The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-10-25 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

Mr. Leigh Hunt has written a play, which has been ac-
cepted at Covent Garden.
We have accounts from Martinique to the 2d ult. About
twelve vessels were in port waiting for loading. Mercantile
affairs were at a complete stand still.
Le National states, " that the. Prince de Joinville had ob-
tained a firman from the Sultan, authorising him to winter at
Constantinople with the Belle Poule, a frigate of 60 guns,
which he now commands."
M. 131anqui, a gentleman of good family, who is charged
with being a party to the insurrection at Paris in May last,
was arrested in that capital,'on Monday night, on his return
from London.

Last spring, Mr. Peter Gowran, of Ballinabroekey, county
Meath, sowed two ounces of the potato called "Early Re-
lievers," which produced this harvest twelve pounds and
; or, two hundred ounces! This we think good news
for farmers.—Limerick Standard.
Rinsoxism.—A Cavan correspondent has communicated
to the Newry Telegraph the astounding fact that papers con-
nected with Ribbonism have been found in the barracks at
Cavan, and that some of the soldiers have been committed to
prison.—Evening Packet,
Nurs.—ln the neighbourhood of Kendal, which has in
former years been so very prolific in nuts, there is scarcely
one to be found. The scarcity will, we believe, be general.
Our advices from Cuba are to the 17th ult. Coffee had
experienced an extraordinary rise, the crop having totally
failed. The fine qualities were quoted as high as 17 piastres,
and the ordinary at 11 piastres.
Prussia is about to despatch an agent to this country com-
missioned to report on the penny postage plan, which is ex-
citing the most lively interest in the German papers at this
time.—Post Circular.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—It is currently rumoured
that a matrimonial alliance is expected to take place between
the Hon. George Wentworth Fitzwilliam and a daughter of
Earl Carlisles, and sister to Lord l'lorpeth.
Some letters from the Swan River to May speak well of
that settlement, its improvements proceeded slowly yet
steadily. Some respectable emigrants had arrived out from
Liverpool by the Hindoo ; others were expected, whose chief
object would be the extension of the fisheries.
SUICIDES.—The number of individuals who have com-
mitted self-destruction in London within the last week or
two, alas! has been greater than ever known before in such-
a period. As far as can be ascertained, there have been no
fewer than 40 inquests on suicidcS in the course of the pre-
sent week.— Courier.
Somebody says—" Mr. Turton, who went to Canada, is to
be the new judge."—We should not be at all surprised at it,
for nothing is " too b: d" for the whigs; and the appoint-
ment would in some sort be appropriate :—Lord Melbourne
for prime minister, Lord Headfort for a lord of the bedcham-
ber, and Mr. Turton for one of the judges of the land !
MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.—Some very absurd specula-
tions have been afloat, and have been published in several
journals, as to the probability of an early assembling of par-
liament. We arc able to state most positively, that as there
exists no reason for such a course, so there is no intention
of adopting it. Parliament will be prorogued as usual in a.
few days, and will not assemble until the usual time in the
coming year.—Globe.
POLITE REQUEST.--If the persons who stole the stack of
wheat, the property of Mr. Walker, coal merchant, of Lei-
cester, from the barn at Birstall, this week, will be so good
as to return the sack, the said Jos. Walker will feel obliged;
as he wants to winnow again and, moreover, as the sack
was borrowed, and has the owner's name marked on each
side of it in large letters, it possibly may be inconvenient for
them to use it in common.—Leicestershire Mercury.
ALL THE DIFFERENCE.—The other day many influential
members of a religious society in this neighbourhood were
equally surprised and delighted to receive manuscript circu-
lars, stating that after the services on certain days named,
" collations will be taken." Judge of their disappointment,
when they were informed at the proper time, that " colla-
tions" had been accidentally written for " collections.—
Sunderland Herald.
ANOTHER PRESENT TO CAPT. HOSKEN.—A splendid
silver telescope and case has just been completed, with the
inscription Presented to Capt. J. Hosken, commander of
the Great Western Steam Ship, as a testimonial of regard
and esteem on the happy termination of the shortest voyage
ever made from Europe to America, having left Bristol the
18th of May 1839, and arrived at New York on the 31st of
the same month."

GLASGOW AND - GREENOCK RAILWAY.—Mr. Wallace,
M.P., and Mr. James Loch; M.P., who are both interested
in the line, visited the works on the 10th inst., accompanied
by the Chairman and others connected with the Railway.
They expressed themselves much gratified at the progress
made, and the engineer assured them that notwithstanding
the late severe rains, he had every confidence, in opening the
entire line early in the next summer, as originally contem-
plated.—Glasgow Mail.
FOSSIL REMAINS.—During the week, as the workmen
employed in sinking the new coal-pit belonging to Messrs.
Day and Twibell, situate in the valley on the Eastern side of
Barnsley, they discovered, at a depth of 150 yards, imbedded
in the solid rock, some beautiful specimens of fossil, some of
which represent the bole of the fir tree, others sprigs of myr-
tle, shamrocks, and various other vegetable productions.
The owners of the pit have carefully deposited these works
of nature in the counting-house attached to the works.
NEW SOCIETY OF PomoLoorsTs.—ln consequence of the
recent reduction of duty on foreign apples, the home growers
have entered into an association, entitled, " The British
Pomological Society," for the purpose, not only of counter-
acting the importation of foreign fruit as much as possible,
but of convincing the metropolitan dealers and the public that
even better apples, pears, &c. are gathered generally on the
English soil than those now and recently imported from
France, Germany, and the Netherlands.
" The generosity of Paganini towards M. Berlioz has just
been thrown in the shade" says the Nouvelliste, " by an act
of princely munificence of M. Listz. This celebrated piano-
fortist, seeing that the subscription which has been opened
for a monument to Beethoven had not reached the desired
amount, has completed it by the munificent gift of 60,000 f.,
the entire fruit of his economy.
The detachments of her Mrjesty's troops destined for the
West Indies will be kept back until the proposed new esta-
blishment of the deplt companies is decided. The state-
ment of a cpntemporary, that fhey,,have been decide 1, was
.not only a guess, but an unlucky guess. The details of the
new arrangement of the depot system, announced by us as in
contemplation on the 21st September, have not yet been com-
pleted. A difference of opinion on the subject is understood
to have arisen between Lord Hill and the government (Lord
John Russell) on the subject.—United Service Gazette.
The grumblers have • had their murmurings stopped.
Thursday and yesterday were glorious days for the country.
Bright and warm, they must have gladdened the heart of the
hnsbandman, and brought joy to the cabins of the poor, who,
in fearfulness and alarm, have been anticipating scarcity and
famine. All classes of the people have much cause for thank-
fulness to the bountiful " Lord of the harvest."—Newry
Telegraph.
THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD AGAIN.—Mr. Sheepshanks,
residing near Spalding, Lincolnshire, had a bill brought into
him, from a village blacksmith, as follows :—‘.‘ To menden to
broken sorspuns-4 punse. To handl to a kleffer-6, To
pointen 3 iren skures-3. To repairen a Milton 2. A klap-
per to a bel-8. Mensen atenden a cow sik the an norman
a bad i-6. To arf ada elpen a fillup a taken in a rik—l sil-
lin. To a hole day elpen a fillup a taken in arvist-2
Totte 4 sillins and tifpunse."
THE BRITISH QUEEN STEAM-SHIP.—DIABOLICAL AT-
TEMPT.—Previous to the British Queen leaving New York
the engineer detected several pieces of iron put into the ma-
chinery by some •evil-disposed persons, which would have
caused extensive destruction had the discovery not been made
in time. This should he a warning to all engineers to exa-
mine their machinery carefully whenever they have been in a
position admitting of the possibility of malicious persons hav-
ing access to their vessels. The officers of the British Queen
have not been able to fix suspicion on any particular party.—
Shipping Gazette.
PROPORTION OF CRIME TO POPULATION.—III the sixteenth
report on the Preston House of Correction, presented to the
visiting justices the other day, by the Rev. John Clay. the
chaplain, we meet with the following paragraph is well
known that a dense population is much more productive of
crime than en equally numerous one more widely spread ; but
this circumstance is scarcely sufficient to explain the glaring
discrepancy between crime in Preston, which appears to be as
1 every 245 inhabitants—and in the district of Ressendale
Forest, where it seems as 1 to 3,739—0 r in Pendle Forest
where it is 1 to 7,092 !" ,
POSTING AND STAGE BUSINESS.—The falling off of the
posting and stage business was never more visible than dur-
ing the Doncaster race week, the greater portion of the com-
pany having travelled by railway ; and one of the oldest stages
that was always taken up before the time, came down with a
single passenger on the principal day. On the roads leading
from the railway every vehicle was full, and at one of the
leading inns on the road five pairs of horses were sufficient
for which twenty were formerly needed. A much greater
falling off may be expected on the opening of the North Mid-
land Railway.—Leeds Intelligencer.
NEW VARIETY of BARLEY.—A paragraph appeared in
this paper a few weeks Since, stating, that a new variety of
barley, named Providence barley, was then growing in a field
belonging to Mr. Samuel Barnes, of Westbury, and was then
supposed would average from ten to twelve quarters per acre. •
It has since been cut- and thrashed ; the quantity sown was
one quart, which stocked twenty-four perches of land, the
produca of which was three sacks one bushel and a half,being
at the rate of more than eleven quarters per acre ; and it
would have yielded at least three bushels more, had not a
considerable quantity of it been destroyed by the rooks when
the seed was springing up, which would then have averaged
more Than twelve quarters and a half per acre.—Wiltsinde-
pendent.

BEAU BILUMMELL.—It will be matter of news to many
persons to hear that this -once celebrated person, the arbiter
elegantiarum of the days of, George IV., when Prince of
Wales, and the " glass in. which the' youth—that is, the
fashionable youth of England, did. (in those times) dress
themselves," is now in confinement in a place set apart for
those who labour under mental derangement, in Caen, in
Normanby. This admired of all admirers is existing on the
almost extorted benevolence of relations, and the contribu-
tions of old friends. The whole amount of his income is
scarcely £lOO a-year. Poor George ! How differently must
his luxuries be now so what they once were ! £lOO a-year
for one who began life with a good fortune, high expecta-
tions, great connections, and princely patronage. The ruling
passing reigns triumphant even in the walls of a mad-house.
Beau Brunimell still imagines himself a fine gentleman, and
assumes all the airs and importance of by-gone popularity
and gone fortune. Amongst other feats he rings the bell of
his solitary apartment continually. The keeper, who with
great hnmanity hun,ourS his insanity, asks what commands?
" Order my carriage," says the light of other days ; " I
must go directly to Carlton House to see the prince."—
Morning Herald.

