The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-22 00:00:00

Ztherpooi k)tanbarb.

TUESD

MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1840

The foreign news which has reached us since our

last does not present any features of prominent inte-
rest. The French journals are chiefly occupied with
speculations on the recently-published quadruple treaty.
The proceedings
_of the revolutionary junta in Spain
are daily becoming more and more violent. The latest
advises from that distracted country announce the for-
mation of another ministry, evidently under the dicta-
tion of the rebel Espartero. There is no news of any

importance from Portugal.
No change of any consequence has taken place in
the aspect of Eastern affairs. On the 28th ultimo,
Mehemet Ali had a conference of above four hours with
Rifat Bey and the consuls of the Four Powers. At

this conference, Mehemet requested Rifat Bey to pro-
ceed to Constantinople at once, and that matters should
remain in statu quo until his return. The French pa-
pers have officially announced the purport of Rifat
Bey's mission. It is stated that the Viceroy has of-
fered to cede Adana, Candia, and the Holy Cities, and
that he demands only Syria for his life. This is de-
scribed as the compromise originally thought of by
the French government. It is difficult to say how this

proposition may be received.
It appears that CommOdore Napier continues to
detain all the Viceroy's ships that have warlike stores.
This is acting upon a system of " pacification" with a
vengeance ! All was quiet at Alexandria at the date
of the last advices.

" \rive la liberte vive 1 '64alit6 ! vive la constitu-
tion !" three glorious words of the three glorious days.
Thenceforth liberty of tongue and pen, and equality
under the law, were guaranteed to France for ever,
under a monarchico-paternal sovereign. To France
We beg pardon for the unintentional
offence in confounding things without difference. To
France ? foutre '

did we

a fico for that phrase To condense
revolutionary Frenchmen into a monosyllable, savoured

too much of constraint, with fetters and bastiles, and
such mementos of the old regime. The new and popu-
lar King stoutly swore that he would not be King of
France, but of FRENCHMEN. This proof of love for
his people and their liberties produced throbs of con-
vulsive devotion towards him. The canaille threw up
their greasy caps to such a liberty-loving King, and
even old Lafayette mounted his white horse and gal-
loped about Paris in unutterable ecstacy.
Those were glorious days. Old revolutionists told
their sons how the glory of their own youthful time
was returning, when Lafayette, his horse, and la liberty
were all three young, and the Duke of Orleans took
the name of Philip Equality, citizen ; altogether re-
straining his private grief at the murder of his cousin,
the king, in his love for social equality. Fathers pointed
out to their gaping children the identical young La-
fayette, now grown old ; the fruit, the dried fruit in-
deed, of the first revolution; and if Philip Equality
survived not, who could better fill the place of a father
than his "liberal" son !

All Paris, and, therefore, all France (we beg pardon
again) hugged each other on the day when Philippe
Egalites son, Louis Philippe, good pay-triotic man, al-
lowed himself 'to be converted from Lieutenant-General
of the Kingdom into King Louis Philippe I. It was
delightful to study the motives of the patriotic citizen,
the unambitious King of the Barricades. He could
not wish, of course, for kingly prerogative; Charles
X. had just been expelled for exerting it. He could not
wish to form a DYNASTY ; he was himself the principle
of elective instead of hereditary succession. He had
been an exile, and a schoolmaster, for, he. hoped, the
benefit of his country; and subsequently-a stock job-
ber rather extensively, for the benefit of one portion, at
least, of his country. But to be KING ! he, the an-
tagonism of kinghood; the son of Philippe Egalite ac-
cept a crown ! The inconsistency may certainly have
appeared considerable both to hi 4 own mind and others;
but he allowed himself to be prevailed upon—" for the
good of his country"—and possibly, also, with an eye
slightly towards the Bourse, whose transactions may
be occasionally modified by a King of the Telegraphs.
But then his " liberal " sons, with whom Nature had
liberally supplied him, what was to become of them ?
Of course, in the new liberal state of things and elective

monarchies, they would not be thrust upon the nation,
but obey their king, not dream of necessary succession,
and serve their country to the best of their respective

abilities, like other young men of respectable connec-
tions. The heir was simply the Duke of Orleans ; the
title of the heir to the throne, Dauphin, was studiously
abandoned ; it was an appellative which was the re-
verse of fragrant in the nostrils of republico-monar-
chials ; it fumed of hereditary rights to one and conse-
quent bondage to many.

Instances of such freedom from the idea of family
aggrandisement, are perhaps rare ; family considera-
tions were no doubt altogether as much out of the
mind of the patriot king, Louis Philippe, as they have
always been in the Elliotts and Russells, for instance,
with us. For whoever heard of a Russell or an Elliott
or a Fleming, obtaining post, preferment, or promotion,
solely through the circumstance that a member of one
family sits at the council table and one of the other
presides at the Admiralty ? But to change•our tone.
A more ambitious, circuitous-coursed politician than
Louis Philippe has seldom occupied the throne of
another. Realizing in himself the traitorous schemes
of the house of Orleans, which had for ages promoted
troubles and torn asunder the peace of the kingdom,
he seeks to found and perpetuate a dynasty. By con-
summate art wielding circumstances and working upon
a popular delusion, carefully fostered by his partizans,
he has clutched the sceptre, whose possession haunted '
the imagination of his remoter ancestors, and which
his father, Louis Egalit4, unsuccessfully sought by
self-degradation.

The King of France we are not canvassing as a pri-
vate character ; in many of the private relations of life
he may be worthy the imitation of some of his subjects.
But ambition is his master ; not the ambition of Na-

poleon, which, partaking of the same element, enthu-
siasm, aroused the enthusiasm and devotion of a nation;
but an ambition, if equal in degree, more limited in
scope and less looking to the proud association of
glory. The one rallied an entire people to its further-
ance; the other has widely engendered contempt or
detestation.

" Liberty," poor prostituted word, was the step by
which Louis Philippe of Orleans mounted his throne.
Did this ambitious man endeavour to secure his seat
by maintaining for those who made him king the
same sort of liberty as they virtually bargained for ?
It is not to the purpose to say that such sort of
liberty ought not to be maintained ; that strict order
and stringent law, incompatible with real liberty,
are necessary to a nation's welfare. His was a
bargain. Has he kept it with his people ? Nay,
when he considered his throne secure, did he counte-
nance even the men themselves whose opinions he was
put forward to represent ? No. He soon proceeded
in that kingly career of lesi " glorious " times. He
dashed aside, like a sucked: orange, when no longer
needed, old Lafayette, white,horse and all. Then the
press was attacked—the press, which had mainly as-
sisted to make him what he SN''aS., by delighting to use
the words " liberty " and " Louis Philippe" as much
like synonyms as possible. Well, the press was as-
saulted; newspapers were prosecuted ; and editors,
too honest to be bribed by the King, or so dogged, in
their ideas of liberty as to canvass the advantage of
the mushroom royalty, were arrested, fined, and incar-
cerated right royally. After a time, Frenchmen found
that "la liberte," " 6galite," "la constitution," &c.,
although excellent words for making an extempore
king,.had become dangerous texts for those who had I
made him so.

Disappointed masses, be they French or English,
will grumble; and a man in Louis Philippe's position
does not'require the ear of his fellow-schoolmaster and
king, Dionysius, to hear their grumbling.
The reign of Louis Philippe has been painfully re-
markable : on his own side, for prosecutions and vio-

lence done to expression of thought, as well as for
apparent absence of any other leading principle than
that of consolidating his dynasty ; on the part of his
people, by ementes, conspiracies, and, above all, re-

iterated attempts to assassinate the once-popular King
—attempts in number, perseverance, and deliberate-
ness of purpose, hardly equalled in history. The

DYNASTY was tottering amidst ill-suppressed conspi-
racies and undisguised ill will ; and its preservation
might have baffled the talent of even Louis Philippe,
" hark ! to -the rescue," the
TION springs up

EASTERN QUES-

The eastern question was, and is. a godsend to the
King of France. A reprieve suddenly appeared for
his dynasty, and right eagerly he seized it. Clever,
strong-minded, and persevering men want but oppor-
tunities; and Louis Philippe is all three. Under his
treatment, the eastern question saves him.
The point at issue is not the slight cast on France
by the quadruple,rtreatry ; but the quadruple treaty
has been adroitly pounced upon, as a,foil to hide deeper
designs than the, majority of his people seem to sus-
pect. After the —publication of Lord Palmerston's
note, the French war-wishers were silenced awhile by
conviction. This would not do : the DYNASTY must
be secured ; the nation must be united upon some one

popular matter ; present grumblings, conspiracies, and
piemeditated assassinations, must be forgotten in one
great enthusiasm for something ; Bonapartists, royal-
ists, republicans, must merge all differences in the
glory and honour 'of France; and meanwhile, against
the time when this hurricane of 'military preparations
and enthusiasm of union have subsided, Paris must
be girded with ramparts, bristling with canwon, capa-
ble of being turned upon the capital itself, when, in-
stead of the Four Powers, Louis Philippe himself be-
comes the subject of lucubration. No more will be
heard of barricades, and rebellious faubourgs. Safe
at Versailles, the patriot King may and would coolly
command the destruction of his unquiet capital, to
save his dynasty. This plan, when proposed some
time ago honestly, raised a storm about his royal ears ;
now, thanks to proper management of the eastern
question, and judicious diplomacy " anent" the qua-
druple treaty, his volatile people extol him for expend-
ing a million of francs on their own political destruc-
tion.

