The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-09-30 00:00:00

MR. M'NETLE'S SERMON. TO THE cuuntH OF
ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY.

We are enabled, by a little exertion, to lay before our roaders
► report (as ample as time wouldpermit) of the sermon preaChed
last (qpning to the members of the Church of Englanl,43enefit
Society, by the. Rev. Hugh M'Neile, at St. Jude's Mauch.
We belieye that the Rev. Gentleman was applied to•and readily
gave his assent to address the"members of the society on its
anniversary, on the moral effects which such an institution was
calcutatO to produte on its members. We earnestly recom-
mend the pea-usal of the following outline of the 'nest excellent
Qermon deliVeriA, and trust that it will be read not only with
attention, but with profit, by numbers of the middle classes, for
whose. especial guidance it was delivered.
The Rev. Gentleman took his text from the 6th chapter of
St. Matthew, at the 19th and two following verses, " Lay not
up for ourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust
doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal, but
lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth
nor rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through
nor steal ; for where your treasure is, there will your heart be
also."

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the prophets. Evert the righteousnes of God, sidtich is by
faith of Jesus Christ unto all, and upon all, them that
believe, for there is no difference." In -this respect
!there is no'difference: in' many other respett4 there are, but
in this respect there is no difference between the felons in
our gaol and the merchant in our counting-houses—between the
most moral man and the most profligate. In'this respect there
is no difference between the harlots in our streets and the ladie,i
in our drawing-rooms—not a particle, for all have sinned and
came short of the glary of God. The question is not how far
short ? it is have they come short at all? All have sinned, and
have come short of um glory of God, and are justified freely by
his works through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Here
is the treasure Here is the Eternal treasure of free forgiveness
of sin by the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
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Holiness is communicated by degrees; it is communicated by
the use of means; the means are placad within our reach ; by
God's-grace we are made willing to use the means, and by his
grace the use of means is made effectual, and its tendency is to
Make us devOted to his service. It goes to make us groW in the
knowledge and in the fulfilling of the law; but, observe now,
the use- of these-means is thrown within our own reach by the
preaching of his word, and here is one of these means in our
text—" Lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven"—be inure
and - more holy—read, pray,' strive—be diligent in • complying
with the directions •and precepts which you find in his word to
increase your holy treasure; for there is not, a cup of cold water
yOU give in his name but it shall have its appropriate and pro-
mised reward. - * ' * * *
The members of this society feel a certain degree of value at-
tached to the fond that is laid up—they feel a certain advantage
in it, in reference to a time of sickness. Why so? Because
they know something of what need is, and they see the advan-
tage of a Wad hid by-from theis monthly contributions to meet
a contingency and supply aman in his extremity, and when sick-
ness comes upon him. But they would set no valueupon it at all if
they had no fear of sickness, or want, or trouble, or accident,
which they could not foresee, and a sinner amongst you, who
has no feeling of his guilt before God, would set no value on
Jesus Christ ; and, therefore, there may be here present
amongst you this night some man or woman who has never
been touched with a genuine feeling of guilt, or the sinfulness
of, sin, though it appears strange to angels, as they stand
amazed at the hardness of men's hearts, ready to rejoice when a
sinner repents., You may speak to them, you may alarm theist,
you may show them the law of God, and tell them of the love or
Jeeut Christ, as I have been endavouting to do now, still there
is; not, the.slightest• impression made; the heart seems made of
tripie steel; it is -not in' man's power'to reach the heart (11 his
fellow-man—and if any of you have beard the gospel often, and
are confident that you feel now for the first time=that you have
never felt your guilt as it ought to be felt—hail the rising ten-
dency as iteppears—hail the first touch of penitence for your sins;
it is just the rising beam of God's love in your soul—cherish it
—follow it-s-look after tt—aod hark unto " the still small voice"
iwithin you. s• I charge you before You lay on your bed to night,
that y u. will kneel down on your knees and pray that this feel-
bite-male evert Yhtlofsieviard;' Let it not go bye. . Now, dear
brothrenoilarttiti ittEthelitse of the means concerning which I
4tave beetieSviliSf Wird yliiill a tendency to. withdraw you
Arvin anxietyelatsottto/141 'eteibrld, and : noW I ' would say
ifiethd meihilialissidertflitelt Seciety, that rightly look
bats ieonsider, latrellsisifit after a christian manner, yeur se-
/le/thy.; in "the opseratiien:-Of Pa "provident fund, has the sante tene
telenty to telieveeyOulthin anxieties about the world. If I Cie--
labs:sly this, as I' hope, 6 do in a few words, that the legitimate.
