The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-21 00:00:00

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FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL

lel peculiar gratification in laying before our
readers he following letter with which we have been
favoured from Lord Kenyon

We ft

ho is at present

de of the

making a short soiourn on the oppo

not so much on account of his lordship's testi-
.ntertains of our own humble

tnony to the sense h

rintural education ;

ables us to recon

!cause it

specia

though at

an whose opinions

sentiments of a nob

au times valuable, are on that question parcularly so.
We need not say one word to impress his lordship's
communication on the attention of our readers, and

)resent it to the serious consideration

fore at one

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of every Christian mind

STANDARD

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL
SIR,-Having noticed with high gratification the
pursued by your able and high-principled paper on the subj.
of Christian education in Liverpool, I venture to offer to your

g obSl

rvations on the
ion. I cannot,

to the

the at-

Liverp(
tention

whose memory is
Parliament, follow

val, the stat,

storm

measure

that, in this

g author of his own punishment

an engine for its overthrow

diate the measure per se

sertion of

lurch principles

the measure itself,

consideration

It will not be a whisper !

an essential

parishioners

For Mr. Birkett, as Overseer,
Mr. Henshaw..

ar Mr. Rawland, as Select Vestry
Mr. '•`'G lee

For Mr. Whitby, as Select Vestryman
Mr. Bright..

in its ettea

do dear to tt4/
tired hands to

rn which has been placed within our reach

Churchmen there is this fatal

ood town of Liver-

s in the cause of religion and

ce so dead, and an inaction so palsy-
ied ? Why—unless it be that man is

.t the sun shines

Church of England, on the subject of the educa-

tion bill now before Parliament—unless some strong

demonstration—be promptly made, the measure will

Upon every hand its author is menaced with opposi-
tion. DiSsent, in all its multiform varieties, 'denounces
the recognition, contained in it, of the Church's supre-

The scoffer against religion denounces its re-
cognition of the principle that the state is a Christian
body, and is bound to care that the people are taught
that there is a God over all. The utilitarian " liberal"
would have every man find a god and a religion for
himself. The Maithusian economist would have us
forget that. man has a soul, or a mind, or a heart, or is
any other than a flesh-and-blood machine, to be "used
up," and cast aside when done with, in the creation of
that GOLD, which is the god of his idolatry ! No go-
vernment, unsupported by the. powerful aid of opinion

Igainst such a

Sir James Graham, we tell the friends of
scriptural and Church-of-England education, will not

withstand such storm ! At this moment the entire
Ind the principle upon which it is founded,

are absolutely in the hands.of the opposing factions—
are being moulded by them, at will, into such shape as
will destroy every feature- upon which Churchmen can

look with confidenee, and every operation which can
promote the spread of the national faith. In those
hands, a boon offered is being converted into a curse;

for what was fashioned for strengthening the founda-
tion of our revered establishment, is being turned to

Now, may we ask, is this as it ought to be ? Are
Churchmen determined to set up the principle in this
land that dissent is the creed of the state ? Surely not.
Some Churchmen, indeed, we have known to repu-
By some Churchmen it has

n severa

instances,

however, which have come under our notice, these

onceptions of

and have been withdrawn upon re-

The question, however, still remains to be answered
What are Churchmen to do in this crisis—for such

Are they, by their apathy, to let pass an oppor-
tunity, of supporting an honest government in an
honest or wise measure, which not only may not occur
again, but the omission of which will be productive of
consequences so disastrous to the Church ? Are they,
by their silence, to aid the cry which dissent and the
opponents of all education are so sedulously raising ?
We say, decidedly, NO; and to the Churchmen of
Liverpool we say, no. We have a duty to perform,
which must be performed. The opinions of the people
of Liverpool can be pretty audibly expressed. Let the

public have the opportunity given them of raising their

We perceive that a meeting was held in Manchester
on Tuesday, for the purpose of supporting this bill, at
which the Dean, and the Revs. Hugh Stowell and C.
1). Wray, and
.many other clergymen and gentlemen
were present.

The public generally are nut, perhaps,

aware that a

most important election is now going on, of fit and
proper persons to hold the respective offices of Church-

. _
wardens and Overseers:of the poor of this densely-
populated parish. The subject, however, will be
admitted to be, if well understood, one of deep con-

cernment to the community at large,—as involving, in
)int, the good and wholesome manage-

anent ot the parochial affairs of the town, and, con-
sequently, of the conservation of those just, humane,
and constitutional principles in dealing with the un-
fortunate poor, which point to the Christian succour
of the distressed, with a view to their improvement in

