prisoner had ne property in thehouse, she examined the bundle, and ascertained that it contained silk dresses, cloaks, coats, waistcoats, and different kinds of wearing apparel, some belonging to herself and some to other lodgers. On taking the lad back to the house, the prisoner was found occupying herself in packing up china and every other portable article of value, obtained by breaking open four locks. The property was re moved from its proper place into the cellar, ready to carry away. Under these circumstances, and the prisoner having nothing to urge in her defence, she was cominjtted to the ses ions for trial PICKING POCK STS.—A notorious young thief; not more than 13 years old, who was discharged on Saturday, in consequence. of want of evidence to substantiate a charge of felony against him, was placed at the bar for having picked the pocket of a lady, named Baker, of a pocket-book. It appeared from the evidence that on Saturday evening last, between the hours of seven anti eight o'clock, as Mrs. Baker and her husband were walking along St. John's-lane, she felt a twitch at her pocket, and on looking round observed the .prisoner arid another buy standing close togethiA.. She mentioned the circumstance to her husband, who immediately seized the prisoner. the other managed to escape, and Mi. Baker saw the prisoner with much dexterity pass the pocket-book to the lad before he ran off. It contained 3s. and some memorandums. The prisoner, of course, denied the charge, and said that he was a respectable fisherman's sun, and assisted his father to fish. Unfortunately, however, for his case, the recognized him as a regularly trained fisher of porkethandkerchiefs and other loose trifles, be longing to a gang iu Scotland-road, and the magistrates com mitted him for three - months as a rogue and a vagabond. A I id, namecfPcirratiy, was committed for stealing a looking glass from a cook shop lu Redeross-street. lltsGßActiFrt. CONDt'CT OF AmEnIcAN S4lLo2.s.—Five yankee sailors were placed at the bar, charged with creating a disturbance, and illusing two police officers in Queen-street on the Sabbath. It appeared from the evidence of Shelly and another constable, that during divine service the prisoners were fighting and illusing passengers in the street. 1 1.'he con stables went up to quell the disturbance, when the prisoners beat them, pulled out - their knives, and threatened to stab them. 'With some difficulty they were overpowered and taken into custody. All that the yeroawine natives of a "free and independent nation" had to urge in their defence was, that the disturbance was kicked up opposite their own hoarding house, where they, considered they had a right to be noisy,. and that they did not know the complainants were constables. The magistrate designated the prisoners conduct as highly disgrace sful, and held them in good bail to keep the peace. et ee etteen .RErtto9 e W e rt- T rawl,- wf" Charged with stealing a pair a braes candlesticks, the p?Operty of &Mrs. Price. Mrs. Price stated that the prisoner's wife, who wal,a very hard working honest woman, had lodged with her for about eleven months, apart from the prisoner, who had just returned front Lancaster Castle, where he had suffered eight months' imprisonment for felony. By promising to conduct himself with honesty and propriety for the future, the wife was induced to live with him again and maintain him. Ile had not, however, been tong at home before he pledged his wife's and cbildrens' clothes, and spent the money in drink. A pitir of brass candlesticks, belonging to witness, had also been stolen from the house, and the prisoner had confessed to his wife that he had sold them. This was all the evidence of the robbery that the witness had to produce, and as the wife could not be au evidence against her husband, be was remanded in order to give the police an opportunity to find out where the candlesticks had been sold. The prisoner is fath er t o t h e l a d committed n th y dFaoynfrormpeical:inbgealrioilcigkettsh.e names of W. Park er , Patrick M'Mabon, John Burns, and James Green, who were, on Saturday, brought 'before the magistrates, on charge of having entered the dwelling-house of Sr.ll John Leyland, No. 2, Camden-street, and stolen therefrom a hat and writing-desk, were again brought up to -day. Mr. Leyland deposed that he had, on Saturday night, the sth instant, seen the desk in ques tion in his front parlour. It contained a large gold seal, bear ing the initials - J. L., a