The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-05-22 00:00:00

trouble. The object of these gentlemen was to show that it increased, instead of limiting, the existing fa cilities of registration. But, in point of fact, the bill of Lord Stanley does, for the first time, bring the re gistry to the claimant's own door, when it enacts that the clerk of the peace shall make out yearly an alpha betical parochial list of all persons entitled to be placed i upon the register of voters ; shall post such list upon or near the doors of all the churches or chapels within the respective parishes in the county or town to which such lists shall respectively relate ;" and further, " shall annex to every such list at the foot thereof a notice re quiring all persons who may claim to have their names inserted - in the register of voters for such county or town respectively then next to he completed to send in their claims to be inserted within the time limited by the act." It gives these increased facilities to voters and claimants, and it also provides that similar lists shall be made out, and posted in the same manner, of all parties objected to, and that the onus of proving the objection shall Ise imposed upon the party objecting. But the Mercury, quoting Mr. Sharman Crawford's letter, considers it a hardship upon the claimant to have to appear before the assistant barrister and make good his claim, and would have us to understand that this hardship is for the first time created by Lord Stan ley's bill. We showed, in our remarks of Tuesday, that the necessity of appearing existed under the reform bill of 1832, and that the raising of an objection to Lord Stanley's bill on this score is a suygestio falsi on the part of the Mercury himself. But have we no suppressio reri also ? Is there in that bill no endea vour to bring not only the registry but the registering court nearer to the claimant's own door ? We turn from the Mercury's pitiful misrepresentations to the bill it self, and find in the 18th section a power given to the Lord Lieutenant to appoint additional places for hold ing, the registry sessions, thereby doing away with the necessity, existing under the present law, of the claimant having in every case to support his claim at the county or sessions town. It would, of course, not suit the purpose of the ;llercury to ,notice this feature of the bill. But let us look to one or two other serious charges which the Mercury brings against Mr. M`Neile. That gentleman, gravely observes our contemporary, has throughout his speech " blinked a fact !" " suppressed the truth !" " suggested falsehood ! " " Blinked " what fact ? our readers will ask. Why, the fact that Mr. William Wallace Currie, in his never-to-be-too much-lauded speech in Clayton-square, " begged to say, on behalf of the whole Liberal party, that it was their disposition to protect the franchise, and to re move acknowledged abuses,—if abuses did exist in the registration of Ireland, as they knew that abuses did exist in England; but because they wanted to purify the register, they did not want to destroy the fran chise." The important fact that Mr. William Wallace Currie delivered himself of this piece of bombast—and a painful accouchment it was, as we can testify—is Suppressed, " blinked," burked, by that shocking strangler of Whig pretensions—Mr. M`Neile, who has the hardihood to insist, in the teeth of Mr. Cur rie's declaration, made "on behalf of the whole Liberal Party," that the opponents of the bill are "encouragers of perjury, fosterers of corruption." Now, we are Willing to admit that the gentleman in question, who is an alderman or a councillor—we don't care which— did make a speech ; we were painfully convinced of that fact at the time, But how the fact of his having Made a speech "on behalf of the whole Liberal party" rendered it compulsory upon Mr. M'Neile to quote the Whole Or it, : or upon us to believe the whole of it, we are not so well convinced. " Not one word," says the Mercury, " has been said against the amendment of the system, the only difference being, whether it shall be effected by the friends or the enemies of po pular rights." Our contemporary will pardon us for saying, that the difference between Mr. M'Neile and him se lf i s , in reality, upon the question whether or not the system is to be amended at all ! "Again," says the Mercury, " we find him quoting a notice, filled up by his friend Mr. 'ferment, the re publican, repealer, Radical, Whig, Tory, and Orange man, for Mr. Crawford, and representing this as all that would be required under the form of notice in Lord Stanley's bill, and as what is practically done in England." Admitted. Mr. M`Neile did quote a form of notice, .filled up by Mr. 'ferment, to shew that the immense difficulty complained of in the notice is no difficulty at all. .That notice was filled up in the name,. and stated the qualification, of Mr. Sharman Crawford, which happens to be a freehold. What, then, does our contemporary mean by Mr. M`Neile's " represent ing this as all that would be required" by Lord Stan ley's bill ? Would more be required ? Oh, no ; but Mr. Crawford is a freeholder—a fifty-pound freeholder. Would any more, then, we ask, be required from any other freeholder ? Reader, mark well the gross dis honesty of which we are about to convict our contem porary ! " This form, so quoted," says our contem porary, " is that for £5O freeholders, who, with clergy men of the Established Church, are specially exempted from the minute provisions enacted for other classes ; and yet Mr. M‘Neile quotes this as applicable to all." Now, in the first place, Mr. M'Neile never represented this form as applicable to any other case than that of a freeholder like Mr. Crawford ; and, in the next place, £5O freeholders are not exempted from the minute pro visions enacted for other classes—that is, from being required to state in their claim the precise particulars which any other freeholder would have to state. Our contemporary 'evidently wants us to believe that there is one form of notice for the £59 freeholder, and ano ther, more minutely particular, for the £lO freeholder; when the fact is, that there is only one form of notice for both claimants ! Can impudence and fraud, we ask, go further than this hold attempt to mislead the public mind, and to calumniate private character ? But we must leave the Mercury and his misrepre sentations. The supporters of Lord Stanley's bill can very well afford to despise so trashy an opponent as the Liverpool Mercury ; and that party which has the honour of receiving his countenance will not, we dare say, object to the weapons with which he fights in their behalf. Farewell, good Mercury ! Most fitly art thou named after the patron deity of fraud and falsehood ! Euge—Vale ! THE GREAT MEETING AT THE AMPHITHEATRE.—We rejoice to find that the demand for Mr. Al'Neile's speech at the great meeting of the conservatives in favour of Lord Stanley's registration bill, has been such as to induce the publishers of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD to issue it in the Shape of a pamphlet. We have no doubt that it will obtain an extensive circulation. Its intrinsic merits will constitute its most powerful recommendation. It is right to add that parties who may wish to purchase a number of copies for distribution will be most liberally treated with. We know of no publication which has emanated from the conservative press within the last few years which is calculated to produce more powerful effect than the admirable speech under no tice. It 14 a complete and masterly review of the whole subject and we have no doubt that it has contributed most materially to the recent triumph in the House of Commons. AN ACCESSION. TO THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—On Tuesday last Mr. Joseph, of this establishment, purchased, on board the Robert Fiume, Captain Beverley, from the western coast of South America, a fine specimen of that gigantic bird the condor, or Vulture Gryphus, a native of the Andes mountains, the o n ly one th a t has been imported for many years. This noble bird measures from 12 to 14 feet from tip to tip of the wings. He also purchased from Captain Crosby, of the William Jardine, from Calcutta, a • fine tiger, of extraordinary tameness and docility. This creature, generally so ferocious, played with th e sea men like a cat, a nd was, when purchased, amusing himself in rolling over an empty cask on the deck, by treading on it. He also was successful in purchasing from the same vessel a Brahmin cow, a great acquisition, there being a fine bull of the same species before in the gardens. The latter is a fine animal, and is the more interesting from the bull being an object of worship amongst the ignorant Hindoos. The Earl of Derby continues in pretty much the same state of health. He rides about constantly in a pony-car riage, and still takes an interest in his delightful aviary, the largest and most varied in England, and probably in the world. Owing to the noble earl's feeble health, the aviary is no longer as accessible to the public as it used to be. Messrs. Thomas Turner and Son, of South Castle-street, Liverpool, have been appointed boot-makers to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. EXPORT OF IRON EOATS.—The ship Canton, belonging to Mr. Lairdman, which sailed on Tuesday last from the Victoria Dock, for Demerara, took' on her deck a number of iron flat-bottomed boats or punts, to be used for the con veyance of sugars and other commodities in the rivers and shallow waters of that colony. Each of these boats is in two pieces, for the convenience of carriage. The pieces are made to fit amid-ships, and have but to be rivetted together to be fit for use. There are iron sockets at the sides interiorly for the insertion of stancheons, either to raise a wooden bulwark round them, to give them greater depth, if required, or, for the spreading of an awning or tarpaulin for the protection of the goods from rain, or the excessive heat of the sun. Couar OF PASSAGE.—This court was held yesterday before Charles Crompton, Esq., assessor, but all the cases were totally uninteresting. CHURCH OF ENGLAND ASSURANCE AND TRUST INSTI TUTION.—It must greatly gratify the friends of the Church, to find that such has been the distinguished success of this very valuable Institution, that the shares are to be allotted on Monday, the Ist of June next, after which, the business will commence in all its branches. There is little doubt that this Institution, while itwill be the most benevolent of the Insur .4nee Offices, will also be the most profitable to its share lioldike.—See add: MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE. The first meeting of the Dock Committee at wind reporters for the public press were present, was held in the Dock Office, Custom-house, yesterday, at twelve o'clock. The following members of the trust were present :—Mr. Booth, Mr. Thos. Tobin, Mr. T. B. Barclay, Mr. William Smith, Mr. Bulley, Mr. Seager, Mr. J. B. Yates, Mr. H. Holmes, Mr. T. Holt, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Martin, and Mr. Ripley. Mr. BOOTH took the chair in the absence of Mr. Leathom, the official chairman, who, with a deputation, is in London on the subject of the new dock bill. The proceedings of the last meeting were confirmed, and the payment of a number of accounts ordered, without ex citing any discussion. The CilikiitNL4.;;ead a resolution of the Pilots Committee, passed on the 18th instant, stating that a letter, signed by the master pilot, was read, expressing his regret that the Marine Surveyor should alter the position of any buoys with out giving public notice, and it was requested that the com mittee should require the Marine Surveyor to give the re quisite notice in all future cases. The CHAIRMAN said he understood the buoy in question, which was stationed in the North Patch, had been removed only a very short distance; but the marine surveyor might be called in. Mr. YATES, whilst the committee were waiting, would take the opportunity of asking the chairman whether any communication was intended to be made at this meeting with reference to the dock bill now before parliament The CHAIRMAN replied that he had no official communi cation to make. The MARINE SURVEYOR (Mr. Lord) was then called in, and he stated that the buoy in question had been moved only a hundred fathoms, in order to get it clear of the bank, and that he had not thought it necessary to give public notice of such a trivial alteration. Mr. TOBIN said it would be advisable when any buoy was either altered or removed to notify the change immediately to the Pilots Committee. The MARINE SURVEYOR replied that the Pilots' Com mittee were acquainted with the alteration, as he had addressed a letter to them, and also to the agent of her Ma jesty's ships. Mr. TOBIN asked when this was done? The MARINE SURVEYOR replied, the day after the change. The CHAIRMAN.