The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-05-19 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL EASTER SESSIONS. The Quarter Sessions of the peace for the- borough of Liverpool commenced yesterday (Monday), in the criminal c ourt house, bef o re James Clarke, Esq. recorder. The calendar cont a i ne d th e names o f 106 persons c h arg ed with felony, and 14 with misdemeanors. The following gentlemen were sworn on the grand jury : John Haselden, Esq: foreman.. Mr. Swinton Boult, Mr. Charles Groves, Mr. Willi am Bl a i n , Mr. John Goulding, jun. Mr. Geo. William Boyd, Mr. William Huson, Mr. James Palmer Budd, Mr. Edward Jones, Mr. Adam Cliff, Mr. Timothy Jevons. Mr. David Cannon, Mr. Samuel Kearsle), Mr. William Clare, Mr. George Langtry, Mr. William Dawson, • Mr. Henry Murray. Mr. Robinson Duckworth, ' • The CLERK of the PEACE having read the royal proclama tion for the suppression of vice, profaneness, and immorality, The RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge. He said, gentlemen of the Grand Jury. I have read with some atten tion the depositions in all the cases which will come before Ymii and I am happy to be able to state to you in the outset, that I do not think you will meet with any difficulty in form ing the conclusion which you ought to come to on the inves tigation of these cases. There are not any legal difficulties of which I am aware in any of the cases, but if, contrary to IllY expectation, any should arise, if you will apply to me I will do all I can to remove them. The number of prisoners is certainly very considerable; it is above a hundred, and some persons might at once say, under their first impressions, How comes it with so strong a police force, that the calen dar is so full ?" That; gentlemen, is a natural impression, and one easily raised; but we must not come to such a con clusion hastily, because it the calendar is investigated, and the nature of the crimes analysed, you will firid that two thirds of the offences• have been committed in spite of the Police, and -that no police in the world could possibly Forrect or control them. For instance, very large num bers o f cr i mes , are comm i tted, I am sorry to say, and they always give me great pain, by domestic servants. Pow, you know as well as I do, that these offences cannot be controlled by the police. Every thing with regard to servants depends upon their own faithfulness and interity, and if they are not true to their employers, they have oppor tunities beyond all measure to commit robberies ; they have access to prop er ty o f t h e most valua bl e d escr i pt i on , an d if they are not we ll i nc li ned they may plunder f or a considera ble length of time before they are detected. There is another large class of crimes in this calendar, arising from the impru dent and improvident conduct of the prosecutors themselves —men who go into the streets, under the excitement of li quor, with large sums of money about them, where they meet with bad co mpany, thus encouraging the very crimes which they after war d s prosecute. These consider persons should what .. expense the country is i ncurr i ng i n e v ery department, by police in towns and rural police in the country, and that their conduct adds greatly to the amount—for they beget crimes, and afterwards the expense of prosecuting them falls upon the country. • There is no item in our national expen diture more heavy or more severe than that which arises from thendininistration of the law. There is also a number of larcenieito come before you, which you will find are of a nature that no police could correct. I hope many shop keepers hear me, for there is a practice which they solely should endeavOur to correct. Persons come to their shops, a nd say " I want such an article; send it down to my house, or to my lodgings." They give credit to his story, and send a Young boy with the goods, with this direction—" Go with this gentleman to his houSe, and receive the money." The boy s are too small ; they are easily deceived ; and the man Sa YS, " I will help you to carry the goods ;" and he knocks at the door. Ile enters—no money is forthcoming—the Party is gone—and the shopkeeper is defrauded. This is a felo ny i n the eye of the law, although not comm i tted b y force; but it is not one which the police can control : it is all done by stratagem and manoeuvre. Now in every case I would advise shopkeepers not to trust on these kinds of s tatements, unless they know. the party or receive a refer ence. Then, if we strike out this description of cases from the calendar, and reduce the cases to those of ordinary rob beries and so on, the calendar is a very light one. There are, however, three cases in it which are very bad ones ; but I do not refer to them in consequence of any difficulty in t hem, but because no . one can read them without being shocked at the enormity of the crimes. The learned recorder t hen referred to the cases, but in so low a tone that we could catch the names of two only, Susan Mitchell and John War ren,' and he concluded by formally dismissing the grand jury to their labours. ROBBERY FROM 'THE ADELPHI HOTEL. Harriet Jones, aged 19, was indicted for having feloniously stolen two spoons and one pair of sugar tongs, the property at her employer, Mr. James Radley, the proprietor of the Adelphi Hotel. Mr. Radley stated, that the prisoner had been in his ser -Bce, as au under barmaid, between six and seven months. bethe 4th instant having had a communication made to him, asked her permission to search her box, which was in her ~ed-room. She consented, and a constable being sent for the box was searched, and the property mentioned in the cn thetinent found wrapped the sleeve of a gown. Connor, a policeman. confirmed this statement , and added , t hat in the box he foun.l a silver pencil case in addition to the other articles. It was stated that this pencil case would form the subject of another indictment. , The prisoner, in defence, said she had put the plate into her box a day or two before, for the purpose of cleaning it; and that, owing to absence and illness, she had no opportunity of returning it to the head barmaid. The jury found a verdict of guilty. The Recorder sentenced the prisoner to 12 months' im- Prisonrnent and hard labour. ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON. Margaret Nowland was .indicted for having feloniously s tolen, on the 7th instant, five sovereigns, from the person of Charles Paterson, second mate of an American vessel, now l Ying in this port. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. STEALING SUGAR. Thomas Bartholomew Dunlop was indicted for stealing eight pounds weight of sugar, the property of Messrs. M`Fee and Co., sugar makers, of this town ; a second count in the Indictment charged the sugar as the property of the Queen. 14 r- James prosecuted, and Mr. Fitzgerald defended. The Prisoner was in the service of Messrs. M`Fee and Co. as an engineer and the sugar he was alleged to have stole n was in the bonded warehouse. He was met with the sugar in his Possession, about four o'clock in the morning, in Whitecha- Pel, by a police-officer, who took him into custody. His statement then, and his defence in answer to the case now, ' w as, he had taken , the sugar by way of p la y in g a p ractical Joke on the custom-house officer. The jury returned a ver dict of guilty. The prisoner received a good character from a person who had employed him some time ago in Glasgow. Sentence deferred. STEALING FROM THE WATERLOO HOTEL. Margt. Smith, 55, pleaded guilty to an indictment charg ing her with having stolen two sheets, six towels, two nap kins, three glasties, six dishes, three knives, two forks, and other articles, the property of Mr. William Lynn, the pro- Prietor of the Waterloo. Hotel. The Court sentenced her to three months imprisonment and hard labour. ROBBING AN EMPLOYER. Johitlahnson, 37, was indicted for having feloniously st olen two yards of woollen cloth, the property of his employer, Mr. John Briscoe, tailor and woollen draper, of Oldhall-street. Mr. Paget appeared for the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Jackson Hone. The duty of the pri soner was that of a cutter-out : and the prosecutor suspect ing him, opened the drawer in which the cloth was kept in the entry room on the morning of the 11th inst., and took an exact pattern on paper of the cloth in it. On going to it again the cloth was gone, and an officer afterwards found it in the prisoner's house.. The defence was that the cloth was the usual perquisite of the trade. The prisoner received a roost excellent character. • He was found guilty. The Recorder asked the prosecutor what wages the prisoner received ? Mr. Briscoe replied, three pounds a week of late. The Recorder—Why you have almost a better place than th e recorder! Sentence deferred. THEFT FROM THE BOROUGH GOAL. Mary Anne Dawlier, 40, pleaded guilty to an indictment for having feloniously stolen two petticoats, the property of the corporation of Liverpool. The prisoner had been com committed to the borough gaol for illegal pawning, and when she was able to be discharged the above articles were found upon her. She was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. STEALING FROM A PUBLIC-HOUSE. Henry Robinson, 17, was indicted for having feloniously stolen two quilts, and several other similar articles, the pro perty of Thos. Jones, a publican. Mr. Blackburn appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Venables for the prisoner. The house was robbed in Februaiy last by some persons who had concealed themselves, and the prisoner was apprehended out side shortly afterwards. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty. A conviction was put in against the prisoner for housebreaking in 1838, for which he underwent 12 months imprisonment.—Sentence deferred. Ellen Hughes, a girl, pleaded•guilty to a charge of stealing a watch from her master, in whose service she had been for only six days. She was sentenced to be imprisoned for four Months, and kept to hard labour. Thomas Walsh preaded guilty to having stolen two pairs of trousers, the property of a Mr. Ackroyd, a clothier. The prisoner requested that he might be allowed to take the trou sers to 'a public-house, to try them on, and he would return one of the.pairs. A boy was sent with him, and went with him into a public-house, but the prisoner made off with the clothes by the back door. The prisoner had obtained some brushes in a similar manner. He was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour. Daniel Brodwick stood indicted on a charge of having stolen; on the 17th March, two gold seals, the property of Emanuel Le Compte, a jeweller, in Manchester-street. The prisoner went into the shop, and asked the girl who attended it, to see a seal that was in the window. He said it was too dear for a poor man, and asked to see another. She banded him one ; and he ran off with them both. An alarm was given: He was afterwards apprehended. Mr. Veuables de fended the prisoner, and stated that he had only run out of the - shop after a man who had taken up his little dog Duffy, and had run off with it. The witnesses to this fact did not, however, make their appearance, and the jury immediately found the prisoner guilty. He was sentenced to suffer four months' imprisonment and hard labour. George Thompson was charged with having broken into the paper and rag warehouse, in Bachelor-street, occupied by one Owen Brown, and having stolen a quantity of paper, and some pieces of bad coin. The prisoner had not carried away the articles, but had placed them in readiness to be re moved. He was discovered by a policeman, who observed a light in the warehouse, and found the padlock of the door forced off. A lock of a drawer was also forced off. When apprehended, the prisoner said that he had been placed there by-another man. Mr. Venables made a shurt, but feeling defence, in which he stated that the prisoner had been misled by evil companions, having got some drink •, that he had previously been a most diligent and well-behaved domestic young man. He hoped the jury would recommend him to mercy. The prisoner's father, a respectable old man, was called, and gave him a goOd character. The jury found him guilty. The Recorder stated to his father that he would not pass sentence upon the prisoner until the end of the week, so that he (the father) might have an opportunity of bringing up some witnesses who, he had stated, could give him a good character, but who were not in town. Susan Minshull, stood indicted on a charge of having stolen a quantity of