The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-11 00:00:00

ORME V. WRIGHT.

Mr. Pemberton (with-whomWWsll:lr. Walker) stated that
the present bill was filed by the widow and administratrix of
Samuel Orme, deceased, praying that the defendant might
be declared a trustee for her of certain leasehold premises
held under the corporation of Liverpool, for lives, and for a
term of 21 years at the expiration of the last life, and that
an account be taken, and on the payment of what should be
found justly due to the defendant, together with the expenses
incurred in the renewal of the lease by putting in a new life,
that the plaintiff might be declared entitled to redeem the
premises. The plaintiff, after the death of her husband, took
the premises in question in lieu of a debt due to him, and
wishing to borrow £1,200 on a mortgage, she applied to
Mr. Whitley, a solicitor, who introduced her to the defendant
(who, it was alleged, acted for Mr. Stanley Orred). On the
9th of August, 1828, the money was advanced by Mr. Orred,
and the plaintiff executed an indenture of mortgage contain-
ing a power of sale in case default should be made in pay-
ment of the principal and interest. O'n the 11th of June,
1834, Mr. Orred gave the plaintiff a notice to pay the money
in consequence of the irregularity with which the interest
was paid. This was not acted upon, but on the 20th of De-
cember, 1834, Mr. Orred gave the plaintiff a notice of his
intention to sell the premises. The plaintiff desired that the
sale might be postponed, and had the premises valued, which
were estimated at the sum of £1,500. On the 27th of De-
cember following, the premises were advertised for sale at
the Clarendon-rooms, in Liverpool, on the 6th of January,
1835, which, as parliament had been dissolved, turned out to
be one of the days appointed for the election of members for
the borough. At the time appointed for the sale, the only
persons attending were Mr. Wright, Mr. Malaby, who was
the solicitor for Mr. Orred, and also for Mr. Wright; Mr.
Harrison, the father-in-law of Mr. Malaby; Mr. Peacock,
the solicitor of the plaintiff; and Mr. Samuel Orme, the son
of the plaintiff. The biddings were opened by Mr. Harrison,
but the premises were subsequently knocked down to the
defendant for £1,020. After the sale, Mr. Peacock said to
Mr. Wright, "You surely do not consider yourself the pur-
SlAtiniq eo`Vaiiit fieidrniiiik On the Bth
of
and requested him to accept the mortgage money, whichie
agreed to do if it was paid within a week; this was not done,
and on the 15th of January a further extension of, time was
applied for, which was granted, and on the 28th of January
the defendant stated that he would complete his purchase if
the-money was not paid by the Ist of March. In the mean-
time applications were made to Mr. Malaby, requesting him
to obtain a loan upon the security of the premises, which he
said he could do to the extent of £l,OOO, but if a new life for
the one that had just dropped were put in, he could raise an
additional £lOO. Upon ascertaining this, the plaintiff said
that she could raise a further sum of £3OO towards the pay-
ment of the remainder of the mortgage money and the inte-
rest, and agreed to apply to the corporation to put in a new
life for the one that had dropped. Upon this arrangement
the plaintiff asked for an account of the mortgage money
and Interest; and subsequently, having procured the sum of
£3OO, she, without having obtained any account, on the sth
of March paid a sum of £230 to the Clerk of Mr. Malabv,
he having left Liverpool, and obtained from him a receipt,
upon which it was stated that the contract for purchase was
cancelled. This sum, it appears; was received by the plain-
tiff, who, nevertheless, completed his purchase, and took a
conveyance from Mr. Orred; and, having paid the fine to
the corporation, he also took the lease for the next life, and
alleged for the round of so doing that the money was not
paid at the time appointed. Under these circumstances it
was denied that Mr. Wright could become the purchaser of
the premises, since be was the agent of Mr. Orred, who, as
a trustee of the premises, had not acted properly in permit-
ting them to be sold at an auction where no person except
those connected with the mortgagor and mortgagee were
present. But, in addition to this, it was insisted that the
defendant had consented to waive the contract for purchase,
and, by acting as be had done, had not only obtained the
premises, but also the benefit of the renewal, as well as the
sum of £230.

Mr. Spence (with whom was Mr. Russell) considered that
the only equity the plaintiff had to get rid of the contract
was on the ground of the subsequent contract, which, not
having been complied with at the time appointed, was wholly
void. He also denied that the defendant was the agent of
Mr. Orred, and insisted that the sale was made at a time
meat likely to ensure a large attendance of persons who, in
addition to those in the town, would be collected from all
parts of the country in consequence of the election.
Mr. Pemberton replied.
Lord Langdale, after stating the facts, was of opinion that
Mr. Orred had not used such discretion as a trustee was
bound to wie when selling trust property, since be had al-
lowed the premises to be disposed of at an auction where the
patties interested only were present ; but he did not solely
rely upon that point, for he considered that Mr. Wright had
placed himself in the character of agent of Mr. Orred. In
addition to these facts the defendant had consented to waive
the contract, and although he had named times beyond
which be refused to keep the negotiations open, yet, from all
that had been done, it did not appear that it was intended
strictly to insist upon them. The plaintiff had been induced
to enter into other agreements to enable hint to comply with
the requests of the defendant, so that he had not only ob-
tained the benefit of the renewed lease, but also the sum of
£230. Under these circumstances, therefore, the prayer of
the bill must be granted, and the defendant must pay the
costs of the suit.

