The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-04 00:00:00

TO CMRESPONDENTS.

" Musicus." We believe Miss Weller was taught entirelg
by her mother. That lady received instruction from
Chianehe flint.

NE CVSPAPE R RETURNS.

Extract from a parliamentary paper, showing the number
of stamps used by each Liverpool paper during the six months
ending December 31st, 1842, and the advertisement duty paid
by each :

No. of Pub. No. of Stamps. Av. Cir. Adv. Duty.
Mercury 27 190,000.. .. .. 7,037 .....E 589 7 0
Albion 26
Courier .... 26
Chronicle ..26
Advertiser .. 26
Journal ... .26
STANDARD* 53
Myers .26 28,000 1,076 .... 448 16 0
Mail 69
Times .26
* The only paper published twice a-week in Liverpool.
t The Albion of yesterday says that they have authority
for stating that 36,000 stamps were taken out for the use of
the Times, though they have credit for only half the number.

Elie ?Lib trpo ol tlitgaratt,

TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1843.

The successful result of the petition against the
return of Mr. Walter for Nottingham is calculated to
excite some misgivings, as to the soundness of the
present law and practice in cases of contested elec-
tions. It was proved before the committee that, in
the case of some fifteen or twenty voters, of the lowest
class, bribery—admitting that the payments made
might be called such, which is more perhaps than is
warrantable—had been practised to an extent the
most insignificant. Compared with' previous elections
in the borough, venality might almost be said to have
ceased altogether. It was distinctly admitted by the
committee that the sitting member himself was not
cognisant of the slightest malpractice. No proof of
agency, sufficient to connect Mr. Walter with the pro-
ceedings of the half-dozen individuals, who had made
the disbursements which have invalidated his election,
was established; and yet the committee, blowing hot
and cold in a breath, having already stated not only
that Mr. Walter had not authorised such acts of any
body—not only that he had no agents for such illegal
purposes—but that he was :absolutely ignorant of
any illegal practices, proceeds to declare that he had
been, " by his agents, guilty of bribery," and, as the
result, he is incapacitated from sitting again in the
present parliament
Now here, we submit, is an anomaly, or rather a se-
ries of anomalies, which are rather startling. A gen-
tleman of high consideration, and known ability and
integrity, who has sought the representation of a bo-
rough, is, by the friends and agents of his defeated
opponent put upon his trial ; and, after a lengthened
and expensive enquiry, pronounced not guilty of the
charges alleged against him--for that is virtually the ver-
dict of the committee. And yet the accused and morally
acquitted party, is to be visited, for acts over which he
had no control, with the temporary forfeiture of the
highest privilege of a subject For a few trivial cases
of malpractice in others, an innocent man is disfran-
chised ; whilst the admitted delinquents--the heralds
of their own shame—who had given evidence against
him, and probably embraced or sought corruption that
they might so give evidence, are left in the undisturbed
enjoyment of their immunity of self-.prostitution!
Here then is anomaly the first.
But, if Mr. Walter was not duly elected, the de-
claration of the committee might have been expected
to be that Mr. Sturge, his opponent, was so elected.
We do not find, however, that such was the case. The
pure and patriotic friends of this gentlemen, after they
had unseated his opponent, do not turn round to the
committee and say, " we have proved corruption
against the sitting member, and we now propose to
shew that our own acts are stainless." No ;—for what
reason we need scarcely say, for it will be readily
guessed at—Mr. Sturge at once withdraws from before
the committee, thus refusing to submit his own purity
to its scrutiny; and, as the result, whilst his late oppo-
nent is declared unworthy of a seat in Parliament, he
himself, unpurged from the taint which his refusal to
submit to enquiry is calculated to fix upon him—mo-
rally innocent, no doubt, but perhaps legally as guilty
as Mr. Walter—becotnes a candidate to represent
the borough of Nottingham. Here, then, is anomaly
the second.

Now, we ask, if such is the state of the law, or such
its interpretation by committees—if the unauthorised
acts of a few individuals, (whose utmost connection
with the candidate is the privilege of entering his com-
mittee-room, or acting as a canvasser upon some sub-
committee), are to be visited upon him, with so heavy
a doom as incapacity to sit in the Parliament existing—
what security can any gentleman have, however care-
ful and however determined not to offend, in the issue
of a contested election ? What need prevent any party
—such a body, for instance, as the Anti-Corn-law-
League—by a judicious employment of agents
divided constituencies, with the means to bribe some:
half-score of voters—disabling, at any future general
election, every eminent member of the House of Com-
mons? Surely half-a-dozen Tamworth electors, for
instance, might be got into a dark room, and have a.
sovereign each put into their hands; and if the briber
only made himself busy enough, could run in and out
of a committee-room, could foist his person into a.
prominent position upon the hustings, and be seen.
shaking hands. with the candidate, and we might have.
Sir Robert Peel himself declared by a comm ittee perfectly •
innocent of any knowledge of the acts of the party in
question, yet "guilty of bribery by his agents," and
incapacitated to sit in Parliament for a period possibly

of seven years!

In justification of such strange law and practice,
Lord John Russell maintains that a few examples of
its working will put down the practice of bribery, and
other irregularities, even by: authorised agents; that
indiscreet parties will cease to act illegally when they
see their acts so prejudicial to the object of their eh oice.
`Why, what strange logic is this ! We must punish
the innocent, that the guilty, whom we allow to go
scot free, may be convinced that their crime has been
ineffectual to produce its object! Really, my lard, if
the object is only to deter unauthorised parties from
practices fatal to the seat of a candidate, it wouAl be
rather the more sensible plan to punish those pa rties
themselves, and not their victim. Let bribers anil re-
cipients of bribes, where cognisance cannot be pry wed
against the candidate, be punished with disfranc?dise-
ment, either on proof before a committee, or any .legal
tribunal ; and then, we conceive, we may get; rid cr,F the
practice, without the commission of such i?alpable, in-
ustice as has been committed in the c: ise of Mr.
Walter.

