The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-03-06 00:00:00

Komi Nils. I to preach two sermons in have ent journeys . by origin and tot tremely nnmero a rnarrie street, I when, e her, an thehea after, b the blov of the I I the WI aal dissolving will confine i here can 1 to the steam-pa for ser i on a pet m Bill e comme almost he officers of iy as the —We see by the re on Wednesday, that and broke their backs 1, when taking the thiri 3 , - cutting their throat's eased had been f had recently apt, to believe that his ly put Ito the test t ward with such t )out 4 ry last et in the ST. DAVID'S DAY.—the anniversary of the Patron Saint of Wales wait celebrated, as usual, in this town, by the natives of the Principality, with every demonstration of love to their country and their language. Most of the children (upwards of four hundred constituting the boys' and girls', and infants' schools), who receive their daily instruction in the Welsh school, Russell -street, assembled at ten o'clock in the morning, and walked in procession to St. David's Church, accompanied by many of their bene factors. and headed by Richard Griffith, Esq., 0. Wil liams, Esq., W. Jones, Esq., J. Jones, Esq., the Rev. J. R. Griffiths, from Carmarthenshire, preached a very suit able sermon from Jeremiah, 6th chap., 16th verse. After the service, the procession again formed, and returned to the school, where the examination of the pupils took place The progress of the children was deemed The president, John Buck Lloyd, Esq., 1 the zeal and fidelity evinced by the teach and to the very c iety, dined t Cambr Whiteman's t and appropriat the society, MI s on the Welsh.' vice-president,' Mr: Bev. Mr. Hughes, in Bishop and Clergy of his c ?. Jonc are testimon Len, the acts followed.— to the pupils I which state t 1 past year was twent h all the c on, wa )uring the the harp [dent of and the —As we ;ed the le number of The st On S thirty worki Dock ,nd filrt he Isfora when I !ral regret ; but ti either enc ly discovered that in I but protect€ I to these openii t of Liverpool from I centre of the roo similar to our brokers of Chi- square yar he town flt_ called "Dusty the contractor )mpany's Y ard, in ord( to the wall Le latter we way, and RAIL on the ton leg of a man who is passed round him On Thursday et, found Chapel- a man named Ja .e he was booked to roue, !ty. Not bei a surgeon wa g able called, -o o'clock on the f morniq The iort of a attempting to raise £lOO for pa,rish in Ireland, whose whole nt by the bishop, a year and a . The following contributions Inman, Esq., £5; Rev. Dr. M`Nei Pen ter 5 ; Wm les, Esq., £l. We ed by the i also Inman, cl Wm . . Jones, Esq.; AT SHEFFIELD.—Three red in the Sheffield Inde- great Jenny the Bth. for Thursday neat nother, ir ,uncing bliss Emily ( ants pi the fol 'na in "La Sonnam Friday next, under the postponement of the Or the same night as that of and at which a London party, i, were have sung, thus giving up .dous than extraordinary. On Thursday, at Mor- SINGt peth-bx sequenc Griffiths died in eon -1 upon her band and The deceased, who been labouring under Upon o: reet in an al to the police station, s to be regenerated b 3 On the 3rd were one ed until following facts ondon, will no Lions of M Parker e such strong advocates The institution alluded to month, during which time the and the receipts £137 19s. ience elsewhere, the nonths is about one the whole year, the year's incon ditior house must arly £3,600 the wash- mpleted, its amount 3pective of that amount, the ,ver expenses may perhaps be the year, being more than 10 ?ding and fitting up the build. Aeration all the moral benefits may be congratulated on hav- Tuesday, the Rev. H lectures, verend Lure was 'hirer led n narrative and deserip- telling his adventures, las snirit of the speaker. The 'wing views taken on the everal of hich displayed con- iday was devoted to the desert eba, which was also illustrated The concluding lecture, this ) the approaches to Jerusalem yllabus of this lecture as tht lecturer has prepared for the clearer elucidation of no doubt that the lecture will —On Wednesday week, nson, living in Jordan a youth named Reece Jones, s was sworn by one witness, he flung the tongs at I by another, a brass candlestick, which hit her on 1. She was taken to the Northern Hospital soon ut being insensible, could not herself state how 77 was inflicted. She died on Friday from erysipelas iead, arising from the wound which was on the ANSLAI 6d. a quariel. The prisoner detailed some very guage used to him by the husband. The Coroner, in summing up, said, it was necessary that the jury should either state which of the two instruments had been used to inflict the wound ; otherwise they must find that de ceased died frem the effects of the wound, but how inflicted there was no evidence. As they could not, from the evi dence, say positively which was the in strumen t, they b roug ht in the latter verdict, by which the prisoner escaped. The Coroner cautioned him as to his future conduct, stating that though he had got off in that court , the husband might still, if he thought fit, indict him at the assizes for manslaushter, THE PRE-EMINENCE OF HOLLOWAY'S PILLS FOR THE CURE OF A BAD DIGESTION, LIVER AND STOMACH COMPLAINTS.—The superiority of Hollow as a safe and effectual remedy in all case , ere the stomach is deranged, the digestion imps' • or the liver diseased, is universally acknowledged • all classes of society. For the cure of those co.. • .Ints they surpass every other medicine hitherto .• -.vered ; they act so directly upon the disease that s : erers need only give them a trial to be convinced of efficacy, particularly those persons who have had . •Ir maladies aggravated by a long residence in Ind' , or, by sedentary or studious habits. -three, and the a aaca inn.; amount paid for innerc members had been enrolled. Since the comme 11 members have I_ , Nl 9s. 9d. of the society, up to the pz been relieved, and the am( In funeral namely, nber of i rid widow! amount of money now in the hands of the society 16s.—The proceedings of the evening were I the greatest harmony until a late bout THE NEW HID may take it for granted that that a most extensive street, appropriated e sale by auction, or otherwise, ;for all the green hid—, skins, and fat, or tallow from the respective slaughter houses in the town, and even towns at some diqt.npp Wp furnish a short account of the establishment w of our readers tructure has been ra sed in Gill and place of vely for a s of two lofty stories in elevation, and is about 52 ;in length, and 15 in breadth. The walls present a _ture we are not prepared precisely to define, but it appears to be Roman, and is exceedingly massive and appropriate. The facade to Gill street has windows with segmental tops in the lower story, and semicircular topped windows in the upper, and these are ornamented round with bright red polished brick work, projecting a little from the main wall, which is of ordinary North-shore brick, neatly stensilled. There are ;e of arc two large entrance-gates to admit carts, and arched over in segments, also of bright brick, forming spans resembling bridge-work. The finishing cornice and blocking is in corresponding massive style, and at each ,se are termination of the entablature (north and'smith) tl A VESSEL.