The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-02-17 00:00:00

Feb. 17, 1846 Zoral anb Vroilinrial 13,635. ne Rev. Hugh Stowell, honorary canon of Chester, is d'ftirted t o preach the first ordination sermon in Chester It !dral, on t h e first Sunday in March. e l • has bee n d eterm i ned at P reston, to form a steam twv_lgation company for steamers to ply on the Ribble, be bti Liverpo o l and Preston, and porta in Ireland. l o u ring the recent fatal illness of Peter Bourne, Esq., ne i - street; among other acts of liberality he presented t ation of fifty guineas to the Liverpool Dispensaries. tea r . 13 °4 of a child was found on Tuesday in the canal, h ° ,, 'et. been Helen's, in a state which left little doubt that it 4 Z d. eo n , CU MPany from Manchester has erected extensive and q Stare b o u f i s l t d a i r o c g h s . at Sulby Glen, Isle of Man, for the is building across the Railway at Broad-green, 14 4 ill, when completed, enable the public to cross ..tailvry at that point, without any risk. 41„:! appears from an advertisement in the London papers, bon the offic e of Vice Principal in the Collegiate Institu -41,,wi1l shortly be vacant. The salary is £3OO per annum. vi t ro Rev. Hugh M'Neile has consented, in compliance r se .,!t request from the society, to be present at the annual b e i;i'ing of the Manchester Protestant Association to be tp,the first week in March. S od a Earl of Harrowby, Viscount and Lady Frances fr o u n and family, have arrived in Grosvenor-square '4 1 3 Sandon Hall, for the season. The venerable Earl is e e njoyment of excellent health. li,„:r• SIMON' S DISTRICT.—The Bishop of Chester has C ri p Se d the Rev. J. Connor to perform dime service in th e Co ncert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, on Sundays, during „ ti me which will be occupied in rebuilding the church Ir lou cester-street. seers eeed weORN CHURCH.—It has been determined to pro se' ith the erection of the new parish church immedia- Id,' Miss Orred declined having the church built on her reie" .C3OOO has been borrowed on security of the church r , s, and contracts are to be advertised forthwith. 'n Thursday, as a lorry and two horses were proceed •:lg al te l s ang Cherry-lane, the chain horse slipped into a cut e., g which had been recently formed for the purpose of iitan:tructing a sewer. Two men were in the sewer at the sei.i• appily, they escaped unhurt, and the horse was ased vgithout much injury. nE DISPUTE WITH A BENEFIT:SOCIETY.—On Fri 0-11Y, Mr. Rushton confirmed his decision in the late dis sh.te,relative to the expulsion of three of the members of loe: i ttd of Erin District Lodge of the Order of Oddfel tile';' r. Grocott not being able to show that the rule of bet e ' oe lety under which the case had been brought was an ,rPolation to the original rules. 17,.."TEALING A MUSICAL Box.—On Saturday, Edwin Pa Was committed for trial on a charge of stealing a k l isical box belonging to Mr. Hamilton, solicitor for the ra ses brewery. He sold the article to Mr. Isaac Shi -4"Beusky, a general dealer, in Whitechapel, for 255., but bills of the robbery having been printed, the box was I)Rerinstontoerthe central station, and on the following day the was apprehended. RURAL DEANERIES.—The Lord Bishop of Chester has th le e ou „gilt fit to restore the rise of rural deans throughout uiocese Liverpool has been divided into two such °fettles, the one embracing all the churches to the north n t_ eut tp ' hi. b e don_ soa d and the other all those to the south, to with the ' churches of Edge-hill and Toxteth-park. former, the senior rector of Liverpool has been 7S P L P° A irl . s tl r d; tO the ' latter the Rev. J. Jones, incumbent of w's. Ye h eHI LD ROBBED OF ITS CLOTHES.—On Wednesday, a trial %Oman ' named Jane Horrocks, was committed for e i r lte charged with having robbed a little boy, of his ei l ljra, in D a l e - s t ree t. O n th e p rece di ng e ven i ng , th e kt who was about five years' old, was playing in the le r ,, -e lo when the prisoner got bold of him, and took off eirildiacket and trousers. She then made off, leaving the s ° , l ,w.,thout any article of covering, except the pinafore Shirt. The lad who witnessed the occurrence, followed e,Prisoer, and succeeded in having her apprehended. ''Reea.Rs. On Wednesday seventeen informations eia re heard against parties, for allowing cellars to be occu p', as habitations, contrary to the provisions of the An-ea;t,ll Improvement Act. They were in most cases os. each and givens cots, and ordered to get the cellars ,eared within a period. The stipendiary magistrate ilPressed himself to the effect that a residence in such aiid ac es must obviously tend to the production of disease, that the poor who inhabited cellars ought to feel the -.s ee . G a sltY of quitting them without delay. neNo.—On Thursday, upwards of 5000 tons of guano j o r i e offared by auction, consisting of Peruvian, Chilian, I I a ", Saldanah Baj, Possession Island, and Walls 8 and 44 •T he attendance was more numerous than on 10 Y Previous occasion, and the bidding, for the better t o r ,t,s, was spirited ; the inferior there was no disposition v ay• The following sold :-150 tons . Peruvian,. at £9 12 • t s• 6d. to £0 15s. per ton ; 300 tons Chili/in, at X 5 ss. •C 5 12s fid • nearly 1,600 tons Ichaboe, at X 6 10s. to 17 ' a. 6d. ; 30 tons South African, at E 4 ; 30 tons daubsSal j,„ Bey, at £4 ss. in bulk ; 10 tons Walls Island, at C -1 4 a. bd. No. Possession Island sold, being all taken 41 for want of buyers. In addition to the above, the sales the week are 2,000 tons, by private. KEEP FAST YOUR STREET DOORS !—On Tuesday Week, five great coats wee stolen from th lobby of the hous e of Mr. Councillor Chalmers, 118, e Islington, by aelne person who oened the door and abtraced the booty without being p discove re d . The same s day, t four of them were offered for sale to a tailor, named John Bolton, 61, Great Crosshall-street, who, suspecting they were S tolen, detai ne d them and the lad ran away. The lad, whose n ame was William Stone, was taken on Monday, and 4 , 41 On Tuesday brought before Mr. Rushton, when he Wlcommitted for trial. On Wednesday, the fifth coat IV Dwoeffered at Mr. Moss's pawn-office, and the man who hp 7 d it not being able satisfactorily to account for his . le g . liv• PosLession, he was committed for trial. His name ilnilliarn Croft. P ri rAL INSTITUTION.—At the annual meeting on w ee a l' , the report read contained a suggestion, which c a4 cPted by the meeting, for appointing a committee tyre, to confer with the Town Council, relative to car p.ng out the provisions of Mr. Ewart's bill, which em e”tera the levyi ng o f a rate by the Town Council in snp- Th- of a museum devoted to the use of the community. e Pr esident seemed to think that this act might be al %reed' so as to meet the case of the Royal Institution, trai k re an excellent museum already exists, and which bli: h ut be still further extended, together with the esta the of professors and popular lectures, of which P ublic might avail themselves, provided the necessary t ind fe m ., B under the provisions of Mr. Ewart's bill were f s '` ‘ , "coming. The schools of the Royal Institution are ke.erably progressing. .SAULT AND ROBBERY.—On Thursday, Patrick Kelly e ll charged with assualting and robbing Mr. Wm. Bell, ~,erio resides in Eldon-place. On Monday night, between and ten o'clock, as the complainant was standing at 4 b ottom of Eldon-place, the prisoner came up and 1 1 id him fora gl a ss o f al e . Co m pl a i nan t, i n re ply, sai d, D eo ° l l are an impudent fellow," and gave him three half %hie!: "Is this all ?" inquired the prisoner, and then ailC k ` his hands into Mr. Bell's pocket, and took out a -Ite d ;', a ndkerchief. A struggle ensued between the parties, `ne bil prisoner struck Mr. Bell violently, when he fell. lis t e be was on the ground, two men came up and as seved the pr i soner i n ma l treat i ng hi m, an d ki c k e d hi m ti ek e ral times. The prisoner made his escape, but, on a li e ; cr iPtion being given to the police-officer, he was appre teja;led on Wednesday. The prisoner was committed for Ts / N an Rev. R. P. BUDDICOM.—The above rev. gentl tesid 80 long known and so much beloved during his aes tn e lice in this neighbourhood, is about to have pre toe ;..,u to hi m , by th e s t u d en t s an d others belonging to Of ,k , ollege o f S t. B ees, o f w h ic h h e is P rincipal, a piece eBl3,iate, whi ch may now b e seen at t h e s h op of Mr. Mayer, Ord-street, who has made it in every respect appro ei,' and befitting the occasion. It is alarge oval silver le e ; e r, the border of which is formed of the vine, the ov er es and grapes entwining around the outer edge and t the stems which form the handles. On the flat of se tt piter are four compartments left amidst an elegant *hi e '," pattern, arranged from the Acanthus leaf, in p," are engraved in the principal oval a view of the ory ?able Church of St. Bees, with the College pre the ' t on the prime side are enjoined heraldic bearings of Sid e " Principal founders of the College. On the sinister he a re the arms of the rev. Preceptor, to whom it is to hoilic'e s ented, and at the base of the waiter is a v i gne tt e of tau 8 ' B, c. In the centre is a suitable inscription io te ei l l n• The salver is every way worthy of Mr. Mayer's r eputati on as a designer and man of taste. ev en 9LY TRINITY SCHOOLS, BIRKENHEAD.