The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-22 00:00:00

' r . Stuart. 'r. Sl3.lter. ke. es Grant. 111 r. TEM' this Then: he ng li " r 'Al° ° " . le a. in ; f t he ry, ° w ho )perti, erfornia„..nuw i ota, ned by bed ;ONG %. Mr. Romer 5 .is ON. my cAPE''w IS N° " from Nine ie Shilling. 'clock lint: ;goo, °TI , ca demY• -!- tr. 2, I 839• • ,e, we h aire inclusive. 'al genera ley la rk i e : ai erea° ll- L ost of the 31, in ari° :, al feat ures w hen t'" before 001. s• the ill bat", elpbia ha° 0/ of al l the he pac" fr ed out the The I '' o : g ;s tbat i nts• r ebb th : c i it i on s 0$ of the dal the 04' ; a f all of ' of pensi on 3thof ° , e a . i n rer e of .at so" , ,i n the la st i e a ice, lilt The ine as r' bein g en had i t flans' of aBse°' eYiStiAd er from 3P c i Totild T z x prort , lo .s o . to 0 011 ' were, , „f tba l 1,6 g• t hat tP ti confetti' fOCtO 1 thei r r e j,, suspe nd as s tro 4 e bArl U h s a o anen t t ; t o se eille" .e thl l :eil , it, c a 0 - thos e ' c c , stisP ei' ' t he abling r ,o• Int a ccv to t ap pe:O or , Ne" . t be d as t° ,, , e ig y the ' f ' ri ks 0 I¢ , . e d to ' 03, ~ " . L ' A no vl bet ot i bY ► lielo or w as w r 'tbs. b fr :vs. !bas e re that d i° e ii thenciie o t " an _ a t says ci it yea's all _ s i ll tot an its lyp 00 .- 1 o ec 3ri° 5 1 3 115 tiered' l ir ply jec, ;co all at ' c o w ow d CO eiio' d ie be ol o r tre rieo'do• zine Ss 0 1 Jown V the v i e rs Ie bo.e st 11111 rot tb 3ll erl er" bileav"Y rA( l ' t the wij ici Jet , c oro a sset.' to bo l ' s .08 -.end' 0 „„ t io ote f de t he for tl)e fford " lell Vessels It t i cks , of war f rom H avanna h an d V e ra Cruz. 1 k eleat uess had a l so increased at Franklin, &c. °anthe r of fires, accompanied by very heavy 1. 1 .4 Pronp r - rtY, have recently taken place in the litate ta s t . e s . Most of these fires are supposed to have W e at : in itleendiariSm. Asn...l . I fbure V ery troublesome, with fresh instances of Indian out -1 : °ri da• The S em i no l es a nd the Cherokees troublesome, carrying on a sort of ?iper:arfare against the settlers of Florida. I s, e 60, 4 °4 1 Lima had been received at New York t Art e ' Of August. The Secretary of the Home r:te ti lli t lit ' in a despatch to the Prefect of the De- Nrd, 4 . ° ' J unin, uses the following severe language 'Nienttarelboners in Peru :—" His Excellency the 1 4. (Gatnarra) has already instructed me to say 1 , ,T Ministers and consuls that their fellow-citi 'itth°lll4 enjoy all protection and hospitality, but kri ej Should have nothing to do with the internal ~.,4 144 the country. The Policy of the Peruvian Go iNtiot in relation to foreigners is confined to their k;a„,llfrotninterfering in the administration of the t ,`'n from receiving any advantages which are re , , A for 11 P eruv i ans alone. We way thus escape from ''iii B: lati ng pupilage in wlich foreigners wish to '4 4 , 1t8 and th en we may grant favours, if nation al l'i her Sh ah allow us t o assoc i a t e w ith o ut risk with 1 from Rio de Janeiro to the 16th of Septem -14 tijltate th L . ' a. tit things continue in a very bad state. It ' l O ealt to discount the best paper, with several kr kts 4 it, even at 11 per cent. per month. The ern k4/:nerito of th e treasury, an d t h e diffi cu lty o f f , t ItOnp v q bo -, on government paper, even at the rate ,''ke " r ' C ent• per ann um , f o rcing the minister of fi rlailt° eall uPon the chambers for relief, by authoris- N en enlission of treasury notes bearing 6 per cent. l ie b i t ! e ha d Occasi one d di strus t, an d a dded to previous l . lo ver N 0 measures having been taken to relieve '''iil lt ,, llll.l ent, the market was kept in doubt and un " and very little business was doing. M i 1 1 1 . 111112.1.11011.111 1-- ' te joic 4 t i t; _ tee to fi n d , f rom t h e G u i ana Ch ron i c l e o f the 7., t t ia1 7 10 , that a pu b l i c meet i ng o f t h e p l an t ers an d 0f the colony, on the important subject of of t h e was held on the preceding day, in the the Court of Justice. The meeting was con- Nit' o :, the High Sheriff, in compliance with a re lit P r esented to him, which was signed by 1 / 4 • g et eat Majority of the respectable inhabitants of pi Iv a and it s neighbourhood. The attendance c ry ed oil -tnerous, and the utmost enthusiasm per the proceedings. The High Sheriff occupied 1 10 4 r On th e occasion, an d , a f ter rea di ng t h e requ i- Ilie t 'e t il i tere d upon a detailed explanation of the objects R ll O R il g• The p r i nc ipal speakers were the Hon. ; I tt r t3 2 l r. Revers, the Honourable D. Cameron, ,IPtai, Z'the Hono ura bl e Dr. M"furk, Mr. M'lntosh, 14, Williamson, Mr. B. Ferguson, Mr. Kirkwood, L air ' Mr. G arnett , i‘lr. S. Harvey, Mr. Butts, genes Glen, th e H onoura ble John Croal, Mr. tot k , kn gbton, Mr. Alb an y, Mr. Steele, the Rev. Mr. wandlt the Rev. M r . G ar l a nd. Several resolutions, tetory t 2 • of the necess ity w hich existed for pro .4tr Ltarn igration, &e., were proposed and carried `ataiderable discussion, which was carried on in ti g i l i b eable and conciliatory spirit. Among the re lit.lol're noti ce one, w hi c h was move d by the Rev. Nii 4te gar ' and seconded by the Rev. Mr. Garland, e0n ,t641 I T of the gross misrepresentations and fabri titi4 44tetnents respecting the Hill Coolies, and ktkli t - inquiry into their treatment and general : 1 1 s ince thei r i n t ro d uc ti on i n to the colony. It t 'aPs, so mew h at surpr i se our ra di ca l contempo :4theo" R be ar of tw o m i n i s t ers of the gospel, resident def • e -1)(4, and co gn i san t o f a ll the facts, standing up o , i • ee of the pl anters, an d t o re p u di a te the false ttti ril ' i gliant char g e s brought against them. This u kl Y a 1 8 . t t a o rice ought to teach our contemporaries to • - " e less implicitly upon the interested narrations rkt th 4 . Seoble, Sturge, and Co. k cver iin e c lose of the meeting a petition to the 'h e s l. and Cou r t o f P o li cy was agree d t o , an d was Nth u r nt nitted th e f o ll ow i ng d ay a t t wo o ' c l o ck, to filesthe m eet i ng was a dj ourne d. Thi s p e tition t he substance of the several resolutions, and, '9l the general v ie w s of the planters. It states *ithtCsideration o f th e p resen t state of the colony, ke e liznited number of agricultural labourers, led itt ikler i ll g to the irresistible conclusion, that unless tt l)or ta t‘ e i mmigration on a large scale tcok place, the ai t 41 l e Produce of the colony, already diminished h p att ning extent, would yet further decrease. It "iti ß y i ° eeds to say that the diminished prosperity of • aß t .,,Y 4 , l atia, solely dependent as the colony is upon 1 4 • , 4141 11 - al resources, injuriously affects the per toiltininterests of every class of society, and will kitt aro ll . e to do so unt il , b y an extens i ve i n fl ux of im- Nti o : )- the deficiency of labour is supplied. In to this it is urged, with great truth and ► try I n our opinion, that though immigration to a ge ' 4 11e 4, Merit is necessary, under present circum- Niti b t° keep up the cultivation of the staple corn -11),01-'eYet British Guiana is capable of giving nt to an o almost unlimited number of labourers, ,N1(1 " t oe aba n d one d f ert il e l an d o nce cultivated, '411 4 - e the unreelaimed districts upon which labour q % e v er „been applied. While the fertility and extent tt litiv at B e ° ,l " , and th e f ac ility w ith which it may be Ilt ittr 4te - f i thus hold out strong inducements to qe ki h f 4. ° 1 11 every nation, the mother country would t tt ta te r d 5 ' rewarded in promoting this object, by the in y conferred upon many under her a tte ' lO are now exposed to destitution, famine, and for h e aclant diseases —by the greatly extended demand ! let tra t Z aun factures—and by the general increase of 1 . 4 trod an d commerce. It is next urged that the l arly t °u of the labourers of India would be peen ts well calc u l ate d to answer t h e propose d en d. kt t '448 are • 1 170 industrious, 1 and their constitutions -"%t po 4 "aPted for the climate. And one of the er ful arguments in favour of the proposed Sb vc ieh ased upo n th e f ac t th a t the African slave L t ivityV °re ign state s h as b een fearfully increased in Y t he decreased production of the staple corn :%,e:aq the W es t I n di es, consequen t upon the di 4eaPPlication o f e ff ect i ve l a b o ur to the soil. i a ppeal to the philanthrophic feelings of the tle ttee vl / 4 i Great Britain w hi c h we feel the utmost eon not be disregarded. P 4 i petition be on to pray th e Court of Policy to tlle grit crdinonce for th e regu l a tion of immigration, on t h tlei Ples laid down in the resolutions, and also to tio t i Nt e r equest for raising the required funds. We f ou a nd that this appeal to the Court of Policy will 4) 11 1) , both u p by a petition to the Queen—petitions a t ltlsh 0 : us es of Parliament—and an address to the fut ur at ' ut t. These various documents will set forth tit"Ol4l,:tiPros.pects and vast capabilities of British 1:4 111 14, eb , th e extent to which it has suffered, and is 'At 1 ° suffer, from various' schemes of improve :tltietioescLi have been successively thwarted—the re gich 1 14 Y ac ed upon the colony, and the prejudices 44v allta„, ve be en excited against it—and the numerous e r t ttio ti 0 7 e .s which win result from the extended appli %like lu dustry in the developement of its boundless 4 ' l re: . The colonists expect, w-z• think most justly ti tr :41a blY, that the liberal and self-denying man- Of x y Wh _ "egro "eY spontaneously anticipated the term ll atliy of their rentieeship, will entitle them to the sym etZe for fellow -subjects in Great Britain, and se t: Of tthon:etirnat active co-operation in the prosecu see„ e g r eat objects which they have in view that T he .re their final accomplishment.' tel l , of candour which characterised all the s deliv ered i 0 the auk-j ou. at the above important meeting, and h ' to the sj_solicitude evinced for an impartial inquiry !tilt ty th a e t e of the colony, ought to disarm of their Itish InOst bigoted enemies of the planters of tua na. . h._ ell: rt .4. llgerl e which, if true, will strike sorrow into the 111-4L"' every Englishman, was received from Dover 1 / 1 1 1( 11 , 11 °I-I Tuesday evening, to the effect that the 4 g ev e '3' Wellington had been suddenly attacked with f th e h ere illness, Which had temporarily deprived him o 14 1 t .ii3lVfer °f Rpeech. Physicians were immediately I ‘Ptit e O t r `ronl London but at the moment at which we % °ay ho pe result had not been made known. Need . -e 4 gßer fervently we trust that the report has been . e t x_ tio ll ii ed, or that the strength of his Grace's con. ti u d ar e e ,v 1 , 4 enabled him to rally under the attack an '' -.4 „ e i t. The death of Arthur Duke of Wellington The n ews amity calamity which we dare not contemplate. ft 'ller ai ew ,_ s would fall upon the car of Britain like a l'4s t i„. - t'llell, whose awful sound is loud enough to hr the length and breadth of the land, car- -,PLETON !ovent-gor t Nights . ind sec °l !ji )lause, pi Liss Roper t rapturous eek. nd instant , w ith New owarcl' rying with it tidings of woe which every individual would feel and appropriate as his own. Seldom if ever has there lived a man of such mark and likelihood as the great Captain of the Age, who has so universally endeared himself to all c!asses of his fellow-countrymen. Just now his loss would be irreparable. But we refrain from farther notice of so painful a subject. The recent fabrication of Lord Brougham's death warns us to be cautious in putting faith in such reports. Long may it be before any writer in England has to speak of the Duke of Wellington as numbered with the mighty dead, and to attempt a faint portraiture of a character which combines so many elements of true greatness. We shall look with much anxiety for further accounts about his Grace. is with unfeigned satisfaction that we learn, from the morning papers of yesterday, that His Grace the Duke of Wellington is rapidly recovering from the at tack of illness with which he was visited on Monday last. This cheering news will be hailed with delight by every sincere lover of his country of whatever shade of politics he may be. Long may the noble Duke live, in the enjoyment of his health and faculties ! This is a prayer which we feel assured will be most cordially responded to by all our readers. We are rejoiced to find that his indisposition was unaccompanied by any symptoms at all calculated to create any future alarm. His constitution seems impregnable to all but the as saults of age, and his temperate and abstemious habits are likely to secure for him the blessing of a " green old age." We adverted last Tuesday to one of the mare's nests which the Liberals just now are busy in discovering. This was the wonderful fact, that the Conservatives are traitors—the Tories disloyal—and the Whigs and democrats the only trustworthy supporters of the Throne. But there is yet another of these nests, which, as. a natural curiosity, well worthy of the attention of the keeper of the Institution in Colquitt-street, is quite as extraordinary. It seems that the Conservatives have been the authors of the late insurrection in South Wales, and the Tories are Chartists under a different appellation. Metaphysicians tell us that one of the laws of the association of ideas is contrast, and we suppose that the muddle-brained writers on the Liberal side have been dabbling in Flume, and finding that no two things in the world can be more strongly contrasted than a Radical and a Tory, a Chartist and a Conservative, have jumped to the conclusion that on this very account they must be somehow closely connected ; and perhaps thus the hypothesis, paradoxical as it may seem, that . _ the Tories are at the bottom of popular licentiousness, may, to the foggy intellect of a Whig-Radical scribbler, appear sufficiently explained. Except for the purpose of showing up its absurdity, we would not waste a word upon such twaddle. But it is useful to mark the ex tremity of falsehood to which the sinking Liberals re sort, even although they are convinced that it can in no way benefit their desperate cause. They take a plea sure in delivering themselves of a lie which conveys in terms a foul charge against the character of their op ponents, although they well know that the wretched abortion will fall still-born upon the ground. But we should like to hear how the Whigs and their motley adherents can defend themselves if we retort the charge against themselves. They have ever encou raged and connived at popular violence so long as it served as a ladder by which they could climb into place and power. They have selected for distinction, and cajoled and petted, the most notorious democrats and revolutionary agitators of the day. They have in the person of that unhanged scoundrel Frost given the weight and authority of magisterial dignity to a con victed libeller and fraudulent bankrupt, in order that they might if possible secure his services for their own political ends. But next Tuesday we will go on with this subject, for which we have no space to day. It is the misfortune of the times in which we live, that questions of great interest and threats of impend ing danger so continually arise on every hand, that to pics of more lasting importance and more intrinsic va lue are too often of necessity postponed. The blows, for instance, which are daily aimed at the Established Church are of a nature so formidable, and the assault is so secret as well as so open, (for every engine both of subtlety and violence is at work,) and, withal, so un tiring and unscrupulous, that much of the loyal Church man's time is necessarily consumed in unmasking the designs or thwarting the projects of the enemy. Blows must be warded off : the present danger must be met, and that immediately. Time and leisure are often wanting for the more congenial end of improving the efficiency and increasing the resources of the Church, by appeals to the calm judgment of her own devoted members. But we do not therefore mean to let the great ques tion of Church Extension sleep in Liverpool. Active and vigilant guardians we shall be (to the utmost of our humble ability) for that which already is ; but we must not forget to advocate, with all possible ear n'stness, that which is to be. We have before adverted to the excellent Association formed by the Liverpool Young Men for this holy purpose ; and we rejoice most sincerely in the sure conviction that similar societies are springing up in every district of these populous counties. Here is the want chiefly felt ; here are the means at hand; here is the sound principle and exten sive liberality to be found, if it be fairly sought out and called into action ; here to, we rejoice to say, 1s the energy and zeal which will not let these means of use fulness be dormant. Four years produced in Liverpool alone £40,000 for the Church. It is not a year since our townsmen came forward manfully for the express purpose of Building and Endowing New Churches in the town. Now they are occupied in providing means of sound and scriptural instruction for all classes of the community. Liverpool therefore has a claim to be heard, whether she is petitioning Parliament, or raising the cry of union and encouragement to other wealthy towns. We presented our readers on Tuesday with a heart stirring report of the movement in Sheffield. We shall endeavour, on an early occasion, to present them with some details of Dr. Chalmers' Missionary Expe ditions in Scotland, and of the working of the Bishop of London's Scheme in the Metropolis. We mean to enter, with our Presbyterian brethren, into the generous warfare of a noble rivalry, and stimulate our country men to show the admiration which English Episco palians cherish for Scottish Presbyterian liberality in the best practical method—by following the example. England will arouse herself in earnest, and the good cause will prosper. The proceedings in the Town Council, on Wednes day last, do not require any extended remarks. The pertinacious conduct of Mr. Coglan and his friends, relative to the personation of a voter in St. Anne's Ward, is not to be wondered at. It is the result of bitter disappointment. It displays also a rankling feel ing of jealousy. The impertinence of Alderman Earle towards Mr. Wright proves that because a man may be an alderman he is not bound to be a gentleman. The insolent demeanour of certain persons who have crept into the council—the very types of vulgarity— towards Mr. Cooper is equally as creditable as the lu dicrous cacchinations of Alderman Earle. Mr. Cooper, we fearlessly assert, is one of the most useful members of the Town Council, though he may not be able to plate nonsense, or to mouth commonplaces, for an hour together "by Shrewsbury clock,' as do certain coxcomical, shallow, and conceited would-be-orators among the self-styled liberals. In another year or two these wholesale dealers in fustian and bombast will be forced to shrink back into their original inglorious obscurity. The prospectus of the " Liverpool Collegiate Insti tution" being now in the hands of many of our readers we shall attempt to point out the claims which this institution has upon the support of all who wish for the establishment in this town of a system of Scriptural Education, upon an orthodox, but not exclusive basis. To do this the more effectually, we shall make the necessary extracts from the prospectus itself. It corn- mences : " In order to provide for the inhabitants of Liverpool an education suited to their wants, upon the most moderate terms, and, at the same time, to maintain indissolubly the connexion between sound religion and useful learning, it is proposed to found a new Establishment, to be called " The Liverpool Collegiate Institution,—for the education of the Commercial, Trading, and Working Classes," in which in struction in the doctrines and duties of Christianity, as taught by the United 1 ng' nd and Ireland, shall, for ever, be communicated in combination with literary, scien- tific, and commercial information. And, with a view to the permanence of the institution upon this basis, it is intended that all its officers, professors, and masters, except the teachers of certain foreign languages, shall be members of th e Established Church, but that no distinction shall be made in the admission of pupils, that only the children of members of the Church of England shall be required to learn the church catechism." While the institution is thus to all intents and pur poses a Church institution, it will still be available to such Trinitarian Protestants as agree with the doc trines of the Church of England; for if they should entertain conscientious scruples to the use of the Church Catechism, it will not he enforced. In ano ther part of the prospectus, we find that _ . . _ " The exercises of each school will be commenced and ter minated with prayer, at which the attendance of every pupil will be required ; and the reading and exposition of the Holy Scriptures will form a portion of the daily business of the schools." Let us next see how the founders of the institution propose to ensure the permanency of this religious basis. We again quote from the prospectus : " To connect the institution more closely with the various classes for whose improvement it is designed, and to secure the services of the most efficient individuals in its manage ment, it is proposed that the general direction of its affairs shall be entrusted to