—We request you to give as much notice as you can of any alterations on any future occasion. The M ARINE SU RVEYOR.—Yes, The CHAIRMAN asked the Marine Surveyor if he could explain the cause of some damage done to a sixty-fathom chain at the Beacon buoy (as we understood). The MARINE SURVEYOR said he thought it must have been cut on purpose. Mr. TOBIN suggested that if it had been done from mis chief, it would be well to offer a reward for the discovery of the offender. The CHAIRMAN said there were already rewards offered for the discovery of any party who damaged or stole the pro perty of the trust. Mr. Tonis was aware of that, but in the present case the public had no knowledge of its occurrence. The CHAIRMAN said, if it was the wish of the Committee they might advertise a reward for the discovery of the chain. The subject then dropped, with the understanding (as we inferred, but from the manner of taking the decision of the committee we cannot speak with certainty) that a reward of £lO should be offered. A very long investigation then commenced into the con duct of the North Harbour master and the Prince's Dock master, under the following circumstances. There was an American ship, called the Victoria, in the dock, the owner ship of which was disputed by a Mr. Sharp. ,Capt. Lennox, the commander, was preparing to take the vessel out of the dock and go to sea, at high water on Monday. Mr. Sharp, bein. , aware of this, served a notice on the dock master , to the effect that he was part owner of the ship, and that if the dock master allowed her to leave the dock he would be held responsible for any loss that might arise to Mr. Sharp. The dock master consulted the solicitor to the trust, who advised him that he had nothing to do with the question. In the mean time forty or fifty men, in the interest of Mr. Sharp, had collected on board the Dido and the Victoria, with the view of preventing the latter from going to sea. he police, hav ing information that a disturbance was threatened, were on the spot ; some commotion took place, and eventually the pilot refused to take charge of the vessel, on the ground that from the state of her sails, and it being then 10 minutes past high water, it would be unsafe. Superintendent Macdonald, who had the command of the police on the occasion, now charged the harbour-master and the dock-master with wilfully neglecting their duty, because they refused to interfere when he requested them, and the dock-master, he alleged, was not on the spot, as he ought to have been, when the Victoria was prevented leaving the dock by the men in the Dido. The superintendent, the harbour-master, the dock-master, the master pilot, the pilot who was to have taken charge of the vessel, and another pilot, were severally examined. In the course of their examination, there appeared a material dis crepancy as to the time of the dock-master's presence at the transaction, between the statements of Macdonald and those of the others ; and eventually the committee unanimously came to the conclusion, that no blame whatever attached to the officers of the dock, and that Superintendent Macdonald was mistaken. Mr. RIPLEY said the discrepancies as to time between the statements of the witnesses in the complaint just heard, con vinced him that a clock was indispensably necessary at the north end of Prince's Dock. Mistakes were perpetually arising from the want of this public convenience. The CHAIRMAN said the suggestion should receive atten tion. The next business, he continued, referred to the com pensation claimed by the owners of the ship Tweed, during the discussion of which the reporters must retire. Mr. YATES, before that business came on, had a motion to propose. He had already asked the chairman whether he was prepared to report to the committte the state of the dock bill now pending before parliament, and had been told that he (the chairman) knew nothing about it. The CHAIRMAN.—Nothing officially, I said. Mr. YATES.—Yes, nothing officially. All the informa tion, then, which he (Mr. Yates) was able to glean was from the newspapers ; and he observed from them that an inquiry was going on on three most important topics, one especially with regard to the warehouse question, another to a clause or clauses affecting the constitution of this committee, and a third upon the subject of the rates payable by ships not using the docks. These were matters of such vital impor tance, that it struck him the committee ought to be made better informed than they were as to the wishes of the rate payers, who were mainly interested in them, affecting, as they did, most vitally, the interests and the trade of the port. It appeared to him that there ought to be a meeting of the rate payers called immediately, for the purpose of discussing these questions. With regard to the payment of dock rates by strangers, he had frequently, both in the committee and else where, expressed a strong opinion that it was unjust and im proper that ships not using the docks should be compelled to pay any rates except those for lights, dredging, and so on. •His impression was that this claim ought at once to be thrown overboard .by the committee. As to the question of ware houses on the dock quays, he believed if the sense of the rate payers was taken, two-thirds or three-fourths of teem would be found opposed to them upon the present plan. The CHAIRMAN begged to say that the question of the sense of the ratepayers could not be discussed in the com mittee. Did Mr. Yates mean to propose that the committee should call a meeting of the ratepayers ? Mr. YATES did most expressly and especially mean to pro pose that the committee should call the leypayers together, and he would add, that it was their express and bounden duty to convene that meeting. The CHAIRMAN thought the committee had no such power given them in the act of Parliament. Mr. YATES replied that on the occasion of the last bill the committee then called a meeting of the ley-payers, whether they had power or not. The SECRETARY.—You have no such power. Mr. YATES.—You must know very well that the Dock Committee did summon a meeting of the rate-payers about three years ago. The SECRETARY repeated that that meeting was not called by the Dock Committee. Mr. BARCLAY (we understood) said the meeting alluded to was called at the request of the several public associations, and that the Dock Committee acquiesced and joined in the request. Mr. ToBIN said that, however desirable he might consider a public meeting of rate-payers, he could not for a moment bring himself to suppose that it was the duty of the Dock Committee to call one. The power lay in another body. Mr. YATES was sorry to differ from Mr. Tobin. He con ceived this to he the proper body, more especially on ac count of the relation in which it stood to the public ; there fore he was determined to bring the resolution forward whe ther any one voted with him or not. It was most inconsis tent for the Dock Committee to go to an enormous expense in Parliament, upon points vitally affecting the interests of the port, without calling for the opinion of the rate-payers whom they represented. He should, therefore, move, " That this committee call forthwith a general meeting' of rate payers, for the purpose of laying before them the heads of the Dock Bill now before Parliament, and taking into consi deration the important clauses now under discussion." He was induced to bring this motion forward, because, up to this day, the committee bad not had a copy of the bill laid before them, nor even of the heads of the bill ; because the several vital clauses of the bill had not been. submitted at any time ; and because, up - to this hour, the committee had never been informed, in that room, within what period the pro posed warehouses should be erected, or what expense it was proposed should be incurred—a matter affecting the property of all the ratepayers. They had, indeed, heard out of doors how the blanks left in the clauses had been filled up. They had heard, according to common rumour, that some of the warehouses were to be built in two years, and all of them in five years, but they had heard nothing officially. It was high time that the members of the committee should know what they were about, and whether they were indulging in these very serious expenses contrary to the wishes of the ratepayers, or with their assent. Mr. Toutiv should be very glad if the ratepayers them selves would hold a meeting, but he could not approve of this committee convening one. Mr. GLADSTONE Must certainly confess his surprise that the bill, involving as it did, most momentous interests, should have advanced so far, without the committee having received up to this period either explanation or report of its pro gress from the deputation in London, who were prosecuting it. He would not say what he thought of this mode of pro ceeding; but he would say that it wes, at least, highly irre gular. Mr. TOBIN thought that of the members of this committee more ought to be appointed by the ratepayers than there were. Mr. YATES repeated, that all the information he was in possession of, respecting the present state of the bill, had been collected from the public papers. He would ask any man of common sense, whether it was right for the members of the committee to be compelled to obtain their knowledge from such a source upon a bill of such magnitude and im portance? The motion not having been seconded he should withdraw it, but he still retained his opinions. Mr. RIPLEY said Mr. Yates was under a mistake when he said the bill had not been read before the committee. The heads of it at least were read before the committee. Mr. Yates had expressed an opinion that if the sentiments of the rate-payers were taken, three-fourths of them would be found opposed to the building of warehouses on the quays. Now so far from believing that estimate correct, he (Mr. Ripley) believed that three-fourths of the rate-payers would be in favour of thg building of warehouses on the quays. Mr. YATES.—That was matter of opinion, the accuracy of which might be readily ascertained ; but to proceed with the bill without having ascertained that opinion, was like enact ing Hamlet with the part of Hamlet omitted. The blanks were not filled up in this committee, but the whole matter was left to the deputation. If the erection of the warehouses were spread over a period of fifteen years, it might do no harm to the owners of existing property of that description, but the haste to build them in five years was calculated to do great injury. The SECRETARY having referred to the minutes of the pro ceedings of the committee said, that on the 23d January the bill was submitted to the committee and read. Every clause was read. Mr. Yates was present. The clauses which it was thought required alterations were read a second time. Mr. YATES admitted the clauses were read in brief. The SECRETARY. —The most important were read in full. Mr. YATES repeated that he withdrew his motion. The reporters then retired, and the committee proceeded the consideration of the question already stated. