The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-19 00:00:00

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P re g 00°' ;of riCenl9 ! - e Pft ices thi ° in t o I t LRe l Ltit f e b - e or `ti ;cm re 0 cin l° but m ice; tl► d3, r 7REATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. reiN li tt of, the Last New Play called the SEA CAP '44°4 b THE BIRTHRIGHT, written by Sir Edward_ itlietr..Quiwer, Bart and now performing nightly, with llifc p tes t success, at " the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket. tttlie4t Lresent TUESDAY EVENING, the 19th instant, . / O l e Performed, for the second time here, with New TK messes, &c, , the Last New Play, called recei'('lt'A• CAPTAIN, OR THE BIRTHRIGHT, at this Theatre last night with enthusiastic Asi‘ plaudits. PMvetuir• • • • Iti l i tt udal e l i e • e (Son to Lady Arundel) .. Mr. W. Howard. I) , rel a t (A reputed Miser, and though but " to Lady Arundel, the Heir-at-Law to . th "Titles and Estates, failing the Children of the Countess).... MI-. Baker. (the Captain of a Ship of War).... Mr. Stuart. "_ w. . (his Fri en d and Lieutenant) Mr. W. H. Bland. (a Vill age P r i es t).. Mr. Lynne. se n •• . ..... (a Pirate) ...... Mr. Gray. At . •••• •• •- Mr. Slait er . I D w y er .... Mr. P. Crowe. t; a'un• • • (Landlord of the Inn).. Mr. Vivash. Ph-7 C. 41 Servant s o f L a d y Arundel .. Mr. Starke. Lti arid St Mr. F. Lloyds. Y,Ar tiqd , ern • • (Sailor s ).. Messrs. Benwell and Jonas. t •(a Countess in her own right).. Miss Cleaver. '; • • (her Wad and Cousin t Lord Ashdale I litt res °Y his father r 's'side). ... Miss o Fall Cit. 8 Pr u de nce Mrs. Edwards. 41,41/ To conclude with the Melo-Drama of ROBINSON CRUSOE. 6,144.0ffice will be open daily, when Tickets may be .4 1'11 da ces taken, of Mr. J. WILKINSON, from Ten , the r ee. INtWPular Vocalists, Mr. TEMPLETON and Miss le itr e ' o f the Theatres-Royal, Covent-garden and Drury -1 for Eight Nights, and will make their ap ;to uere LA \-• MORROW EVENING, the 20th inst., 4 1 tar a Pe t r e a r °,f LA SONNAMBULA. Elvino, (his o o ri u gi- t k114, 1 ( 1 0 , A V r 1 ‘ 1 6.. Templeton i ; A; i n i i e i s ia sio Mk i s r ßAm ak e e r r ; ; C Liz n a 0 t ,, ,i t ,t. -- -To con l ' u n cl i e ca n s lt e h ; the Melo-Drama of ELLA Tjai l .j r t. R °. Ro c senberg, Mr. Stuart ; Ella Rosenberg. irX Opera Pera of THE LOVE SPELL is in preparation, 14d hZ i Produced during the engagement of Mr. Temple- It t .• qt ti r ''"POOL ANNUAL EXHIBITION. u'nIBITION of the LIVERPOOL ACADEMY `tX W ORKS of MODERN ARTISTS IS NOM' I ,l4 ei';,.! t t, the GALLERY, Church-street, from Nine it t i 3 e Morning, till dusk. Admission, One Shilling. iliale_4_,oone Shilling. Season Ticke s t e s ;en FiN o - f: cl S o i c li l l c li u n i f t s ii q iti b r Z in t from illuminated E ven i ngs, &a n s. Admission, One Y EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Academy. PROPRIETORS OF THE CONSERVATIVE 1,.4 CE PRESS. 4, LENIAN, who has been many years connected MAI° English and Irish press, is anxious to meet with " l ON as EDITOR, or Edito r an d R e p or te r , of a ki k W ei. ' J ournal of sound Protestant and Conservative r ANC ' s t: tt l i add et 3 , references will be given, and all communica lat (p to ost paid) to A. 8., Standard-office, aMPIMMUSIMESMSFI TO CORRESPONDENTS. St: f °arid it utt er l y i mprac ti ca bl e to g i v e i nser ti on t o t o , r 11 int eresting particulars, with which we have been ed yqt e n r esPvcting the " Radical Doings at Poole." We to oblige our informant on Friday. communications are necessarily postponed or space. We have made considerable sacrifices rit the report of the admirable speeches delivered at 4 111 kqestant Meeting at Sheffield, the length of which %tZe trust, prove a valid excuse for the omission of our favours. • TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. S.of ik o ur distant Subscribers have been disappointea ike;-v receiving last Friday's STANDARD, we beg kk ieh lt `i4 attribute it to the accident at the Post-office, 1 0 , 4 i s noticed e l sew h ere . W e hare the same apo sk Plead w ith th ose w h o ma y h ave rece ived da cleVies of the same paper. Zibtrpoot (ttanbarb. •utsn A -'417 MORNING, NOVEMBER If', 1839. IN "are been favoured with a file of Demerara pa tO N il the 30th of September, inclusive. In the G azette of September 28 we find a requisition Ho ''Rt' 41 ° 11 r, George Bagot, the High Sheriff, re to call a public meeting, for the purpose !tki ed . g expression to the general feeling in favour of 114146,1 ate measures being taken for the promotion of itr a T i ati 'm into th e co l on y, an d f or t a kin g into con '111(11)64 by 'what means this most important object th e e carried i n t o e ff ec t. W e h ear tily r ej o i ce to find re spectable colonists have taken this subject in t ag . ' good ear nes t. We anticipate the greatest ad- 5 ,4 41 10 4 , 14 6. ° 1 11 the proposed movement on their part, ,Ite ohs —ec l to as th a t movemen t w ill b e by th e merean 4f4"tronity in Great Britain. The question must INi i ettl upon the early attention of Parliament, es -1444 Y after the publication of Lord Normanby's des tlotkete Gov ernor Li g h t, i n w hi c h h e f orma ll y an - Silk: t he Royal disallowance of the Ordinance to 4 0 the immigration of labourers into that ill-fated Ch perfectly agree with the editor of the onide when he characterises this proceed calculated to stamp Lord Normanby as " the thatevlittPrincipled and shallow-minded functionary er mismanaged the business, or disgraced the tvci e j ° llo f the Coloni a l Depa r tment." The de s pat c h We allude occupies too much space for inser titft}lin the li m i ts at our comman d t hi s d ay, or we til tr ee ', ll , r nish our readers with another specimen of c, (1 11 p r ' tleBB Policy pursued by the pre s ent administra r!a o king of the Noble ex-Secretary for the kto trei l t ts laugh a bl e i n t h e extreme . H e a d m i ts , i n Ill tou i .2 r ms, the propriety of enacting laws for the enlent of immigration, but is " not as well •r eb 'ed that it is just or wise to appropriate the pub tlit,ekle in aid o f t hi s serv i ce. " H e a dd s t h at, "if ktid koVitalists are anxious to enlarge their agricultural tile 'tufaeturing operations, it seems reasonable that wi e l it. t ise should he borne by themselves." Now, it L 4 tlo t i , ri p e ' r wil that British Guiana contains no mann ), operly speaking. The capitalists of the co 'lttof a gricultu r i s t s , or th e y are no thi ng . Th e f ai l- Z e tg tbei r agriculture would involve the failure of :44 Othe r v .;; interest. If sugar, cotton, coffee, and I:N6: lia ble staples be not raised in the colony, the 1 44 . t will get no sale for his wares, the lawyer for hi; the doct or f or hi s me di ca l s kill, or th e ar ti zan han dicraft. The Guiana Chronicle very pro kteder ei narks, t h at " peop l e o f Li mer i c k—( an I r i s h L jt L rd lit v is very app ro p r i a t e ly introduced in the case 0 7 . ray all r manby)—the people of Limerick do not fr tile expenses of the British empire : yet they t h °4l the public treasury an enormous grant by :le re e Y will be almost exclusively benefitted." The mark will apply to numberless other cases in money s been appropriated for the l ' i t Nti tle ? f devel o pi ng t h e resources o f I re l an d. B u t eitial contributors to the revenue of British L. 4 ok r e not a ll owe d to appropr i ate a f ract i on o f i t ?til t lett o f y such paramount importance to the pros- Neetlle pe u' : l l . l e colony ! S uc h i s Whig" consistency ! e t tp to Many considerations connected with this t A t 4N W hich w e may h ave occas i on h erea f ter t o re -4 r P r esont we shall content ourselves with the o%l,e:hark that the conduct of the present "farce ` 4 l _ l )t , eo . 1 1 1 nment" towards the colonists of Demerara t iplit it , h ar sh, cruel, and unjust in the extreme. The 414 1te t h e a ve done everything in their power to con pt. e ti le ruli ng party in Great Britain. They have tZeti c i eci ( M c ost self-denying sacrifices to please the t Ztt th e; friends of th e N egroes ." A n d w h a t h as Otti a , r eward ? H ave t h ey not b een l oa d e d w i t h .I k4 trued Have not all their appeals for redress -tit e d . with insulting mockery and contempt ? . h ive received a copy of the Hobart Town Ad l. ttr of May 3d. It conta i ns an e l a b orate art i c l e i n nTo f establishing a Chamber of Commerce in HO- WhiCh, it is p ro p er l y argue d, wou ld con d uce 0 1 4% 11411 Y to the conven i ence o f th e mercan til e 0151,11 Y. It contain s no o th er ar ti c l e o f news o f cvi l : 44 Q. From th e "P r i ce C urren t" we l earn f rog w as selli ng at 12s to 14s per b us h e l ; bar -14)14 • el : 8 to 6s ( d; butter, (Irish) is 4d to is 5d 1 ( 1 1) 4 ib -tese, English) is 4d per lb ; colonial ditto, 4 4 Der tn . ' 114 Y2 £6 t o £8 p er t on; po t a t oes , £9 to (14 41 ; salt, (Li verpoo l) £5 to £7 per ton ; and tfl erls° ° l ) £5O p er ton. Th e tra d e o f t h e co l ony, 1 414 4 hy beige to from th e ta bl es o f i mports an d exports, remarkably brisk. 0Y th 41 e a re 11 ter , 0 'val. of the packet-ship Garrick, Captain it 4 to 4 2 'ri daY last, we have received New York th lt ;thi lla le 2 5th of October, inclusive. The most ht kt t l elki o t°l3 ie of news which these papers furnish is 11 ;1 1, .