The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-05-27 00:00:00

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FRIDAY MORNING, MAY

27, 1842.

More than one of our contemporaries have of late
"made themselves merry" with the notion that the
government of Sir Robert Peel is prepared to disre-
gard—nay, to outrage—the feelings of the Conservative
party, by whom it has been advanced to the possession
of power. Where are now, we have been scoffingly
asked, the election pledges of a great portion of the
Conservative body ? Where is 'the consideration shown
to the Protestant feeling which denounced Maynooth ?
--to the feeling of humanity which denounced the ini-
quity of the new poor law ?—to the supporter of agri-
cultural protection ?—to the opponent of the factory
system ? That consideration, we feel bound to reply,
upon some of these important questions, exists not.
The government of Sir Robert Peel chooses to isolate
itself with respect to them, from the sympathies of
powerful masses of its warmest supporters. It is
drawing around itself a barrier of cold respect,—re-
pelling the affection,—scorning the high enthusiastic
feelings which have battled with that heartless abstrac-
tion, Utilitarianism, and would have battled with it
still in its behalf. It has thrown down the affection-
ate support which would have grown with its growth, '
strengthened with its strength—aye, clung around it
and warmed it in its ruin, if such an issue could, by
any possibility, have been the end of a perseverance in
the cause of truth and justice.
.Sir Robert Peel has chosen and is pursuing this sui-
cidal course, we admit, and we grieve whilst we record
the admission. Lofty as is the character of that states-
man ; much as we still long to be able to confide im
plicitly in his constitutional integrity—in his Protestant
feeling—in his humanity, and in his justice; he has
struck down many of our fondest hopes, and taught
the Protestant Conservatives of the empire to rely,
more than upon him, upon their own strength and the
justice of the cause which they have at heart. "Put
not your faith in princes," was the wise counsel of one
who knew well human nature and the world, and who
sought not to scatter the seeds of disaffection. Put
not your faith in governments, is the counsel which,
without the most remote desire of engendering oppo-
sition or even dissatisfaction towards the administra-
tion of Sir Robert Peel, we are constrained to offer to
the Conservatives of Great Britain. Maintain Conser-
vative principles rather than merely a Conservative go-
vernment! Maintain the cause itself, rather than the
men, who shrink from asserting it in its stern inte-

grity !
We lay down this course advisedly, as that which it
is the bounden duty of the Conservative body to pur-
sue;—not only in justice to themselves, not only in
justice to those principles which are dear to them, not
only in justice to the country, but in justice, even, to
the Right Honourable Baronet himself, who is at the
head of the government. That distinguished states-
man, elevated to the leading station in the councils of
Great Britain, by Conservative opinion, when, at
length, securely placed there, has taken up views, upon
several important subjects, which we feel are distaste-
ful to a great portion of the Conservatives of Great
Britain, and are calculated ultimately to damage, in the
affections of the people, the Conservative government
of which he is the head: We have no desire to impute
to Sir Robert Peel any wilful desertion of the known
1 principles of Conservatism ; we impute to him no
breach of faith with any section of the Conservative par-
ty—no " betrayal," as the policy in question has been
termed by his 'Whig Radical opponents, But when we
see in the conduct of the Right Hon. Baronet, a wish
to be guided solely by his own judgment as to the
direction of public opinion, and are compelled to ack-
nowledge that that judgment betrays, too often, a
leaning towards concession to the factious agitation,
and the utilitarian projects of Whig Radicalism, we are
impelled to the conclusion, that Conservatism must,
perforce, speak out upon those questions in which it
feels the policy of government wanting ; and, if need
be, even agitate, respectfully however and peacefully,
to ensure its voice being heard by Sir Robert Peel
himself, and by the country.
With the complaints of the agricultural party against
Sir Robert Peel, we have no sympathy. That he has
legislated for the injury of that party, we do not be-
lieve; and that he has'" betrayed" its interest, is utter-
ly untrue. It is nor, therefore, with his financial or
commercial policy that we quarrel at all. With respect
to the Protestantism of his government, we have, as
yet, no weighty cause to complain, although we may,
justly perhaps, entertain serious doubts. With his re-
fusal, however, of a full measure of protection to the
infant labour of the kingdom, and his determination to
maintain unbroken the stern despotism, by which the
poor of England are ground down to the abject and
hopeless misery of the workhouse system, we have just
and deep cause to quarrel ; and no consideration shall
induce us to refrain from expressing our thorough de-
testation of the course pursued by him, with respect

to those questions.
And this we are satisfied will be the course pursued
by the great conservative party throughout the country.
That party has looked up to a Conservative govern-
ment, for a mitigation of the evils inherent in the fac-
tory system, and in the regulation of labour in other
branches of industry. It has looked up to a Conserva-
tive government for the adoption of at least a Christian
system of poor laws ; for a system which does not treat
the unfortunate poor man as a mere machine—a mind-
less, soulless, unsentient thing, which, when its hour
of usefulness has passed by, may be cast out from the
busy workshop of society, to rust and rot unheeded.
It has looked, above all, to a Conservative govern-
ment for a firm and unflinching maintenance of the
Protestantism of the empire ; and upon none of these
questions will the conservative people of England per-
mit their just and temperate demand to be denied, or
even temporized with.
We invite the Whig Radical party, who taunt us with
the alleged disregard for conservative opinions, on the
part of Sir Robert Peel's administration, to challenge,
as unworthy of a great party, the course which Con-
sevatism is prepared to pursue, in this emergency. On
the one hand, it will take up no factious position ; it
will pursue no measures of undistinguishing hostility ;
it will resort to no intemperate tone or language ; yet
neither will it shrink from offering a firm and unflinch-
ing resistance to every deviation of the Conservative
government of Sir Robert Peel, from the maintenance
of sound Conservative principles of legislation. In such
a course, its object will be not to weaken but to fortify
that government ; not to destroy, but if possible to res-
cue it from shipwreck upon the rocks 2-head, towards
which, by a subserviance, or at all events an evident
leaning, towards the utilitarian opinions of Whig
Radicalism, it is being fast hurried; and to bring it
back to its only sure ground of rest and strength—the
affection and respect of the people.
The faction, who for the last ten long years, smoth-
ered the anti-corn law agitation, to enable a profligate
administration to enjoy, at ease, the sweets of office,
and to gorge upon its plunder, might, instead of taunt-
ing Conservatism with its present position, improve
itself by contemplating the course which we propose to
pursue for its amendment. Ours, at least, is not the
feeble party which dares not express its honest opinions,
at all times, and upon any question ; and the govern-
ment of Sir Robert Peel is not that ricketty, swaddled
thing, which need fear the fullest expression of opinion
from its friends, as well as from its opponents.

