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devotional feelings which gloryfy God and rebuke sin ; are all interfered with, deteriorated, tarnished, relaxed, by the influents of an anti-christian system; a system which by the disastrous iuvention of what it calls venial sins, under mines the foundation of true morality, opens a prospect of impunity to wilful guilt, and thus inoculates with its deinoral lame virus a community of fallen men naturally but too sus ceptible of the infection—what let me ask, should be their con 'fact l' Surely, it the direct prescriptions of the good physi ciau be not so practically attended to anto put an end, or at the least a check, to the spread of the disease; it well be eenaes those who value the everlasting health of human souls, to endeavour to rouse to their assistance popular indignation against the ruinous quacks, that so the plague may be stayed, and the country blessed with the ameliorating, the more than ameliorating, the healing vaccine of eulightened Christian Philosophy. (Cheers) Popery in its poisoning virulence within and its disfiguring marks without, is worse, beyond all coin ',arisen, than the small-pox. We stand here the Apostles of it vaccinating reformatiou. Help us all ye philosophers, all ye lovers of true wisdom, of the genuine philosophy which Soaring above, and beyond the works of external creation, aiuts directly at the glory of the Creator, in the salvation of the noblest of his works, formed in his own image. (Cheers.) Why is the Papal plague so calmly endured in England? Have Englishmen lost their sensitiveness to moral virtue, so taw they can contemplate hypocrisy, duplicity, intolerance without a pang of revolting abhorrence? Have Euglishuien lest their veneration' for the one only, living and true God, whose name is jealous, so that they can see temples of idola try risingin their land, and performances ofidolatry placarded is their streets, and seminaries for the instruction of idolatry supported by their national treasury; without lifting their hearts in prayer to God for pardon, and their voices in loud protestation against their rulers for encouraging such tremen dous profanation? (Cries of heal, hear, and cheers.) Have Englishmen lost their manly, dignified, chaste, and tender respect fur the retiring feelingsland the men tal . purity of the female sex, so that they can expose their wives and daughters, or hear of the expostre of the wives and daughters of their neighbours to the deliberate con tamination of the auricular confession box, without a shudder of iudignatiou at the vile, prying, base, low, vu'gar, detesta ble curiosity, the seductive excitement, the impure meddling, the prostrating slavery of that master-piece of satanic ingenu ity? (Loud and long applause.) Have English senators become so practically atheistical, so utterly dead to the honor of God, and the sanctity of an oath, that perjury, notorious unblushing perjury scarcely provokes a com ment: nay, more, that the men who are guiltyof it, in steed of being shunned as unfit for the society of gen tlemen of any party, are encouraged, and courted, and rips pleaded ; their talents as speakers, or their influence as party politicians, more than atoning for their profaneness as false swearers? (Cheers.) Truly, it isto be feared, that owing to the uniformity of God's outward dealings with mankind in this world; many who scarcely suspect it of themselves, do not really and cordially believe his superintending majesty, nor the distinctions, wide as heaven from-Ses'Aniehich He will fi nally establish amongst the childeg: us men. Because punishment is not speedily and visibly executed against en evil work, therefore the hearts of the evil workers begin to take confidence that there will be no punishment at all. The mystery of Providence is a snare to fallen man. Man is not by nature acquainted with the secret; neither tan he from any natural source derive the requisite informa tion. Nature is in fact but another name for Providence, and every branch and department of it is full of the ensna ring isayetery. The sun shines equally on the Christian and the Atheist. The showers nourish equally the fields of the infidel and the believer. The merchandise of the just and the unjust equally prospers, or equally fails. Time and chance are atike to all. " All things come alike to all : there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked ; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sa crificetb, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinuer; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an nath."—(Ecc. ix. 2.) Nay more:—" For that which be falleth the sons of men befallen beasts; even one thing he falleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity."—(Ecc. iii. 19.) Such is the general aspect of nature, or the general mystery of Di vine Providence. This proves a snare to fallen man. Judg ing by the sight of his eyes, and the hearing of his ears, he is tempted to conclude that all religions, or rather all opi nions professing to he religious, are alike acceptable to God, because men of all professions are alike treated. He is tempted to admire and adopt such sentiments as the follow ing. I quote from a little handbill which is industriously Circulated by the enemies of our national institutions. It is entitled— " The Prayer of Joseph, Emperor of Germany, extracted from au old German work, under the title tf ' Joseph's Gebethuck,' —tire Emperor's Prayer Book. " 0, thou eternal, incomprehensible Being, who art the fountain of mercy and the source of love; thy sun shines Neatly on the Christian and the Atheist; thy showers equally nourish the fields of the believers and of the infidels; the seed of virtue is found even in the heart of the impious and the heretic;—from thee I learn, therefore, that diversity of opinion does not prevent thee from being a beneficent Pether to all mankind. Shall I then, thy feeble creature, be less indulgent? Shall I not permit my subjects to adore thee in whatever manner they please? Shall I persecute these who differ from me in point of thinking? Shall I spread my religion with the point of my sword ? 0 Thou, Whose mighty power and ineffable love embraces the universe, grant that such erroneous principles may never harbour in my breast. I will try to be like-thee as far as human efforts tam approach infinite perfection. I will be as indulgent as Theo to all men whose tenets differ from mine." Hare the exatuple of God in his present dealings with men, is pleaded : and it is argued, that because he treats alike been of varying opinions, so should we; that because he ma nifests no preference for any one creed, neither should we; that because be is indulgent and bears with all, so should we. If this be a sound argument, it must net stop with varying Opinions; because the uniformity of Gud's dealings extends to men, of varying practices as well as of varying creeds. (Hear, hear, hear.) If his example , therefore, be pleaded in the one case, it should equally be pleaded in the other. I shall therefore propose another reading of the Emperor's prayer;:-- " 0, thou eternal, incomprehensible Being, who art the fountain of mercy and the source of love; thy sun shines equally on the honest man and on the thief; thy showers equally nourish the fields of the sober and of the drunk, of the murdered and of the murderer!—front thee I learn, therefore, that diversity of practice does not prevent thee from being a beneficent Father to all mankind. Shall 1 t 4 50, , thy feeble creature, be less indulgent? 1 will try to b like thee as far as human efforts can approach infinite Perfection. I will be as indulgent as Thou to all men whose Practices differ from mine." • Thus the argument derived from this source against pre ference for one creed above another holds good against pre ference of one line of conduct above another. And the lea lota hence inferred against maintaining an established scrip tural church in preference to an anti-scriptural apostasy, holds good against maintaining a police or magistracy or courts of justice, in preference to a den of thieves. (Shouts. of applause.) God in his providence does not manifest May disapprobation of the infidel, therefore neither should we. Goa in his providencedoes not manifest any disappro bation of the thief, therefore neither should we. God manifests no preference for the Christian, neither should nor for the honest man, neither should we ! (Hear, bean hear.) The inference sounds ludicrous, but the argument will bear the strictest investigation. Do we then advocate persecution? No sir; we prefer and we establiih, arid we maintain: but we persecute not at all. Christianity übtiors it, the Protestant Itefermation abjures it. Angry in dividuals may have been guilty of it, but the standards of the reformed churches are as clear of it as the holy Scriptures themselves. (Loud cheers.) As to the charge then of per secution properly so called, which it is the underhand disho- Ueet design of the propagators of these infidel squibs to fasten 'on the established church. "Let the gaited jade wince." (Cheers and laughter.) These apostles of indiscriminate, indulgence are joined in a league, offensive and defensive, With the only body of p-nfessing Christians whose creed, in .its unrescindedformulas. pledges them to persecution. (Cries of hear.) It is impossible to cnticeive a more conclusive ?Not of dishonesty than this alliance fastens upon "our li ,herals." The excusing plea that Popery is changed, bears ,felsehood upon the face of it. The experiment has been The British constitution, which is based upon the neible, and the ultitnetum of all whose decisions is an oath before God, has been thrown open to the actings of Popery. And Wow we find British statesmen, when endeavouring to adjust the details of a corporation bill for Ireland, obliged to devise some other security than an oath for the practical operation of the law. (Hear, hear.) Possession of the fixed amount of qualification for political privilege can no longer h e ascsrtained by an oath before God; and consequently it i 1 proposed to ascertain it by a tax or rate open to the c orrobrating examination of our fellow men. Thus procla- Mallon is made from the floor of the Senate House, that enutidenee is. no longer to be placed in an oath. That is, one of the deep foundations of the British Christian constitu tion is removed. And why? Because the door of that con elittatien has been opened to an anti-ehristian system, which hevee was, and never can be bindable by an oath. (Shouts of he ar , cud loud cheers.) Is Popery changedj? No, truly. The worst features of her worst (tines heroine again . clearly i rgihle, is exact proportion to the opportunities afforded of "eisibiting tie nn with any reasonable hope i 