The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-10-04 00:00:00

TREAT 4E R OYAL, LIVERPOOL. W Itr es. t _but one ni , - ;;;-- A."°311,..1): imr• and Mrs. WOOD, of the % tit of th. Opera and Covent-Garden. the fi rst ` ‘-'l 3 era of FIDELI 0, which was re - a and second representations with the 1 7 , 4 7 PPlause b y crowded audiences, ktle 8 11 - 8 -WE nt FR I , FIT OF MRS. WOOD. last ` u AY 0 thne, , et. 4, 1839, will be performed, 414: k 4 : - . ,!.rroP. Beethoven's 1 Di celebrated Opera of ~, )s sia P l i', Wo od. ' ' 0 • . _. ... .D.....r0nr Flo restano * Mr. Wood. Marc e l' Cr owe. Al.. G. Hornectstle. 44t T s co;cairtiedeellioe.... Mrs. P. Barker. till Gtr y with the last Two Acts of r yi s tnont.. MANNERIG. brat a „ ' • • • • (with Songs) Mr. Wood, solle_Parance here in that character. I ITl•ok,kr'rtig ............ Mr. W. Howard. I.,,o v erri ?ert e ra • ro ua rker. Dcnninie S amson,' Mr. Baker. ,1 , m ; ___ .:, ........ Mrs. P. Crowe. khttilia Ma n Uleaver. Flora.. Mrs. Tellet. i i :pAy , .. , illerin g .... M rs. w oo d . , il_ W ood. t,,,he, favourite Opera of AMILIE. i lli w :•1. c r i o d:ae, 114 r. Wood ; Pierre, Mr. Barker ; te rt U eti rlint ; I ,7 o ; r ?iedn - xont, Mr. G. Horncastle ; 71 ; Tt °f th e R'„Mrs- P. Crowe.—To conclude 'R ao 0 v 1. 1 RENT DAY. Martin Heywood, maul, 14. vYwood, Mr. Chaplin • Bullfrog Mr. liis ula Faucit ; Polly Bias .Mrs. Tenet. l k '44 4! 011,1f.t42.,-ii OF MAGIC AND ARTS y rye q p t PEN gt, ellli-RCH-STREET,Aiverpool, ict ii , s t o ON MO NDA YGIcIiA M A GICIAN NEXT, OCT. 7, 44,e ttt r te ll nParall t or Wl' RD of the „licit eat re Performances a Legerdemain IN J I T thi s -- e :l'atre of Arts, the Rost splendid ever J. AN Er i tiltry. A to tr of th S 9N , GREAT MAGICIAN ! or I\ . Toh t •h e NORTH ! nidist respectfully an 4;N Its en vi rons uentry, and the Public generally, of I t ilq..%orvi, that he will Open the Liver qt 41 141 have ofthrre,! (as his Temple of Magic and ,4 s liith'eut '','; honour of giving his truly Wonder- N . t, e ll° link - "duszon, or Natural Magic, upon a ih a ecomm i ,l°° ,l l in Europe, producing effects IN rtlJ. R . t . A .u . pd with a most costly apparatus of k t n. quan ces a °7.gs to state, that in addition to his tlielil t d, e ' xii; ', M!igie . ne, he will, for the First k Paris his IN onder of the Mechanical k ' ;' 'lris The THEATRE OF ARTS, which he ki in thi s e subject chosen for the opening L W I , tit re .„, A onderful Piece of Mechanism, is a t , f 4 • 4 ek' o i'e:iv of the ..kncient CITY of ANTIOCH O,akex t i t he FORFARSHIRE, displaying the Llf x t g e wi th „AeilLiNG, produced mechanically, every iM it !l ithiszt ql greatest precision, and which, by the .4..441411,tare, th e cn slA • aY, by their perfect imitation of .7 4 ,044 thy/test Achievements of Human §tiii4 to bi er ; d . i' i ll• J. H. A. has, in his Exhibition, wk.. Pourt r Util ity with Amusement. The Pa itlini n ot a Y Faithful Views of the places repre- V i e vie Only increase the pleasure to be derived l it - Al ~_ w of th e -,,,,. per rigures, but will convey to the ,ttit 3l i'ar e 4 , a Bauch GeonTaphical Knowledge. The biZs l, : ti ttr lk . 111 e t t h nothing but novel and undeniable a public attention, most respectfully l ‘l c eder Lit t ~.. ii s i ttl in a t the present may not he confounded AZ` ut np r nature, that not only the re wesen -4- on another' principle, but the Grandeur 4 .- Passes the most . Vivid Imagination. Mr. J. 4t...!4eaitation in stating that his whole Exhibition • IklfaPall 1 ,( 4 A 'f l et areeitheinmE_ ?trope. His Performances in the i ii Pi t iekri tt o . t" Plus Ultra of the Necromantic ve l a evil 15 flun k' ARTS, a Wonder of the Mechanical revery pl ace ec essarY, - as the wonderful success th. ow , , crowned the exertions of the Great `4 o 7,ltot ic i e :2. n with the o pi n i ons o f t h e P ress, a t once VII te lic i e 7 le l nature and superiority, as well as the by tPuised aim_unparalleled Entertainment. itti ak ..0e a i m _ n the towns and cities of England and e 0,4 rrof ess ust incredible Feats and Wonders of the i i , 'toeo of of the Occult Sc ience, has gained for % the 'Wizard of the ir•A?f, dir . 8,, 4 NVER: E B ,A:-Ti -----7 G NEXT, the 7th OCTOBER, cit erta , , ENING DURING THE WEEK, • COtn it : lll 4eDl S in the Temple of Magic and I wt th e .c .ri ne with a Grand Scriptural Subject, re % ac eve iVi til l te i d Jhe Go l lY OF ANTIOCH I'll! ~''„AT MAGICIAN! . or WIZARD OF Sli t ot 6y h i 9 O i n- 1 , Perform his MYSTIC WONDERS ! •Se tts r t foro led in ,the Exchange Rooms, Manchester, 01,, , °I ; m_'°r . eighty successive nights, before B.b ,t 0 120 unteith Rooms and the Temple of Ma ' 11, 7, 000. ‘ ,..'": 1 ; Commercial Rooms, Leeds, fifty QICT ., ri a 'rtalusic Flail, She ffi eld, forty nights, to ee„„ s o t , T .s., Hull, sixty nights, to 30,000 ; ill b t t,,:laia, a „,`, , Fw_ent y . nights, to 15,900 ; and the t glcAprcl a o rLAdelphi Theatre, Edinburgh, fifty e u nie th e ''' ,oo o. This extraordinary Perform •••!: : k agie , i following Sciences .—Electric Magic ! r - gal v •-- Chemical Magic !I ! Mechanical pvipposalliteei....Magic ........ !—Nafural . Magic ' TIIII I_ inagielltlltt it,tfolQitAius_ ....... k_,P G „....1tee1 2 ,,b M ME OF DELUSIONS : 14,11 1 -41 ta i ns - u .,„b•—The Goblets of Ptolemy ! or the S k&illlie iv7 7 ,rnpey's Pillar and the Twelve Meg s,, k e . , tte R - i ' o c' e glc Chronometer !—Tippo's Goblets, 1 ,4 Akre I!4 a • •""The Ring of Fate ! or the Magic ct Atti ,4 r ,„ .Fo t ,re Telescope, or a Peep at the Past, kkige,,,_p i e u 7,,The Roman Candles, or the En ilitiAlieoele Girl Pluto Bottles, or the Galvanic Battery. ...s e , , Gam bli ng r the Mysterious NN riting.—The e ptieo a l agueti c . ,ei l t l ea r, the ma Extraordinary.—Atlas, or the i i . ll i theLearned . Carls. _ ,I,trtt nie cu the COINS ga Experimentsß Il;itt h .TlhT.)l9l.:.'"odr N ti b : A. i .l s 4 k4c f „, r ikeli e i g : to inform the public, that the above- l i w< 1 . : 1 1 are tltilerey all entirely new. So mysterious IL ll'Al s " siti gs h e ? ,____ th n at t' t h h eir itur b e, fi llist i all exclaim, t 'iZ L. .iii_Pt•ofes. so rs of tehye have t Necromantic a e tieelaerne scientific tir t e ak 7 .B 7 , l ror divine these extraordinary secrets, KSItY hav e b u n Paralleled wonder and admiration •%a 4 f this e __l e 1 Performed. 1 4.,riti ts i ZnP i aralleled Entertainment will con -1/4sk.,litir,,` app ro "Pg Mechanical Scenic Representa , /4,t e , priate phenomena, called the i t\lxt 0 1 0 6 lie j‘ roi 43 ! - THE FORFARSHIRE! 11, - er n s-- °, GRACE HORSELY DARLING, the Li i s li e th e , w: -gthouse• I ,l‘i t i R i te gb;SthGera,ce—brave Darling's child ! ''Fred e....4.., tempest wild ! it th at ''Pelled by duty's call iii.tioshe,....:hich others mig ht ' eta' pal ! L I G , .14211 th e sieatitle, young, and good — i; , 02 4 gav e 4: e t_tered wreck had stood, IRtN4t'''t k • res_ captive h ope. titi..t it . care hretfully announces to the Public, that k 'ill ~,,tulay . been bestowed on this Production of . '''lli e°ll veY to l ia , sa e f atal __, the mind of the spectator a cor lel•,,llere'lle di s ierit — displaying the su ff ering of the . P . ‘elth e 'allo rao ,;!terested courage of the heroine. This 'it w hole .le View, but a Mechanical Represen- So wi 4 e i n t eally t ur cumstance of the lamentable catas /We h o naoti on ? ° k Place. The Sea as well as all the kikSit th e t i e lay .e s ' oe a_ild. it is described by those of the 444 Of wi lTlfie se l _ _lt in Dundee, as being a f a ithful o c. • h o Z y u t h te e ta nT e • nt The aii whole has , I v i i e l e o n v i i ) s r i o te tic t V e 1tiN44)4v...0r1d. toed seen to stamp it as eminence, a Wonder in the . ktbitiee tkles , .t k k e ._ , 2s. Gd. • Pit , ls 6d • Gallery, 6d. kt r: lizh'er'inzie to ti a t t he N u ine i o'clock— , BOxes . :ls. 6d. ; Pit, Is. \etispi n Half_ p a le . ry. hk, 44 4 Jo h Sev er , : a !1 Six ; the Performance commenc -4 e t : i lke e,e had a _crie whole concluding at Eleven. v It; 1,, 4 rO t i ci ' the Mercury -o ffi ce, at the Albion 54444..4,1. t aken . e- °ffice, and at the Box-o ffi ce, where I, w tle ts 'is an d ,°,Pen from Eleven till Three. h et tk i t k o tr i;t 11 1, or`i„uentlem en taught the Fashionable Art 4. P . t pfo N e a of Magic. The Wizard has always c, ;4 1 1 7: 4 ,1nce of i ; splendid assortment of Apparatus !wi " ti lt ppp arat arlour Magic. Ladies or Gentlemen 4*tt a ,• 'F r t., wi th ua ,naay rest assured they will be made 44 iC 0 e nns, °lngle Lessons from the Wizard of t ee to teording to the value of the Apparatus, ...i zat re Guin eas . A t th e Li ver Theatre, . • / 1 14 b... li•A s . r elite N.. 2VOwWEEK BUT ONE. ~,t• LYeE TT‘ - e;XHIBITING, (t. 4 , rierrOZl ROOMS, BOLD TREET, iti b ''''rxr, - LIE OF THE RONATION, k ) 4 ° Pe "nt ti k il L : . n f ro LSHAZZAR' VEAST;) .111 4tio S i o ut Ten till Five o'Clock. ' We e l o 'will h e N A ONE SHILLING. I‘ ll , th e -/Per! every Evening from Seven to tm‘rt Room will be lighted up with Gas. r iN 4 r . Iift I OC I T Vt4 l, eNo do AN NUAL EXHIBITION. ' ill th. Rks of ( . I ;f:the LIVERPOOL ACADEMY 44 ti I j ti GA,L LE nDRN ARTISTS IS NOW , o,.:l l oroi n . t `,' 1 CHußcirlairßEET, from Ten t. 7 , ' Shiiii i , 111 Seas on Adion, One Shilling. 18 39. g. Tickets, Five Shillings. SAML. EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Academy. Il i 11 4i th e t‘ !„ Si !' i Nttiro Po y , 111 At4 iti RRE SPONDENTS. lette r ie ft rid se contains some severe strictures on a "Nt'let • ve ral member of his congregation, for it"Ost chur s tr t , 44 4 1 ._ . of c . on Wednesday evening before --vrtion service, but we feel compelled to de -4t4t-Q fu e Ntl e tlct having the slightest doubt that the th4tlteti4ll4'i alluded to had a good and sufficient S t 4o,the 11 , as id. We think, with our correspon- IS becoming too , common, and . II:Ic on stloiect be taken p, as its mcon venience are very evide ; -- ,'"t ot tpool &tanbarb. -N I , „..----- A, • -wiNt.ivc, OCTOBER 4, 1339. tt.),lketi4trati I th t l akl, tts ° I IB are going on throughout the :slit• Aiello the battle of the Constitution is being bt: austereYa energetically in the Courts of the I ttllllbic , oit_ . r Calm and composed is the pre -4,4: i t °f th e e ote a , . ontending parties, and scarcely a \% til e ex cite the general repose which has suc tnent of the past Session. . 