The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-08 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY

Sir R. PEEL brought in his bill founded on the resolutions
for amending the corn laws which had recently been agreed
to. He took that opportunity of stating, that it was found
the proposed new mode of taking the averages would affect
several of the corn inspectors, who would, if superseded, have
a just claim for compensation. It was, therefore, resolved
to retain such of them aswere competent to the duty, and in
the.new towns to employ ,the excise. .He-was most desirous
that the progress of the bill should be accelerated, and that,
on passing, it should come into immediate operation. He
proposed, therefore, that the second reading should take place
on Wednesday next.

Mr. COBDEN adverted, to the attack made upon him on a
former evening by Mr. Ferranti, and said, that having made
inquiry, he learned that there were but a few men employed
in his print works by night, and' only upon works which must
otherwise have been suspended. The company with which
he was connected regretted that it was unable similarly to
employ more of the thousands who were idle in the neigh-
bourhood. They knew nothing
.at all' of the truck system,
and paid the men their wages at eight o clock every Saturday
morning.
Mr. VILLIERS read a declaration from 72 of the principal
manufacturers of Lancashire belonging to the Anti-Corn-
Law League, repudiating the accusations preferred against
them by Mr. Ferrand.
Mr. FERRAND said he had not charged Mr. Cobden with
cruelty, nor had he charged all the members of the Anti-Corn -
Law League with the practice of fraudulent manufactures,
or with the abominable truck system. But the latter system
was spreading, and he was prepared to prove it.
Some warm language ensued, which called for the inter-
ference of the Speaker, after which
Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice, that on the second reading
of the Corn Law Bill,
he would take the sense of the house
upon the measure.
Sir R. PEEL stated his wish, if possible, to make his finan-
cial statement on Friday next.
In reply to a question from Lord PALmEnsToN as to the
rumours of the organisation of a conspiracy against Spain in
France,
Sir R. PEEL expressed a hope that the Spanish people
would rally round the Government, and by their own energies
defeat any conspiracies against it. Although in that case
direct assistance could not be given, yet they would secure
the strong sympathy of this country.
Lord J. RUSSELL thought it was wise in the case of civil
war to avoid interference, but not so in the case of other
foreign interference.
Mr. O'CONNELL complained of the conduct of Espartero
towards the Spanish clergy.
Sir It. PEEL said it would be presumptuous in an English
Minister to question the conduct of the. Spanish Govern-
ment ; though, when the life of the Queen was recently in
danger from conspiracy, they were justified in expressing
their sympathy.
After some further conversation on this point, the house
resolved itself into a committee of supply, and Mr. S. HER-
BERT brought forward the navy estimates. He stated that
the number of ships in commission would be, probably,
slightly reduced, but he should not propose any decrease in
the number of seamen ; by which means the Government
would be enabled to send the ships to sea in the most perfect
state of equipment. The estimates differed little from those
of last year, there being in some departments a decrease, and
in others a small additional increase of expense. In one in-
stance additional expense had been incurred in providing se-
curities against fire in the dockyards, and in another by
carrying out the contract for .the Halifax line of steamers.
In fact, a large sum that came under the head of naval ex-
penses might more strictly come under the head of Post-
office expenses. The honourable gentleman concluded by
moving that 43,000 men be voted for the service of the en-
suing year.
Several subjects came under discussion in the committee
—the mode of building our ships of war, the manning of
our ships, and the case of Mr. Elton. With respect to the
latter case, Sir George Cockburn said that Mr. Elton's re-
lease was at the request of the admiral of the Mediterranean
fieet ; and Captain Berkeley referred to the fact that he had
been obliged, on a former occasion, to turn Mr, Elton out
of the Thunderer.
In answer to Lord Ingestre,

Lord STANLEY stated that it was not the intention of the

government to send out any new expedition to the Niger, still
less one composed of white persons. On the part of the
government he disclaimed all wish to assert any right of
sovereignty in that quarter of the world. It was not deemed
altogether expedient to abandon the settlement already made,
and although any persons going out to settle there must do
so on their own responsibility, yet government would give
them the protection of a small armed steamer, manned by
negroes.

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The vote of 43,000 men, including boys, was then agreed
to fOr the ensuing year, us were also votes of money for wages
and other purposes.
Sir C. NAriEn. brought under the consideration of the
house the impropriety of having a ci%ilian at the head of the
Admiralty board, and suggested a plan of his own to remedy
the anomaly. _ _ _

Captain CARNEGIE strongly supported the importance of
having a naval man at the head of the Admiralty, and hoped
that the many pituations in the gift of the Admiralty might
be conferred on naval men who had served their country well,
rather than upon civilians.
Lord Ilowtmc said it would be inconvenient to lay it down
as a rule that at all times a naval officer of high rank should
be selected to fill the office of First Lord of the Admiralty.
The practice regarding the army was urged as a precedent,
but he hoped he should never form one o an administration
where the cabinet must be so hampered as it could not fail
to be under the present practice in the army. If time per-
mitted he could show that an awful waste of human life and
treasure had taken place at various times, owing, not to the
individuals who presided,-but owing to the system which had
prevailed, and which was still in existence.
- Sir H. HARDINGE said that the evidence of the Duke of
Wellington, and of other persons of distinction in the army,
before a committee, was directly opposed on this head to the
opinion of the noble lord. He hoped he would never see the
day when the commander-in-chief would be placed ander the
authority of a civilian.
Sir it. PEEL said he should be sorry to exclude any naval
officer from filling the office of First Lord of the Admiralty,
but on the other hand he should be also sorry that any reso-
lution of that house should interfere with the constitutional
practice which had hitherto prevailed, and which had at va-
rious times placed most efficient civilians in that situation.
He thought the plan proposed by Sir C. Napier much less
likely to be efficient-than the one now in existence.
Sir C. NAPIER stated, as a proof of the mismanagement
of the Board of Admiralty, that they were at one time obliged
to send out secret orders to the captains of their ships to
avoid engaging with American vessels. With a view that a
naval man should be appointed to the office, he moved that
the sum for the service of the Admiralty Board should be
reduced by the sum of £4,500, being the amount of the salary
of the First Lord of the Admiralty.
The amendment was negatived without a division, the
house resumed, and the report was ordered to be received on
Monday.

