The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-04-16 00:00:00

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4etr -c.S MATHEWS, Mr. POWER, and other erninen'
Due Performers are also engaged.
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Oh MORNING, APRIL 16, 1339.
g_
SNtlatit;" comes forth from Mr. Ridgway's accom-
-4 Prees afeeling question, in the shape of a
‘qti the , entitled, " Shall we overturn the Coach ?"
Nora:text it is answered, appropriately enough, by
thus tee( ,Jarvies," (who, as a political manmuvrer,
ekle °;"w the illustrious example of Mr. Weller,
41 his celebrated drive to Eatanswill,) "We
tkis
' Mr. Jervis, we believe, is a Welsh-
: tie* with all the doggedness peculiar to that
I.we dare say he will hold to his point. He
ar '"/ tted' and must make good his words. But
qlelv cannot by himself, overturn the coach ;
e see
tO xlll .0 reason to anticipate that the ultra-radi-
tPite f!,°ltnnit the crime of self-destruction, merely
:lit:l:tit Miserable friends the whigs. We know
the 41111-6 why they should talk of splitting. There
Stockahi aild bears in the vote-market as well as in
we\xcliange. There is a
..familiar operation
4t he ove understood that tacticians call " run-
aain
w and this can be played off with as much
nh etllninster as in the City of London. 'Those
1/41' taid ge4tleulen who, at the close of the last week,
~e h., to be in doubt how they should vote,—we
-grci .
tt ueir number estimated variously from eight.
,;:feevvere engaged in the laudable occupation
qR the top of the market" ; and no doubt the
.
eh
khPs, and still more that bulky gentleman so
blv„h4l/441111,011/1 in the city," who is viceroy over the
to a n all extraordinary pinches, can play off the
and evince on the political stage his
ho Have qualifications for the character of " Bear."
k4"'e of ‘ll,° doubt the division will set at rest the
tt,1411. 'lLxr,: Roebuck, and the fears of Lord John
'Tat price the public must pay for this
(14 °dation
111)trui to our pure and popular ministers, it
i 541
ry ornni.. Whether even time will show : since the
thek,lteZtleal corruption flows into devious courses,
\‘°ll4 to fabled Arethusa, disappears below the
t)thneti `4l)e the searching inquiries of opposition .
eae ge
°Werer, that public attention will be drawn
44 l
re ntv ee.men, and that neither their squeamish-
o°l,l;teted tance now, nor their votes as eventually
lit,) 'the?.
_pthe coining division, nor the price they
11 (ljle, may escape the notice of the British
0 less .
R'y'es of elll ,°ll should be learnt from all this,—viz., that
erY degree are of one and the same kidney.
ttiottlike, (cull! that their differences are, as they say
he frientirulnur differences." The whig, constitu-
L44lo4reh ' he calls himself, of the church and
Yr—the radical, who, when the church has
,it „ aNy
'eptitl;,- of f ItY3 will tolerate a nominal sovereign, for
tlgt 'Lek °l•tri and convenience of detail,—the rank
„, )10,_
ev. 4.1 would sweep away at once every yes-
th. Nap ‘4'Y established institution in church and
t7itt,:_ I these
Igor agree in the main, and have merged
1,1,1 %Ns frerences ! To this liberal paradox we
, to
subscribe, without the slightest reluc-
-1„11Ich ey
agree in the main. " Come, let me
c'arei: the silent prayer of every one of them.
meh, - not for the constitution, nor the radical
„No - tint,
`ge :Nty Principle, nor the republican for sheer
kliNtill°r the papist for his mother church, in
VeY e_ll These are as dust in the balance,
itIN 4
thik the beam. " Come, let me clutch thee.,,,
thhtli the Main point, and in this they all agree ;
‘ll4 I.ly, te,
.)r du agree, like the quarrelsome couple
iteir unanimity is wonderful! All the rest
tktt 6414° minor differences. And so too is the
°f the spoil. This also is a minor differ-
:e all °fle which the bulky gentleman to whom
ands it rather more difficult to accom-
146patti4 °wthis Is
tk what they are just now occupied
teAlSettled somehow it must be before the
;t4t it - ge radicals will not be bamboozled ; and,
I 4::Im stti not pay to oust the existing ministry,
\tlAa s
t for wages, and come into work again
do
otti:°nient, on the best terms they may. If
?, mendteCl this; we suppose Mr. Duncombe's
till If the will have made it clear to every-
IF)11 e radicals had been serious in their talk
atsio
twee
that
g the ministers, they would not have
111,; et that-.5in...1-I,ep.endent opportunity. They know
th
th do
them no harm whatever. The goose has
\‘•(, iii golden
`*l eggs, and though not so qiiickly as
e 4 fable e, they know better than the man in
te‘ll4l4lle.-th
ktt4t acme
t eY will not kill the golden goose.
liged of these minor differences may have
rt
4_7 lready,
klq "til "Ilhort
Re4tl peel's amendment does not angle
041 elnen. It tells the whole story simply
• kl,t‘l7o,l_lPYy.tolt Puts out the principle broadly. This NtiNtd deal with the English people • openly,
kltt) h) no sh„,•
ttb, fact. --ing, no keeping in the back-
, tid. Ne is lolls and dishonest artifice. At the
1,,'11)0 exposes the •
ttlil Vote n the enemy to difficulties : for it
t ore with
ev.ntage ground of truth. Every one
ti, ne ministers stultifies himself. Now
'°rt m° ministers
to those who, like old Trapbois,
tunes L rt4ittl4,,N kb, Avet, have their own con-si-de-ra-
i' 4etite Inifficient. But it is of moment to
111 it
ki 41%1%8 Witt go abroad among the house-
, tly , and the
'ety Upon. th freeholders of counties :it
kkilt 4' There e waters, and shall be found after
4, b, tleither ilinst be ado neral election before
at'lol etit:
ancl;artY can much with the pre-
4rge, honest Mien the appeal is made to the
to e Engle,
at
lY and straightforwardness will
4irlit\/, foe4d,welli of this '• g 0 unrewarded.
the ,ard to a Journal have not been induced
"qp no e°4Bervative triumph on this divi-
- L. their
...."eneve the whigs have quite filled
.4'l..eltedness to the brim, We expect

rIiIiATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL.
The Public is respectfully informed that
18. MR. BRAHAM
gaged for Ftvt NIGHTS, and will appear this Evening
in the character of Masaniello.
Tsls present TUESDAY, April 16,
for Present
Auber's Opera, in three acts, called
will be per-
k MASANIELL 0.
aBaniello, (with the original music) .... Mr. Braham,
as originally performed by him in London.
Miss
Elvi Don Alphongo. Mr. G. Horncastle.
ta• • Graut I Fenella, (the Dumb Girl). . Miss Faucit.
To conclude with Mr. Knowles's popular Play of
WILLIAM T/ELL.
VIIL,
Compressed into three acts.
Gi-gell'il Te 11.... ...Ur:Stu-art. I Albert .... Master Edwards.
er......
Mr. Gray. i Milael.... Mr. IN . Howard.
Emma.... Misi Cleaver.

,Oa wt,, ,
'-aPt '"NESDAY, the Musical Play of the SLAVE.
bia, i Malcolm, (his original character) Mr. Braham ; Gam-
Nlr:ll.,Stuart ; Capt. Clifton ; Mr. G. Horncastle ; Fogrum,
lipiha 40r; Matthew Sharpset, Mr. W. Howard ; Sam
alt Mr. &alter ; Miss Von Frump, Mrs. Clarke ; r-
hhe iCiss Grant ; Stella, Mrs. P. Crowe. To conclude with,
zit ' 63-Drain of RAYMOND and AGES; or, THE
4bIN N
00a ip, t7'
IAR SD AY, a Favourite Opera, in which Mr.
0 Alt will perform, with a popular Afterpiece.
I.'l
is 'tt lIIDAY FRA DIAVOLO and the WATERMAN,
'L eze 4'ENEFI T of Mr. M
r. BRAHA, and the last night of
Neraent.
Air C.
N. • C

L, _BURGH, who is engaged for Six Nights,
A4lerit, 'um appearance on MONDAY, April 22, and exhibit
hi:f extraordinary performances with THE WHO
o,;_ TRAINED ANIMALS, as represented last .sea-
iheat-Thßundred and Fifteen' Ni-viits in succession, at the
Drtheur -laneand patronised on many occa-
re nY her Majesty.
„
ix THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET.
is tIVEf,..,°uR MORE NIGHTS ONLY.
PoitiCILAiv,;LNING, April 16, and
-"lNAip'‘,E OF PERFORMANCE ! AND : -"'" EXTRA-
MUSICAL ATTRACTION !
~,,,__MASTER B. GROSSMITH,
--`"elY new Dramatic Entertainment, called
In NUMBER NIPP ! !
8.41.144.ich lee_af THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS !
)1:41
,Nydl appear in above Forty Characters ;
tiq..Y Can".,,?4leon Buonapkirct Marco Missolonghi
Matthew Parr ! ~ with 'numerous Songs
t Itir.',"ew Scenery, Dresses, and Machinery.
bar the great ‘l4°Bsurn, sen., in returning his most sincere
r„,,..
patronage bestow„id on his Sons:
.has
kbrl:.4try,s:l and pleasure of announcing to the Nobility,
ate Friend Public of Liverpool, thpy by the kindness of a
ofTht_min.`"cl, (one of their grea*st patrons,). ANOTHER
tttnlist greater attraction is added to this fashionable place
iitt° Th YOUNG LADY whose extraordinary
TA TAP -eta e • d 0 reat a SENSATION IN
h_t7he Piano create s
.g
ORLD, at the opening of the Town-hall,
to;',,lie with Sir
e only times rge Smart, at the last
.Festival
I George
she has ever appeared in pub-
Poki..-4Y. consented to play some of her most difficult
Pieces, forming, with the aid of the efficient
taintctratnii,e C4IPLETE AND SELECT CONCERT,
tillof which, with Bills of the Dramatic E.,nter-
eat; v't, ,ftY uehere gratis at the Theatre, from Eleven etnek, place; may be secured by early appli-
11q4e3, 28
It Sergit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. Doors to be open at
t Ten: Servants and Carriages to be in waiting