gold finger ring, and sundry papers. At about six o'clock, on Sunday morning, he went down te the parlour, and discovered the window open. A pane of glass had been cut out, apparently with a diamond, and through this the sash of the window had been unfastened. the desk had ilisape peered. Mary Pindar certified that she had seen all the pri soners together at about five o'clock on Sunday morning, near St. Vincent-street; she subsequently saw the prisoners, Parker and Green, at the corner of Ceendee-street, nearly opposite to a house, the window of which was open. Knowi ng th e part i es, she asked what this meant. Parker replied that a companion of theirs was in the room, and that they were going to have a veritine-desk. Richard Haworth, pawnbroker, Hatton-garden, stated that Burns and M'Mahon had called atthe confirmed shop and oconfirme d offered a hat for pledge. Having received notice o f th e ro b- I bery, he questioned them, and, his suspicions being by the equivocal answers which they gave, he endeavoured to detain them, but M'Mahon escaped. lie sent Burns to the 13dt:elven. The hat was identified by Mr. Leyland. Samuel Smart proved that be saw a confederate of the prisoners car eying a desk along Pembroke-place on the Monday morning Police-officer Kelly stated that he had found the desk hidden' among some rubbish in Crown-street. There not being suffi cient evidence to reach Green, he was discharged, the other three were committed to the sessions for trial. THE SLAVE TRADE. Additional article to the treaty concluded at Stockholm, Nov 6, 1824, between Qt eat Britain and Sweden, for the preven .. tion of the traffic in slaves, signed at Stockholm, June 15, - 4 35. His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain atnt Ireland. and his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, having thought fit to agree upon the following further arrangement additional to the treaty concluded between their aforesaid Majesties at Stockholm, on the sixth day of Novem ber, one thousand eight hundred and twentv-fotir, for the pre vention of the trade in slaves, have named, authorized, and appointed the following plenipotentiaries,' ad hoc : His Majesty the Kiug of the United. Kingdom of Great ,Britain and rteland. Sir Edward Cromwell Disbro*e, Knight Grand Crnss orthe Rovai Hanoverian Guelphie . Order, his Envty Extraordinary anti Minister Plenipotentiary to his Ma jesty the King of Sweden and Norway. And his Majesty the King of. Sweden and Norway, the Sieur . Gustavus Count de Wette rs t e dt, his Minister of Siate and for Foreign Affairs, Knight Commander of his Orders, Chancel lor.or his Orders; Knight of the Russian Orders of St. Andrew, of St. Alexander Newskv, and of St. Aura of the' First Class ; Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle of Prussia of the First Class : Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold of Austria; one of the eiyhteen of the Swedish Academy. Who, having exchanged their full - powers, found in good form, have agreed upon the following additional article : ADDITIONAL. ARTICLE. It is hereby . agreed betw een th e hi g h con t ra cting parties that in all cases in which a vessel shall, under the above-mentioned treaty, be detained by th e i r respe ctive cruisers, as having been engaged in the slave traile ' or es having been fitted out for the purposes thereof, and s h a ll consequently be adjudged and con denoted by the mixed courts of commission to be established. under that treaty, the said vessel shall, immediately after its condemnation, be broken op entirely, and shall be sold in sepa . rateparts after having been so broken up. This additional article shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof shall he exchanged at Stockholm, within six weeks from : the d'ay of signature, or sooner if possible. • Ia vitarss. Wtserenf, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present additional article, and thereunto affixed the ' seal of their arms. Done at Stockholm, the fifteenth day of .Tune, in the year of onr Letd one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. (L. S.) EDW. CROMWELL bISLIROWE. (L. S.) G. Comte de WETTERSTEDT. . • • VAUXIIA 1.1.. G AR DENS, LONDON.