The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-07-19 00:00:00

TREATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. °ll ace hi 41' the igi it.,4e Raft, the Performances will not t c o wn e °Poled or Quarter until Eight o'clock. Doors b - a V i arier Past Seven. Forthe b 'enefit of MA DEMOISELLE TAGLIONI, Th e ~ And positively her Last Appearance. __ . „,. TLast Night of MISS ADELAIDE O'BRY AIN. RIS And of Mr. and Mrs. KEELEY. , _....,.d a conlPtlesent FRIDA.Y, JULY, 19, will MY, in two acts, called be performed 411Sliaek, Air. x M ASTER'S RIVAL. At the end eoeflett.e fiTrsTbayetPeopleltahswteari,tse,RMivral, s. Keeley. GR AND PAS DE TROIS, From Sylphide 4 ladeteoiselle TAGLIOLNa I, Miss Adelaide O'Bryan, & Mr. J. Ridgway. , p ~At the end of the Comedy, 4 11 411 E MAzouRKA, • ty's Tb eat a adlle. Taglioni as Danced b her at her Majes t.. &Nit Zt'is,?ndon, and' the principal her on the Con i ,' th e most and applause. 'a which will be added the new Farce called t , ~,,,.. DOCTOR DILWORTH, u0et`444T,'“4,,,... (his original character):..... Mr. Keeley stie raworth, NIL Baker I O'Louglin, Mr. G.Hornca Ifterr4pilworth. • Mrs. Clarke I Zoe.. Miss Grant 114te d Sp a l • eh ' Madlle, TAGLIONI will Dance the cele nish Bohemian Dance As ktforn,ed THE GITANA. of s t by her with brilliant success at the Theatres 14,f reterburgh, Vienna, and her muoii. Majesty' Theatre, To conclude with the Farce of the QUEEN'S HORSE l'°4lTiil i.-o.s. ° 2 ', the B rewer of Preston. ... (the Brewer of Preston).... Mr. Keeley ~lhe II Mary W akefield.... Mrs. Keeley ,4 en it,_ °: ' Office will be open daily, from Tn unl T u h n ce s e s , Ili n.ices to ) ' etg ar aY be taken. No places can be secured . .1.., , 4.64 , Gallery,e Boxes 4s. • Upper Boxes, 3s. fin. , rlt hbc4', Is. ' ' 1141 or "" 3 be Opened at a Quarter-past Seven, and the . h arlee to commence at Eight o'clock. Not 4'MOISELLE TAGLIONI will perform at the ItwOloy 22entrYthael,lIrches7r, on Saturday, July 20th, and Manchester being the only Ltl:,ll.,PilaTc4iarll TheavterersP('''mn England in which MADEMOI t '"rely her•-..L1N1 has appeared, and these will be 4 r th r,op laastt performances previous to her departure 04 s.. Awe THE 1011,N1',,PRDAY—DAMON AND PYTHIAS ,• IN Potl 'l ,-, l l°W ; and HIDE AND SEEK. fl til j kle "-Ltt, of the Theatres-Royal, enagement Covent-Garden, N NIGHTS nd Haymark e t, w ill commence an g , on MONDAY next, July 22d. - ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. P li, —teic.nciauvrt 9 , f the unfavourable state_ of the Weather Yes / IS tv,z,tn,e GRAND RACE GALA will take place ,00t 04 vf,AING, FRIDAY, J u ly 19, weather . permitting; 'Fa ei tlimr next July 22d. The Proprietor begs to ‘4,Seuoisii.Exhibition is ' pn the most extensive scale of a '-------...____ %.r.. IC Lthtrpoot (-41,tanbarb. limAy 3 /ORA T ING, JULY 19, 1539. N I Fe a t We are to have the penny postage. This is a i , t 4 a i r ° o ° o ll, yvhose practical advantage and . importance I N-e, t , 8t impossible to over-value. It is, par excel h,, ,Itt Measure of 1839. ), -iie, to of "littlber happiness and improvement to countless 1114 41. 8 3-- sit Will be an aid of inexpressible amount to p ot ' Ol . very „ oweri g., "I classes of the Queen's subjects. f i ' l klie tB l e rea s°ns we heartily rejoice in this the first o t ot t refor , ros—the penny postage. paid 1 " every other benefit in this world, it must teel4,B . for ; and the old universal question painfully tter th aii ' oho is no one e qie ll! e-o r ski m Ping Liberal t Fr e n force-of the knows old t b etra- It', a . T o j etit l i eri good world this we live in, k g , ' rto spend or to g i ve in : • it's 0 beg or to b orrow, or hold a man ' s own, AM •,1 0 , 1 ,... At aRe the only real question in the matter ? Why, tti Nfi le -4 , iiine Whig, he shuffles and evades it. No NI teed d ig ever doubted that to pay a penny where tl erts, t° Pay a shilling, is a magnificent, practical t,s et of • T 1 elt i t . . T higls used to sneer at Mr. Vansittprifi tip Parliament Guinea, and Mr. Robinson's art d % e at:;Perity : rank humbugs were the one poun hrisoit the Paper budget. But what are they in com a4l local e Mr. Rice's boon—the penny postage—with . I'ly i t , teldable deficit, and no means whatever to s p , T her e ~ ' ll e co ulc i" 4 a fine Lady who said she wondered h any Nes ar gturnble about dear bread, when such nice Nes siol- e be bought for twopence. So thinks every t4a nlii " 4 " the twopence. A penny postage is a NI • il g tiling —for a nation whose finances can sup it i11ie . t,,, ; ' 4 l pl-'ltish Revenue cannot support it at'present. It kktiie ~,aocellor's business, before he consents to the 4 ce) t° provide for the deficit. Why does he not. ea, h Ut 't %hi t e cares not for the revenue. He is not fram- the,etita measures for the public. He wishes to have ' e Nti e ° I taking off this impost, and, with charac to Naeit . 1 th e . -) and candour, he will leave his succes ,7kay°ll9_lll,olll of imposing the new . one. He knows t kst ie lake s ` 414 31 1 , u 1 tiger be steward; and, wise in his genera friends with the Mammon of unrighte !qv Itllo,l, that the history o f the penny postage. Every body 1, it never originated with the Earl of Lich t':tr4ilid°l)lOdiv lays it at Colonel Maberly's door; who ti q iee) i, t aat the splendid conception was due to mr. ' ef °l . ll.l - , or c., Lowther was always a sincere Post-office r.. (1 41 4(1 : - ; Lord Lichfield never. While the comm . e n t:i patty, es of the measure, without discrimination ,7 1 "ci a i : (and, who says the balance of British corn 'Rill 41nuence is not essentially Conservative ?) were 0 g th e , piN oe , , Plan both in and out of Parliament, delay , ee I . t r • iza u „ ----woo, by their well-practised arts of it tst:lte ,ittlis)etaravlesd it off to another Session ? Was re et , of St. Martin's-le-Grand and Down i \V h^t et,' , 411 1? 41arlee had the question in this present Ses 14iklit h ave ' r • Hill might have written, and ,Mr. Wallace Ike in spoke n, just as the one wrote and the other , Ite tlld } i l the Session of 1838,—and the Chancellor : I tted as av e laughed at their enthusiasm, and have out l'itt•N their '-'itoplicity. But there was the unhappy ti, Not 4e: 144 d b e of May. The ten Radicals, whose defec sks to fe ar ellaStiSed by the resignation of Ministers,.. r. klootithey had carried the joke too far. SeNe I,,(t)tliedse°,,fiicial Whigs had turned restive; and, if the 'r fo re - e -4 , e Y . • Were to stand at all, the Radicals must, . : ear " r g iv e way. By the agency of our friend " the 44 4 % 3 : G t . which our readers will bear in mind we duly 1 144 11 Nt bed the at the time)- some decent compromise , °ll t l P l a i t b ehed up. The Committee sitting at the Pe'oao situl" must be brouolit into unison with the titi ty. i lg over the way in Conclave at the Trea ot..ll(ler b . o ,` - ' 4 q ei,..je" circumstances the Ballot was made an p , eth,hoci - 11 0 -..f,t0,n,, (Lord Howick thinking this the safest '' ''gr'e . ° ' l3° ';'itig the said Ballot !) and the Penny (i. 11141111 a% resolved O. Who can say but that the l ls •tic, ao ° , r °f ,the Exchequer reasoned like Lord Ho- P PNiti o 4 th°llght the best method of continuing his 'QPfj ? 4 to the scheme would be to bring it for -144(1 ki t ,: er, y ou , Wh -I ted b 1114 Y imagine that this is a mere sarcasm,. . . a h g, ,%‘, 4(1 discharged upon the base and faltering -ot e d alo, if t hot, ', however, know whether there . m l ay , thi o ..le rearnest truth , behind it : for, certain t tlio d hplizee C I s (). Pedlars had been contriving in his h e Iv, ow •te eluld • i defeat the measure h e ss atr eeti : most certainly . tk_ c oUld i s _ , ig to support, we cannot imagine how tv•Zeby ap;Lend.iainswe.red this sinister pursbetter CJI r i ll it \v, w l gto it the ridiculous resolution with INcutro acco mpanied. A p.edg,, by the House °ns I A i)i.4 ti l d g • • '''• Pledge to what? Why, to make dill e-ett !----vit'‘Out oili g thetns I ' " saying how or when, or :1.1 te of the e vei to anything whatever ! ! The very 4visin„ House of Commons obis is to see to the due i , ot le of 1 , ,, , ;(:. ic revenue : is , ‘Nki " °f the Publ. . this • - the very pre fe.ortlit th e Peer ll they are so jealous that they will not t e '"; . " Ili. B to interfere in it at all: to say, tloiere h,tqing, ~ \ i ‘r n ialte it good," is simply tantamount , oh e age, to 41 : e do not mean, in passing the penny_ 4 'l'at:a nut: r:geattelnsOur - 411 }, - Na er i ze . paramount functions; and Particular tax, we do not con tieegßar • 1"al bankruptcy." As well, if we gave re t i t t i v n e ii i :i i : t n e e ti e t i o 4 lo . old we say to him, "But, mind, Il i -* oui se l r _ 11, in parting with this sixpence, of N 0... e tes t of ,„ es to beg gary. ,, ‘7, - pose Vfi e 1,11:!Y po,to.ofne Matter is very simple. .