The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-14 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE, MANUFACTURES, &c

Our market for cotton during the past week has been less
lively, yet has maintained considerable firmness, notwith-
check which business appears to have
standing the temporary
sustained in the manufacturing districts,
since the arrival of
the last India mail. The disposition to stand out for ad-
vanced prices has subsided, and 26,610 bales have been sold
during the week. Of these speculators have taken 2500, and
exporters 2010, leaving 22,100 bales taken for consumption.
On Saturday we had again a quiet market, the buyers hav-
ing the advantage, and 3100 bales were sold. Yesterday 4000
bales changed hands, a few hundreds for speculation.
Business in the manufacturing districts has relapsed into
its former ruinous state, the bad prospects from the East

having, confessedly, had the most material influence in pari.'
lizing, the improvement which we noticed a fortnight ago;
In the country trade, too, little is doing, and a few failures

of gloom
which arc mentioned have deepened tile feeling

which hangs over the market,

STATE AND PROSPECTS OF TILE CORN MAR-
KET, AND OPERATION OF TnE NEW LAW.

We have now had a mouth's eNperienee of the working of

Sir Robert Peel's amended corn law ; and if the intent of

such law was to put clown that tampering- with the aver

which alternately withholds supply, until a famine price is
attained, and then gluts the ►market with a large stock at a

nominal duty ; if it was designed to secure regular and

derate prices, and, at the same time, a regular trade—as we
submit was the object of its supporters—the experience which
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we have so far had must, we think, afford sufficient ploof of
its entire success. We shall endeavour to collate together a
few particulars which will perhaps suffice to afford our rea-
ders the means of forming a judgment for themselves; and

dispel the illusions with which the interested advocates of
ultra free•tiade doctrines—and especially our wise contem-

porary the Liverpool Times and others—have sedulously

striven for weeks past to surround the subject

The duties under the amended scale became payable on
the 2d of May, at which time we held under bond, in Liver-
pool, about one-fourth of the entire stock of foreign grain
in Great Britain ; viz., 209.032 quarters of wheat, and
165,166 barrels of flour. We had at the same time in the
market 25,000 quarters of free wheat, 5,000 barrels and 5,000
sacks of On the 31st of May, after four weeks'
operation, the stock of foreign wheat in bond was estimated
at 229,136 quarters, showing an increase of 20,000 quarters,
or one-tenth of the entire stock on hand. Of flour, how-

ever, the quantity of bonded was only 111,548 barrels, or a
decrease of 53,618,—which will render the stock of both
descriptions as nearly as possible equal at the two periods.
The quantity of free wheat on the 31st of May was 20,000
quarters, and of free flour 30,000 barrels and 3,000 sacks,
from which we can assure ourselves that, since the operation
of the duties commenced, importation and the payment of
duty for consumption have gone nearly hand in hand. A
few days, however, will perhaps make a considerable altera-
tion in this balanced state of things. The last average de-
clared, reduced the duty from 12s. per quarter to 118., and
some people were sanguine with respect to a further reduc-
tion. Some, in fact, went so far as to prognosticate a reduc-
tion to the lowest point; and, consequently, importers and
consumers have deferred releasing their stocks. The excel-
lent accounts, hoWever, of the approaching harvest, and the
prospect of its being some weeks earlier than was anticipated,
has caused speculation to flag. Prices are declining instead
of rising ; and in all probability our next week's circulars
will show large entries for duty at the present rate of eleven

shillings per quarter.
It must be borne in mind that the stock of wheat in
farmers' hands was never lower than at this period, and con-
sequently that there was never a fairer opportunity presented
for speculators to work upon the fears of alarmists. Yet
what has speculation been able to effect upon prices ? On
the week previous to the operation of the new law the price
per quarter throughout England was Gls. ; on the Gth May
it was declared at GOs. Bd. ; on the 13th at 595. 9d. ; on the
20th at GOs. 9d. ; on the 27th at Gls. 10d., and on the 3d
June at 635. Gd. It is now, we expect, on the decline, and
will continue so until harvest. Again, has foreign importa-
tion been able materially to swell our stocks? It has not;
for although we have had an absolute certainty of the duty
this year not rising higher than 13s. per quarter, the rate at
which the scale came first into operation, and it has since
declined successively to 12s. and now to Ils., yet the stock,
as we have shown, remains at the same point as on the 2d
of May.

The operation of the new law, then, by permitting the
introduction of a moderate supply of foreign grain for
consumption, when prices were still at a moderate rate,
has protected alike the farmer and the revenue from the
consequences of an inordinate importation, at a nominal
rate of duty, during the present season. At a duty of
lls. to 12s. we may now assure ourselves that, except
in seasons of extraordinary abundance, a regular trade
will take place; and although it may be thought that a
favourable harvest this season will act as a prohibition, yet
we are scarcely satisfied that such will be the fact. For it
must be borne in mind, that from the deteriorated condition
of a great portion of the wheats, upon which the average for
the regulation of duty is at present being made up, we are
paying the present duty of lls. per quarter upon a price
nearly 10s. lower than the market value of sound well-har-
vested grain. A good harvest therefore, although it may
lower the value of good wheats nearly 10s. per quarter, may
probably give a merely nominal addition to the existing duty
upon foreign importations. 'We fully anticipate that this
will be the case ; that the duty will rarely exceed 12s. : that,
in fact, as we originally calculated, it will range between Gs.
and 125.; and that we shall thus always be able to command
a timely supply of foreign grain, for mixing purposes, at a
moderate price and duty.
Surely this is a consummation which few advocates of a
fixed duly upon foreign corn, and no one who wishes the na-

tive agriculturer to receive adequate protection, can except

against !

LOCAL NEWS.

PORTICO.-Mr. Russell's lecture on Character, at the
Portico, is expected to be well attended. A great treat may
be anticipated.