—Mr . Green made another ascent in his balloon on Saturday afternoon, from these grounds, and was on this occasion accompanied by Lord Dudley Stuart. The gardens were well attended. The aerial ship, it is posi tively- asserted, will ascend with Count Lennox, his wife, and six other persons, in the course often days or a fortnight. AI I 1 ITA RY DISGRACE. —A private of the 92d reolment,,„ now stationed in the ba rrac k s a t P er th, was d rum med out of the corps this week as being an irreclaimable thief. He had suf fered corporal punishment, it is said, oftener than once hefore, without effect. This inveterate delinquent, whom the military thus kick off, rather than have -the dishonour of his society and the 'danger of his contamination, is a native of Perth. MA nun OF INTat.l.F.cr.—As two scavengers were sweeping the streets of Dorchester a few days since, a quarrel arose be tween them as to certain pelts of the town that they should sweep, when the elder of them exclaimed, " Do you think it is prissihle you can come the fancy work by sweeping round the, poxP? No! take my advice—do the plain work first, and then I will teach you the way to come thelanr , y. ziftorwißds." DEATH OF DOCTOR ERINKLEY. The announcement of the death of the great and goOd Bishop of Cloyne will be received with a sorrow proportionate to the incalculable loss which literature, religion, and science haie sustained in his departure front this life, fur a better. Doctor Brinkley was " a scholar,'and a ripe and good one;" his scientific attainments' placed him amongst the most eminent lights of the world, who have improved the arts tjy important discoveries, or meliorated the condition of society'hv the, eom mut.icatiou of profound knowledge. But he was soli - waling far greater• and better than this—be was a christian bishop, wh o faithfully performed the oversight of his Master's Aock ; and so ordered his diocess, by a paternal and just discharge of his epis wpal lUnatroH,, that both ministers. aaillwople were equal/y . blessed under his government, and both mil equally mourn the loss of a friend and father. His lordship - long held with distinguished,credit to himself, and great advantage to the public, the chair of astronomy in the University of Dublin; and was thence promoted, solely on his own merits, talents and piety, in 1826, to the hishoprick of Cloyne, which he continued to hold till Lis death. His remains were this morning interred in the vaults of the chapel of Tri nity College, with which his name is inseparably connected, to the lasting honour of both. Cloyne is one of the extinguished sees :—The patronage and oversight thereof devolve on the Bishop of Cork. This is the sixth see, the revenues of which, since the pass ing of the 3d and d!h-William IV. ch. 37., have fallen in to the ecclesiastical commissioners, and the ecclesiastical duties been transferred to others, viz:— Waterford and Lisinore to Cashel. Killala and Achonry to Team. • Cionfert and Kilmacduagh—to Killaloe and Kilfenora. Raphoe to Derry. Ferns to Ossorv. Cloyne NEW FERRY COMPANY .—'This company are snaking such preparations for the improvement of the Woodside ferry, by causing the pas age to he suede with snore expedition and safety, as are. likely to increase the intercourse with Cheshire to a great extent. Two iron steam-boats have been ordered from Mr. Laird, of Woodside, and Messrs. Page and Gran tham, of this town, fitted with powerful engines, by Messrs. Mattler, Dixon, and Co. and Messrs. Rigby and Co. These vessels are to hu ready early in the next su.umer. CatrioN TO CAPTAINS ENGAGING To C,RI:Y EMIGRANT PASSENGEns.—Yesterday Captain Win. Howie, of the Amei can ship the Pete!'/1,,, was brought before the sitting magistrates, the Mayor and Sir Thos. Brancker, by special commons, at the instance of the . government emigration agent, to answer the complaint of William Colwell, one of the enugrant passengers, fur not putting to sea agreeably to his Contract with I'. .W. Byrnes, a passenger agent. This case being a breach of the 14th clause of the new passengers regulation act, under which emigrant passengers have a right to claim one shilling per diem each, when detained beyond the time agreed upon f:Jr• the sail ing of the vessel, the magistrates decided in favour of the emi grant, and awarded that sumo to each of the passengers from the 14th instant until the ship shall pot to sea. The 1 - ncifie has, we understand, about 80 passengers on board, to whom this allow ance must be made until she sails for America. PA SS !NG IZtCti WITII FORTY POUNDS A YEAR."