The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-11 00:00:00

B. SILL, ,E 'WAREHOUSE 13, ST. ANNE-STREET. la SILL respectfully acquaints her Friends that she will ll,* have ready for their inspection, on Second 'lily, (Mon day,) the lith instant, a beautiful assortmenvibf CHM DREN'S DRESSES, CHILD-BED LINEN', LADIES' and GENTLEMEN'S READY-MADE lANEN, &c., with a variety of the NEWEST MATERIAL, suitable for the present Season, which her Daughter has ersonally se lected in London. Two APPRENTICES WANTED to the Children's Dress-making Department. B. S. cannot conveniently send Notes to her Fri9tls this Autumn. Tenth Month, 1842. MILLINERS AND DRESSMAKERS, STRAW, 2'USCAN,FACTURERS, AND STRAW BONNET MANU 128, BOLD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. THE MISSES YEOLAND (from her Majesty's Milli ner and Dressmaker, London,) respectfully intimate to the Ladies of Liverpool and its Neighbourhood, that they are in constant communication with the mitt Fashionable Houses in London and Paris, and can Supply the latest FASHIONS simultaneously with the issue of the Mode in the French and English Capitals. First-rate hands are kept to make up the newest styles as they appear. WANTED, a few respectable YOUNG LADIES as IN DOOR APPRENTICES and IMPROVERS. None but such can be received. REMOVAL. JAMES, SLATER and PLASTERER, begs most .1. • respectfully to return thanks to his Friends and the Public for the very liberal support he has received, and to inform them that he bas REMOVED from 3 and 4 Warren street to Premises more convenient for Business, 45, Fleet street, three doors from Slater-street, where he hopes (and which shall be his study) to merit a continuance, of their favours. Fleet-street, Oct. 10, 1842 NEW HOPS AND PALE MALT. AND S. GOODACRE , (Successors to E. JON es ,) J • have received, with an extensive assortment of Fine New Kent and Worcester HOPS, a cargo of superior Nor folk Pale Dried MALT, which they can with confidence recommend to Families for the present season's Brewing. Manchester-street, Liverpool, Adjoining Canton House Tea Establishment. THE GREAT FIRE. This day is published, VIEWS OF THE LATE FIRE IN FORMBY STREET, &c., together with a MAP showing the Extent of the Conflagration, with all the Statistics of Loss, &c. Price Is. plain, 2s. coloured. To be had of all the Booksellers. NOTICE TO THE LESSEES UNDER THE CORPO RATION OF LIVERPOOL. GROUND RENT for the present year having become Due on the 29th of September, the Lessees are hereby requested to pay the same immediately at this Office. And such Persons as are in arrear for , the like Ground Rents are hereby informed, that Legal Measures will be in stituted without further notice, unless the demands which have repeatedly been made, shall be liquidated forthwith. JOHN WYBERGH, Treasurer of the said Corporation. Town-hall, Ist October, 1841. EDUCATION MISS HARTLEY has respectfully to announce her REMOVAL to No. 4, PORTLAND-PLACE, DERBY ROAD, BOOTLE, where she will be happy to receive YOUNG LADIES as Resident or Daily Pupils. References are kindly permitted to Rev. Dr. Tattershall, Shaw-street; to Rev. John Gladstone, A.M., Bootle; and D. M`Gregor, Esq.. Walton. 17, Beau-street, Everton, 3d October, 1842. DANCING AND CALISTHENIC EXERCISES. MR. HARWOOD, PROFESSOR OF DANCING , 42, Nel son-street, Great George-square, continues to give IN STRUCTION in every mode of Fashionable DANCING, either by Private Lessons or in Public Classes. The JUVENILE ACADEMY is Open every THURS DAY AFTERNOON, and SATURDAY MORNING and AFTER NOON. Academies in or out of town attended. The EVENING CLASSES will Re-open on TUESDAY and THURSDAY next. October Bth, 1812. AUTUMN GOODS, IN MATERIALS EXPRESSLY FOR CHILDREN'S DRESSES j FERGUSON, having returned from LONDON, now 0 • offers to the inspection of his Customers a variety of NEW MATERIALS, suited for CHILDREN'S DRES SES, which he will warrant to wash and wear well. The following are respectfully recommended:— FRENCH MERINOS. ANGOLA AND CASHMERE PLAIDS. CLAN TARTANS. PRINTED AND PLAIN VELVETS. PRINTED MERINOS AND FLANNELS GAMBROON AND CHALLY MIXTURES FANCY CLOAKINGS. These (taking into consideration the quality of each) at Prices exceedingly low, and in any length that may be re- piked. 4, Bold-street, Ist October, 1812 NOTICE TO RAILWAY AND STEAM-BOAT TRAVELLERS. ANDERTON'S HOTEL, IE4, FLEET-STREET, LONDON._ _ THE Proprietor returns his sincere thanks to the Profes sional Commercial Gentlemen and the Public for the liberal support he has received since occupying the above named Hotel ; and hopes, by unremitting attention, to retain the patronage hitherto so generously afforded. The Proprietor begs to assure his Patrons that the DINNERS in his Esta blishment are conducted upon the original liberal principle which has procured him the Public patronage for the last thirty years. Lodging, 10s. 6d. per Week; Breakfast, plain, Is. 3d. each. A Porter in attendance to receive Visitors by the Night Trains N. B —Families supplied with Wines and Spirits of the choicest quality, at the Wholesale Prices, for Cash. Observe—W. Hardinu , Anderton' s Hotel, 164, Fleet-street. STEINKELLER'S PATENT SQUARE AND DIA MOND ZINK PLATES. To cover 100 square feet of Roofing with the Cwt. qrs. lbs above will require To cover the same surface with the best Welch 9 0 0 Slate will require Saving in Weight, per 100 square feet, by usu of Zink SHEATHING ZINK, for Ships. SHEET ZINK, for Roofing, Verandis, Flats, Paper Press Plates. _ 3 6 - .....„ ...._____ PLATE ZINK, for Engravers, Lithographers, Galvanic Apparatus, &c. ZINK SASH BARS, for Window Frames, Hothouses, Fanlights, Garden Frames, &c. ZINK NAILS, TACKS, and SPRIGS, for Ships' Use, and Outside Work. ZINK RAIN WATER PIPING, GUTTERING, BELL-TUBING, MOULDINGS, LAMP BARS, &c., all drawn by Machinery. PERFORATED . ZINK, for Window Blinds, Meat Safes, Dairies, Strainers, for Ventilation, &c. W. LAIRD, Derby Buildings, Fenwick-street. To be LET, good Single and Double OFFICES, in Derby Buildings, Fenwick-street. Apply to W. LAIRD, Derby Buildings, Fenwick-street. (One interest.) PROMOLI and HAUSBURG b eg l eave t o direct the attention of their Friends to their SPLENDID AND EX TENSIVE STOCK OF JEWELLERY, constantly replenished with the most elegant Novelties from the first Manufacturers in London, and the production of THEIR OWN MANUFAC TORY, ON THE PREMISES, and forming an unrivalled Collec tion of Ornaments, to the selection of which their exertions are unremittingly devoted. The kind patronage conferred upon them-Since they com menced the manufacture of WATCHES has been an induce ment to still greater efforts, and they h ave succeeded, both in price and quality, in distancing all competitors, being enabled to offer advantages hitherto unprecedented. The increased demand for the ELECTRO-PLATE af fording proof of the high estimation in which it is held, P. and H. solicit the favour of an examination of their Stock,. being convinced that the superiority of the manufacture will at once be evident. The most prompt attention paid to the execution of orders, and Estimates furnished for RE-PLATING ARTICLES WHICH HAVE BEEN PLATED UPON THE FORMER SYSTEM. Liberal terms to Exporters and the Trade. PROMOLI AND HAUSBURG, OLD POSTOFFICE BUILDINGS GREAT IMPROVEMENT_IN GENTLEMEN'S DRESS FIRST-RATE QUALITY, SUPERIOR STYLE AND WORKMANSHIP. AN ENTIRE NEW STOCK OF THE MOST FASHIONABLE MATERIALS FOR GENTLEMEN'S DRESS, AT THE CIVET CAT, 72, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. MYERS, TAILOR and TROUSERS MAKER, for • e s to call Gentlemen's ato his list of Prices the b be g it quality of Cloth, Fit, t and tention Workmanship, which cannot be excelled by any house in England. PRICES FOR PROMPT PAYMENT : A S u per fine Dress Coat £3 0 0 Cassimere for Waistcoat Superfine Blue or Black Cassimere Trousers.. 1 10 0 A Superfine Frock Coat, Silk, &c. 3 10 0 Pilot Wrapp er The new Waterproof 1 0 0 to the Bottor - n rproof Tattersall, Silk Lined 1 6 0 Superfine Cloth Great * ********** **** Facing, &e. *** 3 18 6 A Military Cloak ******************** • • • 4 4 0 A Walking Ditto. *********** made) f rom A Riding Habit (elegantly .. m 2lO 0 4 10 0 A Suit of Pla in Li very ... A Fustian Sta ble Suit . • 4 0 0 A Livery Grea t Coat wit.l;64e Box Coats from NAVAL AND MILITARY 4 10 0 uNIFORMS, TO THE LATEST REGULATION. A variety of Great Coats ; Macintosh's W aterproof Clothing kept veady made. CONTRACTS. Three Snits, every Colour Four Ditto Ditto Five Ditto Ditto Six Ditto Ditto ....... • The old ones to be Returned 72, Lord street, Liverpool ZII 14 0 15 4 0 18 10 0 21 o 0 THE MANCHESTER AUTHORITIES. —At the Chester special commission for the trial of . , the parties the case forgaged in the recent riots, the Attorney-Gneral, s ta ting the prosecution, gave a succinct histor y of the commence ment and progress of the disturbances in the manufacturing districts. Having arrived at that point of time when the turn outs reached Manchester, the learned gentleman dealt a well merited though mild rebuke to the Manchester anti-corn-law magistrates. Gentlemen (he said), it happened, unfortunately, that some of the civil authorities in Manchester held a sort the of parley with the chiefs of this procession, with prin cipal persons who headed this mob. They protested t hat their motto was " Pe ac e, law, and order ! and promised and pled ge d th emse l ves t h at no b reac h o f th e peace should be committed—th a t th e y h a d n o de s ire but to march through Manchester as a s o rt o f procesion, and that anyth i ng like doing any mischief or creating any alarm, or stopping work men, was far from their intention. In an evil hour the civil authorities, unfortunately, gave way to their assurances, and permitted the m to cont i nue t h e i r marc h . Th ey en t ere d Man chester, and immediately they stopped labour of every kind throughout the town. They demanded bread in some places —money in others—and for some days the town of Man chatter was entirely at their mercy. The authority of the magistrates was at an end. The mob went where they pleased, exacted, ordered and commanded just as they liked. All the shops were shut up, and Manchester bad the appearance rather of a town taken possession of by a force, thau,as ex hibiting the ordinary symptoms, as it generally does, of access ful industry.