11 4 41 4 tirtie is Past, and the harvest is yet to come. rI L t ik a " oil • i t ti ttle f ent increase constantly goes on. ~,4 4 044 4 , Or Payment of rates, or taking any ''bat.'4(l, liteg-fOr being placed upon the Registry I N 44 d b e f , NiatterB hose tne time for active contest in t:7 ,tl s,at th e i r re as commenced, men are quietly tiee i tl a 11: ael ltati vea Pee tive posts, arid none but the NI that Ir . atp. ' of the parties in the Registration ctcit„tteti Prece de service to perform. This is , tilt, 4 p erio " d : and forbodes the storm. ON, ~ ate hat w hen men have little to do in po litN"thOnt a lirallY occupied, like soldiers en- j i 44 l, L a q th e 4 iinmediate likelihood of conflict in yviili tl 4 (i to a Pee il e i rl at e i ll :Y, in examining their relative po . - 4 4„ t i . of eve ry gon the probable result. And it 6, CEO fee 1. ea how mainly the great Con -1 r e , Y a ge host, ti tl i ql Of pteee,. rested his hopes upon the tik,totiteted 44211-1 g triumphs and the magic of ie ti t 4.a titi t , fa tltig ui llt • 80 also, in the warfare of poll aitio,*4teh 0 , eci men discern the signs of the " rarel y :?Be indications of the moral ho- Lail to indicate the result correctly. 3ARIES. TA ArDARD;. old with a nu. s of the For r i n g to Pe e l; gall relate! n the oecesioto r duty, and to Li verP ,oa ,y a ge T bs . rowd, his outwoo., by preacheec°l opport u n le ions bout Feeling 5111 _4 . L the poop Or. with anY ge doctrine• in l P 6 r y and _ che r : oful pr ea on of the Mod e h the n atu e st 1 wich de 39e .eh"h an d that the nth the Oa: r the daninsu. w ith a increased TY, y to know Ir, s tandioSZ is the pee acm n t person be, ; Sing lnu l gr i jo d e n sal Bible' pin his „ e s you ima g o . of the en!. t h a t the l i lt Dent, but yo*, onu rote o „ e t: . —Pl andul , t ; `dn order. 7. to b u rn 17 : _protest e r 513 0 1 iniage s, re et on theginre 'cri ° floe - of J eb , erefore, f the 2d ,ng io 1113 '"for iacle, -,„a ; but le ter Jauews • thoov , 1 for uuwing de h ord (I°es,7'o for thu : s e nieani:Lbe Does the datry as, the ;e t rid atosroe )y the i be bo . n .o isd in Goa wi-- " e d bl e ess ty L ia n a cf •w er s ilsi l by ie s-fi t e l l so ra es d, ass et ;ia • sco pe , latte r ch: :o4 F, th e for ` 0 , res inAde ~r: :OM° Nor can any man compare (or, we should rather say, contrast) the temper of his English fellow-coun trymen with the events of the past Spring, and doubt the turn which public opinion and public feeling have taken in the country. It is as notorious as the sun at noon-day how intense a feeling of disgust has been ex cited against the dominant faction of the Court from one extremity of the empire to the other. It is clear enough how energetic a defence will be maintained around the Protestant Institutions of Great Britain and the Reformed Churches established in these three king doms. It is abundantly evident that no courtly argu ments will avail, nor the whispers of a discomfited oli garchy be heard, when the might of England is aroused in, earnest in behoof of those sacred principles which gave to the ancestors of Queen Victoria the proudest Empire in the world. And yet the wretched Cabinet drives on ; and, judg ing from the tone of the Ministerial Journals and the demeanour of the Ministers, one might infer that they sat securely on the seats of power, and that no serious opposition was intended. Yes ! it has come to this. Condemned by the House of Commons—repudiated by the House of Lords—abandoned by the British people—the wretched placelings cling to office, " be cause the Queen has stood by them, and they must stand by her." This is the plea, the only plea, of the Prime Minister, who confessed, in his place in Parlia ment, that he had ceased to possess the confidence of the only House that ever gave him even a bare ma jority. Now this will do very well during the recess. There is no doubt in the world that these principles will work smoothly enough at Windsor. But when February comes round, we suppose there is to he a meeting of Parliament. We have not yet heard it surmised that Lord Melbourne means to govern without one, and we are very confident he cannot govern with one. The present House of Commons will not do, and where will he find a better ? When a body has once been set in active motion, the Zis inerti& will not suffer it to be stopped at once. Hence the Liberal Faction, dominant in 1832, acquired a mo mentum just sufficient to bear it forward in 1835, and almost expiring in 1837, when the death of 'William IV. and the accession of Court favour that ensued gave it a slight additional impulse onward. From that date its power has diminished daily. The Conserva tive force meanwhile has been acquiring steadily (and all the more surely because not too suddenly) an in crease of strength, ready to be called out into immedi ate exercise, with certain prospect of most sure suc cess. Accordingly it has been the policy of the Whigs to avoid a contest—to let well alone—to exist (pace, Lord Morpeth, be it spoken) upon sufferance —to look no question in the face—to put off the evil•day. Like a doomed craft in a storm that abandons her course — that gives herself up to the winds and waves—that cares not whither she be driven, and is content if she can only live through the tempest,—they have long had no port a-head—have steered by no compass—have followed no course. The wise and temperate leaders of the Conservative body have on their parts permitted them to exist on sufferance. Conscious that their own strength was deeply rooted in the sound understandings and strong hearts of Englishmen, they have preferred allowing the Whig Ministers to exhibit themselves in their own proper colours, and to make themselves clearly known for what they are. We, in our humble sphere, have always been the zealous advocates of this Fabian po licy. We do not grudge the sordid crew their place and pay. They are ruining the Radical cause as fast as they can. This is a good work, and deserves to be richly paid. But what in the meanwhile is to be done? For this, is the question that constantly recurs, and for which every right-minded Englishman is anxious to find the answer : Will they dissolve the Parliament ? Again and again we reply, no one possibly can tell. The ru mour is, they will not dissolve. But, driven to their wits' end, goaded onward to extremity in the reckless ness of sheer despair, we dare say they will. At all events we are quite sure that if the Conservatives slumber at their posts, they expose their cause to fear ful hazard. The reports from the Registration Courts will be carried rapidly to London, the trusty and well beloved Mr. Parkes will report that the new Registry is yet more hopeless than the old, and what shall en sure us against a Dissolution before the new Registry can come into play ? Surely the analogies of Whig . gery favour this conclusion. The Radicals have lodged no objections at all in the City of. London. Mr. Grote with difficulty carried his election, when the lawyers were absent on Circuit, by the magnificent majority of six. Do they know that the new Registry will never be called out for an Elec tion ? If they do, it is time the Conservatives were ready for an Election under the old Registry. Of one thing we may rest assured, that the blow will be struck (like Guy Fawkes') in the dark. The same mails that carry down the news of a Dissolution, will carry Ra- dical Candidates and Radical Lawyers to. every town and county. To be fore-warned is to be fore-armed. With an army of traitors for our enemy, errors should be on the safe side. The great Meeting at Manchester, of which we gave a full report in our columns this day week, will na turally afford us occasions of frequent reference. The time has now arrived when they who mean to produce an impression must needs speak plainly. The enemies of Truth are banded together, are resolute, open, un disguised. The cause of. Infidelity and sedition is ac tively promoted : if we slumber, the curse will be on us and on our children. The third resolution, moved by our gifted townsman, Mr. M‘Neile, and seconded by Mr. Clare, pledging the individuals who composed that vast assemblage to ex ert themselves in the formation of Protestant associa tions for the defence of our honoured institutions, is deserving of particular attention. For when bad men conspire, good men must needs unite ; and either we must prepare to surrender at discretion, or to employ with energy those natural means of self-defence with which we are endowed. There is abundance of good sound feeling in the country, and it is especially requisite at the present juncture to call it forth into active exertion. . Besides, as the stone thrown into the lake widens the circle that it shows, and ring after ring acknow ledges its influence, so minds which were rightly dis posed, but not keenly aroused or properly awakened, are gradually brought within the sphere of a wholesome agitation ; and so, from less to more, the good cause goes on prospering and to prosper, and the increase, though silent, is perpetual. We are unwilling to foresee or prognosticate evil ; but we cannot shut our eyes to the paramount impor tance of raising up and maintaining a strong union of right-minded Protestants in these evil times. When a dissolute Government is unbinding all the bonds t s liat unite society together, it is high time for serious men 'to organize such associations as, being formed within (not the letter only, but) the spirit of the Law— and having for their scope and object the preservation of those Institutions under which our Fathers have lived and prospered—may serve likewise to keep alive within our hearts the inborn flatine of British Patriot ism, and the active love of Truth and Holiness. No one can tell what parts these Associations yet may play in the great Drama of our country's Destiny, or how serviceable they may prove in keeping alive the fires of true religion. For ourselves, we hope the best; and we believe that in promoting the great cause of Church Extension, and, above all, of sound Scriptural Education, these