The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-31 00:00:00

Oc t• 31, 1843 ...._ THE COURT. .OYAL PROGRESS TO CAMBRIDGE Da I v tithtor,ednesday morning at twenty minutes before ihr e n ) ck, Her Majesty ' entered a pony carriage and tiii2and left the Quadrangle of Windsor Castle for the lielY station at Slough. ln the carriage with Her 04' were his Royal H . ghness Prince Albert and their .41qtelik_ighnesses the Prince and Princess of Hohenlohe ~tt th" r g• 4t i o Z , e t t h t e iinenf Her Majesty's departure from Slough, hich had been exceeingly gloomy and wet larlh;lo k e early part of the morning, suddenly cleared up, Ilt. L e time of her arrival at addington there was appearance of a favourable day. kil l , the Paddington terminus of the Great Western t hal,Zthe Royal ' eorage, escorted by a detachment of lea3 4_ a ards, proceeded at a rapid rate across the.Re taatlto.,x, and through Camden-town towards the direct "arrlageArabridge. It consisted of three of the Royal Theft and four, with outriders. ?El sat Place at which relays of horses bad been pro attenhaa the Manor -house, in the neighbourhood of A4 4l ' and at a distance of six miles from town. Loth Kew Inn at W a l t h am - cross was th e nex t s t ag e a b Tet ect ' r . ,Majesty c h ange d h orses. H ere a sma ll are rsdi at e u, , a littl e out o f t h e di rect roa d on th e l e ft, a ' ll ll O .ll Tii fr on t o f t h e d oor o f t h e i nn , un d er w h hig carriage remained while the relays of ho aet 44 ,,g Put to. At a distance of about 100 yards Itto,,Ther arch had been erected. This we-' Isete!tothe road, and was adorned, as is usual on „Itamlovith green boughs. °ltt,,Z wal tham-cross the Royal coraw passed on at kkti• t'ao,f,fou.rteen miles an honr towards Ware. nablelY.Points along the route the country people . bad th e .' In great numbers to welcome Her Majesty, ttn u i greeted her with loud and hearty cheers—marks Ne a r n osophisticated affection. At many of the ind ~,.Y the wayside the humble inhabitants had pro ,_''t tr,,en boughs to deck their habitations in honour of "Pkt o rn• Her Majesty seemed pleased with thes 1 4 4 file, attention. il:ttrlso,:Yal cortege entered Ware, that plac..- o,4,tuated appearance. At the entrance of the town `rth,,,l the road winds round to the right, a triumphal . kei'.,been erected, covered with evergreens.. which L t ;,' a very pretty appearance. In front of tl inhol L ondon -road. a large crowd hal asst, . 4 th:i i `ed a welcome as soon as the Royal carr it i tt a r escort appeared in sight. Many of the ho LlieZ a rated with evergreens and flags, and the la pgy. 4d aws waved their handkerchiefs most entht qatilli ware the Royal party proceeded through Bu ri,VoYston, and Melbourne, at a rapid pace, 0 1 ..1'4 Between the two latter places. the sorter 1 j,7l4'"Y bear the name of a Royal progress. Th 1 ti o h , i i l i e h e e I' l r y a l i o r n y g k tt in advance—the outriders—the car train—these had been the features is , tr ge for some time ; but from the moment that het Is,, te tittered Cambridgeshire a body and substance . i l l to the procession, in the shape of hundreds of h i og,Fentlemen and respectable farmers of the neigh. Ifoi.,:'strict, who kept up with the Queen throughout, I NV a dense column of equestrians, partly in ad- Olo ot Partly in th e rear o f the Royal carriages. It t k lir,,,,.e an exaggeration to say, that from the first i ii ,. q c:;_to the last in the rear the length of road co. Ni l L 4 horsemen, troops, carriages, and vehicles, h i tt4 o l 2e less than a quarter of a mile. t '4 a pr e ", a village between Melbourne and Cambridge, c tl e, erit n ior h we i r l e made ; fr a o n m d t a h s e h l e a r h N o l u a r ie n s g ty p p o a p sy a d . 4, 11 e Sow(led the e r e o r a m d g and lined the hedges, spo . ke '4lll'n the substratum, at least, of Cambridgeshire gt ti e y ° ,, l 4, ll , s 2rrnous accumulation of equestrians and car tt e .- has been already described, approached the iittio, a mbrid ge , i t rece i ve d momen tly acc e s sions from C 4 t L a des of people, equestrians, pedestrians, and ild4; vehicles—f r om the aristocratic carriage and l ttio t il t. o the plebeian market-cart—that had poured ttoritl ia l", e , town itself. Such was the density of the 4q ali d'e Royal party were at times unable to pro lkietZteo:ore than o n ce the second and third carriages L 4 considerably in the rear. It was in fact one 1 4 7, %ring mass. How the locomotion was pro• tpt.avoi"how 's all sorts of collisions and dead-locks Vat6" e o, is altogether a mystery. At last, however, kokie el til,aPproached Trumpington. 4:6``gess to sa that the day was kept as a complete 1 44 ,,,,, i • - 'atlabridge y every idea of business being aban• 1) 170 jthe time 'approached when her Majesty was si - k lial l ,t'oter the town, all the passages leading to the 'e us leets along which the Royal cavalcade was . te ki t eesoa densely crowded, but the regulations winch N I , „_,lefet made for the preservation of order proved per. ValsiCat. and nowhere was there the appearance o 1 4,1 6, 4 disturbance. Across some of the streets toett e "lo the main street, barriers had been thrown v. tit llt t i 4 l oo4 oot. carri agesand or by horsemen pressing pressing among the arrangement the mass o. lottli t : w as kept quiet and undisturbed. Ot"al is 4,,,, e ,_ ° Enmencement of Frumpington-street, a tri• tiOthr ° of enormous dimensions had been erected . 1, to tag the arch, the Prince made a sign to the dri 1 st o I t yldr op P, and the Mayor approached the carriage llitto l iToZ on one knee, presented the corpora ior l ik tli the shouts and acclamations of the assem o,,ta,i sa °ds. The Queen graciously returned th, 'lc e 's' the cora. e moved on towards Trinity Colleg, soi on. g O l en ,„. TRINITY COLLEGE. ii: t 4 1 . 1. , - " quadrangle of the College, where her Majes K ,loents are'situated, was occupied also at an earl , y4sti`°:e stud en t s o f th e College and other member I lt li i v i atab ni7e rsitY, who were admitted by tickets, and als , et lpp e r of ladies. All along the borders of the green . -r t Placed, bearing the names of the different Col k4 t I small a temporary throne had been erected. Thi li i h tt ,,atik e d for her Majesty's use consisted of an an ti i l ti lii t Z t chair, the back and seat of which were co 14 of red velvet. This was surmounted by a mini)! ttit c rimson cloth, and hangings of the same mate A l luded the chair, which was placed upon a raises Itililoc e .l o tstool, covered with crimson cloth, was like Al' tear the chair. The gallery at the end, the k, ,ti t wo ll 5 : 0 147? in the ha, was exclusively fied with ladies o o'clock the cheers of the mu ll ltitude and the N tke -6 'ng of bells announced to those within the col. L t4t a ill. I O r , ,ell '. approach of the Queen. On the towerovei ,11.6 1 0e1 Y ,, a ,_ flagstaff was placed, and at a quarter-past I:tl i ',,lati o ,:,°,e Royal standard was raised, and guns were k `kr,,Colf:tolg that tbe Queen had arrived at the porta! ~ „Ilgt r '„ge , and the appearance of the Royal carriage N i gterVlgh the gateway was the signal for tumultu. 3 1 tthki,g• Loud and vehement was the shou . t of wel. ?Of thi greeted her Majesty on entering within the Ni r leo:,ancient college, the students keeping up an yktt o p. Il q vigorous cheer until her Majesty reached )‘ 4 l4 34 a r i t aking of lunch, her Majesty entered the hall kk t ite l t a t te way leading from the apartments of the yliqßarter past three - o'clock, and, together with .N. t uert, took her station on the top of the steps N'h,the ° ,,The throne which had been erected in the cen tilton:orth Sid of the ball. On the right band of S 4; w e Observed the Right Hon. the Chancellor of 'aNel....r, MountLad v y ei Edgecombe, and Miss Stan "tNa`,", left the Marquis ot Exeter, &c. Her.Ma -4p , nue silk dress with a black shawl, .having , a h 'ilre4 ° 'd border, and a pink bonnet. Prince . Ai itkiiiotohe left breast, a blue coat and l brass t buttons, gers with a it.l,i' as there andblacl rn o c th row e Albert entered the 10, _ I:l l,N. Queen and o' , f or 'il i a arr, who wore a doctors gown, retired ,l Ot e h e the 'Purpose of introducing . into . the Roy a Sit t: va riousellaii . members . of the University, who en -444 a ccording to their different orders of prece- N.ac t.i. h F the first who appeared was Lord Lynd ytio I go Steward of the University. After the l a d 0 f addresses the royal party retired and pro- carria ges t o King's College Chapel. entirely presented s arch, l' t t ktis KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL : N A ti d °o l e C o e P pel of King's College, extending from the il,c,_atte r , se organ of the Chapel, was fitted up with lot hto u.. al s f es a t e, covered and carpeted with crimson cloth, i b .iti'l aid, Ito pass through to the chapel. The space 1,,, h kl tri a : as appr o p r i a ted to the use of the public— 'LllCerBftt to the ies and families of the members of Ot t 9 / 1 . 