The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-09-04 00:00:00

SEpTr\l}rg 4, 1833 . 4 :°rds of wisdom itid - the - genii; of "eloquence • • which `' r °PPed f rom t h e honourable .arid popular member for L , iv erpool I. Listen, oh, listen, " fellow . citizens," and 'dem tribe of the long ears who have a philosopher for yoUr : .''-Presentative in, 'parliament ! Your member, holding eae penny Araiazine in one hand and a pennyworth of staipectoral lozenges'in the other, spoke as•follows : 111 :Ewart d eprecate d t h e concess i ons w hi c h h a d b een m ade b, the noble 10rd... He particularly objected to . the concession 744.iii.h had be en ina d e the subject of qualification. It was 0,14 4 °Pinio n altogether unnecessary, as well as foreign to the ; unjust in p r incipl e and. in expedient in practice, tirterice had shown that when deManded it was not only op es i Pr ve but nugutory ii j ad ou r h onoura b le mem b er b een al i ve i n t h e d ay s o f tc t C ADE h e Would have been hanged for.tiis learning. 4 —;r aY with him," CADE would have exclaimed, "he leaks Latin ; i t w ill b e prove d to t h y f ace th a t th ou h os t it ' zi co about thee that usually talk of a noun and a ye, b, ga r such abomi na bl e wor d s as no c h r i s ti a n can endure to !' • It is, we admit, unreasonable to accuse Mr. EWART of ..'P e3 king Latin," but CADE certainly would have been i 4st ified in d o i ng summary execut i on upon hi m for his Would have been no defence' to have said that the :frinurable memb er ' s k now l e d ge of the constitutional law 4glandwaS at least eqtial to that of honest JACK in e ...ircin l l ju r i spru d ence, f or great niedrei unirornily jealous c each other, and the sturdy reformer would have hanged 'lie phil osoph e r on the g r ounds of expediency. " y ou state built a gratritnar .. .schOol," CADE would have said; ° l l have erected a mechanics' institute ; to the , gallows aerefore you must go'!" lie • ERCY. forbid L. that we should wish any such harm to 1 41 a gentle t n a n w h o i s th e a u th or ' o f th e "P r i soners ' C o unsel Bill," p art i cu l ar ly s i nce th a t bill h as b een s t o l en 0 Strayed, and when he would be deprived of the'advan •osWhiCti •it 'conferi.' No, - we AD be considered a i rnore mercif u l ti tan t hi s . M r . EWART has by several ;) public acts placed us under serious obligations to He has kindly declined to .interfere with mercan tile questions, and has with excellent judgment confined ~n n Self to j ur i s p ru d ence . H e has • therefore beaten iu at track w h ere h e i s l east like ly s to d o muc h ev il . H e tahas taken Under his protedion subjects ; which are 40 ironteasur a bly a b ove his coMprehension diet, like 4 w ren or a tit mouse 'pecking at the trunk of an old " 4 k which has Weatherell I the storms of centuries, yannot possibly do it any damage. He is like a ;art' (a capit a l subject 6:4 -one of our native artists, by e way,) throwing kidney heans at the Egyptian pyra mids; Puttin g J ACK CA DE and'ttle pvraniids aside for the Pre sent. we cannot allow the splendid effort of Mr. EWART me ilia i House of Commons to pass unnoticed, snore espe . l al lY as we observe with deep regret that he and Mr. tinE EBALFPENNY ROEBUCK are now invariably found to gether i n debate; and •are considered the Siamese twins of th e lower bons : C(lf parliament. Let us endeavour, there f t r e • to give .a moment's grave attention to the singular ° Ola our honourable Member has broached on this c 'ecasio n . • ''' • ' h • EWART advances the curious doctrine that, I ° opinion," qualification for any office under the crown, °r f or any civil or municipal office,. is "foreign to the "n stitution." In what book, in what school, or under *11 " schoolmaster, has the honourable member for Li verpool, who declared that lie would walk in the footsteps ° I C ANNING and HUSKIS.SON, found this doctrine laid (.(Iw n ? If he have read any thing at all on the subject be. have found That every authority is against him. " 41 'scienc e and in art competency is the qualification. In °lltuatters of trust the qualification must be equal to, the l ' e Por7-sibility: The keeper Ora turnpike is only quali fied by his 'sureties. No man entrusts.. money to.a beg gar; no -sane man would select for the executor under his '4 a person whO had yesterday been whitewashed by t oe insolvent. act, or who had not .some property as well . . 14 character to hazard-by abusing his trust. There never w as, and we trust there never will he, an office under any Company,'corporate boAy...or,municipal corporation—un qattime crown or acts - if parliament—in which the person appointed to it is not ault` , .qUalified by the extent of bia, responsi bility . E ven i n our own town t h e comm i ss i one r s for watch and scavangers must he discreet and respectable o Urgesses. The meaning of this could not, cannot, be wl iaunderstoOd. They must banien so qualified by pro- Percy and responsibility as to 'possess means equal to the ,U rns of moneypassingthrough their hands. Mr. EWART 11 consequently evinced gross and unpardonable igno- Pan ce—ignorance that is disgraceful Rndunpardonable in : ' r ePresentative of Liverpool—by stating that qualifica cin to any municipal office is "foreign to the constitu: But the • honourable member;per saltum, jumps from ignorance to downright absurdity, involving ludicrous t.,,hconsistency. If any excuse can be offered for Mr? "ART it must be on the ground that he does not under stand the mean in g o f th e w or d s lie employs. Such a on the score of weakness, deserves our pity ; but t i j a the d u ty o f hi s f r i en d s t o rem o ve hi m f rom a s it ua ti on th e duties of which he has proved himself totally incom lietent to discharge. Liverpool surely will not suffer any, its representatives to be the laughing-stock of the ' l ouse of Comth o ns. E ve n D A N I EL O'C O NN EL L, it is 7 i da stuffslmis cotton bandana into his mouth, and Mr. 40 14 As TIIORNFLY bides his face in his bat every time our member" gets upon his legs to instruct -the house. 'We cannot wonder at this when we read the following 'ecrtence from his speech. Concession, says this wAir, of a Solon, " unjust in principle and inexpedient in Practice ; experience bad shown that , when demanded it ' v as Rot only oppressive BUT NUGATORY !" Many a schoolboy has. been whipped and made to wear the cap a nd bells for a solecism.less prepesterous than this. How n an imposed condition be at, the same tittle." eppress 'ye, and "nugatory Y" Let us . state a preposition ap l'lisable, by its rare simplicity,. • to the calibre of Mr. br oomstick, mind. Suppose that he is told , to.leap over a u n ) onastick, four.feet high, under a penalty of one hun dred pounds. This be would, perhaps call oppressive. )3at suppose he is told that he can elude the penalty by walking mound the' aid broomstick, would . not this be the 'legation of oppression F How, therefore, .can he recon cile the positive of a proposition with its negative 4 The °PPression merges in the conditions of escape ;.and,. if t he power to oppress be.nugatorv,y in what consists the ° PPressi o n ? . • But it is in vain to reason with a mind so feeble, so captious, and so contemptible as•imis. We really . pity Ilh al; and this pity would be unalloyed -by hasher senti- Inertia if lie were not in a false position, bringing obloquy, u Pon a large commercial community; for disguise it as we may, the House of Commons and the public generally. w l. ll judge of the intellect of this town by the mental .and moral capacity of the individual who reptesents or mis represents us-in parliament. For these reasons, but meaning no disrespect;we leave A lr• EWART to his gingerbread and his jurisprudence—to • bt alogic and his paper cap—throwing the hells aside in The name of charity—in order to notice the laughed-down /4 r. THREEHALFPENNY ROEBUCK who followed our ho b°nrable member in the debate. His speech is a beautiful l l'eCituen of the sentimental school—curious, droll, seri -4,:5, and ridiculous. THOMAS CAMPBELL, the poet, of whom it is said by Sir MORGAN O'DoHERTY, in which ° llinion, with great submission, we entirely coincide, that he never wrote a line of good poetry since he gave over 'nearing the kilt—this said THOMAS CAMPBELL published Poem, as lie called it, a few years ago, entitled " Lao ll'ortA" or some such name, in which a gentle maid, jilted by her lover, is reduced to a sad state of distress. She r eceived a letter by the twopenny post, which caused the moil hysterical grief, end is described as follows:- 4ad with her itandiereltitf and boaster hands. She hid her face Burl wept. THRZE-ItALSNINNY RGEBti,CE was in thistielicate ohne anon on Monday last. He was completely nyercotne by• own impassioned but mysterious sensibilities. That his three-halfpenny paper is distressingly hard uphill W ork we can well believe. The wonderfully small crea ture who has threatened to pick a good mutton bone by Picking Out the vitals of newspaper writers . must, we t hink; ere this be convinced that he alsois throwing kid. bed ease, and small kidney beans too, at. the py i anmids. 