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Lancaster.-2nd Regiment of the Duke of Lan caster's Own Militia—Thomas Blades Molyneux, Gent. to be Lieutenant ; Oct. 21. Robert Johnson, the younger, Gent. to be ditto ; Feb. 25. LIVERPOOL EASTER SESSIONS.--(YEsTERDAY.) THE QUEEN AGAINST HUGH EDWARDS. In this case the defendant, who was out on bail and sur rendered, was indicted on a charge of having stolen, on the 7th of March, a purse containing fifty-one sovereigns, the pro perty of John Shannon. The case excited very considerable interest, from the peculiarity of the circumstances, and we therefore devote to it more space than on ordinary occasions. Mr. HENDERSON stated that the prisoner was a person of some property in this town. The prosecutor went into the public-house kept by the prisoner, and had with him a can vas bag containing 51 sovereigns. The prosecutor treated two women who had come in, and afterwards fell asleep, and on awaking found that his money was gone. The subsequent circumstances were detailed by the learned counsel, but the whole may be derived from the evidence. John Shannon being sworn, said I am a lumper, and rent a house of the prisoner, who keeps a house in Flint-street, called Greenfield House. On the 21st of March, after 12 at night, I knocked at the door. The bar is amid-ships. I called for some whiskey, in a room on one side of the bar. I , fell asleep. No one was .in the room when I went in but myself and he. He was on his way with the whiskey when two girls entered. One of them that I knew stood at the bar door, and the other was going inside the bar. Neither of them came within three yards of me while I was there. The prisoner pushed them out and barred the door. I had 51 sove reigns in gold; £4O in Bank of England notes and some silver. The notes and silver were not touched. They were in my inside waistcoat pocket. I took out a shilling to pay, and in doing so had to take out the bag of sovereigns which were in a chamoi leather purse. I put back the bag and the notes. The landlord came into the bar after turning the women out. 1 fell asleep on a settle. I was wakened by the prisoner, but Ido not know at what time of the night. I felt for my money. The pocket-book and silver were there, but the bag of sovereigns was gone. Nobody was there but the prisoner. I had heavy words with the prisoner about it. I insisted on his searching me. When I awoke 1 found my waistcoat opened all but one button. He did search me. He wakened me by shaking me by the waistcoat: He came to the mouth of the entry with tee, and we had heavy words about the purse. I went home and told my wife. Between nine and ten o'clock next morning I went to the prisoner's house. The two girls were there, and others. When I first went in I was in a great rage, and I struck one of the girls and bled her nose. The prisoner was there, and he then went into the bar. He came back with his hands in his trowsers pockets ; he walked within a yard or two of my sister-in-law, and he stooped down. There are two cellars or rooms on each side the bar. One is called the House of Lords and the other the House of Commons. (A laugh.) I lost my money in the Commons ; the room Edwards now came into was the Lords. He stooped down, and picking the bag up, said—" Don't be so angry, is this yours ?' " Yes, said I' • but there is not the weight in it that it had when you took it from me this morn ing." I emptied the bag into the hands of a man named Griffiths, . and he counted it back into the bag, and it only contained twelve sovereigns. Griffiths swore with an oath that he would prosecute the prisoner. He (Griffiths) did not say this at the 'Change. -I sent for the police. - Cross-examined by Mr. wiLotls.—l struck one of the girls in the morning, and would hate struck my own wife if I had met her, I was so aggravated. I had been drinking, at my brother's, who keeps a public-house in Norfolk-street. I had five glasses of ale that day, and a glass of spirits at my brother's that morning, at six o'clock, which 1 have every morning. (The witness, a robust, coarse-looking man, in a blue dress, prevaricated on the question being put whether he had spoken to the girls in question, or had called any other girls across the street.) To my knowledge I did not see the policeman. I paid eightpence out of a shilling. I don't know who it was for, Or whether it was for whiskey for him. I emptied the bag of sovereigns or the table. I did not drop one of them, nor did One of the girls pick it up, and would not give it back. I counted my money (the sovereigns) at my brother's house before I went to Edwards's. A man named Beattie and another were present. When I found I had lost my money I sent my wife for the police, and went quietly to bed. 1 struck the aid and knocked her down. I said I would have knocked my own wife down I was so pro voked, but I did not knock her down that night. I treated one of the girls, named Connolly, on account of respect for her father, who had worked for me. I struck her in the morning. That was not out of respect for her father. Grif fiths works at timber. Re-examined.--The fifty-one sovereigns was a large sum for me to lose. I had worked for twenty-two years at the docks, and the sum was nearly all I had. I pulled out my bag of sovereigns at Edwards's to get at my silver, and Ed wards said, " Are these sovereigns, Jack ?" and I then threw out my sovereigns. When I struck the woman I would have struck any body, because Mr. Edwards said it was them that took my money. Hugh Beattie sworn.—l knew the last witness. His bro ther James keeps a public-house. It is about 200 yards from his own house. 1 saw Shannon count out 51 sove reigns. He was not tipsy, but had had a drop of drink. Cross-examined.—l am a labourer, but (he added, without a question,) I never worked for Shannon. I don't know why he counted his money. He did not assign any reason for doing so, Griffiiths is not here. John Moore.—Admitted that he had been in court during part of the case, although the witnesses were all ordered to retire. The counsel for the prosecution said he would not examine him. Mr. Wilkins said he should object to his examination for reasons which he should explain to the jury. Beattie recalled,by the Recorder.—There was no one pre sent when the prosecutor counted his money at his brother's but myself and another. Ann M'lntire said she was with the girl, Mary Cottony. I went in, and Shannon, who was sitting in the window, treated us to two-pennyworth a-piece. We afterwards had two-pennyworth, which we paid for. The prisoner asked me when I went, to come back and stop all night. Edwards let us out, and I and Connolly went home to bed. The policeman and Mrs. Shannon knocked us up, and we went with them to Edwards's. We met another officer, an in spector, and he went with us. He knocked ; Edwards put his head out at the window. Mrs. Shannon said he had got her husband's money. He said that these were the girls that were with Shannon, and he knew nothing about it. The inspector told us to go home and be ready to come in the morning at six o, clock. We both went to Norfolk-street, to the prisoner's brother's, at that hour ; and we were told to go and come at ten o'clock to Edwards's. We went at that time. Shannon struck Mary Connolly, and she stag gered a little and fell on a seat. The prisoner went to the bar, and stopped about ten minutes. He came back, drop ped a purse, stooped down and picked it up again, saying, " What is this ?" Shannon said, " It's my purse, but it's not the weight." The prisoner handed it to Shannon. If the bag had been on the floor before, we should have seen it. A girl had been washing and stoning the flagged floor, and had finished that part when the purse was found. Cross-examined.--I am an unfortunate girl. I have known Maty Connelly about five years. I have known her as a girl upon the town for two years. I did not speak to Shannon that day, nor did Mary. Connelly. He did not beckon to them in the street. I did not hear or see a policeman at Edward's that night. I think it was a shilling Shannon put down. He treated Edwards too. In the morning Shannon struck Connelly, who wanted to speak to him ; but he did not give her time. We were put into Bridewell on this charge. I was not examined before the magistrates at all. I have been before the magistrates I can't tell how often for being tipsy. I have been before them for money—Xl 7s. Gd. I got out, for the man did not come. The prisoner has a son, a niece, and another girl in the house. I was more than once before the magistrates for money. I don't know how often. I got off every time. The men did not come. 1 did not see him drop the purse. I only saw him pick it up. Mr. Rushton asked us nothing, and discharged us. Mary Connelly went with the last witness to prisoner's house. Shannon was there sitting on one side the cellar. He treated them and paid a shilling. They stood at the bar. He was three yards from them. We went out, and the door was bolted. Shannon was awake then. Witness gave, in effect, evidence similar to the last, with the additic n that the inspector informed Edwards, on knocking him up, that there was a robbery. He said be knew nothing about us (the girls), and did not open the door. There was a cry of fire, and the inspector went away. She heard the purse fall when it was dropped. (The witness did not know the difference between a second and a minute, but said she thought that in two or three minutes she could walk a foot !) John Griffiths.—l was in the prisoner's house, when Shan non came in and struck Connelly. He was in a passion. The prisoner came in after she was struck, and gave John Shan non the purse. She gave it to Shannon, and asked if it was his. He said yes; but it is a deal lighter than it was this morning between one and two o'clock. Shannon emptied it into my hand, and it contained 12 sovereigns. When Shan non struck Connelly he said, " You d—d w— ! where is my purse ? there are only you three for it." I did not know where Edwards was when Shannon came in. I don't know where he got the purse. Cross-examined.—After Shannon got the purse, he said one of the women had dropped it. Connelly might be 4or 5 feet off Edwards when the purse was given to Shannon. Elizabeth Shannon, wife of Edward Shannon.—Was in the house when the prosecutor struck Connelly. Edwards saw the blow struck, and went into his bar, and was not five minutes before he came out again with his hands in his pockets. He pulled his right hand out of his right pocket. I saw him drop the purse and heard it fall. He lifted it up. I told my husband he was the man who had taken the money. Griffiths said, with an oath, he could clear the girls of having taken the money. I did not hear Shannon, when he swore at Connelly, say that there were but those three for it. John Curry, a police-officer, was present when the prisoner was accused of taking the purse. He said he had only picked it up, and that he supposed it must have fallen from the girl Connelly's breast when she was knocked down. He searched the prisoner's house, and found in a cloths-chest a purse con taining twelve sovereigns, and another containing £3los. Gd. in silver. Inspector Hamer was a short time at the door of the pri soner's house, early on the morning of the 7th of March, but was called away, an alarm of fire having been given. He saw no girls there while he remained. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. WILKINS spoke at great length and with much elo quence in behalf of .the prisoner, contending that• some of the evidence (which he commented on throughout) was sus picious, and the greater' part of it contradictory and false. He contrasted the character of the prisoner, which had hitherto been unblemished, with that of the abandoned women who were the principal witnesses against him. . . .