The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-07-14 00:00:00

Jutv 14, 1835. asa.,....srnersivanrvo•., 6)111 d s ay was, that when he last heard from Constanti nople the negotiations were in progress. The fact is, the treaty was concluded,—the _secret arti • cies were signed, sealed, and ratified, long before the ex quisite secretary knew of their - existence ! Happy na tion, which has for its foreign secretary' bestarched dandy, who is called a lord, who is the last persolvin England to know what concerns the' honour and the in terests of his country. Why is he in the enjoyment of a large salary ?—WI“ , is so much secret service money granted to him annually, if he can only learn what iS occurring at foreign courts through the newspapers? S uch, however, is the fact, and we must now abide by the consequences- . But the question arises—had the Sultan any right to Concede terms conferring such extraordinary power upon Russ ia ? By long usage the Porte exerted the right of admitting and excluding such ships as she pleased to and from the Euxine. Her right in law was never questioned, although her power was challenged rather unsuccessfully b y a Whig admiral in the early part of the late war. But i t was never asserted that the Porte could transfer the r ight of navigating the Bosphorus to Russia, or any other state without the consent of all tbe states with whom she Was in amity, and to whom she was connected by ancient treaties. At any rate she had clearly no right to place her commercial allies in a humiliating position without their consent. N ow this is the very point in contention. England is desirous to.send a steatn-vessel, for the purpose of con veying Mr. Ellis to Trebizond on his way to Persia throOgh the . Black Sea; but she is told that before such a vessel can pass through the Bosphorus, the cabinet of St. Petersburgh must be consulted, and a pass port obtained Jove flee - Emperor - NiehOtas. This is sad w ork! It places England in a miserably poor position in the eyes of the world. The mistress * Witte seas is ex • petted to beg the privilege from. Russia of sending a steam er to the port of a friendly power in Asia. Russia has not yet conquered Turkey.. She has not yet taken possession of her towns on the southern shore of the Black Sea. These towns and their connecting seaboard still belong to Turkey, a nation in friendly alliance with Great Britain ; and yet before we can visit any of these towns belonging to our ally we must ask permission of a third party who never had any authority in the Euxine, and whom we cannot recognise as possessing the power of granting or refusing us the rights of navigation ! We know not what the present minislry, composed as it is of incapables, will do in this emergency; and we can form no conjecture as to what the Earl of DURIIAM is e xpected to accomp li s h at St. Petersburgh ; but t hi s we feel assured of, viz.; that if England condescends to ask the permission of Russia to enter the Black Sea, in fa vour of a steam-vessel or any other harmless ship of war, e will hazard her independence, dishonour the national flag, and appear craven and degraded in the estimation of the whole world. The only answer to the objections of the Porte should be at the point of our guns. It would _he humili at i ng enough to solicit the consent of the Sultan; but it would be a million times more humiliating to ask the same favour from Russia. If the Porte have, in a moment of weakness or folly, dispossessed herself of the • Power t o exclude armed vessels, she must be taken to have done so.in favour of all nations. We cannot con sent to a transfer of power. If Denmark does not choose to levy a toll at the entrance of the Baltic, we cannot sub mit to pay the said toll to the United States of America. I)eurnar k has no more right to transfer her rights in the Cattegut than Turkey has to transfer those she claimed in . the Bosphorus t o th e R uss i an s. We trust the atten tion of parliament will be called - to this subject without delay. • It is announced that Lord BROUGHAM is to honour Liverpool with his presence on Monday next, to lay the foundation stone of a building to be, called the Me chanics' Institution." The parties who have invited his lordship Clo not appear to have agreed as to the best mode of administering soup, fish, and flattery to him after the ceremony. One Satost proposed to dine the learned lord in St. John's martet,. a -place capable of holding at least ten thousand personi. This plan, being found to be impracticable, was abandoned ; and then a discussion arose whether the dinner tickets should be fifteen shillings or half-a crown, and whether his lord ship should dine in the presence of, instead of with, the *° ll ing classes. One worthy proposed that the ex chancellor shorild be invited to a splendid feast on the fl oor of the amphitheatre, and that the working classes Should be admitted to the upper side boxes and 'galleries I. ° look on. They were to be admitted to see, not taste— to have a glimpse of the wine, but to drink nothing but Oratory. The propounder of this aristocratic whig dinner, was of opinion that the operatives and the humble lovers of education would be quite content to see how the great man feeds, just as bumpkins are Pleased to see the hyena fed, the great black bear, and the' blue faced baboon in the Zoological Gardens. - This' last proposition did not seem to go down, some being of opinion that it would savour of insult to the working classes, and the arrangements were left to a committee of taste. But whatever may be the nature of the second-course honours in store for Lord- BROUGHAM, we can hard!) tlsi o k that there will be any difference of opinion, among intelligent people, as to the first ceremony. The new Mechanics' Institution will, we take it, be a counterpart 0 the present one, with this difference, that it will be fur ther removed from the centre of the town, and renderer less accessible to the great body•of working mechanics. for whose benefit it is said to be intended. Now, we all know that mechanics' institutions are not frequented by labouring artizans. They are seldom seen within their walls, and that in few numbers. The majority or the audiences who attend lectures are not mechanics. They are generally adult idlers, who profess to be of a higher grad e in society ; prating old bodies whose education has been neglected in their youth ; silly schemers who are vain enough to imagine they will some day discover the longitude; and a vast variety of twaddlers, who read the Penny magazines, and wish to pass for curious inquirers, if not for very profound philosophers. It is these waifs and strays, set in motion by the poli tical economists, who constitute the vapid throng, who fill the benches at mechanics' institutions, and of whom it 'night well be said they are the nursing quacks of every kind of humbug. • Lord BnotrorrAss, we admit, is a prince am ong these people: . They idolize him as something more than a wooden divinity. He is schoolmaster, tom clown, mimic, and thiniblerigger to all the modern *1) ; " I n ites, and it is but fair that he should tr ave l t o exhi • 44. hi mself, All we have to beg of his lordship, when he co mes to Liverpool, is, that he will not write to the King ° fl the subject. The Next showman, on this occasion, although of an inferior order, and not very celebrated in stage classics, i 8 our "excellent representative," Mr. Wm. Ewmr. He writes the following elegant epistle upon a sheet of Paper picked up in the vote office of the House of Com mons, and for which the people have to pay : " House of Commons, July, 7. 1835. 1%1 y DRAR SlR,—Lord Brougham has just given an audience Thornley, Mr. Rathbone, Mr. Harvey, and myself. lie has accepted the invitation of the committee; and he Proposes to be at Liverpool (to lay the f o undation -store of the ?Ow institution) on Monday, the 20th instant, before Twelve o'clock. , e pooby" Hi s l ordship intends to go by way of Manchester, an d to ave th at town for Liver I the railway train at ten o' c l ock. _ I : I feel hi ghly gratified, in common, I am sure, with all tends of our institution, with the conclusion at which his lord "h'1) has arrived. feel most anxious to be present on this occasion; fraught is With interest to Liverpool and important to generations Yet unb orn. .ic Nothin g but the indispensable necessity of personal attend e in the House of Commons shall prevent me from joining 'utt ; and I h4e to do so. " I am, ray dear sir, " Your most faithful servant, " WM. EWART,..7 J. S. Radcliffe, Esq." i s ~.It of vast consequence to tell the public that Lerd Rouuttam, the " great man," goes by way of Man ler. that he leaves Manchester at ten o'clock on Mon (l3.