1 , -I ,and of the influential people in the town. ii,tl4l4;frirlitv College, her Majesty, accompanied by 4 t 4 Gb a nd her suite, drove round the quadrangle S ti li; A 8 - t e ge, and alighted at the door of the Ante "k,Atirritin'ong sunlight fell on the faces of the Queen yvv4,, t : e as they entered, which showed them to tied Cge. Both appeared to be remarkably well. dad A ° the people, and passed on into the chapel. L "'"e -Chapel her Majesty and Prince Albert 1 114.4 Ipt for ° g the Chapel to the seats which had been af tLetn, and which were placed under . a canopy tit) % iit tql:l 4 ; altar table. The chair occupied by her No_ th e . 1 :3 7 ancient and curiously carved one. It is I\tire *dme as used by Queen Elizabeth. Another I: t b ood , t a i ad . e . rn in its fashion, but . formed also of ~ tf t l i s. 0 4 ";!t 1 been prepared for Prince Albert. ). The t I \ I LI* t e , L er Majesty occupied seats on the owes ...sutif. moorary throne. thly il !c.athearal Service of our Church was then I tlthdrrorrned, and at the conclusion of it her Vit.. e w, conducted down the Chapel by Prince \ l 44asty a „ d , t t, z ,,, , t o 1,1.-: nit Royal party then returned in the ilttit itti was inity-lodge. . I tirl 4 tlfte e 8 . 1-I ,Perbly illuminated in the evening. 4,./ e v . ' . "e Queen's arrival at Trinity Lodge on 1 Or r..." 11 ' g , from King's College Chapel, her , s _ t -.s e a k‘ 1 ..ie , ~s• a desire to the Rev. master to see the a t ttrt f r e lt w t4i t iae r ; an l d p!erra , V h ons c w ha ere el im w m as ed l i i a t te u l p y ~ t e at i l l i . a a teso , y a a n dw t li l s e seniors and and p juniors of the 4,1ti l A in attendance. Four noble alumni of the ii4 1 4 .41 t4 th e a T o keaux in their hands, attended her ma ' 1.„4 1 ,Ne fr uge to the chapel which is but a . few i.Jett b , o ra the lodge door on the left-hand side. "th e ',.s entering the chapel, the splendid organ, L ‘Piektit e"olversity, and second perhaps to none in I, L iihg h tto ' a fth its solemn welcome with the Corona- I teii e l ati o ,T a ?ed by Professor Walmsley. After a 1 ,4 , a !lsii k ler majesty stood for some minutes, geolth themuch extreme beauty of the statue of Sir ko l li t ith e liap e i h ch stands in the ante-chapel. On i Ot a c lien t it was perceived that there was a short s aes' i l!ho r ," e a t ing that led to the lodge ; and, quick is t p c/ tir" he r gowns were off, and strewed three rile ro v , , l i ,is is er, t e . L al Path. Whilst the queen,. previ \tsr sOltal j i "" same short rest from the fatigues of 141 s N. ,'ghness signified his desire to the rev. t ci,es his'tne far-famed library of the college. In 11 1th'an R r aYal highness was conducte thither, th eir h a r °_,iv of the under-graduates nm a His royal highness was condocted THE LIVERPOOL. STANDARD. back to the lodge in the same order, and shortly after wards (at eight o'clock) the royal pair sat down to dinner. At half-past nine, the heads of colleges, masters of arts, and all the fellows of Trinity, were in attendance at the lodge, and at ten o'clock admitted in order of precedence to the royal presence chamber, Henry the Eighth's draw ing-room, where they were presented to her majesty. At ten o'clock on Thursday morning, the trumpets announced the approach of the queen to the Senate House. Her majesty was received at the entrances by the vice-chan cellor, the lord•steward, and a number of the higher authorities of the university. Her majesty was plainly CORRESPONDENCE TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SIR, Notwithstanding our boasted civilization and moral improvement, there are amongst us persons who, it appears, bid defiance to the laws of morality, and scru ple not to practice the most daring profaneness with im punity—totally regardless of the requirements of religion. For the last week there has been placarded about the town a note announcing the arrival of " a young devil— to be seen alive, &c. ;" and another bearing a nonsensical device intended to represent the object which is thus so injudiciously made the occasion of sport and presumption. but elegantly dressed, wearing a black and purple striped satin gown, black velvet cardinal without any collar, and a lilac silk bonnet. The prince wore a field marshal's . - . From whatever source this imprudence has emanated, it deserves the severest reprehension, and is an error which ought not to escape without observation. To those persons who have their country's good and the welfare of their fellow-creatures at heart, and who possess some regard for their own conduct, it is disgraceful in the extreme; and to' those who are reckless of the future, and who are ever on the alert to suck in what advantage they can against our established religion, it will afford ample reason for scorn and derision, it will, indeed, cause the " enemies of God to blaspheme !" .. • uniform The throne to which her majesty was conducted was overhung with a canopy of red velvet, lined with white satin, and surmounted by an imperial crown. The heads of houses and doctors of divinity, law, and physic, took their stations on the dais right and left of her ioajesty ; and on either side, also, stood groups of the more distin- guished of the fair portion of the assembly. Portions of the galleries were also set apart for ladies. When her majesty entered, and for some short space after she took her seat on the throne, the cheers throughout the build- ing ;eredeafening. A signal being given to the under graduates in the gallery, all was instantly hushed; and the ceremony of conferring a doctor's degree on Prince Albert, and robing his royal highness in the scarlet gown, was commenced. After this had been gone through, the public orator (Mr. Crick, of St. John's College) delivered a Latin oration, addressed especially to the royal pair, thanking them, in the name of the university, for the special favour they conferred upon it by their gracious visit, and congratulating the learned body on the auspi cious occasion. H is royal highness bowed frequently, and now and then really blushed at the very eloquent compli ments paid him by the speaker. Her majesty after remaining in the Senate House for nearly an hour and a half, and until the imposing cere• monies had been concluded, was conducted to the Pi , blic Library, which is next the Senate House, by the Vice- Chancellor and the higher authorities. Her majesty and the prince visited the provost's house, and walked about the grounds for a brief space: after which they proceeded in the royal carriage through the back gate of King's, and thence by the rear of Trinity to the back entrance of St. John's College. I am no despiser of amusements so long as they tend to recreate the mind without corrupting it; but when serious subjects are construed into ridicule—when the limits of decency and good sense are over-reached=it is time to withdraw from places of amusement where " sin lieth at the door."—l am, sir, your obedient servant, AN OBSERVER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. " And some are blessed with store of wit, " Yet want much more to manage it." SIR,—It is a notorious fact that the greatest scolds are the most irritable, when only gently chided for their folly or their inconsistencies : just so with the Mercury. From its commencement to the present era abounding with spleen and vituperation against all who doubted its prescience, or refused to swallow its dogmas,—let any one dare to place its merits and demerits in the scales, and the vials of its wrath are instantly poured forth with, the ireful volubility of a petulant and spoiled schoolboy ! During a long ca reer, (and much too long without a proper check,) of more than 32 years, this journal hath played the vicar of Bray with admirable tact and ingenuity ; from the days of Henry Hunt to those of Daniel O'Connell, the Liverpool Mer_ The queen and prince then visited the Church of the curt' was, and is still, the same,—the pander to discon- Holy Sepulchre, generally called the Round Church, which tent, irreligion, and disorganization, whatever fitful shape, has lately undergone a superb renovation under the super- or form, or dangerous attitude such feverish symptoms in intendence of the Camden Society. The royal pair ex- the state might assume ; and, like the camelion Daniel, pressed themselves much plea..ed with the restoration of bath