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persuaded of their futility

ie cause, whatever it be, ought
not to suffer from the injudiciousness of the advocate.
Suppose that no reasons whatever were put forward for
the indulgence solicited, but that it were suffered td
rest simply on the allegation of a conscientious scru-
ple,—shall we not in this case, it may be asked, grant
the exception in favour of conscience ? The answer
is, that our institution is Scriptural, and cannot be
changed in that vital respect, either for bad and insuf-
ficient reasons, or for none at all.

But it may be said, tl

If a member of Mr. Owen's Socialist community
were to come forward and say, " Omit your Scriptural
teaching with regard to my
_children ; I have a scruple
on the subject ;" his request would be, of course,
refused ; nor does the Roman Catholic, who begs the
same favour in the same way, stand in a better position.

We adhere, then, to our rule ; and now let us ask
what is the inconvenience ? It is this, that we may
perhaps deprive some Roman Catholics of the advan-
tage which they would derive from the merely secular
instruction of our school. Observe, that Roman
Catholics are not proscribed as such; they are as free
to enter our schools as any other class of persons, if
they will only comply with their regulations; they pro-
scribe themselves. But what do they lose in not ob-
taining their own terms ? They lose only that which
we esteem a very secondary and minor object,—that
knowledge without the guiding power which is then
just as convertible to an evil as to a good purpose.
Nor is this all; there are many Roman Catholics who
will break away from the tyranny of their priests and
the assumptions of their church, and avail themselves
of your Scriptural schools in defiance of them. This
reduces the number of the excluded' and the amount
of the supposed evil, already not a little diminished by
the considerations to which we have adverted. If
aught still remains, it is more than counterbalanced by
the evils avoided on the other hand—evils whose extent
we cannot foresee, nor fully estimate; because flowing
from an abandonment, though partial, of an incon-
testible principle. It is better that a few Roman
Catholics should foolishly deprive themselves of a
little secular scholarship, than that their community in
general should receive countenance or confirmation in
errors of the most serious and important kind.

There is shortly to he filled up in the University of
Oxford a certain Professorship of Poetry, the election
to which, we are informed, is to determine something
more than who is the best poet, or who is best qualified
to deliver lectures on the divine art. We never ex-
pected to find the name of that learned controversialist,
'Doctor Pusey, so intimately connected with the charms
of verse, or the peculiar doctrines to which he has
given a title, brought under discussion as a criterion
to determine the merit of a candidate for the chair of
poetry; but so it is. The learned doctor has espoused
the cause of a Mr. Williams, and being so recom-
mended, there can be no manner of doubt that Mr.
Williams is a Puseyite—a Puseyite not only in poetry,
but in divinity, body, and soul. Now, Mr. Williams
is opposed by Mr. Garhett, who is no Puseyite, and
the consequence is, that in the contested election for the
vacant Chair of Poetry, Oxford will be polled on the
question of Tractarian High-Churchism ! The conse-
quence is inevitable; Dr. Pusey's patronage has settled
the point.'

The London Morning Post—a journal notoriously
Puseyitical--deprecates the idea of the election being
connected with theological controversy :
" Such an object," he says,- " has the least possible con-
nection with either poetry or philosophy, or candour or
common sense. The Oxford Masters of Arts are not, we
imagine, the most promising men in the world upon whom
to practise such an experiment as that of attempting to in.
duce them to dismiss all that is poetical from their minds
when en.oaged in the selection of a University Professor of
Poetry."

