The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-26 00:00:00

• e en Pe e o f .ket at • PO red 111 00' derg° 3 state. • P rfoN' r i at her debit Id, " 1° a oic ,, n - „ o nirr i i ;l; re st life-inte ° tea the 0 e; rill b e t r e , I kceP itar l Y ngPec u d the s roil- ,, op r 6Pr oth er tie the ; o f c 0 - re to ne i 5 5° OE . e t hoTe t be it i or °t -rier Co a 111(1)'. b9pari,los debil al i °te 't ) 101 1, 0 . t he) c o• er and 4 05 an y, I . t , s y ish reP:d, Lic belieeoh / 1 000 f tiorl o at lier , u r- re' 3 dati l " • ti` 3 " " !a n iiiiag e 's iitrq ilec t i o tot yis3l, Co (lv j Pi ll ,g. O l • e( 1 0 a artia I. t j le to n, h tiogP the ,only r %5 11 tl;r° it sor a,,en L f tb ° ;or' 0 0 0. i$ l'131) to 11 j to d' ,e f 035 e P c ' • V' r cir A YES O ° t: ll3 ' c oio . ) 80 u oti a cO tb 9 ,J3)'.. - • of ro' f o t 0 wo o jr3g9 in iSt 1-r cef .- t' dpi ,eel si tiCt [ltoye t w t er oti to erl- • 0 t for -t rclaY ec or 7i 0 0 .1 1 00 ro el , t g e e: h T HEATRE -ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. Last night but three of the engagement of MR. TEMPLE- Th e T c ,„ TON, and MISS ROMER. last c!' OPera of the LOVE SPELL having been received 4 . l ght with the greatest applause, will be repeated This To I • elli ng and To-morrow. bglve a dditional effect to the Opera, an arrangement has a D e! made w i t h MR G. STANSBURY, of the Theatre- C ovent-Garden, who will perform the character of rou iStuara ` t a P r esent TUESDAY, Nov. 26, 1839, the Perform ii.Ces will commence with the Musical Drama of the t , BEE-HIVE. • Capt a • '-'aPtain Rattan Mr. G. Horncastle Emily Merton .... Mr. Barker I Mingle Mr. Baker Aft„ . " 43l ,ilY ...... Miss Grant I Cicely...... Mrs Tenet ' w "ich, for the second time at this Theatre, the Opera of Lel cg th e • THE LOVE SPELL. English version of Donizetti's celefirated Comic Opera of L'Emstn. D'AmonE. Adina. ............................ Miss Romer D uet Neworino. (Suitor to Adina).. MrAempleton er Duleamara... (the Mountebank) r. G. Stansbury Serg e As origi na ll y per f orme d b y the n in London. , I „tt Lelco re .. ( Suitor to Adina) .. Mr. G . H orncas tl e ' lO conclude with the popular Melo-Drama called o n Iv RAYMOND AND A.GNES. Po k ,' EDNESDAY, the favourite Drama of A ROLAND I),E 'IN OLIVER ; after which, the Opera or The LOVE 0 LL • to conclude with the Melo-Drama of TEKELI. Tern ii , T4 URSDAY, a favourite OPERA, in which Mr. xivt FRIDAY fo -Picton, Mr. G. Stansbury, and Miss Homer, will per .lV ,,, ith other Entertainments. , Miss ROMER'S BENEFIT, and the Last Sl t the EngagementTEMPLETON, Mr. G. ' AN ...,______ — SEURY, and Miss ROMER. THEATRE-ROYAL. Poi ? 04 1 h • LIE BENEFIT OF MR. AND MRS. BAKER, O' ic h Occasion Mr. HOSKINS will make his first and „ only appearance this season. MuNDAY next, the 2d December, will be performed the Comedy of Lord 1 , THE PROVOKED HUSBAND. S9ui °‘ : 4lll Y. • • • Mr. Stuart Lady ToWnly .. Miss Faucit John Moo "e Richard .. Mr. Baker Lady Wronghead,Mrs.Clarke y.... Mr. Slaiter Missnny Mrs. Tellet After which, the laughable Interlude, A NABOB FOR AN HOUR. 4 n Dick DumPY Mr. Hoskins. i Hobbs .... Mr. Baker. I Nancy Scraggs.. Mrs. Baker. To conclude with the Musical Farce of ' THE TURNPIKE GATE. Mr. Barker. ..... Mr. Baker. Ti ck ggy Pe Miss Grant. ets to b e had of Mr. BAKER, 3, Cases-strect, &c. C rac Blunt .l ....... •••._ LIVERPOOL rt GR AND SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS. H 11 - 'ONCERTS for the ensuing Season will be given T u at th e ri 21 4E.A.TRE-ROYAL, on MONDAY, Dec. 30th, 1839; l'iit i)4 Y, January - 14th•; •TUESDAY, January 28th ; and Pitpt,o4-Y, February-11th, 1840. "OPAL VOCALISTS ENGAGED FOR THE FIRST CONCERT 2 /fONDA ,I , . DECEMBER 30TH, 1839: . • Miss CLARA. NOVELpO, Miss WOODYATT, 2 • Mr. PARRY, Jun. 1,,. SOLO INSTRUMENTAL PER(ORMERS : V r • BLAGROVE v ir• LINDLEY, Sen. • . Violoncello. . ards of Forty Performers are engaged in the Orchestral De p a rtment, of whom the following are principal i . Leadei Mr. HERRMANN. Second Violin .. Mr. George Eyton. Viol a. . Mr. C. Herrmann. V ioloncello - Mr. Lindley, Sen. flute Doubl e B ass N o • ......... Mr. Fisher. Trumpet Mr. Hanson. (l ar i •• • ..... Mr. Scruton. Horn Mr. Thompson. b as °net .... Mr. Leonard. Trombone Mr. Edgar. 8c)" i ,• • • Mr. Molineux. Patent Drums Mr. Fileen. r iano Forte.. Mr. G GORGE HOLDEN. Subscription.ll to the Four Concerts ONE GUINEA. S,,i; le Boxes and Stalls will be exclusively appropriated to - h scribe rs. oi l ' i v ne Subscrip ke tion List will be closed on December 14th ; ninety Tickets remain to be disposed of. - --............_ 1er Particulars and programme will be published shortly. h i 114 1 ,LIVERPOOL ANNUAL E lIIBITION. LIVERPOOL ANNUAL of the LIVE POOL ACADEMY C/It i ,?,' WORKS of MODERN RTISTS IS NOW o' clo V:. at the GALLERY, C rch-street, from Nine eat a l e c ,' I n the Morning, till dusk. Admission, One Shilling. ,It fg u es, One Shilling. Season Tickets, Five Shillings. ten, l a 's° Open in the EveningS, from Seven o'clock until Shillin Pr illianuy . illuminated with Gas. Admission, One SA ~. trEL EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Academy. ------....-_ TO CORRESPONDENTS. I, o rav ours of sever a l correspondents are unavoidably post tOned owing to the arrival of news from the United States, to w oich we have devoted a considerable space. We hope make up our " lee-way" on Friday. e. w ho sometimes favours us with poetical compositions, that his lines on " The Sea," which appeared alt" l allY in the" Standard, have been (with very slight o erat ions,) placed in the columns of the Journal, a week : two since, under the signature of " J. J." describing a fine new vessel, the property of by - ,,,,;?wostnan, Mr. Jones, Optician, of Strand-street, we tf ie - , 4ls take called her the " Richard Jones Charle s Jone- " the name of the owner.," in place of _ thriTooi (tt.tanllarrl. 7, Y MORNING, NOVEMBER 26, 1839. 11 Y the new packet-ship Patrick Henry, Captain N. ela no, which arrived here yesterday, we have received p ew York papers to the 7th instant, inclusive. The (ck Henry accomplished. the voyage in seventeen the She is a sp l en did vesse l, h av i ng some thi ng o f e a ppearance o f a f r i gate . Sh e h as b roug ht C ana d a 1) 4 Pc!rs to the 4th instant. w'rhto Great Western, which left Bristol on the 19th B , t , ia l, 4, p.m., arrived at New York on the 2d in m at 11, p. m ., h av i ng ma d e t h e passage i n f our t een 4r. 8 sev en h ours. This vessel took out the news of Jaudon's success in surmounting the financial dif ficulties with which he was surrounded as the ta represen tive h of the. United States Bank. The effect produced ti s L„ th , i s flews on the New York money market was ra gther favourable in the first instance. The shares in the aited States Bank rose five per cent. The market, f lvev er, quickly declined, and stocks fell to their C (1. ,, 111er l evel. The quantities of stock returned by the 'L a / Western, as unsaleable in the P:uropean market, ( 1 4 a Powerful effect in depreciating the value of every ;eription of stock at New York. of 1 first meeting of the delegates to the Convention nierehants and Planters was held at Macon, Georgia, t tle 22d of October, eighty-four being present, from t w e°r gia, Florida, and Alabama. On the 23d, twenty ; additional delegates appeared, from various parts of the above states and South Carolina. A committee of t tL ent Y - one was appointed to report on the objects ut i:' C onvention. The following report from the r ead !" of the celebrated " Cotton circular" was then 4g A resolution was adopted by the meeting of Southern liner s and merchants, held in the city of New York, on the of July last. thi:,, n esel ved,—That General J. Hamilton be authorised by fiv e i; s eet hig to make preliminary arrangements with four qr t a k e the uses in Liverpool, and with three or four in Havre,. to ruem, le ,, e geney of receiving and disposing of such consign -4coor"d:t cotton, from the South, as may go forwarded in vea tio II " with such measures as may be adopted by a con clay pro posed to be held in Macon, Ga., on the 4th Toes saidciet:f3ctober next. And that h e b e requested to lay before coinsitB I ve ntion what h e ma y do in the premises, subject to derati on and approval. fo raled be g leave to report to this convention that I have per above „ the duty comprehended within the restrictions of the or A ugust O n m y arr i va l in Liverpool, on the 15th log lions es last, I l ost no time in conferr i ng w i th t h e follow s l ‘t l ~ l essrs • olf orA 7 Yu liamphries and Biddle, Prince and Fontaine, eaux eatherby, and Co., Parton, Parker, and Co., and A C o ,. •At i d 41 4,, e "the Bth September with the' following houses in lessrs. Delauney and Co., Dupasseur and Co., Pitray, \\ 7 en . 4 „ 4(l C O., Lewis, Rodgers and Co., Hottinguer and Co., 1,-(71(1 Ureen, Bounaffe, Boisgerard and Co. had be a ll which houses I explained fully the measures which of Jul e s uggested by the meeting at New York, on the sth th e ( last, f or the consideration of this convention, and cha tt s Which it would be expected that they would dis %der° under th e proposed agency ; that by placing them (1 1 . 