That the threatening attitude and blusterings of
France are solely attributable to this piece of domestic
policy in the King of the Barricades, we by no means
intend to assert ; but we do assert that he engrafts the
success of his long-cherished domestic policy on the
turbulent national excitement arising from the eastern
question and its treatment. Even war, if decidedly
popular, might work to his personal advantage; whilst,
without doubt, his separation of French interests from
those of Russia and England, powerfully arouses in
his favour a large mass of Frenchmen. Still his main
objects are in process of attainment, and the probabi-
lities of war are so far diminishing.
These views, however, even in their widest scope,
would not warrant our position. France threatens—
nay, like a" liberal" in lack of argument, bullies. Eng-
land is unprepared for war, and, in comparison with
French preparations, unpreparing. The silly remark
of Lord Melbourne, in justification of Admiral Fle-
ming's appointment to Greenwich Hospital, that cou-
rage and success in action formed no merit in an offi-

cer, seems to meet with a corresponding principle, that
precaution or national defence in a government is no
Whether war or peace result from present
symptoms, one painful fact 'cannot escape the quadru-
ples or quintuples and France—that, under a whig
ministry, England may snarl at China, and bully Por-
tugal, but that the once mistress of the sea cannot
equal a Russian or French fleet, nor can man a few
ships without bringing vessels • from the Tagus to
draught off their crews ! That the energy of the nation
would, if need called for it, repair the errors of the
most unnational ministry which ever chanced to get
office, we do not for a moment doubt; but despicable
must that ministry he, which, in times of danger,
throws the . nation under unnecessary disadvantages.
Still not fearing war, we cordially hope for peace.

Some of onr radical contemporaries affect to be
greatly horrified at the immense number of objections
which have been made to the registration lists of mu-
nicipal voters. These objections, we understand,
amount to about eight thousand. The Mercury is un-
usually angry and dolorous on the subject. Accoi ding
to our contemporary the objections are " frivolous and

vexatious," and constitute a " system of mutual an-
noyance," which is " disgusting in the extreme," and
" discreditable to all parties." In still stronger lan-
guage the Mercury proceeds to designate this system
of wholesale objections as "a practice more like the
spiteful recrimination of a parcel of angry boys, than
the conduct of rational men," adding that " the nui-
sance has become so intolerable and notorious that it
must lead to some legislative measure for its supres-
aion." The terms in which the Journal speaks of the
matter are equally strong. We are glad that the radi-
cal journalists of Liverpool are beginning to discover a
few of the beauties of the reform act. A little more
experience of its working will, perhaps, enable them to
form a still more correct estimate of the character of
that bungling specimen of Whig legislation.

It is necessary that we should remind our radical
contemporaries of a fact which seems to have escaped
their notice when they ventured to declaim so virtu-
ously against the system of wholesale objections—viz.,
that the liberals originally commenced this modes of
warfare, and thus rendered it necessary, on the ground
of self-defence, that the conservatives should retaliate
upon their adversaries. The necessity, on the present
occasion, is still further augmented by the notorious
fact that the liberals have thought proper to adopt a
system of manufacturing spurious voters on a scale of
unprecedented magnitude. It is necessary that the re-
gistry should be completely expurgated of the hun-
dreds of " Protectors" who have recently had their
taxes paid by the " aristocrats" and " top-sawyers" of
the Whig faction. It is necessary that those " fungu-
" as they were felicitously called by Mr. Tindal At-
kinson, should be rooted up. We have all along
warned the liberals that theY were playing a game the
consequences of which would descend on their own
heads, and issue in their own discomfiture. It was
scarcely to he expected that the conservatives would
contemplate with indifference tbs recent nefarious at-

tempt of their opponents to swamp the registry, by in-
troducing among the bona fide ratepayers a horde of
beggarly Irish Papists, to become a future burden upon
the parish.

We have no fears whatever, if fair play be allowed,
of the result of the approaching revision of the lists of
municipal voters. We believe that it will issue in the
signal triumph of the conservatives. We look for-
ward, therefore, to the first of November with the ut-
most confidence. It will then, we have no doubt, be
triumphantly demonstrated that the anticipations of
future ascendancy in our "local legislature," in which
the whip-radicals have lately indulged, are utterly with-
out foundation. The sooner they retire from the con-
test the better. They will thus avoid the mortification
which they cannot but experience from the sound
drubbing which is in store for them:
Our conservative friends, however, must not relax
for one moment in their endeavours. Despondency,
in their case, is certainly out of the question; but they
may sacrific€ many advantages by over-confidence.
Against this feeling we hope they will guard them-
selves. They must be incessantly active, both in at-
tending to the registry and in canvassing the electors,
if they wish to secure a victory at once complete and
final.

We publish this day the particulars of another aw-
ful and atrocious , murder, which was perpetrated on
the person of an aged and inoffensive widow at New-
castle-under-Lyme. For several weeks past we have
scarcely sent a publication .to press without containing
similar details. Crimes of the most aggravated cha-
racter are becoming alarmingly prevalent in all parts
of the country, and more especially murderous.assaults
upon the person. We are afraid that the piesent mode
of administering the law presents too many induce-
ments to the commission of these 'Crimes. In too many
instances we find juries unwilling: to find prisoners,
charged with taking away life, guilty on the more
serious indictments ; and in too many cases the sen-
tences upon such criminals are far too lenient. The
murderer is thus led to speculate upon the chances in
favour of his escape from the extreme penalty of the
law. Punishment, in order to be effective, should be
uniform and certain, excepting in cases in which there
are extraordinary circumstances of palliation, to call
into exercise the prerogative of mercy.

But, as the prevention is better than the punishment
of crime, it becomes an imperative duty upon all who
are in authority among us to sanction and adopt such
measures as are calculated to obviate such atrocities as
those which we now deplore. Among those remedial
measures, we know of none which promises better
results than a system of national education on Christian
principles. Nothing short of such a system, pervading
in its influence every town and hamlet in the kingdom,
is Calculated to raise the tone of national morality.

It is under this conviction that we would urge upon
our readers the necessity of supporting the various
Diocesan Boards of Education which have been re-
cently organised in different parts of the kingdom.
In the absence of a general provision on the part of
the legislature, these societies are calculated to bring
within the reach of all classes the means of procuring
for the rising generation a sound, useful, and, above
all, a religious education. The machinery is here pre-
sented for effecting a complete revolution in the cha-
racter of the massesl—for it is a revolution of the most
extraordinary character to change a vicious, ignorant,
and besotted population into peaceable, orderly, sober,
and virtuous subjects.

Let all, then, who have the means, render a propor-
tional degree of assistance to the Diocesan School So-

cieties

They will thus con-tribute most effectually
towards the reduction of our criminal calendars, and
confer a boon upon generations yet to come, the value
of which it is impossible to estimate.

BIREENFIEAD BAZAAR.—This bazaar, for the endowment
of the new church, commences to-day (Tuesday.) It pro-
mises to be fashionably attended ; and, when we consider the
importance of the object to be achieved, we cannot but hope
it will be eminently successful. Our next will contain a no-
tice of the proceedings.

LIVERPOOL EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS.—The exhibition
this year is of a delightful character, and we would recom-
mend our friends to lose no time in paying it a visit. We
had written some remarks on a few of the paintings, but their
appearance is unavoidably postponed till our next Publication.