It is not imarnitsitW, by the way, to observe, the
hilts which are being adOted by Mr. Joseph Sterne

to steer clear, at the approaching election for Notting-.
ham, of the danger which the late committee has placed
in the way of all future candidates for a contested bo-
rough. The worthy quaker stipulates, not only that
he shall be put to no extraordinary expenses, but that
he shall not even contribute to the usual expense of
hustings, &c. Now without staying to remark upon
the dangerous principle which the practice of such
ultra-purism establishes—a principle which virtually
places the choice of a member for any large consti-
tuency in the clique of monied busybodies who subscribe
the necessary funds, for placarding, coach-hire, hustings,
and other necessary expenses, without which few elec-
tions can be carried to a successful issue—how does
the caution of the worthy friend, and ultra immaculate,
guard him from the fate of Mr. Walter ? The latter
gentleman, equally with Mr. Sturge, provided against
the allowance of any illegal expenses; and we are not
aware that all the discretion of the borough of Not-
tingham is centred in the Sturgeite party! If any
future enquiry into the doings of Joseph, however
prudishly they may have been conducted, should be
confided to a committee, similar in discernment to that
by which Mr. Walter was unseated, we wouldn't give
sixpence for his chance !

The exposition of the law, by Mr. Justice Coltman,
on Tuesday last, in the case of Birley and another v.
the Hundred of Salford, may not have startled any
person who has ever given a thought to the subject;
but it is one, nevertheless, which is calculated to fur-
nish matter of uneasy reflection to our good neigh-
bours of Manchester and Bolton, with respect to the
price which, some day, they may be called upon to pay
for their favourite hobby—INCORPORATION. Doubt-
less, in " liberal" estimation, it is a delightful thing to
write " councillor" after one's name; to be spoken of
as " the excellent representative for" this ward or the
other ; to be addressed as " Mr. Alderman" So-and-so ;
and to look forward to the prospect of some day ap-
pending, to our patronymic, the sounding title,
" Mayor." Then there are the delights of holding
sessions of our own; of having a gaol of our own ;
of having prAoners of our own, to be tried by our
own recorder, and prosecuted by our own town-clerk;
and these inexpensive (?) pleasures are of course
heightened by the reflection that they are paid for out
of the pockets of our very dear friends and neigh-
bours ! But enamoured, as the " liberal" people of
Manchester and Bolton may be, with these novelties,
we suspect that the decision, as to the question of law,
in the above case, will be a slight damper to their in-
corporation felicities; and may even lead some of them
to think that they have paid " too much for their
whistle."

The case of Birleys v. the Hundred of Salford,
which was reported in our last, was one arising out of
the recent disturbances in the manufacturing dis-
tricts; in the, course of which the factory of the plain-
tiff was attacked by the mob, and damaged to the
amount of some two to three hundred pounds. The
ordinary proceeding in such cases has been to sue the
hundred; and this course was pursued by Messrs.
Birley, and resisted by the defendants, on the ground
mainly that, the town of Manchester, being now an
incorporated borough, and, as such, ceasing to contri-
bute to the county rate, any action for damages,
received during periods of popular commotion within
its limits, should be brought against the borough, and
not, as heretofore, against the hundred. The verdict
was for the plaintiff', upon the facts, the point of law,
as to the respective liability of the hundred or the
borough, being left to be argued before the courts
above, the opinion of the learned judge, however,
being quite •decisively enough expressed to settle any
doubt which could be entertained as to the issue of
such an appeal.

, The comfortable assurance received by our newly-
incorporated friends from this exposition of the law is,
briefly, this. If an outbreak, got up in the neighbour-
hood—chartist, anti-corn-law, or otherwise—for the
sake of more striking effect, choose to centralise its
demonstrations in either of the boroughs in question,
and the mob, by way of recreation, indulge themselves
in the destruction of a factory or two, the inhabitant
householder,'- and not the ratepayers of the hundred
must pay for any destruction of property which may
arise. If the weavers and spinners of Ashton, or any,
other town, shall henceforth be escorted into Man-
chester, it may be safely inferred that they are " doing
the honours" to an approaching borough rate ! When
justices of the peace are busy advising submission to
turbulent mobs, and—hard case !--Lare condemned to
sleep nights together at the York Hotel, and—Worse
still—to attend for da together at the Town-hall, it
may be concluded that; if they are not keeping the
peace, they are at least getting the tax papers ready !
In short, playing at rebellion, within any reasonable
distance of the towns of Manchester and Bolton, is
from henceforth likely to be a rather expensive game
for the unfortunate people of these Whig-riddeto towns ;
and this for the sake of the empty bauble of a corpo-
ration without a groat to pay for its own keeping !
Seriously, it may now be well worthy the considera-
tion of our neighbours in Manchester how far the
keeping up of a ceaseless agitation—in any outbreak
of which the safety of property in that borongh must
be especially perilled—is consistent with their inte-
rests. They are placed in the centre of an excitable,
and at all times, more or less, a suffering, and may we
not also add, a demoralized and ignoratrt population.
The silly vanity of a dominant clique—which must
strut, forsooth, in corporate dignity—has placed them
in the position that, while osed, in the natural
course of things, to the co ation of popular vio-
lence from every side, they are condemned now to
bear, unassisted, the entire damage which may ensue
to the vast mass of property within the town ; and
surely, when such is the case, a wise generation would
sedulously eschew any thing calculated to produce that
popular excitement to which ignorance or wickedness
may give so fatal a direction ! The Conservative body
in Manchester, too, may now ask themselves the ques-
tion, whether it is the part of sensible men to persevere
in that silly and pettish objection to contest with the
dominant party the municipal gevernment of the
town, the obvious result of which is to entrust the
safety of their property and the preservation of peace
and good order to a set of incapahles. We throw out
the hint for their serious consideration.

