The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-25 00:00:00

BRAZILIAN TARIFF.

I,V subjoin a translation of the instructions issued by the
Brazilian Government to the commissioners appointed to
prepare the new tariff on goods imported into that country.
The report of the commissioners would be presented to the
Brazilian Chambers at their meeting on the Ist of January,
which shows that it is not intended to make any change in
the existing import duties before that time :
" BRAZILIAN TARIFF.—The instructions given by the
Ministers of Finance, Viscount d' Abrantes, to the commis-
sioners (45 in number, divided into nine sections), assigns
to each section a different description of goods, wares, or
merchandise, and are expressed as follows, viz. :
" Art. I. The commissioners altogether, or divided into
sections, shall hold their conferences or meetings in one of
the offices at the Custom-house, at such times as the chair-
man of the commission shall appoint ; and the collector of
the customs shall render every assistance in his power to for-
ward the labours of the commission, when requested to do so
by the chairman.
" 11. Any member not being able to continue his atten-
dance shall intimate the same to the chairman, who shall re-
port to the Treasury, pointing out at the same time a proper
person to fill the situation.
" 111. In settling the new tariff the respective sections
shall describe as accurately as possible, and classify all the
productions and merchandise, general objects of commerce.
" IV. The commission shall arrange in alphabetical order
the names of all goods, wares, and merchandise, according
to their respective classes, and prepare an index, specifying
the page where they are to be found in the tables of the
tariff.

" V. The amount of duty (not being less Than 2 per cent.,
nor more than 60) shall be stated opposite each article of
produce or merchandise described and classified in the said
tables.

" VI. The duties to which the produce and merchandise
to be imported for home consumption, re-exported, or trans-
shipped, shall be subject, shall be calculated (with such ex-
ceptions only as may be found expedient) according to the
weight of solids, to the contents of liquids, and to the number
of such as can be readily counted.
" VII. A table shall be annexed to the tariff of the tares
to be allowed on all goods, &c., which cannot or ought not
to be weighed seperate from the packages or casks in which
they are contained.
" VIII. That in apportioning the duties the commissioners
must attend—
"l. To their being articles of greater or less necessity to
the community at large, or to the comfort of certain classes
of the con =GM
" 2. To t,,e i.ac,tity or difficulty of smuggling the same.
" 3. To the propriety of encouraging articles the produce
of the country, or manufactured in it, or even of such as
may in time become a substitute for those coming from
abroad. _ • . _ _ _ _

" To the utmost facility in calculating respective duties, so
as not to impede the clearing the same through the different
departments of the Custom-house.
" IX. The commissioners are required to lav down rules
by which the officers employed in the Custom-house ought
to be governed in the following cases :
" 1. If the article or merchandise should be omitted in the
tariff.

"2. If any dispute should arise between the Custom-
officers and proprietors or consignees of any goods, as to
their classification or amount of duties they ought to pay.
"X. The commissioners are also required to propose any
other measures they may consider necessary or expedient
for the more efficacious and ready collection of His Impe.
rial Majesty's revenue of customs, and at the same time cal-
culated to promote the natural course of commercial improve-
ment and augmentation."
The two chief articles in the above are Nos. V. and VIII.
By No. V. it is shown, that no differential duties are con-
templated in favour of or against any country. By the sub-
divisions of No. VIII. it is shown, however, that some in-
tentions exist of levying protective duties for the encourage-
ment of the home manufacturers. The effect which the mis-
sion of Mr. Ellis may produce in that respect may possibly
depend on the concessions he may be authorized to make
regarding the admission of Brazil sugars to British ports.

STAVES.—The poems of the Cymri were graven upon small
staves or rods, one line upon each face of the rod ; and the
old English word stave, as applied to a stanza, is probably a
relic of the practice which in the early ages prevailed in the
west. In the east we shall find the custom still subsisting •
the slips of bamboo, upon which the inhabitants of the In-
dian Archipelago now write or scratch their compositions
with a bodkin, are substantially the same with our ancient
staves.—Palgrave's History of the Anglo Saxons.
DISFRANCHISEMENT OF A WHOLE PARISH.—Owing
to neglect on the part of the overseers of Old Shoreham, in
not delivering in lists to the revising barristers, the whole of
the freeholders of this parish have been deprived of their
borough votes. The franchise here is unique; the free-
holders of the Rape of Bramber join with the burgesses of
the old borough of New Shoreham in returning members.
The overseer neglecting to deliver in a list of the old voters,
they were all disfranchised. The list created by the Reform
Act was properly delivered and was revised.—Globe.
A WARLIKE FAMILY.—There are five brothers named
Keegan, now residing in and about this town, who entered
the army about thirty years since, and served in various parts
of the world, and particularly in the Peninsula, where they
were in several engagements. These five veterans have lately
returned to their native country in perfect health, and are in
the enjoyment of good pensions. They bore excellent cha-
racters, and honourable mention is made of them by the
several officers they served under.—Carloto Sentinel.
TOBACCO.—The New Act of Parliament against the adul-
teration of Tobacco comes into full operation on Tuesday the
Ist of November. By this act the officers of excise have power
to examine the stocks of dealers as well as of manufacturers ;
to seize all adulterated tobacco found therein ; and to levy
a fine of £2OO on the person in whose possession it is dis-
covered. It is understood that this law will be strictly en-
forced, and we, therefore, deem it proper to acquaint dealers
with the heavy penalties imposed, in order to caution them
against any inducements which may be held out to them to
purchase a spurious article, by it being offered at a reduced
price.

TREATMENT OF LUNATICS IN TURKEY.—The miserable
state in which lunatics are kept calls for severe reprehension ;
it is disgraceful to the Turkish Government, an opprobrium
on Turkish humanity. In cold cells in the winter season
(there was snow on the ground when I saw them), with
barred unglazed windows, the poor men are chained by the
neck to the wall by a heavy iron chain about six feet in length
—a space to which their exercise is limited. No medical aid
is afforded them. They are open to the public gaze, and
subject to irritation of an aggravated kind from mischievous
boys and lads, who, as I witnessed, seemed to take pleasure
in tormenting them, making even by blows the violent egibly
furious. In consistency with their treatment, the i sane
establishment is contiguous to a menagerie ; one has to pass
through the yard containing the cages in which a few wild
beasts are exhibited, to enter that in which are the cells of
the lunatics; and the payment for both is the same.—Dr.
Davy's lonian Islands, Turkey, &c.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.—We have heard of another
rupture in China, but it is said that the power of Poo Loo
will be resorted to for cementing it. It is rumoured that an
attempt will be made to rivet the different fractions into
which the service of China is now divided, but this, we think,
is impossible. The great Khan wants a handle, and until
this is found there can be no reasonable hope of adjustment.
Our Indian letters put us in possession of Indian ink to the
22d, and our news is, consequently, of the same dark com-
plexion as before. Our Seville correspondent sends us
oranges to the latest moment at which our express was made
up, but we are very sorry to say that we find considerable
asperity in every quarter. Our letters from Egypt have not
arrived; but, on enquiry at the Egyptian-hall, in Piccadilly,
we ascertained that affairs in that quarter were going on as
smoothly as the best friends of the land of the pyramids had
any reason to anticipate.—Punch.
A GYPSEY FUNERAL.—For some time a numerous tribe
of gypsies have pitched their tents in Cut Fledge-road, Little
Coggeshall. One of the party died last week. As soon as
life was extinct much ceremony was observed. The body
was dressed in a Scotch plaid gown, silk stockings, and satin
shoes ; wax tapers were burnt, and the remains lay in state.
Instructions for the funeral were given to Mr. Clements, the
undertaker, and no expense was spared to render it most
respectable in every respect. The coffin was of fine oak,
studded with gilt nails, and bore a brass plate, upon which
was engraved " Cecilia Chilcott—Died Sept. 29, 1812, aged
28 years." On Sunday last the funeral took place, and her
remains were interred in the parish churchyard, by the Rev.
W. Wieson, curate, in the presence of nearly 5,000 persons.
The pall was supported by four respectably dressed females
deeply veiled, and about 30 of the tribe followed, dressed in
black, the men wearing black cloth cloaks. The greatest de-
corum was observed by the whole party, and a more respec-
table funeral, we understand, has not been seen in the town
for many years. We are credibly informed, that in the coffin
were placed by the side of the body, the deceased's watch
and a purse of money, for the protection of which a person
is appointed to watch the grave for some weeks. The father
of the deceased, attributing the death of his daughter to the
removal by the police, threatens to take legal proceeding
against the parties.—Chelmsford Chronicle.
A WHEELING ARTICLE.—Going to dinner the other day
we saw a little codger, about two years old, sitting in a
wheelbarrow and trying to wheel himself. it struck us
that many people in this world are often caught in the same
act, and we shall always think hereafter—when we see a bu-
siness man trusting everything to his clerks, and continually
seeking his own amusement—always absent from his count-
ing-house, and yet expecting to get along, he's sitting in a
wheelbarrow, and trying to wheel himself. When we see a
professional man better acquainted with everything else than
his profession, always starting some new scheme, and never
attending to his calling, his wardrobe and credit will soon
designate him as sitting on a wheelbarrow, and trying to
wheel himself. When we see a farmer with an over-abun-
dance of " hired help," trusting everything to their manage-
ment, his fences down, implements out of repair, and land
suffering for want of proper tillage—too proud or too lazy
to off coat and go to work—he's sitting in a wheelbarrow
trying to wheel himself. When we see a mechanic run half
a square every day to borrow a newspaper, and may be have
to wait ten or fifteen minutes before he can get it, we sus-
pect that the time he loses would soon pay the subscription,
and consider him sitting in a wheelbarrow, and trying to
wheel himself. When we see a man busily engaged in cir-
culating scandal concerning his neighbour, we infer that he
his pretty deep in the mud himself, and sitting in a wheel-
barrow, and trying to wheel himself out.—Wheeling Gazette.