ANCIENT GLOVES.--A short time ago, one of our High-
land exquisites discovered on the counter of one of our shops
a lot of " Hedgers Gloves," and, from his never having sec n
such'articles, his curiosity was awaken id to learn their use.
The shopman, with a deal of assumed gravity, waggishly in-
formed him that they were fac-similes of those worn in the
fourteenth century ; that they had been ordered for a noble-
man in the neigbourhood, for the tournament, but had arri-
ved too late to be used on the occasion. Eager inquiry was
made by the dandy whether he could get a pair, which being
assented to—the price was instantly told down, and the
gloves pocketed with an air of triumph. Since this fortu-
nate acquirement, our hero may be seen promenading the
streets, and occasionally escorting some of the fair maids of
Perth, gloved up to the elbows like one of gude King Jamie's
Falconers, quite unconscious of the dignity he has conferred
on the hedger's gloves.—Perth Advertiser.
ADVENTURE OF, A TEN POUND NOTE.—On Monday, a
youth, in the employ of Mr. Trimbie, woollen manufacturer,
Bury, was sent by his master to the post-ofEce in that town,
with a letter containing a note for £lO. The youth had placed
the letter in his cap, but having occasion to scratch his head
during the walk, he unluckily dropped the letter in the street,
and he, not. perceiving his loss, proceeded to the post-office,
when lo ! on examining his cap the valuable article was miss-
ing. In a pitiable state of mind the youth retraced his steps
to the dwelling of his employer, and informed him of his mis-
fortune. The letter was afterwards found in the post-office,
having been picked up by a female, who, perceiving it was
not directed for any person in Bury, very properly put it in
the post-office, wh6n, after sending the town's crier round
the town, and some hours search and enquiry for the missing
treasure, it was found.—Manchester Courier.

The Marquis of Huntley, it is now expected, will pay 12s.
6d. in the pound.
The railroad from Naples to Castellamare was opened on
the 4th instant, with great rejoicings.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.—The result of the registration for
this county gives a conservative gain of 69.
Mr. Charles Layfield, of Richmond, grocer, has two apple
trees-.in his garden in full bloom.
RUSSIAN FORESTS.—The boundless extent of wood with
which Russia is covered, may be inferred from the condition
of one government alone, in which of fifty millions of acres
(its whole extent), forty-seven millions consist exclusively of
forests. According to an estimate made in 1809, which re-
fers only to the north of Russia, these forests appeared to
contain no fewer than 8,192,259 pines fit to be masts, each
being at least 30 inches in diameter. The accuracy of this
estimate has since been amply confirmed by actual survey,
in the course of which it has been ascertained, that, in the
three northern governments of Vologda, Archangel, and
Olonetz, there are 216,000 acres of pine and fir.
IMMENSE METEOR.—As we were proceeding from Beau-
maris to Bangor, on the evening of Tuesday last, we were
startled by the sudden apPearance of a meteor of most unu-
sual size and splendour, which darted from the constellations
in the vicinage of the polar star, and shot over to the stars
of the south with the most astonishing brilliancy and speed.
Its diameter occupied a space upon the retina more than
double that of the sun or moon, and its light was as perva-
ding and intense as that of the most vivid lightning. It
lasted, however, but an instant. Our horse cowered under
the flash, and our fellow-travellers were astonished, having
never before witnessed so large and luminous a meteor. Its
extinction and transit were alike destitute of sound. The
evening was close and damp.—Carnarvon Herald.
A curious circumstance took place last week. At Kibbles-
worth, near Lamesley, a farmer (Mr. W. Thirlway) has an
excellent cow, that suddenly left off giving her usual supply
of milk. She was " erowdied," and every pains taken to
restore her; but, in spite of all that was done, she still grew
worse ; when, lo! a neighbouring lad, who happened to be
going through the field where she was grazing, saw a colt,
the foal of an ass, very industriously sucking the favourite
cow ! This fully explained the matter, and set at rest the
conjectures as to who was the thief. Mister Donkey (who
was no ass) was immediately removed; and the cow is now
giving her accustomed quantity of milk. It had been ob-
served, that the little ass was getting very fat in its good
pasturage.—Gateshead Observer.
• THE EXPERIMENTAL. WOOD PAVING IN OXFORD-
STREET, LONDON.—The vestry of St. Marylebone having de-
termined on paving with wood the whole of the carriage-way
of Oxford-street, from Rathbone-place to Wells-street; being
a space of 4000 superficiallards, the paving committee met
on Monday to consider the matter ; and, after considerable
discussion, it was resolved to invite all the known projectors
of plans for wood paving to lay down specimens of their dif-
ferent modes of, performing the works within the above-
named space. A variety of specimens of wooden blocks,
some of a most singular character and appearance, have al-
ready been deposited at the Court-house, and the committee
have extended the time, for those of other projectors to be
sent in, until Thursday next (yesterday), when they will
again meet to hear. the, proposals, appoint the space to be
allotted to each eXperiment, &c. The issue of these experi-
ments will be conclusive as to the eligibility of wood paving
for the streets of this metropolis, as this portion of the work
will be subjected to the severe test of the wear and tear of
Oxford-street for the space of one year. The experiment al-
ready laid down will then have been, at the termination of
that period, subjected to a trial of two years, and the ques-
tion of durability, slipperiness, and the facility of taking up
and relaying after gas and water companies, will all be deter-
mined.—Morning Herald of Tuesday.
HOITY-TOITY ON THE CORN LAWS.—" Down at Wol-
verhampton," as the song goes, A sprightly little fellow, of
the naive of James Ackland, who snips up snuff by spoonsful,
appeared last week to support a repeal of the corn laws. He
challenged a Mr. Thorneycroft to answer him. Mr. Thor-
neycroft, like a most sensible man, asked who Mr. James
Ackland was? and finding that he was the identical James
Ackland,—the (see all the country papers in that part of the
kingdom without exception)—who had, as a precocious ridi-
cal, been imprisoned within the walls of the three best pri-
sons of England, Mr. Thorneycroft asked himself, as a gen-
tleman, whether he ought to meet such a man in discussion.
He decided in the negative, and he decided correctly. This
James Ackland has not been very long out of Bury gaol,
where he was imprisoned for his fooleries at Hull. He had
previously been sentenced for similar fodleries at Bristol, and
other places ; and altogether he has been in gaol for such
vagaries some six years, or thereabouts, out of the last 16.
But he is a delegate of the anti-corn law league, established
at Manchester ! The sooner Mr. Cobden draws in his £lOO
a-year, the wiser man he will be.—Morning Herald.,
LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—From returns
laid before the parliamentary committee, it appears that the
total access in the actual cost of the London and Birmingham
Railway over the parliamentary estimates, including the ex-
tension line to Euston Square, was, up to the 31st of Decem-
ber last, £2,233,849 ; the parliamentary estimate being
£2,750,000, and the actual expenses £4,983,849. The actual
cost of tho land was more than double the estimate, the sums
being respectively, £250,000 and £537,596. In the parlia-
mentary estimate, a sum of £99, 133 was set apart for gene-
ral charges, and was then deemed ample ; whereas the mere
cost of obtaining the act of incorporation was X 72,868 18s 10d.
Shame upon the legislature, that it should have been so !
The extension line cost less, it appears, than the parliament-
ary estimate, by £17,286, the respective amounts being
£232,714 and £250,000. The mode in which the capital of
the company has been raised may be thus briefly stated :
By calls, £`2,375,000; by debentures i 0 anticipation of calls,
£750,000.; and by debentures on mortgage of tolls,
£1,375,000, making a total of money raised of four millions
and a half.---Railumg Times
OPERATIONS OF THE RIVER RIBBLE.—This interesting
and important undertaking appears, as it progresses, to at-
tract a corresponding share of the attention of our townsmen.
Last Sunday, the banks of the river, especially in the neigh-
bourhood of the coffer dam, and where the dredging is in
progress, were crowded by visitors, who appeared to take a
lively interest in the auspicious aspect of the work. In fact,
the operations excite so much. of the attention of those who
feel an interest in such matters, and are inspected so fre-
quently and so numerously; that it becomes 'the less neces-
sary for us to make communications on the subject to our
readers. The dredging has continued to proceed with all
possible success, and could not, in short, present results more
gratifying. The coffer dam has fully borne out what we pre-
dicted, a fortnight ago, and has remained perfectly strong
and staunch. The'excavators, to'tbe number of about one
hundred, have been buisily at work, and have succeeded in
removing rock, in a proportion fully adequate to what was
ever anticipated could be accomplished in a given time---
Preston Chronicle.
BURN'S COMMERCIAL GLANCE.—In these days of cotton
gambling on one side of the Atlantic, and short-time on the
other, Mr. Burn deems it necessary to publish his very
laboriously compiled table at shorter periods. We had one
in July last, and now another has just been issued, exhibiting
the imports of the'raiv material and the exports of yarn and
goods (with a great mass of other useful matter) during the
first nine months of 1839. The total exports of yarn in
these months have been 72,6957841 b ; and in the same
Period in 1838, 85,231,9891 b ; so that there is a decrease on
the nine 'Months, as compared with last year, of 12,5362051 b,
in our exports of yarn.—There has been a decrease in the
import of raw cotton in the first nine months of 1835, as
compared with 1838, of 317,726 bags, or about 25 per cent;
the quantities being in the nine months of 1881, as much as
1,297,125 bags; in the same period of 39 972, -9 bags.—There
appears to have been an increase in the export of plain
calicoes, as compared with the same period of last year, of
2,710,000 yards ; and of printed and dyed calicoes, of
g 4,622,388 yards. It seems that the supply of cotton de-
ducting that.exported) for the first nine months of this year
was 1,399,760 bass ; and the consumption of 39 weeks (nine
months) estimated at 2,000 bags weekly, would be 780,000
bags ; leaving the present stock of cotton in Great Britain,
619,760 bags ; or equal to 32 weeks' consumption, if only
20,000 bags are consumed weekly.
CHURCH MISSIONS.—It is computed, that 300 additional
clergymen might be advantageously employed at the present
time in the British colonies ; and supposing that the society
allowed stipends, amounting to the average of £lOO a year,
to each of these clergymen, the increased expenditure for
the colonies alone would be £30,000 a year. The demand
for new missions and additional missionaries to the heathen
must also be taken into consideration, and on the whole it
may be said that three times the amount of the present
annual subscriptions, or £60,000 a year, are required in
order to place the operations of the society on an adequate
scale. That the whole of this very large sum can be raised
at once. t would be rash to assert. But looking at what is
done by other institutions, both among Churchmen and Dis-
senters, there seems no reason to depair of obtaining it at
no distant time. It cannot be admitted that the claims of
the society are less urgent, the field of their labours less ex-
tensive, or the number of their friends less considerable,
than those of any other missionary establishment. The
division of the whole land into dioceses, archdeaconries,
rural deaneries, and parishes, may supply an organisation
as complete as can be desired for the establishment of com-
mittees and associations, and nothing more is necessary than
to bring this machinery to bear upon the great body of the
English nation. There are still many of our great towns
and many of our richest agricultural districts where the re-
ligious destitution of the colonies, and the efforts of the
society to relieve it, are equally unknown. And they can
only pray fervently to the Giver of all Good to put an end to
this ignorance, and to stir up the minds of his faithful people,
and strengthen them for the discharge of their duty.--
Report of the Society for Propagating the Gospel.
SUBSTITUTF FOR THE CRANK AXLE.—An ingenious cor-
respondent hag 'forwarded to us the following description of
a method of disknsing with crank axletrees, which we give
in his own words, without ourselves expressing an opinion on
the subjeCt. First, on the top of the piston let there be placed
a rectangular piete of iron, with 'cogs on each side, of equal
length with the piston, and on each side of it place two cog
wheels that will be connected to each axletree in one direction
by means of palls, and loose on.the other; and on each axle-
tree let there be two wheels of equal dimensions connected
With each other? Then when the piston is moving upwards,
it will drive one-pf the wheels round, it being connected with
one axletree and fly wheel, and when the,piston is moving in
the reverse direetion, the opposite wheel will be driven round,
which being connected with the other axletree by means of
two wheels of equal dimensions, will keep' it in the same inn
tion. The advantages of this method as stated by the corres•
pondent alluded to, Mr. R. Armstrong, of Claremont-place
are a saving of steam and an abatement of friction.