MR. I.3AILICER, THE VOCALIST.—This gent;, wan has just
concluded a very successful engagement at the Theatre-royal,
Worcester, and has resumed his position in the corps of our
Theatre-royal. He promises to become one of the first vo-
calists of the day. As a teacher of singing no professor could
be more successful. His method of developing the voice is
excellent, and we can confidently recommend him to all who
wish to acquire the principles and practice of the divine art.
PUBLIC BAPTISM Or A JBW.—On Sunday evening an aged
Jew was admitted into membership with the Church of Eng-
land, by the administration of the sacred ordinance of bap-
tism, in presence of the congregation of Christ Church. The
Rev. Fielding Ould, the respected minister of the church,
preached an eloquent and impressive sermon on the occasion,
to an audience consisting of between 3000 and 4000 persons.
- -

THEATRE ROYAL.-The attraction at the Theatre Royal
for the present week is the French company, which was
performing at St. James's, London. Two pieces were per-
formed last evening, and they both went off with considerable
spirit, notwithstanding that the house was but thinly
attended, owing probably to the extreme wetness of the
evening. We recommend those who wish to improve their
knowledge of the French language to visit the Theatre during
this engagement.
ODDFELLOWERIP.-Mr. J. Russom, of Tarporley, has
just published a very excellent little work on this subject : it
exhibits great merit, and treats ably on the subject. The
principles of oddfellowship are clearly laid down, and the
work will doubtless bring many members to these excellent
societies. We recommend the members of every lodge to
peruse the work, and committees would do wall to distribute
some thousands amongst their immediate circles. The craft
are really indebted to Mr. Russom for this little work.

ALBION ANTICS.—The Albion of yesterday, among other
rubbish scattered over two mortal columns, called forth by
the Diocesan Educational meeting, asserts that the speeches
of the Rev. Hugh M•Neile and Mr. W. E. Gladstone, re-
ported in the Standard of Friday, were furnished to us by
those gentlemen. This is a simple invention. The fact is,
Mr. M'lsteile's speech was printed from the notes of our own
reporter, and that of Air. Gladstone from the notes of ano-
ther shorthand writer, who had been engaged to assist us.
The insinuation that Mr. M`Neile's speeches are invariably
furnished, is equally without foundation.
THE LIVERPOOL WELSH BRANCH BIBLE SOCIETY.—
On Friday, the 4th instant, the annual meeting of the above
society was held in the Music-hall, Bold-street, the Rev.
Robert Davis, M.A., the president of the society, in the
chair. The proceedings were wholly in the Welsh language.
The spacious room was quite full. The annual collections
were made on the two subsequent Sundays by the Welsh
Calvinistic Methodists, of this town, in aid of the funds of
the society. The sums collected at their respective places of
worship were as follows : £ s. d
Pall-mall Chape1..
Bedford-street Ditto
Windsor School-rooml 120 0 0
Rose-place Chapel
Pembroke-street School-r00m...
Burlington-street Ditto 4O 1 6
Birkenhead Chapel 8 0 6
Seacornbc Ditto. ... 4 0 4
The other Welsh congregations connected with this branch
have not yet made their annual collections in support of the
society

}. 153 15 0

GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.—The mem-
bers of the Royal Hearts of Oak Lodge, of the Grand United
Order of Odd Fellows, assembled to dine at their lodge, at

the house of Mr. Jame's Bibby, Farmers' Arms, Greenland-
street, on the 18th instant. The room in which they dined
was richly decorated with royal colours and other emblems
of royalty, the British union hanging over the N. G.'s chair,
the beautiful conservative banner over the V. G.'s chair, and
the royal standard over the N. F.'s chair, surrounded with
abundance of laurel. Dinner was on the table at eight
o'clock, when each officer took his proper seat. After din-
ner the following toasts were given :—" The Queen, and
may she stand firm to the Protestant faith," by Brother
Grahame, N. G. ;—" The Queen's illustrious Uncle, the
Duke of Cumberland," followed by the Kentish fire, by Bro-
ther Sambrook, V. G. The glorious, pious, and immor-
tal Memory of King William_ the Third, Prince of Orange,"
IN
by Brother Longworth, N. F. ;—" May the Tree of Odd
Fellowship be planted in the centre of the World, and its
Branches extend round the Globe," by Brother Windener,
P. S. Other loyal toasts were afterwards given in succes-
sion. The annual report, which was read by the secretary,
gave satisfaction to the members. The festivities of the
evening were kept up to a late hoar.
THE STEAM-SHIP PRESIDENT.--The directors of the
Transatlantic Steam Navigation Company have placed at the
disposal of the Mayor £ro 9s. 6d., the proceeds of the ad-
mission of the public to the steam-ship President, previous
to her first voyage to the United States. His worship has
portioned it amongst the following institutions
The Northern Hospital
The Southern Do.
The Mariners' Church..
Seamens' Reading Room
The Bethel Union Do

Casual Poor,

£25 0 0
25 0 0

}. 10 0 0

10 0 0

£7O 0 0
0 9 6

CHRIST'S CHURCH, ACCRINGTON, LANCASHIRE.—On
Thursday the 17th inst., this church was opened for divine
service, on which occasion two very able and appropriate ser-
mons were preached by the Rev. Wm. Villers, minister of
St. George's, Kiddermin4ter. The Rev. J. Hopwood, incum-
bent of Accrington, offered up the morning and evening
prayer. The rev. gentleman was assisted at the communion
by the Rev. M. A. Nicholson, the minister of this church.
Although the weather was very unfavourable, and the con-
so numerous as might otherwise
gregation consequently not
have been expected at this most interesting solemn ceremony,
yet the collection amounted to the very handsome sum of
£237. In the evening a numerous company of clergy and
friends to the establishment assembled at the National School
to celebrate the opening of this, church, by a tea drinking and
other congratulatory manifestations. The population of this
rapid increasing town like that of many other places in our
land, has hitherto been lamentably in want of church ac-
commodation, in some measure and for a time this deficiency
will thus be supplied. The edifice is beautifully ornamental,
besides, furnishing room for 1000 more sittings for the wor-
shipping in our national Zion: Our fervent desire and prayer
is, that while it stands a monument to posterity, recording
the truly christiari liberality of its profhoters; it may prove a
blessing to the surrounding neighbourhood, and be promotive
of the glory of our God, even our Saviour, whose name it
bears, and in whose seivioe it will heacaferth be employed.

THE REV. HUGH WNEILE AND THE EARL OF
LOVELACE.

. The following wild and Christian letter, which we copy
from the Ulster Times, expresses, we doubt not, the senti-

merits of all who have any regard for the reputation of Lord
Lovelace, under the circumstances of his recent correspon-
dence with Mr. M`Neile. That correspondence has, we
perceive, produced the desired effect. The Radical and
Romish press are silent upon the subject. They cannot now
hurl the Jezebel gibe at Mr. M`Neile without inflicting a
heavy blow on their friend and advocate, Lord Lovelace.
We congratulate the rev. gentleman on his noble shield.

TO THE EARL OF LOVELACE.
Cheltenham, August 14th, 1840.
MY LORD,—Your lordship's character is such as to induce
me, with confidence, to express to you an opinion upon a
subject which intimately concerns your lordship. Though, I
confess, the task is painful—but as the opinion is not an in-
dividual one, but held by me in common with all those, both
of the clergy and laity, and they are not a few, with whom I
have conversed upon the subject—l feel it my duty candidly
to state it.

Mr. M'lsTeile's correspondence with your lordship, lately
published, has produced feelings of surprise and pain in all
who esteem and value you. My lord, Mr. M`Neile's lan-
guage, in his last letter, is strong, but the charges brought
against him affected his character as a member of society and
his influence as a clergyman: If true, Mr. M'Neile would
have been no longer a fit instructor for the merchants of
Liverpool and their families ; he must have retired in disgrace.
Was it right, in the world's estimation, was it Christian-
like, to reiterate such a charge upon the lime dixit of the
editor of a provincial newspaper? The public say it was
not, and much more, your lordship's kindly and Christian
feelings, lam assured, will convince you it was not. Can it
be right, then, can it be Christian-like, to express no regret
at having done wrong? I leave the matter with your lord-
ship's conscience, and beg to subscribe myself
Your faithful and obedient servant,
A CLERGYMAN OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

THE STEAMSHIP PRESIDENT.

The New York Evening Signal of the Ist instant contains
the following remarks in reply to an article which appeared
in the New York Morning Herald of the same date :
" BLACK MAIL.—The vagabond of the Herald has the
insane impudence to tell the agents of the President, Messrs.
Wadsworth and Smith, that the reason that ship is not
crowded with passengers is because they have not advertised
in his paper. Why, the fellow has been puffing her with the
view of fishing for her advertisement ever since she arrived,
and he must either admit that an article in his advertising
columns is of more service than an editorial notice, or else
he is convicted of lying by his own testimony.
" In the following passage Bennett hints more directly at
the object he has in view—the extortion of black mail.
" 'They should give every publicity to their ship, by throw-
ing her open to visiters, and not issue tickets of admission to
hundreds, only to disappoint them, as Wadsworth and Smith
did last Saturday, thereby making many enemies.'
"This is false, every word. Prom personal observation
we can bear testimony to the perfect liberality and earnest
desire to accommodate the public in visiting the President
on the part both of Messrs. Wadsworth and Smith and Capt.
Fayrer and all connected with his ship. No obstacle what-
ever was offered to visiters, except where delay was necessary
in order to prevent the crowd from assembling to too uncom
fortable an extent, and in a manner to incommode the lady
visiters on board. Bennett will have to pen a good many at-
tacks before he can extort any black mail from this quarter.
" More than forty thousand persons have visited the ship
since., she was thrown open. In no nstances have tickets
been refused ; and in all instances the utmost attention and
civility have been paid to visiters by all the functionaries of
the ship. More than forty thousand witnesses can testify to
the fact. The charges in the Herald are wantonly false. The
object of them is palpable, and has met with the contempt
and derision it deserves."

