The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-06-25 00:00:00

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C HARLES MATHEWS. formseilt T UESDAY June 25, 1839, will be per vu the Musical Dram'a of '` er iellich It 0 S I N A. 4P4/4,7,,iff0Lt.h,..e _fourth time here, a New Drama, called z sasde To. 14 4 toraes 44-41" NEVER WON FAIR LADY. rr.e.n.u.e.;a Mr. Charles Mathews, Vestris, ralta, writteand ° lll cli will b e y performed by them in London. the new 1 3 e y d k forr Charles 1 fifthe s Mathews,tie here, called 1:1144p PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. t, atter.. (his . . Mr. C. Mathews. hesacioci .original character) .. 4 41,4, e w ith, for the time -new and original ilti') ill Two .. ket first time here, a _ ream written P .etthor of the . s6 o l u n n te tr rsetV ire by , a D ,' entitled 'a ti et traie AP',,,, AAI OF THEI 4 FUTURE. p ° • • .... n a„ Mr. Charles Mathews, ° rie4 alsing‘ . * " " • • TO .... Madame Vestris, „....ko ßitrs , _their original characters C,te CoroneyW ( Wednesday), will be repeated the fa r,e So d Y of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. „tetr is ace, Mr• Charles Mathews, Lady Teazle, Mad. 4,, .---T o co • , 4 til t 1 ,„ nciude with the new Drama of a DREAM tt liw s . ~.uTURE. Peregrine Mildmay, Mr. Charles > UR'E• Walsingham, Madame Vestris. lie L. k,vtier To CORRESPONDENTS. die s ,,,,, e f ." Pair -Play" has been received. We shall LT''''ere -- ' e Inquiries i t thesubject to which he alludes rtie we c an Publish I l li o n -/id 141e r of Truth s an r a Justice" is informed that the ~ itlitt4: l . l he refer s to is undeserving of notice in any way Tl; t e lle ello,411," Qua do no harm. ert -- 01 Our Fathers" • head on the in cur next. . , s t . cl o f e Ballot shall appear on Friday under the til i ct . t , r of Se c t Extracts. . . deferred ti' m _,Prld a ,, ne of the Faction" is unavoidably ,•yet obit ridgy riv e ,„,lged t o A. M. iN ," bufmust beg to decline the 4Nr., extracts. We sha..ll be glad to receive anything . .:milat 7 `°° imaginative Ishrva ~. again request o .generally to write e e t :id e only of tilierircon•aeseprondeliles contrary practice ! I t kg er e ti e o to ranch inconve p ni l ence, and frequently prevents 11" co mmunications otherwise acceptable. ____. .__- - - ----- - - ---_----- 41.1)t ttbril3ool gqa/lbarb• TUESDAY MO RNIN G, JUNE 25, 1339. Ottr c i f _ in ‘si. t il ent • le' quarrel ju s t now w i th her Majesty's N e e, the ti rcumstance of their having recently . ~' 118 to inflict upon our readers rather 1 longer t tadtire:ga We can reasonably expect their patience o /t tto b.' 13 , 14 when the principles of Saxon England 51 lli at „' '. But in Grotian darkness, and the light h I hrp i l bid under the Ballot bushel, or the Church ilapd ill t he quicksands of an Infidel Education,. I ce t : c an only be raised in sheer despair of d dor il g I ,— the wretched Whigs. Time N . VOUI Nld hewe almost prolonged it to eternity,—space s a a ce to the Utterlyte inadequate, though we lengthened p it tt ade of a " Great Book,"—and, therefore, it ac according to the proverb, a " Great Evil.' )+teotliave been desirous to amuse ourselves (we wish , iltptisetlreliture to hope we were amusing our readers L t kli e . 4 ) ll by considering, for our sport, the whimsical , Na itto e L lit i nto which the Queen's most frivolous the 'At ; ,"48 contrived to place himself. It was d . N ti eti t p ° : t i , foul witch Sycorax to leave her wretched iktlcaltehed in a cloven pine ;" and between his ftl i kt 4 4 a tiv d e . e nernies, his faltering friends, and the ~ned besiegers, Lord Melbourne is doubly rei,, l ° a cleft stick. The most unpopular of . all ketiCole politicians, an aristocratic Whig; resting pilttlice, support on the most odious of all possible pre d',4),_4lere Court Cabal; driven from side to side eteilcuOlbuy when he gets into a ring of perverse 1 p °l°B who buffet him about, and cry, "no child _"ape t he Poor, old, faded gentleman, who . loves k,„ 8 0 a 4,7 aye as his leisure, finds himself in the h Ni e li r a t : tleas i maginable position. Jamaica's sunny ' f tellf ti° sunshine —the skies of Canada no cool, ltektlitag breezes —England has no tranquil home— rtklital 1 111: L diver ting humours for this most wretched 1 ,..t0 v u°k abroad he cannot, for the storm beats ZY e ' e r] ; I° °k at home he dares not, for the vessel is : 11 6: 1 : t he Pumps are refusing to act : he is driving k 'I; 1 141 - 13°Ies before the wind ; his timbers are c . roa de- Ittl kti en lights are extinguished ; behind him lie ol ' a and before hi m i s despair. L k tie t i llls a resign at i on because his Jamaica Bill is pof five, the radicals opposing him. With the s bymidons he compromises with these a 'llar a It ne entire surrender of all his remaining shreds ,1 etehim tlty 0 4 ,1 , 4 d 101 the glorious result. The Conserva b. 1 i n single fight, and the issue is a majo 'a a ete4ll Another great discovery is propounded, I kli • er ne of Education launched upon the waters d 4. 4tna tl e , , b Y Which universal wisdom is to procee '14qt:414-al N'i, n - lig depot, and men's opinion are to be °latep: on Uniform standard. But this vanacea turns tOttet.llclllan the last; for the Whigs seems to have for- 1 1 1114 ato til h , t i t i 8 easier to take an animal to the water aTitti, --Jake him drink when you have got him there. 5....,, l i ° • Veti. obstinate blind thing that human nature will ' tb , th eir choos e to form their own opinions and b ' t Oth -r owri children, rather than submit the one or . 411 ' , e k r „, tl)ll.l Y Lord Lansdowne or Mr. Daniel O'Con iN,,rlY a nd irl, after a great deal of " malignant men ''' 41 q. misrepresentation, (poor calumniated,. in- Li°talll Eg gs 1 sad victims of enormous lying !) the J a ri t y -,.,'„ucation Protect issues in another working 1 1 , 1 11' k6 ' fir , . Wh i have been the result of tkAtel-.4 division our atin r a e y ad•-rs will shortly know. t :lir; e r; l. i t rnay have been, we defy it to have exposed h-,lleep-,,e:ttg administration to sterner reprobation or •940 existreas to than th at w hi c h h as greete d its re- Nlreo " en ce eve r s i nce the days of the wretched ec'ospira , N et tl ie , . c). it sits the Viscount Melbourne most forlorn IN th e a Court in style and in odium—that Court N'e j oi e nlost unpopular and the least respected we t .,. °1 • 44 4 e , 11 in. this country for almost a century ; - Itt ) , 'en there faom the overweening influence he an hie oPosaessed by abler intriguers, the unlucky elves -111 fal Ivrt b linded ambition • caught in the web of his l ia llay ell il d °°(l B ; and finding L authority that he cannot e 4 t ecl to ° Wed wi t h mo r e spirit and resolution than 10 on O n; and fi rm l y believing all that he has so fip.letup Y whispered of Whig popularity, and resolved lop, t3tlthese impressions to his own most utter con . - ~,k il Y f e - : th e Prime Minister (will lie ? won't he ?) is in 3, 711 a ;I' a forced Dissolution. Go to the People, : eati nn ° , iee t° which he dares but listen, and to whom I hie 0 - ‘ ,... re PIY, I dare not—it would be utter ruin ; :til t his la `vn reiterated falsehoods have foreclosed him. 44 1 y „bYrinth of his own contrivance he is hope :kep I ta ugled : he has fallen into his own net : he is tb_ hil e tici ll e th e !, B nare he laid privily for others. Mean ex kr.L.. xtortionate Radicals apply the galling goad; •c, ,•,tutio , i l , til ltel la , ll supplanter of the falling and fading fa- R Democrats ctive backing from these restless, schem -1114 theytwined draw closer and closer every cord 47tCop ti e , . about the Premier's limbs. He turns in i e orvaillr towards his enemies ; but they will have , 11 )P ea v ,, 1 , 1 ! 1 He tries to provoke them, that they ' °l le- ' win from his perplexities by crushing him 44 h ; 11 h th e t a t z e i ep lit i.4 t i: - - edi e si y i know better. He will not .catch Illvith salt and Chaff He will entrap -my. Fii _ .. gton into no factious hostility, nor 1) 1 1 : 0 1 evtotlite i , o.oof.htehrte Peel into any well-laid ambush. The Conservatives is the most cruel and help 11 411 ( 1 11 g feature of the whole. ']'hey will not stretch ' et), l l4 i tlet e lt a h h er to or to strike. The Radicals keep "elty , - ° lre the flood, and, with a refinement of " there they hoist him To cry to the sea that roars to him : to sigh To the winds, whose pity, Atio th 11)°es him but loving wrong." with sighing back again on with f1 t ., 1, e great Conservative opposition loo . k . s s ttr0.14114 inerely takes care that in these•hi q,,' e ' he perpetrates no lasting 414 r have never aQN4 eaders will bear us witness that we mischief. i tl lat N e i ti , 441 Melbourne of what his friend men ktIN by calls " prudery," and less eloquent But Mr. Tho- N n 1 ! the more c ommon ' name of principle. as thi li il7rd Melbourne does not like such badgering gl ad if a nd we are firmly convinced would be heartily to the tt ai . he entlid make his escape. He is fastenedh ove_ tile ''e, and he tries to cut Ms stick. Like a S 11. 8. ha he is exposed to missiles in all ri • 'as draw n a Highsurrounded Personage qtlt.„ esser ladies, who sing " Can't get direct r b io y ns a . ual in chorus jkl4 ic.l. ll4t we sincerely believe he might with eq _ th. ' gave made the indeed, great First Fribble the centre of d ring. We have very little doubt br eak .1 is pd Highness of the Palace couldpeer of i)ar'iiiiespell-bound web at once, stand free as a r e a t tia ti of rat, and breathe the air of Heaven ik a 4itliter"is owtt Power and will, he would be neither such ..‘l'4Y ekit nova a Whig. But we trust there her e . store for the Premier of Lichfield House . IV, te is a s , all this. is no A - l'ejOlef, , 'ern and satisfactory justice in . e 414 - see the Unrighteous frame o f whigg rY . 