The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-22 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION. Standard Qg Three o'clock ~--~-- NEWS FROM CHINA Extract of a letter, dated Bomba 23, at nine in ti eve ning, received by the Mediterranean Packet " The stea is already under weigh, and dropping dowr but I try to catch her with three lines, to say that a privat express from Calcutta has arrived, which states that intelli, sense had been received there from China, by the steamer Enterprise, of the arrival of part of the expedition to Canton river, and of the total destruction of the forts of the Bocca Tigris. We shall know the truth of all in a day or two ; it is doubted by none." LIVERPOOL CORN E KCHANGE,-THIS DAY Exclusive of a few showers early on Sunday, the weather was fine here from Thursday last until yesterday, when it became wet ; and though favourable during part of the day, we had a return of rain at night, which continued to fall heavily at - intervals until this morning, still exhibiting an uncertain aspect Since Friday .e have to report a limited increas reign Wheat, Barley, Oats, and Peas, with a tolerable guar tit} of State from Irel lour, and a moderate supply of new Oatmea Ind, whilst of English and Irish Grain the arrival; continue very inconsiderable. N otwithstanding the rain previously noticed, and the li mited arrivals this week, the demand for Foreign Wheat was upon a moderate scale only, but wit'', little variation from the rates of Tuesday last. Of Irish re.. - eels appeared, and in the absence of a more ample supply, brought Bs. 9d. to 9s. 3d. Home grown samples being plen- Wheat a few small pa tifnl, rece os. uu. to 9s. 6d. for white, and tfs. bd. tc Os. per 70 lb. for red, with a tendency to decline in value. Barrel Flour continuing in good request, fully maintained late prices, —and a small lot of.lrish new was shown, the quality very prime, and appeared to be worth about 55s per 280 lbs. In Barley, Malt nd Beans we have no change to note Pease, upon a limited inquiry, were again rather cheaper. Old Oats, attended with a dull sale, declined Id. per 45 lbs. ; and new, although in moderate request, were •of fered 2d. to 3d. per bushel below our last quotations. Old Oatmeal was taken off sparingly, at an abatement of Is., and new, with increasing supplies, receded to 30s. to 3I s. 6d. per 210 lb SHIPPING INTE ENCF 'IIESDAN Kind W ARRlYED.—Cessnock. Miercken, from Philadelphia—Mar from Benin—Thomas P. Cope, 'homas, Eliza Johnston, Petrie, from Pernambuco, at th 3rd Aug. The Windsor had sailed for Ceara, and ti was to sail for Liverpool in four days. Sandbaeh, Bispham, from Demerara. at t Aug. . London o company with tl The Thistle sai led on the gth for the ( for Miramichi, has put hack, leaky sailed from M Williams, her Trinacria, Lagana, from Lcgi Sept, for Liverpool Eliza & Jane, Bowen, from I Sept. for Liverpool Fenella, Wakeliain, hence at 'lalaga ta, at ( .nd sailed 6t.1 Ann, Meteor, from Alex for Liverpool N avigator, Lefeuvre, frog eeeded for Livernnnl sail( at Gibralta loss of toprnas Robert ; Lee Oriental. (sti , B el* Hart h 4unrr. - , en &c. Isabella 'ove for Australia 1 Jabez, hence at De th. at Gibraltar, in five days was spoken 6th instant, in lat. 4 Tier) from Fain ce to Que Wm. Parker, hence to Qu Matthew, Joh nson , h en in lat. 49, long. Bristol. Escol Monte Video Agnes, Scuttl Cape de Nerds Lisbon Duque de Braganza, Ma r ti n , an d C ons t anza, A ru j o. hen I sabella, Campbell. and Seaport, Mowatt. hence at Riga Palmer, Dickman, hence at Hambro' Thomas Fielden, Smith, hence to Valparaiso, was spoken in lat 7 N, long. 24 W Castina, lon g , 10 De Letitia, --., hence to Batavia, was sp o k en i n l a t. 48, long. 8. ison, hence to Rio Janeiro, 12th Sept. in lat. 48, long. 8 America. hence to Quebec. 28th A ug . i n l a t. 4 8, l ong . 42. Mary Ann. Dathay, hence to Quebec, 24th Aug. in lat. 46. long. 52 Oft Point Lyn.. B.S. hay pilots. to ditto, wa spoken Bth Sept. in lat: 49, at 8 a.m. Fann:, - , - B.S. and Jane There is now growing in an 0rm.... `ley, of Sowton, a young apple-tree which was never grafted, having on orie part blossom in full perfection, on another part apples set, and on a third part full sized apples.— Western Luminary. rd belonging to M SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—We lately witnessed on the premises of Mr. Evan Winstone, grocer, Brecon, a striking proof of the power of n a t ure i n suppor ti ng vegeta tio n un d er the most un favourable circumstances. In a small back yard, attached to the dwelling-house, a small platform, leading to a warehouse from a flight of stone steps, is formed by a slight joist of ti m b er with a few boards " thrown across, and from out of this joist a tine raspberry tree has not only grown to the height of fi ve feet, but thissummer has produced finer fruit than any in Mr. W.'s productive garden. Several smaller shoots are now making their appearance, - one actually pro truding through a plank, and all this without any earth whatever.—Sidurian. WASPS IN A BALL Room.—On Tuesday evening last, as two young men, who had been taking a wasps' nest, were re turning to Chesterfield, on approaching the town they were attracted to a house by sounds of music and rejoicing. It proved to be a dwelling where festivities in 'celebration of a marriage were taking place; and, claiming some acquaint ance with the inmates, the young men joined the festive throng. The wasps' nest, which was folded in a handker chief, was placed in a corner of the room, unknown to the company, and the dance proceeded. After a time the two "ling men above alluded to took their departure, leaving (whether intentionally or not is unknown to us) the nest in the room. The dance continued ; when, lo! one of the fe males made an equivocal sort of movement, and a precipitate retreat from the house ; her husband following closely at her h eels, anxious to learn the cause of his wife's extraordinary conduct. Scarcely had the party left the house, than a se cond, and a third, and a fourth of the female guests exhibited similar equivocal symptoms, followed by suppressed shrieks, pd bewild ere d l oo k s . Th e ma l e members of the company looked, anxiously and inquiringly at the ladies, who, in re turn, skipped about the room with wonderful agility, giving Uondry i n di cat i ons t h at t h e i r myster i ous movemen t s cou ld t t e e d, satisfactorily explained. Suddenly the men became afflic though perhaps not exactly after the same fashion as the ladies, and a very exciting, but at the same time very sc .ne ensued, to attempt to depict which would be a hopeless task. It may be imagined, but certainly cannot be described. The cause of this derangement of the festive cir cle • , as, however, soon apparent. Th e fiddl er , w h o was sightless, feeling something very sharp enter his cheek, d ropped his instrument, and applied his hand with great force to his face, bringing to the earth one of the monsters that had been a source of annoyance. Suffice it to say, some of the wasps had escaped from confinement, and in revenge r r the punishment they had endured, crept up the legs of the dancers, and inflicted their sting. As many as three and four Mire wasps were found upon some of the females.—D er by- Chronicle. OUTRAGES ON CANALS AND RIVERS.—By an act passed at the conclusion of the last session of parliament, some pro lusion has been made to prevent a repetition of certain of pfences that have taken place on canals and navigable rivers. he act i s en titl e d, "A n A c t t o p rov id e f or k eep i ng the eace on Canals an d Navig a ble Rivers." And in the pre am - Die, it is stuted to have been framed to prevent a recurrence of former outrages and depredations. It authorises two ma gistrates' upon application of the committee or board of di rectors of any canal or river company, to appoint constables, who are to be sworn in the manner prescribed ; but by the second section they can be dismissed by two magistrates, the Watch committee of an incorporated borough, or the commit tee or board of directors of the company. And by the fourth clause, if a constable he guilty of neglect of duty, he is ren dered liable to a penalty of not more than £lO., or in the dis cretion of a magistrate, one month's imprisonment, with or without hard labour. By the sixth section, an assault upon a constable in the execution of his duty, is to be punished by a fine not exceeding £lO., or an imprisonment, with or with out hard labour, of not more than two calendar months. Any Persons found upon a canal or river, or dock thereto belong !Tig, with any tube or other instrument to carry away liquor in their possession, or any one attempting to obtain any li quors or other goods unlawfully, are rendered liable to a pe nalty of £5., or imprisonment with or without hard labour, for not more than a month, and the like penalty to be inflicted upon any person who shall " unlawfully drink or wilfully spill or allow to run to waste any liquors." Constables are em powered to apprehend, without a warrant, "any loose, idle, and disorderly person whom he shall find disturbing the pub lic peace, or whom he shall have good cause to suspect of having committed, or being about to commit any felony, mis demeanour, or breach of the peace, or other offence, cor trary to the provisions of this act, and every person whom he shall find between sunset and the hour of eight in the morning ly ing or loitering in or upon any towing path, wharf, bridge, railway, quay, landing place, lock, dock, or upon the bank of any such canal or r i ver , an d no t g i v i ng a sa ti s f ac t o ' ac count of himself." The constables are to be paid by the company, and are not to act within the jurisdiction of the metropolitan police or the city of London, or anywhere be yond the banks, towing path, or premises belonging to a canal or river. An appeal is allowed against a summary conviction under the act where the amount of penalty adjudged to be paid exceeds £3., upon the party fined entering into recog nizances with two sureties. The town of Hull has acquired for itself an immortal in -441Y. At a late meeting for the purpose of electing a Lord Steward, (at which a Sir William Low—something most a ppropriately presided), the two candidates put up—cer tainly without the consent of the former of them—were the Duke of Wellington and the Marquis of Normanby ; the one the greatest warrior and statesman—the other the silliest fribble and coxcomb of this and any age. These Yorkshire Cakes, however, looked, we suppose, to the office and not to the officer, and so preferred the minister to the man ; or they may very likely have heard of the Noble Home Secretary's propensity for pardoning offenders, and letting loose gaol irds of every description, and, after all, they surely must be the best judges of what species of service the inhabitants V their beautiful borough are most likely to stand in need. -° 6 e this as it may, they have made their choice ; and, as n aming immediately after the Earl of Durham, we should saY that the Marquis of Normanby is radically better for the town of Hull than the Duke of Wellington, who truly should not " dip his hands," as Lord Froth expresses it, jo Fleet ditch. '—Aryus. PORTSMOUTH.