The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-09-24 00:00:00

SEPTEMLIER 24, 1833. feiv - - Years, and at the present moment are struggling hard to obtain a subsistence, is a melancholy truth ad mitted on all hand's; but this is no reason why they should be mad as well as poor. We can understand w hy the assessed taxes are considered a grievous bur • then; simply because we know that these persons haying high rents,to pay, which they can ill afford, find the de mands of the tax-gatherer tobe beyond their reduced pro fits and diminished means. But their reasons for falling foul of the police who guard their shops and stalls, who Protect their persims and property, are beyond our com prehension. If the honourable fraternity of smugglers of London, who have, within the last few years, real ized fortunes by the illicit importation of foreign silks, were to call for the abolition of the coast blockade and 'the preYentive service, their demand would not be one whit more unreasonable than that of the inferior shop keepers calling for the suppression of the police. In the otre case the object of the parties would- be to smuggle with perfect impunity; in the other case, we cannot divine 'any other object than the one we have already alluded to, viz., universal plunder, a general levy of goods and chattels by the mob, a war of the poor against the rich, .an abolition of all contracts and engagements, a suspen sion of payments, a murderous conflict, a terrible con flagration, terminating in scenes of misery far beyond what pen can describe or imagination conceive. The assessed taxes are a burthen to the shopkeepers of London, but they are less so in London than they are in Liverpool, Manchester, or Glasgow, for this simple rea son, that in the metropolis these taxes are generally paid by lodgers, mostly strangers, who are not the plaintiffs in this suit; whereas in the other towns the payers of ' t hese taxes are the bona fide and only occupiers of the houses so assessed. Still we are inclined to think that these taxes should be abolished, not from any tenderness 'towards the shopocracy of London, who richly deserve all that they suffer, and ten times more than they suffer, and are likely to suffer, before the end cones ; but we advocate their abolition on the ground of their inequality of pres sure, and because we deem it the very worst policy possi ble to bring the payer into personal contact with the tax , gatherer. A man with a book and a bag going his rounds collecting hard cash for the KING is naturally a hate 'ill object. His knock at the door has a dismal sound. It conjures up SATAN, and a lawyer, and an iron bed, and b ushy -whiskered gaoler with a bunch of keys, all at ° nee; and the poor wretch who is perhaps rocking his child, or sitting by the bedside of a dying wife, Must answer his knock and pay his last demand, or all t hese dreadful imaginings are sure to be realized. It is n ot so with the indirect taxes. A man cannot buy wine °r brandy without money. He is not compelled to buy ' th em against his will. He can of course in a period of 'embarrassment cease consuming taxed luxuries ; but he cannot evade, by. any starving process, the demands of the tax -gatherer. If by misfortune, or any temporary a ccident he be unable to pay, and is distrained upon for T he . ICING's taxes, he becomes a hater of the Government an d of all taxes from that hour, sinks down into a soured a nd cynical malignant, a puling and carping Whig, or a reckless and desperate leveller. For these reasons we desire most sincerely to see the r epeal of the assessed taxes. In fact, the time is come wh en th ey must be repealed. The IVhigs have clung , . them till the last extremity; and now they must either the them up, or ma k e war upon t h e i r wort h y fr i ends tac liberals of St. Giles's, and St. George's, Blooms bury. But when the London shopkeepers contend not only for the abolition of these obnoxious taxes, but also for *the suppreSsion of the only safeguard for person and Pro perty in the metropolis, it is time to ask—what next ? Th e poor- ra t es i n L on d on , p rev iously to the establish ment of the new police, were upon an average about eight -pence in the pound. Now, however, and with the increase of pauperism, (despite a prodigious increase of be ggars in every street and lane,) they average from one to one shilling and four pence in the pound. In dePendent of this, ten thousand pounds were most unjustly v oted out of "the pOCkets of the people at large, and of course out of the pockets of the inhabitants of Liver- Pool among the rest, to assist in defraying the expense of the London police. This act of barefaced injustice was done by Lie reformed. Parliament, in its first session ! We admit that the rate is heavy enough; but we do not admit.tbat it is heavier than it ought to : be j for let it he coicsidered, that a great portion of it is paid by lodgers who pay high and exorbitant rents to these inhabitant householders. London contains more thieves, more 4‘ iudlers, more cheats, more scoundrels of every • des cription, than are to be found in all the rest of Europe. A strict police, therefore, is indispensable. Where vice abounds there must be the House of Correction. Where t he pickpocket walks at noon-day, attired as a gentle tnan,' or as a member of the House of Commons, there must be the police-officer with a sharp eye, and a blud geon or a cutlass under his coat. Where there are' so ma ny - huge caravans, called omnibuses, carrying live .4114 nals at a low price—cabriolets running over old wo- In eni at the rate of twelve miles an hour—lines of card ,ageB• tarts, waggonS, and drays, of a mile in length— hundreds of undertakers or resurrection-men carrying e°ffi ns on the side pavements--hackney-coaches full of t qualli ng of women breaking down every minute—shoals newsvenders' deputies running as if they ran for life (7-e r ' d eath, with large bundles of rubbish on their- shoul s---postmen rapping at every door—sallow-faced bank ers' clerk s seeking payment of bills, one half of which bank ers' e diS h°nOUred, and bailiffs pu rs ui ng d e bt ors as h ares h unted in. the country—where all this is, there must U:- a Powerf u l an d .vig i lant pol i ce, or society would break p' and anarchy and confusion reign. Our impression is.. that the police forc e in L on d on -i s no t yet numerous I , ll ll°li gh, nor th e expense or it, 'every farthi n g o f which °lll d and must b e pa id b y t h e i nhabitants of London, ee ne- half so great as its necessity d eman d s. I n suc h a tilll'tnunity, having all the advantage of the res id ence o f co g court, the officers of the crown, the ambassadors, the ttl e-rt s of la w , an d a large proport i on of the fundliolders_ to e ' 4 community, living upon the wealth of the aris • v „ h erlte Y whom they hate—preying upon th e wea l t h y 4. °ln theY despi se —l ev ying contrib u ti ons upon the Ill 'anitaries o f the church whom they slander—making th °ll eY by the laws which they abjure,—the charities mss' abuse;-tlie literature they are unable to appreciat e t oL tiell a commu n ity canno t p a y t oo d ear f or th ese iii e e B of wealth, or these stimulants of industry. Th e y th list " i f any thin.. like order is to prevail, be taxed to !It o - v ery marrow—screwed to the last shilling—grind ae n ed down to passiveness, decorum, humility, and a i\liTsc of justi ce. e conced e that the tradesmen of London have re -411• 4 "Y been compelled to combat with many privations, 14, 1 _,, are now suffering more than any other c lass of hi s Rt l ff -R . STI( 'S subject s . B u t, w ith a ll respect b e i t sa id , t hi s • ti ering is o f t h eir own seeking. They are the authors pelt own Plagues. They have raised the storm whi c h bl Qo B , t hem most unmercifully. They have let loose the earr`thouncls whi c h h ave turned upon their keepers, and r eal ! ha voc into th e s h e d s an d h omesteads of those who vvita e t d therm * Agitation hi s a l rea dy d one f or L on d on it has done for Ireland. It was the philosophers of vert 7cn who drove the silk trade from Spitalfields, con 4nd g five hundred thousand persons from being happy uhj ect onte nted, indust r i ous an d peaceable, into so many it wa 8 l o , f Pity and c ompass i on. Their reform bill—for from stileir t-ei"—leas expelled numb ers o f th e aristo c racy fashionable squares, for which the provinces are bourici to t°°.. The be grateful, and foreign countries grateful the phualtiotiWiroepsitsltsnodfia bill for which they have to thank • eft thousands of F reemason's and Exeter Halls, will In dia bill, duce manyfor which we of Liverpool thank them, will re for thousands more to the same condition. Their and n avy, and will pinch the gentlemen of the army th e 7 , and ultimately all sinecurists and fundholders, euects of i .L 'Lch they will feel severely. The local growcourt "I, if it ever pass into a law, will make the grass t r , tlB,u l. the environs of Westminster-hall and the name flilvef Court. Their ultra humane law for the s of cap i t a l pun i shments in eases of forgery will 1 4eiea te ller • e the bu s i ness of the L ORD Mayort's court, but )1( 4 4 _ re c redit m ore i nsecure than ever, and will, if we are 487 e, atly mistake n , ma k e a promissory note or check I ss as any piece of waste paper, until personal in quiry shall confirm its presumed authenticity. All these evils and plagues—all these* disasters and calamities — either have occurred or are in store for the people of London. It is already a doomed city. The wail of the destroying 'angel reverberates already amid the echoes of St. Paul's. The howl of the waif is heard where mer chants most do congregate. The prance of the hostile dragoon over its pavements comes already upon the ear in the unerring presentiment of impending cala mity. Abolish the police if you please ; but if you do, a military police must be the result. You must not any longer be the prime disturbers of England. You have your bill—your folly has been indulged—you have spun your rope—you have reached the meridian of your arrogance—you have dictated too long—and the long hereafter will be an inclined plane of misfortune, discon tent, and destitution. LOCAL NE WS. On Friday evening the Duke of Richmond arrived here, and on Saturday, accompanied by Mr. Banning and a gentleman from the Irish Postoilice, inspected the Postoffice steam-packets and an American packet-ship, and, we believe, the other lions of Liverpool. His grace is on a visit to the Earl of Derby at • Know sley. THE SHERIFF COURTS.