The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-08-28 00:00:00

A ucusT 2S, 1835. i ?stigated, bad refused to par tithes. They sometimes allowed the la* to take its course, but they more fre irently resist e d it t o t h e u tt ermos t. I n the one case t ! l eY were compOled to pay, in the shape of costs, ten times the sum or i g i nally claimed; an d i n t h e o th er th e y were compelled to pay for the debt they owed, and for the crimes th ey h ad committed by a f ear f u l di stra i n t upon their goods, and an awful death-offering. upon the gallovvs. Ireland owes all these debts, crimes, and execu th)ns t , DANIEL O'CONNELL. * • T he bill, thus amended by the lords, and stripped of its • original al bounties and appropriations in favour of popery, if allowed to pass, have this beneficial effect—viz., it gill eiclude . the protestant clergyman from the arena of Popish disputations and popish insubordination. - He 7 . 111 have no occasion to enter the potato garden of the disaffected, or visit the peat bog of the savage. But we !egret to add that while the peasant is relieved from what is eensiderecl by him, under the influence of popery, an obnoxious tax, it will expose him to a much more grind- N . Goe• and a much more onerous one, in the shape of ent . We use the word regret simply because it. is pain ed to see the labout ing classes of Ireland made the dupes the desperate villains who pass in their estimation for Patriots. It is their very ignorance which attracts our sympathy. Had they been left to themserves, and had heir naturally benevolent dispositions been allowed fair P la y , they would on reflection have come to the conclu sion that it would have been an easier bargain to deal with the protestant clergyman than with their grinding_ a nd selfish landlords. They have, however, made their elec tion- They have been induced to offer every ob ; strection, by violence and otherwise, to the collection of tithe by the lawful owner. They have forced upon the g ov ernment the only alternative left; and, by the bill "der consideration, a transfer from the minister to the ma ster —from the humane preacher of the gospel to the Inexorable and non-resident proprietor.—of an easy tithe v harge, is the consequence. They will find the difference they Pressu re w h en t h e proper t i me comes . At present l 'leY do not comprehend the nature of the arrangement, a nd they will on l y k now an d f ee l it s e ffects when ten, but I rre probably t wen ty, p er c ent..will be added to the rent a rge of every farm and cabin in Ireland. But Lord MELBOURNE has abandoned the bill ! How i sthis ? h the minister bound by secret obligations Which he dares not divulge, or is he under the inbence of the comet ? The bill which lie now ta/ks of abandon lng,Amended as it i s , i s the bill proposed by the MEL -B°l3ttivE administration of 1834, introduced •by Loid v t.E tixy one of his colleagues, supported by Lords GREY a ' v a d ALTHORP, and sanctioned by the courteous approba °ll of allthe wings. Abandon this bill ? for shame, my ieir ti! The bill w as the pure cabbage which you rejoiced t 0 lionou t ; t h e pop i s h c l auses , re j ec t e d by th e l or d s , are the weeds which Lord JOHN RUSSELL pulled up with it. • It I s, My lord, your own bill: its admeasurement is by ;o ur own tape ; its clauses are of your own cut; its re 'Orals are of your own device; its cloth is purely of whig manufacture; and surely you are not so bad a tailor as to ()11(1 e11111 as " dung gear" what came from your own. bo ard, cut with your own shears, and approved .of by ) ourself and colleagues as the perfection of taste and fa shion! • I : l °rd MELBOURNE has declared that he cannot sanction a bill which he supported when Lord .ALTHORP was the leader of the House of Commons; but if Lord MEL 4eRNE chooses toadhere to this declaration, we can only say that in point of character he will be the least enviable 'nail in his Majesty's dominions. T he Bish, - ip . : of Lor;iner , i's speech in the debate is wu rtby the most serious attention. Often have we dif fered from the reverend lord on Many of his. recent votes, , 'and harshly, perhaps, have we censured his motives and k Ported his principles ; but, in common candour we are "Intl to say that upon . the present occasion the reverend relate has nobly redeemed himself. He has, alas too g, pandered to the passions of liberality, until disgust ttas supervened toleration. He has played the game of concession under so many generous impulses, that lie ne.yer dreamt he was foolish• until he found that he was r obbed. He threw down the chuta's alms to the papist W ith no niggard hand; but, when he expected gratitude, I4 e. found that a popish priest was picking his pocket. The reverend prelate, we are happy to say, has disco vered his error, and he has resolved to shut the door P r etty much in conformity with the proverb, "after the st eed has been stolen." At any rate we are delighted to s ee this return to the good old path, and this manly de termination to resist every other innovation in favour of Puaery. His lordship observes :- - t42 `; Would to God that some system, me rational plan, / ,"14 be d ev i se d f or pac if y i ng I re l an d. B u t w h a t was this ? 1., dealt not with Irelaud in the mass, but with parishes; reli t'' discord was said to be the bane of the land, and it went tt ._ o ? . pari s h to par i s h f oment i ng , cont i nu i ng , an d exciting dis 'll Posed between protestants and• Roman catholics. Yes, but they I , l 4'Pesed to pacify these parishes. How ? By exterminating , protestatits—• Sulitudittem faciunt, pucem appeyant giving hear.) It was said, too, tliere was a necessity tor the Roman catholics instruction. He admitted that every well-governed christian country it was the duty of the 6t , t ,e to - provide, or rather to assist the poor in providing, edu e,.,4'4oa for themselves, for to gratuitous education he was op tit'll"eci, and especially in Ireland, having from his experience, d that was extensive, fortified by the report of the I rish edu- Ztkm commissioners, found that when people had something 4 - 11 PaY they were more attentive, and derived more advantap, it Werezed the benefits they received at a higher rate. But - if the , a duty to educate the poor Irish, was it not the duty of the church? landholders, and of the people themselves, rather than of (Hear, hear.) Or, as these were the days ofex , : I ""tment, why not, as had been done in other cases, appropriate eerw n sum of money for national education ? The nation ' l l'iltl afford it—the church of Ireland could not. The nation, I ,'", would be the gainer, for everybody who had anything to Safety teas a gainer by the education of the poorer classes. The 12 or their lordships' property , the public security' s depended th "fi th 9 religious education of" the lower •classes. But was f fre any other kind of necessity ? Yes, the necessity of ban abundant the Roman catholics. Hid not their lordships already 'inpl e abundant experience of the futility of all such . efforts? al", hear.) Had any measure_ produced, though it might „ CO been under the happiest aespices, succeeded? Had they Deseach and all signally and lamentably failed ? (Hear, hear.) . 11e :eerned t o be a peculiarity in Irish legislation that there thi er was to be in any acts a principle o f finality. Every ng Was to he tried, and each successive experiment, like the L ast, w as f ound to fail. (Hear, hear.)" Yes, my lord, they have failed, and they must fail, be cause every concession has been in favour of idolatry, and In sulting to that Divine Providence which has conferred a ° many blessings on the protestant people of these realms- Instead of contributing -our means, and increas- I ng'our exertions to convey the pure light of the gospel t ° the r ea l ms o f d ar k ness an d i gnoranc e in Ireland, we "ave been encouraging the propagation of doctrines. 'which yon and other lords spiritual and temporal have 'worn to be " idolatrous and. dainnahle." Instead of our kings being the " nursing fathers" of the great tr llOts . , of Christianity, they have been compelled by their Parliaments to grant enlarged powers to the missionaries f Rome, and give encouragement to the mysteries and ini quities of popery. How then can such concessions be anything else than miserable failures ? We have the fruit s of our works before our eyes. We see in Ireland a Peopl e s i n ki ng y ear by year, deeper and deeper, in de moralization and crime. . The laws are violated, men are r obbed, the ministers of the goSpel are insulted, plun dered, and even murdered with impunity. How then can /. ‘ 2 e expect peace in Ireland ?