• Mr. James Dempsey, merchant, had known the prisoner for 17 years, and said he had borne a very excellent character. Mr. Laurence Frost, had known the prisoner for 15 or 16 years, and also said he had been a good character. Mr. Frost, who had known him for twelve years, also spoke of him in high terms. Mr. Hughes also said he had borne an excellent character during the ten years he had known him. Mr. Davies, a smith, had known him for thirty years, and during all that time he had known him to bear the best of characters. Two others spoke equally favourable. Mr. Laurence, brewer, said he had known him for ten years, had never heard any thing against him, and so far as he himself knew, he had found him to be a very respectable man in his station in life. The RECORDER then summed up the evidence. The jury retired at half-past five o'clock, and in about an hour found a verdict of Not Guilty. The prisoner was discharged. Four cases of felony and six of misdemeanour remain to be tried.' TIIE TWELFTH REG IMENT OF FOOT.-011 Wednesday f o renoon last the " depot" of this regiment (which is now stationed in the Mauritius) embarked on board the Actaeon steamer for Glasgow, where they will relieve a portion of another regiment, order ed elsewhere. They arrived here on the previous day, from Brecon, in South Wales, whence they marched in seven days, by . journeys of from sixteen to twenty miles a day. The popr fellows appeared to be a good deal fatigued on their arrival here. They were upwards of two hundred strong, and were under the command of Mawr M'Neill. About high water the vessel went out of dock, and steered for her port of destination. The Twelfth Regiment belongs to the county of Suffolk. MONS. DoHLER'S GRAND CONCERT.—Mons. whose fame as a pianist has spread throughout England, has announced his intention of giving a g rand concert at th e Royal Amphitheatre, on the evening o f Tuesday next. He will be supported in his exertions by Miss Birch and Miss Dolby, two ladies who have established their reputation as vocalists, by Signor Zuchelli, from the Italian Opera, Lon don, and the Teatro Valle, Rome, and by Herr Molique, a foreign violin player, of surpassing merit. Mons. Miller's taste and execution are of the very highest order, and, with the popularity of the instrument on which he is such a pro ficient, there can be little doubt that few wl:o are themselves players will lose the opportunity of bearing so splendid a performer. DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the subscribers and friends to this institution was •held on Tuesday, at one o'clock, in the Savings' Bank. The audience was not numerous, and the principal portion of it consisted of ladies. The Worshipful the MAYOR took the chair, expressing his great gratification in doing so from his intimate knovvledge of the value and merits of the institution. It was connected with no party, and there was no charity in the town which was based on sounder principles, or which more deserved the support and encouragement of every well-wisher of his species. It was greatly to be regretted, that when the inter ests of so valuable an institution were in question, they should have so thin an attendance, that more zeal was not displayed on its behalf. The meeting was probably not aware that they had only 280 visitors for a society, which would require, at least, 900 to give it that proper efficiency which it was so desirable it should possess. He was, no doubt, personally addressing himself to those who had been active friends of the instit u ti on , an d h e m i g h t say for himself, that, though he had not been present at their meetings, he had not been unobservant of their progress, for, from the commencement of the society, he had been one of its visi tors. From this he was enabled to speak practically, and from what he had seen of the society and its advantages, he knew that it required only an active co-operation amongst the visitors to secure great happiness to the poor, by induc ing them in times of prosperity, to save money for periods of want and distress. In the first steps which he (the mayor) had made as a visitor, 'he found some little difficulty in approaching the poor. He had had more than one dis trict, and he considered the time which he had thus devoted well employed. There were in some of the streets persons of such characters as they could scarcely countenance ; in dividuals who were not merely annoyances in their own neighbourhood, but pests to society. Many of these by the example of their' eighbours, and by experience of the supe rior benefits and comfort of good conduct and economy, had been induced to become better members of the commu nity. Many indeed had saved considerable sums so as to enable them in times of difficulty to depend on their own funds, and not be compelled to look for assistance to the charitable institutions of the town. Many had gone on im proving what was commenced through the means of this society, till they had purchased the little dwellings in which they resided. He was certain that not one of the cases to which he had alluded would have been in existence, not any of these savings would have been made, but in all probabi lity the parties would have become burdensome to some cha ritable institution, but that they were first induced to taste the sweets of doing well by this society. When he saw that it was supported by men of all grades and opinions, and that they had the clergy of the town with them, some of whom had taken great interest in the institution, it was difficult.to imagine any obstacle to their success. He was certain that if they had visitors sufficient to undertake the work as it ought to be pursued, they might not only do away with men dicity, but with much of that duplicity which was complained of as existing amongst certain orders of the poor. There were doubtless many examples of the contrary, for the poor evinced much true kindness. toward each other, and fre quently showed goodness and liberality towards those in dis tress, which when their means were considered, might shame those of a higher rank. He hoped the society would receive from the public that support which it deserved. The pro portion set apart for this institution from the Queen's Mar riage Fund would, it .was believed, put their funds in a respectable state, and he trusted that henceforth there would be no further reason to complain of a want of subscribers. He hoped that at the next meeting the report would be of a more cheering tendency than it was now. The Rev. A. APPLETON, (joint secretary of the society with Mr. Carr,) read the report. The report commenced by setting forth the regret of the committee that their urgent claims upon the assistance of the public still continued unappreciated. The committee noticed a further deficiency in the account of annual subscriptions, which barely reached £l,OOO, which sum ought to be at least doubled. The donations for the past year amounted to £365 9s. 10d., and the legacies to £lO, which with some trifling arrears made the whole- income no more than £1,386 17s. 71-d., while the expenditure had been £1,593 12s. 64d. The expenditure thus excee d e d t h e receipts.by £206 16s. 11d., after the most rigid economy. T he com mittee gratefully acknowledge the liberality of the Queen's Marriage Fund Committee., It was found that no part of this sum would be left unappropriated, as, in addition to the balance due to the treasurer, arid a sum of £3OO which would be required to provide for the current expenses till the sub scriptions were due, a sum of £950 would be required to meet the deficiency in the deposit fund. By the new system of keeping the books adopted, the society is effectually secured from the risk of every such deficiency arising in future. The want of visitors, the committee regretted to state, is this year greater than ever ; the total number ou the society's books being this year only 281. of which number 217 are ladies. The operations of the society were thus lamentably crippled in almost every quarter of the town. In one large and popu lous portion of it comprised within the north boundary, Seotlarid-road, Dale -street, and the river, containing, perhaps the poorest, the most vicious, and the most wretched part of our population, where, consequently, the agency of the society is most urgently called for, there are no more than ten visitors in all. " And, let it not be urged, proceeded the report, " that the exertions of visitors are unlikely to meet with suc cess amongst the poor inhabitants of this district, for that they are quite ready to avail themselves of the advantages of the society has been fully proved by the experience of a visitor, now, from circumstances, obliged to take a district in a dif ferent part of the town, who for many years collected a sum of no less than £9 or £lO per week in two of the poorest streets leading out of Vauxhall -road." The committee pro ceeded to comment on the great field that is open for exer tion, while they have only 64 male visitors, who alone can undertake such districts as that above alluded to, and ex pressed their surprise that it should be so when they reflected on the multitudes of active and intelligent young men with which this town abounds. The committee earnestly invited those who could spare only one hour per week from the en gagements of business or pleasure to come forward and assist in this valuable labour. The statements respecting the de posits was equally unfavourable with that of the visitors. The deposits received during the past year have amounted only to £14,002 15s. 74d., falling short by £l,OOO of those of the preceding year, while the amount of deposits returned is £14,798 2s. 7d., exceeding the former by £795 6s. lltd. The greatest number of depositors in one month has been 6,794. The number of persons relieved between the let May, 1839, and Ist May, 1840, has been 6,485, in the preceding year the number was 5,558. Mr. VINCENT A. KING read the accounts. Mr. THOMAS MUNCASTER, seconded by Mr. CLARE, moved the report, &c., and that they be printed and circu lated. Mr. JAMES MULLENEUX moved the second resolution, which, with the others, will be found in our advertising co lumns. Ile was aware that it was not necessary to use any advocacy to urge them to pass that resolution, but he could not but express his regret that the objects of such a society as this were so inefficiently carried out. The object of this society was, not so much to relieve distress as to induce habits which would prevent. He had heard it stated, that out of our immense population, there was not more than one third who attended any plac e of worship. On Sunday last, when he heard so much said respecting the necessity of send ing the gospel to distant lands, he could not help wishing that the same energy existed, and that the pains were taken to improve the moral and religious character of those who were living amongst us. Mr. WINDER seconded the resolution. Having been con nected for four years with the society, he joined very sin cerely in the regret of those who deplored the diminution of its visitors. lie was of opinion, that instead of the very small number who were attached to them, it would take, at least, 1100 to carry out the designs of the society in practical efficacy. Unless the system of visitors were carried on regu larly, the deposits would certainly fall off. Mr. OWENS, (of London Road,) hoped he might be per mitted to make a few observations. No man could estimate the feelings of shame with which he heard of the part which the town of Liverpool had taken with regard to this society. When he looked at the meeting in that room, he could not help asking if that was Liverpool he was in : the meeting was such a one as might have been gathered at a country village. He was ashamed to see it, and he regretted it from the bottom of his heart. He