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THEATRE ROYAL.
MISS FITZPATRICK, whose successful debut in Lon-
don, and subsequent tour in the United States, have distin-
guished her as one of the principal artistes in comedy, is
engaged for NINE nights only, and will make her fourth ap-
pearance, •in Liverpool; -_this present TIIURSDA.Y evening,
December Bth, in • THE HONEYMOON. Juliana, Miss
Fitzpatrick. To conclude with THE FOUR MOWBRAYS.
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1111 S S CUSHMAN
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,;s,l BLANCA.; ;in Millman's Tragedy of FAZIO !
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• • . BOY AL AMPHITHEATRE.
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Siile; Lessee, Mr..W. B. Copeland, 15, Great Charlotte-street.
PABLO FANQUE
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AMPHITkIEATRE FOIL A LIMITED SEASON, with one of the
lar6st Companies of EQUESTRIANS now travelling—
composed of all Nations—Europe, Asia, Africa, and
America! An extensive stud of TRAINED HORSES and
PONIES, PERFORMING MONKEYS, DOGS, &c., &c.
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ISTurvAI.LED SONS OF -MORUS, Messrs. Hiornx BROWN
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This evening, December —Bth, 1853, will be pre-
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RIVAL QUEENS OF BABYLON. Alexander the
Great, Mr. George Walton. Roxana, Miss Marriot.—
Favourite.Dance; Mrs. Appleby.—To be followed by the
new Romantic Drama entitled THE TWO LIVERS OF
WALLASEY.- To conclude with the popular Domestic
Drama of THE 'EMIGRANT'S DAUGHTER.
On Friday evening, December 9th, a new Drama of
powerful interest, entitled WEALTH: AND POVERTY ;
or, THE COTTER'S DAUGHTER. The laughable Farce
of TWO EYES BETWEEN TWO. To conclude with
the Seottish Drama of WALLACE. Wallace, Nr. George
Walton. Marian, Miss Marriot.
Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven. Admis-
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1853

TELE generality of people .are too apt to form an
opinion as to the,social condition of a city or town,
by the. anaOunt of commerce or manufacture for
which it is remarkable.' But the philosopher looks
deeper. He is not led away by what he considers
the_illusiOn of outward prosperity, but carries his
investigations into the heart of society. Although
he Etii,glit'admit with BeitET, that " the increase of
...,is.
a great number of citizens in prosperity is a neces-
sarr element to the security, and even the existence
of e'civilised people ;" nevertheless he forms his
coOn,sions on this point more from the social
andiotnoral condition of the masses—the manner
in.v#VC WO* laws are observed—and the character
and -^n-4 of crime7-than from the semblance
grSofV Success. • .We think it was Dr.
c<--alliii . : *(1, "-I care not who make the laws,
(7.,7-..iorei'e44---t:It: but the making of the people's
( 2,1; •1 - 4. .
reference to the social condition
‘\c- :,-i_OCalvieri).itce444: ip. External prosperity matters
.oit.tket, .....**64lify' 'and. crime abonnd to any ex-
-4
4...: . , ill ultimately neutralise the other.
- 17-i-C.
lc- %1 - • safeguard .a any people. Right.
.. A si ,i, i•
•

Upon this subject his lordship observes :
" Now, •I cannot help thinking that it is a very bad
" state of the law which permits persons thus to
"be prompted. even to the commission of the
" crime of murder. We know that on many
" occasions it has been plainly remonstrated in
" courts of justice, that such results have followed
" from such premises ; and it behoves those who
" have influence in parliament to see whether they
" cannot, by a very easy and simple arrangement,
" put an end to the temptation, and perhaps, with
" the temptation, to the crime. It is a most simple
" alteration which could be made, as it seems to
" me, for the purpose of preventing this offence.
" Why it has never been done, passes my compre-
" hension. It seems to me that this could be done
" by preventing money being given for the purpose
" of burial, and by compelling the clubs to bury
" the-members themselves. They might supply
" all that was necessary for the funeral, and by
" that means there would be no temptation to the
" recipient as there would be no profit at all.
" There would be no surplus money to be handed
" over to the family; and, therefore, the temptation
" would be entirely taken away, if instead of giving
" money in order that the parents or relatives
" might bury, perhaps at a cheap rate, the persons
" who are dead, they are compelled to furnish,
" through an undertaker, the funeral requisites,
" more or less subject to control according to the
" subscriptions which had been paid. That seems
"to me to be an easy and simple remedy for re-
" moving the temptation to this offence ; and I do
" hope that I may not speak in vain." Prc-
vention is better than cure. And we do trust
that the sensible and practicable suggestions
thrown out by the, learned judge will receive that
prompt and serious attention which their impor-
tance demands. The case now for trial is, unhap-
pily, not an isolated one. We can recall to mind,
and doubtless will our readers, others of a similar,
or if possible a more heinous character. Al though
it is not within the power of the ablest and wisest
administration to prevent the commission of crime,
still there is much within the province of legisla-
tors to materially counteract, if not considerably to
diminish it.