that the father of whiggery will again have cause to
chuckle, when •

" He sees a certain minister, a minister to his mind,
Go up into a certain house, with a majority behind ;
And then he may quote Genesis, like a very learned clerk,
How Noah and his creeping things went up into the ark."
But of course the issue is very doubtful. Chances are
more nearly balanced than they like whose nests have
not yet been feathered; and if the bulls are too many
for the bears,—if the radical demand be too exorbitant
for the whig supply,—if the intestine dissensions in
the cabinet assume so aggravated a character, that the
ill-assorted body can ho!d together no longer,—or if
there be divisions at the Reform Club, for which the
experienced Machaons of the faction can provide no
balm,—then the tables are turned, the doom of whig-
gery is sealed, and the door to good government and
impartial justice is again opened for the British people.
For this event, though they have never sought it,
the conservative leaders have been long prepared.
There is life in Old England yet. From one end of
the empire to the other, the tocsin of constitutional
liberty shall sound the call to arms. Then the quiet,
unobtrusive citizen shall gird himself in earnest to the
battle, for his country calls him. We shall wage that
most glorious warfare, the defence of our common
country. We shall rise as one man for the peaceful
battles of the poll-booth and the registration-court.
There will be joy over half the globe. England's most
distant colonies shall rejoice, and Protestant Ireland
shall put on her freedom anew. Our oppressed and
deserted allies will hail the advent of a foreign minister,
the " foremost man of all this world" : and that old
watchword shall be revived, that " no man can appeal
to England for justice, and appeal in vain." Then
shall the doom of whiggery be sealed for ever !
" Ruffians, pitiless as proud,
Heaven awards the vengeance due :
Empire is on us bestowed,
Shame and ruin wait for you !"
We are abundantly satisfied that this happy con-
summation cannot now be long delayed. But when
even a possibility of its taking place at once presents
itself to the public mind, of course the keenest interest
is excited. The arrivals from London will be looked
for in this loyal and conservative town with the most
intense anxiety on Wednesday, and each subsequent
day until the final intelligence shall arrive. And we
will venture to say, that should news of the " crowning
mercy" be received in Liverpool this week, we shall
see a day of rejoicing never to be forgotten, until the
treaty of Lichfield House, and the consequent barter
of royal prerogative and imperial justice for sordid and
factious purposes, shall have been erased from tha
page of British history, on which their black and inde.
lible characters are registered for ever.

On Friday night last, pursuant to notice, Sir Robert
Peel read to the House of Commons the amendment
which he intended to move last night, on the introduc-
tion of Lord John Russell's resolution. In the pro-
posed amendment Sir Robert Peel has concisely, but
forcibly, stated the questions at issue between the mi-
nistry and the country. That our readers may be able
to form a correct opinion of the drift of the debate
which, it is anticipated, will occupy the attention of
the House of Commons during the whole of this week,
we subjoin the resolutions in which the right hon. Bart.
has embodied his amendment :

" Resolved,—That, on the 13th day of March last, a
motion was made in this house for the production of
various documents connected with the state of Ireland
in respect to crime and outrage, including communica-
tions made to the Irish government relating to offences
connected with ribandism, and all memorials, resolu-
tions, and addresses, forwarded to the Irish govern-
ment by magistrates, or other official persons, in re-
spect of crimes and outrages committed in Ireland,
and the answers thereto.
" That the period included within the returns so
called for extends from the commencement of the year
1835 to the present time ; and that the motion made
for the production of them was assented to by this
house, no opposition to it having been offered on the
part of her Majesty's government.
" That, on the 21st day of March last the House of
Lords appointed a select committee `to inquire into
the state of Ireland since the year 1835, in respect to
crime and outrage, which have A A lifo and 1 cn—cre_ -
perty insecure in that part of the empire.'
" That in consequence of the appointment of such
committee by the House of Lords, it has been proposed
that this house should resolve `That it is the opinion of
this house that it is expedient to persevere in those
principles which have guided the executive government
of Ireland of late years, and which have tended to the
effectual administration of the law, and the general im-
provement of that part of the united kingdom.'
" Resolved,—That it appears to this house, that the
appointment of a committee of inquiry by the House
of Lords, under the circumstances and for the purpose
above mentioned, does not justify her Majesty's minis-
ters in calling upon this house without previous in-
quiry, or even the production of the information which