9 wever, being Member . 'for 'Bath, '(ire trust for the fast time , brsath otriirb to be drowned in its own physic wells) be made a speech, during which 'the handkerchief and the hat created mor6 . sport'-and luuder laughter than We have had the pleasure of recording for some time. Hera it is entire from the pages of the Chronicle:— "Mr. Roebuck was for some time inaudible. He strongly deprecated the concessions which had been made by the noble lord, and denounced the House of Lords for having treated with contempt the w.it of an united people. That. body had interests too minute and selfish to act in harmony with the wishes of the nation; and why Should the real representatives of the people bear the insults of so weak a body, when they had the power to crush them? (Laughter.) There was a time when forbear ance ceased, and they were fast' being driven to that point. That house had thrown out all the important measures which the representatives of - the people had passed; and how much longer would they be required to go on with concessions? Hay-. ing reformed themselves, be asked was there no other body that required the excision of the knife? (Laughter.) He was an ad vocate to the utmost for democracy (laughter), and the sooner they brought the matter to an understanding the better. (Laugh ter.) lie knew there ►vere some few persons in that house pre tending to represent-the people who bad a contempt fur democ racy; but . in his opinion what the people desired ought to be law, and nobody ought for a day to stand, or could much longer stand, between the petiPle and their wishes. (-Laughter.) The interests of the. Lords being only to-maintain the supremacy of irresponsible power, were wholly incompatible with those of the people.. 'Airily should .such,a body, with circumstances, inter ' eats, and feel►ngs entirely opposed to popular desires, any longer have the power of controlling the decisions of that house ? (Laughtei.) It was childish.and imbecile to talk of concilia tion and concession in such a case. He was one of those who felt it necessary to stir 'up the people upon this subject to something almost like a revolution (loud laughter, and cries of oh, oh), in order to prevent such a body from domineering over them; such a state of things was wholly incompatible with good government (bear, hear), and while he could put his finger on the "dirty spot" (oh, oh), where all their best measures had been muti lated, if not wholly rejected, he could not but reprobate that spirit of concessienvtich seemed to prevail; and be, for one, Would haie much ratherlave preferred making a firth and quiet, but resolute stand, saying, " That is the people's desire, deny it who dare." The violence of this man, a very, snail in legislation, and who cannot be 'considered in any other light than as the flunkey, or rather the pot boy . of JOSEPH HUME— honest JOSEPH the Greek!—his violence, originating in Sore disappointment, rejected agency, and interdicted pay, is of no more consideration, es regards its influence its force, than the explosion of a roasting chesnut be tween the ribs of the kitchen grate, placed there by SUSAN the hitusernaid. This poor creature denounces the House Of Lords! He would, in his witlessness, apply the "ex eision' of the knife" to the peerage! Does he mean to say that he would stab any body ? God help the silly fool ! Two men can play at that game, and if he would' but try he would, perhaps, find that he would come off second best, by dancing . in the air, not much to the credit of the gallows. He, the turnspit, whom a penny-a-liner at Bow -street would not go halves with on a mutton chop unless the money were tabled and secured—he, the shoeblack, raised, as they say in America, in the liberties of an Indian Bullock market—he, the oyster dredger and the coat brusher of JOSEPH HUME—he "control the de cisicns of the House of Lords," and "stir up the people to something like reolUtiOn"—he, the beggar, menace England with.his power, or bring his principles to bear against its institutions--he do this ?—but stop !—the creature must be mad.. Since writing the above, we find the same foolish rav ings followed up by the saare 114.rson in the House of Commons, on Wednesday evening. ROEBUCK is backed on this occasion by Hu 1E and a member called RIPON. Here it is from a second edition of the Standard ' " Mr. Roebuck said that he intended next session to bring forward a motion, the object of which would be to accomplish that great desideratum. ,He did not see why the hereditary legislature, a compound of folly .and -ignorance, should he em pOwered to pass a veto on acts passed by the rommons. " Mr. Hume said that, very early iu the next session, he should bring in a bill on that subject. The upper t house enjoyed privi. leges which he was convinced were not calculated to tend to the public good. He must, however, state that he was convinced that few if, any in this country wished that the House of Lords or the privi:eges they possessed, should be abolished. Some re forms were necessary in that body, and those he hoped 'soon to bee eff,cted- Mr. C. Ripon said that early in the next session he should move to bring in a, bill to remove the bishrps from the House of Lords, and another for the purpose that the property now vested in the deans and chapters, that had no cure of souls, should be transferred to commis,iouers, to he appropriated to other purposes that might be determined upon ! ! • Honest JOSEtilt, it Will be observed, takes care to put off his motion to a very distant day. This is his usual way, when he affects any daring, and it is a safe way. ROEBUCK'S second attack like his first is sheer black guardisrn: RIPON contents himself with turning out the bishops from the House of Lords, and plundering the deans and chapters. Well! we shall see! Something, perhaps, will turn up before the next session of parlia ment, and should the event occur which we anticipate, Bath must and shall be contested to the last vote. We trust every conservative in England will keep his eye on Bath—find . out who his friends are who reside there— send in his tribute to Ili; general fund—stir upall the in terestbecanbring to bear on the contest—and aid in flinging out the most worthless and venomous wasp of the House of Commons. . Middlesex, we know, will be contested, and Hum, we feel certain, Will be beaten. He may, however, try to enter by some other gate as Lord JoiN did, but Hui pays no money, and has no patronage, so here is a diffi culty at once. As to RIPON, wa know nothing about LONDON LATEST NA ('VS. Cily, Wednesday Ecening, Half:past Seven o'clock. The money market has been very animated during the last day or two, and the evident influence the fine demeanour of the lords has had upon the ministry has caused no little satisfaction among the capitalists. The Melbourne squad still cling to office, the general belief that they would give up before the evi dent preponderance of wealth and-taleut arrayed against them not having been 'borne out by fact, the Consols for money have cloied this afternoon at 9O .1, -and for the account at 90f ;* omnium bears a premium of 3; IL is generally unddrstood here that parliament will termi nate -its session on Wednesday, but we learn that Sir Robert Peel will leave' London for Tamworth to-morrow. At the setulemcnt of the account in our fureigu market on money, one large and much-respected member of the house was de'daied a`defaulter. - • Blest of our Foreign Securities have ad vanced; the iCrice off' Russian Bonds is 1071 es dividend, which is now in course Of payment; Spanish Bonds left off at 411 44; the Scrip at 18 dis., Portuguese 5 per cents. at 87i ::, the 3 pet cents. at sel, I - Stitch 5 per cents. at 102 L the 21 per cents. at 541, and Colouthiau at 31k. The following was issued from the General Postoffice