stetudency Of the prOVident fend is this, to relieve the mind of
aueraties aboutthevierld, end to the contemplation of the gospel
treasure, I shall then have placed such •societies uptin
*bat. I conceive the' highest' possible ground of acceptance
amongst men. - Now recollect such societies are commonly
formed aMOngst'poor men—labOuring men of different degrees
and of a variety of grades in society, receiving various amounts
of weges, but all men who are living by their labour in one way
or another. The provident fund of such a Societe- has this im-
mediate-tendency, that it relieves the mind of such a man from
that degree of anxiety which would be natural to him lest sick-
ness should seize him, or lest some accident should befall
him, which should hinder him from coutieeing to provide
for his family. I would here now illustraie this feeling
by making it -applicable to those who are in a higher class of
life, and I would, ask what' is the tendency of you an affectivate
father, seeing the Uncertainty of your omen life, about the
condition of your children and the anxiety nateral to
your soul to leave something to leave those children to keep
them from being cast -on the charity of an unfeeling
world. Look what is the effect of an insurance on your life ? ,
Let him think of the comparative repose which he feels lespect-
ing hie family when there is a proper insurance effected on his
life, and:The premium properly paid up. He is relieved fent,
many cares and anxieties which would materially assail his
affectionate heart on behatfof his family. Now, what the life as-
surance does to you the provident fund of this society in the same
manner does "for the, artisan who is labouring and living on his
wages; there is a certain degree of gii arding against contingencies,
there is no treasure laid up to excite avarice, but there is a fund
laid up to meet contingencies, and
,to relieve . a nvm..from
gnawing anxieties, and fears ; every day some accident .maY
oeprive him of the capability of getting his daily bread.—
When looked on in the proper point of view, ( I don't mean that
every member so looks on it, but I am pointing oat .its christian
use,) a Christien becoming a member of this society, and
becoming relieved of these auxieties thereby, can go forth to his
labour with greater alacrity from having this provisien, and he
can have snore leisure for meditating on the treasure that is
above. Se much fur this benefit society generally. Now, the one i
before ni is a Church of England Benefit Society, that is, the mein-
'hers composing, it must be all members of the Church of En-
gland. ' 't hey do net intend any disrespect to christian men who
are not of thTs church—no such thing enters their minds—if I
understand right the very revel se of this has fallen from their
'lips, in my hearing.
_They intend nu disrespect whatever to dis-
senters, but this is what they mean, for by the Lutes of the
'society, they must know the fundamental principles of the mem-
'here. and they take the Church of England as the best
criterion. 1 want to show the advantage of this, and this one
advantage is that you have in the Church of Eugland what
tends to guard you against being withdrawn from this
profession, at least of this Heavenly treasure--the trea-
sure of the Lord Jesus Christ. The treasure that he desires
•
you to your hearts upon is explained in the Church ofEng-
land worship. Your condition rendering such a treasure ne-
cessasyis ex,sained, and,the sentiments of ,the Church of Eng-
land'especially tend to guard you against being led astray by phi-
losophy, falsely so called, or any other thing. -So loug aeyou are
true to your professions as members of the church of England,
so long will you -see your immortal dependence. A consistent
member of the church of England must see these truths, and
these are the landmarks of salvation. You know the necessity
of marks where there are complicated channels to navigation.
You know the necessity of buoys and lighthouses to show the
pilot where to steer, and you know the danger there is in the wide
open sea, without any of these marks, for there may lie-sunken
rocks. If you give up the recognised channel of faith, and
throw yourselves on the wide sea of interpretation, there is dan-
ger, and you may steer wrong. On one side we see men ex-
claiming that man is not immortal—that Adam was not made
an immortal creature—that doctrine is talked by men who
are called philosophers, and is printed in books as pre-emi-
nent. Mau is not immortal ! Here is a plunge into a
quicksand. We want a buoy—do not forsake your chan-
nel—hold fast to your chart. And what see we amongst
others who have- forsaken this channel ? They have got
into narrow seas; they deny altogether that Jeslis Christ is
G id, and appeal to human reason, and ,ay that it is unreason-
able, and, inerefore, they find out interpretations in scripture to
suit their views, or they try to alter translations.
* * * *
• Hold to this, my brethren. For this Was the Church
of England sent. 1D11.! that her pulpits were -faithful to
her reading desk, and that her preachers taught as her
prayers ! bu', alas ! her enemies are within-her pale, and we
know that nee traitor within can do more to ruin a garrison
than a whole host of enemies without. But thanks be to God
her prospects are better in this respect than they were, Now
is the time for members oldie Church of England to enrol them-
selves in, societies to proclaim their attachment to the church.
