The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-25 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

The Oxford packet ship, which left New York on the Ist
instant, arrived here on Wednesday, but she only brings one
day's later news than that conveyed by the Britannia, and
the intelligence is unimportant.
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•We have good authority to state that there will not be a
Special Commission held for the trial of prisoners in Decem-
ber ; nor will there he a gaol delivery before the regular as-
sizes in March next.

BLUNDELL v. GLADSTONE.—In the Court of Chancery,
on Wednesday, Mr. Tinney mentioned this cause, which is
standing for judgment. The Lord Chancellor said he had
received the opinion of the judges, but it would not be con-
venient for them to attend the Court of Chancery in term
time. The judgment was ready, and would be delivered in
a few days.
TRINITY CHURCH, BIRKENHEAD.'--A very neat and ex-
cellent organ has just been erected in this church, and was
opened on Wednesday evening last, when a sermon was
preached by the Rev. J. M`Gill, and a liberal collection
made towards the expenses of it. The choir of St. Nicholas's
church, in this town, contributed their efficient services on
the occasion.

The following commissions, signed by lords lieutenant,
have been gazetted :—Lancashire—lst Duke of Lancaster's
Own Militia, H. M. Fielden, Esq., to be captain. 3d Duke
of Lancaster's Own Militia, First-Major J. W. Patten to be
colonel, vice Sir T. D. Hesketh, Bart., deceased ; Second-
Major Sir J. Gerard, Bart., to be lieutenant-colonel, vice
Sir H. B. Houghton, Bart., resigned.

Mr. Robert Roxhy, a man not unknown in local theatrical
annals, has become the lessee of the Manchester Theatre-
Royal.

AMPIIITHEATRE.-

".Long Joe Sweeney," as he is fa-

miliarly called, takes his hehefit he has pro-
vided ample fare for his friends, and will " cut de big

figar on dis 'cashun."
WRITING.—Mr. Thompson's system of quick and easy
writing, founded on the looping of letters and words together,

appears to be an ingenious contrivance for improving a bad
hand, and giving freedom and elegance to those who are not
fortunate in the use of the pen ; and we therefore feel it our

duty to recommend it strongly to the notice of the public.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday last, about eleven o'clock,
Thomas Gwilliam, a little boy, aged about five years, was
burned to death, at his residence, in Back High-street, Edge-
bill. The neighbours heard loud screams, and rushing into
the house found the deceased lying on the floor, his apparel
having been burned from his person. His mother was lying
beside him in a swoon. Medical aid was procured immedi-
ately but it was unavailing. He died in an hour and a-half
after he was discovered.

COURSING AT WATERLOO.—The Glasgow Mail of Wed-
nesday says, that three sets of Scottish dogs have bone south
to draw in this greyhound lottery—viz., Lord Eglinton's
Blackbird and Lapwing, Sir W. A. Maxwell's Music and
Maid of Honour, and Mr. A. Graham's Cacciatore, The
Miller's Ouly Daughter, White Hat,and Mavourneen. The
first two lots are well, but, of the third, Mavourneen and
White Hat are not yet clear of the cough which has gone
the round of their owner's greyhounds.
THE NEWS FROM CHINA AND INDlA.—lmmediately
after intelligence was received on Wednesday morning of the
confirmation of the news of the Chinese war, and the addi-
tional gratifying information of the glorious achievements of

;he British arms in India; the mayor gave directions for the

bells to be rung at the various churches, and flags were

hoisted at the public buildings in the town, whilst at the

same time he vessels in the —docks exhibited their national

colours, and the whole presented a very lively appearance.
A salute of twenty-one guns was fired at the Workhouse.
A SERIOUS Loss.—Two women, of decent appearance,
were placed before Messrs. Booth and Dixon, on Tuesday,
charged with having stolen £llO. The complainant, Sarah
Hayward, was removing her goods from the premises where
she lately resided to others which she had recently taken. At

the new premises she took £llO from her pocket, and plpced
it in a drawer, the prisoners and her son being present. She
had some ale with the prisoners, and then went with them

part of the way to their residence. She returned immediately
to her new residence, and, on examining the drawer, missed
the money. Suspecting the prisoners, she caused them to
be apprehended. They were discharged.

