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s and lIRCPICF THE WORD of the Holy one of Israel_.'
Lord Stanley upon this Point, and I cannot doubt that yon • •
will a,,ree with inc. In the' light of this conclusion, you will Isaiah v., :21. If any, man shall add unto these things,
see that vaur own resolution to adopt the present Irish system, Cod shall add unto him the plagues that are written in,
and confine yourselves to the use Of their books, and no this book : end if any man shall take away from' the wordti.of
other, fully justifles ell I have said upon the subject.
the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part, out of
On the subject of education ,generaily, Mr. Rathbone ! the book or life, and out of the holy. city, and from the thingS
4. For some time reading, writing, and arithmetic were considered
which are written •n this book. Revelations xxii. 18,19.
education, without any attention to that moral training which
With such words before me, I confess I tremble at the thought
should ensure ::,ese powerful tools being well used. When the defects
of this • education' were felt, much pains were suecessfulie bestow- '
extracts, and unfair extracts, as substitutes for. the Bible;
or
ed, iu some schools, on intellectual development. But though in- during any one hour of the day. ,
tellectual development acted favourably on moral charm:liter, it was
not sufficient to overcome the evil influences to which the children I 'am, gentlemen, .•
were, in many cases, exposed out of doors. Well-eonducted infant
schools showed how these evil influences might he successfully met;
and how diligent teoral training could implant moral and religious
principle so firmly that -under the most adverse circumstances the
infants have continued honest, trusting in, and trying to please,
their heavenly Father with a simplicity and entireness of faith that
forcibly recalls that • of such is the kingdom of heaven.' "
We highly value reading, writing, arithmetic, intellectual de-
velopement, and moral training; but all these combined are
not, and never can be sufficient to overcome the evil influences
to which child;en are exposed, both in-doors and out of doors.
The word of God describes religious principle as implanted by
the Holy Spirit;' represents the object of a sinful creature's
trust to be the Lord Jesus Christ, and him crucified, the just for
the unjust; •. and declares, that "except a man be born;again he
cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven." But Mr. Rat hbone'S
ste.tementon this vital subject are entirely divested of any re-
ference to the. Lord Jesus Christ, or the Holy Spirit, or the in-
and spiritual change declared by our Saviour to be indis-
p,,n,able. And we can have no hesitation in affirming, that
sdch religion as is manifested in this passage of Mr. Rathbone's
letter, in addition to '.reading,, writing, arithmetic, intellectual
-developtinenti and moral. training; can never prove sufficient to
overcome the; evil-firtillienCes;.to which children
,are exposed.
"The preparation of the heart in man is of the Lord."
geet activity in t4e.nse of.tneans in an obviouS and imperative
duty; knowledge of every description is good ; but God is a
jealous God, and a:; ill never' *give to the schools of unaided na-
tural seience that saving light Which shines exclusively in the
temple orreyelation. Illr, llathbone says:—
•• A few moethsliackeur Corporatioe, • • ' • considering that
the schools were for all sects. agreed to make trial of the plan of
the Irish board, ,which, while it gives general education, and a
knowledge of parts of the Bible to all sects in common, secures to:
earls a knowledge of the. version orthe. Scriptures, the creeds. and
Catechisms, of their owe churches, antler their respective minis-
ters; thus leaving freedom- of oidniOu untouched, while the most
complete religiousedireitionis, asf,ir as possible, secured to all."
The resolution of the enuncil is, ",t hat the clergy of the different
denominations, be selieited to attend for these purposes, and
!'- at every practicable accommoiiation he afforded them." And
Mr. itatlibOttel'S reading of this, is, that religious instruction is
secured to the children-under their respective ministers. Where,
I ask, is 'the security? Suppose the ministers did not choose or
had not time to attend,. what have you done as patrons to secure
religious instruction.in.thescheols? Suppose such regulations
adopted as to exclude some ministers : suppose the whole Bible
read, which would exclude the Roman catholic prieSts, then
what have, you done to secure religious instruction for the
Roman catholic Children ? Or, 'suppose the Bible not 'read,
which would exclude true christian Ministers, then what have
you -done to secure religious instruction for the protestant chil-
dren? If you say it is uncharitable and unchristian. in pro-
testant ministers toallqw. the absence of the whole Bible during
school hours to keep them away : we reply, it is at least equally
uncharitable and unchristian in Roman catholic ministers to
allow the presence of the whole Bible during school hours to keep
them away. If you say the Roman catholics have a conscience
in this matter: we reply, so have we. If you say, you were
bound to change the original arrangement of the schools for
their sakes: we reply, you are equally bound to change the pre-
sent arrangement- for our sakes. 'rhe schools are now as ex-
clusively Roman catholic, as they were exclusively protestant.