But there is another topic upon which it is
desirable to offer a few remarks. We allude to the
new and atrocious features which the aspects of
crime are assuming in this country. 'Tis but a few
years ago since General HAYNAU was treated to a
severe, and we must say, however well-merited, un-
justifiable castigation, by BARCLAY and PERKINS'
draymen, for having permitted or commanded the
flagellation of the other sex ! And now the
abominable and unmanly practice of beating,
wounding, and even murdering women,thas become
almost a confirmed crime—all the more despicable
and criminal from the - fact of wives being the
miserable victims of their husbands' atrocity. Can
anything equal this degree of moral turpitude ?
Can any spot of earth be found in this interminable
globe,. out of civilised and Christian England,
where such infamous deeds are perpetrated so
frequently and to so lamentable an extent ? We
do not believe it. The common instincts of nature,
independent of moral obligations or the stringency
of human laws, one would suppose sufficient to
deter from such outrageous criminality. Among
the lower grades of animal existence we find a
degree of natural affection, which some monsters,
called men, would do well to imitate. .Even

" The poor wren,
The most diminutive of birds, will fight,
Her young ones in her nest, against the owl."

But another crime, hitherto almost confined to
one or two continental countries, is taking root
amongst us. We refer to that of stabbing—a
most dastardly, cowardly, and ruffianly mode of
attack. For the last three years no fewer than 255
persons have been committed and tried for this
offence, inclusive of 17 now on the criminal calen
der for the County of Lancaster. The present.
year witnesses an increase of 58 cases over the
past, and of 39 over that immediately preceding it.
In his charge to the Grand Jury, adverting to this
very circumstance, the learned BARON observes.:—
" Among eighty-three prisoners, • there are seven-
" teen who are accused of the offence of stabbing :
" and I have been furnished, I am sorry to say it,
" by.parties. who have taken pains to inquire into
" the matter, with very satisfactory evidence to
" show that this crime is increasing in a mosf enor-
" mous extent in this country. It is said this is
"an 'un-English offence. I am sorry to say the
" statistical account does not bear out that boast of
" ours. Of the 99 who have this year been coin-
" mitted for trial in this country, only 9 have been
" foreigners—the 90 have been natives of our own
" dominions. No therefore, to boast over
" the foreigner in that respect. It ceases to be an
" un-English crime—it becomes a very English
" crime ; and one cannot help lamenting that it
" should be so, These cases have been evenly di-
" vided. Of the 99, 30 belong to this town—they
" are natives of it ; 14 only are due to all the rest
"of England; 44 to Ireland; 1 to Scotland; 1 to
" the Isle of Man ; and 9 to foreign countries gene.
" rally. What is the cause of this ? • Is it a general
" fierceness of disposition ? That is a serious
" question to be inquired into by those who live
" here—clergy, magistrates, and gentry;' and I
" commend it specially to their attention, that they
" may do what lies in their power, to stop au evil
" which seems to be so prevalent."

Here, then, is ample cause for alarm. With all
our boasted wealth, commerce, churches, schools,
national education, police, laws, prisons, and
charities, here is a patent fact before us—that
crime, of a fearful character and, magnitude, is
increasing in our midst—crime such as we have
hitherto been almost unacquainted .with—and
which, Gon grant, may not long abide with us !
Who, or what, is to stay the evil? That is the
question!

PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION.—SOUTH STAFFORD-
SHIRE.—There was a meeting held at Wolverhampton on
Monday evening, in connection with the representation of
the southern division of Staffordshire. The meeting was
one of liberals, and Mr. Robert Scott, late M.P., for Wal-
sall, presided. It was unanimously resolved to nominate
Lord Paget, and the registry containing 8354 liberal voters,
they expect to carry his election.
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—There was a meeting held at
Stroud on Monday in connection with this election. Nearly
2,000 persons were present. Mr. S. S: Marling :presided,
and Mr. Holland, the liberal candidate addressed the
meeting. A resolution to support him was passed unani-
mously.
ANTI-CORN Law LEAGUE.—The prize of £250 offered by
the anti-corn law league for the list essay, showing the
results of the repeal of the corn law 4cl free trade policy,
upon the moral, the social, the commercial, and the political
interests of the united kingdom, has been awarded to the
Rev. Mr. Dunckley, a baptist minister, at Salford. The
second prize has £5O, been taken by Mr. James Grant, bar-
rister, of London.
ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-=This house is at present occu-
pied by the renowned Pablo Fanque, who has with him a
splendid stud, and a talented company. In addition to the
equestrian talent of the establishment, the services of Mr.
Brown, the very able clown, are secured. Hs celebrated
electioneering speeches call dowg nightly thunders of
applause. The performances on the whole are of a very
superior character, and the attendance has been good.
THE ASSlZES.—Yesterday the grand jury fount true bills
against Emanuel Monterro, for the murder cf Richard
Jarvis Crispin at Liverpool ; and against Thomas Copeland,
for the murder of Richard Sunderland, a Liverptol police-
man. The trial of Monterro, is fixed for this morui, before
Mr. Baron Alderson. It is not expected that the atzes will
terminate before the end of the week.

TAE PRESTON STEIKE.—The operative spinners' committee
issued another address yesterday afternoon, in which they
reiterate the principles on which they began their strike,
and announce their determination to continue it. TLey say
that the short time running is resorted to solely to prevent,
if possible, subscriptions for supporting them, and call on
their brethren to stand firm—that the contest at Preston is
in tho cause of all the operatives, and of all the tradesmen
throughout the kingdom.
Loss OF THE MARSHALL STEAMER.—The Londonourials
of Wednesday contain a deposition from Captain Gatgens,
respecting this ill-fated vessel. The document, however,
need not be repeated in our columns, as it does not afbrd
any facts in addition to those in our columns on Monday
morning. Captain Gatgens is master of the barque Wool-
house, and there seems no doubt the Marshall foundered
after a collision with his ship. Hopes were entertained that
some of the passengers of the Marshall might have been
picked up by some of the coasters which almost hourly pass
the spot where the steamer went down, but the time that his
intervened since her loss, without any such gratifying intel-
ligence being received, leaves little doubt but that the whole
must have perished. On reference to Lloyd's register o!
shipping, we find that that, steamer was an iron vessel of
260 tons, and was built at Shields in 1846, and had recently
undergone some repairs at that port. 4.