displayed equal powers of self-preservation in the the beauties of the ancient edifice. After a very brief hour of peril. However, more of this historical sketch interval her majesty and the prince proceeded together in at a future period. I shall, in this letter, endeavour to n open carriage to the Pitt Press, after which they drew confine myself to its moral turpitude of Friday last. of the most superb and beautiful buildings In speaking of what he calls "the political movements or any other country, the new Fitzwilliam Museum. of the Church," he slyly strives to convince his readers ' , sty did not alight from her carriage, but stopped that his sole motive for continually attacking the esta 3me moments contemplating the magnificent exterior of blisbed clergy is for their politics alone. I will, briefly as he building. She then visited Corpus Christi College possible, analyse this futile position of the church's enemy. and the new Church, and drove back to Trinity College, He speaks of the "rancour breathing of some of her cler the gate of which she entered at four o'clock. After hay- gymen against better men than themselves, who belong to ing remained at the lodge for about half an hour, the royal other Christian churches." In this tirade, it must be as. pair took their !departure through the front gate, where a sumed he means the public appeals made by the faithful detachment of the Scotch greys escorted the royal car- sons of the church against the spread of Popery and Uni riages out of town, along Trinity-street, King's Parade, tarianism, as exemplified by their union with sedition, the Silver-street, and over the Queen's Bridge, through ever-consequent follower in the wake of intolerance and Newnham, and on the Barton road for Wimpole, the seat semi-infidelity. But, (for argument's sake, only, and of Lord Hardwicke. waiving religious disputation s ) granting that the sons of The Queen and her illustrious consort reached Wimpole the church were so far acting erroneously,—whoever wit- Hall precisely at twenty minutes to six o'clock, escorted nessed the Mercury condemning, or impartially denounc by the Whittlesey troop of Cambridgeshire yeomanry ca- ing, the wild and fierce and fanatical attacks of the Roman valry, and as the royal cortege drove up to the entrance, Catholic priesthood upon the constitution and the church ? the assemblage of persons warm ly greeted her Majesty. None : their political " rancour breathing against better The Earl of Hardwicke received the Queen on her men than themselves" was lauded as philanthropic ; as I:ghting from the royal carriage, and conducted " breathing" only for the welfare of the poor of Ireland ! his august visitor up the steps to the entrance-hail, where No condemnation ever issued from the Mercury against the Countess of Hardwicke was waiting to welcome her rent -gatherings, or repeal-gatherings of money by anathe- up before in th:. Her Mai Majesty al Majesty. ma, threats, or excommunicating terrors! Oh no : all this The Duke of Rutland, Marquis and Marchioness of passed by without much notice, beyond continual side- Normanby, Marquis of Exeter, Earl of Caledon, Viscount winded approvals of their dastardly course, put forth to and Viscountess Canning, and the other visitors especially secure that " wide" circulation for his harlequin organ invited to meet the Queen and Prince, were previous to which it so pre-eminently enjoys. Again, whoever read dinner assembled in the drawing-room,_and there had the in the Mercury, any comments on, or signs of disappro honour of being introduced to the Queen. bation of, the immoral conduct of some dissenting clergy- At eight o'clock dinner was announced. The enter- men I have "in my mind's eye ?" "Oh ! let them pass, tainment was served up in the grand dining-room, a noble they are our political friends, advocates for civil and reli apartment in the south wing, in which are hung many gious liberty," forsooth ! But, in direct contradiction of valuable portraits of the Hardwicke family, that of Lord the hardy assertion that they have "never maligned the Chancellor Hardwicke being conspicuous among the rest. clergy, or attacked the church,—we have no disposition to The table presented a splendid display of plate, a silver do so," what will an honest public think of the continual plateau, on which were ornaments of silver bearing the attacks and sneers of the Mercury against that portion of choicest fruit, arranged alternately with massive silver the established church to whom he has repeatedly applied candelabra, extending the whole l eng th o f th e table. In th e " low" designation of " the lri,h brigade?" Is not the centre, opposite to the Queen and Prinee Albert, was this scurrillous and put forth to bring them into disrepute placed a beautiful model in silver of St. Michael over- and contempt ? Most undoubtedly ; it is done for that coming Satan, of exquisite workmanship. On the side purpose. All the flowers of the wormwood and verjuice tables there was a profusion of ornamental plate, salvers, vocabulary, in which the emissaries of the Mercury are &c. Covers were laid for 21. such admirable adepts, have been out in requisition to cry The Queen and Prince sat beside each other at the down the efforts of that zealous and ever-active portion of table, with the noble host and hostess on either side, and the church clergy, at the head of which stands the Rev. 11 retired for the nizlit shortly before twelve o'clock. H. M'Neile. None can contradict this position in the On Friday evening a splendid ball was given at Lord present day. - ick's, at which all the leading families of the county your space and the short time elapsing between the and isle, to the number of three hundred, were present. publication of the two papers not permitting me to look On Saturday, at eleven o'clock, her Majesty and suite over a file of the Mercury, to which I have access, (at the left Wimpole, and arrived at Windsor at a quarter before same time acknowledging my due sense of his civil offer,) five, having travelled by a special train on the Great I shall this week be obliged to content myself with naming Western Railway. The testimonials of respect paid on from memory a few of the established clergy whom the the road fully equalled those which awaited her Majesty Mercury has wantonly and unprovokedly attacked : at almost every spot during her progress to Cambridge on Reverends J. Brooks, A. Campbell, Blacow, Carpenter, Wednesday. Wray, F. Oulde, Tattershall, James, Tatlock, and Barker, RUMOURED VISIT OF THE KING OF THE FRENCH. —lt appears that the King intends to return, next year, the visit he has this year received from Queen Victoria. Such is ht least what we infer from an answer given to a contractor of the navy department on their postponing some urgent supplies for want of money. "It as much as we can do," observed an official person, " to find three or four hundred thousand francs required for the fitting out of the royal yacht, which is, next summer, to convey his majesty to the coast of England."—Paris paper. The Grand Duke Michael arrived, on a visit to Sir R. Peel, at Drayton, from Chatsworth, on Saturday week. The Grand Duke attended prayers with his host on Sun day, at the parish church. On Monday the imperial guest left Drayton for Whitley, to visit the Queen Dowager. of this town ; the Rev. Mr. Moss, of Walton ; the Rev. Mr. Baylee, of Birkenhead •, the Rev. J. T. Horton, of Ormskirk ; the Rev. Mr. Marsden, of Eccles ; Rev. J. Pigot, of St. Helen's ; the Rev. Mr. Hay, of Man chester, the Rev. Mr. Powell, of Wigan; with numerous others, as his file of papers will amply prove, and with which proofs I will be faithfully prepared in your next. How and why, and upon what provocation, these reverend gentlemen came to be the objects of the Mercury's ani madversions—they having "no disposition to do so"—is for that versatile paper to explain ; the more particularly so as the weaknesses and discrepancies of the ministers of " other churches" appear to have escaped his notice. As regards being scurrilous with me, I shall only state, that the Mercury has libelled me in the most coarse and unfeeling manner, and that, too, from political spleen, without any grounds or provocation whatever on my part ; yet I heeded not when my friends pointed it out to me— "'twas only the Mercury, and all things have a time." As to any gall at success," that is evidently with the editor, at my having galled him in the withers so unwit tingly by awkward reminiscences ; and the insinuation about my being " employed" by you, you can testify, is totally false! It ill becomes the Mercury to mount upon its stilts and exclaim