—That very acute lawyer, Justice James Parke, who does every thing well that he takes in hand, drew the "Act for the Amendment of the Law;" and its beneficial effects are to be immediately experienced by the public. We have been favoured, by a professional gentleman in this town with the following announcement:—" The Sheriff of Lancashire will hold a court at Manchester every fourth Thursday, and will be prepared at every such court, and at the courts in Preston, which are held on the previous Tzteday, to try causes sent down under the provision of the Law Amendment Act.' He also purposes making arrangements for holding a court regularly_ in Liverpool, but it maypr . ohably be six or eight weeks before this is done. The next sitting of court at Preston will be on the 24th instant, at the Sessions-house there, and at the Manor Court-house in Manchester on the 26th instant. The causes for trial on issues from the superior courts are to be entered in the paper at the Sheriff's office, Preston, on the Monday pre ceding each court." We imagine we shall hear no more of the present Chancellor's wild scheme for the establishment of local courts after this. SUlClDE.—Yesterday week, about half-past ten o'clock, Mr. Robert Lebron, who kept the Union Coffee-house, Great Homer ' street, committed suicide. Ile had, it is rumoured; attempted, some hours before, to shoot his wife, but the pistol fortunately missed fire. At the hour above-mentioned, he left a friend in the bar, proceeded to the back kitchen, and there, seating him „self on a chair, with his right. --- elhoW resting on the boiler, he deliberately placed the pistol upon his right temple and dis charged its contents into his head. He never spoke after the fatal act, but lingered for two hours, when he died. In his coat pocket a second pistol, loaded with poWder and ball, was found. Embarrassed circumstances are said to have led to the rash act. The deceased had frequently spoken of shooting himself. Ver dict, insanity. • MUSICAL FESTIVAL —At the approaching festival the Rev. :Henry I. Gunning, A.M.,_ a nephew •of the Earl: of Bradford, and rector of Wigan ; has kindly undertaken to preach the open ing sermon on Tuesday morning, the Ist of October, and, from the report we have beard of his abilities as a preacher, we shall be much disappointed if the charities do not find in him a most able and effective advocate. The selection of anthems and other pieces of sacred music which will be introduced in the course of the service, appears to be very judiciously chosen, and, as most of the principal performers will take a part, the lovers of sacred music will have, a great treat, and many persons, no doubt, will be gratified on that occasion who, from various causes, may . be prevented attending any• of the three grand per formances in St. Luke's Church . We un d er stand the com mittee, under the able superintendence of Mr. Foster, have made several alterations in this church, which will afford a con siderable increase of accommodation to the company ; the raised seats that were formerly placed under the two side galleries are to be done away with altogether, and the whole of the area of the chu rc h w ill form, as i t - were, one grand aisle, which, when filled, as we hope to see it, from one extremity to the other, will render the coup-d'teil very striking. The lower part of the orchestra has also been raised, which, it is expected, will cause the voices of the performers to be heard to much greater advantage. We are happy to hear the applications for tickets are already very numerous, and so much earlier than usual as to have induced the committee, by great exertions, to have them ready for distribution to the public on Monday last. Our noble representative, Lord Sandon, will not return from his tour in Switzerland in time to be present, but his lordship has not been unmindful of the benevolent object of the meeting, having desired Mr. Wainwright to transmit to the committee twenty guineas, as his donation to the funds. LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL COMPANY.—We understand that the Leeds and Liverpool Canal committee, at their general assembly, held at Preston during the last week, have, in reply to an application made some time ago to them by the Worship ful the - Mayor of Liverpool, for the use of the surplus water of the canal, for the extinction of fires, the cleansing the sewers, 2k.e., in aid of the plan suggested by Mr. Moore, in his letter to . the Common Cou nc il dated 7th December' 1831 , published in our paper of 18th January, 1833, granted permission in the handsomest manner, for the benefit of the town, on a mere nominal consideration, so long as they may . not themselves stand in need of such water for their own canal purposes. ADVANTAGES OF STEAM.—Great as is the utility of railways in a commer c i a l po i nt o f v i ew, thei r advantages in reference to our domestic interests and comforts. are neither few nor incon siderable. By the operation of steam pow& on a railway in annihilating distance, places hitherto secluded and remote find unexpected access to ready markets for their agricultural and mineral produce, and an increased supply of the necessaries of life is afforded at reduced prices to the more densely populated districts. Competition is excited, and its sure concomitants are, improvement, cheapness, and public benefit. Thus, 'since the introduction of steam power into navigation on the railway, fresh Irish butter has been retailed in Manchester within eiehteen hours from tile tjuie, of its shipment...lt. Bolt .o. Prime beef, fattened Mid - killed - iu Ireland, has been supplied in Liver pool at 4d. per pound, and coals are now brought to our own doors, at a reduction, , within a short period, of fully 2s. per ton; and from th e i mpu l se g i v i ng t o mining speculation in this neighbourhood, the mice will unquestionably be still further reduced. There seems, indeed, to be hardly any limit to the production of coal in the vicinity of this tuwn, under which the coal is said to extend. • NOVEL CONVEY ANCE.—A large steam-boiler, fourteen tons weight, made by Messrs. Foster and Griffin, of Liverpool, for IL Haigh and Co., of Dodder Bank Distillery, in Ireland, was safely conveyed across the channel in the folltiwing enterprising manner :—lt was thrown into the Mersey at Liverpool, and towed across the channel by the Ballinasloe steamer, Captain Mulholland, by whose great attention this hitherto untried plan succeeded, and the boiler was safely taken into the river Liffey, floated up the river Dodder, and landed at the Distillery. • The success of the undertaking reflects the highest credit on the ma nufacturers, as it proves the superior manner in which the work was executed. Had it not been perfectly tight, it would have been impossible to . take it over in this safe and comparatively ealy way. eOISON FROM EATING A TOAD-P ADDOCK.—An inquest was held yesterday before Robertson Gladstone, Esq., coroner, on the body of John Riley a boy of nine years of age, who had gone out w i t h some other boys on Thursday morning last to gather blackberries. They observed a coach stop on the Kirk dale-road, they being at the time in a field adjoining it; and a person got off the box, and picked up something in the hedge, which appeared like a mushroom. He broke it in two, and threw it on the ground. The deceased, John Riley, ran and picked it up, and eat some of the stalk. The same evening he was taken 111, ou his return home: and his mother and father being at Bolton at the time, there was only an old woman to attend to him, who was ignorant of the cause of his' illness. On Friday his mother returned, and immediately procured medical assistance; she found him in a high state of delirium, and it was with the greatest difficulty that he could be confined to his bed. In this state he lingered until three o'clock on Sunday morn ing, when he died. From the time that professional aid was procured every thing that skill could devise was resorted to. —Verdict " Accidental Death." HONESTY REWARDED.—On Thursday morning last, as John •Hainsworth, a waggoner in the employ of Messrs. Firth, carriers from Leeds, was descending the hill at' the entrance into Brad fora, he found a small parcel, which he delivered to one of his employers immediately on his arrival. On being opened it was found to contlin the l&rge sum of 1:12,000, more than half of which was in cash. It had been lost by the representative of a Leeds house on his way to Bradford market that morning. The waggoner was presented with the sum of five pounds !-lalifux Guardian. The British and Foreign Bible Society has expended since its establishment £1,967,058 18s., and issued in Bibles and Testa ments 8,145,456 copies. ROBBERIES.