Lord Francis Egerton, M.P., has arrived at Dunrobin
Castle, N. 8., on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Su-
therland, from Worsley Hall, Lancashire.

Lerd and Lady Stanley are expected to pass part of the
winter in town. The family will arrive in St. James's-
square about the first week in November, for her ladyship's
accouchement.

An extensive brewer of St. Helens has been particularly
fortunate during the past week, having drawn the winner in
no less than three sweepstakes for the Doncaster St. Leger,
one at the Waterloo Hotel. amounting to £lOO, and another
(£18) at the Brunswick Hotel, in this town.—A Mr. Mars-
den, we understand, is the fortunate holder of the winner at
Mr. Bake's, Bull's Head, Manchester, the prize amounting
to something like £5OO.

LIGHTING THE CHESHIRE SIDE OF THE MERSEY WITH
GAS.—Measurs are in progress, we understand, for lighting
the opposite side of the river with gas. The contract in-
cludes Woodside, Birkenhead, Traninere, and the neighbour-
hood. Mr. Jackson, of Hamilton-square, Woodside (late
Church •street, in this town), has obtained the contract for a
long term—twenty-one years, we believe ; and is busily en-
gaged in making arrangements to carry it into immediate
effect. It will be a source of great utility on the other side
of the water.

ABERCROMBY WARD.—From the advertisement which
appears in another part of our paper to-day, we are glad to
perceive the conservatives of this ward are not prepared to
submit to the flippant and unfounded assertions of our con-
temporary of the Journal, but have placed before the public,
through their chairman, a prompt and manly vindication of
the course they have pursued, relative to the vexatious and
wholesale system of objections which have been practised by
both parties in the town. We shall be anxious to see how
the poor innocent radicals will answer this open and well-
timed declaration.

RUNCORN.—CHURCH OF ENGLAND MISSIONS TO THE
JEWS.—The anniversary meeting of the Runcorn Auxiliary
of the Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews,
was held on Tuesday evening last, in the Parochial National
School. The Rev. Frederick Master, vicar of the parish, and
president of the association, presided on the occasion, and
hs was supported by several of the neighbouring clergy and
laity, among whom were the Rev. Samuel Bagnall, incum-
bent of Aston ; the Rev.
the Rev. John Sheldon, curate of Runcorn Trinity Church ;
Thomas Keeling, Esq. ; Thomas Hazlehurst, jun. Esq. The
deputation from the Parent Society consisted of the Rev. T.
S. Grimshawe, vicar of Biddenham, and the Rev. H. S. Jo-
seph, lecturer to the Jews, and formerly Jewish rabbi. There
was a very large attendance of ladies. The room was crowd-
ed in every part, and if the walls had been elastic, and could
have been extended to enclose double the space they do, the
accommodation would scarcely have been adequate, for very
many persons of respectabi!ity were obliged to return without
gaining admission into the room. A more numerous and
highly respectable meeting was never held in Runcorn on any
previous occasion, and the object was worthy of all the zeal
and interest evinced. To witness our church institutions
supported in this spirited manner is truly gratifying, and cal-
culated to inspire our hopes with regard to the increasing
spiritual prosperity of our national Zion.

Is TICRESTING TO NATURALISTS.—The barque Medora,
Captain Harrison, which arrived at this port on Thursday
last, from Bombay, brought as passengers a young lioness, a
female kytena, unusually healthy and docile, and a beautiful
specimen of the chetal, or white-spotted Indian gazelle. It
is true that the importation of these animals into Great Bri-
tain is not an avent of unfrequent occurrence. The fact witk
which the naturalist will be most especially interested is that,
in the course of the tempestuous voyage which the Medora
has completed, six chickens were hatched and reared on board
of her. By the majority of naturalists it has been doubted,
and by many of them it has been stoutly denied, that incuba-
bation could be successfully completed on shipboard, as the
rolling, pitching, and lurching motion of a vessel must ma-
'terially interrupt, if they did not actually suspend, a process,
during the continuance of which it was imagined to be neces-
sary that the nest remain in an even position, and undisturb-
ed. The result of the experiment tried on board the Medora,
•it would appear, has settled the question, as the parent hen
was purchased in Bombay, the eggs were laid by her on the
the homeward passage, and the chickens hatched some fifteen
days before the arrival of the Medora in Liverpool. This
Indian brood are thriving as rapidly as if the " taking airs "
of the cold north were their native climate. It is presumed that
the instance now recorded is, if not (as it is believed) unpre-
cedented, at least rare.

ENGRAVING OF THE PRESIDENT STEAM SHIP.-Mr.
Samuel Walters, the celebrated marine painter of this town,
has just published a splendid large engraving of the President
ateamer, which he has dedicated to his Excellency Martin
Van Buren, President of the United States of America. It
is without exception the finest print of a steam ship that has
yet come under our notice, and is an admirable likeness of
the vessel in every point. It conveys at a glance, to those
unacquainted with shipping, the enormous size of the original,
by the contrast produced by the approximation of a large
river steamer, and a number of boats filled with' spectators.
The ship is represented as lying at anchor in the Mersey,
with her sails unfurled. in the back ground is a fine view
of a principal part of the town of Liverpool, in which the
more prominent objects are St. Nicholas's Church, the Town
Hall, the Baths, the Custom-House, St. George's Spire,
and the intermediate buildings being intercepted from view
by the hull and sails of the vessel. Great animation per-
vades the scene; the small boats, the steamer along side,
and the deck of the ship, crowded with figures, givinglo the
whole a bustling and appropriate effect. As a marine pain-
•ter, Mr. Walters is not, we believe, excelled by any contem-
porary in the kingdom; and we need scarcely, therefore. add,
not only the hull, but the rigging, sails, &c. of the President,
are pourtrayed with great beauty and accuracy. The water
is also well defined. We wish Mr. W. that success with his
print, which he so well deserves; and we doubt not it will he
much sought after.

TRIAL TRIP OF THE "GREAT LIVERPOOL."—We have,
from time to time, noticed the alterations and improvements
recently made in this vessel, and shall here merely recur to
them briefly. She has been widened, or, in other words,
increased in beam, by eight feet, which has given her much
greater buoyancy with an equal weight of cargo. A spacious
spar-deck has also I:een thrown over her, which will
add much to the comfort and convenience of both passengers
and crew. She has also received new boilers, and her cabin
and other accommodations have been increased, so that in
these points she much resembles her sister ship, the " Ori-
ental.' As she might, therefore, be considered a new ship,
a trial trip became necessary before she proceeded to South-
ampton and thence to the Levant. Accordingly, on Friday
afternoon last, a number of gentlemen, accompanied by Mr.
Shaw, the marine superintendent of the company, proceeded
with her on an excursion to the Isle of Man. She started
from opposite George's pier at twenty-five minutes past four
in the afternoon, and, after a fine pleasant run, which show-
ed great improvement in the vessel, reached Douglas
Bay at half-past eleven o'clock. Some of the gentle-
men landed, and slept on shore, the hour fixed for the
return being eight o'clock, but by far the greater number
made themselves comfortable on board. At eight o'clock
the anchor was raised, and at twelve minutes past that hour
the steam was put on and she stood homewards. The wea-
ther was clear and bright, and the land of Wales, Cumber-
land, and the Island just left were distinctly seen during
nearly the whole of the homeward trip. The invited guests
were entertained throughout with the utmost hospitality.
The ship behaved admirably, and her engines worked
to admiration. Sail was set upon her both on going and re-
turning ; and, though at one time there was a briskish side
breeze, she went on (to use a nautical phrase) " as stiff as a
crutch," and is evidently calculated, with her additional
beam, to carry any requisite weight of canvas. She also
steers with great facility; is a truly handsome and safe yes-
, eel, and will, we doubt not, become a decided favourite. She
cag e up the river at great speed, her engines performing
from 16 to 161 revolutions per minute, so that independent
of the tide way, she was probably running at the rate of Ili
nautical miles an hour. She reached opposite George's
Pier on her way to the Coburg Dock, at three minutes past
three—thus performing the voyage from the Island in some
minutes short of seven hours—an excellent passage, consi-
dering the weight of the vessel, and the fact that her engines
from being refitted were as stiff as if new, and that consider-
able delay arose occasionally, both ways, in adjusting them.
The tide being up, the vessel on her arrival immediately
docked in the Coburg, and the passengers (or rather guests)
landed highly delighted with the excursion and the attentions
of Mr. Shaw, and the captain and officers.
Died, at Inchbrakie, on the 7th instant, Colonel GrEemet
of Inchbrakie, aged 85 years. The colonel was one of the
few surviving heroic defenders of Gibraltar, under General
Elliot, where he was wounded. He subsequently command.
ed the Perthshire Fencible Cavalry.—Perth Advertiser.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-FRIDAY.