4 w au adv ance in fact, and merely as the acceptors of bills, 41 01 : 4 o r endorsed b y th e respons ibl e b an k s a t th e So u th b e it would be expected that their attention would oails'ig-cted to the mo s t a d van t ageous sa l e o f th e r e s pective eo4eegrtninents confided to their care, and to acting in entire Wh ose t ogethe r i n re f erence, as to the b est i nterest o f t h ose ``lt Pr ? Pert Y they might hold. }l ous es will be perceived that in submitting the above list of with the underAanding I have had respectively with ~b a Ve dis c h arged that portion of the duty confided to it rne.. ` ". . ueref ore, with th e s i m pl e ex pression of my opinion, b e 1,1'.1Y rem ains for me t o s ay, th a t every confidence may com po e si ed in the ability and disposition of the gentlemen W hi a g t hose firms, to carry into effect those measures l'el it 11 " , form the subject of the deliberations of this con- li ons fro It r emains for the convention to make the selec where °in the above houses, or to delegate the trust else fully as they may submitted. deem proper. All of which is respect- " J. HAMILTON. I , Iva (Signed) m... ~.1 eon, October 22, 1839." te, 012 .-Tallible of Florida then submitted the following . twenty,- ti°ll s, which were referred to the committee of I , ol le, as was also the report of General Hamilton. thtteu'solved,--That the gentlemen who issued the circular .o. (4 thi, s ,, th July, in New York, which has caused the medal, vil lo , , `:°llvention, are entitled to the thanks of every citizen t Bta,melsofintiteere_sted in the cultivation or export of the great ..:outh. °Di tl i: °lv ed,--Th a t thi s Convention entirely concurs in e nt ; h r e . etn,l,llll tes"Pressed in the sa id c i rcu l ar, t h at, ow i ng t o t h fiarite;.ne Under whi c h t h e cotton crop is usually sentd h to t he fair he Price of th e ar ti c l e i s not left to b e regulated dey luaild: and na tural influences of th e l aw a nd supply of ite s°lve dr—As the opinion of this convention, that a re medy for the evil, as effective of its object as it is simple in its character, will be found in the recommendation of the circular, ' that the cotton of our country shall not be sent to market, accompanied by a bill of exchange, which must co erce its sale, at a fixed date, whatever may be the state of the market.' " Resolved,—That the cotton planters and American slip pers, in the Southern ports, be earnestly requested to concur in the measures recommended by this Convention, by which they may be certain of having their cotton held, and not forced on the market a. a ruinous sacrifice. " Resolved,—That the banks in the Southern States be invited to concur in a general system of advancing on the crop, as the only certain means of replenishing their stock of specie, and of placing their circulation on a sound basis. " Resolved,—That the committee at Mobile and New Orleans be requested to call a meeting of the directors of the banks, planters, factors, and American cotton shippers, in their respective cities, at an early day, in November next, that the proceedings of this Convention may be laid before them. The seventh resolution nominates committees for New Orleans, Mobile, Savannah, Charleston, Columbia, Ham burg, S.C., Augusta, Milledgeville, Macon, Columbus, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, Columbus (Mississippi,) Natchez, Vicksburgh, Tallahasse, St. Josephs, and Apalachicola. " Resolved,—That the foregoing committee be specially requested to carry into effect the duties confided to them in the above report, and they may communicate to the central committee, at Mobile, what they have done in the premises, that the same may be announced in the public journals of the respective States. " Resolved,—That the said committees be requested to supply all vacancies which may occur in their respective bodies. " Resolved,—That the banks and several counties and dis tricts in the cotton states, be requested to send delegates to the Commercial Convention,' to meet in Macon, Georgia, in May next, to unite with that body for the purpose of taking into consideration the currency of the country, and the interests of the cotton trade, by which the direct trade with Europe has essentially to be promoted." On the 24th of October the committee of twenty-one submitted their report on the foregoing. This docu ment occupies several columns in the Southern Post ; the substance is, however, embodied in the above re solutions. On Friday we may probably give a few extracts from this voluminous report. As we shall subjoin several extracts respecting the New York Money market we need not here give more than a few leading features. The New York Gazette of the 7th instant says, "Stocks yesterday sustained a very great falling off from the closing rates of the pre vious day, almost every description having declined. The sales were to a very large amount. United States Bank receded full 10 per cent. on the last sales of Tuesday. The closing sale was at 68, seller 17 days. The cause assigned for so great a fall in one day is, that the time allotted for receiving the stock of the bank in payment for debts due to the old institution expired on Tuesday." The same journal furnishes us with the following particula.is respecting other banks :—" Letters from Macon state that the Monroe Rail-road Bank, and the Ocmulgee Bank have formally suspended specie payments. The certified checks of the North American Trust Company are refused by the other banks of our city. A general resumption of specie payments by the banks of Tennesee is confidently spoken of by the papers of that state." The Philadelphia Herald of the 6th instant says that there was a decided improvement in stocks at that place, and sales of United States bank post notes were made at i per cent. per month discount. The Charleston Courier, of the 2d instant, says that both foreign and domestic exchange continued un settled. Bills on England were at a nominal quotation of 9 to 11 per cent. premium. The New Orleans Louisiana, of the 28th ult., says the suspension of most of the banks south of New York had not yet had any material effect on the exchange. Exchange on London . was quoted at 11 per cent. pre mium, but large transactions could not be made at more than 10 per cent: On France, bills were plentiful, based on cotton shipments, at sf. 20. From Upper Canada, we learn that a call had been made on Sir George Arthur, by the Board of Trade, to prolong the suspension of specie payments by the bank of the province, which he declined. The banks resumed on the Ist instant, without making any similar application. The citizens of New York had been engaged for three days in their municipal elections. The contest closed on the 6th instant, in the complete triumph of the Loco Foco, or the Administration party. The New York Gazette, (a Whig paper,) attributes the de feat of its party to the brutal intimidation of their opponents. It says that, in the First Ward alone, more than 150 citizens, legally entitled to their privilege of voting, were driven away from the polls by the outrages of blackguard challengers, encouraged and supported by the inspectors ;" adding, that " the other stong Whig Wards have exhibited the same shameless viola tion of decorum, and the same reckless disregard of right, justice, and decency." We quote this forcible language as an admirable illustration of the beauty of ballot voting. Will our contemporary of the Journal now acknowledge that such scenes may be enacted under the protection of the ballot-box ? We regret to learn that the sickness still prevails at Mobile. A letter from that place, dated Oct. 27th, says—" The sickness for the last four or five days has increased bOth in extent and malignity. Capt. Clark, of the Commerce, died in the early part of this week ; and Capt. W. W. Fry now has the black vomit, and will not probably see another sunrise." At Natchez also the sickness continued very fatal. At St. Mar tinsville and Franklin it was also raging with increased mortality. At New Orleans also the deaths from fever • were still numerous. Incendiary fires seem to be as numerous as ever in the United States. A valuable new paper-mill at Mor ristown had been recently burnt down. The loss was estimated at 20,000 dollars. A very severe gale had been experienced on Lake Michigan. Several vessels were driven ashore, and their cargoes of produce lost or damaged. The captain of the American schooner Butterfly, captured by the British brig Dolphin, has been held to bail by Judge Betts, of New York, in the sum of 3,000 dollars, to answer the charge brought against him. Sir Lionel Smith, late Governor of Jamaica, had ar rived at New York, in the British ship Serpent, and was about to proceed in her to Bermuda. Port-au-Prince papers to the 10th ult. had been re ceived at New York. President Boyer was at logger heads with the House of Representatives, growing out of a difference of opinion as to the prerogatives and powers of that body. The dispute had become. so warm and exciting, that a revolutionary attempt ap pears to have been apprehended by the Executive, who, in a proclamation of October 10th, calls upon the com manders of the arrondissements and communes, upon the commissaries of the government, and all other public officers, on their personal responsibility, to pro secute and punish, according to law, all agitators who might attempt to disturb public order. From Texas there is no news, excepting the an nouncement that the yellow fever was raging in Hous ton, and that the deaths were eight or ten every day. At Galveston the epidemic was on the decline. The news from Mexico is to a late date. The Re public was in a:state of tranquillity, the Federalists hav ing been completely put down. The Central Govern ment was more firmly established than before. The Congress were proceeding to reform the' constitution, agreeably to the expressed wish of the ex-President, Santa Anna. The French brig Naiade, lying at Vera Cruz, bad received on board the last instalment of 600,000 dollars agreed to be paid to France by the Mexican Government. From Canada there is no news of any importance. The following are the most