The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-15 00:00:00

Is Ry CASE , Vi e .• 3p. t, r r e into the Nixon, srlaugthm ter d plasterer! n w ho iv Septem ber -ere enter owe d a been P 6 l: an a COll5 tab 11)e° 1 1 and a er s 0 tbe bathe,een hod/ to see 0 01 F ee t on ca ~ Wo rch, when i t d• It los. o pened the !lern istry ag o ;ay mead dis tom auu d'ourn' d rtber J of .tte r s" eV • 0 0 e tb x e t 1 . 3 act ° w oo l ' lie . 1° o f '` t ioo le. 00 4 s Sir he I° :r *1 3 0 ; Or 'j 0 , or •ceS, 0 $ , "0)0 , o crs l lll o s ;oproy6n,e , ec ° 6 , o 6 rti Ifor rs! 11 01 be - of t tio iff t e d e pf „ 1 11 ,, 4,1 r e. o o s llf ite! ?Lis' b ,earc o a , 130 by liou so ci $ co, to i teP s a r , ,. e l ~ r oe i il l 7 the " ' b t $a e la te 04 ,11 the the o ce A be snore",ibe ar 1'049 Po ;a1,14 be„ TH EATRE -ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. fuß rz , ".8 BENEFIT OF MR. J. G. VANDENHOFF, of the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden, 1111 k, and the Last Night of his Engagement. -*Z present FRIDAY EVENING, the 15th instant, "D be „,rCy Bated the Comedy of R h —u LEA WIFE AND HAVE A WIFE, Was received with the greatest applause on its revival Leo been•.on Monday last. ...... ',meter in which he made his first appearance in London. Michael Perez ' la rgaritta . Mr. W. Howard. . Miss Cleaver. Old vir Estifania " l an.. • . Mr. Baker. I Maid Mr. Slaiter. After which, the Operetta of Sir George Doubtful I Mr. Chaplin. utnriodore Hurricane 144.„ F rederick Mr. Barker. uo ubtfill. . Mrs. Baker. I Maria Miss Grant. T ° conclude with the Musioal Drama of THE HUNTER OF THE ALPS. '4lth:' ca ,_ • • • (first time) ... Mr. J. G. VANDENHOFF, I char acter he will introduce the favourite Song of " Firm as Oak." Htk J uan Mr. Barker. 0 4 Ai • • • • • Miss Cleaver. I Genevieve w i, ( b ) , NDAY next will be produced, for the firs , t_ti a m . e ir4 e nevi. Scenery, Dresses, &c., the Last 7,•ew C A S Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer, Baronet, called Tll "krioi llr 'fr AIN, OR THE BIRTHRIGHT, as now r per iTY4lilughtly, with the greatest) success, at the Iheatre- T.*:',„avinarket. Norman, Mr. Stuart ; Lord Ashdale, Ito,tl noward_; Sir Maurice Beevor, Mr. Baker ; GaT 114ei t 'p,,, G ra7 Lady Arundel, Miss Cleaver ; Violet, Miss qt 4 — . 10 conclude with the Melo-Drama of THE MA.G- N.....:_ITHE MAID. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. ii,j,AST NIGHT BUT SIX OF THE ThltsinvtAT WIZARD OF THE NORIII ! (Friday,) the 15th, Saturday, the 16th, "kb " n uaY, the 18th, Tuesday, the 19th, Wednesday, the Thur- Ab 'da, the 21st, and Friday, the 22d, the GREAT 1 ) OF THE NORTH will Perform his 'INCREDIBLE WONDERS Pitth e ' 4 OF MIGHTY MAGIC. 't,l- ov. 22, the BENEFIT of the WIZRD, and tolt i i . Y he LAST NIGHT of his Performing . in this LIVERPOOL ANNUAL EXHIBITION. „,....3S.HIBITION of the LIVERPOOL ACADEMY AU ORKS of MODERN ARTISTS IS NOW at the GALLERY Church-street, from Nine the Morning, till du , sk. Admission, One Shilling. % It - 12 611 15, One Shilling. Season Tickets, Five Shillings. 4 41,-1,. 80 Open in the Evenings, from Seven o'clock until kikurilliantly illuminated with Gas. Admission, One LEL EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Academy. TO CORRESPONDENTS. batis t tne, respectfully decline inserting the letter of " A ker?thin of ?thi n St. .Jude's Church," not because it contains g onjectionable, or from which we dissent, but be ielf2,.e think he has already sufficiently vindicated him.. 'Must the attacks of Ridley. tbr kibtrpoot gstanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1839. N e e h ave rec e i ve d a fil e o f S t . L ou i s an d Pi t t s b urg h 6, 11 to the 2d of October. The most interesting lb c lea of their contents relates to the cotton crops. t h 4 "tgorriery Journal gives the following account Ot t c rop in Alabama :—" We regret to learn that s gortri is _ committing vast depredations upon the to kt ,., ; we ha ve h ear d man y sa y th a t th e d e p re d a ti on hawitted by th e worm an d d roug ht wou ld cu t th e t shor t , in many places, at least one third from we e k 4 7ght have been considered a fair estimate a few th h , ' ja ck. We hear the same complaint from almost Section of the cotton growing country." Cotton eli ez eci v ery freely at St. Louis. Accounts from Nat yekltate that the crop would be less than that of last ktk ie S°ll ae particular plantations, owing to local tit y :' Would make a good yield, but the great majo °lQ wak e a very short crop. tail ed Packet- s hi p U n i te d S tates , C apta i n Fi s h er, w hi c h aokik from New York on the 13th ultimo, and the 20 111 drneric a , Captain Bailey, which sailed on the lik uo lli b ti nlo, arrived here on Wednesday. The news heo ti 7 t by the latt er i s on ly on e day later th an th a t eut by the Li verpoo l. Th e G arr i c k, th e p ac k e t o f th 2 : t _ h may be hourly expected. Should she arrive th e c ourse of the day we shall give the news which ay bring in a second edition. %I k e New York Courier and Enquirer (extra) gives tt k et) unt of anot h er i ncen di ary fi re , w hi c h too k p l ace 4iiii d . °b ile,: on the 9th of October. Several ranges of Il lga were destroyed, but the amount of the rr i a i ge i 3 not stated. of b Sunday Morning News states that the progress kv e all k- suspensions at the south and west was rapid. the ? mail brou g ht i n f res h news o f th e i m it a ti on o f Philadelphia example. Washington, Alexandria, Ita he ill°4 d, and Charleston were amongst the latest in tihuiLk The east, with the exception of Providence, d the endeavour of New York to sustain the tour and standing of the banks. There was no tki t t " f rom the spirit manifested, that the Philadelphia li e , B would do a in their power to force those cf York to suspellnd. lA r t ,keeki44Z.e received a copy of the St. John's (N. 8.) Lo t Y C h ron i cle of the 27th of September. It does the econtain any news of importance. The accounts of latter°ps in Canada are very favourable. A much Year,cl u antity of wheat has been gathered in this N it irl ari there ever h as i n any prev i ous year . I ts Dt ovi Y is also excellent. The special session of the 4: cl al Legislature had closed, The business tran -m Possecses no general interest. Act _ - Nte-Mces from the Mauritius to the 11th of July tilti t , e , °l) fidently th a t th e approac hi ng crop wou ld b e :IY secur e d w i t hi n t h e usua l per i o d . Th e l a b our- Pp e Z, llhid to be perfectly tranquil, although idleness 4p e 171 very generally amongst them. The Indians hh it i ghlY praised for their exemplary industry. The mg °1 this important class of labourers was becom 41.Irteati °r e and more appreciated. Their cheerful de the 4 °14 showed that they were perfectly satisfied with eatrnent pursued towards them. the have received files of the Guiana Chronicle to oohth of S eptem b er, i nc l us i ve.. The news from of is of a very g l oomy an d unpropitious ci tto r , e - The pro s p ec t s o f t h e planters are becoming 41111 worse every day, and the general trade is t hk i d eclining. S o conv i nce d was the Governor de v i tl e colony would be ruined, unless Government and countenanced some scheme for furnishing ; e rii, that h e sent home b y the packet his secre lit hi 4reM onstrate with the Home Government on the Aa ar di_ et o f the di sa ll owance o f t h e I mm i gration o f n aili ng off in the exports from Demerara, as e kci t ,: 4 fr om the West India Islands, is calculated to for k - feelings of deep alarm. Some idea maybe the deficiency in the amount of British Produce, when we state that the imports to this t he e °ltt to the 31st of October, as compared with o ff of°rresPonding period of last year, show a falling f '143000 hogsheads of sugar, and 36,000 casks o f a411(1 Molasses. This deficiency involves a loss o 1)° e - ,1 2 3 3 00,000— a loss whose influence cannot but or .1414,1-., seriously- and calamitously felt, either directly t tres t4 mirec tiY, by the mercantile and manufacturing in (3f this country. Guiana Chronicle complains bitterly and with Itt eAt e i h of t he apathy man if este d b y t h e H ome Governl; 4 4 04 -1- refe rence to the interest s of th e c o l on y. tg`r mai ntains that there i s a n influence at work , 4414 g land, for the ruin of the province—that the Ca thetr ' ot , Que en Victoria has betrayed the planters to ae 1.:1/31:4acable and unprincipled enemies—and that ttlt o f this cu l pa bl e an d treacherous negligence Ir iev e l e ,j "less averted in time, the ultimate and ir m~ig r uin of th e colony. The disallowance of the Il leat it ati °n Act d e b ars the planters from the only til4,l3Ace , h 3 , w hich th ey can resort to save themselves from ek t o ensu re t h e future prosper i ty of the pro-tk ee tr llder ex i sting circumstances, proprietors of tch *l4e ra pidly sinki ng un d er th e wear y conflict 'eve ry (itiey ar e comp e ll e d to ma i nta i n, an d property o f dik e i deg tare is d a il y f a lli ng i n va l ue. Th e imme kaielltr°l:lllction of additional labourers, and that on t bikertaZ i P lien surate with the ackn o wled g ed wants and e capabilities of the colony, can alone avert jurrestrLeTling ruin. On this subject an intelligent it t4 bl e . -tl uet of the Guiana Chronicle offers some va.