414cY "inking slowly in the co4sl-illg fir? We care not to expedite the end, and shorten the just torment. Let it burn on, a beacon-flame, and be for ever branded in black characters upon the darkest page of History. Hereafter we shall discuss some of the unenviable peculiarities which beset Lord Mel bourne's elevation. There is amusement and instruc tion enough in this matter for many an essay ; but, like the boys and the frogs, in iEsop's fable, what is good sport for a stout Conservative, is very poor fun indeed for Melbourne and his motley men. The proceedings of the House of Commons in the late question of their privileges are deserving of deep and serious reflection. When, on the debate upon the Ballot last Tuesday evening, an honourable Mem ber gave utterance to the words that " the worst of despotisms was that which worked with the machinery of Freedom," the sentiment was vociferously and emu lously cheered by both sides of the House. It would have been well if the Commons of England had at that moment considered how far their late conduct entitled them to applaud so just and generous an ex pression. We would speak on this subject with un feigned respect for the motives and intentions of those who have most prominently stood forward on a late occasion as the champions of privilege. These mo tives and intentions, it is impossible, in the case of all those who spoke and voted on the question, to miscon strue. When we see some of the most illustrious names in Parliament—to which we are wont to look up with reverence, as the wise and fearless asserters of the genuine principles of Constitutional law—united with those whose characters and principles afford us no guarantee for their honesty or truth, we may well pause and repress the indignation we feel at what we cannot but consider a strange and portentous anomaly. If such men as Sir Robert Peel, Lord Stanley, Mr. Williams Wynne, and Sir William Follett, enlightened statesmen and constitutional lawyers, lend the high sanction of their approval to acts which we consider tyrannous and oppressive, we are almost tempted to stifle our convictions, and withdraw ourselves from what may seem to be a vain and hopeless opposition. But we have a duty to perform towards our fellow countrymen which may not be neglected. The press of England may not, without abandoning its high office, be silent when, in proportion to the weight of the authority arrayed in support of dangerous preten sions, the difficulty of combatting and defeating them is increased. If the House of Commons, the legiti mate depository of Freedom, and chosen temple of popular rights, assumes an attitude which menaces the liberty of the subject, then we must no longer be deceived or blinded by a name however specious, but boldly unmask the sophistries by which such conduct is attempted to be vindicated, and point out to our countrymen the danger of allowing them to be esta blished. But " quis custodiet ipsos custodes ?" Who is to control the voice of the people of England speak ing through their representatives ? We answer, that in this case they do not speak the sense of the people of England—that the sympathies of the mighty multi tude, which has delegated to them the sacred trust of legislation, in this instance are not with them ; and that Public Opinion must control them, if they arro gate to themselves novel and unconstitutional powers. There are occasions when the Crown ought to be watched with less suspicious jealousy than the Parlia ment, and when each of us may say with Junius, " As I would have resisted prerogative in the last cen tury, so I will resist privilege in this." How stand the facts ? The House of Commons has been engaged in an impotent contest with the Judges of the land. " Bella yeri placuit nullos habi tura triUmphos." Out of the House there was hardly one single person, competent to understand the ques tion, whose heart did not echo back the generous and noble sentiments of the Chief Justice of England. This it was which checked the anger and paralysed the arm of the offended Parliament. From long habit —from old associations—from that esprit de corps which operates so strongly in influencing the human mind, many Members of the House of Commons, whose conduct on all other occasions springs from a liberal and enlightened policy, could only see in the late struggle an attempt to curtail what they believed to be their inherent and necessary privileges, and over looked the grievous injustice with which they sought to bear down the Law, and deprive an individual, who was aggrieved by their attack, of the shield of its pro tection. We may, indeed, lament that such a battle was fought by such 'a champion, but this only tests the strength and justice of the cause ; and, while we refuse our sympathies to the man who is known only as the low pander to Vice, we may congratulate our selves that we live under a system of laws so righte ously administered, that neither favour, nor fear, nor hate sways for one moment the breasts of those who occupy the Judgment-seat. That every Court of competent jurisdiction should have certain privileges attached to it, is undeniably true. 'Without this its functions could not be carried on, and it would sink into insignificance. Amongst these the power of committing for contempt is one of the most necessary. Neither ought one Court to in terfere with another in the assertion of its known and undoubted privileges. This would introduce the evil of clashing jurisdictions, and exhibit the unseemly spectacle of two Courts, of concurrent powers and authority, refusing to each other the means of en forcing their respective decrees. But the privileges claimed must be such as are requisite for the due performance of the functions of the Court. Beyond this it can make no claim; for no necessity demands, and reason denounces it. If for one moment we admit that a Court of Law can go beyond this limit, no mat ter in how trifling a degree, then we recognise the existence of an arbitrary and irresponsible tribunal, since the times of the Star Chamber unknown in this free land, and whose motto in reality would be that of autocratic tyranny : " Sic volo, sic jubeo ; stet pro ratione voluntas." The whole question lies in a narrow compass. Was the privilege, so recently claimed and still asserted by the House of Commons, essential to the due perform ance of its legitimate functions ? Is it right and equi table that that House should enjoy what Mr. Justice Coleridge aptly called "A MONOPOLY OF SLANDER"? If so, then, while we mourn over so fatal a necessity, we will not murmur against its exercise, and acquiesce in an anomaly which infuses its bitter into the cup of Freedom. But happily no such a necessity does exist, and it is a confusion of thought upon this point which has precipitated the House of Commons upon what we cannot but think its ill-advised and erroneous course. And it may well seem strange, that one of the two Houses of Parliament should assert that the publication and sale of Reports drawn up by its Com mittees are essential to the due exercise of its functions, while at the same time it denounces as a breach of privilege the publication of the Speeches of its Mem bers ; and, in theory at least, by one of its standing orders, expressly forbids the presence of strangers at its debates. There is not an Editor of a newspaper in this kingdom who might not at any moment be sum moned to the bar of the House of Commons, and re primanded and imprisoned, for informing the Consti tuencies of the Empire of the mode in which their Representatives had discharged the trust committed to them in Parliament. In theory at least, the sittings of that House are as secret, and the spoken sentiments of its Members as unknown, as those of the Council of Ten were at Venice, or of the dark conclave of the Inquisition in Spain. It is admitted by all—and by Lord Denman expressly in his late admirable judg ment—that the printing Reports for the private use of Members of Parliament, the circulation being confined to them, cannot render the House amenable for a libel. And the reason for this is plain. Such a limited dis triimtion is necessary for the due information of the Members, in order that they may exercise their proper functions of legislation ; but this is no more a publi cation, in point of principle, than what takes place in every instance of what is familiarly known to lawyers as a privileged communication. But it is said that placing these printed papers in the hands of six hun dred gentlemen, who, when the Session of Parliament is over, are scattered over all parts of the kingdom, is equivalent to exposing them to sale, and publishing them in every shop in the country. This we wholly deny in fact, and in theory the proposition is untena ble. Such an argument would be scattered to the winds in a Court of Law, for there it would be pre sumed that the use made of them was strictly for pri vate information, in order more effectually to attain certain public ends, But precedents can be found which appear to justify 41c14 A course, To be Sure they can: and for what illegal and arbitrary conduct does not English History afford a precedent ? When seven of the twelve Judges gave judgment for the Crown in the case of Ship-money, they did not lack precedents for their decision, by " shaking off the dust of ages from parchments in the Tower." We quote the words of Mr. Hallam. But we have only touched on this most important subject. We shall take an early opportunity of returning to it, when we hope to demonstrate that the Judges of the Queen's Bench have been right and wise in their resistance to an un just usurpation on the part of the House of Commons. Last night, in spite of the almost overwhelming op position of the conservatives in the House of Com mons—in spite of the unequivocal condemnation of probably a million and a half of the adult population of Great Britain—the " degraded ministry" intended to call upon the House of Commons for a vote of money in support of their Popish and Socinian scheme of national education. Was there ever seen an instance of such reckless disregard of that popular voice to which those pinks of consistency, the Whigs, have always professed to pay such unhesitating deference ? Was there ever witnessed so gross and flagrant an in sult to the Protestant population of this kingdom ? Was there ever beheld so so humiliating a