The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-10-12 00:00:00

POLICE' INTELLIGENCE.

A TROUBLESOME RELATIVE.—John Pennington, a good-
ookiog man, who was placed at the bar at the Police-office
without his coat, was charged, on Tuesday, by his brother,
Pennington, George Ogden, and others, with having
used threatening language for the purpose of extorting money
from them. Mr. Ogden stated that on Tuesday week the
prisoner called upon him at his house, and asked if his brother
had been there. Witness said he had. The prisoner said,
" Did he say anything about me ?" Witness replied, " No,
he only said he wished you to keep sober." 'I he prisoner
immediately became very violent: he threatened Mr. Ogden,
and said, "I will have vengeance on my brother ; I will
shoot him ; l'll blow out his liver and his heart." Mr. Hall
thought if he blew out the last, he would have no occasion to
meddle with the first. Another gentleman deposed that he
had frequently heard the prisoner threaten that he would
blow out his brother's brains. On the day in question, he
said he would blow his brother's brains out first, and his own
afterwards. Mr. Pennington stated that he was a brewer.
His brother had for a long time been a great annoyance to
him. He would not work, and spent what money was given
to him in drink. So long as funds were forthcoming, he was
continually drunk. He (Mr. Pennington) had supplied him
with money from time to time, but he was unwilling to en-
courage him in idleness and dissipatipn. When the prisoner
found this he endeavoured to extort money from him, and
when he refused, he (the prisoner) said he should not have
an opportunity of refusing any more, for be.would shoot him.
Witness was obliged to get out at the back door, but his
brother afterwards waylaid him, and so alarmed him by his
conduct that he gave him three sovereigns. He had since
then frequently threatened to blow out his (witness's) brain's.
The prisoner in his defence said he was brought up a pilot.
He complained that he had never been put to any better
business, or he should perhaps have done well. Mr. Hall
ordered him to find good bail to keep the peace.
FALSE STAMPS ow PLATE.—A Scotchman, named Ed-
wards was on Tuesday placed at the bar of the Police-
office. Mr. Dowling said he had received directions from
the authorities of Glasgow to take the prisoner into custody
on a charge of having in that city been a manufacturer of
false stamps. Another individual, connected with the pri-
soner, was in custody in Glasgow for the same offence. The
prisoner was apprehended by Ainsworth, to whom he ex-
plained that he was the servant of the other individual who
was charged as his accomplice. He (Mr. Dowling) had
written to Glasgow, and expected an answer shortly. The
prisoner said he had never been concerned in manufacturing
stamps. What he did was done openly. It was merely
altering old silver spoons into forks. He had been in Li-
verpool about eighteen months, working regularly and pub-
licly. If he bad known that he was wanted in Glasgow, he
would have gone there with his family of his own accord, and
have faced the charge. On looking over the documents from
Glasgow, it appeared that the prisoner and his partner ur
employer, had taken portions of the handles of old silver
spoons, with the stamps and silversmiths' mark upon them,.
welded or joined them to forks of inferior metal, which thus
passed for silver from the hands of authorised and respectable
manufacturers.—The prisoner was remanded till intelligence
is received from Glasgow.
STABBING.—On Tuesday, at the Police-office, Robert
Geeham was charged with having stabbed Samuel Leeny,
in Great Howard-street, on 'Thursday last. The prisoner,
who is a native of Belfast, has been for some time in the
army, and is a pensioner. He was brought up on Friday
last, but was remanded both then and on Saturday, in order
