The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-08-21 00:00:00

8 TO CORRESPONDENTS. We received, yesterday, from Mr. George Holden. of Bold place, x 5, as a contribution to the funds of the Fancy Fair. We have handed the amount to Mr. Bold, the efficient trea surer. The rank of the bishops is not regulated by the amount of their salaries. The income of the Bishop of Durham is .eB,OOO per annum, according to Act of Parliament ; but we believehis Lordship is in receipt ofconsiderablymorethan that sum, in consequence of the increase in value of the collerier, &c., attached to the see. The arrangement by which this was effected we could perhaps explain, if our correspondent feels any interest on the subject. With three courts of assize sitting yesterday, and a multitude of lengthy local reports of meetings, &c., we were unable to pay our usual attention to correspondents' favours, and have been compelled to omit several other original articles. We are always chary in giving replies on legal questions ; but as far as we are able to judge, we think that " A" is released from responsibility. He possesses the receipt, and it cannot be insinuated, we presume, that he obtained possession of it by fraud or false pretences. ebt Etberpool &tantrarb. TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. 21, 1849. THE majority of the Council, representing cor rectly the general feeling of the town, have spoken out pretty decisively their opinions, upon the sub ject of rating the Dock Estate. Of the five mem members, elected to the Dock Committee on Wednesday, four are pro-raters ; and although, on personal grounds, we cannot but regret the result, we are quite prepared to admit its necessity. For the life of us, however, we cannot perceive the grounds upon which an exception has been made in the person of Mr. James Aikin. Entertaining a sincere respect for this gentleman; admiring his honesty of purpose, his firmness of character, and his business talents, we cannot yet see that he should have been left to exercise these qualities, and his known great influence, in thwarting the demands of his fellow-townsmen. The personal respect in which Mr. Aikin is held, no doubt de cided the issue in his favour; but we cannot see that the other gentlemen rejected are less perso nally respectable. We impute no motives of a po litical character to those gentlemen who voted against Mr. Mann and for Mr. Aikin; for we find amongst them both Conservatives and Liberals, anti raters and pro-raters. To this conclusion, however, we are compelled to arrive, that, after re jecting the valuable services of Mr. Mann, and shrinking from carrying out towards Mr. Aikin the - principle upon which the former gentleman was dealt with, the pro-rating party ()ugh in consis tency, to have withdrawn further opposition to the three other retiring members, unless other disqua lifying grounds could have been substantiated against them than their opinions on this question. WE have refrained, hitherto, from serious com ment upon the inefficiency of the management of the Birkenhead Ferry, since it has fallen into the Viands of the Corporation. The accident of last week, however, from which two lives were sacrificed, impels us to speak. It would be prejudging a very grave question to remark upon the circumstances under which that accident occurred, or to point, inviduously, to the fact reported, that there were only three hands on board the Birkenhead boat at the time of the occurence. We have only to express our wonder that similar accidents have not pre viously occurred ; and to point out those features in the present management of the ferry, from which' danger arises. To perform the duties of the ferry the committee have at present but two boats, one of which is alleged to be, in many respects, a very inefficient one for such a service. Should such a boat be employed by a wealthy body like the Corporation of Liverpool, or would she be employed by any private individual, desirous of bringing trade to the ferry ? Certainly not. We may be reminded, how ever, that two new boats have just been launched, and only await their engines being put in to be placed upon the station. Be it so. Some time, however, must elapse, rapidly as the work may be hurried on, before these new boats can be put upon the station ; and, even then, three boats are scarcely sufficient to conduct the business of the ferry effi ciently, one of them being expressly built for a luggage boat; and one, out of the three, certain to be occasionally laid up for repairs, &c. The fact of the ferry being thus short provided presses most onerously upon the poor fellows em ployed upon the boats. The time of their running is, say from five o'clock in the morning, or earlier for those who have to get up steam, until say eleven, when the last boat arrives at Birkenhead slip. After this the boat has to be taken to her moorings, the steam blown off and fires raked out, &c. ; and we may fairly set it down that the hands do not get to bed until midnight. What energy and watchfulness can we expect from men thus kept at work for nineteen hours out of twenty-four during seven days of the week ? What opportuni ties have they of partaking of fireside enjoyments, or of superintending their families ? Where is their Sabbath ? Where are their opportunities of mental or moral culture ? We can look for none of these things from men thus hardly tasked ; and we sub mit that, whatever private cupidity might prompt individual ferry proprietors to exact from their ser- , wants, such management as this is most reprehen sible on the part of such a body as our Corporation ; and the inefficiency which it produces, is anything but calculated to attract business to the ferry. OUR contemporary of Friday is a paragon of the virtuous in journalism. He never makes false charges against political opponents—oh no ! He has always chapter and verse, and witnesses, ready before he levels an aspersion against any man. In his last paper in the course of what assumes to be a reply to some remarks of ours, he parades himself as immaculate in this respect. "We never in our lives," he says, " knowingly made a false charge." Far be it from us to contradict this assertion. We trust for the honour of the cloth that it is true. But our contemporary does now and then hazard a suggestive falsehood. In the very paragraph before snaking pharisaical profession he talks of "the rev. author of a leading article in last Tuesday's Liverpool Standard." Now we beg to ask him— had he the slightest evidence, whilst penning this insinuation, that any rev. gentleman had written the article in question ? If he had not, as he could not have, for it is not the fact, what does he think of the honesty of the assumption ? We do not complain, on personal grounds, of our humble efforts being attributed to a member of the best educated body of Europe ; but we can as sure our contemporary that we are not in the habit of calling in aid of any description in the perform ance of duties, for which we feel ourselves compe tent, or should not have undertaken them. We never seek to lessen our contemporary's self-com placency by attributing the most learned of his lu cubrations to the Lord Chancellor. We do not in sinuate that his " Stop the Pike ! now or never" article, on Friday, was written by a stoker at some of the waterworks, in the gasping intervals of " firing up." We should be happy if our contem• porary would imitate our example in this respect. COMPLIMENT OF A SERGEANT-AT-LAW TO THE JUNIOR BARRISTERS. —Yesterday, in the cause of "Stansfield v. Sowler," Mr. Sergeant Wilkins passed the following high eulogium upon the junior 'oarristers practising on this circuit. The learned sergeant was addressing the jury for the defendant, and in the course of doing so, remarked that the alleged libel asserted that Mr. Stansfield was one of the briefless fraternity. Why, was this any reflection upon him ? He (Sergeant Wilkins) would venture to say, that there was more of real mind, more of real learning, more of all that which dignified the man, amongst the briefless than amongst those who had the better fortune to be in practice. Macauley for instance, was.a proof of this; and he (Sergeant Wilkins) might go to some of the back benches in that court, and point out men whose voices were but seldom if ever heard within those walls, whose minds he venerated, and before whom, upon points 'of law, be felt himself a child,—who were as superior to him in mental strength as was a giant to a pigmy in physical. ROBBERY ON THE-HIGH SEAS.