• wg to the monetary affairs of the United h 4 , 1 , Proceed to give a brief outline of te ,}4tl other commercial intelligence from the • IN the r , ell the Liverpool sailed, up to the period 'tie "rarrick I‘tleft. tit tle % th e " and Enquirer of October 21st states 211 y Rs. Prev ious Satu r d a y th e st oc k- mar k e t was e e , it Lizer. United States Bank shares advanced Nttlyn '4°ll dav "le ;1446; evening, Oct. 21, the position of the rr eahu r ; i la Undergone no material change. rel4ined unmitigated, and the commu nity were looking forward to the relief promised by the banks throughout the preceding week. Stocks gene rally were a little better. One considerable failure, at least, was said to have taken place. Many representa tives of country banks were in the city, for the purpose of making arrangements for their respective institu tions. Nothing was this day done in foreign exchanges. All the banks in Cincinnati, with the exception of the Commercial, had suspended payments in specie, and that without any extraordinary demand upon them for specie. On Tuesday, Oct. 22, there was no alleviation of the state of the money-market. The pressure was as severe as ever. On first-rate paper 3 per cent. per month was offered, and little could be done even at that high rate of discount. In stocks the transactions were light ; United States Bank closed firm at 76, but other stocks were dull, and experienced a slight de cline. Bills on London of an undoubted character were offering at 1081, and no operations made. A committee of merchants waited on the banks this day, for the purpose of urging them to receive and pay out safety bank-notes at par. On Wednesday, Oct. 23, the scarcity of money was still felt to an unprecedented extent. Public securities, of all kinds, could scarcely meet a purchaser at any price. Some sales of business paper were made at 3 to 3 per cent. per month, discount ; and United States Bank post-notes were offered at 31 per cent. per month, without buyers. London sold at 1081. Stocks had considerably declined. In short, the whole operations of the day were extremely limited, and more gloom and despondency was perceptible than on any previous day. The application to the banks, for the purpose of urging them to receive and pay out safety fund notes, did not meet with a favourable result. On Thursday, Oct. 24, the money-market bore no evidence of improvement. Money was scarcely to be had at any price. Stocks were lower, and the only propitious circumstance that could be mentioned was, that foreign exchanges were becoming more decidedly in favour of the United States. Sterling bills were sold at from Bto 81 per cent. premium. The whole amount of business, however, done for the sailing of the packet, was scarcely equal to the business of one house in ordinary times. The Havre packet of this day took out 82,000 dollars in specie. The banks at Boston remained firm. When the suspension of specie payments at Philadelphia was first known at Boston, some apprehensions were entertained that the operations of the banks at the latter place would have been embarrassed. Those apprehensions were, however, speedily removed, and general confi dence restored. Nothing could save the banks and the bank debtors in Ohio but an ability to continue specie payments by the banks. By the banking law of last session, Feb. 16, 1839, provision is made that if any bank of the state suspend specie payments for a longer term than thirty days in any one year, the president judge of the C. P. Circuit in which the bank is situate, shall issue a writ for the sequestration of such bank, and through the sheriff deliver all its effects to one or more of the bank commissioners. The commissioner is required immediately to collect the debts due to the bank, and dispose of its property, and apply the proceeds to the payment of its debts. The provisions of this law are said to be imperative. The bank commissioner must apply to the judge, who must order the sequestration. It is thus that the Ohio banks are exposed to utter ruin, unless they can continue their specie payments. From this devastating ruin there is only one mode of escape, and that is a special call of the Legislature within the thirty days to modify this rigorous law. The banks at Wheeling had not suspended specie payments at the date of the last accounts. The North Carolina banks have suspended specie payments. It appears from a notice issued by the cashier of the Bank of the Valley, in Virginia, that that institution is prohibited, by the banking law of the state, from re newing any note so long as it suspends the payment of specie. The,banks of Kentucky have all followed the example of the Philadelphia banks, by suspending payment in specie. We learn from Philadelphia that the officers of the Government have positively refused, or were unable, to pay the hands in the Navy Yard in specie, and that payment was refused at the Custom-house when drafts upon it were presented. The Government, however, unlike the banks, will not receive anything but silver or its equivalent in payment of debts due-to it. The citizens of Philadelphia were suffering great inconve nience from the scarcity of change, owing to which they were unable to make their purchases at the stores or in the markets. This inconvenience was most se verely felt by the poor man and the stranger, who found it difficult to procure on credit the articles ne cessary for the comfort and sustenance of their fami lies. The National Intelligencer says—" We do not exaggerate when we say, that many poor persons have had to return from the store and the market, since the suspension of specie payments took place, without being able to procure bread or meat for themselves and their families, the storekeeper or butcher being unable to find change for the lowest denomination of bank notes tendered to them in payment. How long this distressing state of things will remain, we are at a loss to conjecture." This statement seems to be utterly at variance with the boasted abundance of the precious metals in the United States. The premium on specie had declined somewhat at Philadelphia. It had become a fixed principle with the merchants of that city to suffer protest on notes and drafts from New York, whenever payment was de manded in specie or New York funds. The New Orleans cotton market, on the 12th ultimo, showed symptoms of improvement. An animated de mand had continued throughout the previous week, although the weather had been most unfavourable. The demand had been confined almost entirely to the finer grades, principally for France, with some small lots for the northern manufactories. The receipts con tinued heavy. The sickness in the southern states had considerably abated. Passengers, we are told, need not feel under any apprehensions in going to Charleston or Augusta. Rensselaer Van Rensselaer, the quondam-general at Navy Island, had been sentenced by the United States Court sitting at Albany, to six months imprisonment, and to pay a fine of 250 dollars, on the charge of set ting on foot a military expedition in the United States against a foreign power. The Washington Globe states that orders had been given to prepare a sloop of war and a schooner, with all possible dispatch, for cruising on the coast of Africa, in execution of the laws of the United States against the disgraceful traffic in slaves, The Woodstock (N. 8.) Times states that Colonel Mudge and Mr. Featherstonaugh had concluded their tour of exploration through the disputed territory, and had proceeded to Quebec. Nothing had transpired, says the Times, that could be fully relied upon as to the reeult of their investigation ; but it adds, as the rumour, that no highlands corresponding to the terms of the treaty had been discovered, except at the source of the Penobscot, where they are said to be " decidedly and distinctly marked." "We announced in our second edition of Friday last that the Cceur de Leon, Captain Robinson, had brought advices from Montreal and Quebec to the 22d of Oc tober. From the Montreal papers we learn that Sir John Colborne had left that place on the 18th ultimo. On the day of his departure an address, signed by 3000 respectable inhabitants, was presented to his Excel lency, declaratory of the general regret experienced at his departure. He was accompanied to the place of embarkation by a brilliant cortege, and amid much military display. Her Majesty's ship Pique, with the new Governor- General of British North America, the Right Hon. C. P. Thomson, and Sir R. D. Jackson, Commander of the Forces, anchored in the port of Quebec on the af ternoon of the 17th ultimo. They did not land until the following day, when they were received on their landing with:the usual marks of respect. His Excel leney the Governor-General, on assuming the govern ment, issued the following proclamation : C. POULETT THOMPSON. By his Excellency the Right Hon. Charles Poulett Thomp son, one of her Majesty's most Hon. Privy Council, Go vernor-General of British North America, and Captain- General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, New Bruns wick, and the Island of Prince Edward, and Vice-Admiral of the same. A PROCLAMATION. The Queen having been graciously pleased to appoint me to be Governor-General of British North America, I have this day assumed the administration of that office. In the execution of this high trust it will be my desire no less than my duty to promote, to the utmost of my power, the welfare of all classes of her Majesty's subjects. To reconcile exist ing differences, to apply a remedy to proved grievances, to extend and protect the trade, and enlarge the resources of the Colonies entrusted to my charge, above all to promote whatever may bind them to the Mother Country by increased ties of affection and interest, will be my first and most anxi ous endeavour. In the pursuit of these objects I shall ever be ready to listen to the representations of all, whilst I shall unhesitatingly exercise the powers confided to me to repress disorder, to uphold the law, and maintain tranquillity. The suspension of the constitution in Lower Canada places in the hands of the executive government powers of an extraordinary nature, the necessity for which is deeply to be deplored, and which can be justified only by the circumstances of the pro vince. One principal object of my mission will be to deter mine in what manner, at what time, this state of things may be brought to a close, and the full benefits of British institu tions be restored to her Majesty's Lower Canadian subjects. In Upper Canada, the loyalty and courage of the inhabi tants have preserved the constitution, and maintained the powers of the law, through difficulties of the most trying na ture. Their exertions, during the last two years, have been viewed by her Majesty with the highest satisfaction, and have commanded the applause and admiration of all classes in the mother country. It would appear, however, that in that province causes of embarrassment are not wanting : her trade is said to be cramped—her finances deranged—and