—The town, we regret to say, is now full of thieves. During the week there has been an attempt at house breaking every night, but, in almost every instance, owing to the activity of the watch, without success. On Tuesday night the house of Mr. Cyrus Morrall, in Toxteth-park, was broken into. The robbers entered throuh the front parlour window, the sash of whi c h was f orce d u p %y means of a crow-bar, and the shutters broken open. Fortunately, the door of the parlour happened to be locked, and they were thus prevented from ransacking the other parts of the house. The only articles carried off — were some silver tea-spoons and sugar-tongs, and a musical snuff-box. On Wednesday the snuff-box was pledged at a pawnbroker's, by a woman named Charlotte Bellion, who was, consequently, taken into custody by the police, together with five lads who lodged in the house. She said that she got the box from a gentleman in Dale-street, at three o'clock in the morning. They were brought before the Mayor on Thursday, when two of the lads were discharged, and the other prisoners were remanded, and the woman committed. —On Thursday morning plate to the value of about forty pounds was stolen from the dwelling-house of Miss Watts, Norton-street, Islington. The thieves effected their en trance through the back yard, and forced out a pace of the kitchen door. So cool were they in the execution of ithe robbery, they broke most of the plated articles and left them behind, probably as not suited for the melting-pot. They escaped unheard"; but, as they were passing through Islington, one of the watchmen observed them with the bundle, and, suspecting they had been out on a " conveyance" excursion, sprung his rattle. They dropped the plate, and instantly gave leg-bail. The plate w as res t o red to Miss Watts in the morn ing.—On the same night some thieves concealed themselves on the premises of Mr. Smith, wine -merchant, Hanover-street, until after the doo rs h a d b een l oc k e d. They then p rocee d e d t o burst open all the drawers in the counting-house, and, having filled the cans with spirits, ready to carry away, undid the bolts of the delivery-door, and prepared to escape. Fortunately, the Watchman made his appearance, and they decamped, taking with them a body-coat belonging to the warehouseman. DIABOLICAL INCENDIARISAL ATTEMPT TO FIRE A COT TON MILL—On the night of Monday fortnight a most diaboli cal attempt was made to set fire to tie extensive works, lately erected, at Blackpits, between Rochdale and Haslingden, by Messrs. Turner and Co. The incendiary had broken one of the squares in a window of the card room, and thrown in two bunches of matches, lighted at both ends. One of the bunches fell upon the floor, and after o, portion of the ends had been con sumed, had gone out without doing any mischief. The other had fallen on a drawing frame and set fire to the cotton near the rollers. The several blazing portions of the cotton had fallen into one of the cans which stood underneath the rollers. The rollers fortunately stopped th e u p war d progress o f t h e fl ame , and there happening not to be much cotton in the can, and its depth preventing the neeessary supply of air to support com bustion, after burning a short time, it had also become extinct. The two bundles of partially consumed matches were found on the following morning, and every exertion has been since made to discover the perpetrator of this diabolical - crime, but we are sorry to say without effect; although the proprietors of the mills have offered a reward of a hundred pounds.—Manchester Guard. TH E Li VL it POOL STAN DA lii). THE LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL CATTLE SHOW. Yesterday was the day appointed for this e:zilibition, which took e lace in the Old insirmery Yard, Lime-street. Notwith standing the unfavourable state of the weather, the attendance was numerous and highly respectable. Anioug the Company we noticed the, Duke of Richmond, the Right lion. Secretary for the Colonial Department, (Mr. Stanley,) Lord Molyneux, the Hon. Charles Stanley; Hon. Henry Stanley, M.P., Hon. Colonel Molyneux ' Sir R. B. Bulkely, Bart., the Mayor of Liverpool, Wilson Patten, Esq., M.P., and Ireland Blackburne, 89. ,the prevailing opinion was, that the show of cattle was, on the whole, inferior to that of former years, which was attributed to an erroneous idea entertained by some of the farmers—that the prizes were not fairly awarded last year. There was a con siderable number of bulls, and some Very tine milch and fat cows; of sheep, there were but very few exeibited, but the ab sence of mutton was amply compensated for by a treat to the lovers of bacon, there being some of the finest pigs in the show that we remember to have - seen. The display of horses did not strike us as being good, but those of the draft breed were the best. 'Specimens of various grass seeds, apples, turnips, mangel wurtzel, and cabbages were also produced, .together with a variety of aericulturalimplements, such as butter churns, chair-cutting machthes, turnip cutters, plows, harrows, drills, &c. The gentlemen appointed as judges of the comparative ex cellence of the animals, implements, and vegetables, were:— JUDGES OF HORNED CATTLE, SHEEP, AND PIGS. / William Smith, Esq., Derby. • Thomas Crofton, Esq., Holywell, near Durham. John Beestun, Esq., Dortheuby, Peurith. JUDGES OF HORSES. Mr. Walker, Penrith. Mr. Bell, Strangeways, Manchester. Who, emir examining the whole exhibition, awarded the prizes as follows:- - . To Mr. William Patin, of Stapleford-hall, near Tarvin, being solely dependent upon farming, for the best cultivated farm, containiug 255 acres, and for h av i ng th e same i n th e nea t e st and most exact order, a piece of plate value ten sovereigns. To Alice Sutton, of - ,.Speke, as tenant, solely dependent upon farming, for the heat cultivated farm, containing 44 acres, and for having the same in the neatest and most exact order, a piece of plate, value five sovereigns. To Mr. Luke Ellison, of Standish, as tenant, not being dependent upon farming exclusively for a livelihood, for the best cultivated farm, containing 62 acres, and for having .the. same in the neatest and most exact order, a piece of plate, value five sovereigns. To the Earl of Derby, as owner, for most effectually draining 38 acres of land, with 25,311 yards of stone drains, the society's silver medal. To Edward Webster, jun., of Huyton, as tenant of a farm containing 148 acres, for laying the greatest length of drains, being 6112 yards, in 15 acres of land, in proportion to the size of the farm, a piece of plate, value ten sovereigns. . To Mr. John Etches, of West. Derby, as tenant of a farm containing 114 acres, for laying the greatest length of drains, being 11,88,) yards, in 24 acres, in proportion to the size of the farm, a piece of plate, value seven sovereigns. To Henry Critchley, Esq., of Haydock, as tenant of a farm containing 40 acres, for layi ng th e grea t es t l eng th o f d ra i ns , b e i ng 15,884 yards, in 33 acres, in proportion to the size thereof, a piece of plate, value • four sovereigns. To Michael Ashcroft, of Bank Hall, as tenant, for laying down 511 acres of land, for permanent meadow and pasture, in the best manner and cleanest from weeds, a piece of plate value four sovereigns. To the Earl of Wilton, of Heaton Park, as owner. and occupier of a farm containing 435 acres, for covering with marl 29 acres of land, after the rate of above 100 cubic yards to the acre, the society's silver medal. To Thomas Chadwick, Barton, as tenant of a farm containing 250 acres, for covering with marl 12 acres of land, after the rate of above 100 cubic yards to the acre, a piece of plate value five sovereigns. To Mr. 'William Ashcroft, of Halsall, as owner and occupier, for the best crop of mangel-wurtzel, of 3 acres, being 48 tons 8 cwt. 41? acre, the society's silver medal. To Henry' Bold Hogliton, Esq., Bold, as owner, for the best crop of Swedis‘h turnips in drills, 5 acres, being 27 tons 91 cwt. de acre, the society's silver medal. To Mr. Michael Ashcroft, of Bank Hall, as tenant, for the best crop of Swedish turnips of 141 acres, 34 tons 6 cwt. 2qr. 201bs. to the acre, a piece of plate value five pounds. To Mr. Edward Evans, of Chat Moss, fofsix roots of Swedish tur nips, grown on Chat Moss, the society's Silver medal. To Messrs. Whalley, of Liverpool, for six fine specimens of the Scotch cabbage, the society's silver medal. To James Radley, of Bidston, _as tenant, for making for sale, 9 tons 16 cwt, of cheese, from 52 cows, being 3 cwt. 3 qrs. 11 lbs. per cow, a piece of plate value eight sovereigns. To William Tinsley, of Culcheth, as tenant; for making for sale, 4 tons, 1 cwt. 25 lbs. of chetse, from 23 cows, being 3 cwt. 2 qrs. 311 b. per cow, the society's silver medal. To Mr. Vickers, of Manchester, for a model of a very simple useful cheese turner, the society's silver medal. To Mr. Samuel Mortori, of Leith Walk, Edinburgh, as the maker of some improved agricultural implements, supplied by Mr. James Fair, and exhibited here to-day, the society's silver medal, To John Taylor, farmer's-man servant to 'Richard Watt, Esq., for ploughing 61 acres of land, with a pair of horses, double and without a driver three sovereigns. To John Woods, farmer's-man servant to Mrs. Leyland, of Walton, for :laving conducted himself in an honest and industrious manner, and to the satisfaction of his employer, during a period of 30 years, four sovereigns. To John Golborne, farmer's-man servant to Mrs. Margt. Furnival, of Arrow, for having conducted himself in au honest and industri ous manner, and to the satisfaction of his employer, during a period of 22 years, two soverips. To William Daniel, farmer's-man servant to Meyrick Banks, Esq., of Winstanley, for having conducted himself in an honest and industri ous manner, and to the satisfaction of his employer, during a period of 51 years, four sovereigns. To Edw. Caddick, fanner's man-servant to Mr. J. Barns, of Melling, for having conducted himself in an honest and industrious manner, and to the satisfaction of his employer, during a period of 35 years, two sovereigns. To Hannah Hall, farmer's woman-servant to Mrs. Mary, Hulme, o_ Lomax Pilsworth, for having conducted herself in an