THE LEAGUE SUBSCRIPTION.—A meeting of Leaguers
was held on Wednesday, in Manchester, to forward their

proposed subscription of £50,000. We are happy to find
that the gentlemen present bled to the tune of £3,500 for the
charitable objects contemplated—viz., the feeding of the
Aclands, Buckinghams, Smiths, and other itinerants of their
elassan amount which the starvation, before their eyes, of

the entire population of the manufacturing districts would
fail in wringing from their gripe—their own bricks and
mortar, looms and spindles, being unaffected. We wish the
lady canvassers, who are daily to be seen intruding them-
selves upon the privacy of their neighbours, in various, and
in some very questionable, parts of our own town, would thus

publish to the world the amount of their own subscriptions
to the fund in question. They would look rather diminutive,
we fear, when contrasted with the ardent zeal which must
exist, to lead females of proper delicacy into positions of such
doubtful propriety as those, in which they are daily placed
in their mendicant pursuits. •

SAM SLICK'S CLOCKS.—We have been highly pleased by
an inspection of American clocks, and other time-pieces of
very neat and ingenious make, now exhibiting in Liverpool,
better known on the other side of the Atlantic by the cog-
nomen of Sam Slick's clocks. The frames consist of maho-

gaily, rosewood, and satinwood, to suit the fancy of pur-
chasers. Some of the clocks have looking-glasses in the
centre, and others are ornamented, which render them, apart
from their utility, handsome articles of furniture in a

dwelling-house or a counting-house. In America, we believe,
they are generally placed on the mantelpiece, but any other
situation will answer as well. The most surprising, and, in
the eyes of purchasers, the most agreeable feature connected
with those unique and elegant articles of utility, is their
cheapness. The prices range from £2 10s. to £2 55., and it
seems marvellous how, after paying a duty of 20 per cent.
under the new tariff, such beautiful specimens of workman-
ship can be sold at such prices. Let our friends in Prescot
and Clerkenwell look to their laurels, unless they wish Sam
Slick to " wind them up" before their time. He cannot fail
to go a-head " pretty considerable" in this country, and the
ingenious fellow certainly deserves encouragement, for while
his clocks count the moments as they roll with unerring
fidelity, he will "strike" his customers with amazement by
their cheapness and beauty. An advertisement elsewhere
gives an account of Sam's whereabouts.

PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO CAPTAIN HEWITT, OF THE
STEAM-SHIP BRITANNIA.—Our townsman, Captain Hewitt,
who conveyed Dickens to America and received, along with
a splendid piece of plate, a handsome congratulatory address
from that popular author, on behalf of his fellow-passengers,
in the saloon of the Tremont Theatre, Boston, last year, had
presented to him on his last trip across the Atlantic a mas-
sive and elaborately chased silver snuff-box, of the most ex-
quisite workmanship. This elegant compliment was presented
to him by Mr. Goodrich, of Boston, better known by his
American title of the author of Peter Parley's letters, on be-
half of the passengers. The box bears the following inscrip-
tion :—" Presented to Captain John Hewitt, of the Royal
Mail steamer Britannia, by the passengers who left Liver-
pool Oct. 4, and arrived at Boston Oct. 18, 1842, as a token
of respect and good-will for his professional skill and kind
attention to their several wishes." The New York Herald,
in allusiJn to the commander of the Britannia, says : " Cap-
tain Hewitt, of the steam-ship Britannia, which leaves Bos-
ton next Tuesday for Halifax and Liverpool, has been in this
city a day or two. He likes New York, thinks it a great
city, admires the Park fountain and glorious Broadway. He
has been here before—twice in the capacity of chief officer of
the Royal William, when she floated like a duck over the
broad Atlantic, and is universally esteemed wherever he goes
—so much so, indeed, that his passengers have compelled
him to take snuff out of a superb gold box, and drink Madeira
from rich silver tumblers. His ship, the Britannia, is a crack
vessel, and ploughs her way through the deep as gallantly ac
ever a steamer did."
ASSAULT ON A RAILWAY CONSTABLE.—TWO persons, in

