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berelly dispensed by the Whig.radicaki, of whom the
committee was formed. atooogst the hungryadherents of
their faction. We are assured upon good authority,
that the total expense which is incurred upon the oc-

Oil Sunday 64°dDitIg rut: th 6 }tev, T. H. Porter, ,os
Dublin, preached in at. Barnabas' Church, to a large and
attentive congregation, on the subject of the efforts maul by
the Church Education Society for Ireland, to spread the
knowledge of the Holy Scriptures in that Country.

COM 'NI ISSION OF TIIO • VF,AcE.—The name of Jas. Po Neal',
Esq., of Pownall-hali, has bean inserted in the commission
of the peace for the county of Chester.—Macclesfield paper.
To POTATO GrtowEns.—The most excessive crop of
potatoes grown this year in this neighbourhood has been
grown by Mr. John Shand, of the Court House. Brombro,
trom a description of potato lately introduced into this part
of the country, the mangelwurzel, the value of which is nearly
fourfold over every other sort, for cattle and feeding purposes,
many of the potatoes weighing nearly 41bs., the average of
the crop being from ?Ob. to 11b. each, and even in this un-
propitious season every potato was sound and dry ; and, from
being a long keeper, is a very valuable improvement upon the
old sorts of cattle potato, particularly as it is a very free and
heavy bearer, having produced five and a half measures, of
901bs. to the measure, per rod.

casion of one of our Protestant meetings, for printing,
placarding, &c., has rarely exceeded ten pounds ; and
yet here, for a meeting, the mere announcement of
which, in a few score of handbills, would have ef-
fectually answered any honest purpose which the corn-

mittee could have in view; we have had our walls
covered with gratuitous puffs, in all types, and sizes,
and colours,—as if the tickets were an absolute drug,
instead of being the object of urgent quest,—and an
expense incurred which will absorb, we are confident,
a large portion of a hundred pounds, thus absolutely
lost to the charity—juggled away from Radical hands
to Radical breeches pockets—swallowed up with the
avidity of .hungry cormorants, to whom the hope of
another meal of jobbery was removed for ever ! But
when, we ask, was it ever otherwise where money had
to pass through the alembic of Whig-radical hands ?

MR. BRINDLEY.—This gentleman, as will be seen from
an advertisement, purposes visiting this town next week,
in order to give a series of lectures on various subjects which
are now agitating the lower orders of this town. Sufficient is
already known of Mr. Brindley and_ the interesting character
of his lectures to secure him a numerous auditory. His
services, in unmasking the delusions which unprincipled men
have long delighted to palm upon the poorer portion of the.
community, for the purpose of obtaining from them some of
their hard earned gains, will not soon be forgotten.
BUILDING WITHOUT NOTICE.—At the Police-court yester-
day, an information was preferred against Mr. Robinson,
builder, by Mr. Rushton, district inspector under the local
act, for the proper and secure building of houses and other
premises. Mr. Rushton stated, that the defendant, without
giving the requisite notice, was erecting four houses in Myrtle-
street, which had been partly built, but with very bad morter,,
of which he produced a sample. Mr. Robinson said, that the
notice had been duly prepared and given to his father, but he
had neglected to give it in. It was not his intention to con-
struct inadequate buildings, and finding that the sand absorbed
much lime, and that the alorter was insufficient, he had had
the walls pulled down, and had served the notice. Mr.
Rushton admitted the statement, and said he had never before
had occasion to complain of the defendant as a builder.
Under the circumstances, the defendant was fined in the
mitigated penalty of 20s. and costs.
FELONY.—A man named Charles Duffield was yesterday-
placed at the bar of the Police-court on a charge of having
stolen a bundle of clothes from a public-house. Patrick
Tranner said, he was boots at Mrs. Sharples's, Egremont
Hotel, and that on Wednesday he had gone to a house in
Gill-street, and there got three shirts, a pair of stockings,
and a pair of trowsers, for Mr. Thomas Sharpies. About
six in the evening he went into Sixsmith's, at the bottom of
Chapel-street; and put the parcel on a table in one of the
rooms. In about twenty minutes he missed the parcel. A
soldier, named Carrol, of the 95th Regiment, who observed
the prisons take- it away, pursued him, and gave him in
charge of-a police-officer, who produced the articles. The
prisoner said he was in company with a soldier, at the public-
house, and they were talking together about the service. He
understood him to say that he wished him to help him to
carry his things, and he accordingly waited until he (the
soldier) was going away, as he thought. He was committed
for trial at the sessions.

