The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-10 00:00:00

VESTRY MEETING,

Yesterday, at one o'clock, the adjourned meeting of the
parishioners was held at St. Nicholas's Church, to take into
consideration the proposals of Thomas James Hall, Esq.,
_as
mediator, for the settlement of the endowment question. Mr.
Churchwarden Huson was called to the chair. . • .

Mr. LOWNDES, the vestry-clerk, then stated, that imme-
diately after the last vestry, he had waited on the town-clerk,
to communicate to him, the views, as he understood them, of
the Select Vestry, namely, that St. Martin's Church should
be, if possible, withdrawn from the operation of the act; that
St. Paul's and Se. John's should be placed on a different
footing from that contemplated in the bill ;. St. Paul's pot to
be affected either in its ministers or stipends by the contem-
plated act of parliament; and the parish to be at: liberty. -to
appoint a curate to St. John's, paying him £looa-year. Mr.
Radcliffe was to communicate that to the Endowment C 91117
mittee, and tell him the result. He had received the follow-
ing communication from the Town-clerk in answer :
" Town-hall, 9th July, 183-
" My 'dear sir.—After giving the fullest consideration to
your communications on the subject of the church endow-
ment question, I communicated them to our committee, and
I am now instructed to reply.
•` In the first place, I must thank you for your suggestions.
" The object of the Council is, by concession, to effect
peace in the community; but the only pecuniary considera-
tion before them is, the acceleration of the fruits of a judg-
ment which has met with the general approbation of West-
minster-ball. The,Council are not invested with a trust or
trust funds for the church endowment; their concession must
therefore be limited.
" With regard to St. George's, after the .proposal, of an
endowment to the sole minister of £2OO per annum, in addis
tion to the £5O, it is not likely that any reduction, as sug-
gested, would be approved by the legislature, if the commit-
tee were so disposed.
" As to any addition, on the part of the -parish, of St.
Paul's or St. John'-e, which you have mentioned .as enter-
tained by some of. the parishioners, the committee consider
that perfect, neutrality is the proper course for the council;
but if any such addition should be proposed by the vestry,
upon the plan of a curacy, to each or either of those churches,
the committee would- consent to the nomination of the curate
being in the minister:
" With regard to St. Martin's, I must state that the pro-
posals of Mr. Hall having been adopted by the trustees, and
made by their solicitor, their proposals to the Council by his
agreement in writing on their behalf, the committee conceive
that they had a right to suppose that all proper communica-
tions consequent upon them would have been made on behalf
of the trustees to the several clergymen concerned,moreespe-
cially as the trustees comprised the Lord Bishop of the dio-
cese. In the consideration of the proposals as to St. Martin's,
it was taken thatthe assistant minister's halfof the fees would,
with the £2O. per annum from the Council,furnish to the first
minister at least a sufficient indemnity for the £7O. pet-An-
num, for a curate, proposed to be thrown upon him it he be-
came the sole minister. But now it appears to the commit-
tee, that the entire fees amount to about £25. and certainly
not to. £3O.
"The conclusion of the committee, therefore, now is, that
no alteration ought-to be made in the present first minister's
stipend; and considering the extent of district, as well as the
smallness of the fees, that no alteration in that stipend can
properly be made, as to the sole minister hereafter, but that
the £3OO per annum in perpetuity should be continued. Then
for a curate the committee are willing' to add £BO per annum
to the £2O previously proposed by them for this church,
making £lOO to be paid by the Corporation to the curate;
and they propose that the nomination of the curate should
be in the minister. With regard to the assistant minister's
half of the fees, the committee would have no objection to
their going hereafter to the sole minister.
"The amendments of the committee in respect to St. Mar-
tin's will appear in the copy of the proposal as to the church
in red ink, which I enclose you.
" I trust that these further concessions will ensure the as-
sent of the vestry; and that I shall be enabled to return the
draft of the bill by the mail of to-day, every hour being of im-
portance to its passing in the present session.
"The determinations of our committee, you are aware, are
subject to the confirmation of the Council; but the commit-
tee have no doubt that tlieir proCeedings will be confirmed by
the Council on Wednesday; and they recommend to the
vestry to proceed On this assurance.—l am, &c. (Signed)