COLLIF.ION.—We take the following account of this acci-
dent from a document made out and signed b • ii (passengers
on board the steamer at the time :—On the evening of Fri-
day last, about half-past seven o'clock, as the Sovereign was
proceeding on her trip north, and while off the Boilers of
Buchan, between Aberdeen and Peterhead, the mate on the
look-out descried a schooner, with every stitch of canvass
set, bearing hard down on her larboard bow. The steamer
had two lights burning, one at the foremast, and the other at
the mainmast. The night, though dark, was clear. The
mate, on the watch, as soon as he perceived the danger,
instantly cried out to the man at the wheel to port his helm,
which be did, and the vessel's course was altered at least
eight points. The helmsman of the schooner, instead of
porting his helm, as he should have done, put it to starboard.
Theth schooner, consequently, ran down on the broadside of
board th
carrying
steamer,. striking her on the larboard paddle-box, and
which
away with her bowsprit one of the steamer's boats,
were enoughratosle
aes stoved in and knocked into the sea. The scene on
iwaigt hofhitshue sateaaltnperromat thisti moment was dreadful. Thescream_
that no material damage passengers and the shouting of the sailors
gteu promptitude, hhaeveinn
appal the stoutest heart. Captain Phillips,
gsafistrasitnecdonhiyinteheed
and allayed the fears
their safety, procee:if his steamer, himself
passengers by full assurances of,
to see what effects the collision had
had on the schooner, the crew of which were crying out that
there were four feet of water in the hold, that she was filling,
and begging Captain Phillips
do,
send a boat to their assist-
ance. This was immediatelyproceedoer, and the mate and some
of the steamer's crew
to ascertain in what con-
dition she was. They found that th
e bowsprit and jiboom
had been carried away, and other damage done, which could
not exactly be ascertained ; but the
averred that she was sinking,
and
hastily jumped
and the crew
jumped into the
steamer's boat, threatening to aband •on the vessel. On
Captain Phillips learning that there was a very valuable
of oil on board, he induced the master and men to
stay by
tow
cargo
their vessel, and he would send a hauser on boardao
her into Aberdeen. This, after some persuasion, they werenw
induced to do, and the schooner was made fast to the steamer
and towed into the aforesaid harbour, though it delayed the
Sovereign nearly ten hours.--Inverness Courier.

THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES.

(From the Standard.)

Some very important circumstances are now working in an
under-current, which will materially co-operate in pro-
ducing the beneficial results in the revival of our manufac-
tures, aimed at by the recent tariff. The same cause that
led to the depreciation in price and character of many of our
cotton and silk manufactures, viz., competition by manufac-
turers to undersell each other, by supplying rubbish, and
which has been so ably exposed in the House of Commons,
had many years previously entirely destroyed our export
trade in watches, and very considerably depreciated the
borne trade. A select committee of the House of Commons
sate upon this sublect in the year 1818, and it appears from
the report that in 1796 the number of gold and silver watch
cases marked in Goldsmiths'-hall amounted to 191,678;
while in the year 1816 the gradual reduction had brought
that number down to 102,112, exhibiting a diminution of
89,566, or nearly one •half, and it further appears from the
last edition of M'Culloch's Dictionary of Commerce, that
that number was reduced in 1841 to less than 100,000. In
one township alone, in Lancashire, called Prescot, in which
the manufacture of the movements of watches was the staple,
there were in 1821, 859 families employed in handicrafts,
whilst in 1831, from the re:ltufacture of watches being
utterly destroyed, that as reduced to only 540.
That which this country has lost, Switzerland has chiefly
gained ; and it is proved that England is, in this respect,
tributary to the continent—that every year the quantity of
foreign watches sold in London, and in the principal towns
of the three kingdoms, is more than tenfold the amount of
those manufactured in England.
This great injury to our manufactures and loss to our
trade is likely speedily to have an end, a gentleman, who
has devoted 20 years of his life to this subject, having made a
variety of machines by which an incredible number of watches,
of every variety of size, may be made in a day. By one of the
machines 300 perfect plates can be produced in a day; by
another the same quantity of barrels; by five machines
the requisite number of centre, third, and fourth wheels
(crossed, polished, and cut), with balances for 300 movements.
By another 200 pinions can be cut and rounded ; by another
the holes are drilled, the tapping, the screw-holes, the various
parts in the plate are sunk, planting the depths and escape-
ments, &c., and all with such exactness as cannot be excelled;
another for the making and polishing of pivots, &c. Four
other machines will be sufficient for making pivots for 50
movements a-day ; and to add to these, there are 20 other
machines for every description of work connected with the
watch-making, and which altogether constitute a set. The
inventor has submitted these machines to the scrutiniz-
ing inspection of the most experienced makers of chronome-
ters and watches in London, and not one has expressed a
doubt of the work so produced being incomparably superior
to that done in the usual way. Among other distinguished
names in the trade we have observed those of Mr. Barwise,
Mr. Earnshaw, Mr. Hewett, Mr. Vieyres, Messrs. Frod-
sham and Co., with about a hundred watchmakers in the
country, who, with the Duke of Hamilton and Mr. Howell
(of the firm of Howell and James) at their head, are engaged
in carrying out the great and national object of restoring this
lost and important manufacture to England, by means that,
while they greatly lessen the price, will improve the quality,
and entirely undersell our foreign rivals, and be very largely
profitable to all parties concerned. The subject •?.s now in
the hands of the Attorney-General.

It is a remarkable fact, that although Magna Charta is
considered as the foundation of British liberty, there is not a
single ward about " liberties" in it.

