The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-26 00:00:00

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS

RIPON, July 21.—The crops in this vicinity, which have
hitherto looked very promising, have sustained partial in-
jury from the heavy and increased rains of Tuesday and
Wednesday, Some of the heavy wheats are much swayed
down, and will not be able to recover their position unless
favoured with an early change to fine dry weather. We be-
lieve the severe storm of Tuesday did not reach many miles
south or east of Ripon, but from the overflowing of the rivers
must have extended considerably westwards.—Leeds paper,
BARNSLE v, July 21.—The weather, until the last few days,
of heavy rain, has been favourable to the gathering in of the
hay crops. A good deal of hay has been well secured in the
neighbourhood : westward, towards the moors, the mowing is
just commencing, and the crops there are more promising
than usual, but the present showery weather will check the
labours of the hay-maker. The corn lo a general way is shot
out into fine bold ear, and is browning rapidly in the most
favoured situations.—Leeds paper,
Hum., July 21.—The hay harvest has made considerable
progress in the East Riding, the crops generally being rather
light, but secured in excellent condition. Wheat is coming
on beautifully. Apprehensions are not entertained in this
rain, o n l
both
ha t
hoef
weightw h i which
neighbourhood of a deficiency in the yield; after a fortnight
o
f sunshine, with refreshing breezes and a clear atmosphere,
we yesterday received
will be to better fill
and
quality of the crops.—Hull Herald.
23.—The H
ne weather has given
i
the farmers in this neighbourhood an opportunity to get in
the greater part of their fodder. The crops of corn are par-
NOTTINGHAM,
ticularly forward, and promise much, both in quality and
u.ylate fine t hae ear, fine
the y
r and improve
badly and sickly six weeks
ago, have completely alteredtheir appearance, and bid fair
to give an average quantity.
Without doubt, the harvest in
quantity. Some that were very
this district will be very early.—Nottingham Review.

THE RUSSIANS DEFEATED BY THE CIII.CASIANS.—
According to the Augsburg Gazette of the 15th instant, it
would seem the Circassians had gained an important advan.
tage over the Russians. It states that a division of the army
of Circassia, under the command of General Grabbe, had
been attacked in a forest by the Lesghians and cut to pieces.
The Russian loss is estimated at 1,500 men and 15 officers.
The artillery, which was in the rear, was preserved from
falling into the hands of the enemy.

8D13013 OiP TIM MIRAN 21'Mli9PI4W1
Sir,—l was about to submit to public attention a fact con-
nected with the working of the national system of education
in my own district—hetbre I could do so the last report of
the commissioners appeared in the newspapers in the shape
of a recommendatory appeal to the lord lieutenant's approf-
log judgment. I cannot but, at the same time, with your
permission, connect my intended remark on what has come
under my own knowledge with the glaring inconsistency be-
tween the commissioners, professions and the practical
working of the system. . _

What a different clue would an every-day experience of
its progress and details afford as to its real merits and cha-
racter from that which the less-instructed would derive
from the studied representations and high professions of the
commissioners in their report.