}' Morning, that he - travels by the steam wheelbarrow, WFak - 4:7 , :ar 7 and that he will arrive.in Liverpool before twelve o'clock . . Is not this all quackery ? Was Mr. EWART com Missio ned by the " great man" to give publicity to all his move ments? If so, he has cheated the newspapers of an advertisement. But we pray the attention of the youngest pupils of the Mechanics' Institution to the fourth paragraph in Mr. EWART'S letter. He says, " I feel highly gratified with the conclusion at which, hiS lordship has arrived." What does this advocate of education mean by conclusion? Lord BROUGHAM has arrived at no conclusion. He has only intimated an intention.. lie has promised to do a certain thing, and the probability is he will, perform it. If he come to Manchester, he will probably come, to Li verpool, and arriving here, by invitation, at half.p4st eleven o'clock on Monday, the inference is, that the "great man" will lay the foundation stone as announced. What the conclusion may be we are not foreseeing enough to tell. The next paragraph is a morsel of beautiful bathos. " I feel," says our " excellent representative,"—" I feel"— Twice he feels in two short lines-- " most anxious to be present on this oceasion,fraun ht as it is with interest to Liverpool, and important to genera tions yet unborn." Oh, dear ! this is sufficient to blow up a steam-engine! A school where sticking unitarians are to be taught how to measure the depths of the sea and extract lightning from the clouds must be " important to generations yet unborn." Would Mr. WM. EWART have —r e'a'id as much of a church dedicated to GOD, or an asylum for the des titute ? NO, ib r e Penny Magazine is .a more valuable book in his conceited imagination than the Bible, and the Lord of VAUX a greater man than any of the apostles. All this is very senseless quackery. When the petition of the Liverpool burgesses was sent to London to be presented to parliament, a copy of the petition, and of the resolutions previously adopted at a public meeting, were also transmitted to Mr. EWART. By these last the honourable member was requested to support the prayer of the petition in conjunction with Lord SANDON. The answer of Mr. EWART, acknowledging the receipt of the papers, has been received here, and the only intel ligible part of it is in these words : "Mir DEAR beg to acknowledge the favour of your letter, and of the copy of the petition announced by you. " The petition shall receive from me every possible considera tion." It is impossible to infer from this what course of policy Mr. EWART is likely to pursue in reference to the prayer of the burgesses. On a recent occasion, when the bur gesses were insane enough to return Mr. EIVART to par liament, he and his party declared that they had redeemed themselves, and had atoned for the criminal venality of which he - had been the cause. The honourable member for Liverpool, therefore, cannot, if be be an honest or consistent man, suppart any measure which is calculated to deprive them of their ancient rights and privileges. After absolving them of all former offences, how can he condemn them without a hearing, or treat as guilty per sons who had, as he has admitted, redeemed themselves? The letter itself shows that Mr. EWART had not made up ids mind on the subject. He had voted at least a do zen times for sundry clauses in the municipal reform bill, but still the honourable member had not made up his mind. He promises to give the „petition the benefit of his " every possible consideration," ergo, he is to consi • der that upon which he has already legislated. It is a bright statesman! We take this, almost the last opportunity we shall have this year, of earnestly exhorting all those who are entitled to the freedom of this borough not to delay a single day in obtaining their full qualification by enrol ment. It must be remembered that no freeman can be registered by the barrister unless he is duly qualified, that is, sworn and- . enrolled before the last day of this month. We have_beard, and believe, upon good autho -rity, that;t4ore are -many hundred _young' men u...this town who are entitled, but have neglected to take up their frettylorn; I'lliB goadcl not be. Whilst the_radi- ! - cats are making •eV'ery exertion to qualify the occupiers', of courts and. cellars, and besieging our parish offices with the most nonsensical claims of persons who have no more right to votes than the inhabitants:of Kam schatka, we would ask why are the burgesses, who have gained their right by honest and laborious industry, not reminded that they too have some c!aim to the elective franithise ? We earnestly exhort every master, every father, to consider what apprentices, what sons, are now I qualified to be admitted freemen, and to remind them to take up their freedpm before the end of this month. LONDON LATEST NEWS• City, Saturday Evening, Half past Set'en o'clock. The.heaviuess which prevails in the money market is attri buted to the expectation that a new loan must be raised to pay the twenty millions of compensation money to the proprietors uf slaves. Nothing, however, has transpired as to the mode in which it is to be raised; this,:probably:is one of the state secrets which will escape when the Chancellor of the Exchequer opens his: budget. The near approach of the settling day has had its effect upon the prices, as the principal speculators are understoed to be bulls of stock. Consuls opened this morning at 914 fell to 911, and closed at 914, sellers. The following is the state of the Eiiglish stock market at four o'clock:—Bank Stock, Red. 3 per Cents., 90 7 1; Consols, 901 ex div.; 31 per Cents. red..; ; new 31 per Cents., 981; Long Annuities, 16 13-16ths ; India Stock, —; India Bonds, 9 pm.; Ex. Bills, 30 pm.; Consols for Account, 911;. • The reports respecting the state of things in Spain has ope rated very powerfully upon the foreign market. Spanish Bonds which had risen from 47 to 54 in the middle of the week, de clined on Friday to 481, and yesterday to 48 48, . The Scrip left off at 11 dis. This way be taken as a proof that whatever diversion the sailing .of the • English armada .from the Isle of Dogs may have produced else Where, or may produce in Spain, on the Foreign Stock Exchange it has had little or no effect, speculators approaching Spanish securities with the same dread that a burnt child is supposed to have of fire. Reports have been current this afternoon of defections in the Spanish consti tutional army. A portion of the troops at Vittoria refused, it is confidently stated, to proceed with La Hera to Bilboa, and that after the departure of the general the remainder of the garrison went over to the enemy. The number of defaulters now publicly announced amounts to 47, of whom, however, about 14 or 15 will be re-admitted members of the Stock Exchange. The quotations at the close of the. foreign market this day were:—Belgian, 100; Brazilian, ; Chilian, 47; Colombian, (1834,) 37i; Danish, 77k; Mex ican, 371; Peruvian, 34; Portuguese, S 81; Portuguese, (new,) 90; Ditto 3 per Cents., GO; Spanish, 484-; Ditto Scrip, 11 di:.; Dutch 21- per Cents., 5.12. Unrecognized Real Del Monte, 221; Real Del Alonte Loan Notes, 160; United Mexican, 41. SOUTH LANCASHIRE . CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. _ The quarterly meeting of this association was held at the Leigh Arms, Newton, on Friday, William Holton, Esq., in the chair. The first business brought bellire the meeting was a proposition from Manchester, made at the last meeting, for altering the sixth rule, which has reference to the admission of new members. It was proposed that no person should be ad mitted into the association except at a meeting of the district. committee of the town in which he resides. The necessity of the alteration was not established to the satisfaction of the meeting, and after a brief conversation, the. further considera tion of the subject was postponed till the annual meeting. Mr. Hutton reported that he had seen Lord Francis Egerton when in London, in reference to his lordship's acceptance of the office of president for the ensuing year. His lordship con sidered himself honoured by the proposition, and that there was only one obstacle to his 'accepting the office, which was, that immediately on the prorogation of parliament he • sbould set off for Scotland, and unless the dinner was fixed for the latter end of September or the beginning of October, be was afraid he should be unable to attend. A resolution was then passed, appointing his lordship president for the ensuing year, and in order to suit his lordship's arrangements, the dinner was fixed for Thursday the 15th of October. Mr. Lane, the architect; reported that the Conservative Hall would be completed early in October, so that, by the day fixed for the dinner he would guarantee its completion. A committee was appointed to make the preliminary arrange ments for the dinner, and it was resolved to send invitations to several noblemen and gentlemen of high rank, who were named. A resolution was passed congratulating the conservatives of Oldham on the return or John Frederick Lees, Esq., as the representative of that borough; and the secretary was instruct ed to transmit a copy of the resolution to the secretary of Mr. Lees' committee. Several interesting communications were made to the meet ing by gentlemen from various parts of the county ;• and the business terminated about two o'clock. "The houses," says old Aubrey, speaking of the colleges at Oxford, in his time, " that had the smallest beer had most drunkards, for it forced them to.,goe into the towne to comfort their stomachs; wherefore