STRANGE FELLOWSHIP.—A handsome Scots church has
lately been built in Woolwich; close to this is now in course
of erection a Roman Catholic chapel ; between these edifices,
as it apparently to connect the church of John Knox with
that of his Holiness the Pope, stands a large gin palace,
called the Gun. Any person visiting Woolwich may observe
this fact near the store guard-room.
SHOWER OF BUTTER.—The following extraordinary letter
appears in the Cork Examiner :—"Dunmanway, Septem-
ber 17th, 1842. Sir—Please to publish in your widely cir-
culated columns, that a shower of butter has been falling
every night since the 14th instant on the land of Drundrasdal,
near Dunmanway; it covers a span of about an acre of land.
The peasants assemble every morning to collect the butter to
cure disease ; in some instances effectual cures have been
made.—Yours very truly, James Scanlan, Secretary to the
Dunmanway Temperance Society."—[This beats Yankee
miracles hollow !]
TAMWORTH, OCT. 17.—Buckland, Dr. Lyon Playfair, the
translator of Liebig, and Mr. George Stephenson, the civil
engineer, are on a visit to Drayton Manor. Sir Robert Peel
invited his principal tenants and the leading agriculturists in
the neighbourhood to meet them at breakfast, in order that
they might profit by the opportunity of personal intercourse
with men of so much eminence. A party of nearly 30 per-
sons were assembled. Conversations took place in the course
of the morning of the most interesting nature on various sub-
jects connected with the improvement of agriculture—on the
necessity of draining, as the foundation of all other improve-
ments—on the use of lime as a manure—on the feeding of
cattle—and the importance of warmth as well as food, &c., &c.,
The party separated about two o'clock, having derived the
greatest satisfaction from their visit.—Standard.
GOSSIP OF HIGH PLACES.—A strange story has reached
us, of so painful and delicate a nature, that it is with extreme
reluctance that we allude to it at all ; but, as the matter in-
volves royal and public, as well as private considerations, we
should consider that we had failed in our duty to the public
were we to preserve total silence on the subject. The " mis-
hap," we are informed, relates to one of the most noble fami-
lies in England, and the other party in% olved is of still higher
rank. The Queen, we understand, has been appealed to, as
the circumstances of the case imperatively demand that the
injury should be atoned for by a speedy marriage. The father
of the " irresistible" is said to be on this point inexorable.
But we must refrain, in the present state of the proceedings,
from saying more on so delicate a subject, involving, as it
does, consequences so important, social, political, and royal.
—The British Queen.

A law suit, which had been pending 300 years, has just
been concluded at Berlin by the Court of Supreme Justice.
In this suit figured as witness the celebrated Comte d'Egmont,
decapitated at Brussels in 1563, by order of the Duke of
Alba. The parties pleading were the families of Arenberg
and Manderscheid, and thetause was a sum of 200,000 thalers,
(750,000 f.,) which the former claimed in virtue of the stipu-
lations of a marriage concluded in 1517. Not less than 18
tribunals have been occupied with this case, and latterly that
of Munster. The judgment of the Berlin Court has been,
that the Manderscheid family should pay the sum claimed,
but without interest, and that the expenses, amounting to
about a half more than the original sum, should be equally
divided. In this case the old Saxon proverb holds good, that
" in gaining our suit we lose our money."
An account is given, in n. letter from the Hague 15th inst.,
of an atrocious case; of The persons.) accused of
this crime are the nPy,ilevc of the victim and the wife of the
former. Their uncio, ery aged man, lived at the Hague,
and they were his heirs. The uncle received from them, as
a present, a pie, which, it appears, contained a quantity of
arsenic. Almost immediately after partaking of it he be-
came ill, and died. His wife and a female servant, who also
ate some of the pie, were, at the date of the account,
dangerously ill. The nephew was formerly a surgeon in the
French army. Since his arrest it has been ascertained that,
some time ago, he had fraudulently appropriated to his own
use a sum of 8000 florins, which had been placed in his hands
by his uncle for the purpose of being invested in a bank. The
murder was, therefore, intended as well to prevent the dis-
clovery of this crime, as to hasten the period when he was
to inherit the fortune of the uncle.

MARRIAGE OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS
AUGUSTA OF CAMBRIDGE.—The preliminaries for the mar-
riage of her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta of Cam-
bridge have been finally arranged, and the nuptial ceremony
will take place at no very distant period. His Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge arrived at Windsor, on Wed-
nesday last, for the purpose of communicating this interest-
ing fact to her Majesty. The future husband of the princess
is his Royal Highness the hereditary Grand Duke of Meek-
lenburgh Strelitz, the eldest son of the reigning Duke George
V. The Queen's royal and illustrious uncle, after partaking
of luncheon with her Majesty, left Windsor Castle in the
afternoon for Kew. It is expected that the ceremony will
take place on the continent. The bridegroom elect was born
on the 17th of October, 1819, consequently has just entered
his 24th year. The Princess Augusta is in her 21st year.
NOBLE CHARITY.—The other day a poor man went to
inter his child at the parish church not a hundred miles from
Batley. When the burial service was over the man followed
the vicar into the vestry, as is usual with persons in his sta-
tion of life, to pay the fees. On arriving there, however, it
came out that he had gone to ask the rev. gentleman to give
him credit till the Saturday evening following ; which request
was granted accordingly ; and on the Saturday, as good as
his word, he went to pay his dues. The vicar commended
him for punctuality and honesty, but questioned him as to
why be did not see him at church on a Sunday. The man
replied—" Because I have not a coat and waistcoat fit to
come in." The worthy and rev. gentleman made no more to
do, but instantly pulled off his own coat and waistcoat, and
gave them to the man, who now makes his appearance with
the rest of his neighbours to worship God in his holy sanc-
tuary.—Doncaster Gazette.—[The name of this truly cha-
ritable man should not have been withheld by our provincial
contemporary.]

THE ATLAS PRIZE ESSAY.—It will be remembered that
the proprietors of the Atlas newspaper recently offered pre-
miums of £lOO, £5O, and £25, for the three best essays on
the causes of, and the remedies for, the distress existing in
the country. At the time the announcement was made, a
doubt was suggested whether, on a subject which might be
supposed to embrace so many and so important political
considerations, it would be possible to find a tribunal suffi-
ciently free from a natural bias to be able to give a decision
on the intrinsic merit of the essays offered, independent al-
together of the principles on which their arguments might
be based. That doubt will in a great measure be dispelled
by a glance at the names of four out of five of the adjudica-
tors of the proposed rewards. They are—Sir David Brew-
ster, D.C.L., F.R.S., Vice-President of the Royal Society
of Edinburgh, and Principal of the United Colleges of St.
Salvator's, St. Leonard's, and St. Andrew's ; Mr. Herman
Merivale, M.A., of Balliol College, 0:;ford, late Professor
of Political Ecororny in that University ; Mr. Geo. Pryme,
M.A., Professor of Political Economy, and late Fellow of
Trinity College, in the University of Cambridge; and Mr.
John Wilson, Professor of Moral Philosophy and of Political
Economy, in the University of Edinburgh. The formal
consent of the fifth adjudicator has not yet been obtained,
but when his name is published he will be found to be of
equally high reputation with the above gentlemen.
NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.--The directors of this rail-
way met at Derby, on Tuesday and Wednesday, and would
meet again yesterday and to-day (Friday), to examine item
by item the details of the reductions and alterations proposed
by the committee of shareholders. We have already stated
that the report of the committee proposed reductions to the
amount of £17,788, on an establishment which, at the date
of the 6th of August, appeared to cost in salaries and wages
£40,610 a year (the goods department in which the salaries
and wages are about £3,600, not being included in this
£40,610, because it was not examined into by the committee.)
We also stated that the directors had themselves already
made, or given notice of reductions amounting to from
£5,000 to £6,000, from the £40,610. We believe we may
now say that the directors have gone into the reductions
proposed by the committee with a determination to adopt all
which in their view can be adopted with prudence ; and that
they are likely to recommend reductions to the extent of
several thousand pounds beyond those which they had pre-
viously contemplated. The are also likely to approve of
some important consolidations and changes in the offices of
the company. There will still, we apprehend, remain a
rather wide difference between the directors and the com-
mittee, arising partly out of the former acting on the plan of
keeping up the engines in a state of perfect repair, whilst the
latter think it cheaper to let them wear out and renew them
more frequently. The plan of keeping the engines in perfect
repair of course requires a larger establishment; and it is a
question whether this is in the long run more or less expensive
than the frequent purchase of new engines. If we are not
misinformed, both the directors and committee are agreed on
the necessity of giving greater vigour, authority, and unity, to
the management. When the directors have completed their
revision, it is probable that they will lay before the share-
holders the report of committee, together with the de-
tails of the present e4abltshments, specifying the reductions
proposed by the committee, and the reductions approved of
by themselves. It then remain for the shareholders,
who will be convened in special general meeting, to decide
between the two. It must, however, be most satisfactory to
the shareholders that the directors are likely to give their
sanction to reductions of so large an amount.—Leeds
Mercury.

TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1842.