and complain against scurrility when its columns are perpetually teeming with low personalities. Yours, &c., FASHIONS FOR NOVEMBER (From the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.") Every variety of silk material, with velvets and cache mires, are in demand for the present season. For simple every-day wear, plaid cachemires and flannels Ecossasies, with crapes of Thibet wool, checked or striped, and Pe kins de table, are principally used for the robes redinoote and peignoirs ferine's ; the make is high, with full backs and tight sleeves, ornamented with jockeys, yodels, or biais, and pelerines of small size, covering the shoulders, and buttoning in front from top to bottom. Corsages continue to be made low, but not in the extreme, a little busque, but without making a very sharp point ; skirts are still very long; generally speaking bodies are made high, in the style of purilaine redingote. Gimp still forms a favourite trimming, and it is often enriched by LYNX HOURS OF BUSINESS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SlR,—Public opinion having been successfully brought into operation as regards the affording more relaxation from business, and better means of cultivating and im proving the minds, in the case of the assistant shopkeep ers of the town, I wish to solicit Our aid and advocacy in promoting the cause of the solicitors' clerks, in their endeavours to procure a general relaxation from the tedi um and monotony of their avocation, on Saturday after noon. It is a well known fact, that the bustle and alac rity generally requisite in most occupations, are materially instrumental in preserving a buoyancy of spirits and a healthy circulation of the blood ; but the duties of solici tors' clerks are proverbially dull,—the memory and eyes being in constant tension, to the manifest exhaustion of the animal functions, and causing a lethargy directly oppo site to that cheerfulness so essential to health. Seden tary employment wearying the nerves and animal faculties as much in one hour as active motion will in two hours. If, in addition to these considerations, the solicitors of this town reflect, that Saturday afternoon is not a time wherein the law is in much request, tradesmen and others being then held in abeyance to other necessary and urgent duties and business, I am of opinion they will, at once, concede the desired boon, and no longer withhold so sea sonable and proper a regulation, the more particularly so when the fact of several respectable solicitors having al ready adopted this regulation is made known. In the full hope that the publication of this letter will have the desired effect, and thereby prevent the necessity of convening a meeting upon the subject, I am, yours truly, PHILO. gold, silver, beads, or bugles. Resilles, fringes of che nille, cord, or coloured silks, with point de Venise and silk Guipure, are all used to ornament the redingotes of of satin or velvet Fur is now re-appearing, and will be much worn, not only for muffs, pelerines, &c., but as trimmings of dres ses, for which swansdown chinchilla, ermine, sable, grebe, martin pre all employed. The palisses bournous and mantraux will all be worn this winter; but though retaining the same names, will offer some novelty,'both in make and ornament. The new scarf, termed echarpe yachi Victoria, is a tartan plaid of large pattern and very soft texture. Pelisses of cachemire are lined with satin, quilted in patterns like embroidery. Scarfs of velours cameleon are with revers. and have half sleeves. Veils, as well as lace, will continue to be introduced on autumnal and winter bonnets ; they accord well with the satin, velvet, velours epingle, figured silks now in use. Bonnets remain small and low at the ears, a little more rounded in the crown, and the fronts rather more erase (open). Green velvet bonnets have been lined with white velvet, and white satin bonnets with pink. Many velvet bonnets are ornamented with feathers, mounted in the style of the bird of Paradise ' • they are shaded in colours to match the material of the bonnet ; sometimes two are placed inclining to the same side. One of the prettiest novelties is the bonnet of velvet calibre, ornamented with marabouts calibre, which is a mixture of blue and red glace with white ; the capote Andalouse is also approved. For caps, the paysanne form is most fashionable, with small crown, flat head-piece, and lappets. Caps ala vieille are also pretty, having nceuds and agremens of rib bon and lappets. All articles of embroidery run on spots, rings, the coffee-berry, and, after these, running patterns en vermicille, filiagree, &c. Pocket handkerchiefs are with borders of large coloured spots, scrolls of one or two colours, with corners and initials. It is remarked that coiffures of hair are generally worn rather higher en ne glige, the style in bandeaux, with tortoiseshell comb for parties, intermixed with flowers or a wreath of roses, placed above the forehead. Dress hats are of Castillane, Montespan, Peri, Aragonaise style. The little couronne Peri in gold and beads a jour encircles the bead, and fas tens behind with tassels. Castle-street, 27th October, 1843. [We should be extremely glad to find that our corre spondent's request were complied with. Solicitors offices may as conveniently be closed during the period suggested as bankers or brokers.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD Sin,—Knowing you to be a fosterer of the fine arts, I beg leave to call your attention to a picture of the Rev. Hugh Stowell, of Manchester, by Mr. T. C. Thompson. By the courtesy of Mr. Thompson I had a private inspec tion of it, at his lodgings, 10, Maryland-street, and rarely or never was more gratified by any production of modern art. It is a beautiful picture. There is much ease in the left arm ; the head is well set ; the drapery of the robes well done ; the countenance full of individuality ; the painting itself warm, yet the colouring chaste. It is also an admirable portrait. Indeed, I must say it is the only successful one I have seen of Mr. Stowell, although he has sat for several. I understand that Mr. Thomr on's picture is for sale. With its counterpart, Mr. M`Seile, it would admirably suit the Protestant Association ; or some wealthy indi vidual, who, wishing to retain his society, could find him in his dining-room or lobby—a thing not to be done with the original, whose locomotive powers rarely suffer him to be stationary for two days consecutively. You will not set this down as an advertisement. You know my hand, and that 1 have no further interest in the matter than that I think it a shame such a picture is not better known, and a greater one if known that it is not bought. I have got a long string of living pictures, in the shapes of little men and little women, or would cer tainly add it to my gallery of worthies, for the sake of the picture and of the man. Why not (happy thought !) submit it to tke council, in the room of (hei mihi !) the rejected Mr. Rathbone PALTERING WITH SEDITION.-The tampering of the Whig organs with the dangerous spirit which is abroad in Ireland, is one of those sacrifices of honest principle to party which does not cease to be odious by being common. After exaggerating the importance and danger of the Repeal movement so long as the Government remained quiescent, they begin to coquet with their bugaboo as soon as Government begins to act. Is this the conduct of reckless incendaries who will hazard the stability of social institutions to promote their own selfish ends? or is it merely the blindness of those who, conscious that their own professions are mere talk, cannot imagine the exist ence of overmastering passions and convictions—cannot believe that there are men whose words are sure to be fol lowed by actions? Whatever the source of the crooked line of policy they are adopting, it is so dangerous as to call for serious rebuke. It is no new phasis in Whig tactics, nor even copied from the similar latitudinarian policy of the Tories when recently in opposition. " Just ) much public calamity as may get their rivals out and !mselves in," was their game when the nation was en ted single-handed in a war with Europe : this is their ne now, when they are forward to proclaim that the peal agitation endangers the integrity of the empire. represent the prosecution of O'Connell a likely to recoil on the Government, I, meek innocent, were not himself the e taunting defier ! The drift of all their obviourlv, not to benefit Ireland, but nnivninff ~treet. Always yours, October ]9, 1843. AMATEUR THE DUKE OF SUSSEX'S CIGARS.