was ashamed to say that he had not con tributed to the society himself, but it was not his fault, but the fault of its managers, for he had never been asked. Mr. Owens proceeded to show how much money is lost to the public charities of the town, because individuals are not soli cited to contribute, of which fact he offered himself and others as examples. There was plenty of money to be given away, and it only required people to ask for it. The ladies were the best beggars, and he hoped they would exert themselves still more than they had done. Mr. WILLIAM KAY seconded the resolution. Mr. Kay spoke in so low a tone, that scarcely a syllable of what he said could be heard beyond a circle of two yards from him. We understood him to say that the society was one of the most effectual engines for the prevention of crime, and the suppression of want. It was better to prevent than to punish it. The poor, as he knew from exper►ence, wanted looking after. There were whole streets, out of which not more than eight or ten persons went to a place of worship. Mr. BIBBY propoSed the fourth resolution. Mr. BARCLAY seconded the resolution. He did not know that anything could be said by him in recommendation of that resolution. The object of the society was not merely to afford relief to the poor, but to lead them to form better habits. The workings of the society were part of a system of education, about which much had been said but more re mained to be done. Mr. RICHARD RATHBONE moved the resolution of thanks to the committee of the Queen's marriage fund. Mr. Rath bone said he was one of the committee, and therefore, in moving this resolution, he was, in some measure, thanking himself. The labours of that committee had been very great. Mr. Rathbone, after mentioning the recommendation of the sub-committee of the Town-council, adopted by the latter, to give £l,OOO provided the public raised £2,000, stated that the committee had succeeded in raising £2,800, to which the Council had, as they promised, added £l,OOO. What he was about to observe had nothing to do with the resolution, but he could not help observing, that it would be well if a num ber of the reports were to be printed for distribution amongst other persons as well as the subscribers. Nothing would so well answer the purpose of drawing attention to the wants of the society, as the perusal of the report itself ; and, as had been remarked, he hoped it was only required that the wants should be made known, to secure a favourable response. This was the first report which had spoken so decisively and candidly, and the details of it were so dispiriting that he was almost heart-broken on the subject. He hoped a considera ble number of these reports would be printed and given to the visitors to circulate. If the individuals of the town would not come to their meetings and hear what they had to say, they must address them through their visitors. He trusted the visitors would do the best to induce their friends to read the report. Mr. KAY seconded the resolution, expressing the great obligation of the society to the Committee of the Queen's Marriage Fund. Mr. CLARKE proposed the sth resolution ; seconded by Mr. HARDING. The Rev. Mr. JONES, after stating that lie entered the room accidentally, in consequence of seeing a placard at the door, and endeavouring to account for the thin attendance on the supposition that the meeting was not known of, stated that he had just been requested to move the thanks of the meeting to the Mayor for his conduct in the chair. He per formed his task with peculiar pleasure, for lie could not but say that our worshipful Mayor had conducted himself during the whole time that 'he had filled the civic chair in such a manner as to raise the character of the office in the considera tion of the public. He trusted he would continue to exercise his high functions in such a way as would render him an ex ample to his successors. He trusted th a t a s y s t em wou ld b e introduced of the Mayors of Liverpool presiding, not merely at the great meetings at the Town hall, hut at meetings like the present, convened with philanthropic objects. It was those who thus sought to render the office, and the influence attached thereto, productive of good, who did honour to the seat of the chief magistrate. As minister of St. Andrew's Church he congratulated himself that he had amongst his hearers such a chief magistrate as this. He was now speak ing of the chief magistrate, as the chief magistrate simply,— he was speaking without reference to party, for they had no thing to do with party. The Rev. Mr. BOLD seconded the resolution. The MAYOR said he felt highly gratified at the manner he had been alluded to by his worthy pastor, than whom no one knew him better. In the allusion which bad been made to the ladies, he thought there was a disposition to place upon them more than they could bear. He was aware of the obli gations which the society was under to the ladies, that they were the mainspring of its existence, and that without them it could not flourish ; but he thought th e y (th e gentlemen) ought to take shame to themselves that they suffered the ladies so far to outdo them both in numbers and energy. As there were parties who required to be asked for subscriptions, they must take the world as they found it, and not as they would have it : however, it would be the duty of gentlemen to go and ask . for 'subsCriptions, and not the ladies. If the advice which had been given - to-day were to be followed out, they would not want funds. He repeated once more that he did not know in institution that Wati calculated to do so much good. They saw the seeds -of .discord and division occasionally. rising up amongst the humbler classes, and it was very desirable that such feelings should be eradicated ; this could only be done by showing them that the more wealthy classes had a sincere desire for their welfare. While he regretted the present limited attendance, he would exhort all parties connected with this society to exercise increased activity and energy in future. They all knew what could be done by even a few, when they were zealous and united. He trusted they would pursue the work with increased zeal, and for his own part, he would promise that it should be, so far as he was concerned. Let each individual go forth with the determination to do whatever was in his or her power, to use what influence they possessed. If this were done he had no fear that in the meeting this day twelve months they would have a report more in concurrence with their wishes. His worship concluded by returning his thanks to the meeting for the honour which they had done him, and the meeting broke up at half-past two o'clock. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. SPLENDID REPRESENTATION OF THE SIEGE OF ALGIERS, THE GARDENS. We were much gratified on Tuesday evening last by a visit to the Zoological Gardens, which, though only a short dis tance from the town, present all the freshness, rural beauty, and, we may add, variety of the country, a sort of nzullurn in parvo of hill and dale, copse, lawn, and parterre, interspersed with ornament a l s t ruc t ures, pon d s, and rockeries, and inter sected by winding walks, — the whole possessi ng p ecu li ar at tractions to those who delight in the promenade, indepen dently of the interest it possesses in containing the habitations of a large collection of rare animals, from the elephant to the minutest quadruped, from the ostrich to the smallest of the feathered tribe. The tsste and skill displayed in laying out the ground and in the construction of the several buildings upon it is highly creditable to the proprietor, and the more so when it is considered that the site was originally rough and unpromising, —little more indeed than a succession of marl pits. The hand of industry assisted by science, has rendered it a luxuriant, shady, and extensive garden. Not an inch of ground is lost, and so diversified is the " hill and dale" (in miniature), and so ingeniously directed are the walks, that the visitor finds some novelty at every step, and after rambling here and, pausing there, wonder s h ow so muc h o f apparent extent and variety can be accomplished within the boundaries of a space comparatively so circumscribed. Since the last season the gardens have been considerably enlarged, by the enclosure of additional laud on the east, and besides the nu merous decorative shi - übs, there are plots of flowers agree ably interspersed throughout. The collection of animals, though unavoidably liable to frequent change is assiduously kept up, by every rare specimen that is attainable, and the whole, kept in admirable order, and duly classed, affords a gratifying sight to the general observer, and a treat to all who desire to study the economy and habits of the most extraor dinary of the animal creation from every quarter of the globe. In the menageries are found representatives of most of the quadrupeds, curious from their bulk, their property, their ferocity, their form, their colour, or their peculiarities; and the aviaries and ponds are well stocked by lively specimens of the feathered tribe from the woodlands of every clime, many of them of bright and beautiful plumage. Perhaps the greatest attraction, however, in the gardens,— and the novelty of the season,—is the picture and representa tion, on gala nights, of THE SIEGE OP ALGIERS. The subject is well chosen, not only for pictorial effect, but for the display of a succession of beautiful and appropriate fire-works. The artists are, our townsman, Mr. Danson, Mr. Adams, and assistants. Mr. Danson has been exceedingly successful in what may be termed the gi gantic scenic department, and was, we learn, recently presented to the Queen, at her own request, and highly complimented by her Majesty on his painting of Mount Hecla. In the production of effect on a large scale, and particularly in mountain scenery, Mr. Danson is cer tainly triumphant, as his present work amply testifies. The view is an extensive one of Algiers and the surrounding mountainous country, as it appears from the sea. The lake, a large pond at the south-east portion of the gardens, forms the ocean, and the view occupies the whole space from the woods on the eminences at each end of it, which the canvas considerably overtops. The stranger is struck with astonish ment when, about sunset, he first catches a glimpse, front any of the neighbouring walks, of a portion of the view, and when, impelled by curiosity, he embraces the whole, he can not refrain from expressing his admiration. The scenic illusion is such that he almost fancies he is gazing upon the veritable port and capital of the piratical Algerines. In the fore " ground," that is the " sea," there are a number of large men-of-war ships, fully rigged and equipped for the at tack, and one or two of them sailing and tacking in the bay. Near them are smaller vessels, including a fire ship, which afterwards does fearful execution. The town, built on the face of a rather steep hill, and of a triangu lar form, with the apex at the top, is seen, with its nume rous batteries, towers, and castles, skirting the sea, and fencing the walls by which it is enclosed. Between the spec tator and the batteries on the shore, extends a sort of break water, or embankment enclosing the harbour, containing the Algerine fleet and smaller vessels. The batteries, castles, towers and houses, all placed thickly together, and many of them connected by arches, are all built of white stone, and the whole has a very cheerful appearance. The picture was, we learn, taken from an elaborate model, which is considered an accurate and highly finished work of art. Behind the town and on each side of it the country is composed chiefly of rugged and precipitous mountains, which are, however, cultivated, and pleasingly wooded in its immediate neigh bourhood. In this department of the scenery the artist has