The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-02 00:00:00

TO THE REV• WILLIAM VEVERS

SIR,-1 am sorry you should have addressed me as an
enemy to the Wesleyan Methodists, or as having made any
unkind or unfriendly proposal to them. Nothing could have
been farther from my intention : and on reviewing my lan-
guage as reported in the newspapers, I am happy to say that
I cannot find any just ground for the accusations which you
have felt it your duty publicly to advance against me.
By some anonymous, and to me unknown, writer, who has
published a defence of me against your charges, I find the
following descriptio❑ of the object I had in view. The writer
has fairly gathered it from the speech, and I cordially adopt
his description as correct and true. He says—

The appeal made by Mr. M`Neile to the Wesleyan body was,
in broad terms, this. We admit the amount and efficacy of the
educational efforts made thus far by the Wesleyan body. We see.
however, at the same time, their inability to cope with the vast ex-
tent of the evil disclosed to our view. The state has also arrived

at this conviction, accompanied by a sense of its own duty in the
emergency presented ; and has offered a plan by which the evil
may be fully and efficiently grappled with. But the state has a re-
ligion, that religion being the religion of the Church of England, in
all the essentials of which wesleyans agree ; and she puts it to you,
as a matter of earnest consideration, whether, having already done

so much for the promotion of Scriptural education, and feeling
that your utmost zeal is unequal to the work which presses 'to be

done, you are disposed to stand in the way of that work being un-
dertaken by her, through the agency of the established clergy, or

merging your sectarian prejudices,
you are disposed to occupy the
broad ground of Christian good Fort A LL, and to say to the
CHURCH " God speed you to the full accomplishment of the task

of duty, to the performance of which we confess ourselves with

our willingness, unequal."

This was the spirit and substance of Mr. M'Neile's appeal to
the Wesleyan body. In Christian kindness it was made; but how

hat it been met by Mr. Vevers ?

This is just—except that I used no expression so harsh as
sectarian prejudices. As a specimen of the manner in which
you have treated my speech, I will here take the liberty of
transcribing a passage from your letter, and compare it with
the passage in the speech to which it refers, and from which
it contains a partial quotation :

And nt,w that both Church and State are rouxcd, what is the

philanthropic mode of proceeding which you, as the champion of
the Hann!, of the Clergy,
propose for adoption? Is it to stay the

plai;ne No : the plague has been stayed in that portion (it the

community which has been brought under instruction by the Wes

leyans and the Dissenters. Your proposal substantially is that the
leyans and Dissenters should certe to labour in this mural de-

Bert; that the Clergy should cuter upon their labours, and take eY

elusive posgession of the field : the inevitable consequence of which

would be the prevalence and the extension of the plague. You pro

pose, not actually to attempt to stay the
plague, but to labour
where the plague has been stayed ! Your own liAnguar,-e, which

yutl impute to the Wtsleyaß3, 13,

We cannot endure the notion

of the children for Ixhom we have so long toiled being taken from
our institution, and consigned to the care of a board of trustees,

the official chairman of which is a Tractarian, who condemns the

Irinciple of the Reformation, and avows his desire to unprotes

:antize the English Church." This is a distinct and unequivocal

avowal on your part that your Object is, not so much to stay the
plague where it actually rages, as to take possession of the fruits of

the labours of the Wesleyans and Dissenters. What patriotism
What piety ! This is a sample of class interest !—Letter, p. 7•

Now compare with this, the report of the part of my speech
here referred to, the same report which you say was before
you, namely, that given in the Liverpool Standard :

And now you have a golden opportunity of showing the true ele-
vation of the motives and principles by which you are actuated.
You may say we have supplied for a season, as far as we could, the
lack of service of both Church and State : we have been forward to

stand in the gap, and by all our energies to stay the plague. The
work, indeed, was too heavy for us, but we did our best. Now, the
State is roused to the necessity of engaging in this work, with a

,wer such as we could not of course command, and instead of

employing us, she employs the established church as her agent,

What, then, is our Christian course ? Is it to be contentious, and
envious and murmuring ; or is to be thankful that now, at last, the
work we wished to do, and endeavoured to do, but could not effec.

Wally do, is to be effectually done by others? IF YOU SAY,
would rejoice to see the work done, but we grieve to see it spoiled,
as spoiled it must be by the established church clergy in their pre-
sent semi-popish state ; we cannot endure the notion of the chil-
dren for whom we have so long toiled being taken from the institu-
tion, and consigned to the care of a board of trustees, the official
chairman of which is a Tractarian, who condemns the principle of
the Reformation, and avows his desire to unproteatantize the Eng-
lish church;"

—lf you say this, I agree with you in this, with all my
heart and soul; and if I believed that such views were indeed cha-
racteristic of the clergy of the established church as a body, I would
advocate nothing that would place power or influence in their hands.
But is this so

The words I have here printed in italics, bearing as they
do upon the drift of the whole passage, aid OMITTED AS
THEY ARE IN YOU?. LETTER, will place the matter between
us in a clear point of view, and answer, I hope, so far as I
am concerned, all your eloquence against " Puseyism,"
which, however valuable in its place, was wholly misplaced
in an appeal to me.

I proceeded to assign some reasons for thinking that the
evil of Tractarianism (as it is called for convenience and
brevity) is by no means so widely spread in the Church of
England as many persons seem to suppose; and I did so,
because I understood the chief objection of the Wesleyana
to the educational clauses of the Factory Bill to be grounded
upon the supposed unsoundness of the Clergy of the Esta-
blished Church as a body.

The tone and tenor of my whole address to the Wesleyans
were, on the occasion referred to, as always, those of un-
feigned kindliness ; and I feel assured that the specimen al-
ready supplied of the manner in which you have met me will
exculpate me in their minds from any necessity of entering
more largely into your letter. The only substantial answer
than could be given to my friendly expostulation would be
proof (if proof could be supplied) of so general a prevalence
of Tractarianism in the Church, as would justify the want of
confidence now for the first time manifested by the Wes-
leyans. Ido not believe that any such unsoundness can be
proved, and therefore I deeply regret that the patriotic de-
sign of Her Majesty's Government, on behalf of the thou-
Sands of ignorant children in the manufacturing districts of
the country, has been so vehemently opposed. Grant some
evils in the proposed plan ; but can they he removed without
incurring greater evils ? And in the details of practical mea-
sures, are not wise men, in this fallen world, continually
driven into a choice of evils ? Nothing human is perfect.
It is the part of maturing wisdom to make approaches to
perfection ; and what are APPROACHES to perfection, but
MINOR evils under another name? Unfortunately, what are
indeed minor evils upon the whole, appear to the circum-
scribed views of some to be the greatest of evils ; and thus
the plans of comprehensive wisdom are continually thwarted
by the short-sighted claims and jealousies of conflicting sel-
fishnesses. It is, perhaps, too much for me to expect that
you will take dispassionately into consideration the RELA-
TIVE AMOUNT of evil which would inevitably be incurred by
setting aside the Established Church from national prece-
dence in any national establishment of education; the RE-
LATIVE AMOUNT of evil now inevitable, if the State supply
no help for the education of the people; and the relative
amount of evil incurred by transferring some thousands of
children from the management of Wesleyan teachers to the
management of Church of England teachers. Compare,
weigh, and decide.

I am strongly impressed with the deep responsibility of
those who have opposed themselves to the proposed educa-
tional measure. Their sincerity is not doubted; but since-
rity is no test of truth. It is the duty of public men to have
informed, as well as conscientious, minds.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,

HUGH M'NEILE

Liverpool, 27th May, 1843.

LOCAL NEWS.

Sr. JOHN'S CHURCH.—We understand that the Rev. W.
Falloon has received the appointment of the incumbency of
St. John's Church, in this town, vacant by the death of the
Rev. Mr. Loxham.

CORPORATION BATHS.—Between 300 and 400 persons
visit these baths weekly, and enjoy the luxury of a hot or
cold bath for a penny or twopence, while as many as 500
dozens of clothes are washed weekly on the premises, under
the baths, by the wives of labouring men residing in the
neighbourhood.