Dr. Kettle always had in his college excellent beer, not better to be had in Oxford, so that we could 1 - .3t•goe to any other place but for 'the worse; and we hid the fewest drunkards of any house in ONford." THE 'LIVERPOOL STANDARD, ALARMING RIOTS IN LIVERPOOL--MILITARY CALLED OUT. Thterday and Sunday this town was thrown into the utmost consterwitien; in consequence of one of those disgracefuhout rages t hg place amongst the lower class of Irish, arising Out , ,ukkheir religious disputes ; which so frequently o ccur i n I re l an d, and the populous towns of England, on the anniversary of the battle of the Boyne, when (as in the present instance) several lives are generally lost. It appears that Sunday, the 12th, being the anniversary of thi s e vent , a report was ind us t r i ous ly circulated by the mischievous and ruffianly portion of the lower class of Roman catholics, that the persons styling them selves orangemen, who belong to various lodges in the town, intended to wallvin procession through the streets. although no such a proceeding was resolved upon by the orangemen. In consequence of this rumour, the Roman catholics determined to coalesce, and raise a mob for the purpose of counteracting the supposed views of the orangemen, and, on the evening of Sunday, having previously armed themselves with bludgeons, bpokers, daggers , pistols , and other articles of offence capable of eing converted into a weapon, they dispersed to different parts 'ipf the town, and.congregated iu groups in the streets and near to the public houses where the orangemen were likely to meet. They then commenced an indiscriminate attack upon all per sons leaving suspected houses, or who were pointed out as being obnoxious, and stones were flying in every direction, both at the windows of houses and at the heads of unoffending persons. The cowardly outrages began first in Ben Johson street, and from thence the word was passed by the ruffians to Great Orosshall-street, Vauxhall-road, and Park-lane, until the most populous parts of the borough were at one instant plunged into a vortex olconfusion and riot, which almost defies description. Women, to their shame be it spoken, although sisters of the sod, were as actively engaged in the work of destruction as the men, and were seen encouraging their husbands and children to commit murder, by horribly exhorting them not to desist until. they had " waded knee deep" in the oiangemen's blood. In Ben Jonson-street a mob of about three hundred persons con • gregated simultaneously to rescue a prisoner from the custody of a watchman, and the latter was obliged to fly covered with bruises, leaving his prisoner 'in their hands. The Crosshall street mob, having demolished the windows of Mr. Pennington, a publican, who was said to harbour orangemen, and committed other violence, joined that in Ben Jonson-street, and the whole ' posse of villains proceeded together along Vauxhall-road, chas ing the watchman who had just escaped, and uttering the most s:.ocking imprecations against their iipponents; and shoaling " Ten pounds for the head of an orangetnan A short time before this some of the rioters had beeu lodged in the Vauxhall- . Bridewell, and when the mob arrived there they knocked at the door, and demanded the prisoners, threatening, in case of re fusel; to pull down the prison. The request was, of course, not , acceded to, and the mob immediately began to put their threat into execution. A stone step was procured, and used by the mob as a battering-rain against the yard-door, which - sh - ortly gave way to the besiegers. Mr. Ramadge, the bridewell keeper, having feared, from the riotous state of the street, and the shouts he had heard, that an attack might be made on the prison, had previously sent his -children to a neighbour's house to sleep, but his wife had refused to leave him. At this juncture however, when nothing was anticipated but danger, and probably' murder, Mrs. It. contrived to slip out al the back door, hut just as she bad g ot outside the mob stopped her and asked who she was. To this interrogation she had sufficient presence of mind to reply that she was a poor woman whom a watchman had put in Bridewell for getting a drop of drink, which proved a sufficient passport, and she passed through the crowd uninjured. Having succeed ed in forcing the yard door, the attention of the mob was next directed to the inner one, and Rarnadge and his assistants were obliged to secure themselves iu the cockluft, above 'which is si tuated the fire-hell; whilst in this perilous situation a thought providentially struck him, that ringing the bell might be the means of bringing the police force to his assistance, and with some difficulty, being in the dark, he managed to find the bell rope. In the mean time the mob had effected an entrance into the jail. They then released the prisoners and dragged all the furniture they could lay hands ou into the street, and speedily 'destroyed it. A quantity of lamp-irons which were deposited in the yard were Seized upon by the rioters and used by them as weapons. Mr. Whitty, the superintendent of the tire police and nightly watch, hearing the tire-bell, concluded that there was a fire and lie lost no time in posting to the Bridewell in a coach. He had no sooner, however, alighted, than he found himse:f in the midst of the rioters, who immediately commenced an attack upon him. He, however, retreated into the Bridewell for safety, when a ruffian immediately and violently struck him on the head with a lamp iron, and had it not been for assistance that came up at the time, there is little doubt but he would have lost his life. Fortunately he was not much injured. Mr. Whitty's men having arrived shortly after himself, loa: rallied them and charged the mob, when four watchmen' and two of the captains of the watch were very severely injured. One of the watchmen, named Bickerstalf, was stabbed in the face with a dagger, which entered on the right side of the nose by the eye, and came out at the left. His life is despaired of. Captain Bradford and Captain Baylis were dreadfully beaten about the head with bludgeons, as were Williams, Devereux, and Kennedy, watchmen, who now lie at their own homes in a dangerous state. Mr. Parlour, the superintendent of the borough police, and Mr. Dowling., of the dock otlice,_meedily arrived with their respective forces to the aid of Mr. Whitty, and his worship the Mayor and Sit Thomas Branckcr also promptly came up, when the former read the riot act, and between 20 and 30 of the ring leaders were taken into custody, and the mob dispersed. The maver perceiving an evident inclination on the part of the mob to renew the rioting, ordered out the military, and two hundred soldiers, under the command of Major Nunn, were on the spot five minutes after the order was given, an instance of celerity for which the soldiers anm.y their officers deserve much praise. During the whole of - the subsequent pint of the night, and in time early part of the morning, the streets remained in a state of inquietude, and the windows of many houses that happened to have a yellow blind were broken by detachments of the rioters in different parts of the town, and omen who were going to their,daily labour. at an early hour were attacked and beaten. A poor fellow who happened to have his breakfast tied up in a yellow handkerchief was knocked down and half killed by the wiefilleg. In the forenoon of yesterday,- between eleven- und twelve o'clock, the mob again - began tocongregate iu formnid ,able uuuibers in Park-lane and Vauxhall-road on the search f o r oringenien, and in both places commenced a renewal of the excesses of the- previous night. The windows of Mr.-Living ston, a publican in Park-lane, who had a yellow' blind, were entirely demolished, as were those of Mr. Willmtey, a draper, in shop window, amongst other coloured articles, was exhi bited some wares of the obnoxious colour. Such was the agita tion and excitement caused, that the inhabitants of these popu lous districts were compelled to close their shops and ware houses, and during the whole day there was a complete cessation of business. The military were re-called out, and the Mayor was again obliged to repir to Park-lane, and read the riot act. His worship conducted himself with the greatest intrepidity in dispersing the mob, informing them that: he was deter mined no leniency should be shown to any one if they did not deSist and disperse. This, for a time, had the i d n e g si . r o e n d effect, but no sooner bad he and the military turned their backs then the ruffians commenced breaking windows and stoning every respectable.person that chanced to fall in their way. At twelve o'clock, at the same time. that the rioting was go in Park-lane, a mob of two hundred revisited the Vauxhall Bridewell, which ivas then in the keeping of four police officers. Here they demanded the release of the prisoners in custody, one of whom had just before been taken with alecently sharp ened dagger in his possession. The officers on duty informed them that they had no prisoners; but the !nob insisted that they had, and again threatened to pull down the bridewell unles's they were