They can be, in a flourish of a report, all but as warm ad-
vocates for the use of the Scriptures as their most inveterate
opponents—they can put forward their Scripture selections
" not as a substitute, but as an introduction to the sacred
volume itself"—they can even " earnestly and unanimously
recommend them." This is their high-toned profession—
this is the system trimmed and dressed out in specious and
seductive colours to win the admiration, and gain the
support of the thoughtless and indifferent. They can put
forth plausible statements, and lay claim to a close conformity
to a scriptural standard and foundation. But how are their
fine principles and statements borne out by facts ? How is
their professed preference for scriptural education exhibited
in practice ? Do they not know that it is delusion to refer to
their extracts for proof of the Scripture character of the
system—to vaunt of their " earnestly and unanimously re-
commending them as an introduction to the sacred volume
itself." Is it possible to believe with all this, that the
scriptural extracts are anything more than an apology and a
cloak for the board ? They may, indeed, ever so earnestly
" recommend" them. But when they tell us that the
" national schools are not so much the schools of the govern-
ment as of local patrons and managers," who would be so
dull as to imagine that in the nine-tenths of the schools
where the Roman Catholic clergy are the " pastors and
managers," that the Scripture extracts are anything more
than a dead letter—in fact, that they are not a proscribed
book. It is thus that as education increases (see report)—
spiritual light is stationary in its progress; in proportion as
facilities for procuring knowledge are multiplied, the priests,
shielded by the regulations of the national system, incur no
increasing odium as the withholders of scriptural truth. The
commissioners give their sanction, and the priests bear rule
by their means ; for, connected as they are with the controul
and management of the schools, they appear less in their
own proper spiritual character as suppressors of scriptural
truth, than as agents in the administration of a system
founded and nurtured by government.
Perhaps it would be too fearful a libel to assert that the
board tacitly co-operates with the priests in the suppression
even of their own extracts. But dues the board seek to en-
courage and facilitate their use? No; if they were really
anxious that they should he as much as possible in general
use and requisition, would they not allow them a free course
and circulation. But the fact is the reverse. There is only
a free grant of them every four years. But how long in
general does this supply last? I will venture to affirm that,
for three years out of the four, the grand majority of the
schools are most ill supplied, or completely destitute of
them. Ido not speak at random. I was told by the master
of one of the schools here that they are in want of Scripture
extracts, that their supply was long since exhausted, and
that they do not in general make much use of them, and
that in the two neighbouring schools (he particularised their
localities) they are not used at all. Now, here are three
schools in one small district, in which the children have not
the semblance of a scriptural education. Here is a specimen
of the practical working of the system. As much of the
Scriptures as the board will authorise and patronise, become
either a dead letter, owing to the operation of their own
rules, which obstructs instead of regulates a supply of this
portion; or to their proscription by " local patrons and ma-
nagers."

We have a parade of figures in the last report—that, for
instance, "in the course of this year, there will be between
3,000 and 4,000 poor children receiving instruction under
us." It is well that they do not say a scriptural education.
Taking the number at 200,000, it would be found, I am con-
fident, that not 10,000 children could be found to exhibit
even a tolerable proficiency in the book of extracts. It would
be a good criterion on this point, as the hoard has paraded
£6,154 7s. as the amount last year for the sale of books and
requisites, if they would specify the exact proportion which
the sale of Scripture extracts bears to the gross sum. Will
they do this ? lam sure they will not. But should they not
do this in fairness and honesty ?
It is only easy simplicity or ignorance of the religious
state of Ireland that could be deluded into the belief that
" the principles (see report) upon which the national schools
are established" could be, in the nature of things, " deve-
loped in practice." The board professes to exalt the Scrip-
tures as the best foundation for education ; but what do
their professions signify when all that they can do, if indeed
they strive to do more than what they assert in a printed re-
port, or in the preface to their extracts, is to " LEAVE"
" the use of the sacred volume to the religious instructors of
the children," and to `• RECOMMEND" " the extracts to be
used in all schools" whose " local patrons and managers"
are the priests. It is thus, whether by the designed genius
of the system, or by the direct connivance of the board, that
the priests influence is upheld, and their hands strengthened
in withholding from the people the woreof God.
I am, Sir, your's faithfully,
July 20, 1042. H. SIRR.

