The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-06 00:00:00

i)EcEmBER 6, • 18:33. LONDON LA7'EST NEWS. Wednesday Evening, hall -past Seven o'clock. :_Talie ,consol market exhibits very little activity, the price for ilea Iclottnt being generally sq, better e alternately buyers and sellers, begoon for money 881 I. India bonds are ratbe to 41 p ' re rin T, a premium of 19 to 21. Exchequer bills are 40 [ MUM • tatri_h_esnorthern bonds are very little altered from our last quo -50/un • Russian bonds are 104 103, Dutch 24 per cents. are 64 6 a 7 11 . d Belgian bonds are 951. Brazilian stock is steady, at p ts ' and Spanish, with little doing, 234. We have had re- f ports rent' to-day, that, General Macdonald, at the head o caused 4 Miguels army, has advanced upon Lisbon, anti this F . some alarm among the holders of the bonds, the old end ns . fallin g to st l / 4 3 7,t, - and` the regency to 5G ;, both ex divi- The Lyra packet . has arrived from Jamaica, but her dates tis?ativiYinrge,aochn to the 15th Oct inclusive the Lord Melville packet Monday, brought . us as late , as the 27th. Mr. A. H. 'l3!atunont, formerly member of the House of Assembly, had , et a' , a new daily journal, called the Isonomist, but apparently "13171 i principles very distinct from those of the late Courant. follow.rhave also had a Leeward Island mail, with dates as i Tobago, the 29th October ; Trinidad, 29th; St. b Vincent, 30th ; Grenada, 31st; St. Kitts sthNovember; Bar -I`lll ees ' 24 ; _Antigua, the 7th; St. Croix, - the 2d; and St. ( nnas, the gth. By some mismabagement, we have not re. e _ e iv,ed our usual files of papers from the islands, and the letters 'Ye have seen are very uninteresting to the general reader. PThe belief that Earl Grey is on the point of resigning the ryliership, seems generally believed at the Club-houses, and duringithe last few days, become much stronger. LO VDON LATEST SHIPPING NEWS. Lloyd's, Five o'clock, p.m. Wednesday. Antigua, Oct. 15.—The Perseverance, Gibson, from Liver- P°ol, has . arrived at Antigua, after a passage of 40 days, and sailed on the 31st for Polio Cabello. The P.x e t er, .. Mauthorpe, sailed from Leghorn on the 22d ult. 'or Liverpool, with a.eneral cargo. s e t t St. Croix, Eralley, arrived at Honduras on the 9th from Liverpool. he Agnes, Evans, from Liverpool, has' arrived at Cart.ha geua de Colombia. , The Whitehaven, Barnes, arrived at St. Thomas on the 16 th Oct. after a passage of 40 days ; the Matilda, Nelson, arrive on the 29th, in 38 days; the Jane Stewart,' Goodlet, on the e " on in 43 days; and the Kelsick Wood, Robinson, on Bth, in 39 days ; all from Liverpool. 32 The Annie, Mainland, arrived at Barbados, on 12th Oct., in to th days; and the Gratitude, Hawkins, on the 26th, in 33 days; from Liverpool. p ct-, Lady Douglas, Cocks, arrived at Trinidad, on the 17th 't-, in 42 'days from Liverpool. Limerick, Dec.' 'l.—During the • heavy gale 'of the night of 2Sth ult., the Anna Letitia, from hence to London, drove on ;lirioard the Thomas, of Whitehaven, bound to Liverpool, in 4be rt !toads, carried away all her 'bulwarks and stauncheons, sprung her mainmast, and did her so naueh damage that she PiPiling a leak, and is come up to discharge her cargo ;, she also anchor and chain. The Anna Letitia, also, was very much tnaged. LOCAJ NEWS. AN A unacrous ROBBERY.—Between the hours of six and te e n o ' clock last night, the warehouse of Mr. Thomas Tattersall, 11Sparling-street' was robbed of a large quantity of goods, toterfrom their bulk, must have filled one of the largest Water- side -carts i n genera l use f ur th e remova l o f goo d s i n thi s - side-carts It c ons i ste d of from 300 to 400 pair of linen sheets, about 81 x dozen blue and red flannel shirts, a few dozens of regatta shirts, t wo dozen pair of blankets, duck trowsers, frocks, a large iticies utity of bl ue an d w hi te str i pe d worsted caps, an d ot h er ar cse,iciesonnected with th e s l o p t ra d e . Th ere is some reaso n to s °Ppose, that one or more of the thieves secreted themselves in thop" warehou se b e f ore it was closed but, failing to force the &root do or o f the lower warehouse, they hadlo lower themselves and their plunder - by the jigger rope from the second floor of ''?e, warehouse. The robbery was not discovered until ten tto ck, when a young man, who resided s parents in the • ba ck part of the premises, returned and noticed the rope hang zUg' from the jigger. The warehouse was not closed until near I ", o'clock; between th a t h our an d t en o 'clo c k, in an open ~Puuric street, and a considerable thoroughfare, this extraordi !'arY robbery was committed ! Where was the watchman dur log this period ? and where such articles—not easily loaded, removed, or unloaded—be deposited are questions that will present t h emselves to every man's mind, and will, we hope, be rigidly inquir e d i nto by those to whom the control of the police of Liverpool is entrusted. -• • Loss OF THE PILOT BOAT.—Our readers will perceive, by our a ccount of the proceedings of the Common Council, on E dnesday, th a t the sum of fifty pounds has been voted to olr. Sumner, surgeon of Formby, for the intrepidity and hu takoan,tdrtha,t he displayed in relieving the sufferers from this tit) t,, tr,ssing wreck. Liberal and honourable as this dona -f- n Is on the part of the Corporation, enough will not be done itheir example is not followed by the inhabitants of Liverpool, "se prosperity, depending to materially upon the labours of loariners, should be prompt to reward those who are foremost to rescue them from those dangers to which their lives are con ;fl—an, tky exosed. Our reporter, who attende the inquet at 7n °Y, o p n Monday, informs•us that he was d indebted to s Mr. rStunner for many particulars respecting this calamitous event ; i o, however, abstained from alluding dis to the active part he haicl mself taken, which he would not have covered but for the over -11°%/1111.,, gratitude of the master pilot, and the well-merited com pliments of the coroner. Although the freedom of Liverpool is, Per destined to he politicadly valueless, still,' asan honorary reward, that mere wealth cannot purchase, it may be estimated a generous mind as one beyond' price—simply because 'it ,)rtveys a.n honourable distinction for an honourable exertion. If the soldier who leads on men to the destruction of men is '9n an ured f or di sregarding his personal safety—surely he who of aYs equal bravery honorary distinction. to sacs human life is not less worthy EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT WOn Sunday last, during the hours of divine service, the house of Mr. Henry Donaldoon, 1141-broker of 'Wigan, was entered by some thief or thieves, willskuposed to be arangers ) and forty-nine bills, comprising of exchange and promissory notes, amounting in to pwards of £5OOO, stolen therefrom. Payment of the bills is Stoppe th iev d, es. and a reward of £5O i s o ff ere d f or th e apprehension of the that SHERIFF.—We understand, from very good authority, Nalv T. Trafford of Trafford, Esquire, will be sheriff of this co unty for the next year.—Preston Pilot. JR,_OBBERY AT BOOTLE.—On Tnesday last, the workshops of L•oll Mackerell, joiner and builder, of Bootle were entered heirsome thief or thieve; and a large quautity of joiners' tools, - ug to Mr. Mackerell, and his workmen, were - stolen. Thetools are marked with thenamesCarter, J. Mackerell, b gl u e r t n o e n . , BlaScikl J• .Pennington, J. Arrowsmith, J. Lamb, and W. We understand that Campbell did not, as is reported, Y that "he paid his curate more than his whole living brought I, nl in," but that the district which was attached to the northern c,..nrch only paid him about £9O a year, while he paid the curate t l2 O, and found him a house free of rent and taxes ; and that 4e, con sequently, received from that particular district, which c ould alone benefit by his parochial ministration, the other dis lricts all having churches and resident ministers of their own, between £3O and £4O less than he paid to it. . . MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.—On Tuesday last considerable accusation was created amongst the good folks of Warrington in ar adesequence of it s b e i ng reported that an attempt h a d b een to assassinate Mr. J. Stubbs agent for the Railway Corn any in this town. It appears that Mr. Stubbs was engaged at ,rebooks i n th e of f ice when suddenly a ball perforated the win noand whizzed past'his head. A n a l arm was i ns t a ntly given, 'and the town was in complete state of ferment. It was con fined that, as no retort was heard, the shot must have been •ired from an air-ann or a cross-bow, and Joues, the deputy ()astable, was instantly sent for to discover the sanguinary per ors of of the - -outrage. Diligent search was made in the counti ng -house for the ball, when lo ! a lillywhite pot marble discovered- on the floor, and, on further investigation, it aw_,so ascertained that the murderons villains were a party of e n, o_lboys who had been playing at marbles, and by accident ,_ne despatched one of these toys through the Railway-office. Murderous affair has since excited considerable merriment sri the town. Exj.ENSIVE ROBBER Y FROM THE PERSON.-011 Wednesday I)llb ean, from Staffordshire, arrived in Liverpool by the Red Rover,snt and immediately on alighting from the coach he was i„„soy two females, who induced him to go to a public-house wu,,poughton-street, Williams On-square, where he treated them 4 1. 4 ..5a some liquor. After staying about half an hour with them, Ln: parted. The Staffordshire publican then went about the consternation he came for, which was to purchase spirits, but to his ;,::•viliastcrriation he discovered that his fair friends had managed ,__ 1 : 01 ? him of his purse, containing about £2OO. The purse rrot -allied a £5O Bank of England note, four £5 Bank of Eng egct notes, four £5 Manchester and Liverpool District Bank es, forty-five sovereigns, one guinea, and twenty shillings in th_Yer• Information of the robbery was immediately given to itt,..police, but no clue to the thieves has yet been discovered.