We would infer from this, that Puseyism is not
altogether so potent in the University as some have
supposed, and that the Puseyite candidate is alarmed
lest the election should turn upon the extent to which
that peculiar system of doctrine may prevail therein.
We sincerely hope that the fact may turn out so, and
that the Puseyite will be well beaten.
But why does the Post say that the Masters, in
viewing the contest in any degree of connection with
the famous controversy, should " dismiss all that is
poetical from their minds ?" Is Puseyism so very
anti-poetical that Poetry cannot breathe the same
atmosphere with it? or whence this anxiety to discon-
nect.the, two ? We differ from the Post in thinking
that the Masters ought not' to make Puseyism an
ingredient in the determination of their choice of can-
ilidates ; we think they ought, and that the party con-
victed of Puseyism ought by all means to he deemed
disqualified, and refused. We are aware that neither
Heathenism nor Popery has fettered the wing of poets ;
and we.would allow that a certain order of poetic me-
rit might not be incompatible with all the earthward
propensities of tractarian philosophy ; but a pure
Christianity has not restrained the human mind from
ascending to the highest heaven of invention, and
where it comes in competition with a corrupt one, we
should feel ourselves by all means bound to " hold to
the one and despise the other," for the sake as well of
religion as of poetry. A perverted faith in religion
leaves us no security for the proper use of poetic
power. There is a sort of poetry in the mass as well
as the church-going bell—in convent glooms—hermits'
cells, in hymns to the Virgin and prayers for the dead
—in short, in many of the fanciful things of Popery.;
but we deprecate in this -age the application of poetic
fire to such purposes, and at Oxford the choice of a
professor in whose mind we have cause to suspect a
leaning to them.

Our London contemporary assured us a short time
since, that " many had grown Weary and faint under
the burthen of Protestantism, which is as to mere
church matters ea formulary of no belief, and therefore
no support at all. They wanted a belief and a guid-
ance other than their own fallible judgment gathered
from original documents"--and they haVe found what
they wanted. in Puseyism ! Well, we do hope that the
masters who will have to choose the poetical professor
at Oxford, or the majority of them, will prove that they
are not of the number of these " faint and weary"
professors, but amongst those who, having inherited
the inestimable blessing of our glorious reformation
from their fathers, are determined to hand it down—
so far as hes in them—unimpaired to their children.

WEST INDIA MAIL QUESTION,

We are impelled, by a wish to do justice to the mass of
evidence before us, to postpone, until Tuesday, our proposed
estimate of the advantages, of a nautical description, possessed
by the port of Liverpool, as the station for the West India
Mail Packets; and in the meantime we take the opportunity
to offer, although perhaps it is scarcely necessary, a few
words in reply to the observations of the Liverpool Times
upon our article of Friday last. Our contemporary is a
little indiscreet in his thick-and-thin advocacy of the con-
duct of his 'Whig friends in the council, or he would never
have ventured, in defiance of the universal sense of the town,
to have insisted upon their zeal in behalf of local interests, as
displayed by their conduct upon this question. The hands
of our representative—Mr. Cresswell—were not strengthened,
we repeat, as they ought to have been, by the council, and as
they would have been had the question before the committee
been one of the same character as their pet warehousing
seheme. Their effort was a late one. To have done all the
good which might have been done, it should have been made
much earlier. It should have been backed, as it easily might
have been, and as it was in other ports which put forward
their claims, by the authority of a town's meeting, in order
to have influenced the constitution of the committee itself,
in which it must be admitted that the interests of Liverpool,
and the manufacturing and commercial interests of the North of
England and of Scotland, were most inadequately represented ;
and we assert this, admitting fully the ability displayed by
Mr. Cresswell, in conducting the case of our port, and the
great value of the evidence offered by Mr. Aiken, Mr. G. H.
Lavrrenee, and Lieut. Lord, in its favour.

For the fact that this is the opinion of others besides our-
selves and the people of Liverpool, we refer to a letter upon
the subject which will be found in another column ; and on
Tuesday we trust to be able to make out such a case in
favour of our town as will satisfy all thinking men, (who
are inclined to look at it without partisanship,) what ought
to have been the conduct of the council and of the public
of Liverpool last year, with regard to this question; and, as
well, how energetic ought to be their efforts now to repair; if
possible, the evil consequences of their past neglect.