--A woman of decent appearance, holding a child in her arms, was brought up on the following charge. It appeared that she arrived here a few days ago from America by the Columbus, Cap tain Bunk. On the homeward voyage, and when a few days' sail from New York, a female passenger expired, when immediately Mary Foster (the prisoner) went to a man named Storey, another passenger, to borrow a knife. Having his suspicions as to the use to which she meant to apply it, he complied with the request, but watched the woman's movements, when he saw her approach the de ceased woman, rip up her stays, and abstract a number of sovereigns. lie then presented himself, and she finding she was discovered, counted out 44 sovereigns, and enjoined secrecy on Storey. He, however, immediately informed the captain of what he had witnessed; but the only tice he seems to have taken o f the mat ter was to possesslim self of the deceased woman's watch and other valuables. The man Storey informed the police of the transaction, on the arrival of the ship ; and upon the woman being searched, 49 pounds were found upon her, five more than were named in the charge. The jurisdiction of the ma gistrate not extending to the high seas, the woman was discharged. Mr. Clough, the chief superintendent of police, was directed to return the five sovereigns to the woman Foster, but to retain possession of the 44, as also to get possession of the other property from the captain, the whole of which will be handed over to deceased's friends, who reside in Ireland. THE RAILWAY COMPANIES OF THE LANCA SHIRE AND YORKSHIRE DISTRICT. We believe that there are few—beyond those immedi ately connected with the share market, who make the position of railway property their study—to whom the precise arrangements and amalgamations of oar leading lines are at all known. Not one in ten, for instance, knows what are the lines embraced within the manage ment of our leviathan " London and North-Western," or the terms upon which these lines have been amalga mated. For want of such accurate information, men speculate and invest in the dark, taking their cue only from the temporary appearance of the share market, and ignorant, in most cases, of the very important fact whe ther the concerns, whose stock they purchase, are depen dent for dividends upon the profits of their own working, or are guaranteed at a fixed rate. We propose laying before our readers the precise position of a few of the leading companies, in which this locality is most inte rested ; and avail ourselves, in doing so, of the valuable work, " The Railways of the United Kingdom," recently published by Mr. Harry Scrivenor, the secretary to the Liverpool Stock Exchange, to which we refer those inte rested for the detailed statements and documents, which cannot be brought within the limits of a newspaper arti cle. We take first a line, recently opened, THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY. The nucleus of this company was the Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale Company, incorporated in 1844, with powers to raise a capital of £300,000 and to borrow £lOO,OOO. In 1845 two additional acts were procured; one to make a new railway—the Blackburn, Accrington, and Colne Extension Railway, capital £530,000, with power to borrow £176,000, and to authorise the Man chester and Bury to purchase such line ; and the other to incorporate the two under the title of the " East Lanca shire Railway Company." By an act passed in 1846, the company was authorised to raise, by shares, £300,000 additional, and to borrow £lOO,OOO, making the entire capital, in shares and loans, £1,506,000, of which £1,130,000 is in 45.200 transferrable shares of £25 each. The East Lancashire has since brought lVitllTiiTt;- nagement the Blackburn and Preston line, capital £240.000. This company was amalgamated upon equal terms; and the united company received powers to raise £276,000 additional. The Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Company was incorporated in 1846, capital £750,000, with power to borrow £250,000, and to amalgamate with the East Lan cashire. This has been effected by a subscription capital of 30,000 shares of £25 each, with the usual borrowing powers. In the session of 1847 acts were obtained for various deviations, for which 34,720 shares of £6 ss. were issued, and £72,000 authorised to be borrowed—in all £289,300; and, in 1848, a further sum was raised by the issue of preference shares of £6 ss. each, to the amount of £288,375. The total receipts up to 31st Dec., 1848, were £2,188,252 Bs. 9d. on shares, and £529,634 Bs. 10d. on loan ; in all, £2,717,886. The arrears of calls were £236,392 ; making a total capital of nearly three millions. Of this, £2,622,631 ss. 2d. had been expended. The portion of capital raised by the acts of 1847 is guaranteed 5 per cent. until 1850, after which the stock bears dividend pro rata with the original shares; and the preference shares issued in 1848 are entitled to a minimum prefe rence dividend of 6 per cent. The East Lancashire therefore consists of the following lines, viz. :—opened and working, the Rossendale line, 14 miles; Blackburn and Preston, 10 miles; Bacup branch, 2 miles ; Blackburn to Accrington, 51- miles , Stubbins to Accrington, 71- miles ; Accrington to Burnley, 5} miles ; Burnley to Colne, 6 miles; Ormskirk line, 26 miles—in all 76 miles opened ; and Skelmersdale branch, 3 miles ; Burnley Branch, mile; and Preston extenson, 3 miles — or 61- miles in course of construction. Total length, 821- miles. By the East Lancashire line direct connections are formed between Liverpool, Southport, Ormskirk, Black pool, Fleetwood, and Preston, joining the western route to Carlisle and Edinburgh. Tn another direction a direct communication is formed to Blackburn, Accrington, and by Bury to Manchester. The Rossendale line takes pas sengers from Ramsbottom to Newchurch, and by coach to Bacup. A route is also finished to Leeds by Burnley, Colne, Skipton, and Bradford. THE FANCY FAIR. The following graceful addresses from the Mayor and his estimable lady will be read with gratification by all our readers : The Mayor desires to express his acknowledgments to his fellow-townsmen for the response made to the appeal on behalf of three of our most valued institutions. ... All classes, irrespective ofCieWei; - Wparties, have rivalled each other in this philanthropic effort. The result has been innocent pleasure to thousands, and the rescue of three noble charities from difficulty. The Mayor expresses his deep obligations to the ladies, by whose exertions the cause of charity has been so much bene fited ; and he also returns his warmest acknowledgments to those gentlemen of the various committees who so kindly undertook, and so efficiently and successfully carried out, the details of this ever memorable festival. The Mayor cannot allow this opportunity to pass without expressing his sincere admiration of the manner in which the public assisted to preserve order; and it affords him the greatest gratification to be able to say, that the character of the people of the good old loyal town, for sobriety and decorum, was never more eminently sustained than by the whole population at the Fancy Fair. Town-hall, August 14. Mrs. Bramley-Moore returns her grateful thanks to those friends who contributed towards the forming of her stall for the Fancy Fail. Mrs. ttramley-Moore avails herself of this mode of expressing her thanks and obligations, not having the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with many of those who so kindly and liberally assisted her in this work of benevolence and charity. Aigb!irth, 15th August. The goods remaining on hand, consisting of pictures, ladies' work, champagne, port, sherry, madeira, brandy, &c., are to be disposed of by a monster raffle. to which there are already a large number of subscribers. There will be 500 prizes, many of them of considerable value. The tickets are ss. each. A silver medal is to be presented to each lady who took charge of a stall. It is expected that a nett amount of £lO,OOO will be realized for the charities, but the committee have not yet been able to make out a finapcial summary of their posi tion. A series of resolutions, passed at a meeting of the committee yesterday, will be found in another column. TATTERSALL'S.—LAST NIGHT. EBOR HANDICAP. 9 to 2 agst Glen Saddel-5 to 1 tk 7 to 1 „ Giselle—nominal 7to 1 „ Ellerdale—tk 10 to 1 „ Cockermouth—tk 11 to 1 „ Malton—offered 12 to 1 „ Westow—tk 13 to 1 „ Blucher—offered 15 to 1 „ Fernhill—tk ST. LEGER. 2 to 1 on Dutchman—tk 14 to 1 agst Uriel—offered 15 to 1 „ Nunnykirk—offered CASAREWITCH. Worsleydale, the Cur, and Horn of Chase, 100 to I taken to a poney each. DERBY. 14 to 1 agst Ghillie Callam r —tk 30 to 1 „ Mildew—tk freely Business extremely dull. THE HARMONIC CELEBRATION. As the period draws near for these most attractive musical performances, to which we have before called the attention of our readers, we are glad to learn that everything connected with these proceedings has progressed in the most satisfactory manner. _ . . _ _ - The proprietors, to whom alone the town is indebted for that noble and magnificent Hall, promptly responded to the call of their committee, and notwithstanding the enormous expenses of the engagements, at once placed them in a position secure from loss. The books being published, and the arrangements for the week advertised, it is unnecessary again to refer to them in detail; we may. however, mention that at the express wish of the committee Signor Mario has kindly consented to sing on Tuesday next in the "Elijah," the beautiful air "Thou shall the righteous." This is a boon rarely conceded by an Italian. artiste. In consequence of some misunderstanding between the committee and Mr. Whitworth, his place has been filled up by an old favourite, Mr. Machin, who is also engaged for the Birmingham festival. We hear that the Earl of Sefton being in Scotland has placed his box at the disposal of J. Ireland Blackburne, Esq., of Hale, -for the ensuing week. The Earl of Derby has taken one of the central private boxes. Wm. Brown, Esq., M.P., will occupy his box, and our neighbour, Win. Blundell, Esq., of Crosby, also has a box and several stalls for his family and friends. Amongst other subscribers to the boxes and stalls will be found the High Sheriff, the Dean of Bangor, Major-General Sir Wm. Warre, Sir