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3uNs 2 , 1535. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. The new COMIC PANTOMIME having been received on each representation with the loudest testimonies of approbation, will be repeated every evening until further notice. The last night but four of Mr. KEAN'S engagemen t, an d hi s first appearance ia the character of ROLLA. riri HIS present TUESDAY, the 2d instant, will be per -i formed the Tragedy of PIZARRO Rolla V Mr. Kean. Elvira. Mrs. Sta ev. Cora Mr . Shaw. To conclude with, forthe fourteenth tim the new grand Comic Pantomime, ca THE MAN IN TH 100 N; OR, HARLEQUIN LUNATIC AND THE EVENING STAR. Harlequin Mr. J. Ridgway. Pantaloon Mr. Jonas. Clown Mr. T. Ridgway. Columbine..... Mademoiselle Marie. _ TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Kean.—To conclude with the COMIC PAN TOMIME. Mr. THURSDAY and FRIDAY favourite Pl a y s , i n w hi c h KEAN will perform. Mr. KEAN'S BENEFIT will take place on MONDAY next. Lower Boxes 45.; Upper Boxes 3s. 6d.; Pit 2s. 6d.; Gallery is. Places may be taken of Mr. Parker, at the Box-office, from 'Ten till Three o'clock. Zpir lidiberpool TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1835. An attempt is making to form a reform association in London. Between three • and four hundred names have already been entered, (not subsccibed, for we are confi dent that some of the gentlemen are not consenting par ties,) but the majority are members of parliament who have recently fought under the banners of DANIEL O'CorrtrELL and Lord JOHN RU SSELL . A more motley trew it would be impossible to collect together.from the four quarters of the globe. How some of them can look each other in the face surpasses our imagination. They are of all shades of opinion, from the old whig down to the rabid leveller—from Sir THOMAS . LETHBRIDGE down to Surgeon WAK.I.EY--frors,Lorch ActiEsoN to , JoHN Gurzy---frorn Lord RUSSELL to JAMES SILK BUCKING HAM—from Lord JOHN CHURCHILL to THOMAS BISH-- NM Sir WILLIAM HORNE to JOE PARHES of Birming ham—and from the STANLEYS, GROSVENORS, BERKE LEI'S, and HOWARDS, IO the BOWRINGS, SHELLS, HUMES, B AINESES, BRODIES, and BULWERS ! ! ! These worthy gentlemen are all classed as reformers, initl reformers they unquestionably are; but how many of them—can it be said of fifty of them that they agree oPon any two or three leading questions connected with tefortn? Let us begin with tire ballot and universal ' 'suffrage men, who, if they unite at all, must unite in l oPporting candidates who coincide with them in senti • dent, and in opposing candidates who may differ with t hem on these important points. How, then, can the Old whigs and the RUSSELL whigs sail in the same boat ? 'row can the present ministerial party and that which 40 8Epli Huma is supposed to represent act together? This apparent cordiality of union may deceive a fewsim- Pletons; but . beyond simplicity, or dotage, every man 1 knows that it is hollow and rotten. The RUSSELL party f and the HUME party hate each other intensely, and in t he present condition of -the factions we see no practical i `'Sy of providing a remedy. HUME and his friends will lu PPort the administration only so long as it answers their purposes--onl,y so long as it shall conduce to their Po, Pnlarity with th e l ower or d ers — on l y so l ong as t h ey i 4 aVe a hope of reward—but not one hour longer. NOW, if we look at the situation of the parties, we t rust see that their connection is of the most fragile kind. `% rue of the junior . members - of the old whig aristocracy h ave been provided.for as usual. The public•offices are st uffed with these proud beggars. On the other hand ev ery spare , pie c e o f p a t ronage h as been reserved for ev ery The numerous joints of the tail, particu 14HY these to whose surnames a cypher is prefixed to de 14)te their quality, must be amply provided for in due f tis i urae. But what is done or likely to be done for the I ' s intS of the HOME tail ? If they were men of property, Persons engaged in some lucrative profession or trade, It e sh ou ld b e di sposed to g i ve them credit for as much t e al patriotism as wou ld ren d er t h em i n diff erent to the t the of office. B u t w h en - we cons id er that they are I e neediest tire' well as;- the, most 'ambitious---the bun- I t . t iest as well as th e most' unprincipled—of all the Eng . 11.1_ 1 41 Members, we must perceive at a glance that, in the . : 3 1 in s t ance , t h ey are extremely ill-used men, and that, 4t e° ndly, they are just the people to resent this ill- usage 11 0 distant day. • 4 J AMES KENNEDY, who vacates Tiverton t o accommo : lt e a minister of the crown, is o r mus t b e p rov id e d f or . The Why is this preference giv en to Mr. KENNEDY ? hre is SILK BUCKINGHAM ; why was he not asked to t 4 I r ender his se a t f or Sheffield'? He is as poor as a 1 1,i arch mouse. 'He has conf e r re d i nva l ua bl e b ene fit s on ~' Country. He has d e li vere d lectures to an admiring tt ld for nothing. He has reduced commerce, and free I de. and book-making, to a perfect science. We, il t l'efor e , as k aga i n , w h y i s Mr. SILK BUCKINGHAM not (I vved a mors e l i n thi s scram bl e, w h en i t is well known fhad a b oroug h to se ll as we ll as Mr. JAMES KENNEDY h e Only answer that can be given is that KENNEDY was , t ie 0 01 y English m em b er w h o cor di a ll y supported O'CoN tl4, and the REPEAL OF THE U NION i n the last session Parliament. • 4 order w ill out ! Th e d eed i s done, and the English 1 4 t has received his reward. But is this quite fair t0,,1 ,, I is the HUME party—towards a man who voted black ,I ` l ' White in order to keep the whigs in office ? After 4. 148 devotion and truckling—after all the insults he has 11 % and th e di sgrace h e h as enco untered--is it fair i t honest JOSEPH HUME should have no pat ronage e .4 :1 at his disposal ? N o t f or himself !—no, not for , I t `'elf, worthy gentleman !—do we urge these matters. , he has d ear an d d evote d f r i ends who occasionally do te te homage to the tea and toast of his breakfast ta 4nd who look up to him for something more sub_ 1 1 llal than slo e -l ea f water, b rown bread, and h i s good N i ° l o. Mr. ROEBUCK would not despise an appoint ‘oit 4 f £l2OO a yea r even i n C ana d a ; D r. B OWRING Id translate all the poets of Siberia and Kamschatca h alf that sum ; M r . S ILK B UCKINGHAM would sail I 'd the world in any well found ship with ample stores , 4 fair cargo.of Sheffield, Birmingham, and IVlanches vhnds to exchange with - the happy natives of undis ted isles; Mr. Surgeon - WAKLEY is ready to serve e k e ing in any ad van t a g eous capac i ty. In short there m t ome fifteen other gentlemen belonging to the HUME ade that are mast anxious to 'obtain bppointrnents; Yet L or d J OHN R USSELL does not condescend to 4%, t t ills cap at one of them. 'There is neither justice I t t , u arity extant ! t.to easy t o vamp up a show of union and har mony I,:' these fragm en t s of factio ns , b u t w h en we come to o and\analyze th e ma t er i a l s , we soon di scover the .. 5 5 kaposition of the. trick. The new " Reform Asso , 4 " has an attractive title, but it has nothing more. .. i4 W higs, radi ca l s , an d repe alers—the ballot, annual t4lent and univ er sal-suffrage men—the free traders, lc u r rency-men, and the ad voca t es of corn laws—the v , t . j:to ' I tax and malt ta x ' re p ea t ers — the radical bank s-and the radical enemies of the bank—all these ti Oited, but there is no more real bond of union be - Ithern th an i s b e t we e n trut h and falsehood. They 1 4t o Principles in common. Each sestion has a par - O bject which if enforced would be found in collision , °Me other. They might exist for some time if it ' z l/ e3sibl e that each section could sink its favourite , :a i and they might be dangerous if they could trust l i , ,tl C her—forgetting those ends most dear to their dis ri ambition, and dire c ti ng a ll _ thei r concentrated ~ i t 1 again s t th e conservat i ves. But this they cannot 1 1 1 ° do. They all see that the ti me i s now or never 1 4i gratification of their hopes. They clearly perceive tt e t • c ountry . is against th em —th at every d ay wea k ens ttttrength—that a fresh election would destroy them ‘ th : In this dilemma it is every faction, every man, • `l' every rogue, for himself{ A o .