important extracts re• lating to monetary and commercial affairs from the New York papers : MONEY MARKET, NOVEMBER 5. In the Stock Market, yesterday, great animation was ob served, in consequence of the intelligence by the Great Western, which is considered as very favourable, and the stocks sold freely, at a great advance on Saturday's quota tions. United States Bank opened in the morning at 75, and went up to 77, and closed at 75, being an advance of 6 per cent. on Satur(lvy's closing rates. Yesterday being the last day that debts due to the Old United States Bank could be paid with the stock of the present institution, together with the advices by the Great Western, will account for the rise in U. S. Bank stock being greater than in other descrip tions. At the second board, United States Bank improved 3 and American Exchange Bank 1 per cent. on the morning prices. MONEY MARKET, Nov. 7. Stocks, yesterday, sustained a very great falling oft from the closing rates of the previous day, almost every descrip tion sold having declined : the sales were to a very large amount. United States Bank receded full 10 per cent. on the last sales of Tuesday. The closing sale was at 6 dollars, seller seventeen days. The cause assigned for so great a fall in one day is that the One allotted for receiving the stock of the bank in payment for debts due the old institution expired on Tuesday. American Exchange Bank declined 3, North American Trust Company 2, Dry Dock 2, Bank of Com merce 1, Farmers' Trust 6, Delaware Hudson and Mecha nics' Banking Association 1, Ohio Life and Trust Company and Franklin Bank, Cincinnati, 11. Harlem Rail R. ad. 1, Patterson 2, Mohawk 11, New Jersey 11, Boston and Provi dence and Boston and Worcester 1, and Uttica and Schenec tady per cant. At the second board the sales were trifling, but at a slight improvement on the morning prices. TgEASUILY NOTES.—The sales at the board, yesterday, were 10,000 dollars at 99. EXCIIANGE—on England is dull : on Philadelphia the rates are from 12 to 12k. The sales at the board, yesterday, were 3,000 dollars at 88. On Baltimore, the same, dull ;on Charleston from 5 to 10 ; on Georgia from 12 to 15 ; on Mo bile from 16 to 17 ; on New Orleans from 8 to 8k per cent. discount. Mississippi Union Bank Post Notes are from 30 31 per cent. discount. STATE OF TRADE, NEW Yoix, Nov. 7. There is a fair supply of bread stuffs daily arriving. The demand has, however, been a good deal checked, and the sales have been very limited. Prices for western ranged to day from 5 dollars 56 cents to 5 dollars 75 cents. In freights we learn of no improvement. CorroN.—There has been no improvement in the activity of this article, and prices are still tending downwards, although in the .absence of any extensive transaction, without marked change, sales extend to about 2,300 bales at 10 to 124 for Upland, 104 to 114.f0r Mobile, 10 to 13 for New Orleans. The arrivals have been 1200 bales at Charleston, during the week ending on the 2d inst. There was a decline of 4c. on the rates of the present week, and purchasers demanded further concessions. The sales reached 3,610 bags at extremes of 94 to 121.. NEW ORLEANS MARKET, OCT. 20. The arrival of strangers and the return of many.of our citi zens, together with the landing and reshipping of produce and merchandise, have already given to our streets and busi ness-marts an air of life and animation which is pleasing to observe, though a close inquiry discovers to us, that there is not yet much improvement in the various departments of of trade. The weather has been cloudy and threatening rain for the greater part of the week. It is now clear and warm. CorroN.—Received, since the 18th Oct., 19,581 bales, making the total receipts :rince the Ist Oct. 52,394 bales. Exported this week 4,641, leaving a balance on hand, inclu ding all on-shipboard not cleared, of 56,675 bales. After the receipt of the advices brought by the Liverpool, our own market remained quiet until Tuesday, when it opened with sales to the amount of 4,500 bales at a decline of +. to cent on qualities below good fair, and there has since bean a large business at rates conforming to this reduction. Our receipts of cotton greatly exceeded those of any former year up to this period, and our market, consequently, is well supplied. The sales of the week amount to 13,000 bales. We have received a copy of the St. John's (N. B,) Chronicle of the 4th of October. It does not contain any political news of consequence. The preceding week, it says, had been chiefly employed with military exercises, in which Artillery, Sea Fencibles, and In fantry had been more or less engaged. In the last government Gazette for the island of Ja maica there is a comparative statistical statement of the crops produced on 55 of the principal estates in the parish of St. Mary, which is one of the largest sugar growing parishes in the island, for each of the last four, years. We may confidently appeal to this document as an unimpeachable detail of facts. The authority on which it is put forth cannot be doubted for a moment. Emanating as it does from an official source, even our liberal contemporaries must admit its authenticity, even though it gives the " lie direct" to Messrs. Knibb, Scoble, and Co. The statement which we are about to submit to the notice of our readers affords a most striking contrast to the inflated accounts which the soi-disant " friends of the Negroes" have published respecting the " prosperity of Jamaica" and the " in dustrious and orderly habits" of the emancipated ap prentices; while, at the same time, it furnishes a re markable corroboration of the predictions in which we ventured to indulge, at the period when the planters consented to anticipate the termination of the appren ticeship system. In the year 1835, the crops on 55 estates in the pa rish of St. Mary were as follows :—Sugar, 7,835 hogs heads; Rum, 3,567 puncheons; Molasses, 85 pun cheons. In 1836—Sugar, 7,508 hogsheads ; Rum, 2,932 puncheons; Molasses, 48 puncheons. In 1837 —Sugar, 7,134 hogsheads ; Rum, 8,458 puncheons ; Molasses, 30 puncheons. In 1838—Sugar, 5,063 hogs heads ; Rum, 2,617 puncheons ; Molasses, 25 pun cheons. The following is a statement of the - annual decrease, for three years successively, as compared with the amount of crops produced in 1835 :—ln 1836 — Sugar, 327 hogsheads; Rum, 635 pnncheons ; Mo lasses, 37 puncheons. In 1837—Sugar, 701 hogs heads; Rum, 109 puncheons; Molasses, 55 puncheons. In 1838;—emancipation having taken place on the Ist of August—the falling off in the crop was—Sugar, 2,071 hogsheads; and Rum, 841 puncheons, making the excess of decrease in 1838 over 1837, in the article of Sugar, nearly fourfold; and in that of Ruin, fully ninefold ! But this is not all that is remarkable in this return. The parish of St. Mary is described as one of those parishes in which " the apprenticeship system was worked out without the interruptions of sectarian agitation, official intermeddling, or stipendiary mis rule." Owing to these favourable circumstances the return shows an amount of produce far greater than the average produce of the island. In addition to this, it must also be stated, that the deficiency would have been much greater if the produce of several of the finest and largest estates had not been forced up to their former average by the payment of the most exor bitant wages for the work performed. Such is the result of the free labour system under the most favourable circumstances. 'ls it likely that the planters, with absolute ruin thus staring them in the face, can remain quiescent ? Is it not high time for them to appeal to the sympathies of their fellow subjects in Great Britain ? Is not this the opinion of even the Morning Herald, when it exclaims "it ap pears high time that the social condition of the Negroes, as well as the state of the laws of the island, should be rigidly inquired into ?" ‘.‘ Ships, Colonies, and Commerce" shall continue to be our rallying cry, until the people of Great Britain are more generally awakened to the great and para mount importance of our colonial possessions, as one of the principal sources of our national prosperity, as presenting one of *the most safe and profitable invest ments of British capital, and as furnishing one of the most powerful stimuli to British industry. We had recently occasion to observe that the impor tance of the Colonies of Great Britain is not so uni versally appreciated as it ought to be. We then traced, upon the authority of unimpeachable statistical returns, the rapid declension of British commerce with foreign states, and contrasted that declension with the progressive increase which has taken place in the trade of the Colonies with Great Britain. We proved that the so-called .reciprocity system has operated most banefully and injuriously to the commercial interests of this kingdom. This proof we rested upon the enormous decrease which has taken place during the last 36 years, in the tonnage of our foreign commerce; while,, at the same time, we accounted for the average increase of our commerce by attributing to the colonial possessions of Great Britain a counter-balancing influ ence upon our export trade. To make this matter more intelligible, we submit to the notice of our readers the following general result :—The trade of Great Britain with all Europe has declined, from 1802 to 1836, from G 5 to 48 per cent. Thus, if our trade, during this period, had been confined to Europe, the declension would have been fearfully ruinous : but, as we have already intimated, there has been an actual increase, dtiring the same time, in our general trade. How is this increase to be accounted for ? We shall proceed