Dr. C. Severn is said to have discovered, in the library of
the London Medical Society, an ancient diary of a former
vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon, which is said to throw much
new and interesting light upon the domestic habits of Shak-
speare.
Tna Nam, POOR LAW.—We can never admit that the new
poor law was either a "wise or a necessary measure." Ex-
perience-has proved that it has failed in every respect except
in providing patronage for a hungry government, and inflict-
ing unmerited suffering on the poor. The operation of the
new poor law insures the same result which would be pro-
duced by a combination for the reduction of wages. What-
ever may. be the amount which the employers choose to name
as the price of labour, must be accepted as such by the la-
bourer, however inadequate it may be to his support. He
has no redress. The only alternatives presented to him are
starvation " out of the house," or imprisonment with diet in-
ferior to gaol allowance.—Times.

STEAMING TO NEWFOUNDLAND.—By a vote of the HOUSE
of Assembly of this colony, a premium of £l5OO will be given
to the first suitable steamer that is placed on the line between
this port and any port in Great Britain or Ireland, subject to
the following conditions:—The ship must make four passages
in the year out and four home, and to be not less in size and
steam power than the Sirius, Captain Roberts, that made the
first passage across the Atlantic by steam. This vote has
passed the council, received the governor's assent, is now the
law of the colony, and his excellency, the governor, has
officially announced it to her Majesty's government. Is not
this worth the attention of the merchants of Liverpool,
trading to the colony
TORCH-LIGHT MEETINGS.—The attention of the govern-
ment has at length been called by the magistrates at Hyde
to the torch-light meetings lately held by the ultra-radical
agitators in some of the manufacturing towns. Instructions
have been issued from the Home Office for the guidance of
the magistrates in the event of more meetings of the same
objectionable character The magistrates are requested by
Lord John Russell to obtain correct information as to what
passes at any such meetings, with the view of bringing to
Justice persons who may be guilty of a violation of the law.
The career of the few itinerant incendiaries with whom
nearly the whole of these meetings originate, and who are
almost the only very violent speakers at them, will thus, it
may be hoped, ere long be brought to a close.
ASHTON-UNDER-LINE.—On MonAy evening last, the
members of the Operative and Tradesmen's Conservative
Association, held their quarterly meeting at the Pitt and
Nelson Inn, which were very numerously attended, both by
operatives and honorary members. Previous to commencing
business relative to the affairs of the association, several ap-
propriate addroeses were delivered by the president and
other gentlemen. The most powerful and impressive one
was that from Nicholas Earle, Esq., eulogising those high
Principles which they were associated to promote. After-
wards business commenced, during the transaction of which
a great number of new members were enrolled, chiefly elec-
tors, and a resolution carried for taking supper together
some evening in the first week of the new year, upon which
occasion it is intended to associate with this excellent em-
bodiment of constitutional principles a sick and burial fund,
or the benefit of the operatives. The Victoria band was
present, and after business had subsided, placed several of
their most popular airs, intermixed with constitutional songs,
glees, and catches, of an harmonious and convivial nature,
Wltil 31a0 dolt.--Manchester CTari,Jr.

MISCELLANEOUS.

It is said that the Countess of Burlington, now with her
husband and family at Florence, is to be a Lady of the Bed-
chamber.

Dr. Hampden has protested against the annual nomination
of select preachers in the University of Oxford, without his
concurrence.

TEN NEW CHURCIIES.—A subscription has been set on foot
at Birmingham for the erection of ten new churches in that
borough within the next five years. Nearly £12,000 have
been already subscribed.

in the s.

waters at least 700,000 tons of mud !
A man recently died at Dover (Vermont) who had been
tapped 50 times for dropsy in the abdomen, and more than 50
gallons of a watery fluid drawn from him by actual measure-
ment.—New lark Sunday Times.
It was reported on. Tuesday, at the Service Club Houses,
that ministers intended an immediate and considerable in-
crease to the standing army, and that orders have been given
for putting the forts and batteries on the north and eastern
coasts of Scotland into a state of efficiency equal to tha
usually observed in time of war.
MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY.—UnIess unforeseen
obstacles arise, the first 14 miles of this line, (viz. from Man-
chester to Littleborough) will certainly be opened in May
next for traffic.

We are sorry to learn by the aarivals in the Clyde from
Demerara, that the sickness still prevails, and that the mor-
tality is very great. The crews belonging to the Clyde ves-
sels have suffered severely.
CLOSING SHOPS.—The tradesmen of Bradford have pretty
generally begun to close their shops at eight o'clock in the
evening, and if the public would cease to patronise the "grasp_
ails" after that hour, they would soon follow the good example.
WESLEYAN CENTENARY.—We heat that the following
gentlemen at Wakefield have contributed the following hand-
some sums:—Joseph Holdsworth, Esq., £500; Samuel
Stocks, Esq., £500; Joshua Swallow, Esq , £3OO.
ARMED POLICE.—We stated in our last that Earl Fitz-
william had applied for cutlasses • for the London Police sta-
tioned on the line of the North Midland Railway at Swinton.
They were promptly sent down to Wentworth House, and
immemediately supplied to the officers.—Slieffield Iris.
BREAD.—II is important that the public should he informed
that, by Act of Parliament, every baker is required to keep
scales and weights in his shop, and on the request of the pur-
chaser, he is to weigh the bread in his presence. Neglecting
or refusing to comply with this regulation subjects the baker
to a fine.

VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.—The following is the result of the
late census at Van Diemen's Land :—Church of England,
16,094; Church of Scotland, 2,551; Church of Rome, 2,288;
Weslcyans, 1,389; Baptists, 175; Independents, 635; Qua-
kers, 80; Jews, 132 .'—Total, 23.244. Male convicts, 16,129;
Female convicts, 2,139 ;—Total, 18,268.--Grand Total, 41,512.
—March 29.
BOLTON OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.—The
fourth quarterly meeting of this association, for the present
year, was held in the Operative Conservative News-room, on
Monday evening week. There was a full attendance of mem-
bers, and several persons had their names enrolled as new
members.

"A HEAVY BLOW AND GREAT DISCOURAGEMENT" TO
SOCINIANISM.—Cross-street Chapel, at Manchester, at pre-
sent in possession of a knot of Sncinians, is likely to be wrested
from them, it being an endowed Presbyterian chapel. The
proper legal proceedings will be commenced immediately,
with every prospect of a successful issue.---Stockport Adver-
tiser.

The Hull town-council have invited the High Steward of
the Borough, Lord Durham, to a public dinner. The reso-
lution of the town-council reminds his lordship of a promise
to dine with them in 1837, which circumstances have hitherto
prevented him from fulfilling; and declares that "late ocur-
rences" have "enhanced" their "esteem and respect for his
character." •

Last week, a silver coin of King Stephen, in good preser-
vation, was found by a man when working in a field adjoin-
ing to Standard Hill grounds, near Northallerton. The head
appears in profile, with the sceptre in his right hand, and the
name oddly spelt, viz., Steifne, R. On the reverse is the
supposed name of the moneyer of that day, and a cross, with
the year 1137.
MIDLAND COUNTIES RAILWAY.—The following is the en-
gineer's return of the quantity of earth-work executed, and
the number of men, horses, and engines employed on the
Midland Counties Railway, from the 27th of October to the
24th of November, 18.38:—Earth-works executed, 210,722
cubic yards; number of men, 4485; number of horses, 505;
engines, one locomotive and one stationary.
Last week two lovers arrived from the country to be mar-
ried at Gainsboroogh. The ring was purchased ; but as the
pair were proceeding to church, the devoted inamorata let it
fall upon the slab, and away it rolled, disappearing in a
sewer. The grating was speedily removed; but notwithstand-
ing the utmost zeal of the bridegroom to discover the preci-
ous treasure, it could nowhere be found. Poor Sally and
her lover wet e compelled to depart unmarried amid the jokes
and laughter of the bye-standers.—Hull Times.
How DID THEY COURT ?—At the last term of the Court
of King's Bench of Quebec, a wife sued her husband for a
separation de bier de corps—one of the grounds set up be-
ing that she did not understand one word of French, and
that her partner, to whom she had been married for the space
of four days, was equally ignorant of the English language !
The woman obtained judgment in her favour.
" The destiny of the children of the adopted son of the
Emperor Napoleon," says the Commerce, " is worthy of re-
mark. One of the sons of the Prince Eugene Beauharnois
became the consort of Donna Maria, Queen of Portugal,
and the other is on the point of being married to a daughter
of the Emperor of Russia. One of the daughters is the widow
-of the Emperor of Brazil, and the other is the wife of the heir
to the throne of Sweden.
A preventive to accidents occurring at night on :he rail-
ways will commence on Monday, on the London and Bir-
mingham and Great Western Railroads. The police con-
stables are to be placed a mile distant from each other on the
line, and to meet half-way. Each officer to.carry in the front
of his person three lights, of green, red, and yellow, one of
L_ T n n..
don, or of one from it.---IVanchester Paper.
POPERY AND THE FISH TRADE.—The increase of Papists
will promote the sale of fish • so thought a Protestant fish-
monger of Ripon, the other day, who, when she was called,
on by the committee of the Diocesan Church Building So-
ciety, to solicit her subscription for the building of churches,
immediately answered, she could not afford to give any thing
for building churches, as she had given £5, a few days before,
for building a Roman Catholic Chapel in Ripon, with a view
that she would have a greater sale for her fish.
OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE DINNER AT BARNSLEY.—
On Friday, the 30th ult., the members of the Barnsley- Ope-
rative Conservative Society celebrated their first anniversary,
by dining together in the Odd Fellows' Hall. About half-
past five o'clock, nearly two hundred persons (including a
number of the gentry, professional gentlemen, and others, of
the town and neighbourhood) sat down to table, under the
presidency of Mr. Joseph Wilkinson, an operative, supported
by Mr. Cherry, Mr. Chappel, and Mr. Earley, as vice-presi-
dents.