—In 1795, died the Rev. Mr. Mattison, for GO years curate of Pattendaie, in \Vestmorelard. The first infant he christened was• after wards his wife, by whom he had one son and three daughters, all of whom he married in his own church. His stipend for the first 40 years of his curacy was £l2 a year, znd for the last twenty not quite £2O. Yet he died, at the age of 83, worth £l,OOO, of which he had saved four-fifilis out of his stipend., - The French government having iutimated that it was desir ous of perchasiug the house, No. 59, on the Homeward du Tem ple, from whence Fiescht tired the infernal machiee, the- iiii prietor has offered it for sale, but lie asks no lese than 130,000 francs for it.—./se Voleur. The Marpis of Chandos, last week, gave a fete to his te nantry at NI otton. It commenced with an early dinner; mar quees were erected ou the laviei in the weptfront of the. man sion, and they were stored with a variety of the lighter refresh ments. In the evening the grounds were illuminated \vith Chi nese lanterns and festoons of lamps. The dein* wus kept up anerrily for many .bears,. and 1441 A ait.. -lesieth-sinterrarftett by a splendid exhibittou of fireworks, and a hearty welcortni — CO 'sup per. DISTINCTION IMTWERN MORALITY AND MORAL 'PHIEDSO - old play writers are distingnistied by an honest boldness of exhinittun; they show evereihing without being ashamed. If a reverse in fortune be the thing to be persohitierf, they fairly bring us to the prison-gate and the aline-basket. A pout man on wig stage is always a gentleman; he may be kuown by a peculiar neatness of apparel, and wearing black. Our de licacy, in fact, forbids the dramatizing of distress at all. It is never shown in its essential properties; it appears but as the adjunct to some virtue, as something which is to be relieved, from the approbation of which relief the spectators are to derive a certain soothing of self-seferred satisfaction. We turn away from the real essences of things to hunt after their relative, shadows, in oralduties, whereas, if the truth of things were fairly represented, the relative duties . might be Safely trusted to them selves, and moral philosophy lose the• name of a science..— Leed's Specimens. Srg AM-BoAl` TxPLOSrONe.—Tt PsicbcY oft THE SAFETY VALVE.—If the trial of the engineer of the Earl . Grey steiern beat (in whose acquittal we entirely concur) proves anything, it proves that no reliance can be placed on the safetY valve in preventing such a dreadful casualty as that which beret the Earl Grey. It appears from the evidence of several practical engineers who were examined on the eccasion, that so tar from • the valve operating in all cases as a safety principle, that it has a tendency to act the very reverse—to become " gagged" or l o cked down without any apparent cause all of a sudden, and iii such cases the valve will not rise, however ',peat the pressure of steam may be in the boiler. It follows that, if by any accident this circumstatice bas not been observed, the result is inevitable; the boiler explodes, and perhaps every cause but the true one is assigned for the catastrophe. As the subject is au interesting our to scientific men, and is of tae first importance iii its bear ing upon Guinan life, we beg to suggest that the Society of Arts, or other scientific body, should stimulate the inventive faculties of mechanics and engineers to the discovery of a substitute for this capricious agent, by the offer of a suitable reward to the inventor. As the lives of all on board lie at the mercy, so to speak, of the element confined in the boiler, nothing should be left to the operation of chance which regulates the explosive force of the steam.—Edinburgh Evening Post. ROTTERDAM, SEPT, 7.—The Bishop of London, Dr. Blom field, who arrived in a steam-boat, specially ordered by his Ma jesty the King of England, preached on Sunday, Aug. 39, in the episcopal church, and on the following day .confirmed fifty one persons belonging to that congregation. His lordship, before he proceeded on his journey fur the same purpose to the Hague, Haarlem, and Amsterdam, where he now is, acconi pawed by his lady, two daughters, a son, and his chaplain, visited everything remarkable in this city, where he was particu larly gratified with the attention shown him, as well by the authorities as by.many persons eminent for their rank, learning, and talent. The 'bishop himself, - an elegant and profound classic, who formerly published a fine edition of eEschylus, was highly gratified with his visit to the Erasinian schools, and has since expressed his approbation of the mode of instruction adopted in them. DEPARTURE OF THE REV. JOSEPH WOI.FP, THE HEBREW MISSIONAIIY.