Even with the deduction, however, of the pickings
out of it, which have stuck to the " itching palms" of
the liberal philosophers who composed the committee,
and their adherents, the result of the lecture, so far
even as the charity to be immediately henefitted is con-
cerned, cannot be regarded as otherwise than most
creditable to the people of Liverpool, and especially as
most strikingly illustrative of the estimation in which
the splendid mind of the Reverend Lecturer is held by
his fellow townsmen of every sect and grade. One
hundred pounds we estimate will result to the Printers'
Pension Fund—a gratifying offering ; and yet, we see,
Whig rapacity is not satisfied. Under the pretence of
sympathy with the printers of London, and to add to
this sum, the Rev. Gentleman was persuaded to allow
his noble effort of Wednesday. to be consigned, in per-
petuity to Whig hands—to be printed as a pamphlet
for the benefit of the same fund ; and the same
feathering of nests, we are satisfied, will be the result.
We are unaffectedly sorry for this, we think, hasty
concession of Mr. M`Neile. Having done so well for
this particular charity, we do really think that other
objects, nearer home, might have been found upon
whom to bestow the profits of publication of his
lecture in the form of a pamphlet. It is too late,
however, now to regret the decision hastily, we repeat,
adopted; bu, we would impress upon the Rev. Gentle-
man the propriety of looking closely to the parties,
into whose hands his lecture has fallen, that no more
extravagant and jobbing expenditure may take place
to interrupt what is now his offering to this charity.