WEST DERBY Nis:mg.—Yesterday the usual periodical
meeting of the board was held at the union house. Mr.
Harrison presided. The guardians present were, Messrs.
Alpass, Heyes, M'Gee, G. Harrison, Abrahams, Jeffreys,
Mountfold, KirkusP Roskell Tattershall, Rorsfall, Carter,
Pilkington, Lunt,- Metcalf, and Craig. By the returns it
appeared there were 667 paupers in the house ; during the
corresponding week last year, there were 724. The balance
in the hands of the treasurer, was 1,206/. 12s 9d, and checks
for out door-relief were given for the following sums : Allen,
741.; Olney, 251; Potts, 851. ; and Lythgoe, 18/. A com-
plaint having been made by the inspector of schools, relative
to the management of the school connected with the union,
the subject was referred to the visiting committee, with
a request that they would report thereon to the next board.
Mr. Kirkus gave notice that he should move, at the next
meeting, that an organ be erected in the workhouse chapel ;
and by. Mr. Reyes that he should move the appointment of
a vaccination surgeon to the union. There being no other
business, the meeting sfparated.
THE SHOEMAKERS EARLY CLOSING MOVEMENT.—Last
night, a meeting of the assistants in shoe shops, at which
several of the employers were also present, was convened at
the Roebuck Inn, Queen's square, for the purpose of. form-
ing a society, by which that object would be more speedily
achieved. Mr. Turner was in the chair. Several excel-
lent observations were made by the speakers, clearly show-
ing the benefits that would be derived to the assistants,
without any injury to the masters, by closing the shops at
eight o'clock; and after passing various resolutions bearing
on the subject, an early closing society was formed, several
of the employers present, rendering their assistanee, by con-
tributions to carry out the object.. A vote of thanks was
passed to those masters who had commenced on Monday to
close their shops at eight o'clock, and a general hope was
experienced that the few masters who still refused to do so,
would soon see into the error of their ways, and by so
doing, would confer a great,--beon upon the employees.
generally.
THE BOARD OP TRADE AND THE LIVERPOOL PILOTAGE
SYSTEIL—The board of trade have stepped in to inquire into
the grounds of the dispute at present, and for some time past,
existing between the masters and men engaged in the pilot
service of the Mersey. On Monday last, we learn, the pilots'
committee were somewhat startled by. the receipt of an official
communication from the marine department of that board,
requiring information with respect to the nature of their ob-
jections to the claims of the men, a statement of which, it
appears, had been laid before them; and upon the committee's
reply, and the reasonableness of those objections, will pro-
bably depend the important issue, whether the pilot service
of Liverpool will in future be subjected to the control of the
board of trade, or its powers be withdrawn altogether, and
central management es,tablished. We foresaw that into such
a dilemma as this the committee would bring themselves, if
they obstinately refused reasonable concession to the men
and we therefore advised them some weeks ago, if they had
at heart the real welfare of the service, to put an end to its
internal feuds. They should have known, from experience,
that the board of trade desired nothing more earnestly than
an opportunity of justifiable interference with the body of
men under their control ; and this fact should have been still
more clear to them, after they had proclaimed their deter-
mination teset the pilotage act of last session at defiance, by
refusing to license the masters and mates engaged in our
coasting service. They chose to act, however, upon the
promptings of their own wisdom, or of other perhaps inte-
rested parties ; and they must abide the consequences, unless,
indeed, there be still time for them to re-consider their
course, and,
,even at this last hour, retrace it. Of one thing
they may be certain—that, whether or not, the board of
trade possesses powers under the lately passed pilotage act,
to carry out their views fully, they can readily obtain such
powers. They can carry any new measure which receives
the sanction of the department over which Mr. Cardwell pre-
sides, whatever amount of local opposition may be directed
against it. If, therefore, the committee, and the general
body of commissioners, wish still to retain the management
of the pilotage system of the port in their own hands, they
should at once take away, so far as is possible, from the board
of trade all apparent necessity for its present interference.
Anti as one indueement for surrendering apiniors upon the
"subject of the claims made by the men—opinions which may
have been too hastily formed—they may safely urge, what
must be their conviction, that an inquiry once instituted
into the present system by government, may possibly be car-
ried much beyond the simple questions out of which it
origiaated,
. _