THE CLAYTON SQUARE MEETING

TO THE EDITOR OF THE

MORNING HERALD

SIR,—I have recently arrived in London from Liverpool
and Manchester, and cannot but feel surprised at the manner
in which the sayings and doings of certain gentlemen, calling
themselves deputies, are chronicled.
1 have heard of a Mr. Heyworth making speeches at
a meeting of the defeated whiff-radical clique in Liverpool;
and if the Mr. L. Heyworth: whose name figures in the
anti-corn-law conferences and deputations, be the same
individual, he can scarcely have the effrontery to assert that
he is either commissioned to speak, or that he does speak,
the sentiments of the respectable inhabitants of Liverpool.
When the public of Liverpool think proper to express their
opinions by deputation on such an important point of com-
mercial policy as the corn laws, they will select a very differ-
ent person for the undertaking to Mr. Lawrence Heyworth.
Again, who is Mr. Holland Hool? A short time hack a
bundle of cotton lords, full of wisdom and philanthropy,
came from Manchester to Liverpool to inform the natives of
Liverpool of their disinterested views upon the corn laws.
Among them came a Mr. Holland Hoot, or, as some of the
placards announcing the meeting ladit by. mistake, Holland
Tool, and others Holland Fool. They preached andspouted
away at the Amphitheatre, and the astonishing modesty and
self-denial displayed had the wholesome effect of turning
several wavering whigiings into staunch tories. They went
back with their tails between their legs. If the Mr. H. Boo!,
who generally takes upon himself to represent the opinions
of the inhabitants of Manchester and Saltord, be the same
gentleman, he will have a lively recollection of the circum-
stances.
But who is the distinguished cotton-spinner that, according
to the report of the deputation the other day to Sir Robert
Peel, absolutely " shed tears!" This astounding display of
human agony must surely at once have overcome the sternest
resolutions of the Premier; and it is indeed to be deplored
that those precious drops were not carefully preserved in'
spirits, to be exhibited among the rarest curiosities at the
next " National Anti-Corn-Law Bazaar."

But, sir, how long is this scence—Zniquity and cajolery
to be tolerated ? For the last ten years in Liverpool and
Manchester the same democratic knot have been putting
forth the same sophistical selfishness about the corn-laws.
They have lately been admitted to conferences in high places,
and obtained a consequent notoriety which their arguments
never could se
secure to them. Is their real position changed?
Not a bit. 'There is not so much reason or necessity to be
shown now for the repeal of the corn-laws as there could be
ten years ago. It is, however, quite impossible that these
overpowering exhibitions of agony on one hand, and smpathy
on the other, can be continued without producing consider-
able effect ; and the question naturally forcing itself on the
consideration of the people of Liverpool is, are the land-
owners of England going to permit Mr. Lawrence Heyworth
and Mr. Holland Hool to repeal the corn-laws? If they
are, the natural reply will be, What the deuce did they do
that for? Let us, however, hope, before the separation of
parliament, that some responsible. English gentleman will
speak in a more uncompromising tone on this important
subject than the present ministers appear inclined to use.
The threats of outbreak and rebellion are base libels on the
manufacturing population, for every subscriber to the Anti-
Corn-Law League well knows that it is utterly beyond the
power of that mischievous body to delude the people into
the scenes that they describe. The working classes in Liver-
pool and Manchester know !hem and their objects, and are
only surprised that any minister, or in fact any man, should
be influenced by their pompous inanities.—Yours, &c.,
A LIVERPOOL BURGESS.

DIVISION ON THE GRANT TO MAYNOOTH

Acland, Sir T. D. Gore, M. Paget, Lord A.
Aglionby, H. A. Goulburn, H. Palmerston, Lord
Ainsworth, P. Graham, Sir J. Pechell, Capt.
Aldam, W. Hamilton, W. J. Peel, Sir R.
Baillie, Col. Hardinge, Sir H. Peel, J.
Baring, W. Hawes, B. Philips, M.
Bentinck, Lord G. Henley, J. W. Plumridge, Capt.
Berkeley, Capt. Herbert, S. Pulsford, R.
Boldero, H. G. llervey, Lord A. Roos, Capt.
Bowring, Dr. Hill, Lord M. Sheil, R. L.
Brotherton, J. Howard, P. H. Smith, R. V.
Bruce, Lord E. Jermyn, Earl Somerset, Lord G
Cavendish, G. Jocelyn, Lord Somerville, Sir W
Clements, Lord Knatehbull, Sir E. Stanley, Lord
Clive, E. Knight, H. G. Stansfield, W. R.
Cockburn, Sir G. Lambton, H. Stewart, J.
Colborne, W. Langston, J. IL Sutton, H.
Cony, H. Lascelles, W. S. Tancred, H. W.
Courtenay, Lord Leicester, Earl Thornely, T.
Cowper, W. F. Lemon, Sir C. Tufnell, H.
Crawford, W. Lincoln, Earl Vane, Lord H.
Darner, Col. Lindsay, M. Wawn, J. T.
Denison, E. B. M'Geachy, F. A. Wilde, Sir T.
Douglas, Sir C. Mangles, R. D. Wodehouse, E.
Eliot, Lord Manners, Lord C. Wood, B.
Escott, B. Mimes, R. M. Wood, G. W.
Ferguson, Sir R. Muntz, G. F. Wyse, T.
Flower, Sir J. Newport, Lord Yorke, H. R.
French, F. Nicholl, J. Young, J.
Gaskell, J. M. Norreys, Lord
Gill, T. O'Brien, J. Tellers.
Gladstone, W. O'Connell, D. Fremantle, Sir T.
Gordon, Capt. O'Connell, M. J. Clerk, Sir G.