the development of her resources impeded. To devise mea sures by which these evils may be removed, in a manner sa tisfactory to the inhabitants, will be one of the objects to engage my earliest attention, and I shall rely upon the pa triotism of the people, and the wisdom of the legislature, to aid me in the effort. Animated by the most anxious desire to promote the wel fare of these important provinces to uphold the rights of the Crown, by whose confidence I have been honoured, and to advance the true interests of the people to whom I am sent, I confidently call on all those to whom the prosperity of Bri- tish North America is dear, to unite with me in the work which I have undertaken, and laying aside all minor con siderations, afford me that assistance and co-operation which can alone enable me to bring my task to a successful issue. Given under my hand and seal at arms, at the Castle of Saint Lewis, in the city of Quebec, in the said province of Lower Canada, this 19th day of October, in the year of our Lord 1839, and the third year of her Majesty's reign. By his Excellency's command, T. A. C. MURDOCH, Chief Secretary. At a late hour last evening we received a file of the Sydney Commercial Journal to the 26th of June, in clusive. By accounts received at Sydney, it appears that the settlers on the Hunter are beset with armed bushrangers ; and to such an extent•that it was feared, if immediate steps were not taken by the authorities, they would, by being joined by others, become so numerous as to openly defy the existing police force. The intelligence from Hobart Town, by these pa pers, extends to the 7th of June. Trade was very brisk in Van Dieman's Land. The prices of provi sions continued very high. The port of Launceston was unusually busy for the season of the year, and the quantity of shipping in the harbour had the effect of raising the wages of labourei s to Gs. per day.' Every boat on the river was in full employ, and labourers could scarcely be procured to unload the vessels. The Liberals, within the last fortnight, have disco vered a notable mare's nest. Not content with the ordinary terms of abuse and calumny with which they have made their party so familiar that the sound of them has become wearisome and stale, they have at tempted to flavour the dish they set before the public by matter of more piquancy, and have added treason to the catalogue of enormities for which the Conserva tives have to answer. This is somewhat startling, we confess. To accuse Tories of disloyalty and traitorous disaffection to the Throne, does, we think, sound paradoxical. Let us for a moment suppose that the Downing-street jour nals are right in their hypothesis, and that a deep-laid conspiracy against the Monarchy has been secretly plotted at the Carlton Club, and that Mr. Bradshaw has been indiscreet enough to reveal its existence be fore it was ripe for explosion. We have, then, these remarkable results—so remarkable, that we think they may not unreasonably stagger the belief of even a Whig-Radical, envenomed as his mind is with ran corous malignity sufficient to pervert his judgment and jaundice his understanding. But the Conservatives are traitors—plotters of trea sonable conspiracies—leagued together with the view of bringing the Crown into contempt. So runs the charge. What a revolution, then, has taken place in the sentiments of the party during the last two years ! As Burke said of chivalry, the age of loyalty is gone with them, and their chief anxiety is to pave the way for a Republic by making Monarchy odious to the people. The Tories have become democrats : they delight in everything which can make the ignorant masses chafe against aristocratic rule, and look across the Atlantic with a sigh for the blessings of that free dom which the relics of feudal barbarism deny them at home. They now love to expose all the anomalies and apparent absurdities of our Constitution, and think Torn Paine was correct in the view he took of the Crown, when he said that the right of peace and war resided in a metaphor shewn in the Tower for a shil ling a head. They grudge the expense of Royalty, and turn their enamoured gaze upon the simple dig nity of the Chief Magistrate of a Republic. Calling themselves by the name of their political forefathers, they desert and belie all their principles, and, under the mask of Toryism, seek to work out the schemes of the desperate Jacobins of the French Revolution. And all this for what ? In order to increase in this country the power of popular licentiousness, contempt for con stituted authority, and hatred of old feudal distinc tions. Such is the portrait which the pencil of Liberalism is now tracing upon the canvas as the likeness of the Conservative party. How desperate must be the re sources of our opponents, when they are compelled to resort to such transparent fabrications ! Their picture has not even the merit of being a caricature. It is a clumsy daub, and under it they are compelled to write, like the wretched painters of the middle ages did under their compositions, "This is a Conservative," lest the portrait should be taken, as infallibly would be the case, for that of a modern Liberal. We animadverted, in the conscientious discharge of what we believed to be a duty, in strong terms upon the impropriety of some of the expressions which re cently disfigured the speech of Mr. Bradshaw. We did upon that occasion what we firmly believe no Whig-Radical writer would have done in the case of any language whatever which might be used by a ve hement partisan of his own cause. We have too firm a conviction of the strength of the principles which animate the Conservative party, to dread lest we should weaken it by protesting against any ebullition of mis guided zeal or erroneous judgment, even though it comes from a devoted adherent to our own side. But because we thought it right to censure the language used by Mr. Bradshaw, and equally condemn the speech of his imitator Mr. Roby, at Ashton-under- Lyne,—prompted though, in each case, the speakers were by an honest conviction that dangers menaced the Throne which loudly called for the voice of faith ful, though uncourteous warning,—does it follow that we can for an instant admit or approve of the com mentaries on the part of the Whig-Radical press with reference to this much-abused subject ? They would be purely ridiculous did they not reveal the degree of falsehood and uncharitableness to which political par tisanship will hurry and degrade men. The charge of treason against the Conservatives is a fitting adjunct to that of meditated murder with which they have been assailed, the indictment running to the effect that they deliberately intended to take the life of Queen Victoria by bribing her physicians to poison her. Both are equally worthy of the party which originated them — both equally contemptible—and both excite in the minds of honourable men nothing but feelings of in dignation and disgust. But who are our accusers ? In the name of all that is constitutional and loyal what right have the degraded Whigs to impeach the Conservatives of treason, Quis tulerit Gracchos de seditione querentes If we go back to the latter end of the last century, we find Charles James Fox—the Corypheus of the Whigs—in the year 1793, when the scaffold in Paris had been stained by the blood of a murdered Sovereign, attending mob meetings of the most violent and sedi tious kind, ostentatiously at public dinners omitting the health of his King and substituting in its place, with most significant prologue, the toast of the Sovereignty of the people, Since his time the Whigs, by their in- Hated promises, hollow protestations, and list of mag nified grievances, have been the prime movers of every outbreak amongst the populace which has threatened the stability of Government in this Country. And within the last ten years what can be more base than their conduct towards their "patriot king i" So long as he allowed himself to be the instrument of their ambition, and the resolute supporter of the Reform bill, he was covered with as much fulsome adulation as they now seek to heap upon Queen Victoria ; but when his eyes were opened to the true character of the party he had called into power, and he found that on his accession he had fallen amongst thieves, who can have forgotten the loathsome abuse which these time serving parasites dared to utter against their Sovereign. Then the " patriot king" was changed into " false, fleeting, perjured Clarence ;" and other epithets were used with which we will not defile our columns. That most excellent and exemplary lady, Queen Adelaide, was coarsely attacked, and the most unmanly and in jurious calumnies against her were put into circulation. But we will not revive these filthy libels. Suffice it to say, that the Whig party then and until the death of King William did all they could to render monarchy odious, and yet they would now have us believe that they have a monopoly of loyalty, and to them alone the Throne must look for protection and support. Out upon such hollow hypocrisy ! It is seen and under stood by, and will meet soon with its deserts from, the people of England. There is no limit to the humbug practised by the present degraded and imbecile Administration. The penny postage scheme has turned out in their hands another miserable failure. If it had been passed with the proviso for which the Conservative party in the House of Commons stipulated, it might have been car ried into immediate and beneficial operation. But for the factious obstinacy of the ministerialists, the people of this country would have been favoured with this most desirable reform in our fiscal regulations. Sir Robert Peel's advice was, however, disregarded, and the act for the establishment of a penny postage scheme has proved an abortion. That act was passed on the 17th of August last, and was to continue in force and effect until the sth of October, 1840. Above a month of the period allotted by Parliament for the experiment of a penny postage had expired, when, on the 12th instant, a Treasury minute is issued, not for a penny, but for a fourpenny one, the benefit of which will only be experi enced by the inhabitants of those