a committee of thirty-six persons, to be elected from the clergy, merchants, professional men and and gentlemen, tradesmen and mechanics. It is intended that the committee, in the first instance, shall be elected at a general meeting of donors of £lO 10s. and upwards, to be held on the first Monday in January, 1840, and that its fu ture appointment, in such manner as may hereafter be deter mined upon, shall be vested in one hundred life governors. The first donors of £lOO or upwards, on or before the first Monday in January, shall be life governors, and they shall meet on that day to complete their number, if necessary, and to elect seven trustees for the land and property. The go vernors shall also fill up vacancies in their own body and in that of the trustees. The committee shall form a code of laws, rules and regulations, for the future government of the institution, upon the principles previously stated, and revise, amend, or alter the same from time to time ; but no laws, rules, or regulations shall be made or altered without the sanction of two-thirds of the governors, who may be present at a meeting specially convened for that purpose, after seven days' notice, and consisting of not less than twenty-one members." There can be little doubt but that this constitution will be found exceedingly efficient. At all events, one much similar has worked well at the Blue-Coat Hos pital for a number of years; and, like our excellent constitution of Church and State, it presents a happy admixture of aristocracy and democracy, without a preponderance of either. - The institution is intended to possess two day schools. In the first of these, the best classical and commercial education, in its various branches, will be given, under the superintendence of able University graduates. In the second, where the terms will be less expensive, the instruction will be upon a more limited scale, but comprise the various requisites of a sound general education. The evening-schools will be furnished with every attraction for the use of the mechanic; clerk, and shoprnan. Drawing and model ling will be taught in them in all their branches. But above all, " Classes will be organised for the study of navigation, geography, nautical astronomy, naval architecture, and civil engineering, which branches will be taught on a scale com mensurate with their growing importance to the interests of this port;—and, with a view of still further adding to the usefulness of these classes, examinations of the pupils con nected with them will periodically take place, and certificates of proficiency be granted to them." These must prove of inestimable service to the mer cantile interests of this port, and, as such, should commend the institution to every engineer, shipowner, and underwriter in Liverpool. Indeed, so deeply do we feel the importance of such a provision, that we shall take an early opportunity of returning to the subject. the prospectus further adds : " Independently of the schools, it is intended that this institution shall possess a spacious hall, in which popular lectures may be delivered from time to time. And, as the institution flourishes and funds are supplied, it is intended that every addition requisite for the advancement of the pu pils in literature, science, and art, shall be provided, and suitable buildings erected for a museum, library, &c., on a scale adapted to the increasing wants of the community." These adjuncts, especially the lecture-room, will, we trust, induce the ladies of Liverpool to take an active interest in the institution. \Ve understand that it is contemplated to regulate the terms of admission to the lecture room in such a manner as to suit the means of the various classes of society. This will be an excel lent plan, and by bringing the influence of fashion to their aid, prove exceedingly beneficial to the funds of the institution. The institution has already received the patronage of the Bishop of Chester, as visitor, and John Gladstone, Esq., (who has handsomely contributed the sum of £5OO ti its funds,) Lord Francis Egerton, Lord San don, C. Cresswell, Esq., and the Rectors of Liverpool are amongst its vice-presidents. The most influential amongst the clergy and laity have joined it, and are using their utmost exertions to promote its welfare. The sum of £5OOO has already been subscribed for, chiefly in sums of £lOO and upwards, hut, (and we again quote the prospectus,) " To erect an institution worthy of Liverpool, and adapted to its growing wants, a considerable sum of money will be necessary, and it is confidently expected that the determi nation already evinced in this town, to maintain scriptural education in connection with the Established Church, will lead to the speedy contribution of the required amount. Donors of £5OO, or upwards, will be entitled to become Vice. presidents of the institution for life, with peculiar privileges. A donation of £lO 10s. or upwards, in one sum, from a gentleman, and of £5 ss. or upwards, from a lady, will con stitute them members of the institution for life, with certain privileges. Donations under £5O may be paid in two yearly instalments, and above £5O in four yearly instalments, of which the first shall be due on the Ist January, 1840." We have every reason to know, from the favourable reception which the prospectus has met with, and the numerous promises of support already made to the respected treasurers, Robertson Gladstone and William Potter, Esqrs., that there will be a sufficient sum sub scribed in a few weeks to enable the committee to commence the erection of a suitable fabric. THEATRE ROYAL. Miss Romer, the best Mountain Sylph on the stage, and Mr. Templeton, are the stars at present. Their engagement terminates next week. We hear that they were warmly re ceived, and have given great satisfaction in the operas of " Sonnambula" and " Cinderella." This evening, after the new play of the " Sea Captain," they are to appear in the favourite opera of " Love in a Village." Next week the lovers of operatic music will have choice opportunities of hearing the vocalists, assisted by those use ful and efficient singers of the company—Miss Grant, Mr. Barker, and Mr. G. Horncastle. In addition to " Sonnam bula" and the " Love Spell," we hope Miss Romcr will ap pear as the Mountain Sylph in the pretty opera of that name. It is a part which her physical endowments enable her to play with peculiar grace. We learn with satisfaction that the Earl of Derby has determined to assimilate the leases of his Bootle property to those granted by the corporation of Liverpool, for a term of 75 years, a measure that must have the necessary tendency I o increase the value of his lordship's property in that direction. AN ACCOMPLISIIED ROGUE.—A rather clever and genteel looking rogue has had his career of dishonesty somewhat suddenly interrupted in Liverpool. On Tuesday morning he called at the house of Mr. Ross, teacher, in Hamilton-square, Birkenhead, and inquired the terms of the school, stating that a friend of his, resident in the neighbourhood of Manchester, had two sons whom he wished to send thither for education. As his appearance and manners were those of a perfect gentle man, Mr. Ross did not hesitate to leave him in the drawing room, into which he had been ushered, whilst he went for a card. On returning, he gave it to him, and after a brief con versation, the visitor took his departure. He had left the house only a few minutes, when Mrs. Ross went into the room, and with characteristic quickness of female perception, instantly missed a silver cup or goblet. Having inquired of the servant, and ascertained that no person had been in the room that morning except Mr. Ross and the gentleman ; she asked Mr. Ross had he removed it ? He was quite astonished at the loss, but went directly to the ferry in search of the thief. Not finding him there he crossed the river, gavein formation to the police, returned and went back in the same boat, when he found the rogue in custody, and on searching him took from his person the cup, and a gold watch which he had stolen from another school. EMPLOYMENT FOR THE POOR. — It must be apparent to all those who have much intercourse with the poor in Liver pool, that there is great want of useful occupation for women and children. As regards the latter, this would, perhaps, present little cause for regret if their years of childhood were spent in attendance at school, or in harmless recreation, but this is not the case, numbers of young children are driven, sometimes by the idleness and misconduct, sometimes by the real necessities of their parents, to obtain a few precark pence by the sale of sand, matches, chips, &c. This course, it is well known, almost invariably leads to idleness and vice. To meet the cases of these children, an institution has been established in the south end of the town for platting straw, in which from thirty to forty girls are at present at work, and many of them are already able to Platt straw and tuscan quite as well as it is done in the regular establishments. The attention and aid of the benevolent to the institution is earnestly requested, that its benefits may be extended. A visit to the platting-rooms, No. 5, Great George-place, will convince all, who take an interest in the rising generation, of its utility.—Courier. THE CONGLETON TOWN COUNCIL. If anything could make the reformed Town Councils more obnoxious than they are in the eyes of every man who has a regard for decency, and for order and courteousness in de bate, it is the " scenes" which so frequently occur in the midst of their deliberations. The Municipal Bill has every where lifted men of the lowest character and most contemp tible attainments into positions so elevated, that their giddi ness makes them play the most fantastic tricks ; or their momentary elevation and introduction amongst their betters has so inflated the various bull-frogs, that they display their vulgarity and unseemliness in no very creditable light. Amongst other boroughs which had the blessings (?) of the Municipal Bill thrust upon them, was the town of Congle ton—a place characterised by a popular novelist as being '' celebrated for its ill-lighted streets and abominable pave ment." If he writes again, he may safely add,—" and also For its public bear-garden, held in the Town-hall." This little place, before the passing of the Reform Bill, was tole rably quiet,, and, barring the gossip so common to small towns, the inhabitants were peaceable, and lived in some degree of harmony. But suddenly they were enfranchised, and lo ! every mushroom became a voter and a politician. Their former Mayors had generally been the most respectable inhabitants of the town ; and of this class, too, their corpo rate body had been elected. Politics were then unknown in the Council; the public business was well managed, in a gentlemanly way, and personal squabbles were unheard of. But since the Reform Bill passed, many low, brawling poli ticians have been introduced into the Council-chamber, who have carried their pot-house manners with them ; and the following specimen of their mode of conducting business, which we extract from the Macclesfield Herald, will give our readers some idea of the working of the bill: — On Saturday last, a meeting of the Congleton Town Coun cil, was held, for the election of Mayor for the ensuing year. The following members of the body were PRESENT : The Mayor (Mr. J. F. Reade) Messrs. J. B. Johnson, T. Broad, Andrew, J. Broadharst, Snelson, Hogg, lladfield, R. Goodwin, J. Reade, J. Washington, Chapman, Duncalf, Woolley, Pickford. ABSENT: Messrs. Templeton, Brown, Pearson, G. Bar low, C. Lowe, Edwards, Whittaker. The Mayor, (J. F. Reade, Esq.) opened the proceedings by stating, that as the present was the last opportunity he should have of presiding at the Town Council, lie hoped they would grant bins their indulgence while he drew attention to a few matters which had recently transpired. Mr. Johnson had, at a meeting held on the 15th October, cast some un just reflections on the financial state of the borough during the two years that he (Mr. Reade,) had held the office of Mayor. That great financier — Mr. J. B. Johnson.