THREATENED AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—On Tuesday last,
Mr. Palgrave, solicitor, appeared before Mr. Rushton, at
the police-court, on behalf of an elderly gentleman named
M'Leod, who, it appears, wished to procure a warrant for
the apprehension of James Rae, jun. of 55, South Castle-
street. Mr. Palgrave put a letter into Mr. Rushton's hands.
Mr. Rushton (having perused the letter): Well, I suppose
you look upon this as a challenge to fight? Mr. Rushton
proceeded to read the letter aloud. We were not allowed to
take copies of this and a letter subsequently submitted, but
Mr. Rushton read rapidly to the following effect :—" The
way in which you have ridiculed my character, particularly
within the last few days, has been such, that I ,beg to chal..
lenge you to meet at the office, 55, Castle-street, where I
wish all explained. It must be this week. If not I shall
challenge you to settle the business by shot, yourself naming
the place and time. (Signed) James Rae."
Mr. Rushton : Where is Rae ? Mr. M'Leod : At his bro-
ther's office, 55, South Castle-street. Mr. Rushton : Leve-
rett ! (to Superintendent Leverett,) Go and desire Mr. Rae
to come here immediately, or I shall send a warrant. Mr.
Leverett departed. On his return he stated that James
Rae, jun. was not at the office. He was expected to be in
about a quarter of an hour. Mr. Rushton : Let a warrant
issue. Here the matter terminated for the lime being. On
Wednesday the warrant was returned, and fn due time the
prisoner, James Rae, was placed at the bar. He is showy-
looking young man, of fair complexion, and rather hind-
some countenance. He looked unutterable things at the
complainant, who gave his name Roderick M'Leod. Mr.
Palgrave (to Mr. Rushton); You have the letters which
were put in yesterday. I shall call Mr. M'Leod. Mr.
M'Leod was sworn. He stated that he did not know the
prisoner, but he knew his handwriting. Mr. M'Leod proved
the handwriting of the prisoner in the letters. Mr. Rushton
(to the prisoner): You are charged with having written two
threatening letters to this old gentleman, stating that he had
ridiculed your character, and that if he did not apologise
you would challenge him and have a shot at him! do you
know anything about these letters. Mr. Rae I am their author.
Mr. Rushton said then there was only one course to take :
the old gentleman had received threatening letters, and was
greatly excited in consequence. The letters were calculated
to provoke a breach of the peace, and— Mr. Rae.—l have
not threatened without having reason for it. Mr. Rushton.
—You must find bail, yourself in £2OO and two sureties in
£lOO each, that you will be of good behaviour, and keep the
peace to all her Majesty's subjects, but especially to this old
man. Mr. Rae.—Very well, sir. Mr. Palgrave.—Shall I
have notice of the bail, sir. Mr. Rushton.—Yes ; unless
bail, which is satisfactory to me, be tendered before the rising
of the court. If such bail be tendered I shall receive it.
(To the prisoner.) You had better send word to your friends
and get your bail prepared. The prisoner was removed from
the bar.—Yesterday, Mr. Rae, the father of the prisoner,
appeared before Mr. Rushton as one of his bail, and was
immediately accepted. Another surety is still, however,
wanted, and the young man remains in custody.
DOCK COMMITTEE, YESTERDAY. —Present, Messrs.
Sands, Horsfall, Holt Holmes, Middleton, Nicol, Bulley,
Evans, Royden, Tobin, Bold, Moore, and Ripley. A long
conversation took place as to whether iron or wood buoys
should be used in some of the most exposed situations, and,
after two divisions, it was carried that iron buoys should be
ordered. In reply to a question from the Chairman, Mr.
Hartley said that none of the men employed by the com-
mittee at the new dock works were employed on the Sunday.
The contractor sometimes did something which could not be
done on the week day. The Chairman said it was the wish
of the committee that no work should be done on the Sun-
day, but what was absolutely necessary. On the suggestion
of Mr. Nichol copies of the evidence of Captain Den-
ham and Captain Calvet, given before a select commit-
tee of the House of Commons were ordered for the
committee. Mr. Nicol then said, on the subject
of moorings, Captain Denham had told the committee that
that board always got the cheapest iron, and that it was only
within the last month or so that they had ordered the best.
This statement excited some langhter.—Mr. Ripley stated,
on the subject of the transit sheds, that a case had been laid
before counsel as regarded the insurance. It was the solici-
tor's decided opinion that they were not bound to insure, and
in the event of any thing being consumed after leaving the
sheds, the committee were not liable. Mr. Nicol—Are we
liable whilst the goods are in the sheds? Mr. Evans—No.
Mr. Nicol—Then how can we be liable after they have left
the sheds? Mr. Ripley explained, that if the goods remained
in the sheds over time, the committee warehoused them, and
if they were burned in that warehouse, it was the opinion
of the solicitors they were not liable.—Mr. Moore said he
wished to ask a question respecting the Floating Bath. Several
parties had been complaining to him that it was a nui-
sance in that part of the river. Did the estate receive any
profit from it? Mr. Horsfall said it was not within their
jurisdiction ;—that belonged to the Corporation. It was in
the most inconvenient position for shipping that it could be.
Mr. Evans—lt has vested rights. It has been there nearly
thirty years. The Chairman said the best plan would be:to
bring it before the Corporation. Mr. Moore said it was direct-
ly in the way of shipping. Mr. Ripley thought it in a very
inconvenient position. Mr. Horsfall said Mr. Askew held
the opinion that its situation was bad. The Chairman said that
they could not give the Harbour-master any orders on the sub-
ject. He was the water-bailiff, and must receive instructions
from the Corporation. Mr. Nicol said it might be proper for
this board to state to the Corporation the inconvenience it
caused to the shipping. Mr. Borstal' thought that before they
remonstarted, they ought to have a case made out. Mr. Moore
thought the very situation showed the inconvenience : if it were
necessary, he could get fifty persons to prove it. Mr. Ripley
stated, that in going out in one of his own ship. they ran into
it about ten years ago. Mr. Tobin said the matter had been
before the committee three or four times. If a vessel went
on the one side of it it was too near, and on the other side it
was too far away in trying for George's Dock basin. Mr.
Bold said there was another nuisance to the ladies crossing
in the steam-boats. At high water, men were bathing in the
river, and were seen running about the decks in a state of
nudity. Mr. Moore begged to move " that this committee
consider the position of the Floating Bath most inconvenient,
and that it represent to the Corporation that it should he
removed to some place were it is not so liable to obstruct
the shipping." On the suggestion of Mr. Evans, the !no-
tion was postponed till next week, to await the return of Mr.
Askew,

Tau GREAT WESTERN.—The following extract from the
log of the Great Western, giving the particulars of the quick-
est passage ever made across the Atlantic, is taken from the
letter of a passenger :
Saturday, 29th April, at 101 a.m. left Dock.
Sunday, 30th „ lat. 55 28, lon. 8 18, 245 miles.
Monday, Ist May, „ 54 48, „ 15 37, 254 ~
Tuesday, 2nd ~ 55 45, „ 22 40, 254 ~
'Wednesday 3rd „ ~ 51 53, „ 29 17, 265 ~
Thursday, 4th ~ 49 52, „ 34 54, 245 „
Friday, sth „ 47 54, „39 57, 235 ~
Saturday, 6th „ ~ 45 50, „ 44 46, 230 „
Sunday, 7th ~ 44 43, „ 49 41, 226 „
Monday, Bth ~ 44 25, ~ 54 22, 202 „
Tuesday, 9th „ „ 43 35, „ 59 37, 245 „
WednesdaylOth ~ 42 12, ~ 66 12, 285 „
Thursday, 11th ~ 40 38, „ 71 32, 264 „

2954 „
Sandy Hook supposed to be.. 114 ~

Distance made,

3068 „

Reckoning the Rock Light and Sandy Hook, as the points
of departure and arrival, we were exactly 124 days, by sink-
ing the difference of time.

THE LIVERPOOL WATER BILL.—The deputation to
London, on the subject of the new water bill, has returned ;
and, notwithstanding the strong opposition made on the part
of the water companies, the measure has passed the com-
mittee of the House of Commons with even greater powers
than were expected. The wells are not to be sunk within
one mile and a quarter of Windsor, where the works of the
above company are situated, nor within the township of
Toxteth-park. The two great objects of the commissioners—
the effectual watering of the streets, and the prompt sup-
pression of fires—will be accomplished by this bill ; and thus,
we may hope, the town will be relieved from the disgraceful
notoriety which has so long attached to it, and those ruin-
ously devastating fires, which have excited the astonishment
of strangers, and caused wide-spread consternation among
the inhabitants, be altogether prevented. A more striking
proof of the insecurity of property in Liverpool could hardly
be conceived than that which is afforded by the evidence
taken before the parliamentary committee, in the course of
which, the difference being asked between the rate of pre-
mium upon a floating policy to cover mercantile goods in
Liverpool and the rate for a similar policy in London, it was
answered from 255. to 30s. per cent in the former case, and
2s. 6d. in the latter ! That such an enormous charge for in-
surance should operate most prejudicially to the interests of
the town, in driving trade to other ports where the same
burdens are not imposed, it can need no argument to prove.
The commissioners may use the water which is to be fresh
for the general good of the town, for baths, pumps, foun-
tains, &c., and we believe they may supply it gratuitously
to the poor.