money, spirits, and other articles, the property of Mr. Douglas Cohen, a physician, her master. The amount was very considerable, there being afterwards found in va rious parts of the house upwards of £l3. in gold. The rob bery was committed on the night of the 7th of April, and could only, it appeared, have been accomplished by a person who knew the house well. Some of the money was after wards found in a glove and a purse amongst some rubbish in the back cellar. The prisoner told the constable it was her own. The money in the glove, the fellow to which WSS found in the prisoner's box was the precise amount left by Dr. Cohen in a purse on his dressing-room table when he went to bed on the previous night. The purse found with silver in it was not that whi ill was lost. Four silver spoons, and some German silver forks were afterwards found by the ser vant who succeeded the• prisoner, wrapped in paper in the coal vault ; and the same individual also found a coat and a , pair of trousers in one of the chimneys, which were missed at the same time. These were discovered in consequence of the chimney smoking, which induced the girl to look up and see what was the matter. A bottle of brandy was also found in 'a flue. The money was found by Ainsworth the police . officer. The Jury found the prisoner guilty. Mr. Cohen said that he wished to recommend the prisoner to mercy, on the ground that he believed she was at times idiotical, at all events, she was not of very strong mind. The Recorder said that Mr. Cohen had not mentioned this before the magistrates. The crime was one of a most aggra- Vated character. The police could not prevent it, for if the initiates of a house were disposed to steal, it was possible to go on to . a great extent without detection. He ought to sen. tence her to 15 years transportation ; but should not go that length. The sentence was that she be transported beyond the seas for the term of 10 years. The prisoner was carried from the bar in a dreadful state of mind. COURT OF PASSAGE.—The Court of Passage for the trial of causes within the borough of Liverpool, will be held on Thursday next, in the Sessions House, before Joshua Walms ley, Esq., mayor, and Charles Crompton, Esq., recorder. The cause list contains 54 issues, and one writ of trial. The undefended causes will be taken first. STATE OF EDUCATION AMONG THE PRISONERS FOR. TRIAL AT THE BOROUGH SESSIONS.—The calendar of pri soners confined in the Borough House of Correction, for trial at the present sessions, contains as usual a column denoting whether each individual is able to read and write, and his proficiency therein. The following is a summary-11 can read and write well, 23 can read imperfectly, 48 are able to read and write imperfectly, and 38 have never been taught a letter ; total 120. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday an inquest was held on the body of Margaret Ham, who was knocked down by a cart that was passing from Fraser-street into London-road, the preceding day. The driver had hold of the horse's head at the time, and no blame attached to him, as the unfortunate deceased, who did not appear to be looking before her, walked against the off wheel, which passed over her. She was taken to the Infirmary, but died in a few minutes. A verdict of accidental death was returned. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Friday an inquest was held on the body of Thomas Taylor, who, while passing along Tower Garden, about ten o'clock on Thursday morning, fell down, and almost instantly expired. The deceased was a porter, aged 40 years, and. in the opinion of Mr. Cooper, the sur geon, died of sanguineous apoplexy. Verdict accordingly. DEPARTURE OF THE FIRST STEAM MAIL PACKET FOR HALIFAX.—On Saturday forenoon, the UnicOrn, the first of the line of packets engaged by government to carry the mails to and from our North American colonies, sailed from the river on her voyage to Halifax. Nova Scotia. She had on the previous day, having received all her coals and stores,'run up to the Sloyne, where she lay at anchor. At ten o'clock, the passengers (with the exception of a few who had before gone on board,) embarked, in company with several of theirfriends, in the Steam-tug No. 5, which had been provided by Messrs. M`lyer and Co., the agents of the Mail Steam-packet Com pany, for their conveyance to the ship. On reaching the Sloyne the latter vessel was already underway, and the Steam tug being secured along side, the passengers and their friends went on board, and the luggage, which would apparently have loaded several carts, was transhipped. Both vessels turned ahead slowly as the tide was running up. We observed amongst the passengers (30 in number) several ladies with their female servants and children. All being in readiness, the,bell of the Steam-tug was rung, and the parties who were to return on shore, took a last farewell of their friends, and returned to - the vessel. Both steamers then proceeded down the river, for some distance abreast. Repeated cheers were given to the departing voyagers, and hands and handkerchiefs were mutually waved, expressive of a final adieu. A gun was fired from the Unicorn, when, at the word " turn ahead," the full power of her steam was applied, and another, as she passed St. Nicholas's Church.—about 25 minutes past eleven o'clock. The vessel was rather deep in the water, from the necessity of taking a large quantity of coals for so distant a voyage, but she went down the river in gallant style, with colours flying, and looked well. All on board seemed to be gratified by her excellent accommodations, and the roominess of her decks. She was preceded by a very beautiful cutter yacht, manned by gentlemen, and on her way to Dublin, — the property. we were informed, of Mr. Perry. There was a moderate breee, and this fine lite vessel, uner a tower ing press of sail " walked the waters like a thing of life." The steam-tug in a few minutes landed the party at the Prince's-pier. We understand the Unicorn will not return to this country, but will after the arrival out, be employed to run between Halifax and Picton, in which -service she will, doubtless, be a great acquisition to the colonists. She will be succeeded, we believe, by the Achilles, another fine Glas gow steam-ship, which will carry out the next mail to Hali fax, as the larger vessels intended permanently for the line will not be fully equipped for some time longer. The Bri tannia, the first of them, will be ready to sail on the Ist of July, for Halifax. The following are the names of the pas sengers by the Unicorn, exclusively of the children :—Mr. Houghton, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Sweerman, Lieut.-Colonel Snodgras, British Army, lady, and servant, Hon. Mr. Stew art, lady, and servant, Hon. Mr. John Robertson, Lieute nant Wynne, 23d Royal Fusileers, Dr. Bell, Mr. Andrade, Mr. James Scott, Mr. George, Mr. Wishart, Mr. Gray, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Williams, Mr. J. Lewis, Mr. Doherty , Mr. Jamieson, Mr. Cormack, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Ashbume, Mr. Archibald, and Mr. Tannahill. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—FIFTY POUNDS REWARD.—On Sunday morning between eleven and twelve o'clock. some person or persons stole from the house of Mr. Andrew Brown, South Hill:Place, Toxteth-park, a small clay-coloured can vas bag containing the following bills and notes :—A. draft at three months date, £1226. 145.; a cheque, £5., and a cheque, £B. 45.; several Bank of England notes, to the amount of £lBB., together with a sum of £44. in notes and gold. A reward of £5O. will be paid to any person or persons who will give such information as may lead to the conviction of the thief or thieves, and recovery of the property, on applica tion at the police-office. It is not known whether the house was entered, or whether the offender or offenders had pre viously found their way in and were acquainted with the pre mises. GREAT ARRIVAL OF VESSELS.—The arrival of vessels from foreign parts was, on Friday night and Saturday morn ing, remarkably numerous. At sunset, on Friday, nineteen ships, besides barques, brigs, &c., were off the port, and most of them entered in the sam e nigt. On Saturday morning, at daylight, the whole horizon was studded with vessels, in ward-bound, presenting to persons who had the pleasure of beholding it one of the gratifying sights which a great sea port such as Liverpool can alone exhibit. There were Jozens of gallant vessels, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south, laden with the produce of foreign climes,numerous coasters, and several large steamers, all press ing towards port. In fact, the channels were crowded with the inward-bound, justas, after a long prevalence of westerly winds, they are crowded with the outward-bound. Respect ing these arrivals, Mr. Jones, of the Exchange Newsroom, has furnished us with the following particulars :—" On Sa turday morning last the wind, which, for some time before, had been blowing from N.E. to S.E., veered round to the ' westward. Above 100 vessels, which bad been kept out by contrary winds, availed themselves of this favourable change, and came into the river. In the course of the day, not less than 112, including coasters, were reported as having ar rived. There were 65 arrivals from foreign parts, principally vessels of large burden and with valuable cargoes : namely, 1 from China, 27 from the United States, (21 with cotton, 5 with flour, and 1 with tea,) 6 from the West Indies and ad jacent parts, 2 from Africa, 10 from the Mediterranean, 3 from Spain, 5 from Portugal, 6 from the Baltic, 24 from Ire land, and 23 coastwise. Although the wind, previous to Sa turday, had been blowing from the eastward, there had been a fair arrival of vessels daily. On Friday, 2 vessels from Cal cutta and 1 from China, besides several others arrived ; and, on the Sunday previous, 53 vessels arrived. We believe so many arrivals in one day.has not occurred since the 29th March, 1833, when 134 vessels arrived, namely, 50 from foreign parts and 84 from Ireland and coastwise." NEW DOCK-SHED. —There is now nearly completed on the east side of the King's Dock, and extending along its whole length, or about 790 feet, a handsome and s th pac e i roof is at once neat and strong , i ron rods being employed, on the tension principle, in place of the usu al v ertical be of am ins. The roof is covered with large p lates of composition zc, se cured by parallel strips or ridges of iron from the top to the eaves, and is supported by two rows of lonic columns, or rather pillars, in all sixty-eight in number. This shed will be a great convenience, particularly in wet weather, in the loading and discharging of vessels. ARRIVALS AT THE ADELPHI HOTEL DURING THE WEEK. —Lord Castlereagh, Lord Saltoun, Lord Cochrane, Lord and Lady Gosford, Sir Richard and Lady Keane, Sir David and Lady Kinlock, Sir Hanson Birnie, Major RiveDrrs, umSir John Walsham, Shipley Conway, Esq., Rev. Mr. - mond, Rev. Archdeacon Cl arke, Captain Hood and Lady Mary Hood, Mr. Torrens and Lady, E. Grundy TertiHon.us, Esq. of Bury, Shacker l y , Esq., Captain Hume, Mr. Cunard, Rev. Mr. Irving and party, Mr. and Lady Stewart, Cake, Esq., of Leicester, Edgar Ross, Esq. and party. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS AT THE GRAND JUNCTION HOTEL.—Countess of Ormonde, Lady Col. Tote . and family, the Hon. C : Rochyatt, Ca Gordon,Goptain Hill, Captin Turner,.R.N., Captain French, Captain Hamilton, Mrs. E. Taylor and family, B. Davison, Esq., C. Vickers, Esq., and family, Mr. and Mrs. Kingston, J. Littledale, Esq., H. Machamara, Esq., Mrs. P. Ponsonby and family, Thos. Stewart, Esq., and family, H. Keif, Esq.. J. Jones, Esq., G. Swingerton, Esq., H. Boker , Esq., Wm. Philips, Esq., Mr. and Mrs Dean and family, the Rev. H. Marshall, J. Congrieve, Esq., R. Cameron, Esq., W. Phips, Esq., W. J'. Mackenzie, Esq. H. Beresford, Esq., W. H. Benson, Esq.. and famil y, ,y, H. Broomfield , Esq. and family, Rev. C. More, H. Goodchild, Esq., W. R. N eedham, Esq. and family, W. Grame, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Webster and family, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, F. J. Castle, Esq., Mrs. Welsh, W. Strange, Esq., H. Shackerton, Efq. and family. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. —The Chebor, which sailed on the 16th ult. hence for China, put back on Saturday last, leaky. Captain Smallwood, as soon as the leak was dis covered, set the hands to the pumps, in the hope that the cause of the leak might be discovered and removed. It was not until the third or the fourth day after the leak had began that he finally determined to bear up for an English port. His intention was to run for Plymouth ; declaring to his mate that he could not face his owners by returning to Liver pool ! At this time, though he had exerted himself to the utmost, even taking his turn at the pumps, he became ex tremely low and melancholy, oc casionally wishing that the ship would sink. At leng th, on the 2d instant, in a fit of temporary insanity, he swallowed laudanum. His officers , o n finding that he had' swallowed poison, took means to relieve the stomach of the laudanum, in which they succeeded. At night, he became more tranquil, and it was hoped he had abandoned all idea of destroying himself. In the course of the night, however, when there was no person in the cabin but himself, he threw himself out of one of the cabin windows, and perished. Captain Smallwood had been twelve years in the command of vessels, and was a steady sober man, highly esteemed by his employers. He fell a victim to the morbid sense of the responsibility of his situation. The mate, after the death of the captain, took the command of the ship, and bore up for Liverpool instead of Plymouth. LAUNCH OF AN IRON STEAM SHIP.—On Saturday last, fine Iron. Steam-vessel, of 470 tons burthen, called the " Brigand," was launched from the building-yard of Messrs. Grantham, Page. and Co. south of the Brunswick Dock . She is intended for the trade to Wexford, and was built for R. Redmond, Esq. of that town, the proprietor of " The Town of Wexford" steam-vessel. The launch was beauti ful, and the vessel was found to float remarkable light in the water, a great desideratum, as the bar at the entrance to the port of Wexford is so shallow that a vessel of considerable draft cannot pass it during low tides. We are informed that the Brigand is a vessel of superior strength, and when com pleted, will be calculated further to confirm the applicability of iron in the con struction of ships,with an advantage in lightness of draft, and equal safety when at sea. Two YOUNG ROGUES.—At the police-court yesterday, two boys, William Roberts and Edward Williams, were placed before Mr. Rushton, charged with an attempt to com mit a robbery. A police-officer stated that having on Satur day night gone up a court to ascertain if all the doors and windows were fast, liesn entering towards the street, saw a lady and gentleman ping, and the two prisoners close be hind them. The younger prisoner, Williams, was in the act of attempting to pick the lady's pocket, and as the other was evidently ready to carry off the transferred spoil, he took them both into custody. The prisoner Williams, a little chubby-faced lad, with great volubility, and a touch of impertinence, said to the magistrate, as he cast an indignant glance at the police-officer — " Sir, I did nothing at all. He only took me up because I was a suspicious character." The officer repeated his charge. The prisoner : " That officer, sir, is always taking false oaths against us lads. Sir, there is no walking in the streets now-a-days ; they are always stopping us though we do nothing, and swearing against us." Mr. Rushton inquired of Parkinson if the prisoners were known. Mr. Parkinson said " Yes sir ; Williams has been sixteen lbws committed, and five times discharged ! (A laugh.) The other prisoner has also been several times committed." The prisoner Williams here said—" There, sir, you see it is as I said. He took me up because I was a suspicious character." (A laugh.) Mr. Rushton, address ing the prisoners said, that if they did not amend their course of life, they would certainly, ere long, be transported. He then sentenced them to be imprisoned for three months, and kept to hard labour. A HINT TO ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS, AND OTHERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sia,—l observe in your paper of the Bth instant, a para graph noticing the taking out of " a patent "—of a some what singular description—" for an invention to supersede the ordinary wooden letters usually fixed upon the facia of shop windows," viz., " letters made of porcelain, of every form and hue." The advantages are stated to be that they are easily cleaned with a sponge, and restored to their pristine beauty ; that the cost will not exceed that of wooden letters ; that many of the patterns and hues are elegant ; that they may be gilded ; and that, being glazed, they present " a daz- zling and animated appearance." The writer of the para graph in question, with whom I entirely agree as regards the advantages of the porcelain raised letters, concludes by stating that they are not yet quite ready for public use, but that it is expected they will soon arrive from the manufactory in Staffordshire. On this last point,your informant is under a mistake, as a very neat specimen of these letters (in imita tion of veined marble) were to be seen on the premises of Mr. Waring Webb, in Castle-street, in this town, some time before the insertion of the paragraph. My object, however, is to throw out a suggestion to 'builders and persons building, and to manufacturers of Staf fordshire ware, which I some years ago made to an intelli gent architect of Preston and which was considered by him, and by several other gentlemen connected with building, as one which, if acted upon, would conduce greatly to the beauty, the durability, the cleanliness, and the dryness of dwelling houses, and even public buildings, and that, too, at a compa ratively small expense beyond the mere cost of ordinary brickwork. It has often been to me a subject of regret that this coun try has not the advantage of extensive marble-quarries, that could be worked at a cheap rate ; and that even our free stone is not only very costly in some localities, but much of it of inferior quality, both in colour and texture, and a con siderable quantity of it, which looks well when newly wrought, becoming soon afterwards dark and unseemly from the " vegetation" produced by the earthy particles which it contains. Much of it, too, imbibes so much water, that the interior walls have to be battened and plastered. On the other hand, a brick house, be the materials and stencilling ever so fine, is but a sorry substitute for stone, at least to the eye of classical taste. The pieces of which it is cpmposed are too trifling and minute to convey an idea of grandeur or stability ; and the walls, particularly in towns, soon become dusty and dingy. I allude, of course, to the front only, being ready to admit that for back and partition walls bricks are peculiarly well adapted. As a remedy for the plainness or dulness of the exterior appearance of brick houses, resort has of late years been had to Roman cement , which, in new or newly-fronted buildings, has been applied in the forma tion of pilasters, pannels, mouldings, cornices, and other ornamental work, in relief, giving to the whole the appear ance and variety of taste and style which can be produced by stone. The expense in the first instance is, however, very considerable, and the work sometimes requires repair, and, to maintain its clean appearance, frequent painting either in oil or water colour. This, indeed. forms a consi- derable deduction from rental. With these impressions, Mr. Editor, I have often set about considering of a remedy for the various obstacles which the paucity or inaptitude of the materials hitherto exclusively used by builders presents to the cheap construction of hand some, dry, and durable dwellings ; and I almost flatter my self that the idea which I formed some years ago (as before stated), but which I did not publish, will supply that deside- ratum. We have all read of the far-famed porcelain tower or pa goda of Nankin, in China, and that it has withstood the shocks of time for several centuries, and still retains its pristine grandeur and stability. Of the peculiar manner of its construction—l mean of the securing of the exterior pieces of porcelain, or their peculiar shape—l know nothing. We have also all seen, Mr. Editor, in some of the snug, old-fashioned parlours of ancient domiciles, the chimney place adorned on each side with what are called Dutch tiles, of porcelain, in various patterns, and which have not only a cheerful appearance, but, from their glaze, serve to radiate the heat, and are easily kept clean. As a substitute for these, we have, in this truly iron age (of even, iron roads and iron ships), iron coves, or " Rumfords," which, though they may be equally useful, entail considerable additional trouble on housemaids, in brightening them with black-lead. My suggestion, sir, is a new application of porcelain tiles to the exterior of brick and other buildings, in oblong-square plates, to resemble polished blocks of stone or marble, or indeed of any other desired shape or pattern which fancy may suggest, or the peculiarity of the structure may require. In submitting my sugg-stio r, I shall first advert to the expense; secondly, to the mode of fixing and joining the plates or tiles; thirdly, to the variety of ornamental patterns in which they may be produced, and fourthly, to the advantages the plan would possess. Is. The cost of covering a house front with porcelain would be very small, compared with the durability of the material, and the absence of ulterior cost in painting and repair. Every one conversant with the Potteries knows that a good dinner plate of the usual Chinese pattern, and well glazed, can be produced and sold for less than one penny. Other articles are in proportion, the price being in a great measure regulated by the form or fashion,—those least complex, or in other words, nearest to a flat surface, and a uniform shape being the cheapest. There can exist, therefore, very little doubt but a flat tile or plate of porcelain of say two feetlong, and one foot broad could be more readily made, with a simple pattern, (say) veined marble or free stone, than three common dinner plates. The cost, even if it were one-eighth of an inch thick, would not exceed perhaps threepence ;—if the pattern were embossed or raised, a trifle more. The manual labour required to produce such tiles would doubtless be greatly reduced by the application of machinery, in the event of their coming into extensive use. Angular tiles could be made for corners. 2nd. The tiles should, I propose, be what is called in joinery " rabitted," or halved at the edges, so that they would overlap—the upper one over that below it—say, from from half an inch to an inch. By this means, and the aid of a little fine cement, putty, or thick white lead, a joint would be formed impervious to the rain. The wall on which they are to be placed should be thinly coated with cement or plaster. A degree of roughness should be given to the back of each plate, so that it may set more strongly in the cement. In building a new brick house, tiers of those imitation blocks of marble or stone, might be securely fixed as the walls were reared, by means of small copper clamps, which could be readily inserted into the joints of the brick-work,---each plate being also bedded in a coat of plaster. In houses already built, small plugs might be driven into the wall, to which the plates might be secured by small copper screws, penetrating holes in each ; or thin copper clamps at the edges might be employed without producing any eye-sore. The porcelain letters now used for signs, are nailed or screwed to the wood, holes being perforated in them for that purpose. 