—Don't be rude, your observations are personal and irrelevant. The Mayor.—l am opening the business of the day, and claim a right to offer a few observations. Mr. J. B. Johnson.—Then pray keep your temper. The Mayor.—Mr. Johnson, on that occasion, asserted that the funds of the corporation were sufficient if properly mana ged, and no rate ought to have been required ; a reflection certainly upon the administration of the finances of the bo rough during his (Mr. Reade's) Mayoralty. He (the Mayor) was not surprised at the applause which followed the annouce ment, an applause not very enviable certainly since it was ob tained at the cost of truth. He had now before him the dif- ferent items of annual expenditure of the corporation, and he would, with their permission, read them over. Item the first was £292 10s. interest to be paid. Some thought 20s. .in the pound ought to be paid, while others perhaps concei ved it would be better to pay 10s. or 15s. in the pound, though he (the Mayor) was one of those who preferred 10s. (Great sensation.) Then here was item the 2nd,..C80 9s. Gd. to be paid annually to the Church, a sum which Mr. Johnson has always contended, has been "irregularly," and "illegally" paid; no one can doubt the sincerity of Mr. Johnson in this respect ; and the friends of the Church, (and I hope there are many here,) will do well to remember it, for he has al ways bitterly opposed the payment. Mr. Johnson.—l thank you for stating my objections to that payment so clearly. The Mayor, addressing Mr. Johnson.—Yon are welcome. Now this assertion I at once allow is perfectly correct : he (Mr J.) has, I can assure you, been a most consistent opponent of this payment. The next item, £42 9s. Gd. for rates, taxes, &c., cannot be got rid of : then £2O for inspectors of weights, and £3O annual salary to the treasurer. This last I think Mr. Johnson will not wish to reduce. Then £lolos. to the Mayor's sergeant. How he intends to deal with this I know not. £5 for polling booths ; £25 2s. 7d. yearly compensa tion voted to the Town-clerk ; and about £lO a-year for printing and stationery. I now come to the expense of our police establishment, which I put down at £lOB per annum ; and 1 do contend that an efficient police force for this bo rough cannot he maintained at less cost. What the inten tions of Mr. Johnson may be in regard to this item I don't pretend to say ' • but on the Ist of November some of his party were heard to declare that a police force of 10s. a week was sufficient. Next item, looking to the average legal expenses during the last four years, I feel justified in patting down at £l5O. I would here observe, that during the last canvas, prior to the Ist of November, some of the poor rate payers were given to understand that Mr. Pickford would perform the duties of the town-clerk for a much less sum than Nr. Moorhouse. Mr. Bullock (with much energy.)—l don't believe it. Name your authority. The Mayor.—lt is not necessary. (Much clamour.) Mr. Pickford.—But I insist upon knowing. The Mayor.—You insist ! You arc a very pretty gentle man. Messrs. Johnson and Bullock.—You ought to give up the name of your informant. The Mayor.—Well then my informant was Joseph Pick ford. A namesake of yours : (addressing Mr. Pickford.) Mr. Pickford, (evidently much excited)—The Mayor might perhaps discover a namesake of his own, not moving many grades higher in society than the individual alluded to. It is shamefully and disgustingly unbecoming in any president to convert his office into a vehicle of vituperation and personal attach. In regard to Mr. Moorhouse, Mr. P. most solemnly declared that no one ever heard him publicly or privately ut ter one syllable in disparagement of that gentleman, and that he had never entertained the most distant idea of supplanting him in his office. (Here several gentlenten rose and spoke together ; a long established practice at Congleton meetings ; and the greatest confusion prevailed). The Mayor.—l merely stated that such a report had been circulated. It is is time enough for Mr. Pickford to enter his disclaimer, when I snake an accusation against him. [The mayor was prevented by the clamour that arose, from concluding the observations he had intended to make.] Mr. Bullock, (jumping off from his seat and addressing the Mayor)—We will not allow you to proceed any further. Your address is impertinent to the object of this meeting, and in order that the business of the day may be delayed no longer, I propose Mr. Pickford as a fit and proper person to be made Mayor of this borough. Mr. Johnson.—l gladly second the proposition, for I think it very desirable to get rid of the present Mayor, whose be haviour is scandalous : lie is snore fit to preside at a meeting at Billinsgate, than at this council. The Mayor, (with much warnith.)—Be on your guard, Sir. Mind what yon are about, or— Mr. Johnson, (who evidently mistook the first remark as an intimation of personal violence,) rose and said.—l do not care for you, though you are a few inches higher than myself. The Mayor.—l don't mean that, there are other ways of treating you, Sir, I intended to caution you as to the language you employ. Whoever may be my successor, I hope he may please all parties, though I am sure the rate-payers cannot find a man more anxious than I have been, so to conduct the affairs of the town as to secure the greatest amount of bene fit to all. (Applause) Mr. Johnson.—They cannot find a worse. Mr. Moorhouse.—l regret extremely the display of such unnecessary warmth. Pray, gentlemen, what mode will you adopt in taking the votes. Mr. Pickford.—By a shew of hands, that is the proper way. I have Sir Frederick Pollock's opinion in support of that mode. Mr. James Reade.—l move as an amendment, that Mr. R. Goodwin is a fit and proper person to be made Mayor of this borough. Mr. Hogg.—l second it. The Mayor.--I agree with the mover and seconder that Mr. R. Goodwin is a fit person to be Mayor. The office could not be better filled than by a person who has been brought head and shoulders into the hall, lo eat his own words and cancel his own vote. Mr. Johnson.—l deprecate these personal attacks. Mr. Goodwin has given a very satisfactory reason for the change of his opinions, and ought not to be subject to such sarcasms. The Mayor.—lf the cap fits Mr. Goodwin, let him wear it. Mr. R. Goodwin.—The mayor ought to be the last person to twit me with inconsistency, for he changed his opinion in less than one hour and a half, whereas I took a fortnight to consider. (Loud laughter.) Mr. Johnson.—Let us proceed to business. I hoped our proceedings would have been carried on in perfect harmony. The Mayor.—(lronically) Oh ! I dare say. Mr. Moorhouse.—How shall I take the votes ? The Mayor.—l will put the question to the Council. Mr. Pickford.—Such a question cannot be entertained— for you cannot adopt any other than the legal mode of voting. viz.—by show of hands. Let Sir F. Pollock's opinion be read. Mr. Johnson.—That is the usual way of voting in Mac clesfield, Liverpool, and other places. The Mayor.—lt is all the same to me. I have no objec tion to publicity ; on the first formation of the council, I proposed it. I lOn the amendment being put, there appeared for it—Mr. James Reade, Mr. Hogg, and the Mayor. When the resolution was about to be put, Mr. Pickford said—l beg to be understood, I don't vote for myself—that has never been my practice. Mr. Johnson.—Nor mine. The following thirteen gentlemen voted for the resolution —Mr. Bullock, Mr. J. Bulkeley Johnson, Mr. Broad, Mr. Andrew, Mr. J. Broadhurst, Mr. Snelson, Mr. Hadfield, Mr. R. Goodwin, Mr. J. Washington, Mr. R. Washington, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Duncalf, and Mr. Woolley. The " insisting" man Pickford was then led to the chair (instead of the stocks,) and in the course of his inaugural speech rebutted the assertion that lie was an enemy to the Church, by " appealing to all who heard him whether he was not regular at Church, and attended to Isis devotional exercises." Of his political sentiments he observed:— There is another circumstance, to which I cannot forbear alluding, viz : the current report, that I am about to change my coat in pblitics. Now, sooner than I would forsake that high-minded and well-tried patriot —sooner than I would abandon that enlightened and consistent statesman—that liberal landlord and gentleman—that very excellent person, both in public and private life—George Wilbraham, Esq., our much and deservedly prized county member—l would con sent to have my right hand cut off.—(Cheers.) The man has yet to learn that as Mayor he ought to have no politics at all. If we mistake not, his worship was once a practising solicitor in Liverpool ; and is a very suitable per son to preside over so well conducted an assembly. Pity that he had not remained in Liverpool, as by this time he might have been Town Clerk, or at least Dock Solicitor. The functionary, however, was not born great so he has had greatness thrust upon him. Although the whole affair was a storm in a tea-pot, we could not help reprinting it for the benefit or amusement of our readers. We hope every re spectable inhabitant of Congleton will leave such a set to themselves. When rogues fall out, honest men will get their rights, and such scenes as the above will do more to bring the council into public contempt than ten thousand orations, ' though spoken by a Demosthenes. ,11 wpareng-Acramoroo.....