LOCAL NE WS

PHRENO-MAGNETISAL—A cou eof lectures on this sub-
ject will be commenced at the Royal Assembly Rooms this
evening. We believe that some very curious experiments
will be brought forward.
THE ROSE LIGHT.—The new arrangement of gas burners
-may be seen in great perfection in Mr. Stafford's shop in
Church-street. The light emitted is almost, if not quite, as
intense as the Bade.
SELLING BEER AND SPIRITS WITHOUT A LICENSE.—On
Friday, at the police-court, two persons were charged with
this offence. One was fined £5 and costs, and the case
against the other was dismissed, in consequence of his being
new to the business and a stranger in the town.
A REFRACTORY PAIJPI;R.—A. female pauper, of the West
Derby Union Workhouse, Low-hill, was brought up before
Mr. Rushton, on. Friday, charged with behaving in a most
outrageous and unbecoming manner. She was sentenced to
pay a fine of 40s. and costs, or, in. default, to be sent to
prison.

•j We are informed that the Warehouse-keepers' Association
. have come to the resolution of allowing their landlords seven
and a half per cent per annum on the outlay in altering the
warehouses agreeably to the Fire Prevention Bill and insur-
ance
to them.
COMMITTALS.—On Saturday, at the Police-court, Gerire
Fowler was committed for trial'. for stealing a quantity of
silk from a bonded warehouse in Robert- street, North.—On
' the same day Esther Williams, a servant girl, was also com-
mitted for stealing money from the coat girl,
of a gentle-
man who lodged at the house where she was se: vane •
i 1 , PASSENGERS PER GREAT WESTERN.---Mr. J. H. Booth,
Mr. G. Converse, Captain Cumming Major Denny, Mr. and
Mrs. Fox, Mr. J. Ferguson, Mr. Victor Fauchrl Mr. Mai‘eirares..,
:Mr. J. B. Murray, Miss Murray, Mr. Edward Massey,
TRansome and three children, Mr. J. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs.
appan, Mr. Richard Trask, Mr. J. Thornley, Mr. J. Town_
y, Mr. Pounder, and Mr. Weesendenk.
SUDDEN DEATII.—On Saturday night last, an old woman,
blamed Multy Jones, who lived at No. 22, Fleet-street, went
out to take a walk, and on her return complained of being
very ill. Her son instantly ran for Mr. M'lntyre, surgeon,
%who was soon in attendance, but on his arrival she breathed
11.,•er last.
'SAVAGE CASE OF ASSAULT.—On Friday a man, name Samuel Smethurst, was placed at the bar, on a charge of
of
comm
theiFeathers' Tavern , a
and stabbitting a savage assult on the person of Mr. Hughes,
nk, him in the left arm
with a knife. Mr. Rushton orderod t'Sraethurst to pay £5
a:ad costs, or two months' imprisonment, and afterwards find
trivo sureties in £5O each, to give forty-eight hours' notice
excuse,only
sucht
thereof, or, in default, to be imprisoned two months more.
SPECIAL JURIES.—An erroneous impression prevails, that
rs theyare will
d as
age
Ipeetrfseorntso sthuemmunondeedr.oshneSriffre,csitaaltiJnugraiere;•erl
not. be
We are informed, that such of no avail,
fin, rd.
or sickness, for their non-attendance,
who had
sent letters, were Several. jurors,
but that the Court requires all such excuses to be Verified by'
an a Ridavit, or oath in open court.
fined £25 each at the lute assizes at Lan-
caster.

TR FROM 13

—A child, Tirane(' Ellin Coolly
s taken to the Infirmary 06
until Sunday last, when she