spectacle as that exhibited by Lord John Russell and his coad jutors in their abject truckling to the Popish and infidel factions ? Well, indeed, might Lord Duncannon pro nounce the present ministry "degraded." Dragged as they are through the filthy quagmires of expediency, chained to the triumphal chariot of O'Connell, they are contemplated as a warning example to mankind of the awful depths of infamy to which men may descend when they sacrifice principle to a selfish love of power. It is asked with astonishment, by every man who has the slightest regard for consistency of character, whether it is really conceivable that the whigs will per sist in demanding a vote of the public money in order to propagate popery and infidelity, in the face of such a powerful opposition as that which they have to en counter. It is but reasonable to propose such a ques tion. A majority of five on the Jamaica question—a question of third-rate importance—a question affecting the interests of a small and remote appendage to the British crown—caused them to abandon their offices, and to declare most emphatically that they " had lost the confidence of the country." With a majority of five again on a question of first-rate and vital importance —affecting the temporal and eternal interests, not only of the millions who now inhabit this island, but of generations yet unborn—on this question, with such an insignificant majority, they have the audacity to urge forward a measure upon which the brand of public re probation has been indelibly impressed. Such unparal leled impudence cannot escape unpunished. The reli gious feeling of the country cannot be thus set at defi ance with impunity. The whig ministry will yet find this education scheme to be the mill-stone around their necks, which shall sink them irretrievably in the gulph of political perdition. Since our last we have had three arrivals from the United States. On Saturday the Columbus, Captain Cropper, the packet of the Ist instant, arrived; and, a few hours aftenvards, the new ship Rochester, Capt. Woodhouse, which sailed on the 6th instant, reached the Mersey, having had a passage of only sixteen days. Yesterday the George Washington, Captain Henry Holdrege, the packet of the 7th instant, arrived. The Great Western arrived at New York on the Ist instant, after accomplishing the outward passage in the incredibly short space of thirteen days and seven hours. The passengers describe the voyage as " a pleasure trip"—so smooth was the sea, and so favour ing the winds. The most important news in the New York papers is that from Mexico. By an arrival at New Orleans intelligence had been received from Vera Cruz to the 16th ultimo, giving further particulars of the battle which had taken place between the central and federal forces, in which the government troops were victorious. The action took place six leagues from Pueblo, at a place called Necarigo. General Mejia, with a thousand men, attacked the enemy. The government troops consisted of 2,500 men, under General Valencia. The action' commenced on the 7th ultimo, at four o'clock, and lasted till ten o'clock, a.m., during the whole of which period General Mejia fought with the most undaunted bravery, having taken the artillery of the enemy no less than three times, which was afterwards retaken. When on the point of gaining a victory, he was attacked in the rear by Santa Anna, who had just arrived with 1,400 men from Pueblo. His sudden and impetuous attack thre /v the federalists into confu sion, from which they could not be rallied. They fled in all directions, leaving their commander, Mejia, a prisoner in the hands of the centralists. He was im mediately ordered by Santa Anna to be shot, and the sentence was executed without delay. The loss on either side was not ascertained. According to the accounts of the federal party, Mejia died like a hero. The news from Canada is of very little importance. The papers are occupied with comments on the cap ture of the American schooner by Colonel Fraser, the particulars of which we mentioned last week. Some skirmishing seems to have taken place on the " dis puted territory" between rival parties of timber-cutters, but nothing likely to lead to any serious rupture. From the United States there is little political news of importance. The Florida war, in which the govern ment had been engaged with the Indians, had termi nated satisfactorily. The commercial intelligence from New York is, on the whole, rather unfavourable. The Morning Herald of the 7th instant states that money was very scarce, and that it must so continue until some regular system is adopted by the banks, and harmony and mutual confidence is in some degree restored. Some little anxiety had been created, within a few days previous to the above date, by a demand which had been made on the State Bank of New York for specie to a large amount. That institution, in the course of the spring trade, had redeemed a very large amount of country bank bills, paying out her own in exchange. This had created a balance of trade against her, and in favour of most of the other city banks. This balance had been drawn in specie. In the same manner the United States Bank recently drew from the other city banks 400,000 dollars, being a balance which she had accu mulated against them by means of her sales of sterling bills. For this purpose the United States Bank at Philadelphia had purchased exchanges in that market at 91 per cent., which had been re-sold in the New York market for the purpose of drawing specie. The city bank, being called upon for balances, would be driven upon the country banks to relieve herself, and their firmness under the pressure would prove a test of their position. Some difficulties were apprehended from this posture of affairs. The Morning Herald (a good authority on commer cial and monetary affairs) states that with each suc ceeding day the inertness of trade generally increased. The last week before the sailing of the George Wash ington had been one of very inclement weather; but the paralysing effect of the foreign news on the great staple cotton, seemed also to have chilled the anima tion of large dealers in all descriptions of articles. We have received copies of the St. John's (N. B.) Weekly Chronicle, of the 24th ultimo, and the Halifax Times, of the 28th ultimo; but they do not contain any news that has not been anticipated by the New York papers. We have received, by the Alexandria, Capt. Turner, a file of the New Orleans Louisianian and Journal of Commerce, to the 21st ultimo inclusive. They do not contain as late news as that which has reached us via New York. These papers describe the tide of emi gration to the west as stronger than ever the last spring. Quoting the 14 7- heeling Gazette, the Louisia nian states that there appears to be a continuous line of waggons on the national road, loaded with emigrants and their furniture. Most of these emigrants appear to be Germans from the banks of the Rhine and its neighbourhood. Business was extremely dull at New Orleans. The small amount of shipments in the market for foreign and home ports, coupled with the large amount of shipping anxious for despatch, rendered the rate of freights very fluctuating. THE ASSIZES.—York Assizes are fixed for the Bth July; Lancaster Assizes for the Bth Augus, and Liyprnnol 4gliges for the nth 414PIPP' THE COTTON TRADE. The following circular, dated New York, June 6, and issued by the United States' Bank, has been re ceived in Liverpool. It appears from the Postcript that the issuers of this document did not intend that it should obtain publicity in this country. The im portance of its contents, however, is too great to admit of our suppressing it. New York, June 6, 1839. You have, doubtless, received the very unfavourable ad vices by the Great Western, in relation to the cotton market. These advices, it is apprehended, do not disclose even to the full extent the dangerous situation in which our great staple is placed. The diminished demand for yarns and cotton goods on the continent, the short harvest of the last year, the shipment of bullion from Great Britain, and consequent rise in the rate of interest by the Bank of England, must all inevitably tend to a greater and more accelerated decline in prices, if some steps are:not promptly adopted to prevent the remaining stock of cotton now in this country from being offered for imme diate sale in the European markets. If the consumption of raw cotton in England had only di minished some 10 or 15 per cent., still, in consequence of the now clearly ascertained deficiency in the last year's crop, (which has fallen nearly as low as the lowest estimate,) past prices would not only have been safe to the shippers, but profitable; and hence , they are not obnoxious to the charge of unwarrantable speculation, which so often deprives the spirit of rash commercial adventure of all just claim to sym pathy. This extraordinary falling off in the consumption of the raw material is, perhaps, not a little aided by a determination on the part of the English spinner to have the residue of the crop at his own price, under a belief, that, as the great and tenacious holder of the last year is out of the market, there exists no serious difficulty in his way, by working short hours for a few weeks, to accomplish this desirable end. It becomes necessary, therefore, to supply the absence of that great pro tector by some co-operation among individual interests. Now, it is quite obvious, that but one of two modes would be likely to counteract the result that must otherwise in evitably flow from the causes just indicated. The first would be to organise, through the aid of the Bank of the United States, and the banks in the principal emporiums of the different States, a combination sufficiently powerful to advance a sum on every bag of cotton, on this side of the water, which would ensure its being kept in this country for three months. The other scheme would be to concentrate in one house in Liverpool, the whole, or the greater part of the cotton now to go forward, by an arrangement for