Protestant Societies will discharge to their country a service of infinite importance. Since the celebrated question of the Right of Search ing Neutral Vessels, which led to the outbreak of the last American War, and rescued from the dust of li braries the works of those Jurists who have discussed the principles of International Law, no subject of greater moment to the commercial world has occurred than that connected with the Indian opium-trade to China. The magnitude of the British interests in volved in its adjustment would alone be sufficient to rivet our attention to the strange events which have recently taken place at Canton ; and when we consider what influence these must have on our relations and intercourse with the Chinese Empire, and the prospe rity of our Indian dominions both in matters of com merce and finance, we willingly devote a portion of our columns to an examination of what is now known by the name of the Opium Question. For this pur- pose we shall avail ourselves of the interesting infor mation contained in the Indian papers, long extracts from which were reprinted in the London Times of last Friday, and which will well repay the attentive perusal of our readers. The subject presents itself in a threefold point of view. It has a commercial, financial, and social as pect; and on each of these we propose to say a few words. But as the most absorbing topic of interest in the mercantile community just now connected with it is doubtless the question of compensation to those holders of opium who surrendered their chests in con sequence of the proclamation of Captain Elliot, we will first state our opinion on this point. A very able writer in the Friend of India of May 28 —whom, from his legal acumen and evident partizan ship, we should guess to be a lawyer who had adven tured a small speculation in the opium trade, which has proved to many of our countrymen a source of rapid wealth—throws the moral part of the question overboard at once, and declaims against the " age of cant and humbug" which could waste a thought upon such considerations. He sneers against " moral Evan gelical England," as though she were inconsistent in denouncing a wholesale traffic in a contraband and deleterious article carried on under her flag, because the utmost vigilance of our laws at home cannot reach and remedy the complicated evils of our social system. We hold a very different creed, and shall rejoice to see —as most assuredly we shall see—England's popula- tion assume a high moral tone in this matter ; provi ding always, that no injustice be done to innocent suf ferers, and the blame be cast on the heads of those on whom it ought principally to fall. We say principally, for we consider all parties who have engaged in this traffic as more or less culpable ; and if the strict letter of English law were to decide the question of compen sation, we fear the Indian merchants would sue in vain for redress, in the teeth of the legal maxim that there is no contribution between tort-feasors. But this is not the way in which the question will be decided by a British public ; and we should be ashamed of even a Melbourne Government, if it could refuse substan tial justice to our fellow-merchants at Bombay and Canton, on the paltry plea that they were "participes crinzinis" with itself, and, though sanctioned by its connivance, must take the whole of the risk and loss upon themselves. We confess we lay little stress on the fact that the agents at Macao and Canton surren dered their opium-chests on the faith of the Elliot guarantee ; and for this reason—had they not done so, they must have equally lost the profits of their illegal speculation. Their opium had by that time become almost as useless as ballast, for at such a junc ture " smuggling" was out of the question in the face of the vigilant Chinese authorities; and, moreover, had it not been promptly surrendered, all that was on shore would have been taken by force, and in all pro bability the consignees would have been imprisoned and maltreated. They therefore made a virtue of ne cessity, and doubtless regarded the proclamation as a most opportune event in their dilemma. We consider the claim of the parties whose opium has been confiscated upon the Imperial Parliament to depend upon two facts-Ist, the nature of the penal regulations in China against its introduction; and 2nd, the degree of connivance which the Indian, and through it the British, Government sheaved to the traffic. If the Custom-house laws at Canton were rigorously en forced, and no excuse left to the foreign traders for asserting that the importation of opium was winked at by the authorities, and the prohibition against it suf fered to grow obsolete,—and if the knowledge on the part of the Indian Government was confined to mere general rumour, that some portiou of the opium which they sold to the Bombay and Bengal merchants found its way into the interior of China,—in this case we hold that the bold adventurer must run the whole risk, and have as little right to claim indemnity from the Government as he would from the Insurance-office when he had voided his policy by engaging in an ille gal trade. But we believe the very reverse of this to be the case. The enormous amount of opium yearly shipped to and disposed of in China, renders it impossible to imagine that the edicts of the Celestial Empire forbid ding its importation were not treated by the authorities at the various ports as little more than waste paper : for, otherwise, how can we account for the fact, that while, from the Ist of July, 1837, to the 30th of June, 1838, the value of imports of British manufactures at Canton, consisting of cotton yarn and metals, amounted only to 2,480,446 dollars, or £620,114, the value of the .opium disposed of was 13,504,630 dollars, or £3,376,157 ? Trade carried on to such an extent as this can hardly be called contraband, and those who engage in it may well plead the connivance and sanc tion of the Empire whose population purchases such enormous quantities of the nominally-forbidden drug. And with the noxious nature of the article we con. ceive that our merchants have little or nothing to do It would be far better if the use of brandy and gun. powder had remained unknown amongst the wilds o: America or the Islands of the Pacific ; but who is such a squeamish moralist as to condemn the trader who barters these commodities for the products of other countries ? If a nation demands, and the laws of that nation permit the introduction of, such articles as we can supply, we conceive that the conscience of the individual merchant is absolved from inquiring what use will he made of them. In such cases it is the State, and not the individual, which is bound to take an enlarged view of the morality of the traffic, so far as regards the pernicious consequences which may flow from the exportation of its products to other countries. Even in the case of the Slave Trade, the strongest that can be put, and abhorrent as it is to all our feelings and principles, it is the State which legis lates, and not the merchant, who avails himself of the laws that ought to bear the load of infamy attached to such a traffic. The next point is the degree of connivance shewn by the British Government to the continuance of this trade. This involves little difficulty. The facts were notorious, and the East India Directors knew per fectly well from what source their opium revenue of £2,968,250 yearly was ultimately derived. The Board of Control has, by Act of Parliament, a regulating power over the acts of the Indian Government, and, during the number of years in which the opium-trade has been so largely carried on, must have had the most ample information on all the statistics of the subject. It has in no way interfered to warn the un suspecting merchant that it repudiated his trade, but, on the contrary, has allowed, year after year, the offi cial authorities in the Indian Presidencies to derive a large revenue from sales of opium, the avowed object of the purchasers being to find a market in China. We think, then, that on these grounds the opium holders, and all those whose capital at the time of the seizure was invested in this article, have a fair claim upon Parliament (which, through the Executive, has had full knowledge of the facts of the case) for com pensation ; but not upon the ground that Captain Elliot was an agent to pledge the Government at home to indemnify those who complied with his request, and surrendered the opium which they could no longer safely or profitably hold. We have devoted so much space to the question of compensation, that we have little room to-day to enter into the general subject of this hitherto prime staple of Indian commerce. The financial part of it is of great importance, and may cause serious embarrassment at a time when the war in Candahar is draining the re sources of the Government. The public sales of opium in India take place, we believe, twice a year ; and, as we have above stated, the net revenue of the Bombay and Bengal Governments derived from these has averaged for the last few years £2,968,250 annu ally. 