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and merchants, or their agents, many of whom
may be " here to-day and gone to-morrow.? No
other association in the town backs their claims to
exclusive jurisdiction. They are ignored by the
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, by the Dock
Committee, who are preparing to be heard before
Parliament against their bill, and by the Town
Council. The Burgesses of Liverpool, and more
especially the Bondholders of the Dock Estate, for
their own sakes, must do their duty !

THE country has spoken out pretty distinctly, in
the columns of the press and through its represen-
tatives in Parliament, its sense of the inadequacy of
the Government measure directed against the
recent Papal aggression. One portion of it only
there was which gratified the public. Lord John
Russell expressed his determination to mete out
the same punishment to encroachments upon the
Royal supremacy in Ireland as in Great Britain.
Thus far he announced himself prepared to retrace
his past anti-Protestant policy; and to remedy a
mistake, the result of which had been felt in the
insolent course, which it had enabled the Roman
Catholic hierarchy in Ireland to take, in the matter
of the system of education provided in the Queen's
colleges. The remaining features of the measure
were viewed as lamentably feeble, and only indica-
tive of a spirit
" 'Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike."

We are inclined to suspect that Lord John and
his colleagues are inclined to back out of that only
valuable portion of his proposed legislation; that
the Irish members within the walls of the House
of Commons, and the Irish Roman Catholic body
outside, have already succeeded in frightening him
from his declared purpose. Possibly his lordship
has begun to perceive that, whilst his half-way
measure has gained him few friends amongst the
Protestant masses of the country, it has gone suffi-
ciently far to alienate his ultra-liberal supporters,
and to exasperate the Popish majority of the Irish
members. Whatever the cause, however, it is
tolerably clear that there is a hitch somewhere ; and
that the country must he prepared sternly and
resolutely to insist that the Royal wishes and in-
tentions, expressed before her Parliament and her
people, shall not be defeated, and that that people
shall not be betrayed, to enable Lord John Russell
to work a political dodge, or to prop up a ricketty
administration. To a great extent our reasons for
entertaining this belief in his Lordship's vacillation
are drawn from the singular change of tone in
which, since its announcement in the House of
Commons, the measure has been referred to in the
London Times, the most vehement supporter of
Government from the very commencement of the
agitation against the Papal aggression.
It will be remembered that the Times was the
first to launch its thunders against an act of inter-
ference committed by the Pope, in the partition of
a Roman Catholic see, and the nomination of an
additional bishop to the newly-created diocese of
Ross, in Ireland. From the publication of that
article we drew the conclusion, which has since been
justified by the fact, that the measure to be pro-
posed would embrace within its provisions Ireland
as well as Great Britain. The Times congratulated
the country upon this fact, whilst condemning the
measure, as a whole, for its inadequacy to meet the
full requirements of the emergency in which we
were placed. The following extract from his re-
marks on Saturday week are sufficiently explicit on
this point :

After making every fair and candid allowance for a
position of the utmost difficulty and responsibility, we
cannot think that the ministerial measure is adequate to
what the emergency requires and the opinion of England
demands. What is merely prohibiting titles and pro-
tecting trust estates, while we leave to the bishops the
full power of synodical action, and to the Pope the
power of setting the seal of infallibility upon their de-
cisions ? The ministerial measure, we fear, will settle
nothing as between the Pope and the Government, and
leave us exposed to a new paroxysm of popular wrath as
often as it shall please the Roman Camarillo, in the im-
punity of its insignificance, to devise fresh insults for
our Church and our Crown. Surely to prove that the
ancient laws of England, that the modern governments of
Europe, that the customs and constitution of this country
will not tolerate such a thing, and yet to pass a measure
merely levelled at names and trust funds, is to prove too
much or to do too little. If Lord John Russell was de-
termined to do no more than be has announced, he should
have written with less warmth and spoken with less
ability ; and we venture to predict that, among all those
with whom he may have to contend, he will find no argu-
ment so embarrassing and no rhetoric so damaging as his
own."