A correspondent, who dates from Great George's
Ward, takes upon himself to charge us with having,
by the course which we have pursued towards the
retiring members for that ward and West Derby,
introduced unseemly disunion amongst the conserva-
tive party. In refutation of this charge, we purpose
now directing a few remarks; but first we must draw
attention to the erroneous views which our corre-
spondent appears to entertain with respect to the
duties of an honest press, because we apprehend that
he is not the only individual in the community by
whom such unsound views are held.

We are not bound, as our correspondent supposes,
to trim our course as public journalists by an absolute
and slavish deference to the views or the ease of any
section of the conservative party. We are not placed
in our present position, as public instructors—we are
not invested with the confidence of a large and in-
fluential section of our fellow-townsmen—for the mere
purpose of securing a conservative majority in the
Council, or the return of conservative members for
the borough. The object of our care is the carrying
out of conservative measures in the Council. It is
our bounden duty to offer our counsel, not only in the
choice of those measures, but in the selection of the
parties by whom they are to be advocated and adopted.
We must support conservative principles; and, above
all, we must see that the conservative majority of the
Council and the borough is not perverted to the ad-
vancement of principles of a character diametrically
opposite.

In performing these duties we have never, as alleged
by our correspondent, presumed to " dictate" to the
party whose opinions we presume to represent. But
if it be " dictation" to remonstrate when we see that
party supporting unworthy men or unworthy measures
for expediency's sake, then we have offended, and shall
continue to offend. We would not wantonly peril the
interests which, as conservatives, we hold dear, for
" fag ends of principle"—for a trifling good, or for
unworthy and petty quarrels with the conduct of
individual members of the conservative party. But
when we see blows being struck against the heart of
conservatism, by the hands of men, in whose elevation
to the power to injure we have ourselves aided, no
consideration, short of the danger of upsetting the
entire fabric of our strength in the borough, shall
induce us to postpone the performance of our duty—
the raising of our warning voice as a shield of defence
against those sacred interests which we deem to be
endangered.
And now for the particular charge against us, as
having_ It the course which we have pursued with
respect ' > Messrs. Smith and Robinson, created dis-
union amongst the conservatives of the borough.
We throw back that charge against these gentlemen
themselves, and their small knot of supporters. The
conservative party, in the Council and in the borough,
were almost unanimous upon the education question.
It was, in fact, the question upon which, above all
others, they were agreed. Who, then, created dis-
union amongst them with respect to that question.
Why JOHN SMITH, the member for West Derby
Ward, by his celebrated proposition, that the Council
should devote a portion of its funds to the purpose of
affording POPISH EDUCATION to the children of
popish parents ! What was the comment of a con-
servative contemporary—(now inclined to deprecate
any opposition to that gentleman, and to treat an
adherence to conservative and sound Church of
England principles upon the education question, as a
stickling for the " fag ends of principle" and the
" cheese-parings of conservatism")—upon the propo-
sition in question ? It was this—we quote from the
Liverpool Mail of the 4th of December, 1841 :
" His" (John Smith's) "conduct in the council, on Wed-
nesday last, is altogether inexcusable : first, because Mr.
John Smith is not the man to offer any dogmatical opinion in
reference to a strictly religious question ; and secondly, be-
cause Mr. John Smith is the last man who should attempt
to CREATE DISSENSION IN THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY" !

This question, then, involving the " fag'end of prin-
ciple," is a " STRICTLY RELIGIOUS QUESTION ;" and
the gentleman who attempted to create upon it " dis-
sension in the conservative party," was Mr. JOHN
SMITH of West Derby Ward !
So much for the originator of disunion amongst
conservatives; and proceed we to notice our share of
that disunion, as it is evidenced by the contest which
is now threatened in West Derby Ward. The effort
of Mr. Smith and his coadjutor, Mr. Robinson, of
Great George's, to introduce a system of popish
education, at the expense of the Corporation, was
scouted by the Council—was scouted by the united
voices of the conservatives of the borough. These
gentlemen had ample opportunities for reflection
allowed them. They had sufficient opportunities of
observing the direction of public opinion upon the
education question. They could not but see that
their own particular views were not in accordance with
those of their own party, or of any other great party
within the borough ! Yet what was the course which
they pursued ? Did they offer any security whilst pre.
senting themselves to the constituency for re-election,
that those views, so obnoxious to the community,
should not again be intruded upon the Council? Did
they tell the wards of West Derby and Great George's
that they were prepared, upon this vital question—this
" strictly religious question"—to express the opinions
of the constituency, and not their own individual
crotchets ? They did no such thing. Mr. John
Smith, in particular,—and with him we have princi-
pally to deal,—when waited upon by a deputation of
the conservatives of the ward, to ascertain his opinions
upon this subject, before any steps in opposition to his
return were taken, expressly declared, and repeated
with all possible emphasis that declaration, that his
opinions had undergone no change—that he could con-
cede nothing upon this or any other question, even to
place himself in a position to regain the confidence of
his constituents ;—and then, and not till then, it was
determined to bring forward another—A CONSERVA-
TIVE CANDIDATE. Surely the party who creates
disunion amongst the conservatives of West Derby
Ward—who occasions the unseemly spectacle of a
contest for its representation between two professing
conservatives—is the man who obstinately refuses to
defer his individual crotchet, upon a question so im-
portant. as that of education, to the opinions not only
of the ward which he aspires to represent, but those,
as well of the majority of the entire borough !

The Whig-radicals of Castle-street Ward are
condescend to represent them in
emi-
nently favoured! They have a candidate—no, they
the Town Council,
have not a candidate; hut Mr. Hugh Hornhy will
if they will submit to return him and ask no questions!
incline his ear to an humble request of the greasy
The " Jupiter tonans" of the Whig aristocracy will
citizens of the ward, to stretch himself upon the soft

cushioned chairs of the Town-hall; but he must not
be taxed to waste his ambrosial sweetness upon shop-
keepers, tavern-keepers, and other "common fellows ;"
he must not be asked to canvass, but must be taken,
like a porker in a wallet, upon trust !
Really, really, gentlemen of the Whig-radical school
of politics, there is " something rotten in the state of
Denmark" when you are thus flouted by your• own
broadcloth ! You will, nevertheless, creep like slaves
to the poll, to record your " most sweet voices" in
favour of THE GREAT CORIOLANIJS, who thus, in
his mightiness,. looks down upon and despises you!
You are but A COMMODITY after all! and will doubt-
less be treated as such by your fortunate purchaser.

To the thoughtless observer, the "liberal" party appear
to be too much occupied just now in chuckling over the
fancied serious dissension amongst the Conseivative
forces, to permit of the supposition that any serious
opposition is meditated to the return of the Conserva-
tive candidates in most of the wards at the ensuing
election. Arguing from the doctrine of chances, we
should he disposed to adopt the same conclusion ; for
certainly there never was a time in which whig-ratlical-
ism was in worse odour in our borough than the pre-
sent. But, then, the Thing has tricks, numberless, and
of every hue and form. Its tactics are of the most
approved and most refined order. It can cog and
cozen, and dissimulate to admiration ; and how know
we that its present torpor is not one of its accustomed
wiles, and that whilst we imagine that, for this or that
ward, we have nothing in prospect but an absolute
walk-over, or an easy victory, we shall not, by a sudden
revival of its dormant energies, be driven to fight, and
fight hard, for a victory which we already count upon
as our own ?

Let the Conservative candidates and their commit-
tees be wise in time, and though they may see no
enemy before'them, beware of the bushes! Venomous
worms are fabled to have a marvellous gift of collecting
their disjointed membranes together, when we imagine
we have chopped them very small. India rubber,
caoutchouc, or whatever the learned may call that
substance, is nothing to Whiggery in its ability to
endure pounding, and yet retain or recover something
of its primary shape. Leather—and St. Crispinus, we
think it is, who has oracularly assured us that " there's
nothing like leather"—is not tougher than the hide,
brass is not more brazen than the face, of this beaten,
yet still insolent, faction. For ourselves, even if we
saw it dead and buried with six feet in depth of strong
clay over its coffin, we should scarcely go to sleep in
its neighbourhood, unless we could have a stone slab
of reasonable thickness screwed down over its grave ;
and we would urge, therefore, upon our Conservative
friends to be watchful—to be energetic—to be unsleep-
ing—until the first of November, at four o'clock, p.m.,
and then—

" To supper with what appetite they may.—"
We trust a good one.

