The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-01-18 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL INSTITUTION FO 7 ll DIFFICULT CASES OF POOR MARRIED LYVNG-IN WOMEN AND TREATMENT OF FEMALE DISEASES, SITUATE IN HORATIO-STREET übscnbe 1, January 17. 18-12 NEILL NS ON AND M' 55, DALE-STREET. WINES IN WOOD lelivered (in Liverpool) free oiexpense 32,£36, £39, 4: per End 0, £2l per Quarter,: ;ask. zr:4B 106. C22,4:24 10s. peuarter Cask, IA !MLA, (FfOrio,) £2l 10s., er Quarter Cask. £l7 101. per I-Ilid., £9 per Qr. Cask. !JES IN BOTTLE. r, 245., 305., 345., 365., 425., 485., and 245., 305., Us., 425., 485., and IADEIRA, 27. per Dozen, MADEIRA, (old s. per Dozen, LISBON, (rich and dry,) I WINES, GINGER, COWSLIP, ORANGE, )OSEBERRY, 14a. per Dozen. FRENCH AND RHENISH WINES. 545., 601., and 78s. per Dozen. 'AGNES TS (Ch. teau,; Latour, and others,) 425. 485., and r Dozen Braunburz. 50s. per Dozen OREIGN AND BRITISH SPIRITS. 'ale BRANDY, 725. per Dozen, or 365. per Gall. very fine, 30s. per Gallon. old Jamaica, 16s. and 17s. per Gallon. genuine old Schiedam, direct from Rotterdam 1 Dozen, at 725. per Case. erior, 10s. and 12s. per Gallon. Islay and Campbelton,) 16s. 6d. and 16s. per ), Old Irish, (as used in Dublin,) 16s. 6d. and 16s CORK PORTER, 4s. 6d. per dozen quarts, )zen pints. NDON DI'T'TO, ss. 6d. per dozen quarts, 3s. per dozen INDIA pale ALE, 6s. and 65. 6d. per dozen quarts, s. 6d. and 35. 9d. per dozen pints. ST LANDED, a choice assortment of FRUITS, and ON SALE, at IDDLEWOOD'S FAMILY FRUIT WAREHOUSE 6, PARKER -STREET, CHURCH-STREET. ioply of Shaddocks and Forbidden ifitais i id J. M. respectfully solicits aco pcison s to quality and price ; he has jug redeived nuts, Spanish and French Chests s ; Kent ge Filberts or Cob Nuts ; Reis' ' , in large es ; also, cartoons New Jordan an. Shell Al- French and Portugal Plums, Sweet Seville and Seville Oranges for Marmalade, French Pears, luinces, Ditto Marmalade, Preserved Limes, Ta and West India Ginger. French Olives, 5, Pickles, &c. &c. ; new Shaddock Marma d 2s. 6d. per pot ; a few barrels of Forbidden ving, &c., at 4s. and 6s. per dozen ; a con e Hambro' Grapes ; a few-boxes of large It is unnecessary to enumerate every ve Establishment is supplied with every ] be procured. aids and la r the Preservation of the Hair.— dge most the flattering testimonials ingdom. The price, in pot boxes, 25., egs to announce to his Friends and e Botanic Oil, for the preservation —a very fair experiment; if any Jd has taken place, it is for the bet re bushy now than thirty years ago. Oil possesses emollient properties of ent of the Hair. S PATENT BARLEY AND PATENT recommended by the Faculty, patronized by Loyal es and Invalids is pirticularly called :5 of the above Pat / ent Articles, be s= of the Barley and Qat ever produced, mentathe properties bof a Steam Process, I are removed, and impurities rejected. lON'S PATENT IARLEY srticle by which pniti Barley Water can rtes. It produces ao excellent mucilage re palatable than Oat made from Pearl during the anxio I period of suckling, and nutritious. n cons tit u ti ons w h en rmented liquors are nad m i ssa bl e ,it i s an i ti ive source of comfort both to the parent ) strongly recommended for light sup ;, and makes a most delicious custard hich purpose it has been used by families of action. and will be found suitable for the invalid le infant or aged. It is also highly esteemed as th new milk for the breakfast table. ROBINSON'S PATENT GROATS s of purity as the Patent Barley. by this article very far surpasses any d of those pernicious qualities which cora ' contains, and which produce heartburn itomach. Children and those labouring stion will be found highly benefited by rt time required for its preparation,makes cable acquisition for the sick chamber. CAUTION. imitations, with similar wrappers, both appearance, are being offered to the Pub eem it necessary to call the attention of ially Servants, to the circumstance, and observe that on each Genuine Packet are rms, with the words " By Royal Letters gnature of " MATTS. ROBINSON." ;SON AND BELLVILLE, Queen. 64, Red Lion-street, Holborn, London. NOBILITY, CLERGY, GENTRY, AND PUBLIC IN GENERAL. E. S. TUTON, / 'IAN ESTABLISHMENT, LORD-STREET, ppreciating the liberal patronage with w ch his :us Friends and Custome rs h ave so long voured Cully takes leave to tender hi s warm t thanks, time, to assure them that no exaftion will o maintain a succession of their fa,ifaurs, being PERSONALLY to SUPERINTEND IlleirSTAßLlSH begs to state, the STOCK iBH SHOPS n COMPLETE, and solicit s an ea inspection of —1 FASHIONABLE Materi for WINTER a sir I ROYAL, CHENI CHUSAN, RICH CHENI SILKS, SATINETTS, ack and Coloured DUCAPES, SATINS, &c., Cheap Black and Coloured SILK VELVETS, Also every Shade in COTTON VELVET, narrowest width of Ribbon to the full Velvet width. from a NEWEST STYLES in CLOAKING. Fashionable MANTELETS and CLOAKS. 'evi Patent WATERPROOF LUSTRE CLOAKS, in various shades. EANS CLOTHS, in great variety, Plain and Cheni TSELINE DE LAINES, do. do. do. Novel Designs in SHAWLS, LONG SHAWLS, SCARFS, and HANDKERCHIEFS. FLANNELS, Saxony, Welsh, and Lancashire. PRINTED CHINTZ FURNITURE. DAMASKS and MOREENS. les QUILTS and COUNTERPANES, all sizes BLANKETS, Witney and Bath, all sizes. ;LHOLD LINEN of every description, including idths and makes of Sheetings, Huckaback Diapers, clings, Crash and Chi na Cl ot h s . 1 4-4 IRISH LINENS, warranted sound, of stout CALICOES, WHITE AND GREY, suitable for EVERY DOMESTIC PURPOSE, including Steam-loom Shirt- LONG LOTHS, INDIA DIMITY, DOUBLE WARPS SHEETINGS and WINDOW BLINDS, Mut width. DASHERY, RIBBONS, of Fashionable Styles, lONNETS and CAPS, NETS, BLONDES. ill makes, all sizes SIERN, DO., DO. CLOTHING, including VESTS, DRESSES, &c., in Saxony Wool and Merino. OURNING FULLY SUPPLIED. ILS EFFICIENTLY CONDUCTED, FTING DEPARTMENT AS USUAL Replete with every Article for VOYAGES to any part of the World, I .(POR,TATION & HOME-USE, BOTH FOR GENTLEMEN; OR FAMILIES, y part of the World, promptly supplied with Prices unusually moderate YOUTHS GOING TO SEA, apprentices, Furnished with every Article of CLOTHING, finest to the lowest description, the whole being OST SUBSTANTIALLY MADE UP. ZS AND SOJOURNERS IN TOWN lodated with every description of CLOTHING for immediate use. INTER ENVELOPE: viz., le-Road, Taglioni, Pilot, Pea, D'Orsay, JN, and CHESTERFIELD WRAPPER capital OVERCOAT for 16s. 6d. AND YOUTHS' FEARNOUGHT. ROUGH WINTER COAT 10s. 6d. ,NT WATERPROOF BEAVERS in great variety. ',loth and Gimlet, for Gentlemen and Boys. SPANISH CIRCULAR CLOAK. ♦?EN'S DRESSING GOWNS, new and splendid Patterns. LOUSE and RUSTIC, or READING COAT, S ROBES made according to order. EXTONS' GOWNS, from 20s. to 30s HATS AND UMBRELLAS WATERPROOF and FABRICS, viz AIRPROOF , Pea. s, Capes Overalls, Cushions, Y, therefore' warranted proof e is NOW OPEN for the RECEPTION o NTS, who can be admitted only by recommen JOHN JONES, Secretary. COD RI CLOA ather Vests, Drawers, and Socks. PASSENGI Rs' BEDDING, being kept well aired for immediate in; HE TAILORING DEPARTMENT to with every new and fashionable article. GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHS i in first style to mea sure. FE AT FOUR HOURS' NOTICE. N.B.—Listi of Prices SUIT C( fade t d of Outfits sent, post free, be had on application. ltd Nil., CORINTHIAN ESTABLISHMENT, 55 and t 6, New No., 62 and 64, LORD-STREBT. LIVERPOOL. I NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY ESTABLISHED 1821 DIRECTORS. PRESIDENT.—Edward Temple Booth, Esq, VICE - PRESIDENT. — Lieut.-Colonel John Harvey. A. Hudson, Esq. Charles Evans, Esq. George Morse, Esq. Edward Steward, Esq. William Herring, Esq. Lewis Evans, M.D. Major General Sir R. J. T. Blakiston. Esq., R.N Harvey, C.B. I W. M. Seppings, Esq. Mr. Recorder Jermy, SECRLTA RIES Adam Taylor, Esq. Samuel Bignold, Esq. THE Directors of this Office h av e the hi g h satisfaction of announcing to the Insurers that a return of zt::ls per cent. on the Premiums paid between :Michaelmas, 1837, and Michaelmas, 1841, having been declared, such return will be payable to the several holders of Policies, at the re spective Quarter Days when such Policies become renew able, either at the head Office, or by the Agent with whom parties may have Insured. The Directors have the stongest grounds to expect that the future returns will equal, if not exceed, that now de clared, and the constant increase of Business, (now amount ing to nearly 58 Millons,) sufficiently attests the public confidence in the Stability of this Office. It is provided by the COnstitutionof this Society, that the parties Insured shall be free from all responsibility, the engagements of the Office being guaranteed by a Capital of £550,000. The CHIEF OFFICE for LONDON is, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. Norwich, Jan. 11th, 1842. No. 6, Cresent, A N Assortment of upwards of 100 PIAN9:FORTES, 11 from 7 to 100 Guineas, on Sale and Hire, at W. P. DREAPER'S PIANO-FORTE and MUSIC WARE HOUSE, 49, BOLD -STREET, (Six doors above Newington.) Excellent second-hand Square Piano-fortis, in perfect order, by Broadwood and other makers, from' 7 Guineas. Cabinet Piano-fortes, Ditto Six-octave Cottage Ditto „ Six-and-a-half Horizontal Grand Ditto Patent Semi-Grand Ditto W. P. DREAPER begs leave to state, that he has just returned from London, and his saite of Show-rooms are now replete with all the novelties in the above line, forming an elegant and extensive Assortment of New and Second hand PIANO-FORTES, from the Manufactories of Messrs. COLLARD and COLLARD, Bno ADNV oOn, TOMKIRON, and other esteemed London Makers, at the lowest possible prices. Piano-fortes taken in Exchange, Lent on Hire, Repaired, and Tuned, Singly or by the Year. .... _ . A superior Double-action Harp, by ERARD, of London, to he sold at half its original cost. W. P. D. will warrant any Piano-forte sold by him, and will exchange the same within twelve months, if not approved of. N.B.