The death of the Hon. and Rev. Charles Bathu rst, LL.D.
Rector of Siddington, Gloucestershire, youngest son of tbe
law, and brother of the present, Earl Bathurst, took place
on Sunday night last at the Abbey, Cirencester, the seat of
tvliss Master, where he had been staying a few days on a
visit.
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THE LATE MARQUIS OF HERTFORD. —The Marquis of
Hertford expired at four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon at his
residence, Dorchester-house Park-lane. The deceased peer,
Francis Charles Seymour donway, third Marquis of Hert-
ford, had nearly completed his 65th year, having been born
on the 11th of March, 1777. He was the only son of the
previous Marquis by that peer's second marriage with Isa-
bella Anne, the daughter and heir of the last Viscount Ir-
vine of Scotland. Immediately upon attaining his majority,
viz., in 1798, he was returned to parliament for the borough
of Orford. in Suffolk. From the year 1802 to 1812 his lord-
ship (then bearing the courtesy title of Earl of Yarmouth)
sat for Lisburne, which his cousin. Captain Meynell, now
represents ; while from the year 1812 to 1820 he was returned
for the county of Antrim. From the latter date, until his
father's death on the 17th of June, 1822, he sat for Camel-
ford, and on the occurrence of that event he first entered the
House of Lords.

MIECELLA

EOUS

The Overland Mail, wl:ich would leave Bombay on the 41
of February, is expected to reach London on Wednesday or
Thursday next.

The llavre papers state that 150 more English workmen,
for the Paris and Rouen l(ilroad, were landed at that port a
few days since.

CURIOUS IrAcT.,-A few days since, a merchant in Inver
ness, received an anonyinous letter, with three one-poun
notes, being, as was stated, " for a debt not hi his books.'

flow the debt was incurt.ed, it is impossible to say

bably goods to the amount bad been abstracted from till
shop by some person, who has thus sought to repay the in
jury, and pacify his own conscience.

It is understood that Lord 'William Paget, who was elected
as a " liberal" for Andover at the last general election, has
formally seceded from the radical ranks, and- joined the sup-
porters of the Government. The attendance of Lord Wil-
liam at ministerial divisions is now regularly requested by the
customary Treasury summons. His lordship voted the other
night with the Administration against Lord John Russell's
motion for a fixed duty.—Evening Paper.

MODE OF PUTTING DOWN A NEWSPAPER.—It seems
that the editor of the Tablet Roman Catholic Journal hav-
ing fallen out with its proprietors, lately started an opposition
Journal, called the True Tablet. Determined to crush this
effort, the friends of the Tablet collected a mob of 200 or
360 partisans, and though they succeeded in very nearly
making a wreck of the office of the True Tablet, the result
was, sundry broken heads, which occupied the magistrates
of Bow-street police, a large portion of Saturday last.
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.—The honourable member
for Lambeth having, a few evenings since, in the House of
Commons, inquired if it were the intention of her Majesty's
government to introduce a bill for regulating the medical
profession, Sir James Graham replied, that during the recess
he had communicated with many parties whom he thought
likely to give useful information on the subject, and he had
it under consideration to bring a measure relating thereto be-
fore parliament during the progress of the present session.
This intelligence cannot be otherwise than gratifying to those
members of the profession who have, within the last few
years, so perseveringly advocated the cause of medical
reform.

THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS.—The young and lovely Prin-
cess of Hesse Darmstadt, who has lately married the heir to
the throne of all the Russias, was most agreeably surprised
On her arrival at St. Petersburgh by a delicate attention, or
rather a spontaneous effusion of real heartfelt kindness, from
her imperial father-in-law. ' On being conducted to her
apartments, she found them completely furnished, even to
the most minute details of footstools, &c., exactly in the
same style as the suite of rooms at the Castle of Darmstadt,
in which she had laughed away the happy hours of child-
hood. On the drawing-room table was placed a small silver
bell. The emperor requested the princess to try whether the

bell had the same.sound as that which she had at Darmstadt.
The princess shook the bell,. when suddenly the doors were
thrown open, and all the old and faithful servants to whom
she had bid adieu, and who she thought were then in the
Castle at Darmstadt, rushed in, and overwhelmed the prin-
cess with their acclamations of joy, at being still allowed to
serve her whom they had watched over from the hour of her
birth. The young princess was overcome with joyful surprise,
and poured forth in glowing terms the expression of her gra-
titude to her imperial father-in-law.
THE WINDOW TAX.—Of course much interest is excited
with regard to the forthcoming scheme of finance, but no-
thing seems to be known of what actually is in contem-
plation. There is one proposition which we have heard men-
tioned, so simple in its nature, and which would prove, we
think, so popular, that it would afford us pleasure to hear it
propounded. It is to withdraw altogether the window-tax,
and substitute a house-tax to an extent to cover the deficiency
thence arising, as well as the deficiency in the revenue. The
evil of the window-tax is very great indeed, without any
adequate advantage. We speak not of the unhappy way
in which it has interfered with the style of architecture
throughout the country, but of the inconvenience, disease,
and misery arising from people in the middling and lower
ranks of society blocking up their windows, with the view of
avoiding, or reducing the amount of, this tax on the air and
light of heaven. In many parts of the country it is distress-
ing to look upon, and still more to go into, the farm-houses,
and other houses of respectable people, not only defaced, but
made dark and unwholesome, from the operation of this tax.
Of course, the number of windows was originally taken,
and is still held to, merely as a test of the value of a house;
and as equally good or better indices of that value, for the
purposes of taxation, can otherwise be obtained, we are dis-
posed to think, that the substitution to which we have
pointed above, would be one of great and unmixed good,
and would add very sensibly to the popularity of the exist-
ing government.