—not by concession, but by th e sword. Ti, e reverend prelate speaks with all the eloquence of re ason and truth in the following passage, with which we !bust conclude: — "Observe the Roman catholics—(le should say nothing of their religious belief, but of their political feeliogs)—observe them froin Gandolfi down to Doyle and M' Hale; (he begged Pardon for mentioning the name of Dr. Doyle, as he was uo 11 1 " re, he had a not intended itwould lie allude to any errors 0 might h e cominitted•) - but down to M' Hale ., who out "eroded Herod v in the virulence and vehenience of his hatred to t he Protestant c hurch. (Hear, hear.) If he and others of the p "rnan catholic priesthood had contented themselves with giv .4 expession, he cared not in what terms, to the asperity of :eelings towards the church, they might talk of it as bloodsuck- TR, anti-national, heretical, what they pleased.. But they had ..,,,ueserihed it as a badge of conquest and a token of slavery. ; if it were so, when Government had stripped it of some `'"'tt parishes, w ou ld it not still remain as much a badge of con 'Pest and token of slavery as before ? (Hear hear.) Would It not continue to be so until it was utterly exterminated from th e land ? Undoubtedly it Would, and the course would be this ' O- morrow a' little more of the ornamental foliage (as it would be. s tyled) would be torn from the tree • then there would next be Blade au i nc i s i on or two in the stern ;' then would the bark be s tripped off, and at last the enemy would - come with the deadly axe to strike at the root and cast down the trunk and throw it 9 4 the fire. (Hear, hear.) Did-their lordships, then, suppose It possible to pacify the Roman Caiholics ?" To night, we believe, is 9xed . for the return of the municipal corporations bill from the House of Lords to the House of Commons, What reception - it will` meet v 4, ith from their Highilltightinesses THE; TWoMmtt4f,,irtto: to be seen, hut if we can depend upon the menaces of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and take the words of Mr. SPRING RICE in an inverted sense, there will be an attempt made to make the appropriation of the supplies contingent upon the result of a conference between the two housle4,. Mr. WILLIAM GLADSTONE very properly censured as an act of violence and indecency any concerted plan, to which any minister of the crown is a party, for the pur pose of convulsing public credit by stopping the supplies. Had the honourable member for Newark characterised such a measure as_ a detestable conspiracy calculated to produce anarchy 'lnd commercial ruin, he would not have used language too strong for the iniquity of t . lite case. What O'CONNELL or HUME mar do, nobody cares, but the Chancellor of the Exchequer should be above any such base and revolutionary proceeding. Mr. SPRING Rica affected to be sensible of this, and he ac cordingly repudiated the charge of being one of the ac complices of HuME and O'CONNELL, and declared that the appropriation of the supplies •had been postponed in consequence of the militia bill not having passed into a law. There is something exceedingly paltry, and more than suspicious in this wretched excuse ; and the suspicion is greatly increased by what Lord JOHN Rus- SELL said subsequently in the progress of the conversa tion. He did not adopt the subterfuge of Mr. RICE, but plainly hinted that the House of Commons had a right to vote the supplies, or withhold the supplies, when it suited their convenience, or was agreeable to the wis dom of the house ! There can be no mistake as to what was meant by this hint; but whether Lord JOHN RUSSELL will follow it up upon the present occasion is quite another question. We do not think that ministers will refuse to vote the appropriations, but they can do by a sidewind what they have not the courage to do openly, and-that-br_tim-course of policy which such a mind as that of cord JOHN'S is likely to put sue. The ministers seeing that the munici pal bill is amended upon just and conservative principles, and that it cannot work the destruction that was medi tated—seeing also that the church bill is divested of its plundering clauses—that the bill for insolvent swindlers and gaol-birds is thrown overboard, greatly to the horror of all scamps, and THE TAIL in particular—seeing all this, and that O'CoNNELL's hopes are blasted, the proba bility is that the ministry, before voting the money, Will resign ! Resign indeed ! What else can they do ? Resign! when they oan cling no longer to office without being hooted by the very boys in the streets. Who ever heard of a ministry with only thirty-nine, sometimes only thirty-six votes in the ' House of Lords on one of their favourite measures, which has consumed nearly the whole time of one of the longest sessions upon record ? Who ever heard of a ministry with a majority of ONE MAN in the House of Commons, and that man one of the basest dernagoves in existence ? Who ever heard of a ministry with the court opposed to it, the nobility and gentry opposed to it, all the wealthy and intelligent classes opposed to it, and even the press opposed to it, oesperately adhering to office in the teeth of public opinion? Such is the ministry of Lord MELBOURNE—a ministry solely dependent upon DANIEL O'CONNELL ! Resign, therefore,. we say, they must. They cannot help it; they must fall because they cannot stand, and because they have nothing to hold by,; but will they re sign without appropriating the publidmoney voted by parliament ? Let us consider this question. The whigs ,know that no other cabinet is likely to be formed duri4 the existence of the present House of Commons. They know that Sir ROBERT PEEL *ould not accept office constituted as the parliament now is, and therefore they may flatter themselves that they can extort some modifications from the peers by means of a panic in the funds, or some monetary convulsion, which they are doing their utmost to raise. But this trick we suspect will not do. Infamous and indecent as would he such a proceeding, we are inclined to think that the non-appropriation would be speedily re medied by an appeal to the people in November. The country is not now in a humour to tolerate any uncalled for exper'unents.up,ca-public credit; and with ,respect to the Whigs they possibly Would suffer from it finite as much as the conservatives. The shopkeepers would feel the shock most severely. Stop the supplies and there would be few tradesmen's bills paid before this time twelve months. Ready money transactions would diminish one half, and a frightful list of bankrupts and insolvents would be published twice. a week in honour of whip patriotism, DANIEL O'CONNELL and Lord Joan RUSSELL. Covent garden would be in an uproar; Smithfield would look blue before winter; the gin 'spinners would have but dry work; Irish corn 'would not be worth the carriage, and TOM MOORE, the poet, would be cheated out of his pen sion, granted him for writing the most indecent and dis gusting doggrel that ever disgraced a civilized age. We do not like to look upon misery, we do not like to see convulsion ; but if we were desirous to render the whigs execrable for ever, and see them completely ex tirpated as a great patty in the state, we should counsel Lord Joan RUSSELL to—stop the .supplies ! LONDON LATEST NEWS. City, Wednesday Evening, Half:past Seven o'clock. A general feeling prevails here that the O'Connell cabinet is breaking up, and that probably, ere this is in print, the resig nation will have been tendered, and, we need not say, accepted. Nothing positive, however, has been made public; all the ministers have been closeted with Lord Melbourne to-day, and, by the lengthened phisiognomy displayed by more than one of the closeted, the nature of the meeting (whatever may be the resolution adopted), cannot be doubted. Indeed, it would ap peal even beyond Whig hardihood to attempt to carry on the government as Lord Melbourne must if he does not go out, that is, with nine-tenths of the property, rank, and talent of the country against him. The anticipated exit of the popish administration has not excited any movement in the funds; the 3 per cents. for money left off at 891 and the price for the account is 89-1 The settlement of the consol account took place to-day s and it had passed without any defalcation, and with little notice. India bonds have declined, the price, which was at 6 to 7 pm. this morning, leaving off at 4 pm. The chief object of speculation _during the week has been the Spanish securities; the intelligence of the insurrection at Madrid caused the bonds to fall to 35, and the scrip to 23,i dis.; but the speedy end of the revolt has caused a considerable re action, the price of the bonds closing this afternoon at 401 411, and the scrip leaving off at I n 181 die. Portuguese 5 per cents. so far sympathised with the decline in Spanish, that the 5 per cents. fell to 84; but they have since risen to 851 861, at which they closed. We believe we may with certainty affirm that -the Spanish government has resolved to acknowledge the indepentlence.of its cidevznt colonies in the new world. 