BODIES FOUND.—On Friday morning two boatmen
picked up a body which was floating near the light-ship, and
which turned out to be the body of Robert Grierson, aged
30, who had been missing three weeks.—On Saturday morn-
ing a body was picked up near the Rock light-house, which
was identified as that of James Taylor, aged 28,` who, five
weeks ago, was with another man upset from a boat in a
squall while returning from New Brighton.
CAUTION TO BATHERS.—On Thursday last a young man
named Edward Smith, aged nineteen, was drowned whilst
bathing near Beacon's Gutter. He could not swim, and was
wading in what he probably supposed to be the level shallow
when he suddenly plunged over head, but immediately rose
to the surface, and again sank struggling in the water. A
man with only one arm went to the rescue of the youth, and
endeavoured to push him into the shallow with his feet but
could not succeed. The body was taken out of the water in
a few minutes, and means were used to restore animation
but without effect. An inquest was held on Saturday, before
Mr. Curry, and a verdict of " accidental death" returned.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—It is our painful duty to re-
cord the death, by drowning, of Master Thomas Cram, son
of George Cram, Esq., of Everton-road, and a pupil of the
Rev. J. A. Wilson, of May-place, West Derby. It appears
that the deceased and two of his companions had separated
themselves during play hours, on Saturday afternoon, from
Mr. Cadman, the assistant master, and the rest of the young
gentlemen, and that the two elder ventured upon two large
doors which had been taken a few days previously for a tem-
porary purpose, and inadvertently lett at the edge of a pit in
a field adjoining the premises at May-place, all approach to
which Mr. Wilson had specially and recently interdicted to
his pupils, except in Isis own company or that of the assistant-
master. When they had proceeded a little way the boards
began to sink, upon which one of them, who was able to
swim a little, made for the bank, which he succeeded in
reaching, but Master Cram seems to have gone almost im-
mediately to the bottom. The survivor lost no time in giv-
ing the alarm at the house, which was only at a short distance
from the fatal spot, and assistance was procured in a very
little time, but the body was not recovered until Mr. Cad-
man, who had been seeking for the missing young gentlemen
in another part of the premises, came up, dived into the pond,
and, after two or three efforts, found it, and brought it to the
bank. As soon as the body, which might have been from ten
minutes to a quarter of
immediate
the water, was deposited
upon the bank of the pit, measures were taken to
restore animation. Meanwhile two medical gentlemen had
been sent for, Mr. Latham, from Wavertree, and Mr. Hill,
from the Old Swan, and when the body had been conveyed
to the house, all the means recommended by the Humane
Society for the restoration of suspended animation were per-
severingly employed for two hours by the surgeons and their
attendants, but, we regret to say, without effect. An inquest
was held upon the body yesterday (Monday), and a verdict
of accidental death was returned.

CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—It will be remembered
that about twelve months ago, two of the clerks employed
by Messrs. John Bibby and Sons, Wapping, absconded from
their employment, and immediately afterwards some defal-
cations were found in the accounts. Notice was given to the
police, to whom a description of the parties was handed, and
they have since been on the look out for them. Their names
were Joseph Webb and Roger Dauber, both about 35 years
of age. On Friday morning, about half-past one o'clock,
inspector Maddocks apprehended Dauber, while he was
walking from this town to Edge-hill, where it appears he re-
sides, and the prisoner was taken before Mr. Rushton.
Mr. Edwards, cashier to Messrs. Bibby, said that the pri-
soner was shipping clerk, and had to make out the freight
notes, &c., and Webb was collector. For some time pre-
vious to their absconding, he (witness) had frequently ob-
served them in earnest private conversation, and evincing a
desire not to be overheard, and had his suspicions of some-
thing wrong going on between them. On the 6th and 7th of
April some defalcations of monies paid for freights and not
accounted for, were discovered, and on the former day Webb
absented himself, and has not yet been found. The prisoner
left soon afterwards. The witness read a list of amounts
paid to the prisoner by Messrs. Samuel and Thos. Ashton,
which he had paid over, with the exception of £2 165., to
which he had given a receipt. Another sum had been re-
ceived in December last, and not accounted for. The books
had also been falsified. The parties who had paid them to
him were not, however, at hand, so that direct evidence of
the fact could not be immediately adduced. Other sums
were also deficient, but the particulars had not yet been ob-
tained. Under these circumstances, Mr. Rushton re-
manded the prisoner until Saturday, advising Mr. Edwards
in the meantime, to go over the books, make out a statement
of the defalcations, and bring up the necessary witnesses.
The prisoner, who was before considered a respectable man,
said, on being apprehended, that he had paid over all he had
received to the cashier and to Mr. Jones, another clerk in
the employ. He was accordingly remanded.—On Saturday
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zf's6 10s. 2d. from Messrs. Ashton and Co. On the 7th April
Mr. Edwards, the cash-keeper, had a conversation with him
respecting the other clerk who had absconded. Mr. Edwards
went to another part of the office for a few minutes, and on
his return, found that the prisoner had departed. On the Bth
April, Mr. Edwards received a letter from the prisoner, which
set forth that he (Dauber) " had availed himself of the term
c u Mr. Edwards proceeded to Messrs. Ashton's
office„
g.'an'd there discovered that the amount paid to the pri-
soner was £59 6s. 2d., and that lie had, consequently, re-
tained £2 16s. On Friday Inspector Maddox met the pri-
soner in Canning-street. Mr. Maddox accosted him, and he
replied" 1 am glad you have met me, for now it will all
come ut." There were other cases against the prisoner,
but were not gone into. 'lire prisoner had nothing to
say, and was, on Saturday, committed for trial. At the close
of the hearing, the prisoner's wife, a well-dressed, lady-like
individual, who wept bitterly and appeared overwhelmed
with distress, applied to Mr. Rushton for permission to see
her husband, which was at once granted.

On Friday, in the Courf of Queen's Bench, Dublin, judg-
ment was given in the presbyter-law marriage case. The
judges did not agree in opinion, and the question will, there-
fore, have to be decided by a higher tribunal.
CONSUMPTION.—We draw attention to Mr. Conin's lec-
ture on consumption, which he will deliver at the Portico on
Wednesday. The lecture will be gratis, and all interested in
the subject are invited to attend. Mr. Cronin's mode of
cure and theory is, we believe, novel.
THEATRE-Row..—Mr. Selby's new drama of " Maxi-
mums and Speciments of William Muggins " was produced
on Thursday, and has run since with increasing success. All
the parts are good ones. It is full of life, bustle, and smart-
ness, and throughout keeps the audience in a roar. Mrs.
Warner and Mr. George Vandenhoff are starring it at pre-
sent. To-night " The Stranger " will be performed. Mrs.
Warner is the finest Mrs. Haller on the stage.

THE WEATHER.—During the whole of last week, and es-
pecially on Saturday and Sunday,.the heat was most intense.
On Sunday the thermometer stood as high as 85° in the shade,
and 109°- in the sun. Early on Monday morning, however,
the rain began to fall very heavily, accompanied, with a slight
storm of thunder and lightning. Several showers of rain also
fell in the course of yesterday, which will, no doubt, tend to
forward vegetation very materially, as the ground in this
neighbourhod was until then in a very parched condition.
he weather is still excessively hot.
JUVENILE THIEVES.-011 Saturday last, two ragged lads
who bad been loitering about the house of Mr. John Con-
nor, in Crown-street, were placed before Mr. Rushton yes-
terday, at the police-court, on suspicion of having committed
a felony. It appeared that while the inmates were up stairs,
some person or persons effected an entrance into the house
from the back, and purloined six silver tea-spoons, marked
with the letters R.W.8., a silver fork and silver table-spoon,
bearing a French standard mark and the initials N.B. None
of the property was, however, found on their persons ; and,
as there was no evidence of their being in the house, they
were discharged.

THE GOLD CuaßENey.—We are informed, that the
Branch Bank of England, in this town, will 'receive any
number of light sovereigns not less than twenty, allowing
the full bullion value for them, which will, in most cases,
be but a slight loss on the currency value. Some of our
principal tradeimen complain, that the new arrangement will
affect them very seriously ; and, no doubt, it will be felt as a
great inconvenience, not less by those whose transactions are
extensive than by, the bulk of our small dealers. We have
heard that some parties liave, since the proclamation was
made, purchased sovereigns at what they have declared to
be their bullion value, and have afterwards passed them as
regular currency.