—On Friday t 0 th i ng the secon d ann i versary o f t h e new sc h oo l s attac h e d br,, t ',church of the Holy Trinity, Birkenhead, was celn tlse,,e? by the tea party, given to the parents of the chil then 14 the school rooms. about 260 of whom partook of th e lePirin g beverage. A number of ladies presided at tee d ' e a tables, and many gentlemen were present to at ope,, t o their poorer neighbours. The proceedings were the - fl ed by the children singing the Te Deum, Mr. Turvey, aes ° V . ,ganist o f T r i n ity Ch urc h, accompany i ng th em on a spuratue sent for the occasion. Aft e r t ea , the na ti ona l Fer r er ' was rung, and a beautiful anthem composed by Il t ;p ati ,t• The R ev . J. B a yl ee , i ncum b en t o f T r i n ity dr e ,' B e r. , , then d e li vere d an a d m i ra bl e an d appro p r i a t e ad °f t b ' which he endeavoured to impre ss on the minds Ris e e People th e necess it y o f en f orc i ng th ose l essons Ly : 1 to the c hild ren a t sc h oo l b y t h e i r examp l e a t h ome , by i r r egular atte n d ance a t c h urc h, b y f am ily p ra y e r, a nd addr:quent communion. The tender and affectionate Pe et r i a of thi s f a i t hf u l pas t or was li s t ene d to wi th res it a ttention, and it appeared to make the impression were i ntended to produce. The interesting proceedings 4,te Shyinstructed in these excellent schools. On Satur abd t:_ er noon the children are to be regaled with buns 1 4 4 ,.`' tab -Cl inING PLACES FOR SERVANTS.—On Monday, a to C r ag tried before the Recorder, of material importance tl ete lP , ers of register-offices, and John Thompson was in hii„ ,ir obtaining the sum of 2s. 6d. from a man named 4 .431 r0, under the pretence of procuring him a situation l'hoh,"Pirit vaults, in Copperas-hill, belonging to a Mr. ,evi: Pe on, of Moorfields, but who. it turned out, had +lira: authorised the prisoner to engage any person for Pri k nor was he, indeed, in want of such a person. The Debii ll n e,r, in his defence, stated, that he had heard in a !ler ee s7nouse that Mr. Thompson was in want of a man to I ,U t ssi fi n i, his bar, and he, consequently, considered himself ~q t at in Putting it into his list of persons wanted, and `Kitl e - :.,he referred Malcol to Thompson, he was liable. The juryhowever, found the prisoner Op 'le and the R ecor d er , i n pass i ng sen t ence , commen t e d l i ed cruel practice of obtaining money from servants ered , . ~tuous persons, who can ill spare it. under the pre tower or procuring them situations which they have no 0 04 or authority to obtain from them, and exciting ,rs te ° , 111 3 7 to destroy them. He said, it was clear that no f "eo:f; 'lad a right either to profess or assume to engage ro ll , tor situations unless they had a direct authority Rherperties wanting them to do so, and, as an example to he should sentence the prisoner to ten months' -went. FATAL ACCIDENTS.—On Saturday night week a child, five years old, was burned to death through its clothes catching fire.—A poor old man, named Trodden, was killed on Saturday evening, in Athol-street, by. the upset ting of a cart of stones on him while he was in the act of loading. GUARDIAN SOCIETY DINNER.—On Thursday evening the annual dinner of this society took place at the Royal Hotel, Dale-street. Upwards of 100 members- were pre sent. The Mayor bad been invited to attend; but was prevented by an engagement in London. The chair was filled by the retiring chairman, Mr. Thomas Bage, and the vice-chair by the president elect, Mr. James Denton. The speeches were of the usual staple, and on the ordi nary subjects. One of the speakers urged the necessity of providing the secretary, Mr. Reay, with a substantial proof of their approbation. Loss of THE BAYFlELD.—lntelligence was on Monday received that this vessel, which was the property of Mr. Tobin, and engaged in the African trade, has been struck by lightning off the coast of Africa. The storm was one of the most dreadful ever experienced, even on that fiery coast, and soon after the Bayfield was struck she was found to be in flames. In a short time the captain and crew were compelled to take to the boat, and leave the ship to her fate. They remained in the boat for eight days, suffering the greatest hardships, but were at length so fortunate as to reach Sierra Leone. LADIES' CHARITY.—The general annual meeting was held on Wednesday. The total income for 1845, was £947 Bs. 2d., while the expenses were £lll3 ls. 2d., the deficiency having been supplied from the balance produced from a former year, and which was now reduced to £135 10s. The number of persons relieved was 1999, being a decrease of 281 on the year preceding. The report went on to state that the number of patients had increased with the increasing population of the town. During the last five years they had amounted annually, on an average, to 2164, while the subscriptions were not so large as they were 30 years ago, when the number of patients did not reach half its present number. COMMITTAL OF POLICE-OFFICERS. -- On Tuesday, two officers belonging to the Liverpool constabulary, Nos. 255 and 593, were dismissed the' force, and ordered to be committed for trial, for having assaulted a man named Hugh Higgins, in Great Howard-street, apparently without having received any provocation. One of the officers was intoxicated, and the other denied having struck the complainant.—On Thursday, Police constable Wm. Williamson, No. 305, was dismissed for striking and assaulting Fanny Clark, near the King's Dock, at about two o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, to which place she had gone at that early hour to meet her hus band, a mate of a vessel telegraphed off Holyhead the preceding afternoon. _ _ _ • CHURCH OF ENGLAND YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY FOR AIDING MISSIONS AT HOME AND ABROAD.—We per ceive that an auxiliary to this society is about to be formed in Liverpool, and that it is to receive the advocacy of the Rev. F. Close, of Cheltenham, as well as some of our local clergy, under the presidency of Adam Hodgson,Esq. Our young friends and fellow-townsmen will, doubtless, attend the meeting, at the Commercial Hall, this (Tues day) evening—especially the very numerous and respecta ble class of young gentlemen who are engaged in the offices of merchants, and in other professional avocations. They will, most probably, feel thankful that such an opportunity should be afforded to them to engage in works of benevo lence and charity, and many of whom, we dare say, will speedily enrol themselves as members of this society. Loss OF THE SHIP HEYwooD.—On Saturday week the ship Heywood, Captain Blacklock, of this port, bound hither from the coast of Africa, with a valuable cargo of elephants' tusks, palm oil, &c., in a strong gale from N.W. being in a leaky state and unable to weather Holyhead, put about and made for Llandwyn, off which she came to anchor. The violence of the gale, however, drove her a considerable distance, and at length she struck on the spit of the North Bank. The Llandwyn and Carnarvon life boats put out, and landed the whole of the crew. On Wed nesday an ineffectual attempt was made to tow the ship into Carnarvon. On Thursday, the masts having been cut away, the attempt was renewed by the Cambria and Erin- go-bragh steamers, and the vessel having been got afloat, she was safely towed to anchorage off the new pier. The whole cargo will be secured uninjured, and it is stated that the ship will be sent round to Liverpool and sold. ATTEMPT TO INJURE THE REV. MR. CORDEAUX.— We regret to learn, that during the time the Rev. Mr. Cordeaux, the respected incumbent of St. Silas' Church, Pembroke-place, was preaching on the evening of Wed nesday week, a ruffian threw a stone through one of the gallery windows, evidently with the intention of striking the reverend gentleman. The pane of glass was broken to pieces, and the congregation were greatly alarmed. Fortunately the stone fella short distance from the pulpit, and into one of the pews. Mr. Cordeaux, after a pause, continued his discourse. Several gentlemen rushed out of the church fer the purpose of finding the miscreant, but we regret to say their search was useless. No cause can be assigned for the daring outrage, as perhaps there is not a clergyman in Liverpool possessed of kinder feel ings, or more genuine Christian philanthropy, than the incumbent of the church in question. A DODGE.