—A large Assortment of NEW and POPULAR MUSIC, at HALF PRICE. NORWICH UNION FIRE OFFICE On Tuesday last, the 11th instant, the annual general meeting of the proprietors of this noble institution was held at the Office, in Surrey-street, Norwich, pursuant to public advertisement. Rumour had heralded that the Society's financial affairs were in a highly prosperous condition, and that the report of the Directors would he of a most gratifying nature. By twelve o'clock (the appointed hour of meeting) the Board-room was nearly full, and soon after the Directors and Officers of the Society entered. We observed amongst the persons present on the occasion, the worthy President, E. T. Booth, Esq., the Vice-President, Lieut.-Colonel Harvey, Major-General Sir R. J. Harvey, C. 8., Mr. Re corder Jermy, of Stanfield-hall, George Morse, Esq., of Cation-park, Willia m H err i ng , E sq ., o f Hetheraett, Anthony Hudson. Esq., Charles Evans, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, Dr. Evans, William M. Seppings, Esq., Edward Stewart, Esq., and the Secretaries, A. Taylor and Samuel Bignold, Esqrs., besides a numerous and highly influential proprietary. The President having taken the Chair, called upon the Se cretary, Samuel Bignold, Esq., to read the advertisement from the London Gazette convening the meeting, and the claases of the Deed of Settlement, pointing out the object for which the proprietors were assembled, viz., " to receive the report of the Board of Directors." This report consisted of the usual annual account of the income and expenditure of the office, and the cash accounts showing the amount of the capital in hand, and the nature and quality of the invest. ments. These preliminaries having been gone through, the President, Mr. Booth, rose and spoke as follows :—He ob served that the customary duty devolved upon him of sub mitting to them the report of the Directors on the results of the Society's transactions for the twelve months commencing at Michaelmas, 1840, and ending at Michaelmas, 1841, and on the present state and prospects of the Society ; and a most gratifying duty it was which he had to perform, for there was probably no parallel in the country to the high prosperity, and the well-deserved reputation, of this great institution. The principal features of the year consisted in a steady in crease of the Society's business, the annual premiums amounting to £78,794—a great diminution in the sum paid out for losses by fire—a reduction in the Office expenses —and the closing and exhilarating fact of a net profit of £27,400 on the year's business. (Hear, hear, hear.) He had to state that the Directors had determined to appro priate this sum, which, according to the provisions of the Deed of Settlement, belonged to the insurers and to the pro. prietors in defined proportions, viz., thre&-fifths or £16,440. to the former, and two-fifths or £10,960. to the latter. The important sum this year's business had thus realised for the insurers, added to former accumulations, would enable the Directors to make an immediate return of £l5. per Cent. on £309,328. 17s. 6d., being the amount of the premiums recei ved by the Society from September, 1837, to September, 1841. This per centage would be paid to every insurer, without ex ception, whether his policy had been in existence the whole period or for only a single year, or even but ;for three months ; an advantage, he believed, not afforded by any other society whatever. This return would cause a distribution among the the parties insured of £46.395. in the next four quarters. (Hear, hear.) He would now advert to the situation of the proprietary, would be this, a moiety of there gains this year, or £5480. would be added to their reserve fund, which would thus be augmented to £57,305., and the other moiety, with the balance of interest on the capital, would be available for the annual dividend on the shares, which he had the plea sure to announce would be £l2l.per ent., or £3. 15s. per share, causing an immediate distribution amongst the proprietors of £8,250. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Booth then announced that the dividend to the proprietors would be payable at the East of England Bank on and after the 24th inst., and added, that if any proprietor then present desired information on the ac counts or affairs of the Society, it would be immediately given. - Joseph Stannard, Esq. wished to know whether incendi ary fires had increased or diminished in the last year. Samuel Bignold, Esq. replied that the losses from this cause were less in the year just closed than had been experienced in any year since that of 1830 t o 1831. Stannard would ask one other question. Had the great business of this Society on farming insurance been kept up or fallen off? He asked because of the great advertising of an office styled " The Farmers' Office." Mr. Bignold had much pleasure in informing the worthy proprietor that our great connection with the farming inter est had not in the least suffered from the competition he al luded to. The Norwich Union Office had now for 50 years been the favourite office with the great body of British agri culturists, and the aggregate insurance effected with this office by that class amounted to £9,532,000, which was about one.fifth of all the insurances effected in the country by the other 44 offices collectively. He also added that the sum in sured was greater in the last than in any previous year, This important statement produced a feeling of general sa tisfaction throughout the meeting; and no other p ro p r i e t or rising, the sec re t ar y, M r . Samuel Bignold, spoke as follows : He said, I hope I may be allowed to offer my congratulations to the numerous and opulent proprietary and to the hundred thou sand insurers in this great and prosperous office an the splendid results which have attended its operations, not only on the year which has this day been the subject of our annual report, but on the last eight years. The year just closed has been, it is true, a most successful year, but it has been only one of a series of successful years, for which the profits in 1811 amount to £27,400 : the profits of the previous seven years are £168,000, besides leaving a clear balance in hand of £612-1, thus yielding an average on eight consecutive years of upwards of £25,000 per annum. (Hear, hear.) I am persuaded that no office can compete with ours in so auspicious a balance sheet. It has been achieved by great watchfulness and caution on the part of the numerous active agents of the office, well stationed over the whole kingdom, and by the prompt, liberal, and honourable settlement of every just claim. The great and increasing business of the office sufficiently attests the truth of this remark ; for, whilst in 1834 its total amount of insurance was below fifty millions, the present aggregate sum insured is £57,846,139, and its course is still onwards, the last year's increase in every class of business, commercial, trading, and agricultural, being greater than that of the previous year. All this prosperity has been attained without any adventitious aid whatever, if (added Mr. Bignold) I except the friendly co-operation and interest taken by a concern, which, though it is entirely separate from this office in every way, yet does influence many insurances to this society—l allude to the Norwich Union Life Insurance Society, which, through its many thousand insurers and its numerous mortgagers, yields much connexion and support to the fire-office. I trust the same friendly spirit which has always prevailed between the two institutions will continue. I know of no cloud to obscure the sunshine which now beams so effulgently on both socie- ties ; and I can only say, so long as p;osperity such as V we are reposing under continues to attend us, we may afford to one deadly foe the full vent to his malice ; for myself, having through a large portion of my life conferred favours on that individual, I can only feel that contempt for him which in gratitude like his must ever give rise to. The Rev. J. P. Chambers, of Heidenbam, rose to perform an agreeable duty, though from his little connection with public affairs he should be brief in what he bad to say. The position of this office appeared to him to be one of great and signal prosperity, and every person he thought must feel proud of having so great an establishment here. It could only have been brought to its present eminence by great di ligence and active superintendence, and seeing so many of the directors present, he should avail himself of the oppor tunity of tendering them, and the active officers of the society, the cordial thanks of the proprietors for their wise and judicious management of the society's affairs, from such profitable results to the public at large, and to this propritary, had ensued. (Hear, hear.) Joseph Stannard, Esq., had much pleasure in second ing a proposition which so entirely recommended itself to LOVT the meeting. The proprietors then separated, every one evincing his perfect satisfaction at the proceedings of the day. By taking revenge a man is not even with his enemy ; bu in passing it over he is his superior. A man cannot call in a better physician than himself, if h will take all the good advice he gives away to others. Many are asking, " How can the people most appropr • i ately honour the infant Prince of Wales ?" I answer, am who can gainsay ? " By founding a Royal Asylum for tin poor factory cripples!" True, they have not been woundec in the outside battles of their country, but they have beer wounded in the civil wars of capital! Their strength bar been wasted, their limbs have been torn, or crippled, or lost in the strife of the leaguers—the strife of money-getting: The Standard truly says of these child-tormentors, " Their money is their country :" and Burke remarked of such like men, " Their ledger is their Bible, their counting-house is their church, and their money is their God."—Fleet Papers. CURIOUS QUESTION.—M. Delahaye, Inspector-General of the assurance company La Securite, resigned his situation, and brought against M. Desprez, the director of the said company, a demand of 7011. 