- • , t w come to the p r i nc i p l es or rather the allege- I t i t Tell the ".Reform A ssoc i at i on " h ave promulgated il iii b ond of unison. They are as curious as they are i t4 e4 t. Here they are :-- c ,_ . ° the nati on obtained a re f orm of the House of Co -d a solid fou n d a ti on f or good government on the b a sis o f Presentation, the tories, who had JO long established a few trifling amendments, is to be the model of Lord JOHN'S bill. We can hardly believe this; but if true, what a loud laugh will it raise all over the country! The corporation of London has been considered the most open , and ,consequently the most popular of civic institutions, The liverymen and freemeu elect their own mayor, alder men; and common councilmen. The city is divided into wards, and each ward, like the states in America, sends an alderman to the senate of the city. • This was amazingly. popular, and purely democratic. But what were the consequences ? London has been one of the worst managed, the most corrupt, and the 'most useless of all the corporations of England. The system of wardmotes by which only a resident in the ward could be elected a common councilman has been the curse ofLondon. It threw immense difficulties in the way of procuring a re spectable, intagent, and independent man to serve the office of a common councilman. The mob are always sure to set their affections upon the greatest blockhead or the most presuming quack. They never fail to prefer the man who is loudest in his professions and most negligent in his performances. From this source sprang Mr. Sheriff PAR KINS, a madman; and from the same feeling, Sir JOHN KEY, not a madman. Heaven protect us against such functionaries in the town of Liverpool ! Still we are told that Lord JOHN RUSSELL is in favour of the ward system, and his bill is to provide that the aldermen and common councilmen of the corporation shall reside in the respective wards which they repre sent. If such is to be the case, the sooner our corpora tion insure their property and burn it, as honourable members of parliament have done before them, the better. From the highest to the lowest office in the corpora tion, it would be impossible to secure the services of any respectable and influential men. The lower parts of the town would elect officers which no gentleman would come into contact with. The objectionable would con sequently act as a repelling power against the respect.. able; and the whole corporation would fall into the hinds of needy adventurers, jobbing tradesmen, rejected corn: missioners, and levellers. It may turn out that we have been misinformed, and we hope such i s th e case. Lord ..ronN may be more conservative than his opponents are willing to believe. But supposing this to be the case, what object could Lord JOHN promote ? His bill is to be the rallying point for reformers. It is framed for the purposes of popularity, and it will defeat its purpose if it do not go all lengths their power on an usurpation of the exercise of the elective franchise, have been insidiously labouring to evade the conse quences of that great legislative measure. " The abrupt dismissal of a liberal administration in which the country confided, replaced the executive functions of the state , at the end of l as t year , i n t h e hand's of the tories. Their first act was the dissolution of a parliament too liberal for their de signs. They succeeded in returning a more numerous party to the present House of Commons; not, as is pretended, from any' change or "re-action" in public opinion, but by a pre-con certed and successful attention to the registration in 1834,—by various means, either out of the reach or repugnant to the prin ciples of reformers,—by the unprecedented canvas by a large body of the clergy,---by bribery and intimidation,—by the cor rupting influence of close corporations,—by the unscrupulous perversion by tory authorities, for party purposes, of powers confided to them for the maintenance of order and the ends of justiCe,—and by deceptions practised on the fears of the timid and the prejudices of the uninformed. " Notwithstanding, these unconstitutional and' corrupt arts, successive majorities in the present House of Commons have dri ven the tories from office. They are again endeavouring stren uously, by means of party clubs, and affiliated associations; by an iikeincere, but specious profession of liberal princ'iples; and by every mode of delusion and misrepresentation, to regain their lost power." These allegations are based on falsehood, and they moreover convey a direct insult to the king—an insult so open and glaring that it could hardly have been written by any other man than JOSEPH PARKES of Bir mingham. His majesty is here charged with an "abrupt dismissal of an administration in which the country con. fided." This we say again is a falsehood. The king dismissed an administration which Lord BROUGHAM had repeatedly declared could not be carried on without the assistance of Lord ALTHORP as leader of the House of Commons. Lord ALTHORP was removed from the House of Commons—the impassable gulf which Lord BROUGHAM looked forward to had yawned upon the country—the ministry was helpless and - characterless—Lord MEL. BOURNE had no standing—the Loan CHANCELLOR had neither influence nor reputation. The ministry therefore sunk into oblivion a dead and diseased lump, the scorn and the ridicule of all parties. What hand had the tories in this disgrace ? They. had not intrigued against Lord MELBOURNE'S first administra tion. On the contrary, Sir ROBERT PEEL was its best and foremost supporter. The right honourable baronet, so far from calculating upon the consequences of Lord SPENCER'S death, had retired to a distant part of Europe without once thinking of it. In obedience to the king's commands he undertook to form a new ministry —and he did so at first not more unexpectedly than reluctantly. But the dissolution of parliament gave great offence. Why ? Because it deprived some hundred members of their seats, replacing whigs by conservatives. Is this a proof that the late parliament was one in which the " country confided?" It proves quite the reverse. But JOSEPH PARKES tells us that the tories had stolen a march upon the electors of the nation in 1834. This also is false. The tories alone have been negligent, and un pardonably negligent in recording their votes. Witness the city of London, Mary-le-bone, Liverpool, Manchester, and twenty other places. For this borough we can say that there were near one hundred inhabitants who had voted at a former election, and who were deprived of their votes at the last by some mismanagement which remains to be explained. There were no such blunders on the par of the whig and radical party. This alone proves the extent of the reaction which the whigs have still the folly and the temerity to deny. They boast that they have a majority in the House of, Commons. We admit it. It is a majority of from seven to thirty ; and it is this paltry majority which has. placed the name of MELBOURNE at the head of the ministry, nominally, and given all the power to O'CONNELL and Lord JOHN RUSSELL. They are welcome to this triumph, as we say to a man who has gained a temporary advantage, but who being in our power, we only wait a convenient opportunity to punish —you are welcome ! That Lord JOHN RUSSELL is able to carry on the government for three months, sup ported though he be by O'CONNELL and'his myrthidOrns, we take to be an utter impossibility. The desperate strug gle in the last resort of the "Reform Association," seeing who its members are, is to us proof enough. Their combi nation is evidence of weakness. They combine for the sake of place. We unite. for property. and the salvation of the institutions of the country. Theirs is a triumph in the House of Commons whiclL the nation laments, and the people are prepared to cure. They tell us there is no reaction ; this glaring falsehood proves a greater re action than we assert. But if they still continue to make assertions in the teeth of evidence, we call upon them to give us an opportunity to demonstrate whether they are right or we wrong. Most gladly would we join issue on this point. We demand nothing so much as another appeal to the people. Will they consent to this ? No ; but we shall have it before the year is out. In the mean time we implore conservativesto act upon the rules of the " Reform Association." We thank them for the ingenious suggestions of Mr. JOSEPH PARKES. First, every conservative must be called upon to register., Secondly, every alien and ineligible voter must be ex punged from the rolls. Thirdly, a strict guard must be set upon . those who vote by proxy, and of course fraudu lently, (as the quaker did in Liverpool) on the side of radical and liberal principles. The only measure--the forlorn measure—that which is to be the prop and stay of the RUSSELL cabinet in the pre sent session of parliament, and which was to have been introduced last night, like Jack in the Green and the chimney sweeps on Mayday, has been indefinitely post poned. We, of course,. allude to the corporation reform bill. Being an only measure it will, because it must, be persisted in. The present week tray not, but the next week we should think will have the honour of the open ing of the important debate. We are assured that , the corporation of