— the head and neck of a h uge ' bullock classically cut in Hams, who was bet w ee n --......, stone, and in bold proj ec ti on . Th e w h o l e f ron t age h as an unique and st r iki ng a p pearance , an d th e ' bl oo d -re d lying in the Brunswick nd another man, were colour of the ornamental b r i c k- wor k one i s l e d t o b e li eve gaged underneath the that the architect i n t en d e d it as i n di ca ti ve o f t h e b u ildi ng he fell from his posi- deriving its contents and being dependent upon the 'he back part of his abbattoire. Each story is appropriated exclusively to one huge room ; that below being flagged, and partly paved, steamer that for the reception of the hides, & c ., an d p re p ar i ng th em .... Ifor sale. The upper story is floor is supported by formin ,ored with wood en iron g a double collonade of two rows of e. 1 running parallel near the centre of the pile .le-room, is quite unobstructed, approach It is lighted by eleven t front, and by many at the I ght round bars of tors rise Ts for air, louvre ventt,. Here the sales take place, in a r ' sales of goods or produce es of sheep-skins on Tuesdays I ox and cow hides on Fridays, )out 780 superficial 40 square feet, so that it is the largest se one in the nd the sides of tallow, The floor of this room quare a We learn t: tilishment is very convenient for all in th e t ra d e , and that it is resorted to by vendors even from Manchester. Mr. Tomkinson was AFFAIRS, A mass of chalk, weighing - from 40 to 50 tons, fell upon the Brighton line, near Merstham, on Wednesday It delayed all the trains, but fortunately no furth chief wasl - At the r ing of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin tion of the report till a committee ha - d in financial state of the company. A person named Pearce, a valet, has obtained £5O damages from the Great Western Railway Company, for injuries he received in a collision between an express train and a cattle-truck, near Shrivenham, on the 10th of May last. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—The half yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday, in Glasgow. The report stated that the agreement with the Caledonian Company, as to the allocation of traffic, was being broken off. A dividend was declared at the rate of six per cent. per annum for the half year. A staymaker, named Duncan, his wife, and a man named O'Brien, were tried on Tuesday ice, a porter at the r tmed between two trains I immediately. from the editorship of t )n Wed nt Sis .t the Central Criminal Court, for conspiring together to o _ from the London and North Western Railway Company, by pretending that the female prisoner and O'Brien suffered great personal injury in an accident which occurred to the York mail, near Leighton Buzzard, on the sth of September last. The two male prisoners were found guilty, and Duncan was sentenced to be imprisoned for twelve and O'Brien for six months. It appears that the prisoners, after the explosion of the Cricket steam boat on the Thames, obtained £7O from the proprietors of that vessel, under the false pretence of having received injuries by the explosion. THE LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—The ordinary half-yearly meeting of this proprietary was held on Wednesday, at the Clarendon-rooms, 'Liverpool. Mr. E. W. Hassell in the chair. From the report it appeared that the traffic on the line was improving steadily, and the revenue account was encouraging, the increase in the half year, as compared with the corresponding period of 1847, enabling the directors to recommend a dividend after the rate of five per cent. per annum, being an addition of 25 per cent. to any former dividend, and leaving a surplus of £l7BO Bs. 6d., part of which, however, will be absorbed by the loss up to this time on the Scottish central agree ment (not yet ascertained.) There had also been in the last half year an increase in the item of interest on bor rowed capital, over, the corresponding half-year in 1847, of about £3,000. The remainder of the report referred to negotiations relating to the proposed new railway between Lancaster and Preston, and to several bills before parlia ment affecting the interests of the shareholders in the Lancaster and Carlisle line. The report was adopted. MR. GEORGE HUDSON AND THE RAILWAY WORLD.— A very strange statement with regard to Mr. George Hudson, appears in a report of a meeting of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway, which was held at York on Monday last. The charge publicly made against Mr. Hudson is—that he, being chairman of the York, New castle and Berwick Railway, had sold to that company 2,800 shares in the Great North of England line, at prices aveiaging £5 a share above what they might have been bought at in the market. If this accusation be true, Mr. Hudson coolly pocketed, at one swoop, £14,000, at the cost of those whose interest he was, by every tie of honour and of common honesty, bound to protect. Should the charge be made out, he will stand precisely in the situa tion of a broker in the city, who debits his principal with produce at a rate of 25 per cent. above the market price of the day, and pockets that 25 per cent. for his uwn use. Such barefaced Swindling has occurred ere now, although, happily, the instances are rare. The shareholders at the meeting were furious against Mr. Hudson. The worst feature in the case is, that he did not attempt to deny, nor could he palliate, the charge.—Times. jtain money RAILW. 'AY R XCEIPTE )f raih 1 whi that is to say, up to the date to are made:— h the re t week ; Week I 1849. 1848 RAILWAYS. ending Amount. Amnt. - Jan. X s. d. X Aberdeen — 0 0 0 .. Amiens and Boulogne —2s 1116 0 0 795 Belfast and Ballymena Birkenhead, Lan. and Cheshire —2s 961 0 0 , 715 Bolton, Blackburn, C. and W. Y —24 359 0 0 Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cockermouth and Workington Dublin and Drogheda Dublin and Kingstown Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen East Anglian Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh and Northern E. Counties, N. Eastern, and N. East Lancashire Eastern Union Glasgow, Kiluck, and Ayr Glasgow and Greenock Great Northern and East. Linc. Great Southern and Western Great Western Kendal and Windermere Lancashire and Yorkshire... • . • Lancaster and Carlisle Liverpool, Crosby, & Southport. Londonderry and Enniskillen London and North-Western London and Blackwell London & Brighton, South Coast London and South-Western M'chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Midland, Bristol, and Birming ham Midland Great Western (Ireland) Monklands . Newcastle and Carlisle Norfolk North British Paris and Rouen Rouen and Havre Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Chester South-Eastern South Devon Taff Vale Ulster Waterford and Limerick Whitehaven Junction York, Newcastle, and Berwick York and North Midland, &c. 0 0 0 724 0 0 636 0 0 - 24 - 24 - 24 - 24 - 24 -23 - 24 - 25 - 17 945 0 0 749 0 0 2974 0 0 1650 0 0 12511 0 0 1877 A 0 1097 0 0 2374 0 0 842 0 0 1741 0 0 3021 0 0 16911 0 0 •0 0 0 11325 0 0 1994 0 0 72 0 0 0 0 0 36727 0 0 436 0 0 6471 0 0 7526 0 0 2777 0 0 0 0 0 661 12356 956 1022 1920 19133 0 0 1049 0 0 768 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 2446 0 0 5733 0 0 2269 0 0 857 0 0 1323 0 0 6156 0 0 1567 0 0 1714 0 0 648 0 0 247 0 0 O 0 0 1120 Q 0 0 0453 Q 0 521 5820 644 1838 586 pied the el read the society' vents during the , unt received was £25. Nine new THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. HIS ROYAL Ii GHNESS THE PRINCE OF ORANGE IN LIVERPOOL. His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, accompanied by Rear-Admiral Arriens, aide-de-camp of his Majesty the King of the Netherland,. Captain Goedicher, aide de-camp to his Royal Highness the Prince, and Sir Henry Johnstone, Bart., arrived at the Adelphl Hotel, in this town, on Tuesday afternoon last, from Gresgord Lodge, Denbighshire. His Royal Highness and suite subse quently favoured his Worship the Mayor with their com pany to dinner. Among those present were the Earl of Yarborough, the Hon. Charles Howard, the Hon. Col. Lowther, M.P., General Sir William Warre, Sir John Sainsbury Lieut. Col Garrett, Captain