this afternoon:— " General Ppstoffice, September 2, 1835. " The mails fur Lisbon will in future be made up and dis patched from this ctfice every Friday, instead Of Tuesday, us heretofore. " This arrangement will commence Kith the mail to be made up and despatched from here on Friday next, the 4th instant. "(Signed) F. FitEELIING, Secretary." Letters have been received from Genoa to-day to the 25th ult. These give a most fearful account of the progress of the cholera there, the number of deaths reported being upwards of one hundred per day. Among the victims were already num bered two noblemen, three physicians, three merchants, and four bankers. The utmost alarm prevailed, and numbers of the people were quitting the place. A religious procession had been made with the usual superstitious solemnity. At the mo ment, however, of the departure of the letters a northerly wind had set in, which, it was hoped, would arrest the progress of the frightful contagion. By letters received from Metelni we learn that the English consul bad fitted out four armed vessels which had succeeded in capturing two pirates in the Gulf of Adrainitz, and that their crews had been sent to Constantinople. Letters were received this morning from Leghorn to the 21st of August. They furnish us with the following bulletin of the board of health, by which it will he perceived that on the last day the chulera appeared to .ite n►aking some progre,a rew cases. ; Cured. Deal, August 11 .„ 18 19 1 .; 20 hr 17C03 fiftyimiles a day was considered a prodigious rate of travellingjalifiartuOlto announce so important an event as the death of List. ptinik3l; The math limn Edinburgh to London started otivey. Arthiund occupied sixteen or eighteen days on the jtarusi....4tAhpoirsonanay now idart from Edinburg!) Thurs d e'verri4tii•bie4wo spare days in Loudon,-and be back again irntbeStiiitt6slru'retiopolis to breakfast on the next Thursday.— Domcitic Life in EnDland. • NEW AMERECAN SEA SERPENT. The New York papers contain the following, which is as great a •curiosity" as the "old woman" to wlitch it refers : "The greatest curiosity in the world, and the most interesting, particularly to ArneriCans, will be to be seen at the Saloon fronting on Broadway, in the building recently erected for the Diorama views. On ISlond,ay'; Aug. 10th, Juice Ileth, the nurse of Gen. George Washington, (the Father of our country,) who has arrived at the astonishing age of 16l years, as authentic doeu ?vents will prove, and in the full possession of her mental facul ties, She is cheerful and healthy, and relates many anecdote. of heryoung master, as she calls him. She speaks also of the Red Coats, during the 'e v ol u ti ona ry war, but does not appear to bold them in high estimation. " During the shgrt exhibition in Philadelphia, she has been visited by crowds of ladies and gentlemen, among whom were many clergymen and physicians, who have pronounced her the most ancient specimen of mortality the oldest of them has es er seen 'or heard of, and consider her a very great curiosity. "She has been a member of the Baptist church for upwards of one hundred years, and seems to take great satisfactiOh in the conversation of ministers w ho visit her. " As she remains in this city hut for a few days, on her way to Boston, she can be seen from 9 A. M., to 10 P. M. " Admittance 25 cent.. "P. S.— A more interesting account of this extraordinary old woman will be given hereafter." We do not complain of the Americans occasionally im posing upon the credulity of each other, nor are we ques tioning the fact that General Washington's father had a slave, by name Juice Heth, who is still alive. Those who choose to believe this are right welcome. The style of the advertisement, however, is extremely amusing. "Will be to be seen," is rich, and the "authentic docu ments_" are irresistible. That the "old woman" speaks of the " red coats" we can credit, for some people who are by no means old, recollect the burning of the "city , of Washington." What is meant by saying- that Joice has been a member of the "Baptist church for upwards of an hundred years," we are unable to conjecture. She is admitted to have been a slave, and sure we are that none Of the Baptist sect were tolerated, or even known in the slave states of America at the distant period al luded to. That, however, is their concern. He ;n ribed tated o the pers. lence d ue, e er ,r of it to the S to it it- and t he Itat. iae. )ut 3ut of :he .;!1 THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. MODESTY OF AN AMERICAN QUAKER. . • We find the following amongs t th e a d ver ti semen t s in the New York journals:— " Moral Lectures at Tammany —TO-morron; (Sunday) morning—A debate on the question, "Whether the religious and moral principles of Christianity, or the moral principles alone of scepticism, are best calculated to prbmote the _happiness of mankind. Evening, half past 7—A Lecture on the ,uperior moral attainments of Society of Friends (Quakers) over every other sector Ch )istians, and the means by Which they have acquired this exalted pre-ethinence. Text, 6th' Matthaw;23d- 7 If, therefore, the light that,is in thee be dal kness, how great is that darkness." We never understood that the superior morality of the Quakers consisted in any thing else but the superior cut of their coats, and the extra superfine quality of their cloth. But it appears that w•e are mistaken. LIVERPOOL ACADEMY. The eleventh exhibition of works of art, of paintings in oil and water colours, and of sculpture, under the direction of the members of the Liverpool Academy, commenced on Monday last. This society had its origin in the most laudable motives. It was instituted to encourage native talent, and attract to its annual exhibitions the works of living and distinguished artists from all parts of the country. How far it has succeeded we are unable to tell, cot having had the opportunity of comparing the collection of the present season with that of former years We understand, however, from those who are competent judges, that the works now exhibiting arc, in point of i:umber and ex cellence, vastly superior to any hitherto exhibited in the same place. There are many pictures of great beauty, and some ex quisitely painted ; but there are others which do not deserve a corner even in a schneider's attic. The portraits are in general good, and no, wonder, for they are the works of men who have obtained high eminence and lasting repute in the schools of the metropolis. It is impossible to do justice to a tenth part of them from a hasty glance of only a couple of hours; but such as came under our eye, or more than others, perhaps semetimes from accident, attracted our attention, we shall speak without reserve, fear, or affection. There are numerous daubs which are really beneath crititism; but we shall speak as tenderly of al, and as honestly of all, as if we were sworn appraisers between our sovereign lord the king, his diste and dignity, and the honourable society and much revered fraternity of picture fanciers. On entering the large room the eye is naturally and instinc tively arrested by,a splendid portrait of the chief magistrate of Liverpool, James Aspinall, Esq., which is one of the most spirited and faithful likenesses we ever saw. It almost lives as you gaze upon it. It is by J. Lansdale, and does him immortal honour_ But let us take them in order:— 'No. 4 is a fancy sketch, entitled " Shakspeare reading one of his plays to Queen Elizabeth." The artist is John Wood. To• call it a . fine picture is not doing it justice. The Queen, loaded With jewels, most richly attired, sits in her chair of state, her feet resting upon a Turkish carpet, very like is Brussels, and is itiiipbsed to be listening to the poet, who looks grave and rather sheepish; but she is doing no such thing. It is plain she dues not hear a word that is uttered; for she is casting a sly and sinister look at one 'of her courtiers. The colouring is good, and the drawing, as far as we can judge, correct. No. 6.—"Doser," by J. Stark, is no great things taken as a whole; the pier-head is tokrable, bat the steamer, if it be a steamer, ought to be burnt. No. 17.—" The dead Bird," by S. Eglington, is a poor thing. A biggish lout of a boy; blubbering over a dead yellow-hauiruer in a rusty cage, is in l,ad taste. It should have been a girl. No. '25 is called "Portrait of a Gentleman," by Alexander Mosses. If the likeness be true, then is the designation incor sect—if he be a gentleman, Mosses is no artist. No. 35.