whose clothes lout taken w
the 4th ult., where Ole lingered

DEPARTURE OF AN IRON STEAMER. FOR THE 11".1C,
The iron steamer the loyal Soveteign, formerly running e..
tween Liverpool and Glasgow, having been bought by ,a '12%
chant, sailed on Thursday, under the command of GlP's',l
Fender, for Singapore. She will call at Rio de Janiero,
an
thence steam and sail to her destination. She will, we un-
derstand, be employed on the coast of China, and sail between
Hongkong and the newly opened Chinese port. Her speed
is great, and'hyr light draught of water will enable her toausa
ccnd the rivers., She took out several passengers, and a f
compliment of engineers, stokers, &c., who arc
en-
gagetnents for a period of years.
FINES UPON PUBLICANS.—The publicans summoned on
Friday were fewer in number than for the last two or th.r.ee
.
weeks past, although the offences were of a more miseellaf
neous character than is generally their wont. Mr. 1181°'„o..
Brick=street, was ordered to pay £5 and costs, it being ,n",,
derstood that the case might be re-opened on a future day
John Morgan, Key-street, 40s. and costs; John 148Ye1.!
Vauxhall-road, 20.; Mr. Magee, Spitalfields, 50s. • Franc'.
M'Gowan, Parr-street, (third conviction,) £5; John Dean!
Derby-street, acquitted. Beer-house keepers :--Catharine
under
Jockeson, 20s. ; Thomas Copeland, Pall-mall, (second c 0,11"
viction,) tiOs. ; James Button, Hill-street, Park, for allowing
rioting and drunkenness in his house, 405.; Hugh Heron!
H
Baxter-street, postponed ; Edward ughes, Chaucer-strear
postponed; George Briggs, Pembroke-street, acquitted.
CAUTION TO OUR CHESHIRE NEIGHBOURS.—An imPer;
tinent urchin, apparently about fourteen years of age, dressr.
in light fustian, or jean, is in the constant practice of 'iv",
ing gentlemen from their houses in a morning; and having
ascertained their names, he goes to the houses with his bas-
ket of biscuit, and says, " Mr. So-nnd-so desired me to
leave one, two, or three pouads, for which you were to Pay
me." In answer to inquiries, he is very apt at describitg
the figure, dress, &c. of the gentleman, and becomes exce,e t
ingly insolent if lie cannot make the parties his dupes, uu,
takes care not to leave the biscuits without being paid fo'
them. We trust some one will lay hands on this young
rogue, and check him in his deceptive career, which may
time harden him into an accomplished villain. _

•
SMUGGLING TOBACCO FROM ON BOARD SHIP.—A
IVir'
man, named Joseph Gart, was yesterday placed before
Rushton, at the Police-court, on a charge of endeavouring
to smuggle lib. of cigars. The vessel to which he belonged
had recently arrived from Zante. The case was proved, it."'
he was fined 205., or, in default, to be imprisoned 7 daps'
A foreign seaman, named Christiana, was brought up on:
charge of smuggling nibs. of cigars and leaf tobacco. Thd
contraband articles were found in his chest, which he
landed on the Victoria Dock quay. The prisoner and th
e
captain of the vessel said there was no intention
ndwhatever
er
to smuggle them, and that they were merely the retrial
of his own stores. This evidence was not, however, colloid
dered sufficient to exonerate the prisoner, and he was fin
ev
20s. and costs, or to be imprisoned 10 days. The 0311eJ
was paid.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On the 26th ult., wh,ilell
poor widow named Catherine Williams, was engaged in „„
ing, the clothed of one of her children cad ht fire, and in en-
deavouring to extinguish the fire, her own dress becanr,
ignited. Her cries brought in a man, who succeeded in pu:
ting out the fire round the child, but the poor woman, rrlea'i,
time, ran out into the streei, and fled all the way to lime° r
street, a distance of about. 100 yards, when a police-office
wrapped his coat round her, and put out the fire. She was,
however, so dreadfully burned, that, though she was irniute-
diately taken 'to the Northern Hospital, and carefullYin
Su
nday
last. to, she died of the injuries she sustained on Sul%
last. The child is recovering: The police-officer was
severely burned in extinguishing the fire. The deceased Was
an industrious woman, who strove by washing, &e., to B°s
port herself and her two children. The inquest will be be
this day.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT WHILE CLEANING A WriarD°/vi;
—Yesterday, about 11 o'clock in the forenoon, as a 10,
named Thomas Waring was employed, in cleaning a wind%
in the first floor over the shop of Messrs. Jones and Sontg
*
Castle-street, and was on the outside in the act of Pulp
down the lower sash, he lost his balance, fell headlong n'to
the street, from a height of about 15 feet, and was,killea °,
the spot, his skull being dreadfully fractured. The deceased:
who was 60 years of age, was a decent man, and had b..;
several years in Messrs. Jones's service, as porter.
practice of servants (male and female) not generally ecCF,,
toined to-such hazardous employment, cleaning upper 114.0 o
lows while standing on the stone outside, cannot be
much discouraged. The very appearance of persons, an.
particularly of females, s/ situated, is painful to passers bid
and it would be well that all windows that cannot be reach?
from the inside, should be cleaned by glaziers or Paint6s,
who have either a proper frame, or ladder, for the purpose'
THE PACKET-SHIPS OXFORD AND PATRICK HE101(.1,:1
The Packet-ship Oxford, Captain Rathbone, which sal
from NeW York on'the Ist tilt. ,•did not arrive until Satju
day last. On the 16th, in lat. 48 30, lon. 29, in a 51019e0
,
and violent whirlwind, she carried away her foremast ros1"
topgallant mast, main topsail yard, and sustained consi°el„,
io
able damage. One man was lost overboard from the Inah
topgallant yard. From that time until her making port k etc
has encountered almost continual easterly gales. The se.
ford did not speak any thing during the whole pas°s"6
Cabin passengers, Mil. Dennison, two children, and sera
°a
Mr. de la Hooke, Mr. Wliitlaws, Mr. Bisset and lady, fig,
Mr. Carroll; and thirty-five in the steerage. The Pack
ship Patrick Henry, Captain Delano, which sailed from the
York on the 10th ult., also arrived on Saturday last.
had been six days on the coast, with strong easterly w'rJ,,,t,
Cabin passengers, Lieut. Webster, Ist Royal Regirne;,;
Lieut. Leader, 22d ; ReV: Mr. Condil, Rev. Mr. Antire,"4.
Mr. Vogt, New York ; Mr. Connor, Bolton.• The pact
ship Sheffield was to sail On the 17th.
hio
MISS WELLER.—We gave in our last our opinion of
latly's performance at the Philharmonic Concert, and,..b
may now add, that though perhaps the most talented Eng..`l,j.,
piattiste of the age, she is not much in advance of her sisor.
Mrs. J. C. Shaw :
,they have been heard, in private, by Inari-cl
professors in Cheltenham, Liverpool, and other places:
.1;..
the universal opinion has ever been, that, when they of
course sweet music" in concert, it is the ne plus zillrqh-s
science, harmony, concord, and feeling. As a proof that tbe
two sisters excel in their own peculiar style, each thinks
other the superior player ; a beautiful illustration of tairi-i
and purity of mind. There is a third sister, only 13 Ye3r9va
age, who bids fair to reach the goal which has been attain
.g
by Miss Christiana- Weller, for her execution of the 11)°b
difficult compositions and the feeling thrown into her to'ho
are astonishing ; and yet, beyond what nature has kirhejt
done for them, who has been their preceptress
talented. Mother.