3d. Not only the finest marble, variegated or Parian, might he imitated in porcelain, but even columns, pilasters, capitals, and other ornaments, could reaoily be produced, in pieces, suitable for jointing, and in endless variety. The pattern might be embossed, or raised in relief. In villas, cottages, lodges, or other ornamental rural buildings, the whole might be made to represent tressel or lattice work covered with roses, vines, jessamine, ivy, and any combina tion of plants, flowers, or fruits. Every shower of rain that dashed against the tiles would wash off the dust and re store them to their original freshness and beauty. Ido not assume to fix the precise size of the tiles, as that would be subject to circumstances, and peculiar tastes and adapta tions. Suffice it to say, they could easily be made of any size, and of any shape. The interiors of lobbys, and even rooms, might also be lined with smaller tiles of a finer and more costly quality, of any desired pattern. They might be gilded and ornamented to represent the finest' room papers, or even historical subjects. The cleanliness and comfort of walls thus lined with china, would, I think, be at once ad mitted. All that would be required, would be to dust them occasionally with a soft brush or towel, or, if casually soiled, to wash them with a sponge. Neither moisture nor insects would affect them. 4th. The advantage of the tiles is to me obvious. They would completely turn the water and the damp, - and super sede all expensive renewal of plastering, pointing, painting, and the like. They would last for hundreds of years, and al ways look well. In my humble conception, a town or village in which they were introduced would be regarded with admi ration, and furnish an example that would soon be followed elsewhere. In conclusion permit me to notice, and, I trust, success fully to repel an objection which I have heard urged against my scheme, and which though it may appear plausible to su perficial thinkers, is, in my opinion, practically untenable. It is, that mischievous people would throw stones at my un fortunate tiles and break them. Persons who would object to them on this score had better petition parliament, for the good of the foolish lieges, to prevent, the further use of win dow-glass, because it is sometimes broken by accident or design! The glass in a window is much easier broken than any tiles would be. The former has nothing behind it to back it up and protect it against a volley of stones or other missiles : the latter are firmly fixed and bedded on the wall, of which they would form the solid outer coat, and would resist even a very considerable blow of a stone. Besides protection would be found both in law and in custom, if the Wan were adopted. Most of the tiles, too, in towns at least, would be from the second floor upwards, the lower part being in shops with stone or iron pillars, doorways, &c. as at pre sent. After all, a similar objection may be advanced to fine work in stone, plaister, or other material now in use. What is more easily broken than the florid work in the capital of a Corinthian column, or the angles of mouldings or cornices? Hoping that some builder, or some gentleman about to build, will make a trial of my proposition, I remain, Sir, yours, &c., J. S. W. NEWSPAPER STAMP RETURN• The return to the number of stamps issued to the several newspapers in Great Britain and Ireland, from the Ist day of January to the 31st day of March, 1840, has just been .printed by order of the House of Commons. With respect to the nuinber issued, according to the re turn,for The Albion, we deem it necessary to remark, that it does not represent the number actually CONSUMED in the publication of our journal, during the quarter ending on the 31st of March. NN hilst the return from the Stamp-office gives The Albion credit for 35,000 only issued during the quarter, Messrs. Wrigley and Sons, our paper-makers, state, that they took out for us, during that period, 12,500 in Janu ary, 13,000 in February, and 16,000 in March ; making a total of 41,500 in the quarter. Whether our agents or the Stamp-office are correct we have not, at present, the means of ascertaining. The official return of stamps issued for the six months ending on the 31st of December last gave The Albion credit for 94,500; but, as, on the subject of our circulation, we have always told the truth, we stated then, that we had consumed 87.600 only of that number ; giving us an average weekly circulation of 3,244. Whether, in stead of having taken out 12,500 stamps for us in the month of January, Messrs. Wrigley and Sons took out only the 6,500 credited to The Albion in the official return, sending forward, during the first part of the month, the 7,000 in hand as stock at the close of 1839, we know not. All that we can state, at present, is, that we received, from those gentlemen, in the quarter ending on the 31st of March, the period embraced in the Stamp-office return, 42,500 stamps; and that we actually CONSUMED, in the publications of The Albion, during the same period, 41,019; giving us a weekly average, for the thirteen weeks, of 3,155 papers. We subjoin, for the satisfaction of our advertising friends the amount of our weekly circulation during the quarter en braced in the Stamp-office returns : January 6 .......... 3092 March 2.. 13.......... 3799 ~ 9.. " 20.......... 3111 „ 16.. ," 27 .......... 3172 „ 23.. FebLary 3 .......... 3225 „ 10.......... 3122 17.......... 3054 Total . 41,019 24 3Oll .........Or, weekly, 3155 It will be remembered we stated, that the uniform penny postage, which commenced in the second week of the quarter, would deprive The Albion, Mercury, Times, and other local papers of the circulationtused by the publication of corn circulars in the respect papers. That measure deprived The Albion of upwards of 150 copies per week. So that, in comparing the circulation of our journal, as well as that of other journals similarly situated, with the last and previous quarters, the reduction in number caused by the introduction of the penny postage must be borne in mind. Had it not been for that measure, the average circulation of The Albion, during the last quarter, would have exceeded 3,300 copies weekly. As it is, we have the satisfaction of knowing, th a t we continue to hold the same relative position among our contemporaries which we have for mil helcloprillbion, 3006 2069 306: 309: 319, CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The 21st annual meeting of the Liverpool and West Lancashire Church Missionary Society was held yesterday evening in the Music Hall, Bold-street, and was most nume rously and respoctably.attended. Before the hour appointed for the commencement of the proceedings, the body of the room and the gallery became almost incommodiously crowded—many persons in the passages being unable to find seats,—the platform alone remaining vacant for the accom modation of the speakers, the committee, and their friends. A great number of ladies were present, and gave additional interest to the meeting, but we regret to say that many of them could not find adequate accommodation, and that all were more or less incommoded by the almost overpowering heat of the room. In a short time the back seats of the platform, which are seldom put in requisition, were crowded even to the ceiling, and the crush of others, still pushing forward, became somewhat alarming. Amongst the gentlemen present we observed, the Revs. H. 'Raikes, B. Noel, E. Bickersteth, D. Tattershall, D. Byrth, H. M'Neile, F. Ould, W. Rawson, H. Carpenter, H. Raikes, Henry Jones, Davies, Robert Davies, D. Anderson, D.James, D. Roberts, F. Barker, R. P. Buddi com, T. Driffield, W. Maynard, Hasswell. Wilson, John Jones, C. W. Lawrence, M'lver, spencer, G. Stokes, Coles, Bates, -- Knox, Bromilow, Coomb, Mansfield, Falloon. Boutfiower, J. E. White, J. Connor, W. Purdon, C. W. Richards, T. Dwyer, and T. S. Bowsted. The Rev. HENRY CARPENTER, secretary to the Liverpool branch of the society, having opened the proceedings with prayer, The Rev. CHANCELLOR RATERS, who took the chair, then addressed the meeting in a very impressive manner. It was, he said, sometimes necessary in introducing the proceedings of a meeting such as this, to state at some length the objects in view, and the advantages which would accrue from follow ing them up. But on this occasion, the notices given, and the circulars distributed, put them in full possession of that information, and it was unnecessary for him to press upon them the necessity of supporting the cause in which they had embarked. He might, however, state that they met together on this occasion under a state of things altogether peculiar. Never was there a time when the appeal in behalf of missions was more powerfully made to the people of England. Never was there a time when they were more emphatically called upon to come forward and evangelize the whole world. The demonstration in behalf of missions was, indeed, such as was never before known ; and he trusted this would inspire the people with new exertions. For himself, he believed that if the people were once roused up they would go on with ardour in the glorious work. Never was the society more blest in its operations. Whether they turned to the east or the west, to the north or to the south, they found new sources of developement presenting themselves in every direction. From the various quarters of the globe there was but one cry, and that was, Come over to us and help us." (Ap plause.) He felt he should wrong the spirit of England if he doubted—and he trusted the meeting before him was a pledge with regard to this great and influential community— that the call would not be addressed in vain ; that whatever might be the amount of the wants at home, whatever might be the extent of the calls upon our charity within, there was a heart of feeling pervading the people of England, that would greatly rejoice in seeing its energies called forth in the work of evangelising the world, and recognise at once the call addressed to them in the openings made known through the medium of missionary exertions. (Cheers.) After a few farther appropriate remarks, the Rev. Chairman concluded by calling upon the Secretary to read the annual report. The Rev. H. CARPENTER then came forward, and read the following report : " The anniversary of the Liverpool and West Lancashire Church Missionary Association having again arrived, the Committee desire to lay before the subscribers and friends some account of the state of the association at the close of another year. The committee rejoice to say that, in point of friends and finances, this association was never in a more prosperous condition than at this time. During the past year new branches have been formed, and in almost all the elder ones there has been a considerable increase in the amount of contributions. In the returns from some of the elder branches, there appears an increase of more than £lOO above the sum received from them last year; and from one new branch which has been in existence only for six months, in Christ Church, £lOO have been already contributed. " These are gratifying facts for the committee to report, and they cannot but congratulate the members of the Church Missionary Society, that while elsewhere the love of some has become cold, in Liverpool their old friends are growing in attachment to the society, and their younger ones seem resolved not to be outdone by them in liberality and zeal. " By the united efforts of friends old and new, the funds of the association thiajear exceed in amount those of any of the preceding, and, compared with last year, they exhibit an increase of no less than £7OO ; the gross amount of the for mer being £1859 3s. 10d., whereas the committee have this year received £2584 4s. ld. in Liverpool. In this manifesta tion of increasing attachment to the Church Missionary So ciety in Liverpool, the committee desire thankfully to acknow ledge the hand of our gracious God. Nor is this growing interest confined to our town ; it is happily extending throughout the whole kingdom. How seasonable this spreading attachment to the society is, is known to all. Never since the first in stitution of the Church Missionary Society did the parent committee begin a year with more trembling than the last, and never did the Great Head of the Church so mercifully rebuke their unbelief, and so signally testify that the silver and the gold are his, and that every heart is in his hand. From one source or another there have flowed into the ac counts of the parent society in the past year upwards of £lOO,OOO. " But while we would unite with the society's friends every where, in blessing God for this, let us remember that all this and more will be required to maintain the missions of the society in their present dimensions, without advancing to occupy new posts among the heathen. The existing missions are most of them every year growing in size, and conse quently in expenditure. If these alone are to be maintained ; there must be a considerable increase of funds. But shall we rest satisfied with this ? Shall we be content that the society shall continue to refuse aid to the cries reaching them from so many heathen lands. Let the servants of Christ ponder this, and while they rejoice that much is done, let the recollection that millions are still sitting in darkness and the shadow of death, and calling on us to come over and help them, prompt to new and more active exertion in behalf of the Church Missionary Society. " The following are the sums contributed respectively during the past year, by the different branches in connexion with this association: — IN ACCOUNT WITH A. HODGSON, ESQ., TREASURER FOR 1839. ..... . 