The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-02 00:00:00

of Mari eaT4 Vm, t - R4,,, , -On Friday last 0 1 5 °Pt ."' d ?o”etteil W as performed f or the be fteil of the author "" sin,rrill ur. Sever a l o f t h e songs and duets were encored, at.it i r enefic i ares were loudly called for at th e c l ose o f the per• ' errn anee. Mr. Charles Kean is engaged for five nights, ant Made his appearance last evenin g as Hamlet. ROYA L LIVER THEATRE.— This theatre h as opened with a fine collection of wax figures. On visiting it, we a ere stuir prised at the change that had taken piece. Entering theatre, the eye is struck with a fine group of the coronation nd of her Majesty, surmounted by Britannia, Reli z ion, f a tbe jatiee, forming a fine set of figures. On One side ti asn, room is his Royal Highness Prince Albert. There are, .l o . two fine casts of their Royal Highnesses the Pi ince a d Ti m Also, a mechanical figure of the Lancashire poet, ie 'inn Bobbin, and others, too numerous to mention. 1 . 1 • exhibition is svell worth a visit, the variety of figures, cos- tatner &C. being great. ,s, LONDON SOCIETY FOR TRACHING THE BiilNpr_Oe ritA--The fifth annual meeting of this eminently c lan r , bl r_ and useful institution was held on Thursday, at the Hanose i 1 aquare-rooms, London. The Marquis of Cholniondelei t h e chair. The report stated that the efforts of . the institu tion_.r. , had been greatly promoted by the adoptiow of NI tiecu s's system of stenographic characters. The report fur. boardersther stated that there were upwards of 50 pupils,. including 29 in the establishment. A small printing press , had Zereettadpurchased for the use of the pupils, and a few hymn . Y embossed by one of the boys, which afforded hopes positors, that several of the ieunates might ultimately become coni and thus be put in possession of a profitable method 91earn ing a comfortable subsistence. The blind children, o trnecaluding two natives of China, about eight years of age, then , d several parts of the Holy Bible, printed in emb r o reet. ctaasrsiieters, with the most astonishing fluency and c o which tl e ' It was quite manifest, from the emphasis with tilleerrreed the several passages, tbat the fl coin t p e i e ß h e en v. de j d . W. Gil),,e,nitig. The meeting was addressed b h (wh o (" I log, late of St. Matthews Church,. inl . this town , or some time t ha- been almost entirely deprived of light ' ) sod , Pas S several others. YRSf A.., ,-. ojyeste-riaxe EDUCATION MEETING.—TiIa Morning Herald 114eetneeting Y makes the ' following remarks with reference to n to-do in this town on Thursday last. "We elsewhere ie raeetii- Y's n eo n !ad a report of an iorta f n t t he p b cello nt in this to Thursday last, in favour o_. l . edu- Iviii. ll 1411SeS of Sir James Graham's Factories Bill , R i e t v is iNepriANeile iit`" regret that excel; ave been compelled to abrtd 1 'a ent speech, in which the rev a ge ge t n:t e le p i o n s a i ni tion7,Point by point, to the positions advance f u ath s ' e establishment of a national system o e i duc P ation, It . aoln el Y WaY in which it is possible for the state to v r e p t p s o i r e t spins 48 the church is established by law. N til e) , g -aeu,lin London about? And what, we may he add o , m ar s e t altai4:4"7 about? The time is come whent goverao,' oat, and exhibit their streng . th . in favour y of a c proposes til , Poor e e n e t w ili h to give a Christian education to Pottier that classes. A stranger might suppose, from the ri ng th e l ial has been made throughout the country irt tdhuis coot* r.eess, that the majority of the populotion ire an _ deser4 dsented from the church. Government requon and We sholl_olic and energetic support on this question, sti Voi ce rh 7 much surprised if they do not el v i e t. i s t . ,;i d n is a . seine a ' Will convince the noisy and turbulent P°l'Ld postponed ot4 that the education of the people cannot be , 4 " e national church is divorced from the state. ' eaot4 CoLOssault.—The Easter holidays are no t t o zng tl,' t,to enable the pleasure-seekers of London c ollies •,,ternal n , eitY," at least not until "the aerial . ship" so far ; a i n to 'ull Play. But there is no necessity for remainsoin .11 e i t i s s t mng as the Colosseum in the Regent s Park bility ea aY bee•eee, and that there is every chance of its du . e xten-' U ra l" One Inferred from the fact that it has recently u . n t e the dil.e tolprovernents and embellishments, executed g a:ter itu hiti esigne cl Mr. Beazley, the architect. . Mr. George_ 4Dew.nan:lo:Pohsetseeritysirenec' o l n i kj Leo the Tenth, will be handed unction with this s . tupendouse tord ihroofnwhoixi it may perhaps be said, in the words of " ',Whi le stand s t h e Colosseum, W Robins stands, hen f alls the Colosseum, R he then...1441d Whe n h e falls—the world fella . , eolotnen_cfit Leo .the Tenth, especiati'.!? the distribution of tickets for the public view, but Mr. George Robins—has Wi ac i r 4 7 , Mr the behoof of the elite, who, at Easter-tide , a v e , , iNtose themselves for refined enjoyment, and who at i n the' 'lining charge, may either take in London atglance a porttraose Panorama i n the upper part of the building—or r Ips,or,lpenaselves at w ill to th e glorious scen o e r 1 , f h nhaling th e B ,_, t e wild solitudes of the tropical forests— heatCtt"e of classicality through the pipe of imagination . be them- el aaa ; Portico of the " wondrous dome" may fancy n th e r f t the palace of the Ctesars, and gaze, if not upon Printe,s'Uts.of ruin," at any rate something as pertment , —t r h e. alise, 11.4411:nation that " the whole of these . spacious p day, t , l ll be sold by auction by Mr. Geo. Robins, on Thurs , the Ilth o f may. ' Ti le c ns nOW cong"13!&14/1RD CRIMINALS.—The unhap f p irea p tl e i r rave bellavee:ed in Kirkdale Gaol under sentence o a nd re e - v tth the greatest propriety since they.. i condemnation, tered by e the religious consolations soreligious y adminis spent _3' the has chaplain to the gaol. William Buckley aaedi t .Tuch of his time in reading, writing, and religious l. ti oo Zl4°9. His letters are principally epistles of consotae leered h!.l father. They exhibit great knowledge oef isho_ other a r eligio wtlti nga, and the consolation which they breathe of leter tn i cronytha a worldly nature, while t ey 1 Con H e h. 3 nation in the ict to meet his fate with reso 9 i . his , i ,`,, not said heyanthing decided as regards the justice of filla a ' a u t tettc e, but says he is perfectly prepared for its ulw 40t h ow _lle has observed, that he struck his wife he knew he, I. where, or what the effect or consequence mil, did at he convict presents much the same appearance that he seem, acotul__antecedent to his trial. Betty Eccles, though she he ~h a g tiot 4 ,7 1 ed, has wasted greatly since her sentence. S nes s h e A 0 any confession, but it is observed that neither Her oealto i ',I the heinous offence imputed to her. the actio n or ! thl t l i ts ---Y affected, and this appears to be h f . rom ofe tl istre ssfai e mnd, on which, it is evident, something to M a t, r nature is heavily pressing. She seems, indeed, b ° Make so -• • for the purpose of un arderdn„ Me communication, fe w ~. s her bosom The Governor of the prison spoke a Ivereweillu ~ to her on . the subject, telling her, that if there hersefinY thing pressin_ g on her mind, she would certainly find t °l) portu tlih easier if she made use of one of the frequen 4pme. times which she bad of conversing with the Rev. Mr. e eolourteoparto disencumber herself of the oppression. s S re. Pared to diightlY, but did not speak. She says she . i p ser. eat th a. PntSonday the convicts attended divine , .. . a • e ga°' eca Pel. The Rev. Mr. Appleton preached ,raernirable sermon from the 4tb chapter of Amos, 121.1 d i beecause ' Therefore thus will I do unto thee, 0 Israel; an Isreel. I will do this unto i th e, prepare to meet thy God, 0 and afteptlettY this appeared weak and faint both before c heerf ul ' the sermon, but Buckley looked well and even tertue, Me remarked, after the sermon, in what may be tlitecingr.,c_ hearty tone, " Well, that was a most impressive . oty lif e ", l l , I never heard a more impressive sermon in all da y • These unfort unatebeings are to suffer on Satur next, at noon. Ile hist, sPIANIcs' liiirriyirrioN.—On Wednesday evening 1eti 0 5. .. Artie a sbor thand-writer, delivered a lecture on ttOdierraPhY, before a very numerous and highly respectable ob s ce, at the above institution. After a few prefatory el-ration kid D ro at the lecturer gave a brief sketch of the origin %e ms Kress of writing. Having illustrated his remarks by Pro ce _V 4 large elate which was occasionally used, Mr. A. of a eued to the Maitit p . t asted the advantages bro4ell-constructed stenographic°le'andcon r alphabet with the cum ter, tlibt:echaei, in of lo .exc of the sys- I ll e readl; °Y Mr. A. was thus proved :—A gentlemp Lave ,eet4re, ;nu a work with more than ordinary rapidity, th bY poiLr, pea led the passage from his shorthand notes, and, a udit or `, l ."cg to bade various symbols, convinced two of the t eeth es ' s , who ascended the platform to witness the or- Pan„ of the performance, that not even an article. or pre on had be d t ,,,,. 6 . en omitted. The passage having been re `nee a s '', at init the audience generously signified concur ttafties. 4 .) the superiority of the plan submitted to their !Pallotll s 1 , i•lie lecture was rendered interesting by a reference ed artuus Purposes to which the art of shorthand can be to th t and, at , t he conclusion , expressed his thanks 1 1; _ e a 0,,, e Mr. A.. effort, and ZregreCtligenee shewn throughout his humble . , 'eh h that he had not done better justice to a subject in attoo had e ,„ h i lia s a , 4 intention taken considerable interest.. He then 41 sii'wgi.Oel. of forming classes t for be l e n o s nsidered 4,11: ivpirea,iutil c n c d y i a o ll, lie said, l could pot bu resided in Mount-street, your, "[Carded any va t!!tb e . . He Prhe eve r pr . m.erely say that lie should be happy to afford ao„acti s ,, a ° °' might be desired of the merits of the system o a Votis t''',„ .1e was not, he would have it understood, whichPOrely exhibit any the slightest ability in what at best 01 . , d ual, Mecha but he would afford that guarantee e oald 'got be d d Having stated thus much, he alsrkitiot avoid ofr . n e . c ry •er aPProb v ering a word or two in reference to their stranger to Ada r unlivid„, lon• He was, he believed , a Goo* lon t o 4 ` h h d in the room ; and, to say the least, e a , e • complain of the conduct of Liverpool people. tel ght tide nce de t „. ezp oe , A . ad of the reception a stranger t * ‘lii the 11%41 aLiverpool audience, He would no cold h by r a C a e considered an o bservations, as what he might advance 4 Nity.Heto partake of formality rather than of ts s P dOulo. would merely state, that although he . might rao_litica.:'especting extent of patronage, of one thing he ,I,?met w ith rifitte certain, namely, that he should frequently ot", Pleasure on their kindness. arrow Tcg --ID Saturday, at the Police -court, Eli ,Oo ls , s hun • n . dthat sort of cos- I nt Pr ater Ila nally wo g .man, who was attire.. in 4411211,4,44 m by those who affect to belong to the sport t obt ai r , was placed before Mr. Rushton, charged with Irate Ytlltti. lie d aan of money from Daniel O'Brien, a d th st, °I Brindi, neat Carnarvon. The complainant ligrf.itkit., on Saturday afternoon, he was in Queen-street, tl ia %Qua accosted hirn, and they ksaill'i'ouer the Welshman determined to be very cautious, t o ty % esti * as will be seen, was too much for him. After refjest th as had been a sked by each, the prisoner offered 44 d 4 lOrtrl • h WII an thi n , sa d ,erto a glass ot ale. This t e es un veikht tl auor eti g,. ne had beeu a teetotaller for six years. No his, ed th e 1„,1.1 this ataggering answer, the sharper said he vtrOod , if i:elahan to convey a letter to his brother for tee r 7, a ed e woul step into the public-house, it would be NI ,rikey the vied e l shman should have a bottle of ginger- Oort e ,?tind ti:ctered the house and turned into a room, where e her e Prisone Eli h %pi,. or e hi r, Sparrow, sitting with a glass of r4 rixt• In ant' s e n. The ginger -beer was ordered, and the '4) * l °4 e or new he pretended to busy himself with pre lainir land e ailed the letter, when a man entered, sat to e d ab otit 4 ,ed for some drink. This individual having in weottint loo t jc9he some station, and mentioned that he was Ni traie 1 1 , 41:l y, said he should have started by the two nne fo r th tit he had lost his dog. He was standing !lad n ',lt the ropee - ,rid g e to be closed at the dock, when some nat l iv en th ,, Y whi hhe held it,and itescaped. He 4„,. Irk e esi e .