hi el'
A TRUANT YOUTH.—On Friday a boy, of respee,•--,-: gir
terior, named William Rutter, was placed before Mr •
hill
ton, on suspicion of having absconded from the roof °f e.
parents witlfbut leave. From the evidence of a,persen, er
nected with the police-office, it appeared that the pr `.',00
had been noticed lurking about Dale-street, on the pre
day, in the company of railway porters, from whom heA rio
nicking inquiries which led to a suspicion that lie be the
good object in view. It was afterwards elicited that be
boy's parents resided in Birmingham, from which towq,,o
had eloped without their consent, to gratify some whirl' coo
he had not into Isis head. It also appeared that he had Coes
from Birmingham by railway, having paid his own Pot
thence, but how he became possessed of the money
nnel
appear. On being taken into custody, a small sum of 1131 100
,
was found-upon his person. Mr. Rushton asked the
re,-
motive for leaving borne in the way he had done, en
ceived for answer that he (the prisoner)- wanted to g 0 tO
and was about following up his intention when the peliaa,,oe!
hands upon him. Mr. .Rushton.—" Go to sea; no"%niog
You would be better off in your father's pigstye than by
to sea." Mr. Rushton gave orders that the boy's rel4ll
to
should be made acquainted with his present position, all 00
the meantime that lodgings should be taken for bin' .t 1
answer was received respecting his future disposal.
Pat
BEGGING.—The magistrates having determined 117.006
down street begging, no fewer than forty-six meniu,lngeg,
were yesterday brought before Mr. Rushton, of B"Thei,f
from children to decrepit persons, and of both sexes- bed
respective cases, where they were not before known,
previously been inquired into by the police-officers whass it!
prehended them ; and Mr. Gray, of the parish-office, `vatted
attendance. Several of them, old offenders, were colWaside•
to gaol for seven or fourteen days, or a month. A °florae
rable number who were found to be in great destitution into
set down to be visited and relieved ; others to be takeaeo in
the workhouse, and some to be passed to their Parise-
eicit
Ireland and elsewhere. Some of them were in the lioue'
receipt of outdoor relief, but generally of so small an al"npeo'
compared with the necessities of the parties, or their 1;011'
tive families, that Mr. Rushton remarked upon tbe.inclill"
quacy of such payments, which necessarily left the I Mr.
duals no resource but begging, or perhaps stealing. ,_ooe,
Gray agreed, in such cases, to take the parties into the "_scere
or more effectually to relieve them out of doors. Thereesoi
amongst them several cases of severe family sicked thic
Some of the more destitute from Ireland were toldclothing would be provided for them before they were
to their parishes.
viNG AND CONCEALING TOBACCO IN A D~~Er' erred
—At the Police-court a charge was yesterday loattiY:i
a man named John Wainwright, (not in ces
nceln"
whO was staled to be a shipwright, of ". having and 71.0,910;
ing in his house a quantity of illicit tobacco." Ml' ;„5t
solicitor for the Customs, conducted the case nga'-nearr"-,
defendant, and called several revenue officers. It al'argelT
from this testimony, that in November last, in cons:el6kiii
of souse information, the defendant's house, in Illgeealef
street, was searched by two officers, who found, cal,,bt°
amongst, some shavings in a basket up stairs, 9 lbs. wei7accof
Cavendish and Negro-head tobacco, and 4lbs. of leaf t',92,,
the former worth 9s. 6d. a pound, and the latter 'with
(1
including the duty. The defendant had been served' ede
summons, but had trot appeared. The Board 115 c.
against him. for
.triple the value, -namely, 4,14. 1 /SW";
though they might have 'one for the full penaltY °.1,0091,-
A WOITIAD, it appeared, lodged in the house, wino svasthe
as an active smuggler. The tobacco was valued by 'the tie;
ing Queen's warehouseman. A wan appeared ,for
o° lihto
fendant, and said the article was left there wd";,)cl
knowledge ; but this was not taken as a defeneec-statea
defendant was adjudged to be mulcted in the atrion".o
Instructions were given to an officer of the police
him apprehended.