morality and provident habits, and, at the same time,
with a consistent regard to economy as regards the
The gentlemen proposed at the annual
vestry meeting, and against whom exception is taken
by the Radical section, are Mr. William Birkett,
as Overseer; Mr. R. W. Houghton, as Church-
warden ; and Mr. Rowlands and Mr. Whitby,
as Select Vestrymen. Against these, certain individuals
have, been pitted, who are -known: either solely from
their professions, or their endeavours (hitherto properly
defeated,) to increase immeasureably the rates for the
support of the poor, and, at the same time, to hand
them over to the gentle mercies of_ the new poor-law.
The four gentlemen named have not only had much
experience in parochial affairs, but have proved them-
selves to be the considerate friends of the poor, at the
same time that they have had especial regard to the
interests of the rate-payers. A hue and cry has, ne-
vertheless, been most unworthily and most unmanfully
raised against them by the. Radical, or "liberal" (?)
party ; and they have been assailed with all manner of
abuse with reference to the management. of the work-
house ; abuse which, in the opinion of all men of well-
regulated mind, they, in the consciousness of a rectitude
of purpose, can well afford to treat with the contempt
which it merits. The Radicals have insidiously made
the matter' a party and political question, without refer-
ence to the capacity or fitness of the men. On Wed-
nesday a placard was posted on the walls containing a
gross libel on Mole gentlemen connected with the admi-
nistration of parish affairs, to draw a comparison be-
tween whom and the printers, (and, we believe the
writers of that bill,) would only excite scorn and dis-
gust. We earnestly and confidently call upon every
true Conservative Churchman, and staunch Protestant,
to hasten this day to the Sessions-house, and record
their votes especially for Mr. Wm. Birkett, as one of
the Overseers. We know of no one who has done
more for the constitutional cause in the town than
this gentleman ; none who has devoted more care and
attention, or made greater sacrifices of time and personal
convenience for the interests of the poor and the rate-
payers ; and when we inform our readers that the first
vote given for his opponent was that of Mr. Boult,—
he who so grossiy insulted the whole body of the clergy
at the vestry-meeting on Wednesday,—the manager,
too, of the Anti-Monopoly Society here, and an avowed
Socinian ; . and when we further tell them that Mr.
Birkett's opponent's placard was printed at the Mer-
cury Office, at the expense of the Anti-Corn Law
League,—and that the Popish priests are already flock-
ing to' vote for him,—urging their votaries up for the
same purpose,—we may venture to assure ourselves
that no right-minded individual will hesitate for one
moment as to whom he will give his vote. Mr.
Birkett has excited the hatred and rancour of these
people, by the high-toned principles he so energetically
maintains; and it is by no means'a matter of wonder-
ment that they should exhibit such hasty anxiety to
vote against him. Of his opponent we say nothing.
He may be a very respectable man, for aught we know ;
and he may be no radical at bottom ; but if he allows
himself to become the tool of that despicable faction
who are again seeking to smuggle themselves into •
power,—he must abide the consequences. We under-

stand, too, that he is an advocate of the New Poor
Law, with all its stringencies and cruelties.
The following was the state of the poll at its close,
at four o'clock yesterday :

Persons. Votes.
For Mr. Houghton, as Churchwarden 218 845
Mr. Riding

From this it will he seen. that the radicals have made
a dead set against Mr. Birkett, and that the Conserva-
tives must be up and doing. The election is an: im-

portant one, not only as concerns our parochial but—

—our general interests—as Christians, as

,atriots, and as men;—for every triumph yielded by

uurar:d thigrgorni

LOCAL NEW,S

supineness to the evil genius of radicalism is an eating
into and corrosion of the principles and the power of
conservatism, and will, if tamely submitted to, produce
consequences which we shall be left to deplore when it
s too late to amend.

ten Woe

and we earnestly implore all
true conservatives to record their votes at the earliest
possible moment at which they can attend. We need
scarcely tell them that the result is entirely in their own
has shewn in time past such noble I power.

The packet-ship Roscius, which left New York on the 29th
ult., arrived at this port on Tuesday last.

THE THF.ATKE-ROYAL V. MR. SLOAN, OF THE AMPHI-
THEATRE.-ThiS case, which was to have been heard at the
present Kirkdalt Sessions, was, on the application of Mr,
Wilkins, postponed until the next sessions.

STRIPPING CIIILDREN.—An elderly woman, of shabby ap-
pearance, was, on Wenesday, committed for trial at the en-
suing sessions, on a charge of having stripped a child of a
quantity of its clothing, an offence that has of late become
very common.—A woman, named M'Donald, was also com-
mitted for trial for stealing a quantity of clothes from a
washerwoman.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-011 Friday night last, as the
night packet, her Majesty's ship Medusa, was rounding the
eastern pier-head at Kingstown, with the mail for Liverpool,
she unfortunately ran down an Arklow oyster sloop which
was entering the harbour under sail with a light breeze. A
poor fellow named Dereney was drowned, and leaves a wife
and four children destitute. The other three men who, to.
gether with the deceased, composed the crew, succeeded, af-
ter passing under the steamer, in saving themselves by swim-
ming. The accident is wholly to be attributed to the sloop's
helm, having been put to starboard. The people on board
the steamer have been acquitted of all blame in the transac-
tion.

MURDER IN SALFORD.A shocking occurrence took
place in Salford on Friday last, and one which created great
excitement amongst the inhabitants in the vicinity of the
Town Hall. It appears that 'early that morning, a man
named Robert Travis, about 50 years of age, was stabbed by
a female named Oliver, alias Morris, who lived; in a house
in Brunswick-street, near the Market-place, and 'with whom
he cohabited. The wound was inflicted with a sharp-pointed
carving-knife, which penetrated the left side of the ab-
domen ' • and, although medical assistance was promptly pro-
cured, he died in the afternoon of the same day. Both
he and the woman were intoxicated at the time of the occur-
rence, and, according to her statement, they had been quar-
relling, and he had made an attempt to cut her throat, when
she snatched the knife from him and stabbed him. On the
following morning a coroner's inquest was held on the body
when a verdict of " wilful murder" was returned against the
woman Oliver.

CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—In soliciting atten-
tion to the announcement, in another column, of the ser-
mons to be preached on Sunday next in aid of this valuable
society, we beg to remind our readers of the peculiar claims
which it possesses on the benevolence of the inhabitants of
Liverpool. If we remember rightly, the society contributes
annually for the spiritual improvement of the town four
times as much as our auxiliary association is enabled to remit
to the parent society ; whilst on the score of mere justice,
the reverse should be the case. Nine grants for clergymen
are made to Liverpool at an annual charge of £B2O. We
have often been struck, whilst reading the society's oc-
casional papers, with the remarkable and pleasing con-
dition of the munufacturing districts which the society
has been enabled to assist; and no one can have witnessed
the benefits conferred on St. Simon's, St. liarnabas',
and other localities of this town, by the society's grants,
without being sensible of their value and discrimination.
Of course, like everything that is of any worth, the frame-
work as well as the operations of the society have been made
the subjects of much calumny and abuse, but we are glad to
see that these attacks have only tended materially to draw
around it the affections and increased liberality of the un-
prejudiced and hightninded. The society's granta at present
in this diocese are 72 for clergymen and two for lay assist-
ants, at an annual charge of £6,260.