this house has required, to make a declaration of opi-
nion with respect to one branch of the public policy of
the executive government, still less a declaration of
opinion which is neither explicit as to the principles
which it professes to approve, nor definite as to the pe-
riod to which it refers ; and that it is not fitting that
this house shculd adopt a proceeding which has
the appearance of calling in question the undoubted
right of the House of Lords to inquire into the
state of Ireland in respect to crime and outrage,
more especially when the exercise of that right by the
House of Lords does not interfere with any previous
proceeding or resolution of the House of Commons,
nor with the progress of any legislative measure as-
sented to by the House of Commons, or at present
under its consideration."

As we have stated in another article, Sir Robert Peel
has, in propounding the foregoing resolutions, carefully
abstained from throwing out any bait to the greedy and
expectant radicals. He has not, for the sake of obtain-
ing a party triumph—for the sake of grasping power
and securing patronage, consented to rest his opposition
to the ministry on factious groundjs. Had he been as
reckless of principle as his whig opponents have shown
themselves to be—had he been guilty of any such
flagrant compromise as that which was involved in the
Lichfield House " compact alliance "—nothing would
have been easier for him than to have invited the co-
operation of the radical clique :in the House of Com-
mons. This he might have done by consenting to
recommend any of their political nostrums, or rather by
promising to do so, which is the ever ready expedient of
the whigs when placed between the horns of a dilemma.
Sir Robert Peel, however, was too high-minded to avail
himself of any such dirty manoeuvre. He has met Lord
John Russell foot to foot on the ground of his own
choosing ; and we doubt not that the puny Secretary
for the Home Department would be very glad to cry
out peccavi, if he could only escape from the castigation
which, ere these remarks shall have met the eyes of our
readers, will have been administered on his recreant
hide.

Ministers thought that they were acting prudently in
selecting the question of their Irish policy as the ground
of an appeal to the sympathies of Parliament ; and, in
one respect at least, their calculation was not extrava-
gant. The administration of Irish affairs, at least as far
as the executive is concerned, during the vice-regency
of the Marquis of Normanby, has been everything that
the ultra-radical and popish parties could have desired.
Acting in strict concert as these parties have been of
late years, we are not surprised to find that they equally
approve of the " heavy blows and great discourage-
ments " which Protestantism has sustained in Ireland
under the accursed sway of the whigs. On no point
has there existed a greater unanimity of feeling among
all classes of self-styled reformers—whether whigs,
radicals, or popish rebels—than in seeking to depress, as
much as possible, and by every imaginable expedient,
the cause of Protestantism in Ireland. This feeling
has hitherto constituted almost the only real bond of
union by which the motley and heterogeneous assem-
blage who usually vote with ministers have been kept
together. It will be remembered that the whigs ob-
tained office through their factious junction with the
radicals and papists, on the question of the secular
appropriation of the funds of the Irish church ; and it
must be equally notorious, that all their largest majo-
rities have been obtained on questions essentially rela-
ting to Ireland. We need not wonder, therefore, that
the whig ministers have chosen Ireland as the arena
on which to try their party strength. They know full
well that they can depend upon the support of O'Con;

nell and his tail to a man. They know that Hume,
Molesworth, Leader, and the rest of the philosophical
radicals, will rot be found wanting on such an occa-
sion. The popish hacks and the radical sponges may
serve their end for once more. But what will the
people of England say ?
What will the people of England say ? That is the
rub ! Will Lord John Russell dare to put the ques-
tion now under debate in the House of Commons to
the issue of a general election ? Are the people of
England satisfied with the unilateral sort of " justice
to Ireland" which O'Connell demands, and which
Lord John Russell and his colleagues seem disposed
to concede ?

We look forward to this issue, and that at no remote
period; and, as a preliminary to it, we look forward
this week to one of the most humiliating exposures of
political imposture that ever befel even the degraded
and hypocritical Whigs.