LOCAL N'Ett

Davies, milli

Dr St. David's Church, obtained, on Friday
Asti his diploma, as a member of the Royal College of Sur-

ST. B ARTHOLONt ENS'

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work-people that have
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een thrown out of the employ of
row, and Co., and Messrs; William
!quenee of the late lire in Jersey-

sines which th

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street, Manchester. The
subscription from those houses. to a considerable amount,
have been ascertained to be forgeries.
THE WARRINGTON MURDER.—A chimney-Sweep named
Clough was secured at St. Helens on Wednesday evening
last, by police-officers Nos. 371 and 76, on account of his
having publicly statad,-thaton, the night of the 13th instant
he saw Gill, the man who has I.iee.n apprehended on suspicion
of this murder, dragging a woman down •Holay-lane, about
half-past twelve-o'clock, and afterwards twice heard cries of
'` Murder ! " He afterwards saw Gill take the wo•nan into
a field which adjoins the one in which the body of the de-
ceased woman was found the next morning, but can relate
nothing which might have occurred afterwards. Mr. Su-
perintendent Storey, of the St. Helens division, questioned
Clough upon the subject, and after making arrangements for
his appearance at Warrington when required, he was dis-
charged.

St. HELENS PETTY SESSIONS.—The monthly court of
petty sessions was held on Tuesday last, before T. Edwards,
S. Taylor, and C. Orrell, Esqrs. There were only two cases
of any importance to come before the court, one of which
was a private examination by the magistrates into a case of
violent assault by a young man upon a female servant in the
employ of Mr. Bateson, of the Sutton Plate Glass Company's
works, which resulted in a penalty of £5 being imposed upon
the defendant. The other case was an information laid by
Mr. James, clerk to the directors of the St. Helens and
Runcorn Gap Railway, against Mr. John Darcy, late of the
-firm of Darcy and Kurtz, alkali-manufacturers, for a tres-
pass on its railway ; but on the application of Mr. Silvester
Marsh, who appeared for the defendant, it was remanded
until next session.

MR. THOMAS CLOUGH.-It is our painful duty to record
'the death of our accomplished townsman, Mr. Thomas
Clough, professor of music, and organist of St. Nicholas's
Church. Though he had only attained 33 years of age, he
earned for-himself the highest place in this part of England,
as a master of t'
cessful instrm

theory and practice of musical

science. At the early age of 8, he was a performer on that
instrument, from which, in maturer years, he drew the
brilliant expression of a cultivated taste and chastened ima-
gination. He combined with these endowments the rare
talent of instructing others in such a manner as secured the
perfection of his pupils, and won for himself their confidence
and esteem. During the last 6 years he conducted the mu-
sical services at St. Nicholas's Church, with an ability and
devotional spirit which will long be remembered by the

clergy and congregation there. At the same time, node will
regret his early departure more than his numerous acquaint-
ance in private life, his many pupils, and the general circle of
professional friends.
THEATRE ROYAL.—A most charming and natural de-
velopment of woman's love and kind heartedness is Mrs.
Keeley's Lucille, in the drama of that name, performed here
on Tuesday night. Mrs. Keeley is a mistress of her art.
Her ecstasy on discovering that St. Cyr had obtained his
sight—her parting from him—her reading his letter—and her
final recognition of her lover, are all instances of her con-
summate skill. Mr. Stuart's St. Cyr we have always con-
sidered a very capital impersonation. He must have watched
the actions of the blind very closely so truthfully to delineate
a.person labouring under that sad affliction. The last scene
he did not render so striking as on former occasions. Where
were the cloak, cap, and shade, which so well concealed the
form of the well-loved Eugene? Lucille, could not have
failed to recognise at once one whose image is so deeply im-
printed on her memory. Miss Ellen Tree's Blind Boy, and
Miss Kelly in a similar character, were exquisite impersona-
tions. Mr. Stuart's St. Cyr may rank with them in merit.
Mr. Lynne played Andre very judiciously. Mr. Gray did
the old soldier with much humour. The farce of " A Lady
and Gentleman in a Peculiarly Perplexing Predicament" is
a laughable farce. It has gone off with much success. The
Keeley's are inimitable in it as the Lady and Gentleman.
Mrs. Keeley's Gertrude, in "The Loan of a Lover," is as