- 41°r e liggesti°llB , the substance of which we shall lay 4 h it l)a °l ' th r readers. He says that there were but few thi co n i r ge ri ver, and of those few a very small num set:— PrOcure produce of any kind. The cause of ti i ' l lirtt z . --re ,iY of produce is easily ascertained. In any e l 4 t he world where a man, by working half his Of a i ti . Procure the comforts and many of the luxu kk ife, which is the case in British Guiana, it is btu t ' 4ll PPose that the masses would have an aver sion for steady and continuous labour, especially after those masses had been suddenly released from a state in which their labour was coerced. To remedy the deficiency of labour arising from this cause, the writer to whom we have alluded suggests the propriety of im mediately holding a public meeting at George Town, in order to take the subject into consideration. lie pro ceeds to say that " it would be highly desirable for such meeting to point out by resolutions that British Guiana was among the first of the West India colonies to ac cede to the wishes of the mother country on the subject of the abolition of slavery—to point out the happy con dition of the labourers in that colony, which will hear a comparison with any in the known world—to indi cate the large amount of British manufactured goods imported into the colony, in which Great Britain en joys an exclusive monopoly—to point out the millions of British capital invested in the colony, and the de plorable falling off in the staple productions of the country, a falling off entirely attributable to the want of labour—to show the large amount of British ton nage, and the great number of seamen hitherto em ployed in this department of our colonial trade—and - , above all, to demonstrate that the mighty cause of uni versal emancipation is materially dependent on the suc cessful issue of the experiment made in the British co lonies." We rejoice to find that this subject is exci ting a strong degree of interest in the colony of British Guiana. We have no doubt that the British public will cordially respond to the appeals of the planters. While British Guiana is rapidly declining for want of free labourers, the number of slaves in the Brazils, Cuba, &c., is increased by captured Africans sent thither, and apprenticed for a term of years—the eva sion of such apprenticeship, by making the helpless creatures slaves, being notoriously of easy accomplish ment. The planters of British Guiana are perfectly willing and ready that the immigrants whom they wish to engage should be placed under such rules, regula tions, and controul as the British Parliament may di rect. - What more could the most mawkish of our pseudo-philanthropists desire ? What can be more unobjectionable than the proposition to leave the Bri- .• tish Government to make arrangements for the well being and protection of these labourers ? The most extravagant enthusiast could not possibly wish for a fairer or a more reasonable offer. It is very properly insisted that " a little immigration would do no good," in order to be efficient. It must be conducted on an extensive scale; and after all the success that the most cordial co-operation on the part of the British Government could ensure to the colo nists, there would still remain millions of acres of the richest soil in the world uncultivated for want of la bourers. It is incidentally mentioned in the correspondence before us, and of which we are now furnishing an im perfect analysis, that though Europeans are unfit for field labour in the climate of Demerara, many thousands of both sexes would find ready and profitable employ ment in the colony as domestic servants, artizans, boat men, &c. Their introduction would also prove a bless ing to the community, not only in a moral point of view, but by forcing from the towns those who are fit for field labour. An absurd cry has been lately raised about the un- healthiness of the climate of _British Guiana. On this subject we shall hereafter enter into statistical details which will irrefragably prove this outcry to be a com plete delusion. The correspondent of the Chronicle thus concludes his eloquent appeal on bihalf of the colony—" Renew, I say renew with increased vigour the cry of 'No Slavery !' let it ring through every town and hamlet in the British Isles : invite`the neighbouring colonies to join in the good work. The East India interest, in reference to slave sugars, will now be with us ; and if the work is judiciously conducted and persevered in, it will not only obtain for British freemen and British trade, that protection to which they are entitled, but in time realise the wishes of the philanthropist, by hasten- ing the period when the shackles of slavery shall dis appear before the genius of universal emancipation." We have received our files of the Jamaica Royal Ga zette, Dispatch, Gazette, and Standard, to the 3d of October inclusive. The news contained in these papers is of a very unfavourable character. The new Governor, Sir Charles Metcalfe, had arrived. He was sworn in on the 26th of September, and he subsequently issued his proclamation calling the House of Assembly to meet for the diepatch of bueineeo on the 22d of October. From the Weekly Gazette of September 21 we find that the subject of immigration is beginning to attract increased attention in Jamaica. One correspondent of that paper, a planter of considerable experience in St. Elizabeth's, says—" Write, write, as Jamaica papers are now read in England : make the people acquainted with the negro character. This is of paramount im portance. I think you should bring the subject of im migration (Europeans for the mountains) often before the public. Without this, or Hill Coolies, or Africans, Jamaica is lost. 'Without immigration and strict laws, we are done for, as far as cultivation goes." This con viction is spreading throughout the whole of our Colo nies in the Wrest, and we have no doubt that it will speedily be participated in by the British public. The Royal Gazette of September 26 states that the increase of Myalism in the island was fraught with the most alarming consequences. Under the influence of this debasing superstition numbers had already been seen rasing a small meeting-house to the ground, and digging around it for the evil spirit. This darkness is truly lamentable. The same journal, in commenting upon the state of the island, states that the advent of the new Governor was hailed with general satisfaction. The government of Sir Lionel Smith bad so unhinged society, and pro duced such a degree of apathy and depression, that any change would readily be hailed as desirable. All the respectable inhabitants of Jamaica are anxiously dis posed to augur favourably of Sir Charles Metcalfe's administration. He has, however, a task of no ordinary difficulty to perform—a task which requires great judg ment and prudence to accomplish successfully. If he succeeds in obtaining the continued confidence of all parties, his path will be smooth and easy. But this will prove a matter of no easy attainment. The peo ple of Jamaica, owing to the infatuated policy acted upon by Sir Lionel Smith, have beCome exceedingly captious. They watch every movement of the Exe cutive with a peculiar jealousy ; and no sentiment will escape Sir Charles' lips which will not be narrowly weighed and scrutinised. This is an exceedingly pain ful position ; but it is one in which he is placed in con sequence of the insane instructions sent out to Sir Lionel Smith. It appears that the Negroes are still allowed to pur chase fire arms and ammunition with impunity. Gangs of 50 or 100 might be frequently seen, in various parts of the isihnd, practising their skill in firing at targets, &c. Surely the Executive ought to interfere to put a stop to this traffic in arms. We are glad to find that the attention of the people of Jamaica has been, of late, directed to thia culture of various productions for which there is a great demand in this country, but which do not at present constitute articles of commerce in the markets of the island. Among these we may enumerate the dividivi, a plant which, from the ease with which it may be cultivated, and the large returns which it produces, could not fail to reimburse most handsomely those who would pay the least attention to it. The dividivi has now become an article of great demand in the British market ; and we may remark that it has very frequently been im ported from the Spanish Main to Jamaica, and after wards reshipped to England. This plant grows so freely as to become a weed in a very short period. It may be cultivated with great advantage in the exten sive Savannahs, which at present produce little else than firewood. The pods of this plant contain tannin and gallic acid in a proportion greater than exists in any other vegetable production. Hence it might be used as a substitute for oak bark in the process of tan ning. It may also be used instead of Aleppo galls in ink-making and dying. The advantages likely to accrue from the cultivation of the dividivi may be inferred from the fact that its pods may be sold in the English markets, after allowing a profit to the merchants, at lit tle more than half the price of Aleppo galls. We shall hereafter enter more at length into the subject of intro ducing among the staple articles of culture in the West Indies a great variety of productions for the growth of which the