—Morning Herald. ARRIVAL OF THE OVERLAND MAIL The mail from India arrived on Friday, .cutta to the gence from Bombay to the 28th, and from t 13th of August, and China to the 16th of Junc The most remarkable fact is the decision taken by the Go vernor-General to send forward the troops from Candahar and Jellalabad to Caubul. This decision appears to have been adopted immediately on the receipt of despatches which reached India by the mail that left England on the 15th of June. There had previously existed throughout India a strong feeling of dissatisfaction, to which some of the journals had afforded a decided vent. That discontent took its origin from the presumed apathy of the new Governor-General, who, having some months back taken himself away from Cal cutta, seemed, in his comparatively retired retreat at Allaha bad, to have resolved that the troops should be left to inaction at Candahar, and to suffer a variety of misery at Jellalabad. The soldiers expressed their eagerness to be led against the enemy, and in particular against the murderer, Akbar Khan ; but the order for the onward movement had been delayed by Lord Ellenborough. The efforts of the government had, however, in the interval been actively directed to sup ply the troops with every requisite. The force at Candahar, under General Nott, was so well furnished with carriage cattle as to be able in July to move in any direction. The spirit of those troops may be learned from the following anecdote. When that general was told that he should evacuate Affghanistan, he is said to have inquired "by which route, whether by Quetta backwards, or to Caubul for- wards The Candahar army having, on the 30th of July, received the welcome notes for a movement, was ordered to form into two divisions : the one under General England to proceed towards Quetta, and the other under General Nott to move to the northward. These two divisions are thus composed : under General England, the Bombay troops, which are coming towards the Indus, viz., Cooper's troop of Horse Artillery, Bullock's battery (six-pounders,) detachment of Poonah Horse ; two Rasselah's, Christie's Horse ; 25th Bombay Native Infantry ; Company's late Light Battalion ; Ist, 2d, and sth late Bengal irregular Infantry. Under Ge neral Nott, the Bengal troops, with her Majesty's regiments, about to gather fresh laurels, viz., Leslie's troop of Horse Artillery, Anderson's ditto, ditto, Blood's nine-pounder battery, detachment of Bengale and Madras Sappers, 3d Bombay Cavalry, ad Christie's Horse, her Ma jesty's 40th and 41st Regiments, 2d, 18th, 38th, 42d, and 43d Regiments of Bengal Native Infantry, 2d, or Craigie's irregular Infantry. The latter division has taken the batter ing train, which fact indicates a disposition not to spare the Affghan fortresses, and especially Ghuznee and Caubul. The abandonment of Candahar seems to be decided on, for a general destruction of guns, ammunition, and small arms, which could not be conveniently removed, was stated to have taken place. Among other arrangements, the distribution of warm clothing to the Bengal troops was not neglected. The report at first circulated among General Nott's division was, that they were to proceed from Candahar towards Ferozepore, via Khelat-y-Ghilzie' and Dera Ismael Khan. ' This line of route, a part of which is unknown to Europeans, was considered to be but a feint. The position of the force at Jellalabad under General Pol lock during the months of June and July had attracted much attention, for the difficulties which surrounded them had been exaggerated to extremes by the croakers. There was abundance in the camp of every necessary, but not of luxury. The principal want was beasts of burden. Among the ru mours was one that the owners of the animals taken on hire from India had refused to allow their cattle to proceed fur ther than Peshawar. The activity and energy of the Govern ment agents had in a great degree obviated this difficulty. The force at Jellalabad was then considerable, for, besides the " illustrious . ' garrison, which had, under General Sale, withstood the siege of Akbar Khan, and the troops that stormed the Khyber Pass, under General Pollock, a con siderable body of Sikhs, against whose behaviour, as auxilia ries, no great complaints were urged, was collected there, and to whose custody it was said that the fortress of Jellala bad and the care of the Khyber Pass were to be intrusted after the retirement of the British. The unwarlike hesitation of the troops at Jellalabad having been misinterpreted by some of the Affghan chiefs in the neighbourhood, whose bullying propensities lead them al ways to assault those who exhibit any symptoms of doubt or fear, and above all those who seemed inclined to retreat from before them, it became necessary that General Pollock should chastise the most refractory. Detachments were, therefore, sent out, which soon brought those worthies to their senses, and obliged them to pay the sums due to the revenue. The removal of the troops from Jellalabad appeared to be necessary, as sickness prevailed, and several officers had died there since the arrival of General Pollock. Every prepara tion was making at the period of the latest intelligence for a speedy movement. It is stated that the troops were to march from Candahar on the Bth, 9th, or 10th of August, and rumour asserted that Akbar Khan, whose great object was dely, had sent another of his prisoners, Captain Lawrence, on to Jellalabad, to try to make some further arrangements. On tha 13th of July a new negociation on behalf of Akbar Khan was commenced. Captain Troup, who had been Major of Brigade in the British contingent to Shah Soojah, and who is one of the prisoners, came to Jellalabad ; he was ac companied by a Candahar chieftain. The object of his mis sion was, under pretence of making terms for the restoration of the prisoners in exchange for the reinstatement of Dost Mahommed, to gain time, and to delay operations until the approach of another winter should be sufficient to paralyse the movements of the Indian troops. But these negotiations had, as far as Akbar Khan was concerned, tended to no pur pose, and several letter s brought by Captain Troup from the Prisoners, both females and males, addressed to their friends in India, have contributed to allay the great anxiety felt on their account. They were then confined in a fortress five miles distant from Cabul, the approach to which is described as rather difficult. Some of them were allowed to move about the mountains, and to ride in small parties into Caubul. Lady Sale, who occasionally botanized, was always guarded by two Affghans. The officer might, perhaps, manage to escape, but Akbar Khan's agents took too good care of the ladies and children, whom he looked upon as his safe host ages. The most accredited report respecting the real posi tion of Akbar Khan was, that he had appointed himself Vizier under Futteh Jung, the son and nominal successor of Shah Soojah, but that he was not in favour with the inhabitants of Caubul, over some of whom he exercised the most horrible tyranny, and who also appeared to dread the approaching ven geance of the British troops. The Kuzzilbashes, a party of that town, were opposed to him. He was, therefore, com pelled to act with some moderation towards the prisoners, for the people of the town and district looked to them being protected by Futteh Jung as the acknowledged representa tive of his father in the alliance with the British. The re port industriously circulated by interested parties some months ago, that Akbar Khan intended to take the prisoners, in case of his being hard pressed, over the Hindoo Khosh into Bokhara, had lost credit, for it was said that the King of Bokhara, although he treats Colonel Stoddart and Capt. Conolly, his present captives, with great rigour, does not wish for more Feringhees ' • and, having subdued the Chief tain of Kohan , and gained influence with the Walee of Kho loom, had obliged the latter to refuse permission to Akbar Khan to take those prisoners through the passes. It was, therefore, supposed that, on the arrival of the British troops from Jellalabad and Candahar at Caubul, the ill-acquired domination of the ambitious son of Dost Mahommed would speedily be terminated. There is no doubt now of his hav ing murdered Sir W. H. Macnaghten, for the fact of his having done so has been admitted by himself. Simultaneously with the receipt of the order by General Nott, an advance movement had been effected from Jellala bad by Captain Broadfoot, who took post on the 24th of July at a small fort 15 miles from Jellalabad, at which fort it was supposed that a part of the force from that fortress would soon arrive. The distance from Candahar to Ghuznee vii Khelat-y- Ghilzie is about 240 miles. In the year 1839, Sir John Keane's army took from the 27th of June to the 21st of July, both days included, to perform that march. Ghuznee and Jellalabad are nearly equidistant from Caubul, each being somewhat more than ninety miles. It was expected that both armies would meet in Caubul before the middle of September. Most of the Affghans in and around Caubul were stated to entertain great alarm, and were begging written notes and little bits of scribbled paper from the prisoners to serve as tokens for their preservation. It appears to be expected in some usually well informed quarters, that little or no opposi tion would be made to the advance of the British. All these statements, coupled with the facts that have occurred since the disastrous retreat of last January, serve to prove that the fatalities of November, December, and January were owing more to the want of talent and energy on the Part of the British leaders than to the enterprise or patriot ism of the Affghans. Captain Troup had declared, " that no doubt exists, if a single wing of a regiment had marched into Caubul on the 2d of November, the much-talked-of insurrection would have been completely and effectually put down." The transports sent from England with the reinforcements had arrived. The 78th Highlanders and 86th regiments, having made rapid passages, reached Bombay in the begin ning of August. Some of the men had died of cholera. The 28th Regiment, from New South Wales, had also ar rived there. The resolution and activity displayed by the British government on this occasion had infused new vigour into the whole of the Hon. Company's Service. The news from China was to the 7th of June. It contains the account of the capture of Chapoo, on the 18th of May, which was effected without loss to the British ; but, when the troops were moving through the town, violent resistance was made from the Joss-house, into which some Tartar soldiers had retreated, fearing that if they surrendered they would be cut to pieces, unexpectedly fired on some British companies. Colonel Tomlinson, of the 18th Royal Irish, was killed, and Colonel Mounfain, Captain Campbell, and Lieutenant Jodell wounded. An apprehension prevailed in India, that but little would be effected, this year, against China, in consequence of the delays that had taken place. The want of vigour in tha pro secution of this war was much spoken of, particularly as the season for sailing along that coast, without that danger, was allowed to pass over. The expedition was, however, said to be preparing to attack Nankin, the southern capital. The monsoon had set in rather late, but a plentiful fall of rain had taken place subsequent to the well-known holyday, called, " Cocoa-nut day," when the Indians suppose that the violence of the storms have ceased. The cholera had continued its ravages, but the heavy rains would, it was hoped, speedily lessen them. Several shipwrecks had occurred; among them were men tioned that of the Adele, from Bombay for Mauritius ; of the Copeland, from Liverpool for China; of the Martha Ridgeway and the Two Sisters, in the Eastern Seas. The fall of rain in Bombay during ten days previous to the departure of the mail had been very great. It was stated that the overflowing of the Ganges had done considerable injury to the indigo crop. The commercial intelligence differs little from that received by the last mail. The markets were generally dull, and freights continued extremely low. Bills of Exchange, on the 12th of August, were quoted at from ls. Ild. to 2s. Letters from Mauritius mention that some commercial difficulties had arisen there, caused by the want of sufficient metallic currency. The banks had, therefore, narrowed their operations. . I TN•rs roil. TURN-OUT IiVORKMEN.