LOCAL NEWS.

The Rev. S. Banbury, of Glossop, has been appointed to
the Incumbency of St. Thomas', St. Helen's.

ALTERATION OF THE HOUR OF MEETING OF THE DOCK
COMMITTEE.—In our report of the proceedings of the Dock
Committee on Thursday last, we accidentally omitted to state
that, on the motion of Mr. Molyneux, the hour of meeting
was changed from twelve to one o'clock.
LIVERPOOL PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—We understand
that matter of very great importance will be brought forward
by Rev. R. J. M'Gbee, at the meeting of the above Asso-
ciation to-morrow, and that a very large meeting is ex-
pected.
CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—We perceive that the
Rev. F. Close, Incumbent of Cheltenham, will preach at
St. Mark's Church this evening, in aid of the " Deficiency
Fund" connected with the Church Missionary Association.
The talents and piety of this estimable man are sufficiently
well known to secure for him a numerous auditory.
ARRIVAL FROM NEW YORK.—The packet-ship South
America, Captain Bailey, which sailed from New York on
the Ist instant, arrived at this port on Friday night. The
papers brought by her are one day later from New York than
those received by the Acadia, but they do not contain any
news of leading interest.

Mr. Venables' lecture on Pelzer's system of teaching sing.
ing in classes, on Thursday evening, was attended by a gen-
teel audience, who expressed their approbation of the extreme
simplicity of the method. A class, of about 20 young ladies,
who had previously received a week's instruction in the sys-
tem, sang a variety of solfoggios, and a Swiss air with words,
in a manner that elicited great applause.

RADICAL TACTICS.—We are told that the Reform Asso-
ciation have given instructions to their printer to stop the
press whilst working off the lists of wards with the candidates
names attached, as it is their intention to bring forward gen-
tlemen (if they can find them) to contest St. Peter's, Pitt-
street, Rodney-street, Abercromby, and South Toxteth
Wards. If this be true, it proves the soundness of our advice
to the Conservative party, not to be asleep at their posts, lest
the adversary take them by surprise. This seems to be the
device at present, as only six Radical candidates are yet before
the public.
ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH.—The spire of this church,
which received so extensive a shattering during the severe
thunderstorm of Tuesday, August 24th, 1841, has been com-
pletely rebuilt, and is again the handsomest in the town.
Our readers will perhaps recollect, that the steeple of St.
Martin's Church was also damaged on the same night, but
the injury done was not nearly so extensive, and the repairs
were proceeded with and completed in a short time after the
accident. The damage to St. Michael's Church being so
much greater, and the season far advanced, there was only
time to pull down the shattered spire before the winter ap-
proached. As spring set in, however, the work was recom-
menced, and has just been finished.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE : PORT NATAL.—The Bidston,
Captain Harmer, which arrived at this port on Sunday, sailed
fram the Cape of Good Hope on the lith of August. The
latest accounts from Port Natal stated that tranquillity had
been completely restored at that settlement. Great dissatis-
faction was felt by the inhabitants of the Cape at the leniency
which the government bad shown in the treatment of the
Boers. They thought that the rebels deserved sovere punish-
ment for their revolt. A subscription had been raised to re-
ward Captain Smith for his gallantry in the affair with the
Boers, and the manner in which he had quelled the rebellion.
The money had been expended in a splendid sword, which
the settlers bad presented to him in due form.

ROBBERY FROM A. Swor.—A young man named Thomas
Jones was yesterday charged, at the Police-court, with
stealing money from a shop, under the following circum-
stances :—Miss Harriet Mary Holmes, a very interesting
young lady, said she assisted in the shop of her father, who
was a biscuit-baker, in St. Ann-street. On Saturday last
she had tied up a quantity of copper money in papers, and
put it in the till. She went into the room behind for a short
time, and feeling a draft of cold wind, went to close the door,
when she saw the prisoner leaning across the counter with
his hands in the drawer, and immediately afterwards she
heard some copper drop from his hand. Sbe gave the alarm
and had the prisoner detained, when he offered to leave two
crown papers if he were allowed to go. This, of course, was
not complied with, and a constable being procured, he was
taken into custody. Two parcels of copper were found upon
him, and were identified by the papers.—He was committed
for trial.

CHARGE OF ASSAULT.—At the Police Court yesterday, a
Mrs. Catherine O'Neill, preferred a complaint of a serious
assault upon her by a Mrs. Mary Willetts. The complainant
(for whom appeared Mr. Owen) said she was a widow, and
resided in Rotunda-place, Waterloo-road, and that on Thurs-
day last the defendant entered her house, and, without the
slightest provocation, violently struck and assaulted her. An
old woman, named Thompson, also spoke to the assault, for
which she saw no provocation given. Mr. Davenport, for
the defendant, called several respectable looking witnesses,
who were neighbours of the parties, and who stated that the
language of the plaintiff to the defendant was then, and on
several other occasions, most shameful and aggravating. On
one occasion she had told the defendant that she ought to
have been tried two years ago for wilfully smothering her
child, and that she then lived with a man to whom she was
not married. Mr. Rushton said that gross provocation had
been given, and after recapitulating the heads of the evidence,
dismissed the case.
ROBBERY OF A SHOE-SHOP.—It will be remembered
that a man named John Hunt, Elizabeth, his wife, and a
girl named Fanny Noble, his sister-in-law, were, on Thurs-
day last, brought up at the Police-court on a charge of being
concerned in stealing a quantity of women's boots, shoes.
&c., from the shop of a Mr. Bell, in St. James's-street.—as
stated in our paper of Friday last. They were then remanded
for further evidence, and were again brought up for final
examination yesterday. A number of pawnbrokers appeared
and deposed to sundry pairs of shoes and boots being pledged
with them over, the last two months,—the greater part by
the girl Noble, and a few by the other female prisoner. Some
of the parcels were discovered through a number of pawn-
tickets, which were found in a glass in the male prisoner's
cellar. The girl, on being apprehended, when offering them
in pledge, gave a wrong name as the owner. The male pri-
soner, who had been emyloyed for some months as salesman
in the shop of Mr. Bell, said that he was in the habit of sel-
ling shoes and boots to his wife, and accounting for them.
It appeared, however, that although his wife had purchased
some such articles, no account was made by him of those
now produced—all of which were identified as the complain-
ant's property. The prisoners were all committed for trial
at the present quarter sessions.
MISS BENNETT'S BENEFIT AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL.
—lt will be seen, by a glance at our advertising columns,
that this accomplished and deserving young lady takes her
benefit on Friday next, upon which occasion we are confident
that we do not under-estimate the good taste of our fellow-
townsmen in predicting for her their hearty support. We
have frequently had occasion to remark upon the graceful
and chaste impersonations of Miss Bennett; and occasion-
ally to regret that the necessities under which a provincial
manager labours in a town where theatricals are so little sup.
ported as our own, have compelled her sometimes to under-
take parts for which not only her youth, but the very mer-
curial character of her nature, and—may we add ?—of her
features, would almost incapacitate her. Even in her im-
personation of such parts, however, the most fastidious must
have perceived great talent, and most praiseworthy anxiety
to please ; whilst in those which most properly belong to her
—in leading comedy especially—we have seen in her acting
the germ of an excellence which must shortly place her in the
first rank of the profession which she has chosen, and which
—if grace and modesty can adorn it—she will adorn. The
pieces chosen for her benefit on Friday are three, in which
she is well calculated to appear to advantage. In the
" Honey Moon," she appears as Juliana, with a cast em-
bracing the full strength of the company. In the " Loan of
a Lover," the part of Gertrude, in which she has already
been appreciated, is allotted. to her; and, in " Sweethearts
and Wives," that of Eugenia, Miss H. Gardner taking that
of Laura. From the great number of friends and admirers
who have taken tickets, we are warranted in saying that the,
box audience will be amongst the most fashionable of the
season; and, if merit and exertions to please meet any favour
in the eyes of the playgoing people of the town, the other
parts of the house will not show many empty benches.

MR. HAMMOND'S BENEFIT.—There was an excellent
house last night, on the occasion of the worthy lessee's
benefit. The performances gave the utmost satisfaction,
and passed off with eclat.