TERRIFIC COMBAT.—The family of Pentrehydd, near
this town, were disturbed one morning, before day, by the
loud barking of a dog, and as he continued his noise, Mr.
Griffiths got up, and after searching for a long time, found a
large boar devouring a potatoe-pit. In vain did Mr.
Griffiths and his servants attempt to drive him from there,
immediate destruction seemed to be their lot; at last the dog
was let loose, and a very severe engagement was the result,
which lasted upwards of half an hour; the dog was dread-
fully wounded, his thigh being ripped open from one end to
the other, and the boar planted his tooth in his throat till the
blood ran in torrents. The dog seemed quite exhausted,
and retreated for a short time ; but taking second courage,
although his leg was nearly separated, and was hanging ap-
parently by a shred, he renewed his attack, and at the
boar was obliged to make his flig'bt. The battle being over,
the dog fell almost lifeless in the yard, but in a short time re-
covered, and is now rapidly regaining his strength.-21Ierthyr
Guardian.
BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—A full report of the
proceedings of the half-yearly meeting of this company, held
on Thursday last, will be found in another page. The an-
swers elicited from the chairman by Mr. Baker, appeared to
give general satisfaction to the large number of highly re-
spectable proprietors who were present ; and the remarks
which this gentleman made relative to the personal differ-
ences between the two engineers, Messrs. Brunell and Gra-
vatt, not only appeared to make no unfavourable impression
upon the meeting, but Mr. Baker must himself have been
convinced of the futility of them, in finding no proprietor
ready to second his amendment. As regards the conduct of
the directors in the management of the undertaking, there
was no variance of opinion, Mr. Baker thrusting himself
forward to second a vote of thanks to them. The future

prospects of this concern must now be considered highly
flattering. There appears not the slightest doubt of the line

being further opened to Taunton before the (lay specified in
the arrangement between the proprietors of this company

and their lessees the Great 'Western Company. The alaerity-
by which the last call of 10 per cent. has been paid, shows
the confidence of the proprietaiy in the concern; and the
large balance in hand, it is estimated, will be sufficient to
carry on operations beyond Taunton, without making ano-
ther call for some time to come.—Bristol Journal.
An action came before the Court of Exchequer, on Tues-
day, at the suit of Mr. Thornton against Mr. Portman and
others, to recover money had and received for his use. The
case excite

d interest in the sporting world. Mr. Thornton
is a merchant in the city, who had laid divers wagers with
Mr. Gurney, a gentleman well known on the turf. Mr.
Portman and some other gentleman, with the sanction of the
Jockey Club, became trustees for Mr. Gurney. By the rules
of the club, a party who does not pay his losses cannot claim
the bets which he wins. Mr. Gurney had betted very largely
at the Epsom Races, and was unable to pay his losses on the
settling day. Mr. Portman had lost the sum of £3,350 to
Mr. Gurney ; and when asked by the trustees to pay his debt,
he refused, as Mr. Gurney had not paid him ; unless the
trustees would undertake to pay in full all Mr. Gurney's debts
on the Epsom account. The trustees signed an undertaking,
accepting the money from Mr. Thornton on condition that
they should return it if the debts were not paid in full by a
fixed time. They had failed to do so • and hence the present
action. Witnesses were called for the defence, who proved
that their claims had been satisfied by a part payment of the
debts due to them from Mr. Gurney, and the trustees under-
stood that to satisfy the condition of the undertaking. Lord
Abinger said that the debt due from Mr. Thornton, arising
out of a transaction not sanctioned by the law, could not be
held as legally due : but the undertaking was in a legal form,
and could inforced. The jury returned a verdict for the
plaintiff with £1,350 damages. Mr. Thornton's counsel was
desired to say, that he never meant to put the money in his
pocket, but he should present it to Christ's Hospital.

BANK FAILURE AT BRIGHTON.—OR Friday morning the
town of Brighton was thrown into the greatest consternation
by a report that Wigney's bank (the principal partner being
the member for the borough) had stopped payment, At, an
early hour crowds of persons had assembled in East-street,
when, from the following announcement being posted on the
door, the report was found to be too true :—" Messrs. Wig-
ney deeply regret that they are under the painful necessity
of suspending their payments. March 4, 1842." The shock
will be severely felt, as the majority of their customers were
the tradesmen of the town ; and it is generally reported that
only a small dividend will be paid. Amongst the sufferers
are a great number of the Brighton fishermen, who have left
here for the purpose of fishing for mackarel off Plymouth,
and were in the habit of sending their money to the bank
weekly for security until their return home. These poor
fellows have from 1;20 to £BO each of their hard earnings de-

posited in the bank. In consequence of the failure a run was
immediately made on the two other banks, the London and
County Joint Stock Bank, and on Friday afternoon a highly-
respectable meeting took place at the Town-hall for the pur-
pose of expressing public confidence in the other banks. The
failure has caused a general gloom throughout the town, as
great confidence was generally placed in the bank, although
it had been whispered about the town for the last four weeks
that a stoppage was likely to take place. Numbers of per-
sons have made the bank one of deposit, consequently lost
their all—a circumstance of frequent occurrence with country
banks. Mr. Capps, the great coach proprietor, is said to be
a large creditor.