London, wi and propitiate the most disaffected classes. If he cannot win the approbation of the ultra. radicals, his scheme must fail. For these reasons we are inclined to believe that he intends-to alter the whole form and frame of corpora tions by one general uniform and sweeping bill, and place all municipal power in the hands of the democracy. That is our opinion —a few days will explain all. Notwithstanding the enormous sums expended upon the poor in the town of Liverpool, the number of beggars and vagrants has recently very much increased. .In every respectable house it has almost become indispensa ble to keep a servant, the greater portion of whose time is consumed in answering the demands of these walking pests. In short, the nuisance is intolerable, and, unless something is done by the authorities to suppress it, the inhabitants must take the matter into their own hands. These vagrants do not frequent the more crowded tho roughfares of the town, where a few police constables are occasionally to be seen, but they swarm in the retired and most respectable streets, where a constable is as sel dom visible as the aurora borealis, where they not only pester and annoy servants, frightening the timid, and insulting the more resolute, but even indulge in theft and encourage plunder whenever an opportunity occurs. This nuisance, we say again, must be abated. It is unnecessary to state that these beggars and va grants are exclusively Irish. How they procure a passage is explained in a letter which we shall annex to these remarks; but it is much to be regretted that means can not be adopted to impose some tax or restraint upon such imports. , They come here under the pretext of seeking field, labour, but they come in a condition which compels them, in case of not finding work, to beg or steal. In many instances' they come for no other purpose than to beg or steal. How can ragged wretches of women with troops of young children, many of whom can hardly walk, ex pect to support themselves by field labour ? The thing is absurd. They are sent to. beg or steal, and they come for that purpose; and no other. Now, it is hard that Liverpool, after being taxed to support the poorhouse, the out-door poor, the infirmary, the dispensaries, the catholic schools, and several other charities, in which three-fourths of the persons thus aided or supported are Irish Roman catholics, should be still further exposed to these frequent inundations of Irish vagrants.. It is they who force upon the town the neces sity for an enlarged and more efficient police. It is to protect our property and preserve our servants from pol lution that we require a new police. It is not for the exclusive benefit of the wealthy who live in the fashion able parts of the town, but for the protection of the shop keepers and middle classes. The inhabitants of Everton, Low-hill, Edge•hill, Abercrombie-square, and Toxteth park, have a remedy in their own hands, if they choose to resort to it. They will, perhaps, find it their interest to establish a constabulary force by private and voluntary subscription, and by means of such a force they could drive back upon the central streets —upon 80ld -street, Church-street, Lord-street, and Castle-street those swarms of. ragged Irish beggars which infest the out skirts. If this were done, perhaps there would be less objection to the new police bill. So long . as the shop keepers feel no inconvenience from Irish paupers besieg ing their doors and annoying their customers, they wil not be convinced of the, necessity for such a body; when they see and feel the nuisance, their eyes will be opened,, and their opinion changed. At prestnt these Irish do 'not prey on one, nother. Whitechapel, Tithebarn.street, Dale-street, and the adjacent Streets, suffer little com paratively. These are only thoroughfares to less public streets, in Which the paupers begin their work in real earnest. Bat, - if a suburban constabulary were formed, the nuisance would fall heavy upon those who are signing peti tions against the bill now before the. House of Commons. How these petitions are got up is explained in the follow ing letter, which we have received from a correspondent of undoubted veracity : TO TEE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. find from last week's papers that two petitions against the police bill, numerously signed, have been presented by Mr. Ewart to the HoUse of Commons. There are two distinct classes of society who are strongly interested in this bill. The first includes the middle and higher classes, who have an interest in the preservation of the peace of the town and the security of their persons and property; the other comprehends a numerous assemblage of blacklegs, swindlers, pickpockets, beggars, and others who are just as fond of either day or night police as the devil is of holy water. Now, Mr. Editor, soppose each of th ese last named wo r thi es t o b e no t on l y allowed to sign his own name to the petition, but to act as secretary for all the rogues and va gabonds he knows or can remember, that is, to subscribe the names of the whole list of his right honourable associates, who reside anywhere between the Land' s End and John o'Groats,. and you will not be surprised if in the course of the present week there are a few more numerously signed petitions presented to the honourable house. That such has been the case, to a considerable extent, I am led to infer from some observations which I made yesterday, (Sunday,) which will tend to throw some light on the modes of obtaining signatures to liberal petitions generally. You are, no doubt, aware that, owing to the opposition among the packets, persons may obtain a passage to 'or from Dublin for a mere trifle, (3d. or 6d., I believe,) and consequently that we have had some extensive importations of Irish vagrants who hav e come over on speculation, and the b o d y o f St. Patrick's Chapel, being free, is of course resorted to by crowds of these respictable gintlemen. The fathers of the petition have taken advantage of . these circumstances, and, although St. Patrick's was not one of the places at which petitions were advertised to lie for signa ture, they sent, on Sunday morning, a great number of sheets, which were spread invitingly on desks or tables'at the doors of the chapel, in order that each good catholic might, before com mencing his.religious ditties, propitiate the saints by signing his name, as one of them wittily observed, against the parsons and the policemen. Attracted by curiosity, I went to one of the tables, where I saw one man write down sir names, and heard the following interesting dialogue : Writer—" See what I done for yees." Door-keeper —q Ye - should alther yer hand though." Writer—" Shure coulde I write a whole lafe if I'd like?" Door-keeper—" Och I dar say; but we'll take it in out o' the rain." • ' It was accordingly removed into the chapel, and whether the writer would fill the remainder of the lafe or not I cannot tell. The first name written was Peter Burns, the three next, as nearly as I can recollect, were Kierman or Kirkman, White, and Daly, and the fifth and sixth were Arthur Burns and Jas. Burns. Nor was this a solitary instance, for I observed that at the . other tables eaph person wrote as many names as he pleased, without affixing- either residence or occupation. I have been told also that 'a sheet lies at a public-house in Blair-street, which may be signed hi the same manner. After this I trust we shall not hear the number and respectability of the signa tures to this petition trumpeted forth by the liberal party. I have no doubt but the - same means were used at the rest of the catholic chapels, and, not to mention the desecration of a place of worship by, using it for such p ur p oses , I am decidedly of opinion that the promotersof the petition, knowing that nineteen twentieths (4 the signatures obtained are spurious, will, in pre senting it, be guilty of a gross and direct insult to the House of Commons.