ROBBERY OF A BONDED WAREHOUSE.—Henry Jones,
James Oldham, John Westmore, and Ann Westmore, were
placed at the bar of the Police-court, on Tuesday last, charged
with having stolen a quantity of wine from Messrs. Robert
Ledson and Son's bonded warehouse in Lydia Ann-street.—
Richard Radkin, labourer, stated, that about half-past seven
o'clock on Monday evening he was passing home along Lydia
Anne-street, when he saw the prisoner Jones standing at
Messrs. Ledsons' warehouse door. He looked back, and
saw him go in. Suspecting that all was not right he went
into his house, which was close at hand, and disguised him-
self. He stood at the corner of the street, and saw Jones
come out of the warehouse with a cask on his shoulder, there
being another cask in the street. He went and seized the
prisoner, with whom he had a violent struggle, but he ulti-
mately overcame him, and gave him into the custody of
police-officer 548. The latter put the casks again into the
warehouse, and they were subsequently carried to the office
of the commissioner of police. The prisoner Jones was taken
to bridewell. On his person was found a screw-driver and
a hammer.—Tristram Foster, a locker in the Customs, stated
that he was on duty at Messrs. Ledson's warehouse, in Lydia
Anne-street, on Monday last. He locked the room of No.
1, in which casks of bottled wine were placed, at four o'clock.
That morning (Tuesday) when he went to the warehouse he
found that the doors of No. 1 had been forced open, and the
locks were lying on the floor. He examined the stock and
missed one cask marked R.V.H. 11, and one cask marked
A.R. 16. He had no doubt other casks were missing, but
he had not yet searched further.—Mr. Superintendent Le-
verett and Inspectors Savage and Walker, having received
information, went about a quarter-past ten o'clock to John-
son's stables in Henry-street, where they found the prisoner,
Ann Westmore, and Mrs. Oldham, the wife of the prisoner
James Oldham. They requested permission to search the
stable, which Mrs. Westmore refused. Seeing a key in her
hand, Savage took it and unlocked the stable, where they
found a cask containing two and-a-half dozen of bottled port
wine, and an empty cask. Westmore kept a beer-house
next door to which they went. There they found the pri-
soner Oldham intoxicated, and smelling strongly of wine.
When sober, he stated that Westmore had engaged him to
carry a cask (he is a carter), and had given him part of a
bottle of wine. Savage produced in court a cask containing
thirty bottles of wine and an empty cask. Mr. Leverett
found at Westmore's eight bottles of wine in a water-tub,
and Walker found thirteen bottles of sherry in a swilling-tub.
Two empty bottles, one of which had contained port and the
other sherry, were found in the house. William French,
clerk to Messrs. Nicholas and Whittle, wine merchants,
proved that they had wine in Messrs. Ledson's warehouse,
Lydia Anne-street, and that they had missed the casks car-
ried to the commissioner's office. The casks found at the
beer-shop were also identified. The prisoners were commit-
ted for trial.

LECTURES AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—On
Tuesday evening Mr. Addams delivered his third lecture on
voltaic and magnetic electricity, before a numerous and highly
respectable audience, the division of the subject for the even-
ing being " electro-dynamics, electro-dynamic attraction and
repulsion, galvanometers, magnetic arrangements, electro
magnetic rotations," &c. He began by stating that an
abundant display of electricity might be produced without
the powers which it possessed under other circumstances ;
for instance alarge electrical machine might emit sparks, yet
with none of the effects requisite to produce a current of elec-
tricity running continuously through conductors or other
bodies intervening. We might have currents, too, but so
small as to have little or no effect, without the application of
the galvanic battery, one of which he showed, consisting of
several plates of zinc and copper suspended in a frame, and
which being let down into a case or cistern below, containing
acid and water, (the conducting wire being applied,) produced
a continuous and effective current of the fluid. If a flash of
lightning were to pass through two wires it would have no
effect upon them ; but if even a small current passed through
them continuously in extraordinary effect would be the re-
sult. He proceeded to show some experiments in dynamics,
the first with an apparatus of two frames of wires, nearly in
the form of one square within another, by which he demon-
strated that when two currents of voltaic electricity passed
along the wires in the same direction, they attracted each
other ; but if one current passed in one direction, and the
other in an opposite one, they repelled one another. This
experiment was a delicate one to manage, but was important,
as all the phenomena in magnetic electricity could be ex-
plained upon it as a foundation. Here parrallel currents only
had been in action, but the same effect was observable if the
currents passed through angles. This established the fact
that when currents of electricity passed in one direction, at-
traction of the wires is the result, but w hen the electricity
passes in an opposite direction they are repelled; and this
will happen whether the wires or conductors be parrallel or
diverge in an oblique manner, provided they set off from the
summit of the angle in the same direction; but if they pro-
ceed in different directions from the summit of the angle, and
one of the currents be going to, and the other coming from,
they will invariably repel each other whatever may be the
measure of the angle. Bodies could be made to rotate by
having two currents, the one stationary and the other move-
able. This was called electro-dynamic rotation. This he
showed by a diagram, and a very ingenious apparatus, a basin
or cistern with quicksilver in it, (as a conductor,) and piece
of paper in the form of a small card placed on edge, on a
slender pivot over it. The electric current being communi-
cated in a manner which he clearly described, the paper
journeyed round, though no magnet was employed, the fluid
in two currents being conveyed to two small balls appended
to the lower corners of the paper. The rotatory motion
was brought about by the action of a fixed spiral con-
ductor, (in the apparatus,) carrying electricity upon a
moveable rectilinear current. A piece of round wood,
or a roll of paper, wrapped round with wire in a spiral
or screw form, and covered with cotton as a non-conduc-
tor, would become a magnet, with polarity, by the wire
alone. This roll being delicately suspended in the middle in
a horizontal position, was repelled and attracted by a mag-
netic bar in the same manner as the magnetic needle. In all
magnetized bodies or bars there was a circumferential cur-
rent of electricity circulating round them. Even a slice of a
round bar had the same property. It not only circulated on
the outward portions, but round the atoms or grains of the
steel within the bar. When magnetism is given
to steel the
currents run in one direction, and this was the cause of its
polarity; and if a loadstone or certifical magnet of steel be
broken into a thousand parts, each fragment will be found to
be polarized. By means of two wheels, each formed out-
wardly of arrows in curves corresponding with the circum-
ference, he showed the duration of the circumferential cur-
rents of electricity round a magnet (as probably round the
earth, and causing its motion on its axis.) One represented
the North Pole, the current going in the same direction as
the hands of a watch ; the other south—in the opposite di-
rection. He further showed by a powerful double magnet
placed in contiguity with a piece of swing wire, the extraor-
dinary power of magnetic electricity connected with polarity,
the wire being alternately attracted strongly and adhesively,
by the magnet being placed on one side, and repelled from its
upright position to some distance from it when it was placed
on the other. He next exhibited an Electro Dynamic Globe,
representing the earth turning on its axis. The globe was of
wood, but covered with hundreds of feet of copper wire passed
round it spirally from pole to pole, in the manner of a string
on boys' peg-tops, and this covered with silk or cotton.
Over it was placed a dipping needle; and whets the battery
wires had conveyed the electric circumferential current, and
the north pole was elevated so as to be under the needle, the
latter instantly dipped so as to be nearly perpendicular; when
the south pole was elevated, it dipped in the reverse manner ;
and when the equator was uppermost, it stood horizontal.
This was a very satisfactory experiment, and the lecturer
adduced from it that electricity circulated on the surface
of the globe, from E. to W. in the northern latitudes, and
from W. to E. in the southern. He then showed an expe-
riment made in 1820 by Professor Oersted of Copenhagen,
, who found that the magnetic needle was deflected by a cur-
rent of electricity. He (the lecturer) showed a needle thus
deflected by the currents of electricity passing along a omi-
t ducting wire in the form of three sides of a square placed
vertically. When the needle was placed over the horizontal
part of the wire, and the current was made to pass along it,
the end of the needle which before pointed to the north went
L round towards the west; and when the current passed in an
opposite direction, the north pole stood towards the east.
On placing the needle uader the wire, the north turned to-
wards the east instead of the west with the same current of
electricity. When placed on the west side of the wire, the
north end dipped; if upon the east, it rose. It was easy to
remember in which direction the poles of tha magnetic needle
would go, by attending to the following, which he allowed by
. a small figure of an admiral extending his left arm. If a
k person had a wire, conveying electricity from the battery,
attached to his person, immediately before him, so that elec-
tricity might enter that part of the wire at his head, he
would, when looking towards the magnet,
always find the
• north end of the needle go to his left hand.
He explained
, the principles of the construction of the galvanometer, in
which originally a pair of plates only were applied, and showed'
L a very simple one, consisting of two pieces of sponge tied to
the extremity of two pieces of copper. The sponges being
dipped in salt and acid, and the other ends of the wires
▪ placed as conductors to a fine magnetic needle, the moment
the sponges were put in contact, there Was an immediate
effect observable upon the needle. In reference to electro-
, magnetic rotation, be showed an experiment of a wheel,
turned rapidly by the effect of electric currents, first one
way and then the other; and another (if possible still more
linteresting)oefleacit• current,
t
bar, ii)llaatcietdr,tated with great %ertically, and so acted
;
velo-
city. The motion was reversed by changing the poles of the
magnet. These experiments, however, cannot be clearly
t detailed without diagrams. The lecturer, in face, must be
heard, and his experiments with his apparatus seen, in order
to a clear understanding of the extraordinary agencies which
they develope. Mr. Ad. mindsestablishedthe of his audience the f act
H
that magnetism was electricity. r should pursue the sub-
ject, and in his next lecture show what extraordinary power
could be given by electro-magnetic machines, which might
be applied even to saw-mills, and the pumping of
water. He was much applauded throughout and at the
Close.