PORTICO.—The entertaining exhibition at the Portico con-
tinues to attract excellent attendance. A new scene has been
introduced, entitled the " City of Dresden," which, for
scenic effect and variety of mechanical changes, is worth
going a pilgrimage to see.

APPLICATION OF A MATE FOR WAGES.—A young man
named Campbell, who had been [nate of the ship Marian,
Captain Campbell, applied at the Police-court, yesterday,
for alleged arrears of wages to the amount of about £l4 10s.
Mr. Davenport appeared for the applicant, and Mr. Snow-
ball for the captain. The complainant said that he had been
two voyages in the ship, and that his claim was for his wages
for the last voyage. He admitted that he was put off duty
on the homeward passage, on the 22d September. Dinner
was served in the cabin, and was found to be badly cooked.
Some remark was made upon it by a passenger, on which
complainant said something, and the captain accused him of
taking the cook's part, which he denied. On cross-exami-
nation, he admitted that the captain had afterwards ordered
him from the quarter forward, and that he refused, saying
he would not so long as he was mate of the ship.—Mr.
Snowball then said, that the conduct of the applicant, as
well as that of others on board, had been most mutinous and
insolent, and that he had a gentleman present, who was a
passenger on board at the time, and who had been brought
a long distance to testify to the facts, which were the grounds
upon which payment of the wages was resisted.—A gentle-
man named Chevaux was called. He said he had come in
the ship from Tampico to this port. He detailed several
instances of insubordination on the part of the applicant, and
others through his encouragement; also a scuffle between
the two on the quarter-deck, in which the mate, who got his
clothes torn, attempted to strike the captain. When the
captain ordered him off the quarter-deck. he refused to go.
The mutinous state of the crew was such, that he (witness)
slept two nights with pistols under his head, lest he should
be attacked.—Two of the seamen were called on behalf of
the applicant, and stated that the captain got hold of him,
and tore his clothes, but was not struck by him. One of
them said the captain afterwards ordered him to throw the
applicant's bed overboard, which he did.—Mr. Rushton said
that the first duty of a mate was to obey the captain, what-
ever his orders were. The complainant was ordered from
the quarter-deck, and refused to go. The captain then used
force, which he was justified in doing, and the complainant
struck at him. It would be much against the prosperity of
the mercantile marine of this country if such conduct were
not punished, and he should never allow any seaman who so
acted to recover one shilling of his wages. The application
was accordingly dismissed.
THE CHARGE OF ARSON.—The examination of Thomas
Henry, on the charge of setting fire to his shop in St. James'-
place, was resumed on Saturday. Inspector Leverett de-
posed that the prisoner had stated to him on the night of the
tire that he had first heard Of the fire at Everton-brow, and
was unable to see a policeman to inquire where it was till he
arrived at St. James'-place. This statement was at variance
with one which he made to the clerk at the insurance office
when making his claim, he having informed the latter that
he heard of the fire in Rodney-street, and that he had got as
far as Great Homer-street ere he learned where it was, when
he immediately took a cab and drove to St. James'-place.
William Clegg was examined upon certain dealings which
the prisoner was alleged to have had with Mr. Shannon,
another draper. Mr. Hodgson and Mr. Branch, auctioneers,
stated that they had received goods from Mr. Henry for the
purpose of being sold by auction, but they both stated that
such transactions were usual with persons in the same
branch of business as the prisoner, and did not occasion any
surprise. John Smith, a car driver, proved that, on Friday
week, about ten o'clock, the prisoner engaged his car in
Scotland-place, at the stand, and told him to drive to St.
James'-place to the fire. As they were going past the
Adelphi, the prisoner put his head out of the window and
said, " Drive a little faster, for I rather think it's my place
that's on fire." Mr. Dowling intimated that this was the
whole of the evidence that he had at present to offer in sup-
port of the accusation. Mr. James suggested that there
was nothing brought forward on which the prisoner could be
committed. He did not like to comment on the manner in
which the case had been got up, but he thought he might
very justly do so. Witnesses had been called, as it appeared
to him, to prejudice the prisoner. He pointed out some
discrepancies in the testimony of the police officers. particu-
larly that between Ormsby and Nicholson, one of whom said
he saw the floor of the shop strewed with loose goods, and
the other. that he saw no goods on the floor. Hence Mr.
James called on the magistrates to discredit the testimony of
the officers altogether, when they would take the version
given by the insurance clerk as to the prisoner's statement
of his movements as the true one, and then the discrepancy
of the statements would no longer exist. As rerarded Mr.
Shannon, the prisoner and be had had numerous bill transac-
tions, and he was prepared to show that the goods sent to
that gentleman and to the auctioneers were to meet those
bills. Mr. James afterwards called Mr. Shannon, who proved
these statements of the learned counsel.—Mr. Abraham
Horsefall, of St. James's-place, was called. He stated that
be saw the shop door broken, and left the shop before it was
fully open. When he went away, the fire was flaming fiercely
all through the shop. Mr. Procter, the prisoner's assistant,
said the stock was a valuable one, worth upwards of £1,000;
but, on cross-examination, being questioned as to the value
of particular items, he said lie could not tell • but he acknow-
ledged that be had kept the books, and had drawn up the
statement in which the values appeared for the insurance
office. Several witnesses were called, who spoke to the value
of the stock ; after which Mr. Rushton, without making any
observation, said the prisoner was to be remanded till Wed-
nesday (to-morrow).
PLUCKING A GOOSE.—Thomas Roole, alias Davies, a
rather genteel-looking young man, was placed before Mr.
Rushton, on Friday, on a charge of swindling at cards. The
prisoner is well-known to the police, and has already been in
custody several times for his exploits in the art of thieving.
The complainant, a steady, placid, and demure-looking
young man, gave his name Mark Foggott, joiner and builder,
of Cheetham-hill, near Manchester. He had that morning
come to Liverpool by the ten o'clock train, and on going up
Manchester-street, the prisoner came up to him and asked
him the way to the docks, saying that he had just arrived
from Rochdale on business. As it was a cold morning the
prisoner asked him to take a glass of something to drink,
and both went into Mr. Whitley's, in Manchester-street.
They had not been there long when another man, who had
the appearance of a countryman, came in, and remarked
what a bustling place Liverpool was. He was a stranger, and
had just come from Billington to see a lawyer, and draw some
money which an old aside had left for him. He had received
' £3O from the attorney, and had treated him and his clerks
with drink to the amount of £2. The plaintiff then gave a
rather lengthy description of this person's conversation as to
his meeting with a handsome young woman, or lady's maid,
upon whom he spent three or four pounds, and would spend
more. The man (plaintiff stated) then described some card-
ing match he had the previous night, and then produced a
pack of cards, cut them, and showed how he had played.
He then got up and left the cards upon the table, stating that
he would go and see the lady's maid. When he had gone,
plaintiff said to the prisoner that it was a pity the man should
spend all his money in the manner he intended, and that it
would be much better if he put it in the bank. Prisoner re-
plied that they had better play the man for the money, and
if they should win-it give it to the poor. Plaintiff answered
that they could not do that, as the man had objected. The
prisoner replied that they could easily win by removing the
black cards from the pack, and then took out three or four
cards of that colour, which he put into his pocket. The
man, however, again returned, and the plaintiff endeavoured
to dissuade him from spending his money in the manner he
was doing. He replied that he would do as he liked, and
pulled out some sovereigns, saying he would spend them,
and then offered to bet plaintiff or the prisoner half-a-crown
on the colour of the cards. The prisoner accepted the offer,
and won the half-crown. The plaintiff then went on to de-
scribe how he had been induced to stake two sovereigns,
which he lost; then he staked a five-pound note—next a ten-
pound note, and afterwards forty-six sovereigns, all of which
he lost. During the time the prisoner occasionally addressed
the other man, remarking that he was a lucky fellow. The
man then got up, and told plaintiff to wait a little, as he was
going out and would return. Plaintiff watched him outside,
but he got off, and on his return to the parlour he discovered
the pack of cards burning in the fire. He then suspected
that he had been cheated.—Mr. Whitley, the landlord said,
that the prisoner came to him in the lobby, and asked him to
go into the room in a hurry and threaten them with a police-
man if they did not give up card-playing, and stated that he
would, in an hour, give him five pounds if he did so. He
made some inquiries fro n his wife about the company, and
then went out and brought in officer Charnley. They went
into the room, when the plaintiff charged the prisoner with
having defrauded him of £6l. The prisoner made no reply,
and was taken into custody.--Mr. Owen appeared for the
prisoner, and, in cross-examining the plaintiff, he admitted
that he offered to stake £5O, but it was in order to win his
own money back, and he had no intention whatever of keep-
ing the man's money if he had won it from him.—The pri-
soner, in his defence, merely observed that the plaintiff did
not charge him, at first, with cheating him.—He was then
committed, but afterwards allowed to put in bail.
CHARGE OF ASSAULT AND FELONY AGAINST A CLER-
GYMAN OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.—A charge of felons,
against a respectable-looking person, well dressed, who called
himself the Rev. Dr. Berrington, a clergyman of the Church
of England, was investigated yesterday at the Birkenhead
Police Court, before John Deane Case, Esq., and Winch,
Esq. Mr. Thomas Robinson, a resident at Liscard, and a
shopkeeper in South John-street, Liverpool, stated that he
appeared against the prisoner, and charged him with an as-
sault and also with felony. On Friday week the 14th instant,
the prisoner called at his (Mr. Robinson's) house at Liscard.
and, after representing himself as a clergyman, expressed a
wish to take apartments there, as he was about taking up his
residence in the neighbourhood for several months. It was
agreed that the lodgings should be let to him, and he was to
sleep there, for the first time, the same night. The family
waited up for him till half-past ten at night, when, concluding
that he would not come, they retired for the night ; but soon
after eleven, they were called up by a loud knocking at the
door. This proved to be made by the doctor, who was there-
upon admitted. The next day he went out early, and returned
to dinner at five in the afternoon, bringing with him two per-
sons of respectable exterior, one of whom he called his
brother, and the other his lawyer. After dinner the trio
sat down and drank two bottles of Mr. Robinson's brandy,
besides smoking a considerable quantity of tobacco. These
and some other circumstances excited the suspicions of
Mr. Robinson, who made utS his mind not to allow his
lodger to go deeper into his debt, but his apprehensions
ceased when he was informed that the Doctor had been in-
vited not only to dine at the house of the Rev John Tobin,
incumbent of Egremont Church, but to assist that rev. gentle-
man in his sacred duties at the church the next Sunday. Mr.
Robinson, at this point, was requested by the bench to con-
fine himself to the specific charges which lie alleged against
the prisoner; whereupon be stated that he had lost from the
rooms which the Doctor had occupied two silver salt spoons,
two penknives, two pocket handkerchiefs, and a pair of
stockings. The Doctor remained at his house till Saturday
last, he took his departure with his luggage—indeed he had
not slept there the preceding night,—without going through
the ceremony of paying or offering to pay. Mr. Robinson,
who had in the meantime received information of the real
character of his guest, determined to detain his luggage till
he was paid, and for that purpose he went to Seacombe,
when, opposite to Mr. Parry's hotel, he found the Doctor
with all his trunks and boxes ready to depart by the boat
which was just about to start for Liverpool. Some words
took place between them, and eventually the Doctor
struck Mr. Robinson violently upon the face ; the constable
was therefore called in, and the Doctor consigned to
prison. On being searched, a handkerchief, which Mr.
Robinson identified as one of those he bad missed, was
found in a lady's reticule bag which he carried in the pocket
of his great coat. The prisoner said, this handkerchief Mr.
Robinson himself lent him when he was going to dine with
the Rev. Mr. Tobin.—Mr. Robinson, on the other hand,
said, he had lent him not the handkerchief found upon him,
but another. This was the case at present against him; .but
Mr. Robinson requested that the prisoner might be re-
manded, as he had no doubt he should be able to produce
evidence of the felony of the spoons, knives, and stockings.—
The prisoner said that, as to the assault, Mr. Robinson was
the aggressor, that the handkerchief had been lent to him,
and of the other articles he had no knowledge whatever.
He could produce plenty of testimonials of character for the
last ten years, which would show that he was incapable of the
offences charged against him.—He was then remanded till
to-morrow (Wednesday) at 11 o'clock.—[Without wishing
to prejudge the case, we may state that Doctor Berrington's
proceedings in this town and elsewhere, have brought him,
not only under the censure of ecclesiastical authority, but
under the surveillance of the police.]