places which are situ ated at a greater distance than fifteen miles from each other ! But on this subject we shall have more to say on Friday. THE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATIONS are doing their work nobly, and their numbers increase. In our columns to-day will be found a Report of the Speeches delivered at Sheffield last week by the Rev. Messrs. Nl‘Ghee and M'Neile. Mr. M`Ghee, whose speech we have abridged (we are sorry we could not give it entire) from the Shef field Mercury, has added to his former masterly exhi bitions of the treachery and perjury of the Popish Hierarchy and Demagogues in Ireland, a demonstra tion which we doubt not will produce a powerful effect. At the labours of Mr. M`Neile we know not how to express our astonishment. His incessant preaching to densely crowded congregations with a lucidness of arrangement, a power of expression, and a richness of information, requiring unwearied study, would seem to leave no time for speaking at public meetings; while his speeches would in like manner seem to leave no time for the preparation of such sermons. His speech at Sheffield contains a brilliant exposure of Papal ambition, derived from the pages of our his tory, "and combined with observations of profound wis dom and sagacity upon the theory and working of our Constitution. We beg to call particular attention to the following passage : "There is indeed, and there was, a strictly legal and consti tutional dispensing power in the Crown ; but of course it had its limits. It extended to the penalties, but not to the privi leges of the subject. It was, and is, constitutional in the Crown to dispense with the sentence of the law passed upon a convict, and to throw open his prison doors ; but it was, and is, unconstitutional and illegal for the Crown to dispense with the habeas corpus, and throw any subject untried into prison. (Loud cheering for several minutes.) But even then, supposing such an exercise of arbitrary authority, the Sovereign is not personally responsible. The constitution has shielded the Monarch behind the ministers who are re sponsible to the nation, and upon whom, as the advisers of an illegal act, the concentrated indignation of an insulted people should fall. (Renewed and enthusiastic cheering.) The responsibility of the ministers of the Crown stands con nected with that other feature of the constitution, that no men can continue ministers after they have lost the confi dence of the country. And if any men, after they have lost the confidence of the country, and publicly confessed, in their places in parliament, that such is the case,:shall continue to advise the Sovereign to retain them in office, such men be come unconstitutional traitors ; and if the country continue to tolerate such men, it becomes particeps criminis in the prostration of its own liberties. (Tremendous cheering.)" Upon the " Education Plot," also, he has added to his well-earned reputation ; and his description of O'Connell's reception when Mr. Mayor Rathbone ad ventured him into our Newsroom, is rich, and must have been irresistible. ST. ANN'S WARD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sir,—We have read the address of Mr. Joseph Mascn, the late member for this ward, inserted in the Albion of the 4th instant. We have also re a d th e l ea di ng ar ti c l e on " T ORY RE-ACTION" in this ward, contained in the Liverpool Chro nicle of the 9th instant ; and have also read the speech and memorial of Mr. Alderman .Benn, delivered to the Town Council, on Saturday last, upon which we proceed to make the following comments. We begin with Mr. Mason's address. In this document, that gentleman insinuates that many of the voters were in a state of intoxication when they came to the booth ; in reply to which we state that there were TWO instances, and no more, of any voter being in liquor, and the men in these instances were considered by the aldermen and assessors in a fit state to vote, otherwise their votes would, without doubt, have beenrejeqed. M r . M ason nee d n ot i mag i ne i the " re-action" ▪ n this ward has been brought about by treating. Another and more cogent impulse has actuated the electors, as is exemplified in the conduct of a certain Doctor in this ward, who, on all previous occasions, has voted for the reformer, but on the present tendered a vote for each; and upon being told he could not do so said, " Then I will vote for neither. So much for Mr. Mason and his insinu ations. Now for the calumny contained in the Chronicle ; it is as follows We need not be surprised at their (the tories') success, i▪ f they would descend to the unheard of baseness of putting one of their faction under false colours, upon the liberal committee, and so not merely ob taining his own vote, which was unblushingly given to them on the day of election, but also all the secrets and plans of the reformers. This is stated to have been the case." The editor of the Chronicle is base enough to insinuate that the tories have been guilty of co n d uc t suc h as thi s . W e a d m it that a man residing in the ward, who has at all previous elec tions supported and voted for the reformers, and in Novem ber, 183 S, voted for Mr. Coglan, and at the election on the Ist of this month, was on the REFORM COMMITTEE, did vote at the last election for Mr. Jones, the conservative can didate ; yet we are not, however, aware that he ever belonged to the conservative party. The editor of the Chronicle will, therefore, see that the tories have not descended to any such act of baseness as above alleged, and that the statement made by him is without foundation. The man was one of his reform party, but, for reasons best known to himself, became attached to the conservatives, and voted in their in terest. We now observe on the speech and memorial of Mr. Alderman Benn. At the meeting of the Council of the 9th inst., Mr. Berm is reported to have said in his speech, that a person, of the name of John Bond, tendered his vote ; but circumstances occurred which induced him to believe that this was not the same John Bond who was on the register. " The usual questions were put to him, and replied to in the affirmative; but still BELIEVING that he was not the man who had a right to vote, he caused him to be taken into cus tody." In the memorial, Mr. Alderman Benn says, " he still in sisted that the vote should be recorded, and that being con vinced he was not BOND, he caused the paper to be retained, and the person tendering it to be taken into custody." On these assertions of Mr. Alderman Benn, we shall merely observe, that they are one and all of them mistakes ; and that the inducement, the belief, and the taking into cus tody, were all the acts of Mr. Reyner, the Reform Assessor, and not of Mr. Benn. We next come to the speech of Mr. Coglan. This gentleman says " that he h as b een i ns t ruc t e d by a respectable portion of his constituents, who considered it a disgrace to the ward as it was to the council, that the in dividual personating Bond, was brother-in-law to the suc cessful candidate, who was present in the poll-booth when he voted." In reply to this charge we say, that the man may be re lated to Mr. Jones in the way supposed, for anything we know to the contrary, but that Mr. Jones was present in the booth at the time we deny, and it has been so stated on OATH before Mr. Rushton, by one of the ex-candidate's friends, and we believe in the presence of Mr. Coglan, who was in at tendance at the adjourned hearing of the case ; moreover, as Mr. Rushton refused to permit the ex-candidate (who was the Advocate on the hearing) to put any questions tending to inculpate Mr. Jones in the personation of Bond, unless he intended to bring a specific charge against Mr. Jones ; and as Mr. Jones has denied that he was in the booth at the time of the personation, and Mr. Coglan refuses to retract his assertion to the contrary, we think Mr. Coglan has not ex hibited those feelings towards Mr. Jones, which should cha racterise a gentleman and a man of honour. We should not have felt ourselves called upon to notice these misstate ments, had it not been that they have become the subject of frequent remark, and much surprise having been excited that they were not contradicted.—Yours, &c., J. C. GROCOTT, one of the Assessors of the Ward. G. H. CORLESS,I Burgesses at the Booth on the part JOHN DAVIES, I of Mr. Jones. Liverpool, Nov. 18,1839. On Saturday next will be launched, from the building-yard of Mr. Peter Cato, west side Brunswick Dock, a fine strong• built vessel, intended as a Light-ship, on the Formby Station : she is supposed to be a superior model and well adapted for riding, INQUESTS. DEATH FROM APOPLEXY. On Friday, an inquest was held on view of the body of Mr. Thomas Dove, partner of Messrs. Rigby and Co., boiler -manufacturers. Joseph Rigby being sworn.—l am a boiler -maker in Stan hope -street. Deceased, whose name was Thomas Dove, was my partner. He was in the habit of sleeping in an apartment over our office. I saw him last on Tuesday evening, about five o'clock, and he was then qWte well. He went out and returned. The deceased was in the habit of locking the door inside before he went to bed. About ten o'clock next morning, on my coming to town, I found the office door was not open. I knocked at the door, but, receiving no answer, I had the lock picked. On getting in, we found the deceased lying dead at the foot of the stairs, one arm resting on the stairs, and the other on the floor. I had the body removed to the inner office, but did not call a surgeon, as the body was quite cold. He was a moderately temperate man, but used sometimes to get over the line. When I last saw him alive, he was perfectly sober. When he did drink anything, it was rum. [lt was here stated by the coroner, that Mr. Cooper, sur geon, had actually detected the smell of rum in the brain of the deceased. Mr. C. said it was the first time he had no ticed such a circumstance, and that its possibility had been denied by the faculty generally ; but in this case there could be no doubt of the fact. This Mr. C. repeated in his evidence.] William Hignett said I am book-keeper at Messrs. Rigby and Co.'s, Deceased was my father-in-law, and was about 63 years of age. On Wednesday last I was informed that he was dead at the office. I had the body taken to my house in Phythian-street. He sometimes drank a little. Mr. James Cooper, surgeon.