The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-08-25 00:00:00

AUGUST 25, 1835. LIVERPOOL ASSIZES CROWN COURT.—Fethav MURDER. James Beirotv, aged 40, a stout, thick-set man; whose outward appearance was that of a respectable mechanic, was indicted for the wilful murder of Priscilla Barlow, his wife, at Bury, on the 31st March last. The prisoner having been unwell in the prison, and apparently so while standing in the dock, was ac commodated with a chair. He had a handkerchief bound tightly round his head. Nothing in his countenance indicated insanity er,a.fetocious diSposition. Mr. HULTON and Mr. BRANDT appeared for the prosecution, and Mr;Pser. attracted on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. BRANDT briefly stated the case. The first witness called was Nancy Ashworth, who deposed that the deceased, Priscilla Barlow,, had called upon her about' six months previous to the commission of the murder, and had taken lodgings from her. .She afterwards learned that the de ceased had parted from her husband. •Remembered that on the 31st March, the prisoner had called upon his 'wife, when he asked her if he should take.a house; she replied " No!" He then placed upon her lap a paper, which contained a written statement of his earnings. This the deceased threw into the fire. Prisoner immediately seized her, and grasping her neck and legs, he dashed her to the ground. ; Witness ran out and called out murder ! When she returned, prisoner had hold of his wife by the hair of her head, which he grasped with one hand, whilee with a knife, like a butcher's killing knife, he in flicted a stab upon the left side of her neck. Deceased was bleeding very profusely. Witness exclaimed, "She is dying," to which prisoner replied, ." If she be not so, she shall he. ' Sarah Harwood deposed that her residence was close to that of the last witness, N mcy Ashworth. On the 31st March she heard screams issuing from the house, upon which she went id, to see what was the matter. When she got in she saw the de- . ceased lying on the floor nearly c o v ered with blood., 'Prisoner stabbed deceased again in the neck in the presence of witness. She (witness) exclaimed, "Barlow! Barlow! you are killing . her." He replied that became with that intent. He then tank the krife and began to cut at th e left side of her neck. (rhe witnesetere described the manner of this cutting, which gave the impression of a person trying violently to cut off the head of another.). There were two other persons in the house, one of whom observed she was dying. Prisoner said if she were not dying, she should be presently. He then 'threw the knife throtigh the window, after which he sat down on a chair; when presently a man named Cook came in, and said to prisoner, " What have you been doing?" He made nn reply, and Cook ran ont and said he would fetch a doctor. -The prisoner then got uptlid made his escape, by running into tbe.garden, and. From thence over a meadow: Cross-examined by Mr. Peue.- 7 -I 'saw him throw away the knife, Mrs. Rebecca. Leech 'stated that she lived four debts from Nancy, Ashwerth. On the 3 1 st March last' ebe-hesid - Isrienry Ashworth scream "Murder!" upon which she ran into' the house.. When she got in, the prisoner had his wife, Priscilla Barlow-' down on the floor, and was sticking a knife into the left side of her .neck. Witness went in and took hold of him, when his hat fell off, and he offered to strike her with the knife. She (witness) ran away, screamink . :" Murder !" Thomas Barlow deposed that he worked near the house of Nancy Ashworth. On the 31st March lest he heard an alarm, and saw the prisoner running across the garden. He got over into a meadow, which he crossed at a moderate pace, still run ning, From thence he got into a lane, when witness ran ih pursuit of him. Prisoner then turned back and advanced to meet him, and requested him to lead him to some place where he might wash his hands. He said he w ished togn quietly and deliver himseff up to andpt Witness perceived that pri ` sonee's hand was cut, asked him what he had been doing? Prisoner replied that be had done that which he wanted to do— which beiutended to do. He delivered the prisoner to a con stable. Cross-examined by Mr. PEEL—Never knew the prisoner, nor to his knowledge ever saw him before that time. - Prisoner was then as quiet as a man could be. - John Ashworth dephsed that his residence was at Bury; be was the husband of the first witness. On the 31st March last, recollected having seen the prisoner at four o'clock in the after noon at the houee of a neighbour. Prisoner sat down beside him, and took fourpence from Hi pocket, and requested that some ale should he sent for, Prisoner then asked witness ii his wife had altered her mind yet. Witness replied that he had not heard any thing about it. Prisoner then said that if his children were determined to have no' father they should have no mother. Prisoner then requested witness to accompany him to the house of the latter tasee if he could prevail upon her to live with him. Witness assented, but parted with him'at that time. Cross-examined by Mr. PireL.—Did not know that prisoner ' had been at Mr. Goodlad's lunatic asylum. Had heard de- , ceased say that prisoner had been in confinement some seven years before at Mr. Goodlad's asylum. Was not aware that deceased had ever made application for his readmission. William Cook deposed that he had searched the garden of Ashworth's house fur the knife, which he had at length found covered with blood. (The knife was here prOduced.) 'That was the knife. • 'Wm. Howard, a police-otEeer, stated that on the 31st March be had been sent for; and took the prisoner into custody. H e had sat up with hitnthe whole night, during Which the prisoner talked to him—first, respecting his jealousy of his wife, and next, respecting his own crime. Witness then proceeded as follows: " He told me that he had bought the knife at the shah of Joseph Kaye, three weeks before, lot - the purpose, and with the intent, of taking the life of his wife. He said that on the day in question he . had left the Hollins, *here he resided, and , gone to the Swan public-house, where he had taken three glasses of gin and water. He then proceeded to the Waterloo, a tavern near Bury, where lie had a gill of ale. He then went to Bury, to where his wife lived. He had left the Hollins at between one and two o'clock, and had called at the shop of a barber to get shaved. When he arrived at the dwelling of Ashworth, he said to his wife, I shall take a house, and then, Priscilla, must thee and me live together.' She replied, 'No, never, while we do live.' He said, if we do, every thing shall he forgotten and forgiven. She replied, that •she never would live with him, neither should her children. He went away to another house and smoked his pipe, after which he again returned to his wife, and laid a written paper upon her lap. This paper she took arid s threw into the fire. It did not burn immediately, and he snatched it from th 3 fire and placed it in his 'pia& titrit net:4 asked him if he then killed his wife? Ile replied, yes; 'but he said he was so enraged be did not know what he was doing. When he found she was dead, be ran and threw the knife into the garden. At this time he went out with the intention of drowning himself in the river. 'Witness said to hint, 'You had a knife, why could you not cut your throat?' Prisoner replied, cliecause he would rather have drowned himself' Witness asked him what the paper was about which he had given to his wife? Ile -replied that it was a statement of his earnings from January, 1834, to the time of theirseparation. Crrise-examiried by Mr. PEEL—IIe spoke of jealons 7 towards his Wife. but witness was of Opinion\thet there was no ground for it. Prisoner said his 'Wife hadltissecht man in public corns pany, and witness did not think that a sufficient ground for jealousy. • Jahn Whittaker said he had known the prisoner 16 years. When he took drink he was irregular. Know that he had been confined in a lunatic asylum. James Andrews examinad by Mr. nutl.ol4.—i am the deputy constable of Bury. Ou. the Tuesday I was sent for to the pri soner about six o'clock, and found him at the workhouse. I said to hirn--" Well, Barlow, this is a bad job," and he said, "It is. It would never have happened if I might have lived with my children. • I should have been content to live on bread and water all my life with my children, if I might have lived with them." I asked him if he had had any liquor, and lie said iwogille of ale at Itichard-Chadwick's, of Hollins, and one glass of gin and water and a glass of ale at the Waterloo. The pri soner did not appear to be different in his appearance from his usual habits. William Fletcher, surgeon, said that he had examined the body of the deceased, and in his opinion her death had been occasioned by a wound in the left side of her neck, which had severed the carotid artery. Mr. Fishwick, assistant in the shop of Mr. Kaye, an iron , monger, of Bury, remembered that the prisoner at the bar had gone to his master's shop about a fortnight before the occur rence, and had purchased a knife. It was a whittle. It was note butcher's knife, but a little larger. The knife was then produced, and identified by the witness. R. Orrell examined by Mr HILTON.