The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-03-19 00:00:00

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We hav e b e f ore us an abstract of the accounts of a considerable estate in British Guiana, from which it is dent t h at the system of free labour has hitherto Proved anything but advantageous, either to the ne g,lbea, thems e l ves, or to the planters. The manager of 4 11 e estate in quest i on o b serves, " The great diminution andt gang and quantum o f l a b our, s i nce the freedom, th . I mpossibility o f o bt a i n i ng ot h er l a b ourers i n en' stead , h as aid caused the better part of the cane fields the Whole of the coffee and plantain cultivation to fr er very much f rom grass. We h ave b een employe d u nl . the 18th September till date, cutting canes and L li , kin g sugar sol e l y , and have made only 74 hhds.; we uotght have ma d e 170 if situated as last year, besides mg the c o ff ee ; having picked, with a few strangers 31';_40 h ired them se l ves f or t h at purpose, on l y 2,840 lb s., s tead of f rom 10,000 to 15,000 lbs., had we been able l ate lab ourers. The deficiency of crop for this Year, from absolute want of labour, is at least 10011ds. e ll e gar and 12 ,000 lbs. coffee. It will be absolutely ne -B:sarY to take off the ripe canes now standing, as the ce g a . r otherwise will be lost ; but the consequent ne h 41 4' of neglecting the rest of the cultivation, which as . already suffered so much, must cause a great de r fi elen eY in th e ensu i ng crop. Very small, if any, re el4e can be expected from the planters under these pl cuta stances. It will require every exertion to em ploy the estate's gang." It appears that the ac w; crop o f sugar, realised from this estate in 18383. of 203 hhds. The quantity of sugar lost for want ~„ l abour was itu atitity 100 hhds., or one-third of the crop. " l e actu a l crop of coffee for 1838 was 2,840 lbs. The of coffee lost for want of labour was 12,000 thB'' or five -sixths of the whole. When we state that e ab ove result may be taken as a fair average of the c 0 of estates in British Guiana, as far as re !,artls s ugar, and that the crop of coffee is generally ti e rY deficient it Must be evident that a considerable st se must take place in the prices of these two great a ple articles of colonial produce, and that the British ePublic will thus have to pay an additional tax for the t:laneipation of the negroes. For this result we have 41 . t hank the whig ministry, through whose bungling LiSulanagernent the most valuable of our colonies have " f rown into a state approximating upon anarchy. That the planters have not dealt harshly with the llegTh es , wherever the latter have conducted themselves °l3e rlY, we h ave seen abundant evidence. The state kent bef ore us includes a charge for a hogshead of por tilt a nd an ox, w hi c h were g i ven , on Ch r i s t m a s -day, to ii°l3e labourers who had been at work on the estate. f or e : 11111 of 1392 gu ild ers h a d also been paid in wages month of December—an indication of anything 41 -1 ' an i ndisposition on the part of the planters to re aerate the the labourers according to their merits. th _ W . e niade so me remar k s i n our last publication on b : Intolerant spirit which was evinced by score mem esorrsfasoftetniheugTown Council, when their favourite scheme a troop of hungry radicals upon the dock fate, under the semblance of a Dock Improvement h e ' was so p r op er ly re j ec t e d by th e C ounc il itself, fo Majority of whom, in this instance at least, being ten :1111d On the sid e o f ves t e d i n te r est s . It was our in ch 44 :" to have made some remarks upon the scales of r ges exhibit e d i n the " report" of the Finance nlinittee, to shew the inaccuracy of the statements : 4.8" : for i nstance, in page 186, where the comparative th a rp •tb for a ve sse l ar e m ade out, not at the time of afr eee inquiry in 1839, but in the year 1835, four years sr Without th e i n f o r ma tio n being appended, that ice that period the dock-dues have been reduced il ird• But as the question has been rocked asleep, b this session at least, we shall not disturb its repose ; ti t : °llly remark, in justice to the warehouse owners, I a ib t i t was exceedingly unfair towards theth that the ,: l lee Committee should have handed over to their -1 to the t h e scale of charges, which they su b m i tted tile committ ee , whilst the charges now published in the re port were kept back from them ; and so it became possible to answer before the votes of the Council ere men on the question. But it is all of a-piece 'Whig conduct, which never acts openly and con w:TitlY, except by mistake. It is clear that the bill intended to be carried in defiance of evidence. lie scent of a whig after power and patronage is pro toauiallY clear : but, in this instance, by grasping at e l k much, they have lost all. It is now our duty to o atil . ar e the improvements of the port to stand still ,rta- the bill o f M essrs . L EATHOM , E VANS , H IGGINS , to WALMSL EY evaporates? Is nothing to be done th ee ntralize o ur d oc k accommo d a ti on , an d t o r e me dy ( 6 e .g i aling defects of the management, as exhibited 11 ;N the l a t e hurricane ? Are men, who are the e creatures of yesterday, to vent their spleen, and c( - 4 ; 4 about amongst merchants of a hundred times the sequence they are, and give themselves airs which 4 ° d be supremely ridiculous, if they were not unfor elY vest e d w i t h power t o d o more m i sc hi e f i n a h they have ever done good in their lives ? It 10 11 time that a change should take place ; and if b r • E WA-Rl', now he is in Parliament, would only I v j in a bill to reform the Municipal Reform Bill, colt Will tender him our best thanks ; for a more in en_Petent set of creatures than many members of the kh n cil never directed the local affairs of a great corn ker "Y• What better can be expected, when silk rokbeers are members of Pilot Committees,—when c al men are called to legislate for merchants on o iat l L ti°l4B Which re q uire nautical skill, and dabble in fo 's as for e i gn t o th e i r e d uca ti on an d h a bi ts , as i t p rtici r a sailor t o compre h en d a mus ty recor d on juris- Of el le; or a Creek Indian to understand the value 4; 1.4 de Napl es ? O ne e ff ec t o f th e R e f orm Bill has to 4 11t° bring ignorance and presumption, like stubble, at nn the surface ; whilst all that is valuable is th e n and at the bottom, and may probably remain h ave u ntil the turbid stream of popular frenzy shall Kr ear re lled by. B u t it canno t l ong b e p erm itt e d that a bl eeith tc swn like this i s t o b e f or ever governed by local cads, whose fantastic tricks are enough to make a th e e eros laugh. Much of the fault, however, lies with ::)°aervative party—perhaps we might say, with our cir;ervative merchants. We must recollect that cir heeretiarlees are a lt ere d, th at t h e e l ect i ve f ranc hi se i s to I° Y the law of the land, placed in different hands h ite Zt it was, 'and if men of standing, of weight, of B e nce, refuse to come forward and solicit their th eY are sure to support the man who will do so, kid flattertheir vanity to conceal his own ignorance, p ort :ill not lack s pl en did prom i ses i n t h e i nverse pro to 1 00 , 11 t ° his ability to fulfil them. It is better for us aod the evil in the , face than to see ourselves snubbed t ans rbeuled b y j acks in office, whose propensities t he fit th em f or the monkey cage in the Zoological tol vir ie 118 than for places at the Council Board at the ev erv o i f : I-a verpool. Both in P ar li amen t, and in almost oorono, the Reform Bill has foisted upon the Of C o hundreds o f persons w h o have turned our House int o L l/111 °ns into a bear-garden, and our Council-rooms that mere debating clubs, where expletives are used th at Z s: Mid disgrace a common tap-room. We suspect 4 tr ufr ,_, ll3 ' with many o f th e b oroug h s, a lif e an d d eat h act t r e, but as it is almost impossible for a Whig to the 11ai llY, and politically speaking, an honest part, ho nest are beginning to open their eyes to the dis ere lo ! and incompetency of their rulers, and we hope, Oet d eg, th a t a clean sweep will be made of the whole We freely admit, that in the present day, it is bo all agree abl e • thing for a gentleman to leave his own 'obi, cgs a nd conne x i ons , an d m i ng l e i n t h e po li t i cal tireteite g r apple foot by f oot w i t h men w h ose upstart ie I ° l lB are, i n dividually, beneath criticism. But it ter v e: ll4 le duty to do so. He has property to pre t.ereaterd domestic comforts to protect. And he is in eeinsti 111 m aintaining tho se l aws w hi c h a ff or d equa l to , i ner c k. "le rich a n d t h e poor. Let, then, our leading , he 2 iv. . , en of n ame, o f business, and of character, upon altering the state of things under h k theo • e hl • °fliraunity is suffering, and under who e te,, , sway no -ow ed property seems secure. Let them be ekvane 11_ n r iouslP° taking seats i n th e C ounc il—l e t th em %e t t ne va Wards, and cultivate an acquaint 'With the / piddle classes. It will form a bond of union not sufficiently considered, and if they will per severe in such a course, they will, assuredly, relieve the town from:the odium under which it at present labours; and, instead of the miserable and crude legislation which has its origin in jobbing, and for its end, power, patronage, and exclukveness, we may have our local improvements projected and, executed without the in fringement of a single right, and without that heart burning, which has made the town a scene of discord since the sirocco of reform has covered us with hordes of stinging mosquitos, under the name of Town Coun cillors, Aldermen, and Angelites. We have received files of the Jamaica Despatch and the Jamaica Royal Gazette, to the 6th ultimo inclusive. We are still furnished with news of an unfavourable character from this important colony. The negroes continue to manifest great indisposition to labour--the crops are, consequently, deficient—famine is likely to be the reward of culpable indolence—and insubordina tion is an alternative which may be daily apprehended. It can be no longer concealed that the emancipation of the negroes, under the circumstances which accom panied its final fruition, has not worked satisfactorily. The negroes have, in most instances, falsified the con fident predictions of the abolitionists. They have proved themselves idle, selfish, and ungrateful, not only in those cases in which no charge of harshness could be brought against their former masters, but even in cases where indulgence towards them was almost carried