The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-01-21 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS

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We find we committed a slight .mistake in our last witl
reference to the Rev. D. D. Stewart, son of the Rev. J. H
Stewart, incumbent of St. Bride's. The former gentleman
is curate to the Rev. Thomas France, Davenham, Cheshire
who is expected to preach at St. Bride's next Sunday morn.
ing and evening. The Rev. E. R. Jones, son of the Rev. J
Jones, of St. Andrews, is the Rev. Vv'. Freemantle's 1
LIVERPOOL NEW BATTERY.—We understand that t
fort at the north shore, near the Clarence docks, is to be im
mediately dismantled, and the ground taken into use by thi
corporation of the town. A new site has been selected b'
the officers of her majesty's board of ordinance, for the erec
tion of a new battery and barracks further down the seashore
which, it' is expected, will be proceeded with immediately
under the able direction of Captain J. H. Rutherford, th,
commanding royal engineer of this station and the Manches
ter district.

THE CORPORATION ScHooLs.—The following is the prayer
in use at the Corporation Schools :—" 0 most merciful God
and Father, we humbly beseech thee to receive these our
prayers and thanksgivings, which we offer unto thee through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Be pleased to direct our actions by
thy Holy Spirit, arid by thy gracious assistance prosper them,
that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee,
we may glorify thy holy name. May thy blessing rest upon
us, and upon these schools ; and grant that we, and all who
may receive the benefit of education here, may be bron-1-
in thy ways, never failing to ascribe, as is m-
all praise, all honour, and all glory to
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Our Father,
FRAUD IN THE NAME OF A MERCANTILE FIRM,
Hickey was placed before Mr. Rushton on Wednesday charged with having obtained, at various times, certain bolts
of canvas from Messrs. Horner and Bell, canvas dealers, 34,
South Castle-street, under the pretence that they were for
Messrs. Moore and Christian, merchants, of Strand-street
Thos. Disley, a warehouseman in the employ of Me,-
Horner and Bell, stated, that on the 16th of August
prisoner 911 ed at the warehouse of his employers, an,
duced au order for a bolt of canvas, which order purpo.
to be signed by Messrs. Moore and Christian, by whom th'
prisoner sa
canvas to be id he had been sent. Mr. Horner, jun., ordered
a of
given to him, and one was accordingly
delivered, which measured 72 yard's. On the 18th of Octo-
ber he called again with a similar order, and received another
bolt of canvas. On the 19th of October he again obtained
possession of a bolt of canvas b
order. Ten days •ago he (witness) heard that the prisoner
were
had not been sent by Messrs. Moore and Co. The orders
produced and identified. Mr. Thos. D. Moore proved
that he had not given the Prisoner authority to obtain any
canvas for his firm, nor bad any person belonging thereunto.
The prisoner was committed for trial.
TRADE WITH PORTUGAL.--We are happy to lay before
our readers the following letter. The merchants interested
in the trade here are indebted, we believe, to Messrs. Martin
and Son, and Messrs. Highfield and Withers, for accom-
plishing this very important affair:—

most hol
' &c.