Warre, Captain , Lieut. Edwards (Staff Adjutant), Lieut. ~ Rev. Wm. Pollock, Rev. J. Wybergh, it of Stockport, G. H. Head, Esq., of Carlisle ; sq., of Lancaster ; D. Willink, Esq., Dutch Marsland, coin ; Pennell, R.N Sarsfield, R.IS the AI Cooper, I port : isq., of 'M flchester THE WEST INDIA MAIL STEAMERS, The disaster reported to have befallen the West India Company's fine steam ship " Forth," may render a few particulars respecting the company's affairs interesting to our readers. We have therefore condensed the following from a statement which appears in the London Times : "Should the next intelligence from the West Indies bring a confirmation of the loss of this fine ship, it will make the fifth large steamer lost by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company since the commencement of their contract for carrying the West India mails in 1841. Their steamers previously wrecked were the Medina, on the 12th of May, 1844, on a coral reef, near Turk's Island; the Isis, on the Bth of October, 1842, which sunk off Bermuda, having previously struck on a reef; the Solway, off Corunna, coast of Spain, on the Bth of April, 1843; and the Tweed, on the 12th of February, 1847, on the Alacranes rocks, Gulf of Mexico, the same reef upon which the nnfortu nate Forth was last seen by the vessel which took the news to Mobile. The company also lost their inter-colonial steamer Actaeon, on the Nigrellos, near Carthagena, in 1844, and the schooner Lee, near Belize, Honduras, in 1848. The wrecks of the Solway and Tweed were attended with peculiarly distres sing circumstances, involving the loss of nearly 120 lives, and in the case of the Tweed, with an amount of hardship and suf fering to the survivors which has rarely found a parallel in the records of shipwrecks." The company have been their own insurers; and to provide against contingencies have a reserve fund, in vested in government securities, amounting at present' to £125,000. The amount to be written off for the " Forth" will be about £60,000. The - vessel was shortly to have been overhauled and refitted at an expense of £12,000 to £15,000. The company's flotilla now consists of the fol lowing steam ships :—The Dee, Thames, Teviot, Trent, Tay, Medway, Clyde, Avon, Severn, Great Western, Conway, Eagle, Reindeer, and inter-colonial schooners Larne and Liffey, and is abo - at to be considerably aug mented. ROYAL ASSURANCE SHARES TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sig,—Can any of your readers inform me how it is that the shares of our two insurance companies are quoted in the Stock Exchange list at prices so disproportionate to their real value ? The Royal Insurance Company commenced business about three years back, with a capital of about £170,000. In these three years it has accumulated a reserve of about £120,000, paying also five per cent. the whole time. Its prosperity advances monthly. These shares are quoted £2 paid, £ll to £2 pm. The Liverpool arid London Fire and Life COmpany commenced business about twelve years back, with the same capital. In the twelve years it has added to this a reserve of about £160,000, having paid dividends from five up to twenty per cent. These shares are quoted at 4 pm., to which must be added a new share (allotted in right of each share), which is quoted at 4fr pm.—making the original creation worth now in the market £8 10s. pm. It is said that the incomes of the two companies are about equal. Whence, then, arises the disparity i n p r i ce ? I s it because the public know less of the former than of the latter company ? it cannot be said that Fire and Life shares are too high,—paying the dividend they do they are cheap ; but are not Royal Assurance shares much more cheap ? Is there, in fact, such an investment offer ing the list ?—Yours obediently, AN OBSERVER POLICE INTELLIGENCE, DEATH FROM DRUNKENNESS.—A man VMS brought on Thursday night last to the police station, insensibly drunk. He never spoke a word, but died a short time after his admission to the bridewell. CHARGE OF ASSAULT.—AR old woman, named Ann M'Loghlen, charged Thomas Murray with an assault, at the Police-court on Tuesday. It appeared, however, that the defendant was the old woman's son-in-law, and that she had unnecessarily meddled between the son and his wife. Mr. Rushton dismissed the case, observing that there was a deal of trouble with these violent old women. The best thing she could do was to stay away from the nusband's house till he sent for her ; she ought to be very glad that she had got a decent husband for her daughter. ROBBERY OF A GOLD WATCH AND £45 IN MONEY.— A man and woman, named William Hayes and Catherine Richardson, were brought before Mr. Rushton, on Fri day; at the Police-court, charged by a man named John Ellery, with stealing from him, in a brothel in Prudhoe street, a gold watch and £45. Two of the detective force, from information they received, went to the house, and, after searching for some time, found £39 18s. Several witnesses said that they saw the prisoners with a g deal of money ; and one witness saw the male pr ill-use the woman for having lost a gold watel Rushton remanded the case ROBBERY OP £5O.—A woman named Catherine Cox was placed in the dock of the Police-court, on Friday, charged with stealing from Mr. J. F. Atkinson a £5O-note and some smaller sums of money. The prosecutor lives at Wigton, in Cumberland. Mr. Rushton ordered that he should be immediately sent for. It appeared from the evidence of a friend of Mr. Atkinson's, that they were in Clayton-square, on Thursday night, when the prisoner came up to Mr. Atkinson, and talked with him a short time. After she had gone, Mr. Atkinson found that she had stolen the money from him. The prisoner was taken by Tuck, a detective police officer, trying to get the note changed at one of the banks.—Mr. Rushton remanded the case. BIGAMY.—Thomas Meanley was brought before Mr. Rushton on Friday, at the Police-court, charged with bigamy. Mr. Samuel Harrison, of Chester, was the first witness called. He stated that the - prisoner's first wife was his sister; he was present when the prisoner was married to her, which took place at the Old Church, Liverpool, in 1835. It was proved that the prisoner had been married a second time, to Miss Anne Dawson, at the Superintendent Registrar's office, in Islington. The prisoner and his second wife were found at Southport. He was committed for trial. The following singular docu ment was found upon him :—" I, Thomas Meanley, agree to take Anne Dawson to my wedded wife, if agree able to her, and hereby bind myself to love, honour, and obey her on forfeit of one hundred pounds, and the same Anne Dawson in like manner to bind herself to the said Thomas Meanley.—Witness my hand this 7th day of February, 1849. The said Anne Dawson to give the above party a candid answer within three days from this date, or sooner, if agreeable, this not to be taken as a fiction for the old love will never wear away.—(Signed) HOMAS MEANLEY." Btstrtrt getoo. Jenny Lind will sing in "The Creation" at Manchester on the 26th instant. A cow of the Scotch breed, belonging to Mr. Armstead, of Preston, on Tuesday gave birth to twins. Yesterday week, an explosion of fire damp took place at the Bird-in-Hand Colliery, Eccleston, Lancashire, be longing to Messrs. Bromilow and Co. The accident, it is supposed, occurred through the imprudence of one of the colliers taking the top of his lamp off. There were nine men and boys in that part of the mine where the ex plosion took place, and seven were suffocated, along with a pony. DEATH OF A MEDICAL STUDENT FROM MORBIFIC INOCULATION.