GREAT GEORGE WARD MEETING.

A public meeting of the Conservative burgesses of Great
George Ward wus held on the evening of Friday, at the house
of Mr. Unsworth, the White Lion Inn, Great George-place,
for the purpose of putting in nomination a fit and proper
person► to represent the ward in the Town-council. The
room was completely crowded, but Mr. Robinson, the re-
tiring member, was not present. On the motion of Mr.
Bold, the chair was taken by GEORGE HALL LAWRENCE,
Esq., Chairman of the Conservative Association for the
ward.

The CHAIRMAN said that in compliance with a requisition
from several influential inhabitants of the ward, he had taken
the liberty of summoning the present meeting for the pur-
pose of considering the propriety of nominating a fit end
proper person to represent them in the Town-council. Be
confessed that he met them with mingled feelings of plea-
sure, reluctance, and, he was going to add, pain :
with
pleasure because it was always a source of satisfaction to him
to meet the conservatives of that ward—parties with who°
he had been so long associated, with whom he had so often
fought, and whom he had so often led to victory—(cheers)---
with reluctance because he was, he conceived, too much be-
fore the public eye ; and with pain because he entertained a
feeling that difficulties and embarrassments were impending
over the conservative cause. (No, no.) But no feeling of
this kind should ever deter him from doing his duty.
(Cheers.) He had come before them to act a fair and im-
partial part, not anxious, however, to influence the electors
by his own feelings or wishes on the occasion, but desirous
rather of inquiring and ascertaining their opinions. In
doing this, it would not be unbecoming in him if he con-
trasted their position then with that which it was their fortune
to occupy twelve months before. On the last occasion, they
had to contend with a vigorous, a violent, and an able an-
tagonist ; but now they had a difficulty to contend against
which had arisen amongst themselves, the enemy having
been completely prostrated and defeated ; and be trusted
that the enemy would long continue so. (Cheers.) But it
must be by unanimity on their own parts that this object
could be achieved. They all knew how easy it was to stir up
opposition, particularly in that ward. He trusted, therefore,
that they would be united, and remember that " the snake
was rather scotched than killed," and that he was lying in
wait to take advantage of any little difference among them-
selves, the result of which would be mortification and defeat.
(Hear, hear, hear.) There were two candidates at present
before them, but it was not for him .to say which of them
the electors would prefer. He would, however, take the
liberty of referring to the services of those councillors whom
they had in the council. They had Mr. Robinson (disap-
probation) who now sought for their confidenee again, and
they also had Mr. Cooper, and Mr. James Lawrence. What-
ever differences there might be on one point, none could
have the least doubt that individually those gentlemen had
discharged their duty faithfully to the ward. (No, no-)
Barring the school question, they had all strenuously en-
deavoured to serve the constituency faithfully. (Cries of
" true.") He repeated that they had acquitted themselves
satisfactorily in other respects ; but be this as it might, it
was now the duty of the electors, and not any part of his
duty, to select a fitting candidate. (Applause.)

Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE begged, previous to proceeding
further, to read a letter which he had received from Mr.
Robinson ; and when the meeting considered its spirit it
would afford them very great pleasure to find that Mr. Robin-
son was not the man that he had been represented. (Hear.)
Though it had been the misfortune of the latter to differ
from his constituents on the school question, yet they should
not forget the many things he (Mr. Robinson) had done in
behalf of the cause, because, whenever he had been called
on to aid and assist he was never found deficient ; and, per-
haps, on the present occasion, he conceived he had a right to
expect more courtesy than had been shown him. The fol-
lowing is a copy of the letter :

" Bootle, October 21, 1842.

"My dear James,—l think my appearing at the meeting
to offer an explanation, when I am in a great measure pre-
judged by the proceedings in the ward which have already
taken place, can answer no good purpose.
" I, therefore, ask you, as one of my best friends, to make
this communication to the meeting ; and rather than divide
that good feeling which has hitherto existed amongst us, and
which I am most anxious to preserve, you will oblige me by
withdrawing my name as a candidate in the appronching
election.