Combine you then: your enemies are combined in league
against the church,, bind yourselves in league for her defence.
It is well that the members 'Should meet together, that they
should mulerstand the position in which they are placed. I
speak now of the members of this society in particular—men
that are called"the poorer classes of society—usefulmen—lt It •r-
-able men in their station. Avail yourselves of the growing
education of the country—avail yourselves of the encreased
intelligence of your children to be put. in possession of
the history of the church,—read the History of the
Ref rmation,— read Pex:s " Book of Martyrs—let your
children read it—become Vntiliar with • that breech of Ms-
torv-4ee what your forefathers did in this country, and see
what we must do again, if we do not mean to be overwhelmed
by the extending- efforts of Popery.
[We are sorry that we have Ceen compelled to cut this elo-
quent address short in many most beautiful passages, owing to
the lateness of the hour.]

LIVE!? POO T, POLICE.

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!.Tyr Ftnstit.T oP Istritun.F.NcE.—EiioStvE nonnErty—
On Monday, at the Police Office, another of those cases which
are cossVantly (trotting, as a beacon, as it were, to warn others
free, shilitar acts of folly and imprudence, (to use the mildest
terms) was brought forward at the Police-office: Two young
girls of light character, neither of .whom appeared to be 20 years
of ageewere placed before the. magist rates, charged with having,
on Friday evening last, robbed an elderly man of a considerable
sum of money. The complainant, a respectable looking trades-
man, apparently abodt 60 years of age, and whose gray hairs it
apeeered had not brought with them the prtidence of age and the
absence of what are termed "the follies of youth," which their
appearance betokened, then stated that his name was Richard
Wilcock, and that he resided in Manchester, and had come over
to tiverpeol on business, and was staying at the York Hotel, in
Williamson-square. On Friday evening he was passing along
Basnett-street, and was not quite sober, when he was stopped
by the two prisoners at the bar, and stood talking to them for
about 10 minutes, when one of the girls ran towards the square
and the other immediately followed her. Inc. immediately s•is-
pected that he had been robbed, and on searching, found his
pocket-book gone from his inside coat pocket, containing two
£5O notes, and four £lO notes, and from his trousers pocket be
had had taken his purse containing. 4 soy., and 19s. in silver.
He was quite positive that he had had his money safe a .few
minutes before at the York Hotel, where he had been taking
some whiskey and water, and he had not exhibited the money
to any person. On missing his money he . immediately
gave information to Mr. Whitty. Willi4tin Over, Shopman
to Messrs. - Maddocks and :lamest, drapers, of Whitechapel,
deposed that both girls came on Saturday to his mas-
ter's shop and -bought some goods, to the amount of £2 10s.,
and paid for theme and also for some things they had got a fort-
night before, tendering in payment a £lO note, to which he
gave them change, having procured it from Mr. James. About
half an hour afterwards they both came again, and one of them
(Forrester) bought goods to the amount of £9 185.8 d., for which
she tendered a £5O Bank of England note, and the other girl
bought to the amount of £1 17s. Bd., and offered a £lO note as
payment. He had some difficulty in getting change, and had
to go to,the bank, as his Master could not give him change.
The two girls appeared to be greatly agitated on his return.
He afterwards saw the two prisoners dividing the money. lie
. accompanied them with the goods to a cellar in Addison-street,
where he left them.—Mr. Lewis, from the Branch Bank of
England, produced the notes which he had receiver! front the
last, witness, the identity of which he could swear to. the last
witness having signed his name on them. He had given.£7o in
gold in. exchange.—Richard Butt, a bootmakew in Church-
street, deposed that the prisoners bad come to his shop to buy a
pair of boots, when one of them tendered a £lO note in payment,
and asked if he cmdd give change for a £5 note; he suspected
there was something wrong from this circumstance, and gave
her into custodY.—Elizabeth Frances deposed to searching the
prisoners in Bridewell, and finding upon them 13 sovereigns.
The depositions were ordered to be taken.—Mr. Hall remarked
to Mr. James, Who was in attendance, that it was a very large
eurn of money to take from the girls.—Mr. James replied, that
when he heard what kind of a place the girls lived in, he sent to
give information to the police.
Roe fter the above case had concluded, a case nearly
similar was brought forward. A female named Frances Mit-
chell was. placed before the magistrates charged. -with having
robbed a respectably-dressed young man ( who gave his name as.