—The Belleisle, 72, Captain Nicolas, is ordered to be refitted with every dispatch at Plymouth, to return to the Mediterranean. Thice following line-of-battle shiPs are preparing with all practicable expedition for imme -I,iate commission, namely, Indus, 84, and V engeance, 84, at s:ort stno , utu ; also the Britannia, 120, the Bombay, 84, and Clarence, 84, at Plymouth ; and the Formidable, 84, and iionarch, 84, at Sheerness. The Howe, and Royal Ade- N "ide, 120-gun flag-ships, are also getting ready for sea ser vice, The dockyard presents a scene of activity and bustle, navythe town is posted with bills for men for her Majesty's navy. The Britannia, 120, will go out to Spitbead this Zeek, and immediately on the arrival of the Donegal, 78, . °lll Lisbon, that ship% crew will shift over to her, and be , s en .a l Pleted to 820 men. She is to hear the flag of Rear-Ad in John Ommanney, K.C.8., as second in command tshe Mediterranean. The Rodney, 92,, Captain Maunsell, t , a , to leave Plymouth Sound on Sunday, direct for Malta, ,loin Sir R. Stopford's fleet with the least possible delay.— righton Gazette. )ee, was spoken in lat. to Marseilles, was s hence at Cape de Verd s, and sailed 25th June for Le ; Forth. Allen, and Y armouth, Forsyth, hhnce at THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. Second Night of the FRENCH COMPANY OF PERFORMERS, From the Prince's Theatre, (late St. James's,) London, wh are engaged for a limited period; and will appear in a va riety of French Dramas ; the principal characters in whicl will be sustained by the following Performers from th Parisian Theatres : Messrs. ARMAND, TOURTOIS ISIDORE, CLOUP, EUGENE, AUGUSTE, CHARLE. 'THIS present TUESDAY, September 22, 1840, the En tertainments will commence with the petit Comedy of Mesdames EDLIN, PILATI, VICTORINE, DE RUEL, CLEMENCE. THE LADY AND THE DEVIL After which, MAURICE; 017, LE MEDECIN DE CAMPAGNE. Vaudeville nouveau, en Deux Aetes, par M. Melerville. M. Armand. Ferdinand.. M. Eugene. M. Tourtois Maurice, M. Auguste. Mlle. „ Clemonce . Madame de Ruel . Madame Edlin. After which, the Farce of the RENDEZVOUS. To conclude with LES CANTS JAUNES. • Vaudeville en Un Acte, du Thatre du Vaudeville. Anatole.... M. Armand. Lamaire. .... M. Isidore Le Baron de la Brianne. Landougue La Marquis de Villebranche. Caroline de la Brianne . Marie Remi, Capitane de Gendarmerie M. Eugene Madame Remi.... Madame Victorine. Madame Durand, Portiere .. ',Baptistine, sa Niece. .... Madame Clemence Madame Edlin. TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the Melo-Drama of the WANDERING BOYS.—After which, LE PLASTRON. The characters by the French Company.—After which, the Drama of the LITTLE JOCKEY.—To conclude with LE PHILTRE CHAIVIPENOIS. By the French Company. There will be an entire change of French Performances Every Evening during the Engagement of the French Company. THE LIVERPOOL ANNUAL EXHIBITION. rpHE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of the 'F LIVERPOOL ACADEMY of WORKS of MODERN ARTISTS IS NOW OPEN for the Season, from Nine until Dusk. Admission, ls. Catalogue, Is. Season Ticket, ss. SAMUEL EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Academy. Exhibition Rooms, Postoffice-place, September 14, 1840. EXHIBITION. THE LAST WEEK BUT ONE. CAPTAIN SIBORN' S MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. PE celebrated MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO is NOW OPEN for EXHIBITION at the GALLERY OF THE UNION ROOMS, Slater: street, Bold-street. Open from Ten in the Morning till Ten at Night. Ad mission, One Shilling each. TO CORRESPONDENTS We recommend " A Reformer," who writes to us on the subject of the corn-laws, to read the article " On the Working of the Averages," which appears in another,co- " Fair Play" had better lay his statement before the Dock Committee " H. 0." ought to have furnished us with his name The paragraph headed " Welsh Honesty" appeared in this paper some weeks ago. Ztherpooi k)tanbarb. TUESD MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1840 The foreign news which has reached us since our last does not present any features of prominent inte rest. The French journals are chiefly occupied with speculations on the recently-published quadruple treaty. The proceedings _of the revolutionary junta in Spain are daily becoming more and more violent. The latest advises from that distracted country announce the for mation of another ministry, evidently under the dicta tion of the rebel Espartero. There is no news of any importance from Portugal. No change of any consequence has taken place in the aspect of Eastern affairs. On the 28th ultimo, Mehemet Ali had a conference of above four hours with Rifat Bey and the consuls of the Four Powers. At this conference, Mehemet requested Rifat Bey to pro ceed to Constantinople at once, and that matters should remain in statu quo until his return. The French pa pers have officially announced the purport of Rifat Bey's mission. It is stated that the Viceroy has of fered to cede Adana, Candia, and the Holy Cities, and that he demands only Syria for his life. This is de scribed as the compromise originally thought of by the French government. It is difficult to say how this proposition may be received. It appears that CommOdore Napier continues to detain all the Viceroy's ships that have warlike stores. This is acting upon a system of " pacification" with a vengeance ! All was quiet at Alexandria at the date of the last advices. " \rive la liberte vive 1 '64alit6 ! vive la constitu tion !" three glorious words of the three glorious days. Thenceforth liberty of tongue and pen, and equality under the law, were guaranteed to France for ever, under a monarchico-paternal sovereign. To France We beg pardon for the unintentional offence in confounding things without difference. To France ? foutre ' did we a fico for that phrase To condense revolutionary Frenchmen into a monosyllable, savoured too much of constraint, with fetters and bastiles, and such mementos of the old regime. The new and popu lar King stoutly swore that he would not be King of France, but of FRENCHMEN. This proof of love for his people and their liberties produced throbs of con vulsive devotion towards him. The canaille threw up their greasy caps to such a liberty-loving King, and even old Lafayette mounted his white horse and gal loped about Paris in unutterable ecstacy. Those were glorious days. Old revolutionists told their sons how the glory of their own youthful time was returning, when Lafayette, his horse, and la liberty were all three young, and the Duke of Orleans took the name of Philip Equality, citizen ; altogether re straining his private grief at the murder of his cousin, the king, in his love for social equality. Fathers pointed out to their gaping children the identical young La fayette, now grown old ; the fruit, the dried fruit in deed, of the first revolution; and if Philip Equality survived not, who could better fill the place of a father than his "liberal" son ! All Paris, and, therefore, all France (we beg pardon again) hugged each other on the day when Philippe Egalites son, Louis Philippe, good pay-triotic man, al lowed himself 'to be converted from Lieutenant-General of the Kingdom into King Louis Philippe I. It was delightful to study the motives of the patriotic citizen, the unambitious King of the Barricades. He could not wish, of course, for kingly prerogative; Charles X. had just been expelled for exerting it. He could not wish to form a DYNASTY ; he was himself the principle of elective instead of hereditary succession. He had been an exile, and a schoolmaster, for, he. hoped, the benefit of his country; and subsequently-a stock job ber rather extensively, for the benefit of one portion, at least, of his country. But to be KING ! he, the an tagonism of kinghood; the son of Philippe Egalite ac cept a crown ! The inconsistency may certainly have appeared considerable both to hi 4 own mind and others; but he allowed himself to be prevailed upon—" for the good of his country"—and possibly, also, with an eye slightly towards the Bourse, whose transactions may be occasionally modified by a King of the Telegraphs. But then his " liberal " sons, with whom Nature had liberally supplied him, what was to become of them ? Of course, in the new liberal state of things and elective monarchies, they would not be thrust upon the nation, but obey their king, not dream of necessary succession, and serve their country to the best of their respective abilities, like other young men of respectable connec tions. The heir was simply the Duke of Orleans ; the title of the heir to the throne, Dauphin, was studiously abandoned ; it was an appellative which was the re verse of fragrant in the nostrils of republico-monar chials ; it fumed of hereditary rights to one and conse quent bondage to many. Instances of such freedom from the idea of family aggrandisement, are perhaps rare ; family considera tions were no doubt altogether as much out of the mind of the patriot king, Louis Philippe, as they have always been in the Elliotts and Russells, for instance, with us. For whoever heard of a Russell or an Elliott or a Fleming, obtaining post, preferment, or promotion, solely through the circumstance that a member of one family sits at the council table and one of the other presides at the Admiralty ? But to change•our tone. A more ambitious, circuitous-coursed politician than Louis Philippe has seldom