Your avowed object was to, have schools which should not be
exclusive, but it is an object absolutely unattainable. If
you pay attention to the conscientious scruples of Roman
Catholics against whole Bible reading, and refuse to pay
similar attention to the conscientious scruples of protest-
ants against the want of whole Bible reading : then you not
only cease to give that high preference to the word of God to
which it is entitled from every man; but also, even upon your
own principles, you confessedly cease to be impartial represen-
tatives of the population of the town—impartial guardians of
the public purse. If you say the extracts used in the schools
are intended to meet the 'difficulty, and please all parties; we
reply, first, the Irish extracts are unfairly made. To prove this
as it deserves would swell
.this letter to an inconvenient length,
I shall, thereforo, take the, liberty of addressing another letter
to you expressly upon this point. We reply, secondly, that no
extracts as substituteS for the Bible during school hours can
meet the difficulty. We value extracts, fairly made, as helpi
for convenience and economy; but as substitutes we utterly
repudiate them. •
The elements you have to deal with, are like the iron and
clay in the prophetic image.,
.They will not amalgamate. The
whole system of the Irish board is the abortive attempt of men
with whom religion is but one among Many things; and it is in
the highest degree offensive, and distresSing to men with whom
-religion is THE ONE -timing needjitl, which pervades all things.
Addressing you. respecting the proposal recently made, that
you should give up the schools, Mr. Rathbone says :
" And on what plea wouldvou abandon the schools? Not on
the plea of failure ; ,for ev,erva.iing, we have done promises even,
more success than we anticipated from it. And that the majority
of the children are Catholic, is proof only of their greater want of
schools, and of the zeal with which our opponents unscrupulously
lay hold of every passion on which they can -work, to alarm the
Protestant parents, and induce them to prefer for their children the
probability of the Bridewell to the school-room and the Bible."
Here is a charge against the opponents of the present school
system, that we labour to 'induce protestant parents to prefer
for their children the probability of the bridewell to the' school-
room AND the Bible. It is unnecessary to pen an answer to this.
It carries with it more than its own refutation. I feel confident
that it will recoil lniavity upon all who support,it, and I would
respectfully suggest to you the propriety of rescuing yourselves
from all suspicion of being-parties to it. Is the prompt contri-
bution of £ll,OOO for Bible schools an inducement to protestant
parents to prefer the probability of the bridewell to the schoot-
room and the Bible ? But I, am ashamed to argue against such
a charge. Mr. Rathbone says :

With much respect,
Your obediertervant,
St, Jude' s, 18th Norembrw, 1833. HUGH MiSEILE.

To THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS OF LIVERPOOL.

• FELT.ow TOWNSMEN !—I um proud to say that many of your
body have nolrly performed their duty at the recent Election of
Town Councillors., You have not been.deterred from doing so
by the threats of those men who have. been placed in power by
your unrequited exertions. They have done,all they (timid to
oppress you since their elevation above their fellow-townsmen.
And,to add insult to tyranny, they tell you that, though- you
they turn the Councillors eur, the nagistrates are in for
that they can do as they please—grant as. many fresh licenses
as they like annually—and refuse the renewal of as many others
as they chOese. Will they not do all this, if left in power?.—
Yes ; for revenge is one of the most prominent characteristics
of Whiggery. But what,says the London evening organ of the
Radicals—the Glube ?It says that as soefias:LOrds Melbourne
and John turned out—which they evidently antici—
pate—one of the first measures of the Conservatives, upon their
flqoession to oflic.e.,-will.he ,to turn out all the recently appointed
intlpeciles whadisgrace the Let. this come to pass'
as sof?tvaq possible is my ardent wish. lam sure that their)...
fluential body which I now address, will do all in their power to
fi6litateitbo,dniVrifa of,thojanta that now rules over us: Let
our cry then be, "Sandln ai?d Canning for Ecer I am, eze.