28c. for arrears of salary. The latter gentleman offered to pay this sum, but Delahaye re. fused to give up to the company the papers and letters which had come into his possession whilst in office. His advocate maintained that in principle the correspondence belonged to the party who had received it ; that if a ministerial circular had decided otherwise with respect to a certain class of offi cers, that decision could have no influence whatever upon private interests, and that it was the interest of his client to retain the letters (all of which bore testimony to the able manner in which he had discharged his duties) in order that he might thereby be furnished with some means of defence against the imputations alleged against him by the company. In spite of the efforts made by the opposite counsel, the tri bunal rejected the demand of M. Desprez for the restitution of the letters and correspondence, and ordered him to pay the amount claimed as well as the costs of the trial.—Paris Ipager. UNITED STATES The royal mail steamer Columbia arrived at this port on Saturday morning last, having made the passage from Boston in 13 days and 18 hours. She brings New York papers to the 31st ult., Halifax to the 3d, and Boston to the Ist instant. In the proceedings in Congress, on the 22d ult., a member of the senate presented a memorial from an insurance com pany at New Orleans, which set forth the loss the company had sustained through the liberation by the British authorities of Nassau, New Providence, of 38 slaves, which were insured against capture or seizure by the British government. After considerable discussion, the memorial was rererred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. On the 29th, Mr. Clay, in pursuance of a notice he had given, laid before the senate three joint resolutions proposing certain amendments to the constitution of the United States. The first of the resolutions proposes to amend the constitu tion by restricting the veto power. The second proposes to amend the constitution by vesting in congress the appoint ment of the secretary of the treasury and the treasurer of the United States. The third resolution proposes to amend the constitution by prohibiting the appointment to office of any member of Congress during the term for which he was elected. Each resolution has in view the same object—the curtailment of executive power and influence, and the reduc tion of that power and that influence within safe and proper limits. A long debate followed, the conclusion of which had not been received at New York on the 21st ult. On the 27th ult., in the senate, the following resolution was carried ; " Resolved.—That the President he requested to inform the Senate, if in his opinion it may be done without detriment to the public interest, whether any proposition has been made to or received from the British Government since the 4th of March, 1440, relative to a mutual right of search ; and, if so, to lay before the Senate all such correspondence, together with any instructions that may have been given since that time by this Government to our Minister at England, re lating to that object." On the same day a bill was brought in, and read twice, for the postponement of the operation of the bankrupt law until the Ist July. The Secretary of the Treasury had submitted to Congress his report, describing the President's plan for a new national currency, and for a final adjustment of that question. The report occupies a whole page in the New York papers. The plan which it embodies proposes the establishment of a Go vernment Bureau with agencies —first, possessing the power to issue 15,000,000 dollars of Treasury notes, from 5 dollars to 1000 dollars, redeemable in specie at the point of issue, and receivable for revenue everywhere; second, authority to issue certificates of deposits made in specie, redeemable in the like way as the Treasury notes ; and third, power to buy and sell domestic bills of exchange at certain stipulated rates, and within appointed times and distances. The British ship of war Illustrious, 7-1, Captain Erskine, arrived on the 30th December, from Porstmouth (England), whence she sailed on the 16th November, having on board Sir Charles Bagot, the new governor-general of British North America. She is said to be the first English line-of battle ship that has visited the port of New York since the revolution. On her arrival at quarantine, the British consul, Mr. Buchanan, proceeded thither in the steam-boat Frances, for the purpose of bringing his excellency up to the city, but on account of the storm he decided to remain on board the ship until the following day. A suite of apartments had been taken for him at the Globe Hotel. It was understood he would leave for Canada on the following Monday. The Illustrious, would not come up to the city, as she was to take her departure in a few days. A justice named Wiley had been convicted of havinc , been connected with thieves and bank robbers, for whom he had negociated rewards on the restoration of their plunder ! The judges of the courts at Philadelphia, to whom the grand jury had made a presentment against Nicholas Biddle and others, on the alleged ground of their having defrauded the Bank of the United States, had unanimously decided against entertaining the subject. It was rumoured that the officers of the bank would be indicted in some way. MONEY MARKET—FRIDAY, Dec. 31 The transactions at the Stock Board have been large, and prices have generally gone up, under the peculiarly heavy demand for delivery to-day. Delaware and Hudson rose 11 ; Indiana s's 1 per cent ; Illinois 6's, 11; Harlem 11; Ston ington, 1 per cent.; Canton, f ; Bank of Commerce is quoted 83 a 84, dividend 3 per cent. off. COTTON TRADE This market, both here and at the south, has been heavy for some time. The prevailing feature in all the markets is an absence of any great demand for the English market, while that for the Continent has been active. The news from Liverpool to the 19th November Nx as received in Mo bile on the 19th inst., and caused a cessation of business, — buyers demand a reduction of + a The continued gloom of the accounts received from England, and the large receipts here, induce the impression that prices will rule very low this year. CORN TRADE The flour market continues inactive. Few sales are made at six dollars a barrel, and even a little under. There are orders here from England, but not so high as the present prices. Sales of wheats have been made this week at one dol. 25 cents up to one dollar 28 cents a bushel. Nearly every market, north, south, and east of us, are in the same condition as this. Small sales and declining prices. At Baltimore on the 29th, flour was quoted at 5,87 dollars to six dollars a barrel—at Boston on the 24th, at 6,37 dollars— at Mobile on the 22d, at 7,25 dollars, and New Orleans on the 15th, at 6,25 dollars. The supply everywhere is gcod. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE (From Me atford Herald.) VA UGHANT EXHIBITION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. The examtnation of Candidates for this EXHIBITION Will commence at Oxford, on Thursday, the 24th day of Fehruary next. Candidates are required to '•e " the sons of freeholders of the county of Merioneth, in North Wales, or natives of that county, or natives of any other county in England or Wales, one of whose parents shall be a native of the said county of Merioneth." Yesterday being the first day of Hilary Term, the follow ing degrees were conferred:— MASTERS OF ARTS. Samuel Waldegrave, Fellow of All Souls College. Henry William Cripps, Fellow of New College. Rev. George Townshend Driffield, Fellow of Brasenose College. William Edward Buckley, Fellow of Brasenose College. Albany James Christie, Fellow of Oriel College. Rev. Thomas Redhead Branfoot, Trinity College. BACHELORS OF ARTS. _ Newnham Thon;;;i1;;;;;, - Scliol;;oiLincoln College. William Frederick Everest, Magdalane Hall. John William Kirkham, Jesus College. THE VACANT BIIHOPRIC.—The Cambridge papers tell us Dr. French, the Master of Jesus College, is to be the new bishop ; the Globe names Dr. Hook and Dr. Wordsworth ; some papers put in a claim for Archdeacon Lyall ; others say Mr. Peel, the premier's brother, a Canon of Canterbury, will be the person ; and we have se,n a letter setting forth the merits of Mr. Tyler, of St. Giles's, London, and another setting forth the peculiar fitness of Mr. Yates, of St. Giles's, Reading, a relative of Sir Robert Peel, and a distinguished scholar whilst at Baliol. Our own opinion is that Dr. Chand ler, of New College, the present Dean of Chichester, is the most likely person to succeed his old friend Dr. Shuttleworth in that see. THE ELECTI ON FOR THE P ROF E SSORSHIP OF P OETRY.— Although many of the public papers have positively stated that the 26th is the day appointed to decide the contest, it will be remembered that no day has been authoritatively an nounced ; we now believe we may state, without any fear of misleading our readers, that the election will take place on Thursday, the 27th, at ten o'clock. The delay in fixing the exact day arose from the uncertainty that prevailed as to the day of the royal christening, which it now appears will take place on the 25th. The Rev. H. Downing, MA., of Trinity College, has been presented to the curacy of Wolverley, Worcestershire, The Rev. Nathaniel Davies, 8.A., of Pembroke College, has been presented to the prebend of St. Nicholas Pe n ff oes , in the Cathedral Church of St. David's. The Rev. E. H. Haskins, B.A. of Queen's College, has been appointed assistant minister of Mary's Episcopal Cha pel,Reading.