THE MILITIA.—The rumour of its being the intention to
call out the militia, arose out of the circumstances of some
new regulations in contemplation respecting that body. It
is the intention to increase the staff, and have a serjeant, a
col poral, and a drummer to every 30 men, to drill them, and
render tbem fit for duty, as occasion may require. It is ru-
moured that a third of the militia is likely to be called out
in the spring of next year, for one month, to be exercised;
a third the year following; and the remaining third in the
spring of the succeeding year.— Globe.
On Wednesday evening last, the Huddersfield Loyal and
Constitutional Society held their quarterly' meeting, at which
a number of new and respectable members were admitted.
The state of the society's funds was laid before the meeting,
and they were found to be of the most satisfactory nature.
It is gratifying, indeed, to observe the gradual spread of con-
servative principles which is daily progressing in this hitherto
hot receptacle of whiggery. It is to those operative societies
that the gradual spread of sound constitutional principles is
mainly owing, and we cordially hope that similar societies
will arise in every village is the empire.—Leeds
VOTERS DISFRANCHISED.—An order has been issued by
Lord John Russell, for returns to be made as early as possi-
ble by the Overseers of the poor in the different Parliamen-
tary boroughs, of the number of persons, and the amount at
which each is assessed, who have been disfranchised this year,
in consequence of the non-payment of poor-rates. What
these returns are for we know not, but the supposition is that
in consequence of the number of registered electors in seve-
ral boroughs being considerably less this year than formerly,
Goverment intend through their political friends to make in
quiry whether the persons who have disfranchised themselves
are of their own party.
A PLEASANT WAY OF SETTLING BEFORE A MAGIS-
TItATE.—A number of persons were on Monday summoned
before the magtstrates at Rochdale, for non-payment of poor's
rates. Amongst them was a cheerful-looking little woman,
who, when asked why she did not pay, said, they had been so
busy mustering Mr. Royds's rent, that it had not been con-
venient to pay the rate. After a moment spent in laughter,
caused by the singular plea, Mr. Royds said she would have
to comply; how soon could she pay it? "Well," said she,
Ween pay it o' Setturday, as bring yo yur rent too."
" Very well," said Mr. Royds, amid renewed laughter; and
the little woman walked out of court.
INLAND NAVIGATION.—The navigable canals used for the
transpoit of goods and produce in England alone are now
estimated to exceed 2,2oomiles in length, while the navigable
rivers exceed 1,800 miles, making together more than 4,000
miles of inland naviation, the greater part of which has
been created or rendered available during the last 80 years.
The whole extent of navigable canals at this moment avail-
able in Ireland does not amount to 300 miles, and, including
navigable rivers, the entire water communication does not
exceed 400 miles for the whole island.
DESTRUCTIVE INVENTION.—A sergeant of artillery at Leg-
horn has made an addition to the common carbine or musket,
by means of which 20 balls may be discharged from it, with
equal force, and in whatever direction it is wished, in 80 se-
conds. He has also applied his invention to pistols, from which
seven balls may be discharged in the same interval of time;
and has constructed the model of a howitzer, which will dis-
charge 2350 musket balls in 80 seconds, in one direction, or
in several, if required.
EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSURE AT STAYLEY BRIDGE.—At
the Hyde Sessions, this week, after the clearing of the court,
a most extrordinary case was heard by the magistrates. A
shoemaker of Stayley-bridge, was charged with having vio-
lated the persons of no fewer than five of his apprentices. It
seems that the fellow has been in the habit of applying to the
overseers of Ashton for four or five years past, for females to
learn, as he stated, the trade of shoe-binding, but were almost
invariably sent to the cotton mills, whose wages be also re-
ceived. lo accomplish his brutal object, he was accustomed
to withhold their Sunday clothes till his wishes were com-
plied with. When threatened with exposure, he has not
only cruelly treated them, but still further restricted their
supply of food. The case was adjourned till Saturday to
enable one of the witnesses to bring further evidence. The
sensation at Stayley-bridge, when the facts became known,
was extreme.

MURDER AT NEWCASTLE.-011 Thursday last, a :nurder
was committed at Newcastle, the circumstances of which are
involved in some mister-, though strong suspicions are enter-
tained as to who is the guilty party. It appears, that, about
two o'clock on Friday morning, the Savings' Bank, in the
above named town, was discovered to be on fire. By great
exertions the flames were subdued and the firemen entered
the building. In the bank they found the dead body of a
man, whose head and face were so much mutilated as to render
identification almost hopeless. Near him was found Mr.
Bolam, the actuary of the bank, who was wounded in the
throat, and lying apparently, insensible. A poker, much
bent and besmeared with blood, was lying near them. The
dead man was, at length, recognised as Mr. Millie, who was,
on Tuesday last, appointed to the office of assistant clerk.
Mr. Bolani was removed to a Mr. Glenton's, were medical
assistance was procured. He gave the following explanation
of the scene. He said he had recently received several
anonun,,us threatening letters, all of which he had burnt,
excet one which had arrived on the preceding night. In
consequence of the letter he went home, but returned at
half-past seven o'clock. He found Millie lying on the rug,
and thought he was asleep. As he (Mr. BOlam) was about
to open his desk, he heard a foot behind him, and turning,
beheld a man whose face was blacked. He was felled to the
ground, and soon after felt a knife at his throat, when he
became insensible. He shortly afterwards recovered a little,
when be heard some one walking about the next room, but
he did not dare to stir, The deceased was a Ividpwer with a
large family,