—Last evening a public meeting of the Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews was held in the ancient I,adye Chapel, Southwark, for the purpoee of hearing a farewell address from the Rev. Joseph Wolff, who, after an absence from this country of eight years, arrived here in Apr . last, and is about to take his departure on a mission to Tim bubtoo early next month.— London paper. - Costustes.- e The French, from the earliest times, 'have paid:. serious attention to objects de mode.. After long conferences in 1449 bonnets and chapeaux were adopted in France to the ex clusion of the modest chaperons and the uul captielions. Up on the article of costume we may remark that in India, Egypt, and Palestine, the laws regulate vestments, which in other countries could not be worn. Rome had its toga, Greece her palliutn, and Gaul its brayettes, which were long the national dress; but fashion, by degrees, produced a change, and at last the total disappearance of those vestments. It was the same with the heard, by turns despised or respected, Scipio,• the African (202 years before Jesus Christ), was the first of the Romans who, in imitation of the Orientals, oppeared shorn. Leather hoots continued in Greece from the time of Laerte, but Caligula imposed his name upon those worn by the .soldiers The name of caliga was subsequently changed to calceui., pan teat., soulless, and shoes. The head-dress at. Rome in 137 was a cap, the symbol of liberty, because every slave enfran chised had permission to wear u. . In the 15th century they wore in France square caps, calottes (skull caps). Francis I. made them adopt chapeaux, then common in Route and Spain. The hair was worn in all fashions; some had it long, some short. Chausses (hose) and cravates were introduced to France in 1636. Also the gilet (flannel waistcoat). In the 18th cen tury they received the houppelande (great coat), known in 1,319; and the English hai,illernent named redingote, was adop ed in 17:15.--I'rivres de 1 Industrie. DEATii of A HORSE; FROM H DROPUOR I Paris, a horse of 14 years old, which had been bitten by a dog, was re cently observed pot to feed so well as he was accustomed, and when, in the evening, Ise was placed in the stable, be attempted to bite the horses that were nearest to him. In the morning he showed the same disposition. A veterinary surgeon treated him for stomach staggers. On the following day all the seruptems „were aggravated, and the veterinary attendant thought he was affected with frenzy rather than indigestion : anti, placing him in another stable, he practised two copious bleedings. and in serted two setups in the chest, and the same number in the thighs. The violence of the symptoms rapidly increased ; the animal hit himself every moment, tore the setons from his chest, and rolled obout, and rushed at every one whom he saw.' At length he broke his hailer, and was loose in the stable, from which every one 'hastily escaped. On the fourth day he couti nued to eat and drink even with avidity. It not being thought', prudent for any one to go near him, his food was thrown to hint I through an opening of the door, and a .bucket was. suspendede' and supplied with water b3' means of a tube.. As soon as he: heard the water falling into the pail he fell into violent consul .sions, seized the tube, and crushed it to pieces. On the fifth day he was covered with sweat, his eyes glared, he continually shook his head, furiously bit the right bide of his chest, plunged about, and sighed deeply every moment. When the water in his hue-- ket was agitated he was.seized with violent convulsions. These s y m p tome were (heedfully increased if water were thrown upon his head. This continued until the next day with little c.hau d ge, AIWA) Jie droll in Yi‘elP.P.t..APAYleleisseee. THE STATE RELIGION OF CHINA, • , .The Chinese - have no generic term for religion. The,wout, heave, which m eans t o teac h , or the things taught,' doctrine or instruction, is indeed applied by theM to the religious setts of Tam] nod . 