— ttaber-merchant, from Bolton, was also robbed of £4O by ^,..° women, in Elbow-lane, on Friday last. 4 k ,"riT OF REQUESTS.—At the C iurt of Conscience, on Wed ,B4_,Y, a lady of the name of Mrs. Eleanor Clare, who was dressed in the first style of fashion, appeared to claim the sum p a r- 1 9s. lid, from two dashing young gentlemen named house T ner It appeared from the statement of the complainant, he had invited the young gentlemen to a party at her fr , and that, - when taking their wine, and irf her absence 01 , 1 1 the room, they became suddenly inspired by the Muses, ti, s o r _o . took the liberty of writing verses, with a diamond ring, in o P e ta l Z. of Eleanor's beauty, on the decanters, which she, instead that d i ng as a compliment, was sorely enraged at, declaring of gla e 'loving stanzas had completely spoiled her best stock cowl :s, and she accordingly demanded the above sum as a re nn for the damages she had sustained. The young appeared to *the summons, and did not deny the hut were of opinion that the decanters, instead of being ,J u l:e(1, were greatly ornamented and increased in value by the thepgierial" d poetical effusions. The comm i ss i oners regrette d y ha not the power to award the claim to the fair com "moor, but advised her to commence an at" • the county c ion in court, which she declared her intention to do. - TH E bar _ LATE OUTRAGE AT THE MERCURY OFFICE.—The young 13.. . 14 who was apprehended on the charge of attempting to assassi xou by the physicians, Mr. Egerton Smith, on Saturday evening last, having been was deemed to be decidedly la jring under an aberration of intellect, and he has consequent -1;11, beene. removed from Bridevvell to the Lunatic Asylum. — . 1 . " his removal to the latter place his reason appears to be v i iie r _n,log, and a perfect cure is shortly anticipated. Being con ea that the voung man was insane, it was the wish of Mr. .c.ertma Smith an - d the young man's emplorrs that e l e lis . name his should not app . ear in public, to avoid giving pain to the feelings his relativ do e. ,„, es, who are highly respectable persons resi in„ in L . ahe name however, did appear in the London papers, and light the eye his relations, and they have consequently Zt,te ar n to Liverpool in the greatest distress, to ascertain the par ofsmofiltdheaoncdcurrence. We understand that he is a young Dully conducted himself"assmanners and had always previ.. uing w m ith the greatest propriet). lat e fessiteiAL FES TIVAL.—The sum of money derived from the which 1 , V al, after ded uc ti ng th e expenses, amounts to £2900, low s been distributed among the various charities as fol- TT:lll.e Infirmary £looo Blue • ispens CoatSaries 5OO School District Provident Society 200 Sc hool for th e D ea l and Dumb Scho o l f or the Blind 100 Irish Scho o l . 75 Scotch School. ''' Welsh S chool 75 Moorfi e ld s School 75 retnale Sch oo l of Industry 75 75 Institution for Diseases of the Eye 75 Ll_efege for th e D estitute a- .Peniteiniary ARRIVAL OF THE LYRA PACKET. (From our Private Correspondent.) "I have the satisfaction to state that the Lyra packet, Lieu t. St. John, arrived hero this morning. The most serious appre hensions were entertained for her safety, in consequence of the arrival of the Melville packet, on Friday last, which vessel sailed from Crooked Island •thirteen days subsequefit to the sailing - of the Lyra. The Lyra brings about 130,000 dollars from Carthagena. The Spey packet, Lieut. James, also arrived this morning from the Leeward Islands. Left Antigua 29th Oct., and St. Thomas's 11th Nov. She brings no news. " Falmouth, Dec. 3, 1833." GLEANINGS FROM THE AMERICAN PAPERS. We take the following scraps from the New York and other papers just received, the dates of which are from the 9th to the 17th November. IMPORTANT, IF TRUE.—The National lntelligneer of Saturday says :—" There is a rumour in circulation, entitled to we do not know what credit, that the Secretary of the Treasury has ap prised the President that he finds he cannot get along with his administration of the finances, now that the treasury is deprived of the services of the Bank of the United States. It is even ru moured that already the folly of the change in the government deposits has become so apparent, that they are to be restored ! Our readers will not understandus as vouching for the iruth of these rumours, which come thick and fast one upon another.— When We•believe them, we shall plainly tell them so. For the present, we doubt whether the Treasury has yet had a taste of the quality of its new financial agents; it happening very for tunately for the government .that there are fiands still in the Bank of the United States to be drawn upon. When the time comes for drawing on the pet banks, we shall see how they shall bear it, and how the Secretary of the Treasury will get along with them." • Another new ship, named the Caledonia, was launched from one of the ship yards. of Baltimore, on Saturday last. She is 140 feet long and 550 tons burthen, and is intended for one of the packets to ply between Virginia and Liverpool. Messrs. J. J. Brander and Co., merchants, of Petersburg, are her owners. We rejoice, says the Philadelphia Inquirer, at these evidences of Southern enterprise in the way of commerce. They will in their results, prove excellent anditotes to nullification. BOSTON, November 7.—lt has been very cold here for the last week. Every one is wrapped in furs and cloaks, and all we want is a little snow to make it as dreary as the dead of winter. " Quincy Lake" alias " The Frog Pond," the nonde script lakelet (to coin m word) on the common, has been frozen completely over, although the water is six or eight feet•deep in the middle. , We are looking forw,ard to a sleigh ride on Thanksgiving. . - • METEORS.—One of these most extraordinary phenomena of nature was witnessed before daylight yesterday morning, by huudreds,of our citizens, which commenced at twelve. About four o'clock, .invriaes of shooting meteors were observed in every part of the horizon, producing such an effect as to induce the belief that there was an extensive conflagration in the city. The scintillations resembled the falling sparks from the pipe of a steamboat, or those which are visible from a descending rocket. We have heard several circumstances related as to the influence occasioned on the minds of many persons. One is, that a servant woman in a large hotel, in the lower part of the city, on going into the yard, and beholding the singular appearance of the heavens, ran into the house in great conster nation, and exclaimed that there was a great fire in the neigh bourhood. Again, the passengers on board the Albany steam boat were very much terrified, being unable to explain this mysterious phenomenon.-14th November. MEETING OF THE CLERGY TO ADDRESS THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. A meeting of the clergy of this town and neighbourhood was held in the Chapter House of the Collegiate Church, on Tues day week, for the purpose of agreeing to an address to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, on the manful resistance he made to the Irish Church Spoliation Bill. About thirty cler gymen were present, including several from the neighbouring parishes. The Rev. C. D. Wray took the chair, and addressed the meeting in the following terms :—Gentlemen, in the absence of the Very Rev, the Warden, and as his deputy, I have taken the liberty of calling you together, for the purpose of agreeing to an address to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. You are all aware that his grace, when the Irish Church Spoliation Bill was before the House of Lords, most manfully came for ward to resist that measure ; and you are all aware, too, that his grace, although a most learned and pious man, is yet very diffident, and needs support. Now what s u pp or t can be so good as the assurance that his conduct meets with the appro bation of the clergy, of whom he is the head ? It is now very evident, gentlemen, that the church cannot stand by concilia tion ; the more we give up, the more the enemy demands ; this was so with the Ke_peal of the Test Acts, with the Catholic Eman cipation Bill:and - ivittie-the Reform Bill; and it would be so with the Church Bill. The' dissenters now want the church rates to be given up, but if church rates are relinquished, you may rest assured that the abolition of tithes would follow, nay, all the revenues of the church must be thrown open, if not to tally surrendered to her enemies, before they will be satisfied. I have lately read a letter in one of the Manchester papers, headed "The -Rights of the Dissenters," in which they are ad vised not to let the government rest until they have obtained the following . points, which I will read to you now, for the pur pose of showing what it is we have to guard against. " First, a total disconnection between church and state; second, the pre venting the bishops from sitting in the House of Lords ; third; a repeal of all laws which support any church whatever; fourth, a repeal of religious tests on-admissions to the universities; and fifth, equal rights in places of public burial." The writer of this letter, Mr. Hadfield, adds, "no government whatever could long resist any otthese just and reasonable requirements, if perseberingly demanded. Less than this will never , be submit ted to; our local members are most favourable to our views and wishes, and prepared to render us every assistance."