BANK LIABILITIES AND ASSETS.—There has been pre-
pared for parliament an account of the B4k averages of lia-
bilities and assets from 1834 to the presen time, distinguish-
ing the circulation, deposits, bullion, and assets, which are re;
markable as shoving variations to the extent of £10,000,000
between different peeiods. Thus the total liabilities, De-
cember 1834, were £30,560,000, assets £33,082,000; De-
cember 1835, liabilities £35,000,000, assets £37,674,600 ;
December 1837, liabilities £28,193,000, assets £30,899,000;
December 1839, liabilities £22,684,000, assets £25,651,000 ;
being an extraordinary variation frotn 1834, &c. Nor is that
the only curious dissimilarity ; for while, for DeceMber 1834,
the notes in circulation were £18,304,000, and deposits
£12,258,000, for 1839 the notes in circulation were
£16,732,000, and deposits £5,952,000, not half the amount
of 1834. The bullion in the Bank, in 1834, was £6,720,000 ;
in 1839, £2,887,000. The amounts of securities run somewhat

More parallel : 'for December, 1834, they were £26,362,000;
for December 1839, £22,764,000; for December 1841, notes
in circulation were £16,972,000 ; for February 1842,
£16,636,000. Deposits, December 1841, £7,369,000; for
February 1842, £8,506,000. Total liabilities, December
1841, £54,341,000 ; for February 1842, £25,136,000. Secu-
rities for December 1841, £22,768,000 ; for February 1842,
£5,237,000 haif the amount for March 1838). Total

assets for December 1841. £27,254,000 ; for Febru‘ary 1842,
£28,117,000. The account is prepared by Sir George Clerk,
and is dated Whitehall, Treasury, February ]B, 1842.

CIVIL LIST PENSIONS.—The total amount of all pensions
granted between the 20th day of June, 1840, and the 20th
day of June, 1841, and charged upon the civil list, pursuant
to the act of 1 Victoria, cap 2. is £l2OO per annum, as fol-
lows, viz.:—To the Rev. H. Barez, teacher of German to
her Majesty, £lOO ; to Signor Guiseppe Guazzaroni, teacher
of Italian to her Majesty, £5O • to J. B. Sale, Esq., teacher
of singing to her Majesty, £100; to Thomas Steward, teach-
ing of writing to her Majesty, £100; to Monsieur Francois
Grandineare, teacher of French to her Majesty, £lOO ; to
Miss L. Anderson, teacher of music to her Majesty, £lOO ;
to Madame S. Matilda Bourdin, teacher of dancing to her
Majesty, £lOO ; to H. Williams, for services as constable at
the Monmouth riots, £2O ; to T. Walker, for like services,
£2O ; to E. Morgan, for like services, £2O ; to P. W. Dease,
Esq., for geographical discoveries, &c. on the northern
coast of America, £lOO ; to E. D. Kennedy and A. M. Ken-
nedy, daughters of Sir Robert Kennedy, late Commissary-
General, £lOO ; to George Burgess, Esq., in consideration
of his services in the advancement of learning, as editor and
publisher of various works of Greek literature, £100; to
Thomas Webster, Esq., F.G.S., for exertions in promoting
the science of geofogy, £5O ; to the Rev. Thomas Kidd,
M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, in consideration of
services in the advancement of learning, as the editor and
publisher of various works of classical literature, £lOO ; and
to B. Thorpe, Esq., for services rendered to literature, par-
ticularly in the Anglo-Saxon language, in addition to the
pension of £l6O per annum formerly granted to him, £4O.
—Parliamentary Papers.

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1- in darkness.

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—James Thelwell, James Skerrett,

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custody on suspicion of stealing a leather box or port►nan.
teau containing £2OOO belonging to Messrs. Cunlitie, Brooks,
and Co:, bankers, on the Bth ult., from the Perseveranct
coach, on its way from Manchester to Blacklprn, were
brought up for examination on 'Wednesday, at the Borough
Court, Manchester, when a good deal of evidence was pro.
duced against them. When the examination was concluded
Superintendent Beswick applied to the court to remand tin
prisoners till Wednesday next, which was agreed to.
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Porisil LIBERALITY.—We regret to have heard, says the
Limerick Chronicle, from a correspondent in the west o
Clare, that a priest has threatened from the altar to denounc
any one of his flock allowing accommodation, in ground o
premises, for a Protestant school about to be opened in. th
parish, under the sanction of a clergyman of the establish
ment, who has no other place but the church to instruct th
phildren of his flock." [Will this open the eyes of Protestan
gentlemen who occasionally demean themselves by laying th
foundation-stone of Catholic chapels, and contributing li
berally to their erection n

ETHEROW VIADUCT ON THE SHEFFIELD AND MAN-
CHESTER RAILWAY.—On Thursday, the 17th ultimo, the
foundation stone of this viaduct was laid by Chapman,
Esq., of Broadbottom, one of the directors of this railway,
in the presence of the contractor, Richard Hattersby, Esq.,
many of the resident gentry, and others interested in this
great undertaking, and a numerous body of workmen. The
latter and the different agents connected with the works were
afterwards regaled with a good substantial supper in the
" good old English style." The length of this viaduct will
'be about 500 feet, and upwards of 130 feet in height. It will
consist of
.three arches, the centre one being 150, and the
others 120, feet each. The arches are= to be composed of
Memel timber deals similar to those erected on the New-
castle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Railway. Joseph
Locke,. Esq., engineer-in-chief, and Alfred S. Jce, Esq.,
resident engineer.

THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN AND lIIS PRO-
TEGE.—The streets of Dublin were yesterday placarded, and
the newspapers in the Roman Catholic interest occupied,
with the following announcement :—" The Rev. Thomas
Maguire will preach in the church of SS. Michael and John,
Lower Eichange-street, precisely at seven o'clock. The
'subject will be the Absurdities, Contradictions,' and Blas-
phemies of the Thirty-nine Articles, being the Parliamentary
Rule of Faith of the Episcopalian Protestants in these
realms.". The wording of which will be admitted to be very
decisive. He will preach on the. " absurdities, contradic-
tions, and blasphernies.of the thirty-nine articles,"—that is
to say, he will demonstrate that the clergy of the estAblished
church hold that which is " absurd," " contradictory," and
" blasphemous," that they are, in fact, promulgators of
" absurdity," and preachers of " blasphemy "—in a word,
BLASPHEMERS. Well, all will allow that that is very
plain talk. This is being quite honest, candid
board. He,brands the clergy, as they walk through the
streets, as BLASPHEMERS, and the indivi

