The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-03-20 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. 'e received yesterday a spiritedly written letter from "An Old Shipwright," urging his brother freemen to get up a requisition to the Mayor, to call a public meeting on the sub ject of the recent votes by our borough members on the Na vigation Laws. The proposition deserves grave consideration, and ought to be warmly responded to. It would tell, as the hest meeting did, most emphatically, not only on the town, but on the whole kingdom. '.ex" will find every convenience at the Baths at George's r, where the accommodations are elegant, and all the sr arrangements complete. `A Lover of Justice" expect us to insert his letter ieing furnished with his name. We could almost " drunk and disorderly" cases, were and we are not aware th a t th ere was any peculiar in the case alluded to. How can ' without 1 o report then: Ebr Eilitrpool &taitharb. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1849 A tremendous reaction against free trade, and that in little more than one month after the full hopes of the league have been realised ! Short-lived triumph I Such is the boast of the protectionists. Such was the language uttered by many of the members who sit in the centre of the opposition benches, led by the triumvirate of Herries, Disraeli, and Granby, assisted by Bankes and Henley, as they rushed from the House of Com • mons, at one o'clock on Tuesday morning. The yells were by of the palmiest days of protection, when Mr. Villiers -4 4- motions negatived by three to one. Nor there was much cause for such exultation. iavigation laws was sanctioned ago, the repeat House of Commons tubers :—nn llf jority of 117, in a house of ay night, the second reading of the sanctioned by a majority of only 56, in a house That this points to a reaction,— a grave re ' Nay, moreover, that it points to established during the last seven s town made such extraordi -cannot be doubted." 3 members. 'I n,—cannot be er to the whole 6—for the sak sacrifices of tii fanchester Guardian, with a eshing. Our contem on," and his " danger during the last seven r which is ( sees h to ref to the whole poll rave reactic established for the first time, apparently, in the recent ,ion upon the bill for the repeal of the Naviga ...in Laws. Those who have an opportunity of testing public opinion have been aware of the reac tion spoken of months ago. And not without rea son has it taken place. The free-trade policy has , • itself a failure. The flattering 'hich Manchester ifices of time and the - world to believe, have We look in vain for evi ce in the pockets of the public ordinary sac: ney," been one and all broclen fence of the exist per annum, which according to ,sgovv, was to Laws. We I .or, the frae-trade member Pected by the repeal of the n vain for the promised increase of our exports, for the promised increase in the employment of our labouring classes, and e direction of pros ty, which was to have been given to the enter whole of the community. 1; and only see in their amercial embarrassment, workinff masses. le universal i ;e and industry of th We look in vain for these home demaid for all in the ruin of thousands s. and shopkeepers, the be benefitted by the suc may justly be called that 1. Is it at all unnatural, !s, that there should be our contemporary_; that le to be htirried - further hus far produced such to entertain the ide to them to prc less, a sort of confessic mething further to bolst stand by itself, much less until every interest in the a one wide ruin to of be led away wi th the he spea s, Is cor- the great failing off ir. election v ;, that the change iblic mind ich the pa nen, once and much amen - Some , s, are at th e to the and are in he . results .ofpa of the baits held out further a the sat Manchest , ed to tead unprecedented con decreased expor modifies, cult f our merchant r3r classes who were t esi of that f the Man eaction c; that it c ake any hE ountry has been r ly represented even ts, a limited vocates c ahool of polit Ise and. being r ,inent of ecie to pay f eded ever ie doors of the beaten facturing c and eve ) Cover cheap e par mmtinit an maint county r with a d ort of t by - whc of Live of the fact .tt the valt )sed to admit that they iina too astily at con ad of an op- would be t jus they were lulled by the tempo- ey enjoyec ie potato crop in this griin throt lout the d general discontent among element in determining the , t be sneered a warning already eir attention to the caused by the efflux excha our increased imports lanufacturers are b of bread eh they see ti Dming the home markets by the cheaue ts of foreign looms aml I work- Lave already knoc I of Trade for protection ;rmany ; .nce and 6 sham confess ther npetition, to account for the )ur of the tionists been too confiaen'i ly apatti tV o ie nece ery of 'the Ant :ss of the mded to n Law tion ; and the unac- ch a portion of the British ship s connected with our hate tF 'e for it a redicting that s different from the e we from 3, but we shall hear 'he ShibbO- ed to be wooden and prop up the present .on, or to secure the cress of j__of the en in vain. No, no, will be sense of the nation to the ntime supreinaC You erected t measure for which no opinion 1 ; and res pro- they . emanate adical section of e the W POOT- borough, and the Evening Hymn, Roas. The quOir in all consists of about thirty members; and, taking into con sideration the short time which they have had for practice, their efficiency reflects great credit on Mr. Blundell, their instructor. The whole of the music was gone through most perfectly, and to the great delight, apparently, of the congregation. An organ is now the only desideratum. We might hint, however, the advantage which would be derived if an additional number of the congregation would NI the musical class, in order to be enabled t o t a k e a part, as congregational singers, in the Chants and Psalms. Mr. Blundell, we understand, will still rive his very valu able instruction ; and the opportunity ought not to be o sane thrown away CHRIST CHURCH SCHOOLS.—We beg to direct the at tention of our readers to the advertisement of the ser mons for these schools (where no fewer than 800 children are receiving a scriptural and general education), to be preached on Sunday next by Mr. Ould and the Rev. Dr. M`Neile—the numerous friends of the latter eminent di vine in the north part of the town have so seldom an opportunity of hearing him, that we doubt not they will gladly avail themselves of the present occasion, and at once gratify themselves, and promote the cause da valua ble charity. The Christ Church Schools we find still maintain their high reputation and well-deserved popula rity. We understand that they are now crowded with children, even to inconvenience, and that the weekly pay ments of the children themselves amount to £lBO a-year. On the occasion of the late visit of the Government In spector, the Rev. W. J. Kennedy, we have been told that eight girls and six boys passed the required examination, and were recommended as eligible and qualified for ap prenticeship under the minutes of the Committee of Council of Education. It will be remembered that six boys and one girl were apprenticed after the examination of last year. These facts speak loudly in commendation of the talents and industry of the teachers employed in these schools, and o f th e admirable system of secular and religious instruction therein pursued. We cannot but re cord our conviction that they are pre-eminently entitled to the liberal support of all the friends of the great cause of education. imilar imposts, are I to the deserts of he va- )01, or s from three to five id, or of some of our agricul mufactures have deserted them an overwhelming pauper