MASONIC INTEGRITY.—The Brethren of Lodge No. 9, at
Galway, announced, prior to the late popish and rebellious
orgies in that town, that any member of the fraternity who
attended the dinner given there to Dan. O'Connell, should
be immediately expelled the lodge. In issuing suth a decree
they acted as became men and masons, manifesting at once
their indignation against the black-hearted and treacherous
ruffian who had wantonly violated the most solemn obliga-
tions, and their detestation of the traitor whose avowed object
is the dismemberment of the, empire, and' the overthrow of
the British Monarchy.—Age.
THE DEBTOR.—The man is in debt; he is obliged to look
in the face of people, and perhaps po,)r people, whom he
_cannot pas. lt is a satiation iinitaitelv 1:1101.1I-

fyin;.!. We are a pfire, I knoW, to a proverb remress or
debt—reckless, at least, about plunging into it: but no man
can be in it and find the situation an easy one. No man can,
without passing, I had almost said, through,worse than pur-
gatorial torments, become callous to the demand for payment.
It turns the whole of life into a scene of misery and mortifi-
cation—makes its whole business action a series of sacrifices,

and shifts, and subterfuges. Home itself, the last refuge of
virtue and peace—the very home that has lost its independence
in its splendour, that it is not protected from the intrusive
step and contemptuous tone of the unsatisfied creditor—has
lost its charm. It is no longer a sanctuary; and is but too
likely to be forsaken for other ream ts. Many a man, not only

in the city but in'The country, has gone down din character and
self-respect, in virtue and hope, under the accumulated weight
of these overwhelming embarrassments.—Dewe's Discourses.
THE' INCENDIARY STEPHENS.—On the evenings of the
26th and 27th of last month, Joseph R. Stephens delivered
lectures in his meeting room, Charles Town, Ashton-under-
Lyne, to prove from Scripture, that the period had arrived
when it became the duty of every man to furnish himself'
with arms, deadly weapons, for his own defence, and that of
his family. He made use of some most violent language, of
which the following statements are specimens:—He said, the
men of Todmorden had been merciful ; they had begun at
the wrong end, that of destroying property instead of men's
lives; that should the magistrates of this division give any
instructions to constables for serving► any order upon any
overseer, relative to the introduction of the new poor law
here, they might depend upon being set aside. He had read
of six stacks of corn being burnt, for which he thanked God,
and hoped it might he extended to Lancashire, and not six,
but six hundred be consumed, aye, and the fine halls, aye,
and the cotton factories also. He was armed fur the con-
vention, and recommended all his constituents to be so in
haste; that should government refuse granting their de-
mands, he himself would declare war, and lead forth all such
to their work.—Manchester Courier.

HULME OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE AssocIATioN.—PnE-
SENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL TO Was. GARNETT, ESQ.—
On Tuesday evening, the members of the Hulme Operative
Conservative Association, together with several gentlemen
of Conservative principles, to the number of about 140, as-
sembled at the Bull's Head Inn, Chester-road, for the pur-
pose of presenting William Garnett, Esq., the late candidate
for the representation of Salford, with a testimonial of their
respect and esteem.—Mr. Sandys, the president of the asso-
ciation, occupied the chair; and was supported on his right
and left by William Garnett, Esq., Mr. Pooley, ten., Mr.
Lot Gardiner, Mr. Edward Chesshyre, Mr. George Marsden,
Mr. Leicester, &c., &c.—After a few preliminary toasts had
been given, 11r. Garnett was presented with a richly bound
quarto bible, bearing an appropriate inscription. It was pre-
sented by three boys, who bore it upon a blue silk cushion to-
wards Mr. Garnett, who was addressed by one of them in the

following terms--" Sir,—This society presents you with this
blessed book, hoping that, in the time of prosperity, tribula-
tion, or adversity, it will relieve your mind; and when your
soul leaves this world you will be found amongst your bre-
thren in heaven, singing the praises of your Redeemer."—
Mr. Garnett replied in a most excellent and appropriate
speech, which lasted for half an hour, and was repeatedly
cheered during its delivery.—Manchester Courier.

LOCAL JUDGES.—No moment could be more favourable
to the establishment of a new system (of judicature) than the
present. The country calls loudly for local jurisdiction—for
cheap and speedy justice. A circle of forty miles round
Manchester presents a population nearly equal to that of the
metropolis: in active wealth and commercial enterprise it
surpasses it. We are to give them a bishop: why not a
chancellor—why not a chief justice? It can be done even
without the horror of a new name. The Chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster, instead of a political sinecure, might
be made an effective judicial office. The Chief Justiceship
of Chester may be revived. Nor do we propose that there
should be interior jurisdictions,' or that their higher seats
should be filled by inferior judges. To have served in a pro-
vincial chiefship should be made the title to the best promo-
tion of Westminster Hall: to have been a junior in Lancas-
ter should be no bar to being a puisne in London : to have
been a master at Manchester, no objection to a seat in South-
ampton Buildings—to have sat (without tleeping) iu South-
ampton Buildings should be a qualification for the rolls.
Courier.

