The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-15 00:00:00

INHABIT TO THE NOBILITY, GENTRY OF LIVERPOOI JAND J. EDGLEY, with grateful experter • high and continued patronage which has be safed to their Establishment, beg to propitiate tio Patrons in favour of t MEARNS and Co.. who same Premises, and who a Debts connected :h that I WM. MEARNS and Co., in reference to t to tha Ingemen Establist by them to rei kingdom ; and in they purpose SELLING at at very REDUCED PRICES, . 2 " , .Q Fashionable Requisite cowl CLOAK TRADE, to whicl their assiduous and undivid OFF commenced on Wednesday and will continue for "" - "‘' visit the 111anufactii secured and faitlif"l Public, without rating prices. 44, Bold-street, hen the Princ Novelt )r ostental, WAT WILLIAMS BROTHERS BEG respectfully to call tl to their on of Lodi AND LIN nivAtun 1:1( OF SATINETTS CEIENE SILKS L S I L ,AND SUPERIOR SILVER-EDGED PLATED GOOD in Tea Sets, Waiters, Cruet and Liqueur Frame! sticks, Dishes, and Covers, &e. &c., of the newest THOMAS DISMORE'% 35, BOLD-STR MANUFACTURING SILVERSMITH & JEI TO THE QUEEN. An Estimate of the Weight and Cost per Ounc( Spoons, Forks, &c. will be given on application. LLER MESSRS. HOWORTH. HAIGH. and GREGORY beg to announce to their Friends and the Public, that they are NOW OFFERING (and until the end of the month), at a very GREAT REDUCTION, the whole of their valuable STOCK of WINTER and FANCY GOODS. 60, Bold-street, ilareh, 14, 1842. SUPERIOR A'ORKSIIIRE FLAGS, LANDINGS STEPS, AND ASHLERS. RICHARD CHAFFER begs to return his to his Liverpool Friends for the liberal support he li received from them for the last ten years in the FLAG and STONE TRADE, carried on by him at No., 10, LREI STRKET, and GREAT HOWARD-STREET Flag Y ard; he still continues his visual extensive Stock of P Tooled, and Self-faced Flats, TotnhAtOnes, Landings. Steps and Ashlers, of all dimensions, with hewn Sinks, Glittering and Wall Coping BENJAMIN HOWORTH, Agent R. C. begs to state he has opened another Quarry of su perior Flags, end also another of Ashler Stones, in addition to his former Quarries, from which he hopes to supply `' Friends with en Article superior to any in the Town- the shortest notice. Liverpool, February 25, 1842 HENRY DODD, MANAGER AND SUPERINTENDENT TO TILE LATE MARY DODD, BEGS respectfully to inform his Friends and the Public, that he has succeeded to her Business, the oldest established Paper Hanging and Decorative Warehouse in Liverpool, No. 17, BOLD-STREET, where he hopes to have a continuance of the support so long and generously given to his late Mother. He has now on hand for the ensuing season a most superb Collection of Swiss, German, French, and London Paper Hangings, together with an immense and very superior Stock of his own Manufacture, which, for elegance of design and workmanship, cannot be equalled out of London. H. D. also particularly wishes the public to take notice, that the greater portion of his Patterns cannot be seen in any other House in Town, he having made arrangements with some of the first Foreign and London Manufacturers to supply him alone with their new designs. In consequence of several and serious mistakes which occur daily, there being another of the same name and trade in Bold-street, H. Donn cautions the Public, as he particu larly 1, ishes it to be understood that he has no connexion whatever with any other house in town. - 17, BOLD.STREET, Three Doors front the Palatine Club-house. RICHARD DODD AND CO., No. 33, BOLD-STREE7', WISH to inform their kind Friends and the Public; that they have now ready for inspection a Selection of French, German, London, and other PAPER IIANGINGi, in addition to 30,000 pieces of their own manufacture ; and that, having made their purchases for cash only, subject to-a heavy discount, they are enabled to sell'at prices that will' v all competition. CHAMBER PAPERS, from 9d. per piece upwards s making any allusion to a very offensive paragraph in the advertisement of his brother. Henry Dodd, who is in the same line of business. The public are.the best R. DODD forb, can be best supplied. lt. D. has now been eighteen years in the trade, during the greater portion of which time he was in partnership with his late father, under the firm of " James Dodd and Son, 4, Bold street," and had the gratification to secure a great portion of public favour, which he will, to the utmost of his power, endeavour to tweserve,—not by vituperation on others in the same business, and particularly those of his win:family, but by producing a good article at the lowest possible price. Ousunvz-33, Bold-street, near Newington. s as to NEW TEA. WAREHOUSE, 14, RANELAGH- STREET, LIVERPO OL JAMES COOPER begs to return his grateful' acknow ledgements to the numerous friends who have patronised his TEA ESTABLISHMENT during the long period he has been in Ranelagh-street, and particularly sa since tfie intro duction of his present system, a lopted by him when Fret. Trade Tea was first brought into the Liverpool Market; on ed the first which occasion, no* seven years - --- --- cargo of Free Trade Tea on its arrival in r this port, and purchased with all the advantages afforded by paying duty on Peas at the Liverpool