the employ of Sir William Stanley, as underkeepers, named
Thomas Jones and Richard Price, appeared yesterday before
J. D. Case, Esq., charged with trespassing on the Chester
and Birkenhead line of railway, and also with assaulting
John Hanky, a constable in the service of the company,
whilst in the exelution of his duty. Mr. Mallaby, solicitor,
appeared on behalf of the complainant, and a gentleman from
the office of Messrs. Laces & Co. appeared for the defendants.
It appeared from the evidence of Hanley, that on the night of
Thursday last, he saw the defendants walking on the line near
the Eastham embankment • that he told them they had no
right there, when Price replied they had as much right there
as he (Hanley). The witness then seized Price, and said he
should take him to prison, on which he called Jones, who
had run away, to come to his assistance ; and, on his doing.
so, he desired the complainant to release Price, which being
refused, Jones struck Hanley a blow on the head with a large
stick, which knocked him down. He lay on the ground
some time in a state of insensibility. The defence set up
was, that the defendants were pursung a poacher at the time,
and that the complainant was the aggressor, having an anti-
pathy to the keepers, being a poacher himself ; but, in reply
to this, Mr. Mallaby observed that Hanley bore a most ex-
cellent character, and was a good servant. Mr. Case, in
announcing the decision of the court, designated the assault
as most cruel and unjustifiable ; observing that, for any
thing the defendants knew, they might have left their victim
dead in the ditch. They were then ordered to pay a penalty
of 20s. each and the costs.

MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE.—At the weekly
meeting of the Dock Committee, held yesterday, the follow-
ing members were present :—Messrs. Sands, (chairman)
Horsfall, Barclay, Holt, Smith, Bulley, Rovden, Tobin,
Moon, Shand, Aikin, Chilton, Bold, Nicol, Martin, Middle-
ton, and Mr. Bramley-Moore, one of the newly elected mem-
bers from the council, who was introduced by Mr. Moon.
On the recommendation of the Sub-committee of Works, a
porch was ordered to be added to the door of the house of the
master of Prince's-dock. The Surveyor reported that the
site for lengthening the Clarence Graving-docks was being
cleared of the rubbish, and it would shortly be ready for the
inspection of the committee for their determination as to the
extent of the lengthening. Mr. Tobin impressed upon the
Surveyor the necessity of proceeding as fast as possible, and
the Surveyor replied that there would be no delay. The Sub-
committee for the Department of the Marine Surveyor re-
ported that the new iron light-ship, the Prince, would be
launched at eleven o'clock on the morning of Saturday the
3d of December, at eleven o'clock. The sum of 50s. was
ordered to be paid to Thomas Hughes, towards the expense
of his removal from the telegraph station at Liverpool to
that at Hilbre Island; and £8 to Thomas Johnson, keeper
of the Voel Nant telegraph, towards the expense of a stable
for a pony which he is obliged to keep. A report was made
of some very important services rendered by the Point of
Ayr lifeboat, in rescuing the crew of the flat Rose, which
was wrecked on West Hoyle Bank on the 16th instant. It
was referred to the sub-committee, with the view of consi-
dering the rewards to be paid to the men for their bravery
and daring. The receipts at Runcorn between the 25th of
October and the 24th of November were reported to be
£39 6s. 9d. ; for the corresponding period last year, they
were £52 Os. 7d. The statistical account of the ships in
the docks was ordered to be continued till the end of the
current year, terminating in June next. A letter from
Messrs. Fielden Brothers, acknowledging the receipt of the
resolution of the committee as to the new line of New
York packets consigned to them being berthed in the Water-
loo-dock along with the other lines, and requesting that as
their being placed there was intended as an experiment for
three months, which were nearly expired, the claims of the
new line might be considered in any fresh arrangement. The
application was ordered to be taken into consideration at that
time. An application from Mr. James Moss, solicitor, on
behalf of the owners of the brig Enterprise, of Yarmouth,
claiming £l5 for some darnage done to that vessel in the
Queen's-dock Basin, by the alleged neglect of the Pier-
master, was refused. Messrs. Zwilchenbart and Co., con-
signees of a French vessel inward bound, which was wrecked
on the Great Burbo during the late gales, made an applica-
tion for the return of £5 2s. 6d., the dock dues, which, under
the circumstances, were ordered to be returned.—The Com-
mittee then separated.
ASSAULT BY A LANDLORD ON HIS TENANT.—At the po-
lice-court, yesterday, Mr. William Coward, landlord of the
Brunswick Hotel, in Wapping, (near the Salthouse Dock,)
appeared before Mr. Rushton, to answer a complaint against
him by one of his tenants. The complainant, a respectably-
dressed female, stated that she rented the tap-room under
the inn from the defendant; that she had regularly paid her
rent of a guinea a week to him when called upon ; that on
Monday morning last, he had called upon her for two weeks'
rent then due ; that she tendered him the money, but re-
quired his receipt, which he refused to give ; that he came
on the afternoon of the same day with two bailiffs, who be-
gan to lay hands upon her goods ; and, that on her remon-
strating with him on such conduct, he pushed her, struck
her violently on the breast with his closed hand, and finally
thrust her down a flight of stairs. She added that she had
paid him £2O on taking the premises as a bonus for liberty
to sell spirits, &c., under his name, she herself having no
license ; that he after the distraint received the rent without
expenses ; that she at first purchased her spirits from him,
but having latterly gone to another party, he had served
her with notice to quit, as well as in the manner
stated. Several witnesses for the complainant proved
the assault. The defendant said that he had gone into
the house with a friend ; that the complainant had come
to him and asked him why he had sent the bailiffs ;
that he told her be had no other resource, as she bad put
him at defiance ; that she never tendered the rent as stated,
and that on her becoming abusive he had pushed her out, but
had used no more force than was necessary to eject her. He
called two witnesses. The money paid to. him by the com-
plainant was a mere deposit for the use of his name as the
licensed party in the tap, and he knew that proceedings were
being taken by the excise against the complainant for selling
spirits without a license. In reply to questions from the
bench, he admitted that after quietly permitting the sale
while he supplied the spirits, he had himself given informa-
tiion (after complainant had ceased to deal with him) to the
excise. The complainant said her breast was still sore from
the blow. Mr. Rushton said that the conduct of the de-
fendant had throughout been highly reprehensible. With
respect to the sale of spirits with his sanction, for a bonus—
that would probably be enquired into elsewhere. His taking
the rent without costs was a proof that he was wrong; and
for the assault lie must pay a fine of £5, or be imprisoned
for two months.

. . .
It will be seen from the despatches which we publ.ish from
China, that amongst the wounded is a young midshipman of
the name of Lyon. This enterprising gentleman, whose ser-
vices we believe have distinguished him, is the son of Thomas
Lyon, Esq., of Appleton-hall, near Warrington.
THE CHASE.—The Cheshire hounds meet this day (Fri-
day), at Withington Hall ; to-morrow (Saturday), at Oulton
Park ; on Monday, at Aston Hall ; on 'Wednesday, at Crewe
Hall ; on Thursday, at Brereton Green ; and on Saturday,
Dec. 3, at Dunham Massey ;—each day at half-past ten.
THE MINISTERIAL MEASURES.—Since the reciprocity
acts, the only rational means taken to relieve the distress of
the English shipping interest, which is a very different thing
from the colonial, have been taken by the present ministers,
who have cheapened timber, and allowed vessels to victual
out of bond in British ports, which precludes the necessity,
formerly so common, of sending vessels destined for long
voyages to Hamburg to victual.—Journal. This testimony
to the ameliorating character of Sir Robert Peel's policy may
be thought of some value from a Radical print. But when
was it common to send vessels to Hamburg to victual ?
On Tuesday morning, about ten o'clock, the inhabitants
of High-street, Edge-hill, were considerably excited by the
rumour of a child being burnt to death. The child in ques-
tion was the daughter of a Mr. Quilliam, of Edge-hill.
Haply the rumour proved in part untrue, but not altogether;
for, in the absence of Mrs. Quilliam, whilst assisting a
neighbour, she overheard the cries, or partially heard the
groans, of some one in agony. She went unsuspectingly
into her own house, and there unexpectedly beheld her own
child, about six years of age, a literally scorched living being.
Assistance was immediately procured, and the child con-
veyed to the next door. Dr. Fell was immediately on the
spot, and, under his able treatment, the child seemed to
rally. This accident ought to operate very forcibly as a
caution against the unpardonable conduct of mothers leaving
children in such very precarious situations; especially. we
trust, it will be a convincing warning in the immediate
neighbourhood. The circumstances of the case are simple :
the child was left (as too many are) to play before the fire,
and its clothes having become ignited, it was soon reduced
to the miserable condition from which it so narrowly escaped
—if, indeed, it can as yet be said to have escaped. Its pa-
rents have, since the misfortune, been labouring under the
deepest agony.—We regret to state that since writing the
foregoing the child has died. The inquest was held yester-
day, and a verdict returned of " found burnt to death, but
how the fire originated there was no evidence to show."