and above

their head, Dr—Whately himself, as, of course, a

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blasphemer. Dublin Morning Press.
ANOTHER CONVERSION.—'-It is most gratifying to have to
announce that another Protestant minister, the Rev. Mr.
Sands, made a profession of the Catholic faith, in the Catho-
lic church of Maryborough, on Saturday, and publicly assisted
at mass in the same church on Sunday last. When it is
known that this reverend gentleman has been for many years
officiating in the church established• by law, it affords some
evidence against those Protestants who, without inquiry or
evidence, assail the religion to which such men as the Spen-
cers, the Masons, the Sibthorps, and the Wackerbaths have
recently been united.—Dublin Post.—lf the conversions
of the Spencers, the Masons, the Sibthorpes, and the Wack-
erhaths, possess the same merits as that of the Rev. Mr.
Sands, the Church of England can afford to make a present
of all such worthies. The Reverend Mr. Sands, referred to,
is a degraded clergyman, who has for several years resided
in a cabin at the road-side, between Maryborough and Mount-
rath, and " officiated" as a " couple beggar," in which ca-
pacity he has been considered a very great nuisance. At the
Lent Assizes for 1831, he was tried for the illegal solemniza-
tion of marriages, for which he was found guilty, and sen-
tenced to be hanged! This sentence was subsequently com-
muted to imprisonment, after the termination of which lie
again commenced his former avocation, for which he was
tried at the Summer Assizes, 1841, and, but for his advanced
age, would have been transported. This sentence was again
commuted to twelve months' imprisonment, which has just
terminated ; and as we have him now transferred into the
Roman Catholic Church, there we shall leave him! He was
originally degraded for—with other offences—appearing in a
state of drunkenness in the pulpit of Maryborough Church.
—Dublin Statesman.

DEATH BY A KICK—CAUTION TO BOYS NOT TO FIGHT.
—An inquest was held at the Church Tavern, Bolton, on
Thursday last, before John Taylor, Esq., touching the death
of Matthias Crook„a boy of about twelve years of age, son
of Matthias Crook, weavor, Pilkington-street, Bolton Moor.
The deceased, it appeared, had met his death in consequence
of a kick on the abdomen. Edward Thompson, serjeant of
police, deposed—About 11 o'clock on Wednesday evening
last, I went to deceased's house, which is in Pilkington-
street, Bolton Moor. I saw deceased's elder brother whose
name is Edward, and was told by him that about three weeks
ago, a boy named John Marsden, who is now in custody,
ran away with his brother's cap, and that the deceased had
thrown a turnip at the prisoner and blackened his eye, and
that ever since Marsden had been plaguing deceased, and
would never let him be quiet. He fdrther said, that on Sun-
day morning week, he was going to school with deceased and
met with Marsden ' • that he took deceased's cap off, and said
he must light Marsden. He then said that.the two boys ran
at each other and the two kicks met, and.that was. all.he saw.
He said that his brother was hurt, and would not have fought
bad it not been for him. His brother, he added, complained
of being hurt in the belly. After some further evidence, the
jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Edward
Crook and John Marsden.

LAUGHABLE CASE : HOW TO PROMOTE THE GROWTH
OF WHISKERS.—An extraordinary application was made, on
Monday last, to Mr. Maltby, at the Marlborough-street Po-
lice-office; the ludicrous details of which not only kept the
risible muscles of those present - in the court on the full
stretch, but even overcame the gravity of the bench. A sim-
ple-looking young man, the sides of whose face exhibited the
effects of some adhesive stuff which had been applied to them,
being completely raw, made the following complaint :—A
friend of his had, he said, a magnificent pair of whiskers,
which rendered hiM the faVotirite of all the girls, and he,

wishing to be similarly adorned, inquired of his friend how
he had contrived to acquire so manly an ornament ; his friend
replied, that he had. purchased, in Paris, a small pot of oint-
ment, for which he paid 10s. ; it was so efficacious that it
only required-one application to cover the barest face with
the most bushy whiskers ; he had already given some to two
or three friends of his, who, three weeks after application,
sported hair where all before was bald, and having a par-
ticular friendship for the applicant, be would give him a small
portion. Having misgivings that the affair was a hoax, he
asked his friend whether he was in earnest. He positively
assured him that he was so. Therefore, on Sunday night he
applied some of the vaunted medicament to his face in the
shape he wished his whiskers to be, rubbing it, according to
directions, well in, and then binding his face with a linen
cloth. After the operation, he got into bed and enjoyed • a
brief sleep, too brief, alas! for he was speedily awakened by
the anguish he began to suffer from the effects of the invalua-
ble whisker ointment. Thinking that the pain was caused
by the shooting of his incipient whiskers, he endured the an-
guish till daylight, when it became so intolerable that he
jumped out of bed, and, tearing off the coverings from his
cheeks, to his dismay the skin came off with them, and he
now despaired of having any whiskers at all. (Immense
laughter.) Mr. Maltby inquired the complainant's age ?
Complainant : " I am 21." Mr. Maltby observed, that it
was strange a person of his age should not have known better
than to believe that the ointment had such extraordinary
power. The complainant said, be had had medical advice,
and had been told that it was common blister salve. (The
truth of this the state of his face proved.) Mr. Maltby in-
quired of the complainant what he wished him to do? The
complainant replied, that he wished the hoaxer to be sum-
moned for his, loss of time while being cured. Mr. Maltby
replied, that he could not assist him. He hoped, however,
that this event would be a wholesome caution to him, in after
life, how he trusted to the representations of others. Tne
affair was, no doubt, an absurd practical joke, and one which
had inflicted great pain ; but he had no power in the case.