to a fault. We have no hesitation in adding, that these de luded creatures have been encouraged in their indolence, to the manifest injury of both planters and labourers, and, perhaps, to the eventual ruin of the West Indian colonies, by the meddling and inquisitorial function aries, who have been promoted by the present govern ment to the office of stipendiary magistrates. Many of these busy bodies are men of low origin, whilst most of them have gone out to the West Indies strongly imbued with the bitterest prejudices against the planters, and predetermined to do them all the injury in their power. Would that it were in our power to say, that men, pro fessing to exercise the sacred calling of ministers of religion, have not contributed to augment the evils by which society in the West Indies is now afflicted ! We are, however, compelled to say, that the holy office of the Christian missionary has been degraded, in the persons of Mr. KNIBB and his brethren, by being made subservient to the spread of animosity, disaffec tion, and extortion. From the papers before us we learn that little or no improvement has taken place in the conduct of the la bourers, since the date of the last advices. From the Despatch of February 6 we learn that "little of the present crop of coffee was at Alligator Pond wharf; when formerly it was usual, at the same period of the year, for one-third of the crops to be there." The shipments at that wharf have ranged from six to ten thousand tierces of coffee per crop : this year three thousand casks are expected to be the amount .of ship ments. Many of the finest properties in the parish of Vere are choked with weeds, and a great proportion of the crop lies rotting on the ground, in consequence of the refusal of the labourers to pick it. A very high rate of wages was offered to the negroes for picking, the coffee ; but, in consequence of their exorbitant de mands, many of the planters will be compelled to send home inferior samples. Even after the coffee has been picked, it is with the greatest difficulty that waggon men can be procured to convey the produce to the wharf. This is by no means an isolated instance of the bad effects of the present system. In nearly all the parishes in the island, and on almost every pro perty, the same ruinous consequences are perceptible. In the parish of Manchester there are about 19,000 negroes—quite sufficient to have secured all the coffee, cleared all the fields, and even extended them where re quired. Instead of doing this, the majority of the fields had been left in a very foul state, one-third of the crop was rotting on the ground, and what had been secured was not conveyed to the wharf. The Royal Gazette (a paper inclined towards libe ralism in its politics) presents us with a variety of de tails, exhibiting the deplorable state of the island, and the almost hopelessness of its future prospects. This paper suggests, as the only cure for the prevailing evils, that " even-handed justice should be exercised— that the laws should be administered by righteous judges—that the rights of property should be respect ed—and that the fontentors of discord should be held in check." This is tolerably strong language, coming as it does from a decided advocate of emancipation, espe cially when it is added that, "if this be not acceded to, then the sooner the island is given up the better." The same journal asserts that property has been bought, in various instances, at such high rates, on the faith that government would interfere to protect the interests of the planters, as would have been, under other circumstances, nothing less than absolute madness. In reference to the general effects of the process of emancipation, and the policy of government, the Gazette has the following strong remarks :—" The West Indians, from the period of the celebrated reso lutions of 1823, saw their properties deteriorating in value, until indeed they were without value at all; and properties, which a few years before would have brought £70,000, were knocked down by public auction, with scarcely a bidder, at £B,OOO or £9,000. 'The colonists naturally opposed this dreadful sacrifice, and manfully fought against this invasion. Could any one, looking back, have expected them to act otherwise. At last, the greatest revolution is complete—there is nothing more to take from us—thousands have been ruined— thousands have been reduced to beggary, and the swelling number of our pauper lists is an earnest of what is to be expected. Why then should the govern ment continue that oppressive system as if it had out easts of, society or a penal colony to deal with. Is the proprietor of an estate in Jamaica to be considered a monster so soon as he sets his foot in this island ? Are his feelings and very nature changed ? Are proprietors to be persecuted, and their privileges as British sub jects to be wrested from them ? Surely it is time that more liberal ideas should enter the minds of our rulers. A liberal government ! Faugh ! The word is libelled, and ought to be thrust out of use. With the co-operation of the proprietors much may be done to save the island from impending destruction. We call upon them, and upon the Government, at once to exert their energies, and by a very easy and straightforward course protect the rights of all parties, and be no longer blindly guided by a faction, whose designs may be dis covered when too late to be frustrated." Equally strong on this subject is the language of the other journals. It appears that this magnificent island is rapidly declining in prosperity ; and we are inclined to agree with the Despatch, when it says, that this declen sion is "wholly and solely attributable to the march of misrule—to the perverse and malignant ascendancy of prejudice and fanaticism—and to the baneful influence of demagogues and agitators. The Despatch says that " never were seasons more mild and propitious than have been those of the last twelve months, and the blooming fertility of the land gave promise of rich har vests ; but the withering blight of sloth and sulkiness nipped the planters' hopes in the bud, and the stimulu s of certain gain failed to remove the death-like spell which bigotry and superstition had cast upon the peo ple." In reference to the policy of the government, in conniving at the incendiary proceedings of the agitators, who have exercised so baneful, an influence over the negroes, the Despatch very forcibly remarks :—" In the meantime, to those who can think and reason, or fore s ee the deplorable results, the unpardonable supineness of the government which tolerates such destructive doc trines, and even patronizes the incendiaries who instil them, appears wicked and treacherous in the extreme. It is aiming a deadly blow at the commerce and mari time prosperity of the British nation, and it is adding a fresh link to the chains of slavery in foreign states. It is precipitating the ruin of, her Majesty's colonial possessions, whilst it is improving the resources of her enemies at large !" If such were considered the probable results of the policy pursued under the superintendence of Lord Glenelg, what may not be expected from the malignant sway of Lord Nonnanby ? Looking at the consequences of the administration of the affairs of Ireland under Lord Normanby, we confess that we entertain the most serious apprehensions from his interference with our colonial possessions. His systematic oppression of the Protestants of Ireland—his ostentatious patronage of Popery—and his proved connivance at crimes and out rages of the most revolting character—by the impunity with which the perpetrators were invested—afford us any thing but consolatory hopes as to his career as Colonial Secretary. We sincerely hope that the time is not far distant when the state of the West Indian colonies will be brought prominently before the notice of parliament, with a view to some amelioration of their condition. Are the interests of our West Indian merchants and planters --not to say any thing of the interests of the negro population of our colonies—alone to remain un protected ? Are their grievances, multiplied and ag gravated as they are, alone to remain unredressed ? While our manufacturers at home, in the enjoyment of acknowledged prosperity, are clamouring for justice and protection, let us be excused for demanding— " JUSTICE TO OUR COLONIES !" The anti-corn law conspiracy—whatever may be the result of the division which was expected to take place in the House of Commons last night—has received its quietus from the masterly exposure contained in Sir ROBERT PEEL'S speech, delivered on Friday night. We offer no apology for designating the proceedings of the anti-corn law delegates a conspiracy. It was essen tially a conspiracy against the most vital interests of the country, and calculated, if it had been successful, to disturb the balance of power in the state, by giving an undue preponderance to the Democratic element in the Constitution. The secret object of this conspiracy was, to neutralise the influence and to destroy the ascen dancy of the agricultural interest—that interest, which, of all others, has most consistently maintained its alle giance to the throne of these realms, and manifested its inviolable attachment to the time-honoured institutions of the country. The avowed object of those who originated .the present movement against the corn laws was, to seek for protection for our manufacturers, and to enable them to compete with the manufacturers of other countries, by the removal of restrictions on the importation of grain. It would be absurd to suppose that the manufacturers of this country could be so stupidly blind as to persuade themselves that a free trade in corn would operate eventually as a protection to British manufacturers. They must know that it is as much the policy and interest of foreign governments, as of our own, to protect their native manufactures ; and that any measures which might be taken by the British legislature, for the purpose of nurturing the manufactures of England, at the expense of foreign nations, would be most certainly counteracted. Is it not the very height of absurdity to suppose, that the continental governments would permit us to derive any benefit from the exportation of their corn ? Would it not be their policy to prohibit. exportation, as soon as they discovered that it would militate against their native manufactures ? The anti-corn law agitators must be perfectly conscious that such must be the natural and inevitable result of the removal of the re strictions against which they profess to declaim. The real motive, as we have before stated; of the anti-corn-law conspirators is, to procure