much superior to Madame Vestris-Mathews's as a Bude
light is to a farthing rush candle, while Keeley's Peter Spyk
is equally superior to Charles Mathews's. Mrs. Keeley's
singing the songs in the farce are alone worth hearing. "The
Yeoman's Daughter," "Dr. Dilworth," " Nell Gwynne,"
and the New Farce have constituted the week's amusement.
To-night Mr. W. J. Hammond makes his first appearance at
this theatre these eleven years. We are glad to find an old
favourite once more amongst the " legitimates." On Mon-
day Mi. and Mrs. Baker take their benefit. To-night the
Keeleys make their appeal.
AMPHITHEATRE.—This week anew spectacle called "The
Fall of Canton" has been successfully produced. We can-
not say more of this piece than that it is a gorgeous affair :
the scenery and dresses arc splendid ; the combats numer-
ous, and that there is two or three well-managed conflagra-
tions. A ballet called the " Assemblage of the Nations," is
intended as a complimentary piece de circonstance to con-
gratulate Britannia on the birth of a Prince. The scene
represents a British fleetat anchor, and is beautifully painted.
At the back of the stage is Britannia; at the sides, on
pedestals, are ranged figures representing the four quarters of
the globe. Groups enter first, of Scotch, then of Irish, then
of Welch, lastly of English—each group in appropriate cos-
tume—go through a national dance, and conclude by laying

their national emblems at the feet of Britannia; then corm
a principal dancer of...each nation, who performs a pas seul
The dancing is very good, especially that of a very lit
who takes the Irish under her patronage. The
being over, there is another general dance, and the Nations
again receive their emblems from the bands of Britannia; the
ballet concludes with a most splendid display of fire-work, in
which the initials of the Queen and P. W. are conspicuous.
lance has been received throughout with much

applause. The scenes in the circle were excellent. The ring
performances arc better than usual, and Mr. Wells and the
Clown are received with shouts of applause. Master Kite's
performance on the tight rope left us little to wish for in this
department. The performances during the week have con-
cluded with " Black Forest; or, the King and the De-
serter," in which H. Beverley played Frederick of Prussia
capitally, as also Mr. Howard, the Deserter. Mrs. Carman's
melo-drama of the " Death Grasp" has been played with
success at Manchester. It is having a run also here. Too long
a time is spent between the pieces and the various acts, the
audience get impatient, and are needlessly kept out late ; this
must be amended.