It is plain, from the passage which we have given
in italics, that the " synodical action," by which the
Queen's colleges in Ireland had been denounced,
was fresh in the mind of our contemporary,
and was an exciting cause of his hostility to the
pretensions of the Papal see. In subsequent arti-
cles a more favourable view was taken of the mea-
sure; and the admission was made that, practi-
cally, it would meet the emergency of the occasion.
How unprepared we were, underthese circumstances,
to find the Times on Friday last writing in the fol-
lowing strain, we need not say. After remarking,
in gratifying terms, upon the assurance of the
Attorney-General, that the measure would he so
framed as to put down synodical action in Ireland,
the Times proceeds : . .

" With this addition we do not know that anything
further can be suggested for England. Thus rudely
shaken before it has time to take root, met with the
unanimous aversion of the people, the censure of the
Legislature, and the declaration of the Prime Minister
that experience has undeceived him as to the expediency
of trusting the Pope with the developement of his church
in England, it is probable that the newly imported
hierarchy may, like a sickly exotic, droop and perish be-
neath the piercing atmosphere of our northern sky. We
sincerely wish we could indulge the same pleasing prog-
nostications with regard to Ireland, but every day's dis-
cussion makes us more keenly alive to the error commit-
ted by the Government in confounding the cause of resis-
tance to the Papal rescript with the bitter dissensions of
Irish politics. Adopting the principle of the Attorney-
General, of proportioning the remedy to the grievance,
Ireland should have remained untouched, because in
Ireland nothing was innovated. For the sake of mere
conformity, in order that we may introduce a measure
well suited to the circumstances of England, we are about
to revive in Ireland the conflicts to which she owes so
many of her miseries. It is in her representatives, on the
one side and the other, that we shall find incorporated all
the bitterness of the discussion. Why, they ask, is the
R)man Catholic Church in Ireland to be interfered with
because the Pope has made an attack upon England ?
Why are we to attack John Tuam, whose insolence we
have endured for twenty years, because the Propaganda
has sent us Nicholas Westminster ? Here, and here
alone, is the case of the Government weak; and we sin-
cerely trust that Lord J. Russell will see fit to strengthen
his position by confining his measure to that which was
not only its occasion, but its cause—the invasion by the
Pope of the Sovereignty of England."
Here, indeed, is the case of the Government weak !
But why ? Is it because the prerogative of the
Crown has not been as grossly infringed upon in
Ireland as in England ? Is it because her Majesty
is not as much the spiritual ruler of the Church in
Ireland as in England ? Is it because Popery in
Ireland has been less rampant, less violent, factious,
and less disloyal than it is likely to be in England ?
Not at all. The newly-awakened tender considera-
tion of the Times for Ireland is based upon the
reflexion that Popery in Ireland has been bought
over, and used by successive Whig Governments
for Whig purposes ; that Popery in Ireland has
contributed to swell the cry for Free-trade and the
annihilation of the national agriculture; that it is
a Swiss power, exercising an influence in the legis-
lature, which can always be rendered available for
a consideration. It has been fostered by Whigs,
fondled to its present growth and insolence by
Whigs, subsidized and endowed by Whigs and
time-serving politicians of every class ; and it is
felt that for a whig government to crush it now, is
like an act of infanticide ; that it is to proclaim
to the world that modern liberalism is fallible, and
that all the wisdom and consistency in the world
does not centre in the party, which claims Lord J.
Russell as its head, and the London Times as the
exponent of its opinions and principles.
Will the country, we ask, be satisfied, or ought
it to be satisfied, with such a miserable emascula-
tion of a measure paltry and miserable enough
in its original form ? Most certainly not ; and
when the Times warns Lord John Russell of the
hostility which he is drawing upon himself from
the Irish members in the House, and the Irish
priesthood and laity out of doors, and invites him
to throw himself once more for support upon those

factions, he omits to remind him of the strong
Protestant attitude of the great mass of the British
people, who will not he trifled with upon this
question. He forgets, too, his own admission,
made on the day before the measure of Govern-
ment was brought before the House of Commons,
that if, in its provisions, Lord John Russell " only
went far enough, he would carry nine-tenths of the
peopl