'Photnas Jackson, a clerk, lodging in Hunter-street, of two LIO
notes, several sovereigns, and some silver. The complainant
stated that on Friday night he was passing down Ilanover-street
he met the prisoner, who accosted him, and-would go with him.
He told her he was a married man, and could not accompany
her. She persisted in following him, and he could not get rid
of her. On art icing at Shaw's-brow he told'her he was near
home, and she must nut follow him any further, when she gave
him a twist rotted and then ran away. It struck him at the mo-
ment that he had been robbed, and on looking for his purse he
found it gone. It contained two £lO notes, two or three sove-
reigns, and some silver. He then met Mr. Whitty, and told
him the circumstances, and, with one or two policemen, he went
to search for the prisoner, and took her into custody on ts;atur-
day morning.—ln answer to questions from Mr. flail, he said
lie could not possibly get rid of her; she stuck to him, and lie
did net wish to be rough. It was about ten o'clock when he
met the woman. He was certain the prisoner was the woman.
Flockhart, the constable, deposed to accompanying the com-
plainant to several houses, and at last finding the prisoner at a
house in Albion-street. He found nothing on her hut two pawn-
tickets. She denied the robbery, and said she was in bed at the
time. As soon as ever the complainant saw the prisoner he said
that was the woman.—Mr. Wild, solicitor, who appeared for
the prisoner, called a Mrs. Elizabeth Carr, who keeps a beer-
house in Albion-street, and who swore that at half-past nine
o'clock the prisoner came into her house along with her hus-
band, and had some ginger-beer, that they sat there till ten
o'clock, when she closed the honse. Half an hour afterwards,
when half undressed, the prisoner came to her house for a bottle
of ginger-beer for her husband. She lived opposite to her back
door.—Mr. Hall said he should commit the Wuni,Hl for trial, the
question of identity was one to be decided by a jury.
ROBBEI:YEWING THE JEWS.—On Monday, at the Police-
office, a notorious thief named Arthur Gore, was placed before
the magistrates, charged with having outwitted several watch-
makers and pawnbrokers in the town, and decamping with
various articles. Mr. Win. John Burgess, a pawnbroker in
Atherton-street, deposed that the prisoner came into his shop
and asked if the price ticketed on a watch in the window,
£2 Bs. was the lowest that he could take. He gave him bold of
the watch to look at, retaining hold of the outer case. He then
asked in what condition the case was in, and he gave him hold
of the case also, putting the watch in it. He then asked " what
is the price of that small watch in the window?" "I turned
round," said Mr. Burgess, " to look at it but did not reach it,
when he said, 'Oh never mind, this will do very well.' and then
bolted out of the box with my. watch in his pocket." (Laugh-
ter.) On being cross-examined by Mr. Crewe, who appeared
for the prisoner, he said this had occurred on Tuesday the 13th.
He would swear the prisoner was the man whojetved him. Mr.
Lesser Dutch having been sworn on the five books of Moses,
deposed to being a watchmaker in Whitechapel; the prisoner
came into his shop and inquired the price of a watch in the
same manner, and played him precisely the Caine trick. When
the man had been taken into custody, he recognized him im-
mediately. He
.could swear to him amongst a hundred men.
This was last Monday. Cross-examined by Mr. Crewe: -He
would swear to the man as he would swear to Mr. Crewe if ever
he saw him again. (A laugh.) Mr. Crewe " Did you not
endeavour to pursue him ?—Complainant : " Yesh I did endev
to puishoo him, but ven I came out I did not know vich vac he
run." Lewis Wolf Levine, deposed—" I sin a vatchmaker,
sand live in Paradishe-street; on de rust of September he come
into my shop vich I had den in Great Charlotte-street; shays
he to me about 11 o'clock on a Monday, 'let tue leek at dat
vetch Yid de vite dial?' I shtoop to get him de vetch : shays
he, no I don't vant dat, tish de next vetch to it.' Den after
I took out de oder watch, in de mean time a sveep come in and
ask •if I vant chimney sveep.' In de mean time dat feller
put my vetch in hish pocket and run out, and run down de
shtreet, and, de damn fellow I vas alear to leave my shop for
cos ov device's, lesht he should take some more vetches." ( Loud
laughter.) Mr. Crewe: " When did you see him before just
now?" " l seen him vonce before in my shop. lam poihitive
he ish de man dat stole my vetch." Mr. Crewe " Had the
watch any wheels ?" " I never saw a vetch vidout; it went,
fasht enough, however, fashter den I like, yid him." (Laugh-
ter.) Ainsworth the police officer, deposed that he had received
information of these various robberies, and from the descrip-
tion he received of the prisoner, he took him into custody.