__ - The Right Hon. Henry Hobhouse, of Brazenose College, D.C.L., formerly under-secretary of state for the home de partment, has been appointed on the commission of enquiry into the exchequer-bill fraud, &c., in the room of L or d Ash burton. The recorder of Exeter (Francis Newman Rogers, Esq., M.A., gentleman commoner of Oriel College) has received the valuable appointment of Deputy-Judge-Advocate-Gene ral, in the room of the late Mr. Sergeant Arabin. PROMOTIONS, Rev. Stuart Corbett, M.A., son of Archdeacon Corbett, D.D., of Merton College, to the rectory of Ordsall, Not tinghamshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. F. Foxlowe ; patron, Lord Wharncliffe. J. P. Birkett, 13. A.. of Jesus College, Cambridge, has been appointed by Dr. Wordsworth to the Mathematical Master ship at Harrow, vacated by the Rev. J. W. Colenso, M.A. Rev. Edmund Melvill, M.A., Chaplain to the Bishop of St. David's, to the Prebend of Mathry. Rev. J. H. Buxton, M.A. to the Vicarage o f B r itf or d, 'Wilts, vacant by the death of the Rev. R. Morres : patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Sarum. Rev. E. James, 8.A., late of Corpus Christi College, Cam bridge, to the Vicarage of Llangirrig, Montgomeryshire, void by the cession of the Rev. David James, Vicar of Llanwyn nog : patron, the Bishop of Bangor. Rev. H. Williams, for many years Curate of Llangevelach, o that Vicarage, void by the death of the Rev. Evan Lloyd : patron, the Bishop of Si. David's Rev. R. H. Gwyer, to the Curacy of Aylmerton, with lunton, Norfolk. Rev. A. Wellman Langton, to the Rectory of Kempstone, Norfolk : patron, the Earl of Leicester. Rev. S. B. Hemming, fo the Rectory of Caldecote, War wickshire : patron, D. Heming, Esq. SERIOUS ACCIDENT THROUGH SNOWBALLS.—On Thurs day afternoon, between four and five o'clock, as some boys were amusing themselves in Salisbury-square, Fleet-street, London, by throwing snowballs, a lad named Cooper, aged ten years, received one of them in his eyes. The ball having been thrown with considerable violence, literally crushed the poor boy's eye in its socket, and inflicted a severe wound above the lid, whence the blood flowed profusely. On being conveyed to the house of a medical gentleman in the vicinity, the wounds were dressed, but there is scarcely a hope enter tained that the lad will ever recover the use of his eye. There is little doubt but that, in the hasty construction of the snow ball. a sharp stone had been inadvertently introduced, and was thus the cause of the accident. THE MURDER AT WHIXALL.—Since the committal Of Thomas and Mary Harries, charged with the wilful murder of Ellen Williams (the mother of the female prisoner), by poison, a number of circumstances have come to light, which lead to a suspicion that the first wife of the male prisoner, Thomas Ilarries, came to her death by unfair means. We are informed, that in the month of February, 1837, the pri soner's first wife died suddenly about a fortnight or three weeks after her confinement ; and that on that occasion, his present wife—then Mary Williams—acted as nurse. On that day, Harries left his house after breakfasting with his wife, for the purpose of going to Ellesmere Port ; and on the road he is said to have expressed to a companion his belief that his wife was dead or soon would be. In addition to this, it is stated that he expressed much anxiety to have her buried as speedily as possible; and in a few months after, he mar ried his present wife. This intelligence having reached the ears of Mr. Dickin, the coroner who held the inquest on Mrs. Williams, he lost no time in communicating it to the magistrates, who deemed it adviseable that the body of the deceased should be exhumed, if it is not too much decayed, in order to ascertain whether any poison remained in the stomach. As this proceeding is likely to be attended with difficulty, a communication was sent to the highest legal au thorities. On Thursday, the Hon. Thomas Kenyon received a letter from Lord Chi e f J ustice D enman on t h e su bj ect, containing directions as to the proper course to be pursued. The body will therefore be disinterred, and a careful exami nation made as soon as possible. The medical gentlemen are of opinion, th a t if the coffin ;as a good one, and the soil of the churchyard tolerably dry. the corpse will not, as yet, have indergone so much d ecomposition as to prevent the detection )f arsenic in the stomach, sh ou ld t h at po i son h ave b een ad ministered ; arseni c havin g th e property of preserving the rt in .telt contact for thweirt result fora lengthened l i e n n v g e t s l t i i e g n a e t d ion p ._ eri s oc h l r . op G sh re ir a e t Linaxisety is :'un.sei Mire. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. DUCROW' S NATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT. OR, THE SPANISH BULL-FIGHT. Principal characters by Messrs. Howard. Broadfoot, Hil. her, 'Weston, and Le Petit Ducrow, Mrs. Weston, and Mrs Emery. and II Private Boxes . may be obtained nightly for Families on ap plication to Mr. F. CARMAN, at the Box-office, from Eleven until Three o'clock. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six, and the Perform ances to commence at Seven o'clock precisely. The PUBLIC are most respectfully informed that a GRAND FANCY DRESS BALL Will be given, in the ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, on the joyful occasion of the CHRISTENING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES, ON THE EVENING OF TUESDAY, the 25TH INSTANT. An ingenious mechanical arrangement has been made for the purpose of covering the Circle, enclosing the Stage, and converting the whole extensive area into the most magnificent Ball-Room in the kingdom in the course of a few minutes. Admission by Ticket only. Quadrille and Promenade Bands will attend. Tickets to be obtained from Mr. F. CARMAN, at the Box office. Gentleman's Ticket, 55.; Lady's, 3s. ; Double Tickets for a Lady and Gentleman, 7s. TO CORRESPONDENTS The letter to the Rev. Thomas Youens we have not yet had time to read, but if approved it shall appear on Friday. A " Constant Reader," who writes on the Corporation Schools, deals too much in useless declamation. We cannot find room for the communication signed " C. H. Walker." The writer of " An Ideal Character " would be more likely to see his communication inserted in the pages of a maga zine. It is not suitable for the columns of a newspaper. A correspondent inquires from us what would be the duty upon the " excellent beef," which Mr. Charles Holland, the anti-monopoly oracle, informed his hearers that " his firm " could import from South America at 2d per pound. In reply, we believe that the duty upon the article in ques tion—supposing it to be admitted as " beef" and not ma hogany—would be lid per lb. ; and, if it be fit for human food, it is rather surprising that the worthy philosopher has never speculated in a cargo. We understand that, when boiled, and the salt extracted, it is capable of being moulded into excellent umbrella handles,—a substitute for horn,—and that the rough pieces could be used as " scrub bers " when cocoa nut shells, which are generally pre ferred, cannot be had. We are obliged to a correspondent for directing our attention to the following piece of " Fudge," by the " Thinking Man" of the Albion :—" I think Parker could have jumped through a keyhole without touching the sides when Evans' eye fell upon him in the midst of his insolence." When Evan's eye fell upon him Fiddlestick ! Mr. Parker had no need to have jumped through a keyhole at all ; for he must, if he has any memory, have known that Mr. Al derman Evans is no fire-eater. The history of " a pro jected trip to France"—which was put a stop to by a pro cess well understood by swaggering people—would, if published just now, prevent the terrible eye of the alderman from driving people through keyholes or any other aper tures. The " Thinking Man" should think twice before he treads upon such tender ground as Mr. Alderman Evans's fighting propensities We have not space for the letter of our correspondent " A Constant Reader" upon the present alleged disgraceful state of the Salthouse and Waterloo Docks ; but perhaps the present notice will call the attention of the proper authorities to the subject. By the bye, if all our corre spondents who sign themselves " constant readers " would favour us with their names and become " constant sub scribers," we should have a very respectable list of friends. " A Constant Reader " is an anonymous sort of personage upon whose authority we cannot make statements impugn ing the conduct of people in authority. We have two let ters under this signature to answer to-day. ebt Ltberpoot gPtatibarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1842 Mr. Oastler deserves well of a generous, Christian public. His labours have greatly conduced to fix at tention on the condition of a numerous, a suffering, and too much neglected class of the community, and to prepare a train which cannot fail to be of great ul timate benefit to society at large. The great leading principles on which he goes forward in his generous and disinterested exertions, are scarcely of less mo ment, as an element in his works and character, than the immediate purpose a nd design of those exertions themselves ; they are a pplicable to all times and sea sons, and to every conceivable condition of society ; they cannot be appreciated too highly; the man who exalts and magnifies them, and contrives in any degree to impress the mind of the more influential orders with their importance, deserves well of his country; it is impossible to foresee to what remute consequences of utility the success he obtains in any one point may conduce. That Mr. Oastler's labours hitherto have not been in vain, many circumstances might be mentioned to prove ; we would rest our demonstration for the pre sent, however, upon the fact, that a public subscription has been entered into for the purpose of testifying the very high esteem in which they are held, and that early on the list we find the names of many whose approba tion, still more than the liberal donations which they contribute, it is honourable, and must be most grati fying to Mr. Oastler to have gained. That many sub scribers may be found in Liverpool, as well as in every part of the kingdom, to the " Oastler Testimonial," it is our very anxious wish. This generous man has been too long a martyr to his humane devotedness in the cause of helpless and neglected wretchedness ; he has breathed for many a long day the " sorrowful sighing of the afflicted and the prisoner," and is him self, in an eminent degree, an object for that