[The committee took the whole subject of the railway and
is difficulties into consideration—the expenditure in making
plant and stock—the value of the whole at present, and
.going
brough whatever has formed a subject for discussion or
!mated difficulty, presented a seriatim report and decision
on every point. Most of those are touched upon in the
beech of Mr. Parker.]
The CHAIRMAN said he presumed it would now be for a
nember of the committee to propose the adoption of the
!sport, as.it was their own report.
The Right Hon. J. PARKES, chairman of the committee
cf consultation, said it fell to his lot to move the adoption
cf the report ; and the committee had to ask for a deliberate,
and calm, and business-like consideration of the important
matters brought before them therein. The fate of their
railway depended, in his judgment, as the committee had said
in their report, upon the concentrated energies of the board
,and the shareholders; and the more they could direct,their
energies into a consentaneous channel and act harmoniously
together, the sooner would they have a chance of being ex-
tricaied from the position in which they had been for some
time. He would undertake to say, that though the subjects
before the committee were luminous and comprehensive, and
though gentlemen entered upon their consideration with dif-
fereit opinions, and came from different parts of the country,
yet there was a disposition on the part of all to adopt no
coarse except that which appeared to be for the benefit of
the proprietors. He trusted, therefore, that the committee
would have credit for having :lone their best. The com-
mittee had, in their report, gone upon the principle of giv-
ing the proprietors the truth, the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth. As to the financial portion of the company,
the committee had placed the simple facts before the share-
holders. Now he came to what was called the manage-
ment of the company ;' and in reference to that the com-
mittee proposed the adoption of the method of affixing to
the ordinary amount of salary, a certain proportion of aug-
mentation which would depend upon the net receipts—a
plan which had been successfully carried out at the Cale-
donian line. (Hear.) The committee had also agreed on
the appointment of a new manager, Mr. Edward Watkin.
(Hear, hear.) He was told that ho brought with him a very
high reputation, and that he was of opinion that his efforts in
the restoration of their affairs would be more or less successful.
Into the state of the board of directors he would not go at
present, inasmuch as he understood that some gentlemen,
who were unable to give up sufficient time to it, were about
to retire, and that other members would retire by rotation
at the next half-yearly meeting. And, in the meantime,
some satisfactory arrangement, as to the construction of the
board, might be come to. He came now to alliances, and
the'course of policy which the company should pursue in
respect to them—a subject, the full importance of which
the committee have felt, because on the alliances formed
depended, in a great measure, the prosperity of the com-
pany. (Hear, hear.) There were only two alliances open
and before the shareholders. He would remind them that
they had an agreement now existing, and if they had such
an agreement, probably that would be
,a ground for their
considering whether they should lean to the London and
North-Western or the Great Northern as an ally, There
was an agreement in existence, and he thought they should
postpone their decision on the subject of alliances until the
agreement 'existin had drawn to a termination, and, in the
meantime, they might endeavour, if they could, to improve
and amend it. He said when they had an agreement they
should keep it, whether the agreement was right or wrong
was another matter, but the events would show. And when
they had kept the present agreement, they would have a
clear stage before them to take what course they pleased
respecting the proposed alliances. (Hear, hear.) At pre-
sent they had an alliance with the London and North-
Western, and there were propositions from the Great
Northern. The proposition on the part of the Great
Northern was one for a fair interchange of traffic. The
great object of the Great Northern was to get their traffic
to Manchester ; it was the most natural scheme they could
propose, and they wanted to have the use of the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire line to have the run up to Man-
chester. And what was got, the Great Northern got ; but
what was lost, the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
lost. From the moment the Great Northern passed
Retford, the London and North-Western, seeing the
Great Northern, and the Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire companies in alliance against them, why, what
will the London and North Western do ? They would im-
mediately attack the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire in every way they could. It was the interest of the
company to avoid conflicts ' • but he was sure there would be
conflicts if they adopted an alliance with the Great
Northern. He hoped the new system of paying the superior
officers would lead to a diminution of the working expenses.
As to the coal branches, they bad hitherto been unsuccessful,
but there was a very fair prospect of a different result
I takin& place. The committee had gladly proposed that ar-
bitration be offered to all parties having disputes with the
company. Then as to the Humber ferries suit= the com-
mittee had agreed that the sooner the company got quit of
that concern the better. Therefore the committee proposed
that the directory be authorised •to • bring the proceedings to
a close; if they could do so. .Then as to preferential arrears,
there were £280,000 of such arrears; and the committee
were bound to say that this was a subject which sooner or
later ought to press itself on the consideration of the com-
pany. But they proposed no plan, thinking that that might
be done much better hereafter. The right hon. gentleman
proposed the adoption of the report.
Mr. W. FENTON seconded the resolution. •

After a somewhat lengthened conversation the motion was
carried all but unanimously, there being only one dissentient.
Mr. Edward Watkin's engagement is for five years, at
£1,200, with a small per tentage on increase of means to
the. company.
It was stated on the part of both the directors and the
committee of cousultation, that there was no intention to
compromise the interests of the holders of 6 per cent. pre-
ferential stock. _ _

The Right Hon. J. PARKER moved a resolutionto the effect
that the directors be authorised to make terms with the de-
fendants in the Humber ferries suit, with a view to the final
abandonment thereof.

Mr. RonEwrs seconded the resolution, which was carried
almost unanimously, there being but two dissentients, who
were of opinion that it would better to postpone the matter
to the next, half yearly meeting.
After a vote of thanks to the noble chairman, the meeting
separated.

THE POLICE.-DETECTIVISII.