• e , ,he it, was a n , l4 shillings to cry it through the town, i'l,ol.„,'' Wh - 2 0 , 17 ind by six o'clock he should be off with o Pr ' m kt YOU not have lock ' the collar ?" said I is,,;+t % tre e."' frien d °u , oh,l a i on k replied the man, tii,. li e „."I no one in Live; l i ave h a lock openit. kaa` , Le d th`e roomshe lock on t g e oo ta z ie, oacrian , Here it d leaving his glass, t'iati o N tlf a gr. The pretended friend took up the lock, NI th e r a s t 4141 10 W of rn st exhibited the secret. The ti eWe ed gre •y . ery, . f t Nes el,h rn at curiosity and delight at the discovery, l ead he a u wa•if desire t ths sold , °w ner of tl ol o open and close it several an t l oci _ 4 , ,y,,.. ie lock returned, when the pretended ,Pote„l. .. juw say ther's no man in Liverpool can open all ;•"' this tio,' repliedthe " And I " re plied li thi: Lather, cleat man._ say, re. therstilte 0 4 4 e who cario O U pe are n i it. 'l'll ;I,lll,reet'sxlgeli 1 0 ' re epteve*o,?t., todt!cing two (apparently) £ 5 notes, "that t 'er, 4 18 f • e simple Wel h n didall in hispower to A.A per... !lend 4. 001 in 4 s Ma .o_.. faced th;';ed, and, not ha 'l4 the bet. The friend, t! w s:ed, hveishill., aving so much money about him, sei n t letli s , , bei„„ ..-i to le n d h im ~,.. -vd Toe latter at first re : , th I la til‘ely, h'vtspred that the money should be returned fru e %tal c n eY, so da length placed 4:5 on the table, that being lAd ei wer e 1- da d . , that he possessed in the world. t/e lf ll ud tI nut int Of ..W ie , ie w_,_, the hands of the prisouer, and the h ti tli o n wkiacelmlniati was the man who could open the tri o come hi..t ciordingly handed. to him a certain number I rll4 r , tri ed ". 1 a owed for the tri l T ' r Welshman, to,,_ ad ln vain to a . he poor 1 'eh his hip a Point e d a Move the piece of brass wit . 10 l eti °tee tni out ; and the owner of the lock, having the no, PUtes, the ' 4 5, 0, and to me Prisoner handed him the money, la WithheldWi resse,Y Pocketed. The Welshman demanded . _ p al ash_ A th e p r i g __ ze man d " picked 4 4474 fr o ' l4 the d o ~e prig_ a.nd the man who . ha me h'Y tit th e imu e se friend also s raising . 1, hubbub, the . . the pri #4e,o y_ coat ta , t but the 'Welshman eauglic 4 ee 114'4.'. assistu";, god held him fast till some parties si Ilia s a l t Spa ce, weep a for, a ti . g rr ow police-officer was Pent oner, Il i as . ed i,,,, , was sent to Bridewell, The r's; you Sti,', The y„ ele i',.`; he had to say, replied, f ' It i othin g . f r hi,,ne of corppr.l aaY anything.i, H e w „ eommitted d 0 . t ro 11 44 he osettillnant stated that he was noW entirely 5 e to 4 th e Pl aee • B pf soPporting hiMself, or of returninF,,_ , ° No f * M . 4 mil, Rushton gave him an corJer for WI fifitiguythiu,4, cia Totizihy Oast, %vac wet attended, eonsitierh4that the day wits so vet y unfavourable. There was a good show of borsey of the cart kind, especially thme brought by Mr. Bellis, some of which were sold at from £lO to £5O. There were but few good hack horses. Best Yorkshire short-horned milch cows went off at from £lO to £l3, and inferior ones from £7 to : good beasts for slaughter averaged about -l.'-,d. per lb. There .ere several prime pigs in the market, none of which were sold at above per lb. DESTTtOYING VESSELS OF SPIRITS.—PittIiCk Connell) was charged before Mr. Rushton, on Saturday, with having, while the officers of excise were searching his preMises, des trov!•d two bottles containing spirits. It appeared that the officers of Excise, accompanied by some officers of police, went to the defendant's house for the purpose of searching it. As they enteted, a ferocious dog was let loose upon them Having got rid of the assailant, they commenced their search and found an extensive distilling apparatus at work, with several barrels of wash, low wines, &c. The defendant dashed two gallon jars of spirits against the grate, and set the house on fire. The fire-police had to be called to quench the flames. The defendant had been imprisoned for the illicit distillation. Mr. Davenport, who appeared for the defendant, complained that the Excise had caused his client to be int. prisoned three months for distilling, and the moment he Caine out they pounced upon him for this second offence. Mr. Rushton considered that the Excise had acted discreetly in the matter. The defendant was fined £2OO. Naw, OR JUNIOR CLUB.—A meeting of the friends of this projected institution was held yesterday afternoon, in the [late] Queen's Arms Hotel, for the purpose of forwarding the objects which they have in view. In the absence of the Mayor, James Aspinall, Esq., took the chair.—The chair man said it would afford him the greatest pleasure to do eve' ything in his power for the promotion of the interests of the gentlemen who had requested him to preside, but be acknowledged be was not sufficiently acquainted with the wishes of the meeting to enable him to address them. He therefore requested Mr. John Smith to enter into any expla nations which might to him appear necessary.—Mr. John Smith (of the Mercury-office), chairman of the provisional committee, then entered into a brief exposition of the objects contemplated by the establishment, (which we have noticed in previous publications,) and he concluded by moving a re solution, which expressed generally the opinion of the meet ing, that such an institution was in every respect highly desirable.—Mr. Hope seconded the motion, and it was unanimously carried.—Mr. James Bourne, after expressing himself warmly in favour of the design, and cordially wishing it succcess, moved the second resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Bentley, and carried unanimously. Some discussion, of a desultory nature, followed, in the course of which the chairman stated, that as soon as th* merchants and gentle men of the town saw by the number of subscribers that the young men were determined upon carrying out the plan, they would further it by all the means in their power, but with the understanding that no billiards or gaming of any kind would be permitted.—Mr. John Smith, on the part of the committee, undertook that this excellent suggestion should be attended to. After some conversation it was agreed that the committee should, in the mean time, exert themselves to procure subscribers, to the number of at least 200, (there being fifty-two already who have paid,) consider the best site for the club, and issue a prospectus, and report progress to a subsequent meeting. The meeting then adjourned for three weeks MR. JAMES LAWRENCE'S EXPLANATION AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. Our report of Mr. James Lawrence's explanation in the Town Council, on Wednesday last, being very brief, has created some misapprehension of his meaning. We, there fore, now give it in full, with the view of preventing any misunderstanding:— PRIVILEGE Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE said he wished to claim the at tention of the council for a few minutes in explanation of an article which had appeared in the newspapers, reflecting not only upon himself but upon the Watch Committee generally. He was sorry to bring any matter forward likely to lead to unpleasant discussion, but he thought it due to himself as well as to the public. The misrepresentation of which he complained appeared in the following leading article in the Albion:— " The affair, as between the deputy-chairman of the Watch Committee and the head constable, is now settled. Not so the question between the chairman, as well as the deputy chairman, and the public. The chairman, it will be recol lected, when the conduct of the police, in laying informations against publicans and beersellers was under discussion a t th e council on the sth instant, in vindication of the resolution of the Watch Committee, for a return of the names of the officers who had laid those informations, positively stated, that officers on whose veracity reliance could not be placed had been sent out to lay informations, and that ' one of the men' employed in the duty, ' a reduced inspector, was well known to be a person whose word could not be relied on.' And the deputy chairman, it will also be recollected, corroborated the state ment of a general want of truth on the part of the men, by giving the cases in which Cunningham and Dutton were concerned, and out of which the whole lumber arose. Now, we have read over the report of the debate in the council, as reported in the Mercury, and though both the chairman and the deputy-chairman alluded, by name, to both these men, we cannot find that either explained to the public how it happened, that well-known' dealers in falsehoods are re tained in the police force; or that, in making the assertion, the chairman had stated what he could not support by evi dence. For if by his silence on the point we are to infer that the original charge was correct, the public demand to know why the ' reduced inspector' is not dismissed from the police ; but if, on the contrary, they are to infer that th e c h arge i s not true, they then demand - that the slander on the character of the poor man, ' reduced inspector' though he be, should be retracted as publicly as the imputation was made. Mr. James Lawrence must give a public explanation on this most important point. He owes it not more to his own character as a gentleman than to the character of the force over which he presides." He would further read an account of a mistaternent which appeared to have been made by some gentleman of the press. In the report of the proceedings it said, " Mr. James Law rence said he wished to explain something which had fallen from him at the last council- The M AYOR.—You made use of the word "justification," and that made all the difference. If you had said " explain," no doubt you would have had the permission of the council to do so. Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE.—I thought I did Pay "explain." The MAYOR.—No. The Town-clerk will bear me out that you said " justification." M. JAMES LAWRENCE.