SUDDEN DEATHS.—Two inquests were held before the
borough coroner on Wednesday, on view of the bodies of two
men who had wet their deaths in an awfully sudden manner.
The first was on• that of Robert Dixon, a seaman, aged 39
years. Thothas Williams deposed that he was a seaman,
and that be boarded and lodged in the house of Mr. William
Connor, in Argyle-street. The deceased came to lodge there
on Sunday night last. About half-past ten o'clock on Tues-
day night witness came to bed. The deceased was in bed at
the time. They slept in the same room together, but not in
the same bed. Between the hours of four and five o'clock on
Wednesday morning, witness was awakened by hearing a
noise. He then felt in the bed which the deceased occupied,
and which was next to his own, but found it empty. Imme-
diately after he heard some struggling for about five minutes,
and then all was quiet again. He took no further notice, and
fell asleep. About eight eight o'clock in the morning he
awoke and found the deceased lying on his back on the floor.
He spoke to him, but having received no answer, he put his
hand on his breast and felt it quite cold. He then found that
he was dead. A surgeon was called to him, but it was of no
avail. Witness had never heard him complain of any thing
being the matter with him. lie belonged to Carlisle. The
jury found a verdict to the. effect that he had died by the vi-
sitation of God. The next inquest was held on view of the
body of John Connolly, a boatman, aged 38 years. Mary
Connolly deposed that she lived in a cellar under No. 11,
Brick-street, and that the deceased was her husband. About
nine o'clock on Tuesday night last the deceased and herself
went to bed. He was then in his usual health ? but for some
time past he had complained of a pain in his breast, and par-
ticularly so after he
,had been drinking, which, occasionally,
he was in the habit of doing freely. About five o'clock the
next morning (Wednesday), she was awakened by hearing
the deceased snoring pi a loud maneer. She spoke to him,
and called him by his name, but he made no answer. She
then got out of bed, procured a light, and found that he was
apparently dying. She ran down stairs to call one of the
neighbours, but before she returned, the deceased was dead.
The jury found a verdict similar to that in the foregoing case.
CHARGE OF ASSAULT.—lnspector Forrest, of the police-
force, appeared before Francis Haywood, Esq., and William
Dixon, Esq., at the police-court on Tuesday, to answer a
charge of having assaulted Hugh Murphy, engineer, of No.
12, M`Kee-street. The complainant stated that, on Satur-
day evening last, he was passing along Burlington-street,
when he was accosted by the defendant in a very brutal way.
He gave not the slightest provocation, but was walking
quietly along, when the defendant advanced up to him and
knocked him down with his stick.—Mrs. Gardner was next
called, and stated that she went to the door of her shop and
saw the complainant on the ground, and the inspector beat-
ing him in a most brutal manner with his stick. She was
so shocked at his violence that she went to him and remon-
strated with him. His blows were, however, continued with
great violence, and she endeavoured to:push him away. He
still persisted, and she threatened to call a policeman, for as
he wore a cloak she did not know that he was a policeman.
He threw open his cloak and showed his uniform, saving,
"lam a policeman." She replied, " More shame for you;
it is pretty work when the police behave this way." He
mediately turned upon her, threatened her with his stick,
and used much violent gesticulation. He, afterwards went
into the shop, and behaved very ill, " quivering" his stick
over her, and knocking everything down, so that it took
several young *omen to pick up after him. Mrs. Gardner
further averred that the defendant was in drink. These
statements were corroborated by a person who is connected
with the shop alluded to. The defendant said, that at half-
Kist seven o'clock on Saturday night, he was going along
Scotland-road, when he saw the complainant following a
lady, whose name he had ascertained was Dudley. He had
followed close to her, annoying her and insulting her till she
was obliged to seek refuge in a shop. He (witness) went to
him, seeing that he was waiting at the shop door, and
requested him to move on, asking him if he were not ashamed
of himself to insult a female in that way. The complainant
did not move on, upon which he (defendant)" told him he
would not permit a repetition of such behaviour, and that if
he persisted he would take him and put him. into bridewell
for disorderly conduct. The complainant immediately seized
his stick, and broke it, and he (defendant) in return, struck
him. A scuffle ensued between them, when the complainant
exclaimed, " What right have you to interfere ? The lady
who is in the shop is. my wife." He immediately went into
the shop and asked the lady if that were true. A crowd had
gathered about the door by this time. The lady said she
was not his wife, but he had insulted her. Mrs. Gardner
begged the lady not to say that he had insulted her, for if
she did they would pull the shop down. He (defendant)
was then attacked by several persons ; the females all sur-
rounded him, and thrust pins into his posteriors, and in the
end he lost a new wig, which cost him three guineas ; and in
that manner he was expelled. (Laughter.) The defendant
called two respectable young gentlemen (Charles Hague and
another) as witnesses. They both stated that they saw
Murphy insulting a respectable-looking young woman, in
Scotland-road, and that she appeared much annoyed by his
pertinacity, and at length took refuge in a shop. They
saw the defendant go up to him, and remonstrate with him.
They could not say who struck the first blow. The stick
got broken by some means, and then the parties closed with
each other. The complainant then said. the lady was his
own wife, and the inspector had no right to interfere. The
inspector took the complainant into the shop, and asked her
if she was his wife, and she replied that she was not. The
Young woman was not present, and the magistrates thinking
it was essential to the ends of justice that she should appear,
adjourned the case to yesterday at two o'clock.—Yesterday
the case was again called ; but as it appeared from the evi-
dence of several police-officers that Mrs. Dudley, though she
had promised to attend, was not present, and could not
immediately be found, she having left the house in which
she lived. A clue had, however, been found to her new
abode, and the magistrate ordered a summons to be issued
for her appearance on Saturday, when the case will be dis-
posed of.