a virtual re peal of the reform bill. These men have discovered that the reform bill has not worked to their satisfaction —that it has not subserved their nefarious and destruc tive designs—that it has given a preponderating influ ence to the wealth, intelligence, and (we are not asham ed of stating it) to the landed aristocracy of the coun try. Such was not the object of those who clamoured so vociferously for " the bill, the whole bill, and no thing but the bill." They intended it to be an instru ment for facilitating the ascendency of democracy, and thus preparing the way for the ultimate adoption of republican institutions. That it has not realised these contemplated results we have to thank the patriotic feeling—the attachment to Protestantism—of the peo ple of this country, and the inflexible firmness and resolution of the House of Lords. We have insisted the more strongly on the political motives of the anti-corn-law agitators, because these motives have not hitherto been sufficiently dwelt upon by our contemporaries. That we are correct in attri buting such motives to these pestilent agitators will appear tolerably evident when we reflect that those who advocate a repeal of the corn-laws are almost exclu sively radicals in politics. In what conservative news paper in the .kingdom (except the Times some weeks ago) has the abolition of the corn-laws been advocated ? What conservative member of the House of Commons has been found to express his sentiments, or record his vote in favor of such a measure ? How many conser vatives have been found willing to sign petitions pray ing for a repeal of :the corn-laws ? On the contrary, has this topic not been made the theme of incessant declamation in every radical journal in the kingdom ? We say, therefore, that the political origin of the anti corn-law agitation is as manifest as daylight. It is neither more nor less than a desperate expedient to prop up a tottering administration, and especially to increase the popularity of the more democratic members of the cabinet. We rejoice, therefore, that Sir ROBERT PEEL, in his masterly and statesmanlike speech of Friday night, has, taking the anti-corn law agitators on their own grounds, completely and triumphantly exposed the fal lacy of their statements, the groundlessness of their charges, the absurdity of their complaints, and the shuffling inconsistency which has characterised all their proceedings, and pervaded all their arguments. For this splendid exercise •of his eloquence, the right hon. baronet deserves the gratitude of his fellow-countrymen, in whose cause, and on whose behalf, his powerful talents have been so successfully exerted. The electors of North Devon have nobly performed their duty ! Once more have we to congratulate the friends of our glorious constitution on the event of a signal victory over Radicalism and Whiggery. A few years ago the whole representation of Devonshire, in both of its divisions, was in possession of the Whigs. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was the first to experience the mortification of a defeat. Two other seats were suc cessively wrested from the time-serving Whigs. Now, the whole of the county members are staunch Con servatives. Mr. BUCK has been returned instead of Lord EBRINGTON, in spite of the most determined opposition, in spite of Whig influence, exercised in the most unscrupulous manner, and by a majority so de cisive, as to demonstrate the existence of a powerful reaction in favour of conservative principles. At the final close of the poll the numbers were : For Mr. BUCK... Mr. BULLER. 3720 3240 Majority 4BO As the Times very properly remarks, the result of this election will prove " a heavy blow and great dis couragement" to the cause of Whig-Radical ascen dancy. If a general appeal were now made to the country, we have no doubt that two-thirds of the con stituencies would return conservative members. Thanks to the anti-corn law agitation. HACKNEY COACHES.—We are glad to observe that some of the coaches, which now occupy the whole of Castle-street, are to be removed to a stand at the bottom of Lord-street, and there is in future to be a passage of three feet wide between each coach. This is a very desirable arrangement, as, for some time past, the coaches in Castle-street, have stood so near each other that it was impossible to pass between them, so that persons have frequently to go nearly the length of the street before they could pass from one side to the other. ------ - THE DISPENSARIES.—We observe that the Committee have issued circulars announcing the depressed state of the funds of the Dispensaries, -and their claims upon the atten tion of the public. Every individual in the community is interested in their prosperity, and we believe the folio:wing statement will stir up our townsmen to liberal contributions, to enable the committee to augment the benefits of such in valuable institutions. In consequence of the townships of Everton and Kirkdale now participating in the relief afforded by these charities, and for other reasons, a debt of £7OO has been incurred, and the average expenditure exceeding the annual income, the committee are dependant upon casual benefactions for upwards of £l,OOO per annum, which necessarily cripples their exertions. The clergy have now an urgent opportunity of placing the claims of the Dispen saries before their respective congregations. ARRIVAL AT NEW YORK OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE LATE HURRICANE.—The packet-ship Cambridge, Captain Bursley, which, it will be recollected, rode out the storm in the Mersey, and which sailed, on the morning of the 10th of January, for New York, reached that city on the 12th of the following month. The news which she carried out of the dreadful disasters to the shipping on the banks, and the con sequent loss of life, produced the most melancholy feelings in the minds of the citizens of New York, particularly in those of the numerous citizens connected with commerce and shipping. All the vessels in the port hoisted their flags half-mast, out of respect for the memory of the unfortunate individuals who had perished during the storm. The death of Captain Smith, of the packet-ship Pennsylvania, who was universally known and respected, excited feelings of marked regret in the public mind. Mrs. Smith, who is left a widow with two young child ren , w h en th e h ear t- ren di ng tidings of his melancholy fate were broken to her, became almost frantic with grief, " refusing to be comforted." Towards the end of a week, however, her mind became comparatively tranquil, and, at the date of the last accounts, she had, through the consolations of religion, nearly recovered from the dreadful shock caused by the intelligence of her beloved husband's premature and awfal death. On the Sunday after the arrival of the Cambridge, the melan choly occurrences at Liverpool were improved by the clergy men of New York from their pulpits. Similar demonstra tions of feeling and of sympathy for the loss of the lives of the valuable citizens who perished at Li verpoo l were subse quently made in all the ci ties of the Union. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.---MONDA Y. DESPERATE ASSAULT. Two men, brothers, named Dominic and Edward Cunning ham, were charged with having committed a violent assault on Edward Peat, an Irishman, who appeared with his arm tied up, and was otherwise hurt. It appeared from the evidence, that on Saturday night last the prisoner, D. Cunningham, and the complainant had quarrelled (it did not appear how), and that they were fighting when the other prisoner, Edward Cunningham, came up armed with a knife, and attempted to stab Peat, but, luckily for both, did not succeed, although he inflicted several severe wounds. Both Peat and the prisoner, Dominic Cunningham, presented a bruised and bloody ap pearance, the result of the sanguinary conflict, in which they narrowly escaped with their lives. As there was no evidence that Dominic used any deadly weapon, he was discharged ; but his brother, who had used the knife, was ordered to pay a fine of £5, or be committed for two months to the Borough House of Correction. ILLICIT DISTILLATION. A man, named Howard McManus, was brought before the court at the instance of Mr. Kulshaw, Excise Officer. Mr. K. stated, that he had gone under the authority of a search warrant to the prisoner's house in Prince William-street, Tox teth-park, and that he there found the prisoner working a pri vate still, and also 'seized about nine gallons of spirits. It was stated that this was the seventh time the prisoner had been brought up for similar offences, but, as there was no legal evi dence of this fact, it was not taken into account in fixing the fine. He was ordered to pay a fine of £3O, or be committed for three months to the Borough House of Correction. STEALING SUGAR. James Wind, a boy, was charged with having in his pos session a quantity of sugar, of which he could give no proper account. A police-officer stated, that he saw the prisoner in the street on Saturday night at ten o'clock, with a basket in his hand; that'he saw him enter his father's cellar, a marine store, and then depo s it th e sugar i n a di s h h an ded to him by his mother-in-law. On the officer entering the cellar the sugar was concealed under a bed, and he found it to be 171 b. weight. The boy, on being questioned by M. Hall, said, he had bought it from a man in the street for six shillings. He was committed for fourteen days to the House of Cor rection. STEALING LEAD. William Hampon, a carter, was charged with stealing a quantity of lead, the property of the Railway Company. It appeared that the prisoner had gone to a person named Jef fery, a publican and marine store-dealer in Mason-street, and sold the lead at three different times—receiving for it, Id. per lb. The whole amounted to about 21 cwt. A man named Thomas Morrison, a boatman, was brought before Mr. Hall, charged with having been found coming from oue of the docks with a large pocket handkerchief full of gunpowder. He stated that he had been assisting to warp a vessel into the dock, and that the powder was given to him in a present,—no vessel being allowed to have that article on board while in the dock. It did not appear that his statement was incorrect, and he was discharged ; Mr. Hall remarking that the powder would be destroyed. BEGGING This practice has recently become more and more annoying, and though there may be many objects deserving of charity, the greater portion of the mendicants, particularly of the males, are " sturdy beggars," who could find work if they would. Yesterday, two men were brought before Mr. Hall, charged with importuning the lieges by beseeching alms, — one of them was named, not inappropriately, Cheetham, (" Cheat 'em"). He was committed for one month to the house of correction, and the other for seven days. FlRE.