The league party M the House of Commons were
thrown on Tuesday night into a chuckle of perfect
ecstacy, by a fancied " admission" of the noble mem-
ber for Liverpool, with respect to the working and ob-
jects of the new corn-law, and the clause in the
amended tariff which regulates the admission of Fo-

reign cattle :
" There was a wide difference, his lordship contended,
between the two articles involved—namely, corn and cattle.
There was no ground whatever for apprehending that this
country would be inundated with cattle. (Cheers from the
opposition benches.) The foreign markets were exceedingly
limited as regarded a supply of cattle, but of the article of
corn there was an almost unlimited supply. (Cheers from
the same quarter.) Therefore, was it, that those who were
desirous of affording some protection to native industry
deemed it necessary to accommodate the amount of that pro-
tection to this state of things. It was evident that in no
single year would there be produced an extraordinary amount
of cattle. Not so with corn. In one year there might be so
extensive a crop of wheat as to inundate the English markets,
to the injury, and perhaps ruin, of the English farmer, if he
were not protected by a duty, which, under this circum-
stance, was perfectly justifiable and perfectly consistent with

common scnse, but which was unnecessary, and therefore

uotjustifiable, as regarded cattle."

Well, what is there in this, the reader will exclaim,
except what is perfectly consistent with the declared
views of Sir Robert Peel's government in regulating
those important measures ? Certainly nothing. The
object of the corn-law was to secure to the farmer that
moderate protection which the interests of native agri-
culture require, and to the consumer those moderate
prices to which, in justice, he was entitled. The object
of the reduction of the prohibitory duty upon Foreign
cattle and meat was, equally, that of securing to the
farmer a moderate protection, and, at the same time, of
securing the consumer from scarcity and immo-
derately high prices. In both cases the duties were
adjusted, as Lord Sandon justly observes, "to accom-
modate the amount of protection" to the circumstances
affecting the two commodities.
The ex-President of the Board of Trade, however,

—Mr. Labouchere—affected to discover, in this plain
and intelligible explanation, an abandonment by Sir
Robert Peel's government of the principle of free trade,
added to " great inconsistency ;" and that amazing
philosopher, Mr. Richard Cobden, whose profound
observations are duly re-printed and scattered abroad
by anti-corn-law ladies " at the low charge of one half-
penny each,"—(as the peripatetic hawkers of " last
dying speeches and awful executions have it)—abso-

lately thought that "he might be excused for rising to
express his astonishment at such a declaration from
such a quarter." The same oracle went on to inform
the house that "he had recently returned from Lanca-
shire, where he had found precisely the same opinion

of this tanff as that just expressed by the: noble lord.
The people of Lancashire believed that they were legis-
lating, as stated by the noble lord, for the purpose of
admitting articles which could not be imported, and of
excluding those which might be introduced from all
points of the compass?' ,
We will not enter into any serious refutation of the
flimsy and seditious remarks ventured upon by this
very flimsy personage upon the occasion under notice.
We will not either be guilty of the supererogation of
vindicating Sir Robert Peel's government, or Lord
Sandon, from the charge of inconsistency made by a
Whig ex-Minister (0 Our readers, however, will par-
don us for referring to the amusing confession at
length wrung from Whig Radicalism of the lying pre-
tences with which, for months past, its followers have
deluded the people of England. Let it be borne in
mind that these very "ARTICLES WHICH CANNOT BE
IMPORTED," according to the halfpenny member for
Stockport, are the very excellent beef, mutton, and
pork—" the fine, fresh, and tempting beef, fat and lean
beautifully mixed"—so eloquently descanted upon by
the veracious George Thompson and other anti-corn-law
worthies at many a free trade gathering ! This very
commodity, "which cannot be imported" at a penny a
pound, is the " three halfpenny beef and pork" of
friend Henry Ashworth; the excellent mutton which
Mr. Charles Holland assured the admirers of his see-
saw oratory could be imported " through our house in
South America," in such unlimited quantities ; the
same which had been eaten with such exceeding relish
by Mr. John Brooks, of Manchester ; the same stuff,
in fine, whose cheapness and superior excellence was,
by the aid of such a reduction as that which is now
discovered to be a perfectly inoperative reduction, to
drive "the roast beef of old England" out of the mar-
ket, and to enable every working man throughout the
kingdom to add a joint and gravy to his dish of pota-
toes!

Oh, rare leaguers—excellent free-traders—veracious
spouters HUMBUGS are ye of the first water !

We are not in the habit of remarking upon the line
of conduct which right-minded and pious clergymen of
the Church of England may pursue in the exercise of
what they may conscientiously deem their Christian
duty. We are not, either, inclined to maintain that
such clergymen should withdraw their helping hand
from the support of works of Cjaristian benevolence
because men of a different form of worship, entertaining
however a belief in the essentials of Christianity, are to
be associated with them in it. We must, however,
protest against that excess of complaisance which leads
a man, in entering upon such a fellowship in well-
doing, to go out of his path to pay compliments to dis-
sent which neverhave been, and never-will be, received
in the same spirit in.which they were bestowed.
Our attention has been led to this subject by the
perusal of a report of a meeting of "the London Mis-
sionary Association," a body composed exclusively of
Dissenters, at which a reverend gentleman of this dio-
cese—the Rev. Doctor Byrth—is stated to have made
use, amongst other expressions honourable to himself,
of the following somewhat extraordinary language :

" I should be false to the very purpose for which I am
here, if I did not say, that, as a churchman, I feel it an ho-
nour to be present at this meeting. I should forget some of
the most delightful associations connected with my own study
of the progress of evangelical religion in this country, if I did
not say that I believe I am, at this moment, occupying, how-
ever humbly, my own proper position."

With due deference to the Rev. Doctor we are in-
clined to doubt whether, as a speaker at such a meet-
ing, he was occupying the " proper position" of a mi-
nister of the Church of England. Upon this subject,
however, we will not enlarge here, but proceed with
another quotation.