—Then I will read the following from the report in the Albion, which will bear me out in saying that I did make use of the word " explain :" " Mr. James Lawrence said, he wished to explain some thing which had fallen from him at the last council. Dutton, he was willing to admit, bore an excellent character, so far as their books showed ; but the reason for his observation was, that he made a statement before the committee that he afterwards denied." I never made such a statement (proceeded Mr. Lawrence) as that which appears in the Albion, as to Dutton. I could not make it, after the character of the man had been read in the council, and also the resolution which was unanimously agreed to by the committee, that the choice of Cunningham was an injudicious one. I think it must be admitted that that is quite a mistake; and I need not, I think, explain more upon that ground. As far as my recollection goes, he (Dutton) was the only person I named. My observation with reference to Cunningham was grounded upon what he said when he made a report against Ainsworth, another policeman. He stated before the committee, that, to gain access to the house, he had asked the girl to let him have drink, which she refused. He went out, and upon his ex amination by the committee, he positively denied that he had ever stated that circumstance before the committee. Of course, if a man will come before a committee to state one thing, and in less than five minutes afterwards deny it, he is an unfit man to be trusted : that was my reason for giving the statement, and I think I was justified in it. Ido not wish to say any more on the subject, because I think the explanation must be quite satisfactory to every one. Mr. Harbord, Mr. Horuby, and other members, were present when Cunningham made the statement, that he did ask the girl to let him have drink, and they heard him in less than five minutes afterwards deny it. For the dismissal of the man I am not responsible; the majority of the committee must answer for that. Mr. HARBORD, as chairman of the sub-committee for the day, corroborated the statement made by Mr. Lawrence. After a few words from Mr. Thornhill, the subject dropped. PHILHARMONIC CONCERT AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION, ON THURSDAY LAST. Before we enter on the merits or demerits of this concert, we must bestow our meed of praise on the Committee of Ma nagement, for having exerted themselves in the manner they have done to revive the good old town of Liverpool concerts on such a scale, and with materials so worthy of themselves and encouraging to all lovers of music, and for which they richly deserve all the patronage they receive : for a more numerous and distinguished audience we do not remember having ever seen in Liverpool, with the exception of the Fes tivals, or perhaps one or two of our late Subscription Con certs. The first act consisted of selections from the opera of Se miramide, and the second act miscellaneous. The overture to the opera was extremely well performed, and does infinite credit to the party who drilled the orchestra, as a most per ceptible improvement was observed from the former concerts ; and we may now be allowed to say, that, with a few modifi cations in the observance of light and shade, or piano and forte, it was all that the most fastidious could wish for. The opening chorus—Belus we celebrate—vras given with preci sion and effect. The quartett, by Miss S. Novello, Mr. E. Hime, Mr. Eccles, and Signor Giubilei—" Kings, princes, nobles, guard thee round"—was perhaps the most meagre in its performance of the evening, and defective in some of its parts, which Mr. L. Hermann, the able conductor, tried to remedy as much as he could, but it would not do, and conse quently was received with coldness and apparent indifference. But we were amply repaid in the next piece, a Cavatina— Ah ! that day I well remember—by Mrs. Alfred Shaw. That charming singer and interesting lady exerted herself to the ut most, and was received with that distinguished applause which she so richly deserves ; such an organ, such management, feeling, pathos, and superb enunciation it has seldom fallen to our lot to hear, and though she unquestionably laboured under a depression of spirits, or severe cold, we listened to her charming singing with breathless delight. The duet which followed,—Bright, lovely image, —between the same lady and Signor Giubilei, was also very effective ; and here we congratulate Signor Giubilei on his very great improvement; he sang with spirit, and gave general satisfac tion. We were particularly struck with his tine intonation, perfectly in tune, which he must permit us to say was not always the case on former occasions. The cavatina,—Arsace will return,—by Miss S. Novello, rather disappointed us. The duet-,-"fis well my life I tender —was effectively sang. Mrs. 41, gl y's filie contralto exqui sitely given. Act the second commenced with the overture of Margua rithe D'Anjou, by Meyerbeer, which, though not quite so effective as we could have wished, was well played. The national song,—Came ye by A.thol,--bY Miss Novello, is a pretty light melody, and was prettily eiecuted. Lutzow's Wild Hunt, by Weber, was every effective, and the echo by part of the chorus singers from behind the or chestra was very pleasing, and deservedly encored ; and now we come to the song from Oberon, " Araby, dear Araby," (W e b er, ) b y Miss rople. Iler beautiful 'voice, excellent style, and distinct articulation came nnawares upon us, as we certainly did not expeet such a treat; she is, in 7 deed, a charming singer, and we sincerely hope she felt sa tisfied with the enthusiastic reception she met with, which was richly deserved by her. We understand she is a pupil of Signor Giubil e i, an d we congra t u l a te him on havin g ma d e such a scholar. . _ The Aria Buffo, by Giubilei, " Ilgirato," composed by Ballo, is quite in the Signor's style, and he was perfectly at home in it, and deservedly encored. We might almost say that the next trio, by Cimarosa, sang by Miss Novell°, Miss Poole, and Miss A. Shaw, was the gcm of the evening ; it was beautifully given, and, if possible, every one of the ladies tried to outvie each other; and we may be permitted to say, if there was any preponderance, our decision falls upon that clever lady, Miss Poole. So, we believe, the audience felt : by the sensation her solo part created, it was also encored, and richly they deserved the ap plause which was besto we d u pon it. Mr. Hime sang Una Furtiva. The remainder of the concert went off equally well, anti every one retired %vial perfect aatisfactioa at the treat which they had received. of l E PONDENC COMMERCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND TO TILE EDITOR OF 'l' E LIVERPOOL, STANDARD. Sia,—The statements in your leading article of Tuesda, last, having reference to the late action tried at Liverpool, connected with the Conom-rcrd I;,ili of England, centains so gross a perversion of the facts of the case, that, as one of the directors rcterred to in that nit!, tnough not a part \ in the cause, 1 have to request you will so far repair the in jury done to the character of the individuals whom you have so unjustly traduced, as to c erect the statement of facts on which your observations appear to be founded. To enable you then to mal:; this correction, 1 beg to assure you that the allotment of shares by the directors, in place of being, as represented in your statement, a source of profit to them, was, 1 believe, a source . of loss to each director. In my own case, such was my confidence in the establishment of the establishment, that after retiring from the direction in February, 1837, 1 still retained, up to the stoppage of the bank, the 1,500 shares allotted to me, and by which I sus tain a loss of £7,575, being the price paid for them. That, though the proposal made to the directors by the party through whose instrumentality the bank was formed, was to pay interest after the rate of 34 per cent. (and not three per cent., as stated by you) on the shares, from the allotment to the time they were paid for, the directors voluntarily paid in terest after the rate of five per cent. per annum upon the no minal value of the shares until the cash was paid, which pay ment, as to my own shares, and as to those of the defendants Ashton and Turner, was wholly made in May and June, 1836. That the dividend of 8 per cent, declared in February, 1836, was for a period of between 16 and 17 months, during which the bank had been in operation at the close of 1835 ; and which, therefore, was at the rate of between 5 and 6 per cent, per annum. That the declaration of this high rate of dividend was in direct opposition to the wishes and votes of myself and of the defendants Ashton and Turner, who were anxious to pay, or voted for, only such a rate of dividend as would have enabled the directors not only to discharge the current expenses of the establishment, but the amount of the dividend declared out of the profit made up to the close of 1835. In this object, however, the Manchester directors were outvoted by the local directors, myself entering a pro test against the higher dividend declared, which, when paid out of the profits of the bank, left a portion of the current expenses unpaid, but which remaining portion of expenses were discharged out of the profits of the year 1836, before the dividend of February, 1837, was declared. That the directors made the report to the shareholders on the accounts and representations produced and made to them by the officers in the bank, under a full conviction of the truth of those statements, and that notwithstanding the ex pecte evidence adduced by the plaintiff on the late trial, there is riot the slightest pretence for charging the directors with any intention to deceive either the shareholders or the public in any of those statements. In reference to the decision of the then directors of the bank to appropriate a sum of £lO,OOO in the purchase of shares, as the resolution was passed on the Ist April, 1840, after not only myself, but the defendants Ashton and Tur ner, had ceased to be directors of the bank, neither myself nor those defendants can be held responsible, nor is it for me to assign motives for such a resolution. I am unwilling to believe that the statements and observa tions published by you, have been prepared with any object to advance the private interest of a particular individual to the prejudice of the directors of the bank ; but I must be allowed to say that I consider those statements and observa tions to be unwarranted, even by the coloured and grossly partial evidence delivered on the trial, a large portion of which evidence 1 know to be at variance with the facts of the case, and some of it in direct opposition to the correspond ence of the plaintiff, and to the written report of the wit nesses themselves, but which, as the defendants were ad vised by their counsel not to call evidence, (the plaintiff having wholly failed to establish a case of fraud,) they had not the opportunity of rebutting. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS SLATER. Oldham-road, Manchester,lApril 28, 1838. [Our remarks were founded entirely on the evidence ad duced at the trial, and the reluctant belief of Mr. Slater ex pressed at the opening of the last paragraph, is as uncalled for as it is unjust. What Mr. Slater says about himself and some of the defendants not being directors of the bank at the time when the alleged malpractices took place, has nothing to do with our statements, which were made with reference to the management of the bank, and not to the conduct of any individual members of the board.] THE SHIPWRIGHTS AND RADICALISM TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sia,—A paragraph appeared in the Mercury yesterday, stating that a numerous body of shipwrights and others had held a meeting in Bond-street Rooms, to hear a deputation from the Anti-Monopoly Society, and that a resolution was passed requesting our borough members to support a repeal of the corn-laws. The great number of shipwrights present was six, including myself; and four of us attended merely to see that no damage was done to the rooms, as we were, and still remain, quite opposed to the principles of the radical Anti-Monopoly Society. The shipwrights of Liverpool are a loyal body of men, and are not to be gulled by a set of men whose only object is to enrich themselves and oppress the industrious working man. We all know cheap bread means low wages. It was some time before they could get a shipwright to move the resolution ; and though some of the speakers stated that they would be glad to hear and answer any person who objected to their statements, when a person came forward to speak they would not hear him, because he was not a shipwright. I am, sir, yours respectfully, JOHN LdNGWORTH. Toxteth-park, April 2911 t, 1843. [We are glad to find that our old friends are true to their colours, but they must be prepared for all sorts of tricks by the radicals.] GREAT COMET.—The following[ is an extract from a letter dated Pernambuco, 18th March, 1813. " A comet has been visible here for the last three months. On its first appear- ance it caused a great setisation; we see it every night quite distinctly." HYDROPATHY ; OR, THE WATER CURE.