NOES.
Allis, J. P. Fuller, A. B. Newry, Lord
Antrobus, E. Gladstone, T. Packe, W. C.
Archdall, Capt. Goring, C. Polhill, F.
Blackburne, J. I. Grogan, E. Rushbrooke, Col.
Bradshaw, J. Hamilton, Lord C. Russell, J. D. W
Buck, L. W. Hardy, J. Sibthorp, Col.
Buller, Sir J. Y. Hodgson, F. Smith, A.
Burroughes, H. Hughes, W.B. Smyth, Sir H.
Campbell, A. Kenable, H. Stuart, 11.
Chetwode, Sir J. Lefroy, A. Tollemache, J.
Clayton, R. Lockhart, W. Tyrell, Sir J.
Codrington, C. Lowther, J. H• Verner, Col.
Colvile, C. R. Mackenzie, T.
Duffield, T. Mackenzie, W. F. Tellers.
Ferrand, W. B. Mainwaring, T.
Fitzroy, Capt. Masterman, J. Plumptre, J.
Ffolliott, J. Morgan, O. Bateson, R.
Forbes, W. Munday, E. M.

THE AGRICULTURAL Assocf ATlON.—Something was said
on the subject of feeding, and a curious disquisition was
commenced on the possibility of bringing up a flea entirely
by hand ,• hut a member declared that he bad felt one at his
foot all the preceding night, and had made several efforts to
bring it up by hand, all of which were utterly futiie. (Loud
cheers.) The secretary related an anecdote of a domestic
spider which knew him, (the secretary,) and would take food
off his (the secretary's) hand. A member observed that this
was nothing in comparison with a case he could relate from
his own experience. There was a whole colony of fleas so
exceedingly attached to him that they invariably waited till
he (the member) came to bed, when they would playfully
begin to tickle him, (the member,) and would not only take
their food off his (the member's) hand, but from any part of
Punch.
(the member's) person which they (the fleas) happened
to find at the moment convenient. (immense sensation.)—

MigttLfittNitbilg

TWO troops of dyagoons left Manchester on Vviday morn-
lug to be ready in case any disturbance should break out in
that town, a thing anticipated by most people,
A correspondent of the Standard says one of the leading
anti-corn law brawlers, living near Manchester, and in the
flannel trade, cleared £24,000 by his business last year !

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• -
A series of patent machinery for theatres, by which a si-
multaneous change of thirty-five different pieces of scenery
may be effected by turning the handle of the apparatus, has
just been invented by Mr. R. Macdonald Stephenson.
There is in the parish of Broadclist an old man, named
John Lee, in the 86th year of his age, who has helped to cut
Wish Meadow, belonging to Sir T. 1). Acland, Bart., M.P.,
seventy-two years successively, and is now a hale man consi-
dering his age.—Devizes Gazette.
Lust's NATURZE.-A remarkable instance of this kind
occurred a few days ago, at Grays, in this county, where a
woman, of the name of Avis, was delivered of three children
and a lamb, which latter is now in possession of Mr. Sted-
man, surgeon, having been preserved by him in spirits.—
Essex Standard.