—How far (continued Mr. Wray) our local members are prepared to go, I know it; perhaps one day it may be learned from their own lips. With respect to church-rates, about, which so much has lately been said and done, I have, only one remark to make, which is, that the church rate is a tax upon the land, and no man now living, or for centuries back, has either bought land or houses, or obtained them by inheritance, but he came into possession of them subject to this tax. It is a rate or tax im memorially granted for the support of the fabric of the church. The clergyman keeps the chancel in repair; the parishioners the body of the church; for the church is for the use of the pa rishioners ; and whoever would throw off the church rate, might with equal propriety refuse to pay , the chief rents so common on the buildings in this neighbourhood. It makes no difference whether the man who occupies a house or field, knowing at the time that it was subject to that rent charge. If that house were free from the church rate, he would pay more annual rent for it, in the same way that any one purchasing a house which is liable to a ground rent to a third party, pays pro portionally less for his purchase than if it were subject to no ground rent. Suppose some pious person should at his death charge his estate with certain payments to be made to the chaplain of the Infirmary, and that estate should be afterwards purchased by a dissenter, could he with any reason say, "1. do not approve of the religious doctrine of this chaplain ; it is different from my own creed, I will therefore, no longer make this payment to him." I say, could the purchaser either legally or justly act in this way ? —Similar to this is the church rate ; to suppose that the churches, as is often asserted, were- all built by the monasteries or other religious houses, is not founded in fact; they were built by the Lords of Manors for the use of their tenants, who, in consequence, were bound to keep them in repair. To say any tiring more to you on this subject would only be to waste your time. We live in dangerous times • and it is only by man fully opposing the machinations of evil men, that we can hope to stand, as an established Christian ministry, under the bless ing of Divine Providence. If the church of these realms should be overturned, not England, not Europe, but the whole Chris tian world might have cause to lament such a catastrophe. But there is no part of the community who have a greater interest in our church establishment than the poor of this country; for though dissenters may be numerous in the great towns, and able to provide religious instruction for their own poor, yet in the country places, in the agricultural districts, they form but a very small body. If the churches, then, in these parts, were allowed to fall into decay, what must become of the poor in regard to religion? The same result would follow as is said to be rapidly taking place in America—the people would become infidels. Gentlemen, I beg your pardon for having wandered a little from the objects of t ' our meeting, which are, first, to address the Primate of England, and secondly, to mention that Congregational Associations of the clergy and laity, which it is intended hereafter to form on a broad scale, will be of the greatest use in the support of our venerable establish ment. I will now read the address, which has been so care fully drawn up that it is hoped no clergymen will have any hesitation in signing it. The rev, gentleman then read the following address : " To the Most Reverend Father in God William, by Divine Pro vidence, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all Eng land. _ "We, the undersigned clergy of England and Wales, are desirous of approaching your grace with the expression of our veneration for the sacred office, to which, by Divine Provi dence you have been called, of our respect and affection for your personal character.and virtues, and of our gratitude for the firmness and discretion which you have evinced in a sea son of peculiar difficulty and danger. " At a time, when events are daily Passing before us which mark the growth of latitudinarian sentiments, and the igno rance which prevails concernin g th e s pi r it ua l claims of the church, we arc especially anxious to lay before your grace the assurance of our devoted adherence to the Apostolical doctrine and polity of the church over which you preside, and of which we are ministers : and our deep-rooted attachment to the vene rable liturgy, in which she has embodied, in the language of piety, the orthodox and primitive faith. ." And while we most earnestly deprecate that restless desire of change which would rashly innovate in spiritual matters, we are not less solicitou s to declare our firm conviction, that should any thing from the lapse of years or altered circumstances re qthre renewal or correction, your grace and our other spiritual rulers may rely upon the cheerful co-operation and dutiful support of the clergy in carrying into effect any measures that' may tend to revive the discipline of ancient times, to strengths n the connection between the bishops, clergy, and people, and to promote the purity, the efficiency, and the unity of the church." A short conversation afterwards took place, in the course of which it was stated that the addiess would be left in the Chapter House for a week or ten days, in order to receive the signa tures of the clergy who were not now present. With respect to the Congregation Associations to which allusion had briefly been made, we gathered that their object is to bring the real friends of the church i n t o c l oser commun i on with each other, to ascertain their real strength, and adopt such means from time to time as may be deemed necessary to defend the church from the open or insidious attacks of her enemies. The gentlethen present having signed th e a dd ress , th e meet ing separated. We understand that the si gna t ures o bt a i ne d i n each parish will be transmitted to a gentleman at Oxford, who has undertaken the duty, and the whole will be appended to an engrossed copy of the address, which will be presented to the Lord Primate.—Manchester Courier. • MENTAL CHARACTER OF THE CoantEn.-- . -Seated.all day ou a low seat, pressing obdurate last and leather against the eni gastrium, dragging reluctant thread into hard and durable stitches, or hammering heels and toes with much monotony — the cobbler's mind, regardless of the proverb, wanders into re gions metaphysical, political, and theological; and from men thus employed have sprung many founders of sects, religious reformers, gloomy politicians, "bards, sophists, statesman," and all other " unquiet things," including a countless host of hypochondriacs. The dark and pensive aspect of shoemakers in general is matter of common observation. It is but justice to them, however, to say, that their acquisition of knowledge, and their habits of reflection, are often such as to command ad miration. The hypochondriacal east of their minds is pro bably, in part, induced by the imperfect action of the stomach, liver, and intestines, in consequence of the position in which they sit at work;—li'oreign Quarterly Review. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION OFFICE. Under the abO , ie title, in a paper of Monday, is a second letter, signed "A Shipowner." We have the honour of be ing somewhat abused by the writer ; which only convinces us of one fact,—that in our last article the shoe pinched in the right place. We repeat it, the disguise of a " Shipowner" is too flimsy to conceal the author of these letters. The go vernment agent, Lieut. Low, is in a situation to be able to bear all the abuse which an intriguing and vulgar mind can direct against him. But when charges are made against a deserving individual, whose only fault is that he has done his duty, which charges are wholly and absolutely false, it is time to put a stop to that sort of prcceeding. Lieut. Low is charged with having created interruptions and obstacles to the shipping interest. Let the writer appeal to the authorities for a decision on this head; and he will find that, from the officers of the Customs here up to the Colonial Secre tary in London, there is only one feeling—that Lieut. Low has done his duty—calmly, considerately, and firmly. That respectable houses,—and there are many houses highly respect able connected with emigration ships,—have ever been as prompt to conform to the laws and regulations applicable to the arrangement of these ships as he has been to suggest them, is not doubted; and it is only a set of fellows whose proceedings are already sufficiently before the public, and whose object is to entrap the unwary into their clutches, who find fault with his proceedings. The " Shipowner" labours to exculpate himself from the charge of being at all " concerned in the ship Cumberland." This is a shallow pretence again. No man capable of reading the English language could construe what we said before into such a declaration, direct or by imputation. However, we will afford him an opportunity of satisfying himself of the justice of all our remarks upon this subject, by referring him to the Moun taineer ; a vessel which was engaged to sail in August last, and is now, on the 6th December, still in the river, If a " Ship owner" should have any desire to witness a disgraceful picture of misery, and is ignorant of any one of the facts connected with the Mountaineer, about which we must beg leave to express very strong doubts, let him go on board that vessel, and spend half an-hour in the investigation of the state of the ship and passen gers. As soon as he has satisfied himself of the actual position of Affairs on board, let him confer with the respectable gentle men who are now here from Bristol, some of the guardians of the poor of that city, and ask them what arrangements are go ing forward between themselves and a certain "Shipowner" for the removal of the Bristol paupers from such a scene of disgrace and misery as the Mountaineer presents. When he has done all that, if he wish to hear anything more on the subject, and will intimate his desire to us, we will endeavour to afford him every satisfaction. FIELD SPORTS : ANCIENT AND MODERN. No. IV. (Written. expressly for the Lirerpool Standard.) This morning's mail, Mr. Editor, brought me your letter inclosing the extravaganza of your Cynthian correspondent. No editor in his right senses should think of slighting so powerful a dispenser of amusement as this giddy votary of the worshipful Dian. You do right to submit her appeal to your friends the country gentlemen—those main pillars of our free constitution ! Happy the man who may secure for himself such a blessing—cognizant of hounds and foxes, and every kind of game, as well as of all useful points of rural economy I Consider, sir squire, what advantages you may enjoy in such a partner of your bed 'and board. At once a watcher of your "lands of higher and lower fertility;" a corrector of the pedi grees of your dogs and horses; an adept at setting a spring gun; a complete ver min-killer;—woe unto ye of genus Falco, with all badgers, martin-cats, rats, polecats, and weasels !