THE STEAM-SHIP " FORTH."—This fine ship, (Captain
Fayrer) one of the fourteen belonging to " The Royal West
India Mail Packet Company," made a short trial trip from
this port on Sunday, and another on Monday, and the result
was, on both occasions, highly satisfactory. There were on
board on the latter day, Captain Chappell, R.N., the
Marine Superintendent appointed to inspect the " fleet,"
the Rev. Dr. Byrth, Rector of Wallasey, John D. Maddock,
Esq., magistrate, the Russian consul from London, with
several of his countrymen, and a number of other gentlemen.
Capt. Chappell, and, indeed, all on board, expressed their
great gratification with the performance of the vessel and
the admirable arrangements and accomodations throughout.
The weather was hazy, and the wind and tide unfavourable,
rendering the navigation of the channel somewhat diffiSult,
yet she made good from lli to 111 knots an hour, out and
back, rounding one of the outer light ships. The engines
made 161 revolutions per minute. On her return she
anchored in the river opposite the Sloyne, and on Wednes-
day re-entered the Coburg Dock, where she is receiving her
complement of coals, and other necessaries, preparatory to
her proceeding, in a few days, to Southampton to take her
place in the West India line.
MRS. CLARKE'S BENEFIT.—Mrs. Clarke's benefit is ge-
nerally—nay, always—a brimful, overflowing house, and
those who are first generally come off the best in the choice
of seats. On Monday evening, we suspect, that those who
wish to be present must be very early if they want to be
comfortable; for, independent of the great merit of Mrs.
Clarke—her qualities as an actress, and as the cara sposa of
the manager—the bill she puts out is such a loadstone that
it will draw everybody from the fireside who can enjoy the
excellencies in dramatic art. Ellen Tree—a great name—
Charles Kean, not only the magni nominis umbra, bat some-
thing substantial in himself—Mrs. Keeley, the cleverest
little creature on the stage—Keeley—and--but look at
the bill, good reader, and, if you want to be highly de-
lighted on the evening of Monday, betake yourself to Wil-
liamson-square. Mrs. Clarke is the best Audrey on the
stage, and second to none as Mrs. Subtle—the Widow. Green
—Mrs. Malaprop—Nell—Mrs. Racket—the buxom widow
in " Money," and many other first-rate characters. It is
said that " Town and Cr untry" is to be the play, and " A
Lady and Gentleman in wery Pekooliar Circumstances" the
PENCIL CEDAR.—It is not generally known that if the afterpiece. , •
lining of drawers, in which clothes are kept, is made of OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—Yes-
terday, at the Police court, a rather well-dressed man, named pencil cedar no moths or other destructive insects will get
Jonathan Watmough, was brought up before the sitting ma-
into them, and as the wood is much cheaper than wainscot
gistrates on this charge. Charles Davidson, a sailor, said
or mahogany, and gives a delightful perfume to the clothes
the prisoner had come to him on Wednesday, and asked him
contained in the drawers, these facts only require to be
known to bring it into very general use. if he knew of any seamen who wanted a ship. Enquiry was
made for what vessel they were wanted, and the reply was,
Society quarterly meeting of the auxiliary of the for the Parsee Merchant, bound flu the East Indies. An Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews was agreement was m.ade, and two
. shipping notes were made out,
held in this town, on Tuesday last, the 16th instant, in the for which the prisoner required and received 2s. for each.
National School-room ; Thos. Keeling, Esq., in the chair, The complainant was told to call next day at the prisoner's
when a very numerous and respectable audience (consisting slipping-toffice,suinclia sntroelwhiehdle named; but on enquiry,
of the principal inhabitants of the town) was addressed by
learned that thevesse..l.ha
the following speakers ;—Thos. Keeling, Esq., the Rev. Mr. sa=ted on Tuesday. Lst. William Walton, anothertisiatloy,
Bush, M. A., incumbent of the Seamen's Church, Weston stated that he had been similarly imposed by
.e pp-
Point, and--Mr. M. Margoliontis, a converted - Jew, under- so ,to whom he had paid two shllngsufporontwo shipping
graduate of Trinity College, Dublin. notes. To one of the parties he had given the names of
CLIMATE ON THE HAIR.—The effect of climate upon the Messrs. Holderness and Chilton as owners of the vessel, and
hair is very great. Extreme cold is apt to dry and wither to the other Messrs. Pooles and Co. The'former were owners
the roots; and, on the contrary, extreme heat to enervate of the vessel, but had not authorised the prisoner to ship
and weaken this important integument of the head. The seamen for her; the latter had nothing to do with her. The
most extraordinary thing connected with the preceding fact prisoner said the notes were given to him with the signatures
is, that one counteracting agent should be endowed with the attached, and he was not aware that they were illegal, and
singular virtues of preserving the hair, in health and beauty, did not know but that the vessel was in the dock at the time.
in either the torrid or frigid zone; and it is a question, whe- He added, that he had represented that she was to sail on
ther Roweesin's MneAssAn OIL is most used in warm or Saturday or Sunday, the time mentioned to him, and that
cold countries. At the court of Russia, the above delightful he had told them that the office was in the north-east corner
conservator of the hair is lauded with extraordinary encomi- of the dock. He was committed for trial ; but it was inti-
ums ; while in India, the consumption of Rowland's Macassar mated to him that he might be admitted to bail, on giving
is immense.—See advt. sureties, himself in £3O and two others in £l5 each, to an-
IMPORTANT TO MASTERS AND APPRENTICES.—A case of swer the charge at the sessions.
considerable importance, as regards the laws relating to PRINTERS' tiNION.—We stated a few days since that the
masters and apprentices, came on for decision on Monday, dissolution of this union would not only considerably relieve
before the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion House. Mr. Pritch- the employers, but would also be very advantageous to the
ard, an extensive cigar manufacturer at Clerkenwell, ap-
men themselves. It would appear from the following letter