A CONTINENTAL DUEL.—The Gazette des Tribnnan.v
publishes, on the authority of a letter from Russia, a roman-
tic account of a recent duel, near Moscow, in which both the
combatants were killed :—" A Russian count, named Nor-
voslimo, had seduced, under promise of marriage, the
daughter of an old general, and really intended, it appears,
to marry her, but his mother objected to the marriage on the
ground of the general not '.being of noble blood, and com-
pelled her son to remain with her at Moscow, so as to pre-
vent, all chance of his carrying his promise into effect, the
young lady living at a considerable distance from that place.
When the old general discovered the seduction of his daugh-
ter, he called together his five sons, who were all officers of
the 20th regiment of Cossacks, and, revealing to them the
shame of tlieir sister, it was resolved to take vengeance of
the seducer, or to compel him to fulfil his promise. For this
purpose the five sons obtained leave of absence from their
regiment, and arrived in Moscow. The countess, having
ascertained the object of their visit, applied to the governor
of Moscow, who arrested them, and had them confined in
_prison for three months, at the expiration of which period of
Imprisonment they were sent back to their regiment, the
colonel of which received orders not to give any of them
leave of absence even for a single day. They now cast lots
as to which of the five should give in their resignation, in
order that one at least might be able to take vengeance upon
the seducer. The son on whom the lot fell immediately re-
signed his commission, and set off for Moscow, accompanied
by a servant. On the road, he accidentally met the seducer
on horseback, and, having challenged him, the count alighted
from his horse, to which he gave a shake of the whip, in
order that he might return without the rider, and thus an-
nounce the accident that had befallen him. ' for,' said he to
the brother of the young lady, both of us must die.' They
fought with pistols at a distance only of three paees, and
both fell mortally wounded, but livtd sufficiently long to
relate what had passed, and for the young count to entreat
his mother to adopt the child of the female whom he had be-
trayed. They were found by the police immediately after
the :fuel, and the servant was arrested, but upon the declara-
tion of the count and his master he was released. The
account adds that the countess is nearly heart broken at the-
consequences of her own pride, and has adopted her grand-
child as some atonement for the• calamity which she had
caused.

LIVERPOOL MICHAELMAS SESSIONS.-TUESDAY

STEALING INDIGO FROM A WAREHOUSE.

Thomas Cooper, aged 34, was chargedwith having feloni-
ously stolen 591bs. weight of indigo, the property of Richard
Rowlandson and Co.
The case was one of purely circumstantial evidence, the
prisoner not having been seen to take the indigo.
John Williams, a warehouseman in the service of Messrs.
Richard and John Rowlandson. They had indigo in their
warehouse. A seron was a package containing about a hun-
dred weight. On the 22d of August, he (witness) was in
the warehouse, where a seron of indigo was. The prisoner
was employed by witness as a porter. The warehouse was
secured by a large gate, fastened by two bolts and a lock. On
Saturday morning when he went, he found that the bolts had
been withdrawn, but the lock was fast. The gate was a
peculiar spring gate, and it had been lifted up, and some per-
son had crept under. The seron had been removed ; it had
a large hole in it, and a quantity of indigo had been removed.
Indigo was worth 5s per pound. After this, he went with a
man to a cellar in Midghall-street. Here he rubbed his
finger on the floor, and it became blue, somewhat like indigo.
He afterwards found the prisoner in Tithebarn-street. He
put his hands into his pocket, as if to conceal them. Having
procured the assistance of a constable, the prisoner was taken
into custody. His hands were blue, as if he had been hand—
ling indigo.
Michael Cloony, a porter in the service of Messrs. Row-
landson stated, that on Saturday morning he found the gate
in that state described by Mr. Williams. A quantity of in-
digo was strewed about the ground. The seron was weighed
on Saturday, and a deficiency of 591bs was noted.
Henry Smith, a porter, of Bent-street, deposed, that on
Friday night last, about half-past nine o'clock, he was in
bed, when the prisoner at the bar knocked at the door, and
asked him to get up and get something to drink. He• assented
after a little pressing, and accompanied the prisoner to his
cellar, where there was a man named Wilcock and his wife.
They had ale and whiskey. The prisoner and Wilcock went
away after some private conversation, and were absent about
half an hour. When they returned, they had each a hand-
kerchief as full as they could be crammed of indigo. He
remarked, " You now will get yourselves into some serious
trouble ;" to which the prisoner replied, " What are you
talking of? mind your own business, or it'll be worse for
you." The prisoner raised his hand to strike witness. They
went out together, and witness followed them, though they
had requested him to remain and drink, as there was plenty.
He, however, tracked them, and saw them go to a court in
Key-street, where a man chaffered with them for the pur-
chase of the indigo. They asked five pounds for it ; but he
said he would not give any such money. The man gave
him a sovereign. Witness, fearful of being observed, with-
drew, and heard no more.
Thomas Sherwood, a police-officer, stated, that he took
the prisoner into custody. He searched the prisoner, and
found several grains of indigo in his waistcot pocket.
The jury found the prisoner guilty. The prisoner was sen-
tenced to seven years' transportation.
CAUTION TO SHOPKEEPERS.
_ _

Margaret Breeze, aged 25, was charged with having stolen
32 yards of linsey, the property of J. C. Evans.
A constable of Cleveland-square market, named Goff,
stated, that he saw the prisoner with the linsey in her pos-
session, and having questioned her, and her answers proving
unsatisfactory, he took her into custody. It was discovered
that the linsey had been stolen from the door of Mr. Evans'
shop, where it was exposed for sale.
The RECORDER said, he would not allow Mr. Evans his
experises on account of the goods having been exposed out-
side the shop door.
The Jury found the prisoner guilty, but recommended her
to mercy, because of the temptation which had been offered.
The Recorder said, he perfectly concurred in the recommen-
dation ; every shopkeeper who exposed his goods outside his
doors was liable to a penalty of £2. The prisoner was sen-
tenced to be imprisoned one month.
THEFT FROM THE PERSON.

Elizabeth Davis, aged 40, was charged with having, in
August last, stolen a watch, the property of John Bartington.
It appeared that the prosecutor, being intoxicated, met the
prisoner on his way home, and entered into conversation with
her, in the course of which she stole his watch. She after-
wards pledged it. The pawnbroker's assistant identified her.
The prisoner, in defence, said that a woman gave her the
watch to pledge. The Jury found her guilty.
The RECORDER said, he would not at present pass sen-
tence. Addressing the prosecutor, he said all this arose from
idle and drunken habits.
Eliza Kelly, a female of dissolute character, aged about 25,
was charged with having, on the 19th instant, stolen two half-
crowns and three shillings, the property of Lawrence Fish, a
bricklayer.
The prosecutor is a bricklayer, working at Birkenhead. He
met the prisoner, on Sundaynight, the 19th instant, and pro-
ceeded home with her, when she robbed him of all his money.
THE DOUBLE ROBBERY CASE.
William Telford, aged 21, and Margaret Anderson, aged
21, were indicted for having, on the 12th instant, feloniously
assaulted Ellen Gibson, and stolen from her a watch, a sove-
reign, and eighteen shillings.
This was a portion of the case, the circumstances of which
have been recently fully detailed to the public under the title
of " The Double Robbery." We deem it unnecessary to
enter again into the particulars. The two prisoners at the
' bar were the parties who robbed tllen Gibson of a watch, a
sovereign, and eighteen shillings, she having previously rob-
bed her master and mistress of the same watch and two so-
vereigns. The indictment contained two counts, one of which
alleged the property to be that of Ellen Gibson, the other al-
leged the property to be that of Mr. Douglas, Ellen Gibson's
master. The principal witness was Ellen Gibson, who varied
her evidence considerably from that which she had given be-
fore the magistrates, her evident wish being to shield the fe-
male prisoner. She gave full and complete evidence of Tel-
ford's brutal violence when he committed the robbery upon
her, but was very unwilling to admit anything that tended to
criminate Anderson. She, however, made admissions rela-
tive to the participation of the latter, which forced her, under
the scrutinising examination of the learned counsel for the
prosecution, to confirm her statements made before the ma-
gistrates. She, however, said that she heard Anderson coun-
sel the male prisoner against the act which he was about to
commit, a circumstance on which the Recorder dwelt in his
summing up.
The Jury found Telford guilty, and acquitted Margaret
Anderson. Telford sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment.
Ellen Gibson was then placed at the bar. She pleaded
guilty. She was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment.
ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON.
Moses Joynson, aged 25, was charged with having in July
last, feloniously stolen a watch, chain, seal, and two keys,
from the person of Joseph Whitehead.
Joseph Whitehead, a warehouseman in the service of
Messrs. Booth and Walmsley, stated, that on the 17th of
July last, he was passing along Whitechapel, when he met
the prisoner and several other persons, who jostled against
him. The prisoner made a snatch at his watch-guard, which
snapped, and the prisoner obtained possession of the watch.
He immediately ran off pursued by witness, who overtook
him at the end of Whitechapel. 'the prisoner threw the
watch over his shoulder; it fell upon the pavement, and was
picked up by a friend of his (Mr. Whitehead's.) He (wit-
ness) never lost sight of the prisoner, and held him fast when
he had seized him.
Mr. Samuel Towerson stated, that he was walking in
Whitechapel on the night in question. He saw Mr. White-
head seize the prisoner, and saw the latter throw the watch
over his shoulder. He (witness) picked it up.
The Jury found the prisoner guilty. A previous conviction
was alleged against him, to which he pleaded guilty. It ap-
peared that he had been twice previously convicted. He was
sentenced to ten years' transportation.
FELONY.
Thomas Williams, aged 23, was charged with having
stolen a cart-saddle and a breech-band, the property of John
Johnson.
It appeared that the prisoner had been jointly engaged with
another man in the commission of the felony. His com-
panion was tried and acquitted some time ago. The prisoner
escaped, and had only recently been met with.
Police-officer No. 165, proved that on the 24th April last,
he found the door of Mr. Johnson's stable, in Back Ashton-
street, open. He went into the stable, and found the pri-
soner and another man taking away a saddle and breech-
band. They were wishful to escape, but they told him that
Mr. Johnson had sent them for the articles which they were
taking away. He seized the young man who was holding the
sack, but the prisoner escaped. He had been teken into
custody by another officer for this offence.
Mr. Johnson, the owner of the property, proved that on
the 23d of April he had left his stable locked, and that he did
not, on the 24th of April, give any person authority to go to
it, or to remove his harness.
The Jury found the prisoner guilty, but recommended him
to mercy. The Recorder sentenced him to three months'
imprisonment.
The Court adjourned shortly before five o'clock.
WEDNESDAY.
CHARGE OF KILLING A FEMALE CHILD.
Elizabeth Pewson, 23, was indicted for having feloniously
attempted to suffocate her female child, with intent to mur-
der it. Mr. Murphy appeared for the prosecution.
After the evidence had been heard at considerable length,
substantially the same as it has previously appeared in our
paper, Mr. F. E. O'Gorman, who had attended the prisoner
in a medical capacity, was called, who attributed the death
of the child to debility, arising from want of food.
Mr. Munplly said he thought the evidence did not bear
out the indictment.