A LICENSED 'VICTUALLER. •

THE SECRET HISTORY OF .THE WHIGS'
DONMENT OF MR. JAMES SILK BUCKINGHAM.I: •

Da' THE EDITOR OP THE' LIVERPOOL ST.4ND.IRD.
When Lord Elevtesbury's appointment to the Governor Ge-,i
neralship of India was annulled by the exercise of the Minis;
terial Prerogative,—Lord. 'Auckland was appointed noon the
nomination, and through the influence of the Al aquis of Lane-
dow7rie. But this lucrative situation was not granted to the
Marquis's nominee unopposed; indeed, it required all the power
which his wealth, 'boroughs; and talents gave tiiin over the'
rest of the Cabinet to enable him to tarry his point
To confirm this nomination; however, the approval' of. the
East India Company was requisite ;—and on its being taken
into discussion by the Directors,---they were s+)•ann-oreii at the
substitution of a man of no, or at least of n abilities,
for one of such generally acknowledged talents as Lord Heytes-
bury, that they not poly refused to ratify Lord A's. appoint-
ment,—but on a division, they voted next to unanimously,
namely 22 to I against it. Well, what was to be done with all
the fat in the fire! The majority of the Cabinet, as sensible as
the East India Company of the inefficiency. of Lord Auckland,
requester) the Marquis. of Lansdowne to withdraw his proteje's
name. No! he held out with the threat that if he did not edit.,"
his point, the Ministry should be broken up. By the,way,
ought (to be very correct,) to state, that it was the Marchioues
who made the threat. Be that as it. may, the effect was the
same, and a confidential communication was immediately open-
ed with the Board -of Directors for the purpose of obtaining
their withdrawal of their veto, and to give them a "quid pie quo"
for the same. Lord Aukland was sent out Governor GeneOl
of India,—and Mr. Buckingham's claims were thenceforward
Lurked mint unceremoniously by the Whig Ministers and under-
lings ;—that being one (of many) of the secret conditions of
the Treaty of Peace. No wonder Cam Hobhouse lost his tem-
per and prudence, under the pressure of the galling burden he
was compelled to bear, when he said to Mr. Buckingham, who
upbraided him with his inconsistency,--"Why, did you not
bring it forward when Sir Robert Peel was in power? then, we
could all have voted with you" (!!) „
Here ends my narrative:—I have no objection to vouch for
its veracity, as delivered to ine, (or rather in a converslitTou in
which I bore a part,) by Mr. Buckingham himself, with whom I
dined at Mr. C's. recently. Mr. C. asked him if he had any
proof of this account,—he replied, he rested upon the fads as
evidence of such a compact, but, that he had more explicit
data to fill up every outline, but that he was not at liberty yet
to publish them. rhe communication (to him) could have
taken place only, confidence, or rather through a breach of
confidence,—bilf, that I have nothing to do with, as he mention-
ed it openly and Unieservedly.—l am, Sir, Yours, B:e.'
Birmingh,itn. VINDEX.

Ti4.l-7. CORPORATION SCHOOLS AND THE OLD
GRAMMAR SCHOOL. '

• TO 'TM? RDITOR OF THR LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
perused in your paper of yesterday a letter
signed " An Old Free Man," l ant thereby 'it-lanced to address
'you on -the present position of our corporation schools. Al.