peered before his Lordship upon the hearing of a complaint addressed to the London Times, that there are some of the
against his apprentice, James Moore, for misconduct, the
men who coincide with our remarks, notwithstanding a state-
hearing having been adjourned on Saturday, in order that the went to the contrary which appeared in a local contemporary
City Solicitor's opinion might be taken upon an objection of last week.—" Amidst the many and important objects
raised to the jurisdiction of the magistaate, because it ap-
which occupy your attention, and your endeavours to expose
peered by the indentures that no premium had been paid,
error, you would indeed do a service to a considerable body
and it was contended for the apprentice, that inasmuch as of men—the journeymen compositors—could you spare time
the words of the act giving the justices jurisdiction related to to review the working of the Union established among them,
" pauper apprentices and others, upon whose bindings out and to show its entire failure in achieving the objects for
which it has been established. So far from benefitting, it
no larger sum than £5 was paid," it must be made to appear
that that sum had been paid by way of premium. It had has injured the trade; instead of raising, it has lowered
been decided, it
wages ; instead of unity, there is more discord than ever ;
was said, at some of the police-offices, that a
instead of decreasing, it has increased the number of men ;
farthing would be sufficient for the purpose, but without the
payment of a premium was recited in the indenture the ma- and scarce a day occurs in which its mischievous regulations
gistrate would be ousted of jurisdiction under the statute. do not become apparent to those engaged in the trade. At the
The City Solicitor gave it as his opinion that the magistrates present time, when our body are suffering from unusual de.
had jurisdiction in the case, and that it had not been decided pression, it may be that some among them will be more
that the provisions of the statute did not apply where no pre-
inclined to hear the voice of wisdom. For one I most deeply
mium had been paid. The evidence in proof of the miscon-
lament the existence of the Union ; many are the instances
duct of the boy given on Saturday was then read over. It
in which the discontented have availed themselves of its
stated that the apprentice having acquired such a knowledge regulations to disturb the quiet of a whole establishment.
of the business to which he was bound as to be of value to The hour that witnesses amongst us the dissolution of the
his, master, instead of paying proper attention to his duties present Union will be indeed a nappy one."
was in the habit of leaving the house for six or seven conse-
SUSPECTED MURDER AT WARRINGTON.—OR Monday
cutive days, and showed a most dangerous example to the
last, an inquest was held at the Ring of Bells, Warrington,
other apprentices, by inciting them to acts of disobedience before John lieges, Esq., coroner, to inquire touching the
oulds
and insubordination. Whenever he took it into his head he
death of Sarah M
in Ki ,aged 47. The deceased was a lace-
walked away, bidding defiance to his master, and was evi-
worker, residing ng-street, Warrington. She was for-
dently acting under the impression that the Lord Mayor had merly in good circumstances, but had been reduced. On
Sunday Morning, as William Savage, the sexton of the parish
no power to act in such a case ; that the indentures were a
mockery, upon which no punishment would be inflicted. church of Warrington, was busied in the churchyard, he saw
After some further conversation the Lord Mayor said, 1 a reticule basket in the adjoining field. He went to pick it
convict the apprentice, and sentence him to hard labour in up, when he saw the deceased lying near the ditch, on her
the house of Correction for one month. Defendant.—Oh, face, with her head covered over with a shawl, and one of her
Lord ! what for ? The Lord Mayor.—For fl in in the face legs, which was discoloured, uncovered. She was covered
of your indentures. I see how it is ;you have acquired
a good deal such with mud. The surgeon who made a post mortem examine-
a knowledge of the business as to be able to
ear
lion of the body of the deceased, testified that her shins ex-
of money, and now, instead of servingour master,-y
hibited marks of violent bruises, and that from the appear-
abandon him. It is in my power tosentence ou to mpr
ante of the lungs and brain, the deceased must have died of
i youi-
sonaient and hard labour for three calendermyonths. The drowning or suffocation. On the side of the ditch were
defendant was then sent to the treadmill for a month, and marks, as if a person had struggled violently. It appeared
his Lordship stated, that if any case of the kind should come that the deceased, who occasionally took intoxicating drink,
before him again, the defendant, if not able to show good had, on Saturday night, purchased some tea, coffee, &e.,
reason for objecting, should most certainly be sentenced in which were carefully packed in the basket. In the basket
the extreme penalty.
which was found in the field, the articles were put very
' The sentence had wonderful effect
roughly, and some of the coffee had been spilled. It was
upon several lads who were said to be apprentices, and who
proved that the deceased had been at a public-house till ten
cut off to their day's work the moment they heard thh deci-
o'clock,
spin a man named Gill, with whom she had two
sion of the chief magistrate.—[This decision is irectl in the
glasses of spirits and water. Gill was in custody. From the
teeth of the resolution come to by our stipendiary magistrate.
evidence of Mr. Jones, the deputy constable, it appeared,
He has, we believe, refused to interfere between masters and.
apprentices where no premium had been paid, but we hope that a book which was known to have been in the possession
that after so high an authority and such a respectable exam-
of the deceased on Saturday night, was found at Gill's house ;
t
pie, he will consider it right to review the grounds on which that a pair of trousers, spotted with mud, similar to that on
he has based the opinion he has arrived at, and redress a
the clothes, were likewise found, and that his shoes filled -
grievance under which a great number of persons have for a fain footmarks found in the field, and in the path. The
long time laboured from refractory apprentices, who treat the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased was