—We regret to have to record the death of Mr. Henry Corless, son of the late Mr. Prescott Corless of the Queen's Head, in Wigan. which took place in London, on Thursday week, under remarkable circum stances. Mr. Corless was attending the London Uni versity Hospital, where he had been only a few days of the present session, when inflammatory symptoms exhi bited themselves on the shoulder ; these extended them selves rapidly, and ultimately reached his back and sides. He was attended by some of the most eminent of the faculty, who at once saw that he had become inoculated with morbific matter while dissecting, and, although their utmost skill was exerted, it was unavailing.—Blackburn Standard. DISSENTING INCONSISTENCY.—A marriage having been performed in an " Independent" Chapel, according to the method customary to the place, the friends of the bride and bridegroom, though of course abominating Church usages in their hearts, resolved that their pride should publicly get the better of their consciences, and that they would use the much despised appendances of the Church by having the bells rung in celebration of their very Independent ceremony ! It was known that the incumbent would be strongly opposed to such an unjusti fiable proceeding, and the key of the church was therefore obtained from one of the churchwardens, the church taken possession of, the incumbent aad bis friends barred out, and the bells rung in spite of his remonstrances, Church law, or common decency I—Blackburn Standard. MATRIMONIAL HOAX.—On Shrove Tuesday, in the town of Preston, iyace_fk ! 4eyin g _ll.i,!_pannalra in company with several congenial and happy "s'pirit;, when, amongst other subjects brought upon the carpet, was that of a rumoured marriage between a well-known gentleman in the town and an equally well-known fair one. Natu rally enough, the company considered that the ecclesias tical subordinate would take an especial interest in the subject, and it therefore became the topic of conversation. " Ye parishe clerke" warmed as the details progressed, until at length one of the company, more wicked than the rest, suddenly jumped up, and, interrogating the official with a somewhat confident air, asked him if he was not aware that the wedding was to come off on the following morning. Of course, our hero replied in the negative, when the gentleman authoritatively informed him that such was the fact, at the same time giving the rest of the company an unmistakeable mischievous leer. The gen tlemen assembled took the hint, and Mr. Parish Clerk was forthwith despatched to the father of the bride to in quire if this statement was not literally true, and that his daughter would on the morrow say " I will" to her loving swain. During his absence the company, of course, joined in a hearty laugh, imagining that the parish official would not very readily say " Amen" to the kick which they fan cied awaited him. The sequel, however, proved that their sport had ended even more seriously than they ever anti cipated. At the moment the official entered the place of business at the bride's father's, he was deeply engaged with a commercial gentleman, but still the clerk, pregnant with his errand, could not afford to be kept in suspense, and, despite of all the ordinary courtesies of genteel so ciety, he repeatedly put the question, " Is it to be in the morning ?" until at length, in order to get rid of the trou. blesome visitor, the old gentleman replied, " Why, to be sure it is;" at the same time little knowing the nature of the question put to him. The answer given, the clerk forthwith wended his way to the residence of the vicar of the parish, and informed him that he was to be at the church at eight on the following morning, in order to per form the marriage ceremony. The vicar was true to his appointment, and so was his subordinate, but not so the chief parties of the marriage ceremony. At length the vicar, considering he had waited a sufficient period beyond the time appointed, despatched a messenger to the house of the bridegroom, desiring him to ask the reason why he did not present himself for marriage, when the messenger found him still in bed, and, on the message being con veyed to him, his astonishment may be imagined but not described, Having somewhat recovered from his sur. CURIOUS " MESSRS. ALLY " Richmond, Dec. 23, 1848 -Gentlemen,—Mv neu AND PAXSON " Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Jo' " I refer you to my friend, Mr. Gilbert Allen." [True copy] " New York, Dec. 26, 1848. " DR. JOHN DOVE, Richmond,—Dear Sir,—Your favour a 23rd at hand this morning, and duly noticed. While the write] lived in Virginia, be would not deal in slaves, even to tak( them in payment for a bad debt, and cannot now use his in• tluence to secure your runaway; but would be happy to render YOu any other service. " Your obedient servants, ALLEN & PAXSON." The Richmond Whig comments on the al pondence, as follows : " If Allen and Paxson are the agents for the line of vessels, in which these slaves inade'their escape, then, though there be ove corres- _ no law against them, they appear to us to deserve the severest censure. The agent certainly should see that the vessel carries no property which does not rightfully belong to it. If a quan tity of stolen goods were conveyed to New York, on board one of these vessels, is it a matter of no concern to the agents ? " How can Northern men wonder that the Southern States should feel dissatisfied, when they thus see the constitution of the United States openly set at defiance, and men stripped of their property, without the possibility of redress. "We hope Southern men will remember Messrs. Allen & Paxson, and, if they have business, choose some others to ne gotiate it for them. There are plenty of merchants in New York, true to the laws of their country, who will not wink at such open robbery as Dr. Dove has suffered." In copying these extracts, the editor of the New York Tribune remarks as follows : "The Whig ought to know, by this time, that, in the great State of New York, human flesh and blood are not recognised as goods; and, therefore, cannot be 'stolen goodehere, what ever they may be by the laws of Virginia." THE FOREIGN GRAIN TRADE FOR THE MONTH ENDED FEB. By the returns just published, we find that the quantity of Grain of all kinds imported last month was 744,492 qrs., of which 210,561 qrs. were Indian corn. The quantity of meal and flour was 696,441 cwts., of which 34,759 cwts.• were Indian Meal. We paid duty during the same period upon 1,259,525 qrs. of grain, of which 205,535 qrs. were Indian corn ; and upon 762,705 cwts of meal and flour, of which 34,793 cwts. were Indian meal. The total quantities remaining in warehouse on the sth of February were 503,177 qrs. of grain, and 508,332 cwts. of wheat and other meal. EXCOMMUNICATION OF ARGYLL. THE DUKE OF A report has for some time been in circulation that the Duke of Argyll had been excommunicated by the newly appointed Bishop of Glasgow. It appears that in conse quence of the tone taken by the noble Duke, in his re cently published essay, on the subject of the apostolic succession to the ministry, the minister of the chapel at which the Duke bad presented himself for the Holy Com munion on the preceding Christmas, consulted Bishop Trower, who thereupon wrote to the Duke in the follow ing terms : Wiston Rectory, December 12, 1848. My Lord Drike,—lt is with much reluctance and regret that I address your grace on the matter which will form the subject of this letter—viz., the fact that your Grace received the holy communion last year at Paisley (in the diocese of Glasgow), and the possibility that your grace may present yourself, either at Paisley or at some other church in my diocese, for the same purpose at the ensuing festival. I think it due to your grace, and in every way the most prudent as well as manly course, to inform you, that