O'Connell has made his promised appearance in
Liverpool, on his way to the rescue of his humble ser-
vants, the Melbourne ministry, from utter and hope-
less discomfiture. He landed here,-:in company with
what the Albion is facetiously pleased to call " other
distinguished individuals," on Saturday morning last.
The members of the " Precursors' Society" were ready
to receive him on the pier-head, at the early hour of
six o'clock in the morning. Such a motley group as
met together to welcome the great agitator, it has sel-
dom been our fortune to behold. If a premium had
been offered for collecting, together all that was de-
graded in appearance, or vile in character, in the town
of Liverpool, we defy any one to have collected, from
the filthiest alleys, courts, and cellars in the town,
a more consummate set of vagabonds than graced the
procession of Daniel O'Connell from the pier-head to
the Adelphi Hotel. We venture to say that, for one
morning at least, Mr. Hall had nearly a sinecure of his
office ; for all the most reckless characters in town
were congregated in Ranelagh-street. It is true that
they formed a suitable caudal appendage to such a man
as O'Connell, whom it would be a disgrace to any man
of respectability to acknowledge.
We have been informed that the gentleman with
whom Mr. O'Connell walked up to the Adelphi, through
the streets of Liverpool, was Mr. Langan, formerly, we
believe, a prize-fighter, but now a publican in this
We do not say that the said Mr. Langan was
not good company enough for O'Connell, but we must
certainly confess that the associates of the honourable
" member for all Ireland" were, on a former occasion

to which we alluded in our last, of a somewhat higher
grade in society.
We would mention one fact, in connection with
O'Connell's visit to Liverpool, which shows very plainly
the estimation in which both he and his willing tools,
the Whig ministers, are held by the respectable portion
of the inhabitants of this opulent town—Mr. O'Con-
nell did not venture to show his face on the Exchange !
If he had done so, he would have been assailed by such
a hearty burst of honest indignation, as would have
convinced him that, however popular Lsrd Melbourne
and his associates may be with the priests and their
serfs in Ireland, they are absolutely the objects of de-
testation in England.

Of O'Connell's harangues, both from the balcony of
the Adelphi, and at the dinner in the evening, it is
scarcely necessary for us to say much. Both speeches
consisted of the usual quantum of abuse of the Orange-
men, that is, of the Protestants of Ireland—for with
him the terms are identical in meaning—of the usual
hackneyed lamentations over the deplorable condition
of his unfortunate country, (he being the chief author
of all its complicated miseries,)—and of the customary
unmeasured calumnies against all that is great and
good in the land. His paltry and pitiful personal re-
marks on Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell, indepen-
dently of the essential vulgarity of manner with which
they were uttered, indicate a striking degree of mental
imbecility. They fully justify the supposition that this
foul-mouthed slanderer is rapidly sinking into the
dotage of a second childhood. That the rabid out-

pourings of O'Connell's venomous abuse should.:, be
hailed with applause by the audience which listened to
him, plainly shows, if other proof were wanting, that
his hearers were composed of the very dregs of society.
We have always reckoned O'Connell as one of the
gi of 1..47 achlum have
met with a more glaring instance of his boasting pro-
pensity than the threat which he held out on Saturday,
that, " should the tories succeed in driving the present

ministers from office, he would return to his country
forthwith, and raise the banner of repeal, which should
not be let down again but on the ashes of his grave,
or until it was placed at the door of their own parlia-
ment in College-green." This cowardly man knew
very well, while uttering this mighty threat, that he
would never have the courage to carry it into execu-
tion. He has too great a dread of the gallows to hazard
any such dangerous experiment.

But we must not waste the time and patience of our
readers by any further remarks upon this Prince of
Humbugs. We are glad that his society was scrupu-
lously shunned by every respectable man in Liverpool.
Our townsmen have done honour to themselves by
refusing to mingle with the traitorous rabble that

echoed his speeches. It will be long, we suspect,
before he accepts another invitation to dine in Liver-

pool. The atmosphere of the " good old town" is too
loyal for O'Connell to subsist in with any degree of
comfort.

By the Orpheus, Captain Bailey, which arrived here
on Saturday evening, we have received New York
papers to the 22d ultimo inclusive, and from Canada to
the 14th ultimo. The news from Canada is compara-
tively devoid of interest. That from the United States
is scarcely more important. The excitement in the
State of Maine was fast subsiding—the valour of the
patriots having evaporated with their magniloquent
boasts. The prevalent opinion appeared to be that no
serious rupture with Great Britain would take place.
It seems that the reports touching Sir John Harvey's
extensive belligerent preparations had been greatly
exaggerated, perhaps designedly. Similar misstate-
ments were circulated respecting the forces in Maine.
General Scott was in correspondence with Sir John
Harvey.

The latest news from Rio Janeiro is to the 28th of
January. It is said that news had been received there
that the French squadron had bombarded Buenos
Ayres.

We perceive that an additional attraction is now added to
the entertaining amusements at the Liver Theatre. Mr.
Grossmith has done well to lengthen his stay, to enable all
his friends to witness the performances of his wonderful
children. The rapidity with which they change their cha-
racters is truly surprising. We have hitherto been unable
to notice them as they deserve, but shall take an early op-
portunity of doing so.