—Lord Chief Baron ° 3 l _ tiger, in the course of his charge to the grand jury on fol lowing the Special Commission, at Chester, made the fol g i n s br r i e e m s arks :—" There is another class of of fenders who will be brought before you—namely, those who joined ' of the people, the object of which was by force to turn others out of employment, or prevent them from conti • nui at work. This is a species of tyranny quite intolerable. What right has any man to dictate to another he should labour? If the party who labours, contract, they have nothing; at what price or the • party emp l oy i ng contract. lam afraid, for I believe is dissatisfied with the terms of the d o b t u h t e to la ~p , u h t aasnbeld altered r t e h d e in this respect. that even a combination of a number of ceasedworkmen n forbe t he an dictating terms to masters has purposeind ictable offence in itself. But, though this is not an indictable offence be conducted in a peaceable andlong as the combination quiet ctl manner, yet if they a ttempt to force others to join them, by terror or intimida tion,, i a f ring and outrageous they are guilty of one of the act government dif gntavin)oty:tdwireercetforce acts of tyranny. What would be said ferently constituted from our own, and on the people, if the powers of such a govern exer cised in a similar mariner, in order that the a just ground for not continue at their labour? Would it not be demsrcernibuledighast an insupportable tyranny, and as forming insurrection ? Yet you will find that these were not content with exercising the privileges wPhPiYehmthne law allowed them, of agreeing among themselves not to work without a certain rate of remuneration, but they attempted by force to compel others to quit their labour." THE CHURCH (From Thursday's Times.) We see daily; and we rejoice to see, signs of increasing power, and increasing consciousness of power, in the Church of England. We do not speak of temporal or political, but of moral power—increased ability and willingness on the pact of the Church and her rulers to carry out and to discharge to their legitimate extent the duties of spiritual government and spiritual guidance which are 'confided to her. Not only is she labouring everywhere, with a zeal and success which would have been ridiculed as impossibilities a few years ago, to supply by her own unaided resources the wants of that vast portion of the people who are destitute of the means of instruction and the opportunities of worship, but a new life is gradually developing itself in her own inward organic sys tem, of which the importance cannot be over-estimated. Politically speaking (though it would be the worst sort of af fectation to deal with this subject as if we regarded it from a merely political point of view), it is of incalculable importance at the present moment that the Church should act with vi gour, energy and union. She:is the only power in the State which can deal with Chartism, or counteract the evil effect of that bastard, truth-despising, pride-fostering: system of " education " with which the liberalism of the present day supposes that the lower orders can be made virtuous. But for her, the State, which seems to have already lost the power of resistance to these false principles, might soon be disabled from making any effectual opposition to their con sequence's. And though she may be aided by the State to provide herself, more speedily than she otherwise could, with the outward appliances necessary to give due effect to her in fluence, all this will be of little avail, unless she brings a spirit to the work which the State must needs receive, but can never give. Numerous cases have in times past operated to check and fetter the Church of England in a manner highly prejudicial to her own spiritual efficien..y and to the true interests of the people. It is not necessary to enter into these at length ; the chief of them we think, has been the paralszed, nerveelss, and almost useless state of the internaligovernment. Her legislature has been silenced and forbidden to transact busi ness for the last century and a half ; her jurisprudence and courts of judicature have been thoroughly debased and secu larixed, and made useless and worse than useless, for the preservation of order. morality, or purity of doctrine among her people and clergy. Her bishops have been nominated, in a majority of instances, either on political grounds. or for qualities more ornamental in tranquil, than useful in difficult, times. Embarrassed on all sides by the encroach ments of an unworthy jealousy on the part of the State, they had, at no great distance of time, sunk into functionaries, administering with diligence and circumspection a few neces sary rites and ceremonies and exercising the scanty powers entrusted to them by Acts of Parliament concerning matters of a mixed temporal and ecclesiastical nature. So far did this proceed, that a bishopric came to be looked upon by many persons as a sort of retiring pension in the Church—an " OtiUM 0071 digiltlate," as it was seriously called only two years since by a writer in the Quarterly Review, when criti cising the publication of a learned prelate now on the Bench. It requires neither much argument, nor any depth of re flection, to perceive what must have been the necessary, as they have been the actual, consequences of this state of things. The Church was frozen down into the accidental formulae of two hundred years since, without the power either to realize or to alter them, while a thousand modifications were taking place in the face of the society every day. Villages expanded into cities, but the old parish church and the solitary minis ter remained where they were. The wealth of a parish was increased a million-fold, but the Ch'urch continued to starve and keep silent upon a stipend of fifty or a hundred pounds a-year. Vast colonies were planted, and were falling away from Great Britain for want of heart-binding ties ; immense territories, inhabited by heathens, fell under our dominion or became the emporiums of our commerce; yet the Church stood still, and suffered these great fields of moral exertion to be occupied by her enemies, while those within her whoes charity lead them to be eager in the same work, were com pelled to devise anomalous and unauthorised modes of action for themselves. Men arose burning with zeal, full of activity and self-denial, able to move the hearts of thousands, desirous (if it might have been so) to supply the deficiencies of the Church under her own guidance ; but after a cold attempt to frown them down, the Church calmly suffered them to go out of her, and lead with them into schism half the people who ought to have been hers, contenting herself all the while with writing treatises against enthusiasm. Later still we have seen new schools of doctrine arise, and vehemently dis puted questions by competent authority ; changes have crept in in practical and ceremonial matters, to such an extent that in many things the clergy are living under two contradictory laws, the one written, which they have sworn to obey, the other unwritten, but peremptorily enforced upon them by custom ; and, to crown all, and make confusion worse con founded, Parliament (now constitutionally including Dissen ters of every kind) has been meddling every year with the temporal arrangements, the judicature, the discipline, the episcopal organization, everything, in fact, but the doctrine of the Church. These evils have happily attained their maximum, and the state of things which: produced them is rapidly pas sing away. The parties to whom the credit is due of having roused an effectual spirit of reaction, not only among large numbers of the laity and inferior clergy, but in still more in fluential quarters, have (whatever may be their merits or de merits in other respects) conferred a real service on the Church and on the nation. Of all the fruits of such a reac tiou which we have yet seen, the most remarkable, as well as the most full of important consequences, are the episcopal charges of the present year, especially those of the Bishops of Exeter, Salisbury, and Oxford. It is impossible to read them without seeing that the Church is beginning to have something like real government; that episcopacy is already something more than a name among us, The Church of England wants nothing but this to made the most powerful moral organ in the world. That she should be what she is, that she should have accomplished the good and surmounted the difficulties which she has done, in her present disorgani zed state, is enough to warrant us in expecting almost any amount of good from her influence, when she has acquired the strength which the union, consolidation, and just direc tion of her energies under capable rulers must inevitably give her. You really are too open-hearted for me, as the gardener said to his bad cabbages. • • - - I" Father, do they light up railway cat riages at nights with gas?" " No, my dear, with train oil." " Dear me, why does that bald gentleman walk abroad with his hat off." " Why, because he wants a little fresh hair, to be sure." MILTON COMPARED WITH SHAKSPEARE.—MiIton also could paint the forms of mankind, though in a lower degree, for his excellency chiefly consisted in the power with which he poured out his own spirit in an ideal person ; Milton painted a Satan, which was a Milton. The poet Milton had little sympathy with angel or archangel, with cherub or se raph ; the transcript of his own mind was the archangel ruined. The inquisitive speculation, the indomitable cou rage, were drawn direct from the poet's soul. The victory of Gabriel, the sentiment of Raphael, the faithfulness of Abdiel, the repentance of Adam, were the respects which the habit of the man of active life paid to the prejudices and pro fessions of his fellow men. Satan was the hero of the poet's heart, and the grandest heeo which genius has ever dared to offer to the admiration of mankind.—The Herberts : by the author of " Elphinstone." DESCRIPTION OT A FIGHT BETWEEN A MUNGOOZE AND THE COBRA CAPELLO.