The public are

of England with him.
already beginning to suspect that some compro-
mise is in the wind. It is hinted tY,at, if the
Synod of Thurles would withdraw its edict againit
the Queen's. Colleges, Lord John ilvJuld not be in-

disposed to hand over Ireland and her Majesty's
prerogative in that country as the price. But we
tell his Lordship emphatically that England will
insist upon having a voice in this matter ; that
England will no longer submit to see her Sovereign
degraded in the eyes of the world, and her Minis-
ters abject crouching slaves at the feet of Rome.
The blood of the nation is up : let Lord John and
his colleagues take care that it does not boil over !
Whether this craven submission however to
Popery in Ireland, counselled by the Times, be acted
upon, or not, the measure of Government, as
originally proposed will not satisfy the great ma-
jority of the people of Great Britain. What are
their true feelings upon the subject, and the ex-
tent of their demands, cannot be better described
than in a petition, prepared by the Liverpool
Protestant Defence Committee, a copy of which
will be found in our advertising columns.

THE movement respecting a Free Public Library,
Museum, and Gallery of Art in Liverpool, has ex-
cited less stir than similar movements in other
towns : but it does not follow that it is going on
less successfully. The announcement contained in
our advertising columns to-day shows that already
a sum of £1,064 3s. has been subscribed; and yet,
not a hundred names in all are recorded. When a
thousand or fifteen hundred have given their mite
towards a project in which more than 400,000 are
interested, the list will be more worthy of the town
and of the great object, and more like what it ought
to be.

The general committee, who meet weekly at the
Town-hall, have issued nearly 16,000 circulars,
from house to house, in the principal streets, and at
all the offices and places of business. The people
of the borough, therefore, and those who do busi-
ness in it, though nonresident, have had the mat-
ter regularly brought before them. The circular
does not enter into a minute statement of the facts,
but assumes that these are almost sufficiently
known from previous announcements. For several
months the public have been aware that the pro-
prietors of the Royal Institution were ready to hand
over their present property in that institution to the
public, on the sole condition that it shall be devoted
freely to the use of the public. The Corporation
are to pay the future expenses of keeping the whole
collection in perfect order and efficiency; and a
joint committee, consisting of seven members of the
Town Council, and seven proprietors of the Royal
Institution, will be the governing body. The pre-
sent movement is for the purpose of setting the
good ship fairly afloat ;—of placing in the hands of
the future guardians an institution which shall be
eminently worthy of preservation, an honour to the
town, and useful to the inhabitants.

Two of the three departments already exist—but
they require to be considerably enlarged and
improved in their management—these are the
Museum and Permanent Gallery of Art. The com-
mittee have resolved that none of the sums sub•
scribed shall be appropriated to these; but they
will be happy to receive donations of suitable
articles. Pictures, statues, &c. of sufficient merit
will be deposited in the Gallery, and antiquities,
curiosities, in the Museum. The third department—
the Library—has to be founded from the commence-
ment. There are a few books in the Royal Insti-
tution—probably about 250 volumes ; but they
have never been of general use to the proprietors :
they were used almost exclusively as books of re-
ference by the late worthy curator. When the
Committee of the Town Council were receiving
evidence upon the subject, in the month of July
last, it was calculated that £5,000 in money, and
5,000 volumes of books would readily be subscribed;
and there is no reason to believe that that estimate
was enormous. There is now little or no doubt that
more than 5,000 volumes will be arranged in the
Library before a single one is purchased; and
Liverpool must be far below other towns if £5,000
be the limit of its pecuniary contributions. There
has long been in Manchester a library of great
value, known as the Chetham Library; and the
borough of Salford has established a Free Library,
like our own intended one, during the past year.
Yet, during the last month, a Committee in Man-
chester, headed by the Mayor, issued a circular and
a list of subscriptiohs, respecting a third free public
library. The first 74 subscriptions in the list
amountto£4,46s, including 26 subscriptions of £lOO
each. This is showing a right spirit in behalf of
intellectual advancement.