been also highly successful. Many of the trees are beau tifully depicted in the landscape, and in the back ground rise inoutains in abrupt succession, the blue mist appearing to hang in the hollows and ravines. We should say, in deed, that Mr. Danson's forte is in the aerial, his concep tion of the soft and distant being fine, and his execution peculiarly delicate. One of the most conspicuous objects in the picture is a fortress on the top of a conical hill, or rock, on the left of the town, which, from its altitude, would appear to command the whole bay. On the shore, besides the continuous line or wall of bat teries, there are two of a formidable kind—the Fish-gate battery, nearly opposite the mole ; and the lighthouse bat tery, on the north side of the mole, of a round form, in the centre of which is a tower, from which rises a lighthouse, whence it takes its name. We were gratified, on Tuesday evening, hywitnessing a" re hearsal" of the storming of the town, preparatory to its first presentation to the public on Monday next. About 9 o clock, the shades of night having come on, so as to render the town scarcely distinguishable from the general mountain scenery, a large ship sailed across the bay, and made a tack. A num ber of other vessels, including, we presume, the flag-ship of Admiral Lord Exmouth, " The Queen Charlotte," were at anchor near the shore. A fire-ship was also seen making her way towards the mole. In accordance with historical fact, a gun was fired upon one of the British ships, " The Im pregnable," and this hostile demonstration is the signal for the opening of the lire by the whole of the combined fleet. The firing gradually becomes general, and rages loud and long. Bomb-shells and rockets fill the air. The noise of the con tinued and proximate cannonading at length became so loud and fearful, that several of the ladies present felt a little startled; but the whole was so well managed that neither a " cannon ball" nor a " bomb shell" reached any of the spec tators. Several of the principal palaces and houses in the town take fire in succession, and are seen to burn vividly and at length fall into ruins. The shipping in the harbour is also fired by the British, and the conflagration be comes brilliant. In the language of Salame, the Alex andrian employed by Lord Exmouth as his interpreter— " the blaze illuminated all the hay, and the town, with the environs, almost as clear as in the day time ; the view of which was really most awful and beautiful; nine frigates and a number of gun-boats, with other vessels, being in flames, and carried by the wind to different directions in the bay." Finally, after a terrific fire, and several explosions of the enemy's magazines, &c., the Algerine fleet being de stroyed, and the town and its fortresSes nearly battered to pieces, the assailants of this nest of pirates, in mercy, cease firing, and their ships sail to a Short distance from the town, to await a final arrangement with the vanquished Dey. The whole exhibition, snaking all due allowances, afforded a very fine and interesting representation of the memorable Bom bardment of Algiers, by the combined English, Dutch, and French fleets. As the " bombardment" will, doubtless, be repeated at intervals throughout the season, the following brief particu lars of the siege, derived principally from the " Narrative of the Expedition to Algiers, in 1816," by A. Salame, Lord Exmouth's interpreter, and which is deemed authentic, may be acceptable, by way of historical reminiscence. The object of the expedition sent out from England, France, and Holland, was t h e a b olition of christian slavery within the Algerine territories, the delivery of all the chris tian slaves in th e ki ng d om, the restoration of the money paid for the redemption of slaves by the King of the two Similes, and the King of Sardinia, and peace with the King of the Netherlands. Admiral Lord Viscount Exmouth, an able veteran, was appointed to the command of the expedi tion, and sailed from Plymouth on the 28th of July, 1816, in the Queen Charlotte three-decker, having been joined by the Minden, Superbe, and Albion, seventy-fours, and several frigates and brigs, making in all a fleet of twenty-five sail, large and small. On the passage to Gibraltar the men were put in exercise at the guns twice a day. On the 9th of August, they anchored in Gibraltar Bay, where they found five Dutch frigates and a corvette, commanded by Admiral Van Cappellan, who had been at Algiers to endea vour to effect the liberation of the Dutch slaves, and make a treaty of peace w ith th e D ey ; b ut hi s f orce being insufficient, he went to Gibraltar to await and join Lord Exmouth's fleet. His lo r d s hi p an d t h e a d m i ra l h a d a friendlyinter view, and the cabin bulkheads being cleared away for action, the fleet weighed anchor on the 14th, the whole amounting to 35 sail, including the ten Dutch vessels and five gunboats taken from Gibraltar. The interpreter was employed in translating Lord Exmouth's letter to the Dey, and the declaration for the abolition of Christian slavery, into the Turkish and Moorish languages. On the 16th they spoke the English corvette Prometheus, and learned from her that the consul's' wife and daughter had escaped disguised as midshipme n , b u t th a t the Dey, having heard of the expe dition against him, had refused to set the consul at liberty, and had put him in chains, and that he had also detained 18 of the crew of that vessel. Lord Exmouth thereupon added to his conditions to the Dey, the immediate liberation of those parties. The captains of each ship were instructed by his lordship as to the position they should take, according to a sketch or plan previously adopted by him. On the 25th they made Cape Cazzina at the northern extremity of Al giers Bay. On the morning of the 27th they were in sight of Algiers, and the interpreter was sent on shore from the Severn, in company with Mr. (afterwards Captain) Burgess, with two letters—one for the Dey, containing the conditions required, and the other for the consul—with a flag of truce. The captain of the port met them in his boat, and the dis patches for the Dey were handed to him at the end of a long stick, with an intimation that an a nswer was expected in an hour. On his stating that an answer on such serious busi ness could not be given so soon, he was to l d he might have two or three hours, but if he did not come by that time they would return on board. H e t h en said two hours was , quite sufficient, and that they should have the Dey's answer by that time. The boat waited a short distance from the fortifications, which are very strong. On the north of the mole, the battery has two tiers of 44 guns, called the Lion's battery. Near is another o f 48 guns, in the middle of which is a lighthouse. This is called the Lighthouse battery; behind it is a larger of three tiers, containing 66 guns, called the Eastern b a tt ery, which is flanked by four others,' con taining 60 guns. O n th e south head of the mole are two sixty-eight pounders, twenty-feet long. The south side of the town is equally strong. The Fish-market battery of 20 guns, and several others, as well as a large castlq. There are also towers round the walls, and two castles upon the hills,--and it is stated that the whole fortifications mounted (at the time) no fewer than 1500 guns. The boat remained half an hour beyond the time specified in the in s t ruc ti ons f or the Dey ' s rep l y , b u t in vain ; .tbey signalled, " no answer given," and returned to the d adi d ni t r i a ta l' i s i ship, - -the interpreter (a timorous man), " more fired upon a th li e ve Apassed through i' g f e r r o i n m e s. T h The Queen apprehension uee o n f being Charlottetr . ac treacherously s tu y l re by of an t d h e boldlym o e anchor) p a to ll o t k h u e p en a e p m o y si ' t s io b n at ( t a e t ries without o fi s r i i t t e lg th a e h g ead , batteries. o ' Ou'r author here says; within 100 yards from its _ o 7 s e e d t a o v t e he t , h l r ir e e e of all cheers abnadttetrhiees tind` l ` nu th sk o e u t g r h y a n - n e t w h 'e e re ea e s x t p , übat teries,pe d a as nw theella s t? t p h e o h galls, e a being rap e c t r e ca t v e d crowded look at t u r s o , op to s, r t o he u y r roadside was higher than their batteries, and they were quite surprised to see a three•decker, with the rest of the fleet, so close to them." At a few minutes before three the first shot was fired from the Eastern Battery by the Algerines at the Impregnable. No sooner did Lord Exmouth see the smoke of the gull, than, without waiting for the report, he said, " That will do ; fire my fine fellows !" and hi s ship instantly poured a broadside upon the enemy, and this was repeated three times within six minutes. The other ships followed the example. It is said that five hundred persons were killed and wounded this first fire of the fiat. The interpreter states—" After the attack took place on both sides in this horrible manner, the sky im mediately became darkened by the smoke, the sun was com pletely eclipsed, and the horizon became dreary." Our poor interpreter became sadly frightened at this juncture, and the Admiral, good-naturedly told him he had done his duty, and had better go below,—which he did, but was as much horri fied by surgical operations going on in the cock-pit. The ac count he gives is exceedingly interesting, and somewhat amusing. He notices the gallant conduct of Lieutenant Johnstone, who, after being once wounded ^ rallied from the cock-pit, and in about two hours after was carried back with a wound, of which he died after 25 days suffering. The Algerines fought desperately for five hours, after which their ardour began to abate. Their frigates successively took fire and many of their batteries were destroyed. The Brit ish seamen never once during the long and fearful contest appeared to fag, but on the contrary derived fresh animation as the contest proceeded. Our author says :—" At 11 p.m. his lordship having observed the destruction of the whole Algerine navy, and the strongest parts of their batteries, with the city, made signal - to the fleet to move out of the line of the batteries; and thus, with a favourable breeze, we cut our cables, as well as the w h o l e o f th e squadron, ande made sail, when our firing ceased about half past eleven." The bombardment lasted nine hours. The town and bat teries presented in many parts little more than a heap of ruins and rubbish, and the people were seen dragging out the dead bodies. The gallant admiral received two wounds in the cheek, and another in the leg; and his coat was so cut up with balls, grape shot, and splinters, that (as says the interpreter), it appeared as if cut to pieces with a pair of scissors. Flow he escaped with his life was a subject of universal surprise. _ At one in the morning the whole fleet anchored in the middle of the bay, and Admiral Van Cappellan, of the Dutch squadron, went on board Lord Exmouth's ship, and paid his respects, highly complimenting his lordship for the gallant position he had taken, which he said, " was the safety and protection of more than 500 of his countrymen. The Dutch, it should be said, did their duty in a most praiseworthy and dauntless manner. After his lordship an chored, he ordered a grand supper to be prepared, to which he invited the officers of his ship, who drunk to the health of every brave man in the fleet. The remaining part of Salam6's narrative is occupied by an account of the negotiations afterwards carried on with the Dey by Lord Exmouth. In the first in stance his lordship in that spirit of humanity which is the characteristic of a British officer, dispatched a letter to " his highness," in which he stated that he was unwilling to visit his atrocities on defenceless Christians, and on the inoffensive inhabitants, and therefore offered him the same terms of peace which he had propounded