Thomas B. Birch, Bart., M.P., T. Thorneley, Esq., M.P., Mr. Commissioner Perry, E. Rushton, Esq., our stipen diary magistrate, and a considerable number of the county and borough magistrates. We anticipate a brilliant treat, and a splendid assemblage each day of the beauty and fashion of the town and neighbourhood. It affords us the greatest satifaction to refer to an. advertise ment in another column, announcing that a limited number of tickets for seats in the gallery are to be obtained at half a guinea each, the wish of the society being, that on this, the first occasion that their doors have been thrown open to the public; the circle to which these advantages are accorded should be extended as widely as possible. By the present arrange ment, tickets for fashionable situations, if taken for all the performances, can be obtained at the rate of fourteen shillings each; single tickets at one guinea, and a limited number of tickets to the north and south galleries at half a guinea each. In the celebrated York festivals of former days, the gallery most distant from the orchestra was reserved expressly for the patrons and their friends. On the forthcoming occasion we venture to predict that the best position to appreciate the sublime cho ruses in those great and immortal works, "The Messiah" and " Elijah," will be in these galleries. We have seen the regula tions published by the committee, and they will be strictly en forced. No person will be admitted without a ticket, and accompanying will be a voucher for the occupation o f th e sea t thereby represented, and to which the holder will be shown by the steward appointed for that purpose. This law and the one referring to carriages, will prevent the slightest confusion, too frequently attendant on, and so often detracting from the en joyment of, such performances. WATER SUPPLY. — It is currently reported that the special committee of the Council, appointed to consider the question of the supply of water to the town, have reported in favour of the scheme at Rivington Pike. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. — pro monster fetes, as the Forest ers' Festival, will be given this evening and to-morrow. The attractions are equal, if they do not surpass, those of any doings of the season. CRICKET.—On Friday, a match came off between the garrison of the 52nd, stationed at Fulwood, and the Liverpool c l u b . The score was—Liverpool: Ist innings, 49; and 52nd regi ment, 101. The Liverpool club scored 33, with the loss of five wickets ; but the rain prevented the game being concluded. The match was played on the Marsh. CURIOUS CASE.—On Thursday last a curious case was de cided at the County Court. A Mr. Jones obtained a verdict for £5 (a sum agreed upon) against a tradesman in this town for certain benefits derived by the defendant from a secret exami nation of the books of Mr. George Wilson, who some time since emigrated to America, leaving his business in the hands of the plaintiff. This verdict was given for the full amount claimed, and on the attorney of the defendant applying for the copy of the books, the court refused an order, saying I , Mr. Jones might burn them if he thought fit." During a thunderstorm at Loch Tay, Perth, last week, two young women in a field were struck by the electric fluid. One was killed ou the spot, and the other is not expected to recover. THE LivEnPoet MTANDARI. THE LIVERPOOL AUXILIARY TO THE IRISH CHURCH EDUCATION SOCIETY. The Anniversary of this Society was held last evening, at the Collegiate Institution—the Lecture-room was crowded in every part by a most respectable audience. The Chair was taken at half-past 6 o'clock by I'. B. Hors fall, Esq. A deputation attended from the parent society, consisting of the Venerable Archdeacon Bell, Archdea con of Waterford, the Rev. Dr. O'Sullivan, and the Rev. Dr. Singer ; on the platform were also the Revds. Dr. M'Neile, F. Parry, D. Anderson, W. J. Purdon, J. Gossett, W. Pollock, T. Baylee, Dr. Carpenter, T. Green, J. Martin, Thos. Nolan, W. Falloon, T. Whalley, H. M. Mosse, D. D. Stewart, T. Butler, V. Ryan, B. S. Clarke, Wright, G. W. Warr, F. Power, H. H. Higgins, W. Hughes, G. G. Osborne, S. P. Boutflower, J. Meredith, R. W. Wolselev ; John Moss, Esq., Otterspool, T. For syth, J. Eden, T. T. Glazebrook, Saml. Holme, Dr. Fal loon, J. J. Moss, Esq., and T. Green. The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings, after prayer had been offered up by the Rev. T. Nolan, by ad verting to the unhappy state of I reland, which had been the anxious difficulty of both the statesman and the Chris tian. The former had been straining every effort to pro vide, for the unhappy people of that country, food, the latter had been equally strenuous in providing for them the bread of life, the word of God. It was not his purpose to forestall information which would be given to them in due course, but he might say in connexion with his pre vious remarks, that the society whose claims were being advocated, supported not less than 1,861 schools, giving instruction to 120,000 children ; the average attendance at these schools was not less than 73,000. And although this society was a Church Education Society, it ought to be said in proof of its Catholic and Scriptural character, that more than half this number were the children of Roman Catholics and Dissenters. (Loud applause.) The Chairman then introduced The Rev. Mr. PARRY, who moved the first resolution, which was to the effect that the 'meeting cordially re sponded to the appeal made by the Irish Church Educa tion Society to their brethren in England. Mr. Parry considered himself in the place of a junior counsel, to be followed by his leader (Dr. Bell), he therefore would not detain them with a long speech. The rev. gentleman's remarks had for their object the exposure of the false principle of the National Society, and the importance of sustaining the Education Society, as the one calculated to instruct her youth in the pure, unadulterated Word of God. He deprecated the withdrawal of their support from this society, by the government of the present day as well as that of the governments which have of late years been in power in England. (Loud cheers.) Before calling on Archdeacon Bell to second the resolu tion, the Chairman expressed his regret at the absence of the Rev. W. Rawson, of Seaforth, who was prevented from attending through indisposition. The Venerable the Archdeacon of WATERFORD, on rising to second the resolution, was warmly welcomed by the audience. When silence was restored, he proceeded nearly as follows :—I feel myself happy in being permitted to take part in the proceedings of this evening, although not unconscious of the weakness of my advocacy, and especially in contrast with the importance of the cause I have undertaken to plead. I esteem it a great privilege to find myself officially connected on such an occasion with brethren of whom I shall not indulge myself to speak as I think and feel—with one of whom are connected many of the happiest and tenderest associations of days long past, and for both of whom I had early been taught to cherish a feeling of admiration and respect, which suc cessive years have strengthened and increased. lam also encouraged by the remembrance that I address those who have already taken a noble stand upon this very subject of Scriptural education—who have already met and turned back the tide of false liberality and latitudinarian policy, which had set ie from Ireland, and which might ere this have deluged England, if Liverpool had not uttered the thunder of its glorious protest. You are aware that it has been the policy of our rulers to establish in Ireland a sys tem of national education, which was designed to combine the youth of all religious denominations in the same schools, communicating to them such instruction as it was supposed or expected would meet the religious feelings and prejudices of all classes of our population. It is not my intention on the present occasion to enter upon the history of that institution further than to remind you that at a moment when, through the instrumen tality of various societies, some of them receiving aid from the public funds, Scriptural education was mak ing rapid progress in Ireland ; when more than 3,000 schools existed in connection with societies of such a character, educating about a quarter of a million children, and when, in addition, there were between 3,000 and 4,000 private schools under Roman Catholic teachers, in which the Scriptures were more or less employed—at such a moment a terrible experiment was attempted, which pro nounced that the obligatory use of Holy Scripture had been a vital defect in the existing institutions, because at variance with the teaching of the Church of Rome. Thus, in the vigour of their usefulness, the Scriptural schools of Ireland were condemned to destruction, so far at least as it could be effected by the withdrawal of the countenance and support of state endowment. It seems passing strange that the clergy of the Church in Ireland should have been expected to give in their adhesion to such a plan, and introduced under such circumstances — that they should have been expected to descend from their high office as ministers of the Gospel, and spiritual pas tors, to be the secular schoolmasters of the country. But so it was ; and even to this hour not merely disappoint ment but indignation is expressed, because the great body of the clergy in Ireland have withheld their