Mr. Hector's name was then called ; but the jury said they
did not :think that any medical evidence could induce them
fA) find a verdict of guilty of intent to murder.
The prisoner was acquitted.
THE SWINDLER EXTRAORDINARY.

John Molt, 29, was indicted for having unlawfully, and by
,alse pretences, obtained from Margaret Huffy the sum of
one penny, with intent to cheat and defraud her of the same.
Mr. Bliss conducted the case for the prosecution; the pri-
soner was undefended.
Mr. BLISS said, that early in the month of September last
the prisoner went to the house of Margaret Huffy, and asked
her whether she was willing to join the Grand Junction
Fund, the objects of which he explained by presenting her
with a card, of which the following is a copy:—
" Patronised by her Majesty. Grand Junction Fund, for
the Support of the Poor during the ensuing Winter.' Every
poor person, who feels inclined to join this society, is to pay
One Penny per week •or more ; and each Member will be
supplied weekly with good Beef or Mutton, Tea, Coffee, Su-
gar, Bread, Butter, Bacon, Potatoes, and Coals during the
winter, or good Clothing, Sheets, and Blankets, or they may
draw their money out of the Fund, and be allowed one Shil-
ling in the pound, as interest. JOHN MOLT, Treasurer.
" A Public Meeting will be held the first Monday in every
Month, at No. 5, Anson-street, Liverpool."
This flattering description of the benefits which would ac-
crue to those persons who became subscribers to the fund,
together with the mention of the name of Sir John Tobin,
who was said to be one of the heads of the society, induced
Huffy to pay her penny, and •to make a promise to pay more
in the ensuing week. He (Mr. Bliss) need not inform the
jury that the whole thing was a fiction,—a contrivance for
the purpose of raising money. The amount charged as hav-
ing been obtained in this instance was very small ; but the
magnitude of the prisoner's crime was not to be estimated by
this single case. The prisoner had carried on his operations
to a large extent, and his offence was a very aggravated one,
inasmuch as he had defrauded the poor, who, being the most
liable to such imposition, welt the most entitled to protection.
Margaret Huffy was then called. She deposed that she
was the wife of John Huffy, and that on the 3d of September
the prisoner came to her, and asked her to join the Grand
Junction Fund. She asked what it was, and he handed to
her a card, which she read. She inquired who were the heads
of the fund, and he mentioned the names of several gentle-
men well known in Liverpool, amongst others that of Sir
John Tobin, who had, he said, subscribed sixteen shillings
to encourage the fund. In consequence of this she became
a subscriber, and paid one penny.
Sir John Tobin proved that he had never sanctioned or
been at the head of any Grand Junction Fund, and that he
knew nothing of the prisoner.
Samuel Lloyd, a constable, stated that he apprehended the
prisoner in the act of collecting money, in Midghall-street.
On him were found five packs of his cards, several collecting
books, and eighteen-pence in copper, which he had collected.
The prisoner, as he did on his examination before the ma-
gistrate, said that he had acted out of pure good nature, and
an interest in the welfare of poor people. He declared, be-
fore God and the court, that he had not intended to defraud
the poor, but to return their pence doubly and trebly.
The jury found the.prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced
to twelve months imprisonment and hard labour.
Mr. Bliss mentioned that there was another indictment,
and that a great number of persons had been imposed on by
Molt, but it would be unnecessary to proceed further, a ver-
dict having been obtained.
DISCHARGE OF THE GRAND JURY.
At twenty minutes past one the grand jury brought into

court several bills, three of which were against A MI
and James Vincent Hughes, for misdemeanours, and
ing concluded their labours.
The learned RECORDER addressed them to the followerto
effect :—Previous to discharging you, I hope you Will e/c on
me for making one or two observations. We are na`v
the eve of winter ; and there is not one of us but must r.ce
lect the melancholy occurrences which took place in this
other towns on the 7th of January last. I extreu);
happy to learn that the lighthouses along the whole
Peter Hughes
have been inspected, and have been found to be M veryotrod
tisfactory state. The life-boats, also, are in a vet! '`,,inse
state, and ready to assist in any occurrences similar to I,e
which unfortunately visited us at the beginning
I hope, however, that such another awful calamity will ni.•
ow •
again visit us ; 1 think that we would act very iniPr°Pi,n•
if, after what has occurred, we did not allow those rue -to
choly events to have their influence on us, and induce '.1.5„0
adopt every precaution in our power to mitigate suer ~d,
such as those to which I have alluded. We should, in de ‘,O
exhibit a great want of foresight if those events were 104Vil,
of the 410 t
us, and led not to those measures of precaution whi,e'tbere
manity makes incumbent on us. I may also state that' rata
is a great desire on the part of the magistrates of thi3 eco'vc, if
to improve the rural police throughout the county. N need
that force is strengthened as the magistrates desire, 113 of
hardly say that that additional constabulary force must for
material service in the winter months, as their attention,,, 'e •
be directed to the preservation of life and property alma. 'co,
whole line of our coast. This constabulary force 010,7-,he,
operate with the town police here, as well as with
t" theY
shire police, and, all acting with one common object,ei of
will be powerful in repressing these disgraceful criinll
plunder and ship-wrecking which have taken place. A _ties
must, I think, be productive of great good. In the com„i„ce
of Gloucester and Devon, I perceive, the constabularY.o7of
is strongly recommended, and it has received the saa.,c„,tiibc
the magistrates at Preston and Lancaster. Though It 111 be •
a costly mode, it will be powerful and efficacious, and eere
dovoted to no other purpose than that of preserving the Pt. the
and securing property, interfering not with the right' t'esrY
people. I may also mention that I have seen the sect ve.), •
of the Humane Society, and he tells me that it is in, a i„•
flourishing state, and quite alive to the necessity of aq'Pei
every precautionary measure, so that you have two u°
acting for the promotion of this great object.
The grand jury were then dismissed.
The following is a list of the sentences:—
Transported for fifteen years :—Mary Ann Thonlo°w ,„,"
Margaret Burke, for stealing a purse and £7, the pro"'
Wm. Cropper. ~, for
hem!.
ig

_Tansported for fourteen years :—James h
stealing 11 yards of print, belonging.to Peter Mars"',,rty 01
Buckley, for stealing 100 yards of canvas, the proPTherti
Nathan Cairns ; William Kelly, for stealing 35., thePr°'
of John Platt and others, his masters. brealc.
Transported for ten years :—Hosier fora steal.
ing into the dwelling-house of John Hitchmough, an, „buryi
ing three shirts ; Thomas Hanbury and Margaret lia.:qere
for stealing 10s. 6d., the property of John Jebb John' bet'
dith, for stealing 12 glasses, the property of Joseph
prty of
ton ; David Brookshaw, for stealing 10s., the PrT°l);"s,ls
Richard Lloyd and another, his masters; Thomas'°93 10'';
~1
stealing a jacket ; Ellen Williams, for stealing ichst"
belonging to James Kenyon ; Mary Finnelly and pro,
Finnelly, for stealing £99 and a bill of exchange, tilooll
perty of John Atkinson; Moses Joynson, for stealing a
.e.for
from the person of Joseph Whitehead; Blizabeth pa.! p 0;
stealing a watch from the person of Joseph Bartlneloar,'
Charles M`Christal, for stealing a variety of articles I)
ing to William Atkinson and Jseph Ashton. t,010"
Transported for seven years : o—Jane Jones, for s— Marit
yards of Saxony cloth, the property of Wmni
Smith, for stealing 47 handkerchiefs belonging to ChrT°l3roo4
Whalley ; Michael Waistell, for stealing 13 Yards °
the property of his employers, Messrs. Jeffrey rtY of
Thomas Cooper, for stealing 591bs of indigo, the prope
for
Richard Rowlandson and another.
Dutton,
Imprisonment for three years :—Thomas
for stabbing J. Eves, with intent to maim.
Slatcr.;_4o,

imprisonment for eighteen months;—Ellen woo'
stealing a watch, two sovereigns, and several articles Telford,
ing apparel, the property of David Douglas ; (II!,
for stealing a watch, and £1 18s., the property of fro'
son ; Charles Houghton for stealing a handkerchie,te3iialf
the person of Thomas Brown; George Roger:, f°' )factill
1121bs. of colleo and a bag, the property of Thomas
and others. for
,ur„,oo,
Imprisonment for twelfc months :—Thomas ol
stealing two boxes, one key, and One knife, the prop!rolvx Sal
D. Edwards and another, and one pair of plilemeb;reill°;,

measure, two knives, and one pencil case, the 100Pe;teal'
Joseph Wand ;—Eliza Kelly ;—Charlotte White, f0r,,i0,00,
ing 255. of the moneys of Peter Porter ;—Martin
for stealing a Mackintosh cloak and a work box belong' foe
Henry Chapnis ;—Catherine Cowan and Ann lrcloyces'
stealing articles of wearing apparel belonging to Wiltiinia
Wm. Thomas, and John Owens ;-John John Molt, for riti7;ol4
money under false pretences :—David Broderick, M11;"'
a watch from the person of the Rev. Richard Carthce,hief,
James M`Laughlin for stealing 'two vests, a liantikenr'ey
and a pair of stockings, the property of J. W• Live'iag At°
William Lynch, for stealing 3filbs. of copper, beicqs.
Samuel Taylor ;—William Davies, for stealing £3. 'Nfa,(l,
wearing apparel, the property of Patrick Dougherty
Ann Stewart and Bridget Little, for stealing Ils. ir-
‘ry llo'
person of Wm. Thompson ;—lsabella Walker and
berts, for stealing five handkerchiefs, the propertY,°4e, the
r
Fox ;—John Robinson, for stealing 231bs. of she", o,l°
property of John Macaire and others •,—Jolin WhiteileCrte
stealing a coat, belonging to Thomas Croxford ;-40,11ncharig%
ley and Eliz. Tyrrell, participators in the offence of
steal
Christal.
Imprisonment for nine months :—John Draper, for:ooer
ing one firkin of butter, property of Wm. Rose and
riot, tb,e
—Mary Kelly, stealing a shawl and 69 yardpsarotficiPpiloit;
property of Wm. Williams ;—Mary Burke, a
Mary Ann Thompson and Ivlargaret Price in stealing ohlig
the person of Wm. Cropper ;—Edward Mutch, for s'
one ton of horse manure, belon 'n to Samuel S,En,,,ettbScr;, tbaii
Michael M`Dermot, for stealing ga
quantity or "s'
rvf
property of J. S. Royle. r
Imprisonment for six months ;—Mary Ono saz,
28 yards of print, the property of Pearson Doedgon ; ss, t"i
ther ;—James Hughes, for stealing a quantity of b.sibt, rot
property of Joseph Foster and another ;—Henry %reel,
stealing a bag from the person of Elizabeth Agatr ; fro
Nuttall, for obtaining clothes under false preences
washerwoman:
Four months :—John Kehge, and Charles Maguire, 6 .
, 70
ing three watches, the property of Henry Bolto9' VS.--
Three months :—Robcrt Robinson, John Quinn,
Dean, Thomas Williams. yard, cur
One month :—Margaret Breeze, for stealing „32 hes,
linsey, the property of J. 0. Evans ;—Sarah Aster
. '
stealing one spoon, belonging to James Radley, her waster
One day :—Charles Gils, Edward Jones. a.31154'
Discharged—(no bills found)—Margaret Kelly, Fraser,
ton, Mary Murphy, Margaret Roberts, Margare'Tohnsl
Anne Hunt, Daniel Russell, Hiram Laird, A" ;i;11 Gri
Mary Brown, Richard Barry, Ellen Patterson' E,"`,15,
fiths, Margaret Anderson, Jane Monks, I,lrin.