—Being desirous of seeing a combat between a snake and its inveterate enemy, the mungooze, (an animal siniiiar to the ichneumon of Egypt,) I requested the charmer to exhibit a fight of the kind. He instantly consented, (as every one of these men carry not only snakes, but mungoozes with them,) and led us out into the compound—the field attached to almost every house in cantonements. Having expressed our fears lest any of the party might be injured by the reptile, he pro posed that the exhibition should take place under an enor mous pheasant-coop of worked wire, which was lying un used in the court-yard. This arrangement was acceded to, and, at our suggestion, the snake first taken in the morning was selected for the encounter. The mouth of the vessel in which he was enclosed was placed under the edge of the coop, and the covering suddenly withdrawn. In a moment after the cobra capello darted out. The kedgeree-pot was then taken away, and the edges of the pheasantry let down. During two or three minutes the monster poked his nose all round the enclosure, evidently wishing to escape ; but, finding this impossible, he quietly coiled himself up, freeing, however, his magnificent head from the folds, and remained in a sort of listening attitude. Presently the man produced the mungooze, and let him in to his adversary. Never was I more surprised. This was the first time I had seen one. I had expected to behold a somewhat powerful opponent. Never could I have fancied that so small an animal could have dared to cope with ser pents of the largest and deadliest kind : such, however, was the case. The little creature which now sniffed round the edge of the coop was about half as large again as an English rat, of a mottled colour, with small red eyes, and would have been a very ugly animal had it not been for its tail, which was long, and bushy in circumference near the centre, almost as large as the little body to which it was attached. For a time the mungooze ran about without going direct up to the snake, which, however, having perceived its tormentor on its first entiance, had prepared to give him battle. Sud denly the tiny creature, which seemed to be little more than a single mouthful to its adversary, saw the snake, and, without hesitation, ran at it. So apparently unequal a contest I never beheld. The cobra capella had reared itself, and spread out its hood, a sort of fleshy cape it inflates when irritated, and which has given rise to its designation. The marks round its eyes resembled a pair of spectacles. Its marble-stained scales seemed all alive, as it raised itself some three feet high to meet the attack of the little savage, whose fiery eyes seemed suddenly to glow like red-hot cinders as it rushed towards its mighty enemy, and bit it. The snake darted at it, squeezed it, in flicted its dreadful wound, and then threw itself back. The mungooze was evidently disabled. Faint, and almost dying, it retreated. Many of us fancied the battle over, and re gretted the untimely end of the courageous little beast. After limping about for some time, and even lying down with exhaustion, the mungooze began to poke its nose on the grass. What it swallowed none have ever been able to trace, though large rewards have been offered for the discovery. What the herb is which this little animal partakes of none can tell, but certainly its effects are miraculous ; for no sooner did the creature imbibe the sought-for antidote than it suddenly discovered its pristine strength, and again at tacked the serpent. This scene was re-enacted no less than seven times; each time the cobra appearing weaker and weaker, till actually tired out. The mungooze at length suc ceeded in catching the monster by the throat, and destroying it, to the surprise and admiration of all present. —Bentley's Miscellany : Hours in Hindoostan. ALLEGED LONGEVITY.—(From the Athenceum.—The French papers have of late quoted from a work, entitled Les Cennaires, some astounding statements respecting the age attained by individuals in the different countries of Europe. Thus, we are told, that " that there have died in England, in the course of the last century, 49 persons who have reached from 130 to 180 years of age ! Of these seven reached 134 years, four 138, two 146, four 155, one 159, one 160, one 168, one 169, and one 175." Now, we believe it to be beyond the power of the writer to prove any one of these assertions,—to prove that any one man or woman in England ever attained the lowest of these ages, or 130 years. We do not, of course, mean, when we speak of proof, the gossiping nonsense which passes current on such occasions, but such evidence as would be received as conclusive in a court of law ; and surely, in a country where every parish has its register, the age of a party is a fact very easy of proof. Some years since (see Nos. 200-3), we were drawn into a controversy respeeting the age of a man of the name of Patrick Gibson, of whom a portrait and a memoir were published, setting forth that he was in his 111th year. W . e proved t o d emons tration, th a t ever y assert i on f r om which his great age was to be inferred was false ; yet, since then, his portrait, with the falsehood deli berately written on the frame, has been placed in the hall at Greenwich Hospital. Our incredulity on the subject of these Old Gibsons, Old Parrs, and Old Jenkinses being known, we have, on more than one occasion, been sent by friends in search of cases, admitted, they said, of no doubt ; but, on inquiry, it turned ou t that, instead of " no doubt," we o s h r o r u a l d t h read p L.eed no ss p r o of. The parties, indeed, recollected, to recollect, many circumstances which occurred more than a hundred years before; but in no in stance could they recollect where we might procure a copy of their baptismal register. Th is question is not altogeth er one of mere idle curiosity ; the leng th of insurance, time that men m a y live must affect questions of annuities, and other like calculations ; vet, though every season brings forth new insurance companies, new life tables, new expositions and illustrations of the subject, no writer, that we i are aare of, has devoted a single chapter to a careful investigaton w of the age which men have attained. If any of our actuaries have considered the subject, a later from them would, we are sure, be interesting to our readers. RAILK AY INTELLIGENCE We are sorry to find that the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company again raised their first-class fares on Monday last. The result is, that a first-class passengei• now pays one shilling more from London to Manchester than when he went round by way of Parkside, some twelve miles further ! So much for competing lines ! One train less a-day, and one shilling more for the passage, is all that the good folks of Manchester have gained by securing what they call " a line of their own," upon which about two millions sterling have been expended!—Railway Times. However much the proprietors of the Lancaster and Pres ton Railway may benefit by the leasing of their line to the Lancaster Canal Company, it does not appear that the arrangement will contribute much to the advantage of the public. We understand that the cheap boat has been taken off the canal, and that the mode of communication in the district is now an unmitigated monopoly.—Railway Times. THE MANCHESTER. AND SHEFFIELD RAILWAY.—WC have just heard, says the Sheffield Iris of Tuesday, of an ex traordinary instance of the accuracy which can be attained by high talent, perseverance, and a skilful application of mo dern instruments. The tunnel now making on the Sheffield and Manchester railway, situate at Saltersbrook, will be up wards of three miles in length, and more than six hundred feet below the surface or top of the hill at its greatest height, and on rock formation throughout its entire length, pene trating what is commonly called the backbone of England. These works were commenced about two years ago, and are now under the superintendence of Mr. Nicholson, the acting manager, and Mr. Purdon, the assistant-engineer of Joseph Locke, Esq., C. E. Five shafts were opened about half a mile distance from each other, for the purpose of proving the formation, of facilitating the driving of the driftways, and ultimately of ventilation. in These shafts are now com pleted. Whilst they were progress, the driftways were carried on from each side or face of the mountain, the dis tance or length effected on the eastern side extending to about 1,000, and from the next shaft 180 yard s . The junction between these two points of the drift-way met on the 17th ult., and such have been the admirable skill and attention with which the arrangements were made and carried out by Messrs. Nicholson and Purdon, the manager and superin tendent of the works, that the junction has been character ised by singular precision of range and level,—the levels, when checked on a tie-bench at the point of meeting, having varied but nine decimals (one inch nearly.) The range is within two inches of being geometrically t rue . Wh en it i s considered that this has been attained whilst driving upwards of half a mile through hard rock formation, it must he ad mitted to be highly creditable to all the p ar ti es engage d in it. This great tunnel, from its magnitude and position, was con sidered by many as almost impracticable, and the most un founded misrepresentations have been circulated by inter ested companies and parties to strengthen this opinion ; it must, therefore, be very gratifying to those who may be in terested in such matters, and to the public generally, to learn that all doubt is now removed as to the time and amount of cost, within which the work may ,be completed, both of which were originally calculated with a correctness equally accurate with what has been already accomplished. Two thirds of the driftways are already made, the remainder will be opened throughout early next spring, and the com pletion of the entire works is expected in the following year, the whole of the heavy contracts being now let, three of them being decided on Wednesday last, at a price averaging above 20 per cent. below the engineer's estimate, taken by Messrs. Buxton and Clarke, of Sheffield, (for the Dinting Vale viaduct), and Messrs. Miller and Blackie, of Liverpool, for the Longdendale contracts from the said viaduct to the western face of the before-named tunnel. These parties have already proved to the directors their excellent qualifications and ability as contractors, having lately completed two of the best contracts on the line. The old Park Wood contract, near Sheffield, is now in the hands of the first-named con tractors, who have made arrangements with the guardians of the poor of the Sheffield and other unions to employ a large number of able-bodied paupers, several of them being what are commonly denominated navies. This is a great advan tage to the ratepayers and poor of Sheffield, and a mutual accommodation to all parties concerned. We understand it is the