'this, however, has had but little effect on the various republican bonds; the payment of either principal or which seems as distant and as hopeless as ever. • Chiliau bonds are at 36 to 38, Colombian at 31.1, and Mexican at 31 tot. _ . All our northern bonds are within a fraction of the prices lait quoted. The following was posted at Lloyd's this afternoon: — "Council Office, Whitehall, Aug. 25, 1835. "Sir,—l am directed to acquaint you that the lords of the council have this day received from the office of his Majesty's secretary of state for foreign affairs, a translation of a not►ce issued by the health office at Venice, which announces the fol lowing quarantine arrangements : "The precautionary quarantine hitherto levied upon vessels arriving there from European parts without the Straits of Gib raltar, is abolished, and such vessels arriving with clear bills of health will be at once admitted to free pratique, unless special circumstances shall render a departure from this rule neces sary. "In the case of vessels arriving from ports occupied by the French on the coast of Algiers, with clear bills of health . fur nished by the French senatory authority there residing, vessels and passengers will he subjected to a quarantine of fourteen days, and the susceptible merchandise will be subjected to a quarantine of twenty days in the Lazarette. "On account of the appearance of cholera at Nice and Villa Fr►nca, vessels from the coast of Piedmont and Genoa will be subjected to a quarantine of seven to ten days, accord ing to their bills of health, and their susceptible goods will be discharged into the Lazarette for ten days. "I am to request that you will lay this information before the chairman of the co►um►ttee of merchants at Lloyd's. - - (Signed) "C.. GREVILLE. "To W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary at Lloyd's." We have accounts to.dav from the Sandwi c h Islands which mention the rapid advance . of tbese islands in civilization. An "extraordinary gazette," printed in the native langnage, and conducted by the Rev. R. Tinker, had been published at Hono lulu, the capital of the island of Oahu. The island of Oahu is the third island of the grouP, containing 520 square mites, and about 20,000 inhabitants. Honolulu, the chief town, is the re sidence of the king, the foreign functionaries, twelve or fourteen merchants, and upwards of 7,000 inhabitants. We have before us a proclamation of J. B. Miller, styled the political chief of Brogos. It is addressed to the inhabitants of Texas, denouncing the military usurpation of the province un der the dictates of Santa Anna, and calling upon them to or ganize and support their political rights. This proclamation had been responded to at a meeting of the inhabitants, at which the following, among other, resolutions was . passed :—" Re solved thitd,—That we recommend to the citizens of Texas, union, concert, and moderation, in the adoption of the measures to meet thapresent crisis, and that we pledge our fortunes and honours' in support of such measures as the majority may adopt." All this looks woundy like civil war, and from what 'te' c'an' learn brother Jonathan has zoinething to do with the having long courted an excuse to interfere in the con -IZ.,:••t.' of Vac Texas, which is• chiefly populated •by American APACIArre.4., THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. manorial rights could exist or he created, and defendants (the learned counsel contended) could not found any claim to these alluvial fortna.tions upon the supposed privileges of a lord of the manor. Neither could it be said that the disputed lands had nut formed part of the bed of the river, because trees or remnants of trees bad been dug up (on which it was to be argued that they were parts of a large forest, and not of the river's bed), since it was well known that alluvial accumulatiOus did consist of trees and various other ingredients, which, if they had grown there, as parts of the forest, must some of them have grown horizontally, some with the rdots upwards; and others in a square and flat form, balks and planks of timber having also been found there. The ATTORNEY•GENERA r, then showed, that the crown hav ing taken up possession of it for two years, and that the posses sion having been conceded to its prerogative, the succession was broken. Mr. Sergeant ATCHERLEY said that ibis possession was proved, inasmuch as the crown bad never laid or even imagined any claim to the land in question since the days of Noah. Evidence was then adduced on both sides, and a verdict taken for the crown. Subject to the court above. WEDNESDAY. Lord AIIINGF.It took his seat on the bench at nine o'clock. The court, during the day, was occupied principally with trials in the second or Salford list, which were generally of but trifling interest. PULMAN V. TONGUE AN!) ANOTHER. This was an action brought to recover damages for an assault, Mr. Alexander and Mr. Seager on behalf of the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Atcherley and Mr. Addison for the defendants. The parties lived at Charlton, in this county. The plaintiff was a cabinet-maker, and rented a house of the elder defendant, (the defendants being father and son.) It appeared that the latter accused the plaintiff of lending a persona hainmer to force open the door of the adjoining shop, and on the day when the assault was committed, the 28th of May last, they went into plaintiff's shop to remonstrate with him about it. 'the plaintiff said he knew nothing of it—he had work to finish which it was necessary to send home, and he desired them, therefore, to leave his premises. He repeated this request two or three times, and then placed a piece of wood which he had in his hand against the elder Tongue's breast, and pushed him with it towards the ',door to get him out. The plaintiff's witnesses denied that any other species of violence had been used. The elder defendant then immediately struck at the plaintiff. The son rushed in to his father's assisiance, the plaintiff was knocked down, and, it appeared by the evidence on both sides, was very roughly used --41aving been violently beaten and kicked. In the scuffle a table, -a bookcase, and cheffonier, were broken, the damage of which ',vas estimated at £5. . The defence'was, that unnecessary violence was used by the Rlaintiff in. tempting to put the elder dvfeadant out of the shop.. Verdict for the planatiff.--Datuages 'Ws. BENT V. WOOD. ThiS was .n action fol. an alleged assault upon the plaintiff, while he was doing his duty in the character of a special con stable: Mr. Alexander and Mr. Wighttnau for the plaintiff; and ',Sr. Brandt for the defendant. This case presented a very trumpery character. It appeared that in April last an election of churchwardens took .place in the town of Rochdale, wherein the parishioners were much divided respecting the merits of the several candidates. Considerable excitement prevailed; and one of the magistrates, who happened tote one of the losing party, appointed several special consta bles, as they were called, at one or two o'clock in the day. These constables were•not sworn in. The magistrate said that he had merely laid his hand on the shoulder of the person required to act. and "ordered him in the name of his sovereign to do his duty." The plaintiff and defendant were of the rival parties— the former being a shoemaker and the latter a corn-dealer, both respectable men. At four o'clock the pole closed, and the de fendant was endeavouring to force his way into the church by the door at which the . plaintiff was stationed, when a scuffle en sued, and, according to the witnesses for the plaintiff, he was thrown down and his coat torn off his back. After the examina tion of several witnesses, Mr. BRANDT addressed the jury for the defence, and sub mitted that it was a most trumpery case to bring into a court. The simple fact was, that the defendant wanted to go into the church to ascertain the result of the poll. The losing party, that of the plaintiff, f e lt irritated at their defeat, and hence the affray, and the consequent action which had been raised here to-day. Verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages one farthing. THURSDAY. HARPER v. BURROWS AND OTHERS. This was an action for assault and false imprisonment. Mr. Cresswell and Mr. Hoggins for the plaintiffs, and Dr. Brown for the defence. Mr. CausswELL stated the case to the following effect : That the present action was brOught by Henry Harper, the plaintiff, for a very gross outrage committed upon him by two attorneys, named tlodg►son and Hibbert, and two police officers, called Burrows and Rawlinson, who took h to into custody and.threatened to send him to the dungeon at Bolton, unless he paid £2O on a bill, an indorsement on which they alleged be had forged. The first of these, Mr. Hodgson, had pleaded guilty, and thereby suffered judgment to go by de fault; the others said they were not guilty, and upon this plea the issue would be tried. The learned counsel then called his witnesses. Matthew Butcher, examined by Mr. HOGG INS.