population. The uality of taxation, to' which various localities _ liable, is utterly beyond the control of local forethought or legislation. An act of the legisla ture may destroy a branch of industry, and beggar a district. And, on this ground alone, it is only strict justice that the result should be provided for by the nation. gin the p Yet an impartial view of the question mooted by Mr. Disraeli could not be taken by the House of Commons. It was a protectionist movement; and therefore received the opposition of the free trade section of the h ouse . Th e mos t t e lling speech in opposition to it was that of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; and hi s argumen t s so l e ly applied to the agricultural portion of the question. The Many 'easy err l'he r TUE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES. On Saturday, the commission was opened by Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Coleridge, who arrived here in the afternoon. On Sunday their lordships attended St. George's Church, accompanied by J. S. Entwisle, Esq., of Foxholes, High Sheriff, the Mayor, Town Clerk, Clerk of the Felice, and several members of the Council. The sermon was preached by the sheriff's chaplain. CROWN COURT—N :ESTERDAY. The court was opened before Mr. Baron Alderson soon after ten o'clock. A considerable time was occupied in the reading over of the Grand Jury list for the county, and the names of the Coroners. The calendar contained the names of 74 prisoners, of which 17 only are Liverpool cases, the others being from Manchester and inland places and towns. The offences charged (with the exception of two) are not of a peculiarly grave character, a great number of them being for uttering base coin, or other offences within the category of mint cases. The following gentlemen were sworn in to constitute THE GRAND JURY. WM. ENTWISLE, Esq., Rushoinaee House, foreman. Richard Ashton, Esq., Lime Field. James Bourne, Esq. Heathfield House. Joseph Brereton Esq., Speke Ha 11 .4 Meyreck Banks, Esq., Winstanley Hall. James Fenton, Esq., Bumford Hall. Daniel Grant, Esq., Springside. Sir T. G. Heskethßart., Rufford Park. Robert Lomax, Esq., Lomax Fields. Thomas Littledale, Esq., Highfield House. Thomas Moss, Esq., Abercrombie Square. J. Bramley-Moore, Esq., Liverpool. John Naylor, Esq., Manor House. John Potter, Esq., ?Manchester. The Hon. Colonel Charles Stanley, Knowsley. Spencer James Steers, Esq., Halewood. Charles Turner, Esq., Dingle Head, Toxteth. Joseph Need Walker, Esq., Calderstone. R. Needham Phillips, Esq., The Park, Manchester. The last-named gentleman did not enter the court until after the others were sworn ; but his Lordship permitted him to be sworn separately, so that the fine (£5) was not exacted. The proclamation against vice and immorality being read, his Lordship thus addressed the Grand Jury :-- THE CHARGE " Fourteen Whigs, chiefly English and Scotch county members, voted with Mr. Disraeli. Amongst others, Lord Anson, precis writer in the foreign office, and Lord Palmerston's private secretary ! Surely a mistake ! If not—why not ?" WE understand that at a special meeting of the committee appointed to oppose the Ministerial measure for an abrogation of the Navigation Laws, which was held on Friday last, the following reso lution was unanimously adopted :—" That relying upon the wisdom and justice of the House of Lords, the friends of British interests should con tinue a firm and uncompromising resistance to the bill brought into the House of Commons by Mr. Labouchere; leaving to those who rashly labour to subvert the Navigation Laws, the full and undi vided responsibility of measures, against the prin ciple of which this meeting solemnly protests." • We are also informed that, in addition to the 3 two petitions already presented by Mr. Herries to e the House of Commons from Liverpool. a third -, Yi is now in that honourable gentleman's hands for presentation—the names subscribed forming an -4,371. The petition to the House ,us is to be entrusted to Lord Stanley—it already bears the signatures of 47,172 individuals. 7, gregate of 4 IMPORTAN' NEWS FROM PERNAMBUCO. kNOTHER DEFEAT OF THE INSURGENTS By the splendid Liverpool-built packet-ship Seraphina, arrived yesterday, at this port, after the extremely short run of only twenty-three days, from Paraiba, we have accounts from Pernambuco to the 20th ultimo, and from the town of Paraiba to the 22nd idem. Another battle had been fought on the 16th, between the imperial troops and the insurgents atGoianna, %pout nudWay between narobueo and Parai s. On the 21st of the foimer having Deis, numbering, ised, about 4,000 men, had advanced as far as ge of Grazia, dist an t n i ne l eagues f rom t h e town a, and intended giving battle to the imperial commenced On Sunday last at St. Peter's Church, Aintree, after sermons by the Revs. Dr. Hume and J. Cordeaux, the sum of Xi 15s. was collected to meet the expenses of the BIRKENHEAD POOR RATE.—The overseers of Birken head have just laid a rate—the only one this year—at six pence in the pound, which they expect will answer the expenses of the current year. This is very creditable. CONDITION OF THE NEGRO RACE IN AMERICA.—We understand that a missionary meeting will be held in the school-room under St. Silas' Church, Pembroke-place, on Thursday evening next, when the Rev. Alexander Crummell will give a number of interesting details con nected with the present condition of the negro population in the United States of America. The ship Bonita sailed from Maceio on the 17th Feb.. the Indus sailed from Maceio on the 16th, and the 17th ; the Laura and William Russell were 1 from Pernambuco in a day or two,—all for Liver- A great number of vessels were at Pernambuco ployed. sterday FATAL ACCIDENTS.—On Saturday, a painter, named Wm. Finnigan, residing in Gilbert-court, expired at the hospital from the effects of injuries received on the 2nd inst. He was at work on board the " Bengal," lying in the Queen's Graving Dock, when he fell from the rail and suffered a fracture of the leg and a severe scalp wound. —On Saturday, a child four and a half years old, named John Gamey, whose parents reside at 19 Court, Saltney_ street, in the absence of its mother got upon the fender to reach an article from the mantel-piece, when his clothes ignited and he was so shockingly burnt as to occasion his THE BIRKENHEAD COLLEGE.—We are glad to hear that the Rev. J. Baylee, principal of the Theological In stitution, at Birkenhead, has consented to receive into the college, for the usual studies, two negro youths from the United States of America, and to remit their fees. After undergoing the usual educational routine they will return to their own country, enabled to confer on their unfortunate and neglected race the greatest moral and spiritual blessings. The young men are, we believe, to be admitted on the recommendation of the Rev. Alex. Crummell ; and on the termination of their course of instruction two others will be allowed to partake of the same advantage. PAUL'S CHURCH, SEACON the services at this neat little church re pion of attractiveness from the addition of well•trained singers, selected principally of the congreg tvenile porno. themselves together as under the able t ition—and we may add, as hi honourable to himself, the gratuitous—of Mr. Blundell, of Great George-street. The music sung consisted of, in the morning, Cook's Morning Hymn, Te Deum, Goodenough, Jubilate-, Grand Chant, -a most offectiva nonnposaition, tha 51st Psalm, Hampton, and the Hundredth Psalm, Luther; in the evening, the 95th Psalm, Wimbleton, Magnificat, His LORDSHIP remarked that he was glad to observe so large an attendance present to discharge the important functions which devolved upon them in this county, namely, that of putting into a