—Yesterday morning, about five o'clock, the police officers on duty at St. James's-place perceived a smell of burning, and soon after, it being dawn, they saw smoke pro ceeding from the upper portion of the premises of Mr. Chor ley, bread baker, corner of Stanhope-street. They imme diately roused the family, rescued them from their perilous situation, and by arduous exertions, so far subdued the fire in about three quarters of an hour, that no further danger of its spreading was to be apprehended. The tire was caused by a stove-pipe igniting some combustible materials in the upper story. But for the exertions made, the flames would, un doubtedly, have spread, and the consequence would, in all probability, have been very extensive. As it is, the damage sustained is not to any serious amount. THE WEATHER.—After a succession of chilling breezes from the east and south-east, for a considerable period, the wind on Saturday morning shifted to the N.N. W., and in the evening veered to the north-west. On Sunday it blew pretty fresh from the N.N.E., and was again piercingly cold. These latter variations have enabled vessels to reach our port that were knocking about in the channel, or lay wind-bound in Ireland and elsewhere. The arrivals on Saturday and Sunday were numerous,—amounting to not fewer than one hundred and fifty sail, including coasters. A considerable number also arrived yesterday. The wind is now (Monday evening) from the north-west. ST. PATRICK'S DAY.—The anniversary of this festival was yesterday celebrated in the usual manner by the natives of the Sister Isle." Soon after eight o'clock the several " Hibernian Societies," ten in number, that were to take part in the festivities of the day, assembled in Williamson square, and proceeded thence to St. Anthony's Chapel, Scot land-road, where they witnessed the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of a school-room to be attached to that chapel. They thence marched in procession, by a somewhat circuitous route, (taking in the Exchange and Castle-street,) to St. Patrick's Chapel, Toxteth-park, where they attended divine worship. Each society was preceded by a band. The flags and banners were numerous, and all emblematical of Ireland, and the Popish religion. The greater number of the clubs were dressed in their Sunday apparel: they wore green scarfs, rosettes, &c., and had a very respectable appearance. The Hibernian Total Abstinence Society, fol lowed by a long string of juvenile " Teetotalers" brought up the rear. On leaving St. Patrick's Chapel, the proces sion moved northward, through some of the principal streets, including Norton-street and St. Ann's-street, and finally, on reaching Scotland-place, dispersed to their several club houses, to devote the remainder of the day to festive enjoy ment, the results of which the police reports of this morn ing will doubtless afford some interesting specimens. The weather was fine, and the number of persons who assem bled at various points to see the procession, was conse quently great. THE TEETH.—The preservation of the teeth, which serve to ornament or deface one of the most expressive features of of the human countenance—the mouth, cannot be otherwise than of vast importance to the fair sex ! For this purpose, as well as for purifying and embellishing the teeth and gums, and freeing them from any foreign substance pernicious to their health and beauty, Rowland's Odonto has been pre sented to the public, and found truly efficacious. It is pa tronized by royalty and the nobility, is universally appreciated as possessing renovating qualities—unequalled by any Denti frice of the age, and is accordingly recommended by the most eminent of the faculty. Mr. Townson was on Thursday evening elected acting secretary to the Reform Association, in room of Mr. Atkin son, who has resigned. LIVERPOOL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY.—The monthly meet ing of this society took place on Thursday, at the Medical Institution, the president, Henry Booth, Esq., in the chair. The attendance was full, and further accessions of members were announced. Mr. J. Grantham read a paper on the means now employed in economising the fuel of steam-en gines ; and Mr. Platt described his mode of feeding a steam boiler with boiling water, and of reefing chimnies. Much interesting discussion took place. CONCERTS AT THE AMPHITHEATRE.—TWO concerts of sacred music, on a scale of great magnificence, are announced to take place at the Amphitheatre, during Passion week. The distinguished professional names who figure in the pro gramme—Miss Birch, Miss Maria B. Hawes, Phillips, Ben nett, &c., and the selected pieces .embracing the works of Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, &c., will give to these concerts an amount of interest and attraction not surpassed by any similar ones ever delivered in the town. DREADFUL ACCIDENT FROM FIRE.—We have to record another fatal catastrophe occasioned by leaving children alone with a fire in the room. About noon on Wednesday last, the wife of a labouring man named Jolly, residing in Comber mere-street, Toxteth-park, went to take her husband his dinner, leaving two children, the eldest a girl of about eleven years of age, the youngest a boy of about two and a half years old, at home, and locking the door behind her. Some time afterwards the neighbours hearing frightful screams, burst open the door, and found the two children enveloped in flames, the elder so dreadfully burnt that she died almost immediately, and the younger so much injured that it is not expected to recover. The mother, on her return, was in a state of intoxication, and seemed more concerned about the state of the door, coarsely abusing the neighbours for break ing it open, than of the dreadful fate of her children !—Mer cury. _ _ _ GUARDIAN SOCIETY.—We lately mentioned that the Liverpool Guardian Society for the protection of trade against swindlers, had resolved to do away with the bonus of one guinea, heretofore required to be paid, by new members on their admission. The effect of this liberal measure has been to produce a great accession of members. At the last monthly meeting of the committee no less than 155 new members were admitted, and there are already about 100 more applications awaiting the consideration of the next meeting. The benefits of the society will thus be greatly ex tended, and a more effectual check be given to the fraudulent designs of those who are emphatically said to " live by their wits." We understand also that a more intimate system of co-operation has been formed with the societies established in Manchester and other large towns, for the purpose of de feating the insidious schemes and devices of the fraudulent. We congratulate the society on the increased impetus thus given to its operations.—Chronicle. LIVERPOOL HUMANE SOCIETY. —We understand' that the report of the provisional committee will be laid before the subscribers in a few days. The treasurer received £5O last week from Robert Turner, Esq. of Manchester. WOOD V. IRON.—By the following statement it appears the Commodore. left Greenock on Saturday, two hours and five minutes before the Royal Sovereign, and arrived here five hours and six minutes before her : Hour. Min. Commodore left Greenock at 2 20 Arrived at Liverpool 9 10 Royal Sovereign left Greenock at 4 25 Arrived at Live' pool at Difference in favour of the Commodore full three hours. — Correspondent of the Albion. Passengers by the packet-ship United States, N. H. Hold redge, from New York :—S. H. Fay, of Savannah ; Mr. Philip Gordon, Mr. S. Mills, of Germany ; Mr. James Greenshields, Mr. Richard Ward, Mr. H. W. Gibsone, Captain Blukwood, Miss Mary Boone, Mr. Thomas Kaye, Mr. John Dougal, Mr. E. Macpherson, Mr. L. Hay, Mr. J. A. Perkins, Mr. F. Goring, Miss Ross, Mr. Felix Mer cure, Mr. H. Lionais, Mr. Jonas Levy, all of Canada. VIRGINIA SILK AND SUGAR COMPANY.-Our readers will perceive an advertisement announcing the formation of this Company. We understand that the undertaking is warmly espoused by the American Minister in this country, the Hon. Mr. Stevenson, and in a national point of view it holds out prospects very advantageous to the mercantile world, and particularly to Liverpool, the port so much in connection with America. STEAM v. WIND.—AII the ships which sailed from this port after the middle of January for New York had very fine runs. The Hibernia, which sailed on the 17th, arrived out on the 15th of February, having performed the passage in twenty eight days : most of the other ships with which she sailed in company had remarkably good passages also. The packet-ship Independence, which sailed from this port on the 25th of January had not reached New York on the 25th of February ; whereas the Great Western, steam-ship, which sailed from Bristol on the 28th of January, arrived at New York on the 16th February, and the Liverpool, steam-ship, which sailed hence on the 6th of that month, reached the city on the 25th. So much for the contest between steam and wind in passages to the westward. The long prevalence of easterly winds, which have extended far beyond the Channel, has given a de cided advantage to steamers over 'sailing vessels to the east ward. Thus, the packet-ships United States and South America, two of the finest vessels in their respective lines, .the fonner having last voyage, run from port to port in fifteen days, and the latter, last voyage also, having performed the passage in less than two days more than the Royal William, steamer, were both distanced by the Great Western, the one (allowing for the longer run to Liverpool than to Bristol) by eight and the other by five days. The United States was nearly a week in the Channel; and the South America had been entangled for thirty hours in a field of ice. The first brought eighteen and the second twelve cabin passengers. The Great Western, it will he recollected brought only thirty-seven. The Garrick, which sailed in company with the Great Western, was, owing to a shift of wind, more fortunate than the two preceding packets. She arrived on Saturday night; thus reducing the advantage of steam over wind to, in her case, a little above four days. The Garrick brought only six cabin passengeis. PROMOTION OF CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE JEWS.