'The price, as might be expected, has fallen enormously : indeed, by the sale of the 28th of May last, it seems that the Government has suffered a loss instead of deriving a revenue. And this can hardly be considered as the lowest point to which opium will fall; for, in the present uncertainty which hangs over the question, many adventurers will be found who will purchase on speculation, in hopes that the British Government will by some means compel the Chinese to permit the importation ; and as this would never be tolerated by the people of this country, and no in terference of such a nature is likely to be attempted, opium will soon become, in more senses than one, a mere drug in the market. In 1821 a chest of Behar opium brought 4545 rupees, and on the 27th of last May the same quantity was sold in Calcutta for 235 rupees. We shall soon recur to this subject again, an d place before our readers some facts as to the mag- nitude of the trade which has been carried on, and the social evils of which it is the prolific parent. Surrounded with lukewarm friends and vigilant and united foes ; with the incarnation of treachery for her responsible guardian, and a heterogeneal, but yet amal gamated mass of adversaries, whose sole connecting link consists of virulent animosity and hostility to the noble prey on whose haunches they have fastened ; the constitution of England presents at this moment at once an object of absorbing interest to the philoso pher, of profound and dubious speculation to the states man, and of painfully intense anxiety and solicitude to the patriot. That the British constitution is unrivalled, our an tagonists themselves admit, with but few and insignifi cant exceptions. That its excellency, its fine adapta tion to every possible contingency, its delicate anticipa tion of all emergencies, its preparedness for whatever the revolving lapse of time may cast up from her pro lific womb ; its skilful and minutely-poised balance of conflicting elements, by which is maintained inviolate every right and liberty and social comfort of the sub ject, and equally in all its integrity and vividness and worth, every attribute of Rational independence; that all this is to be traced alone to the simple and beautiful fact, that TRUTH is identified with its entire framework, interwoven with the texture of all its institutions, thus dulcifying or rather Christianizing every function of the state, and .binding her in all her movements to the prominent acknowledgment, vindication and enforce ment, of the lofty principles of sober, dignified, unmu tilated Protestantism ; this, is what they will not see. But the fact is not altered by the ignorance of the radical, whose blind and headlong infatuation render him impervious to rational conviction, and whose mad rage for organic change blinds him to the most self evident realities ; any more than the political pravity of a prime minister in betraying his country sullies the purity or tarnishes the glory of the constitution he violates and insults. The fact remains the same; and it is one that should be broadly stated, and prominently kept before the British public. It is one of intrinsic vitality to the nation, of paramount importance to the stability of the throne, the continuance of national prosperity, and the permanence of our civil and reli gious liberty. Maintain, repair, and purify the bul warks of . England's Protestantism, and she is first among the nations. Annihilate, weaken, and neglect that Protestantism, and she dwindles to a cypher. Her Protestantism is as identical with the lustre of her sceptre, with the extent and splendour of her posses sions, with the indomitable prowess of her arms, the invincible heroism of her navy, as it is with the very vitals of our national Christianity. As Protestantism is England's strength, her shield, her sinew, her pros perity, her greatness, and her life; so is the antagonist system, Popery, the fruitful and undeviating source of her weakness, her decay, her poverty, her impotency, and her ruin. The infusion of Popish leaven into the policy of a cabinet, will not fail to degrade that cabinet, to disgrace our national policy, to expose us to the un mitigated scorn of civilized Europe, to produce para lysis and torpor, if not treachery and venality in every department of the state, and convulse the empire to its centre. We need not travel beyond the present ad ministration to satisfy us of the fact. And if there be a ministry capable of so base a surrender of their con science, so determined and impetuous in their anti-na tional truckling to Popery, so tenacious of their patron age and pay, so reckless of their solemn obligations, so inveterately bent upon the betrayal of their country, as to bind themselves neck and heel to the chariot wheels of the paid agent of Rome : where are words strong enough, language sufficiently forcible, vivid, intense, and vehement, to give expression to the honest indig nation, the glow of patriotic scorn, and manly remon strance, that throbs, and burns, and struggles for utter ance, in the heart of every British Protestant ? Words are inadequate ; and worse than useless, if unaccom panied by action. We want muscular action : we want the Protestantism of the country to become operative, and it will then become influential, and all-powerful. The Protestants of the empire must be organized and united; Protestant Associations formed throughout the length and breadth of the land; no corner should be left unsown with the generous germ of sound Pro testant principles ; no town, village, city, or hamlet, without its active and efficient Protestant association ; every section of the country should be rapidly irrigated with the wholesome waters of Protestant truth; accu rate information with regard to the real character and designs of Popery circulated in every direction ; the cold apathist aroused, the lukewarm stimulated, the hands of the awakened strengthened ; new fuel flung continually to the smouldering ashes of our national Protestantism; new life, and energy, and elasticity in fused into the springs of public action; and the entire mass of British conservatives arrayed in one mighty and irresistible Protestant phalanx. If this be done, we may hurl our proud and emphatic defiance at the enemies of England ; we need quail at no battle-cry from without, fear no treachery from within; our con stitution will yet ride the storm unscathed, and emerge from the black gloom of elemental strife with undi minished lustre, resplendent with the rainbow, the pledge of unruffled peace, and undisturbed tranquillity and repose. Yes, she will survive the struggle; her battlements will laugh to scorn the subtle assault, by sap and excavation, of the crafty Jesuit ; and repel the bold attack of the undisguised foe, with as much ease as Staffa's lofty range hurls back in foam the waves of the Atlantic. Yes, there is yet virtue enough in the Protestantism of the land to erect once more the fallen majesty of her constitution. Let such associations be multiplied, and extend their ramifications throughout the land; let every town possess a Protestant Associa tion, and the victory is secure; England shall yet be great among the nations ; the foul and discordant ele ments of evil shall yield to the bright principles of truth, and her sun yet hold on her glorious career with unclouded brilliancy ; the outraged Protestant feeling of the country, awakened by their operations, and directed by their instrumentality, shall at the next gene ral election, sweep away the already tottering ranks of the supporters of a Papist-ridden ministry, as the breath of the autumnal tempest scatters the withered leaves of the deciduous forest. The packet-ship Montreal, which has arrived at Portsmouth, has furnished us with intelligence from New York to the 10th ult. inclusive. There is very little news, that has not been anticipated, in the papers which she has brought. Letters from Monte Video confirm the account given of the death of the President and his son. The former was murdered by four men in masks, on the 28th of June, in the house of the pre siding Secretary of the Chamber of Deputies. The latter was shot shortly after. The Montreal Herald. of Sept. 6, states that the case for the prosecution against Jalbert closed on the pre ceding day. The court refused an application made by Jalbert's counsel to be allowed a day to prepare their address to the jury, and proceeded with the examination of witnesses in favour of Jalbert. It was expected that the trial would still occupy a day or two. No change of any moment had taken place in the money market. The usual gloomy forebodings as to the safety of the cotton crop had commenced in Mis sissipi, where it said the cat-worm has done much mis chief. We have no room to bestow any thing beyond a pas sing notice on the proceedings of the Town Council on Wednesday last. The subjects which underwent dis cussion, are however, of such great importance as to justify our recurrence to them in subsequent numbers. The decision in reference to the payment of the ex penses of the landing vessels by the proprietors of the ferries appears to us to be somewhat extraordinary, in asmuch as the steamers plying between this port and Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, are to be exempted from the charge. This is, to say the least of it, inconsistent with our notions of justice and equity. The advocates of the dock warehouse monopoly have obtained a temporary triumph —we say temporary, be cause it is impossible that a scheme so unnecessary and irrational in itself—so subversive of every equita ble principle—and so ruinously spoliating in its effects, can ever obtain the sanction of the legislature. The animus of those who have promoted this scheme was never more evident than in the rejection of Mr. Sands's amendment. There can be no longer any doubt that the grand object of Alderman Evans and his friends is to multiply the patronage of the liberal party. Mem bers of this faction have been heard to boast that the consummation of the warehouse scheme will give the dock trustees the controul of 400 or 500 votes. But of this more anon. GRAND MEETING OF THE LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. Yesterday, the annual meeting of this numerous, influen tial, and highly useful society took place in the Old Infir mary-yard, for the show of live stock, agricultural imple ments, &c. ; and we may congratulate the members on the very gratifying progress which it has made in inducing com petition in the most valuable of all pursuits—good husbandry, and on the growing interest which it excites, not only amongst agriculturists, but amongst all classes of our citizens. The day was, considering the late unsettled state of the weather, very propitious ; and the gathering of the horses, cattle, sheep, and swine, (far better than the " gathering of the clans,") excited great interest round the extensive out skirts of the yard, which were thronged throughout the day. All the windows in Lime-street commanding a view of the show had at one time or other their spectators ; and in the New Haymarket many " inquisitives,' who did not choose to pay the price of admission, were seen perched on carts and other vehicles, endeavouring to