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s true, or it is not. If it is not

true, then, clearly and certainly

nd one sect or religi-

ous party' has any right to a state-preference; for then

all religions are alike—the mere invention of man.
This being the case,. " establish" any one—A, B. or
C, and you immediately institute a grievance against
all the rest, and give them a right—quite consistently
with the liberal doctrine of the day—to cry out perse-
cution, persecution. If the Bible be not true, what
possible right, surely, could any one sect of poor, fal-
lible mortals have to dictate their opinions on religion
to the world ? None whatever.

But, on the other hand, if the Bible be TRUE, causa
finita est ; GOD bath spoken, and man is bound to
obey. He commands his truth to be taught, and man
is left no choice on the subject. Questions about es-
tablishments, and church-rates, and church property,
do really then resolve themselves into the question of
the truth of revelation. Let those who believe the Bi-
ble to be true, act consistently, and they will never be
found fighting against the maintenance of a church
which teaches the truth of God. Here then is an an-
swer to Mr. Easthope ; and we take leave to tell him
that so long as the "good and enlightened of the
Church of England" continue stedfast in their belief
on this fundamental point, so long they will maintain
the good old Church of England in all her rights and
dignities and necessary supports against Papists, Dis-
senters; Infidels, and all gainsayers whatsoever.

We now turn, in pursuance of the recommendation
of our. contemporary, the Manchester Courier, to the
arguments put forward by the speakers at the late
meeting in that town in favour of the Inland Bonding
Bill. And first let us see what new light Mr. Mark
Philips, one of the members for Manchester, has
thrown upon the subject.
Setting on one side the unsubstantial generalities in
which that gentleman indulged, the only argument
which we can find worth notice throughout his long
and rambling 'speech is contained in the fact that the
parliamentary committee of last session decided by a
majority of seven to four in favour of the. principle of
the measure. But is this, we ask, to be wondered at
when we take into consideration that the great bulk of
the evidence laid before that committee was one-sided?
It must be within the recollection of our readers that
the interests of Liverpodl had no efficient advocate be-
fore the committee, that body whose duty it ought to
have been to offer the evidence and abundant expe-
rience at.their disposal of the working of the present
and the probable effects of the proposed new system,
having been entirely absorbed in the prosecution of
their dock warehouse project, and consequently having
taken no steps to protect the property and privileges of
their fellow-townsmen.

In the addresses, however, of one or two gentlemen
who succeeded Mr. Philips, we are favoured with
something more tangible in the shape of argument;
and if we are to judge of the kind of evidence upon
which the Commons' committee reported, from the
statements laid before the meeting by these gentlemen,
we can still less wonder that the report in question was
in favour of the bill. A Mr. Consterdine, for instance,
after going into a long and elaborate calculation, which
he informs us was offered to the committee by the ad-
vocates of the measure, arrives at the conclusion that
the town of Manchester and the district within twelve
miles round it contribute to Liverpool under the pre-
sent system an annual amount of £702,971 (!) as the
expense of bonding their merchandise here instead of
in Manchester. Upon cotton we are told they pay
£128,181, upon timber £95,296, upon grain 80,500 (!!),
upon drysalteries £lO,OOO, upon groceries £9OOO, upon
wines and spirits £lBO,OOO, and upon tea and other
unenumerated articles, including rent of warehouses,
travelling expenses, &c., a further sum of £200,000,
the whole of which sums are in future to be saved by
the passing of the measure in question. Such is in
effect the monstrous representation of the gentleman
in question ; and our readers will naturally ask upon
what data it is formed. Simply, we answer, by taking
an account of every charge to which imported mer-
chandise is liable after leaving the vessel until it reaches
the consumer, and placing the burthen of those charges
to the debit of the present system of bonding. Mr.
Consterdine and the advocates of the bill include in
their calculation not only the brokerage, which they
grumble so much to pay—and which we believe is
never paid without being earned—not only the entire
expense of cartage and porterage, but even the Liver-
pool dock and town dues ! Is it honest, we ask, to
hold out, as a necessary result of the passing of the
bill, the prospect of a saving so manifestly impossible
to be effected by it ?