CAUTION TO TOPERS.—During the time that Mr. Hall
was the stipendiary magistrate of this borough, persons
found in a state of intoxication in the streets, and who were
taken to Bridewell and " booked for safety," were brought
up in the Police-court next day, and, unless they had been
very troublef. ime lo the officers, were immediately " dis-
charged," without any fine being imposed. In the early part
of the administration of his successor, Mr. Rushton, the
latter gentleman, with a view, doubtless, to prevent this of-
fence against public decorum, generally imposed a fine of
2s. 6d. on the poorer delinquents, or, in default, two days'
imprisonment; and 55., or three days, on those who are
better able to pay, and who from their station in life should
show a better example. But the want of accommodation in
the Borough gaol, for the increasing number of those thus
fined who were defaulters—in addition to those sent to prison
for higher offences—induced him to relax such a practice for
a considerable time, and, to order such parties to be "dis-
charged" as formerly, after the durance of the night, or the
finding of bail,—a fine of 2s. 6d. only being inflicted in the
cases of refractory parties. In order, however, to the better
conservation of the public morals, as well as to save time and
trouble to tile police force, (whose constant services are
fully required for more important objects than the care of
drunken subjects,) Mr. Rushton has become more stringent
than at first in punishing the offence ; and those who are de-
termined to indulge in their cups beyond the point of ebriety
which will unable them to take care of themselves and their
loose cash,.could do well to enjoy themselves at their own
chimney-corners; and instead of tumbling about the streets,
when " half-seas-over," tumble peaceably into bed. Yes-
terday all the parties (both male and female) brought up and
charged with being " drunk, and booked for safety," were
fined ss. each, or ordered, in default, to be imprisoned three
days.

A further destruction of balracoons has taken place on the
coast of Africa, in which operation three men of her Majes-
ty's ship Madagascar were killed and one severely wounded
by the natives. The affair is thus briefly noticed in a letter
just recited :—" Her Majesty's ship Madagascar. Paul de
Loards, August 26, 1842.—We have taken four slavers ;
landed at Cabenda again to destroy more barracoons, where
the natives fired at us, and killed three men and wounded
another severely. We have landed at two other places.
MURDER OF AN ENGLISHMAN.-011 Sunday last, Mr.
Geary, an Englishman, who has lived a long time at Laille,
in the Ille-et-Vilaine, farming his own lands, lost his life in
the following affray :—One of his gates having been taken
away by M. Hamon, a neighbouring farmer, Mr. Geary
retorted by removing another from the land of the depre-
dator. H amon's son demanded its restoration, and on being
refused, seized a hedge-stake, and at one blow laid Mr.
Geary dead on the ground. One of his servants, who en-
endeavoured to interpose between the disputants, was also
struck at the same time. Young Hamon is in custody.
PASSAGE ALLOWANCE OF OFFICERS.—The Secretary at
War has just issued a new warrant for the regulation of the
passage allowance of officers of the army. This order is a
considerable improvement on the old one, and reffects great
credit on Sir H. Hardinge's system of management. He has
introduced a more liberal scale of allowance, and many
facilities which cannot fail to have a beneficial effect, as well
as to put an end to the numerous complaints and heart-burn-
ings to which the old warrant so frequently gave rise. The
regulations applicable to officers going to or returning from
a foreign station, are clearly and, as it appears to us, satis-
factorily defined, and would seem to leave no room either for
immediate or prospective improvement.—United :Service
Gazette.