INTERESTING DISCOVERY OF A ROMAN VILLA.—Some
workmen employed a week or two ago in digging gravel upon
the land of Mr. Whittett, of Comberton, came upon a quantity
of massive brick-work, and immediately communicated the
fact to their employer. He, with tnat respect for other ages
which it is to be regretted was not exhibited by those who
caused the destruction of our ancient castle, suffered not the
hand of spoliation to attack that which might prove to be a
very interesting discovery, but caused the earth to be care=
fully cleared away from the brick-work, which now presents
an admirable specimen of the masonry of the Romans. It
forms the foundation of a building of considerable area; the
portion already cleared is 24 feet long by 10 feet wide, and is
in the direction of north and south. On the western side
are two small compartments of different area, and the whole
is paved with well-burnt tiles, 15 inches long by 10i inches
wide, firmly embedded in the grout, or calcareous conglo-
Merate so much used by the Romans. upon these and in
the small compartments are rows of piers, at irregular dis-
tances, each formed of ten bricks, 1 inches thick, and 8
inches square. The exterior and other walls are 3 feet thick,
and 3& feet high, and cemented together, with a fair surface,
by the same enduring concrete. They, as well as the foun-
dation, are composed of masses of stone, principally Ketton
stone, chalk marl, and immense flints : this shows the in-
dustry and perseverance of the builders, for these sorts of
Stone are not found in the neighbourhood of Comberton.
Within the area the space was filled with fragments of tiles
and the peculiar Rothan bricks of various and beautiful
patterns of stucco and fresco painting, exactly similar in
thickness and composition to those discovered in the ruins
of-Pompeii and Herculaneum : the colours are quite bright,
and although in distemper appear to be uninjured by the
lapse of time. The tiles are of various‘ forms' and excellent
workmanship; many of them are in the shape of those used
in the sudatorium bath, and their interiors bear evident marks
of fire. Among the other articles discovered are fragments
of window-glass, and one pertion of a drinking-glass--frag-
ments of course sepulchral vases and pottery of various forms
and manufacture, some of them very curious—hair-pins
formed with Much ingenuity of the Belemnite fossil—a piece
of leaden pipe cemented into a large brick—an iron instru-
ment, somewhat like the skid of a carriage, the use of which
has not been ascertained—quantities of oyster shells, of a
species now little known, 4c. The extent of area, the frag-
ments of window-glass, (an expensive rarity, only used in
superior buildings,) and the painted fresco work, lead one to
imagine that these interesting remains are those of a Roman
villa of some pretensions; and this idea is further strengthened
by the discovery of the tiles used in the bath.—Cambridge
Chronicle.

AFFLICTINCI CASp OF HynistoTinomA.—On Monday
Mr. John Hyndman, city coroner, held an inquest at the
house, 83, Mecklenburg-street, upon the body of a man
named Michael Conran, aged 28, by trade a gardener. It
appeared from the evidence, that about seven o'clock on the
morning of the 6th of January last, the deceased was walking
to the residence of Mr. Bushe, at Clontarf, where he was
used to work, when his attention was attracted upon the
road by a very small dog of much beauty. He stooped down
for the purpose of patting it, and having played with it for
a minute or so, he spat inadvertently upon it; the dog grew
incensed, and springing towards the face of the deceased,
who was still leaning over it, made a snap at him and bit
him in the under lip. The deceased struck the dog down,
who immediately ran away, and he never after saw more of
it. The wound on his lip healed up in four or five days, and
he thought nothing of it until Friday morning last, when he
was going to his work he complained of feeling very ill.
He continued at his work that day, but returned very much
worse about 7 o'clock, when he complained of great pain in
his lip and general illness. He called for a drink of water,
saying that he was thirsty, but when it was brought to him
he suddered at the sight and refused to drink, and said that
there was something the matter with his throat which pre-
vented him from swallowing. All that night be raved in his
sleep about the dog, imploring that it might be killed, and
giving an accurate description of it. On Saturday his malady
increased fearfully. He shuddered at the sound of water,
and although he retained his consciousness and memory to
the last, he occasionally leaped about so frantically that it
was found necessary to call in the police to hold him. On
Sunday morning he was conveyed to the Richmond Hospi-
tal, where he died about four o'clock. As the hour of disso-
lution approached, his sufferings appeared to undergo much
mitigation, and he died composedly in the arms of his
mo-
ther, being at the time in the full possession of his mental
faculties—Verdict, " Died of hydrophobia."—Dublinpaper.

The Town,elerk
LL.D., di-1
tween t

London, Henry ,Woodthorpe. Esq.,
IrsdaY lila. He had held the office be-
-1 thirty y
" IN TEXA

` M. I

lessrs. Kaufman and.Nayfield,
two of the members of the Texan House of Representatives,
had a fight in the streets of Austin,
_one beautiful day in
January last, for words

! It resulted in

Kaufman being dangerously, perchance mortally wounded in
the upper part of the abdomen, by a pistol ball tired by May-
field. This is a fine specimen of congress life in Texas.

A PERILOUS DESCENT

A letter from Schaffhausen

states that two Baden boatmen, a feW days ago, became out
of patience at waitinr, for a cart to carry their light skiff over
the land below the fallsb of the Rhine, and, being somewhat
excited by wine iu celebrating a festival, determined to at-
tempt the fall in their boat. Favoured by the.low state of

the water, they succeeded, without either they or the bout
sustaining the slightest injury.— Galignani's Messenger.

THE •FUNDS.L-SATURDAY EVENING.—The funds have
fluctuated very little to-day. There was an increased de-
Mand for Exchequer-billS, in consequence of which their
premium was quoted 31s, to 335. Consols for money
closed 891- to 71-, and 891 to for the- account; New
Three and a Half per Cents., 98k; and India Bonds, Bs. to
.105. premium. The general business in the foreign stocks was
transacted at rather firmer prices, the declarations of minis-
ters in parliament last night having given firmness to the
Peninsula securities. Spanish Actives closed 21k to 25 ;
Portuguese Five per Cents., 33 to 1; and Ditto Three per
Cents., 191 to 20. There was a re-action in the Mexican
market to, the extent of about A per cent., which -was caused
by sellers who were desirous of realizing at the: advanced
The highest price to-day was 39k, and the closing one
Colombian closed 24A to k ; Danish, 811 to 821;
- . ,t•
Brazilian, 66 to 67 ; Belgian, 103 to 104. Dutch Two and a
half per Cents., 51k to 2k ; and Ditto Five per Cents., 1021
to 103.