ItOUSt

against

'd
exaiicse2dr
Yates,UGGL:,
a.s—yAe s respectable-looking
er( the 3olce r
...-court, on a charge of smuggling twelve I:4soe,
oroacco. It appeared from the evidence'that the I;oclictili
had arrived from New York by the Patrick Henn"' deo
ship, and had landed his luggage, amoncst which w3-fitol,hull
ay placeci atPbea oto
box, which the officer who searched it found tO ce: g
boa,- in which were the packets of tobace°o(Poo
timo told the officer that the box was yerj
Pl'operty, and that he had merely brought it 101'11 friet:.e
whom he had known in America, to be delivered t°_, of ere
of the former in this country. The other contenires'i,
package were a few newspapers, a book, some Orr' waded.'
small baskets, &c. The prisoner sa;d he had been j,
dupe of in the matter. The box was given to him 'oglitiot
schoolfellow of his when he lived in the south Ofoort t.fit
to be delivered as a present to a friend here. v aireel,ithe
person requested him to bring it. he (prisoner) inq 1300.0%
contained anything that was chargeable with dati'to Voir
reply was that it did not. lie therefore consenteuhat it co
it along with. his luggage, and (lid not know believe
tabled. Mr. Rushton said he was disposed to
it
prisoner's story, and ordered him to be discharged
COUNCIL. MILETING.—The usual meeting of .tll,e
5 °f t°°
will be held to morrow, when, after the proceed,l,l(l;iag it dig
various committees have been discussed, the Thstroit.•
tions will be made:—By Mr. Councillor North' Coraor
proper and expedient that this Council or the Dock_ond
tee, or those two bodies conjointly, should provido_
emplO,ith
tail a powerful steam-boat or steam-boats, to be
and ood "0
in aid of the present and with additional life-boat. by °ad,
other necessary and useful apparatus to be cattle life.,
steam-boat or steam-boats, in the preservation
_!,,cositt
property (but more especially of life) upon the and tr,tee
shipwreck or other disaster at sea off this port,; Co~'d this
deputation be appointed to confer with the DoeVectipg4ioot
or a deputation of that body, with the view of
_ea oPesoth'
object. By Mr. Alderman Earle,—That it is „ler° oer
to dispose of the houses in Hanover-street, whic"the Pow,
drawn from the public sale on the 13th inst,alod foot
sion of them by the Corporation appears to 1, dot r. bee!
able opportunity for abating certain nuisances
the town, for the general remedy of which clattses obtoes
introduced into two Acts of Parliament reeetohTpict,ot`titiol:
By Mr. Councillor Bushell,—For the loan of
the Town-hall to the Directors of the Collegla'u r vacs,
during the period of the approaching MidsnT1rn 'o)4e
with a view to their forming part of as inten!iu
Exhibition.

CIIARGE 01
named

the Polk

prisoner at

PACKET Sinpa.—
ticription of the A New York paper gives a short
i.
black ball line of packet-ship Montezuma, built for the old
then, and left New ets
pack. She is one thousand tons br
Her i York for Liverpool on the 19th instal
nterior arrangements are described as most complet
nce Captain Lowber commands her. The same paper also
as ;
evideof the extraordinary strength of the packet-shi
say, that " the flottinL,—

_..ber, after having peen s---
)c
open roadstead for several days, thumping constantly on ti
sands, is about to return to Liverpool without being taken
up. She has not leaked in the least or sustained any in-
Jury; and the insurance offices have authorised her inai;ill;,-
her next voyage without being taken out for examination.
THE Ful'szps, SATtrrimAy EvENING.—The English stocks
have not fluctuated at all to-day. There was sonic firmness
in
toth market, Consols for money and the account closing at
14 -I, and Exchequer-bills at 635. to 655. premium. New
Three-and-a- half per Cents. left off at 1024 to 1; Long
Annuit 12 •, India Bonds, 755. premium • and Bank
4tock, 186 for the opening this month. The dividends on
the Reduced Securities and Bank Stock will be payable to
the public this day (Saturday) week, the bankers and
brokers having Thursday and Friday allotted them for the
receipt of the warrants of their customers. Spanish Bonds
were quoted in the early part of the day at 231- to i foe the
Actives, but closed as nearly as possible at the prices of yes-
terday-22/ to 23. The New Three per Cents. were not so
much subjected to change, having maintained 32/ toe with
steadiness throughout business. In one or two bargains
they were quoted a shade above this, their closing value.
Brazilian was finally quoted at 74 to 76, ex. div. ; Danish,
85 to 86, ex. div. ; Dutch Five per Cents., 99i to lin, ex.
dv. ; Ditto Two-and-a-half per Cents., 55/ to 56-k; Mexi-
can,can 34 to i; Ditto Deferred, n to 91 Portuguese Con-
ted, 40-1 to 411; and Colombian, 251 to I.
SHAWLS Tl'llE Qtit EX.—Some time since Messrs.
Roxburgh, of Paisley, having preparee two shawls of a novel
style of pattern for Messrs. Proudfoot, Brand, Thomon
and Co., of Glasgow, forwarded a description of them other
Grace. the Duchess of Buccleugh, soliciting her influence
with her Majesty to accept a shawl of each pattern. Her
Gee promptly responded to the request, and stated that,
a though her Majesty did not receive presents, she was desi-
rons to see the shawls referred to they were accordingly de-
sPatehed to London,with the prices affixed, and on Thursday
a note was received, stating that her Majesty had kept both
84awis• One of the shawls is named " The Eastern Tri-
liTeh," and is composed fsplendid procession in the.
11,Irodists oj. Oriental Scenery.° aThe other, " The Prince ot
";,ie , has for the lending figure the crest of three feathers
and
crotnyled with wreathes, formed of the rose, shamrock,
shileipistle, among which are introduced the emblazoned
Triums of Englend, Scotland, Ireland, Sce• " The Easteion
stapeeruf eturing
anur Shawl" is altogether a most beautiful specimen 3 f
ingenuity and skill.—[We noticed yesterday
1 tis of these beautif 1 ufactures in Mr. Pringle's
utus ,se
3 'ln 801d-street ; they" really quite bear out the enco-
,.. s.. our contetnporary.ELS]
• LLEETIO os. ^
tIE N 'LiVERSEERS AND ASSESSORS FOR Bih-
Mary'
officers 41°'-'O4 Thursday a large meeting was held at St.
or I,
mcalrl.edtst.o the"
/Church, for the purpose of electing the proper
cehayierar ensuing
Mr. Jackson was unanimously
, and, having briefly opened the business,
the ItiaPPer proposed, and Mr. H. Williams seconded,.
el
avnomination of M. John Orange and Mr. William
s .ers.
e e,ss fit and proper persons to 4erve the office of overd-
Met Stanr. NP Nicoll proposed Watson, Esq., an
_.
.B.field ; Mr. S. Walker seconded the motion. Upon
etliolulda
dconversation arose as to whether the parishionersion
that theernand a poll. Mr. Mallaby was clearly of onpianmea
of
~,,, they could " .".
...Ir. Anapper then proposed that the
of ?P.: ,Yleave and Mr. Orange should be placed at the heada
agair list for the approval of the magistrates. This
Upon Posed by Mr. Nicoll, who proposed his men a,tu .
Pro • an angry " war of words" arose between the
thepose A'
aaessrs. Hughes and Walker, as to the merits of
._.eti_ndidates, Mr. Hughes declaring that he did not oppose
icaus6r Nansfield and Zr.atson on personal grounds, but
e they were commissioners, and he thought that if
rfitiecYhyzold attend to their duty at the Town-hall, it was as
bands the township could expect from them. A show of
foni,r was called for, when the majority was declared in
we-j.,(,)f Mr. Gleave and Mr. Orange. Several other napes
Wikehairmwien added for the approval of the magistrates. Tic
ia au remarked that, as the late assessors, Messrs.. H.
he 81 onl atil Maddocks, had given such general satisfaction,
„,,,..t. ind like to see them again in office ; but they very
euntely declined th 1 VI Haddocks then proposed,
arid mr. ii e honour. r.
Mr ur. • Williams seconded, that Mr. C. A. Watson and
.1 Walter
Year hick rs be appointed assessors for the ensuing
' W WaB carried The meeting then
separated. unanimously.
.............-__
THE GUAR_