having been consulted on this subject by the clergyman who administered the sacrament of the Lord's sup per to you last Christmas, I have informed him that I cannot sanction, under existing circumstances, a similar admission of your grace to that holy communion. It is possible, indeed, that the occasion which he has con templated as not improbable, may not present its.lf; but I had rather run the risk of over-caution in a matter of this kind, than that of either hearing the question raised at the very time of so solemn an act of devotion, or else of admitting to com munion one whose recent publication breathes throughout so bitter and contemptuous a spirit towards the church at whose hands he had so recently received the sacrament of our blessed Saviour's body and blood. Your Grace will, I trust, believe that it is most painful to me thus to bring myself before your notice ; nothing would induce me to do so but a sense of duty, and a resolution not to avoid any responsibility which fairly devolves upon me; and I the more regret the occasion, as I understand that the course which your Grace has taken in your exalted station, is such as, in many respects, to entitle you to the sincere respect of your fellow-countrymen. I have the honour to be, your Grace's faithful servant, W. J. TROWER, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway. His Grace the Duke of Argyll. A FINE SPECIMEN OF IRISH. DOMESTIC LE- GISLATION In the House of Commons, on Wednesday, Sir H. W. BARRON moved the second reading of the Offences (Ire land) Bill, the object of which, he said, was to prevent the imprisonment for lengthened periods before trial of per sons accused of trifling offences. Mr. H. DRUMMOND ridiculed the provisions of the bill. So far from its being a bill to prevent imprisonment, it would, if carried, practically enable every Irishman to take every other Irishman into custody. The preamble was,—" Whereas, in order to ensure the punishment and speedy trial of persons accused of petty offences,"—that was to say, they were to punish the people first, and try them afterwards. (Laughter.) One of the offences enu merated by the bill was, that of a person riding upon a cart without having hold of the reins, and neglecting to have another party besides to guide the horse on foot. (Laughter.) The penalties were of so stringent a charac ter that he could not, in his conscience, help protesting against them with all his force. There was one clause in the bill to which he was sure that Englishmen, if it were likely to pass, would give their cordial assent, and that was the clause which limited its operation to Ireland. (Laughter.) The interpretation clause was in keeping with the rest of the bill, enacting as it did that " the male should include the female." (Great laughter.) In his opinion the bill instructively illustrated the fitness of Irishmen for the coveted work of domestic legislation. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Mr. E. B. ROCHE congratulated the bon. baronet on having at last introduced something even worse than the Habeas Corpus Bill. A more ridiculous or preposterous measure had never been submitted to the house. Colonel DUNNE observed that he found himself pecu liarly situated with regard to the bill, seeing that his name was on the back of it. (Laughter.) Some legislation on the subject was absolutely necessary. He had not read the bill, nor was he aware of the peculiar character of its pro visions until Mr. Drummond had explained them. (Laughter renewed.) Now that it bad been analysed, he sa v that it was perfectly impossible that, as it stood, it could receive the assent of the house. He at least, could not give it his support. Mr. STAFFORD repudiated the i dea of the Opposition ie of the House having any connexion whatever with the measure. Sir G. GREY said, that as repudiation was the order of the day, he felt it incumbet upon him to exculpate the Treasury Bench from the suspicion of having given it any countenance. (Renewed laughter.) He observed that, amongst its other provisions, was one rendering a beggar, under certain circumstances, liable to a fine of forty shil lings. (Great laughter.) If the honourable baronet imposed such a fine, he (Sir G. Grey) wished he might Mr. NAPIER drew attention to another clause, which rendred the Bill applicable to " persons, horses, or other animals." Mr. HERBERT was surprised, considering that the Irish members on the Government side of the House claimed a monopoly of the care of the rights and liberties of their fellow-countrymen, that such a measure could emanate fro.. 0.. a the..., —{;t--wiuhrd that Irishmen would pon der upon the fact that a bill which would take from them their rights and liberties was proposed by the champion of the moral-force repealers in Waterford. Sir W. BARRON disclaimed being a repealer. Mr. J. O'CoNNELL repudiated the honourable baronet as a repealer. (Laughter.) He really thought that the bill went too far, and could not believe that the learned gentleman (Mr. Berwick) whose name had been men tioned, had drawn up the bill. (Hear, hear.) Sir W. BARRON.—I pledge my honour to the fact that the gentleman referred to did draw up the bill. Mr. J. O'CONNELL.—What ! the whole of it ? Sir W. BARRON.—Yes, the whole of it ; every clause of it, exactly as I produced it; for I have not drawn up a line of it. (Laughter.) It was drawn up by that gentle man, one of the most eminent members of the legal pro fession (laughter); indeed, it had been sanctioned by three assistant barristers (loud laughter), chairmen of quarter sessions. (Roars of laughter.) He really did not see what there was to laugh at. (The hon. baronet said this solemnly, and excited renewed laughter.) He did not desire to press the. bill, however, against the feel ing of the house. (Hear, hear.) Mr. P. SCROPE said, however amusing this discussion may have been, it had a grave and serious side to it ' • for if (as he was bound to believe, after th e assurance of the hon. baronet) the bill had been approved of by three as sistant barristers and chairmen of quarter sessions (hear, hear), he should recommend that an eve be kept upon their proceedings, (hear, hear), for their decisions, V in accordance with the spirit of the bill, were certainly most arbitrary and absurd. (Hear, hear.) Sir G. GREY could not believe that a legal gentleman could have drawn up such a bill (hear, hear), and appre hended that there must have been an error on the point. Sir W. BARRON pledged his honour to the fact, that the bill had been drawn by Mr. Berwick, and now he begged to ask the right hon. baronet if he disbelieved him ? (Oh, oh.) Sir G. GRET.—Certainly not, Sir. But certainly I was surprised at the statement (hear, hear), and although, after the hon. baronet's assurance, he could not but believe him, he was undoubtedly mu c h s ur p r ised at it. (Hear.) I Mr. NAPIER said, the learned gentleman referred to was one of the most eminent lawyers in Ireland. (Hear.) Sir W. BARRON.—And a Queen's counsel of swim years standing. ;Hear.) The bill was then withdrawn, March 6, MO. to ~~atul P. prise, he inquired the meaning of his slumbers having been so disturbed ; and, on being acquainted with the cir cumstances, he exclaimed,—" Married, man ! Why I have not seen the lady to whom fate intends to marry me !" The result was, of course, conveyed to the dignitary of the •.° and Cheshire The Roscoe Magazine, and Lari.6oPrp_...