On Tuesday night one of the crew belonging to the%Sid'
_..t
side steamer Nun, named Myers, got out of his harnreodl
in his sleep and fell overboard and was drowned. Hie u
was found on Thursday afternoon.
Bernard Mullin, who resides in a cellar in Mid
was on Tuesday committed by Mr. Rushton to the Ascial..
for having stabbed his mother in the throat end iegobe
pumasl'"
she refused to give him some money. The old
pleaded hard for the diecharge of her inhuman son.
n,.
AMPHITHEATRE—T here was a full and fashionable Ve/il,
ance at the Amphitheatre on Tuesday last, when to oiling
company of the Theatre-Royal took a benefit• nic niug
ghail.sre_str,
is also devoted to their interest, and we hope the OW4
portion of the public will not fail to be present.
upCouxtrhNeeseEveEuxfuerinorsTurog.N.—WTehiessuvueoryt
heuurtioruesunernlhnliebeildi°lloJ:
f li the
readers again to pay a visit, not only from the rarity 0
_a ,hat
objects it contains, but from the valuable inforrnatind.
may be gathered in examining the various objects display
The dissolving views are worth the price of admission.
INQUEST.—An inquest was held yestoerfdatiyu,
rough coroner, on view of the body
female child, which was found on the footwutaY4
Leeds-street. It appeared that it had breathed,
cause of death could not be assigned. A verdict of b"
found
dead" was returned.
TRoops roll IRELAND.—Two troops of the 3d Dragoon
Guards (or Queen's Bays) arrived here on WecluesdaY
el,ll
Manchester, where they received the " route" for Ir '4"
quite unexpectedly. It is said that their present
is Mullingar, and they embark for Ireland hereto-inn,rn
Three more troops of the same regiment are expecte('
_;11
beforeevl tulr
fubll-..
de6tteienaYt-wiWll.
to-morrow, and will remain until Monday, when
embark for Dublin. Mts-
sioNNFA,WRIIEnsoTNO SATFERatsscA—ANNinr.S
ja.orhturNLcuiVrds, Birfitted
head, is now constructing a fine iron schooner, to be
liar!
up with Mr. Smith's patent screw propellor, as an 811Stnallt
to her sails. The engine power will be comparatively. s
_....1.
but will be of greatudvantage in calms and light airs in n'
des'
igating the coast and rivers of Africa, for which she is 1,.
mews,
tined. The engines are being made by our townsmen
Forrester and Co. She is, we learn intended for the use. of
the Baptist Missionary Society, and we should think will '!2
sosfENt so
North ken -
found to be all that can be desired for the important an'
humane purpose in view. lIALI-
ANTI-MONOPOLY MEETING AT THE MUSIC e the
On Wednesday evening a meeting of the ineruhers w.----
Anti-Monopoly Association of this town, and their tag r;isc.
and-bobtail admirers, took place at the Music Hall' of
Charles Holland in the chair. Mr. Archibald Prentice,
8_
the Manchester Times, was the principal speaker'a
so lengthy and so tame withal as to tire out Baines'
the groundlings. After him followed Mr.
Liverpool Times, and next, in humble order, came who
Lawrence Heyworth and Mr. Christopher BenthaM,o the
" monopolized" the rest of the evening to themselves, ' who
chagrin and disappointment of many juvenile spouters,
.4
had prepared their equally witless orations, and with raut`iie
toil and trouble committed them to memory. purl" S
delivery of Mr. Prentice's harangue some unmannerly hula
(of their own party, we believe,) began to shout, Yel' ilto°o'
otherwise disturb him ; and a regular and interesting it,
ensued, which ended in the ejection of the handful of Wit
meaning but indiscreet youngsters. Happily, not a hex,
was broken—no further damage could have ensued lries of
region,—and no arguments in favour of a sound syste
protective trade were demolished.
olid i‘felit horief.
THE WEATHER.—For some weeks past, and partieniel;
during the last fortnight or ten days, the weather in
al'eti
quarter has been very unsettled, with heavy showers' The
occasional continuous rains of several hours duration. _,....d
temperature, generally, has also been low for the advr,',..
period of the year, up to yesterday, when the warmth apt
proached almost to closeness. On the whole, bowever'.o.
season has been highly favourable for the growth of veg' 0,
tion, and the fields and woods never exhibited a more beau'
tiful and luxuriant appearance. It was hoped that the abet
moon (on Monday morning) would bring a ehan,elerea'
thet expectation has not yet been realised, and the .. qh,
Cher-wise," in whose opinion we put little or he' P.' I'
predict a drippy summer. The ground is now eerteleioi
well saturated, but no harm has yet been done, even i 0
low lands, and a .few weeks of sunshine would vests of
probably one of the earliest and abundant favoured
the staple productions of the soil we have been fav,e,easi
with for many years past. Yesterday evening, after uf the
thick rains during the previous night and great part e,., of
day, the sky was still cloudy, but with an eppearau'''
change. John 0-
ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday, at the Police-court, 10011
ston was placed at the bar, charged with having Care Ho!'
permitted a bale of cotton, which he was lowering fruniegir
linshead's warehouse, in Dutton-street, to fall from the
sveteif
whereby John Montgomery, steward of a vessel, was °weer
injured. An inspector of police, who had taken the pr._ tbe
into custody, stated that Montgomery was carried teu A -
Northern Hospital, where he lay in a dangerous atetft ape
certificate from one of the surgeons was produce the
peared that Montgomery had the precaution to I,!° Jed sod
__ into r
middle of the street. The bale, however, rebounu esl
struck him in its second fall. Samuel Jones, e porter,t tell
he saw the bale slip out of the sling, but he could Irt; frs'
whether it had been properly adjusted. Bales „V gus:,
quently slip when the tackle was put in motion• .•-" tog
"-
ton : It is quite necessary that all you men should be cetll
severe lessons sometimes, as I fear these bales are fretiewith'
slung with great carelessness. I cannot art with hini t the
o
out bail. One of the turnkeysu of Bridewell said'
,rbeee tool;
prisoner had stated that he ht to have had 0n0.," there•
to assist him. Mr. Rushton : How many of you were if oisr,
Prisoner : Only myself. The warehouseman : It IS °l' bole:
man's work. Mr. Rushton : What is the weight of
tpr.ibsebrolt,'
The warehouseman : Four hundred weight. Mr.
attend'..."- tP...
And is one man sufficient for that? How can he der
jigger and put out the cotton properly 1;if.,11;1111°,,.'
gerous practice. The prisoner was ordered to find `',,,"-ensed
self in £4O and two sureties in £2O each, to appear *-ifilehlo
any charge that might be preferred against him' ~, rri ;
was entered before the rising of the court.—We
Ina. ,j)
say that poor Mongomery died yesterday naorinb' Adeo,7,
the inquest held on his body, a verdict of " Ili:- flu"
death' was returned, with a deodand of £9, 1a- °
bale. AY PSI;
DECLINE IN THE FUNDS.—LONDON,WILDNOD eOi%
ING.—A considerable decline has taken place in thehevsget,
securities to-day, which must be attributed solely t° `;',,-t sts74
fear which is entertained as to the issue of the Pren twa:;
of
thea debateffairsinlrelalsatuudi.ghtThtecufdacttos
ituhearteawseerethbe rougerau'' i' :011OP.'
gene;
in
ngiesstsr,aatinodu suofmAeramrse
Bofillo,pinaion,,tchaoterienioandßdiitlilo,,n
wouri..bhocedeferstii
necessary. The more timid capitalists are selling 'a' thstu;
influence of the alarm, but it must not be suoPusAl.elesse.,-
measures of the Government are regarded with ...cp.-1i 'Oaf;
On the contrary, in such a state of things it is "'befall, 0
c alonetLiergiitsylactaunre.
colni
Consols
ltsh the 0
been as low as 93t, having in the early
athdofpotriomnonofeytlaiendbitlhl
enonwecf;eibetitsi;:et,
stood at 941 for money, and.94l to I for thheoriuereso•(l)nti tb'reljuAe.;rl
however, left off rather better, being at the closeo`dtietiot;
quoted respectfully 934. to /, and 931 to I. The wide( auefriO
bill market has also been much agitated, as the ros• r;(1
tions for the two issues at present saleable will sh-Aferl,,,se
Ild. bills were quoted 40s. to 50. and the 0"' ,110 r
at 30s. to 40s. prem. Bank Stock closed (1178 t°,lc6°ol;to•l to
per Cents. Reduced, 924- to 4 ; Three-and-a-Har,h.ity
~,..°lto
duced, 100 k to 4 • New Three. and-a- Half per L'e"l,--.1111 in
:I-; India Stock, '264 to 266 ; and South Sea Stue-o'eetel: b.
' -1. There was a very small amount of business tran.o% 0400
the foreign securities, the attractions of EpSom 111 verniloli
drawn many of the brokers and jobbers from "fiSPap"or
markets, and prices generally were full at a decline,;/;;,e- r
Actives were finally quoted 191 to 4; New, 281:j1sh i'dn
tuguese Converted, 40 to 4 ; Dutch Two-and-. Da De
Cents., 534 to 54 ; Ditto, Five per Cents 3 . fir
, 991 tO n 9 ; '
85 to 85 ; Colombian, 234 to 24 ; Mexican,‘ 284 le) To
ferred, 8 to 4 ;and Brazilian, 73 to 74. iv
trr tards7'
DEFECTIVE WEIGHTS, SCALES, &C• : -A ' '" ' '
....le „do!
SHOPKEEPERS, AND DEALERS GENERALL' ' :al t ''-,.011'
at the Sessions-house,erpefoepwise,r
sthhoan twentrenl r.-1 re
sion, and potato-dealers, &c., appearePdkebeyPesuu% rnetienirere,,roreho
his Worship the Mayor, to answer informations lwe',:htS
against them by Mr. John Atkinson, inspeuterLe Werebl,
and measures, for having in their possession defq-hy Webicl'
or scales, vending (coals) by measure inplace u 1 bl `'..e
tulo „if the,
as required by the act of 1836, and other Prae"-afosl" lir
their customers would not have just weight- nesidersjio
delinquents belonged to the markets, and a ,f,-eveure tha
number were coal-dealers. Many of them eo",tivelP.oot
explain away the charge against them resPe'; eogni-ef
general plea being that they were not themselvet° die
sorb
of the fact, but the mayor said it was the firs oce why•
dealer to see that his scales, weights, and measulaw, Itife
rect ; and that he was determined to enforce kee leireise
was a wholesome one, though as leniently as r"5• er,pear,
cases would admit of,—the full penalty being --„i to vane,
strongly cautioned the parties, on fining them, '' re sev'erl'
b fore him again, otherwise the would he 'native t.(t)
dealt with. Only two were acquitted, from bueeiti-g fais. 6,1 i
dence. One was fined 20s. and costs 9s. 6d., A,. I 6 50"
offences at 10s. and costs for each ; two 10s. an,7",.,°t:e o 1
each ; twelve ss. and costs 2s.an,",e cos 15j
,pr
costs ls. On one man being called for se""Ttestredisi
measure in place of weight, at the Earl of 13aln gruel or
Mr. James Moss, solicitor, stated that he wa' Teat t_ll,.etes.l
this case not to offer any resistance, but to rePTijainor.,
cumstances. It had been the practice at Bar ighbOerthra
yard for years to sell coals to the poor in the neigh or to
who came for them in small quantities (event wish stie
pennyworth) at a very low rate, his lordship Oh 00001
get anything more than, and scarcely sO rOtt'heol• 0 11
people, the bare cost of getting and carrying.
~., Coo oec I
was only a large scale in the yard, at which 0'240 ,iher°l
be weighed in such small quantities without Ith a i ier.'
time, and they were consequently measured Ws, otheur,ril'
hand, more being given than could be got at !Inc', of s
taleo
for the money ; and as this was done from Inetitibelinne odbe
he (Mr. Moss) trusted the system would 11°- on .ar ' 1
to, otherwise the poor parties would be threpphedio leo
small dealers, were they would not be so we" ~stiutitY.,the,noo
Mayor said that no matter how small the 0-thoug"uy 'I'M
required that they should be weighed ;. $..",, lega" s",
not doubt the motive stated, what could not .-e, wocost,'
should not be undertaken. He should, thereflro. Cl.
mitigated fine, as in the other cases, of s. nu"
_.......•••