Another speaker, however, Mr. Gibb, outherods
Herod in his golden anticipations of advantage from
the proposed change, and in his denunciations of the
present system. "We ought," says this gentleman,
" to have the power of bringing up the ships to Man-
chester at once, and thereby save all those immense
charges which the borough of Liverpool derives, and
which they do not even thank us for paying." Un-
doubtedly, Mr. Gibb, such ought to be the case, and
will be, perhaps, when the tides flow as far as New
Bailey bridge. Until that period arrives, however, we
fear that " bringing the ships up to Manchester at
once" can scarcely be effected.
The most prominent of the advantages in which this
very sanguine gentleman indulges is the conversion of
the town of Manchester by this measure into the cen•.
tral market of the manufacturing district. "We shall
have warehouses erected," he says; "we shall have
our own porters and carters, and our own brokers, and
dispense altogether with the services of our Liverpool
brethren, who are only the drones who feed upon our
honey." We dare say that Mr. Gibb has an idea
himself that such a change will take place, but we are
afraid that he will not find many to entertain it. As a
market, we repeat, no legislative measure can ever
enable Manchester to compete with Liverpool. The
utmost that this measure can effect will be to enable a
few grocers, spirit merchants, and others, to carry on
their business with a little less capital, by peddling
smaller quantities of merchandise out of bond than is
convenient under the present arrangement.

We cannot Omit recommending to the notice of our
readers the following sentence from the same speaker :
—" He wished to say one word as to the opposition
they had met with. It had arisen principally from the
outports ; but he thought Liverpool opposed them with
a very bad grace, when they stated that their opposi-
tion arose from having warehouses already built, whilst
at the same time they arc seeking power to lay out ano-
ther million in building more." We must confess that
this is not very wide of the mark, as applied to the
corporation and Dock Committee of Liverpool; but
neither of these bodies at present represent the feelings
and the intereSts.of the people, who are the real partie
interested in this question, Can it have been a feeling

of modesty, arising from the source pointed out, which
has deterred the Council hitherto from taking any steps
in opposition to the inland bonding measure ? We
should wonder if it were.

The whole of the speeches at the Manchester meet-
ing are of the same character as those to which we
have referred, and consist of the same vague generali-
ties, betraying an entire ignorance of the subject in its
practical details. That a public meeting, or a com-
mittee of the House of Commons, might easily be
misled by such palpably exaggerated statements, is
quite possible; but we think, if properly dissected and
sifted in the house, there will be little fear of their
being successfully palmed off there, to the injury of

existing interests and the deterioration of the revenue.
The people of Liverpool, however, must be up and
stirring, to, ward off the agressions upon their own

property with which they

e threatened by the success

of the measure

We have received, since the above was written, a
report of the proceedings in Council yesterday, from
which it will be perceived that the so-called " liberal"
representatives of the interests of Liverpool have added
another proof of their incapacity to preside over the
affairs of the town ; but we shall have more to say on
the subject on Tuesday.

Last Tdesday was a great and memorable day for
the good clause in England ! Two distinct victories
gained in distant and unconnected quarters at the same
moment—=why it was great, glorious, and glee-ful !
Yes, we really must lay aside our accustomed gravity
on such at). occasion as this—we must give some utter-
ance to otir feelings, or the consequences would be
dreadful. .

The Whigs have been telling us, any day these
twelve months past, that the two great parties in the
State are so evenly balanced that it is little short of the
grossest presumption in Tories to think of hoping to
supplant them in office, considering the advantage they
enjoy in actual possession, and in much personal fa-
vour at Court. Well, here have been two elections in
one day, and the outgoing member in each case was a
Whig. Agreeably then to the " equilibrium" theory,
the Whigs, if they did not gain both the places, should
have given the Conservatives no more than one, and
been sure to keep the other to themselves; but they
have lost both—ay, and by very decisive majorities
also ! 'What becomes then of the doctrine of the ba-
lance ? For our part, it is just the sort of balance
which we hope that O'Connell-Whigs may ever find
when settling their accounts with good, Conservative
Tories. If this be the `balance" of parties, only play
on, gentlemen, and give us enough of it.
But let us count our gains with due deliberation.
Whom have we beaten at Canterbury ? We have
beaten at Canterbury the pure—we mean the unmixed .
—ministerial clique—the place-hunting, time-serving,
principle-abandoning, Popery-bound Ministerialists
with a Radical Town-Council and all the means of cor-
ruption at their back ; and the victory over them has
been complete. - They have been beaten on the show
of handS„ and beaten at the poll, that is to say, beaten
popularly, and beaten constitutionally; and at the
close, the majority against them, numerically, was such
that we venture to say they will let Canterbury alone
for many a long day to come. The men of Kent have
more than realised every expectation entertained of
them by their countrymen, and we honour them for
coming out so nobly from among the serviles of a base,
un-English, and disloyal faction. But turn we to the
next place.