unfailing, adequate, and collateral aids, sufficiently powerful to enable the house in question to hold over until a greater part of the present stock of cotton in England is worked off at an advance price ; a result which the successful execution of this plan would in evitably secure. The first scheme, however, is liable (notwithstanding its direct and immediate power to produce the desired result) to the conclusive objection of arresting all our foreign exchange operations, which might hazard the ability of our banks, even in the Atlantic States, to continue specie payments, whilst the last project would be entirely free from this objection, as it would at once augment the current of exchanges, and en able us to weather the crisis, which the first plan would be but too apt to produce. These views are the result of a conference which, yester day, was held with one of the most influential and intelli gent merchants of Philadelphia, in conjunction with commer cial gentlemen of equally high standing from other portions of the Union. It is, therefore, announced to you, on the best authority, that an arrangement has been made, by which an advance of three-fourths (on what may be estimated as the present mar ket value of cotton. say 14 cents) will be made on every bale in this country, at our principal shipping ports, to all holders, if they desire to avail themselves of this advantage. The consignments are to go forward to Humphreys and Biddle, who, sustained by adequate means on both sides of the water, will be able to hold on until prices vigorously rally. If the usual casualties of the season render a short, or any thing under an averagetcrop, probable, this plan must result in great profit to shippers and benefit to our country. If, on the other hand, the autumn should disclose the promises of an abundant harvest, the large stock of cotton which Messrs. Humphreys and Biddle, in case the shipments are made to them, would hold, would probably induce the great and powerful interest which sustains them, to enter the market in the United States early in the autumn, by advancing on the first quarter of the new crop, in order to retain it on this side of the water for a reasonable period, so as to make the final result of the short crop of 1838 entirely safe to all Ame rican shippers and holders. A copy of this circular is inclosed to the principal cotton factors and shippers and Presidents of the Banks in the southern cities, to whom, with all proper deference, it is sug gested, in case the advance on the shipment to Messrs. Hum phreys and Biddle should not cover the full convenience of the shippers, that the institutions over which they preside do afford, on good personal security, the residue of the accom modation which may be required. Your hearty co-operation in this plan is solicited of saving the interests of your great staple, which must end in esta blishing, not its speculative value, but its fair price according to the just relations which supply and consumption should bear to each other. An agent, empowered more fully to disclose these views, will be in your city in a few days, on his way south, and will be prepared to carry them fully into effect. P. S.—From the most authentic sources of information, you may take the following as the probable and entire stock of cotton in the United States, of the crop of 1838, on the 15th day of June next ensuing,—either actually present in depst, or to come forward from the interior markets : New Orleans Mobile Florida South Atlantic States New York At unenumerated points 274,500 bales. Of this amount the manufacturing establishments of the United States will require at least 75,000 bales before the new crop comes forward, leaving about 200,000 bags for foreign export. It ought to be remarked, that the bales this year are about 15 per cent. short weight, from the now general use of the smaller compressing boxes, with a view of rendering the cotton packages more portable. N. B.—For obvious reasons, it is not desired that this private circular should appear in the public prints : make otherwise what use you please of it. We have been favoured with the following commu nication addressed to a respectable house in this town. NEW YORK. JUNE 7, 1839. Since I had this pleasure on the Ist instant, 1 am without any of your favours. The accounts per Great Western, were of the most disastrous kind for the cotton interest, and have had their effect here, but there are causes operating in this country that will be developed before the Great Western's return, which will reinstate confidence, and she will carry out as good accounts of the state of things in this country as before. The truth is, the United States' Bank has again come forward to relieve the dealers and holders of cotton, both in this country and England, and will controul what balance there is in this country at all events, and operate on your side to an extent, to effect your market and give itsta bility. She has given a pledge to hold from 200 to 400,000 bales of cotton till the 15th of Oct. next, if necessary to effect such an object, this, with our 400,000 bales short crop, will leave you a light stock on sale on your side ; there are other houses on your side who will do the same, and I have no fears but in the end all will come out right. The Great Western, to sail on the 13th, will carry out all the particulars of this arrangement, and will probably reach you before this does ; by her I will give you my views more at length. The news by the Great Western has put down prices here 2 to 24 cents per lb., in a few days will recover something, we think ; the stock on hand is getting reduced fast, and the evidence of the shortness of crop is daily becoming more apparent. Export to England this year, 591,139; receipts this year, 1,282,237 ; stock on hand, 276,495 vessels—load ing, 60. Export to England last year, 878,431; receipts last year, 1,626,740 ; stock on hand, 326,163 ; vessels loading, 107. ire estimate that our short export crop will average about 7,700 bags per week. ALTERATION IN THE ARRIVAL & DEPARTURE OF THE MAILS. On Thursday, the alteration in the arrival and departure of the mails consequent upon the increased speed of travelling by the railway took place. We annex a table of the changes. On the evening of that day, the London morning train, which had previously arrived here at half-past eight, came in at seven; Friday night, it did not arrive until nearly eight o'clock. On Friday morning, the double mail to Dublin commenced. There will now be two deliveries daily of the London letters ; the first at a quarter past eight in the morn ing, the second at a quarter before eight in the evening : The letter box will be closed as follows : Two o'clock in the morning, —For Warrington, Wigan, Macclesfield, Birmingham and the line of road, London and the line of road, and for the Continent of Europe.—For Man chester, Rochdale, and the York line of road.—For Preston, the North Road, and Scotland. Fifteen minutes past six in the morning, —For Newton and Manchester.—For Dublin and Ireland. .... Forty-five minutes past seven,—For Maghull, Ormskirk, and Southport.—For New Ferry, Eastham, Neston, and Chester. Forty-five minutes past nine,—For Warrington, Birming ham, and the line of road. Half-past ten,—For Prescot, St. Helen' s , an d M anc h ester. Half-past one in the evening,—For Kenyon, Newton, Bolton, and Manchester. Three o'clock,—For Birkenhead, Eastham, Chester, and North Wales. Four o'clock,—For Ormskirk, Preston, the North Road, and Scotland.—For Wigan and Manchester.—For Chester, Wrexham, Ellesmere, and Shrewsbury. Six o'clock,—For Warrington, Birmingham and line of road, South Wales, Bristol, and Falmouth, and for London and the line of road.—For Manchester, Rochdale, and the York line of road.—For Dublin and Ireland. The several deliveries will be as follows : FIRST DELIVERY at 8 : 15 A.M., including mails from Lon don and the line of road—Falmouth and the line of road — Scotland and the North road—Manchester and the York road—Dublin and all Ireland—Chester and North Wales. SECOND DELIVERY at 11 A.M., including mails from New ton, Kenyon, Bolton, Manchester, &c. THIRD DELIVERY will include the second Dublin mail due at 11: 30 A.M., and which will be delivered in 30 minutes after arrival. FOURTH DELIVERY at 1 : 30 P.M., including mails from Chester, Wrexham, Ellesmere, Shrewsbury, Prescot, and Manchester. FIFTH DELIVERY at 3 P.M., including mails from Eastham and Chester. SIXTH DELIVERY at 4 : 30 P.M., including mails from New ton, Manchester and Birmingham, and the line of road. SEVENTH DELIVERY at 6 : 30 P.M., including mails from Ormskirk, Magbull, and all the Penny Post-offices in the neighbourhood of Liverpool. Etmani DELIVERY at 7 : 45 P.M., including mails from Manchester and the York line of road—London, Birming ham and the line of road—and the Continent of Europe. TRINITY CHURCH, RUNCORN.—An eloquent and impres sive sermon was preached in this church on Wednesday eve ning last, by the Rev. Fielding Ould, B. A. Incumbent of Christ Church, Liverpool, which was followed by a collection of £2610s towards the liquidation of the debt upon the church. The building fund is exhausted, leaving a debt, for which the building committee are responsible, of nearly three hundred pounds. We hope that the friends of the church and religion in Runcorn will make a vigourous effort to remove this se rious incumbrance. Their bounty cannot be applied to a no bler object. We are happy to hear that T r i n i ty Ch urc h i s a great bossing to Runcorn, when, before its erection there was only one church, with accomodation for 604 perflous, and the PoPPilatio4 Pr the phi nearly 8000, . LOCAL NEWS. THE EARL OF DERBY.—We have much pleasure in stating, on authority on which we can rely, that the health of Lord Derby is much improved,.and that his lordship is in good spirits.—Wigan Gazelle. We hear that the Rev. Geo. Cooper, A.M., late of Pem broke College, Cambridge, is appointed Chaplain of F.M.S. Blenham, of 74 guns, now at Sheerness, CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST CAPT. MILLARD OF THE REDBREAST.