DIAN SOCIETY, AND THE NEW GAS
COMPANY'S BILL.

faster • ________
Thernbersiiig at eight o'clock, a general. meeting of
thethe
tellita.rnenu.,ol;i.trntohe Liverpool Guardian Society was held in_
imSouth John-street, for the purpose of
vtil4tthrito consideration a bill now before parliament,ti in
Thains • e New Gas Company seek for power to
.extend
die!
tionai into the various out-townships, and to raise an di-
aino eaPital of £127,000 in shares, to be appropriated
diatie themselves—measures in the estimation of the Gnar-
if nOl °,ejeti. calculated to postpone for to a distant period,
0 u‘nogether
~. prevent a reduction in the price of gas to
t 0 the AU. Hickey, president of the society, was called
seethe CtoßtAhrießmAN
meetingsai;daann outline of the bill would be pre-
d he w.ould only mention that the
t''',A. ewd CnrePanY was limited to a dividend of 10 per cent: ; it
;" uty of the society, therefore, to watch their proceedings,
It:sionvuech, as if they were allowed to spend their surplus. pro
could never 10 per cent. in going to the out-townships, whichu.
ferers. even
pay'
the
consumers in town would be the s f Alr. Reny, the secretary, at the request of the chairman,
read th
i.OlO e minutes of the committee with reference to this bill,
Thou 'which it appeared that a resolution had been un.ani-
of
,isi Y arrived at to oppose the preamble in the committee
wn_L e Bouse of Commons, for which purpose the solicitor
t ernipowered to proceed to London.
(1071, EtTnNis, the solicitor said that when he was in Lon-
-1,i,,. he had the honour of seeing Lord Sandon, who requested
il'il lin Poi out, in the margin, those clauses in the bill
thee bent society considered objectionable. The first was
viiia:eamble, which recited that it seas expedient that the
Allen 6 and places of Walton, Bootle, Crosby, Childwall,
wit".,..oll2:G.,arston., an.d.Wavertree, should be better supplied
N7lnee„_7 _ the main objection to this was, th.at therethweas no
n for any of them to be better supplied, as Old
ti °n had aiready power to go there. The next obje.c-
.Qn - a
..ch.,' w s to the second clause, enabling the company t9,.raise
;4leoutributions among themselves a further and additional
441,1af x 2.54,000 : half of that sum, however, or £7,000,
N.; (Ay Only sought for. The objection was to th companY
hi 'l'ic this money among themselves; the mode prescribed
ratsit!ke 4th section of the Q.W. Comninalfci bill 'l"..'"
t. `", which clause this society procure serted
fshould'7oYea" ago, and which required that the additionalshares
0, be sold by public auction in lots of one share each.
he ta.le present bill it was proposed that the new
.sharess should
14,..0,5t offered to the present proprietors,. the main differenceelled
tognltliat the Old Company, by their act, were comp
duesei in the first instance. A clause, too, should. be intro-
e meg into this bill to enable the public to ascertain what the
° -PanY did With their money.
.They were obliged an-
ntlallY to file
reeei,,, e with the Quarter Sessions an account of their
, ms and
expenditure ; and in the last of those state-
as..,ents ~ waa to be found an item of £5,645 Gs. Ild. put down,
wegeneral expenses." What those ". general expentses '
leertropuld not be found out; and lie wished a clause o be
iarti_ 'lced in the present bill, compelling the company to
1,4
Beularise every item of expenditure of £lOO or more.
ter:t were the main objections to the bill, and the main al-
int 1?n, which the committee of the society wished to see
roqueed
Mr, k •
tee, re AY, in continuation of the minutes of the ccniimit-
-1,04„ ad the solicitor's official report of his proceedings in
of eyn, &era which it appeared, that, as far as the House
see_ennons was concerned, opposition was too late. The
oppop then detailed his proceedings with reference. to site
d:tittle, (..'!no in the House of Lords, for which there is amps!.
4ytrh.ge
js2etshritrehebyiil:llsw. ill not be again brought forward till Tue
rrineie m r. Glegg, Mr. Ferguson. Mr.
and kr..'. Ge•\'vrh.omas Walker, Mr. Blackburn,
the -41- mMoruri.sh,
reaeluti iker, afterwards addressed the meer.ting; and
iMtbyr,
w
Pasgea ons, which are advertised in another column-, ere
1,11:. iltianinionsi.,.
D 414 tcorZeting
then separated, the usual compliment being
e claairraan for presiding.

