The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-08-16 00:00:00

0 1 ,rio ller t h r ) 0 P l3ce o jer s 3 a • oc e ' 44 10 0. jf t 3 0. so c ,,05r rr e5C P ter. occ 4 0: up,t air' or I, " e ,"elt Se Tit t rim 4TR E - ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. lIENE FIT OF MISS VANDENHOFF. HERS of i r . ?I t RSov 'lr. and Miss VANDENHOFF and Mr. 4 evr p ht Cb e chvit Y o a f e „,_ RI CHELIEU, which has been nightly a c n i c lrn ou ati_o_n s of alause, will be t. repeated fe rna t t if:st FRID A A I y, and ust T l u 6 esdayn 1839, e w x ill be per lertiet, e t d ir the fourth time here, (with new Scenery, I°l : lt tlLyr rat i°as,) the last New Play, written by . th e m, °a Bul ger, Bart., and. performed last sea 'Rdkeeess",eac:lrleed-11°Yal, Covent 7 Garden, with unprece- 0, RICHELIEU; tn Card; TEE CONSPI RACY , na t Rich v denim ff. al ie , de e leu ...... M r . an .., Mr. luau prat.. (his original character).... , , Anderson. ar • • tan Orphan Ward to Richelieu).. Miss Vandenh'off. • her at the Th eatre- R oya l , C oven t-G ar d en . c6. TO T coHnclude with the petite Comedy of 'tine 4 1 ,E YOUTHPUi., QUEEN. ti t 4 , 1 40N 1) .. rue Youthf u l Q ueen).. Miss Vanden h o ft k 'tY next, th e new Play of RICHELIEU.— !Ir.'i: e Prama of THE MOUNTAIN LERS. Oc rson. xibtrpoot k;tanbarb. PitikflivoßNllNG, AUGUST 16, 1539. Nrti s ra will be the deathblow of the Whigs. Plain L C 'Pos o d ; and of such the English nation is A lle o P u uge of principles by the results to which t 'lhir t i i , Au d as sur e l y as t h e see d sown i n t h e f a ll 1 4 1444. ‘o the harvest that rises in the spring, so Itti• 4 1 aid th e principles and practices of Whig e the excesses of the wretched Chartists. It SPess th ible th at the of 1831 should run sue tlztrtiore eh ' 'Dad career, without calling into action resolute, less restrained by prudence, less NtiL cresol the bounds of conventional decorum 'N eril ttal vs. i S til t . s a who offered, the other day, to bet ten to b iNti,i 4 L th in a few weeks Manchester would be in ," 1 4, 43i . Y Places, was not a whit worse than the PittioCi. inc endiaries o f M ay 1332. When . the ! llito t i,, u lg n had d egenerate d i nto " F a l se, fl eeting , tittekeLiar en ce , "—when the first principles of social 11 ' 41 L the cad civ il gover nmen t were ru d e ly canvassed 't.4 ll°l ic Husti ngs b y employes from the Trea- L ill iteli i a es , P r omotion w as th e na t ura l con sequence of : 1 14 4 , 114 ° Ppressi on was t h e prem i um o f l oya l ty ,— Ntigto seed-time of which England is now be iSot re al) in earnest the bitter fruits. l thiak„ terte d beyond measure the ministerial inyr ,f ek rae g e w not which stone should be turned next. : t ite, ar th e Tories, the hated Tories, the wicked '4l4 iB e a t the bottom of this, and every other na ;4eotlt.4Bter• But the proof is not quite so easily llig g - eci lt is not so clear t o an y but the thoroughly CSi t a nd enlightened of this Reforming era, li g Yel ikt be ll Peel and the Duke of Wellington are . r tet ra °a ble with przedial or municipal outrage. dories 'll 11 4 41 ed revert to the days of . the Whig ktli ant—they will compare Birmingham with pesterand they do not very easily acknowledge L tili httl tle y r a l° ,'as a dtestable massacre, and the Bull `• uglufied and justifiable discharge of urgent H ove, ; Alen', have houses and families and pro 'Nea ilowever keenly the spur of faction may , l 'ext; th a e . lll .. forward in a . reckless course, when I, l l k witi, ty ti hbour s house is on fire, they begin to lit Nl ' nor ace , it is time to see to the safety of li t'e k lea red eu n general, whose consciences have not I t s vit h Whiggish gold, have strong corn elltat r . ; °ll t hangin g a few miserable wretches Ctli ey °°M in the str ee t s of a disordered town, C!firt l ji 4e the man of the Death's head and cross th e fiestablished in the foremost place of power — to °r u to e Secret ary w h o s i gns t h e warran t has It 'n c °lnplain that the "oppressed classes kk t ll l4 -... 144 ,„' l „ si ve" and " t oo f ear f u l o f asserting their 444 11 ,...4 4 1e the C rown Lawyers have been the loud ithtir Z st shamel ess a d vocates o f se di t i on — w hil e , k t 4 N tlit 'u smaller commun i t i es, t h e F I GHT-IT-OUT ltS a nd the S m i te-t h em -hi p - an d- t hi g h s o f a L tlie ~,eata'ltl d espairing faction have been promoted 7 1 ,4e iu f Justi ce . M en h ave consc i ences , an d ti c all t hese things a burning wickedness. k_ Akh ° will sacrifice much for old attachments and )tklti o Y tie s; but it is not agreeable to.feel that handeduced to the forlorn condition of Ishmael, 1 6 , tyko Was • against every man, and . every man's ▪ that "gato st hi_ . . m It is no soothing thought to \ r ` r tY r o , i : • "use may be gutted and burnt, one's • w "acked and destroyed, and one's family k it tt e th o u fo rbear to dwell upon the appalling picture. lklaud g in -ts Pass too forcibly over the minds of I N , wh a nY a former adherent of the reckless kdki that "es very small comfort indeed in the re- N lll ' country is thus distracted at home, :4 44 a ssible, yet more shamefully disgraced abroad, 4:! 11 11 ( 1, 1 : (Ill ug Lady chooses to exercise a headstrong bra, th e influen ce o f sor did an d un principled • 41 (les thereai~ ' is • an instinctive abhorrence inthe -4 6 am the L lof that crue l ty w hi c h i s t h e certain sy .in) i g 3 - ` ri sve • h -11 f ailing fruit of cowardice. Dishonest dOo~easioaB the Houses of Parliament—unparalleled tip ra ~af u P°o the liberty of the subject out of it..gai t .- a gent municipal enactments—bevies of po kZiolkill:gese of recruits—arbitrary boards —uncon tfeers zreahlized, and secret Councils of Com ti 4 44 o f -- all these things swell the long catalogue Whiggery stands arraigned before ttbsNlivlieti°l E ag l and. Vain and pretending Demo he,out of office, hollow and haughty aristo rkp" 111 , they have had their day—they have run 41:11.a pio -- t ! le _,Y . have . finish e d . their course. t V 4 .14 our ttnelening rapidly around them.. Every *44 "tale judgment, bears ample witness to C t he 1) 41 , ari d sagacity by which Sir Robert Peel 44 1 0 4 4 . 111 , were guided in the recent official nego t7 etr e , I , v° them rope enough, (and they have k rish ' e ued it out to its length at last)—let Whig or its own devices—let it terminate its , het e „ .... l4 a t ., ° °_ , c!in the meshes of its own craftily -44_4 h a ,, 1 , au its power is destroyed for ever. lie Rive i : lear d of a pettifogging attorney, who would t o r a,igh t ha anything for an assault and battery, that ie wit Whereo n Whereon to ground his sordid action. akk4tliou at WW \ %:hig : he would buy a Parliamentary t4 l 4 '4 high price, because lie sees that he - e n i be Rain by it. Whiggery has been over ‘''tlll, • -C Pri g o ple and prudence, in the long run, tu tleh for chicanery and fraud. t tlie ;I L, ti h —odor), Courier, the most servile of all the t ser 1V.., k its of Tx ti, sda , 'ltie liow ning-street, had a long article on '`lk it i Y, I%hich tended to confirm the anxious an t4,4t,),'" i lt °lll3 4v l v i e s have expressed with respect to the future. oi t i 1 has looked forward to the Recess as to u ! Qty ,14v;meti Many changes might probably bee t xpected rove ktlit Was'4llistal ar rangements : not that any litloNtttitfrifllviikcieellyyto be made in its construction, but, if the reverse. Accordingly va t g T u h e o z : sop to C ana out, one of which sends Mr. Poulet h Panza 1 1, 4 11 4 alla tla and the House of Peers. Sanc 1.,‘1i a , t4 , 11 a Would be nothing to the Member for f h o e r 'lcedt'r in Quebec ! Rice, they say, ill tnt 4 11 P stairs, and many other • interesting is srranae it Ivo are to he tnad t he ( P i th While to e, as any one may "positive statements" an d 44th_. read the see who thinks d ~ th e Globe an Ni e t e. °rise(' c ontradictions of \V ell, its I ° llle t a loc o- ' in this doubtful posture of affairs, out 14 1.4 4°llg di.ssertation in the servile Courier upon Na% lirtt,lizate intemperance of O'Connell, its natural wihig 141110114 ,vice of the Tories—(which in of mena 14 N tlit ll . t and various otherlieve, unaccountable phwno e t) N I tel)1"--the necessity for a strong Government sE OF ;l lt ltt, t 111.°Priety NI the l'his smells very strongly of the merciful of SWAMPING THE HOUSE of it ith . Ile bless.es with faint blame the arch-enemy tn °I kibl),ll,aee. and seem s to promise a Saturnian reign -4 4 ,„, l 'ot t i ', s revelry throughout the Island ; w h e 't is the Loierald Isle of the Ocean, \'l.os:': daughters are fair as the foam of the wave : ,h111011;1:11,81 UtlaCCU St Onled to rebel commotion, . 4 ,! sh - , -3°). °as are sober, though peaceful are brave. ~,,,erott—'reek their olive, sworn foe to a quarrel, 'tit %Iltieta hoax the thunde r and lightning of rows ; IIVI)111ft°1 shillelagh is nothin g but laurel, For t, iti °lltishes rapidly over their brows. kh,,44 tii4tirPaases the daughters of Neptune, -iiiithe '4:shnes each encircling star : / It sq att t , th e Of the heavens could ne h ve , r have kept tune, ) % t t ra,‘ i ero sic of Erin-go-br g -'4ate it into simpler English, the roguish ref ,b 0 t he lifi o IST jol o ' 1 1 ' °° P• .1 0r o 40 0 ' eft p'6p '6lO ;Ar“ .1 0°° rr o 3 0 ell , Or°" off' . 