sh
remonstrances of their masters with the most undisguised found suffocated, without assigning any means by which
the
thestrates.
contempt, under an impression that the latter have no re-
came to her death. The accused was disci,
nag but
medy against them in the Poilce.court.—E. L. S.] whole case is to be thoroughly investigated by the
DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND ATTEMPT AT MUR-
PORTICO VOCAL CONCERTS.—The fifth of these delight- DER, AT KENDAL.—On the night of Saturday last, about
ful concerts was given on Monday, and again we have the seven o'clock, one of the most atrocious attempts at murder
pleasing task of noticing the exertions of the performers, as and highway robbery was perpetrated, near Kendal, that has
a whfill eole, d
, favourably. We were la
ds to
find the room pretty stained the annals of crime in that part of the country for
well though not so much so as we could have wished, many years. It appears that Mr. John Benson, of Sedbergh,
or the entertainment deserved. " God save the Queen" was a highly respectable, aged man, has been a carrier between
sang beautifully by Miss Stott, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Case, Kendal and Sedbergh for about forty-five years, and who is
and a very full and efficient chorus. An additional verse in also an extensive dealer in grain,flour, &c., and is known to
honour of our new-born prince, which we gave in our last, carry large sums of money about his person. Therefore, on
was given on this occasion, and was rapturously applauded. the night in question, lie was proceeding to Sedbergh, and
After the national anthem the regular concert commenced on reaching a very lonely part of the road, which is with the the madrigal of " All creatures are merry-minded," shadowed with plantations, and about two miles and ae half
well and correctly sung by the whole of the artists. The from Kendal, he was attacked and felled from his horse by a
glee of " See the chariot at hand," sung by Miss Stott, murderous blow, which brought on momentary insensibility.
Hornby and Case, and Mrs. Armstrong, followed, and was The robber then rifled his pockets of nine five pound notes,
well received. A beautiful duet, by Warde, " I've wan- seventeen sovereigns, and three guineas. Mr. Benson was
dered in dreams," was most pleasingly given by the young shortly afterwards found laving on the road, bleeding
waspro-
Prima Donna," Miss Stott, ably sustained by Mr. Stott, fusely from the right temple, whilst
. his left eyebrow . who took the second. Mr. Hornby sung well, and in, true dreadfully cut. He was immediatel conveyed to a public-
manly style, the comic bravura of the
B"
water drinker," and house close to where the robbers was committed. The mail
was loudly and deservedly encored. Bishop's delightful duet from the north having proceeded as far as the town of Miln-
from Henri Quatre, "My pretty page," was playfully given thorp, wheae a person applied to be taken up, which was
by Mrs. Armstrong and Miss Stott, and met an universal complied with, and on reaching Lancaster, an omnibus dri-
encore. • This really was one of the gems of the evening, and ver, of the name of Wils wl had been made acquainted
both ladies deserve great credit for the good taste in which with the facts of the case,ea'ao.int'etedieouwtatshis porson as likely to
they sang it. Miss Stott also, in the first part, gave with have committed the outrape directly taken into
great sweetness, " The last adieu." Our hint has been custody by Superintendent Wright, of the Lancaster police,
taken, and the concert varied by the introduction of a solo and searched, when five. five pound notes were_ found con-
on the piano-forte. Mr. Elliott, of the Royal Academy, was cealed in one boot and in the other boot the three guineas,
the performer. This gentleman is a brilliant and powerful and the retn.aining'four five pound notes in his.. pocket. The
player, and was loudly applauded. In the second part of the whole of this money exactly corresponds with that stolen
concert, in some instances, other pieces were substituted for from Mr. Benson, and particularly the guineas, which Mr.
those in the programme, for what reason we cannot say, but B. had had ians,
we think it unwise on the part of the director to permit it. his possession for the last twelve years. The
prisoneris a person of the name of Christopher lon, the
Mrs. Armstrong's "What's a conundrum" was arch, and re- keeper of a public-house in Vauxhall-road, Liverpool, who
minded us of Vestris. This- lady's duet with Mr. Arm-
wabaosuft six months ago kept'
the Black Bull Inn, Kendal, and
strong, " O'er shepherd pipe,", Sse , was also well sung ;
she is a pleasant singer, as is also her' husband. Mr. Davies doubt orhmaedr y a purchasing agent for Mr. Benson,
. which, no
gilven him an opportunity of observing the habits
delighted the audience-with " The white squall," an imita- of ' B on was brought up for examination at /Cendal,
don of " The sea." The greatest treat of the evening was
to
on Mr. Monday last, but was remandedm for
Benson,ftir_ther
,rho still
- Ther
robher I.
Forisidered
Miss Stott's solo of " Hark the vesper hymn is stealing,"
time for the recovery of with distant chorus. This lady exceeded herself in this de.
ttoinauer in a very dangerous
. state.
lightful composition, and the effect of the unseen chorus—
have been premeditated, from the fact of Iylliasving arrived
which is SO well managed as to be quite a feature in the Por-
,
nd. al that very evening, by the orlonN Briton coach
tiro—was:
magical. We hope this composition will be re.
fromf Liverpool, and gone directly to the place where the ne-
peated. soon. " The Watchman," • nous deed was committed.
by (s. Holden, followed,
and was much laughed at, especially by the singers them.
aWe understand Princess R 1
that the oya has lately been
selves ; but are not the cries of watchmen in all sort of tones, suffering.
slightly from the effects of dentition. But, not-
and the springing of rattles, however witty in themselves...,
!, withstanding the fact that she has cut seven or eightteeth,
rather out of place in a classical concert? The chorus or
she has h h h that which ' e
tus far passed t. roug d .
_ls -requently one
" Queen of our Isle" wound up the pleasures of a very de- of the severest ordeals of infancy, an its only effect has been
lightfia evenjog• to make her a little thinner than heretOfore.—Evening Paper