that the injured man might appear against him. l'he latter
had not been in any danger. The following is the evidence
brought forward. Samuel Leeny stated, that he was a la-
bourer, residing at No. 1, Crown-court, Highfield-street. A
few minutes before nine o'clock, on Thursday night last, he
was on his way home through Great Howard-street. When
he got opposite the shop of Mr. Scholes, the prisoner ran out
of that shop, and without any thing having passed, stabbed
him with a large knife in the thigh. The man dropped the
knife upon the footway, and afterwards stooped and picked it
up. Witness retreated to the middle of the street. The
prisoner followed him and held up the knife to stab him
again. Witness said, " I have not done anything to you,"
upon which the prisoner turned from him and entered the
shop. Witness looked fora police-officer, but could not find
one. The prisoner left the shop, and witness followed him
into Barton-street, and from thence to Waterloo-road, where
he gave him into the custody of constable John Charlton.
Witness further stated, that the prisoner was a stranger to
him, and he had not had any quarrel with him. Mr.
M'Cartney, surgeon, Oldhall street, examined the wound
and dressed it.. The wound bled very much. His stockings
were saturated with blood. His coat, trowsers, stockings and
drawers, were cut through. Witness remained very ill.
Joseph Threlfall, a shop-boy with Mr. Scholes, 45, Great
Howard-street, stated, that he was in the shop a few minutes
before nine o'clock on Thursday night last, when the pri-
soner, Robert Geeham, entered, and walked up to the coun-
ter where a large shop knife lay. Without saying a word,
he took up the knife and ran out. He was away two or three
minutes, when he returned and threw the knife on the
counter. He departed without having spoken. He (wit-
ness) went to the shop-door, and the complainant advanced
and asked which way he had gone. Witness told him, and
the complainant followed. The prisoner was brought back
to the shop, and witness identified him. He denied that he
was the person. Witness knew him very well, as he dealt
with his master. John Charlton stated, that at nine o'clock
on Thursday evening, he was on duty at the Waterloo Dock-
gate, when the witness Leeny gave the prisoner in charge.
The Wound which the prisoner had inflicted was two inches
in length and very deep. It bled very much. Thd prisoner
denied repeatedly that he had stabbed the complainant. The
prisoner was a little in liquor. The prisoner in his defence
said; on Thursday evening he had taken some drink. He
was passing along Great Howard-street, when a number of
persons collected round him, and began to jeer him, calling
him "Drunken Paddy," and other names. At length they
began to throw stones after him. He did not know how he
acted, but he certainly did not see the complainant there,
nor was he one of the persons who had offended him. The
complainant said, he saw a crowd, but he diverged into the
middle of the street to avoid it. Mr. Hall: I shall send him
to take his trial.—Prisoner: Allow me to speak three words.
Don't send me for trial. If he (the complainant) will
forgive me, I'll give him anything; he shall have all I have
in the world. I did not intend to have hurt him, for he never
offended me. I'm an old soldier, and my wife is in France.
I'll pay anything to the man mill he is well. There's my
little bit of a house left all to the mercy of the waves—do
forgive me, as I hope God will forgive you! Mr. •Hall said
there were certain persons in Livervool who were beginning
to use the knife on all occasions. He would do his best to
put a stop to it. Every individual brought before him for
this description of offence, he would commit for trial.—Pri-
soner: I was a long time in the army, and I shall lose my
bit of pension as sure as can be. lie was committed for
trial