—l C. J. s. MRS. lIEMANS The Athenmunt, in announcing the death of Mrs. Hemans, has been led into some errors respecting the place of her birth which we are requested by a near relation of that lady to cor rect. She was not born "in a small quaint looking house in St. Anne-street, Liverpool," but in the house now occupied by Mr. Molyneux, in Duke-street. Her mother was also born in the same street. Mrs. Hemans was born to affluence, received a superior education, and was a beautiful as well as a highly accomplished woman. Her marriage was an imprudent but not an.unhappy one, and although separated in later life from her husbarid he was never estranged-from her. About three years since she removed from Wavertree to Dublin, where she died. Speaking of her works the Athena= says:— " Few have written so much, or written so well as Mrs, Hemans; few have entwined the genuine fresh thoughts and impressions of their own minds so intimately with their poeti cal fancies as she did ; few have undergone more arduous and reverential preparation for the service of song; for, from child hood, her thirst for knowledge was extreme, and her reading great and varied. Her knowledge of classic literature may lie distinctly traced in her Sceptic,' her Modern Greece,' and, a hundred later lyrics based npon what Bulwer so happily calls 'the Graceful Superstition.' Her study and admiration of the works of ancient Greek and Roman art, strengthened into an abiding love of the beautiful, which breathes both in the senti ment and structure of every line she wrote (for there are few or our poets more faultlessly musical in their versification) and when, subsequently, she opened for herself the treasuries of Spa nish and German legend and literature, how thorou g hl y s h e had imbued h erse lf w ith th e i r sp i r i t may be seen in her ' Siege of Valencia,' in her glorious and chivalresque Songs of the Cid,' and in her 'Lays of Many Lands,' the idea of which was suggested by Herde's Stimmen der Volker in Liedern.' "But though her mind was enriched by her wide acquaint ance with the poetical and historical literature dither coun tries, it possessed'a strong and decidedly marked character of its own, which coloured all her productions—a character which, though any t hi ng b u t f ee bl e - or sentimenCar was tiientially feminine. An eloquent modern critic (Mrs. `.larnes6n) has rightly sdidi"that Mrs. Hemans's poems could not have been writtenhy a man;' their love is without selfishness, their pas sions without a s t ain of this world's coarseness, their high hero ism un su lli e d b y any grosser a ll oy of mean ambition. Her re= ligion, too, is essentially womanly, fervent, clinging. to belief, and, 'hoping on, hoping ever, in spite of the peculiar trials ap pointed to her sex. "It is difficult to enumerate the titles of her principal works. Her first childest efforts were published when she was only thirteen, and we can only 'speak of her sub sequent poems—' Wallace,'' Dartmoor,' 'The Restoration of the Works of Art to Italy,' and her 'Dramatic Scenes' from memory. These were, probably, written i n th e h app i est per i od of her life, ;w h en her mind was rapidly developing itself; and its progress.'"was aided by judicious and intelligent counsellors, among . whciin may be mentioned Bishop Heber. A favourable' notice of one of these poems will be found in Lord Boron's Let ters; and the fame of her opening talent had reached Shelly, who addressed a very singularcorrespond ence t o her. With respect t o the world in general,- her name began to be known by the pub lication of her Welch Melodies,' of her Siege of Valencia,' and the scattered lyrics which appeared in the New Monthly Magathine, then under the direction of Campbell. She had pre viously contributed a series of prose papers, on Foreign Litera ture, to Constable's Edinburgh Magazine, which, with a little ex ception, are the only specimens of that style of writing ever attempted by her. 'lo the Siege of Valencia' succeeded rapidly her Forest Sanctuary ' her 'Records of Woman' (the most successful of h er works),, her, 'Sou of the Affe c ti oLs ' (con taining, perh a p s , h er fi nest poem, I'he Spirit's Return,') her National Lyrics and songs for Music' (most of w hi c h h ave been set to mu s i c b y her sister, and become popular), and her Scenes and Hymns of Life.' She had been urged by a fri end to undertake a prose work, and a series of Aristic Novels,' something after the manner of Tieck, and Goethe's Kunst Ro manen as likely to be congenial to her own tastes and habits f mind, and to prove most acceptable to the public. " I have now,' says she, • passed through the f e v er i s h an d somewhat visi onary state of mind often connected with the pas sionate study of art in, early life; deep affections and deep sor rows seem to have solemnized my whole being, and I now f ee l 'as if bound t o hi g h er an d holier- tasks, which, though I may occasionally lay, asicle,4 could not long wander 'from without some sense of dereliction. I hope it is no self-delusion, but I cannot help sometimes feeling as if it were my true task to en large the sphere of sacred poetry, and its influence. When you receive my volume of ' Scenes and Hymns,' vou will see what I mean by enlarging its sphere, though my plan as yet is very imperfectly developed.' "Besides the works here_enumerated, we should mention 'her tragedy, 'The Vespers of Palermo,' and the songs which she contributed to colonel Hodges"Peninsolar Melodies.' And we cannot but once more call the attention of our readers to her last lyric, `Despondeucy, and Aspiration,' published in Black wood's Magazine for this month; it is the song of the swan—its sweetest and its last! "- ' - We take the following from the Dublin University Aragitzine for June, The editor,-speaking of "the poetry of the Psalms," says, ."I'hev are the last verses ever dictated by her, which she sent to us a - few days previous to her death— Approved and sanctified to pass, Through shades and silent rest to endless joy." THE POETRY OF THE PSALMS. Nobly thy song, 0 Minstrel! rush'd to meet Th i Eternal, on the pathway of the blast, • With darkness round him, as a mantle cast, And cherubim to waft his flying seat; Amidst the hills that smoked beneath his feet; With trumpet-voice thy spirit call'd aloud, And bade the trembling rocks His name repeat, And the bent cedars, and the bursting cloud, But far more gloriously to earth made known By that high strain, than by the thunder's tone, The flashing torrents, or the ocean's roll, Jehovah spoke, through thee, imbleathing tire Nature's vast realms f o r ever t o inspire, , With the deep Worship of a living soul. MONUMENT TO THE LATE REV NICHOLAS ROBINSON, M.A. 1 . • It will be in the recollection of our readers that on the la mented death of the Rev. Nicholas Robinson, the minister of St_ Martin's Church, the congregation were desirous to express their grateful sense of the value of his services by . erecting a monument to his memory; and it was thought desirable that, by limiting the amount of the subscriptions, the poor, who most severely felt his loss, might have it in their power to share iu the contributions. Accordingly, a neat monument, consisting of a marble slab, surmounted by an urn, has . just been compl e t e d and fixed on the north side of the communion table in that church.. The following is the inscription : " NICHOLAS ROBINSON, M.A., Minister of this Church, Born in Liverpool, January 22d, 1801. Died at Everton, November 21st, 1831. Disposed by diVine grace from an early age for the work of an Evangelist,' he used all diligence to approve himself as a minis ter of God. In his public teaching he was faithful to the truth as it is in Jesus, affectionate in reproof, earnest in exhortation, meek in spirit, and averse from display. In all the offices of christian charity he was patient and unwearied, glad to distri bute, rejoicingtoinstruct the young and i gnorant. and to make. known t o th e sick and troubled in spirit the consolations of the gospel. From his last visit to. the dwelling of disease it pleased God to'eall him to the trial of that sickness which terminated his existence upon earth. In grateful remembrance of his de votion to their service this monument is erected 1:, , y the voluntary contributions of the congregation." ' . _ This is another instance, among the many o th ers o f d a i ly occurrence, of eminent ministerialfaithfuln e S s in a clergyman, of the eatohlished church; and it is another proof that the peo ple are fidly alive to the value of such services, and anxious to record their gratitude. It was gratifying to witnetsthe expression of feeling displayed by the congregation on seeing the monum en t for th e :, first time last Sunday; and Mr. Gladwin took occasion to remind them, in a sermon which cannot fail to make a lasting impression upon their minds, that with this memorial - of their beloved pastor's virtues before their eyes, they were more deeply than ever en gaged to prove their sense of his worth by imitating his example and following his instructions. WIGAN. [From our own Correspondent.] WIGAN FAIR.—The cattle fair at Wigan; on. Wednesdavlast , was but slenderly supplied, and for those brought into the market only low prices were obtained; but, in consequence of the change in the weather having produced a plentiful show of grass, the owners 'were not so anxious to sell, and few changed hands. WIGAN FLORAL SOCIETY.—The first show of this society took place in the New Town-hall, on Monday,last. The flowers exhibited (tulips, &c) were not plentiful but very excellent, and the company which assembled was numerous, a considerable number of the fair Lancashire witches being present on the occasion. MR. IV . ILDERSPIN AND INFANT SCHo6l.9.