" TOOTHLESS VIPERS ! "
ars,.
-11,:_loatoothless vi
44 ,',',ltalt exclaitns—no doubt he 's right--
Far
cannot bite ! "
re the Whigs ; so let them rail,
i'orh
now they've lost both " teeth" and " TAIL

Leave to your neighbour his own cares
W4i No
zeal
att. Nor hows
nd much he 's debtor! ,
it
your own You'd find " tim affai—
es " would bers
better.

SLANDERERS !

MERCATOR

TEIE
tAGIJE.--" JEROBOAM BAILEY.'
ira. r , poi!: ior which sect is " BAILEY ".ap,te_st ?
ipr
,lidependent," or for " Baptist ?
1,0, Perhaps, it might more fit opine us,
Whgin4,4B him follower of " Socugus. ' _
°f " Dissent " will now embrace him?
.
° Public anxious are to—trace him r!

VAUX

ENIGMA.
and second are the same—
.l.
name ;
brutes, You 'll quickly guess the'
Y third of uis the reverse ;
'w-IY whole throughout the world 'a a curse.

nitiriil4.C..4 " SCOTLAND.--The number of ministers now
e
'rat ter- '0 the resolutions of the convocation arc—to th
1,, ties, 520 ; to the second, 474.
I' t4ALrry
ago, Sir
ward 8,,._ , cir, ART UNIONS.—A short time
lo
1 rof Ireland,
‘414: at theltoleani ithe pres Tit
.gh C a
041: to be goYhi
auction.ntut27,ybyrishamining some
Mr. Stewartx Blacker, the hon-
pictures
itt th4acretaFY to the Irish Art Union, being in the rooms
etality ille ti the
spoke to him relative to the assumed :I.
i of the art ' n when Sir Edward stated me
Nret„2°,,Q,P aPp/ayw; tysiu"cch societies. Mr. Blacker havingsa
4 C 1
of
the
1 11'
UM.
Si
le
v been referred to did not
talii 3,0—,71i1is gratific:tion at hearing this, Sir Edward id
and,
i:44 a he: will give you theo in toircittion.ap'
ay the
I,ut %lion ,tyvreoete an order toannuallyßol B
until afnurther notice ;
444tg t 411=sn not satisfactory la
1T.,,,,,N. Rociety. manner,
states
(10,
ork;ll9Nrk.--The annual report
.of
_trheesidVeanctc,ination
fir,4 a farthelc•neSpieri Henryf
Hthalttordreais P
t resource ha. s cceireii;
I,NetiCdtir eNifidence inflict! olVilearev
hh e'sxperi-
, nee bas .eoarefully, and with those precautionsnwo
f llowed, al-
ger vaccination h. b
i'll_st tirlivDerlaate‘d oi!t as necessary, it has beeent
it, as one of
lt4e proofs 0, itY with success. But we !ain
d too fre-
tit; effie4,,, the general reliance of medical pr.aczitioners in
tiee4stlyl;4taliepreservative, that it has been deterre.
into
il;e4tli
t:eBste,:n. ,r' 41
sn dhsntial7l.:o:u about
has manifested
'ap'riloidtincxe their natural ceevi copse-ivled
the propriety and
•ndnever
,4(1 to° jaits establishment and maintenance bY
hnavcal lied fort
ne-
ther is utiivt)(l.llce efficacious vaccine lymph
most
.._isally acknowledged to have bewehnea resource in
.igent circumstances."

eu,
say I"TirttT„
on Tues-
tlii 'est, -10.--An amusing incident occurred
*O4 tritvite the assize court at Taunton which even affected
dre4' charg/' d°f the bench. Mr. Stone' who defended
Ik4B te the- wtth murder, in 'the course of a
powerful aner the
prta fit of
anye jury, im t
implored them to give the. prisoner
d The
e44°ller, 1, dOubt they might have on their min
ad-
of sus-
hil. char" thud, stood before them in an
d counsel
ter e Urged vvith the ighest offence knowangotnoythe law.
stioeed harig this
see tha
appeal tot their mercy, the learnteo
Vii which reutl to the prisoner,
1 he saw
44 Nige" ee was so vividl pourtrayingi when . Mr.
expecting
lo
Oeely,_stieee_ busily engaged in munching a sandwich!moment, could
freeewell, who caught his eye at the
d
the de-
-1 eee etbear • L'etNinletle for bi'
d b the con-
smile. Happily for the accuse
itu w
1,
at , and th •
~ trying to live," ,
. as too strong to be affecte Y .e ~
qtlitti :-Jary seconded his efforts at 4
lig hull.