state of formal accusation for trial those parties whom the magistrates, after due examina tion, had thought proper to commit to answer any charge which might be brought against them. Their general duty would be best discharged by a careful investigation of all those cases which came before them, and putting no one on their trial unless the circumstances were such as to justify a reasonable probability of conviction before the common jury. There were, however, a few cases on which it might be desirable to offer some observations. There were two cases of murder in both of which it would be proper, first, to inquire whether the crime had been committed at all or not; for, if committed, there seemed to be no doubt, according to the depositions, that the ac cused were the guilty parties. One was a charge against a man for the murder of his wife, and it would be well to inquire whether the death was caused by external violence or from some other cause. If the former was the case they ought to find a true bill, unless it should turn out that there had been a quarrel between the parties, and blows had been struck, which would reduce the crime to manslaughter, or that the blows when given were not given with the intention to kill or do bodily harm. The other case was one of rather too common an occurrence, namely, a charge against a girl for the murder of her own new-born infant child. In this case the first inquiry would be, was the child born alive ? A child was not born alive until completely separated from the parent. It might be that a child after being partly born might breathe, and death be caused even by violence before com plete separation took place. If that were the case it would not be proper to find the bill for murder, but the general course was to find one for concealment of the birth. On this question, however, the grand jury would do well to seek the advice of skilful medical men, and then taking all the circumstances into consider ation—the dreadful agony which a female generally suffered on those trying occasions, and the state of mind in which she must necessarily be—say whether there was enough to justify them in putting the party on her trial for the more serious charge. There was a case of forgery in which in which it would be desirable to distinguish be tween an order and a warrant for the payment of money. An order implied that the party on whom it was drawn was obliged by contract or obligation to pay it ; a warrant is where the party is not bound to pay, but if he pay he is empowered to recover it. In the case to which his lord ship alluded, a man of the name of Rodgers, was charged with having forged an order for the payment of money. From the depositions it would seem that the paper was a warrant, and not an order, but most probably it would in both ways in the indictment. There were also in the calendar several cases of rape—a charge rather easily made and difficult to rebut, but if clearly made out, deserving of very severe reprobation. They would, how ever, consider whether the charge was substantially made out, and it was by no means immaterial to ascertain whe ther any previous liberties had been permitted or not. The rest of the calendar required no particular observa tions from him, by way of assistance to th e gran d j ury i n the discharge of their duties, and with these few observa tions he should dismiss them to their duties. The grand jury then retired. n victo- Several true bills having been brought in, the trials ' ~__ • MINT CASES Ann Cowley, aged 19, was charged with having, at Liverpool, on the 20th February, had in her possession a mould, intended to make and impress the resemblance of a silver shilling; and also with having in her possession four counterfeit shillings, well knowing them to be such. The house in which the prisoner lived was searched by police sergeant Story and another officer, when the mould, &c. were found. The case, which was clearly proved, was uninteresting. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. Sen tence was deferred. Christopher Smith, 40, and Bridget Smith, 28, were charged with having, at Liverpool, in December, felo niously made a mould, upon which was impressed the re semblance of a shilling ; and also with having in their pos session twelve pieces of counterfeit coin, resembling shil lings, knowing the same to be counterfeit. The police watched the house, in Penrhyn-street, and the prisoners were seen in the cellar mixing plaster of paris to make a mould, and, on being surprised, they broke what appeared to be a newly-made mould. Twelve base shillings were found in the house. Several pieces of a broken plate were also found, and a quantity of plaster of paris was found in a handkerchief. Three good shillings were also found, which had the appearance of having been used in making moulds. The female prisoner had been indicted as a single woman, and a verdict was nearly passed against her, when it was discovered that she was the wife of the male prisoner; and his Lordship directed the jury to ac quit her. The man was found guilty. Sentence deferred. Mary M' Gowan, 33, was charged with having, at Liver pool, on the 25th February, uttered a base half-crown ; also with having put off a base shilling, and with having previously been convicted for a similar offence. She was found guilty ; and was put down. Mary Ann .Edwards, alias Ann Hoy, 21, was charged with having, on the 24th February, at Liverpool, uttered a counterfeit half-crown, and also with having previously uttered a base shilling. Verdict—guilty. William Frost, 29, was charged with misdemeanor, in having, on the 27th January, at Bolton, passed, on two distinct occasions, two separate bad sixpences. He was found guilty Jame Taylor, 19, was indicted for having uttered, in January last, at Wigan, two counterfeit shillings, on se parate occasions. Verdict—guilty. Dennis Murrey, 33, was indicted for having, at Ather ton, also uttered, in a similar manner, several base six pences to distinct parties. Verdict—guilty. William Thompson, 27, was charged with having, at Bolton, on the 14th February, put off a base half-crown, and having been found in possession of another base half crown. The evidence was defective, and the jury acquitted the prisoner. Matthew Gall, 46, and Jane M` Grath, alias Ga ll, 39, were charged with having .uttered, at Warrington, on the 20th January, seven base shillings, to various parties, and also having in their possession fifteen base shillings, and a number of base sixpences. The first part of the charge was abandoned. The jury acquitted both the prisoners. The female was retained to be tried upon another indictment. mum.. cotetigs, 215, anu rnunius rizzgerata. zn, were found guilty of having, at Great Bolton, in December, been found in possession of 58 base sixpences, with intent to utter them. Jane M' Grath was again put upon a charge of uttering, at Warrington, a base shilling, and with having been found with fifteen base shillings in her possession. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. Margaret Ellames, 13, and Betsy Gainer, 30, two females, were charged with uttering base coin in Liverpool, on the 17th of February, and also with having in their position other base coin. Ellames had passed some of the base money, and on Gainer 16 bad sixpences were found. They were both found guilty. Arthur Fleming and Mary Bulger were indicted for having in their possession a quantity of base coin with intent to utter it. The case occurred on the 14th of February. Twenty-one bad sixpences and some bad shillings were found upon the male prisoner, and the fe male passed a bad sixpence. Both were found guilty. SENTENCES UPON THE ABOVE . His LORDSHIP then proceeded to passsentence upon tnose convicted as above. John Christopher Smith, Mary Anne M'Gowan, and Mary Anne Edwards, alias Hoy, were placed together in the dock, the charge against them amounting to felony. They had, it appeared, long carried on a regular trade in counterfeit coin, and having before been convicted, his Lordship sentenced them to ten years' transportation. (There was a fearful scream ing amongst the female prisoners when the sentence was heard.) Anne Cowley, two years' imprisonment ; Jane M'Grath, eighteen months and hard labour ; William Cross, one year and hard labour ; James Taylor, one year ; Denis Murray, one year ; Margaret Ellames, three calendar months ; Ellen Gainor, two years ; Arthur Fleming, eighteen months ; Anne Bulger, one year ; John Collins and Thomas Fitzgerald, two years. These were the whole of the Mint cases; and the Court rose at half-past six o'clock. NISI PRIUS COURT.—YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. Justice COLEILIDGN.) His lordship took his seat in this court at twelve o'clock. Immediately on doing so he called Mr. Adolphus and Mr. Bliss to take their seats within the bar. The learned gentlemen did so, and received the congratulations of his lordship and the members of the bar, who were present in rather larger numbers than usual. The learned gentle men thus called within the bar have received the appoint ment of Queen's Counsel for the county palatine, the honour being conferred upon them by her Majesty as Duchess of Lancaster. DOBSON V. HOWARTH This was an undefended action to recover the sum of £7O for goods sold and delivered. Mr. Cross appeared for the plaintiff, who, he stated, had commenced an action in the middle of last year for the amount, and it stood for trial at the last assizes, when an arrangement was entered into that the defendant should pay £6O and costs. Sub sequently he paid the £6O, but refused to pay the costs, and consequently the action was continued.—Verdict for the plaintiff for the amount sought. WOOLFALL AND ANOTHER V. HAY. This was also an undefended cause against Mr. Hay, hide merchant of this town, to recover £27, and £1 inte rest, the amount of a bill of exchange.—Verdict for the plaintiff, with speedy execution. GREATREX V. PEEL AND ANOTHER. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for defective workmanship in the manufacture of a double crank shaft for a steam-engine. The plaintiff is a bleacher carrying on business at Springfield, Salford, and the de fendants, Messrs. Joseph and George Peel, are proprietors of the Soho Foundry, Manchester, In the latter end of last year the plaintiff employed the defendants to supply for an engine uyon his premises a double crank shaft, pat ' tern and dimensions of which were supplied, but on being fitted to the engine it was found not to fit so as to work properly, and, consequently after several alterations, was thrown aside as useless. The defendants then com menced proceedings for the value of the shaft, and £75 was paid for it by the plaintiff, after which the present action was brought. The plaintiff laid his d amage s a t £2,000, claimi ng for loss of trade owing to the engine not working properly, for the value of the crank and repairs. After the plaintiff's case had closed, the Attorney-General contended to the court that the plaintiff could not re cover more damages than he had paid for the crank, viz., £75. He had no right to damages for loss of business, as it was a question whether the business which might have been done would turn out profitable or not. Mr. MARTIN replied that the shaft ought to have been delivered to the plaintiff capable of performing the work for which it was intended, and as it did not he was entitled to damages for the loss sustained. His LORDSHIP intimated that he would rather not on the moment bind himself to an opinion. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, then the case might fairly end there. The sum paid for the shaft was £75, and he had no objections to a verdict being taken for that amount; and that it should be left to his Lordship to say what sum beyond that amount the defendants ought to pay, if he was of opinion the plaintiff was entitled to any. Mr. MARTIN was perfectly satisfied with this arrange ment. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then said he should merely observe that the Messrs. Peel came there to defend the case, under the idea that they had made a shaft complete in all its parts, and quite proper for the work intended, but from the turn the case had taken, he could not resist a verdict going against them. His Loitipsiiir - said it had better be put in this way— that a verdict should be entered for the plaintiff for the damages in the declaration, leaving him to say to-morrow morning what amount of damages, if any, the plaintiff was entitled to beyond the £75. This was acquie'sced in, and his Lordship after observ ing that it was a very creditable way of terminating the case, on the part of Messrs. Peel, directed a verdict to be entered accordingly. The Court adjourned at half-past five. THE CAUSE LIST.—The entry for the present assizes, which closed yesterday at noon, does not contain so large a number of cases as usual, but, we understand, there are several very important and interesting trials likely to occupy the consideration of the court. The entire list numbers 94 causes, of which 13 are marked for special juries. One of the latter, Mangnal and another, v. Benecke and others, which is an action respecting a patent right, being an issue directed to be tried by the Master of the Rolls, is fixed to be tried on Monday next. A case, which is next in order, and will probably be tried this morning, (Tuesday,) is likely to excite considerable amusement, it being an action by an elderly gentleman against a lady for a breach of promise of marriage. There is alsck.another case of considerable importance to the mer cantile community, being an action against the Under writers on a policy of insurance. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) LONDON MONEY MARKET. •YESTERDAY The English Stock Market is exceedingly dull, and there has not been any speculation going on. A little money stock was bought soon after the commencement of business, by one or two influential brokers, and this gave a little firmness, the rates being 901 for Transfer, and 90 for Time. There has been a decline since, owever, and 904 I are th present values. LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The display of English Wheat at market was ettremely limited, and was taken by the town millers at about the rates of this day week. Foreign was offered a trifle lower, but buyers acting cautiously, the sales were unimportant. Flour was dull, but without chang e in value. Barley moved off slowly, at late rates. Oats were tardy of sale, at previous prices. In Beans and Pease there was little doing, and prices were unaltered. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. Our market to-day was very moderately supplied with eact kind of fat stock. The Beef trade here, this morning, wai again excessive heavy, at a decline, in the quotations on Monday last of 2d. per 81b. A l lulu It, LS o- duced 3s. but the general top figure fo r pr Beef did not exceed 3s. 6d. per 81bs., at which a clearance was not effected. There were nearly 7000 Sheep more in the market than at th e corresponding period in 1848. For all breeds the demand was heavy in the extreme, and, to effect sales, prices receded 2d. per Sibs. from those of Monday last. The highest general figure for best Downs, in the wool, was 4s. 4d., out of the wool, 3s. 10d. per Blbs. About a third of the supply was shorn. The few lambs on offer realised from 6s. 6d. to 7s. per 81bs. Calves, the supply of which was very moderate, moved off slowly at droop ing prices. In Pigs next to nothing was doing. In the quota tions no material change took place. YESTERDAY'S POLICE. BURGLARY.