"RICHD. RADCLIFFE.
" M. D. Lowndes, Esq., Vestry-cierk."
Mr. Er.trs said he certainly was disappointed, so farithat
he did not expect the concession then made, though it was
merely a trifling one. Since he had last been there be had
considered the proposal throughout, and he must confess to
them that he did not like it all. It savoured too strongly of
the shop—using a very vulgar term. He believed under the
old corporation of Liverpool the protestant churches flourished
and the town along with them. It appeared that the corpo-
ration had been negligent in early days to endow these
churches in a proper manner, and therefore it was thrown on
the liberality Of the present council to do so,- He was sorry
that the expectations regarding the present council had been
proved to be correct. The old corporation in the eleventh
hour began to find that something ought to be done to keep
up the church establishment, otherwise it would be pulled to
pieces: He thought the present arrangement showed that
something of this kind would come to pass unless they stood
firm iii the fore-ground. (Hear.) It appeared that the old
corpbration had laid out £105,000. at 4 per cent., which pro-
duced £-1200. for the income of the church, to be distributed
among the clergy. This was a very sufficient endowment;
but it was to be taken from them for law charges for chang-
ing bad laws. It appeared that all the offer-made by the
council for the re-obtaining of this large sum was to pay the
Rectors for life the sums paid to them by the old council,but
which were not allowed by law to he paid by the new. The
arrangement might continue for some 10, 20, or 30 years and
then would drop away. They had thus let the enemy gain
ground till they were willing to take the paltry sum of 1:650.
to the Rectors for life. If anything would stir no the sleep-
ing churchmen, it would be this paltry proposal of the enemy.
If there was one drop of the blood of their ancestors in them
it would take fire atsuch a proposal—(hear)—and they would
scorn it. There was also in future after the decease of one of
the Rectors, to be but one Rector. He thought this Mei-
sere ought not to have been determined on at the suggestion
of any one man. The stipends of the: four palish Curates
were to be continued as heretofore: who had the appoint-
ment of those Curates? is 5-,n4 Loa o lo esen
.The VasTav-cLenx.—The rectors. - •
Mr-. Et.Lis in continuation.—Then there arose a very seri-
ous point.- Who was to-be their -future rector ? The parish-
ioners were to-thirds churchmen; they were going to
give the council the paying of their curates. Who was to
be their future rector ? Some Macsycophaut or other.
The VESTRY-CLERK.—WiII you allow me to say, to save
yoti furtherr trouble on that-head, that- the .nomination will
not be by the. council. The advowson will be sold, and the
nomination will be with the Bishop.
Mr. Er.i is continued.—lt came to the same thing. They
sold the chinch, and they were going to pass a law to pay
any rector to whom they sold the church. Some Mr. Buck
who had found his way into the favour of the council by
adopting their views on the school question. They would
saddle upon themselves eternal trouble. If they gave the
power of their public schools,'snd church into the hands of
the enemy, what could they expect? Let them train up a
child in the way he should go, and whew it was:old it would
not depart from it. He cautioned the parishioners against
granting any concession. They were giving the rod into
the. enemy's hand. (" Not yet.") The churchmen were
asleep, until the locks were cut off from their head in which
their strength lay; and then it was awake oh Sampson when
they were binding them to the door posts of the Town-hall
They were selling their church to increase the corporate fund
to serve each other—to set up fire works on Queen's corona-
tions. ("Question.") He was to the question. He was on
money matters. He was on the corporate question. It was on the
general business; he appealed-to the chairman. To pay for
steam boats to go up and down the river at the coronation.
To pay for guns to fire on the pier head, by which a man had
lost his life, and for which an annuity was to be paid.to his
widow foi life. (" No," No.") In the hurry of public busi-
ness, perhaps, they had forgot the.annuity. They amused the
starving people on the Pierhead with firing guns, but—
(" Question," question.")
Mr. PARKER said, the corporation had nothing whatever
to do with the firing of the guns.
Mr. ELLtS continued. Fir £4O or £50,000, the Corpora-
tion would get by. the sale of the churches, they merely offer-
ed them £405 as interest. They then came to the parish, and
wanted to saddle on their shoulders a part of the expenses.—
By doing this there would he some heavy law charges come
upon them.