None of the watches had been found. The prisoner said it was
of no use saying anything, but he was innocent whatever they
might say against him. The depositions for his commitment
were ordered to be taken.
THE Porecs.—On Tuesday, at the Police-office, a female
was placed at the bar before the magistrates charged by one of
the police with being disorderly the night before in Scotland-
road. The officer stated that a gentleman had had his coat
torn by a mob of persons, and the female was concerned in the
riot, and had behaved very disorderly, and in consequence he
gave her into custody. The female, on being asked what she
had to say in defence, said that she was going. on the streets be-
twixt one and two o'clock the night before to endeavour to get
a pint of ale for her mother, who was ill, when she met two gen-
tlemen, one of whom had his coat torn, and who spoke to her,
showing her the coat. ' At this moment the policeman came up,
and said be dared say she was concerned in tearing the coat,
and struck her with the back of his hand on the face. Upon
this prottocation she threw the jug she had at the officer, who
then seized her by the hair of her head, beat her, and dragged
her to Bridewell. The gentlemen interfered, and said she had-'
had nothing to do with the coat tearing, and interceded for her
release, but in vain; and they then followed her to Bridewell
and paid for a bed for her, and were present to state the treat-
ment-she had received. She had received a black eye, and was
severely bruised on the arms by the officer's stick. A gentleman
who gave his name as Roberts, a watch-manufacturer in North
Tyrer-street, stated that he was coming alonts the streets with a
friend frotn a party, where they had staid rather late, When they
met the prisoner with a jug of ale; his friend showed her his.
torn coat, and at the same moment the officer came up, sind
said he had no doubt she knew somethiug of the party who lied
torn his friend's coat, and, speaking to the prisoner in a very
rough manner, he ordered heron, at the same time striking her
on the head with the back of his hand. She then threw the jag
at him in a passion, and he seized her by the hair of her heu_•
and beat her with his stick in the most scandalous manner. 11,:
never in his life saw a woman so brutally used. He interfered.
for the woman, when a person who was with the officer isitesidw.ol!
he spoke a word, he should go to Bridewell along
nian. He, out of compassion, then followed the";istirni
Bridewell along with his friend, and they paid for he
of modation for her in Bridewell, as they thought caseiitha_sHis
ntaicacUont,t!
hard-
ship. He had never seen the woman before
ov;ht
her he spoke
gins horn see-
ingfriend then stood up and gave similar tieesdt
to
the woman because he had a slight know
e near her. lie
and quiet woman. The
believed she was a very hard-working and her frequently pass his heuse, and hvine
on the part of the of-
it was en." him drink on one •
prisoner said the cause of
to be examined
flees because she had refused to let „ 01 two
gwaoline.an! heMort.%
Occasions when she had been fetching
fence, said he had never struck en
commit
discharged the female, and 5801 the
into before the watch tee. .air. whiny said he ought
perhaps to state
that this officer Karl been repotted for miscon-
duct to the committee.
[This is the same officer who we remember to have been
charged with using very greed and unwarrantable violence in
dragging a rasp
• ectable miller from that neighbourhood to Bride-
well, for having Braid something
not very courteous to a police•
man, who addressed him whilst standing before his own house,
t in copse ue •
and whose ilignt•y uce took affront. The Liverpool
mneg, of Tuesday last, is wroth because we have held up to the
public such scenes as the above, merely because such statements
tend to shake the opinion endeavoured to be propagated of the
immaculacy of the new police. The Times has most studiously
suppressed all such reports, we will not say. in the spirit of their
article on this subject, out Of
.sympathy, and with a feeling of
fellowship fur the raggainullins who disgrace the body of the
pence, and who have jumned at the 18s. a-week pay as an es-
cape from starvation. We have merely fulfilled our duty as
tnithful journalists in impartially reporting these and all ariuse
whenever they have occurred, and as we shall continue to do
whenever we find "jacks in office" overstepping their petty
authority.]
THE BeGGING-LETTER Casts—On Tuesday, at the Police-
office, Gettoehlie, the impostor, who was' brought up the day be-
fore, and on whom a great quantity of begging letters were
comet, representing him as a Polish captain, (a full report oldie
circumstances of which we gave in our last paper,) was again
brought up. Mr. Hall said that all the papers found on hit
would be detained
i to prevent him again front practising
was
same impositions n this town as he bad done in others. a
perfectly clear that he had been imposing on persons
m inother
parts of the country, as he had souse time before done i n
lucky
Liver-
pool by representing himself as an Italian.