ROBBERY BY A PROSTITUTE

A respectable young man, named Robert Knott Carter,
charged a woman of the town, named Ann Fegan, with hav-
ing robbed him of £B5. Mr. Carter stated that he was a
clerk in the service of Messrs. James Judson and Co., of
Hargreave's-buildings, and lodged at No. 23, Staiford-strect.
On Monday night, he was at a public-house in Great Char-
lotte-street, where he remained until between nine and ten
o'clock. When he left he was a little in liquor. He had
one X2O Bank of Flnidnnri nnt. 12.."1.- of 14",nlanfl

notes, and 25 sovereigns in a leather purse.
Judson," was on the face of each of the notes. When he
left the public-house in Great Charlotte-street, he went along
the New Haytnarket, and at the corner of Lord Nelson-street
he met the prisoner and two other women, who seized him by
each arm, and said, " Won't you treat us ?" He accompa-
nied the women to a public-house at the corner of Mill-lane.
kept by a person named John Saughman. Complainant and
the females were together in a back room. The prisoner sat
on his right hand. The females " pulled him about." The
third woman was sent out of the room, and the others fol-
lowed to look for her. In a short time the woman who had
first gone out returned, and after remaining in the room a
little time, exhibited much uneasiness, in consequence of
which the suspicions of complainant were aroused, and on
examining his pocket, he found that his money was gone.
The woman who remained was given into custody, and the
number of the notes given to the police. Two £lO notes
were shown to complainant, which he stated were two of those
stolen from him.
John Saughman, a publican, in Mill-lane, corroborated
the statement of Mr. Carter, as to being at his house with
the females, and stated positively-that the prisoner was one
of the women who was with him.

The name "J

Inspector Savage stated that, in consequence of informa-
tion given him this morning by a female, he went to a cellar
occupied by a Mrs. Dalton, in Skelhorne-street. He found
the prisoner there upon a bed. He requested her to get up,
but she pretended to be very drunk. He searched her, and
found something bulky in one of her stockings. Constable
Morgan, who was assisting him, untied the stocking, and
took from it two £lO Bank of England notes, which prisoner
said she had earned honestly.

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The prisoner was committed to take her trial at the ses-
sions.

Mr. Rushton (addressing Saugliman) : You see how neces-
sary it is to observe what sort of women you allow to frequent
your house. If you had read your license, and acted upon
the tenor of it, this robbery would have been avoided.

OFFENCES BY PUBLICANS.
The following publicans were mulcted in the several sums
affixed to their names, for offences against the tenor of their
licences :

Charles Augustus Hammock, Queen's Dock Hotel, Cha-
loner-street, allowing drunkenness, (second offence,) £4 and
costs. It was for permitting drunkenness in the tap of Mr.
Hammock for which he was fined, and which is let off to an
under-tenant.

David Barry, North-street, a like offence, £5. It was
stated in this case that there were twenty men and twelve
prostitutes in defendant's house on Friday night, the majority
of whom were drunk. In adjudicating in the case, Mr.
Rushton expressed his determination to put down all night
cellars and houses where disorderly characters were allowed
to assemble. Such places were the nurseries for crime, and
the keepers of them made extravagant profits, by encouraging
the vicious and depraved, to the great injury of the morals
of society.

Matthew King, Crosby-street, for permitting drunkenne

Stephen Fletcher, Brick-street, refusing admittance to the
police, 50s.

APPLICATION FOIL WAGES.
James Ellis summoned Captain Wilson, of the City of
Poonah, for a balance of wages said to be due. The com-
plainant stated that he shipped as steward with Capt. Wilson,
and performed a voyage to Bombay, for which there was a
balance due to him for big services as steward.
Captain Wilson produced evidence to show that the com-
plainant was incompetent to discharge the duties of steward,
and that he had wilfully wasted the ship's stores.
The complainant was disrated, which left him in debt to
Lain Wilson.

FRACAS BETWEEN MR. FORSDAW AND DR. BRICE.
Mr . Henry- Forshaw, attorney, was brought before the
court, having assaulted Dr. Charles Brice.
Mr. Wright, attorney, appeared for Mr. Forshaw.
Dr. Brice stated that this morning he bad occasion to visit
the Apothecaries' Hall, and, whilst there, a message was
brought to him to Fay that he was wanted. He attended to
the message, and, in the body of the shop connected with the
establishment, he saw Mr. Forshaw, who said, " the period
for which you were bound over to keep the peace towards me
is, I believe, expired, and I am come to horsewhip you," and
proceeded to put his threat into execution. His (Dr. Brice's)
object was not to have the defendant summarily punished, he
did not wish him to escape with a whitewashing of this sort;
his wish was to have an opportunity of bringing the matter
before a jury.

Mr. Wright to Dr. Brice.—Dr. Brice, you recollect what
took place about this time last year relative to your being
bound over to keep the peace towards Mr. Forshaw ? Will
you oblige me by saying how it was ?
Dr. Brice.—With pleasure. I
Mr. Rushton interposed, by saying the matter was, irrele-
vant to the present charge.
Mr. Wright.—Dr. Brice made use of the word " white-
washed" in reference to Mr. Forshaw, I wish to know what
he
-means by it.

Mr. Wright was again about to allude to some prior diff-
ferenees between the plaintiff and the defendant, when he was

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interrupted by Mr. Rushton, who said all they had then to do
with was the breach of the peace complained of. .
Mr. Wright said he was not desirous to introduce any
thing relative to past transactions. Mr. Forshaw admitted
the charge made by Dr. Brice. He wished to know what
Dr. Brice meant by the term " whitewashed."
Mr. Rushton said he supposed. Dr. Brice meant that he
was not desirous the affair should be disposed of summarily,
but that it should be taken before a jury.
Dr. Brice assented to this.

Mr. Wright
Mr. Brice.

It is equally Mr. FOrshaw's wish to meet

Mr. Rushton.-1 shaltrequire Mr. Forshaw to find bail.
Mr. Wright asked Mr. Rushton if his officers had. any
right to take a person into custody for an assault, without
having witnessed it, or the charge being made on oath.
Mr. Rushton declined to answer.
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Mr. Wright said he thought it was not right that his client
should have been brought into court in custody of au officer.
Mr. Rushton said he thought those who took the law into
their own hands ought not to be very ceremonious.
It was stated, relative to a question whether the term of
Dr. Brice's bail had expired, that the Doctor was, by some
means or other bound over, in consequence of having sent
Forshaw a challenge. . •

Mr. Rushton orderer Mr. Forshaw to find bail to keep the
peace, himself in £230, and two sure ies in £lOO each.
Mr. Wright, and Mr. Richard Blundell, solicitor, became
sureties.

It was intimated by Mr. Wright, that Mr. Forshaw had
taken the proceedings complained of, not with the view of
inflicting violence upon Dr. Brice, but in order that transac-
tions between them might be gone further into.• No reflec-
tion was attempted to be thrown upon the conduct of the
officer.

Mr. Forshaw said the officer bad behaved in a very kind
and proper manner.

YESTERDAY.
ATTEMPTED STREET ROBBERY.
A lad named Henry Marshall was placed at the bar on a
charge of attempting to pick pockets. Policeman No. 172
stated that he was on duty in Church-street between seven
and eight o'clock on Saturday night, when he saw the pri-
soner lift up a gentleman's coat and attempt to take his
pocket handkerchief. He took him into custody. The pri-
soner denied the charge, and said all he had done was to look
through a shop-window. It appeared that he was well
known to the police, having previously been three times com-
mitted and once discharged. He was committed to hard
labour for three months.

Harris Birchall was also committed for three months for
a similar offence.

Two well-known thieves named John Gregg and Manassas
Coyle were committed for three months, having been found
loitering late on Saturday night, near the end. of Gloucester-
street, with other bad characters, wits the intention of com-
mitting a felony.