concurrence— insomuch that the acknowledged abuses and the Popish tendency of the system is not unfrequently ascribed to their contumacy, instead of to its true cause, its own essential evil, which has made it impossible for them to give in their adhesion except at the expense of principle, of conscience, and of duty both toward God and their neighbour. Having made repeated remonstrances in vain, having endeavoured to point out to the rulers of a Chris tian people their duty to the people oyez whom they were placed by the providence of God, having implored relief to no purpose, the Church Education Society for Ireland was at lengthformed,thesimple principleof which is this— to combine with the secular instruction which we are willing to communicate, acquaintance with. the Word of God—adding, for members of the Church of England, in struction in its peculiar doctrines and formularies. Upon such a society our public men of all political parties have hitherto frowned. A cold repulse, a cruel taunt, has been the reply, followed up by something which candid minds will consider a grievous persecution. Perhaps it is all well. Trials are designed to purify those who are the objects of them. This treatment has led to a. more fre quent and close examination of the subject,. and of the motives by which we have been actuated in this struggle. Further, it has divested our proceedings of every sem blance of political and party warfare. Every political party has in its turn repulsed us ; and we have taken our stand upon principle and conscience against power and patronage by whomsoever wielded. There is One who has not forsaken us in the contest. God has-not with held his blessing,—else were our course dark indeed, and our future prospects cheerless. Our schools-have pros pered—the numbers of children have increased—our friends and brethren have,. to a surprising extant, proved steadfast—a great and effectual door has been• opened to us, though there be many adversaries. During the last session of Parliament, about 1,600 out of 2,000 of the clergy again solemnly.committed themselves to the great principle of Scriptural education in their petitions to Par liament. We have lived to hear the very same system, against which we have solong protested, condemned uni versally, and by men of all parties, as unfit for the popu lation of England. It is something that public men con descend to borrow our arguments and to report our statements, even while they persist in refusing our claims. The last report of the Church Education Society presents the following details :-1,861 schools ; 120,202 scholars— of whom 58,122 belong to the Church of England, 15,713 are Protestant Dissenters, and 46,367; are Roman Catholics ; the increase upon the former years being 3,224, of whom 1,729 - tare Roman Catholics. As a system of United Education for which the National system in Ire land was avowedly established, it has failed; signally, con fessedly failed. So much so, that the commissioners are fain to point out the attendance of children.of different religious persuasions in the Poor-house schools, as favour able specimens of their system —an attendance which, be it observed, is compulsory upon all, while,.in a late report, they declare that their united system was-not designed to combine different classes of children in the same schools, butoutof different kinds of schools under the same board ! Perhaps there is no country but Ireland where schools of exclusively religious denominations would be gravely put forward as examples of united instruction !. if there be any real value in united instruction,. the object has really been attained in our Church Education Society. Not only does the general summary of the society present such a result, but it is found in individual schools.. The published intelligence of the society proves. it.. I can state that in the diocese in which I myself reside, there is not a school in which such a result is not attained in a greater or less degree. I shall give you two or three instances of it, in letters which were addressed tamyself during the present month. (The rev. gentlemen. read some letters to this effect) and continued. And so far with respect to the willingness of the great body of the people, the Roman Catholic peasantry, to send their children ; and when we perceive such a readiness, are we to be made the instrue meats of wresting from their hands the bread of life Must we, as the only cordition of public aid, be com pelled to forego these opportunities of usefulness, fraught with present and perhaps eternal good to these children, as well as with peace and blessing for our distracted country ? It may be asked, do we want English liberality to maintain scriptural schools in Ireland, and to relieve us of the burden of their pecuniary support ? It is not so. The income of our society last year was about £37,000, including the local contributions for the support of particular schools; of that sum about £2OOO was sent from England, leaving £35,000 contributed upon the spot for this sacred purpose. We do ask you indeed to help us. It has been, stated that out of a great diminished income arising from the pressure of poor-rates, &c., the contributions of the Irish clery last year for scriptural education exceeded 10 per cent. of their gross income. Under such circumstances they come with confidence to appeal to your warm sympathy and generous support. It is painful to be compelled to ask an alms, where we think we are entitled to a measure of public aid. We think it a grievous hardship that we are contributing our propor tion as payers of taxes to the very fund from which the Roman Catholic schools of England derive support, whilst we cannot obtain such terms for our Scriptutal schools as are granted to them. We think that this is too flagrant injustice to be for ever perpetrated. We hope that the remonstrance of our English brethren will yet obtain for us what has hitherto been denied to us, and we confi dently expect that at least so long as justice is withheld, youy honest indignation and your Christian sympathy will secure to us such pecuniary resources as shall enable us to persist in communicating the word of God to those who are willing to receive it at our hands. The reverend gentleman resumed his seat amid great applause. The Rev. Dr. &NORA rose to wove the second resolu. tion, and in doing so regretted that he should have cause to regret any thing that had been said by their valuable chairman. Yet he must say it was with regret he heard his name called as one of the speakers. It was not from choice that he or his brethren had left their avocations in Ireland to come there as paupers to ask them for their Christian sympathies. Nothing, he could assure them, but a sense of the importance of the object and their im perative duty could have induced his brethren to leave Ireland at this season of the year to come to England and to Liverpool to make a complaint of the Legislature and the Government of the country, and to ask them to assist in laringing a force to bear on that Government and on that Legislature, by which justice might be done to Ireland. The Rev. Dr. animadverted on the false principles that influenced the Government in supporting the national system, a system which he was there to oppose as unscriptural, and which he would oppose on that ground as long as he was blessed with health, and in so doing he considered he was only discharging his duty.—The resolution, which breathed the same spirit as its predecessor, was here read, and the rev. speaker continued his address. He appealed to them to aid the cause of the society, on account of its impoverished condition, and explained the principles which governed its operations, viz., the imparting of sound scriptural edu- cation with as much secular knowledge as was practicable. He rebutted the imputatiol of political motives, and con tended that in their opposition of the national system the clergy of Ireland were actuated solely by a sense of the obligation they were under of securing to the youth under their charge instruction in the pure Word of God. The charge of religious enthusiasm he pleaded guilty to, and in justification of enthusiasm he would point to their schools in Ireland, and to that meeting. He believed their cause was a sacred one, and that like Moses they were going forward to a promised land, and he invited his hearers to go with them. The whole of the patronage and the whole of the government funds were actually, by the national system, diverted to purchasini the small favour of consent from the clergy, and in such a province as Ireland it might be conceived that this was not a light power. In proof of the integrity of the clergy in resisting the bait of prefer ment so cheaply to be purchased, the rev. doctor adduced instances of clergymen's sons working during the late fa mine in the capacity of day labourers, to earn a subsistence for their mothers and sisters, and of clergymen who, after travellinglong distances in the discharge of their ministerial duties, returned home without the means of satisfying the necessities of nature, in two cases which came within his own knowledge ; one was that of a clergyman who found a draught of water was all that was in store for hi-n after such a visitation, and in the other the only nutri ment was an egg ; yet these men were as firm in their opposition as the wealthiest of their brethren. Dr. Singer at considerable length expounded his views, but we