—This gentleman, who has delighted numerous audiences in many towns,with his lectures on early education, is abOut to delivdt.a Course in the National School-roem, Wigan. It is somewhat singular, that when Mr. W.'s system was unpopular he was left to enjoy the honour of being it's originator; now, however, when the public are beginning to see the necessity of eduCkting infants in a sys tem having striptute for its basis, u p st ar t a num b er o f c l aimants, and even Lord Brougham seems to have an envious eye to it! THE POCKET MEDICAL GUIDE.—We confess, from glancing over the title, we took up this pocket volume with a decided prejudice against it ; for we hate quackery of all kinds, whether in medicine or in voluntaryism, or In any thing else. On turn ing over its pages, howe ver , an d happening, to fix our eye on the seventy-fifth, we were glad to find our prejudices dispersing, by ourphysician declaring he would go thus far in prescribing, but no farther —that here " efficient medical assistance ought instantly to be had recourse to." Impressed with the honesty of his admission, and seeing, from this, that he did not belong h to is an „ y G p u f itdhee:anio 'univ r e e r a s t a t l e p n r t e iv se x cri e be a r in ,s; i a vct. jo; e were induced to give and we are de lighted to find that,: on more intimate acquaintance, the physi cian is totally free from the character we,WCfe, at first meet ing, inclined to bestow upon him. His book is a Most sensible 'and judieious little treatise "on diet and regimen—on ebliland effects, and the use and doses of medicine." The diseases on which! he treat s ' are ' o f suc h every day' Occurrence that we should think no p erson w h o values his 'health will continue without it. The price and portability, and general neatness of the work, are all strong recommendations in its favour. —Glas gow Courier. DUNFERMLINE:—TH E RELIEF IN DISTRESS.—For some time past, the relief body of this place—who can prove the efficiency of voluntaryism beyond a doubt—have been so pinched in their exchequer that they were last year under the necessity of re ducing the retired allowance of their talented and worthy old . pastor, from the munificent sum of seventy pounds a-year, to the more himourable and gentlemanly one of fifty, in order that they might he the better able to pay his assistant. But this is not all, as Providence has been kind enough to bestow on the latter individual a better stipend in another quarter; this con gregation being in want, has get into great difficulties regard ing the choice of a successor. A congregational meeting was held on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of moderating a call, when a very great hubbub arose, whether they should proceed or delay. On the roll being called, a number of individuals complained that they were excluded, and to their surprise learn ed, that it was owing to their being in arrear of seat-rent. The insult was too.personal—the practice so different from the the- Ory of true voluntaryism, that numbers shouted out whar'v yer voluntaryism Coo ?' The session having been found guilty of this excluding act, severe taunts were passed on several of that body. Confusion ensued—the chairman left—a new one was chosen—numbers retired—the meeting 'evoked this decree of the session ; the vote was taken, when there was 18 of a majori ty to proceed, leaving the congregation nearly divided, distress e'cl in body and means, with their inimitable principles of vo luntaryism, like the shadow of a death's head and cross-bones.— Pi/as/lira Journal. LONDON LATEST NEWS. City, Saturday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock. is iippossible to convey an adequate idea of the state of the money market here in consequence of the enormous speculation and recent-great depreciation in, the . Spanish and other foreign bonds. Fridaywas.the period appointed for the settlement of the foreign itccqunt, and since Wednesday the attempts' of the brokers to prepare for the adjustment has produced the greatest confusion. On Thursday such-was the state of excitement that the jobbers closed their books, refusing, for two hours, to downy businesi whatever, and the -market at Ow close exhibited the greatest agitation. On the following -day all attempts to ar range the account proved fruitless, the jobbers refusing to take the cheques of the brokers for the bondsltheybad to deliver; de manding money, which the latter could not obtain without pre viously furnishing their principals with those bonds for which they could only be paid when they had them to deliver. In this state of things failure after failure ensued, and the " time bar gaio,:husiness,- as the gambling for the account is termed, hai' received a coup.degrace.- "Up to the close of the market this afternoon the accounts have not been adjusted, a. standing com mittee having been appointed to attempt the further liquidation of the outstanding. ones on Monday and Tuesday. All sorts of compromises hive taken plaCe, 10s., 75., and 4s. in the pound have been accepted, and the brokers hate been very severe losers by the failure of parties out of the s t oc k exc h ange to pay them their differences, and which, as the transactions are ille gal, they have no means of recovering or compelling. Money was so scarce yesterday in consequence of the bankers and ca pitalists refusing to advance it on any stock, refusing even Ex chequer bills, India bonds, and Dutch stock (reckoned the most stable of our foreign securities,) that a sale of Exchequer bills, which had been done at 16 prem., was made at par, another at 5 prem. In this state of the market the Bank of England: issued its notice (earlier than customary) that they were willing to make their quarterly advances on Exchequer bills, India •bonds-, and other " approved secur i t i es " at the usual rate, in sums of- not less than two thousand pounds. Although under the head of "approved securities" none of the foreign stock pressing on the market was included, yet it had the effect of making money rather more abundant, and Ex chequer bills ranged from 13 to 18 prem. India bonds, which had fallen to par, rose to 3 preen, and the consol market rallied a little. The committee of the Stock Exchange fixed the " making-up price" of Spanish at 50, and the scrip, at 5. Con sols to-day have rallied to 911 for account. and 91 for money, but all the foreign securities are entirely nominal. This is the severest blow the Stock Exchange has ever had—far exceeding 1825-6. Some idea of the ruin may be formed when we state, that in the space of fourteen days Spanish bonds have fallen from 67i to 50, the scrip. from 7 prem. to 5 discount, Portuguese from 1011 to 92, Chilian from 54 to about 46, Colombian from 461 to 37, and Mexican from 47 to 37. The market closed this afternoon in the greatest disorder. • THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. STATE OF TRADE, LEEDS.— , -The thigh:jest in the cloth hails on Saturday was rather flat, and on Tuesday still worse; but in the warehouses there is a somewhat lively trade, though the merchants are very cautious. The autumn trade is expected to be good: At pre sent all parties are anxious not to send up the price of wool by speculation. .13ft ADFORD. — Piece-gci6cit) went off briskly on Thursday; but without any advance. Yarns are a shade higher. Buyers of all sorts display great caution. In the wool trade there is no thing new • very few transaction s i n d ee d : th e per i o d o f t h e c li p is near—that accounts for it: HA LIFA x.—Not quite so Many buyers in this market as usual on Saturday, and rather l ess b usiness d one t h an i n the preced ing week. - The merchants cOrnplain of want of goods in the bands of the manufacturers. Prices steady; the late advance will be maintained. HUDDERSFIELD.—The market on Tuesday was a lively one, and fancy goods particularly werein demand. YORK Woof. MARKET, THURSDAY, MAY 28.—T0-day being the first market for the season w 7 have had rather a numerous attendance of buyers in compailson with former years, whilst there has been but a •light show, confined principally to small lots of ewe and fat, sheep wool from the neighbouring farmers, with an entire absence of flock wool. The call of the market has been decidedly in favour of fine hogs, (scarcely any at mar ket,) which are chiefly wanted by the manufacturers for fine merino warp yarn. The prices otthe day may be quoted some what as follows; but we hope in the course of another week to be able to give a more substantial account of the actual prices of this most important article of the staple manufacture of this kingdom. AU - hog superfine, 19d. per lb.; half hog and ewe, 17d. per lb.; all ewe, 15d. per lb.; locks, 11d. The transac tions of the market are confined to 14lbs. to the stone, in con formity with the late act of parliament, which came into opera tion the Ist of January, 1835, with a 4lb. allowed upon each stone for draft. • WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, MAY 29.