climate is admirably adapted. Among these we also find the poppy alluded to in the Royal Gazette We offer no opinion at present on the propriety, morally speaking, of cultivating opium in our West India colo nies. It is an article which might be grown and manu factured in Jamaica to a very great extent. _ _ It appears that a prospectus has been issued in Ja maica for the formation of an Agricultural Association, having for its object not only the advantage of the Ja maica planters generally, but the immediate benefit of the town of Montego Bay, and the protection of the neighbouring properties from the repeated depredations committed upon them. In answer to the gross misstatements of Mr. Scoble and his friends, the Royal Gazette furnishes us with a few details illustrating the rapid declension in the pro duce of the island. Such is the ruin, that on one coffee property alone no less than 75,000 lbs. of coffee were lost last year, owing to the obstinacy of the people in refusing to pick, although the most extravagant wages were offered. This year there is an excellent show of coffee ; but of what avail to the proprietor is the most luxuriant crop, if he cannot obtain hands to render it available for the market ? Were we to attempt to record all the accumulating proofs of the unpopularity of her Majesty's Ministers, we should have no room in our columns for the pur pose,—so many and various are they from every quar ter, and every class of their indignant fellow-country men. But it is worth noticing and remembering, that on the 9th day of November, in the year of grace 1839, in the city of London, at a public entertainment given by the Chief Magistrate, on the occasion of his being inaugurated in his civic office, Lord Melbourne and his colleagues were openly hissed and hooted to their faces, when the health of her Majesty's Ministers was proposed to the company as a toast. It was a fair trial of the estimation in which this Bedchamber Cabinet is held by the country. It was an ordeal through which it was by no means necessary that the Whig-Radical Government should pass, unless they wished to ascertain the state of the pulse of pub lic feeling by ocular experiment. There was dinner as usual in Windsor Castle, and the doors of the Royal drawing-room stood open to shelter them from the contemptuous hatred of the people. But they screwed their courage to the sticking-place, and de termined to try the desperate chance of a public a pearance, in order that the question of their popularity might be set definitively at rest. Well, what was the result ? The magnificent hall was crowded with guests, assembled from all parts to do honour to the Lord Mayor of the metropolis, and all for some time was gaiety, politeness, and good humour. But suddenly a change came o'er the spirit of that dream. The first mutterings of the storm were heard when the health of the Lord Chancellor was proposed, and that portly personage arose to make an unmeaning speech about the proof of London's greatness being found in the number of tureens of turtle, and multitude of turkies, which loaded the table of the Mansion-house. In the meantime, Lord Melbourne lay perdu, quaking for his turn, which he knew must come next ; and when Sir Chapman Marshall, in the discharge of his duty as host, who could know nothing of the politics of his guests, announced as the next toast " The health of her Majesty's Ministers," what words shall describe the scene which followed ? The bounds of dinner table courtesy were in an instant overleaped, and the deeply-felt disgust entertained by the company for the worthless Cabinet, incapable of being any longer sti fled or repressed, burst forth into an overt act of most unequivocal condemnation. Lord Melbourne and his colleagues rose amidst the hooting of the assemblage to return thanks for the honour done to them in drinking their health. What a moment for the pencil of H. B. ! Would that we could hear that Lord Melbourne rose with terror fraught, His likeness then a limner caught, Which makes him look so sad, they say, In all the shops at the present day. But we are told that, while the elongated visages of Lords Normanby and Palmerston—Mantalini and Cupid—looked pale and comfortless, the Premier smiled ! It must have been a curious sight to see the grey-headed Lothario of the Palace " grin horribly that ghastly smile," as he looked round and read in every face distrust, alienation, and contempt. There were the wealthy merchants, who remembered with scorn the conceited ignorance of that peddling financier, Spring Rice ; the respectable shopkeepers, who love the Church of their forefathers, and value, as the first of blessings, social order and the preservation of tran quillity; the citizens of London, who recollected the attacks so lately made by a Liberal Ministry upon their old Saxon privileges—the right of governing them selves, and protecting their persons and property by their own officers, without the interference of a con stabulary force, the paid agents of Government, and acting entirely under the orders of the Home-office ; and all these united heart and soul in greeting the Prime Minister with " one dismal hiss of universal scorn," when he got upon his legs to acknowledge his gratitude at the flattering reception he had met with. But perhaps, after all, we are misinterpreting the smile. It was perhaps no contortion of the features — no forced dimpling of the cheek, to conceal the morti fication that agonised the heart. Perhaps the feelings of Lord Melbourne were those of the ancient worthy mentioned by Horace : " populus me sibilat ; at mihi plaudo Ipse domi, simul ac nummos contemplor in arca ;" which may be rendered freely into English thus : The people may hoot and reject me, But I don't care a fig for their hisses, So long as the Ladies protect me, And I dine at the table of Missis. This, we confess, is more agreeable to our idea of the character of the man, than anything like the feelings which would affect an ordinary Minister at such an exhibition of popular dislike. But whether it were the smile of bitterness or indifference—of vainly-con cealed fear or self-satisfied security, we grudge it him not. Let him make the most of the few brief weeks he still has to misgovern the country, before he is excluded from the councils of his Royal Mistress for ever. We have before adverted in this Journal, since the recent outbreak of Chartism, to the speech of my Lord John Russell at Stroud : that incendiary speech, in which he dared to throw upon his political opponents the odium of Swing and the Kentish Fires in 1830. Imagine the puny orator with such subjects for an oration as we will here supply him with,-wiz., out rages committed, not under shelter and in concealment, by scattered skulking vagabonds, but in open day, in public triumph, by Justices of the Peace ; not in one or two southern counties, but in the widest and most populous districts of the empire; not a rebellion of the belly, but war directly levied against the law; the objects of attack not a haystack or a barn, but the magazines of Bristol, Birmingham, and Nottingham, —the streets of Newport and Newcastle I The Whig Opposition then, on the strength of the French Revolution, got up a lying rumour of rebellion against the Duke's Government :- the Ministry since that time and now, with a Conservative and supine Opposition, have lived amidst the flames of a real re bellion, which their own incendiary breath has kindled. If the people of England want to know what ought to be done with a Government under whom the fires of insurrectionary outrage, and the murderous deeds of treason, do prevail, let them learn of Lord John Russell : for this was the staple of the speech at Stroud. If they wish to know the merits of a Minis try who dared not permit their Sovereign to dine with the Lord Mayor of London on the 9th of November, they may learn from the Stroud speech the opinion of my Lord J. Russell;—but if they want to know who it was that were going to have cut the gas-pipes, they will find that further this deponent tayeth not. If they want to know what should be done with a Minis try who do indeed dine with the Lord Mayor, but cannot obtain any more hearing from the Lord Mayor's guests than they could at the Dover Banquet, we do not apprehend that they will find in my Lord John Russell a particularly candid and willing witness. Perhaps the subtle Whig will try his hand at drawing a distinction, and reply, " Oh ! but you dared not go at all : we go, and get nothing worse than a hooting for our pains." Yes, my Lord, we will make you a present of your argument : Conservatives testify their feelings, but personal violence (especially towards their Sovereign) is no portion of their tactics. A Whig Ministry, even the weakest and wickedest, may take their Sovereign to the City without fear. Our readers will do us the justice to remember, that we argued as strongly as we could for the extension of Royal mercy to the rioters of Birmingham, and gave the Ministers full credit for it when it was ex tended. They were not taken with fire-arms in their hands : they were not the real incendiaries. We can not agree with Lord Normanby in that regret which he expresses with such unbecoming ostentation over the Newport rioters : for them we have no sickly, sen timental tears,— " neque enim lex tequior ulla est Qum necis artifices arte perire sua." The death or the crime of any fellow-creature is always a subject for regret; but there are far higher and more national considerations, which would have better be come the Manifesto of the Home Secretary in these tragical circumstances. They would not have served so well for certain purposes, and they would not have been so suitable to the man who " opened the gaols, and let loose the prisoners." The case of Stockdale v. Hansard, to which we have formerly called the attention of our readers, is again bringing itself before the notice of the public, The Bookseller has brought another action against the Messrs. Hansard, to which (relying on the protection of the House of Commons) they do not appear. A Jury assess the damages at £6OO. _ _ Now mark the result. Ist. The Under-Sheriff is in the position in which the foul witch Sycorax left her victims—" hitched in a cloven pine." If he does not levy the damages, the Queen's Bench will send him to the Marshalsea : if he does, the House of Commons will send him to the Tower. 