ROBBERY OF A PIG JOBBER.
Edward Kirwan, an Irish pig•jobber, charged two men
named Michael M'Dermott and Jas.. Bowman with having
robbed him of a sum of money amounting to about £7O.
The complainant was in a state of intoxication when he ap-
peared in court; but from his statement it seemed that on
Saturday night, instead of going to his own lodgings, he went
to the house of the prisoner Bowman, who keeps a beer-
house in Lacey-street. He there played at cards with the
two prisoners, and fell asleep through the effect of some drug
in the liquor, as he supposed. When lie awoke he found all
his money and the prisoners gone. The money consisted of
£2O in notes of £5, and the remainder in gold and silver.
He informed policeman No. 37, who went to Bowman's
house. His wife said he had been gone to the harvest for
five weeks, a statement which the officer knew to be false, as
he had seen the man that day. The officer therefore conti-
nued his search, and ultimately hefound the two prisoners
in bed together in a house in Bence-street. Mr. Rushton
ordered the prisoners to be remanded until the prosecutor
was sober.

Two prostitutes named Ann Cross and Alice Crowley were
charged by Thomas Carruthers, a sailor, with having stolen a
a silver watch, and a pocket-book containing a small
sum of money, from his person. The prisoners were ordered
to be discharged, as it appeared that the prosecutor had been
in' other company besides theirs, and he had no recollection
of the place of the alleged robbery.

STEALING FROM A DWELLING-HOUSE.
Amelia Leigh, John Riley, and Timothy Callaghan were
brought up on a charge of having stolen a clock, the pro-
perty of. Mr. James Lee, of No. 13. Williamson-street. Mrs.
Lee stated that about half-past ten o'clock on Saturday
night she saw the the two prisoners pass the door and walk
.towards Church-street. She left the door a-jar whilst she
went into the cellar kitchen for a few minutes ; she returned
immediately and saw Riley leave the house with a clock
Which had stood upon a pianoforte in the front parlour, un-
der his arm.. The prisoner Callaghan was about two doors
off, evidently keeping watch. Riley ran towards Richmond-
street followed by Mrs. Lee, who cried " Stop thief!" Mr.
Putman, a coffee-house keeper in Sir Thomas's-buildings,
happened to be in a shop in Richmond-street, and he gave
chase to the thief till he was caught by Policeman No. 308.
On the way to Bridewell Callaghan made his appearance, and
attempted to whisper something into the ear of his com-
panion, whereupon he was .also placed in custody. The
woman was apprehended at the same time, hut there was no
evidence to implicate her in the robbery. She was therefore
discharged ; the two male prisoners, who both protested
their innocence, were committed for trial at the next sessions.

A SWINDLER,

Elizabeth Fields, a young woman, who this moving term
was liberated from the Borough gaol, where she had been
imprisoned for three months for an offence similar to that
which she was now charged, was again placed at the bar. It
appeared from the evidence, that on the 29th of May last
the prisoner called upon a poor woman named Mary Owen,
who lived in Lee-street, and said her " mamma" would re-
lieve her by presenting her with some blankets and clothing.
Mrs. Owen expressed her thankfulness for the offer, where-
upon the prisoner desired her to go out for some little milk
for her to drink. During her absence the prisoner took a
silver watch worth £3, belonging to Richard Edwards, a
lodger, from the mantel-piece. She then desired Mrs.
Owen to walk with her for the purpose of buying the flan-
nel ; they went near the Exchange, when the prisoner de-
sired her to wait whilst she went to see her " mamma."
Mrs. Owen waited, as she was desired, for several hours,
and on going home she discovered that the watch had been
stolen. The prisoner pledged the watch the same day for
205., with a pawnbroker in Pitt-street. She denied the
charge. Committed to the sessions.

John Wilson and JamesASSAULTS Power were each fined 405., and
in default of payment'ordered to be imprisoned 21 days, for
violently assaulting the police on Saturday night, in Rose-
place.

James Hunt was ordered to pay a penalty of .£5, and find
bail for his good behaviour, for a violent assault upon his
mother. Not being provided with the money, Mr. Rushton
adjudged him to be imprisoned for two months.
STEALING AN UMBRELLA.
A respectable looking young man, named Bentley, was
charged by Mr. Samuel Humbleton, draper, of Great
George's-place, with having stolen an umbrella, his pro-
perty. The.prisoner bad been in the prosecutor's- service
for about two months, as a shopman, at a salary of £4O and
his maintenance. He left on Wednesday last, and soon
afterwards a new silk umbrella worth 21s. was missed.—
Yesterday (Sunday), the prisoner called at the prosecutor's,

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for the purpose of seeing a young man, and as be bad the
missing umbrella with him lie was detained. The prisoner
told the magistrate this was the first offence of the kind he
had committed, and that he would never again commit an
.act like it. air. Rushton ordered him to be remanded till
to-day (Tuesday.)

• ASSAULT UPON A CLERGYAN.
Mr. Thom, a shipowner, was charged with having assaulted
the Rev. Thomas Disrnore on Saturday afternoon. Mr.
Dismore is a clergyman of the Established Church. He re-
cently resided at Cork, but is now in Liverpool with his fa-
mily, consisting of his wit _.,..

ana seven ,
ing for the sailing of the ship Georgiana for Southchildren Australia,
where he intends to settle as an agent of the Society for the
Promotion of Christian Knowledge. The defendant is the
owner of the Georgiana, and the difference arose in conse-
quence of some luggage of Mr. Dismore's being pl cad in the
mess cabin. This luggage, Mr. Thom contended, created in-
'convenience, and he represented it in strong language to the
ladies. Mr. Dismore was told of it • and on meeting with
Mr. Thom an altercation ensued, and the assault complained
of was committed. Mr. Thom did not deny the charge, but
pleaded that he had been irritated into it. Mr. Rushton said
there was no excuse for the defendant; he ought not to hare
lifted his hand against a person who could net retaliate. It
was a very unfortunate affair, but the magistrates had only
one course to take. He must pay a penalty of £5. A blow
was at all times degrading, but when inflicted on a clergyman
it was unpardonable.

SERIOUS ASSAULT

James Bryce was ordered to put in bail to answer an in-
dictment at the Sessions for a most brutal assault upon a
man named Andrew Curran. The complainant was a waiter
at Carver's tavern, in Derby-street, and the prisoner was a
singer there. On Tuesday they had a quarrel, and the pri-
soner broke all the jugs and glass he could meet with upon
the head of the complainant. To such an extent were the
blows carried that the poor man became insensible, and in
this state was conveyed to the Dispensary. The surgeon
who attended him said he had an " innumerable number"

of lacerated wounds upo;iliSPe;Son: and that he onld not
be able to work for ten or twelve days to come.

DOCK COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS.

On Thursday the Dock Committee met at the usual hour.
Besides the chairman, (Mr. Alderman Keathotn,) the follow-
ing members were present:—Messrs. Berm, Barclay, Thos.
Holt, Holt, H. Holmes, Middleton, Mellor, Bulley, George
Holt, Evans, Tobin, Chapman, Moon, and Martin. The
proceedings of the former committee were read, after which
several financial accounts were read and passed. The sur-
veyors and the Harbour Masters submitted their reports, on
the plan of Mr. Alexander Gage, respecting some alterations
in the construction of the docks. The writers of the reports
gave various reasons for opposing Mr, Gage's plan, and con-
sidered that it would not be practicable to carry it into effect.
Mr. Hodgson, deputy harbour-master, was favourable to the
principle of Mr. Gage's plan, but did n.ot approve of that sug-
gested by the committee. After some desultory discussion,
the matter was left over another week. Tenders were sub-
mitted for the supply of 3000 gallons of sperm oil, from se-
veral e6tablishments in London. The first was from Messrs.
Bromenge and Co., offering the requisite quantity at Bs. 3d.
per gallon; from Messrs. Jeremiah Filcher & Son, at tis. 3d.
per gallon ; from Messrs. Wolvert & Co., at Bs. Id. per gal-
lon :—another house offered to supply the quantity at Bs. 2d.
per gallon. A tender was also read from Messrs. Charles
Price and Co., also of London, offering a superior quality of
oil, which, it was stated, would answer the purpose fully as
well as sperm, at is. 4d. per gallon. After a copy of the cir-
cular had been read, requesting parties to send in tenders,
and the report thereon, it was agreed, after considerable dis-
cussion, that the surveyors should make experiments as to
the quality and strength of the various oils which had been
sent as samples,. and the order to be given to that house
which furnished the best article. An application was made
by the surveyers, requesting the gridiron, on the north side of
the Clarence Basin, to be removed to the south. Granted.
—Another. application was made through the same parties,
from one of the Glasgow Companies, to have one of the sheds
of the Clarence Dock boarded, so as to protect their goods
from the weather. Application postponed.—The South Har-
hour Master's Report on a passage leading from the Union
to the Cobourg Dock, was read. This gave rise to a long
and desultory discussion, in the course of which Mr. Chap-
man animadverted upon the discrepancies of Mr. Hartley's
statements respecting the state of the Cobourg Dock. Mr.
Hartley said he was not aware that he had neglected his duty
on any point, and Mr. Alderman Evans contended that Mr.
Hartley could not fairly be charged with neglect of duty on
account of the state of the Cobourg Dock. From various
statements laid before the committee it appeared that the
erection of a wall between the Cobourg and Union would add
considerably to the convenience of the passage between the
two docks. It was ultimately agreed to refer the subject for
further consideration, in order to give the committee an op-
portunity of inspecting the works going on at the Cobourg
Dock.—A motion, submitted by Mr. Chapman at a former
meeting, that sheers be erected in lieu of a crane at the Co-
bourg Dock, was then taken into consideration. It was
agreed, after some discussion, to refer the subject to the
Harbour Master, with directions that he report thereon. Mr.
Alderman Evans gave notice that at the next meeting of the
committee he should move for a sub-committee, to be in-
structed, with the instance of the solicitor, to frame a bill to
be sought for in parliament, having for its object the con-
struction of a new dock or docks, and warehouses upon the
dock quays, with such other additional regulations and im-
provements as may appear to them conducive to the efficient
working of the docks, and the good management of the dock
estate. The committee then broke up.