—There continues a good demand at firmer prices for all descriptions of short wool for the clothing and blanket trade, if we except locks and low Scotch, the use of which has been superseded by the heavy im portations of Russian and other low foreign wool. The long Wool trade has been extremely active since our last, in conse quence of the light stock of fine hogs in thentarliet having cre ated a competition for the new- clips, which contain most of this. kind, add run them up to higher prices ; and, although we can not quote any decided advance in other descriptions of long wool, this circumstance has caused consumers to turn their at , tention . to. Wethers, which have been so heavy of sale, and considerable sales have been effected in them at full prices. ROCHDALE, MAY 26.—The demand for goods this week has been very active, and a trifling advance has been realized. Stoblis are now getting low, and is some sorts the supply is not equal to the demand. The stock of wool is also very thin, and in low sorts especially a great scarcity is felt.—Leeds ,ititelli gencer. ' . SIR HOIVARD DOUGLAS.—A letter from Rassusa,•Of the -2 1 1 Of April, announces that Sir Hirward Douglas, th e new L or d _High Cominissioner of the lonian Islands, with his family, had arrived from Ancona, in the harbour of Grovosa, on board the Joules] steam-boat Eolauaissss. He was going to Corfu, On board the seine vessel was the Bavarian Ambassador, . Count Jennisson, on his way to Athens to congratulate King Otho on attaining his majority. THE LIVERPOOL CONSERVATIVE REGISTRATION ASSOCIA , TION.—A highly respectable meeting was held on Saturday at the Golden Lion Inn, Dale-street„for the purpose of forming a Conservative Registration Association for the borough of Liverpool. Mr. Alderman Robinson, on taking the chair, briefly stated the object for which the meeting had been called. The business was then proceeded in. and a series of resolutions were agreed to ! which will appear in the advertisement of the society. Some curious facts relative to the present state of the registry were mentioned to show the necessity fur a greater degree of watchfulness on the part of the conservatives. CHARITY SERMON.—A charity•sermon was preached at St. Michael's Church, on Sunday morning, by the Rev. H. Berry, after which a collection was made in aid of the funds of the Liverpool Dispensaries. The sum collected was £22 2s. 10d. Suictne.—On Sumlay the body of a man was found floating off New Brighton. It was subsequently discovered to be that of Mr. Dawson, attorney, of 'Temple-court. The unfortunate gentleman was last seen alive on Saturday last, and it is sup posed that he committed suicide whilst labouring under tempo rary insanity, brought on by the disarranged state of his affairs. It appears that he was recently gazetted as a bankrupt, and the last meeting of his creditors was to have been held this day. THE WATCH BOARD.—At the meeting of The commissioners on-Friday last it was announced that a bill, to the amount of £2l 16s. 3d., having been sent to the agent of the Sun fire-office, by the fire police, the reply was that it was too much, as one of the engines was charged thirteen hours, and only worked five. This would take £7 18 s . f rom t h e charge.—lt was stated, in ex planation, (communicated from Mr. Wales,) that the fire at which this expense had been occurred took place when Mr. Brown, the agent foe London, was in Liverpool, making ar rangements with the fire police. Ile.was at the fire, and said that one of the engines was of no use, and recommended it to be taken away. Mr. Gallemore was told to remove it, delegated the order to somebody who neglected it, and the engine worked as long as any other. The board, under these circumstances, agrees to deduct the £7 18s.—An item of £4 ss. 6d., for the law expences of the late board, incurred by them in opposing the new police bill, was objected to in the law clerks' accounts, as being illegal, and it was accordingly struck out. LIVERPOOL RACES CONTEMPLATED ADDITION TO THE Pnizes.—A number of spirited individuals, forming a portion of the respectable body of Licensed Victuallers of this town, have fur some time past entertained an impression that, by a little exertion on the part of its leading members, a handsome stake might be raised, to form a purse to be run for under the denomination of the "'Licensed Victuallers' Purse." With this view a preliminary meeting was held on Friday night, at the Adelphi Hotel, and froth what transpired the most favour able results are likely to be produced. The meeting was ad journed until Wednesday next, when the subject will he more fully canvassed. It is to be hoped than the body will on that evening come forward in a spirit becoming the occasion, and show to other towns of less wealth and importance, that they Will not be behindhand in supplying the sinews of war. The well-merited celebrity of our races will then be sustained, and the title given to it of the New-market of the North will then not be unaptly applied. Manchester and Chester have already taken the lead in augmenting the stakes, and we feel confident Liverpool will not be slow in following the example. We need but remark, that Liverpool is the only place of any note where races are held which does not receive support from the Licen sed victuallers to cause that respectable class of tradesmen to take the proposition seriously in hand. SERVANT BURNED TO DRAM—CAUTION TO PAREN TS .—. Between twelve and two o'clock on the night of Monday last, Mr. Wren, of Hulme, was awakened by a shriek in his house. He sprung out of bed, and, on going upon the stairs, he found Rachel Kay, the servant girl, with her night dress in flames. He pushed her before him, got herdown stairs immediately, and then tore off part of her bnruing dress and endeavoured to ex tinguish the flames. While thus engaged he reccollected that two of his own children were sleeping in the same room with the girl. He rushed up stairs and to his horror found 'one of his children sitting upon the pillow completely surrounded by flames; he snatched the child up, and fortunately it was not much burned. The other, elder child, on awaking, had jumped out orbed and ran out of the room. Mr. Wren found the can dlestick, a hair-brush and comb, a ball of worsted, and a pair of scissors upon and amongst the bed clothes. The flames about the bed were extinguished with some difficulty, and, Mr. Wren having called the watchman, three surgeons were called in and the proper applications administered. The girl was then con veyed to her father's house, where she remained till Wednesday evening, when she was removed to the infirmary, where she died the following day. She acknowledged that she had been em ployed mending her stockings in bed when she dropped a sleep, being of a sluggish sleepy habit, and the flame of the candle had doubtless communicated to her night dress or to the bed clothes, and might have caused the sacrifice of three lives.— Afancherter Paper, NARROW SCAPE.—On Mondai last, durin g th e s t orm o f lightning and rain which visited, lanchester an d it s v i c i n i ty, Mr. Shaw, 'sheriff's officer, of., ack King-street, narrowly escaped becoming a victim to its violence. Mr. Shaw was returning from his office in Manchester to Bury (where he te sides,) in his gig, and when near Cheetham Hill, a sudden and very vivid flash of lightning appeared to - cross the road directly in front of his horse. It was raining heavily at the time, and Mr. Shaw held an umbrella over his head. The moment he saw the flash he felt a sudden shock, and experienced a-sensa tion as if the contents of a large, highly-charged electric jar, had passed-through his body, and he was laid powerless, for the moment, at the bottom of his gig. The horse, no doubt in some' degree, affected by the same powerful agent, began to plung e and rear in a frightful mann er; an d h a d i t not- been fir the timely assistance of a man who witnessed the accident, and who promptly seized the reins, the consequences might have been fatal. .After waiting a short time at the Griffin Inn to recover himself, 3.1 r. Shaw, contrary to all expectation;was able to pro ceed on his way, but has since, we are informed, been under the care of his medical) attendant, and is not yet perfectly recovered from the effect of the shock. The ferrule on the top of the um brella attracted the electric fluid, and was, no doubt, the cause of disaster.—Manchester Paper. THE LATE 14.:ARL •OF DEVON.