catch a glimpse of what was going on within. The number of animals brought up for exhibition, though on the whole not perhaps quite so numerous as last year, was even more gratifying, the quality being more choice. The judges were, we understand, " considerably" puzzled in some cases to " which of two" to award the prize. The attendance within the yard was very numerous, and included many of the first gentlemen of rank in the county, and of others of respectability connected with or interested in agri culture, in this and the neighbouring counties, as well as of townsmen. Amongst those. present were the following, whose names, from want of time, we must place almost at random, without regard to the etiquette of rank : Lord Stanley Houghton, Esq. Lord Sefton I Bethel Codnngton, Esq. Col. Hornby Hon. R. B. Wilbraham J. Smith, Esq.of Deansgate, (Inventor of the Subsoil P' Hon. C. J. Stanley J. I. Blackburne, Esq. M.P. J. W. Patten, Esq. M.P. T. J. Trafford, -lough) John Shaw Leigh, Esq. Richard Willis, Esq. Colonel Arden Sir Richard Brooke, Bart. Clarke Hillyard, Esq. Presi dent of the Northampton Giazing Society And many other gentlemen of distinction. The stock of horned cattle exhibited was superior to that of any former meeting, particularly that of young stock. The pigs were also superior, and there was a decided improvement in the sheep, both in the quality of the wool and in symmetry. Some excellent horses were also shown, and the agricultural implements were not only more numerous, but of a more in genious and practical description. It should be here mentioned that the Society, in their an nouncement of the meeting, state, that, in offering the pre miums for promoting the best breeds of live stock within the district of the society, the object being to encourage and re ward the practical farmer and breeder, if any of the premiums be obtained by any nobleman or gentleman who occupies his own estate, such nobleman or gentleman would be enti tled to the society's medal only •, and other persons obtaining the first premium for the best bull or stallion one year, should, on gaining the prize in any succeeding year with the same animal, be entitled to the society's silver medal only. The first prize for bulls was awarded to a beautiful animal rising four years old, the property of Mr. Lucas, of Great Charlotte-street. He was not very fat, but admirably built. Colour, brown and white. The second prize was given to a bull belonging to Mr. Forrest, which had obtained the prize at Manchester ; of the improved Durham breed, and of a roan colour ; a fine, perfect beast, and a good handler. The third prize was obtained by Mr. Trafford, of Trafford Park, for a fine roan bull. Mr. Ashcroft, of Bank Hall, won a prize of £l5, and a sweepstakes, for a beautiful bull, two years old, of uncom mon fine make, short horned Durham. The same gentleman carried off a prize of £5 for a tine cow, the first prize of the dairy. Amongst the others that obtained prizes, we noticed a white bull, the property of Mr. T. Plumb, and several fine cows. Wm. Earle, Esq. Captain Phipps Hornby Sir Edward Mostyn, Bart. vv The crack beast of the day, however, was a white ox, the property of Lord Derby--one of the finest 'and largest animals ever exhibited at this or any other show. It was of the short horned breed--reared, we understand, in Scotland, where it obtained a prize as a two-year old. It is now three years and five months old, and in symmetry and size is a sort of prodigy, —a perfect mountain of capital English beef. The fat or killing cattle were generally prime. In brood mares, the first prize was awarded to Mr. 11. Baldwin, for an animal so finely built about the neck and body generally, as more to resemble a stallion than a mare. In other kinds of horses we had not an opportunity of witnessing. The show of pigs was beautiful. Never did we see finer, and although it is almost invidious to particularise, we may blamelessly state that Mr. Lynn showed as usual several pens of Neapolitans and Chinese, and crossings of both the breeds, of a very superior quality. The implements of husbandry were (as before stated) very numerous, and we may add highly interesting. A sub draining plough, exhibited by Mr. Skirving, was decidedly the best yet ever brought out. A small domestic corn mill turned by one person, and producing well-ground flower in one drawer, and two qualities of brown in another below excited much attention, and appeared to us to be very ingenious. If to such a machine on a large scale, the power of a one horse engine were attached, so that a churn, hay, and turnip cutting apparatus &c., might be added, it would compose a sort of " servant of all work," at the farmstead. The roots exhibited were good, particularly the newvariety of purple-topped Swedish turnips, produced by Mr. Skirv ing, one of which weighed about 18 lbs. The six-rowed wheat, and the Chevalier wheat, shewn by the same gentle man, was a theme of much admiration, as were his general assortment of grass and other agricultural seeds. Sonic enormous Scotch cabbages were shown by Mr. Wm. Taylor, of Bootle-cum-Linacre. Three of these weighed about 127 lbs. In Mange' Wurzel there was not much do ing, the wetness of the season being unfavourable. Several hay-cutting machines were shown, and other useful imple ments, which we have not room or time to particularize. Amongst the seeds was an excellent specimen of barley—a new Italian kind, introduced for the first year into this coun try, and grown by Mr. Ledger, the talented Secretary of the Society. On the whole the Show was highly gratifying, and im pressed all present with the utility of the Society, in inducing an honourable rivalry in the products of the soil. We cannot close this hasty account without complimenting the committee on their anxious, cautious, and excellent lir- • rangements ; nor shall we omit to name Mr. Ledger, the se cretary, and Mr. Cannell, to whose skill and unwearied toil in bringing out the Show, the public are greatly indebted. They will reap the highest reward in the approbation of their townsmen. The following is the report : REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. The Committeeof the Liverpool Agricultural Society have to report, with feelings of regret, the loss—since the last annual meeting—of their late respected and valuable Chair man, Mr. Hatter of Knowsley. The committee have, on former years, noticed with plea sure, the gradual improvements in the cultivation of the soil within the district, and in the live stock annually exhibited at this place. These improvements, they are happy to add, are still progressing, and among the most prominent, they would notice the increased drainage of wet so►ls—the appli cation of bone-dust to grass lands—and the more extensive growth of turnies and mangel wurzel.* It is gratifying to learn from the reports of the Inspectors, theat claimants for the best cultivated farms, who in former years fell short of the mark, have now surpassed their pre vious competitors, and have been awarded the Society's pre miums. From the same reports the Committee have to notice the improvements going on in the system of laying down lands for permanent pasture ; and have to remark, that the failure of some of the competitors appears to have arisen more from a want of due attention to the sort of seeds chosen, combined in some cases with a deficiency in quantity, than to the previous management of the land. In the last report of the Committee an appeal was made to the landlords for further support to this society, which has, in several instances, been very handsomely responded to by increased subscriptions. An attempt was also made to rouse the farmers to a greater interest in the welfare of the sociiety :—in such increased interest on their part the com mittee would found expectations of much greater usefulness; and would suggest, that if district or branch societies were formed among the prattical farmers, for collecting small sub scriptions in aid of the parent society, and detailing the re sults of any useful practicai experiment or improved modes of cultivation, to be printed with the society's annual report, the agricultural improvement of the country might be ex pected to progress more rapidly. The reports of the committee in past years, have contained no allusion to the generally admitted change of weather in the harvest season, which has frequently proved unfavourable for the in-gathering of the grain crops. Whilstthe committee are willing to believe, that the members of the society, would, at all times, cheerfully bow to the dispensations of Provi dence, they still conceive it a duty incumbent upon all to seek out and adopt such means, as appear most likely to lessen the injurious effects occasioned by such change. And, although, in the reaping and in the preservation of the corn in the field, many of the farmers in this district adopt a system superior to that of farmers in others, yet, it may be worthy of consideration, whether any and what improve ment can be effected upon the general system hitherto adopted. In furtherance of this object, it may be well to ascertain, amongst the varied qualities of grain, what particular sorts have been found to arrive the earliest at maturity, or to with stand the effects of unfavourable weather, and be least liable to sprit. The committee have been strongly impressed with the importance of this subject, by the continued and heavy fall of rain during the past season, and the consequent difficulty of harvesting the crops, tending ultimately to the serious loss both of the grower and consumer. If it should be thought desirable to offer any prizes, either for the best samples of seed corn, for the superior ma nagement of the crop, or for any other purpose, having the above or similar nbierts in view, the committee would la. E 1.,1 to receive suggestions from any of the society's members, before the publication of thoir next list of premiums. The committee cannot conclude this report without refer ring—which they do with pleasure—to the laudable emula tion created by the society's annual ploughing matches amongst farmers and their servants, and the benefits arising therefrom. The advantage of superior ploughs and workmanship being thereby brought under the notice of many, whose circumstances and habits confine them to their own imme diate neighbourhood, some of whom have thus been induced to compete for the prizes, and others to become subscribers. Five of these meetings have now been held in different parts of Lancashire and Cheshire, and a local interest has, in consequence, been excited in favour of the society, which appears eminently worthy of encouragement. The following is an Abstract of the Treasurer's Accoun, for the year ending 31st July, 1839 : Da. Balance due to Treasurer 31st July, 1838 £ll4 3 6 Premiums and cost of Medals awarded at the Annual Meeting in 1838 Advertising, Printing, &c. Salaries of Secretary, Treasurer, and Inspectors 97 5 0 Expenses of Committee, and Rooms for Annual Meeting Expenses of the Judges Fitting-up of the Show Yard l4 1 1 Miscellaneous Expenses, Postages of Letters, &c. 613 1 £698 3 5 CR. Subscriptions received £393 10 0 Admission of Non-Subscribers into the Show Yard in 1838 Entry of Live Stock, Implements, &c. in 1838.. 