And here, at Walsall, the triumph, though not nu-
merically so evident, is really greater than at Canter-
bury, all the circumstances of the case being fairly
taken into account. For here we have had the united
force of Whig Ministerialists and ultra-Radicals to
contend against; here we were in the midst of a ma-
nufacturing population, banded together, trained, and
drilled by a "League," cunning and practised in all
the arts of sedition and excitement. Here the Minis-
terialists fell back, but only to give. way to leaders of
more experience, more resolute fierceness, more ran-
cour, and more desperate doing—a sort of persons far
better calculated to wield the democracy, to delude a
simple or inflame an ignorant people, and use such a
power with effect. Here the ad captandum of cheap
corn, and the ad baculurn argument also, were vigo-
rously set to work, and all things considered, it is, we
say, astonishing, not that the numerical majority in
favour of Mr. Gladstone has not been larger, but that
it is so large as actually it has proved to he.

Beaten then are both the parties—separately and
together. Beaten are both the " leagues"—the anti-
corn, and the anti-British. Routed are they, singly
and in one mass—Dissenters, Socialists, Ministerialists,
Radicals, Repeaters, and Papists, " white, black, and
grey, with all•their trumpery." But we have done.

ConservatiSm, we may observe, has at length fairly
turned the corner, and is now going gaily along on its
way rejoicing; We bid it God speed. We congratu-
late every friend of Old England—of Church and
State—on the event, and invite the readers of the
LIVERPOOL STANDARD in particular, to join with us
in a joyous, but not intemperate, exultation at the
occurrence.

On Tuesday evening Lord Stanley made good his
engagement to introduce his bill for the amendment of
the law relating to the registration of voters in Ireland,
and the Agitator did not make good his, to divide the
house on the question that the bill should be read a
first time, because it did not contain a clause for the
definition of the franchise. He did divide the house,
however, on a question that may perhaps be consi-
dered as an equivalent, namely, on the question that
the debate should be adjourned ; but his friends, the
ministers, could not with any decency support him
here, and his motion was consequently lost. 'We do
not infer that any coolness has existed, or that any
will exist between the parties on this account ; for
while the Agitator is opposing Lord Stanley's bill
with all his might for its want of a definition clause,
the Irish Attorney-General has been concocting one
which shall contain that desiderated section, and which,
we dare say, will satisfy Mr. O'Connell in all respects.
The right honourable, the member for North Lan-
cashire, introduced the subject to the house with his
accustomed ability, and, in a clear and conciliatory
speech, chewed that the bill which he brought for-
ward complied very nearly with all the requirements
and conditions suggested, or demanded, by liberals
themselves. It was in the main similar to that which
he had submitted to the house last session ; and in
whatever respects it was different, it had been altered
in these with a view as much as possible to meet the
objections of adversaries.

The arguments urged against his lordship's proposi-
tion on this occasion were chiefly three : first, that as
the government had given notice of their intention to
bring in a bill on the same subject, he (Lord Stanley)
ought to give place to them ; secondly, that as he
seemed anxious to amend the law of registration, he
should not introduce a partial measure applying to
Ireland only, but one that should embrace the whole
kingdom ; and thirdly, that as the number of the en-
franchised in Ireland was small, when compared with
that of the privileged, there could be no occasion for a
bill still further to limit their amount. Such were the
poor, miserable, vague generalities set forth by way of
barrier to his lordship's progress in this most important
and really national concern. No reply was given to
them, and to none were they entitled. The Agitator
adverted to the paucity of the electors in the county
of Cork, compared with the extent of the population,
and trotted out all his pocket statistics to shew—wh t?
why that the franchise is too high in Ireland, and on
this account unattainable by the great mass of the
people. But was that the question before the house ?
Certainly not. Lord Stanley's is a bill not designed
either to define or meddle with the franchise, whether
it be high or whether it be low; but a bill to change
the practice as to registration, and to prevent frauds
being committed in the use, or abuse, of the franchise
as it is

That is its purpose and object, and the
Agitator had not a word to say which treated on that
point. As to his statistics, they really prove nothing
but the abject condition of so large a proportion of his
countrymen.