2d. The House of Commons (i.e., the public purse) pays the damages simply upon a point of pique, for they have themselves reported that the Book is what Messrs. Hansard - say,—in other words, that Messrs. Hansard have a good defence upon the merits. Thus the House of Commons, by an illegal and unjust pretension, are diverting the public money into Mr. Stockdale's pocket (for it win be levied on Han sards, and they are indemnified by the House), punish ing an innocent officer, and covering themselves with odium and ridicule. Save us from the tyranny of a dominant House of Commons ! " Ships, Colonies, and Commerce" has always been a popular motto in Liverpool. The mutual dependence of our shipping, colonial, commercial, and, we may with great propriety add, our manufacturing interests, is too self-evident, and too generally acknowledged, to need any demonstrative evidence or argument in its support. If we were called upon to give our opinion as to which of these great interests was the most im portant, we should unhesitatingly say that the colonial was of incalculable and paramount consequence. As long as our colonies are numerous and, above all, prosperous—as long as their resources are rendered available to the greatest practicable extent—as long as they are kept free from internal commotion, or any of those troubles which disturb the equilibrium of trade— so long will our superabundant capital find a profitable investment—our shipping and seamen find constant employment—our merchants find a mart for their ship ments—and our manufacturers and operatives a de mand for their fabrics. There is too much reason to believe that the people of this country are not sufficiently aware of the real value and importance of our colonial possessions. Ow ing to this spirit of apathy and indifference, the resources of our numerous colonies have not been either fully ascertained, or rendered as available as they ought to have been. It has been remarked with truth, that "we have neglected or overlooked the great elements of strength lying in our own bosom, in the growth of our colonial empire," while our policy has been too much directed to fruitless or unattainable objects. This was very triumphantly proved by Sheriff Alison, in the elo quent speech which he delivered at the late colonization dinner at Glasgow. He said, that "if we look to our exports and tonnage returns, we shall see that our ma ritime resources, for the last forty years, have been far from keeping pace with our commercial growth, and that our exports to the countries which we have made the greatest sacrifices to propitiate, have been constant ly and rapidly declining, while those to our colonies, for whose interests we have done so little, have been as constantly and rapidly increasing ; and that it is the growth of the latter which has concealed and counter balanced the decay of the former." If we bestow a little attention on the subject, we shall find that these remarks are pregnant with truth. Let us look at our total exports, imports, and tonnage at the present mo ment, as compared with what they were at the peace of Amiens. They stood as follows : Exports. Imports. Tonnage. 1802.... £ 38,309,980 .. £29,826,210 .. 2,167,000 1838.... 105,170,549 .. 61,268,320 .. 2,890,601 From this tabular statement Mr. Alison deduces the following irresistible conclusions :—that while, from 1802 to 1838, that is in six-and-thirty years, our ex ports have advanced from 38 to 105, that is about 280 per cent., and our imports from 29 to 61, that is about 210 per cent., our whole tonnage has only increased from 21 to 28, that is about 33 per cent. : therefore, the remainder of our merchandise must have been carried abroad, and the remainder of our imports wafted home, in foreign shipping—that is, by vessels and seamen that may any day be ranged against us by our enemies. This fact will be still more apparent if we take the relative proportions of British and foreign shipping employed in conducting our trade at each of the above periods. These proportions were as follow British and Irish. Foreign. Vessels. Tons. 1802.. • • 7,806 1,333,005 1838.... 16,119 2,785,387 Vessels. Tons. .. 3,728 480,251 .. 8,679 1,211,066 Thus, while the British tonnage in the last thirty six years has advanced from 13 to 27, that is some what more than doubled, the foreign shipping employed in our trade has advanced from 48 to 121, that is nearly trebled. No sophistry in the world can withstand the force of this statement. It demonstrates, beyond the possibility of contradiction, the startling fact that fo reign states have profited from the extension of our commerce in a far greater ratio than we have ourselves. But this subject admits of a still more instructive il lustration. If we investigate the particulars of our trade with separate countries, we shall find where it is that the decay of our tract?, and shipping is going on, and where the counterbalancing influences are in ex istence. It appears from Mr. Porter's Parliamentary Tables that since 1823, when the reciprocity system commenced, our tonnage with the countries with which the said treaties were concluded, has been invariably and alarmingly decreasing, while no increase whatever has taken place in the amount of the goods which they take off our hands. The British and Foreign shipping employed with Prussia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, since 1820 have stood as follows : British declined with Prussia, from 539 ships to 270 Denmark, 57 16 Norway, 168 15 Sweden, 123 66 On the other hand, the foreign ships engaged in the trade of Great Britain have increased in the above states, during the same period, as follows: Prussia with Great Britain, increased from 258 to 903 Danish, 44 624 Norwegian, 558 785 Swedish, 71 250 Such have been the effects of the unilateral system of reciprocity to which our Whig Ministers are so singularly attached, and for the further extension of which that prince of quacks, Dr. Bowring, has been en gaged as a missionary at the expense of the country ! Our trade with America, again, is not in a much better situation. The following is a statement of the shipping engaged in this trade : British. Tons. Ships. Ships. American. 1836 ..... 226 .. • . 86,383 524 .... 126,453 Three-fourths of our trade with America is thus in the hands of the inhabitants of that county. From these details it would appear that, if this country were dependent exclusively upon foreign states for its com merce—if our exports were confined to those states — this country would be retrogading at a most fearful ratio, instead of advancing, We have already shown, however, that the trade of Great Britain has been, in the aggregate, on the increase during the last thirty-six years. How is this to be accounted for in the face of such a retrogression as the preceding statements have indicated ? The answer is obvious. OUR COLONIES HAVE HITHERTO PROVED OUR SALVATION FROM UTTER AND IRRETRIEVABLE RUIN. Our colonies, which have been so grossly neglected and atrociously misgoverned—our colonies, which have been treated more like countries at war with us than as the best friends to British commercial enterprise —our colonies, to whose appeals for assistance and protection our Go vernment has too frequently turned a deaf ear—our colonies, whose grievances have too often been left un redressed, whose rights have been too often and too recklessly trampled upon, and whose exemplary fidelity and attachment to the mother country, even in the midst of adversity, and when loaded with contumely, have excited the admiration of the world—they have proved the right arm of our national prosperity, and our unfailing safeguard in the midst of impending ruin. We cannot, therefore, at the present crisis, when our merchants and manufacturers are looking around them with trembling anxiety, render a more essential service to them than by pointing out, to the best of our ability, what we conceive to be the means by which this country may be extricated from the complicated distress into which she has been plunged by the ruinous policy of her rulers, and the rash and precipitate speculations of her trading community. We end as we began with the rallying cry of " SHIPS, COLONIES, AND COMMERCE." The Morning Chronicle has been declaiming, in its usual