36 5 0 54 13 0 165 13 7 327 3 9i 243 15 4 191 0 10 57 6 7 105 5 8 66 3 7 53 0 11 124 9 7 55 15 0 107 14 6 126 0 0 100 10 6 32 0 0 39 10 3 163 8 11 129 1 10 19 14 0 53 0 9 84 15 8 18 3 6 By Cash, Donations Annual Subscriptions Everton Branch „ St. Andrew's Ditto.. „ St. Bride's Ditto „ Wallasey Ditto „ St. Michael's Ditto.. „ St. Mary's, Edge-hill ~ St. Mark's „ St. Augustine's . „ Prescot.... „ St. David's ....... . ......... • „ St. Jude's. „ St. Jude's, for special purposes .. 71 Christ Church, for half a-year• • • 77 All Saints , Mariners' Church Ormskirk 7/ Seaforth St. Anne's, West Derby, a moiety . West Derby, a moiety - St. Helen's. Wavertree Collection after Sermon, at St. Mary's, Kirkdale Ditto, at St. John Baptist's „ Ditto, at St. Luke's „ Ditto, at Knotty Ash „ 'Ditto, at Childnoul „ Ditto, from St. Paul's Scholars „ Ditto, Friends of the Gospel „ Ditto, after Annual Meetings „ From a small Missionary party, less expenses, per Rev. R. Davies By Interest from Bankers 39 14 6 25 0 0 7 2 5 10 0 0 15 18 0 3 10 6 1 17 0 83 1 2 15 0 0 28 7 9 £2,584 4 " But while the committee rejoice in the increase of funds and the growing interest manifested in many quarters in fa vour of the Church Missionary Society, they would not have their friends to suppose that this society is without its trials. The committee trust they are not mistaken in believing, that those who conduct the affairs of the society in London will meet with sympathy and support, in all their difficulties, from their Liverpool friends. And that the objections recently circulated against the society will receive no countenance from them. The principal objection raised of late is, that some of the society's agents have become possessed of ex tensive tracts of lands in New Zealand. We are sure we speak the sentiments of every friend in Liverpool when we express our conviction that the London Committee, from the character of its members, would be among the last to at tempt to justify their agents when in error. And what is, in fact, the position of the committee in reference to the sub ject of New Zealand? After a long, patient, and sifting inves tigation, the committee came to the conclusion, that there was ground, apparently, for dissatisfaction with the conduct of one of their agents in that country. Accordingly, being solicitous to free the society from the blemish, and at. the same time to do no injustice to the individual in question, they wrote to New Zealand, appoint ing a Committee of Enquiry on the spot, accompanying their letter with a resolution that, if the individual alluded to did not submit to the committee's decision, and resign every foot of land beyond what they thought him warranted in holding, his connection with the society was forthwith to be dissolved. How the committee can be charged with blame in this it is not easy 'to conceive. If it be said they ought to have proceeded more promptly, we may ask, was it inconsistent with British or with Chris tian justice to pause and examine before they condemned. -But if it be said such things • should never appear in any connected with such a society as this. True. But every one must be" aware, that in any society so • widely extended, spreading through all parts of the earth, employing so many agents ; in such a society,. with whatever vigilance of manage ment, things must occasionally arise to call for condemna tion. He has lived to little purpose who is not prepared for this in the best-constituted and best-conducted institution here below. We dare not claim for the Church Missionary Society what we dare not claim for the church herself. Our church—our scriptural apostolic church, with her evangelical homilies—her uncompromising articles, her devout Liturgy, which has won applause from more than her own children, — even our venerable church has to mourn over the inconsist encies of her members. And if this society has on some rare occasions to lament the same, few that they are rare is proved by the eagerness with which they are seized on by their adversaries,—is it reasonable, is it candid, is it chari table, in such a case, to impute blame to the conductors of the society, when their agent's conduct has been so anxiously examined, and which, when on further inquiry, it prove to be, as represented by some, it will subject their agent to a summary removal from the office he fills in connexion with the society. " Another objection has been alleged against the constitu tion of this society, viz., that it wears too much the aspect of a dissenting body. To enter fully on this point, the com mittee feel would be unsuitable to this time and place. It is sufficient now to observe, that the friends of the Church Missionary Society will yield to no body of men, whatever they profess, in attachmen t t o our beloved church. The committee oldly a ffirm, and they appeal to every man's ob servation for its truth, that a sounder body of churchmen does not exist than the bishops, clergy, and laity, who compose the Church Missionary Society. They are con vinced that no class stand more on their church integrity, refusing, on the one band, to court political dissent, or, on the other, to tamper with Romish superstition. " The committee have only to add, that the Lord conti nues to bless largely and more largely the labours of the Church Missionary Society among the heathen. In one field of missionary labour in Kishnaghar, in Northern India, there has been a religious awakening almost without a parallel in the records of modern missions. The soundness of this work has been tested by time, as well as subjected to the ex amination of those most competent to judge of its truth; among others, by hi m whose praise is in a ll th e c h urc h es — Daniel Wilson, the venerated Bishop of Calcutta ; and the work has abided both tests. The sincerity of the converts, in the main, is proved by time ; and Bishop Wilson has un hesitatingly pronounced that the work is of God. To the Lord alone he ascribes this blessed movement in Kishnaghar, and to him be all the glory. Long had our devoted.mission ary toiled there, and still he saw no fruit from his labour ; but his labour was not in vain in the Lord. The seed, hid bung ', the surfacer was *routing there, though he knew A not. The Lord of the harvest was cherishing his own seed, and ere long it surang and grew, and the fields became white with corn, inviting the reapers' hands to gather it. Let the friends of missions thank God for this, and take courage. Let them learn from this to tarry the Lord's leisure, assured that in due time they shall reap, if they faint not. Let them learn to rest in more simple faith on his promise, and to remember his declaration—' They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.' Psalm cxxvi. v. G." Mr. HORSFALL came forward to propose the first resolu .. tion. All who were present would, he said,.agree that the report was an excellent and an encouraging one. It was one which was much needed, because it was never more neces sary than at present, to put forth a manly and uncompro mising declaration of the strict adherence of the members of the society to the principles and tenets of our established Protestant Church. (Cheers.) And nothing should induce them to swerve from those principles ; for if those principles were right, why should they associate their church with any other, in the propagation of the gospel. The report was, in deed, exceedingly gratifying. The fact that £lOO,OOO had been collected within the last year was a sufficient proof of their prosperity. The Great Head of their church needed not the aid of their contributions ; but the increase in their funds manifested an increasing interest amongst the com munity in behalf of the church. (Hear.) There was one sub ject, having reference to the labours of the society, which could not but be regarded with anxiety by them both in a moral and religious point of view, and that was the state of our relations with China. In that country there were four hundred millions of souls, who were shut out from the blessed light of the gospel. All who heard him must condemn that line of policy which brought about this state of things. No doubt the illegal traffic in opium was the commencement of it. But while they felt anxious to bring about a brighter state of things for that country, they must not suppose that the Chinese would not still receive opium, until the govern ment work were accomplished. They would continue to re ceive it from innumerable channels. There was but one ef fectual way to put a stop to its introduction and its use, and that was by missionary efforts. They must go forward ; they must plant the standard of the cross upon the territory of China, and by that means and that alone would they put down the immoderate use of that destructive drug, and pre vent the cultivation of the plant from which it was extracted. By the blessing of Providence they might yet be enabled to carry the gospel through the length and breadth of that popu lous country. It had been said that their society was a dis senting one, and that they interfered with the operations of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. The latter society, however, carried the gospel to the British Colonies ; they (the Missionary Society) carried it to every quarter of the globe. He concluded by moving, " That the Report now read be adopted by the meeting, and be printed and widely circulated.'' The Rev. EDWARD RICKERSTETII rose to second the re solution. It was highly gratifying to him to have come again to Liverpool, in order to give some details respecting the present state and progress of the Society. He could not, however, but first thank God, and he called upon the meet ing to unite with him in that duty, for the wonderful change which had taken place in the state both of the Parent So ciety and of the Liverpool Association, since their origin and beginning. There were those present who remembered the formation of the Liverpool Society, in the year 1819, when Mr. Cunningham. the present Bishop of Calcutta (then Dr. Wilson), and himself attended ; that they then met in the Town Hall, which was found quite able to contain all who were willing to go. The income of the Society was then only a few hundreds ; and there were but three or four sermons preached. Now, he found, there were no less than 27 ser mons preached at the anniversary ; and the collections after the sermons alone, Independently of the other collections and contributions amounted to the whole of the then income of the Liverpool Association. It was gratifying to him to hear the list of the different places where contributions had been made, and to see how they had multiplied. He could not but contrast it with the list that St. Paul gave in the 16th Romans, as read in the afternoon service of yesterday, and say we seemed to be realising something of the primitive feeling of zeal and love for the Saviour, and labours to pro mote his Gospel. His friend (Mr. Horsfall) had spoken of some who thought they were interfering with the So ciety for Propagating the Gospel. They must have a strange notion of the work to speak of interference. If there was a ship wrecked upon our coast, should we call it an interference if more than one life-boat went out to the rescue, especially if there were hundreds of thousands perish ing in the vessel ? (Applause.) We were called upon, in the actual state of the heathen world, to multiply our exer tions; for ignorance of the actual condition of those of our fellow-men was the grand source of all the objections to missionary enterprise. He rejoiced to be able to give a very gratifying account of the progress of the society. With re gard to its funds, it might he well to give the amount of them for one or two preceding years. In 1837 the income of the society was £71,000 ; in 1838, £83,000 ; in 1839, it fell back to £71,000; but this year [lB4o], through the mercy of God, for the first time in its whole history, its in come exceeded £lOO,OOO. (Cheers.) Liverpool had done well, and he hoped it would go on. It was delightful to think he was now addressing the largest Church Missionary Association out of London. For a long time Bristol, though smaller in point of population and wealth, stood the first ; but now Liverpool exceeded that place, as it ought to do from its population and station. (Hear, hear.) He would now proceed shortly to detail the progress of the missions through several parts of the world and a better idea would be given if he compared the account of last year with that of the present. Last year there were 607 teachers among the heathen; this year there were 827. (Hear.) Last year there were 468 schools