—Is constable of Hollins. The prisoner was given into my custody after the murder. I said to him,." James, what have you done this for:P . and be said that he had done nothing more than he intended to do. I took him to Lancaster. By Mr. BRAN wr.—The paper produced I took from the pri toner. It appears to be an account of his earnings. (The paper .was here read by the clerk, from which it appeared that the prisoner's wages averaged from £2 to 1;3 a month.) Richard Orrell examined by Mr. Peat..—l am constable and overseer of Enfield. A Mr. Barton was governor of the work hpuse during the prisoner's confinement there. I conveyed the prisoner to the workhouse in 18/S myself. I did not then ap prehend any danger from the prisoner. I was one of the per sons who conveyed him to Lancaster Castle on this charge. When we got near the castle gates, the prisoner looked up and Said, shaking his head, "If I had been here before this job, it would never have happened." Josiah Barlow, the father of the prisoner, deposed that, when his son was eleven years of age, he bad fallen from a'high place and injured his head. In consequence of this he had been un der the care Of Mr. Berry, a surgeon, for several weeks. It was the opinion of the latter, expressed at that time, that the pri ' Airier would never he of sound mind. Six or seven years since he had been confined in the asylum, and subSequently he had been confined at the workhouse for several days. Hie wife bad applied for his readmission about a year ago. Hiseon was very poor, and pot able to pay the expenses of witnesses to such a distance. Mr. Goodlad examined by Mr. PEEL-4 am a surgeon re siding at Bury. My brother kept a lunatic asylum at Bury for about ten years. My brother has been prevented from attend, ing these assizes in consequence of severe illness. I have seen most of the cases of insanity in my brother's asylum. ,In the yhiar 1828 was called to examine the prisoner as to his sanity by Lis Wife and her father. My opinion was that .the prisoner was insane, and I signed a- certificate for his 'coupnement. The prisoner was in a *stateof excitement, and I a pprehended that be Might commit violence if left at large. I c annot recollect how long the prisoner was in confinement, but think four or five weeks, In 1833 I was again consulted by the father of the de- CeaSed as to his sanity, and found him again in a stab of excite ment. He complained of a lightness in .his head, and having passed most of the night without sleeping; he - also complained of noises in his ears and whisperings. These esympttnns were such as people who have a disease in the brain labour under. The symptoms arose from increased circulation of the blood. I told his wife to remove all razors, scissors, or other artic , es with which he m i g ht in j ure himself. I promised his wife that he should be sent to the asylum if he did not soon recover. I sub sequently ordered him to be put into confinement, as I was al's piehensive_that he might destroy himself or some other person. In October last the prisoner called upon me and wanted a cer tificate of sanity. He said that he wanted it to take before a magistrate in co nsequence of some disputes between his wife a nd son. I did not give it him, and the prisoner went away. He called again afterwards and said that he had got certificates from some other surgeons, and wanted one from me. His wife had procured a certificate of his insanity. Ile asked me if I was one who had signed it, and on my replying that I did not knew, he raised his band to strike me. I said to him, " James, I have been too long brought up in a wood to he frightened by an owl." To this the prisoner made no reply but stood motion less. His countenance expressed insanity at the time. di rected his wife to apply to some other surgeon for a certificate of the prisoner's insanity, as I did not wish to sign a certificate the to confine any one in my brother asylum. The prisoner spokeof disputes between himself and his wife, for about an hour and an half. The witness bete entered into a statement of the manners of the prisoner, describing the grievances between him and his wife, from which it was evident that he was then. decidedly labouring under insanity. He appeared exceedingly jealous, and said that be one night found his wife in a different situation to that she usually occupied, hem which he concluded that she bad been out whilst he slept. Between the conversations I had with the prisoner at different times, I went to his wife, and she said that the prisoner would take her life as sure as she stood there. The conversation with the wife took place in 1834. I have heard from the prisoner's father that he had received an e z"~A~~'-~' l 4 ra7411-cti‘;l.l"',2 injury on the head. This injury might cause an aberration of intellect. An unfounded jealousy would be a symptom of in sanity. The prisoner's excitement might arise either froni jealousy or the fnjury. Having heard the evidence in this court, it is my ()Pinion that wiled the prisoner c niniLed the act that he did not know what he si*,;lB doing. By Mr. Bitasirr.-11. was in 18'28 when I first attended the prisoner, and while I did so he appeared in a stateof continuons excitement. There was no calmness nor quietness aliout hint at the time. When 1 saw the prisoner in 153.3 he was not so • much excited as in 1828. In 183.3, I said that if he did nut get any better I would sign his certificate for. his re-confinement. He did get better. A man having been once insane may.re- • cover and again be able to conduct his business, but the same cause of excitement may cause him again to relapse. The pri soner's manners were such when he called on me that he ap peared to know that I was treating him -evasively when I said that I did not know whether I had signed the Certificate or nut. ' I was treating him evasively, as it is not always necessary to tell insane persons the truth. lied I seen the triedical•man who attended the prisoner at the time of his accident, thirty years ago, 1 should have been able to have formed a better opinion as to whether the injury was the cause of insanity. I think that if the prisoner had been in , a sane state he would never have mentioned the act he was going to commit. -John Whittaker re-called.—By a Juryinan.—Tbe prisoner's habits were temperate and sober. He was attentive to his work, and not a man .of violent passions. After his confinement he was very steady, quiet, and upright. Prior to the prisoner's confinement he was of rather intemperate habits, and it was said to be through drink that be became insane. William Ileeley examined by Mr. Praet..—l have known the prisoner and his late wife for some years. They appeered to live in the early part of his marriage en easy terms. The pri soner latterly became more talkative than usual, and often came into my house and spoke of his wife. He appeared to be jealous of George Cropland. 1 thought the jealousy unfeunded. , Cropland lived at Rochdale, six miles from the prisoner. At difiereut times the prisoner has stated to me, that when he has been iu bed with his wife,• she had gone out often, staid some time away, and came back starved with cold. *He did not say that he ever followed her. I knew Cropland was living at Rochdale at the time the prisoner was jealous of him. I recollect the time the prisoner's wife left hint, and before that he several times brought his razors to my house ; and desired my wile to lock them up, as he said to her he did not know what might happen before morning. He has frequently called at five o'clock in the morning, at my. house, for, his razors. A fortnight before deceased's death, he gaie me to Understand that he intended to take away his wife's life, and I warned her to be careful. He never said why he brought the razors. Alice -Barton examined by Mr. PEEL—Am the wife of Thomas Barlow. In the year of 1828 my husband was gover nor of Enfield workhouse. Prisoner.was ennfiried in the work houseson account of his insanity. HQ used to whistle, make a noisKland march about the row during his confinement. My "'husband was compelled to put a chain ronucl his bed at night. He was subsequently put into a strait waistcoat. By Mr. BRAN DT.