The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-09-17 00:00:00

P' ,juti or Tflp, A rp, ---1- xtE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. L ik .4oi a l ear ir ance of M FITZWILLIAM, of the 'rhea-, 7z, th4'LausatYla,arket,rsw. ho is engaged f . oi? Five Nights, a QSto he , Aight s of her performinglan pre- V u tr. A(. ll:7 .‘ tur e for the United States. Last "Week 1 " re vi p , r e 4 , 1,11La...n..d.Mr. F. VINTG. will be the September 17, 1839, eay of 11, 4 °Wr. COUNTRY GIRL. :• '`r• Mackay. Sparkish.. Mr, F. Vining. . I .A. r. N it V• ea l - 1 °ward B . Mr. W. H. Bland. • Miss Cleaver: g g 37 .• • • (the' ''''' * girl).... Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Ir. T After which, the Drama of Halcy o n -e%„ MIDDY ASHORE. ~ Jura. Fitzwilliam.. (her original character.) to d ude tow * Mr. Baker. . wi th the r rrrrr r r rrrrrrrrrr into two acts, called ?IT2r4loPur, TEICELI. ANaT""''W (Wednesdy), for theENEFIT of Mr. th e k, sect the Last Night but Two- of his En F a r ge- ATS, puslical Drama of the PET OF THE PF-ri : 4 . 7.- (her original character), Mrs. Fitzwilha r m n , c /I '7 e . I c y r ; re :II a: 1 ch M e, r r a i new rmnagisß,Gerliai written' ;M_Eexrm. G. 'Thtalap pressly for called FOREIGN AIRS-AND NATIVE .ztaily Staples (with assumed characters), Mrs. filer Triginallv Performed her in London.; Sath, m; pit! ti ro ' e Mrs. Tellet.—To conclude lit.„4 l ‘`!. c they' rri. Farce called CHA J O l l.l 3 B un t e , u e k f ik, M°' Vie i n nT, s a's 'h o i rTgin M la y ck p -n erlrn'ied by him. Mli'rZt2l,olllDAY, favourite Entertainments, in whit al, Mr. F. Vining, and Mr. Mackay will ka , ' C t Pk AV tk, - 4 1 4 , ) t Mrs. FI TZ WILLIAM ' S BENEFIT, 1 4 th e fotl!PFarance in England, previous to her dep!r day for America. be_ti~ri gotanbarb. 'fie a -4 r , VORATING ; SEPT. 17, 1930. PPose there are limits somewhere to th e k. 41 B t Y of the lower. Irish : sure l y we s h a ll reac h- . ‘ l / 4 ,14 311 ' The ti me-serving Agitator has again ttb,ai another A ssociation. Autumn brings not its - Ntly P t b a r°dtl ee to the . Patient husbandman m ore re late 11 . it supplies a harvest to the Mendicant's Ilvittbbi mereor pelf.' Avarice, the only lust that • r tu, t ‘=cistng years, gains strength upon him, eventually bear him down. This is the one co al' his schemes and motives. Does he address 4 titne 4,41t:ti,46ed cents he demands one shilling entrance. 4. q e , ed the infamous supplies which he is h e h ° Pe)* to extract f rom hi s . d es tit u t e corm -4 t t . te as manmuvre upon manceuvre., and trick k • e qbod . sr ,digi 3, re members that about this time last year 1r, 11 1 4. , f !, 1 . 5 s made ab ou t O'C onne ll' s proceed to au . uu Some cre d u l ous persons even went so tt.d. PP°Be th at the S tandard of Repeal was to be 111 rea l earne st, a nd the Irish Papists were to e l, tO t h e es at once in an attitude of open hosti lilovernrnent. Th e f arce was k ept up f or a e 4 ed r ent-box went roun d —t h e coffers were *— Lord Joh n R ussell went over to Ireland— '3' 1. w as evad e d — t h e " compact alliance" was 1 :`laintatned. *i4 tl: it ll h alggfle w as one o f t h e most b arefaced shifts to Nt• te, gas ch eat was ever compelled to have w.N1)11271e Precurs or S oc i ety was di sso l ve d , b ut from its own ashes; and.lo ! the Z,ktiet▪ resolution called int o . exi ste n c e a new Precur wtithertitatAonrc_l__ what was the difference ? None, (Whom we may sure l y d es i gnate, i n L Nehi lie °B t felici tous expression, " the most incom iMaginable vagabonds") —none in the : 443 I : l e tf in ali ce we have p asse d a resolution which olie t° I TIY good friends .the Ministers, we must µ:6 o 4,,, c ietY ; a n d now, w h en th i s form ,has L' l lte ":$ l l, there can b e no poss ibl e reason kltt"Ne:--°ll ,the i 441 dn_ot form a new society, with the same oON sae Bo _ . funds, th e same . name, =only we ttilitin y it i▪ s not the .same society ! . And with Net.B subt erfuge of a concession the paltry fulias wer e fain to be co nt e nt. Wh a t b ecame o f : 1)6 -? t 0 4 h o uld any of our readerS Wish . to know, r e 'efer to that very active member and friend of 1 Society, Peter Pur tile Precursor Mr. t kla t hen il4oflB3,arlother society is to be formed in the au tor. tabl • b Of course every incoming member will 811111 ingi and of course we- infer the One-)ureen •,, Utl e will take care not to part with his ef g i lt observe, 'in passing; that your Eng grte• t he middl e class will sometimes make a acefroiranal,_ a c i e of the R eg i str a t i on s hilli ng, w hi c h h e while th e b eggar l y , h a lf- na k e d I r i s h 1 4,Nalo a , • every year for some new rebel .s t;N. but let - that pass. The new society ) e itzli . \ o \ l :-hg are its professed objects ? The repeal Pr 44, l atd, ,ih The last and only panacea for the evils e great • cause: to which alone the ' l tl l , tlticuning years are now to be devoted ?. t Yst er i e re al ob . s of the agitating draft ! This is to In Jeet--the Registry of Voters the professed °til er words, We .must- delude my friend; C 4e llll te r s, with '• • • kiL 'hot , •I t ,_ specious words, or else no mo , r .i e .. ijafie -tore , O'Ferralls, nor Wyse§ ; but we NI %it t 114 .0 11 : 1 L )I Y, to . our own determined purposes. are suppose Lord Melbourne' and his kted4 ta e m ore easily duped than the ignorant and . 13e °Ple of I re la nd ? Is the trick upon the ly cor the I r i s h peasant ? ‘. need s 11D1peal no conju rer .to so l ve so , p l a i n a clues "ls a as far fr om t h e w r etc h e d o ld man's i it i t wa s n 1834, the blind zeal or .hte,b,Per6dY of Feargus O'Connor freed him itk it thc,, tid wta, to bring it forward in. Parliament. It t i: 1 ; it he gain either by Repeal or by the agita -47, sad S ° long as he .can return his members in , 1, 4 , 44 .4 Q 041 ; 1 ' their means hold the rod over the Ministry in England, what more . . t , ter il t It is plain then that the present agi ,44iNiotok,o4trii,lietaii.citgeb(l3lil,otioinisshine, simply designed to further Year's rent, and to . keep up the , cirit Y among its serfs against the next.oc t4vt.have 01their exertions may be serviceable. atslsevd,' with unfeigned satisfaction, the ci.oeet pr,en;tion paid by the British press to this a,,, et ' e es• Too transparent to need or re-. !'ite.licrittli—tia‘et. inve stigation, to o w i c k e d t o de serv e teri ou I°4 of dkgiiSt and too cowardly to ex del 1,118 aPpreheosions it is time they found 4 4/ ttl et ke th is bad man has attained too high an tt ti e Public mind; men have formerly al ttt, oh• ves to fear him and to detest him ;he is Ject f ware Y the ac )`for d etestation, but not for fear ; he is . kliv e at : e and self-seeking instrument of a yet 4 der ' (1 e re a mbition s 'priesthood he does .their nthq e quires and obtains his pay. If O'Con -61,::1' to to-morrow, the faction would have )% oli as b41.1/ieit.o,, their hand. A thousand "mute .in tettt Gal `y are 'walking in the cloisters of May -14 - , 1 ' 4, t ~.1 14y * Uno avulso non deficit alter teki 4, 7 e &_ Virgo metallo,—which we 4 ` 4l liarl Yol t 7 t i u le ettou . o. yto render into a tongue that is in %kir., get kti „, 11 in Ireland,—" Take this, one away, e ill be ' a qier . if , You'll give the price, and the new hav e Iv e ll l P of the old block." (t44;144,t d that this old impostor's power is de -44'4 Ire) at but s w e do not believe it. If he the 'e P riests he will fall at once—while he . is yr tlitkitirllt he Will retain his influence. He is a t t , -ce 4 4y of 'nu a very coarse one ; but, during tl i4 4 ▪ Practice in. Parliament, he has learned teMetro '4'4 ery ef .. ) ;. e " l an trick that qualifies him to dis iiitY hi, rav :l ntly the peculiar duties imposed upon iling faction. Their objects are as clear I Nd l et v • • to estirr e td "of the influence he was once sup it. gl etr 4e fo , 4 • gjpolita En gland—viz., the comments of ktt,, t kil 1-4 44d Provincial press —are now becom q riot a ced. N 4 1 0 ti eveti he one now speaks his name. It Mentioned to ears polite; and any 1, laaw, th e bo "dply excites a shudder of disgust. thil l k nnurable and learned member for all t0q‘,.11411, the ke p.utting' the . case too strongly . "ti ebPectiully invite him to visit this Y.fae I,lvab°lierpooi , and introduce his huge, un °4ll t Re Nelitw Pas three in the afternoon, into 1 4 it s-r oorn. !k "N t1: 11(Itiler Cot O il ikr 't* a t rnn will be found a report of the `D • .Y to th the leannual meeting of the Liverpool 1 11 i tit E 'est a 41 ' 41 and Military Bible Society. A 4 41 4 tte t PPeared - b tiv e to be excited in the minds of a Y anth e ,ti 114,, oreible c e l e f • eby the various facts stated; i : r :N r e l y ad, appeals made by the gentlemen t' fOr Y'llpa t h 'essecl the meeting ; and we trust g.eevideneed by the assembled corn , r, nerally, and More especially for 1 4 tit Port tt'rektialltloeal 4 , 1 tnay result in more enlarged and eLtorts f ti it Cla ss of e or th e 8 Vati ou • 11. spiritual welfare of this a ddres see of the spoken much antis was laid on the undeniable fact, that Liverpool had been raised to its present height - of - commercial gran ,deur chiefly through the" instrumentality or Sailors and that, unleSs suitable', attention was given to• the moral improvement of the, British Sailor; it was not to be wondered at that vice was so prevalent in their midst ; and that thousands of our best Seamen .had expatriated themselves, and become attached .subjects of a country rival to Britain'in commercial greatness, and where they found • that encouragement and bene volent consideration denied •to them in their native land. Strong appeals were presented .to the 'notice of the meeting, and ably enforced, for the more enlarged support of the Merchants of Liverpool to this interest ing Institution; and, based as these appeals were npon facts involving serious responsibility upon. the mercan tile employers of Seamen connected with this port, we rust they may not have been made in vain. One fact derived from' the_ ,Report of this AuXiliarY needs no argument - to enforce the :claims of this SO-' ciety :. it appeals at once to the justice of every inha bitant of Liverpool, and will, we'hope, experience its due conscientious consideration. Since the formation of . the Liverpool Auxiliary in 1829, the Parent Society has supplied to this port 5,222 Bibles and 3,599 Tes taments, making a total of 8,821 copies of the lloly Seriptures, at a . cost of 41,486 185."54. The entire sums remitted by . this' Auxiliary, during the -same period, amount to £762 10s. Bd., leaving a deficit of £724 7s. 9d. sustained by the Parent Society in con nexion with this Auxiliary. Slimly- some more enlarged effort is necessary •is such a• cause and it will never be—nay, it must not be---permitted that the Agents of this Society shall have to say; in inland towns, " We notinly want . yoUr aid for the general operations of the Society, but also to supply the lack of benevolence in Liverpool for the moral improVement of the• Seamen connected with that port." Another fact illustrative of the readiness that the Agent of this Society has met with