regret, from a variety of causes, we are prevented giving that extension to his speech that it deserves. The purport of it was that the national system was an instrument in the hands of Popery by which the Established Church was being undermined ; that it positively threw advantages in the way of voting funds to promote the objects of the priests, while it withheld similar boons from the Pro testant Church ; one proof of this position was, that with the exception of Dr. M`Hale, and a few of his clergy, who dissented on very different grounds from that of the absence of scriptural instruction, not a single priest had opposed the board, while on the con trary, many hundreds of the Protestant clergy had pro tested against it. So well did the priesthood know that the government were their friends, that, when a petition was in process against the godless colleges, one of their dignitaries asked his fellow priests what they wanted, and pointed out the numerous favours that had been conferred upon them ; and it was Dr. Singer's opinion that the £lOO,OOO which had been granted to Ireland, would, upon the demand of the priests, be doubled, or even trebled, under the plea of the cause of education. He re butted the charge of the society's schools not being popular by referring to the previous statement, showing rhat more than half the number of children attending them are Roman Catholics, and by numerous proofs of the esteem in which the schools were held by the Roman Catholic peasantry. (Loud cheers.) At the close of his address, he spoke strongly of the conduct of the government of England, who, he contended, had, from mistaken and un fortunate views, impeded, by their measures, the progress of Scriptural education in Ireland—that education which would have ameliorated the condition of people in every respect—not only as regarded religion and morality, but their loyalty and their general prosperity and happiness in life. England was comparatively prosperous. She owed her preservation, amidst the political and religious comn.otions in Europe at the present time, to her support of Protestant principles. (Great applause.) A hymn was then sung, while a collection was made. It amounted to £3O. The CHAIRMAN having then said that Dr. O'Sullivan would second the resolution, The SECRETARY gave notice that the reverend gentle man would preach a sermon in behalf of the society, at Christ Church, on Wednesday (to-morrow) evening. The Rev. Dr. O'SULLIVAN was received on rising with loud and long continued applause. The Rev. Gentleman commenced by observing on the difficulty of his position in appearing before the assembly on behalf of a society which was discountenanced by the government of his country. To deter the clergy from supporting it, a rule had been adopted for the distribution of Church-patronage in Ireland, whieh excluded from the prospect of prefer ment all but those who would consent to adopt the Na tional System of Education. That rule was known to be in existence formore than a year. The reply which the Irish clergy had given to its ignoble menace was contained in peti tions to the two houses of parliament, expressive of unalterable attachment to the principle of Scriptural education, and signed by more than sixteen hundred of the Irish clergy. But the threat of disfavour from the State, carried out as it had been, mercilessly, into effect, was not the only form in which war was waged against Scriptural education in Ireland. That unworthy threat having proved abortive, advocates being found undimi nished in number or in zeal, for the system of education in which the word of God has due honour—a measure of graver severity is devised—the authority of the Episcopate is strained in order to complete the task which the government proscrip tion left undone. and pulpits are denied to ministers whom clergy and congregations invited to preach. against whose doc trine or morals no imputation is insinuated, against whom, indeed, only one objection is urged, namely, that they-are advo cates of " Scriptural education, and adverse to that national system in which the Bible is denied its honor."• These are strong expressions of censure on the society, and the system against which they are uttered. Censure wears- perhaps as much the character of persecution as the times we live in would permit. They render it imperative on the advocate of the- Church Education Society to give proof that the society does not merit them. Perhaps the most convenient form in whieh our defence can be made will be that of consideringstatements put forth recently and with the highest authority, in favour of the national system of education in Ireland, and thus, infer entially, in censure of such of the clergy as refuse to aid in the administration of it His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland had recently, in an address to the teachers of the National Schools, taken occasion to describe the system, and make it the subject of warm eulogy. He described it as espe cially suited to the circumstances of Ireland, as having been conceived and framed in a spirit, especially careful that thee religious feelings of no party should be offended. His Excel lency declared further that no such rule as prohibited scripture from being read in the schools was laid down-by the national board—that no bar was set up by them to impede religious exer cises. and he declared that if there were, or if the bible was prohi bited. the national system could have no more uncompromising opponent than he would be himself. Such is- the description given of the national system by the Lerd Lieutenant of Ireland, and such his profession of faith. It is a system adapted to the circumstances of Ireland, and it does not force any rule by which Scripture was prohibited. Having thus protested against the supposition that he could lend himself to countenance a system by which religiose was obstructed or Scripture disparaged, his Excellency may naturally claim the greater respect for his assertion of the positive merit by which the national system of education in Ireland was recommended. Itwas " based," he said " on the principle that when children of different religions were brought up together they would, as men, entertain feel ings more kindly and tolerant than if from their earliest years they were separated by their creeds, or taught to view each other with that sectarian aversion which is the sure pre lude to political rancour and hostility," (Hear, hear.) In this statement, the Rev. Speaker continued, we may learn, the notions entertained by his Excellency respecting the na tional system. He represents it as a system in which children are taught to• entertain kindly and tolerant feelings towards each other—are net separated from each other by their creeds, and are not taught to view each other with that sectarian aver sion which heevery properly describes as-the natural prelude to political rancour and hostility. When his Excellency believes this to be the character of the national system, and believes also that it does not prejudice the interests of Scriptural religion, it is not wonderful that he should support it, or that he- should censure the clergy of the Established Church for their backwardness to join him in carrring its means of good into effect. If the system be in every respect contrary to the favourable representation made of it by his Excellency? if it be not entitled to praise for having sectarian divisions?' if it be liable to jest censure for the injury it inflicts on religion—is it not most unjust aid intolerant to censure and punish the Irish clergy for not giving in their adhesion to it? Does it tend to promote feelings of reciprocal benevolence be tween the children of different denominations? Does it give due freedom to scriptural education? Here the Rev. Speaker entered into proofs that the national system taught. strife and religious intolerance, and established his charge against it by various examples, and by citations from books used by Roman Catholics, and sanctioned for- their use by the Board during the hours of seperate instruction. He then entered upon the fetters imposed on holy scripture, and showed that the conditions on which it was admissible to the. schools were precarions and disparaging—that the parents' authority was exalted above the divine command, and that to become connected with a parent who would deny his child the benefit of Scriptural instruction would not be to enterinto partnership with him for the child's benefit, but into a conspiracy against his best interests. Ile did not dispute the right of a parent to educate his child according to the dictates. of his own con science ; but if education were provided by public taxes or pri vate benevolence, it was not irrational to say that the interests of the child deserve consideration rather than the prejudices of a parent. Independently of the case of the Roman Catholic children, he thought that of the Protestants also worthy of con sideration. And he contended, that if the Bible were admitted into the schools at the cost of degrading or profaning it, there might be perhaps more injury done in familiarising them to re gard the sacred volume with disrespect than the instruction they were likely to receive in it was calculated to neutralise. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant must have been misin formed as to the character of the National Schools :—they were in principle and efficacy very strongly contrasted with his de scription of them. But he did not wonder at the mistake—it was natural. His Excellency formed his notion of the schools from what lie had seen in his own neighbourhood, and from the well-known and often-cited letter of Lord Stanley. This letter was cited repeatedly as containing a description of the National Schools, and had been pronounced by the commissioners of education as the charter of the constitution. It was a de scription to show what the schools were intended to be. It was a charter to be violated. The rev. speaker continued to show, by various illustrations and examples, how very wide was the departure from that well remembered let ter. It was manifest that Lord Stanley offered his system to the land as a boon tendered for their acceptance. The national system, under the board which had the charge over it, was a system which the State forced upon a people, of whom very many were indisposed to receive it. the national system, as Lord Stanley proposed it, was to be an experiment to be tried under certain specific conditions, and was not to be tried unless the prescribed conditions were agreed to. The National Board stood convicted of having disregarded every one of these conditions, and yet proceeding with the experiment as if they had been all duly observed. Why were they not observed 3 Because, as a commissioner of Irish Edu cation stated, there could not be raised up in Ireland twenty schools in compliance with them. But why did Lord Stanley insist upon them? In order to have proof that the system of education offered by the state was acceptable to the Irish peo ple—to ensure that the schools so founded should have the benefit of good local superintendence. To this end he required that preference should be given to applica t ions from two rel egious deuomivatious—that the Board should exercise a strict Control over all books of instruction—that provision should be made to repair school houses—that a fixed salary 'shall be provided for the master—that a sum sufficient to furnish books and school requisites shall be provided, and that where building aid was asked for the schools they should be vested in com missioners. All these conditions, the rev. gentleman should show, on documentary evidence, had been violated. The rea son assigned for carrying on the system and dispensing with the conditions was this, that the people of Ireland would not accept the schools on the terms. The system was not, there fore, what Lord Stanley desired it should be. It had not the safeguards which he required, and accordingly had not the sa lutary influence he expected from it. But why were the minds of the Irish people averse to the system ? Because the com missioners had changed the spirit and character of it. Accord ing to the terms of Lord Stanley's letter, it was to have been a system of freedom—a system in which the law of compulsion, on which preceding systems had been established, was to be abrogated. The system previously in operation required in every school that the Bible should be read. The societies I previously in existence had adopted, as.their governing law, that they would did no school in which Scripture was not read—Lord Stanley's letter gave power to annul this law and to frame a system in which aid might be given to schools in which the scriptures were not read. The commissioners of edu cation in Ireland enlarged the permission thus given into a power of making a rule, that wherever the Bible was read in the schools no government aid was to be given. What they should have done assuming that the principles of Lord Stanley's letter were just, was this , they should have effaced the rules of the educational societies then existing, and set up no contradictory rule in its place. They should have left the Scripture free, free to he read in the schools—free to be laid aside. Had they done so, their system would have been a system of freedom, they made it one of compulsion. In former days patrons and pupils were bound by the law which recognizes the supremacy of the Divine word, and enjoined that all should be acquainted with it—nn der the new system. The pupils are left free to disregard the same word. The patrons of schools are fettered by the obliga tion to respect that dangerous freedom. Under the rule of Lord Stanley's letter patrons and pupils would alike he free— some patrons using their freedom to exclude the divine word— some to introduce it—and none; responsibleifor the chasms which others made, and none constrained to acquiesce in any rule by which his conscientious convictions were outraged. Lord Stanley's letter declares a system which was to be based on a principle of neutrality. The National Board have founded it on Romanis m. Lord Stanley's would be at the worst a lati tudinarian spstem. Sectarianism is the character of the Na tional Schools. The reverend doctor, who was often warmly cheered throughout his eloquent and argumentative address, resumed his seat amid long-continued manifestations of enthus siasm. The resolution was then read and put by the chairman, and carried unanimously. The Dr. M'NEILE proposed a vote of thanks to the Chair man, in most eloquent, forcible, and complimentary, but deli cate terms. (This was received with loud applause.) He then proposed that something should be done beyond mere applause • m behalf of the cause for which they had met. He suggested that the Chairman should be requested to write to Lord Stan ley to inform him of the feeling existing in Liverpool on the subject, as expressed that evening. (Hear.) It was clear, as stated by Dr. O'Sullivan, that the noble Lord's instructions to the Commissioners of Education in Ireland had been disre garded, and when that nobleman again became a member of the administration—and he might be prime minister ere long — (loud cheers)—he would, he doubted not, inform the Commis sioners that the system must be mended. The noble lord would scarcely believe that Dr. O'Sullivan had vindicated his plan, which could only be carried out through the inhabitants of localities showing their approval bygiving contributions for the support of the school. He hoped the chairman would also write to the present representatives (or misrepresentatives) of the borough,—(laughter)—who ought to do their duty in this respect. Why should they not fight over again the battle which they had fought in behalf of the borough schools of the town. (Cheers.) He had to make another suggestion if they would not. Who was more deserving of the votes of the electors than the gentleman who had that night presided over him, and who was ever foremost in promoting all good charitable and benefi cial movements in the town, Let those who heard him set this in their hearts, and they would succeed in electing him, and might depend upon him. (This suggestion was taken up with tremendous enthusiasm by the meeting, who seemed to vie with each other in their marks of esteem to the chairman, and in a determination to give practical effect to the allusion of the reverend speaker.) His motion would not be seconded, for there would be no time. The moment he (Mr. M‘N.) turned his back, that gentleman would reply. (Vociferous and pro longed applause.) The Chairman shid he thanked the meeting from the bottom of his heart. The last speaker had done him more than justice. With respect to writing to Lord Stanley and the representatives of the town, he should be glad to do so; but he could not help saying that in his opinion the object would be better attained by the rev. gentleman writing himself, express i ng w h at had oc curred in his own forcible and felicitous language. (Cheers.) The meeting then separatad about a quarter past ten. On Sunday, sermons were preached at several of the churches in town, when the following collections were made : St. Barnabas' £33 15 6 St. Bride's l6 18 0 St. Clement's 6 11 0 St. Jude's 4l 0 0 St. Luke's l2 0 0 St- Mary's ,Edge-hill St. Mark's - 15 0 St. Paul's, Prince's park B3 13 8 LATEST FROM AMERICA. ARRIVAL. OF THE STEAM-SHIP EUROPA. The British and North American Royal Mail Steam-ship Europa, Captain'Lott, arrived in the river yesterday morning, about ten o'clock. She left New York on the Bth instant, and Halifax on the WM; and has, therefore, made the passage with• the usual speed and regularity established by these noble• steamers. The 'money market at New York remained easy, and an abundant supply of capital was seeking investment. Sterling exchange was not very active for the steamer; best bills on London are quoted•nto 9 per cent. The cholera remains much in the same state. In New York the deaths were fewer by eleven than the week previous. The press and the people of the States continue to express themselves in most unmeasured terms of indignation and ab• horrence at the French interference at Rome, and at the con duct of Russia in endeavouring to put down the brave Hun garians. The Indians still continue their depredations in Texas_ A party of five traders were attacked near Corpus Christi. Two were killed, and their goods stolen. The elections for repesentatives to Congress were proceeding, and so far as they had gone it was likely that the Whigs would have a working majority, and be able to secure the Speaker and the committees. A good deal of excitement had prevailed throughout the country, caused by the-alleged abduction of a Spaniard s named Francisco Rey, from New Orleans to Havana, where he is said to have been guilty of violating his trust as the keeper of a public prison by releasing one