—The individual to whom the world is indebted, as the founder of this new remedial system, is Vincent Priessnitz, and the place which has for many years past acquired notoriety by the astonish ing cures effected there, and has been visited by the prince, the peer, and the peasant, is Grafenberg, a distant village in Austrian Silesia. The benefits of the water cure are now extended over Europe. The attention of society is now fully alive to the efficacy of this mode of treatment, which, when properly applied, has been most eminently successful, (emi nently so in ladies' cases,) and, though potent in its opera tion, is, when judiciously managed, perfectly harmless.— County Chronicle. MANCHESTER UNION MORAL AND INDUSTRIAL TRAIN ING SCHOOL.—On Friday the corner stone of this extensive edifice, situate in the township of Swinton, was laid by Wm• Garnett, Esq., High Sheriff. The design of the building is to make provision, at a distance from the Manchester union workhouse, for the children for whose accommodation the house itself is insufficient. The structure will be in the Elizabethan style of architecture. The front will be 458 feet in length ; the building will be in the form of a quadrangle, inclosing a large space which will be occupied as play-ground, but the total quantity of land is 23 acres, which has been purchased of the trustees of the townships of Anlezark and Charnock, for a perpetual ground rent of £250. The centre of the front elevation will be surmounted by two turrets, and the appearance of the building, as seen from the high road, from which it is distant about 50 yards, will be very elegant. It is intended to accommodate 1500 children in the first in stance, and will be constructed so as to be easily capable of enlargement, to the extent of accomodating 2300. The cost of the superstructure will be about £lB,OOO exclusive of the foundations which are already in. The building will comprise school-rooms for boys and girls and for infants, with class and lecture-rooms, and dining-rooms adjoining; also various workshops, where different trades will be taught,—the object of the guardians being to give each of the children the rudi ments of a trade, in connection with so much literary in struction, as will cause them to be readily taken out as apprentices or domestic servants. In the back part of the building will be infirmaries, fever-wards, and other rooms for the reception of the sick, with rooms for the medical officers. The great dining hall be nearly in the centre of the building, surrounded by the various domestic apartments, and entered by several doors. On the ground floor will be rooms for working, and all the necessary apparatus. The dormitories will occupy the upper story. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER RACES, FRIDAY The ROODEE HANDICAP STAKES of £lO each, h ft, if de clared before twelve o'clock on the day of the race ; 50 added ; for three-yr-olds that have run during the week ; from the two mile post in. 8 4 Mr. F. R. Pric's Colin Clink 8 2 Capt. Harcourt's Sir Abstrupus .. 7 10 Mr. Worthington's Ilooton 6 I'2 Mr. Rawcliffe's ch c Bizarre—Esperance.... Ebdale 4 Even on the winner ; won in a canter by two lengths. The PALATINE STAKES of 450 each, b ft, for three-yr-old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 21b; to start at the Castle pole, go once round, and finish at the coming-in chair. Off by consent. The CIIESIIIRE STAKES of X 25 each, 15ft, and 5 only if de clared on or before the Ist Feb., with 50 added ; two miles ; the second to save his stake. 33 subs, 15 of whom de clared, and pay only £5 each. 7 6 Lord Eglinton's Jamie Forest a fr Mr. Mostyn's br f Irony 7 0 Sir W. Stanley's ch c Vakeel Copeland 3 5 0 Mr. R. Errington's b f Corelia . Betting : 2 to 1 agst Vakeel, 6 to 5 agst Jamie Forest, and 6to 1 agst Irony. This was a most splendid race, and was only won by a head ; Vakeel struggled hard, and was only beaten for second place by a head. The WIRRAL STAKES of 10 each, with 50 added; for two and three-years old; two 6st 121 b, three 9st ; two-year-old course ; half a mile ; the second to save his stake. Mr. Mostyn's Mandarin, by Velocipede, 3 yrs.... Marlow 1 Capt. Harcourt's Sir Abstrupus, 3 yrs Lye 2 Mr. Osborne's The Heir, 2 yrs Mr. J. Peck's b c Peter Plirnjey, 3 yrs Templeman 5 Betting: 7 to 4 agst Sir' Astrupus, 7 to 2 agst The Heir, 4 to 1 agst Mandarin, and 4 to 1 against Peter Plimley ; won by a length easy. The LADIES' PURSE of £5O, to be run for by forges beaten during the week ; heats, twice rod the conrse to a heat ; to start at the coming-in chair; three yrs old qst 121 b, four Bat 21b, five Bst 181 b, six anti aged list. The second to re ceive £lO. General `Sharpe's ch g Lara, 5 yrs Templeman 1 1 Capt. Harcourt's Arnagill, 5 yrs . • Sir W. Stanley's b c Pensive, 3 yrs Lara carried Bst 121 b, Arnagill, Oat 41b, and Pensive 7st. TiiE COMET.—A letter from St. Petersburgh, of the 11th of April, says—," Neither here nor at Vulmonia (3), where the principal obgervato.iy is situated, have our astronomers been able, with all their efforts, to discover the eery cornet. It has not been visible in this 'part of the empire, though at several places i n Southern li.ussi'a It was discernible by t o e naked eye (that is to say the tail) as far back as the month of February, whenever the state of the atmosphere permitted. As for the nucleus, it could no,t be seen without the aid of a telescope," TIIE F4prQny drip , .—Dtwir,wrgna CHuncHNEN• —The real cause of the disagreement lietwoen the Legisla ture and the Dissenters, is, that these tw o p art i es regard the question from two entirely di fferent poi n t s o f v i ew. The Government, having inquired into the matter by the agency of a body of intelligent commissioners, h as b ecome ac quainted with a state of things which all public men declare to be fraught with the greatest danger to the State. It there fore declares, with the concur rence of Parli ament, and of the nation at large, that immediate measures for the removal or alleviation of the evil must and shall be taken. The Dis senters, on the other hand, look less at the feartlfustl ascertained deficiency, than they do at their own doings in reduction of that deficiency. They see that a good and efficient and per weakeny.abs by the State, fn and reduce, if not utterly destroy, Mliny of Aor inevitably schools. And their funduess for . t4eir ?feu doings renders them blind to the great natiqual ga i n, w hich will accrue from increased gad really suflieleat provision, sioctm vent pRoMOTIN6 CH itieTIANITY AAIONG THE JEWS. The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Irish Auxiliary to this truly interesting society was held in the 'Tuesday.i Dublin Rotun da, on 'Tuesday. The room was crowded n every part by Otto o f the largest and most respectable assemblies we have ever seen in the Rotunda, and the deepest Interest was ma nifested by the entire meeting in the proceedings. The Dean of Clo g h er an d Archdeacon of Derry, and seve ral clergymen add resse d th e me eting, but we have only room for the following abbreviated report of the speech of the Rev. THOMAS NOLA N, of this town. He said,-1t is not among the least remark a bl e f eatures o f the present time, the increas ing interest awake ne d i n th e m inds and hearts of Christians towards Jerusalem and the dispersed Judah. It is full of good hope and encouragement; and even though Ow il rizon lowers, and danger seems to threaten, the thought of this bids the Christian " thank God and take courage." God is faith ful who 'lath promised, and his word is, " They shall prosper that love thee—blessed is he that blesseth thee." The great object of Christian doctrine is to set forth the glory, the cha racter, and the will of God, and of Christian duty to promote that glory, to emulate that character, and fulfil that will; the sole depository where the record of God's will and the rule of man's duty . is to be found is the inspired word, the Holy Bible ; this is profitable equally for doctrine and for instruc tion in righteousness; and just so far as we are practically penetrated by the power of that word, is God's will accom plished concerning us; and his will is our sanctification--so our Lord prays for his people, " Sanctify them through thy truth, thy word is truth." Now, it is plain from this prin ciple—which it would have been a pleasing and a profitable task to expound more fully—that the value and importance of every question, in the eye of a Christian, must be esei ma t e d by its tendency to acquaint u s with the mind of God, by bringing us fully and frequently in contact with his word. In this respect we are bold to claim for the Jewish nation and question a noble pre-eminence above all others; a depth of intense interest clings to the Jew, that we look for in vain elsewhere. Looking back to the very earliest period, we find the Jews—for "Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord" Throughout the entire history, fulfilled or unfulfilled, of the church, they are not lost sight of ; for " though I make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee ;" and at the very end the glo rious promise is reserved and secure for them, " I will make of thee an eternal excellency and a lay of many generations." So that, in turning your attention to the patient and prayer ful study of the Jewish Scriptures, and bespeaking your ac tive sympathies in behalf of the Jewish cause, we do most effectually promote your own growth in grace and in know ledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, inasmuch as to the Israelites "pertaineth the adopti on , th e g l ory, th e covenants, the ser vice of God, and the promises —whose are the fathers, and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever." The record of their polity is the hook of God, the charter of their hopes is the covenant of God : to love them is to be like God, for they are graven on the palms of his hands; they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. To labour Ito do them good is to bring down a bles sing from God on ourselves, our church, and our country, since " they shall prosper that love thee." The indirect col lateral advantages consequent upon a warm devotedness to the cause of Israel, are both numerous and important—that already alluded to, for instance, our being thereby familiarized so much with the word of God ; and, beside this, the best light at which to study the page of Eternal Truth is that caught from the brightness of Israel's destiny. This is the master-key to unlock most of the difficulties of Scripture; it is the master-chord with which some of the sweetest and ho liest strains of Scripture are accurately in tune. These mo tives (and they are neither few nor weak,) are wholly exter nal to the subject itself—they consist of the advantages ac cruing to ourselves from the adoption and furtherance of the Jewish cause ; whereas the claims of any cause, or society, must rest upon their own intrinsic merit. (Hear, hear.) The Jewish question is one purely of prophecy ; the subject matter of it is simply the Word of God; the prominency as signed to the Jewish nation in that word—" Ye are my wit nesses," saith the Lord—is applicable to that nation, alike in its spreadings over the past, its present calamitous dispersion, and in its vast and glorious predicted outstretchings into futurity. With this question tire Jewish society, as such, has no concern. It sends the Gospel to the Jews as to poor sinners perishing for lack of knowledge; and any pe culiarity in this society, from an ordinary missionary society, arises not from any difference in the objects aimed at, but from the pesuliarity of the people, the objects of its solicitude, who require missionaries peculiarly trained, and as well furnished men of God, as are required for any other por tion of the Lord's vineyard. The Jewish question has to do with the nation, Israel, and Judah, the ten tribes as well as the two. The society is in quest of the " remnant according to the election of grace," gathered out of Judah alone, and his companions of the house of Israel. The great things, which are most surely believed by many of us engaged in this holy work, and looked forward to as the bright points of hope for this interesting people, are not to be accomplished by the agency of man. The tide of second causes seems certainly now beginning' to flow towards Jerusalem: the sons of the strangers may be said even now to be building her walls, but their glorious conversion must be the direct work of the Lord himself. lie wilt restore all things—the kingdom of Israel included His spirit will be poured out of grace and of sup plication upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem. This is not a society for the accomplishment of prophecy—the Lord will hasten His own work, in his own time, " even so Lord Jesus come quickly—amen." But, while he tarries, the Jewish society seeks, like a faithful ser vant, to fulfil the Lord's command—preach the Gospel to every creature, "beginning at Jerusalem."