The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-16 00:00:00

any additional restraints. These facts we derive from an admirable memorial which has been drawn up by Edward Chaloner, whose experience, during the last 25 years, in the general timber trade, entitles his statements on the subject to the greatest attention. It is we ll k nown that the timber tra d e was chiefly c reated to meet the requirements of the shipping in terests. The supply of teak, from Africa, has long continued to be a prominent feature in this trade. This article has been, for many years, supplied from the western coasts of Africa, and has been chiefly consumed In the construction of the larger descriptions of ships. It cannot, however, be procured, in adequate quanti- I tes, without an enormous sacrifice of human life. Sierra Leone, one of the principal settlements on the Co ast, has been long known as the " charnel-house of Africa," from the immense number of Europeans who have annually perished in that fatal colony. It has, therefore, become a question of much importance whether any substitute can be procured for teak, that is equally well a d apte d f or nava l purposes, as we ll as for general use. Mr. Chaloner suggests that ma hogany is m uc h super i or to tea k for these purposes, and he accordingly suggests the diversion of the tim ber trade from Sierra Leone to Honduras—a country com paratively sa l u b r i ous, an d w hi c h may b e t erm ed, for British merchants, the " toll-gate of Central Ame rica." The Honduras mahogany far surpasses teak for ship-building, and it is to be found of much finer dimensions, presenting much larger scantlings. It 11 2 ay be obt a i ne d at the sh i pp i ng ports a b roa d, an d freighted h ome, at a considerably less cost. It i s a l so t he n best adap te d for construct i ng the valuable machi nery In Ou r manufacturing districts, and for railway ot her carriages. It is therefore suggested that the duty on mahogany should be assimilated with that on leak, and that the superior and essentially useful tim ber of America should no longer be subjected to a duty of nearly 300 per cent. over that on the inferior teak of Africa. With all its disadvantages in regard of duty, maho gany has been supplied for some time, in the British market, at a cheaper rate than teak, and has been con -Bntned in preference by some shipwrights. This has been owing to a late regulation of " Lloyd's," encou raging its nse ; though, as no such purpose was in lo gs wh en th e recen t supp li es were f e ll e d, th e I ngs were found, on being converted, to have been mostly cross-cut too short. Mr. Chaloner has furnished us with an enumeration °f the co mparat i ve qua li t i es o f ma h ogany, w hi c h i s ex trenlely in f avour o f t h a t ti m b er . Th e h eav i ness o f teak and the li g ht ness o f ce d ar —b o th o f w hi c h h ave be en used for naval purposes—are objections to which M ahogany are not li a bl e. B es id es, t hi s species affords tr ees of s u ffi c i ently hard as well as of soft texture; also l 'rinkin g l ess from heat, and expanding less from satu rationnet than any o th er woo d. With ou t un d ergo i ng any e lnical process it is not liable to dry rot. The craft I , Be d on the coasts on which it grows are said to out es those o f E ng li s h oak. I t i s, t h ere f ore, of the high , iMportance that every reasonable facility should be g l l'en for the introduction of so valuable a timber into 'i B cou n t ry ; and as the interests of Liverpool are so dee ply involved in this matter, we shall recur to the üb ject in our next. Thi jo Le mand a t e h as gone f ort h f rom D errynane , en toi I :ing the dupes and slaves of its unprincipled owner t[ e ' ri ng in their vol un tary con t r ib ut i ons . Th e ma w of it greedy impostor O'Connell grows more insatiable Proporti on to the i ncrease of his grey hairs ; an d t h e , 11 ,, e • are r his app roac h to t h e grave , t h e f aster t h e c lutch af it , ll . w hich he d rags hi s p or ti on f rom b e t ween the lips 1,11,s famishing countrymen. a e are told by its priestly collectors, that the th te° iint of the tribute for the present will be greater sa r i _ 051 any previou s y ear , an d we do not doubt that ti ,`" will e be the case, for to do so would be to doubt power of a crafty priesthood over the most igno- Te nt an d bigotted population in the civilized world. mendicant is now openly embarked in the paths from treas on in his li ps; ; th e t h reat of re b e lli on h as already fallen and in proportion to the danger which hehe stipulates in his career of crime is the reward for which he • l P ulates with his p r i es tly employers. Confessedly is now embarked in a course of agitation, the result and certain end of which is the dismemberment of the j n Pire -- -the transfer of a jewel, and that one of the " ti ghtest, from the crown of Britain's monarch to the if tiat i a Of Rome; and for such an object need we wonder i: t ge emissaries of Rome are preparing to put in opera tht°ll, in every diocese and parish throughout Ireland, ° se weapons of superstition and ghostly terror which havea ever been so effective in their hands ? The alter native presented to their trembling victims will he com -I;:vance with their exactions or excommunication in its Irela nd form. The wretched peasantry of wretched , ta a nd must choose between starvation—actual, literal their exclusion from the sacraments of i ro n. church, which in their imagination is exclusion wi t re . the presence of God; and we are well aware that altern a ti ve w ill b e c h osen b y men w h o k n o w of ,t ``l,their tyrants can bring to their aid the bludgeon e suborn e d assass i n w h en th e f u l m i na ti ons o f th e chur ch fail i n eff e ct i ng t h e i r o bj ect. f ou p 1.°4 1 one source, however, we trust there will be i t a e d a falling off. In past years—to their shame be i ia , Delt en !—the earnings of this beggarly trafficker in lirt:Osture have been swelled by the contributions of t ur itis h Protestants—of members of the British legisla of e ns ' a nd even of th e p eerag e. Yes—the descendants ei th -q°B e men wh o f oug ht the battles of the Protestant ta ;. i r , c h have s t oo p e d to t h e i n di gn ity o f payi n g "black to the d escen d an t o f the Derrynane smuggler ! f ut °o trust that this source of plunder will for the p li tir e he stopped—that men whose strange and inex the.able feelings towards the Protestant institutions of po ir country a ll owe d t h em to con t r ib u t e to the sup ofa one who had sw o rn their destruction, will at f ee - t i arrest their peculiar liberality when required to wh ; , tli e flame of rebellion—to supply fuel to the engine . i e ° is w or ki ng t h e di smem b erment o f t h e em pire ! to the those who in former years have contributed e box of the mendicant, if we remember right, we have noticed the names of a goodly number of the S i _ al party of Liverpool. Our worthy and worshipful J oshua Walmsley, Mr. William Rathbone, and k rici ns other luminaries of our corporation and of the k y agis tracy, have not thought it beneath them to curry our with the popish faction, by paying tribute to th e and so long as thi s wor thy was mere ly d o i ng li e . work of her Maje s ty' s w hi g a d m i n i strat i on, b y d . c ilg in the infliction of " heavy bl ows an d grea t L iB eoUragements" upon our Protestant church, we a Ve no fault to find with the exceeding liberality of the } gentlemen in question. But we ask seriously, will pursue the same course now, when the agitator r ti c onfessedly engaged in a treasonable course, and is en ounced by government as attempting to bring l e °ll lid a bloody revolution ? Will Sir Joshua Walms thY and his tail contribute to the funds upon which th e auth or o f t h at revo l ut i on i s f e d ? W e d o trus t wi e l Y will not : we trust that the mayor, at any rate, ti o l n cq• But we have little faith either in the discre -44 Or the patriotism of some others of his party; 4 11 s hall keep a l oo k- ou t, an d recor d, for the en theiteninent of their fellow-townsmen, the amount of an r s ubscriptions in support of a denounced rebel t he traitor. From some of the liberal candidates in hiehaPproaching municipal contest we dare say that r e , a contribution, for such an object, would b e a t eet ea irnendation in the eyes of their friends the Pro klthr)rs, and has been already duly furnished; but hg: u gh on ordinary occasions it may be pleasant to w e : e On the same list with " honest John Langan," an lln? gine that in the very possible contingency of 1 0 n tbreak i n I re l an d , an d t h e su b s equent indictment ' tr ea 4 111 4 , son of its prime mover, those gentlemen who ver y e " he funds for his support will not stand in a .at rio t erl Viable ight in the eyes of their loyal and ie fellowl-countrymen. 4 1) De wolg-radical candidates for municipal honours The desperately at a loss what to say for themselves. ot ke e 'aP-tr a p topics of past years are worn out. The k e , l nagic w or d ".Reform" h as l os t its charm. Poliu 4 , e nchment" is no longer in favour with our whig co ll ,:el a ns; and the " warehouse question" has be of o e i , n e of very doubtful popularity. The addresses email aBPirants are therefore reduced to miserably I kl3 Pro portions, and are about as deficient in mate- Ilr e a l in grammar. 4 1e 4 ,,,,, 1 'ave no i n t en ti on o f cr iti c i s ing any of these th e Productions, of which unmeaning bombast is tici r f n . rin ciPal characteristic ; but we c annot avoid no 's the altered character of the names which are attached to them. The whig aristocracy of Liverpool seem just now singularly unambitious of a seat in the Council; and that once-prized honour is yielded up readily to members of the shopocracy—to men of yes terday—small nobodies, smitten with a mania for the unenviable notoriety of being soundly beaten, Ho nourable and respectable men, even of the whig party, have apparently a disinclination to sue for the " most sweet" voices of the denizens of cellars and courts who now dispense our local honours ; and, unless some great revolution should take place in society, we are seriously afraid that in a few years a decent radical member of the corporation will be as great a curiosity as a whole coat or unpatched brogues upon the great bulk of his enlightened supporters. A heart-rending affair it will be, no doubt, to witness the extinction of whig supremacy in the Corporation — to see conservative gentlemen once more assembled upon those benches which now support the dignified emptiness of the Nookses and Snookses. We are afraid, however, from the present aspect of affairs, that we shall live to witness such a catastrophe. When whig-radicalism can no longer boast and applaud it self, the game, we may depend upon it, is all but up. The interesting ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Liverpool Collegiate Institution, as we have already apprised our readers, will take place on Thursday next. The site of the proposed erection is the east side of Shaw-street, where excavations for the foundation have been carried