—The weather has set in cold. The cigar is a cheering companion. Should any gentleman possess a benevolent heart and a box of the above, he may send the latter to 194, Strand, opposite to St Clement's Church, to be left till called for, and the former to the Poor Law Board. at Somerset House.— claratio COURT OF PASSAGE Phis court continued its-sittings on Tuesday. The•fol lowing are the only cases of interest since our last : ACCIDENT AT THE DOCK PENNINGTON v. SMEATII AM.—The plaintiff in this case was a person in the employ of Messrs. Bower and Son, cotton brokers, and the defendant is a cartowner. On the 17th of April last the defendant's cart was on the quay at the Victoria Dock, and the plaintiff was en gaged in assisting to discharge cotton from the Hibernia. According to the evidence of the plaintiff's witnesses, a bale of cotton fell down in consequence of the negligence of the defendant's tartar, by which the plaintiff's leg was broken. It was contended, however, on the part of the defendant, that the accident arose out of circumstances over which the defendant had no controul. The plaintiff was unable to attend to his duties for about twenty weeks, part of the time he was attended by a medical man. The damages were laid at £l9. The jury, after a few moments' consultation, found a verdict for the plaintiff for £lO. ACCIDENT FROM FURIOUS DRIVING BOARDMAN v. TYRF.R.—The plaintiff, Richard Board man, as stated by Mr. JAMES, was the owner of a mare which was kept in a field in Great Howard-street, and' on the first day of last Aintree races, in the evening, he sent his son to fetch her from the field. On bringing her out of the field, and just as she was coming on the road, a car belonging to the defendant, and driven by one of his ser vants named Henry Si mister, was coming along at a furious rate, in consequence of which the mare was knocked down, and her foot becoming entangled in the wheel one of her legs was brokep, and she was so much injured that it was found necessary to kill her. The driver did not stop at the time. but continued at a rapid pace for some distance. He was, however, eventually stopped, when he used most insulting language to the party who had charge of the mare ; he was also intoxicated. The amount sought was £lO, being the value of the mare. Mr. PAGET ad dressed the jury on the part of the defendant, and called several witnesses, who gave a complete contradiction to the case as set forth on behalf of the plaintiff. Mr. JAMES replied, contending that the witnesses for the defence were unworthy of credit. The jury considered it unnecessary to have the evidence read over, and immediately found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £7. DISPUTED PARTNERSHIP HEALEY V. CRISP AND HEALEY.—The plaintiff in this case was Mrs. Healey. a widow lady, residing near the Old Swan, and the defendants, Joseph Crisp and Ed ward Healey, were .parties carrying on business as auc tioneers and ecclesiastical and scholastic agents. The action was brought to recover the sum of £5O, which it was alleged had been lent by the plaintiff to the defendants. Mr. JAMES appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. ARNOLD for the defendants. The defendant Edward Healey al lowed judgment to go by default. It appeared the defendants entered into partnership in 1842, and in the early part of the present year entered into an enagagement with the Grand Junction Railway Com pany to start a cheap train to London. They were to deposit a sum of money, and guarantee a certain number of passengers, the difference between what they paid to the company and what they charged to the public being for their own benefit, as a remuneration for their risk. According to the terms of negotiation, the company re quired the sum of £lOO as a deposit to indemnify them from any loss before they would incur the liability. The defendants had not the money at that time, and an appli cation was accordingly made. to Mrs. Healey, the mother of one of the defendants, by letter, dated from Slater street, the place of business of the defendants. The application was for £7O, but only £5O was obtained, which, together with £2O. was paid to the company, who had consented to take £7O as a deposit, instead of £lOO, as previously required. The trains were accordingly sent, and about 1200 passengers sent by them, giving a con siderable profit to the speculators. A promissory note was given to Mrs. Henley for the £5O, signed by Edward Healey, in the name of the firm, and Mr. Crisp himself had admitted that the money had been lent for the specu lation in question, but that he would not pay it until the accounts connected with the railway affair had been set tled, the money being, as Mr. Crisp alleged lent to Mr. Edward Healey on his own responsibility, to enable him to pay his proportion of the deposit, and that he had no authority to give the partnership name for that amount. Witnesses having been called for the plaintiff, Mr. ARNOLD, on the part of the defendant, denied there was any trading partnership as regarded the railway speculation, and that one partner had no right to bind the other. It was a separate and distinct matter from their agency business. „ The jury expressed themselves satisfied, and a verdict was found for the plaintiff for £5O. CLAIM FOR DELT. FELL. v. DAVIES.—The plaintiff is a erocer, and the de. fendant a slater and plasterer ; and the action was for goods sold and delivered (amounting to £5 13s. 11d.) to the de fendant, consistine of different Articles of household use. The defendant pleaded a set-off for work done, as was sup posed on account of the plaintiff.—Verdict for the plain tiff for the full amount claimed. INJURY FROM A VICIOUS HORSE. SHELLIDAY V. DEAKIN.—It appeared from the state went of Mr. JAMES that the defendant, John Deakin, was the owner of a mischievous horse, which was driven in one of his carts. The plaintiff was a working man ; and, on the 12th of July last, while passine along the quay, between the Victoria and Waterloo Docks, the horse, which had been loosed from the cart, at►acked him, and knocked him down, by which he was severely injured and prevented from following his employment for some time. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff— damages £lO. DISPUTED DEBT MAGUIRE V. ROBINSON.—In this case the plaintiff was an itinerant linen dealer, and from the statement of his counsel, Mr. JAmas, it appeared he had sold some linen, of the value of £lO 7s. 6d.. in June last to the defendant, who is a landing-waiter. The defendant denied that there was any contract, and that the linen had merely been left by the plaintiff at his house, to be called for at his conve nience ; and that it was a mere trick to get a customer for the goods. Verdict for the plaintiff for £lO 7s. 6d. CONVERSION OF TWO TABLES DOYLE V. BALLANTYNE.—The plaintiff in this case, Thomas Doyle, had sent two tables for sale to defendant, who was a salesman or broker. They were put up at auction, but Doyle bought them in, and some dispute having arisen between the-parties as to the purchase of a child's gig, the defendant refused to give up the chairs. Verdict for the plaintiff, damages -£1 Ils. 6d. DISPUTED ACCOUNT BREWER v. Git.Lmorn.—The plaintiff is a flag-mer chant, and defendant a dealer in paving -stones, and the former had supplied flags,and other articles to the defen dant, at various periods, to the amount of £l4 3s. Sd., for which, it was alleged, he refused to pay. The defen dant's plea wal, that it was merely an exchange of goods, an agreement having been entered into that the plaintiff should supply flags, &c., to the defendant, and receive in lieu of them paving stones, to be charged at the same price as the flags. It was, however, denied that any such agreement had been made by the plaintiff, such a thing being utterly ridiculous, as the articles were of different value, and not sold in the same manner. The ASSESSOR thought the matter would have been much better settled out of court if the parties could have agreed to do so.— Verdict for the plaintiff for £6 15s. 10d. DOCK COMMITTEE.