SOMEWHAT MYSTERIOUS !—A SIGN OF THE TIMES.—
In the present agitated temper of the times, when torch-light
meetings are held with impunity—our working classes club-
bing their three-pence a-week each to purchase fire-arms--
whilst others are manufacturing pikes, there is no great diffi-
culty in accounting for the following 'extraordinaty move-
ment. On Wednesday night last an order was sent to our
barracks, to furnish a detachment of the 86th, fur the pur-
pose of watching the proceedings, it is supposed, of certain
leaders of the revolutionary party who were expected to make
their appearance about midnight on the Manchester road, and
fur that purpose the soldiers were ordered as far as Heaton
Norris toll•bar, their muskets loaded with ball-cartridge, and
there to wait. They did so fur several hours, but with what
effect our informant cannot ascertain. The detachment was
commanded by an officer, and consisted of a serjeaut, cor-
poral and fourteen men; but what renders the necessity of
the case of much importance was, that part of the band formed
the detachment, and "shouldered their arms," nearly every
man having been previously marched out of the barracks for
the suppression of the disturbances at Todmorden.—Stockport
Advertiser.

GREAT CONSERVATIVE DINNER AT PILKINGTON.-011
Wednesday evening, the third anniversary dinner of the
Pilkington Operative Conservative Association took place
in the spacious and elegant School Room attached to Stand
Church. The room was tastefully decorated with blue and
white drapery, and from the richly groined Gothic roof mina.
hers of beautiful little banners were suspended, producing a
al flake cliaste a Lul - rs
tne appearance ot an fluent baronial hall. In the internal
arrangements we thought we could recognise the handiwork
of some of the fair dames and demoiselles of the neighbour-
hood; and if we may draw an inference from the evident
interest in the successful issue of the event displayed by that
excellent and truly patriotic lady, Mrs. Ramsbothana, our
speculation is not very wide of the truth. Covers were laid
for 320 persons ; and at half after five o'clock about 350 sat
down to a dinner that would have done credit to the first
restaurateur in the kingdom. During dinner the Pilkington
band was stationed in the gallery, and played a number of
admired overtures, marches, &c. When the cloth was drawn,
the band gave place to nearly 100 ladies,4comprisin,g the
beauty and fashion of the neighbourhood, who completely
filled the gallery, and greatly enhanced the attraction and
interest of the occasion.—Manchester Courier.

THE ENGLISH CLERGY.—Mr. Daniel O'Connell, at the
late Galway dinner, speaking of the clergy of England, has
the following complimentary expression towards that (in this
country at least) venerated body :—" 1 must say of these gen-
tlemen, the clergy of England, that they are the most addicted
to politics, AND THE LEAST TO PIETY, of any clergy in the
world!" What renders this speech of the "big beggar-man"
the more ridiculous is, that at this very dinner, the chairman
(mark, reader, the chairman) was the Popsh Bishon of Gal-
way, who not only filled the chair, but announced the toasts,
and followed up most of his announcements with a strong
political speech, well calculated for the company before him.
We should like to have a similar instance of a Protestant
English Bishop thus degrading himself and his holy func-
tions, pointed out to us, in spite of the love for politics, and
the non-practice of piety, attributed to the dlergy in general
by Daniel O'Connell.
SINGULAR REQUEST TO A DYING MAN.—On Saturday
last, an old veteran cock-feeder, named Sammy Hilton, at
Middleton, was on his death-bed, when he was visited by
another of the same fraternity, from the neighbourhood of
Oldham. As the way in which the Oldhamite visited the
dying man is very ludicrous, we give a portion of the lan-
guage, which is as follows :—" Well, Sammy, aw suppose
thaw knows ut thaw as no lung to live." "Aw reckon not,"
answered the old inau. " Well, Sammy, aw summot to axe
thee before thaw does: it will be o' no use to thee, neaw ut
thaw art for deeing. Aw want to see if thaw will tell me, as
a secret whot thaw used to give thy cocks for a springer, be-
fore they were going to feignt—us it will be o' greot use to
me?" "It never shall," replied the dying man; " for' I
will never tell either thee or any other person." The Old-
ham cocker had to return home again, sadly disappointed that
he had not got the springing secret. Sammy died the same
day.

THE Ns-vv.—Lord Minto and his gang are evidently
frightened—ashamed they are incapable.of being—at the ex-
posure of the state to which they have themselves reduced the
once-glorious and indomitable navy of Great Britain. They
dread the consequences ofa crime which has just:y provoked
the scorn and indignation of Englishmen, and have been
hourly practising those ignominious arts which are the natu-
ral resources of the guilty to escape their impending punish-
ment. One of the minions of the Admiralty press betakes
himself to downright, barefaced lying, and, in the teeth of
Lord Illinto's own Navy List, assures the people of England
that we have actually 100 sail-of-the-line ! The false knave
might as well have said 1,000. The Navy List enumerates
just 74 sail-of-the-line, including all those in ordinary and in
commission, and including likewise 45 sail of ships of the
class which France and the United States have utterly dis-
carded from the line of battle, as being of insufficient force—
we mean those of less than 80 guns—a great proportion of
which, in the British navy, consist of the old build of seventy
fours, which in force and scantling want more than one-third
of being equal to the lowest class of vessels admitted into the
French and American line of battle. Besides the above 74
ships, of which about one-fifth—that is, 15 sail—are at this
moment in commission and at sea., though with no more than
the short peace complement of hands, which quite unfits
them for the work of fighting an enemy's man-ot-war—but,
besides the above-mentioned 74 ships, there are 15 others
building, some of which have been on the stocks for almost
twenty years.— Times.