" I am, my dear James, yours most sincerely,
" THOMAS ROBINSON."

" James Lawrence, Esq."
This (continued Mr. Lawrence) would satisfy the electors
that Mr. Robinson was not entitled to all the animus which
had been cast upon him. He hoped Mr. Robinson would be
respected for not wishing to make any division among the
conservative party, and that the proceedings of the election
would henceforward be conducted in peace and good order.
(Applause.)
Mr. BIRKETT proposed the first resolution, which was t°
the effect that it was of vital importance at the present period
that their municipal representatives should be men of un-
flnching integrity, decision of character, unwavering in their
opinions, and firm in maintaining those conservative princi-
ples which were indentified with the good government of the
town. He congratulated the electors on the retirement of
Mr. Robinson from the contest, upon the ground that that
gentleman's retirement would restore unanimity, and he
made a straightforward profession of the noble principles by
which he should himself be ever actuated.
Mr. QUIRK seconded the first resolution, which was unan-
imously adopted.
Mr. SAMUEL HOLME rose to propose the second resolu-
tion, which was to the effect, that. Thomas Royden, Ese•
was, in the opinion of the meeting, a fit and proper person to
represent this ward in the town-council, both from his high
character as a man, his devoted attachment to the church,
and his aversion to compromise on vital questions, which has
proved so injurious or fatal to the community. He said he
addressed them, as a burgess of the ward, with mingled feel-
ings of pleasure and of pain—of pleasure, in seeing so large
an assemblage of his fellow-townsmen met together in de-
fence of important principles—and of pain, because he had
to throw himself on their consideration connected with a
subject which was never pleasant to a man's own feelings,
namely, himself. He had received a letter signed " A Con-
servative," and dated from " Great George's Ward,"
weich, from its orthography, was evidently the production
of a man of education, charging him in the most unmeasured
terms with gross inconsistency, for supporting Mr. Robin-
son and opposing Mr. Royden, and stating that he (Mr.
Holme) had an objection to seeing tradesmen in council, and
that lie had advised Mr. Cooper to withdraw Mr. Royden
from the contest. As he was in the habit of receiving anony-
mous letters by the dozen, all of which speedily found their
way into the fire, he should not have noticed this bad be not
been assailed by many of those friends whose good opinion
he was anxious to preserve, and had he not found the intel-
ligence spread far and wide, and his consistency called into
question. He now asked whether the writer of that letter
was then in the room, that he might, like an honest m
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meet him face to face, and prove his charges. (Hear.)
he were present, let him avow himself—[no answer]—for
no man breathing should be permitted to attack his con-
sistency without answering him face to face if he could be
found ; and hd knew nothing more malignant or cowardly
than for any man to propagate a base and malignant falsehood,
and shelter himself behind an anonymous signature. Had he
remained in private life, he might have treated the falsehood
with contempt ; but it was due to those whom he hoped soon
to call his constituents, Oto set himself right with wn.
(Hear.) About a week ago he was conversing with Mr.
Richard Dawson, when Mr. Robinson came up, and, spe'
rently much excited, asked him (Mr. Holme) if he did not
think that he was ill used by the people in Great George 'a
Ward ? and taking a newspaper out of his pocket, read him
a portion of his address when he was first proposed as a
candidate,—saying, that he had not acted contrary to those
professions. He replied, that if he alluded to the education
question, he thought he had. Mr. Robinson then made some
other remarks, when he told him, that if he had been in
council when he made his speech on that question, he should
not have quitted the room as he did, without being first told
to his face that he was acting inconsistently. (Cheering.)
This was all that occurred on the subject; and it certainly
was a very odd way of supporting him. Mr. Holme then
read the letter in question, which quoted several passages of
his speech at the Music-hall, and charged him with incon-
sistency for the advice he bad given to Mr. Councillor Cooper.
He then read a vindicatory letter froth Mr. Robinson, and
also one from Mr. Cooper, which stated that he (Mr. Cooper)
had never been spoken to on the subject by Mr. Holme for
many months; and that it was false that Mr. Hahne bad
given him any advice, or even spoken to him on the subject.
(Cheering.) Having thus vindicated himself from such a
false charge, which had been most industriously bruited about,
he turned to a pleasanter subject; and he was glad to find
that Mr. Robinson bad now acted in a manner which roust
command their respect. He respected Mr. R.'s private cha;
ratter; he believed he was most exemplary in his conduct, all
attached to the Established Church, and that his error bad
been one of judgment only—(hear)—and it gave him pleasure
to find that gentleman had acted a generous part in retiring
from a contest which would have divided the Conservative
party. (Cheers.) It was the duty of every public man, if
his sentiments on vital questions underwent a change, and
he could no longer faithfully represent the opinions of those
who elected him, at once to pursue that course which was
the most gentlemanly and dignified, namely, to resign—(OP:
plause)—and not from a pertinacious opposition on persona'
grounds to split and rend asunder a party, and thus encou-
rage the hostility of their antagonists. (Loud cheers.) Mr.
Robinson was, therefore, entitled to the highest credit for
the manly and honourable course he had adopted. (Hear.)
Nothing was more admirable than consistency. Better would
it be for the Conservative party to lose every ward in the
town than abate one jot of those great constitutional princi-
ples to which they had adhered, and to which he hoped they
would ever unshrinkingly adhere. (Cheering.) We wanted
men of decision of character, and sufficient moral firmness to
assert and maintain their integrity. Conservatism is either
right or wrong ;—if right let us support it ; if we conscienti-
ously believe it to be wrong, let us openly and fairly abandon
it. (Cries of " never.") lie begged, however, to caution every
man present, that the next victory might not be so easily won
as they supposed. He did not like the suspicious silence of
the Whig party, and he might almost add of the Whig press;
and although they were a beaten party, they must not run
away with the idea that there would be no work cut out for
them on the day of election. (Hear.) Conservatism was not
so strong that it might repose in idleness and laugh at oppo-
sition. He admired their warmth, but he wished them to
remember that elections were not won by applauding speak-
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spected fellow tradesman, who had been long known to them
for his excellent character, his sterling integrity, and great
moral worth, and he thought that the circumstance of his
proposing him, would dispose of the charge that he (Mr.
Holme) was rather opposed to the introduction of tradesmen
into the Council Chamber. Was he not a tradesman him-
self, and yet a candidate for a neighbouring ward? (Cheers.)
Had he not proposed his friend Mr. Birkett for Rodney-
street Ward, and was not he a tradesman ? [Mr. Birkett.-e-
Certainly.] And had he not at the first general election
after the passing of the Reform Bill publicly.declared that be
desired to see a mixture of tradesmen in the council, whose
practical knowledge would be found most valuable in the ma-
nagement of our local affairs? He stood up for the trades-
men of the town, for among them might be found men of
great property, of unblemished character, of unspotted repu-
tation, and of great moral worth, men who will do credit to
any station to which their fellow-townsmen may see fit to
call them. (Long and loud cheering.) Such men were not
confined to any particular rank, and while lie advocated the
rights of all, he should never forget the class to which he
himself had the honour to belong. The name of his fellow-
tradesman whom he now proposed to them to succeed Mr.
Robinson was Mr. Thomas Boyden,—(loud cheering)—and
he trusted they would use every exertion to secure the elec-
tion of that gentleman. He trusted that no personal feelings
would ever cause a division in the conservative camp ; but
that with one heart and one mind they would aim at main-
taining and spreading the principles of British liberty,
like the tidal wave, it spread far and wide, and until those
principles:covered the length and breadth of the land, and every
heart is pervaded by their influence. Mr. Holme concluded
amidst prolonged cheering by proposing the second resolu-
tion.
Dr. DICKENSON seconded the resolution. Prom his high
character, his strict adherence to Church and State, and to •
all those great and commanding principles which formed the
glory of this country, it afforded him the greatest pleasure to
second the nomination of Mi. Royden. (Cheers.)
The resolution was then carried amidst great applause.
Mr. COOPER said, the meeting had now shewn that they
wished to have a man o unflinching integrity ; and he be-
lieved that such a man they would have in Mr. Royden. He