—After five weeks' Confinement the pri soner went back to his own house. ' Mr. Thomas Amos, the governor of Kirkilale, examined by • Mr. PEEL—The.prisoner has hed a fit in the prison since his confinement on this charge. It Was the day before yesterday.' r A surgeon attended him. The above being the whole of the evidence adduced, the learned JunG a summed up with touch perspicuity and elearness,l_ pointing out that it was their province to draw safely and se curely a conclusion from what they bad heard adduced. If they were of opinion that the prisoner committed the act in the delu sion of the. moment. being incapable of distinguishing right from wrong, then he was entitled to an acquittal. If they supposed, although the evidence went. to show that he had been labouring under an aberration of intellect, that sufficient reason remained in him to know what, he was doing, they would find him guilty. Theludge then handed up the paper containing the items of the prisoner's examination, in his own handwriting, to the jury. At about six o'clock the jury returned, and informed his lordship that they had considered upon their verdict, and that one of their body requested a portion of the evidence should he read over to them. This having been done, the jury again retired. They returned iu about half an hour, and deiivered a verdict of guilty. The.learned Judge then passed the awful sentence of the law upon the prisoner. CHARGE OF MURDER. Jane Boardman, aged 46, was indicted for the wilful murder of her grandchild, James Boardman, at Bolton-le-Moors, on the 29th April last. It appeared from the evidence that the daug,hter of the prisoner died on the 29th of April, givin g bi r th t o a male child. The child was nursed by the prisoner, who, having par taken very freely of liquor, took it to bed with her, she being in a state of intoxication. In this state she Was found by the neighbours, the child lying dead by her side. The hands of the prisoner were bloody, and several marks and bniises, with a livid appearance about the neck, gave rise to suspicions that she had destroyed it. She was in consequence apprehended; and the magistrate, considering that there was a just cause of sus picion, committed the prisoner for trial. The first witness called was a Mr. Wolstenholme, a surgeon, who stated that he could not possibly say whether the marks on the child's body were the infliction of violence, or had been the consequence of its birth. The learned Judge, finding every other point of the case, as well as this, to be very meagre, directed the prisoner to be Acquitted. Richard Lord was tried on a capital charge for having com mitted an aggravated assault on. Susan, the wife of Edward Lord. The prisoner was also indicted for having robbed Susan Lord. Owing to some discrepancy in the evidence of the pro secutrix the .ludge acquitted the prisoner on the capital charge, but found him guilty of the robbery. Sentence of death was recorded against the prisoner, and the Judge intimated to hint that he would be transported fur life. NISI PRIUS COURT.—FRIDAY. Before Lord ABINGER. Mr. WiatrrataN begged to ask whether as the first special jury case ( Furnival v. Hatfield, in which Sir r. Pollock and Mr. Sergeant \Vilde were specially retained) had gone off, and as that in which the Attorney-General (Sir J. Campbell) was en gaged, had been fixed for Tuesday, the rest of the special jury cases would be taken in order. His lordship answered in the affirmative. A SEAMAN'S WAGBS. JOHNSON V. HAMILTON AND OTHERS. • The parties in this east-were Mr. ThomasJohnsam, who keeks a lodging-house for sailors, in Bispham-street, claiming as the administrator to the effects of William Stamford, a seaman, de ceased, and Messrs. Hamilton, Jackson, and Co., of Sperling street, merchants, engaged in the African trade, and the action was brought to recover the sum of £27 10s. 6d. arrears of wages due to the deceased. It appeared that ou the 7th of June, 1833, a vessel called the Princess Elizabeth, belonging to the defend ants, had sailed from this port on a trading vos age to the coast of Africa, and that Stamford had shipped on board of her as carpenter, at £4 10s. per month. On the 20th of January fol lowing, whilst. the vessel was still on her voyage, Stamford died ; and on intelligence of his death reaching this country, the plain tiff, to whom he was indebted for lodgings, &c., applied as prin cipal creditor for letters of administration to his effects. He obtained letters of administration, dated the 17th of J nue. 1831, and applied to the defendants fin the balance of the wages due to the deceased. They only objected at. first to the amount claimed, alleging that no more than £2O 7s. 641. was due, and that sum they offered to pay. The plaintiff's attorney at first refused to take that sum, but a day . or two afterwards he agreed to do so rather than put the parties to any further expense by legal proceedings. .Subsequently, however, the defendants ex pressed Some doubts es to the identity of the person whom tbe plaintiff claimed to represent, the name entered on the ship's at titles being signed Stanford, .not Stamford, and refused pay ment. For the plaintiff, the note, for the month's advance of wages, cashed shortly after the departure of the vessel on her voyage, was Produced. It was endorsed by the deceased himself, who here spelled his name in the same manner as it. was spelled in the letters of administration. For the defence, it was shown that a sister of the deceased had taken out letters of administra tion, dated the 11th of August, 1834, under the name of Stan ford—that the plaintiff himself, in a letter which -be had written to her announcing the death of her brother, had spelled the name Stanford, and that the defendants had paid to her, in vir tue thereof, the sum of £23 19s. 7d., as the balance of wages due to the deceased. The whole question turned on the proper spelling of the name, into which the learned judge declined en tering, and refused to receive the evidence tendered for the de fendants on this point. 'Verdict for the plaintiff, damages .£2O Gs. 7d., with leave to the defendants to cuter a nonsuit should the court above be of opinion that the evidence ought to have been received. STEAM-ENGINE REPAIRS. • HALL AND ANOTHER V. MI-CROFT AND OTHERS. The plaintiffs in this case were Messrs. James and Richard Hall, silk throwsters, at Corigleton ; the defendants, Messrs. Holcroft, Chaloner, and Co., engineers, at the same plaCe : and the action was brought to recover compensation, in damages, fot the injury sustained by the plaintiff, in consequence of al leged unskilfulness and negligence on the part of the defend ants, in making certain repairs and alterations in a steam-en gine belonging to the plaintiffs. It was alleged that, instead of repairing it, they .bad very much injured it, and made it little better than useless. . After the case had been opened- for the plaintiffs, it was agreed to refer the question to arbitration, as also another action, brought by the defendants against the plaintiffs for repairing the engine. BILL OF EXCHANGE. LUNT V. THEELFA IL AND ANOTHER. This was an action to recover the sum of £232 75., being the amount of a bill of exchange drawn by the plaintiff, and accepted by the defendant in payment for of.soap. furnished by the former to the defendant, and fas partners Mr. Keats, late carrying on business as grocers, in 'this town, . The pleadings were vet v voluminous; but that on which the defendants re lied, and on which the. issue eventually turned. was, that the defendant was not liable, inasmuch. as the plaintiff, in common with other creditors of the. firm, had. in the months of Septems her last, some few days before the bill had become 'due, agreed to take a composition of 10s. in the peund in full ',fall demands ; and- had actually received, in pursuance of that agreement, £11635. fid.—part in another hill of £59 45., and the rest in - rash. The proof under this issue,hing with the defendant, Mr. Alexander, with whom wes Mrs Crompton, cpened the ease, and 'called Mr. Andrew Buchan, late clerk to Messrs. Threlfall and Keale, who stated that, in September last, he called uncut the plaintiff, told him that other creditors had agreed to take 10s. in the pound, and 6h" ed hi l m ait th a P ft r e e r c u c- a il l 't sls or sa se id ve h ra e l. wTu h ld e e p a la q i u n i t i i ,e ff v iota i e t. ry , asvenegryraaltilfiorestr.oews subsequentlytook place; and ultimately, according to the' witness. Mr. Lunt , agreed to take 10s„ agieeing to advance the other half of the returned bill, in order to take it up. On the 22ud, the witness saw Mr. Lunt and the Helier of the bill, and gave to him another bill, which he had s greed to receive, for £59 4s. Mr. Lunt handed it over to the holder of the other bill, and his clerk, by his di rection, paid the other hall in cash. Witness; then handed cash to Mr. Lunt, t oiv in e al a se e,i t gi ip ha t r h g e e , l' fo O r ie t , h v e h w i L l le A r l i r a . ii l i, s , u a n t t id re d e ir e e i e v t e e d d , ihuisterleefrukset(oi t e o n u ter it to Threlfnll and Kettle's account. The evi dence for the defendant haying closed, Lord ABINGER held that the evidence Was not sefficient to ma ke out the plea that the plaintiff had, - along with the other cre dit o rs, agreed to take the composition, it appearing that he had only done so after making enquiries, and finding that some of them had so compounded. He accordingly directed a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £ll7 7s. Bd. ASSA ULT---.6I2MLIELL v, WATSON. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for an assault. The plaintiff, Mr. John Dumbell, is a builder in this town, and occupied a house as tenant of the defendant, M r. Watson, a woollen draper. The dispnte arose between the par ties respecting the painting and papering of the hOuse occupied lasy the,plaintiff. On the 20th of May lust the parties were in King-street together, when the assault complained of vas com mitted. The only witness called, Hubert Murdock, stated that he saw the defetidant following the plaintiff along the street. -Dumbell turned and said. "You ale nothiug but a blackguard for following me," on which the defendant turned round and stands him a blew on the face. The witness described the blow g as neither very hard nor very s oft,butjust a usiddlirone, which raised a little redness on the cheek. Mr. WIG lITMAN spoke in mitigation of damages. He re gretted that the time of the court had been occupied by such a cause, and said there was no pr etence for describ ins this truma pery assault as oue which, in the words of the ples,, • had brute; Lai THE LIVERPOOL Sri' Aid , - dau ghter to a uc ti on , or as th e m ember of congress who of their families and cast into prison, upon frivolous pre transfers his offspring to his nephew, arrests t hem when tences, as have been in this extraordinary session o f par 1' elope t o be married, and compels them to work as 'lament. The House of'Commons has usurped powers slaves hitherto unknown to . the .constitution. The rights of everlf there was a foul and inhuman murder commit- Englishmen have been dealt:witli as if Englishmen were en in this world, the " respectable citizens" of Wicks- savages. The privileges under the Great Charter burg N‘ i n wrested from, King JoHN have been glaringly and . Missi - Ssippi have committed one. These men n° cha rm not brought to trial. There Was no judge, no jury, • shamefully liliolatedi by the present reformed House 'of ch arge, no indictment, ne evidence, no verdict. They. Commons: •Theseoutrages upon law, reason, right, li liternity were murdered in cold blood.. They were hurled into berty, and decency, have been perpetrated by a band of with all their sins on their head. They had no lawless and beggarly demagogues. They have only one , r : e kir repentan ce —no hour of consolation—no judge, object, viz., to sustain a worthless faction in power. as good man, no S AVIOUR t o a ppear td. Had they been Lord MELBOURNE has permitted himself to be:propped, been i nnocent as the unborn babe, no mercy would have and pulled, and mora ll y swam p ed b y these needy and a, shown th em . F r eedom in its remorseless tyranny desperate characters. He has lost temper , station, and (1 set its death brand upon them. The "cross-bones" repu tation, b y uniting himself to men who are equally h ere . p upon their door. They were proscribe d and deli heartless and dishonest — who would not be tolerated in.a h arately assassinated b resectable c itizens" in respectable u othouae club of London -11. y p who are the - land of libe l ty ! !" grace of- an age which they libel with the name of " en v e wait to l e arn what the laws and gover nment of lightened," and who, under the mask of liberality, are t nerica will say relative to this barbarous and ,bloody the deadly enemies of civil .and religious liberty—who, t ee d. We are anxious to ascertain whether there be any in short, are slave 7 Shipa,in human form, whose command ,‘,vs in the United States which punish the inanslayer. ers load with chains the victims they profess to redeem, i` i n o e citizens who have 'committed this crime ostepta• and extricate' rom one stage of barbarity those whom "sly boast of it, and actually urge• their fellow-citizens they plunge into a much more hateful one of superstition in other towns to imitate their example. If they do, the and bondage. ' tilde and practice of murder Will be " considerably ex- The case of Mr. PRENTICE above alluded to was bad— . it was ernel—it was iniquitous. That of Colonel FAIR MAN is still more atrocious. It is of so revolting and ob . , noxious a nature that we hope, for the sake of the na tionalcharaeter, that some measures will be adopted to bring public opinion to bear in full force against the men who were the inquisitors upon the occasion. Colonel FAIRMAN was summoned to give evidence before a cOni . mittee appointed to inquire into the forms, rules,•objects, and influence of the Orange Institution. That- honest Greek, JosEyn HUME,' the -man who voted black was white in support of The whige. ' ariti.4tho has, lay biiii4ltiste‘, less returns, added ten pounds to the debt of-Great Bri_ tainfor,every farthing he has saved, was, in some way or other,. the mainspring - and mouthpiece of the committee of course - finder the direction of DANIEL O'CONNELL. TIM respectability of the committee may be inferred from the fact that JOSEPH was at the head of it. Colonel FAIRMAN answered every question put to him with per-' fectcandour. He delivered up every document calcu lated to explain the nature and the principles of orange lodges. ,In the course of examination it came out that Colonel FAIRMAN had a private book containing many memoranda, less or More connected with his office, and this book JOSEPH Hum& insisted . upon seeing, intimating at the same time that if ,Colonel FAIRMAN, refused to de liver it.up, he would compel him to do so by an order of the house. Mr. FAIRMAN said the private book alluded to contained nothing which he should object to hear read from Charing-cross to Mile-end, but he would not give it up in concession to an illegal and impertinent threat. HuatE persevered—the house supported HuME. FAIR MAN was held to be contumacious; and he was told by JAMES ABERCROMBIE, the Speaker, that unless "he sur rendered the bOok he Would be sent to Newgate. A great' deal passed pro and con—HumE menaced— FAIRMAN calmly resisted. At length, on Friday last, we find the following in the parliamentary report : " The Sergeant-at-Arms appeared at the table, and stated that he had been unable to apprehend Col.. Fairman, pursuant to the order of the house. He had gone to'col. Fairman's re. sidence for that purpose, but he was informed that he had left his resideOee a quarter of an hour previously. Ile afterwards sent a messenger to arrest Col. Fairman, and the messenger had since remained upon the premises." Reader, bear in mind that Colonel FAIRMAN, when at the bar of the house, had not been by orderof the Speaker committed to Newgate. He was only told by Mr. Speaker that he was bound to :surrender the book. Not doing so, a warrant for his arrest was issued, and his house was taken possession of by some law_ under imp in the employ of the Sergeant at Arms! • When Jon's' WILEs,‘ afterwards an alderman of Lon don, and subsequently the Chamberlain of London,—the most lucrative post that a patriot can aspire to—when this JonN WILES ,}has sent to prison, a loud roar was raised w‘...rvents-; but ~ thew- warrant/ ivere perfect toleration compared with the inquisitorial and ar bitrary powers of the present reforMed. HOuse of Corn-. mons. JOHN, Witacs, the greatest scoundrel of the age, and the most all(lacicilp impostor that ever JOHN WILES I.vas the favodrite ,of the people—he - was Adored by the mob—his resistance of the law was deemed to be noble and pdtrioiic, and lie had the good fortune,to be recompensed for the same by the wise citi zens of London. But in this • rogue's ease he had been guilty.of publishing a gross and ferocious attack upon the . person of . ',.the 'KING. The Secretary ' of State, Lord. HALIFAX, availed himself of the practice followed by his official predecessors, and issued a 'Warrant to apprehend WILES and the parties engaged in printingthe libel. It was, we admit, a most arbitrary proceeding on the part of the minister, and it was very generally condemned, inasmuch aa . it might have been wrested to the deep in jury of the subject, . WlLxs brought an action against Lord HALIFAX 'for false imprisonment, and the jury awarded him £5,000 damages. All this was satisfactory enough—the minister did. wrong—Wass obtained re dress, and since that day to this the triumph of WILES has been toasted at whig meetings, recorded in large . letters in whig histories, and boasted of as an important victory gained by the people over the prerogatives of the t ensive. „ 0 a ti. the whole .we cannot reflect upon these tr,vi•aa,e so as to view them in all their ramifications with " t r eeling convinced that a terrible convulsion is on . the ev e - 01 taking place in the United States. The slave Ities tion has unsettled the minds - of the. whole mass o f ti 'e Populati on . What with popery to contend w ith o n t he l one h an d, an d s l aver y on the other-what with the r n4 alization of the southern and the e Irish profligacy of rie north ern states-- what with prope‘y to excite appre e. "jou and religious principles to enforce:_doty, ttie v ttizens of the republic are at this moment reposing upon 4 magazine of gunpowder, which a spark may ignite 41 1 blow president and slave, father an d child, murderer ant i gambler, saint and sinner, into atoms. G od forbid t t ) n at We sh ou ld w i s h a ny such awful catastrophe to befal We'are not the enemies of America which some 'n-skinn e d b oo bi es b e lieve us to be. We see the de fet's of the system—we deplore the CrAnes whichit gene rat' •• we lament the consequences which must ineOta bi r ensue ; but we are rather the friends of the rep ublic. 