The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-01 00:00:00

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. ON SUNDAY EVENING next , the 3rd ,instant, a SERMON will be preached in ST. BA.II3IIOLOMEW'S CHURCH, Naylor-street, by the Rev. JAMIE SCHOLE FIELD, M.A., Regius Professo r of Greek in the Universit y of Cambridge, and a COLLECTION made in behalf o f the CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Divine Service will commence at Half after Six o'clock. PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON PHRENOLOGY MR. RUMBALL'S CHALLENGE TO MR. BRINDLEY. TN c onsequence of Mr. Brindley's late Lectures in London TN and elsewhere, in which he has again, repudiated the Doctrines of Phrenology, I HEREBY CHALLENGE that Gentleman to a fair and full DISCUSSION of its Principles and Deductions, in the Town of LIVERPOOL, where I purpose delivering a COURSE of FIVE LEC TURES, to commence in a few Days. J. Q. RUNIBALL, M.R.C.S. St. Alban's, June 24, 18-12. MI?, BRIIyDLEy'S REPLY. Mr. RumßALL's Challenge having been referred by me to a Committee of Professional qeutlemen, who have consented to act on my behalf, and it being considered that that Chal lenge is couched in such terms as to warra n t th e conc l us i on that a fair and candid inquiry is contemplated, I HEREBY ACCEPT IT, on such conditions as may be hereafter mu tually agreed upon. (Signed) Chester, June 29, 1812 JOHN BRINDLEy In accordance with the a b ove recited Challenge and its acce ptance. it is hereby announced that A PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON PHRENOLOGY WILL BE lIELD BETWEEN MESSRS. RUMBALL AND BRINDLEY, AT THE PORTICO, NEIVINGTON, ON THE EVENINGS OF MONDAY NEXT, the 4th, WEDNESDAY, the Gth, and FRIAY, the Bth, MONDAY, the 11th, and WEDNESDAY, the 13th instant. Commencing each Evening punctually at Seven o'clock. Admission to the Body of the Room, One Shilling ; to the Gallery, Sixpence ; Reserved Seats on the Platform, by Ticket only, Two Shillings each ; to be had at the News paper Offices. THIRTEENTH GRAND ROMAN FESTA. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, (Friday,) the Ist of July, and to be repeated every MONDAY and FRIDAY during the Season, THE PICTORIAL MODEL Or ROME. At dusk, this novel exhibition will be seen under the aspect which the scene presents during the rejoicings in cele bration of II Giorno 61i San Pietro, when the whole vast Edifice of St. Peter's is Illuminated, and every detail of the glorious Architecture shines forth in lines of resplendent light. It is on such festive occasions that the celebrated Girandola, or great FIREWORKS of ST. ANGELO, are displayed from the summit of the Castle and Bridge, beyond all comparison the grandest display of Pyrotechnic Art ever invented. A fac simile of this GORGEOUS FESTIVAL will he represented. Amidst tremendous FLIGHTS of ROCKETS, and CASCADES of FIRE, FOUNTAINS, and STARS, the whole of the Eternal City will appear as visible as by the broad light of day. Pyrotechnic Artist, SIGNOR SEMONI. The ROYAL HARMONIC BAND, under the able so perintendance of Mr. STUBBS, will perform during the Season. ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING, TO CORRESPONDENTS, THE BAUD OF COLOUR AGAIN.—We have received another letter from this poetical personage, who is really much sillier than we took him to be. We cannot,, in mercy to our reader's sides, and the reputation of Robert Rose, insert the letter itself. The substance, however,—(as our correspondent has got into his head the absurd notion that the public is very anxious as to his whereabouts)—we are willing to give. Know all men, therefore,—and ladies too, —that Robert Rose, Esq., the bard of colour, " has during the last three weeks been in Buxton, Fleetwood, South port, Blackpool, &c., enjoying himself in the luxury of bathing I or, to speak poetically, " The Rose has been washed, just Washed in a shower"— of salt and other waters at these various watering places.— We publish this explanation the more readily, as some of our lion hunters, we understand, have imagined that a certain unknown coloured gentlemen, who has lately amused the passengers in one of the Egremont ferry boats, by his exquisite performaw:e of nigger melodies, is the veritable Leo Africanus—Robert Rose, Esq., the bard of colour. "A Protestant anon Orangeman" was received too late. We cannot insert the notification of a marriage unless it is authenticated. The grievance complained of by "An Old Subscriber" would soon be remedied by an application to the Watch Committee, if the policeman refuses again to interfere. THE " GUADALOUPE," IRON STEAM-FRIGATE.—This fine vessel made a most successful trial-trip on Tuesday. We had prepared a description of the vessel and her equip ments, and also an account of the trip, but in order to do justice to the subject, by treating it more at length, we are induced to postpone both articles until our next publica tion. El)c Riberpoot (*tanban. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1842 We return to a consideration of the news furnished us by the last arrival from the West Indies, as relates to the condition of. the emancipated negro population and to the state of society at present existing in these colonies ; and here we must address ourselves to the anti-slavery party throughout Great Britain, as well as to the committee upon West Indian affairs now sitting. The former body have on more than one occasion shown a disposition to obstruct those remedial mea sures, which every friend of our colonial greatness ad mits to be imperatively required, for the restoration of our tropical possessions to a state of health and pro sperity. To this great party the promotion of the happiness of the African race has ever been a che rished, if not an exclusive object ; and by the work ing of the emancipation bill, thus far, we feel bound to admit that that object has been obtained. Let us beg their attention, on this point, to the following evi dence of a witness—the , Guiana 'I Imes of the 13th of May ---whose testimony will at least receive the credit of being impartial:— " If we are not entitled to judge the hearts and consciences of men, and to say that this community, as a whole, has im proved in point of virtuous principle, this, at least, is not to be disputed, that the strides which it has made in that ex ternal decorum, which is like the homage that vice pays to virtue, must outstrip the highest conceptions of all but per sonal observers. The degradation and inhumanity of a ge neral system of licentiousness, the prevalence of the insti tution of marriage has everywhere rectified. The river no longer resounds, on the peaceful Sabbath-day, with the forced mirth of the children of bondage, plying their unintermitted tasks ; but every thoroughfare is crowded with well-dressed peasants, independently following the bent of pious inclina tions, and thronging to the places of divine worship. Even among the late owners of slave property, to be immoral has become unfashionable, and to be profane is no longer ac counted genteel." Again_ " Crimes are not disproportionately numerous or heinous. Want, the tempter to so many deviations ftom propriety of conduct, is unknown to the great mass, while the indolence induced by the climate, indisposes them to the violent and long -sustained bursts of passion. familiar to regions in which all the faculties of the mind are in a state of constant acti vity and energy. Lying, thieving, cunning and other vices and defects, have ceased to characterise, peculiarly, the labourer in these parts, as he, ceasing to be the abject instru ment of another's will, has acquired self-respect, and learned fit notions of the value of a good reputation. In respect of these and similar results of the passing of the Emancipation Act, we encounter few planters even, hardy enough to pre tend to doubt the happiness of the change which has been so suddenly accomplished." Surely this is a state of things, both as regards the improved condition of the emancipated African and the advanced morality of the society in which he lives, which will be contemplated with delight by every abo litionist—by every lover of the human race. But the grave question will present itself,—is this a permanent improvement? Can this happy condition of the Afri can co -exist with diminished production, diminished exports, and diminished imports ? Can it co-exist with the annihilation of invested capital and the gra dual banish ment of European intelligence from our West Indian possessions , Hear again the evidence of the same authority from which we have before quoted : " Could the present state of affairsre h main stationary, greatest they who insist on securing th e , might argue, th appiness of the greatest number of persons that the distress of the intelligent was of no consideration, weighed against the happiness of the mass. But a processw is n which will, by and by, involve the peasantry in the same work, are falling.meYcoau tastrophe, before which their superiors will s a y that the riches of the soil will always guarantee them against starvation. Granted. As, however, you be lieve that man is born to some higher end than animal en joyment ; that, as he cannot be always eating, d r i nking, and sleeping, there are some rational occupations which ought to fill up the intervals that appetite leaves vacant ; and that he has faculties to improve, separate from the limbs of his body, a spiritual existence which is to last long after these have crumbled to dust, we warn you, gentlemen of the Anti-Sla very party, of the perils to which your mistaken kindness subjects your favourite protegees. As the component parts of a middle class, betv ,en the labouring drudges of the plantations and the proprietors, the new freemen will see before them a prospect of advantages without limit. But it will be a fatal day for them and their families when the cul tivation of their staples is totally abandoned. Indeed, we know not how, in the absence of immigrants to undertake the toil which the freeholders have not, and never will have, any inducement to undertake, the educated generation now rising is to find employment. It is truly melancholy to see the number of young persons, of all races, going to wreck for want of occupation. Every profession, every public de partment, is glutted with incumbents. The misfortune is, that this is a country in which the depravation of the moral faculty, and the !deterioration of the understanding, are as precipitate as the putrescence of animal matter after the withdrawal of the principle of life." And, depend upon it, this is the just, the true posi tion, in which we must regard the prospects of the emancipated negro in our West Indian possessions ! Granted that he is happy, at present prosperous, re moved from every care, satisfied with the culture