to show. In the following cases there has been an increase in the trade of Great Britain : With Brit. Colonies in America from 18 to 26 per ct. With the United States of America 6 to 9 " With India This statement, which only includes two departments of our colonial possessions, goes far to account for the general increase of our trade, or, rather, its aggregate increase. Other detttils, which we shall presently sub mit, will still more clearly elucidate the subject. But it may perhaps be objected, and the advocates of the free trade principle have frequently had recourse to the objection, that, though the amount of British tonnage employed in the continental trade has de creased, the export of British manufactured goods to the different European States, has more than counter balanced the decay of British tonnage employed in our commercial intercourse with them. We find a satis factory answer to this oft-repeated objection in Mr. Porter's admirable work on the " Progress of the Nation." From this work it appears that our total export to Europe, which, in the year 1815, amounted to £20,635,244, had sunk, in the year 1836, to £19,021,066; and our exports to Northern Europe, which, in the former year, amounted to £11,971,692, in the latter year, notwithstanding its extraordinary commercial activity, had sunk to £9,999,86 1 . The general result of 30 years preceding 1830 is thus sum med up by Mr. Porter :—" The. average. annual exports of British produce and manufactures in the decennary period from 1801 to 1810, amounted to £40,737,970. In the next ten years, from 1811 to 1820, the annual average was £41,484,461. From IS2I to 1830, the annual average fell to £36,597,623." Sheriff Alison, in his admirable speech at Glasgow, remarks with great emphasis—" if we turn to the amount of our trade to the principal countries of Continental Europe, we shall see at once how very inconsiderable is that traffic, and how miserable the interest of the trade in con nexion with those countries for which we have so long sacrificed our own colonies." In support of these views, he refers to the smallness of our exports to those countries, even in the year 1836, which was a a year of unparalleled commercial activity. The real valite of our exports for that year were as follows : To Russia £1,742,433 Sweden 113,308 Norway 79,469 Denmark Prussia France Portugal Spain 470,076 Germany Belgium From this statement it appears that France, with a population of thirty two thillione, takes off only £1,590,000, that Prussia, with a population of fourteen millions, takes off only £160,000 worth, and that Russia with a population of sixty millions, takes off only £1,7013,000 of our produce ! We shall not here stop to examine the bearing of this statement upon the ques tion of the corn laws. Our present object is to contrast our continental trade with our colonial trade. It is quite evident that our trade to the Northern States of Europe is a mere bagatelle. It is a trade which, con sidering the relative position of the European States — their political rivalry—their progress in the arts and sciences—and the comparatively light burden of taxation imposed upon them, can never be a lucrative one as far as Great Britain is concerned. But, as Mr. Alison exclaims, "however gloomy the prospects of our re lations with such states may be, there is not only hope but confidence to he derived from another quarter; and if we turn to the colonies we shall see whence it is that England is now deriving its heart's blood, and from what commercial intercourse our wealth and great ness in future times is to be derived." The same gentleman then proceeds to specify the returns of our trade with the United States and the British Colonies, for the year 1836. The magnitude of these returns affords a srriking contrast with the details of our trade to Europe. In the year 1836 it appears that the real value of our exports To the United States of America, was £12,425,605 British North American Colonies 2,732,291 British West Indies Australian Colonies East Indies 4,285,829 The magnitude of these exports will appear still more astonishing if we take into consideration the population of our several colonies. Canada,' with a population scarcely reaching a million and a half, takes off nearly twice as much of our produce as Russia, with its po pulation of sixty millions. The British West India Islands, with a population of less than one million, consumed in 1836 no less than £3,i00,000 worth, or considerably twice as much as France, with its popu lation of thirty-two millions. Again, the Australian colonies consumed £1,180,000 worth of British produce, with a population of only one hundred thousand, or more than seven times as much as Prussia, with its population of fourteen millions ! Such is the cheering contrast presented by our Co lonies when compared with the continent. The influ ence of our colonial trade upon the shipping interests of this kingdom will form the next subject of inquiry. We have already satisfactorily established our position, that the Colonies of Great Britain have proved her sal vation from utter ruin. This fact must be reiterated until the people of England are more fully awake to the real value of these noble appendages to the British Crown. We shall again and again revert to those in exhaustible sources of our national greatness and pros perity, " Ships, Colonies, and Commerce." We published on Friday, in our report of the Coun cil Proceedings, a Communication from Mr. Thomas Harvey, to which we think it worth while to draw the attention of our readers. With exquisite self-complacency this learned and most punctilious individual gravely informs the world that "his conduct has been such as to satisfy his own mind"—an announcement which will probably be more surprising from its naivete than from any other of its features. "Judges," cries out the arraigned in Court, "my conduct has satisfies myself !" Pro-di-gi-ous will be the answer of the Bench, and every angle of the Court will re-echo the self-acquittal. For ourselves we profess that we are not in the least degree surprised. IVe think it perfectly right and natural that the man who thinks it reasonable to be first Assessor and then Candidate, should think it reasonable to be in every circumstance judge in his own cause, and should ima gine his own self-acquittal a perfect refutation of every charge. We beg to acquaint Mr. T. Harvey that such is not the prevailing opinion of the world ; and although there may have been "no attempt to impeach his con duct"—i. c. no unworthy imputations cast upon his conduct as Assessor—the mere fact of his having been first Assessor and then Candidate has always been re garded by the people of Liverpool as it now is by the Judges in Westminster Hall. We can allow of no certiorari to remove the trial of Mr. Harvey's conduct from the Queen's Bench to the Court of his own con science. He has been " advised by a very high authority that in pcint of law his eligibility was undoubted." We dare say that in the aforesaid Court of Mr. Thomas Harvey's Conscience this learned council will still be regarded as a very high authority ; but we should ima gine that in Westminster Hall he will no longer be considered quite " UNDOUBTED." "The Court of Queen's Bench has given an intimation (for it is no more !) of its opinion that I was wrong in the course that I pursued;" and Mr. Thos. Harvey goes on to say, that, as a practising attorney, he is an officer of the said Court. He certainly makes a great merit of a very stern necessity ; for when he remembers the obligation to plead within the same term, the judgment of ouster, and the consequent summary jurisdiction of the Court in case of rebellion or contempt, we have no doubt but the practising attorney thinks the intimation is very like Sir Andrew's celebrated hint to his unwel come guest : " I jist tauld him if he didna gang oot by the door I'd gar him gang oot by the window." We have only to say in conclusion to Mr. Thomas Harvey, as the Archbishop of Santillane said to Gil Blas when he turned him away, " Farewell, Farewell ! I wish you all manner of prosperity, and a little more taste." The marriage of the Queen is no longer doubtful. A Privy Council was summoned at Buckingham pa lace last Saturday afternoon for the express purpose that this important announcement might be made known ; and it is now matter of public notoriety that Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg is the betrothed hus band of Queen Victoria. This young Prince, destined soon to occupy so illustrious a station, is the first cou sin of her Majesty, being the second son of the reign ing Duke of Saxe Coburg, who is the eldest brother of the Duchess of Kent. His appearance is prepossess ing, and report speaks favourably of his mental quali fications. Three years ago he was, with his brother, resident at Brussels, where they were both under the care of the English clergyman, Mr. Drung, in order that they might become thoroughly acquainted with the English language, and conversant with the history, laws, and constitution of Great Britain : so that even 'at that time it would seem that " coming events cast their shadows before," and the improbability was not considered very great that her Majesty might hereafter select one of the two Princes as the partner of her Throne. While at Brussels Prince Albert was .a regu lar attendant at the English Protestant Church, and the story that went the round of the papers a few weeks ago, that he and his brother went to mass in a Roman Catholic Chapel while they were staying at Windsor, is utterly false, and invente,d for a very dis creditable purpose. Prince Albert is descended from a