Mn. CARMAN'S BENEFIT.--Everybody knows Mr. Car-
man, the box-bookkeeper at the Amphitheatre; and all who
hare any business with him to transact can hear testimony to
his willingness to oblige arid his wish to facilitate any matter
in hand. As his benefit is fixed for Tuesday next, a very
good opportunity occurs of showing hire that his merits are
appreciated. '"fimour the Tartar" is sure to draw. It is
a capital melodrama.

LOCAL NEWS

GRAY'S-INN.-Mr. M. M. G. Dowling, of this town, was
on Saturday called to the bar by the Hon. Society of
Gray's-inn.

ROBBERY.—On Saturday night or Sunday morning last,
some thieves obtained access to Mr. Atherton's glass- ware-
house, No. 4, Hanover-street, and stole a number of valuable
cut decanters, spirit bottles in frames, &c. The miscreants
entered at the back part of the premises, leaving the door by
which they departed open behind them. The robbery not
being discovered until the usual time of opening the premises.
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MESSRS. LUNT'S CONCERT.—We perceive that I'vleasrs.
Lunt, who are favourably known to the musical world in
Liverpool, intend having a concert next week. They have
engaged all the available talent of the town. Their pro-
gramme is a very attractive one. The concert will take
place on Monday next, at Templar's Hall.

LIVER THEATRE.—The " Magic Veil" has been repro-
duced, and goes off with much eclat. Mrs. Waylett sings the
songs of Zela delightfully. We understand that in the course
of a few days the admirable tale of " Ten Thousand a Year,"
in Blackwood, which 'has created so much interest in the
fashionable and legal world, will be produced at this theatre.
It has been adapted to the stage by a gentleman well known
in the literary circles of this town, who has contrived to re-
tain all the leading points of the story, and work them up
into a drama of much humour and interest. Parts are cast
for Mrs. Raymond, Tilbury, Marshall, and Higgie. It may
be expected to turn up a trump card. We perceive that a
petition is shortly to be put in the course of signature, ad-
dressed to her Majesty, to grant a new theatrical patent in
Liverpool. The movement has been attended with signal
success in Glasgow.

THE Loss OF THE THAMES.—We have alluded elsewhere
to the generous and most disinterested conduct of Mr. Bu-
chanan, in reference to allowing his beautiful pictures to be
shown for the benefit of the soup subscription—disinterested
because it will entail a considerable loss to him ; and we now
have to notice that the Postoffice Gallery will be opened on
Saturday in aid of the subscription for the widows and orphans
of those who perished on board the Thames, steam-vessel.
Her Majesty has set a good and bright example in subscrib-
ing £3O to the fund, and the proprietor of these pictures
appears to follow it with great alacrity. We have heard of
large sums being raised in this way, and we have no doubt a
very liberal contribution will have to be handed over. When
we see a gentleman allowing his property, worth at least six-
teen or eighteen thousand pounds, to be made available to the
purposes of charity, we cannot but admire him for his bene-
volence, and envy the feelings which prompt him, unsolicited,
to apply his wealth to such a purpose.
WRECK OF THE THAMES STEAMER.—Her majesty the
Queen has most benevolently sent a donation of £3O. for the
widows and children of the unfortunate seamen who perished
in the wreck of the above named vessel. This is an example
worthy oNmitation in every quarter. The following is Sir
Henry Wheatley's letter to a gentleman connected with the
City of Dublin Steam-packet Company, Liverpool :
_

St. James's Palace, Jtin. 23, 1841.
" Sir,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter and
enclosures of the 10th inst., which I have not failed to sub-
mit to the Queen; and her majesty having heard with much
regret of the melancholy loss of the Thames steamer, and of
the consequent distress of the widows and children of the
crew of that vessel, has been graciously pleased to command
me to forward thirty pounds, which her majesty requests
may be applied toward their relief in any way which may be
considered most beneficial. I beg to enclose a draft for that
sum, the receipt of which you will have the goodness to ac-
knowledge ; and I have also forwarded through the proper
channel your paper to his Royal Highness Prince Albert.—l
have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant,

•
" 11. WEIEATLEY.
Contributions will be thankfully received at the Dublin Com-
pany's Office.