0 , fe e o °4l' Lac) i. •ct. Diitc' notes of Whiggery could not have been kept to con cert pitch, if it had not been for the disorders and dis tractions of Ireland. _ _ . For ourselves, we expect no scruples from the Li beral Leaders. They will be fools and idiots if they care for conscience now. They have not a shred of principle or character to shroud them from the cold blasts of public infamy. Why should they shrink from the last extreme of party wickedness ? Why should they fear a coup d'etat ? They will get rid of Lord John Russell, and with him perhaps of their quarrel with the Chartists : they will hoist the standard of Revolution on both sides the Channel : it is possible they may swamp the Peers. There is no length of political depravity of which they are not capable. But we believe we may defy them yet. They can not get a majority in the Commons. With the present House, or with any House which the myrmidons of Normanby and Morpeth can call together, the genuine voice of Old England will overbear the carping, cold, and calculating Liberal from Scotland, and the hot headed and hairbrained anarchist from Ireland. But we must not be caught sleeping. Once again, let the Conservatives of Liverpool be ready ! The address of Mr. Kinnaird to his late constituents at Perth reflects infinite credit upon his principles and his good sense. The feeling that Religion is at stake is the real bond which binds together the intelligence and wealth of England in the great Conservative phalanx. In these days, when men whose testimony would be refused in a Court of Justice are presented by a Prime Minister at the Court of a Virgin Queen, it is clear enough that the strongest union and the most anxious activity are equally indispensable in the great cause of truth. Accordingly, when Lord Grey gave way to the violence of his more Radical supporters and commenced his crusade against the Church, the spell of his power was broken. He had prophesied his fall, and he ful- filled his prophesy. So when Lord Melbourne basely entered into the unholy alliance and bound himself to that Appropria tion Clause, which in the preceding Session Lord John Russell had voted against and denounced as a " most improper measure," far-seeing men perceived that however a temporary purpose might be served, a vital blow was struck at the permanent interests of Whiggery. In short, whenever the Church has been attacked, the assailant has invariably suffered in the long run. The Church is the most tolerant and the most popular of all our Institutions. The people of England therefore have always agreed with Mr. Kinnaird's position that no general political support can properly be given, when confidence is not reposed upon important religious questions. Therefore it is that the people of England has become so rapidly and so unanimously Conservative. Plain, intelligible principles have been put forward, that they who run may read them, and these principles have been adopted by the good sense of the people at large, and have be come the enduring foundation of the largest and most respectable opposition that ever existed either in Par liament or in the country. And we know of no body of men, who have set so admirable an example, or taken so early, so consistent, and so effective a lead, in the dissemination of sound religious and constitutional opinions as our respected friends the Tradesmen of Liverpool. United for no party or selfish purpose, but for the preservation of whatever is good in things as they existed in our father's days, and for the judicious development of every germ (and these are infinite) of improvement which the noble fabric of our polity contained : as well as for the pro motion from time to time of such well-considered in novations and changes as prudence and experience might direct,—they have exerted a most powerful in fluence in Liverpool, and set an useful example to every constituency in the kingdom. These excellent men, under the superintendence of their spirited Pre sident, and our honoured friends, his more immediate and active colleagues, have from the first struck the right chord : they have made known their principles, religious, and political, broadly and plainly. They have invited the friends of just and righteous subordi nation, of sound policy, and honest government, to rally round their banner. They speak an intelligible language. They give no uncertain sound, and their followers are prepared for the battle. One heart ani mates the whole body, and one principle directs it. How wide is the difference with the associated Re- 7ormers! There is the faultering Whig, the skimping Liberal, the turbulent Radical, the incendiary revolu tionist, the democrat and the Destructive. Hating each other cordially, the Romanist, and the Socinian, and the Puritan, and the Independent, are ranged side by side much as the heterogeneous armies of Europe were handed in Palestine round the standard of the Cross. Disunion and distrust are between every section and each individual. The elements of dissolution are at hand. May the faction fall to pieces speedily and utterly, and may the continued growth of sound prin ciples go on and prosper, until we are brought back from all our troubles, to days like the happier days of yore. Peaceful days when old Religion, like a silver circling-band, Clasped alike round Prince and Peasant, bound in one accord the land ! A respectable correspondent has furnished us wi the following extract from a letter, received by the las packet, from his planting agent in Jamaica. It wil serve to show that the island is suffering from the want of a firm administration of the laws. Sir Lionel Smith has committed himself most egregiously by his refusal to act until the arrival of his successor, Sir Charles Metcalfe. The following information is of a very gloomy character : " I am sorry to say the parish of St. George has become the scene of much confusion, in consequence of the parties in possession of properties demanding rent. On one property—a coffee plantation, where the people had refused to work—the overseer was ordered to collect the rents : the negro tenants were sued, and judgments obtained; and when the consta bles went to put the law in force, they resisted, and it became necessary to proceed with more caution and security : the two special magistrates of the district proceeded to the property, with a number of special constables, to levy the rents, when the negroes armed themselves with cutlasses, and defied the parties, and pelted them with stones, one of which struck the magistrate on the head, and cut it dreadfully; and they beat the constables off the property, without hav ing effected their purpose; and the negroes said they were ready for them at any time, or troops, if they thought proper to bring theM. Depositions were for warded by the Custos to the Governor, and his answer was, that he would not interfere ! Another case of outrage happened at one of your own estates a few days after the above-mentioned affair. One of the gangs was found fault with for bad work, in cutting the canes high off the ground, (canes should always be cut quite close to the root,) when the whole gang struck work. This happened on a Tuesday : the fol lowing day two men got into the negro houses, and told the people they had written authority from Lord Mulgrave to tell the people when to work or not, and commenced practising Obeah. A warrant was issued to apprehend the two men in question, and the consta tables proceeded to execute the warrant, when a dread ful affray took place, and one of the constables was shot in the face, and others dreadfully cut and beat. Affidavits of this affair have also been sent to the Governor. The consequence was, the negroes struck work all that week, and on the Monday morning fol lowing went to work, but in a riotous and excited state. Thus are Jamaica property and lives endangered for want of protecting laws." By the arrival of the Great Western at Bristol, we are put in possession of New York papers to the Ist instant. The Great Western arrived and came to anchor in Kingroad at five o'clock on Wednesday morning, having accomplished her passage home in 121 days—the shortest hitherto made either by her or her competitors. Upon the third day of their depar ture from New York, sJie fairly distanced her antago nist, the British Queen, leaving her far behind. The Great Western has brought home 68 passengers, and a large amount of specie on freight. It is stated that the British Queen has 70 passengers on board, and also a large amount of specie. We find from the New York papers that the Great Western arrived there on the 22nd of July, having accomplished the passage in 15 days and 22 hours. The ,British Queen arrived at New York on Sunday, the 28th of July. Her arrival is thus noticed in the Daily Express of the following day :—" This splendid steam-ship arrived Sunday morning about 10 o'clock, in less than sixteen days, having left Portsmouth on the 12th instant, at 12 o'clock, p.m. She made the Floating Light, Sunday morning, 1 o'clock, and soon after the Highlands and Sandy Flook, and waited awhile for a pilot. The wind was generally against her all the passage, and sometimes very rough; but, large as she is, one man could steer her, She proved throughout a first-rate sailer. The number of her passengers is 127, among whom is Mr. Junius Smith, to whom is awarded the honour of first starting in England the idea of Ocean Steam Navigation Compa nies. " The arrival of this big ship, as she fired off her guns, then, making a sweep in the North River, an nounced her own approach, created a great sensation in the city, and immense crowds followed her to the place of stopping,—the new piers of the Tobacco Warehouse, which have been especially fitted up, and with gates, for the reception of the steam-ships. The crowds continued all day, and thousands and thou sands were eager to have a view. It is understood, however, that as efforts will be made to get her off August Ist, it will not be possible to see company till the next voyage. "As the British Queen and the Great Western are now side by side, occupying tha inside berths of their two new piers, the contrast is a great curiosity, and well worth a visit to observe. The Great Western was a wonder, but the contrast sinks her into a com mon steamer. The top of her funnel is but barely visible over the deck of the Queen, as an observer stands on her pier. Both ships stand bow to bow, their figure-heads projecting over the mainland, and their wheel-houses almost touching; but the Queen fills out the pier, and stretches her bowsprit a conside rable distance upon the land.