EFFECTS OF DRUNKENNESS.—On Friday last, as Bryan
Malley was passing intoxicated out of the public-house of
Mr. Linden, in Hurst-street, he fell heavily and struck his
head against the steps. He was taken up and conveyed into
the house, when it was discovered that he was dead.—On
Friday James Murphy, aged 40, went home to his lodgings
tipsy. He was a man of very intemperate habits. He fell
asleep in a chair, and was shortly afterwards found in a tlt of
apoplexy. Mr. Surgeon Cripps was called in, and he made
every effort to restore the patient without effect. The unfor-
tunate man died in about half an hour. An inquest was held
on the case on Saturday, when Mr. Cripps gave it as his
opinion, that the deceased died of apoplexy caused by execs-
stye drinking. Verdict accordingly.

DRAINING OF THE NEW COURT-HOUSES .—A consider-
able quantity of water having been found in the excavation
for the foundation walls and cellaring of the new Assize
Courts, workmen are now busily engaged
in commencing the
formation of a tunnel down Shaw's-brow, for the effectual
drainage of the site in question. Several eyes are already
sunk in the freestone rock which forms the substratum of
the locality—as of most of the elevated parts of the town.
Those at the top of the street appear to be from 10 to 12 feet
in depth ; those towards the bottom, 6to 7 feet. This depth
for the tunnel will, of course, be gradually decreased at the
bottom, where the brow terminates at its junction with the
bottom of Dale-street, where both are crossed by the Old
Haymarket and Byrom-street,—a situation so low, that, in
" the olden time," the tide frequently rose from the " pool"
below, on the site of Paradise-street and Whitechapel, which
formed (before the construction of the old dock) the harbour
for the then small marine of the port. The 'own' part of the
tunnel into the main sewer will, of course, be excavated and
arched with bricks.
THE WILHEM SYSTEM OF TEACHING MUSIC APPLIED
TO THE ACQUISITION OF LA.NGUAGES.—MODS. De Bali-
court, a French gentleman who has taken up his abode in
Liverpool, as a 'teacher of music, is now engaged in an
attempt to apply the Wilhem system of teaching music to
the acquisition of the French language. Last evening he
delivered a lecture upon the subject before a large and re-
spectable auditory in the theatre of the Royal Institution,
Colquitt-street, by whom he was listened to with most
favourable attention. Behind the lecturer there was a
musical scale of one octave from C to C, and large printed
diagrams (if we may apply that term in such a case) of every
variation of the cases of the definite and indefinite article.
These were intended to illustrate the system after the lecture.
In expounding the principles of this new application, M. De
Ballicourt had to contend against the very formidable
difficulties of conveying his meaning in an idiom foreign to
his own, and against some degree of incredulity. He suc-
ceeded, however, in making himself perfectly intelligible,
and after a few oral explanations he induced several gentle-
men to attempt to pronounce the definite articles by apply-
ing them with a noun of both genders to the gamut as in
learning singing one would apply sol fa to the musical notes.
The pronunciation of the words was, as may be expected,
rapidly acquired ; and we have no doubt that as M. De
Ballicourt says, all the sounds in the language may be
permanently acquired by it. The lecture and the illustra-
tions occupied about an hour.
BAIL FOR COPELAND AGAIN REJECTED.—At the Police-
court on Monday, -a respectable looking man, named Albert
Joseph Winter, tendered himself as the remaining surety for
Copeland, now imprisoned for the part he.took in Miss Crel-
lin s case. He stated that he was a baker and grocer in
Thomas's-street, where he had resided for four years. He
paid £2O 10s. of rent, and had stock and furniture worth
upwards of £lOO. He had also. five houses in Dublin, on
which he had owed '£soo, but the amount was now nearly
paid off. He said he had received no promise of indemnity.
Thos. Ainsworth, senr., police officer, said that he had ex-
amined the premises and stock in Thomas'-street, and did
not consider the whole, if sold, would bring anything like
£loo.—Mr. Rushton said he had no means of ascertaining
the value of the property of the witness in Dublin, and from
what was stated of his premises and stock there, he should
not accept him. He must have sureties of whose validity
and means no doubt existed. The witness bad very little
knowledge of Copeland, and had been called on by Mr. Lee
and another.—Mr. Snowball, who appeared for Miss Crellin,
and cross-examined the witness, informed the court that he
believed be could prove that Harper, who it had been agreed
to receive as bail, had since had £lOO lodged as indemnity,
and had received £2O for his trouble.—Mr. Rushton said he
should have the matter sifted, and if it were so, he would also
reject Harper. The prisoner is, therefore, as far distant from
liberation on bail as he was at first; and as the assizes are
not very far distant, the probability is that he will have to
remain goal until he is brought up for trial.