LOCAL NEWS.

THE LATE JOSHUA LACE, ESQ,

The public, we doubt not, will learn with regret the death
of Joshua Lace, Esq., which took place yesterday morning,
at four o'clock, at his house at Gateacre, at a very advanced
age. For a period of nearly sixty years Mr. Lace has been a
hard-working and respected member of the legal profession,
i❑ which he has earned the esteem, not only of his immedi-
ate clients, and of his professional brethren, by the urbanity
and straight-forward integrity with which he has exercised
its duties, but of the community at large, for whom, during
his career of usefulness, it has been his satisfaction to have
secured important benefits. For some time past his health
has been in a declining state ; but until within the last few
days of his decease he has continued able to transact busi-
ness.

It must be satisfactory to the public that the name of
Lace, so long and so honourably associated with the legal
profession of the town of Liverpool will not, by his lamented
death, be separated from it. Mr. Lace is succeeded by his
two sons, who, inheriting his name and his talents, will, we
have no doubt, bear with them, through life, the same strict
integrity which distinguished their venerable parent, and
reap at its close the same reward, in the respect and esteem
of their fellow-townsmen.

MISS CLARA NOVELLO.—Mss Clara Novell() is at Bo-
logna, progressing rapidly in her professional career, under
the immediate auspices of Rossini. She is a great favourite
with the Bolognese.