—On Monday, at Manchester, several young men attended the borough court for the pdrpose of com plaining against some persons who had recently opened an agency office, at 47, King-street, in that town, and whose advertisements have caused a great number of per sons to apply to them for situations. It was shown in evidence that several persons had paid money with the view of procuring situations ; but, upon calling at the office, they could not receive any satisfaction, neither would their money be returned. On information being given to the police, officers went to the office, where they found two men, who stated their names and addresses to be " John Boyle, 8, Cresswell-street, Ardwick," and " John Morgan, 10, Cresswell-street, Ardwick," and said that they were clerks, and that their principals were Messrs. Atkinson and Smedley, 117, Dale-street, Liver pool. Two letters were read before the magistrates, dated ' 117, Dale-street, Liverpool," which left no doubt that all the proceedings of these alleged " agency societies" are fraudulent. Mr. Walker, the magistrate, thought the case at present did not come within the jurisdiction of the court; but the case in a few days will be renewed. LIVERPOOL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. —The annual meeting of the proprietors was held on Thursday. The report stated, that during the year a fur ther issue of shares had been made, by which the position of the company had been materially improved. The pre mium realized on those shares amounted to £17,805, and it was deemed most accordant with the permanent inter ests of the company to carry it to the credit of the re served surplus fund. The amount of business in the fire department had exceeded considerably that of any previous year, and modifications had been made in the rate of charges; they were also prepared to make further reduc tions, as soon as it could be done prudently. The life de partment was such as to give promise of an adequately re munerative return. The directors recommended a dividend to be declared of la per cent., and that there be taken from the premiums a bonus of ss. per share, which the extraordinary success of the year would fully warrant; deducting from those two sums the amount of interest, at 5 per cent., on the unpaid portion of the capital, and the remainder from the balance at the credit of profit and loss, there would be left the sum of £31,504 Ils. 6d., as a guarantee fund against current risk beyond the amount of £117,805 at the credit of the reserved surplus fund. With reference to the amount due upon shares, in respect of which the first instalment of £2 20s. has not been paid, it had not been deemed requisite to make any tall during the past year ; but as intimation had been given that some of the proprietors would prefer paying up the sum which was due from them, the directors were ready to receive it. The report was adopted. It was also decided that the di vidend proposed should be paid. NEW MODE OF PROPELLING AND NAVIGATING STEAM VESSELS.—A model of a steam-boat, constructed on a new method of propulsion, and patented by Messrs. J. and M. W. Ruthven, of Scotland, engineers, has for some days past been exhibited at the office of Mr. P. R. M'Quie, Water-street, and has also been tried on our river. From the printed description it appears that " under the engine is a round iron case, having communication on the under side, at the centre, with a large flat pipe, going from thence towards the bow of the vessel, near which it has a free communication with the water, by apertures through the bottom of the vessel. The water thus enters the round iron case in which there is a wheel, having a shaft through a stuffing-box on the upper side of the round iron case. On this shaft cranks are formed, and to these the piston of the engine is attached. The power of the steam-engine is solely applied to revolving the wheel in the iron case. The wheel is made something like a fan-wheel, so that on revolving it carries round the water with it. The water, being revolved, presses towards the outer rim of the case with a force proportionate to the speed, and according to centrifugal force. At each side of the rim of the iron case there is an aperture and pipe, conveying the water from the case to each side of the vessel, where a nozzle, or bent pipe, discharges it outside of the vessel. This nozzle, or bent pipe, which is above the water line, is so arranged that it can be turned by the seamen on deck, so as to discharge the water either to the bow or stern. When made to discharge the water towards the stern, the vessel goes a-head ; when towards the bow, the vessel goes a. stern ; when pointed downwards, the vessel remains stationary. During these operations, the engine does not require either to be altered or stopped. It may be mentioned that one nozzle may be altered without the o her, so that having one pointed towards the stern, and the other towards the bow, the vessel goes round." Such is the description given by the inventors, who add, that it possesses many advantages over the paddle-a heel or screw, which they enumerate in detail; and which it would certainly have, provided the power of an ordinary engine proportioned to the vessel were sufficient to expel the water by the nozzles with sufficient force to propel the vessel at an adequate speed— , f which, however, we entertain great doubts ;—for as that force "consists (by their account) in the expulsion of water, expelled ac cording to the law of centrifugal force," may the same force not greatly neutralize the effort of the water to enter the round iron case? Amongst the advantages stated are greater speed than by paddle-wheels, and, in their absence, the vessel retaining her full sailing properties—easy back ing, turning, and stopping,—a uniform and smooth mo tion, &c. If we mistake no', the principle assimilates itself to that of the fire-engine, which, while the water flows into it at one part, ejects it forcibly by the pipe (or nozzle ;) but how a strong propelling power can be ob tained by the mere injection of water into water, through a pipe, is to us a mystery, though we shall rejoice to find it realized. Supposing, too, that one of the nozzles is submerged by the heeling over of the vessel, and the other is lifted several feet from the surface by the same operation, what becomes of the strong propelling power of either ? We are bound to state, however, that at the trial of the model, of 12 feet long, at Rock Ferry, on Tuesday last, a contemporary states that great satisfaction was given, and that the average speed attained was very considerable, though it was not precisely ascertained. Precisely the same principle, but rather differently applied, was tried here many years ago, but was abandoned, three or four knots an hour being all that could be obtained by the application of steam. WALLASEY LADIES' CHARITY.—The third anniver sary ball in support of this excellent institution took place on Thursday last at the Egremont Hotel, and, as at the the two former assemblies. was attended by abou 300 ladies and gentlemen, including most of the principal families of the neighbourhood, and also a sprinkling of belles and beaux from Liverpool. Mrs. Maddock, of Manor House, Sea Bank, the lady-patroness, received the company with much courtesy, and the polite services of the stewards rendered the meeting a very delightful and spirited affair. The supper was well furnished with sub stantial and elegant delicacies suitable for the occasion by the worthy hostess, Mrs. Sharples. The band, which was ably led by Mr. Parker, played during the night a good selection of fashionable quadrilles, waltzes, and polkas. Amongst those present were :—the Hon. Lloyd Kenyon, Major Fletcher and two Misses Fletcher, Maddock, Esq., and family, Manor House, Thomas Murray. Esq. and family, Henry Winch, Esq. and lady, John Halliday. Esq. and lady, T. B. Hughes, Esq. and lady, Harold Littledale, Esq., William Mann, Esq. and lady, James Twiname, Esq. and lady, S. F. Symonds, Esq. and lady, T. G. Bateson, Esq. and lady, James Bu chanan, Esq.. T. S. Willett, Esq. and party, Wm. Nes bitt, Esq., John Whitaker, Esq., W. Whitaker, Esq., John Leyland, Esq. and family, Mr. Boultbee, Miss Boultbee, &c. CAUTION TO BURIAL SOCIETIES.—The papers, a few days since, contained a paragraph to the effect that Mr. Rushton had ordered the legal Friendly Burial Society to refund money to the widow of one of the deceased mem. bers. One of the collectors of the society had been en deavouring to get the coffin made by a relative, and when the widow refused to permit him, be alleged that there were arrears owing by her husband. Mr. Rushton said there appeared to be some jobbing on the part of the so.. ciety, which he would put a stop to. On Tuesday, the secretary and four or five other members attended at the court for the purpose of explaining that the act was that of the collector, and that the society had nothing to do with it. Mr. Rushton said that, if so, the collector ought to be dismissed. He then observed, that he had read a letter from one of the members to the effect, that every person who received £5 for a death was compelled by the treasurer (in whose house the society was kept) to take 4s. worth of drink. The secretary admitted this to be true. Mr. Rushton remarked with great severity upon such an exaction. He called it a gross imposition, and said that there were 830 funerals within the last six months, upon which the sum of 4s. each was charged. He declared that if the persons who had submitted to the imposition came before him and made a complaint, he should order every shilling of the money to be refunded by the society. The secretary said the rule was about to be abolished. Trill FORCE or CONSCIENCE.