strictly Protestant ancestry, and numbers among his progenitors that elec tor of Saxony who sheltered in one of his castles, for many months, Luther, on his return from the Diet of Worms. So far the most jealous advocate of the prin ciples of the Reformation may be satisfied with the choice which her Majesty has made. Whether he will be disposed as King Consort to give undue encourage ment to Papal usurpation—to which Protestant Ger many has been always signally opposed—remains to be seen. We willingly believe that without either intole rance or bigotry he is firmly persuaded of the bless ings of that great moral revolution, the first beams of which dawned upon the land from which he derives his birth, and that while he feels himself called upon to act with justice towards all the subjects of that Crown which he is to share, he will never distinguish by pa tronage or encouragement that Religion whose heavy yoke was thrown off by England as soon as Luther in Germany had burst the fetters which enthralled the human mind. One happy circumstance connected with the Royal Marriage will be, that Cabinet Ministers will no longer be fixtures at the dinner table and in the drawing room. The pococurante gossip of Lord Melbourne and fashionable frivolity of Lord Normanby must be turned to please another ear, even if by any miracle they remain Ministrs until April; but we have pretty strong grounds for believing that before that time they Nvill be eating " the bitter bread of banishment" from office, and casting a mournful look of melancholy re miniscence towards portals which will then be closed against them for ever. A Special Commission, composed, we believe, of the three following Judges—Chief Justice Tindal, Mr. Ba ron Parke, and Mr. Justice Williams—one from each of the three common law courts—is about to issue for the trial of the prisoners now in the Monmouth gaol on the charge of high treason and sedition. It is under stood that they will proceed to Newport or Monmouth in about three weeks, and then the wretched Chartists will have an awful lesson how surely punishment awaits those who offend against the Majesty of the Law. But the melancholy reflection in all these cases is, that the most criminal escape, whilst those who are comparatively innocent suffer the penalty due to guilt. The deluded miners and colliers of SOuth Wales, who were insane enough to fancy that they had a chance of erecting a Chartist kingdom, in which every man might help himself to what he liked, and yet all be happiness, order, and prosperity, will—or at least as many of them as are convicted of having taken part in the late insurrection—suffer condign punishment : but seditious writers and inflammatory speakers, who have instigated these poor men to the late act of out rage, will see the victims of their iniquity sacrificed, and laugh at their own impunity. We speak not now of such men as Feargus O'Connor and O'Brien, and firebrands of that stamp, whose feelings—if they have any—Must be such as a fiend would pity, when they see the effect of their speeches on their miserable fol lowers : but we have an eye to offenders of a higher rank, who perhaps think that their former doctrines and the recent insurrection will not be connected, by all honest thinkers, by the relation of cause and effect. But if we knew a Minister who called the voice of the House of Lords "the whisper of a faction"—who complimented the tumultuous mobs of Birmingham as the " men who carried the Reform Bill"—who, when the danger of Chartist assemblages was pointed out to him, publicly declared that such meetings were " constitutional and proper"—and who selected for offices of dignity and trust, Chartist leaders and un principled demagogues,—then we should say, that if the Chartists did assume a position of audacity and power which at last emboldened them to attempt a revolution, that Minister would be deeply responsible for such a catastrophe. We put the case as an hypo thesis : let Lord John Russell answer, if it be possible. Our readers will have doubtlessly noticed the shuf fling manner in which Mr. Thomas Coglan, the Coun cillor for St. Ann's Ward, attempts to evade the charge of having uttered an untruth in the Council Chamber, in reference to Mr. Robert Jones being in the polling booth at the time the personation of Mr. Bond by a voter took place. As usual in such cases, Mr. Coglan attempts to make it appear that he was misrepresented; but, unhappily for himself, there were too many re porters present for any doubt upon that point ; and each of the papefs which those reporters represented makes Mr. Coglan say that Mr. Robert Jones was in the booth at the time when the fraudulent vote was tendered. Mr. Coglan may talk as long as he likes about what lie meant to say, but there is no doubt of what he did say. Literce scriptw manent. THE NEW STEAM BOAT ALICE.-NEW PLA N OF A MARINE STEAM ENGINE. A fine new iron steam boat, the property of Lord Francis Egerton, (or in other words of the Bridgewater Trust,) was recently launched from the yard of Messrs. Page and Gran tham, who have become so celebrated in the building of iron vessels, that they have lately taken large premises at the south end of the town for the building of ships of large bur then of that material. She was named the Alice, after Lord Francis Egerton's eldest daughter, is about 170 tons burthen, old measurement, is neatly fitted up, and is a handsome and lively-looking boat on the water. With the whole of her ma chinery, fuel, &c., on board, her draft of water is only four feet six inches. She has two engines of thirty horse-power each, made by Messrs. Davenport and Grindrod, of the Caledonian Foundry, in this town ,upon a novel and improved construction. Their peculiarity consists in the fixing of the cylinders on an angle of 45 degrees in the form of a rectangle with the hypothcnuse at the base, so that they act as a stay and support to each other. No side levers or counterbalances are requi red ; and the working parts being fewer than in ordinary engines they are less liable to derangement, and not so much exposed to wear and tear. These engines are exceedingly compact, and have realized all that was contemplated by the ingenious makers,—ample power, ease in working, and great strength combinediwith unusucl lightness. At twelve o'clock on Saturday last several gentlemen proceeded in the vessel from the Clarence Dock on a short experimental trip on the river. New Ingines are necessarily stiff, and it requires some time to ascertain their proper adjustment. With all dis advantages however, the engines of the Alice performed their work admirably, from the moment she left the dock. A very short trip only was intended on this first occasion, but the speed of the vessel was so satisfactory, and the gratification of all on board consequently so great, that she proceeded up the river, a distance of twelve or fourteen miles and back— accomplishing the trip " out and home" in about two hours. On her way up she beat several very powerful steamers, and on coming down successively hended two of the Runcorn packets in gallant style. The strokes of the engines ave raged 32 per minute, but when at her full power, they will make 35. We doubt not but that, when the vessel is finally trimmed, and every thing is put into working order, the Alice will be one of the swiftest boats on the Mersey. She is intended for the towing of the yessels employed in the inland navigation of the Bridgewater Trust, and also of coasting vessels, to and from Runcorn, of a larger size than have generally visited that port—for which purpose, from her superior power, she is peculiarly well adapted. An escaped convict from Sidney, who after undergoing a variety of hardships, arrived in Liverpool on Thursday night, has been apprehended in Manchester. Mr. Atkins, the spirited proprietor of the Liverpool Zoological Gardens, has just added to his collection two fine Polar bears. They were brought from Greenland by Captain Dring, of the Swan, lately arrived at Hull. On Wednesday evening last, a young man of the name of Maybrick, undertook, for a wager of £5, to pick up 50 stones, a yard apart, in 12 minutes ; and he completed the task in 11 minutes and 17 seconds. The ground chosen was the walk leading to - St. Jude's Church, out of London-road. ARRIVALS AT THE ADELPIII HOTEL.—EarI and Countess Belmore, Earl Kelnmore and Suite, Lord Longford, Sir Charles Des Veoux, Sir Richard Kean, Lord Cochrane, Mr. Cochrane, The Hon. Mr. Powis. the Rev. Archdeacon Clarke, Captain Eden, The Rev. Mr. Armstead, Major Poole, Major Erwin, Mr. Gower and Family, Mr. Green of London, Mr. Moore and Party, Mr. Taylor of London, Mr. Van Ham, Mr. Felix Gatayez, &c. THE BARQUE CORNWALL.—Serious apprehensions were lately entertained in Liverpool for the safety of this vessel and her gallant captain and crew, it having been known that they had left Cuba about the 22d of September. We are happy to announce their safe arrival ; though they appear to have had a tremendously rough time of it, according to a copy of a letter from the captain, posted in the Undewriter's Room. EWART.—Wc are enabled to state, although not on the althority of Mr. Ewart, that he intends to become a can didate for the honour of representing the Dumfries District of B trglis, in the event of a dissolution and the retirement of C-" , ..neral Sharpe, of Hoddam Castle. Mr. Ewart's talents and ;.rinciples are well known, and most liberals will congra tulat a themselves on the prospect of securing his services.— Dulr:fries Courier. ATRE ROYAL.