-though I cannot satisfy ,his inquiry respecting the extent and
endowment of the " Old School, in School-lane," vet I have
always understood that there was! formerly a free scirOol in Li-
verpool (probably a Free Grammar School) in which, whatever
might be the privileges of freemen, all classes of society were
indiscriminately instructed; but, that on the-decease of the last
master, the fabric itself was dissolved, and the funds for a while
idisappeared altogether from the view of a deeply-interested
public. Indeed, •I write advisedly in referring to an opinion of
the Into J. B. Hollinshead, Esq., who, when requested during
his mayoralty. ist,out fourteen )ears ago, to promote the erec-
tion-of 'additional schools in the more populous parts of the
town, answered, " that it was wished by some-of the corporation
to build such in lieu of the old Free School." Hence, I con-
ceive, the present schools originated, as substitutes for the one
in School-lane. Be that, however, as it may, if party spirit
now runs so high as to prevent a union both in opinion and in
practice ; or, if one class of professing christians be virtually
'excluded fur 4he indulgence of others, surely- it becomes the
trustees of such a charity to retrace their steps, 'awl to legislate
anew for the public advantage. lf, again, almost evei y church
and chapel has its own peculiar school, and if a variety of others
afford instruction for the more wealthy inhabitants of Liverpool,.
does not something seem wanting for the.education of-those
who are connected with the less opulent tradesmen and indus-
trious operatives? Instead, therefore, of attempting to con-
tinue -t he present delusive system, or even to adopt the prefer-
4111e proposition of selling the two schools, it does, I think, be-
hove the corporation to consider how far these institutions might
be converted to a much greater good, by being appropriatet., to.
an intermediate class of children, and partially endowed for the
encouragement of efficient masters. Thus, were £loo per an-
num allowed to the head master of each school, together with a
suitable Contiguous. residence; were a limited number of,l.ree-
men's children gratuitously ducated ; were those who are•in-
structed in Euglish, writing, and arithmetic, required to pay two
guineas per annum, whilst those who, iu addition thereto are
taught Greek and Latin, should pay double that sum; were
some such system as this adopted, I for one cannot but think
that much more benefit, as well as satisfaction, would soon be
apparent. Moreover, whilst no man's mere ipse, dint should
unduly influence .the public mind, it is equally true that ino-
deration,•both in opinion and conduct, should actuate all
reite is ;.
"
con-
flicting parties:
acquitsunt cecrotiui
dsesntel- e rectum."
i4u
e fines
I would, therefore, in conclusion, humbly address myself to the
"EstQ
u o modus
ultra4)du s i
cn i trrea bquus;
Common Council in particular, as stewards of the public purse
commercial city, in order that they may unite in .harmony.
of Liverpool, and also. to the inhabitants in geneial of this great
acrd
good-will to effectuate, sir at least to consider, this plan proported,;
Sir, by yours, faithfully, N EMQ.
Liverpool, November 16th, 1836.

.1 No party ever gained in thelong run by following expediency
when principle was concerned; where t hitt is once done, confidence
is justly shaken in such menever after."

In this sentiment
,I am happy cordially to coincide, but the
application of it which Mr. Rathbone has manifested, is to me,
I must confess, utterly unintelligible. On the 9th instant,
Mr. Rathbone said in the council, that " he had no objection
to avow himself publicly to be an unitarian dissenter :" and in
the same speech, he said, '
That he had often attended the schools when those who ought to do
so purposely absented themselves, (he meant the clergy of the Church of
England.) and on those occasions he had taught the catechism of the
Church of England. and given, as far as he could, an exposition of it to
the children."
That is, he deliberately taught as truth to the children, what he
conscientiously believes to be falsehood and idolatry. As what
is called an unitarian dissenter, he avows himself one of a
class who believe that the doctrine of original sin, and of God's
anger against infants is false; yet he taught and expounded to
the children as truth, that they were born in sin and children of
wrath. He believes that Jesus Christ is a creature; yet he
taught and expounded to the children that Jesus Christ is God.
He does not believe that there is any such distinct person as the
Holy Ghost; yet he taught the children to say, I believe in
God the Holy Ghost, and expounded it to them! Here is a pli-
ancy of principle 'descending so low, that there remains no
lower ground for expediency to stand on. fuis is the principle
of expediency supersedingpractically the principle of conscience
and truth. Well may we exclaim, where this is once done,
confidence is, justly shaken, in ,such men ever of ter.