—A:young man, named Henry Williams presented himself at Worship -street po lice-court a few days since, and stating that he had com mitted a robbery in October last, asked the gaoler to take him into custody. The gaoler was incredulous; and, thinking be was being hoaxed, was about to shut the door in the man's face ; but the self-accuser forced his way into the passage and exhibited such determination to become a prisoner, that the gaoler at length admitted and questioned him, when he stated that at the time before mentioned he was in the service of a hair-dresser and to bacconist, named Bell, at Eccles, in Lancashire, and being called upon to serve an Irish cattle-jobber with some snuff, observed that the customer placed a canvas hag upon the counter while gratifying his olfactories, and went out without it. On examining the bag, which he was induced to do from surprise at its weight, he found between 80 and 90 sovereigns in it, and the value being too great a temptation for his honesty, he immediately absconded, without any notice to his employer, to Liver pool. There he spent the whole of the money in less than a fortnight. and being afraid to return to his friends at Eccles and Manchester, came to town in search of employment; this he succeeded in obtaining at two houses in Old-street. but the robbery he had committed brought on such a depression of spirits that for the re lief of his mind he resolved upon surrendering himself. The young man's statement has been found to be quite correct, and he is in custody at Manchester. WEST DERBY UNION.—At the meeting on Tuesday, the Board were informed by the Poor-law Commissioners on the subject of the interment of poor dying in the Union Workhouse, that the Board may, at its option, send the bodies of such persons to be interred in the parishes to which, severally, they may have been chargeable ; but the Board may, also, send such bodies to be buried in other consecrated ground in or belonging to the parish or place in which the death may have occurred. And the Commissioners give it as their opinion that the minister of such parish or place cannot legally refuse to inter such bodies, although the parties were not settled in his parish, nor for such interments make an extra chprge. The Commissioners declined to make any alteration in the plans for dividing the Union into districts, for dispensing outdoor relief to the poor.—Mr. Roskell moved that the Board proceed to carry into effect those plans ; but Mr. Smith moved, that as the majority of the Guardians were not present when the plans were carried, and were taken by surprise, the Commissioners have copies of the minutes sent to them, with a repetition of the request that the Board may reconsider the proposed schemes. On a divi sion, the votes being even, the Chairman gave his vote in favour of the amendment. Mr. Lloyd, on being called on to move that steps be taken for the appointment of a distinct medical officer for Toxteth-park, in the place of Mr. Harbord, resigned, expressed a wish to defer his motion ; and, on his proceeding to assign his reason, Mr. Harbord, who was in the room, requested to be heard. To this Mr. Lloyd objected, and expressed an opinion that Mr. Harbord should be requested to leave the room; on which Mr. Shaw insisted on the right of Mr. Harbord to remain. Several Guardians began to express their views on the occasion. In the disorder, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. E. P. Hughes, and Mr. Mountfield, guardians of the Park, left the room. An animated, and, at times, angry dis cussion ensued. Mr. Harbord was quietly heard. Vari ous letters and memoranda were read and referred to ; and the matter ended in Mr. Roskell, on his own part, renewing the dropped notice of Mr. Lloyd ; to be brought on on Tuesday (this day). Docx COMMITTEE.—The tender of Messrs. Tayleur, Sanderson, and Co., of Warrington, for thirty-seven pontoons for the landing stages was accepted. Forty shillings were ordered to be paid to the master and thirty shillings to each of the crew of the Point of Ayr life-boat for their services in rescuing the crew of the Mary, wrecked on West Hoyle. Mr. Mann said it was gratify ing to find that none of the recent disasters off the port had been occasioned in consequence of any disarrange ment of the light-ships or buoys.—Mr. Ripley said one of the pilots' committee had said that day to him, that they had too many lights. He supposed he said so in extenu ation of the pilot who lost his (Mr. Ripley's) ship the Bencoolen. The vessel saw the light, and proceeded right on until she was lost on Taylor's bank. One of the crew had just told him that the light was right ahead, and that the light they were running for was Crosby light. It was reported that the Bencoolen was not in order; that she could not steer, from the rudder chains being foul ; but eight of the crew were saved, and they declare that the vessel was in perfect order.—The chairman said the concurrent testimony of all parties examined before the Committee of Parliament was, that the Liverpool lights were as perfect as it was pessible to make them.—Mr. Aikin said they were so perfect that a ship might come in almost with more safety in the night than in the day.— Mr. Ripley said he understood the pilot was suspended either for drunkenness (Mr. Aikin,—No, no) or for get ting a vessel on shore, that he had been twenty months unemployed, and only lately taken on.—Mr. Aikin said that was not the proper board to discuss this matter.—Mr. Ripley ; No, but when reports are abroad that my ship would not steer, and so on, in order that the odium might fall on the owner, it is quite right to explain, as far as I can, the cause of the accident. I hope that, before the coroner's inquest, some inquiry will take place, and let the blame rest in the proper quarter.—Mr. Aikin said it was a positive rule that a pilot once dismissed for drun kenness was never restored. Mistakes would occur. He had a vessel lost the other day, in consequence of the party in charge mistaking the right hand from the left. Ile took the coast of France for the coast of England; took his course accordingly, and went ashore. Haigh's tender for clothing for the dock-gatemen was accepted. A memorial from the owners and tenants of property in Wapping required for the new dock, praying for the insertion of a compensation clause in the dock bill, was referred to the Parliamentary Committee. HIGHWAY BOARD.—At the usual meeting, on Thurs day, a specimen of sandstone was produced by the sur veyor, which was thought might be made to supersede that now in general use for paving the streets as well as the wood pavement. It was decided to try. A letter was read from Mr. Stanistreet, the solicitor to the Har ri ngton Water Company, to the effect that that company .was not indisposed to enter into negotiations for the dis posal of the company's work. Mr. Walthevv moved that the parliamentary committee be recommended to enter into a treaty with the Harrington Company for the pur chase of their works, subject to the approval of the board and the parishioners. Mr. Denton seconded the motion. Several of the members wished to know where the money was to come from, and said that the rates would be ex tended three times as much as they are. It would take Is. 6d. in the pound to pay the interest of the money re quired. Mr. Tinne considered the board ought to have some comprehensive engineer's report as to the best means of supplying the town with water. They could not pos sibly know how they were going on until inquiry had been made, and a proper report presented. Mr. Glad stone said he would yield to no member of the board in an anxious desire to have the town supplied with water. He protested, however, against expending large sums of money, until the requisite calculations had been made. They were already involved in a measure, not sanctioned by the ratepayers, which would cost £lBO,OOO, and he considered the price an extravagant one. lie did not see what the board had to do with these things—their duty was to take care of the streets and highways, and nothing else ought to come within their province. It was the business of the corporation to supply the town with water, and he did not see how they could better lay out their money, and he (Mr. G.) would rather join the board in a strong remonstrance to the Corporation, requiring them to take what he believed to be essentially necessary for the whole of the inhabitants. The question was, if a sup ply must be had, whether they could not get it on more reasonable terms by not having anything to do with either of the companies, but, at all events, the money should not come out of any money which the board was called upon to raise. If they borrowed money, they would not get it under five per cent., and to call upon the ratepayers for any such sum, would be, in his opinion, exceeding the powers invested is them. Mr. Walthew said he thought the Highway Board were the proper parties to supply the town with water, and he did not think the tax would amount to is. 6fl. in the pound. Mr. Walthew's motion was carried by a majority of nine to five. For the mo tion—Messrs. Aspinall, Guyton, Leyland, Proctor, Wal thew, Denton, Cooper, Kaye, and the chairman. Against, —Messrs. Lawrence, Higgins, Kilshaw, Gladstone, and Tinne. A public meeting of the inhabitants is to be called to consider the subject. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH DAILY AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS, TOXTRTH-PARK.—A spacious and elegant building, in the early English style of architecture, has re cently been erected at the extreme end of Grafton -street, for the accommodation of the children of the poor in the neighbourhood. The edifice being erected a little distance from the footwalk, the architect has introduced a neat projecting doorway, access to , which is had by two flights of steps running right and left. The school-rooms which are spacious and lofty, are• three in number : the lower room is for the accommodation of boys, the middle one for infants, and the upper story for girls. Great attention has been paid to the comfort of the scholars, and the thorough ventilation of the whole of the rooms. On the ground floor are two rooms, which are intended, in addi to two large yards at the rear, for play-grounds during un favourable weather; but should the upper rooms be found too small, this part of the building can easily be converted into school-rooms, making altogether five roans, which will accommodate upwards of 800 children. At the back of the main building two houses have been erected for the accommodation of the master and mistress. The whole of the building was contracetd for by. Mr. Parr of Litherland, and will cost upwards of £2300, which sum has already been collected,—John Gladstone, Esq. of Fasque, who erected and endowed the church, at his own expense, gist.. ing £6OO. On Tuesday last, the schools were opened by a bazaar for the sale of fancy articles. Several of the stalls were provided by private individuals, and one, which was considered a valuable one, by the teachers of St. Simon's school. In the evening a tea party was held, when up wards of 300 persons were present. The rooms were decorated with flags, banners, and wreaths of artificial flowers. Among the clergy and ether gentlemen present were the Rev. Mr. Gibbons, the Rev. C. A. Graham, of St. James's, the Rev. Mr. Cowan, of Christ Church, the Rev. Mr Hunter, of St. Saviour's, the Rev Fielding Ould, and the Rev. Mr. Butler, incumbent of St. Thoma's, several of whom addressed the meeting. A few of the members of the choral society had kindly lent their ser vices, and the evenings entertainments were pleasingly varied by a choice selection of anthems and glees. The company separated about ten o'clock. On Wednesday, a second tea party was held. As on the previous evening, a large number retired to the supper room after tea, and were addressed by the Rev. J. Jones, of St. Andrew's, the Rev. Mr. Carpenter, of St. Michael's, the Rev. Mr. Cuthbert, of Christ Church, and the Rev. W. Butler, of Thomas's. The proceedings were enlivened by the sing ing of glees and choruses. In the evening some of the remaining articles were sold by auction. In addition to Mr. John Gladstone's £6OO, the Earl of Sefton gave £250 ; Mr. Matthew Gregson, £5O ; Robert Gladstone, Esq., £lO ; Mr. Worthington, £5 ; Mrs. Worthington. £5, in addition to £lO from each of the two latter towards the erection of the schools ; the National School Society, £4OO. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS. CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 11.—At a congregation held this day the following degrees were conferred :—Hon. Master of Arts—Hon. J. H. Nelson, Trinity College.—Bache lors of Arts.—C. W. Cavendish, Trinity College; and B. J. Wood, St. John's College. The Archbishop of Canterbury completed his 80th year on Thursday. The Rev. F. Wickham, late Fellow of New College, Oxford, has been elected second master of Winchester College. The Lord Bishop of Landaff has contributed the muni ficent sum of five hundred pounds towards the restoration of his cathedral. The Rev. J. M. Chanter, A.M., formerly of Oriel College, Oxford, Vicar of Ilfracombe, Devonshire, whose pulpit, it will be remembered, Dr. Pusey occupied, with the license of the Bishop of Exeter, during his suspen sion, has conformed to the Romish communion. - Miss Burdett Coutts has given the large sum of thirty thousand pounds for building and endowing a new church in the city of Westminster, together with a parsonage house, schools, &c. The donation was given in the shape of a blank cheque sent to the Bishop of Landon, which was filled up by his lordship, and honoured for the amount stated. The endowment is to be £3OO per annum. EPISCOPAL Whatelev, Archbishop of Dublin, has published a pamphlet of " Thoughts," &c., in which he lays it down that in an indifferent matter the episcopal opinion is the criterion of clerical liberty. It has been published apparently with special reference to the Evangelical Alliance, and his grace says, that because no one is " hound in conscience" to belong to the alli ance, every minister of the Church of Ireland " who has a conscientious regard for the solemn vows taken at ordi. nation, will at once see the necessity of complying " with the archbishop's admonition not to join. The late Dr. Wordsworth, brother to the poet Words worth, was tenth Wrangler in 1796: in 1798 the second member's prize for Senior Bachdors ; he was about this time elected to a fellowship at Trinity College: in 1799 he proceeded to his M.A. degree, and in 1810 he was created D.D. by royal mandate : in 1820 he succeeded the late Dr. Mansel, (Bishop of Bristol) in the Mas tership of Trinity College, which high office he resigned in 1141 ; and in the same year he was collated by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the above-named benefices. The late Dr. Wordsworth was author of Ecclesiastical Biooraphy, Christian Institutes, tic. THE "ALLIANCE" IN SCOTLAND.—The subject of the Evangelical Alliance is exciting much discussion in the Free Church of Scotland. In the presbytery of Glasgow a Mr. King and a Mr. Gibson have moved and carried an " overture" to the General Assembly condemnatory of the Alliance. In Scottish phrase, an " overture" of this kind appears to be a sort of bill of indictment to be preferred before the assembly. The majority in the presbytery is 12 to 10 ; but in that majority there are only seven minis• ters, while there are nine in the minority. The majority is therefore made up of elders, who are five to one. In the Edinburgh presbytery, also, a discussion has been raised, and Dr. Candlish has made a long speech. It appears'tbat a conference of the Free Church is contem plated on the subject. The idea of Dr. Candlish seems to be, that the Evangelical Alliance should be left an open question with ministers of the Free Church. Pending the conference, which is to be held early in March, we see that the ministers of the Free Church have resolved to abstain from taking part at present with the Glas gow committee of the proposed Evangelical Alli ance. A letter, addressed to John Henderson, Esq., the chairman, appears in the Scottish Guardian, signed by Dr. Smith, Dr. Buchanan, Dr. Candlish, Dr. Cunningham, and three other ministers, making this announcement. It seems to be hoped that the decision of the Free Church Conference will be to leave the ques tion an open one, so that individual ministers may act as they please. Should this not occur, it would seem that the Free Church must secede from the Alliance. The Free Church were the first promoters of this Alliance, and seem amongst the first to break it. The Dissenters give up nothing, but expect the Church to yield ad infinitum. THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN AN D THE R EY ' . T. D. GREGG.