occupied the throne of another. Realizing in himself the traitorous schemes of the house of Orleans, which had for ages promoted troubles and torn asunder the peace of the kingdom, he seeks to found and perpetuate a dynasty. By con summate art wielding circumstances and working upon a popular delusion, carefully fostered by his partizans, he has clutched the sceptre, whose possession haunted ' the imagination of his remoter ancestors, and which his father, Louis Egalit4, unsuccessfully sought by self-degradation. The King of France we are not canvassing as a pri vate character ; in many of the private relations of life he may be worthy the imitation of some of his subjects. But ambition is his master ; not the ambition of Na- poleon, which, partaking of the same element, enthu siasm, aroused the enthusiasm and devotion of a nation; but an ambition, if equal in degree, more limited in scope and less looking to the proud association of glory. The one rallied an entire people to its further ance; the other has widely engendered contempt or detestation. " Liberty," poor prostituted word, was the step by which Louis Philippe of Orleans mounted his throne. Did this ambitious man endeavour to secure his seat by maintaining for those who made him king the same sort of liberty as they virtually bargained for ? It is not to the purpose to say that such sort of liberty ought not to be maintained ; that strict order and stringent law, incompatible with real liberty, are necessary to a nation's welfare. His was a bargain. Has he kept it with his people ? Nay, when he considered his throne secure, did he counte nance even the men themselves whose opinions he was put forward to represent ? No. He soon proceeded in that kingly career of lesi " glorious " times. He dashed aside, like a sucked : orange, when no longer needed, old Lafayette, white,horse and all. Then the press was attacked—the press, which had mainly as sisted to make him what he SN''aS., by delighting to use the words " liberty " and " Louis Philippe" as much like synonyms as possible. Well, the press was as saulted; newspapers were prosecuted ; and editors, too honest to be bribed by the King, or so dogged, in their ideas of liberty as to canvass the advantage of the mushroom royalty, were arrested, fined, and incar cerated right royally. After a time, Frenchmen found that "la liberte," " 6galite," "la constitution," &c., although excellent words for making an extempore king,.had become dangerous texts for those who had I made him so. Disappointed masses, be they French or English, will grumble; and a man in Louis Philippe's position does not'require the ear of his fellow-schoolmaster and king, Dionysius, to hear their grumbling. The reign of Louis Philippe has been painfully re markable : on his own side, for prosecutions and vio- lence done to expression of thought, as well as for apparent absence of any other leading principle than that of consolidating his dynasty ; on the part of his people, by ementes, conspiracies, and, above all, re- iterated attempts to assassinate the once-popular King —attempts in number, perseverance, and deliberate ness of purpose, hardly equalled in history. The DYNASTY was tottering amidst ill-suppressed conspi racies and undisguised ill will ; and its preservation might have baffled the talent of even Louis Philippe, " hark ! to - the rescue," the TION springs up EASTERN QUES- The eastern question was, and is. a godsend to the King of France. A reprieve suddenly appeared for his dynasty, and right eagerly he seized it. Clever, strong-minded, and persevering men want but oppor tunities; and Louis Philippe is all three. Under his treatment, the eastern question saves him. The point at issue is not the slight cast on France by the quadruple, r treatry ; but the quadruple treaty has been adroitly pounced upon, as a,foil to hide deeper designs than the , majority of his people seem to sus pect. After the — publication of Lord Palmerston's note, the French war-wishers were silenced awhile by conviction. This would not do : the DYNASTY must be secured ; the nation must be united upon some one popular matter ; present grumblings, conspiracies, and piemeditated assassinations, must be forgotten in one great enthusiasm for something ; Bonapartists, royal ists, republicans, must merge all differences in the glory and honour 'of France; and meanwhile, against the time when this hurricane of 'military preparations and enthusiasm of union have subsided, Paris must be girded with ramparts, bristling with canwon, capa ble of being turned upon the capital itself, when, in stead of the Four Powers, Louis Philippe himself be comes the subject of lucubration. No more will be heard of barricades, and rebellious faubourgs. Safe at Versailles, the patriot King may and would coolly command the destruction of his unquiet capital, to save his dynasty. This plan, when proposed some time ago honestly, raised a storm about his royal ears ; now, thanks to proper management of the eastern question, and judicious diplomacy " anent" the qua druple treaty, his volatile people extol him for expend ing a million of francs on their own political destruc tion. That the threatening attitude and blusterings of France are solely attributable to this piece of domestic policy in the King of the Barricades, we by no means intend to assert ; but we do assert that he engrafts the success of his long-cherished domestic policy on the turbulent national excitement arising from the eastern question and its treatment. Even war, if decidedly popular, might work to his personal advantage; whilst, without doubt, his separation of French interests from those of Russia and England, powerfully arouses in his favour a large mass of Frenchmen. Still his main objects are in process of attainment, and the probabi lities of war are so far diminishing. These views, however, even in their widest scope, would not warrant our position. France threatens— nay, like a" liberal" in lack of argument, bullies. Eng land is unprepared for war, and, in comparison with French preparations, unpreparing. The silly remark of Lord Melbourne, in justification of Admiral Fle ming's appointment to Greenwich Hospital, that cou rage and success in action formed no merit in an offi- cer, seems to meet with a corresponding principle, that precaution or national defence in a government is no Whether war or peace result from present symptoms, one painful fact 'cannot escape the quadru ples or quintuples and France—that, under a whig ministry, England may snarl at China, and bully Por tugal, but that the once mistress of the sea cannot equal a Russian or French fleet, nor can man a few ships without bringing vessels • from the Tagus to draught off their crews ! That the energy of the nation would, if need called for it, repair the errors of the most unnational ministry which ever chanced to get office, we do not for a moment doubt; but despicable must that ministry he, which, in times of danger, throws the . nation under unnecessary disadvantages. Still not fearing war, we cordially hope for peace. Some of onr radical contemporaries affect to be greatly horrified at the immense number of objections which have been made to the registration lists of mu nicipal voters. These objections, we understand, amount to about eight thousand. The Mercury is un usually angry and dolorous on the subject. Accoi ding to our contemporary the objections are " frivolous and vexatious," and constitute a " system of mutual an noyance," which is " disgusting in the extreme," and " discreditable to all parties." In still stronger lan guage the Mercury proceeds to designate this system of wholesale objections as "a practice more like the spiteful recrimination of a parcel of angry boys, than the conduct of rational men," adding that " the nui sance has become so intolerable and notorious that it must lead to some legislative measure for its supres aion." The terms in which the Journal speaks of the matter are equally strong. We are glad that the radi cal journalists of Liverpool are beginning to discover a few of the beauties of the reform act. A little more experience of its working will, perhaps, enable them to form a still more correct estimate of the character of that bungling specimen of Whig legislation. It is necessary that we should remind our radical contemporaries of a fact which seems to have escaped their notice when they ventured to declaim so virtu ously against the system of wholesale objections—viz., that the liberals originally commenced this mode s of warfare, and thus rendered it necessary, on the ground of self-defence, that the conservatives should retaliate upon their adversaries. The necessity, on the present occasion, is still further augmented by the notorious fact that the liberals have thought proper to adopt a system of manufacturing spurious voters on a scale of unprecedented magnitude. It is necessary that the re gistry should be completely expurgated of the hun dreds of " Protectors" who have recently had their taxes paid by the " aristocrats" and " top-sawyers" of the Whig faction. It is necessary that those " fungu " as they were felicitously called by Mr. Tindal At kinson, should be rooted up. We have all along warned the liberals that theY were playing a game the consequences of which would descend on their ow n heads, and issue in their own discomfiture. It was scarcely to he expected that the conservatives would contemplate with indifference tbs recent nefarious at tempt of their opponents to swamp the registry, by in troducing among the bona fide ratepayers a horde of beggarly Irish Papists, to become a future burden upon the parish. We have no fears whatever, if fair play be allowed, of the result of the approaching revision of the lists of municipal voters. We believe that it will issue in the signal triumph of the conservatives. We look for ward, therefore, to the first of November with the ut most confidence. It will then, we have no doubt, be triumphantly demonstrated that the anticipations of future ascendancy in our "local legislature," in which the whip-radicals have lately indulged, are utterly with out foundation. The sooner they retire from the con test the better. They will thus avoid the mortification which they cannot but experience from the sound drubbing which is in store for them: Our conservative friends, however, must