released. The officers, offered to let in any one of them to inspect the prison, hut none had the temerity to 'accept the invitation, judging very wisely that he who went iu would not in all probability conic out. Whilst parleying with the' officers, a police force headed by Alderman Case arrived, and several of the ringleaders were taken into custody. The ma jority of the armed mob escaped; but a great number of per-. sons, men, women, and children, still lingered in the streets. Mr. Alderman Case asked them what they meant by loiterin,, in the streets, when several voices cried out that they wanted the release of the prisoners. The alderman then exhorted them to return peaceably to their homes, and he would see that jus tice should be , -done to all parties; but he would not order the release of the prisoners. He was then asked whether the mili tary were coming; and, on answering in the negative, the mob gave three cheers, and escorted Mr. Case to the Exchange. • Detachments of the police were then sent to those parts of the town where the disturbances had taken place, with orders to remain the whole of the day, and no further violence was offered up to the time we write, although it is feared that under cover of the night the ruffians may renew their work of devas tation. - Atone o'clock the prisoners (all Irish) captured on th e pre vious night were b r ou g ht up a t th e police office, befor e th e mayor. Their names a r e J o hn H e nry, John Began, P a t r i c k Heeley, James B o wman, Michael Rooney, William H un t , William Jones, James Fitzpatrick, J o hn Henney, J. M'Alis ter, William M'Loughlin, James Barnes, James Donelly, William Hutchinson, Thomas Quirk, Timothy Bertram, Henry Mercer, Patrick Clarke, Patrick Fitzpatrick, James Bourne, J. M'lntyre, Patrick Heeney, Peter M'Shanc, Patrick Denny, Henry Mercer, and Patrick M'Vey. The prisoners having been ranged at the bar, the mayor informed Mr. Davenport, the solicitor, who appeared for several of the prisoners, that az the disturbances were then proceeding in the town, and as it was probable there would be more prisoners, he should d e fe r hearing the whole char g e until this day (Tuesday.) Mr. William Parlour, the superintendent of police, was then sworn, and stated the nature of the charge against the pri soners, which was for breaking into the Bridewell, demolishing the furniture, throwing stones, and wounding the officers of police. He also stated that Mr. Whittv. must have been killed, had it not been for the timely arrival of the police force. • Ramadge, the Bridewell keeper, gave siniilar testimony, and said that two watchmen had taken refuge in Bridewell prior to its being broken open. The prisoner 'M‘Loughlin, he said, on beiug brought to Bridewell, was armed with the pistol pro duced, which, on examination, proved to be loaded with siege and small nails. A paper of gunpowder was also found in his pocket. The prisoners were all identified as having taken a promi nent. part in the shameful outrages, and the mayor remanded them until this day, when further evidence will be adduced against them. • The prisoners having been re-conducted to prison, the Mayor said that, as he observed a crowded court, where there might be persons present who were engaged in the rioting or disposed to do so, he would therefore inform - them by way of caution that he was armed with the law, and determined with the utmost rigour to it utit in force in order to quell such disgraceful disturbances as had occurred, whatever it might cost the county or the town. (Here there was a simultaneous burst of applause throughout the court.) . As soon as the officers of the court had commanded silence, his worship proceeded to say that he was happy to War testimony to the excellent conduct of the military, the consta bles, and the townspeople on the occasion, and he thus publicly begged leave to thank them for the assistance they had ren dered. We are glad to hear that the herring fishing in Lochfine proved highly lucrative to those engaged in it last week. Be sides the vast quantities that were brought into the market fresh, t h e cure rs were extremely busy in preparing cargoes for the purpose of supplying the principal mark e t s in s c „ t l„d . England, and Ireland, where the Lochfiue salt herrin g s al w ay s find - a ready sale, and at a good price. The Lochfine steamers that daily arrive at the Brooinielaw furnish a cheap and expe. ditious method of introducing the produce of the fisheries, whe ther fresh or in the cured state, into our market, and those of the towns and villages in the immediate vicinity. On Monday last one of the steamers brought a good lot of bagels of the firsl - quality of fish, which was a seasonable supply to our mar ket. As the appearances indicate a good fishing:, and as the preparations of the fishermen this season were on au extensive scale, the price of fresh or salt herrings will, it is anticipated, soon fall, so as they will be within the reach of the poorest of the community.--Scottish Guardian. Lord and Lady King (late the Hon. Ada Byron) are passing the honeymoon at Ockham Park, his lordship's seat, near Ripley. - It is said the noble lord received with the hand of his beautiful bride a fortune of £30,000. Lady King will also eventually inherit the extensive Wentworth and Nuel estates, in the counties of Leicester and Warwick, which are posspssed by Lady Noel Byron, as the heiress of the late Sir Ralph Mil banke Noel, Bart:. (by the Hon. Judith Noel, eldest daughter of Edward, first Viscount Wentworth.) MECHANICS' INSTITUTES. (Front Cubbeit's Register.) I . Tosty REA DEIIS,—The whigs are .the people of Liverpool, and-it the people of Liverpool are not stark mad, then I never wrote a Register. Only think, readers, the LiVerpuddleruis have actually invited Loid Tomkins and Jenkins, and Billy Ewalt, the prisoners' counsel, to drink and guzzle with them at the laying of a stone, the foundation stone, of a new build ing, fur a thing called a Mechanics' Institute. Why, if know anything,—and those people who have read my Register, and all the other books (and excellent books they are) that I 'have written, are the best judges, I say,—if 1 know anything, these things, called Mechanics' Institutes ; will be the total ruin 'of that class of the English people which the coarser food com missioners would call the lower class; for the tradesman's ap prentice, and the labouring man, are invited to attend these places to hear lectures on architecture, aerostatics, and hydrau lics, and such like, and many other things which tradesmen's apprentices and labouring men know nothing about, which 'they cannot understand, and which God never intended they 'should understand, or know anything about. Well, these whigs, the people of Liverpool, at a time when Lord John is cutting up their corporation stump and rump,—these. whigs, .I say, are going to stuff and cram Lord Totokins and Jenkins as full of the coarser food, as his . lordshjp's head is full of Penny Maga zines and Mechanics' Institutes. If the people of Liverpool will take my advice, they Will let his lordship stay at Broughain .Hal!, in the county of Westmoreland, and write his penny-a line rubbish in obscurity; but! suppose these people of Liver pool won't take my advice, they,would sooner take a dose of Mercury from Bot Smith; now that's a name that he'll never get rid of. But Smith says, that if I•throw dirt enough some of it will stick; and the thing says hilly, for sonic of it has stuck to him, and it will stick to him as lung as betives. Weil, but. there is the laying of this foundation stone, and the thing is to be done after this manner:—Lord Toinklens and Jenkins is to be dressed in a suit of Scotch tartan, with naked .knees; and fillibegs; and a Scotch cap and black feather, and.. a broOna in his hand; then, after his lordship and the prisoners' countelman, and the people of Liverpool have been to 130t.' Smith's chapel, where Doctor Shepherd is to read these same people a. lecture on morality and Mechanics' Institutes, this with . a trowel and mortar, is to lay this foundation stone, and what - Oren? Why, I will tell you; the building of this Me chanicsllnstitute will be erected on as rotten a foundation as the whigl, reform act, and the coar,er food act, and all the cthei acts the whigs have passed, and 1 prophesy it will stand no longer than the church as by law established, and you all know, (for you and all other thinking people have read my Legacy to Parsons,) I say you all know that this church, as by law established, is sure to be BY LAW pulled down. Now;. I have shown you as clearly as the sun at noun day, that it is impossible for this building to stand, any more than it is pos.. sible for anything to last that the whigs do; their works never yet did live after them, and never will; therefore, if they only I take my recommendation, they will give up the juh, and Lord Tomkins and Jenkins will doff his trowel and apron, and ride back on his broom to Brougham Hall, in the county of West moreland. I have now done with the people of Liverpool fur the pre sent, for this is the month in which I sow my Indian corn, and my readers know it won't do to neglect the sowing of this corn, on account of the regard I have for the poor, because it will be wanted for them; and the overseers of the pour in England must now buy it to supply the poor, under the direction of the whiecuarser food act, as by law established.