WOOD PAVING.—The mode adopted for the formation of
the London Wood Paving Company is of a nature so un-
common as to call for particular notice. Instead of relying
upon the announcement of a number of high-sounding names
at the head of a prospectus, whose possessors might be as-
sumed to have satisfied themselves individually of the fea-
sibility of the plan, and of its certainty of success—assump-
tions too often most unwisely made—this company is consti-
tuted upon the real merits of the undertaking. A very large
proportion of the shares intended to he issued were sub-
scribed for, at the outset, by parties who made a deliberate
enquiry into the peculiar advantages of Perring's Safety
Wood Paving, as well as the details with which it was pro-
posed to be carried into profitable operation. Fully con-
vinced, by their investigation, these subscribers proceeded
to hold a general meeting, and after a public examination of
the objects of 'the company, the means of accomplishment,
the manner of carrying them into effect, and the inevitably
successful results that must ensue, they sery properly se-
lected from among themselves a board of directors, highly
respectable as principals of firms and men of business, and
conversant, from the first, with duties which the practical
nature of their own occupations must render them emi-
nently qualified to perforin. The subscribers having thus
exercised an'undoubted privilege, further evinced their judg-
ment by appointing Mr. Lee Stevens to the office of super-
intendent; a gentleman'who, from his great practical expe-
rience in wood paving, his celebrity as a lecturer and writer
on the subject, and his well-known industry and persever-
ance, must carry with him more than the common elements
of success into an undertaking in every other respect deserv-
ing of public encouragement.

SAILING OF THE BRITISH AND NORTH AMERICAN
MAILSTEANI-SHIP" H £BSRNIA."—The splendid steam-ship
Hibernia, Captain Judkins, sailed from this port on her first
voyage to Boston and Halifax on Wednesday. She had pre-
viously been hauled out to the company's moorings in the
Sloyne (near Birkenhead), where she was seen to advantage,
and attracted much admiration by her compact and noble
appearance, she being one of the finest steamers in every
respect that has yet been afloat. The greater number of the
passengers, accompanied h 3 their friends, were taken on
board at half-past eleven, from the Egrernont slip, in one of
the Rock Ferry steamers, the deck of which was densely
crowded. The day was remarkably fine and sunny, with a
light southerly wind.; and hundreds of spectators assembled
on the Egremont and neighbouring piers to witness the de-
parture of the passengers. The passage to the Sloyne /vas
rapidly made, and the embarkation on board the huge steam-
ship, together with the transhipment of an immense .quan-
tity (though only a remaining part) of the luggage, formed a
scene of much interest and animation. The Hibernia
started, with a still up-going tide, at 21 minutes past one
o'clock. At 25 minutes to two o'clock she passed opposite
St. Nicholas's Church, keeping towards the Cheshire shore.
She presented a noble appearance as she steamed rapidly
down the river against the stream—she being, notwithstand-
ing the large quantity of fuel on board, in good trim, part of
her copper forward being out of the water. The Hibernia
had her full complement of passengers, every berth having
been engaged.. It is gratifying to remark that amongst them
were many mercantile gentlemen of eminence, on their way
both to the United States and to the Canadas ; from which
it may be augUred that a brisk.revival of trade between those
countries and the'European states is confidently anticipated.•
Amongst the passengers were also Colonel Holloway and
family, Colonel Slade, Captains Broughton and Robinson,
and Lieut. liipon; all of the Royal Engineers—forming part
of surveying department for public works to be proceeded
with in our Canadian colonies.

COLLEGIATE INSTITIITION.—M:. Crowe will, this even-
ing, deliver a lecture on vocal music, to be illustrated by
four hundred of his pupils. On Tuesday next Dr. Brett will
commence a series of four lectures on agricultural chemistry
—a subject peculiarly interesting and important at the
present time, when we are obliged to make use of every re-
source within our power to render our agricultural districts
as available as possible for the growing wants of the nation.
It will be seen that the prices of admission to the lecture-
hall have been very properly reduced to a sum which will
now place within the reach of all classes the information
which the courses of lectures are calculated to impart.

LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—A speciel general
meeting of the Liverpool shareholders of this railway—ad-
journed from Thursday, the 13th instant—took place yester-
day, at one o'clock, at the Clarendon-rooms, for the purpose
of adopting measures to secure, immediately on the passing
of the bill now before parliament, the election of ten efficient
gentlemen as directors of the concern. The meeting was
very respectably, but not very numerously, attended. Mr.
Alderman William Earle was called to the chair, and breitly
explained the object in view. He stated that some of the
former directors—old stagers—had done much mischief by
their lavish and heedless expenditure, and that it would be
for the interests of the shatieholders to appoint a deputation
of two or three gentlemen, to proceed to London and be in
readiness to act at the first general meeting after the passing
of the bill, when the directors would be chosen.; and that
those gentlemen should be armed with as many proxies as
could be procured, in order to defeat any attempt to elect
improper persons. He suggested a series of resolutions to
this effect, a copy of which he proposed should be sent to
each shareholder, forwarding their proxies. A conversation
of some length ensued, and ended in the unanimous con-
currence of the meeting in the proposition made. A general
wish was expressed that the gentlemen who had before been
deputed to attend to the interests of the shareholders, and
who had done good service, should again be appointed ; but
the chairman said that the attendance of Mr. Chorley, were
he appointed, would probably be impossible, as that gentle-
man was in France, on the business of a railway in that
country.; and for himself (the chairman) he could not posi-
tively promise to be present, as be might perhaps be in Paris
at the time of the meeting. He should, however, do his
best to attend, were he appointed conjointly with one or two
others. After some discussion, in which several shareholders
took part, resolutions were finally passed to the effect that
the object in view was highly desirable, and appointing, as a
deputation, the chairman (Mr. Win: Earle), Mr. Robert
Seller flenckunn,,and NJ:James Bourne. A vote of thanks
was then passed to his conduct irrthe chair,
and for his able advocacy of the interests of the shareholders
on a former occasion in the metropolis.

THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—This popular. placie of
amusement was re-opened, on Monday last, with a strong
company of equestrian and other performers, and Ducrow's
fine and numerous stud of horses. The spectacle of The
Horse of the Riallo was brought out, with new scenery, and.
during the three nights of its performance, was received with
great and deserved applause. The characters were well sus-
tained, and 'the several tableaux were acknowledged to be
at once beautiful and gorgeous. The piece appears to be an
adaptation of the story of Damon and Pythias. The scenes
' in the circle have also been extremely pleasing, and Monsieur
Plege has nightly astonished and delighted the spectators by
his feats on the tight rope, in which line he is without a rival.
On Wednesday evening, at the close of the first piece, and
in consequence of sotne proceedings pending between this
theatre and the Theatre-royol, (of which some particulars are
furnished in another 'paragraph,) Mr. Higgins, on the part
of the management, came forward and addressed the audi-
ence in nearly the following wordS:—
" Ladies and Gentlemen,—ln consequence of certain ob-
jections preferred by the proprietors of the Theatre Royal to
the performance of the spectacle 'of The Horse of the Riallo,
as containing dialogue, which they consider an infringement
of their patent, I have to announce, with regret, that Mr.
Hillier is constrained to withdraw, from this time until fur-
ther notice, the piece alluded to, which has been so warmly
marked by your kind approbation. As the question at issue
• between the two theatres is yet pending, and will not come
on for decision before the stipendiary magistrate until Satur-
day, I refrain from any remarks on
.the conduct of the pro-
prietors of the Theatre Royal towards this establishment,—
anxious as we are to comply with all the requirements of the
law, and not to prejudice the issue 'even in our own behalf,
although we feel confident that' we stand on the firm ground
of equity and reason, and indulge a hope that the spirit of
monopoly manifested against us will not be enabled to pro-
ceed so far as to prevent the performance of such pleasing
and unexceptionable pieces as have' hitherto been played at
this theatre. I can but say, in conclusion, that our best
efforts will be given to bring forward, in the meantime, such
performances as will merit a continuation of your patronage
and support; and I beg to announce, that a comic panto-
mime, and the rnasqued ball from Gustavus, will to-morrow
evening be substituted for The Horse of the Riallo, with
the splendid and unique scenes in the circle as announced
for the week: And, ladies and gentlemen, having briefly
stated the circumstances under which we stand, Mr. Hillier
throws himself on your kind indulgence, and hopes at least
to have in his favour the voice of the public—the true crite-
rion which at last must decide this long-agitated question."
This announcement, which was altogether unexpected, was
received with much applause.

ginciarja Imam A COAPFL."43II W6anlatiY. ftt
police. court, an elderly man of shabby appearance was placed
before Mr. Rushton, charged with having stolen a quantity
of Prayer books, Bibles, &c., from the Wesleyan Alethedist
Chapel, Mount-pleasant. lie was stopped after leaving the
Chapel on the previous eyening, in consequence of suspicion,
and five books were on him, and two others when searched at
the police office. He was committed for trial at the ensuing