4 success. But, as Christian instruction is our object, as well as contro !ersial defence, I would, with your permission, - return for a 1 7,w men:lents upon the subject of the mystery of providence. (al tar _) The present aspect of God's dealings . with the e 'norni is hut apart, and a small part of the whole subject. aken by itself it is unintelligible. In other words it is invol 'feet in mystery. The cause of this mystery is two fold—the ail or and the forbearance of God. Within these limits * Pre attaiument of natural kowledge is bounded. Nature "es taut tell the whole history of man, or reveal the whole c haracter of God. Consequently the best judgment that N.;7.:1a,, be derived from nature is partial; and must, there run wins reference to the whole stibject, be erroneous. "re, then, can we fi nd adequate instruction ? Only in ' 45 The Bible is supernatural, and explains the " 4 " le by revea li ng b o th t h e en d anti the beginning. It goes 1 Obi than the fall ofshewing what he was nut* , I "n 1 and it goes shown lower than the forbearance of God "ewing what he will be when his forbearance shall cease, 4 ' t4 his righteous judgment begin. (Cheers) Suppose a great , i " B e, containing a vast, complicated, and perfect system Machinery. Suppose a reason to exist tor suspending se `ee direct work of the machine, while, nevertheless, the '"ateriel must be kept in motion. Suppose a certain set ~1 4. .1 4 c uliar wheels, and beams, and pistons, and cylinders, ''. , e strect eil for the purpose of this-suspension.' Suppose that wasesit e this special part of the machinery there is a little . "' f lew • and suppose a band of inquirers into the nature, " 4 Workin g, and resu lt s of the great engine, to come to that little %encloser, and to have all their observations circumscribed vsge i r 4 k the limits of that narrow aperture. Yon have here a 1r y represeetetio- of the ase of those who ovaatept *ere lt ; " cetifintel to present providences, sc p ertain the l e, iverking, and results of the dealings of the living God. Ly;:,.Pertml if our history in which we noW live, is met only niti :o but it does nut belong to the direct working of God p er intmortel teen. It resembles the suspension wheels. Ales the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, there is an arrest of juilg lig„"tr and God is waiting. The Bible is not confined to the en"d'e,,e•in,tiow. Ii gives an enlarged view - on the right hand s, stir ' the left, expiaining, the everlasting design, and giving, (~I l nee (if the everlasting . results of the diviue machinery. s p i r ,, , and prolonged cheering.) Our evidence for the in ked"! )11 of the Bible is overwhelming. It is of the highest m ost unanswerable kind. I cannot, of course, now go )a1 uY ittN) it, but I will briefly illustrate its character-to ti ff a simple comparison. (Hear, hear.) Among liter ev , ; r ut ' t'f history, say the history of our own kingdom, e 'tine which possess only the evidence of history, as ereunlEd lejCe in hooks; and others, hitch possess the additional cif facts, de r i ve d from commemorati o ns regularly tie of '• i ;_' l nce the e ve nt s took place. For example, the big hted i "tinns, by which William the Conqueror won Eng bool:'.(,)n'gsses only the evidence of history. It is found in etto ' i, is sr. l . y, and it is difficult to prove it to ignorant, unedn f„c,_' - • But the Gunpowder Plot possesses the evidence . a s nd is exhibited to all men owl every fifth of which fur anntinl commemoration, ich was observed, of whi c h ‘ , 0. 7, the first time the year after the event occurred, ne ve ,. ( 4'a never have been observed at all if the event had Year lo c . rred, and the observation of which, therefore, from like elee ) l ' e ar , is a standing, visible proof of the event. In Bales ~.1.„,,%rti1e battle of the Boyne, and the shutting of the eem ' e ° : iii ti pi,,, y, are events which possess not °illy the com oqi,ed of history, but the higher evidence of facts, annuali, commemorations. (Cheers) Of this high est character i from th e Pagesth of ,. .e t v i i i t ., l , e e n n c t •e n. lisflo.r.the S . eriptures,derived not only . ter\ , but corroborated by com 0f Christmas —Gaud memorations—l3aptrsut—the Lord's Supper—th e ce l e b ra ti on Easter Day—commemorations which were observed from ". aY— , haveb the time w winch could nev e r therefore observed hen the events occurred, if' tit events had sieve, occurred, and which are e proofs of iee ren a t s s. an ' t l h 'h e u n s tio the events ere r' r ) e re co s i t- d a e n d di i n n g t , he vi t ib ib le le ore esta blished; and then, the miraculous nature of the events proves the inspiration, i. e., the immediate and super natural agency of God himself. With the Bible then in our hands, its truth authenticated by rational evidence to our understandings, and its power impressed by the Holy Spirit upon our hearts, we look with unutterable horror upon the whole system of Papal rebellion against the Bible. (Loud and protracted applause.) After what you have heard from Mr. M.Ghee I will not attempt any additional documental) , evidence to prove what are the unchanged principles of the Papal system. I will rather adopt our friend Mr. Gregg's hint, and show you a specimen of the results. For this pur pose I will now mention a circumstance which occurred in this town a few days ago. The followintr statement taken from the poor woman will explain itself:--: " Lust Friday morning, 21st September, was a very rainy morning, in consequence of which I put out a tub to catch the water, and my door was left open : by this means the neighbours saw that my !Ashanti and I had some flesh-meat for breakfast. As lam yet considered a Roman Catholic, (though, blessed be God, the truth has begun to dawn upon my soul,) this was, I suppose, considered equal to having given up my religion entirely; and the first thing they did was to throw the tub of water over the table. My husband (who for the space of twelve years has shown himself a true Protestant Christian and a most affectionate husband) went out to remonstrate with the people. His appearance imme diately created a - tumult, and iu a few minutes not less than from two to three hundred Roman Catholics were assembled, many armed with stones and sticks, and one with ri , Pitchfork ; they tvere all furious against me and my husband, because he being so orderly and peaceable a man, they said I might have won him to.the true church, instead of deserting myself. One stone struck Min on the neck: he has been confined to bed ever since, and to-day is so ill from the usage he met with, I was obliged to call in a doctor. A woman left her sick bed and ran barefooted into the street: making straight towards me, she caught me by the top of my head, and aimed a blow at my face. On asking some one near to run for a policeman, they said that if I sent they would dash my brains out. It is but a few weeks since that I was knocked down, trampled upon, and dragged by the hair of my head, because I bad "Father Clement" in the house, which was lent for. my husband to read to me. At that time I should surely have been murdered, but, by the mercy of God, my husband came in time to rescue me.—This is the simple truth, as it occurred in one of the public streets of this Christian country. "2411 s Sept., 1838. Lirerpool." Mr. M`Neile then proceeded to state, that through the as sistance of some friends the poor man had been enabled to obtain a house in a neighbourhood where he would have Pro testant neighbours. But this was an instance of the working of Popery even in Liverpool. Tbe reverend speaker then noticed a pamphlet lately brought out by the Bev. Fielding Unlit, exposing the means which had been taken to mislead the public on the school question, and in which he (Mr. M`Neile) had been brought forward as a party unknowingly, a gentleman in the employment of government having called upon him, representing himself as the private frtend of Mr. Fielding Ould, and asking his opinion on the school ques tion; and the friendly conversation then entered into with him he had afterwards made the subject of an official com munication to the Town-ball and the government. After strongly animadverting on such conduct, and on the cause which required such advocacy, he concluded amidst very -great applause with seconding the motion. The CHAIRMAN, in announcing the conclusion of the meeting, hoped that, as they . had begun with prayer, so they would unite with him in closing with praise. The Rev. F. BARKER said, the meeting was not quite con cluded. There was still a duty to discharge—a most agree able duty to him, and he doubted not it would be equally agreeable to the meeting. This was, to return thanks to the Rev. Dr. Tattershall, for his excellent and valuable services that day. _ _ _ The motion was seconded, and carried with much applause. The CnitrtmAN returned thanks. A doxology was then sung, and the meeting separated, having lasted about live hours and a half. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AGRICUL- TURAL SOCIETY. The annual meetinr, of this society took place yesterday. The cattle show was held in the ,Old Infirmary Yard. We have heard that the show of cattle, horses, and sheep, was superior to that on any former occasions. The show of pigs was not so good. We unfeignedly regret that the awkward occurrence of another and important meeting yesterday, has prevented us paying that attention to the anniversary of the society- which we otherwise should have done. We were fur nished at about two o'clock this morning► with a list of the prizes. From its great length, the lateness of the hour of our receiving it, and the crowded state of our columns, we are obliged to omit it. We shall, however, give it with a report of the dinner, (which; from one of those casualties which will happen, and which is explained below, we are unable to ob tain,) in our paper of Tuesday next. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FOR 1838. On the ninth anniversary of the IA;erpool Agricultural Society the committee have again the pleapure of reporting - the state of their funds, and the progress which the society is making towards the advancement of the objects which it has in view. With re spect to the first of. these it is a matter of congratulation that the subscriptions have not diminished, and that the receipts for ad mission to the show-yard have considerably increased. The ba lance due to the treasurer appears more than it was last year, but this may be accounted for by some debts for printing having been discharged which belonged to a previous year. The following is an abstract of the treasurer's account : S. d DISBURSEMENTS For Premiums and Medals awarded at the annual meet ing in 1837 For Advertising, Printing , &e B7 6 8 For salaries of Secretary, Treasurer, and Inspectors SO 5 0 For expenses of Committee, and Rooms for Annual Meeting, &,e For expenses of Judges .. . For Fitting-up of Show Yard .. For Miseellaneous Payments, including expenses of the Ploughing Match, Postages of Letters, Sc.c lB 5 5 ----- 533 17 7 Balance due to the Treasurer, 31st July, 1837 -£662 0 0 RECEIPTS Subscriptions For Admission of Non-Subscribers to the show Yard, in 1837 135 13 6 For Entry of Live Stock, Implements, &c., in 1837 For Non-Sub:;clibers' binner Tickets lB 9 0 1'.47 16 6 114 13 6 Balance doe to the Trcasurcr, 31st July, 1838 a'.6(i 0 0 The committee state With - pleasure that the reports received from the inspectors of this society betoken a gradual but marked improvement in the greater breadth of land under green crops—in the application of composts—in the extirpation of weeds—in the laying down of lands for permanent pasture—and in irrigation. The number of live stock exhibited in the show-yard this day • is greater than on any former occasion, and the quality much su perior. The claimants for REWARDS continue sufficient 'in number to keep up a fair competition, and the committee feel call( d upon to acknowledge the liberality of Lord Lilford, who has very hand- somely added another premium to this class. The committee canna be satisfied with the above statement of facts without again directing the attention of the public to the o?,jects and claims of the society, which seem to call for some re marks on the present occasion. One of the great objects which the Liverpool Agricultural So ciety has had in view is the improvement of lands, so as to render them as productive as possible, and thus to increase the quantity of food far supporting the community. - It is evident that the interests of the empire at large must be advanced by the increased fertility of the soil, so that provisions of all descriptions may be as abundant as possible. In this object the agriculturist and the manufabturer are mutually interested. Every thing in the world is undoubtedly purchased by labour, and therefore the more that we find a nation such as Great Britain abounds in manufactures and mechanic arts, so much the more is it incumbent on the proprietors of land, es well es the farmers, to study agriculture as a science, and to redouble their industry and attention. It is also the duty of the merchant and manufac turer to afthrd. every encouragement to this exertion, as the in creased production arising from the labour of the one is exchanged for the commodities of the other ; so that the interest of the mer cantile world is greatly concerned in the advancement of agricul ture, and by promoting and assisting, by every means in their power, such societies as the present. In making this allusion we have to acknowledge with gratitude and thanks that the merchants and Manufacturers, the tradesmen, and other inhabitants of large towns, and of the town of Liverpool in particular, have contri buted, by their animal subscriptions, very greatly in suppOrt of " The Liverpool Agricultural Society." The subject of agricultural improvement is one of no modern invention. In all ages the cultivation of land and the advance- . ment in animal production has engaged the attention of mankind. No occupation can he more honourable in itself, or contribute more to health and happiness, than that of a farmer, and there is no reason, in the nature 'or the case why his moral and intellectual improvement should not keep pace with that of other men. It must be confessed,—and the Committee have to state the fact with regret, —that although the Liverpool Agricultural Society has been supported by several influential noblemen and gentle men, it has not yet received that general. and cordial support from the proprietors of land which it might naturally have expected, and for whico it has been ever solicitous. It must be obvious, that the interest of the land owners, in the production of the soil, is greater than that of any other class ;—it is equally obvious, that their example must have great weight with the occupiers, and, perhaps, the apathy which, the committee regret to state, so visibly prevails amongst the farmers, may reasonably be traced, in some measure. to the want of countenance the society experi ences from the land owners themselves. It is true the society receives the support of many farmers ; and while the committee acknowledge with satisfaction this support, they feel hound to state, few Caine forward in comparison wills timer numbers as a class ; and the committeee fear that prejudices still exist amount them, which, they trust, time, and a better un derstanding, will remove. The age in which ',relive, so an age of improvement, generally; and it is impossible for any man to stand still, without dottin g him self surpassed by others. . If he does not advance, he must-retro grade. It is therefore manifestly. ridiculous to suppose, that the knowledge which we now possess, is all that we can possibly at tain, or to ineuleate , the notion that we must pursue such and such plans, merely because our ancestors have done so before us. Men of talent and of genius are continually finding something new; and it is the interest of the community to encourage all speculation which May ultimately tend to improvement. • These observations are made to counteract the slugeish remark which we have to encounter from many farmers, " that the old way is the best, and thht what their fathers hail practised before them, they wouldfollow." An axiom this, which, if carried into effect, would go far to put a stop to all improvement and would encour age the notion, that the present state of the. world, both moral and physical, is the best state of which it is capable. Another rem iris we wish to make upon a• very absurd idea preeails among many farmers, viz : that by encouraging this society, they may bring things into such a state, as to induce the landlords to raise their rents. Niw, nothing can •be more plainly a matter of fact than th-;:s.—that the great landed proprie tors of Great Britain let their lands at moderate rents, and have not evinced a grasping disposition to increase them ; and it is no torious that, generally speaking, an INDUSTRIOUS farmer is en couraeed by his landlord, and is usually enabled to hold an ho nourable and resoectahle situation in society. It is believed that objections are raised by some farmers against societies of this description, not because they dislike improvement, hut because they do not wish that improvement, or the mode by which it is effected, to be made public. This is a very selfish notion, and one which we hope will soon lie removed, In Scot . land, where the farming and labouring classes are in general better educated, and where an Agrieultural Society upon an extensive scale has flourished for many years, the difficulties and prejudices which the Liverpool Agricultural Society have to contend with, have long since been eradicated. •Let those whose greatest interest it is to support this society emulate the zeal and liberality shown by members of 'the Highland Society of Scotland, and we shall soon perceive its good eilects in an' improved system of cultivating the soil ; us a greatly increased production, and in the enlightened state of our rural population - Tll E DINNER. The dinner Was held in the large room of Lucas' Reposi tory, in Great Charlotte-street, and was attended by all the principal gentry, and farmers, of thi,i district. The Right Hon. Lord Stanley, the President of the Association, pre- . • sic Ced with his accustomed ability, and distributed the various prizes with that piquant humour for which he is distinguished. The dinner was attend by about 500 gentlemen, It is greatly to our annoyance that ice are prevented from laying before our readers a detailed report of the dinner. We took every means to obtain a full report of the proceedings, but the gen tleman whom we engaged to furnish the report (our own re porter being fully occupied with the Protestant meeting, which took place in the afternoon) contrived to get himself most unbecomingly chunk," and utterly incapable of fur nishing us even with an outlin, or proceedings. We can not help it; and we trust our friends will take our will to oblige them for the deed. RELIGIONS OF THE POPULATION OF ALGIERS.—The Tvu loniiass states that there are now in Algiers 60,000 persons, including the army, professing the Roman Catholic religion, the of of which are celebrated in ten clutches of chapels; the chief is at Algiers, being a mosque, abandoned by the Mussnlmans, and converted into a church in 18.32. There are also, according to this journal, about 4000 Protestants, who have their ministers, and nearly the same number of Jews, who have their synagogues and,rabbis, the latter being much in the same state as before the Conquest. 1%1 ALIBRAN.—There is no truth in the report that. M. de Beriot is going shortly to be married to Miss Paulina Garcia. They are loth at Brussels at this moment, but trill go in a few days to Paris, where Miss Paulina will, perhaps, stay. with au engagement, iu the Theatre Italien, or will go to Italy. M. 1)e Beriot intends to visit the south of France, whence he will return to Brussels, and afterwards go to Rus sia. This journey will take at least six mouths. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. Mr. CHARLES KEAN is engaged for a Limited Number of Nights, and will make his Fifth Appearance This Evening, in the character of "Hamlet," as performed by , him Twenty-one Nights to crowded houses, last Season, at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane. Mr. COOPER, of the Theatre-ltoyal, Drury-lane, who is re-engaged for a Fortnight, will sustain principal charac ters in the Plays in which Mr. Kean will appear. rums present FRIDAY EVENING, the sth instant, it will be repeated Shakspeare's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet Mr. Charles Kean. The Ghost of Hamlet's Father Mr. Cooper. Polonius Mr. Baker. Horatio Mr. Gray. Laertes Mr. W. Howard. Osrick Mr. Chaplin. The Queen.. Miss Cleaver. Ophelia Miss Faucit. To conclude with the Melo-Drama of THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Lothair, Mr. Cooper, as originally performed by him at this Theatre- Griudoff, Mr. Gray; Friberg, Mr. W. H. Bland ; Karl, dr. Baker ; Claudine, Miss Grant ; Ravine, Miss Cleaver. TO-MORROW, Lord Boron's Tragedy of WERNER. Gabor, Mr. Cooper; Werner, Mr. Stuart; Ulric, Mr. W. H. Bland • Josephine, Miss Cleaver ; Ida, Miss Faucit.— To conclude with the Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN IN SICILY. Harlequin, Mr. J. Ridgway , Pantaloon, Mr. Jonas; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Columbine, Mrs. J. Ridgway. LIVER THEATRE. Still Overflowing.