- O .IW •- (` ' • there hostage carried ; - v}111 4 ., coll ies . suppose a deficit in the Reve be4, ' 4 lB, 1 „, a Dissolution, and a new House of tlik o i lon Ne 1 : hat has be'com e of the pledge ? The ilet,erileoe,ont4st niake the deficit good, " because a I ,:eetto ee a Ikti Friday) 'tis their duty to do so," 1400 gti. pi t do. e Pre e e din' House of Commons had voted attt:loljoe. Pledge Where, then, is the pledge ? b., l ed t., In 11 iteelf mere moonshine, it is however , Mere i' e L ti , it il fo l - v . er Y baneful constitutional consequences, litm°, trie,„l"an to our present purpose to discuss. - , t.: i• kis o f I 11 1411 . the kloo , e'e r i . measure have caught the wily b. 11 t 1 sw,,li ri hl5 °WII trap. They have seized the 'tt l' ''°Wed th eel --e pledge. We rejoice. that Sir . . ' . . P)4. Cel tj4e trulttei. ' upo4 r e co rd. in. al its proper bearings ; and the day will come when the Whigs will rue the subterfuge to which they have so shabbily resorted. Now mark the only real good which has resulted from this notable pledge. It has displayed to the world what sort of practical Reform you may expect from a Liberal Minister. Urged by the strongest of all pos sible necessities, the very hazard of his Ministerial existence, he consents indeed to promise : urged by such a necessity, what is there that a Liberal would not promise ? When the time comes for the perform ance, he says, " Yes, indeed, this is part of the Chan cellor's proper business, but I cannot deal with it : I must make it an Open Question : I will .bring it for ward, but you must take upon yourselves the responsi bility." This is all that, after years of goading, a nation can extract from a feeble Minister ! Does any man in England believe that Sir R. Peel would hold office for an hour on terms like these,—pocketing the pay; and shuffling off the responsibility ? The people of Liverpool are a plain and a practical people, and will read Mr. Rice as he deserves. Nevertheless, we heartily rejoice that this measure, in which men of all parties have long been heartily agreed, will be carried into effect. A heavy rate of postage is the only real tax upon Knowledge. With all our respect for our own craft, we thought the cry about Newspapers a disgraceful humbug. A heavy postage is the real Tax on Knowledge. By the way, a Property Tax would suit the Radicals to a nicety; but not so, we shrewdly opine, would it suit Whig Proprietors. The conversation which took place in the House of Lords on Tuesday evening last, with reference to the disgraceful riots which have made Birmingham a bye word of reproach, was very interesting. It exhibited the Queen's government in one of those positions so familiar to them and so irremediably mischievous to the tranquillity of the country. Although twenty-four hours had elapsed since the rascally mob began its work of devastation and plunder in the Bull-ring, and ,he peaceable inhabitants had for that period been in momentary peril of their lives and properties while an infuriated crowd was rushing through the streets, unawed and unchecked by the appearance of any opposing force, Lord ,Melbourne, in his place in par liament, confessed that he knew very little about the matter—so little, that he could give no opinion upon it; and that, although "with respect to those great meetings which had been held throughout the country in recent times, and with respect to the language and opinions which were held by persons attending those meetings, he had always disapproved of such assem blages, and had always said that, sooner or later, the language which was used, and the opinions which were advocated, would inevitably lead to violent re. suits ;" yet no sufficient precautionary measures had been taken to prevent an outbreak which the threats and violence of the Chartist leaders, within the last ten days, had rendered inevitably certain. The Duke of Wellington read ministers a lecture which they will not in a hurry forget. He declared emphatically, that " he had, while with the armies of his country, seen many towns taken by storm, but he had never seen, he had never heard of, such outrages as had been com mitted last night, under the eyes of those magistrates who had been appointed, not by the proper authority, not by the crown, not by the noble and learned lord on the woolsack, but by the Secretary of State for the Home Department." His Grace is not a man given to exaggerate. Such language from the •stormer of Badajos is pretty strong, and will sink deep into the mind of every Englishman who values the blessings of security and social order. What means the whining apology of Lords Melbourne and Lansdowne, that the accounts they had received from the scene of tumult and disorder were too vague to act with certainty upon, and that the noble duke had no right to assume that no measures would be taken for the future ? The Prime Minister actually went so far as to quote what he calls " the unfortunate affair" at Nottingham, as a sort of justifying precedent for the fires of Birming ham. That government will do something now, we make no manner of doubt—but we demand of them an answer to the question put by every hous . eholder in the country—why did they not, when the indications of approaching riot were plain and palpable, take such vigorous steps ,as to render its outburst impossible ? This duty, we should have thought, even a Whig- Radical Cabinet might have discharged. We know that they have a difficult card to play when they seek to disavow and discountenance seditious and inflam matory language—their strongest supporters are too deeply implicated to allow interference with this—but is it come to this, that they dare not or cannot raise their paralysed arms to check the brute force of an enraged multitude ? And, after the mischief has been done, and property has been destroyed, and the central town of England has been suffering the horrors of a fortress taken by storm, are we to be mocked by assu rances that vigilance will be used for the future, and justice will be nicely administered, and inquiries will be set on foot, and censure properly bestowed ? We maintain fearlessly.that under a Conservative Govern ment such outrages as these would not have happened. We do not say that they would not have been at tempted, but they would have been promptly met with efficient resistance, and every .man would have felt that the omnipotent arm of the Law was shielding him and his family from harm, despite the blustering of the ragamuffin demagogues who excite the populace to these acts of fury. But the evil lies deep. It will be said, of course, that there is no connection between Feargus O'Connor and Lord John Russell; none between the speeches and conduct of Ministers and the riots of Birmingham. We assert, on the contrary, that there is ; and we should be justified in saying this, even although our charge against the Ministry were merely that of. des picable weakness. It is the bounden duty of every Government to see " ne quid detrimenti respublica capiat ;" and if, from timidity, or inadvertence, or incapacity, it omits to do this, then it is responsible for every shock given to the peace of the community. Supineness on the part of the Governing Power, and excess on the part of the Governed, stand in the rela tion of cause and effect; and it is vain, by expressions of sorrow and 1 4 egret, to deprecate the' censure which such consequences drawn down upon such conduct. But there has been more than mere negative indiffe rence and neglect. The insensate mob of Birmingham is only translating into practice the lessons inculcated by the Whigs when they sought to carry the Reform bill, and every now and then repeated by them when they wish to terrify the Church or bully the House of Lords. While they are perpetually preaching up the power of the people, and seeking to bring into con tempt the higher classes of society, in order that they may attain their own selfish ends, and by cajoling the masses climb up into a station from which they look down upon their unwashed followers with sovereign contempt, the people themselves are determined to show that this power is not an empty sound, and with daggers and torches they put their own interpretation on the mode in which they are to exercise it. We can not exculpate Lord John Russell from the charge of having abetted the Warwickshire rioteys, when we recollect that in this very town, at the time when the Chartist ruffians were in the near neighbourhood utter ing their wild harangues, he, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, declared that he saw nothing illegal in the public meetings of Englishmen—(a stupid truism as regards assemblages different in spirit and character from those to which his attention was then called, viz., the Chartist gatherings)—and gave the countenance of Government to the seditious crowds which were then congregating in different parts of Northumberland and Lancashire. And the proof that we are justified in so charging the Home Secretary is this, that in the South-west of England the Chartist leaders have over and over again declared that they were acting in conformity with the opinion and advice of Lord John Russell, publicly volunteered by him in the Town-hall of Liverpool. Again. When we look at the composition of the Magistracy of Birmingham we can feel no surprise at what has occurred. " Set a thief to catch a thief" may be a very good maxim as applied to a police agent, but will never do upon the bench. What respect can be entertained by mob-leaders and their followers for men who a short time ago were demagogues as reck less as 'themselves. One of two things will happen when such men are made magistrates. Either the rabble will look upon them as still friendly to their violence, and will proceed with greater confidence to the perpetration of their lawless ne,e4 pr they WW re- gard them as traitors and renegades, and seek to thwart their measures for the preservation of the peace with all the bitterness of personal resentment. Lord John Russell sought to win a little popularity by putting such a man as Muntz into the Commission of the Peace—a man who, a short time back, was an active member of the National Convention—as well as others of a like stamp ; and the consequence is, that either this quondam Chartist and his colleagues do not wish to act vigorously against their old allies or do not dare to provoke their dangerous hostility. Thus our towns are to be