.1t
,us s
hewvery
,as
for him that he had not been detected in any of. 1 • was present
c
im-
positions in Liverpool. Under these circuueitsaita
inie ed. Mr. Hall
dis-
charged, but all his documents would
be d
then cautioned the boy who was along with him to leave the
man, for if not and he was brought up egain, he would be dealt
himself. They
with very severely, and the same as the man
were both then discharged.

THE POKICE IAND THEIR STICKS AGAIN.—On Wednesday,
at the Police-office, a man named John Phillips was plaCed be-
fore the magistrates under a charge of stealing a hat. The
prisoner appeared with his head wrapped round with' alarge

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linen i:antlke i,hicii; WaSConifietelys soaked itt
Officer 175 said, that the night before the prisoner wa::: pointed
out to him as having stolen a hat from a public-house in Shaw's
Brow; on doing up to the prisoner, he said he would take him
(the officer) to a house where he had pawned it. He, (witness)
then, along with another officer, went with the Piisimer to
Byrom-street, and the prisoner having pointed out the house
where he had puttied the hat, the other officer went in, leaving
him with the prisoner. The prisoner then struck hitti several
times and attenipted to escape, and he was obliged to itse big
stick in self-defence. Mr. Hall enquired if he hail ititlictedah4
injuries on the prisoner's head; to which the officer replied
that be had done it in self-defence; Parkinson said, that
when the Man was, brought to Bridewell he was in a very ex-hafisted state from the loss cif blood, and on his head there were
two dreadful wounds inflicted with a.blowlrom a stick. The
man was so exhausted that he had fainted. Mr. Halt addressing,
the policeman, severely reprimanded him for his brutal conduct.
He had used the violence on an unarmed Irian, and when, by.
his own account, another officer was close :at hand; he had;
shamefully abused the power which was vested in him. was
not to suppose that, because he was armed with a littKatithoritr
he was to abuse it. . He might have struck the man oh his arms
or,any other part hf his body, rather. than brutally, laying on
his head. His story was a very ladle one, for the man was cut
at the back of his bead and he could not hayeitruck him merely
in self-defence. Officer i " I can bring eVidence to prove that
he insulted me in a very gross manner." .Mr. Hall: "That
is no justification why you should strike the Man to the ground
—it is no reason why you should strike the Man with your.
stick; the law does not allow IL You now change your ground;
one minute you say you struck him because, you were obliged'
to do it in self-defence, and the next, because he uses insulting
language to you, and yet, according to your. own,statement,
there was no necessity for such violence because therewas a police-
officer within call. The prisoner said, that the . of,cer had
abused him in the public-house, before he was struck, Until the.
people cried shame. Mr. Hall iaid; if he hail atiy witnesses hi
tiring forward to prove this violence he was at liberty to bring
them. witness then deposed, that the prisoner had run out
of a public-house in Shaves-brow, with a hat which :did not
belong to him, and, in consequence, he was pointed out to the
policeman. The prisoner was remanded. Mr. Hall si id, that'
the circumstances of the case would be enquired into by the
Watch-committee. [This case is another example of what is
continually occurring from the wanton and unwarrantable usef
leaded bludgeons, put the
of the sticks, or rather heavy
hands of the police. If these weapons be not taken from the
police the murdir of some ithlividhal will be. the result. That
there is no necessity for their use the Dock-police is an existing
proeC They have- the roughest and worst characteri in the
town to deal with, and are never allowed to carry anything but
the usual constable's staff in their pockets, to be used in emer-,'
eehey only. No heavy-loaded, sticks in their bands ready le knack down! a man who shall raise their chafer by hisaithig
them. When we see such examples of violence end miscon-
duct on the part the police as this. can we wonder at their
being in bad odour, or, that occasionally they should he severely
beaten and ill-used, when the party exasperated by their vio-
lence happens to he the stronger? The Liverpool Titles will,
of course, say not a word of this case. It is a sieeeking mum
representation. on our part, to give publicity to it and can
only he dictated by the fear of having ourselves knocked on the -
head! Wb will avow, at once, that it is.l
CASE OF SW IN WANG.-- On Wednesday, towards the closed,(;
the business at the peace .oßce, Mr. Yates a f4ilied to the ma-
gistrates on behalf of the ;Manchester Quay Co., to grant a war-
rant, under the fidlowitig circumstances. w.lle Wished to obtain, ~
a warrant to apprehend. a stranger whom they hail just seen in
Liverpool, and who, if not inuthediately taken, would be off:
The stranger, under a fraudulent pretence, had obtained £2l
from the Manchester Quay Co., froth
.one of their clerks. ?1..
short time ago, he vent to the,company's warehouse with it
large package of goods, and stated that they cost £137, and pro--
duced an invoice purporting to be fur the goods, which stated
tas hem to be paint, and the amount of their value was put d0wn..€137. It was not unusual to advance money on gos, )against which there was a charge on the :wealthy iirthe goodd
s.