of his own provision grounds and an occasional day's la bour in the plantation to provide him with clothing or luxuries, or that he can provide these from the surplus produce of those provision grounds without bestowing his hand upon the paid culture of the staples of ex port ;—yet the time must soon come when the provi sion markets will be glutted, and he will be in want even in the midst of abundance. We shall have res cued him from the slavery of man to hand him over to the bondage of his own constitutional indolence. We shall have purchased—that is the strict and undeniable conclusion—we shall have purchased some hundreds of thousands of human beings, far advanced on the path towards civilization and the light of christian truth, for no other purpose than to hurl them back into their primitive barbarism and ignorance ! We chal lenge any man, no matter of what creed or opinion, to controvert our position, that this must be the result of the adoption of a stand-still policy, and the consequent surrender to commercial rain of these noble posses- sions ! But even admitting that by the intervention of some overruling Providence, the existing population of the Wrest Indies, ceasing to be producers except for the supply of their own animal wants, may be preserved in their present condition of comparative prosperity and happiness ; may not the question be asked of the abo liticnkt—to what important use have you applied the means placed at your disposal, by the measure of emancipation, for the gradual amelioration of the con dition of the entire African race ? Although the chains have been struck from the limbs of 800,000 slaves in the British possessions, is there one wretched African the less toiling in bondage throughout the world ? Have we realized, or are we in the way to realize by this measure, the magnificent dream which you held out to us of the cessation of slavery through out the world? _No ! We repeat it—No ! On the contrary, you have stimulated—you are stimulating, day by day, the accursed traffic in human blood ; you have rivetted the chains upon millions of human be ings now toiling beneath the burden of tropical la bour ; and you are, day by day, forging fresh chains for millions yet unborn ! Except through the prosperity of our West Indian possessions,—except from an extensive production of the staples of export in those possessions,—the mea sure of emancipation can have no effect, save one of serious prejudice, upon the continuance of slavery in other nations. What country will pursue a course vo luntarily, which is fast desolating the colonies of Great Britain ? What country will voluntarily give up its slave labour when the example of Great Britain has shown them that the substitution of free labour leads to progressive decay and ultimate ruin ? h one; and this nation, when it declares that it will not consent to the adoption of remedial measures to stay the decline of its own colonies—when it declares, in deference to the cry of a spurious humanity, that it will not afford to the suffering planters of the West Indies an exten sive supply of free labour—abandons, virtually, the noblest experiment ever made since the creation of the world by any great people; and says, virtually, to that system from which the dealer in human flesh derives his accursed gains—esto perpetua ! By the arrival of the Great Western, at Bristol, we have papers one day later from New York, containing, however, little which is worthy of comment in addition to the copious summary of news furnished in our se cond edition of Tuesday, and which will be found in our impression of this day. With respect, however, to the anticipated amicable termination of our differ ences with the United States, through the mission of Lord Ashburton, the New York Morning Herald of the 16th, in a supplement printed for the packet, has some remarks, professing to be founded on authentic infor mation, which we cannot resist placing before our readers " The north eastern boundary," remarks our transatlantic "is really the only serious point between us contemporary, and Great Britain " The Caroline affair is susceptible of very easy and prompt adjustment. It is a matter of explanation and indemnity, and might have been finished by Mr. Fox in half an hour any time within the last eighteen months. M'Nab had no auth ority for his conduct. His invasion of our territory was an act of gratuitous insolence, and the British government is ready to say so—not in such terms of course—and pay for the property destroyed. ` As to the seizure of our vessels on the coast of Africa, the indemnity awarded in the case of the Tigris, concedes the principle, and we want nothing more. As to the case of the Creole, the ground assumed by Lord Palmerston is obviously unsound, and it is believed that Lord Aberdeen will recede from it. In any event no difficulty is apprehended :from his source " With respect to the question of right of search, it is impossible for England to quarrel with us because we will not make a treaty with her—besides, Lord Aberdeen has yielded all we ever asked." If these may be taken as the expectations generally entertained by the American people, we apprehend that brother Jonathan is doomed to experience a truing disappointment. If the important questions referred to are to be settled in this off-hand style by Lord Ash burton, as the representative of Sir Robert Peel's government, then the people of England will have just cause to say, that their country and their sovereign have been dishonoured before the face of the world, to appease the blustering swagger, and gratify the vanity of the people of this model Republic. Lord Ashburton, we trust, will never submit to stigmatize the destruc tion of a piratical vessel, in the act of levying war upon British subjects as " an act of gratuitous insolence" or any other than an act of strict legality and justice ; and certain we are that the British parliament and people will never sanction suck an adjustment of our diffe rences with the United States, however "easy and prompt" that step may appear to the inflated imagi- nation of transatlantic journalism. The same remarks apply to the absurd anticipations of our contemperary, with respect to the settlement of the Creole case and the right of search. Great Bri tain will not, we are confident, even to secure the fa vour of the American nation, which can only be done by flattering its vanity, yield one step from her present dignified position upon these questions. The comes: sion said to be made by Lord Aberdeen is pure fudge ! At length the tariff bill has passed a third reading, and we shall be relieved for a time from the eternal carping and cavilling of Whig-radicalism upon each and every of its 800 items, from " asses" foreign and colonial, the first of the list, to "lees" of wine, the —items, by the way, peculiarly characteristic of he pristine and ulterior condition of that fallen iarty. The young donkey, alternately gambolling and restive, vicious and stupid, how excelllent a type of Whiggery in its day of elevation ! The settlings of the beer or the wine cask—the " lees"—the dregs— by the deposit of which the body of the generous liquor itself is purified—how apt a type of that deceased and wrecked faction, by whose prostration society is purified and invigorated ! For a time we shall be re lieved of its gentle plainings upon all the fertile themes which this tariff has suggested, and the world will be permitted to go on in its usual round, without being astounded every alternate hour by some explosion of Whig incapacity—some specimen of the extraordinary ignorance, upon political subjects, of this inflated and pompous party. The tariff has passed ; but not without a record be ing left to the world of the opinion, with respect to it, of that profound statesman, Lord John Russell, as the representative of the collective wisdom of the Ex-whig administration. His lordship is happy, and yet he is sorry; he is pleased with what has been done, and yet displeased because something has not been done. On cheese and butter no reduction has been made. On coffee all the reduction required to swamp that odious body —the West India body—has not been made. On sugar, the decrease of the differential duties necessary to insure the conversion of the colonies of Great Bri tain into deserted swamps, and to afford a stimulus to the lash of the foreign slave-owner, has not been made. foreign The duty upon corn is at this moment just two shillings per quarter above the duty fixed upon, by Lord John Russell, and therefore the " corn monopoly" has not been dealt with to his lordship's satisfaction. In fact his lordship is out of humour; and perhaps the cause of that unfortunate circumstance may be attri buted to the fact that his lordship is j ust now out of luck and out of office. The world, however, will, we doubt not, survive the loss of Whig talent in the administration of its affairs, even although the leading oracle of that party is absurd enough to talk of measures, as within the sphere of its capacity, "for reviving industry and improving trade." The tariff of Sir Robert Peel is not such a measure, in the estimation at least of Lord John. The tariff and the new corn bill will not, of themselves, give health and prosperity to our diseased commercial system. Will his lordship have the kindness to inform the world what will effect this desirable consummation except time and patience ? LOCAL NEWS, On Sunday, the 15th instant, in compliance with the Queen's letter, a most appropriate sermon was preached in Tranmere Church, by the Rev. J. Thompson, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge. The collection in church amounted to £ll 2s. 10d., which was afterwEids increased to £2O 2s. 6d. CORNS.—Persons who are troubled wiVorns, can have them Effectually Eradicated by applying t Mr. J. GUTTMAN, Greetham-street, Corner of Pitt-street ORANGE PROCESSION ON THE TWELTH OF JULY meeting of a considerable body of Orangemen was held in Toxteth Hall last night, when it was resolved that the 12th of July should be celebrated by . a public procession. The fact that some societies will be permitted to walk on the pre ceding clay had some influence in this determination. THEFT FROM A SHOP.—A young man named John Springthorpe, was yesterday charged at the Police-court, with having carried off a bundle of clothes from an old clothes shop. He was pursued by the female attending in the shop, who got hold of him, and a crowd was raised, to whom lie said she was " his mother." lie broke away, but was followed up and secured by the police. A girl who ap peared as a witness, saw him take the bundle out of the open shop window. He had been previously committed and was sent for trial. CRICKET.