—The Rev. T. D. Gregg has, under date the 6th instant. addressed a long communication to his parishion ers of St. Nicholas'-within, Dublin, setting forth "an outrage', attempted upon him that day, which he says, " while it affects me, involves a distinct invasion of your (the parishioners') rights." After alludingto the difficulties he has bad to contend with while without an appointment, and his being elected by them as chaplain of the Chapel of St. Mary's within tte parish church, he reminds them that the church being in ruins, he made efforts in con junction with them to have it rebuilt, but has been frus trated by sonic sinister influence; and that he had per formed divine service in the parish school-room, which represents the parish church, as also the chapel of St. Mary, for the last six years without let or molestation. Shortly after his induction he informed the archbishop of Dublin that having ascertained that the chapel of St. Maryconstituted "an exempt jurisdiction," the incumbent of which was not under his grace's control, that he should perform his functions without an order from his grace, for as much as he was subject to, and consequently licensed by another ordinary. He had accordingly done so ever since. On the 4th instant, he was told that Mr. Cradock, the perpetual curate of the parish, had been sent for to the palace in great haste, and was informed that as I was not licensed by the archbishop, he had no right to perform divine service in the parish school-room, because that school-house represented the parish church, over which the archbishop exercised control, and that therefore be should be impeded—an extraordinary dis covery after six years' deliberation! He prepared himself to encounter the threatened difficulties. Arrived at the school-house he found the congregation gathered, and upon entering the building, a dialogue took place between him and the parish clerk, commencing by the latter asking him if he had a license to perform divine service there, from the archbishop, the reply to which was that he had a license, not from his grace, but from the ordinary of the chapel of St. Mary. The clerk said he was desired to say he could not do so without the archbishop's license and produced a letter from Mr. Cradock, the incumbent, strictly enjoining him not to permit any one to officiate without such license. Against the pretensions put forth in that letter the reverend chaplain immediately read a spirited protest, to the effect that the attempt of the arch bishop was unwarranted and illegal, as well as tyrannical, wrongful, and injurious, as the benefice and chapel were an exempt jurisdiction, of which the incumbent thereof had no control, and that he should enter his chapel as of right, and perform divine service therein as to him did belong to do, &c. When he had finished reading the pro • test, he advanced to the door of his and his parishioners' chapel, when .he found that some daring invader of their conjoit.t rights had presumed to fix a padlock upon it. This he wrenched off, and entering with his congregation performed the usual service. The psalms of the day seemed to him as if selected for the occasion, and gave him great consolation. The reverend gentleman concludes his address, which 'expresses strong indignation at the out rage, by stating that he will take the earliest opportunity of summoning his friends, the friends of libeety and order, and the enemies of malignity and oppresaion, to go into details of the circumstances—adding that the arch bishop is now flagrantly in the wrong; and that in such case to submit to him were to injure himself, his successors, the parish, the archbishop, and the church—a thing which, by God's help, he will not do. LAW INTELLIGENCE. Robert Ingram, Esq. has been appointed by her Ma jesty Attorney-General, and J. L. Adolphus, Esq. Soli citor-General for the County Palatine of Durham. It is reported that there is to be a division of the assize business in the Northern Circuit. For the spring, at all events, one of the judges will go from Norfolk to York, where the assizes will commence on the same day that is appointed for those at Liverpool. The long-depending disputes between the Countess de Zichi Ferraris and the executors of the late Marquis of Hertford have been terminated by a compromise, which has been confirmed by the Court of Chancery. The Coun tess is about to receive her pecuniary legacies in full, amounting with interest to about £97,000. Her Ladyship also takes the villa in the Regent's-park for life, with the valuable furniture and effects and articles of vertu for her life. POLITICAL MEMORANDA Lord Ashley is nof-to be called to the upper house. The Marquis of Chsndos was returned for Bucking ham on Wednesday without opposition. The Glasgow Toga Council have passed a resolution approving of the Government commercial scheme. Lord Canning, late liuder Secretary for Foreign Affairs, will succeed Lord Lincoln as Chief Commissioner of Land Revenues. On Friday, a petition was presented against the return of Captain Lindsay for Wigan, on the alleged ground of bribery. EAST SUFFOLK.—MT. E. S. Gooch has come forward as a strong protectionist, for East Suffolk, vacant by Lord Henniker's resignation. There is no likelihood of a contest. Earl Fitzhardinge is opposed to the free-trade measures of ministers, and is a friend to protection. It is strongly rumoured that both the Hon. Grantley Berkeley and tee Hon. Craven Berkeley entertain similar opinions. The Corporation of London have passed a resolution approving highly of the government commercial scheme, but they express their regret that the repeal of the corn law is not immediate. HUNTINGDON.-Mr. Jonathan Peel, one of the repre sentatives, has addressed his constituents, stating his conversion to the free trade scheme of the government, but offering to resign his seat if the course he proposes to adopt should not meet their approbation . The Right Honourable Wm. E. Gladstone is spoken of as the ministerial candidate for North Notting hamshire, vacant by the death of Mr. Gaily Knight, and Lord Henry Bentinck, third son of the Duke of Portland, it is confidently stated, will be the protectionist candidate. Mr. Cobz.'en is at present confined to his residence, Connaught-place, London, from severe indisposition, the result of exposure to cold while proceeding to town. He has not been in the House of Commons for more than a week, and it is very doubtful whether he will be able to take a part in the discussion on the proposed repeal of the duties on corn. Mr. Bowes, M.P. for South Durham, has written to his constituents to say that he is " unconvinced of the great benefit which the promoters of the government commercial reform anticipate from it to the country at large ;" but he will support it rather than " force the government of the country into inexperienced and ineffi cient hands." Mr. Bowes is a Radical, but has always opposed any tampering with the corn laws. On Friday, a meeting of the electors of North Cheshire was held at Knntsford, when Mr. G. C. Leigh stated that he did not think the corn law could now be supported, and that consequently he should rote for Sir R. Peel. A resolution was passed by the meeting, that " though they could not agree with his opinions, they would leave it to him to pursue the course he deemed right at the pre sent crisis." The Newcastle Journal contains an extract from a let ter written by the Duke of Northumberland, in which his Grace says that " he s eriou s ly ex p ec t s th a t muc h land will be thrown out of wheat cultivation by Sir Robert Peel's premature measures." The Duke adds, " since, how ever, there is no alternative, I must make up my mind to unite with my tenants in meeting any alteration which may occur, lest by a change of ministry the country should run the risk of more destructive arrangements." CHICHESTER.—The election of a member of parliament for this borough, in the room of Lord Arthur Lennox, took place on Tuesday. The candidate was Lord Henry Lennox, but a show of opposition was raised by the no mination of an emissary of the League, a Mr. Falvey, who had the show of hands in his favour. A poll was, however, demanded on behalf of Lord Henry, and Mr. Falvey immediately resigned. His lordship was there upon immediately returned. Lord Ashley has addressed a letter to the electors of the county of Dorset, informing them that having learned that very large contributions have been advanced towards the support of other candidates, he is not ashamed to avow that it will be impossible for him to sustain the expense of such a contest ; and therefore he relieves his opponents from the necessity of incurring any pecuniary responsibi lities by announcing that, although he will be present at the nomination, he will not demand a poll. LYNN.—Viscount Jocelyn has determined not to vacate his seat for Lynn. He offered to do so if his support of the government was not approved of ; and at a small meeting of his constituents his offer was accepted. Since then an address, signed by 200 electors, has been pre sented to him, reouesting him not to resign, and he has consequently addressed another letter to his constituents, expressing his determination as above given. ULTERIOR MEASURES.—It should not be forgotten that Mr. Adderley, M.P. for Staffordshire, at the last meeting in that county, said, "he knew it to be a fact, that when Mr, O'Connell appeared in the House of Com mons the other night, he was asked by a gentleman what he thought of the state of things ? to which he replied, ' I must be a fool, now, if I do not carry my own repeal ;' and Dr. Bow ring, who was near him, said, And within five years we will have the bishops out of the House of Lords.' " WESTMINSTER.