—John

(Copy.)
Office of Committee, Privy Council for Trade
Gentlemen,— Whitehall, 17th January, 1842.
instant With reference to the memorial dated 7i
, signed by yourselves and other merchants of Liver
pool engaged in the trade with Portugal, relative to the Bri-
tish orders in council of the- 10th May, 1837, which impose
differential duties on Portuguese goods and ships, 1 am di-
rected, by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for
Trade, to acquaint you, for your information and that of the
parties who signed the said memorial, that an order passed
the council on Saturday, and will appear in to-morrow's
Gazette, revoking these orders.—l am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) JOHN, GEORGE SHAW LEFEVRE.
To Messrs. Highfield and Withers.
We stated recently that a memorial was in 'ourse of sig-
nature to the Lords of the Treasury, for the purpose 'of gain-
ing for Liverpool the privilege of supplying her Majesty's
ships with stores in bond. This memorial has been forwarded
to London, and a copy sent to our noble representative, Lord
Sandon, who immediately returned the following reply:-
- " London, January 15, 1842.
fi Dear Sir,--The prayer of the memorial to the Lords of
the Treasury a copy of which you have laced in my hands, is so reasonable, that it seems hardly tot require support.. I
have, however, forwarded it to the Board of Trade, pray-
their co-operation and assistance in the case. lam ' your faithful servant,
E. Haram, Esq."
DEATH OF JOSEPH Ginn:,ss, ESQ
regret that we this we-' annou-
Gibbons, Esq., who for many years occupied a very impoi
taut position in this community, having tilled the offices of
churchwarden, honorary overseer of the poor, commissioner
of the board of highways and sewerage, &c.
In stating that
Mr. Gibbons discharged the onerous duties thus imposed
upon him with fidelity, zeal, and advantage to the public,
we give but a faint idea of his own labours or of the benefits
which he conferred upon the parish. He was an indefatiga-
ble Purveyor for the House of Industry, in which capacity
be exercised his judgment and experience as a corn-merchant
in Providing the best articles for the subsistence of the poor,
thereby romoting the comfort of the inmates of the institu-
tion, and effecting a pecuniary saving to"the parish to ~,n, al-
most unlimited extent. Throughout the whole of his valua-
ble life he sustained an unblemished reputation, and in his
death the poor have lost a zealous friend, and society a useful
and an honest man, whose place will not readily be supplied.
Mr. Gibbons expired on Saturday last, at his residence,
Lark-lane, Toxteth-park, in the 57th year of his age.
CoLusiox -..,.
, —l'm Loss OF LIFE, ON THE INVER.—
During the greater part of Tuesday the towu and river were
enveloped in a thick fog, which, as the afternoon advanced,
increased in density. The barometer stood unusually high
throughout the entire day, the wind being about half a point westward of south. As the shades of evening advanced
where
became almost impenetrable, especially on th-
_ it was impossible to see to any great disl
ferry steamers were provided with lights and bells, in orate
to.
ps guard as much as possible against accidents, and on the
li on the opposite side bells were kept ringing or horns
blowing during the time the boats were passing. Similar
precautions were adopt
river.adopted on the landing slip at this side the
was We regret to state that an accident occurred which
the means of depriving at least one individual of life.
About five o'clock the Egerton steamer, which was on her
way from schooner Runcorn, with a crowd of passengers, ran foul of a
he, which was lying.at anchor opposite George's Pier-
d. The concussion was so great, that the steamer had
one of her paddle-boxes and mast swept away, and, before
she got clear, lost all her bulwarks. The passengers were
alled wit
ooner, h alarm, and many of them jumped on board the
h and were left there. In the confusion one woman
was seen struggling in the water, and as no effort could be
this to save her, she, no doubt, perished. It is hoped that
_is the only life that has fallen a sacrifice to the disaster.
The steamer landed such passengers as remained on board at
Georges pier, when, finding that she was not so- much crip-
p),i, ed as had been anticipated, she returned, and brought off
e others from the schooner. It is stated that she had pre-
viously, in her passage down the river, run foul of one of the
Soup Glasgow
Fatoeramers, and of a brig.
have sec • THE POOR.--Several
of our correspondents
ently thrown out suggestions as to the mode of pre-
paring soup for the poor, and we therefore deem it right to
give
e the following reply of the committee to such proposals.
paying
Z_idu 1 a proper respect to the motives of such indi-
hata :', the committee proceed :---These persons forget
the committee are guided in what they do by an expe-
rience have any years, in the course of which many experi-
mw ents been tried, many suggestions listened to, and the
wants and wishes of the poor studied with the most gorse-
ver
--g anxiety. The result is, that the present mode of
making the soup has been found superior to all others. The
pottage now distributed in such large quantities amongst the
poor is made of barley, rice, and sago,
all highly-nutritious
farinaceous substances, boiled together
with flavouring and
!sweetening ingredients till -it forms a thick and most nourish-
ing mess. Amongst the most frequent suggestions has been
one that the committee should make the soup of beeves' and
sheep's heads, shins of beef, &c. This would be absolutely
incompatible with the present great demand for the soup. It
has, however, been tried, and excellent as is the charity, the
goodness of its object was no shield against detraction. Re-
ports were circulated amongst the poor that the committee
were boiling down the offal of the shambles for their use;
and we have moreover learned, that wherever preparations
of animal food have been distributed, similar unfounded and
injurious rumours have obtained circulation. The soup at
Present prepared is greatly liked by the poor, and they, after
all, are the best judges. It is palatable, wholesome, very
nutritious, and it can be prepared so as to meet the demand,
which the reader will perceive by the subjoined statement, is
exceedingly great :
Flint-street
Gill-street . ...
Pickop-street .