JUVENILE TRAVELLERS.-On Tuesday. at the Police-
office, three lads, each aged above twelve years, were brought
before the Magistrates, and it was stated that they had been
booked for safety, having been found wandering in the streets
on the preceding night. They were all dressed nearly alike,
in dark fustian jackets of peculiar cut. They gave their
names as Sampson Thorpe, George Street, and Win. Royals.
Mr. Hall: Where do you come from? Royals took upon
himself the office of spokesman. He replied, in a broad
Lancashire dialect : We come frae Duckenfield, about seven
mile frae Manchesther. Mr. Hall : Why did you come here?
Royals: Aw gotten a cousin e Learp'l, au' aw coom to seeck
him. Mr. Hall: Have you any parents? Royals: Hey?
Mr. Hall: Have you a father and mother? Yoi, aw've
getten a feyther an' mother too. Mr. Hall: Did you tell
them you were coming? Yoi—aw tou'd 'em aw'd goo an'
see cousin, an' they said aw moight ; 'toss yo' see feyther 's
eaut o' wark. What is your cousin? He 's a mechanic,
an' his ne-am 's Isaac Shakely. Where does he work ? Oh,
aw donna know,somewhere Learp'l, aw reckon; he's a
wheel-reel. In reply to other questions, Royals said—We
started o' Sunday; we hadna no munnevbud we walked aw
th' way to Learp'l. Mr. Hall: Well, now you have seen
Liverpool. and found it very much like Duckenfield—
Royals (interrupting): Na, na, it isn't—not a bit. Mr.
Hall: Well, you came through Manchester, and it's very
like Manchester—will you go back? because you can't be
permitted to wander about the streets here. Royals : Yoi,
we'll goo back. The other prisoners, on being asked why
they had come to Liverpool, replied: Oh, we just coom we
him for company bike. The Bridewell-keeper said, from
what Royals had told him on the preceding night, it ap-
peared, that he told his mother he was going to Liverpool,
and she replied, in a casual manner, " Well, away .with you;
but you'll turn back before you've gone far." Royals:
Cousin ax'd me to coom when he wor at eaur heawse a good
long toime agoo. Mr. Hall: Well, I shall send you back to
Manchester, and—Royals (interrupting): We thou't o'
gooin' vesterneet, but a chap took us eaut u'th' rooad. Mr.
Hall ordered an officer to send them by the first train to
Manchester, and to give them a shilling each to provide
refreshment on their way to Duckenfield. The prisoners
promised, on being let down at Manchester, to proceed di-
rectly home.