—A match at this delightful game came off on Tuesday week betwee❑ the Kensington and Leander clubs, on the ground of the former, when the game stood as fol lows :—First innings— Kensington B2 Leander Majority in favour of the Kensington.... 36 Owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, it was mu tually agreed, that the second innings should be played on the Friday following, when the Leander went in, and oniy succeeded in scoring thirty-three notches, leaving the Ken sington victors by three notches and one innings. FALL OF THE LARGEST BELL IN WlGAN.—During the ringing of the bells of the parish church, on Sunday after noon last, previous to divine service, the eighth, or largest in the peal, fell with a tremendous crash on the floor of the loft in the steeple on which they are hung. Amazement and con sternation seized on the whole of the ringers, who were in the lower part of the steeple, many of them imagining the whole structure was falling on their heads. The peal ceased, and an examination was immediately made, when it was ascer tained that the spindle of the largest bell had broken, which caused it to fall to the floor. The tackle around the bell was literally smashed by its weight, which is nearly two tons. The bell, however, which is au exceedingly deep and full. toned one, has sustained no injury, and workmen are engaged in raising it to its former position. ROBBERY FROM A CLOTHES'-SHOP. — Edward Morris, a young man, was yesterday placed before the sitting magis trates, at the police-court, charged with having stolen a pair of trousers from a shop. He was observed, at 7 o'clock on Wednesday night, to linger at the shop, in Paradise-street, corner of Thomas-street, and finally to carry off the article. A police-officer saw him running, with something bulky under his arm. He was pursued through several streets, and eventually caught in Argyle-court. On his way he dropped the trousers in the latter street, where they were picked up. When in the court, before being taken, he was observed to stoop, and drop something in a midden-stead. On searching the spot, six skeleton keys were found. The trousers were picked up by Mr. Kent, bookseller. The pri soner, who had been committed for felony, was sent for trial at the sessions. ROBBERY OF A LADY IN THE STREET.—A stout, swarthy, and rather well dressed man, named Joseph Hall, was yesterday placed before the magistates at the police court, charged with a street robbery. It appeared that a Mr. Travis, schoolmaster at Heaton-Norris, near Manchester, had, with his lady, just landed from one of the steam-packets, and were proceeding up Waterloo-road, when a boy came up and picked her pocket of a silk bag containing six half-crowns. The robbery was immediately discovered, and the husband pursued and would have overtaken the thief, but was immediately set upon vio lently and prevented by three men, one of whom was the prisoner, who was pursued through several streets by him self and some other persons, and captured. Another of the men was seen to follow the boy, and it was supposed got possession of the property. The prisoner, who de clined to say anything, was committed for trial. STRIPPING CHILDREN.—A woman named Martha Jones, was yesterday placed at the bar of the police conrt, before Hugh Ilornby and George Grant, Esqs., charged with having stripped a little child of its apparel. It appeared that about two o'clock on the previous day the prisoner was observed with a child in her arms in Great Nelson street North, and was afterwards seen to go with it into an entry, where she denuded it of its boots, socks, and pinafore. The delinquency being quite apparent, she was detained and given into custody. The child was the son of a Mrs. Sannett, who lives in Limekiln-lane. The arti cles were found in the prisoner's possession, and were identified by the mother. Another pair of children's boots were also found upon her, so that it would appear she had been in the habit of decoying children and committing this nefarious species of robbery. She was committed for trial at the sessions. CHARGE OF ROBBERY TO A LARGE AMOUNT.—Yester day two young women, Elizabeth Hughes and Sarah Down ing were brought before the police magistrates, charged with having robbed a man of his watch and a large sum of money. The complainant, a stupid-looking bald man, poorly clad, had it appeared, got into a beastly state of intoxication, and had fallen asleep on some steps in the street. One of the girls (Hughes) was spoken to by a young sailor, who went tbr the police to take him home, as having been close to him and fumbling with his clothes. There was another girl pre sent, but she could not be identified as the other prisoner. The complainant was so far gone in liquor that when taken to the Bridewell he at first said he had lost his watch and £l5 in money ; but afterwards said the money, contained in two purses, amounted to £2OO in gold ! From the descrip tion given of the prisoners, they were traced to a lodging house—a place of ill fame—and the watch was found con cealed in one of the chimneys. No money was found, and it appeared remarkable that the man should be in possession of so large a sum. The prisoners were remanded for further evidence. EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS.—In these days of steam and steaming enterprise we hear of distances being overcome with such amazing rapidity as frequently seriously taxes our power of belief ; and we have now to record an instance of expressing which will appear beyond credibility. On the oc casion of the Columbia steamer reaching Liverpool, on Tuesday last, our London contemporary the Standard had the intelligence conveyed to London in six hours, by means of a special engine, and in six hours and a half from the time of leavinc , Liverpool—and in less than ten days from the de parture from Amcrica—the Londoners were in possession of full details of the American news supplied by the Columbia. The wonderful rapidity of the voyage across the Atlantic, together with this amazing railway accomplishment, must excite universal astonishment ; and we have great pleasure in knowing that the fact is united with the credit of our London namesake. We understand that the distance between Bir mingham and London was done in less time than the first part. We certainly much regret that the speed on the Grand Junction line should not have been fully equal to that of the Birmingham. - - - THE - FUNDS : WEDNESDAY EVENING.—English funds remained flat throughout the day, with a decline in price in the earlier hours of business, which, however, to a certain extent, was counteracted by one or two small purchases pre vious to the close of the market. Consols for the account were quoted at the close of the day 911; Three per Cents. Reduced, 911 to is ; Bank Stock, 166 to 167 ; Exchequer bills, 2d. issue, 41s. to 435. premium ; and Ditto, 24d. issue, 455. to 475. premium. In the foreign stock market the jobbers were busily engaged preparing the half-monthly ac count, which is finally arranged to-morrow. The late de preciation in Colombian was what mostly caused a disagree able task in the progress of the business, and the heavy pressure of that stock in the market continues to have a bad effect upon the general tendency of dealing. It is stated that the party out of doors who has failed employed as many as five brokers to conduct his operations, and this will readily explain the apprehension with which the dealers were seized when they saw all these as sellers, and that too with the view to close open accounts. Money commands a value pro portionate to the respectability of the borrower, for while in some cases 6 per cent. has been accepted, in others 10 and 12 per cent. has been refused. After the settlement is over a more healthy tone is expected in the market. Spanish Ac tives left off 204 to 4; Ditto, New, 22k to 4 ; Portuguese 5 per Cents., 35 to 4; Ditto, 3 per Cents. 204 to 21; Dutch 24 per Cents., 524 to 4; Danish, 81 to 82; Colombian, 214 to 24 ; Brazilian, 641 to 654; Belgian, 102 to 103; and Mexican, 361 to ; - • THE NEW POOR Law,—During the debate on this question on Monday night, our townsman, Mr. Cardwell, delivered the following address, which was received with marked attention by the house. The motion which intro duced the debate was on the first clause of the bill for the continuance of the new poor law, when Mr. Cardwell said — If he had not listened to the debates which had taken place on on this subject, he should scarcely have supposed that any man would dream that the present system of poor laws was to die a natural death, no provision being made for the poor in its absence. The very feelings which made him adverse to the poor law bill also impelled him to support the continuance of the existing measure till some better one be substituted. Some hon. gentlemen had objected the new poor law Lill because it was a great and excessive change in the law, and yet they were prepared at this time of day to plunge the whole countryinto confusion by suspending the present system without proposing an adequate provision for the poor. He confessed himself ready to wave some of his opposition to the unconstitutional nature of the system when he found that the right hon. baionet proposed to continue it for five years only instead of ten ; because he believed the right hon. gentleman was dealing fairly with the country in so doing, and giving a pledge that he did not mean to make it a per manent system, but that he would work it out to its end as speedily as possible. (Hear, hear.) He had not armed himself with tales of sorrow, or with statistical facts in rela tion to the operation of the Poor Law—not that he was unac quainted with cases of hardship and oppression, or with evi dence of a statistical character. He thought that a measure of this kind should be viewed in connexion with certain principles, and with reference to its bearing on society gene rally. We approach the governm . ent ca mi n and expound our views, and we say, " It you will satisfy us that the re medy which you are about to propose shall be co-extensi ve with the disease, we will promise to take no step which shall have the effect of embarrassing the Government." The posi tion which the right lion. baronet held had not been properly considered. His (Sir R. Peel's) was not so much the tri umph of party as the well marked expression d of public opi nion. (Cheers and " Oh I") Reference ha been made to the majority who supp orted the right hon. baronet. H e (Mr. Cardwell) thought that the circumstan of the right hon. baronet being supported by so powerful a . body in that house was a subject of congratulation. The right honour able baronet could afford to listen to the reasons of the mi nority without compromising his c haracter.. He considered that what had fallen from the Government ,justified them in expecting some mitigation of the provisions of the bill. As the right hon. baronet had stated that certain amendments might be introdu ced into the bill when in committee, it was not inconsistent for the house to ask the . Government for a little delay. Why should those who wishod for the post ponement of the clause be compelled to vote against a clause which, as the h on. member for the West Riding of York shire said, it All they they might afterwards be induced to support ? All they . asked for was for time to consider. I f that „ as no t granted it was their duty to support the motion before the house. He should be pleased if the Government could be induced to yield on this point. If they did not he should vote cgamt this clause. An admirable portrait of Lord Stanley, which has been painted by Mr. Illidge, of Berners-street, Oxford-street, for a scientific institution in Liverpool, has just been finished. It does the artist infinite credit. The likeness of the noble lord is perfect, and the painting is a first-rate work of art.