—(Hear, hear, and applause.) This distinction 'tis important to make, equally for the society's sake as for our own—first, because it places the matter on its true basis ; and, secondly, there are many who, though unable to sympathize with us in our hopes and views concerning the glory reserved for Jerusalem at the coming of the Lord Jesus, yet fully concur in acknow ledging the duty of sending the Gospel to the Jews now.— (Hear, hear.) Again, it is of advantage to ourselves also to realise to our own' minds the hopeless wretchedness of the unbelieving Jew; for there is danger lest, in contemplating the grandeur of national pre-eminence designed for him in the " revealed counsels of the Lord, that chaugeth not," we may lose sight of the ruin in which he is now involved, "cast oft' because of unbelief." We must all agree in re garding the Jew especially as an object of anxious commis aeration and tender sympathy to the Christian ; his common claim as a fellow-creature belonging to the family of fallen man, is surely not weakened by his special claim as a Jew, to whom " pertaineth the adoption." Every motive by which we are exhorted to bring the tidings of great joy with in reach of the Heathen, apply as forcibly to the case of the Jew, nay, more—are fearfully enhanced by the recollection of the privileges which he still continues to neglect and despise. His great advantage and profit above other nations was, that " unto him were committed the oracles of God." To this day he professes to reverence and to be guided by these oracles, but, alas! he is blind to their contents. The yell is upon his heart when Moses is read : he cannot find Him, of whom Moses in th e l aw an d th e pro phets did write, for the spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus. He has light enough to aggravate fearfully his responsibility, but riot enough to secure his salvation. He has the words of salva tion in his hands, but, like the Athopian eunuch, he under stands not what he reads, and with him may reply to us, " How can 1, except some man should guide me ?" Oh ! dear brethren, here is a great claim upon us to send some Philip, to go near and speak unto him, " that through your out into the mercy he may obtain mer c y." Thi s is truly the obje c t o f this society, and a glori ous o bj ec t it is, to go byways to seek the lost one s o f the house of Judah, and to speak to them words whe re by th e y m ay be saved ; t o t a k e them to their own Scriptures, and out of those same Scrip tures to preach unto them Jesus and the resurrection—ex horting them to repent, to be converted, and to be baptized. It was thus we were dealt with ourselves by the ancestors of those Jews, the first preachers of the word : it was in this spirit of compassionating love our blessed Redeemer (him. self a Jew) went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, to be stow peace and blessing upon the poor Syrophceniciau woman, as the first fruits of the Gentiles. So he commanded his apostle St, Peter to go down from Joppa to Cresarea,nothing doubting : to him had been committed the keys of the king dom of Heaven : with the Jewish key he opened up the Gos pel on the day of Pentecost at Jerusalem—and now he is sent down with the Gentile key to Cornelius, to open a door of mercy unto him, since God had granted to the Gentiles repentance unto life. The middle wall of partition is broken down. The Gospel was thenceforth to be the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth it—first, doubtless, to the Jew : but, also, though after, to the Greek : and so the Apostles testified both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith to our Lord Jesus Christ. —(Hear.) The case is now reversed : we, who were not a people, now are a people. These are the times of the Gen tiles : God is still visiting us to take of us a people for His name. Jerusalem is still trodden down. Behold, therefore, the goodness and severity of God—they were cast off because of unbelief; and we stand by faith—we walk by faith —we live by faith. Faith works by lore, as Christ also loved us —and love keeps his commandments. " Preach the Gospel, beginning at Jerusalem," is still unrepealed—" Blessed is he that blesseth thee,": is still unrecalled. Now is an oppor tunity, and so we read, even so have those also now not believed that through your mercy they may obtain mercy. The sympathy of the Lord Jesus is still undiminished to wards them : they are beloved still for their father's sake : his bowels of compassion still yearn towards them as when he wept over Jerusalem, and mourned over her approaching . He wills us to speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and :o seek to do her good.--s(Hear, hear.) The body of Mr. E. V. Busfield, who was unfortunately lately drowned near Dlackvvall, was found on Thursday last about n mile and three quat ters from where the melancholy accident took place. The coroner's jury, on view of the body, found a verdict of accidental death. DISASTER AT CAMDEN .TOWN.—On Wednesday evening, about seven o'clock, the neighbourhood of Camden-town was thrown into consternation by the following distressing cir curnstance:—Mr. T. Hall, about 40 years of age, upholsterer, of 3, Stucley-terrace (near Mother Redcap's), was lying ill in his chamber of brain fever. Being delirious, he attempted to leap out of the window, two stories above the shop. His brother tried to prevent the leap, but was immediately felled to the floor by the unhappy maniac, who speedily accom plished his purpose. He was picked rip frotn'the pavement, with nothing on but his nightshirt, by a workman, in whose arms he expired in about three minutes after. Deceased has left a wife, but no 'family. MURDISItS AT SUNDERLAND.—On Tuesday an extraordi nary sensation was produced at Sunderland, by the following William Ferry, a seaman, tragical occurrence. had been for some time confined in the Gateshead Lunatic Asylum. o,l\ Saturday he con t r i ve d to make his c.4eape, an'tl aivi,ved at home on - Monday. 11 isfatoily consisted of hiMSelf, his w i;e, and five children, three of lipin only were in the house on the night Of Tnesday\ vi 4., :javah A nne ( the eldest) a b out seventeen years of age, Viliiam, aged nine years, and Han nah, a child nine months old ; there was also a youth named Duncan, who lodged in the house. The children went to bed at their usual hour, and the wife did not entertain any doubts of her own or their safety, for a neighbour who was in the house about nine o'clock, and suspecting the man's insanity proposed to remain in the house during the night, but the poor woman thought there was no necessity for this v\-ecatt tion, and accordingly she left soon afturwrcis. ' The house consists only of two room i in tile Wont room the wife slept in a camp bed with her daughter, and in a desk bed were the nun: boy and Duncan ; in the hack room Ferry was to sleep. About twelve o'clock the little boy was awakened by hearing his father beating his sister over the head with a tire shovel, which very speedily killed her, her head being fractured in a shocking manner. Not a word passeti between them that he heard. Whilst this was geinq on Mrs. Ferry awoke, and alive to the awful nature c. of 1 her situation, jumped out of bed and attempted to escape, probably to call the woman above referred to; but her Maniac husband pursued her, and when she was at the top of the stairs, he threw a water skeal at her, which hit her over the face, and she in stantly fell. He then took up a log of wood about ten inches long, mid six or seven inches in diameter, with which lie beat her head, as if in the act of beating a substance to powder, and for the purpose of more effectually_ fi n i s hi ng t h e work he used a fire poker. She of course immedi a t e l y exp i re d under these repeated and fu rious blows. About the time of her death, Duncan ( w h o during this interval had got out of the house) succeeded in arousing the neighbours, and some of them with the police were speedily in the house, and the author of this sad tragedy was seeure4 . zknd taken to the Monkwearmouth police statittn, vill'c.'re he raved all the day. The youngest ciiild ewaped uninjured, and the boy named William was allowed to remain a spectator of the murder of his mother anid the child, his father promising not to hurt him because his name was NVilliann• In the evening a coro ner's inquest was held and the jury returned a verdict of " wilful murder" against the unfortunate man. OV TWA LEICESTER HOSIERY TRADE..---It is extremely difficult to ascertain the actual state of trade in Leicester; the unex pected stoppage of the bank of Messrs. Clarke, Phillips, and Co., has acted like the shock of an earthquake, and has pro duced the most intense alarm and concentration through all grades of society. Ai it is accompanied by the failure of another bank, in a neighbouring market town, it caused a complete panic last Saturday, upon the fact being made known. Its effect was even greater amongst the agriculturists than the manufacturers and tradesmen, as cattle suddenly lowered in price from £2 to £2 10s. in the Leicester market. The glove trade is, to all appearance, in about the same state that it has been for some weeks past, the hands being pretty generally employed. The woollen glove season appears to be dawning, which holds out hopes that a good season may be expected. It has come earlier than usual. The fancy hosiery branch is improving ; more material has been given out, and more is expected every ensuing week. The articles made are cravats, shawls, children's boots, mitts, cuffs, and many other articles, which, in addition to the frame-workers, em ploys many hands in warping, winding, and making-up.— Nottingham Journal, of Friday. HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES.—The silk glove branch in the town is in much the same state as last week, that is, the hands are only partially employed, and that in a very un certain manner, making generally slop gloves, with cut thumb holes, and other inferior and fradulent methods of fashioning. On the other hand, at Derby, Wiper, Duffield, and other villages in that part of the county of Derby, the glove hands are fully employed, making very superior qualities of gloves, and, in many instances, having extra fashion.—lbid. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, APRIL 2.1. In the piece market there has been rather more business done, but prices have been extremely low. There is also a little improvement in the wool market, and the dealers are asking rather higher prices. Tsit IRON TRADE.—The iron and metal trade gets worse and worse. It is in it that the want of the American market is pr'ncipally felt. This will readily be believed when it is considered that in 1839 our exports to the United States of iron and steel, copper and brass, and tin plates, amounted to £1,227,808, besides hardware and cutlery, amounting to £849,640 : making a total of £2,077,448 worth of metals and their manufactures, exported in one year to America. Fur ther, when we consider that of this prodigious sum no less than £1,650,838 was for iron and its manufactures, and that this extensive trade has fallen off to about one-third, we shall have an important fact to assist us in guessing at the causes of the depression of the iron trade. In Staffordshire, out of 111 furnaces, 53 are now lying cold, and have been blown out for 12 months, and their non-production withdrawn at least 220,480 tons weekly from the market; notwithstanding this, the price of iron continues to fall, the demand to become less, and the worst, but clearly inevitable, evil follows — wages are reduced, and industrious men are driven out of employment.