---
WALTON FREE GRAMMAR SG

tP"
oP* the
Isralter)- du of
A special meeting of the parishioner; of ''l chdr,oo,
Hill was held, yesterday morning,-in the PariZ irerli:OS;
Rev. Thonas Moss, vicar, inthec hair, " fo,fr Jdrerof rii
taking into consideration tha resignation of oirooo' o°o
ker, the schoolmaster of the Free Grammer. ‘,. the el „ 116
said parish, of determining upon and concern," cidiev i/Pc
Aof de VS 0'
of a new schoolmaster as his successor, a",-.. ~, be ta„ ge `inns
such preliminary steps as may be thought ll' 1, O'er ;er
vious to such election ?• or (in case the ves.tBl.4 otboetiel
of immediately, and then and there, Or B`o, $Ol6 Cll/,
lie
nominating, appointing, and electing such now" tydrie"ircil
to such school, and fixing upon and setting.f an n 9
chilue
he is to perform, and the sums of rnoneY.llof anisfr• 2ijittr
shall be permitted to charge to the Paren`"ed bY,-00,°-
being parishioners." This notice was sign Barra." je'
F. Roskell, churchwarden, and Mr. Thodies,irjg sod
man. The meeting was very numerously' sitebl, red"vicor, the
The CHAIRMAN opened the proceecling,s .0 the ter el 00
ter from the late schoolmaster, addressed 1, ine`,oo °
churchwardens, resigning his appointment raentlerefikof
Free Grammar School • and the revereduer, 00'r, SOWS
read the notice by which' the meetinC badAbievtrj,.lo,„ileor
Mr. T. F. ROSKELL then moved, a" 1 ot Lvl'otte"
LEIGH seconded, a resolution to the effect tlnglidi 00
resignation be accepted. The motion Wei u rVre
eels 0 1
ried. 1 1.-• ' roll-
Mr. T. B. HORSFALL, after a few kerlefoilowinconf, glP,'
he should propose, as the next motion, 'Pe
made, in,,, oat' or
before the appointment of a successor be nointe", ofiLodi;
with ancient custom, a committee be I.l.l;releetl°6oo'd i
powered to take the necessary steps for ttnbe norofons, fi per;
master, by advertising for, and receiving useetlrd t?cl) Ise
dates, as well as examining into their q be reel obi beio,
tix the duties which the said master sloll nXired.o'
forin, together with the sums of mcdleoYrean9 chic aPPigoe.;
shall be permitted to charge the parents, there sr be Irre°
parishioners; also to enquire what fond-
cos edfl,rt
to paying the master, anti whether anY
kenitheir rd.
or
ted to increase the same, and to 00- -,, th° Id
to an adjourned meeting of the vestry.
ect te gge 40 ot
Mr. LOG AN seconded the motion•
with reBF he Pu e r
'?Mr. T. F. ROSKELL mentioned that vvl . sod .40 tl,
,ointment counsel's o •r 'on bad shouldntaker
e, rod '
.0(1,
et'
that both the case anPd"opinion D
tinne tOg
instance. id be hot '
Mr. T. B. HORSFALL thought that weoupinion• 0 t
as the motion did not interfere
at the itloo, ell%
Air. Ji S. Lawn, in reply to que