session.
THE WRECK OF THE SOLWAY.—On Tuesday afternoon
the Prince of Wares, cattle brig, eight days from Corunna,
arrived off this port with two of the passengers, Mr. Geddes
and Mr. Campbell, who were on board the ill-fated Solway
when shehe we believe, is connected
with
Campbell,
dk Campbell and Co. in In-
dia-buildings, in this town. The Prince of Wales was com-
pelled to cast anchor
seven or eight miles from the Bell Buoy.
The moment the circumstance was made known, Commander
Bevis despatched H.M. Steamer Redwing, under the com-
mand of Lieutenant Ludd, to render every assistance in his
power. Lieut. Ludd took the two passengers on board his
vessel, and brought them to Liverpool, directing a tug boat
struck. A 1 r.
Messrs. CGa. n
to the Prince of Wales.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY ov TEA.—Yesterday, at the
Police-court, two men, named Williams and Blinks, and a
female, named Ann Graham, who resided with one of them,
who were remanded from the previous day, were charged be-
fore Mr. Rushton with having entered a warehouse and
stolen therefrom a quantity of green and other teas. From
the evidence it appeared that the two male prisoners were
seen lurking about the bonded warehouse of Messrs. Whittle
and Nicholson, in Blundell-street, and at one time were
forcing a lock from the door of a passage which leads from
Kitchen-street to a shed at the back part of the pre-
mises, from which, by a hole broken in the wall, an en-
trance was effected to the bonded rooms in which the tea was
stored. The person who observed the male prisoners near
the door took no notice of it until after he beard of the rob-
bery. At the house of the female prisoner, in Brownlow-
hill, was found a small canister containing a quantity of green
tea, which, on being
„compared with a small portion left in
the bottom of one of the chests by the depredatgrs, proved
to be exactly similar, and was pronounced by judges to be of
the same quality. In all 13 chests (about 3001bs. weight) of
tea were stolen, the value of which would be, duty paid,
about 4s. 4d. per lb. Every exertion has been made by the
police to obtain possession of the property stolen, but without
effect, it being supposed to be disposed of in small quantities.
The duty on the tea was not paid. The prisoners were com-
mitted to take their trial at the next sessions.—A stout,
robust, carter-looking fellow was placed at the bar, charged
with assaulting and intimidating one of the witnesses in this
case of robbery, which being fully proved, he was fined 50s.
and costs, and ordered to find bail, or in default to be im-
prisoned four months.
Docx Commumvx.—The usual weekly meeting was held
yesterday. The following gentlemen were present :—Messrs.
Sands (chairman), Horsfall, Aikin, Bulley, Bold, Chilton,
Evans, ohnes,-Molyneux, Moon, Middleton, Nicol, Moore,
Boyden, and Tobin. The business transacted was riot of
much interest. A letter was read from Mr. Kilshavv, the
superintendent of the transit sheds, stating that he had entered
on his duties, but no goods had yet been admitted, and that
inquiries had been made for the book of rates. Some con-
versation then arose as to the propriety of allowing vessels
to discharge at the west side of the dock in certain cases,
and as to the Custom-house regulations with respect to the
sheds, which would cause very great delay in the trans-
fer of goods ; and it was suggested by Mr. Aikin that
an arrangement should be made-with the Customs, other-
wise the sheds would be almost useless.—A letter was
read from Mr. Grantham, inviting the attention of the
committee to an experiment which was about to be made
with a small steamer fitted up with the screw-propeller, and
which was suitable for all purposes, but more especially for
rough work.—The Chairman stated that a copy of the new
Watering Bill had been received, in which various alterations
had been made which were submitted to the consideration of
the solicitor, one of which was, that all erections and works
for raising the water from the river to be used in cases of
fire, and other purposes, shall be done with the consent of
the chairman of the Dock Committee, and executed under
the contain' of the Dock Surveyor, and the commissioners
would be answerable for any injury done. The Dock
Estate was also not to be liable for any rates. The com-
mittee thought the interest of the Dock Estate was suflici-
ciently protected by the bill in its amended form. The com-
mittee then proceeded to the consideration of finance busi-
ness, and soon afterwards adjourned.

THE THEATRE-ROYAL versus THE ROYAL AMPHI-
THEATRE.—At the Police-court, on Wednesday, Mr. Gar-
nett, from the office of Messrs. Foster, Lloyd, and Waln,
solicitors, on behalf of the proprietors f the Theatre-Royal,
to Mr. Rushton, to exercise his magisterial authority to re-
strain the manager of the Royal Amphitheatre from the fur-
ther performance of the piece or spectacle called " The
Horse of the Rialto," which had been performed at that
place of amusement on Monday and Thursday evenings, and
which he stated he was prepared to shew comprised portions
of dialogue in the nature of a play, contrary to the act of last
session, relating to the improvements of the borough. Mr.
Clarke, late lessee of the Theatre-Royal, stated that the piece
in question was in certain parts a decided infringement on the
patent right of the Theatre-Royal, the proprietors of which
had suffered so much from such infringements, that if they
were not protected from them, they might as well close their
doors at once. Other parties were also present who were
ready to prove the performance of the parts of the piece ob-
jected to. Mr. Rushton said that be considered Mr. Clarke
himself an unquestionable authority on the point in question,
or, by refusing to do so, necessitate him (Mr. Rushton) to
hear the evidence in the case at once from the witness, and
decide upon it, as he was bound to do, by the letter of the
law. Mr. Hillier said that lie had retained Mr. Wilkins,
barrister, to defend him, but that gentleman was not pre-
sent, he being engaged at the' Kirkdale Sessions. For him-
self (Mr. Hillier) he could not promise to withdraw the
piece, inasmuch as the public would be much disappointed
were he to do so on so short a notice after the piece had been
for some time announced, and got up, moreover, at consi-
derable expense. Mr. Rushton then suggested, with the
concurrence' of Mr. Garnett, that the piece might be re-
peated that evening (Wednasday) only, and the hearing of
the case to stand over until Saturday. Mr. Hillier demurred
to this, as a great sacrifice on his part, and the case was
about to be proceeded with, when, after a short pause, Mr.
Rushton remarked* that as the act was very stringent, he did
not feel inclined to adjudicate upon it until Mr. Wilkins, the
defendant's counsel, should be present; and that he had ac-
cordingly written,a note to Mr. Wilkins, requesting his at-
tendance immediately if possible, and which he should dis-
patch by a messenger in a car to Kirkdale. Mr. Hillier ex-
pressed his acknowledgment for the kindness, and the case
stood over for a short time, when Mr. Wilkins appeared
in court. Mr. Rushton informed that gentleman of the
suggestion he had made. Mr. Wilkins, on advising with his
client, stated that the proposal was acceded to. The hearing
of the case was then fixed for Saturday, at two o'clock, and
the parties left the court.