to receive the Scriptures on Ship-board, occurred lately in one of our• docks. The Captain came on. board and found the Agent making the deposit with .the Mate, and on noticing the Bibles, asked, " What was the charge ?" when he Was informed that they were the gift of the Society for the use of the crew; his reply was, " That's' noble," and at the instant placed half-a-soVereign in the hands of the Agent, adding, " Will you accept that for the Society?" expressing also his hope "'That the Lord would bless and prosper its lahours .for the good of the Seamen." We have now. Only to add, that . the Rev. W. May 7 nard, Chaplain to the Mariners' Church, is the Secre tary, and Thomas Porter, Esq.; Mersey-street, is the Treasurer, to the Liverpool Auxiliary Naval and Mili tary Bible Society; by whom contributions to the abov'e object willbe thankfully received and acknowledged. By the packet : -Ship Siddons, Captain Palmer, which arrived here on Friday afternoon, we have received New : York Papers to the 26th of August and also a copy of the Montreal Gazette of the '2oth ult., and a copy of .the Quebec. Gazette of the 19th ult.; The New York papers are only two days later than those brought by the - .4iterpopl, and contain very little additional news. Mr. Clay .had taken his departUre from New York, and proceeded through New jersey to Philadelphia. A few additiOnal particulars • are furnished in these papers respecting the elate seizures of woollen goodS. The first gi'eat seizure was rriacle . at gie:Store.of Davis; Broadbent, and Co., in Front-street: the ne±t, of - 40 packages, was made at the 'store of W. Blackburn ; and a third large seizure was made .in. Market-street.; all in Philadelphia.. It is'stated• that these . goods re the Property' of Mr. Bottomley; a citizen of Great Britain, by whom they were placed in the hands -of American houses for sale. It is added that sTr{ Bot tomley took his departure from New York about the same time as Mr. Swartwout. .The yellow fever was on the increase at New Or leans, and also at Mobile. The deaths,from thiS cause at Charleston athounted• to fourteen in one week. -A Singular epidemic is alSo said to have broken out at Springfield, Vermont. The town is desCribed as a string of hospitals. 'The affeCtion resembled a virulent dysentery, accompanied with symptoms of Asiatic cholera. Hardly a family-escaped. The disease had proved fatal in many instances. The Sackett's Harbour Journal states that the county gaol there had been, broken -open,and that the three Canadian mail robbers confined- in it had escaped. The outer door of the gabl, as well as the door of their cell, were unlocked, • • . It is said that the-total amount'of property'destroyed at the great conflagration which-took place at St: John's, New Brunswick, including buildings, rnercandisc, and household effects ~cannot fall short of 1:200,000. The .13angoi. Whig .of August 24th states: that, the Comrni,ssioners for the 49undary survey. were . itt the Government House, Frederickton, abnut a week before, and expected to.conatrence their tour inuediafely. . • The Quebec and Montreal papers do Rot,contabi any news of importance.: The pro,spects . of . the liar : vest are described as.very promising. • Lord Durham's,plan for 'governing the .Canadas,wS becoming inered:siiigly unliop'ular in both provinces: " Purhamite"- . lad- been subStituted foi-the less trea sonable-name of " Reformer," at the express injunc tion of the ".Patriot Executive Council", sitting at Rochester. The Quebec Gazette has the following remarks in reference to Lord Durham's plan .:—J."Flie whole of the Papers in Lower. Canada, published in the English.' language, are now decidedly .opposed to His Lordship's, plan: Two papers, published in French, Still support it, but-the. Editor. of one of them was the agent of Mackenzies. ALLIAINT4' ,the other was . of . that party Who urged the French Canadians to contempt of the government, and actual -violence ; prated of` ,Hots de .4a . ;?g,' [rivers of blOod,] and then libelled the' British Government because, blood was . shed in putting down, rebellion, and . vindicating the laws: There ate still a few papers , in Upper Canada, whose conduct during• the late rebellion was praiseworthy, that. sUpport .. Lord Durham's notions, either from .a misconception - of their' natural consequences, or from the irritation of , political discussions and animosities ; but '' :is not to be supposed that the loyal inhabitants of that Province, ; who . acquired so' much honour in resisting and putting' down rebels and sympathisers, will suffer themselves' to be cheated out .of what they fought for; abandoning . their allegiance to the British Crown and their.con-: nexion with the . native land. of themselves or their ancestors. If ever the rump of the Mackenzie re belliQn and their new allies should attempt to . act on' their. thrpat of setting the British Goiernment at dc,-' fiance,' " they probably will learn the utility of :.re-. pentance. " These . sentiments are echoed by all the respectable portion of the Canadian press. • We subjoin, from the Morning Courier and En quirer of August 26; the New York Commercial 'news : " SUNDAY EY,ENING—AUGUSI' 25.7—The tlihSae-. tions in Stocks yesterday were rather limited; and. without any verymaterial variation in prices ; Delaware and Hudson Canal Company and Harkin.: Railroad Compand having improved a shade, while , Utica Rail: road - Company 'fell off 1, and Bank. of Kentucky; Stock -1; per cent. Sales were made of North American Trust Company at . 69, Delaware and .Hudson Canal Company 6n, Vicksburg Band 3 . 51, Bank of Kentucky 78*, : Harleni Railroad ComPany 48t, and Stonnington Railroad Company 234. The transactions in Foreign Exchange indicated•no further 'variation in prices.. " Official notice is given by the Secretary of the Treasury that the sixth instalment of the Neapolitan Indemnity, amounting to 220,416 dollars, will be paid to the respective claimants, at the Bank America, and after the sth of Septenibei next. -f-f- 100,000 dollars was received yesterday _by the ship Congress, from Mazatlan, and a considerable quantity of bullion by . the Ang - Oligue, froin Callao. " We hear of receipts of the new crop of Cotton at the_ various Southern Markets ' say Augusta, Natche, Mobile, &c., the quality generally very good." , ELECTRO-G ALVAN I SM.—On Thursday evening there was a meeting of .the Liverpool. Polytechnic Society,.•Henry Booth, Esq. in the chair. -A-paper was read by Mr Thomas Spencer; which excited much interest. We believe it com municated nauchlnformation on electro-o - * aivanic science new to the philosophical.world. Mr Spencerhas More . than anti cipated the experiments ofProfesson•Jaeobi,by engravings in relief by deposition of metallic copper ; and, we are assured that the specimens he•produced, are far superior to any yet seen. The most beautiful exemplication of his process was . in copying coins and medals by deposition , which ar e re p ro-:- dueed with the utmost facility, in exact relief, and with coni plete fidelity. Nothing can exceed the beauty of the. speci mens he showed,. obtained by this process. Mr Spencer's paper was ordered to be printed xt the cost of the society ; and we hope soon - to - be able to cOmumnicate more exact in formation a elative to a Koces§Al'OfurniAtes suen extensive. utility in the arts,—Journal, ' LIVERPOOLIAUXILIA.RY SOCIETY FOR PRO MUTING CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE JEWS. Last evening the Twentieth Anniversary-of the ':cc So, ciety was•-held at the -.Music sold-street. 'standing the unfaverurablenegs of the- weather, the meeting was very numerously :and respectably attended. The fol, .lowing, amongst other clergymen and gentlemen, were on the platform :—The Revs." Chancellor Reiltes, Dr: Tattershall, P. Buddicom, James Furnival, Henry Carpenter, Hugh H. Stewart, Robert Davies, David Roberts, H. S. Joseph, Win. :Wirer, J., Conner, Marshall, Cartwright, Wm.. Rawson, R. Theiwall, C. VT. Lawrence, W. Richard, Alexander, Falloon; • John Rigby, Esq., Howard; Esq., Duncan, Esq. • The Rev. Chancellor .RaikeS was moved. into the Chair, after ..which the Rev. Dr. Tattershall commenced the pro ceedings by offering up an impressive prayer. • The CHAIRMAN observed that the circumstance of •so liege an as;;enibly having collected twether, on such an (ie... casion, afforded him unfeigned dulight,7evincing, as it did, an increasing 'degree •of interest in the Jewish canine. He re juiced the more in addressing such a numerous meeting, be cause Ile ,was : convinced that the interest thin; taken in the cause of converting the- ancient people of -God roust arise from "-motives' derived from the Bible The people of Liver pool had manifested their growing attachment to the and their de termination to rally round.thecause of re ligion. then alluded, in terns of great elCi.qumicc history of the Jewish People. , He then proceeded to say lin no one could take an interest in the Jewish cause without de riving..beneht to his own tsoul---without :feeling an increased ,'to th fur m ;unary eri - orprize—orwithout promoting the glory of t..,7,11 earth. . -- The then called upon the Secretary to read The 'funds of the Parent Society had sustained some dumnation in one or two depnitments—but its general funds had increased: considerably.-` The'report then detailed the number of copieS of tlie' Holy Scriptures which had been circulated under the auspices of the Society during the past year. The report - alluded next to the increasing demand for cppies of the fiblyScripttires.. During the past year 21 adult Jews andtyco,children were hal'itied at London, and most of their`Witlythe 'use: of the. ritual service in 'the Behr tongne. I .l 4 6lkt:hundred andeightnhildren had bc. into the Jewish" School's: at •London since they were opei repm ,e 0 adtriitte( • During the past year,- 26 'Jews had been received into the Jewish Institution in.Livetlioet, of whom, 13 had been dis charged as unworthy of thesopport of the :,ocietl. end of the remainder, several bad been adalitted into ccun:.:nion with the Church of ile.i ‘ anci. The t; , the mis sion 'at -Jerusaleini where a chui.,...1 , ..:.ted, mid ve,T favourable prospects presented tir. It then detailed the proceedings of the society in i;: , _'or. missions. In this. departrnent - the society had tfi, eL, •,nnt,'r very great diftieulti: , s, owing chiefly to the pectin.: circumstances in which the Jews were placed hi-almost every country.. Owing to thesevircumstuices, the „Tcws were, suoject to every species of hardbin and E'es3ion of ehristianit Yenturvd to make a pro ' ' r,i ; 0; ' :0.1241' were alluded to, especlal!y taken place at Constantinople: - The society L: thereftve,.paid great at tention to the subject of n-cl'ting, as ninon as possible, the consequences usually visit:Ni on the heads of co - averted Jews.