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' BALL.—The ball in aid of the
funds of the Licensed Victuallers' Society, the object of
which is to educate the children of those members who, from
misfortune, have to apply for the support of the society, will
be held at the Queen's Theatre, on Wednesday, the 24th
instant, and we hope, from the benevolent objects of the
charity, that it will be extensively patronized.
NEW ANTI-CORN LAW NEWSPAPER, IN MANCHESTER.
—The anti-corn-law committee, in Manchester, have re-
solved on establishing a newspaper, having principally for its
object the dissemination of opinions favourable to the total
repeal of the corn-laws. A preliminary meeting took place
on Wednesday week, where resolutions were passed in con-
formity with the above design.
On Good Friday the brig Countess Lonsdale was capsized
in a tremendous gale, in lat. 44, lon. 33, (about 1300 miles
from land). John Caldwell and Edw. Crumb were washed
overboard, but the master, William Miller, and the mate,
John Groom, with the rest of the crew, were rescued from
the wreck on Easter Sunday, by Captain Dorry, of the
American ship Katherine Jackson, which arrived in this port
on Wednesday last. The master, mate, and crew of the brig
desire to return their grateful thanks to Captain Dorry for
his kindness and humanity since he rescued them from their
perilous situation.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—An inquest was held on Thurs-
day on the body of James Brownbill, an infant. The mother,
who resides in Harper-street, stated that she had made some
coffee in a pint jug, and placed it on the table at which the
child was seated ; having turned away for a moment, she
heard the child scream, and on looking round discovered that
the child had fallen and pulled the hot coffee upon it. The
child's chest, arms, and face were very much scalded, and
having taken him to a druggist, he poured over the parts af-
fected a quantity of cold linseed oil, and gave her some more,
mixed with lime water, with directions to bathe the scald
with it.—This she did during the night, and in the morning
her husband procured from the druggist some ointment, with
which she was directed to dress the scald. Soon afterwards
the child became convulsed.
Mr. Harbord, surgeon, stated that, on the previous Tues-
day afternoon, he was requested to visit the child,—found it
then in a dying state, he died in a few hours. Would not
say that the scald alone might not possibly have terminated
in death, but had no doubt that death had been caused by
improper treatment. The witness here described why, in
this instance, linseed oil and lime water was an improper ap-
plication; afterwards he made some strong remarks on the
practice of druggists prescribing so frequently, which, he
said, was a growing evil. Mr. Harbord then, in answer to
a juryman, said that, possibly, exposure to cold might have
a tendency to produce the sad consequence, and that fright
might have induced convulsions.
The jury having retired for a few minutes returned a ver-
dict, that the child died from the effects of the scald.

NARRATIVE OF THE PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE
FROM TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE PACKET-
SHIP " WESTCHESTER," BY COMING IN CON-
TACT WITH AN ICEBERG.

The Westchester, a fine ship 'of 700 tons burthen, belong.
ing to Messrs. Thos. and Joseph Sands and Co., and com-
manded by Capt. Watson Ferris, sailed from New York for
this port on the 15th ult., having on board a competent
crew, together with twenty-five steerage and two cabin pas-
sengers, including three females. There were also three chil-
dren. Her cargo consisted chiefly of cotton and tea. Noth-
ing particular occurred until the 24th March, when the ship,
then running about nine knots an hour, and the weather
being foggy, came in contact with an iceberg—an island of
ice—a circumstance totally unexpected, the appearance of
large bodies of ice being rarely witnessed in so south-
ern a latitude at this season of the year. The concussion,
as might be expected from the speed of the ship, was tre-
mendous, and fatal as it was to three individuals, the wonder
is, that the vessel was not crushed up and instantly sunk
with all who were on board. Her preservation is to be attri-
buted to the amazing strength of the ship, to the direction in
which she took the ice, and, more peculiarly, to the conform-
ation of that part of the iceberg itself which she struck,—
by which the damage sustained was principally in the upper
works, so that, though afterwards leaky, she was, by good
seamanship and indefatigable labour of the crew and pas-
sengers, brought to her port of destination.
She was on Friday brought into graving dock No. 4, and
many hundreds of persons were attracted to the spot to wit-
ness the damage she had sustained. Her bowsprit was
crushed off close to the stem ; the whole of her bows stove
in aloft, so as to " rake aft," and not forward ; the bowsprit
bits were broken and thrown aft ; the windlass driven five
or six feet from its position, and the bits on one side broken
off ; the deck of the forecastle al4o broken • and the whole
of the wood-work, though chiefly of timber as tough as
whalebone, crushed into splinters. Beyond this damage,
however, the ship, though she sustained a severe shock
throughout, was uninjured in her bottom ; and when repaired,
will be as seaworthy as ever.
The following is an extract from the log-book, written by
Mr. Yeaton, the first officer, in a perspicuous and interesting
manner, notwithstanding the disadvantages arising from
stormy weather, in a disabled ship :
" March 24.—Thick foggy weather. At 11 o'clock, a. m.,
the watch on the look-out descried an iceberg. The fog was
so dense that we could not see it soon enough to get the ship
clear. She struck hard on, carrying away the bowsprit,
head, and cutwater, also the windlass bits, and the whole of
the deck frame—and, melancholy to relate, killed three men,
and wounded others. The ship drove alongside. Hove the
main topsail aback, and she fell clear of it. We commenced
clearing the wreck, and got tackles on the stays, and hove
them tight. We found the ship did not make so much water
but what we could keep her free. The end—foggy weather
and rain.—On looking back upon the scene we have just
passed, it seems as if Providence had guided us, for, had the
ship struck in any other situation, all our hopes must have
been blasted. The island appeared to be very long, and
much higher towards the south. The part we struck was
much undermined by the waves dashing against it ; for had
we struck it perpendicular, she must have stove in her whole
bow."