-40.1 The City of Dublin Company's mail packet made the passage on Friday last, between Kingstown and this port, in ten hours and twenty minutes I THE NEW SHIP GLENGARY. — The Glengary, a fine new ship built at St. John's, New Brunswick , i s now lying inthe Brunswick. She is 1 7 0 feet in length over all : her beam is 37 feet 6 inches, and she measures 1056 tons. Her decks are unusually spacious, and her cabins n ea tl y fitt e d up . She is built of excellent materials, her bottom being of African oak, and ker top sides of teak wood . She h as b roug ht a f u il c argo of timber, for Messrs. Gibb, Bright and Co. CHRISTIANITY AS IT IS, AND SOCIALISM AS IT IS. A public discussion on " Christianity as it is, and Social ism as it is," was commenced on Tuesday evening, in the Queen's Theatre, Christian-street, between the Rev. Joseph Baylee, secretary of the Irish Home Mission Society, and Mr. John Farn, a person designated " a Social Missionary." The admission to the place was by tickets, the prices of which were,—boxes 6d, pit 4d, and gallery Id. The house was nearly full. At half-past seven o'clock the chair was taken by Mr. Thomas Weatherill. Mr. Baylee was accompanied on the platform by the Rev. Fielding Ould, and Mr. Farn was at tended by two other Owenites. The CHAIRMAN, in commencing the proceedings, briefly mentioned that he had consented to preside on the three nights' discussion, and he hoped they would pay respect to the chair. He then detailed the conditions of the discussion, which were-Ist, The whole expenses to be defrayed by the " Social Board," they making what arrangements they please as to admission ; 2d. They may select their own chairman ; 3d, Mr. Baylee to open the discussion, Mr. Farn to close it—the opening speech each evening not to exceed three quarters of an hour, and the speeches following not to exceed fifteen minutes each ; 4th, The discussion to commence at half-past seven, and to conclude when each speaker shall have had three opportunities of delivering his sentiments ; sth, The discussion to continue three evenings, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, wheresoever the " Social Board" may appoint ; 6th, Each speaker to have the closing speech each alternate evening ; 7th, Mr. Baylee to open the discus sion with prayer, but should he exceed five minutes, the excess to be deducted from his forty-five minutes ; and Bth, No report to be published without the mutual consent of both parties. M r. BAYLEE then recited an appropriate hymn, after which he offered a most affecting prayer to the end that the Almighty would be pleased to open the hearts of all scoffers and infidels. The whole theatre stood up whilst the rev. gentle man was praying; but the three Socialists on the platform did not pay the same courtesy to the sentiments of their antagonist. The REV. GENTLEMAN, after stating the subject of dis cussion, said that, on:this occasion he meant to oppose those parts of socialism which bore upon man in his relationship to God. He did not mean to discuss the question whether the community system was good or bad, but he had come to bear testimony against socialism in its doctrines respecting God and man, in his relationship to God. Socialism, which its founder Robert Owen called " A new system of morals," professed to teach us how to become healthy and wealthy in this world ; but it taught us nothing about the other world. See page 17 of the book of the New Moral World. It denied the existence of a personal God—page 35. It professed to destroy all existing religions and all existing governments, peaceably if possible, and if not by force—pages 4 and 47. It destroyed the tenderest relations of society—the relation between husband and wife, and that between father and child —page 9. In Robert Owen's address, page 6, and in his Laws of Universal Society, page 18, the principle was plainly asserted that man was not responsible to the God who made him, and that faith was the governing principle of the evil spirit of this world. He (Mr. Baylee) would undertake to prove from the books of the Socialists members that their principles were untrue. Mr. Baylee then referred to the works already named, and to the Socialists' Bible, by which he established the facts that Robert Owen was unfitted for the task he had undertaken, that he was ignorant of the word of God, and that his statements respecting both God and man were inconsistent with each other. His expose was loudly applauded, and at the end of his address he retired amidst loud cheers. Mr. FARN then addressed the meeting; but without no ticing the principal points in Mr. Baylee's argument, he en tered into an elaborate eulogium of the five points and other essentials of Owenism. Mr. BAYLEE, in reply, called attention to the fact, that Mr. Farn carefully avoided answering the case he had ad vanced. Each of the disputants afterwards spoke, and, at the ter mination, the meeting unanimously decided in favour of Mr. Baylee. SECOND NIGHT'S DISCUSSION. The discussion was resumed on Wednesday evening, be fore a very crowded auditory. Mr. YARN commenced the discussion by an allusion to Mr. Baylee's assertion that if Owenism could not destroy existing religions and governments peaceably, it would do so by force. Mr. Baylee inferred that physical force was here contemplated. Now the socialists had no such views, in support of which he referred to the fact that they had not taken part with the chartists in their late insane efforts to overturn the established government. The force which was meant was the force of argument ; but, at the same time, he contended that there must soon be a physical revolution, unless the " present anomalous state of society" was re formed according to Owen's principles. Mr. Baylee had ob jected that Robert Owen taught mysteries, but he seemed to forget that the Church of England did so likewise ; for in the Athanasian creed God was pronounced incomprehensible. The system of a community of property was based upon the same principle as benefit societies, and, therefore, he did not see how any valid objection could be urged to it. To spew that man's character was formed from his peculiar organisation, acted upon by external circumstances, he re cited the cases of Peter the Wild Boy, and Caspar Hauser. He concluded by an attempt to spew that Dr. Hook, and some of the authors of the " Tracts for the Times," recom mended and enforced the practice of many of the principles laid down by Robert Owen. Mr. BAYLEE then came forward, and was greeted with loud cheers. He commenced by reading the 115th Psalm, after which he offered a short but appropriate prayer. He observed that Mr. Farn had not, as yet, attempted to prove that part of his (Mr. Baylee's) argument which related to the responsibility of man to God. That circumstance, he contended, showed either that Mr. Fern thought his system in this respect indefensible, or that he was incompetent. Mr. Farn, last night, asserted that the Socialists had no opinion about God ; but in the book of the New Moral World, and in the Social Bible, he found that these persons, who, it was said, had no opinion about God, had printed their opinion that there was a Creator of all things—that there was a Crea tor and governor, with powers of contrivance and wisdom. Yet Mr. Farn denied this creator and governor to be a per sonal being ! Although the creator was also a governor, the Socialists denied our responsibility to him—but on this part of the subject, although called upon, Mr. Farn had not said a word! They denied the right of the creator to worship— yet, according to their principle, they required responsibility from the governed, and justice on the part of the governor ! Mr. Baylee then noticed the five fundamental facts of Owen ism, and showed that they were defective, inasmuch as they left out of view the mental nature of man, and that whatever was new in them was not true, and that what was true was not new. Mr. YARN rose to reply, and complained of Mr. Baylee having attacked him for not noticing the religious part of his argument, but Mr. Baylee should have recollected that he originally stated that he should not enter upon that topic. Mr. Farn then proceeded to reiterate the sophistries of the Owenite system all of which he delivered with considerable volubility, but his reasoning and illustrations were so incon clusive as occasionally to excite the risibility of the meeting. Mr. BAYLEE, in answer, narrated the terms of the discus sion, contending that the religious part of his argument was strictly within them, inasmuch as the subject was " Chris tianity as it is, and Socialism as it is." The way in which Mr. Fern dealt with this point reminded him of the officer who, previously to departing for the West Indies, was applied to for the payment of a debt, " Oh," was the reply, " it is not my interest to pay the principal, nor my principle to pay the interest"—(loud laughter). Mr. YARN having again addressed the meeting, Mr. Bay ' LEE closed the discussion, with a hope that what he had said might be the means of bringing many there out of the dan- gerous delusions of Owenism. - The auditory then. dispersed, first having given three cheers for Mr. Baylee, and three for the church to which he belonged. The last part of the discussion will take place this evening (Friday). THE BARQUE " RICHARD JONES."