THEATRE-ROYAL, BELFAST. —We copy the following
from a Belfast paper, as the parties mentioned are favourably
known in Liverpool. Although we cannot agree with the
critic respecting Mr. Howard's acting, or his " expressive
eye," we quite coincide with him on the subject of Mr.
Lynne's " Master Walter," having commended it when be
played it at the Theatre-Royal here :—" Knowles's play of
' The Hunchback' avas remarkably well brought out last
night. Mr. Lynne played Master Walter; and played it
with that judgment, impressiveness, and correctness, which
we have often had occasion to admire in his acting. Like a
skilful actor, he reserves his great efforts for great occasions;
and is contented to let plain words pass quietly, instead of
forcing an emphasis upon every sentence he utters, however
unimportant it may be. That passage in the last act, in par-
ticular, was delivered with great power and beauty, in which
Master Walter's wounded feelings break forth, when he
thinks his daughter is unmindful of him ; indeed, we may
say the same of almost every line Mr. Lynne spoke through-
out. Mr. Thorburue was very well received as Sir Thomas
Clifford. This gentleman has good stage requisites, and
always conceives his characters well. He has energy, dis-
cretion, .and taste; and, with these qualities, lie can never
fail to please his audience. Mrs. Edwards's Helen was ex-
tremely good—full of naivete and animation ; and Mr. How-
ard was no less excellent in Modus. Mr. Howard is a very
gentlemanly actor. He talks, walks, and dresses as one ;
and his eye, which is very expressive, adds great force
to his speech."

AMPHITHEATRE.—Under the circumstances in which Mr.
Egerton is placed, in reference to the Theatre-royal and the
exercise of the patent of that theatre, we hope that some very
strong demonstration will be made; and give him during the
last few nights of his company's performances, some complete
bumpers. To say he is badly used we do not, as the law is
the law and a patent is a patent, and if a good one, must be
respected; but his case is a hard one. He has laid out a large
sum of money for the convenience of visitors, and could only
anticipate a return when the season began to wane, but that
hope is dashed from him by his season being curtailed, and
lie is left with heavy current expences and a large establish-
ment upon his hands. His spirit for novelty and his desire
to oblige and please will we know be readily admitted;. while
the very fashionable parties which have repeatedly appeared
in the boxes of his theatre, show him to have raised its cha-
racter and given satisfaction. During the present week" Ma-
zeppa" has been produced, and also a beautiful fairy piece
called" Cherry and Fair Star." In the first are many very
interesting incidents pourtrayed, and it is full of exciting
situations. In the latter some very beautiful scenery and
tableaux are exhibited, well worth alone seeing. Mr. W. J.
Hammond and Miss Daly continue to produce immense!
laughter in the characters allotted to them. The horsemanship
is very clever; indeed so excellent a combination of-draniatie
and equestrian talent we have rarely seen as at this theatre at
present, and those who wish " to enjoy the repast must make
up their minds to partake," as on the 15th of this month the
separation of the forces will take place. Mr. Egerton must
not-leave and say that Liverpool-is ungrateful.

THE THREE CARACCI,—A MOST LIBERAL OFFER.—
Th 6 public of Liverpool have reason indeed to be grateful to
the proprietor of the Three Caracci—first, in bringing his
very beautiful pictures amongst us, and next, for his
handsome, liberal, and most considerate offer, which he has
announced in our. paper of to-day. The pictures' of the
Caracci were to have closed to-imorrow ; but the proprietor of
them having been informed that much distress is prevalent
in the town amongst the poorer classes of the community,
has most kindly offered to keep them on view one day
longer—namely, Monday, and give the proceeds to the com-
mittee of the soup subscription. Now we happen to know
that by doing so no little inconvenience will be entailed upon
this most kind-hearted and liberal gentleman, and we re-
ally think that some testimony of respect ought to be shown
him previous to his leaving this town. That the Slater-
street rooms on Monday next will be crowded, we
have not a shadow of doubt, as by this means all who have
not yet subscribed to the soup fund, from a disinclination or
backwardness in contributing a sum that they may think un-
worthy of acceptance, can now with a manly step and free
hand receive a double gratification, that of relieving distress,
and seeing the finest pictures of their class in the world. We
hope that a very handsome sum will have to be paid in, for
the distress in town at present is.most awful, and this conti-
nuance of the frost will fall most heavily, indeed calami-
tously, upon thousands who were in hopes that work would
he afforded them by the change in the weather. Let it be
remembered that there are thousands in Liverpool who re-
quite meat, fuel, and clothing—without which they must
die !—Who is there cannot spare a shilling? It can he sub.
scribed on Monday, and really it will be almost shameful
for any person to say he did not visit the Caracci pictures
on this occasion.