—" Evening Prayer," by Thomas Webster, is an ex. tremely pleasing and attractive little picture. No. 37.—" Portrait of Peter Whitfield Braneket, Esq.," by J. C. Thompson, R.H.A., is a striking likeness, in the very first style of art. The old gentleman is as much himself in his arm-chair at the exhibition-room, as he is at his own fireside. Mr. Thompson has another portrait in the room, viz., that of the Rev. 1' Tattershall, M.A., of St. Augustine's, Liverpool. It is a full length, and. taken by desire of his congregation. The artist has done the rev. gentleman ample justice; it is one of the finest portraits in the exhibition-room. Mr. Thompson, we are told, has a portrait in Liverpool, nearly finished, of the Recorder of Dublin, and one Of the representatives of Dublin University, Frederick Shaw, Esq.,—an admirable likeness. No. 65.—" The tired Labourer," by S. Eglington, is not so bad in some points; but it is wretchedly finished. The old man is well drawn, and the foreground is tolerably brought out; but the fire behind is spoiled. Tao stnall bits of red. sealing-wax are stuck between two black bars, and this is called a fire The insurance offices run no risk whatever. No. 75.-" Blacklow Gate, Huyton, near Liverpool," by C. Barber. The catalogue has the following ;—" There is a hap pier smile on the face of an English landscape flin ! have ever beheld in the landscapes of the south—a happier though less voluptuous smile, as if nature were more at home." This bit of trash is from one of Bulwer's novels, but let us see what the artist has done with nature thus at home. •.A woman stands at the door of a cottage, who looks the vixen,and who is evidently scolding a boy who is mounted oh the back of a goat, donkey, Shetland pony, or some such thing; and both the bby and the beast are in the stiffest position possible. The trees, however, are admirably finished, the grouping is fire, the cottage looks comfortable, but the vista terminates in a blue slate quarry. • No. 81.—" An Irish Wake," by T. 13ridgford, is a very spirited picture, full of fun, as all yrave subjects are in Ireland. No. 83.—" Morning Ablution," by A. Chisholm. This small picture represents a farmers's wife washing her infant, and it would be a gem but for what we c:onsider to be either a fault or a mistake. We did not know that mothers are in the habit of duAing their children in buttermilk. Are weWrong ? No. 99.—" Derwentwater—looking towards Skiddaw," by A. Hunt, is one of the most delightful pieces of scenery iu the exhibition. No. 100.—" Portrait of the Rev. T. Pairelough," by A. Mosses, is, we are sorry to say, not fit for a sign-post. No. 149.—" The Fisherman's Home," by I'. Clatet, is an exquisite picture, and reflects great credit on the artist. No. 152.—" View of Water-street, Liverpool," by James T. Eglington. This street should be taken down immediately. We beg the attention of the town surveyor to the matter. No. 16.5.—"5t0ck," by T. S. Cooper. With some faults this is by far the best picture in the exhibition. The principal figure is a bull, rather of a savage breed, a noble fellow, who looks you full iu the face, and is all but alive. Landseer never painted any animal equal to it. N 0.168.—" Smugglers sinking their kegs." by H. P. Parker, is a spirited and exceedingly clever sea piece. No. 177.—" The Lady and the Astrologer." This picture is by S. G. Tovey, a young and native artist, of the first promise, and deserves the best encouragement. The story is not a pleocing one—a death's head is an ugly thing—but, as a work of alt, it is of a very superior order, and we hope will do some thing to establish the fame of Mr.grovy. ,N o , 195.—"8hirking the Plate," by IL W. Buss, is shock ing. N o , 197.—" The Ship Tory, the properly of Duncan Oibh, Esq., beating up to Liverpool orthe Great • Ormslifmil," by Samuel Walters. The artist hasAaken great pafus with this picture, and of its class, for correctness of naval drawing, it is the best in the collection. It is, in short, a very spiitted pie. lure. Success to the Tury! Having gone through our notes on the large room, We must draw breath until another opportunity. There is an immense deal of work yet to do, and we have a severe and painful duty to pe:form ; but fiat justitia, mat ccelum MUNICIPIL CbRPORATION4 BILL—PETITION TO.THE LORDS The following petition, most respectably signed, was for_ warded last night to the Earl of Aberdeen; to be presented to the House of Lords, accompanied by a letter, expressing the obligations of the persons who 'have signed the petition, to hi s lordship, for the admirable stand which he has made on every occasion for the church of Scotland. • A petition from the same parties to the C morons' .House Of parliament, praying the honourable house to adopt the amend ment respecting clerical patronage, introducd by the lords, has also been sent off to the Lord Viscount Sanclon :—/ "To the lords spiritual and temporal in ,parliament assembled• "The humble petition of the undersigned electors of the borough of Liverpool and others, residing within the said borough, members of the church of Scotland, sheweth, "That your petitioners have observed with satisfaction the introduction of an amendment by your lordships into the bill for reforniing the municipal corporations of Englund and Wales, by which the clerical patronage of the church of England ; iu said boroughs, is limited to members of council, who are also members of the church of England; becau'u your petitioners have ascertained that the want of a similar clause in the Scot tish municipal corporation reform acts .has occasioned much annoyance and disquietude to the venerable' church of their forefathers, and great detriment in Scotland to pure an.l unde filed religion. "Your petitioners therefore pray that your lordships will pre serve the aforesaid amendment." PROSPECTS OF THE WHIG RADICALS, TO TILE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STaNDARD. Siia,—The organs of the present ministry make it their daily boast that "the country is with them," and that " the people are on their side." If by such expressions they mean that a majority of the electors are favourable to the policy of the Whigs, 1 venture to pronounce it a sheer and unqualified falsehood, in so far as England and Wales are concerned. That this is not mere assertion, the following particulars will abundantly de monstrate. There has been a majority of conservative mem bers in the House of Commons, ever since the commencement of the session, if the representatives of Englaud a.nd Wales are considered by themselves; and if we investigate the relative ' proportion of their constituents, we shall fiu I that, even, there the conservatives are numerically :nom powerful than the de.. structives. Assuming that the voters are in an equal ratio to the aggre gate population of each county in the kingdom, we shall find that the county members who are opposed to the present admi nistration, represent a far greater number of" the people" than the supporters of Lord Melbourne's cabinet. The counties may be distributed under.three classes according to the preponde rance of political opinions;—namely, the conservative, the ra dical, and the neutralized. The latter we'need not notice. CONSERVATIVECOUN VEY: —Lancaster,Westinoreland.Cam bridgeshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Bucks, Suffolk, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Devonshire, Northamptoushire, Leicestershire, -Hertfordshire, Essex, Berkshire, Doisetshire . To these must he added the Principality of Wales. RA DICA L COCNTIIiS :—Yorkshire, Middlesex, Durham, Sus sex, Cornwall, Rutlaud, Somersetshire, Worcestershire, Here fordshire, Lincolnshire. POP CLATION. Conservative Radical Majority . 