on the previous day, with the same terms then offered, and requiring the imme diate release of the consul and the officers and men who had been detained in captivity. The refusal, it was stated, would bring upon him a renewal of the bombardment of the city. The result is generally known, but we have not room for de tails. Suffice it to say that the valour of the British fleet achieved all that was desired. When all was placed on a fair footing,•—the slaves released, the money refunded, Chris tian slavery abolished, treaties made and peace concluded, the fleet sailed from Algiers on the 3d of September. On th?. 12th they arrived at Gibraltar, sailed on the 15th, and on the 6th of October anchored at Portsmouth. The whole time occupied by the fleet since it left England was therefore only two months and eight days. The whole of the ships were exposed to a dreadful fire during the action. The Impregnable was hulled by 263 shots. She fired 6,730 round shot. The consumption of powder and shot by the Queen Charlotte and the Impreg nable alone, was 131 tons of powder, and about 120 tons of shot. The total number killed in the British squadron was 160,—and the number wounded 692. The Dutch squadron lost 13 men, and had 52 wounded. The loss of the enemy was not precisely ascertained, but the lowest estimate is from four to five thousand. The British and Dutch fleet are said to have expended in all 118 tons of powder, and 500 tons of shot ! But we must refer our readers to Salame's narrative for the particulars, and conclude by stating, that that author pays a high and deserved tribute to Lord Exmouth, for his adroitness as a diplomatist, and his cool heroic bearing, and apparently youthful alacrity in the hour of danger, though that gallant veteran (since deceased) had then attained his 65th year. In our next we shall notice the Botanic Gardens. THEATRE-ROYAL. Mr. T. P. Cooke was enabled to commence his engage ment on Tuesday night, and he is now performing in the new drama of " Poor Jack," in which. Mr. Buckstone also appears. Both these gentlemen have won for themselves the most gratifying tributes of applause from houses which may be considered, with few exceptions, the best the season has hitherto produced. " Poor Jack" is one of the productions of Mr. Buckstone, who seems to have a wonderful facility in altering, translat ing, and adapting human experience and adventures to the stage. When he keeps within the bounds of his case, he can hit off an individuality or character, as smartly as the most expert adapter, but when he devi ates from the standard before -him, there is a painful absence of connection which neither puns in language nor the ridiculous in situation can atone for. Poor Jack is a production exactly of this kind. The nautical incidents are said in the bills to be taken from an occurrence in the year 1810, and we can readily believe the facts of the occurrence, as there is nothingimprobable in them. The drama in pourtray ing these incidents is natural and affecting, but in the second act, where it unreasonably departs from them for the purpose of inserting the ingenious adapter and his peculiar " pints," it becomes not only absurd, but in some portions it approaches the indecent. The Hon. Mr. Flummery and Mrs. Colonel Fantod are necessary, 5n order that Tim Twopenny (Mr. Buckstone) and Becky may appear ; but so far from forward ing the denouement of the main plot, they retard, and cause the auditory to forget it. Perhaps the adapter may take the last admission for unwilling praise ; he is welcome to it, but to us it appears that the highest commendation would be to say nothing was set down that would cause a blush. The piece, notwithstanding these drawbacks, was received with great applause. At the close Mr. Cooke, who performed the ge nerous sailor, and gave some excellent sentiments with proper emphasis, was called for, and he received the cheers of the audience, but there was not even a whisper for Mr. Buck stone, although, in the progress of the piece, he excited the greatest laughter. " Poor Jack," we perceive, will be repeated this evening and Monday. ADULTERATION OF SOAP. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—So much having been urged upon the public notice of late as to an adulteration of soap, by what the learned professors of Glasgow and London call pipe clay, I beg leave to ask of what consequence it can be as to the various matters used to form that necessary compound, provided it possesses all the properties for which soap is intended? I believe I may say that certain earthy bodies have in themselves strong n detergent or clea ns i ng p ropert i es, which are ot to be found in any of the component parts of ordinary and common soap, except the alkali. It would appear by the Irish papers, that " the finest pi santry" are absolutely cheated by the soaprnakers of Liver pool of about one hundred thousand pounds per annum, by their purchase of this abominable stuff. But let Paddy alone; he wants no chemical tests to ascertain the value of this adul terated soap in comparison with what is called pure soap. But to find out the quantity of water in this pure article, he just pops a couple of pounds into the earthen pipkin, when, by boiling the same until the steam ceases to arise, he finds in the morning, when the residue is cold. he has barely one pound of soap for his 7d. So no more of your blarney about your pure soap. Give me for 3d. a pound the best com pound soap, in which there is solidity, value, and no hum bug, and I'm satisfied. VINDEX. May 20, 1840. GREAT GEORGE-STREET BATHS.---Mr. Bird's, baths in Great George-street, are fitted up with every convenience for the refreshing practice of bathing. Visitors to his estab lishment will find the greatest attention to their comforts ; and we would recommend strangers sojourning amongst us to pay him a visit. ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—A vast congregation attended the adjourned meeting of the Church Missionary Society, at the Amphi theatre, on Tuesday night. The spacious house 's as filled in every part, boxes, pit, circle, and gallery. On the stage were several influential gentlemen of the town, and most of the local clergy. On the motion of the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, the Rev. R. P. Buddicom took the chair. The rev. gentle man called on the Rev. H. Carpenter to open the meeting by prayer. The chairman said, in allusion to the adjournment, that the cry of the ancient church was "make room for me to dwell in, for the place is too narrow for me." The Church Missionary Society reiterated that cry. Many had been in commoded on the preceding night from the pressure, and it was proposed by Mr. M'Neile that they should adjourn to the Amphitheatre. When he looked round him and saw how the call had been answered, considering the insufficient no tice which had been given, he rejoiced, and, as a minister of the church, regarded that answer as indicative of the pro mised spread of the gospel. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. Dr. Byrth, the Rev. Edward Bickersteth, (one of the deputation from the parent society,) the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, and the Rev. J. E. White, each of whom forcibly advocated the missionary cause, and impressed, by forcible reasonings and vivid elo quence, on the assembly the great duty of contributing, to the extent of their power, to promote the spread of the Gospel throughout the world. The chairman addressed the meeting briefly in conclusion ; the doxology, " Praise God, from whom all blessings flow," was sung, and the meeting broke up at ten o'clock. MOST INTERESTING ' DISCOVERY OF ANGLO-SAXON COINS.—On Friday last a large collection of most valuable and interestin,; Anglo-Saxon coins, and other reliques of olden time, was discovered close to the River Ribble, at Cuerdale, near Preston. We understand that some work men were employed in removing some ground on. the banks of the river, which had become undermined by the action of the water, when they turned up an old leaden chest, contain ing about ten thousand of the coins alluded to, several silver bracelets, and a quantity of ingots or bars of sill er. The coins are of silver, and weigh about twenty grains eac:i. Mr. Assheton, of Downham-hall, near Clitheroc, is ti e owner of the property on which the discovery was made, and the chest acid its contents have been removed to the old Bank, Pres ton, until Mr. Assheton,' who is now at Rome, can be com municated with and give instructions as to their disposal. Collectors arc in a furor of excitement about this event.— Blackburn Standard. IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE. — From the earliest ages every country which had attained a permanent degree of prosperity has had the foundation of its riches laid in agricul ture. Egypt supplies the first and most prominent On the other hand, all those states who, confined in their territories, or placed on barren and unimproveable spots, have limited their industry to trade, have been short-lived in their wealth, and have yielded tO the growth of the more I deeply-rooted nations. Tyre, once the emporium of the then known world, and the Italian republics, are trite exarup!es of the ephemeral nature of commercial prosperity when un supported by the firm basis of agricultural industry. The decline of the Roman empire may be dated from the period when it began to depend on its remoter provinces and tri butaries for its supplies of food.—Doncaster Chronicle. REPRESENTATION OF THE HADDINGTON BIIRGIIs. A pretty confident opinion seems to be entertained, in cer tain quarters, that Mr. Robert Steuart must shortly vacate his seat for the Haddington burghs. • It is denied that his re tirement from her Majesty's Treasury arose from his being refused the situation of Under Secretary for Ireland : the mystery of his resignation, therefore, is made so much the greater. But the hon. gentleman is to be provided for in a manner more suitable to his circumstances. It is expected that he will be sent abroad. The great difficulty lies in the justly apprehended loss of the Haddington burghs, which, though involving but a single vote in the House of Commons, is more than ministers can afford in their present ricketty condition. 'We are glad to learn that the conservatives of the burghs are on the alert, and will not be found unprepared for a contest, w h enever a vacanc y ma y take place.—Sc o tti s h Standard. . 1 ; ~, ~• MANCHESTgR.-TIIESDAY EVENING. To-morrow fortnight will decide the Derby Stakes, upon which race so larg e desire a stake is annually pending. 'f he to take 70 to 40 btween the Melody colt now called Song ster) and Launcelot, as noticed by us on - Friday, induced a general opinion, at that time, that a change in the premiership was not improbable. The Launcelot party would not extend their offers yesterday beyond a fraction above 3 to 1 ; how ever, the appearance of the doings in London, last evening, has produced the changes which will be found from the fol lowing limited number-of horses now worth a thought. We may add, that although the room was well attended at noon, there was no energy perceptible —nor any sums of moment laid out : THE DERBY. 70 to 20 against Mr. Etwall's Songster.-3• to 1 offered after in•various sums. 5 to 1 „ Marquis of Westminster's Launcelot.— offered to be taken this evening. 111 to 1 „ Duke of Cleveland's Theon.--1 7. 75 to 10 „ Lord Albemarle's Assassin.--t. 20 to 1 „ Lord Kelburne's Pathfinder. 25 to 1 „ Captain Gardnor's Monop's.—t. 33 to 1 „ Lord Exeter's Velvet colt.—•off. 40 to 1 „ Col. Anson's Black Bess. 40 to 1 „ Lord Chesterfield's Gambia.—t. 1000 to 10 „ Mr. Clarke's Benjamin.—off, Offers to take 8 to 1 Assassin or Benjamin win (7 off.); three beat the field and throw Velvet colt in. Offerg to take 2 to 1 Melody or Theon win, or 2 to 1 Melody and Assassin ; or to take four fifties to one Scott's lot beats Launeelot ; 100 to 5 taken on Gambia and Maroon coupled. 