Tne stranger in this case had represented that there were some.
charges to pay for the gnoq,, and wanted a deposit of £24 en the'
goods to meet them. On his producing the invoice of their
value, and bringing •the Roods, they advanced the £2l. The
goods were forwarded, according to the ditectien, to Manches-
ter, but no such person as they were directed to could be found.
The goods were then opened and re-examined and found to be
worth nothing at all. The man who had obtained the money
had that day been met in Liverpool, and he wished a warraet
for his appreheesion. The clerks were present to depose to the
ram. A clerk of the company, named Dale, then state]] that a
man named David Julien carne On the `2'ith of August last to
their warehouse and represented that he had twenty tons of
white paint which he wanted forwarding to Manchester, and
which he represented as worth £137, and produced the invoice.-
On seeing the invoice on his bringing the ,goods to the yard time
money was advanced him. Time goods had been sent, and there
was no owner -for them, and they had been found to be of no
value. Mr. Hall said he ought to have some legal evidence.
ie ought to have the evidence of the party who had examined
the goods. Mr. Yates said they wound produce the a itness
when time man was brought up. Mr. Halt —" That is to say,
seize the man first . then produce the proper, evidence..
Before I issue my warrant, I ought to have flue same evidence
as when the party is brought here. If the man were innocent
it might ruin ha character. I am called on to adopt a very
strong measure, and f might to have evidence to justify me in
so doing. You shall have a summons if you like." The cleik.
The company will hold themselves iesponsitile it anything
is done wrong." Mr. Hall.—" lam very much obliged to time
company, but I ant not going to do an illegal act.

It is said that Prince Pelignac and the other political prison-'
ers at Ham will ere long be set at liberty.
Steam-boats have begun to ply amongst the West India
islands, and hive already been fund very useful.
The King of Naples has arrived in his capital after his wife.;
hunting excursion. His majesty hau to perturm quarantine
• entering his own dominions.
The marriage between King Otho and the Princess Amelia
of Oldenburg is to be solemnized at Munich on the 3d of Oct.
Apples are so plentiful this year in some parts of France, that
the price of cider is not likely to exceed Zist. the hogshettid,
of
English money.
, . .
In the Cheltenham Journal of Thursday last Mit,. Graham has
contradicted the report that the Hoke tit Brunswick had pre-
sented her with a draft of 1:100;
Washington Irving, it is said, is likely to piy a disit to Eng;
land in the Course of next spring.
The first stone of the Crovded Railway veal laid on Wednes-
day
last:
The Marquis of Westminster and the Earl of Lichfield have'
accepted the office of stewards. for the ensuing Doncaster races:.
It is said that there is no truth in. the statement that Lord
Fitzalan, the grandson of the Duke of Norfolk, is to be put iu
nomination for Sheffield.
On Tuesday the foundation-stone of a new Boman eathore
church, at Tivertom wag laid with much pomp by Miss.Chiches-
ter, assisted by the Roman catholic' bishop, Dr. Baines.
The marriage between Duke William of Brtinswick and
Princess Maria of Wirtemberg is
,broken off, though so near
being concluded. Atistria has interfered to break off the
marriage.
The manufacture of beetroot sugar has been recently making
rapid strides in France. La Pair says that. the whole question.
respecting that manufacttire will he settled satisfactorily by
ministers in the ensuing session of the chambers.
EXTRAORDIN Att Y CARROT.---A carrot was lately taken from
the garden of Mr. Porter, of Whitwell, fifty-seven inches long,-
the top measured nine inches, so that the length of the roil
taken out of the ground was four feet.—Derbyshire Courier.
It is intended to bring forward Sir Wm. Molesworth, Bart.,
at the next election, on liberal princiiptleoS.
Requisitions have been addressed
electors of East Cornwall, calling on him to conic forward as a
candidate in the event °fa dissolution ofparliament.—hymouth
tri:t.tiau,teydGiarootte
inthiati,Al Admire]
itrhatt,
—Bulb
the
d
Journal.