—The Great Caledonian Magician has been successful beyond any precedent— YET 115 MUST SHORTLY CLOSE, in consequence of his prior Engagements in London. Those who have not seen the Wonders of the far-famed Ma gician must embrace the present opportunity. N THIS EVENING, (Friday.) October sth, and Every Evening during the ensuing Week, THE GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH will Perform his Feats, combining Wonders! Art!! Mystery!!! Magic ! !!! Seeming Impossibilities, Necromancy, and THE GUN TRICK. Admission—Boxes 2s. Pit Is., Gallery 6d. ; Children under 12, admitted with Parties to the Boxes at ls. each. Doors open at Seven, the Magician commences at Eight. Carriages in attendance at Half-past Ten. Lessons given in the Mystic Art. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Dr. Kanes third lecture will appear in our next. 7..L13c Eil.;),cupoot ,Staitharb. FRIDAY MORNING, OCT. 5, 1838 (a' The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this morning at 7 o'clock. TAE WEST INDIES.—By her Majesty's packet Ty rian we have received papers and letters fyom Deme rara to the 16th, and from Barbadoes to the 23d of August, with intermediate dates from the Leeward Islands. The•advices from Jamaica reach down to the 26th of August, and from. St. Thomas' to the 3d of September. Before we proceed to make any extracts of our own from these papers we shall introduce the summary of West Indian intelligence presented in the city articles of the Morning Herald and the Times of Wednesday, much of which is derived from private sources, and is, - therefore, probably less tinged with party exaggeration than the accounts furnished by the colonial journals. • The Morning Herald says— " All the journals teem with accounts of the great indisposition on the part of the emancipated negroes to work; and in consequence many very important es tates have been temporarily thrown out of culture ; Which, of course, is a very serious injury to the pro prietors. The rates of remuneration offered to the ne groes varies from eight to ten dollars per month, with in most instances, their cottage and garden ground but in the island of Jamaica we find that overtures had been made to give the negroes Is. Bd. per diem on su gar estates, which seems to be the governing rate of all the 'colonies, and which in the end will, doubtlesS, be accepted by them. This state of affirirs has, of course, created much anxiety amongst our West Indian proprietors ; nevertheless all the letters from the dif ferent islands concur in stating that they consider that no ill feeling prevails upon the part of the freed ne groes, but that it was a mere question of wages. This dispute upon the value of their daily labour was, how ever, expected to cause the introduction of task : work,. or rather work by measurement, to a much greater extent than has hitherto been carried on in those set tlements. "It is generally considered, by all well-informed parties, that the emancipated negroes are not fully aware of their altered position in the scale ofsociety; but that when the first ebullition of that feeling has passed away, which might have been anticipated as the consequence of their unconditional freedom, that they will settle dawn to work. In fact, throughout all the islands, it does not appear that there have been any disturbances, although some petty thefts have taken place in consequence of the absence of any preventive police regulations. The intelligence altogether, has, however, had the of of creating an advance in raw - • sugars to=day." The Limes furnishes us with a very copious analysis of the news, which we subjoin : " Considerable excitement continued to prevail among the black population, and corresponding appre hensions existed among the planters and white people generally : so fir the symptoms of an approximation to a friendly understanding about wages were as little favourable as before. Some few instances are given where the negroes had gone to work at 2s. 6cl. per day, which was considered too high a rate, as Is. Bd. was thought to be the Most that could be afforded by the planters, and even by the governor. The negroes, in many cases, however, were demanding as high as one dollar per day, and carmen is. Bd. per mile for carting sugar to the wharf, with the same sum for returning. , In the parish of St. Ann, a pimento planter ha l offered one half the crop to have it got in, but was refused. In the mean time the towns were crowded with these people daily, and on many estates not a soul was to be seen but the proprietor with his immediate family. The wandering habits thus contracted might not, it was feared, be easily eradicated. There was abundance of provisions supplied, and they were bringing to market every thing that was saleable, stripping their provi sion grounds of all but what was necessary for their own immediate subsistence. The produce they were idling away, and lounging about the piazzas of the the town by night as well as by day. Notwithstand- ing the gloomy character of these accounts, it may be hoped that the nature of the evil complained of would bring its own remedy. The habits of the negro have not yet been formed to that providence which induces to look to the future, so that when the produce of their provision grounds was so completely exhausted as to leave then) no other resource, they would, in all pro bability, be induced of necessity to come to terms and go to work. The differences appear to have been im prudently exasperated by the indiscreet zeal of certain Baptist missionaries, who, if what is reported of them be true in pact only, have been more eager for agita- lion than conciliation. One of these continues to be particularly alluded to; .being an individual who, on the termination of the apprenticeship, had prominently harrangued the free labourers on the subject of wages, and himself arbitrarily fixed the rate. He (the - Rev. Mr. Knibb) was said to have addressed the governor, as well as made his appearance before the bench of magistrates, to complain of a letter which had been aedressed to him, from what quarter or if anonymous was not stated, conveying threats that he should be waylaid and murdered.' He had, therefore, sent round to . collect his people to come and protect him" and at the head of the large assembly so got together came before the bench. But for him, he asserted, 'the town of Falmouth would ere- now have been laid in ashes.' He was said to have boasted that he'-could command the assistance of 10,000 armed men.' It is clear that such conduct, if correctly reported, was highly reprehensible as well as dangerous to the pub lic peace, and had he been aware of any such secret plot against the public peace, it was his duty on every ground to have apprised the authorities of the danger. -Reports being spread among the negroes that he was actually murdered, mobs collected in various places in the parish of Trelawney, threatening that if such an event had occurred they would murder all the buckras (white men) and lay every estate in the parish in a heap of ashes,' crying out, 'Now the buckras will see St. Domingo.' More stress was laid upon these an gry ebullitions than perhaps they deserved, although the exclamation: last quoted was calculated doubtless to create uneasiness. The application to thegovernor for the appointment of a special commission to inves tigate the affair of the threatening letter was declined in a temperate reply. By way of appeasing the fer mentation, the governor hiniself had proceeded to se veral districts, addressing the negroes, and explaining to them their real position and duties under the law for the abolition of the apprenticeship. Precaution ary measures, it was understood, bad been taken in the event of any outbreak, and the military force ju diciously distributed. " The accounts from Demerara to the 14th of Au gust were more satisfaetury. It was stated that the free labourers on most estates bad resumed their em ploy ments, and were conducting themselves to the sa tisfaction of the managers.' The general rate of wages was 8 dollars per month on a scale of seven hours and a half per day, with a comfortable cottage and gar den, besides being found in medical attendance.' The tour of the governor and his addresses to the negroes seem to have been productive of beneficial effects. "From Barbadoes, to the 22d of August, the intelli gence was not so favourable. Half of the field labour ers were said to be still unsettled, or refusing to work. The spirit of insubordination and defiance of the civil power prevalent had caused recourse to parades of mi litary force, the appearance alone of which, however, ad been sufficient to prevent any actual disturbance. "From Trinidad the dates are to the 22d of August. The state of matters there was variously described, but upon the whole was not so encouraging as might have been expected. The negroes were in an uneasy hu- moor, a great proportion not settling down to work again, and a greater degree of uncertainty existing as to the result of the new order of things than before. On many estates the labourers had all left to a man; on others they were insisting upon very unreasonable con- ditions, one, and the least to be tolerated of which was, the discharge of the managers, which if granted would, of course, leave employers totally at their mercy. As in Jamaica, hundreds of them had congregated in and about town, and seemed disposed to become squatters upon and about the hills in its vicinity. Large num bers were collecting together in the most retired val lies,' upon every spot which promised to demand from them the smallest exertion in procuring the necessa- ries of life. Various ordinances explanatory and re pressive had been published to regulate the powers of justices of the peace, for determining complaints be tween employers and labourers ;' for punishing sum- marily malicious injuries to property;' for 'preventing; persons from settling on or occupying waste and un cultivated lands without authority ;' for the 'more ef fectual prevention of wilful trespasses on lands;' and for 'establishing a system of rural police.' These se veral measures appear to be of a salutary character, and well devised to meet the contingencies naturally growing out of the new order of things, which in some cases had, as will be seen, already occurred. "From the island of Grenada papers to the 16th of August record a similar state of things. The differ ences between the negroes and their employers were far from being adjusted." The journals which have reached us corrobor f ate most of the remarks contained in the preceding ex tracts. We are sorry to find in the Jamaica papers continued complaints against the conduct of the Bap- st missionaries, who seem to emulate O'Connell imself in their career of agitation, and probably 7rom the same selfish and ambitious motives as