—We have not had time to pay a visit to the theatre since the engagement of Miss Romer and Mr. Templeton ; but we understand they have been giving great satisfaction to tolerably large auditories. We perceive that Mr. Baker, that old established public favourite, intends to take his benefit on Monday next. We hope his friends will crowd to his support, as in addition to paying a grateful tri bute to a very worthy private character, they will derive great amusement from the efforts of Mr. Hoskins, who gives his aid to Mr. Baker on this occasion. Much more might be advanced in detail on the good policy of taking measures for the construction of - docks on the Che- • shire side of the river, but as my remarks have already ex tended to a considerable length, I shall conclude by enume rating sonic of the more obvious advantages to the port of which the proposition gives promise. Ist,—The pro"osed docks being situated at the terminus of the Chester Railway, which will ere long be united to the Grand Junction, will present great advantages for the recep tion of goods from the manufacturing districts, the potteries, and the whole line of country as far as the metropolis. The railway would also be advantageous for the transit of goods landed and destined for the southern districts. 2d,—There being a great depth of water opposite Tran mere Pool and in the Moyne, close to the sea wall of the proposed docks, (and now the best sheltered anchoring ground in the river), vessels running up the river in heavy weather, when they cannot enter a Liverpool dock, might rind easy access to these docks, which would be sheltered from the westerly or prevailing gales, by the high land of Holt Hill, Orton and Bidston Moors, &c. The gates of the Cheshire docks, too,—such would be the depth of water, and its smooth ness,—might be opened during a longer period before and after high water ; and this would be a valuable advantue. When a strong westerly wind prevails, it is with difficulty that even a steamer can now enter the Clarence dock, and sailing vessels cannot safely attempt it. A dock further to the north on this side, nearer to the mouth of the.river, would, from the sea being, in stormy weather, necessarily heavier at that more exposed point, present increased obstacles to the entrance of shipping. I may add that the shelter from the prevailing gales afforded by the high lands to the westward of Birkenhead, gives the site, I propose, a decided advantage over Wallassey Pool. 3rd,—One of the proposed docks might be made available for the transatlantic and other large steam ships, when the Brunswick half-tide basin becomes inadequate to their accommodation--which it soon will. It might also be avail able for the government mail steam ships, and other govern.; ment vessels arriving at the port ; or a separate dock might be constructed for them, so that they might be kept apart from the mercantile marine of the port. Such are a few of the advantages held out, but I must leave the subject in the hands of an intelligent commercial com munity. For, myself, the more I reflect upon it, the more 1 am convinced that we must ere long have docks erected on the Cheshire shore, and the site I have pointed out is worthy of serious consideration of those concerned in the ex tension of our harbour accommodation. I have myself no individual interest in the question : but I feel deeply inter ested in the prosperity of the town, and anxious to see the Corporation bestir themselves betimes, to provide (economi cally while they can) that accommodation which her increa . :ed shipping, and her future prospects, as the second port in the kingdom, so imperatively demand.—l am, &c. MERCATOR. Liverpool, 25th Much, 1839. • TO A MERCHANT AND A TORY. TO THE EDITOR Oh:. IF, i i IKERP,OOL ST4NDARD , - :Sir,—My attention having, been arrested by a letter signed as above in the Chronicle of - Saturday last; I take,upon myself to apply to him—Who must be 'but a very sorry re presentative of so respectable and loyal a class of beings; my reason for suspecting the genuineness of this pretended loyalist is, first, that a conservative would never dream of patronising a journal of such well-knbwn ultra-radical senti ments ; and secondly, that a man signing himself " ATory," would never rail against Mr. APlNieile, however he may differ with him on doctrinal points, seeing that he has aug mented the numbers of conservatives greatly in this town, or added greatly to the support of the church. But to the confutation of the argument advanced by this Laorliciom Tory. He insinuates that the description given by our orator (at the Sheffield meeting) is anything but true, nay, he even says that the feeling exhibited against O'Connell in the newsroom was not by the respectable portions of its member, alias merchants. For the benefit of all, I will transcribe that part of Mr.; M`Neile's speech, which in my opinion cannot be confuted, and which the lovers of truth, sarcasm, and eloquence will gladly_ peruse as being one of the richest specimens of satire and good humoured wit, that ever fell from the lips of that highly gifted critic - . After facetiously patroling Mr. O'Connell arm in arm with our late Unitarian Mayor through the windings of Liverpool, he ushers him into the newsroom, when " All was silence. There was no time for consideration amongst the assembled gentlemen. They looked at one another. It was enough. With a simultaneous rush, they formed a compact semicircle around the door, the mayor, and the member : and one voice, catching by sympathy the feelings of many . minds, .exclaiMed Turn out the beggar I"rhe member turned pale. The mayor is always pale. And the member said to the mayor, tire are not mighty welcome here.' The door was open, and both the mayor and member were at what the schoolboys call the right side to run away. Then the room rang with hearty hurrahs, groans for the popish faction; cheers for the Church and Queen, three cheers for Sir Robert Peel, rind three times three for the great cantain, the hero of - a. thousand battles, the Duke of Wellington." • _ _ Now, if .every word in the above quotation is not true, his speech throughout is but a tissue of falsehood. The an noyance this " Tory" seems to experience, is the "vulgarity" which is said to have tainted the manners ofinerchants, in calling out with every Other honest, high-minded, and pro testant person in the room, " Turn out the beggar . ;" which is exactly in my opinion what ought to be done ; if man, grasping, inconsistent, one who .pauperises thoSe already' too poor, besides being a domineering, encroaching Rtnhan , Catholic, does not meet with that relief which ;Al such ought to meet with, we should soon ha'Ve Our rights . trampleduikre, and Catholicism in the ascendant. He says also; that Mr. ' M`Nelle could not name' any of the "'merchants" Intient who joined in this just. expulsion. Mr. :MaNede w as not likely (clever as he is) to do that which was he'yond his power, he not being in the room at the time. If lie wete• not, /was, and am ready to testify to numbers of merchants, (whose respectability and gentility are undoubted,) thataided on that-occasion tr, groan fox the popish faction, and cheer for our enlightened church,. He says he is a merchant, and stood by disgusted with such conduct. • Now he ik•lont an individual like myself; and Jam a thercharit•alsd, Morcoti-T joined in the welcome and hearty acclamation - • • - • In conclusion, he says, (in ords tantamount to these,) " dont conclude from the past exhibition that we are led away by what' has fallen from the lips of lir. APNeili3, or that we countenance his acts." (Heis ;rioW•speakhig - iii the capacity of - a Tory.) 'The editorial f:re had better - hAvelyeen erased, inasmuch as if he said so amongst ourselves; in all likelyhood none would have agreed with him, and I for one would have oppoged him in lotp. He says I am a " Tory," and dont coincide with him (Mr. M`Nelle.) also am a Tory, and thank heaven for it, and consider the information which is gathered from Mr. M - Neile's discourses Mid speeches is superior to anything of the kind in Liverpool. I am proud to have and hear such a defender of all rights, spiritual, and temporal t and as long, as he lives to propagate sound doctrine,"and e xtr l p a t e Catholicism, and false liberality, will-he ever find a firm supporter in his willing hearer. A TRUE PROTESTANT 'AND CONSERVATIVE. LIVERPOOL GRAND SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT. By an advertisement in another column, it will be seen, that Four Grand Subscription Concerts are to be given in Liverpool, on the 30th December, the 14th and 28th of January, and the 11th of February. It will .be only neces sary to call attention to the names of a few of the principal performers to excite the interest of the lovers of music on these concerts. They are Miss Clara Novello, Miss Woodyatt, Mr. Parry,jun., Mr. Blagrove, and Mr. Lindley, sen. Of Miss Novella, a late number of the Manchester Guardian thus speaks :—" Miss Novello had a most flattering reception on her entrance, whichindicated very intelligibly the interest which the audience felt in .reference to her, and their pleasure at again seeing her as a visitor to this room. We fully par ticipate; in the cordiality of the welcome, and congratulate her on the advantages she appears to have reaped, since she was last amongst us, andsincerely hope that the great promise of future excellence she continues to hold out, may be more and more fully realized. In addition to the attainments which belong merely tn education, and which she has always given ample 'evidence of poSsessing in a supereminent de gree, she appears now to have -overcome that coldness of manner, and a devotion to mere mechanical accuracy, which has generally been attributed to her by those who are, and