intention of the directors to enter into contracts for the remainder of the line forthwith, if they can make ami cable arrangements with Lord Wharncliffe for the immediate possession of the portion of the land for the line through Wharncliffe Wood. The line, from the small amount of tne cost of construction, bids fair to become one of the best and soundest undertakings of the kind in this part of the coun try : its completion will not only confer great advantage upon the town of Sheffield, but upon the large and import ' ant manufacturing district through which it passes. The Dinting Vale Viaduct was estimated by the engineer to cost ' £38,467 ; but was let for £31,000; and the two Longdendale ' contracts, estimated by the engineer at £55,033, were let for £46,400 ; being at least £15,500 below the estimate of the engineer upon the three contracts. REAL PROPERTY OF THE KINGDOM According to a return made to an order of the House of Commons, last session, it appears that the total annual value of real property assessed to the poor-rates in England is £59,685,412, of which £30,448,991 consisted of landed pro perty, £22,991,472 of dwelling-houses, and £6,244,949 of all other kinds of property. Middlesex, although the smallest county but one, namely, Rutland, comprising as it does the greater part of London, is, as might be expected, the richest county of the kingdom, its total annual value of real property assessed amounting to no less than £7,293,369. This sum is thus distributed :- Landed property, £304,653 ; dwelling-houses, £6,680,202 ; all other kinds of property, £308,514. Yorkshire ranks next to Middlesex in point of wealth, its total annual value of assessed property being £5,448,494, distributed as follows : - Landed property, £3,865,496 ; dwelling-houses, £1,817,739 ; all other kirids of property, £; 75,259. Lancashire comes next. The total annual value of real property assessed in the county of Lancaster is £5,266,606, made up as follows :-Landed property, £1,402,208 ; dwell ing-houses, £2,449,196 ; all other kinds of property, £1,415,222. Rutland, as it is the smallest, so is it also the least wealthy county, its total annual value of real property being only £119,184, composed as follows : Landed property, £109,119, dwelling-houses, £9,104 ; all other kinds of property, £3,911. Westmoreland is the next least wealthy county, the total annual value of its real property assessed being £266,335 ; made up of real property, £221,054 ; dwelling-houses, £37,374 ; all other kinds of property, £7,907. Huntingdon is next, the total annual value of its real pro perty assessed being £317,718, made up as follows :-Landed property, £236,633 ; dwelling-houses, £71,221 ; all other kinds of property, £9,864. The sum levied for poor-rates in England for the year ending Lady-day, 1841, was £6,079,564. The rate in the pound on the annual value of real property assessed in 1841 was, for the whole of England, 2s. It is a circumstance worthy of notice, that the rates are highest in those parts of the country which we are not ac customed to refer to as most distressed. The highest rated county is Wilts, in which the rate amounts to 3s. in the pound. In Sussex the rate is only Id. in the pound less than in Wiltshire -namely, 2s. 11d. In Buckinghamshire, Suf folk, and Surrey, the rate is 2s. 9d. in the pound ; in Essex, Dorset, Gloucester, and Southampton, it is 2s. Bd., whilst in Yorkshire it is only Is. 11d., and in Lancashire ls. Bd. The rate per head of annual value of real property is for the whole kingdom £3 19s. 7d. The rate per head is high est in Hertfordshire -namely, £5 19s. Id., and lowest in Cornwall -namely. £2 13s. 4d. The area of England in English statute acres is 31,770,615. The average annual value per acre for the whole kingdom is 19s. 2d. Middlesex is the county in,which the value reaches the highest point the average value there is £1 14s. per acre. In Leicester shire the annual value per acre is £1 75., and in Lancashire, £1 ss. The county in which land is of the ;lowest value is Westmoreland, where the average annual value per acre is only 9s. ld. ; in Northumberland it is 12s. 9d., and in Sussex it is 13s. 6d. The total annual value of real property in Wales assessed to the poor-rates is £2,854,613., of which £2,206,146 con sists of landed property, £394,929 of dwelling-houses, and £253,543 of all other kinds of property. The total sum levied in Wales for poor-rates for the year ended Lady-day, 1841, was £342,265. The average rate in the pound for the whole country is higher than in England, it being 2s. in the latter, and 2s. 3d. in Wales. The poor rates are highest in Carnarvonshire, namely, 3s. 2d. in the pound, and lowest in Brecon, Is. 7d. The area of Wales in English statute acres is 4,752,000. The average annual value per acre for the whole country is 9s. 3d. Land is most valuable in Anglesea, where the ave rage value is 19s. ; and least valuable in Merionethshire, where the average value is 4s. Bd. I do declare I am the most hampered man in the world, as he wine-merchant's porter said to the burthen upon his shoulder. THE NEWCASTLE FESTIVAL.—The receipts of this festi val realized a sum of £2,015, and the expenses amount to £2,66s—thus leaving a deficiency of £650. The charities will, therefore, derive no benefit from the festival whatever. The losses of the corn specu:ators in England, this harvest, are estimated at £2,000,000 sterling. GRACE DARLING.—Some distant papers state, that as her Majesty was passing the Fern Islands, o❑ her return from Scotland, she was told that Grace Darling was dead. We feel that we can take upon ourselves to contradict the report. Some weeks ago it was announced she was unwell, but there is not the slightest account of her being in a worse state. — Tyne Mercury. The O'Connell Tribute has lost a plumper of £lOO a-year, by the death of the late Master of the Rolls. This sum was regularly paid into thefund, with the signature " Anonymous ' attached. —Limerick Chronicle. RENT OF A LORD MAYOR'S HOUSE. — lnithe year 1275 George Rokersley, lord Mayor of London, occupied a house in Milk-street, Cheapside, for which he paid the enormous rent of 20s. per annum. A BlTE.—Talking of alligators, the mate of a vessel bound for Liverpool had bought one, about four feet long, to take home with him, and tied it somewhere on deck. In the night it got loose, and sought more comfortable quarters in the cabin. T he mate was under a musquito-bar on the floor, and thought he felt the cat rubbing alongside of him. " Pussy, pussy !" said he. putting out his hand to pat his feline fa. vourite, when such a row was instantaneously kicked up in the cabin as made the sailors in the forecastle jump out of their berths like chestnuts off a hot shovel. The mate caught considerably of a bite, but was not seriously injured. FEARGUS O'CONNOR'S MODESTY.--This outrageousboas ter, whom the most ignorant now perceive to be a mere charlatan, if not something worse , th us writes in last week's Star—" How proud must I be to find the whole nation once more rallying around me as their prop and mainstay ; laugh ing at the attempts of the wicked, and smiling treason out of countenance." And thus O'Connor writes; while O'Brien, at least his equal in authority, is denouncing him as a coward and a traitor ; while he reciprocates the compliment by cal ling O'Brien "a starved viper. BANK of MANCHESTER,—The directors of this establish ment have made a call upon the proprietors of £2 per share. We understand that yesterday there was a meeting of the di rectors and some of the principal shareholders, to whom was submitted the present position of the bank ; when it was unanimously agreed to recommend to then eneral meeting of proprietors on Friday next, Op winding pof the affairs of the company. With this view, we have reason to believe the directors have made arrangements which will enable them to meet engagements in the most prompt and satisfactory manner.—Manchester Guardian. THE LATE MARQUIS WDLLESLEY.—The following re . markable passage, regarding the classic attainments of this much-esteemed nobleman, is e xtracted from the evidence of the Rev. Joseph Goodall, p.p., Provost of Eton College, before a committee of the House of Commons on education : " I should be sorry to detract from the merit of such a man as Professor Porson, w hom I loved , est eemed, a nd admired ; but I would name the ' Marquis Wellesley as infinitely superior to him in composition. The marquis, as a genuine Greek classic scholar, exhibits the exquisite style and manner of Xenophon." LUNACY IN FLEAS.—A descendant and namesake of the great philosophical author of the inductive system, recently puzzled a modern man of science by asking hi m if he had read Dr. Von Shieamycher'e treatise on the cause o f l unacy in fleas. " No," replied the hoaxee, " but it is a very inter. esting subject, and it must be curious to trace the disease among the lower insect tribes. But, (added he, after a solemn pause,) how has it been ascertained that fleas a re lia ble to insanity ?" " Oh, , very , easily," rejoined 8., " since so many of them die cracked ! THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL PHIS present TUESDAY, the . and TO-MORROW, I the 12th instant, the Operatic Drama of THE KNIGHT OF SNOWDUON. With all the original Music by Sir Henry Bishop. To conclude with the Grand Fairy Extravaganza of BEAUTY AND 7'HE BEAST. With entirely new and splendid Scenery , extensive Machinery, Tricks, and Appointments. ROYAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, GREAT GEORGE-STREET. GRAND MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT, Under the most distinguished patronage. MISS E. HAMILTON RESPECTFULLY announces to her Friends and the Public that her CONCERT, at the above fashionable Rooms, will take place on THURSDAY EVENING next, the 13th instant, on which occasion she has secured the valuable services of our talented townsman, Mr. WILLOUGHBY WEISS, who will sing several of his favourite Songs, assisted by Miss WHITNALL, Mr. HARRISON, (the ad mired Tenor, from the London Concerts,) Mr. HORNBY, and Amateurs. _ PIANIST AND CONDUCTOR-Mr. E. F. SMITH Doors to be open at Seven; Concert to commence at Eight precisely. Tickets to the Body of the Room, ss. ; a limited number to the Gallery ; to be had of Miss E. HAMILTON, at her Residence, 27, Norton-street, and the principal Music Shops. TO CORRESPONDENTS " Senex" shall appear on Friday We are compelled to postpone our papa upon Mr. Wilson's late entertainments. J. K. should address his letter to the Watch Committee The letter signed " A Burgess" should be sent to the Town- hall. " W. R. H."