— Worcester Herald. PROSPECTS OF THE RETURNING PROSPERITY OF THE COUNTRY. During the last month, if not within the last fortnight, we have encountered so many complaints of public distress in retail trade, in industrial occupation, in commerce, in manu factures, and we lament to be be compelled to add, in agri culture also, both as regards farmers and their labourers ; and the question has been so often suggested to us, how long this is to last, and whether there is any reasonable expecta tion of an improvement taking place, and from what quarter, and at what time, that we can in truth scarcely direct our thoughts to any other subject. We admit the circumstances of the distress, and its gene ral existence among all classes, to the fullest extent in which we find it alleged, as the proofs before us amount to evidence admitting of no doubt. In retail trade, even in the very ne cessaries of household life, consumption has very greatly fallen off; smaller profits are made even upon what is sold, and thus the large class of our shopkeepers are suffering their share in the common distress. In the industrial occupations of great towns—we are not speaking here of manufacturing towns, but of cities like Lotidon,—the wages of labour, such as that of mechanics, has not been proportionately reduced, and therefore this class of people is suffering less than the shopkeepers. In shipping and commerce we have had occa sion to know that the suffering is very great, and merchants and shipowners can no longer find a due employment for their capital. It is needless to say anything of manufactur ing distress as it existed about a month from the present date. In agriculture the low price of corn and cattle has spread a panic amongst the farmers, and their labourers are necessarily suffering under its effect. So much as to the fact of the distress. As to the causes, they are almost equally obvious with the existence of the distress itself. The manufacturers have been depressed, not to say ruined, by the three concurrent causes of the total failure of the American market; of the prohibi tory system of the continent of Europe ; and of over-produc tion, and senseless competition, in the very jaws of ruin, amongst themselves. Our shipping and commerce have suf fered from the state of the foreign, European, and American markets ; our retail trade has suffered in like manner from the impoverishment of its customers, and from the reduced income and wages of the middle and labouring classes. In the very midst of all this we have the income tax, which has put all the higher and middle classes, from whom expendi ture mainly proceeds, each in itself, under the necessity of saving the amount of the tax from their establishments, and has thus still further reduced general consumption and em ployment. The weight of this has fallen chiefly upon the in dustrial and mechanic bodies, and has thus involved them in the common distress of their masters and superiors. Again, the vast proportion of the poor, who are now supported in unions and by the parish, has also had a twofold operation in adding to the common suffering ; first, by the increased bur den of parish rates ; and secondly, by the reduced consump tion of the poor in unions from what such consumption would be upon the wages of their own labour. All these causes and their operations are so obvious and evident as not to re quire a further word in explanation of the causes of public distress. In what we have above said, wo must be understood as speaking of the state and condition pf the country as it ex isted a short time ago. We think we are not disposed to be too sanguine, but our present impression is, that some light is now beginning to dawn upon us, and we perceive plain symptoms of approaching improvement. The sPrings . ;eent to be again rising ; and channels, which have been hitherto klry, begin to exhibit the signs of the re turning waters, Our sources of production are, indeed, all unimpaired. No country in the world is so rich in realised and treasured capital, and in accumulated machinery—two of the first instruments in trade and commerce. In agricul ture, our soil was never so fertile, and our mode of tillage, and employment of manure, never so skilful and so diffused. In minerals also—iron, copper, tin, lead, &c.—our mines were never more productive, or better and more scientifically worked. In manufactures also, so far as workmanship goes, we maintain our superiority over all the nations of the world. Thus all our resources are unquestionably entire, and thus the continuance or termination of the present stageof 4istmss is a question of markets only. The main point of inquiry, tlierf.fe,rc, cznies to this :—is there any reasonable gro,und kn; expecting that our markets are improving, and thri in the failure of the foreign maim facturi,ig market of Europe, of which we fear we must nearly take our final leave, other sources are about to open upon us, which nosy in a great measure supply this defect, and restore the former demand for British manufactures ? So large a portion of our national industry, or, in simpler words, our labouring class, has been hitherto competently and comfortably supported upon tbe extent of our foreign commerce, that we feel ai greatnatural reluctance to abandon all hope of the return of foreign trade. It affords us, therefor, g c Lat satisfaction to be enabled to hold out wbat w¢ aeon r, very reasonable hope of the return of a great portion of trade. with the United States of America. Upon general and obvious principles, we entertain no manlier of doubt that these states, in despite of themselves, will be com pelled to return to their former trade with Great Britain, and after a very short trial to abandon their present restric... : tive system. America, with her new lands, and, sylAat neces sarily accompanies such a state of society, Ler:dear labour, and her scattered population, cav i n o t, with all her efforts, manufacture for herself fc,,; some centuries to come, and must therefore 1.. w. driven by her natural necessities and phy sic:al ei 4 . eumstances to resort to the old states of Europe. Another circumstance peculiar to her situation, that of her common origin, and therefore common tastes and habits with ourselves, must also as necessarily give us the preferencle above the other nations of Europe. As these are it4;isputa. bly first principles, and indeed natural an 4 physizal neoessi ties, which it is impossible to re,sillt, we cannot hesitate to come to the conclusion, that the present oondition of trade between England and America is merely temporary ; in other words, Ow, in despite of her present perverse policy, nature and necessity will ultimately force their way, and that the Americans will again be compelled to resort to the British market. All experience shows that no nation can violent' , force itself from one stage of occupation to another. Al new states must commence with the agricultural stage, am can only pass into the second or manufacturing stage whek their lands are fully occupied and cultivated, when Owl: , po pulation becomes condensed into cities, and who;1 the ootn petition in the labour market between agri;;Uiture and manu factures shall cease. Dear lab,ohr, which is always the tie d cessary accompaniment of cheap lands, can never consist and stand together w4ll pasperous manufactures. A g aiu, even as regards our European market, although we fear We must take our leave of a great part of it, there is still some portion remaining, which, acc ording to present appear ances. seems to promise fairly. A circular from Liverpool is now befo r e us, signed by Messrs. Buch a nan and Co., which states th a t the cotton market is now obviously rising, and that our pro s pects for the corning season are exceedingly good. There has been a great increase for the foreign de mand for yarns, many of the German manufacturers having s increased their orders. The same circular gve a still more _ tlatScrins accocitit of the increased demand of our home mar- ANCEIRiTER.-04V cloth market is without change, for an extensive business is doily , . and at the full prices of last week. 6('s 27-inch, as also 40-inch shirlings, are very scarce • iii the market, and the buyers are anxious to make contracts at the prices that have been current for the last ten days. The shippers are operating very freely, being certain that • pi biting cloth is not at present likely to recede, in conse quence of the light stocks on hand. Domestic cloth, we are also pleased to learn, is ready of sale, where the manufac turers will take a market price, and, with one or two except tions, the stocks of this description of cloth still continue light. The yarn trade is heavy, arid spinners cannot get on to any extent at the prices current last week. The yarn trade is brisk, particularly for printed muslin-de-laines, which can ' not be produced sufficiently fast to meet the demand. 27-inch 66's may he quoted 4s. 7W. to 4s. 10Id., and 72's 4s. 101 d. to ss. 3d.—Manchester Advertiser of Saturday. BOLTOS.—There has no material change taken place in the trade of this town during the last fortnight, which still pre sents a most animated appearance. Counterpanes have a fair sale, and quiltings and muslins have received a slight further improvement. Cotton yarns are unusually brisk, and altogether the trade in yarns is encouraging. Founderies Of both brass and iron continue to be more and more fully em ployed. Bleachworks are still well stocked with work.—llid. BRADFORD, TRURSDAY.—WoeI Market. There is no marked difference in this article during the past week. A tolerable quantity has changed hands at prices similar to last week.—l'ara. The dematid for yarn continues steady, and prices fully supported.—Piece. There is a fair average busi ness done, and the prospect for the future is no way worse than for some time past. Prices are generally firm.—Wake field Journal of Saturday. TRADE OF LEEDS.—The amount of business transacted in the cloth-halls, on Saturday and Tuesday last, exceeded that of any corresponding market-days during the present year, and the woollen trade generally, both for the home and foreign market, is in a tolerably active state. It is true that prices do not advance much, but it is gratifying to know that many of the operatives are better employed than they have been for a long time past, and that manfacturers and merchants are not doing business without some profit to themselves.— Leeds latelligencer. of Saturday. linerrax MARKET.—There was again an animated de mand for mixture cloths, fine lastings, and even some of the ordinary qualities of eamlets and other heavy stuffs at this market on Saturday, but the manufacturers were unable to raise the prices or to realize better profits. Yarns sold readily at late prices; as did the finer sorts of combing wools, but the ordinary qualities were thought to be less firm.—lbid. HUDDERSFIELD M ARK ET.---We have no change to note in the demand for goods at this market on Tuesday last. There were fully as many buyers as on the previous Tuesday, and a fair business was done in most descriptions of fancy goods. We cannot hear of any very decided improvement in prices, though it is generally considered that in that re spect " things are somewhat better " than they were lately. —lbid. OW . 