— London Courier, 25th Tune. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ENGLAND AND IRELAND.— The London correspondent of the Dublin Evening Mail of Wednesday last, writes as follows :—" The committee op- - pointed to inquire into the Post-office communication be tween England and Ireland met to-day, and agreed to their report. It strongly recommends the necessity of construct ing a line of railway between Chester and North Wales, and condemns Liverpool as a packet station. THEATRE-ROYAL.—The attendance has been very good here during the week. There was a full house to witness the amateur attempt on Tuesday : it was a very creditable per formance. Next week many novelties will be brought for ward. " Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The White Cat" drew a capital house on Wednesday. Last night Mr. James Russell repeated Paddy Murphy, in the " Happy Man," with much applause. SERIOUS ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE.—On Wednesday evening, about twelve o'clock, as Groves, one of the Bir kenhead police, was on duty at Tranmere, he observed two persons leave a beer-house with a jug in their possession. Being determined to ascertain what were the contents of it he accosted them, when the men refused to allow him to examine the jug, on which a struggle ensued, and it was broken. The men then made a furious attack on Groves, swearing they would have his life ; and one of them struck him a blow on the back of the head with some hard sub stance which Groves believes either to have been a stick or a stone, which felled him to the ground, where he lay some time in a state of insensibility. On his recovery he found a large pool of blood under his head, and was in so weak a state that he was obliged to be led home by two men, when it was discovered that a very serious and dangerous wound had been inflicted on the lower part of the back of the head, and the constable is now under medical superintendence. The parties who committed this outrageous assault on an active officer are known characters, one of them, through the means of Groves, having been, some time ago, convicted of felony; and a warrant was yesterday granted by J. D. Case, Esq., for their apprehension. THE VACANCY FOR AN ALDERMAN. —By the decision of the court in the case of " the Queen v. Harvey," a vacancy will occur in the list of aldermen of our borough. The routine pursued, we understand, will be this. Mr. Harvey will have to signify his consent to a judgment of ouster, and a few other preliminaries will have to be gone through, after which the council will at once proceed to a new election ; and, we understand, it is most probable that this can take place at the next monthly meeting of the council. We trust that, in the selection of Mr. Harvey's successor, the conser vative body in the council will make no mistake. We must have no mere lover of expediency—no half-and-half con servative—elected now. The conservatives in the council must on this occasion be guided by principle alone, and not suffer themselves, in order to conciliate any party, to be led into an unworthy nomination. We are not aware that any determination has been come to in favour of any particular party. The name of Sir Thomas Brancker has, however, been mentioned ; and the public, we are confident, would re gard with unqualified satisfaction the selection of a gentle man who has deserved so well of all classes of his fellow townsmen, and who has ever been so ardent a supporter of the conservative cause. ELECTION AT THE SCOTCH CHURCH, OLDHAM-STREET. —On Tuesday last, at twelve o'clock, the shareholders or proprietors in the Scotch Church, Oldham-street, proceeded to the election of a minister in the place of the Rev. Dr. Ralph. There were two candidates put into nomination, the Rev. James French, of Glasgow, and the Rev. Maxwell Nicholson, son of the minister of Whithorne, Wigtownshire. The friends of each of these gentlemen mustered strongly, and the polling, during the time it lasted, was carried on with great animation. We understand that the total num ber of votes amounted to about ninety ; but it will be seen that only 66 polled. At one o'clock the boxes were closed, and the voting papers being counted, there aspeared—For the Rev. Mr. French, 33. For the Rev. Mr. Nicholson, 33. The numbers being thus equal, a scrutiny took place. As it proceeded, protests were entered against several votes on each side, the consequence of which is, that until the validity of them is decided, it cannot be known which of the candi dates has been successful. Our reporter was informed that it is not unlikeiy that the question will come before - a court of law. NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION AND ADVERTISEMENTS. — We have been favoured with a return just ordered by the House of Commons, of the number of newspapers to which stamps were issued, and of the number of stamps issued to newspapers in the years ended the 15th of September, 1836 and 1837, and in the half years ended the 15th of March, 1838, with the returns for each year since that date. Also the amount of advertisement duty paid in the same periods. We extract the following data which may be of interest to our readers and the public :—ln the year ending 15th Sep tember, 1836, when the duty was 4d. upon each newspaper stamp, the number of London newspapers was 71, and of English provincial papers 194. In the year ending 31st March, 1842, the number of London papers was 125, and of English provincial 221. During the last two years the num bers of each had declined from 153 and 250 respectively. The number of stamps issued in 1836, when the duty was 4d., was 19,241, 640 to London papers, and 8,535396 to English provincial papers; and in. 1842 to 31st March, 32,166,474 to London papers, and 17,508,381 to English provincial papers. Here, too, the number of stamps used by provincial papers, has slightly declined since 1840. The number of advertisements in London papers in the year ended 10th October, 1836, was 549,808 ; and in the same period, 1841, 653,615, being an increase from year to year. The number in English provincial papers was, to 10th Oc tober, 1836, 513,436; and in the year ended 10th October, 1841, 733,010, showing also a regular increase from year to year. The increase of the circulation of the London press since the reduction of the stamp duty is thus about 66 per cent., whilst that of the provincial press is about 112. The increase of the advertisements of the London press is about 16 per cent., whilst that of. the English provincial press is 28 per cent. LIGHT SOVEREIGNS.—Our readers are already aware of the inconvenience and loss almost every individual suffers in consequence of the late proclamation respecting light sove reigns. The following facts, which came out hefore J. D. Case, and J. R. Shaw, Esqrs., yesterday, at hie Birkenhead Petty Sessions, are by no means singular, and we have no doubt will not be without a good effect on the minds of the public. A few days ago, Captain Smethet, of the Medina, Dublin mail-packet, gave a sovereign to his wife, the latter of whom sent the servant, an intelligent boy, to the shop of Mr. Eastwood, butcher, Birkenhead Market, in order to pay it to him for some meat. Eastwood weighed the sovereign in the presence of the boy, and then told him it was a light ong. The boy remarked that it was weight, for he had seen it in the scales. However, Mr. Eastwood put the soverei g n in his pocket, and refused to allow more than 19s. 6d. for it. Captain Smethet, knowing the sovereign to be the proper weight, sent the boy again to the shop to demand it back, on which Eastwood took out several sovereigns. weighed them, and gave him an old one, which was cracked, and short of weight. This Captain Smethet said was not his, and pro duced the boy, and a gentleman from whom he had received the piece originally sent, who distinctly recollected that the one he had paid Captain S. was not cracked, and was full weight. The chairman (Mr. Case) said there was no doubt but any one refusing to take a sovereign of the proper weight for its full value was guilty of a misdemeanour in the eye of the law, but they had no power to act summarily in the mat ter, and as Captain Smethet had no wish to prosecute East wood, the bench would allow him to settle the matter if he thought proper. Captain Smethet said he did not wish to press the matter further ; he was much obliged to the magis trates for the trouble they had taken in the affair, and he should only add, that his main object in bringing the case forward at all was to protect the public, and especially the lower orders, from the impositions which were daily pratised upon them. He would only remark, that the sovereign which had been returned by Eastwood was one which no tradesman would take for a good one, for besides being cracked, it was evidently an old one and much worn. Eastwood then agreed to pay the full value of the sovereign to Captain Smethet, and also 2s. 6d. costs, on which the complaint was dismissed. We hope this will go far towards opening the eyes of the pub lic to the practice but too generally adopted by some trades men, in deducting 6d., and sometimes as much as is., for light sovereiuns, no doubt in many cases when they are of full value, thus by extortion making double profit. WALLASEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL.—On Wednesday last a special vestry was held at Wallasey Church for the purpose of receiving the report of a committee which had been ap pointed at a vestry held on the 13th of last April, to inquire into the affairs of the Grammar School of the parish, and of determining upon the reception or rejection of the said report. Upwards of fifty of the parishioners were present on the occasion. Shortly after ten o'clock, the proceedings were commenced by Sir Edward Cust moving the Rev. Dr. Byrth, the rector of the parish, in the chair: Some objec tion was raised to this, on the ground that the rector would be greatly involved in the discussion of the day, but he ulti mately took the chair, and proceeded to state the object for which the meeting had been convened. Sir Edward Cust, after some observations had been made as to the legality of the notice, summoning the vestry, which was subsequently satisfactorily explained, proceeded to read the report, from which the following are extracts :—The , earliest record of any'school property is the will of Henry Meols, the elder, of which a translation has been found at Doctors' Commons, in London, by which a bequest of £125 is made to the church wardens, for the benefit of the schoolmaster. This infers that a school must have existed prior to the year 1654, when this testator died. A memorandum of this legacy on parch Tent of the same year, apparently belonging to some book, is in possession of the parish which recites this bequest, to have been placed in the hands of the minister and church wardens. A few years afterwards, in 1656, Mr. Henry Young bequeathed a field to the school, which he directs shall be " put to the minister and churchwardens as over seers of it for ever." In the same year Henry Meols, son of the above, built a school-house at his proper cost and charges. In the year 1714, there is a memorandum in the parish-book of the then schoolmaster, Henry Robinson, who records, under his own handwriting and signature, " all that was known on the sub j ect" at th time. By this, it appears that Mr. Henry Meols' 4onation of money was ex ended, with other parish or " school st oc k," w hi c h h a d been in the hands of three parishioners called " Feoffees," in the pnrchate of landed property, late the property of Hough ; and this land, with the field bequeathed by Mr. Young, and the legacy of the late Rector Briggs, constituted the entire school property, prior to s o m e exchanges of land, made in the years 1823 and 1826, under the provisions of the Ist and 2nd Geo. IV., cap. 92. In the year 1753, i t was a greed at a vestry meet i ng to appo i nt one parishioner from each township, together with the c h urc hwarden, to take care of the lands and endowments be longing to the parish school; but Mr. Newton, the late schoolmaster, appears to have had the management of the entire property for his sole benefit, the repairs of the School house being borne, in a great measure, by the parish funds. In the year 1834 two parishioners from e ac h t owns hi p were appointed to act with the rector and churchwardens in the management of the school qt a a v te, but the rector and church to . n e acted. These proceedings wardens do not appear the report stated to have bFen irregular, as it was doubted persons in questioti could (not being trustees in whether the any legal sense) do any P, act whatever in connec tion regard t to the appointment of tion with the school. the master, it was stated he report that, in several in stances, he was put into the office " by the rector, "church wardens, and parishio ners in vestry assembled. The pre sent master is thus appointed, and for many reasons the ap pointment is alleged to be incomplete. The report then notices the inefficient mode of conducting the school, and goes on as follows :—" After a. careful investigation of all the facts, and a mature consideration of all their bearings, the Qommittee find that a parish property with a revenue of £94 Is. a-year, land and money, and a sch oo l master ' s h ouse letting for £26 a-ye ar (say X_l 20 a-year), is a t th e presen t moment wholly without any legal guardianship —that the r i ght to t h e maliagement of thts property, and to the nomina tion of the master cannot be clearly deduced from the total absence of uniformity in the practice of by -gone (lays, and undern that it is essentially nece ssary t hat the school sho u ld b e pl ace d upon a proper footing and vision." Some recommendations more vigilant super ions some are then offered as to the future proceedings, which it may be necessary to adopt. Sir Edward Cust moved the reception of the report, and that it be entered on the parish books e , which having been seconded, an amendment was put to he effect, that the report be re jected, and that the churchwardens call a special vestry to fill up the present vacancy of trustees. The amendment was carried by a majority of 30 to 24, and Sir Edward Cust then gave notice, in consequence of the adoption of the amend ment, that if the trustees did not apply to the Court of Chancery, to give themselves a legal trust, it was his inten tioir to file a bill in Chancery against them. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway Bill has been read a third time in the House of Commons and passe(' ' - Lords amendments to the Liverpool Poor Bill agreed to by the eomn we been ATTEMPT AT MURDER. AND SUICIDE.—On Tuesday morning the neighbourhood of Archdeacon-lane, Leicester, was thrown into a state of considerable excitement in conse quence of a report that a person named William Vann, late of Wigston, had attempted to murder his wife, and after wards put an end to his own existence. Upon making inquiry, we ascertained that Vann and his wise had for some time lived upon bad terms with each other, in consequence of the husband feeling jealous of his wife's conduct. On Tuesday morning, as the woman was in the act of rising from the bed, her husband sprang upon her, seized a razor, and . . drew it across her throat. Thinking he had effected his ob ject, be immediately after attempted to deprive himself of life, by cutting his own throat. The neighbours alarmed by moans proceeding from the house, entered, and found both parties in the last state of exhaustion. The assistance of Mr. Macaulay, surgeon, was immediately obtained, . and every measure taken to restore the sufferers to animation. After some time they recovered sufficiently for the wife of Vann to make her depositions, and Vann himself to be com mitted to the custody of Mr. Charters, the superintendent of police, were he will remain till he has so far recovered as to undergo an examination before the borough magistrates. Leicester paper. ABOLITION OF " CLIMBING BOTS."—This act (the 3d and 4th Vic., c. 85), which prohibits any young child climb ing chimnies, comes into operation this day. The second section provides " that from and after the Ist day of July, in the year 1842, any person who shall compel or knowingly allow any child or young person under the age of 21 years to ascend or descend a chimney, or enter a flue, for the purpose of sweeping, cleaning, or coring the same, or for extinguish ing fire therein, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than £lO or less than £5." And by the third clause, no child under the age of 16 years is to be apprenticed to a chimney sweeper ; and the following section enacts, " that upon the application of any child apprenticed to any person using the trade or business of a chimney-sweeper at any time after the Ist day of July, 1841, and previously to the Ist day of July, 1842, to any justice of the peace having jurisdiction where the master or mistress of such child shall reside, it shall be lawful for such justice to summon such master or mistress to appear at a reasonable time, to be named in the summons, not being sooner than seven days from the time of granting the summons, before any two justices having jurisdiction as aforesaid ; and upon proof being made, upon oath, to the satisfaction of the justices by whom the case shall be heard, that such apprentice is desirous of being discharged from his or her apprenticeship, it shall be lawful for such justices forthwith to discharge such apprentice, by warrant under their hands and seals, for which no fee shall be paid." The in dentures of chimney-sweepers are, by the fifth section, to cease this day. The construction of chimneys and flues is provided for, and the penalty for deviation to be paid by every master-build er or o th er roas ter-workman who build the same is fixed at not less than £lO or more than £5O. The 11th clause g i ves th e r i g ht to any person to appeal to the sessions, upon entering into sureties respecting the same. PHRENOLOGY.—On Monday next, a discussion on Phre nology will be commenced between Mr. Brindley and Mr. Rumball—the former gentleman being opposed to it, and the latter in favour. The discussion will occupy five nights, and will come off at the Portico. Some very amusing scenes are likely to take place. This matter having been discussed some years ago between these gentlemen in another town, they will, no doubt, feel their " souls in arms and eager for the fray." The Senate of Hamburg has just published a third list of subscriptions towards the relief of the sufferers from the late fire. The total amount received up to the 15th instant was three millions of mares bane(); about 4,800,000 f. JAMAICA.—On Wednesday, a meeting of the planters, merchants, bankers, and others interested in Jamaica, was held at the Thatched House Tavern, for the purpose " of offering the Right Hon. Sir C. T. Metcalfe the assurance of their cordial participation with their fellow-colonists in Ja maica, in the deep gratitude with which tbey acknowledge the blessing of his administration of the government of that colony, and their extreme regret at his resignaiion of it." The meeting was very numerously attended, Earl St. Vin cent presiding on the occasion. Amongst those present we noticed Sir W. Dalling, Sir 1. L. Goldsmid, Sir A. Grant, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Philpotts, Col. Rose, Mr. Burge, Mr. T F. Hill, Mr. Jones, Mr. Heslop, Mr. Geddes, and man. others. Mr. Burge, in a speech of much force and power, proposed that an address be presented to Sir C. Medcalfe, expressive of the participation of the meeting in the senti ments of admiration, esteem, affection, and gratitude, which had been manifested by their fellow colonists in Jamaica, at the vast benefits which had resulted to that colony by the excellent manner in which he had conducted its government during the period of his official residence in that country, and their deep regret at the fact of his resignation. The address was unanimously agreed to, and a series of resolu tions were carried, to the effect that a deputation be appointed to present the said address on the arrival of Sir C. Medcalfe in this country, and that the address be signed by the noble chairman on behalf of the meeting. The deputation having been named, and thanks having been voted to Lord St. Vincent for his able conduct in the chair, the meeting sepa rated. • BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF ANYTHING (Reported expressly for the Liverpool Standard.) This association is now holding its sixteenth annual meet ing at Manchester. Amongst