honest and in: dustrious manner and to the satisfaction of her employer during period of 35 years, three sovereigns. To Hannah Birchall, farmer's Woman-servant to Mr. John Moyers, of Winstanley, for having conducted herself in an honest and industri ous manner and to the satisfaction of her employer during a period of 28 years, two sovereigns. To Ralph Morris, of Lathom, labourer in husbandry, for bringing up 12 legitimate children without relief from any parish or towns - hip, six sovereigns. To George Lydyate, of Ormskirk, labourer in husbandry, for bringing up 111egithnate children without relief from any parish or township, the sum of four sovereigns. To John Kendrielt,•of Woodchurch, labcmter in husbandry, for bring ing up'l2 legitimate children without rilief from any parish or town ship, three sovereigns. ESSAYS. To Mr. William Reed, of Salford, for writing the best original essay on draining and bringing into cultivation waste or moss lands, with the system of management best adapted to the various descriptions of mosses or soils, the sum of • seven pounds.' lIORNED CATTLE: To Mr. Richard Almond, of Standish, for the hest short-horned-hull, --V year and 10 months Old, fifteen sovereigns, or a piece of plate of that value. To Mr. Robert Statter, of Knowsley, for the best short-horned bull, 2 years old, a piece of plate value eight sovereifm, s. To Mr. Richard Pilkington, of Windle, for the best short-hotned bull, 1 year and 4 months old, a piece of plate, value fiv!! sovereigns. To Samuel Scotson, of Toxteth-park, for the best dairy cow, a piece of plate, value seven sovereigns. To Mr. Richard Almond, of Standish, for the second best dairy cow, a piece of plate, value four sovereigns. To Sir. Luke Ellison, of Standish, for the best yearling stirk, or 'heifer, of the short-horned breed, a piece of plate, value three sovereigns. To Richard Pilkington,, Esq., of Windle, for the best two-year-old stirk, of the short-horned breed, a piece of plate, value live saws. To Mr. Samuel Scotson, •of Toxteth-park, for the best cow, showing the most symmetry, fat and weight, a piece of plate, value five sous. To Mr. Smith, of Toxteth-park, for the second best cow, showing the most symmetry, fat and weight, a piece of plate, value three sous: To Mr. Richard Shacklady,. of Liverpool, for the hest short-horned cow for feeding after milking, a piece of plate, value three sous. To Mr. Michael Ashcroft, of Bank-hall, for the second best short horned COW for feeding after milking, a piece of plate, value two sovereigns. HORSP.S. To Mr. James Heap, of Little Hulton, for the best stallion, a piece of plate, value ten sovereigns. To Mr. Thomas Robinson, of Bold, for the second best stallion, a piece of plate, value seven sovereigns. To Mr. Isaac Cook, of Milbank, for the best brood mare, a piece of plate, value five sovereigns. To Edward Rogerson, of Fazakerley, for the second best brood mare, a piece of plate, value three sovereigns. To Mr. .Henry Glover, of Simonswood, for the best yearling colt, a piece of plate, value three sovereigns. To Mr. Henry Mawdslev, of Tarbuck, for the best two year old colt, a piece of plate, value four sovereigns. To Mr. William Howard, of Knowsley; for the best three year old colt, a piece of plate, value five sovereigns. To Mr. Jos. Swift, of Eccleston, being solely dependent upon farming, for the best pair of horses, a piece of plate, value five soya. To Mr. Peter Littler, of Knowsley, being solely dependent upon farming, for the second best pair of horses, r piece of plate, value three sovereigns. To Mr. Thomas Robinson, of Bold, for the best 2 year old stallion a piece of plate, value four sovereigns, SHEEP. . • To Mr. Samuel Scotson, for the best pen of three yearling Leicester ewes, a piece of plate, value three sovereigns. To Mr. Samuel Scotson, for the best Leicester ram, 1 year 7 months old, a piece of plate, value two sovereigns. To Mr. 'Richard Johnson, of West Derby, for the best Southdown ram, 1 year and 6 months old, a piece.of plate, value two soya. To Samuel Scotson, of Toxteth-park, for the beat pen of five fat ewes, a piece of plate. value two sovereigns. ems. To Mr. Benjamin Svvanwick, of Salford, for the best boar, 6 months old, a piece of _plate, value four sovereigns. To Mr. Stephen White, of Liverpool, for the second best boar, a piece of plate, value three sovereigns.. To l%lr. Samuel Scotson, of Toxteth-park, for the best breeding sow, 2 years and 4 months old, a piece of plate, value three sovereigns. To Sir. Richard Almond, of Standish, for the second best breeding sow, 2 years old, apiece of plate, value two sovereigns. To Benjamin Swanwick, of Salford, for the best fat pig, 1 year and 5 months old, a piece of plate, value two sovereigns. To Mr. Thomas Palmer, of Walton, for the second heat fat pig, 1 year and 3 months old, a piece of plate, value one sovereign and a half. EXTRA STOCK. To Mr. Robert Statter, of Knowsley, for the best cow, a piece of plate, value five sovereigns. sw anrsTax.rs. To Mr. Samuel Scotson, for the best short horned bull, £2 2s. Od. To Mr. Dawson, for the best short horned bull, two yrs. old, £1 Ils. 6d. To Mr. Richard Almond, of Standish, for the best short horned bull, £2 12s. 6. To Mr. Richard Almond, of Standish, for the hest short horned cow, in-calf or milk, and not fed for the butcher, £3 Os. Od. To Mr. Robert Statter, of Knowsley, for the • best short-horned heifer, two years old, £1 Is. To Mr. Edward Rogerson, of Fazakerley, for the best short-horned heifer ; one :c - ear old, £.l is. To Mr. Edward Itor , erson for the best brood mare for agricultural Purposes, £1 Is. - To Mr. John Etches, of Liverpool, for the best boor, El Ils. 6d. To Mr. Samuel Scotson, for the best sow, El Ils. 6d. To Mr. Willi am Skirving, of Walton, for the best Swedish turnip, 15s. To Mr. William Ashcroft, of liaison, for the best mangel-wurtzel, 10s. To Mr. Robinson, of Bold, for the best two-year-old colt for agricul tural 'purposes, El Ils. 6d. The following is a copy of the report of the Committee for 1833: " The Committee of the Liverpool Agricultural Society, in making a report for the year 1833, congratulate the members at large upon the state of their funds. Last year the society had the plate of two years to provide, it being thought advisable by the Committee to distribute it on the day upon which it might be awarded. To meet this additional expenditure, and some other charges which unavoidably attach to an infant institution, the Committee have reduced a few of the premiums for this hear. The numb e r of subscribers has increased it is to be oped, therefore, so longas the liberality of this cp lo, o lace and of the neighbourhoodl shall continue to exist, th., , -4 '„,,ards and prizes will be annually distributed, equal, at least; to those of the present or any of the three years gone by, during which this society has existed. " With regard to the effects which the premiums of this society have assisted to produce, it is the opinion of this Committee that they are already perceptible to the eye of an observer passing through the district, particularly as regards the absence of rushes, owing to a more extensive adoption of the system of draining wet land, and also as regards the superior appearance of the rising stock of horned cattle. There can be no doubt but that, if farmers who have not a choice stock, instead of rearing such calves as may happen to be produced from their own cows, will take the trouble to procure good ones, particularly bull calves, such as are generally to be had in Liverpool itself, the face of the country will soon exhibit a race very superior to those coarse unprofitable animals which occupied - our pastures, almostexclusively, twenty or thirty years ago in this district. " The Committee here take the liberty of recommending to all noblemen and gentlemen who have leys for young cattle, to place well-bred bulls only amongst them, as the ill effects of sending young heifers to a ley where an inferior male animal is kept may be entailed upon the neighbouring farmers and cottagers for several generations. " With regard to the breeding of foals, little need be said, as most men take pains to select a good stallion for their brood mares, the majority of the farmers in this neighbourhood being quite sufficiently horse-proud. "This Committee strongly recommends to agriculturalists visiting the cattle show, to ascertain where the best sorts of seeds are to be procured, which may be contidently expected to pro duce roots, &T., for the food of cattle, equal to the best spec meta which have been exhibited this day. " The failures of the potath - sets, which have taken place the two last seasons may lead fanners to guard, in some measure, against s i m il ar disappointment and loss in future years, by sub stituting, iu lieu thereof, turnips or mangel wurtzel. cul tivation of these roots has not,.perhaps, been hitherto sufficiently attended to, and one great error iu the management of them, particularly where they have been sown in the vacancies which have occurred in fields of potatoes, from the partial rotting of sets, has been, that they were too much crowded. Farmers will gradually learn to thin them out with a bolder hand. As a farther discussion upon the subject of the failure of the potato, the last and the present year, would too much lengthen this re port, a short treatise has been printed by this Committee, to which they beg to refer such of the members of this society as may be anxious to obtain farther information." REMOVAL OF THE ASSIZES The following lettter has been received by his worship the Mayor:— " Whitehall, '2oth Sept. 1833. " am.directed by Viscount Melbourne to acknowledge the receipt or your letter of the 16th instant, with its accom panying Petition of 'the Gentlemen, Clergy, Bankers, Mer chants, &c. of the town of Liverpool, praying that the Assizes and Sessions for the hundred of West Derby, in the county of Lancaster, may be held at Liverpool in the Spring and Autumn; and to acquaint you that his lordship did not fail to lay the same before the King, who has been graciously pleased to di rect its being submitted to his Majesty's most Honorable Privy Council, for their consideration.