-4 am, &r. Farnham, July 1!, 1835. WM. COBBETT. PUBLIC NEWSROOMS. TO .11.7GU1, CORRESPONDENT OF THE LIVERPOOL ST,IND4RD. SIR,—In reference to the subject of the letter which you fur• warded for publication in the STANDARD of last Tuesday. I beg leave to offer a suggestion which, if adopted, will effectually accomplish the end which you consider so important, I mean the supply of conservative publications for the perusal of the middle and lower classes. I have a newsroom on the premises which I occupy, to which • the public are admitted by paying an annual subsetiption of £l, bs or one penny ea c h ti me . 1 h ave severa l sucrXers, (but all radicals,) and many occasional readers. a conservative, I have already a preponderance of papers he right sort. But if I had a greater number of subscribers 'mild be able to af ford a larger supply. I wish, fur inst e, to have the Morning The Standard, The Albion, Th • ecord, The Dublin Even ing Mail, &c. &T. All my paper ..:`e bought, at second-hand, for 3d. each; and if I could affor , - , I could sell three or four extra copies of the LIVERPOOL TA N DAiti), and other conser vative papers. Thus, not only in the newsroom, but through a very extended circle would the principles of our party be pro minently introduced to the notice of the public. If I meet with sufficient encouragement in the shape of sub scriptiona shall Open a similar rpout iu the centre of the town. I know it would be. supported by the casual visitors at one penny each; because all the existing cheap newsrooms, whether pub licrhouses_air otherwise, are kept .hy rank destructives„ The conservatives are very lukewarm in ilia rustler, though all ad mit the utility of exhibiting correct principles in as public a manner as possible: Perhaps the old adage may apply to this case—" What is every man's business is nobody's business." You may possibly have it in your power to further my views. With rut such support I shall have to cast myself on the support of the radical press—as the only alternative dictated by neces sity—which I very much deprecate, because repugnant to my principles.—l have the honour to be, sir, your most obedint servant, J. A. LLOYD. Scotland-road, July 9, 1835. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.4IVD4RD. Stn.—Your correspondent Cymro-is informed that the secre tary of the Literary Institution in St. Anne-street is not a human catholic," nor is that institution under the influence of "a few Socinian demagogues."—Yours, &c. H. T. ATKINSON. LIVERPOOL POLICE. Fit 1 DA Y. ImpRoPER CONDUCT OF A CA cur-driver named John Johnson, was brought before Alderman John Bourne, un der an assault warrant train a lady named Bartley and her daughter. It seems that the complainants, with these other persons,. had hired the defendant's car iu Great George's-street, on Monday night last, and had requested him to convey them .to Kee-street and from thence to the bottom of Maguire-street. Instea . d of complying with these directions, he hod driven them to Williamson-square, where he forced them by abusive lan guage to descend from the car and pay Is. 6d. as his foe. When they remonstrated with him, he pushed Mrs. Bartley se veral times-with some violence. An attempt was made by Mr. Marrow, who appeared fur the prisoner, to prove that the dri ver bad stopped at Williamson-square because of the too great weight of his load. It came out in the evidence, however, that there were two persons on the box, namely, William Morrow (who passed as the driver) and the defendant. He was ordered to find bail for the assault. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—OR Friday last, Mr. Lucas, con nected with one of the must extensive breweries iu town, was summoned before Alderman John Bourne to answer two in formations laid against him . by 41i. Ilesketh Statham. The first information charged him with not having the name properly placed on the dray. The defendant thought that the nacre of the establishment was sufficient, the winds designating it being distinct enough on the dray. Mr. Bourne was of another opinion, and tined the defendant 20s. and costs. The second information was, that the driver of the dray had left it standing across the street, whereby the thoroughfare had been .obstructed. The defendant called witnesses to prove that the dray had only so stood for ten minutes, while some porter was being delivered from it. Mr. Statham charged the driver with having been very abusive when he spoke to hint on the subject. The de fendant endeavoured to maintain his case, but the magistrate lined hint ss. and costs.—Defendant: "If Mr. Bourne had him self seen the situation of the draY, he would not have insiigated such a proceeding►; Mr. Statham is no gentleman."—Alderman Bourne : "Take that man into custody fur contempt of court," (pointing to defendant.)—Defendant:." I beg pardon, Alderman Bourne : "Take him into custody." I'he defendant was here marched into the dock by an officer and " put down." After a few cases had been disposed of, titi defendant Ivas brought again into the dock, when Alderman Bourne told him that he must.be aware that he could not sit on that bench and allow any impoper expression to pass iu court unnoticed. The gentleman bowed, and the magistrate ordered hint to be liberated. SATURDAY. A FAMILY OF AlEsoic:;;;Ts. l .A decent-looking woman, with an infant at her breast and two well-grown boys by her side, was placed in the dock, having been taken by the puce officers exercising their vocation of begging. The two boys were clad in a very singular sort of uniform, each of them wearing a long black gown of glazed cotton, a large muslin collar, very clean, and a Scotch cap. This, the officers said, was the dress in which they were in the habit of soliciting alms, principally in the neighbourhood of the Necropolis. The ma gistrate di r ected Mr. Forwood to see that theyshiluld be sent to Scotland, which the woman said was her native country. SNUGGLING Toaacco.—A wan, named Patrick Joyce, who is said to.he one of a gang of fellows w o frequent the quays and piers with razors, while they are ready for plunder or any other unlawful act, was charged with having taken away from on board the ship 'tally-ho, from Virginia, eleven pounds of manufactured tobacco. When the dock policeman, John Hackey, took the prisoner into custody, the latter offered five shillings to set him at liberty. This case differs front that re ported in our paper of last week, inasmuch as the prisoner in the present instance was conveying away the goods. The penalty in this case is 1:100.. If the party - be unable to pay, the magistrates must imprison him fur six months, to be kept to hard labour, which judgment was passed on the prisoner in question. STEALING A CHILD'S NECKLACE.—A notorious character, named Susan Williams, was placed at the bar, charged by a lady, named Thornton, who resides in Brown-street, with hav ing on the previous day stolen a set of beads from the neck of her child. Thornton said, that she had permitted the child to play at the steps of her door, and scarcely two minutes had elapsed when the was told of its heads having bean stolen. A gentleman deposed, that he was passing along Brown-street when he saw the prisoner at the bar addressing the child, and, as he knew the latter, he was curious to know what such a cha 7 racter had to say to her. He, therefore, stopped to observe them. The next instant she, the prisoner, unclasped the beads and darted off with them. lie immediately pursued her, took her in(o custody, and made her deliver up the beads. The prism* said that the beads had been given to her by another fetnate Mr. Parlour stated, that the prisoner had Leen com mitted for felony at least a dozen timer. The case was re manded. EXCISE INFoutviATioNs.—James Bedford was summoned be fore the magistrates, un two informations from the officers of 7..,aseor • 4.,.,,1h5ir•!7,,t.it...'.*'& excise; the first charging him with having sold spirits, the other with haviug - sold beer, both without license. Mr. Venables at tended on behalf of the defendant. Maule and Boyd, two ex . cise officers, swore to having purchased a bottle of whisky from the defendant on the 2.5 th ofMay. The supervisor proved that the defendant had not a retail license for the sale of spirits at that.period. Mr. Venables endeavoured to prove that the de fendant had bought the-Whisky in question . from 111 - Blekard, spirit dealer;• but failed to substantiate it. The full penalty for this offence is £5O. with power, on the part of the magistrates, to mitigate to one-fourth. The defendant was convicted and • fined in the lowest penalty of f.:12.105. Mr. Venables requested the magistrates to recommend the case to the beard for Waller - mitigation. The collector hoped the magistrates would not do so. He (the collector) thought that, if parties could afford to employ both an attorney and an advocate, they .might pay the penalty. Mr. Venables said, he hoped the excise would not press the second information, as a conviction had taken place upon the first. The collector said they certainly should press it. The case went on for a few minutes, when the magistrates perceiving that it was a part of the same transaction as the former one, declared that they could. not entertain it.