on for some days. The structure will be of a very handsome character, in the Gothic style of architecture. The ceremony will be performed by Lord Stanley, M.P., (the president of the institution), assisted by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chester, (the visitor), and the Rev. Rector Brooks, (the chairman). The directors of the institu tion have very judiciously invited the noble patron to a public dinner, to be given in the Amphitheatre, on the evening of the above day, when a great number of the nobility, gentry, and clergy of the neighbourhood, as well as several distinguished strangers, are expected to attend. This testimony of respect to Lord Stanley, as the patron of the institution, is extremely appropriate to the occasion. His lordship is pre-eminently quali fied, from his distinguished talents, and his ardent zeal in the cause of scriptural instruction, for the office of patron to an institution so much in consonance with his own views on the subject of national education. We have no doubt that all classes of our townsmen will be anxious to testify their respect for his public and private character, as one of the most eminent states men of the day, and as one of the most munificent pa trons of learning. To celebrate an event of so deeply interesting a cha racter as that of Thursday next, we hope to see a union of all parties who are really anxious for the encourage ment of science and literature, and, above all, of scrip tural education. After all the formidable preparations made by the Reform Association and the Protector Society,—after the expenditure of such immense sums of money in the payment of taxes, in the employment of objectors-gene ral, in printing, and in fees to counsel—after the strenu ous and unremitting exertions made by the several ward committees—and after the protracted sitting of the mu nicipal court of revision--the next municipal election, according to the decision announced by the mayor, at the close of the proceedings yesterday, must take place ON THE BURGESS LIST OF LAST YEAR. The reasons for this decision will be found in our report. This will be a glorious piece of news to the conservative electors. On last year's list, it will be remembered, the conserva tives returned nine members to the town council, and might have gained three other wards, if the casting votes of the returning officers had been given the other way. It will also be remembered that the majorities in those wards which were gained by the radicals were, in almost every instance, exceedingly small. We have, therefore, every reason to congratulate the conservative electors on the decision which was come to yesterday. Nothing now remains, in order to gain at least fourteen out of the sixteen wards, but an instant, active, and persevering canvass. The conservatives have now the game in their own hands, and it is only requisite that they should play their cards well. Let them set to work this day in good earnest, and never relax in their exertions until they have a decided majority in the town council. " UP, LADS, AND AT THEM," as Wellington said in commencing his grand simultaneous move runt at Waterloo. EMBEZZLEMENT AT PRESTON.—At the Police-court on Wednesday, a man who had taken his passage for the United States, was brought before Mr. Rushton, charged by a mem ber of a funeral club at Preston', with having embezzled be tween £6O and £BO, the property of the society, with which he absconded. Mr. Rushton said the case was beyond his jurisdiction, and he should discharge the prisoner; but if the party chose to re-apprehend him on his own responsi bility and convey him to Preston, he might. We believe this was done, and the man conveyed to Preston by the next railway train. APPREHENSION OF AN ESCAPED CONVICT.--Edward Oakes, alias Thomas Matthews, alias Thomas Heaton, alias Edward Jukes, who was convicted two years ago at the Li verpool assizes for swindling a man in the Molly Malony Tavern, and sentenced to seven years' transportation, but who escaped near Stony Stratford, on his way to Chatham, was lately apprehended in the neighbourhood of Bristol, where he had been travelling for some time with a spring cart. It ap pears that his wife was in the gaol at Bristol on a charge of having robbed a farmer, and Watkin, an officer of police, per. suaded the gaoler to send for Oakes under the pretence that his wife wished to see him. Whilst his wife and he were con versing he was taken int o cus t o dy. Notice was sent to the Liverpool Police-office, and Greases, an officer, being sent over to Bristol, he recognized the prisoner, and brought him over to this town. The prisoner was examined this week be fore Mr. Rushton, and committed for trial at the next assizes. THREATENING A POLICEMAN.—TWO vagabonds, re joicing in the names of O'Hara and Waterson, who have had a long acquaintance with the interior of the Borough Gaol, were brought up at the Police-court on Wednesday, charged with prowling about the streets at night with intent to com mit robberies. They were found by, the police in the early part of the preceding night in the neighbourhood of Addi son-street, and cautioned not to be seen again, as their ob jects were well known, Waterson having only the same morning concluded a two months' visit to the Borough Gaol. Notwithstanding the caution they were again found prowling about at two o'clock, and the policeman forthwith put his threat into execution by locking them up. Whilst the Bridewell-keeper was searching them, Waterson told the policeman many times that he would not die until he had opened him " like an oyster with a knife." Mr. Rushton told the prisoners he would not tolerate such conduct. Dis solute and abandoned characters like them must be taught that they would not be allowed to infest the streets at night. They must each be committed as rogues and vagabonds to hard labour for three months. ADVERTISEMENT. BEDFORD HOUSE, 22, CHURCH• STREET.—At the above establishment is exhibiting an unli mited variety of the choicest and most rare designs in Cloaks, Mantles, Envelopes, &c. &c., selected from the most ap proved specimens of Parisian productions. The selection will be found to contain all that is useful, warm, and elegant in that most useful article the Cloak, comprising Carriage, Opera, Walking Cloaks of every description, with Parisian Mantles of a very exclusive character. The Cashmere Tar tan Plaid Cloaks in every clan, and an extensive selection of Silk, Satin, and Satin Turc Cloaks and Mantles.—GEozwE LINDLEY, Proprietor, late of Commerce House. IMPORTANT SALE IN THE CAPITAL OF NEW ZEALAND• —Mr. George Robins has announced a sale of 300 quarter acres of town lands, in the Bay of Islands, in New Zealand, which must create a considerable sensation. The public are not generally acquainted with the fact, that it is now the capital of her Majesty's Government, where his Excellency Captain Hobson, R.N., and Governor of New Zealand, is located, and has established this spot as the official capital of the country. The lands which are announced for sale is all frontage ground to the sea, where frequently there are to be seen twenty to thirty ships riding majestically at anchor in this splendid bay. The land is surrounded by mercantile residents—is midway between two Prot es t an t churches—a Catholic chapel of the Bishop of Australia close by—and her Majesty's General Postoffice within three minutes' walk of the estate. When all these facts are duly considered, it will not be difficult to imagine how, in this, " the land of pro mise," a fortune will be secured at a railway pace. LAUNCH OF TIIE HARLEQUIN, SCHOONER.-011 Tues day a fine schooner of 150 tons burthen, named the Harle quin, was launched from the building-yard of Messrs. Ban nister and Simpson, Trentham-street. The day was very fine, and the ground was crowded by spectators, amongst whom were many ladies and gentlemen of the first respecta bility. The Harlequin was built for Mr. W. S. Dixon's fine line of schooners running between this port and Glasgow, and which may be properly called the pantomime line. She will take the place of the late Harlequin, of the same line, and is equal in every point to her consort vessel the Columbine, also built by Messrs. Bannister and Co. Her materials are of the best quality, and have had the ad vantage of long-seasoning, so that she will stand A 1 for a number of years. In point of model, she was admitted, by all present, who are practical judges, to give promise of quick sailing, combined with considerable capacity for stow age. We never, indeed, saw a finer bow ; and she is pro portionately clean abaft. The preparations for launching were made with great promptitude, and excited much in terest, the vessel being freed from the blocks by being, as it were, lifted on the ways by wedges simultaneously driven by a number of workmen on each side of her. All being in readiness, about twelve o'clock, the word was given, the daggers were struck, and she glided beautifully into her destined element, amidst the cheers of the spectators and the firing of cannon from on board and also from the shore. The descent was considerable, and the sight therefore the more gratifying. The vessel's decks were crowded, and she looked remarkably well on the water. She has a handsome small figure head of " Harlequin," carved by Mr. Robertson, and " classically" painted and gilded to represent the hero of Pantomime. The Harlequin has every appearance of turning out a line sea-boat, and we doubt not will establish her claim to take her place amongst the finest coasting vessels of the port. The keel of another schooner for the same line has just been laid down in Messrs. Bannister and Co.'s yard, to be called Mother Goose. COURTS OF LOCAL JURISDICTION.—WC hear, from a quarter which justifies our assuming it as a fact, that govern ment has determined on introducing a bill into parliament for the establishment of coarts of a local jurisdiction.—Globe. MUNICIPAL REVISION. TUESDAY. The court proceeded this morning with the claims in Great George Ward. Amongst the earliest claims preferred was that of Mr. Councillor Cooper, who soon substantiated his right, and de parted. John Cosgrove, house New Bird-street, was opposed by the conservatives. His wife appeared, and Mr. Wilkins questioned her respecting the notice of claim. Mrs. Cos grove stated that her husband could not write, but he had put his mark to the notice. The next question elicited that the witness only supposed that her husband had put his mark to the instrument, as he had told her so. Mr. Wilkins said that was no evidence, and the testimony of the woman must be rejected. In some preceding cases he had perceived, by the signatures to these notices, that they were only so many tricks. He did not comment upon them at the time. Mr. James.—Then you have no right to do it now. Mr. Wilkins.