—An old offender named Jno. Williams, was committed on a charge of having, on Saturday night, burglari ously entered the tap or cella) vaults, now occupied by Mr. Watkins, Great Charlotte-street AN bust' DEFENCE.—Three women, not yet thoroughly ac quainted with the routine of the Police-court, were put forward on the rather common charge o; k endeavouring to help them selves to a good joint for dinneillywithout payment. The were all Iris, and on the case being proved, Mr. Rushton asked them what they had to say? The younger of the party, with a genu ine brogue, and with the utmost simplicity of manner, at once exclaimed:—" Och now, well sure yer honour it was me that tuk it; and as for these two women (her fellow-prisoners) barrin' outside the market before we cum in, I never saw them in all my life, so I didn't. I don't know them from Adam down, no more than I know the back of my head, so I don't yer Honour." But "his Honour" not being exactly of the same opinion, sentenced the trio to a month's confinement. ST. PATRICK'S MARTYRS.—Some forty unmistakeable speci mens of the genus homo. no matter reui tu now long _ ported from, the Emerald Isle, were placed in the dock, on the very innocent charge of " drowning their shamrock," and afterwards becoming uprorious ; or, as the police-office par lance has it, " drunk and disorderly." They were severally fined 55., which they paid with the resignation of martyrs to "the good ould cause "—drunkenness. THEFT.—A young woman named Margaret Wilson, was committed for trial, charged w ith h av i ng s t o l en var i ous arti cles of wearing apparel from the house of Mr. Birkett, Rana legh-street, in which she had resided for some time as servant. SINGULAR RECOVERY OF A WATCH.—On Tuesday night last, as Mr. William Grey was rPtimiinv home_ nroreprlino through Great Howard-street, towards Bootle, he was attacked by two men, who knocked him down and robbed him of his silver watch. He communicated this to the police, one of whom, in searching a house of ill-fame in Cross-Eldon-street, on last Saturday, found two watches concealed in a cupboard— one a gold and the other a silver watch. Subsequently it turned out that the silver watch was the property of Mr. Gray, and the unfortunate keepers of the house were taken into custody. Both the parties denied all knowledge of the silver watch, but claimed the gold one as being their own property. There being no proof to connect them with the robbery, the case was re manded. MALICIOUS ASSAULT.—On Saturday night last, an assault was committed by a prostitute on another woman of the same unfortunate class, the malignity of which all must condemn. It appeared that a broil of some kind occurred between the par ties, when one of them (the prisoner) drew from her pocket a bottle of vitnol, and threw its contents on the neck and breast of her adversary, who exhibited in court a shocking appear ance. In committing the prisoner for trial, Mr. Rushton ob served that this was one of the most diabolical offences which could be perpetrated. The prisoner was liable to transporta tion for it, and that was a fact which should be impressed upon the public mind. He therefore felt it to be his duty to send the prisoner for trial. We are glad to find that, from the great preparation Toxteth-park, is likely to be very attractive. No time is now to be lost by any one desirous of forwarding so charitable an object. LIVERPOOL CHURCH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTION.— The circular containing the information respecting this proposed institution, showing its objects, advantages, and necessity to the young men of this town, is now pub lished, and may be had at the newspaper offices. The Venerable Archdeacon Brooks has kindly accepted the office of president, Charlas Groves, Esq., that of treasu rer, and A. Hume, Esq:, LL.D., chairman of the provi sional committee. THE BRAZILIAN FRIGATE AFFONSO.—This splendid steamer, built and equipped at this port for the Brazilian government, has arrived at Pernambuco after a rough passage. During the late combat at that port, Captain Lisboa, commander of the Affonso, commanded the im perial troops, and to his exertions and those of his crew is to be attributed much of the triumph achieved over the rebels. Of the crew of the Affonso about 50 were killed. COUNCIL MEETING,—We understand that it is intended to propose at the Council meeting to-day, Mr. R. Hen derson, Chairman of the Dock Committee, as alderman in the stead of Sir T. Brancker, and that he will be strongly supported by those members of the Council who advocate the rating of the Dock and Corporate estates. It is intended to nominate also Mr. Francis Shand (one of the most estimable men in Liverpool) for the honour. The proceedings are not expected to last above ten minutes, so that the Council must be punctually at their posts or they will not have an opportunity of recording their votes. One of the very funniest " errors of the press" that we ever met with occurs in a recent number of a provincial contemporary. Our indignant brother, writing about French follies, was made to say—" When the Provisional Government promised the labouring classes that they should never again want either work or high wages, them asses actually believed it. This was not very good grammar, whatever truth there might be in it. The error was explained the next wet kby the following' erratum" —" For them asses in our last, read the masses." Whe ther the explanation improves the passage or not we take not upon ourselves to decide. Some people may think " them asses" too good a term to be lightly dinaZda iA such a case as the above. )f con amount of the burthens upon land, as compared with other property, seemed to be taken as the only matter under consideration. Town was set up against country; rates upon railways against rates upon farms ; leaving altogether out of consi deration the fact that the real question was one be tween real property, whether in land or in houses, in mills or in mines, and personal property and capital which escape taxation altogether. We were, of course, perfectly prepared for the unsuccessful result which has attended Mr. Disra eli's proposition. In the present parliament, the very facts of its having a tendency to benefit the agricultural interest is quite sufficient to bespeak a negative for any measure. A little time, however, will operate powerfully to enforce a change of opi nion upon honourable members, with respect to the principle of the bill. The question at issue is not at all one which affects exclusively the agricultural classes. It is one in which the great towns of the empire are, year by year, becoming increasingly interested. In our own locality its concession just now would put an end to all agitation for rating the dock and corporation property, and to the very just complaints of the inhabitants of Liverpool, of the onerous pressure upon them of Irish pauper ism. Indeed, we should not be surprised to hear of a much larger demand than the present being made upon the nation. The absurdity and injus tice of our present system of local taxation is most palpable. It is not consistent with common sense that, in such a town as Liverpool, one side of a street should be rated at three shillings in the pound, and' the other at eighteen pence ; that the shopkeeper in Lord-street, or Bold-street, should pay for the support of the poor what the wealthy merchant contrives to escape by removing himself to a suburban residence. The principle that the whole should contribute to support a burthen, which is found to press too heavily upon a part, is admitted by ministers themselves in their bill for an Irish rate in aid. To carry out this principle in Great Britain, it would only be necessary to