-A beautiful new vessel of this name, the property of Mr. Jones, optician, Strand-street, and commanded by Captain M'Fee, is now lying along the Floating Chapel in George's Dock, and has excited much attention and admiration from the beauty of her model, the excellent manner in which she is finished, and the taste displayed in her rigging and equipments. She is 114 feet in length from the taffrail to the fore part of the stern ; her beam is 26 feet 4 inches, and she admeasures 369 tons. Her hull, which is of the best materials, presents a fine specimen of naval architecture, being throughout finished and moulded with a nicety equal to a piece of cabinet work, — the seams in her upper works being scarcely perceptible, and the style of the whole being of a superior character. She is a sharp vessel, but has withal ample bearings. Two narrow streaks of gilding run from bow to stern on the side, and give her a rich appearance, without being gaudy. Her figure head, a full length representation of the owner, is admirably carved, as is the name of the ship carved and gilded on raised pannels on the head rails. Her stern is one of the prettiest we have ever seen, and this is saying much in Liverpool, which has been celebrated for particular taste in this department of the art. The top is ornamented by a scroll of fioriated carved work in relief and bronzed, with a coat of arms in the centre. Below are seven cabin windows, with gilded carved work between, and beneath those the vessel's name cut out in the solid, and gilt. She has a slightly raised quarter-deck, and a top-gallant forecastle. Her lower and top-gallant bulwarks are empan nelled throughout and beautifully painted. Her rigging is peculiarly neat and square withal ; she has proved herself an admirable sea boat and a fast sailer, 'and, when her ports are open, looks in the water like a sloop of war. Her two bin nacles, supplied by the owner, are highly ornamental, and of improved construction. She has two cabins with sleeping rooms, &c., adjoining. The after cabin is empannelled,— the styles f African rosewood, and the pannels of ma hogany. The mouldings and other ornaments are of ebony and those of the cornice are gilt. The sideboard is in a recess lopped by an elliptic ornamented arch, and the furni ture is rich and appropriate. The dining cabin, further for ward, is larger and tastefully painted in mahogany and satin wood. The Richard Jones is intended for the Eastern trade, and is about to proceed on her first voyage to Sydney, New South Wales. She was built at Chepstovr On the Wye, un der the inspection of her commander, and is highly creditable to the gentleman whose name she bears, who has spared no expense to render her in every respect beautiful and com plete. INTERESTING TO QUADRILLE PLAYERS.—We have much pleasure in directing the attention of families and the direc tors of public assemblies to the advertisement of Mr. Peter Stubbs, in another column. Local talent we are always ready to applaud, and we must say, that the performers in Mr. Stubbs's band have abilities and acquirements of a very su perior order. Their shrewd and clever leader has added to his corps, at the suggestion of h s friends, an accomplished harpist from London and Cheltenam, also a cornet-a-piston player, and the band, thus constructed, cannot be surpassed by any in the country. There will now, at least, be no ne cessity for the people of Liverpool to send to Manchester or London for performers, when an excellent band may be re quired, and we do hope that Mr. Stubbs's talent and enter prise will, in future, be rewarded by the patronage of public and private assemblies. LECTURES ON THE PAPAL POLICY IN FRANCE, IN 1661-1689.—1 t is now above a month since Mr. Scott deli vered his introductory lecture on this interesting and instruc tive part of history, and after an unavoidable delay of some weeks, he now proposes to deliver a course on the subject. Availing himself the labours of Louis the XVl's ministers, who made a minute research into the Anti-Protestant legis lation of former reigns ; and of materials collected by himself in France, Mr. Scott can hardly fail to throw much light on the astounding policy, by which two millions of faithful Protestant subjects were, in the short space of less than a quar ter of a century, reduced from a condition in which they were not only tolerated, but sanctioned and established by law, to the wretched extremity of not being suffered either to live in their native country as Protestants, or expatriatethemseives unless at the risk of being intercepted on the road, and being shut up with their wives and children in wretched prisons, there to perish or be sent to the galleys as slaves. De Rul hiere, w publised the result of the ministerial investigations above al i .ided to, deliberately affirms that the annals of per secution present no such example of oppression as that with which the Protestants of France, until past the middle of the last century, were visited in his own country, and that during a period when the era of feudal barbarism and fanaticism was supposed to have long since passed away. What ought to give peculiar interest to Mr. Scott's lectures, is, the very slight attention paid by modern historians to the great revo lution which for a time suppressed the reformation in France. Of this there can be no better instance than that of the au thor of the recently published Life and Times of Louis XIV. Mr. James dismisses the whole subject in a few pages ! CONDUCT OF DISSENTERS IN PARLIAMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. DEAR SlR,—Would you please to inform me, in some part of your valuable paper, why the dissenting members of parliament are not charged, in common with the Roman Catholic members, with perjury? Surely the former are al ways found linked with the latter in devising schemes for the overthrow of our church establishment. This is a point upon which I find some difficulty at the present moment, when the press and others are charging the Papists with per jury, and these exclusively. I am, Dear Sir, your's respectfully, A CONSERVATIVE AT HEART. DOCKS ON THE CHESHIRE SIDE OF THE RIVER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sue, —Observing that a controversy is going on between two correspondents of the Albion, relative to the expediency or inexpediency of constructing docks at Wallasey Pool, I am induced to submit through your columns a few remarks on a subject which I conceive to be of vital importance to the town. The writer of the letter signed " ***" urges (and I think cogently) the growing trade of the port; the present inade quaey of its dock room, and its consequent requirements, as rendering it imperative on the corporation to look out for those extended accommodations which the remaining availa ble space on this side of the river cannot supply ;—and he points exclusively to Wallasey Pool as the site of a range of new docks. He very properly says : " The present trade of Liverpool is obviously not half ac commodated with dock room. It is not enough that we have docks, into which, generally, the shipping in port may find access, we must look at the working of the dock business to see the extreme inadequacy of the accommodation afforded. What is not lost in the actual expense of wages, and, still more, in delay and loss of time, by the two, three, and four distances from the quay at which the vessels, in several or all of our docks, are frequently obliged to load or discharge ; while the still farther removed centres of the docks, the basins, the river itself bear the inactive burden of ttie loaded or empty barque, the owners impatiently awaiting a turn of even the most disadvantageous and inconvenient access. The loss or deduction from the profits of trade this way arising it would not be easy to calculate. It must, however, be very great : and in vain do we accelerate speed, on land and sea, in the conveyance of the manufactures we export, and the foreign products imported, if, while we economize hours in the one instance, we squander days in the other. yV e must meet the new agents of despatch in transit by new modes and appli ances of despatch in delivery ; or otherwise we resemble a man trying to run with one leg while he halts with the other." The correspondent signing " Vindex," who replies to " ***," contends, on the other hand, that it would be highly imprudent to resort to Cheshire until all the available space on this side the river that can be so applied is converted into docks ; and he points to the ground on the west side of the Salthouse and Canning Docks, which he states, yields in its present appropriation a comparatively unimportant rental, as an eligible position for extended dock room. He also urges, that the transport of goods by lighters to and from the opposite shore, and the transit hence of workmen, would be so expensive that no advantage would accrue from the con struction of docks in that quarter. Such are the general ar guments of these contending parties. Now, Sir, without entirely concurring with " ***" as to the site of the proposed docks, I believe his general argument, that, " to Cheshire we must go," can scarcely be denied by practical men, who have noticed the amazing rapidity with which the commerce of this port has increased within the last twenty years, and taken into account the still greater ra pidity with which it will continue to progress by the impetus which it will receive from the facilities, speed of transit, and extended internal intercourse afforded by the railways—ad vantages which, too, will every year be multiplied by new grand lines, forming great arteries of commerce, and new branches constituting yeins to feed them, spreading over the remoter, and hitherto unprofitable districts of the country. To what extent, then, may we anticipate the shipping of the port to increase, even within the next ten years ! Certainly to much more than could be accommodated were all the available land on this side converted into docks. Nay, I be lieve, that were the whole of the land pointed out by " Vin dex," inclusive of the suggested abutment on the river oppo site the Salthouse Dock, to form the continuous line of sea wall, —were this, I say, converted into a dock to-morrow, we have already an amount of shipping frequently crowding the pre sent docks, which even with such addition would not find adequate quay accommodation. At the moment I write, flags are hoisted on the quays of several of the docks, indi cating that no more vessels can be received within the gates. The dock which could be constructed on the site alluded to, between Graving dock 1,2, and 3 and the Duke's Dock, (sufficient space being allowed for breadth of sea-wall and quay room) would prove only a comparatively small propor tionate addition to the present dock room of the port. Ido not question the policy or propriety of forming such a dock, and that speedily—inasmuch as it would be commodious and valuable from its central position—l contend that it would be per se, so wholly inadequate to the requirements of the port, that the cry would still be " More docks—more docks !" and more docks we must have, otherwise the trade of the port must remain stationary, or in all probability retrogade, as much of it will be taken up by Bristol, Fleetwood, and other parts that will, through our defalcation, rise into a forced maritime importance. Having, I trust, established the fact that a larger space of dock room than that suggested by " Vindex," would still be wanted, we come next to inquire whether additional eligible sites can be found which are pur chasable or available on this side of the river, and which would be preferable (cost and position taken into ac count) to land on the Cheshire shore. I would say, on the first lance at the map, "No !" The further extension of the socks in Harrington southward, or on the site of the fort, and the building-yard of Messrs. Wilson, northward, and on the verge of Bootle Bay, would not, in my opinion, supply the desideratum so advantageously to the commercial community, as docks on the opposite side of the river. Both of these sites are so far distant from the