plundered and burnt that low demagogues may be propitiated by this most wretched of miserable governments. Another point we must notice is this. Why are the military not sooner called into action ? The firm front of forty well-mounted dragoons would scatter the mob to the winds. A police force is to be cooped up within prisons and town-halls, not daring to face the infuriated crowd assembled outside, and the work of destruction is to go on with impunity, because, forsooth, Lord John Russell prefers a body of blue constables from London to the efficient services which a commanding officer with a few troops would instantly render. We would rather see soldiers parading through our streets as they do in . the towns and cities of the continent, than have our houses in flames and our property de stroyed, because the constabulary force is inadequate for our defence. On the wretches who have directly instigated this outrage we will not waste a word. We trust that the gallows and the hulks will teach them that'in England, even under the most imbecile of Executives, the law cannot be violated with impunity. The plot is thickening. The Reform Bill, carried into operation by the fools who organised the masses of the manufacturing districts, is doing its dirty work, and the tinkers of Newhall Hill, who were courted by the Whigs, when those tinkers were necessary as their tools, are turning again on their former patrons, and ere long they will " rend them." If the vengeance of the Birmingham mob had been confined to the municipal knaves whose treasonable and inflammatory harangues raised them to the seat of justice, although we might have lamented such proceedings in England, nobody would have pitied them—they raised the storm, and they ought to abide its peltings. But when the mob deliberately set to work to demolish the dwellings of innocent and unsuspecting persons—to throw out into the public streets the property of poor widows and others, probably their all—to burn that property, and afterwards to fire the houses, we think it is high time that such a state of things should be put an end to, and an immediate enquiry be instituted as to who is to blame. Mr. Muntz, the Don Whiskerandos of the Political Union, is now a magistrate on the bench of justice ? and it is said that more than one of the rioters have declared he ought to change places with them, as he was himself the leading spirit of the union, and the marshal-general of the sooty forces. Through the folly of the ten-pounders, our magisterial benches are filled with Muntzes, and unless new lists are forth with made throughout the land, a social convulsion is inevitable in England. The prime minister is dangling at the heels of royalty—his subordinates are engaged in the work of infidelizing the country, and doing thz work of Papal Rome, and the first account that reaches the government, when one of the most important towns in the kingdom is in a blaze, is through a newspaper ! The order of Jesuits is scat tered throughout our land, and much, if not most of our national trouble may be traced to their wily and fomenting spirit. Rome triumphs in the degradation of England, and laughs at the flames of Bristol, of Nottingham, and of Birmingham. It is indicative of a falling nation when the lowest of the people are enabled to bear rule; and truly when we see our seats of justice polluted by the creatures who now form the majority of our magistracy in boroughs, created by the Reform Bill, li7e may well tremble for the fate of England. The country seems paralized and unable to help itself. No mighty spirit stands at the helm, but discord reigns throughout the land. Distrust betwixt all classes—mercantile, manufacturing, and monetary distress—perplexity and feebleness in our national councils—riot, bloodshed, and arson in our streets ; these are a few blessings of Whig govern ment. But affairs are coming to a crisis : either the present men must be driven from office, and a strong government be formed which is able to quell insurrection and vindicate the law, or we must go on to a republic, and the masses must rule, till a military despot rules them. This town is so far, and we trust ever will be, clear of such degradation as we witness in Birmingham; but we fancy that if a mob were to pay agrarian visits to some of our Whig rulers, and Whig shopkeepers, and throw their goods into the street, gut their dwellings, and then set them on fire, they would not be so enamoured of what are called liberal principles, but would have a surfeiting of de mocratic rule, that might act as an alternative for the rest of their days. There are men in this town, who are. playing the part of Muntzes, and leading the pc palace onwards to dissatisfaction, who spend their days and nights in persuading the people that they are plundered and oppressed, who are the convenient tools of the papists, and who are put forwards (or probably thrust themselves forwards) on every occasion when those more respectable than themselves are to be abused : and as their conduct in the present day in variably leads to the magistracy, or perhaps mayoralty, some of these mischievous creatures, through their own vanity, and the unworthy fears or cupidity of their more respectable coadjutors, may probably, ere long, sway the civic sceptre of this borough; and we beg our readers to prepare themselves for a want of protection to person and property, if such should unfortunately happen ; for the late proceedings at Bir mingham are a convincing proof, that when political agitators are pitchforked into magistracy, the time has arrived when every man and his property are at the mercy of a mob. By the packet-ship Garrick, Captain Palmer, which arrived here on Tuesday evening, we have received New York papers to the 25th of June, inclusive. The Liverpool steam-ship was hourly expected at New York, having been out twelve days. The most impor tant intelligence which the papers contain is the account of the trial of William Lyon Mackenzie, before the District Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Northern District 4 of New York. The trial occupied three days. On the 21st the jury re turned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was sen tenced to eighteen , months' imprisonment in Munroe county jail, and a fine of ten dollars. Mackenzie, who was indicted for a violation of the neutrality law of 1818, conducted his own defence, without the aid of counsel. The trial of James Sparks succeeded. He was indicted for enticing a United States soldier to desert from Niagara. He was acquitted. Great preparations were making at New York for the reception of the President of the United States, who was expected to pay that city a visit about the first of July. The command of the Niagara frontier has been con ferred upon Lieut.-Colonel Eastcourt. The British forces on the boundary have been strengthened. Active preparations were in progress by the Texian government to establish a blockade along the whole line of the Mexican coast. Mexico has not a single ship of war. Texas, it is stated, will soon have three sloops, two brigs, - and two schooners of war, besides an armed steanr. This force will be sufficient to blockade the three principal Mexican ports Vera Cruz, Tampico, and Matamaras—at least they say so in Texas. The probable result of such a warlike mani festation on the part of Texas would be that Mexico would be compelled to acknowledge the independence of Texas. The news from Mexico is important. The reserve of the Federalist army, amounting to 2,000 men, under General Lemos, has at last had an engagement with the government troops under Cavaliro. A severe bat tle was fought between them at Monterey on the 27th of May. The loss was most severe on the part of Cavaliro, although both parties claimed the victory. The result was that General Lemos took possession of Durango and Santilla, and was marching upon Zace tacas. The whole interior was in arms against the government, and it was supposed that General Busta mente would have to quit his station near Tampico, and proceed to the interior. Matamoras was still in possession of the government party, consisting of about 1000 men, who, instead of rejoicing at the death of Genera), Mjia,.were ee 4iNustAKl with-410 v4lany- and cruelty of Santa Anna, that it was supposed they would offer their assistance to the Federal army in case of an attack, which was daily expected. On the 4th of June a party of Camanche Indians, 500 in number, attacked the Mexican residents on the north side of the Rio Grande, killed 30 of them, and plundered and destroyed everything they could lay their hands on. The news from Florida is gloomy. Repeated attacks were made by the Indians on the persons and property of the citizens. Mutual retaliation seemed still to be the order of the day. The Morning Herald of the 22d ult. states that pri vate letters had been received at New York bringing the intelligence that the French blockade of Buenos Ayres would soon be raised. It was so believed in the diplomatic circles of Rio de Janeiro. The excitement against the English at the latter place still continued. The money market at New York was in a depressed state. In Philadelphia money was scarce, and com mercial affairs appeared gloomy. The monetary affairs of Baltimore were in the best condition of any city in the Union. Money was two per cent. a month in New Orleans for the best of paper. Business was conse quently curtailed, and the banks required additional securities for their advances to plpters. The Morning Herald of June 24 remarks—" The commercial and monetary affairs of this country were never before, perhaps, in