pro cure a uniform rating. But public opinion will demand more than this. It will insist that property and income, of every description, shall contribute its fair quota to local, as well as national, burthens. We would commend this subject to the considera tion of such bodies as our National Confederation. If such organizations are of any utility whatever, it will be best shown in stripping questions like this of that party complexion, which prevents their receiving a calm and impartial consideration. The John Bull of Saturday says : " It was supposed by ministers that the majority against Mr. Disraeli's resolutions would have been above a hun dred. Many Peelites yve find, on reference to the division, did not vote at all ; amongst them Lord Charles Welles ley, Lord Ernest Bruce, Admiral Bowles, Colonel Peel, and Mr. H. B. Baring, all officials. A few independent gentlemen belonging to the same party voted with the hon. member for Bucks. All the members of Sir Robert's cabinet voted with the government, making altogether 37 Peelites against the agriculturists. March 20,10 GENERAL TRADE REPORT. LATEST FRM AMER S ICA. ...of ARRIVAL OF THE SAR A H SAND STEAA MONDAY EVENING The unsettled state of the continent again influences trade cir cles, andmuch anxiety has been expressed on 'Change to-day, at the insecurity of all speculations which depend upon the uncer tain tenure of the quiet interchange of commercial reciproci ties with European states, although the general impression seems to be that there is more alarm of war than actual danger, and that so long as England.and France pull together, there is little to fear. The only power which is at all likely to disturb the peace of Europe is Russia ? and hitherto the autocrat's policy has been more wily, and it is scarcely likely he will force the Dardanelles in opposition to the rest of Europe. With re refltintgotlonndist u which inco is ul a w n i o l t a h s er n d a er o s n s depressing e ete t e h s e no Dukeof immi nent danger. All must admit that civilians, generally incompe tent generals, are more so when at a distance from the seat of war; and when this great authority is thrown into the scale. few will have the hardihood to try their weight at the opposite end of the beam. Far from blaming the conduct of Lord Gough, the Duke of Wellington urges the necessity of great risks and probable loss, in order to accomplish glorious results. But, however the condemnation of Lord Gough's strategy may be partially suspended, confidence in that quarter cannot be restored until the arrival of the next mail, which it is to be honed will contain more satisfactory intelligence. These wars and rumours of wars have quite upset the SHARE market here, and it closes this day with a blacker look than at any time of the present year. London and North-westerns can hardly be quoted better than 131 ® 3 ; Midland, 76 @ 7.—CoNsots in London are also depressed from the same cause, snd closed this after noon at 90} 2. The last few days there has been less doing in PRODUCE generally, but prices have been well supported, particularly for Sugar. On Saturday, there were 1,000 bags Madras Sugar sold at 32/ @ 34/ for low brown, and as high as 43/ for fine white; TO-DAY 1100 bags Benares at 41/6 @ 42/9 for low middling to good. Molasses continue very scarce, and in request; prime new Barbadoes and Antigua would bring 20/ @ 21/. In Rum there is little doing. Saltpetre continues in request at full rates. Nitrate is worth 11/9 for good parcels. For Foreign Coffee there is an active inquiry, at advancing rates for export descriptions, ruling from 28/ @ 34/; but in Plantation sorts there is little doing. In Tea there is not much passing, but holders evince considerable firmness.—The present state of continental affairs is affecting the prices of METALS, as well as other produce, and Pig Iron has declined ss. per ton from the highest prices, arising in part from the in competency of one or two parties to take up their time pur chases. This has had an effect on manufactured iron, which is dull but firm at .e 6 in Wales. The present quotations for Scotch Pig Iron are : Mixed Nos. 47/6 cash, and No. 1, 49/ @ 50/ f. o. b. at Glasgow.—Corrox has lost ground on the week, and the transactions of TO-DAY amounted only to between 3000 and 4000 bales.—Wooz brought advanced rates at the sale on Thursday, which was most numerously attended, the biddings being very spirited throughout.—WitEAT is about 2s. per gr. lower on the week in the Liverpool market, and Flour is a little easier to purchase TO-DAY than on Friday. The steamer Sarah Sands, commanded by ;01 Thomson, sailed from New York on the evening ,ei,A Ist instant, and arrived here last night about eighto in seventeen-and-a-h a lf d a y s , h av i ng ex perienced winds during th e en ti re passage. Sh e brings sec oA passengers in the first cabin, and about fifty in the with a cargo of cotton and provisions. There is no further news or gold from Califor p ':oo l amount of gold depo s it e d at Philadelphia at the 0 : 1 2 4 0 . 1 58,522 dollars. Th e p apers we h ave received, t_ll°Mol file is not a compl e t e one , conta i n li tt l e on this subject. It is stated that at the opening of navigation , th e , re w hei be in store at Chi cago , th ree m i l li ons o f b us hels m o o,' to go forward on Lake Michigan—a quantity that of any former y ear . a W I Mr. John M. Cl a yt on h as b een appointed oe_clLefeii State to General Tayl or , an d M r . C raw f or d SeP — War. York The Roscius and West Point arrived at No the Ist instant NEW YORK, ~ ''f► ' -- o dte , " FLOUR.—The inquiry for Flour this morning was and 53101 and prices were about the same as yesterday. AL"` a ts 300 brls. good Michigan at 5 68k; 350 common state, at ) 150 pure Genesee, at 6 to 6 121; and 400 New Orlefull so ld For southern there is a fair demand, and 400 brls. we re 5 371 to 5 50 . Meal is d u ll a t former rates. We qt GRAlN.—Wheat is in fair r eques t a t full prices. r ode , for Genesee $ 1 34 to 1 35. Th e d eman d for C orn is 4 at 64 for round yellow, awl 54 to 55c for white southe rn 4 ic,' Rye may be quoted a t 65 66 c. Oats are 40 t ° northern, and 32 to 35c. for Jersey. 10 30,1 PROVISIONS.—We quote pork this morning dull at 'Ave , ' 10 75 for mess, and 9 75 for prime. —Beef continues stea.-'O6 moderate sales at previous quotations.—Lard is without' sales of 200 packages at 62c. AswES.—Pots are selling at $6 50; pearls are dull 5 ,t ers oßd Corrom.—There is a mode ra t e inqu i ry, an d bola their stock freely. Prices are a little easier. for stetl EXCHANGE.—Not much doing, and the supply 7 ranes fm to 8 : francs, 530t0 5 32. FREIGHTS to Liverpool are firm at 5-16 for cotton, JO, - beef 2s. 6d. to 2s. 9d., cor n 7d. T o London, Pen.'" . 2s. 6d. to 35., naval stores 2s. 6d. NEW ORLEANS, F f ' s "t . el o ; . There were several buyers in the cotton market Ye P . but e n t gt h e h y fg the e advance l required n e ig a h t c s r t o ces w s h io ic n h i f n e w pr f i a c c l os r ° s : 4 eo willing to submit, more particularly as the Niagara'ej are now nearly due. The sales, therefore, were c0n,1,, 3069 bales, at the rather easier rates accepted on Saturo' The workmen at Si r W. Fi e ld en ' s m i ll Blackber th ' again on strike abo u t th e T en Hours' Bill. setY Measures have b een t a k en at N ew Y ork to incre a s e or ' number of missionary c l erg y i n C a lif orn i a, an d bhsh an episcopal see in the peninsula. ia Four horses, belonging to different individtude4i The Recorder held a court of appeal in the council parish of Kirkhaugh, Northnmberland, were nisi' chamber yesterday. The appellant was Mr. Casson Hind- poisoned one night last week. ley, the head of the firm of Hindley and Co., extensive A bill is now before the United States Congree s 4 3 grocers and tea dealers in Live r po o l. Th e appea l was railway nearly 3,000 miles in le ng th— name ly, try from a conviction give n i n D ecem b er l as t, b y M r. R us h - Louis to San Francisco. ton, under the act of varliament for preventing fraud CITY RESPECT FOR THE CLERGY.