" I feel it, indeed," continued Dr. Byrth, " to be a privi-
lege to say, that, all Churchman as I am, and fond of Episco-
pacy as I have avowed myself to be, and attached to the
Church of which I am a minister, yet there is a bond still
holier than that—a feeling which triumphs even over that
affection—a principle which is mightier than that which
unites me to the section of the Church to which I belong ;
it is the love of our common Christianity. (Cheers.) It
appears to me that it is impossible to behold such a meeting
as this—keeping in view its past proceedings and successes,
looking at the spirit which now animates it, regarding the
glorious object which it has in view—and not to feel that it
is a benefit to the spiritual character to withdraw one's self
occasionally from the circle in which, commonly, our best
affections are engaged, in order to 'contemplate what is the
beauty and the grandeur of Christianity when looked at
alone."

Undoubtedly the reverend doctor felt, whilst he
uttered, this beautiful sentiment. It was one which
might have befitted a good man to utter : but that it
was one which was likely to be appreciated in the place
where uttered, we leave it to Dr. Byrth to determine
after the perusal of the following extracts from the
report of a meeting of the Voluntary Church Associa-
tion, abridged from the same dissenting organ, The
Patriot.

The Rev. Dr. Byrth had felicitated the dissenting
body before whom he spoke, upon the " denunciation
of what has justly been called the Modern Heresy,
Puseyism," which lie had heard.that day "coming as
if from the heart of that large assembly;" and added,
"I believe that I shall not stand less accepted in the
few observations which I propose to make, because I
boldly, before this audience, declare myself to be an
Episcopalian." At the meeting alluded to, of the
" Voluntary Church Association," held the 14th May,
two days after this confidence in dissenting love for
the Church was expressed, the Rev. C. Stovel re-

marked,—
" I have looked already into the circumstances connected
with Puseyism, and I am fully convinced that the doctrines
circulated through the means of the Oxford Tracts are not
the peculiar sentiments of Dr. Pusey and his coadjutors ; but
they are the realjsentiments of the Church of England."
(Cheers.)
Again—

"That system, which be it remembered is the expression
of the real sentiments of the Church of England, is to all the
interests of religion, just what an atmospheric blight would be
to vegetation. No northern blast can strike with such a
deadly stroke the bloom of spring, or the early set fruits, as
as that pernicious heresy must blight the tender, delicate,
vital, and vitalizing interests of true religion." (Cheers.)
Again, another instance of dissenting love—

"Your remark, Sir Culling, was quite right—the Bishop
of Jerusalem is my representative and yours. He goes in our
name, and is the representative of every Dissenting, as well
as the Established Church. It is delightful, at this season
of the year, to look over our activities. Then a thousand
streams are pouring into the physical world ; but they are
nothing, compared with the streams that are pouring life into
the religious festivities of April and May. But it is not
pleasant to recollect, that wherever our activities can extend,
if there should be a solitary wanderer maintained by one reli-
gious Society passing round the shores of the Mediterranean,
then there must be a Bishop in Jerusalem ; if there be two
or three individuals successfully labouring in Cacicutta, there
the soul-devouring heresy must appear."
Again, stronger and still more unequivocal—
The Established Church is a means whereby Christianity
is disgraced ; and wherever the energies of the nation spread,
the Establishment will likewise diffuse itself." (Hear.)
The same intolerant sentiments were expressed by

other speakers; but we have, we trust,- quoted enough
to chew with what gratitude and Christian charity the
co-operation of Church. of England clergymen with

lissenters, in any work, however good, is repaid, when
;hese meek and pious people have an opportunity of
mounting their own rostrum, and indulging in their
Fondness for vulgar railing against the Church and her
ministers

Another time, we trust, Dr. Byrth will be
slow to offer the language of compliment to people, who
have so little feeling of reciprocity to the establishment

,o which he belongs.

We refer our readers to an important letter in ano-
ther column from the Rev. Hugh IVPNeile, (now on a
visit at Jersey,) in reply to a requisition forwarded to
him at Paris from his congregation, which we also
insert, and feel honoured in being selected as the me-
dium of communication. We spare ourselves the
pleasure of commenting upon it, feeling assured that
all our readers will gladly avail themselves of the
privilege of reading and satisfying themselves on a
subject of such acknowledged difficulty and delicacy.
We therefore commend to their cairn and unprejudiced
perusal a statement so replete with scriptural power,
dispassionate reasoning, and unanswerable argument.