such a curious, interesting, and singular condition as they are now. The wild and unholy transactions of the speculators have been checked in mid career by the regular and healthy ac tion of nature. After the terrible and severe revulsion of 1836 and 1837, a clique of speculators, millers, and the like, commenced monopolizing all the grain upon which they could lay their hands. This gradually in creased and expanded till, with the aid of banking ca pital, they begun the monopoly of grain, pork, cotton, lead, and butter. This busiriess was enlarged so much that nearly every bank in western New York and Ohio, together with the State and Exchange Banks of this city, were engaged in furnishing the means to carry on the trade; and, for one year and more, they sent up the price of every description of produce to an enor mous height ; but the action of nature will cause a greater and more terrible revulsion among them than was ever before known. The- great disruption in the commercial world in 1836 and 1837 was created by extensive over-trading and the action of the Bank of England in throwing discredit on American bills and drawing back from this country into her coffers an immense amount of bullion. " The revulsion which will certainly visit a portion of the United States ere two months have passed, will be entirely of a different nature than that of 1836. It will be brought about by a superior and greater power than that which created the commercial troubles three years since, and one that can and will regulate the mer cantile transactions of the whole world, and place them on a solid and sure foundation. There is now a black cloud in the horizon that increases in size every day, and wears at this moment a threatening aspect. It hovers over this country—it extends over the entire States of Ohio and New York, and its occasional mut- terings are already heard." United States Bank shares were quoted at 118. Ex change upon England ranged from 9 to 9/ and 91 per cent. premium. We have been favoured with a file of Sydney papers to the 23rd of March- They contain much interest ing news, for which we regret that we cannot make room to-day, owing to the crowded state of our co lumns. The continued drought experienced in the colony was the cause of serious apprehensions. The late favourable accounts of the English 'Wool Market had added materially to the value of sheep. The Go vernor, in order to decrease as much as possible the consumption of wheat, had issued a government no tice, authorising all contractors for the supply of con victs' rations to issue an increased supply of animal food, in lieu of flour. We hope to give extended ex tracts from these papers in our next. CORRESPONDENCE. DISTRESS IN WESTPOR.T, IRELAND. [The following letter has been addressed by the Rev. Joseph Baylee, of Westport, to the Rev. Fielding Ould, of this town. It is unnecessary for us to add anything to the statements which it contains.]— WESTPORT, JULY 14, 1839. MY DEAR FETEND,—I feel so reluctant to trespass on the bounty of our kind English friends, that I have delayed till the last moment to make an appeal to their compas sions for our starving countrymen. The wages of a la bouring man here, are Bd. per day, and potatoes are 63d. per stone. So that those who have employment, are un able to procure more than one meal a day for their families. A steward over a new line of road in this neighbourhood, informed me to-day, that when he dismissed the labourers for dinner, they took an hour's cessasion from work under the ditches, having no food to go home to till evening. But the case of the far more numerous class of those who are unemployed is still more melancholy—huadreds aroind here are almost literally starving, their counte nances and whole appearance are those of men pining from hunger. _ The Rev. P. Pounten, the rector of this union, has, from his private resources, and the assistance of a few frie Ids, been giving a quarter of,i stone of meal for the support of a family for two days. Wretched as this pit tance is, hundreds of able-bodied men, who would thank fully take employment, have been crowding around his door from morning till evening to receive it. He assisted in this way 300 families yesterday, but many more went away unrelieved, We hope to be able to raise sufficient funds here to al leviate the people's sufferings for another week, but beyond this we have no prospect f ro m local resources. The pre sent scarcity will continue three weeks ; we are therefore compelled to solicit the bounty of those whose hearts the Lord bath taught to remember the grace of Him who be came poor for our sakes. Any contribt flow; will be most thankfully received and duly accounted for in the London Record, and iu the Mayo Constitution. Please address an answer either to " Rev. P. Pounder, Glebe, Westport ;" or to " Rev. J. Baylee, Westport." Faithfully yours in the Lord, JOSEPH. BAY LEE. Any Subscriptions will be thankfully received and ac counted for by Rev. FIELDEN OULD, Islington, and at Mr. JOSEPH CRISP'S Office, 38, Church Street. Subscriptions will also be received at the STANDARD OFFICE. PARRIS'S CORONATION PICTURE. TO MR. MERCIER, SIR, —An Unwillingness to obtrude upon the public mat ters with which they have nothing to do, induced me to take no public notice of your first advertisement, in which I am charged with an " unwarranted appropriation" of your painting-room during your absence ; it is, however, neces sary that I should set myself right with the public in reply to your fraudulent statement in yesterday's paper. A month previously, you knew that the Coronation Exhi bition was to commence on the 28th of June, amd, at my request, you readily rendered your engagements elsewhere subservient to the period so fixed. You purposely left town a few days prior to the arrrival of the picture, having arranged your portraits as you wished them to remain, and as they did remain until your return. You asked me to affix a card to them, which I did, intimating to the public, that "communications for Mr. Mercier may be left with Mr. Lacey." This plan you had never adopted before, although absent for ten days together. It was done in this instance because you knew that I was about to issue 1500 printed invitations (which you saw) to the public to view " PARRIS'S GRAND CORONATION PICTURE," and "TUE QUEEN'S FIRST COUNCIL," by SIR DAVID WILLIE, and that the Exhibition could not fail to be highly advantageous to you. I studiously made my arrangements so that every one must see your portraits as you left them ; and they were seen by between•six and seven thousand persons who visited the Exhibition, hundreds of whom can bear me Witness, that I anxiously replied to enquiries made of me about them • as you know, with some immediate results. On the fifth day of July, knowing that to be the first day of closing the Exhibition, you returned to Liverpool ; as the room would not be ready for you before three o'clock, I offered you the use of my parlour, which you accepted, and took your painting materials into it. I then, at your request, gave you the names of three persons who had desired to see you on your return to Liverpool ; you then went out, ex pressing to me your intention of calling upon them. While 1 was assisting in packing up the Coronation Picture, and clearing the room, you came in and removed your portraits entirely away from the premises, without giving me any kind of notice whatever; leaving a quarter's rent, and ano ther claim I have upon you, unpaid. This plain statement of facts, all of which I have ample proof of, will show how far I am justified in having characterised, as a "gratuitous falsehood," your designation of the recent Exhibition as " an unwarranted appropriation of your late painting-room ;" occupied, upon your own showing, jointly with me. I am, Sir, yours, &c., HENRY LACEY. Bold-street, .Tuly 18th, 1839. DEATH OF THE SULTAN MAHMOUD.—The Times of yes terOay announces the death of Sultan Mahmoud on the 30th ult. The eldest son ' although only 17, had b een d ec l are d o f age, and proclaimed Emperor by the Divan. THE WEATHER.—On the night of Tuesday, the barometer began to fall rather rapidly from 30 33; and from noon on Wednesday to six o'clock yesterday morning it fell from 30 00 ;to 29 55. This indicated a change of weather. Throughout the night of Wednesday, we had, accordingly, severe squalls, accompanied by heavy showers,—wind chiefly from the S.E. and E.S.E. Yesterday, we again experienced squalls and showers, and intermediate sunshine, with an at mosphere inclining to sultry. The afternoon was, however, rather finer, though still occasionally stormy. The river was dashed into waves rather unusual in the Mei._ ey at this sea son of the year. and presented a very animated and inter esting scene—the vessels under sail being generally close raefed, and the whole afforded no bad miniature of the ocean in a gale, We have hpard of go accidents ou tne river or 441000 00€144, ST. GEORGE'S HALL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—Having heard many complaints against the decision of the St. George's Hall Committee, which we are inclined to believe have emanated from some of our professional com petitors in this town ; we feel that we are only doing an act of public justice, both to the committee and to our success ful opponent, when we state, that we have seldom been ac quainted with a competition that has been conducted on a more straightforward principle, and where the design selected has exhibited more taste and discrimination on the part of the judges. We are, however, free to admit that many parts may re quire