price.
381 to

THE RUSSIAN COMPANY.—On Saturday night the Rus-
sian Company gave their annual dinner to her majesty's mi-
nisters, the Russian embassy, and the principal merchants in
the city, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The
sideboards and tables were decorated with golden salvers and
a profusion of plate, silver gilt. It is but justice Messrs.
Bathe and Breach to say that the whole arrangements Of the
feast were admirable, and gave unqualified satisfaction'to the
distinguished assembly. Covers were laid for 120. Mr.
Astell, the governor, presided on the occasin, was supported
on the right by his excellency the Baron de Brunow, and on
the left by the Duke of Wellington. There were also pre-
sent the Marquis of Clunricarde, the Earl of Aberdeen, the
Earl of Ripon, Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey, the Chancellor of
the Eichequer, Viscount Canning, Lord Londonderry, Lord
Strangford, Count Alexis Strogonoff, Sir Henry Hardinge,
M. de Kondriafky; M. (le Gessler, M. de Eustaphieve, Sir
Robt. 'Wilson, Sir E. Knatchbull. Sir Alexander Crighton,
Sir James Leighton Sir J. Polly, Major-General Sir S. Lush-
ington, Lieutenant-Colonel Thornton, Mr.' Sidney Herbert,
Mr. J. Masternian, M.P.; Mr. Alderman Thomuson,.M.P.,
Mr.' B. Hawes, M.-P., Mr. Murchison the traveller, &c. The
ters• was received with snore

ealth of I

er majesty's minis

Hortnintu OUTRAGE.—For some time it has been ex-
pected that the sawyers of Cork would have committed a
depredation in consequence of Mr John Wilson and Dr.
Quarry having erected extensive saw and planing: machines,
worked by two steam engines. While they were building,
and for some time after they were set to work, so threaten-
ing was the demeanour of the sawyers that it was deemed
necessary to leave a large police force on the premises, and
subsequently a police station was placed near the mills in
King-street. Though the precautions taken have up to the
present time saved the premises from dilapidation or total
destruction, nothing could prevent the sawyers from threat-
ening the lives of the proprietors of the mills, of those whom
they employed, and of persons who had the hardihood to
send their timber to be cut by the machines. Knowing the
danger in which the proprietors were, and those whom they
employed, the police had directions at all times to accom-
pany them when they had occasion to go abroad, besides,
that they themselves were generally armed. However, it
unfortunately happened that Mr. Wilson went out on Tues-
day evening without his firearms, and, when returning, was
met by a party, who lay in wait for him, one of whom threw
a quantity of vitriol in his face, from which it is feared he
will lose the sight of his eyes, at least of one.—Cork Con-
stitution, of Thursday.—The Constitution of Saturday says
—" Though there seemed to belittle hope, up to to yesterday
morning, but that Mr. Williams had lost the sight of his left
eye by the atrocious assault committed on him on Tuesday
night, we are glad to state that in the course of the day. Dr.
Quarry, his partner in the patent saw mills, endeavoured to
raise the lid, when Mr. Wilson joyfully announced that he
be discerned him, and on examination, Dr. Quarry was of
opinion tnat the sight was not materially injured. Though
Mr. Wilson is himself of opinion that the right eye is not in-
jured, still the inflammation is so great that it is impossible
to examine the pupil. his horrifying to look on the unfortu-
nate gentleman's face, it being one mass of purulent matter,
from the top of his head to his mouth, the beard of his
chin having resisted theiaction of the acid. The pain he
endures from his mouth is most excruciating, a quantity
of the vitriol having got on his lips, gums, and tongue, the
discharge of pus from which is very great, and occasion-
ally portions of the skin come away. Suppuration having
set in, it is evident that the entire skin of the face will
fall off, and therefore, under present circumstances, it is
impossible to do more than speculate as to the conse.
quences that may arise—at present the patient is in a
favourable state, considering the nature of the assault
committed on him. There are at present eleven prisoners
in bridewell, on suspicion, all of whom are sawyers."

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—At the Birmingham Borough
Sessions,. on Saturday last, Ann Latham (mother), Sarah
Anne Latham, an interesting young girl (daughter), Edward
Latham, and Thomas Latham (sons), were indicted for con-
spiring and confederating with one Henry Ashford, now out
of the way, by divers false pretences, to cheat and defraud
divers of her Majesty's liege subjects, to wit—Robert Hen-
derson and others, of large quantities of goods and chattels.
The value so obtained was said to amount to upwards of
£l5OO. Mr. Miller, as counsel for the prosecution, said the
person Ashford formerly resided in Birmingham, and about
17 years ago was convicted of felony, and transported for
seven years. Nothing was known of him until about a year
ago, when he re-appeared almost a new person, if not anew
character. How he became acquainted with the family of
the Lathams he (the learned counsel) was not aware, but no
doubt that would come out in the evidence for the defence.
The Lathams were admitted up to the time of these trans-
actions to be of good character, and of course this reputa-
tion might be turned to a good or a bad account, according
to the disposition of any member of the family. The father
of the present defendants, who carried on the business of a
surveyor, died about 4 years ago, and since his death Edward.
who resided with his mother and sister, maintained himself by
the same profession. Thomas was by trade a steel pen manu-
facturer, and a married man. In the course of last summer the
Lathams and Ashford were first seen together, and it was held
out that Ashford and Miss Latham were about to be married.
Ashford, who had travelled for his education, was repre.
seated to be a man of prepossessing and plausible address.
He took a most respectable house in Malvern-terrace, in the
Bristol road, and himself made his appearance in the town
in the character of a man of fashion, of property, and of
jewellery. Mr. Wright, a respectable upholsterer-of the
town, was applied to for furniture, and partly upon the re-
presentation of Edward and Thomas Latham, who stated
that Ashford was about to marry their sister, and was a man
of considerable property, Mr. Wright undertook to furnish
the house ; but, as additional security, he obtained a bill of
sale, and a warrant of attorney for £4OO. Thomas stated
that he made application to the prisoner's brother in London,
and learned that he had £2600 in the Bank of England.
Now, having obtained a well-furnished house, one part of
the grand design was accomplished, Thomas •Latham and
Ashford next took a house and manufactory in Caroline-
street, which it then became necessary to furnish with goods.
In the meantime, . however, Ashford and Miss Latham, in
company, honoured Mr. Henderson with an ,order for glass
and china to the amount of upwards of £6O. The learned
counsel, after enumerating the various frauds committed by
Ashford, said it might be contended that the Lathams, at
the time they made their various representations as to Ash-
ford's credit, might at the time believe them to be true ; but
if they found that after inquiries and subsequent occurrences
Miss Latham and her brother Thomas were assisting in
carrying off the property by stealth, to prevent its being ap-
propriated for the benefit of creditors, he thought the jury
would come to the conclusion that they were not entirely
guiltless. An explosion took place, Ashford decamped, and
net a farthing was ever paid to his tradesmen. After stating
other facts adduced in evidence, the learned gentlemen con-
cluded by expressing a sincere hope that the defendants, who
had hitherto borne a respectable character, might come clear
out of the investigation, A number of witnesses was then
examined in support of this statement, and the prisoners'
counsel addressed the jury for the defendants, and a verdict
of guilty was found against Thomas Latham, and the others
were acquitted. The convicted prisoner was sentenced to
six months' imprisonment in Warwick gaol,