CASE OF RUNNING FOUL.—MANAGEMENT OF FERRY
STEAMERS.—On Tuesday, at the Police-office, the master
of one of the Woodside steamers appeared before Mr. Hall,
to answer a charge of having, on Friday afternoon last,
behaved in an improper manner in running up to the land-
ing stage, at George's Pierhead, between the Rock Ferry
and Monks' Ferry boats. The information was laid under
the 73d section of the local act 6 Geo. IV, which empowers
a magistrate to inflict a penalty of 40s. for disorderly conduct
on the river, or at the landing-steps, &c. William Earle,
jun., Esq., stated, that on Friday last, about four o'clock,
he was crossing from the other side of the river in the Monks'
Ferry steamer. They ran up to the floating landing-stage,
and were about to moor, the vessel. There was another
steamer alongside, when they saw the Woodside boat coming
up at half speed. They called out to the latter to go to the
other side, but, without taking the slightest notice, she (the
Woodside boat) was run in smack between the two boats
already_ moored, regardless of any consideration what-
ever. He (Mr. Earle) considered it a most spiteful proceed-
ing, and 'he was confident it was done on purpoSe. Those
on board the two packets already at the station called out
loudly, but to no put pose. He (Mr. Earle,) apprehending
a serious shock, sat down and took t. firm hold of something.
The Woodside btiat ran against the Monks' Ferry boat with
such violence that her bulwarks were crushed in. The Wood-
side boat was decidedly in fault. The master of the Wood-
side steamer said, his principal witness, Mr. Smithett, who
commanded one of her Majesty's packets, and who under-
stood nautical affairs, was away. The defendant handed a
note from Mr. Smithett to Mr. Hall. The magistrate hay-
ing perused it, said,—Supposing those on board the Monk's
Ferry boat had acted improperly, he (the defendant) had no
right to risk the safety of the passengers entrusted to his care,
by acting improperly also. The captain said, he had given
certain orders to his engineer, which were not attended to.
So far as we could understand the captain's subsequent state-
ment, there was a Dublin steamer lying at anchor in the
stream. The Woodside and Monk's Ferry boats were coming
up nearly together, having rounded the Dublin steamer at
different ends. He (the defendant) was about to bring his
vessel up to the southward of the floating stage, thinking the
other was going to the northward. The Monks' Ferry-boat,
however, he said, suddenly took an easterly turn, and cut
him out. Mr. Earle said, they (the Monks' Ferry-boat)
were at the stage several minutes before, the other. Their
engines were stopped, and they had no means of getting out
of the way. There were many persons present, and amongst
them Mr. Powell, but as he was one of the directors, he
might be deemed an interested witness. Mr. Earle called
the name of a gentleman who promised to attend and give
evidence, but the person did not answer. Mr. Hall thought
the captain had almost admitted the charge, when' he said
the other " took an easterly turn," for it was evident he was
angry at him for doing that. The defendant said, he ordered
the engineer to reverse, and he did not-know why he dis-
obeyed. Mr. Hall: You should have had the engineer here.
He would have been the best witness you could have had,
much better than Mr. Smithett. Mr. Powell, a director 'of
the Monk's Ferry Company, said this was the second or third
time this very person, who steered one of the boats belong-
ing to the Woodside Company, had done the same .thing.
He had himself remonstrated with him and asked him how
he dared to risk the lives of his passengers in such a manner.
There was a great deal of spite amongst the men conducting
the different ferry boats, and they thought they might with
perfect impunity run against each other, and do as they liked.
They (the Monks' Ferry Company) had given particular
orders to their men to give way on all occasions. A witness
was called for the defendant. His testimony was principally
to the effect, that the boats were advancing to the landing
stage both together. Mr. Earle contradicted this, and re-
peated his assertion that the Monks' Ferry boat was up se-
veral minutes before the other. The gentleman admitted
that the tide was running against the Woodside boat, which
would have had a tendency to keep her away; he also said
there was considerable rivalry amongst the vatiuus
.per,ons
connected with different ferries. Mr. Hall said, he looked
at the case merely so far as the passengers were concerned.
The proprietors might run font of eachother; and destroy
their vessels entirely if they liked: but they' should not en-