QUICK WORK IN A HAY FIELD.-A correspondent who
writes from Wibsey, near Bradford, but Who does not give
his name, informs us that a farmer who resides not a hun-
dred miles from Wibsey Slack, and who has long boasted of
his ability in prognosticating the weather, and of his skill in
getting in his hay without damage by rain, cut a field of grass
early last Saturday morning, set the hay-makers speedily to
work, and before eight o'clock that night " he had got in all
his hay and had his cattle turned into the field to eat the
fog !"—Leeds Intelligencer.

EXTENSIVE SEIZURE.—A seizure of upwards of 40,001b5.
of foreign unmanufactured tobacco, besides cigars, was, on
Wednesday morning, made at Hedon. It appears that,
in consequence of information received the officers pro-
ceeded, during the night, to the premises of a carrier in
Hedon, named John Branton, where they found two
carts loaded with packages of tobacco, &c. ; and, after
lying in ambush for some time, they also discovered toge-
ther, concealed in an outhouse, Branton, the carrier, and two
persons of respectable appearance, as countrymen, who gave
their names John Fletcher and William Baker. Having
secured them, the carts were examined, and found to con-
tam 4,1721135. of tobacco, and five cases of cigars, weighing
501bs. ; another case was, also found, containing tea, coffee,
manufactured tobacco, and cigars. The prisoners were exa-
mined, first before the Hull, and afterwards before the East
Riding magistrates, by whom they were remanded till Mon-
day.—Hull paper.

TIM VICAR OF GEDNEY.—This gentleman (the Rev. T.
S. Escott) has addressed the following letter " to the clergy."
It is inserted in the London Times as an advertisement :
" Rev. Brethren—The Privy Council has given a decision,
by which a clergyman is to be suspended for three months
for doing his duty—for refusing to use the burial service at
the interment of one who had died unbaptised ;' and, in
order to put a face upon this decision, the Council has
asserted that every human being, whether schismatic or
otherwise, may validly perform the holiest office of the priest-
hood of God. Thus the Council entirely denies the utility
of a priesthood ; and thus the Bishop's office, in the eye of
the law, is ended ; for a lawyer assumes the Prelacy, and
confers his ordination upon all mankind ; and each member
of the Council having taken an oath to support the Church,
this is their regard for that oath, and this is the support
which they afford. And will you, rev. brethren, sit down
quietly under such mockery as this ? No, surely you will
not! but you will unite in petitioning your respective dio-
cesans to oppose, in the proper place, the wicked insult
which the Privy Council has thrown upon the Word of God
and his Church, and to memorialize the Queen of the realm,
respecting that religion, which the Queen, as well as the
Council, is sworn to defend."—[Mr. Eseott is not likely to
gain much sympathy by such an offensive outrage against
constituted authority as this letter exhibits. Whether lay-
baptism be valid or invalid may be matter of argument, but
it is degrading and disgusting to hear a clergyman describe
the sentence upon himself, as a " wicked insult to the word
of God," and the judges who passed that sentence as guilty
of perjury. It is a pity that Mr. Escott shows so little con-
trition for the ignorance of his duty as a christian priest.—
ED. L.S.]

INTERESTING PIECE OF WOOD.—(From a correspondent.)
—On Thursday morning a piece of wood, addressed to the
Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household, was landed at the
Woolwich Dockyard from the Rhadamanthus steam-vessel,
and forwarded the following day as a present to her Majesty, at
Windsor Castle. There is nothing curious in the appearance
of this piece of wood, but it is said to be interesting owing to
the associations connected with it, having formed part of
the identical tree on which Robinson Crusoe made his not-
ches to calculate time, and on which his parrot perched
during the long solitary residence in the Island of Juan Fer-
nandez of the hero of De Foe's interesting tale, grounded
upon the actual occurrences which happened to Alexander
Selkirk on that desolate island. The piece of wood is of a
dark brown colour, without any bark upon it, and resembles
the body of a person from the breast downwards, cut off at
the knees. It is about two feet long and nine inches in dia-
meter.—[We should be glad to know where the Rhadaman-
thus picked up this "interesting piece of wood," seeing that
she has just returned from the eastern coast of North
America, and that the Island of Juan Fernandez happens to
be some thousands of miles off on the western coast of South
America. They must have been knowing fellows, moreover,
who recognised this dark brown log as " the identical tree"
of Robinson Crusoe and his apocryphal parrot. Such dis-
coverers should be applied to by the miracle-makers of the
church of Rome, they could furnish many valuable items.]
Morning Herald.