The Duke of Newcastle has sold the Dolclettur estate,
near Aberystwith, to Mr. Hughes.
Lord Riversdale is about to dispose of his estates in the
county of Cork. They comprise nearly 8,000 acres.
The Hon. Sir 'Wm. Lumley intends disposing of Wink-
field Lodge, Berks.

In the course of the week arrived at the Bedford Peniten-
iary Joseph Pedder, committed from Luton on the 15th
tnStant, convicted under 'the game laws, and sentenced to
be kept to hard labour for two calendar months. This young
Iman is in his 23d" year, and' has paid no less than nineteen
visits to this houte of correction, and, we believe, has occa-
sionally visited otheri.---Hertford Reformer.

MARRIAGE HIGli LIFE.—On Saturday last, at St.
James's Church, Westminster, the Hon. Edward Kenyon,
youngest son of Lord- Kenyon, to the Hon. Miss Caroline
Susan Catherine Beresford, third daughter of the late Lieut.
Gen. Lord George ..Beresford. The fair bride was given away
by. Field Marshal Viscount Beresford. There were present
at the solemnisation his Grace the Archbishop of Armagh,
Viscount and Viscountess Beresford, Lord John Beresford,
Ladies Catherine and Anne Beresford, Lord Kenyon, and a
select family circle. Lady Anne Beresford gave an elegant
degund to the wedding party.
DEATH FROM GRIEF. - Mr. Burt, councillor for St.
David's, died on Monday. He was in embarrassed circum-
stances, and an execution being put into his house by a friend
embittered his last moments, and agonized his relatives.
The poor gentleman never closed his eyes after the execution
came upon him, till his last sleep bore him beyond the reach
of friendship.—Exeter Times.
The old and highly respectable banking-house of Lambton
and Co. in this town, have just made arrangements to with-
draw their own notes from circulation, and to issue no paper
but that of the Bank of England.—Newcastle Journal.

QUICK Wogs.—We have now in our office a slice of
bread made from wheat grown at Glenville, the residence of
Mr. Nicklin, formerly ofTipton, which was cut on Wednesday
the 9th September instant,—housed last Wednesday, the
15th—thrashed in the evening—gronnd on the 16th—and
baked on the 17th.—Manx Liberal.

AN EXCELLENT HINT.—We find the following in the
Cheltenham Chronicle, and copy it for the benefit of all
concerned FIRST OF SEPTEMBER.—We are fearful our
sporting friends have not met with much 'success ; at least,
we conclude so, if we may judge from the non-appearance of
hares and partridges which are usually sent to us at the
commencement of the season."

The Royal Agricultural Society of England have published
their list of prizes for 1811, by which it appears that nearly
£5OO are set apart for the encouragement of stock breeding ;
£2OO for the exhibition and trial of machinery, with an
unlimited sum for anew invention ; twenty sovereigns for
the best gorse-crushing machine; twenty sovereigns each
for the best report on the comparative merits of different
varieties of wheat and barley ; and ten sovereigns for tur-
nips ; twenty sovereigns for 012 best account of the effects
of subsequent crops of wheat ; ten sovereigns for the bes t
directions to procure economical and nutritious food fo r
labourers ; and the same sum on the application of lime as
a manure.

Lord Stanley has given prizes to the amount of 30 guineas.
to be contended for at his annual cattle show, at Ballykisteen,
on Saturday, the 26th instant.
The new Bishop of Chichester, Dr. Shnttleworth, will be
consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury on Tuesday
next.

Red ink for marking linen is made with half an ounce o
♦ermillion and one drachm of salts of steel, finely ground
with linseed oil to the consistency required for marking with
a pen or hair pencil.

MAKE WAY FOR ROYALTY.—On one of the Emperor
Alexander's visits to 'Warsaw, there not having been time to
clear the streets of a quantity of mud which had been scraped
into heaps, the Russian authorities ordered the windows or.
the ground-floor of the houses to be opened and the mud
thrown into the rooms.
Tus LAW OF Lovz Is AMERICA.—In 1647, the
court of Massachusetts enacted, that if any young man
attempted,to address any young woman without the consent
of her parents; or, in case of their absence, of a neighbouring
►magistrate of the county court, he should be fined £5 for the
first offence, £lO for the second, and imprisonment for the
third. In 1660, Captain D'l Blake was fined the first-named
sum, but let off for £4 conditionally, " for making love to
Edmund Bridge's daughter, without her parent's consent.
IMP}OVEMENT IN CALICO PRINTING.—Mr. Beard, of
Newton, has obtained a patent for an improvement in calico
printing, the invention of Mr. Chapier, a French gentleman,
by the adoption of which a considerable saving of expense
and labour may be effected. It has recently been introduced
in Mr. Iloutson's machine works, Exeter, with the very best
results. One of the modes in work is applicable to cylinder
and surface printing only. The great merit of the invention
is, that an almost unlimited number of calicoes may be
printed by one operation of those colours in position exten-
sively variable.

general

EXTRAORDINARY PIECE OF MECIIANISM.-Sir Clifford
Constable, of Constable, county of York, has lately received
from Paris a new and most ornamental piece of furniture,
viz., a mechanical orange tree, in full size, as you see them
on the continent. The leaves are of bronze, the flowers of
sevre china, the oranges are yellow glass lamps, and there
are seven birds of the finest plumage; which sing, move their
wings and bodies, and hop all over the tree from branch to
branch. There is also a nest with three young ones in it,
which open their mouths, and the old ones appear to feed
them.

NOVEL RAT-TRAP.—Take a barrel, and stretch a skin of
parchment over it with a string; cut it
across and athwart,
nearly to the outside. Take some dripping, and mix it with
meal ; smear it on the middle of the parchment. The rats
will smell it, and treading on the parchment it will give way,
and they will fall into the water in the barrel. Put a plank
for them to creep up to the barrel's brink, outside, and strew
some oatmeal on it. You must not let the water be too deep,
but set a brick endways in it, and the first rat that is caught
will make a noise, which will entice more, so that they will
fight for possession of the brick, and the noise will draw
others. Thus, in one night, the house may be cleared of
rats, be they never so many. Mice and other vermin may
be caught in a similar manner.

GIL:AT ADVERTISEMENT.—We believe the grt—
vertisetnent ever given out to any printers in this country is
that lately given by the corporation to the Keening Post and
the New Era, of property to be sold for assessments. That
advertisement was published once a week for thirteen weeks.
and conies to over thirteen thousand dollars, or six thousand
five hundred dollars each. This is truly what is technically
Failed a " fat " advertisement, and the beauty of it is, that
it was promptly paid—no running a second time—the comp-
troller gives his warrant on the treasurer, which is paid, if
required, in hard cash. We did not complain of this ; on
the contrary, we are gratified that it falls to the lot of the
profession occasionally to receive a reward. Almost always
political favours fall in every direction except into the hands
of printers.—New York Express.
There is an opera singer newly arrived amongst us, who
warbles so sweetly, that the sugar-dealers have petitioned
congress to give him notice to ablocate. Their trade amt of
no manner of use, they say, while he's there.--Vermont
Journal.