ek announce the d

er
tauce. Th

31,197 'quart
26,126 „
47,904

Total 105,227 quarts,
making an average of 4,384 quarts per diem since the opening.
Sctroot, FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.—The annual meet-
ing of the subscribers to this institution was held on Tuesday,
in the school-room of the charity, Oxford-street East.
Richard Rathbone, Esq., in the chair. The report for the
year noticed the great efficiency. of the school, and the
punctual attendance of the pupils, and strongly urged the
necessity of continued exertions on behalf of the institution.
The treasurer's report set forth the accounts for the new
buildings, and for the furnishing thereof, from which it ap-
peared, that the expenditure exceeded the amount received
by £329 7s. 3d. The whole outlay on the buildings and
furniture was £6694 Bs. 2d. ; the receipts were £6365 Os. 11d.
The difference the committee were compelled to draw from
the funds of the school, the balance of which account was
thereby reduced to £6O Is. 3d., which small sum is all they
have to commence of the year 1842 with. This part of the
report proceeded to state, that from various causes the
means of the committee were inadequate to their wants.
The Merits of the institution are so widely known, that the
Committee believe no other appeal than the above statement
necessary. The smallest subscriptions, said the report, art,
very acceptable. For instance, two donations of five shillings
each have been contributed by some " poor Sunday schools,"
through the Misses Johnson, and eight shillings and four-
pence by a very little girl, whose name is not allowed to ap-
pear, as her " birth-day tribute," being the first fruits of
the suggestion thrown out at the last public examination of
the children. The chairman observed that Mr. Rhind's
suggestion was, that these donations should be given by
families as expressive of gratitude that their relations were
not afflicted with deafness. The chairman proceeded to read
a list of the subscribers to the clothing fund, library, and
museum; of the exhibitions and public institutions to which
the pupils have been admitted, and of the benevolent indi-
viduals who have entertained them. Eighteen pupils have
been :admitted into the schools since the last report, and six
have left and gone to business, or to their homes. The
•
school now contains sixty pupils; namely—thirty three
boarders, twenty-two day-scholars, and five private pupils.
Of these, fifty -four, the children of poor parents, arc educated
gratuitously; and for all the children a substantial dinner
(also gratis) is provided by the institution. Pupils are sent
from all parts of the United Kingdom. The chairman said,
a statistical account of the number of deaf and dumb persons
in each of the countries of Europe, with the number of in-
stittitions in each, the number of pupils undir instruction,
and the number remaining uneducated had been prepared.
In the United Kingdom, it appears, the number of deaf and
dumb is 14,328; the number of institutions, 12; the number
Ptt nder instruction 745 ; and the number remaining uneducated
:583. The number remaining uninstructed in Europe is
2°,225. Tlie remaining part of the business was of a formal
Character. All the resolutions were carried unanimously.

The Cheshire hounds will meet this day, (Friday,) the 21st
inst., at Ridley Toll-bar; to-morrow, the 22d, at Hurleston
Village ; Monday, the 31st, at. Sandiway Head c Wednesday,
February 2, at Duddon-heath ; Thursday, the 3d, at Dud-
don-heath ; Saturday, the sth, at Bucklow-hill,—at half-past
ten o'clock.

THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' BALL.—The ball in be-
half of this very praiseworthy charity is announced to take
place on Wednesday next. The ball last year was admirably
got up, and went off with much eclat. It is " devoutly to
be wished" that this year it will be still better attended.
MISS WHITNALL'S CONCERT.—We hope our musical
friends will not forget that Miss Whitnall's concert takes
place on Monday next, at the Portico. A very promising
programme is put forth. We perceive that Mr. Smith is
announced to conduct, in the stead of Mr. G. Holden.

Lord Ashburton, accompanied by Mr. Hugo Mildmay,
will leave Bath-house, Piccadilly, on the 26th instant, to
embark from Liverpool for New York. He then goes to
Washington, where a mansion has been taken for three
months. El is lordship will afterwards visit Pennsylvania, and
is expected to return to this country about the end of July.
THE VICTORIA BATHS.—We had an opportunity a day or
two ago of inspecting the new baths erected by Mr. Bird, in
Cases-street. We have not seen anything out of London
that will compare with them, either .for convenience, com-
fort, or good arrangement. The baths consist of hot, cold,
sulphur. and vapour. The rooms are fitted up in a first-rate
style. The proximity of the Victoria baths to the hotels,
and their very central situation, render them likely to prove
attractive; and they will, doubtless, be the resort of all who
love cleanliness and wish to enjoy good health.
THE NIGER' EXPEDITION. The Lady Cotnbermere,
which left Bombay on the 19th October, and Fernando Po
on the 26th October, arrived here on Tuesday. The chief
features of the information which she brings, respecting the
untoward prospects of this expedition, we gave in our paper
three weeks ago, on the authority,of a letter from an officer
of the Wilberforce, dated 22d of November, from Ascension.
The following is an extract from the log Of the Lady Cern-
bermere :—Her Majesty's steamers Albert and Soudon be-
longing to the Niger expedition, had returned to Clarence
with all hands sick. C.ptain Allen died on the 25th October,
after his arrival at the latter place.
IN RE TINNE—LIJNACY.—A commission of lunacy in
this case has been issued, and on Wednesday Mr. Wakefield
and Mr. M'Christie moved that it might be directed to Li-
verpool. They stated that Liverpool would be far the most
convenient venue, Mr. Tinne having been domiciled there in
his brother's house, and being at this moment actually resi-
dent in that town. Various affidavits were produced to show
the fact of domicile, which were read to the court. Mr.
Whitmarsh and Mr. Bazulgette, on the other hand, main-
tained that the domicile of the supposed lunatic was in
Green-street, Grosvenor-square, and, therefore, it would be
far more convenient that the commission should be opened
in London. Mr. Tinne was actually in Loudon when the
circumstances took place from which it would be attempted
to prove his insanity. The lord chancellor, after hearing all
the evidence, observed, that Liverpool was the natural and
usual residence of Mr. Tinne, and the commission must be