have been foremost in admiration of her talents. Her in- tonation is, as it always leas been, lultiess; 7 ;;i . she new combines in her performance, a brilliancy and a grace of ex ecution with a force and fervour of style, which we doubt not, will soon rank her amongst the most celebrated in her profession. Her choice of pieces for the evening screed to exhibit her mastery in the three principal Schools of Music ; the Italian, the German, and the English, or; if not the En- glish,' the ecclesiastical school of the last century : In each of these she displayed.her vocal powers with the utmost dis erimination-and success; and the Scena of Beethoven's, in the second part. is perhaps one of the most difficult thatex ists, and such as to tai even the powers of a Malibran, she acquitted herself in it in amanner whicli must haveastonished even the most sanguine of her admirers. Nor was she less meritorious in the Cavatina from Mdreadonte, And in Handel's song ' From Mighty Kings;' "both of Which . were given with a power and truth of charactertrarelY excelled: the effect which each produced was evident fimn the enthusi astic applause which followed their 'delis-err; and in refer ence to her last song, ah encore appeared likely to be the re sult, and was'perhaps'withheld, only by the severe exertion which the demand would impose, and the advanced state of the evening." The same paper also spealth in the Tollowingterms of Mr. Blagrove:— " Mr. Biagrove's professional merits and reputation, are 83 well establisled, and are so familialy to,all musical people, if not to the public' generally, that it has become somm`hat unnecessary for us to refer to them in detait:!srecannot, however, emit this opportnnity - of recording our humble opinion of the great excellencies which distingliish - his .per formance, and :n reference to these, perhapsthe'first quality which would be likely to interest one who heiirk 'him for the first time, will he the complete absence of any desire to ex . hibit merely himself, and excite . a•feeling' 'of , momentary astonishment at a display of merely meelianical - deiterity, destitute of sentiment or feeling,' or any nther • quality, be yond that of its tendency to ern-id' the pocket : such to us does not seem to be Mr. Ma grove's objeet ;Are appears to have a more elevated purpose to obtain-:-that of iriirestifighis art, with its native attributes ;• its pOWer to excite a• kindred impulse in those Wh..o are the subjects of its , influents, to ac quire this elevated action, the ordinary means must he Tin- - ployed, and every attainable facility in execution and expres sion must he aimed at, but these 'powers' will be • desired by • the true 'friend of his art, only so far , a4thcv tend to pro mote its genuine spirit. In all - the qualificati c ons which are necessary to form an ordinarily' good 'musician; _ there is• in Mr. Blagrovc nothing to be desired. • His tone for 'equality,. power, and richness, is such, - as is' rarely equalled, by those who have attained to a maturity of expeeierree -, his intOnatibn is perfect, and his execution is altogether 6f the mOst) , brilli- - ant and finished character. AS may be SupOsed; `ll'.B two solos were listened to with the deepest attention, and 'he was most enthusiastically appl anded' at the close." • = • • The other performers are so Well known that it would be superfluous, on this occasion, to enter upon any euloginni of their merits. We hope the public will liberally patronize• this spirited undertaking. CHRISTIANITY AS IT IS, AND SOCIALISM AS IT IS.-TERMINATION OF THE, DISCUSSION. On Friday evening last- this discussion was brought to. a close. The .audience was not so numerous as on. the two preceding evenings. .. The Rev. Mr. : BAY.L.F.}I proceeded; to expose. the more diabolical portion of that .system of .debauchery—demou strating in the most • satisfactory. manner. the -awful state of depravity and -infamy to which it must ultimately reduce those who fall.into its he lisp grasp, He in vary. forcible terms described the infernal vortex which it had opened: to enguiph all that remained •of religion, of anorality.,.,of virtue, chastity, or even decency, and. the pitiable state,of. mental and moral depravity .into which. mankind must,fall before that pestilential and desolating system „could be adopted. He unmasked its hypocrisy., and laid. bare its most filthy parts in terms calculated to impress his. audience witli its fallacy and absurdity. After disposing• of a few of. the more glaring absurdities, advanced, by , his ; infidel adversary, Weft the subject and entered into the sublime •and • great ~beauties of Christianity. He defended: the Church...of •England. from some groundless attacks., in reference to her7aitinlets.and dis cipline, and concludedby 'exprpssing a,hopo ; that, great good would result from the discussion, : • 7 „ Mr. Faux, then, on the part, •of,,the siftea.n! misnamed Socialism, ...ainly,:attempte444,extricate,4ianseg from the unenviable position .in which formidable antagonist had placed him. In vain • lie eadleti f voured• to ,apologise for, or palliate the filthy and untenable. principles propounded by &Wen; and indeed so. completely disgusted were • the ,audi ence become with his. sophi9:.,ns znd.absurdifsigo, that it was only in consequence of. the : .•rtf.pa,ted . .Anteroessions. .of Mr. 13aylee that he was alloWed to occupy allOtted to him at the Gout:lngo/1...4 1,--• '7,, jf 40- ' The result, as migitt be,expeetect,-uras,in-the highest de gree creditable to the talents and _piety of the Rev. Mr. Baylee, and will, doubtless,. tend to the advancement of the holy cause in which - 'he is: .so ardenthrs-labhuringi.! On the other hand, it has done 'ninth towards.exposingeyin;theinaost effectual manner,. the filthy.and :contaminating debaucheries of Owenism, and the shame of IlictstwhotipropagatbAutili indecencies. delfre iitifß Sou bib d 101771IkazYmu We are authorised to stately that - the Av.-Aap* . Haldane Stewart, M.A. incurnbent.of Bride.' s, 11001. appointed, by the Chancellor of -the'DiOcese, a surrogate for proving wills and granting marriage licences. • INNER TEMPLE Nov, :.'2.-- 7 -The following gentlemen have this day been called to the dcgrc9, of barrister,at-law, by the Hon. Society of the Inne.r..Tglnpie.,:—WM..Forsyth, Ed. Platt, Wm. Atherton, John Ed„P l anter, Stephen C. Denison, J. W. Fulton, J. W.,1\11 . Donald., W. W. Watson, Geo. Goodier, Moultin Barrett.,HGeo,Tickell, Geo. Villein, Richd. Ford, James P. Wilde, Robt. Taorp, Gee. Taylor, and John Giles. • . TROTTING MATCHES AT AINTREE.—The trotting matches announced by us last week continue to excite much attention in the sporting circles, and there is no doubt but that they will draw together au immense concourse of people to witness the sport. Wednesday and:Friday next, the 27th and 29th inst., are the days fixed for the trialof the respective powers of each quadruped, and two o'clock prec'sely we are authori sed to state as the hour of starting. Three competitors have arrived for the sweepstakes of 500 sovereigus.en Friday, viz. the Birmingham and Glasgow mares, and the celebrated Bob Logic. • Ccnfirlenee was named as a-horse likely to trot:to the scene of action, but his quality having been ascertained by a private trial of his powers, his party have given it as their opinion that they cannot with safety repose confidence in him, and he consequently trots to the right about. The Birming ham mare is the favourite.—Chronicle. WATERLOO-ROAD DRPREDATIONS.—On Sunday. night some daring scoundrels broke into the offices of Messrs. Du randu and. Luff, by removing the slates from the r00f,.40d Messrs. Jenkins, Wood and Co., by taking out the sash frame, when, finding nothing but hooks and papers, they ransacked, destroyed, and confused everything they found in their way. This is the fourth time since April the-office of Messrs. Du randu and Luff baS been entered. in expectation of finding money, they being American Exchange Brokers. These midnight marauders are •now respectfully informed, that no cash or property of value will ever he left during the night, and to avoid unnecessary trouble to either party, should they hereafter pay another visit, they will beware of a dog, and, on retiring, please replace the slates, to. prevent the rain flood ing the office, or shut the door after them should they choose to depart that way. Their attention to the above, and a little more vigilance from the poliep, will oblige the occupants of the several of in Waterloo-road. CORRESPONDENCE. DOCKS ON THE CHESHIRE SIDE OF THE RIVER TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—I resume the subject of the construction of docks _ _ on the Cheshire side of the Mersey oppdsite the town ; and after pointing out what I conceive to be an eligible site, with its advantages, I shall revert to some of the remarks of "Vindex," not noticed in my former letter. I will, doubtless, have been anticipated by many who are acquainted with the localities of Birkenhead, in suggesting Tranmere Pool, and the embayed shore to the southward, as an eligible situation for a range of docks. Here a line of sea-wall might be run from the slip at Birkenhead ferry across the mouth of the pool, and thence to the lime kiln a little to the north of the Rock ferry, should the whole of that open space be hereafter required. The pool itself would make a noble dock, and might be extended to the westward in the direction of the valley, on the other' side of the old road to Chester, which crosses it,—so that vessels might load and discharge close to the Chester railway. Nature has here left the solid freestone rock for a foundation, and the cost of a sea-wall would not, probably, exceed