--1 know the plaintiff, Henry Harper. On the 30th of May, 1831, I was at the plaintiff's house. On that day I saw Hodgson and Rawlin son, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, with Mr. Hibbert, an attorney. Rawlinson, Hibbert, and Harper hada conversation together lathe yard, and went away. Hodgson and Rawlinsou returned at three o'clock in the afternoou, and went into a sitting-roam occupied by Harper, and I heard Hodgson charge Harper with forgery, and say that if he did not pay £2O he must go with them to Bolton on a charge of forgery. Harper asked if they had a warrant. They said they did not need one, and Harper refused to go without, when Hodgson told Rawlin son to do his duty. My father then came in, and, on hearing the circumstances, said that they had no right to take Harper. My father advised Harper to send for a respectable attorney, and Hodgson ordered him out of the house. Rawlinson then took Harper away to Bolton, and I went afterwards and saw Harper, Hodgson, and Rawlinson at the Three Arrows. Hodgson said he must pa the £2O, and Harper said he had not ts6Money to pay it, and Hodgson said be must ga-tcuthe.Dem geun. My father advised a settlement, and asked Harper if he had forged the bill, and Harper said that he had not. My father said he would bail Harper for £5O, and he bailed him to appear next morning. Burrows subsequently came in and said that Harper must go to the Dungeon. r went with Harper out, and returned to the Three Arrows and saw Hib bert there, who said they ought not to have let Harper go. This was addressed to the company, and Mr. Greenhalgh were present. The money was subsequently , paid,,in consequence of their threatening to take him again. rhe money was paid by Mr. Twiss. • Cross-examined by Dr. BROwri.—llibbert was present at the Three Arrows. Greenwood also. I heard it was Greenwood's name that had been forged. I fetched Greenwood to meet Har per at the Three Arrows. I did not hear Greenwood tell Harper that the bill was a forgery. • By Mr. CHESSWELL.—WhiIst I was at the Three Arrows. Burrows, the deputy-constable, came, and then it was that they consented to let Harper go ou my father's bail. Burrows at terwards came to my father's house and said, that as it was not likely that the matter would be settled, he must go with him. The matter was afterwards settled. Peter Twiss examined by Mr. CitessweLL.—l live at Bol ton. On the 30th of May I was sent for to am Three Arrows, and found Rawlinson, Harper, Hodgson, and Mr. Botcher. I asked Harper what he wasdoing there, and he said he was taken into custody on a charge of forgery. Hodgson then handed me a £2O bill, and I said that I knew something of the names at the back of the bill ; Haslam was one, and I fetched him to the public-house, and fouud the same parties still there. Hasla.m told the company that he had endorsed bills for Greenwood. Mr. Butcher and myself asked him to draw a bill then, so that they might see his handwriting; he did so, and Mr. Butcaer and myself thought the handwriting was similar to that at the back of the £2O bill. Haslatn said to Hibbert tbat he never recol lected drawing a bill like the £2O bill, and the name at the back was not his. Hodgson went out of the room, saying be was going to Manchester • and I then offered to Rawlinson and Burrows £5OO bail to let Harper go, which they did. Hodgson went to Mr. Butcher's, where Harper went to, and Burrows then said that Harper must go with him. I subsequently pro cured the money and took up the, bill. I paid the money to Mr. llibbert. • By the JuDGß.—Hibbert was not present when Harper was ordered into custody; but I heard Hibbert say to the officers, that, if the money was not paid, Harper must go to the dungeon. By Dr. BitowN.—When Hibbert said this, Harper was gone from the Three Arrows. Ido not know that Mr. Hibbert was brought in as a friend of Mr. Butcher's to see what. could be done. Hasid:ll was asked if the name of George Greenwood eras his handwriting, and he denied it. lam uncle to Harper. Dr Baows; addressed the jury for the defendants, Rawlin son, Hibbert, and Burrows, and en ieavoured to show that the plaintiff never was in custody, but had gone to the Three Arrows, of his own free will in order to settle the dispute about the bill. The plaintiff had not shown that he had been imprisoned; therefore in his opinion the action couldnot be sustained. He then called _ _ . _ _ . John Mosscrop.—l am overseer of Little Bolton. I know the defendant Burrows; be is deputy constable of Bolton. Rawlinson is his assistant. Mr. Ilibbert is an attorney residing at Bolton. Mr. Butcher resides at Brightmet Hall, and I met Mr. Harper and Mr. Butcher walking on the day in question with Mr. Butcher and Mr. Rawlinson. I took them to be a friendly party. I walked with them about a mile, and nothing occurred to lead me to sue . pose that Harper was in custody. 'Thomas Haslam examined by Dr. Bitowri.—l ant landlord' of the Three Arrows in Bolton. On the 39th of May I recollect Mi. Butcher, Mr. Harper, and two or three other gentlemen came to my house. Harper came in with Butcher. Rawlinson did not come until a quarter of an hour afterwards; he joined Mr. Butcher's party. Mt. Matthew Butcher, sen.—Harper was at my house. when Rativlinson came and said that he wished to see Mr. Harper on the subject of a forged bill. Harper went away with us to Bolton, and I desired Rawlinson to walk a little distance from us to avoid suspicion. I called upon Mr. Hibbert to go with us to give us' his advice, and Mr. Hibbert said it was a dirty piece of business, and had better be settled. CREiSWELL, for the plaintiff, contended that the false inaprionnient had been proved. The plaintiff was kept in cus tody at the Tbree.Arrows from noon to seven o'clock at night, and refused his liberty until hail was given. The fact was, that the bill was not a forgery, but an overdue one, and the defend ants had taken the illegal course they did to insure payment; and this, was admitted by Hodgson, the principal, pleading guilty. The learned JUDGE having summed up the evidence, the jury returned a verdict of Guilty against the three defendants— damages £so—and acquitted Burrows. SIR OSWALD MOSLEY, BART, V. ROBINSON. This was an action brought by Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart, Lord of the Manor of Manchester, against a butcher named Robinson, in that town, for selling and exposing meat for sale out of the public market. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (with whom was Mr. WIGHT MAN) stated the case, and proved the honourable baronet's rights and privileges in the public markets of Manchester, which had existed in his family for four generations. 'Fhe defendant admitted the offence, and a verdict for the plaintiff was taken by consent. THE SAME V. HALL. This was an action for a similar offence committed by ano ther butcher named Hall, who it was alledged had sold meat at his shop in Ashton-street, London-road, Manchester, instead of the public market place, to the prejudice of the Lord of the Manor. The A rTairgEr-GEriariAL, having stated the case, produced Mr. Samuel Kay, the steward to Sir Oswald, iu Manchester, who produced records of the usaget of the markets, and privi leges of the Lords of the Manor of Manchester from 1396 to the present time, and stated that no person was allowed to sell meat in his own shop,' unless that meat had been previously ex posed in the market. Witnesses wereealled to shoW they had purchased meat from the defendant on market days, and the Learned JUDGE said • that the record's produced by Mr. Kay had previously been re ceived in evidence by the Court of King's Bench. The ATTORNEY-GENEE4 having stated that, Sir Oswald Mobley merely wished to establish, his right, and not to seek for damages, the Jury returned a verdict fur the plaiutiff.—Da mages, Is. GERARD AND ANOTHER, ASSIGNEES V. NIGHTINGALE. This was an action brought by the assignees of a haukruPt named Seagrave, late of this town, to recover from. the defend ant. a carrier, the amount of certain goods consigned to him by Mr. Frost. a manufacturer in Sheffield, as it was alleged, to the bankrupt's credit, which the defendant had returned to Mr. Frost. • Mr, ALEXANDER appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. WIG Hr MAN for the defence. • • It appeared from the evidence, that Mr.[Seagrave was in the habit of purchasing goods from manufacturers in different parts of the country fur the purpose of sending abroad, and having no Warehouse, he usually had them consigned to the carriers' wharf. On the 9th of November last a quantity of Sheffield goods were sent to Mr. Seagrave by Mr. Vrost, and left at the wharf of Mr. Nightingale, the defendant, the latter sending a carriage note to Mr. Seagrave, announcing, in the usual way, the arrival of the goods. While the goods so remained upon the wharf, Mr. Sea g rave suddenly disapp eare d f rom th e t own, and never returned. He was made a-bankrupt, and the plain tiffs (assignees) hearing of the goods, sent to the defendant, claiming them. Mr. Frost also made a claim, and received the goods back on indemnifying the defendant. These w ere th e facts of the case, the assignees considering that Mr. Nightin gale, the carrier, was liable to the estate of. Seagrave for the value of the goods, amounting to £4l. The question was one of law, whether or not the goods were in course of transit; if so, the paintas had no claim upon the carriers, but if they had ar rived at their destination, and in the possession of the defend ant as agent for Seagrave, then they were liable. The learned JUDGE was of opinion that the transit was not at an end, and therefore the plaintiffs ought to be nonsuited. After some conversation amongst the counsel, IT . ;;.s -s agreed that a verdict of £4l for the plaintiff should be taken, subject to a, special case for the court above. - SMITH V. LEYLAND.