• nu church, but how he scaled it with his unsuspecting bro- Church' ther ecclesiastic we have not heard. As far as the rest of Literary Reporter. Liverpool: P. Ham . ' , the gentlemen are concerned, we have reasons to think street; W. M. Young, Kermode-street • _dies', that the result of their exe r ti ons " excee d e d t h e i r most W e h ave b e f ore us No. lof a monthly gnu- ,i 0 sanguine expectations." under the above title, which appears to emirate fr , - ' amongst the membe rs o f th e R oscoe Cl u b , b ut w hICP • AN ESCAPED CHATTEL. nevertheless recognizes, by recor di ng th e i r proceedin g / REcENT c 0 R R E s P ON . Dt N c E. the oth er s i m il ar i nst i tutions in our town whose obj reCt are mental and social advancement and the prosecution 0 literary and scientific pursuits. As an opening number , it is a very creditable producion ; and several of the papers which it contains display much talent. We trust, that its success will prove that this great community 9 1 , the most important commercial port in the emP not so barren o" ' -- (From Monthly Illustrations of American Slavery.) The Richmond papers contain the following correspon• NOTIC.ES ..n ratsey ►ett nere on tuesaay, tutn. in company with a _ V!. ..,,ellect, or so ciefichnt in spirit, as to mulatto man, Tom Randolph—for advertisement of reward, be unable to support a literary publication of its own. To &c., see the Richmond Whig of to-day. On the morning after ensure such a result, we suspect that it will be found ne sheeft my house, four vessels left for New York—the Virginia, to be found in the present number. T-- cessary to impart to its pages a little more vane' the Roscoe Club Capt. Gould Fair, Capt. Sneideiker ; Mary Jane Peck, Capt. f it a o v o l a u n r d and hand .Annthis S Somers, h S: a m d e o r f s. pol W ice i , ll o y o o d tt a d s o h mhtemthtoethe proceedings of metteerr%CoatPhte. •eporfs r than is given of al socie-. Lies, many or them previously reported by the press, 'll bear considerable cond ensa ti on , to ma k e room for origlea papers and general literature. Such a change of plan would tend greatly to enlarge the circulation of the magazine. Riihner's Musical Theory. London : Longmans & Co. • No work could be more opportune than this. In En' gland the science of music is now cultivated to an extent that even twenty years since would have been deemed incredible. But, then, for want of a practical, copious , and safe guide we were far from being in a sound state of musical education. This has been felt by all students who would aspire to the theoretical knowledge of the art —whn would become composers. But, with our London contemporaries, we can fearlessly assert, that by the as sistance of this treatise, no such imperfection in our national studies will have to be deplored. No, what Johnson and Murray have done for the lexicography and grammar of our language, this will dolfor Music : it will henceforward be the standard by which disputed points will be settled—the reference book of the closet, the hand book of the studio. Mr. Rohner tells us, in his preface, that, though the work bears only his name, he-- - not knowing the English language sufficiently--has had the assistance of a literary and musical gentleman of this country who has supplied the text—and who has done it ably. We have merely to add that the work' s got up well worthy of the eminent publishers, and offered at a price which will 1 , 1 P/151...P mna* . . . benefits VARIETIES. A VOICE FROM THE SLAVE STATE OF KENTIICRY.-- The subject of emancipation is one which commends it self to the earnest consideration of all citizens, without reord to their sectarian or' political connexions. It is a subject of transcendent, immeasurable magnitude, invol ving the best interests of humanity for the present and all coming time. Let it, therefore, be discussed freely, thoroughly, universally; but let it be discussed without sectarian or partisan feelings, in the spirit of a wise and generous patriotism, and a truly Christian philanthrOpv —Louisville Examiner, Dec. 30, 1848, THE "WONDERS OF STEAM.—A one of the stoutest and hardest Leicestershire undertook to perform a feat which, just at the moment, attracted the general attention, not only of the country,. but of the sporting world. His bet was, that if he might choose his own turf, and select as many thorough-bred horses, as he liked, he would undertake to ride 200 miles in ten hours ! The newspapers of the day described exactly how " the squire" was dressed—what he had been living on—how he looked—how, at the word "Away !" he sta r t e d lik e an arrow from a bow—how gal lantly Tranby, his favourite racer, stretched himself in his gallop—how, on arriving at his second horse, he vaulted from one saddle to another—how he then flew over the surface of the earth, if possible, faster than before—and how, to the astonishment and amidst the acclamation of thousands of spectators, he at last came in—a winner! Now, if at this moment of his victory, while with dust and perspiration on his brow—his exhausted arms dangling just above the panting flanks of his horse, which his friends at each side of the bridle were slowly leading in triumph—a decrepit old woman had hobbled forward, and in the name of science had told the assembled multitude that before she became a skeleton she and her husband would undertake, instead of 200 miles in ten hours, to go 500—that is to say, that for every mile " the squire" had just ridden she and her old man would go two miles and a half—that she would , moreover, knit all the way, and he should take his medicine every hour and read to her just as if they were at home,—lastly, that they would under take to perform their feat either in darkness or in daylight, -- '"ne or in storm, "in thunder, lightning, or in —who, we ask, would have listened to the poor maniac?—and yet how wonderfully would her prediction have been now fulfilled ! Nay, waggons of coals and heavy luggage now-a-days fly across Leicestershire faster and farther than Mr. Osbaldestone could go; notwith standing his condition and that of all his horses.—Quar terly Review. In suns good many 'ears ago riders that ever cros-se FRANCE AFTER A YEAR'S REPUBLICANISM.—HOW stands the government after a year's republicanism ? At its head is the Republican President, elected by the im mense majority of the country, but elected upon a decep tive basis —elected neither for-his principles, which were doubtful; nor for his qualities, which were unknown or supposed to be null; nor even for his name, (although much error has been founded upon the subject,) which, after all, dazzled only a comparatively small majority— but because he was supposed to represent the principle opposed to republicanism—opposed to the very regime he was elected to support—opposed to that spirit of which the man who had once received the country from anarchy, and had once received the country's blessings, was consi dered to be the type—because hopes were founded on his advent to a change in a system of government unconge nial, and even hateful, to the mass of the nation ;. whether by the prestige-of his name he attempted to re-establish an empire, or whether, as another Monk, he formed only a stepping-stone for a new monarch. Elected thus upon false principles, the head of the government stands in an eminently false position. He may have shown himself moderate inclined to s u p por t th e repu bli c upon that " honest " basis which the better-thinking republicans demand ; firm in the support of a cabinet, the measures of which he approves ; and every way sincere and straight forward, although not in all his actions wise : but his po sition remains the same—placed between the ambitious hope of a party which might almost be said to exist no longer, and which has become that only of a family and a few old adherents and connexions, but which attempts to dazzle a country vain and proud of the word " glory," like France, by the somewhat tarnished glitter of a name, and the prospect of another which calls itself legitimate; —the point de mire of the army, but, at the same time, the stalking-horse of a nation miserably wearied with the present hobby, upon which it has been forced unwillingly to ride, with about as much pleasure and aplomb as the famous tailor of Brentford—and, on the other hand, sus pected, accused, and denounced by those who claim to themselves the only true and pure essence of veritable re publicanism. It is a position placed upon a " see-saw"—, placed in the centre, it is true, but liable, in any convul sive crisis, to be seriously compromised by the violent and abrupt elevation of either of the ends of the plank, as it tosses up and down : for the feet of the president, instead of directing the movements of this pe r p e t ua ll y ag i tated " see-saw," and giving the necessary steadiness, without which the whole present republican balance must be over turned, seem more destined to slip hither and thither in the struggle, at the imminent risk of losing all equili brium, and slipping off the plank altogether.