opinion of
was counsel was, that the appointment of schoolmaster
vested in the parish ; and also that the land belonging to
the school could
not b sold-
Mr. T. F. ROSIKELLe explained that it had betenrpthroeppousrepdostoe
sell the land, and invest the money in the funds •0
of increasing the salary of th-c-niaster.
Mr. TYRER suggested that power Might be obtained by an
act of parliament.
Mr. J. 8. Lerort.You may do anything by act of piffle-
, 'Beni, but I doubt very much whether you can do this.
Mr. C
ARTWR I G H T asked whether the duties
not bet
taster were defined; and whether it would no
the vestry to fu. his duties previous to Mr. H._nrsfall's tno-
et hbee school.tt for
k_ticat being Put, because, in the event of it failing, it would
eeminecessary to explain what the duties were.
Mr. T. P. ROSKELL then read the following abstract of
woof the
Witt; slaty of the schoolraaster, which, he stated, he had with couch stare :----
„:' The duties to be performed by the successor
reading,
..tligr:
aleaker, as schoolmaster are, to teach the child,r,ent
hidsl
at.
Writing, arithmetic, and English grammar. That tendance in the school shall be from half-past eightla in the.
43°4'1 to twelve at noon ; and again, from lt
till fivesin the afternoon. That there shall be aweeklyf b
da
fortnight's
boll.
Y on each Saturday, and there shall be a o!i,hat
the
holidays at Christmas, and a week at Midsura
• schoolmaster to be appointed shall devote his attention ex-
clusively of all other things to the teaching of the scholars,
and shall not, on any account, be engaged in. any. other trade,
profession, or employment, on pain of forfeiting. his office of
eh°olnlaSter. That the situation of schoolmaster shall not
be held for the life of the schoolmaster, but during his_ goodo
behaviour. That the schoolmaster shall be bound, on
re!Penalty of
thesish forfeiting his situation as schoolmaster,fe
tide in
olhouse which he will have rent rle.n., Andttod
that he shall not charge 'any thing for reading spe I
ii!erajrnitlar; but, in addition to the salary arising firl'eolmdiiturietrnuesttt
for
tsbribderipezfitost Otfi soe me lands in West
so Derbyloo I 1, he shall be pero-
teriitted to charge three selllingra quarter for suchl'elsarloearbnotth
wwrit.", and five shillings a quarter for such as
sent and arithnsetie. Provided always that those children
• "e Parents are parishioners but reside in a cottage
made
for
eight poun,
_.
i " 4 year no charge whatever shall be
roreaosdt-enrgs,lisatpielling, ;rammer, and writing, but theascolaiortoel;
h'.., allowed to charge them four shillings
eraell. When they learn arithmetic. That copybooks, slates,
adlg-books; and other requisites, for the use of the school,
are to b '
at the expense
of 8 e found by the parents of each child, .
4141 ch Parents in case they think fit, but if the master
theta, chars Which he Shall not be bound to do,lie
ttay goe 11,° Profit upon them, but only cost price. That
t 0
be
be allowed
nefit tle4aloaed books now in the schooll for the be-
toehaof all the scholars. That the master shallt
each boy.
That trhgse for
fire-money threepence per
quaFtershoall be con-
lidered;:iler. of the parish for the time being •
good hes eanntor of the school, and the judgefo ft thhee
'oyster's
want of",,Mletlr, and that the vicar's report of
as to give the
vestry ti.,"!:l behaviour shall be conclusive,
Mr. J" tlght of appointing a new schoolissUter."
not to-eha 9. Littott, for one, approved of
anything, and also
Of that to r'se the
parents of the children
tr
atshe suggestion
, but, he would
ask, whet...lncrease the salary of the
lan, %sly' the fonds were to come frracimas?e
0 a-year, a rent
which
wich was the endowment, let for £4 •
that sum a superior
At present the
sehool,44:leire than it was worth. For
, Mr. Tyr, r "Itld not be obtained. .
tary
ro_ KR recommended the meeting to
to make no
0,......e
1:14 the funds of the parish, in order
give a good sa-
-34.
...POO the parents of children.
for £4O a
ePectabli; 1:1•3 Ilosket.t, thought it was
.impossibleto get a re-
Year all to teach the boys in this school
Mr. Ty,,
Mr, T. s,"•--Asise the salary, then.
from ? e. Rosictras—But where is the money to come
Mr 7, il
treat de I
desirabla
time it was
• !loasPaa.r. said if his resolution was carried, a
of diseussion would be saved ; at the same
raised,: t 0 ascertain the way in which the salary could be
define' ,ityl also that the parish should be in the condition to
Was i °ls duties. He confessed, that as a parishioner lie
mrg.njorant of the condition of the affairs of the school.
se • LEIGH observed that if it was at all probable
Propo d .
to
the seh ,corntruttee could discover any funds belonging.
the
he 81,0 °in, by which the master's salary could be increased,
,re_e old have no objection to it ; but, as it was known there
Is_nosauch funds, he did not see the necessity ofhe
wasm 1
not
fra'rarejw...l3tti lioaspass explained that the resolutionsolely
a dlviesri.rect.ol
but from
the slightest hostile intention ;
.rueet the wishes of all parties.
tended,tl:l4'l(E, in SpeeCh of considerable
was not
con-
sary to -"' for13.. a school of this description it w.
mathematics and
classic,. c
lab master capable of teaching
it was not rc-
-91141te to teachenat?le R man to hold a plough,. neces-
taught r_ ding,
him Latin and Greek ; if the scholars were
as any e7,°inrg, writing, and arithmetic, they wercas much
he re-
com2_l4,ten_e s should possess, and for these. reasons
Arr.cir, d that Mr. Musker's son be appointed.
rettiqks of It
,HRSPALL observed that a considerable part of the
Master air r. Clarke when he spoke of then e being, a srcohrooble-
had be "dY aPPointed had taken him by suprise,
been
keotinard nothing whatever of the individual who had
la coos need* He understood that they had assembled there
the intince of the resignation of Mr. Musker,
lion. and who might appear best
to aP-
Poiot a m " t!leught the adoption of his Proposition
lish that
qualified for.ttohe situa-
object. committee the more likely course to accomp
Mr ei
the 484
RTIVRIGHT said he had a few remarks to submit to
the fich Y, but before doing SO he wished to know whethere
iitloptede)4le °f duties, proposed by the churchwards _ is'Sn'a.
tention to tie wiahed to ascertain this, because it a. he
nip-
Pointed Move, as an amendment, that the master b
Arr. A1191%'• (Cries of „Yes, yes.")
to the .._,lcrtkoolt thought that more time should be given
Air. izrkshioners to• consider the scheme proposeda. t
some
le the
ia „ItuTpWpaarttott!T then addressed
:ihceh , vheesst ralrd , he had
ritiont.haensdehoef
Well .P.eet atte
he entirely aPPPYed
theme, to
w
report:ealtaPProved of that Part which stated that periodical
Mr, ksa„ald be made.
he sus,.
tested s„,:,_'-att also approved of that part ; and
of 1 "....ter that •-, • • should take place
tneseh„, an annum. examination s
air. e viers,
consi-
derable 14"WItIGHT, after addressing the meeting at
MOsker,gth
~. , moved, as an amendment, that Mr. Thomasstr
o.
Ihe schoo-ras.of.the late master, be now appointed master 1
that
.e seio, s tlin motive for proposing Mr. M ke
us'
• rdwfor the
iitiok'iterY. worthy young man, quiCte qualihemr
Cart.
Aright cooliki Pcant of intellectual endowments. •
of the
salett,k,ell;4.aded h„ ,
' '' luleging three reasons in support
tl qu
fied . first, that Mr endow was sufficien y
di for
the kithlftesPect
to ' •
vents ; secon s,
it
Wasce Noe of
i. intellectaal men
thirdly,
because
the desire u
nr's Moral character ; and
~
h that Mr.
usker shoos be the authorities of the parts
Mr. AsH,.- "a appointed.
I
After soto-'4l' seconded the amendment.
The e„ e farther discussion of a desultory character,
thole in iliktrtstassi took the sense of the vestry, by causing__e
0,
the eh, wv°ur of he °a
nt, to retire on that side t
hi, left.rch to b; ,
to
a r,ght, and thosee for the original motion
A ver
d-
taei t Y large ma' •
of the amen
,1 - and the C JOrtty appeared in favour
been carried.
hc;k PARI,4IO HAIRM&NI declared it to have. I
will
go
f ?re the h. , Ntn•----I give the parish notice thatome
con-
-I.r
kitsnop tor this. (" Hear, hear," and s
hMr, j
you
e-teuae . S.
41GR,You may enter a caveat if
.r. its•
run
ellstiop,-Nnettsox demanded a poll; and some wa the
reNo•,:._look place on that sub•ect • but, eventually, on, _
__
Withdr'otl!itiort of Mr'
,T,
-:
It B. j tio'LtsPALL, Mr. Henderson
ittAir.7 1148 call.
r Mr.
-,tiska, ~ ~..tioRsPALL said that the appointment
there
50014 behaving now been made, he apprehended t
thattee to
neaue tTleno objection to the appointment of a corn=
enc.
raj inter i
estdm.es of the schoolmaster, and look to the g
and
rotate abobf the school. He suggested that i.laps
wee othe old
he
Members of that committee, Land Peri
c'nsistiti r gentle Men. A committee was then appointed,r
Cartwri
got, o the vicar, the ur rte, the churchwarden, M .
Seee and Mr. Nlacgrce ,oar '
spas 4'4 parishioners sphered 6 into explanations of the rea-
'nine 1Y theY had considered the
bei ' the
• t ent of a coat-
appoin in .
as
ng now 8 P.referable course ; ' and expressed themselves
k n the
,„st!shed with the decision of the vestry.
was
prehottdaiotion of
h Mr J 8 LEIGH, a vote of thanks
t° the Chairn;an., miclthe proceedings terminated.
INsTI IT .......„,................................. l' -110 N k-----;------- AND DUMB.
The OR THE DEAF
the annual exam. • • ---.---
children bein educated in
co We'erPool lostititnetion of the
took place
aele_. drie„do,, last, in for the Deaf and Dumb
t respectable and
tio,,`:c6Akidito;yd!lit;
the the presence of a most
iioya.
I Institu-
Pre,ioquitt.street e Lectui e-room of fire
us CAMPBELL,
4, 'iit of the • a
.The Rev. AUGUST
US
, n,RRIzi institution, took the chair?
head of the
tioodntios, p the excellent and indefatigable
tarnina-
ohile,. ti.adrem3ere,viously to the and
of the emeet.ng.
I, OMR thotu it feW general observations to the . 1
ology
he lint a ,
hellilithOU he could not plead as
.an at)
s!nnos lest ranger ld t help feeling a little alaPre-
euhitsth , ono
he disap.
tioto,`"---at leant orOisany should, in some degree,
vtria.
ina-
the ....beeaus. those who had attended. f"rnietrwea'; one of
tioe'nost paw, be. had lost his pi
ndure, the
tool,val of hi:11. be. which the teacher had to e
were be-
the !rig to t,• Ptipi.ls just at the period when theyt
d however,
ketiZeetiot"'nsbost important to him. He trused,sapp
i oint-
sersetia tle ° id
had
latert experience any verys greattitutins for the in-
Zil ai derwm.Pf the deal: thoulod gdhotmthat
b eirun not unworthy of the
soli'neh :eat': of the
.13‘ritish parliament, with the view toas.:
110.;i4 Dropo°°ll by
an annual grant. If Sir Robert
riPeel
(4,oabt, ~.'e aotnething of this sort he would deserve, and
de?, Itnise j'eessive the lasting gratitude of every deaf mn •
d -eelif t. "e rernetab d lately meeting with a noble
eqf,, * he ks__
thingee
ordering that every
Pep "Ilq Ill,at)''rnt of Denmark, ,
heel's of th,„ child born in his kingdom, shonld., at the ex-
tssns to
thaiane e4;oltate, receive an education qualifying - -..-
1 ed
Thatatate u,„: ineMbers of society. He (Mr. Mond) 1013
titti,,e eta„,: _°o.ld never be repealed. (Ilear, hear.)
same
11,41sctoqination then proceeded, and furnished the
we
'hat fl•cqiiet,l4•,°°fs of the progress of the children which
Th.
htii:led to ,!'Y detailed on similar occasions. Much erflri-
termass,ho'e due to the attention and perseverance of Ala •
the k:elo briiass the different pupils presented themselves, r -
'4o4N:trio hei different
of the mode of communicating_t.e
had b` Of hi 1.'1443 of knowledge to the scholars. I.r.lrahry
to,o),eer, qratoarks he incidentally mentioned that a_ lib.
.e.l
haled'ntli°fftlieroahis for the benefit of the points, of w!.11 I
Ih:frgesso•eel • made diligent use, and that the committee
tole thankful f
r kind which the
eer tz 'bight te,oli any books of a prope
11114 letttrae cibse of theeased examinationselSir. RHINO read two. or
topi•e nt"
ki.. 80140 suritten by the more advanced pupils, in feeling
!Itlilao Oenreerlate terms, expressing their gratitude, firs
ho
itll4 to tt'therton, for an invitation to visit N,ew Brig -
hgpit _ 4ptilai_ e Proprietors of the pictures of the 'I eroptation
ehtibitiorin,,ffor allow
chars the Pupils to visit that Interest-
014tfdoll theltPtlpiliir,ewe 15tof iiarig% dto articulate, then exhi-
h,or itt,tTler., aria Mr eßriturearostated that he ha.d. no
4 'ettlea, I 'icing able, c;entually, to speak with sufficient
etittpits4er or all the ordinary purposes of life.
liroostited during of needlework and knitting were.
Th of the a.° !he Proceedings, affording most favourable
,t,e 1404_
,Pplication of the artizans.
layilrlie
,Ite,."' being closed,
VINO if th swetor ci,
addressed the meeting,
lb a h eY were • • BELL
t ; With t
satisfied, as he hoped and trusted they
cotoeerriesti he result of the examination, he had only
ali the to pso2 to request they would do all they possibly
tfitY De,s'rte the hiterests of the institution, and to do
Vigo fro sal,. tkluie could in resCu'a tl e unfortunate inmates
stir filPr4lieerivations to whiChgb 'la mysterious dispense-
ehilde„it ft 4„ePee, they Were exp'osed'. lie had always him-
PAW% th 04,19 Portion of wonder that the deaf and dumb
lhoule,,eitiol„.4 oe objects' of h r inferior interest, in
fast, `' be th:'lbb to the blinds.uelievediYd not see why that
for taste ehiZrFt!se, yet the fact was the Blind Asylums were
foe th deer eolst'e, geoerally s ae"
--ng and that institutions
ts thal‘ bele -,msuuMb were not, Th' could be no reason
gap - Oes,: td
Case. ti t • ere
such an exhibition
ettiPy ereiittit, in which it ehardust:ed that
provedthat these on-
be
thetete,.._B• who would 8-11r:eel)
have any power of ex-
titee4 hY walk-rutin, without such aYid as was here given to
i!'teir o,t,ejl!ga, :ot4he_Y were restored to the position
oftoaet
st4ete ssaeleivisb. rit:lbiled. in a great many instances but
(1141.
tt.a,..etletheta_ _ tistiNtio9 of thi
, s sort could not
th; lott‘l.l,l r, hess.g.featite.st postulate intonedst tp everyl feelingi so,
d hat
:. t heeeete pre•s2_,
would
earnestly hope
.it _
.en .s w
sp:
,is whleeho 011 the :uhlt relate. to theirerten
h were two
,44,4 afford•theY. rolglilassell occasion.
.T
one of which
A•e,th. 14 it . hist the Institution,.
a_ far as
1, Y•la . elr fri PeCUlllary aid and inducing, s
other
ahs Whiah h ends to d l'ke ''
There was an the
Il Pov ~, ey
i, 0 i wise
i ' ooje , .ssittut as •the institution,.or rather a
at f.... eta for
I._oB
18)18t
fed. It was )
`setOoloiZt:ha it a e fi
e should beetTo little
known
((lear, heuamr..
- could ' accoturnodate twice the present H
-