or two political prisoners, and escaping to the United States in their company. It appears, however, that no abduction was committed or thought.of, and that Rey went voluntarily back to Cuba. A Mexican Commissioner has arrived at Santa Fe, and has issued a proclamation to those M.2cicans who do not wish to become citizens of the United States by remaining in .the terri tory of New Mexico, inviting them to cross the frontier and take possession of lands:•which the Mexican Government will assign them in compensation for the farms and houses they shall abandon. In Canada, the British League has closed is labours)for the present, and adjourned after having prepared an address to the people of the Provinces. The burden of it is a complaint against the Free Trade-policy of England and the abolition of the former special privileges of British Colonies in the mar kets of the mother country, and against the rebellion losses bill. The result of free-trade, we are told, is monetary pres sure, bankruptcy, and distress in Canada, while the rebellion losses measure has rekindled the hostility of races, and Lord Elgin's sanction of it has brought the Royal authority into contempt. To get things right again, the League demands a high Tariff, and consequently the upsetting of the pre sent Free Trade Government. To get the difficulty be tween the races smoothed away, the alleged outrages which the same Government has committed on Constitu tional law by its distribution of electoral districts-and its ap pointments to the Legislative Council must be amended. But the essence of the address is in three recommendations it makes to the people. These•are, first : A union of all the Provinces of British America in order to lay the foundations of a great na tion ; Second, retrenchment in the salaries of public officers and other expenses ;-Third, a Protective Tariff: - In all this there is not a word of: Annexation to America, but the idea most prominently put forward is Canadian Independence. From Mexico and South America we have nothing new. No further advices have been received from California. The West Indian steamer, arrived from Havana, reports a number of vessels in quarantine, among which a deal of sick ness! prevailed. _ _ The schooner Ferdinand, from New York to San Francisco, is said to have been•lost six days' sail from Rio. The report was brought to New. York by two men, who said they had es caped in the boat, and that all the rest on board—thirty-seven in number—perished. The report is doubted.. A dreadful railroad accident occurred on the 2d instant, near Princeton, N.J., by which two persons were killed, and more than twenty seriously hurt. A large number of emigrants have left Santa Fe for Califor nia. Joseph King of Missouri was murdered at San Miguel by Robert Stanfield. Seven out of nine men belonging to parties destined for California, under Green Marshall, were killed. They were attacked on the 20th March by 200 Apache Indians, on the Rio Gila. They succeeded in killing 35 or 40 Indians, when the remainder fled. Mr. Marshall and Robert Ward were literally cut to pieces, but they managed ta save their lives and to reach Guyamas on the Gulf of California. They subsisted for 14 days on.what they could pick up on the road. A letter tram St. John, New Brunswick, dated August 7, says:—" A special meeting of the Governor and Council took place at this. city, a few days since, to-consider nproposition from the Canadian government, relative to a reciprocal free trade between the United States and all British North America, together with a federal union of all the-colonies. The delibera tions of the Council are understood to have been favr.:urabl. , , and a meeting, to be composed of two members of the Council from Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland, will take place in a few days hence, at Halifax, when it is expected delegation will be appointed to proceed n to England to advocate the proposed measures. It is conjectured that this movement of the Provincial Govern ment is-designed to head off the Canadian League." An incidental topic of dispute. seemingly between the British authorities and some American. citizens has been commented upon by some of the newspapers. A charter having been granted by the government oS Nicaragua to some American citizens for the exclusive navigation of the river San Juan by steamers, H. M. B.'s consul in the city, W. A. Barclay, has written a letter censuring the-American parties there. COMMERCIAL SUMMARY. New York, August S, 1849. The business world has continued quiet, and without important features excepting a continued advance in Cotton. The prevalence of the cholera has checked all disposition to operate, except . for immediate wants. The Dry Goods im porters are partially busy, as jobbers, whose dealers live in the far West and South, are filling up their assortments. It is generally anticipated that there will be a large business done in the Fall after the cholera has abated. Freights to Liverpool have been dull for a few days, and rates have declined. Cotton is nominally id., Flow Is., Corn 30., heavy goods 18s. to 20s. There is very little doing for any quarter. The market for breadstuffs has been firm, notwithstanding the unfavourable nature of the news from England. Our home demand has absorbed nearly all the supplies, and the quota tions generally have advanced. The stocks here are quite small. Western Canal Flour is 4 871 a $5, Ohio $5 a 5 1211 Alexander, Baltimore, Georgetown, &c., 518 a 5 23. In Indian Corn Meal, 83 a 3 12f, Indian Corn Mixed, 61c a 62c per bushel; yellow flat, 62c a 63c ; yellow round, 63c a 64c. Wheat is scarce and firm ; Genesse, 125 c a 130 c. Ohio prime 110 c a 115 c per bushel. The provision market has been inactive and rather heavy. The stock of Pork is large. The quotations are, prime S 9, mess 10 75 per bbl.—Beef, prime 11 50, mess 13 50 a 814 per bbl; prime mess, new, $l7 al7 50 per tce. Lard 6f a7c per lb dull. Shoulders 4f a sc, hams 6 a 7c, very firm. The upward tendency of the cotton market has continued, Since the last steamer arrived holders have put themarket up 4c per bale, and the amount of sales are 1,000 to 2,500 bales per day, mostly for the North of Europe. The total receipts of Cotton at all the shipping ports are 2,681,359 bales, against 2,255,545 to same dates last year—an increase this season of 425,814 bales. The total Foreign Ex ports this year is 425,853 bales more than last, say 287,341 bales increase to Great Britain, 76,831 increase to France, 45,545 in cproerat s s e . to T h N e or t sh h io o m f o E o u t ofpr from n s d o l o 7 t , h l e 3 r 6 o increase t t e o r t o h e p r rt foreign s re 131,540 bales more this season than last ' , Oa there is a decrease in stock of 58,280 Aug. 2 1 , D P' --.OvERLAI' INDIA AND CH1144.-=-Thx. ,ilies our s; We have received by express freitt o i n from India and China, in anticipstitlit egX:drag , Bombay and Calcutta on the 2nd of Jfilk.„ 2 " . „flui l 'A the same month, and Hong Kong en the wiu._ e vi e bn. The tranquillity of India had only been tr. in tb!g) surrectionary movement on a very small scale territory. Two or three of the leading chiefs, would seem, by the absence of the usual ainooo'ere force, had taken the field, but sufficient tro o l o lected, under the command of Lieut.-Col. G ra d s om e the principal stronghold of the insurgent s, an " -,Ad forts which they endeavoured to defend. ll Rumours were, however very curren t that e against Gholab Singh Would be undertaken as s ' e ntelp proach of the cold season rendered the movem__be possible. The conduct of the chief, it will be roof:i n 1 extremaly ambiguous throughout the last strugg'..ri,oll,, jab. Although he owed the possession of the te. boo': favour he received at the hands of Lord Hard ky active part in the suppression of Shere , 10 019 is more than probable that in case of a rever se poiaP f placed his army at the disposal of that chief, ,V. him in his attempt to drive the British from th e .Iso has ever since continued to increase his omit,. I mo, Sir C. Napier arrived at Simla on the lo t " W e re si'"so expected to go on to Lahore, where the trooPs e clat severely from the heat. Lord Dalhousie reto l " - ,.. r se s 7 ~0 The trial of Moolraj was still proceeding. The prosecution was considered to establish his c°""'" murders of Agnew and Andersen. fi 3 CHINA. tlie itong A We have received intellience from Hong „ r ely' of June au The colony is described as slowly but s ure bad ing. A considerable accession of Chinese settlTotiedy place, and nearly all the shops in favourable set„„eri,,, been occupied. Nor have the European stor`,`,`erisfo without a share of prosperity. The position 01:),"9,0N,4 favourable for supplies to California; ninny ship had t ot the place had been swept of all kinds of stores that mid" were loading. Considerable thought suitable. Wooden houses in vast nu mbe r Po/ 1 0: constructed and sent to the diggings, and one f' sc , fr onlo to time arrived, but, as yet, none of it as returns „ 0 3t on English account from China. These were da.T ess oteet and, if favourable, a considerable amount of htl,s l "The ed done in the supplies that had recently arrival. ,„ w itt quantities of returns for godaA bar, however . , to prosperity was the piracy c"'i ra tesoi° native craft in the adjacent waters. That the Il e 0 0 111 to be deterred by example seems evident from 'li o n sc . , within view of the gallows. piracy occurred on the morning of the last Oxen , at • to'. We learn the imprisonment by the Portugu ese ,!eree ce istk; an English gentleman for refusing to paljeforced„ procession of the "Host," and his rescue, O r ta inas!" by a body of seamen and marines, under the cender, joof Hon. Captain Heppe], of her Majesty's ship ge a , e rjeas g , affair a Portuguese soldier was kilted, and a J3o' guard wounded. ,-.