—l have made a post mortem examination of tke body of Mr. Thomas Dove, and, from the diseased state of the brain, I am of opinion that the deceased died in a fit of apoplexy brought on by drinking. I dis tinctly perceived the smell of rum in the cavities of the brain. (Other parties also smelt it.) The jury returned a verdict to the effect, that the deceased died from apoplexy, produced by drinking. FALLING FROM THE RIGGING OF A VESSEL. _ _ On Friday an inquisition was held on view of Che body of a youth named Job Deakin. Joseph Moore, a custom-house officer, said that on Wed nesday morning last he was on board the barque Carena, lying on the west side of the Queen's Dock. The deceased went on board the brig Amicitia, lying astern of the Ca rena. Witness and others saw the deceased fall from the rigging of the brig. He fell into the hold, apparently from the maintop. A man who was in the hold, under the hatch way, heard a noise like a rope unreeving, and, thinking something was falling, stepped aside. A crash followed be hind him, an], looking round, he saw the deceased lying on his face on the kelson. He immediately picked up the de ceased, who was bleeding from his mouth, nostrils, and eye brows. He called for assistance, and the deceased was hoisted on deck. He appeared to be nearly dead. Witness left him in his father's arms. Thomas Deakin said he was a custom-boase officer, and the father of the deceased. Deceased was eleven years old. Witness had been on duty on board a vessel near to the Amicitia, and deceased had come down to him to bring his (witness's) bed-clothes home, as the vessel was going to sea. Witness told him to go on board, and he would follow. Im mediately afterwards he heard the noise of his son's fall. He had the deceased carried to a neighbouring house, and afterwards to the Infirmary. He was nearly dead, and never spoke afterwards. • Mr. Nottingham, surgeon of the Infirmary, said the de ceased had a compound fracture of the skull, and that it was evident the injury was fatal. Every thing was done for him, but he died on the same evening. Verdict—" Accidental death." INQUEST ON FRANCES suesLuv. In the Standard of Friday we mentioned a rumour preva lent throughout the town, that a man, named George Buck ley, a plasterer, residing in Dansie-street, had killed his wife, by brutally beating her with his fists. This report, which rested on the suspicions of a few neighbours of the deceased, 1 turns out to be unfounded, it having been clearly proved, 1 that the unfortunate woman died of apoplexy. An inquest was held, on Saturday, before P. F. Curry, Esq. Coroner, for the purpose of investigating the circumstances. It ap pears, that the deceased and her hus:And resided in a cellar in Dansie-street. She was in the habit of taking drink, and was much intoxicated when Buckley went home on Wednes day evening. Eliza Leonard, who occupies the house above Buckley's cellar, deposed that she heard him using some vio lent language that night, and heard also a rattling noise in the cellar, which continued till about twelve o'clock. Ann Lawrenson deposed, that she was in the cellar when the prisoner (Buckley was in custody) arrived at home. Obser ving the state his wife was in, he went to her bedside and said " You should not get tipsy." No reply was returned to this, and the prisoner walked about for a considerable length of time, after which he struck her, in a manner which the witness described as " more like a slap than a blow, and not one that would hurt her." The deceased raised herself up and said, "Oh, my head ! " He was quite sober, but seemed much troubled that his wife was in drink. This witness left the cellar. Two other witnesses, Mrs. Grimes, and Mrs. Porter, stated that they went to the prisoner's cellar about 9 o'clock, in consequence of his daughter informing them that her father was cross. The deceased was sitting, very tipsy, with her child on her knee. She get up and stumbled, and he struck her and took from her the child, which was in great danger of falling. He afterwards either pushed her or struck her, and she fell, but the witnesses could not tell whether it was from that push, or in consequence of the drink she had taken. The next day she complained much of her head, as she had done, on the preceding evening, before she was struck. The prisoner spoke very kindly to her be fore he went out. Some of the neighbours who had heard of her being ill went to see her. She was described as having frothed at the mouth, and died in a sort of fit. Anne Wilcock, sister of the deceased, deposed, to the very in temperate habits of the latter during the last four years. Mr. Robert Hector and Mr. Nottingham, surgeons, who had examined the body, stated, that externally there was a con tusion over the cheekbone, with a slight discolouration ex tending to the ear,—a contusion behind the ear, and a protuberance of the temporal bone. There were no other marks of violence. On further examination, the viscera of the abdomen and chest were found perfectly healthy, except the liver, which was very much enlarged. There was a slight, but not important, effusion of blood in the . scalp, under the contusion behind the ear. The skull was uninjured. The vessels of the brain were turbid, and full of blood to a great extent. The substance of the brain was healthy. A. considerable quantity of coagulated blood was found at the base of the cranium. The ventricles seemed distended with blood and serum. The surgeons were decidedly of opinion, that the deceased died of apoplexy, which might, they said, be induced by excessive drinking from -natural causes, or from a blow. If the appearances on the brain had been produced; by violence, there was decidedly not sufficient evidence externally of such violence having 'been used. Taking the evidence which had been adduced into considera tion, they were of opinion that the apoplexy had been occasioned by excessive drinking. The jury returned as their verdict, that the deceased died of apoplexy, brought on by excessive drinking. The Coroner told the husband of the deceased that he had come out of the investigation without the slightest blame ; and his employer has subsequently called upon us, and assured us that a more feeling and deserving man could not be. We are glad to have this opportunity of placing Buckley's character right, as we, inadvertently,brought it into question. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN LORD-STREET. On Friday, a few minutes after eight o'clock, the large hat shop of Messrs. Birt and Co., on the south side of Lord street, was discovered to be on fire, by the light showing through the chinks of the door and window. The shop had been closed at eight o'clock, and all then appeared to be safe. The alarm was immediately given, and in a few minutes two of the engines of the fire establishment were on the ground. Previously to their arrival, however, some parties, in their indiscreet zeel, had taken off the shutters and opened the door, by which, from the admission of the air, the combustion was greatly increased ; otherwise, in all probability, the des truction of property would not have been nearly so great. The water being almost immediately put on after the arrival of the engines, the firemen, ably directed, applied themselves vigorously to the work of extinguishing the flames, which, however, the moment the shop was opened in front, became intense, running round, and filling the whole shop with a rapidity like the ignition and (as several gentlemen described it) explosion of gunpowder. The flames burst out from the whole frontal, with intense heat, and rose to a great height, blackening the wall of the building, which is four stories high, as well as the walls of those on each side, and igniting the frames and breaking the glass of the windows in the story above. The fine plate glass of the window of the shop, consisting of ten immense plates, was, of course, destroyed, and curiously shivered, so as to resemble ice in a thawing state. The handsome mahogany frames, brass rails, stands, and other valuable fittings, also fell a prey to the destructive element. The shop is large and lofty, and the fire was fed by the nu merous shelves for hats all round and their contents, the counters, and the hat boxes, which are thin and combustible, the paper, &c. In about twenty minutes, such were the ex ertions of the firemen, the flames were entirely subdued. But for their prompt presence and exertions, the amount of property that might have been destroyed is incalculable, the whole range of buildings been endangered. As it was impossible to save the contents of the shop—a few caps in two drawers in the centre being all that was left undestroyed. Many of the hats were drawn down from the shelves by the force of the water from the pipes, others were burnt, and the shop in the brief space rioted was, it might be said, entirely gutted of its contents and fittings by the devas tasing element, nothing being left but some slender charred remains of the perpindicular frame-work that had supported the shelves. The heat within continued for some time to be great. We have not heard the probable amount of property destroyed ; but understand that insurance had been effected at the Caledonian Fire Office. The fire, it is said, originated from a stove, in the east side of the shop, which had been left burning, and from which no accident was anticipated. The greatest order and regularity prevailed amongst the firemen and the police, and soon after the fire the crowd dispersed. MANCHESTER. PROTESTANTISM v. POPERY.—A course of lectures, On the chief points of difference between the Church of England and the Church of Rome, was commenced in St. Matthew's Church, on the evening of Thursday last. We have seen with pleasure, that the whole of the lectures are to be pub lished in one volume, as soon as the course has been com pleted. The subject of the first lecture was " The impor tance of the controversy between the Church of England and the Church of Rome," and the preacher, the Rev. Hugh Stowell, selected his text from Deut. xxxii. 