ber of pupils if they had them—a fact which he thought most
I singular in a town situated as Liverpool is ; for there must
be, he should think, some mutes who had never been in any
asylum, who had not been benefltted by the aid to be afforded,
both in this town and in the adjoining counties; yet it was a.
fact, that whilst the institution for the Deaf and Dumb in
London wag an object of extensive canvas whenever a vacancy
occurred,. the Liverpool Institution was able to accommodate
twice the present number, if they could be obtained. The
Institution, then, would be benelitted,•and the objects of it
also, by this fact being made known. The Rev. Gentleman
then referred to the specimens of sewing and knetting, ob-
serving that the sale of such articles Ras another mode of
benefitting the charity ' • and be concluded by again request-
ing the auditory to make its utility and capabilities better
known.

The proceedings- then terminated, having occupied about
two hours.

CLAIM FOR WAGES-SHOCKING MALTREAT-
MENT OF A STEWARD AT SEA. •

Yesterday, a coloured man named John McDowal, ap-
peared at the police-court to prefer a claim for a balance of
wages due to him for services on board the ship Ann, of this
port, Captain Salkeld, on a trading voyage hence to Bombay
and other parts, and back. The vessel is owned by a Mr.
Johnson,.who, it will appear, had employed the applicant for
many years, had a high opinion of him, and to whom, of
course, no blame can be attached for the treatment he re-
ceived on board.—Mr. Wardle appeared for the applicant,
and Mr. Bateson for the defence.
John McDowal being sworn, said—l shipped on board of the
Ann on the 26th of May, 1841,as steward only, to go to Bom-
bay and back, at £3 10s. a month. After she had sailed a
short time some words took place between the captain and
me as to the cooking of a duck, and a quarrel ensuing he put
me in irons, and I was so kept for 33 days, on bread and
water alone. I was put on the half-deck, and a man came
down twice to see me when I lay very ill. The captain as-
signed no reason for putting me in irons. On. the 6th of
September we arrived at Bombay. The captain there wished
me to take my discharge. 1 refused, stating that I had a
wife and family, and that I had shipped for the voyage out
and home. I had been in the employ of Mr. Johnson for
upwards of 14 years. The captain on my refusing to take
my discharge, took me ashore to a magistrate. He told the
Magistrate I was of a very bad disposition, and said every
thing he could against me. He gave him (the magistrate)
no reason whatever for putting me in irons. The magistrate
said, " You must take him on board again." The captain
then went down and took away the boat to prevent me from
getting on board ; but I took another boat, and got on board.
He then made me stand on the open middle of the deck for
five days, and did not allow me to. go below at all. He al-
lowed me no food for 19 days, and Ihad noth'ng but what I
got from the men who gave me a bit. I Eat and stood as
well as I could on the middle of the deck. I was taken again
before the magistrate, and the captain wanted him to give me
my discharge. The magistrate sent me to the " Sailor's
Home," from which I have brought a certificate of character.
I came home in the Ann 'Morton to Port Glasgow, at
£1 10s. a month. I was on board of that vessel five months
and a half, and my wages were £8 ss. I have sailed in Mr.
Johnson's employ a great length of time„ (Several letters
were produced. The letters, he said, were in the handwriting
of the owner and the captain. They were handed in.)
Cross-examined by Mr. Bateson.—There was an awning
on the deck at Bombay for the men to work under. I had
no food but what the men gave me, and that was not by the
captain's orders. He wanted the magistrate to imprison me,
but he would not. The irons were riot taken off, except to
let me wash, and they were then put on again. I was once
told I might have them taken off. When they were off I
said to the captain, " You put them on to please yourself,
and now you have taken them off to please yourself," and he
had them immediately put on again.
Mr. Bateson'said that the articles were endorsed, showing
that the man was discharged at Bombay.
Mr. 'Rushton said he had the articles before him ; they
merely stated that several of the crew had been discharged,
and had joined the Indian navy, and that the complainant
was sent from the ship with the captain's permission ; but no
cause was assigned. What was the defence ? There were
two cases to be considered—first, the wages, and secondly,
the treatment of the man.
Mr. Wardle said he had intended 'to bring on the case
for the wages in the first instance; and afterwards to bring
stronger evidence on the other case.
Mr. Rushton said, that as the case now stood he would
rather hear all the evidence at once : he thought this course,
too, would be the most just to the captain himself. Mr.
Wardle assented, and called