among the heathen ; this year there were 500. (Hear, hear.) Last year there were 26,000 schools among the heathen : this year there were. 29,000. Let the meeting notice the next point particularly Last year there were 28,000 attendants upon, public worship: this year there were 41,800. (Loud cheers.) The number of communicants had not been made up, but it would be in proportion. Last year there were 24 students in the Church Missionary Society's Institution at Islington : this year there were 29. (Cheers.) And he was thankful to say that no mission had been left without a manifest blessing from God. (Hear, hear.) At particular times there had been remark able blessings vouchsafed. In the West African mission, in the time of the late Mr. Johnson, there was a remarkable blessing ; and though the mission fell back upon his death, yet upon the whole it had since been steadily advancing, and never was it in a more encouraging position than at this mo ment. (Hear, bean) So with regard to the New Zealand mission. The meeting had heard of the difficulties and the opposition which the society had had to encounter with re gard to this mission. He did not wonder at them. Satan would have forgotten his old office if he had not raged. Surely when there was such a great work going on there, we might expect many adversities. The whole island was divided into fourteen districts, in eight of which the society had esta blished missions, which were attended by 8760 natives. (Hear.) The way in which the natives were becoming reli gious teachers was truly surprising.; and there was, further, an extraordinary demand for Prayer Books and New Testa ments, so that it had been found necessary to. provide 33,000 copies of the book of common prayer, and 10,000 copies of the New Testament were about being sent, for the use of the poor New Zealanders. (dear.) It was very singular that their old enemy, the Pope of: Rome, was at work there, as appeared from an account sent home by Mr. Williams, one of the missionaries, (which Mr. Bickersteth read) to the ef fect that there were already one bishop and ten priests, and that six more priests were about to join them. He mentioned these facts to show the enlarged efforts which that enemy was making, and how much Satan hated the New Zealand mission, when both at home and abroad he was striving to thwart its labours. (Hear.) He was gratified to find that notwithstanding every obstacle the mission was never more prosperous than at the present moment. The Bishop of Australia, who had visited 'it, gave a very pleasing report of it, (which the speaker read,) in the course of which it was stated that the condition of the converts was satisfactory, and that they bore a great proportion to the entire popula tion. (Hear.) The mission to India was also very remark able. Were he to go through the whole of India, he could give the meeting the testimony of the Bishop of Madras to the state of the missions in the south of India. and that of Bishop Wilson as to the north, showing that God was most remarkably, by his blessing, owning the labours of the so ciety. Bishop Wilson stated the condition of the mission at Kishnagur, in five particulars [which were read, and they showed vast accessions to Christianity.] This statement was combined with every kind of guard and caution, so that there could be no exaggeration. How delightful it was to consi sder, that twenty-one years ago the Bishop of Calcutta ,was standing before the public of Liverpool pleading the cause of the Church Missionary Society, and that now he was in India spreading the fruits of those labours which they, at his stirring up, supplied to the society to com mence its operations in that country ! So with regard to Ceylon. It was exceedingly interesting to hear the Bishop of Madras describe the state of this mission as pregnant with great results. But let him now go forward and look at Africa. He hoped many present had read Mr. Buxton's book upon the means of suppressing the slave trade in Africa, and the remedy suggested for it to the Christian Church. It presented such an amazing field for the labours of the Chris tian Church, that he (Mr. Bickersteth) could not but ear nestly direct public attention to it. It was gratifying to know that Government were willing to promote the measure, and that they had directed the papers to be laid before Parlia ment. The plan was for steam vessels to go up the Niger, in order to establish a beneficial system of commerce with the African nations ; and Mr. Buxton had shewn the unspeakable importance of not sending commerce only, but the Gospel. (Hear.) What had been the means of prepar ing the facilities for this great enterprise? The emancipation of the slaves in the West Indies. (Cheers.) Oh, what a mercy it was for Christian natives to be preparing there to carry the Gospel to that country whence he had been brought by the system of slavery ! Oh, that the standard of the Cross, and the knowledge of the saving blood of Jesus Christ, might be diffused thoughout the whole •of Africa ! (Cheers.) So, too, with regard to China. He could not but deeply feel nt Mr. Horsfall had said upon this subject. We were fearfully guilty concerning our brethren in China ; before God he did feel that we owed an immense debt to the Chinese. See how we stood with regard to them ! A hea then nation sent us, a Christian nation, the means of a cheering and a refreshing beverage. We, a Christian nation, returned that heathen nation a greater amount in value of a poisonous drug, against all their remonstrances, against their laws, and against all their efforts to prevent it. He trusted we should feel that there was a national guilt in this ; and if now we were sending to demand the price of the poison, did it lessen our guilt? Whilst he said this, he could not but hope with his friend, that this evil might be overruled for the evangelizing of China, as the slave trade was, by communi cating the gospel of our blessed Saviour to the 360 millions of that vast empire. Before he sat down he must notice another point, and that was the great progress of the gospel. A letter bad been written by the Bishop of London to the Archbishop of Canterbury, for the purpose of raising funds for the endowment of colonial bishoprics.—(Hear, hear.) — Having read an extract from this letter, Mr. Bickersteth proceeded to say that he remembered how the contribution of £5,000 from the Church Missionary Society to the college at Calcutta was hailed. He trusted the Bishop of London would feel they were in common labouring to send abroad the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ ; and he did not doubt that the Church Missionary Society would cordially respond to the Bishop's wishes in this important respect. What a delightful fact it was now, although they had had grievous difficulties in making an interest for the heathen world, to find our leading Bishops planning how bishoprics h f s o ieo( j u nw n hs d o, ed in every colony where we had established ! rtlhd lt t a Britainreminded n db eagn Irieghahitmt light thofu thus become e e tcho l e i m r n s ea t tt p iho r en o s m mo i i s fg e to o sh u o r u p ld os h s e e t s Abraham. nation earth! (Cheers.) Ile had great pleasure in seconding the resolution. The CHAIRMAN put the resolution, and it was carried unanimously. Mr. CHARLES INMAN moved the next resolution, expres sive of the acknowledgments of the glory of God as exhibited in the success of the missions in India; and in the course of his address he called upon laymen to assist in carrying out the objects of the association. The Hon. and Rev. BAPTIST NOEL seconded the resolu tion, commencing his address with a few appropriate obser vations upon the advantage of laymen appearing before the in public more frequently, to advocate a caus e like this, which he felt th e li v eliest interest. He had great in seconding the resolution. kind ; The awakening om w i h s i ed which it in spoke of was of the most cheering ' o fhawt late years Northern prompromised nfdoira Southern events r India. which U l p h o ad o happenedt h a i st theto p i meetingc he would at presentk mo r c e o n a fi r* n ely e himself to one to v - e mat e row; of which his friend Mr. Bicker steth, ther mission, the state it was involved should be glad to speak because it was that on which had hdeescrerislo)cludiibeenc,anuosedin the general terms of t it was supposed by Joule the blessing of 4.lcaighty God did not rest. It was a solemn thing to say of our great Creator that he blessed a eause or that he approved a mis sion ; but most solemnly did he (Mr. Noel) believe that Almighty God had been -blessing and did-bless the mission to New. Zealand. The meeting had heard from the report that various charges had been made against the missionaries in that island—charges most eagerly received and most se dulously circulated : he had met with them in the Morning Chronicle, had seen them stated in the Colonial Register, and he had two pamphlets before him in which they were repeated. We were told that the missionaries held large tracts of land in that country, that consequently they were secularised in their tempers, and greatly impeded in their labours, and that as they turned their attention to secular pursuits, there was very little improvement in civilization, and that the moral and spiritual improvement of the natives hid been lamentably slow. These charges, he believed, were altogether erroneous, with the exception of that which was made the ground of delinquency—he meant the possession of land, upon which the committee did not possess all the information which would qualify them to pronounce ultimately. Far be it from him to screen any man from the just cen sures of his fellow men, far be it from him to screen the conduct of any institution from the most rigid scrutiny of their constituency, or to say it was not perfectly right, when anything wrong had been done, that it should not be nar rowly examined (Hear.) lie must add, that although many charges were made against the missionaries, the parent committee were involved, and in the pamphlet before him the anonymous author inculpated them for having, on the 2i th of July, 1830, not very wisely, passed a resolution, that ueder the peculiar circumstances of New Zealand, land should be purchased from the natives to a moderate extent, as a provision for their children above 15 years of age, the nature and extent of the purchase to be approved by the committee. The author added, that as each son of the mis sionary should attain 15 years of age, the parent would be entitled to purchase additional land. Two charges were here made against the parent committee; first, that they had di rected their missionaries, as making secondary to the great object of evangelising the natives ; and secondly, that they voted that their missionaries should be allowed to make a provision in land for their children after they should be 10 years of age. It was prudent, perhaps, in our author to in sert the words " not very wisely," as it gave him a favour able footing in the minds of his readers ; but if the case were investigated a little further, we should find, that to pay at tention to what was prudent, was not necessarily to be so. I Now he thought that the two regulations which our author thought unwise, completely justified the confidence placed i in the committee. With regard to the first point, that they should make the civilisation of the natives subservient and secondary to their evangelization, we had heard just the op posite charge brought against the society, that it did not civi lise before they attempted to introduce Christianity. The two charges seemed to destroy each other. Now he believed that the uniform experience of missions, as well as common sense, was that both should be applied together. On that principle the missionaries to New Zealand had gone. They set themselves to learn the language and to translate it; they gave to the people the example of a blameless life; they built houses and planted gardens ; they made bricks and formed their furniture ; and both the processes thus pro ceeding together, won the attention and affection of the people, and opened the way for the greater message. The other regulation upon which our author pronounced an un mitigated censure, was, that the committee should allow their missionaries to provide for their children of fifteen years of age, by making purchases of land. Sometimes this was pronounced a most cruel regulation ; and one man said the largest seignories were in the possession of the missionaries or their sons. The reason was, that there were no other persons to