Mr: Rathbone says ' •

SOUTH UNION RAILWAY.

• QP.
r::01

" If you cis e up Ebe 4eliools on the ground of their 'unpopularity,
how can you expect geverninent, to risk what your reforeorpora-
tion feel they have ,not sttelgthm to stand against ; and wlien our
unfortunate Wilt Ttaye added, .greatly to to; their discouriv-.
merit . - .
This is an appeal . • o tEs am therefore decline-
tiienpala":4'l.4:it" "I 'I •
•
any reply. Ido not indeel s ald,r trust I ' never Shall,
from maintaining; *0617 :OW pt4iiiely, the great Principles
of scriptural polities ittlOriaee tif-.itien. of all parties.T.Those
principles may be thus coinprehenssively stated. The revealed
won) of God is the only surOtandar4g,moralriik, gul wrong
and what is morally wrtutg,c4tr rfght. Con-
sequently.the true basis o(all sound government, is Revelation.
with its immutable announcements, and 'not population in its
fluctuating majoritieS. 13at, nOtwithstafiding all that has been
sneeringly said against me as a political parson, it is a fact
into which I respectfully challenge inquiry, that I have ,rlver
belonged to any political society of any descripti;fin, or de-
scended into the arena of political partizanship among men.
Were I, on the present occasion, to speak as a party politician,
I would counsel you by all means to retain the schools under the
present arrangement, and thus to keep yourselves in arrayed
hostility against the protestant intelligence and scriptural pre-
dilections of the town.
In conclusion, gentlemen, permit me to assure you, that if
any of you, or any other of our fellow-townsmen, conceive that
I am guilty of misrepresentation, either in the case of any in-
dividual, or any system; nothing will be more congenial to my
feelings than a personal interview with such person or persons.
I shall candidly state the'doeumentary evidence on which I have
grounded my assertions, and if it shall be fairly proved to me
that I am mistaken; I shall thankfully acknowledge my error.
The simple and single desire of my soul has been to teach the
truth as it is in Jesus, the Saviour of sinners, and the " Prince
of the Kings of the Earth ;!'• and amidst the unkind and uncan-
did treatment which I have had to encounter, I have the more
than recompensing consolation of knoWing that many, very
ninny, have received that truth in love. It will add much to my
best happiness if I may be the. humble instrument, of bringing
before any of your minds the true view of the momentous sub-
ject on which you are about to legislate. It is indeed momen-
tous, involving the present and eternal interests of so many
immortal beings. It is my earnest prayer that you may each'
he led to feel the responsibility of your position, and he saved
from " rushing upon the thick hOsses ()rifle Almighty's buckler:'
For God is very jealous for his word. " Therefore as the -fire
deVoureth the stubble, and the ,flame consumeth' the chaff, so
their root shall be as rottenness; and their-blossom shall go up
as dust; because they have cast
away the law of ;the Lord of

LIVERPOOI. POLICE.

ArroirrErr. Br essaaet.--0n Friday, at the police-office,
three young men, reputated thieyeii; of real " hane.do„s" appear-
ance, named John Stuart, Richard Pendleton, and John Parr,
were hrought before the magistrates, charged with having at-
tempted to enter the-hint-se of Mr. : Samuel i3right, in Rodney-
street, the night previews. - Inspector Poole deposed that on
that morning, .alismitt half-past one o'clock, as he was passing
down Rodney-street:, along with an' officer, he heard a noise
like that of the falling of a long sweeping broom. The officer
and he then•got over the wall .• of Mr. Samuel Bright's back
premises, where the noise came from, and found the three
prisoners concealed in an out-house used for cleaning shoes.
Ile alarmed the family, td see that all was right; and they found
that they hail-made an.attempt to break into the house but had
• not succeeded. The men when found were without their shoes.