The VESTRY-CIERK.—No, I beg your pardon; the Bo-
rough fund pays all. -
Mr. Ett.rs continued. Ah,. ; it came to the same
thing. (A laugh.) The burden fell on their shoulders in
falling on the man they had to carry. Helhought the clergy
would have no objection to trust to the parishioners of Liver-
pool. Ile would move an amendment. '(" There has been
no motion.") Well, then, he would make a motion; " That
the parish authorities now place a sufficientsum of money in
a bank at the disposal of the trustees of the Endowment Com-
mittee to defend the suit," if that could be legally done. It
would amount to very little. A penny in the pound amount-
ed to a very, large sum.
The VESTRY CLERK.—You recollect this is a meeting
called for a special purpose. It is not for a general purpose.
It is either for granting the proposal or negativing it. I do
not think this is a negation. In the first place, what sum
could you give to the endowment trustees to indemnify them?
thousand or fifteen hundred pounds, 'sup-
pose, would he sufficient.
A PAUSHIONER.—More likely £20,000 will be wanted.
The CiIAIRMAN thought Mr. Ellis had better move his mo-
tion as an amendment to a motion.
Mr. PARKER said, he should be sorry to be thought dicta-
torial by the chairman, but-he hoped that he would not allow
any individual to address the meeting more than once. (Hear.)
Although but a short period of time had elapsed since they had
met together to consider the subject, he felt confident that
time had been sufficient With most of the parishioners to
convince them of the 'necessity of bringing this question to a
close. He was perfectly satisfied that then was the time, and
then alone, for the qtiestion to be settled. Much had been
said about the corporation, but he was of opinion that the
municipal.reform bill was the ground of all the evil of which
they complained. But that being the law of the land, he
thought. that it would be the best way to bring the matter to
a conclusion to submit to a certain extent. Many of the
members of the corporation being inimical to the church,
that body had not acted so much out of the way as they
might have expected. They had taken a sort of middle
course, in which he thought, they ought to agree. He
(Mr. Parker) bad had the honour of acting with many
of ..that body during the preparations for the corona-
tion, and he was proud to bear his testimony to the
manner in which they had come forward to support the mo-
narchy, and also the church. (Hear.) He trusted that the
parishioners would that day determine to come to a settle-
ment. They had present the advocate for the Trustees, Mr.
Lloyd : they were not wanting in an advocate for the coun-
cil, and they had their legal adviser, Mr. Lowndes, whose
opinion they ought to, agree in. He thdught Mr. Lowndes'
opinion On this question should have its proper weight with
the parishioners, and'he trusted that such would be the case.
(Hear.,)
Mr. Churehwarilen•GLADST6NE rose to make the proposed
motion as amended.. He
.woul I merely remark that several
explanations had taken plat:;, and that both sides had agreed
on several
arrangements, which he trusted would prove salu-
tary to the parishioners.. He then moved a resolution to the
-effect, that the arrangement proposed by Thomas James
Hall, Esq., With: the modifications suggested, relating to St.
Paul's and St. John's churches, should be adopted.
Mr. WAr.THEw seconded the motion.
'The Rev. Mr. G owiN.—.-Mayl put a question to Mr.
Gladstone ?
-The CnAinstsN.—Certainly.
Mr. GLADWIN.-In those articles of agreement, that are
how before the parishioners to approve or reject, the church
of. St: Martin's is still included ; I want to know, sir, whether
they do sanction or do not sanction those articles of agree-
ment, formerly drawn up, relating to St. Martin's Church.
The VesTrrit CLERK—They are modified by the letter,of
the flown-clerk. -
Mr: GLADWIN said, under these circumstances be now
claimed.to address the chair. As he before had protested,
he then protested, in the name and on the behalf of the poor
of St. Martin's district, against either the trustees of the
endowment question, or the town council, or any other per-
son, interfering with the rights of the poor of that populous
district. (Hear.) He wished to set himself right with the
Parishioners, that he did not stand there, and had not spoken
one word, on selfish grounds. As he had mentioned on Fri-
day to the town-clerk, he was not there as an individual.
The provision, as made, would be most gratifying to himself
individually; but he denied his own right, as well as that of
others, to interfere in this question at all. He must say that
those making the arrangement had admitted they were
wrong. It had been admitted to him that they had no right
to interfere, and that interference was continued, Before,
they old they were ie error; thtAt 09e4d p9t he their