IMPROVEMENT OF THE RIVER DEE.—A meeting of the
Committee appointed by the Council to confer and obtain
evidence as to the present state of the navigation of the Dee,
was held in the Exchange, on Friday the 29th ult., the Right
Worshipful the Mayor in the chair. Several gentlemen ex-
amined. Mr. Green examined.—l am of opinion, that within
the last few years the navigation of the river has become
worse ;it is more difficult to get vessels of heavy burden up
now than it used to be, if the river was more certain in its
depth, the navigation better, there must be an increase of
trade. We have a good wharf at Chester, with 6 feet along
side at low water ; as much business is not done there as
ought to be done in a district like this, considering its general
facilities : the reason is, the bad state of the navigation of
the river. Captain Evans examined.—l am agent to a
Shipping CoUnpany in London ; the average draught of
water of their vessels is about 11 feet 6 inches, and the
tonnage from 100 to 140 tons ; they carry, however, from
160 to 180 tons ; their general cargo is cheese. I believe that
the Company is disposed to extend their trade to Ireland, by
the Dee, if the navigation enabled them to, do so. I think
the Company of which I am an agent would extend their
operations if the navigation were improved ; if there was
more water there would be more trade ; and such trade would
be facilitated by the communications into the interior which
Chester posses ; freight is cheaper at Liverpool than Chester ;-
an additonal charge is, I think, nude, in Chester, in con-
sequence of the state of the river; if tip plan of Messrs..
Stevenson were adopted, the trade must of necessity be in-
creased ; vessels of a much larger tonnage might then come
up ; very few vessels now come up larger than from 100 to
120 tons ; if there was regularly 15 feet at a moderate spring
tide, vessels of from 200 to 300 tons Might then come up
laden ; the general burthen of coasters was 150 tons ; and
Mr. Dixon's timber vessels might get up to Chester very
well ; the Irish vessels trading to Liverpool draw from 12 to
15 feet water ; and I am of opinion that they would come to
Chester if the Dee was made navigable for them ; Chester
possesses every other advantage for trade except—water in
the river ; a moderate tonnage, I think, would not prevent
the increase of trade I have mentioned ; I should call
three pence a ton a moderate tonnage. At the conclusion of
the meeting, Mr. Green expressed a hope, that the river
might soon be made navigable for vessels of 200 to 300 tons,
when he should be happy to receive the appointment of har-
bour-master.--rAbridgedfrom the Chester Courant.

DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY.—The number of families
relieved, from the Ist to the 31st January was 4791

Ist February

INQUESTS.—THREE CASES OF BURNING IN ONE DAY.
—Yesterday an inquisition was held before P. F. Curry,
Esq., touching the death of Ann Lewis Jones, a child of two
years and nine months old. The deceased lived with her
mother, in a cellar in Birkett-street. A month ago last
Monday the deceased was heard screaming, and was soon
afterwards found all in flames. The flames were extinguished
as speedily as possible, but she was much burnt over her
right arm and face. She was taken to the Dispensary and
.dressed, but did not recover, and died on Sunday morning
last. Verdict—" Died front the injuries she sustained; but
how the fire originated there was no evidence to show."--
Same day an inquest was held on view of the body of Ellen
Sedden. The parents of the deceased occupy a room in a
house in Cavendish-street. On Tuesday morning the de-
ceased, who was three years old, was left in the room with
another child who was also three years of age, when the
clothes of the deceased caught fire. A little boy gave the
alarm, and a man who lived in the house went and put the
fire out with a quilt from the bed. She was very badly
burnt over her breast and one side of her face. She was
. taken to the Dispensary and dressed, but never appeared to
get better, and died on Wednesday morning. The mother
was charring when the child's clothes took fire. Verdict as
above.—Same day an, inquest was held on view of the body
of another child, named James Martin, who was four years
old. He lived with his parents, in Codrington-place, Col-
lingwood-street. On Saturday morning week his mother had
occasionto go out, and left the deceased and his brother and
sister, the eldest of whom is seven years old, in the house.
Shortly afterwards he was heard screaming by a woman who
lived at the opposite side of the court, and who found him in
flames, which she and some neighbours extinguished. He
was much burnt over his belly, breast and arms, and died in
consequence on Monday last. A similar verdict was returned
in this case.