—Blackwood. REACTION IN FAVOUR OF MONARCHICAL PRINCIPLES IN FRANCE.—In spite of all that ultra-democratic jour nals may say, in their raving denunciations, borrowed of the language of another Republic, some of the most eager and decided of those they term " reactionary," and denounce as " aristocrats," are thus to be found among the lower working classes. To do justice to the truth of the accusations brought by the Red republican party, in another respect, it is in the bourgeois spirit that is to be found the strongest and most openly avowed reactionary feeling. It is impossible to enter any shop of the better order in Paris, and speak upcn the position of affairs, without hearing not only the hope, but the expectation openly expressed, of a monarchic restoration, and that re storation in favour of the elder branch of the Bourbons. The feeling is universal in this class : the name of " Henri V.," scarce mentioned at all, and never under this title, during the reign of Louis Philippe, except in the exclusive circles of the Faubourg St. Germain, is now in every shop • • i - T-r's mouth. Louis Philippe, the Regency, all the members of the Orleans family, the Empire, a Bonapar tist rule—all are set aside in the minds of these classes for the now-desired idol of their fickle choice, the Duke of Bordeaux. In these classes a restoration in favour of Henri V. is no longer a question of possibility ; it is a mere question of time : it is not " L'aurons-noun 7" that that they ask ; it is " Quand l'aurons-nous 7" In this respect the real and true republicans, in the " honest" - designation of the term, have certainly every reason to raise an angry clamour; if sedition to the existing regiine , of the country is not openly practised, it is, at all events, openly and generally expressed. Nor are their accusa tions brought against the government entirely without justice ; for while, on the one hand, a measure of a nature altogether arbitrary, under the freedom of a republican rule, is exercised against a well-known artist, by seizing in his atelier the portraits of the Duke of Bordeaux, or, as he is called, the Count of Chambord, and of the Coun tess, as seditiously exhibited, lithographed likenesses of the ourbon heir are to be seen on all sides at print-shop windows, and in popular temporary print-stalls; in galle ries, arcades, and upon street-walls; in vignettes, upon ballads, with such titles, as " Dieu le veut," or " La France le veut." or in busts of all dimensions. Again, the Henri-guinquiste feeling, as it is c a ll e d, i s un i versa l among the fickle bourgeoisie of Paris—the rock upon which Louis Philippe founded his throne, and which sank under him in his hour of need : an d the bourgeois, eager and confident in their hopes, wilfully shut their eyes to the fact that, were their detested republic overthrown, there might arise future convulsions, and future civil strife, be tween a Bonapartist faction —which necessarily grows, and increases, and flourishes more and more under the rule, however temporary, of a chief of the name— an d the legitimist party : fo r the Orleanists, whether fused by a compromise of their hopes with the Legitimists, as has been said, or fallen into the obscurity of forgetfulness or indifference in the majority of the nation, hold forth no decided banner at the present moment. In regarding, then, the public spirit among the majority of all classes in Paris, without consulting the still more reactionary feel ing of the departments, the figures to be added to the sum -total of the year's republican account will be again found similar to those already enumerated, in the shape of disaffection, abhorrence of the republican government, want of confidence in its stability, expectation and hope of a change, however it may come, and although it may be brought about by a conqulsion.—Plackwood'a. Meg, Consul of Stock ) . Wm. Torr, Esq., of Ln. the e❑ lent architect, of London ; R. L. ng r; Mr. Alderman David Hodg es .s. J. B. Lloyd, JohnA. Tinne, S. Holme, James Tyrer, the Town Clerk, Messrs. George Grant, H. Littledale, W. Rathbcne, Brocklebank, Brancker, Wm. Moss, Banning, C. Saunders, A. H. Holme, A. Shand, John Campbell, T. Bold, M. D. Lowndes, J. Wybergh, J. Swift, W. Wagstaff, Brownell, W. S. May, C. Turner, Dickinson, Bouch, Hamilton, Stringer, and other gentle men, altogether in number about 70. The Prince is a noble and intelligent-looking man, tall, rather stout, and appears to be about 32 years of age. His manners are open and affable, and he speaks English with great fluency. His Worship received his Royal Highness at the foot of the Grand Staircase, and immediately after his Royal Highness had entered the Drawing-room, and some pr Tite, I ton, Esq., _engineer entations had taken place, dinner was announced. It is not usual to report the speeches which take place at our Town-hall banquets, but on an occasion like the pre sent we may be excused for giving to the public that of his Royal Highness, and a few of the judicious remarks of the Earl of Yarboroueh. After the health of the Queen and Royal Family had been drunk with due honours, the Mayor proposed the health of his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, pre facing the toast with some elegant allusions, and express ing his great pleasure at the presence of the Prince in this town, as one of his guests that evening. His ROYAL HIGHNESS rose, and, after the applause had subsided, spoke as follows :—Permit me, Mr. Mayor, to take the liberty of offering my sincere and most cordial thanks to you and to your guests for the gracious and charming manner in which my name has been received. Be assured that I very highly estimate the kindness and good wishes of this noble nation. There is no flag that is more endeared to my countrymen than that 'of Eng land. (Loud cheers.) My most gracious sovereign and father served in the same army, and fought under the orders of that most illustrious man, the hero of Waterloo —the Duke of Wellington. (Cheers.) Nobody can be more happy than I am to see the prosperity of your ad mirable country. English and Dutch blood have for merly flowed in the same cause. I hope in future that the interests of the two countries may always be identi fied, and that their influence may ever be exerted for the good of each community. (Cheers.) May we always act for the public welfare and the public peace. And now, Mr. Mayor, permit me also to say, that I feel a deep interest in the prosperity of the inhabitants of this great and most important community —a community most enlightened, and remarkable throughout the world for the extent of its commercial pursuits. In expressing my feelings. I wish to include all classes in this town. Gentlemen, in reiterating my good wishes for the welfare and prosperity of