. us,
It is proposed by the radicals of the Stirling ,efea
tbringeDn Ei
nAf oTprHawr aloi rFadmTMeHn rEt
atEA Ayt
htßoe:
enoeFaxstKa icandidateelection..
_f o
vt
eh Chi bp
A
reC°
aveto Err
col' d.
the demise of the Earl of Kingston, which took 00,00°
day last, at the family' residence, Hull-place, St.Johnhe Pe
e
The late Earl, who was Viscount Kingsborough in t. of t,,e,
age of Ireland, and Baron Kingston, in the Peery
United Kingdom, was born the
Earl April, 17711,f AP,be
ceeded his father the second on the 17th Ilied
1779. On the stl; of May, 1794, his Lordship inantcoliv
Lady Helena Moore,- daughter of the Earl of .319}, o(toto
and aunt of the present Earl, Lady Jane Peel, hy iv",f
Right Hon. W. Yates Peel, and Lady Robinson, eh 'irl
his Lordship has left issue, Viscount KingsboF..° rate
Earl of Kingstown), who was born in 1795. Tuhic, fa
was elder brother of Viscount Lorton. Several erd-hiP'
lies are placed in mourning by the death of bis dti•
Standard. g 11'0
,v co. i 0).
ADMINISTERING LAUDANUM IN MISTAKE fata' -nor
BARB.—An accident which had nearly proce",a,t, ti:`,ter•
consequences, occurred at Cromford on Sunda!,
a quantity of laudanum having been accidentallY,3l,,ek Pcer,
ed instead of rhubarb, to Mrs. Manhart, of MaL-a go IV
by her son, Mr. Smedley. Mr. Smedley, 01° other
and also sells drugs, on being applied to by h'sro-is°tai.,4"eo
an ounce and a half' of the latter medicine, In a dieat
ministered the opiate. The bpttles containingm cliverpo
were standing near each other, and it being: ileahor. ,t:1
the time, as well as the fluids being similar in e°3lo,oP;;lte
the mistake, which was not discovered by l‘les'v ieties tor'
after she had taken the whole of the dose. -1-"ljatli
administered, and recourse was had to the stoo'cona
and Mrs. M. is now out of danger. This is the :I_,,,bbou
stance of this nature which has occurred in the 5,
hood within a short time.—Derbyshire Courier. ocT• 5,
fhiP
EXTRACT OF A LETTER DATED ALEXA,-
A
1839.—" On our arrival we found a large fleet Ocoat a .04
the whole of the Turkish and Egyptian fleets.Tuvrio the
here rogue Mehemet Ali is When the ,he bor,'aht
off they drew too much water to cross "_;BoP.Tiich
pacha with great politeness sent to their assistanF
am
ened them, by taking out their guns, powder, aaaft'heir Foot
enabled them to get into harbour ; he then sea' water the
on board, which put them so much down in the own oil
they cannot get out if they wished ; he did ti,b
powder and shot. He declares that if the -ige' Taitbe
French interfere, and insist on his giving "P fife, wear
ships, he will immediately destroy the whole by ~ eprtieet
few English residents here, who know him wet.iel
have no doubt but he would keep his word. Ti`frigatri'wea
is about 35 in number, only eight of which are, 15,00
the others two or three deckers, with ahou"
afloat."
ORlPli9l3tin'°(
COLONISATION OF THE CANADAS.----in C- weej..
a requisition, the Lord Provost convened a Pubhiipoalle:Pr
the bankers, merchants, manufacturers, and ociooos,
this city, in the Town Hall, on Frid, at oirh of kof the
the purpose of hearing from D • Thomas RO4?
I.hi)
ter, and the Bishop of Kingstown—now in s. al,'" ter
of 5` to
country by the appointment of the House ; her
endeavour to remove the erroneous impression,- ht 00,01,
tamed, in order that emigration and capital raigi,ooJit.loo al
the province as heretofore—a statement 011
Canada, and the importance of a systeraatio c 0 of strt'oars,
it, from Great Britain and Ireland, with the vie._ neigli
ening that province against the designs of liost7tire ogro.
the
and as a means of preserving inviolate and eThe li`rt
nial possessions in British North America.
Lord Provost presided. His Lordship having
ers'ti $
siness of the meeting, introduced Dr. It')P coal,
some length in exposition of his object. ludo° t.
,taiiteedspogi;tio3o
afterwards took place,*and the business c 01,%. hics
vote of thanks to Dr. Rolph—Scottish Guard that !or
wrrterlis°thelsseTfeHwEAUTHOß.—Abler
remarksuTxo n .
will set
on Sir Robert Peel. The question here,
,
w
author of it ? The Times of yesterday Phu posit bll
bler
forth hands
the nite h
ra; 5 offilto be
ttel
Lord Duncannon as being the authority—the s ehariletiol;
thority;” but this may reasonably, as IA eu as
doubted. There is a more probable man for. otio„
n bob
There is a man who could have done this 135.1rtitita_dri`j1
the vindictiveness which is inseparable frolnil-Z,. bCY~ik ti'
man whom Sir Robert Peel patronised inh"to'
worth, because he was poor comparatively
,„rool officf,
man who, on the sudden occasion of Lordtitla'n'euittavy.
for
cal demise, deserted his patron for a con eq
to,
A man,_who„upon C • ' death which v,.‘"-adhol V-
anning s ;0 his , on oe,
den as Lord Liverpool's infirmity., gave ' sc"°l6foe'Ll4'
the sake of office, to Lord Goderich. A 11`)-nn;ily 01; S'Aiti
Goderich declaring himself, on account of afa tt be 5 t
Till 114
incapable of carrying on the governmeni;but
notyie
afief
1110;e
Peel again. Why Sir Robert forgave him_
and
here—charity does step out of bounds
the most "positive authority" deny the sw „vi.. 4
time hearty
imputation • and the " ositive authority ;",,,.ain
enaltloief pi ta't Well;
for let
the sYtc;rl (cello
—e ,00 - co,
did this man do ?I DESERT HIM ! Here et , ,
What has the man done since under tha, office
called whig-radical rule ? Always reinaoine_a,ke coar:,,t ;
yore
pie can put two and two together so as ts._7t subiav'ot
it
tsitiauretega;e:hw
my Lord Palmerston! this is quiteL" of r
P)stati°l.o%
therefore, do not connect them to, .0
Sir Robert Peel ? Did he not restore Yo. 1" tr%int,s
life in the beginning of 1826, after your a"
at of the aaiost eed
the early part of 1825 to make a fortune ors_ tilt ac,iel3.
f
mania that distinguished it? Was his pa :uperlia4,ol:o
at that period to help you out of the no a To0C„;i.
be used—out of a very awkward situation haveieuce
the crown ? Your own friends say that
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rk THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL.
Pop .
thenth ls reaPectfully informed that STRAUSS' BAND,
for tagage celebrated Leader HERR SCHALLEHN, are
FOur Ni hts, and will
..ttNice, at this Theatre this Evening make their first ap-
.
gut et Mr. BUCKSTONE, the popular Author and
This Actor, of the Theatre-Roval, Haymarket.
rneet),:eBF,t FRIDAY, October 25,1839, the entertain-
commence with a petite Comedy, written by
l
, •.tene, called • tiath
$$ Tunicst It MARY ANNE.
• (is original character).. Mr. Buckstone.
cn After the Comedy, the first part of
yNCERT OF INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC,
To. tY STRAUSS' BAND.
which will YOUR the new Farce of
he '4Plll3te„ MARIE WILLS.
ren' • • • (his original character).... Mr. Buckstone.
'lllK,,°wed by the Second Part of the CONCERT of
''.c,NTAL MUSIC, by STRAUSS' BAND.
To conclude with the Farce'of,.=
'M NODDY'S SECRET.
ft Inkpen ........ Mr. Bu tone,
kylo,l4N°.hriginally performed by hi in London.)
ttir.lka'o4";A.„l(, the Entertainments . with
it „Part . IHE MILLER'S MAID -After. which, t e
tu110w,,,f4,1k CONCERT, by STRAUSS' BAND.—To
ft:00 °Y the Farce of A LOTTERY TICKET.
uates;`,', Mr. Buckstone.—The Second Part of a Concert,
itilkan„,d•—To conclude with the Petite Drama of
Itoth Jemmy Wheedle, Mr. Buckstone.
''44l. s—guts of sTRAu SS' BAND, will be TUESDAY
the 29th and 30th instant.
fl y
.„AL AMPHITHEATRE.
STRATTLT,A ONE NIGHT ONLY.
''uty°S'S CELEBRATED .BAND,
ERR THE ~_l,_r_DER THE PATRONAGE
~ 0
seilic‘S:baKEln OF CAMBRIDGE & PRINCE ESTERHAZY.
iill.ll4lA ‘,,rIALLE FIN, (late Leader of Mr. Strauss's
ra, L'.,-onductor of the Orchestra at Her Majest) s
Palace,) having ink arrived from the
143,e' te BANDAthas the honour to an-
-1(.4• 14,, Gentr and Public of Liverpool and
inat h •
4: tat th „ e will give ay'GRAND EVENING CON-
O) ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, THIS EVENING
" (ne 25th instant.
604tz
.• • • • • • • . ..O
GRAMME.—PART I.
Kalliwoda.
............
elCiaosri.e onn d
eet Bien.
n
ccr_otiiri• • • • ........ Somnambula Strauss.
ticll. •• • . ...... Fra Diavolo Auber.
" • • • • ...... New Branderburgen Schallehn.
Zitt!re PART 11.
V •• • • `ytt• • ..... . Eekersberg.
•• • • ......
••... • • • • • ....... Petersburgen . Lanner.
••••••...
••• ~ • • ...... Racketen Waltzer Strauss.
k her -,3oxes 4s. • Pit, 2s. • Gallery, ls.
,•
t4i;lc Particula'rs t'o be had' at Mr. W. G. IN Etss s
40.14tsorebile°11se, 3, Church-street.
_°l,el.l at Seven. Performance to commence at
sely.
°Illo'l•IPL
- % OF MAGIC, LIVER THEATRE.
awedlte proof of the surpassingly strange, inys-
ttiar;;; most attractive character: of the unique
e'44 —,es of the Wizard, can be afforded, than by the
I§-,4 tTtwithstanding the numerous ,self-styled profes-
'lL°.btl.4lll of which he is an acknowledged Master, who
.t ed themselves upon the Pthlic, (many of them
)11;1 creti° ex themselves
of an unfair an disreputable c arac-
k,tileei,vie benefit from his establi§led reputation, al
t• 424 hays eff as equally potent Magicians)—all suc
kitZhitleh:ia Utterly failed to deceive ; and the Wizard
In the enjoyment of the liberal patronage of thee
rlo as nds, as much as in the superiority which h
WI; a Nee
, Et\ romancer.
1E iti•r,CROWDED ! NIGHTLY CROWDED !
tOXES, PIT, AND GALLERY, IN
qi r-
t i,TEMPLE OF MAGIC OF THE
kie"Vo d'"i WIZARD OF THE NORTH !
Valid are paralysing, incredible, andyincomprehean:
V' the al will continue EVERY EVENING, to demo _
`,,bistlothall,acY of the proverb—so long regarded as part of
our sage ancestors—that " Seeing is believing
41411e,;'i; that lie has it in his power to exhibit such won-
111101Vna, as, even when seen, cannot be compre-
kt. the If only heard of, would never be believed.
was
yt .e part of the Wizard's last visit, h
Nt•ki,thee} vast multitudes of admiring. spectators
extra-
ofbut
try he II the result of the curiosity excited by the _
ars,Y character which the Wizard has acquired,
✓i'leady been visited by nearly 20,000 persons,
'ley for themselves—who beheld such won-
te d ever hope to see surpassed—but endeavoured
• at to'"enver his mysterious secrets. This. would be
2,l)tte that a good story will bear telling again.
Izatti ;;',f EVENING, OCTOBER 25,
s't ",-I perform a variety of EXPERIMENTS of
th orilliant Novelty—in Two Parts.
1,1/4"Ttitra First and Second Parts a MISCELLANEOUS
-tt 'AINME • ,h• h Miss L. BnuccE,.(who
etived NT, in v% ic.
NeN lAuring the past week with enthusiastic ap-
t sing two popular Ballads.
Iss A
Infant M.' iumn, and Miss BOLOGNA, (an
b„, ant only five years of age,) will Dance
tiCl.B open THE HIGHLAND FLING.
L)t; the—n at Seven, the Performance commencing at
14,2swhole concluding at half-past Ten or Eleven.
111, '; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d.
`;4 1
tcl,,,
124td, flattered by the universal patronage he has
into ari ehis stay in Liverpool, has, at a great expense,
ng with
"`lebrm. 'Ita•gCHARLES SLOMAN,
iVho
(and only) English IMPROVISATORE,
will appear on MONDAY ItEXT.
ttiIfRPOOL ANNUAL EXHIBITION. _ _
rlPt°,,ftliekA',lElTlON of the LIVERP OL ACADEMY
kKS Of MOD ERN ISTS IS NOW
e GALLERY Cuu RC STREET, from Nine
ktge. Morning ell Se
sk. Adm ssion, One Shilling.
-', One Shillinn! Season Tickets, Five Shillings.
SAML. EGLINGTON,
Secretary to the Academy.