sympathy with which his own breast has ever lavishly overflowed towards others. It is proposed as the design of the subscription now set on foot to rescue him from his confinement in the Fleet prison, and to make such a provision for himself and family as may place them in circumstances of independence. To contribute to such a purpose will be a pleasing task—an occasion of gratefully exercised feeling to all who know anything of his philanthropic laboriousness, and that noble cause in which he has made so many sacrifices and suffered much. We indulge in the grateful expecta tion that Liverpool will not be behindhand in this ge nerous work, and that her list of subscribers and sub scriptions will correspond with that high repute which she has gained for forwardness in all acts of generous liberality and benevolence. For the sake of an amiable and deserving individual, we desire that this may be the case; hut we desire it also as an evidence that the cause he advocates and the principles he inculcates , have many well-wishers and supporters here. It is a prominent feature in all Mr. Oastler's public labours that he fundamentalises whatever political mea sure he advocates on the solid basis of revealed truth, and that he is a " church extensionist " in the purest and holiest meaning of the words. With the master key of biblical lore he finds access to all the secret re cesses of political philosophy; and, whilst he precedes us with a torch showing up all the dark chambers and dismal abodes of factory wretchedness, with their in numerable wan and despairing inmates, he omits not to indicate the secret source whence all this misery has been derived, and poured like a flood upon the land It is not enough that men read the truth in their Bibles, or are taught it from the pulpit; they require to be reminded of its bearing in all the most ordinary and, sometimes, ostensibly the most remote details of life ; and in this way the champion of the poor opera- tire, whether of the field or the factory, has invariabl; supplementalised it with a rare degree of power and Mr. Oastler is the eloquent and the efficient advo cate of a ten hours factory bill, and the firm and un• tiring opponent of the present system of poor laws , and the testimonial now being raised in his behalf wil afford an interesting and useful evidence of the extent to which he has leavened the public mind with his owr. generous feelings and sound principles. Contrast the tenderness of his views and exhortations with those of the Anti-Corn Law League, and all their itinerant speechifiers or literary oracles ; they are as opposite as day and night. It is the object of the one to check the ruinous and reckless action of the selfish-principle; of the other to feed it fat, to widen the field of its ex- ercise, and give it more victims. Benevolence is the characteristic of the Christian economist ; :malevolence is that of the agitating " free-trader," as he calls him- self. The one looks to the happiness of his fellow- creatures; the other only to the accumulation of filthy lucre, no matter at what expense to the rest of. man• THIS present TUESDAY EVENING, the 20th instant, and during the week, the magnificent Equestrian and Dramatic Spectacle, entitled THE NI ULETEER'S HORSE OF THE PYRENEES; To be succeeded by DUCROW'S SCENES OF THE CIRCLE, Presenting a new Equestrian Pageant, intoducing Signor HILLIER, with the whole of the Male and Female Eques trians, as The Greeks of the Morea ; or, the Spartan Trainer and Moslem Captives. Le Petit Ducaow, accompanied by Masters C. ADAMS, will appear as The African Springers! Mademoiselle SUSANNE will make her first appearance as The Girl of Thessaly. Mr. HICKEN will appear in the Extravaganza of . The Pea sant's Frolic ; or, Adonis at the Chase. Le Petit DUCROW will appear, with the INFANT PUPILS, in the Scene of Cupid in the Soot Bag; or, Love was a Mis chievous Boy. Mr. STICKNEY will execute his Pantomimic Scene, on a Single Horse, as The Troubadour of Naples. The whole to conclude with the favourite Burletta Spectacle, entitled TURPIN'S RIDE TO YORK. Dick Turpin Mr. Broadfoot _ . There are times in which there is great merit in do ing what is simply and barely right, and that merit is now the unquestionable attribute of the Conservative Corporation of Liverpool. The times, and the act which they have lately perfected, concur in establish ing this virtue as justly theirs. How long has the public mind been agitated and tormented on the sub ject of national and public education ? What vari ances, what differences of opinion, and what discords has it not produced among nearly all orders and classes of society ? The advocates of the new system have been subtle and ingenious, and their sophistical arguments carried away many. With shame and lamentation we observe that this jesuitical and atrocious system was established by government, and is to this day, by parliamentary grants, supported in Ireland—that part of the United Kingdom in which sound religious instruction is so much wanted—above every other ! From Ireland it was transferred to Liverpool, and from Liverpool we know not how far it might have spread, if a few va liant and fearless champions of the truth had not raised up a standard against it. A Conservative Coun cil is at length elected for this borough, and it will stand as a proud and honourable monument of their high principles and tenacious consistency, that one of their very first acts was to cast out this mutilated mon ster, and restore a system in harmony with our na tional constitution and the established religion of the country. Now we admit that the Council, in doing this, have _ done no more than it was their duty to do; but if all men could on every occasion prevail with themselves just to " do their duty," it is wonderful what a " new moral world " we should soon find ourselves in. The Council had temptations to resist, and difficulties to overcome, and little to invite them to the performance of the work before them. There was much plausibi lity in the arguments that some education is better than none, that scriptural instruction would operate as a religious test and penal law against Romanists—and that by the new system many of the children receiving instruction in the schools would be put out; and to have resisted such appeals, in obedience to a severe and stern sense of paramount duty, is, we say, an achievement which does infinite credit to those who performed it. It reflects honour upon our town; it makes us proud to acknowledge ourselves denizens of this great emporium of commerce and civilisation; it will greatly exalt the name of Liverpool among the cities of this vast empire. Let governments, ministers, or parliaments, decree, or do, as they will, here it has been unequivocally decided, that the word of God shall not be put aside for the word of man, nor the people cheated out of their rights either by cunning artifice, or insolent presumption. It has been argued that some of them may thus be deprived of a useful secular education; but the utility of that education may well be questioned which only prepares the young for the finishing hand of the popish priest. This was the grand but most delusive theory which in an evil hour opened the way for the liberal system in Ireland; it was foolishly imagined by the dupes of the Jesuit and liberal party, that a non religious system of education would have the tendency to withdraw the mind of the people from the influences of superstition; and such indeed might be the result, if there were no popish priest at hand to wield the machinery which the new system put into his hands. The State, then, educated, but the priest turned its labour and its expenditure to his own profit : the national system of education in Ireland has had no other effect, and can have no other, than to strengthen and consolidate the yoke of popery in that country. And just the same would be proportionably its fruits and effects here. The Corporation of Liverpool re pudiates the practice, and tramples upon a system which necessarily produces such fruit. Liverpool de sires to educate good subjects for Queen Victoria—not for Pope Gregory,—and with all its soul approves of, and confirms the decree of its excellent Council. We have given an example to the empire, and it will not be uninfluential Our contemporary, the Liverpool Journal, is ex tremely anxious to expunge the Mechanics' Institution from the list of donees of municipal bounty—on the ground chiefly, as we collect, that it was not deserving of it. It obtained it, he says, under a false pretence (it promised to give cheap education to the poor), and it has totally failed so to do. Let nothing then, he concludes, be taken from such a precedent but a warn ing to withhold grants from all such institutions in future. There is a candour about our liberal contemporary, in speaking about this peculiarly liberal institution, for which we give him credit. We did not expect such an open confession from any gentleman of " the school," and we applaud him highly for it. But he runs with such breathless haste to his conclusion, that we must beg to cry " not so fast," at least if he have any wish to take us along with him. We contend for the claims 6f the Collegiate Institu tion, and we advert to the precedent in the case of the Mechanics' Institution, not that we rely solely on that precedent ; for had none such existed, we would still hope to make good our cause. And what is the answer we receive ? Oh, that is a bad precedent; you must not hope to serve yourself by that ; the recipients of the public grant in that case deceived the council ; they solicited it as a charity to the poor, and the poor have gained nothing by it. Well, we reply, what is that to us ? We are not go- ing to deceive the public ; we come forward with no unreal mockery; we tell a plain unvarnished tale; and if the mechanics obtained the aid which they solicited, it is enough for us ; we are entitled to it also, and much better than they. We care not whether the peculiar ground on which the mechanics asked the favour con ceded failed or not : they obtained it on