11014 ii tra4s," it this OiffikatiV, " shays 110 mc.ioith - v is fast sw.ergir4 trQin previ• out and lone,-oontioued depression 1 our operatives are in many quarters earning increased wagas all articles of food are at low prices, and with a prospect of their so continuing, and also with the prospect of continued good employment. Thus, if sonic branches of business appear discouraging, others (and those nearest home) are undoubtedly improving. A low price for cotton is ever a most desirable consideration, especially in this immediate vicinity." But we must repeat that our main reliance must still be upon ourselves ; we must look chiefly for the improvement of our markets from our Indian, China, and colonial trade, and finally from that enlarged consumption, which the reduc tion of our public expenditure, the removal of the incumber ing and disheartening income tax, and the development of our own intrinsic and independent icsourees will introduce into our own home market. In India, we have one hundred millions of subjects, and a country of such extent as to comprehend every variety of soil and climate; we may have sugar, and all tropical produce, to any extent, and the gradual civilisation of the natives will introduce a large demand for British manufacturers. It re quires only a better system of administration in England and India to develop the vast resources of this mighty branch of our colonial empire; we must depart from the narrow sys tem of sacrificing the interests of this immense territory to those of our West India Islands, and we must become more attentive to the common interests of India and Great Britain Unless we greatly deceive ourselves, India, under a more in telligent system of commercial administration, would of it self more than supply all that we could possibly lose by the European market, and would amply repay us for any new privileges we might confer upon them. Without infringing upon the territorial rights of the Company, we may at once enrich India and ourselves. In China, also, it is needless to speak of the enlarged trade which we may reasonably expect from the new facilities noes afforded to us. " I have traversed China," said Sir George Staunton, in the late debate in the House of Commons, from north to south in two successive embassies, and I re sided for some years in a public capacity under the Company at Canton ; I am therefore enabled to give my testimony, that the Chinese, from the greatest to the least, are willing to take, and are able to consume British manufactures to a very great extent, and that nothing is wanting but a careful and vigilant system of commercial intercourse upon our part. But we must have nothing to say to the opium trade ; we must not offend the public opinion of that empire, and the determined purpose of the Emperor himself, by that odious and immoral traffic." In Australia, also, we have a wide and growing field for an increasing demand upon the British market. Let us extend this colony by an intelligent system of colonisation, an in creased encouragement of settlers, and we shall soon reap the benefit of it by au augmented demand upon our home market. In Canada, also, we have already done much by the pacific conciliation of the two parties which recently divided that colony. Let us continue to pursue the same system and en courage her growth and trade, and we shall here also find another outlet for British commodities. Filially, let us add to this a steady and uniform reduction. of public burdens at home; let us get rid of the main griev ance as soon as the public necessities will admit ; let us cut off all useless expenditure and spare the public purse, and we shall cease to have cause to complain of reduced con sumption, and unremuuerating prices. —Bell's Weekly Ales :el:2er. FASHIONS FOR MAY. (From the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion) The newest and most fashionable material of the season is the came:eon silk, deriving its name from the ever-varying shades it assumes in different lights ; this, with taffetas na cre, Pekin Bengal, Ecossais gitana, barges of many styles, foulards, mousselines cachemire, &c., are now replacing the thicker materials of winter; all shades of grey and violet are fashionable. Buttons are much used on redingotes and robes of demi neglige ; they are made of coloured glass, agate stones, &c., having a gold point in the centre, and are of a round form. Black lace is almost an indispensable ac companiment of every toilette; camails are of lace, scarfs of lace, flounces of lace, &c., &c. Point de Venise is also much in demand, and is made in every colour; and the patterns are either antique, renaissance, or pompadour ; it is also made in black and white for shawls, or scarfs of cachemire or bar6ge. Dresses continue to be made unreasonably long, particularly behind ; the trimmings are two very deep flounces with ruche, two tucks, or two biais placed in a lengthened wave ; the bodies continue high and tight, but many have full backs, or a little fulness on the shoulders, and the cein ture is not excluded ; the pelerine is a little changed in form, concealing less of the figure ; the sleeves are still tight, but those a la Louis XIII. have many admirers, and it is ex pected will become more general as the season advancers. For evening dresses, gauze or linon, forming double skirts in two colours, the one pink, the other lilac, are much ad mired, producing the effect so much approved of the came leon silk. The same style is also applied to bonnets of gaze lisse ; it produces the opal tints. Mantilles of black filet, with trimmings of the same, will be very fashionable this season ; also the wanted Venitienne i❑ black or white, lined with lilac or pink silk; scarfs of glace silk are hollowed out at the throat, and trimmed ala grandemere. Crispins and carnails of tarlatane over silk, are made with four rows of lace and embroidery ; the various styles of mantelet all form pelerine behind, and the ends are rounded ; they are trimmed with ribbon a la vieille ; trimmings of ribbon quilled, and bands of silk decoupees in festons, are much in use. Bon nets are made inclining more over the face, and not quite so deep at the ears, and the crowns are not so low behind, but rather expose the hair; the more simple for morning wear are trimmed with plain ribbons. Capotes a coulisses are not much ornamented, and some are made of straw with silk crowns, with merely a nceud, and long ends at the side ; the chou is sometimes of plain list. White satin bonnets are covered with lace, and ornamented with along white feather ; the Penelope bonnet is the newest style, and capotes a la Madonne, with long veils of tulle. Leghorns, whether plain or sewed, are now in favour, and vary in form and trimming according to the use required. Bonnets of etoffe sylphide are made rather close, with a narrow bouillonn6 of tulle, and bunch of lilac or fleur de cedras ; pailles de riz mixed with silk form pretty capotes, with sprigs of May and feather leaves, or wreaths of aubepine. REBECCA AGAlN.—Trevanaghan Gate was once more en tirely demolished on Saturday night last, the toll-house le velled with the ground, and the stones of the building car ried away and thrown into the river at some distance from the gate. At the recent Penrith fair, half-bred sheep (between Lei cester and Cheviot,) sold at 225. Gd. each. The same kind last year sold for 265. Gd., and the year previously for 335. each, so that in two years the prices have fallen fully one third. The show of fat cattle was large, and prices went down considerably. The farmers are all looking out for a reduction of rent. The period being at hand for presenting to Parliament the financial statements for the current year, much curiosity is felt in the city as to their nature, which still appears to re main a profound secret. The chief points to which the atten tion of capitalists is directed are the possible reduction of the 34 per Cents., or a further reduction of the rate of interest on Exchequer bills. With respect to the first of these points the opinion is, that a reduction to 31 per cent. instead of 3 is far from improbable. At all events, it is believed that the reduction is, if any there should be, will not take place before next October.— Tines. We have much gratification in learning that a great part of the body of dissenters called Irvingites last week returned to the bosom of the Church of England. The members of the denomination at Nottingham, Bridgnorth, Stourbridge, and several other places were, we are informed, regularly pre sented to the bishops of the different dioceses. The so-called " angels " of several churches now assemble daily at their meeting-house, Newhall-street, in this town, where the larger portion of the Church of England service is daily read. These ministers in many respects conform to the ceremonies of the Church of Rome.—Birmingham Advertiser. LAUNCH or A ROYAL STEAM YACHT.—The launch of her Majesty's steam vessel, Victoria and Albert, took place at the Pembroke dock yard, on Wednesday, in the presence of ten thousand spectators. The vessel was named by Lady Cawdon, and precisely at half-past three o'clock the last supporter was knocked away, and the Victoria and Albert glided gently and gracefully into the water, amidst the cheers of the assembled thousands. The dockyard band, which was in attendance, then struck up " God save the Queen," and immediately ten thousand voices joined in singing the national anthem. The following are principal dimensions of this beautiful vessel : Feet. Inches. Length, extreme Length on the deck Length between perpendiculars 2OO 0 Length of keel for tonnage Breadth outside paddle-boxes 59 0 Breadth for tonnage . Breadth moulded llepth in hold 22 0 Burtheu in tons 1,049. She is divided into five water-tight compartments, and her engines are of 450-horse power. Some idea may be formed of the novel and peculiar style of tier construction, as well as of her great strength, when it is stated that she is built only with plank, the first two layers being of oak, 1# inches thick, placed across each other diago nally, at an angle of forty-five degrees, the outside plank being of larch, three inches thick, lying longitudinally, or with the sheer of the ship, and the whole being bound up with vertical and diagonal iron bands. Between each layer of plank the surface is covered with thick tarred felt. The ves sel, therefore, cannot leak, nAr he in the least degree damp, inside, and being divided tutu five compartments by four water-tight bu t l4heads, extending as high as the state-deck, it is imp,oasittle for the body ever to sink, although it might be hilgod in any part from accident. Her keel was laid on thy 9th of November, 1842. FOUNTAIN OF A.—Our ride of tb,c.r.iovritng, though trifling in respect of time or distanet;„ had left sonic o f ou r party and myself but little di:iposed for further exertion. Lady P., however, was wie:Olausted ; and the beauty of the evening and its comparative coolness induced her and myself to undert4c A visit to the neighbouring spring, which bears the name of the Prophet Elisha, and is the source of the waters which he sweetened. Never was a trifling exertion better rewarded. Our indefatigable jannissary and escort mounted with the utmost alacrity ; and the latter skirmished again incessantly during o our ride of some twenty m i nutes through the jungle. 'I he fountain is situated at the base of summit of which is pointed ou t the hill chain, a neighbouring as the ecene of our Lord's fasting anti temptation. I have scarcely seen a nobler f;,c,iir.)e. It might vie in volume with Holywell, or with another spring dear to my recollections. that of Wockaers, in Hertfordshire, whose waters the Duke of Jilaidgewater projected to conduct to London in rivalry with the New River. Some ancient masonry fences in the water on the one side ; a gigantic fig tree, its white stem gleaming through its leaves, overshadows the source ; and the stream rushes on through high reeds and dense jungle, over which the distant bilk of Moab were seen, crimson with the last glow of parting day. The red aspect of these bare mountains is very striking, even when not thus illumi nated. The hire and bald effect of this species of Syrian scenery has twea very happily rendered in a panorama lately exhibited of Damascus. It suggested here to the recollection the passage of 2 Kings, iii, 22, which commemorates the dispersion of the hosts of Moab, when the flood came down in the night from a mountain rain which refreshed the e>bausted hosts of Judah, Israel, and Edom, and which, by the redness of its current, made the Moabite believe that the allied powers had fought among themselves, and that the trenches were red. dened with the bloodshed, And they said this is blood . Now, therefore, Moab to the spoil. The kings p are surely slain, and they have smitten one another. The reeking horses oCoor escort needed no invitation to the stream; while they refreshed themselves in its pellucid waters, the and. scone formed as compact, manageable, and complete e k sub: jest for the pencil , as eve r ma d e Inc sigh over my niabilit) to do it justice. We know that when Sir Walter Scott visited Carlisle Castle, he was gravely shown the dungeon in which Feargus Maclvor was confined. IlaLl Lie been of our party, ha would doubtless have been told, as I the Diamond of the D esert so a d m i ra bly described in his ro mance of the Talisman. was, that was I know not whether some traveller's allusion to this scene may have sugges ed to him that lovely passage of his later works • but no detailed account of it would have aupplied him with the peculiar features of that passage, for which he drew on an imagination whose visions he could invest with all the charms of reality. To his e'd mirers it will probably be always a matte: of doubt, whether he most excelled in delineation from the life or from fancy. Between Jenny Deans and Rebecca, Teviot or the Diamond of the Desert, I, f or one, should he et a loss to decide.”