alteration, before being carried into execution ; and where, we would ask, is the design which would not need some emendation, either to suit the internal convenience of the building, or the local ideas of a committee ? We are certain there are few ; and, after carefully examining the de sign of Mr. Elmes, on Thursday and Friday last, at the Ex hibition-room we are of opinion, that as a whole, it dis plays greater t.aste, combined with a more excellent arrange ment for the intended purposes than any other in the room ; and most happy shall we be, for the credit of Liverpool, (although ourselves on the list of disappointed competitors), if the building can be erected for the stipulated sum ; but we trust, from the honour and integrity of the committee, that this important restriction of the prospectus will be faithfully adhered to. We remain your obedient servants, CUNNINGHAM and HOLME. Wood-street, 18th July, 1839. RAILWAY TRAVELLING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—It is a remarkable fact that the increase of railway travelling exceeds all expectations. I have now before me a return of traffic on the Eastern Counties' Railway up to the ]oth instant, and insert it here for the satisfaction of the proprietors residing in Liverpool : For week ending 26th June 6,388 /V 3d July 8,086 ff 10th July.. 29,492 in three weeks. Travelling on the North Union line is much greater : Week ending 12th April . „ 19th April lf 26th April 2,784 Week ending 21st June I f 28th June ~ sth July . 8,172 for three weeks. 4,059 • 4,011 4,092 12,162 for three weeks. On the Manchester and Leeds line the mumber is immense, fully 2,600 daily, and on the increase. Tuesday, 16th July. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. YESTERDAY. Before Mr. Rushton, the Mayor, Messrs. Hardman Earle, C. Rai;•don, R. E. Harvey, R. H. Jones, W. Browne, A. Hodgson, T. Bolton, and several other Magistrates. GAMBLING IN CLAYTON-SQUARE. Mr. Nightingale, Mr. Williams, Mr. Dow, and Captain Leslie, four respectably-attired individuals, were placed in the dock and stood charged with having, on Thursday even ing last, been found engaged in acts of gambling in a house in Clayton-square. Most of the persons were well known to the head officer of our police, consequently he kept a strict eye upon their movements. Mr. Vandenhoff appeared for Mr. Dow and Captain Leslie, and Mr. Wardle for 111 r. Nightingale and Mr. Wil liams. Mr. Crooke appeared to support the information. He stated that the parties had been arrested under the act of 33 Hen. V 111, chap. 9, which restricted and forbid all acts of gambling or playing unlawful games. To support the charge he would first call Mr. Whitty, who, on being sworn, said that between eleven and twelve o'clock on Thursday night he had re ceived information that at a certain house in Clayton-square a party might be found engaged to a considerable extent in unlawful acts of gaming. When he arrived at the house, the door of which was open, the prisoner Nightingale stood on the step • he passed by him unobserved, and went up stairs ; in the front room on the first story, there were a number of persons • it was lighted up with gas ; the room contained two tables, one down the centre and a smaller one placed across the end of the room ; on the former table were placed the implements (which were produced in court) for playing, the game of roulette; and on the short table for playing un deux cent. The prisoner Williams and another were calling the game. The prisoner Dow escaped out of the room, and Captain Leslie appeared not only as one of the callers of the game, but as a collector of money. He saw Williams playing with another. He then went down stairs, and on going out of the passage the prisoner Nightingale recognised him. He said, "What, you are playing ! notwithstanding the notice I gave you ;" he made no answer. He gave them notice on Monday, first by placards issued by order of the mayor, and afterwards verbally ; he made no reply, but closed the door, himself in the inside. He then dispatched a messenger to the Townhall. On his re-admission he observed several per sons in the passage and kitchen; he went up stairs, and found all in darkness ; on re-lighting the gas, he found all the im plements of gaming had been removed; there remained no thing but the bare tables and empty bottles and glasses. In an adjoining room he found Capt. Leslie and Mr. Nightin gale, and on the upper story he found a person- who he believed was one of the prisoners. Afterwards the Inspector brought up Dow, who said he was merely a lodger of Mrs. Courteney s, the occupier of the house ; on inquiry she de nied he was any lodger of hers, and he refused to give any further account of himself. He then took all the party to Bridewell. Mr. Vandenhoff and Mr. Wardle cross-examined Mr. Whitty at considerable length, but elicited nothing to shake the previous testimony. Mr. Wardle, on the part of his clients, here said that under the circumstances of the case, they should plead guilty, and thus become amenable to the penalty of 40s. each, which was the extent fixed by the act under which the information was laid. Mr. Vandenhoff, for his clients, also agreed to plead guilty. Mr. Rushton then addressing the prisoners said, that they had each pleaded guilty to a charge of keeping a common gaming -house,—an offence of a very heinous nature. The court required that they should find surettes, each in £2OO, by himself and two sureties in £lOO each, no longer to continue to keep a gaining -house, for the playing of any unlawful game. THE LIVERPOOL.—The Liverpool was advertised to sail from New Y ork on the tith instant. As she has now been thirteen days out she may be expected hourly in the Mersey. If she should arrive in the course of the day, we shall give the news which she may bring in a second edition. KIRKDALE SESSIONS.—The cases which were heard at these sessions, which commenced yesterday, contained no thing of geberal or local interest, and it is expected that as the charges are very slight and the prisoners comparatively few, the jury will be discharged this evening. O'CONNELL'S LAST ENORMOUS LIE.-O' Connell asserted at the meeting of Papists, held in Exeter Hall, on Monday last, that there were 100,000 Roman catholics in Liverpool, and 80,000 in Manchester ! We cannot say what may be the case in Manchester, but we are positive that there are not more than 40,000 Papists in Liverpool, if there are so many. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—We perceive that, owing to the unfavourable state of the weather last night, the Grand Race Gala has been unavoidably postponed until this evening, weather permitting, or if not, till Monday evening next. ' The exhibition will be on a scale of unprecedented magnificence. FlRE.—Last night, between eight and nine o'clock, a fire of an alarming character burst out on the premises of Mr. Pritchard, in Stuart-street, near the Clarence Dock. The premises were occupied as a timber yard, in the workshops attached to which the fire originated. The shops, with all the workmen's tools, &c., were speedily consumed, and the flames almost simultaneously burst forth from the timber yard. Owing to the great distance from the Station House, it was some time before the engines arrived. On their arrival a speedy and ample supply of water was obtained from the adja3ent docks. It was very fortunate that the wind carried the sparks from the fire to the northward of Trafalgar and Victoria Docks, or the consequences might have been dread ful, owing to the contiguity of the shipping. Notwithstanding the continuous streams of water which were poured upon the blazing materials in the timber yard, the fire continued to rage with unabated fury until after ten o'clock, when its violence began to-abate. The spectacle from the quays around Clarence Dock and the neighbourhood was awfully grand. The surrounding streets were crowded with anxious specta tors, but the greatest order prevailed. When we left, at half-past ten o'clock, the fire was nearly extinguished. We have not heard how the fire originated, nor what was the amount of damage done. HONESTY.—CaIIing on the printer—subscribing for his paper—arid paying for a year in advance. THE LATE FIRE AT COLLIIMPTON.—Upwards of £2OO has been subscribed for the relief of the sufferers by the late dreadful fire at Collumpton. A HEAVY Rm.—The Maumee Express speaks of a man from Connecticut whose wife is so fat that he was obliged to make two loads of her when he emigrated. A new and splendid county hall is about to be immediately built at Brecon. The plan of Mr. Wyatt has been selected. —Hereford Journal. ANGLING EXTRAORDINARY—A most singular occurrence in angling took place this season on the river Wye. A gen tleman was fishing with the drake fly, when a fish struck, and he actually took two trout at once with one hook and the natural bait on!y. Such an occurrence is not in the recol lection of any angler in the neighbourhood. MASTODON GIGANTEUM.—A fine relic was found last year in the Ohio, and we now have the details in the annual report of the State Geologist. This specimen was a head, making the skeleton now complete. The bones lay in fresh water marl, under boulders such as are prevalent in the sur rounding region. In Tennessee, the bones of the mastodon and elephant have been found together. HORSE-RACE EXTRAORDINARY.—Monifieth races are ad vertised to take place on Wednesday, the 31st inst. The sixth race, for one guinea, is thus announced :—" For cart horses, every man to ride his neighbour's horse; the last horse to be the winner !"—Dundee Paper. CHARTIST COURAGE.