Such is literally the statement of the disaster in the log-
book. Captain Ferris has kindly furnished us with some
additional and interesting particulars of the accident. He
states :—The shock was appalling. My first impression and
that of my officers was, that the vessel would immediately fill.
Every one on board was knocked off his legs, and thrown a
distance of some feet. The ship was going at a rate of nine
knots, and there was a considerable sea on. The alarm on
board was excessive, as indeed might be expected. The pas-
sengers crowded round me as if I alone could save them from
that destruction which I apprehended myself. One of the
men was killed in his berth .in the forecastle by the broken
timber that came against him. The other two were killed
while coming up the hatch-way of the forecastle. They were
crushed nearly in the middle, by the heel of the bowsprit, and
the timber it carried along with it. At the time of the acci-
dent, the ship was under close-reefed topsails. A considerable
number of the crew were below in the forecastle at the time,
who did not get out. These communicated the intelligence
of the death of the man below. Half of the ship's company
were on deck. The part of the iceberg we struck was about
fifty feet in height, and it was shelving, or sloping, like the
roof of a house. The fog was so dense, that we could not
see the extent of it; but at a short distance from us it ap-
peared to be about 140 feet in height.
After the first alarm was subdued, and it was found that
the passengers could keep the ship clear by plying the pumps,
the crew were employed in securing the masts. The top-
gallant yards and top-gallant masts and rigging were sent
down to ease the ship, which continued to leak. The follow-
ing extract from the log-book shows the subsequent situation
of the vessel :
Monday, March 25.—Strong gales from the S.W. At 1
p.m. hove to. At 3 p.m. encountered a great deal of field
ice, but got through it. The ship made very little progress,
the ice was so thick ; but it did not damage her. At sh. 30,
we got through it.
Captain Ferris states that the pieces of ice in this field were
many of them, on an average, 10 feet above the water. On
Monday (the next day) they descried another iceberg a-head,
having a complete bay or harbour, formed by two arms, large
enough to receive a ship of 800 tons burthen. The soundings
when the vessel struck the ice, might be about 90 fathoms,
and they were then on the eastern edge of the " Grand Bank."
We recur to the log-book of the 25th March :
At 7, p.m., the wind inclined to the westwari, and the
weather cleared up. Squared away, and let her go slow
through the night—the pumps still going. At 5, a.m. we
buried the dead. Through the day employed in lighting the
ship by throwing part of the cargo overboard. [The cargo
thus necessarily disposed of to save the ship was about 200
bales of cotton, and about the same number of chests of tea.
The chain cables were also stowed aft, to set her down by
the stern.] Strong gales from the westward, and a large sea.
At 7 a.m„ spoke a barque, standing to the westward, and
informed him of the danger on the banks. At 8, passed an
iceberg on the north. Ended with strong gales.
On the following day, (Tuesday, the 26th,) the damage was
repaired as much as possible, and all hands were employed
for the preservation of the ship. " The passengers (says the
log) kept the pumps going night and day ;" and it is added,
" It seems as if this day the fine weather is given us to pre-
pare for the dangers of the sea. It enabled us to go under
the bow, and make good many places where the water would
run in."