—John Cameron was summoned for having sold one gallon of spirits, not having a retail license.' Boyd stated that he went to the defendant's house on tbe 21st of May, and purchased from him self cue gallon of whisky, for wh'ich he paid 16s. 6d. Mr. Venables cross-examined the witness, with a view to prove that Mr. Cameron had sent out for the whisky. This witness posi tively denied. -Mr. James Petty. spirit-dealer, stated that. he had sent a gallon of whisky to Mr. Cameron's on the 21st of May. He had previously purchased the puncheon of whisky .trout which it was drawn from Mr. C., who is agent for the sale of that article. The magistrates were of opinion, that they ought to convict Mr. Cameron in the mitigated penalty, us in the former cases, which was immediately !lone. The second information. against Mr. C. was for having, on the 15th of May, sold a quart of beer, which was drank on his preinises ; and for having sold, on the 21st of May, two dozen pints of beer, trot to be drank on the premises. Boyd was the witness in this, as in the forme' cases. Mr. Venables contended that as Sir. Cameron is. an agent for the sale of Seotth ale, he merely let the officer have. the quantities which he did, and received payment .for them as samples. The magilrates convicted in the quarter penalty. Mr. Venables pressed for the recommendation to the board for further mitigation. The magistrates 'platinised to consider of it. William Gorsuch .was summoned ; on intimation Irons Boyd, for having sold one dozen of porter in quart bottles, his license not permitting him to sell Under two dozen, ..Boyd stated that be went lo the premises of Mr. GM-such and purchased) twelve bottles of porter, for which he paid 71. Mr. Briadhurst ap peared on behalf of the defendant, and said he would prove that Boyd bad purchased two dozen of porter, but had requested that • only one - might be delivered. Mr. Broadhurst then called Andrew Bourne, errand boy .to Mr. Gorsuch, who stated that Boyd had called several times when his master was out, and quested to have small quantities of potter, but he had always told-hien that they Aid not sell less than two or three dozen. The lad went•onto'state, , very clearly, that Boy! had purchased frmn his master two dozen of por:er, tamer pretenceitiat he wag ill and was ordered by the doctor to take it. As he said that he merely wanted one dozen at a time it was agre4 by them that he should take time other dozen away when he wanted it. Mr. Bro idhurst said it was evident there was no intention to defraud the revenue. The penalty in this case is £lO, which the magis trates mitigated to one-fourth.—Mr. Porteus was summoned by the Excise for having sent out two gallons of spirits without a permit. It was proved in evidence that the porter had kept the request note in his pocket. and that Mr. Porteus had ordered him to leave it at the Permit-office on his way. The spirits had been seized in the street by an Excise officer, and the informa tion was merely laid for the forfeiture. The magistrates con demned the goods, but said they should give. a recommendation to the board, if required, BOROUGH SESSIONS.-FRIDkY. &mous Ronnua V.—Richard Callister was placed at the bar, charged with having, in November last, extracted from some hales of goods lying in the warehouse of Mr, Robinson, of Seel-street, a box of foreign insects, two blankets and a counterpane, the property of Mr. Walker, the lecturer on astronomy, who had (teposited theta, along with other goods of considerable valor, on the premises of Mr. Robinson, until he had fixed upon a war,house of his own for their reception. It appeared from the statemebt of Mr. Waite, the prisoner's counsel, and other witnesSeS, that Mr. Walker was aon anger in the town, rued was about to commence business here. With this view, and until he could find a warehouse suited to his pur pose, he had a number of bales of goods, of a miseel aneous de s..ription, deposited in the warehouse of Mr. Robinson for safety. The good were placed there in November lust, and were not removed to Mr. Walker's premises until the 22d of June, and the bales then appeared tohilV3 been undisturbed, and in the same condition as they were when first placed in Mr. Rohinson's warehouse. On examinin t r- the contents, how ever, it turned out otherwise, for every bate had been opened, and goods taken front them to a very serious extent, and of con siderable value , silll , lngs t which were the articles n a med iu th e indictment. The prisoner was employed in the warehouse of Mr. Rubinson, and had assisted on two different occasions in removing the goods in question. .From circumstances that transpired, suspicion felt upon the prisoner, and Andrews, a police officer, was despached to apprehend hint, who found the prisoner at his dwelling. On searching the house he found the box of insects, the blanket and counterpane, which was sworn to by Mr. Wa!ker, as being a portion of the stolen pro perty. The officer asked Canister how he became possessed of the box of insects, and be answered that he had gut it from Mr. Robinsou's warehouse, as his share, and that the other men had also taken theirs. At another tone Canister stated that he had merely taken the box of insects to show some one, and that it was his intention to have returned them. On being questioned as to his possession of the blankets and counterpane, he persisted in saving that they were his own property, and that he had had them since the time of his marriage. This being the evidence for the prosecution, the prisoner was called upon fur his defence. He acknowledged to having taken the insects, but not with a felonious intention, as he meant to have returned them. The blankets and counterpanes he said were his own, and called witnesses to psve , tee fast, and like. wise to speak to his general character. Mts. Callister, who said that she was in no way related to the prisoner, although bearing the seine Willie, deposed to having washed for the prisoner for six or seven years. She had washed the blankets and counterpane produced in coin t many times, and r onldspeak to having done so twelve months beck. She knew the blankets hy a particular mark in the corner, and the counterpane by a piece of worsted 'whiLli run through a part of it. Mr. Cain, iron merchant, of Shaw's-brow, said that, Canister had been in his employ as warehouseman from the 21st of Fe bruary till May, and be had always borne the nest of characters. During that time is much as £350 had passed through his hands, and he had uo reason to believe but that the prisoner was sober and honest. John Griffiths, Mr. Earle, and William Eilis also Came forward to speak to the prisoner's character, the latter of whom said he had known him to be a person of good character for 27 years. The lleeerder, in summing up, told the jury that the case was fully made out against the prisoner, as to his having taken the box of insects, but it would be for bem to say whether or not he had done so with a felouious intent. Souse - doubt seemed to exist as to the blankets and counterpane, althougn Mr. Walker seethed to .tietertain that they were his property. But leaving them out of the question, it was evident that the prisoner had possessed himself of the, box of insects, upon which charge the prosecutor was content to stand. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but strongly recommended him to mercy, on account of his previous good character.—The Recorder, addressing the prisoner, said,—You have been recom mended to mercy on the strength of the character you have re ceived, which I hope is true, although I have reason to doubt it. Yoti have acknowledged to having taken part iu the crime of robbing Mr. Walker, and therefore it is the charioteer alone that has saved yon. I shall therefore act upon the recommenda• tiou of the jury, which I do by sentencing you to be imprisoned for the term of six months, and kept to ,hard labour. The Recorder called for Andrews, th e police-ollicer, and inquired whether he bad searched any. of thu houses of the other parties engaged in the robbery.—Audrews replied that he had not, being prevented from so doing by the press of business caused by the sessions.—The Recorder thought that this was nut a sufficient reason, as Mr. Walker had been deprived of a very considerable property, and said there was as much reason to search the houses of the other men as that of Callister. He hoped that steps would be taken to bring the offenders to juitiCe. 'The officer promiied to attend to the suggestion of the Recorder.,.' CAsa OF STABBING.