-INSTITUTION FOR THE RECEPTION OF CONVERTED JEWS. A public meeting of the friends of the Jews took place on Friday evening, in the Music-hall, Bold-street. Notwith standing the unfavourable state of the weather, the room was filled with a very respectable audience. On the platform there were several of the clergy of Liverpool. Shortly after seven o'clock, the Rev. Dr. TArrERsuALL was called to the chair. The Rev. CHAIRMAN called upon the Rev. Mr. JOSEPH to open the proceedings with prayer, which having been done, he then proceeded briefly to state the objects of the meeting, which, he said, would be more minutely detailed by the rev. gentleman who was about to address the meeting. The Rev. JOSEPH SAMUEL C. F. FREY then stood up, and spoke as follows :—Mr. Chairman, Ladies, and Gentle men,—Agreeably to the notice given of the design of this meeting, I commence by stating, that, in 1801, whilst a stu dent in the Missionary Seminary at Berlin, in Prussia, a letter was received from the London Missionary Society, requesting that three of the students might be sent to this country, and they would then forward them to Africa, to Drs. Van der Karugs and Kitcherer, who were then labour ing among the Hottentots. I was one of the three who were sent. When the directors of the society found that I was a descendant of Abraham, they proposed that I should stay and preach to my Jewish brethren. But as I could not speak any English, they sent me to Goyrost, into their mis sionary seminary, under the late venerable Dr. Bogue, where I studied four years. In 1805 I returned to London, and commenced preaching to my Jewish brethren, and the Lord blessed those efforts. But the mission to the Jews and that to the heathen having often clashed with each other, it was thought best to have a distinct society for the Jewish cause. Accordingly, I formed the London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews, and continued to preach under its patronage for nearly six years longer. But in 1815, a heavy debt having been contracted, threatening the ruin of the institution, thd Rev. Lewis Way, of Hanstead Park, said, " It is a great pity that this cause should sink : if the dis senters will give up the cause to the established church, I will pay the whole debt." Having mentioned this to some of the leading brethren among the dissenters, two public meetings were held, and by a unanimous vote the cause was given up to the episcopalians, on condition that the debts be honourably paid. Mr. Way was as good as his word. He paid the whole debt, which was no less than £lB,OOO. But the society has since repaid him the greater part of it. A resolution was now adopted, that in future all things were to be done according to the rules of the established church ; and as, by the rule of that church, no one is to be patronised as a preacher of the gospel until he be regularly ordained by a bishop, and as I never belonged to the established church, the very next Sabbath the place where I had preached was shut up, and soon after my connexion was dissolved; but I hope our friendship has continued hitherto ; and an annuity was made me of £lOO for the first year, and £5O for the next ten years, which has been regularly paid to me. It will now be necessary to speak distinctly and separately of the pro ceedings of the society and of my own labours. As respects the society, I have great pleasure in stating that they have gone on with Christian zeal, with British liberality, and with success far beyond my expectations. The preaching of the gospel at the Jews' Chapel, Cambridge Heath, Hackney, and the schools for Jewish boys and girls, have been conti nued, with much success. They have translated the New Testament into Hebrew, and published several editions of the Old Testament in Hebrew, and a variety of religious tracts in different languages, and employed many missiona ries and agents travelling in Russia, Poland, Prussia, Ger many, and Palestine, to circulate their publications amongst the Jews, and converse with them from house to house ; ' and the Lord has blessed their efforts in such a manner that not less than 3,000 of my dear Jewish brethren have been publicly baptised. and not less than forty-two of them are now preaching the everlasting gospel. The efforts of the society have also produced a wonderful change in the Jewish nation, with respect to their attachment to the Talmud and the traditions. Whilst some, convinced of their delusions and falsehoods, have become disgusted with all religions, and are little better than open infidels, the great body of the Jews in Europe have been led to inquire after truth. Hence a very respectable Jew in London has recently published a pamph let, bitterly complaining of this reformation, and calling upon the congregations to adopt some speedy and energetic mea sure to stop its rapid progress. Surely the Lord has done wonders ; and yet these things are not known, especially among the dissenting churches, the society's agents being confined to the established church. I was therefore requested, about a year ago, to publish a history of the origin, proceed ings, and success of Christian efforts to promote the conver sion of the Jews, which I have done in a book called " Judah and Israel," a copy of the second edition of which I now hold in my hands. In this edition I have also inserted all the prophecies in the Old Testament referring to the resto ration and conversion of the Jews and the ten tribes, and shown that these will be as literally fulfilled as those have been which relate to their present dispersion. This book also contains a history of my conversion to God, and his gracious dealings with me for the last sixty-six years. It contains 300 pages, very closely printed, with a portrait pre fixed, and sells at four shillings. I will now proceed to give a brief statement of my proceedings since the change of the society, and the object and success of my present agency. My connexion with the society being dissolved by the advice of my dear tutor, the Rev. Dr. Bogue, and other ministers in London, I removed with my family, in 1816, to America, and arrived at New York, where I have been the settled pas= for for twenty-one years. During this period I had but little opportunity of preaching to my Jewish brethren. I resolved to write letters to them. I composed those lectures which I preached in London to my brethren during my ten years' mi nistry, in the ,style of letters, and addressed them to one of my own brothers, whose name is Benjamin, and, as my first name is Joseph, I have entitled the work "Joseph and Ben jamin." When those two volumes were published, the re viewers not only said " that it is the best work ever pub lished in the English language on the controversy between Jews and Christians, but they also strongly recommended that they ought to be circulated amongst the Jews in the English language, and also to be translated into the German language." Finding no one attempting to carry this resolu tion into effect, I proposed to the American Society for Me liorating the Condition of the Jews, that I was willing to give up my pastoral charge, and engage as agent, without any remuneration, to accomplish ,the object. Accordingly the society appointed me as their agent, and I received recom mendations from no less than thirty-five ministers of diffe rent denominations. On 4ny arrival in this country, two years ago, I presented my documents to the ministers in London, and obtained the signatures of no less than sixty ministers of different denominations. In addition to this a public meeting took place, when the object of my agency was unanimously approved of ; but the question was asked whe ther there had been any truth in the report circulated soon ofter I had left this country—viz., " that I had absconded with £3OOO of the society's money." Accordingly, the fol lowing letter was read from Sir Thomas Baring, who was the president of the society when my connexion was dissolved, and the president still, addressed to John Allen, Esq., of Hackney : " Devonshire-place ' April 24, 1837. " Sir,—l am sorry that you should have supposed that your inquiry into the integrity of Mr. Frey required any apo logy ; as it gives me pleasure to contradict the reports pre judicial to his character, and to bear my testimony to his en tire honesty in every transaction connected with pecuniary affairs of the Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews. Had Mr. Frey been guilty of embezzling or of im properly appropriating to himself any part of the funds of the society, I must have been cognisant of the fact ; and you are perfectly at liberty to make use of my name in answer to any charge of dishonesty that may be preferred against Mr. Frey, to give to it the most decided contradiction. This letter gave perfect satisfaction to the meeting, and they appointed a committee to superintend my agency, and pro posed that Sir Thomas should be requested to be the trea surer. He accepted of the office, and commenced the sub scription with a donation of £2O. I have since travelled in England and Scotland not less than 6000 miles, visited 400 churches, and preached more than 500 times, and have col lected nearly the whole amount wanted to accomplish the object of my agency. Having sent the work to Hamburgh for translation, I went last summer to Germany, took the translation to Berlin, and presented it to the Society for the Jews to print 5000 copies, the expense to be paid out of the money collected by me. The work has since been printed and published, and copies sent to this country. More than 600 , copies in the English language have been circulated amongst the Jews in this country. I will now proceed to the second part of my agency, which respects the American set tlement for Jewish proselytes. Soon after my arrival in America, I received several letters from Germany, calling upon me, in the strongest language possible, to establish a settlement where inquiring as well as converted Jews may obtain employment as well as Christian instruction. After hard and persevering labour, I succeeded in the formation of the American Society for Meliorating the Condition of the Jews ; I have travelled many thousand miles, 'and collected considerable money, but as there are but few Jews in America, and those in Europe willing to go, but could not pay the expenses, no settlement has yet been formed, and the people have concluded none was necessary, because Christians have not sent any Jews. To decide the question, it was made a part of my agency to ascertain the sentiment ofthe people in this country, and in Europe ; and if a settlement be necessary, then to secure their co-operation. --- At a meeting of ministers, at Devonport, the following re solution has been unanimously adopted, and which has been signed since by nearly 200 ministers in this country and in Scotland : " We, the