excuse now. The thing had been laid clearly before them,
and since they could not get the whole loaf, they were con-
tent to take half. Before, it was intended to take £l2O from
him; now, that they found they were wrong, and that their
intentions were in jeopardy, inasmuch as the bill was now
before parliament, and if no decision was come to that day
they would not gain:- their point, they were satisfied to take
only £lOO, and Alley would leave, with hint the-nomination 0f,51,,.."113-,
the other minister, and he thanked them for reposing that'
confidence in him. But. he could not See on what ground 3o 78'-'
they could justify taking £lOO any more than any sum what-
ever; for an act of parliament had perpetuated those sums to
two ministers, and why was St. Martin's to be • made the •
scape gOat to this arrangement ? If they took away half a •
minister's stipend, they took away half his resources to supply •
the wants of the poor Of his district, he would therefore still
stand out against it, because' he had no right to sign away
these .rights of the people.. If, they wanted to make an ami-
cable adjustment, he would suggest wayaing to sell h
to doitte .Ashad
already:been adverted to, they were go
advow-
sons, whiCh were,church property, and to which they had no
right, and if they wanted to adjust the thing let them give the
amount of the sale of the advowsons to the endowment fund
in dispute. He had the sanction of an act of parliament
confirming those privileges to St. Martin's, and if it-was
necessary to break down an act why not break down the mu.
nicipal reform.bill instead of Sr. Martin's act ? Let them.
go to the legislature and say " this matter- is--but•n'trifie, will
you give us the power to apply it?" Even that was not
necessary; they could go to the privy council for it. St.
Martin's had nothing whatever to do with the question at
issue, and he could not see on what grounds of justice it - was •
interfered with. With regard to the other churches, he was
very glad that there could be an amicable settlement; but
he trusted that St. Martin's would also receive justice at the
hands •of the parishioners.. He did most solemnly and
earnestly protest against any interference with the interests
of that church, and if he did not obtain justice at their hands
he should feel it his duty to go to the Commons and Lords,
and try if there was yet -law and equity in the land. (Cheers.)
He concluded With moving that St. Martin's be left out of
the arrangement, as having no business at all with it.
The VESTRY-CLERK said the motion was not within the
scope-Of the- meeting. No part of the resolution affected
St. Martin's.
Mr. Glatm-IN.—Bid. still the arrangements of agreement
very materially affect St. Martin's?
The INSTRY-CLERK.—They do.
Mr. Gtanwits..,-:Then how ant I to obtain justice '2 1
will mova an' amendment then, that St. Martin's be left out
of the question. - •
The VESTRY-CLERK.—St. Martin's was not a parish church.
It was the property of the corporation, and if the corpora-
Lion wished -to remodify its constitution, it was a question
between its ministers and the corporation. The parish were
met to consider. their own interests.
Mr. GLADw!N.—Then I must put a question to you, Mr.
Lloyd. Is St. Martin's to be affected by this arrangement ?
Mr. Lt.ovn said, being called on, he could only say; that
at the commencement of this negotiation, the trustees had
nothing at all to do with St. Martin's Church ; but when it
was proposed to Mr. Hall to state on what ground the ar-
rangement was to be made, he brought in St. Martin's; St. .
Luke's and St. Michael's having been sold, they had. now '-
the sale of the present preseritatioli. Mr. Hall could- look
at the question, not to the endowment deed only, but as to
a general settlement of the question. He had been misle d
as to the amount of fees; having been led to believe that the
fees amounted to £l2O a year, and that, therefore, as the se
cond minister got a moiety, his proposal would he no injusice
Mr. Hall said they would put it on this footing: the first
minister should have all the fees, and they would pay the
`curate £lOO a-year. If St. Martin's turned round on its act
of parliament, the corporation might turn round and say,
" Let St. David's go to its act, and let Mr. Davies take his
£9O a-year." And if it was injustice to St. Martin's to take
away a part of the stipend, it was a greater injustice to aug_
ment that of Mr. Davies. But, as a whole arrangement, it
would be an amicable) one for the town at large; in which
the trustees said, " Though we have nothing to do with St.
Martin's, we gladly agree." Mr Gladwin would have an
opportunity of petitioning .the legislature, which would be
his remedy, to say, " Will you, or will you not, alter our act.
of parliament ?" (Hear.)
Mr. GLADWIN was very glad to have that opportunity of
bearing his testimony to the conduct of Mr. Hall, which he
believed most sincerely had been dictated by nothing inimi-
cal to the church.
Mr. Er.nis rose to move his amendment amidst cries of
" Spoke." It being understood that it was by arrangement
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the bill as fixed for the four curates at all ; that the allow_
ance contemplated .in the bill for the four parish curates be
not paid, but that their allowance should be left as before to
the annual vote of the parish."
ground. There being no seconder to the amendment, it fell to the
After some further irrelevant conversation, the motion was
put and carried unanimously.
On the motion of Mr. BOLTON, a vote of -thanks was moved
to the chair, and the meeting separated at one o'clock