LOCAL NETVS

We beg to call the notice of our readers to an advertise-
ment in our paper of to-day, well worth the notice of sports-
men. Capt. nanny's beautiful mansion at Castleroe, on the
banks of the Bann, at the Salmon Leap, is to be let fur-
nished or unfurnished, with the exclusive right of shooting
over 2500 acres; both of grouse and partridge lands. The
best salmon and trout-fishing in all Ireland, is at the very
door, and the mansion and offices arc in perfect repair.
STABBING.—A sailor belonging to the Amelia, a Sicilian
vessel, was placed before Mr. Rushton on Wednesday, on a
charge of having stabbed a brother sailor with a knife on the
side of the head. It appeared from the evidence, which was
interpreted by Mr. Commissioner Dowling, that the parties
had been engaged in the hold of the vessel, when they had a
quarrel about tbelr respective families—that from words it
came to blows—and that the prisoner, after having received
considerable provocation, 'seized a knife which was lying on
the floor at the time, and stabbed the complainant with it
in the head. The prisoner was ordered to pay a penalty of
£3, or to be imprisoned for a month. - •
IMPORTANT TO AGRICULTURISTS.—Guano, the new ma-
nure lately introduced from South America, will prevent the
fly from taking the turnip plant if dusted upon it at the rate
of about one hundred-weight to the statute acre. It was
applied in this manner, during the late dry weather in this
neighbourhood, witkthe most beautiful effect. This newly-
discovered property of the guano, in addition to its acknow-
ledged extraordinary fertilizing qualities, will render it the
most valuable article to the British farmer which modern
science and enterprise have yet introduced; and we have
great pleasure in communicating the fact to our agricultural
readers. We shall hereafter report progress with regard to
several breadths of turnips, &c., where it has been used, as
compared with the produce of the same soils in which the
ordinary manures only have been employed.
BODY FOUND IN THE RIVER.—On the evening of Sun-
day last, as two mariners named G!ennon and Cusack, were
on the river in a boat, they observed the body of a man
floating on the water opposite to the Magazines. On taking
it up they found it much disfigured about the head, and con-
veyed it to the dead-house, where it was recognised as the
body of James Thompson, a warehouseman, in the service of
Messrs. Hornby and Roughsedge, who had been missing for
a period of three weeks. On his person were found a sove-
reign, one half-crown, 31d. in copper, and an office pen-
knife. A few days before he was missed he wrote a letter to
one of his employers, in which he stated that as he was suf-
fering from extreme low spirits, the cause of which he did not
mention, he could not attend to his business, and hoping that
his accounts would be found correct. His accounts, we un-
derstand, balanced within a sovereign.—An inquest was held
upon the remains on Tuesday, before Mr. Curry, the borough
coroner, at which the above facts having been given in evi-
dence, the jury returned a verdict of " Found Drowned."
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT IN HARRINGTON DOCK.—A
distressing accident occurred about noon on Monday last in
Harrington Dock, whereby Richard Birkenhead, a fine little
fellow of eight years of age, lost his life. He was the eldest
son of John Birkenhead, master of the flat Mary Jane,
lying in the dock. It appears that he had been left on shore
by his mother, who had gone on board to prepare her hus-
band's dinner ; and in a very few minutes afterwards she was
alarmed by a cry that a child had fallen into the water. Her
feelings may be imagined but not described, when she found
that it was her son, whom only a few minutes before she had
left playing on the quay. A boatman dived three times to
rescue the poor boy, but without success, but after the drags
had been used for three quarters of an hour it was brought
up. As may be expected life was totally extinct. An in-
quest was held on the body on Monday, before Mr. Curry,
when the mother and father of the deceased described the
above circumstances, but no evidence was produced to show
how the deceased fell into the water. The verdict of the
jury, therefore was, " Found Drowned."
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LIFE BUOYS AND BELTS.—There are now exhibiting in
the Underwriters' Rooms in this town a life buoy and life
belt, the invention of Lieutenant Carte, of a very simple
construction, but very efficient for the purposes for which
they are intended. The buoy consists of a hoop formed of
layers of cork, covered with painted canvass ; the exterior
diameter 33 inches, the interior 20 inches, the thickness or
circumference about 15 inches. It is divided into four equal
parts, from which depend small ropes to hold on by. It will
support four persons, and can be put on and off at pleasure.
The person in the water has only to press c n the part of the
buoy nearest to him to make it assume an upright position.
In this situation the head and arms may easily be intro-
du. ed. The arms once over the buoy, the person is in per-
fect safety, and may assist another without danger to him,
self. Two of the buoys, lashed one upon another, will sup-
port as many persons as can conveniently cling to them.
They are in general use on the coast of Yorkshire, and have
also been adopted by the Humane Society in Scotland, the
Shipping Company of Bristol, and about two hundred steam
and sailing vessels in different parts of the kingdom. The
swimming belts or life preservers weigh only thirty ounces,
and are particularly adapted to the use of the crews of life
and other boats, to passengers and seamen, and to gentlemen
accustomed to the amusement of rowing. They are tied on
loosely round the waist, resting on the hips. In this position
they will not interfere with the arms in rowing; and if a
person falls into the water, or should the boat be upset, the
belt will be forced up under his arms and remain there, and
form a protection to the body, if dashed against rocks or any
hard substance. These belts are used by most of the crews
of the life boats on the coast of Yorkshire, by the masters of
several steam and sailing vessels, and by many other indivi-
duals.
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MANSLAUGHTER.—On Tuesday, and, by adjournment,
on Wednesday, an inquest was held before Mr. Curriy the
borough coroner, on view of the body of Peter Carin, a
carter, 19 years of age, who died on Monday at the Northern
Hospital. From the examination of several witnesses it
appeared that the deceased was on Friday, the Gth instant,
carrying some boxes from a vessel, at the Victoria Dock
on shore, when a quarrel ensued between himself and another
carter, named William Cringle. The latter told his son to
get a stone and to dash out the brains of the deceased, and
then both deceased and the elder Cringle commenced to
fight. While they were in the act of fighting, Cringle's son
continued to throw large paving stones at the deceased, who,
at length, stopped fighting and pursued the son. Being
unable to come up with him, he returned again and re-com-
menced the fight with the elder Cringle, who, during his
absence, had taken up a piece of copper dross and kept it in
his right hand until the deceased returned to him. Several
blows were then struck by each of the parties at the other,
but, at length, Cringle hit the deceased on the back of the
head with the copper dross, which caused a large gash, from
which blood flowed profusely. The deceased was subse-
quently taken to the Northern Hospital, when it was found
that he had received a wound on the back part of the head,
about an inch in length, and a slight fracture of the scull.
Erysipelas afterwards set in, which in the opinion of Mr.
Harris, the house surgeon, had been caused by the injuries,
and produced his death. Upon a post mortenz examination,
considerable congestion of the brain was discovered. The
jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against William
Cringle, the elder, and William Cringle, the younger, who
were both committed to Kirkdale to abide their trials at the
assizes.
THE ZOOLOGICAL GAUDENS.—The second gala of the
season took place on Monday evening, aud, notwithstanding
the cloudy and somewhat threatening state of the weather,
the attendance was numerous and highly respectable. The
gardens, after the refreshing rains, presented a truly beauti-
ful appearance, affording delightful promenades through the
winding and diversified walks. The trees and shrubs have
considerably increased in growth since the spring of last
year, and may now be said to be arrayed in the delicate and
luxuriant garb of the early summer. We do not remember
to have seen so comparatively small a piece of ground so
tastefully laid out, and presenting so great and pleasing a va-
riety of hill and dale, wood and water. The numerous rare
quadrupeds, land and aquatic birds, &e., were also highly
attractive, particularly to the juvenile portion of the assembly.
The pictorial model of Rome was, however, the grand " lion"
of the evening, and was gazed upon long and intently, with
wonder and admiration. As seen after sunset, the illusion is
complete. The eternal city, with its numerous streets, the
bridge and castle of St. Angelo, and the Tiber (real water),
in the foreground, St. Peter's Church and other prominent
structures more behind, and the hills in the back ground,
apparently many miles distant. As darkness sets in, the
whole of the streets and public buildings become brilliantly
illuminated by thousands of lamps, as it by the work of en-
chantment. The scene presents the rejoicings in celebration
of II Giorno di San Pietro, in completion of which a variety
of beautiful fireworks are introduced. The rockets, discharg-
ing balls of brilliantly coloured fire, the serpents, &c., rising
as it were from the water, and the apparent conflagration of
the whole city, were triumphs of pyrotechnic art. Mr.
Stubbs's excellent harmonic band was on the ground, and
played a variety of pleasing national airs. This band is ha-
bited in the full uniform of the Ist Dragoon Guards, and
seem, by the military regularity with which they march to
and from the ground, and their attention to their leader, to
have imbibed much of the discipline of that celebrated corps.
The exhibition will be repeated this evening, and from the
eclat with which it has hitherto passed off, a very numerous
and fashionable attendance is anticipated. ,
ROBBERIES AND ASSAULT.—In our last we gave a report
of a case in which six persons were placed before Mr. Rush-
ton, on the previous day, on the respective charges of having
robbed and assaulted a man, and breaking into and robbing
a shop in Dale-street. The case stood over in consequence
of the man who was assaulted, and whose name is James
Rimmer, being too ill to be removed to give his evidence.
The shop did not belong to Mr. Wolf, as we stated on Tues-
day, but to Mr. Joel Hart. The case was resumed on Tues-
day, and the prisoners were all committed for trial. Mr.
Rimmer, it is stated, still lies in a dangerous state, at the
Northern Hospital. From his statement, taken at the hos-
pital, it appeared that, at twelve o'clock on Sunday night, he
was passing along Dale-street, when hel was accosted by two
girls, with whom he fell into conversation. They entreated
him to them home, which he strenuously refused
to do. accompany
He had turnd into Fountenoy-gtreet, when he was
knocked down by some men from behind, and they with the
girls rifled his
taken nife
Pockets. Amongst the articles taken from
pa of sectacles, &C. The
him were some ke
last-named articlesys, from their
prisopners were produced
and identified, but he could not swear to any of the indivi-
duals. It appeared rheasfm the further evidence adduced, that
h2ge cry of murder, went to see
found Rimmer lying
police-officer Lynch,
insensible
what the matter was, when h
in the street. He gave the alarm, and the prisoners, Hallan
and Doyle,
were taken
.near the spot. The others were
seen, but they escape. made their Lynch, having deposited
Mr. Rimmer in
a place of safety, went to the house where he
knew the prisoners resided in Ford-street, and there, on
searching, the above-mentioned articles were found, with
sundry other Property which subsequently proved that the
prisoners had been concerned in a burglary which was com-
mitted on Saturday morning, between twelve and half-past
one o'clock. The circumstances attending the robbery of
Mr. Hart's premises were fully detailed in our publication of
Tuesday.