undersigned, convinced that some plan to fur nish employment, in connexion with Christian instruction, to such Jews as are professedly inquiring after truth, is neces sary to give effect to the efforts made for their conversion to the faith of the gospel, and approving on the whole the de sign of the American Society for Meliorating the Condition of the Jews, as detailed to us by the Rev. C. F. F rey , b eg t o recommend the formation of a society in London and in other parts of Europe, to aid inquiring Jews in their emigration to the United States-" Having communicated these documents to Sir Thomas Baring, president of the London Society for Promoting Chris tianity amongst the Jews, and solicited his opinion on the necessity and expediency of the American settlement, and the formation of a society in London to aid the Jewish prose lytes in their emigration to America, I received from him a most encouraging letter of two sheets, dated Stratton Park, Feb. 15, 1839, from which are the following extracts : " Dear Sir,—l wish it was in my power to assign a suffici ent excuse for having left your letter so long unanswered ; my conscience would then be at ease, and not accuse me, as it does, for unpardonable neglect. One advantage, however, has resulted from the delay, and that is, that I have had time and opportunity of reading yo ur t wo va l ua ble books, 'Joseph and Benjamin, and ' Judah and Israel.' I cannot express how much I have been delighted with both, and especially with the former. I request you will send me here six copies of both works, and when I go to London, I will ask for the same number to be sent to Devonshire-place, for I wish my friends to have the pleasure and advantage of reading them as well as myself. ' Joseph and Benjamin,' which has been upon the table in my drawing-room for some time, has been taken up and read with expressions of delight by several of my visitors and, whether Jew or Gentile, no person can read the book ( I should hope at least) without profit." Sir Thomas then states at great length the many difficul ties he has witnessed to get employmeot for Jews during the 25 years he has been the president of the society, and closes thus :—" I have not time nor space in this letter to enumerate the many efforts that have been made and all in vain, but I will at once proceed to give you my opinion of your plan of a society for facilitating the emigration of Jews to America, and I will also at once say that, after giving to it the best con sideration in my power, it has my unqualified favourable opinion. The desideratum which has long perplexed the friends for affording temporal relief to the Jews, will, I think, find in it a solution of all other difficulties. As you have my good opinion, you shall also have an unequivocal proof of my sincerity. When I hear that your plan is in a forward state, I will send you a donation of one hundred guineas, with my best wishes for its success. I need not add anything to what you have so judiciously advanced (in Judah and Israel,) both as to the benefit and working of the plan, but I desire to ex press my unreserved concurrence." The Rev. H. S. JOSEPH said, that it was with peculiar feelings he stood before them that night, he could but call to his mind that ten years ago that night, he was permitted to make an open confession of his faith, and was admitted a member of the Christian church by the sacred rite of bap tism. Before he moved the resolution which had just been put into his hands, he wished to observe, that it was with much pleasure and joy that he heard of the arrival of his dear brother into this country from America, and who had just addressed them. He had suffered much persecution for Christ's sake, and he blessed God that he had heard him say in the language of the apostle—" Yea, and I count all things but dross for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord." The resolution he held in his hand was one to which all in that meeting would heartily respond, particu larly after the interesting account they had just heard from the Rev. Mr. Frey. Their excellent and rev. chairman ob. served in his address to them, that an institution was esta blished in this town, the object of which was to receive poor enquiring and converted Jews, to enable them t o rece i ve spiritual instruction. Now the great and principal diffi culty with which they had to contend was, that after they had been directed to the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world—after they had been received into the Christian church—and at that critical period, when indeed they ought to be built up and strengthened in their high and holy calling, they were sent away, and left open to many tempta tions, by wandering about from place to place ; and to get a living in a way which was not consistent with their Christian character. If then this colony be established, they then would have an opportunity of sending them to America, to be taught a trade ; and thus by divine grace, they would be able to get their own living in that state of life to which it shall have pleased God to call them. He would most affectionately ask their dissenting friends who were now in that assembly, " Why have ye not long taken an interest in the spiritual welfare of our Jewish bre- thren ? How comes it that the Jewish subject appears a sort of novelty to you ?" He would tell them, and in love did he say it, and in the same feeling he trusted they would receive it. " You read the New Testament, and you find in that blessed book sufficient for your salvation ; and because the apostle said, in his epistle to the Hebrew church, God, who at sundry times, and in divers manners, spake in times past to the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son.' You therefore come to the conclusion, that you have nothing to do with the Old Testament, and, consequently, nothing to du with the Jews. Permit me to say, that without a knowledge of the Old Tes tament we can never well or rightly understand the New ; for, when our blessed Lord said, " Search the scriptures, for in them ye think ye have everlasting life, and they are they which testify of me," He of course meant the Old Testament ; and when St. Paul, in his Epistle to Timothy, said " All scripture is given by inspiration, and is profitable for reproof, &c." ; he did not mean the New Testament— no, but the Old. Let me therefore recommend to you the reading of the Old Testament, and behold in it the blessed promises made by Jehovah, as it regards his people Israel ; and while all these promises may be taken literally, we would not deprive you of your privilege as God's children, but would have you apply them spiritually to your own comfort." And to his Jewish brethren he would say, " Ye cannot un derstand the scriptures, because ye will not read the New Testament." For all the promises relative to the Messiah, which are recorded in the Old Testament, are literally ful filled in the New. We therefore desire that you should read both." The reverend gentleman concluded, Oh, let us, dear friends, give them that word of truth which is able to make them wise unto salvation through faith in Jesus ; we would not give them a part ; we would not give them ex tracts, but we would give the whole word of God—the Bible—the whole Bible, and nothing less than the Bible. Oh that your hearts may respond to the prayers of the great Apostle, in his Epistle to the Romans, " Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved." The Rev. Mr. RICHARDS briefly seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. " Praise God from whom all blessings flow" was then sung. A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the meet ing broke up at half-past nine. LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING On Wednesday evening the annual meeting of the friends and members of this flourishiug establishment was held in the spacious theatre of their institution, in Mount-street. The theatre presented a dense mass of spectators, of whom the ladies, as usual, formed no inconsiderable share. Around the front of the gallery, and at the back of the lecturer's platform, were hung a number of clever drawings and paint ings, the works of the pupils, whilst on the table was a beau tiful model of a locomotive engine, constructed by a talented youth receiving instruction at the institution, but which had been sent too late to contend for this year's prize.—The meeting went off with the utmost e clat, the only feeling of regret felt being occasioned by the loss which the institution is about to sustain in their secretary, Mr. Radcliff, who has rendered important assistance, in raising the institution to that proud position which it now maintains. The directors having entered the room, and occupied the lecturer's platform,—JAMES MULLENEUX, Esq., the pre sident, took the chair and called upon Mr. Radcliff to read the report of the directors.—[The Mayor arrived during the reading of the report, and on his entrance was greeted with loud applause.] The report which was very long spoke in the language of congratulation, the success of the establishment for the past year having been unparalleled in the history of Mechanics' Institutions. The following is an extract : During the last year, 1760 new members have been ad mitted, whilst 606 have ceased to pay their subscriptions, leaving an increase of 1154 members. The number of mem bers belonging to the institution is as follows :-500 life mem bers ; 1526 annual ditto ; 100 quarterly ditto ; 636 sons of ditto ; 343 apprentices to ditto ; 473 ladies. Total, 3478. The following abstract of the accounts of the institution will show its receipts and expenditure ; the detailed ac counts will be published as usual with the annual report : Amount in Treasurer's hands in March, 1838 £469 511 Amount received in subscriptions 2994 10 5 Donation from W. Lowndes, Esq. 2l 0 0 Donation from James Muspratt, Esq £3684 16 4 Expended in Teachers' salaries in the Lower Day and Even ing Schools, and the general expenses of the Institution £2383 2 5 Debts outstanding 393 15 1 £2776 17 6 LIBRARY. A considerable addition has been made to the Library dur ing the past year. The Committee has expended upwards of one hundred pounds in the purchase of well-selected books. Very considerable donations of valuable works have been made by George Holt and Andrew Melly, Esqrs. ; and a sub-Libra rian has been appointed. The readers have increased in a much greater ratio than the library has been extended, and a great deficiency of useful works prevails. Nearly orie thousand persons are recorded in the library accounts as readers. The Museum is now nearly completed, and will soon be supplied