bludgeon style, against that bold and uncompro mising champion of the Protestant religion, the Rev. T. D. Gregg. We do not wonder that the O'Connellite journals, on both sides of the channel, have such a strong spite towards Mr. Gregg. His triumph over that pet of the priests, Father Maguire, was enough to stimulate their hatred, and provoke their abuse. The Chronicle is highly indignant with Mr. Gregg, on account of the speech which he delivered last week at Manchester. It is much easier to cavil against that speech, than it is to find a way of escaping from the truths which it sets forth so powerfully. We have pe rused the speech with pleasure. It is just suited to the times, and it is likely to produce a valuable effect. Mr. Gregg may rest satisfied that the abuse of the Chronicle will only tend to strengthen the sympathies of the peo ple of England with him in the noble struggle in which he is engaged against Popery and infidelity. Every true Protestant must wish him " God speed." THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ENGLAND v. SCHISM. On Tuesday evening last, we were induced to visit a dis senting conventicle, known as the " Scotch Secession Church," Mount Pleasant, to hear a sectarian teacher ad vocate the cause of the Voluntary [want of] Principle party. For some days previously the walls had been placarded with large bills announcing this evening's diversion, as well as the " Soirée," on the Wednesday afternoon. in the name of " The Young Men's Voluntary Church Society." The pre liminary portion of the service being ended, their champion, who was dubbed " the Rer. Mr. Burnet, from Camberwell," ascended the pulpit, and read the third verse of the Epistle of Jude as his text. "It was needful that I should write unto you, and exhort you, that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints." Of the text we heard nothing more ; for instead of a discourse founded upon that scripture, (as we were naturally led to ex pect would, at least according to custom, be delivered,) Mr. Burnet entertained his hearers with a lecture on Ecclesias tical Law, from Burn's work under that title. The subject, which was announced in the placards, was " a comparison between the Church of England and the Church of Christ ;" and he begged that the congregation would not be either alarmed or surprised at his stating that the Church of England was not the Church of Christ, for that was no new assertion for him to make. This statement which was, according to the announ c e m e n t, to be the subject of discourse, was lost sight of, and taking hold of the first volume of Burn's Ecclesiastical Law, he said from that work he should prove-1. That the law had given to the Church of England its existence as a national corpo ration. 2.—That the articles of its belief were derived from the same source. 3.—That the law had appointed the officers of the Church of England. 4.—That the law appoints the ministrations of the officers of the church after it has appointed them. 5. That the law administers the discipline of the church ofEngland. 6. That the law lodges the supreme power of the Church of England in the crown. In what he called proving these pro positions, the lecturer occupied three quarters of an hour in reading extracts from the abovementioned work ; and as the result of his labour merely demonstrated what is admitted by all—that the Catholic and Apostolic Church of England is established by law. We have thus no argument to contro vert, though we might justly expose the jesuitical craft im plied in numi)ers of his assertions. One word, however, as to his second position. We positively deny that the articles of the church's belief were originally derived from the statute law of the land, and we only need quote his own words to falsify the assertion. " I believe most of the Thirty-nine Articles, because I can find the foundation of them in Scripture." That these articles are part of the statute law of the land, and that they are also in accordance therewith, we readily grant, but that they were originally de rived from that source we strenuously deny. It is not our intention to bestow any notice on the slanderous assertions which he uttered in the course of his lecture, for they were of the most miserable piteable kind we ever heard emanate from that disaffected party. Leaving this subject until a more convenient season, we shall briefly glance at THE " SOIREE." On Wednesday evening, the same party and their friends, to the number of about 700, took tea together in the Music hall, in Bold-street, at half-past five o'clock. There was, however, something so old-fashioned, and so much like esta blished custom, in the phrase tea party, that they adopted their own pet term, " soiree." The tables being cleared, Mr. Thomas Blackburn took the chair, and commenced the ostensible proceedings of the evening, by a violent speech. for which we have not space, nor the inclination, if we had, to insert it. He said the struggle was not one between two parties, who were each striving for the ascendancy, but be tween one party, who already had the ascendancy, and another party, who were seeking an equality ofprivileges. Very honest. He next introduced a dissenting teacher, whom he styled " the Rev. Mr. Kelly," who commenced his harangue by an appeal to the meeting on behalf of his weak nerves, and re peated a previous request of the chairman, that they would not make such a noise upon the floor with their feet, and they would very much conduce to the composure of his feel ings. He complained of the intrusions of the civil power upon such tender consciences as his own, and said he regard ed civil establishments of religion as at variance with the Bible, and productive of the greatest evils : as the cause of disturbances, and as ministering to infidelity, They had been charged with leaguing with infidels and papists, to overthrow the Christian religion ; but if any of the papists had adopted their principles [read want of principles], it was because they were compelled to yield to the justice of those princi ples. After condescending to abuse the Oxford divines, and complimenting himself and friends on the purity (?) of their motives, he said, if all parties would but unite with them, infidels, papists, and schismatics, of all kinds, of course, in cluded, how sure they would be of a speedy triumph. He concluded by expressing an ardent wish for another refor mation. The Chairman then introduced the great gun of the evening, in the person of the same dissenting teacher, who, on the preced ing evening, had delivered a lecture on ecclesiastical law—Mr. Burnett. The latter gentleman then rose, and said he held in his hand a declaration, which had been circulated by the " Young Man's Established Church Society," on which he should have no mercy, because it had no mercy on them. The question on the part of their opponents was one of money, but not on their part. He then read the first sen tence, the sentiments of which he fully concurred in, but would exert himself in quite a different manner. • His next attack was directed towards the Romish heresy, and ex pressed a wish, that as they had overturned that church, they should also be able to overturn the catholic church of England, which he designated as worse than the former. Their object was to put down all ecclesiastical power, and then they should get rid of coercion. He did not believe the parties who put forth this declaration which spoke of " Pro testant institutions," meant to allude to more than one in stitution, but they had added the plural to make the bill of fare look larger. He very much amused his audience by attempting to cast ridicule on the fact that the church is the bulwark of the constitution. Ordinations, he said, was re ceived from popery, and was an unscriptural custom. The Church of England,he also said, admitted infidels to her com munion table,* . which they did not, and this he conceived to be a serious religious question. How did they think christianity sur vived during the first 300 years; it was on the voluntary princi ple. The apostles left it dependant on the voluntary principle, and it flourished until Constantine, seeing its immense in fluence, became a pretended convert, and declared it to be the religion of his empire. But Constantine was not a convert to religion he merely secularized it for political purposes, and from that time until the Reformation the church became a mighty tyrant. He did not mean to con ceal the fact that the reformers were favourable to establish ments, but he would say that they set up systems of their own. They had not established Bible Societies, Missionary Societies, or anything of the kind, and their systems worked very tardily, until the Dissenters, by the voluntary principle, introduced true religion. Henry the VIII. founded Pro testantism and good Queen Bess, who would never have been suspected of entertaining the least respect for the liberty of any of her subjects, supported it ! In the reign of William the 111. they got the Toleration Act, for which too that monarch was suspected of being no better than he ought to be by the church. He eulogised the conduct of vile James 11., who he said was right in principle, for he promoted general toleration, and he imprisoned seven of his bishops, who refused to read a declaration to that effect in their