The Library in Manchester is to be partly a
reference and partly a circulating one. In our own
town this question is wisely left open for the
present. In the meanwhile, a room has been fitted
up at the Royal Institution for the temporary
reception of books, and during the present week a
large number will be received, and put in order on
the shelves. It is very important that donations be
sent in promptly, or that an intimation be given to
the Secretary to send for them. If this were done,
the Joint Committee might be able to throw the
Institution open to the public as soon as the act is
passed, for which it is intended to apply to Par-
liament.

At the present moment, nothing is so much
wanted as a number of gentlemen to canvass for
donations and subscriptions. It will be in vain that
the circulars have received so wide a distribution if
the impression be not followed up, if the town be
not canvassed with equal system and vigour.
There are thousands who are favourably disposed to
the measure, and who only require a formal appli-
cation to be induced to aid it. Gentlemen who are
deficient in acquaintance or in courage to address
the members of their own profession or occupation,
could take distinct portions of the town. Fortified
with a document from the Treasurers, they need
have no hesitation in calling regularly on those
whose assistance has already been solicited in print,
and receiving their final answer.
The donations of books and specimens are not
announced at present ; but a list of the most im-
portant, as appended to nearly all of the circulars,
appeared in our last number. We hope that so
fair a beginning will be followed up with spirit, and
there will be no doubt of the ultimate success.

The Lord Bishop of Chester will preside at the annual
meeting of the Church Pastoral Aid Society on Monday
next, when a very influential deputation will attend.
Abraham Lesneur, aged six months, was found dead in
his mother's arms, in a court in Gore-street, on Sunday
morning.
ROYAL AMPIIITHEATRE.-Mr. Franconi's engage-
ment, we would remind our readers, is now drawing to
a close. The entertainments continue to attract and to
entertain.
A. petition of Mr. James Harvey, of this town, to the
House of Commons, praying for the abolition of gold as
the standard of value, and for the substitution of govern-
ment paper in lieu thereof, was ordered on Friday " to lie

on the. Cable."

Messrs. Thomas Tucker and Co.' of this town, ship-
builders, have offered to accept the American challenge,
to construct a sailing ship, of any size, to compete with
one of Yankee build ; and the owners of the winning
ship to gain the losing one.
A series of cheap Protestant Tracts is now being issued
in Manchester. The first number, written by Canon
Stowell, is entitled " Protestant Puzzlers," and contains
twenty questions, which no priest in the world could an-
swer with satisfaction to his own church.
We understand that the committee who are engaged in
procuring books and subscriptions for the Free Public
Library, intend to hold a soiree in the Town-hall, to pro-
mote their objects. The Easter week has been mentioned
as the time ; and it is thought that some of the most
"eminent men of letters and statesmen could be induced
to come down to us on the occasion.
MAN DROWNED.—On Friday, the 4th instant, a man
named John Wallace took leave of a friend named Hardy
in Oldhall-street, since which time his friends had sought
him in vain. At the time referred to he was rather in
liquor, and doubts were enteztained that ho might have
met with some foul death ; these suspicions proved true ;
on Sunday his dead body was found floating in the river,
opposite the Prince's Dock. He lived in Ray. street.
AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—On Friday Ann Hughes,
a charwoman, aged forty-eight, went to the house of a
person residing in St. Andrew-street, for the purpose of
washing. She had not been in the house long, when she
leaned her head on her hand and complained of being
unwell. Shortly afterwards it was observed that she was
dead. The unfortunate woman had been addicted to