not relax for one moment in their endeavours. Despondency, in their case, is certainly out of the question; but they may sacrific€ many advantages by over-confidence. Against this feeling we hope they will guard them selves. They must be incessantly active, both in at tending to the registry and in canvassing the electors, if they wish to secure a victory at once complete and final. We publish this day the particulars of another aw ful and atrocious , murder, which was perpetrated on the person of an aged and inoffensive widow at New castle-under-Lyme. For several weeks past we have scarcely sent a publication .to press without containing similar details. Crimes of the most aggravated cha racter are becoming alarmingly prevalent in all parts of the country, and more especially murderous.assaults upon the person. We are afraid that the piesent mode of administering the law presents too many induce ments to the commission of these 'Crimes. In too many instances we find juries unwilling: to find prisoners, charged with taking away life, guilty on the more serious indictments ; and in too many cases the sen tences upon such criminals are far too lenient. The murderer is thus led to speculate upon the chances in favour of his escape from the extreme penalty of the law. Punishment, in order to be effective, should be uniform and certain, excepting in cases in which there are extraordinary circumstances of palliation, to call into exercise the prerogative of mercy. But, as the prevention is better than the punishment of crime, it becomes an imperative duty upon all who are in authority among us to sanction and adopt such measures as are calculated to obviate such atrocities as those which we now deplore. Among those remedial measures, we know of none which promises better results than a system of national education on Christian principles. Nothing short of such a system, pervading in its influence every town and hamlet in the kingdom, is Calculated to raise the tone of national morality. It is under this conviction that we would urge upon our readers the necessity of supporting the various Diocesan Boards of Education which have been re cently organised in different parts of the kingdom. In the absence of a general provision on the part of the legislature, these societies are calculated to bring within the reach of all classes the means of procuring for the rising generation a sound, useful, and, above all, a religious education. The machinery is here pre sented for effecting a complete revolution in the cha racter of the massesl—for it is a revolution of the most extraordinary character to change a vicious, ignorant, and besotted population into peaceable, orderly, sober, and virtuous subjects. Let all, then, who have the means, render a propor tional degree of assistance to the Diocesan School So- cieties They will thus con - tribute most effectually towards the reduction of our criminal calendars, and confer a boon upon generations yet to come, the value of which it is impossible to estimate. BIREENFIEAD BAZAAR.—This bazaar, for the endowment of the new church, commences to-day (Tuesday.) It pro mises to be fashionably attended ; and, when we consider the importance of the object to be achieved, we cannot but hope it will be eminently successful. Our next will contain a no tice of the proceedings. LIVERPOOL EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS.—The exhibition this year is of a delightful character, and we would recom mend our friends to lose no time in paying it a visit. We had written some remarks on a few of the paintings, but their appearance is unavoidably postponed till our next Publication. MR. I . 3AILICER, THE VOCALIST.—This gent;, wan has just concluded a very successful engagement at the Theatre-royal, Worcester, and has resumed his position in the corps of our Theatre-royal. He promises to become one of the first vo calists of the day. As a teacher of singing no professor could be more successful. His method of developing the voice is excellent, and we can confidently recommend him to all who wish to acquire the principles and practice of the divine art. PUBLIC BAPTISM Or A JBW.—On Sunday evening an aged Jew was admitted into membership with the Church of Eng land, by the administration of the sacred ordinance of bap tism, in presence of the congregation of Christ Church. The Rev. Fielding Ould, the respected minister of the church, preached an eloquent and impressive sermon on the occasion, to an audience consisting of between 3000 and 4000 persons. - - THEATRE ROYAL.-Th e attraction at the Theatre Royal for the present week is the French company, which was performing at St. James's, London. Two pieces were per formed last evening, and they both went off with considerable spirit, notwithstanding that the house was but thinly attended, owing probably to the extreme wetness of the evening. We recommend those who wish to improve their knowledge of the French language to visit the Theatre during this engagement. ODDFELLOWERIP.-Mr. J. Russom, of Tarporley, has just published a very excellent little work on this subject : it exhibits great merit, and treats ably on the subject. The principles of oddfellowship are clearly laid down, and the work will doubtless bring many members to these excellent societies. We recommend the members of every lodge to peruse the work, and committees would do wall to distribute some thousands amongst their immediate circles. The craft are really indebted to Mr. Russom for this little work. ALBION ANTICS.—The Albion of yesterday, among other rubbish scattered over two mortal columns, called forth by the Diocesan Educational meeting, asserts that the speeches of the Rev. Hugh M•Neile and Mr. W. E. Gladstone, re ported in the Standard of Friday, were furnished to us by those gentlemen. This is a simple invention. The fact is, Mr. M'lsteile's speech was printed from the notes of our own reporter, and that of Air. Gladstone from the notes of ano ther shorthand writer, who had been engaged to assist us. The insinuation that Mr. M`Neile's speeches are invariably furnished, is equally without foundation. THE LIVERPOOL WELSH BRANCH BIBLE SOCIETY. — On Friday, the 4th instant, the annual meeting of the above society was held in the Music-hall, Bold-street, the Rev. Robert Davis, M.A., the president of the society, in the chair. The proceedings were wholly in the Welsh language. The spacious room was quite full. The annual collections were made on the two subsequent Sundays by the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists, of this town, in aid of the funds of the society. The sums collected at their respective places of worship were as follows : £ s. d Pall-mall Chape1.. Bedford-street Ditto Windsor School-rooml 120 0 0 Rose-place Chapel Pembroke-street School-r00m... Burlington-street Ditto 4O 1 6 Birkenhead Chapel 8 0 6 Seacornbc Ditto. ... 4 0 4 The other Welsh congregations connected with this branch have not yet made thei r annua l co ll ections i n support o f t h e society }. 153 15 0 GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.—The mem bers of the Royal Hearts of Oak Lodge, of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, assembled to dine at their lodge, at the house of Mr. Jame's Bibby, Farmers' Arms, Greenland street, on the 18th instant. The room in which they dined was richly decorated with royal colours and other emblems of royalty, the British union hanging over the N. G.'s chair, the beautiful conservative banner over the V. G.'s chair, and the royal standard over the N. F.'s chair, surrounded with abundance of laurel. Dinner was on the table at eight o'clock, when each officer took his proper seat. After din ner the following toasts were given :—" The Queen, and may she stand firm to the Prote s t an t f a i t h , " b y Brother Grahame, N. G. ;—" The Queen' s illustrious U nc l e , t h e Duke of Cumberland," followed by the Ke n ti s h fi re , b y Bro ther Sambrook, V. G. The glorious, pious, and immor tal Memory of King William_ the Third, P r i nce o f O range, " IN by Brother Longworth, N. F. ;—" May the Tree of Odd Fellowship be planted in the centre of the World, and its Branches extend round the Globe," by Brother Windener, P. S. Other loyal toasts were afterward s g i ven i n succes sion. The annual report, which was read by the secretary, gave satisfaction to the members. The festivities of the evening were kept up to a late hoar. THE STEAM-SHIP PRESIDENT.--Th e directors of the Transatlantic Steam Navigation Company have placed at the disposal of the Mayor £ro 9s. 6d., the proceeds of the ad mission of the public to the steam-ship President, previous to her first voyage to the United States. His worship has portioned it amongst the following institutions The Northern Hospital The Southern Do. The Mariners' Church.. Seamens' Reading Room The Bethel Union Do Casual Poor, £25 0 0 25 0 0 }. 10 0 0 10 0 0 £7O 0 0 0 9 6 CHRIST'S CHURCH, ACCRINGTON, LANCASHIRE.