47, " For it is not a vain thing for you, because it is your life ; and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land." The dis course, which was one of surpassing eloquence, occupied about three hours. Amongst the preachers are the Rev. R. Frost, of St. Stephen's, Salford ; the Rev. J. Burnet, of St. George's, Macclesfield ; the Rev. T. Nolan, of St. Peter's, Stockport ; the Rev. W. Huntingdon, of St. John's, Man chester ; the Rev. G. L. Stone, of Trinity College, Dublin ; the Rev. Fielding Ould, of Liverpool; the Rev. A. Lane, of St. Thomas's, Pendleton; the Rev. Hugh M`Neile, &c. HOGARTH AND AN OLD SILK HANDKERCHIEF. — For a considerable time past, the keepers of the National Gallery have been in a state of much alarm and astonishment, with respect to the apparent decay of Hogarth's fine series of paintings, which have been for so many years one of the chief attractions of the gallery. It appeared that while the pictures around the " Hogarths" maintained their original brilliancy of colour, the pictures by our immortal satirist daily faded, becoming more and more dingy. They were strictly observed, the wall which they adorned was examined, yet no cause for the lamentable change was detected. After much anxiety it was discovered to arise from the breath of the numerous visitors to the gallery, who, examining the picture in question with microscopic eye, eager to catch the minutest detail of their truly English character, approached the can vass too nearly. The damp thus occasioned, attracted and retained the dust of the room on the surface of the pic tures, until their wonted and well-known beauty gradually became obscured. What was to he done ? The application of liquids to clean pictures is at all times hazardous ; doubly so with the delicate and expressive touches of Hogarth's mas terly pencil. The effect of an old silk handkerchief was tried on a corner of one of the pictures—the result was miraculous —a few more rubs, and the picture appeared in all its pris tine beauty of colour and expression. The rubbing process was extended to the series, and our old friends with shining morning faces" can now scarcely be recoguised, NORWICH UNION LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Yesterday, a meeting of the assurers in the Norwich Union Life Assurance Company, resident in Liverpool and the neighbourhood, was held in the Clarendon-rooms, So u th John-street, for thepurpose of taking into consideration the report of the examiners lately made at a general meeting held at Norwich. From forty to fifty gentlemen were present. CHARLES LAWRENCE, Esq. was called to the chair; and he commenced the proceedings by stating that, at the last meeting, they resolved to memorialise the board of directors to hold a meeting in London, but the chairman, Colonel Harvey, replied that their desire could not be complied with. Since that period the examiners had made their report, and the present meeting was called to see what would be the best course to be taken upon it. Mr. H. BANNER mentioned that Mr. Francis Lloyd, one of the examiners, was in town, and willing to confer with the meeting. He suggested that it would be very desirable to hear any explanations he might be willing to afford. The CHAIRMAN said, the report of the examiners, and Mr. Lloyd's explanations, might make it appear whether it would be necessary for a large body of the assurers, or only a deputation from them, to attend the annual meeting at Norwich on the 26th instant. After a brief conversation, Mr. BANNER moved, and Mr. FOSBERRY seconded, a resolution, which was unanimously carried, that Mr. Lloyd be invited to attend the meeting. Mr. BANNER said, that as a statement of the accounts and the examiners' report had arrived only on Sunday, many assurers had not had time to examine them, and he therefore thought they should be read previously to Mr. Lloyd's ar rival. Mr. LOWNDES called the attention of the meeting to the value in the years 1829 and 1836, of the two classes of annui ties, male and female. The amount of the annuities now payable exceeded £42,000 ; and he should ask Mr. Lloyd whether the examiners, in their calculations, had ascertained the amount actually received by the o ffi ce for the annuities rendered in the account. In other words, whether the an nuities which it now took upwards of £40,000 per annum to pay, produced to the office £400,000, or whether there was not some mismanagement in the mode in which annuities were granted, as alleged by the London committee? £40,000 was a very large item to be discharged before there could be any bonus to the policy holders. The CHAIRMAN asked whether it would be desirable to ask any questions relative to the monies lent on mortgage? Mr. LOWNDES did not see how any thing could be asked. The examiners had had the property re-valued. The CHAIRMAN said he should like to know whether there had been any loss by mortgages ? Mr. LOWNDES replied that the examiners' report did not answer that question. Some discussion followed between Mr. Ward, the Chair man, Mr. Lowndes, and Mr. Banner, as to the losses of the office by a bank at Norwich, at the termination of which Mr. Lloyd was introduced to the meeting. The CHAIRMAN, addressing Mr. Lloyd, expressed the de sire of the meeting to hear any statements he might be able to make. Mr. LLOYD said he should be most guarded in all that fell from him relative to the office's affairs, as he might pro bably be open to censure for prejudging them before the discussion fixed for the 26th instant. It would not be wise, for obvious reasons, that any exparte statements should be made now ; though reserving to himself the right of de clining to answer questions, he should be open to any now proposed. This was but due to his worthy and esteemed colleagues, Messrs. Farebrother and Steward. They and he had but one object, practical improvements and prudent re forms. At the commencement of this investigation it would be in the recollection of those he now addressed, that none were more zealous in demanding a thorough and probing one than himself, and he had taken care to satisfy himself to the utmost on every point, before he put his name to the report. He thought it due to the policy, holders, hearing that a meeting was to take place in Liverpool to-day, to apprise a gentleman, a hom he had not the honour to know personal ly, but with whom he had had some little correspondence on the life office affairs, and whom he knew to be a gentleman most anxious to promote the interests of the assurers [Mr. Lowndes], that he was here, and ready, if it was the plea sure of the policy holders, to meet them as their examiner, appointed by themselves, and render them such explanations as might be wished. The CHAIRMAN said, one of the questions which the meet ing wished to be answered was, whether the examiners had found the annuities granted had produced to the office the real amount they were estimated at ? Mr. LLOYD replied, that, some loss in the purchase of an nuities had undoubtedly been sustained, but he bel'eved that all offices had been more or less losers by annuities. He did not think that the scale of mortality upon which they were computed could be justifiably altered, though the experience of the office had been so favourable to the annuitants as to preponderate against it. Mr. LOWNDES inquired whether the mortgage securities of the office were found deficient ? Mr. LLOYD replied, in effect, that the whole of the mort gages had been carefully examined, and many of them had been found very satisfactory. But as to about twenty the examiners had obtained power from the Directors to deal with them as owners in fee. Mr. LOWNDES asked at what the examiners calculated the loss upon the mortgages ? Mr. LLOYD replied, that, up to 1829 the loss had been £lOO,OOO ; but that, from 1829 to 1836, he must say the Di rectors had exercised a great deal of care. Eis impression was that the bonus of 1829 had been made from no valuation at all. Mr. WARD asked what proportion of the mortgages were effected upon policies ? Mr. LLOYD was not prepared to say. They included loans upon Norwich policies as well as policies of other offices. Several other questions were put as to the mortgages. Mr. Mortev inquired whether the examiners had ascer tained the consideration given to the office for annuities, and whether the amount paid was equivalent to the sum granted ? Mr. LLOYD said, barely so. He did not think the office had absolutely lost anything by the business, but it might probably have been better without it. Mr. BLACKBURN wished to know, why, if there was a loss of £lOO,OOO by the mortgages, that fact was not stated in the examiner's report ? Mr. LLOYD replied that the thought never came across the minds of the examiners to conceal anything that was desirable to be known. In drawing up their report they had found it much easier to say much than to say little. They had before them three reports of the actuary taken at different periods ; they had a ♦ery luminous report from Mr. James, an accountant at Birmingham, and if those reports were moved to be printed at the general meeting, he (Mr. Lloyd) for one should not object. But as examiners they thought it best to take the best data they had before them. Mistakes had been made, and they were not willing to join in the cry against the management on that account. That was the reason they had thought it right not to state any isolated defalcation. Mr. LowN DES put a question to the effect, what reductions had the examiners to propose in the future management of the office, and how far Mr. Bignold was to be affected by it ? Mr. LLOYD said, that the recommendation the examiners meant to propose were not in z la; form at present, in fact they were not, as had been said in some places at all communicated to the directors. The examiners did not think the present was the fit period so to lay them before them. They consisted of various alterations in the office management, the .books, the system of accounts pursued with the various agencies, salaries, and financial arrangements. In the commission to the Secretary alone, a considerable reduction