habits of intemperance.
MR. LLOYD'S NEW NAPOLEON BOOT.—We under-
stand that Mr. Lloyd intends to present a beautiful boot,
made on altogether a new principle, to the bazaar for the
benefit of the Sailors' Home. The Napoleon boot is ma-
nufactured of glass, richly cut and gilt. The heel is
armed with a gilt spur ; and altogether the article is
unique. Mr. Lloyd has for many years been known in
this town as a very first-rate bootmaker.
TEA PARTY.—A tea party was given last night at the
ball, Lord Nelson-street, by Messrs. Finch and
extensive ironfounders at Windsor, to the
Jas workmen in their employ and their wives. The
ceremony took place to celebrate the binding of thirty
apprentices. The spacious hall and galleries were crowded
in every part, and, after partaking freely of the excellent
refreshments provided, many first-rate addresses were
made, and much excellent advice given and gratefully re-
ceived. The tables were then removed, and all the com-
pany entered heartily into a lively dance and, after
spending a merry evening, dispersed in good humour to
their respective homes,

COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY REPORT.

Monday Night.—

With regard to the proposal to increase the American
tariff there is nothing definite per Arctic. A paragraph is
going the round of the free-trade papers in America, to
the effect that Mr. Walker (the ex-secretary of the trea-
sury, and the Sir Robert Peel of America,) had authorised
a denial that he was in favour of Mr. Strong's project.
We hope it may be so, but our faith in the correctness of
the report is not great, when we remember:that this is the
very man who proposed to modify the tariff so as to meet
the views of the iron and coal interests of Pennsylvania,
as a means of taking over the vote of that state to General
Cass when he opposed General Taylor for the presidency.
It was, and still is, thought by many that Walker's pro-
ject would have decided the day against General Taylor.
It seemed, however, too barefaced a thing for the free-
trade party to propose, and the friends of native industry
in general got the votes of Pennsylvania, at that time
against Mr. Walker and the foreign interest.
The Corn market continues in a drooping condition,
with large quantities of foreign arriving daily, and further
quantities announced to come forward, principally from
France and the Mediterranean. A telegraphic despatch
from Paris, on Saturday, announcing an advance in Grain,
had no effect in imparting confidence to the trade, and
has proved to be a mere speculative ruse. It is an im-
portant fact, and is proved by every report of the leading
Corn markets, that London, Liverpool, and the most ex-
tensive consuming districts in which the highest prices are
obtained, are now almost exclusively supplied by the
foreigner, the home grower being left to find a market
where he can.