• With this view temporary lams had been provided for converts and inquirers. ln 0 asylums the Jews were under the entire contrel'of the officers cf the societv. A. separate fund had beeh'proPoSed to be set aside for the ex . - press purpose of supporting- such, institutions. The report then expressed' the regret o,f the committee for the lesS the society lvtd sustained, by the- retrieval of the treasurer, Mr. Elijah Harrison, to another part of the cauntry. The re ceipts and expcnditure of the auxiliary society, for the last year, were then enumeraled. The Rev. J. H. STMITART moved that the report be adopted and the xespective'ofticers of the society be requested to con , : tioue their services. 1! •-: 7 7 : , ct" on au occa sion and for a' cause know sin ners veers most deeply u : Jr: t ;re conversionof the. Jews, and their return to Canaria, ! , ,entied the final conversion of the world. He observe.', that the -state of Judah was at the preAcnt moment attracting 'universal attention. There was scarcely a goVernment - in existence Which was not looking with intense interest to the present position of the Holy Land. IV:el - chants also, as. well as politicians,' were contemi;lating the present aspect of af fairs in that country with great-curiosity. -The Holy - Land was on the route by which the increased facilities for communicating - with India were to be carried into effect. The. British i,, , overnment had rece , ..,tly appoitited.for. the first tithd, a eonstil in the Holy Land, and a Christian Churchhad also been t'eeently -established . at ,Terusalent7--the holy city. On Mount Zion-the gospel was now preached by a mission ary sent froin Erigland.... The Church of Scotland had also lately, sent a deputation to inquire into the state of Judea. Great Britain seemed thus to be the selected instrument for conveying to the people orludea the glorious tidings of the gosket, and to bring the Joys into tie fold CI - fist. The Society'thr Promoting Christianity' among the Jews had been established for. 31 years. During the earlier part of its Career it had encountered great :pposition from' - the Jews. Recently. a-very happy change had taken place. The Jews were now looking :he pro gress of events: • The jew,sh P• to enter upon .the discussion of the • return of tbeJewS.te their ' • . . ter opposition,- hut t,, The Rev. gentleman then read an interesting r , ' .:r -selte:l, the chief , Liludua,,expre 1.‘2. ut •.11;:s:ae ti::il which he f5-it i sine the . 5 by, the Jewish • ;-•;• u=l Children of Israel to the 1. , n - H. . • • • • . , iv asserted that tile eves were wer, ! .tiotitbr'the appearance . of ti.,' r his .people. day /1:1,L .. .•I)crinted ,y of especial inter cession for the • otithe Messiair.—.That day of. prayer would be on We. , _,;i,,,1117 next, when a service would he read in the Jewish synagogues on this interesting subject.— (Cheers.)-,The reverend gentleman then suggested the propriety of - setting'aside the,ryaint - -.,' day, among the Christians of Liverpool,. as a day of fasting and prayer. He apologised for occr.:) , much time, but as he belt that there was a very gr. , : the , present condition of the , .0,-te felt that ire could net avoid offering the observation in which bobad iedulged. (Cheers.) • • _ The Rev. J. B. CARTWRIGHT ' the - secreary of the parent ;:ociety,.rose io sec ond - the resolution. The , usefulness of ▪ society depended upon the Means. - which were-taken for he diffusion -of• the principles of Christian faith. - . iroeeetlect sf r t ti), efiorti had-he,iessed conversion of many ,• in every rank of E;•-. lie then lauded to the increased H 1)y all Jews. (.'!,1.-h t- paid . • ' • a proporo , t - important subjd c t the t ristian world was beceming mu. ' .:;.S The more' . they stttitlied'th • i" , y Wee,: _I au iuterest in the - hlesseti e ~ o f-th e J - 6 ve . (Cheers.) Men, , ! 0 amalgamate j 1 lind been, an fore.: '• This : was, however, 1, hit :itli the hiller • sorihture, ; which declared filet .saws ShOtifii be-pryserecd as. a Oho tinet people.h: (i:i :leer.) -They must not seek to convert thelJewshy den..; ' -Mg them; ter that would be proceeding in the a ei a eceipture. (Heath. hear.) The Rev. , to .the deptitalion soot out s by the Cheincloof .Scolland to inquire into the etato of the jews. One special objeet7 of the deputation was to ascertain the mollo of yrelhe.rhig mieeiereoeee le the JCW'S _for ,their .:our=. lair , 'hot that the ';Church - of Seo t 'hen of the JeWs"as a national ohm , pnopriety of suggesting that the Church oIE id.should op the reuse in sam e o h dtotheint . Lwhieti was feltio the J wish (eel e ,;-, e-here a d a hni had been made nod for warde(l tot sty. (CI: , h. •) "The interest thus taken in the .Teys.l,sit e h oseby Clrhehen "churches, secured a blessing, upon . those,ohtirehes them elves. (Hear.) ,fie then adverted to the eAa i alisitinentof the Christian church of Jerusalem. Among otiter'teasons ter the-erection of thatehutch, he ad duredtheitteeeSsity:of shelving the real nature of christia nity, and of the worship offeeed.hplite Cheistians t This was the more riocessarY:as the Jews, in most countries, had no opportunity of witnessing the manner in which Protestants Served and worshipped God. , In Roman Catholic, Greek, and Arnae,nian places of worship, they saw much that they condemned as idolatrous; and as these places• of worship were frequented bynominal Christians, theleWs confounded christianity itself .with these idolatrous practices.' It was; therefore, etpecially incumbentupon the Protestant Church Of England to set up a visible testimony to the purity of their worship; and this could not be better done then by the establislitocot of a ChriStiall PreteStant congregation in Jerusalem. - (Cheers.) then alluded to the circulation of. the Word God among the Jews: _, A great desire now prevailed amorig_the ancient people , of God to read and.pos- Sess the Scriptures. At Tunis alone, in the course of one year only, XlSOLad been paid lay Jews for copies of the Scrip tures. (Cheers.) Some of the purchasers walked ten miles to obtain' theopy. of the Bible. (Cheers.) Again, on the. shores of thelialtic 350 Bibles and 04 Testaments had been disposed of in two mouths, and £44 ss. Od. had been received in the same time forties purchase of these. (Cheers.) The last impression of the Jewish Scriptures circulating among the Jews at Tunis was out of print, and the , society lmped to trig lycit •a impression in a short tithe. The Rey. Gentleniati then alluded to the present general condition et: the. Jews.. In.. England a ,theoiogical : institution had . been established for the study of Hebrew literature. The great basis , of this institution instated to-be the study of the law of God—a study hitherto neglected in most Jewish schools. (Cheers:) In the:Schools of the Jews the study of the proL. pheeies was atWicting, e increased attention. (Hear.) The Jews h wereennwiSeuing publiCations from-the press on the subject of the restoration of their nation to the Holy Land. The present inquiring state of the Jews was a source of great to - ACC - nude - el:lents:Co missionary exertion on their behalf. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was carried unanimously: ' The Rev. H. S,:lJosePti moved the next resolution. As Several eminent ministers were to speak on the present occa sion:he. Would net' "Ocieupy much of their time. Christians. he remarked, wexe litale au-are of the ; state of religious belief amprigthe Jews; or they would feel a far greater interest in the cause of their conversion. He; stated that most of the su perstitious doctrines of the Roman Catholics were derived from thecortuptedJewish Chorotii , iikle instanced the-prac tice of praying for the souls of-the departed, and the doctrine bf purgatorial-fire.- He read several passages front a Jewish Woide in support of this assertion. The Talmud was full or statements in' simport of the doctrines to which he alluded. Some of thescstatments were of the must ridiculous character. Sikh, however, as they were, they formed the foundation on which the Romish church ereetedher. Supei - s . fitiMis doc trines of intercession for the dead and purgatory. (Cheers.) Such being the doctrines and belief:of the.Jefts#thow neces sary was it that they should dihseminate; among them the knowledge of -the -Inith as it is in Christ-Jesus! (Hear.) He-then alluded to the belief which ',vas prevalent among the Jews, that' the devil did !pot understand the!Kahnudical He brew, on which account many of their services were in that tongue. Though the Church of -Rome borrowed many of its superstition:4 from the Jews, the hitter had. no 'enemies more rancourous and implacable the.. Roman Catholics. (Cheer§,h) :.1 heh'eV. gentleman this .; , .te tea to the institii tion whielehad been established in :rime: Of the num ber that had been in the institution during_ the past year six bad been .haptized, and had afforded every evidence, of the sincerity"'Of ' tlicir:i4eofeSeion. (Hear.) He 'concluded by Observing, that - he wh's ,rejoiced to - beer the suggestion of Mr. Stewart that "Wednesd6' neg.t should he devoted to prayer and fasting on behalf-of fl:; House 01,ISVa0, and an nouncing that a meeting for- that purpose would be held at the Music Hail on thatoiriorning. (Heat.) The Rev. -Mr: ALEXA7NiDER rose to second the resolution. lie bewailed the, ignoratee - which Prevailedainong Christians with respect to the state of the Jews. (Hear.) - Maby were apt to leroktiPonithe Jews aa" beneath their notice; 'rhos e, however, who had bestowed nay attention upon the actual state of the Jews; could - not help feeling a -deep interest in their welfare. He Said that the feat of death said eternity was uni- Yersal among the Jews:- How necessary, thereto: c, ions it that they should he-made-acequainted with the hope of the gospel ! Their fear of death was owing to their ignorance of .Christ — the `helieVer's stay in the shedow "of the ;valley of death. The worship of the Jews was a mere dead form. They were perishing- from lack of knowlcd - ge. it was, therefore, the duty of Christiahs to make known. among the children of Israel the way of salvation. It was their, duty, especially, to furnish their Jewish brethren wittrthe New.Teetament, , which coiltained the glad tidings of the gospel. The apostle Phil', himself a converted Jew, very forcibly urged upon Gentile ChriStians the deity of seeking the-conveTrsion of the Jews. The rev. gentleman then alluded 'to the idolatrous su perstitions which were feeq.uently exhibited co the Conti nent before the Jews, and the wrong impressions wheli they thus derived respectime ' the true nature of Christianity. He then proceeded to say. that the means employed by the so ciety were the bei4t calculated to feln()Ve those' - false 'impres. _ signs, especially the diitribtitieif if. the holy :Seriptures..