—What I wish the court to understand is that I believe signatures to these notices to have been written in a feigned hand. The notice before the court was evidently bad. Mr. James said the notice was not before the court, as there was an utter absence of all proofs. His friend rejected the evidence of the woman, yet laid it before the court, and argued upon it. It was not shown that the man had not au thorised some one to sign the document for him. Mr. Wright said, if so, it was for Mr. James to prove that fact. Mr. James contended at some length that the presumption of law was that the man had authorised the signature. Mr. Wilkins said the point to which he had brought the case, left the burden of proof on his learned friend. The name of the claimant was struck off. John Cosgrove, of Henderson's-buildings, Norfolk-street, opposed by the conservatives. The claimant said he had paid his rates duly, and the mo ney was lent to him by the collector. Mr. Wilkins hereupon conceiving that something extraordinary was to be elicited, set himself to work for a searching cross-examination. After proceeding with great solemnity for some time, Mr. Wilkins asked what collector it was who had done this friendly office for the claimant? The witness replied that it was the col lector of the Protector Society ! (A laugh.) Oh, dear ! ex claimed Mr. Wilkins, I thought you meant one of the tax collectors. Most of the individuals in court had entertained a similar erroneous impression. r. Wilkins asked the claimant if he knew of any paper having been sent to the Town-clerk's office. The reply was in the negative. The notice of claim was shown to the wit ness, and he was asked if he knew the signature. He said he did not know that he had ever seen it before, but it was like his writing. Mr. Wilkins desired the witness to write his name on a piece of paper, which was complied with. Mr. James.—Did you make any claim to be put upon the registry ? Cosgrove.—No, but there's them as I authorised to do that saam for me. Mr. James.—Who was it ? Cosgrove.—The Protector Society. Mr. Wilkins.—What was the object of that which you au thorised them to do? Cosgrove.—To be put upon the rigistration an' have a vote saem as another man. Mr. Wilkins.—l am bound to say, that, though he appears not to be very confident about it himself, that the signature appears to be his writing. William Davies, house and shop, St. James's-street, was opposed by the reformers. The claimant proved that he had occupied his premises four years, and that he had paid his rates regularly. On cross-examination by Mr. James, the claimant said he did not sign any paper. He authorised a friend to write his name for him on the notice to claim. He did not exactly know where, but it was about a couple of months since. The person whom he authorised was a young man in the shop of Mr. Cooper, the ironmonger. It was Mr. Cooper, the can didate for Great George Ward. The young man was secre tary for the ward. Witness went to him and told him that he was to claim his rights for him to be registered in the book. Vote allowed. Daniel Dougherty, who claimed for a house in Norfolk street, was opposed by the conservatives. The payment of his taxes was proved. Mr. Wilkins asked for the notice of claim, and showed it to Dougherty. The claimant swore that it was his writing. Mr. Wilkins requested him to write his name. Witness.—lv I maake a mistaak I hope you'll 'sense me : I've trimmer in my hand, for I niver bin 'customed to the prisince of sitch gintlemen as yer wortchup. The witness wrote his name in a large scrawlinc , hand. The signature on the notice was written in a very clerkly style. Mr. Wilkins (holding up the notice)—And you persist in averring that this is your writing ? Mr. James.—Pray give it to him in his hand. If you are to examine him you know the rule, that he should have it in his hand. Mr. Wilkins.—Vey well. Certainly, I have no objection to his holding it in his hand. Now, sir, do you tell the court that that is your signature ? Witness.—l do. That is my hand. Mr. Wilkins.—What is your hand? 'Witness.—This here signature, let me see, I can't exactly read it—here it is, but I dont exactly know the figures. S.E.P.T. (spelling the date.) Sept, Sept—what is this about Sept? (to a person near him.) The Mayor.—The vote is bad.—Struck off. Terence M`Kenna, who claimed for a house, No. 29, Jor dan-street, was opposed by the conservatives. Having proved payment of his rates, Mr., Wilkins put the notice into his hands and asked him if he had signed it. The reply was in the affirmative. Mr. Wilkins requested the witness to write his name upon a sheet of paper. He did so, and there was a considerable difference in the character of the two sig natures, which resembled each other in no respect save that both were very badly written. Before the notice was put into his hand the witness had stated, that he sometimes spelled Terence with one r, and sometimes with two, as it was perfectly immaterial, both ways being correct. In the notice the signature was " Terrace ;" in the signature written in court "Terence." Mr. Wilkins again asked the man if he would swear that the notice of claim was his writing. He said he would swear it. He signed it at the Protector-office, and Mr. Bond, one of the clerks, saw him. Mr. Wilkins said, he would merely leave it to the court to say whether the same person had written these two names. Mr. James, having examined the two signatures, said it was very evident that with an unskilful writer, who was fluttered by being under examination, who wrote under great disadvantages where he stood and who had no fixed character of writing, a great difference might be expected, but he was of opinion that the hands were the same. The man had written at the Protector-office on a ruled line and had probably taken great pains. The Mayor directed that the claimant should write his name on a ruled line on another sheet of paper. This was done, when there appeared the most marked dissimilarity in all the three signatures. The vote was allowed. Mr. Samuel Knipe was called, and he stepped into the witness-box immediately. Mr. Knipe claimed a vote in this ward for a counting-house, 50, Roscoe-street. Mr. Knipe claimed as rated in the parish of Liverpool, for houses in Great Orford-street, and Chestnut-street, from 1835, and by demise from his sister, Mary Knipe, who was rated for the house and shop in Roscoe-street, in the last twenty years. Mr. Crook, the deputy town-clerk, not perceiving , that Mr. Knipe had entered the witness - box , calle d out, Samuel Knipe, struck of " Mr. Knipe seemed somewhat shocked at this, but Mr. Wright directed the attention of the town clerk to the fact of Mr. Knipe having answered in propria persona, though he had not replied by the customary " here " A dead pause ensued for a few moments, which was broken by Mr. James, who said Mr. Knipe, are you a radical or a tory this year ? (Laugh ter.) Mr. Knipe made no reply. Mr. James.—Shall 1 undertake to establish your claim, or shall I leave you to my learned friend ? (Laughter,) Mr. Wilkins.—Nay, I shall have nothing to do with him. Mr. Penington.—No person seems to know who he belongs to. Mr. James.—(Laughing.) — Will you allow us to put you on the list, Mr. Knipe ? This sort of badinage continued for some time, Mr. Knipe standing in the box, but no person asking him a questio n touching his claim. At length Mr. Wright, one of the asses sors, undertook to question! Mr. Knipe, who minutely traced his movements from several residences. Mr. James said, there was a confusion of occupancies, so that he could not exactly comprehend how the case stood; but as it appeared that Mr. Knipe was to be left in his hands, he would endea vour to discover the ground of his claim. Mr. Knipe.—l claim by descent from my sister.—(Laugh ter.) Mr. James.—By descent from your sister ? Mr. Knipe.—Yes. The counting-house was occupied by my sister regularly till I took possession of it. Mr. James.—And what do:you do at this counting-house ? Mr. Knipe.—l sell wine and coals. (Laughter.) Mr. James.—Wine and coals ! And when did your sister die ? Mr. Knipe.—On the 17th January last. Mr. James.—And did you take immediate possession of the place as a counting-house ? Mr. Knipe.—l did. Mr. James.—Did you do. any business there on that day ? Mr. Knipe.—l did. Mr. James.—Pray what business are you, Mr. Knipe ? Mr. Knipe.—l am a wine-merchant, and deal in coals. The examination continued, and the following replies were given. My sister died at four o'clock in the afternoon of the 17th January. She died in the counting-house. I was there at the time. I remained in the room about half an hour after she died, and I left the house about ten o'clock. I don't think I transacted any business in the room that day. I have carried on business as a wine-merchant in Chestnut-street and Great Orford-street. I went to Great Orford-street on the 18th September, 1835. I lived there and did business there in a vault underneath. On the 18th March, 1837, I moved to the next door, where I remained till the 15th June, 1839, and paid all my taxes. I then moved to No. 18, Chest nut-street, where I now reside. Mr. Wright.—lt is not necessary to prove that he had other counting -houses. Mr. James. - -His sister did not occupy the place as a counting-house. Do you now reside at the house which was your sister's? James a (reading).—" e s a o d , i n ß g e ) s . Mr. Knipe.—No; but here is a paper that will settle the business for you. (Handing over a pape r .) Samuel ßoscoe-street." ree t Then Knipe, youoffic offices, carrylB , O C n Ches nut-street, bu siness at both these places ?s n u I - s r t . ree t, n Mr. Knipe.—lf people bring orders for coals or wine to either place, we take them in. Mr. James (laughing).—Oh, when people bring orders to your office, you take them in, do you? (Laughter.) And do you take people in at Roscoe-street, too? (Laughter.) Mr. Knipe.—Not the people, but the orders, sir, we do. We take in the orders anywhere. Mr. James submitted that Mr. Knipe was not entitled to have his claim allowed for what he called his counting-house by descent. He did not occupy it as a dwelling-house, that was clear. He had succeeded his sister in something, but what was it ? Was it a dwelling-house? It was clear it was occupied as a dwelling-house by her, for the very place that he claimed for as a counting-house was her sleeping apart ment. He had not succeeded to her occupation of it as a dwelling-house, and the court could not now alter the de scription, because he confessed that he had never occupied it as a dwelling-house. Therefore it must stand as a counting house, and as a counting-house the claim was bad. The court could not assert that that was a dwelling-house, which the claimant himself stated was not a dwelling-house. The Mayor.—Mr. Wilkins, have you anything to offer in reply ? Mr. Wilkins.—l am not interfering in Mr. Knipe's case at all. The Mayor.—Have you never been accustomed to sleep at the premises in Roscoe-street, Mr. Knipe ? Mr. Knipe.—No, sir. The Mayor.—Then the vote is not allowed. Anthony Doyle, a young Hibernian, who claimed for a house, No. 2, Trowbridge-street, in Abercromby Ward, was supported by the reformers. Mr. James.—Have you paid your rates, Mr. Doyle? Mr. Doyle.—l have, sir. Mr. James.—How long have you resided at No. 2, Trow bridge-street ? Mr. Doyle.—Since January last. Mr. James.—Where did von live before that ? Mr. Doyle.