FOLLOWING GOODS CONSIGNED TO r vv.ZRUPTS.—The
Court of Exchequer, on the 7th instant, ~.e judgment in
the case of Wentworth, Esq., v. Outhwaite and another, in
which the nominal plaintiff was the late sheriff for Yorkshire ;
but the parties interested, Messrs. Terry and Harrison,
bankers, Ripon ; and the nominal defendants were Messrs.
Outhwaite and Fergusson, of Leeds, carriers on the Leeds
and Selby railway; but the parties interested were Messrs.
Hill arid Co., flax merchants, Hull. The action was brought
to recover the value of twenty mats of flax, consigned by
Messrs. Hill to Thomas 'Weatherfield, of Mickleby Mill,
near Ripon ; and which were delivered at the carrier's ware-
house, where they were seized by the sheriff's officer, who
paid the charges thereon, but afterwards gave them up to the
agent of Messrs. Hill, on receiving a guarantee of indemni-
fication and the amount of the expenses. At the trial' at
York, it was proved that the bankrupt was in the habit of
carting home, by his own servants, goods which arrived at
Outhwaite's, addressed to him. Two questions arose, first,
whether these goods had or had not been stopped in transitu ;
and second, whether, by the stoppage of other ten mats, part
of the same consignment, the contract bad or had not been
rescinded, and the whole of the goods reverted to Messrs.
Hill. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff, with leave to
move for a nonsuit on the first point, or to reduce the damages
one-half on the second. After hearing the arguments, from
time to time, and taking time to consider, the court gave
judgment that the goods had arrived at the place of their des-
tination, immediately on their being deposited on the de-
fendant's warehouse at Leeds; and that the transitus was
determined, and the unpaid vendor had then no right to stop
them ; and, as to the second point, that the stoppage in
transilu of the flax sent to Boroughbridge had not the effect
of rescinding the contract, and revesting them in the vendor,
—thus settling a question which has been much discussed.
and has been frequently before the court, but never till now
decided.

CAPTURE.OF a GANG OF HIGIIWAYMEN.-011 Saturday
a session was held before William Davis, Esq., chairman,
and Messrs. Streatefield, Maitland, Major Fanshaw, Major
Anderson, W. Cotton, Guilliman, and Mashiter, magistrates
of Essex, at the Angel Inn, Word. Four gipsy looking men,
known as Edward Houghton (alias Jones Joseph). Homan
(alias Job Challis), James Hoy (alias Tydihorne), and
Henry Chapman, were placed at the bar, charged with being
found, together with three other persons who escaped, in a
cave in Epping Forest, under very suspicious circumstances,
and with assaulting and resisting the police in the execution
of their duty. Much interest was manifested in the proceed-
ings, in consequence of the numerous highway robberies
which have recently taken place throughout the neighbour-
hood. Police-sergeant James White, K 13, stated, that he
did duty at the police station, Woodford Wells, for some
time past. Various complaints had been made to him of
serious highway robberies, committed in various parts of the
country, by a numerous gang, who had located themselves
in a cave, which they had managed to construct in the thick-
est part of Epping Forest. On Monday last, with one or
two of his men, he scoured the forest, and ultimately suc-
ceeded in finding the place alluded to, the entrance to which
he found choked up with stumps of trees and boughs, to pre-
vent it being seen. On entering the place he found it empty,
but picked up a tobacco-box, containing bullets, and the
wing of a duck. He thought it imprudent to molest the
cave, but directed some of his men to watch it. On Thurs-
day night last, police-constable Turpin, K 289, was lying
on the ground for this purpose ; and, after waiting
about three hours, he observed seven men enter the
cave, make a fire, and cook something which appeared to
have a great deal of fat in it. The men began to sing and
carouse; and Turpin then made the best of his way to the
Woodford Wells station, and gave information. Six con-
stables, armed with cutlasses, were despatched to the spot,
at which they arrived at half-past two on Friday morning.
On entering the cave, they found the prisoners and three
other men asleep ; but they were roused instantly, and made
a desperate attack on the police with bludgeons, and, for
some time, nearly overpowered them ; ultimately they suc-
ceeded in capturing the four prisoners, but the other three
managed to effect their escape. On searching the place, a
large knife, similar to a butcher's knife, was found, but no
property. The constables had the greatest difficulty in get-
ting them to the station-house. Police-constable Turpin,
K 289 corroborated the above evidence, and added that he
knew the prisoners to be most desperate characters. A gen-
tleman, named Hearn, residing at Ilford, identified the pri-
soners as men he found stealing fruit from his garden on
Monday night last. Inspector Cooper, of the N division,
also recognised the prisoners as notorious characters; and
Mr. Anderson, governor of Ilford gaol, said they had all
been committed to his custody about six times each, and
they were notorious for robberies throughout the county.
The prisoners, in defence, said they were inveigled into the
cave, to have some beer, by the men who escaped. The
bench expressed their conviction, that the prisoners were the
perpetrators of the robberies ; but, in the absence of further
proof, committed them to Ilford gaol for three months and
hard labour, and directed the police to use every exertion to
apprehend their companions.