-A TI:OTTING MATCH. The plaintiff in this case is a butcher at Leigh in this county, and the defendant an ironmonger in the saute place. The catise of action arose out of a trotting match between the plaintiff's famous mare Jenny-go-lightly and a Mr. Aldred's trotting phe nomenon Billy-go-quickly. Mr. Alexander appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Green for the defence. The horses, it appears, were matched to trot against each other one mile. on the turnpike road for £2O aside, and the de fendant Leyland was stake-holder. A dispute arose between the parties, and the stake-holder offered Smith, the plaintiff, his £'..!.0 back again, wishing, on the part of his friend, Mr. Aldred, for the wager.to be off Smith refused to take it, insisting upon haying the whole of-the money, or that the race should be run. It was run, and Aldred's horse won; but, having broken trot contrary to the articles, the plaintiff alleged that he had 1113d.zpt Aldred, and demanded the £4O. The de,fendarkt—Letti - to deliver, and for the recovery of this amount; at least ale: stake, the action was brought. After hearing the evidence, the , Junon was of opinion di:J. as the £`2o had been' tendered and refused; the plaintiff µus i.ot entitled to a verdict. Verdict for the defendant. • WISDOM U. CRAIG AND OtHURS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the keeper of a beer-shop in Ilanover-street, Alanchester, against Craig. Bar rows, Booth, and Sarner, defendants, fur trespass and excess of distraint. The Attornev.General and Mr. Watson appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Wightman and Mr. Wilkins for the de fendants. It appeared from the evidence that Craig formerly kept the beer-shop occupied • by the plaintiff, and had let it to the latter. A sum or money was owing to Craig by the plaintiff, and he, having procured an execution from the Court of Requests, ac companied the other defendants, who are constables, on the II th of July to make a seizure, when they were assaulted by the plaintiff, his wife, - and servant. The latter were subsequently imprisoned by the Manchester magistrates for the assault. The goods of the plaintiff were taken in execution, and it was alleged that more property than was necessary to cover the debt and costs had been seized, and that. uncalled-for violence had been used. The case was altogether an uninteresting one, and Messrs. Wightman and Wilkins having addressed the jury for the de fendants, a verdict for the plaintiff, dainages 10s., was returned. The JUDGE said be would consider whether pr not he should' certify fur the costa. THE KIRK versus THE POPE. The third centenary of the reformation approaches, and we earnestly hope that; on the hist Sunday in October, all protestant congregations, of every denomi. ilation, throughout the united kingdom, in addition to their usual religious observances, will cel&brate this great epoch by thanksgiving and praise to the Almighty for their deliverance from the thraldom of the impure, in tolerant church of Rome. The kirk of Scotland, the most anti-popish of the protestant churches, has recorded in her "Standards" her reasons fot her rejection of popery; and we think that, at this eventful time, the following extract from her "Confession of Faith, or National Covenant," although quaint the language, will be studied with deep interest by many of out readers. The -origin4l deed of the "Confession of, Faith, or National Covenant," which was signed at) Holyrood House, on the 25th day of February, 1588, by King James the Sixth, Lennox, Huntly, the Chancellor, and ninety-five other persons, .is now in the possession of Sir John Maxwell, Baronet, Nether Polluk, Renfrew shire : "In special, we detest and refuse the usurped authority of the Roman antichrist upon the scriptures of God, uprin the kirk, the civil magistrate, and consciences of men; all his tyrannous laws made upon indifferent things against our christian liberty; his erroneous doctrine against Ole sufficiency of the written word, the perfection of the law, the office of Chiist, and his blessed evangel; his corrupted doctrine concerning original sin, our natural inability and rebellion to God's law, our jus tification by faith only, our imperfect sanctification and obe dience to the law, the nature, number, and use of the holy sacraments; his five bastard sacraments with all his rites, cere monies, and false doctrine, added to the ministration of the true sacraments without the word of God; his cruel judgment against infants departing without the sacrament; his absolute necessity of baptism; his blasphemous opinion of' transubstan tiation, or real presence of Christ's body in the elements, and receiving of the same by the wicked, or bodies of men; his dis pensations with solemn oaths, perjuries, and degrees of mar riage forbidden in the word; his cruelty against the innocent divines ; his devilish mass ; his blasphemous priesthood ; his profane sacrifice for sins of the dead and the quick; his canoni zation of men, calling upon angels or saints departed, worship ping of imagery, relics, and crosses, dedicating of kirks, altars, days; vows to creatures; his purgatory, prayers for the dead; . praying or speaking in a strange language, with his proces sions, and-blasphemoualftsiny, and -multituder of advocates or mediators,. his manifold orders, auricular confessions, his des perate and uncertain repentance; his general and doubtsome faith; his satisfactions of men-for their sins; his justificatian by works, opus operalum, works of supererogation, merits, par dons, peregrinations, and stations; his holy water, baptizing of bells, conjuring of spirits, crossing, sapling, anointing, con jnring, hallowing of God's good creatures, with the supersti tious opinion joined therewith; his worldly monarchy and slicked hierarchy; his three solemn vows, with all his shavel hogs of sundry sorts; his erroneous and bloody decrees made at Trent, with ap the subscribers or approvers ot that cruel and bloody baud, conjoined against the kirk of God. And finally, we detest all his vain allegories, rites, signs, and traditions brought in the kirk without or against the word of God and doctrine of this true reformed kirk." LIVERPOOL ASSIZES. NISI PRIUS COURT,-TUESDAY. HALSER V. GREENWOOD. This was an action brought to try a question of law respecting a will. Mr. Cresswell and Mr. Crompton appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Alexander and Mr. Tomlinson fin the ! de fendant. Mr. CitsswaLt. stated the case. John Halscr, the grand father of the present plaintiff, died in the year 1& 8. He left a will, whereby he bequeathed to his widow an interest for life in certain property, which, at his demise was to be equally divid ed between his two sins, John and Joseph. If one of these died without ;slue, the children of the other were to inherit ; if both died without issue, the property was to go over. At the demise of the widow, John and Joseph Balser had accordingly each an equal moiety. Unfortunately, all the witnesses to the will were dead, but proofs would be furnished of the genuineness of the signatures, and also the will having been drawn out by an attorney, named Brown, and of the demise of the parties. The first witness called was Mrs. Griffiths, who stated that she lived in Stanley-street. She knew old John Halser. She knew his wife, who, managed his affairs. They owned some houses in CaveutliA-street. Did not know the. tenants, but went herself to see the widow of John Halsor, whew she was lying dead there. John Balser used to live there. Remetnbeied Mr. Brown, the attorney, who nricle wills for some of her friends. Old John Halser left two sous, John and Joseph, the former of whbm died without issue,—the latter left four children. Abraham Jones produced the will of John Halser , deceased, from the court of . Chester. _ _ .... Mr. Massey deposed that ho was acquainted with Mr. Brown, an attorney, about fifteen years ago. Did not know p os iti v ely that he was .lead. Had not seen - him for 15 years. ' Mr. CRESSWELL.—That will be prima facia evidence that he is dead. Mr. Ar.xxamiEn.