danger the lives of passengers. Let them have their rivalry
if they thought proper, but they must confine the danger to
themselves. Mr. Powell said, as they approached the stage,
the Woodside boat was three lengths behind them-
hoped the magistrates would proceed in a manner that would
put a stop to these dangerous proceedings, whether it were
their men or the others: if not, he was certain some melan-
choly occurrence would be the result. Mr. Hall said, it
might be relied upon that every time a captain was brought
before him for such offences, he would punish him. If there
were feelings of jealousy amongst the captains, the public
should not be the sufferers. The captains might throw each
other into the river if they thought fit, but he repeated, he
would not allow the lives of passengers to be jeopardised.
The defendant was fined £2 and costs. A person, who looked
like the master of a steamer, said, " There's our damage, sir,
if you please," addressing the magistrate. We could not
hear whether this individual belonged to the Monks' or Rock
Ferry steamer. Mr. Hall said, that makes no part of the
case under the present information. I care less about that
than the safety of the passengers. Their lives and limbs are
of more importance than your vessels, if you choose to run
such wanton risks.

ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.—On Tuesday at the police-office,
Archibald Kelly, a tide-waiter, appeared, accompanied by Mr.
Crewe, solicitor, to answer a charge of assault preferred
against hith by Catherine Jordan, a decent-looking young
woman, who stated that she made her livelihood, and sup-
ported her sick husband, by vending fruit about the docks.
The complainant stated, that as she sometimes met with good
customers amongst the captains of vessels just returned from
sea, who were very fond of oranges and apples, she went, on
Friday last, to the King's Dock. She saw the defendant
talking to another person; and she asked him civilly it he
would purchase some fruit. He replied, " How dare such a
low creature as you speak to a gentleman like me ?" She
answered, that if he were a gentleman he would speak civilly
to her, as the first gentlemen in Liverpool gave her at least
a civil answer when she accosted them. He told her if she
did not be off, he- would kick her. She made some reply,
when he struck her a blow on the breast, and, following her
up, he beat her with both his fists till she fell, when, as she
was lying on the ground, he kicked her several times, in a
manner that had left marks on her body. Mr. Crewe ques-
tioned the complainant at some length. It appeared, from
the tenor of his queries, he had been instructed that she was
a bad character. He did not; however, elicit anything that
tended to encourage such such a suspicion. Sbe said, she
was once on the point of throwing something at the defend.
ant after he had beaten her, but she forbore. John Win-
chester, a porter, stated, that he was working at the King's
Dock, for Messrs. Ewart, Myers, & Co. on the day in ques-
tion. He was getting his dinner when the assault was com-
mitted, and he saw the whole of it. The complainant pre-
sented her basket civilly. He did not hear the first words
that passed, but almost immediately he saw the defendant
strike the girl a violent blow with his fist, and afterwards
"run in and strike her right and left, hand and foot, till he
knocked her prostrate on the ground." This. Witness (net t
Irishman) was also questioned at length by Mr..Crewe.. He
said that she was about to throw some dirt at the defendant ;
but he (Winchester) prevented her, and advised her to
take the case before a magistrate. After much cross-gees.
tioning, the witness began to show symptoms of impatience,
and made several attempts to bolt from the witness-box. Mr.
Hall told him to answer thp question to the best of his ability.
Mr. Crewe—You say she was knocked down. Witness—
Yes. Mr. Crewe--Did she get up again ? Witness—Why
if she had not, she would have been dhere still! (Laughter.)
Mr. Crewe—l want a proper answer to my questions. Mr.
Crewe—Did she get up of herself ? Witness—No, I helped
her up. Mr. Crewe—Oh, you ran and helped her up. Wit-
ness—No, I did'nt, I walked. (Laughter.) -Mr. Crewe—
Oh, very good, well, when you helped her up, she went away,
did she ? Why, it seems you know all about it. Saying
this, the witness again left the box amid loud laughter: '
Matthew Kendall, a shipkeeper, was called as witness fortlisrq
defendant. He deposed to the complainant having " bothered.
three Custom-house officers to buy her apples." He said she .
threw dirt at them when thev would not purchase, and just
because the defendant pushed her away and struck her a bit,
she threw dirt at him. And he never knocked her down at
all. On hearing this, the former witness (Winchester)
groaned out, "Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! An' you never
was within sight o' dhe motther all dhe time." Kendall said
the complainant used a deal of language. Mr. Hall—What
was the language, good or bad ? Witness—lt was very in-
different. Mr. Hall said, he had not the least doubt but the
complainant gave her tongue considerable license after she
was attacked, but that the defendant had struck her was clear
from his own evidence. He thought that, whatever were her
character, no man was justified in striking a ferriale in that
manner. The defendant was fined £2. and costs. In default '
of payment he was to be committed for one month to the.
House of Correction.

WHERE ARE THE WATER CARTS?

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STIND,IRD-

SlR,—The above question was general throughout the
town yesterday, and no wonder, seeing the clouds bf dust
that were whirled about in all directions, and not a drop of
water from the carts to put down the evil. What are the
officers in this department paid for? There is not only the
annoyance to pedestrians, but the serious injury to shop-
keepers, by having heaps of dust blown in upon their goods,
some of which must suffer. Is it not unpardonable, that iu
a town like this, such a palpable duty should be so grossly.
neglected ?.

'Y'our drawing the attention of the proper authorities to the
subject, will oblige yours, &c.
Liverpool, Oct. 12. PRO BONO PUBLICO.

TO THE RIGHT REV. THE LORD BISHOP OF
CHESTER.