• Her prodigious bulk is the amazement of all who see her. Her paddle wheels, now her coal is consumed, are nearly out of water, and, she looms up, like an observatory in the air. It is thought that, to make her sit sufficiently deep in the water, she must take in a good deal of ballast ; for her paddle .wheels have not, during the voyage, dipped deeply enough to throw her ahead with a velocity proportioned to her model and her power. Her model is American." Before we proceed to make any extracts from the papers which we have received by the Great Western, we submit to the notice of our readers the following letter from New York, received by a respectable mer cantile firm in this town : " The advices received per Great Western and Bri tish Queen have struck dismay and consternation on the minds of all interested in commercial matters, es pecially the Shippers of Cotton. We were totally unprepared for so great and sudden a reverse. It would seem that nothing short of an entire destruction of every man interested to any extent in Cotton, will satisfy the London Bankers and Manchester Spinners. Heaven knows what will satisfy them, after all ! Be what it may, their determined hostility to the planters and commercial interests of this country is now made so perfectly manifest, that it is on this side also engen dering a feeling that may ripen into a new kind of warfare, that will operate to the serious detriment of all parties. You will see a new movement in the Con vention called, and to be held at Macon, in Georgia, the first Monday in October. Judging from the tone and feeling of many Southrons now sojourning in the North, some harsh, ;if not effective, measures will be proposed and acted upon : such as a recommendation for the whole planting interest to withhold their next crop from market, and suspend for a year all their obligations to the public ; in other words, to stop pay ment for a year. To combinations of all sorts, either on the part of the Grower or Manufacturer of the raw material, every man of good sense must be opposed : and it is high time, on your side at least, that hostility should cease, and let things take their regular course. I have no idea that every thing is to go to destruction because the gentlemen in your Great Bank Parlour have so willed it. " Ist August. Total deficiency in exports of CottOn up to this date, compared with last year 474,000 Deficiency in markets 436,972 Stock in all the parts . Do. do. last year 121,000 Deficiency in exports to Great Britain. Do. do. France Do. do. North of Europe Do. do. other parts. Average weight of bales, less than last year by 5 per Bales, The following are the most important extracts : (From the Courier and Enquirer.) COTTON. - The Vicksburg Sentinel says; " It is generally believed that new cotton will be brought to market, in all the river towns, by the end of the present month." Last season, the first cotton received was on the 20th August. We learn from the eastern papers that the attention of the young men of Maine and Massachusetts has been turned to the Aroostook, with the view of planting a colony upon its banks. By the arrival of the barque Solalba, Captain Bevans, from Barbadoes, on the 11th June, we learn that provisions are very scarce on that island. The sugar crop is meagre in comparison of the yield last year. The four American fishing vessels which were sent into Halifax a short time since, have been tried. Two were libe rated, and two (the Hyder Ali and Battelle) were condemned and ordered to be sold. A war is raging amongst the Cherokee Indians at the Arkansas. _ _ _ By papers from Rio de Janeiro to the 31st of May, it ap pears that two vessels had been captured under Portuguese colours by a British ship of war, shortly after leaving Rio, on suspicion that they were fitted out for the slave trade. These captures excited much indignation at Rio. By the arrival of the schooner Essex, Capt. Cottrell, at New Orleans, on the 16th of June, intelligence has been received, partially confirning the rumour which had already reached us of the resignation of Santa Anna, and the election of General Bravo to the presidential chair. This important inielligence had been received at Matamoras on the 7th June, by an express from Mexico. Bustamente, we learn, was, at the last accounts, still in Tampico. The schooner Lone had been seized at that town. The Essex brought only 2000 dollars, and eighteen doubloons to order. Generals Lemus and Canalizo are negotiating about making peace. The former is encamped at Monterey, and the latter at Saltillo. Matamoras is still in the posses sion of the government ; the rumour of its being captured by the federalists turns out to have been without foundation. No idea is now entertained of attacking Texas. Missouri is entering largely into silk, not satisfied with her lead mines and corn. Messrs. Bissell and Sharp, near St. Louis, having 40,000 worms feeding, 20,000 multicaulis trees growing. The Missouri Silk Company are feeding 130,000 worms. Yesterday afternoon, about fifty military convicts, prin cipally deserters, embarked on board the St. George steamer for Quebec, from whence'they will be conveyed to England, preparatory to their final transportation. They were all fine-looking young men, and did not appear to be much con cerned, further than at the inconvenience occasioned by their hand-cuffs and irons. A strong guard of grenadier guards accompany them to Quebec.—Montreal Herald. Some extraordinary reports were in circulation relative to an alleged deficiency of coinage at the New Orleans branch mint, and the consequent debasement of currency by the addition of alloy to the silver coinage. A committee of in quiry had been sitting en the subject. A fatal affray had happened at Courterville, near Natchi toches. It seems that some difficulty had arisen between a son of General Gaiennie and a young man, a clerk for a Mr. Norma, a challenge passed, but Gaiennie refused to fight ex cept at the plantation of his father, to which the clerk ob jected, and the duel was dropped. A young gentleman. named Sylvester Racial, an intimate friend of Gaiennie, who had interested himself in the quarrel, called to pay Norma some money which Gaiennie had owed, Norma threw in his face as he entered, a tumbler of ground Cayenne pepper, which had apparently been provided for the occasion, and told his clerk "to shoot." He fired immediately, and the young man fell dead. There was much excitement in the neighbourhood about the matter. It is said that the town was divided into two distinct parties. (From the New York Daily Express of August 1.) MONEY MARKET—CITY NEWS.—WEDNESDAY, P. M. — The United States' bank is supplying all the bills wanted for London at 113, and seems to have an abundant supply, a fact which materially relieves public anxiety, and which gives a good deal of stability to the money market. On France sales are making at 15f 15. Holland may be quoted at 41. ; Hamburg 36-6-7ths, and Bremen 81 cts. The stock market in this state of the exchanges stands firm, with a slight rise even, though sales are heavy. This being packet-day for both the Great Western and British Queen, which leave to-morrow almost too early for any operations in exchange, it is an important day in the money market, and we are glad to find it passing off with so much good feeling, and such a general relief from all appre hension. It is pretty well ascertained that the Insurance offices have made themselves responsible for as much specie as they wish to, by the great Western, and though it is quite impossible either by the custom-house, or in any other quar- ter, to ascertain the amount exported, yet it is certain that the naturalexportation demanded by the law of trade for the righting of the exchanges, creates not the least alarm. The sales in Cotton for exportation are again taking place— holders, though with a very bad grace, submitting at last to a reduction of 4 cent a pound from last weeks prices. Ope rations were effected yesterday for about 900 bales, both for exportation and for home use. We look upon this surrender of price as a matter of some importance, as the sale of Cot ton yet to go forward and to be drawn upon, is to the coun try so much capital for keeping the Exchanges in order. • The really small amount of money now demanded for busi ness purposes is a matter of common remark in the street. It is well it is so, else the Banks would not have so suddenly cut off their line of discount Eithout creating an alarm more detrimental directly to them than to the community. The Banks, we suspect, after to-day, will breathe again safely, and take care of Business paper, without compelling sacri fices upon it,—for the departure of the steam ships will be to them a relief from anxiety somewhat too painfully felt. Low prices, however, have greatly reduced the demand for money. They must very shortly reduce the price set upon From the published statement of the affairs of the Bank of the United States in New York, we take the following ab stract : Stock pledged recently for circulation . Stock held as collateral security Due from other banks DOLLARS. .. 200,000 800 ..1,745,328 Bills and other notes discounted Amount over due 1,408,999 4,671 Cash on hand. Bad debts Due by the banks, payable on demand`. Of which is due other banks Notes issued, in s's 2,801,231 1,490 5,971,570 4,447,033 124,000 The amount due to the bank in June was .. 5,521,082 " " from " " was ..5,521,082 Specie on hand in June - Circulation in June . 97,325 THEATRE ROYAL. This evening the entertainments are for the benefit of Miss Vandenhoff. May desert have a bumper ! Her Julie in " Richelieu" is an effective performance. There is the amiable repose with the exhibition of the active passion of the character, in the proper places ; and a mixed audience of strangers has nightly marked its approbation of the light and shade of the embodiment. Of Miss Vandenhoff's ability —now, in 1839—our estimate is recorded. In another year, with ordinary chances she will exhibit an increase of power and professional progress, which will surprise her friends, and add to the excusable jealousy of those who are averse to admit the promise that marks her acting as it is. But for the pressure of absorbing assize intelligence, the merits of " Richelieu" as a drama, its production as a proof of discerning and liberal Manage ment, with the acting—the dresses—and the " business" — had been remarked upon. Au revoir on Tuesday. AN EPIGRAM. The Ministers having found it impossible to go on with Lord Brougham, his Lordship declared that at all events they should not go on without him. Ministerial Paper. facilis, jucundus, acerbus, es idera; Nec tecum possum vivere, nec sine te.—Mart. So crusty, good-humoured, and gay, So frolicksome, Brougham, and so sour : Without you we can't stand a day, And with you we can't live an hour.