churches. These seven bishops had been extolled for patriotism, and the noble stand which they made against tyranny on this occasion, but it was not a stand against tyranny, it was against toleration. He then attempted in a clumsy manner to amuse his hearers with some facetious comparisons between the clergy of the church and a school master, and the repetition of several of the grossest false hoods to which he had previously given utterance, namely, the Protestant Church was only 300 years old &c., and concluded by complimenting himself and his party upon the extensive liberality of their motives and feelings. They then carried out the voluntary principle, by making a collection, after which another nahib sectarian and would-be reverend, called M`Kerrow, from Manchester, was presented to the meeting. He spoke in very lofty terms in praise of something which he called " dissenting churches," and ex pressed his indignation that he and his fellows were merely tolerated in the propagation of their schismatical dogmas. He made some peevish observations about what he was pleased to term the arrogant claims of the Church," and got quite in a rage with those dissenters that refused to pull down the church without ceremony. He next attempted a little bit of very ludicrous eloquence, which produced a great disturbance in the room, and, after a little complimentary abuse of the " tory scribes," and another desperate, but clumsy, effort to do a little more eloquence, he resumed his seat. The Chairman then informed the meeting, that they had made arrangements for seven gentlemen to address them ; but the three who had already spoken having occupied the whole of the time allotted to the seven, he would dissolve the meeting for the present. * It is only necessary that we should refer our readers for the refutation of this palpable and wilful falsehood to the rubric and canons of the church, t This base calumny is, we think, too monstrously absurd and glaring to need any comment. - .1.* This piece of lying insolence, which this incorrigible schismatic daringly also asserted on the evening before, in the conventicle in which he held forth, we shall dispose of in our next. We understand that the gentleman who cuts the principal figure in the above notice has been waited upon by the Rev. Mr. Baylee, who wished to ascertain if Mr. Burnett was ready to maintain, in public discussion, the statements which he made from the pulpit ; but that was bringing the voluntary champion to too close terms, and it was accordingly declined. THEATRE-ROYAL. Tile entertainments this evening are Fletcher's comedy of " Rule a Wife and Have a Wife," the interlude of " No," and the " Hunter of the Alps," being for the benefit of Mr. Vandenhoff, jun., and the last night of his engagement. Since our last notice of the debutant he has appeared as St. Pierre, also as Falconbridge, and the Duke Aranza. We witnessed his performance of all of these parts, and name the circumstance as so far entitling us to record an opinion on his merits as an actor now and in expectancy. As the phrase goes, Mr. Vandenhoff has not mistaken his profession. We thought so after seeing him play Leon on Monday, and have to confirm the favourable general notice of its personator as " set down" in this journal on Tuesday last. Parts requiring an association of ability for Comedy and Tragedy are those in which Mr. Vandenhoff, jun., in all probability, will find himself ultimately best liked by his audiences. Being a novice, as a matter of course, he has a vast deal to learn. His figure is of that kind which admits of being made up for almost any part which he may attempt. His eyes are rather small, but they are not without lustre or expression. Those who say that his voice is deficient in power, are ignorant either of the correct mode of analysing the qualities or character istics of the speaking-voice, or are wedded to some fancy of their own ;—or perhaps they may be of those who would assign the palm of superiority to an actor, whose power of lungs exceeds that of his brains—like the worthy citizen at Leeds, who could not think highly of John Philip Kemble,—" cause he could na shaw'out (shout) loike Coo mingks." This Cummings was not a bad actor, and was gifted with a voice with which he addressed his friends of the gallery like a boatswain hailing a man at the mast-head through a speaking-trumpet. It will be found that it is not in respect of power that Mr. J. G. Vandenhoff 's voice is de ficient, but very much so as regards tone. Are we in error in thinking that there is an unpliable because a constitutional hardness about it? If so, as we apprehend it is, this will operate as a serious hindrance to the effect of his delivery in scenes or passages requiring pathos and delicacy of modula tion. At present Mr. V. works his voice with little if any modulation, and in two and only two tones. In the fuller of those two tones, there is sufficiency of power and body, for any theatre in England ; but the same cannot be said (now) of the other. As to his acting nothing decided can be said beyond this: it is promising—very promising. In St. Pierre he exposed throughout a misconception ofthe character, especi ally in his first scene. His second dress, as a cavalier, may have pleased the taste of many, as showy ; but it was out of cha racter. It was too boyish, and the boots positively girlish. The covering of his " upper man" was wanting in length, both behind and before. Any thing that can give a handle for the imputation of an approach to the barely decent, should be sedulously shunned : but we beg to be understood as quarrelling with the whole dress, for its want of manli ness. St. Pierre, with all his " backslidings," and a lost spirit though be was, was not without " the true shoot abuse could not eradicate, and leave the trunk and root alive— MANHOOD !" In Falconbridge, though redundant in attitudes and gesti culation, he was better in conception and execution than as St. Pierre; and as the Duke Aranza, in the comedy of the " Honeymoon," he was better and better. Such is our con scientious estimate. To-night Le will be called before the curtain at the end of the comedy, which, by-the-way, is Fletcher's—his partner Beaumont did not produce a line of it. The house will in all probability be excellent, and Mr. Vandenhoff will doubtless make a speech—in lieu of Epi logue. Success attend him! IRISH MISSION IN VENTRY. ' A meeting was held last night, in Christ Church school room, for the purpose of explaining the objects of this mis sion, and of affording an opportunity to the Rev. Charles Gayer to state the circumstances which have induced the friends of the church to make this appeal. At the time ap pointed (seven o'clock) the large school-room was very full, and that too with very orderly, respectable persons, and very many from among the working classes. The Rev. F. OULD opened the meeting with prayer, after on hymn had been sung. He briefly addressed the meeting ou the importance and necessity of the spread of the gospel among the benighted people in the popish districts of Ire land. The Rev. Mr. GAYER, from Dingle, was introduced to the meeting. He proceeded, after a few preliminary obser vations, to describe the: situation of the village of Ventry. It was, he said, near the town of Dingle, on the extreme western coast of Ireland, in the county of Kerry. His graphic and characteristic description of the localities, the prejudices, and the habits of the people in that district, and the strong feelings of clanship which prevails in that remote part of the country, and which lat'er feeling he described as operating very much in favour of the good work of reforma tion which was going on among the people was truly inter esting. He said, that at the present time a church was in the course of erection, in which the services of the church were to be performed in the Irish language to the people in Ventry for the first time. In that parish within the last three years upwards of 250 persons had been converted from the Church of Rome to the Church of God. They were all natives and residents of the parish, and their con version was in a great degree attributable to the preaching of the gospel and the reading of the scriptures in their native language, which were the principal objects of this mission. They had already three ordained ministers who were all con verts from the Church of Rome, and several more in a state of preparation for ordination. The relation of the de testable lying tricks to which the priests had recourse to frighten the poor deluded people out of their proper senses, and put a stop to the progress of true religion excited a proper degree of sympathy in the meeting, while, on the other hand, the great moral change which had manifested itself in the deportment of those who had been reclaimed, and the providential escapes of the same persecuted people, which the reverend gentleman very graphically de scribed were indeed interesting and cheering beyond description. He then exhibited several relics which had been given up to him by some of the converts. He in a very forcible and eloquent manner expressed the blas phemous superstitions and idolatries of popery, and con eluded by requesting the prayers of those present, as well as their contributions, in furtherance of the great work of God in which they were engaged. The Rev. Mr. MANSFIELD followed in a very eloquent speech, commenting in proper terms on the enormity of such a system as that which they had heard so powerfully des cribed by the rev. gentleman who had just sat down, and urged them to lend their most hearty efforts in the pulling down of such a system of error as that which had reared its head in the sister kingdom, for it was by their efforts alone that it would be finally overcome. After a few words from the Rev. Mr. CONNOR, a collection was made on behalf of the funds of the Ventry mission, and the meeting separated about ten o'clock. STEAM VERSUS WIND.