the many subjects brought forward, the following have excited much attention:— MECHANICAL SECTION A Profes l sor Smashbones in the chair. Mr. Raylaway, Baron Spitsensneezencoff, Sir Whele Flange, Count Blowminosoff, and other distinguished skyentific persons, were present.. An interesting discussion took place upon things " ending in smoke." A tube was exhibited by which smokers could consume their own smoke. Conversations ensued respect ing the re-fusing of metals and the phenomena of sweating _ sovereigns. A new mode of bli second-class trains, so that t up mixed first and little ;sengers m inconvenienced as' possible, excited - much consideration. Mr. Trout produced a lock of a peculiar construction, for the purpose of affixing to railway carriages. The impossibi lity of escaping in the event of an accident was clearly s' and much approved. Mr. Hookey Walker brought forward a pair of mechanical gaiters, by wearing which a pedestrian might walk till he was tired, and ascertain the distance tra versed by merely looking at the mile-stones. SECTION OF ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY—B. A member exhibited on a pin a curious little brown insect, which he had discovered in his nightcap during the prece ding night. The member read a highly diverting and in structive paper on the subject. He termed the insect the Cimex slianctinium, and shewed the effects of bites upon his left eye and arm. These presented a remarkable appearance, being swollen, and of a bright red colour. A mode of catch•. ing the insect was suggested. It was said to emit a peculiar smell. The member, on being asked to describe his sensa tions when bitten, said that he felt a strong inclination to scratch the parts affected. A vote of thanks for a paper on ich-the-igh-ology was passed.--Mr. Slopperton read a paper upon tea-cups. He asserted that when a decoction of Souchong and flowery Pekoe was put into them, with the addition of milk and sugar, a pleasant beverage was pro duced. A member inquired if the Temanites mentioned in the Old Testament ever drank it? Mr. Slopperton could not answer the question, but he believed the Tee-totallers did to a great extent.—ln Botany, Mr. Taylor read a paper upon Cabbage; Mr. Murphy, on Potatoes; and Mr. Money penny, on Mint. A. conversation took place respecting the probability of extracting sunbeams from gooseberries. Pro fessor Poopooh thought the experiment was worth trying, but, unless an applicability could be demonstrated, it would be more pleasing than useful. Sir Simon Surreman could not avoid mentioning that he had made some trials latterly of raking the moonbeams off hls ponds, in consequence of the fish feeding on them to a too great extent. Professor Poohpooh said, as he had paid some attention to the subject, he begged to inquire if Sir Simon Surreman had been able to consolidate in one conglomerative substance the moon beams he had raked off? Sir Simon said he had bottled a great quantity, and had no doubt of being able to satisfy the Professor on that point. He would send for a dozen, and hoped it might arrive previous to the meeting dispersing. ASTRONOMICAL AND PHYSICAL SECTION C. A discussion took place respecting the fixed and moveable stars. It was strongly urged that the starring system had received a heavy blow and great discouragement in Liverpool and Manchester in consequence of Messrs. Hammond and Anderson refusing to pay the stars more money than they were worth. It was a question whether the stars had not been put out altogether, as far as regarded Liverpool and Manchester. The stars were of a very captious nature. It was remarked, that their attraction was greatly depreciated of late years. The satellites of Jupiter Drurylaneumsidus, it seems, had disappeared, and the planet itself had lately lost much of its lustre. SECTION E.—GEOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. Dr. Stoneybatter read a very clever paper upon quarts, touching on various pints with much ability. He instanced a remarkable case of his friend Professor Knocks breaking off some trap rock, and finding a mouse embedded therein. On the subject of Mud several cases were brought forward of persons "sticking in it." Mr. Braykofen remarked that " sticking in the mud " was by no means an uncommon oc currence. He had, in fact, experienced it himself.—On the subject of physical geography, Dr. Bolus read some very in iteresting accounts of Epsom and its salts—Cheltenham and its waters. SECTION F.—STATISTICS. Mr. Fussy read the result of his enquiries as to the quan tity of Everton toffy consumed in Liverpool, as well as lolly pops and other materials coming under the head " CagmPg. , ' Mr. Twiddle gave the number of persons married at the Col legiate Church, Manchester. He thought that only one-fifth of the gross amount might be considered sane. :liens sane in corpore sano. SECTION G.-NATURAL HISTOI A. curious discussion took place in this section, in which Herr Boolywauger gave a variety of information on the habits of the red herring. He detailed the various attempts that had been made in Holland to give the fish a smoky taste naturally. He stated that every experiment had failed. Pro fessor M`Greenock drew attention to the propagation of the principle which maintains that haggles are essentially a Scotch dish. PHRENOLOGY.-SECTION H Mr. Brandybat produced the skull of the celebrated John Jones, of Wales. Mr. Putemdown begged to enquire if that was the bead from the collection in Mould. Mr. Brandybat said no ; the one he produced was the other one. He would briefly point out the developments. Mr. Jones's conduct while living would prove the great truths of phrenology. Secretiveness large. He was often found hiding his wife. This was a striking instance. Amativeness large. He was much given to lick-er, and greatly loved beer. This was also shown by having flll-up-of-gin-ativeness. Colour large. Mrs. Jones's eye frequently exhibited different deli cate shades of blue and black. Inhabitiveness small. Jones's antipathy to lodging in bridewell was notorious. Destruc tiveness large. Mrs. Jones's cups and saucers would exem plify this. Mr. Putemdown did not believe a word of all that had been stated. The bump which had been shown on the left band arose from a stick at Wrexham fair ; the dinge on the left was caused by falling on a stone on another occasion. He considered phrenology to be a hum.—Mr. Brandybat did not think--Mr. Putemdown was not to be put down by any one ; the other head ought to be shown. Mr. Brandybat had only produced Mr. Jones's head before it was full grown. The measurements were all wrong. The top was only half a-crown, and the back ought to have been brought forward. Mr. Brandybat had left the front behind.—Great confusion ensued, which ended by Mr. Brandybat finding Mr. Jones's skull going down his throat, and Mr. Putemdown being regularly floored. SECTION I.—ANTIQUITY. Some very interesting proceedings took place in this sec tion.—Dr. Dawdlover exhibited some real brass farthings found in Pompeii, supposed to have been in circulation when the city was swallowed up. A Member produced a part of the torch, the property of H ero, which s h e h e ld up as a b ea con to Leander. Dr. 0 Swill read a paper upon Fin M'Cowl's pap spoon, and produced a portion of the carving. In the Medical department two or three papers were read, was but they wer e of a dull and uninterestin g nature. A curious case of i magn etic sleep in consequence of reading the Liverpool of hYPn?bogY brought of a p erson b e i ng put i nto a deep Mercury . At the soiree a curious and very remarkable phenornhna was remarked. Many hats, in changing heads, were found to be converted from four and nines into twenty one shilling beaver!. Several members felt the effects on reaching their lodgings. incurred for The( to another RTS;N' DBACH asked l veyor) car hire amounted to?_ The CHAIRMAN said that question was not now before the committee. Mr. EvArts was of pinion the South Harbour Master ought to defray his own car hire. The CHAIRMAN stated that the Sub-committee further recommended that the South Harbour Master be required to enter the house built for him, and that no future allow ance be made to him for car hire. Mr: EVANS said, that so far as the North Graving Docks were concerned, Mr. Askew's directions relating to them were given at the office; but the execution of them depended upon the harbour master tor that division. There could be no necessity, therefore, for Mr. Askew to go to the North Graving Docks except upon extraordinary occasions. The SECRETARY , read the regulations of the office, which rmed t of Mr. Evans. xxs observed that these regulations did away with ssity for car hire. routN spoke strongly in favour of the whole sum be llowed, and he moved an amendment to that effect. Mr. HOLMES wished that about £BO had been proposed; but he declined to second the amendment. The amendment consequently fell to the ground, and the recommendations: of thaSub-comMittee were confirmed. An application from David Cabbell for compensation, amounting to £7, for injury done to his horse by the dock railway, was referred to the surveyor. The committee then separated. STEAM SHIP COLUMBIA The British and North American Royal Mail Steam-ship arrived on Tuesday morning last at eleven o'clock. She left Boston at 5 p.m. on the 16th, and Halifax at 5 p.m. on the 18th, thus having made the shortest .ssage across the ,alf days from the She brought ngers, a list of whom we the tie Mr. Atlantic ever know - n—being eleven and former port, and nine and a half from th, between thirty and forty cabin passe subjoin, with an abstract of the log ABSTRACT OF THE LOG June 16.—Wind W.S.W., 5 p.m., backed out of dock,and proceeded to sea ; light winds and fine weather. 17.—Winds variable, course N. 73 E., distance 171 miles, lat. 42 10, long. 67 11. Moderate breezes and hazy. -`) —Wind easterly. 230 p.m. arrived at Halifax ; 5 p.m. Cunaad's Wharf and started for Liverpool; light airs and thick, fog throughout. 19.—Wind S.E., course N. 83 E., lat. 45 00, long. 59 35, distance 175 miles. Light winds and hazy weather. 20.—Wind S., course N. 79 E., lat. 45 47, long. 53 57, distance 240 miles. Light breezes with thick fog. 21.—Wind S.W., course N. 79 E., lat. 46 37, long. 47 51, Moderate winds and foggy. N. 68. E., lat. 48 09, long -4‘s and hazy. g. 47 51, distanc 99 - 258 mile Find W COW . Light brt —Wind v listance 270 miles W.S.W. 'stance Z —Wind Is and clear. 1 E., lat. 49_46, long to breezes and fair N. 81 1 25, long. 22 00, inds and fine weather. q. 87 E.. lat. 50 46, long. 15 12, ate breezes. 730 a.m., passed distanc the wreck of a small vessel deserted. 27.—Wind N.W., course N. 84 E., lat. 8 15, distance 254 miles. A.M., abreast of Cape Clear. Light winds and clear. 28.