FRACAS BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE MILITARY.—
At the Police-court, on Wednesday, a gentleman named
Punchard was charged before Mr. Rushton with having aided
in the rescue of a soldier from the custody of a police-officer,
during a distnrbance in Duke-street, between the soldiers
and the police.—Inspector Campbell stated, that about 11
previous evening, while passing through
Hanover-street he saw three soldiers fighting, one of whose
names was he understood to be Kelly. He succeeded in
o'clock
on the
parting them, when he was knocked down three times, but
,
by whom he could not say, and when near the barracks tobk
the soldier on which the defendant,
(Kelly) into custody
Mr. Punchard, cried out, " Soldiers do your duty—don't let
your comrades go along with the police to Bridewell." This
occurred close up to the barrack-gates, and from 30 'to 40
soldiers came out and commenced an indiscriminate attack
on persons passing and repassing. The police were com-
pelled to retreat. —Officer 212 stated, that he had a prisoner
in his custody when the defendants and his comrades rescued
him. Heard the defendant say " Soldiers do your duty."
The soldiers had no side-arms, but took off their belts and
struck with the plate of them. They were also armed with
sticks. When three or four more officers came up, they
again went up to the barracks, and saw the sergeant there.
Heard one of the inspectors persuade him to try to get his
men into the barracks when out so late. His answer was
they had a right to defend themselves. The defendant was
there, and said that's one of them, pointing out officer 36,
who ran and was followed by the mob. Shortly after this an
inspector (M`Haid) came from the docks with a section of
men. The soldiers had by this time got into the barracks.
Saw Quick and the acting sergeant-major communicating,
and heard the former state his complaint against the ser-
geant.—Officers 339, 549, 36, and 21, each spoke to the pre-
ceding evidence, distinctly swearing that Mr. Punchard was
the person who encouraged the assaults, and aided in the
rescue of the prisoners. Officer 549 said, that he several
times heard the defendant say, it's a shame, you are mur-
dering the man—though no unnecessary violence was used.
Mr. Punchard, in defence said, that he had no other way of
accounting for the proceeding, which to him was a most
extraordinary one, than that they had mistaken him for some
other person; he had been at the Brunswick Hotel until
near 12 o'clock, and when passing down Duke-street he saw
a crowd, but no fighting—and was arrested without even
knowing the charge. He wished to be put on his oath, but
Mr. Rushton said the law would not allow it, and ordered
him to pay a finc of five pounds, which was immediately
handed over.

BANKRUPTCY COURT.—QUALIFICATION OF SOLICITORS
AND ATTORNEYS PRACTISING THERElN.—Yesterday, at
the Bankruptcy Court, held at the queen's Arms, Mr. Com-
missioner Skirrow delivered his opinion relative to solicitors
and attorneys .practising in that court. The attendance of
professional men interested was great, a good deal of interest
having been excited on the question at issue. The learned
commissioner said that it devolved upon him to give his
opinion and decision on a subject of importance in the ad-
ministration of the law in that court. A gentleman, clerk to
a solicitor, had recently begun to plead in a case before the
court, and an objection had been raised that he was not a
solicitor of the court, and was not, therefore, qualified there
to plead. That gentleman had replied, and that truly, that
he had enjoyed a right to plead in the other court, and he
(the oorejgissione,x,lsimpu;ed.no blame to him for presenting
himself there. Of the validity of the objection there was,'
however, no doubt. He (the corornissione,) lied given hie
best consideration to the question, and he found that by the
• Ist and 2d William, this court was made a court of law and
and equity, and was vested with all the rights, incidents, and
privileges of any court of record These rights were con-
ferred on the district courts by the 62d section of the act, and
this wiss made doubly sure by the 66th section. The learned
gentleman then referred to an act so far back as 1215, which
authorised sergeants-at-law only to plead in the court of
of common pleas, but which privilege was afterwards ex-
tended to others by the king on the court being no longer
local (or following the monarch), and these pleaders were called
I barristers. He next quoted the act of Ist and 2d William,
chap. 56, sec. 10, and also the sth and 6th Victoria, by which
last the privileges of a court of review were extended to the
district courts. The first rule of bankruptcy also laid it
down (in 1832) that no solicitor or attorney should practise
unless duly admitted by the required form, which was easily
obtained, and the party admitted on payment of, he believed,
five shillings. Clerks were, however, not prohibited from,
ascertaining the proceedings that were going on in that
court ; and suitors were at liberty to represent their
own respective cases. The whole spirit and tenor of the
bankruptcy law, moreover, required him, (tile commissioner)
to construe all the acts to the advantage of the creditors, and
if he did so be could riot exclude those intelligent professional
men for whose assistance the court was so much
,indebted.
and put into competition with them clerks and persons of
little or no standing. Were parties not duly qualified to be
permitted to practise, they would have, in place of intelli-
gence, exhibitions of ignorance; and in place of regularity and
order, nothing but wildness and confusion. He had, there-
fore, made an order, as follows, for the future conduct of the
court as related to this question :—" It is ordered, that no
person, not being an attorney or solicitor of this honourable
court, and duly admitted in conformity with the rules and
orders.made for regulating the practice of the Court of Bank-
ruptcy, and in pursuance of the first general order made un-
der the sth and Gth Victoria, chap. 122, sec. 70, shall appear
and plead in any proceedings in this court; and, in case any
person, not being an attorney or solicitor duly admitted as
aforesaid, shall practice in this court as an attorney or soli-
citor, lie will be deemed guilty of a contempt of this honour-
able court. 20th April, 1E03." The professional gentlemen
present, not engaged in the cases about to he heard, then left
the court, and the order was
posted on the wall of the room.

~~®

were reported,
At the usual quarterly meeting of the Staffordshire ironmas-
and it was proved that the trade in
ters held last week. The engagements were met and no defaul-
ters Staffordshire and Shropshire is now in the hands of much
more substantial body of capitalists than at any former
period of depression.

ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE COUNeI!

The meeting of the Town-council, which had been ad-
journed a fortnight ago, was held on Wednesday in the
Town-hall, for the despatch of the business remaining on the
paper. The Mayor presided.