following__F±veningsl from Seven
has Ad.,in--I,I3ttRanIcLeLJAs.NTLY ILLUMINATED

ea. TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Vtt 4Shy
ea,w , - we inquired in our last whether the lines on
hone
si wetotuaturere original, was, that they reached us with-
V..
I.4.l.l4foriNVve `• A Subscriber to St. Barnabas' Church"
kt,ttlekt. "eu which he is desirous of obtaining, on Tues-
-44-11.4Nas on ,
tue words " Shew us the Father," shall ap-
h e9tio„ neXt.
I:l4l4tlielti,"a4 Constant Reader" has been. referred. to
s .0 is competent to furnish the information
who,e4ed. We have the same reply to make to a
IltDelintiersr initials are to us a perfect hieroglyphic. He
°Posesf!" us when we state that the question which
Is a theatrical one.
ar-
K-be Zit) •
etpoot (;_jz,,tanbarb.

ph'
-4t4),,,
1, -`z 411ORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1539.
'lle
-
11:,L ilitZleterY Which has been raised against the recent
4a • ntB of Messrs. Sheil, Wyse, and O'Ferral to
~, 14 th . • •
. q't „ e Ministry, does not, as the Whig-Radicals
,:tllt3ofvl.l3iceed from either bigotry or faction. The
)14:14 . ew
iivnes•whtioch the writers on the Liberal side
%tin
(4), g to represent the opposition on the part of
'''' "Berrat'
kitio,, it i, ; these names is as usual a false
,4 shoal "roportant that the grounds of this oppo-
We 1 be
* are „ lightly understood.
t 1.8 th 'old that the religious creed of these gentle-
qt tt, e Bole
t 'ger ground of their disqualification, and.
kll efore t
ti ly ailin he hostility directed against them vir-
v - toll (lilts to this, that no Roman Catholic is ever
rqt sidered
ili we thil as eligible for office; and it is said
ell NI. 8 Seek to nullify the Act of Emancipation
Sfi6 e bav
„ute it, .e neither strength nor spirit enough to
-‘o tei)eal.
k. *tile 6
I- 411 ria proposition in this argument is only
t',l,l:t* )iiattourle'eall(l the conclusion drawn from it wholly
r. Rtavaill sense it is perfectly correct to say, that
it.tltkillor ell of the charge against these Popish Pricy
,11 tlot 18 their religious faith ; but how and why .
4 Itort4ul"PlY because they are known to be the slaves
'N ' 1 "ll er • •
1,, oh a , P stition that we would refuse to place
c 'Vallt
of
with their countrymen as trustworthy
`r, ° of L
1140) thitiki tel
sovereign. We are very far indeed
1. th
Or thng that the poisonous doctrines of May-
.4t,. . e a
r rove demoralising precepts of Peter Dens have
'ltli iti all feelings of honour, probity, and good
"q,s, the bre
tilt 41,1 , acts of our Roman Catholic fellow.-sub-
pe 8 kid
t;ofitted them in any case for offices of tau-
th:r4 tiine ust* The conduct of some of the Catholic
t ix e the
that hey 1,„ Passing of the Relief Bill has proved
mt they 81irint.
and respect the sanctity of an oath, and
I,_ lltre ~.., -- from the base iniquity of attempting
~,,,,ity
sworn-'"4 destroy that with which they have so-
ilkilt how not to intermeddle.
.1/184 ) talids the case with this triumvirate of
*ltho • The
(.4,4 vt which Y entered Parliament under a condition
tell, e(1. That they must have remained hopelessly ex-
lit , .4at Con, .
h 1 to in;‘,_ uition was, that they should not at-
04'Y IN. eZr,e or interfere with the Protestant Church
1,, which 4°lished in these realms. The sole ground
lIR the
.., . .
111 arid 1 admission of Roman Catholics was so
8 P o )stin
itia:Btahli4l
,ately resisted was fear for the safety of
it " that eu Church, and therefore it was on this
804se Pariiame .
the, , tiled t IR spewed peculiar jealousy when
ht 414 fear° Pass the Act of Emancipation. Whe-
toler7t
7: csrit•suielll or ill-grounded—whether the
of g'it4tiohellgth of Protestantism, as embodied in the
of koeBsity trio ritual of our scriptural Church, must
tc,,,, ale-.... ph over the lying fables and chicanery
te eveot • matters not. We chose to employ means
'lllt , If pos •I ,
term' 41-1(1 one
ocstule, the catastrophe of an opposite
4144 t 0 ever , those means was the oath adminis-
\ • Y Roman Catholic member of Parlia-
t),pc'w we ,
tive:trall hay 'qIC whether Messrs. Sheil, Wyse, and
411 ' acted
,e. llot, since their election as representa-
it ' 44 tr Plecisely as if the oath had no existence at
4111 , rented i.,_
`v6 ad,
' wall as
,tev 5.,10n or , much indifference as if a so-
N ' ti , & toe Deity imposed no obligation
p rY 0-e P°ll ttieir consciences ? Have they not, on
4ta,
,‘: 4,
.0,,
i `'ll'heci " which the rights and interests of the
tr4:llllical Ch h .
bit al to th ave been discussed, taken the part
I test f• ent both tc)tve, foes h_ , and spoken and voted as her
rtle,„ ver so,. "e done ?—for it is undeniable that
4 h, .le ts_
'tay h "w well-intentioned but weak-minded
hate
...
Voted for the Appropriation Clause, un-

der the idea that they thereby were serving the interests
of the Church, this measure was supported and vehe-
mently demanded by her enemies in the conviction
that it was a deathblow to her existence.

But a plea, worthy of Douay or Louvain, has been
urged in favour of the conduct of the Catholics in the
House of Commons ; and it is this :—lt is said that
these individuals cannot suppose that the members of
the Established Church are acting the part of parri-
cides, and introducing measures ruinous to her wel-
fare; and that, therefore, they themselves do not vio-
late their oath in supporting these measures, which
must be presumed to be beneficial to the Establish-
ment. Miserable subterfuge ! base pretext ! Jesuitical
hypocrisy ! Let one single Roman Catholic stand up,
and assert upon the hustings, or in Parliament, that
his efforts have been directed to strengthen the hands
and increase the influence of an heretical Church ;
and if he is believed, he will be repudiated by his bre-
thren, and denounced as a traitor and an apostate by
Rome. No ! in describing the conduct of these tools
of the Vatican, we must invert the well-known fine,
and say of them, that

Nought they did in honour ; all in hate.

It is, therefore, on this account that the Protestants
of the Empire feel themselves insulted by Lord Mel-
bourne in the choice he has made of counsellors and
coadjutors. They see elevated to posts of influence
and honour men who have abused whatever power
they have hitherto possessed, and the Iniquity of whose
acts has been tenfold increased by the base concomi-
tants of perjury and fraud; and they object to them,
.not because they are Roman Catholics, but because
in that capacity they have exhibited themselves as
men on whose assurances and pledges no reliance
can be placed. And more than this—Mr. Sheil has
been eminently conspicuous in the display of hatred
against the Irish Church, and has been one of the
foremost in the fierce crusade againsi her property and
rights. He has been guilty of an act of almost brutal
insult towards the Royal Family of Britain, in the
person of the late Duke of York; and, therefore,, he
must not be surprised if disagreeable truths are spoken
of the man whom. Lord Melbourne delighteth to ho-
nour. Again, Mr. Wyse is particularly obnoxious to
the Conservatives as being in an especial manner iden-
tified with the mongrel Education scheme of Ministers,
and it would appear a strange act, in any Government
but that of Lord Melbourne, to select for the favour of
the Crown a man whose schemes and sentiments have
met with such signal and emphatic resistance on the
part of the nation.
We trust that we have shewn that it is not religious
prejudice and bigotry which has caused the Conserva-
tives to protest against the late appointments by the
Crown, but a reasonable regard for the welfare of their
Established Church, and a detestation of hypocrisy
and falsehood. In conclusion, we beg leave to quote
the words of Bolingbroke in his letter to Sir "William
Windham, in the spirit of which we cordially concur :
—" The good of society may require that no person
should be deprived of the protection of the Govern-
ment on account of his opinions in religious matters ;
but it does not follow from hence that men ought to
be trusted in any degree with the preservation of the
establishment, who must, to be consistent with their
principles, endeavour the subversion of what -is esta-
blished."

To shew how completely the East Indian Govern-
ment, and through it our own, is identified with the
Chinese opium-trade, we quote the following extract
from a pamphlet, the title of which is, " On the Pre-
paration of Opium for the Chinese Market, written in
1835, by Dr. Batter, late Opium Examiner to the
Benares Agency," and which is given in an able arti-
cle on the Opium Question, in the recently-published
number of the Foreign Quarterly Review :

" The great object of the Bengal opium agencies is
to furnish ,an article suitable to the peculiar tastes of
the population of China, who value any sample of
opium in proportion to the quantity of hot-drawn
watery extract obtainable from it, and to the purity
and strength of the flavour of that extract when dried
and smoked through a pipe. The aim, therefore, of
the agencies should be, to prepare their opium so that
it may retain as much as possible its native sensible
qualities and its solubility in hot water. Upon these
points depends the virtually higher price that Benares
opium brings in the China market, and the lower
prices of Behar, Malwa, and Turkey opium.. It
becomes, therefore, a question how the whole process
of the production of opium, from the sowing of the
seed to the packing of the chests for sale, should be
conducted, so as to preserve with the least injury its
native flavour and its solubility."