purchase them, as the rest of the inhabitants were convicts. Another author, in order to attack the committee, availed himself of a false analogy between the state of New Zealand and the American tribes, and he drew a lamentable picture of the way in which one tribe was thrown back upon another who despoiled them of their hunt ing lands and forced them into wars, which was the cause of the depopulation he affected to lament. Nothing could, be more extravagant than this. The north island contained 100,000 square miles according to Mr. Polack, a Jewish trader, and by the testimony of Mr. Williams it contained 100,000 inhabitants, or one to every square mile. Now if they lived by hunting, the loss of a large tract of country by scaring away the wild animals might cause great depopula tion; but the fact was there were no quadrupeds there, but such as had been introduced by Europeans : they had no cattle which they could pasture ; for the whole of their agricultural produce was of three kinds—rice, potatoes, and yams—two of which had been introduced by the calumniated missionaries. Mr. Trap, in his evidence on oath before a committee of the House of Lords,—the very person who brought the information home about the quantity of land held by the missionaries, said that he had frequently passed over fifty miles of uncultivated land at once ; yet the com plaint against the missionaries was, that they had 3,000 acres. Mr. Noel then referred to the evidence of Dr. Lang and others, which shewed that a hundred acres of land near the sea might be had for a barrel of powder and some tobacco. In the interior it might be had for much less; and these facts, he conceived, would be a sufficient answer to the charge that the charitable contributions of the British public were spent upon the purchase of large estates for the missionaries in heathen lands, and especially in New Zealand. There was a still more curious charge against the missionaries, namely, that because of these large estates they were exposed to secu larity of temper, and so engrossed in the management of their farms that they could not devote themselves to the mis sion. In this there was much to deceive. In this country an estate of 4000 acres carried with it the idea that it would require much time; but 4000 acres in New Zealand were something like the sheepwalks in the Highlands, which only require the attention of two men, and none from the farmer himself. The reverend gentleman then referred to the testimony of Mr. Polack, Captain Fitzroy. Mr. Marsden, and the Bishop of Australia, to shew that the mis sionaries had not become secularised, from their possession of this land, but, on the contrary, that they were exceed ingly devoted to their duties. The hon. and rev. gentleman then proceeded to contravert the statement that the measures of attention to secular pursuits which the committee had sanctioned, had not been successful in advancing civilization, and he quoted the journal of Mr. Davies, which was given in evidence before the committee of the House of Lords. He next referred to the doctrine that the natives would not imi tate our habits, and shewed by the experience of Mr. Shaw, a Wesleyan missionary, that it was not so. The last objection he noticed was, that there was no parallel between the means expended and the smallness of the results, which he com pletely answered by facts ; and in conclusion, he made a most eloquent appeal to the sympathies of the meeting ; but our time and limits prevent us from extending our report. The CHAIRMAN said there had been a slight omission in the resolution. which he could confirm. A young relation of his own was stationed at Kishnsghur, in the company's civil service ; and in a letter received from him, touching upon the progress of Christianity among the natives, he said, " In the court where I preside, I think the Bible is as fre quently called for, for the purpose of swearing, as the water of the Ganges or the Koran." (Cheers.) The resolution was then Carried. Mr. CARPENTER then announced a donation of £25. from Mr. Tuton (we believe). The sum received from the collec tions after the sermons yesterday amounted to £550., but the return had not been received from one church. He had been told by one of the deputation that it the collection from the sermons preached at this anniversary amounted to £600., it would be treble the annual amount of the ;motile of the so ciety the first year of its formation. The Rev. Dr. BYRTII, of Wallasey, said he rose to make the only remaining motion of the night. He stated that he had to move the appointment of the Committeefor they ear. He took it for granted, as the meeting no doubt did, that the proceedings of the meeting would soon come to a close ; and he should not himself interfere with so reasonable an ar rangement. He rejoiced that after what had been so ably said, he was not called upon to make a long speech. He could not, however, avoid touching upon some parts of the topics on which he should otherwise have amplified ; and he should leave it to the meeting to supply tl.e beautiful prop): - tions and form of the superstructure. It had been noticed that there were laymen in the committee ; and they had been noticed in contradistinction with churchmen, on which the errors of the society were thrown. There was frequently a most misehievous application of this denomination of " Churchmen." When the enemies of the church are asked what is a churchman ? they say—he is a man dressed in black; receiving money for doing nothing; a man whO sometimes in public appears to do a little duty. This was the mere cant of the enemies of the church. But this he would say the church would not do her duty until laymen as well as churchmen came forward in support of the cause which they now had met to support. He implored tbem to come for ward. Wonderful things, it was true, had been done fol the missionary cause, and that by laymen too. But how was it wonderful ? Wonderful only by contrast with the past ; wonderful only in the contrast of what they had done, with that which they ought td'have done. It was said that this was the richest church in the world. He wished she really were so, so that she might do more good to society. In an swer, however, she was the richest church, and her riches were in the hands of the laymen. He hoped that the appeal of this night would bring forth some of that riches : and if the appeal of next year were as successful in proportion as that of the present, their funds would be increased ten-fold above their original amount. It had been said that •the society came in contact with the Society for the propagation of the Gospel. That matter had not, he thought, been set quite right. He would say that if they were not a Church Missionary Society, none else was so. If they were not a Missionary Society, then did the deep disgrace attach itself to their church that had no Missionary Society, which he denied. The Society for propagating the Gospel, on the other hand, was not a Missionary Society no more than he was a missionary of Wallasey, to which he belonged, or the rev. chairman was a missionary of Chester. The society, the anniversary of which they had then met to commemorate, went over the world •, they went where neither tithes nor taxes were collected, and were essentially a mis sionary society. He concluded by moving, that the follow ing gentlemen be the committee for the ensuing year : Mr. Chas. Boutflower, Mr. Wm. Brocklebank, Mr. G. B. Carter, Mr. Wm. Cook, Mr. Henry Copeland, Mr. T. A. Dale, Dr. Dickenson, Mr. Thomas Ec c l es , Mr. John Eden, Mr. Moses Edwards Mr. Geo. G room , M r . T. G ar d ner , M r . T. B. Horsfall, Mr. Howard, Mr. Charles Inman, Mr. William Jones, Mr. W. G. Leete, Dr. Mackintosh, Mr. R. A. Payne, - Mr. T. P. Pemberton-, Mr-John• Rigby, Mr. Thomas Rimmer, Mr. James Robertson, Sir J. S. P. Salis bury, Mr. William Smith, Mr. H. Statham, Mr. Edward Tuton, Mr. Wm. Wainwright, and all the clergymen who are members of the association. The Rev. HUGH M`NEux next addressed the meeting with great power. He had a very small contribution to hand in coenparisonwith the immense sums they had heard named, yet it would purchase a great many acres of land in New Zealand. He had to hand in three sums of ten shillings each, collected a penny at a time, at intervals of a month between each penny. (Loud cheers.) He mentioned this to shew the constancy of purpose and the perseverance of the collectors who undertook such an office. Another declined ltem in his list was a donation of £2 from a person who then went giving his name. (Cheers.) The rev* to show gentlemen how the on to urge the claims of the society, and Church of England should be the real missionary church. The resolution was adopted ; and after the Doxology had been sung, the meeting adjourned till this evening. POLITICAL CHARACTERS. (From the Oxford Herald.) SIR ROBERT INGLIS. Sir Robert Inglis is one of the most honest and uncom ; • ans in either House of Parliament, to the promising politician . political principles which he has espoused he i s devotedly at tached, and from them, even to the breadth of a hair, he has never swerved, and we firmly believe never will swerve, either to gain any advantage for himself, or to promote the objects o f t he great party with which he is connected. There are f e w men who feel so strongly in political matters, and fewer still we should think more decidedly opposed to the present a dministration than Sir Robert Inglis; but there is no indi vidual who is less of a " party man" ; true it is that he is one of the most able and influential members of the Conservative phalanx in the House of Commons, but he has never hesi tated to vote against and strongly oppose that party when he has believed it to be acting wrongly. Unlike a certain noto, rions olockhead, of whom we shall have to speak shortly, he would never vote black to be white or white to be black, to get the Conservatives into office or to keep them there. His conduct with respect to the Roman Catholic Emancipation Bill proves what we assert. When that measure was intro duced into Parliament by Tory Ministers, who had before denounced it as unconstitutional and baneful, and when it was supported by men calling themselves Tories and Church men, who had previously both spoken and voted against it, Sir Robert Inglis was one of the foremost in condemning the shameful tergiversation, and in taking active measures to counteract it. Not only so, but be came forth the champion of the Church and Constitution, both which were endangered by that ill-judged, unfortunate measure, and, backed and sup norted by the good men and true in England's chief seat of leaning, succeeded in ousting from a seat, the duties a w &talc had betrayed and abandoned, one of the principal members of the pro.popery administration, thereby teaching him a lesson which he will never forget. Not to weary our readers, let us bring them at once to the present session, and ask whether the manner in which Sir Robert Inglis has acted in the " Privilege Question "does not prove that he is not a mere partisan, but an honest, uncompromising politician Night after night did he speak against the monstrous claim of privilege set up by the Ministerial leader of the House of Commons and his underlings, though it was sanctioned lw many of the most influential members of the Conservative party. Night after night did he denounce every fresh injus tice which the ministerial clique proposed to commit. Night after night - did he, at the head of a small but noble hand, di vide the house, so placing on record that, even in a Reformed house of Commons, there were men who would not unction the attempt to establishlan authority superior to the laws of the land, and to treat with contumely the venerable judges of the land. But how flattering to him must have been the re sult! He was beaten then, but he ttiumphs now ! He h-is seen the cause of right and justice, though often cast down, victorious at last! And that triumph and that victory, over one of the most preposterous and extravagant pretensions ever advanced by any body of men, is mainly owing to his exertions. By the vast majority of men of both parties in the House of Commons Sir Robert Inglis is held in great respect. Though his principles may be opposed, and his reascnings dissented from, he is never personally attacked, save by one, to be abused by whom is an honour. It is well known that, let Sir Robert act as he may, he always acts from a conviction that he is right, and not .from mere personal and party motives. This is a principle by which very few of the representatives of