13tidlia, as well as to the ethical sect of Confucius. And they apply this same word also to thatiananiedans and Chris tians. they to not apply it to the!state religion ; for that does not consist of cloctrineswhich ate to be taught, learned, and, '‘;elievecl; hut of rites and cerentmies. It is entirely a "Noddy service," which_ however tacitly implies the belief of some opinions; thriugh to have correct opinions, according to :some prescribed rule or articles of faith, forms no part . of the system. rhe state religion, as pra c ti se d by the court at Peking and by the provincial governments, is contained in the eiple of laws, called Ta tsing hwuyteen, and in the Ta tsiugleuhte, ender the head le, rules of propriety and decorum or rites and ceremonies, and in the subordinate division tae sze, sacrifices and offerings. From these two works we shall briefly specify ; 1, the persons urthings to whom these sacrifices are presented, or the oh,jects of governmental worship; 2, the ministers or priests, who offer these sacrifices, and the preparationTequired of them ?or the per formance of this religious service; 3; the sacrifices and offerings, the times of presenting them and the ceremonies accompanying them; and, 4, the penalties for informality or defective perform. ance of the state religion. First, we are to speak concerning the objects,of wniship, or things to which sacrifices are offered, These are chiefly things, although persons are also included. The state sacrifices ace divided into-three classes; first, the to sze,. or great sacrifices ; second, the chung sze, or medium sacrifices; . and third, the seaou sze, or little sacrifices. These last are also denominated keun sze, the crowd or herd of sacrifices; theword !min,'" a flock of sheep," being u se d as a noun of multitude. Ili following list, the Ist, '2d, 3d, and 4th are the objects nr classes of objects to which the great sacrifjces are offered; frail the sth to the 13th are those to which the medium sacrifices ore offer ed; those of the 14th and onward, have right only to the little sacrifices. 1. Teen, the heavens or sky. This object of worship is other wise called the azute heavens; and hwang kung yu, " the in)• perial concave expanse." 2. Te, the•earth. This, like the heavens, is dignified with the epithet imperial. 3, l'ae meaou " the great t em pl e " o f ancestors. Thi s t i t l e i s used to include all the tablets contained therein dedicated to the manes, or shades'ef the deceased emperors of tile present nasty. This triad of titles, teen, te. tee meaou, always placed together on a level in respect of dignity at the grand sacrifices, are.also worshipped apart. The lines or columns of Chinese characters being read from top to bottom, dignity is always denoted by tile height of the title; which...corresponds in some degree to our use of capitalletters. Itiferioriq of-rankor dig nity is marked by the title being placed (Meir more characters lower. 1-leaven. earth, - arid ancestors, as objects of worship s and of equal rank and dignity; are placed on a level, and one .or more characters higher than other nideets, as the sun, moon, stars, &c. An idea of this may he conveyed to the reader by the position of the words in lines, thus : Ileaven, Earth, Ancestors, Sun, Moon, Stars, &c. 4. Shay tseih, the gods of the land and gain; these are the special patrons of each existing dynasty, and are generally cated in the f,urtli place. 5. Jeih, the sun, called also to ming, the "great light." 6. Yue, the moon, called also vay ming, the " night light." 7. Tseen tae te wang, the manes of the emperors and kings of former ages. 8. Seen sze Kungtsce, the ancient master, Confaciui. 9. been nung, the ancient patron of agriculture. • . • 10. Seen tsan, the ancient patron of the manufacture of silk. 14. Teen shin, the gods of heaven. 12. Te ke, the gods of the earth. 13. The sny, the god of the passing year. 14. Seen e, the ancient patron of the healing art ; together with shoo j in kwei else tse, the innumerable ghosts of deceased philanthropists, faithful statesmen, eminent scholars, martyrs to virtue, &c. 15. Sipg shin, the stars, are sometimes placed next after the sun and moon. 1(3. Yun, the chidds. ) 17. Yu, the rain. (These atmospheric divinities are 18 Fang, the wind. usually pla ce d i n one co l umn. 19. Luv, the thunder. 1 . 20. Wtio ye, the five great mountains of China. 21. Sze hae, the four seas; i. e. all the waters of the °titan. 22. Sze tuh, the four rivers. 23. Ming Shan, famous hills. 24. Ta chuen, great streams of water. 2.5. Ke tnh, military flags and banners. 26. l'aon 100 the shin, the god of the road where an army must pass. 27. paou ate shin, the god of cannon. 28. Mon shin. gods of the gate. • 29. How too the shin, the queen goddess of the ground. 