—Then you might prove anybody dead. Witness then proved the hanc'!. vritiug of Mr. Brown in sig nature to the will, and iu placing of the name , of another round his mark. Sarah Riding, sister in law to foseph Halser, deposed that she had frequently beard the parents of Joseph and John Hal ser say that the property would descend to the children of the former on their. demise. When the widow of testator died, her sister Franceshad taken the furniture to her house in Johnson street, and kepfthem. Lawrence Green produced a copy of the register of the burial of Mr. Brown which he had compared with the original in St. Peter's Church, from which it appeared that Mr. Brown had died in 143413. - • - _ Jane Parkinson, wife to the son of Parkinson who had wit nessed the will, stated that one had been present when the will was drawn out;:•that Parkinson had teen dead twenty-four years, and that Halser's wife managed the property during his lifetime. - Mr. ALE,CANDfiII for the defence took objection to the word ing of the will, in which he said the words "either or both" ought to have been inserted to have made it binding. In its present state he contended that the property ought to go over. —Verdict for the plaintiff; subject to leave on the part of the defendants to move for a new trial if required. MURPHY V. LAMBE AND OTHERS. This was an action against the Phenix Insurance Company, to recover money due on a policy of insurance for property be longing to plaintiff, burned at a fire which took place on his premises on July 23, 1833. Mr. Alexander, Mr. Crompton, and Mr. Wigbtman appeared on behalf of the plaintiff, and Mr. Cresswell for the defeuce. Mr. ALEXANDER said that the principal question in this ease was rather one of a criminal than of a civil nature. The plaintiff had, through hard fortune, become so greatly reduced in circumstances, that he was necessitated to sue in forte pateperis. When this was done, the plaintiff had to swear that he was not worth £5 in the world, upon which the law allowed him every chance of justice, by permitting him to choose his own counsel. The plaintiff had formerly been in business as a stevadore, but having got into some difficulties, he sold off some property which he had,—paid his debts, and then found himself worth £2OO or £3OO, with which he took 'a shop in Bath-street, where he placed his wife and son, to carry on the business, him self still pursuing that of stevedore. About this period.a fire happened in the neighbourhood, which alarmed the inhabitants_ so much that it induced several of them to insure, and amongst the rest the plaintiff, who insured his stock for £5OO, and his furniture for £lOO snore. His former etnbarassment however at this tune not having been properly settled, he again got into difficulties, and he was obliged to close his shop and go to live in a distant part of the town where ne was less known, but from which he occasionally went to visit his shop on business when he met accidentally.with a customer. Lady one morning he was surprised at receiving the astounding information that during the night his shop had been burned down. He hastened to the spot and discovered that nothing remained of his whole property.but *the smoking ruins of the building. When lie had claimed upon his policy the office of insurance, in consequence of some suspicions which they had imbibed, refused payment of the amount claimed.. It was to recover this amount, affidavit of the correctness of which had been made, that the present action was brought. Na less than fourteen witnesses were then called, who testified to the truth of most of the statements above made but the one material fact, viz., the value of the property contained on the premises at the time of the fire. One witness estimated the stock and furniture of the plaintiff at £l5O, another at £2OO. On this point the case fell to the ground. Lord A etriosu, after some conversation with counsel for plaintiff and defendant, directed that a verdict be found for the defendant, on the ground of false representation having been made of the value of the goods. Each party to pay his own .costs in the action. THE. ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. MAINWARING AND ANOTHER. In this case, which was taken at the opening of the court, Sir Josue Cowes:Le, (the Attorney-General) and Mr. COLTMAN appeared for the crown, and Sergeant ATcHERLEY, (Attorney- General for the county palatine,) Mr. CRESswELL and Mr. WLCIIITMAN for . the defendants. The proceeding was by in formation of intrusion to maintain the title of the crown ter a tract of grounil,27o acres in extent, lying nearthe city of Ches, ter, and formed from an-estuary of 'the river Dee, which in au- , ciont times was of such extent as to render Chester a great marine malt, Liverpool being then only a subordinate or de pendency of. it. Gradually the daninittion of the volume of water laid bare wide alluvial tracts, of whh.h the ground in dis pute was the most recently developed. Within the memory of man it has been a marsh, and the strong tides overflowed it. The land does not lie immediately upon the batiks of the Dee, but is separated from it by an intervening pieee aground called the Saltmay, which lies considerably higher than the ground now contested for. In the year 1829 this ground was taken possession of under the direction_ of Lord Lowther and the other commissioners of Woods and Forests, it being then censidered that no person had (or pretended to have) a title to it, and it having been heretofore a tract into which the people drove their cattle indiscriminately, and whence rushes, or turf was cut, and even bricks made. A man named William Hughes was ap pointed bailiff of it ; a trench was cut round it ; notices against trespass wet 0, posted ; it was made profitable as a ley for cattle, and not less than £5 O O was received from the former year to 1832-as rental for the pasturage of cattle, Jones (the co-defend ant of Mainwaring) having; with others, paid sums of money for his cattle. Resistance, however, was made at first to the enclosure, and cattle were turned on to the land to dispute the appropriation, but Hughes " pounded" them, awl continued to claim payment for the ley. In the year 1833, a Mr. Brydell took the lands as tenant, with a power to purchase, and the de fendants then asserted a decided claim to the laud, founding it, as it appeared from the pleadings in this case, on a real or sup posed right he possessed as lord of the manor of Mariston-cum- Leach, the disputed lauds lying . appurtenant thereto, and hay- . ing, as was alleged, been occupied in ownership for 30 years by the second defendant. The title by manorial privilege thus set tip was contested by the learned Attorney-General. He con tended that no manorial lordship existed in Marlston ; no copy hold manor could be created after the 18 th Edward I st., and it could be granted after the reign :4;f"ltthe.lhaatradqtitieelt' whetherst. Doomsday they book spoke of only 41) acres of laud existing in Leach, and it was not entitled a manor, which was iuvariably the case when manorial rights existed. In the process of time more land was reclaimed from the sea, and in the reign of Edward the Ist two grants were made, that monarch being then forming the forest of Delamere and anxious to obtain land there, which he exchanged for others. The lands in Marlstnn and Leach were thus graetel for the performance of certain service at the royal castle of Chester. Another grant was made by Henry the Seventh, as Earl. of Chester, of the' waste .lands round that city, which he bestowed upon the citizens, Chester being then erected into a county. Those lands came up to the very disputed ground of Leachhighs. There was also another grant of Henry the Eighth, on the dissolution of the monasteries, of the lauds attached to St. Werburgh's Church, for which a rental of 30s. 02d. was to be paid to-the court of augmentation. Under these grants, therefore, which embraced the lands alleged to constitute the manor, as no LAUNCH OF THE "CITY OF LIMERICK." On Wednesday, shortly after mid-day, was launched, from Messrs. Wilsons' building yard, the first of two steam packets built for the service of the Dublin Steam Packet Company. This splendid vessel, as she glided into her proper. although nut her native eieinent, received the name of " The City of Limerick," amidst a general shout frem the company assem bled to witness her embarkation, all of whom repeated this ex pression when the City of Limerick was seen safely floating in the Mersey! The architecture of the Limerick has been examined by a great number of scientific and other persons desirous of inspect ing a vessel embracing all the improvements which the expe rience of this enterprising company has suggested or adopted in the construction of their craft. By these persons she has been pronounced the strongest and best-fastened vessel ever launch ed in this port. The entire of her deck beams are lined with arched plates of iron, which not only effectually bind the sides of the vessel, but prevent the deck from ever yielding under the heat to which steam vessels are exposed. 