—The Packet-ship United States, which sailed from New York on the 13th ult. ; and the Packet-ship South America, which sailed on the 19th, ar rived at this port on Wednesday, the former having made the passage in 31 days, the latter in 25 days. The steam ship Liverpool also sailed on the 19th, and completed the voyage in little more than 174 days—and is now again ready for sea. THE SHIP " hunt stnn."—This fine vessel, commanded by Captain. Mitchell,) the only iron sailing ship in the kingdom, arrived from Pernambuco on Sunday last, after accomplish ing her second voyage to South America, and is now lying on the east side of George's Dock. She admeasures 261 tons ; yet though a fine model has brought a cargo, princi pally of sugar, amounting to 310 tons of dead weight, the thinness of her sides, and lightness of her hull, as compared, with wooden vessels of like tonnage, giving an advantage in stowage and in buoyancy. She brought 320 large cases of sugar, and 762 bags of cotton, besides a quantity of hides. She was built for the Pernambuco trade, and as there is a bar at that harbour it was deemed advisable that she should be constructed without a keel, so that she might cross it with safety. It is found, however, that she could accomplish this with that appendage, so necessary to holding a wind when beating, and she is accordingly to be " keeled " when dis charged. She is still as tight as a bottle, never on any occa sion having made any water. THE WEATHER.—Never was the fickleness of the climate of England more remarkably exemplified than within the last fortnight. The mutations from cold to warm, from wet to dry, and from gloom to sunshine, have been extraordinary. On Friday week, (the day of the municipal election) the air was so piercing, with a high east wind, that it cut even the robust "to the bones." A succession of more temperate weather followed, intermingled with showers. On Tuesday and Wednesday last, the sky was beautifully bright, with but a few of those fleecy clouds that are more usual in June than in November ; and the sun shone brilliantly oat, and im parted an agreeable warmth. The river on both days pre sented, about the time of high water, a very animated appearance, being studded with vessels and boats of every description ; and so clear was the atmosphere, that the Cheshire shore looked most inviting, even comparatively minute objects being distinctly visible. The steam-boats carried an unusual number of passengers, and all was bustle and animation. It is worthy of notice, that on the morning of Wednesday, about five o'clock, a dense fog set in, so that the lamps on the quays, which were before visible from the opposite ferries, were totally eclip se d, un til about seven o'clock, when it cleared up. During the haze, the steamers could not cross the river without imminent danger, and one of them, the "Cleveland," of Woodside, went on shore near Wallasey Pool. Yesterday, we bad another change, heavy rain having fallen during the greater part of the day. NEW STEAM-PACKET FROM CHESTER TO LIVERPOOL. — Our spirited and talented neighbour, James Boydell, Esq., of Dee Cottage, has just started a most splendid steam packet, called the Skimmer, from this city to Liverpool. This vessel leaves Chester every Monday and Thursday, at high water, and the King's Ferry every Tuesday and Friday, an hour before high water, (touching at Flint,) and arrives in Liverpool on the same day. The Skimmer is a most beautiful vessel, of 120 tons burthen, and draws only 51 feet of water wh en loaded ; the length of her keel is 84 feet, and beam 25. Her two engines, which are of the most beautiful construction, are seventy horse power, were manufactured at the Oak Farm Company's Works, near Dudley, and to show the quality of them it is only necessary to state that on Monday week, although quite new, they performed thirty-two revolutions in a minute. Great praise is due to Mr. Boydell for establishing this packet, which will prove such an excel lent mode of transit for goods from this city to Liverpool ; and at the same time afford to the invalid a delightful sea trip, that will so much conduce to the re-establishment of health. We wish the Skimmer every success.—Cheater Gaz. DRAYTON MANOR, TUESDAY.—Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by the Earl Howe, arrived yesterday afternoon on a visit to Sir Robert and Lady Peel. The din ner party last evening was confined entirely to the noblemen and ladies in the royal suite. THE LATE DUKE OF BEDFORD.—The mortal remains of the late revered duke arrived in the river last evening from Inverness. They were removed to the family mansion in Belgrave-square shortly after ten o'clock.—Morning Herald of yesterday. POLICE INTELLIGENCE....-YESTERDAY, ATTEMPT TO BREAK INTO A 'WORKSHOP. William Clare Thompson and James Dickenson were charged with an attempt to break into a building used as a shoemaker's shop, near the Prince's Dock. The occupier •of the premises heard a noise over head at one o'clock yes terday morning, and on going out found the prisoners on the roof, from which they had removed several slates. A police man was called, and they were given in charge. The owner of the premises said that attempts of a similar kind had be fore been made, but the parties had escaped. Both the prisoners were known to be bad characters, and they were committed to hard labour in the House of Cor rection for three months. STEALING FROM A PUBLIC-HOUSE. An old woman, named Rose Callegam, was charged with stealing two drinking-glasses from the house of Mr. Porter, in Great Charlotte-street. She had gone in for a glass of ale, and the glass being missed, she was followed, when the two glasses were found upon her.—Committed to the House of Correction for a month. CHARGES OF RECEIVING OR BUYING STOLEN CASKS. Margaret Farrell, an elderly female, was placed at the bar on a charge of having in her possession a number of brewers' casks or barrels, the property of various individuals. Mr. Dowling stated, that though about forty casks were found, there was as yet evidence of the identity of, only one of them ; and this was accordingly adduced. Inspector M`Gill said, that from information he had re ceived, he went yesterday to the prisoner's house, and asked her if she had any casks to sell, stating that her house must be searched. She made some demurs to the search, said she had not bought a cask that day, and reque:sted him to call next day. He proceeded, however, to search the house. In a little back yard he found three or four barrels, marked " Hebblethwaite," in legible letters. On being questioned with respect to them, she said she did not k now w h a t s h e gave for them. He afterwards found about thirty other casks on the premises. One was marked " Copeland, , ' and two, it appeared, belonged to Mr. Lune, brewer. One of the casks was identified by a cooper in the employ of Mr. Lune, Northampton-street. It had been sent to Mr. Hugh Scallon's, corner of Smithfield-street, and was numbered 38. It came back on the dray, yesterday morning and was left on the parapet with three others, which had also disappeared, but were . not missed till this morning. The name, or branding, had been partly erased by being appa rently scraped or planed, but it was still legible. The prisoner's daughter declared that her mother had not bought a cask yesterday at all. The case was, however, such, that the prisoner was re-. manded. A TROUBLESOME WIFE. Elizabeth Atherton, who had parted from her husband, and had been sent to the workhouse, was charged with re turning to her husband's house in a state of intoxication and annoying him. He stated that she had an annuity of £lB, which she had contrived to obtain and to spend in:thinking. As she had before been complained of for similar miscon duct, she was requiredd to find bail to keep the peace', heiseit in £4O, and two sureties in £lO each. In default she - was sent to gaol. BEGGING. An elderly man, named Murray, with a child in hisarths, and three others, of from eight to twelve or fourteen years of age, (not, it appeared, his own,) was charged with begging in the streets. Te case being proved he was committed for seven days. The children were discharged, and the infant sent to its mother. STEALING A CASK. A man named John Ryan was charged with stealing a cask. A police-officer stated that he saw the prisoner carrying a half beer barrel, and, o‘ questioning him, and receiving no satisfactory account of it. took him into custody. The cask was marked " H. Copeland," and was identillecl as belong ing to that gentleman. The prisoner said he had got it from a man to carry to the Prince's Dock. He was committed for trial at the sessions. ASSAULTING A POLICE-OFFICER. A stout man, named Harry Colman, was