—a pepperer at the legs of real poachers, while your worship is engaged in committing to the custody of our lord the King all suspected ones; and, to crown the whole, one who will, doubt less, in all good time, present the state with sundry red-coated descendants, loyal as subjects, and illustribus as sons of Nimrod. Yet, hang it! what a masculine daughter of Venation ! How she "throws the broad ditch behind her !" Registered, too, with the clerk of the peace ! A double-barrelled Purdy ! Affect ing wild boars, swords, spears, and javelins ! ! Honest STRABO, forgive us that we doubt thee. Thou cans' t deny the existence of the Amazons no longer. But, Mr. Editor, to our review. Your fair correspondent, in her really elegant outline of her tutelary goddess of the chase, skilfully hides from 'view' the less attractive attributes of the Sylvan Queen. Milton tells us, " Gods and men Fear'd her stern frown." No deity amongst the heathens was more terrible than the vengeful daughter of Latona. The reader will call to recol lection the death of the unfortunate son of Antonoe, and the desolation of the well-cultivated vineyard of Cgneus, at the hand Dian. " Have a care," squire ! The shows of wild beasts in the Roman circus were generally designed for her honour; "and for their support, in splendid variety, the whole world was ransacked for its rarest and most savage animals." But, worse than all, when Typho waged war against the gods, she is said to have metamorphosed herself into a cat! Beware the claws, squire! and listen what Biographia Britannica, in its amusingly severe strictures on the renowned Juliana Barnes, says about these incongruous occupations. The dame, too, was no ordinary personage—" heroica mailer ingeniosa virago; and her compilation of Venery, to her immortal honour, the first that issued from the English press. Yet only harken how they trounce her. "There appears such a motley masquerade, such an indistinctness of petticoat and breeches, such a prob lenrarrd concorporation of sexes, according to the image that arises out of the several representations of this religious sports woman, or virago, that one can scarcely consider it, without thinking Sir Tristram, the old monkish forester, and Juliana, the matron of the nuns, had united to confirm John Cleveland's 'Canonical Hermaphrodite.' " As an impartial reviewer, it is incumbent upon me to inform your readers, that, in her hunting costume, the Queen of Portu gal, alluded to by fair " Venatrix," almost defied the powers of description :—" She sat astride, as was the universal custom in Portugal, and wore English leather breeches, frequently black, over which she threw a petticoat." With respect to the other "crowned head," as a "man of feeling," it is no less incum bent upon me to infer, that a woman who could take delight in the scene of blood which is represented, must, in a nreasure, have already deadened those feelings which, under a more happy guidance, might, perhaps, have pleaded with success in behalf of her favourite, the Earl of Essex, or of her ill-fated relation, Mary, Queen of Scots. As to the spearing of the boar, this seems, no doubt, a most pleasing and feminine accomplish ment—very becoming the delicacy of the sex, and equal in elegance to that of killing a pig ! N ow, friend Editor, as you respect yourself, and as you value my future correspondence, betray me not. None is less patient of affront than " Den Sylvarum, —seevis et inzmica,—and then the "brothers." Think of an appearance on the Chalk Farm stage, and the mischievous pellets fc . iy rammed down. Both o f them are dead shots, and determined fire-eaters, by repute. Think!—think!—only think of the horrors of a message: of me, a very Falstaff, required to make up my mind—never could I do it—to stand the hazard of a die with a man perhaps thin enough to split a bullet! Be cautious as you live, else may LEPORICIDUS be forced reluctantly to "go out," " And leave the world to darkness and to thee." Bracebridge Hall, Saturday Night. TilE DRAMA. Oar long neglect of the legitimate drama, "as performed at the Theatre-Royal," has been forced upon us by the duty of watching the performance of a long, dull, and melancholy farce at another - Theatre, temporarily fitted up at the Sessions house, where the sorriest actors that ever were seen, claimed the honour of being an appendage of royalty. Released from this fatiguing duty, we took our accustomed seat on Tuesday night to see Braham and the opera of " Artaxerxes"—in which he sustained the part of Artabanes, with Frazer as Arbaces Miss Turpin as Mundane, and Miss George as Artaxerxes. Judging by the perfect command that he retains over his voice, and of its flexibility and volume, we should almost be disposed to ima gine that Braham has bribed. Old Time to overlook him altoge ther. Frazer is a pleasing singer, but his voice is scarcely powerful enough to fill a large theatre, and Miss Turpin took some most unp irdonable liberties with her author. This is the great error of all second-rate singers. The band was far from being well arranged;—the fact is the opera of " Artaxerxes," unless performed - by first-rate singers and instrumental per formers is an intolerable bore, and this is the reason why it very seldom succeeds any where but in London. As the season approaches its close the benefit nights follow each other in quick succession. Monday night is devoted to Mr. Cooke, whose name is one of the most conspicuous in the play bills of this theatre. Mr. Andrews entertains his friends and the public on Wednesday. For this gentleman's talents we have a high - respect, and we have frequently . regretted to see him in characters that are not in his line, or, in those that are beneath his station in the company; but, this we are aware must frequently occur, where the corps is limited to so small a num ber, as that of our theatre. As an old comedian who deserves a good benefit, we hope he will be honoured with a full house. i'he company under the management of Mr. Clarke, will open the Manchester Theatre on the 2.3 d of this month. LIVERPOOL POLICE.-WEDNESDAY. STEALING COTTON.—John Blundell, an incorrigible young thief, about 14 years of age, was placed at the bar charged with pilfering a quantity of cotton from a cart passing along Chapel street. Mr. Parlour, the Superintendent of Police stated that the prisoner was one of a numerous class of young thieves who sub sisted by pilferin ,, from the carts laden with cotton as they came from the docks. `The plan they pursued was, first to cut a large slit in the bags as the carts passed along, and as the cotton dropped they picked it up. By these means they managed to ac-. cumulate great quantities, which was disposed of to receivers of stolen goods, who encoura.ged them in the practice. The pri soner was committed for three months as a rogue and a vaga bond. SMUGGLING.- An Irishman, named James Watts, was charged with having in his possession a quantity of contraband tobacco. It appeared from the evidence of E. P. Lloyd, a con stable, that he met-the -prisoner in- Park-lanw carrying seVen bundles of wha.tappeared to be tobacco • he stopped the prisoner, and examined the bundles, and found they contained Dutch canastre. He questioned the prisoner as to where he. received . the tobacco, for which he could show no permit. The prisoner said that he had just been ordered to bring it from a vessel, but he could not tell the name of the vessel, nor the dock where she lay. The case was fully made out, and the prisoner was fined in the penalty of £IOJ, which' not being able to pay, he was committed. THURSDAY. WHOLESALE ROBBERIES FROM CHILDREN.—A woman, named Anne Milienan, for whom the police have been some time on the look out, for robbing children of bundles in the streets, was placed at the bar, charged with that species of rob bery. There were no less than six cases against her. It ap peared from the evidence, that the . prisoner was in the habit of watching children who were carrying bundles of clothes to the pawnbrokers or elsewhere for their parents, and induced them to leave their bundles with her whilst she sent them on sonic fruitless errand, for which she promised them sixpence. By these nefarious and impudent means : she.sticceeded in.purloin jug articles of considerable value; and, on Wednesday last, from one little boy she contrived to steal a bundle, containing a new brown cloth coat, a valentia waistcoat, kerseymere trousers, and a black silk handkerchief, which he was carrying to the owner; for his father, who is a tailor.—From another she stole two new pairs of shoes, and other articles, and from others new dresses, shawls, &c. The children gave their evidence in each case, which were fully made out against the prisoner; who, however, denied all knowledge of them. The Mayor, in committing the prisoner for trial, observed that he had never heard a more heinous case, and he hoped that, if found guilty by a jury, she would meet with a due punishment. John M'Carroll and Andrew Walker, two juvenile burglars, about thirteen years of age, w ere committed for having stolen a cheese. The watchman apprehended the prisoners near Free mason's-row, with the cheese in their possession, which was owned by a provision dealer of Freemason's-row, who deposed to his having had his shop broken open on Tuesday night, or early on Wednesday morning. Mr. Batchelor, the gaoler, stated that Walker had been c onvi c ted six or seven tunes of felony. AN INFANT PA GANINI.