—Nowhere. (Laughter.) Mr. James.—l suppose you were in lodgings? Mr. Doyle.---Yes, sir. Mr. James.—Oh, well, I suppose you got married then ? Mr. Doyle (laughing).—Yes, sir, I did. Mr. James.—And your wife occupied the house? Mr. Doyle.—No, sir; we neither of us ever had a house till we got married ! (Laughter.) Mr. James.—Then I'm afraid you have claimed to little purpose.—Struck off. The court adjourned at five o'clock. WEDNESDAY. During the whole of this day the court was again occupied with the claims. The case which excited most interest during the day, was that of Richard Jones, who claimed fora house in Henderson street. The claimant was supported by the reformers. It was objected by Mr. Wilkins, that the delivery of the notice of claims at the town-clerk's office must be proved. • Mr. James insisted that it was sufficient that the notice appeared to have been received by the town-clerk, and duly put upon his list of claimants. Mr. Assessor Harvey, after reading the clauses of the act bearing upon the subject, and stating that it was a case of very great difficulty, held that, the notice having been given at the town-clerk's office, must be proved. Mr. Assessor Wright concurred. The Mayor dissented, and expressed his opinion to the following effect :—The notice appearing to have been regu larly received by the town-clerk, in the absence of all sus picion, the party may adopt the notice, and it is for the other party to show, on cross-examination, that the notice was not the act of the claimant. The case of notice of ob jection is distinguishable ; in that case notice to the party, as well as to the town-clerk, is required by the act. The assessors holding against the mayor's opinions the proof was required, and finally the claim was rejected. James Taggart claimed to be registered for a house in Otty's-court, Lower Grafton-street. The claimant was supported by the reformers. Mr. Wilkins said the court had, in a former case, stated that the party was to be bound by the notice. In this case Taggart claimed for " Otty's, Lower Grafton-street. This was what he had set forth in the notice as the ground of his Mr. James having examined the notice, said the claim was made for Otty's-court, Lower Grafton-street, and afterwards the claimant stated that he was rated in Otty's, Lower Graf ton-street, which was evidently a mere clerical error, and the court could not disallow the vote on such a ground. The Mayor having examined the notice, said it was plain the claim was for Otty's-court, though the error stated oc curred subsequently. Mr. Wilkins said that error was in the statement of his ground of claim, and was very material. The court having laid down the rule, ought to do one of two things, either abide by it, or state that they would abandon it. The Mayor said both the learned assessors and himself had agreed. Mr. Wilkins.—Against, as I suppose. The Mayor.—lt is a good vote. Why did you suppose that we had so decided? Mr. Wilkins.—Because I saw that you had made up your minds long ago. You, Mr. Mayor, not being a lawyer, de cide every case upon its merits. The Mayor.—l thought you had foreseen our conclusion from a conviction of what it ought to be. Mr. Wilkins.—(Laughing.)—No, sir. I should like no one better than yourself, Mr. Mayor, as an arbitrator on a question of right. The court adjourned at half-past five o'clock. THURSDAY. The court resumed at nine o'clock this morning, and pro ceeded with the remaining claims, which were disposed of by half-past eleven o'clock. The investigation of these claims occasioned sometimes a little sparring between the counsel. but nothing occurred upon them worth public notice. The court, shortly after twelve o'clock, recommended hearing the objections in Everton Ward, which were concluded by half past three. The objections in Scotland Ward were next un dertaken. The last ease which was beard led to some sharp discussion between Mr. Wright, Mr. Wilkins, Mr. James, and Mr. Pennington, but on the interference of the mayor, mutual explanations were made. At half-past four the mayor retired to his room, for the purpose of preparing his decision, and shortly before five he returned, accompanied by the town-clerk. Silence having been called, Mr. Wilkins rose and said, that presuming the mayor was about to close the court — The Mayor.—l have something to say first. Mr. Wilkins said it was in anticipation of that that he claimed the privilege of saying a few words before the court should he closed. The task he had to perform was one, to him, of an exceedingly pleasing nature. First of all, he must be allowed to say that he had been deputed, by those whom he had the honour to represent, to thank the mayor person ally for a display of justice, of gentlemanly bearing, and of good sense, that reflected high honour upon the town of which he was the chief magistrate. And it afforded him real satisfaction to know that throughout this long investigation and inquiry —one of necessity producing occasionally hot blood, and such a want of judgment and self-controul as was unavoidably attendant upon such exhibitions—he (Mr. Wil kins) bad never received one uncourteous word from the mayor; and he hoped he might be allowed to add, that he (Mr. Wilkins) had never been betrayed into the slightest exhibition of want of respect towards the mayor. (Hear, bear.) Perhaps he might be allowed to say further, at the risk of being considered fulsome, that to a gentleman who held such strong political feelings as the mayor, it was ex tremely creditable to have so laid aside those feelings, and that, from the bottom of his heart, he believed that in every decision the Mayor had been actuated by a sense of right, and by a desire to do justice. (Applause.) Before, however, he concluded, he must again enter his protest against a de cision of this court. The court would understand that he had, throughout this enquiry, from beginning to end, pro tested against that decision which allowed of such a payment of rates as that which had been proved, namely, by societies established for the purpose, instead of by the individual him self. He protested against thatdecision, because he thought the powers given to the court by the act of parliament were large enough to have prevented any such evasion of the spirit of that act, and because by allowing such evasion, the court had placed providence and improvidence, industry and idle ness, upon the same footing. By that decision they had given to each the same privileges. He thought the court had evaded the intention of the legislature by giving to im providence, idleness, and poverty, those privileges which were intended only for carefulness, industry, and diligence, and as the general result of them, property, and a sufficient competency to ensure a respectable class of voters. Let it, however, be understood, that he did not for one moment mean to impugn the intentions of the court; on the contrary, he felt certain that all its decisions had been bisysi upon the very best intentions. He had now discharged :.is duty—to him a pleasing one—in having acknowledged that the chief magistrate had done well ; and he hoped he should not be considered as saying too much if he said, that in his judicial capacity the Mayor might indeed be an example to others. (Great applause.) Mr. James then rose and said. that as his learned friend had returned thanks to the court for himself and for those for whom he appeared, he (Mr. James) might be also allowed to return thanks on the part of those who instructed him, and who were the representatives of a very large body in this town. Throughout the whole of this protracted inquiry they had received the utmost courtesy not from one member of the bench alone but from all. There had certainly been some occasions which had given rise to considerable warmth and to some unpleasant feeling between himself and Mr. Wright. He was exceedingly sorry for it. He had hitherto had the pleasure of calling Mr. Wright his friend ; they were nearly connected together, and he should be very sorryif anything which had occurred in court should tend to interrupt the harmony which had subsisted between them. [Mr. Wright.—l am satisfied.] His learned friend had alluded to a decision to which the court had arrived. He took an opposite view to that of his learned friend. He thought the court were justified in law, in natural jus tice,thin an k that it was placing the provident and the improvi dent upon the same ground. If there were a society which wouldleinnd equity y y into that decision. He did not poor parties for the purpose of enabling them to exer c i se t h e f ranc hi s e, if it was a mere loan to be repaid at a subsequent period, he could not see how that could be said to be placing the improvident upon the same ground with the provident. A party might, through sickness, death, or other unforeseen circumstances, be unable to pay that which if paid would enable him to exer cise the franchise. A society to enable parties in such cir cumstances to enjoy the franchise, if properly instituted and managed, was, therefore, a very excellent institution. In conclusion, he begged leave, on behalf of himself and of those for whom he appeared, to thank the court for their courtesy during this enquiry. The Mayor then said,—" It is now five o'clock, and this is the 15th day of October, the last day appointed by the Act of Parliament for the revision of the list of municipal voters for the ensuing election. I have now, with the Assessors, sat for fifteen days, and there yet remain more than 5000 cases of objections to be disposed of ; it is, therefore, per fectly impossible for us to complete our labours. I have, for some time, contemplated the possibility of this result, and I have desired the Town-clerk, my legal and responsible ad viser, to be prepared to advise me on the course which it would be proper for me to pursue, if the fifteen days should expire before the revision was completed. Acting for the public, I desire that they should have the fullest information ; and I shall, therefore, call upon the Town-clerk to read pub licly the advice which he has given to me, and upon which I shall act, in the fullest reliance not only on the mere law of the case, but upon its justice an d propr i ety, — t h e course re commended being, in my humble opinion, the best which, under the circumstances, can now be taken. I cannot re frain from expressing a confident hope that some legislative measure will prevent the recurrence of the difficulty, which the Assessors and myself have experienced, in the vain at tempt to perform within the allotted time the duties assigned to us. A legislative measure must, in my opinion, be ap plied to remedy a grievance so great as that which, for fifteen days, we have endured. It is not possible to revise a list of objections so indiscriminately made on this occasion as to exceed 7000 names; and I do hope and trust that, in future, either by snaking the objector pay costs where the objection shall be deemed frivolous and vexatious, or by some other plan, the evil of which we have all so just cause to Complain may be removed. In