The monetary and commercial article in the Albion of
yesterday, relating to the state of our trade with foreign
countries, the writer of which is well known as being one
of our best informed and intelligent townsmen, grapples,
we think successfully, with a subject which hitherto has
baffled even the Solons of the metropolis itself, and with
respect to which parliament has been so preciously bam-
boozled during the present session. With the aid of the
Board of Trade returns he has furnished us with the total
declared value of our exports, and with great care he has
given the total actual value of imports, affixing the sepa-
rate value to each article, which we feel great confidence
has been correctly done, as we happen to know the un-
questionable sources through which information to arrive
at the latter, was obtained. The result is, as we have
long thought and stated, that the balance of trade has
been against this country ; the amount of which adverse
balance is now shown to be no less a sum than
eight million pounds sterling during the past year ;
our exports being sixty-five million pounds in value,
whilst the imports reach seventy-three million pounds.
What will our free traders say now ? We well remember
what they did say, " that foreigners would take our ma-
nufactures for their corn." It is evident that they have
done no such thing ; and that we have had eight millions
to pay in gold and silver ; a fact which fully accounts for
the adverse state of the exchanges, and the constant
drain of bullion to the Continent. This also explains the
prostration of trade during the last two months, which
must continue so long as the balance of trade continues
against this country.
There is little to report in our produce markets since
Friday. Sugar has been in fair demand, but it has been
freely offered, and prices are rather lower. Tea and
coffee continue neglected. Political matters in Germany
are again beginning to cause uneasiness.
The Cotton Market on Saturday was languid and dull,
with less offering, holders evincing no desire to press
sales. Prices continued very irregular. The sales
amounted to 3,000 bales, of which 500 British American,
and 500 Surat were taken on speculation. The steam-
ship Arctic brings advices of receipts being still on the
increase at the American ports, and prices again on the
decline there. This, however, was expected, and had
therefore not much influence on our market to-day,
though prices were in favor of the buyer, particularly for
the common and middling qualities of American. The
sales are 4,000 bales, chiefly American, 200 for export.
Imports since Friday :—Uplands, 8,250 bales ; Orleans,
825 ; Pernamas, 605 ; West India, 9 ; Egyptian, 715 ;
Madras, 511 ; total, 10,913 bales.
This has been another great week in shares. An im-
mense speculative and real business has been done daily,
and prices continue steadily to advance. London stock
has reached 135, and Midland 63. The London statement
is considered most satisfactory, and the Midland one is
expected to be equally so. We annex the day's quotations—
Aberdeen, 14; Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Chesle re. 8d ;
late Chester and Birkenhead, 203 1 ; Caledonian, 121 1;
East Lancashire, 14.1 ; Great Northern, 181 ; Old Leeds,
59 1 '
; Do. Fifths, 71c1 • Do. preference, 131; Lancaster
and Carlisle Thirds, 73p; Southport, 4 1p; London
stock, 1341 5 41 5c 41 5 ; Do. new Quarters, 68 f 1 s 1p ;
Do. Fifths, 61p ; Do. C Quarters, 3 3 16 p ; Manchester
Sheffield and Lincoln, 35 11 ; Do. Quarters, 13 ; Do.
preference, 12 ; Midland, 621 ; Do. Halves, 15 14* 1;
North British. 91 ; North Union B, 167 ; Scottish Mid-
land, 101 ' • S'bury and Birmingham A, 81 ; Do. B,
9-161 ; Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1 15-16 d ; Shropshire
Un. 2 13-16 d ; Old Dovers, 264 ; S.Staffordshire,3ld,
York, Newcastle, andßerwick, preference unpaid-up, lid.

POPERY SPEAKING IN
SENSE

A NON-NATURAL

A statement has just been published by authority from
the secretaries of the synod of Thurles, contradicting the
remark of Lord John Russell, that the celebrated address
of that body was only carried by a majority of one. The
secretaries in question say, " We feel it our duty to de-
clare that such statement is wholly devoid of foundation,
the said address having, as already described, been read
in full synod, and unanimously adopted, in our presence
by the fathers, and by them ordered to be published."
We can very easily believe that the address in question,
after having been duly debated, and its opponents having
found themselves in a minority, was passed with this ex-
terior show of unanimity ; but it is perfectly notorious that
some of the most intelligent, and least bigotted amongst
the Irish Roman Catholic bishops were strongly in favour
of the acceptance, by the Church. of the Queen's Colleges,
as provided by government. We can only view in this
compulsory unanimity an instance of the abject slavery in
which the Canon Law of Rome binds both hierarchy,
priesthood, and people to the domination of the Papal see.

Last week, as a woman named Ashton, who resided in
Higher Tranmere, was in the act of conversing with a
friend, she was attacked with a paralytic stroke, and after
lingering in great agony for a few days, she expired on
Saturday. She was the mother of seven children, most
of them very young.
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THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL AND CLUB.—Mr.WhiteDlatl,
the proprietor; of the Brunswick Hotel, and founder of
the Brunswick Club, continues to allure his guests by the
aid of the three magic words, " comfort, economy, and
despatch," and to retain them by fulfilling to the letter
the promises which those words imply. The subscription
to the club is very moderate, and its advantages for re-
creation, exercise, and refreshment, mental and corporeal,