4 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE N .1•:/ I THE MANCHESTER CUP. Since our last observations little has been done on this race ; 4 to 1 is offered against The Shadow, 5 to 1 Bellona, or 5 to 1 each, taking both bets ; 8 to 1 against The Dean, (off.); 10 to 1 against The Cripple, (off.); 10 to 1 against Apothecary, (off) The field against any four ; we have seen Bellona, Shadow, The Dean, and The Cripple, backed to STATE OF TRADE MANCHESTER.—There was another gloomy market yes terday, and prices of yarn were generally about lth lower than on the preceding Tuesday, with a very moderate business doing. The market for cloth of all kinds was also very quiet, and, notwithstanding the extensive turn-out at Stockport, which has, to some extent, diminished the supplies of power loom cloth, the prices of the preceding week were barely supported. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, TAT 18.—There has been a tolerably fair demand to-day for the coarser kinds of flan nels, while those of a finer description have not been so much inquired after. Manufacturers are desirous to obtain a little advance in prices ; but the buyers have generally resisted it, though they have been willing to give the former prices. There has been a better demand for wool ; prices have been firm, and rather looking up. . HUDDERSPTELD MARKET , MAT I9.—We have no change of importance to notice in this day's market. The demand continues very steady, and prices remain firm, with a tendency upwards. Orders arc increasing; and, consequently, work is more plentiful. Business in the warehouses is an average for the season. Goods of the middle and finer• descriptions are most in request.—Manchester Guardian. BLACKBURN.—Our trade has presented no new feature of importance during the past week, except having been more languid and unsatisfactory : and the prospect for some time to come is gloomy, unless it should be dissipated by the re sults of a good harvest which we trust will be fully realized. BARNSLEY.—This town at the present time is infested by a host of daily beggars, principally Irish wo:nen; respectably dressed people cannot go along the streets without being stopped, and even laid hold of by them.—lbid. A gentleman, last week, found a nest of that scarce and beautiful little bird, the golden crested wren, in Ryholie Dene, containing several egos, and was gratified to seethe pair of birds, in beautiful feather, near to the spot.—Newcastle Journal. Prince Albert proceeds admirably in his study of the Eng lish language, and is a tolerable wit. W hen he was thrown from his horse, the other day, in the' Park, he said to his Aide-de-Camp, who dismounted to render him assistance, " Ah, ah ! I thought I had improved in my riding, hut I find that I have fallen of!" QUEER TASTE IN A ROBIN.—A robin has built its nest this season in Mr. Robertson's saw-mill at the New Quay, only a few feet distant from one of the circular saws, where it now sits hatching, evidently delighted with the men, the flapping of belts, and the hungry shriek of the saw when it gets at the wood. Little red-waistcoat must have capital tympana.—Dumfries Herald. A NOVEL IDEA.—In a case of bastardy, at the Wakefield Court House, on Monday, Mr. Wainwright, who appeared for the defendant, endeavoured to get an admission from the mother of the child, that she had been to a fortune-teller, to get to know who was the father of the child ! Of course his labour was in vain, but the idea produced a smile, which could not be repressed by the gravest of their worships on the bench. The weather has been very favourable for the last three days—on Saturday mild and balmy, notwithstanding some smart showers; on Sabbath, dry and sunshiny ; and yester day, although the wind still remained in the north, there was no rain, while the gentle breeze was fitted to dry up the late superabundant moisture. The country never looked more promising in the middle of May.—Scottish Guardian. SQUINTING.—A. most interesting and delicate operation for the cure of strabismus, or squinting, has been lately ap plied to the human eve, with the most perfect success, by Mr. Bennett Lucas. The report of the cases in the medical journals shows, that the operation is unattended with the slightest danger to the organ affected It simply consists in dividing the muscle which draws the eye in the wrong direc tion ; and when this is accomplished, it is impossible to de tect, after the lapse of a few days, which of the visual organs had been the subject of operation. The fact that woodcocks occasionally remain throughout the year, and breed in this country, has this season been es tablished at Netherwitton, the beautiful seat of Raleigh Tre velyan, Esq., near Morpeth. In the romantic wood, a little to the west of the mansion, a woodcock's nest was found about a fortnight ago by the gamekeeper ; it contained four eggs, and soon after four fine young birds left their shells, and are now in the course of being reared by their pnrenta, in a nest prepared for them in the immediate neighbourhood. RIBBLE NAVIGATION IMPROVEMENT.—The excavation of the second length of rock is proceeding most satisfactorily. The rock is considerably harder than that of the last coffer dam, and the contractor has therefore resorted to blasting, which we understand answers the purpose admirably. The channel of the river is already much improved by the clear ance of the rock, and when it is fully completed there can be no doubt of a very important and permanently beneficial effect being produced in this respect.—Preston Chronicle. TEMPERANCE IN PURGATORY ! —An old woman, who some time since joined Father Mathew's Temperance So ciety, being last week on her dying bed, requested that her " medal" should be suspended to her neck after death, and buried with her. On being asked her reason for making this request, she replied—" Wisha, agra, shore it would be worse to dhrink the whiskey in purgatory than here-itself, as the burning within and the burning without would be too bad — so, in the name of God I'll take the meddle, and then it I meets Mick Brien, or any of them ould neighbors that used to be threating me, I can show them the meddle, and faix then they'll not mind making me dhrink in spite of nie,whe t::er I like it or not, as they used to do at the fairs and pat terns." STEAM Pi.ounx.—On Saturday last a trial was made in one of the fields on the estate of Possil, near Glasgow, of the steam plough intended for the cultivation of the sager lands of British Guiana. This trial was completely successful. The machinery consists of two iron boats, one containing a small high pressure steam engine, with a drum, round which the endless chain or rope is coiled, and the other a reversing pulley, by means of which the chain or rope is extended, and allowed to work which ever way is required ; the ploughs are attached to this chain, and made to work. backwards and forwards with great rapidity and accuracy.—Glasgow Herald. CUTTLEFISH.—The noise of this fish, cn being dragged out of the water, resembles the grunting of a hog. When the male is pursued by the sea-wolf, or other ravenous fish, he shuns the danger by stratagem ; he squirts his black liquor, sometimes to the quantity of a drachm, by which the water becomes black as ink, under shelter of which he baffles the pursuit of his enemy. This ink, or black liquor, has been denominated by M. le Cat, alhiope animal, and is reserved in a particular gland. It may serve either for writing or printing, in the former of which ways the Romans used it. It is said to be a principal ingredient in the composition of Indian ink, mixed with rice. MORECOMBE BAY.—We have just seen, says the Lancas ter Guardian, a plan of the great scheme proposed by Mr. Hague, the engineer of the proposed embank inent over More combe Bay, to which is united the project of forming Lan caster into the finest port on the western coast of England. Mr. Hague proposes to carry the Lunc by a canal 150 feet wide, to be cut through the level land from Oxliffe to Poul ton, where the waters, joining those of the Kent in the Bay, would sweep out a deep navigable channel capable of bring ing up the largest vessels. He also proposes to form a float ing dock at Lancaster, to contain 12 acres, having at all times 20 feet of water, with a ship-lock to take ships in and out. Another great feature in the plan is the vast accretion of land. In addition to 52,000 enclosed by the embankment, Mr. Hague expects 20,405 - acres to accumulate on the outside of the embankment, and 26,581 along the shores from Poul ton to the Wyre. The following is Mr. Hague's estimate of the expense and profits : New channel from Lancaster to Poulton Land to be purchased Floating dock at Lancaster Expences in training the rivers and embanking 33,352 164,325 Land reclaimed, 26,581 acres at £25. per acre.. 664,525 Profit. 500,200 EFFECT OF VEGETABLES ON DIFFERENT ANIMALS. — Horses have so great a repugnance to cruciferous plants that they will not touch them, but will feed on reed-grasses, among an abundance of which goats have been known to starve, though they often feed on other vegetables, and will even become fat on water-hemlock, which is rank poison to other quadrupeds. In like manner swine will devour hen bane, while they are destroyed by common pepper; and the horse which avoids the mild turnip will get into flesh by feed ing on rhubarb. It is stated as a curious fact, that man, if he take the scrapings of the rind of alder, scraped one way, it will act as a purgative, but if scraped the contrary way, it will act as an emetic. REMEDY FOR TUE " PLY" IN TURNIPS.—For the pre vention of the ravages of this distructive insect, M. Wundram , a clergyman, at Darste, in Hanover, recommends, from many years' experience, the empinyment of infusion of wormwood road-dust. Boiling water is to be poured on a handful of wormwood, and suffered to stand from 12 to 24 hours, so that it may be perfectly cold ; then put the plants that are to be planted out into the infusion, with the leaves downwards, as far as the stem, so that their roots may not be wet, and then put into a cellar, or some other cool place. In 6,8, or 19 hours afterwards they may ,be planted out, for scarcely an earth-flea-beetle (another name for the same insect) will attack them. The bitterness lasts so long, that the plant seldom requires to he sprinkled in its new station, unless fre quent heavy rains fall soon after the planting it out ; then it would be a good thing, the next fine day, to sprinkle the leaves with the infusion, by means of a whisp of straw. Young plant and seed-beds, whether sown with the various sorts of cabbage and turnip seed, radishes, cress, or tobacco, &c., will likewise be successfully secured from the earth-flea ' beetle by a gentle sprinkling with this infusion of wormwood. Plants may also be rescued from the greedy voracity of these small devastators in a more simple and easy manner, by the application of the second remedy, viz. road dust. The dust of Chalky stones is to be gathered on the road in a tine day, and stowed up in a dry place for future use. As soon as it is perceived that the earth-flea-beetles'appear on the seed or plant-beds, a night must be chosen when a great deal of dew has fallen ; and while the young plants are still wet they are to be thickly sprinkled with the road-dust, till they look as if coveted with powder. Whether the dust is injurious to the bodies generally, or only that by covering: the leaves it obstructs, or is injurious to the action of their masticating organs, is not known ; but the earth-flee -beetles all at once disappear from the seed and plant beds, particularly if the day,maenddi a t t e h l e y d a u ft s e t r i t s h ed firstr ied sun shines brightly the fo ra llo in wi f i eus ig on the plants. If heavy sprinklipg, An d was bes off the dust, it must be repeated as before.