conclusion, I hope that my townsmen of all parties will believe that, during this arduous and pro tracted business, I have had but one motive, and that is—to do my duty. The TOWN-CLERK then read the following :—" Being call ed upon by the worshipful the mayor, as the town-clerk, to advise him as to the course which, according to law, he ought to pursue with regard to the list of burgesses now before him, I submit my opinion as follows :—The revision has now pro ceeded from the Ist of this month to this day, the 15th, in elusive. It commenced with a list of 14,417 names—a list of 607 claimants in addition—and a list of objections to 7303 names of the 14,417; and now, after having proceeded the full period allowed by law, save only so much of this day as would be barely sufficient to complete the requisite formali ties, there remain of cases of objection unheard 5000, inter spersed over the various pages of the list. The whole list is not revised ;—what is required to be done by the act is not done; the list is in point of fact imperfect and informal. The question then is, whether his worship can carry into ef fect the following, provision, part of the 18th section of the municipal corporations' act And the mayor shall, in open court, write his initials against the names respectively struck out or inserted, and against any part of the said lists in which any mistakes shall have been corrected, and shall sign his name to every page of the several lists so settled. If his worship should sign every page of this list, he must c er tif y 5000 case's as revised when not one of them has been before the court. In order to be prepared to advise his worship on the present state of things, which for some days past has been expect. ed, I have availed myself of the opinions of eminent coun sel—amongst them Sir Frederick Pollock and Mr. Wig ht man—and all whom I have consulted concur i n the opinion that his worship ought not to sign a list under these circumstances. The consequence will be that, in the opinion of all the counsel whom I have advised with, no burgess roll can be founded upon this list, and the provision of the Muni cipal Amendment Act, 1 Victoria, c. 7 • 8 , s. 6 , will attach. That enactment is as follows And be it enacted, that in every borough iu which, by reason of any neglect or infor mality, a new burgess roll of the said borough shall not have been duly made in any year within the time directed by the said act, the burgess roll which was in force before the time appointed for the revision shall continue in force until such new burgess roll shall have been duly made.' As to my own opinion I at first considered this case one of difficulty ; but after the fullest consideration I now entertain a decided opinion that the only proper course is for the Mayor not to sign the list; and that the consequence must be that the burgess roll of last year will continue in force : which opinion I give to his Worship under all the responsibility that can Town-clerk. Town-hall, to it. R. RADCLIFFE, T . Town-hall, Oct. 15, 1840. Since writing the shove I have received the opinion of Mr. Starkie, fully concurring in the course advised. The Mayor.—With a deep sense of the responsibility which attaches to myself, I now declare this court to be dissolved. The Court broke up exactly at a quarter past five o'clock. On reaching the street Mr. WrigiSt and Mr. Wilkins were loudly cheered. So enthusiastic were the populace towards the conservative advocate, Mr. Wilkins, that they attempted to take the horses from his car, and drag him themselves to his hotel; but at the request of the learned gentleman, and by the interference of the police, they desisted. The following is a list of the reti-ing members of the Town Council : No. CONSERVATIVES. REFORMERS. I—Everton Ward David Hodgson. 2—Scotland .. Wm. Thornhill. 3—Vauxhall .. Wm. Preston. 4—St. Paul's B. Frankland. s—Exchange .. Thomas Sands. 6—Castle-street .. Edward Pilcher. 7—St. Peter's .. John Priestley. B—Pitt-street .. Wm. Rathbone. 9—Great George .. Joseph Cooper. 10—Rodney-street .. Wm. Cassell. 11—Abercromby .. Dr. Carson. 12—Lime-street .. Thos. Blackburn. 13—St. Anne's.. Edward Segar. 14—West Derby .. G. H. Lawrence. 15—South Toxteth .. John Platt. 16—North Toxteth .. W. M. Duncan. LIST OF CANDIDATES. No. CONSERVATIVES. REFORMERS. I—Everton Ward David Hoegson. Wm. Brown. 2—Scotland .. T. M. Gladstone. Wm. Thornhill. 3—Vauxhall 11. Copeland. Wm. Preston. 4—St. Paul's.. R. B. Hollinshead. John M•Guffie. s—Exchange .. Thomas Sands. W. Wood. 6—Castle-street .. Peter Hope. James Aikin. 7—St. Peter's .. E. Rae. John Priestley. B—Pitt-street .. T. Toulmin. Wm. Rathbone. 9—Great George .. Joseph Cooper. Thos. Taylor. 10—Rodney-street .. Wm. Birk ett. C. Holland. 11—Abercromby .. J. Procter. T. Todd. 12—Lime-street .. Robert Wilson. Thos. Blackburn 13—St. Anne's.. J. Davies. Wm. Slater. 14—West Derby .. G. H. Lawrence. 15—South Toxteth .. J. Sheppard. John Platt. 16—North Toxteth .. R. Ha;bord, W. M. Duncan. MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE. The weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was held yes terday. The following members were present :—Messrs. Loathom, Benn, Barclay, Thomas Holt, Smith, Horsfall, Mellor, Bulley, George Holt, Martin, Middleton, Evans, and Tobin. The proceedings of the last meeting were read and confirm ed. The accounts of the week were also read and passed. A letter to the Surveyor from Messrs. Duncan Gibb and Charles Chaloner was read, stating that there was a necessity for an ample supply of stages, for the purpose of unloading timber ships in Brunswick Dock, and requesting that thirty of them might be forthwith provided. Mr. HORSFALL thought that an application of this sort ought to proceed, not from two private individuals, but from the British and American Association. In answer to a question, the SURVEYOR stated that the cost of erecting the stages would be from £37 to £4O each. The application was referred to the Harbour-masters, to report thereon. A letter from the Liverpool Seysel Aspbalte Com pany was read, stating that they had been informed that the committee had been memorialized to cover Prince's Pa rade with bitumen, and that should they accede to it, the company were willing to cover the parade with their asphalte for 3s. per superficial yard. The CHAIRMAN said that no such memorial had been re ceived. Mr. EVANS thought this was not the legitimate business of the committee—that they had nothing to do with anything but the wall. Mr. HORSFALL observed, that it had never yet been de termined in whom the property and preservation of Prince's walk belonged. Till that question was settled, the applica tion could not be entertained. The conversation on this subject then dropped. The sub-committee appointed to nominate a fit and proper person to the mastership of Crosby light-house, reported that there were fourteen candidates for the situation, and that they unanimously recommended Johnson Anderson, master of the Formby light-ship. Anderson was therefore appointed. It was stated that by the change he will lose £2O a-year in salary, the salary of master of the light-ship being 100 guineas, and of the light-house 1:80. He has been 18 years in the service of the Dock Committee, and he was re commended by the sub-committee because it was considered expedient to have a seafaring person, capable of superintend ing the life-boats and their crews. The CHAIRMAN announced that, in consequence of this appointment, there would be a vacancy in the office of master of the Formby light-ship. The same committee were in structed to report on the qualifications of the candidates at the meeting on Thursday next. A letter from the Steam Tug Company was read, offering their steam-boat, the Albert, free of charge, to the committee, for their voyage of inspection on Tuesday. This offer, it appeared, had been accepted, and a vote of thanks to the coin any was passed. At a subsequent period of the m eeti n g the CHAIRMAN stated, that those members of the committee who formed the party had found all the light-ships, buoys, channels, &c., in perfect order. The MARINE SURVEYOR presented a very able and ela borate report on the subject of screw pile light-houses being erected at the entrance to this port. It appeared that Messrs. A. Mitchell and Son had addressed to the Mayor a letter, recommending the substitution of screw pile light-houses for the present light-ships, which the Mayor forwarded to the committee. In his report, the Marine Surveyor gave a va riety of grounds for continuing the present plan. Mr. HOESFALL thought the Marine Surveyor's report one that did him great credit. Mr. EVANS also thought the report a very able one ; but he should think that screw pile light-houses might be put out of the reach of contact. A sub-committee presented a report to the same effect as the Marine Surveyor's. A resolution was then passed for copies of these reports to be sent to the Mayor. Leave of absence for 17 days was granted to Lieut. Lord, the marine surveyor, and the committee then adjourned. ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA - , ROYAL MAIL STEAM-SHIP, FROM AMERICA. The Britannia, Captain Woodruff—one of the four Steam Mail ships between this port and Boston and Halifax—ar rived here from the latter place yesterday morning, at two o'clock, after an excellent passage of eleven days and three hours. She left Boston on the Ist instant, at one o'clock, P.m., and arrived at Halifax on the 3d, at forty minutes past eleven, A.m. She sailed on return across the Atlantic on the same day, at eleven o'clock, P.M. The Britannia has brought 52 passengers, of whom the following is a list : From Boston.—Countess of Westmoreland, Miss Cham berlain, Mrs. De Monay and two servants, Mrs. Wiggins and servant, William S. Steil, Mrs. Steil, and servant, Mr. Win. H. Bradford, Mr. Fox, Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Josh. W. Patterson, Mr. Samuel Phipps, Mr. Wm. Williams, Mr. F. A. Todd, Mr. W. Crisp, Mr. Win. Lottimer, S. A. Stonow, Mr. Joseph S. Allen, Mr. Josh. C. Shaw, Mr. Schuyler, Mr. Leonard Woods, jun., Mr. Thomas C. Machlem, Dr. Thomas Duncan, Mr. R. G. Musgrove, Mrs. Musgrove, and servant, Mr. John F. Brown, Mrs. Brown, Mr. John Lafon, Lieut. S. F. Dupont, Mr. Robert Job, Mr. Oliver S. Rey nolds, Mr. Robert Knox, Mr. Abraham Fletcher, Mr. %V. U. Richards, and Mr. Samuel Wells. From Halifax.—Sir Colin Campbell, Miss Campbell, Mr. Campbell, Hon. H. J. R. Villiers, Miss Henderson, Mr. Haywood, Mrs. Haywood, Mr. M'Lean, Rev. Dr. Jacob, Mr. Chaplain, Mr. R. Watson, Mr. Brebner, Lieutenant M`Dougal, Captain Ashmore, Mr. S. Bagshaw, Mr. Wm. Wallace Porter, Mr. Jacob Gilles, 3 Servants of Sir Colin Campbell, and Mr. Thomas Hart. The following is an Abstract from the Log, after the vessel had !VI the land:— Oct. sth.—Light winds from N.E. ; course, N. 81 30 E. ; distance, 236 miles ; lat. 45 15 ; long. 55 54. Oct. 6th.—Wind fresh from S. ; course, east ; distance, 210 miles; lat. 45 15 ; long. 51 9. Oct. 7th.—Wind S.W., with showers ; course, N. 75 W. ; distance, 241 miles ; lat. 46 25 ; long. 44 56. Oct. Bth.