• (Hear.) The Jews had now numerous opportunities of knowing the will of God. -- These means had-been blessed in numberless instances. •He therefore urged upon the meeting the necessity of furnishing the society with the. means of publishing an increased number of copies of the Scriptures. (Hear) He said that the chosen time for favouring Zion seemed to be at hand.. (Hear.) He might relate many in teresting facts in illustration of this sign of the times. It should, therefore, be the object of every Christian church to seek the salvation of the house of Israel. The CHAIRMAN then announced that a collection would be made •before the next gentleman rose to speak. The collection amounted to £3O. • - The Rev. R. P: Bonnicom rose to move the next resolu tion. He heartily concurred in the Sentiment - expressed in • the •resolution, that the Jews had a claim on christian sym pathy, in 'respect of their temporal Wants. If christians had reaped of their spiritual thingss should notthe Jews reap of the"tarnal - things-of • Christians ? (Cheers.) He said • that the Jews were too frequently treated with contempt by -, Christians : Initeit - ChristiahS were placed in the same de grading situation as the Jews, they would, perhaps, feel dis posed to appreciate that sympathy which was now withheld 1 fsom their JeWish ' brethren. (Hear.) He alluded with feeline - ,s of great delight to the' circumstance that the Church of England had obtained a footing in Jerusalem. He hoped td see the day when a Christian bishop would occupy the mes tropolitan chair of Jerusalem as the successor of St. James. Church of Rome, wherever two orthree worshippers of her community were to be found, immediately appointed a bishop' to stmerintend ,the infant church. It 'behoved the Church of England to . ,he equally - on the alert, and not to neglect the a.dvaritage of this mighty leverage.—(Cheers.)— Tile edvantap of thus' appointing biShops, wherever oppor tunities arose, teas now visible in India.—(Hear;)—The ap pointment of a minister in Jerusalem, in connection with the Church of England, was the first instance in which such an appointment had taken place - where England had no colony. This rernitided him of the Mode in which christianity was first introduced into Great Britain. He trusted that the in fant Church at Jerusalem woUldsbe the source from which the light of Christianity would spread through the whole of the land of Judah.— (Hear.) , —Christian - s 'should possess the spirit of St. Pied when he yearned for the conversionof his brethren according to the flesh. - Le(Hear.)• The ReghH. Al`Nhiess rose to second the resolution. He commenced by saying that he was not going to deliver a speech. ' , He had some business to , go through. He then read a letter which had been put in his. hands' since he came to the meeting: The letter stated that a female had.made a collection. of I9s for the church at Jerusalem. He then._ adverted to, a question proposed by the Rev. Mr. Joseph— whether • the reason assigned by the Boman Catholics, why mass was s lid in Latin was, that the Devil did not understand Latin? In answer to. this he would Say that the Romishchurch assigned various reasons for this—to suit different classes of inqUirerse The Rev. Gentleman proceeded to remark that the JeWish subject was of the highest importance. The state of the Jew§ was the best evidence which could be laid before the poor, in faOur of---the - miniueness and lueplratioe of the Holy ScriptureS. The Jewish subject was typical. It was, in • the next place, expository. It enabled them to - open the scriptures: .Again the Jewish subject was• mis sionary. It vas :also political. It held forth instruction to all nations. •• It told , all the people that, if they "put away all idols. and reverenced his sabbaths, God would bless them : but, it they • neglected the- worship of God, and worshiped idols, then they would. be cursed. The whole Jewish history was full, cf political . instruction: (Hear.) This political. instruction, 'derived. from the Jewish history, was corroborated by the history of all nations. • This had been . &emPlified in the history of England. With this wise lesson Isefore them—it was a subject of •melancholy reflection •to him' to learn that, in England itself, the idolatrous worship of :the mass had: - been publicly paraded - in the streets of its great towns. :(lean). - 'He - insisted, in conclusion, upon the necessity of having laws passed•for preventing this national :iarticipati9n in the idolatry of the Church of Rome. The meeting was closed by singing a psalm adapted to the objeCts of the .l. wish Society. • MARTIN'S GILANDPICTURE OF THE CORONATION.—This splendid picture still remains on view at the Lyeeutn.' As its stay in Liverpool is uncertain, we recommend an early visit. —See Advt. STEAM versus. WIND.—The steam ship Liverpool, it will be remembered, left New York on the afternoon of the 24th ult. and could have arrived on the night of the ith, making the passage ia 14+ days. The packet ship North America sailed from New ;York on the 21st ult. and reached the Mersey on the 11th, having made the - run in 20 days, thus giving an advantage of 5 days to steam over wind. But the packet ship Siddons, which sidled from New York on the 26th ult. two days after the Liverpool, arrived at this port at noon on the 13th, having accomplished the passage . in 18 days., and re duced the advantage of steam over wind to 34 days only.— Passengers by the Siddons, Capt. Palmer, arrived on Fri day, from New York v--Don Manuel Maria Mosquiras and lady, Charge de Affaires from Nueva, Grenada ; Senor Gomez; Mr A. Mosquiras ; . Mr P. Mosquiras ; Mr Osborn and lady, of London ; 'Mr Good, lady and, child, from 'Jamaica ; Cap tain Gordon, 93d regiment; Lieut. Carey, 67th regiment ; Mr Lonao,ll ; Mr C. Michaelis, Havana ; Mr Sivaine, Leeds; Mr Reynolds, Providence; Mr Williams, United states; Mr Jones, .England ; Mr Gourdin, Charleiton . ; and Mr and Mrs Fletcher. . Sr. GEonGt.'s HALL.—The, committee appointed to select the design fa:: St. Georze's Hall, Liverpool, have assigned the first premium of 250 guineas. to Mr Harvey Lonidale *lines, cud the seem - Idt° Mr Alexander, both of London, anti it is expected that this magnificent structure Will be com- Oendetl' A early in the ensuing spring, under Mr Elmes's a.N.plees. It is equally cre .iitalde to the taste of the commit tee, and the liberality of the profession in Liverpool, that, altimulzh both the successful competitors are very young men and sty:, is Liverpool, the decision of the committee has been ras T T public opinion, and is sanctioned by the of Lancashire, many of whom had sent in designs lerit. Tuv. ITAnnorun.—Several improvements, Calculated to trade and commerce of the port, hav , . ' . v the Dock Committee, and others arc i. . . ,called the Victoria Channel, ' , • tlic dredging process under the . Atarme Surveyor, Lieut. Lord, is U; to ye:. . of all classes ; and is likely to be- . l of the port, owing to the new '.-11 was 1111 cff four years ago, having become shallower more dui:V.,- of ,access. The loss of Captain. D.enhaiu's ices is therefore not likely, at least, for the present, to be attended with the utter extinction of part.the new light-house-of wood, and capable of - cc inoVal, has been established. near Crosby Point, which will render the approaches to the port sale and easy at all times Of the tide,' and by night as well as day. In addition to these iinm'ovements, we understand the Dock Committee have made •can,iderable progress towards the adoption of Mar rvat's Code of Signals - to the communication between the :thipping and their telegraphs, which will also accomplish the object long Wished . for by - many persons, the facility of communication between ships at sea, • Whereby'important in formation to their owners or to the , public may beireqUently qbuoned... The system of telegraphic communication now in se .will':thus be entirely abandoned. The preparations for accommodation of la rge - c l ass steamers, by the inclosure Bdi the Brunswick Basin with gates of sufficient width, are, we are glad to find, considerably advanced, and likely to be completed- in•a few months. We hope that the Dock Com mittee. will, ere loag, p rov id e th e means f or the se l arge ves sels to enter one or more of their Graving Dooks also, an object to which, we believe, they have not been inattentive. The committee are about to appoint au assistant harbour Inester, in order to secure the better superintendence of the dock: , , and several regulations have been made with regard to Ciie berthing of vessels and other matters, which will no doubt be acceptable and useful to all classes connected with the shipping and commerce of the port. The committee have been thwarted, for the present, in the endeaVour to effect the 'one grand reform ;which would h ave b een wo rth a ll the rest, c menu the estailishment of warehouses on the deck quays, but that, too, will be effected whenever . the burgesses shall become sufficiently alive to the importance of the subject to Prevent either the Finance ComMittee or the Town Council from playing' see-saw between priYate interest and the public good. The -advertisement of the Dock Committee will be found in another part of our publication.—Journal. MEETING OF THE, PROPRIETORS OF THE BANE OF Livhahooh.--:On frhlay, the 13th instant, the annual meet ing Of the proprietorS of' the Bank of Liverpool took place, at the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street, T. Sands, Esq. M the chair. The chairman stated, that he much regretted ,the cause of having to take.the chair on the present occasion; be regretted it net Fo ranch on account of his inability to discharge the duties (forthey were few) which devolved upon him, but chiefly on account ,of the indisposition of the chairman, Mr. Hodgson, who, he was sure, would. have had great pleasure in meeting the proprietors, and of giving them that information which his intimate connection with the bank would well enable him to do ; Which, however, would be supplied by Mr. Langton, the manager. Mr. Sands would not allow - that opportunity to pass, without bearing his testimony to the valuable services of the chairman to the bank: No one; he stated, could fully appreciate these ser vices but those who have witnessed them : how far they had been beneficial to the bank would best appear by the results, which would' be seen in the report. Joseph Langton, Esq. then read the report to the, meeting. It began by alluding to the crintinued prosperity of the establishment at the close of another year. No 'additional shares had been issued. The paid-up capital of; the company, on the 30th of June, amounted to X . 167,825, and the net profits of the year, after payment of .current expenses, and provisions for 'bad and doubtful debts, realized 4:53,609 8s 7d, from which the proprietors have received two half-:yearly dividends of five per tent each,--amounting to £!,682 10s; leaving a sur plus'of X 5,92 0. 18s 7d, to be carried to the reserved surplus fund, which fund now amounted to £109,602 15s 7d; The report then alluded to the.present monetary. pressure, which the directors attributed partly to the adverse action of a deficient harvest last'year oil the foreign' exchanges ; partly to a withdrawal of a large amount of capital from its legiti mate channels of trade.to 'be invested in the favotirable under tahihgs" bf thh day';' hind partly .