those by which their Popish exemplar is influenced. These men cannot be considered, by the utmost sti etch of charity, to have the interests of the negroes at heart. They would best consult the welfare of the newly emancipated apprentices by urging them to return to their employment, instead of inducing them, by in- flammatory harangues and unreasonable suggestions, to live in indolence. We all know the almost phy sical inclination of the negroes to habits of idleness. It is, therefore, a matter of the utmost importance that they should be encouraged to contract habits of Indus- .ry at the very outset of their life of " liberty and independence." Every possible expedient should be resorted to for the purpose of 'inducing them to go to work peaceably and contentedly. A regard for their own ultimate welfare should prompt the missionaries to use their best exertions for this desirable end. From the following extracts it will be seen that the aspect of affairs is somewhat improved ; but much remains to be done before the anxieties of those who are interested in the prosperity of the West' Indies are • finally removed. The conduct of Sir Lionel Smith, the Governor, is very loudly complained of in the Jamaica papers. The Jamaica Gazette of the 18th of August remarks—" We publish to-day the correspondence to which we alluded to yesterday ; and however his Excellency the Governor may be deceived by partial reports from partizans or factionaires—and however he may flatter himself that every thing is going on prosperously, yet lIE must recollect that if any unpleasant consequences follow, no plea of igno rance, or of having been deceived, can avail him ; becauSe, although a hireling and contemptible press may suppress, palliate, or contradict the truth, or metamorphose a vain wish or expectation into a posi tive fact, yet Sir . Lionel Smith cannot deny that he has been abundantly warned by the numerous com munications which have appeared in this paper, and spontaneously forwarded to this office from every direction at almost the same moment, clearly and •unequivocally proving that there could be no plan or concert, as has been wilfully practised on the other side, to misrepresent the actual state of the island. "We implore Sir Lionel Smith . to discard from his counsels the evil counsellors who infest his Vice-Regal Palace, and in the name of our injured country we de mand that Justice for the proprietors of Jamaica, which has hitherto been denied them; for, independently of the wrongs which have been inflicted on them by a fo- reign commission ; every means have been adopted to degrade, humble, and trample their spirits in the dust. Such a bastard policy cannot endure much long ger ; for as uncivilized blacks have been assisted in knocking off the fetters of slavery, so will civilized men now that the last link (the apprenticeship) has been destroyed, oppose every tyrannical invasion upon their liberty, and, demanding-, will adopt every lawful and constitutional means to enforce what is right and just. " We trust Sir Lionel Smith will see reason to pause in his career of mispolicy, or he may bitterly repent the fatality which will attend his blind adherence to a partial system of government that cannot elevate, but can alone degrade the human mind." And in another paragraph the same journal re marks— "As the negroes are, under the advice and direction of Knibb, and the rest of the Baptist crew, exacting exorbitant wages, as we know of no law which can force a proprietor to pay more wages than his means can afFotd, and as Sir Lionel Smith is countenancing these mischievous political parsons, we must remind His Excellency of the fate of the Dorset labourers, who were transported for a similar combination to ex- tort them." We are sorry to find from the same paper that the negroes are compelled by Mr. Knibb, and his kindred agitators, to deprive themselves of the means of future subsistence for the sake of enabling thepselves to stand out for t high rate of wages. We learn from the jour nal which we have already quoted that " the markets had been so glutted with provisions for the last few days, that many an unfortunate negro had been obliged to carry his baskets, or drive his donkeys home." This continued drain from their grounds and their stocks must necessarily be felt hereafter. The negroes are now evidently living " from hand to mouth," as the proverb says. They are snatching the produce of their lands as soon as it attains maturity, to enable them, by its sale, to provide for their present wants. This improvidence of the future will entail upon them many serious inconveniences, especially in those cases in which they have been, owing to their refusal to work, turned out of their lands. As it may be interesting to many of our readers to learn the actual condition of the several parts of Ja maica, we annex a few extracts from the correspondence of the Jamaica Gazette. A letter from the parish of St. George's, dated August 14th, states— " Since the Ist of August nothing has yet been done towards the cultivation of sugar. On the other hand, what little was left oh the ground then by the Stipes, &c., has since become a prey to the cattle. The labourers have likei'vise taken every advantage of their squatting commission, or three months' notice, in ap propriating it to the rooting up of the provision grounds, &c.—leaving the place fruitless to any others the industrious planter may wish to employ. The house servants have also deserted, leaving us to cook for ourselves. It is supposed that not above one third of the lately-made free population are now in the negro houses. Where they are gone to we have not yet ascertained; and what are left maintain such silence as I never witnessed before, and calmly refuse to tak eanything less than 12s. W. per week, inde pendent of their houses, grounds, &c.—a sum which must launch the proprietor in debt. I presume to have, some little knowledge of the negro character, and think all so strange, that I deem it. expedient to be p repared with ammunition and arms underour very pill° ws. Although a Stipe:cannot come on a property row to play his old mischievous - pranks, he can still advise the people to disagree with their employers and managers. It is said one of them told a gentle man not far from this district, that the peasantry • of this parish would hold a meeting on Gualta Vale Course, for the purpose of raising their wages. We woulld be happy to enter into any fair agreement with our , old servants, would they leave their evil advisers: however, they had better beware, as spies are on the look-out." The following extract from a letter dated Manchio nea.l., Aug. 14, shows the state of affairs in the parish of St. Thomas in the East : " The signs of the times are bad; we'are all at a stand-still here, as yet, and no appearances of any chance of a resumption of labour. Some are demand ing 3s. 4d., some . 55., and even as high as ss. 10c1. wages.a-day, with house and grounds. I have offered work by the job, and that at the rate of 20s. per acre for weeding rattoons, by which an able person can easily earn ls.3d. to ls. Bd. a day, with house and ground to cultivate—and cane holeS to dig at the same rate as I used to pay them on Saturdays, when they had only that one day a-week, viz., sd. for twelve holes, at which an able person ❑sed regularly to earn 3s. 4d., and frequently 4s. 3d., daily, deducing now 10d. a•day for house and ground, having clear 2s. 6d. or 3s. 4d., as the person may work, but no one will turn to work. They say they are not to take the same wages now that they are free as they used to do when they were apprentices.. They evidently want a large sum of daily wages, and do little or nothing for it. Oa a neighbouring estate they have come to some sort of terms, and the men were out yesterday work ing on the highway, I had occasion to pass that way, and came suddenly upon them, found them in a group with several baskets and hoes on the grouni, and the party quite idle. On seeing me they jumped to their hoes, and pretended to be hard at work, in quite a similar way as I have seen in the olden time. How this is to end, God knows! Our late special magis trate always gave opposition to the scale of task-work approved of by the governor. This may in some measure account for their not taking any job work; and there is a certain gentleman who resides in a very conspicuous house, in the shape of a fine castle, on the top of a hill not far off, who, I have no dotbt, has a good many words to say in ruling the roast. "P. S.—l have thought it now necessary to give notices to quit; to avoid excitement, I did not do it before." Mr. Edward Peart writes thus from the parish o f Manchester : "Let no one persuade you that the negroes in the slightest degree, evince the least symptom of gratitude for the boon of freedom which has been conferred upon them, the reverse is the case; instead of being cheer ful and happy at the change, they appear sullen and discontented, and when spoken to are insolent, and the offers made, liberal as they are, to induce them to work, have been received with utter contempt, and even the most respectable persons treated with insult.— How long this will last, - God only knows. Two weeks of idleness have now elapsed, during which, besides the use of their houses and grounds, each labourer might have earned from ten to fifteen shillings, and where in a few partial instances the people turned out to work on the Monday, after the Ist of August, a se cret influence was exercised to induce them to dis continue. This is neither more nor less than the re sult of bad advice. Would the political tuountebank of this parish, instead of extorting under ridiculous pretences, and for the purpose of keeping up agitation, the money from the negroes, instruct them to save it, and work for more, then they would be in a greater degree usefully employed, than by seeking for them selves ephemeral fame at the expellee of the peace of the community." • The same gentleman *marks— , " Every labourer went cheerfully to work on Ist Monday in August, on my property, and continue to go on, though great pains have been taken by emis saries to dissuade them from it, saying they ought to wait till the Queen sends word what wages they ought to work for !" We understand, from other communications, that this idea, viz., the hope that the Queen of England will interfere on behalf of the negroes, is very preva lently entertained. It is not difficult to guess the au thors of this foolish delusion. . Another letter from Manchester states— " I beg the favour of your contradicting a statement that appeared in The Despatch of the 10th, dated from Providence, .saying that this property was cleaning coffee at Ss. 4d. per acre; such not having been the case. Some of the people