Waterloo, Crosby, near Liverpool, Oct. 8, 1838.
MY LORD,—Permit me to call your attention to a prac-
,
tice, which I understand is 'more or less prevalent in Noiti'
lordship's diocese, and which if not checked, will tend-not
only to injure the usefulness of our church establishment;
but bring contempt on her ministrations.
Having had occasion to visit the neighbourhood Of Liver-
pool with my family for change of air, 1 was delighted to find,
on enquiry, that a church and faithful ministry were within
a reasonable distance of that part of the shore where I bad
pitched my tent.
On the Sunday, I took my family to Seaforth church, and
arriving before the congregation were assembled, the clerk-
and beadle, to my great surprise, demanded the sum of five
shillings for accommodating my wife, myself, two little girls;
(under six years of age,) and their governess with a pew for
that service. A written notice was also suspended at each
entrance door of the church, exhibiting a scale of charges, to
occasional visitors.
So far as concerned myself, I might have silently passed
the matter over, and not have entered the church again—but
I was grieved to notice other gentlemen, after a similar con-
ference with the clerk and beadle, walk out of the church
with apparent astonishment and disgust. I would respectfully
submit to the supporters of such regulations, whether, consi-
dering that there is no other place of worship near at hand,
they are not incurring an awful responsibility in the effect
produced by this deprivation, and the probable mode in which
such persons are thereby compelled to spend the remaining
hours of the Sabbath Probably at the hotel, amusing them-
selves on the sea shore, or at the news-room. I learn it is a
common remark in the fainilies of visitors who attend the
morning service, that they are obliged to forego the afternoon
service, on account of the expellee! Ezek. xxiv. 6.
What my Lord ! are the doors and pews of all the various
sects who dissent from us, to be thrown wide open to strangers
and visitors, and is the Church of England permitted to
stand forth and tell her members at the very threshold of her
doors, " you cannot worship here, unless you first pay a certain
sum of money for the 'Bread and Water of Life' dispensed ,
here ?" Can *such proceedings at our churches in the present
day strengthen her claims to public favor ?

_ .
1 am informed that Seaforth church was built by a private
individual, but that it has since be n consecrated. Your lord-
s therefore, knows test, nether such exactions ate agree-
able to ecclesiastical law : they appear, however, to many
persons, totally at variance with-the idea of a national church,
and grossly inconsistent with the spirit of christianity itself.
If this church has no endowment, or if the pew-rents be
insufficient for the support of its ministers,—if there be no
fund for cleaning, repairing or enlarging the edifice,—or if
funds be wanting for the support of its Sunday schools, in
any, or all of these cases, let the fact be openly and fairly
stated from the desk, and collections made after service for
any one of these specific objects; and I feel assured that
strangers and visitors would cheerfully and liberally t'espond '
to the call. Subscription books might also be opened at the
hotel and lodging houses.
I must apologize for thus calling your lordship's attention
to a growing evil in our churches, and particularly amongst
the evangelical portion of the clergy, (of all others the persons
i
who should most scrupulously avoid it,) and which is 'a blot
upon that church of which your lordship is so eminent and
distinguished a prelate.
I have the honor to remain,
With much veneration and respect,
Your Lordship's obedient servant,
A CHURCHWARDEN.
(From a distant county.)

JAMAICA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.

OBSERVATIONS ON THE MANAGEMENT AND EXTRAORDINARY'

LOSSES OF THE JAMAICA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.