- to• heavy investments in faeign securities, withdraWn in like manner from mercantile capital :" - thi. those causes, eembined, the directors were' in clined to attailnite the present existing monetary embarrass inePt§,- After some allusion to the probability, in the next session or perliament, of the laws relating to joint stock banks beinrau)ended and 'consolidated by 'government, the report proceeded to rattle to thelate case of embezileenent ' ti b v a e; nks:swtehiri°' .ohfacclhbeeeekns t e i ,o n n t % ll the t i e ) ' an o ti f i o )u n l e l i of , hi s tljrk , § ,7 o , l (l t ff h e e c has hden adopted, ;:n i... , :n•cnce of a similar eircum igttaiin :,, aas ha e s er b t e tii e n e p d which will be reduced by r defalcations amounted, A:1000, of *Mai sum his . sureties have already paid a por tion, and the balaneeis in a train of settlement. The report :appeared to give general satisfaction to the proprietors, and a deSultoi y 'cbdiersation ,followed' - on the favourable position. Of the bank. Thanks were the'n voted to the chairman and director's, who iicknowleded the compliment, apd the Meet ing, which occupied about half an hour, separated. ' , "We could find no great fault With . Marryatt's book, if he said nothing further out of the way than the :ollowing ; speak ing of Syracuse in thiS state, he says---" I'dO'detest these old ;lames vamped ,up. Whydo not the Americans take the In dian name 3 ? They need,not'he so' scrupulous Wont it ; they have robbe4 the Indians of everything else."—New York Paper. '1:0:2•K AND Nollirk MIDLAND RAILWAY.—The laying of the second line of rails is proceeding with rapidity, and will be completed from York to the ionctidu in . abotit four months. The Milf9t4 to Altofts are progressing Yery favourably, and no dou'at exists Via.t the contractors will have completed their respLictiiie contracts in Matbh next. I—Leeds1—Leeds la(elligeneer.. • _ A yonng woman. who. had recently. .entered, the domestic service of a respectable American family at New York, com plained that her mistress gave her all the dirty work to do, whilst she played the Ldy. Another, on her mistress enter taining a,pal'ty of friends to dinner, said, ." Oh, you are goi:ur to hak.e - comnuny, so . have my supper, and go : to bed teat of the bustle; - • • A double dahlia, called "Springfield Rival," was gathered in the, garden of Mr. Edward Wright, at Wileatbridge:Pot tory, on Wednesday last. It is a very beautiful specimen, the backs of the-two flowers being closely united, and grown On a single. stalk.—Derbokire Courier. 'ln the eounty of Chester there is nrcsidence called. Hard itur,woodl lions, in the parish of Lawton, from. which the in , h - Ibitants*. every time they go to church, pass out of the pro vince 'Of Canterbury into that' - of York ;- go through two coun ties, Staffordshire and Cheshire; three parishes, Woollstan ton, Audrey," and Lawton; three constabularies, Tunstal, Chelley, and Nantwich! - nun the two dioceses of- Licll6o4 anti Cluster, • . BLOWING UP OF A SUNKEN VESSEL IN THE CHANNEL OF THE MERSEY. It was announced, by placard, on Saturday last, that the ship " Byron," which had been sunk in the Horse Channel, by coming in contact with a steam vessel, some months ago, would be, yesterday, blown up, by Mr. Abbinet--a gentle man who bas been peculiarly successful in raising or remov ing the hulls of vessels in entrances to harbours, and thereby rendering an essential service to the maritime service of the country. In accordance with the advertisements, one of our best river steam-boats,—the " Liverpool," of Seacombe, was engaged for the occasion—the time of starting being stated to be a quarter before eight o'clock. This was rather an early hour for parties who were merely interested in the ex periment, and the morning being, moreover, gloomy, the number on board, was fewer than was anticipated. There were, however, between forty and fifty gentlemen on board, including Mr. Greeson, surveyor for Lloyds, and several other scientific gentleinen. The vessel (and we must here do justice to our river packets) went down the river in gallant style, a southerly w ind, and a slight tide-way setting down, being in her favour. he started from the south end of the Prince's pier, at about nine o'clock, and in about an hour and a half reached the point of action, north of Hoylake. The vessel upon which the explosive experiment was to be made, was sunk on the sand-bank, between " Spencer's Buoy" and the North-East Buoy. Between the two buoys named, another small buoy, painted red, was fixed immediately over the hull of the sunken ves sel. This boy floated nearly perpendicularly, and attached to it, also vertical, was the metal pipe conducting the fuse to the combustible material deposited for the explosion of the sunken vessel. Before entering into further explanation of the mode of the explosion, we must here narrate the effect of the explosion, as witnessed by ourselves and others, before seeing the previous preparations. Close to Spencer's buoy lay at anchor a fine cutter belong ing to Mr. Abbinet, and between that buoy and the N.H. buoy was placed a small red buoy, to which the fuse was attached. The steamboat had scarcely arrived when, it being about low-water, Mr. Abbinet, the " master of the ceremo nies," left the cutter in a boat, and ignited the fuse, a per pendicular match attached to the buoy. This combustible tube smoked out for a minute or two, the upper part being what is called a " port match," which burned sufficiently slowly to permit the boat in which were the igniting parties to attain a " respectable distance" before the explosion took place. The match was seen to burn and smoke for a short time, and the anxiety on board the steamer, which was not so close to the spot as the cutter; became intense. The explosion at length took place with beautiful, and, we may add, tremendous effect. To appreciate the effect pro duced, it is only necessary to state that the vessel blown up was 24 feet under the water, and that when sunk she was loaded by the heaviest cargo that can be named—viz., 150 tons of iron. The firsteffect-of the explosion was a bubbling, or ebulli tion, on the water, over the spot where the explosion took place. This was instantly succeeded by a throwing-up of the water to a height of from eight to ten feet, within a cir cle of probably sixty feet diameter. When this island of water had attained its height, a loud explosive concussion was heard; the, top of the elevated water was dashed into foam ; and, before it subsided, fragments of the abrupted vessel were forced to the surface, and, in a short time, strewed the waves over a space of probably a quarter of an acre. No smoke seemed to ascend from this submarine combustion, the whole being condensed by the water. The effect, though momentary, was altogether sublime, and, on the subsiding of the aqueous mountain, fragmetts of the wreck were seen floating in every direction, the tide being at that time on the turn. The boats belonging to the cutter and steamer picked up heavy loads of the timber, consisting of planks, knees, beams, &c., of large dimensions, most of which were broken across, in pieces, though sound timber, like carrots, or split into match-wood. The fragments of knees and timbers showed the excessive power of the explo sion—the iron bolts through them being wrenched out and bent in a manner showing an extraordinary explosive power. There were several boats, fishing-smacks, and shrimping vessels, near the buoys, and these picked up the floating pieces of timber not otherwise appropriated. A large quan tity of wood was thus picked up ; and it is remarkable, that although the vessel has been sunk only a few months, the whole of the timber is thickly coated with barnacles. The vessel which was exploded was about 200 tons burden, and it is said that she had on board about 150 tons of iron, a cargo of which of all others is the most against the raising of a vessel containing it. Mr. Abbinet, who has so successfully exploded the By ron, has been previously employed in tho blowing up or raising of government and other vessels, and, amongst others, the Boyne. Amongst the interesting circumstances of the explosion, was the capture of an immense conger Eell, weighing about 45 lbs. The depth in which the vessel lay was about 24 feet. The manner in which theignition was communicated was through a lead-pipe, lowered from the mast-head of the cutter in at tendance, the powder, in a cask covered with pitch, being at the same time sent under water. The person who goes down is clad in an Indian rubber dress, and provided with a shield or helmet of copper, into which the air is pumped, by an air-pump„ while he is under water. After the blowing up of the vessel, one of Abbinet's men men went under water to examine the remains of the hulk that had been blown up. He remained under water for nearly a quarter of an hour, and when he came up, his hair was perfectly dry. Three hearty cheers were given on the blowing up of the vessel, and on the arrival of the steamer at Liverpool, the parties on board had appropriated portions of the wreck as walking sticks. Mr. Egerton, agent for Lloyds, was on board and contributed his valuable aid in the management of the operation. On arriving at Liverpool, the passengers, most of whom had possessed ,themselves of portions of the wreck, gave three cheers for the success of the experiment, which were heartily responded to from the shore. Mr. Parry was on board, and his politeness and attention to the passengers was a theme of general admiration. COLLISION OF THE ROYAL ADELAIDE AND THE GIL BLAS. TO 'THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—An erroneous paragraph ropecting the supposed running down 'of the schooner Gil Bias, by the Royal Ade laide steamer, continuing to be circulated through the public journals, may I request your permission to state the following facts ? About Bh. 30m. p.m. of the night of the 31st of August last, the Royal Adelaide being abreast of Dover, on her pas sage from London to Dublin, the weather being very bois terous and the night excessively dark and stormy, a sail on the larboard bow was reported by the seaman on the look out. The second mate was on the poop at the time, and im mediately went forward on to the bridge between tke paddle boxes to ascertain the position of the vessel seen and the course she was steering, and, observing her coming right down before the wind, straight for the Adelaide, he also cried out to port the helm and stop the engines, both of which orders were instantly obeyed. In five minutes after the Gil Blas was first seen she came right across the bows of the steamer, and in such a position that the bowsprit of the latter passed between the schooner's foremast and mainmast, and carried the latter away, losing her own bowsprit at the same time. _ _ . 