turned out on Monday the 6th, and worked till Thursday the 9th, (for which they were paid at the rate of 10d. per 100 trees,) and have not since resumed their work, but are still skulking about among their houses, saying; as I am informed, that they won't go back unless they get Is. 3d. per 100 trees, which it is impossible to afford to give." A letter from the parish of Hanover, dated August 4, states— " Up to the present moment not an estate has gone to work, although fair and liberal wages have been offered, and such is the pertinacity with which they maintain the strike, that on many estates they will not even attend to the stock who are eating the very canes that would enable their employers to raise money to pay them ; yet people are to he found, who secretly tell the deluded creatures not to work under 2s. 6d. per day—a sum no estate in this parish can afford to give." From St. Elizabeth we learn, in reference to the advice of the Governor, in his proclamation, that the negroes should " spare their Wives for heavy field work, as much as -they could," that considerable mis chief has been effected. One letter says— " You are our best friend in giving publicity to our ideas, and in making known our present grievances; so I waive apology for trespassing on your columns. It is impossible for words to express the injury done to proprietors by the above unguarded expression from the Governor. All our people insist upon it, that the Governor recommended them to make their wives sit down at home—and every effort from proprietor, at torney, overseer, or minister, is unavailing to convince them to the contrary. With us, if the husband turns out, the wife will not, and vice versa." Here we must stop for the present. We have, how ever, much more to add to the same effect. THE "LIVERPOOL" STEAM SHIP.--It gives us much pleasure to announce that the splendid steam-ship Liverpool, belonging to the Transatlantic Stearn-ship Company, was brought out of dock yesterday. Not withstanding her immense size, she received not the smallest injury. At the moment she cleared the outer gate three cheers were given by all on board, Which were heartily re-echoed by an immense crowd on the pier. Scarcely had she been safely moored in the ri ver, near to Seacombe, when we observed numerous flats alongside, deeply laden with coals, for her voyage to New York, for which city she starts on the 20th in stant. This noble ship is certainly a credit to Liver pool, and the celerity with which she has been fitted up reflects the highest honour upon the spirited com pany to whom she belongs. We have no doubt that her speed will be found fully. equal to that of the Great Western, if it does not exceed it. FIRE.—On Wednesday morning, in opening the Grand junction Railway Office, Lime -street, the treasurer's office was found to be on fire owing to some soot having ignited between the facing of the tire, grate and the breastwork of the chimney, which communicated with the floor and set tire to it; fortu nately it had not extended far when discovered ;. but if it had taken place a few hours earlier, the range of offices, as well as the adjoining buildings for their coach repairs, might have been entirely destroyed. An interesting meeting was held, at the Adelphi lintel, on Tuesday, of the members of the seven freemasons' lodges of Liverpool, to consider the propriety of joining and sup porting a new life assurance company, which proposes to ap propriate a tenth of the annual profits to the benevolent objects of masonry. Some vay eloquent speeches were de livered, especially one from a parliamentary agent of the name of Northhouse, who gave an interesting narrative of the progress'of life assurance societies, and made a powerful appeal in favour of the one for which he was professionally concerned. The resolutions in favour of the company were passed unanimously, and it was determined to form a branch board for Liverpool. ARRIVALS AT THE GRAND JUNCTION HOTEL.—Lord Sondes, Mr. and Miss Cheeves, Mr. Willcox, Miss Pearson, Lady E. Featherstone, Mr. and Mrs. Newbury and family, John Austen, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Pannell and family, Hon. T. H. Thurlow, Mr. and Mrs. Steele and family, Lady Shaw Stewart, Capt. Henderson, C. Boden, Esq. and family, Mrs. Currie, John Walker, Esq. and family, C. Newton, Esq., Col. Jones, Gen. Beresford, Mr. Protheroe, Mr. Bateson, Mr. John Watts, Col. Gore Langton, D. Napier, Esq , Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, T. Farren, Esq., Lord Dunsaney, Matthew Harding, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Morgan and family. TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. A special monthly meeting, and by adjournment a quarterly meeting ,)f the Town Council was held yesterday, at o'clock, in the Town-hail. SA LE OF CHURCH ADVOWSONS In allusion to some statements in the report of the Finance Committee that the advowsons of St. Aim's, St. George's, and St. Vaul's churches should be sold, Mr. lIEN ELY LAWRENCE said it struck him that the mode in which the sales of church advowsons were made was ob jectionable. He thought if the sales were left to open com petition, more would be obtained, and he would suggest it to the notice of the Finance Committee, that they should not be fettered to sell by tender if the cotnintitee above would al low of any other mode of sale but by tender, they would not allow the advowsons to be put up by auction. CoAIMITTEES The proceedings of the Leases Committee, Improvement Committtee, and Watch Committee were then read and con firmed. It appeared from the report of the Watch Com mittee, that Mr. Leigh, one of the rate collectors, was a de faulter to the amount of £2S2 4s. 2d., and his accounts were ordered to be examined by Mr. Ashliu's clerks, and another collector appointed in his stead. REPORT OF THE MARKET COMMITTEE, IN REFERENCE TO THE MATERIALS OF THE HOUSE Ire NILE-STREET, UGC. The TowN-cLearc read the report of the above committee, on the clause of the committee's report referred back for con .sideration on the motion of Mr. Cooper. The report first set forth, that the resolution on which the Surveyor acted, urged that officer to proceed with as little delay as possible. The Surveyor had reported to the committee since the last Coun cil, that in obedience to their directions, that he was to use every despatch, he had addressed a note to Mr. James Wit .son, requesting him to submit a tender for the materials of the premises at the corner of Nile-street, excepting the bricks and slates. He received a tender of £62 lOs., it being un derstood, that in this offer the dressing and stacking of the bricks and slates by Mr. Wilson was to be included. He (the Surveyor) urged Mr. Wilson to give £5 more for the mate rials, to which that individual would not consent. The Sur veyor applied to Mr. Wilson, because his tender had on a recent occasion been accepted by the Improvement Com mittee, it having been considered higher than the others. As regarded the excavacation and tunnelling, the Surveyor re ported, that the basis of the agreement was at his option, either for the gross amount if mentioned in Mr. Wilson's tender, or at ls. 6d. per cubic yard ; but in consequence of the giving way of the no r th wall of the market, the ten der was altogether abandoned on the 18th September, and this work was afterwardS included in the general specification prepared for tenders. The Surveyor stated, generally, that he was instigated throughout, by a desire to push the work forward. The committee reported, that under those circum stances, they thought the Surveyor justified in dispensing with the usual course of public advertisement. Mr. Woods had stated to the committee, that his price would have been Is. 6d. per cubic yard, which was precisely the price reserved to the option of the Corporation by the Surveyor, in Mr. Wilson's tender. Mr. COOPER said the surveyor had sold the materials of the house in Nile-street for £5B Ios. He objected to the confirmation of the report because Mr. Woods had said that £7O was the fair price. He had wished to be present at the meetings of the committee, but he could not. He had asked if he had not a right to be present at the meetings of the committee; however as the committee would not allow hiin to be present, lie now stood before the Town Council to ask for justice. fAlr. Cooper went into some long details respect ing the plans, specifications, and the nature of Mr. Woods' tender, and was proceeding, when The MAyou asked him if he intended to conclude his speech with any motion; if not, he was irregular. Mr. COOPER said he had made statements respectink the tenders which he was forced to explain. He had a character at stake as well as any member of that council. The MAyon said he could have but one wish, which was to preserve tegulality. If Mr. Cooper intended to object to the report he could then proceed, and would be perfectly in order: Mr. CooPEn, after some hesitation, said he did decidedly object to the reception of the report. Mr. H. LAWRENCE arose, Mr. Cooper being still on his legs. (Order, order, from Mr. Currie.) Mr. Lawrence said he thought Mr. Cooper having now explained wherein his statement of what Mr. Woods had said differed from the re port, he had sufficiently vindicated his character, and (Mr. Lawrence was proceeding) Mr. CurtittE said he thought Mr. Cooper perfectly compe tent to speak for himself, without having Mr. Lawrence to speak for him; and he moved that Mr. Cooper be allowed to proceed. Mr. H. LAWRENCE. And I believe the Mayor is perfectly competent to preserve order in this Council, without Mr. Currie to speak for him. Mr. COOPER proceeded to say that the Council would have saved £75 in this transaction if they had left it to open com petition, and really he would put it to the Council if that would not, in every instance, be the fairest way. He de clared, without fear of contradiction, that the materials which had been sold for £5B 10s. were worth double the money. Mr. Cooper, amid some other statements, said that Mr. Wilson, the person to whom the materials had been sold, was a publican and a reformer. Mr. Henry Holmes said, as chairman of the committee on that occaTion, he might say he had never known of any ap plication front Mr. Cooper to be allowed to attend the com mittee. Mr. DAVID HoncsoN said he would with great pleasure second the motion of Mr. Cooper, that that report be not re ceived. He did not intend to enter into the merits of the question as to whether this or that suns had been expended, but he thought in ail public questions it was net only proper that they should deal fairly, but that their conduct should be free from suspicion. He thought that it was not right that Mr. Cooper had , not been invited to attend the committee. The amount of money