charged with having struck Inspector Thompson. The prisoner had been drunk and disorderly, and while being taken to bridewell, turned upon the inspector and assaulted him. He was fined lOs and costs, or is default to be imprisoned seven days. BREAKAGE IN A PUBLIC-HOUSE Two men, named David Watson and William Small, were charged with having, in their cups, broken four glasses and a pane of glass. They were required to pay the amount of damages with costs, and half-a-crown each for being drunk, in all Its 6d. A WOMAN KILLED BY HER HUSBAND Yesterday afternoon a rumour prevailed that a female had been killed by her husband, in or near St. Andrew-street, and it turned out to be but too true. The deceased, Frances Buckley, who was a good-looking woman of about twenty-nine years of age, lived with her husband, George Buckley, who is a plasterer, and their three children, in the cellar under the house No. 22, Dansie-street, near the corner of St. Andrew-street. It would appear that she had on Wednesday night' got some drink, but was not in toxicated, and that she came to her death from the effects of blows. The following are such particulars us we were enabled to collect last night, from parties who will be, t, some of them) principal witnesses on the inquest which w be held to-morrow,—and we may promise that though there are some slight discrepances, the fact of the blows,being struck, and the consequent illness, and it would appeF,the death of the deceased, are spoken to by all : Eliza Leonard, wife of John Leonard, of 22, Danzie-'street, said that on Wednesday night at nine o'clock she., heard a noise in the cellar below. She heard George Buckley swear ing and cursing dreadfully, and a noise like something falling and knocking. This continued until near twelve o'clock. Informant went to the door, and saw the little girl (daughter of deceased) run into the street. informant asked her , sister, the eldest girl, who was between seven and eight years of age, " What was to do?" She replied " Oh, my father is striking my mother!" The deceased had got some drink. She (informant) heard no noise after twelve o'clock. While the noise was heard, some one said "Oh don't !" She heard no noise yesterday morning. The last words she heard were, " Put your head higher up." Yesterday, the eldest girl came to informant's - house, and said, " Oh, Mrs. Leonard,., come down, my mother is dying." Ann Lawrenson, a girl of 16 years of age says,. she. was in the cellar in which George Buckley and the deceased lived, on Wednesday night. The deceased was not drunk she could walk. She had been out, and as soon as she came-in, she made signs to get to her bed. This would he i alloot. nine o'clock. Gorge Buckley came- in a little.ofter zi tles.,J;le said as he came in, " Oh, you should not get: drinji.inthis manner." She made no reply. lie down the floor for about three quarters of aa,,umn„Nohl-Uen sat down for about rive minutes. He then rose.Aufkilrew jus right hand, and gave the deceased a blow ori,thq4a4,,, c Slae turned her head about and said, " Oh, my hettchialy heacil" She had not been out of bed, and had not spoken a mord„,all the time. Informant run out and went home. Elizabeth, wife of —. Porter, of St. Andrew's-streCt,- saki she went to the cellar about nine o'clock. She saw Buckley rise, and go as if to strike the deceased. Mary Ellen Grimes went to the cellar about nine o'clok, and saw Buckley strike the deceased. He was walking on the floor ; and deceased was sitting on a chair beside the drawers, straight opposite the door. The husband sat doWn about five minutes, and then rose and knocked the deceased down. He -struck her twice—once when she gave him ,the child, when*formant went in, and again afterwards, She was not able to get up again. Mrs. Porter.lifted her up, and put her to bed, at about half-past nine, when I left. Infor mant lived with her father, at 53, St. Andrew's-street. Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Langley, 39. St, Andrew-street, said that she went into the cellar about eight o'clock yester day morning, and asked for a loan of a basket. Deceased said—" I cannot lend it to you: I want it to get Something ready for my husband's dinner." She was in bed, anddier head was very bad. Informant called ao-ain at half-past eleven, and asked fora pan, and deceased was still in bed. She said she was very poorly, and also said " i y poor head ! my poor head !" Informant returned to, the,, eella;pt about two o'clock, on the little girl coming to her crying, and saying that her mother was dying. Informant assisted and. waited on the deceased, and saw her breath her last. There.were present Mrs. Rawlinson, Mrs. Farmer, Mrs. Porter, and others. Mr. Hector, surgeon, was passing at the time ; exa mined the body of the deceased externally. uniler,stand he expressed his opinion to the effect that one blow or more was inflicted on a vital part of the head, (one.of the temples) which had taken fatal effect, possibly by producing apoplexy. Besides the two girls alluded to, the deceased has left an infant chiid. Abour three o'clock yesterday afternoon the husband was taken into custody, and lodged in Hotham-street Bridevitll. He went home from-his work when he heard of the death of the deceased, and was then apprehended. He is . saisl,,t,p be a robust strong man. He was employed by 111 r. Atkinson, plasterer, Brownlow-street. Considerable excitement pre vailed in the neighbourhood of the tragic scene ,yesterday terrvion and last night; and a crowd of perpus stood round the door of the cellar, where one or two police acers were stationed. The inquest will be held this dayt, BOLTON OPERATIVE coNstavATlvE . ASSOCIATION.. , , ..• . The fourth anniversary dinner of the Aolton Ope,rstive Conservative Association took place on: Wednesday evening, in the large room of the Town-hall, Little Bolton, which was beautifully decorated for the occasion. About four hundred members and friends of the association partool: of the repast. Amongst them were John Roby, Esq., John Fletcher,4sq., the Rev. James Slade, Vicar of Bolton,. and Prehen4ry of Chester, Captain Derbyshire, Edwin Cliadwick„ Esti., of Swinton, the Rev„ T. Blair, Captain Langshaw, Stephen Blair, Esq., the Rev. Mr. Fraser, Patten, .g s qq Edward Bolling, Esq., and many other pringipal inhat4ants of the town and neighbourhood. The chair was .occumpd by Captain Derbyshire, and the vice-president was one of the officers the association. The customary local, patriotic, and constitutional Masts • were introduced, with appropriate remarks from the aillant president and others, and were most ,eotlansiasticaliy re sponded to by the meeting.] O Mr. ROBY then rose, amidst loud,cligegs ? .very 411 7. L 04 able and characteristic , speech propem4:. the, . o Pro testant Ascendancy, WO, he stropgis, ; rged,, only means of saving the .nation from revelitti, o and 1 hed. The honourable gentleman alluded tg my* him in the Morning Chronic:le and Obsarser, An:{foul mouthed slanderer" for .stating, at,ttlic,-qoleset.,v4i,,,isgepon stration at Ashton-under-Lyne, thlt..,,af,tet::tlie.pgapny bu siness of Lady Flora Hastinis, vice could not be known s from virtue, nor purity distinguished_ from imputity in:trie court, and proved that he had not. slandered her, M9,ektij an 4. fur ther, that the whigs when it suited their party ,UO9:Ci,4, had not only backbitten „Majesty itself, but aided aTers.gOived at the abominable allegation, that the cooServatives,.,spnght power for no other purpose but to poi s o n " the, O r kifpn. A more forcible speech was never made by Mr. Roby; and, we only regret, that our available space is too limited'.fai' us to report it fully. The next toasts were the health of the president, the mem bers for the county, and Mr. Bolling, M.P., for the borough, who was prevented from attending from severe illness. The PRESIDENT next proposed the health of the Rev. James Slade, the Vicar, to whose character for piety and zeal in the discharge of his important labours he paid, a well earned tribute. Mr. SLADE replied in a most effective address, - in .which he pointed out the alarming progression of popery in high places. The remaining toasts were—the health of Mr. Oates, of Manchester, Lord Lyndhurst and the conservati ve V ar , Si r Robert Peel, the magistrates of the division, Joseph Ridgway, Esq., the Lancashire witches, the town and trade of Bolton, the press, and the stewards; and at eleven o'clock this in teresting meeting separated, highly gratified at the progress made by the good cause of conservatism in all parts of the country. , . THE 'LIVERPOOL STEAM SHlP.—This favourite transat lantic steamer is already loaded, and will sail to-morrow, with her complement of passengers, on her seventh voyage to New York. We regret to state that Captain Payrer's health is such that he is confined to his house,•and will not proceed' with her this voyage. He is succeeded by Captain Ingledue, a gentleman highly spoken of as an experienced seaman, and an agreeable companion. Mr. Christie and Mr. Duncan, the first and second officers; retain their res pective stations on board. The supply of stores, wines, &c., sent on board, embraces every thing delicate and good, that the votaries of the festive board can desire, and in such abundance, that there is no danger of " short allowance," were the voyage of double its usual duration.