—The "National Convention" are a right valiant crew of patriots. Not long since one of the leading delegates recommended the chartist mob, whenever they came into conflict with the military, to "place the wo men foremost, for that then the soldiers would be afraid to fire." Most gallant men, these pike and pistol incendiaries are, frightened almost out of their senses at the arrest of Lovett, their secretary, they have bethought themselves of an admirable mode of, as they imagine, cheating the law — they have elected Mrs. Love secretary, and the poor woman is made to sit all day long by the side of the " speaker," in order that she may hand over all the revolutionary trash of the convention crew to one of the delegates who happens to know how to read and write, and this gentleman they call as sistant secretary ! THE CHARTIST RUN ON THE SAVINGS BANKS. — We ad vise all who have been so foolish as to withdraw larger sums than they can be allowed to return to those ins itutions, to carry back immediately as much as can be received at one time ; and to take the remainder to some private banker, by whom we believe it will be readily received, and in whose hands it will be safe until it can 13C wholly restored to its original place of deposit—a place affordins , greater security for the savings of the labouring classes, and a better return than can be obtained anywhere else. It cannot be supposed that private bankers desire to receive a great many small de posits, but they will doubtless consent to do so from motives of benevolence—to save the poor from being robbed, or from wasting their little capitals in idleness and extravagance, which is just as bad.—Cornwall Gazette. A WONDER IN NATURE. — On Tuesday last, as a young man was employed in cutting wood for Mr. Chadwick, clog and patten maker, Middleton be and Mr. C. were astonished at finding a living toad embedded in the solid timber. The external appearance of the log of wood, near the place where the toad was enshrined, showed no visible signs of any per foration by which air could be admitted, so as to sust a i n ani mation. The toad expired alroost immediately on its libera r , 4' 0 14 4 3 prifol4 , • - TOTAL ABSTINENCE FESTIVAL. On Monday last, the several Temperance Societies of this :own commenced their week's anniversary celebration of their formation, and have since continued it'withincie7shrg interest and effect. The preparations made were obviously on a more extended scale than on any former occasion of the Abstinence Festival, and the result has been proportionately gratifying to the friends of rational recreation, good order, and sobriety. On Monday public meetings, attended by young and old of both sexes in their best attire, were held in the Music- Hall ; Leece-street Academy ; and at the Catholic, Seel street, and Great Howard-street School-rooms. These meetings were addressed by the leaders of the respective societies, and by several distinguished advocates of the tem perance cause in the town, as well as from various parts of the country ; and the whole went off with spirit and effect. On Tuesday similar meetings were held at Ed=und-street Chapel-, Hanover Chapel, Toxteth-park, St. Andrew's-place, Marine, Watkinson-street. These were also well attended, and were addressed by several strangers in a very eloquent and impressive manner. In the evening a tea-party of the Howard Society and their friends took place in the Templars'-hall, Great George street. Grace was said by the Rev. Mr. Young, after which a hymn was sung, and a chapter from the Bible read. Jas. Spence, Esq. presided, and expressed his great delight to see around him so many respectable females, as it was in their power greatly to assist in the promotion of- their good cause, and thus to do eminent good to the whole human family. With respect to speaking in public, it was a delu sion to suppose that any one could speak more warmly or more argumentatively under the influence of wine : on the contrary, the sober man could speak longer and better with out it. Strong drink was the foe of man. God did not send us rivers of wine and whisky. Strong drink indeed (as he had found when presiding at masonic meetings) made men sing merry songs : but this was not real enjoyment. It was only a wild phrenzy, and in the morning the result was de pression of spirits, headache, and self-dissatisfaction and reproach. If wine gave strength, why not administer it to horses, who had heavy loads to draw ? Water was the best beverage ; water, sweet water, heavenly water ! He hoped this day would mark the commencement of a bright era for the Howard Association ; and concluded by an appeal to the ladies, who were so gifted to persuade, to assist them in extending its influence far and wide. (Cheers.)—Mr. Cork ran, from Dublin, in a facetious speech, called upon all pre sent to set the example to their poorer brethren. It behoved them especially to encourage them to sobriety; for the poor man, after his hard day's labour, had a stronger inducement to go to the public-house than the rich, who had elegancies and luxuries to resort to at home. He strongly deprecated the gross amusement of horse-racing, with all its demoralising concomitants—gambling, drinking, and every species of vice. (Cheers.) He humorously noticed the habit of drinking healths in wine, and contended that they might pledge each other quite as cordially in pure and wholesome water. Ire land would never be subordinate, peaceable, or prosperous, until temperance had there found its way : and the Duke of Leinster might in vain expend his thousands to improve his tenantry, if he could not remove the whisky-shops. (Cheers.) —Mr. Hodson, from Bolton, in an able address, announced that the abstinence party in Bolton had raised £BOO for the erection of a Temperance Hall. (Cheers.)—Mr. Grubb, of Preston, in a very long address, descanted with his accus tomed eloquence on the evils of intemperance, and the bless ings, both physically and morally, of total abstinence ; but we regret that we have not space to give his arguments at length, and to abridge them would be to mutilate. He was received with loud cheers, and sat down amidst enthusiastic applause.—Mr. Heyworth entreated those who yet scrupled to sign the pledge, at least to come forward with their con tributions. He knew there were many there who contributed largely to Tract and Bible Societies ; but all their exertions would be futile, without the introduction of sobriety amongst the people. There was more crime committed between Sa turday night and Monday morning, than during' the whole of the rest of the week ; and it was an appalling fact, that on Monday there were upwards of 180 victims of intemper ance brought to the Police-office and fined, most of them having been apprehended on the Lord's day. He concluded by appealing to the ladies, whose judgment was, he thought, too seldom sought for; for they often arrived at right con clusions, by a straight railway, while those calling themselves " lords of the creation " took a very circuitous course to reach the object. (Cheers.)—A psalm was then sung, and the meeting dispersed, highly delighted with the evening's proceedings. THE PROCESSION. The grand display of temperance force was, however, re served for a splendid procession on Wednesday, or rather two processions—one of the Church of England society, and another of the societies generally. It was at first, we under stand, contemplated that the former should join the general procession ; but this it was found impossible to accomplish, inasmuch as the Church Society had determined to attend divine service at St. Luke's Church, which compelled them to leave for their walk at an earlier hour than the arrange ments for the general procession admitted. CHURCH OF ENGLAND SOCIETY. This society was the most numerous, and, in their appear ance,—flags, banners, and regalia all truly " English,"—we should say the most imposing ; though sw do not wish to detract from the display of the other societies. The mem bers of the society assembled about eight o'clock in the morning, in Queen-square, to the number (including youths) of about 700. They proceeded thence to St. Luke's Church, where they heard an excellent and most appropriate sermon by the Rev. Mr. Lawrence, who took his text from the 24th chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, and the 24th and 25th verses :—" And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was .a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. And as he rea soned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time : when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee."— Amongst the congregation were many of the female friends and relatives of the members, as well as many strangers, friends to the temperance cause. Before the service the society formed in procession, and walked through many of the principal streets, with a goodly display of flags and banners, and accompanied by bands of music. The van was led by three youths bearing small silk banners, inscribed with the title of the society. Then came a handsome flag with the red cross of St. George, two small royal standards, and two flags bearing the royal arms,—all fringed with white silk, and the poles of each surmounted by a gilded crown. Following these a youth bore a hand some gilded sceptre, topped by a dove beautifully executed. Next came a band. The " Clifirch of England Youths' Total Abstinence Society" followed, preceded by a fine blue silk banneneo lettered, and fringed with white. The youths were remarkably neatly dressed, and wore blue and white rosettes suspended from the neck by white ribbon, also roses, &c. They carried each a wand surmounted by a crown. Various other flags and banners followed, some red and blue, and others red and white, including a number of national flags. One of the youths bore the Bible on a splen did crimson cushion. Another band followed, with large flags and banners, heading the adult members. These I :oked remarkably well, and wore favours similar to those of the youths. Most of them bore long slender staffs or poles, with a small broad pendant bearing St. George's cross on a white ground. These gave the whole a very lively and somewhat martial appearance, reminding the historian of the days of the crusades. We noticed a tine large flag with a painting of Moses delivering the Commandments ; also two flags of Moses smiting the rock to obtain water, very well executed. Royal standards, British flags, union jacks, &c. predom'- nated at the close. The procession extended over a length of street of apparently about a quarter of a mile, and was hailed at many points by cheering, and waving of handker chiefs from windows. In the evening, about 200 of the members of the sock tf, and a large number of very respectably-dressed females, took tea together at Heath-street Chapel. The Rev. Mr. Joseph presided ; and the rev. chairman, Mr. G. Gleaves, Mr. M`Fee, of Glasgow, Mr. Shepherd, an old life-guards man, who had been at the battle of Waterloo, Mr. Leather barrow, and Captain Smith, of the Naval and Military Orphan Society, addressed the meeting in a series of inter esting speeches, in which they expressed their opinion that the total abstinence principle was the only one which could be effectual in the reformation of the drunkard. Most of the speakers, too, dwelt upon the necessity of total absti nence societies being connected with religion, and advocated the propriety of their separation from those bodies who are content merely to enforce total abstinence, without any reference to religion. They thought that, to be complete, the reformation must be founded upon a Christian conviction of the iniquity of drunkenness ; and they therefore opened and closed all their meetings (as was done on the present occasion) by an act of prayer and praise, or by reading a portion of the word of God. The rev. chairman mentioned that the teetotallers of Liverpool now amounted to fifty thousand. The party broke up about eleven o'clock, seemingly highly delighted with the evening's entertain ment. THE SOCIETIES GENERALLY. These assembled at ten o'clock, on the site of the Old In firmary, and took their assigned stations in the line. The procession consisted of no fewer than fourteen abstinence so cieties. The precise number we could not ascertain, but we may state, that in the course of the procession they reached (walking two, three, and occasionally four abreast,) from the bottom of Shaw's Brow to a point near the top of New Bur lington-street, Mile End,—and must have considerably ex ceeded, we should think, 3000 individuals. The route was from Shaw's Brow to New Burlington-street ; thence to the Exchange—round Nelson's Monument; thence by Park-lane and St. James's-street, round a flag in Mill street : thence along Great George's-street, and up Leece street, to Rodney-street ; thence along the upper line of streets to London-road,—round the King's Monument, and down to Queen's-square. The members were throughout exceedingly well and neatly attired, and wore rosettes, roses, &c., in which the white was prevalent. Each society was headed by a good military band, and the flags, banners, and regalia borne fly them were appropriate and numerous. The procession was preceded by two youths hearing each the royal standard. It was headed by the sub-committee, six abreast. Then came the following societies :—Female Total Abstinence Society,Youths' Park-mai, Recbabites, Liverpool Tradesmen's Philanthropic, Jordan-street Benefit, United Total Abstinence Benefit, Phmnix—Music Hall, Catholic Benefit, Catholic Association, Independent—St. Andrew's, Catholic—St. Andrews, Toxteth Park, Marine—Edmund street, Howard. Many large and beautiful new flags were exhibited, and a vast number of smaller flags and banners, with inscriptions illustrative of the evils of intoxication and the benefits of temperance. Amongst the flags most conspicuous, was a representation of a drunken man reduced to misery, and boy carried to gaol ;—the flag of the Rachabites, representing a tent with an inscription appropriate to their order ;—" the flag of the Phoenix Society, representing Sampson in an im ploring attitude, illustrative of the 18 and 19 verses of the 15th chap. of Judges ;—the Woman of Samaria at the well, &c. There were also many fine Royal standards and National flags. The children in the procession were neatly clad ; they wore medals and white favours, and appeared to be delighted with the proceedings. On separating, the members of the several societies, many Of them with their wives and daughters resorted to the (lifer ent Temperance Hotels, where tea parties were given ; or retired to their own homes, highly pleased with the demon stration of good order and temperance in which they had been partakers. PUBLIC MEETING AT THE AMPHITHEATRE. A general meeting of the members was held at the above place last night, at which Lawrence Heyworth, Esq. presided. The Chairman, Mr. Grubb, and several other gentlemen ad dressed the meeting, and were very enthusiastically received in consequence of the mighty improvements which they very confidently asserted would be immediately effected by the universal adoption of tee-total principles. The lateness of the hour at which the meeting was held, of course precludes our giving even an outline of the speeches. This evening a similar meeting will be held at the same place, which will be addressed by other speakers. On Saturday, the festival will sconclude by concentrated meetings in various parts of the town. INTERESTING TO LADIES.—The preservation of the com plexion, from the burning pernicious influence of the solar beam, was for ages a desideratum in science. - Half a century back ladies suffered most severely from the effects produced by excessive heat. The rapid progress of science has happily brought to light a discovery of the highest importance to the Female Fashionable World. We allude to ROWLAND ' S celebrated KALYDOR — the auxiliary, friend, guardian, and protector of female beauty. In promenading, and aquatic parties, our lovely countrywomen are shielded by Rowland's Kalydor from injury: and their complexions remain as se ductively charming and blooming as the most florid writer could pourtray, and for which they are renowned throughthit bo wOrl4,—soe adVif ".7" SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL JULY RACES. The Liverpool Meetings have, of late years, become more and more popular. To the excellence of the ground, its convenient locality, and the good management of the sports, being added a constant succession of patronage by those parties distiriguished in the sporting world, who have the taste and the means to rear that long-acknowledged superior and truly noble -animal, the English race-horse, and bring him to the test of competition in strength and swiftness in the field. On no former occasion did our raoes commence more auspiciously than on Tuesday. The en trance of horses was unusually large, including many of the crack runners from various parts of the kingdom ; and a pro portionate interest being excited, the influx of distinguished strangers, versed in sporting science and interested in the present result, was also great. The course was in admira ble condition ; the weather, on the opening day, though slightly showery in the morning, was, during the "active" part of the afternoon, truly delightful ; and the sports fully gratified the anticipations even of the sanguine. Wednes day was equally propitious, and the sport again excellent. We need scarcely say, that, racing being considered a sort of " national " amusement or spectacle, the , concourse of spectators, not only from Liverpool, but " all the country round," was very considerable. Every description of vehi cle was put in requisition, from the waterside cart to the coach, the curricle, and the omnibus, for the conveyance of passengers. There were many splendid equipages of the nobility and gentry on the ground, and not a few "private" carriages drawn from their long repose for the occasion, which would have looked none the worse had they passed through the hands of the coach-painter. Some fine nags were also sported by amateur equestrians, and many more who should have been previously sent to the grass-field or to the veterinary surgeon. The usual amount of untoward predicaments and disappointments of course took place, to the infinite delight of invidious pedestrians. The principal thoroughfares leading northward were, as usual, crowded with an efflux in the forenoon, and an influx in the evening ; with this difference, that many of the parties, particularly those motley groups in carts, and other humble ♦ehicles, re turned sadly, though often ludicrously, metamorphosed by the potent spells of that mischievous urchin, Mr. Bacchus. Many of the poor animals who drew the carts, shandries, &c., returned so much jaded and worn out that they could scarcely stagger along, and were brutally laid upon by their merciless drivers. The lean nags drawing the cars were many of them equally overworked and hard-driven. The grand stand was well filled. The magistrates employed a strong force to put down gambling ; yet with all their exer tions gaming was clandestinely carried on to a considerable extent. The dupes who allow themselves