1 len we forewarn the citizens of the dangers which be ,''tatitem. and of which they themselves , in their p ride a Ignorance, are the sole authors. America is nothing t es • We know no country but one favoured and be - ivi ed land. We haVe no', desire to force British Is titutions upon the Americans ;- but we det est the man Oho seeks to force republican institutions upon En g land, and .‘ make th a t go vernment and the manners of .`,fre 'Pectabie citizens" models of purity and virtue to the People of these, realms. lj Poo this subject the New York Daily Advertiser of th e lit instant offered the following remarks : iZ g, addition to the'outrages which - have recently occurred sit and le "bur elsewhere, in relation to the gam blin g houses arid • gamblers, and-an attempted insurrection a mon g the negroes, Would seem that hostilities between Ohio and Michigan have 0 I —7 been smothered for some time past, and are now threaten . 41(44) break out with increased virulence and force.--There is s"lething unaccountably strange in the state of things iu this : ()Lint rY• When General Jackson c ame to the head of the '''"rntnent there were neither wars nor rumours of *wars 441" g 5l us. All was peace at house and abroad. Our trade Wa3 flourishing, o ur manufactures were p ros p erous, our agricul t''re wa s improving and extending, and our country settling, 44,1 inereasin, , in numbers, wealth, and power;beyond all ex- Wehave had the benefit of his administration for more than six years; and at go equal Portion of time since the for thatic'b of the government, has th e Countr y been divided into =ltch rancorous parties, nor have the animosity and bitterness ur such parties ever reached tn . such 'an extravagant pitch. To 7 l ll nt is thi s s t ate o f t hi ngs to be ascribed ? He and his friends lre the com pl ete ascen d a n c y in the different branch!! of the g () Yerninent,—except within a short time past, during which one legislative house has shaken off his supremacy, and acted 'vith the most exemplary independence and integrity—and he r as a complete and despotic command of all the su bordinate departments., We are tnnstantly told of his.unexampled po to chit of Washington himself r hix patiintism, integrit e y, and entire devotion to the in •el este, prosperity, anti honour of the country. How then can It be iiccountQd for, that there is to be found amongst us such a 'Writ of violence, political animosity, intrigue, and vindictive hv tizariship? E yen allowing that his opposers are unrelenting il l their op position to his .policy and measures; still, they are i n the minority, and therefore are not able to.carry any of their Pla ns or measures into effect; whilst lie has been able to devise I' 4l recommend as many specific .objects for the public good as thought proper. Indeed, when, he first began his career, he the majority of both houses favour, and he lost it in "e battle only by his violence, and dictatorial disposition and • Now his friends may, if they are able, explain this phenome -11611. Why is it that under the circumstances to which•we have 4ltuded, the political concerns of the Union are in such a state or violence and distraction—why are the laws - disregarded, and tr4 repled upon, individual vengeance - exercised, and that fre !lttently in the most lawless, but the most savage manner; why I the count r y divided into hostile feuds, and a large p ortion of the Population ranged under different political banners, pre -I)ared, as a strangerwould naturally conclude, to engage in ' aet uat hostilities; if their leaders shoabl only' give the word of "remand ? "The Court of Star Chamber," says DAVID HJME, 'hen: speaking of the year 1633, in the time of CIiARLES "e FIRsT—" the-Court of Star Chamber extended its :Nth • - -- Drily, a nd it %yak matter .of cnmplaint that. it en, c''9ached upon the jurisdiction of the other courts, ini l' l3 sing, heavy fines, and in severe punishment BE croWti. But . thelwhigs are now found on the opposite side o the popular ledger. They are now the invaders of the liberty of the subject. They are the' oppressors of Colonel IfAIRMAN, and they have entered an English man's castle by virtue of a speaker's warrant, and have placed a myrmidon at his bowl, to break open his desks and drawers tinder the, pretext of searching for papers which JOSEPH FIUME has since confessed are of no earthly value whatever . .. It is true they have not caught FAIR MAN, -but that is not their fault. It. is true, they have not robbed his house of books amileapers, but that is because they were found to be worthless ; but they have not only been guilty of gross oppression, but they have also been guilty of meditated felony. AN this the Whigs have done, and yet -they pretend to resPect the rights of the people and profeSs a huge respect for the magna, clzarta of King Jonii t • • WlLKs.obtOned • redress-but how . is colonell'Arrustkx . to obtain redress - ? Is he to bring his action against the Speaker, 'or is .he to 'sue honest JOSEPH ITUME who moved his committal ? If KUME could be inuleted . out of £l,OOO it would be ajust punishment, for the loss of the money Would go deep into the iron of his soul; but JOSEPH cannot be sued, for his motion being carried be comes the act of the whole house. The Speaker, how everi is , liable, and there is . such place as the Court of King's Bench. Lord DgNmAN, though no lawyer, is an honest judge, and Colonel FAIRMAN - would be quite safe • L n his hands. • u TIM iTgUAL COURSE OF JUSTICES" What the Star Chamber was in 1633 the reformed l!oase of Commons is in 1835, with this difference, that t he .members of the Star Court were responsible to the Ki ng, whereas the members - of the House of Commons ar e responsible to no oriebut themselves, excepting their re Vonsibitity to the people at a general election. Of the two arbitrary bodies it is. therefore obvious that the Star Chamber reds, to . what the House of Comm Ons 18 t a subordinate and less oppressive court. The former fi nal and imprisoned the King's subjects without assign,, log any reason oriofferinzany justification; but they did t his at the hazard of . losing their heads. The latter Court, however, the modern Star Chamber of the Honse or commons, is not exposed to any such risks. Its lead ing members, who are liish papists and Scotch infidels, l u 'ufess to act upon liberal principles, and claim the peen- . liar privilege of doing. rong with the sanction of the People of England. They are immense sticklers for li lnd under that disguise they send men to gaol who r efuse to answer questions, which, if conscientiously an mvered, might convict themselves. Such is the assumed Nwer of our liberal. Star Chamber —such the sense of Justice eptcrtained by the reformed House of Commons in 1 835. In the case of' a witness named PRENTICE, dragged befor e the Yarniouth committee —a committee which had not even the power . to impose an oath, and whose inves tigations were purely inquisitorial—the tyranny of these, reformers was evinced in the most repulsive fdtm. Every principle of law, every rule of evidence, every chance of life or liberty, was trampled upon and set at defiance by the committee. Suppose PRENTICE had been indicted for receiving stolen goods. knowing them . to have been stnlen, what would Lord DENMAN have said if the pro secutor had asked him, " Did you receive the goods?" Lord DENMAN, whig though he ,be, would have told the Witness, "You are not bound to answer any question which may commit yourself." -This was all that Lord FRAN CIS EGERTON did, as in duty bound, when the witness 9748 under examination before the com mittee of which his 1 , or dship was chairertan. The majority of t he committee, however, ruled otherwise. They insisted upon the wit ness answering the question. They presumed to be the judges of his responsibility. They claimed to know that qf which they could know nothing. They asserted their right, not only to ask what questions they pleased, but they had the arrogance, the ignorance, and the imperti nence to contend that they knew ; .as ROI, if not better, titan the witness whether fife Avow i might make would or would not implicate ;lA'wor&lf. 11110‘W:A'F44 , ferent opinion. He refused 1nAg A mr,,64:41 1 ,0 ! Kw ssm-. milted to Nelegate ! in short, never, within the ;recalleotionnf (the prekent generation, were so many men dragged from the bostim We take leave to remind the electors of this borough and of the southern division of