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOAT FINDING.—A case of dispute as to a boat which
had been picked up in the river some time back, was on Fri-
day heard before Mr. Hall. The boat had been lost, it ap-
peared, in the month of December last, and about three
weeks afterwards was found by a person, who stated that the
name of the boat and of the owner was erased when it came
into his possession, The complaining parties thought it
rather unlikely that the boat should have been so injured
that only the planks containing the name. &c. should have
been, broken, and complained that the defendant had refused,
when they had ascertained that the boat was in his posses-
•sion, to deliver it up, unless he received a compensation of
255. Mr. Hall thought that, as- three weeks had intervened
between the loss and finding of the boat, it might haYe been
so injured as that the finder could not be able to tell to whorti
it belonged, and it might therefore be unjust to charge him,
With an intention of wrongfully retaining it.• It-Was. never-
theless,.his duty, to have given notice to the ha.rbour-master
immediately after finding it. The act of parliament ordered
that course to be pursued in such cases, and a penalty was•
inflicted in case of neglect. He should therefore order the "
defendant' to pay 40s. and costs, for not having given the
required notice; the boat was to be transferred to the .custody
of the harbour-master, until the question of compensation
defendant for having detained the boat, he
was settled; and then, if the owners wished to have a sum- •
for
the:so:lEos;
LIABILITY OF OWNERS
'pleaded that
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have two-thirds of the profits, and clear all the ineidentateXl:
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penses—he (the owner) receiving the Ye mriiniNt .cine=ttcrid.s,
had been forwarded to him, for many weeks
heard little vessel
extremely
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hardtrifling.
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wages of a seaman whom he had not engaged.
Mr Hall ob-
served that the arrangement between a captain and owner
was not to be made the ground of deprivine• a ma
wages. How was a seaman, when he shipped on oar° of
his
d of a
vessel, to know what arrangement had been entered into
between them? He had his remedy against either, unless
the man was,made perfectly aware that he was to look to the
captain solely. There was, however, no evidence to show
that the man was to look to the captain instead of the owner,
and such a case ought to be made out very clearly before he
could act upon it, and deprive a man of his wages. He or-
dered the defendant to pay the sum claimed, £6 4s. 61, after
the admitted deductions bad been made, together with the
costs.
A SMART YOUTH.—At the Police-office, on Friday, a no-
torious thief, named Marsh, was brought before Mr. -Flail,
charged with having found his way into a private house in
King-street, Edge-hill, on Thursday. The servant stated,
that she was in the house at the time, and saw the prisoner
slyly making his exit along the lobby at the front door. She
rushed after him, and gave the alarm to a smart little milk-
boy who was passing at the time. The latter, although not
more than 12 years of age, joined in the pursuit, which herlid
not relinquish until the prisoner was captured. His capture,
indeed, was entirely owing to the energy of the boy, who ex-
hibited not merely great activity but great presence of mind
in directing the attention of the police to the prisouer'smoVe-
ments. The youth in question excited the admiration of the
court by the intelligent manner in which he gave his evidence
and narrated the event. Mr. Hall complimented hits on his
activity, and promised that something should be done for
him. 'The thief, finding himself hotly pursued, disgorged his
booty, six silver spoons, which he threw away in his flight.
The spoons were identified as the property of• the liensekeep-
er, and Mr. Hall ordered the depositions to be taken,.prepa-
ratory to his committal. He is an old offender, having been
I five or six times imprisoned for various petty offence_
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: A NOVEL PAIR OF
On Saturday last, at the Police-office, a young man, dresied
in a fustian jacket, who gave his name as John Catteral, was
placed before the Magistrates, charged with cruelly using a
cat. A policeman stated, that the night before, when near
dusk, when he was on duty in Dale-street, he heard a very
loud mewing of a cat, which was changed every now and then
into violent squealings, as if a cat was being inirt. He
saw a well-dressed .young man walking between the pris-
oner and another, coining along the street, and the prisoner
with a cat under his arm. The prisoner had got a string tied
so tight round the cat's neck that it was almost strangled, and
he kept squeezing the cat with his elbow, and working it like
a pair of bagpipes, which made it give out the squealing noise
he had heard. At every fresh squeal of the poor animal, the
trio set up a loud roar of laughter. On stopping theM•and
asking them what they were about, they said they were go-
ing to drown the cat, and that it belonged- to the young ivan
'who was the better dressed of the party, who, they said, was
a merchant's son. He ascertained.-however, that he was a
son of Mr. Hornby, the publican, and.that it was by his orders
that the prisoner was playing the bagpipes on the cat. He,
accordingly, took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner
said they were going to drown the cat at the canal side.' He
was a bricklayer in the receipt of 9s. a week., Mt. Hall fined
him half-a-crown and costs, or to be committed for tive.days.