— Mediterr4new 4 Sketches by Lora Francis Egerton. THIRD Standard-office, Tier LIVERPOOL. CORN EXCHANGI (Prom Messrs. 1?. MAKIN $• SOA the past few d With contrary \rinds durin of Grain and Flour into this pc been trivial, as well Coastwise as from heel Oatmeal by steamers we have to note a tol no recent imports of these articles from abroad, Stimulated by the slight indication of are Mark Lane, with the attendance of a nlot buyers at our Corn Exchange to-day free Wheat at the opening of the:inai somewhat increased confident morning particular qualities of Foreign realised a small vance, but the millers, though mostly low in stock, bou rather sparingly, and, after a few parcels were taken for I land, the trade appeared to close heavily at rates of se'nnight. Of bonded Wheat, a few hundred quay the Black Sea have been sold at 2s. lid Sicilian hard at 2s. 6d. per 70 lbs nit i 10 English, Irish, and Foreign Flour moved off s last quotations. Malting Barley met some enquiry, hut none was left on the market to answer the demand ; and grinding samples of this grain, as also Malt, Beans, and Pease, continued in much the same state as described last week. MONTHLY ACCOUNT of Imports, Duties Paid, and St( on hand in Liverpool, viz.:— Imported into Liverpool from the Ist to the 29th A 1843 : Foreign-900 qrs wheat, 1700 qrs oats, 1180 qrs be 2 qrs Indian Corn, 6 brls flour. Imported into Liverpool from the Ist to the 29t 1844: British and Colonial-5356 qrs wheat, 1728 ley, 19970 qrs oats, 47 qrs rye, 826 qrs beans, 10 q 37877 sacks oatmeal, 13,537 sacks IS barrels flout Duties paid in Liverpool from the Ist to the 2 - 1813 : Foreign-1977 qrs. wheat, 200 qrs. beans, 125 qrs. pease, 149 qrs. Indian corn, Duties paid in Liverpool from the let to the 1843. Colonial-1-133 qrs. wheat, 123 qrs. peas flour alley, 20 25 brls. 11 Stocks of Grain, Flour, and Oatmeal, computed in Liverpool 30th April : Free-80,000 qrs wheat, barley, 12,000 qrs oats, 1000 qrs rye, 3000 qrs 1) qrs pease, 65,000 sacks oatmeal, 10,000 sacks 1 Stock of Grain, Flour, and Oatmeal computed to 'Tamil in Liverpool, 30th April: In bond-313-14 qrs wheat, 358: irs barley, 545-1 qrs oats, 28,098 qrs beans, 8149 qrs peasa, , 628 brls flour. ARRIVALS OF CORN, From the 25th April to the Ist 31, DIiSCRIPTION. I LAN*I). i Wisli Wheat Barley Malt . Oats . Bye.. Shelled Barley . Qrs Indian Corn ... Qrs Rapeseed ..... ors Oatmeal 970 1 415 Sacks] 1737 . 13ris. I Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise I . qrs. ; Malt, us.; Oats, 43 qrs..; p eas , cal, Ids.; Flour, 3 sacks. 711 qrs.; Beans, - . Flour, sacks, 3 Wis.- iirs.; Beans, 1 qr. ; orn ; Oatmeal, Ids. ; Flour, 100 , Coastwise. wheat, 187 q. ; Barley, Oats, qrs. ; Rye, 5 qrs. rs ; Beans, 1 o cif, Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, 3i Ids.; 1.1" barrels. NPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, —qr qrs. ; Pease. qrs. meal, qrs. ; Barley, (lES, Indian C irs.; Malt l'eas Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Aprll Wheat 465. 76.1 Barley 28s. sd. Oats..l7s. i ty Beans.. 255. 11d. Pease.. 275. sd. - Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat 465. sd. I Barley 295. sa. I Oats.. 17s. 4d. R B e ans.. 2 65 . 2d. Pease.. 28s. Od. - Duty on Foreign Grain, Sie. thi s week. Wheat 205.0 d. I Barley 9s. Od. I Oats .. . Ss. Od. I Rye Beans 11s. 6d. I Pease.. Is. 6d. Ind. Corn Os. Od. H o , Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe,. Wheat._ ss. Od. I Barley.. 2s. Od. I Oats .. 2s. Od. I Rye. Beans.. 3s. Od I Pease.. as. Od. I Indian Corn.. Os. od. I Fl Liverpool Averages, week ending April 25. 18-1: , Wh ea t. 1 Barley. I Oats. I Beans. Qrs 46)) 160 Prices 455. ltd. Os. od. 16s. Id. Os. Od. COTTON MA.RIsIET.----THREE o'CLocK. A very limited inquiry from the trade to-day. Specul a tore and exporters are in the market, and the extent of bus ness may be estima ted at 1,500 to 2,000 bales, without change in prices in the feeling and tone of the mark& is drooping and heavy. , which UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS (From the arford Herald.) In a Congregation holden, on Wednesday last, hei r; th first day of Easter Te rm, the following degrees were conferred at Oxford Nf ASTI:R OF ARTS. Francis Pitney Brouncher Martin, Wadham C oil , 'and compounder. G een's College . reav es, St. Edmund Hall. Rev. Richard Wil son Rev. Joseph Mason, Qu Rev. Thomas Preston, Exeter College . Rev. Godfrey Edward Alexander, Trinity College. a,AeneLost or Ain's. Richard Lewis,"Scholar of Worcester College. • S. Stock_ r ar;FEnsiEN Ts. Rev. Wm. Sergison, M.A., Rector of Slaughain, Sus and formerly Gentleman Commoner of 13ra2enose Col' has been appointed Chaplain to the Bishop of Chichestei The Rev. Theodore Coldridge, NI.A., of Exeter C o l l ; Chaplain to the Exeter Workhouse, and late Curate of St. e Sidwelre, has been presented, by the Dean and Chapter o Exeter, to the Rectory of Allhallows, Goldsmith-street, E,,, -- ter, va cant by the resignation of the Rev. M. Vicars. Ex e_ Rev. Aiston Wm• Radcliffe, M.A.. formerly of 13 r e M il ast ' e e r nose College, has been presented, by the Rey. J. S well, to the Vicarage of Newington, Wilts, vacant b y the resignation of the Rev. Walter Cardew. Hospital, has been presented to the Vicar_ RofevF.arNieeywton Smart, M.A., of University Colle,re sagteepioiefnAs.lderbury with the Chapels of Pitton aorifdsPt.aErlder annexed, Wilts, vacant by the death of the Rev. HughY The Rev. John Knight Field, 8.A., formerly ge, to be CI mund Hall, has been appointed to the Curacy of St. Paul, Manchester. The Rev. Kenyon Homfray, M.A., formerly of M a lens Hall, is appointed Chaplain to Usk Gaol, Monnaogutlal: shire. I.o ci n ll g e . ge, G C a a : m e h ti r e i . d The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rev. vine ent lainJo h John o the Stanton, Colony Rev. Charles Lvne, 8.H., of St. John's College, (--, bridge, to a Prebend in Exeter Cathedral. —am., Rev. Samuel Fennell, ED D., formerly Fellow o f Quo College, Cambridge, late Head Master__ of Wakefield Sch e o n i s to the Rectory of High lloyland,PY_orkshire, vacant b • o ' f j 1 o t o h ii n ' 8 resignation of the Rev. J. N% olff, .D. ) the Rev. Walter Blunt, to the Vicarage of Longstock, R an vacant by the resignation of the Rev. E. B. Cox ; natro ts, Sir J. B. Mill, Bart . " A n ' Rev, Samuel Bees, ~..---,-, of St. John's - College, Cain bridge to the Rectory of Alby, Norfolk, vacant by t h e dea d , of the 'Rev. N. Dowsing.. 8.A., f Rev. Joseph Lawson Sisson,of s‘ f ormerly of Jesus Coll., Cambridge, to the Rectory va ield, Norfolk ; Lord Granville Somerset. Rev. John Owen, to the perpetual Curacy of Cundall, Norton-le -Clay, Yorkshire ; patron the Archbishop of York. ‘vith Rev. James Whitaker, 13. A., to the Perpetual Curacy Hey Houses, in the parish of Whalley, Lancashire, of by the resignation of the Rev. John Ilebden. vacant Rev. i‘fichaei Gibbs, M.A•, Fellow of Coins College, Car bridge, to the Afterooon Lectureship of St. Ann, 131ackfril u- London, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. M. 11. S' e rs ' moor. Y.. Rev. IL Collington, to be Chaplain to the Boston Un Rev. Charles Popham Miles, formerly of C•i• ion. . ius College, Cambridge, to the Curacy of Bishopwearmoutli, Durham. Rev. Colin Campbell, to the Curacy of the Parish of Sunderland. Church Rev. w . H. Bulnier, to the Perpetual Andrew, Deptford, in the parish o f Bis‘ Curacy of St. patron, the Rector of that parish. nopwearrnouth Rev. Joseph Law, to the Perpetual Curacy Sunderland, vaant by the resignation of of Ford, near Buttner ; pr,troness, Mrs. Gray. Rev, John WM. Greaves, M.A.,, of E Cambrige, to the Vicarae of Ranworth, Emmanuel College, the resignation of the Rev, J. Olde rfolk, vacant hy Bishop of El rshaw ; patron, the R ev . John Maxwell Wilde, Incumbent Northwich, to be Chaplain to Lord \I of Trinity Church, uskerry. 1 1 . 1 e of lt tehve. Society c l‘ i e l t . y C fo a r m i n ) l r ) o c p ll ag h a a t s i n resigned Gospelthe °inti,lipjFeVeoereoeStonSned7Petrti:e;ttflasor promoting Christian Knowledge have voted XlOOO towards the restoration of the churches and chapels in the diocese of Antigua, which were so seriously injured by the late earthquake. Dr. Chalmers states, that subscriptions and donations, for the s upport of the " Free Presbyterian Church," are coming in thick and fast, " like a set rain, at the rate of .-Cl,OOO a slay. It is intended to raise £300,000 for the building of 600 churches, which are to be erected and finished by the end of May. This, we are inclined to think, will prove an archi tectural impossibility ; at least if the edifices are to be of such solidity as to last for many future May-days• OUTRAGE IN DERRY CATHhnR•~i-•—Tlle DCrry. ttro a ff sage, " In the course of divine service in the cab: ccended.' the forenoon of Sunday last, the Rev• Mr. lie commenced' tdc the pulpit, aud, after the customary praa)'er, signal to about 50 preach from Luke xvi. all at once, leave the pews in w with i. the greatest violence, fter them . slamming the doors a ' iin a body, the great doors fellova, who were scatie3rleld tTii h r i o s u ii .gleThostitth et and then march out of Ilhe c..t i l after with as much force as of which theys/,iehactlimbrecelin, s eated, t r c i •d se , all decency, and so devtn o .;urc and then proceeded • • E t t h e m oss perfect comp°. ~ they could maintained stood during the hubbub, trqCOUISC. The bishop . with his i. hhe surveyed it, we would ed u f r a i i n i t g r e e r ii g this i 0 scene —ii ri s g oo t u h t e r aig, preacher e e o a u e s h e t o r a pp a l l y so to sl i s t. m .E d ) say that ____—........ i s i s re w p seed th w f l o i i r c the event. and, froLtbLadesbelmenne -----..'",-,--------- COLD WATER.—The German papers give an account 0 an extraordinary extension of the cold water system in the person of a young woman 23 years of age, who for eleven years has subsisted entirely on cold spring water ! A COm. placed m ince of physicians have been formed to investigate the ease which has attracted a great deal of attention in Munich: where the girl is residing. [Who will not be surprised if , and the vehic le - they do not " throw cold water" on the affair as a hoax ?] LsGAS ADDIje'FION.—We have just learned that Mr. Pim of Mountmelack, has forcibly carried away his own wife , Mrs. Pima from the hotel of the White Quakers, in Willi n,2, street. A chaise was brought to the door, at sect' William street. Jny, and Mrs. Phu, one of the leaders of theh .-- ing been carried out in thit arms of her husband, was ' --ay ' offamidst the cheers of the spectators.—D,blin F drone in the carriage, much a gainst her will .vening Post. The probate of the will of the Earl of Aber.- just passed the seal of the Prerogative Court of r ovenny has The personal estate of the testator was sworn Canterbury_ and paid probate stamp duty 01 .1:3000. under -1;250,000,