the ground of public utility—and that is the foundation on which we rest. Would our contemporary tie up the purse strings of the corporation against all grants except those of a purely eleemosynary character ? or does he suppose that the poor derive no benefit except from institutions whose purposes are said to be solely for their benefit, or which are directly, and expressly, and really so de signed ? If so. we differ widely from him on both points. The grant to the Mechanics' Institution has turned out to be on a false pretext; so says the liberal Jour nal ; but it cannot now be recalled, and the Institution continues to dole out its non-religious education to all that can pay for it. Granted. But here is an addi tional claim suggested in favour of an institution based on religious principles—an institution admirably calculated to counteract the evil workings of the falsely Pretending, but munificently endowed, and still pro- kind. Such a man at Mr. Oastler, then, is, we say, worthy of being supported by all church-loving, Chris tian Englishmen ; and his antagonism to the Leaguers and their pestilent doctrines will, we trust, not be per mitted to go unrewarded. There would be reason to question the soundness and propriety of the late measure of the Town Coun cil respecting education, if the Romanist priests and Radical journals did not raise an outcry, and show that they were wounded by it. That measure claimed to be of an essentially Protestant and Conservative character, and, as such, if it were good for an thing, it ought to he highly objectionable to, and loudly pro tested against, by all the stops and organ-pipes of Li beralism from the highest to the lowest, and, in the result, we find that it is so. The Council have there fore obtained a piece of evidence to confirm them in the estimate which they had formed of their own mea sure ere it was yet carried into effect. We are under no necessity of requiring such evidence to be taken as conclusive upon the question; but it is certainly con firmatory; there would have been lameness and in consistency if things had fallen out otherwise; the Council must have looked for it, and, now that they have obtained it, they are not disappointed. But we should he surprised, and vexed at the same time, if the Corporation of Liverpool, having taken so wise, so judicious, and so important a step, should hear no other note than the hoarse croaking of ravens, or the dismal screeching of owls, and find nothing to console them in the consequences of their act but the silent approbation of their own judgment and consciences. At this we should indeed be sadly at fault and miserably annoyed, for we have looked, and do yet look confidently to results of a much more no ticeable, agreeable, and tangible kind ; though for these we are content to wait. gressing academy of liberalism. A Conservative council is bound by the most solemn obligations to neutralise, so far as it can, the unwise proceedings of its radical predecessors, and the Collegiate Institution ought to obtain four-fold at its hands. But the Collegiate Institution, says the Journal, " is not designed even in name for the working classes' but to be a college for the children of those who arc able to give them an education of the very best de.q.rip tion. What pretext of charity is there here ? On what ground is the public of Liverpool called on to give money to aid a college in competing in the education of the wealthy, with private tutors ? It is really a most unfair proposition, and to ask for eleemosynary aid in accomplishing such an object, is to ask for the public chest TO BE ROBBED. The grant to the Mechanics' In stitution ;night be right or might be wrong. Consider ing what was expected to result from it as an experi ment, it might be excusable. But when the experi ment has failed, it would be flying in the teeth of all precedent to give a like sum not even to try an ex periment, but to repeat an error which has not even the varnish of a plausible motive." What a precious jumble is here !—such indeed as we shall not attempt to reduce to order. " College for the working classes !" No, we do hope and trust the " Collegiate Institution" deals in no such humbug and it is just because it does not, and will not, that we are anxious to see it liberally supported by the council. It well becomes this great and opulent town to have such an institution. EVen in a commercial point of view it would be an important acquisition that it should establish for itself a name as a seat of educa tion and learning, and the municipal council ought to testify by liberal and substantial proofs its desire to promote so interesting and useful a result. STATE OF TRADE, COMMERCE, &c Our market for Cotton, during the past week, has worn a healthy appearance, and, notwithstanding the somewhat un satisfactory news which we have received from the United States by the arrival of the Columbia, the same appearance continues to animate our transactions in that article. Buyers for consumption come freely to market, and, although the impression generally prevails that the price of Cotton will be low during the ensuing season, the rates of last week, espe cially for good samples, have been fully maintained. The demand for goods in the manufacturing districts has not been lively during the last few days. The principal bu siness done has been for the Eastern Markets ; but the ad. vices from that quarter, by the last arrival, are not of a very encouraging nature. Both Cloths and Yarns are steady in price. A disposition to sell has, however, been more gene rally manifested ; and although, when the spring trade shall have set in, a more lively seate of things is generally antici pated, no sudden or large improvement is looked for by our manufacturers. In fact, we may almost say that such a change is deprecated, by well-informed and judicious men, as likely to lead only to fallacious hopes and ultimate mis chief. LOCAL NEWS. NEGLECT Or FAMILY.—John °shill, a baker, was yes terday charged, at the police-court, with leaving his wife— for whose support he had promised to pay six shillings a week —destitute an. chargeable to the parish. He attempted a defence, but not to the satisfaction of the magistrates, and was ordered to be imprisoned for one month. UNRULY CONDUCT OF A SON TO HIS MOTHER AND FAMILY.—A very stout young man, named Joseph Roberts, was yesterday charged, at the police-court, with committing a violent assault on his mother and brother, the former of whom he had cut in the hand with a knife, and the latter in the finger. The mother wished that he should take his things, and leave her house, so that she and her family, of whom lie assumed to be sole master, might no longer be annoyed by his abusive language, and subjected to personal injury by his violence. She admitted, however, that he bad not struck her on former occasions. The assault being proved, he was fined twenty shillings and costs, or to be imprisoned fourteen days. FIRE IN PUMPFIELD-STREET.—OR Saturday morning, about eight o'clock, an alarm of fire was given as having broken out in Pumpfield-street, Vauxhall-road, on the pre mises of Messrs. Braidley Brothers, manufacturing che mists. An explosion took place in one part of the works, which is, we understand, appropriated to the refining of brimstone, and by which two men were dangerously burnt. The engines and water-carts from the Police Fire Station were on the ground soon after the alarm was given, accom panied by Mr. Whitty, head constable, and Mr. Hewitt, of the fire establishment, and the flames were arrested after a struggle of about two hours. The damage sustained is stated to be about £lOO. THE ROYAL LIVER THEATRE.—This elegant little theatre has been crammed to the ceiling every night with delighted spectators since the " opening day." Mrs. Waylett sings as sweetly as ever, and plays with equal spirit and graceful ness. Last evening Mr. Raymond's benefit took place (which we were prevented drawing attention to in our last). The house was a bumper. The playgoers seemed glad to testify their approval of Mr. Raymond's wish to provide abundantly for their amusement. It is really worth the price of admission only to look at the interior of the " Royal Liver." It is a sight worth seeing. By a new arrangement the private boxes have been thrown open to the public. Any parties in full dress can now occupy them in common with the other parts of the house. THE AMPHITHEATRE..—The " Spanish Bull Fight" got up at this theatre is a very gorgeous and well arranged melo drama. We do not altogether understand the plot of it, but we admit the situations, scenes, processions, and pictures, to be very beautiful. The escape of the Muleteer is equal in in terest to anything we have witnessed for some time. The bill fight is capitally managed. The horse " does the bull to perfection. The Matadores exhibit great activity. No little skill is required to escape out of harm's way. Mr. Hillier acts the Muleteer excellently. The scenes in the circle are admirable : they cause great laughter. "The Toad in the Hole" is especially mirth-stirring. Le Petit Ducrow is a wonderful little fellow ; he appears unconscious of danger ; he shows the utmost intrepidity. His attitudes and agility frequently remind us of his father. Madame Allard, al though rather Dutch built especially about the " wires." dis plays originality and courage in her performances. She is occasionally graceful and picturesque in her attitudes. The house has been well filled during the past week. As Mr. Ducrow's stud will very shortly leave Liverpool, those who wish to see the performances must lose no time. FIRE IN TEMPLE -STREET.