—A boy about 10 years of age, named Williams, was brought before the Mayor charged with a felony under the following circumstances :—The prosecutor, a publi can, stated that a few days ago the prisoner came to his house and amused his customers by` fiddling on an old broken violin ; he played very well.iu the opinion of his customers, and they fancied he would play better on a better creraona, and knowing that he (the landlord) had a violin in the house, they asked him to lend it the boy, which he did, but whilst he was out of the way the urchin managed to slip the old fiddle into the bag from which the new one was taken, and ran away with the new one. A few days after this he met the prisoner fiddling away in the streets, and he took him into custody. Ile had then a still better fiddle, and, perhaps, had " rung the changes" on some one else. The prisoner acknowledged taking the fiddle, and said he had lost it in the Salthouse Dock. The Mayor said he should not let him off until he gave a good account where the fiddle was to be found, and he was accordingly re manded. AUDACIOUS STREEII ROBBERY.—William Frazer and John James, lads not more than eight or nine years of age, were charged with robbing a young lady, named Dutchman, of her reticule, in Toxteth-park, on Wednesday evening. Miss Dutch man stated that she,was passing through Parliament-street, on Wednesday evening, just as it was getting dark, wlaia-thpini, soners came up to her, and cut the string of her reticule, snatched it, and ran away. She informed two men of the cir cumstance, and the prisoners were pursued. Frazer was taken, but James escaped. The reticule was not found upon either of them. It contained 2s. 6d. in silver, some copper, and a pair of scissors. The constable who apprehended the prisoner James, found a pair of scissors and a . card case upon him, which, no doubt, the young thieves had plundered from some one else in a similar way. The prisoner James informed the consta ble that they had found the bag, and that he (James) had spent the money at the theatre, having been to bear Mr. Bra_ ham. Having nothing to say in their defence, the prisoners were committed for trial. STEALING COTTON.—Five individuals, four women and one man, were brought up charged with stealing cotton from the porters carts, in a similar manner as described in the case of Blundell, on Wednesday. The Mayor said it was high time that the felonious practice was put a stop to, for it appeared that it was carried to a most extraordinary extent. He then sentenced the elder prisoner ,(Hayes) to three months impri sonment, and the four women to one month's imprisonment each in the House of Correction. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. " The commissioners for inquiring into the municipal corpo rations of England and Wales" must bear the blame which on sportsmen attach to us for neglecting to communicate to our numerous sporting readers in England and Wales the interesting movements and events in the sporting circles for the last month. With the exception, however, of the coursing meetings which have taken place, and the fluctuations in the betting books of the turfites of Manchester, not forgetting thine within the pre cincts of Hyde Park, little worthy of record has occurred.— Sorne - business has been done this week ; and the Derby, the Oaks, and the Oatlands, have commanded considerable attention, especially the former, which has been " done upon" to some extent at "the Apple Tree, Tattersall's," and " the Bush." For the Derby, Bentley and Subastes are the first favourites, and are likely to remain in that situation, unless the improving Plenipo, whiris fastly creeping into favour, displaces the latter ; but their appears no likelihood of the confidence enjoyed by Bentley being shaken. £2OO has been laid, even, between Bentley and Bubastes for the Derby, and a similar bet has been effected between the same two for the St. Leger. The Oatlands have attracted, and.s to 4 has been laid on the field against Lazarone, Claret, Chantilly, and Galatea, and in one instance the same bet has been taken against the four, with Titus into the bargain • £5O has also been offered and taken betwe en Chantilly andi Trustee. There are no other doings on turf mat ters-which call for" a comment. The following is the latest state of the odds : THE DERBY.-71 to 1 agst. Bentley, (t) ; 7a to 1 agst. Bu_ bastes, (t); 12 to 1 agst. Plenipo • lb to 1 agst. Shillelah; 22 to 1 agst. Emigrant ; 24 to 1 agst. ' Delirium, (t); 18 to 1 agst. Guardian; 20 to 1 agst. Olympic; 20 to 1 agst. Comet; 30 to 1 agst. Bee in a Bonnet; 35 to 1 agst. Brother to Kate; 40 to 1 agst. Belluno, (t). THE OAKS.-7 to 1 agst. Cotillion; 7to 1 agst. Rosalie; 14 to 1 agst. Louisa ; 17 to 1 agst. Dublin ; 20 to 1 agst. Mustard Filly ; 20 to 1 agst. Mullana. THE OATLANDS.-6 to 1 agst. Lazarone, (t) ; 7 to 1 agst. Claret, (t); 7 to 1 agst. Chantilly, (t) ; 7 to 1 agst. Galatea; 8 to 1 agst. Anne ; 8 to 1 agst. Slalibran. COURSING. Yesterday the Liverpool Coursing Club met at Altcar, near this town, to decide their annual stakes. The show of sports men and others interested in the events was pretty considerable and the running was of a first-rate character. During the coursing an accident of a rather peculiar nature took place, but the consequences were not serious. In the course of a chase the devoted hare, strongly pursued by the dogs, took refuge at the feet of a,girl, who was standing near the side of a brook; the dogs came up rapidly towards puss, and the violence of the concussion threw the . girl into the midst of the water. A gen tleman immediately jumped in, and rescued her before she had sustained any i injury excepting a good ducking, and those pre sent entered into a subscription for her by way of recompense. The All-aged Cup was wou by Mr. Lucas's Linnet, beating Mr. Hutchinson's Hermit, Mr. Reddish's Harmony, and Mr. Green all's Hannibal. The Puppy. Cup was won by Mr. Lucas's Vic tory, beating Mr. Reddish's Rowton, and Slr. Kaye's Kenil worth. The Molyneux Stakes were won by Mr. Reddish's Fox, beating Mr. Ball's Steamer, Mr. Ashley's Nelson, and Mr. Ackers's Vanish. The Sefton Stake was won by Mr. Hutchinson's Heresey, beating Mr. Ashley's Joe. The Liver pool Stake was won by Mr. Hutchinson's Heresey, beatinc , Mr. Reddish's Achilles, Mr. Kirkpatrick's Pickpocket, and Mr. Wood's Wildfire. The Croxteth Stake was won by Mr. Red dish's Rockingham, beating Mr. Wood's W arr i or , Mr. Hutch inson's Annie, and Mr. Kaye's Vanish. The Altcar Stakes were won by Mr. Ball's .I;.r y, beating Mr. Lucas's Sena tor, Mr. Lowton's Wowski, and Mr. Tatlock's Tell-tale. The Orrell Stake was won by Mr. Lowton's Lottery, beating Mr. Acker's Cognac, Mr. Woods' Lopper, and Mr. Reddish's Alice. THE MATCHES.-Mr. Ball's Bess beat Mr. Kirkpatrick's Retainer. Mr. Reddish's Rachel beat Mr. Ball's Fly. PIGEON, SHOOTING.-00 Tuesday last a number of the good shots of Liverpool mustered at Aintree Race-course, to contest for a silver cup of the value of ten guineas.' There was great concourse of sportsmen present. lhe nature of the match was, the best out of twelve competitors to win the cup ; five birds each. The birds were the best "blue rock," brought from York Shire for the purpose. After a series of excellent shots, the winner was declared to be Mr. Greener, of St. Helen's. The sport was kept up until nearly dark, and "the Liverpool shots" state that the trap was scarcely discernible. A warm contest is likely to arise between. the barristers and attorneys, - as to the propr►ety of attorneys being allowed to plead as advocates in the sheriffs' new courts, and it is an nounced- that the bar have signified their intention to attend those courts, if the exclusive right of audience be given to them ; hut that if, on the contrary, attorneys ate allowed to plead, the barristers will absent. theni:.elves entirely frutu the matte. TO MR. WILLIAM RATHBONE. SIR,—In a speech made by you before the municipal inqui sition on Wednesday last, after making some observations re specting the corrupters and the corrupted, meaning, of course, the bribers and the bribed at elections, and stating that the latter had been more sinned against than sinning, you are re ported to have said, that this state of things it was the object of yourself and your friends to amend since the passing of the re form bill, "as the elective franchise was within the reach of all." And your reporter adds, " this address was received, and frequently interrupted, by loud applause." In proof of this you say " a cellar was let for 3s. per week ; one shilling per week more in addition would give the qualification of a £lO householder, which would be a fair test of their qualifica tion for this responsible duty, and, if connected with the right of electing local governors, and making them responsible to the public, will raise the character of the electors and the elected, and greatly promote the respectability and real wel fare of every class, high and low, rich and poor, in this great community." Happy, indeed, is it for Liverpool, and glorious for yourself, that you have so far exceeded the wisdom of your ancestors and their progeny, as to have made this notable discovery, that, by raising the rent of the inhabitable cellars from the present comparatively low rate to four shillings per week, you can confer the elective franchise upon the fortunate male tenants of those enviable apartments, and by this simple expedient accom plish so great an object, the achievement of which, if not the discovery, will cause your name to be the must celebrated in the annals of the " good old town." I have no ready means of ascertaining, nor can the parish officers give me the number of inhabited cellars in Liverpool; I should, however, suppose at least 300, probably 500, will come within the scope of your discovery, and require to be raised to four shillings per week,—many of them are let at considerably less than three shillings per week; but for the sake of exhibit ing the great advantage of your discovery, take them at that rate ; one shilling per week more will amount to 525. each -- the poor-rate at 2s. in the pound will be 205., making £ 3 f2s. per annum more upon each cellar. Having had such ample time for concocting your address on this subject, you no doubt came to the conclusion that these cellars were preferable to the small houses which may be had at the increased price, and that the tenants occupied them not from necessity but choice, consequently that they would readily pay the additional rent and charge, to obtain the additional privilege of electors, which you attest (for I understand you were sworn) will raise their characters and promote their re spectability and real welfare. These are attestations which I fear cannot be substantiated by other testimony, it being generally understood that few peo ple would live in cellars if they could have a house at the same rent, and that it is their inability to pay a higher rent that com pels them to descend so low. I therefore apprehend you have begun at the wrong end, and that you must previously provide these cellarinen with the .pe cuniary means of paying the additional rent and charge, with out which they will not be able to realise the benefit of your discovery ; Supposing, then, that your widely ranging ' philanthropy should induce you to make this indispensable provision, it will then remain to be ascertained whether these 300 or 500 cellar voters, whose characters you thus propose to raise, and who, according to your proposition, are to be the only electors, will he more virtuous than the constituency under the reform bill, or even that produced by the burgesses; I will venture to assert that they will not, and that if the sense of the rational part of this community can be taken upon the subject, you will find that you yourself compose the glorious minority of one. There may, however, be prescience, and an honest ambi tion in your proposing to substitute your 300 or 500 cellar voters in lieu of the present constituency, as common gratitude would no doubt so far hind them to you, that on the first occa sion they would elect you our local governor, (Mayor,) and also secure your election as a member of Parliament for the borough, (you have a service of plate already,) and thus enable you, for on you alone it will devolve, to prove that by such means you and your friends can "raise the characters of the electors and the elected, and promote the respectability and real welfare of every class, high and low, rich and poor, in this great community." Credat Judatts.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, INDAGATOR. -~ -- T TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—According to the report, contained in the newspapers, of Mr. Myers's evidence given before the Corporation commis sioners on the subject of the salt trade, it would appear that the value of the salt exported from this place does not exceed £ll,OOO annually. Now, this statement is grossly incorrect; it is either a mis print, or Mr. Myers knows nothing whatever of the business; and if, as I suspect, the latter supposition be correct, what re liance can be placed on his evidence ? Permit me, therefore, through your medium, to inform both him and the King's honourable commissioners , that there are swards of 300,000 tons white salt and 50,000 tons rock salt ipped from this port in the course of the year, which, accord in to the lowest average computation, will amount to at least £200,000 annually. A SALT PROPRIETOR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND4RD. SIR,-The management of the public schools, generally, in this town, and of those of the Establishment particularly, having been censured by a person of the name of Shorthouse, at the court of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the municipal af fairs of this borough, and the North and South Corporation Schools being most pointedly condemned, as the following words, said to have been used by him, will show—viz., "the chil dren in the North School can scarcely add two columns of figures, and the South is very little better,"—l think it a duty I owe to myself positively to contradict this assertion, as regards this school, and, moreover, to say that Mr. Shorthouse has not heard my boys examined in any branch of education, nor has he, to my knowledge, ever been within the walls of this esta blishment! the doors of which, through the coartesy of the gentlemen superintending its management, are open to any gen tleman who may wish to inspect it, or to examine the children ; of which privilege, had Mr. Shorthouse availed himself, the result would have been, I flatter myself, quite the reverse of the opipion comprised in the above extract. As to the South School, Mr. Barrett's abilities are too wellknown and appreciated, to require from me a single word to show that his school is In a far different condition to that which could jus tify the unfunded and unmerited condemnation of Mr. S. The system tinder which these and by far the greater number of schools jti this town are conducted is that of the late Dr. Bell ; it has stood the test of near forty years' practice, and of course will continue to be used as the best now known (a sys tem which eminently conduces to produce "good Christians, good men,and good subjects"; and, were it in universal practice, the wishes of a late" pious and good monarch might be accom plished, in "thatevery child would be enabled to read his Bible," and, as far as possible, to understand it), until a superior genius in the person of Mr. S. or some other, may enlighten the world by his wisdom. Had this self-appointed censor and inspector of the public schools given the commissioners his ideas on an im proved method of instruction- he might have reaped a well merited reward in the gratitude of the public and in the admi ration of posterity; but to travel out of his way to inflict pain upon and to injure those who he knew could not be present to refute his calumny, is anything but creditable.—l am, yours, &c. North Corporation Sellool. G: H. DAVIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST./IND4RD. SlR,—Various conjectures are afloat respecting my removal from the Prince's Dock, and mistakes have found their way in to the papers in consequence of an apparent contradiction in my statement, many imagining that it was in consequence of bribery that I was suspended, forgetting what was stated in evidence, viz.,—" that the present system worked so well that no dock-master had been charged, either directly or indirectly, with receiving bribes since its adoption." This took place five months previous to my removal : of course I was not charged with receiving bribes. I take the liberty of setting the public right in this matter, by informing them of the cause of my removal :—I was charged with neglecting the vessels consigned to the firm of Messrs. W. and J. Brown, generally, but especially in the case of two vessels, viz., the Hyperion and the Moss, which vessels I ac tually despatched to sea, with each a full cargo on board, before itbecame their turn for a landing berth. For the truth of this I .beg to refer to the dock books, and disprove it who can. But some will be ready enough to lay hold of this statement, and say, " Here is proof from his own account of his giving un due preference." But to such I would say, " Hold! 1. was not charged with giving too much, but too little." But, at the same time, I will not flinch (when the proper time comes) . from an inquiry into that circumstance, or anything else, with regard to my character and conduct during the time I was master of the Prince's Dock. In answer to Mr. Brocklebank's observations respecting the annoyance given to vessels from which nothing was obtained, I beg to refer him to Messrs. Sandbach and Co., Sir J. Tobin, Messrs. Horsfall and Co., Mr. Yates, Mr. Lawrence, Messrs. Booth and Co., Messrs. Gladstone and Co., Messrs. Taylor and Co., Messrs. Cropper and Co. and many others, from whom I never received anything, either directly or indirectly, and I leave myself in their hands. Can it be believed that these gen tlemen tamely submitted to be annoved by me for several years without ever making a single compraint against me, at least to my knowledge ? Respecting the Andes, I have no distinct recollection of the circumstance; the fact of having her in the bason might, from what was stated, be thought to be an uncommon thing, whereas the fact is, scarcely a day passes, even now, that I do not have some vessels in the bason, and this is done, not because they give me nothing, but because I have not room. There is no possibility of preventing persons from impugning our motives : but I will state this fact,—l never asked any person for money in my life to do anything connected with my duty, and I never did (and I defy contradiction) receive the value of one shilling from any person, in any way or shape, for the purpose of ad mitting their vessels into dock, the whole time (51 years) I was master of the Prince's Dock. CHARLES PUUNELL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST"IND4RD. Si it,—Happening to turn over a few pages of Baines's His tory of the County Palatine of Lancaster, I fell in with a pas sage so remarkably appropriate to the proceedings now before our eyes, - that I beg to submit it to your notice, together with a paraphrase ready cut and dried for the use of some future reform loving author. It would be impossible to doubt Mr. Baines's love of reform, after perusing his sublime allusion to schedule A, in page 308, or