—The Hon. Capt. Rous, by whose ac ceptance of a lordship of the admiralty a vacancy has oc curred in this borough, will be opposed by General Evans, who sat for Westminster for several years after the passing of the Reform Act, on Rai ical principles. At a recent meeting of the Westminster Reform Society, a resolution was carried that General Evans should be requested to uffer himself. The general, who was in waiting, was then called in, and he formally accepted the invitation. He said that if returned, and the League and the Whigs de cided upon supporting Sir Robert Peel's propositions, he should go with them ; but if the League insisted upon an immediate and total repeal, he should act with it. CONSISTENCY OF " THE TIMES." The London Times is now strenuou-ly contending for a free trade in corn, out of alleged sympathy for the poor. On the 4th December, 1813, our contemporary said—" If we thought that a perfectly free admission of foreign wheat into our ports could give food to the hungry and the famished that crowd our streets, we would willingly accede to any pro posal made in favour of such admission. But we know that there are other causes in operation—that wheat might be imported without paying a farthing duty—that bread might be sold at one penny a loaf, and yet that they who starve now would starve then just as much—that in dividual su f fering would not be stayed, but the revenue of the country would be diminished." THE HOP AND SEED IMPORT DUTY.—The Govern ment free trade scheme threatens to inflict a severe blow on the hop districts. It is proposed to reduce the exist ing protective duty of £4 10s. to £2 55., and if from this be deducted the excise duty paid by the grower, which may be estimated at very nearly £1 sterling, —a, protection of only five and twenty shillings remains to enable the Eng lish hop-grower to compete with the fresh and peculiarly well-adapted hop soils of Flanders and America. There is a complete stagnation in the hop and seed trade at this time on account of these proposed alterations. Sir Robert, however, has stated publicly in the house that as regards seeds the reduction will not take place until June, which will enable the seller to get rid of his present stock for the spring sowing, before the price can be materially affected. THE rIMES AGAIN. — in 1841 the London Times ex ulted, in no measured terms, in Lord Morpeth's defeat; in 1846, the same journal is equally elated at the noble lord's success. How is this? Is the leading journal to tally destitute of fixed principle ? Or has Lord Morpeth adopted the opinions which ware then advocated in the columns of the Times? Lord Morpeth has even advanced in the cause of repeal : consequently the change is in the Times. It has, in short, copied the example of Sir R Peel, but with this difference, that, while the Premier was honest enough to make a public confession of his change, the Times has the audacity to speak as though its present opinions were those which it had always advo cated. It is a favourite practice with this journal to refresh the memories of members of Parliament by ex tracts from Hansard; but its own columns exhibit charges of inconsistency against itself which were never equalled since the invention of newspapers. SOUTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.—There is every appear ance of a most desperate struggle for the representation of this division; Lord Lincoln's re-election being opposed by T. B. T. Hildyard, Esq., of Flintham, a staunch pro tectionist. The Earl 'of Lincoln's return will be opposed by his father, the Duke of Newcastle, the Duke of Portland, and the Earl of Chesterfield; while Lord Mid dleton, Lord Howe, Lord Rancliffe, Sir Robert Brom ley, &c. have given him decided promise of support; and, although Earl Manvers, the Duke of Rutland. and others have not spoken with so much favour, yet they expressly stated that their influence shall not be exerted in any way to prevent his lordship's re-election. Lord Lincoln and his opponent are busily engaged in canvassing, but of course it is impossible as yet to predict the result. The leading free t, aders of Nottingham have formed them selves into a committee to promote his lordship's return. The nomination takes place on Saturday next, and the polling on the Tuesday and 'Wednesday following. GETTING UP LEAGUE PETITIONS.—A F.,cT.—Sheets of paper for the purpose of being signed and attached to a petition against the corn laws, were placed in the different shops and factories about Ilaslingden, during the past week. One was placed in an ironmonger's shop in the centre of the town, and great were the endeavours to obtain persons to sign. The sheet at the place just men tioned was very soon filled up, the person in whose care it was being lucky enough to espy a batch of schoolboys on their return from school. These little urchins were invited to sign, and they chuckled at the idea of their names being sent to London ; and but for the awkward look such an array of signatures would have had, they would, no doubt, have been permitted to sign their names for themselves. It was thought better, however, that the iron (or we should say petition) monger should sign for them. which he actually did. One person on seeing his son's name attached to the petition, blotched it out with ink ; whilst others who saw their son's names appended, laughed at the idea ; and permitted them to stand as a monument to " the purity of the League." One little boy, not more than eight years of age, signed ! IRELAND AND THE CORN-LAWS.—On Tuesday a pub lic meeting of the county of Fermanagh was held at the court-house, Enniskillen, to consider the important changes announced by Sir Robert Peel. The meeting was well attended, and William Archdall, Esq., High Sheriff, was called to the chair. Amongst those present were, the Earl of Enniskillen, Lord Hecry Loftus, W. D'Arcy, Esq, &c. The Earl of Enniskillen moved a resolu lution expressive of the greatest alarm at the proposed measures, as utterly ruinous and destructive to all classes in this country. A petition was agreed upon to both houses of parliament, praying that "the measures might not pass into a law ; but if they should, that, in ju s tice to pe titioners, some valuable consideration for the loss of their property, such as relieving their lands from the burdens of poor-rate, jury cess, police tax, and rent-charge, which now press heavily upon them, will be entertained by your honourable house ; and your petitioners are emboldened thus to offer their suggestions, from a precedent in such matters, viz. :—When at the time the property belonging to West India merchants was about being interfered with by law, to the injury of the owners, the then parliament voted twenty millions of money to be paid out of the Con solidated Fund by way of compensation." Mr. Hume, it is likely, will claim the credit of Sir Robert Peel's " comprehensive measure." In a letter written by him to his constituents, he says. " I recom mend that 1000 of the entries in the British Tariff should be abolished out of 1150, and these articles admitted. Sir Robert himself, in 1811, abused me in the House as an Utopian and visionary, to think of, or to recommend such a clean sweep of the tariff as I had eerie ; but he was not one year in office before he adopted every one of my prin ciples, and now I have grounds for expecting something large." RICHARD OASTLER AND THE TEN HOURS' BILL.— Men sometimes cannot comprehend the great importance of a subject in which, at first sight, individual importance can only appear. Despite this difficulty, however, we contend that no subject of greater importance can possibly present itself to our mind at the present moment than that of FORCING Richard Oastler into the House of Commons, whether he will or no. If not the inventor, he is the re novator, the improver, and the engineer of the short-time machinery ; and he is the man, above all others, to enforce the weight of the pressure from without, to strengthen the opinions within upon the subject. Moreover, we wish the question of labour to be forced in all its phases upon the consideration of the house, pending the debate upon the ministerial policy. He has a way peculiar to himself, arid, at the same time, not distasteful to the most critical, of plumping out truths and s t rong f acts. There is an ear nestness, a sincerity, a vigour, an irresistible courage about the Old King, which sets feeble opposition at defi ance, and laughs prejudice out of countenance. Shall we, then, without a general election, put our every shoulder ' to the wheel, and give to the ten hours' cause a comman der that can neither be corrupted, bribed, or intimidated ? By all that is just, we would suffer any amount of priva tion to hear the lion of labour roaring amongst the wolves. And we further assert, that full and unre s t r i cte d f ree trade in everything, with the unrestricted use of machinery. would be the greatest curse that could befall this country, as the inevitable result would be an active and destroying competition in slave labour, to maintain our manufactur ing pre-eminence abroad ; and no man in England can so effectually bring this question before the House and the country, 8S Richard Oastler, the KING OF THE FACTORY CHILD ! MINISTERIAL REASONS FOR CONVERSION TO FREE TRADE IN CORN. MR. SYDNEY HERBERT - MONDAY'S DEBATE. `• Like many others he had a great change of opinion to announce with regard to this measure (hear, hear, and a laugh). He did not stand on consistency as to smaller matters, and he frankly avowed that he thought the law of 1842 had failed (loud cheers from the opposition benches.) He repeated he admitted frankly that the law of 1842, the first time it was tested by adverse circum stances, failed—failed it might