would be made. It was but an act of justice to Mr. Bignold to say that he had voluntarily come forward and placed himself in the hands of the Examiners for his future remuneration. They all knew he could legally claim five per cent. on the premiums, by the deed of settle ment, and up to 1836 he had received that per centage. In the seven years it amounted to £56,000. or £BOOO. per an num—a large sum, but out of which the Examiners found was paid, £lOOO. per annum to Mr. Morgan, the Actuary, and £l2OO. per annum to Mr. Thomas Bignold, the Secre tary's brother, together with the salaries of all the Clerks in the Life Office,—the Secretary taking the per centage in lieu of all expences of this nature. With the arrangement with his brother, of course, the insurers had nothing to do, neither would they have to consider it. The Examiners had thought the sum of £2500. per annum for the future services of Mr. Bignold; but it was but their suggestion, and as such would be dealt with by the assurers. He (Mr. Lloyd) saw no reason why the expences of management should not be still further reduced, and he saw no indisposition on the part of the Directors and Officers, both in Norwich and London, to admit its ne cessity. In fact, with good management, the Norwich Life Office might be made to assume a commanding position, and with unanimity and mutual concessions of favourite crotchets it might be so, and that speedily. It was clearly their in terest to bring this about as soon as possible. He would just mention, as much had been said, he understood, on a former occasion, respecting the insertion of Mr. I3ignold's name into the draft code of bye-laws drawn by Mr. Brodie, and the retiring annuity, that with it neither he nor his col leagues had any thing to do, and those who stated they had spoke falsely. It was quite enough to attend to the duties of examiner of accounts without meddling with prospective legislation. They had religiously abstained from entering into any thing but what appeared to be clearly within their province ; and if the result of their labours met with the approbation of the assurers, it would greatly relieve them. For himself, now that he had finished the duty confided to him, and which he hoped had been beneficially accomplished, as he knew it had been honestly, he should retire altogether from its affairs. He desired to see all their suggestions carried out to the utmost, and trusted those who would have its future management would feel as strong adesire as himself. Mr. BLACKBURN asked if the code of bye laws that was published by some gentlemen in London, as drawn by Mr. Brodie, had the sanction of the examiners ? Mr. LLorn.—Decidedly neither their sanction nor their condemnation. It was no code at present, it was but a DRAFT, and he felt himself at liberty to draw his pen through every clause, if he pleased, Mr. Brodie, as gentlemen had mentioned the matter,, though he for one, thought it would have been more prudent to abstain from entering into parti culars, had formed an opinion that Mr. Bignold was entitled to a vested interest in the concern, and entertaining such an opinion, had introduced his name. As to instructions to Mr. Brodie, the assurers were at liberty to see them, they were all in the sealed parcel that had been delivered in by the examiners. The only original matter was furnished by the London Committee of Assurers, andhe for one was desirous to render every acknowledgment to the labours of the gentle men on that committee for forming a new code of bye-laws. With them he had been in repeated communication, and with them was always on friendly terms ; and it was much to be regretted, they had thought right to publish censures upon the examiners for doing that which, if they had really done it, could but be termed an excess of zeal. It was a pity, for it produced distrust, and, of course, must tend in the minds of those who lived at a distance to weaken the success of their mutual efforts for their mutual welfare. He had endeavoured at great sacrifice of ease, and with great difficulties to contend with, to reconcile conflicting opinions. He said that if that were accomplished, the hopes of all, desiring the prosperity of the institution, without regard to personal considerations, might be realised. He had anxiously, and though encountering very disagreeable and painful obstacles, persevered, and it was a great consolation that, though he had not been successful, he felt that even the annoyances he had gone through were more than compensated by the friendships he had formed and by the good will he believed he had obtained. There was another subject he wished to name, as wrong impressions had gone abroad respecting the manner in which the Exa miners had proceeded in testing the values of the securities, especially the part his friend Mr. Farebrother had taken in it. Mr. Farebrother had most disinterestedly and liberally afforded them his time and professional experience gratui tously—all the sales of their property by him, and they were in distant parts of the eastern counties, were free of all charge. Several other questions, of minor importance, were next put to Mr. Lloyd, to which he briefly replied. The CHAIRMAN then thanked him for the information he had given, and Mr. Lloyd retired. A discussion of considerable length followed, on several points arising from Mr. Lloyd's explanations, in the course of which it was contended by Mr. BLACKBURN, that those interested should go to the meeting at Norwich, and carry a resolution of adjournment to London, Birmingham, or some other central place, and then adjourn the meeting from time to time, in order to bring the management of the institution within the power of the policy holders themselves. So long as the meetings were held at Norwich, that object would never be effected. Mr. BANNER said the names of the policy holders could not be obtained from the directors. Mr. WARD observed, that before anything could be done the deed of settlement must be altered so as to give the - power of voting by proxy. Everything at present must originate at Norwich. If they passed a resolution altering tale dee4 at Dirmittg l WP: it must be confirmed at Norwich. Several gentlemen made suggestions as to the best course to be taken on the part of the Liverpool assurers. At last it was decided on the motion of Mr. Moss, that Mr. Lawrence, the chairman, should address a letter to the board of directors at Norwich, explaining that in the opinion of the Liverpool assurers an alteration should be made in the deed of settlement, so as to give the power of voting at meetings by proxy, and further requesting a list of names of the insurers in Liverpool and the neighbourhood previously to the general meeting on the 26th instant at Norwich. Thanks were then presented to Mr. Lawrence for his con duct in the chair, and the meeting separated. LARGE APPLE.-Mr. Brooks, of the Queen's Arms Ho tel, favoured us yesterday with a sight of the largest apple we ever beheld. It weighed nearly a pound, and measured in circumference, across the stalk, upwards of twelve inches. The tree on which it grew bore ten measures of apples, many of which were nearly equal in size with the above specimen. This arboricultural wonder came from a garden belonging to Mr. Thomas Nicklinson, of Wilson, near Melbourne, Lei cesteishire. RODNEY-STREET WARD.—We announced in our second edition of Friday last, that Mr. Harvey had been pronounced disqualified to retain his seat in the town-council, by the de cision of the Court of Queen's Bench. What the next step in the matter will be we are not prepared to say at present. The subject will probably be mooted in the town-council be fore another elec.tion takes place : but it behoves the conser vatives in Rodney-street ward to be on the alert to secure the election of Mr. Lawrence, of which, on the present registry, there can be very little doubt. MR. COLLES'S MAGICAL WONDERS.—Our readers will perceive that Mr. Cones has announced that his splendid and unique collection of curiosities will close on Saturday next. Those who have not visited his rooms have a treat in store which they will not readily forget ; but they have no time to lose. Thousands have expressed their high sense of grati fication in witnessing his truly wonderful exhibition, and no one has come away disappointed.—See Advt. LARGE VESSELE.—The combined tonnages of eleven vessels which arrived yesterday in the Brunswick Dock amount to 7199 tons (new measurement) being an average of upwards of 653 tons each. The largest is the " Glen garry," Captain Harkness, a splendid new ship of 1055 tons tons, from Quebec. LIVERPOOL ANNUAL Extt IBITION.—The exhibition of the Liverpool academy of the works of modern artists in Postoffice place, is well deserving of a visit from all who admire the pro ductions of native talent. The rooms are now brilliantly lighted with gas from from 7 to 10 o'clock every evening, the effect of which is beautiful, We understand that the pupils in the deaf and dumb school will visit the exhibition this evening. That they will be highly gratified may safely be predicted. We probably may give a lengthened notice of some of the chief attractions , of the exhibition in our next. TROTTING MATCHES, AT AINTREE.-Truly we are beco ming an out and out sporting community. .In addition to the already heavy bill of fare containing steeple chases, coursing matches, &c., we have now to announce, without any intention of trotting our readers, two trotting matches, to be run over Aintree race course on the 27th and 28th of this month. The one on the former day is for £3OO, and that on the latter for £5OO, the distance ten miles. An ex traordinary degree of interest is excited amongst the cog noscenti as to the respective merits of the contending horse flesh. The American horse and the American mare are al ready on the ground, and are said to be excellent trim. The Glasgow mare is expected to compete, for the ten mile race on the 29th. This is the first thing of the kind that has ta ken place at Aintree, and it is supposed that many thousands will be attracted to the spot by the novelty, of the performance. The mare is a decided favourite.