—l am, Sir, your most obedient Servant. " The Mayor of Liverpool." . G. LAMB." AMERICAN COTTON MARKET. NEW YORK, AUGUST 30.—Yesterday . there was manifestly a better feeling in cotton; quite extensive sales made; about• 2,000 bales were taken at Hi to 17 cents fur Uplands, and 17. i to 17 cents for New Orleans. CHAiti.EsToN,Aucusr 21.—For a lot of sizty-eight fine Upland Cotton, 17 cents were given yesterday, being the same for which 161 cents were offered and refused last week. SAVANNAH, AuGuST 20.—0 n Saturday last, 6 bales of ordi nary Sea Island were sold in this market at 28 cents per lb. AUGUSTA, AUGUST 21.—Since the Liverpool account of the Bth ult., several parcels have changed hands ; one of 118 bales,: mixed, and believed to be not entirely fair, and one of 35 bales,: fully fair, at 15 cents, and the crop of one plantation was offer-' ing yesterday at 151 cents, for which 151 was offered. New: prime will command 16 cents, and prices may be considered as: fully a cent higher, since the receipt of the Liverpool accounts of the 6th ult. DONCASTER RACES. CONCLUSION OF TUESDAY'S RACES. The Cleveland Handicap of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added by the Corporation of Doncaster, one mile, 5 subs., Was won by Mr. Orde's Tomboy, (R. Johnson,) 4 yrs, beating the Duke of Leed's b f Lady .Maud, 4 vrs, (T. Lye.) The bet ting was all in favour of the winner, who won_easily. The Renewed Doncaster Stakes; (second year,) of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added by the Corporation, two miles, 9 subs., Were won by Mr. Houldsworth's b m Circassian, (S. Darling;) beating Mr. Gascoigne's Isabel. The betting was 4tol on the winner, who won without difficulty. WEDNESDAY.—The Races commenced with the contest for the Foal Stakes of 10() sovs. each, h. ft., one mile and half, Which was won by-Mr. Houldsworth's Despot , (S. Darling,) beating Mr. Gully's Deceiver. 12 to 10 on Despot, The Olareuce Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h ft, with 20 added by the corporation, 2 miles, 3 subs. Were won by Trustee, beating Pickpocket, betting 3 to 1 on Pickpocket ; won by a head. The Four-year-old Stakes of 50 sovs each, 20 ft., with 25 added by _the Corporation, St. Leger course, 5 subs. Were won by Birdeatcher (S. Darling), beating Physician and Julius. Betting 12 to 10 on Physician, 6to 4 agst Birdeatcher, and 6 to 1 . agst Julius. A good race, won cleverly by two lengths. The Selling Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added by the Corporation, Were won by Mr. Towne ley's b. c. Algiers, (E. Wright,) beating Brother to Chorister, (Cartwright,) Allegro, Venus, Isabel, and Miss Wilfred: The judge placed the three first named. Betting, 2 to 1 agst. Allegro, 3to l'agst. Isabel, and 3 to I agst. Algiers. The Corporation Plate of £6O, two mile heats, Was won by Nitocris, in two heats, beating Miss Wilfred, Fanny Horner, and Eve. Betting; even on Nitocris. THURSDAY.—The Three-year old Stakes of 200 sovs. each, h.ft., St. Leger Course, were won by Mr. Walker's br c Bosco bel, (Scott,) beating Titus; three paid; won by a neck. The 'Fwo-year old Stakes of 20 sovs. each, T.Y.C, were won by Mr. Hesettma's b c Warlaby Baylock, (Heseltine,) beating Bu bastes, b f by Lottery, and fourteen others ; twenty-six paid.— The Gascoigne Stakes of 100 sovs. each. a) ft., St. Leger Course, were won by Mr. Watt's Belshazzar, (Darling,) beating Anne, three paid; won easily. The Cup, given by the Stewards, with 50 sovs. added, two miles, was won by Mr. Watt's b c Rocking ham, (Nicholson,) beating Revenge and Consol. FRIDAY.-The Filly Stakes of 20 sovs. each, with 20 added, St. Leger Course, were won by Mr. Powlett's The Mystery, beating Tesane, Constance, and Katinka. The Scarborough Stakes of 30 sovs. each, were won by Mussulman, beating The Mole and two others. The Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each was walked over for by Consol. The Plate of the value of 100 sovs. was won by Caruaby, beating David, b f by Whisker, Shaker, and Allegro. DREADFUL AND FATAL COACH ACCIDENT. The Liverpool Express coach, on its journey to London, on Saturday the 14th inst., was upset about two o'clock in the after noon, within three-quarters of a mile of Dunstable, Bedfordshire, in ascending and near the foot of Chalk-hill, having eight out, and three inside passengers, besides the coachman, Thomas Ward, and the guard, Thomas Booth; three of the passengers (all outside) the most seriously injured were conveyed to the Crown Inn, and every attention that medical skill or personal kindness could suggest was promptly shown them. One of them is since dead 'and buried; and another, at ten o'clock on Thurs day evening, when our reporter left, was in so precarious a state as to create the greatest anxiety for his life. Mr. James Stearn, the deceased, was a very corpulent man, weighing about eighteen stone, aged fifty-four years, holding a responsible situation in the service of his Grace the Duke of Grafton. His instep was jammed almost flat, the leaders torn through, the bones literally protruding through the leather. Mr. Thomas Clark, a respectable chymist of Dunstable, half an hour after the accident picked up on the spot where it happened part of the flesh of the leg, that had been separated from the limb. This unfortunate sufferer also received one other serious injury above the knee of the same leg by the lamp-iron. ' Any possible hope that could be entertained for his recovery was from ampu tation, which was resorted to the same evening, and performed with great skill and care; - he survived the operation, and con tinue to linger in excruciating pain till halt-past eight o'clock on Tuesday morning, with extraordinary patience, when exist ence ceased, and he left a family of ten children to deplore the event. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ One .of th.s.ons of the deceased was by his side on the front seat, and by the concussion of the coach falling was thrown over his father, fortunately not much hurt. The other person most seriously injured is a Mr. Alexander M‘Master, who is so dreadfully bruised externally, and inwardly shook, that his re- - covery is far from certain. The third is William Varty, - a plumber, who was proceeding to London for employment; his instep is considerably hurt, but it is hoped a few days will ena ble him to get out. Ward, the coachman, is very considerably injured, but he proceeded to Redbourn, another coachnian being procured to conduct the coach to London ; Ward was bled, and afterwards went on again. Booth, the guard, had both his knees greatly hurt by the iron railing of the hind seat. THE INQUEST. On Wednesday J. Reddell, Esq., one of the coroners for the county, held an inquest on the deceased at'the Crown Inn, be fore a most respectable jury of nineteen persons, when, after having proceeded to take evidence, it was considered necessary the body should undergo a post mortem examination, and the jury adjourned till the following day (Thursday,) in order to give time for the surgeons to open the body. On the re-assembling of the jury and completing of the evi dence, the deceased's son stated that he had cautioned the coachman against his furious driving, when he expressed great fear from the reeling of the coach. The guard stated that they were allowed the rate of nine miles an hour for travelling, but supposes, at the time the ac cident occurred the coach was going at the rate of 10 or 12 miles an hour. • Another witness stated that he never saw horses go faster ; they were at full speed. (This was up hill.) The jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter against Tlio mas Ward," the coachman. STATE OF TRADE. AA.. a...a...FY.4. The woollen cloth trade in ,Leeds and its neighbourhood con tinues in much the same state as at our last notice. Business is by no means brisk, speCulation having been for a time suspended on account of the critical state of the wool trade, yet an average quantity of goods has been sold. The clothiers complain of the reluctance of the merchants to give prices equal to the rise in wools, and the latter urge as a reason that as the price of the raw material must deline in value, they will not be able to real ise the prices nowiisked. At Halifax market, 'on Saturday, there was an improved de mand for stuff goods, and former prices were fully maintained. In the raw material, considdrably more business was done. At Huddersfield market on Tuesday, a good deal of business was done in low-priced broad cloths and cassinetts of the finer qualities, though but little demand for superfine broad cloths. On Monday, the 16th inst., at the Rochdale flannel market, business was rather flat, and but few goods were bought, ex cept to make up their orders. The raw material is so dear that the buyers of the manufactured article seem determined not to speculate. The silk weaving business, for eight or ten miles round Man chester, is very brisk, considering the season of the year.— There is little or no waitin g ; all seem to have full work.