be by a combination of circumstances which they had not foreseen in estimating the ordinary alterations of the harvests, but not the less signally failed (bear). * * * Reflecting then on the circumstances which had occurred previous to the break ing up of the a d m i n i s t rat i on o f h i s r i ght honourable friend, seeing that the law of 1842 had failed in its purpose —that food was deficient in quantity and inferior in qua lity—that the disease which was doing so much injury here was not peculiar to our own country, but was com mon to the whole of Europe—perceiving that, in conse quence of the deficiency, nearly all other countries had opened their ports—that those countries from whom we usually obtained corn, Northern Russia, Turkey, and Egypt, had closed their ports against exportation, and that Belgium, Holland, and other countries had opened their ports—finding that our usual sources of supply had been checked, and that other countries, which often sup plied us, had become competitors with us in the purchase of corn—having regard to these circumstances, and taking all things into consideration, he did agree with others of her Majesty's government in thinking that the time had come when it was necessary that some steps should be taken to relieve the difficulty in which it was likely the country would ere long find itself (cheers.)" * * * * After entering into some statistical details as to the prices and probable quantity of corn in foreign countries, which could be made available for our supply, which, he con tended, were such as to ensure a high price in this coun try for three years to come, the hon. gentleman pro. ceeded :—" He saw, too, a great change in public opinion (hear, hear). He saw, also, a very great change of opi nion in the:minds of the agriculturalists themselves (hear, hear). He found amongst the tenant farmers a very great inclination to say, as they had said to him fre quently in strong language " this is a landlord's question" (hear). These opinions are prevalent among the tenants of large plots of land in his county—men of intelligence, capacity, and experience; and, with these opinions, it was impossible for any length of time to maintain a system, the soundness of which was thus questioned by those who were said to be most interested in it. They said it brought great odium and little profit; that it led to very great doubts, that it depended upon parliamentary majo rities, and upon different administrations ; and that they would prefer to trust to their own capital, skill, and in dustry. They would then have nothing to complain of ; but at present they were in a perpetual state of uncer tainty. As to the labourers, he asked every one con nected with the agricultural counties, whether they were in a proper condition ? * * * "He lived in a part of Wiltshire where the evil of low wages and small employ ment was rife, in the midst of a population which sub sisted, he scarcely knew how. And this was a question which had disturbed more men's minds than his who lived in that county (hear). Honourable gentlemen had been at great pains to investigate this subject ; but say what they would he defied them to say with truth that their condition could be worse (hear). SIR JAMES GRAHAM—TUESDAY'S DEBATE. " The question has been asked, "Have you any reason since 1842 for changing your opinion ?" I say that since 1842 those who were charged with the administration of affairs, and who had watched the various circumstances which have occurred, have had experience, not to be mis taken, leading to conclusive consequences. We had, first of all, the painful and lamentable experience of 1812 itself, a year of the greatest distress, and since it has passed, I may say, of the utmost danger. (Hear, hear.) What were the circumstances of 1842? Allow me just to glance at them. We had in this metropolis, at midnight, Chartist meetings, assembled in Lincoln's-inn-fields. Almost for nearly three weeks there were assembled in all the envi rons of this metropolis immense masses of people, greatly discontented, and acting in a spirit dangerous to the pub lic peace. What was the condition of Lancashire, the seat of our great staple manufacture, depending for its prosper ity on uninterrupted tranquillity and labour ? Such was the madness of the people on that occasion, that a great combination existed to stop machinery, and to put an end to the source of the labour, on which they depended for subisstnence." The Home Secretary, goes on to contend that with low prices and abundance, this spirit of insubordination has entirely passed away, and advances statistical facts from the Home-office proving his position. With the recent rise in the price of provisions, however, he sees its ap proaching return ; and this is one of his reasons for advo cating a settlement of the Corn-law question and the abandonment of the sliding scale principle, which he con tends has totally failed, both as to its expected operation to protect the agriculturist, and to benefit the labouring classes. He next remarks upon the changed feeling of these classes themselves ; and concludes, whilst uraing the necessity, on every ground, of a final settlement of the question, by an attempt to throw dust in the eyes of the manufacturing operatives, as to the certainty of a repeal of the Corn-laws rent eringunnecessary any legislation for the restriction of their hours of labour, and the following sop addressed to the landlords and eulogistic of his own dis interestedness. " As to the agricultural interest—the interest with which lam myself connected—l would say, let us have certainty with reference to the value of our land. That certainty you will have as far as it can possibly be given from a change in the law. But in add;tion to certainty you will have peaceful enjoyment. You will have that peaceful enjoyment without exciting the jealousy of your poorer neighbour. And Ido not think that landlords will have to make any very great sacrifices; but, entertaining the opi nions which I do, founded on the experience I now possess, I say, were the sacrifice ten times greater, I for one, sooner than it should be said of myself, or any of the class to which I belong, that our object was to secure for ourselves an increase of rent, and not to promote the welfare and happiness of the great body of the community—sooner than leave any room for such a suspicion, I should say, speaking for myself, that I would descend to a lower es tate, and abro: ate my inheritance. (Che e rs.) It is said a great party has been dissolved. It is said old political ties have been severed. It is said that social relations have been disturbed. It is anticipated, and it is probable, that an administration may be dissolved. (Cheers.) And though I should regret the former part of those conse quences, on my conscience I believe this proposition will save a great and powerful nation from anarchy, misery, and ruin. (The right hon. gentleman resumed his seat amidst great cheering.) MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—On Wednesday, an old woman named Burns, living at Preston, beckoned a neighbour into her house, and giving to her a baby, (the old woman's grandchild,) exclaimed, "Look, here is the child burnt, and I shall have to go to the madhouse," and immediately ran out and disappeared. The neighbours gave the alarm, and (he child was found lying down by the tire, its clothes blazing ; it was either dead, or, if alive, quite insensible, and must have died immediately. Search was made for the grandmother, but up to the inquest, she bad not been heard of, and it is supposed the accident bad such an effect upon her mind as to cause her to make away with herself. Verdict—" Found mortally burnt in'a dwelling-house alone, but how or by what means she be came so burnt, no evidence appeared." BILLIARDS.—Two of " Dunbibbin's " slate-bedded tables, for playing the game of billiards, have been added by Mr. Whiteman to his establishment, the Brunswick Hotel. They will be a great acquisition to those fond of the amusement:—See ado. PIRACY.—it is well known that Messrs. Rowland and Son have, by a series of labours and highly-successful ex periments, succeeded in preparing for the Toil e t, ar ti c l es which have obtained a universal reputation all over the world. Some vile and unprincipled imitators, destitute alike of honour and talent, have conceived the nefarious idea of fabricating articles, so closely resembling in ap pearanee those of Messrs. ROWLAND as to require a somewhat careful observation to detect the difference. The objects consist of pernicious and injurious compounds, which are offered to the public under the name of MAI, CASSAR OIL for the HAIR, or KALYDOR for the COM PLEXION ; articles which, as prepared by Messrs. Row- LAND, are universally preferred and esteemed. The only mode for the purchaser to avoid the imposition, and escape the baneful effects which the vile counterfeits will infalli bly produce, is to inspect, with great care, the bottles and labels, and to ascertain that they bear the actual signature of Messrs. ROWLAND and Soxs. No others are genuine. —See advt. .P, A t e " um lance serve