—On Saturday night, a little before twelve o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises oc cupied by Messrs. M`Fie and Co., sugar boilers, Temple street. It appears that the fire had originated in the in cautious placing of some empty sugar bags alongside the damper of a flue, not with a view to dry them. but merely from carelessness in stowing them away. The bags took fire, and ignited the office, where the flue was. The police engines were speedily brought up, and the fire was pre vented from reaching beyond its first locality. The sugar house adjoining was for some time in great danger, as was the warehouse adjoining on the north ; and, it may be added, the fine range of building facing Dale-street, occupied by Messrs. Pym and Co., and Messrs. Gardner, wholesale wine and spirit merchants, and others, in which there were ex tensive stocks of highly combustible materials. The engines played from two to three hours. Wr. Whitty was present, with the superintendent of the fire department. The da mage which, but for timely aid might have been immense, is stated to us to be about £4O. A SHUFFLE OF THE ALBION.—The Albion of yesterday, in his zeal to throw dirt upon the member for North Toxteth Ward—Mr. Harbord—is not content with merely torturing into an insult to Mrs. Rathbone an expression used by that gentleman at a late council meeting, but, by a suppressio Peri, which is very jesuitical to sa y th e l e ast of it, endeavours to shield their Reverences of Rome from the imputation of fraudulent interference with the system of education in the corporation schools, which Mr. Harbord so indelibly fastened upon them. Our contemporary asserts that the books sup plied to the children by Mrs. Rathbone (amongst which was a certain History of the Jewish Nation) had previously re ceived the sanction and approbation of the Rev. James As pinall—an assertion which it is quite possible may be true. But may we ask our friend the Albion,—was this book, the History of the Jewish Nation, as used in the schools, in the same state as when it received the sanction and approval of the rev. gentleman above mentioned ? Or was it not, sub sequently to receiving such approbation, expurgated by a Romish priest to the precise pattern of which Popery ap proves? Was it not, in fact, by the admission of the master of the school himself, a totally different book to that whie was presented by Mrs. Rathbone, or was approved by the rev. gentleman We dare the Albion, jesuit as he is, to quibble out of this fact ; and, bearing it in mind, every can did man will acquit us of any disrespect towards the lady who presented the true record, when we say with Mr. Har bord of its false Popish substitute—" Away with this filth !" CHARGE AGAINST A SERVANT GIRI..—A girl, named Jane Lowe, was yesterday charged at the Police-court, with having stolen a silver spoon from the house of her master. It appeared that the prisoner had offered the spoon in pledge at Messrs. Powell and Tunstall's shop, corner of Addison-street. The person at the counter observing that the lettering had been erased, questioned her, when she said she had found it. Mrs. Jane Kirkham, wife of a publican in Scotland-road, said that the prisoner was their servant, and had been intrusted to clean some spoons, one of which- that produced—was missing. The prisoner was ordered for trial, but after the depositions were read, and she received the usual caution, as to what she might choose to say in her defence, she said that her mistress had made her pay for a window which she never broke, and that her boy had also taken some money out of her pocket, which was under the bed. She had taken the spoon to repay herself. Mrs. Kirkham admitted that the boy, who was seven years of age, had taken 4d. out of the prisoner's pocket, on one occasion, but she had paid her back the money. In reply to . Mr. Rushton, she said she was not aware that he had taken any money at another time. Mr. Rushton said he ••••• •••••••• •• • • • ....•••••,•• &As, should not then send the prisoner for trial, as he was rather inclined to believe that she had taken the article with a view to repay herself, without a proper knowledge that she was doing wrong. The prisoner was then remanded until further inquiries were made, and the witness was told that she would be sent for if she were again wanted. EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT. — SaILILIeI Heywood was charged, at the Salford sessions, on Wednesday, with em bezzling, on the 23d of July last, the sum of £5O, the property of the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Railway Company. The prisoner pleaded guilty. It appeared that the prisoner had been employed as a clerk at the Manchester station of the Manchester and Bolton Railway. On Saturday, the 4th of December, he obtained leave of abE , nce till Monday, say ing that he was going on private business to Nantwich. lie did not return on the appointed day, and being still absent on the following Wednesday, Captain Hawkshaw, the principal manager, began to suspect that all was not right, and mentioned the circumstance to Mr. Diggles, deputy-constable of Salford. Mr. Diggles sent an officer over to Nantwich, but Heywood was not to be found. Afterwards, Captain Hawkshaw directed the prisoner's private drawer at the office to be broken open, and in it was found a letter in his handwriting, addressed to his wife, stating that he had de frauded the company to a great amount, and finding that detection was becoming unavoidable, he had absconded, with the intention of going to America. On the following Mon day, an officer was dispatched to Liverpool in search of him, and on Tuesday morning, he was apprehended on board a vessel which had just cleared the port for Philadelphia. Sub sequent to his apprehension, it was ascertained that be was a a defaulter to the extent of more than .-Rl2oo.—He was sentenced to be transported for ten years. FIRE ON SHIPBOARD.—On Sunday evening, about five o'clock, a fire was discovered in the hold of the schooner Sarah and Ann, from Waterford, laden with grain, rags, furniture, and tallow, lying in the King's Dock. The officers on duty sent instant intelligence to the Fire-police Station, and the word was, at the same time, passed to the North and South Dock Engine Stations. In a short time, no lea's than nine engines were ranged on the dock quay opposite the spot where the vessel was lying. Hose were conveyed on board; and, under the direction of Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hewitt, both of whom were on board, water was poured freely into the hold, where the heat and density of the vapour indicated, that, if any time were lost, serious consequences might en sue. As the wind was blowing with some violence from the northwest, and the schooner was surrounded with large ships, some of which were laden with spirits, cotton, &c., the con sequence of the fire obtaining anything like head would, pro bably, have been most disastrous. Some thoughts were en tertained, at tile time, of scuttling the schooner ; but even this would have been a work of difficulty, as she was closely jammed in amongst the other ships. By throwing on the water with judgment, the fire, after a time, showed symptoms of abatement, and, at length, after three or four hours active exertion, it was entirely subdued. THE MEDINA STEAM -SHlP.—This magnificent steam ship, be'onging to the Royal West India Mail Company, performed, on Friday, her first experimental trip. She left the Coburg Dock at noon, and proceeded to the North West Light-ship, and then 'eturned to the Sloyne, from whence she departed on Saturlay for Southampton. It reflects great credit on her builders, the Messrs. White and Son, of Cowes, and her en g i neers , M essrs. B ury and Co., of Liverpool, that this vessel, whose machinery had never been tried on the river, and only for a short space in the dock, should, in an untrimmed state, have accomplished the immense speed of at least twelve miles per hour. Her motion throu: t th the water was scarcely perceptible by her passengers in the cabin, and the vibration, in any part, was less than we ever experienced in any steamer. It is not our wish to describe, for we have not the power to sufficiently extol, the beauty, the salubrity, or the elegance of this noble vessel. She has berths for about one hundred passengers, and every berth room is a single one, a state-room by itself, which we are sure the public, and all voyagers, will consider a vast im provement. In short, this trial trip was eminently success ful, and must have been highly gratifying to the builders and engineers, as it was to the num erous company on board, who were entertained in the kindest and most hospitable manner. - Captain Burney has been entrusted with the com mand of the Medina, an honour which he has earned by his talents as an able seaman and experienced officer in the royal navy, and whose urbanity and gentlemanly conduct towards his guests were appreciated and acknowledged by all. Au excellent collation was served at two o'clock, the attractions of which need not be enumerated, for it was sup plied by Mr. Horne, of the Mersey Hotel. _ - MISS WHITNALL'S CONCERT. —This very accomplished lady has announced her concert to take place on Monday next, when a strong array of talent will be brought forward. We are glad to perceive that the provincial press generally speak well of Miss Whitnall, as it proves that the press of her " sin toun are not singular in their appreciation of her talent. She has lately been singing at Shrewsbury, and was greatly admired. 