the county of Lancaster that' THIS IS THE LAST DAY on Which they. can deliver in 'their claims to be put upon the register as voters, or give notice - of: objections .to any names that may have been improperly registered. We hope that no supineness on the part of the conservatives • will prevent them from attending to these important duties ;—that each individual elector, whether freeholder, householder, or free burgess, Nvill see, first, that he is himself properlpregistered, and, secondly, that no ALIEN or other unqualified person, be his' station in life high or low, .be unduly registered. With a constituencY thus purified,, thus undeteriorated by any foreign leaven, and composed of no other than genuine English materials, we have nothing to fear frOm any political struggle, come wheuit may. We, therefore, call upon all who have a right, to the elective franchise to come forward, and boldly and fearlessly do their duty to themselves and to their country. At Munich, the astronomer Gruithuren, well known for his lunary visions—for he pretended. some years ago, to be enabled by the power of his telescope to distinguish the buildings in.the rooqn—has now discovered the real age of our globe to be 1;140,201 .years; and. moreover, what is most preCious indeed for all hut,the very remotest' posterity, that the least period of its future existence is to he 1,050,000 years. after which it is to absorbed by the sun,,and thus consumed by solar fire. . altogether from his thoughts and whose mind wartalread calmly P . i and: without dread contemplating -h . • inevitable dissolution, Y TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST./MD.4RD. ; ly as a paisege to another state " of ence. Before hie trial h and immediately after his condemnation, however, he ex_ Stn,—Charnbers, in one of his recent numbers of the &lin_ i .si l t b u i a te ti d on a di A ffe w ren t t , feeling, and appeared quite callous to his burgh Journal, has , advised that the gentlemen pf the lance t s t t;:hi: tt l the h tiev.llL IC enn t e t d a i should betake themselves as well to the useful and assuredly visited him, elan On the Saturday morning he agaiu visited B P arlow, atfr t l i Tound 1 less dangerous occupation of shaving. The proposal merits the ' e h t i a m . in with a vi cell in a state of great excitement. The rev. gentleman serious attention of the profession, crowded as it is by aspirants i . 80 2 e e r ed e eLlltheitrmfeoereaetutthahtalfeawne hour, and such were the p r i_ prisoner s e l s u e tt s e:r i l i a e r h m a alarmed. 'for fame and bread of every age and size. I- am _inclined to i l ve li n e think that the public would derive manifold advantage from uttered invectives against the witn 9t the trial, and the clergyman endeevoured to divert his feel the recombination of the two departments, for, as you well I i l i t t l f e slo t r i n that to f a future state, and to obtain from him an ae know, the barhers and surgeons were formerly brethren, and i the justice of his sentence. He would not the separation of the crafts was . effected some thirty or forty then ac grnent 9 quiesce In the sentence; but in the afternoon on revisit years ago. • ing him, the prisoner was more calm and collected, and on being I suppose the casting off of the tonsor by the surgeon was s e r t r , l i ce ti n la t t o i r l t i n s the . irr i bject of his crime, wept like a child, and On Sunday he attended urged ou the score of respectability.• The qualifications of the the chapel WitK un tl i s s e motehnetr was just. e r t e l e n h o e w d lts:yi the reverend e r s e n former net, being of so extended a kind, no examination for a tence of death, where a sermon -P A T ' a - 8 " p chaplaie. The condemned were stationed in a pew hung with diploma was held requisite, and yet, if ever you have been , ' t e d e tc r k re c i l r o a t t h e , e bot theevvere_placed so as not to be visible to the slia,Ved by another, you will, I think, agree with me that, if not e e r n a J. the ß s • e r r l v o i vr e ' e and the other three culprits numerons, they are at least-important. Imagine yourself seated palgreat l tti.n e t n i in a chair, your nether face and lips, in the one case, gently 'Yesterday morning he was awakened by the gaoler at five o'clock from a sound sleep, and we may bete remark that he has and dulcetly lathered by a light fingered tensor, the fore-finger slept most profoundly each night since the fatal sentence was delicately drawn across the upper lip, and in the other a shoulder . passed. The Rey. Mr. Hornby and the Rev Mr• Ken d of mutton kind of'hand infixing every bristle of the brush into 'visited him several times in the course of the morning, , the latter r i fr.• Lining with him for the last two hours of his earthly career, the cellular, membrane, and, when applying the finger, doing the thing so energetically, that you wince with pain. Should state eh of tirsenretzliegLitletrLestet re sp e e m ak in t gratifying terms of the your visage be garnished, or rather studded with a crop of pim- spared, and spoke of hi g s approaching fate H witi s l e tzreneedtiefuel7fpre ples;;_think of .the horror of his cutting off their tips without the only particular inquiry which he made being as toirtnhie rectse time when he Weald be called upon to yield his forfeited mercy. Unacquainted with the irritability of the nasal lining, never having read of Schneider's membrane, a bungling fellow life. At five min before twelve • the prisoner was conducted from will block up your nostrils with ends, end often as will push the the chapel minutes 3:•aed to the press-room lea • . Aug on the arm of the Rev. Mr. Kennedy, and piece led by Mr. os, the finger's point beyond the margin of the agreeable.. Your mouth governor, the under sheriff, and the Rev. M H ' Mr. orner. At the all the while is of course hermetically closed, else ,your tongue press-room the governor delivered his • I prisoner he w t e o e the e,i sheriff, would be let loose upon him in not the gentlest stile of admoni- arid the executiOner having pinioned ' lion. Are you,asthmatical? The tonsor, ignorant of the nature gallows. The unfortunate man evinced no emotion w h t e o n ti r e Was led on to the scaffold. Ilis last words were addressed to of your ailment, views your weithings and smothered cough the governor as he. proceeded up the platform:—" Lot my bro with indifference. • . • • they nave my clothes." The Rgv. Mr. Hornby as he re - d.th .. It would be fir otherwise were the operation of shaving per. service was•much affected. When he arrived at the usual s ' e ' : tence the bolts were withdrawn,—the drop fell, and the criminal formed by the erudite and scientific. He would know you had • was launched ie into eternity. .He died without a struggle. nerves. ' You, too, from the mode in which he acquitted him- n prisoner was a native of Ilindley, near Wigan, of hum self, would be enabled to judge to the steadiness of his band. - blebat honest parentage • he spent his' childhood there, but h may be urged that the avocations of the general practi- n the last thirty yearshe had resided in ditto f the s off t wation of . a block calico printer. In early life wo under !loner are already too numerous,•that medicine, surgery, .mid- stetlleinprsoerelleisehweetlklitinil bid fair to occupy a respectable wifery, pharmany, and: tonsorism would be too much for one ' t r t rr i t e e e s o h o t t i r e csst steinee ttisan am e ;. man. This maOse'trne itipirt; but the younger, praktitioner ''lreentereclintotge paths foil es is generally 14 overburdened with patients. He has leisure the end of which was the crime he has suffere the extreme v penalty of the law fareonamitting, being another instance of the enough to operate on chins; and, did he so, I doubt not he truth, "that the wages of sin is death." We cannot conclude would hence often procure a' patient. . our account of the execution without acknowledging the kind- If natirre had favoured the ladies with beards, the tonsor and ' ness and urbanity of Mr. Amos, the respected - governor of , th gaol, who gave every facility to the press in obt g uiping infno‘rma surgeon woUld still have been one. The obstetrician would ' lion. The immense crowd dispersed without any accidee never have allowed an interloper to perform so agreeable an occurring. , office,' - though it might not always have been a safe one, exposed as he would be to the dangers resultant from dimpled cheeks and brilliant eyes. • Between the peruke and false lock manufacturer and surgeon there is mit consanguinity. I have often wondered the tonsor has not applied himself to the management of diseases and dis orders of the face and lips. The rubicund and rotund bottle nose must 'oft have arrested his attention, and as well the diffe rent species of eruptions. He must be able to judge from the kind and bearing of a man's countenance whether or not he is a worshipper of Bacchus, and, from the intensity of its hue, to what extent. The composition of pomatums naturally leads to that of ointments. Who more able than he to eradicate a cancerous lip? I warn the surgeons to bestir themselves—the diffusion of knowledge—the readiness of access to an acquaint ance with human organization will beget new rivals in their art. The forthcoming Mechanics' Institute will doubtless be endowed with an anatomical professorship, and the barber once knowing that his red hot curling tongs 'will staunch a bleeding artery, may he not be induced to trespass as the druggist has done, and thus close the regular practitioner in still narrower hoods? Especially; too, as Mr. and Mrs. Bull are the best natured personages possible, and ere,quite as ready to employ the druggist as the physician, and the bone-setter as the sue —I am, &c. • . 