-THURSDAY At the weekly meeting of the Dock Committee on Thursday, a letter from Mr. Hartley was read. It stated that out of fourteen docks at present in existence, not one could be let dry for the purpose of making those re pairs which time and corrosion ever produce, as a proof that more docks were wanted. The letter proceeded to state that he was of opinion that it would be desirable that large steam-ships should be wholly provided for at the north of the present dock estate, and, as the timber trade was so thoroughly located at the south end of the town, and as it appeared to be in contemplation to pur chase the Harrington Dock Estate, that property, to gether with a portion of the ground situated between it and the Brunswick Dock, might be constructed so as to produce accommodation nearly equal to that now given by the Brunswick Dock, although the natural surface of that property was not exactly what he would desire for that purpose. Should this increased accommodation for the general trade of the south dock be approved of, he would then propose that steps should be taken for the accommo dation of the coasting trade, which might be best effected by forming a connexion throughout the docks between the river and the Leeds and Liverpool canal by means of a passage opening from the basin immediately north of the dock estate into a dock of about four acres area, extend ing from Regent-road eastward as far as Victoria-road, a continuation of Great Howard-street, ascending thence by four basins into the canal on the south side of the new gas works. In the neighbourhood of Beacon's Gut ter he should propose to construct a tidal basin, with a double entrance for the admission of large steamers, pas sing thence extending south, to the north end of the pre sent dock estate, and connecting with the before. mention ed passage at the Clarence Dock. Opening from out of the tidal basin to Beacon's Gutter, be should recommend that a graving dock, for large steamers, should be con structed, as well as such other graving dock accommoda tion as might be required for the general wants of the port. The CHAIRMAN said that the land at the north end could not be got for ss. a square yard. It was a mis take to suppose it could be got cheaper. The report of the Chairman, as to the result of his ne gotiations, was then read. It stated that the quantity of land which had been offered for sale by the Harrington Dock Company was 127,700 square yards, and that the price they required per square yard was £1 Ils. 6d. The greater part of the purchase-money would be taken in dock bonds, at a rate of interest to be hereafter agreed upon. The Finance Committee had also agreed to sell as much of their estate as would be made available by the docks, at a price to be agreed upon hereafter by the two estates, with the view of opening a communication from the now proposed north docks with the Leeds and Liver pool canal—Mr. John Shaw Leigh had named a certain price. Mr. Nicol. would merely propose that the price named in the negotiation with the Harrington Dock Company be accepted ; that the negociation with the Corporation for their land be completed as early as possible ; that the price named by Mr. John Shaw Leigh be accepted; that all be purchased, subject to the approval of the trustees of the docks, and provided power be obtained for such pur pose by an act of parliament. Mr. EVANS spoke at great length in opposition to the motion. Mr. ROYDEN thought the docks at the north end could not be made one farthing cheaper than those at the south. Mr. TOBIN said everything was in favour of the south end. Mr. RIPLEY thought they were using unnecessary baste. He was in favour of docks being built north and south, provided they placed warehouses on the margins of I them. Mr. Nicol, saw no use for warehouses at a timber dock and a steam dock. _ _ The votes were then taken, when there appeared for the motion, Messrs. Sands, Middleton, Chilton, Bold, Tobin, Sandbach, Smith, Rot den, Moore, Nicol, Molyneux ; against it, Messrs. Ripley, Holt, Bulley, Evans, and Barclay. _ Mr. Cutr.ToN then proposed a resolution to the effect that, in the opinion of the committee, it was desirable to proceed to parliament to obtain an act to carry out their plans for new docks now agreed on. Mr. RIPLEY, seconded by Mr. EvANs, moved as an amendment, that the words " and warehouses" should be added af,er the word docks. The votes were taken, when there appeared, in favour of the amendment, Messrs. Ripley, Holt, Evans, and bach, Nicol, 'ltoyden, Molyneux, and Sands Mr. BOLD, seconded by Mr. SANDBACIL, proposed a resolution, requesting that a special meeting of the Coun cil should be called as soon after the 9th of November as possible, for the pur ose of taking into consideration the plans and the necessity for going Co parliament. This re solution was carried without opposition. _ _ A personal altercation pk place between Mr WA RD MEETINGS ST. ANNE'S-STREET WARD A very numerous and respectable meeting of the con. servative burgesses of this ward, was held on Friday night at (late) Holden's, Richmond-row. On the motion of Mr. Parker, Mr. Holden was called to the chair, and after briefly referring to the circum stances under which the. ward had been placed, intimated that the committee of the ward had succeeded in securing the service of Mr. 11. G. Harbord as a candidate for the suffrages of the constituency. A more staunch or more talented and fitting Conservative was not to be found in. Liverpool than this gentleman. His address was the most spirited which had, as yet, been issued by any candidate; and althnnah there was hot a short time allowed for ex- ertion he had no doubt of success, if that exertion was promptly made. (Cheers.) A note was read from James Aspinall, Esq., apologising for not being able to accept the invitation to attend, on account of his having to be present at a meeting of the county magistrates at Preston, the uncertainty of his re turning home in time, and having a prior engagement at Scotland Ward ; but expressing his best wishes for Mr. Harbord' s success Mr. PARKER (councillor for the ward) expressed his heartfelt pleasure in being enabled to propose Mr. Har bord as a candidate for the ward. He had been in the habit of hearing within the last ten days, from some con- servatives, the opinion expressed that the radical candi date,Mr. H ornby, was " a highly respectable merchant," and that it was no use entering into a contest with him. But he was distinctly of opinion that your highly respect able men, who hold opposite opinions, were the most dan gerous men that could be sent into the council; and a conservative constituency ought to use more strenuous exertions to defeat such men, wherever they presented themselves, than your mere dull dunces whose opinions • influenced nobody. The question had been asked of him " Had not Mr. Harbord said too much in his address?" His opinion was that he had not. These were not times for half and half measures, opinions, or expressions. Popery was making rapid strides in the country,- by means of municipal councils as well as in other modes, however some people might try to conceal it. The object of the Church Unfortunately there were too many who pro fessed liberal conservatism. They were worse tha❑ radi cals. The old name of tory was far better than the com paratively new one of conservative. He eulogised the character of Mr. Harbord, and dwelt strongly on the at tention which he paid to the poor, and the fact that in a series of letters published in the LIVERPOOL STANDARD he drew the attention of the public to the sanatory defects of Liverpool, long before Dr. Duncan's pamphlet was published ; and would, theiefore, be useful in carrying out the provisions of the new act which the town so much required. (Cheers.) After a stirring appeal to the elec tors present, in which he drew attention to the fact that they had only three days to complete their canvass, whilst their opponents had already finished their work, he pro prsed the following resolution, viz.:— `• That it is the opinion of this meeting tl liarbord is a fit and proper man to lat Mr. H. G )resent this ward in the Town Council." - Dr. GOUTHWAITE seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr. HARBORD was then irtroduced, and received with tremendous cheering and the Kentish fire. After some radical interruption, which was quickly disposed of by the summary ejection of the intruder, Mr. Harbord pro ceeded to state the motives by which he bad been induced. to offer himself as a candidate. When he first signified his assent to the deputation which had waited upon him, he felt that he came forward with a certainty of defeat before him ; and yet, as a true conservative, he had not flinched, and would not flinch from any step by which the great cause of conservatism in the borough could be benefitted. Since he came amongst them, however, he had been agreeably deceived, and he felt now assured of triumphant success. Mr. Harbord then proceeded to comment, clause by clause, upon the address which he had put forward, and a portion of which he justified by referring to the state of Ireland, to the fact that parties were going thither from Liverpool to aid the traitorous project of repeal, and that O'Connell was boasting of his receipts from this