'rho peculiar mode of fastening those beams is well worthy of inspection. The entire planking of the vessel is effected without the aid of what are called treenails, instead of which the whole is attached by cop per composition bolts, screwed inside, and by which the possi bility of any of them starting is effectually prevented. This vessel, on the plan of the iron steamerslbuilt by this company, will be divided into compartments by several iron plate bulkheads, which not only impart additional strength and stiffness, but, in a great degree, increase the security against accidents from either fire or water. In addition to these peculiarities, every timber and plank throughout the vessel has been prepared and seasoned on the principle of Ryan's patent, which has already been so satisfac torily proved in his majesty's yard, at Woolwich, to be a prc vetuive against decay or dry rot. Probably it will' be reinein t,..t vrommending its general adoptipu,' his teen presented to the house of Commons. The Dublin Steam-packet Company have, by their coasting steam navigation, connected the ShannOn with the Mersey, and their newly-launched vessel received the name of the City of Limerick in compliment to that important and improving sea port. Both the City of Limerick rind the Athlone, the name to be given to the second vessel, which will shortly be ready, are of larger dimensions than any ship hitherto built by the Dub lin company - the first which had sufficient courage and enter prise to undertake steam trading across the channel. The Limerick and, the Athlone will be propelled by engines each of 200-horse power, made by Messrs. Fawcett and Co. The weather, although unfavourable, did not deter a large party of about two hundred and twenty ladies and gentlemen from going on board the Bir m i ng h am , whi c h was s t eere d to a convenient situation for seeing the launch. At two o'clock, a handsome cold collation was laid out on the decks of this vessel for the entertainment of the company. The health of Mr. Perry, whit presided, " Success to the C;ity of Limerick," and "The Dublin Steam Company" were successively drank by the company; and we must not omit to state that at this festi val" The King" was not forgotten. The City of Limerick is the first . vessel launched from the corporation ground at the north end of the town, beyond the Clarence Dock. In the model-room of the building-yard another entertainment was given to about one hundred other friends of the company and of Messrs. Wilson, the ship-builders. Horne, of the Mersey, was the purveyor, and great credit is due to him for the manner in which he conducted the business of his department. MISSIONS IN IRELAND. On Monday evening last a public meeting of the Irish Me thodist Missionary Society, in connexion with the established church, was held in the Music-hall, 80ld -street, John Parr, Esq. in the chair. The proceedings having been opened with a hymn and prayer, the chairman briefly stated the object of the meeting, and called upon Mr. Revington, of Dublin, one of the secretaries of the society, to address the assembly. It ap peared by the secretary's statement, as well as from a letter which he read, signed by some of the most influential of the Irish clergy, that this section of the methodist body adheres to the simple plan of methodism as established by Wesley himself, —that the preachers and missionaries of the connexion regard themselves only as protestant teachers whose sole object is to aid in the evangelization of Ireland without interfering with the offices of the regular clergy, and that while the society bears a friendly relation to the orthodox churches in Ireland, it is, ac cotding to the plan of its founder, particularly connected with the established church, where its preachers and missionaries regularly partake of the.holy communion, having no sacraments administered by themselves. The missionary department of this society, the workings of which it was the object of the de putation to lay before the public, appears to have been success ful in spreading gospel light and truth through some of the Most benighted parts of Ireland. From the statements which were submitted to the meeting it appears that besides a consi derable body of circuit preachers who are supported by the peo- i ple amongst whom they preach, the society has at present up wards of forty missionary agents, including missionaries, scrip ture readers, and missionary schoolmasters, who labour to make known from cabin to cabin, and from village to village, the truth. The success which attends the labours of those devoted men, who receive from the society merely what is sufficient to supply their real wants, may be gathered from this fact, that in the course of two years by the labours of the preachers and mis sionaries, upwards of four thousand individuals were hopefully converted to God. The support which the society receives in Ireland is highly encouraging. During the last year the re ceipts in that country exceeded £l7OO, and from the report it appears, that notwithstanding the present distress of the Irish clergy, the names of upwards of two hundred of them appear on the list of subscribers. The society is also warmly supported by many of the presbytcrian and dissenting ministers and laity. The next person who addressed the meeting was the Rev. H. S. Joseph, minister of the Hebrew church, who, after having expressed his warm approbation of the society in its relation to the established church, entered upon a statement of the super stitions and idolatry of the Roman Catholics of Ireland as fur nishing a strong reason why this society should be supported in its efforts to spread divine truth amongst them. These remarks, which were warmly responded to by the great body of the meet ing, excited the disapprobation of the Irish Roman Catholics , who attended evidently with the design of interrupting the pro ceedings of the meeting: The same line of conduct was per sisted in during the address of Mr. Rice, of Dublin, the other member of the deputation, who, in a bold, fearless manner stated the withering influences of popery in Ireland, and the success which, under the divine blessing, attended the• labours of the society. Towards the close of Mr. Rice's address, some of the Roman Catholics rushed toWards the platform, and de manded liberty to addless the meeting. This was, of course' objected to by the chairman; and, on the suggestion of an Irish gentleman,a warm friend to the society, who addressed his Roman Cathclic countrymen at considerable length, and with great ability, an offer was made to the Boman Cat holies to meet them on any other evening inorder to discuss the points at issue be tween protestants and the members of that church. This ar_ rangement, we understand, was finally agreed to, and the meet ing was closed by a hymn and prayer. Previous, however, to the breaking up of the assembly, an association in connexion With the parent society in Dublin was formed, of which John Parr, Esq.; 9, Camden-street, 'consented to become treasurer. CONCERT AT 'IIIE AMPHITHEATRE, Madlle. Grisi and Signors .Laldache were we believe known;in Liverpool,- except by their general fame as vocalists of first , ral.e eicelletice, until Wednesday evening, *hen they , were received at the Amphitheatre by a brilliant audience, which , completely fillird the circle of boxes and the arena used for feals of horsemanship, boarded .over and fitted ter the reception of dress company. The . pit at the back of this part of the theatre was also well filled, And the gallery presented in like manner a fair show of visitors. . . In speaking of the professional merits of these singers, we believe we shall echo the general opinion in saying, that it would be difficult to imagine a more perfect voice than that of of one more capable of giving,' by its beautiful intona tions, expression to the varied emotions of the human heart: that of Signor Lablache is, if the use of such a term be allow able, magnificent for its volume and for the richness of its tones ; and of F. Lablache have only to add, that ; :without the power, his voice possesses a strong resemblance to that‘ of his sire. We suppose we must call him a tenor, although he would be equally effective as a bass singer. • The first piece performed was the duetto " Un Segreto". (Rossini) by the Signors Lablache. This beautiful air was beautifully sung; but the senior signor so completely annihilated the junior, that the voice of the latter was scarcely distinguished. Grisi sang on her first appearance on the stage " Stanco de pin combattare" (Rossini) in exquisite style, and was rapturously encored. Of these encores we may perhaps have a word or two to say anon. " 0 quardate" (Guecco) was admirably sung by Lablache and Grisi, and the change of parts produced a good comic effect. "Vi raviso" was very chastely executed by F. Lablache. " Largo al Factotum," from 11 Barbiere di Siviglia, (Rossini,) wanted what could not be given to it in a concert room—action andscenie effect; but it was still very good. The polacca " Son vergiu vezzosa" was beautifully sung by Grisi, accompanied by the Signors Lablache; but it was impossible for them to sing four parts: This piece wanted another treble and contralto voice. Perhaps it may not be amiss to give these strangers a hint that there arc in Liverpool, persons who chance to have heard that the accompaniment to the polacca was ‘vrit ten iu four parts for foal voices. "A to ocaro" vras'also minus a part.' 'Signor Puizi performed in a very pleasing style a fan tasia on the French horn; and the solo of SignorPin.Cianchet tini on the piano-forte was brilliantly executed. , , The selection was subitantially good, and was without any exception rapturously receied. There is one practice, how ever, which was persisted in on the part of the audience,. against which we must enter our solemn protest, as an offence, against good breeding, good taste, and common sense, namely„ that of bawling out for the repetitiou of almost every piece in succession. The noise ou some of these outbreaks of enthu siasm alinost equalled that of a parcel of obstreperous unruly boys. In each of these occasions, on Wednesday night, a part only of the ails called for were repeated, and those parts hur ried over in a slovenly manner. The programme of this and most other concerts are quite tofficient evidence that the singers calculate upon these very silly interruptions to the regblar business of the evening, but for which other pieces. would be added, and the audience would have a -greater quan tity of really good music for their money. The concert of Wednesday was a delicious treat; and, look-, lug at the bill of fare for this evening, we expect another equally good. WIGAN. (From our Correspondent.) • ; PEMBERTON SUNDAY SCHOOLS.