central and " mar ket" portion of the town, where the warehouses are chiefly situated, and also from the railway terminus, that great ad ditional expense would be incurred in cartage. As a proof of the great disadvantage of docks being situated at a great distance from the general mart, I may instance the fact (as certained from good authority), that the difference in the cost of cartage alone, in the discharging and landing of an American ship of, say 800 tons, in the Prince's Dock and in the Clarence Dock, is upwards of twenty pounds in favour of the former. I have this moment learned that, by a vote of the Common Council this day, a large sum of money (52,000) is to be borrowed, for the purchase of the site of the fort, &c., for the construction of a new dock. Such a dock may be useful for some branches of the trade : but granting that a dock were there formed, and another in Harrington too, our cards would then be fully counted as regards this side of the river; and as the force of capital can no further go, we might then say with cribbage players, " all told." These two new docks would soon, in the increasing business of the port, be filled to repletion, and I know of no other available ground for further dock room, unless, indeed, we resort to the wild scheme of pulling down the warehouses and streets on the east side of the central docks, and bringing our shipping up to the east side of Castle-street,—a remedy for our want of accommodation which, I opine, - would be worse than the disease. The result, then, of the enquiry into the subject is—that we must, ere long, however obnoxious it may be to the local prejudices of Messrs. Vindex & Co. resort to the Cheshire shore. And why not, and that quickly, ere the land which may be required, in addition to that belonging to the corpo ration, rise so much in value, for building and other purposes, as not to be attainable without a great sacrifice on the part of the dock estate. if a purchase be decided upon as neces sary, the sooner it be made the more advantageous will it be for the purchasers, and there is wisdom in fore-thought. The corporation should not only regard present interests, but should look forward to the interests of posterity. The day will inevitably come when forests of masts will be seen on the Cheshire as well as the Lancashire side of the Mersey ; and as the corporation are a responsible body, and are the con servators of the river, I would prefer that they should con struct the docks, tether than the project should be taken up by private individuals, or a joint stock company. If the cor poration decline to listen to the suggestion, the Grand Junc tion Railway Company, who are in treaty for the purchase of the Chester railway as an adjunct to their own, may possibly take it up, for what more feasable plan can they adopt to feed their railway than by the construction of a dock or docks. There may be found, too, be it remembered, (as I shall here after chew) a suitable site, without seeking to purchase the land on that shore belonging to the corporation. " Vindex" states that the corporation purchased 'Wallasey Pool to prevent the establishment of a rival port, and he commends them for so doing. This is an argument against himself; for, if private individuals, some years ago, contem plated forming docks on that side the river, in the assurance that the speculation would be lucrative, surely the corporation, with all their means, facilities, experience, and machinery, would be enabled (now that dock room is more wanted than ever) to render such a project more profitable than they. The Albion's correspondent may be correct in stating that the cost of walling in Wallasey Pool would be enormous,not less than £lOO,OOO, owing to the want of a foundation, and the water being constantly in the centre of the Pool, so that the use of the diving bell, and (I presume) the expensive process of piling, would have to be resorted to. Assuming this to be the fact, let us inquire if there be any other site on the other side the river, equally eligible, and where the construction of a range of docks (to begin with), would not be attended with so much expense. But I must leave this part of the subject, until your next publication, when, if you can spare me room, I will point out another site which is not liable to the objections stated. — T am, &c. MERCATOR. Liverpool, November 20M. THE MONK'S FERRY.—It will be 4n the recollection of our readers, that the company who have erected the Monk's Ferry, on the Cheshire coast, have been engaged in two suc cessive lawsuits with Mr. Price, who considers that ferry an infringement of his rights as Lord of the Manor, and has in consequence taken proceedings (in which he has twice been successful) to establish those rights. A rule nisi for a new trial was obtained, which came on for argument during the present term, but which the court refused to make absolute. We observe that the Master and Fellows of St. John's College have caused a beautiful portrait of the late Master, Dr. Wood, to be placed in a conspicuous position in the Hall, an honour conferred upon those only who have been liberal benefactors to the college. The picture is a most excellent copy, by Mr. Illidge, of Liverpool, after one by Jackson. which is preserved in the Master's Lodge.—Cam bridge Chronicle. ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING SOCIETY.—On Monday last the members of this society dined together at the house of Mr. Burgess, Elephant and Castle Inn, Drury-lane. The chair was very ably filled by Mr. John Calvert, assisted by Mr. Lloyd, as vice-chairman. The meeting was addressed, in the course of the evening, by the principal officers present, and several most interesting statements made relative to the progress of the society . At the request of the meeting, the secretary laid before them an account of the financial affairs, which satis factorily proved the flourishing character of the society, and the security it afforded for the investment of capital, with every promise of :a high remunerating per centage. The greatest good humour and harmony prevailed throughout the entire proceedings, which continued until a late hour. The cheer provided by Mr. Burgess was of the best description, and the wines and spirits of a choice character. Several shares were purchased by some strangers who were present, and the meeting separated with nine hearty cheers for the success of the St. George's Building Society. HACKETT'S NATIONAL PSALMIST. —This is a very valua ble and handsomely got up collection of original psalm and hymn tunes, comprising chants, responses, and anthems, composed expressly for this work by many of the most eminent authors in England, with a selection of the standard compositions generally in use, arranged for four voices, with a separate accompaniment for the organ or piano-forte, by C. D. Hackett, of Wakefield. To give some notion of the interest and value of this elaborate volume, we may mention that it contains, in addition to twenty-four standard tunes of acknowledged celebrity, upwards of seventy original compo sitions of a very high order of merit, besides ten anthems, and numerous chants and responses, also mostly original; so that the professional or amateur musician or vocalist has here splendid samples of the talents of at least fifty first-rate composers. We think Mr. Hackett has, by the execution of this beautiful work, laid the musical public, and especially the lovers of psalmody, under an obligation which they can only discharge by extending, as we have no doubt they will do, the patronage of this " National Psalmist" far beyond the present range of the voluminous and respectable list of subscribers with which this specimen of the composer's pro fessional skill is distinguished and rewarded. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-TUESD AY. ANOTHER EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY .A. SERVANT GIRL. A young female who has recently lived servant with Mr. Hall, provision dealer, residing in Queen-squre, was placed before Mr. Rushton, and Mr. Logan, on Tuesday, charged with having robbed her master of upwards of £l3O in sove reigns and notes. Mr. Hall stated, that he had a quantity of money in his bed-room on Sunday week. It consisted of about £B2 in so vereigns and about £4O in notes, but he was not very certain as to the precise sum. It was in a bag, and was placed in a drawer. He saw it at three o'clock on Sunday, but he did not count it. He locked the drawer, and put the key in his pocket. The notes were five pound Irish notes. As he was about going to Dublin, he told Mrs. Hall that night to give him some money from the drawer. He gave her the key, and presently after she called him to her, saying that the money was gone. Mrs. Hall stated, that when she put the key into the drawer it immediately opened, and she believed that it was not locked. She looked for the bag, but it was gone. She had two ser vants, one was called Margaret Morris, and the other was the prisoner. They also kept a boy, but he did not reside in the house. Both her servants were out on Sunday. Mar garet Morris went out with her permission about five or six o'clock. The other girl slipped out without permission. The boy came in about six o'clock. She (witness) had no visitors that day, except Mr. Hall's mother. There was no other person there except Mr. Hall, the maids, and her- self. Nathaniel Wild stated, that lie was servant to Mr. Hall, but did not live in the house with him ; had a snap key to open the back door to look after the horse. The back door opened into St. John's-lane. He endeavoured to open the back door, but found it fast, He went round to the front and got in and went to the stable. He remaiued there a short time, during which it was raining violently. He saw the prisoner go out without a bonnet or shawl. Before she went, out she put the bolt of the door in such a manner that the door would not close. He went however, and closed it, and fastened it, after which he went into the kitchen, where there was only one girl, the witness Margaret Morris Margaret Morris stated that she was servant with Mr. Hall. She went out last Sunday but one, about half-past four o'clock. She was out about an hour and a half. She went in at the back door. She went into the kitchen. Soon afterwards the boy came in, and remonstrated with her for the back door being open. She told him that she had no thing to do with it. Soon afterwards she heard a knocking at the back door. Her mistress had given them directions that they were not to attend to any knock at the back door after five o'clock, and never to ,go near it after that hour. The knocking was repeated at the back door, and at last she went to open it. It was raining very fast, and when she opened the door the prisoner stepped in without bonnet or shawl. Witness said, " Where have you been?" She re plied that she had only been at the back. Mrs. Hall said she had had the girl Morris two months, the prisoner only a few days. James Ainsworth sworn.