Swntrirm Canixrxs.—A correspondent of the Mortting
Herald calls the attention of the public to the necessity of
making alterations (as sweeping, by boys must shortly cease)
in their chimneys where required, either by the insertion of
trap-doors, or such other alterations as may be deemed ad-
visable. An early attention to this matter, he says, will save
considerable inconvenience and possible risk of accidents by
fire through insufficient sweeping of chimneys by the new
machines.

THE PROPOSED New POOR LAW.—We understand that
a deputation from this town have had an interview with Sir
James Graham during the present week, for the purpose of
showing how extremely inapplicable several of the provisions
in his amended poor-law bill are to the circumstances of • the
town, and how grievously they will press upon the inhabitants
in the increase of poor rates, and in inflicting severe priva-
tions on the poor in inhancing unnecessarily their already
numerous and bitter sufferings.

ELECTION OF SURGEON TO THE LADIES' CHARITY.—A
meeting of the subscribers to this valuable charity was held
on Tuesday, at one o'clock, for the purpose of electing an ae-
ccouheur for the institution, in the room of Mr. W. H. Bain-
brigge, who was lately appointed one of the surgeons to the
Northern Hospital. There were only two candidates, Mr.
H. Canty and Mr. H. S. Taylor ; and on casting up the
votes the former gentleman was declared the successful c,an-
didate by a majorty of 55 votes, Mr. Cauty having 189, and
Mr. Taylor 134 votes.

OPERATION FOR CLUB FOOT.—The operation, one of the
triumphs of modern surgery, of dividing the various tendons
about the ankle joint for the relief and deformity of " Club
Foot," was performed with success by Mr. Vale, of Birken-
head, about a fortnight since, on a boy eight years old who
was born with this infirmity on both feet, and who from his
infancy walked in great pain with the whole weight of his
body resting on the outside of the feet. He is now able to
put the heels and soles of his feet flat on the ground, and
when seen by our correspondent the other day, appeared in
high delight at being capable of walking in the ordinary way.
The past week has witnessed here a very great influx of
strangers from Manchester and the surrounding districts.
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company consider-
ately provided a third-class train for the labouring holyday
people, great numbers of whom have availed themselves of
the advantage afforded by the reduction in the fare (half-a-
crown each way.) On Wednesday the Runcorn steamers
brought no less than 3000 persons from Manchester. The
fare by this conveyance is, we believe, two shillings.
REV. HUGH M'NEILE.—The following is an extract from
a private letter received ihthis town, dated Paris, May 2:—
" The Rev. Hugh M`Neile preached at Marbrceuf Chapel
yesterday, both morning and evening, most clear, eloquent,
and admirable sermons. The evening lecture was peculiarly
beautiful on that passage in St. Luke, 9th chap., 27th ver.,—
" There be some standing here which shall not taste of death,"
&c. I hope we shall hear him again. The church was filled
to overflo-aiag, chairs placed in the aisles, and ladies sitting
within the chancel."—Belfast Chronicle. .
ALBION BANS.—'Phis bank was dissolved only about
three months ago, and the last instalment of its paid-up
capital is now being paid to the proprietors, who will soon
receive in addition a division of the surplus fund, which we
understand is no inconsiderable amount. This result reflects
the highest credit on the talent, probity, and judgment of
the management and direction of the company.