—Thornas Bell was indicted for having, on the 16th of May last, inflicted a severe wound upon the per son of Mr. Joseph Greenwood, of this town. It appeared from the evidence adduced, thitt . on the 15th of May the prisoner met with a person known to Mr. Greenwood, whom he entered into conversation with, and inquired from him whether Mr. Green wood had still possession of a timber-vard,,and he was answered in the affirmative. On hearing this, Dell declared that he should not have it long, as he would have his blood, and give him a journey to the next world. Mr. Greenwood was apprised of this threat, but did not attach much importance to it at the time. On the next day he was met by the prisoner, who ran to;rards him, exclaiming " You d—d Yorkshire thief, you have caused Roger Whitehead to be sent out of the country. and I will do the same for you." - Ile then made a furious attack upon Mr. Greenwood with a knife, with which he inflicted a very severe wound upon Mr. Greenwood, who lost several pounds of blood. lie was carried borne in a state of insensibility, and remained in a very precarious state f o r a length of tim e afterwards : and it was a matter of doubt, from the testimony of medical men, whether Mr. Greenwood would ever recover the use of the hand which had received the injury from the stab.—The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the recorder sentenced the prisoner to he imprisoned six months. • ASSAULT CA SE. William Horrocks, the elder, and William Horrocks, the younger, were indicted for an assault upon William Kirby, sergeant of the mace for this borough, while in the execution of his duty in making a distraint upon the goods and chattels of the elder defendant, for rent due to Mr. Morris, an attor ney, of Wigan. Mr. CoTTINGH AAI conducted the prosecution, and Mr. VEN- A IMES appeared for the two defendants.—Mr. Cottingham, in stating the case, said that his client, William Kirby, in virtue of his office, had received authority to distrait) upon William Horrocks for rent; and he accordingly went to the house of W. Ilorrocks, accompanied by three other men, and acquainted him with the instructiuns he bad received. The elder llorrocks, on learning his et rand, toll Kiebv that Mr. Morris was not his landlord, and that he owed hint no rent; Kirby answered that he had nothing to do with that, as it rested between Mr. Mor ris and hi mse lf, anti that he (Kirby) would be compelled to dis train upon his effects. On this, the elder Ilorroeks declared that if any man attempted to place bards upon his goods, he would "fetlock out his brains with the kitchen poker." He then retired for a few moments to another room, but directly afterwards - returned with a poker and suiting the action to the word, levelled a blow at the,head of Kirby, which he was for tunate enough to ward off, or it might have cost him his life as it was, the blow from the poker broke in his hat crown, and fell upon his shoulder, and llorrocks was about to follow it up with another, when the poker was wrested from him by ono of assistants. William Kirby, the prosecutor, said he proceeded to the house of Mr. liorrocks, in Love-lane, to make a distraint upon defendants' effects, and that he was violently assaulted by the elder prisoner, and that he and his men were at last ejected from the house. On this, he stated the ease to the ma 4,sistrates, w h o granted him a warrant, and they afterwards broke open the door of the defendant aNd made the distraint. The remainder of his testimony was merely a corriboration of the circumstances related by his counsel, and which it will be unnecessary to repeat. Mr. VENABI-KS contended that the prosecutor was acting il legally in making the distraint.--The jury found the elder llor rucks guilty of the assault, and the Recorder sentenced him to pay £lO. or be imprisoned. The business of the Sessions concluded on Saturday after noon. SINGULAR IMPRISONMENT.—Ta 1301, King Edward 1. ordered the Countess of Buchan to be placed is a wooden cage iu the shape of a crown, and shut up in one of tire towers of Berwick Castle, for crowning kobert Bruce, at Scone. She was attended by two Englishwutnen, and remained six sears in this confinement. LIVERPOOL JULY MEETINO This meeting commences this day, under the auspices of the Hon. E. M. Lt. Mostyn, M.P., and P. R. Price, E s q uires ., a s stewards, and a fine sp ort i ng meeting is expected. There are four races for this day, viz., the Croxteth Stakes, the £5O Sweepstakes. the Two-year-olds, an d the Maiden mite. For the former, Birdlime is the favourite; for the second, Queen of Trumps ; .apit the third, Peirse's fitly. The Trades' Cup is, of course, the principal feature in the meeting. The ..41sentiteact and Salford Advertiser, (a good authority on sporting matters,-) states that " John •Scott has three horses for this race in his' stable, viz., Touchston e , L a d y l e G ros, and Lustre; and the' whole of them have been tacked by three separate parties, each contending they have the ' right-office.' Lu - stre appears to us to have been backed for the most money—she, in our opinion, has no chance, having always run a very indifferent mare her eisner took her to Doncaster last races to sell her, the price fixed being £6O, and not mote than one-half that sum was of fered. Lady le Gros, we sh ou ld say, i s the pet of this lot, an d either she, Jupiter, or General Chasse will be the victor. Red Rover again begins to take the whip-hand, being supported at our figures by his spirited owner in good round numbers. Ge neral Chasse still improves ; he is very Well, and we are of opinion that, if his namesake had had no greater guns against him than he has horses, Antwerp would not have fallen." The odds on the Trade Cup are :-11 to 8 agst Chasse (tk ;) 61 to 1 agst Jupiter; 7 to 1 agst Lady le Gros (tk ;) 7 to 1 agst uhrah; 9to 1 agst Catharine •10 1 , to - agat Touchstone; 12 t o 1 agst Lustre; . 16 to 1 agst R e d Rover (taken ;) 20 to against Revolution (tk.) The odds stood this evening in Liverpool thus :—Even on General Chasse, 5 to 1 agst Jupiter, 5 to 1 agst Lady le Gros, 9 to 1 agst Zohrab, and the rest as above quoted. THE CABINET.—The rumours of a want of cordiality on the part of his Majesty towards his present advisers, and of niflicul; ties being apprehended by ministers in carrying the Irish church question, continued still to be reported in the city.—Observcr. The Bev. Thomas Byrth, rector of Wallasey, has been ap• pointed by the chancellor of the diocese, a surrogate for grant• lag marriage licenses, &c. CHARITY SERMON. BLUE COAT HOSPITAL—We have great pleasure in stating, that en Sunday next Mr. 111c..Neilt will exert his powerful taints, by preachin g , in hisovvii pulpit, a charity sermon in aid o f t he f urn i s of the Blue Coat Schools, The well-known excellence of this establishment, as the me , dium :for diffusing the blessings of Scriptural education among the children of the, poor, leaves us no room to doubt that the attendance at St. Jude's . will be very runic that day: FATAL ACCIDENT IN CHURCH-STRELT.—As Dr. O'Donnel's carriage was proceeding through Church-street, yesterday, a' drunken man came in contact with the horses, he was knocked . (limo and the wheels forced over hiFebtly. 13eiug taken up, he . was discovered to be severely wounded, and on removal to Mr. Ellisou's shop, he immediately expired. Zs OLOGICAL GARDENS.—Although the weather was rather uuravouratile, the gala at these gardens was very fashionably and fuliv altendeo last night. Ilieqllernivarione produced a fine eff et, particularly that of the Rotunda where the cartiivo , sous animals are exhibited. The exhibition of fireworks commenced at nine o'clock, by the - discharge of rockets, blue lights, &c. &a.. These were followed by a line large fire balloon, which ascended very beautifully. The last piece of file work. was really magnificent. It was the representation of a mau-of , war, (a three decker) . completely rigged, forcing her passage between two Chinese batteries; these, after firin g u p on h er fur some time, w e re s il ence d by her guns, and atremendous ex plosion from them closed the scene. Should the weather be favourable this evening, the gala will be repeated. THE LONDON Mei:NI:U:4 MAIL—The public is much in• debted to Messrs Bretherton and Co., of this place, and Messrs. home and Co., London, for the esoblishment of a mail coach, which is DOW regularly dispatched from Poole's Woodside Ho , el. at half-past eight a.m., and arrives in London at half-past six on the morning of the following day. By this conveyance passengers arriving here by the Dublin post-office packets may proceed direct to. the metropolis without any delay. By this mail our London' circulation is now dispatched, and we ale saved the inconvenience which we have liiiherto been subjected to, of sending it through the Manchester Postofflce. Had we not dune this, our Friday's publications would not have been delivered iu London until the following Monday mornings. DEATH OF LADY ASHELRTON.—The death of this lady, the widow of the late Lord Ashburton, took place at her lady% ship's residence in Great Stanhope -street, ou Weduesdav last. By her death, Lord Cranstoun comes into possession of a splen di fortune, as his lordship nut on l y succeeds to all bcr :Ilady ship's estates, but likewise to those of the late Lord Ashhur- Gas.