opened there

THE Roy AL CHRISTENING.—SeveraI correspondents,
chiefly from that hardlyworked class of the community, the
clerks employed in mercantile and trading establishments,
have written to us to suggest the propriety of making the
approaching christening of his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales the occasion of giving a general holiday to those who
throughout the year are engaged for six days of each week in
irksome and laborious occupations. We are not in general
by any means inclined to approve of that easy generosity
which, by adding to the vacation of school-boys, deprive the
parents of the advantage of the instruction tin• which they
have to pay, or grant days of recreation to the servants of
those who have but little reason to rejoice in this cheap
liberality ; but the present occasion appears to be one on
which some such indulgence would be well bestowed. It is
one on which the nation generally has much reason to re-
joice, and we trust that au opportunity will be afforded to
all who can be spared from the necessities of business to
join in and increase the general gratification.

IMPORTANT EXCLUSIVE INFORMATION !—" MEETING
OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL AT WINDSOR—THE CORN-LAWS.
—All the members of the cabinet assembled at Windsor, on
Saturday, and we have heard from authority, which induces
us to believe it, that, in addition to some formal business,
the question of the corn-lawa was discussed, and a plan was
agreed upon for changing the present system, though without
abandoning the sliding scale." The above important is
was conveyed to us on Tuesday by our contemporary
the Liverpool Times; and has naturally created a great sen-
sation and a desire on the part of the public to ascertain the
exclusive and necessarily high source from which that jour-
nal received it. On enquiry, we learn that it is an original
communication from " the boy Jones," who has recently
become the palace correspondent of the Liverpool Thnes.
The boy himself had his information from a housemaid, who
was dusting the anti-chamber of the room in which the cabinet
assembled, and overheard a portion of the discussion through
the key-hole.
Tut: ORIENTAL STEAMER.—Extract of a letter dated
Gibraltar, Jan. 8 :—" I write to inform you of an accident
that has happened to us, and very nearly of a serious nature.
We left here yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock , and had got about
17 miles to the eastward, when a large ship of about 600 or
700 tons, was seen on ourlarboarnow, running to the S.W.,
and before we had time to put our helm to port she struck us
on the larboard sponsors, sprung the fore and aft beam that
supports the main shaft, tore the whole side of the paddle-
box away, stove in the waist boat, carried away the gig and
maintopmast, and tore the quarter galley to pieces'. We are
in hopes to be able to proceed with the mail to-morrow.
The ship we have neither seen nor heard anything of. We
lowered our boat to look for her, as she fired two guns and
burnt a blue light. It is to be hoped that she is safe. We
have half her anchor stock and some rigging on board now.
Fled we put our helm up she would have gone down like a
stone. We have carpenters from the men-of-war on board
now at work.• Thank God it is no worse."

CLOSING OF PAWNBROKERS' SHOPS.—At the police-
court, yesterday, a woman preferred a complaint against Mr.
Richards, pawnbroker, to the effect that she had pledged
with him a gold seal, twelve months ago on Friday last; that
on Friday evening, between six and seven o'clock, she went
to redeem it, and found the shop closed, and that on calling
the following day she was told it was sold. Mr. Richards
said that he closed his shop at seven o'clock, and he supposed
the complainant must have come after that hour. His young
man, 'on her subsequently catline, told him that it was
but he had since got it back. Mr. Rushton said that seven
o'clock was an unreasonable hour to close for the redemption
of pledges from poor people, as many of them were at work
till six, or later. The statute stated eight o'clock in the
evening to give out goods. Mr. Richards said that several
of the pawnbrokers had agreed to close at seven o'clock, and
that he bad understood the magistrates had approved of the
arrangement. Mr. Rushton rejoined that lie was not aware
of any such approval : he had not been a party to it, nor
could he legally be so. Mr. Richards then said that he was
told that by a recent statute the day (as regarded pawn-
brokers) ended at twelve at noon ! Mr. Rushton said that
was a mistake. He knew of no day ending at noon, except-
ing the nautical day. The seal being produced it was re-
turned to the owner on her paying principal and interest. It
was pledged for 45., and was stated by her to be worth £2.