—The Earl of Devon, who had been long an absentee from this country, died, at his Tesi deuce in the Place .Vendome, in Paris, on Tuesday last. He was in his 67th - vear, having been born in J u ly, 1768, and sue- teededsto the Viscountcy of - Courtenay shortly before be was of age. ; He prosecuted and made good his claim to the earld om of Devon before the House of, Lords in 183.1. The late earl was never married, and as all his nearest relations were sisterss the titles, &c., go to William Courtenav, Esq., Assistaut Clerk of Parliament, .eldest son ol the late Bishop of Exeter, cousin of the late viscount. The present Earl of Devon was born in 1777. and married, in 18tH, Lady Henrietta Leslie, daughter of. Sir Lucas Pepys and the Countess of Rothes, by whom he has several children, the eldest a son, now Viscount Courtenay, being in his 29th year, and married in December, 1830, Lady Elizabeth Fortescue, sister of Lord - Ebrington. The. Earl of Devon has two other sons living, Henry and Charles. REPRESENTATIVE PEERAGE, IRELAND.—The. Earl of Ban dou is a candidate for the representative seat in the upper house, vacant. by the lamented death of the estimable and patriotic Lord Longford. Few noblemen have stronger claims upon the illus trious individuals of which this distinguished body is composed than Lord Bandon. Possessing a princely fortune he dispenses the gifts which 'Providence has bestowed upon him with a pro fuse and liberal hand; and .being a resident on his own estate and the father of a large and happy family, he s h e d s aroun d him the blessings and the benefits which one so circumstanced, is, capable of conferring. As a politician Lord Bandon has ever been firm, uncompromising, and consistent; and during the many years that he represented his native county, Cork,—the most extensive in the kingdom--in parliament, and when it was really an honour to be selected for such a representation, he never advocated a measure, or gave a vote, upon which he may not look with conscious pi ide and gratification. Against such a man—so estimable for his private virtues, respected his public worth— it were indeed idle for the government to start a candidate in opposition; but we think it better to takes as we thus do, the earliest opportunity of apprising the peers entitled to vote, of Lo r d B an d on ' s i ntent i on to solicit their suf frages conceiving it to be sufOient to glance, as we have done, slightly, at the great and paramount claims his lordship posses ses to their favour and support. --'Dublin E ven i ng M a i l. A VOLUMINOUS CASE.—The Police Gazette of the kingdom of Saxony has the following article:—" Th e O sc h atz b an d . — The public is aware that aband of murderers, robbers, and thieves, remarkable for the'number of individuals belonging to it, has long been co n fi ne d i n t h e pr i sons at Oschatz. -There were no fewer than ninety-six persons in prison on this ac count. What a Herculean task for the officers engaged in the investigation! It was,' therefore, no wonder that the docu ments in the causes and which were sent to Leipsic for the sen tence to be passed, had accumulated to the almost unparalleled quantity of three-hundred and forty-three volumes, and it cannot excite surprise that the expense of looking over the documents and drawing up the sentence, amounted to 841 dollars. The sentence was published on the 16th and 17th of last month, by which four of the criminals are ordered to be broken on the wheel, and two to be beheaded. The remainder were sen tenced to imprisonment for various terms, from ten years to six months. • Among them were 29 women, but few of whom were condemned to severe punishment." s - _ "'' LIVERPOOL POLICE, Fatdat.—(Befcire Mr. Alderman LEYLAND and Sir Tti0,4,0 BRANcEER.) ANOTHER CHARaE OF STAgRING.—A swarthy native of !tali', called John M o ll en h auer, was charged with having stabbed - a boy named Jdnes; • who was in a very dangerous state in conse quence. It wits stated that a few days ago the prisoner preferred a charge of assault againSt some person, who, he alleged, struck him on the Pier.head, *trait taking a walk with his wife. The defence then set up by the accused was that Mollenliaiirr had drawn a knife upon him, which was repugnant to his English feelings, and he struck him, this being proved, the complaint was dismissed. The primer had since quarrelled with a boy, whom he had also taken advantage of by using the knife. The boy being in danger of his life, the prisoner was remanded. IMPORTANT TO CAPTAINS OP VESSELS. —John Bartholomew; the commander of the William Harington, at this port, from New Orleans, appeared before the magistrates to answer a com plaint from Davis, his mate in the above vessel, that he refused payment of his wages. The latter stated to the court, that the alleged ground of the min-payment was that a bale of cotton; which was supposed to have been shipped at NeW Orleans. was missing at this port. This bale the captain dished to charge him with. A few, words passed among the parties respecting the amount of the wages due, when Sir 1 humas Brancker observed that the court had rather to deal with the dispute respetting thd bale of cotton than any more remote Matter. The captain then stated that they had shipped 10.36 bales of cotton at New Orleans; and that only 1035 had been discharged in Liverpool The mate, he said, had signed the receipts generally, and, therefoVe ; he alone was liable to account for the deficiencY. The mate said that he had had an impression that there was é bale short when they were at New Orleans; and had named it to the caps . tarn, who might, if he had pleased; have settled the matter at once.by an appeal to the authorities of that port. The captain denied this. After some skirmishing, it came out that the cap tain had himself signed the receipts for four bales out of the first sixteen that were shipped in the vessel. Upon this Sit' Thomas Brancker said, if the captain could by any means prove that the four bales which he had received had been discharged in Liverpool the mate would be liable, as he had signed the re. , ceipts .for all the rest of the cargo. "If," said Sir Thomas, "you have signed for a portion of-.the cargo, however small, and the mate for the remainder, it is impossible for the ma gistrates to decide which of you may have made the mistake: If, therefore, yon cannot prove the delivery of your 4 bales your must pay , Davis his wages." In the course of his evidence the Mate acquitted the , captain of the most remote wish to proceed otherwise than by the rules of the strictest integrity and houotir. —The cointuander of the St: Leonard was summoned by 'hid - mate, George Smith, for £13105., arrears of wages. The captain objected to the payment on the ground that the money was de manded before it was due, as Smith was not, by agreement, entitled to his wages until the vessel should have discharged her cargo, although he had been dismissed: Mr. Ellis said, the wages were due the moment the man was discharged, as he 'bad . earned them up to that time. If he were compelled to,. wit twenty days for them, the captain must pay him wages duratig that period. The captain was not at all satisfied with this view of the case; he demurred considerably; and produced his agree ment. •Mr. Ellis, liowever, maintained his - point: Sir Thomas Brancker thought it • inconsistent with justice and establiihed custom to wish to deprive asealuan of the chance of shipping itt another vessel, if he couldprocure a situ a ti on . The captains however, would "have his bond," and insisted on . his terpretation. Sir ThomaS Brancker ordered the wages to be paid. The captain said, lie was not prepared to comply they might take his-body. here the affair rested. S ATURDAY. —(Before Mr. Alderman Bowlike.) CA trrION To PoRTERs.