—On Thursday the 17th inst., this church was opened for divine service, on which occasion two very able and appropriate ser mons were preached by the Rev. Wm. Villers, minister of St. George's, Kiddermin 4 ter. The Rev. J. Hopwood, incum bent of Accrington, offered up th e morn i ng and evening prayer. The rev. gentleman was assisted at the communion by the Rev. M. A. Nicholson, the minister of this church. Although the weather was very unfavourable, and the con so numerou s as m i g h t ot h erw i se gregation consequently not have been expected at this most interesting solemn ceremony, yet the collection amounted to the very handsome sum of £237. In the evening a numerous company of clergy and friends to the establishment assembled at the National School to celebrate the opening of this, church, by a tea drinking and other congratulatory manifestations. The population of this rapid increasing town like that of many other places in our land, has hitherto been lamentably in want of church ac commodation, in some measure and for a time this deficiency will thus be supplied. The edifice is beautifully ornamental, besides, furnishing room for 1000 more sittings for the wor shipping in our national Zion: Our fervent desire and prayer is, that while it stands a monument to posterity, recording the truly christiari liberality of its profhoters; it may prove a blessing to the surrounding neighbourhood, and be promotive of the glory of our God, even our Saviour, whose name it bears, and in whose seivioe it will heacaferth be employed. THE REV. HUGH WNEILE AND THE EARL OF LOVELACE. . The following wild and Christian letter, which we copy from the Ulster Times, expresses, we doubt not, the senti- merits of all who have any regard for the reputation of Lord Lovelace, under the circumstances of his recent correspon dence with Mr. M`Neile. That correspondence has, we perceive, produced the desired effect. The Radical and Romish press are silent upon the subject. They cannot now hurl the Jezebel gibe at Mr. M`Neile without inflicting a heavy blow on their friend and advocate, Lord Lovelace. We congratulate the rev. gentleman on his noble shield. TO THE EARL OF LOVELACE. Cheltenham, August 14th, 1840. MY LORD,—Your lordship's character is such as to induce me, with confidence, to express to you an opinion upon a subject which intimately concerns your lordship. Though, I confess, the task is painful—but as the opinion is not an in dividual one, but held by me in common with all those, both of the clergy and laity, and they are not a few, with whom I have conversed upon the subject—l feel it my duty candidly to state it. Mr. M'lsTeile's correspondence with your lordship, lately published, has produced feelings of surprise and pain in all who esteem and value you. My lord, Mr. M`Neile's lan guage, in his last letter, is strong, but the charges brought against him affected his character as a member of society and his influence as a clergyman: If true, Mr. M'Neile would have been no longer a fit instructor for the merchants of Liverpool and their families ; he must have retired in disgrace. Was it right, in the world's estimation, was it Christian like, to reiterate such a charge upon the lime dixit of the editor of a provincial newspaper? The public say it was not, and much more, your lordship's kindly and Christian feelings, lam assured, will convince you it was not. Can it be right, then, can it be Christian-like, to express no regret at having done wrong? I leave the matter with your lord ship's conscience, and beg to subscribe myself Your faithful and obedient servant, A CLERGYMAN OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. THE STEAMSHIP PRESIDENT. The New York Evening Signal of the Ist instant contains the following remarks in reply to an article which appeared in the New York Morning Herald of the same date : " BLACK MAIL. — The vagabond of the Herald has the insane impudence to tell the agents of the President, Messrs. Wadsworth and Smith, that the reason that ship is not crowded with passengers is because they have not advertised in his paper. Why, the fellow has been puffing her with the view of fishing for her advertisement ever since she arrived, and he must either admit that an article in his advertising columns is of more service than an editorial notice, or else he is convicted of lying by his own testimony. " In the following passage Bennett hints more directly at the object he has in vie w —th e ex t or ti on o f bl ac k ma il . " 'They should give every publicity to their ship, by throw ing her open to visiters, and not issue tickets of admission to hundreds, only to disappoint them, as Wadsworth and Smith did last Saturday, thereby making many enemies.' "This is false, every word. Prom personal observation we can bear testimony to the perfect liberality and earnest desire to accommodate the public in visiting the President on the part both of Messrs. Wadsworth and Smith and Capt. Fayrer and all connected with his ship. No obstacle what ever was offered to visiters, except where delay was necessary in order to prevent the crowd from assembling to too uncom fortable an extent, and in a manner to incommode the lady visiters on board. Bennett will have to pen a good many at tacks before he can extort any black mail from this quarter. " More than forty thousand persons have visited the ship since., she was thrown open. In no nstances have tickets been refused ; and in all instances the utmost attention and civility have been paid to visiters by all the functionaries of the ship. More than forty thousand witnesses can testify to the fact. The charges in the Herald are wantonly false. The object of them is palpable, and has met with the contempt and derision it deserves." Lord Francis Egerton, M.P., has arrived at Dunrobin Castle, N. 8., on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Su therland, from Worsley Hall, Lancashire. Lerd and Lady Stanley are expected to pass part of the winter in town. The family will arrive in St. James's square about the first week in November, for her ladyship's accouchement. An extensive brewer of St. Helens has been particularly fortunate during the past week, having drawn the winner in no less than three sweepstakes for the Doncaster St. Leger, one at the Waterloo Hotel. amounting to £lOO, and another (£18) at the Brunswick Hotel, in this town.—A Mr. Mars den, we understand, is the fortunate holder of the winner at Mr. Bake's, Bull's Head, Manchester, the prize amounting to something like £5OO. LIGHTING THE CHESHIRE SIDE OF THE MERSEY WITH GAS.—Measurs are in progress, we understand, for lighting the opposite side of the river with gas. The contract in cludes Woodside, Birkenhead, Traninere, and the neighbour hood. Mr. Jackson, of Hamilton-square, Woodside (late Church •street, in this town), has obtained the contract for a long term—twenty-one years, we believe ; and is busily en gaged in making arrangements to carry it into immediate effect. It will be a source of great utility on the other side of the water. ABERCROMBY WARD.—From the advertisement which appears in another part of our paper to-day, we are glad to perceive the conservatives of this ward are not prepared to submit to the flippant and unfounded assertions of our con temporary of the Journal, but have placed before the public, through their chairman, a prompt and manly vindication of the course they have pursued, relative to the vexatious and wholesale system of objections which have been practised by both parties in the town. We shall be anxious to see how the poor innocent radicals will answer this open and well timed declaration. RUNCORN.—CHURCH OF ENGLAND MISSIONS TO THE JEWS.—The anniversary meeting of the Runcorn Auxiliary of the Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews, was held on Tuesday evening last, in the Parochial National School. The Rev. Frederick Master, vicar of the parish, and president of the association, presided on the occasion, and hs was supported by several of the neighbouring clergy and laity, among whom were the Rev. Samuel Bagnall, incum bent of Aston ; the Rev. the Rev. John Sheldon, curate of Runcorn Trinity Church ; Thomas Keeling, Esq. ; Thomas Hazlehurst, jun. Esq. The deputation from the Parent Society consisted of the Rev. T. S. Grimshawe, vicar of Biddenham, and the Rev. H. S. Jo seph, lecturer to the Jews, and formerly Jewish rabbi. There was a very large attendance of ladies. The room was crowd ed in every part, and if the walls had been elastic, and could have been extended to enclose double the space they do, the accommodation would scarcely have been adequate, for very many persons of respectabi!ity were obliged to return without gaining admission into the room. A more numerous and highly respectable meeting was never held in Runcorn on any previous occasion, and the object was worthy of all the zeal and interest evinced. To witness our church institutions supported in this spirited manner is truly gratifying, and cal culated to inspire our hopes with regard to the increasing spiritual prosperity of our national Zion. Is TICRESTING TO NATURALISTS.—The barque Medora, Captain Harrison, which arrived at this port on Thursday last, from Bombay, brought as passengers a young lioness, a female kytena, unusually healthy and docile, and a beautiful specimen of the chetal, or white-spotted Indian gazelle. It is true that the importation of these animals into Great Bri tain is not an avent of unfrequent occurrence. The fact witk which the naturalist will be most especially interested is that, in the course of the tempestuous voyage which the Medora has completed, six chickens were hatched and reared on board of her. By the majority of naturalists it has been doubted, and by many of them it has been stoutly denied, that incuba bation could be successfully completed on shipboard, as the rolling, pitching, and lurching motion of a vessel must ma 'terially interrupt, if they did not actually suspend, a process, during the continuance of which it was imagined to be neces sary that the nest remain in an even position, and undisturb ed. The result of the experiment tried on board the Medora, •it would appear, has settled the question, as the parent hen was purchased in Bombay, the eggs were laid by her on the the homeward passage, and the chickens hatched some fifteen days before the arrival of the Medora in Liverpool. This Indian brood are thriving as rapidly as if the " taking airs " of the cold north were their native climate. It is presumed that the instance now recorded is, if not (as it is believed) unpre cedented, at least rare. ENGRAVING OF THE PRESIDENT STEAM SHIP.-Mr. Samuel Walters, the celebrated marine painter of this town, has just published a splendid large engraving of the President ateamer, which he has dedicated to his Excellency Martin Van Buren, President of the United States of America. It is without exception the finest print of a steam ship that has yet come under our notice, and is an admirable likeness of the vessel in every point. It conveys at a glance, to those unacquainted with shipping, the enormous size of the original, by the contrast produced by the approximation of a large river steamer, and a number of boats filled with' spectators. The ship is represented as lying at anchor in the Mersey, with her sails unfurled. in the back ground is a fine view of a principal part of the town of Liverpool, in which the more prominent objects are St. Nicholas's Church, the Town Hall, the Baths, the Custom-House, St. George's Spire, and the intermediate buildings being intercepted from view by the hull and sails of the vessel. Great animation per vades the scene; the small boats, the steamer along side, and the deck of the ship, crowded with figures, givinglo the whole a bustling and appropriate effect. As a marine pain •ter, Mr. Walters is not, we believe, excelled by any contem porary in the kingdom; and we need scarcely, therefore. add, not only the hull, but the rigging, sails, &c. of the President, are pourtrayed with great beauty and accuracy. The water is also well defined. We wish Mr. W. that success with his print, which he so well deserves; and we doubt not it will he much sought after. TRIAL TRIP OF THE "GREAT LIVERPOOL."