ment in selecting acceptable words to convey the revelation ;
but equally true it is that the Holy Spirit, who is more inti-
mate with the skill and movements of man's mind than man
himself is, did so order and direct every movement in that
choice, that every word they used was as truly. His word as
if He had given it to them with an audible voice, and they
had transcribed it from the sound. (Cheers.) " Well spake
the Holy Ghost by .the prophet," eeclairns the apostle;
again, " Thou, 0 God, has said by the mouth of thy servant
David ;" and again, " Holy men of old spake as they were
moved by the Holy Ghost." (Cheers.) Now this distin-
guishes Scripture immeasurably, as I 'said, from every other
word. (Hear.) The Word of God so spoken, the Word of
God so spoken alone, and ALL the Word of God so spoken
—by this shall men be judged at the last day. (Hear.)
Nothing is to be added to this, nothing is to be taken from
this, with respect to salvation. (Hear.)
I have already distinguished between communion with the
church and salvation with Cited. ilany things may be added
to this, if they be lawful in themselves, for communion with
any particular church; but nothing is to be added to this for
salvation with our God. The Church of England observes
the distinction; for, whilst she adds many things for her own
regulation, she no where says that the reception of these
things is necessary for salvation with God. Roman Catholic
controversialists object this to us. They say, " How can
you defend yourself against the charge of making the 39
articles what we make the creed of Pope Pius IV. ?" The
answer is, we never said that the 39 articles are necessary for
salvation; never; and were we required to say so, I can an-
swer for some, that we would rather lay down our hands from
our arms, and have our tongue cut from our lips, than say so.
(Loud cheerS:) We value them as condensed expressions
of truth; we prefer the community hedged within them, and
value them to guard against needless diversity of sentiment;
we declare their reception necessary to communion with ;
hut to say that the reception of them is necessary to salva-
tion, is abhorrent to our very souls, To elevate any word of
man, any tradition, or composition of man to a level with any
word of God, is to open the door for indefinite arid intermin-
able superstitions ; while to lower any word of God to the level
of man's fallibility, or subject it to the crucible of human criti-
cism, is to open the door for every species of infidelity. The
Socinian, upon the one side, lowers the word of God to the
level of man's word, and criticises and explains it away by the
rules of grammar, as if a fallible man had spoken it. This is
the way to infidelity. The Romanist exalts man's word to a
parallel with the word of God ; and this is the way to super-
stition. (Hear, hear.) The Church of England distinguishes
always between these; keeps scripture upon its high pedes-
tal, as that wherein alone God deals with man ; and upon a
secondary platform she has her own regulations, wherein it
is lawful for her to deal with her own children, not with man-
kind in general. (Loud cheers.)
I hope that these distinctions, though briefly stated, have
been made plain to your minds. (Hear.) I have endea-
voured to condense the matter, in order as much as possible
to avoid much speaking in such an atmosphere as we are
confined in at present ; but I hope they have not been too
much condensed to convey, simply and fully, the meaning,
which will bear expansion in your meditations. (Loud cries
of " hear, hear.")
Now I come to the suppressed clause of this article. You
will see, by reference to this suppressed clause which I have
transcribed, that it requires every sincere Romanist not only
himself to hold, but to cause as far as he can that others shall
hold—and not only that others shall hold, but that others
shall teach, the whole of this creed. (Hear.) He not only
promises to hold it himself, but he says—" And to take care,
as far as in me lies, that it shall be held, taught, and pub-
lished by my subjects, or by those the care of whom shall
appertain to me in my office. This Ido promise, vow, and
swear, so help me God, and these holy gospels of God!"
The language is comprehensive of all classes of society. (Hear,
hear, hear.) When this oath is taken by a Roman Catholic
Sovereign, the expression " by my subjects" applies literally;
and he is bound by oath to take care, as far as in him lies,
that the Roman faith, as expressed in this creed, shall be
held, taught, and published by all his subjects. (Hear, hear.)
Our second James endeavoured honestly to act up to this
oath, to act up to his obligations as a Roman Catholic; he
was not content to hold the faith himself according to the
first clause of the article given by all the modern writers, but
he took the whole article ; he felt, as an honest man, bound
to propagate the faith ; and he endeavoured to do so. In
the good providence of God his attempt was premature ; the
bishops of the English church preferred prison to apostacy !
(Cheers.) The nation sided with the faithful prelates ; and, in-
stead of England losing her unadulterated Bible and her pri-
mitive Christianity, the popish violator of her charters lost his
crown! (Renewed cheers.) But it is not to Sovereigns only
and Bishops that this creed is administered ; and, there-
fore, there is another clause which may have escaped your
notice. It says net only "by my subjects," but " those the
care of whom shall appertain to me in my office." (Hear.)
This includes all offices ecclesiastical and civil, public and
private; and it binds every priest with reference to his flock,
every magistrate with reference to his community, every pa-
rent with reference to his family, every master with refer-
ence to his servants and apprentices. (Hear.) The whole
population under this creed become the pledged and, sworn
disciples and proselytisers of Rome. (Hear, hear, hear.)
This is the clause they have kept back! (Hear, hear.) On
this suppressed clause the Rev. Richard Pope, in his admi-
rable treatise called "Roman Misquotation," after exposing
the suppression, makes the following remarks :
" It needs scarcely be observed, that this solemn promise
of interference with the creeds of men exhibits in colours not
to be mistaken, the proselytizing character of the church of
Rome. Now lam very far from asserting that determina-
tion, in a religious body, to propagate their opinions is not
'commendable. It is clear, however, that a system, like Ro-
manism, if avowedly pledged to the extension of its princi-
ples, might be regarded with distrust in a Protestant country.
Was it then to prevent such a feeling being entertained by an
unsuspecting public that in two volumes, one of which was
specially designed for a Protestant nation, the authorised
symbol of the church of Rome is presented, divested of the
clause, in which her members bind themselves to the zealous
dissemination of their faith ?"
In other words, was it for the purpose of deceiving the
British public that, in the series of years immediately ante-
cedent to '29, Roman Catholic controversialists, putting the
fairest face they could upon their system, obliged to give the
creed of Pope Pius IV., as a known document, did, never-
theless, so far calculate upon the ignorance of the people of
England, that they ventured to mutilate that document, and
give it, divested of this obnoxious clause ? Mr. Pope gives
no answer to this question. He concludes the chapter with
the question, significantly enough, leaving his readers to sup-
ply the answer, giving them credit for sufficient discernment
to supply the right answer. None of his Roman Catholic
readers have given him a reply. (Hear.) How, indeed, could
they, when their leading aim in these our days has been to
represent themselves as the friends of religious liberty, warm
advocates of universal religious liberty ? And not only so,
but absolutely horrified, horrified, like the lowest dissenters,
at the bigotry of interfering with the opinions of others !
Holding, indeed, in all sincerity, their own opinions, but pro-
testing against the intolerance of interfering with the religious
opinions of other people ! (Hear.) To convey this idea of
themselves, they have written, they have spoken, they have
sworn. (Hear.) To propagate this idea, at this moment,
Dr. Murray flatters, Dr. Wiseman coaxes, Dr. Baines insine
uates. (Laughter.) Who would have thought it, that these
very men, and all their archbishops and bishops,and all their
peers, and all their members of parliament, and all their ma-
gistrates, and all their masters and schoolmasters, and if there
be any other office appertaining to them—that they are all
bound by oath, " as far as in them lies," to interfere, to pro-
pagate and teach and publish, all Pope Pius's creed ? (Hear.)
Who would, have thought it? (Laughter.) Mr. Charles
Butler knew the creed in the original. That is no libel •,
(laughter)—or if it be the commencement of a libel upon his
honesty, then what is it upon his information? (Hear, hear.)
He knew the creed in the original ; he wrote a book in which
he professed to give this creeed—that is no libel—and he did
not give all the creed ! (Hear, hear.) That is no libel.
(Hear, hear, hear.) Messrs. Berington and Kirk knew the
creed in the original—that is true. Messrs. Berington and
Kirk wrote a controversial book in which they professed to
give this creed ; but Messrs. Berington and Kirk mutilated
the creed—they gave only part of it. That is true. (Hear,
and cheers.) Now our good friends of the Protestant Asso-
ciation—including Mr. Crisp, have been deceived by these
mutilations, and they have sent me before you with this mu-
tilated article to lecture upon ! That is true ;—(hear, hear)
—but I was determined to bring the clause forward, and I
hope the suppresed clause will he printed both in Latin and
English. (Hear, hear.)
Although Mr. Charles Butler knew the creed in the origi-
nal, and although Messrs. Berington and Kirk knew it in
the original, the Protestants of England did not know it, and
most of them do not know it now, and among those to
whom it is told, many will not believe it. I hope that will
not apply to any of you, but it does apply—many will not
believe it. (Hear, hear.) They are so disposed to be quiet,
they are so determined to be charitable, they are so indis-
posed to be asked to believe these things that they seem
rather inclined to silence us by the charge of bigotry than
take the trouble of examining our awful statements. (Hear.)
But as I said at the first, so say I now again, " having the
same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and
therefore have I spoken—we also believe, and therefore
spake." (Hear, hear.) At the same time I feel that there is
a subject that it may be well to offer a few words upon in
connection with this grave argument before us, and that is
upon the hacknied charge so constantly reiterated, and so
injuriously believed against us, that we are harsh in this
matter and our opponents mild ; that we are bigotted and
our opponents charitable ; that we are vulgar and our oppo-
nents gentlemanlike. (Hear.) Sir, it has been well and
truly said, that a good christian ought never to be outdone
in good manners. I quite agree in that sentiment ; but I
think it is equally true that a good christian ought never to
be outdone in honesty, sincerity, and truth. (Cheers.) Now,
sir, to speak of Romanism with honesty, sincerity and truth,
and all the while to give no offence in word, or gesture, or
tone against good manners, to be a faithful controversialist
without ceasing to be a polished gentleman—this is an at-
tainment of no ordinary excellence. In aiming at it we
should at least have some fixed and determined standard of
good manners, to which to refer our judgment, and by which
to regulate our procedure; otherwise that which seems suf-
ficiently polite and gentlemanlike to some, may wear to
others the aspect of rudeness, perhaps even of vulgarity.
(Cheers.) In like manner the species of language which
some may consider sufficiently mild and gentle, may appear
to others uncourteous, to say the least of it, perhaps un-
kind—perhaps worse—but I desire to refrain from any lan-
guage unsuitable to the context. (Hear, hear.) For ex-
ample, when a controversialist, a member of the Church of
Rome calls all of us HERETICS, which they have no scruple
in doing, dues he offend against good manners? (Hear.) It
seems not. There does not appear to be the least feeling
that he has offended : his character as a mild conciliatory
man is in no way blemished. (Hear.) Perhaps upon some
other occasion, or it is very possible upon the same occasion,
he may have called the " heretics" " beloved fellow dais-
dans I" (Hear.) What then? Why then, sir, his incon-
sistency is overlooked, and some of his soft expressions are
eulogised as perfect models of christian charity ! (Hear.)
This is no fancy sketch; I paint from the life. (Cheers.)
But now let us reverse the picture. (Hear.) A controver-
sialist, a member of the Church of England, ventures in the
tempest, torrent, and whirlwind of his eloquence to call Ro-
man Catholics " heretics." Does he offend against good man-
ners? (Hear.) Oh, shocking! Oh, dreadful! Never was
any thing heard so uncharitable ! Such language is not to
be tolerated for a moment ! (Hear.) Where is the stan-
dard of good manners? What is gentlemanlike, I should
like to know, and what is not? (Hear, hear.) What is the
reason that Roman Catholics are offended when we use such
words as " imposture" or " superstition," and that we are not
offended when they use such words as "heretic?" (Hear.)
I think we take the appellation " heretic" from them, as
Mr. Southey remarks, just as we would the appellation of
dogs or k.affers from the Turks ; he says that Protestants are
not galled by such terms, because their " withers are un-
wrung." (Hear, hear.)
I have said this, not as an apology for harsh words, for it has
not been my intention to use protest I intended to
steer clear of all, and I believe I have done so all this evening,
—but I say this to call attention to the treatment we receive,
and to the manner in which we bear it; and to the language—
the gentleman-like title of " heretics"—whereby we and all
Protestants are distinguished from `` all the faithful," not
only by Roman Catholic controversialistsin angry mood, but
I had •
Church. It is only a day or two agoput into my hand
by the most authoritative documents of the Roman Catholic
—and I am sorry I have not brought it with me here—an
address from the Roman Catholic bishop of this district, to
" all the faithful" in Lancashire! Now, he is not writing to
us ,he is writing to "all the faithnamful," abut thetreat distinguished from
us • (Hear.) And not only the e,ment to
be given to " heretics," both in this world and in the next,
e con-
is plainly laid down in these documeun
ts.
record in I will not quote
the
hwe ac nr
et e tdo
before put this
i o n
us,
for it is involved in the creed to
which they swear in the last article. With regard to heretics
—I will not trouble you with the Latin, but I will read the
long,t
with but