It seems, therefore, that the East Indian Company
has been assiduously employed in raising that kind of
poison which would suit best the tastes of the misera-
ble Chinese; and that not only has it been aware of
the ultimate destination of the opium which has been
sold to the merchants of Calcutta and Bombay, but
has itself taken care to grow that particular species of
the drug which it knew would fetch the highest price
in the Chinese market. What say you to this, gentle-
men of Leadenhall-street and the Board of Control ?

Never was the well-known adage, "De mortals nil
nisi bonlon," more completely fulfilled by anticipation
than on Monday and Tuesday last, when the metro-
politan journals were filled with accounts of Lord
Brougham's death, accompanied by elaborate and elo-

quent eulogiums upon his character. It appears that
a Mr. Montgomery, a friend of Lord Brougham and
Lord Wellesley, had, on Monday last, received a letter
from a Mr. Shafto, dated Brougham Hall, Saturday,
detailing the particulars of an accident which had
proved fatal to Lord Brougham. Mr. Montgomery
showed this letter to Count d'Orsay, and probably to
several others ; and by this means the news was ra-
pidly spread through the metropolis, and, of course,
duly found its way into the columns of the evening
paiiers of Monday, from which it was transferred, with
sundry amplifications, into those of the morning papers
of Tuesday. The sensation created by this report,
throughout the kingdom, was very great. In our own
town it formed the topic of interesting discussion in
every circle; while anxious groups might be seen con-
gregated around the different news-agents' premises,
waiting the arrival of each successive mail from Lon-
don. So strong was the general conviction in the
credibility of the rumour (notwithstanding the contra-
diction of the Times of Tuesday), that the current of
conversation was turned to the subject of Lord
Brougham's career as a public man. Inquiries were
made into his pedigree—his early education—his first
appearance in public life—his gradual rise as a bar-
rister and a statesman—and his final retirement from.
office. Warm discussions arose in every quarter as to
the qualities of his mind—the tone of his politics—and
the benefits he had conferred, or the injuries which he
had inflicted, upon his country. While these animated
dialogues were going on—and it is but right to add
that they were mingled with a universal expression of

regret that the nation' had sustained the loss of one of
its brightest intellectual ornaments—the unexpected
news arrived that the Noble Lord was well and hearty,
having escaped unscathed from the accident by which
his life was perilled. The statement in the letter which
had been received by Mr. Montgomery, which misled
Count d'Orsay, and which spread such consternation
throughout the kingdom, proved to be a fabrication !
We certainly do not envy the feelings of the man who
could perpetrate so cruel and heartless a joke. The
effect which this senseless and mischievous hoax might
have produced on the minds of Lord Brougham's wife
and daughter, separated as they were from his Lord-
ship by a distance of four hundred miles, might have
been fatal. Had it proved so, the wretched perpe-
trator of the joke could scarcely have acquitted himself
of the crime of murder.

The circumstances of the accident which did occur
to Lord Brougham and his party may be thus briefly
detailed :—While travelling, the axle of the Noble and
Learned Lord's carriage having been broken, the
horses kicked out and ran away; but his Lordship
and his companir—one of whom was his niece, Miss
Eden—were happily extricated from their perilous
condition, and walked back several miles (thirteen, it
is said) to Brougham Hall.
This accident, from which Lord Brougham had so
providential an escape, has probably been the means
of furnishing him with a lesson from which he may
derive considerable profit, and which, we trust, he will
he spared to exemplify in his future career. He has
had an opportunity of judging of what complexion
would be a post mortem estimate of his character and

actions. If he will collect and collate the various eu-
logiums and sentences of condemnation in which the
public press has indulged during the past week, he will
learn to correct his eccentricities—to scrutinise his
motives of action—to review the errors of his past
career—to recognise the real foundation of whatever
degree of fame he possesses—and to steer his course
in future with greater wisdom and discretion than have
hitherto been the characteristics of his life.

It must be truly consolatory to every sincere Pro-
testant to witness the increasing attachment of the
people of England to our venerable and apostolical
Church. In all directions we hear of the formation of

Protestant Associations, the specific object of which
is to resist the alarming encroachments of Popery in
the British dominions. These societies have already
effected much good, and they are calculated to
become engines of great potency in stemming and
overcoming the tide of Papal usurpation. Wherever
they have been established they have rallied round them
immense numbers of the true and staunch friends of
the Established Church. We trust the day is not far
distant when we shall have to congratulate every town
in the United Kingdom on the existence of a Protestant
Association. When that day arrives we may indeed
venture to bid defiance to the machinations of those
who are now industriously and insidiously plotting for
the downfal of our national religion and the destruction
of our liberties. In the Protestant Asssociations we

have a strong, and, we hope, an effectual safeguard
against the ascendancy of Popery. But the Church
of England has other enemies to contend against—
enemies not less implacable in their hatred of the
Establishment—not less determined upon its overthrow
—not less zealous or unscrupulous in their operations—
not less dangerous to encounter, than are the Papists
themselves. These enemies may be generally classed
under the head of the advocates of the Voluntary
principle. This class of the opponents of the Church
of England is composed of the most heterogeneous
materials. It includes the openly avowed Atheist—
the filthy Socialist—the reckless libertine, who has
thrown off all the restraints of religion—and the
political Dissenter, who makes a parade of his pro-
fession of Christianity, while he actively co-operates
with those Who are labouring for its extinction.
Against this formidable but anomalous combination of
foes we have hitherto had no defensive Associations.
:t is, however, a source of unfeigned satisfaction to us
to find that Liverpool is going to set a noble example
in this matter—Liverpool, that has already so signalised
itself by its decided opposition to the encroachments
of Popery.
Most of our readers are, no doubt, aware of the
existence in this town of a " Young Men's Society,"
which is composed of those who are favourable to the
Voluntary principle, The grand object of that Asso-
ciation is the overthrow of the Established Church.

In promotion of this design, they have held public
meetings, and procured the delivery of lectures in fa-
vour of the " Voluntary prjnciple" by Mr. Kelly, Dr.
Wardlaw, and " glorious John of the Potter-row."
So far they have had it all their own way; but this
they will not have to boast of much longer. As we
announced in our last, this day an Association is to be
formed, under the designation of "The Young Men's
Church of England Society," the object of which will
be the defence of our truly Protestant and tolerant
Church. As Mr. Cresswell, the Rev. Hugh M‘Neile,
Dr. Byrtb, and a host of other distinguished cham-
pions of the Church, will be in attendance on the
occasion, we have no doubt that an overflowing audi-
ence will testify their approbation of the design of the
Society. But the zeal which will be elicited by the
proceedings of this day must not be suffered to evapo-
rate. The young Churchmen of Liverpool must come
forwards, by hundreds and by thousands, to enrol
themselves as members of the Society, as soon as it is
formed and its rules are promulgated. When we con-
sider the immense number of young men who habitu-
ally frequent our crowded churches, we cannot but
persuade ourselves that the " Liverpool Young Men's
Church of England Society" will become, in a short
time, one of the most powerful bodies that has ever
been organised in defence of the Church, and of those
civil and religious liberties of which that Church is an
impregnable bulwark.

We perceive that a Bazaar is to be held in the begin-
ning of January next, in aid of the funds for the erec-

tion of St. Saviour's Church, in this town.
Bazaar will be under very distinguished patronage, as
may be seen on reference to the advertisement, which
appears in another column ; and we sincerely trust that
the proceeds will prove worthy of that patronage. The
church, the building of which is now considerably ad-
vanced, has strong and peculiar claims upon, the sup-
port of the Churchmen of Liverpcol. It will be seen
that, while accommodation will be provided for the
numerous respectable families now resident in the
neighbourhood of Falkner-square, four hundred free
sittings will-be appropriated to the poor, and schools
will be assoc.a':ed with the Chur.i., in which gratuitous
instruction in the scriptural principles of the Established
Church will be available to upwards of one thousand
children. With these claims on public support, we
have no doubt that the appeal which the committee are
now making will be responded to with that generosity
by which Liverpool 18 pre-eminently characterised.

We have received a copy of the St. John's (N. B.;

Weekly Chronicle of the 20th of September. It con-
tains very little news that has not been anticipated by
the arrival of the British Queen. The Provincial Le-
gislature had nearly terminated its labours for the
Session. Several bills had been passed, one of which
was for making a loan of £90,000 to such citizens,
owners of property, as shall require aid in erecting
brick or stone buildings, in certain parts of the burnt
district of St. John's. It was expected that this grant
would operate very beneficially in inducing builders to
avoid the too great use of timber in the erection of
dwelling-houses, stores, &c.,—a practice which has
given rise to immense losses by fire. Another act of
the Legislature authorised the Executive to appoint
certain Commissioners for the improvement of the
city.

There is no news from the frontier in the paper be-
`ore us. All appeared to he quiet throughout the

province.

Yesterday, the Dock Committee proceeded to the
election of a person to fill the office of additional Har-
bour Master. The number of candidates was twenty-
eight, which was afterwards reduced to four, viz.,
Messrs. Hodgson, M'Bride, Jones, and Rendsll.
Mr. Hodgson was proposed by Mr. F. Shand, se-
conded by Mr. Robertson Gladstone ; Mr. M'Bride,
by Mr. Dixon, seconded by Mr. Martin ; Mr. Jones,
by Mr. Tobin, seconded by Mr. Hornby ; and Lieut.
Rendall, by Mr. Vincent Higgins, seconded by Mr.
Segar. Mr. Hodgson was elected by a majority of
two votes.

We observed in our last that the Liberals in the
Town Council have falsified every one of the profes-
sions on the faith of which they were permitted by the
electors of Liverpool to obtain the ascendancy in the
administration of our local affairs. We see no reason
to retract or to qualify the assertion. It is notorious
that they promised to be economical in the management
of the public funds. Have they been so ? Let the beg-
garly account of the balance in their Treasurer's hands
furnish an answer. The only instance of economy
which we know of, as having been practised by them,
was the sale, the other day, of a portion of the Corpo-
ration wines ! They promised to lessen the burden of
local taxation. How has this promise been performed?
Let those electors who have been called upon to pay
the recently imposed police rate answer the question.
They promised to exercise the strictest impartiality in
dispensing their patronage. Have they done so ?
From the very first they have displayed the grossest
and most unjustifiable partiality, both in the appoint-
ments of the different corporate officers, and in their
management of the public contracts. While the " old"
Corporation, which was so long decried by these Li-
berals as grossly partial and corrupt, bestowed offices
upon numerous individuals irrespectively of their poli-
tical opinions, the " reformed 4 Corporation, by way of
contrast, have undeviatingly selected none but their
own creatures. Nay, more, they have not only turned
out the old and tried servants of the Corporation, in
order to introduce the subservient tools of the Re-
form Association; but they. have actually created
a great number of new offices, in order to increase

their patronage. Such has been the impartiality of
these Radical demagogues ! Again, they professed
to be most sensitively averse to the principle of
exclusiveness, which they alleged was a besetting sin of
the old Corporation. How have they proved the sin-
cerity of this profession ? Has it been by electing as
Aldermen none but Radicals ? Has it been by recom-
mending a batch of Radicals as Borough Magistrates 2
Has it been by endeavouring to pack the Dock Com-
mittee with their own clique ? Again, they professed
to be the decided enemies of every species of monopoly.
How has this profession been realised ? Is it by
attempting that gigantic and almost unparalleled job,
the erection of the Dock Warehouses ? We shall, at
present, only advert to another of their professions,
which they have most flagrantly violated. They pro-
fessed to pay the greatest deference to the opinions of
the electors. Was their selection of the rejected Can-
didates to the office of Aldermen an exemplification of
this deference to public opinion ?
Electors of Liverpool ! these promise-breakers, these
double-dealing politicians, who have so contemptuously
trampled upon you, who have treated your petitions
with such supercilious disregard, are again, cap in
hand, soliciting your suffrages. Are you willing that
the faction should any longer have the rule over you ?
Do you wish to be subject to their future insolent and
domineering conduct ? If you do not, refuse to give
them your votes on the first of November. Send every
man of them to Coventry, and vote for the consistent
and unperjured friends of the people—the Conserva-
tive Candidates.