—No We have to apologise to our readers for a few inaccuracies of a typographical nature which crept into our publication of Friday, owing to the demand upon the time of our compositors by the heavy tabular matter contained in the Report of the Paid Officers' Committee, which we pub lished exclusively, preventing their bestowing the re quisite care upon the correction of their proofs. By one of these errors, we are made to represent the loss of the Bank of Manchester, by the failure of Messrs. Joseph Raleigh and Co., as £710,000 instead of £170,000. We have also mangled sadly the excellent address of Mr. T. T. Glazebrook to the Electors of Castle-street Ward, for which we tender our regrets to that gentleman. We have no fear that the effect of the speech in question will be weakened upon the minds of those who heard it by our misreporting; yet, to those who had not that pleasure, it is but justice to state that our version is in some places, by the omission of a portion of a sentence and errors in punctuation, any thing rather than a fair one. ETA' Eibtrpool otanbatt. TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1842 There is no quality possessed by the gentlemen (!) of the Anti. Corn-law League in greater abundance than that of IMPUDENCE. Day by day we hear of the private dwellings of our neighbours being invaded by the promulgators of their seditious and blasphemous tracts. If the door is shut in their faces, and the fellows kicked into the street, their offensive wares are foisted upon us through the medium of the postman. At every turn their walking placards meet our eye; and the begging-box, for money to feed the hireling mouths which defame and slander the noblest in the land, is shaken in our faces with an " assurance" which is almost Palmerstonian, and a pertinacity equal to that of the Great Beggarman himself. Consummate, however, as is the impudence of this body, we were scarcely prepared for the glaring display of that quality which has just been perpetrated. Some few weeks ago, it seems, a noble duke, a conspicuous supporter of the landed interest, entertained a portion of his tenantry in his own castle. The entertainment in question was strictly a private one ; and in the unreserved confidence of such a communion between landlord and tenant, the noble entertainer gave free expression to his known opinions upon the subject of our native agriculture and its enemies, the Anti-Corn law League. A report of the festivity, and of the remarks in question, furnished by some of the guests present, found its way into a local paper, and was copied thence into the Mark-lane Express ; upon which the Anti-Corn-law League proceeded instanter to direct against the noble duke—the Duke of Cleve land—that vulgar insolence which they have made their peculiar weapon. A letter is written to his Grace, by their chairman, enclosing a collection of that nau seous and blasphemous stuff which they denominate Anti-Corn-law tracts, and " venturing to hope that when his Grace shall have carefully studied these documents, he will arrive at a different conclusion to that which appears in the speech referred to, and that he will take the earliest opportunity of correcting his error" ! The noble duke, schooled and corrected by these pragmatical impertinents, is to go down on his knees, turn up the whites of his eyes, fold his hands, and " take the earliest opportunity" of confessing that he has been through life, and until " corrected" by the superior information of the cotton-spinners of Manchester, in a state of woful and utter ignorance of that very subject which, from its superior importance to himself and his order, he may be supposed to have studied most carefully ! That a nobleman like the Duke of Cleveland should have condescended to notice such an impertinence in any other manner than by desiring his butler or his footman to convey the communication and enclosure of ." George Wilson, Chairman," upon a coal-shovel, to the kitchen or the scullery fire, is to be regretted. His Grace did, however, reply; and the result of his indignant disavowal of the authority of this insolent body to call him to task, for the expression of his known opinions to a private party in his own castle, is that the League has directed one of their most foul mouthed itinerants to proceed in person to the neigh bourhood of Raby, the seat of the noble duke, and to insult him in the presence of his own tenantry From the " Queen's Head, Staindrop," the " bottle mounte bank," Acland—(he will recognise the term)—has addressed himself to his task, of pelting the contents of his literary dunghill, with an unsparing hand, at the unfortunate object of the League's enmity. We shall certainly not soil our columns with the insolent trash in question, which, we dare say, will be furnished, as " a dainty dish," by our radical contemporaries. But we will take the opportunity of putting the question seriously to the respectable portion of the opponents of the Corn-laws : do they think that the cause which they profess to have at heart can be advanced by the reckless and impudent course which the Anti-Corn law League are pursuing—that the confidence of the British people can ever be earned by a party who thus insolently unloose upon the nobility of the land the hired tongue of any quondam mountebank and quack doctor, who happens to possess, in addition to his fluency of vituperation, a brazen countenance and a person upon which the horsepond is innocuous ? Let the respectable members of the Anti-Corn-law party take this question into their earnest considera tion. They may depend upon it that by their present course they are offending all that is decent and right minded in the community; and for what ? To feed a few itinerant hirelings, and to let forth upon the world the venom of a clique of baffled and sinking adven turers, who, but for a certain joint-stock bank, which is at this moment, we perceive, itself in extremis, would never have possessed more influence upon the opinions of the world around them than any half-dozen pro fessors of timble rig or shove penny, or any half-dozen tailors, of " Tooley-street, or elsewhere. A vast quantity of " excellent indignation" has been wasted of late upon his Excellency, the Governor- General of India. Decrepit whiggery has blustered, chuckled, and threatened by turns. Conservatives, even, have looked grave, and expostulated with his lordship and the ministry, upon the impropriety and even dishonour of the course which it was assumed they were pursuing with respect to our Eastern embroilments. The news, however, by the last overland mail has, we are proud to see, put a new face upon matters. Whilst the detractors of Lord Ellenborough, in India and at home, have been de nouncing his supposed inactivity, and proclaiming the degrading character of the policy which he had adopted, his lordship has been steadily concentrating his forces, and providing the requisite materiel—artil lery, camels, and treasure—for a decisive movement; and we have now the assurance, not only that the British forces are about to advance to the rescue of their captive fellow countrymen and countrywomen, from the hands of the murderous fiend, Ackbar Khan —not only that they are about to endeavour, at least, to wipe away the stain which has fallen upon the British arms in Affghanistan, and by a bold attack upon the very stronghold of the barbarian, to put an end for ever to his ability to injure and insult—but that they are about to do all this, provided by the wise and foreseeing care of Lord Ellenborougb, with every appliance necessary to ensure early and complete success ! By this time, we feel assured, the British flag float from the walls of Caubul, and the leader of triumphant army has dictated to a savage, and lately exulting enemy the terms of an honourable peace. What those terms will be, or what will be the course pursued by Lord Ellenborough, after he has rescued the lives of his brave fellow-countrymen, and vindi cated the character of British arms, we do not presume to know. Wisely, we think, his lordship preserves his own councils secret even from the ear of gossiping journalism, until he is prepared to carry out his designs effectually; but we much mistake his cha racter, and that of his colleagues at home, if those designs are not such as will promote the interests and the honour of Great Britain, and the stability of her Indian empire infinitely more than that step to which the Palmerstonian oracle would urge them—viz., the colonization of Affghanistan. " Open a path for the commerce and the manufactures of England through the passes of Caubul !" Fudge, my Lord Palmerston ! The editor of the Albion, if we may take all which appears in that paper, graced with his leader type, as the production of that gentleman, must have been, during the past week, in a somewhat unusual ill-hu mour. Commenting in his would-be-witty manner — (and of anything approaching to sterling wit the Albion is as innocent as the gentleman who does the " think ing man's " buffooneries)—upon the speeches of Mr. Samuel Holme and Mr. Glazebrook, at the recent meetings in St. Peter's and Castle-street wards, our contemporary proceeds to utter the following amongst other impertinences : Mr. Glazebrook, on presenting himself to the meeting, was, we are informed, " received with immense applause." Thereupon the worthy gentleman delivered himself of a speech, and such a speech! A conglomeration;of ideas! a hotchpotch of nonsense ! We have read it, and read it again, and every reading has had the effect of rendering i. meaning the more obscure. Mr. Glazebrook, if he has not yet given the proprietors of the Liverpool Standard notice of an action for libel, for publishing in their paper a mass of nonsense and attributing it to him, ought to give them notice immediate ly. He cannott pass another day without vindicating his head and his heart from the imputations which the reported speeeh in the Standard is calculated to bring upon both. The reporter who has thus dared to put nonsense into a re spectable gentleman's mouth, and sentences which " lead to nothing," for they have no end, must be as ignorant and illiterate as he is impudent and designing. Mr. Glazebrook must punish both him and his employers, for the insult offered to his understanding, by their report of his speech on Thursday night." We have already explained, in our " Notices to Correspondents," the cause of the inaccuracies which occurred in our last publication, and apologised for those in the report of the speech in question. Such inaccuracies, every man conversant with the manage ,nent of a newspaper knows, must occasionally be committed. No one knows better than the writer of this splenetic trash that in nine cases out of ten they occur from circumstances over which no control can be exercised ; and that in a journal like our own, in which every occurrence of interest is recorded up to the hour of publication, without an intervening Sunday to allow us to polish up our phrases and revise our corrections, they occur more frequently than in any other ; and it is therefore only evidence of a nasty spirit, such as we do not suspect the proprietor of the Albion of entertaining towards ourselves, when a bro ther journalist steps out of his way to indulge in such remarks as those contained in the paragraph which we