-Be then took them down to Duncan.street Bridewell, and on
Stuart was fouu'l a key and a box of matches.' On one of the
other prisoners was found a knife ground for the purpose of
cutting out pannels. As he was taking them to Bridewell they
told him that •` it' he hail stopped had stopped half an hour
longer they should have completed their job." On going
that Morning to inspect the premises where the prisoners had
been concealed he found three skeleton keys, three pair of
shoes, which the prisoners claimed as theirs, a jemmy, used for
forcing doors, and a dark lanthorn. • He examined the window
leading into the butler's pantry, where they had been climbing
up. He saw seine marks in the putty of the window, and on
applying the knife to them, which he had found on the prisoner
Stuart, he found alias it fitted exactly. They had climbed
on a bucket tinned upside down, and appeared to have knocked
down the brush whilst trying the window. The servant-man
of Mr. Bright deposed that he had locked up the house at bed-
time and went to bed a little before eleven o,clock. The back
door was also fastened, and the prisoners must have got over the
wall. The policeman, Wi!cockson, who was with Inspector
Poole, gave similar evidence. Oh hearing the stick fall, his
inspector told him he had better 'get over the wall of the yard;
he dittso, and on searching about its the out-house he felt one
of:the
,prisoners with his hand. He immediately gave the alarm
and obtained ..furtherassiatance, and secured them. He asked
them Doty-100 z alaeehtid'heen there, and they replied " since
half-pgstAigfiVeclitiVl4l`ttiey 'hall not made an attempt on
We lip s,t.l, bul. lstftin.-tust,,ming to begin, and that they had
dinid'in Kirkactiii last Christmas and they would dine there this
Christmas an4pass Op wiigerocer-there. . The prisoners in de-
fence, whoQeein4it to twee ititi-ideaimf -the legal responsibility
they had incurred, all positively denied that they attempted to
lateaksintit theehoust-sehatitiat teas only their intention. The
deposition's foralieittlbOtninifi4ut for the inisdemeauour were.
ordered to be taken.-'''" 44-1 I.' -
: • - ,TAd 0i:3.7i3 1
Tit Ststaellissisehowacsaa,Ft Do IFeaday, at the police-office' one
of those wretcheritariitemue.hto-beipitied. men, who had lately
arrived from, CalbtfellEvansValrdo or "'heroes!! .was placed at
the bar under a Crthyge of ha'ving thrust his • hand through a
baker's she's') window andaaken a loaf out. The prisoner said
he had returned about four orilive weeks ago from Spain. where
he had been in the_army. Pik name,. be Said, was Patrick
Egan; he Was a
~aaekeeepla„lrelancl.,arisl: had been in Liverpool
for some weeks expeeting tbget,kpaSiitge to his own country.
lie had been at 'the' iiiiiiiii ogee' but wig-refused - a passage
there.- The reason ibe isnoilelTOVTTiaie' for the act was sheer
Starvation. ; We'never Saw a man whose countenance exhibited
such unetitilViteal tokens. of 'a completely broken down spirit;
whilst his einieciated fraMe and tattered garments showed-be-
yond contradiction that humanity had been tiled to its last stage
of endurance.: The magistrates had a communication with Mr.
Evans, of the parish-office, and he was forwarded to Ireland,
Mr. Hall, weibelieve,, paying the damage for the window.
,
Tile Powell AND 'rsmeia " INSTRUCTIONS."—On Friday, at
the police-oftice a respectable-looking man was brought up in
t` durance vile," charged on suspicion,. under the
." instructions
given to the police." Policeman Alo. -218, a .smart looking
fellow, who seemed to " bearhis blushing honours" with much.