—T. K. R. Tee Rev. J. R. Connor, A. M. has been appointed Minis , ter of St. Simon's, Liverpool. We beg to direct the special attention of our readers to a letter in another column on the subject of Robert Owen's presentation to the Queen. It will be seen from an adver tisement that Mr. Brindley purposes delivering a lecture, on Tuesday evening next, when he will place before the public many facts connected Socialism which will not only excite disgust at the principles but also rouse our fair townswomen to forward the address which will be proposed for their town women. REV. J. R. STEPHENS. — The trial of this gentleman, we learn from a private source, occupied the whole of yesterday at the Chester Assizes, when the reverend gentleman, in his own defence occupied the attention of the court upwards of five hours and a half in the delivery of his speech. The case was not over in time for a report to reach us last night. THE REGATTA Tilts DAY. — The preparations made for the equatic sports of this day, are on an extensive and liberal scale, and the public will, doubtless, be highly gratified, should the weather prove favourable, which we regret to say is, up to the time we write, wet end unsettled. The entries of boats are numerous ; and the preparations made for the accommodation of spectators, at the respective ferries on the Cheshire shore, are of a most attractive description. The grounds at Birkenhead will afford a fine view of the races ; and in the evening a splendid exhibition of fire works will take place in the tea gardens. At the Rock Ferry, a mili tary band will be in attendance during the day ; at the Monks' Ferry a platform is erected for the convenience of spectators, and Woodside, Seacombe, and the lower ferries present each their attractions. The first race will be for the Mersey Cup, value £3O, for gentlemen's yachts under 25 tons. For this race the follow ing fine vessels are entered : Mr. Melling's Seagull 25 tons.. blue burgee & white cross Mr. Shaw's Dicky Sam 19 tons. Mr. Holt's Midas 23 tons.. white. Dr. Brandreth's Ariel 19 tons. Atalanta, from Dublin 25 tons.. not expected to arrive. In this race the boats will start from of the pier at New Brighton at 12 o'clock, proOeed up the river; round a boat off Eastham on the larboard hand ; hence round a boat at Notts'-hole; and thence to Monks' Ferry—the winning point. There will be six other races—rowing and sailing, in all of which crack boats are entered. The sport is expected to be good. PROTESTANT DEMONSTRATION.—We understand that as the Trustees of the Hall at Newton are precluded by their trust deed from granting the use of it for any other purpose than the immediate objects of the Association, the meeting, which was announced to take place there in the course of the ensuing month, will be held at the Corn Exchange, Manches ter, when we trust that such a demonstration of Protestant feeling will be made as will prove to our radical government that the time for Popish domination has not yet arrived, and that nothing but the extinction of the Irish and English Education Board will satisfy the constitutional desires of the inhabitants of this country. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—This admirable Institution, we are glad to hear, is progressing satisfactorily, and the amount already subscribed more than equals the anticipations of its warmest friends. No departure from the plan laid down in the original prospectus is or ever has been contem plated. - • • RELIGIOUS AWAKENING IN INDIA.—The subscriptions in aid of the objects of the heart-stirring appeal of the Bishop of Calcutta amount already to a large sum. Upwards of £l2O has been collected amongst the congregation of St. Jude's. MUTINY AT SEA.—The seamen on board the Franklin, Captain Farwell, from Liverpool, mutinied in New York Bay last month, and seven of them were arrested, charged with the revolt. OCEAN ASSURANCE COMPANY.—On Monday, a specie general meeting of this company was held in the Cotton Sales-room, in compliance with a requisition from a number of the proprietors, to take into consideration the propriety of dissolving the company. After some discussion, a motion was made to that effect ; and, on taking the votes, the majo rity was against the dissolution of the company. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAIDWAY COMPANY, V. Wia.su.—This action came on at the Croydon Assizes, on Friday last. It was instituted by the directors of the Eastern Counties Railway against the defendant, sued as Samuel Henry Walsh, of Liverpool, banker, to recover the sum of £950, being the amount of calls made upon shares in this undertaking, held by the defendant. Mr. Shee appeared for the company. No defence was offered. After evidence had been given, the Lord Chief Justice directed the jury to find for the plaintiff for £9BO, the full amount claimed. LIVERPOOL BLUR-COAT SCHOOL.—Among the different institutions we visited during our last northern tour, there was not one which, after inspection, yielded us more pleasure than the Blue-coat Hospital in Liverpool. Its whole interior arrangements seem well adapted to carry out the views of its founders, by providing the children with a sound education, based on religious principles, and by using every care to pro mote their health and cleanliness. To these is added a rather novel but excellent feature in institutions of this kind—a lending library for the use of the children, well supplied with works of a useful and interesting kind. It is an institution of which the people of Liverpool may well feel proud; and we are much gratified to hear of the exertions which they are making to disseminate its advantages more widely.—The Gardeners' Gazette. PRACTICAL LIBERALITY OF THE 'ROCK FERRY COM PANY. On Friday last, the Rock Ferry Company gave the female children of the Blue-coat Hospital a treat. They went in at ten o'clock in the morning, and were regaled in the Rock Park. in the afternoon the children partook of coffee and buns, provided for them by the inhabitants of the Rock Park and neighbourhood. The Rock Park Cricket Club lent their tent for the occasion, and the young folks regaled themselves in it, and amused themselves upon the ground of John Nelson Wood, Esq., with the good old game of the ring. The young musicians were hard at work. The little host left the ferry at seven o'clock, and the inhabitants and visitors of the place expressed themselves highly delighted with their order and decorum. It may be mentioned that the landlord of the Rock Ferry Hotel was particularly atten tive to the comfort of the children, and afforded them every convenience in his power. RATHER UNPLEASANT. —On Thursday, as two of the Marquis of Exeter's keepers were catching eels on the wes tern side of the river, near Tinwell-mill, they were suddenly surrounded by the flood, which rose so high as to leave them at first on an island, cut off from all communication with the higher lands, and the water ultimately rose two feet high on the ground on which they stood. The keepers took refuge in a cart, the water continuing gradually to rise. In this dangerous situation the two men remained during the whole night, every moment uncertain whether they might not share the fate of the numerous articles floating past them in the rapid current. About ten o'clock in the morning the keepers were perceived by a man in a boat, who could not pass a ridge of earth so as to reach them. The boatman sent a dog to them, and on their showing him a rope, which had been attached to their net, the sagacious animal carried it safely to the boat, by which means the poor fellows were safely lodged on terra firma, after passing a most unpleasant night.—Lincoln Chronicle. MINT JULEP.—This delicious compound (which is some times in the southern and western states denominated " hail storm") is usually made with wine, (Madeira or Claret,) mingled in a tumbler with a soupcon of French brandy, lime, or lemon, ice pulverised by attrition, and a small portion of sugar, the whole being crowned with a bunch of fresh mint, through which the liquor percolates before it reaches the drinker's lips and" laps him in Elysium." This beverage is supposed to be of southern origin, and the methods of pre paring it vary in the different states ; some Corinthians will assert that it can only be found in perfection at Charleston ; but I believe that, by common consent, the immortal Wil lard (who kept the bar of the City Hotel in New York for many years) was allowed to be the first master of this art in the known world. The name of this remarkable personage is familiar to every American, and to every foreigner who has visited the States for the last thirty years ; I have heard many calculations of the number of mint juleps that he has been known to compound in one day, and of the immense profits resulting to the hotel from his celebrity ; but not having written them down at the moment, I will not venture on a vague statement here. His memory was yet more surprising than his skill at concoction ; of the hundreds and thousands who went in to enjoy practical demonstration of the latter, he never forgot a face, or a name if once mentioned; even although the individual were absent for years, he could at once address him as though he had been introduced but yes terday.—=hurray's North America. CORRESPONDENCE. PRESENTATION OF THE INFIDEL OWEN, THE FOUNDER OF " SOCIALISM" TO THE QUEEN. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD MELBOURNE. MY LORD,—The man who promotes his country's honour and prosperity by wise and virtuous actions justly claims his country's praise. But it sometimes happens, that the com plexion of the times is such as to reflect additional lustre on conduct that under ordinary circumstances would be supremely excellent. So also, with the ignorant and vicious— their actions. though always despicable, may, by peculiarity of time and circumstance, be rendered doubly odious. Need I remark, that your lordship's conduct, referred to above, is a case in point. You are the first minister of the crown, my lord, and you have presented ROBERT OWEN to Me Queen ! Invective is silence. No amount of reproach would repay the insult you have thereby offered to this nation : and, as your conscience must have long since ceased to trouble you with its desregarded admonitions, there is a probability that your dogged indifference to the scorn, and contempt in which you are held by the virtuous of every sect and party, will in sure you a continuance of that pitiable contentedness in the lap of female indolence which your weak effeminate mind lone has sought after ; and you may now retire from public life with the gull assurance that no other enormity can pos sibly increase the disgust and indignation with which your name will be handed down to posterity. To do you justice in this matter, there must be a minute relation. Language cannot supply terms sufficiently oppro brious for a mere general description. Your own character, and that of your new acquaintance—the extreme wickedness of the principles be advocates—the critical period at which you have thought fit to recommend him to the protection and approval of his sovereign, are all subjects of distinct, and interesting investigation, that serve greatly to increase the difficulty of fully exposing the baseness of your conduct through so confined a medium as the columns of a news paper. But lam somewhat relieved by the reflection, that you will, at least, give me credit for the fullness of my intentions. I shall not dwell upon your lordship's character for two reasons, 1. Because it is already so well known, and 2, be cause it would require, and really deserves a separate com ment. I say deserves; for, as you must be aware, it is equally beneficial to public morals to hold up vice to re proach, as to exhibit virtue for respect and imitation. Let us then begin with your friend; Robert Owen. And who is Robert Owen? A wild enthusiast, born in Wales, in the year 1771. He was formerly engaged in the cotton-spinning business, at Manchester, and subsequently joined in the pur chase of the mills at New Lanark, of which he was made the superintendent. To the inhabitants of New Lanark, em ployed in these mills, he first proposed his " New Views," calling upon them to reject the Bible, and give up all religion. This, to their credit, they immediately rejected, nor ever after could be induced to change their determination to worship the God who made them, and to trust in the Saviour who redeemed them. In 1817, Robert Owen made his ap pearance in London, and by a mixture of cunning and decep tion, managed to be well spoken of by the newspaper press. He delivered two lectures to very crowded audiences, scru pulously avoiding all mention of his disbelief in Revelation, and omitting entirely his disgusting notions of what he terms " marriage." He also agreed to purchase a very great num ber of newspapers, in which these lectures should be reported. By these means, lie attracted much attention in London, and by purchasing 20,000 papers, in which be was very favour ably referred to, and sending them to various parts of the world, Ise all at once became universally popular. Having thus artfully obtained a good name, he began to unfold his real sentiments, and to attack morality and religion, when he was immediately deserted. These facts will explain the cause of his boasted popularity in other countries, and how it happened that he was at first so well received by foreigners of distinction. It was the ENGLISH newspapers alone that gave him a temporary importance abroad. In 1825, be made a grand experiment of his principles at New Harmony, in America, which, of course, terminated in a complete failure, and in establishing those sinks of fraud and infamy, which he miscalls " Social Institutions," and " Equitable labour Exchange Bazaars ;" and in connection with which, in the words of the Infidel Carlile, " have been exhibited theloulest cases of fraud and prostitution." Such, my lord, is the man with whom you have recently leagued yourself, and introduced to your sovereign. The rejected acquaintance of Richard Carlile, the companion of the Prime Minister of England. Let us now turn to the principles of your new acquaint ance. The system advocated by Robert Owen, as your lordship is aware, is based on the assumption that " Man is the mere creature of circumstances, over which he has no controul," and that, consequently, as there is no free will, " there should be no responsibility. Whence he concludes, that " In those characters which now exhibit crime, the fault is obviously not in the individual." (Owen's Esssay's on Human Character, p. 23.) How consistent in a Prime Minister to advocate a system like this ! Having excluded all moral liberty from his system, and reduced man to a mere " living machine," (Essays, p. 28.) he kindly points out the error on which society has hitherto been based. From the earliest ages it has been the practice of the world to act on the supposition that each man forms his own character, and that, therefore, he is accountable for all his sentiments and habits, and, consequenly, merits reward for some, and punishment for others. Every system which has been established among men, has been founded on these erroneous principles." (Essays, page 35.) These errors being exploded, " the next step," he declares, "is to with draw those NATIONAL Laws which chiefly emanate from that erroneous doctrine, and now exist in jidl vigour, TR AIN ING THE POPULATION TO ALMOST EVERY KIND OF CRIME." (Essays, p. 25.) These are the sentiments of Robert Owen, and Robert Owen, your lordship, has presented to the Queen !!! "In the existing state of society," says Mr. Owen, " there are only two classes, FOOLS and KNAVES." — (Book of New Moral World, p. 71.) In which of these classes your friend has ranked your lordship, you have not yet informed us. Probably you fluctuate so evenly between the two, that he is unable to decide. We will next enquire into the practice of the system. Here it will be found that on many points your lordship is quite at home. " Each indi vidual is to have the full liberty of expressing his thoughts upon all subjects."—(Marriage System, p. 93.) How ex tremely agreeable. There is to be " a perfect COMMUNITY or PROPERTY, and no responsibility."—(" Mental Inde pendence," and all his works.) How very convenient ! ! There is to be " no praise or blame, no merit or demerit, no reward or punishment for any faith or any conduct what ever." " There is to be no marriage of the priest, or giving in marriage."—(Marriage System, p. 63.) But, each indi vidual is to have the power of associating at pleasure with those for whom he feels the most regard and the greatest affection."—(Marriage System, p. 93.) The secret is out, my lord ; no one at all acquainted with your lordship's pre vious course of life will, after this, need ask the question, " Wherefore did Lord Melbourne turn Socialist ?" Exces sive love for the ladies, and strong objection to the annoy ance of moral obligations • and legal restraints are circum stances that would, in like manner, influence individuals of far less fame in these matters than your lordship. Besides, Mr. Owen, with a cleverness that shows him to be a perfect master of his subject, has provided against the unpleasant ness of having to take charge of the numerous progeny that under his system would be ushered into the world ; and in order to allow unrestrained indulgence in the gratification of the passions, declares, that in his " social communities," as lie calls these piggeries, " the irrational sounds of husband and wife, parent and child, would not be heard."—(Owen's " Mental Independence.") All the children in his collection are to be taken care of by public nurses, in order that they may, without exception, be fashioned into perfect specimens. What delicate, what refined sensibilities your lordship must have to become the patron of such a system, and to present its founder to a VIRGIN Queen ! Sufficient has been quoted to give a faint idea of the MORALITY of Owen's System,— What is his Religion ?—Splendid. It is a religion fit for the Pope. "In the New Moral World, there will be no public worship !—no forms and ceremonies ! !—no temples ! ! !—no public prayers !!!!—no gloom i ,111 —no mortification of the flesh or spirit " 11 I 11 —(" Marriage System, Religion," p. 95,) " for it is impossible that any individual can become rational until all such worship shall cease."—" Social Bible, p. 13.) How far this coincides with your lordship's sentiments can not easily be determined; for, who ever heard talk of Lord Melbourne's religion? His morality is notorious. Since the externals of religion are so obnoxious to Owen's system, what is to become of revelation. Revelation ! why, it's all a lie. For, "it is deserving of everlasting remembrance," says Robert Owen, " that what the nations of the earth have been taught by their priests to believe to be divine truths, have been diabolical falsehoods invented by the priests. Therefore, in future, for divine truths, read priestly false hoods, and gross and injurious deceptions. It has been in this manner that the priests have contrived to call their marriages, which they have devised, a divine ordinance." — (Marriage System, p. 62.) Hence, "The religions founded under the name of Jewish, Jehovah, God, or Christ, are all composed of human laws, &c. And, as all religions and codes of laws are founded on the error, that there is merit or demerit in belief and in feeIings—RELIGIONS and Laws must have originated in some error of the in'aginalion."— (Book of New Moral World, p. 68.) From this to open Atheism is an easy gradation. Accordingly we are told, that it is "an error as to free will, that has led man to create a personal Deity, author of all good, and a personal Devil, author of all evil, to invent all the forms of worship, &c. And yet, there is not one single fact known to man to prove that any such personalities exist or ever did exist, and in consequence, all the mythology of the ancients, and all the religions of the moderns, are mere fanciful notions of men." " And every attempt to force a belief on mankind on this subject, can lead only to error, confusion, and crime.