—Wind fresh from S.W. ; course, N. 80 E. ; dis tance, 251 miles ; lat. 47 40 ; long. 38 46. Oct. 9th.—Wind fresh from N.E., with rain •, course, N. 83 E. ; distance, 226 miles ; lat. 48 6 ; long. 33 10. Oct. 10th.—Wind fresh from S.S.W., with squalls and rain ; course, N. 70 E. ; distance, 211 miles ; lat. 49 17 ; long. 28 11. Oct. 11th.—Wind fresh from S.W., with rain ; course, N. 76 E. ; distance, 220 miles ; lat. 50 10; long. 23 32. Oct 12.—Wind light, from S., with haze ; course, N. 82 E. ; distance, 227 miles ; lat. 50 44 ; long. 17 40. Oct. 13.—Wind light from S. •, course, N. 82 E. ; distance, 239 miles ; lat. 51 19 ; long. 11 32. On the 14th Cape Clear was seen, bearing N. 85 E., distant '4 miles. The Britannia made her first passage from Halifax to this port in ten days, but under more favourable head-propelling winds, which accounts for the difference of little more than a day,—her present run being after all a capital one. The following testimonial of the gentlemanly and officer like conduct of Captain Woodruff was handed to him on his arrival here : " To Lieutenant H. Woodruff, R.N. commanding the Royal Mail Steam-packet Britannia. " The passengers on board the Britannia feel it impossible to take their leave of Captain Woodruff, without expressing their unanimous sense of the gentlemanly and kind atten tions received from him during their quick and prosperous voyage across the Atlantic; and of the comfort derived from the liberal supply of their wants, together with the excellent attendance which they have uniformly experienced. " Off Liverpool, October 14th, 1840." This was signed by all the passengers on board, and Capt. Woodruff returned the following reply : " GENTLEMEN,—I beg to return you my most sincere thanks for the testimonial you have unanimously presented to me ; and I assure you that I have a most anxious desire to merit a continuance of the good opinion you have so in dulgently formed of " Your most obedient servant, (Signed) " HENRY WOODRUFF." The passengers, we should add, were much pleased with the vessel, and not less so with the good fare provided for them. They also presented a handsome testimonial to Mr. Emans, the head steward, for his attention in his department to the comforts of all on board. THE THEATRE.-Mr. Stuart's benefit takes place on Mon day, and MiAs Grant's on Wednesday. Mr. Stuart's Ham let is a clever performance—it is perhaps one of the best on the stage. DEAFNESS.-All our friends (and we hope they are but few) afflicted with deafness would find much benefit by con sulting Mr. Swift, who is this day to be seen in Liverpool. His mode of treatment is highly extolled. Thousands have benefitted by his advice. His address may be learnt by con sulting his announcement elsewhere. YOUNG MEN'S ESTABLISHED CHURCH SOCIETY.—It is extremely gratifying to learn that this society, although in its infancy, is carrying on its original intentions with consi derable zeal and efficiency. The first annual meeting of the members and friends will be held on Wednesday evening next, when Lord Sandon will preside, and Dr. Byrth, Rev. H. M`Neile, J. C. Colquhoun, Esq., M.P., are expected to address the meeting. THE PICTURE OF ADAM AND EVE.—We have often spoken highly of this picture, but we must say we were asto nished on inspecting it lit up by gas last evening. The lights in the painting appear more brilliant than by day, while the shadows .are far deeper. As this painting is to be removed in the course of next week, no time must be lost by those who wish to see it. We recommend a visit when it is illu minated. MENTAL ARITHMETIC.—A lecture on this interesting subject was delivered on Monday evening at the Trades men's Literary Institution by the secretary of the establish ment, Mr. Jam es M'Kenna.i The attendance was large. The lecturer commenced by tracing the rise and progress of the science of numbers, before and subsequent to the invention of the numeral characters, and then proceeded to expound the fund ame ntal operations, ratio, and doctrine of proportion ; and to Chew how easy the arrangement of num bers in the mind could be acquired. He then illustrated by numerous examples the rapidity with which calculations might be made by the adoption of his principles, the sound ness of which he fully demonstrated by calling upon any gentleman present to come forward and he would teach him in less than ten minutes, that by his system he would be enabled to answer questions as rapidly as they could be put to him. A gentleman present, after a few minutes tuition from the lecturer, fully realized all that be had undertaken to prove. The principle was afterwards fully explained to the audience—all of whom expressed their entire approba tion of it in the most unqualified temp,. INQUESTS. (Held before P. F. CUARY L Esq., Coroner.) SUICIDE DURING TEMPORARY DERANGEMENT.—Yes terday an inquisition was taken, on view of the body of a young man named William Jones. Mary Thomas, the first witness, stated she was a single woman, and lived at No. 5, Great George's-street. The deceased lodged with her. He was 26 years old ; and had lodged with her for about a month. On Wednesday week last he became ill, and was obliged to leave off work. On Saturday last he was rather better, but very low in spirits. On Tuesday morning last, about nine o'clock, he went to bed and did not complain, but was still very dull. Witness advised him to rouse him self, and gave him some gruel, and left some toast and water in his room. Witness and her sister heard him two or three times in the night, as if he was putting the jug of water on the table. About nine next morning witness went up to him and took him some tea, and he drank it, but did not eat anything to it. He appeared to be much in the same state. Witness saw him again between nine and ten o'clock, and be appeared to be quite stupid. Witness told him to rouse himself, and asked him what was the matter with him, and whether he was worse. He said his spiriti" Were very low. About eleven o'clock the same morning, while witness was going up stairs to take deceased some medicine, she heard a noise in his room, as if he was blowing his nose. On open ing the door she saw the deceased lying on his back in bed, and very pale in the face. Witness called to him but he did not answer. On looking at him she found his shirt covered with blood. She gave the alarm, and sent for Dr. Corlett, whose assistant came, and afterwards himself. They and witness found a razor (now produced) on the bed. Mr. Corlett, sur geon said he had attended the deceased four or five days previous to his death ; that he was labouring under nervous fever, and was very low and dull ; that he ordered him such medicines as he considered proper, and recommended him to rouse himself. On Monday witness saw him, and he appeared to have rallied a little and seemed better. Witness called to see him on Tuesday but he was out. He (witness) was sent for on Wednesday morning, but he was out, and his assistant went to him. Witness saw him about twenty minutes after, and found that his throat was cut. He had the wound closed and made up, and did everything possible, but he died in about an hour after. The wind-pipe and external jugular were completely divided, and this was the cause of death. Mr. R. Russell, assistant to Mr. Corlett, corroborated the above testimony. On finding that the deceased had cut his throat, he went directly for articles to dress the wound, and in a quarter of an hour Mr. Corlett came himself. After the wound was dressed, deceased sat up in bed, took a little water, and asked whether he could have fresh clothes as these were very nasty.—The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased destroyed himself while labouring under a fit of insanity. DEATH BY ACCIDENT ON BOARD H. M. MAIL STEAM SHIP URGENT.—Same day, on view of the body of Richard Welsh. The deceased was a fireman on board of her Ma jesty's mail steam-ship Urgent. He was 35 years old. On Monday last, about one o'clock in the afternoon, one of the firemen, P. Hughes, who was in the forecastle, heard a moan in the engine-room, and on going down, found the deceased lying on his face, under the beam of the engine, which was resting upon him. He was able to speak. Several of the hands went to the paddle wheels, to force them round, so as to raise the beam off the unfortunate man. After it was raised, the deceased was taken from under it, and a surgeon was sent for directly to Birkenhead, who came, and ordered that he should be taken to the Northern Hospital. He was taken to Liverpool in a boat, and carried to the hospital. Joseph Oaten, the second engineer of the vessel, corrobo rated this evidence, and added that he had given directions to the deceased to clean the bilge of the vessel, which is un der the beam, but that he (deceased) had no occasion to go under the beam to de( it. Mr. Neil Arnott, surgeon of the hospital, said the deceased had a fracture of the left hip bone, and a dislocation of the left hip joint, and a rupture of the large intestines. He died in about an hour after he was brought, in consequence of the injuries he had received. — Verdict, " accidental death." ACCIDENTAL DEATH IN A FOUNDRY.—Same day, on view of the body of Isaac Knott. The deceased was a moul der at Messrs. Marshall, Rogers, and Co.'s Foundry, in Crompton -street. Yesterday morning week, he and several other workmen were engaged in the works in hoisting a large iron turn table in the mould, by a crane. One of them, (John Lee) had a hold of the check handle to lower it, and deceased was standing at the back of the crane. Lee lowered the iron door a little, when one of the cogs of the small wheel gave way. He still kept hold of the check handle to keep it from slipping further; but could not prevent it for more than about three minutes, when it gave another slip, broke another of the cogs, and went down by the run. When the whole length of the chain had run out, a jerk ensued, and the chain snapped about a foot from the end. When Lee looked round he saw the deceased lying on the ground, and a piece of the chain was close to him. His forehead was much cut, and he was bleeding profusely. He was picked up, and a handkerchief being tied round his head, be was carried to the Northern Hospital. The weight of the table and beam was about 41 tons. Mr. Arnott, surgeon of the hospital, said the deceased was brought there about one o'clock on the day in question (yesterday week.) On examining the de ceased he found a compound fracture of the skull, with con cussion of the brain. Everything that was possible was done for the deceased, but he died yesterday, (Wednesday last), in consequence of the injuries he had received.