THE GRANT TO MArrcoorn.--The usual grant to May-
nooth has been passed by a majority of 47. The debate was
brief, pungent, and personal ; indicating, we think, a growing
disinclination towards the national endowment of this semi-
nary, and leading the way, at no very distant season, to a
withdrawal of the grant, unless upon the conditions of a
searching inquiry into the religious, moral, and political
system there maintained, and an efficient control over its
discipline and economy on the part of the government.
Much of the discussion ran upon the demand for inquiry on
the one hand, and the evasion of inquiry on the other.
Charges have been made—serious, it must be allowed, when
the bare mention of them drives Mr. O'Connell into a rage—
and explanation has been challenged, but hitherto without
effect. The Rev. R. J. M•Ghee has solemnly arraigned the
priests and bishops of the Romish church in Ireland of the
most grievous offences against good morals, true religion,
and civil society ; and having autenticated all his charges out
of their own class-books and the acknowledged documents of
their church, he has placed the matter before the public in
such a light as to render it imperative on the Roman Catho-
lics—priests, bishops, and people—to demand such an inquiry
as, if they be honest, must for ever clear them of those grievous
imputations. What has been the result ? Nothing—on the
part of the Roman Catholics. They prefer to lie under such
charges, rather than risk an inquiry. Mr. M`Ghee, how-
ever, has specially addressed Mr. O'Connell, as the lay
champion and political leader of the Roman Catholic church
and people; and called upon him to take such steps as may
vindicate the community to which he belongs. In what
manner has Mr. O'Connell met this challenge ? " Skulked
from it"—as he says himself : evaded and shunned the en-
counter with Mr. M`Ghee ; and to cover his shameful re-
treat, declares that all those charges have been answered
over and over again ; and, if not—he will dispute them with
Colonel Verner any day he chooses to call a meeting at
Exeter Hall ! Great suspicion and great dissatisfaction
prevail with respect to this grant. Let the national faith, if
pledged, be kept sacred
red ; but let it not be abused. Let us
have a searching inquiry—and, if necessary, a wholesome
reform. Should the result of an inquiry prove the establish-
ment pure, honest, useful, and worth sustaining, let the grant
be doubled or trebled, and the system be made adequate and
efficient. But without reform, and without inquiry, not one
penny ought to have been voted.—Dublin Evening Mail.