one-half what would be required for a similar structure to enclose Wallasay-pool. Comparatively little excavation, too, would be required, and that stone, which would be available for some portions of the dock walls, seaward or interior, or, if not used for that purpose, might readily be disposed of for building purposes. A good foundation may be found, I am informed, all the way to the suggested point near the Rock ferry, and to that extent might docks be constructed of any required size, without the slightest interruption to the flow of the tide, or the injurious withdrawal of any water that noy. - serves to scour out the river e —for the whole site alluded to forms one of these bays in which the water lies thin, and runs in an eddy with tied coming or retiring tide, and its enclosure would tend to deepen the main channel. A contrary opinion was, I believe, "paid for," some years ago, by the Corpo ration, when some private individuals commenced building a sea wall to enclose a ship-building yard on part of the site of Tranmere Pool; but, the Corporation (or the govern- . ment), may be readily satisfied on this point by employ ing " disinterested" practical men e who have directed their attention to estuary navigation; to survey the spot pointed out. The great basin that cleanses the Mer sey, and maintains its depth, is high up the river, where it expands in breadth, and extends far to the southward ; and the cutting off of a small bay, at the top of what may be call ed the pipe of the funnel, by a Straight line of sea wall, all practice and experience (as well as the encroachments of a similar nature made on this side the river by the Corporation themselves) go to prove, would giVe additional Scouring power to the retiring tidal water. " Vindex" starts some objections to the construction of docks on the opposite shore, which. are to nee not a little surprising. One of his objections is, that it would improve the property of Lord Shrewsbury, Mr. Price, and others, " who are in no way connected with the town," and " dete riorate the property of the corporation." - But if the trade of the port require such additional docks, is the idea of con structing them to be abandoned, and the public interests consequently to be neglected, merely because individuals would bedienefitted ? This appears to me to be a doctrine much more selfish than politic. The public good should be alone looked at by a public body, and if, in prosecuting improvements, private individuals be enriched, so much the better : both parties are benefitted, and why not be thankful, and not jealous. I never knew of any great public work be ing accomplished without advantage accruing to individuals. Oh, but, says " Vindex," those whose property would be benefitted in this case " are in no way connected with the town." I differ materially from him on this point. Birken head (and consequently its proprietors) is so closely connect ed with Liverpool, that it may be considered an integral part of the town. It now contains upwards of 6000 inhabitants, and the town and adjoining villas, inns, ferries, &c., have been built almost exclusively out of capital from Liverpool. Most of its respectable inhabitants, too, are from this side ; and as it offers us a readily accessible and healthy place of resort from the smoke of the town, and the turmoils of active mercantile life, and also promises, throtigh its rail way, greatly to increase the profitable commerce of the port, I do not see why, though it be in anotheecounty, sepa rated from us merely by a mile of water, we should enter tain towards it or its proprietors any feeliegs but those of re ciprocal good will. Liverpool, too, is muGh indebted to the enterprise of those who maintain the ferry communication with Cheshire, by boats admirably adapted for the transit both of goods and passengers, and which have tended greatly to improve and increase our supplies of agricultural, and gar den produce. If new docks be constructed on this side, in dividuals will be benefitted. Let us, therefore, hear no more of rather paying a larger amount for increased dock room on this side, than on the other, lest we should " benefit the pro perty of individuals in no way connected with the town!" With respect to deterioration of the dock property on this side, the argument appears to me to he equally untenable. The corporation would still retain the power in their own hands of maintaining the dock rates and town dues on both sides of the river. As well, indeed, may " Vindex" say that a new dock on this side would deteriorate the value of the others. If this opinion were carried out, it would he good policy to fill up a dock or two, to increase the value of those that remained ! Such an enterprise would, howevbr, be ra ther hazardous, at a time when not only the want of dock accommodations is loudly complained of, but the heavy amount of dock charges, which, to a considerable extent, has checked our commerce, and driven no small number of ves sels to resort to other ports, the charges at which are com paratively small. It is therefore the duty of the corporation to provide additional dock room at the cheapest possible rate. Vindex" apprehends that the transit of clerks, porters, and other workmen hence to the other side would be neces sary, and would be extremely inconvenient and expensive. He also thinks that parties who might have vessels on both sides the water, would find it impossible to exercise that " surveillance so necessary to ensure success." Now, rea soning from all past experience, I would say that no sooner would a dock be built, than there would be found a sufficient number of porters and others about it, residing at Birken head, which has become a considerable market town, with a rather abundant working population, many of whom would be glad to avail themselves of the employment which a dock would supply. There would be no need of exporting porters and other workmen, when they could be got at probably a cheaper rate in the same locality. Improved cranes and machinery would also be employed to expedite the operations. As to the surveillance of principals, many of the merchants reside on the other side, particularly in the summer ; and, though the greater part reside in the town, the facility of transitfrom the Exchange and its neighbourhood, where most of the merchant's offices are situated, is as great, and as rapid, as to the preeent doeks at the extremities of the port on this side. In other words, the average distance_ of mer chants or ship-owners from their vessels is about as great to the northern and southern docks, and as inconvenient as would be the distance to the proposed docks in Cheshire. If any one doubt this, let him walk from the Exchange to the Brunswick dock, particularly at this season of the year; let him use what diligence he may to get along through the passengers and the mud, and to keep clear of carts, cabs, and other machines, and when he has completed his " voyage" out and back, lie will, I venture to assert, readily admit, that he could have gone to Cheshire and returned in less time, and with more convenience and comfort,—provided the boats crossed more frequently, so that he would not be de tained, which would, doubtless, be the case were docks there constructed. " Vindex" argues as if the whole, or nearly the whole, of the cargoes of vessels, resorting to the proposed docks, must necessarily have ,to be , carried across the river in lighters. A great quantity, no doubt, would : but lighters adapted for that peculiar trade would be built, of large ton nage, with suitable purchases, which would be towed by steam across the river, and worked at a much smaller ex pense than ordinaay flats. B es id es , man y vesselsfrom the East of Europe, after discharging their cargoes here, could with a great saving of expense go across for their return cargoes,—particularly salt, iron, slates, flags, and other materials, now taken into the do c k s in flats. Depots for those might be formed on the other side,—and above all large salt warehouses, so constructed that Dutch, Belgian, Baltic, and other vessels, which carry home this article almost ex clusively, might haul up against them, and receive their supplies with much greater convenience, rapidity, and cheap ness, than by the .present tedious and expensive process by flats. At present flats laden with salt and coal are not allowed to enter the docks except under certain regulations, and are therefore compelled to remain frequently for days in the river, exposed to the winds and weather, with their cargoes on board. How great would be the accommodation to them of a refuge on the Cheshire shore were given, either as a dock or a large basin ! The use of a small dock would, I am convinced, be gladly paid for by their proprietors, now that the Brunswick Basin, their place of refuge on this side, has been taken for the proposed dock for the large steamers of the port. The Liverpool docks would moreover be greatly disencumbered by the salt vessels receiving their cargoes on the Cheshire side,—the number of flats entering the docks here to discharge that article (as well as coals &c.,) being. so great that the shipping is greatly incommoded by the space they occupy. This would be remedied to a great extent by the proposed depot for that and other articles in Cheshire. In proof of my position on this point 1 submit the following official return relating to one of the docks, by which it will be seen that the number of flats entering the dock was, within the stated time greater than the number of vessels : ARRIVALS. Week ending. I No. of Vessels. SALTHOUSE DOCK. No. of Flats with Salt. Aug. 4. ... 1839 Sept. 1.........