'B. A. SURGERY AND SHAVING COTTON. MARKET. ( From the New York Advertiser, lst August.) mport from 25th ult. to the lst August, frem South Carolina.. Georgia Alabama: New Orleans.. Providence . 160 640 129 , 2,385 Total 310 G The market since the 25th, the date of our last report, has exhibited no new features, it stilt remains without activity, vet prices have undergone but little alteration. The transactions consist of sales to spinners and shippers, and shipments on owners' account; they amount in ail to about 2.4(X) bales,—say 1,600 Uplands at 171 to 191 cents ; 200 New Orleans at 18 to 21 ; 300 Alabanias at 18 to 22, and 300 Floridas at 174 to 21. By the packet-ship RoScoe we have received accounts from Li verpool to 24th June, prices there were about the same as at our previous dates, with rather a better feeling—Uplands are quoted at 90. to 12V. sterling per lb. Sales of the week preceding 16,040 bales. Mr. BrtowN's CONCERT.—Mr. Brown. well known as a beau 7 tiful perforther on the flute, gives a concert at the Adelphi Hotel on Tuesday next, the Ist September, on Which occasion he will be assisted by his friends, the members of the Apollo vocal concerts. • A.cutnENT TO. THE CARLISLE MAIL.—On Friday evening, between eight and nine o'clock, as the mail from Carlisle to this pace was passing through Penrith, the horses suddenly took fright at the lightning, and by rearing up overturned the coach. There were 'two inside and four outside passengers. Of the latter, we regret to say, one a gentleman from L o n do n , was killed on the spot; but the others, with the coachman and guard, escaped without any serious injury. After waiting a Short tune the guard Proceeded with the mail in a chaise to Kendal. Not the slightest blame is attacked to the coach man. TO THE EDITOR OF •THE LIVERPOOL STAYDJIRD. Stst —fit is high time that every ENGLISHMAN who thinks well of his country, and the glorious constitution under which these realms are governed, should boldly speak out, and man fully stand forward in its defence. The circumstance that calls forth. these remarks must have met the eye of every man who, for the last fortnight, has passed through Church-street; for a. more daring piece of impertinence, on the part of a radical vendor of newspapers, never was practised or permitted in respectable community. I allude to the placard in the shop wincloiv Mr. 'Willmer, calling upon the public to read the abominable trash of a man of the name Roebuck—unforto nately a member of the Commons' House of Parliament—eel - Li - - inencing in very conspicuous characters "OF WHAT USE ARE THE LAIRDS'?" Though I differ with this man iu every point, I still consider that he has a right to his religious . and Political feelings; but be has no right to insult the better portion of society by his _own . expres_sions in such very glaring colours: Mr. \Vintner should reconeet that he deilies equal, if not greater benefits from the conservatives than he does from the Whigs and de . strnctives. I presume that the magistrates of this town have not authority to act under, such circumstances, or this offensive piper would have been. long since re moved.—l aut i &c. . • • A CONSERVATIVE. • BIRMINGHAM PETILORTION TO THE HOUSE OF S. We take the following extract from the Times' report of the proceedings iu the House of Lords on Wednesday last " Lord TV/N/IAM presented a petition from Birmingham signed by . 10,000 persons, who.declared they would never again petition their lordships' house unless their lordships passed the municipal corporations bill without mutil a ti o n . The noble lord gave notice that at the proper ti me he would move that the 26th clause" be restored." Without mutilation the municipal Corporations' bill . will not .be pased. What then Will the wise men of Brumagem, as Lord .Brougharn calls that town, Cease to - meddle with politics, and 'confine their attention to the improvement of mouse traps , or do they mean to intimate their intention to adopt some other course of proceeding? They cannot say that Birmingham is either blessed or cursed with a corporation; the people of that place have no "town's dues" to complain of, or freemen or free burgessei to tOb;—what have they to do with corporations? 4TALIAN CONCERTS AT TITS AMPHITHEATRE.—TWO grand vocal and instrumental concerts are announced to be given at the Amphitheatre on the evenings of to-morrow and Friday, by Madlle. Grisi, Signors Lablache, F. Lablache, Pio Ciao cliottini, and Puzzi.. The celebrity of these vocalists, and the admirable selection of music which will be found in the pro gramme of these entertainments, warrants us in supposing that they will be properly estimated by the admirers of that de lightful science. ZOOtOGICAL GARDENS.—The late fine weather has contri buted much to the .beauty of the gardens, and caused a great intinx of visitors:- The flower beds look exceedingly well, and particularly a bed of geraniums, now in bloom. 'rhe animals are in fine condition, _and that rare one, tha rhinoceros, has wonderbilly improved since his arrival. Amongst the presents lately reeaored are, a marmot, from Capts t iii Bell, of thr. ship China; a peccary, a Dourocola monkey, arid several tortoises, from Mr. James F. Tantun, Esq., Peel-street.; a pair of red echinyi, from Mr. Glover, Maryland - stree t ; an ostrich, from C. Holl and, Esq., Goree-piazzas; a ring-tailed monkey, from Captain Todd, brig Mangalore; a gray fox, from A. Clarke, Woodside; a black squirrel, from Captain 1). Clarkson, of the barque Cigar; a gennet, from Captain Cooper, of 'the Lisbon Packet; a pair of Nassau sheep, from Captain Findlater, of the James Laurie ; a fox, from Mi. Latham, Benson-street ; a ra coon, from 11111.. Paces, of Great George-square; an American goat, from Miss Taylor, Great Newton-street; a Guinea hen; from Mrs. Claypole, Kensington; a neutra, or capu rat, from Captain William Kenny of the brig Ann Wise; a dog-faced baboon;from Captain limes Griffin, of the narque Jane ; a ca - pabara; from Capt. Marra ; , ; of. the brig Migvie a margay, from Capt Thoinpson, of the barque Ceres; an American an tetor, from Capt. 111`Plierson, of the ship Johnstone; a curious fresh water tortoise and black bear, from Capt. Mitchell, of the ship Sir John Berescord; a pair of kestrel's, from Mr. Parkins, Law-hill; three Oronnokii geese, from Mrs. Ward ; a panther and cotainondi, from t 'apt= Kelso, of the barque Argentina;. a pair of sagouin monkeys,, from W. Moon, Esq.; a scaly rnatiis, or great pangolin, frOni Mr. Crossley, Lord:street. • CosigT.—Halley's famous comet has been seen by the asfrOnomers. M. Bouvard has communicated to the Acad&Smie des ,Sciences a letter from the director of the Observatory at home, announcing the important fact. The light of the comet is very feeble, a'id the weather has not yet been sufficiently fa yourable to permit of its being very exactly observed.—French Paper. H DDINGTON.—It is rumoured here that Mr. Ferguson, the present member for the county, finding his duties too heavy for him, has made up his mind to resign his seat in Parliament , and that. Sir David Baird is to take the field in his stead. We have not vet heard who the conservatives are to start against him.--7Berivick Adeeratter. MEM!) MUR DER.—A report has just 'reached us, awl which, for the credit of oat...country, we horle to be unfounded; that some. vile wretches attacked the house of a poor man named Coghlan, who resided in the neighbourhood of Portumna, and on their gaining admission deliberately shot Coghlan, after which they departed. The only reason assigned for this wan ton murder is, that Coghlan's daughter Islas • the principal evidence against Mecny and M'Dermott, who w,re found guilty at oar late assizes for the murder of the policeman, and executed —Galway Pab jot. BETTERING ONE'S SELF.—This phrase, " bettering one's self," is at all times a very doubtful one. A pampered footman, who is found in every comfort and almost luxury in life, " betters himself - by marrying his mistresse's maid, and setting up a public-house, where , i n th e course of a cou p le of years, he drinks up his profits and coustitution, and is found figuring away in the Gazette as a bankrupt; while the, housemaid of the family "betters herself" by leaving service and marrying a journeyman painter, who, after having stocked his garret with three small children, either pitches head-foremost from a three pair of stairs window, which he is cleaning, or sinks into penis dity‘and. paralysis, arising from t h e use of white lead. So much fur bettering one's self!