have quoted. There are people in the world,—we have met with many such—who entertain a magnificent opinion of themselves, and whom it would be a good mercantile speculation to purchase at the price which the public would put upon them, and sell again at that which their Own inordinate conceit imagines to be their value. Such a gentle Man, evidently, is he who so oracularly denounces our reporter as being " as ignorant and illiterate as he is impudent and designing "(!) We are not bound to find the gentleman in question, whoever he may be, with intellect to comprehend the speech of Mr. Glazebrook or any other speech ; but we would just hint to him that, being so little gifted with com prehension himself, it would be wise and decent in him, when next venturing upon the editorial stilts, to adopt a style more becoming him,—leSs bombastical, and more intelligible. "As ignorant and illiterate as he is impudent and designing ! " Gramercy, good sir ! what high-flown rubbish is this THE REDUCTION OF THE DUTIES ON FOREIGN MEAT. — The provisions of the New Tariff, with respect to foreign meats, came into operation yesterday, and these articles are now admissable at the reduced duties. A reference to our advertising columns will, we think, sufficiently show that this measure is not destined to be inoperative. This day, will be offered for sale, by different brokers, 368 barrels of American and Canadian beef, 1,417 barrels of American and Canadian pork, 238 barrels and 15 hogsheads of American hams, and 260 boxes of American cheese. Upon the latter article, we may remark, no alteration of duty is made by the tariff. Next week we observe another sale announced of 538 barrels of American beef; and, no doubt, a considerable quantity of the article is offering which is not advertised in our colomns. In a few weeks we venture to predict that the effect of this extensive introduction of foreign meats will be sensibly felt in our provision markets ; and, if the quality of the article be at all tolerable, the operation of the measure must confer a very material boon upon the labouring classes during the approaching. winter. LOCAL NEWS, THE LATE FIRE.—We yesterday had an opportunity o inspecting six beautiful lithographic views illustrative of this melancholy occurrence. They are all upon the same sheet— the top one representing the appearance of the fire when at its height, and the lower one the present aspect of the scene of devastation, whilst the others delineate several spots par ticularly striking in the ruins. The whole are produced in a very creditable style of art, and, as may be seen from the advertisement, can be procured at a very moderate price by all who are desirous of possessing a memento of this dis astrous event. STAFFORD SPECIAL COMMISSION.—The judges appointed by the special commission for the trial of the Staffordshire rioters are still engaged in their important investigations. On Friday and Saturday, Sir N. Tindal was occupied with the trial of the parties who assisted in burning the house of the Rev. Mr. , Aitkin, at Hanley. The case for the prisoners closed on Saturday night, and the Solicitor-General was to reply yesterday (Monday). The trials of a great number of prisoners have terminated, but the sentences are deferred. CAUTION TO PUBLICANS AND BEER-HOUSE KEEPERSe —On Friday, no fewer than twenty-seven keepers of inns. and beer-houses were summoned before Mr. Rushton, at the Police-court, nearly the whole for selling liquors at illegal hours on Sunday, a few only being charged with other offences. Of these fifteen were fined 305., and costs 4s. 6d., for the general offence ; one (by his own account a ferry-wag dealer in a cellar) was fined 60s. and costs, for entertaining a large number of persons, including some bad characters, on the same day of the week ; four for refusing admittance to the police-officers when thy knocked after hours, 40s. and costs; and seven were acquitted, on sundry defences, though several of them had a narrow escape, and were in formed that the same excuse would not serve them on a se cond occasion. (BAPTISM OF JEWISH. CONVEHTS.—Again one of those interesting ceremonies, the introduction of three Jewish converts into the Christian Church, by baptism, is (D.V.) to take place at All Saints' Church this evening. The ser vice will be performed by the Rev. H. S. Joseph, who will preach a sermon on the occasion. We trust it will not again be said that little or nothing is doing amongst the members of the House of Israel in this town. The " Jewish Institution for Inquiring and Converted Jews" doubtless forms a most useful centre point, to which doubting or enquiring Jews are at once pointed, and from which we can say, of our actual knowledge, many have been brought to the light of the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is also interesting to see the work carried on, in so great a measure, by their own brethren of the Hebrew .nation, the rev. gen tleman who is to perform the ceremony, the superintendent of the Jewish Institute, and the principal teacher, being all converted Jews. Well may we wish them God speed in the glorious work. FIRE. —Yesterday morning, about three o'clock, a fire was discovered to have broken out in the office of Mr. Adcock, South Castle-street. The alarm was instantly conveyed to the fire-engine station, and in a few minutes Mr. Whitty, Mr. Hewitt, and Mr. Leveritt were on the spot with engines, water-carts, and a strong body of firemen ; and in about twenty minutes the fire was totally extinguished. The pro perty in the office was removed as soon as it could be reached by the police ; and the only damage done was the burning of a part of the floor. The fire is supposed to have originated from some sparks from a chimney in the neighbourhood, which was observed to be on fire on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Adcock is the gentleman who has proposed to submit some propositions to the Common Council for the speedy extin guishment of fires. We mention the fact merely as some what singular, as no blame is, it appears, attributable in this instance to any one connected with the premises. QUEEN ADELICIA AND THE LADIES OF ENGLAND !-It will be remembered that two of our most amiable and talented Queens—Adelicia and Matilda—were celebrated for their exquisite skill in Fancy Needle-Work, and to this list we may add the lovely and adored Sovereign who now reigns over us. The embroidery displayed during the late Masque and recent tour of her Majesty, has been of the most re"cherche descrip tion ! and those who have curiosity on :uch subjects (and who has not ?) will hail with eagerness the, ample and charm ingly illustrated brochure just published by Mr. C. Mitchell, London, entitled " A GUIDE TO FANCY NEEDLE-WORK AND EMBROIDERY." Some idea may be formed of the comprehensiveness of this little work, from the fact that the History of the Art—the .practice of it (with the latest im provements) —Embroidery of all kinds, and the subjects to which it is adapted—a theory of Colour and Design—and a Dissertation upon Wools, Silks, &c. &c., are to be found within its pages. And certainly, with so many recommenda tions (together with its small price, ls ) as a Work Table or Embroidery Frame Companion, every lady should possess it; and it should be de rigeur with every gentleman to present it as a token of esteem." MBA HAMILTON',I CONCERT.—This aeoornplished singer hag advertised a concert, to take i:lnve at the Royal Assembly Rooms. She has secured the vlluable assistance of Mr. W. Weiss, and Mr. Harrison, of London. It is expec ted there will be a room full of f a hionable company. The programme is very attractive. THE THEATRE LAZARY.---A vt:ry entertai‘ing exbibi bitio❑ opens to-morrow evening, at the Portico. It consists of Thiodon's theatre of art and other curious mechanical contrivances. We understand that the varieties to he sheou are alt infinitum. CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.—A meeting of the shareholdors in this undertaking was held yesterday, at twelve o'clock, at the Clarendon-rooms. Only seven share holders were present, as the meeting was only convened pro forma, in compliance with the act of parliament. No busi ness was transacted, and the meeting was adjourned to the 9th February next. MILDNESS OF THE SEASON.—AS a proof of the extra ordinary mildness of the ssason, we yesterday had brought to the office a leaf of remarkably tine and delicious straw berries. They exhibited all the rich and full-grown appear ance of summer fruit. We understand that whilst a large number of the plants are yielding their second crop, a great many others are covered with blossom. The plants are all in the open air, and are growing in the garden of Robertson Gladstone, Esq., at Roby. CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL SOCIETY.—A meeting of this valuable society is announced in another column to be held on Thursday next. In calling the attention of all friends of Scriptural education to the subject, we may take the opportunity of correcting a foolish error which exists in the minds of many respecting the source from which the funds are derived for the support of these schools. It is thought by many, that since the establishment of sound in struction within the schools under the control of our local authorities, the management and support of the seminaries of the Church of England School Society have devolved, at least in a great measure, upon the corporation. Such, how ever, is quite contrary to the fact ; the schools being ex clusively maintained by voluntary contributions, and the committee being at this moment, we are informed, consider ably in debt. We need say no more to commend these valuable institutions to the Protestant public. The number of children at present receiving instruction through their medium attests at once their utility and efficiency. LONG RAILWAY TRAIN.—The arrival of the half-past seven o'clock train from Manchester yesterday morning somewhat astonished the quiet people of the " good old town." Upon the opening of the gates by which passen gers leave the station, such a shoal .of policemen, superin tendents, constables, lawyers, and other authoritative-look ing gentlemen, burst upon the view, that people ignorant of the sitting of the special commission for the trial of the Lancashire rioters, which had called for their presence, might have imagined that the newly-incorporated borough of Manchester had taken a fancy for some of our public buildings, for our eloquent stipendiary, our town-clerk, his Mightiness Mr. Commissioner Dowling, or Mr. Whitty, and had sent down " the force" to bear them off vi et amis. The train, we understand, which brought this invasion to our town, consisted of 18 or 19 carriages, being 8 or 9 more than can stand at once in the station, and was drawn by one engine; and the passengers were in all 308 in number, viz., from Manchester 260, Preston 8, Bolton 39, and St. Helens I,—being considerably more than the number usually tra velling at this period of the year. Other trains throughout the day, we believe, were similarly loaded. It is fortunate that the new tariff, with respect to foreign pork, &c., came into operation yesterday ; or what must have been the ad vance in butcher's meat? QUALIFICATIONS OF MASTERS AND MATES.