IN QUESTS.—Several inquests were held before the borough
coroner on Wednesday. The first was on view of the body
of Mary Anne Hale, a poor widow, 52 years of age, who
lodged in a house occupied by David Rushton, in Christian-
street. It appeared that while she was in the act of reading
a book in her room on Sunday night her clothes accidentally
caught fire, and that she was burned in a dreadful manner all
over her body : she died on the following day.—The second
was on view of the body of Joseph Gerard, a servant in the
employment of Mr. Thomas Griffith, of the Pheenix Inn,
Mount-pleasant, who accidentally fell from the granary to
the ground, a height of three yards, on Saturday night, by
which he received a mortal fracture of the skull, which
caused his death.—The. third was on view of the body of
Mary Pye, a girl nine and a half years of age, who was killed
instantaneously in Clare-street, on Saturday afternoon, by a
large gate attached to a cow-house having fallen upon her.
With a view to induce a proper caution in similar cases on
the part of landlords or others, the jury levied a deodaud of
£5 on the gate, which the owner was compelled to pay, or
abide the result of a Queen's Bench writ.—The fourth was
on view of the body of Dorothy Smith, of Richmond-row,
who died of serous apoplexy, which had been accelerated
by intemperance.-Verdicts in accordance with the evidence
were returned in the several cases.
SPECIMEN OF THE LIBERALITY OF AN EX-" LIBERAL"
MEMBER FOR ST. ANNE'S WARD.—A few days ago, we
understand, an application was made to Mr. Mason, the ex-
"liberal" member for St. Anne's Ward, soliciting him to
co-operate with the present members and other gentlemen of
the ward in an endeavour to raise a fund for distribution
amongst their distressed neighbours during thepresent severe
winter. The application in question was made with the
greater confidence owing to a knowledge on the part of the
gentleman who made the application, that, during last winter,
Mr. Mason was most active in promoting a similar object,
and was actually chairman of the committee by whom the
funds were distributed amongst the-deserving, without dis-
tinction of party or sect, the recipients, however, being prin-
cipally, as in most similar cases, the destitute Irish inhabi-
tants of the ward. On the present occasion, however, " a
change has come o'er the spirit" of the very liberal Mr.
Mason. That humane worthy is no longer a member of the
council ; and to the application in question his reply was a
very decided negative. On what ground? the reader may
ask. Why, this. Mr. Ex-councillor Mason is fearful—hear
this, poor, hungry, and naked inmates of the cellars and
courts which this liberal once represented!—lest this effort
to feed, and clothe, and warm you and your starving children
should "be made subservient to party purposes !" And,
why so ? Because the meeting to originate so excellent a
work of charity "being held in Christ Church School-room
conveys no very favourable impressions to his mind !!"
Excellent, sensible, pious, church and church-school-hating
Ex-Councillor Mason! Old fashioned ignorant people may
tell us that " charity is of no sect and no creed," but the new
light of St. Anne's Ward—(which ought to be proud of him)
—cannot deign to shine if the Voice of supplication is raised
from a place which conveys such " unfavourable an impres-
sion to his mind" as those excited by " Christ Church School-
room !" Shame, Mr. Ex-Councillor Mason—shame!
POPERY OVERSHOOTING THE MARK.—That their reve-
rences the self-styled " Catholic clergy of Liverpool" would
overshoot the mark in their proceedings upon the education
question, we fully anticipated ; and we are happy to inform
our readers that such has been the case. The ferocious bi-
gotry and intolerable insolence which have characterised the
proceedings of these Popish gentry throughout, and more
especially the dictatorial placard which they addressed to
the poor children of their persuasion, denouncing the system
of education adopted by the majority of the council, and
requiring their immediate 'withdrawal from the corporation
schools, have effectually convinced not only the great body
of the public, but even some of the hesitating conservatives
in our council, that with such men no conciliatory policy
upon such a question could have been safely adopted. We
are informed, upon excellent authority, that Mr. John
Smith, the member for West Derby Ward, has expressed,
within the last few days, in consequence of this conduct of
the Romish priesthood, his conviction that no measure
short of that which was sanctioned by the council, and to
which at the time he was strenuously opposed, could have
been resorted to with any probability of being worked ad-
vantageously ; and that that gentleman has become one of
the firmest supporters of the proceedings of the Education
Committee. We are glad of this ; and we trust that his
fellow waverer, Mr. Robinson, of Great George's Ward,
will imitate his frank and sensible example.