14 1 0 Share of Non-Subscribers' Dinner Tickets in 1838 21 18 0 Balance due to Treasurer 31st July, 1839 £698 3 5 R. LEDGER, Secretary. Liverpool, 3d October, 1839. * Although the weight per acre of the last-named cro p s fall short of former years, the committee are induced to attri bute the deficiency, more to the season, than to any abate ment of skill or attention on the part of the cultivator. PREMIUMS AWARDED BY THE LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 1839. CLASS I.—BEST CULTIVATED FARMS. To Mr. Wm. Colton Woodfin, of Saltney, (solely dependent upon farming,) for the best cultivated farm of 200 acres, — a piece of plate, value ten sovereigns. To Mr. Atherton, of Speke, (solely dependent upon farming,) for the best cultivated farm of 146 acres,—a piece of plate, value ten sovereigns. To Lawrence Banks, of Aintree, for the good management of his farm of 157 acres,—the Society's silver medal. To Mr. James Rose, of Woolton and Hale Gate, (not being solely dependent upon farming for a livelihood,) for the best cultivated farm of 230 acres,—a piece of plate, value seven sovereigns. To William Webster, Esq., of Upton, as owner and occupier of a farm of 400 acres, for laying 6946 yards of drains for most effectually draining 144 acres thereby,—the Society's silver medal. To Mr. George Jackson, of Noctorum, as tenant and occu pier of a farm of 300 acres, for laying 11957 yards of drains for most effectually draining acres thereof,—a piece of plate, value ten sovereigns. To Mr. John Kerfoot, of Vaenol Bach, near St. Asaph, as tenant and occupier of a farm of 140 acres, for laying 5038 yards of drains for most effectually draining 12 acres thereof,—a piece of plate, value seven sovereigns. To Mr. William Webster, jun., of Upton, as tenant and oc cupier of a farm of 84 acres, for laying 5232 yards of drains for most effectually draining 124 acres thereof,—a piece of plate, value five sovereigns. To Richard Watt,. Esq., of Speke, as owner and occupier of a farm of 119 acres, for laying down 20 acres to permanent meadow or pasture,—the Society's Silver Medal. To Mr. Wm. Knowles, of Bootle (solely dependant upon farming for a livelihood), as tenant and occupier of a farm of 100 acres, for laying down 12 acres thereof to permanent meadow or pasture,—a piece of plate, value four sovereigns. To William Webster, Esq., of Upton, as owner and occupier of a farm of 400 acres, for having judiciously covered with marl 10 acres,—the Society's Medal. To Mr. James Kerfoot, of Vaenol Bach, as tenant and occu pier, for judiciously cutting, 'Lying, and plashing 6195 yards of fenc.ng,—a piece of plate, value three sovereigns. CLASS lI.—CROPS AND PRODUCTION OF THE DAIRY. To Sir Edward Most} n, Bart., as owner and occupier for the best crop of mangel wurzel, of 3 acres, being 18 tons 8 cwt. to the acre,—the society's silver medal. To Mr. John Dawson, of Gronant, as tenant and occupier, for the best crop of mangel wurzel, of 8 acres, being 20 tons 15 cwt. to the acre,—a piece of plate, value five sove- reigns. To Mr. William Palin, of Stapleford Hall, as tenant and occupier, for the best crop of mangel vvurzel, of 2 acres, being 25 tons 2 cwt. to the acre,—a piece of plate, value three sovereigns. To Dr. Tillar, of Rainford, as owner and occupier, for the best crop of Swedish turnips, of 10 acres, being 2G tons 14 cwt. to the acre,—the society's silver medal. To Mr. John Dawson, of Gronant, as tenant and occupier, for the best crop of Swedish turnips, of 8 acres, being 29 tons 1 cwt. to the acre,—a piece of plate, value six sove reigns. To Mr. Thomas Harrison, of West Derby, as tenant and occupier, for the best crop of Swedish turnips, of 4 acres, being 28 tons 16 cwt. to the acre,—a piece of plate, value four sovereigns. To Mr. Harvey Crackenthorpe, of Eastham, as tenant and occupiet, for the best crop of Swedish turnips, of 3 acres, being 21 tons 17 cwt. to the acre,—a piece of plate value three sovereigns. CHEESE. To Mr. William Norman, of Stanthorne, as tenant, for making for sale 6 tons 12 cwt. 3 lbs. of cheese, from 28 cows, being 4 cwt. 2 qrs. 27 lbs. per cow,—a piece of plate, value rive sovereigns. CLASS 111.-REWARDS. To John Randleson, farmer's man-servant to Miss Banks, and her late father, of Golborne, for 36 years' servitude ; and for having conducted himself, to the satisfaction of his employers, during that period,—four sovereigns. To Joseph Hankey, farmer's man-servant to Mrs. Robinson, and her late husband, of Sutton, for 30 years' servitude, and for having conducted himself, to the satisfaction of his employers, during that period,—two sovereigns. To Thomas Lloyd, of Hoole, farming labourer to Mr. Thomas Walker, of Chester, for 40 years' servitude, and for having conducted himself, to the satisfaction of his employer, during that period,—four sovereigns. To Edward Scarisbrick, farming labourer to Chas. Scaris- brick, Esq. and his family, fo - r 39 years' servitude, and for having conducted himself, to the satisfaction of his em plovers, during that period,—two sovereigns. To Ann Broadhurst, farmer's woman-servant to Mr. John Bridge, of Burton Wood, for 25 years' servitude, and for having conducted herself, to the satisfaction of her em ployer, during that period,—tllree sovereigns. To Hannah Sidley, farmer's woman-servant to Mr. Allen Beckett, of Sutton Hall, for 24 years' servitude, and for having conducted herself, to the satisfaction of her em ployer, during that period,—two sovereigns. To Samuel Larten, labourer to Mr. Thomas Stretch, of Aston, for having judiciously cut, laid, and plashed 660 yards of quick-set fencing,—one sovereign. Given by the Right Hon. Lord Lilfotd, to John Griffiths, jun., servant to Mr. Edward Birch, of Cotton Hall, for having cut, laid, and plashed 3755 yards of fencing,—three sovereigns. To Thomas Lloyd, of Hoole, Cheshire, for bringing up nine legitimate children, (the youngest being 15 years old), without parish relief,—six sovereigns. To Henry Potter, of Maghull, for having had 13 legitimate children, ten of whom are living, and for having main tained the same without parish relief,—four sovereigns. To John Smith, of Sankey, for having had legitimate children, six of whom are living, and for having maintained the same without parish relief,—three sovereigns. CLASS 4.-LIVE STOCK. HORNED CATTLE. To Mr. Robert Lucas, of Liverpool, for the best bull, 3 years and 11 months old, twenty one sovereigns, or plate of that value. To Mr. William Webster, jun., of Upton, Cheshire, for the best bull. 2 years and 5 months old, a piece of plate value fifteen sovereigns. To Peter Greenall, Esq., of St. Helens, for the best bull 1 year and 5 months old, a piece of plate value 10 sovereigns. To Air. Thomas Robinson, of Bold, ',solely dependent upon farming,) for the best bull, 2 years andtwo days old, a piece of plate, value ten sovereigns. To Mr. Thos. Plumb, of Budworth, (being solely dependent upon farming,) for the best bull, one year old, a piece of plate value five sovereigns. To Mr. Michael Ashcroft, of Bank-hall, for the best cow or heifer of any breed, a piece of plate, value 7 sovereigns. To Mr. Thomas Forrest, of Stretton, for the second best cow or heifer of any breed, a piece of plate value 4 sovereigns. To Sir Edward Mostyn, Bart., for the best two-year-old stirk or heifer of any breed, the Society's silver medal. To Mr. J. C. Etches, of Liverpool, for the best yearling stirk or heifer of any breed, a piece of plate value 3 sovereigns. To Mr. William ,Howard. of Knowsley, (solely dependent upon farming,) for the best two-year-old stirk or heifer of . _ any breed, a - Piece of plate, value five sovereigns. To Mr. Thomas Jackson, of Noctorum, Cheshire, (solely dependent upon farming,) for the second best two-year old stirk or heifer of any breed, a piece of plate, value two sovereigns. To Mr. W. Howard, of Knowsley, (solely dependant upon farming,) for the best one-year-old stirk or heifer of any breed, a piece of plate, value three sovereigns. To Mrs. Elizabeth Scotson, of Toxteth-park, for the second best ditto, a piece of plate, value one pound ten shillings. To the Earl of Derby, for the best ox of any breed, showing the most symmetry, fat, and weight, the Society's silver medal. To Sir Edward Mostyn, for the best cow or heifer, of any breed, showing the most symmetry, fat, and weight, the Society's silver medal. To Mr. Thomai Harris, of Toxteth-park, for the best cow, of any breed, for feeding after milking, a piece of plate value three sovereigns. HORSES. To Mr. John Martland, of Rufford, for the best stallion for the general purposes of agriculture, a piece of plate value ten sovereigns. To Mr. James Heaps, of Little Hulton, for the second best stallion for ditto, a piece of plate value five sovereigns. To the Earl of Derby, for the best brood mare for the gene ral purposes of agriculture, the Society's silver medal. To Mr. Henry Baldwin, of West Derby, for the second best brood mare for the general purposes of agriculture, a piece of plate value three sovereigns. To Mr. Edward Knowles, of Knowsley, for the best yearling colt, gelding, or filly, for the general