7-••T9- THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES.
Sir,—lt was with the greatest pleasure that I perused
your leading commentaries, in this morning's paper, on the
recent police transactions in the case of the Messrs. Riley.
The case was 'so fully reported as to convince anybody that
the famed detective policy of the police force is anything at
all approaching to that wary, cautious, and prudent course,
which should characterise the movements of those who are
entrusted with such a peculiar mission.. The utter ignorance,
and palpable stupidity manifested in the recent proceedings,
ought not to be suffered to pass without reprehension from
the proper authorities, and it is to be hoped. that the affair
will. be brought under the notice .of those functionaries whose
duty it is to administer the law in its integrity.. This
system of wanton and bungling espionage, has been, and
still is proceeding to a very great extent.; for not only do
the police officers in innumerable cases exercise the most
tyranical and illegal authority, and that, too, very evidently
with the knowledge of their superiors, ..that it is high time
public opinion should be expressed upon this very important
subject. •
In these few remarks, I do not wish to include all the
members of our police force, for I know there are numbers of
good, useful, and highly efficient officers, in whom caution,
intelligence,.and firmness are combined ; but I .do say there
are many who do not know their duty as conservators of the
peace, and therefore ought not to be entrusted with any
controul over the actions of their fellow-men, and who often
ought to be made to change places with the unfortunate
being in the dock.
Let us hope, sir, that since you have so ably taken up the
subject, you will continue to do so. Your advent has been
hailed with good feelings on the part of those who plainly
see that unlessthe powerful weight of a free press be brought
to bear on the mal-practices of official functionaries, the evil
will extend, and we, the common public, " must grin and
bear it."—l am, sir, &c.,
December 7.

BELFAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SATURDAY, DEC. 3.
A memorial to the Board of Trade, in conjunction with the
other chambers of commerce and agricultural boards, was
adopted, praying that her majesty's government would en-
deavour, by a friendly negotiation, to convince the Peruvian
government that it would be for their interest to throw open
the trade, and permit all nations to buy guano from them
direct, without the intervention,of any agents in this coun-
try. The irregularity of the arrival of the Liverpool
mail at Liverpool, via Fleetwood, after some discussion
was again referred to the postal committec,—lforthern

Lewis Meyers has been fully committed for the robbery
at Leighton Buzzard.
Mr. Robert Francis Webb, a person of great wealth,
residing at Clarence-street, Islington, London, has been
held to bail for beating his wife with a red-hot poker
LINEN YARN.—The value of linen yarn exported was in
the first ten months of this year £979,454. Last year it
the same period it was £935,051.
Tns VALUE Or STOCKINGS EXPORTED.—It is shown by
a return just issued that, in the first ten months of the
present year, of British manufacture there were 1,119,632
dozeri pairs of stockings exported, the value of which
was £287,835. In the like period of last year the value was
only £182,556..