AN ADVENTURER.—" Death has just struck," says
l'Echo de la Frontiere, " at the advanced age of 84, an in-
habitant of Valenciennes, the history of whose varied and
adventurous life resembles more a romance than a reality.
M. Jaques Philippe Candemont, born near, Cambrai in
1758, was the son of a villager. He studied surgery, and
sailed in a vessel bound to the East Indira. He visited
Pondicherry, Chandernagore, and the French establishments
of India. He became principal surgeon to:Meuron's Swiss
Regiment; waa prcacnt at the various actions fought by
Tippo Saib, travelled over the entire Ihdian peninsula with a
regiment of Sepoys, married in India Dame Wilmina Bar-
tels, and concluded his career by returning to France in pos-
session of a handsome fortune."

CAPTURE OF SLAVERS.—Arrived at Spithead, onyVednes-
day evening last, her Majesty's ship Curacoa, Jenkin Jones,
Esq., captain, from the south American station, with about
2,000,000 of dollars on board, on Merchant's account. The
Fantome was on a cruise for six weeks, having recently cap-
tured and brought in a slave brig, name unknown, having on
board 375 slaves, 30 of whom died on their passage to Rio
de Janeiro, which occupied but a few days. The crew of the
slaver escaped from her, and landed with some difficulty in
the surf. The pinnace of the Fantome had been previously
fired upon, whilst at anchor off Istha Grande, and one of the
crew severely wounded ; they were in a cove, near the estate
of a man named Ycemdealias, reputed to be extensively en-
gaged in the traffic of slaves. The commodore has addressed
a very spirited remonstrance on the subject of this outrage to
the Brazilian authorities, but the result has not yet transpired.

A DUEL IN FRANCE.—The Correctional Tribunal of Cor-
beil was engaged on Friday in the trial of M. Granier de
Cassagnac for• wounding M. Lacrosse in the duel between
them, the affair having been referred to it by the Court of
Cessation, in deciding on the appeal made by M. Granier de
Cassagnac, on the ground that accusations founded on duel-
ling were not within the jurisdiction of Correctional Tribu-
nals, but amenable only to Courts of Assizes. The tribunal
was crowded, and many ladies were present. When M.
Granier de Cassagnac had answered the usual interrogato-
ries, M. Lacrosse and M. Lechevalier, chief editor of the
Globe, were called as witnesses, but neither of them ap-
peared. The Procureur du Roi thereupon read a letter from
M. Lacrosse, stating that, being of necessity detained at
Brest, it was impossible for him to attend, and M. Granier
de Cassagnac informed the Court that M. Lechevalier did
not appear, because he had been assured that the jurisdiction
of the tribunal would be again objected to, and the merits of
the case would not be entered upon ; therefore bis attend..
auce would be unnecessary. The other formal documents
being read, M. Bachiere, as counsel for M. Granier de Cas-
sagnac, and that gentleman himself, again argued against the
jurisdiction of the tribunal, which, however, overruled their
objections. Upon this, M. Granier de Cassagnac made de-
fault, and was condemned to pay a fine of loof. and costs.
The court excused M. Lacrosse for his non-attendance, but
ordered M. Lechezalier to pay a penalty of 10f.