—A public meeting of shipmasters was held yesterday week, in the rooms of the Shipmasters' Association, Old Hall-street, to consider the provisions of the bill introduced into parlia ment, by Captain Fitzroy, R.N., for appointing boards for the examination of masters and mates in the merchant ser vice. Captain Midgley was called to the chair. Mr. Moss, secretary of the Shipmasters' Association, read the bill, which proposes that boards of examiners should be estab lished in London, Liverpool, .Bristol, Hull, Plymouth, Glasgow, Cork or Belfast, Newcastle or Sunderland, and Aberdeen or Dundee. These boards are to meet once a month, or oftener, if necessary, for the purpose of granting certificates of qualifications or exemption to all persons who shall apply for, and be found entitled to them. The certifi cates are to be of two descriptions, those for masters and those for chief mates, and there are to be three classes of the aforesaid descriptions—namely, first class, over sea, and coasting certificates. The charge for certificates to masters is to be—for the first class, which is to be granted only to persons of superior professional attainment, £4; over sea, ; coasting £2. For chief mates, £1 10g. ; over sea, £1 ; coasting, £los. Persons at present in the command of ves sels are to be allowed either to apply to be examined for a qualification, or they may apply for a certificate of exemption. In six months after the passing of the proposed bill, it is to be unlawful for any person not having a certificate of quali fication or exemption to take the command of any vessel above 50 tons burthen, sailing from the ports of Great Bri tain. The examiners are to be appointed by the owners, each of whom is to have a vote for every vessel above 50 tons owned by him. Heavy penalties are imposed for vio lation of the act. Mr. W. Rowett addressed the meeting on the importance of the subject, and on the necessity of ship masters acting in concert, ifthey wished to obtain any altera tion in the clauses, some of which were looked upon to bit objectionable. Captain Caldbeck thought that each ship holder should be confined to a single vote in the election of examiners, and moved a resolution to that effect, which was seconded by Captain Ashton, and carried by a large majority. Mr. Rowett suggested that there should be appended to the resolution, " and that each shipmaster of the first, second, and third class, and of the exempted class, shall have a vote in the election of examiners under the bill." The mover and seconder agreed to the incorporation of the proposed addition, which met with the unanimous approval of the meeting. A good deal of desultory conversation took place, in the course of which strong opinions were expressed as to the injustice of making the master pay the fee for his diploma or certificate, and it was intimated that either the shipowner or the government ought to bear the expense. As ten o'clock approached, the meeting appointed a committee to commu• nicate with Captain Fitzroy, and to watch the progress of OP bill. The committee is to consist of the following persons ts---s W. Potter, Esq. ; J. Formby, Esq.; Charles Holland, Esq.; H. C. Chapman, Esq ; William Rowett, Esq. ; James Spence, Esq. ; Mr. Irvine, Mr. Tomlinson, Capt. Hugh Price, R.N. ; Captains Hunt, D. Smith, Williams, Midgley, Caldbeck, and M'Bride. On the motion of Captain Gard ner, seconded by Captain Lewis, the meeting then adjourned until this day, when the clauses of the bill will be further examined. SUPPRESSION OF FIRES The following is a copy of the memorial on the late de structive fire sent to the Town Council by the American Chamber of Commerce ; " TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND BURGESSES OF TH% BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL, IN COUNCIL ASSEMBLED ca THE MEMORIAL OF THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COM' MERCE, LIVERPOOL, " Respectfully showeth,—That your memorialists, sire W E bring under the consideration of the Council, as guardians of the town, the alarming state of insecurity in which both life and property are placed, in consequence of the very inade quate means which at present exist for the prevention and speedy suppression of fires, especially from the want of on immediate and abundant supply of water. " That this want has frequently been admitted and la mented on former occasions of destructive fires, and has again been exemplified at the recent calamitous conflagration in the neighbourhood of the Borough Gaol. " That independent of the deplorable sacrifice of huniao life, and the consequent misery brought upon many poor families, the enormous loss occasioned by fire, (amounting/ during the last forty-seven years, to upwards of £1,900,000, and the value of property in the town liable to destruction from that cause, (estimated at not less than twenty-six mil' lions;) demand the most prompt and energetic efforts to guard against the recurrence of similar losses ; and your me' morialists trust that the feeling of alarm and insecurity which has been aroused by the late melancholy event will not he permitted, as on former occasions, to subside, without the establishment of the best means of prevention for the future that human wisdom can devise. " That, owing to the defective and insecure construction of many of the warehouses in which the valuable merchan t dise in the town is stored • the narrowness of many of the streets in which they are built ; their proximity to small te, nements and places in which hazardous trades are carried on '+ the injudicious stowage of goods liable to combustion along with others of an inflammable nature , the use of insecure lights in warehouses ; and the custom of smoking by porters, employed in them (which, owing to the defective system ei management, has not hitherto been effectually suppressed).; and, above all, the inadequate supply of water, Liverpool IS exposed more than any other town in the kingdom to th e ravages of fire,—no less than five hundred and seventy-nin e instances having occurred within the five years ending 111 December last. " That, in consequence of the greater risk, the insuranc e companies have from time to time increased the premiurel for insurance of goods and warehouses in Liverpool bey orl° the rates charged in other parts of the kingdom. PreviouslY to 1826 the premium on floating policies was 2s. 6d. per cent , In that year, in consequence of heavy losses, the premill° was increased to 7s. per cent., and again, in 1833, to 125" but with a promise of a revision of the rates whenever a° effective supply of water, engines, and firemen, should be secured at the public expense. In 1837, on the establishm ent of a rival local insurance office, the premium was reduced to 10s., at which it continued till the late fire ; but now, in coo' sequence of that event, the London insurance offices bal e , raised the premium to 18s. per cent., a rate which impo se ' upon Liverpool an annual charge of £lOO,OOO, at least , beyond the cost of insuring the same amount of property to London, where the premium on a general floating policy ' , 6 4s. 6d. per cent., being only one fourth of the rate charg ed , in Liverpool. So great, indeed, is the risk consider ed ' especially at the north end of the town, that some of the leading London offices have directed their agents not t° insure warehouses or goods to the north of the Exchange 06 any terms. " Your memorialists would bear willing testimony to the admirable discipline and efficiency of the Fire Police Forcer but their skill and their patient endurance of hardship, e $ A . erted at the imminent hazard of their lives, are exercis e d com paratively in vain, so long as their efforts are neutral or inadequately supported in consequence of defective et" rangements in other respects, especially in regard to t"" means of furnishing a prompt and abundant supply of w ater' " Your memorialists would earnestly appeal to the Town, council, in the confident hope that they will take every praci ticable step to prevent the recurrenc e of such evils, and th s k they will call upon the Parish Authorities and the D oe ,:i Committe to co-oper a t e w ith the m in an energetic plan v o prevention and precaution as to the future, not merely guard against the loss of life, and serious destrUpop j property to the town and country at large, such as th:. caused by the late and former fires, but as essential to c L A: trade of the town, which can only be retained and secured be . ;4e measures that will lessen the expenses of the port, and g... greater confidence to those who contribute to its prosperi t i, ; " The points to which your memorialists would espec ho 4 draw your attention are, the widening of streets where w ar ' , houses are built ; greater security in the mode of constru cti° ' them, especially by the prevention of internal communicati9 9 . l , and by the use of iron doors and windows; their separati o ; from buildings in which hazardous trades are carried 'op ; t l ' adoption of scientific inventions for the more powerful P t e ' jection of water; and, above all, the means of securiffo 1 ample supply from the higher parts of the town, which taL at once be brought to bear upon the lofti est buildings. '1.1; classification of warehouses, according to their degree of s;e curity, as to locality, construction, &c. (on a similar prineir to the classification of ships at Lloyd's), would also bo valuable improvement on the present system, "That such precautionary measur es will, in the cumenOe rn " ment, increase the local taxation of the town, your m enif ) : rialists are well aware, but, cons iderin g the m agnitude of the _ interests at stake, and the comp arative insi gnificance of Oil cost of the remedy, your me morialists feel a s sured , that 5.„ portions of the community , who value the prosperity, 04 ' may say the security, of th e town of Liver pool , wil l at ort, see the absolute necessity of supporting the Council in sees a ing, if they do not now po ssess, t he necessary author it y an d means for the protection of the lives of the inhabitants an of the prop er ty on which their welfare depends. " Signed by order, and on behalf of, the American Chatv ber of Commerce of Liverpool, "THOMAS TODD, President. " Liverpool, Ist October, 1842." _r T H E L A NCASHIRE RIOTERS.--We were informed yeste: day that it is the intention of Feargus O'Connor , the TW, James Scholefield, and one or two other rioters, to al% their right of traverse; and in such case they will no t tried until the next assizes. su n Ch u rece dndi r eal and not Corn the 1 Tit c tOOr BM to t as f vari !° C Jest Wor Beet dee, witl wor ver; me; the ter, Bun