INTERESTING TO firPRENTICES.-At the pollee' ebllrt,
'esterday, before Messrs. Houghton and Bolton, an appren-
`, Mr. Hulse, baiter, was committed for seven days for
iiiecting his work and general disobedience; but it did not
transpire whether or :lot a premium had been paid with the

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TAM O'EIANTER.-It will be seen, by an advertisement
in our paper of this day, that Mr. Anderson's figures have
been safely removed to the lower end of Ranelagb-street,
where they will be more in the way ; and we have no doubt
but they will be well attended.

Four men have been apprehended at Manchester who have
for some time carried on an extensive system of fraud on
grocers. They were caught just as they were about starting
for Liverpool to embark for America with the produce of
their plunder.

THE LATE ROBBERY NEAR KENDAL.—Christopher lon,
who was apprehended at Lancaster, on suspicion of having
committed the above robbery, underwent an examination at
the Town Hall, Kendal, on Saturday last, the 20th instant,
when he was committed to take his trial at the next assizes,
and was that day conveyed to Appleby Castle.
THE CENSUS.—Most of our contemporaries have com-
mitted an-error in giving a statistical account.of the popula-
tion of the counties. It would be inferred that the popula-
tion given was that of 1811, whilst, through a mistake origi-
nating in the London Journals, it is that of 1831. The par-
ticulars of both were correctly given in the STANDARD of
Tuesday.

A HINT TO OUR CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS.—TD entitle
a freeholder or copyholder to be next year registered as a
voter for any Riding, &c., he must be in the actual posses-
sion of his qualifying property on the last day of January
next, at the very latest. It is, therefore, highly important
that all conveyances and other deeds of assurance should be
completed before the 31st day of January, 1842.
REMAINS OF TIIE RED DEER.—In excavating a drain
about ten or twelve feet below the surface of the grounp at
Birkenhead, and while cutting through what appeared to be
an old peat bog, filled entirely with mouldered leaves and
shells of the acorn, the skeleton of a stag, the antlers of one
of the red deer, and several skulls of the same tribe, were
discovered in a perfect st•ite of preservation. These remains
arc in the possession of Mr. Cole, architect, Hamilton-street,
Birkenhead, who will be glad to show them to any gentle-
man interested in antiquarian researches.

ST. BRIDE'S NATIONAL SCHOOLS.--It will be seen by
the advertisement in another column that our excellent
Bishop is to preach at St. Bride's Church next Sunday mor-
ning and evening in aid of the funds of these schools, in
which there are at present nearly 600 children receiving in-
struction. This extra collection, we understand, is required
to discharge the expenses of fitting up, painting, and com-
pleting the school-rooms, and to settle the balance remaining
due to the treasurer.
The advices from Lancashire are not of a cheering cha-
racter. Messrs. T. and H. Crofts, of Liverpool, who are
concerned in the soap trade, have failed, and their liabilities
are supposed to amount to £45,000. The acceptances of
Messrs. Gisborne and Wilson, calico printers, of Manches-
ter, a firm of some importance, have been refused. The
London money-market has been in no wise influenced by
these occurrences, and it is expected in some quarters that
the Manchester house will satisfy all its creditors.—Times.
BAD HORSMANSHIP AND COOL BRUTALITY.—On Sunday
afternoon, Mr. Dowson, a foreign gentleman, requiring a
horse for the service of his lady, proceeded to the livery
stables of Messrs. Anderson and Brown, Mount-pleasant,
where he was in.the habit of hiring horses. A fine spirited
and valuable horse, Which had been a favourite hunter of the
late Sir Thomas Stanley, was shown to him and approved.
His servant, mounted it and set off home before his master.
It was observed by several individuals on the way, that the
man was a bad horseman, and more than one apprehended
mischief. At length, in St. Anne-street, the horse, having
gradually become more impatient of the mismanagement to
which he was subjected, darted against a shandry, the shaft
of which broke off and entered the chest of the horse.
Though the poor animal had the large splinter of the shaft
sticking in his breast, the brutal fellow who rode him con-
tinued to urge him forward as if nothing had happened.
At length he was observed by police-officer 188, who seeing
the condition of the horse, stopped him, and dragged the
man from his back. The fellow, with thoughtless inhumanity,
seized the splinter and tore it from the wound. The blood
spouted forth as from a pump. Mr. Dawson at that moment
came, and discharged the fellow from his service on the spot.
Officer 188 led the horse by the bridle with the intention of
taking him to Mr. Bunnell's veterinary surgery. He had
not proceeded far, however, when he stopped, staggered, and
after reeling for a short time, fell. He struggled convulsively
for some minutes, and then expired. The value of the horse
would not be less than £5O. It had. been hunted only the
week before, and came in first of the field.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER.—We
regret to learn that an accident, attended with very serious
consequences, took place on Monday afternoon, in the Vic-
toria Channel. A small boat, such as those which usually
cruise about for employment from inward bound vessels, was
out on this errand on the day in question, when, from some
cause which we have not heard fully explained, it upset, and
the crew, consisting of four hands, were precipitated into the
water. One of them succeeded in keeping himself afloat by
means of two oars till he was picked up by another boat,
which fortunately happened to be near. Of the other three,
two sunk, and have not yet been recovered, and the third
died immediately on being taken out. An inquest was held
on Wednesday on view of the body of this man, whose name
was Owen Pritchard, when George Garlic, one of his com-
panions, deposed—that he was a boatman, that he livediln
Lumber-street, and that lie knew the deceased very well.
About eleven o'clock on Monday morning last, the deceased,
witness, and two other men went out in a small boat as far