RAILWAY FROM LEEDS TO BNADFORD,—We are glad to
learn that active steps have been for some time on foot, with 11
a view to effect, in the first instance, the best railway com-
munication between the important and enterprising towns of
Bradford and Leeds, and ultimately to connect them, by rail-
way, with the thriving towns of Bingley and Keighley, and
probably Skipton. The immense traffic between these several
places, the two former in particular, renders the accomplish-
ment of this object highly desirable, and insures a profitable
result when accomplished. Considering the natural obstacles
with which this object has hitherto been thought to be sur-
rounded, the present scheme may by some be deemed vision-
ary; but we are assured, on the authority of practical men,
that it is not only practical but comparatively easy of execu-
tion. The proposed railway will stretch up the valley of the
Aire, passing through or bordering upon the populous and
important villages of Kirkstall, Horsforth, Rawdon, Yeadon,
Guiseley, Calverley, Idle, and Eccieshill, to Shipley, and
from thence to Bradford; the entire length of the line be-
tween Leeds and Bradford being about fourteen miles, but
the gradients are so favourable, that the distance can be tra-
versed in half an hour or less. We understand that the
gradient from Leeds to Bingley will be less than eleven feet
per mile, or one foot in 480; and it is known that from Bing-
ley to near Gargrave, above Skipton, there is not a single lock
on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, so that it may be readily
believed that an easy line of railway can be pointed out be-
tween those places.; and, moreover, the abundant supply of
stone, &c. throughout the distance, will afford great facilities
of construction. We are informed that the traffic between
the towns of Leeds and Bradford is greater than that between
any two towns similarly situated; hence the facilities to be
afforded by the proposed railway will not only be proportion-
ably greater than those by any other line, but it will also open
out the whole of the manufacturing traffic of Airedale, and
by connecting it with the North Midland and other lines of
railway at Normanton and Methley, goods or passengers may
be speedily conveyed to the North, East, or South. Suffice
it to say, with regard to the feasibility of the plan, that George
Stephenson, Esq., the most practical and experiencedengineer
in the kingdom, and another gentleman of scarcely inferior
ability, have been instructed to report upon the best means
of carrying out the design : and we understand that the plans
are already so far matured as to lead us to hope that their
report may be expected in the course of a month, upon the
appearance of which a prospectus will be published by the
solicitors (Messrs. Hutchinson and 'reale, of this town,)
whose assistance has been retained by the projectors. We
.trust that when the report and prospectus make their appear-
ance, the subject will be taken up with spirit, both at Leeds
and at Bradford, in order to enable the projectors to go to
rarliament with their bill pert session.—Letds Intellioencer.

FEMALE PENETRATION.—It has been observed that women
have more tact and insight into character than men,—that
they' find out a pedant, a pretender, a blockhead, sooner. The
explanation is, that they trust more to the first impressions
and natual inclinations of things, without troubling them-
selves with a learned theory of them ; whereas men, affect-
ing greater gravity, and thinking themselves bound to justify
their opinions, are afraid to form any judgment at all, with-
out the formality of proofs and definitions, and blunt the edge
of their understandings, lest they should commit some mis-
take. They stay for facts till it is too late to pronounce on the
characters. Women are naturally physiognornists, and men
phrenologists. The first judge by sensations; the last, by
rules.—Sketches and Essays, by William Hazlitt.

TAX-GATHERING IN EGYPT.—Like the natives of Egypt in
the period of Roman domination, its modern inhabitants, and
the Arabs of other countries (though, I believe, in a less de-
gree), are notorious for their obstinacy in refusing to pay
their taxes until they have been severely beaten. They well
know, that the more readily they pay, the more will be exacted
from them; and are often heard to boast of the number of
stripes which•tLey have received before yielding their money.
Tj
judge
a nawei l 1 obstinacy i.wn ah
ac-
cused of acv-orr.,"_< , - ~,,,I often, even by a w neza .- 4. -:.h.r
case the man fears that, should he tell at once all he can, the
au Arab ce)theisr gtehneersatii:l:4;""jr th'evel:Cul rbn:dj will elicit a
further confession.—Notes to the New Translation of the Ara-
bian Nights' Entertainments, by E. W. Lane.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Monday last. a young man, of
the name of John Pearson, a servant with Mr. Bright, of
Onderharrow, had occasion to visit Kendal on business with
a cart and a young horse. On his return, in ascending the
steep hill near the National School, the animal became un-
manageable, and rushed forward impetuously; he seized the
animal by the head, and used every effort to restrain its
speed, but unfortunately, in so doing, the shaft of the cart
was violently forced into his mouth, which broke his upper
jaw, knocked out all his teeth, and tore away his upper lip.
He was carried in a dreadfully mutilated state to the Bowl-
ing Green Tavern, at the head of the bill, and so bad was his
case that his death was reported in the town. It is worthy of
remark, that with such zeal do the parties now in power at-
tend to the business of the town, that upon the strength of
this report a jury was summoned and assembled at the
house, where, to their amazement, they found the young
man alive, sitting up in his bed, and able to answer all in-
quiries !—Lancaster Gazette.