—Ver diet of the jury—" accidental death." LITERARY NOTICES. The Combustion of Coals and the Prevention of Smoke Chemically considered. By C. W. WILLIAMS. Part I. Liverpool : Thomas Bean, &c., 1840. There is, perhaps, no subject affecting the increasing and profitable commerce of our country more worthy of philo sophical attention than the economising of fuel employed in the working of steam engines, and the prevention of smoke, particularly as relates to ocean steam navigation ; and we therefore hail the appearance of a work in which it is prac tically considered, from the pen of a gentleman of long ex perience, and of acknowledged ardour in the improvement of that important branch of our modern marine. The author, whose unwearied and successful exertions in the promotion of steam traffic between this port and Ireland in particular, during a series of years, entitle him to the gratitude of the whole community, dedicates his treatise to the proprietors of the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company, " as a tribute of respect, and an acknowledgment of the obligations he feels for the confidence they have so long reposed in him ;" and states, " It is the result of experiments undertaken with the view of advancing the interests of your establishment, by removing the uncertainties, correcting the errors, and induc ing a greater economy in the important department of the steam-vessel which relates to the use of fuel." A preface follows, in which the author remarks, " Being much lute . rested in the improvement of steam-vessels, from my con nexion with several steam navigation companies, and having had a longer and more extended experience in the details of their building and equipping them, than perhaps any indivi dual director of a steam company in the kingdom, my atten tion has been uninterruptedly given to the subject since the year 1823, when I first established a steam company, and undertook to have the first steam-vessel constructed capable of maintaining a commercial intercourse across the Irish Channel, during the winter months •, and which till then had been considered impracticable. Since that time to the present, my object has been the imparting, through the instrumentality of the most experienced ship-builders and steam-engine manufacturers, the greatest practical degree of perfection and efficiency to every part of the hull and ma chinery of steam-vessels." Our author, then, with respect to the improved state of the hulls of steam-vessels, refers to the papers and detailed specification for the building of the last of those belonging to the City of Dublin Steam Co., as furnished by himself and Mr. J. G. Shaw, the marine manager of that company, to the commissioners of steam vessels inquiry ; and for a prac tical illustration of the perfection to which both hull and machinery have been brought, he refers to the steam-ship Oriental, one of those under contract to convey the mails between Great Britain and Alexandria. The hull of the Oriental, most of our readers will know, was built by Messrs. Thomas Wilson and Co., and the machinery constructed by Messrs. Fawcett and Proctor, of Liverpool. (That fine vessel arrived on Saturday last from Alexandria, after a splendid passage out and home, her speed having exceeded even the hi4h-expectations that were formed of her capabi lities.) Our author goes on to remark that, notwithstanding the improved state of the hulls and machinery of steam vessels, " great uncertainty and risk of failure still prevail in the de partment of the boiler, and all that belongs to the use of fuel and the generation ‘ of steam." Eve n ex p er i ence d en gineers are ' still unable to decide, previously to trial, either as to the quantity of steam that will be consumed or o f s t ea m generated." What is meant by a sufficiency of steam has not yet been decided upon fixed data ; and the evils of a deficient supply, or a great expenditure of coal, are left unabated. While steam-vessels, he continues, were employed only in coasting voyages, the consequences of de fects in boilers, as regards the quantity of fuel, was a mere question of expenditure ; but when long sea voyages were undertaken the consequences involved the question of prac ticability or otherwise. Our author long felt, in common with other directors of steam companies, an unwillingness to interfere with engineers ; but having watched their efforts to arrive at some degree of certainty in what was admitted to be a serious drawback to long voyages ; and perceiving the absence of any intelligible or well-founded principle in the construction of the boiler, which was left to the working boiler-maker and brickmaker ; seeing, in fine, that "the combustion of coals, the production of smoke, and the wear and tear of the furnace part of the boiler, remained in the same statu quo of uncertainty and insufficiency," his re luctance to interfere gave way to an imperious necessity. " To remain (be adds) any longer a mere spectator was in consistent, if not with the interests of steam navigation at least with the vital interests of those with whom he was act ing. Our author thus proceeds :—" The ultimo ratio for inter ference—necessity, became also the more urgent, since long sea voyages have been contemplated. The determination to examine for myself, and exercise my own judgment, was forced upon me by the failure of the steam-ship Liverpool, on her first voyage to New York." Our author here introduces a note, which we cannot deny ourselves the gratification to extract, inasmuch as it conveys a deserved compliment to a gentleman who, at the time al luded to, laboured under no small degree of undeserved cen sure when, in fact, he merited the greatest praise. Mr. Williams says : " The errors of the engineers and others, which led to the failure of the first voyage of the Liverpool,' were erroneously and unworthily attributed to Mr. Shaw, Marine Manager of the Dublin Steam Company. The details hereafter to be given will show, that whatever interference took place on his part was dictLtecl by sound judgment and experience, and tended to relieve, if they could not remove, the original errors in the construction of the furnaces and boilers. The cir cumstances connected with this vessel furnish an additional motive for interference on the part of the managers and directors of steam companies ; for here we have a practical illustration of the fact, that, not only may the owners of steam-vessels be doomed to suffer, in a pecuniary point of view, the consequences of the errors of engineers, but, pos sibly, be subjected to censure and even calumny, from the efforts of others to throw the onus of public disappointment from their own shoulders. " I cannot allow this opportunity to pass without noticing the unwearied efforts towards effecting improvement, and the knowledge of all the details of the steam-vessel and its ma chinery, which have, during fifteen years, been brought to bear on this subject by Mr. Shaw, with whom much of those details of practical improvement originated, and which are now exhibited in the Oriental,' steam-ship." The concluding passages of Mr. Williams's preface con vey in so comparatively small a space a summary of the several branches of his subject of which he purposes to treat, the facts he will adduce, and the conclusions at which be will therefrom arrive, that we cannot do better than here quote them at length : " In the proper place I will show, that, of lute years , as much uncertainty as to the success of a new boiler has pre vailed as when I first began operations eighteen years ago ; and that few boilers, for land, as well as marine engines, even from well-established houses exhibit more in the way of effecting perfect combustion of the fuel than those of any former period since the days of Watt. " Among the proofs of this stationary or retrograding sys tem I shall adduce the boilers originally placed in the Liverpool.' I shall give the details of those boilers, and the several efforts, on the part of the engineers, to remedy what I w ill show were inherent defects, and instances of contempt for those chemical principles on which combustion and the right use of fuel alone -depend. I shall show, that the cause of that wasteful expenditure of coals which marked the first voyage of the Liverpool' was induced by the ori ginal mal-construction of the boilers, with their twenty fur naces ;—by the injudicious mode of placing them in the ves sel ;—and the facility thus afforded to mismanagement in the'r working; and that this latter, combined with the absence of sound judgment, in this instance, on the part of those in command, and an unnecessary and wasteful expenditure of fuel, at the time when common sense would have suggested its being economized and reserved, were the direct causes of the failure which attended the first attempt of that vessel to cross the Atlantic. I will, from these facts, show, that, how ever well-judged and considerate may be the plans of the directors of steam companies ; however spirited may be their efforts to have every thing as perfect and efficient as money or determination can make it ; still the comparative efficiency of a steam-vessel—the satisfaction and patronage of the public —and the general success of the speculation will mainly de pend on the manner in which the engineer performs his part. " Whether the following pages may succeed in leading to a diminution of those evils which accompany the use of coal in our furnaces, remains to be proved. They will, at least, give a different, and, I trust, a more practical and useful, direction to the inquiries of other labourers in the same vineyard. " I conclude these prefatory observations with the unequi vocal assertion, that, if we study the chemical principles on which combustion is effected, and which I have endeavoured to explain, and if we apply those principles to practice in the manner I have pointed out, we shall not only be enabled effectually to banish smoke, with its numerous and accom panying inconveniences, from our towns and manufactories, but, at the same time, considerably to increase the effective power of our furnaces, and thus add economy to comfort." In a clever and comprehensive introduction, our author defines the nature and objects of the proposed inquiry. The object of the present tract is the examination of the various circumstances connected with the germination of heat from fuel ; in a word, all that pertains to the furnace, and which, he well remarks is strictly and exclusively within the depart ment of chemistry. He does not undertake to show how the smoke from coals can be burned ; but to show how coals can be burned without smoke. He believes it to be difficult or impossible to burn smoke when it is once produced in a flue or furnace. In conclusion Mr. W. says, with that modesty which is ever the concomitant of talent : " In undertaking, myself, to lead others and to avoid the imputation of presumption, I observe, in limine, that I do not affect to give any new view of the nature of combustion, much less do I make any claim to discovery. What I take credit for is, the practical application, on the large scale of the furnace, of those chemical truths which are taught by the ablest chemists of the day and so well known in every laboratory. I also take credit for bringing together the detailed and scattered facts and illustrations of such autho rities as bear on the subject before us. and of so arranging and applying them, (with such additional illustrations as ap peared to me conducive to the object in view,) as will, I trust, enable practical men, without