—We learn that the late indictment preferred against the Court of Admiralty was ignored by the Grand Jury, before his arrival in London. THE CORPORATION BATHS.—These elegant baths have been more than ordinarily attractive during the past week, in consequence of the prevalence of sultry weather. The tem perature of the water has been somewhere about 64 degrees, which has rendered immersion truly delightful. STEAM SHIP LIVERPOOL.—On Friday morning a bottle, containing the following note, was picked up in the river Mersey :—" This bottle was thrown from off the steam ship Liverpool, on her outward passage to New York, in lat. 41 deg. 12 min. N. and lon. 12 deg. 26 min. W. All well on board. Wind S.S.E.—Signed by J. Williamson, passenger. P.S. If this be found please let it be inserted in the Liverpool papers.—June 17, 1839." FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday, a fatal accident oc curred in the Trafalgar Dock. The second mate of the ship Hudson having to go aloft, one of the ropes gave way, and he was precipitated into the dock. In fallmg his head came in contact with the " mizen channels" of an adjoining ship. When taken out he was quite dead. The name of the de ceased was Joseph Stover. He was thirty years of age. Out of a congregation of four hundred Wesleyan methodists at Yeadon, Yorkshire, only two signed the petition against the government plan of national education.—Mercury.— [This paragraph is going the round of the whig-radical papers, we suppose it is intended to shew the unpopularity of the opposition to the government scheme. They have, however, forgotten to state that, taking the whole body of Wesleyan methodists, ninety-nine out of a hundred have joined in unanimous condemnation of that scheme.] MR. PARBIS'S PICTURE OF THE CORONATION.—This su perb work of art has received the highest praises from all quarters. We believe it is about to be engraved. On Fri day next, the anniversary of her Majesty's coronation, it will be exhibited gratis with Mr. Denning's drawing from Sir David Wilkie's painting of her Majesty's first Council, at the shop of Mr. Lacey, in Bold-street. PASSENGERS BY THE ROCHESTER.—This fine ship sailed from New York on the 6th instant, and arrived at this port on Saturday. The following is a list of passengers by her : Messrs. W. R. B. Sandes and son, W. Crowther, D. H. Clarkson, W. A. Dodd, J. Eastwood, Joseph Bloor, Robert Rick, Isaac Robinson, Mrs. Gibson and two chidren, Mrs. Woodhouse and two children. PARLIAMENTARY REGISTRATION.-From the 20th ofJune to the 20th of July is the time limited for sending in claims to be inserted in the lists of country voters. If any Conser vative has a qualification for voting for which he is not re gistered, let him not neglect the important privilege, nor be in " Schedule A." when his support may be wanted at the poll. If any Conservative has changed his place of abode since last year, or sold his property for which he was regis tered, or is likely so to do, and has a qualification elsewhere, let him, in due time, send in a fresh claim. Other contin gencies in the situation of his property may enable the op ponent party to object to his right, so that if any change may have rendered the description on the register incorrect, a re newal of claim may be necessary. If he be doubtful as to any of these points, a professional agent will gladly put him right. If Conservatives be supinely indifferent in these matters, or act without discipline, we cannot expect to combat our poli tical foe in the day of struggle. Church and constitution are heard in reason's ear to declare—" Every Conservative is ex pected to do his duty." FRESH HERRINGS ! FRESH HERRINGS ! !—This cheerful cry once brought welcome and refreshing ideas along with it, especially in the heat of summer, when the heavier meat of the stalls has little temptation for one's appetite. But now, whether in Liverpool or elsewhere, fresh herrings are no more : all are salt, salt, salt,—salt even while alive ; for the greedy fishermen, in order that they may make long trips and have full boats, and yet keep their wares from putridity, bury them in salt, to such a degree that the flavour of the herring is entirely gone. Many families now cease to buy herrings at all ; and we do hope there will be a general " turn out" of the fish-vendors against the idle practice. Their washing the herrings on arrival may deceive some purchasers, but this do es no t men d th e ma tt er ; th ey are sa lt herrings still, and ought only to be sold as such. We actu ally long for afresh herring, but we despair of ever enjoying such a treat, till some honest fellow shall have industry enough to make short trips, and be satisfied with quick sales and good profits. EXTRAORDINARY ARRIVAL. — Yesterday morning the people on the battery were astonished to see a long, low, piratical, rakish, black-looking schooner stealing her way up through Buttermilk Channel towards the East River. Some imagined her one thing, some another, and scat cely one thought correctly : They had not the slightest idea of her being the little iron steamer Robert F. Stockton, from England. But it was her, and she did present the most sin gular and nondescript appearance. She is commanded by John R. Crane, Esq., long and favourably known as a sea captain out of this port. The R. F. S. sailed from Loudon early in April, and has been forty-five days in crossing the Atlantic. She is but 35 tons burthen, 71 feet long, and 10 feet beam ; is schooner rigged, and came all the way under sail. Although Captain Crane experienced head winds nearly all the way, and passed through several terrific gales, he did not lose a single sail or even a rope yarn. When the wind was fair she easily performed eight miles per hour, and she behaved, the entire passage, remarkably well.—From the New York Morning Herald, of May 28.—[Our readers will remember that the Robert F. Stockton was built by Mr. John Laird, of North Birkenhead, for Mr. Ogden, the United States Consul, at this port.] List of Passengers by the packet-ship Columbus, J. B. Cropper, master, sailed from New York on the evening of the Ist instant, for Liverpool :—Mr. W. A. Brown and lady, Liverpool ; Mr. J. J. Davis, lady and child, and Mr. E. Bill lus, lady, child, and servant, New York ; Mr. W. H. Hoff man and lady, and Col. William Dickinson, Baltimore ; Mr. R. Henderson, Virginia ; Mr. Lewis Grosoning, Charleston, S. C. ; Mr. David Leeche, Baltimore ; Mr. B. Nevins, New York ; Mr. H. C. Bissell and Mr. H. L. Roosevelt, Charles town ; Mr. T. F. Greene, Sheffield ; Mr. James H. Fow ler, Cuba ; Mr. D. Pool, Scotland ; Rev. John Lee Watson, Boston ; Mr. Pedro Escandon, Mexico ; Mr. J. De Paris, Rome ; J. M. Montoya, Minister of Mexico to the Court of Rome, and child ; Mr. J. M. Newbury Bostchetti, Mexico ; Mr. John Connell, Philadelphia ; Miss Redmond, Ballymena; Mr. Wm. Nixon, lady, and two children, Cincinnati ; Mr. Francis R. Foot, lady, and three children, Canada. THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The exhibition at these gardens was last night attended by an unusually numerous concourse of people, the weather having proved extremely propitious. The company appeared much delighted with the entertainment provided for them by the enterprising pro prietor who, we are glad to see, has now fixed stated periods at which the public may witness the attractive spectacles. Although, as our readers will perceive, a similar treat was offered on the opposite shores of the Mersey, it did not ap pear materially to diminish the numbers assembled to gaze in the Zoological Gardens, which now, under the experienced hands of Mr. Danson and Mr. D'Ernst, invariably " go off" with brilliant effect. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Shortly before we went to press, we were informed by a gentleman who had just arrived from Yorkshire, that the factory of Messrs. Hoyle, Ashworth and Co., woollen manufacturers, New-Hall Hey, Bawdenstall, near Haslingden, was, yesterday, burned down. The fire was discovered about nine o'clock, a. m. ; and as there was a quan tity of oil on the premises, it burned with such fury that, in about an hour, the buildings, which contained £15,000 or £20,000 worth of property, were totally consumed. By this unfortunate event upwards of seven hundred hands will be thrown out of employment. Insurance to the amount of a bout £12,000 is believed to have been effected in the York North and South Offices.—Albion. EMIGRATION. — Number of passengers arrived, at New York, since the Ist of April, 1839, from foreign ports, up to May 31st. From Liverpool Belfast 149 Havre London Bremen Bristol 2OO Bideford Other parts 679 11,869 if these emigrants are merchants or farmers, they bring their occupations to a good market.—New York paper. DREADFUL AND FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon, at about three o'clock, a dreadful accident occurred on the river, close to George's Pier-head, by which one man lost his life, and two others are yet in imminent danger. It ap pears from the best information we can gather, that " The Monk" river steam-boat, belonging to the Monks' Ferry, was lying at the sea wall, awaiting her hour of departure. A small boat, on board of which was, Captain Roberts, of one of the Steam Tug Company's vessels, and three other men happened to push off from the wall, with a view to board the Steam Tug, and had got outside " The Monk," when the " William Stanley," Eastham Ferry steamer came up at considerable speed, with a view to lay herself alongside the former vessel. In doing so, the way of the " William Stan ley" was so great, that before she could be stopped, or due warning could be given, the small boat was crushed up or jammed between the paddle-boxes of the respective vessels, and lamentable to relate, one of the men was so dreadfully crushed, that his bowels protruded, and he expired on the quay soon after the accident. The other two men were also much injured, and were carried to the Northern Hospital in a precarious state. The Captain of the Steam Tug, who was with them in the boat, narrowly escaped, by becoming more immediately aware of the unexpectedly dangerous position in which the boat was placed. It would be improper and pre mature to state further than that, so far as we could learn, the captain of " The Monk" was not to blame ; nor does it appear that, as regards the other boat, the unfortunate oc currence was otherwise than accidental. Considering the great traffic by steam on our river, and the necessarily rapid movements of our steamers, such accidents are exceedingly rare. An inquest will be held on the body of the deceased to-morrow.