—We have seen the lampand the " Liquid Gas" which has been put forth as a new discovery; the "Liquid Gas' is, we apprehend, simply the ligneous spirit well known as iNaptha," which, however; affords a very brilliant light.. DEATH OF THE 13IAHOP OF Fnasis.--We liniment that we have to announce the death of that distinguished prelate and highly accomplished scholar, the Right Rev. Thomas Elrington, D.D., Lord Bishop of Leighlin and Ferns. His lordship ar , rived in Liverpool ftoin Leland on Wednesday l as t, b y one of the Dublin steam-packets, on his way to London, to which place he was proceeding on business connected with the Irish church bill recently introduced into parliament by Lord Morpeth. The rev. prelate on his arrival here became an inmate of the Wa , terloo Hotel, where he expired on Sunday eVening. His lord , ship has passed his 70th vear. Preparations are waking under the direction of Messrs. Woollright and Chidson for the removal of the body to Ireland, which will be embarked on board one of the steamers in the course of this day. Dr. Elrington was consecrated Bishop of Limerick in 1820, and was translated to the united sees of Leighlin and Ferns in 18:22. [Respecting the above demise, we have a very singular piece of information to submit to the public. An application was made from this office last night, to the landlord of the Waterloo Hotel, for the purpose of procuring from him some particulars relative to the last illness of the • reverend prelate, but he re , fused to communicate any, and was anxious that the death should not be announced in the newspapers. We therefore could not learn the name of the medical gentleman who at , tended him, or even the nature of the malady. ln short, a most unnecessary and unpardonable mystery..lins been evinced by all the tradesmen concerned.] • We exult in being able to assure our fellow-subjects that the king is still firm. Lord Melboucue, if he please, can tell, with perfect truth, that the last interview which he had with his abused sovereign was the reverse of satisfactory. All his lord ship's attempts to obtain favour for the sacrilege bill and the Irish corporation bill proved utterly abortive. In the cabinet, too,-as well as in the King's closet, there i s a diff erence o f opi nion upon the last-named - bill. There are smile aininosst his majesty's official advisers who du not wish to aggrandise Mr. O'Connell's power by the gift of the corporations. Perhaps by about the king's birth-day, the 21St of August, Lord Melbourne may have a free opportunity of giving his deferred explanations. —Standard. STOCK JOBBING.—AI the Court of Common Pleas, on Friday s an action was brought by M r. Oakley, a stockbroker, against MI% Rigby, a barrister, on the Oxford Circuit, to receiver the amount of differences paid by him on the Stock Exchange for the defendant. The plaintiff,.it appeared, is a respectable stock broker on 'Change, anti was in the habit of transacting the de-. Pendant's speculations in the funds and frNnently purchased largely iu different foreign funds as well as the English. la 1813 he bought largely in the Spanish, Portuguese, and other stocks; however, on settling day there was a loss of /....500, which plaintiff paid. Plaintiff was also in the habit of purchas ing for defendant's son. On application tieing made liar repay ment it was refused upon the ground that the speculations in question were made for the sou, and not the defendant; and even if they were for the latter, such transactions were not le• gal. On the part of the defendant, Mr. Plait submitted that the plaintiff should be nonsuited, as the contract was illegal under the act Geo. It. The learned judge said he would rather leave that to be decided by the court above. At present he was of opinion that time bargains in the foreign film's were not within the act, but he would give the learned counsel leave to move to enter a nonsuit. It was then contended that there was no authority shown on defendant's part authorising plain tiff to make sales and purchases fur him, but that the contract was with the defendant's son. Sir W. Follett having replied, the Lord Chief Justice summed up: he said it was his opinion that this was a contract nut within the Stock-jobbing act ; but as that was to be discussed hereafter, he should not go into it then; then the two questions for them were, whether there was a sufficient authority proved from the defendant to the plaintiff, and whether the defendant or his sou so employed the plain tiff ?--The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff fur £529.1 is. W. —The election of M r . THE NEW S WittlFF or L O N DoN . Salmnons as one of the Sheriffs of London has given rise to a great deal of conversation in the city. It is believed, that if a few days' notice had been given of the intention of a gentle man of the Jewish religion to he a candidate for the office, the result of the proceedings of Midsummer-day would have been very different from what it plowed to be, notwithstanding the very high commercial and private character of the person who stands distinuished from a ll ot h er J ews b y b e i ng chosen to till this high `office. Those, however, who pioposed Mr. Salo mons did their business with great skill. The friends of 14 hut is called the liberal side of the question were assembled on Midsummer-eve, and one of the most popular and influential men in the city, after passing very high praise up( n the conduct of those around Mot, let fly the name of David S. , alounins at theta before they knew what on earth they were about. After representing his candidate as a gentleman of high houour and groat wealth, and eminent for his exertions in the cause of charity, as well as disposed to have his talents for the display dr hospitality put to the most rigeurous test, the proposer con cluded by crying nut, with a loud voice, "Gentlemen, call yen refuse a man of this uoble character because he happens to be a Jew?" The few who were iu the secret shouted, upon hear ing this beautiful termination to the naitress, and the Jets., with whom the room was sprinkled, vecifereed, YeS, we'll havit Mr. Salomons, s'elp me Got." The neprohatien then became general, the written testimony of two clergymen 111 the Church of England to the surpassing eligibility of r. Salomons to the office was read, and next morning the candidate's address ups neared in all the newspapers. The friend, of liberal principles were punctual in attending the Guildhall. It was too sudden a manoeuvre, the moment of election approached too rapidly to admit of a re-action, and Mr. Salomous met with no difficulty except that which issued flout I.he ineeths of a few . of the cur potation in the words " What shall w.a, have next ' It is said that the Lord Mayor will issue a precept shoriy for a new elec. upon the pound that Mr. Salmuens, being a Jcw, cauuu s take the oaths administered 1,, the Sherd. • MIRA OM, MUit DEat IN IlEarsoupsnittAn inquest foss held at the Plumer Ward Arms. East Wick, Beets, on Tuesday, the 7th instant, before Mr. ,, P. l, l t6 .l: l l , t i g re n t i . o . re, v i c i i: a r i on t e h r e , t e it , i . t i t d u ei t l h re e t it i dteel t v a il i l l t i a n re i l la th d a ie t Y il man nattier' Thernas Dolby, who had married the mother of the deeeated. was engaged with others on Monday last in mowing some common meadows it/ East wick liadiey, who was out of work, went iwo the meads to seek employment, aid joined the man bark., of whose pro visions he pat took, about eleven o'clock in We morning; the deceased Omit!) , after went to another part of the' mead to see if he could get -a job. Alaott ninusT-titne Verbv went to that p.t of the mead where ;he dee , ,scot wits, when he returned and ate his dinner along <si lk hi s ~„p ani c es._ After the deceased Left the company of the man Darby in the morning, Darbv became tplarrcisurne, but continued to work at Mowing during the afternoon. About six o'clock, Darby left the swarth he was mowing, and went into the path which passed through the mead, where he stood, leaning on pia sithe; the deceased, who had left the tread some time helore to procure beer for the mowers, was rnuroing with it by the path in which Darby stood ; the moment after they met, the de ceased cried out that Tons (meaning Darby) had run his sithe into him. He ran a few yards and fell, and died a few minntes afterwards. As soon as the other mowers got un, one or them said to the prisoner, " Tom, you have killed him ;" he replied, ° 1 meant so to do." Datliy then absconded, leaving the sithe on the ground, and, was discovered concealed in an arched. drain. On his being appreb , nded, awl informed that liadiey was dead, he said, "He meant to do so." Datby had said to one of the witnesses, in the course of the "afternoon, " th a t he would stab the sithe into the deceased," upon which the wit. ness remonstrated with bite, end hoped that he would not do so. He, however, repeated his %void,. and said, " He would cet , tainly kill hint." The hotly inesented adi eadful spectacle, the bowels prot ru di ng t h roug h t h e woun d. Aft er a pat i ent incest!. gation, the jury returned a verdict of " Wiltul nturiieJ ::;,t nest Thomas ifiarby," who was in custody, and was committed by the coroncr to take his trial at the neat aswes.