—New Monthly Magazine.. • ' 'lnn BRIG " ROSE." —ln our last number we gave an account, under the head - of "Ship News," of the abandonment of this vessel, off Dunmore Harbour, by the captain and the 'crew, in consetjance, as it was then supposed, of her having sprung a leak, and no hopes bein entertained of saving her from tota wreck. The statements g of the crew, together with some sus -1 picious circumstances connected with the vessel, °Stet she had been towed in and examined, gave rise to doubts as to the pro bability of the story of the captain and his crew. Accordingly a strict and cautious inquiry was made forthwith; and the result was, that, in the first instance, the' captain, whose name is Strong,• and three of the crew, were arr ested on Saturday evening, and placed in confinement, to abide the result of a fu l l examination before the magistrates on Monday. The examina tion took place on Monday at the mayor's office, before Alder man Matthew Poole ; and it appearing from the evidence of part of the crew that foul play was practised by the captain and some others of his men, for the purpose of scuttling the vessel, in order to cheat the underwriters, he •(the captain,) the mate (James Moss,) and the steward (William Paul,) were fully com mitted to stand their trial upon this serious charge. The cargo, which, as we stated in our last, consisted of wine, dye-stuffs, foreign fruits, &c., is being for the last few days placed in the. custom-house and other bonding stores in this city.—Wateeford Mail. PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF CHARLES Di ATHEWS.,—My first acquaintance with - Mathews arose out of circumstances connected with a very characteristic' feature iu his mental bas s bits. Ile was an ambitious and proud man, though not, as Id have often heard it alleged of him by some of his good-natured friends, a vain man. But proud and ambitious as he was ; courted and feted as he every where found himself, even by royalty itself, there was no society in which, apparently, he tool: suN real and unalloyed pleasure as in that which he him ' selfselected and carefully assorted at his own house, or which was ready selected to his hands on certain periodical occasions, to which he always looked forward with undisguised eagerness and Satisfac' ion. , The two most con s p icuous of these occasions were the Opsom and Ascot race weeks; chiefly the former; and it was at one of these social par ties, arranged for the Epsom week at Box Hill, tha t I first met him. * * 1 never knew au actor, except Mathews, who was not much More of an actor in the miscellaneous intercourse of pri , vale life than on the stage, whose beating and manner were not more essentially artificial, more obviously " put on" for the oc casion, whatever they might be. * * * * * Mathews had little or nothing of this in private life. He was not merely a gentleman. though he was essentially that, but he was a thoroughly natural man, entering into and enjoying the society of his' fellow man as an object of immediate personal interest and observation, but ivitbont the smallest apparent reference to any thing beyond these. And so far from there being any thing about him of that courtier-like air at second-hand, which is the •characteristic of the first. abord of most actors, there was a cold ness and reserve 'about him almost amounting.tu the repellant. He was evidently very shy of making a new acquaintance at all at and after the period at which I first became acquainted with him ; and as to a newirtend, the phrase seemed to have the sound of a contradiction in terms:—Court Magazine.- TONNAGE MEASUREMENT BILL. The clause in this bill, which has already passed the commons, and has been read in the lords, threatens the greatest injury to steam interests,by adding enormously to the already too high port charges on that class of vessels. The clause objected to is that which, instead of deducting the portion of the vessel ac tually occupied by the machinery, directs that one-fourth only be allowed ; thus presuming that the remaining three-fourths are available for cargo. The effect of this clause would be, on an average, to add 100 tons to the register of each steam-vessel, and consequently additional port charges and light dues in that proportion. A meeting of the principal steam companies in Liverpool was held last week, and a deputation despatched to London to have this mischievous clause modified. The deputation, accompanied by Lord Bandon, immediately waited on the Board of Trade, 1 and, we believe, were successful in satisfying Mr. Labouchere that the : proportion of one-fourth was wholly inadequate, and that, on an average, one-half the cubical contents of steam ves sels was occupied by the machinery, boilers, 3.7 e. Petitions also were forwarded to the lords against this unjust measure, which appears:4) have passed the cominon• before those whose interests were molt directly affected by the measure were aware of the fact. • We, trust that the lords will, in this ease, counteract the errors or the commons, and be the safety drag oa the otherwise rtiinetts:pyeeipitation which too often characterizes the measures of the loyier house. • EIiEctITIQN .01 2 ' JAMES BARLOW FOR MURDER. The exeCution of James Barlow. the unfortunate man con. victed , aa Friday last, before Sir N. C. Tyndall, of the bat barons murder ~.af his wife Priscilla on the 31st of March last, took place y9terday 'at the northwest angle of Kirkdate House of Correction, where the Lancaster drop (brought from town for that for the purpose) was erected fourteen feet above the heads of the multitude assembled to witness the awful scene. It being the firatexecutian that has taken place in the town during the lifetime, of the present generation, the novelty of the circum stanceepainful as it was, drew together an immense concourse of persens, a great number of whom, strange to say, 'although not strange considering the unfathomable curiosity of thu sex, were females. In consequence of some of the papers having erroneously stated that the execution was fixed for eight o'clock in the morning, as early as five, Scotland-road, \ auxhall-road, the banks of the canal, and every other avenue and street leading towards the fatal spot were thronged with anxious individu als' of fine feelings both on foot, horseback, and in carriages; and an stranger to the fact would have supposed, from the appear anyce of the people, that the Aintree races were to be contested for instead of a murderer to be hanged. The fields of the farm ers in the neighbourhood were converted into footpaths, and sad havoc was made among the corn, cabbages, onions, and other articles of agricultural produce by the tread of the popu lace, who, at half-past eleven o'clock, could not have amounted in number to less than fifty or sixty thousand. A barrier was erected round the platform on which the drop was situated in order to keep the mob away, and a strong posse of dock and , borough police-officers were in attendance, who, considering the for in density of the assemblage, admirably preserved the peace. During es Barlow, arations death the wretched were object active of Y s e i s eitt thi n s onu time dtvr a u n ty jt , ha a rge,p as inside the gaol, preparing himself otu od tric and t ,rid v h oi for that mysterious and awful change which was ishortly to take place—he was receiving the sacrament, adminis tered by the Rev. Mr. Horner , chaplain to the g aol, to whi,h he paid the most deVout attention. Immediately after this ceremony the malefactor's brother made his appearance at the gates of the prison, requesting an interview with his unhappy relative, and was instantly admitted by the humane governor, Mr Amos, The Rev. Mr. Horner and Mr. Amos were of opinion that it would be better not to disturb the composure of the prisoner after the sacrament had been administered, by allowing the brother to see him, but the Rev. Mr. Kennedy, of B ur y , a minister of, the baptist . denomination, who had attended the prisoner before and after the trial, and was acquainted with the family, wished that he should, and an interview took place in the chapel. As soon as the prisoner saw his brother be burst into tears, but soon recovering himself, be exhorted him to lead a life. of righteousness and - sobriet y , and concluded by requesting to be remembered to all his friends. No traces of emotion were visible in the aspect of the prisoner, his countenance was calm anti exhibited a rather mild and benevolent expression. His step 'was firm, and his manner that of a man who had shut the world )ied was ned tder ver the r 1 by e ual ; ,ver- by ft* e his r the of 1 WAS shot. rEt) der t hPai anti How • it bo kNP 11(1 lack c en- ; is a Tally Ts a lour-