'Previous to the collision, the commander of the Royal Adelaide, who was on deck some time prior, did all he could to prevent it, by porting his helm and stopping his engines, but all was of no avail, as the captain of the Gil Blas mistook the masthead-light of the steamer for the South Sand head light, moored off the South South Foreland, which was ad mitted by him and his crew after they were on board the Adelaide, and the mistake caused the collision. The instant the vessels same in contact, the crew of the Gil Blas including the commander, got on board the steamer, without any examination of the state of their vessel ; thus deserting her when they should have been engaged in separat ing the two. The commander of the steamer, by reversing his engines during the contact, drew her clear of the schooner, which vessel went off before the wind under her headsails ; and, as the night was unusually dark, with heavy showers of rain, the search made for her, after the separation, was ineffectual. As a proof, that proper precautions had not been taken by the crew of the Gil Blas to ascertain her condition, previous to desertion, she was boarded, on the following morning, by some French pilots, and carried into Ostend, with little da mage to the bull, and her cargo of palm oil, &c. has been landed there in safety, a clear proof how little justified the captain of the Gil 'Bias was in abandoning her. The injury to the Royal Adelaide was solely confined to the loss of her bowsprit, stud the false stem slued round by the canting of the schooner previous to the separation. In deed, so trivial was the injury that it has not been necessary to delay her in port beyond the time required to discharge and take in another cargo, the damage having been efficiently remedied during that period.—l am, Sir, yours, &c. J. HARTLEY. 16, John-street, Crutchedfriars, Sept. 12. BLOWING UP OF A SUNKEN VESSEL. On board of the Liverpool steamer, off Seacombe, September 16, 1839. The undersigned have this day witnessed the blowing up of the Byron, a vessel sunk in the Horse Channel, between Spencers's Buoy and the N.E. Buoy, by Mr. Abbinet, and we hereby express our !unqualified admiration and astonish ment at the effect produced, by which large portions of the wreck were brought to the surface; and we hereby express our full conviction oldie success of the experiment, as show ing its practical utility in the removal of vessels sunk in the channel, which, if allowed to remain would dangerously ob struct die navigation. Thomas Perkins, Birmingham Robert _Dryden, George's Tavern, Upper Pitt-street. Liverpool William Marrian, Birmingham Thomas Jackson, Birmingham John Riley, Halifax J. T. Dennison, Halifax William Robinson, Bury Michael B. Kirwan, Dublin James Wood, Bury Samuel Davies, Oswistry William Claughton, Chesterfield Augustine Greene, Dublin and Ennis, Ireland, solicitor John J. Emerson, Wexford, solicitor John Ireland, Toxteth-park Richd. Day, George's Dock Henry Seymour, Liverpool J. C. Sadmore, Liverpool Richd. Thorn, Liverpool William Tyson, Glo'ster John Bolt, Birmingham R. M. Robinson, Liverpool Thos. 11. Clifford, Wexford Sanil. Bairstow, Liverpool M. Hunt, Ship Siddons John and Rachel Gillson, Manche3ter John Williams, Liverpool William Edwards W. H. Furnace John Davies, Oldhall-street John Fox, Birmingham • John Dickson. A. powerful writer in a cotemporary p a p er (with a g reat name) is 'supposed*to have changed his religious faith, as he was seen attending High Mass in Dublin on Sunday last. This no doubt has been brought about by the insinuating arguments of a certain political leader, whose principles, both moral and religious, he so much admires, and who is so often complimented by the writer alluded to. GREAT CHANGE IN THE VALUE OF HORSES.—The two celebrated hunters, the Rose and the Count, sold on Satur day, at Mr Lucas's Repository, at the following prices :---the RO'se., £4 15s; and the Count, £3 105. DANDY'S GRAND PICTURE—OPENING OF THE SIXTH SEAL.--This magnificent painting will remain on view in Liverpool until Saturday next. It has been visited the last week by hundreds of admiring spectators.—See Advt. THE REGATTA AT THE ROCK FERRY.—Yesterday, a Regatta took place at the Rock, Ferry. The attendance was numerous and respectable, and the sport was on the whole good. Two of the boats were swamped during the race, the Sea being high. The hands were picked up by Mr. Mel ling's yacht, the sea Gull," and the. William Stanley, stham vacliet, NAVAL AND MILITARY BIBLE SOCIETY. On Friday evening last a Public Meeting was held at the Mpsic Hall, of the Liverpool Auxiliary to this interesting Society. We were glad to perceive, that notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, the Hall was well filled by a numerous and respectable company. The Rev. J. H. Stewart was unanimously called to the Chair; and the Rev. W. Maynard having offered up an appropriate prayer to Almighty God for His blessing upon the evening's proceed ings, the Rev. Chairman solemnly impressed upon the meet ing the importance of the Society's operations, and stated with much force his own personal knowledge of the practical utility of the Society in question, announcing that he had re ceived a donation of £5 from a member of his congregation, in aid of its funds. . . The meeting having been opened with prayer, The Rev. CHAIRMAN then briefly addressed the audience, after which he called upon the secretary, the Rev. Mr. May nard, to read the report. That document commenced by giving a brief outline of the society's history. In the year 1779, a considerable body of troops were assembled in Hyde park, London, to preserve the peace of the metropolis. A. humble individual, who witnessed with pious concern the de praved habits of the soldiery, was led to hope that advantage might be taken of that eventful period to attempt a reform amongst the troops, by distributing to them the word of God. This idea was communicated to that eminent philanthropist, Mr. Thornton, who gave life and vigour to the plan by a do nation of £lOO, and continued to contribute the same amount annually. In the year 1780 the society was regularly organised, assuming at first the designation of " The Bible Society," as at that time there existed no other institution for the express and sole purpose of distributing the Holy Scrip tures. Among the clergy who were foremost to advocate the cause of this infant society, stands the venerable name of the Rev. Wm. Romaine, who also became an early con tributor to its support ; and who for several years made a point of preaching in its behalf, collecting no less than £lOO per annum from the churches in London. Two bishops and many of the clergy, with persons of various denominations, soon joined, and cordially aided in promoting its objects. In 1794, fourteen years after the formation of the society, the result of its labours exhibited an issue of 22,000 copies of the holy scriptures, chiefly to the army. In 1804 its designation was changed to " The Naval and Military Bible Society," in consequence of the formation, in that year, of " The British and Foreign Bible Society." The number of copies of the word of God distributed had increased to 43,000 ; the sub scriptions and donations received that year amounted to £lB3 13s. 10d., and there were only two naval or military officers on the list. In the succeeding ten years a much brighter scene was exhibited. In 1814 the issue of Bibles and Testaments had amounted to 81,000 ; collections made in several charches and chapels yielded nearly £3,000 ; hub acriptions and donations almost £2,000, and the number of subscribing naval and military officers had increased to one hundred and nine. In the year ending May 1825, 175,400 copies of the holy scriptures had been distributed to sailors and soldiers ; and the number of naval and military officers contributing at subscribers had -.increased to 315. In this year, 1825, in consequence of communications between • the committee and their late patron, the Duke of York, it was announced to the society and to the army, that his Majesty had been pleased to approve of a code of regulations, the purport of which is, that every soldier who can read shall be furnished with a Bible and prayer book gratis ; and that the Chaplain-general of the forces, shall procure from the Naval and Military Bible Society, and other sources, such number of Bibles and prayer books as may be required ; with a fur ther supply to be lodged as a depot in the orderly room of each corps, that recruits and others may be provided from . time to time as necessary. The society, in order to combine the benevolent intentions of its illustrious patron with the effectual supply of this branch of his Majesty's service with the holy scriptures, after mature deliberation, consented to supply the Bibles at 2s. per copy less than their prime cost, the government to defray the remainder of the expense. Thus on every thousand Bibles supplied to the army by the so• ciety, it incurs an expense of £lOO ; and although, from the eitent of issues, this has borne heavily on its limited in come, yet, in fact, the cost of each Bible distributed through this channel is considerably less to the society than under the former mode of distribution. By recommendation of the committee, in a conference with the honourable board of di rectors, the same mode of supply has since been adopted for the European force of the Hon. East India Company ; which extended operation has led to the distribution of 65,030 Bibles to British soldiers engaged in their country's service, since May, 1825 ; being a number nearly equal, in itself, to the total issues of the society for the first thirty years of its operations. The total number of copies of the holy scrip tures issued by the society, up to 1838, is 331,633. In ad dition to the supply of her Majesty's navy, the society's bounty has been extended to mariners generally, whether connected with inland or general navigation, comprehending canal boatmen, fishermen, &c. The number of seamen re gistered in the merchant service is about 20,000 ; and by a recent regulation of the committee, every merchant vessel is to be supplied with a Bible and Testament gratuitously, or otherwise, as circumstances may require, for the general use of the crew ; which has already occasioned heavy demands upon the society's depository. A grant of 500 Bibles has also been made to the coast guard service, in order that each station may be supplied with a copy of the holy scriptures. This may serve to shew the necessity of the present general appeal, even if sailors alone were to he considered. To these may be added the fishermen on the several parts of our coast, computed to amount to 50,000: and if to the above numbers be added the families of these claimants upon the society's bounty, it will be seen how pressing are the necessities of the committee to answer the many calls upon them for the word of God. The report stated that the number of Bibles and Testaments distributed during the past year amounted to 12,553. In referring to the proceedings of the Liverpool Auxiliary, the committee did so with mingled feelings.