THE STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE AND MR. PROCTER

Mr. PROCTER said he had a matter to bring before the
council, especially affecting his character, relative to some
observations which had fallen from him at the last meeting,
and he trusted that this, the earliest, opportunity would be
afforded him of setting the matter right. In order to enable
him to do so, he requested that the Mayor would read the
correspondence which was in his possession.
The MAYOR inquired whether it was the pleasure of the
council that this matter of privilege be allowed to take pre-
cedence over the other business of the day ? (Yes, yes.)
Mr. HORXBY observed, that it had always been usual to
allow members the first opportunity of setting themselves
right.

-Mr. PROCTER suggested that the reporters should have the
correspondence.

The*MAYOR presumed they would have it, as usual, after
the proceedings. His worship then stated that he had him-
self been induced to write to Mr. Procter in the first in-
stance, from having read in the newspapers of Saturday what
had falle❑ from the stipendiary magistrate, and also what had
passed in the Watch Committee. Taking that as his autho-
rity, he wrote the following letter to Mr. Procter :
"My Dear Sir,—lf lam correct in understanding that
the statement made by you at the last meeting of the council
has been investigated by the Watch Committee, and found
by them to be unsupported, I trust you will not consider it
to be intrusive on my part, if I venture to suggest, what pro-
bably may already have occurred to you—the propriety of
taking the earliest opportunity of explaining that statement,
and the grounds on which you were induced to make it to
the council, at the next meeting, on Wednesday week. That
such an explanation, under all the circumstances, appears to
be called for, not only to do justice to the character of the
Head-constable, but also to set him right with the public, to
whom, what fell from you has gone forth, 1 think you will
not be disposed to question ; and in this instance, the cor-
rection should be made as public as the assertion. To this
the Head-constable seems to have an equitable claim, and I
cannot doubt but what you will be ready to offer it accord-
ingly.

"The position in which I am placed, and the discharge of
my duty, requite that I should make this communication to
you; as well as my own desire, which is, so far as I have the
power, to see justice done to all.—l am, &c.,
(Signed) " ROBERTSON GLADSTONE.
" Since the foregoing was written, I have received the com-
munication now inclosed, from Mr. Rushton, and of which
I forward the copy."
The following is the communication alluded to. It is dated
April 10, and addressed to the worshipful the Mayor :
" Sir,—l send you herewith certain resolutions passed by
the Watch Committee on Saturday last, relative to an un-
founded and serious imputation cast on the Head Constable,
at a recent meeting of the Council of the borough.
" It gives me great satisfaction to observ.e that the Watch
Committee entirely exonerate Mr. Whitty from blame. I
thought it right to investigate the charge, and I had already
convinced myself that there was not the slightest cause for
the accusation of our excellent director of the police force.-
1 am, &c.,

(Signed) " EDWARD RUSHTON."
The next document read was that enclosed in the above.
It was an extract from the minutes of the Watch Committee
proceeding on the Bth of April instant. It set out with a
letter from the head constable, stating that he had been on
the preceding day sent for by the sitting magistrate, and
questioned as to the truth of a paragraph occurring in a
speech purporting to have been delivered in the Council of
the sth instant by Mr. Procter. Having quoted the para-
graph, which occurred in the report of the Council proceed-
ings of the above date in the Mercury, the head constable
proceeds to state that he unhesitatingly denied the truth of
this statement. The head constable asks for an opportunity
of proving before the Watch Committee that the charge is
the reverse of the truth. The minutes proceed to set forth
that Mr. Procter explained to the committee that he had
made his observations relative to the head constable under
the impression that he was the person who had prepared the
evidence in the case alluded to, and that the head constable
proved to the entire satisfaction of the committee that he had
no knowledge whatever of the nature of the evidence which
either Cunningham or Dutton were to give. The committee
passed the following :—" Resolved, that this committee do
acquit the head constable of any imputation whatever of the
nature which Mr. Procter's observations would seem to
imply relative thereto."
The following is Mr. Procter's reply to the Mayor's letter,
inclosing the two documents last alluded to. It is addressed
to the Mayor, and bears date April 14 :
"My Dear Sir,—l have had the honour to receive your
communication relative to a statement made by me in coun-
cil, on Wednesday last. I beg to express my obligations for
your anxiety to do ' justice to all, and trust you will, in
your position as chief magistrate and 'ex officio' member
of the Watch Committee, make such investigation as shall
lead to all the facts being laid before the public. I also beg
to acknowledge the receipt of resolutions of the Watch Com-
mittee, and which, I beg to observe, are only a part of what
were recorded at the board on Saturday last. I beg to hand
you what I intended, and what I believe I did say in council,
and which differs but slightly from the Mercury's report.
The nature of my observations were intended to show that
it was not by the Watch Committee's instructions that po-
licemen were sent in plain clothes for the purpose of laying
information ; and, secondly, that improper persons had been
selected by the head constable for such duty. The committee
investigated the characters of these men (so sent out) on
Saturday ; and a resolution proposed by Mr. G. H. Law-
rence, which I now supply you with, confirms this view. I
also beg to observe, for your government, that the case
alluded to same before the Watch Committee, and had no
reference to any case brought before the magistrates, as the
public have been led to believe.