translation that is here—they are to be thus treated,— -
" Such as are condemned are to be delivered over to the
existing secular powers, or their officers, to receive due
punishment. If laymen their effects shall be confiscated :
if priests, they shall be 4rst degraded from their respective
orders, and their ptoperty applied to the use of the churches
in which they have officiated. Those who have incurred a
public suspicion of heresy shall be punished with anathema,
and their company shunned by all men, unless they tho-
roughly clear themselves from the charge. If they remain
under excommunication a year, they shall then be condemned
as heretics."
And you have heard what is to be done with such as are
condemned. It goes on,—
"Secular powers of all ranks and degrees are to be warned,
induced, and, if necessary, compelled by ecclesiastical cen-
sures, as they desire to be accounted faithful, publicly to
swear that they will exert themselves to the utmost in defence
of the faith, and exterminate all heretics—[the original ex-
pression is exterminare hereticos, to exterminate heretics]—
denounced by the church, who shall be found in their terri-
tories. And whenever any person shall assume government,
whether it be spiritual or temporal, he shall be bound to
swear to abide by this decree.
" If any temporal lord, after having been admonished and
required by the church, shall neglect to clear his territory of
heretical pravity, the metropolitan and the bishops of the
province shall unite in excommunicating him. Should he
remain contumacious a whole year, the fact shall be signified
to the supreme pontiff, who will declare his vassals released
from their allegiance from that time, and will bestow his
territory on Catholics, to be occupied by them on the con-
dition of exterminating the heretics [exterminatis hereticis],
and preserving the said territory in the pure faith."—(Third
Canon of the Fourth Council of Lateran.)
Oh, sir, the age we live in is one of toleration. Light,
liberty, and knowledge have spread their wings over the
nations; and if men are to be swayed now, it must be by
means which. apparently at least, are fair and reasonable.
To plead guilty to sentiments and principles so odious as
these, would now be fatal to any party or any system. Of
course, therefore, the defenders of the Church of Rome deny
now that they hold these principles : they repudiate them
loudly, boldly, and, to all appearance, honestly ; and they
call it wilful calumny in us to persevere in citing such senti-
ments as theirs. (Hear, heal...) But, sir, unfortunately for
that system, all these fair professions are neutralized by
stubborn facts. (Hear.) The great fact, comprehensive of
many facts, is this, that the creed of Pope Pius IV, with that
winding up oath which I have been commenting upon just
now, remains to this hour, the authorized, accredited, pub-
licly used—not laid upon the shelf—but the publicly used
document of the Church of Rome, sworn to by every bene-
ficed clergyman in her communion, and publicly professed,
with assent and consent, by evdry convert to her communion,
(Hear.) A part of that creed so bound upon their consci-
ences by an oath is, that they receive all that is contained in
the sacred canons and general councils of the church. I
have quoted from one of their general councils. They are
as legitimately bound, as ever a man was bound by oath, to
these sentiments. The creed of Pope Pius IV. is not denied
by them ; it is put forward by themselves as their own docu-
ment. Mr. Charles Butler, whom I have already named,
says, the creed of Pope Pius IV. is an accurate and explicit
summary of the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church, to
be received without restriction er qualification ; while at the
same time that very same gentleman loudly repudiates many
of the principles to which that creed binds him ! (Hear,
hear.) He acknowledges the creed, and he rejects the con-
tents of the creed ! (Hear, hear.) Upon this subject, Mr.
Southey, in writing to Mr. Butler, has used the following
I words :
" The creed, Sir, which you have thus brought forward,
comprehends all those obnoxious opinions which, in the
name of the British Roman Catholics, you are so eager to
renounce or disavow. It comprehends an acknowledgment
of the temporal authority of the popes, of their power to de-
pose kings, and to absolve subjects from their allegiance. It
includes an assent to the propositions that heretics are to be
persecuted; faith is not to be kept with them ; that simula-
tion is lawful."
He has a note on this, which is worthy of observation for
the melancholy perversion it exhibits in reference to the Holy
Scriptures. The canon law says—" Simulatio utilis est, et
in terapore assumenda," that is, simulation is useful and
sometimes ought to be practised." (Hear, hear.) A curious
passage occurs in the Decretals—" Ipse dominus noster, non
habens peccatum, nee carnem peccati, simulationem pecca-
tricis carnis assumpsit." Our Lord himself not having flesh
or sin, took upon him the pretence of sinful flesh ! And this
is quoted as Scriptural authority for the lawfulness of pre-
tending what is not fact! Here we get at the root, in the
canon law, of the practise I have been exhibiting. Just as if
I made bold to ask Mr. Charles Butler, or Messrs. Beriugton
and Kirk, or any other Roman Catholic, when they put for-
ward the creed in the mutilated form—
" Gentlemen, did you not know the original ?—Yes.
" Did you profess to give the whole of the creed of Pope
Pius the Fourth ?—Yes.
" Did you give it as it stands in the original ?—No.
" Did you profess to give it as it stands in the original ?
Yes.
" Was that right?—Yes. Simulatio utilis est, et in tern-
pore asssutnenda. Simulation is lawful, and sometimes it
must be practised. (Tremendous cheers.)
Mr. Southey proceeds, " it includes an assent to the pro-
positions that heretics are to be persecuted ; that faith is not
to be kept with them ; that simulation is lawful, and that the
guilt of homicide is not incurred by killing excommunicated
persons, if zeal for religion be the motive. For these
principles have been laid down in the canons, or proclaimed
by councils ; and upon these principles the papal church has
acted so far in strict conformity to its own creed. In my
heart, Sir, I believe that you heartily disavow them, and that
the great body of the British Romanists are sincere in dis-
claiming such intolerable opinions. But they are distinctly
asserted in your canons and by your councils ; and they are
comprehended in, this creed which you yourself preient as
"an accurate and explicit summary of the Roman Catholic
faith" to be received without restriction or qualification."
It is impossible, Sir, that you, and the body for which you
speak, can assent to all that this creed includes ; your
feelings, your opinions, your solemn protestations are
in opposition to it. But in rendering to you and to them
this willing justice, I must add that there are some among
you whose temper and whose doctrines are in perfect accord
with these principles. There are men among you upon
whom the mantles of Gardiner and Bonner have descended;
who equivocate like Jesuits, and who would persecute like
Dominicans, if the power were-in their hands. And these
are the consistent Romanists, Romanists in heart and soul
as well as profession, who assent to all that the thirteen ad-
ditional articles of their creed comprehend, and would joy-
fully act up to the very letter of their law. But for yourself,
sir, and those who with you renounce in full sincerity these
abominable tenets, and who are, therefore, reduced to the un-
comfortable necessity of denying in public declarations what
you profess and swear to in your confession of faith, this re-
ligious grievance must surely be more painful than the
political disabilities which those tenets have rendered neces-
sary for our safety. Is it unreasonable to suggest, then, that
the British Roman Catholics might with more propriety
apply for relief to the court of Rome than to the British
parliament; and that instead of agitating these
ould kingdoms
with their demands for political power, they w do well
to petition the head of their church for a revision of the
creed of Pope Pius IV for a removal of the restrictions which
it imposes upon their understanding, their.loYalty, and their
conscience, for emancipation from the moral and intellectual
bondage in which it holds them ?" (Hear, hear.)
Sir, this suggestion of Mr. Southey's is most pertinent
and valuable ; or I ask you only imagine a Roman Catholic
gentleman, a man of understanding, of conscience, and of
loyalty, a man attached to his own church but ignorant of
the contents of the canons and councels of that church. He
is taking some office, and he is called upon to sign this creed
of Pope Pius IV, and he comes to the clause I am lecturing
upon, which binds by oath all the preceding clauses upon his
conscience ; he looks at one of those preceding clauses, and
finds that it involves all that is contained in the sacred
canons and general counsels. Why, would not such an
honest man pause, and start back, and say, " What is all
this lam going to sign? Without knowing what is in those
documents I am going to put my hand to a paper that in-
volves whole volumes that I have never read ; as an honest
man I cannot do it ;—(cheers)—l must see what these canons
and general counsels are before I can sign this paper. (Re-
newed cheers.) There is one of them, I find, that Protestant
controversalists often refer to, that is the fourth counsel
of Lateran ; perhaps it does contain what they say, and if I
sign the creed of Pope Pius IV I shall make myself liable to
all they say, and what they say will no longer be calumny in
them, but the height of imprudence in me—so I must see
what is in the counsels before I sign that paper." (Cheers.) I
protest in all honesty that I am giving what I believe would
be the movements.of mind, and the final determination of
conscience of many and many a Roman Catholic gentleman,
if they were at liberty to follow the dictates of their con-
science, if they were not enslaved by a foregone conclusion.
(Hear.) But they have not taken Mr. Southey's advice;
they have not gone to the head of their church • they have
not asked for any revision of the creed of Pope Pius IV, and
Subscription to that creed in this country still hangs its mill-
stone weight upon the* understanding, and upon the con-
science, and upon the loyalty, of every British subject of the
court of Rome! (Cheers.)
Now, sir, 1 have done. I pray sincerely in harmony with
the prayer offered before I began, that a blessing may rest
upon what has been spoken. I have spoken to those who
have opportunities of hearing the gospel of God, of contrast-
ing it with the peculiarities of Romanism. I have spoken to
those who have been partners in an act which has deprived
England of all defence against the machinations of the papal
court, except the defence found in the principles of her
people. (Hear.) Legislative defence is removed, and more
entirely removed from England than from any country under
the sun. (Hear.) I will briefly tell you why, sir. During
the period when the papal court was felt to be formidable,
the continental courts of Europe took security against the
aggressions of that court, by requiring that every rescript of
the court of Rome which entered their dominions should be
submitted to the Minister of the Interior before it was passed
on to the Archbishops, in order that the minister might take
cognizance that it contained only ecclesiastical matter. In
those days England was cos shielded by the state of her laws
that she did tiot requir uch a guard as that. her laws
guarded then more than any state ; but when her laws were
altered, nothing tantamount to the guard in other states was
enacted, and England, from being more guarded than any,
became more exposed than ally. (Hear, hear.) Her de-
fence now is in the principles of her people (cheers) ; her
genuine defenders in the established pastors of those people
whose duty it is to set those principles before them ; deli-
berately, fairly, honestly to argue those principles out with-
out railing (of which they
_falsely accuse us), without ani-
mosity, without anger, without bigotry to call attention to
the word of God, and to the traditions and compositions of
men as contrasted with that, and say, in the powerful lan-
guage of that word, " He that bath a dream, let him tell a
dream, and be that bath my word, let him speak my word
faithfully' ; what is the chaff to the wheat ? saith the Lord
of Hosts." The reverend gentleman then retired amidst
great applause from all parts of the room.
, and Mr. JOHN HOWARD
The Rev. F. Penny moved
seconded a vote of thanks, which was carried by acclamation,
to the Rev. Mr. M`Neile for his able, eloquent, and con.
vincing lecture.
sung, and a blessing
then
A doxology was having been
the meeting separated.
oronouuced,