— Whilst they blessed God for what had been done, they could not but be sensible that little had been effected in this great town, ie comparison with what ought to have been done. The amount subscribed by Liverpool was only £35 during the last year, a sum little more than sufficient to pay the salary of the agent. The report expressed a strong hope that increased awes would be made in a town depending so much on sailors for its wealth and prosperity. It stated that 693 Bibles and Testaments had been issued by the Auxiliary to seamen of this port, during the past year, principally by sale to indivi duals, at the reducod prices of the Society ; and that arrange ments were now in progress for the supply of every vessel connected with this port with a proportionate number of Bibles and Testaments, as the property of the vessel, for the use of the crews generally. The Rev. Dr. RALPH proposed the adoption of the re port. The motion was seconded by the Rev. I. R. CONNOR, and carried unanimously. The second resolution was moved by the Bev. B. MAR SHALL. Capt.BAz ALG ETTE,R.N., the secretary of the parent society, seconded the motion, in doing which he adyerted to that part Of the report which stated the amount of the 'subscription of the Liverpool Auxiliary. Since the formation of that aux iliary, in 1829, there had been placed in the hands of its agent 5222 Bibles, and 3599 Testaments, making altogether 8821 copies of the scriptures at a cost to the parent society of £1486 18s. sd. Thus, on an average of the ten years, nearly 900 copies of the holy scriptures had hem annually distributed to the seamen visiting the port, the greatest part of which, he was happy to say, as it showed the interest which sailors took in the Bible, had been purchased at the socie ty's reduced prices. The remittances from Liverpool, du ring the ten years, amounted to £172 10s. Bd., leaving a ba lance due to the society of £724 Os. Od. He would put it to the meeting whether . he had not made out a case for their li berality—he would put it to every honest conscience whe ther, in equity, Liverpool was not bound to make a response? The resolution was put and carried. The audience then sung a hymn, during which a collection, which amounted to £2O 12s. 54d., was made in aid of the funds of the society. The Rev. Mr. MAYNARD moved the third resolution. He said that the command of Christ, "ge ye forth and preach the gospel to all nations," made it incumbent on them to preach the gospel, not only to the distant heathen and to the Jew, but to every perion, whether landsman or seaman. But how was the gospel to be preached to seamen ? They were in port but a short portion of their time, and when away on the great deep they could not be followed to be in structed by the mouth of the missionary. How, then* were they to be reached? They were to be reached only by pla cing in their hands, . previous to their departure, a copy of the holy scriptures ; and he hoped that the town of Liver pool would aid the society in the accomplishment of its li beral wish, that every merchant-ship which leaves the port, every barque, every canal boat, should be provided with at least one copy of the Bible (or more in proportion to the number of men), having on them this inscription--" Pre sented by the Naval and Military Bible Society, for:the ge neral use of the crew." Captain BURGOYNE, R. N. seconded the resolution, and mentioned a remarkable instance which occurred in 1802, in a ship which he commanded, of the avidity with which the sailors read the Bible when presented to them, and of the gratifying change in their manners which was the conse quence. He mentioned the evils and temptations which beset sailors on landing, and congratulated the town on the prospect of the establishment of a " Sailor's Home." If that Sailor's Home were established, he should be willing to devote the whole of his time to carrying it on. The Rev. Thos. CARTER proposed the next resolution, which was seconded by Lieut. SinisioNs, R. N., who impressed upon the meet ing the necessity, if they wished to circulate the scriptures among mariners, of taking it to them. On one occasion a number of Bibles which had been sent to an agent at a sea port, lay there for twelve months, without a single one being disposed of, " Oh," said the agent, " I have not had a sin • gle application made to me." Ile (the speaker) told the agent that if he expected to dispose of any, he must take the Bibles to the sailors, and not wait for the sailors to come to him. He (the speaker) once went on board a vessel, to try to sell Bibles, but he could not succeed in disposing of one. He was about to retire, disappointed at his want of success, when a man came up to him and said, " You have not your Bibles with you, I think ." He replied that he had not any on his person, but that he could fetch them from the boat immediately. He did so, placed them on the capstan-head, and in less than live minutes he sold to the crew two Bibles and four Testaments. That little incident strongly impres sed upon him the necessity of going amongst sailors with the holy scripture.; in his Lands. In putting Bibles on board of ships, the society acted with due caution. They did not merely throw the books on deck, and leave them to be used or abused, as the case might be ' • but they were given into the custody of the captain, and he had never yet met with more than one instance in which the captain of a vesssel re fused to take charge of them. Captain MAXWELL proposed a vote of thanks to the chair man, which was seconded by Captain BAZALGETTE, and carried with applause. The CHAIRMAN, in closing the proceedings, dwelt upon the necessity of giving increased support to this valuable in stitution, and suggested the formation of a Ladies' Associa tion, which appeared to meet the cordial approbation of the meeting. . . A. doxology was then sung, and the meeting broke up at half-past nine. ANNUAL LICENSING SESSIONS. The magistrates have been holding their court of Annual Licensing Sessions during last week, at the Sessions-house, Chapel -street. The applications for new licenses were heard on Wednesday. The total number of applicants, in the borough and outskirts, amounted to no fewer than 297. The whole of the cases having been gone through, the result was that new licenses were granted to 34. There were also five removals. The following is a list of the successful ap plicants : William Ashcroft, Athol-street ; Thomas Sheridan Reed, Belle-street; Win. Seddon, Bolton-street; Wm. Harvey, Brownlow-hill ; John Hood, Emma Anne-street ; John Eaton, Faulkner-street ; Chas. Hardiman , Grea t Charlotte street ; Samuel Bolton, Great Nelson-street ; Rachel Wor sey, Houghton-street ; Thomas Spencer, Juvenal-street ; John. Holland, Lawrence-street; Peter Davies, Lime-street; Edward Harper, Manchester-street ; John Clarke, Mary bone ; Thomas Maynard, Moorfields ; Edwd. M`Keverigan, Mulberry-street ; Thomas Thomas, Old Ropery ; David Beckwith, Park-lane ; Thomas Gibson, Pembroke-place ; William Gower, St. John's-lane ; John Wainviright, New Scotland-road ; Edwd. Moore, Summer-seat ; Sarah Wright, Temple-court; Mary Matthews, Trowbridge-street; John Hayden; Union-street; Robert Tucker, Water-street; Jos. Blease, Wilton-street; John Bond, Northumberland-street, Toxteth-park ; John Patrick Bunbury, Park-place, do. ; Edmund Righton Powell, Windsor-street, do. ; John Lever, Windsor-view, do. ; Thomas Lawton, High-street, Edge hill ; Richard Owens, Great Homer-street, Everton ; James Morley, Castle-street, Kirkdale. Removals.—Patrick William Byrnes, New Quay ; Michael Miller, Regent-street ; 'Phonies Reeves, Tithelign-street ; John Harrison, Watvrioß , r944 ; 444 ,mother. THE MONKS' FERRY. (From the Chester Chronicle.) Two successive special juries having declared the ltitonkl i Ferry over the Mersey set up by a " Wealthy joint stock cialttl pany," an invasion of the franchise of ferry from the torus ship of Birkenhead to the parish of Liverpool, befit 'on h'. R. Price, Esq.,'under grant from the crown as Earls of Chen. ter, that body have now applied to tha Corporation of :laser. pool, to relieve them from their dilemma, by " grantinn Caeir powerful aid in promoting and securing" what they call tbot: just and laudable object, by such means and in suca - fee ao it shall deem expedient ;" that is, to enable them to comp:ob . their usurpation. What sort of aid is now required ar :21r4 be given, we know not ; but we do know that so fu Lao access to the corpoiation deed chest hasbeen of any Ist., az we rather think without the concurrence of the dorirovati"n being even asked, every aid has been given; and thct Cut 4.11. fendants on the last trial rested their case on the :ilia ci 4).4 Liverpool Corporation to every thing they enjoy 04 the rival Mersey, and were beaten, as doubtless the corporation be, if they venture also to raise the question late; .at Lew between Mr. Price and the Monks' Ferry Company. But by way of creating a prejudice on the legal quo e, the Monks' Ferry proprietors, whose solicitor, by tae bye, la a member of the Town Council, have also published Lair me morial in certain Liverpool papers, and as it is a curiaaitLia its way, we have inserted it in another part of our paper. Tbn perusal will lead the reader to suppose that the publit• bcAl neither been properly served nor at a reasonable cost ay ?at. Price's ferry, according to the obligation imposed wits. the conferring of the-franchise, and that the company had ispenes2 their hotel and ferry out of sheer compassion to tho competition being the only available remedy against inoonva nience and imposition. Now, the solicitor of the compan7 ought to know, that if the legal ferry vested in Mr. Priori is not properly aud reasonably maintained, the legitinisita re medy is by writ of scire facias against him as the grantee a/ the crown, in order to annul his grant, and not by u Unudi portion of the public taking the law into their own hands, for their own benefit, and setting themselves up as judges the inconvenience and impoSition. That would have Lazo ttas propeneburse to have adopted. The day is gone past when lands, titles and rights can.be usurped by main force on any vain pretence. The memorialists set themselves forth in their memorial as diSinterested persons, and as having purchased lend in tho manor of Birkenhead down to the shore at low water itnuak, which possessed great natural advantages, and theroupea they set up a ferry, which "theybelieved," but alhich t hey never attempted to proye, " public Convenience required ;" and their alleged grievance is, that Mr. Price, the Lord et 'the Manor, and his Lessees have attacked them in order is pat down Monks' Ferry., It unfortunately for them ba”ens„ tliat they only purchased land, and no manorial or tarry rights; and no obligation of serving the public with u ferry was imposed upon them ; and if no ferry was maiatainell tar the public no remedy existed against them, anything itarttar than as their title from Mr. Price might be affected by any default of his; and consequently that that purchase game ‘ them no title to set a ferry up. The plea of ' public eon. venienee" IQ .11 cheer nioorishinia the last resort of defeated cupidity. It means in this case " private benefit," and by the invasion of the franchise of another. It is not tilt.. la legal sense that the proceedings at law were " to put down Monks' Ferry," us the position is invidiously put, but to protect existing and legal rights ; and we have yet to learn, -that this is an offence, the