„ n s rill ° At Canton all had been quiet. The new *. , -„ E f it . 5 ! n it, ring, had hitherto met with no interruptioa, s sire V e hog t inclined to consider the Chinese as a very inotle"„ s , Sickness had again broken out among the tr°l4,l of whom were in hospital ; few deaths, however, GENERAL TRADE REPOl t 'igb° ~t ' moncla,„deP:, The anticipations of a further improvement 's ~rest the removal of the Danish blockade, have in s Ae de p o t , sure ended in disappointment, the benefits we e P oi from that event having been anticipated by th e t lie chases made, two or three months ago, by e lOr ' , on speculation. s o ' O , The foregoing remarks apply particularly t ° ,4peli d i e which there is not that active business doing_ ; ," o lo: 4 , looked for by some parties ; and since th e l ' - onS s od market has been quiet, and we have no sales of 00 ,,. ee sequence to report. There is more enquiry Ce'j sales have been effected at rather higher , ern e n s iion s,° ol continues in demand, particularly export dese r 'r firm higher prices are asked. The tea market is yen' d tices th The Amermiere is not packet brings intelligence dist . th is a 0 tier e f her per Cambria produced little effect in the rast't , e hst q t; E 'eri United States, except as regards cotton ; 60 i ma r ja articles have been little affected in the Liverpoo n ot o i by the arrival of to-day. Money was very s or er o, New York. Exchange on London by this sl e d tit advanced, considerable sales having been effect or i e e e ho We quote the following from the Morning .. o f fr: it New York Enquirer, as another demonstrel s , i" we are to expect from our free-trade moveinee lei brief, but significant : dolis :: be "There is no probability that any legislation bate-3 by the Congress of the United States , which sh e effect of compensating to Canada the evils of th e to ti system of the mother country." We s Mr. Glynn's speech at the London and North 41,4 meeting, to the effect that the depression of tuncot bbd had seen its lowest depth, and that they coulLt in t always pay their 7 per cent dividend, but te'thisteite opinion we should see again the prices of 18 17, Glyn not being given to make rash statement s ' 4io - 0 satisfactory report issued by the Midland I' vi denc ee l Committee, has, in some measure, restored no tt n d pt the share market, and buyers have inereased big advanced materially. 010 The arrival of the Europa has produced ee lt , be ee excitement in the cotton market to day, and . 1 „ tor been a large business done, with a great dispositi?",poly chase, but a disinclination on the part of sellers near, ; price. Upwards of 14,000 bales were disposed of, one half which was for speculation and for exP °t 'pel t lei can descriptions realized fully id. per lb, more te a t o 'oo lo ,, on Friday, and all other kinds were dearer. '° s pec, changed hands on Saturday, including 40 0 ° t ° 'clet s ,r i' b e e tors and exporters, at steady prices. For flin r `" A pa '*' particulars we refer our readers to our article bee"' 1 1 " Cotton Trade," in another column. riceA, Our Iron Market is rather fiat, althoughhigivo looking up, particularly manufactured. ane,i t ' mixed numbers, are quoted at 455. to ..tss- "'" Glasgow. Business continues firm for Wool; but as s „ t f c atl ig i s s light, there is not much to work upon • consl - 0 "oe cannot say thcro is much activity. 1) 3 P" will commence here on the 29th inst. , and w" a good assortment of East India, &c. Co rti de , Brunswick-street is quiet to-day, Indianobe t, lower. With respect to the general bearing ' 9 ` ‘ ,pon d d ltl; we quote again from our Newcastle nn tr `;o o " t o regarding, as we have previously stated, his-oeticpe respect to the nrobable results of opening the P . ' b en asaluable. He says— ~.ppd, the "The raisin , . of the blockade in the Baltic has a....."-rt attended by beneficial results. In almost ever, jer kingdom commerce seems to be recovering; and lity, where the mining interests have been lab c4 " - O is tl ° neralgrea d r e e p v r i e m s l sio in n, tr a ad sl e r b t y im ati p o r r o d v i e n m g e i n .n t e i r s ea a a p e p d ar e e ir e_ t p l o r iires eo o , 4 the labouring classes, must concurrently occasl." demand for breadstuff's; and as in no part of the - I bef P e t nor on the Continent, can we find the crop estitna -eci boi an average, we can see no danger in risking and e...c,,eals;pll over harvest , fi ne old Wheats at present prices. I t 00%0 dent that neither France nor Belgium will be enablrni o is h ive this country.so liberally as heretofore, and. takil 8 1,100 into consideration, it is our decided opinion that tm 0 5 touched their lowest point for the present." we moo The latter portion of this paragraph, howevert,dees treat with suspicion. Doubtless, the more ke h l e pee v e , stand against a falling market, the greater is b `: a 0 01 , of bility of sustaining prices ; but, at the present 3 c iel°, we should say the experiment is . dangerous , tbei; be se the British crop and the amount of foreign iinP °r s fe t rof at present an uncertainty, and free-trade being. % unsolved problem, some new intricacy of - 'cvb lo 11 days may at any time develop. of Ilnd The anticipations of improvement in the va ge Aden, il tli Butter have not been realised; and after a liini te- day during the week, the market closed on Se ttl ,, r 6 161 pi• languor : the quotations range to-day from V s . teei c 'or for " Wexford, Carlow," to 645. @ 68s. for ; fait Bacon and`Hams moveoff slowly ; but Lard is in mend, fine keg, 38s. @ 40s. LATEST INTELLIGEN' (BY EXPRESS.) iftt• Af• t LONDON MONEY hIARKET.—YEsrS I I,II IO r eiIt o t havi ng Consols opened firmly, but there has been a verY r i'for $O O O , The rate of Transfer has varied from 92j to "f a 0 c,e o • prices. na e be rangedFe nor 93 1. New 4E4 T xs c. Three - asensr.thir premium' stri a i t u r an I t s ! ;p a 0 4 from 92i to 93. The foreign intelligence is not 0 r p er_td o influencelt i h t e t little r a t es Bonds-were 745. to 755. premium. it Pt` • a n d be LONDON CORN MARKET.—YEsTE O to t Scarcely any old English Wheat was in, the ma rke t er n e oil, (rotations ruled almost nominal. The millers 0: t o , 0 , e 3 very short of stock, yet they evinced no• disposit i ie rab l) e diO li e large purchases. With foreign Wheat we were 1; r , but not so largely supplied. Selected qualities ot..! .es. . 1 5 0•0 white moved off slowly, at about stationary Pr l ,4,sioe' 4 middling and out-of-condition sorts scarcely 11 0 Y transacted. " Tr e ofs 00 With all kinds of Oats, especially. English , at. i ds 0 , scantily supplietl. Fine sound Cora was steadY 9 lo_, instances, ti 6d. per quarter more money. All oth „e , o a y fee` r: e , quite as dear as on Monday last. Beans, the suP r was small, moved off slowly . . at last week's pri l,e.rt were not lower, yet the inquiry for them was in 5 7; vie Indian Corn and Meal were held: for more 1 .10 10 ,f smal l • e amount of business transacted in them was „on •,; . o r only a limited business was passing, at the late v a rlet ' We were very scantily supplied with Engli s :arte r ly $ samples were taken at from 30s. to 325. Der,, , s ac , ' foreign was held at full prices. In other kill"' business was reported. The show of Malt samples was very small. g d e SMITH Fl ELD CATTLE MARKFT the de " ede , fonpf' The Beef trade, as the number of beasts exce Jason ) of the butchers, was in a very sluggish state, at paid on „,t quotations, being-2d. per 81 1 a. below those 1 0 ',..c1 Prior to the close of business, a total clearance u• effected. 11/ , Mehemet Ali died at Alexandria on the 2nd lists" Pt° interred at Cairo with great respect. were 11 .5 ` e' On Friday, at Chatham, as the Royal Artillery , en t t oo ing musket ball firing, the gun of one of them 1 iaSP 5 , dentally, and a gunner named Hepper was kill e at reri, ously. nat f e 0 1 " Advices from Vienna inform us of the conderohree, o,e burg . of a lady of rank, Madame UdvarnokY ,t b o ¢n Jfis imprisonment, and Anne of .€5,000, for having; T okl e ot munication with the Hungarians. Madame ti th in °he f mother of eight chikb en, and two of her sons t of the Hungarian army. She is now imprison.'" forr e , tress of Theresienstadt. ane pi/ . MUSICAL NOVELTY.—Amongst the novelties illiri;pcf_l,,tir,-, is a neat instrument designed by J. Edgar, li th is Pi ct street, for the Philharmonic society. Its br° a con -of is feet 6 inches. It stands on a linth, to WO 00 ,paP.,5 6 desk, by which means the con du ctor has the,c c oon; o pe id whole of the voices under his co umand. 11 ' The three and a half octaves from F in bass to ac lt. jr is , very rich and powerful. l ast' 9 c''r tl itit o ll: CAUTT.ON TO CAR DRIVERS.—On Thursday _ iwa y co was dismissed from plying for hire at the WI: Nicet , t Lime-street, in consequence of being guilty ° f t o botPio mon among that class. He had been en t ,c•aged w an othe'o , gentleman to the Angel Hotel, but drove him tot t here floe and on being remonstrated with, declared thil___,,i,aer,to such inn as the Angel in Liverpool. 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