—We have, from time to time, noticed the alterations and improvements recently made in this vessel, and shall here merely recur to them briefly. She has been widened, or, in other words, increased in beam, by eight feet, which has given her much greater buoyancy with an equal weight of cargo. A spacious spar-deck has also I:een thrown over her, which will add much to the comfort and convenience of both passengers and crew. She has also received new boilers, and her cabin and other accommodations have been increased, so that in these points she much resembles her sister ship, the " Ori ental.' As she might, therefore, be considered a new ship, a trial trip became necessary before she proceeded to South ampton and thence to the Levant. Accordingly, on Friday afternoon last, a number of gentlemen, accompanied by Mr. Shaw, the marine superintendent of the company, proceeded with her on an excursion to the Isle of Man. She started from opposite George's pier at twenty-five minutes past four in the afternoon, and, after a fine pleasant run, which show ed great improvement in the vessel, reached Douglas Bay at half-past eleven o'clock. Some of the gentle men landed, and slept on shore, the hour fixed for the return being eight o'clock, but by far the greater number made themselves comfortable on board. At eight o'clock the anchor was raised, and at twelve minutes past that hour the steam was put on and she stood homewards. The wea ther was clear and bright, and the land of Wales, Cumber land, and the Island just left were distinctly seen during nearly the whole of the homeward trip. The invited guests were entertained throughout with the utmost hospitality. The ship behaved admirably, and her engines worked to admiration. Sail was set upon her both on going and re turning ; and, though at one time there was a briskish side breeze, she went on (to use a nautical phrase) " as stiff as a crutch," and is evidently calculated, with her additional beam, to carry any requisite weight of canvas. She also steers with great facility; is a truly handsome and safe yes , eel, and will, we doubt not, become a decided favourite. She cag e up the river at great speed, her engines performing from 16 to 161 revolutions per minute, so that independent of the tide way, she was probably running at the rate of Ili nautical miles an hour. She reached opposite George's Pier on her way to the Coburg Dock, at three minutes past three—thus performing the voyage from the Island in some minutes short of seven hours—an excellent passage, consi dering the weight of the vessel, and the fact that her engines from being refitted were as stiff as if new, and that consider able delay arose occasionally, both ways, in adjusting them. The tide being up, the vessel on her arrival immediately docked in the Coburg, and the passengers (or rather guests) landed highly delighted with the excursion and the attentions of Mr. Shaw, and the captain and officers. Died, at Inchbrakie, on the 7th instant, Colonel GrEemet of Inchbrakie, aged 85 years. The colonel was one of the few surviving heroic defenders of Gibraltar, under General Elliot, where he was wounded. He subsequently command . ed the Perthshire Fencible Cavalry .—Perth Advertiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-FRIDAY. ROBBERY BY A PROSTITUTE A respectable young man, named Robert Knott Carter, charged a woman of the town, named Ann Fegan, with hav ing robbed him of £B5. Mr. Carter stated that he was a clerk in the service of Messrs. James Judson and Co., of Hargreave's-buildings, and lodged at No. 23, Staiford-strect. On Monday night, he was at a public-house in Great Char lotte-street, where he remained until between nine and ten o'clock. When he left he was a little in liquor. He had one X2O Bank of Flnidnnri nnt. 12.."1.- of 14",nlanfl notes, and 25 sovereigns in a leather purse. Judson," was on the face of each of the notes. When he left the public-house in Great Charlotte -street, he went along the New Haytnarket, and at the corner of Lord Nelson-street he met the prisoner and two other women, who seized him by each arm, and said, " Won't you treat us ?" He accompa nied the women to a public-house at the corner of Mill-lane. kept by a person named John Saughman. Complainant and the females were together in a back room . Th e pr i soner sa t on his right hand. The females " pulled him about." The third woman was sent out of the room, and the others fol lowed to look for her. In a short time the woman who had first gone out returned, and after remaining in the room a little time, exhibited much uneasiness, in consequence of which the suspicions of complainant were aroused, and on examining his pocket, he found that his money was gone. The woman who remained was given into custody, and the number of the notes given to the police. Two £lO notes were shown to complainant, which he stated were two of those stolen from him. John Saughman, a publican, in Mill-lane, corroborated the statement of Mr. Carter, as to being at his house with the females, and stated positively-that the prisoner was one of the women who was with him. The name "J Inspector Savage stated that, in consequence of informa tion given him this morning by a female, he went to a cellar occupied by a Mrs. Dalton, in Skelhorne-street. He found the prisoner there upon a bed. He requested her to get up, but she pretended to be very drunk. He searched her, and found something bulky in one of her stockings. Constable Morgan, who was assisting him, untied the stocking, and took from it two £lO Bank of England notes, which prisoner said she had earned honestly. -• The prisoner was committed to take her trial at the ses sions. Mr. Rushton (addressing Saugliman) : You see how neces sary it is to observe what sort of women you allow to frequent your house. If you had read your license, and acted upon the tenor of it, this robbery would have been avoided. OFFENCES BY PUBLICANS. The following publicans were mulcted in the several sums affixed to their names, for offences against the tenor of their licences : Charles Augustus Hammock, Queen's Dock Hotel, Cha loner-street, allowing drunkenness, (second offence,) £4 and costs. It was for permitting drunkenness in the tap of Mr. Hammock for which he was fined, and which is let off to an under-tenant. David Barry, North-street, a like offence, £5. It was stated in this case that there were twenty men and twelve prostitutes in defendant's house on Friday night, the majority of whom were drunk. In adjudicating in the case, Mr. Rushton expressed his determination to put down all night cellars and houses where disorderly characters were allowed to assemble. Such places were the nurseries for crime, and the keepers of them made extravagant profits, by encouraging the vicious and depraved, to the great injury of the morals of society. Matthew King, Crosby-street, for permitting drunkenne Stephen Fletcher, Brick-street, refusing admittance to the police, 50s. APPLICATION FOIL WAGES. James Ellis summoned Captain Wilson, of the City of Poonah, for a balance of wages said to be due. The com plainant stated that he shipped as steward with Capt. Wilson, and performed a voyage to Bombay, for which there was a balance due to him for big services as steward. Captain Wilson produced evidence to show that the com plainant was incompetent to discharge the duties of steward, and that he had wilfully wasted the ship's stores. The complainant was disrated, which left him in debt to Lain Wilson. FRACAS BETWEEN MR. FORSDAW AND DR. BRICE. Mr . Henry- Forshaw, attorney, was brought before the court, having assaulted Dr. Charles Brice. Mr. Wright, attorney, appeared for Mr. Forshaw. Dr. Brice stated that this morning he bad occasion to visit the Apothecaries' Hall, and, whilst there, a message was brought to him to Fay that he was wanted. He attended to the message, and, in the body of the shop connected with the establishment, he saw Mr. Forshaw, who said, " the period for which you were bound over to keep the peace towards me is, I believe, expired, and I am come to horsewhip you," and proceeded to put his threat into execution. His (Dr. Brice's) object was not to have the defendant summarily punished, he did not wish him to escape with a whitewashing of this sort; his wish was to have an opportunity of bringing the matter before a jury. Mr. Wright to Dr. Brice.—Dr. Brice, you recollect what took place about this time last year relative to your being bound over to keep the peace towards Mr. Forshaw ? Will you oblige me by saying how it was ? Dr. Brice.—With pleasure. I Mr. Rushton interposed, by saying the matter was, irrele vant to the present charge. Mr. Wright.—Dr. Brice made use of the word " white washed" in reference to Mr. Forshaw, I wish to know what he - means by it. Mr. Wright was again about to allude to some prior diff ferenees between the plaintiff and the defendant, when he was •• interrupted by Mr. Rushton, who said all they had then to do with was the breach of the peace complained of. . Mr. Wright said he was not desirous to introduce any thing relative to past transactions. Mr. Forshaw admitted the charge made by Dr. Brice. He wished to know what Dr. Brice meant by the term " whitewashed." Mr. Rushton said he supposed. Dr. Brice meant that he was not desirous the affair should be disposed of summarily, but that it should be taken before a jury. Dr. Brice assented to this. Mr. Wright Mr. Brice. It is equally Mr. FOrshaw's wish to meet Mr. Rushton.