die Formby lightship, to look fora vessel

out some time, arid at length Were proceeding towards
Liver-
pool. It was blowing very fresh on their return, but they
had a fair wind. While they were coining along, a sea struck
the boat and upset her, in consequence of which they were
all thrown into the water. A man of the name of Edward
Newby was close to witness in the water, and in about a
quarter of an hour he sunk. Witness did not observe the
deceased and the other man after the boat had upset. A
boat came to their assistance, and witness was taken out of
the water. Jttst as he got into the- boat he, saw a Man in the
act of sinking, and one of the Men
,who had picked him up
seized hold of the drowning individual, whom witness then
recognised to be the deceased. He was taken, into the boat,
and appeared to be dead. Such means were used by the men
in the boat as lay in the boat to bring him round, but they
were of no avail, animation having been quite extinct. Nei-
ther of the other two men who perished could be found. Time
deceased was brought to Liverpool, and carried home by
some boatmen. He was 33 years of age. The jury returned
a verdict to the effect that the deceased had died in the man-
ner described. The other two bodies have not yet been re-
covered, but the name of one of theth has been. ascertained to
be Edward Newby.

„,
RELIEF OF THE POOR AT MANCHESTER.—The distress
which was known to exist amongst the poorer classes of this
populous and extensive district has excited the attention of
the clergy generally, and it is now decided that sermons be
preached in the different churches for the immediate relief of
the suffering poor. The first sermon for the above object
was preachd on Sunday morning last. at Christ Church,
Salford, by the Rev. Hugh Stowell, M.A., when the collec-
tion amounted to upwards of £2-10, and we understand that
other sermons are to follow in quick succession. We most
sincerely hope that so worthy an example may be generally
followed.

SUPPOSED MURDER AT WARRINGTON.—A. day or two
ago we gave some particulars of an inquiry before the coro-
ner, at Warrington, respecting the death of a young woman,
named Moulds, a dressmaker. It will be recollected that the
deceased was found suffocated in a ditch, on Sunday the 14th
instant. At the time of the inquest some suspicion attached
to a man named Gill, who had been seen with the deceased
on the Saturday night, but the jury did not find any verdict
inculpating him. A subsequent inquiry, however, took place
before the magistrates, on Saturday; the result of which was
his commitment to Kirkdale, to take his trial, on the charge
of wilful murder, at the next assizes for the county. We