841,000 But how will matters stand at the next election ? The rejec 'tiotc of 'the radicals from one county alone—Middlesex—will cause the majority to be as follows :—• Conservative • 6,776,000 Radical Majority And this will be the case. Hume and his partner aro to give way to two honest constitutionalists. But Middlesex is not the only place where a difference will be effected. The conserva tives may reasonably anticipate a formidable accession to their numbers from the reaction to which the alliance of O'Connell. Hume and Co. with the present ministry has given birth. Take a specimen of the anticipated gains. From Bath, 2; Bedford, 1; Berwick, 1; Beverley, 1; Bod tnin,.l ; Bolton, 1; Boston, 1; Bridgewater, 2; 13ridport, I; Rory, 1; Cambridgeshire, 1; Cambridge, 2; Canterbury, 1 ; barinarthenshiri; I ; Carnarvon, 1; Cirencester, 1; Cocke-r -tnouth, 1; Durham, 1; Exeter, 1; Gloucester, 1; Great Grims by, 1; Halifax, 1; Heref.irdshire, 2; Hereford, 2; Hertford, 1; Horsham, 1; Hull, 1; West Kent, 1; Leeds, 1; Lichfield, ; North Lincolnshire, 1; Lincoln, 1; Liverpool, 1 ; the Me• tropolitan Districts, 8; Maiatoue, 1 ; Maldon, 1 ; Middlesex, 2; Monmouth, 1; Newport, '2; West Norfolk, 1; Northamp ton, 1; Penryri and Falmouth, 1; Plymouth, 1; Portsmouth, 2; Radnorshire, 1; Rochester, 1; Sandwich, I ; Sheffield, 1; Sudbury, 1 ; West Suffolk, 1; -East Surrey, 1 ; West Surrey, ; Tewkesbury, 1; Warwick, 1; Wigan, 1; East Worcester shire, 2; West Ditto, 1 ; Wycombe, I;—iu all, 71 Supposing 74 radicals to be superseded by en many conserva tives, the state of parties in the future House of Commons will standltius: Add 74 to the 308 conservatives now in the house-382. Subtract 74 frotn the 310 radicals now in the house-266. Sir Robert Peel will hereafter command the following ma jority—or something like it—ONE IIuNDRED tIND TWENTI - FELIX. RADICAL TRICKS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE WERPOOL STAND:4RD. Ste,—However inferior the radicals are in every other re spect, they must, at least, be allowed to excel in those essential qualificat?ons—cuaning and impudence. In illustration of this I shall expose a few of those manoeuvres by which they have uniformly sought, and sometimes acquired, popular ascendency. The most notable of their expedients for creating a sensation, that is, for " raising the wind," is to dwell upon some particular 4e,'Gm day to day, giving it all the emphasis of an undeniable truth, until they become haf persuaded themselves that it is no longer a falsehood, and until the deluded creatures, which these radicals flatter with the appellation of "the public," are, in like manner, befooled by their ridiculous hallucinations. Let us take an instance, exactly in point. • Joseph Flume, and the smutty whipper:snappers of the republican press-gang, have been, for the last three or four weeks, asserting and reasserting that " the people" of England are at issue with the House of Lords;—that the popish majority in the How of Commons echoes the voice of the people ;—tbat that same house had ex ercised its inquisitorial functions in accordance with the senti-' meats of "the public;"—and that "the people" of England will stand by the present " popular ministry." Du these drivelling fools really believe that the fact is so ? Are they not aware that they are uttering a barefaced, auda cious lie? Yes, they do know it ;, they are fully conscious of their moral turpitude. But what care these vagabondising ven ders of treason and mendacity, if they can carry their own am bitious projects into execution? Well, then, this lie is harped upou from hour to hour; it occupies a prominent position in every newspaper in their interest ; it is bellowed by every blus tering blackguard, who leaves his lapstone or his cabbage-gat den, to sport his oratory before his delectable and odoriferous associates; it becomes the insolent brag of every unshorn puppy, who fancies that his appetite is strong enough to digest politic s as well as lollipops and gingerbread. But what is the fact? The PEOPLE OF ENGLIND have, by their representatives, al ready condemned the present ministers; they have condemned them by virtue of their former title to the verdict of "guilty." The people of England have strongly evinced their mistrust in . them, even before they became the allies of the destructives; before they displayed the cloven foot of duplicity; before they dropped the visor, and showed the snake-wreathed head of that 'grizzly and devouring monster, which they t have, falsely bap tised " reform;" before they realised Lord- Monboddo's whim sical hypothesis, and assumed the decorous ,appendage of " a tail." If, then, the people Of this great cotintry have already signified so strongly their opinions of the present ministry, un der circumstances which precluded them from a knowledge of their ulterior designs, what would " the people" now do, if the anticipated contingency of a dissolution of parliament took place ? Now, that the whips have all but plunged the country into all the horrors of a civil war; now, that they have formed au imprudent alliance with the scurvy wretches who are endea vouring to wrest Ireland and Canada from their. allegiance to their lawful- sovereign. Would the—people of England any longer tolerate their ascendancy? Would they not indignantly hurl them from their eminences, and teach them that their dearly-purchased rights and privileges are not to be trampled upon by a despicable, slavering set of political economists ? The pertinacity with which the radical scribes urge this lie is truly laughable. They make it assume every shape, and dress it in every imaginable guise. The most ludicrous, however, is that in which they assert that the people have to contend with au oliyarchical factian of one hundred' and sixty hereditary le gislators. These are represented as the sole enemies of "the people." Blockheads how comes it to pass that there is a 'majority of Englishmen in the House of Coney/I°ll3,—in "the great national council," who are adverse to those rebels thus dignified by the magniloquent title of " the people !" Inde pendently, howeter, of this glaring fact, are the 5,0,i0,00a which constitute the agricultural population of England to be counted as nothing? Are our stout yeomanry not a purtiou of "the people?" Ate the proprietors of the Laud—the wealthy class of werchante—the learned professions—the preponderating conser vative 'coustituency,—are all these to be without. sun roic.e t The people or Ragland did their best atthe last electiou to save out country luau the yawuiug gulph of a tevolutiou. But their honest representatives were swamped by the scoundrel-otracy • which scutemed over the foul cauldron of Irish agitation. They have been overmue by a hideous monster of thirty-seven tail power. But the next time! Ahl there's the rub I Let thci radicals do their worst. Let their lies have their day. Let them proceed to disgust the people of England still more by their despicalale proceedings. Let them fume and fret their short hour upon the stage. The curtain will soon drop upuu them. The last scene of their tragedy is at hand. Their final exit will be amidst the houtings iusulted people, • AMBROSE. BLACKBURN PETIT SESSIUN.---..WEDNLSDAY. (i3cfure J. Lister, Esq: and the Rev. J. litipwood.) COMBINATION OF JotNutts.—John Hargreaves, a junior connected with the union, at Blackburn, was brought up warrant, obtaini•cl ou the information and oath of Duncan McLean, that the said John Hargreaves, together with Joseph Musgrave and Joseph Watson, did, on the 24th of Auaust, threats antiviolence to the person of Robert Lawson, hired by Thotua4 Ilighton, as a journeyman joiner,.force the said Robert Lawson to depart Irons hie hiring. The warrant was issued under the third section of the act 6, George IV., cap. 125 ; which provides as follows ; “ That from and after the passing of this act, if any person shall by violence to the , person or property, or by threats and intimidation, or by molesting or in any way obstructing another, force or endeavour to force any journeyman, manufacturer, workman, or other person hired or employed in auy manufac tory, trade or business, to depart from his hiring, einploynaerit or work, or to return his work before the same shall be finished, or prevent, or to endeavour to prevent any journeyman, mann• facturer, workman, or other person not being hired or employed, from hiring himself to, or from accepting work or einpaiyutent from any person 0- persons, or if any person shall use or employ violence to the person or property of another, or threats or inti midation, or shall molest or in any way obstruct another, fur the ptirpose of forcing or inducing such person to belong to any club or association, or to contribute to any common fund, or to pay any line or penalty, or on account of his not belonging to any particular club or association, or nut having contriauted, or having refused to contribute to any common loud, or to pay any fine or penalty, or on - accountof his nut having complied, or of his 'refusing to comply, with any rules, orders, resolutions, or regulations made to obtain an advance or to reduce the rate of wages , or to lessen or alte r th e h ours o