— Wages are low, yet there hasbeen no reduction in the wages this year. A few finer reeds are changing to middle qualities, and the figured or fancy weavers may earn, on an average, from 12s. to 16s. per week; the plain sarsnet weavers from Bs. to 10s. per week, whilst the poor cotton hand-loom weavers can not earn more than from ss. 6d. to 7s. per week. The cotton spinning branch appears to be reviving a little at Rochdale and Heywood. At the former place only two mills are working short time, and those, which are power-loom mills, are ex pected every day to begin to work full time. The woollen trade at Rochdale, and the neighbourhood, has not been so brisk for the last 15 years past. The men have all full work; wages have been advanced; and the weavers and spinners of finer qualities seem - to want a further advance, which the manufac turers appear unwilling to give. The woollen spinners can earn from 12s. to 14s. per week, and some can get even more:, the weavers can earn from 10s. to Us. per week, and the supe rior hands can make 15s. to 16s. per week. THE HARVEST.—On the whole, the weather during the past week has been favourable for housing or stacking the late crops, and, in this part of the country, the harvest is nearly at an end ; •in Cumberland, Westmorland, some parts of Korthum berland, and in Scotland, there is a great deal of grain, espe pecially oats, to be t a ken care of. l'he bean crop, generally speaking, is a failure.—Leeds Intelligences. MANSLAUGHTER BY A GIRL.—In the forenoon of Wednes day fortnight some boys and girls were playing in a barn near Ashton-under-Lyne, belonging to a Mr. John Stocks, when one of them, a girl' eleven years of age, named Ellen Goolden, ran out of the barn with a piece of carpet belonging to John Stocks; a lad of fifteen, who used it to put under the saddle of his ass. He followed her, and his father took it from her and brought it.back to the barn. She returned and threatened to break an oil bottle in the barn which belonged to John Stocks ; but a lad named James Barry, about ten years of age, said she must not do so. She immediately exclaimed, " D—n thee I'll kill thee, then," picked up a three-cornered stone that was ly ing outside the barn, and threw it with all her force at Barry, from whom she was not distant more than about two yards. It struck him on the forehead and knocked him against the wall, and he fell down upon the ground. She snatched up another stone and threw it at John Stocks, but it missed him, and she ran into her parents' house. John Stocks and a girl named Betty Bardsley raised Barry from the ground and held him up : but it was half an hour before he recovered his senses. He then walked home, but suffered all the night great pain in the head, and the i next morning ab ou t ten o'clock again became insensi ble, n, which state he remained till about noon on Monday week, when he died.—An inquest was held on the body yester day week at the Grap es , a t A s ht on , b e f or e Mr. Rutter, coroner, when it appeared by the evidence of Mr. Robert Wood, sur geon,lhat the cause of death was an inflammation of the mem branesof the brain an d o f th e b ra i n it s elf, arising from the contusion caused by the blow on the forehead and aided by a fracture of the shill and concussion at the bark of the head, caused by the fall.—The jury re turned a verdict of "Man slaughter`' against the girl, Ellen Goolden, and she was com mitted to Lancaster Castle for trial at the next assizes.—Ara\n chaster Guardian. THE DINNER. At five o'clock a dinner, consisting of the usual varieties of goOd edibles, was served up at Lucas's Exhibition-room, and a few minutes past five o'clock Mr. Secretary Stanley, the president of the society, and chairman of the meeting, entered the room, accompanied by the Duke of Richmond, Lord Molyneux, the Mayor of Liverpool, the Hon. Henry' Stanley, M.P., J. Wilson Patten, Esq.:M.P., J. Blackburne, Esq., Jos. Ashton, Esq., Rev. Thomas Moss, John Shawe Leigh, 'Esq., Samuel Staniforth, Esq., Dr. Brandreth, Dr. Formby, Saud. Thompson, Esq., fl.. B. Hollinshead, Esq., George Grant, Esq., and a number of other gentlemen, whose names we could not collect. About six hundred and fifty persons sat down to din ner, and much inconvenience was felt by some of the guests from the crowded state of the room. The chairman was sup ported on his right by the Duke of Richmond, Lord Molvneux, and Mr. H. Stanley . ; and on his left by the Mayor of 'Liver pool, J. W. Patten, and J. Blackburne,'Esqs. After the cloth was removed, the CHAIRMAN' proposed the followin g toasts : " The Dino, God bless him !" with three times three, which was enthusiastically drunk. " The Queen and Royal Family." " The Navy and the Army." These toasta having been duly honoured, The CHAIRMAN then said, tie felt justified in saying a few words in sub m itti ng th e toast he had to propose to them, which the importance of the subject and the presence of so numerous and respectable a meeting as he then saw before him demanded. It was now three years since the society Was formed ; every succe e din g mee ti ng 'brought a fresh increase of members;' the last was mo s t re s p ec table, b u t, com p are d t o th e present; it was but insignificantly attended, and he hailed the increase as a proof of improvement in our agricultural produc tions. The number of members three years ago was 300; in the following, 350; the succeeding year, 400; and there were, he was now happy to say, on the books of the society, above 500 members. (Applause.) The state of their funds was not less satisfactory, as, after paying the expenses incidental to the establishment of the society and the cost of the prizes, there would be a considerable balance remaining in the hands of their treasurer. It would not be necessary for him to enlarge upon the important advantages which would result from such a i society as that, especially n a manufacturing district. It brought together the large landholder and his tenant, for the consideration of an object of paramount importance to their country, particularly when they looked to the improvements which were daily taking place in their districts. He was proud of meeting there such a body of respectable men as those be fore him, many of whom were not ashamed of earning their own bread by the sweat of their brow in the cultivation of their own lands, but if they . wanted large capital, that was no reason they should want a stimulus to enable them to emulate other counties-in agriculture, for he must confess to them they were yet behind their southern and northern neighbours. These were not times to stand idle, when Irish pigs were travelling to Manchester, in their own coaches, at the rate of twenty miles an hour, (applause,) and their throats cut before th e y h ar dly knew they had left Liverpool; if there was improvement in. Ireland, he was glad to say there was imprOvement in Eng land also, for in looking over their cattle show, although it was not so numerous, the pigs were much better than on former years, and notwithstanding the advantage of steam the Irish could not excel those brought to their association. He hoped that. the agriculturalists iu the country would be benefitted by the operations of the society, and looking forward to their fu ture prosperity he had great pleasure in proposing " Success and prosperity t o th e L ancas hi re Agricultural Association," which was enthusiastically drunk. J. WILSON PATTEN, E'sq. said he would afford them an op portunity of drinking "The health of the Patron of their society, the Earl of Derby," than whom there was no one who had its interests more at heart. ( Loud applause.)—Three times three. The CHAIRMAN said it was impossible for him to return them thanks in a suitable manner for their kindness in drinking the Earl of Derby's health. It would not be necessary for him to make use of many words in speaking of Lord Derby to those who had known him all their lives. He had been Lord Lieutenant of this county for more than 50 years, and needed not any praise of his • he knew that if he had merit, and he en tertained' the belief his; he had, he was amply repaid in the affections of the county for the performance of his duties, and in his name he returned them his most sincere thanks fur the honour which they had done him. Before he sat down, he Could have great pl e a sure i n p r oposing "The h ea l t h o f the orporation of Liverpool" (cheers), and although au inquiry was going on into the state of all the Corporations in the coun try, he believed they would search a Fong time before they found in it anything but what was liberal - and gentlemanly They were under a very great obligation to the Mayor, who, m his character of chief magistrate, had that day honoured their meeting with his presence ; thus proving that he justly enter tained the conviction how inseparably the agricultural and com mercial interests of the country were connected; and they were likewise indebted to the Corporation of Liverpool for the use of the show-yard. He should therefore have great pleasure in proposing—" The health of the Corporation of Liverpool, and thanks to them for the use of the show-yard this morning." The MAYOR briefly thanked the meeting for the honour done him, and observed that he considered it his duty to promote the objects of the institution by every means in his power, in which the members of the corporation heartily- concurred, and con cluded by proposing as the next toast, " The landed and com mercial interests of the county, and may they both flourish without injury to each other." (Loud Cheers.) Lord MoLvNEux said, that a duty had been imposed upon him, that he feared he could not do the justice to that it so well merited, he meant that of proposing the health el his right hou. frienitsthrPresident tte - sociwk. — There was no one pf sesi s who was ignorant of the unwearied zeal of his right bon. friend . in the exercise of his official duties, but instead of coining among them to rest from his labours, they found him exercisin g equal zeal and unwearied exertions in fostering this society. he had not the slightest shadow of doubt on his mind that they would cordially agree with him in opinion that it would almost be an act of injustice not to receive the toast he was about to propose with nine time s n i ne i ns t ea d o f t h ree times thr ee .. (Cheering.) His lordship then proposed the toast, which was drank with a long and enthusiastic cheering. After which, The Right Honourable GENTLEMAN rose and said, that he felt 'deeply grateful. for the flattering manlier in which his health had. been proposed. That mark of their kindness did not increase the attachment which he had always felt to his native county; but he should continue to have great pleasure in using the little influence he might possess for its benefit. He complained that his noble friend had spoken too highly of his exertions and his necessity for repose. lie could not find a more pleasing repose from his often thankless labours than in the attendance at such a meeting. He should feel 'ever proud to acknowledge the mark of kindness which had been shewn him, and they might depend upon the best exercise of his services in whatever might conduce to the general good. He wished to advert to one point which he had torgotten, be cause it formed a strong mark in the society's proceedings, that of one class of rewards, which were wisely distributed to the farmers' servants on account of long and faithful services, and every year since the commencement he had seen prizes given to servants who bad lived thirty, forty, and even stifty years in the one situation. In conclusion, he assured them that he greatly valued their kindness, and wished them all health ' and happiness. The CHAIRM.AN then proposed the healths of the Vice-Pre sidents, John Ireland Blackburne, and J. Hayes Lyon, Esqrs., which was drank with three times three. Mr. BLAEKBURNE, in returning thanks for the honour done ' the Vice-Presidents, begged permission of the Chairman to propose the healths of their county members. Whatever dif ference of opinion there might be among them as to their po litics, there could be none as to their desire to promote the in terests of the society. (Loud cheers.) Lord MotarNEux knew not why he should be singled out as the first bird to be shot at, when 'there were much finer ones in the covey. • He thanked them most sincerely for the honour conferred upon him, by including his name with those of his associates. He had. felt most unworthy of the honour to which he had been raised by the favour of his constituents. They bad all, on the present occasion, agreed to exclude the mixture of politics in any way with their proceedings, and, therefore, he should not advert to that subject further than by saying, that whatever those differences might be among honest men, there could be none as to utility of this association, and the certain 4 of its promoting the pubhc good. The interests of agriculture and commerce . were inseperably connected. After again thank ing the meeting for the honour done him, the noble lord sat down amid loud cheering. The CHA ERMAN said he should willingly and gratefully stand his shot as the second bird in returning thanks as a member of the county, for it was but right .that one of the southern mem bers should be followed by one of the northern, and he had no doubt that the others would express their thanks in an able manner. He acquiesced in what had been said by Lord Moly ueux relative to excluding politics from their proceedings. He hoped that they would give all the county members the credit of being honest men, and that, although the county was divided by an act of parliament, they would allow no jealousies to lie bkweeu them, as the interest of the northern and southern di visions were alike, and they should remember that they were all Lancashire men. They would now have the pleasure of hearing an eloquent speech from another of their members, Mr. Wood. Mr. WOOD, in obedience to the call of his honourable friend, stood forth as the third bird of the devoted covey. The landed interest rightly preceded the commercial at suds a ineetiug, it had also another claim for precedence in being represented by an old ex-senator, who had much greater experience. He would not, therefore, interfere between them and the speech they ought to have had, but begged to assure them that he would always be happy to oblige any of his constituents, who might think proper to claim his services. Mr. WILSON PATTEN rose amidst the most enthusiastic cheers. He said that he felt satisfied as the last bird of the covey they could not expect a superior speech from him on a subject which had almost been worn out. It was roost unfair in them . to expect it, and he should therefore cut it short. ( Laughter and applause.) As one of their representatives he should always feel a pleasure in contributing to that success of the agricultural interest which the present assembly particularly promised. He could not help congratulating the Society upon its future prospects, when it was presided over by his honour able friend, and attended by such a large assemblage of indi viduals. lie would not detain them longer than to thank them for the flattering manner in which they bad drank his health. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the healths of the gentlemen who had consented to act as judges, under whose fiat the prizes had been awarded to the successful candidates. The right honourable gentleman, after complimenting them on their skill, and reading a list of their names, concluded by drinking their healths, in which he was followed by the company. Mi. SMITH returned thanks in the name of the Judges. At the request of the Chairman, Mr. SHAW, whom he desig nated as " the poet laureat of the society," sang a humorous song, in which some happy allusions were made to the objects of tire society. After the song, this gentleman's health was drank by the company. • Mr. WHITE, the Secretary to the Society, having read the list of the names to whom the prizes had been awarded, The CHAIRMAN said, that as this was rather dry work he would propose "The healths of the successful Candidates," and as speeches from each of them might be rather inconvenient, he would further suggest that it should be given with "Three times three." This being done, the Chairman next proposed " The healths of the unsuccessful Candidates," and hoped that they would be more fortunate at the next meeting. The prizes were then distributed by the Chairman. The toasts of " The T o wn and Trade of Liverpool," and " Liberal Landlords and Industrious Tenants," were given. The CHAIRMAN next propose d the health of a noble friend who sat near him. This he tiered to observe,—he did not • mean to do as (lie of his colleagues. or as Postmaster-Generm% to whom this great edumitereiiit town Was so much indebted, .but in his private character of Duke of Richmond, the farmer's friend, and the poor man's guardian, wheSe splendid park was always open for the recreation and amusement of the people who lived in its neighbourhood. "The Duke of Richmond, and the agriculturalists of Sus sex," was then drank with loud cheering. The Duke of Ric H moxn expressed his deep sense of the lionour done him, and his conviction that, ia promoting the interests of the farmer and the farme r ' s labourers, they were promoting the best interests of the country. In thanking the meeting for drinking his health, he said that he valued the compliment more highly for having _been paid to him in his private capacity ra ther than in• his political character, or as one of his Majesty's ministers. The next toast was, "The land we live in," which was fol lowed by another song hum Mr. Shaw, which he had written for the occasion. . . . TheAMMAN then gave the health of a nobleman who wcs well known to be an admirer of the bedgowu and the Lanca shire Avitches; this he should do iu his private capacity, and as an active magistrate of the county—" Lord Molvueux:" Lord .I‘IO,LYNEUX thanked the meeting for this second tribute, He' had trxrersed several countries, but had never seen any peasantry whose appearance indicated so much prosperity an'il coofUrt as was always fOnud coupled with the neat bedgowns worn by the women of this county. He looked upon the in dustry of the productive classes (a laugh ) as one of the ..areat sources of the wealth of the nation. ( -A He concluded by giving "Tice Lancashire Wit c h es ," The CnAtam AN then proposed the following toasts : " Breeding and feeding, in all its branches." " The Committee of the society." "The Members for Preston." "Mr. Lucas, the proprietor of the room, with thanks to him for the gratuitous use of it ori that day." Between these toads, Colonel HORN tsy and Lord MourxEux favoured the company by singing each a song. At half-past nine o'clock, the Chairinan left the chair, which was immediately filled by Dr. Formby. The company continued to enjoy the hilarity of the evening until eleven o'clock, when they dispersed. LONDON LATEST NEWS. JScgurday Evening, Hai'-past Seven o'clock. Our consul market has become rather firmer than when we last wrote, but the .operations continue on a limitWi scale. The closing quotation for the account was 881- this afternoon. Exchequer Bills have been rather fiat at to 49, and India. Bonds are 30. No very material change in the value of foreign securities has taken place. The Portuguese securities continue the chief object of speculation. Yesterday the Scrip was at 21; prem.; it closed this afternoon at 19i 20i. The advices from Rio Janeiro "have been of so favourable a nature, bringing an ad vance both in the local stock there and in the exchange, that the bonds in our market have been in some demand, and have advanced to 694- after being WI. In the north e rn securities there is little to notice : Russian Bonds closed at 1021 ; Dutch at 481 f; Danish at Ai, and Belgian at 74k ;_ Spanish Bonds continue to be Affected by the fluctuati on o f the Portuguese Scrip. This morning they were quoted at 221, and they closed this afternoon at 214. The accounts received at Lloyd's to-day announce that tho Elizabeth, Bouch, from Liverpool, had arrived at Hobart Town, and the Macclesfield and Alice, also from Liverpool, had ar rived at Sydney. The Rapid, Matthews, from Liverpool, has arrived at Genoa. The Lyre, Head, from Liverpool to Tam pico, was spoken on the 29th July in lat. 18, long. 34. The advices we have received from Hobart Town this morn ing, mention that the new land.discovered to the westward had proved some of the most fertile in the island, and tame cattle and horses had been found in abundance, and in fine condition. It was understood that government was about to erect twenty houses there for the occupation of the pensioners recently sent out, and a settlement was to be formed forthwith. The Echo steamer has arrived from Lisbon with despatches for the Government ; but only 'very vague versions have been suffered to transpire, or have been manufactured by the govern ment scribes. :We have reason to believe that the actual intel ligence is a supplication on the part of Don Pedro for the aid of troops, without which he declares it impossible to hold Lisbon against the attacks of Marshal Bourmont. We understand. Lord Palmerston has gone down to Windsor to lay thd de spatches before his Majesty. Reports are strongly current this afternoon, that General Clouet has retaken Oporto with the Miguelite force under his command. Great credence is given to this with us, and as will be seen by the quotation, it has influenced the scrip. FASHION, FACTS, AND FICTIONS. THE GREY LIST AGA IN.