341. Pih keih, the north pole, Fse. . Front this specimen it is apparent that in the Chinese state religion, the material universe, as a whole, and in detail, is wor shipped; and that subordinate thereto, they have gods celestial and terrestrial, and ghosts infernal; that they worship the work of their own hands, not only as images of persons or things divine, but human workmanship for earthly purposes, as in flags and banners, and destructive cannon. That the material uni verse is the object of worship appears not only from the-names of those several parts which have been given abovea.butsalse from other circumstances. Thus the imperial higtrririest, when be warships heaven, wears robes of itzese colour, in allusion to the sky. When he worshipstlisreaFtla his robes are yellow to represent. thealav earthly clod. When the sun is the object, his stress is red and fot the moon he wears a pale white. Tise kings, nobles, and centenary of official hierophants weal' their court dresses. The altar on which to sacrifice to heaven is round, to' represent heaven; this is expressly said. The altar on which the sacrifices to the earth are laid, is square; whether for the same wise reason or not, is not Aimed. The " prayers, boards," chuhpan, are of various colours, for the same reasou the emperor's robes. In the worship of the heavens an •'azure ground with vermilion letters is used ; in the worship of earth, • a yellow ground is used with black characters; for the - Worship of ancestors, a white ground is reguircd with black characters; forstite sun, a carnation, with verttilion characters.; • wad forais • moon, a white ground with hlick characters. We proceed now to the seel)Ud part of our subject, and notice the sacred persons who perform the rites of sacrifice. -The priests of the Chinese state reSigion are the emperor himself', who is the high priest, the " poutifex ntaximus ; ' and subordis ante to hint, the ; kings, nobles, statesmen, and pih kwan, (as ; they phrase it,) the centenary or crowd of civil and military id - leers. The joo keanu, or sect of philosophers, monopolize both the civil and sacred functions. At the grand state worship of neture neither priests nor women ate admitted; and it isoulv • •when the sacrifice to the•patroness of silk manufactures takes, place by itself, that the empress and the several grades of • penal concubines, princesses, &ca may take a part. ' It is requited of the Chinese hierophaets, that they be free from any recent legal crime, and not in mourniug-for the dead. For the first order of sacrifices they are required to prepare themselves by ablutiOns, a change of garments, a vow, and a fast of thtee.days. Miring this space of time they mast occupy a clean chamber, and abstain--1, front judging erimittals t, from being present at a feast ; 3, front listening to music ; 4, from cohabitation with wives or coneuhittes ; 5, front inquiries about the sick; 6. from mourning for the deads 7, from wine; . and 8, from eating onions, leeks. or garlic. " For," says the. annotator, ''sickness and death defile, while banqueting and feasting dissipate the mind, and unfit it for holding communion with the gods." The victims sacrificed and the things offered form our third topic. 'The animal or bloody sacrifices for heaven anti earth are divided into the four fidlowingelasses :—I, A heifer or new tsze, " a cow's child ;" 2, a bullock or hew fon," a cotes father;" 3, oxen generally; 4, sheep or pigs. The things offered are chiefly silks, on which we do not dwell. "The Greeks gacii • ficed the ox, hog, sheep, kid, cock, and goose. The victims were to be "sane et integre." The different deities had the proper victims. Jupiter, nu ox five years old. Neptune, a black bull, a hog, and a tam. Minerva. a heifer and - ati ewe. Esculapius, a she-goat and a cock." The Chinese also require that the victims should he, whole and sound, and they prefer a n azure-black colour. Fur the grand sacrifices the victims are to be purified nine decides, or Cleansed ninety days; for the Mo s diuns classes, three decades; mid for the herd or flock of Bassi- fices, one decade, or ten days. We do nut perceive any cere monies connected with killing the victims. There are no wreaths or garlands as there were among the Greeks, nor, as among the Jews, any sprinkling of blood particularly mentioned. The " victims seent to be simply butchered tire .day before they are to be offered and dressed, we rather' think, ready to be distri buted (after being laid on the altar,) - among the henry petits cipators of the tse fuh jow, "the sacrificial blessed flesh," which the civil and military priesthood will no doubt relish after si