satisfaction td himself; after two or three preliminary " hems"
and a complacent eintle,which appeared to be catching, for the
magistrates smiled to, said, " Agreeablee to the derecshuns
given to the pelese, I have lived foi some months in the naber-
ud Of my beet; and have -become acquented,with the manners,
.habits; custotna, oveupatietis businesses, dispositions, tempers,
and way of life of the iiiiiabitens—a-heir—and, sir, I have
known this man (who is a middle-aged man and a grocer) to be
a very. disorderly indiwidual, getting drunk constant, and by
continial habit and practice. Last night, I met him going to-
wards this lady.s.h.ousa (pointing to a female behind him) with
this poker in his hand, evidently with an evil intention, and in a
shocking state •of ineehreety--a herri—(smilitig at the magis-
trates, who smiled again.) I know'd he had often been at this
Teddy's, and had grossly iusulted.her several times; and, as he
was in the hactinfttimiag down towards her house with this
poker in- his :hatedltook him into custody. My object is to
check his conduct. 1 believe he has been under bail a short
'tune beforea-been,"• Mr. Hall.--" Why do you go to her
house?" Priioner.—" Because she interferes rather more in
my- house than she ought. if I had been myself I would not
have gone near her." Mr. Hall.—" We must protect her;
probably you would have offered some violence if you had not
been stopped in so going. Pay ss. for being drunk." The
" eriehreeous individual," on paying the, fine was discharged.
LA BELLE ALLTANCE.—On Saturday, at the Police-office,
Peter Burns, who burns with a wicked furor for irregular ap-
propriation, was placed before Mr. Hall, charged by a knight
of the order of St. Crispin with having robbed him. It appears
that, on the preceding day, the prisoner had entered the shop
of the worthy bootinaker' and bad requested to be furnished
forthwith with a pair of bcots. The shopkeeper, perceising
that, though the prisoner wanted part of his stuck in trade, he
did not encourage the stocking trade, (for he was absolutely
without stockings) and moreover, that he was bootless, told him, ,
that it was bootless for him to look upon his shelf, for he had no
boots that would tit him. The prisoner found that he must alter
his measures, and requested that the complainant would take his
measure. The latter declined, unless he-would encase his dirty
understandings in stockings. The prisoner departed for this
purpoSe, and, after a time, returned with his feet more fittingly
clad than with the mire of the streets. The shopkeeper and the
prisoner were preparing their measures at the same time, for,
while the' latter was cutting a strip of paper and adapting his
rule, the latter was preparing for a cut of a different description
according to the rule of his profession. According to the tech-
nicality
of the shopkeeper, he had taken a Wellington and a
Blucher out of the window, and had put them together under
his coat, thus forming a ne.v Belle Alliance, and was reaching
out towards some Cosseeks, which he doubtless thought would
ame'very agreeeble companions for the noble pair whiih he had '
conceiiled, -when he saw the eye of the shopkeeper's daughter
fixed upon him. He immediately darted out of the ship with
the booty already, obtained. The shopkeeper's daughter gave
the alarm to her father, informing him of the capture of Wel-
line ton and Blucher. The man of wax waxed wroth, that such
a juvenile should enter his :sirup and rob him in time open face of
Day and Martin. " Does he take me and my daughter for a
imaiinf- pumps e" thought he. Without wasting another word
he gave chace, and caught the thief at no great distance. with
the property in hiS possession. The prisoner was described, by
olio erihe officers of the court, as one of "the must noted thieves
ie. Liverpool." lie was committed for trial.
'iii err,—Yesterday at the police office, amongst several cases
~r a similar nature, tri sharp looking lad about 13 years old,
'tallied Thomas O'Neal, having a very distant acquaintance
with soap and water, was brought before the magistrates under
I a chargo of having stolen a turkey on Saturday night from a
stall in St. John's market. A market woman named Jane Col-
linsan stated that she was very busy selling, and on turning
rouutl she saw the boy running out of the minor with a turkey in
his haul. She pursued-him, and gave him 'into custody. On
being asked what he had to say in his defence, the prisoner,
who could scarcely see above the bar, having pumped the salt-
water to high-water mark, said he iv as looking at the turkey
,and going to buy it, when some lads ran past with a goose which
'they had been stealing, and several persons were running after
thein, and be forgot he had the turkey in his hand. and ran to
see, what was th'?•rnatter, when he was taken into custody.
(Latiggter,)„ Parkmeeon, the Bridewelr-keeper, said he knew
,biro ti;,tie, is thief Ylie had been dismissed from the service of a
i ottaxeoulst: for Sthitfing. Ile was (swum itted for 14 days to the
. horoegh jail.