—The Comptrollership of the Customs in Jamaica having become vacant, the place has been offered to the second son of the Bishop of Hereford, Lord Grey's brother. But the lad, though twenty-three years ofage, not being thought competent to hold it, has declined accepting the situation. The French are making great fun of Powlett Thomson, who is sojourning in PTis We protest against any fowl pun being made upon our estimable anti, " Le Poulett"—whom we have christened, Ayes past, the " Pullet"—be it his cognomen for time everlasting. Poor P. T. "Mutato nomine de to tabula narratur," &c.—Ago. , At Vesoul, a physician, who in poisoning seems to have sur passed Caistaing, and almost to have equalled Brinvilliers, has lately been arrested and committed to _prison. lie is charged with having successively poisoned, at Epinal, his father-in-law, his mother-In-law, the aunt, and, lastly, the brother of his wife. He was denounced by a mistress with whom he lived after having deserted his lawful wife.—French paper. RIGHT OF SEARCH.—The Postoffice people have a knack of opening parcels sent by mail-coaches, under a pretence at searching for letters. 'I his is a system which cannot be too much deprecated. It is quite un:English—that is, unconsti tutional; and though Whiggish, quite intolerable. It is a pre tence only, as we believe, to cover a system of espionaye as abominable as any other act of the Whigs. They allege it in creases the revenue. Does it? Why so, these men might in crease it by the means of burglary, which is a right of search sometime produchNuena/ consewlences... Let the Whigs be ware !—Aye:' -- It is said, in a quarter where things are generally well known, -thld Sir James Graham, after all the fine doings at the Admi ralty, is not likely to remain where he is many weeks longer. Should this be the case, it will be only the beginning o f a greater movement. Sir James Graham is the best man of bu siness of the whole party. We merely repeat what we hear_ for ourselves we see no "outward marks" of any such removal ; those who are in the highest places see farthest —we, in the val ley, wait, and only repeat what the folks on the top of the hill say is in sight.—Jeltn Bull. THE DONNA AND THE DOKE.—We hear that the reported penchant of the youthful Queen, Donna Maria, for the Duke of Lauchtenberg, has no foundation in fact. The Duke, it is said, has not seen the Donna these five years i when, as Philo sopher Square would say , from "the fitness of things," she could not be supposed to feel any very outrageous emotions for her step-mother's brother, a gentleman, by the 0, double her age. The marriages, however, of princes, are very unliko all others —the.y are Oftner made on earth than in heaven.—Age. In consequence of London, and indeed the whole of England being now completely overstocked with lawyers, attoruies, and other reptiles of the same description,' it has been suggested by a naval friend, that two battalions should be immediately orga nised, and forthwith despatched either to Fernando Po or Sierra Leone, there to await orders for commencing operations against the Ashantees.—Na cal and Military Gazette. SAM ROGERS'S LAST.—The intelligence from the seat of war in Portugal, by the Pantaloon, has excited the wit of the banker. —" Pantaloon! (said Sam;) if there were a pair of them, blow me tight, I trow,ser, we should hear of breeehes."—Age. The total amount subscribed for the widow of itobert Cully, who was murdered at the Coldbath-fields meeting, is £330 16s. Gd. of which £lO2 3s. 6d. was subscribed by the men of the various divisions of the force, and £228 13s. by the public. The Gloucester surveyors of taxes have decided that a person borrowing a friend's horse for a single day, and placing it in his stable for the night, is liable to be assessed at the regular rate. NEWTON.—Twenty-five French boats, engaged in the her ring -trade, have been driven on shore upon this coast. Twelve of them have been got off, but the others have become wrecks. Their crews, consisting of about 180 men, have been all saved. Shafto Craster, Esq., of Craster, with his usual benevolence, has supplied them with both money and victuals. They have also experienced great hospitality and assistance from General and Lady Grey, I\lr. Foster, of Newton, Mr. D'Vergnon, the Reverend Mr. Rook, of Etnbledon, and others, and have been enabled to return to their homes. Two fishing-boats were run down by the French boats iu the gale and lost, and the gentle men of the neighbourhood have subscribed and wade up their loss to the owners.—Berwick Advertiser. The system of reduction in the French army appears to be in active progress. In the 7th regiment of the line, now quartered at Valenciennes, 296 discharges and 850 leaves of absence for six months have just been granted. 14,000 out of the 24,(X10 horses attached to the artillery train are to be immediately sold. At Bridgewater, Wells, and Axhiidge, the very best fresh butter is scaling at 10d. per pound. At Wells great market prime Cheddar cheese, three to the cwt„, sold at 6(1. per pound; and fine dry home-cared bacon at sd. per pound by the flitch.— Both Chronicle. An immense quantity ofgame was in our market on Saturda v It is supposed at least 1,200 partridges were fur sale, and they were disposed of at the latter part of the day at Is. a head.— Brighton Gazette. On Sunday lust a pattern was held at N ew t own l an d s, w h ere a set of ruffians c ongregated in murderous array, to perpetuate a disgraceful feud, which has long been the annoyance of that district, The Volans and the Barrets were the lioratii and Curiatii, or "contending powers." They had a desperate en gagement, in which one man was beaten nearly to death, and three women, while probably assisting their husbands to mur der their own brothers or cousins, shared a similar fate. The four lie dangerously ill at present. What renders the unfor tunate affray the more deplorable is, that the greater part—l might have said the whole—of those infatuated rioters are con nected with each other by the ties of cousanguinity.—Liazer;ok Evening Post. LONDON GAZE7'TE.-F R DAY, SEPT. 20• PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. T, Alma and R. Abud, St. James's-street, Clerkenwell, gold and silvez refiners—W. T. Muni and J. 11. Turner. Long-acre, gold and silver refiners—G. Cox, IL Cox, and R. W. Haden, Derby. won . mer chants—W. Taylor and IL Birch, Huddersfield, druggists—T. Wid dowson and T. Harwood—R. Wrigley and J. Tarliatt, 'Manchester, eniravers—J. Walker and J. W. Hastinp, Cheiterfield, linen -drapers . Robinson and M. HargYMlNe, Welbeek-street, Cavendish -square. dealers in India matting—M. Dyer and W. I. Strugnell. Knl4litsbridge, general agent.—D. Rose and J. Hartlam, Moxley, Staffordshire, irpn manufavturers—W. Heditch, W. C. Heditch, and J. Ifeditch, Ch ute arles,. street. Hatton-garden, leath er trunk maker--A. Webster, D. b. ster, and J. Blathorne, Leeds. cloth-manufacturers —J. C. Petrie and M. Parker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, corn-millers. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. S. Maggs and J. Ma 1.0, , 5, Cheltenham, masers'. W. Jarvis, Peterborough, victualler. BANKRUPTS. George Goulden, Liverpool , spirit-dealer, rith Oct. and Ist NM, at the Clarendon-rooms, LiverpocA , Sols.. M essrs. Francis and D odzk . , Liverpool, and Mr. Bridger,Pinshory-eirmo• Gad Southall and William Milnes, Pedlar's-acre-wharf, Lambeth, coal-merchants. George 0 wles, Great Yarm outh, grocer. Mariner, John Sale Good, Woolwich, linen -draper. Richard Lloyd Laws. Greenw Peter Wri T ,, ht High-street, St, ich, Ma Giles.'ster- bookseller, Thomas ingle, Sheffield, iron founder. John Storer, Manchester, grocer. DIVIDENDS. - - - . _ Oct. 14, J. Williams , Liverpool, huilder—Oct. 28, J. Hornby, Liver. pool. corn-merchant--Oet. 14, J. Foster, Liverp oo l, pr i n ter—Oct. 12. Yorkshire, vessel..bnilder , - , Oct. 14, . Knott ingly, St. Thomas's -mill, Stafford, miller— C. Butler, Cheapside, druagist"—Oct. 14, 3. Rubinson, 1, Weelands, Durham, dealer and O th e a t P . Tn l4 a , n— J. O Ntia . Watkins, ADla)Zanvenny, Monmouthshire, shopkeeper Oct. 12 R. Cale and It. Mayor, Manchester, dyers—Oct. 15, T. Cooper. Thatel:am, Berkshire, coach-proprietor—Dee. 9, J. Horton and J. Watl.s, Soho-stii.are, drapers. CERTIFICATES. Om 11. J. Wilson and'll. R. Wilson, St. Osyth, .Esiet, draper J. m a ttwr, Hindley, I.4neuhire, innkeeper.