SINGULAR ATMOSPHERIC PHENONIENON.—We Are in-
formed, by Inspector Hemer, of the police, that, on Friday
evening about half-past eleven-'o'clock, he saw, from a
field in 'Dingle-lane, Toxteth-Dark, what appeared to be a
ball of fire in the air. It remained stationary for about two
minutes, *hen, emittin, brilliant sharks, it descended rapidly
to the earth. This phenomenon, he says, was preceded by a
flash of lightning unaccompanied by thunder.—A/Gioa.
- -

FALL OF Two HOUSES.—On Sunday, at half-past two
o'clock, two houses suddenly fell, with a 'dreadful, -clash, at
the lower end of Crosby-street, opposite the Railwastation.
The cries of children in distress were instantly held, and,
at first, it was apprehended, that several boys and gitls were
buried in the ruins. Both houses were untenauted,4he ma-
terials having been sold by the Corporation. .preparatory to
the buildings coining down. The children were.iu,tlie habit
of playing in them, and; previolisAo•theii falling, several
were seen inside. When the dust subsided,,a,linylwas seen
jammed in the door way, the roof..aud tleurs:,la4Ving,tallen on
him. Mr. Superintendent Jones, with a licidy ,q,C. police,
were quickly on the spot, and soon released the la'itlcho was
much bruised, but not dangerously hurt,. gqiighton, the
policeman, then crept in, on his hands and IttiOS, and soon
reappeared with a boy and girl. The boy ivaiiniinjured, but
the poor little girl had her thigh broken. She was removed
to the Infirmary. Mr. Wbittv,. our active head-constable,
set men to work to remove the fallen ruins, to see if any
other children were underneath,.but fheresult of theirlabour
was the satisfactory discovery, that no other injury was
done.
LovALTY.—Mr. William Denniss; marin.er,tpitehis port,
to show his loyalty and firm adherence to the Le a had his
daughter christened by Rev. Tyrer,
Church on the morning of the coronati6n,'Wthe name of
" Alexandrina Victoria."
THE LIVERPOOL, STEAM-SHlP.—This inagnilieent vessel,
the property of Sir John Tobin, which has.been lying for
some mouths, in the Trafalgar Dock, has begun to get her
machinery on board. The Dock Trustees, in ostler to faci-
litate the operation, have erected cranes, &c. Oil' the quay ;
and, the machinery. being nearly all ready, she will be
equipped for sea in the course of the month 'of: September
next. Should Sir John not, in the meantime, dispose of her,
it is highly probable, that, should the prospects, of transat-
lantic steam navigation become premisinF,'lte Liverpool
will make her first trip to New YOrk,-;-:!Mbidir.o,ei
We have lately seen a letter fioM,:,the„ aiitherities of
Boulogne to Mr. Meadows, of the GoVe„n'tliaiden theatre,
in answer to an application for leave to perfcitm
plays, which stated, that no E nglish perfornaakific would 1:1*
allqwt,4l to take pittee Frqtl4.--7W,tq,N3i Pi. 90171.

Voetry.

A WISH.

(Front the Dublin University Magazine for July. )

And give me the freedom to ramble and roam,
And visit each region of sun or of snow;
The world for my country, my bark for my home,
Heaven's high arch above me, the ocean below.

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Oh ! give me the ocean's boundless plain,
And a bark to plough its wild, wild waves;
Give me the mirth of the tameless main,
As it roars in might through its hollow caves:
And give me the voice of the viewless breeze
'ro whistle its song through my white swelling sails,
And play in its glee o'er the billowy seas,
Alternate the sport or the prey of its gales.
Give me the btar-studded diademed right,
With its myriads of glories unveiled to the view;
Or the mild maiden muon, with her silvery light,
shining forth from a canopied curtain of blue.

Oh ! give me but these, and I envy you not
Your sweet tranquil home, and its sameness of bliss;
I sue not for glory, or wealth, as my lot,
No—all I would ask is a life ouch as this.