igned) " PROCTER."
Here followed (S
Mr. Procter's version ofJAMES
his speech, and a
full extract from the minutes of the Watch Committee pro-
ceedings of the Bth instant, which contained the following
resolution, additional to that above given, transmitted by the
Watch Committee to the Magistrates, and by Mr. Rushton
to the Mayor :—" Resolved that, though in the case of one
officer, Peter Dutton, the committee feel that the choice was
an unsuitable one, yet the committee have confidence in their
Head Constable, and are unwilling to make any change in the
manner of discharging his dutiei."
Then followed a letter from the Mayor, recommending Mr.
Procter to make his explanation to the Council. To this,
the following reply, dated 15th April, from Mr. Procter, was
read :
" My. Dear Sir,—l fully concur with you in the plan you
suggest, and in my place in Council all necessary explana-
tions and statements shall be made.
" In the mean time, I must suffer from the misapplication
of my expressions by Mr. Rushton, and the course thereupon
which he has thought proper to adopt.
" The statement in question was made by me, as a member
of the council, and with reference to what took place in my
presence in the Watch Committee, of which I am a member,
and any erroneous impression on my part, in making that
statement as to responsibility of the head constable, might
have easily been set right, had it not been for the course
taken by Mr. Rushton.
" All that I meant, as far as regards the head constable,
was, that there had been, on his part, an injudicious selection
of officers for a peculiar duty, and I by no means intended
to impugn his integrity or general conduct.
" Under all the circumstances I think that it is due to the
council that the correspondence between us should be first
laid before that body, and be followed by my statements and
explanations.

(g" JE S PRO
The MAYOR then i
said )that the onlyAM
other document" he
had in connection with this subject was the characters of the
officers Dutton and Cunningham, which, probably, the coun-
cil would not require him to read.
Mr. ISAAC HOLMES thought the character of Dutton
ought to be read ; he had been traduced and maligned in the
council ; and as he (Mr. Holmes) had supported him in the
watch committee he would support him here.
Mr. BRAMLEY-MooRE remarked that it was material for
the characters of the officers to be read, not only on account
of the officers themselves, but on account of Mr. Procter.
Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE said their characters were those
only which were taken from the character book of the watch
committee.
Mr. THORNHILL.—HOW far back will you go, Mr.
Mayor ?
The MAYOR.—They appear to commence in May, 1839.
Mr. THORN HILL thought the council could not go so far
back. Their characters might have improved since then.
Mr. LACE and Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE called for the
whole to be read.
The MAYOR then read the characters, first of Dutton, and
then of Cunningham. It is unnecessary to give them.
Mr. PROCTER then addressed the council. He said, that
in requesting their calm and deliberate consideration of this
question he laboured under some inconvenience from the cir-
cumstance of a misapplication of his observations in the
Town-council having been put forth from the bench, where
he had a right, at least, to expect that even-handed justice
would be dealt out—
The MAYOR interfered. He could not allow Mr. Procter
to make any charge against the stipendiary magistrate in
that place. He must not now go into any question whether
even-handed justice had been dealt out : this was not the
proper place.
Mr. PROCTER said he was speaking merely with reference
to his own character--
The MAYOR.—Then you must not wander from that.
Mr. PROCTER repeated that he was merely vindicating
himself from what he considered to be an attack or reflection
upon his character, and upon no other point at all, with refe-
rence to the stipendiary magistrate. A similar misapplication
of his expressions had also been put forth by a portion of the
public press, and thereby an unfavourable impression had
been created against him ; and this was the inconvenience
which he felt himself labouring under. In endeavouring to
draw attention to what he intended to imply by the observations
whiCh he had felt it his duty to Make in the last council, he re=
peat.d, what ha had already gtated in hi,: letter to the mayor. •
that those observations were intended to shew that it was
not by any instructions from the Watch Committee that
policemen had been sent out in plain clothes for the purpose
of laying informations; and, also, in the next place, that in-
judicious men had been selected by the Head Constable for
such duty. The first position, he thought, would not be
doubted, that policemen were not so sent out by the instruc-
tions of the Watch Committee; and the nest position to
which his observations had referred, and which had been
borne out by the resolution of the Watch Committee, be
thought, would also be agreed upon. Now, with regard to
his own observations. From the returns, it appeared that
a man named Cunningham had laid 105 informations, and
sustained them all, and another man named Dutton laid
seven or nine, and sustained only five or six. This return
was now before the council and could be referred to; it was
the return which had been laid before the Watch Committee.
A case came before the Watch Committee of two men having
been sent out in plain clothes—one as a carter, the other as
a sailor or porter ; a report was entered in the' report-book
in the head constable's office, " Cunningham reports Ains-
worth for drinking in a public-house." This book was also
before the council : facts could not be contradicted. Cun-
ningham stated, in his evidence before the committee, that
he (Cunningham) went to the back door of the public-house
(where Ainsworth had been seen to go in) and requested to
be admitted, and for drink. This fact would not be denied
by any member who was present at the daily board. By the
return it appeared that it was Dutton (and not Cunningham)
who saw Ainsworth—that could not be denied; and then
came this grave charge that he (Mr. P.) was imputing to Mr.
' Whitty something like perjury or subornation. lie had now
made a fair statement of the case ; and the council, he
thought, would say that he had made a fair statement of what
he had actually said at the last meeting. He was then speak-
ing from Ins own observation, and the daily reports to the
Watch Committee; and he thought he might fairly lay claim
to having paid considerable attention to his duties as a
member of that Committee. This hook (the report book)
was brought up from time head constable's office; and that
the head constable brought it in the view to be examined
before the committee, in his presence, no one would deny ;
nay, further, that he had a weekly account made out of the
fines and rewards, with the names of the men, to which, upon
his own responsibility, he put " the Watch Committee upon
the recommendation of the Head Constable, have done,"
arid so on. This was read at every station ; and it was also
now to be seen and read. He (Mr. Procter) would just
mention that last week a case had been brought before the
Watch Committee, in which Superintendent Leverett re-
ported Inspector Moore ; this case had not been put into the
report-book, at the instance of Mr. Whitty. He had brought
this fact forward to show that he had good ground for believ-