town, and that the education question was merely used to advance the Burnish superstition. He expatiated upon this topic at some length, and expressed his regret at finding some of the Wesleyan Methodist body deceived by the professions of liberalism. If elected, he should endeavour to represent, not a section of the ward, but the ward itself, and the interests of the town generally. Mr. Harbord also entered into many par ticulars regarding the sanatory regulations of the town, and the nature of the new law. He concluded amidst loud cheering and the Kentish fire. Mr. Councillor JONES moved the .next resolution, pledging the meeting to the support of Mr. Harbord. Mr. THOMAS PARKER seconded the resolution, which was carried with acclamation. Mr. SHEPPARD being called for, after an eloquent eulogum upon the activity and tried principles of Mr. liar bon!, as shewn in many contests in Toxteth-park, alluded to the subject of the dock accommodation, and said, if it could be fairly proved to the satisfaction of the Council, after mature and deliberate consideration, that the further contemplated duck accommodation could be more ad vantageously procured at the south end of the town, he was sure that the north end would not grudge this boon to the south. He further alluded to the widening of Park lane, from Liver-street towards the Custom-house, as most desirable for a thoroughfare to the south end. He then drew attention to the usefulness of Mr. Harbord if elected as a professional gentleman upon the health of the town committee, and also from his local knowledge would be a useful member on many other committees, and concluded by remarking that if elected he was sure he would prove a most efficient member of the Town. Council. Mr. PEACOCK being called for, presented himself amidst loud_ cheering, and expressed the regret with which he had viewed the recent apathy w existed in the ward on the subject of this contest. The conser vatives of St. Anne's in former elections bad set a noble example to the rest of the town, and successfully vindi cated their conservative character ; and if the same spirit was shown now, the same success would be the result. It had been urged as an excuse for this apathy on the part of the conservatives that Mr. Hornby was a moderate man. He would test that moderation. Mr. Hornby was one of the town-council in days when whig-radicalism was in the ascendant there; and upon every question he went the whole hog with his party. In no one instance did he stand aloof; and could such a man be called " a moder ate man?" He defied any supporter of his, if he had any in that room, to point to one instance in which he had acted in the council as any other than a thick and thin partisan of Whig-radicalism. The speaker concluded by saying, that in Mr. n arbord they had a thoroughgoing conservative, who would on every occasion standby the cause of conservatism, which he had really at heart. After a vote of thanks to the chairman, a number of the most active conservatives of the ward came forward and took canuassing books, and the meeting then separated. of dock extension, which appeared in the Albion of Mon day last. Eventually, Mr. Evans, not directly disavow ing- the authorship, hut fully ado g the writer's views, declared that he had no intention to impute pecuniary motives to Mr. Nicol, whereupon the matter dropped, and the committee adjourned. LIVERPOOL DISTRICT COURT OF BANKRUPTCY TUESDAY (Before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS RE PHILLIPS Mr. PAYNE complained to the Court of the report of this case, which appeared in the Journal and Chronicle, and was copied into the Albion. He said he believed it was furnished by the messenger's (Mr. Gaskell's) clerk. He did not find fault with its accuracy, but he thought, as the insolvent had been sent out of Court during the statement of the opposing solicitor, such statement, being ex parte, should not have been publishe" His HONOUR expressed his strong terms of any officer sending re papers, and said the application to hill. _ time of the Court s as he had no power to prevent any one (except his own officers) from reporting. disapprobation in very Is to the news is a waste of the RE WILSON, INSOLVENT This was the day appointed for granting the final order. The examination took place on the 2nd instant, when, after an opposition which was over-ruled, and no materia objection made by the official assignee to the schedule this day was fixed for the final order. _ . Mr. GREEN appeared for the insolvent, and said he un derstood his friend Mr. Payne intended to oppose. Mr. PAYNE disclaimed any such intention. No other creditor opposed. Mr. Turner, the official assignee, was absent on account of indisposition, and Mr. BIRD officiated for him. The papers were furnished to Mr. Turner, on the 4th of Sep tember. His HONOUR took a course not very usual in this stage of the proceedings. He subjected the insolvent to a rigid examination, from which it appeared that he had been partner in several concerns, all of which had been wound up, and were unprofitable. From one he was to receive £350, but he had drawn £lOO only, the other portion having been retained to meet the losses of the concern, and monies advanced to the insolvent on his private ac count. He was now disconnected from any firm, and de pendent on his own exertions, and had no certain income. There was an agreement given up to the official assignee, by virtue of which the insolvent, in consideration of un dertaking the management of some chemical works, was entitled to a third of the profit on the sale of borax, ashes, The insolvent had, also, been strv, from which he had derived some unknown to the insolveut a lecturer His IIoNouR inquired of the official assignee whether he had investigated the insolvent's claim under the agree • ment, and Mr. Bird having answered that he had not, his Honour said he should adjourn the case for three months that the official assignee might see whether any proposal could be made for the creditors, and he should send the case back to Mr. Commissioner Skirrow's court. Mr. GREEN urged that the insolvent had given the best account he could, that he had no income, and that the re sidue of the £250 had been taken to make up the losses of the concern; that the insolvent could get no employment until he had passed the court, and pressed for a shorter adjournment, and that the heari that court t take place in His HoNouß appointed the lith November, and or dered the case to be heard before Mr. Commissioner Skirrow. NEW AND INGENIOUS MODE OF REEFING TOPSAILS. —We have been much gratified by an inspection of the apparatus, or large working model, for reefing_ topsails, invented and patented by our townsman Mr. Winspear, erected in the yard of his premises, No. 52, Sparling- , street, and representing the foremast, fore-topmast, &c. of a schooner of considerable burthen. The plan, though by no means complicated, is somewhat difficult to describe without the aid of diagrams, and we would therefore ad vise those of our nautical friends who feel an interest in inventions having for their object the facilitating and im proving the usual and long-adopted mode of working the topsails of vessels, to visit the yard, and, taking into ac count the differences that may arise between the working of such an apparatus when fixed on terra firma, and when rolling about in a sea-way, with occasional adverse winds —to judge for themselves of its practicability. Many years ago the writer of this conceived the notion that it might be possible to abridge the labours of the seaman in reefing topsails, by means of a roller working in the centre of the topsail yard ; the latter being made of a tubular form, with a narrow groove or opening below to admit the sail as it was rolled up, in the manner of an encased window blind. On suggesting such a plan, however, to some nautical friends, he found that he had been fore stalled in the idea by several innovators who had thought of some similar contrivance, which, if ever fairly tested, (which is questionable,) was abandoned, from the neces sity found of making a hollow yard to contain a large roll of the sail (when double or close reefed,) so thick and clumsy as to give it the requisite strength, that its weight and the displacement it would require, would more than counterbalance any advantages that might arise from the comparatively easy and rapid manner in which reefs might be taken in by mechanical agency without going aloft. This was on the supposition that the yard was to be of wood ; but in these ingenious days of working in metals — when even iron ships are built lighter and more buoyant than those