—Mr. Barnes, of the White Lion Inti; Dale-street, appeared to give.infurmation against two porters, named Hughes and Murray. Mr. Barnes stated that they had, on the preceding day, brought some luggage to his house for a gentleman who had paid them what he thought sufficient for their trouble. It seems, however, that they were not satisfied with the sum which they had received, and became very violent and abusive, refusing to quit the house when they were requested. Their conduct, Mr Barnes said, was very outrageous, and the language which they made use of highly improper; and if there had been none but females in the house, he had no doubt that they would hale succeeded in their purpose of exacting morc4 money. Alderman Bourne censured their conduct very severely ; and ordered them to be tint ctss. and costs: ILLEGAL coNDUcT OF C R-DRI ERS:—A car -driver appeared charged by a gentleman with having exacted from him more than the proper fare from the Railway-station, in Crown-street, to his residence in Everton, and further for not having a rate , book ready to produce when the complainant asked him for it. An officer of the court said, he did not believe that, amongst the whole coachmen and car-drivers in the town, there were tell who carried books about them as required by law. Alderman Botirue observed, that 'impositions of this nature, especially upon strangers, were too common. It was an imperative duty required from drivers, that they should be ready to produce th - e book when asked. Fined ss. and costs, ALARMING FIRE. On Friday evening, about half-past 6, an alarm of fire wai given, which proved to be in the extensive cooperage of Mr: John W. Buchanan, situate in Gibbon's-lane, Queen-street: The West of England engine was q u i c kl y on t h e spot, b ut, from some cause which yet remains to be explained, it was sometime before any of the fire police engines arrived, and, when they did arrive, the usual impediment, WANT or WATER, was experienced ; so that it was nearly three quarters of an hour after the alarm was first given, before the engines could be brought to play upon the flames, which had of course by this time got to an amazing extent, and as the cooperage was completely enveloped in flames, from the combustible nature of the materials, the at tention of Mr. Whitty, and the men under his charge, was di rected to the preservation of the contiguous buildings. The premises belonging to Mr Daniel M . Killop, ship and anchor smith, immediately adjoining the cooperage yard, caught fire, but it was extinguished, and very little damage done, so that the fire was confined to the cooperage where it commenced, which is totally destroyed. Immediately after the breaking out of the fire, the men belonging to Mess rs . J . P . Mather, Dixon & foundry, adjoini ng the cooperag e y ar d, commenced playing a small engine belonging to that establishment, upon that part of the yard contiguous to their premises, and to the praise -worthy exertions of Messrs. M. D. & Co.'s men, with their small but effective engine, is to be mainly attributed the saving of a con- , siderable amount of property in staves, &c., which were iu a large yard behind the cooperage. - Mr, Buchanan, the propri e t or , i s i nsure d i n the West of Scot land and Protector fire offices, but we hear he is unfortunately not fully covered, from the circumstance of his having at j o his time an unusually large stock on hand. The loss is estimit'terl at nearly £2, 0 0U, in which case M r. B. will be a considerable loser. By half-past 10 the fire was completely got under. This tire has proved, what has repeatedly been asserted, and as often denied, viz. the total inefficiency of the fire police, Ist ' It appears that the usual scarcity of water was telt. The fire commenced at half-past 6 o'clock, and it was near 9 o'clock be fore any thing like a full and adequate supply was obtained. In a letteraddressed to the Standard a. few weeks ago, and which was intended as an answer to Mr Moore's letter, it was there contended that there would be no complaints as to the supply of water in future. The "future" then alluded to has come, it has been tried, and it is as bad as the p ast . The water a bh ors the fire ! 2d,-It a l so appears t h at the fire police engines were the last to arrive on the spot. What is the use of an establish ruent whose officers and men arrive just in time to be too late ? They saved an out-house, it i s sa id ; w h y not, had water and engines been brought up in time, have saved the greater part of the properly ? During the progress of the fire a strong body of the dock police and a considerable part of the constabulary force, under Mr. Parlour, were in attendance, and iVere of the greatest ser vice in preserving order and assisting in the removal of property. We wish to call the attention of the commissioners of the watch to the impropriety of allowing any one individual to hold the respective.officea of superintendent of the nightly watch and of the, tire-police. The great number of per sons who are drawn together at a fire, very frequently obstruct the fire-police in the performance of their duties, and prevent the working of the engines. In this instance the evil was remedied by the fire breaking out at such an early hour in the evening, but should a fire break out in the night it would be totally impossible to keep back the crowd, unless a well-organized force, under the direr-' Lion of an efficient officer, were In attendance; and it must be obvious that it requires all the attention of the superi n t en d en t properly to direct the working of the engine and assist in the preservation of property. We are persuaded that unless this evil is remedied forthwith, the greatest confusion will be created and defeat all the purposes of an established fire-police. THE WIDENING OF DRURY-LANE. To THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST./IND/IRD. —• Stu;—l beg, through your very interesting and spirited medium, to call the public attention to that part of Drury-lane which passes between Brunswick-street and Water -street, with reference to its present and future condition. Situated as it is in the midst of offices, warehouses, the steani-packet companies, and, from its vicinity to the Corn Exchange and docks, it is a considerable and very important thoroughfare, and, as a very favourable opportunity now presents itself for its widening and enlargement, it is to be hoped, on the grounds of publie Con.' venience, that the corporation, on the one hand, and the re spectable individuals who have made an extensive purchase on the west side of Drury-lane, with a view to new erections, will, on the other, meet in such an arrangement as will result in a widening of that line of communication. • The present confined, state of the street prevents carts from passing each other, and there being a very extensive inter course in the Way of unloading and le...Tieing produce 'at Mr: Drinkwater's warehouse and others, conflicts are frequently taking place between carters who will draw up in 'opposite directions, and working men, connected with them, - so as to render the annoyance greater than can be *ell ititagined, and dangerous to pz}rties whose business necessitates theist-to pass - that way.. *. • The preinises which form the purchase alluded to • comprise the site called Bomilly-court and its frontage, which eiteitds to within onshouse of Brunswick-street on:the south, and to those just vacated by Messrs. Phillips, Black, and Co on the north, and of course e*rbrac•es a considerable part of the west side of the street ; and if the survey be curried from Messrs. Phillips's late office to Mr. Drinkwater's house on the north ems of Drury lane, the intermediate premises would be found of such a de-. scription as to be secured at uo very great expense; and if the matter be viewed in connexion vyit h the alterations tvbe made in Water -street, which will enlarge that thoroughfate to the line of the Ind.a-buildings, it is most impor-taut to the public, as well as to individuals whose property is'in the . vicinity of Drury-Thine, that it should be widened to at least double its present extent, and thus aitow a safe passage for carts and other vehicles, with a commodious parapet ou both sides for public intercourse. There can no opportunity occur so favourable - to ithe much ne.eded accommodation as the present ; or where the•parties int inediatety interested stand in such a favourable position to each other: The Messrs. Bourne, Drinkwater, and Lace, whether as public characters or private individuals, must feel deeply interested in the accomplishment of this measure, and there can be little doubt that their ability and influence will be readily exerted to insure Lhe widening of the ancient thoroughfare of Drury-lane: I have to apologize for intruding on your columns, but having resided for some months in the immediate neighlionrhood. I have had many opportunities of witnessing the inconveniencies and dangers resuiting from the present confined state of the street; and being satisfied that there is ample back ground to allow of whatever new erections may be contemplated on the west side of Drury-lane being set back, so as to render it a safe and commodious passage, 1 have considered it my duty to direct the public attention to this very desirable alteration, which would be not mote satisfactory to the commercial interests or that section of the town than beneficial to the numerous persons whose interests are so intnnately bound up and connected with this important measure , —Yours, &c. 7, Drury-lane, June Ist: THOS. ANDERTON. Brinsley Sheridan, whose elopement with the beautiful Miss Mercia Grant is the subject of general conversation in the fashionable circles, is in the receipt of a pension on the Civil List of £75 per annum, and his brothers and sisters, with the exception of Lady Seymour, have each the same amount of pen , sion ' which wa s be s t owe d on t h em b y t h e E ar l of L i verpool, in 1818. The gallant general, father of the bride, is said to de.' clue his intention of forthwith breaking up his establishment in Grosvenor-square, and of retiring to the Continent.—Standard