test ad-

The praise of such a discovery ought to form a part
of the epitaph of the immortal secretary when the time
grateful country to erect statues to his
Russia had to cross the Balkan some years

comes for a

memor

protect

"furkey

—her campaigns were not
quite as brilliant as they were bloody—but since ,that
she has found a shorter and easier way to Constantino-
ple—at one time a " secret treaty," extorted from the
late vain and silly Sultan behind the back of England,
served her purpose very well. " But," quoth Palmer•
ton, to on over-complaisant House of Commons, in
ssion, " the treaty of Unkiar-Skelessi is
" If it be abandoned, it is only to make
room for a more pernicious treaty—a treaty which does
what that of Unkiar-Skelessi did not—binds England,
hand and foot, to the footstool of the most powerful
and most indefatigable enemy of the Ottoman empire,
now dubbed by Palmerston, " Protectress of Turkey."

abandoned

THE

MINISTRY

AND REPEAL

(From the Leeds Intelligencerj

The ministerial journals affect to be very much
alarmed at the progress of " Repeal." It is probable
that they hate received their cue from the Home-office,
the presiding genius there being just the man to play
off a false light. O'Connell, however, must needs
laugh in his sleeve; for he and the ministers perfectly
understand each other.
Now if we are right in our position—and we are
quite satisfied on that head—we may see with what
wanner of men the country has to deal.
The Dublin Review is a Roman Catholic organ, con-
ducted by Mr. O'Connell, Dr. Wiseman, and a corn-
In that work we have a strong expression of

mittee

confid

,nce in Lord Normanby and her Majesty's mi-
nisters generally. "In Lord Ebrington, Lord Mor-
peth, and Mr. Norman MsDonald, (say the reviewers,)
we have still everything which 'the circumstances of the
case require; their fidelity to the good cause cannot be
suspected." Now what is this good cause? The re-
viewers shall themselves answer to the interrogation.
They say—" We have, by our own fearless, well-di-
rected energies, won emancipation—we have chained
down to earth the old Orange oppressor—we have
swept away half the spurious prelacy by which our sa-
cred soil was contumittated—we have shut up many of
the stone and mortar things they called ' churches by
law established.' " This is the " good cause"! This
is the end which, according to O'Connell and Co., her
Majesty's ministers aim at, and their "fidelity," it

seems,

" cannot he suspected." The Protestant Church
is a mere thing of stone and mortar, and contaminates
the soil; our bishops are a spurious prelacy; and the
whole are of course to be swept away when the Pro-
testants are foolish enough to concede to their oppo-
nents the power of doing it ! Iler Majesty's ministers
are doing all they can to bring about the consumma-
tion ; " their fidelity cannot he suspected " ! !

POLITICAL CHARACTERS

Prom the Word Herald.)
SIB. E. L. BULWER.

" Ay, this is he who wears the wreath of bays,
Wove by Apollo a;ul the sisters nine,

.
Which Jove's dread lightning scathes not. He hath dolt
The cumbrous helm of steel, and flung aside
The yet more galling diadem of gold •,
While, with a leafy circlet round his brows,
He reigns the king of lovers 'and of poets "
Hush

We are now about to intro-
dnce you to the statesmen, the orator, the novelist, the poet,
the historian, the philosopher, the dramatist, the magazine
writer, the coxcomb, the dandy, the man of fashion, the man
of the world—THE MAN of all men—the observed of all ob-
servers, the great Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer, of No-place,
Nowhere, (as Lady Billwer says), M.P. for the borough of
Lincoln, and a distinguished supporter of her Majesty's pre-
sent administration. Be silent, then, and listen with reveren-
tial awe to what we have to discourse of this most exalted
man! Bow down, Oh ! reader, at the shrine we are about to
elevate—bow down with fear and trembling before the great
Sir Lytton !

An ill-natured scribbler of our acquaintance once made
these lines of Mr. Thomas Moore apply to Bulwer :
" Of all speculations the market holds forth
The best that I k now of, to a lover of pelf,
Is to buy up Sir Lytton at the price he is worth
And to sell him at that which he sets on himself."

Now, although we are not prepared to say that Bulwer is
not vastly overrated, we cannot admit that he is altogether
valueless. There is sonic " good stuff" in the man, though
it is almost lost amongst his affectation and conceit. He is
a clever fellow enough for a whig, perhaps as clever as whig
can be. This, to be sure, is not saying much ; for the de-
gree of cleverness to which any whig can reach is, as com-
pared with that of a conservative, very trifling. To what.
cause so extraordinary a circumstance is to be ascribed we'
are not prepared to say ; all we know is that such is the fact
—" 'tis true, and pity 'tis 'tis true." But to return :—it
must not be supposed that Sir Lytton Bulwer is by any
means qualified to play an important part in the manage-
ment of public affairs. Were you to take his own word for
it, you would believe that he is one of the most eminent
statesmen of the dad, and likely to become one of the great-
est, if not the very greatest, statesmen that ever lived. But,
my dear readers, p..in must not believe nor report anything
of the sort. Bulwer is no statesman, nor ever will be; he
knows no more about statesmanship than Mr. Joseph Hume
tic; he has no mind to conceive, and
any great national measure. He might
!ed produce anti succeed in passing a bill enacting that a
particular farce or a certain play shall or slt!! not be played
in a certain theatre ; out to expect to see him the author of
any undertaking of a higher character, heaven help you!
to see Mr. Joseph Hume work
"thilon. It is hard to conceive
[aims to statesmanship rest. His

lows about arith

nt to execut

you might as well

on what grow
admirers as m

ssert that those claims are of the
:ription ; but with all our indus-
:wen great, we have hitherto been unable to
We are not aware of any measure of which
nthur, excepting a bill relating to dramatic
lis was a measure which, although undoubt-
tt,advantage to dramatic authors, was not of suffi-
cient importance to prove its concoctor a statesman, or even
an able legislator. It seems to us, therefore, that Bulwer
has not the shadow of a claim to any place, however low or
humble, in the ranks of statesmen; and when we hear that
claim seriously urged, we have no..hesitation in asserting that
it is totally unfounded, and that it is preferred merely to sa-
tisfy the enormous conceit of the hon. baronet.

strongest and v

try, and i

discover thei:
he has been t

As a "Politic it C:miactet

' Bulwer is entirely unknown.
lie scarcely, we may say never, takes any. part in the discus.
sion of public toeu,ores. Once upon a tiwe he fancied that
he was to astonish the world with his doings in the senate;
And he made many attempts to prove that there was some-

thing in him, but alas! all his attempts were miserable
failures. He spoke often and long, and his speeches were
at first listened to with attention ; but his bearers soon got
tired of them, until eventually he was either coughed down
or left alone in his glory, talking to empty benches. His
style of delivery was affected in the extreme, his gestures,
the tone of voice in which he spoke, the matter of his
speeches, and the self satisfied look of profound wisdom in
which he delivered the most trumpery, common-place re-
marks, 'all conspired to create positive disgust 1 this continued
for some little time, until at last Bulwer found his level
amongst the very small fry of the ministerial benches. lie
is now nobody. No one cares a rush for his opinion on any
public question; no one ever thinks of asking whether he
spoke, and on what side, or whether he voted, and on what
side, when any important subject is under consideration iu
the house. He is no use whatever to his party, except to
assist them in their many great emergencies with his solitary
vote. Yes, there he sits, the author of many clever works,
the man who fancies himself equal to any undertaking, the
man who writes, and writes about every imaginable subject,
and who does really and truly possess some ability—there he
sits, we say, like an automaton, acting and moving exactly
as he is ordered, doing what Le is bidden, without daring to
murmur—a mere tool in the hands of a Whig minister. Oh
what a monstrous degradation !

It would be out orour province to dwell upon Sir Lytton
Bulwer's literary demerits. As an author be is of course
known, more or less, to every one of our readers. His
novels are cleverly written, and his plays are cleverly con-
structed ; but, as for his poetry, ye gods! it is sad stuff.
Had Sir Lytton Bulwer confined himself to that sphere
for which his talents fit him, he might now be in a more
distinguished position than he is, in spite of his baronetcy.
It is to be hoped that for the future he will cut statemanship,
and philosophy, and poetry, and stick to novel writing : by
so doing he may become a great man.
Do my readers want to know what sort of a looking fellow
Sir Lytton Bulwer is ? Look at every one of his works and
you will there find a description of himself in some shape or
other. Read Lady Bulwer's " Cheveley," and you will
find what she, who knows him well, has to say of him ;
unfortunately she says not much in his favour, either as a
father or a husband. If you are too lazy to look in Bulwer's
works or in " Chevelev" for a description of Sir Neddy's
personal appearance, I "beg to tell you that he is one of the
most outrageous dandies in existence, that his hair is frizzled
and perfumed like that of the Marquis of Normanby : he is
rather pale, and the ladies say he is handsome, Verhaps he
may be ; but for all that I think he is pretty much of a
apooney. A. T. T. Y.

- -
A. T. T. Y. feels that the preceding sketch is very im-
perfect. As, however, it is written in the midst of severe
indisposition, he trusts it will be excused.