SOCIETY FOR THE EMPLOYMENT, OF ADDITIONAL CU-
RATES IN POPULOUS PLACES.—One hundred and thirty-
seven Incumbents have already applied for aid through their
respective Diocesans; and of. these, eighty-three are now
enabled by the help of the society's grants, (amounting at
this time to '£6025 per annum, out of annual subscriptions.
not yet exceeding £7026 10s,) to es.tablish additional services,
and to obtain additional curates in their several parishes and
districts, comprising an aggregate population of more than
a million and a halt. For the immediate attainment of these
benefits, about nine-tenths of the society's actual income
have been at once appropriated ; and for the means of extend-
ing the like relief to many and most urgent claims that press
upon it, the committee look with confidence to a growing
conviction in the public mind of the paramount importance
of the object for which the society is formed ; to the con-
tinued exertions of the clergy to make that object more ge-
nerally known in their respective neighbourhoods, and to
the increasing manifestations on the•part of the laity of the
readiness to imitate the piety and wisdom of their forefathers,
to which the country owes the foundation and endowment of
so many of its churches. It mast be the earnest prover of
all who are anxious for the welfare of the church, and for the
best interests of the community, that the views of the Com-
mittee should be extensively promoted.
THE MURDEROUS BURGLARY AT WHITTINGTON.—The
two Lichfield policemen, Moore and Yerl, have succeeded in
apprehending the perpetrators of the burglary and attempt
at arson and murder at Whittington, near that city, in a
house about a mile from Coventry, on the road to Foleshill;
and on Wednesday evening, about half-past ten o'clock,
they were safely lodged in Lichfield gaol. On the following
morning. they underwent an examination at the Guild-hall,
Lichfield, before Edward Grove, William Leigh, and W.
Herbert Woodhouse, Esqrs., three county magistates. The
Prisoners gave their names Joseph Newberry and Joseph
Taylor. The court was crowded almost to suffocation, so great
was the anxiety to see the two desperadoes. Mdore and Yell,
the policemen, stated the difficulties they had met with in
casiiitivuerirnggilt thefr prisoners, and
eye-glassproducedandand
(which were identified by two of the watches, an
a
the servant girl.) several pawnbrokers' tickets, and other ar-
ticles. The girl most positively swore to the identity of the
men, and gave her evidence in so clear and collected a man-
ner as to elicit the warm commendation of the bench. Each
of the prisoners, after a caution that any statement they made
would be taken down in writing, and used hereafter against
them, made a declaration to the effect that they were guilty
of the burglary, but not of setting the house on fare, The pri-
soners were then remanded until Monday, when it was hoped
that Mr. and Mrs. Wood would be in a fit state to be removed
to have their depositions taken.

A LIMBLESS FEMALE.-111 one of my excursions, (says a
correspondent of the Charleston Courier, )I visited an unfor-
tunate female,- in humble life, residing at the distance of 11
miles from Asheville, utterly destitute of limbs, and com-
posed only of a head and trunk. Her name is Esther Mas-
sey, and she is one of an illegitimate family of eleven chil-
dren. Her father has -also a legitimate family of ten chil-
dren ; and the two families, with their respective matrons,
are said to meet with cordiality. This singular being was
born in her present limbless condition, and has now attained
the age of 25 years, Her mother and whole family appear
to regard her with much tenderness and affection, and she
seems to possess a cheerful and happy disposition, which ren-
ders her content with the helpless and apparently hapless lot
which nature has awarded her. Although an object calcu-
lated to excite the wonder, and rouse the sympathies of her
fellow-beings, many who enjoy the full proportions of human-
ity, and a bountiful dispensation of the good things of life,
will find their ungrateful and guilty repinings shamed by the
equanimity and cheerful spirit of this physically imperfect
creature, in the midst of privation and poverty. I have
already said that she is composed of a mere head and trunk.
This is literally true. She has no arms. and neither legs nor
thighs. Her-shoulders are rounded off, and capable of mo-
tion; and on them she receives the gifts which charity and
kindness-proffer her. • She is also able to.move about on a
level, with a kind of waddling motion. Her usual position
is that of sitting, or rather standing upright in a common
chair, by. rocking which from side to side she moves about
with great facility. She is able to read, and for this purpose
places the book on her shoulder, or (which she prefers) on a
table before her, and turns over the leaves with her tongue.
Her health has always been excellent, and her mother says,
she has -never had occasion for the services of a physician;
and, although she seldom leaves the house, and therefore
takes but little exercise, she is now in the finest and most
robust health, and is so fat that her body (which is largely
proportioned) is as broad as it is long. Her head is very
large, and her features are also large and somewhat coarse,
yet decidedly .good, and forming a very remarkable tout
ensemble—and her lip is absolutely pretty, and of the richest
and ripest red. In addition to beitig, sociable and chatty, and
even witty, it is said she possesses the accomplishment of
singing a very sweet song. She received the party who
visited. her in company with myself very affably, and very
graciously accepted our farewell offering. Some years ago,
a Yankee, having met with her, offered to purchase her of
her mother, for the sum of 3,000 dollars, as a speculation.
This tempting offer was very creditably refused by the parent
—neither her poverty nor her will consented to the traffic.—
The Yankee, however, succeeded in persuading her to,let
him take the limbless girl with him for exhibition, on shares
of the profits, a brother and sister accompanying her. They
got, I learn, as far as Columbia, (S. C.) and then returned to
their mother, saying that they were not well treated by the
Yankee. A warm weltome greeted thorn at the maternal
hovel, and 11Q other attempt has beep made at exhibition,