—On inquiry at the Northern Hospital last night, we found that the men who were carried there were some what better. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—The works on this important railway are making very great progress, and when completed will compete with any similar undertaking in this kingdom, both in execution and extent of profits. The three extensive viaducts over the Doon, the Redburne, and the Almond valleys, consisting of 20, 15, and 36 arches, of from 50 to 60 feet span each, have been contracted for, by men of skill and great experience, considerably under the par liamentary estimates. This will make the average per mile, including for land and rails, not exceeding £20,000. When these works are compared with others of a similar nature ex ecuted in this country, the directors are justly entitled to a very considerable degree of credit for the attention they have devoted to the interests of the shareholders ; for the result of their labours will be without a parallel in the history of rail ways. The whole line will be completed in 1841. We un derstand that the south end of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar nock, and Ayr Railway will be opened in uly. The nature of the country, and the price of labour and materials being so much cheaper in Scotland than in England, this work will be completed for £ll,OOO per mile. The Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven Railway amended bill has passed the House of Lords, and is now only waiting the royal assent. The es tablishment of this line of communication, by means of a tunnel under the new town of Edinburgh, with the sea-coast, is of the utmost importance to all the Scotch railways ; for thus at their termini, they have sea-ports in the Frith of Forth, the Clyde, and the Ayrshire coast ' • and connecting the wh o l e manufacturing district of Scotland, with the facility of steam boat communications, will, in a very short period, improve the commercial prosperity of this valuable portion of the British empire, and amply repay the shareholders for their enterprising spirit in promoting works of so important a cha racter. The late seasonable rains followed by warm weather have had the most gratifying effects on vegetation ; the Lent grains and grass crops are wonderfully improved within the last few days, and the hay harvest, though very Rate, will be far more abundant than was expected the beginning of last week ; the wheats generally look very well, though we are sorry to hear complaints of the ravages of the wire worm, and the genial showers and change of weather will materially assist the potatoes, a produce iippprtant in this 604017.—#ri#41 sPurtVilt POLICE INTELLIGENCE. FRIDAY. BRUTALITY OF POLICE OFFICERS. John Heron was placed before Mr. Rushton on a charge of interference with the police in the performance of their duty. It appeared from the evidence of the officers, 283 and 384, that the wife of the prisoner and another woman had created a disturbance in Lime -street about midnight on Thursday.' The officers took the prisoner's wife into custody, and in the act of doing so her husband, the prisoner, attempted to rescue her. The poor f e ll ow ' s ear was d rea dfully cut, and exhibited marks of severe punishment. His wife and a posse of women were in attendance, who descanted warmly on the brutality of the officers. Mr. Rushton asked if they had any witnesses to produce in corroboration of their statement. They mentioned several persons living in the neighbourhood, and to give them an opportunity of appearing, the case was adjourned for two hours. When it was called on again, a respectable-looking tradesman presented himself in the wit ness box, and, on being sworn , s t a t e d th a t on th e p rece di ng evening he was passing through Lime-street on his way home, when his attention was attracted by the disturbance. He saw the prisoner in the custody of the officers, who struck him with their sticks, and abused him in the most shameful manner. At length they took him away, and when they had gone the witness found a piece of one of their sticks, which he produced in court (it belonged to a heavy, formidable weapon;) and this he saw them break over the prisoner. The officers denied that they had used any unnecessary severity. The prisoner, they said, was very refractory, and they could not get him along. Mr. Rushton commented strongly on the brutality of the officers. The greatest virtues in an officer were forbearance and discretion. To use their sticks in the manner described against a defenceless man was highly im proper. But the prisoner on his part had acted equally im properly by interfering with the officers in the proper dis charge of their duty. The prisoner was dismissed. YESTERDAY. DRUNKENNESS. . _ A large portion of the time of the police magistrate was yesterday taken up in investigating the cases of parties found intoxicated and disorderly in the streets. The fine of 2s. 6d., and in more aggravated cases of ss, was inflicted in every• case. and the number of parties thus mulcted was no fewer than eighty-five. Yesterday week the number was seventy-five. One of the men, Michael Quin, brought up yesterday, who had been found rolling about the streets in a state of helpless intoxication, a sum of no less than £26 was found upon him, of the whole of which, but for the interference of the police officers, he would, in all probability, have been robbed. Mr. Rushton strongly admonished him, and fined him ss. ROBBERY AT THE CHRONICLE-OFFICE. An errand boy in the service of Messrs. Ross and Night ingale was brought up, on a charge of having broken open the Chronicle-office. Four or five shillings in copper had been abstracted, the till being found open. The evidence was not however complete, and the case was remanded to this day. ASSAULTS ON POLICE OFFICERS. Two cases of assaulting police officers were brought forward, and both being proved, the parties were respectively fined 5s and costs, and lOs and costs. ASSAULT ON A PARENT. Joseph Mills, a stout young man, who said he was a watch maker, was charged with violently assaulting his aged father, whom he attacked with two knives, and as the complainant believed would have killed him, had his wife not rushed to his assistance. The prisoner lived with his father, who added that this was not the first occasion in which his life had been in danger from his violence.--Mr Rushton said such conduct to a parent was most disgraceful, and ordered that he should pay a fine of 40s for the assault, or be imprisoned one month, and, further, that he should be imprisoned until he could find bail to keep the peace for the space of twelve months. SERIOUS ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON. Four women named Young, Williams, Farrell, and Jackson, (the three last young girls,) and all of them of loose characters were placed at the bar, charged with robbing an elderly man, named Early, of a large amount in bills and money. The case had been remanded from Wednesday. The complainant said that he was a cattle dealer, and had arrived in Liverpool on Sunday week. On the following day (yesterday week) he had been in the new market selling cattle. In the evening, he went to the Grecian Hotel in Dale-street, where he had three tumblers of spirits and water. He left the inn between eleven and twelve o'clock at night, and met the girl Farrell in the street. She accosted him, and he finally went with her to a house, where he went up stairs. The prisoner, Young, the older woman and the other girl Williams were in the room. He could not swear to the other young woman Jackson. He had scarcely entered, before, from the look of the place and the parties, he was anxious to get out, and attempted to do so. They wanted him to go into another room further back, but he refused. The girl Farrell, demanded five shillings, which he paid. He then again attempted to get out, but was again interrupted. The older woman then demanded two shillings and sixpence, which he also paid, and again wanted to get out ; but a third demand was made of a shilling more. The girl Farrel took the candlestick, and swore she would kill him if he went without paying. He searched his pockets, and a shilling dropped out, which they picked up. In doing so, being agitated, he pulled out his purse, which the girl Williams immediately snatched out of his hand. It contained £440 in bills, and £2O in cash. The older woman then opened the door, and the two others run out, taking with them the purse. They raised a cry of murder, and told him there were men below, who would kill him if he attempted to pursue them. He soon after got out. Information of the robbery being given to the police, one of the police officers saw the older prisoner in the street, and followed her to a house in Stockdale-street. The girl Farrell was there, and Williams entered the house at the same time with the officer, with a sheet of paper and a pen. Another officer accompanied the last, and after securing the upper part of the house, saw the elder prisoner put her hand into the salt bin, and heard a rustling of paper. On his searching the salt bin, Williams said " Its all over," and the other shook her he a d. H e found in the bin £391. lls. 6d. in bills and money. Catherine Cowan, the keeper of the house entered into a statement shewing that two of the prisoners lived with her, and that they had brought the money. The prisoner Farrell went to bed that night about one o'clock. There was no evidence against the girl