—(Book of the New Moral World, p.,46.) These, my lord, are the sentiments of Robert Owen, and Robert Owen, your lord ship, has presented to the Queen !!! One other quotation, and I will cease to disgust by repeating such gross abomina tions. " Marriage is the sole cause of all prostitution. It is a Satanic device of the priesthood to place and keep man kind within their slavish superstitions. " There is, there fore, no hope whatever for you until you acquire sufficient strength of mind to overcome this evil, and openly denounce it both in principle and practice." " Until you put away from among you and your children this accursed thing, (Owen's own italics) you will never know what real happi ness is.—(Marriage System, p. 78.) Yet Robert Owen has been presented to our Virgin Queen ! 1 ! My Lord, I have done. Folly and wickedness so palpable require no comment, and future ministers, wanting an apo logy for the viciousness of their sentiments, and a pretext for the base betrayal of their trust, will need only to recal the fact, that at a time when this country was in a state of internal siege, from the lawless proceedings of a band of misguided men, encouraged by the political licentiousness of the times, and made the tools of a few designing knaves seeking power at the expense of others' peace and safety — when Popery on the one hand, and Socinian philosophy on the other, threatened to destroy our Holy Sion , by polluting the fountains whence our youth imbibe those Sacred Truths that constitute her life and strength—when open infidelity stalked forth at noon-day, and the dispensing of blasphemies was become a separate vocation—when RELIGION ! LAWS !! and MARRIAGE !!! were openly denounced, and unqualified sensualism defended as a natural prerogative,—then it was that the founder of these obscenities was presented by the Prime Minister of England to a VIRGIN QUEEN ! Were it possible to collect all the terms of reproach our language af fords, and to produce, by concentration, a single expression of censure equal to the whole, that would not have half the force of the simple statement, that you have PRESENTED ROBERT OWEN TO THE QUEEN; and the severest libel es. published against a first minister of the Crown, is the praise bestowed on your Lordship in the periodical advocating " Socialism." PHILOPATRIAS. THE DOCK COMMITTEE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sia, through the medium of your valuable journal, ,—I beg to make a few remarks on the recent report of the Dock Com mittee, so far as relates to their observations on the Mer chant's Memorial. The sub-committee of the dock committee commence their report by regretting that the memorial was not accompanied by any of the parties who signed it. This commencement artfully insinuates that the merchants might have changed their opinions if so examined,'aud is also intended to rid the dock committee of the obloquy attaching to them for their dictatorial proviso conveyed in the dock secretary's letter of 28th of May. The dock committee are not entitled to assume that the merchants declined to substantiate their complaints, as the memorial to the dock committee states—" But if there be any branch of the subject upon which you may think proper to re quire further information or suggestions, we shall be willing again to communicate with you, either personally or in writ ing. as you may prefer." The sub-committee summarily dispatch all the merchants' suggestions by saying that most of them have at various times had the attention of the dock committee. The next paragraph commences by admitting that advan tageous alterations might be effected in the working of the docks if accomplished in combination with other improve ments which the committee have not the legal power to effect. I do really admire the boldness, nay, the audacity of the dock committee, in thus telling the town council, and, through the press, the whole mercantile community, that they (the dock committee) cannot permit the adoption of admitted ad vantageous alterations in the working of the docks, unless they (the dock committee) are allowed to erect warehouses on land available from its situation for those most invaluable purposes, docks and quays, although the dock committee themselves admit that there is a deficiency of dock and quay space, and it is universally admitted that there are more warehouses already than the trade of the town requires. The reply to the demanded establishment of a competition appears to be based on an assertion that the dock rates amount to " no more than the expense of working and main taining the docks." I believe a reference to the dock ac counts will prove this to be a gross misstatement. By the blunder on the meaning of the word monopolist, I should have thought the report had been written by an Irishman, had not the worthy Alderman Binn's name been appended to There being little or no redundance of dock accommoda tion, those who hold it" (the dock committee), being one body, are monopolists, and those who want it (the ship owners and merchants) are competitors ; and it is to break up this intolerable and grievous monopoly that the merchants suggest the letting off the docks to different companies autho rised to charge established rates, contending that such com panies would strive to make a' profit by endeavouring to in crease the quantity of work done in the respective docks : thus their own interest would lead them to the earl; adoption of every improvement for the rapid discharge and loading of ships, and would always operate to cause the various compa nies to afford every possible facility, accommodation, and despatch, combined with the pleasing accompaniment of civi lity, as inducements for ships to resort to their respective docks. As to creating a formidable tenantry, with vested rights and permanent control, such idea is a mere bugbear from the prolific but distorting imaginations of the sub-com mittee. Notwithstanding the Johnsonian periods of the next three or four paragraphs of the report, the merchants will, I think, continue of opinion, that if the " adjuncts" to the Mersey were let out to different companies for management, the uti lity of our " adjuncts" would be much increased, and the trade of the port improved. The argument against the appointment of a paid superin tendent is destroyed at once by the fact that it was not pro posed that the dock committee should part with the appoint ment of and control over the superintendent, it being only proposed that the superintendent should have the entire ma nagement of the working of the docks. In considering their grievances, under the present dock system, the constitution of the dock committee (the grand point of Whig attacks in former days) would probably be the first question that would occur to the merchants, being ano ther instance of the gross partiality of the liberal concocters of the Municipal Bill ; well knowing, however, that the dock committee have neither the power nor inclination to remedy that grievance, the merchants appear to have adverted to it merely that their silence on a point vitally affecting the ques tion might not be misconstrued. Their memorial does dis tinctly recommend transit sheds, and I therefore submit that, as they do not recommend dock warehouses, it is to be in ferred that a majority of the merchants consider it improper, if not absurd (meaning no offence to the dock committee), to erect warehouses on any land available either for docks or quays, more especially in central situations,,where all parties, including the dock committee, admit that there is a positive insufficiency of dock and quay space in Liverpool. To the fact of a deficiency of docks and quays in Liverpool, I beg also to add that there is a superabundance of ware houses built as near to the docks as the danger of fire renders prudent, an enormous bulk of business, commodious streets, and a compact locality, which render it dangerous and impo litic to have dock warehouses ; whereas, in London, the great extent of the city, the narrow and crowded streets, the superabundance of docks and remote distances, might render dock warehouses desirable there ; but there, according to Alderman Evans, the dock warehouses are of little moment, as 17-20ths of the shipping business of London is transacted in the river ;—in short, I submit, in the words of the dock committee, that " the distinction of locality and physical cir cumstances have been inconsiderately overlooked, and that which is totally dissimilar has been taken as analagous" by the dock committee, when they recommended dock ware houses in Liverpool. With all deference to the dock committee, I do think that, when endeavouring to add to their overgrown and confes sedly ill-managed dock monopoly, a still more extensive and oppressive monopoly of the warehousing of the port of Liver pool, they might have bestowed a little attention on the fla grant injustice and ruinous consequences which their uncalled for attempt would have inflicted on many of the inhabitants, comprising all those enterprising individuals who, by the timely adventure of about £4,000,000, have hitherto provided warehouse accommodation at all times more than adequate to the trade of the town, at much lower rates than in the boasted dock warehouses of London. The dock report concludes with an awful grumbling, that the merchants should have reprinted an old dock report. I fancy I recollect some self-sufficient theorist in the town council challenging the merchants to put forward their grievances, as though they would not bear discussion, which cuckoo note seemed to be repeated at the last meeting of the town council. The merchants court publicity as a way to the promoting of the true interest of the trade of the town, and iu the same spirit I subscribe myself, your obedient servant, A SHIPOWNER. LIVERPOOL MASTER BUTCHERS' DINNER. On Tuesday afternoon, a number of the master butchers of Liverpool dined together at the house of Mr. Alexander Mackenzie, in Cable-street, on which occasion a splendid ram's head snuff-box was presented by them to Mr. Ephraim Knapper, in consideration of the services rendered by him to the trade. The dinner and dessert were most excellent in quality, and superfluously abundant ; the wines were extremly good ; and the polite attention of the worthy host made everything pass off to the unmingled satisfaction of the whole company. Mr. Robert Richmond was in the chair, and Mr. William Walthew acted as vice-president. After the withdrawal of the cloth, the CHAIRMAN gave in suecession—" The Queen ;" " The Queen Dowager and the rest of the