have received a report of the evidence adduced before the
magistrates, but it is not necessary to publish it, as, for the
most part, it was a mere repetition of that taken before the
coroner. The additional facts which bore against the pri-
soner were that he was seen near the spot where the woman
was found about the time when it is supposed the murder
took place, and that the footsteps near the spot corresponded
with the shoes of the prisoner. A book belonging to the
woman was found at the prisoner's lodgings. It was also
stated that cries were heard near the spot about the time of
the murder. The prisoner is a native of Worcestershire, and
served his apprenticeship to Mr. William Whitley, iron-
founder, of Warrington. He is in the 27th year of his age,
and has been some time married to a young woman, a native
of Northwich, in Cheshire. lie has one child living.
THE LATE CAPTAIN TOWNLEY.—This gallant seaman,
who died in this city, on the 3rd instant, after an illness of
three days, commanded her Majesty's mail-packet Merlin,
belonging to the Liverpool and Irish station, on which service
he had commanded government Packets, under the Pbstoffice
and Admiralty, for more than seventeen years. Mr. Town-
ley's perfect knowledge of navigating through the intricate
difficulties of the River Mersey, his firm and manly conduct
in all cases of emergency, more particularly when in cum-
' mand of the Avon, on her voyage to Liverpool from Kings-
town, during the great 'storm of January, 1839 (when he re-
ceived several injuries on the head, with loss of blood, which
considerably impaired his constitution), added to his well-
known gentlemanly bearing, had secured for him the character
of a most efficient, trustworthy, and gallant officer, whose
professional services must ever be considered a Serious public
loss. His fatal illness was contracted in the late storm of
tho 17th of October, during which he was lashed for 24 hours
to a wet deck, and thus lost his life, as he had spent it, in the
service of his country.—Dublin Paper.
RADICAL BRIBERY.—We have, on indubitable testimony,
the awkward fact, that the expenses on behalf of the liberal
candidate, in Pitt-street ward, at the last municipal election,
amounted to upwards of £4O, while those incurred by the
conservative committee did not exceed £9. And in what
way have the immaculate liberals run up all this extra ex-
pense ? They never bribe, not they, innocent souls : they
never treat. But what says the landlord of the Vine Tavera ?
What vouchers has he to show for the correctness of his
bill ? Why, TICKETS FOR DRINK, varying from 2d. to
Bd. in value, and issued under the hand and seal of the com-
mittee, BESIDES ORDERS FOR 200 BREAKFASTS. It is true,
that with characteristic shabbiness, after contracting the
debt, the liberals demur to the payment, and legal proceed-
ings have been adopted to enforce it. The tender of £25,
however, with which they have come forward as a compro-
mise, is a sufficient confession that a very considerable sum
has been laid out beyond the necessary expenses of the elec-
tion. We were not wrong in giving it as our opinion, from
the known character of the liberal party, that if it were at all
suspected that the conservatives were dealing in bribery,
great care would be taken that they should not have it all to
themselves.—Courier.
THE FINE ARTS.—The subscription books for the receipt
of names to the Postoffice Gallery fund for the encourage-
ment of the fine arts are now open. We sincerely hope that
the public will come forward to support the undertaking this
year. Last year the sum received was much under the
amount of other periods. We have been told, and we have
no reason to doubt our authority—that the artists do not ex-
ert themselves so much as they might in procuring subscri-
bers. We assure them that unless they are "up and do-
ing ", a still greater falling off will be found. Times are
bad, and though men may admire pictures—they love money
better.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT ST. HELENS.-013 Tuesday
night last, about midnight, a pig drover, named John
WCalr, was attacked by three men, and robbed of all the
money he had in his possession, which, fortunately, however,
was not a very large amount. At the time of the attack,
M`Cale was intoxicated, having been drinking at a public-
house at a place called Blackbrook, distant about a mile and
a half from St. Helens, in company with a party Of colliers,
some of whom are suspected of being the robbers. He was
proceeding to his lodgings, and had got about two hundred
yards from the public-house, when three men pounced upon
him, and cut out his trousers pockets, containing about 175.,
with which they decamped. Information of the robbery was
taken to the police offiJe, St. Helens, on Wednesday morn-
ing, when Police-serjeant Lloyd (No. 309), and police-con-
stable Green (No. 446), were speedily engaged in investiga-
ting the affair, and during the day three or four parties were
takn into custody on suspicion. 111'Cale identifies a man
named Tunstall, who has been apprehended, as one of the
parties who made the attack on him.

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