CORRESPONDENCE.

JEREMIAH HORROCKS, THE ASTRONOMER.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SlR,—Perhaps the scientific portion of your readers may
not be generally aware, that the neighbourhood of your town
boasts the proud destruction of having given birth to one of
the most promising ornaments of this or any other country—
the youthful astronomer, Jeremiah Horrocks.
Mr. Horrocks was born at Toxteth-park, in the year 1619,
but of his youthful days comparatively little is known. At
an early age he exhibitedstrong indication of that stupendous
genius which afterwards so eminently distinguished him ; and,
before attaining his sixteenth year, had made wonderful ad-
vances in practical astronomy. In the year following this
(1636), he formed the acquaintance of Mr. William Crabtree,
of Broughton, near Manchester—a kindred spirit, with
whom he applied himself to his favourite studies with redou-
bled ardour ; but alas ! for the cause of science, and his
country, his aspiring soul was called to a sphere of more
perfect contemplation, in the 22nd year of his age.
It is much to ,Ire regretted, that the biography of this
extraordinary young man is exceedingly imperfect, and that
so very few of his brilliant attainments have survived to pos-
terity. Two, however, have escaped the vicissitudes of as
many centuries—which will perpetuate his memory to the
latest age of astronomical science, viz. his prediction and
discovery of the transit of the planet Venus upon the sun's
disc (never before suggested), and his new theory of the
lunar motions, upon which Sir Isaac Newton subsequently
founds d his grand discoveries in that luminary. Sir Isaac
Newton bore grateful testimony to the importance of those
systems, and always declared Mr. Horrocks to have been a
genius of the first rank.
When Mr. Holden, Lecturer of Astronomy, visited Liver-
pool in 1826, he was justly surprised to find, that there was
not even a tombstone to mark the final deposit of this eminent
man's remains ; which culpable neglect incited him to devote
the profits of one lecture to the erection of a small monu-
ment commemorative of the first mentioned of these disco-
veries; and, accordingly, a handsome marble scroll, exhibit-
ing Venus in the Sun, was shortly afterwards raised in the
Park, as the spot of Mr. Horrock's nativity—his place of
interment being wholly unknown ! Thus have we in the
premature death, and long-neglected memory, of this highly-
gifted individual, a striking exemplification of the acknow-
ledged waywardness of " the fate of genius."
Liverpool, 23rd Oct. AMOR SCIENTI/E.
[Our correspondent is wrong in supposing that the " sci-
entific portion of our readers," are likely to be ignorant of
Jeremiah Horrock's birthplace. To them, we should
presume, the facts detailed above must be familiar ; but the
general reader will probably find them new.] E. L. S.

TO THE WESLEYAN METHODISTS OF

LIVERPOOL.

FELLOW COLNTRYMEN,—You have an important and
serious duty to perform at the ensuing election, on the Ist
November. _

Many of your body have hitherto supported the candidate
generally denominated liberal, and they will, no doubt, be
again urged to hoist the radical or whig demagogue into the
council chair. Now, I ask such, in sober earnestness, if it
be possible for a consistent Methodist any longer to support
these politicians? Is it not a fact that these men and the
allies of that prince of beggermen and bullies, Daniel
O'Connell, who has not only denounced Methodism, but
volunteered a gross attack against its venerable founder. The
bigoted adherents of Rome, quailed under the lash of your
leader during his lifetime ; but their friendship and malice
never moved him from exposing their anti-christian tene s.
She never considered the bigot or the latitudinarian fit sub-
jects for a Protestant to support, and his statements, by their
withering effect upon error, have earned for him the undying
hatred of his enemies. The animosity of opponents has
survived his death, and attempts at this very moment to
blacken his memory. Will you assist to erase the fair shrine
erected by the gratitude, and preserved in the hearts of a
great and influential class of christians, such as your brother
Methodists have now become ? Can it be possible that the
follower of Wesley, the denouncer of idolatry and worldly
conceit, will go arm in arm with Papists and Socinians to
vote for their nominees ? Think you that their friends wish
well to your cause ; and can you imagine that after you have
been duped to place the enemy in power, you are not laughed
at for your foolish simplicity ? You must be aware that your
Manchester brethren have taken the good cause in hand,
and that they will, in common with Methodist electors
throughout the land, raise their voices in future to support
their religion and the constitution. Come forward, then, with
your fellow-Protestants in Liverpool, as one man •, and as it
has hitherto been your noble boast, that you are loyal as a
people, so henceforth let it be your glory that you have no
exceptions.

You are aware from the published accounts of the radical
meetings, that the Irish precursors are now considered mem-
bers of the Reform Society, cum privilegio ; and you also
know that Rathbone, Walmsley, and the other reformers,
have gone round, and mixed political orations with personal
accomplishments, at all the Popish Chapels at which Protector
Societes were formed. You cannot but think it strange
that reformers have now paid up rates for 300 Irish Papists,
in order that they may vote, and swamp the voice of English
Protestants ; and you perhaps are aware that they contemplate
carrying out this principle in a tenfold degree next year, and
boast of having, in a few years, a majority of Papists in
the council. Will you allow this, fellow-Protestants ? I
boldly state, from my knowledge and connection with your
fellow-worshippers, that you will not ; and I look to the next
election as a test of my opinion being correctly formed. Your
votes are a sacred trust, and cannot be tendered in favour of
those who are the instruments used by the enemies of Pro-
testant freedom and genuine liberty. Believe me, fellow-
Protestants, your sincere friend,

R. G. J.

Liverpool, Oct. 21, 1839.
[Our respected correspondent need not feel much alarm
or uneasiness on the appeals made by the radicals to the
Wesleyan Methodists. The respectable body will not desert
their principles at the approaching municipal election. They
will be found, we are convinced, united as one man in their
efforts to eject from our local council the enemies of Pro-
testant ascendancy.]—E.L.S.

TO THE
CONSERVATIVES OF WEST DERBY WARD.

GENTLEMEN AND BROTHER ELECTORS,--It is not unfre-
quently observed by our political opponents, (and for which
they give us no small credit,) that our zeal and diligence far
exceed their own, when anything important is to be accom-
plished ; but this candid admission on their part need not
surprise us, since they cannot be ignorant of the fact, how-
ever unwilling to acknowledge the same, that the cause we
espouse is one truly righteous, and therefore deserves well
the attention of every honest and sober thinking mind. To
be a political loiterer, and to be found reclining at our ease
while the enemy is already at the gates of our constitutional
citadel, is greatly to endanger our best interests ; and we
ought never to forget, that notwithstanding the apparent su-
pineness of our opponents, yet the while, they are engaged
in projecting and maturing their p!ans, ready at any moment
to engage in the conflict which must sooner or later inevitably
take place. None of you can be ignorant of the great politi-
cal movement which is now going on in this country ; neither
will it be difficult for you to perceive that all such movements
must eventually bring about a total change in our civil polity.
The good cause of sound conservatism is, every succeeding
day, on the giant march, and the return of almost every new
member to parliament sufficiently verifies the oft-repeated
predictions—that as whig mal-administrations cannot long
continue to hold the reigns of civil rule, being impotent to
act, so true conservatism must and shall exult in glorious
triumph over every imbecile foe. To trace the origin of all
the mischiefs which now prevail to mar and disturb our ; ev!e
at home, and to shake that confidence once reposed in us by
our foreign relations abroad, we are referred back to the say-
ings and doings of the last few sessions, wherein nothing truly
beneficial to our interests, as a once happy people, has bet n
effected. Still are we left to thirst after the yet unknown
something looked for as the result of a boasted liberal admi-
nistration ; and all our disappointed anticipations of the same
from such a quarter, do but prove the more the shadowy and
unsubstantial nature of promises made, yet never to be ful-
filled.
One of the many objects, and that not the least, which
will best promote and secure the end desired by us, is the
character and principles of the individual selected as our re-
presentative in the Common Council. With that body there
does, undoubtedly, remain (and which must always be the
case) a great source of moral power, and the tone and tem-
per of the public mind, in our various constituencies, are
seen, through them, as the legitimate organs of such power
and influence. Our present civic bodies, compared with
those which have gone before, are neither so independent in
their principles, or influential in their characters. With a
great deal of boast about economy and retrenchment, were
they first admitted within the precincts of the council-room ;
but no sooner were they there (for human nature is still de-
fective), than all their legislation wore an aspect the reverse
of what had been anticipated, and instead of introducing a
system to be admired by all, and one which would be likely
(if it were wanting) to prove of greater stability to the throne
of these realms, they but shattered our constitutional bul-
warks, and violated principles which were founded on jus-
tice, truth, and integrity. _

The period for another contested election of members to
our civic body is now fast approaching, and our own ward is
not last in its anticipations of what must then be done. If
report speaks true, it tells of extraordinary efforts having
been made by the pseudo reformers of West Derby, and that
they boast a ground of security already attained, in the cer-
tain return of a new member to the Town Council. To com-
miserate the condition of the poor of our immediate neigh-
bourhood is, indeed, praise-worthy, and deserves the com-
mendation of all ; but when relief is given,—be it by the
payment of rates or otherwise,—only to serve a political pur-
pose, or to gratify some other equally unworthy motive, then
it loses all the merit of true disinterestedness, and proves as
degrading to the subjects of it, as it is unjust and hateful in
principle. With this report sounding in our ears, no other
stimulus can be required, to urge us forward to increased
diligence, so that we may again secure the return of our tried
and respected representative in Council, Mr. John Smith.
Let the address now put forth by that gentleman animate
every brother conservative to redouble his exertions, and to
be fully prepared for the day of conflict. Rest assured that
the struggle on the side of our opponents will not be a slight

one, since it is characteristic of the despairing always to fear
adverse results. Already have we had proof of Mr. Smith's
sound conservative principles ; and his conduct, both in and
out of the Council-room, has uniformly proved his determi-
nation to oppose every measure, be it local or otherwise,
which threatens to disturb our rights and privileges as fellow
citizens ; also, that his whole influence and energies have
been pledged and engaged on the side of justice to all, and no
surrender to any. I am, Gentlemen, yours,
Low-hill. A BROTHER ELECTOR, L. L.