to be thus robbed have themselves to blame. The following is a return of the racing:— TUESDAY. CROXTETH STAKES of 15 soya each, 10 ft, with 30sovs added. Mr. Ramsey's bl h The Doctor ,(Cartwrighl 1 Mr. P. Eastwood names b f Deception (Packer 2 Sir R. W. Bulkeley's b c Apothecary (Lund 3 Hon. E. M. Ll. Mostyn's b f Wonder 4 A PRODUCE STAKES of 50 soya each h ft, for the produce of mares covered in 1835. Two miles. Sir R. W. Bulkeley's ch c by Recovery (Darling) 1 Lord Derby's ch c Aeronaut, by Velocipede (Lye) 2 A MATCH for 150 sovs, 100 ft, Mr. Mostyn's Princess Eliza beth, agst Lord Stanley's Hoydon. TYC. Hoydon won easily. The MERSEY STAKES, for two yrs old, a Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, p p. Lord Stanley's br c De Clifford, by Recovery.. (M. Jones) 1 Duke of Cleveland's b c by Emilius, out of Maria (Lye) 2 A MAIDEN PLATE, value 70 sovs. Heats once round and a distance. Second horse to receive 10 sous. Mr. M`Donogh's g c The Friar, 4 yrs 1 0 0 1 Mr. Attwood S b c Cleanthes, 3 yrs _ Mr. Etty's br c The Quack, 3 yrs.... Mr. R. Walker's Kirkdale, 4 yrs WEDNESDAY. The SEFTON STAKES of 30 sovs each, h ft. for, three-year old fillies. Once round. Mr Allen's b f Antigua, by Mulatto . (Mason) 1 Lord Derby's br f Velocity A FOAL STAKES of 100 sots each, h ft. for 3 yrs old. Once round and a distance. Mr Mostyn's b c Hugh Lupus, by Priam, walked over. The TRADESMEN'S CUP, or Piece of Plate, value 200 soya, with 100 sovs given from the racing fund, added to a Han dicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya each, 15 ft. Two miles. Winner to pay 30 - sovs to Judge ; 2d horse receives 50 soya Major Yarburgh's b c Charles XII, 3 yrs 6st 61b (Francis) 1 Lord Eglinton sbr h St. Bennett, 5 yrs Sat 51b .... (Lye) 2 Fourteen other horses started. Forty-five degicared forfeit and paid 5 sovs each. The DERBY HANDICAP Of 10 sovs each. p p, with 80 sous added by the Earl of Derby. One mile. Lord Eglinton's b f Bellona, 4 yrs, Bst 71b Mr Ogden's br c Harpurhey, 4yrs, ist 61b (Bond) 2 Capt. Healey's ch g Van Buren, 5 yrs, Bst . The LADIES' PURSE, value 60 sovs. Once round. Lord Eglinton's b g The Potentate, aged (Lye) 1 1 Mr Meiklam's b c The Drone, 4 yrs .... (Templeman) 3 2 Mr Loy's b c by Liverpool, out of White Rose, 3 yrs.... 2 3 THURSDAY. The LIVERPOOL ST. LEGER of 50 sovs. each, 20 ft, with 50 added, for three yrs old. Colts, Bst Sibs ; fillies Bst 31b. One mile and three-quarters. Mr. Bowe's b c Hetman Platoff. H. Edwards 1 Duke of Cleveland's br c Kremlin, by Sultan Lye 2 Mr Fowler's br c Profligate. Lord Milltown's b f Medea, by Drone, out of Pasta 4 Lord Eglinton's ch g Zoroaster, by Priam 5 The Two YEARS OLD STAKES of 30 sovs each, 10 ft, with 30 added, if three start. T.Y.C. Colts, Bst 71b, fillies, Bst 41b. Sir T. S. M. Stanley's ch cby Birdcatcher Templeman 1 Lord Stanley's ch f by Velocipede, out of Roseleaf 2 The HOOTON STAKES, a Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, h ft, with 100 sovs added; for four yrs old and upwards. Twice round. Mr Ramsay's blk h The Doctor, 5 yrs Cartwright 1 Mr. Ramsay's br c Lanercost, 4 yrs. Her MAJESTY'S PLATE, value 100 Guineas, three yrs old, 51b ; four, 9st Ilb ; five, 9st 111 b six and aged, lOst 21b. Two miles heats. Lord Eglinton's b g The Potentate, aged.. Lye—walked over. COCKING, Between the Gentlemen of Lancashire, (Hines feeder,) and the Gentlemen of Cheshire, (Potter, feeder,) for 200 Sovs. the Main and 10 Sovs. a Battle. 30 mains, 8 byes. POTTER. HINES: TUESDAY WEDNESDAY. . . THURSDAY .. . . 5 1 THURSDAY.... 3 1 FRIDAY 0 0 FRIDAY 0 0 TOTAL .... 12 4 TOTAL.... 10 2 THIS DAY'S RACES. Very little could be ascertained at the betting-room last night, as to the betting on this day's races. The favourites. were " Hurpurhey," and " St. Bennett." The betting at the latest hour, was 7 to 4 against Harpurhey, and 3 to 1 against St. Bennett. The horse " Charles XII," does not run to-day. - A new serious play by Sir L. Bulwer will be produced at the Haymarket as speedily as may he after the appearance of Mr. IVlacready. Sir L. Bulwer has a comedy in preparation, which will be produced at the HaymarketTheatre in the course of the pre sent season. Balfe has taken the English Opera House, and intends opening it for the summer season almost immediately. George Bennett, of Covent Garden, is to be the manager. Mr. Hammond, the proprietor and manager of the Strand Theatre, has, we hear, become the lessee of Drury Lane The atre, at a rental, it is understood, of £5OOO per annum. George Bennett, Frank Matthews, and other highly-re spectable members of the profession, have a joint-stock scheme in contemplation for taking the English Opera House fur three years at the close of Balk's season. A great and just cause of apprehension is caused amongst the inhabitants of corporate towns, by an act now before parliament, which is brought in by Mr. Fox Manic, giving power to town councils to tax the householders for the pur pose of building town halls, &c. Surely the powers already possessed, and so much abused by the new corporations, are sufficient, without extending the means of mischief.—Wor cester Journal. Among the contracts lately entered into by the Poor-law Union at Stafford, the following will not be set aside by the Poor-law Commissioners on account of its extravagance : The guardians have contracted with a barber to shave and cut the hair of the paupers at 2.1 d. per dozen.—Sheffield Iris. SWEETS OF MATRIMONY.—We see it stated that a lady in a neighbouring state has applied for a divorce from her hus band because he would always insist on licking the cork of the molasses jug when she unstopped it. What would our divorce committee think of such a cause as this? asks a Hart ford paper. We believe they refuse a divorce unless the husband absolutely licks the wife herself, which is littleworse than licking the molasses stopple.—New York Express.. BAILIE CRAIG OF KILMARNOCK.—This heroic gentleman ran from Birmingham on the first appearance of danger, and is now ensconced behind his shop-counter in Kilmarnock. His constituents there are indignant at his conduct, and sp.mk of compelling him to reimburse his pay. At Girvan thN met and extolled the conduct of Dr. Taylor, sympathis ing with him on the loss of his whiskers, and condemned the Kilmarnock Bailie with three groans. They not only speak of burning the effigy of .Craig, but have already resolved to stop his pay, and transmit the amount due to him to the gal lant hair-brained Doctor. EXTENSIVE RAILWAY TRAVELLING.-011, Wednesday morning, three chartists, named William Ayre, of SouthHet ton, and John Walker, and Thomas Brown, of Haswell, hav ing resolved to ride home from the nionstration on the moor, free of expense, got upon one of the Durham and Sunderland Railway carriages, which they refused to leave. The train being put in motion, the chartists rode " free and easy" a little beyond Hendon, when one of the company's servants slyly detached their coach from the rest, and having brought it to a stand-still, with some assistance took the heroes into custody, quietly marched them before the magistrates, and had them committed to Durham gaol for three months.— Sunderland Herald. DEsTrfutraN (not) EXTRAORDINARY.—The mayor of Devizes has issued a circular, convening a meeting for Mon day next, "to consider the propriety of presenting an address to her Majesty ou the late vote of the House of Commons with regard to national education." " This address," says our correspondent, "is already prepared, and has been dic tated by the most pure and philanthropic feeling—a consider ation of the horrible state ofdestitntion, as far as regards edu cation, of a ma . ority of the members of the Devizes town council."—Devizes Gazette. FREE PARDON TO Two P RISON ERS IN LANCASTER CASTLE.—In our account of the recent disturbance among the crown prisoners confined in our castle, we mentioned in incidentally that the monitors (those prisoners who, for good behaviour, are placed in petty authority over their comrades) had promptly come to the assistance of the taskmaster, when the latter was seized by the ruffians Dickenson and Scanlon. At the late quarter sessions, Capt. Hansbrow, the keeper, reported to the justices that William Marshall Pomfret arid James Davies (two of those monitors) had not only been particularly active in protecting the task-master, but that they had voluntarily and unhesitatingly stepped forward to 'give such evidence as subsequently brought down merited punishment upon the ring-leaders. The justices unanimously agreed upon recommending, through the home office,-those two persons to her majesty, as deserving of a remission of their respective sentences ; and we have now sincere pleasure in stating, that on Sunday last, the keeper received a notifi ca'on that her majesty's most gracious pardon was extended to Pomfret and Davies. At the termination of the afternoon service on that day, Capt. Hansbrow read the pardon to the prisoners assembled in the castle chapter, and said a few words, to the effect that, if the visiting justices were prompt to punish those among them who proved refractory, they were not less ready to be instrumental in rewarding extraor-; dinary merit on the part of a prisoner, when proved satisfac torily to them. The two fortunate men were dischargel on the following day ; the justices having, under the provisions of the gaol act, granted to each of them an allowance in money sufficient to carry him to his home. We are glad to learn, that this' act of mercy has, apparently, producc3 a verysaitlMlT effect 'upon the minds of:soveral of tiwri• -s'bnf. 3 4 4 i —r "Pott4iiir fAtioro4,4l