f wor ki n g, or t o d ecrease or alter he quantity of work, or to regulate this mode of carrying on anv manufacttire, trade or business, or the management thereof ; or if any person shall by violence' to the person or property of another, or by threats or intimidation, or by molest ing or in any way obstru c ti ng ano th er , th ree or en d eavour to force any manufacturer or person carrying on any trains or business, to, make auy alteration in lily mode of regulating, managing, conducting, or carrying on any such manufacture, trade or business, or to limit the number of his apprentices, or the number.or description of tigfieurneytnen, worknnen,.or ser vants; every person sooffeu ding, or aiding, abetting. or assisting therein, being convicted thereof in manner hereinafter mention ed, shall be imprisoned only, or shall and may be imprisoned and kept to hard labour ; for any time not exceeding three ca lendar months.” Mr. Makinson appeared in support of •the information, and Mr. Backhouse attended for the defendant. It appeared feftn :he ;vide;;;TYl7.M'Cleats, who is the reporter for the 11iackhu , that be had written to ScOt land, at the request of Mr. litgliton, fsr some joiners to enter into his service. Robert Lawson, with whom he was well quainted, cause, and having hired himself to Mr. Highton, tuck up his lodging's at Mr. Ilethet•sall'e. the Eagle and Child, in Derwen-street. On' inquiriug for him there ,no Monday, he heard that some joiuers belongioy to the union had hien iii cus tody. fie suusequently found him at Mr, " Jerry shop," in Penny-street. Ha rgre ai es , Musgrave, .Watsoil, another man, were there with - him. , He ,irSked tnetn _why t e ey would not allow the man to go to his week?. They eeplied that "they would suffer no stranger to work in the town %viiilat.there were men belonging to the town out of work." He inquired if they wished to coerce the masters in the choice id their servants ? They answered " Yes !" Finding that they .would not let L•its eon go, the witness went to Mr. Higliton, and acquainted him with the particulars of what had passed. • SubSeqUently he went to Ridgdale's with Mr. Kay, and they then let the man leave the house, and he went to his work. • The witness met Mr. Jackson, the hair-dresser, in the evening, and that person told him that the jeitiers had again get Lawson, and they were with him at Mr. Riding's. He found him there on inquiry. He. afterwards inet Hergreaves; who asked him for what reason tie had taken Lawson away in the morning in so abrupt a manuer? lie hid not seen Lawson since, and believed that the joiners now had him soinewheie in custody. Mr. Howarth, and Mr. Kay, the constable, were examined in support of the charge, and li. Ridgdale, the mother of the person who keeps the beer ehnp referred to, and J. Leech, a joiner, were witnesses fo.r the defence. Mrs. Ridgdale denied that the man was in custody. lie was very.comfortaede, and might have pine if he pleased. There was no bad language amongst them, but only common conver sation. Lawson observed that M`eleau had been a false man fo: bringing him from Scotland, and he would be d—d before he would work for Mr. Highton. In answer to M'Ciean's in quiry why they would nut let bias go to work, they said that he might go if he chose—that they would work for Highton, and he might gi, and tell him so. In reply to M'Clean's question, wllet her they wished to coerce the toasters, they said they only wished the masters to do what was right. ii.drgreaves, in his defence, stated that •he bad met with Lawson by azeictent, and went with him to show him the road to the canal warehouse, to fetch his boxes. They fell in with Watson. Me grave, and Leech, and all of them went to Ridgda!e's, to have a quart of ale. There was no auger at all amongst them, and the defend ant merely told Lawson that if Hightou wanted six or eight men they were willing to serve him—they would engage first and h e might make his own bargain afterwards. Mr. Backhouse submitted that there was no evidence of any intimidation or violence to obstruct the matt from - the fulfilmeut of his hiring. Mr. M'Clean added to his evidence that Hargreaves and the othe r men surrounded Lawson, when he got up to go away, and pulled him b. Isis coat. They said they were detenniued to make him leave the town. The ; ;;;;;;;;;;; ; ;;;;;;;;;;;; that there was evidence suf. fi cient for them to convict, but they would not go to the extremity of the law. which empowered them to award a punishment of three months' imprisonment, and should convict the defendant for a month only, with liberty to appeal. The prisoner imme diately entered into the necessary securities for his appearance at the sessions, to prosecute the appeal with effect, and to pay the costs. He was then discharged. There were warrants also against Josiah Tipping. Henry !hanks, and Thomas Pearson ; but the inverigation of the charges against these parties was deferred by consent, on account of the inability of Mr. Hop- wood to remain longer in court, and the presence of two magis trates being necessary.—Blackburn Standard. IRISH ELECTIONS, CASHEL ELECTION.—The election for a representative fur the borough of Cashel, in the room of Louia Perrin, to be held this day, ( Friday,) the 4th instant. COUNTY op WATEEFoItD ELECTION.—Mr. William V. Stu art, of Droinaha, brother of the lieutenant of the county, is a candidate to 611 the vacancy iu its representation, caused by the death of the late Mr. Power. MR. BROWNS CONCERT AT THE AmELPHI.—Mr. Brown's concert, on Tuesday evening, attracted a numerous and highly respectable audience. The tirst piece was a duet on the piano forte, by Messrs. G.—Holden and lienshall, executed with great spirit and brilliancy. Mr. Brown performed a solo on the flute (Maysedur) with variations, and une of Nicholson's fantasia's on the same instrument, in which he introduced the beautiful air of " Rodin Castle," with good effect, and was must rapturous lv applauded. Miss Cassidy, in "Kate Kearney," was honoured With an encore. Mr. Henshall sang "We pert, dear maid," one of his own cmhpositions, with good taste. The concert went off as a whole with great spirit, and was higly creditable to the musical talent of Liverpool. It is much to be regretted that this talent is not more liberally patronised by the public. We understand that the Rev. Joseph Wolfe, the converted Hebrew, is expected to attend in the Musie-h a ll thi s even i ng , Jo communicate the result of his missionary labours to the east. The Duke of Cambridge will leave England on Tuesday next for Rotterdam, on his return to Hanover, whither his Riiyal Highness will be accompanied by the Duke of Cuinherlaud, aho after visiting his Royal Duchess and son, untie baths of Prymont, near Hanover, will proceed by way of Berlin to Ka lisch, to be present at the grand review that will take piece there on the '27th of next month. From Kalisch, it is expected, his Royal Highness will go to Berlin, where the Duchess and Prince George of Cumberland will spend the winter. ANTIDOTE TO ARSENICAL POISON.—We mentioned some time ago, that Doctors R. W. Bunien and A. Berthrild, in Uot tingen, relying on experiments made on animals, recommended oxhydrate of iron as an antidote to the poison of arsenic; their experiments were confirmed by Souberraia; Miquet, Monat, and Leseur, at Paris. Dr. Buzoridi, physician of the bailiaick at Chingen, in the kingdom of Wurtemberg, has proved the efficacy of tins remedy, in a medico-legal case, on two persons poisoned with arsenic. One of them, a woman fifty y ears of it ge, had taken half-a-drachm, and her son, twenty-four years old, ascrtsple of white arsenic, after both, of them had, besides, repeatedly taken smaller portions, administered to them in their food se veral days before, and when medical aid was not itnnaediately at hand. 'Vet the symptoms of poison werequickly . ailayed in a few hours after the oxVhydrate of iron was'admtutstered; that on the following day they were both out of danger; and now, a fortnight having elap s ed, th e y are pe r fectly welL—Literary Gazette. LION TRADE.—We-take the following from The Mining Jour nal, a new London weekly paper. devoted- principally to matters connected with British and fo►eign mines :—" The iron trade has undergone a depression far more serious ihala could be well imagined by those nut intimately connected with it. In 1834, the price of pig iron may be taken at Ell to £l2 per ton, and that of bar iron at £l5 to £l6; while within the. last two years the same quality of pig iron has been sold at £4 as., and•bar iron even at so low a pr►ce as £1 17s. 6d. KING JOHN AND HIS BARONS.