ALLEGED DECREASED ATTENDANCE AT THE CORPORA-
TION SCROOLS.-Our radical and Popish contemporaries
having been in extasies of delight, during the past week,
with the falling-off in the attendance at the Corporation
Schools, since the change of system was resolved upon by
the council, our reporter called on Monday morning at the
South Corporation School, fully expecting to find the scrip-
tural system of education, which was said to have caused
such a woful thinning of the desks and forms, in frill opera-
tion. To his infinite surprise, however, he discovered that
no such horror is as yet in being. The new rules of the
Education Committee have not as yet been introduced; and
the old system, under the old teachers, is continued in the
schools! The falling-off, therefore, which our contempora-
ries gloat over, is not the result of the antipathy of children
or their parents to the new system as practised, but only to
that system as denounced and misrepresented by Popery and
its allies,—aided, no doubt, by every facility for priestly in-
timidation being given by the contumacious masters, who
still remain at the head of the schools, and can report, to
Dominic Butler or Father Youens, the name of every Ro-
man Catholic parent who is disposed to embrace.the benefits
of a sound religious education for his poor children, at the
hazard of an anathema from his priestly tyrant.

nCOOVERY or THE LOST Sentrrunca.—A. Dublin paper
announces the discovery, by an Irish gentlemar4 of a valu-
able clue to the depository of those interesting manuscripts.
COMMITMENT.—A boy, named James Gibney, was, yester,
day, charged with stealing a five shilling paper of copper,
the property of Mr. Hurst, of Limekiln-lane, with whom he
was shop-boy. The case was proved, and he was committed
for trial.

AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—An inquest was held yester-
day, before Mr. Curry, touching the death of John Jackson.
Toe deceased,•a baker, was 42 years of age. On Tuesday
evening, at six o'clock, he took his tea, and appeared to be
in his usual health. About half-past six he went to bed.
At a quarter past seven a person went to call him, to draw a
batch of bread, and found him quite dead. On an examina-
tion of the body it appeared that he had died from apoplexy.
Verdict accordingly of " death from naturatcauses.'
LONDON PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY.—TiIiS
Institu-
tion has presented to the ltev. Hugh M'Neile and John B.
Murray, Esq. each, a superb testimonial of gratitude for the
exertionsof those gentlemen in November last. The testimoni-
als are richly printed on white satin, surmounted by the arms
of Great Britain and the United States, in gold, contrasting
with a representation of the Franklin and Columbian presses,
and an exquisite border, in pink. The body of the diplomas
contain, in gold letters, the proceedings of the Printe►s'
Pensio❑ Society, when convened to hear and receive the
result of the " Franklin Lecture" in Liverpool.

LETTERS TO AMERICA.—We understand that the Co-
lumbia which arrived here on Saturday brought back from
America a number of letters which were put on board at
Liverpool in an irregular way, not having passed through the
Postoffice. The United States government join with our
own in this endeavour to put down a smuggling of letters
to and frO, which defrauds the exchequer of both countries.
The letters sent back to England, we hear, are now in the
hands of the Postoffice solicitors, London, for recovery of
the line incurred by parties sending letters illegally. We
hope this intimation will act as a caution in future.
THE PRIVILEGE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—The
Court of Queen's Bench was occupied on Tuesday with a case
arising out of the celebrated breach of privilege case, (Stock-
dale v. Hansard), which excited so much attention in the last
session of parliament but• one. The plaintiff, who was the
'solicitor to Stockdale upon that oecasion, brought an action
of trespass against Sir W. Gossett, the Sergeant-at-Arms,
and other officers and messengers of the House-of Commons,
for having entered his house, broken open various doors, &c.,
in execution of the Speaker's warrant for his apprehension
for an alleged contempt of an order of the hcuse. Such an
entrance for such an object, it was alleged by the plaintiff's
counsel, Mr. Kelly, was a violation of Magna Charta, the
Petition of Eights, and the Habeas Corpus Act; and the
assumption of privilege by the. House of Commons unwar-
rantable by the statute law of the land. After having ad-
dressed the court for four hours upon the general principle
as well as upon the insufficiency of the pleas put in by the
defendants, the Attorney-General rose to address the court,
but was stopped by Lord Denman, who stated that it was the
wish of their lordships to hear him upon the general princi-
ple, as to the legality of the privilege claimed by the House
of Commons, upon which the learned counsel requested leave
to amend his plea, and the case was allowed to• stand over,
upon payment of costs on the part of the House of Commons
within a week.