with a fair collection of models of machines and specimens in natural history. The attendance at the public lectures during the past year has been great beyond all prece dent. The report enumerates the various courses which have been delivered. Their subjects have been—Geology, Poland, Poetry, the natural history of Mythology, the Articulated and Molluscous Animals, the Tragic Characters of Shaks peare, Chemistry as applied to arts and manufactures, Astro nomy, Painting, English Vocal Harmony, Modelling, and Pneumatics. Eighty-three lectures in all have been delivered, and arrangements have been made for courses on Chemistry, Annual Mechanics, and Electric Magnetism, which will oc cupy the lecture evenings till the midsummer holidays. LOWER DAY SCHOOL. This scoool, at the date the last report, contained 221 pupils, under the charge of three masters, assisted by a few monitors ; at present it contains 425 pupils, under the care of ten masters. Having gone over in detail the st a t e o f the various divisions of the Lower School, the report proceeds to notice two important facts connected with the discipline and management of this branch of the institution. It was for merly conducted on the monitorial system, and with corporal punishment. The former has been entirely given up, as it is found that boys cannot teach boys, and that the system tended to demoralise the monitors, as well as those whom they taught. The committee therefore appointed a sufficient number of masters to each department, and the superior effi ciency of the Schools having become immediately manifest, led to such a rapid increase in the number of pupils that the additional salaries have been repaid. With regard to corpo ral punishment, the committee found that, from the mode of instruction pursued, there is no use of it. The Pupils having been placed under the care of active and intelligent masters, trained to teach, and who thoroughly understand the art of keeping the minds of their pupils in a state of voluntary and efficient attention, they have become interested in their studies, and, therefore, have neither opportunity nor disposi tion to work mischief. The discipline of the school has been effeetually maintained without any punishment whatever, ex cept that of confinement during play hours. HIGH SCHOOL. At the date of the last report, the High School contained 157 pupils,—it now consists of 273 pupils, to which may be added 81 pupils in the preparatory department attached to the High School, making a total of 361. The English de partment contains 326 pupils in daily attendance, which num ber includes 40 pupils whose parents have declined the privi lege of having their children instructed in the classical de partment. After alluding minutely to the different depart ments of the High School, the report states that a Prepara tory School in connexion with the High School has been es tablished during the year. It contains at present eighty-eight pupils, who are divided into three classes. As this depart ment must in a short time operate most sensibly on the wel fare and efficiency of the High School, the Directors earnestly call on their successors to render it a department where a solid foundation should be laid for future progress before false systems had been learned and bad habits had taken root. In concluding their report, the Directors impress upon the mem bers their firm conviction that the tendency of the which this great establishment affords is t• develop all the faculties of the pupil's mind, and to enable him to attain any part of knowledge he may stand in need of in the future course of his life. - The Secretary then read the list of donations to the Insti tution within the last year, after which James Mulleneux, Esq. the president, addressed the meeting. It appeared from the report just read, that at the last general meeting they had 2,286 members; there are now 3,478. (Applause.) The number of pupils attending the schools was then 434, there are now 1,351 in daily attendance. The income was then £1,732, it is , now £7,253, and the prospects for the future are most cheering. (Loud applause.) This statement exhibits a degree of prosperity which the friends and supporters of this Institution could scarcely have anticipated, or dreapaed of. He commended the zeal, industry, and talent of the teachers, which had been above all praise. The state of the lower and the evening schools afforded an unanswerable argument, that there is among the great body of the community—the labour ing classes—the masses—a growing sense of the importance of knowledge —a desire to obtain it themselves, and a determi nation that their children shall possess it. It was the first duty of a state, as well as its interest, to spread education, as the best means of preventing crime. Late and tardily as the conviction of this had reached the government, yet thanks to a determined band, led on by Lord Brougham, it had reached them, and he hoped Lord John Russell would not allow the howl of the bigot or the machinations of the knave fora moment to divert him from a path the most glorious and god like mortal could tread. The success of this institution offered him every encouragement to do so. (Cheers.) If it had struggled on and succeeded in spite of all difficulties, the power of government, assisted by the good and benevolent of all parties and sects, would accomplish the establishment of an enlightened and comprehensive system of national educa tion.—Several resolutions were then briefly moved and se conded by Mr. John Leyland, Mr. J. B. Smith, Mr. W. Rathbone, Mr. James Riley, jun., Mr. John Smith, and Dr. Nicholson. The MAYOR, in moving the third resolution, expressed his high admiration of the institution, and his pleasure at the eagerness with which its advantages were seized upon by those for whose interests it was established. He regretted that England should be the last amongst the nations to provide a national and comprehensive system of education for her people. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) It is not that the legis lature of this country is insensible to the advantages of these institutions, but it is owing to that unhappy contest for power and place among public men which occasioned so much poli tical jealousy, and rendered the object one of the most diffi cult to be accomplished. (Hear.) But happily the people of this country have evinced the greatest energy in propor tion to the apathy of the government; and never was such great activity and energy developed by any private institution in promoting the public education as we find at the present moment. The inhabitants of this town have not been behind in this glorious work, and he trusted they would never relax their efforts until the benefits of a sound, religious education have been placed within the reach of the humblest member of the community. In conclusion he observed that there was no act of the council of Liverpool, that he could look back upon with greater pleasure, than that by which they afforded their support to the Mechanics' Institution. (Cheers.) The President then referred to the resignation of Mr. Radcliff, and paid a high tribute to his inestimable services. Mr. Radcliff replied in his usual eloquent manner, and pro mised to devote all the time and attention his future leisure would allow to the service of the Institution. The President then distributed the prizes, and thanks being voted to him the meeting separated. ROYAL SOVEREIGN IRON STEAMER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—As the paragraph in the Albion of to-day, respect ing the last trip of the Royal Sovereign and the Commodore, from Glasgow to Liverpool, is calculated to mislead the pub lic on the subject, I deem it my duty, as agent for the Royal Sovereign, to explain the cause why she was longer than usual on the passage. The Royal Sovereign left Glasgow on Saturday at 2 h. 20 m. in the afternoon, and at 12 h. 20 m. she passed the Mull of Galloway. Here, in order to overcome the heavy current, sail was put on the vessel. Shortly after all sail had been set, a sudden squall struck her, carrying away the fore mast head. As the spars, &c., might, had they not been removed immediately, have prevented the starboard paddle wheel from working, the Royal Sovereign was put about, with her head to the Mull of Galloway. Three hours - were lost in consequence of this accident. The ship then resumed her course, but, owing to the delay,she had to encounter a heavy , flood tide, which, of course, very much retarded her pro gress; yet, notwithstanding the loss of the three hours and the difference of tide, she arrived at the Clarence Dock on Sunday afternoon at a quarter past two o'clock. The paragraph in the Albion claims for the Commodore an advantage over the Royal Sovereign of full three hours ; but it will be seen, from the above statement, that, except for the accident, the latter would have performed the passage in less time than the former. Captain M'Arthur, indeed, has informed me that he would, from the rate of the vessel's steaming up to midnight on Saturday, have reached the Mer sey by ten o'clock in the forenoon. The Commodore, it will be recollected, left Greenock above two hours before the Royal Sovereign, and, according to the .Albion' s statement, only arrived at the Clarence Dock at a quarter past nine. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JAMES BREBNER. Water-street, March 18, 1839. MR. RAYMOND'S BENEFIT. —The benefit of Mr. Ray mond takes place on Friday next, which will be the last night of the season at the Liver Theatre. This circumstance alone will contribute to draw a crowded house, independently of the high estimation in which Mr. Raymond is held as an efficient manager and a first-rate actor, as well as for his personal deportment as a gentleman. The performances of the evening will include The Groves of Blarney, a neW.ln terlude, never performed here before, called Nipped in the Bud, and the farce of Honest Thieves. We congratulate the proprietor of this little theatre on the success which, has crowned his exertions and those of his company for the present season. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.—We beg to remind our readers that the petitions against the annual grant to the popish 'col lege of Maynooth are still lying for signature at our office, and we earnestly invite our Protestant fellow-townsmen to lose no time in appending their names. Every one who' ad heres to the name of Protestant is bound to oppose a national grant for the support of a seminary in which the abominable principles of Bailly, Delahogue, and Peter Dens are sedu lously inculcated. THE LIVER THEATRE.