Singing the
sirWlesapaecrecei:,,-cie
nbyhtahse Al:baerr.alllayn
byiemerely
building fund of the Royal I\faval school. This is Sir Isaac's
second donatioz of £1.90 to this excellent institution —T;SS
song "Jim Crow." in America,, immense sum of
£15,000. The original " Jim Grow was a transatlantic " Billy
Mr. Rice, the American comedian, has,
Waters," whose peculiarities were hit with astonishing fidelity
by Mr. Rice.
it has fifteen beads from one stalk,'
The Count de Pont Farcv, a French nobleman, residing in.
il'ise'aibnotuotthicilteiesnlanp(ott;indS, and is of a particularly delicate
Jersey, has introduced a new species of eabbage, from La,
A voting clergyman haying, in the hearing of Dr. Parr, stated
that lie woUld believe nothing that he could not understand,.
Then, would man (said the Doctor) your creed will be the
flavour.—krgey Patriot.
shortest of any man's I know."
Great exertions are making to complete the line of the Lon-
don and Greenwich railway, in order to Open it next month.
Dining the past week between 5t)1.1 and 600 men have been em-
ployed night and slay,
The Glasgow Chronicle says Lord Iprougham's health is again
quite restored, and that he would have visited Glas,ow this sea-
son, but for his having determined to avoid all risk of periling
his health Until the meeting of parliament, when it is his inten-
tion to resume his place in the House of Lords.
The Derby town council. on Mru
iv last, affixed a fine of
£5O to any litirgesq refusing to serve th t office of mayor of that
town, £l5 for alderman, and El° for councillor, auditor, or as-
sessor,

The conserVaiiyes have resolved not to interfere in the muni-
cipal strife carrying
.on. being determined that the radical town
councils shall folly punish th,,se who have elected them, by pur-
suing the course they are now taking.—Satopian Journal.
PAuncutAr. Wisnoat.- The street lighting committees of
Itlirvlehone have reeommended, as the winter approaches, that
the lamps be reduced one-third in number.
A to nth of Sir Isaac Newton was- sold in 1816 for the sum of
£730. The nobleman by whom it was porehased bad it set in
a ring, which he continually wears.—ilpropos of teeth, it may
be mentioned, that at the time when the bodies of Helotsa
and Abelard were removed to the Petits-Augustins, nn Eng-•
lish gentleman offered 100,000 francs fur one of Heloises
teeth.

On Monday last Mr. John Pyle, jun 4, of Escat Baxton, be-.
baaftrelre7oinn,o,Asurrig
tween the hours of two o'elock in the morning and four in the
performeda the)
ut 2hseJniumlsehaenistal_skr,oxrecticiettigii,iwvela,,carte.s of
Sixteen thousand shares in the London and Birmingham
Railway are held by persons residing at Liverpool. The value.
of each share is £7 so that the shares of this railway h,ve pro-
duced at the present time a nett profit to Liverpool of £1,200,000,
FINSBUR Y.—% is stated that. in ease of is dissolution of par-
liament. the tories intend to bring forward Mr. Horsley Painter

The sagacious clerk,
the Royal Exchange, who lately
a letter written to One of his cor_
.
for th is borongli.7—.tuiCik:ititoni:q.;;lo,::
hsae(tildnotthe.selaelt,etel 1.., {Vlore
A
'rit appears in' -1 Ca, .v of
`I
merchant
se myself
—.
,srres,s,:i.:nlocgnet,lti:t„n.inttsie.,ne
7riiig,:e,i;lipisihrdscetlh:aabl:::::}z7ei,tila,l,,iirite•eir,itdei
asieesdientle
the
Almighty
16th inst., at font o'clock in the Olie:dillf;ie)l,Pi re Catharina Aiesia Langermati, ;Igd til"6taykeeafrrso,m9
ib(,";,;;;o0'
give noticlee ofrn rt)huilsin:sint gy'ridee.vaoruisy'
of
mnths, and 9 days. '(herebymy
and irrecoverable loss r
and to all those who take and children, to nky,relations,
to be excused the visits of any part in my sorrow, and request
Stuckeris." condolence." It is signed " J..W.

CONSERVATIVE rEOSI"ECTS IN CORN WA L'l':,.!L•We are *et
happy to have it io our power to congratulate the con.ervatives
of the west of Etigland—an‘l particularlv.those of CornWall—
on the favourable aspect which their cairee now wears in .the
eastern division of that county. A very successful canvass has
been instanter' during the week last past on the part of Lord
Eliot, and, from all we can learn, there is every well-fiamileil
reason to hope that thirl division of Cornwall is, at last,,rescued,
from the misrepresentation of the " young and inexperienced''.
Baronet who has been playing so many antic tpe inn-;
portant interests committed to his keepufg.—frVOterii ,Lltny-
riary.