DREADFUL ASSASSINATION AT BRUSSELS. —We find
the following in the independent of Brussels of Sunday :
" Last night at eleven o'clock, some say this morning at one,
a tragical event occurred at the residence of Mdlle. Heine-
fetter, the prima donna of our theatre. M. Caumartin,
whose father was member of the Chamber of Deputies in
France, was at Mdlle. Heinefetter's with M. Alme Sirey,
the author of a celebrated law work, and whose father was
an avocet of the Court of Cessation. A violent dispute arose
between them. M. Caumartin, who had with him a sword
cane, stabbed M. Sirey, and he died upon the sofa. We are
assured that M. Caumartin, after having committed this
crime, fled in M. Sirey's carriage. The police was apprised
of what had taken place about a quarter of an hour afterwards.
The most active search was made for the murderer, and this
morning all the gates of the city were closely watched." The
Observateur says—" M. Sirey, who had come to Brussels
for a week, had accompanied Mdlle Heinefetter to a concert,
and returned home with her to supper when the coucert was
over. M. Caumartin, his fellow-countryman, supped with
them. Whilst they were taking their wine a violent dispute
arose, and M. Caumartin, rising suddenly, plunged the sword
of his cane into the body of M. Sirey, who had contradicted
something that he had said. M. Sirey was only able to ex-
claim, 'Je suis frappe,' and died instantly, the instrument
having traversed the region of the heart. M. Caumartin
proceeded immediately to Dr. Allard, and entreated him to
attend the unfortunate Sirey, but it was too late. He was
cold when the doctor arrived. On learning this fact, M.
Caumartin fled, and it is not known what is become of him.
It is said that a third guest, who received M. Sirey in his
arms when he was stabbed, was so affected that this morning
he was unable to utter a word." In another account it is
stated that M. Sirey, who was 29 years of age, was married,
and the father of a family. He resided in Paris, in the rue
Laflitte.

SCANDALOUS TREATMENT OF A PROTESTANT CLERGY-
MAN.—The following facts, furnished us by a respectable
correspondent, cannot fail of proving highly interesting to
the friends of the Irish Bible Society, at the same time they
furnish us with another specimen of Romish toleration in
the nineteenth century :—" On Friday, the 4th inst., there
was an examination held, in the town of Kingscourt. of the
teachers of the Irish Society. The meeting was a large one
and the proceedings of an interesting character, several of the
teachers expressing their canviction of the errors of Rome
and the truth of Protestantism. In accordance with this
spirit, on the following Sunday upwards of one hundred
of them publicly abjured the errors of the Church of Rome,
and received the sacrement in the church of Kingscurt. As
might naturally be expected, these men became objects
of persecution to the members of that communion which
they conscientiously abandoned. One of them, residing in
Bailieborough, having his family afflicted with fever, sent for
the Protestant clergyman, the Rev. Thomas Pentlant, Lisgar
Cottage, to visit them. On the rev. gentleman entering the
house he found the poor man's daughter dead, and the
father then requested that he would attend at three o'clock
next day and officiate at the burial. According to appoint-
ment, the Rev. Mr. Pentland attended at the place of burial,
Moybologue, the family burial-place for years, and on his
entering the grave-yard he was opposed by a number of per-
sons who had evidently assembled for that purpose. How-
ever, he commenced reading the beautiful burial service of
the Church, when he was interrupted by the groaning, hiss-
ing, and cheering of the Romish mob ! Another funeral
having shortly after arrived, the numbers of the mob were
increased, and the rev. gentleman was threatened with having
his brains knocked out if he persevered in reading his " ballet
(for so they termed the Prayer Book) in a grave-yard that
was never polluted with the like before !" They then
proceeded to call the reverend gentleman and his religion
by every opprobrious epithet which they could invent. The
father of the deceased and her uncle interfered, but all
to no purpose, as the mob declared that they would
dig the body up again if the service was persevered in.
The Rev. Mr. Pentland, at the suggestion of several
Protestants, retired, when, amid the silent frowns of some
and denunciations of others, the poor man was allowed to
inter his child. This, pr, is the freedom extended to men
who act from conscientious motives, and who wish to main-
tain their religious opinions!, Verily, Romanism remains
unchanged and unchangeable.' —TVelford Conservative.