the people are actuated ; in fact, the greater part of them cannot understand it, but they are not unwilling to believe that it is something vastly to be com mended, and they respect it accordingly. Great deferent eis always paid to everything that falls from Sir Robert Inglis, not only by conservatives, but we may venture to say by ministerialists also. He never bores the house with long winded harangues, but contrives to put what he has to say in a moderate compass. Fine speaking he never attempts, nor does he lord his speeches with " splendid patches" of rheto ric ; like the Duke of Wellington, he " says what he thinks, and seldom quotes Latin." What he does say is to the point ; . - it goes at once to th e subject -matter in hand, without any flourishing, or branching into extraneous topics. His speeches are such as one likes to read,—clear, plain, practical, and busi ness-like, evidently coming from a man who, knowing that work has to be done, does it at once. It would be-well, wo may observe, in passing, if the majority of our legislators would act on a similar principle ; for we can tell them that legislation is work, and not what many of them think it, play. Sir Robert Inglis may be considered as the representative of the church in the lower house of parliament. His zeal in behalf of the national establishment is unwearied. It is not that zeal without knowledge, which is not good, but the zeal of an able, an experienced, and a religious man, deeply im pressed with the mightiness and the holiness of the cause he advocates. Proud, indeed, and much to be envied is•the position which he holds in connexion with our holy church— a position to which his sterling talent and unblemished inte grity, not less than the fact that he represents the stronghold of the church, justly entitle him ; and may Heaven grant he may long live to enjoy it. • The member for the University of Oxford is constant in his attendance in his place in Parliament. His attention to public business is very great. Rarely will his name be found absent from the division lists ; never from the list of a divi sion of any importance. He is somewhat of a stickler for order. To O'Connell he is quite a bugbear. Often and often have I seen the burley agitator called to order by him. Caring not for the blackguardism with which he is sure to be afterwards encountered, Sir Robert Inglis never fails to in sist that O'Connell, when guilty of any gross indecency, shall apologize to the house. He will insist upon it in a tone and manner not to be denied, and in circumstances when other hon. members would shrink from the contamination of a con test with the big beggarman. For this Sir Robert has en countered the enmity of that man, who, as a matter of course, lets no opportunity pass without seizing it to spit upon him his filthy venom, but at the same time he has earned the thanks not only of every member of the House of Commons, but of every one possessed of a spark of gentle manly feeling. We are happy to be able to add that Sir Robert invariably treats the blustering mendicant with the contempt he deserves. Sir Robert Inglis is not only a Tory—we cannot apply to hint the new-fangled name of Conservative—in thought, word, and deed, but in dress and appearance as well. "He is every inch a Tory." It would be useless for him to pass himself off as a Radical, for he could deceive no one, his ap pearance would at once betray him. The world, in fact, can not contain a blockhead so great and so absurd, as he who could by any possibility believe that the frank, open coun tenance, the bluff, honest, thoroughly English bearing, of the subject of our sketch, could belong to a sneaking, sni velling Whig, or a blustering, headstrong Radical. THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY. " A certain lord, neat, trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom, and his chin, new reap'd, Shows like a stubble land at harvest home; He is perfumed like a milliner. , Oh ! he makes us mad To see him smile so brisk, and smell so sweet, And talk so like a waiting gentlewoman." To no one can Hotspur's description of a fop be applied with more propriety than to the Most Noble the Marquis of Normanby ; for his lordship is a tall, smartly-made fellow enough ; his features are sufficiently prepossessing for any fair damsel to glance at a second time ? his forehead is lofty, and around it cluster curls of the most luxuriant growth, the darkest hue, and the most overpowering fragrance. He is " neatly and trimly dressed, perfumed like a milliner." What with his pretty face, his small delicate hands ; his brilliant teeth, his sable and sweetly-scented locks ; what with his smart blue frock coat buttoned closely round a waist tightly . laced to the smallest possible dimensions, and the most ap propriate possible shape ' • what with Lis -sp ruce kid g l oves , his tightly-fitted French boots, his gay satin stock, Lis glossy hat, his pocket handkerchief of spotless white; what with his fine person, his rouge, and paste, and scents, and dress— the Marquis of Normanby's " outward man," is enough to take by storm the heart of any very young lady still tinder the control of her governess. Nature, it is evident, intended for a " lady's man ;" he is a " lady's man" from top to tit; from head to foot. He is eminently fitted to discharge all the important duties which devolve on such . an important functionary. He would pick up a pocket handkerchief with the most enviable grace, and present it to its lovely owner with a smile, which, if she were " on marriage thoughts in tent," would make her silly heart go pit-o -pat. No one could nurse and fondle the poodle, bettee than he—no one could turn over the leaves of the music book with more cor rectness. Great, in short, eminently great would he have been hatthe confined himself to the sphere for which he was destinecto intl,this greatness would not have been thrust upon him, but ha_ would have achieved it by the force of his bril liant talent, unaided and unassisted; nor would he clone have been the most favoured " lady's mi n" of the day, but he might have assuredly become the head and leader - of the renowned brotherhood of dandies, " the glass of fashion and the mould of form, the observed of all observers." Even now, amid all the care and responsibility of official and par liamentary life, few can equal him in dandyism. What emi nence, then, would he not have attained in that noble science, had he devoted to it exclusive', his valuable time, his un tiring energies, his lofty and commanding talents! The vastness of some men's ambition is astonishing; but the ambition of Lord Normanby has been of a " vast vast ness : it has out-stripped that of all others. The inquiry how such a man as we have described—and we appeal to all who know him whether our description is incorrect—could ever have entertained the notion that he would make a states man, would, we think, be found not uninstructive ; for it would show the daring flights of which man's soul is capable --the loftiness of his aspiring, the magnitude of his wishes. The poet of all time tells us that " vaulting ambition cloth o'erleap itself;" and the case of the subject of our sketch proves, if proof be needed, the truthfulness of the axiom. Most wofully, indeed, bath the " vaulting ambition" of the Marquis of Normanby " o'crleaped itself:" That ainhitibn led him to believe that he would make a statesman, that his abilities in the difficult art of government would equal, if not eclipse, those of the most eminent men either of the past or present day. But what has been the result? Look at his statesmanship irl Jamaica; look at his statesmanship in Ire land; look at his statesmanship in the Colonial-office. As Governor of Jamaica, his government was of such a nature that he was obliged to be recalled. As Lord-lieutenant of Ireland, be played tricks so fantastic, that good and reflect ing men mourned, whilst the wicked and idle scoffed ; and he acted in such gross violation of the laws of the land which he was sworn to support and administer, that a deserving vote of censure was passed upon him by one branch of the legislature, and he may with good reason congratulate him self that he escaped so easily ; for if the practice of the good old times had been still in force, his head would assuredly have been in jeopardy. As Secretary of State for the Colo nies, his incapacity was so glaringly notorious, that even the incapables of the present administration were forced to re move him : yet this man fancies himself a statesman ! and this man, bedaubed, bedizened, brainless dandy as he is, finds crawling parasites who can tell him, ay, and can tell the world too, that he is a statesman, and that his g overnment of Ireland proves it ! Sh ame , s h am e upon thew ! Even they might blush to give utterance to so monstrous an asser tion-.even they might know that the man whose talent pro perly qualifies him to act as a drawing-room ornament, or as a useful attendant on a fine lady, is not the man to take part in the government of a great kingdom—even they might know that one who can afford to spend hours daily in friz zling and perfuming his hair, and who will condescend to act as a walking-block to show off the elegant cut of some. fashion able tailor, is not the man in whose hands should be placed the management of the internal affai rs of such rt.n empire as that of Britain. Notwithstanding all we have said, we are constrained to admit that the Marquis of Normanby possesses some ability. such as it is. He is a ready and fl uent, and rather a greeable i s d p e e a a s ke a r re . nIo-Ite veryhas numerous, aplentifn neither icm are al () they r words, but his of extraordi nary value. He is not backward in parrying attacks made at him personally, or on any of the measures of the govern went with which he has been concerned. Let not: he sup; posed that he is an orator. A man may be a ready or even a good speaker, but have little more claim. to be called an orator than his walking stick ; and so it is with Lord Nor manby. He delivers his speeches in the most graceful manner ; every movement of his arms, every attitude has no doubt been carefully studied before the looking•;glass ; every smile has been rehearsed; every serious look committed to memory. " It makes me mad To see him smile so brisk, and smell so sweet, And talk so like a waiting gentlewoman." Perhaps the noble marquis is of more service to the government in the House of Lords than any of his colleagues, none of them with the exception of Lord Clarendon, being able to chatter so glibly ; and this, be it obsrved, in these talking days, is no small qualification for a minister.. We must not forget to state that Lord Normanby is the author of two thrashy novels—" Yes and No," and " Matilda,, ''or " Jemima," or "Jenny," or some such title. These works found their way to the cheesemongers' and the lollypop shops long ago ; soon after they were published they reached " that bourne from which no hook e'er returns." The noble mar quis is also a celebrated actor in farces, and it is said his skill in the mimic art is by no means contemptible. And now we leave our readers to say whether a middle aged dandy of little talent, of acknowled incompetency as a statesman—an unsuccessful author, but a tolerable farce actor, is exactly the man they would wish to see tilling the high and important office of Secretary of State for the Howe Department. OMINOUS COMMENCEMENT OF A MATIUMONIAL --A short time ago, a young man named \N- Wien Allen. of Walsall, deserted the second time from her Majesty'e tili , t regiment of foot, now lying at Hull ; he was, :vs is usual, de scribed in the Hue and cry as a deserter, which caused the police officers in the neighbourhood of Walsall to be on the look-out after him, and about a fortnight ago, Richard Pal mer, one of the Walsall police, received intelligence that he was gone to Aldridge Church to be married, w hich appe a rs to have been the cause of his desertion both oil this and the previous occasion. Palmer repaired to Aldridge Chu rch. where he found Allen and the intended b ride, with thcr friends ; he secured him and took him to a neighbouring inn, when all parties begged very hard that they might be mar ried. Palmer then sent to the Rev. H. Ilardinge to at.k if he would marry them, to which the re.verend gentleman con sented, if the o ffi cer was agreeable. The party then retutneti to the church. Allen was handcuffed to policeman Palmer during the ceremony, after which he was brought to 'Walsall, and safely lodged in the boroufh Priton till he •should be for by hie rogicatkut,