—Wind S.S.W. At 10 a.m. arrived at Liverpool. Making the passage from Boston to Liverpool, including delay at Halifax, &c., in eleven and a-half days, and from Halifax in nine and a-half, difference of time being deducted. This is the quickest passage ever made between America and LIST OF PASSENGERS. From Boston.—Capt. Herbert Taylor, Mrs. Taylor, two children, and two female servants, Miss Leigh, Mr. R. F. Teebohm, Mrs. Gay and infant, Mr. Charles Rodriguez, Mr. J. M'Closeque, Mr. Geo. Coulson, Mr. J. A. Grant, Mr. G. W. Whistler, Major 13oultaz, Mr. Clapp, Mrs. Clapp, Miss A. W. Clapp, and Miss A. M. Clapp. From Halifia.—Mr. Daley, Mr. Alex. Primrose, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Atkinson, Mr. Carter, Mr. T. C. Bagg, Mr. S. Bagg, Mr. Bartlett, Mrs. Beresford cud servant, Mr. Young, and Mr. Stanfield, 29th Regiment. From Boston to Halifax.—Mr. J. N. T._ Crane, Mr. _ _ Charles J. Prescott, Mr - . W. 1-1. Hopper, Mr. Frederick Winter, Mr. J. H. Collins, Mr. Braine, Mrs. Braine, Mr. W. A. Creighton, Mr. Elijah Thayer, and Mr. Geo. Cook. THE GEORGE WASHINGTON on Wednesday, with Charle several other r :veers of of whom joined it e tollo 3g testimony to of Captain Burrowe On board the George Washington, Tuesday, 28th June, 1842. " DEAR Sia,—We Cannot allow - Our voyage home to come to a close without tendering to you our best and cordial thanks for the comfort we have experienced in the noble vessel under your command, the attention we have received at your hands, and the unremitting and zealous devotion with which you have on all occasions discharged the respon sible trust confided to you. Nor can we refrain from saying, before we separate for our several destinations, that your kind-hearted and manly character has awakened in all of us an esteem for yourself which we cannot easily express, but which we feel assured you will not, on that account, the less readily understand. " One of the most pleasant 'incidents in a voyage which, thanks to God, has been rendered memorable to us by none but agreeable and prosperous circumstances, is the beine able to unite together in this unanimous expression of respect and esteem for one who so well and thoroughly deserves it. " We are, dear sir, yours, faithfully and obliged, (Signed by 15 Passengers.) MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT On Saturday evening a deplorable accident happened to the Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford, whilst riding in a phaeton at Curraghnaore, Ireland. Many exaggerated state ments of the circumstance have appeared, but the following account of the casualty, from the Tipperary Constitution, is, we believe, correct:— " It this day becomes our very painful duty to state that a most serious accident, which might have been attended with fatal consequences, occurred on Saturday evening last to the Marquis of Waterford and his interesting and amiable lady. We shall not dwell upon the very melancholy event, further than to relate the particulars as they have been communi cated to us, by a gentleman who spent some time at Curragh more yesterday. On Saturday evening the Marquis and Lady Waterford went to drive, as they had been in the habit of doing for some evenings before, abort the demesne, in a phaeton, drawn by a pair of well-trained horses. which his lordship had purchased in London, a short time previous. In descending a hill near the wood-ranger's house, the car riage, which was very light, ran upon the horses, and they commenced accelerating their pace, upon which her ladyship appeared alarmed, and caught hold of the Marquis, and it is thought this circumstance prevented him from having that power over the horses which he otherwise would. The horses dashed on at a rapid pace, and the Marchioness was thrown with great violence to the ground. In a moment after the vehicle was overturned, and the Marquis fell between the horses, one of which had his legs broken. By a desperate effort his lordship extricated himself from the carriage and ran towards where Lady Waterford had fallen. She had stood up, and his lordship just came to her when she was in the act of falling. She was conveyed in an insensible state upon a litter to the house, and remained speechless up to yesterday morning, when she called for tea, and made some observations relative to the accident. Medical aid was quickly procured, and nothing that surgical skill could effect was left undone. Doctors Purcell and Briscoe were promptly in attendance, and in the absence of the Surgeon-General from Dublin, Doctor Smyly lost no time in proceeding to Curragbmore. The Marquis received some severe bruises, but he is in such a state of mind about her ladyship, that he appears not to bestow a thought on himself, and has not left her since the accident happened. The latest accounts we have received are most favourable, and we trust an all-mer ciful Providence will restore the noble pair to health, and spare them to a tenantry by whom they are justly beloved. We never heard more sincere regret expressed at an occur rence, and we hope it will soon become our pleasing duty to record the convalescence of the Marquis of Waterford and his interesting and benevolent lady." The following additional particulars Evenin_q Mail of Wednesday : ri the Dublin .. We have been favoured with a communication from Cur raghmore-house, announcing the arrival there of Mr. Cusack, the celebrated surgeon, from this city, as well as that of Mr. Smyly. The former left town on Monday evening, accom panied by the Hon. Captain Talbot, one of the Aides-de- Camp to the Lord-Lieutenant. In order to allay the fears as well as to answer the inqui ries of the thousands who flocked around the house to ascertain the extent of the accident and the state of the noble sufferers, there was yesterday issued and posted the follow- BULLETIN " Curraghinore, Tuesday, Twelve o' Clock . " Lady Waterford passed a tranquil night, is sensible of all surrounding objects, and is progressing as well as can be expected. " J. F. PURCELL, " JOHN BRISCOL, m.D I 9, joSIAH SMYLY, " JOHN CUSACK, In addition to the foregoing, our correspondent has consi derately added the following postscript, written at the latest moment that it was possible to post a letter for Dublin : " Curraghrnore, half-past Five, Tuesday Evening. " We are happy to say that her Ladyship continues to go on favourably." _ Sincerely do we rejoice, and greatly will the public be de lighted at this gratifying account; and on their behalf, as well as our own, we request a continuance of that consider ate kindness towards both, which suggested these commu nications. The injury sustained by her Ladyship is a concussion of the brain, and not, as first stated, a fracture of the skull. It is to be hoped that the concussion is not of a serious cha racter. We are authorised to state that the horses in the phaeton, when the unfortunate accident occurred, were steady add well-trained ; that they were proceeding at a walking pace down hill, when it is supposed , one of them was stung by a hornet, with which Curraghmore abounds, and becomoirl7 restive and unmanagable," maddened by pain, forcing the other animal'with him. occurrence in Within our recollection there never was an started tt which public feeling and public sympathy thewere g noble and so extensively engaged as on behalf of suf ferers in this afflicting accident.' We are grafied, on the authority o f private letters fro m Canada, to learn that, up to the 14th of June , up wards of 17,000 emigrants from the United Ki ugdo . m had arrived . at Quebec—that at the lowest computation between 6,00, and 7,000 had arrived from the United States up.t.o the 4th of . June—that the country was healthy, crops p . rotnismg,, enter prise extending in every quarter of the province,_ business in a flourishing state, and agricultural produce bxingin l i a zaw remunerative pri MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE The Dock Committee held their meeting yesterday. The were present :—Messrs. Sands. (chair es, Smith, Molyneux, Nicol, Evans, n, Sandbach, and Tobin. ted that the Sub-Committee of Works I the Sub-Committee for the department of the Marine e CHAIRMAN Surveyor had nothing to report. The Sub-Committee for the department of the Harbour Masters recommended that John Kelly be appointed gate- master at Coburg Dock, and J. H. Brodie gate-master at Toxteth Dock. The same sub-committee reported that they had received a claim of £l4O 18s. for car hire from the South Harbour Master, and they recommended that he be paid after the rate of the last allowance made to him, namely, £22 per from October, 1839, to the present date, June. 18A° a due to him. this account had only lately come in Th. f ...,IAIRMAN replied that it was sent in only last week. South Harbour Master had told him that the reason why he had not sent it in sooner was, that he did not wish to trouble the committee. Mr. EVANS.—I wish he had continued in that mind. Mr. Nzcor. enquired what the expense of car hire had been AIRMAN replied, in running from one graving dock ow much Mr artlev's (the sur WANTON CRUELTY TO THE - EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—It is with feelings of disgust towards an individual who could outrage common humanity, I now take the liberty of addressing a few words to you. Passing across the fields from the Tannery to Parliament-street, I saw a man (I should say a " brute,") taking a small spaniel bitch to drown it, and on getting to the nit he strung round its neck a stone about * cwt., and threw - it in ; the pit being shallow, the poor dog was left with its head just above water, strug gling to extricate itself, but was unable, when a gentleman passing by desired a b o y t o ge t it ou t, w hich being d brute': tied its legs in a loose want after waiting a little time he rewarded penny, and then left the field. The do mercy of a number of more " brutes greatest cruelty by throwing stones, one dog and knocked one of its eyes out, ing over and over in the water ; the dog was full a qt--- of an hour suffering the greatest agony, such as I car describe. The brute on being asked why he was dm:own the r!og, said it had bitten his child, and that he though was mad, though probably the poor animal was less i. than himself. HUMANITAS 29th June, 1842 I threw it in with a hal ten left to tt ccho exercised the of which struck EDGE-HILL INFANT SCHOOL TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARL SIR,---I beg leave to call your attention to the circum stance, that the statement made by me, in reply to Mr. Colquhoun's letter, contained an assertion that the facts were such as I knew to be true, because they could be proved upon oath ; and when you received a declaration of this kind, it appears to me that it ought at least to have met with the same m credence which you gave to the letter of treated that letter as if there could racy ; you