of oak, it may perhaps be not too much to as sume that hollow yards of iron or copper might be made by which the principle might be carried out. Be this as it may, the plan proposed by Mr. Winspear, though to a certain extent similar—inasmuch as the sail is reefed on a roller—appears to us to be more immediately available, being more simple in itself, and so much less of an inno vation on the accustomed plan, that the prejudices of " the old school" will not be so strongly arrayed against it, and masters of vessels may more readily give it a trial. In announcing his plan, Mr. Winspear states that, by means of it, " topsails may he reefed in the short space of one minute, without leaving the deck, and at a considerable saving of expense ;" and adds that " all reef-tackle, reef ear-rings, reef bands, reef points, and cringles are dispensed with— rendering the sail much lighter and more manageable," The yard is the same as that at present used, but in front of, and parallel to it, at the distance of a few inches, and in a downward diagonal position from it, is a roller of wood, through the middle of which runs a strong iron rod. This rod or spindle is secured in iron work, or eye bolts at a short distance from either end of the yard, so as to allow of its being turned. The roller is also supported at different points (the number to be determined by the length) by what are called in iron-work S's, or more properly by pieces of iron resembling in shape the inter rogation in printing (?), but longer in the shank or straight part, which part or portion of which last is driven through the yard and secured to it by rivetting, while the outer part, projected ,clear from the yard, and forming rather more than a semicircle, serves as a hook to sup port the roller at each requisite point. The brass hooks used for supporting a telescope horizontally against a wall, are somewhat similar, and the rounded part or hook is flattened and covered with leather to prevent the sail when rolled up from being chafed or worn by the friction in rolling up or loosening out a reef. There were four of these for the sail we saw. There are also other securities in bent iron rod-work near each end, which tend to the tight and even and compact rolling up of the sail. At each end of the long roller there is a small iron roiler or reel on the same spindle, round which these is a coil of chain leading to the middle of the yard, and hence down to the deck. If a reef is wanted the yard is lowered, and by clapping on to a tackle attached to the lower ends of each of the two chains, the whole spindle along side the yard is easily turned by a few hands, and the sail taken up or reefed to any required extent,—half a reef, three-fourths, a whole reef, or two or three reefs. The sail we saw was readily reefed by only one man, who pulled down a chain with each hand with the simple pur chase of a single block and fall ; and we should think a very large topsail might be reefed by four men, two to each tackle. The iron rollers, at the extremities, on which the chains work are proposed to be 8 to 9 inches long, and about 3 inches diameter in a vessel of about 400 tons bur then. From the gradual widening of the sail towards the lower yard, the bolt ropes do not ride over each other in reefing, and the whole apparatus is so snug, that though additional to the usual topsail-yard, it presents no eye sore, the roller being scarcely observable at a moderate distance. One considerable advantage appears to be, that as there is a space between the main roller and the yard, the sail spills itself to a considerable extent through this opening at the top when the yard is lowered for reefing, and thus facilitates the operation of reefing. But though much reefing gear is saved by the plan, it does not so clearly appear to us that reef-tackles can be altogether dispensed with, as we think that by lifting the sail to wards the yard they would relieve considerably the power otherwise required in rolling up the sail, and would be at tended with very little additional trouble. This, however, may be better decided by practice. Meantime we think the invention worthy of the consideration of ship-masters, and are glad to learn that it has already been applied to a ship's wizen top-mast that recently left this port for New Orleans, so that we may hereafter be enabled to report progress. Several naval officers have, we learn, given their testimony in its behalf, and amongst others the gal lant Admiral Napier, whose only demur was, that it would render the men so lazy that they might lie in their berths and order the ship-lads, when a reef was wanted, to hand them down the ropes, that they might reef the sails while they lay in bed ! SCOTLAND WARD A meeting of the conservative electors of Scotland Ward took place on Friday evening last, at Mrs. Barton's, In. Burlington-street. The attendance was very numerous and respectable, comprising many gentlemen of standing in the town ; and the whole of the proceedings were cha racterised by a degree of enthusiasm and feeling amply demonstrative of the unabated attachment of the electors to the good cause. . Mr. Thomas Filson, our celebrated shipbuilder, was, on the motion of Mr. Redfert, unanimously called to the chair ; and this selection was followed by three times three cheers for that gentleman and Mr. Vernon. The CHAIRMAN thanked the meeting for the high com pliment paid by those present to Mr. Vernon and himself, and said that he much regretted that, in consequence of illness, Mr. Vernon was unable to attend that evening. His son, however, had come amongst them, and, he doubted not, would be welcomed by them for his father's sake. (Cheers.) He (the chairman) had also to explain that several of their conservative friends who had intended to he present, had been prevented by various causes — amongst others, Mr. James Aspinall and Mr. A. Lace. The former had to attend at Preston that day, on the appointment of a governor to Kirkdale Gaol ; and the latter, in a note in which he expressed his best wishes for their success, stated that but for an unavoidable engage ment he would have had the pleasure of meeting them. He (the chairman) trusted, however, that the electors would use their utmost endeavours triumphantly to secure the election of Mr. Vernon. Mr. J. KERFOOT then briefly proposed the first resolu tion, to the effect that Thomas Vernon, Esq., being inti mately acquainted with, and interested in, the commerce and manufactures of the town, and the ward in particular, and being of sound conservative principles, was the can didate suited to their views. Dr. M'lsTicoL, in seconding the resolution, said that Mr. Vernon was yet unable to leave the house, but he was happily recovering, and he hoped would be enabled to be with them on Wednesday next. He trusted the electors would use every exertion to secure his return, as he felt assured he (Mr. V.) would, if elected, do all in his power to give them entire satisfaction. (Cheers.) The resolution was put, and carried unanimously. Mr. THOMAS ELLIOT said there was no doubt, from the canvass that had already taken place, but that the election of Mr. Vernon was secure, and he moved a re solution pledging those present to use every exertion to attain that object. This was seconded by Mr. U. EDWARDS, and also una nimously carried. Mr. VERNON, jun., then presented himself, and was received with the loudest applause. He stated that he had just received a letter from his father, in which he stated that he was fast recovering, and enjoining him (Mr. J. Vernon) to help them forward, for his heart was with them, and he felt proud in being supported by so zealous and noble-hearted a body of conservatives. He could confidently state for his father, that he would do all in his power for the interests of the whole constituency. His principles were thoroughly conservative; his religion scriptural; he was a firm supporter of the Established cl theiru a de d body,eb endeav o urs, for ee axvpo whichruesrssi,n butg a he that his fathers absence would stimulate them to zealous he ee Churchwas a (the; friendehpies a kert)o motto felth justicea had i highly ytrh honoured oo e ne the poor : pdo N o o fro Popery" ontpdhee support r t y h ' e ; ri a c n h d . hsincerely given hope p e that h o relax numerous o n thanked father them,by so and concluded in would not a nd increasing support, so that they might nobly win the v i c tory. (Loud applause.) After some further conversation, the busi n e ss of the m eeting was declared to be concluded ; th an k s were vo ted to the chairman ; and the assembly, which had been ,;n -e h i s i s they thusiastic throughout, dispersed. >