—Ou Sunday morning and afternoon last two sermons were preached in the Parochial Chapel of Pemberton, near Wigan, by the Rev. A. Hewlit, of Astley, and the Rev. W. Gibbs, of Haigh, after which collec tions to upwards of £53 were made. There are about 1000 children in the schools, under the superintendence of the Rev. J. Paley. FIRE NEAR WIGAN.—On Saturday evening, about ten -o'clock, a tire was discovered in the cotton-factory of Mr. Shar pies, of Li indley, near Wigan, but fortunately iu time to be got under without doing much damage. LGCAL N.EIVS. DUBLIN ELECTION COIIIIIIITTEE.—On Friday an application was made to the commissioners, sent over by the Dublin elec tion committee to examine as to the legality of the votes ac cepted at the last election, to adjourn their proceedings for one week. The application was sanctioned by the agents ou both sides, both appearing to be equally tired, but, after consideration, was refused by the commissioners, who thought such a step in consistent with their duty. We have heard that the majority against O'Connell and Ruthven already amounts to NO. The business appears to advance at something like a snails pace, for nothing has, as yet, been said about the time when the commis sioners will be enabled to make their report to the committee. Daniel has at any rate gained—all perhaps that he wanted— time. It is in contemplation among the leading men of the nine parishes in Westminster, to form a new political union for the purpose, it is stated, of reforming the House of Lords.-0.5- server.--(Bah!) Ma. Woon's LECTURKS.—In our 'advertising columns wilt be found an announcement of a course of lectures on the most celebrated portions of the ancient world, to which we direct the attention of our readers. RAILWAY TRAVELLING.—In the week ending 'the 7th intr., no less than 14,5 1 8 Pwsengers travelled the whole length or the line along the Liverpool and Manchester railway. This is ex clusive of passengers going short distances, anti of those pro ceeding by the Bolton end other branch railways. The folloa ing is the number of passengers along the wnele line, during the first seven months of the present year :—.lanuary, 26,572 ; February, 24,17!; March, 26,880; April, 31,390; May, 35,118; . June, 56,280; July, 54,642. Total 255,053. This number is also exclusive of short distances and branch railway passengers. PRICE OF SUG A R.—We observe that this eminently nutritive and most necessary article of domestic consumption has, within these few weeks past, advanced very considerably in price. This, it seems, is to be ascribed to the deficiency cf die stock of 1 sugar at present in the country. In London,' we notice that, compared with the corresponding period of last year, there is a deficiency of nu less than about nine thousand hogsheads of itluscovades, and thirty-five thousand bags of Mauritius saga:, - and that the holders are sanguine in their expectations of higher prices. We understand that no very good sugar can now be bought wholesale under sixty shillings per cwt. or about 61d., per Round.—Glassiow Courier.—[The grocers of Dublin bad a tueetlng on Friday last, at which they agreed to demand an ad vance of one penny per lb. on raw and lump sugars. Will this be the only advance? We trove not.—E. S.] A FRIEND OF THE WEST INDIES.—In the elm of the Attor ney-General v. Mainwaring, tried in the Nixi Prins. Court on Tuesday, a very old man was examined as a witness. Lord Abinger, on hearing that he had reached the age of 103, and • remarking the goodness of his health, asked some questions as to his manner of living, and more particularly what he was in the habit of drinking in the evening. The old gentleman re plied that he always drank one and sornetimes.two glasses of of rum and water. - In answer to another query, how long he. had eontinued that practice ? he said that he had ' done so for the last seventy or eighty years. • An opinion is gaining -ground, that as ministers carried off Mr. Macaulay for insulting and refusing to answer questions' put by a committee of the house, they have to show their ins-. partiality, and get rid of a troublesome job, done the same to Colonel Fairman, who, it is said, will probably cast up, in the possession of some military place in India.—Times. The Sepovs, whojoined the British army in the war against Napoleon, performed their devotions in the temple of Donde rah, as jitney had taken it for one of their own places of wor ship. Theic are some prominent points of resemblance be tween the Egyptians and Bramins, which may. perhaps, ac count for this; the Phallus, the Lotus, and the Houshaja, or king of birds. The symbol of the Phallus is exhibited in many places, particularly at Karnac, and it is very popular in India - in the common form of au idol. POPULATION OP EGYPT.—The people of Egypt are divided into Copts, Arab Fellatio, and Bedouin Arabs. There are also living among them many Turks, Jews, Greeks, Syrians, Arme nians, and Berberries, and other blacks. The language at pre sent spoke is the Arabic. The Copts are Christians, and are supposed to be descendants of the ancient Egyptians, though there is little resemblance in their features to the ancient statues. Their population is stated at one hundred and sixty thousand, hut I should thiuk this number is below the truth.. The Fellatio are said to amount to 2,250,000, and the Bedouins to 18U,000; they are all Mussulinans. The TUrks are the rulers of the people; tli , e Copts ate the secretaries of govern ment; the Jews are mercers; the Syrians, Greeks, and some of the Copts are merchants; the Fellatio constitute the peasantry ; the Bedouins wander in the desert, and the Bei-Letries and other blacks are household slaves.—Eardy's Notices of the Holy Land. LORD PALMERSTON'S A.t.t.tis.—The sentences of the General Courts Mai tial held in this garrison on the•lOth instant, to try the under-mentioned men -• for desertion, and losing or making away with part of their clothing, accuuttemints, and necessaries, by neglect," were read yesterday befoie the whole • of the troops in the garrison, who for that purpese were drewn up at Cambridge Barracks. The following are the sentences: —Burke (87th Regiment,) transportation for life; Travers and. Reynolds (87th regiment.) transportation for life, but mitigated to fourteen years; Reynolds (73d) and Barry Smith (871 h regi ment,) fourteen years' transportation, but mitigated to seven years. William Dower (53d regiment,) Lance Corporal M'Gouverain, and Moran (87th regiment,) and Bray (97th re-. giment,) were each sentenced to be trans p orted fo r seven year,,, but, in consequence of their previous good conduct, were par doned. The object for which the whole deserted was to join the cause of the Queen of Spain. This afternoon (Saturday) . Travers, SMith, Bourke, and Ve3nolos, of the 87th, and Re)—• uolds, of the 73d, were removed from the garrison prison to the York convict hulk, in the harbour.—Hampshire Teleytallt. Aamonlat BEARINGS.—A Gentleman in Greenock, who considered himself overcharged for window lights, but nut having got notice of the char g e in t ime to appeal in the usual w ay, paid it, and a few weeks ego wrote to tile Barons of the Ex acquer for a mitigation, stating that he could assuredly satisfy them that he was overcharged. He was favoured with an an swer, in course, through the Surveyor, intimating that his appeal would be attended to; but, at the same time, politely informing him, that he was charged £1 4s for "4-kunorial Bearings." The gentleman, after great pondering, recollected that he had, un fortunately, in sealing' his letter to the Barons, ernployed a seal with his crest, attached to his watch. This will, perhaps, warn our readers from using such inauvertently, as a single employ ment of it will subject them to the tax, and which, we under stand, they must continue to pay, or give up the beat, or cause it to be destroyed in presence of an offiecr of the Exchequer. G,eeeeck Adrertisti. A friend Aas handed ua for publication the following memor andum, contained in a bottle which was picked up at Salt Key, Turks' Island, on the 9th June, 1835, by William Wainwright and George Taylor :—" The tinder of this is requested to make known to the agent of Lloyd's, at Alafleira, that the ship Sym metry, of Scarborough, Samuel Smith, master, which sailed. , from the port of Leith on Sunday the 2'2d ult. bound to Buenos Ayres, with passengers, passed the Madeiras un Tharsday the , 9th of June all well. Dated off the Madeiras, Thursday twou,:: 9th June, 1825. James Parris Fisher, passenger."—lt appears from the above that the bottle was exactly teu years to a day the water when found. The original paper in our possession is, s considerably worn at the edges, but the writing is in a pet feet state of preservatiou.—New lotk Gazette. 4'';A "' <:c