ATIILONE ELECTION PETITION.—The committee have
decided that G. de la Poer Beresford was not duly elected,
and that D. H. Farrell, Esq., ought to have been returned.
Mr. Beresford is allowed to petition against the return.
It is said that Mr. Brunel, who is about to enter into a
contract with the Sardinian government for a railway to
communicate with Milan and Turin from Genoa, intends to
avail himself of the atmospheric propulsion for some part,
at least, of the distance.
TIIE LONDON TOWN-cLunicsllip.—The committee, ap-
pointed by the Town-council of London to inquire into the
circumstances attending the resignation of Mr. Pearson, the
city solicitor, who was a candidate for the vacant office of
Town-clerk, have reported :—" That we, your committee,
having taken the same
that ou serious and attentive con-
sideration, are of opinion Mr r. Pearson had an undoubted
right to withdraw himself as a candidate for the office of
Town-clerk. That under the circumstances and documents
we now respectfully la before you, he was bound in honour
to do so ; and that they privileges of your hon. Court have not
been interfered with: It is quite a matter of doubt upon
whom the election will fall. Mr. Pearson's friends, who are
very numerous, seem to be determined to propose, him as a
candidate in the event of the non-suspension of the standing
order of the Court, which, if acted upon, will certainly ex-
clude Serjeant Merewether, The contest will then be be-
tween Mr. Pearson,
Mr.Pritchard, and Mr. Hughes Hughes.
If Serjeant Merewethers friends are strong enouugh to sus-
pend the standing order, the Serjeant will, it is supposed, be
elected.