INTGlvrvut. BRUTALITY.—We proceed to the ease of ano.
tiler, Cummins (a cowherd, in the employ of a -Mr. Salter),
which shows, that to impede any of the measures concerted
by the conspirators against any of the offending voters was as
unpardonable a crime as even the vote itself. A couple of
assassins had been employed to waylay Mr. Salter, who was
a tenant of Colonel Bruen. They placed themselves armed
in a ditch; commanding the road by which, on a certain day,
11'1r, Salter was expected to visit his grazing farm, and were
then perceived by Cummins. Finding themselves discovered,
they produced their pistols, and swore him on his knees to
Withhold all intelligence of what he had seen from Mr. Salter,
and endeavour to bring him within reach of their ambush.
The faithful fellow, however, had no sooner escaped front
them than he sent a special messenger by a different route
with warning to Mr. Salter", who was on the road, riding
towards the spot where the murderers were in waiting, when
he met that messenger and turned back. Irritated at Mr.
Salter's escape, the ruffians (who were strangers, and sup-
posed, from their clothing, to be Kilkenny men) attacked
poor Cummins while herding his master's cattle, knocked
him doWn with a bludgeon, beat him on the ground, and cut
off leis ears, telling him as they went off that " he got that
by breaking his oath, and warning his Sassenach master."
He was found by his wife bleeding and insensible, and con,
veyed to his own house.—Reign of TlrroF in IFe(and.

BAZAARS.—A correspondent in the Manchester courier
gives the following account of the okigin of bazaars :—" lia-
zaars, to the best of my recollection, have their origin in
European Turkey, and were appointed for the general sale
of merchandize accumulated from various parts of the known
world, held periodically, when the manufacturers and con..
sumers were brought together, and their various commercial
transactions effected. They were introduced into tlngland
with another object, 'having a more philanthropic tendency,
at the same time being a source of, benefit to the speculator.
The first, I believe, was that at present in Soho-square, and
the regulation of it redounds much credit upon the parties
connected with it. Coutts Trotter, Esq., in the onset, esta.
bhshed it, with a view for the respectable employment of fa-
males, who otherwise (from the bad taste of drapers, and
others, in employing young men in their shops to dispose of
those wares strictly within the province of the other sex)
would have been driven to poverty, or, what is more, to
prostitution. The general working of this system saved
many hundred females from infamy, and furnished many
more with the means of obtaining a respectable livelihood,
in preparing various matters to supply the stalls of these fair
vendors of light merchandize. At one time it was feared
that these interesting places would be the lounges of the idle
and dissipated, and such might have been the case but for a
most excellent regulation in having a number of staid ma-
trons in various parts of the establishment, to report any
indecorum which might creep in."

How TO BOARD AND LODGE IN AMERICA.—The Phi-
ladelphia ChPanicle calls the hero of the following story a
Yankee, but we will
,wlgy.r,a sixpence that he was born in
o ma
Pennsylvania. But nttel: it's a good joke :—" What
do you charge for board ?' asked a tall Green Mountain boy,
as he walked up to the bar of a second-rate hotel in Nev
York—' what do you ask a week for board and lodging'
Five dollars.' Five dollars! that's too inuch i but I
s'pose you'll allow for the times I am absent from dinner
and supper?' Certainly—thirty,seven and a half cents
each.' Here the conversation ended, and the Yankee took
up his quarters for two weeks. During the time he lodged
and breakfasted at the hotel, but did not take either dinner
or supper, saying his business detained him in another portion
of the town. At the expiration of the two weeks, he again
walked up to the bar, and said, ' S'pose we settle that ac-
count—l'm going in a few minutes.' The landlord handed
him his bill—' Two weeks' board at five dollars-ken dollars.'
Here stranger, said the Yankee, this is wrong—you've
made a mistake; you've not deducted the times I was absent
from dinner and supper-14 days, two meals per day; 213
meals, at 371 cents each-10 dollars 50 cents. lf you've not
got the 50 cents change that's due me, I'll fake a drink and
the balance in cigars.' "

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL

Under the Mans

.ment of Messrs. J. H. ANDERSON
W. J. HAMMOND.

Second Price to all Parts of the House at Nine o'clock

THIS present TUESDAY, March Bth,
JOHN BULL.
• After which, the New Comic Pantomime,
THE WORLD OF COINS ;
Or, Harlequin Silver Sixpence and the Giant Penny Piece

First Price.—Lower. Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, .3s. 6d
Pit; 2s. 6d. ; Gallery, Is.
Second Price.—Lower Boxes, 2s. 6d
Pit, ls. 6d.; Gallery, 6d

pper Boxes, 2s