Not exceeding 20

440,740 410,4021 2,904,207 3,067,668
209,463 215,855 6,437,846 6,666,315
85,118 88,887 5,847,811 6,120,312
28,449 29,785 3,408,037 3,579,040
15,538 16,221 2,639,648 2,760,902
3,066 3,012 742,248! 721,703

- 100
- 150
- 200
Exceeding.... 200

Indivdl. Depostrs.
Charitbl. Institns.
Friendly Societies

782,3741824,162 21,979,7971 22,915,940
7,988 8,778 485,908, 478,096
7,693 8,264 1,005,345 1,080,653

798,0551841,2041£23,471,056X24,474,689

•
MAN AND MACHINERY.—In the year 1829 there were
2,400 operatives cotton spinners in Manchester and Salford
alone, each spinner working a pair of mules averaging 300
spindles each. In that year it was resolved by the master
spinners that if any of them had mules exceeding 300
spindles, they should be allowed to pay the operatives wages
at the rate of 11d per cent. less for every 12 spindles above
300, so that those masters who had mules of 600 spindles
would derive an extra profit of 371 per cent. over those
masters who used mules of 300 spindles. The consequence
was, that the masters vied with each other in lengthening
their mules, and to such an extent has this been done, that
at the present time, the operative is compelled to work a
pair of mules of 1,000 to 1,344 spindles each. Again, in
course spinning, manual labour has, to a great extent, been
superseded by self-acting mules, which are increasing so
rapidly, that at the present time there are only about 700
cotton spinners employed in this branch in Manchester and
Salford ; hundreds have been cast adrift and suffering the
deepest privations. Improvements in other machinery
connected with the preparing of cotton, which will have the
effecting of diminishing the number of workers, are likewise
going forward, and it is impossible to say where the evil will
stop. The facts cannot be disputed, and the only question
that remains is, how the effects of the inventive genius of
the nation, upon the working classes are to be contervailed.
—Manchester Courier.
ANOTHER BURGLARY.—We record the perpetration of
another daring burglary in the vicinity of this town. The
scene of this outrage is the dwelling of John Gardner, a
small farmer, who resides at a retired spot, on the road side
between Galgate and the Dog and Partridge, in Quernmore.
Gardner is a man far advanced in years, being nearly seventy
years of age, and having no wife or family, he generally
lives alone, but at present his brother Robert, also an old
man, resides with him for the purpose of assisting him to
mow his hay. These old men were in bed, when about
three o'clock yesterday (Friday) morning, they were alarmed
by a great noise, and they soon found that thieves were in
the house. John Gardner immediately seized a hay knife,
and at the head of the stairs encountered two or more ruffi-
ans. He struck manfully with the knife, and must have
maimed one of the villains, because the fellow cried out that
his blood was flowing. Unfortunately, Robert Gardner,
the brother, lost his self possession, and concealed himself
under the bed. Old John, though boldly defending himself,
was overcome, and most cruelly treated. The murderous
villains beat him with savage ferocity, and demanded his
money. He said he had none, and they then reminded him
that he had recently sold a calf. He said that was so, but
that the money paid for the calf had not been received by
himself. The brutes afterwards renewed their ill treatment
of the poor old man, and in fact left him for dead. Some
suggestion was made to inflet further punishment, when one
of the gang lifted the poor man's head by the hair and let it
fall on the ground, saying lie was dead enough. This shows
the blood-thirsty disposition of the marauders by whom the
neighbourhood is infested. The brother Robert was dragged
from his hiding-place and ill-used, but not so severely as his
brother. The latter was in time brought to his senses, but
his head and body were frightfully bruised, and the pool of
blood around the spot where he lay, extended a considerable
distance on all sides. It was reported yesterday that he was
dead, but we believe the fact is not so. All the burglars got
for their pains, after all, were two shillings in money, a shirt,
and a pair of shoes. Ilow many the gang consisted of is not
ascertained. Only two were up stairs, but at least one voice
was heard below. The unceremonious means the ruffians
took for entering the house are quite characteristic of modern
burglars. They procured a large stone, and with it fairly
dashed the entire window-frame in, and there it lav in the
apartment with the stone in the idst, when the Premises
were visited..-,-.Laneeder Gaz t e te.