OBTAINING A LARGE QUANTITY OF ALE, &C., ON
FALSE PRETENCES.—At the Police-court, yesterday, a man
named George Smith, who appeared, from his dress, to be-
long to the better class of labourers, was placed at the bar,
on a charge of obtaining ale, to a large amount, by false
representations. Mrs. Anti Thornely, a widow, said she
kept the Manchester Arms public-house, Canning-place.
About six o'clock on Sunday morning week, a man came to
her house, and wished her to let him have a few gallons of
ale, as he was working at the docks. She said she could not
unless lie brought a proper guarantee. He said he would
bring their gangsman, and went away. About six in the
evening the same man brought the prisoner to the house, and
said " He is gangsman over 52 men, and we are working for
Mr. Bowers, at the docks : he pays us our wages every Sa-
turday evening, and stops for what we have had." The pri-
soner said, " I am gangsman to Mr. Bowers," and, produ-
cing a red backed book, added, " You must not let any drink
go, only to the person who brings the book." She then mea-
sured 15 pints of ale, and put it into a large bottle for them.
A lodger entered it in the book. About ten o'clock the same
night the other man came with the book, and obtained 12
quarts of ale, which was entered in the book. He returned
shortly after, and got six quarts of ale and a quart of rum,
which was also entered. About eight on Monday evening,
the 10th instant, the prisoner and the other man came with
the book, and got 12 quarts of ale in a can which they
brought. About eleven o'clock the other man came with a
note as follows :—" Jany. 10th, 1842, Liverpool. Mr.
Thornely, you will be so good as.let these men have what
ale they want, on my account. GEORGE SMITH." About
four o'clock same afternoon, the other men came with a note
stating—" Let the men have Is. 6d. each till i come.—
George Smith." The prisoner and the other men obtained
liquor and tobacco to the amount of £ll 19s. On Wednes•
day the 12th, the other man came for more liquor, and pro-
duced a book. Witness said she would not let him have it
unless he brought Bowers. He left the book and went
away. In the evening the prisoner came and said. "I am
very sorry you did not let the man have the drink this
morning, as they are very ill starved." Witness said she
could not let any more go without a proper guarantee. He
replied, " You might have let it go on until Saturday, as it
would be doing me a kindness." He then left. A person
afterwards called and told her she had been defrauded. She
did not see the prisoner afterwards until Monday last, when
she saw him at the Canning Dock quay, and said to him,
" What do you think of yourself?" He said, "You have
no pull at me," and began to abuse her. She gave him into
custody. Mr. Bowers being called, said he was a contractor
at the Canning Dock, but had never employed the prisoner
in any capacity. 'When apprehended, the prisoner said to
the police-officer that he had come to Liverpool in search of
work, but had not got any. In reply to the question whe-
ther he had worked for Bowers, he said he had not. On
the depositions being read, he said they were all correct, ex-
cept as to Mr. Bowers's name, which was not mentioned
until Wednesday morning, and that he did not get it in his
name. He was committed for trial at the sessions, but as
the offence was a misdemeanour, was told that he might be
liberated on bail, himself in £4O, and two sureties in £2O
each. In default, he was locked up.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF STABBING.—A SECOND OF-
FENCE.—A young man, named Robert Frazer—said to be
second mate of whip—was yesterday-placed at the bar 1;4 the
police-court, on a charge of stabbing a young woman with a
clasp knife. The case derived additional interest from the
fact that the prisoner had been tried at the last assizes for a
similar offence in the same house. Harriet Dicks said that
she was one of the servants in a seaman's lodging-house in
Queen-street, kept by Mr. John Starkie, and the prisoner
was a boarder there. A little before eight o'clock on Wed-
nesday night, the prisoner, who was before in the front
parlour, came into the back parlour where she was, and asked
her to go out with him. She declined to do so, and directly
after, while she was amusing herself with the other servant
girls, she felt herself struck, on the right side under het'
breast. It appeared that the witness afterwards fainted.—
Bridget Ryan, another servant in the house, said the pri-
soner came into the room. He said he was going to fight
with one of the other lodgers whom he named, and that he
would have somebody's life that night. He then made a
thrust with a knife at the last witness, and immediately after
put out the gas, opened the window, jumped out, and es-
caped. He wiped the knife on his jacket after he had used
it against Harriet Dicks, and threw it on the floor. The
knife was produced—a common clasp-knife, such as those
used by sailors, and about four inches long in the blade.—
Another female, Mr. Starkie's daughter, who is married,
stated that the complainant shrieked and fainted after being
hit, and she (witness) took her shortly afterwards to her
house, and sent for a doctor. She examined her clothes, and
found them cut through, and a slight wound on the side.—
Inspector Morley said he heard that a girl was stabbed, and
went in pursuit of the prisoner, who had afterwards (it ap-
peared) affected madness. He found him concealed in a
cellar in Queen-street, and took to bridewell. The clothes
worn by the girl at the time were produced. The gown.
stays, and shift were cut through, the first coniderably. The
shift and the stays were discoloured with blood.—Mr. John
Ganies, M.D., said he was called to the complainant, and
found a cut under the right breast, three or four lines in
length, and one in depth. He dressed it. It was not dan-
gerous.—Mr. Rushton then put several questions to Mrs.
Starkie, the landlady of the lodging-house, and to several of
the police-officers. From their replies, it appeared that the
prisoner was the same man who was committed, on the 14th
April last, to take his trial at the assizes for stabbing a girl,
in the same lodging-house, named Catherine English. On
that occasion the girl was at one time not expected to survive,
and Mr. Rushton went to the house, and took her deposi-
tion while her life was in danger. The prisoner was brought
up at the assizes, but the girl (who afterwards recovered, and
is since married), as well as the other principal witnesses,
appeared to have forgotten all they had said before the ma-
gistrate, some of them taking his part, so that the prisoner,
though arraigned for stabbing with intent to murder, escaped
with but seven days' imprisonment.—The prisoner, after
being cautioned, said-he had nothing to say, and was com-
mitted for trial at the sessions.—Mr. Rushton, before the
witnesses were bound over, addressed Mrs. Starkie on the
subject of the former case, and cautioned her and the other
witnesses against withholding their evidence, so as to defeat
the ends of justice,—warning them that if they did so in the
present case, their recognizances would be estreated and
themselves imprisoned. They were then bound over to ap-
pear,—in the sum of £5O each.
ROYAL LIVER THEATRE.—We perceive that this evening
Mr. Alexander Lee's benefit takes place. The whole strength
of the company will be put forth on the occasion. Mrs.
Waylett will resume her character of Mrs. Fitzsmith, in the
" Ladies' Club," in which she made so decided a hit last sea-
son. She will sing many of her delightful songs in the
course of the evening. Mrs. Waylett has played during the
week The Lady, in the farce of a " Lady and Gentleman in
a Peculiarly Perplexing Predicament," very cleverly—her
naivete and archness made the character as good as when
played by Mrs. Keeley. The performances are under the pa-
tronage of the Earl of Sefton. His lordship and a large party
of fashionables are expected to be present. The house has
been crowded during the week. The tide of popular favour
appears to have steadily set into this pretty little theatre.
DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY.—We beg to remind the
charitably disposed of this excellent institution. Its good
work never ceases, and in seasons of inclemency and distress
like the present, its operations assume an aspect of benevo-
lence that must be gratifying to the feelings of the sub-
scribers. We cordially recommend the society to public sup-
port at this period; and we trust that it will be speedily
placed in a position, as to funds, that will enable it to fulfil
its excellent objects. We may just mention, in order to shew
the increasing demands upon it, that 248 persons have been
relieved by it per day from Christmas Day up to Tuesday
last, and that on Wednesday the number augmented to 326.
When it is considered that aid is only given to such as are
really in want of it, some estimate may be formed, from this
plain fact, of the vast utility, not to say the absolute neces-
sity, of the institution.