inserted it without any previous communication with me, without any notice to correspondents, which might have served to draw my attention to the alleged mismanage- no doubt of it went of the sch oo l 0 - ; you appended no comment to the state ment implying a doubt of its accuracy, but when my letter was sent to you, assuring you that there was not a syllable of truth in the statement, and that the facts I mentioned could be proved upon oath, you say, " We have been egre giously misled IF the facts turn out as represented by Mr. Barker." I am quite willing to accept your disclaimer of any inten tion to doubt my veracity, and make no complaint on that score; but I have great reason to complain of the manner in which a paper professing to be the friend of education in connection with the church, without a word of notice or in quiry, and without the expression of a doubt, inserted an untrue and most offensive statement with reference to our And I also complain of the unwillingness shewn by the same paper to admit the accuracy of the counter statement. There was not the least necessity for the observation upon my litter, and the promise of saying more aft er f ur th er in- quiry has not been kept. . - _. ...,. The fact is, a great mistake was made when Mr. C.'s let ter was inserted, and the unwillingness to acknowledge thi has led you into mistakes even greater than the first. It was not my intention to this affair, but as you say that your correspondent Cleric ave written an' admits that " the case as brought under your notice was one which it was quite proper should be sifted," and are " gra tified " with this admission, as if it implied approbation of the manner in which you first noticed the case, I call upon you in fairness to insert this letter, containing my opinion upon this point, and, if I am not much mistaken, you will find it to be the opinion of many of your readers, both cle rical and lay. I am, sir, your obedient servant, FREDERIC BARKER Edge-hill, June 29, 1842 •." .1 - here are several remarks in this letter which invite expla nation—and something more ; but, as the slightest edito rial notice seems to give most unintentional offence, we are quite willing that Mr. Barker should have the last word.—En. L. S.] NUISANCES TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SIR,—NOW that the cool weather allows of a little reflec tion, pray will you notice the state of the hack entrances into houses in general, which, left untouched by the cleansing hand of the scavenger, serve for the repository of filth of every description, and tend greatly to the generating of dis ease ? A little attention here would be only just ; and, I may add, the accumulating half decomposed soil would amply repay the authorities for their extra trouble. Yours', very obediently, AN INHABITANT. LIGHT GOLD.-TOWN MEETING TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—The vexation, trouble, and loss sustained by jured public, by the most injurious method adopted by go vernment for suppressing the gold coin of the realm that is deficient in standard weight, is only equalled by its palpable injustice; and the nation should be immediately and fully relieved from both. Nothing can be more unjust and op pressive than to levy a penalty upon individuals, for having had in their possession, for a few days or hours, a gold coin that has lost a grain or two in its weight, by national wear for fifteen or twenty years ! It is, sir, the obvious duty of the government to supply the nation with a fair and legal current coin ; and when diminished in value by regular wear and tear, to call it in, and replace it with new coin, at the expense of the nation. The exchange should be made through the medium of the Bank of England, and its branches all over the kingdom, without any expense or loss to individuals; and, with a view to the accomplishment of thqt object, I would beg leave respectfully to suggest to some of the influential gentlemen of Liverpool the expediency of presenting a requisition to the Mayor, requesting his worship to convene a PUBLIC TOWN MEETING, for the purpose of preparing and addressing a MEMORIAL On the subje the executive government, praying for the natural and per relief which the case requires, and which assuredly cc not be reused. —I am, sir, yours respectfully, Liverpool, 28th June, 1842. CIVIS [We fear, after the government have paid so little attention to the many remonstrances made to them by influential parties, our correspondent's suggestion, if carried out, would have little weight with them.] THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUERS 2 4 0 THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—The following lines are the production of a labour ing man, and I send them to you literally as they were handed to me. If you think proper to insert them in your paper, they are at your service.—Yours, &c., A CONSTANT READER. THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUERS• Te anti-corn leaguers,* false friends of the poor, Who pretend that cheap bread will be poverty's cure And who preach to poor people that the big loaf alon For all their past sufferings will amply atone ; Why not tell us that in countries where the loave - plenty The poor are worse off and their wages more scanty ? Nor make us believe that our wages wont fall When the duty on corn shall be nothing at all. Ye preach your wild plans for the mill-owner's sake, So that he a large fortune may speedily make ; And when he has made it, he 11 drive in his gig, And for the cor n or the corn-laws he'll not care a fi g : As the peoplr t hat s p oke against slavery pretended That their taste for slave-sugar for ever had ended ; Eut slavery aholisbed,they gave over suc h preac hi ng , And an opposite doctrine now they are teachi ng ; For those who once spoke in so pious a strain, When slave-sugar is cheap they would have it again. But such is the cant that we hear every day From addlehead orators spouting for pay ; Deceiving the poor with false plans of relief, Whilst their paymaster's interest with them is the chief : 'Tis for them that they preach, though the poor die of hunge Let the poor then beware, nor trust the knaves longer. ROBERT CROMPTON, A LABOURING MAN. Liverpool, 25th June, 1842. * Query . —May not the anti-corn-law leaguers be really regarde( as anti-corn leaguers, when we take into account the probable ulti mate effect of their proposed annihilation of duty ? A CONSTANT READER. " Are you fond of novels, Mr. Jones ?" " Very," responded the interrogated gentleman, who wished to be thought, by the lady questioner, fond of literature. " Have you," continued the inquisitive lady, " ever read ' Ten Thousand a Year ?' " " No, madam ; I never read so many novels in all my life!"—New York Paper. The great earthquake which produced such fearful havoc at St. Domingo on the Sth of May last, was felt on board the Levenside, Captain Campbell, which arrived here on Tues day. The ship was about seventy miles from the island. The sensation on the minds of the sailors was, that the ship had got aground on some unm arked rock, done elt,a to nd the second mate got out the lead. The tr ue cause, how ever , occurrro to Captain Campbell, and an e ntr y to th at effect in the log. The shock lasted about two minutes. Alth the sea was much agitated, no injury t he shi " was —Greenock Advertiser. FIRE AT SIR HARRY FEATHERSTONE'S. --The beautiful Belvidere Temple on Harting Hill Up Park, near Hastings, the seat of Sir Harry Featherstone, was destroyed b y fi re on Monday night: This building, which from its commanding situation served both as a sea and l an d mark, was discovered to be in flames at midnight, and the country for miles round soon roused from their slumbers to witness its destruction. Sir Harry Featherstone has for years opened his park and grounds at this season . of the year to the neighbourhood for promenade and gipsy . parties ; and it was at first supple]. that one of these parties had omitted to put out the fire 0 _,.! by them in the temple, and that some sparks had cornn ) :::: 4 . cated with the wood-work ; but an investigation is now_g n on to ascertain the real cause, and we fear it will DI! out that the fire was not altogether accidence Guardian. —Brighto7l. ILLNESS MISTAK EN FOR DRUNKENNEss.-o,n, Sat. d' M. P. a long investigation to o k p l ace b e f ore Mr. Wa'" e Y' - d at the Dudley Arms, Harrow-road, Paddington, on the body of Mary Pearce, aged 54. William Pearce, the teernasoeur_ husband, said he resided at 7, Edward's-Place,. Ll2ngr street, Bryanston-square. On TuesdaY k m° Tne deceased about half-past five, he left home to go to his to' a laundress al was at the time in bed. She was ironevireli, and had corn Bayswater. She did not appear ve Y u didrnot see her afterward plained of pain in the head. L' e A eared evening at th alive, and found she was lying de ap/ that the decease Paddington station-house. l a t , d " Procee de d in the directic left home shortly after seven, st seven, whilst proceedii of Bayswater. About halc-pas "aobserved suddenly to stagy along the Harrow-road, sie, pposed to be in a state of into . and fall down. She aS :600n -house, charged with be cation, was taken tablethen f taking care of herself," and a " drunk and incap_ ii for some time to recover, Was f our being left in the ce . r was ultimately adjourned for a be dead. The in9in Ind further evidence. mortem examination . d a _ ... .. ve we peruse let ter sent from A t . CHINA. % Hughes, a seaman on boardh er Tun; C by Robert relatives in this town. -- -Jt• ins,rid, to his re lt is dated Febru ship ti, an d speaks of the A dm iral and ari 7 .-' , the writer would ' • fleet being then a Chusan , whej 'Chinese forts as beingjoin them in April. 1 describes the to s i tua te on the road 1 Pekin,_ occupying fourmiles in l length— and of the in iabitants as bei n g numberless," and like the sands on the ,ea shore." There had been for the la st two month s , The Chinese were no cngazement encamped in the rear of the city, but avoided all states, that the Llenheim • conflict. The letter further February, with, the Plenip otentiary the on board, and that that the city would be 12,00 chief mandarin that the ransom of on peril of the city ,000 of dollars, to be paid in March, pecied to be at Pekinbein g totally destroyed. The troops ex numbered 12,000 able men, the spring. With the sailors, they field-pieces. The men, and could muster about 100 writer goes on to say, that the arrival of the J upiter, a t upon a fort held rc".shiP, would he the signal for an attack by 21.000 of the Chinese. The captain of an noy, in had been employed to go up to Pekin as a spy 3v. the British, and had achieveil his errand in the garb of a ; but, of course, the writer know nothing of the i plans which the - mission bad revealed.— Carnarvon Herald, Chinese