in question was not large, but the prin-, ciple of a question was not influenced by the amount. Ile hoped; therefore, they would refer the report back to the com mittee, for re-consideration in the presence of Mr. Cooper. He thought they were the -moreimund to this as Mr. Cowper had stated that the individual to whom the materials were sold was a reformer, and they knew well that these commit tees were composed almost exclusively of reformers. It was very well known that reformers kept together, and that even the laws of that Council were coucocted in a public-house not very far from that room. Mr. EVANS said Mr. Hodgson had. called upon the com mittee to plead guilty; but he, for one, would not plead guilty. Nut contented with that, he (Mr. Hodgson) had launched into a libel upon the whole of the reform party. He had declared that they met at public-houses, and that the whole animus with which they had acted was on c to answer party purposes, altogether regardless of the duties of their situation, and the calls of common justice. He flung back these calumnies upon the gentleman himself. Now, with regard to the business of the market committee, in respect to this matter, it had got into some confusion unquestionably. The surveyor was urged to push on the business, and with his great experience, apprehending that delay might be of great consequence, he made an immediate arrangement at what he deemed might be the proper value. Mr. Cooper had from rivals got new tenders, and the parties had offered at a higher rate. They had made offers in what he conceived to be quite an anti-tradesman-like spirit. These offers were in stigated by a feeling of what he should be inclined to call absolute spite. Men, under such excitements, did not loOk at the absolute profit or loss. They said, " I'm determined he sha'nt have it. 'Therefore, he was certain that these sub sequent offers formed no criterion of the fairness of the pri , mare one, which was probably the fair value. Mr. BOLTON spoke of the haste with which the work was required to be done, and said it must be clearly understood that the work which was not done by open contract was very Mr. RIGGINS stated that Mr. Woods and the other indivi duals mentioned by Mr. Cooper, had 'been examined before the committee. The committee never thought of sending for Mr. Cooper, but they sent for and examined Mr. Cooper's witnesses. One of these said he estimated the value of the. building by walking round it, never having been in the house for seven years, and not having ever purchased such a house in his life: others, one of whom was a servant of Mr. Cooper, made the estimate at Mr. Cooper's direct request; and upon the reporti of those persons, Mr. Cooper wished to make out a mighty job. Mr. ConniE thought sufficient time had been spent in dis cussing this subject. Mr. Cooper had been asked for his witnesses, and those witnesses had been examined. Mr. Cooper seemed to hint that there had been a party feeling in selling those materials to a reformer • and he would ask that gentleman if the same charge could not be sent hack upon him, that in stirring this business, he was merely doing so from political motives of an opposite tendency. He thought enough had now been said on the subject, and that it ought to be permitted to drop. At all events the Market Committee could not be blamed in future, if they ,sent to the expense of advertisements on similar occasions. Mr. HENRI' LA WRENCE said he thought the gentlemen of the Market Committee were above having anything to do with a job. Still he thought Mr. Cooper should be present when the examination took place in the committee, Mr. WooLiAtiG HT said, that he believed by the rules Mr. Cooper might, as a member of the Council, have demanded to be present at the meetings of the Market Committee. Mr. CooeEti asked, if ,after what had occurred at a meet ing of the Watch Committee, when he had attempted to he present he could have presented himself at any other com mittee. He called at Mr. Okill's office, and the elm k then told him that he could not be present unless the resolution of the council had enclosed an order for him to be present. Mr. Cooper replied to the observations of Mr. Higgins, and de nied that the individual to whom that gentleman had alluded was a servant of his. Mr. Cooper concluded with stating, that throughout the transation nothing had been heard of but Mr. James Wilson—every thing was to be done by Mr. James Wilson The MAYOR thought some of the allusions made by Mr. Cooper were disreputable to him and beneath the dignity of the council. He thought it was always best to abstain from ,attributing motives. Mr. CoorEn said he should wish instead of referring the matter to the Market Committee to refer it to a Select Com- mittee. Mr. H. LAWRENCE said that would be casting an imputa tion on the gentlemen of the - Market Committee which he could not sanction. The matter then rent to the vote, niten there appeared for Mr. Cooper's Motion, that the report be referred back, Messrs. John Holmes, James Heyworth, Hodgson, Shand, Houghton, Batton, Mellor, Sands, Waltnsley, J. Lawrence, Lawreuce,Cooper, H. Lawrence, Wood, Higgins, Leigh, Smith, G. H. Lawrence, and Robinson. Againq the tno— tion, Messrs. Logan, Thornhill, Harvey. Preston, Rawdon, Prankland, H. Holmes, Bolton, Birch, Woolwridit, Bright, Priestlev, Lassell, Earle, Carson, Morecroft. 'Blackburn, Mason, Cropper, Jordan, Currie, It amsden, Duncan, Booth, Horohy„ Brown, Leathom, G. Holt, Jones, Evans, T. Holt, Moon, Bulley, Frame, Barclay, 0. Heyworth, and the Mayor. Against the motion 3S, for the motion 19.—Majority 19. The report %vas received and confirmed. The reports of the several committees were read and cot finned. WAREHOUSES ON THE DOCK QUAYS. The 7:lay() R said it was wished by the Dock Committee that a report of their proceedings should be postponed for a week, as there was some business which world not be ar ranged completely till then, and a special council would be convened for the purpose. Mr. HonGsoN said he wished to ask a question relative to this subject. The MAYOR said there could be no objection to Mr. Hodg son asking any question, but it was worthy of consideration if the question might not cause the opening out of the whole subject. - Mr. lionGsort said if the subject appeared to admit of de lay-, he should not seek for explanation ; but the subject was so exciting, that, in his opinion, no delay ought to take place in satisfying the public mind. It was understood that the question was to be brought forward that day. He saw that there was a larger attendance than usual, from the impression that the subject alluded to would conic on. He had only learnt yesterday that the consideration was to be postponed, but considering the present state of excitement in the town, he deemed it wrong to postpone it, for his wish was to allay the anxiety prevalent in the town, and to prevent inconve nience. it would be understood by every gentleman present, that he was speaking of the question of dock warehouses. He asked what was intended to be done on this subject? It was not merely for the information of himself and the Council, but for the information of the town at large that he asked. There were many gentlemen there who had, at great incon venience, come from a considerable distance purposely to vote on this question. He hoped such information would be given as would show that they could not possibly go on with the subject at the present moment, otherwise they were open to a very serious charge. Mr. LEATHOM said he bad no motive whatever in the de lay of any such motion as that glanced at by the last speaker, on the contrary, the committee bad every motive for hasten ing the business to a conclusion. Mr. teathom went' on to show that the business and negociations were in such t state that the report could not hare been made up, nor could the matter have been brought before the Council sooner than the time specified, (viz. nexi, Wednesday.) Some discussion ensue', as to whether the day fixed should be Monday, Tuesday, or Weju(sday next, members having named tliose three days as likey to prove most convenient to . them individually. Mr. EVANS opposed die pr:.:'osition for aliening the day, by doing which, he said, they .:onld be sanctioning a princi ple that certain members nee T 1 not attend except on crack occasions. Ultimately the Council went to the vote, and it was decided that the meeting should be on WNlnesday next. RE.MOVAI, OF TILE HAYMARKET. The MAYOR presented to the Council three petitions from individuals averse to the proposed removal of theillaymarket. The petitions were numerously signed. The first was from the farmers, signed by 306 re'siling northward of the town, 134 eastward, and 102 southward—total, 542. The second was signed by 357 purchase's of produce, and the third by - 507 tradesmen and others. Mr. SMITH Wished the petitions to be referred to a select committee. Mr. ROBINSON, seconded by Mr. BIRCH, moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee. Mr. SMITH, seconded by Mr. LOGAN, moved that they be referred to a select committee to be appointed. Mr. 'CURRIE presented a petition Morn the inhabitants of North Toxteth, praying that if there were a market at the nor:11, there might also be one at the south, which, Mr. Cur rie said, was a reasonable request. Mr. H. LAWRENCE said it ought to be understood that there was never any intention of removing the market at all, unless one were given to the south also. After some remarks from Mr. R A MSDEN, and a brief dis cussion, the Council went to the vote, when there appeared for Mr. Smith's amendment 24, against it 33. Mr. RA AI SDEN thought the distance of the proposed market from all points would be a source of the greatest inconveni ence. The market ought to be in some central situation. He moved another amendment—that the Finance Commit tee be requested to take again into consideration, with the Market Committee, the question of the removal of the Hay market, and particularly if some central site cannot be fixed on that will be more suitable than the removal to the north end of the town. Mr. MonEcaoFT seconded the resolution. Some conversation ensued, and the amendment fell to the ground. It was agreed that the petitions should be referred to the Finance Committee. A letter from the Rev. Win. Maynard; chaplain of the Mariners' Church, requesting to be allowed the use of a building at the corner of Sewell-street for a school in con junction with the above church, was referred to the Finance Committee. A mass of communications on the subject of the alleged nuisances arising from Chemical works, in Vauxhall-road and elsewhere, were read to the Council, and referred to the Town-clerk. Mr. Alderman Joss called the attention of the Council again to the state