all, allow me to propose to you the health of your excellent chief magistrate. His Royal Highness resumed his seat amidst a loud burst of cheer- This was most warmly r The Army and Nary were severally responded to by the respective senior officers present. The Town and Trade of Liverpool was ably replied to by Mr. GRANT. The House of Lords was proposed in connection with the health of the Earl of Yarborough. His LORDSHIP said he should be wanting in his duty if he did not rise to thank the company for that testimony of approbation which they had shown to the House of Lord private nature, and being desirous of becoming better ac quainted with its importance, he would not make a re mark which could have the slightest political texture. The Mayor had expressed his respect for the conduct of the Peers, and his sense of the estimation in which the House of Lords was held throughout the country, and he had said that it was happy for the country that it possessed a House of Lords. (Cheers.) That house had certainly been a safeguard against hasty legislation (hear) ; and its members were not liable to be biassed in such a degree as many in the House of Commons probably were. But as the country was increasing in wealth, in intelli gence, and, he hoped, in prosperity, it was desirable that there should be a greater mixture of all classes—that the peer, be alive to the feelings of the country ; and, if anything could afford pleasure, and produce informa tion, it must be a visit to a great town like Liverpool, for it would be impossible to be long here and to remain ig norant of the ways of trade. The interchange of opinions with such a community must be most valuable in after times, and its opinions must not only be felt, but be con sidered of importance to the whole country. He had the happiness of making acquaintance with all classes of the community, and he felt that the prosperity of Liverpool was linked with the prosperity of the world. (Cheering.) He had been much connected with azriculture, and felt its importance. Its success was essential to the success of commerce and manufactures—they must stand or fall together. And in expressing his wish that all might flourish without rivalry or injuring each other, he con- .1 0 ..• , v _- eluded a well and gracefully-delivered speech, by express ing his hope that he might, ere long, renew his acquaint ance with such a community. His Lordship was greeted throughout his speech by loud cheers. The PRINCE of ORANGE then rose and said :—I hope you will allow me the pleasure of proposing the next toast, and that you will receive it in the spirit with which I offer it to you. I give you " The British House of Commons : and may it go on in its glorious steps, pro moting the welfare of your united empire." The toast was received with loud cheers, and was ably and humourously replied to by the Hon. Col. LOWTHER. After the health of Mrs.• Bripley-Moore had been duly honoured, that of Mr. Tite and the artists of Great Bri tain was given, and responded to by Mr. TLTE, who made allusion to the obligatian which the world lay under to Holland, for the many artists and painters which that country had produced. His ROYAL HIGHNESS immediately rose and said :—I desire to thank Mr. Tite for the just compliments which he has been pleased to pay to Dutch artists. I must thank you, Mr. Mayor, for the kind manner in which you have received me ; and this day will be put on record as one of the most agreeable in my life. I shall be most glad, whenever it is in my power, to return the kindness which has been shown to me in this most important city of the British empire. _ _ His Royal Highness then retired with the Mayor, and the company followed them to the drawing-room. The Prince having expressed a desire to view the whole suite of apartments, the chandeliers were lit in the adjoining ball-rooms, and he repeatedly expressed his great admira tion of their extent and magnificence, as well as of the entrance-hall. The Mayor and many of the guests accompanied his Royal Highness to the state carriage, which conveyed him to the Adelphi Hotel, about half-past eleven o'clock. On Wednesday forenoon, his Royal Highness, accom panied by his Worship the Mayor„ Mr. J. A. Tinne, and Mr. W. S. May, and suite, visited the British and North American mail steamer Canada, in the Coburg Dock. They also visited the dock-yards, and the Albert Dock warehouses. His Royal Highness expressed himself highly gratified and interested with all the objects that he inspected, and was especially pleased with the Canada steamer. At the dockyard he was particularly struck with the working of Mr. Naysmith's hammer, this being the first occasion on which his Highness had seen one of these powerfulmachines. His Royal Highness was conducted at noon by his Worship the Mayor to the steeple-chase. In the evening, his Royal Highness and suite, the Mayor, and a select party, dined at Briarley, Aigburth, the resi dence of J. A. Tinne, Esq. On Thursday, the Mayor conducted the Prince along the north docks, where they inspected the Great Britain and other vessels. A little after twelve o'clock, his Royal Highness visited the Exchange News-room, accompanied by his Worship, the Dutch Consul, (Mr. D. Willink,) and other gentlemen, and was received by Mr. M'Crae, chairman of 4w h.,;kling tary and treasurer. His Royal Highness, who was loudly cheered by the gentlemen in the room, acknowledged the compliment in the following terms, speaking excellent English, though with a foreign accent :—" Gentlemen, — I am exceedingly gratified by the reception which I have met with both here and elsewhere, and I am proud to find myself under your roof. I consider my reception, not only as a personal compliment to myself, but also as one to my nation. I trust that the friendship which has so long subsisted between the two nations may ever con tinue, and I hope that the British Jack may ever wave in friendship side by side with our own glorious colours." There were then renewed bursts of cheering, and his Royal Highness withdrew. In the evening, his Royal Highness, suite, and his Worship, dined with Daniel Willink, Esq., the Consul of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. He left on Friday morning for Chester, 'intending, should the weather and time permit, to visit the Conway and Britannia tubular bridge, and afterwards returned to London. LOCAL MEETINGS. A meeting of the ratepayers of the township of West Derby was held at the Low-hill Coffee-house on Friday evening, when itwas unanimously resolved to nominate Mr. Thomas Walker, Mr. Thomas Tattersall, and Mr. John Wright at the approaching election of Poor-law Guardians for the ensuing year. HEALTH COMMITTEE.--At the meeting, on Thursday, the usual reports were read, and it was stated that no case of Asiatic cholera had occurred during the past week. It was reported that the rating bill for the out-townships had been lost for the present session. A letter having been received by the mayor, stating that the ship Brutus, from this port to America, with emigrants, had put into Ireland, the cholera having broken out on board, the medical officer reported that no cases had occurred in Li. verpool for some time previous to the sailing of the Bru tus, and that it was possible the disease might have bro ken out owing to the vessel having taken the north channel. as the cholera poison now prvailed on the north coast of Ireland. Captains of vessels were recommended, if possible, not to take that channel, tout h.. oar "Inll tal tar, Tirn a JOsh i „..Su ece r " i ngsto ' , rah 10 , hence Yera c ' Rose j anuar, t he Arl i AL fr o S c' ,e arti L h 0 LtI ARRI AItZ Y ° Port o . '1( l'°111)01 , .4th ~bar pc .ro ta trot,SAjL . 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