Jackson, further than she appeared to have been in the house, when the complainant went in. The three prisoners, Young, Farrell and Williams, were fully committed for trial at the sessions. Jackson was strongly admonished by Mr. Rushton, who said she had had a narrow escape, and was discharged. WAGES OF AFRICAN SEAMEN. The trade between this port and the Western Coast of Africa has long been extensive and lucrative ; and the wages of British seamen engaged in it have always been higher than those given on any other voyage, in consideration not only of the fatigue attendant on collecting cargo, but of the perilous nature of the service in a climate the fatality of which, to European constitutions, is generally acknow ledged. There are two kinds of voyages, or adventures, that may be made : one direct to the Bight of Benin and home, which may occupy from eight to nine months ; the other to some point or place to windward, and thence running down the coast, a distance of 1100 or 1200 miles, visiting the small places of traffic, and finally completing a full cargo of palm oil and other African commodities. In both cases, the com manders of the vessels employ native boatmen, or, as they are called, " Kroomen," to assist in discharging and loading ; and some of these, particularly on the longer voyage, they frequently find it necessary to engage as seamen, in lieu of those of their crews who have fallen a sacrifice to the climate, to assist in navigating their vessels home. When on the coast, these men are (we learn) generally paid a small amount of wages, at the rate of so manylcoppers (each about VA) per month, or in goods to that amount. In engaging them to come to this country a promise is made to them of a similar reward for the voyage to England, and back to their own country ; but their ignorance in pecuniary transactions is, it is to be regretted, too frequently taken advantage of by cap tains and owners, whose station in life leaves the less pallia tion for conduct so reprehensible. Many of these poor Kroomen are turned adrift on their arrival at a British port, without any wages whatever, and destitute of the means of returning to their native land. Many of them have, from time to time, applied to the magistrates, in petty sessions, in order to recover their wages, and be pro vided, according to promise, with a passage home. It almost invariably appears, however, that their names have not been put upon the ship's articles, so that their claim, al though just and equitable, cannot be legally confirmed. The unfortunate creatures are thus left, unacquainted with any mode of European labour on shore by which they can , earn a livelihood ; and if they do not happen to be expert as seamen, so that they can work their way home, they are necessarily thrown upon public charity, and become a bur then to the community. Mr. Hall, of the police-court, took much pains to redress as far as he had the power, the griev ances of these men, and sometimes succeeded in procuring them passages to their own country : but the evil still exists, and it ought to be removed by legislative enactment. We have heard, but have no individual knowledge of the fact, that Sir James Graham's bill, commonly called " the Seamens' Protection Act," requires that the name of every man shipped to do duty on board of a vessel should be entered in the articles in the log-book. If so, we trust Mr. Hall's suc cessor, in the office of stipendiary magistrate, will, when a case comes before him, enforce so salutary a provision. In noticing the poor Kroomen, we would by no means impli cate all the African merchants of our port in transactions so inhumane and disreputable ; on the contrary, we are aware that there are many honourable exceptions, particularly the wealthier portion of the trade. But there are still some who adhere to the system pointed out, on the plea that has uni versally been the custom of the port, a custom, however, which would be " more honoured in the breach than the ob servance." THE TRANSATLANTIC STEAM-SHIPS. The following tabular statement with which we have been favoured well deserves perusal. It may be observed that the Liverpool is essentially A 1 in all the requisites for trans atlantic steam navigation, and we take the opportunity of informing our readers that nearly every berth is engaged for the next trip : Length extreme . . Do. under deck . Do keel Breadth within pad- British Queen. 275 ft. 245 ft. 223 ft. Liverpool. 223 ft. 216 ft. 209 ft. sin Great Western 236 ft. 212 ft. 205 ft. dle boxes . . . Do. including do.. Depth at midships Tonnage Tons of space . Tng. of engine-room Horse power . Diameter of cylinder Length of stroke . Diameter of paddle wheels Extr. wt. ; engines, boilers, and water Ditto coals . . . . 37 ft. 6 in. 64 ft. 29 ft. 6 in. 1863 1053 963 500 30 ft. 10 in 56 ft. 3in 1g ft. 8 in , 1149 i 539 k 581 468 35 ft. 4 in. 59 ft. 8 in. 23 ft. 2 in. 1340 679 i 641 i 450 71i in. 7 ft. 75 in 7 ft. 73{ in. 7 ft. 28 ft. 5 in. 28 ft. gin. 500 tons. 600 tons. 500 tons. 450 tons. 600 tons. 250 tons. 480 tons. 600 tons. 250 tons. . . . Ditto cargo . . . . Draught of water with above wt. & stores 16 ft. 6 in. 16 ft. S in. LIVERPOOL SCOTTISH CHURCH PETITION. The following answer has been received from our able and indefatigable representative, Lord Sandon, by the Rev. Dr. Ralph, who was requested to transmit the petition referred to in it, and formerly given in our pages, for presentation by him in the House of Commons : "June 20, 1839. "My dear Sir,—l have had the honour of presenting the pe tion of the members of the church of Scotland resident in and near Liverpool, against the government scheme of education ; and have had peculiar pleasure in thus conveying to the house the sentiments of men peculiarly entitled to be heard upon this subject—whether for their own individual character and station, or from the experience which they hive had in their own country of the intellectal, moral, and religious advantages to be derived from a connexion between the national religion and the education of the nation.—l am, dear sir, your faithful servant, " The Rev. Dr. Ralph." SANDON. REGISTRATION OF FREEMEN. — Those freemen whose names are on the present register, but whose residence is not properly described, should, before the Ist of July, give a no tice in writing to the Town Clerk, stating their names and actual places of abode, and the number on the present register. Freemen whose names are not registered, should also send them in before the time mentioned, or they will deprive them selves of their vote for twelve months at least. It is of the first importance that these suggestions should be attended to fn • 04313, FETE CHAMPETRE AT BIRKENHEAD. Yesterday evening, a splendid Fete Champetre took place at Mr. Willoughby's Tea-Gardens, Birkenhead Hotel ; Mr, James, the pyrotechnic artist, of this town, having been engaged for the occasion,—a gentleman who, it will be re membered, was peculiarly successful in his exhibition on the Chester Race-course, on occasion of the coronation of her present Majesty. Preparations were made for the accom modation of the public by the erection of temporary seats on the ground, in addition to the numerous alcoves. Flags were displayed during the day from various parts of the grounds, and towards evening a large concourse of re spectable visitors congregated on and near the grounds, including many persons from both sides of the Mersey. The quay and the adjacent roads were crowded ; and the shore below the tea gardens was tenanted by hundreds of boys and girls who here gained the nearest point of approach to the fire-works. Flags were hung out in every direction ; and a band in the gardens occasionally played favourite airs. The river scenery was beautiful and interesting. A gentle breeze prevailed from the westward, and while some vessels glided gently along under sail, others shot past them by the force of steam. Owing to the recent numerous arrivals, many vessels lay at anchor opposite, besides the govern ment and other steamers, and the back ground was formed by the shores of Lancashire, and (by the cur vature of the river towards Runcorn) of Cheshire, to the south east, richly wooded; and presenting a peculiar freshness of verdure by the late rains. The fire-works were arranged round the lower extremity of the ground, close to the sea wall, so as to be viewed from all parts of the green. They were attached to framework of considerable height from the ground, and were of a complicated and extensive nature. About a quarter past eight, the ground had become crowded ; and a Montgolfier balloon was set off and rose beautifully. It took an E.S.E. direction, and in a few minutes was lost to view. The fire-works soon afterwards commenced, by a display of rockets, of various kinds—some of them variegated. A feu de-joie was also fired as loud as from a cannon. The larger fire-works were seven or eight in number, and consisted of a variety of complicated and prolonged representations, exceedingly brilliant and well managed. Amongst them were a beautiful diamond piece commencing with wheels, giving various lights ; a travelling wheel ; Maltese cross, be ginning with a rainbow wheel, metamorphosed into an amber cross, and thence into a Roman cross ; a Saxon piece very complicated, and a Royal Star piece, with numerous diamond lights—the whole varying in a beautiful manner to other forms and devices, which we cannot particularize. The whole concluded with a grand marine piece, representing an arch supported by two columns, and surmounted by a crown, with the globe in the centre. This piece was of considerable magnitude, and, as well as those that preceded it, elicited much applause. Between each of the main pieces numerous excellent and brilliant rockets were discharged. The company enjoyed themselves until nearly eleven o'clock, when those parties who belonged to Liverpool embarked by the steam-boats in attendance, and the Cheshire visitors retired to their abodes in the neighbour hood, all much gratified by the evening's entertainment. SOCIETY FOR RECLAIMING UNFORTUNATE