-1 shaltrequire Mr. Forshaw to find bail. Mr. Wright asked Mr. Rushton if his officers had. any right to take a person into custody for an assault, without having witnessed it, or the charge being made on oath. Mr. Rushton declined to answer. ___ Mr. Wright said he thought it was not right that his client should have been brought into court in custody of au officer. Mr. Rushton said he thought those who took the law into their own hands ought not to be very ceremonious. It was stated, relative to a question whether the term of Dr. Brice's bail had expired, that the Doctor was, by some means or other bound over, in consequence of having sent Forshaw a challenge. . • Mr. Rushton orderer Mr. Forshaw to find bail to keep the peace, himself in £230, and two sure ies in £lOO each. Mr. Wright, and Mr. Richard Blundell, solicitor, became sureties. It was intimated by Mr. Wright, that Mr. Forshaw had taken the proceedings complained of, not with the view of inflicting violence upon Dr. Brice, but in order that transac tions between them might be gone further into.• No reflec tion was attempted to be thrown upon the conduct of the officer. Mr. Forshaw said the officer bad behaved in a very kind and proper manner. YESTERDAY. ATTEMPTED STREET ROBBERY. A lad named Henry Marshall was placed at the bar on a charge of attempting to pick pockets. Policeman No. 172 stated that he was on duty in Church-street between seven and eight o'clock on Saturday night, when he saw the pri soner lift up a gentleman's coat and attempt to take his pocket handkerchief. He took him into custody. The pri soner denied the charge, and said all he had done was to look through a shop-window. It appeared that he was well known to the police, having previously been three times com mitted and once discharged. He was committed to hard labour for three months. Harris Birchall was also committed for three months for a similar offence. Two well-known thieves named John Gregg and Manassas Coyle were committed for three months, having been found loitering late on Saturday night, near the end. of Gloucester street, with other bad characters, wits the intention of com mitting a felony. ROBBERY OF A PIG JOBBER. Edward Kirwan, an Irish pig•jobber, charged two men named Michael M'Dermott and Jas.. Bowman with having robbed him of a sum of money amounting to about £7O. The complainant was in a state of intoxication when he ap peared in court; but from his statement it seemed that on Saturday night, instead of going to his own lodgings, he went to the house of the prisoner Bowman, who keeps a beer house in Lacey -street. He there played at cards with the two prisoners, and fell asleep through the effect of some drug in the liquor, as he supposed. When lie awoke he found all his money and the prisoners gone. The money consisted of £2O in notes of £5, and the remainder in gold and silver. He informed policeman No. 37, who went to Bowman's house. His wife said he had been gone to the harvest for five weeks, a statement which the officer knew to be false, as he had seen the man that day. The officer therefore conti nued his search, and ultimately hefound the two prisoners in bed together in a house in Bence-street. Mr. Rushton ordered the prisoners to be remanded until the prosecutor was sober. Two prostitutes named Ann Cross and Alice Crowley were charged by Thomas Carruthers, a sailor, with having stolen a a silver watch, and a pocket-book containing a small sum of money, from his person. The prisoners were ordered to be discharged, as it appeared that the prosecutor had been in' other company besides theirs, and he had no recollection of the place of the alleged robbery. STEALING FROM A DWELLING-HOUSE. Amelia Leigh, John Riley, and Timothy Callaghan were brought up on a charge of having stolen a clock, the pro perty of. Mr. James Lee, of No. 13. Williamson-street. Mrs. Lee stated that about half-past ten o'clock on Saturday night she saw the the two prisoners pass the door and walk .towards Church-street. She left the door a-jar whilst she went into the cellar kitchen for a few minutes ; she returned immediately and saw Riley leave the house with a clock Which had stood upon a pianoforte in the front parlour, un der his arm.. The prisoner Callaghan was about two doors off, evidently keeping watch. Riley ran towards Richmond street followed by Mrs. Lee, who cried " Stop thief!" Mr. Putman, a coffee-house keeper in Sir Thomas's-buildings, happened to be in a shop in Richmond-street, and he gave chase to the thief till he was caught by Policeman No. 308. On the way to Bridewell Callaghan made his appearance, and attempted to whisper something into the ear of his com panion, whereupon he was .also placed in custody. The woman was apprehended at the same time, hut there was no evidence to implicate her in the robbery. She was therefore discharged ; the two male prisoners, who both protested their innocence, were committed for trial at the next sessions. A SWINDLER, Elizabeth Fields, a young woman, who this moving term was liberated from the Borough gaol, where she had been imprisoned for three months for an offence similar to that which she was now charged, was again placed at the bar. It appeared from the evidence, that on the 29th of May last the prisoner called upon a poor woman named Mary O wen, who lived in Lee-street, and said her " mamma" would re lieve her by presenting her with some blankets and clothing. Mrs. Owen expressed her tha n kf u l ness for the offer, where upon the prisoner desired her to go out for some little milk for her to drink. During her absence the prisoner took a silver watch worth £3, belonging to Richard Edwards, a lodger, from the mantel-piece. She then desired Mrs. Owen to walk with her for the purpose of buying the flan nel ; they went near the Exchange, when the prisoner de sired her to wait whilst she went to see her " mamma." Mrs. Owen waited, as she was desired, for several hours, and on going home she discovered that the watch had been stolen. The prisoner pledged the watch the same day for 205., with a pawnbroker in Pitt-street. She denied the charge. Committed to the sessions. John Wil son and James ASSAULTS Power were each fined 405., and in default of payment'ordered to be imprisoned 21 days, for violently assaulting the police on Saturday night, in Rose place. James Hunt was ordered to pay a penalty of .£5, and find bail for his good behaviour, for a violent assault upon his mother. Not being provided with the money, Mr. Rushton adjudged him to be imprisoned for two months. STEALING AN UMBRELLA. A respectable looking young man, named Bentley, w as charged by Mr. Samuel Humbleton, draper, of Great George's-place, with having stolen an umbrella, his pro perty. The.prisoner bad been in the prosecutor's- service for about two months, as a shopman, at a salary of £4O and his maintenance. He left on Wednesday last, and soon afterwards a new silk umbrella worth 21s. was missed.— Yesterday (Sunday), the prisoner called at the prosecutor's, • for the purpose of seeing a young man, and as be bad the missing umbrella with him lie was detained. The prisoner told the magistrate this was the first offence of the kind he had committed, and that he would never again commit an .act like it. air. Rushton ordered him to be remanded till to-day (Tuesday.) • ASSAULT UPON A CLERGYAN. Mr. Thom, a shipowner, was charged with having assaulted the Rev. Thomas Disrnore on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Dismore is a clergyman of the Established Church. He re cently resided at Cork, but is now in Liverpool with his fa mily, consisting of his wit _.,.. ana seven , ing for the sa ili ng o f t h e ship Georgiana for South children Australia, where he intends to settle as an agent of the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge. The defendant is the owner of the Georgiana, and the difference arose in conse quence of some luggage of Mr. Dismore's being pl cad in the mess cabin. This luggage, Mr. Thom contended, created in 'convenience, and he represented it in strong language to the ladies. Mr. Dismore was told of it • and on meeting with Mr. Thom an altercation ensued, and the assault complained of was committed. Mr. Thom did not deny the charge, but pleaded that he had been irritated into it. Mr. Rushton said there was no excuse for the defendant; he ought not to hare lifted his hand against a person who could net retaliate. It was a very unfortunate affair, but the magistrates had only one course to take. He must pay a penalty of £5. A blow was at all times degrading, but when inflicted on a clergyman it was unpardonable. SERIOUS ASSAULT James Bryce was ordered to put in bail to answer an in dictment at the Sessions for a most brutal assault upon a man named Andrew Curran. The complainant was a waiter at Carver's tavern, in Derby-street, and the prisoner was a singer there. On Tuesday they had a quarrel, and the pri soner broke all the jugs and glass he could meet with upon the head of the complainant. To such an extent were the blows carried that the poor man became insensible, and in this state was conveyed to the Dispensary. The surgeon who attended him said he had an " innumerable number" of lacerated wounds upo;iliSPe;Son: and that he onld not be able to work for ten or twelve days to come. DOCK COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS. On Thursday the Dock Committee met at the usual hour. Besides the chairman, (Mr. Alderman Keathotn,) the follow ing members were present:—Messrs. Berm, Barclay, Thos. Holt, Holt, H. Holmes, Middleton, Mellor, Bulley, George Holt, Evans, Tobin, Chapman, Moon, and Martin. The proceedings of the former committee were read, after which several financial accounts were read and passed. The sur veyors and the Harbour Masters submitted their reports, on the plan of Mr. Alexander Gage, respecting some alterations in the construction of the docks. The writers of the reports gave various reasons for opposing Mr, Gage's plan, and con sidered that it would not be practicable to carry it into effect. Mr. Hodgson, deputy harbour-master, was favourable to the principle of Mr. Gage's plan, but did n.ot approve of that sug gested by the committee. After some desultory discussion, the matter was left over another week. Tenders were sub mitted for the supply of 3000 gallons of sperm oil, from se veral e6tablishments in London. The first was from Messrs. Bromenge and Co., offering the requisite quantity at Bs. 3d. per gallon; from Messrs. Jeremiah Filcher & Son, at tis. 3d. per gallon ; from Messrs. Wolvert & Co., at Bs. Id. per gal lon :—another house offered to supply the quantity at Bs. 2d. per gallon. A tender was also read from Messrs. Charles Price and Co., also of London, offering a superior quality of oil, which, it was stated, would answer the purpose fully as well as sperm, at is. 4d. per gallon. After a copy of the cir cular had been read, requesting parties to send in tenders, and the report thereon, it was agreed, after considerable dis cussion, that the surveyors should make experiments as to the quality and strength of the various oils which had been sent as samples,. and the order to be given to that house which furnished the best article. An application was made by the surveyers, requesting the gridiron, on the north side of the Clarence Basin, to be removed to the south. Granted. —Another. application was made through the same parties, from one of the Glasgow Companies, to have one of the sheds of the Clarence Dock boarded, so as to protect their goods from the weather. Application postponed.