success of which against the usurpation of a " wealthaajoint stock company," requires the ";powerful aid" of one of the most powerful corporations is the kingdom. If corporations are thus used, to the owes sion of private individuals, (for the real plaintiff is Mr. Prim), and not his lessees,) and'to defend usurpation, the *mast they are put down the better. The memorialists by way of 'exciting the corporation to take up the cudgels for them, 'assume that they proved tlsa existence of a more ancient ferry in the corporation, than that in Mr. Price, and Outstanding in the hands of c subject at the time of the grant under which he claims. This *a will be bound to say is news to the Liverpool corporation. which on the she l ving of these memorialists possesses more than ever it bought. We apprehend, however, the verdict of a jury, under the direction of the Judge, is rather better au thority than the interested memorialists on that point. That " more ancient ferry" was decided not to be from the Maser of Birkenhead to the Liverpool townside, which is the fran chise vested in Mr. Price. It did. not even appear to be granted by the Earls of Cheater, in whom so far as the Pala tinate was concerned, th . g jure regalia was vested ; and a. the Palatinate at the date in which the defendant set up'thet " more ancient ferry," was out of the crown, and bad been since the holding of Hugh Lupus, as shewn by Doomsdar book, it is rather a Puzzling proposition, one that may weg bother wiser heads than the Monks Ferry proprietory, and even the corporate wisdom of Liverpool, to comprehend bow that could invalidate the grant from the King as Earl of Ches ter, put in evidence Mr. Price. So much for the defence. Whether it would fare better when set up as the corporation title to the exclusion of Mr. Price n for that is what the cor poration must do, if it does anything, we will not take upon ourselves to say. But it appeared by that very corporation title, that the corporation bad never claimed or used the ferry both ways ; but on the eontrary, that the Molyneux's from whom they purchased, had hecl.a regular contract with the Birkenhead proPrietor of that day; by. which they recognised each other's ferry right one way only, and each accounted to the other for - the back passage. As for the " soft sawder" of the memorialists about the munificence, Cc. &c. of the Liverpool corporation, it is juat so much " leather and, prdnella." It is a legal proverb; that " corporations have no souls." It is very questionable whe ther at the time that that body " threw their ferry open to the public," they did not get rid, and not very legally, of an onerous obligation. At all events they relinquished little or no revenue... If they did, they. committed a breach of a pub lic trust, as it was with public money they bought the ferry. In those days, as in these, they never gave up anything that benefited themselves ' • and it is a most condemnatory reflec tion on that body, if by their default any body has been able to set up a monopoly. But to impeach that Mr. Price has done so, is not true. It is as far as these Monks Ferry proprietors are concerned, and as far as the Liverpool corpo ration is implicated, for it has lent itself to the Monks ferry proprietors, we say, it is wilfully untrue ; because they know by painful experience, that twice has the law said, that Mr. Price has usurped no franchise, deprived the public of ne right,. and left unfulfilled no obligation. He enjoys that franchise on the obligation that he maintains for the public a passage from Birkenhead manor to the townside of Liver pool, according to 'the public demand, with convenience to the public, and at a reasonable rate. Has he not done so ? It has never been 'pretended much less proved that he has not. But these Monks - Ferry proprietors make a charge against him and in vindication of themselves, that he has set up a monopoly, injurious to the public. What sort of wea pons - have they used towards Mr. Price ? One of their exceptions" on which they anticipate to upset the last verdict is, that admitting he does possess the exclusive fran chise, that he has lost it by using steam boats, and not main laining the ancient ferry by the old and dangerous system of small sailing boats 1 And these are the men who go to the Liverpool corporation for help, on public grounds ! These are the sort of legal quirks, on which an uninterrupted and up to this moment, an unimpeached title of 500 years is to be upset—a title acknowedged by the Molyneux's and never impugned by the corporation ! It has come to a pretty pass when mere " squatters" are thus to treat title and en joyment, because they have mistaken the quiddities of crotchetty lawyers" for the law itself. The first error of this company was in supposing that a purchase of land included the purchase of a royal franchise. They laid out their money on a speculation. Finding that their own purchase gave them no title—they first stood upon the supposed weakness of their adversary's case, and the jury then decided they were wrong. They then set up the title of the corporation as their defence, and they were also beaten on that: Now they cry monopoly. They plead public spirit. One would suppose from their bleating that the Mersey was blockaded ; that no one could cross it without submitting to the most exorbitant toll from Mr. Price. If that gentleman had allowed - then to exist on sufferance—if he now would let them ply as his tenants ; if he would even take the concern off their hands, (for that point was mooted before the dernier resort of exciting the sympathies of the town council, a member of which is the company's solicitor) the " public convenience, " which has prompted these public spirited men, would all be thrown to the winds, instead of public appeals being made to the prejudice of Mr. Price be cause he had defended his own. What we have already said not only applies to the leading statements of the memorial, but also answers our contem porary of the Liverpool Journal ; but still there are one or two points of his article in support of the views of the me morialists, on which we wish to bestow a word. He sett the matter in its true light, as respects the public spirit of the company and the question between them and Mr. Price. But he-goes on to assume, that the claim of Mr. Price is " most nnreasonable and adverse to public principle." Now our contemporary knows something about public ferry rights, and that originally they are in the crown, from whom they pass both to corporations and-individuals. Mr. Price's claim has twice been decided to be legal. That he fulfilled the ob ligation cast stpori him by the grantis presumed, because his conduct is unimpeached, except by these memorialists, (and even then not by form of law), whose attempted usurpation gives them an adverse interest. But h does he recommend the defeat of this " unreasonable claim?" By the setting up a prior " unreasonable claim ;" for according to his dictum one ferry franchise must be equally unreasonable as another'. But then he says Mr. Price has extorted.' That has not been shown. The fare has certainly been lowered ; but by the competition of par ties who are usurpers and on whom no obligation rests, who realise no profit, and against whom the public have no remedy. Nor is the title anomalous. A similar one exists on the Humber. The learned judge charged the jury, at the last trial, that a ferry might in law exist only one way, and if so, what so likely as that that anomaly should be found, in respect to a ferry across a tidal river, or an arm of the sea separating two palatinates in the same kingdom, the Duke of Lancaster granting one way, and the Earl of Ches ter the other, which in reality is the title to each ferry. Mr. Price sets up no menbpoly. He merely defends his own franchise from and within the manor of Birkenhead, for which his ancestors paid a larger price than the Molyneaux's respected his titre; and so must the 'assigns of the Moly neaux's. The latter eased themselves of a public obligation at the time it was profitless, but never pretended " to give up " to the public, Mr: Price's ferry. Mr. Price continued to fulfil the obligation upon him, and has aright to enjoy the. franchise, until lawfully dispossessed of it upon proper grounds. It is preposterous to say the Monk's Ferry pro prietors cannot pass to their own estate without paying him toll. That is not so. The Charge is not, that they land on their own estate or ferry people to it ; but that they ferry passengers from the Manor of Birkenhead to the townside of Liverpool, and thus invade Mr. Price's franchise. If Mr. Price's right is not tasteful to our Liverpool neigh bours—if it would be to the advantage of the public that the ferry should be vested in the corporation and thrown open to the public, the way is easy, providing Mr. Price is a con curring party. They 'must act by Mr. Price as they did by the Molyneaux's—purchase his interest, and if they do that, we wish them as good a bargain in one case as the other. Augustus William Gadsden, Esq., has been appointed his Hanoverian Majesty's consul at the port of Hull, in the room of Thomas Boyes, Esq., deceased. LIVERPOOL ANNUITANT SOCIETY.-At the quarterly meeting of. this society, held at the Clarendon-rooms, on Friday evening last, a very pleasing compliment was paid to Thomas Kaye, Esq., of Castle-street, who has sustained the office of 'treasurer for-the last ten years, and has been in defatigable in promoting its interests in every possible man ner: After the regular business of the evening, Mr. Richd. Widdows, the president, with a few feeling remarks on the services which Mr. Kaye had rendered the society, presented him, in the name 'of the subscribing members, with an elegant silver cnn, manufactured by Messrs. Jones and Sons, of Castle-street, bearing the following inscription :—" Pre sented to Thomas Kaye, Esq.; by the members of the Liver pool Annuitant Society, in'token of their esteem and regard for the care and'-attention with which he has watched over the interests of the institution, in the capacity of treasurer, for a period of ten years. Sept. 13, 1839." Mr. Kaye, in returning thanks, made some very interesting references to the progress and prosperity of the institution, with which he has been connected for thirty-one years, and with whose in terests he has so closely identified himself ; and, in particular, remarked upon the pleasing circumstance, that, though the society is compOsed of individuals of all sects and parties, with views on general subjects widely differing, yet nothing has occurred to mar the cordiality and good-feeling which has ever prevailed, the demon of party-spirit having never, in any instance, obtained a footing. The society has now passed the ordeal of experience and the difficulties incident to every infant institution ; and, at present, is the means of diffusing comfOrt around the hearths of upwards of fifty an nuitants, widows and aged members. Its funds amount to ' nearly £lO,OOO, and there is every prospect of a 194 mg tinuaube of i 4 usefulness a nd prosperity,