—Produced a bag of money, con taining £l2B lOs in notes and gold. He stated that he found the money at the back of Faulkner-street, having proceeded there in consequence of information which he had received. It was buried in the earth, at the back of the houses there. Mr. Rushton asked the prisoner what she had to say in her defence. She indignantly exclaimed, that she never touched the mo ney, nor ever clapped eyes upon it in her life. Mr. Rushton.—Put up that other young woman. , Catherine Farrell was here brought up from the back ground, and placed in the witness box. It was evident that the prisoner was much shocked when she saw this witness brought forward. Catherine Farrell, weeping, said, she was cousin to the prisoner. (Bag produced.) She knew that bag, and had seen it before. She saw it first on Sunday, the 10th instant, in the evening, about eight o'clock, when the pri soner's mother, who lived in a cellar in Cavendish-street, showed it to her. She (witness) was servant to a gentleman in Fanlkner-streat. About eight o'clock on Sunday evening the prisoner's mother asked her to go out ; she did so, and the former said, she was afraid her daughter had got into a scrape ; she was afraid she had robbed her master. She showed witness the bag of money, and witness asked her why she did not take it back to the owner. She said she was afraid of getting into some trouble if she did so. She called upon her again afterwards, and again asked her to go out. She complied. Her aunt asked her to take charge of the bag, as she was afraid some trouble would occur if she kept it. Witness refused, upon which her relative said, then she would put it down somewhere for the present. She took out half-a-sovereign, and then made a hole and buried it. She (witness) showed Ainsworth the place where it was buried. Ainsworth said, the distance from Mrs. Hall's back-door to Cavendish-street was about half-a-mile. He could walk it easily in ten minutes. The prisoner, who had looked on the last witness with evi dent confusion, was again asked what she had to say. She replied, " Nothing." She was committed for trial. YESTERDAY. SMUGGLING TOBACCO. _ _ _ A young seaman, named Walter Welsh. was charged with smuggling albs. of tobacco from on board ship. A police officer (Scamber) stated that he met the prisoner near the Brunswick Dock, and, from his bulky appearance, conceived that he had something concealed upon him ; he searched him, and found secreted upon him the article mentioned. He was remanded until Tuesday. THEFT BY A SERVANT FROM HIS EMPLOYER. A man named James M'Avoy was charged with stealing pot ashes from his employer. Mr. William Younghusband said, the prisoner had been in the service of himself and his partners, who were paint and colour manufacturers, for about fifteen months, as a labourer, and that on Friday last he found three lumps of potash hid under a stillage. He was afterwards detected in endeavouring to carry off two pieces of the prussiate of potash, which were found on his person ; and, on searching his house, a quantity of paints and colours was found, the property of his masters. He was committed for trial at the sessions. STEALING FROM A SHOP. A man named George Sinclair was charged with stealing eleven Guernsey shirts, from the shop of dUr. Edmundstone, Oldhall-street. The prisoner followed some othet parties into the shop, and took the opportunity of taking the bundle, but was detected in the act. was committed for trial. THE NEWPORT RIOTS. COMMITTALS OF ETHERIDGE AND LLEWELLIN.—.LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S SPEECH. NEWPORT, Wednesday Morning, one o'clock.—Several other leaders of the insurrection have been taken, and two committed to-day. Intelligence of an unfavourable description has been re ceived from Hirwaine, near Merthyr. Some accounts say the men had put out the blast, whilst all concur in stating that the chartists have turned out, and refuse to work. This day the whole of the military here underwent an in spection by Colonel Considine, in Tredegar Park. The court sat at half-past ten this morning, and proceeded with the examination of the prisoners. The magistrates present were, the Mayor, Rev. J. Coles, S. Homfray, 0. Morgan, Geo. Hall, and W. Brewer, Esqrs. The first prisoner examined was Samuel Etheridge, who was charged with high treason and sedition. The evidence against the prisoner was then entered into. It presented no new feature. He was committed to take his trial for high treason and sedition. John Llewellin was then charged with high treason and sedition. Having been placed at the bar, Mr. Phillips proceeded to call his witnesses. Their examination elicited several addi tional particulars respecting the organization of the chartist conspiracy. a lt will be seen from the following extract from the prisoners defence, that the chartists considered Lord John Russell's speech in this town a sufficient justification of their proceedings :—" With respect to those public meetings which I am charged with having held in my house, and with myself attending at otherplaces, it is not my intention to deny the facts ; for they all havebeen public, and no secret at all is encouraged in those meetings so far as I have understood. If I had found out any secrets I should immediately have aban doned them. It appears to me, to-night, that I was chiefly blamed owing to the existence of those associations. I was only one single individual myself, and with respect to that meeting held the Ist January, 1839, it was not I who called it—it was not held on my premises. Evan Emanuel, the turner, you just spoke of, he hired the field, where the meeting was held, of James Bevan, of Pontypool, and he came and asked me if he should erect part of the hustings against my wall, which was in this field. I certainly gave him liberty, so that no injury was done to the wall. He erected the hustings himself, so did not consider that meetings of that kind were illegal; no one ever told me they were. Two months, or a little more previous to that,. Lord John Russell, secretary of state, said at a public dinner, at Liverpool, that public meetings were not only lawful but commendable, for public discussion lie thought was the best means to elicit the truth ; upon these considerations myself with many others thought that these meetings were perfectly legal ; so, under such considerations, I thought we were perfectly right in attending those meet ings. If any one had told me these meetings must be stop ped or put down, I certainly would have been the first to stop it ; but with respect to the language described by the witness here, to-night, as having been used in those meetings, I ab hor it; but at the same time I do not believe that one-half of it is correct as stated by the witness. THE ESTABLISHED Cannel,' v. DISSENT.—Last evening a most able and eloquent sermon was preached in St. Mi chael's Church, Upper Pitt-street, on behalf of the Young Men's Established Church Society, by the Rev. J. Baylee, secretary to the Irish Mission Society, and the same gentle man who signally - Overcame the champion of On-enism, as re corded in another column. The discourse was called for in consequence of some proceedings on the part of certain pro moters of the voluntary system: The church was filled with a most respectable congregation. The reverend gentleman selected as his text the 4th chapter of the Ist Epistle to Timothy, verse ii.—" These things command and teach." His purpose, he stated, was to examine " the accordance of the Church of England with the Church of Christ, and the discordance of independent and other forms of dissent from the Scriptures.' Having defined the term " Church," the rev. gentleman entered upon a lengthened investigation of the nature and purpose of Christ, the connection between the church and state, the officers of the Church of Christ, the extent of the aulhority of the church, the ordinances of the church, the doctrines of the church, and the unlawful ness of dissent. In the consideration - and support of these points, scripture only was referred to .'and a mass of quota tions made which testified vast research6s into the historical as well as the practical portions of holy writ. We have not room, or time, at this late 'hour to give even an outline of the enlarged views taken by the preachers ,• it must suffice, therefore, to state that he - established most exclusively the fact, that a hational religion is ordained and required in the sacred writings. The dis course, which occupied two hours and a half in its deli very, was listened to with intense interest throughout. We are authorised to state that the Rev. J. H. Stafford, A. 8., minister of St. Paul's, and the Rev. Win. Hesketh, M.A., incumbent of St. Michael's, Toxteth-park, have been appointed, by the Chancellor of the Diocese, surrogates for proving wills and granting marriage licenses. We understand that, in consequence of the lamented death of the late John Eden, Esq., one of the trustees of the Ma riner's Church, Charles Stewart Parker, Esq. has been elected to fill up the vacancy. RoDNEYWARD.—It will be perceived from the proceedings in the Town Council, that Mr. Harvey does not meant() defend his seat as the representative of this ward. A new election will speedily take place, when we trust the conservatives of Rodney Ward will be found ready once more to take the field against any opponent. " OUR GOOD OLD TOWN, AND THE TRADE THEREOF." —ln eight working days, from the 11th to the 18th instant, "our hundred and thirty-six vessels have reported inwards at our Custom-house, namely, 125 from foreign ports, and 311 Irish and coastwise. The details of their cargoes, as given in the official organ, the Bill of Entry, occupy upwards of 27 columns, and measure about twenty-eight feet in length ! The outward entries in the same period were 273 vessels ; the clearances 240. Total for the eight days nine hundred and forty-nine vessels ! SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—There is at this time grow ing in a garden in the occupation of Mr. John Clarkson, tailor, Poulton-le-Fylde, an apple-tree in full bloom ; and what is more remarkable, this tree was during the past sum mer quite leafless and barren.—Blackburn Standard. STATE OF TRADE.—A little impulse has been given to the market since our last, through the advance which has taken place in the cotton market ; and on some descriptions of yarn and goods a slight increase in price has been realized. Fears. , however, are entertained as to the permanency of the a dvance —lbid.