—Chronicle. [We under stand that the Glasgow mare has arrived in excellent condi tion, and that fine sport may be anticipated on the occasions referred to by our contemporary.] List of passengers, by the Garrick, from New York, sailed 25th ult.:—Mr. Amos Palmer and lady, New York ; Mr. Fischel and lady, New York ; Mr. R. N. Walsh, Philadel phia ; Mr. G. D. Post, New York ; Mr. W. Maxwell, Ant werp; Mr. Frederick Pigg, Liverpool; Mr. E. H. R. Ly man, Boston ; Mr. Harmer Stansfield, Leeds. Passengers by the South America, Capt. Bailey, from New York :--Capt. Hammersley and Capt. Tyson, Queen's Dragoon Guards: Lieut. Jones and Dr. Little, Royal Horse Artillery; Mr. J. Kenworthy, New South Wales; Mr. G. Stacey and Mr. G. Armstrong, Sheffield ; Mr. Win. Phillips, New York ; Mr. J. W. Taylor, Batley ; Mr. Edward Bar ber, Holmfirth, Yorkshire; Mrs. E. Johnson, Mrs. C. Mel ville, and two children, of New York ; Mrs. Wm. Phillips, Dermandyte, Crote-hill, Ireland. FIRE AT THE FOSTOFFICE.—About a quarter before five o'clock on Friday morning, an alarm of fire was given by a man named Miller, the keeper of the Postoffice at the New Custom-house. Police-officers 463 and 50 immediately passed the word, and then returned to the Postoffice ; but, as the keys could not be obtained, they were obliged to force their way into the apartment where the fire was burning. On entering, they found the desks, and the papers both within and without the desks, in a blaze, but not to such an extent as to prevent the fire being extinguished with a few buckets of water. The engines were promptly on the spot, but, for tunately, they were not needed. The fire originated from the heat of a flue in the wall setting fire to the; plugs of wood fastened therein to secure the wainscoating, and then to have communicated with the loose papers on the desks. The damage which has been ,sustained is very trifling. About twenty newspapers only were burnt. Not a single letter was destroyed. Had not the Postoffice authorities taken the precaution of having a man to guard the premises at night, the whole of the wing of the vast building in which the Post office is placed might have been in considerable injury. BIRKENITEAD.—On Wednesday, at the Court Leet, held at Birkenhead, Mr. Thomas Gilbertson, was appointed high constable, in the room of Mr. Thomas Evans, resigned. The court passed a high compliment to Mr. Evans for the manner in which he had discharged the duties" of his office, and the general satisfaction he had given, and earnestly solicited him to continue his offiee, which he declined. Mr.' William Green, brewer, and Mr. Thomas Davis, ,of. u Grange Fan, were appointed Burleymen for the ensuing 'year. At five o'clock the gentlemen wholorMed the mitt sat down to an excellent dinner at Mr. Poole's Woodside Hotel. FATAL ACCIDENTS.-011 Friday an •inquest was held on the body of a boy,"eleven years old, named JohDeakin, who, having mounted the rigging of the brig Ainicitia, in the Queen's Dock, fell thence into the vessel's hold, fracturing his skull, and causing almost immediate death. The poor child's father, who is a custom-house officer, was on board the vessel at the time of the fatal accident. Verdict. " Acci dental death."—Same day an inquisition was. held on the body of Francis. Cavanagh, who, on Wednesday afternoon, fell into the Brunswick Dook-.Basin, and, though soon taken out of the water, was found quite dead, having, in his fall, struck against something.. Verdict. " Accidental death." THE MANCHESTER COFFEE ROASTING COMPANY.— The members of this company, comprising many of the leading and wealthy grocers and tea dealers, of Manchester, celebrated their annual meeting, by partaking together of a most splendid and excellent dinner, on '‘Wednesday last, at the house of Mr. Ratcliffe, of the Fleece Tavern. The dinner was most sumptuous, offering every delicacy afforded by, the season, and served up in Mrs. Ratcliffe's best style, which did her great credit. - The company sat down at five o'clock, and, having done ample justice to the'repast, partook of a rich dessert, and wines of the choicest quality, which were circulated freely. The party did not separate till a late hour. The president, Rd. WilSon, Esq., assisted by Geo. Heywood, Esq., contributed much to thepleasure and con viviality of the evening, by their urbanityand condescending manners. It was also enlivened by a 'Variety of excellent toasts, songs, and speeches, the Liverpool Gentlemen, of whom several were present connected withthe trade, paying the most marked compliments to the grocers and tea dealers of Manchester, who, as a body of tradesmen, have so long been distingnished by their wealth, respectability, and high character.—Correspondent of the Albion: DEPARTURE OF THE LIVERPOOL, FOR NEW YORK. — The Liverpool left this port, on Saturday last, for New York. She quitted her moorings, at the Sloyne, at a quarter to three o'clock, and proceeded down the river, occasionally firing a gun, in gallant style. The interest excited to wit ness her departure was scarcely less than on her first voy age, the long line of sea wall opposite the George's and Prince's Docks being crowded with spectators. Owing to her receiving some parcels and other articles from small boats in her way down the river, she was not put to speed until opposite the Prince's pier. She was deep in the water, but this would hourly mend. On reaching the Formby Chan nel, she met the strong flood tide, which made her subse quent .progress rather slow. Shortly after' fear she passed the Floating-light, and went to sea through the Victoria Channel. The Liverpool is, this voyage, in consequence of the illness of Captain Fayrer, who is still suffering severely from a rheumatic attack, commanded , by. Captain Engledue. He stands high in the navy,, his name having appeared lately in the Nautical Magazine, as one of two who have brought the gunnery exercise to greater perfection than it ever attained before. His name is -also honourably men tioned in the United Service Journal of.hrlyand August last. He has seen considerable service in•plivate steam-vessels, having commanded steamers between Falmouth, Oporto, Lis bon, and Gibraltar, .is a thorough seaman, and a gentleman in manners and eonversation. The -Liverpool carried out nearly fifty passengers, a fair number, considering the season of the year, some ,fine . goods, and thousands of letters par cels, and newspapers. - She may be expected to reach New York towards,thoelose of the first-week in December. We We were pleased to see Mr. ,Shaw on board the Liverpool, superintending as 'Marine Manager to the Transatlantic Steam Navigation. Company, he having been requested, by the directors, to :resume his original position in the management of their steamers. The following are -the names of most.of the passengers on board the Liverpool : Mrs. Marshall, Mrs, Scott, -Mr. R.. Falk,r.Mr. R. Watson, Mr. Marshall, Mr. W.,Milligan, Mr. .Vi' Simpson, Mr. J. Mitchell, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Shore, Mr, W. Hoppe,. Mr. J. Michel, Mr. Beckman, Mr. Parsons, Mrs. PaPsons, Mr. E. A. Duyckeneck, Mr. G. P. Putnam, Mr. J. H. Brown, Mr. Henry, Mr. Stephens; Mr. Osborn, Mr. H. Cohan,.Mr. J. M. Arroye, Mr. S. Cassen, Mr. J.:H.-De Burgh, Dr. -Gom pin, Mr. De Salignyand servants,Mr.-Scott, Mr. Appleton, Mrs. Appleton, Lieut. Tapillon, -..Mr:-.. , !Saunders, Mr. S. Christie, Mr. —, Mr. J. W. Kautzon,: Mr. A. Smith,- Mr. Dueluzean, Mr. George Kuffe, Mr. Stitson, Mr. S. B. Goddurd. The weather has beea ,Moderate, and for the most part fine for the season, since . the- Liverpool sailed, so that by this time she will doubtless have obtained a good offing. MR. TELFORD AND ST. CHAD'S CHURCH, 'SHREWS BURY.—During the first year of Telford's residence in Shrewsbury, an architectural accident occurred, which de serves to be generally known. In 1788, one of the four pil lars which support the tower of the church of St. Chad, was observed to crack in various places. 'This event occasioned general uneasiness, and Mr. Telford was sent by his patron to inspect the state of the fabric. In his report to the ves try, when assembled in the church, he stated that the pillar of the tower had actually sunk so as to endanger the whole fabric, in consequence of graves having been dug in the loose soil close to its shallow foundations ; that the church would speedily fall, unless thoroughly repaired ; and that, with this view, the bells should be instantly removed, the tower taken down, and the shattered pillar restored and secured when relieved from the vast superincumbent weight. The vestry, however, having not yet discovered the skill and the honesty_ of the reporter, suspected that the Scottish architect had some interested views of his own, and raised their voices against so extensive a plan. Mr. Telford immediately quit ted the meeting, with the warning, " That if they wished to discuss any thing besides the alarming state of the church, they had better adjourn to some other place, where there was no danger of its falling on their heads." The vestry then proceeded to direct a mason to cut away the injured part of the pillar, in order to underbuild it ; and on the se cond evening after commencing this infatuated attempt, the sexton was alarmed at the fall of lime-dast and mortar, when he attempted to raise the great bell for a knell on the decease of a parishioner. He left the church immediately, and the next morning (9th July, 1788), while the workmen were wait ing for the church key, the clock struck four, and the vibra tions produced by the motion of the chime barrel brought down the tower, which overwhelmed the nave of the church, demolishing all the pillars on the north side of it, and shat tering the rest. It was now perceived that the walls and pil lars of the church, as is seen in many such ancient structures, consisted of a mere outside coating of freestone, the interior being filled with a mass of rubbish, which crumbled into dust. Among this, and in the very heart of the pillars, were found stones rudely carved, which were evidently of Saxon sculpture, and had been ruins of the ancient church, thus ap plied in building the second church, in the reign of Richard Second.—Telford's Life and WarkB, in Edinburgh Review.