—The South Har hour Master's Report on a pas sa ge leading from the Union to the Cobourg Dock, was read. This gave rise to a long and desultory discussion, in the course of which Mr. Chap man animadverted upon the discrepancies of Mr. Hartley's statements respecting the state of the Cobourg Dock. Mr. Hartley said he was not aware that he had neglected his duty on any point, and Mr. Alderman Evans contended that Mr. Hartley could not fairly be charged with neglect of duty on account of the state of the Cobourg Dock. From various statements laid before the committee it appeared that the erection of a wall between the Cobourg and Union would add considerably to the convenience of the passage between the two docks. It was ultimately agreed to refer the subject for further consideration, in order to give the committee an op portunity of inspecting the works going on at the Cobourg Dock.—A motion, submitted by Mr. Chapman at a former meeting, that sheers be erected in lieu of a crane at the Co bourg Dock, was then taken into consideration. It was agreed, after some discussion, to refer the subject to the Harbour Master, with directions that he report thereon. Mr. Alderman Evans gave notice that at the next meeting of the committee he should move for a sub-committee, to be in structed, with the instance of the solicitor, to frame a bill to be sought for in parliament, having for its object the con struction of a new dock or docks, and warehouses upon the dock quays, with such other additional regulations and im provements as may appear to them conducive to the efficient working of the docks, and the good management of the dock estate. The committee then broke up. The Duke of Newcastle has sold the Dolclettur estate, near Aberystwith, to Mr. Hughes. Lord Riversdale is about to dispose of his estates in the county of Cork. They comprise nearly 8,000 acres. The Hon. Sir 'Wm. Lumley intends disposing of Wink field Lodge, Berks. In the course of the week arrived at the Bedford Peniten iary Joseph Pedder, committed from Luton on the 15th tnStant, convicted under 'the game laws, and sentenced to be kept to hard labour for tw o ca l en d ar mont h s. Th i s young Iman is in his 23d" year, and' has paid no less than nineteen visits to this houte of correction, and, we believe, has occa sionally visited otheri.---Hertford Reformer. MARRIAGE HIGli LIFE.—On Saturday last, at St. James's Church, Westminster, the Hon. Edward Kenyon, youngest son of Lord- Kenyon, to the Hon. Miss Caroline Susan Catherine Beresford, third daughter of the late Lieut. Gen. Lord George ..Beresford. The fair bride was given away by. Field Marshal Viscount Beresford. There were present at the solemnisation his Grace the Archbishop of Armagh, Viscount and Viscountess Beresford, Lord John Beresford, Ladies Catherine and Anne Beresford, Lord Kenyon, and a select family circle. Lady Anne Beresford gave an elegant degund to the wedding party. DEATH FROM GRIEF. - Mr. Burt, councillor for St. David's, died on Monday. He was in embarrassed circum stances, and an execution being put into his house by a friend embittered his last moments, and agonized his relatives. The poor gentleman never closed his eyes after the execution came upon him, till his last sleep bore him beyond the reach of friendship.—Exeter Times. The old and highly respectable banking-house of Lambton and Co. in this town, have just made arrangements to with draw their own notes from circulation, and to issue no paper but that of the Bank of England.—Newcastle Journal. QUICK Wogs . —We have now in our office a slice of bread made from wheat grown at Glenville, the residence of Mr. Nicklin, formerly ofTipton, which was cut on Wednesday the 9th September instant,—housed last Wednesday, the 15th—thrashed in the evening—gronnd on the 16th—and baked on the 17th.—Manx Liberal. AN EXCELLENT HINT.—We find the following in the Cheltenham Chronicle, and copy it for the benefit of all concerned FIRST OF SEPTEMBER.—We are fearful our sporting friends have not met with much 'success ; at least, we conclude so, if we may judge from the non-appearance of hares and partridges which are usually sent to us at the commencement of the season." The Royal Agricultural Society of England have published their list of prizes for 1811, by which it appears that nearly £5OO are set apart for the encouragement of stock breeding ; £2OO for the exhibition and trial of machinery, with an unlimited sum for anew invention ; twenty soverei gns f or the best gorse-crushing machine; twenty sovereigns each for the best report on the comparative merits of different varieties of wheat and barley ; and ten sovereigns for tur nips ; twenty sovereigns for 012 best account of the effects of subsequent crops of wheat ; ten sovereigns for the bes t directions to procure economical and nutritious food fo r labourers ; and the same sum on the application of lime as a manure. Lord Stanley has given prizes to the amount of 30 guineas. to be contended for at his annual cattle show, at Ballykisteen, on Saturday, the 26th instant. The new Bishop of Chichester, Dr. Shnttleworth, will be consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury on Tuesday next. Red ink for marking linen is made with half an ounce o ♦ermillion and one drachm of salts of steel, finely ground with linseed oil to the consistency required for marking with a pen or hair pencil. MAKE WAY FOR ROYALTY.—On one of the Emperor Alexander's visits to 'Warsaw, there not having been time to clear the streets of a quantity of mud which had been scraped into heaps, the Russian authorities ordered the windows or. the ground-floor of the houses to be opened and the mud t hrown into the rooms. Tus LAW OF Lovz Is AMERICA.—In 1647, the court of Massachusetts enacted, that if any young man attempted , to address any young woman without the consent of her parents; or, in case of their absence, of a neighbouring ►magistrate of the county court, he should be fined £5 for the first offence, £lO for the second, and imprisonment for the third. In 1660, Captain D'l Blake was fined the first-named sum, but let off for £4 conditionally, " for making love to Edmund Bridge's daughter, without her parent's consent. IMP}OVEMENT IN CALICO PRINTING.—Mr. Beard, of Newton, has obtained a patent for an improvement in calico printing, the invention of Mr. Chapier, a French gentleman, by the adoption of which a considerable saving of expense and labour may be effected. It has recently been introduced in Mr. Iloutson's machine works, Exeter, with the very best results. One of the modes in work is applicable to cylinder and surface printing only. The great merit of the invention is, that an almost unlimited number of calicoes may be printed by one operation of those colours in position exten sively variable. general EXTRAORDINARY PIECE OF MECIIANISM. - Sir Clifford Constable, of Constable, county of York, has lately received from Paris a new an d most ornamental p i ece o f f urn i ture, viz., a mechanical orange tree, in full size, as you see them on the continent. The leaves are of bronze, the flowers of sevre china, the oranges are yellow glass lamps, and there are seven birds of the finest plumage; which sing, move their wings and bodies, and hop all over the tree from branch to branch. There is also a nest with three young ones in it, which open their mouths, and the old ones appear to feed them. NOVEL RAT-TRAP.—Take a barrel, and stretch a skin of parchment over it with a string; cut it across and athw a rt, nearly to the outside. Take some dripping, and mix it with meal ; smear it on the middle of the parch ment. Th e rats will smell it, and treading on the parchment it will give way, and they will fall into the water in the barrel. Put a plank for them to creep up to the barrel's bri n k, outs id e, and strew som e oatmeal on it. Y ou must not l e t th e water b e too deep, but set a brick endways in it, and the first rat that is caught will make a noise, which will enti ce more , so t h at t h ey w ill fight for possession of the brick, and the noise will draw others. Thus, in one night, the house may be cleared of rats, be they never so many. Mi ce an d ot h er verm i n may be caught in a similar manner. GIL:AT ADV ERTISEMENT.—We believe the grt— vertisetnent ever given out to any printers in this country is that lately given by the corporation to the Keening Post and the New Era, of property to be sold for assessments. That advertisement was published once a week for thirteen weeks. and conies to over thirteen thousand dollars, or six thousand five hundred dollars each. This is truly what is technically Failed a " fat " advertisement, and the beauty of it is, that it was promptly paid—no running a second time—the comp troller gives his warrant on the treasurer, which is paid, if required, in hard cash. We did not complain of this ; on the contrary, we are gratified that it falls to the lot of the profession occasionally to receive a reward . Almost always political favours f a ll i n every direction except into the hands of printers.—New York Express. There is an opera singer newly arrived amongst us, who warbles so sweetly, that the sugar-dealers have petitioned congress to give him notice to ablocate. Their trade amt of no manner of use, they say, while he's there.--Vermont Journal. test ad- from Palermo: le, and the Le 22ml Au; M -~.~,: eeks tail usil ding by i n to n 1 4 nted theY the ) the el:, $ tious )0 1- garl time OW' p the the?' the!! - We Ffick d on ' tbe ,ce••• ene" a t $ tree th e ar ds , %VP the tio h t ~,,t,