John Al`Kelva.n.—l .szilled with the Ann from Liverpool,
as cook. The last witness was on board. He is a sober
man ; he never drinks anything but a glass of ale. When we
got close to the line we were becalmed, and the ship rolled
much from the swell. The last ~itness (the steward) fetched
me a pie to bake, and I said I did not know whether it could
be kept in to do, as the vessel rolled so much. It rolled out
two or three times, and the gravy was shaken out. After
that I heard nothing of the steward for three days, when I
went into the hold for water, and the mate abused me for
going near him, (using coarse language.) I did not see the
steward for 14 days. I was then told be wanted me to go
and see him, as he was badly, and wished it. I asked the
captain to let me go, but he said he would not let an Irish-
man go to see the d—d black b—. After dinner I was sent
down to see him in the presence of the second mate. I found
him laying on his back with his hands transfixed. He had
handcuffs on—no othe► irons.

Here, Mr. Wardle and Mr. Bateson having consulted to-
gether, the former, addressing the bench, said, " Will you
allow us to consult together, sir ; we think some arrange-
ment—

Mr. Rushton.—No; certainly not. If this which we have
heard be true, or even anything like it, public justice requires
that the case should goon. Sailors must be protected as well
as others.
The witness continued.—l asked the captain to give me a
physic (dose) of salts for the steward. He said he would
not. The steward would not touch anything from the cap-
tain, unless it were out of my hand. was not allowed to
see him again. I saw him in Bombay.
Cross-examined.—He would take nothing from the cap-
tain, but through me, for fear there was poison in it. I
heard he was in irons the third day after they were put on.
I saw him in fourteen days. A message was sent to me, that
if I went to him I would be put in irons. I saw six holes
bored in a' piece of board to let him have some air, and to
keep him from getting anything from the men.
Robert Evans was next sworn.—l was a seaman on board.
I saw McDowal on the second day after he was put in irons. I
went down to get up some sails. He was down on the half-
deck. He was confined with handcuffs; no other irons that
I saw. He was there for thirty days. as near as I can guess.
At Bombay he was kept in irons forty-eight hours longer.
He was not allowed to go above to do the offices of nature.
A bucket was sent down to him. After he was let out of
irons at Bombay he was sent forward to live with the crew ;
hut no meat was allowed to him by the captain. None ever
came forward for him, and we shared with him. The captain
once came forward and found us giving him something, and
said, " If I know you give him any, I will put you on allow-
ance, and a d—d short allowance too." I was not taken
before a magistrate at Bombay, and don't know that any of
the crew was. I was only once ashore. None of us were
taken on shore, so far as I know, at Bombay. I remember
the plaintiff being taken out of the ship there. He got on
board again. He said he could not do our dirty work, which
he was sent to. He slept on the top of a round-house. The
mate and another found him one day not amidships, and the
mate and the carpenter ordered him aft, to the place he was
at before, and struck and kicked him. There was an old
lower studding sail on the top of the round-house, with holes
in it.

Cross-examined.--I never saw him in a small place in the
cabin. The half-deck is as broad as the vessel, and about
20 feet long. Mr. Rushton put some questions as to the
irons, and the plaintiff himself said that he was only hand-
cuffed.

Mr. Bateson said he had not been sufficiently instructed
as to the alleged assault to proceed with it then.
Mr. Rushton said he would on that account adjourn that
part of the inquiry. _

Mr. Bateson said he was instructed to say that the defend-
ant had been insolent to the first mate, but he offered no evi-
dence on that point. He again referred to the endorsement
on the articles.

Mr. Rushton read it at length, and said it did not affect
the case. The magistrate had cautiously worded it; no
cause was assigned for taking the man from the ship, and he
himself had not consented to be discharged. He (Mr. R.)
then read the certificate from the Sailor's Home at Bombay.
It certified that John M`Dowal, (the plaintiff,) of the ship
Ann, of Liverpool, was admitted on the 13th October, and
remained till the 13th November, 1841, during which time
he conducted himself much to the satisfaction of the master,
(whose certificate it was,) and was a sober, steady, and re-
spectable man. A certificate from the owner, Mr. John
Johnston, was also read, dated May, 1842, to the effect that
he had served five years in the brig Berkley, as cook and
steward, and had given every satisfaction, and recommending
him as " a sober man, steady, and honest." A letter of the
same gentleman to the plaintiff's wife in this town, dated
Workington, 1841, in which the plaintiff is spoken of as " his"
very old and respected servant, John M`Dowal, was also put

Mr. Rushton said the wages must be paid. The two at-
torneys then settled the amount, leaving to be received by
the plaintiff £8 16s. 6d. and 3s. 6d. costs. The defendant
had previously paid £lO. on account.
The case for the assault with which the captain stands
charged will be heard this day.

The Overland Mail, via Marseilles is detained. Letters
will be in time, if posted in London on Tuesday next.
DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A fatal accident oc-
curred on Thursday evening on the Arbroath and Forfar
Railway, near Forfar. A carter from Glammis. named
Bunch, had, it appears, delivered a load of wood at the dePilt
adjourning to the Red-road, within a short distance of the
railway terminus, and was about to return, when the up-
train whistle sounded ; but in place of stopping, he urged
and hurried on his horse, putting it into a trot, with the
view, it is supposed, of getting across the railway before the
train. He was called to repeatedly by a person who saw the
danger he..was running into, but the warning was unheeded.
The engine came up just as the horse was in the middle of
the railway, or nearly so, with the man at the horse's head,
when, dreadful to relate, both were killed on the spot. The
cart was dashed to pieces, but no damage was done to the
train.—Dundee Warder.

DISTURBANCES NEAR BIRMINGHAM.—On Tuesday night
the western neighhourhood -of Birmingham was considerably
excited and alarmed by rumours of disturbances amongst the
turn-out nailors of Bromsgrove and the adjoining mining
districts of Cradley, Stourbridge, &c. About 7 o'clock a
detachment of the Ist Royal Dragoons, under Captain Peel
(the nephew of the Premier) left Birmingham at a hand
gallop, and arrived in Bromsgrove about half-past 8. The
mobs had been addressed by several gentlemen ; they con-
sented to retire, but expressed their unalterable determination
not to return to work without an advance of wages. The
following correct statistics will show the wretched state of
Browsgrove and its neighbourhood :—The population of the
parish is 9,671 ;. the number of houses assessed to the poor,
2,016; of these 1,763 are under 101. per annum, and 1,391
under 51. About 180 occupations are void, and the tenants
of 619 are from poverty excused paying rates. The number
of permanent paupers receiving regular relief is about 1,000 ;
and on Friday last, in addition, 360 heads of families, com-
prising about 1,500 people, received temporary assistance at
the union workhouse. Such is the state of the nail districts
in 'Worcestershire:

DARING IMPOSITION.—On Friday a pretended ship's
crew of lubberly-looking landsmen were placed at the bar of
the police court, accused with having feloniously attempted
to impose on Mr. G. Crawford, treasurer to the Merchants'
Seaman's Fund of the port of Clyde, by presenting a false
certificate, alleged to have been granted by two of Her Ma-
jesty's justices of the peace, acting for the port of Cork
and also by falsely representing themselves as being part of
the crew of a vessel named Mary Anne, wrecked on the 3d
current, while houeward bound from Demerara. It having
been brought out in the evidence that the certificate was
forged, and that no such vessel had been wrecked, the magis-
trate, after a suitable address, rewarded each of them accord-
ing to his merit, by sending the captain for 60, the mate 40,
and each of the crew 30 days to prison, regretting at the
same tiroe that he had not the power of sending them to a
higher court, where they would not have been so leniently
dealt with. It would serve as a sufficient warning to all
such impostors, could they only have seen how blue the
seven looked when removed from the bar to the place of
confinement, where their manners, it is to be hoped, will be
reformed, and their hearts improved, under the salutary
treatment of Mr. Brebner.—Glasgow Chronicle.