three days' fast. The times' ofsacrificeare specified as followS: Those to heaven are offered 'on the clay of the Winter solstice ; those to earth on the day of tha sumtncr solstice; and the others at regularly appointed times, which it is not important to detail in this sketch. The ceremonies of this grand worship of nature, this " natnial religion," consisting in bowing, kneeling, and knocking the head against the ground, or in Chinese, pae, keel, koiv. it; those sacrifices in which the emperor officiates, in prquia per- , sutra, he never knocks his head against th e ground. What he requires of the greatest monarch on earth, he will nut give totha greatest, " supremest" thing that 'he worships. The three kueelings and nine knockings of the head against the 'ground • Il s e turns into three kueelings and nine bows. The kow or the pae, i. e. the knocking or the hewing seems.to make a material or rather a feelialy difference in the estimation of his majesty. . .The last topic On whiCh ice aitailiosed to.reinark is the - penalty of informality. - The punishment - annexed to the neglect of due preparation, imperfect victims,.&e., is either forfeiture of saint y for a month or longer, or a specified number of blows with the hamboo,•which can be avoided by the payment of a very small SUM. of money. There is not the least ;allusion to any tfisplea snre of the things; or beings worshipped. There is nothing tp be feared brit inatt's wrath : nothing bat a forfeiture or a fine. The fines in these cases are ratedawcording to the ailimher of blows adjudged to the delinquent. But while such isihe ear penalty of these philosophical legislators and hierovhants in , cases where they themselves -offend, the ease is very different if any of the coalition people presume to arrogate the right of -worshiping heaven and etnleuncit,g their affairs thereto, .ur lighting lamps to the Revert stars of urea major, &c.: they shall be puuish,ed, Loaafde, .with eighty i.,lows or strangulation. For the. atate religion and the objects of .worship proper for monarchs and Philosophers are not to be .desecrated and dishnneured liv vulgar adoration: Ye vulgar piebians go and worship things suited to your stetion, arrogate not the right of worahipieg Use • supreme powers! Thus we. have given a sketch of the state religion of China ; and though incomplete, yet it is faithful, so far as it goes. And in view of the whole subject we would say one word to the deist. the Romanist, the conformist, and the voluntary christian of the western world. To the deist we say, _look .at Chinese, deism. Say, is it such as von approve ? Or does it require some reve lation, direct or indirect, to set it right ? 'To the limnanist .we soy, if you may worship departed saints or worthies, or pray to either with the greater or lesser pray er, why may not th e Chine arid pagan do the same ? To the conf o r m i s t ire sav, look sit your state religion and state establishments. 'Will iou 4dvise us. to ,conforin iu the event of our filling an atioial station Shall we obey the majority ? shall we submit to the throne.? o r s hall we be dissenters in China ? To the voluntary christian we say, rejoice and he grateful; adore arid bless Jelivah, soar m aker, your father, your saviour, and %our friend, forthe rev*, lation of himself which he has sent and induced \lilt to rea•eise: And since the grant is universal, and the last coMmand of Jests binding on all his servants, use the means which be givea ypiA to diffuse the knowledge of the Lord throughout the whole ex tent of creation.—C/antse Repository. IVltt.x..—A few :days ago, an elderly landlady, a resident in Barnsley, who keeps several cows, made e hat may be termed an exceilent itnprovetnent in this article A litcher, which supposed to contain water, was emptied into the can, and its contents turned out to have been strong gin, two degrees abi,e proof. This,mixture wasaistrittted, as usual, to all euntostnemt, many of whom said it was.the best milk they had ever tasted in t heir lives. COVENT-,GARDEN ThEArszn.—.A. negotiatiola haR bovil Air: ing for some days r el a ti ve t o t h e l ett i ng o f Corent-garden 1 'ea. tre. The points under discussion were, reductitm of anti the expediency of lowering the prices of adin both of.whiolit were cenceded ; but the parties differed pp Ap0w„6443.q. 044,4* 00 the PAVe ;, A -••• • t •••I . C.: ', ' ,••; ; "`j; 4-* " 7- ' 4) , ' • = it„ • . 4 - Qb .-'• : • ' •••,I , te . . r I :)tr. 7 *t•it •-• • Ofi t :Afa • .4 ~ j