THE ROYAL CHRISTENING.—The most extensive arrange-
ments are in progress throughout the country for the pur-
pose of making the day on which the royal infant is to be
christened one of general rejoicing, and it is gratifying to see
that this will not only be done by the gentry, tradesmen,
and the more respectable portion of the community, but that
that the poor will also he enabled to join in the general re-
joicing, and that in all the principal towns in the kingdom,
by the consideration of the more wealthy neighbours, a plen-
tiful and excellent dinner and other comforts will be pro-
vided for them. At Aylesbury, a committee of the inhabi-
tants was formed, and a subscription entered into, to provide
the poor of the town and the adjoining parishes with a din-
ner, and blankets and warm clothing will also be distributed
among the more necessitous. The inhabitants of the town
will also have a public dinner to celebrate the auspicious
event. At Buckingham the 'poor will also be regaled in a
similar manner, a consideraule subscription, to which the
Duke of Buckingham contributed £5O, having been entered
into for that purpose ; and there will also be a public dinner
upon a very grand scale, and the day will be closed by a ball;
gratification being thus afforded to all, rich and poor, old and
young. In most of the other principal towns in Buckingham-
shire similar proceedings are to take place. At Hertford it is
intended to give a quantity of beef and plum-pudding to every
poor family in the town, and the gentry of the neighbourhood
and the principal inhabitants are to dine together at the
Town-hall. All the other principal towns of the county will
adopt similar proceedings. At Chelmsford, and all the chief
towns of Essex, there will also be public dinners; and the
poor will be provided with substantial comforts, in comme-
moration of the happy event. From other parts of the coun-
try similar accounts are received, and there can be very little
doubt that under Providence, the day will be one of almost
universal gladness.