'The Salopian Journal' says,— " Miss Whitnall possesses a mezzo-soprano voice of brilliant power, and at the same time of surpassing sweetness. She has every quality to make one of our leading vocalists. Let her but pursue the right course, and we will answer for her ultimate triumphant success. The soil, though nearly primi tive, is rich in all the germs that constitute a future great artiste ; and under the tillage of a Crivelli, Hawes, or John Barnett, Miss Whitnall's voice, though naturally good, would increase in power, compass, and quality : as it is now, it feeds only on its own superior qualities,—whereas, had she the advantage of intermixing with, and daily hearing, the first artistes of Europe, her improvement would be as rapid as her taste and refined mind arc judicious and accomplished. It is by comparison alone advancement is made : by hearing others, we naturally recoil back on ourselves, and the more readily perceive faults we never dreamt of possessing. Thus is it, we immediately observe the refinement of the musician who is constantly inixing with men of attainments superior to himself. It is this kind of improvement our fair debutante so much requires, to make her command that station her great abilities and lady-like manners fully warrant. Her's is a voice more calculated to please, and give a general audience pleasure, than the high soprano, which, in ten cases out of a dozen, is harsh and reedy from the fact of over practice, and a desire to execute passages which, when at tained, end in what? more wonderment than pleasure, or even agreeable effect. The mezzo-soprano is the intermediate voice between the contralto and soprano, as the barritone is between the tenor and bass, consequently the most useful in the scale; and we congratulate Miss Whitnall in having an organ equalled by few, and to be envied by all. We look forward to hear of her in the metropolitan concerts during the season, where she will not only be an acquisition but an ornament in every s ense o f t h e word. " , UTTERING Basn Coir..r.- -Thomas Ford, a stranger in this town, but having all the appearance of being one of the light-fingered gentry of the metropolis, was yesterday placed at the bar of the police-court, on a charge of uttering base coin. Mrs. Irving, of the Old Salt Box public-house, ix Wapping, said that on Saturday, about two o'clock, the pri soner came there, and tendered her a shilling, which she con sidered bad, and which she marked by biting it before she re turned it to him. Mr. Wild, of the American Hotel, Lower Sparling-street, said that on the same afternoon, about three o'clock, the prisoner handed him a bad shilling in payment for drink. On being challenged with it, he said he had re ceived it from Mrs. Irving. Mr. Wild proposed they should go there, which he agreed to,—when it appeared that the shilling given to Mr. W. was not that marked by her, but another bad one, and she had not given him any other. The prisoner cross-questioned the witness with much severity and no little tact—showing himself to be no young practitioner. He expressed himself strongly dissatisfied with the attempt to identify the first shilling, and said the other (both being produced) had, in the interim, passed through several hands. He expressed a wish to have an attorney to conduct his case, and to base it reheard. He thought the impudence of the witnesses in charging him was so great that they were surely mad ! Mr. Rushton said he might have as many attorneys as he pleased when he came before a jury, and perhaps he would find Mr. Powell, the solicitor for the mint, was mad too ! He (Mr. R.) had no doubt that the prisoner was well known elsewhere as what was called " a regular smasher." The prisoner, who said he came from Dublin, was then com mitted, to await the order of the Mint for the mode of his prosecution. CONSUMPTION or SMOKE. —On Wednesday last an im portant meeting was held ill the Music -hall, Leeds, William Beckett, Esq., M.P. for that town, in the chair, to consider the practicability of effectually preventing or burning smoke. Mr. Dresser, of Leeds, on behalf of Mr. Thomas Hall, de scribed that gentleman's patent, which consists in a division formed longitudinally along the boiler in the fire-place, thus forming two furn aces, which are fired alternately, and, by means of a damper behind a transverse bridge, the smoke and gases arising from the fresh fuel in one furnace are de stroyed by passing over the bright fire of the other. Mr. C. W. Williams, of this town, next submitted his plans to the meeting, which are in operation at various places. He idiculed the id ea of smoke being consume d , and said it was impossible t o consume it ; his plan was to prevent its for mation, and for this purpose he injected into the furnace a quantity of air sufficient for the purpose, through a series of holes in an iron plate, by which the gaseous nature of the coal was entirely subdued before it formed into smoke. His patent had been tried two years, with all kinds of coal, but with what saving of fuel he could not tell. The expense of adopting it to boilers already fixed would only be the expense of the iron plate and the fixing, exclusive of the patent right. He was not sure it could be adopted where Stanley or Bran ton's fire fenders were in use. Mr. Rodda, of Cornwall, Mr. Bell, of Edinburgh, Mr. Chanter, of London, and Mr. Drew, of Manchester, severally explained their respective plans, which were attentively examined by the meeting. A resalution was then passed (with six or eight dissentients) that " that the smoke arising from steam-engine chimnies can be consumed in most cases without any injury to the boilers, and with a saving of fuel." A committee was formed, and a subscription entered into for carrying out the objects of the meeting. We shall not have a royal mail steamer from Boston and Halifax until the middle of February, the packets sailing from thence only once a month from January to April. SHERIFF OF LANCASHIRE.- France, Esq., of Rawelde Hall, nen, _ sheriff for this county for the ensuing year. CHRISTENING OF THE PRINCE OF WALts.—The good folks of Walton-on-the -Hill, ever on the alert to show a kind disposition towards the poor, have seized this opportu nity of giving the poor a good dinner of beef and plum pud ding. A ball also will be held in the evening at the Black Horse lon, which we hope will pass off with the eclat that usually attends the " Walton doings." Ire hear that T. R. Wiloon Preston, will be high PORTRAIT OF Tar. HEN% HUGH APNEILE.—We have been much gratified by the inspection of an admirable por trait of this eminent divine, which will remain on view for a few days, in the Lyceum Committee-room, Bold-street. It has been painted by George Patten, Esq., It.A., at the desire of a number of the friends of the reverend gentleman, and is justly considered to be the most successful effort of that dis tinguished artist. Indeed, although in an unfinished state, it is easy to perceive that the portrait is destined to become a valuable picture, as well as a faithful likeness. It is the in tention of a committee of gentlemen, comprising a number of the most influential of our townsmen, to have the portrait engraved in the first style of art, under the immediate super intendance of Mr. Patten. And when we state that the execution of their wishes will be confided to Mr. Cousins, the most satisfactory result may be anticipated. The names of subscribers to the engraving are received at the room; and should the subscriptions exceed the cost of production, the balance will be applied by the committee to charitable purposes. SUGGESTED 'WITHDRAWAL OF WHIG AND POPISH CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR LOCAL. CHARITIES.—A Popish contemporary of Friday—(for the Liverpool Mercury, al though only a latitudinarian and anti-church journal for merly, is now the thick and thin organ of popery)—contains a long tirade of mingled slipslop and anathema upon the subject of " the corporation schools," from which we take the liberty of extracting, for the edification of our readers, the following specimen of exceeding amiability. After ex pressing a hope that the poor children who have been ex pelled from the corporation schools by the tyrannical inter ference of their Bible-denouncing priesthood, and to sub serve the party ends of the Boltons and Earles of the Town council, will not be left by-these liberal gentlemen unprovided with the means of education—a hope in which we fervently join —the Mercury proceeds to recommend St. Patrick's school, as one which may in part be made to supply their wants ; and suggests, in order to provide the required funds —what does the reader imagine ? That the pockets of the Rathbones, Earles, and Boltons should be taxed to build one or two additional schools ? That the funds collected for re rents, O'Connell tributes, precursor purposes, painted ~,dows, shrines, and other decorations and trappings of the scarlet lady, should he devoted to the education of the " poor children," whose wretched cellars are so incessantly visited by the indefatigable collectors of " the church,' for the pur pose of screwing from the wretched inmates their pennies and twopennies ? No—good reader. None of these plans have entered into th e i mag i na ti on o f the popish scribe of the i Mercury. The pocket s o f th e ra di ca l fraternity n the Town-council are fast buttoned. " The church"—the " ould church" at least—has a grasp which never relaxes, and a maw which cries like the horse-leech's daughter, " Give ! give 1" but which never disgorges. The plan of the Mercury is far more original than any that we have mentioned. It is simply that the Rathbones, Earles, Boltons, et id genus onme, should cease to contribute to the funds of Ladies' charities, Blue-coat schools, Infirmaries, &c., and transfer those funds into the hands of their reverences, to be ex pended—we presume, under the direction of Dominic But ler or Father Youens—in teaching the rising generation of the papistrie the most approved version of an ave or an anathema—the most orthodox form of crossing, sprinkling, and genuflexion. " Since matters have been driven to such extremity" —w rites the Mercury—" it may also be a ques tion whether those who disapprove of the change effected in the corporation schools ought not to withdraw their contri butions from all other public institutions of a strictly sec tarian character." Aye, do so good Mercury !do so good liberal ladies and gentlemen ! Withdraw your countenances and your monies from Lying-in Hospitals, Infirmaries, Blue schools, and other " sectarian" charities ; and, although the bulk of the recipients of those sectarian charities may be poor Irish Romanists—the fathers, mothers, brothers, or sisters of the " poor children" whose best interests you have chosen to make shipwreck of in your bible-hating and factious zeal, we beg to assure you that those recipients m ill never suffer, and the hand of charity never be less bountiful for the loss of your most sweet countenances and contributions. 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