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the following day, (Wednesday,) after a squally night,
the people were employed in stuffing cotton into the broken
part of the bow, and in spreading sails over the forecastle.
On Thursday, the 28th, the gales increased, as well as the
height of the sea. Through the night it blew in tremendous
squalls. The vessel shipped heavy seas, which kept all hands
at the pumps to keep her free. "It was (says the log-book)
a dreadful night to experience. The cries of the women and
children were heart-rending. It seemed as if our time was
near at hand. But He that ruleth the mighty deep reserved
us throUgh the dangers to which we were exposed.
The ship had afterwards to lay to for three days succes-
sively, such was the violence of the storm from the westward,
and during that time, it was calculated that she drifted, (in
her course portward,) nearly six degrees. At the end of this
period she was nearly on the same ground where the brig
Countess of Lonsdale" was thrown over by a tremendous
sea, and the crew of which (with the exception of two who
were previously washed overboard) were rescued by the
American ship Katherine Jackson, Captain Dorry.
It is remarkable that though we have had strong easterly
li winds in England up to yesterday, the Westchester found
from the 30th ult., (after her disaster,) up to the time of her
making the land at Holyhead, on the 7th instant, fine steady
breezes from the westward, W.S.W. to N.W. She had in
the channel to encounter a strong east wind, and did not
reach this port until the 10th. But for the accident, and the
detention afterwards, she would have made a glorious run.
It is worthy of notice, that subsequent to the accident and
the gale that succeeded it, the sailing qualities of the West-
chester, (though necessarily handled as a " delicate subject,"
after the damage she had undergone,) were fully exemplified
by her having sailed, upon an average, from six to ten knots
an hour. She made good, indeed, in one instance, eleven
knots, for four hours together. It is en old saying, " Money
makes the mare to go—whether she has a tail or no." In
this instance we may say, " Skill makes the ship to go—
whether she has a nose or no." It was found impossible,
indeed, to rig even a jury bowsprit, and the Westchester
came in without head sails, and with her fore-stays secured
through the hawse holes.
The passengers, during their long and arduous " vocation"
at the pumps, exhibited the utmost fortitude and animation.
The captain and his officers say, indeed, that they acted
" nobly ;" and we have reason to believe that they landed
with a grateful impression of those attentions which could be
paid to them under the trying circumstances in which all on
board were placed.
The Westchester is now under repair, and will in a few
days resume her position in dock as a regular trader to New
York.—Journal.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—Friday.

INFORMATIONS AGAINST A PUBLICAN.
Mr. Thomas Whiteman appeared at the Police-office, to
answer to no fewer than seven informations laid against him
by a person named Peter Mawdsley, who, it appeared, had
acted at the suggestion of the only witness who was brought
forward. Robert Bennett said, that on the afternoon of
Sunday, the 17th March, he went to the house of the defen-
dant, who is a publican near St. Peter's Church : it was dur-
ing divine service. He called for a glass of brandy, which
was supplied by the landlady, and she received the money.
On cross-examination by Mr. Crewe, witness said he had
formerly followed the law in Manchester. He had resided
for the last twelve months in Liverpool. The present infor-
mations were not laid until the 6th of April. He remem-
bered the 17th March, when he created a disturbance in the
house of the defendant, and, on refusing to give his name,
was taken to Bridewell, and, on the following day, was fined
ss. by the magistrate for being drunk and disorderly. It was
not until he had got a second glass of brandy that he told
Mrs. Whiteman that he had been taken suddenly ill. He
added, that he did not expect to receive any part of the pe-
nalty if a conviction took place. Mr. Hall, at the conclusion
of the examination, said that the defendant had admitted in
the cross-examination that the witness had been allowed to
drink in the house during church-time, which would justify
a conviction. The defendant was fined in the mitigated pe-
nalty of 50s. and costs.—The second information charged the
defendant with a like offence, committed on Sunday, the 17th
March. The evidence was of a similar nature to that on the
first charge. Fined 20s. and costs.—The third was a charge
of having allowed gaming in the house. On this Mr. White-
man was acquitted, there being no evidence offered.—The
fourth information was preferred for a similar offence, alleged
to have been committed on the 13th March. The witness
stated, that on the day in question he went to the defendant's
house, and there saw a party playing cards. After several
intreaties, he joined them in a game. They played for glasses
round, and there was also some betting on the game. Mr.
Crew said, that, in this case as in the second, he should for
his client deny any knowledge of the transaction, and hoped
the bench would scrutinize the evidence of an individual who
had been turned out of his client's house for improper con-
duct, and take into consideration the circumstance, that the
informations had not been laid before this occurred, though
the offences were all alleged to have been committed previous
to that time. The defendant was fined in the mitigated pe-
nalty of 20s. and costs.—The fifth information was for a re-
petition of the like offence on the 10th March. After the
witness had stated the case, Mr. Crew cross-examined him,
when he admitted that he would not have caused the present
informations to be laid, had there not been a dispute between
him and the defendant. The defendant was therefore acquit-
ted on this information. Mr. Hall observed, that the stabi-
lity of the witness's testimony was so shaken by his last ad-
mission, that, if the evidence was similar in the other case,
it would be useless to bring it forward. No other complaint
was consequently preferred.