WILFUL MURDER OF A MALE CHILD-AND
COMMITMENT OF THE PRISONER.

An inquest was yesterday held before Mr. Curry, the bo-
rough coroner, on view of the body of a new-born male infant.
The mother had been taken into custody on suspicion of hav-
ing murdered it.
Mary Cole, the first witness, deposed that she resided in
Sandon-street. The prisoner Elizabeth Russell was a ser-
vant in her employ. On Thursday week witness went out
and left the prisoner in charge of the house. Her (witness's)
mother and a lady who resided with them were in the house.
Witness returned home at nine o'clock the same evening,
when the prisoner complained of being ill, but she did not
observe anything particular in her appearance then. Wit-
ness told her to go to bed, which she did, and next morning
resumed her duty. There was a little girl named Mary Bruce,
who used to assist in the house, but did not live there. On
Thursday last she did not come as usual, and witness went to
her mother to ascertain the reason, when she informed her
that her daughter had been put to work that was not fit for
her, and from what she said some suspicion rose in witness's
mind that there was something wrong. Witness went and
informed her sister, who advised her to question the prisoner
as to whether anything had been the matter beyond the com-
mon course of nature. Witness did question her, but she
denied anything of the sort. This was on Wednesday last,
and witness told prisoner she would call on Dr. Blackburn.
Next day witness's sister sent up a woman named Agnes
Harding to question the prisoner, and who informed witness
that the same day she had confessed to_having been delivered
of a child, and that from what the prisoner and she supposed
the child had been born dead. Dr. Blackburn was immedi-
ately informed of what had occurred.
Mrs. Agnes Harding, a widow, said—l acted as nurse in
the service of Mr. and Mrs. Beckwith. They reside at 35,
Great George-street. Mrs. Beckwith sent me up on Thurs--
day to question Betsey Russell about this transaction. I
went. The prisoner was in the kitchen, and opened the door
and let me in. I asked her what had been the matter with
her. The prisoner rather hesitated, and I then said, " Betsey,
tell the truth;" and asked her, " Is there a child born ? '
and the prisoner said. "Yes." I asked her how long she
had been gone with child, and if she had been seven months,
and she said, " Yes, she might." I asked her if the child
was alive, and she answered " No." I asked her if she had
ever felt the child alive, and she said she had not felt it much.
I asked her what she had done with the child, and she said
it was in the privy. I asked her if she had got any milk,
and she said " No." I then returned home, and gave an
account of what she had acknowledged, and I know nothing
more about it.

Ann Smith, a girl, said she resided in Prussia-street. On
Thursday last she was in bridewell, for having some words
with a man. The same evening the prisoner was brought
there. One of the turnkeys asked her to stop with her all
night, and she did so. Witness continued : I asked her what
she was brought there for, and she said it was for a child. I
asked her if she had killed it.. She did not say whether she
had or had not. She said the child did not cry, and for fear
of its doing so she had tied a towel round its head. She said
she had put the child in the midden, and that she did not in-
tend to leave it there, but to take it away on the morning she
was taken, but had not an opportunity. She did not, she
said, know whether it was a boy or a girl, as she was in such
a hurry to put it away, as some of the family were in the
house.