EPISCOPAL ACCIDENT.-4:111 Friday evening
.last, as the
Bishops of Natal and Graham's Town were proceeiling to
Cuddesden Palace, to meet a party at the Bishop of Oxford's,
the carriage was upset near Wheatley, and the right rev.
brethren were extricated from their perilous 'situation by
being helped out through the window.
FRENCH POLICE AND FRENCH MILITAItY.-21. fracas has
just occurred at Calais. A young. officer conversing in the
theatre was ordered by the eommissiary to desist. He as-
sented, but soon recommenced, and being spoken to a second
time most peremptorily refused. The result was that the
commissiary was about to take him into custody when he
threatened to draw his sword. A fracas ensued, but no
blows were given, and the police desisted, but both parties
complained to head-quarters..
INQUESTS.—Yesterday, the coroner was engaged in hold-
ing inquests on the bodies of the following persons, who
had died on the previous day, under the following circum-
stances :—Mary Small, a child, five years of age, whose
clothes caught fire, and she died from the injuries she had
sustained.—Bernard Dougherty, a labourer, who died sud-
denly, after taking tea, from natural causes. —James Bewley,
a joiner, who, while in a state of intoxication, leaped from
the Prince's dock into a boat, by which he received a severe
wound on the head, and died soon after, being admitted to
the Northern Hospital. Verdict accordingly.— James Dob-
son, who (lied suddenly from natural causes.—John Cooper,
who died from having ruptured an artery neea the heart.—
And Margaret Gore, a servant to Mr. Spencer, who died,
after taking luncheon, previously, apparently, having been
in good health.
ACClDENTS.—Yesterday, the following persons were ad-
mitted inmates of the Northern Hospital, where they are at
present under surgical attendance:—James M'Grath, who,
while engaged on board the ship " Liverpool," received a
severe wound in the face, by which it is expected he will
lose his sight.—William Atherton, who fell into the hold of
the ship " Alexander," by which his leg and. jaw were
both broken, besides receiving other severe injuries.—
Thomas Jolly, who fell into a cellar in Lowe-lane, and re-
ceived a contusion of the spine.—William Cochrane, who
fell into the hold of the ship " Compromise," lying in
Bramley-Moore dock, and received a severe contusion in the
back.—And Philip Rowden who had injured his ankle and
leg, by falling into the hold of the ship Tempest."
SUICIDE OF A YOUNG• FEMALE.—A melancholy and
disastrous occurrence, calculated to give rise to most painful
feelings, occurred on board the " Laurel" steamer, during
the passage, on Friday night, from Glasgow to this port.
From the account of the occurrence which has reached us,
it appears that a person who has attained some notoriety for
keeping a house of an abandoned character in Queen-street,
engaged passages, from Glasgow, 'for six or seven unfortu-
nate young females on the occasion referred to. During
the course of the voyage, the party indulged rather freely in
wine, and their conductor, perhaps apprehending that some
accident might occur, succeeded in inducing them all to
retire for 'the night, with the exception of one of the
females, named Elizabeth Nixon, belonging, it is said, to
Holywood. She had been in the cabin saloon for some
time,• and in consequence, it would seem, of repeated re-
quests that she should go to rest like her companions, she
went on deck between eleven and twelve o'clock, while the
vessel-was off Ailsa Craig. She was followed on deck by*
the female who had the party in charge, and while the
latter was requestingcr the intervention of an American gen-
tleman who was on° deck, in order to induce her to, go
beloW, she suddenly caught hold of a portion of the rigging
at that part of the vessel, and flung herself overboard into
the sea. The vessel, at the time, was going at full speed,
and all exertions to. rescue the unfortunate creature, who
thus met an untimely and premature end, were entirely
fruitless.—Northern Whig.
REPREHENSIBLE CONDUCT OF A SHIP-MASTER.—WO
have been informed, by a highly respectable commander of
a Clyde-built brig, of a proceeding which, in our opinion,
is not only very reprehensible, but is such as to call for
the expression of the strongest terms of censure and disap-
probation. Our informant reached the English channel on
the 25th ult., after a rough and tempestuous voyage from
Paraiba. The weather was thick and heavy, and he had
reason to imagine that he might be in error as to his position.
He' had been unable, from the density of the fog, to obtain
an Observation, and his soundings did not agree with his
computed latitude. Ho had a fair wind, with which, in
clear weather, he could easily have reached Liverpool, his
destined port, on that evening. Believing that he might be
mistaken as to his latitude, he did not risk proceeding up
the channel; but, observing through the haze a ship, appa-
rently outward bound, he determined, for his own safety,
and for the safety of his crew, ship, and cargo, to obtain, if
possible, from the master of that vessel, information as to
his whereabouts. He hove his ship to, and upon a black
board exhibited his latitude and longitude, written in chalk.
The master of the outward bound vessel must have seen it,
for so closely did our informant come to the stern of that
ship that he was able to distinguish her name. He spoke
the ship, but received no answer; and, after hanging by
her for some hours, he determined to beat about till he
could make himself sure of his position, without having
received, what the commander of the outward bound vessel
must have been perfectly able to give, namely, a knowledge
of his latitude and longitude. Had our informant received
the information he so much desired, he would, as we have
said, have reached Liverpool on Friday the 25th, but because
of the incivility (to give his conduct the most courteous term
possible) of the outward bound captain, lie did not reach that
port, until late on Satnrday. It will be admitted that such
condnet as this is despicable in the extreme, and it would
be well that the energetic representatives of Lloyd's make
an inquiry into the matter, when a fitting 01,1-;
occurs. We are in possession of the name of ti, . *Va'd
bound ship, but refrain from giving it at pres unfit
British Mail.