his relation of the rebellion of " Simon de Mont fort and the reforming barons of his day (tempore Henry III.,) as flowing from that spirit of popular encroachment which does not, and which ought nut, to rest, till its fair claims are satisfied." Page 287, What the author means by fair claims of popular encroachment and rebellion, he has not favoured us with. The passage I refer to will be found in page 467, and is as follows : (27 Hen. VIII.) The great (4 William IV.) The visitation of monasteries was great visitation of municipal commenced in the autumn of corporations was commenced 1535, when Cromwell, Chan- in the autumn of 183.3, when cellor of the Exchequer, and Lord Brougham held the office First Secretary of the King, of Lord High Chancellor and filled the office of Vicegerent Keeper of the King's consci and Vice-General. The visits- ence. The visitation of the tion of the- Lancashire monas- Lancashire corporations was teries was made by Dr. Thos. made by Wilkinson and Legh, and Dr. Richard Layton, T. J. Hogg, Esqrs. ; and their and their original reports are original reports are to be found in the Record Office of the among the many voluminous Court of Receipt at Westmin- reports of this period, in the ster, under the custody of the record room of the Commons I 4 ordTreasurer.: The resolution House of Parliament. The to dissolve the monasteries had resolution to subvert the Cor been already taken. The spirit porations had already been in whichthis visitati , n was made taken. The spirit in which clearly indicated that the reports this visitation was made clearly were meant to form the ground- indicated' that the reports were work for the dissolution of those meant to form the groundwork institutions, and the consequent for the subversion of those appropriation of their lands and institutions, and the consequent revenues to the use of the exposure of their lands and Crown. It cannot be denied resources to popular, or minis that the monastic institutions terial plunder. It cannot be were subject to great abuse; denied that the corporate in and that under the specious ap- stitutions were subject to great pearance of devotion to God, abuse, and that under the spe some of the first duties to man cious appearance of upholding were neglected or perverted.— the throne, some of the first But it must also be admitted, duties to the sovereign mob that the collecting of exparte were neglected or perverted ; evidence by stipendiary emissa- but it must also be admitted ries, and the making of that that the collecting of exparte evidence a ground for plunder- evidence by stipendiary einis ing the property of the Church, caries, and the making of that was a proceeding full of jujus- evidence a ground for plunder tice, and an example that no ing the corporations of their future age can imitate with im- vested rights, was a proceeding pun ity." full of injustice." I cannot follow our author to the final close of this extract, for Tories have tamely submitted to, and reformers and radicals have been aiding, assisting, and abetting,* with all their might, in the worse than star-chamber proceeding, which is, and has lately been enacting throughout England, but more particularly at our house—part of the county palatine of Lancaster. Little did the author think, that in penning a phillippic on the despotic Henry, he was putting a rod in pickle for the Grey-goose ad ministration; threatening 'the reformed Parliament in his use of the word impunity, and burlesquing the panegyric contained in the 3 0 08th page (Allis work on our gracious Sovereign. * Mr. Thornely. CATHOLIC POPULATION IN LIVERPOOL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.INDARD. Ste,—We live iu days of exaggeration and revolution, and no wonder that the most barefaced assumptions and the most fal lacious calculations should be accredited as true and mathema tical as any problem in Euclid. A statement was laid before the Commissioners, (which will, as a matter of course, be laid before Parliament,) of the Catholic population in Liverpool.— This statement is made out by Mr. Robson, a Catholic barrister, and a man of the name of Wignall, or Whitnall, a Catholic schoolmaster. The intent of the statement is to persuade the public and the government that the Catholics are increasing in number with their increasing and never-ceasing demands for all the good things which their enlightened forefathers held in the dark and bigoted ages. The statement concludes with making the Catholic popula tion 62,051, because, by the rule of three, (well done ! the school master abroad!) the total registered baptisms in the parish of Liverpool amount to 8,501 And the whole population to 220,974 . . And the number of Catholic baptisms registered, or procured as such by - Mr. Rosson and his tutor, at 2,388 Therefore, the number of Catholics will be 62,051 ! ! To make this calculation anything like the correct number, it would be necessary to prove :- Ist. That all baptisms in the parish of Liverpool have been registered ; 2d. That no sect baptizes its own children without any refe rence to registration in the parish books; 3d. That the Catholic poor, in the borough, do not bear a greater proportion to the whole of the Catholic popula tion, than the poor of the Established Church and Dis senters (other than Catholics) do to the whole population (other than Catholics) in the town.—Because, 4th. The expectancy of life of the children of the poor cannot be so great as that of the children of the middle and richer classes of society. Not one of these have been mentioned, much less proved to have been taken into consideration, in the random calculation of Mr. Rosson; who, I fear, is like his brother barrister, the veracious O'Connell, eloquent only in hyperbole, and " Most to be believed when fiction is the theme." It is evident to any one who has resided in town a week, that the greatest poverty, irregularity, and immorality, Are found among the low Irish, and it is equally true that the greatest num ber of the low Irish are Catholics; and the inference from this will easily be made, that, as the children of the poor have not the same chance of living, or (which is the same thing) the same expectancy of life as those of the rich, the decrement of life in the tables of mortality in Liverpool would be greater much greater—among the Catholic population than in the same proportion among the other Dissenters, and children belonging to the Established Church. I will, however, assume the number of baptisms as given by Mr. Rosson and his tutor; and wella.ve a method, at once clear and satisfactory, given by the celebrated Dr. Price, for finding the population of any town, by multiplying the expectancy of a new-born child in that town by the number of baptisms. The expectancy of life of a child born in i o ondons 19 31.5. And suppose we add 1-19th for Liverpool as Ltie yr. healthier place of the two,'which is •. 2,1 yrs. We have then 2,388 mult. by 20, ;rich is equal to 47,660 C. P. And, at the utmost, suppose 1-sth tot the seamen of the port to be Catholics, which is extravagant to suppose—but take it at 10,000 total 4 and we shall then have. Total Catholic population in Lll;erpoof ' 49,660 • •This number deducted from 62;001 leaves 12,391 over-stated and over-calculated, by any rational hypothesis.' It must be 'borne in mind that more than one-halfof Lilts children of the poor die before attaining theirlhircryear i.Vagg ; and this has been ably shown in a letter on this subject, already published in the Liverpool Cour:cr of the 27th ult., wherein ate given the opinions of Dr. Adam Smith, antkothers, respecting the longevity of the children of the poor in large towns. The foregoing calculation is made when the burials and bap- . tisms are equal, or nearly so ; but as the burials of the Catholics are considerably greater (on au' average, ten years)• than the baptisms, the above computation of the Catholic population, is far too favourable. If the shoohnaster, however, will state; without any mental reservation whatever, the avei'agd number Of burials and births among the:Catholics, I promise.'to give him as correct a statement of the total populatift of his sect in Liverpool as figures can make it; but when he, or any other, comes forward with a mere blind of common rule of three matter, in calculating the Catholic population in town', I can not but feel convinced that, instead of teaching;le•has a'very great deal to learn, and particularly in political arithmetic. Mount-pleasant, 4th Dec., 1833. BRIWANICUS. COMMON COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The monthly meeting of the Common Council was held on Wednesday last. The proceedings of the previous Council, and those of the Dock and Cominon Council Committees having been read by the Town-clerk, the subject of the purchase of the piece of land in Great Charlotte-street, belonging to the execu tors of the late Mi. Shaw, was discussed with a view to erecting a building, and thereby affording additional space for the va rious descriptions of articles offered for sale in St. John's Mar ket. It was contended by Mr. Alderman Leyland and Mr. Alderman Thonipson that this purchase, if so applied, would tend materially to injure the business of the north and south markets, and that it was not at present desirable to afford fur ther facilities to St. John's Market. These objections, how ever, were replied to by various members of the Council, who considered that no injury was likely to arise from such a course, and that the growth of the town in the neighbourhood of the other markets would be quite sufficient to make them indepen dent of the effects Itrising from any addition being made to St. John's Market. It was stated by the Mayor, that the country people were in the habit, on market da'vs, of paying two or three tolls, and passing from one market to another for the disposal of their property, so that they could not be sufferers by the change. Ihe question was then put as to