06,0 thesoentaaicsien —Vasterdav at the police-office, a
, you amiss awned iienjaiiiiii.Martiu, who appeared the picture
aineamplicisy,.,emaeas-red hefot c time so aeistrates te comp la iu
against a disorderly fetnale named e'arah7Owens, for having a t-
temptedao rob him of his clothes eta Sunday night. The c.an-
,plaintrnt stated that he was going along by roin-sti-eet on Sun-
day 'night,..When the prisoner and another girl oCe+tilok•and got
'/,holci 0(h-int I each man, rind asl:tt,l Linn to tre;ittiii6iii. • They.
,
when daegged him. into a house um 1,a,..,-,treet, arniViteinpted to
strip, him of his clothes ; tly,ty tole his watstcodi at•ind tried
:to get his bUnts off, but could nos,'There were tiiia girls; two
.Of them 11,14. him whilst the nti!er relitia liinVand tried'to get
,Off his cict liemr,,,,likey,,it-f44/1 raw , , ti, and cut his straps to
lot lifet?-90tkpit,.. „AipprlpeilltlArd, tee inet the complainant at
,il4,.sornee, iitlbacieesitineatßtat datllie loss of his waistcoat; he
seemed as if hediaLd.. asr spat
.ink, and his nose Washleeding.
upellee ;wept 'with him tote h. ouse where he said•he had been
'robbed... when lie iniMediately identified the 'Prisoner.. They
*oil there the prisoner's dickey, all blood, and his gloves also
dpstds:, The informations were ordered' to, be-taken for the
*ripener's trial at the Sessions.
steßnanaares,Yeetertlay„ at :the Police-offiCe, a lad named
Joseph Knox was brought up charged with having rubbed the
Shop of Mr. Cassel, in Byrom-street, of a hat the same morning.
Mr. Cased deposed that he kept a Opp in Biroin-street, and
that morning; about nine o'clock, he was in his kitchen, when
'his daughtergaits an. alarm that a boy,ba,l run away with a hat.
:1-1t and
ranout caught him with it. Miss Caisel deposed that
c,she,raiverdhat,boy run out of the shop with a hat, and she then
i'nlainiss&her father. Parkinson, time bride:sell-keeper, said that
the. prisoner had .only come out of Kirkdale a week before,
[4here he had been .for three months. Mr. Hall .said it was
!ftighthis career should, he checked, and ordered the informations
:for his committal to be taken. .
5:. ::Stetigsststs.--Yesterday,f at; the .Police-office, a well-known
thief; on 'whose face scoundrel was written in most legible_ cha-
,• racters, 'named , Rebell 'citylorovas brought before the magis-
trates charged withhaYing'stabhed•in,the neck with a penknife
a man named Thomas Cano.van. - ,The complainant, who ap-
peared very pale, and withia handkerchief tied under his chin,
deposed that the' night before he was standing at .the .top of
Cumberland-street, when the prisoner ran.pastesery quick, and
gave him a stab iu the neck with tpenknife..• He had had no
quarrel with him,,but had stood by when he had had a quarrel
with another man,,and!the prisoner about five minutes after,
when he was standing alone: with his hands in his pockets, stab-
bed-him. A witness, the. person wiith whom the prisoner had
haul-time quarrel, deposedao the same facts; he saw the prisoner
strike the complainant. An, ofdcer depoSed that between seven
and -eight o'clock-he was et his beat in Cumberland-street, and
saw the prisonergo up to the last witness and challenge him to
fight; he ordered them away, and went to the end of his beat,
and on'returning he met a crowd bringing a man bleeding, and
he took him sto, eedoctor's shop. -He inquired if the man was
-badly hurt,',linelAhe surgeon replied he was indeed ; that, if the
wound had been a quarter of an inch further, he would have
been dead in n-minute. He-ts.n took the prisoner into custody.
Time prisoner denied that it was he who stabbed the complainant.
Both the complainant and his witness, however, positively swore
that he was the. man. Mr. Hall said there was no per
u.
imprisonment which the magistrates could inflict whirl'
hwoUlida,
he sufficient punishineut for so atrocious an act ; they s
therefore, send him to take his trial at the sessions.