--The following writ, addressed by the King in 1216 to the sheriff of Lincolnshire (Ralph Ridell) will exhibit some of the tender mercies of civil war. We find it, in the publication of the Close Rolls :—" We command you that without delay you take into our hands all the lands of those who have not returned to our peace and have since revolted; and that in all haste you do with their lands what you think will be to our advantage; and that.you study'to revenge us upon them by means of their lands and personi in such manner that we may return you our thanks, and may hear talk of the re venge you have taken! We a l so , give yo., the land, with the' appurtenances, which belonged to John the Fleming, towards your maintenance in our-service. - Witness myself ut Reading the 6th day of April." POLIGNAC ArlD tlrs ViiLLOW PSISONERS.—The National, a Republican journal, proclaims the n ew l aws on the press to be the most formal condemnation of the revolution ofJuly. It is impossible, after haling voted these laws, to .leay..‘ the mi nisters of Charles X. any longer at liana. In fact, the liberty of the press is to be broutOf fielow that which existed unaer the tninistry that issued the ordounances preparatm y to the revolu. tion. Those ordounances were to reduce the press nearly to the same point as is to be effected by the present bill. his then admitted that the ministry of Charies X. were right in nut tolerating a press opposed to the principles of the government. How then_can they be retained in confinement at Ham ? It is an iniquity not to restore them to society, which has every pos sible excuse to make for having, fur live years past, misnuder stood the necessities under which they were placed. EXTENSIVE FIRE ON PUTNEY HEAIII.-011 Saturday night, between ten and eleven o'clock, a Gre was discovkred to have broken out amongst the furze bushes ou Putney-heath, which raged with great violence until Kali-past three o'clock }ester day morning, when it was extinguished, after burning nearly forty acres of heath. A number of fire engines arrived from London, but they were nut of any service, on ace ant. of 411 the ponds being dried up. SUICIDE I3Y AN EGYPTIAN.--lbrithim Ishmael. a youq Egyptian. who was seul to this country to learn the art of uit- . ilia earthenware, committed suicide last µeek at Burstein, by taking arsenic., cause assigned for the act is, th.st be had been prevented from marrying a girl to ssbous he bad tiecoute atte ched. Wor.vs.s.—A few years since, wolves were so numerous in France, that a price of 18 franca was ut ou their beet's, which were fastened up at the church clouts. DOLT Lk TtstE.—The public clocks, in most of tht towns of Holland, strike the hour twice—once half au hour before, and again at the correct time. Custom 'renders this less inconve nient titan might have been supposed; but the natives admit, when approving the practice, that they themselves are som tines deceived.. • , • ri.C7af. ~.".~: .1' E POOL POLICE.. 4 `~'_ *1 itm,naOr MUNDAT.—(Befure Mr. Alderman LAWRiiNCE and Mr. A. _ . dercrian,essz.) r • „ A. DISTINGVISHeD lwrion of r ispectable • apjo whine eyes shot fugih a rather insaue expression, •booked' in the Lock-up record as•Chartts Siineon, %vaii 'placed at the bar by a watchman, charged with drunk and disorderly'. conduct in the streets on the previous evenint.r. • • • - • Tile nocturnal guardian 'having uttcruita few words,vbegin niug with "Last uignt, about two o'clock this morning, : I,Cound the prisoner" was stopped by dia acchsed, who sho,utert with thelungs of a Stentor—" Mr. Magistrate, let kiln speak de. lioerately and slowly, as I intend to take down his wo, as aria make an example of him." IThe watchman continued.--I found him drunk and disorderly • in - Houghton-street, and us he would not go about hie business, • I walked him oft' to. Bridetvell. . Prisoner (with au air o f se lf-e s t eem .)--Me drunk! Me the . devil! What, I 'drunk? .No such a thing! lam a captain in ' his Majesty's navy, and have seen glorious service. Me drun-k! Ah, all! Me drunk! Very good ! l'il tell y ou. sir, all about • it. lam a .magistrate o f two counties, and have committed many for that. crime, consequently it cannot be supposed that I would commit myself. (A laugh.)—[To the magistrate.] I. • have not the honour of your acquaintance, sir; but tshe last time I had the felicity of appearing in this place, I had two' public dinners given to me. Magistrate.—That may be, sir, most persons in your situation as prisoners, receive a dinner at the public expense. Your statements, however, have nothing to do with the charge. Prisoner.—l think they h ave, i t law and justice go hand in' hand. The fact is, that constable has been telling lies of a most extraordinary calibre. I went to th e L oc k- up f or t h e . purpose of chargiug a man with a must gross assault upon. nry • person, and when I arrived there with one of the constables, the station-house keeper and the constable seized upon me, and kdiet me on this charge. The watchman who apprehended him said that the prisoner ' Was in company with ladies of questionable character. who, in chorus with him, created a great disturbance by knocking at the doors of public and Other houses, at two o'clock in the morping. - He (the watchman) desired them to desist - . when , the prisoner said, "I am a member of the Commons' House of parliament, and can do as I lik e ." N o t as I k nows on in this here town of Liverpool, replied the watchman, on which issue was joined, and the prisoner booked for the night. &motet. watchman stated that the prisoner came up to him twenty times and took his number, saving that he had beeu . assaulted by the watchman, and he would see that their conduct was reported to the home-office, as he was a member of' parlia tuent, and could do anything. I.) thego, the Duncan-street Bridewell , keeper, said that when . the 'Diviner was „brought to the Lock-up, he firsechareed one , 'watchman and then another with assauitiug him. Many of those whom he charged were not in the neighbourhood where the prisoner alleged he had been assaulted. The 'magistrates said that it was evident the prisoner was both drunk and disorderly, and, therefore, he must pay a tiuu of ss. . • The prisoner did not appear to like the decision in the least, and had evidently sti•l a wi s h t o c a rr y t h e matter before the House of Commons; but the police court in this instance beiug the "imperial parliament," 'C -I lbs. was given to him in chauge out of a £5 nete, which was in his possession when taken. The prisoner received the change with much chagrin. and left the court, threatening the powers that be in the lower courts with the vengeance of the courts above. From his ap pearance, we should judge the prisoner to be a madmatn . A . HUNGRY Tito EF.—Witliant Williams, a notorious thief, Whose half-starved appearance was sufficient evidence of the truth that "honesty is the hest policy," was charged for the second time within the last three davi With felony. It appeared from the evidence that, on Saturday night last, the prosecutor (Jones), who keeps a butcher'sshop in Vauxhall-road, *as limy sawing a leg of mutton in two for a customer, when the prisoner , slyly walked up to the stall, and filched a piece offiue roasting beef. Some persons who saw him cave the butcher informa tion, and he pursued and overtook. him. The parties who. saw the prisoner cmninit the felony did not appear, and the butcher said they had refused to do so. The magistrate ordered the me aecutor to take out summonses for the witnesses, and the pri mmer was remanded. On leaving the dock the prisoner said. "I had like all fot• to know for what I sin to be remanded, I hasn't stole not uu beef, not I; but bekase l'se a bad liaracter they takes me up for nothing at oll; but, by goles, that's not law." Ile was then consigned to the custody of the gooier. DtsTurtuiNG A CONGREGATION.--A rough-looking seafaring man. named Win. Roberts, was held to bait for holding forth in opposition to the tnitrister of Pull-mall chapel. on Sunday last. It appeared that he went into the chapel, and created a great distuthauce white in a state of intoxication. The rungisttate held him to bail to keep the peace. WEDNESDAY.—(Before 111 r. Alderman HORSFALL and Sir THOMAS BHANCK ER. BURG LA R Y.