—We perceive that Mr. Gardner's benefit is announced to take place tomorrow evening, when Mr. Hoskins will make his last appearance. The perform ances will include The Rover's Bride, a concert of vocal music, The Man about Town, and Othello Travestie. Mr. Gardner's qualities as an actor will, we have no doubt, at tract a numerous attendance. THE GARDENERS' GAZETTE.—This journal is extremely well conducted, and contains a large mass of intelligence, which will be found of the highest value to all who are inter ested in agricultural or horticultural pursuits. The informa tion which it contains, is both of a theoretical and practical kind. Its literary pretensions are of no ordinary description, and will, no doubt, procure for it an extended circulation. The last number contains some pungent remarks on the extraordinary proceedings of the Horticultural Council. It has been said that a tooth-drawer is an unconscionable trade, because his business was nothing else but to take away those things whereby every man gets his living. LATEST IMPORTATION PER GREAT WESTERN.—" Ma, mayn't I go and play horse to-day ?" " No, child, you turret stay in the house." " Now look here, Ma, if you don't let me, I'll go and catch the measles ; I know a big boy that's got 'em prime." The parochial clergy of the diocese of Winchester have petitioned against any increase of their livings being effected by the sacrifice or evasion of prebendal stalls, or other cathedral emoluments. What will the assailants of the " grasping" clergy say to this new instance of that sordid feeling which they impute so liberally to the ministers of the establishment ? AELLOPODES.—A curious specimen of mechanical inge nuity, bearing the above title, is at present exhibited at the George Hall, Aldermanbury. It is a carriage for travelling without horse or steam, propelled solely by the traveller's own weight, and is the invention of Mr. Nevis, a native of Cambridge. Its structure is light and elegant, and any per sons may, on common roads, propel themselves at the rate of between twenty and thirty miles an hour, and on railroads it might be worked with incredible velocity. The New York and London packets have lowered their prices for cabin passage from 140 to 100 dollars. No wines or spirits allowed unless paid for extra. - • BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MARCH 15.—The stock of 13. P. sugar in first hands is now comprised in the cargo lately received from Demerara per Augusta, nearly the whole of which is on the market, and valued as under :—low brilwns at 605., low middling 61s. to 625., and middling and goody el low 635. to 655.; and as this quantity presents but a very in different assortment, and the valuations are considered high, the sales of the week are in consequence limited to about 100 hogsheads and tierces (exclusive of a few transactions ii) the sugars received coastwise) at from 61s. to 655., and one lot of Jamaicas Of superior quality at 665. per cwt., and which prices are again rather in favor of the Importers, as compared with the former currency, All the sugars now remaining, un sold are of the lower qualities ; indeed there is not a single lot in first hands fine enough to realise more than 635. to 645. to day, so that for the finer descriptions at least the Trade will be much inconvenienced, as their stocks are exceedingly small, and any supply of consequence cannot be expected for the next two months.—Bristol Journal. DESCRIPTION OF KING OTHO'S CHARACTER.--In res pect to King Otho's Intellect and character, having already over and over again stated that which is known'to everybody, and has appeared in more than one newspaper, viz., that his private physicians did sign a certificate at the request of his father, the King of Bavaria, which certificate was to the effect that King Otho is morally and physically incapable of governing. I may, perhaps, be excused from offering any other evidence on the score of his intellect, especially as the symptoms of the patient are so perfectly in accordance with the medical opinion. King Otho's address, the contortions of his countenance, his stuttering, his deafness, his silly re marks, his outrageous obstinacy, his preference shown towards the low hangers-on about lies person, his unbounded conceit, and his indifference towards his pretty wife, are unequivocal signs of his incompetency and his imbecility. So far, how ever, we have but King Log to complain of ; but when to his other defects a ferocity of character unparalleled in Modern history, is added, our pity for the idiot becomes changed for aversion to the tyrant. I have every reason. to know, from the very best authority, that King Otho, under the disgraceful excuse that the end justifies the means, authorises and approves of the cruelties daily enacted by the armed force of his government. He is perfectly aware of and sanctions the gendarmes in torturing men, women, and chil dren, on the slightest pretext. The thumb screw, with which every gendarme is armed, is an instrument made at the arse nal of Nauplia, and enables these wretches to force - blood from under the nails of their victims by a single turn 6f their hand ; but, not content with this simpe means of inflicting excruciating pain, they have recourse to barbarities until new unheard of. Placing their victims under millstones, passing red hot iron ramrods through the calf of the leg, pouring boiling oil on the breasts of women, and fastening wild cats within the ample folds of their Turkish - trousers, lining heated eggs under the arms, forcing rusty nails and red-hot needles under the nails, and tightening! the 'temples with a rope and purchase, are among a few of theinild,means by which King Otho endeavours to secure the affections of his loving subjects.—Greek Correspondent of a Morning Paper. MISERIES OF A BACHELOR'S LIFE.—POOT fellow! he re turns to his lodging.--I will not say to his hoine. There may be every thing he can possibly desire, in the more external comforts, provided for him by the more officious zeal of Mrs. —, his housekeeper ; but still the room has an air of chilling vacancy; the very atmosphere of the apartment has a dim, uninhabited appearance :—the chairs, set round with provoking neatness, look reproachfully useless and unoccu pied ' • and the tables and other furniture shine with imperti nent futile brightness. All is dreary and repelling. No gen tle face welcomes his arrival—no loving hands meetips— no kind looks answer the listless gaze he throws aronlia t the apartment. He sits down to a book—alone ; thereiio one sitting by his side, to enjoy with hi m th e favouriteWiffige— the apt remark—the just criticism ; no eyes in wlifeWto'read his own feelings; his own tastes are unappreciated in a: un reflected ; he has no source b u t hi mse lf; all his happiness must emanate from himself. He flings down the volume in despair ; hides his face in his hands, and sighs 0 me miserum !—Book of Courtship. .., _ 2 ..,.-.„,,,, ...", .-, „ '4 .. ,1 Air. " a ', / 7(....7.L.- /...,._<, -, 4: ", • i . ..,.:4:,-"-i- -," ) •• "wire •'--•;`•---;;;: ~ r s, ~-..,:: -...-:4 4 -,.. 3 V-- (tvaisuill -z -' \.- 4 7 tleinOrt API'. £907 18 10 Amount received on account of the High School, and the Pre paratory School attached to it £3569 17 6 Expendedin teach ers' salaries and Books Salaries & accounts not yet paid 502 5 3 £3229 4 2 £340 13 4 Leaving to the credit of the Institution.. £1248 12 2 In the last report your Committee stated that the debt then owing on the building amounted to £1500; since that time the Committee, with considerable exertion, raised and paid off the sum of £977 ; but, in consequence of the rapid increase of the Lower Day School, your Committee was obliged to fit up and furnish the entire of thr basement story for its accommodation. Additional rooms had also to be prepared and fitted up for the High School, and the Pre paratory Department attached to it. These additions, added to the expense of building a wing to the eastern side of the Institution, has caused an outlay of nearly £1500., making the debt on the building amount to upwards of £2OOO. The Directors have made arrangements for raising the sum of £l5OO. by mortgage on the building, for the purpose of paying off a portion of the debt, the remaining £5OO. they hope will be obtained from those who may become Life Members or Donors to the Building Fund. The Directors recommend their successors to use their utmost efforts to pay off this small balance of the debt without infringing on the annual income, upon the judicious management of which the increased efficiency, welfare, and permanence of the In stitution depends. The report then proceeded to give a very detailed account of the different departments of the institution. The EVEN ING scnooLs have been increased during the year from nine to fifteen separate departments, giving instruction daily to 560 pupils. The mathematical department has increased from 151 to 202 pupils ; and an additional mathematical class of 30 pupils has been recently formed. The mechanical draw ing class consists of 47 pupils ; the landscape and perspective drawing classes of 160 pupils. The classes for architectural drawing and descriptive geometry have been remodelled, and placed under the care of Mr. John Smith. The figure and ornamental drawing and modelling classes had been languish ing from the deficiency of casts and models. The committee therefore resolved to erect a sculpture gallery, for the recep tion of casts from the Elgin Marbles, and such other appro ved ancient and modern statues as could be procured. The building of the sculpture gallery has been contracted for, and will be ready for the use of the-pupils immediately after the midsummer holidays. The hope of so soon obtaining these advantges has operated powerfully on this department,—an increase in the number of pupils from 26 to 40 has taken place. The ornamental painting department has increased from 25 pupils to 36. A class has been formed, for affording instructions to our shipwrights iu the principles of naval ar chitecture. The English and writing departments, have in creased from 71 to 117 pupils. The chemical class consists of 40 pupils. The philosophical class consists of only 10 members. The French class consists of 40 pupils. The extra fees in this class have been reduced from £1 Is. to 10s. 6d. A class for the study of the German language has been esta blished. It has not yet been numerously attended. In closing the report on the evening schools the committee regret the late and irregular attendance of many of the students ; and they allude to the great importance of these schools, as a means of obtaining at a cheap rate, knowledge of a high and varied character.