—In the relpi arising out of the use of u n j u st we i g ht s or measures . M r. the municipal commissioners on the city of Loud° ,„;111 James was counsel, and Mr. Payne, attorney for the ap- stated " the Lord Mayor's chaplain and coachman re' pellant ; the:conviction was supported by Mr. Blair, who each a freedom annually." 2 was assisted by Mr. Wybergh, the senior clerk to the Mr. Flood, a magistrate of Chelsea, has resent'p Dr magistrates. Mr. Wright, the clerk of the peace, was the church trustees of St. Luke a deed of gift for ,l ef f,, also present. The case, as will appear, is one involving a the dividends on which are to be distributed to the u`.. e r. practice of trade, and naturally has excited the interest of ing poor of the parish on the 13th January, ~ for e rg the whole body of tradesmen in the grocery bnsiness, a At the Maidstone assizes G. Millen, 17, and - `;,, i jf great number of whom were present. Mr. Blair called Sheepwash, 16, were capitally convicted for the : ii jil witnesses in proof of the offence, information, and con- murder of Wm. Law, by beating him on the bead " viction. Mr. John Edwards, an inspector in the weights crowbar, and sentenced to death. , Die and measures department, stated that on the Btb Decem- FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS LOST.—OD Monday fri tu r. ber last, he, in company with his assistant, visited one of Mr. Meadows, of Watlington, a cattle dealer, was r e i r d Messrs. Hindley and Co.'s establishments, No. 9, Roe- ing from London, and went into the Cambridge .OO street, he saw a young man in the shop, near to whom went. room ; when he left there his money wa s saf e :di was a weighing machine, which appeared to have been re- his arrival at home, however, he missed it. In the.7o cently used, though he did not see the young man ac t ua ll y pocket with his money was a handkerchief, and it i, iiry! use it. The machine was pl ace d on a kind of table appro- posed that when he drew this from his pocket the P priated to the making up of goods. The machine was ex- was drawn out and lost on some part of the line. ~ i 0 plained to be an ordinary pair of scales, the s e lli ng one MR. T. P. COOKE.—The annual dinner of the ortief ot o. being a movable bowl, supported by iron p r o ngs; b e t ween Society was held on Tuesday night at the London le these supports and the botto m o f th e sca l e was f oun d a The proceedings of the evening were in the usual" piece of paper, such as is usually employed to wrap par- observed on similar occasions, the boys paradin, 4 .00' eels of sugar in, which paper f orme d th e ground of offence, the room and giving three hearty cheers to their P, r 3 ` ico ld its presence causing a difference in the draught of the In the course of the evening, Admiral Sir C. ) 0 / %1 7 ' scale of five drachms. proposed in very flattering terms the health of Mr. s lif Joshua Cope, the assistant referred to, corroborated the Cooke, who in 1796, being then a boy, was sent to , e evidence of the inspector, and further stated that be saw the society. I i„-ion, the young man remove the bowl scale, for the purpose of A MAN'S A MAN FOR A' THAT.—At the conc.,— c bc , , emptying its contents, presumed to be sugar. He likewise a short speech at a Burns' anniversary festival, in " ° gll` proved the laying of the information, and the subsequent ter (U.S.), Mr. Frederick Douglass said :—" Thq° l :o conviction. APPEAL CASE.-WEIGHTS AND MEASURES tm a pu m r ero of tt t ooß a f - bu S mer c ny o as t m3p c l h ola r n ncbeg a e n ogy n , ot and tha tihs i tsloheehecvaaebvsn-ielaoinanmgcoe.EplmoouAianrynteiddnbgeisfkawatiiseticrje: Mr. JAMES objected that there was no evidence of the scales being " incorrect or unjust," as was required by the statute ; he contended that the paper formed no part of the machine, to which opinion the Recorder was inclined door of him who taught me that ' a man's a mid ' to lean. The learned counsel also contended that the that. 10 4 3' At Dorchester Assizes, on Thursday, an action information Ras informal, inasmuch as it did not specif the description of machine in such a precise manner as to brought by Mr. George Hurgeston, an attorney at ':ice' determine whether it pointed at a scale beam or steelyard ; Regis, to recover £3OO f rom Si r Fit zroy K e ll y, f or ser T V and he held that, in a case in vo l v i ng h eav y pena lti es , a rendered to him at the last election for Lyme Regis• o gli c strict adhesion to the letter of the law wa s imperative. whole tenor of the evidence and correspondence bro if el Subsequently he endeavoured to shew that the law had forward clearly showed that the defendant had rece,o not been violated even i n s pi r it, as th ere was no concea l - the benefit of Mr. Hurgeston's services, and so thoup ment attempted ; and th a t th e purchasers were in no way the special Jury, who retired for five minutes only , 4 0 1 injured. They went into the shop to purchase some quan- returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount ' for, less the first item—the retaining fee. we e1: 11 tit)* of sugar, which was served to them less the weight of the paper cover, by which the tradesman could derive no ARREST OF THE REV. MR. SHORE.—Yesterday " . , 9 ill profit, as the cost of the paper was equal to that of the meeting was holden in Exeter Hall, to adopt measa,` ra ig. article (sugar) purchased ; and, in some instances, (prunes consequence of the above arrest. The Rev. Edwd• ,v i get rice, and soda,) exceeded it. It was openly weighed, and M.A., (a clergyman of the Church of England, o . ll o° every customer who came into the shop during the time of St. James's Chapel, Pentonville, was in the cha' r ', 6 :4 of this weighing could observe it ; and it was, moreover, Rev. Th _ ..01112.3 Binney truivpri a resolution, iol , ':j -,11 ltnntan to niirehngera to he a universal practice. In seconded by Lieutenant Blackmore. A letter Wa'ittlr from Sir Culling Eardley, enclosing £2O. towards ? the for taking up Mr. Shure 's case ; and £lO was sent li t e Hon. Charlotte Thompson, s i s t er o f th e H on. an d Baptist Noel. LIBEL.—On Saturday, at Cambridge, a Mr. FrY, e 4 r o9' . gentleman living at Chatteris, Isle of Ely, recoverec, o o damages for libel, against th e R ev . M . A . G a ther' o r vicar of that place. The defendant had published 9 ilt ill phlet, in which he allud e d t o th e p l a i nt iff' s c ondoi'L l . leaving the church on several occasions before thel o . mon. The judge said he could see little more to TiteJ plain of in the p am phl e t th an t hi s —" Y ou have cl u o yell the church in orde r t o i nsu lt me an d i n insulting 1"1"fer insult my Master." Th e j ury , bef ore delivering their diet, asked wh a t amoun t wou ld carry costs, but wer e ' they had nothing to do with that. 0 11 ANOTHER SCENE AT A RAILWAY STATION' ...,,r Saturday, in consequence of disputes between the clip nies, the station and ground of the Maryport and C , a ,„10 41 Railway Company, at the latter town, were forcibly ''',4, possession of by the Lancaster and Carlisle Conl i Ty At a signal given by the offi cers o f t h e latter comPf i l . l eq strong force of at least 100 men , arme d w i t h crovir'„ of pickaxes, shovels, &c., rushed f rom t h e goo d s stati°'4l the Lancaster Company, to which they had been brotbors from all parts of the line, to the ground of the Marl: e el Company, and, without further ceremony, cornoe..i, 0 1 operations by tearing up the rails. Thi s was the 'iv ( P., ef i , a few minutes only, as th e men were par ti cu l ar ly elvve They next pulled down the sheds of the coal an", tbi depOts ; and, lastly, h av i ng a ll owe d t h e c l er ks 9,,rit Maryport Company suffi c i en t ti me t o carry o ff the r t v eo r they gutted the station, which was certainly only porary one, and carried away the whole building • if TO THOSE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT.—The AlbanY, 01 Press has i th l e ris y rn io a w n in t g o h a o d l v d er ni ti y se w m if e els t r on ‘ gu , W el n s t he ea , 01 able-bodied -boded I both being unable to keep it quiet." corroboration a number of respectable persons, Liverpool, some of whom had followed the business in other towns, were called. Their testimony went to shew that the practice was universal, and was universally known to purchasers. It was shewn that the operation of weighing sugar was in large establishments necessarily a tedious one, and that therefore a time was set apart for weighing it, when two or three persons were required : one putting the sugar into the scale, and another trans ferring it when weighed to a paper package rolled spi rally, from which will be seen the purpose of the paper placed under the scale, viz. to meet the weight of the real cover, and the advantage will be obvious, viz. to prevent the necessity of every quantity of sugar being weighed with its respective cover, which would be all but impractical. The mode practised was merely one of convenience. Mr. James further remarked that the conviction was invalid in another point; it presumed that certain goods were sold of deficient weight, which was not the case, as the cover was as truly sold as the sugar contained in it. Mr. BLAIR in reply contended that the weighing ma chine was described with sufficient precision : and further, that the other point of the information with regard to the machine being unjust and incorrect was established in his opinion ; the paper at the bottom of the scale was as much a part of the machine as a piece of metal screwed or otherwise fixed there would be. He described the practice as one fraught with evil, holding out the temptation to tradesmen to commit fraud, and contended that the object might be at^ . 'd by -f their com- ,creasing price o. The universality of the practice, in his opinion, was no justification. rnodities The RECORDER made a few remarks on the fact of the practice being so extensive, and expressed himself there fore unwilling to give his decision then ; the case was quite new to him, and he should like to give it a little more consideration. In all probability he would give his decision nunc pro tune at the next sessions. The case thus stands over for the present. MONDAY, MARCH 19.—Wind S. 1 014 ARRIVED.—Mary, Tweedie, from Calcutta—Boanty 2 dl M‘Beth, from Paraiba—Union, from Catania—San Juan, 701 0 from Villagaria—Liverpool Packet, Mersa, from Cattail' Ann, from New Orleans. PROTESTANT OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, TOXTETH PARK.—A meeting of this association was held last night in the Toxteth Hall, Mill-street. The room, a spacious one, was crowded. William Fisher, Esq., occupied the chair, and the Rev. D. James, John Granthani SAILED.—PeaiI; Morris, for Savannah and other gentlemen who take an interest in the assocla ' tion were on the platform. The ch a i rman s t ated that he had been solicited, at a very short notice. to fake, th. 4. t ne Bounty Hall, arrived here to-day ? was struck by M" 2nd March, in lat. 39, lo ng . 40, w hi c h d isa bl e d h er ru dder, compelled Captain M`Beth to rig a temporary one. • Empress. Mardon. and Brond Bah*. uan.o Ulan position, which ho subsequently round, from an inspection of the rules must be filled by a member of the Esta blished Church. He expressed himself a disciple of Protestantism, favourable to the cause of the association. Glancing at the political questions of the day, he animad verted on the course taken in Parliament by Mr. Glad stone, whom he described as about to lay violent hands on those laws on which depended thA -; Penguin Packet, fro m F a l mou th at P ernam b uco 11th f t ' Windsor, Pepper, and Mischief, Parr, hence at Para. Commodore, Pratt, from Buenos Ayres, a t C ove . Bleng, from China at Belfast. The Acadia floated off Terschellinr Rept,: lath instant- aaaaab yyGcap 14111 was taken into Terschelling, apparently with little danovel BARRA, (HEBRIDES,) March B.—The Lydia, Dousias'alr - Liverpool for Mobile, was totally wrecked on this islan night. Crew saved. labouring classes of this country. The Rei. D. James succeeded, and commenced by shewing that England need not fear foreign foes so much as her own people, her statesmen, her House of Commons, her House of Lords, by whose folly and madness the threatened changes were about to be effected. He pointed out the importance of electinfr nrnripr 4n and announced his readiness to go hand in hand with any man in the support of the broad principle of protection for our homes, when the occasion should arrive. The reverend gentleman continued, in a strain of powerful eloquence, adverting to the object of the association and elucidating its principles, which gave occasion to draw a comparison between truth as evinced in Protestantism, and error as it exists in Popery, whose existence, indeed, he attributed to the fact of the system being one of error engrafted on truth, so cunningly managed as to blind the eyes of men to its deformity. LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOClETY.—Yesterday evening the fortnightly meeting of this intelligent society was held at the Royal Institution ; J. B. Yates, Esq. the president, in the chair. D r . H ume announced that' the Rev. T. Dwyer was deceased, and pronounced an eulogy upon his character. Mr. Higginson exhibited the skull of an animal found in a deposit of Peruvian guano.-- From the form of the upper jaw it was evidently not a rodent. No teeth were in the jaw, nor were there sockets for any. It was considered to be the remains of an ant-bear, and its discovery shows that the gnano beds were frequented by animals as well as birds. The presi dent read some curious extracts from an ancient manu script in folio, relating to certain edicts and arbitrary laws for the suppression of riots and disturbances in London, during the existence of the " Star Chamber," with some particulars of the proceedings of that extraordinary tri bunal, the members of which were the mere instruments of the despotic monarch who instituted it, and many of them also members of the Privy Council, so that he could, through them, work out his own political ends. —Mr. Thomas Sansom read a very interestinE paper "On the Structure and Character of Mosses," which he illustrated by many b eau tif u l d raw i ngs , of the na tural size, as well as magnified. Until of late years the study of mosses had been little pursued ; but great a6ances bad since been made in that depart ment. ? The lecturer furnished a history of the moss tribe, of which there were many varieties. Their propagation by means of their cells, was shown to be peculiar and curious. The sexuality of the plant is still an unsettled question among botanists, and the probability appears to be that it is self-generating.—A member spoke forcibly on the advantages of mosses in sterile localities, as the precursor of vegetation. METEOROLOGICAL RE GISTI BY MR. C. H. CHADBURN, 71, LORD- YR, STREET. - - rt. 0 ATMOSPHERIC Daily Dire' Temperature' tiOn 6 ' , in bulb. o , . T rressure iic bunue uysei registering ...---- / Wet and Dry Rain. Noon. e 1..., a.m. p.m. t i‘ h i e a r x m . o l mmeitne.r Difference ilurlliditv. a o t f F:fl 1 1 V a l I CA : 3 1,1 4' Nine Six ....,,, In. 49 ft' N N•W 40 , W. ' 49 sv.r4W 43, w 4v , 6 N N. O 3 E.ZT ' j Deg. 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