—A young man, of rather genteel exterior, was charged by.the keeper of a ludging-house with having, at half. past two o'clock that morning, broken into his house, and, at tempted to steal a watch and ether articles therefrom. It ap pears that the prisuuer had lodged with the complainant, about two months ago, and that he had suddenly departed, leaving a pair of shoes and a pair of trousers behind him. The sun of the complainant stated that he had been awakened that morning, at half-past two o'clock, by a noise outside his bedroom door, which was soon after opened, and the prisoner held a light iu and looked about for a moment or two. He then withdrew or obscured the light, and entered himself. Witness stated that he did not know at this time that it was the prisoner, but imagined it to be some one belonging to the house; he therefore suffered him to roam about the apartment unmolested for a time. At length, however, the prisoner went to the spot wnere witues..'s watch was laid, and seizing it. was about to deposit it in his pocket, when witness rose up. seized him, and gave the alarm. It was found that the prisauer had effected his entrance by cut ting through the frame of the door. The prieuuer in his dufenee said, that he bad foi trimly lived a servaut with Lady Beckwith and others, and that be bad not entered the house with any io toutien of stealing, but merely to recover possession of the ap perel which he had left there. The prisoner was reminded. At. U iscoNsctous Talay.—A decent looking man was charged with having attempted to purloin eighteen sheets of tier, from a "shop at - which he was in the habit of dealing.' The ecrwpiatuaete said that lie bed semi liiin eerdeavouring to "shove them up under his waistcoat," and had seized him and sent him to 13ridewell. The prisoner e n deavoured to excuse hiMself by saying thet Me . was scarcely aware of what he was doing at the lime,-for`"" he was three sheets in the wind." The complainant instantly pro duced the tin, whereby he demonstrated that the prisoner lead been eighteen sheets in the wind. Alderman Horsfall remark ing the trilling nature of the amount,—the circumstances of the case, and that the complainant did not wish to proserute,---gave a suitable repriuutud to the prisuner, :red ordered bird to be die chit rged, OUTRAGEOUS Asseuree.—A ruffianly looking fellow trained • Michael Kenney was placed at the bar, having been taken into custody by Thomas Jervis, of the nightly watch, en charge frian Mary Ellis of having violently assaulted her. The complain ant stated that she kept a tap-room, and that on the preceding evening, at eight o'clock, the prisoner had entered the house and culled for a quart of ale- Ife had not sat five 'Mutates when he began violently to abuse a negro who sat near hint; but the husband of the complainant remoustrated with the prisoner, telling him to forbear, as theubject of Ins insults was a very quiet, inoffensive, and respectable person. He immediately became very noisy , and att em p te d to str ik e M r. •Ellis, (complaitiaut's hue - baud, I hut was prevented byibe interference of complainant and her servant-girl. lie thew left the house, and all was peace able. In a short time, • however, he returned, armed with en iron bar, and followed by twelve other persons. His tirst act was to strike Mr. Ellis a blow upon the head, which laid him senseless upon the floor. Ile then commenced an iudisciimi- . nate attack upou all the persons sitting in the house, several of whom he injured most severely. The principal part of his wrath, however, was levelled against the compla t e au t, w h om he had beaten with the iron bar above tneutioned till she de clined that she was black with coutusioes front heed to heel. He had so severely injured her left aria that she could not raise it, and her right arm was broken by a blow which had been le velled with such savage force that it bent the weepun. Several otter witnesses corroborated this etateinent, amongst whom were two men whose heads - were shockingly cut, and who seemed to be scarcely able to stand from the effects of the injuries which they had received. The prisoner attempted to palliate the of fence by stating that he was drunk at the time. Alderman Horstall said that the assault was of a most violent and brutal description, and be should require good bail that the. prisoner should appear to answer the charge at the sessions. The amount of tne bail was then fixed —the prisoner himself iu £5O, and two sureties in £25 each. Twenty-four hours' notice to be g iven of the bail, and its eligibility to be strictly inquired iuto. FEMALE FHLCAS.—A female of very dwarfish appearance, insomuch that her head was only just visible above the dock, was yesterday charged by another female of Patagonian dill:tee:- shins, with having assauttsd her. The complainant - stated that she was pessiug along Lumber-street on Tuesday last, "it's; imagining uo manner of evil whatsorndever towards nobody in , the world," when the defeadaut rushed out upon her front a house, and after abusing her most exceaiingly with her tongue, commenced" licking" her till she was black and blue in marry parts of her persou: Magistrate e —Can idu assign any reason why she acted thus? Cinupleinant.—No. your worship, I can't sign nothing o' the • ,sort. AU I know is that she just coined out and tackted me, not having net no manner of retison. I have a wituess—there he is—Ceointing across the court)—that's Into. " Pat ! Pat !" The complainant here caused considerable autueenient to the court by taking upon herself the office of crier-avociferatitig to . her witness, Pat, from the very bottom of :herelaugs. - After borne delay, Pat, a shockheaded soned the sod, mode his appearaiit'd, mounted the witness-box and perpetrated a pro found reverence to the bench. Pat was, ho.wever, very cautious. He said he had seen the shinty coot-se, but he :eould, not say . which party was in fault—eause why? he had uot.seen-the cow - nieuceinent but only the indipg of it. Ile • bad, Intwever, seen that the dpfeuditnt bad given the complainant setae " shweet wallops foment the hid." This was couviusite. ' The defendant entered into en elaborate iied garrti'oits but perfectly incattiprebensible, detail of the ,rieva.uces which she , had suffered through the complainant, itt which, however, she was cut short by the magistrate, who uidereed that she sh u uld find bail to keep the lance. . A REASON VW: AN Asseuter.—A ruogh-looking .ion 'of Ocean %Yes plaCtel at the bar, to answer acharge assault, ma d e against l o in by his brother-in-law, Who state.l that a s b e was passinv down Batten-garden ou • the preceding dad, the former . had attacked him so suddenly that he Altook tilt _over like a Cuntirluivaut.suited rho to the word most fur while be was staium his cisse ile l) appeared ner ata'dsoputuesi,nraantliediavtr: reeibled so violently, that it eeemeri to be with diffi culty that lie maintained au erect position in the 44 itness:box. Complainant—l . air the most quietest man alive, your a °rehire I never hiuted nothing, amid that 13:11 there it knovtu as it per:ect inaciator.' Amid, as I said before, he meets me in Ifettou•garrieu and he sets.too aud w allops me like winkiii',—aed me, I never lift e d not ne'er an ' to him. befeudatit—Ah. yeti rusty luau, get out ! (Laughter.) Just. lieteu now ; your honour,. eve H eed him. He married my sister; she is another.mau's; wife, what's abroad. And, I say he is a nasty fellow, no he ; a nasty fellow ieu't he, your worshi p, to ta k e atmt h er luau ' e wife, though she is my sister, hey, y our wors hi p ? le ile i eti ate.— Dee you strike him ? Defendant—Strike him to b© sure I did, I laid regularly jut° biro , eartaiely. He deserved it. Niegietrate—Vou have plowed the case, and must find bail to keep the peace. • During the•erek the thieves of the. town appear to have been 'mote "prettily behaved" than ha dearth of felony ca.sca: tamal e as their.Leen a peat a., Cuancas iv 11 santaGa..—The following curious statetriltt by Dr... Granville, is drawn up frotu.the registered cabes.ot b• - it. ulastied women in Fiance. tt is the first eser ceustruct&l to exhibit to ladies arm Otani es of ruartiar,e ut various ages. 0-ii tLe 676 feu.tales there were married:— Years of age,• Years of sof. Years i‘f ago. 3 at 13 59 at 23 - • 5 et 32. . 11 —l4 51 2 , 1 7-3:1. 16 , -15 :16-23 5-34 43 —l6 21-26 2'- 35 43 17 213 27 0-3(1 1 . 1 1 7 1 1 5 —9 7 8 - - 20 1 18 22, 228 —37 • • 17— 29 0— 38 9 311 1 —.39 1 . S 6 --. 21 7-41 0— 40 ' 8 . .. U..