of the alkali works at the north end of the town, and stated, without pointing to any particular names, that he could, from his own personal observation, and also was confirmed by the, testimony of many persons who had spoken to him on the subject, inform the Council that the works were really still continued, and called on the Council fully to carry out the future suppression of these nuisances. APPOINTMENT OF A SURGEON TO THE BOROUGH GAOL. The report of the Gaul Committee on the above subject was read. The committee reported that they bad caused' the proper advertisements to be inserted in the newspapers, and bad received twenty-two applications, all of which had had their consideration. Out of those they had elected for the consideration of the Council three, namely those of Mr, Francis Archer, Mr. John, Blackburn, and Mr. James Chamber Ferguson. Mr. BLACKBURN spoke at some length respecting the ap- - plication of his son, who he said had been exceedingly anxious for the situation. He, Mr. :Blackburn, nctwi:hstaniling that his son was his partner in business, and the law on that sub ject, did not conceive that there was any thing wrong or illegal in the application, as he should not have touched one penny of the emoluments. To be assured that he was cor rect in this notice, be took the liberty of asking the Town clerk, who perfectly coincided with him in his opinion. Mr. Blackburn concluded, by announcing, that in compliance with the advice of some friends his son had withdrawn his application. Mr. Blackburn left the room when he had . finished his speech. The MAYOR in confirmation of Mr. Blackburn's notice of the law of the case, caused the Town-clerk, to read an opinion of Mr. Crompton which had been obtained upon the subject. Mr. Crompton's opinion was, that the appoint ment of Mr. Blackburn's son, would not disqualify Mr. Blackburn. The MAYOR said, if the Council received the withdrawal, they must proceed to elect one of the other gentlemen. Mr. HARVEY proposed to the Council Mr. James Cooper. Mr. EVANS recommended that the subject should be again -referred to the committee, as Mr. Cooper's name had not been brought before the Connell, and the present proceed ing would lead to great irregularity. Dr. Ca LtSON supported the proposition of Mr. Evans. It was opposed by. Mr. Currie and others. Mr. WA cmsr.Ey said, without wishing to throw any,obsta cle in the way of Mr. Cooper's election. he thought it right to remind the Council, that Mr. Cooper had already a.situa tion on the Watch buald, for which he received £BO per and ant Salai'y was anotli to be increased. r. MnooN.secontied the nomination of• Mn •COoper. • Mr. LOGAN proposed Mr. Francis - Archer. - • - ani:nm , Mr. Cuiznir..see . oncled the motion, and put it to the •Conn- . cil, whether they would conic: on Mr. Cooper two situations, and that et the moment when they were about to enlarge his • - salary for that which beat presflit held. Mr. SMiTH moved that Mr. Ferguson be appointed. The Council went to the vote, when the members Ivere..-- , For Mr. Archer 32, for Mr. Fer;uson 16, for Mr. Cboper.s - : - • The ire police rate was passeu at a halfpenny in thepouncL A long report of the town-r.erk on the powers of the : Council, by theinsel - y-es and their committees, to make bp, laws, was read and confirmed. The Council adjourned at three o'clock, to Wednesday text at eleven o'clock. THE LONDON JOURNALS IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. At eleven o'clock this forenoon, the Lohdon morning jour nals of yesterday, despatched by the railway mail at eleven o'clock, were delivered at our ollice—having been thus trans mitted from the British metropolis to Dublin in twenty-four hours. Those journals were received by the Messrs. John ston, of Eden-quay, through the City of Dublin Company's vessel, the Ballinasloe, which left Liverpool last night at nine o'clock, thereby proving the superiority of that route, as the channel for conyeying public correspondence between Lon don and Dublin. We are happy to learn that the enterprising directors of the City of Dublin Company have determined to accommo date the public by starting a vessel from Liverpool every evening at eight o'clock.—Dublin Evening Mail. We have seen a model of a ship's windlass, with a "patent purchase" applied to it. The application is simple and in genious, and. we believe, is the invention of Mr. 'l'. M. Gladstone, of this town, who has taken out a patent for the machine. It has the decided approbation of Lloyd's sur veyors, as being the must effective purchase hitherto used for getting a ship's anchor. Several have been fitted to vessels of the largest class—the Ganges, of 727 tons • Intrepid, 300 tons; and the Adam Lodge, 567 tons. An d understand the makers, Messrs. Gladstone, Eddowes, and Co., hav e numerous orders: the Garrow, British Merchant, and others, are about to be supplied. We believe a model is to be seen this day (Tuesday), at the Underwriters' Room, in order that shipowners may have an opportunity for observing its construction. It is worked with the handspike, without fleeting, and its strength, simplicity, and effectiveness are most conspicuous.—Mail. _ _ THE MAlLS.—Several of our local contemporaries having published an erroneous statement of the hours adopted under the new regulations at the Police-office, for the arrival and departure of the snails, we have applied for and obtained from authority the following correct copy of the arrange- ments:—On and after Monday, Ist October, Ih3B, the de spatches to London will be as follows, viz.:—At 545 p.m., (the letter-box being closed at 5,) to arrive in London for the first delivery the next morning, taking the letters for Bristol, Exeter, Falmouth, lac. At 233 a.m., (the letter box being closed at 2,) to arrive in London about 2 3U p.m. the same day, taking also the bags for Wigan, Chorley, Preston, Lancaster, Burton. Kendal, Penrith, Carlisle, Glasgow, and Edinburgh; heretofore sent at 850 a.m. The despatches at 3 20 p.m. and 6 20 a.m. will he discontinued. The foreign post despatch on Tuesday and Friday mornings will be at 230 :Lin. The arrivals from London will be due • at this office about 8 a.m.; letters ready for delivery at 9 and at 10 p.m.—lbid. Loin JouxßU SSEL I, IN 1, rVER PAO L.—On Tuesday morn ing Lord John Russell arrived here from Dublin, in the Postotfice packet. lie is the 'most of the mayor, Rathbone, Esq., nt Green-bank, du rip e his stay. In the . morning-he visited the Custom-house. in company with his worship and Francis Jordan, Esq. Ili s p resen ce, however, attracted little attention. He subsequently went on'Change, when his reception was so cold that he may, perhaps, be led to reflect on the popularity of the ministry of which -he is so distinguished a member. He walked on the flags with the Mayor, and two or three other gentlemen, and passed with a slight notice into. the stews room, a comparatively small number following. On Lord John's entering the room and leaving it, an attempt was made to get up a reception by clapping of hands, but few joined. He then proceeded to the underwriters'-room, unattended except by his original fol lowers. Lord John re-crossed the flags to the Town-hall in silence. Such is the popularity of her Majesty's first Secre tary. THE STEAMER LIYERPOOL.—This fine vessel, which has been purchased from Sir John Tobin by the Transatlantic Steam Company, is now in course of outfit for the trade be tween this port and New York. She is a superb vessel, and, like those steamers which have been most successful in their voyages to distant lands, she is of great length. This is ob vious enough from the quay, but is not until a person stands on the deck that he has a proper notion of the great distance from stem to stern. The engines of the Liverpool are from the manufactory of Messrs. Forrester and Co. In point of speed, it is expected she will evince qualities of the highest order. Soeb is the forward state of her preparations that she is expected to be ready, by the end of next week, to take 'an experimental trip to Dublin. RAILWAY Acct DEN TS.—Wc regret to state that within the last few days there have been two accidents on the Liverpool and Mar:clieter Itatim;y, one of thein'aiterided with fatal consequetiesia. On Saturday night a goods train left Lieer ofttrhaienpoplaicsse,maennd, pool immr,qll:lclv after the lest train for Birmingham. On arriving at the junction near :::•:ea-ton, three loaded waggons were , by so:oe detadyql from the train whilst Awes iu tootbra and their acquired velocity carried them forward a n t al a ne sl d s nut knowing that there was anytoing behind it, stepped upon i' Si t ii (' l l l i e s s t a c el e a h r i le3 d e I hheaNt, train. One the e the rails, when the three ceag7cons knotked him down, passed over his bead and one of his lees, and killed him upon the spot. The deceased had been seven years employed on the iratdt foundry.—yesterday railway, and seas the fatlTr of one of the men kill e d by th e recent ex morn ing the three o'clock train fr o m Liverpool, carrying the mail t o o ne o nirfmtihneghcaaTr' was overturned was broken t o pi eces, an d two ot h ers, plosion at s h ov l ::ued at ula e tY same place; plaee; when with the engine, considerably damaged. The engineer re ceived some severe but not. dangerous contusions; the pas sengers aryl guard escaped unhurt, though the box in which the guard sits was dashed to pieces. After a delay of an hour and a half, fresh carriages were procured, and the train proceeded with the same engine.—lllanchester Guardian of Wednesday. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—The Brighton Rail way interferes with the Merstham Tramway; and the railway company are bound, under their act, to purchase the whole of the tramway, from Croydon to Alerstham, at a price to be ti 1.:;1 trt arbitrators mutually chosen. The arbitrators have made their award, and the railway company are now in pos session of the tramway. We understand that the claim made by the tramway company was no less than £42,000! and that they employed counsel to substantiate their claim; but the arbitrators awarded only £9614. So much for exorbitant demands ! —Railway Times. RAILWAY FROM MANCHESTER TO THE HUMBER,—We learn that a survey of the proposed line from the Sheffield and Manchester Railway, near Penistone, to the Humber, is now proceeding, under the superintendence of Mr. Locke-- Sheffield Iris. frusta APPOINTMENTS.—Viscount Duncannon has been appointed lieutenant of the county and city of. Kilkenny, in the room of the late Marquis of Ormond; and the Hon. John Carlow, in B in tratzrom oonPoofnsvo,inschoyu, n i tt e p ot u e n n e a a n u t no o n f . the ßi c c o h u a n r t d .y Ro t: Fitzherbert, Esq., has been appointed vice-lieutenant for the county of Meath. —Dublin Packet. i