Royal Family ;" " Her Majesty's Ministers ;" " His Grace the Duke of Wellington; " Our Glorious Constitution ;" and " The Landed, Trading, and Commer cial Interests of the Country." Between the toasts, several appropriate songs were sung by different gentlemen. The CHAIRMAN having intimated that Mr. Agett had some thing to say on the occasion of the present meeting, Mr. JOHN AGETT rose and said, that it fell to his lot, at the instance of the master butchers of Liverpool, to have the honour to be deputed, in their names, to present Mr. Knap per with a superb ram's head snuff-box, silver mounted and ornamented, as a mark of their respect for him, and thanks for his invaluable services, at various times, during a period of more than thirty-five years. He believed he could with confidence assert, that although the tribute was but small, it was, nevertheless, well intended, and was meant to show their great respect for Mr. Knapper, whose eminent services, indeed, could not be adequately compensated by a present, although it were one hundred times the value of the one tendered. Mr. Agett alluded to the attempts which had been made to strip the master butchers of their rights and privileges which they ought to enjoy in common with every other body of tradesmen and expressed a hope that the trade would unite hand and heart in support of those rights, and bid defiance to their oppressors, seeing, as they were led to believe, that the council were not vested with the power of imposing on the trade the restrictions which they sought to carry into effect. Mr. Agett, turning to Mr. Knapper, then said, " That you sir, may long live to have the pleasure of using the box which I now; present to you, well sup plied with good snuff, in participation with your friends, over a bottle of sparkling old port, is the hearty good wish of the butchers and cattle salesmen of Liverpool." He con cluded by reading the inscription on the box, which is as follows :—" Presented to Ephraim Knapper, Esquire, of Liverpool, by the butchers and cattle salesmen of that town, as a token of their respect for him, and in admiration of the talent, firmness, and zeal he has ever displayed in fur therance of their interests, as well individually as a trade collectively, and for the comfort, cleanliness, advancement. andprosperity of their business generally.—August 13,1838." Mr. KNAPPER returned thanks for the handsome acknow ledgment of the humble services he had rendered. He denied that there was any advantage to the public in the con centration of the butchers in an abatoir, or that there was anything in the trade which made such a proceeding neces sary, while it was a source of great annoyance and loss to the butchers themselves, who were sometimes rendered unable to meet the orders for ships, in consequence of the distance from the abattoir to the docks. Why should the private shops of the butchers be done away with, any more than those of any other body of tradesmen ? and why should they be compelled against their will to be assembled together en masse in an arcade ? He had obtained the Opinion of an eminent counsel (Sergeant Wilde) on the subject, and that opinion was on every point favourable to the butchers. It set forth that the corporation could not compel one indivi dual to remove from his own premises until a public abattoir was provided sufficiently extensive for the accommodation of all the butchers in Liverpool, and for carrying on without impediment the whole of their business. Mr. K. concluded by proposing " Prosperity to the master butchers and cattle salesmen of Liverpool." (Cheers.) Mr. J. AGETT returned thanks; in doing which be ex pressed a very strong disapprobation of the bye-laws attempted to be forced upon them. Those laws, he said, would materially injure their business ; for the port was becoming so extensive that they could not possibly meet the orders of captains, if the slaughter-houses were to be above a mile from the docks. He himself had had a beast killed, dressed, and on board a vessel in three-quarters of an hour after receiving the order. And instances frequently occurred when such despatch was necessary. After a vessel had waited several days, perhaps weeks, for a fair wind, captains were of course extremely anxious to sail on the first oppor tunity, and without the loss of a moment. If their orders for fresh meat could not be executed on the instant, the ves sel must either sail without, or valuable time must he wasted until the order could be executed. He was quite convinced, from an experience of twenty-five years, that the butchers of this town never could have carried on business with the ship ping to the extent they had done if they had not been per mitted to have shops and slaughter-houses contiguous. He was certain that if the council knew of the great disadvan tages which would result to the trade from the bye-laws, they would never attempt to enforce them. If, however, they were determined to enforce them, the trade must have recourse to a higher authority. Mr. KNAPPER proposed the health of the chairman, which was received with much applause. In returning thanks, the CHAIRMAN mentioned that he had carried on business for the last ten years in Cable-street, and had never felt any inconvenience or annoyance from the slaughter-houses, except occasionally in very warm weather, and then only in a very trifling degree. Mr. KNAPPER proposed the health of Sergeant Wilde, to whose professional abilities he paid a high compliment. — Drunk with three times three. The health of Mr. William Walthew, the vice-president, and several other toasts were given. The company, after having spent a very pleasant evening, separated at an early hour. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER. — There was exceedingly little demand for either goods or yarn yesterday; and as a large number of the spinners and manufacturers either stayed entirely away, or returned home at an early hour to protect their premises from threatened or anticipated attacks by the chartists, very little business was done.—Manchester Guardian. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, AUG. 12. The market has not been well attended to-day, and the sales have been more limited than formerly. Prices are still low, and have undergone no change. Wool is rather on the decline. —lbid. • -- - HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, AUG. 13.—We have no change to notice in this market this week. A fair average demand for goods generally, and es pecially heavy woollens, still con tinues, without any alteration in prices, which are firm. Su perfine waistcoatings are in steady demand.—lbid. The corn has sustained but partial injury in Kent, Sussex, and Hampshire, and the last few days of harvest weather (with the exception of Wednesday) have caused the com mencement of reaping generally in the above counties. A. few weeks' fine weather will secure excellent crops of wheat and barley in the neighbourhood of Brighton. The oats are very much improved- since the rains, and the turnips are growing well and abundantly.—Herald. MANCHESTER..- - LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (From our Correspondeni.) THE CHARTISTS—SUPPRESSION OF THE DISTURBANCII- , EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF THE RINGLEADMILE. At the Borough Court, on Thursday (yesterday), William Harvey, James Leech, and Joseph Filtern, were examined; and committed. to Liverpool Assizes, charged wjth having , guns, &c., in their possession, for illegal purposes. They were all in full work, and getting good wages. , At the New Bailey yesterday, a man nameeßooth was placed at the bar under the followinkcircumstances :—A man in the employ of the Ardwick Spinning Works Company said that about 7 o'clock on Monday morning,lthe prisoner came to their works with 200 or 300 people, and demanded that the hands should be turned out. He was very violent, and collared one of the men, and they forced others to go with the procession. It was stated that the prisoner got 351. a-week, and bore a good character. Mr. MAULE observed that it was to be regretted that in almost every instance, the parties brought before him were good workmen, in full em ploy, and bearing excellent charaCters. They had been drawn into these illegal proceedings by others; who profited by it, and made them their dupes. They were, however, much more to blame than those who pleaded distress and poverty as the cause of their having been led away. He then committed him to the Assizes.—A man named Bartleet was charged by a watchman with having a loaded pistol, flints, balls, and powder, in his possession on Monday night. John Oven said that the prisoner had told him on Monday morn ing, that he bad been up all the previous night making bul lets, and that if any of the police insulted him, '• they should have it. Fitzpatrick, a constable, said that the prisoner had been in the habit of attending meetings where the most violent,language was used. He was then committed to take his trial.—John Threadwall was charged with having a dag ger and a quantity of powder in his possession, on Monday night. He said that he had the weapon to protect himself Mr. MAUDE : Why, who do you think would hurt you ? Prisoner : I do' not know, but the town was in a disturbed state. He was ordered to find sureties, or be committed to the treadmill for three months.—A man named Edward Pollett was charged with having a gun concealed on his per son on Monday. The evidence failed, and the prisoner was discharged. The town has now resumed its usual tranquillity, and most of the deluded Chartists have returned to their work. All the military are withdrawn from the public streets but are i prepared to act in case of emergency. Much praise s due to the civil and military authorities, for the promptitude, discre tion, and energy with which they met, and, we trust, have successfully suppressed the threatened destruction of pro- Pert)'. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-Tvi3A Y. FRANCAS AMONGST THE HIBERNIAN'S. Biddy M`Candley and Ann Clarke were placed at the bar, having been taken by a warrant, (for they refused to attend on a common summons,) charged with having broken the head and the windows of Mrs. Fagin. Mrs. Fagin was excessively free and easy in her depart ment. She evidently stood in no awe of the bench, not withstanding that Mr. Rushton sate " aloft in awful state," and Mr. John Holmes looked like anything. rather than a a person with whom a liberty could be taken. • Sure you see it for sthriking me in dhe eye—sorra take 'm —an' there dhey are for dhat same at last, as worthchup will remimber 1 tould you last time I wus afoor yet, whin I got the smmonts, dhat they would'nt answer to : but isn't it yoursilf dhat's made 'em glad to come at last. Mr. Rushton—Do stop that tongue if you can, and let me hear your witnesses. Is it witnesses ?—Here dhey all are—(loudly) Paddy !--- Och, where is die boy ! Paddy, come here, man e ; and Teddy—oh, Teddy? you're her man. Well, just tell his wurtchup all about id,—just as you seed id. . Mr. Ellis—What's your name ? (to the witness.) Witness—Teddy Mahony. Mr. Ellis—Teddy ? Witness—Yes, sir, Teddy—Teddy Mahony. Mr. Ellis—lt is Edward I suppose. Witness—No ' no, it's Teddy; that's my Christian name— sure I ought to know. • As Mr. Ellis could not persuade the witness out of his Christian name, why he recorded " Teddy." So Teddy commenced his harangue, which he delivered " with due emphasis and discretion," accordinoo the received notions of eloquence in some districts of Erin. . We war at dhe coort three weeks ago, and this woman— dhat is, dhat woman, Mrs. Fagin—was afther thratin us wid a dhrop, and we wor passing along paceably and quietly, nevir sayin a word to nobody, only spakin to each other, when Missis M`Candley come up to Missis Fagin, and widont sayin a single word to her, she tould her she'd swore wrong fully at dhe coort. Missis Fagin gev her no answer, only tould her at wanst plump dhat she didnt wait to have noth ing at all to say to any sich low lived people. Mr. Rushton—Well, well, what did the prisoner do ? Witness—Do !—Och nothing ! She only dhrew her fist, and hot her a hit in dhe eye. Mr. Rushton—Do you call that nothing ? Witness—Well, dhat was all she done that time, as I saw; but she follow'd us, and broke three o' Mrs. Fagin's windows before my face, but as I had by back to them at the', iMe I didn't see it ;- but here's a boy who was prisint as well as myself, and he saw it all through. Paddy Rutledge corroborated the whole of the last wit ness' statement, and averred that he saw Mrs. M`Candley " lift up her hand, an' slap a hole in three panes of glass : and, moreover, not dhat, your honour, whin we were passin' over fornint dhe place where dhey first come upon us, Minis M`Candley turned her mouth towards Missis Fagin, and aid she, Norah Fagin,' sid she, ' you're a Ballahough !' An' dhat's God's truth, your worship. As there was no evidence whatever against Mrs. Clarke, she was discharged. Mrs. Biddy M`Candley said Mrs. Fagin is a band wicked woman, and I can prove it on evidence. Magistrate—Where are your witnesses? Prisoner—Witnesses ! I dont want any witnesses ! Shure dont I know it without witnesses ? I can take me own testi mony dhat she's a wicked woman, that's never plazed but whin she's out o' humour wid somebody. Shure she's always vexin' me, an' callin' me names. An' be dhe same token, I niver called her a Ballahough. If I did, I wish Silence !—Hold your tongue l—thundered the officer an duty. As no evidence was brought forward to prove the value of the panes of glass, the Magistrate said, he could not decide, on that part of the affair. Mrs. Fagin magnanimously said, she did not care about the panes at all—all she wanted was pace. Mr. Rushton ordered that the prisoner should pay'a fine of one shilling, and costs. The costs, in consequence of the prisoner not having attended to the summons, vertheavy. The amount which she would have to pay was Bs. 6d. In default, she was to be committed for five days. Mrs. M`Candley, as she stepped from the bar, tossed her head and curled up her nose at Mrs. Fagin, and the latter smiled with a smile of triumph at her adversary, as she hud dled her gray cloak about her, and stood enjoying her situation. ROBBERY AT COMPTON HOUSE. Michael Waistell, a shoprnan in the service of Messrs. Morrish and Jeffrey, mercers, Church-street, was placed be. fore the magis:rates on charge of having robbed his employ ers. Mr. J. R. Jeffrey stated that the prisoner entered their seryue on the 24th June last. On Monday, the sth instant, he (Mr. Jeffrey) received some information which induced him to mark 76 pieces of unions with marks different from their usual marks. He left the unions in the place appro priated to them. On Tuesday morning the prisoner asked permission to go to Manchester, and witness did not see him again till Thursday at 7 o'clock. Witness began to watch at the back part of the premises, about 9 o'clock. Soon after that he was informed that there was a piece of lawn missing from the warehouse. He afterwards learned that a piece of lawn had been found in a place where it ought not to have been. About seven minutes before 10 o'clock; he saw the priioner go out of the premises at the back door, which leads into Basnett-street. He went into Davies's public house. He had his hand under his coat. He returned in about two minutes by the same door into the shop. Witness went round and entered the shop by the front door. He saw the superintendent Mr. Smith, who told'him that a second pied of lawn was missing. He immediately went to Mrs. Oldfield, the person who had given him the first information, and re quested her to go and purchase a piece of lawn from the per son she had mentioned, as he had missed two or three more pieces. About 3 o'clock, Mrs. Oldfield came to the shop, and produced a piece of lawn. He saw at once that he was one of the pieces which he had marked on the preceding Mon day. The piece of lawn was produced. It measured 13 yards, and was stated to be worth 2s. per yard. Elizabeth Oldfield stated that she resided in Crown-street. Her husband was a book-keeper. Last Saturday night but one, a person told her that he knew a person who had some lawn to sell, and that the individual who had'it to sell was employed at Messrs. Morrish and Co. On Monday weak, she saw Mr. Jeffrey, and named- it to him. On Thursday, Mr. Jeffrey told her that he had missed some, and requested her to endeavour to purchase a piece. At 3 o'clock on Thurs day, she went to a person's in 'Pinnington-street, where she saw a female who was afterwards taken into custody. She asked her if she had any lawn to sell. She replied she had, and took a piece from beneath her clothes. Witness paid 12a for it. There were 8 yards. Mr. Henry Smith stated that he was superintendent for Messrs. Morrish and Co. At a quarter to eight o'clock on Thursday morning he counted 75 pieces of lawn iu the ware house, and one in the shop. He afterwards gave instructions to Mr. Craig, and went out, leaving him in care of the pre mises. He returned a little after nine o'clock, and found amongst the fixtures of the shop a piece of lawn. Shortly before ten o'clock he saw the prisoner go to the warehouse, and after that lie saw him leave - the shop by the door which leads to Basnett-street. He (witness) went and counted the lawns and missed one piece. Mr. Jeffrey came in at the front door, and he informed him that there was a piece of lawn missing. Alexander Craig proved that on Thursday morning he had missed two pieces of lawn from the warehouse. ' Constable James Ainsworth stated that he watched with Mr. Jeffrey in the coach-house, in Basnett-street. He saw the prisoner go into Davies's public house, and followed him. He asked him if he had not taken certain lawn-belonging to his employers, and given it to a female to dispose of. He said " No." Ainsworth then asked him if he were married. He replied in the negative. " Then," said Ainsworth, "are you not aquainted with a female who lives in Pinnington-- street ? " The prisoner said, sharply, "You have no right to ask me any such questions." Ainsworth took'him into cus tody, and took charge of a piece of lawn which he had. It was further proved that the prisoner hed been in fist habit of visiting the young woman to whom he had given the lawn ; thit she went by his name, and that he lived with her as his wife. He made some clumsy statements in reply to the charge, and was committed for trial. YESTERDAY. DRUNK AND DISORDERLIES. A number of individuals, of both sexes, were brought up for being drunk and disorderly, assaulting the constables and others, and for doing wilful damage to property. These cases were too numerous to give anything like a detailed account of them, or of the disgraceful scenes from which they must have arisen ; it is enough to say that they were severally fined and imprisoned ; some, being old offenders, were sentenced to be imprisoned for one. month. One bold-looking young woman was brought up, charged with having assaulted her father on several occasions, and in the last instance breaking a door and otherwise annoyed him. She said she did not wish to trouble him : this Mr. Rushton said he would take care she should not do, and ordered her to pay ss. and the damage done to the door, and at the same time cautioning her that if she appeared there again he should certainly com mit her. • ..••• •-y • • BRUTAL ASSAULT. Ellen Lloyd charged her husband, George Lloyd, with striking and kicking her on several parts of her body and giving her a black eye. She said she could not live with him, and wished to be separated. It appeared from the hus band's statement, that there had been ill-feeling between them, and that on Saturday last he spent his wages rather than take it home to his wife and let her spenclit. As was naturally to be supposed, she made away with the goods in the house, which he stated that she had spent with her bro ther. Upon this they had words, and he admitted that he assaulted her. Mr. Rushton said this was a most brutal assault, and that is was a mere chance that by one of the blows he had inflicted he had not committed murder : he then ordered the defendant to pay 20s. and costs 6d. COMMITMENT. • Elizabeth Davis was committed for trial on. the charge:of stealing a watch, value £7 is., from the peraon ot:Joseph Bartington, a cooper, which she afterwardi pledged for Lc, The prisoner stated that she met a woman in the Jitrcst... who asked her to pawn it for her.