CHARGE OF FELONY.—A young man named Owen was
yesterday brought before Mr. Rushton on the following
charge :—Mr: Cotton said, he had lodged at a public-house
kept by a Mr. Hunt, but had some weeks ago gone to Staf-
fordshire, leaving his chest, which was locked, in the care
of the landlord. On his return he found the chest still

locked ; but on opening it, missed a pair of trousers, a satin
vest, a neckerchief, and other articles. The prisoner lodged
at the same house at the time witness left, but had, it ap-
peared, since gone to lodge in London-road. Mr. Hunt
said, he had missed other articles from the house belonging
to lodgers and guests, and as he suspected the prisoner, he
took steps to find him, and in his trunk found the handker-
chief produced, which was identified by Mr. Cotton as his
property. The prisoner was remanded, in order that further
enquiry might be made relative to the other property.
ASSAULT ON A GENTLEMAN AND HIS DAUGHTERS.—A
man, named William Baker, who stated himself to be a book-
keeper, was yesterday charged at the Police-court with an
unprovoked attack on Mr. William Hardy, of Mason-street,
Edge-hill. Mr. H. said that on the previous evening, about
a quarter past ten (his daughters having gone to a missionary
meeting at Everton), he heard a loud ringing at the door bell,
which was repeated before it could be opened, and he also
heard one of his daughters cry " Oh, papa !" as if in alarm.
On opening the door, he found his two daughters had been
pursued by the prisoner. They ran in, and the prisoner fol.:
lowed them into the lobby, where he several times struck the
complainant, who was obliged at last to retort in his own de-
fence. The prisoner denied that he struck the first blow ;
but the case was distinctly sworn to, and he was fined 40s.
and costs, or to be imprisoned 21 days.
STEALINGMONEY FROM A SHOP.—A boy, named M`Cabe,
who was well known to the police, was yesterday brought be-
fore Mr. Rushton on a charge of stealing from a shop.
Margaret Roberts said she was attending in the shop of Mr.
Keran, Sidney-place, Edge-hill, that morning at half-past
nine, when she observed the prisoner stooping under the
counter, and asked him with some alarm what he was doing
there. He replied, " Nothing," and made towards the door.
She called Mr. Keran who, with another person, pursued
him for a considerable distance, and succeeded in securing
him. A police-officer came up and he was given into custody.
In his possession were found four five shilling papers of
copper, which he had taken from a box placed in the shop
grate. He was committed for trial.

CAUTION TO SEAMEN.—SMUGGLING TOBACCO.—At the
Police-court yesterday, William Scott, second mate of the
ship Bradshaw, was placed at the bar on a charge of smug-
gling tobacco. One of the revenue officers stated, that on
searching the vessel he found 36 lbs. of foreign manufactured
tobacco (produced) concealed under the prisoner's sleeping
place. He stated at the time that he had got it to sell to the
passengers on the outward voyage, as he did not intend to
leave the ship. He also admitted that he was a native of
Scotland. He repeated the same statement in court, and
was remanded until Monday, when the reply of the commis-
sioners should be received as to proceeding against him.—
Another, a seaman in the same ship, named John M`Gowan,
was also brought up for a like offence-4 lbs. of tobacco being
found onboard, which he acknowledged to be his. He stated
that it was for his own use, but it appeared that he had also
a sufficient stock in his chest for his own consumption. As
the quantity was under G tbs., the magistrate could adjudi-
cate summarily, and fined him 20s. and costs, or, in default
of payment, to be imprisoned seven days.
THE BODY OF MR. ALFRED LITTLEDALE FOUND.—We
have the melancholy satisfaction to state that the body of
Mr. A. Littledale, (who, together with two other young
gentlemen, Mr. Royds and Mr. Ramsay, was accidentally
drowned in the Mersey on the 27th ult.,) was found in the
Formby Channel, near the Light-ship, on Tuesday last. The
captain of the flat " Union," bound to Preston, observed
the body floating on the water, and picked it up. It was
taken up the Ribble, and deposited at the Ship Inn, at the
bottom of Preston Marsh, which borders the river near that
town. An inquest was held on Wednesday, on view of the
body, before Richard Palmer, Esq., coroner of that district.
The remains of the unfortunate young gentleman were, as
might be expected, much decomposed. Mr. Taunton, one of
the survivors from the melancholy accident, was the principal
witness ; and his evidence was exactly similar to that of Mr.
Crewe, on the inquest held here on the bodies of Mr. Ram-
say and Mr. Royd, and which was given at length, in the
STANDARD a fortnight ago. The Superintendent of the
Preston police stated, that he found on the body three sove-
reigns, two half-crowns, and one sixpence. The jury re-
turned a verdict to the effect, that the deceased had been
" Accidentally Drowned."

ANTI-CORN-LAW AGITATION.—The inhabitants of Bir-
kenhead have been visited by one of the paid agents of the
Anti-corn-law League, with a view of stirring up their dor-
mant energies against what the tool of that contemptible
body chooses to denominate the bread tax. On Tuesday
evening the lecturer called together, by placard, as many of
the inhabitants as could be induced to listen to the stale
jokes, the vulgar witticisms, and the thrice refuted assertions
of the wily demagogues ; but the attempt was altogether a
failure. True it is that some hundred persons, chiefly of the
working classes, assembled in the Albion-room ; but for
ladies, who were "particularly requested to attend ",--ad-
mission gratis—we looked in vain. Mr. C. Bentham, a Qua-
ker, consented to occupy the post of chairman ; and he briefly
opened the business, requesting those who were to address
the meeting not to call their opponents hard names ; yet, in
defiance of this injunction, the aristocracy were denominated
every thing vile, and called names which a Billingsgate fish
wife would hardly have defiled her tongue with using, whilst
the people were designated great fools because they did not
exactly conform their opinions to those professed by the
League. The blasphemous mode in which the League use
Scripture as a pretended authority for some of their dogmas,
justly entitle them to the title of the " unholy alliance," and
to the well-merited contempt of all the wise and good, of
whatever creed or party.
A FRIEND AT COURT.--At the Police-court, yesterday,
a female, named Elizabeth Richardson, charged a man, of
the name of William Morris, with having stolen from her a
bed, some chairs, and a quantity of other furniture. It ap-
peared that for some time previously to the month of April,
the prisoner lived with the prosecutrix, who kept a brothel
in Smithdown-lane ; and a quarrel taking place between them,
they parted. Shortly after the separation, the prosecutrix
was committed for trial at the last sessions, on a charge of
felony, when the prisoner availed himself of the opportunity
to strip the house of all the furniture, which he carried to a
baker's, named Charles Smith, by whom lie was employed.
At the sessions the prosecutrix was acquitted, and finding her
furniture gone, she sought out the prisoner, whom she caused
to be taken into custody. The defence of the prisoner was
that the prosecutrix had given him the furniture ; but this
statement was met by a flat contradiction. He called the
man Smith, who said he could prove the fact, in corrobora-
tion ; but on his testimony being sifted, it was found so con-
tradictory, that no reliance could be placed upon it; and,
further, that the stolen goods had been conveyed direct from
the house of the prosecutrix to his own house. Under these
circumstances, Mr. Rushton ordered Smith to be placed in
the dock as a receiver; and the depositions having been re-
duced to writing, both prisoners were committed for trial at
the next sessions.

-COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ENGLAND AND IRELAND.—
The committee of the House of Commons, to whom has been
confided the important subject of ascertaining the best mode
of facilitating the communication between the two countries,
have concluded their inquiries, so far as the South of Ireland
is concerned, and are now proceeding to examine witnesses
respecting the necessity of establishing a railway from Ches-
ter to North Wales. Mr. Cubitt and Captain Denham have
already been examined, and the London correspondent of
the Dublin Evening Mail, who has frequently shown that he
has means of obtaining correct information on such subjects,
says :—" There is little doubt that the committee will re-
commend in the strongest manner the necessity of making a
railway communication between Chester and North Wales ;
and in the event of the proposition receiving the sanction of
the government, the committee will most probably recom-
mend that the whole of the Irish correspondence shall be
transmitted via Dublin. This will set at rest the rival claims
of Cork and Waterford."
ROYAL VioTOltia GALLERY.---PREVENTION OF SMOKE.
--It will be seen by an advertisement elsewhere, that a pub-
lic meeting is to be held in the lecture-room of the Victoria
Gallery, on Thursday next, in the forenoon, for the purpose
of directing public attention to plans for the prevention of
smoke, with the ultimate view of bringing the subject before
the British Association, at the next meeting of its members;
and that it is expected that the Rev. Dr. Molesworth, of
Rochdale, who has taken an active part in this inquiry, at
Leeds and elsewhere, will take the chair on the occasion.
The subject is one of some importance ; and there will,
doubtless, be various suggestions offered, some of them
worthy of attention.—Manchester Guardian. [We are
somewhat surprised to find a rev. gentleman,•of the peculiar
opinions entertained by the Rev. Dr. Molesworth, " ex-
pected to take an active part in this " or any other inquiry
of the nature ; for we have always been given to understand,
by the organs of the Tractarian party, that the professors of
Tractarian doctrines confined their attention, and at all
events their personal countenance, to spiritual concerns
alone. Had any rev. divine of the Protestant party in our
church proposed to take the chair, or to " take an active
part," in the proceedings of a meeting for any public or
private object, however meritorious, we should have been
told that such was a " secular " object, with which a clergy-
man had no right to interfere ; but a follower of Dr. Pusey,
it would appear, can do that without offence, which to an
ordinary person is forbidden. Perhaps, however, there is
something peculiarly hallotved in a meeting " for the pre-
vention of smoke " ; or is it that this peculiar spiritual-
mindedness of Puseyism is itself all smoke ij

The Liverpool Improvement Bill was read a third time in
the House of Commons on Tuesday, and passed.

The steamer " Fire King," so well known for her extra-
rdinary speed, is again on the station botwixt this port and
Glasgow.—See Advertisement.

PENN'S BATHS.—Those who wish to enjoy the luxury
of bathing are recommended by us to try Mrs. Penn's
establishment on the George's Pier. Every comfort may be
obtained in it the bather can require.

LAND AND HOUSES AT BOOTLE.—We perceive that Mr.
Williams, the indefatigable house agent, has opened an office
at Bootle for the accommodation of those possessing pro-
perty in that neighbourhood. We beg to call the attention
of our readers to the circumstance.

THEATRE-ROYAL.—This evening there will be a juvenile
night. A most attractive bill of fare is offered. Those who
are fond of spectacle, as well as those who are wishful to
enjoy plenty of laughter, cannot more easily attain their
wishes than in witnessing the " Wood Demon" and the
" White Cat." Every night the houses have been improving,
especially at the half price.
ANTI-PIIRENOLOGY.—We perceive from an advertisement
in the Morning Herald of Wednesday, that immediately
after the execution of Good the murderer, his phrenological
developments were taken by Mr. Brindley, in the presence of
phrenologists and anti-phrenologists, and that Mr. B. intends
to deliver a lecture on the subject this evening in London, at
which he will show that " those developments are utterly
inconsistent with the doctrines of phrenology."
THE FUNDS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The business at
the Stock Exchange to-day was of a very limited character,
and prices were unaltered, the great day at Epsom attracting
all the parties who give life to speculation in the markets.
Consols for money and the account closed 921 to ; 3 per
Cents. Reduced, 911 to ;31 per Cents. Reduced, 99-1, to
1001; Long Annuities, 121 9-16 ; Exchequer Bills, 375. to
399. premium ; Bank Stock, 167 to 163 ; India Stock, 249 to
251. In the foreign market Spanish Actives closed 22 to
23; ditto new, 224 to 23; Danish. 801 to 811; Brazilian,
67} to 681; Belgian, 102 to 103 ; Colombian, 261 to 27 •
Mexican, 36,-I to 7A ; Ditto deferred, 10i to ; Portuguese'
5 per Cents., 371 to 38 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 22:1- to :1 ; and
Dutch 24. per Cents., 25 to

The Church Missionary Society have discontinued their
operations at Malta, Jamaica, and Trinidad.—[This is ano-
ther instance of the submission of this valuable society to
ecclesiastical order. These places are now to be under the
jurisdiction of their respective bishops, and, in consequence,
the society removes her missionaries, in order to give the
spiritual superiors the most unlimited controul in their va-
rious dioceses, and to avoid anything which might afford even
the appearance of collision.—E,
PRESENTATION