purposes of agricul ture, a piece of plate value three sovereigns. To Mrs. Mary Cartwright, of Tarbuck, for the best two year old gelding or filly for the general purposes of agriculture, a piece of plate value four sovereigns. To Mrs. Ann Browabill, of Kirby, for the best three year old gelding or filly for the general purposes of agriculture, a piece of plate value five sovereigns. To Mr. Edward Rogerson, of Fazackerly, (being solely de pendent upon farming,) for the best pair of horses for the general purposes of agriculture, a piece of plate value five sovereigns. To Mr. William Knowles, of Bootle, (being solely dependent upon farming,) for the second best pair of horses for ditto, a piece of plate value three sovereigns. To J. Ireland Blackburne, Esq.. for the best pair of horses suitable for any purpose,.a silver medal. n SHEEP. To Mr. R. C. Lowndes, of West Derby, for the best pen of three yearling long-wool ewes, a piece of plate value three sovereigns. To Mr. R. C. Lowndes, of West Derby, for the second best pen of three yearling long-wool ewes, a piece of plate value one sovereign. To Sir Edward Mostyn, for the best long-wool ram under three years' old, the Society's silver medar To Mr. Samuel Scotson, Toxteth-park, for the second best long-wool ram under three years old, a piece of plate value one sovereign. To Sir Edward Mostyn, for the best pen of five long-wool lambs, the Society's silver medal. To Mr. R. C. Lowndes, of West Derby, for the second best pen of five long-wool lambs, a piece of plate value one sovereign. To Mr. samuel Scotson, Toxteth-park, for the best pen of three yearling short-wool ewes, a piece of plate value three sovereigns. To Mr. Thos. Williams, of Celyn, near Northop, for the se cond best pen of three yearling short-wool ewes, a piece of plate value ont sovereign. To Mr. Thomas Williams, of Celyn, for the best short-wool ram, a piece of plate value two sovereigns. To Mr. Thomas Williams, of Celyn, for the second best short-wool ram, a piece f plate value one sovereign. To Mr. R. C. Lo wndes, of West Derby, for the best pen of five fat wethers, a piece of plate value two sovereigns. To Sir Edward Mostyn, for the best pen of five fat ewes, the Society's silver medal. To Mr. R. C. Lowndes, of West Derby, for the second best pen of five fat ewes, the society's silver medal. PIGS. To Mr. Robert Lucas, of Liverpool, for the best boar, ten months old, a piece of plate value four sovereigns. To the Hon. E. M. Ll. Mostyn, for the second best boar, six months old, the Society's silver medal. To Mr. John Dawson, of Gronant, for the best breeding sow of any breed, eleven months old, a piece of plate value three sovereigns. To Mr. Thomas Willacey, of St. Helen's, for the second best cow, eight months old, a piece of plate value two sovereigns. To Sir Edward Mostyn, for the best fat pig of any breed, one year old, the Society's silver medal. To Mr. John Dawson, Gronant, for the second best pig, one year three months old, a piece of plate value one pound ten shillings. To Mr. Francis Jaques, of Everton, for the third best fat pig one year three months old, a piece of plate value one sove• reign. EXTRA STOCK. To Mr. John Dawson, of Gronant, for the best cow of any breed, belonging to any person within or beyond the limits of the Society, five sovereigns, or plate of that vulue. To T. J. Trafford, Esq., of Trafford Park, as landlord, for keeping the best bull of any breed, to serve the cows of his tenantry gratis, the Society's silver medal. To Charles Scarisbrick, Esq., landlord, for keeping the best boar, to serve the sows of his tenantry gratis, the Society's silver medal. To Richard Thomas, of Liverpool, for the best pair of draught horses employed in Liverpool, five sovereigns. To Mr. Edward Weston, of Liverpool, for the second best ditto, three sovereigns. EXTRA EXTRA STOCK. To Mr. R. C. Co;;;deS, for exhibiting three cows, the So ciety's silver medal. To Mr. Robt. Lucas, for a heifer calf, the Society's silver medal. To Mr. Samuel Scotson, for a bull calf, the Society's silver medal. . . To Mr . John Woolwright, for a brood mare, the Society's silver medal. To Mr. William Lynn, fpr some Neapolitan pigs, the So ciety's silver medal. To Mr. John Appleton, for a sow and boar of- tini,thitAsKt, and Berkshire breed, the Society's silver medal.. • - A SWEEPSTAKES.. • To Mr. Thos. Statter, for the best short-horned bull; E 2 • 7 4r , To Mr. Wm. Webster, jun., for the best short-horned . • . „ - . - two years old, £1 Ils. 6d. - •. - • To Mr. Samuel S co t son , f or th e b es t s h or t-horned bulfone year old, £1 lls. 6d. • To Mr. Michael Ashcroft, for the best short-honied cow in calf, F.Z. To Sir Ewd. Mostyn, Bart., for the best cow of-any breed. - £1 ls. To Sir Ewd. Mostyn, Bart., for the best short-horned heifer two years old, £2 12s. 6d. • To Mr. John Dawson, for the best sh t h • 1 heifer' one or - net. year old, £2 2s. . Ont . To Mr. Thomas Statter, for the b es t b u ll ca lf un d er evOr old, £1 Ils. 6d. - , 001 ,1 4 0001 To Mr. R. C. Lowndes, for the best cow calf udder r old, £2 2s. . 00i! To Mr. Thos. Martland, for the best_ stallion ink. airic4ijir pnrposes, £2. ZtetrtA , v To Mr. R. C. Lowndes, for the best rana t. 4l,loS: • ' 7••-• " " "4( To Sir Ewd. Mostyn, Bart., for the -!beitgaPi gine shear, • - .X 1 Is. • ' • To Mr. Robert Lucas; for the beSt ' To Mr. John Dawson, for the best sow; £2 lal 4 .- To Mr. John Dawson, fqr the best fat pig, £1 Is. • • • .1 ynT . To Mr. Michael Ashcroft, for the best Swedish turnips - , "1,0 . s .. ',5 IMPLEMENTS AND ROOTS.. ; 4748 To Mr Cartmell, of Liverpool, for an improved double turnip cutter for sheep, the Society's silver medal. ,- • To Mr. Abraham Vickers, of Manchester, - for; 'a _pant - VW. wheat grinding and dressing mill, calculated to grind one bushel per hour, the Society's silver medal: - To Mr James Richmond, of Salford, for a turnip . entter,':fk,,,47,7., : , s - f i r an improved construction. the Society's silver medal... Mr. John Gore, of Knowsley, exhibited an excellent specimen • ~ i drris of the blue-top turnip. . - To Mr. Skirving, of Liverpool, for exhibiting an improved subsoil plough, the Society's silver medal. . 1 Mr. Skirving also exhibited a remarkably .good specimen of Swedish turnips, from seed of his own raisitign , .; i-i yrid itroa sd • • ,r!..:!, , tosr!C , eli.•sri essl +4lriiv THE DINNER. . _. _____ At five o'clock, the members and friends of.tbessneietr m tv, .c, m o b sat down at the large room, at Lucas's Repositerrsr,;to-ati'Snix-sq eta h,•,,,ij stantial and excellent dinner, provided by Mr.;;Hisrosnsktbeel.sisis s ,. Qm Mersey Hotel. The number present exceedetl , s.oo4.-allighlautell sl'olsl tlemen interested in the welfare of agrieulture, , antlmart,iggsxne sett op larly in the success of the Liverpool Agricultural - .Society:i•lnk.: - ,-1:.);:, Amongst them were most of the gentlerrien Mentioned tis:;,„. l ..- _.... ,- having been at the show, besides Sir Richard Brooks,:•Batt.„2• -•• . ' many of our townsmen, friendly to agricultnial .pursPitsi,,z, - 1 6,1 ..-, and many others who are attached to the-politicallTUßifafTs2fi_6 aak and high character of Lord Stanley, the chaiafnetisholkft4icr ieo moreover,—although professing to be no iwartiesbagrieuliri t len u.. ;)si turist,—invariably throws into such meetings .ttacurtotxt Iv- it - liit w • strain of good feeling, •wit, and humour, which-never fail tol•-;-rs - ssie,,,r delight his friends, and even to . conciliate . his political. ,- , s .- u „.„ 3 :,, opponents. ._ - s •-- .• •. , s.. boi, 5....r.5e ed The room, when the company sat clown, and comixeseisiobrihi- uu d s with, as " Jack" would say, " boarding pikes and cutlasstesj! o- 5,;., !,.,•, to attack the viandsed, present a scene of animationtO the cye, :- . ., , , 7 ,,ii„ . and a sound of clatter to the ear, which it would he difficult ;5 4., ) ,...,1 •. ' to describe. The business of administering - to the sillysiols,,,i. aar i,, i .. necessities of the company being concluded,. the: usual toastess g e:s,l, ;,,,, were given, with a brief but appropriate introduction by tie„ ,- .1 .,„ ~.,.,.,„, chairman, and were duly responded to. • ...t r.."1•••; - : - ;,sslo-• The noble CHAIRMAN in proposing a toast, after adve-rting: - , O-:-, ,;,•• ~ in feeling terms to the loss to the society of awoffieer:„-wboSe; ... . name we could not hear, expressed his gratification=ixtutlte •,• • fact that not only had there been a considerable acce_Sion - xs• - 1,,,:.r.,1,0i during the last year to the number of subsCriberssbutrascentt,lls;ft ii!‘xL: ' siderable augmentation in the s nbscriptidn g •uf :the / fOrsna'nest 4i4 '' 1 x members, —showing, on the whole the•increasingnscosoetitys,•-,- v ssa m of the society. It was evident that thersocietyhatiprednotest .i-s ,azii great improvement in agricultural modes ofinatiagement, and t. ,, ob s lisiv, had produced an increasing spirit of: honour:tisk, rrontssetkienenilitwou which led to the most gratifying results....:M. OissEssnietsentrtsgliaTirt-- meeting, these results were fully manifested. AA. In tise.h4ll4lW..o,isios, and the young stock, in particularthere• was a inarked,...iisi, La ... x , provement, as well as in other departments-of rearing. ..-" , Her. - himself, although not a practical man, could- see, toiseatles• •:_. cided improvement in the farming and the , ey•lstent:tof • ~. husbandry pursued in the country. Such were the_effects ~.,., ~....... of the influence of the society, and this afforded a strong , - • and inspiriting incentive to their • future • exertions: - The... , _ • reports of the inspectors on the state of • the respective .„ farms were highly gratifying; and .also on ;soother ~...i ., „u point, without which all other efforts .were in vain.- lie , -- , - alluded to the extensive system of drainage. .In „the com.. ~ : -. 7 .,,, ~ paratively cold and wet soil of this, and most other eenustieS, -: - : , z.. - 7 .. no success could be attained- without as.due.nntl ;scientific system of imprrssrenialit, , ofswhich•drainage formed ti•W prin..