Mr. Thomas Blackburn, surgeon, being sworn said—l was
consulted about this case by some of Miss Cole's friends,
and went to her house on Thursday evening last. I there
saw the prisoner. I questioned her about the child, and she
acknowledged that she had given birth to a child. From the
previous information I had received, as well as her own ad-
mission,
I considered it my duty to give information to the
police. I was present when the dead body of a male child
was taken out of the privy by a police-officer. On the follow-
ing morning I examined the body in the presence of, and
with the assistance of Mr. Batty and Mr. Blower. I have no
doubt the child had arrived at its full period. The general
appearance of the child's body was that of one born alive
and in health, with the exception of the head, which was
very much injured—the bones being all loose, and the whole
having the aspect of a loose bag filled with a fluid or semi-fluid
substance. On a more minute inspection, an opening into
the cavity of the head was discovered on the right side, a
little above and behind the ear ; it had all the appearance of
a wound inflicted by violence, and probably with a sharp, or,
at least, a pointed instrument—such as a large pair of scissors,
or a kitchen skewer of a flat form. The wound was nearly
half an inch in length, and penetrated between the upper
edge of the temporal and the lower edge of parietal bone ; and
there was a corresponding perforation in the dura mater,
with a ragged edge, indicating that force had been used. The
dura mater was torn open very extensively, and the inside of
the cranium occupied with grunions blood; and the sub-
stance of ,the brain mixed together in such a way as could
not, in my opinion, have been produced except by external
violence. The frontal bone was fractured, and the bones
generally loose, and separated from the general suters. The
integuments of the head were not in a state of putrescence,
but firm, though black and bruised, and every other part of
the body was perfectly free from any approach to decompo-
sition,—having all the appearance of recent death. The
neck was carefully examined, with a view of ascertaining
whether strangulation had taken place, but there was no
trace of extravasation or aquamosis, nor was the tongue at
all black or discoloured, as would have been the case had the
child been strangled. The chest was opened and examined.
The lungs fully occupied the cavity. and had the usual ap-
pearance of lungs that had been distended by air. They
were fully expanded in every part ' • and I have, therefore, no
doubt but the child had breathed fully. On removing these
from the chest they floated on the surface of the water. The
state of the abdomen was perfectly natural, and the bowels
contained the meconium. In my opinion, from a careful
examination, the child was born alive, and bad been destroyed
by the injury done to the brain as described.
James Ainsworth said—l am a constable. Thursday last
I went to Miss Cole's, and in company with Dr. Blackburn
and another officer we proceeded to search the privy. We
found a bundle containing a child. It was wrapped in a
towel, and its head much bruised. Mr. Blackburn gave the
information. I took the prisoner into custody.
The prisoner declined to question any of the witnesses.
On being cautioned as to what she might think proper to say,
she merely said—" I have nothing to say only that I did not
hear the child cry."
The Coroner said that he had never known a case in which
the cruelty of a mother to her offspring had been so power-
fully shewn as in this. They had first to consider whether
the child was born alive, and if so, how it came by its death.
The prisoner had herself admitted to one of the witnesses
that she had delivered herself of a child. With respept to
its having lived, they had the evidence of Dr. Blackburn,
which appeared to him to be conclusive. After a careful
examination, in conjunction with other medical gentlemen,
that witness gave his express and decided opinion that it had
been born alive, and that its death had been caused by the
infliction of injuries on the head, which, besides being
shattered, had been perforated with some pointed instru-
ment—such as a pair of scissors, or a skewer. There was
no positive evidence that the prisoner did the deed—for no
one saw her; but such a chain of circumstantial evidence
against the prisoner as, he thought, would lead them, pain-
ful as the duty was, to a proper verdict. He defined the
legal difference between manslaughter and murder, and left
them to decide by an unbiassed consideration of the evidence.
The jury, after a very short consideration, returned 'a ver-
dict of wilful murder against the prisoner, Elizabeth Rus-
sell, and she was committed to take her trial at the next
assizes.
The prisoner is a little slender-looking woman, appa-
rently about 28 or 30 pears of age. She was a good deal
agitated when the first witnesses were examined, and as she
appeared faint, was supplied by a female present with a
smelling bottle. She seemed to recover her composure
towards the close, and did not evince any strong or peculiar
feeling beyond a serious look, on hearing the verdict.
The witnesses were bound over to appear, and give evi-
dence on the trial, in the sum of £lOO each. She was taken
away in custody in a car to the Workhouse, to be thence
sent, if her state of health would permit, to Kirkdale Gaol.

HORRIBLE MUTILATION OF A STILL-BORN

INFANT.

An inquest was held yesterday before P. F. Curry, Esq.,
touching the death of a new-born female child, the horrible
mutilation of whose body, by (as is supposed) the mother,
excited a strong degree of horror and indignation amongst
all who became cognizant of the revolting fact. In conse-
quence of the mother being, at the time of her apprehen-
sion, in a feeble state, from her recent accouchement, she
was taken to the Workhouse, and the investigation took
place in the Board Room of that establishment, she not
having sufficiently recovered to be taken to the coroner's

office.
Nancy Friel, wife of Stephen Friel, said :—I live in
Crooked-lane. The prisoner was a lodger in our house.
She •gave her name as Mrs. Babbington. She was large
looking, as if in a family way, but 'imputed it to her clothes.
On Thursday last, she and I were sitting in our place and
she said she had been taken ill in the night, and that as it
was dark she had stained the floor, but had wiped it up as
well as she could. When it was convenient I went up and
examined the bed. I found it a good deal out of order. I
saw the bed, and the sheets likewise, stained with blood, and
also a little blood on the floor. 1 went down stairs and told
the prisoner she had done a bad job for inc. Before I went
down I had observed that the bed was turned upside down.
She said she was very sorry for it. In tha afternoon I went
to the petty, and in the soil saw two pieces of flannel, and,
thinking they might be useful, took them and washed them.
There was a good quantity of blood on them. When my
husband came home I told him all I have stated. He told
the to look sharp, but to say nothing. He, on Sunday morn-
ing, discovered the arm of a little infant in the soil of the
privy. He came to the house and called me and two lodgers
up to come and see it. I saw the arm also. My husband
went and fetched a police officer. Some police officers came,
who made a further search, and the body and limbs of a
child were brought up one piece after another.
Betsey Hall, a widow, said,—l live in Crooked-lane, and
get my living by charring. I know Mrs. Friel, who keeps a
lodging-house in the same street. Last Monday I was in
Mrs. Friel's house, and I saw the prisoner there. I re-
marked to her that I thought she (prisoner) as in the fa-
mily way. Prisoner's appearance is now much altered. I
know nothing more about the matter.
Stephen Friel said, —I am a porter, and live in Crooked-
lane. I know the prisoner, who lodged in our house. She
had lodged with us before. About a fortnight ago, 1 went to
meet her at the railway, having received a letter from her to
do so. I did not take notice whether she was in the family
way or not. On Thursday last my mistress told me that the
bed on which the prisoner slept had been greatly abused.
Having some suspicion, I examined the petty on Saturday
night. I found some cloths in it. The first thing on Sun-
day morning I made a further search. I found a black cloth,
and underneath that another, and then the hand and arm of
a child appeared to me. I covered it up again, and went
and wakened my mistress and told her. I also wakened the
two lodgers, who came down and saw the same. We con-
sulted, and I went and brought a police-officer immediately.
One of the officers went into the privy ; and I afterwards
saw the head, body, arms, and legs of an infant in a tub in
the yard. They took away the body and limbs. The pri-
soner bad been poorly a day or two after she came to the
house, but I did not afterwards take particular notice of her
appearance.
Joseph Appleton, inspector of police, said,—On Sunday
morning, in consequence of information I received, I and
two other officers proceeded to the house of Stephen Friel,
in Crooked-lane. I went into the midden-stead accompanied
by one of the officers. Immediately under the seat in the
privy I found four pieces of cloth, one of them a black one.
Two of the other pieces appeared to have been a flannel
petticoat cut in two. I got a candle and examined under-
neath, and found the arm and leg of an infant. I searched
further, and found another arm and leg. I then pushed my
arm down lower, and brought up the trunk, and afterwards
the head, of a child. They were all taken to the dead-house.
I then sent for my superintendent, and proceeded to the
room where the prisoner slept, and betwixt the quilt and the
sheet of the bed I found a white bed-gown, the sleeves and
different parts of which were covered with blood. I asked
her if the bed-gown was hers, and she said it was. My
superintendent found a pair of scissors covered with blood
in the window. A. phial was found, marked hellibore. Mr.
M'Clelland, of the Dispensary, was sent for.
Mr. Andrew M'Clelland, surgeon Ll
was sent for to
Crooked-lane on Sunday, to, look at the head, limbs, and
It was apparently od ym the body at the lower
full-
grown.o he i
beadld foundwa s in
severeda
neck, the arms at
part of the I the shoulder joints, and the
thighs at the hip joints. afterwards made a careful ex-
amination of the body. I am decidedly of opinion that the
child was not born alive. I was directed to make an exami-
of the person of the prisoner. She was asked when she had
been confined, and she seemed not to understand what was