FEMALES. Our readers are aware that a society under this title has lately been established in Liverpool. We have just received a copy of the first report of the committee ; and while every one must highly approve of the:object of the society, it is gra tifying to learn that its success has been considerable. We extract from the report the following curious account of the circumstances which led to the formation of this very laudable association : " One evening in January, 1838, a woman "in the attire of an harlot," accosted a gentleman in the street, when he spoke to her on the wretchedness of her life, exhorted her to repentance, and invited her to th e h ouse of God. She com plied with the invitation, was deeply convinced of the sin un der sermon, and at the conclusion of the service expressed a strong desire to seek the path of virtue, from which she had so lamentably wandered. The following day steps were taken to place her in the Penitentiary, but without success, she being thought too old for 'that institution. A lodging was therefore obtained for her, and a trifling sum allowed for her subsistence, by a few persons to whom her case had been made known, which they proposed to continue until she should be able to provide for herself. In the course of a fortnight, the news of her reformation having reached the ears of some of her companions in sin, they were induced to go to the same place of worship, where the word preached had pro duced an effect so salutary on her mind ; and three of the number were similarly impressed, resolved to forsake their wickedness, and 'to flee from the warth to come.' Appli cation was made to the Penitentiary fur their admittance, but that institution, being full, could not receive them. Tem porary lodgings were obtained for them also. It being now ascertained that many ' on the streets' would readily accept an offer of escape from their sin and misery, the idea of form ing a Society suggested itself which should employ a few pious persons (who kindly volunteered their services) to visit those parts of the town frequented by the females in question, to seek them out, and to expostulate with them on the danger of their forbidden courses, with a view of leading them to re pentance and amendment of life : and as the plan of provi ding cheap lodgings in religious families for those who desired to forsake their wickedness had been suggested by provi dential occurrences, it was thought best to continue it. A Society was accordingly formed, the public kindly responded to the appeals it made for support, and the Divine blessing has greatly succeeded its operations. " During the year, the Society has had under its care 200 females ; 67 of whom left or were dismissed for improper conduct before they had been with the society a month, 45 before they had been three months, and 16 before they had been six months ; making a total of 128 who have either vo luntarily left the Society, or forfeited its protection by inat tention to its rules. Of the remaining number, 2 have died in the possession of Christian consolation, 18 have been re stored to their friends, and 32 h av e b een placed in situations to provide honestly for themselves ; making a total of 52 who have been saved from crime and wretchedness by means of the Society's exertions during its first year. The remaining 20 are still at the Society's lodgings." Then follow several very interesting extracts from the se cretary's journal, containing brief sketches of a few of the females reclaimed by the society. The report then proceeds : " A few months since, a room was engaged by the com mittee at three shillings per week, in which the women are kept at work during the day, under the care of a pious Ma tron, a measure which is likely to promote the objects of the Institution. The Society pays for the board and lodging of each of the females under its care, three shillings and sixpence per week, and appropriates one half of their earnings to pro vide them with clothing, as the most of them, on coming to the Society, are very destitute of necessary and suitable ap parel. The committee thinking that information as to the causes which lead so many females from the path of virtue, might possibly suggest some preventive measure, require that cer tain questions be asked every female taken under the soci ety's care, and her answers placed on record in a schedule prepared for that purpose. The information elicited by these questions, both as to the causes and effects of prostitution is very important, but not sufficiently matured to be made public. We are further told that the agents of the society have, during the year, expostulated with not fewer than 2000 un fortunate females, warning them of their danger, and exhort ing them to repentance. They have also spoken to several keepers of brothels, with the view of inducing them to aban don their disgraceful calling. The committee think that the manifest decrease of prostitutes in this town, a decrease which has been officially noticed, may probably be, to some extent, owing to the society's exertions. It appears however that, according to the lowest calculation, not less than £3OOO is expended in support of prostitution in this town alone, while probably not more than £2O per week is contributed for the rescue of its wretched victims. The ladies' committee have appended a short, but very gra tifying report, and we are glad to see that a number of dona tions and annual subscriptions have already been obtained. The receipts for the past year have been £339, and the ex penditure about the same amount. We need hardly add that we recommend the society to the warmest support of the public.—Chronicle. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA'TTERSALL'S-THURSDAY. Although many of the principals were present, the business done was so trifling as to call for no remarks whatever. The following were the prices at the close of a very dull afternoon GOODWOOD STAKES. 15 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Morella (tk) 20 to 1 „ Mr. Meiklam's Wee Willie 20 to 1 „ Mr. F. Craven's Barnacles 20 to 1 „ Lord Eglinton's St. Martin (tk) 20 to 1 „ Lord Eglinton's St. Andrew (tk) 22 to 1 „ Duke of Richmond's Hooghley (tk) • 6to 1 „ Wee Willie, Barnacles, and St. Martin (tk) • GOODWOOD CUP. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Harkaway (tk) 5i to 1 „ Mr. F. Craven's Deception (tk) 6to 1 „ Lord Westrriinster's Richard Roe (tk) 16 to 1 „ Mr. St. Paul's Galewood (tk) ST. LEGER. 9 to 1 agst The Duke of Cleveland's Commodore (tk) 15 to 1 „ Colonel Cradock's The Provost (tk) 15 to 1 „ Major Yarburgh's Charles the Twelfth (tk) 17 to 1 „ Lord Westminster's The Lord Mayor (tk) MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY EVENING. Without " turning to Cocker," we find it pretty consider ably clear that the finger of time has absolutely brought us the approaching twilight of the longest.day of 1839. Well, thanks to the ' unforeseen hand," the balmy j breeze of sum mer weather has been yesterday and this day joined by show ers, adding freshness to the land, and giving to the husband man, and indeed to all classes, from the owner of the princely baronial hall down to the poorest of our fellow-creatures, the pleasing hope that the harvest will be one to dash away the cup of fear, and place " the land we live in" in a brighter form than it was looked upon to hold a week or so ago. Yet, though in a " sporting article," it is our great, our fond de sire to see " one boundless blush" of summer make captive a really " golden harvest," dejection, likewise, banished from the poor man's fire-side, and the most wealthy lord and com moner rejoice, that, " with verdure clad," the land of—" My father's and mine" has, with its growing strength, s e n t f ort h the vivifying rays of a good winter. Adieu, then, to this probably unlooked for introductory writing ; and away, ye heroes of the race, we carry on our " gray goo se qu ill" to the LIVERPOOL CUP, the Buxton one having, for the second time, been added to the sideboard of the worthy London alderman, we find several changes a feature in " the doings" si nce F r id ay even i ng. Our " note-book" lies before us, and we will take a leaf or two out, just to show our sporting friends how "runs the world away." At the extreme of last week Toothill and Heron were both brought forth in a very dashing manner, each being backed for upwards of 2000 at from 25 to 29 to 1, and since the pen chant has been so great that is not to be got. Previous to giving the prices,on the Liverpool Cup, we may observe, that The Buxton Meeting" passed over extremely well. The order on the course was very good, and the weather, after a very beautiful shower on Wednesday evening, all that could be wished for ; indeed it was one splendid show of " the boundless blush" of summer. The carriages on the ground were a feature in the meeting agreeable to the eye ; and al though we did not catch the " four-in-hand " of Mr. Trafford, we observed a few of that order which might be considered complimentary to the meeting. Looking round in the circle of visitors, our eye caught Lord F. Fitzclarence, Lord A. Fitzclarence, Lord Newburgh, Captain White, E. Buckley, Esq., W. Lacey, Esq., —Bootham, Esq., Goodwin, Esq., Mr. Haycock, Mr. Robinson, Mr. M a Donough, Mr. Petty jean, with a very capital muster of sporting gentlemen from Manchester. The ordinary was first rate, held on Wednes day, at the St. Ann s Hotel. Every thing which good cater ing could furnish was there and th en present. The venison and the dessert attractive to a very great degree ; the wines good ; and we sum up by stating the meeting to have passed over extremely well. The odds : TIIE LIVERPOOL CUP. 10 to 1 agst Cardinal Puff. 12 to 1 „ Heron. 13 to 1 „ Toothill. 13 to 1 „ Lanercost. 17 to 1 „ King Cole. 20 to 1 „ Compensation, or any other. Heron and Toothill were in great force at the opening of the week, and backed for a great stake. The field agamit Puff was backed for a score, at half.past one yesterday , ' at 10 to 1, by a Liverpool gent. He would have "gory) p." — * mobster acumen