D. L. S

was a great

OF PLATE.—On Wednesday last there
thering of the " brethren of the whip" on the
11e Hen. Thomas Kenyon—the

occasion of their presenti

true and tried friend of their "order"--with a ma,,..ificent
and costly piece of plate, as a token of their gratitude'. and
respect. The necessary sum for the purchase of this valuable
gift was raised by subscription, chiefly from the coachmen
and guards connected with the Lion Office, Shrewsbury.
It was a gift alike reflecting credit on their liberality and
kindly feelings, and paying tribute to the public and private
virtues of him whom, without any hyperpole, we may fairly
designate the most deservedly popular man in the county of
Salop.—Salopian Journal.
CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—It is highly gratifying
to observe the great success which has attended the present
anniversary of this truly church society, notwithstanding the
unusually depressed state of trade at the present time. In
our last we gave an account of some of the church collections,
and by mistae stated the amount from St. Andrew's Church
to be £49 10s. ld., instead of which we find it was £6O.
The collection at St. Michael's Church on Wednesday even-
ing amounted to £6B ; at St. Mark's cn Thursday morning
to £22 10s. Od. ; and at St. Luke's on Thursday evening to
£lB Os. Od. The collection at the Amphitheatre on Tuesday
evening amounted to £73 14s. 5d., besides the munificent
donation of £25, which was contributed by a member of the
committee, for the twelveth year. The total amount col-
lected from Sunday up to the present time amounts to above
£900; and we trust before the week is out it will exceed
£1000; still it is to be regretted, in so wealthy a town as Li-
verpool, that there are not more than 34 annual subscribers
of amounts above Li Is. We trust this will not have
to be recorded another year, but that the liberal spirit which
has pervaded the friends of Christianity at this commence-
ment of our missionary year will not be allowed again to
slumber, hut that the list of permanent contributions may
increase both in amount and in the aggregate. The adjourned
meeting of the members and friends of the society was held
on Tuesday evening, in the Amphitheatre, the Rev. and
Worshipful Chancellor Raikes in the chair. The spacious
edifice was crowded in every part. The meeting was ad-
dressed by the Chairman, Rev. W. Ewbank, Mr. T. B.
Horsfall, Rev. J. Cordeaux, Rev. Mr. Dallas, Rev. Mr.
Owen, Rev. Mr. Noel, and the Rev. Dr. Tattershall. A
liberal collection was made. Several district meetings have
been held during the week.
DARING ROBBERY.—On Wednesday last, at the Police-
court, a man named John Bason, an in-door servant in the
family of Major-General Sir Wm. Gomm, was charged with
attempting to force open a writing-desk, belonging to Capt.
Yates, aide-de-camp to the Major-General, and with break-
ing open a cash-box, and stealing a gold seal and chain, and
several gold South American coins, the property of the same
gallant officer. He was also further charged with breaking
open a box belonging to the housekeeper, and stealing there-
from £2 3s. in money. It appeared from the evidence, that
for a few days previous to the robbery, the Major-General
and his lady had been in London, their house in St. John-
street being left in the care of several servants, amongst
whom was the prisoner, who had only been in Sir William's
household since his appointment as general of this district.
On the return of the family, Capt. Yates had occasion to go
to hiawriting-desk, which he was unable to open, as the lock
was spoiled ; mid on examining it, he also perceived that an
attempt had been made to force it open with a stiletto. Capt.
Yates's suspicions then became excited, and on proceeding
to ascertain if his cash-box were safe, he discovered that it
had been forced open, and a gold seal and chain taken from it,
with several South American gold coins. Mr. Hill was then
sent for, and after making the strictest inquiries, he in-
formed the Captain that the prisoner was the only man who
could have committed the robbery. Mr. Hill's judgment
proved to be correct, as he soon ascertained that he had
sold one of the coins to Mr—Lowe, and another to Mr. Wal-
thew, goldsmiths. The prisoner, when first charged with
this, stoutly denied it; bnt on being confronted with Mr.
Lowe, he partially acknowledged its truth. The gold seal
and chain were subsequently found by Mr. Hill, buried in
the Major-General's garden ; the stone of the seal (on which
was engraved Captain Yates's crest,) having been broken
out, and the chain much damaged by hammering. The pri-
soner was of course apprehended, but as Captain Yates
would be on his way to India with Sir William Gomm, (who
has been appointed Governor of the Mauritius,) ere the next
sessions commence, it was considered that a prosecution
could not be sustained, and he was released from custody,
and dismissed from his situation. The next morning, how-
ever, it was discovered that the housekeeper's box had been
robbed as above-mentioned, and the prisoner was re-captured.
It turned out that this money had also been buried in the
(rarden ; and Bason, after his dismissal in the first instance,
had the audacity to go stealthily into the Major-General's
garden, and extract the money from its hiding-place. The
father of the prisoner, who went to see Captain Yates re-
specting his son's misconduct, admitted in the course of con-
versrtion that he had received three sovereigns from him,
which he had buried in his own garden ; and which looked
so very like a guilty knowledge as to induce Mr. Hill to take
him also into custody.—Chester Courant.
LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT.—An accident of a very dis-
tressing kind, and fatal in its results, occurred on Sunday
last, at Partick. A child of between three and four years of
age, it appears, had been entrusted to the care and manage-
ment of a servant, while its parents were absent at church,
and being allowed to get out of sight, it was found a few
minutes afterwards dead, with its face only immersed in a
small quantity of water which was standing in a tub near the
door. The child seemed to have been smothered, not
drowned, and every effort to recall the vital spark was
fruitless.—Glasgow Mail.
THE LATE ELECTION PETITION.—The committee have
determined that Messrs. O'Connell and Roche were duly
elected ! All we shall remark is, that if so, it is hard to say
who was not. If brute-force be a due means of obtaining a
return, let parliament so determine, and to brute-force the
returns will be resigned : but let us not be mocked by the
invitation to elect representatives when the attempt is to be
made at the hazard of our lives. In this victory Mr. O'Con-
nell has reason to rejoice. He has won it, as so many ano-
ther, by blood—the blood not alone of Protestants, but of
what he hates even more—of conservative Romanists. Well,
we do not envy him. It is a high price for popularity. It
was not in the power of the petitioners to " command suc-
cess :" but impartial persons will admit that they deserved
it, and the obligation under which they have laid the friends
of order and of freedom will not be forgotten. Their cause
was the cause of every man of peace and of property in the
country ; and if they failed, it was from no lack of industry
or of energy, of exertion or of perseverance.