going deeper into the science than is compatible with their time and other avoca tions, to understand the part which chemistry has to act in the construction, arrangements, and working of our fur naces. By this means only will they be enabled to neutralize that opposition and counteraction which ignorance and pre judice are so apt to give to the suggestions of science. This disposition to counteract our efforts we may deplore, but cannot prevent. All practical men acknowledge it to be a main ingredient in retarding the onward march of improve ment, though to a less extent, certainly, in our days than formerly ; and it is, therefore, the more important, that me. chanical engineers, in whose department these matters prin cipally lie, should see the reason and understand the princi ples on which so much of their success depends." Our author then proceeds with his treatise, which he di vides into sections, successively explaining—the constituents of coal, and the germnation of coal gas—gaseous combina tions, and the union of coal gas and atmospheric_ air—the constituents of coal gas, and the air required for their com bustion—and a variety of other heads, showing the nature of various gases, &c., in the progress of combustion in the furnace; the best mode of introducing the air, &c. These are considered chemically, and the positions of the writer are illustrated by a number of highly interesting diagrams. We shall not, however, follow him in his able demonstrations, which would scarcely be interesting to general readers, but shall content ourselves with recommending them to the at tention of all who are connected with steam-engines, and are desirous to redeem past errors, and remove existing uncer tainties by the application of strictly scientific principles, in place of relying upon chance, or the assumption of ignorant We may add that the book is got up in a manner highly creditable to the publisher; and that the diagrams are ex ceedingly well executed. The second part will we find con tain all that can further be said of the construction and management of the furnace, so as to attain the object in view—economy in fuel with consumption of smoke—and we doubt not the whole will form a treatise highly valuable to the engineer, and in its practical results highly beneficial to the public at large. Shakspere's Tragedy of Richard 111., considered Drama tically and Historically, and in comparison with Cibber's Alteration as at present in Use on the Stage. By TIIOS. STUART, of the Theatre-Royal, Liverpool. Mr. Stuart, the author of this pamphlet, is well qualified, by his intelligence no less than by his profession, to judge between the acting version of Richard 111. and the tragedy as written. Ile h as consequen tl y pro d uce d arguments which, whilst they interest, carry conviction to the mind. The opening paragraph affords at once a view of his opinions, and of the general style of the work : " In the year 1700 Colley Cibber, the vainest possessor of the vain title of laureate ever known, not satisfied with the master tragedy of Shakspere, perpetrated a most daring as sault on the bard of Avon, in the mutilation of this. and others of his noble dramas—mixing up the sterling ore of our mighty poet with his own base metal, for the construction of a new tragedy of Richard the Third • and, to the condem nation of every act or ' s t aste , f rom Sandford, the fop laure ate's Gloster, down to the present period, including, such ' artists as Garrick, C oo k e , K em bl e , an d Kean, no effort has hitherto been made to r es to re th e original. Satisfied with the outrageous points and the melodramatic ravings of Cib ber's alteration, and the starts, jumps, screams, attitudes, and other tricks necessary to make it effective, the British audience even has forborne its just right of demand for the wit, pathos, and sublimity of the original. No character in Cibber's play stands out of the canvas, save Gloster, and he s bereft of most of those traits which, in the original play, impart a grandeur to the terrible ambition which led to so many crimes. Cibber's play is crowded with clap-trap and stage effect. but loses the picture which Shakspere has drawn, of a man, stained with guilt of the deepest dye, for ambition's sake ; a murderer and a hypocrite, but nevertheless a power ful and warlike monarch ; daring, and opposite to every dan ger, both of body and conscience, in obtaining and protecting a crown, and justly falling, at last, after his career of crime and ambition is fulfilled. Upon no occasion has Shakspers made him depart from the deep policy, which so powerfully distinguished his real character ; whereas Cibber's hero is made up of a series of outbreaks, and noisy ebullitions of boisterous rage, qualifying him more for a strait waistcoat and an asylum, than for The supreme seat—the throne majestical— The sceptred office of his ancestors.' " The subsequent pages are devoted to a comparison between the two versions, in which great historical knowledge, and a complete appreciation of the manifold beauties of the origi nal, are strongly developed. We have, however, to allege something like inconsistency in Mr. Stuart. In the above quotation he justly ohserves, that " no effort has hitherto bee n ma d e to restore t h e ori ginal." Unwilling —or, what we h o p e i s more pro b a bl e, from circumstances, unable—to make that effort himself, he has advertised another play for his benefit on Monday next ! Thus a golden opportunity is lost to himself of acquiring both profit and fame, and to the public of rightly deciding the controversy. In conclusion, we strongly recommend all admirers of Shakspere (and who is not ?) to add this production to their collections: CHURCH MUSIC. Consisting of Original .Anthems, Services, Psalms, Hymns, Chants, Responses, Src., with a Selection of the most ad- mired Standard Compositions of Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Himmel, Winter, Dr. Crotch, V. Novello, &c., newly adapted and arranged; with an accompaniment for the Organ or Piano Forte. •By George Holden. London : J. Alfred Novello. The well known professional celebrity of our to wnsman, Mr. Holden, (Organist of St. George's Church, conductor of the Liverpool Festival Choral Society, and author of several Prize Compositions), is a sufficient guarantee for the taste and accuracy displayed in this invaluable collection of sacred music. It contains seven full anthems by Haydn, Mozart, Dr. Crotch, and J. Richardson ; a verse anthem, by R. B. Taylor ; Nunc Dimittis, in C, by V. Novello ; Venite Ex uHltyemmn fo r inus D, Advent,b by K G y . ri H e aErigireoesavne, and Sanctus, Hargre a ves Glory be b t y o lime, G. Holden, and W. Shore ; twenty-three Psalm and Hymn tunes, by G. Holden, H. Aldridge, W. Shore, J. Amott, H. Entwistle, S. Henshall, Rossini, Avison, Haydn, Tallis, J. Richardson, Cherubini, Neiikomm, and Winter; double and single Chants, by W. Shore, M. Maybrick, G. Holden, Rev. J. Eaton, H. Entwistle, W. Knyvett, Spohr, Handel, and Bailey, Jun. A very great proportion of t hese compositions are original, and have been expressly furnished for this publication. The whole are arranged for four voices, with an accompaniment for the organ or piano-forte. We have met with f ew wor k s i n w hi c h the compositions arc altogether of so select a description. They constitute a com plete course of church music, strictly congregational in its character. We wish to see sacred music more extensively cultivated than it is at present. Would it not•be desirable that all the congregations attached to our churches should have a separ ate choral society tin- the encouragement of this sublime and heart-thrilling study? We think that the most pleasing re sults would follow from the establishment of such societies. They would materially tend to elevate the character of our congregational psalmody. To such societies we can cordially recommend• Mr. Holden's collection, as one o f t h e b est that can be procured. It is also admirably adapted for devotional use in families. We have only to add that the work is very neatly and clearly engraved, and is printed on excellent paper. The next meeting of the British Association of Science will take place at Devonport. WHY SIT I BY THE LONELY STREAM. BALLAD.—A very pretty ballad, bearing this title, has just appeared, the composition of Mr. E. L. Hime. It is easy and graceful, and cannot fail to become a verj great favourite amongst the ladies.i t The words, we believe, are written by Mrs. Edwin Forrest, late Miss Sinclair. A CURIOUS FACT.. —At a meeting of the Finsbury Ope rative Protestant Association, held on Wednesday last, Mr. Dalton, the secretary to the parent institution, delivered an address occupying one hour and twenty minutes, which was entirely of words of one syllable. The subject was, "No peace with Rome."—[One of the Wesleys performed a simi lar feat on one occasion, as an example to his preachers of simplicity of style. We have also heard that a clergyman of the church of Scotland preached a sermon to the sabbath school children of his parish in words of one syllable. No thing is'inore obvious than that the want of simplicity, the same in kind as this, though in a more moderate degree, is the reason why pulpit addresses to the young (of larger as well of lesser growth) secure so little of their attention. We have often heard sabbath school teachers express their regret that their children were so frequently writhdrawn from their own simple and familiar instructions, to be present at (cer tainly not to listen to) discourses, which from the first sen tence to the last, were charged with big words, and shot over then heads, rather than at them.] THE LATE LORD ARDEN.—The will of the Right Hon. Charles George Baron Arden, of Arden, deceased, has just been proved in the Prerogative Court, by the Right Hon. Margaretta Elizabeth, Dowager Baroness Arden, the relict of tne deceased, and the Right Hon. George James Baron Arden, (now Lord Arden,) heretofore James Percival, the executors. The personal property alone has been sworn under the value of £BOO,OOO. The stamp or probate duty alone was £10,500, independent of the legacy duty, which will amount to £70,000 or £ B O,OOO more. The whole of his property, with the exception of a few trifling legacies to servants, has been bequeathed to his widow and children. The will is dated in March, 1826, (the first codicil in 1834, and the last codicil in 1840.) The deceased baron lived to attain the great age of 84 years. He was brother to the late Mr. Per cival, who was shot by Bellingham, in the lobby of the House of Commons, when prime minister. The registership of the High Court of Admiralty became vacant-when his lordship was an infant of some few months old ; and it was actually given to and retained for him until he was capable of officiat ing, the office being performed by deputy. In time of war the emoluments arising from his situation amounted to be tween £20,000 and £30,000 a year. He held the same for upwards of eighty years. He was appointed Master of the Mint in 1801, and a lord of the Bedchamber to George 111. in 1804.—Britannia.