Mr. Pinckard, a shareholder and auditor of the aboie
company, has put forth the statements and expositions con-
tained in this pamphlet, with the view of explaining to the
proprietors, as far as practicable; the causes which have led
to the failure of the concern "and to the absolute loss of é'
serious portion, if not the entire amount, of the paid-np
capital." The latter isupwards of £40,000. The statements
put forth by Mr. Pinckard are curious. To all men of busi-'
ness, but especially to the parties who have had money in-
vested in the concern, they will be deeply interesting. In
his introduction, Mr. Pinckard says, " the mania for joint
stuck companies, of late years, and the toe frequent mode
of conducting them by a reckless expenditure and misappli-'
cation of the fonds, have, in many instances, entailed ruin
on the parties interested; and directors of such companies,.
by adopting a similar course in their private affairs, Would
experience a similar result, as well as the loss of character
for integrity and veracity : and although they, by the sup-
pression of their accounts, may keep the proprietors in •
ig-
norance for a time, yet, in the end, such conduct is sureto
be detected, and to meet with the punishment it deserves."
The whole business of the Jamaica Steam Navigation Com-
pany seems to have been conducted in the most extraor-
dinary manner. The blame, according to Mr. Pinckard's
statement, falls upon the chairman and the secretary, who
must have been guilty of the utmost neg igence, whilst they
were practising the most reckless expenditure. Mr. Pinck-
ard lays the whole correspondence between himself and the
two funclioniries before the public. As auditor he presumed
he had a right to examine the accounts but this privilege he
could not obtain: From the statements contained in the
subsequent report, the repeated refusals do not seem wonder-
' •.

ful, as is pretty clear that no regular accounts were kept.
The ruin of a concern, so conducted, was certain. For the
details which led to this result we must refer our readers to the
pamphlet.

WREXHAM THEATRICALS.—WhiIe Mr. Charles Kean is
"starring it" at the Theatre Royal in Liverpool,- our own
tragedian, Mr. Stuart, is "starring it" at Wrexham, where,
we he4r, be is playing to very good houses.
I:HE REVISION OF THE MUNICIPAL LIST.—The revision
of the list of voters proceeds but at a very slow rate: 'Four
wards have yet to be got through, before all the names will
have been called over for the first time. After which they
will be again called over, aiidintleremlnipstlecteom; palnedteidt aiss
impossi-
ble go
OR. At present every thing is
ble to form any opinion how the list will be affected when
the votes shall have been all finally called over. It is ex-
pected that the revision will not be concluded till Saturday
night.
_ _

Mr. Henry Gordon Harbord, late a Pupil of the Hull
Medical School, and resident surgeon of the South'Dispen-
sary in this town, on Friday last, passed his examination at
the Royal College of Surgeons, London; during Avhich he
was complimented bv each of his examiners,, viz: Sir. Keate,
Mr. Guthrie, Sir A;Carlisle,. and Sir A. Cooper; the latter
in a very particular manner, after expressing his satisfaction
io general terms, said, " I see, sir, you are one of those who
have not only studied your profession as a tasl.7,lmt have
engaged in it with pleasure, and I do not know whether your
abilities or the good use you have made of them,*is the most
apparent; you have read" much, sir, but you have reflected
more. '
The rurrtoured intended ofq.Ord:Plitiket will
give the. agitator another string to his bow in the nomination
of his successor ; the office of lord chancellor being • one
whick under the terms of the Emancipation Act, he cannot
hold himself.

LITERARY NOTICES.
Blackwood's Magazine. October, 1838.
Blackwood's stands pre-eminent and unrivalled for
its political disquisitions. The present number fully
snstains its already established character in this re-
spect. The first article, " The Cabinet and the
Country," contains a thundering attack upon the
present ministry, and a tremendous exposure of their
mischievous policy. The " Picture Gallery" presents
us with another affecting tale. The specimens of
"Earlier English Moral Songs and Poems" are mostly
deserving of being printed in letters of gold. The
paper on "Funerals" is cleverly written. " The Tu-
tor' ii—iTch in its drollery. The article on "The
Progress of Popery" is one of absorbing interest.
The details which it furnishes respecting the insidious
advances of the Church of Rome, are calculated to
excite the attention of even the most indifferent, and
to fill the most confident with feelings of alarm. We
shall endeavour in a future number to make room for
the whole of this paper. In the mean time, we ear-
nestly recommend it to the perusal of every loyal
Protestant. The "Letter from Tomkins" is replete
with fun. We are perfectly disgusted with the almost
infidel speculations of M. -Guizot on " Protestantism,
Catholicism, and Philosophy in France." "A Glance
over the Poetry of Thomas Warton" discovers some
exquisite poetical gems.