the purchase, and the votes taken, there being thirty-two members present. There appeared for the purchase, Messrs. Pownall, Gladstone, Aspinalt, Hol linshead, Houghton, Moss, Ripley, Leigh, J. 1). Case, W. W. Currie, T. Corrie, Foster, Cockshott, Ciosbie, Horsfall, Sand bach, Sir T. Brancker, Robinson, Littledale, P. Bourne, Law rence, Sir J. Tobin, T. Case, Staniforth, J. Bourne, T. Moly neux, P. W. Brancker, and the Mayor. Against the purchase, Messrs. Ashton, Thompson, Sir G. Drinkwater, and Leyland. Mr. Alderman Horsfall rose to propose Mr. Higginson as the new Common Councilman, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Porter. After expressing his conviction of the fitness and respecta bility of Mr. Higginson, Mr. Alderman Staniforth seconded the nomination, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Alderman Horsfall and Mr. J. J: Leigh were then ad ded to the town dues committee, in the room of Mr. Porter and the present Town-clerk, who vacated on his receiving his pre sent appointment. The Mayor communicated that, in conformity to the resolu tion passed at the special council, regarding. the inquiry of his Majesty's commissioners into municipal corporations, every information had been rendered, and the different officers had been in attendance to offer their evidence. He congratulated the council in having experienced, in the services of the Town clerk, the most unwearied ability and unrelenting perseverance in the discharge of the arduous and important duty which had devolved upon him; indeed, Mr. Commissioner Wilkinson had himself stated, that he had received the greatest courtesy, and observed the most unreserved alacrity on the part of the Town clerk during the whole of their proceedings. Several members rose to express their high sense of gratifica tion afforded by the zeal and distinguished ability displayed by the Town-clerk during the late inquiry. The Mayor then proposed a resolution, which was carried unanimously, expressive of the high opinion of the Common Council, of the talent and unwearied perseverance which had been evinced by the Town-clerk. During the remarks made by the Mayor and other members, the most enthusiastic applause was shown throughout the council-room. The Town-clerk rose to acknowledge this distinguished mark of the kindness of the council towards him. He appeared to feel very deeply the expression of favour that had been mani fested, arising from his conduct during the inquiry. A letter from Mr. W. Ripley was read, requesting the use of the rooms in the Town-hall for the Charity Ball, to be lighted at the expense of the Corporation.—Granted. A. memorial from the minister, trustees, and seat-holders of Di. liaffies's Chapel was read, praying that the clause in their lease, which forbid a school being held on the premises, might be withdrawn. The memorial stated that there was sufficient accommodation under the chapel for a school, and that there was a great anxiety to establish one. A counter memorial, most respectably signed by the inhabitants of Great George's street was read, praying that permission should not be granted, as the memorialists considered acceding to the request would be adding another nuisance to the neighbourhood, there being al ready several schools, which are found to be most troublesome. In opposing the measure, they stated, at the same time, their desire to see education and useful knowledge promoted.—Re ferred to the Select Finance Committee to report. A communication was read from Mr. Porter, the Chairman of the Pilots' Committee, asking for pecuniary assistance for the families of the Pilots, who were lost in No. l, Pilot-boat, in the late gale. It appeared thirteen were drowned, leaving six widows and thirteen children. Referred to the Select Finance Committee, to inquire, in the first instance, what provision would be made for them from the funds of the Pilots' Committee. The Mayor then brought before the notice of council the very praiseworthy conduct of Mr. Sumner, the surgeon, at Formby, who had swam, at the risk of his life, to the pilot boat with a bottle of rum attached to his neck, which he succeeded in reaching, and administering the spit it, had saved the lives of many who otherwise must have perished. The council voted f.:50 to be presented to Mr. Sumner. An application was read by the Mayor from the shipwrights of Liverpool, praying for a shed to be erected at the end of each graving dock, to shelter them in bad weather, and also to afford a lock up place for their tools. Referred to the Select Finance Committee, with full powers. A letter was read from the Mayor of Lancaster,_ claiming exemption for the freemen from the town dues. Referred to the Town Dues Committee. Au application from the Rev. John Smith, minister of St. James's, was laid before the council, praying for pecuniary aid for St. James's School, the funds of which are at a very low ea. — Referred to the Select Finance Committee to repori. A letter from the Rev. T. Moss, chairman of the Leeds Canal Company, was read, wishing to know whether it was the inten tion of the council to grant an exclusive permission and mono poly of the proposed railway along the dock quays, as their property would thereby be much injured. The town-clerk was instructed to inform Mr. Moss that the council would not grant any exclusive privilege. The evidence given before the commissioners was ordered to be printed. The Town-clerk proposed, and Mr. T. Case seconded, that the instances of oppression in the town dues, which had been stated before the commissioners by Mr. Myers and Mr. San dars, should be brought before the town dues committee fur their consideration. _ Thc Town-clerk stated that no representation on this subject had ever been made to the council which bad not met with immediate redress. In order to facilitate the business of the session it was agreed an assessor should be appointed, to sit with another magistrate, so as to carry on the business of both courts at the same time. No other business came before the council. The ship Jessie, James Troop, commander, sailed from this port on Monday, the 25th instant, for New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, with a fair wind, and a number of pas sengers on board; but ere she reached the Skerry Lights, the wind died away and early on Tuesday a strong breeze sprung up from the which compelled us to stand for the Irish coast; the wind hourly increased, • and shifted from point to point, and with considerable difficulty the captain was enabled to keep a mid-channel course up to Wednesday, when the wind shifted so rapidly, blowing a tremendous gale, with a clouded and dense atmosphere, that all calculation as to our course was almost out of the question. Now our situation became truly awful, the wind having risen to a perfect hurricane, which pre cluded the possibility of chewing scarcely a stitch of canvas. This tremendous hurricane, accompanied with an impenetrable mist, which seemed as if forced from the foaming sea, and mingling with the winds, raged with unabated fury from Wed nesday to Friday night, threatening us with momentary destruc tion. Under these trying circumstances, we had nothing to de pend on but the mercy of God; and the experience of our captain : and it is but justice to Captain Troop to say, that no man could have shown more judgment, activity, and zeal in the discharge of his duty as a seaman, nor was he wanting in kind and con solatory attention to his passengers, so acceptable to persons placed in a state of almost hopeless despair,—which has been deeply felt by them, and communicated to the owners. To add to the appalling scene, on the morning of Friday the second mate fell from the rigging, and was washed overboard, (it is ap prehended a steerage passenger gave him some spirits,) and sunk to rise no more. The whole scene presented a most truly awful sight, such as had not been witnessed by the oldest seaman on board. The judgment and cool seamanlike conduct of Cap tain Troop, and his perfect knowledge' of the channel, having, by the result, proved he well judged throughout of his varied situations, cannot be too much praised, and not less his mode of issuing his commands to his crew unaccompanied by those hor rible imprecations too frequently indulged in by seafaring men. With the aid of Providence, an experienced captain, a good skip, and an able and willing crew, we arrived here on Saturday last, without a pilot. It is due to the highly respectable owners of the Jessie, Wm. Smith and Son, to add there was never a vessel sent out of any port in better trim, better found, or better appointed in every respect. She proved herself an excelleno sea boat, having weathered this dreadful hurricane without tha loss of a spar or rope, or making water, and is ready to go to set • with the first fair wind.—From a Correspondent. At the anniversary feast of the corporation of Leicester, Mr. Halford, one of the county members, describing the proceed ings of his Majesty's Corporation Commissioners, said, "They have seen the gentlemen invested with the authority of that commission acting as if with the design to inflame a prejudice against the constituted authorities. They had seen them fa miliarly associated with the declared enemies of the corporate body, and inviting the populace to drink in with greedy ears all the tales the gathered malice of those enemies could supply, as if with the object of holding up the magistracy, to whose care the peace and safety of this large and populous town had been committed, to obloquy and hatred. He would ask if this were not an offence against every principle of orderly government, and against the sacred cause of peace and good order, such as to demand an earnest remonstrance from every man attached to that cause, and more especially from those who had long wit nessed the perfect efficacy of the municipal administration which had been called in question by so rude and partial an in quisition." " I al 11' I V