- - cipal feature. Land, without such• appliauces„ , • would yie1d . ,,•, ;; , ?3 , - ; •, - but little,—with them would ,yield ten-fold.. - I..p..theo.ad-,,.. * . .. ' - verted to what he considered an interesting topic. The pi-et' ' ' miums to be given to servants in huibandry, whys had long "c;- , 'IS c% - and laboriously, and honestly devoted themselves .to ,the', r- service of one individual, and to fathers of families Nth° had- . ._ • brought up large families without parochial'relief. - - Aniolig"sf:7 7 ' these he instanced several interesting 'cases that would e'eine. ' . - - q .- " before them. One man had been'4o years with one'employer, • - and in the whole of that time had been • but three • - - X - '... days absent, and this man had faithfully anchumblibrough't: ''• - up a family of twelve children without parochial: relief. He . need not adduce, which he might do, any further instances of the utility and advantages of the society, and be should, therefore, conclude by calling upon them, to drink The Liverpool Agricultural Society." . . , • The toast was drunk with three times three and great ap-' • plause. . . .. - The CHAIRMAN complimented Lord Sefton - as 'a latifllord • and a good neighbour, and proposed his health. Between him and his noble friend there existed the hese feefinks• as • neighbours, and he trusted that nothing would arise to interrupt that harmony. The toast was drunk with three times three. ' - ' Lord SEFTON said he knew not how to return:thanks for such kindness. He was happy in protnntillg,..the„hapPlUOSS of those around him, but as,they,had topt.f.o.4iitsiness and . not for compliment, he begged to propose,. he licalth of the' -- ' ... . . . noble chairman, Lord Stanley. . ~ :•:'; ~,.; The toast was received with loud,and,prolon . fik.applatt‘ • , The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks,:kaisi x 4PAh i ls public pursuits rendered it impossible for hijibt2ille k u. practienklaiis s bandman, but he was devoted to . .t. .e . c : plini-, at - t(1-4 1 §litir : - formance of the light and plfgalng triAliaissed2opoif - hini were acceptable, he shouldqc iorye,isp. pronto • over them. (Loud cheers.; h r,g , , rateatftial • benefits which the society ha tu'insedir qy . I , thafik - ----.• • * li ef • • .iwiliu.„ not him but the judges, and ..elp i tlpea; /14,9.i9 r. ,0,,e ',,taaWy% 21.. _,.. of the former of whom -hadsone.Aopini Ar. 14.44 0, OLIO: 1i ';' : given their valuable servAc t iesm,tilwn . wißdWirle. Akig:.(,-,, v 0. judges.. (Loud, cheers-L:3 lo asoilfei p sd- sae ss • • gash • , Mr. Sastuni, WYLIE •returned t 2 k ' a Wr_... - -Vi 3ll : r ...,.. ?r fi l l o molt., health of Mr. Hillyard; president.o 4 sirtlimpl• -. , . .. • a...s tq a n31 , ...5. ing Society - . , , ,:,g ,at' , !sow... l :fel e -s• ri tA The CHAIRMAN pronounced "a ssfariy a e iipoo4 r- , , rits of Mr. Hillyard, and the tomithypcis% al ea• Tien , .: . plause. . • : : ; -wn:oxilly, ~ ~.,.• • yttxxxi_tbenis - Ail l ui • , c , ~ Mr. HILLYARD returned tuans.s4k(R.,tot9r,e• t i l i r .. r, Kn i, 6 , 1 1 ; ;; ,.. i . .4 , 1 Ata i which he advocated the cultivatli2nlß:9,72l ARK' ti • . eiv - f Iff t render us, as far as possible, indem 2 gyfif t yt n i , n ,,,,. i i , hit He-stated that, from what he knew, of,, , Jat„FlnAl- orlliTti - crops in many of the southern countles i taßkAlse,lo4 r ,_ .... north, there was no fear of a want of the stkiro a f t eltoreheir - '''' • L ., SOU. • • •, • . , • ik ifitle.rlMo . The health of the Mayor was.thersaunk, alitl . i t le I . Quen ro —expressing his opinion that the Qotintat`ton DT. 41 . 0 . 1 : ' ",- ri knowing that the real interests pf -,conapierce.444:4vid, 1.0(1.'' .i. ` - ', were inseparable, would.ever,be.reAdY:V49Ed gp,,ir 4 . 004. - ': • it PH nie - roxt to such a society. ...,...s „.„, , ci _ . The noble Chairman then diStill.nited . ithe.gla"' T . pii: •' '' 44 ' . '"- 1 year—addressing each of the s,ucces u . 'piglet 4 ., V • .. t riN - _, 1 ,1 pleasing and facetious trimmer.. Much 49p4.. Imoir42l ",.? . .' i f, merriment was excited throughout this part althe preiCeett ' L."' a. J I, : via std., ings. . A number of toasts were afterwards drank ; indult - 1g the` -. • ... .ct member for the county, which was resisOnded. to by:Mr.. . .w. ' '“-! 4 , • . Patten, on behalf of the northern, and Mr. Wilbrigiam for . the southern division. ' ~, Thanks were heartily voted to Mr. Lucas for thenise of the room. . . Lord STANLEY in retiring proposed ,jtlitit 4cr Fprinby should take his place as chairman. This,4‘r. t oplAAlt, ef ',.;• . and his lordship retired amidst cheerng. a . 7" . , , . .-..,_ The meeting was jovially prolonged foi.a,e9ntn i t , ii., „ : when the whole separated, highly gratifieeisith.: ' '"i i ,ex-•''''' ':' • hibition and enjoyment. . . - • -•-•. t •;•.-sl4l l ;r_ ssil '' ---- • ' .0 ; , . : .. e' ' '' n t t''' The Liverpool Literary, Scientific, and . pp-Liner= ns i- tution, have commenced with renewed vigour. their presclit• ': session. The Discussion-class•has been increasedhjr. the AA- - _ dition of several interesting debaters; .and the,: rtebAtes a r e carried on with the strictest adherence..to propriety . That such is really the case the committee have no lather proof to offer than the large and fastiibilafire' atfelifftede,•• both of ladies and gentlemen, with whichthe DiScusSiOn-idlis.-have been favoured. The Library of the Institution contains many valuable treatises on the Arts arid.-i,Seioe . eso l s,syeil, as , a large number of works in light•readitigaii(kneyels„-;',Do- ring the present week J. Walmsley?Bstii.hhallrucentectto, ! the . , 0 Library 52 different treatises.; and; since the eioaexklastass-. . • sion, gratuities of books - have, been - receivech,lsoinA.,EoP • . E. Bradley, J. Hardy, Esqrs. and ,I. Edwerdsrlim‘..M..,D. : FlRE.—Last night, about 8 O'clock,• a deer bac& out on •-- the premises of Messrs. Robinson.: asul Janes, Tiinbeniner chants, Fontenoy-street, 'near .Dale-street..:, (Misig ,te:tl4 !- combustible nature of. the contents of the '..yard.;.tlseithenes , soon attained a very formidable height, and cow havaieated . tO two or three cabinet makers' shops, svidels-swenesailiPitties•. -- - Mr. Whitty and a body of the tire police Avera'xannaailY.9o --, ,-, the spot, and owing to their strenuous exertious,tbelttemsts , .. completely extinguished before I() o'clock, but.not-before the whole of the timber in nessra.' Robinson 041(1.48g5:6 yard was consumed, together with the cOnteate ,of tita,asi r. ,,, ' joining shops. The damage done in the liinha.z*Nrild* . 4 44. i- , mated at £1,000.. We have not heard, whetberiany,portitin of this loss is covered by knqi] ra two. It iR - titifed, that the a. , originated or the . premises of a 'chair-stamelns,woo • bad been using a „...,,,e, oaring the day ; buathis is..enaTgEttUficit dig to be regretted that the cabinet .makersssespytialLy the "journeymen, have sustained a great loss in _thellostteiction of ' their tools, .c. The entire damage, it issuppoied, is up wards of £3,000. It was fortunate that therytindivisa,from a . southerly quarter, owing to which the-ilanies were kept - clear •''. of a large soapery and several other premisesmootainiug very • .. combustible materials. - • •• .. - • . . . - THE SCOTTISH AGENCY.—This , useful institutlim has ' existed for several years. it originated,sni -aleetx - Attnpathy with the destitute condition of an interpstirgillorkion of the . poor of Liverpool,' Vii., these belongsnicutoY tie/timid, its highlandi, and islands. Its plan is comprehensive, and in . this 'respect, standing alone among the..bene.tnient institu tions of the place, in that, so far as its fundst, will permit, it aids in supporting not only-the. physicat, but the i religious and moral *ants of its objects. To do go. : jii,4Actonsly, as .. well as efficiently', through the means of an agentswiiich it employs, it enters in the kindliest manner,the inpat•lsiiiable , and destitute dwellings of the poor, arid; while..igg44,epim them the higher claims of the concerns of eterniky,,itterns - y not away from their more immediate final p mspg,mpts, but without hesitation, and as a. sound discr , utiianclifitaSr•s , ..,• " feeds' the hungry, and clothes .thp naked.s4,Zber Clan" . upon the agency during the past year, have : been-Mich as to call for a collection in the Scotch churebeS, in -aid of_ its funds, and as our advertising columns disclekethe Rev. Dr, Mackay, of Dunoon, is to preach a serniontni .itS , Liehalf on Sabbath next. . . WINDSOR, MONDAY EVENlNG.—This , afternoon, at half past one o'clock,' her Maje Sty held a privy c ouncil, whieliwas a ttended by ViScount Melbourne, Lord Cottetilugn,..LOrd John Russell, Viscount Palmerston,. Earl of Albema.rle, Sir John Cam Hobliouse, Right lion. T. F. Baring, .I.kiglit Hen. . H. Labouchere, and the Right Hon. ThoteaallabingtPtt .-, • Macauley. The Hon. W. Bathurst was clerk-441,F01841 . .,,, . ORIGIN OF LAY-PREACHING- ---- Tile firtit'eXiii9PNOrily . ..l, , - preaching appears to have been set by. a - MX•treirtlt who t *. : not otherwise named in the history of Metlitic ails; _• after Mr. Whitefield had finished ,x - t :sete .405P0..4n4q.u..i,;„ ' • church-yard, Mr.' Bowers got up to- address 4,4 people x, ' Charles Wesley entreated him to desisteboti,btsistant4l44es.:: were disregarded. Mr. Bowers preachedagain inAlle,greetS ' at Oxford, and, 'after a severe reproof from .Clio , 4,}, hales ,, : confessed that he had done wrong, and pronsiqd TwThuld'do • . je so no more. Mr. Wesley had formerly itopgift.4 AlT.pen r .; nick to reside at Kingswood, with a view.to inetstAcis §w.*y - • as often as he could; in order to Confirm Wein 4 tk.inny . s.-ofj. God, either by reading to them,or by- prayer, pe,k- s e.v.Aiort.as.; lion. The want of an assistant of this kind, wp,.s,•nati4laillin felt in London, and Mr. - Wesley. beiog.cen4Pflit i rleoPet • town on some important business,. andljav,isig4* . ,ieutt„ ' 3 l to watch over the flock i n hi s ;.absetieewbf .94IPPPEVit ' Maxfield to pray with the people,. andtolikts ljeß,s,wl; r• vice as he judged to be needful. - Both Ural!)er,snpfwerq.l men of great -natural powers, and, .tisongh,,ultsp r— Kl, ft, Y.- - --))( ) til.. separated from him, they JIM honour OM 4111,3911. t, and never disgraced his choice.—Countess of Huntingdon s Life' and riinei,72 Vols. ,- -- -` •- -" : ''' 9.r-3Z ,:;:.' : .‘, '' '