very numerous
LAW REPORTS.—A very valuable digest of law cases
is advertised in our columns to-day. It is published
monthly, and is prefaced by an elaborate index of points
and a consolidated index to the names of cases, which is
so arranged as to obviate the necessity of looking through
the numbers individually. In addition to a digest of all
the reported cases, (including those of Ireland,) issued
during the above period, it contains notes of many im-
portant cases decided during that time, and which are as
yet unreported,—especially decisions under the new chan-
cery orders, joint-stock winding-up act, county courts,
&c. The important statutes of the sessions and the new
orders and rules of court will also be found digested in
their appropriate places.
ENLARGEMENT OF THE CORN EXCHANGE, BRUNS-
WICK-STREET.—This much required work for the accom-
modation of the corn trade is now commenced; and
although during its progress some little inconvenience
will, no doubt, be felt, we are assured, from the energy
with which the works are to be carried on by the con-
tractors, that this will be limited as much as possible.
The enlargement is to be effected by the addition to the
Exchange of the site at present occupied by Messrs.
Scott's large warehouse, running on the west ward side of
the building, from Brunswick-street to the Old Ropery,
for taking down which preparations are now being made.
A portion of the back of the present building will be
simultaneously removed ; and until this and the new
space are erected, and fit for occupation, the trade will
have to put up with the front portion of the building
alone, and " the flags." Mr. James Leader, joiner and
builder, of 'Wood-street, is the contractor for the entire
work. The excavations and bricklayers' work will be
executed by Mr. Joseph Parry, Elizabeth-street.
ESCAPE OF WILD BEASTS.—The neighbourhood of St.
George's-hall was thrown into a state of great alarm and
excitement at an early hour yesterday morning. It seems
that two bears, forming part of Hilton's menagerie, con-
trived to break from confinement about eight o'clock, and
forthwith exhibited their awkward erratic propensities to
the dismay of a vast number of persons who were proceed-
ing to business. The carmen, who ply in the vicinity of
St. John's Market, immediately congregated in great
strength, and, headed by the bears' keepers, gave chase;
the animals, however, were not to be taken without trou-
ble. One, to use the polite expression of a bystander,
" dodged about" up and down the streets in the neigh-
bourhood, and finally set off at full speed up Mount Plea-
sant, but was finally captured in the Prince's Park. The
first exploit of the second bear was to kill and partially
devour an unfortunate dog which he espied within a few
yards of the caravans. The pause in his career occasioned
by this act led to his speedy capture. Beyond that of the
dog no life was lost, nor have we heard of any personal
injury having been sustained by this untoward incident.
ALLEGED DEATH THROUGH THE CONDUCT OF BAI-
LIFFS.—On Thursday, an inquest was held before the bo-
rough coroner, on the body of Hans Shaw, a poor man
residing in a court, in Harding-street, Windsor. About
three weeks ago, the house in which the deceased resided
came into the hands of Mr. Bennett, an estate agent.
The deceased was at that time lying ill in bed, suffering
from disease of the heart. A written notice was given to
the deceased to quit the house, and on Saturday last two
bailiffs went to take possession, and said the deceased
must go out. The deceased's wile produced a certificate
from Dr. Hangman, stating that deceased was in a bad
state, and unfit to be removed, and if he were disturbed it
would be at the imminent peril of his life. Notwithstand-
oberceuwpeireyd;fo thre some room
time.
is
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Notwithstand-
ing this, the bailiffs got deceased up, and took him to a
room,
stable, near
and AI la rs
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beersßarton's
deceased had no shoes, they having been pledged to get
some bread, in consequence of his destitute condition ;
but one of the bailiffs went and released the shoes, and
they were 'Placed upon his feet. After being removed,
the dece-As,ed became gradually worse until Monday, when
he died. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased
had died from natural causes, but observed that they
could n'jt separate without condemning the conduct of
the in':diffs in removing the deceased in the kce of the
mcd..ical certificate.