Custom House, instead of getting them from the London Market. The system then adopted by him, S and since then uniformly conducted with the greatest satisfaction to his wholesale country friends and the Public of Liverpool, he still continues to act upon ; and by selecting his own Teas herein bond, and paying his own duties, thereby saving brokerage, commission, &c., and selling at the lowest remunerating profit, both the Wholesale and Retail Business, he is enabled to give to the Retailer and to the Public the full benefit of his services, and all the advantages of his system, which, although he has acted upon it for the last seven years, competitors cornmenc- ing business are now claiming to themselves as trusts a discerning public will sec however plausible, of inexperienced y • But In through the pretentious ik houses endeavour• ing to palm oft their goods, and claiming to themselves superior judgment over parties of known character in the Trade, with practical experience, cash to purchase, and every other qualification necessary to guarantee advantages which inexperienced young men can hardly be expected to possess. COMPARISON IS THE BEST CRITERION, and without Offer ing his Goods to the Public through EXPENSIVE PARADE, which must eventually fall upon the Consumer, or by .an exposition of extraordinary Low Prices, merely inserted to catch the attention, J. C. respectfully solicits a continuation of those favours which have been so liberally bestowed upon him, and begs to assure his friends that it shall, at all times, be his study to supply them with an Article (according to price) that no House in the Trade, to do justice to them, selves as well , as to the Public, can surpass ; and he takes this opportunity of guarding his friends .against beingLled away by the - specious gilding of every Ephemeral Establish ment offering this important Household Bevcrage to their notice. The Article of COFFEE he still continues to have Roasted daily on his own Premises, by an improved method, (which can be inspected by any person.) thereby retaining all the beautiful Aroma and fullness of flavour which is so desirable, and shnuch appreciated, by all connoisseurs in that Article. MACKIE and GLADSTONE'S SCOTCH and HUSH WHISKY STORE, WELLINGTON BUILDINGS, No. 46, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET. LIST OF PRICES SPIRITS. Finest Islay Malt Whisky Campbeltown Do. Old Scotch Do. Old Irish Do. Fall Strength Do. Good ;Ash Do. Beat Cognac Brandy ...• Old Hollauds . Jamaica Rum * • Bristol Gin Per Imperial Gallon £0 16 6 0 16 0 0 15 6 0 16 6 0 15 0 •- • 1 12 0 1 12 0 17s. and 0 14 0 0 12 6 PORTER AND ALE. Per Dozen. Quarts. Pints £0 4 6 £0 04 6 0 Best Dublin XX Porter Best Irish Ale . ... „ coinburgh Ale. „ Burton Ale ... „ East India Ale , loa Table Beer .. 070 0 4 0 O 6 0 0 3 CI O 6 0. 0 3 6 0 210 0 0 0 WINES • • Per Dozen. •• • . Best Old Port Q uarts 0 0 1 Pints. ..... 2 0 0 Pine Do. ...... .. .1 16 0 018 0 - Good Do. .......... 112 0 016 0 Best Old Sherry ....... 2 0 0 1 0 0 Fine Do. ..... 116 0 018 0 Good Do. ..... 112 0 016 0 Superior. Cape ...... 10 0 00 0 Terms, C as h ; and no less quantity th an One Pint Sold SHADDOCKS AND FORBIDDEN FRUIT , FOR PRESERVING, MARMALADE, i?ce.' TN addition to the 46 Barrels per the Limena, J. MIDDLE '. WOOD has received several small lots which will be sold, Wholesale and Retail, at unpr eceden t e d low prices. poi.. _ v....;« 375. Der barrel, and per dozen ; Shad- moue. .."." - docks, 505. per barrel, Fruit has arrived in e 3 little inferior for Preservi fruit, and at half the price. FOR DESSERTS, INVALIDS, 4v_ J. M. has 50 Barrels of SI-lADDOCKS & FORBIDDEN FRUIT, selected from the same g ardens as those sent from his establishment to her Majesty the Queen, and so highly appr ec i a ted a t the Royal Table ; being produced from grafted trees, i s th e ear lie s t fruit imported, and arrived in the Sisters, from Nassau, in December. it is new in high perfection, and not inferior for Desserts to any Fruit g rown in or imported . • • t. .2s. 6d. each ; Shad- id 12s. to 18s. per dozen. This lent condition, will keep, and i, to the garden, or first quality docks, Ss. to ss:e-a-ci J. M. is constantly supplied Oranges, American Apples, large Filberts or Cob Nuts, It; rigs. Portugues e an d French th first-quality St. Michael's Cl►esnuts, Walnut, sins, Alin and every eticn, ,OCK Is. &C. &C., rrnit to season. Fine Orange and Shark__ East and West India Preserved Ginger, 'ramariri AT J. MIDDLE WOOD'S FAMILY FRUIT WAREHOUSE, 6, PARKER-S I'REET , ESTABLISHED UPWARD% OF THIRTY YEARS, AND NOTED FOIL SUPPLYING TFIE BEST FRUITS IN Tltit ICINGnou r BOTANIC OIL, for the growth and embellishment of tht human hair. J. M. is the sole proprietor of this inestimable Oil ; and, in addition to the many proofs of its superior effi cacy, he begs to observe he has used it thirty years, and his hair has not experienced the least decline during that period, and is now more healthy than for a considerable time previous to its use. J. NI. can with confidence recommend the Bota n ie Oil for clearing and renderin g - the h a i r and scalp 'cool, y. Sold in pot boxes, 25., 3 3 , ed . , an d 5 5., soft, and health nil fourteen . for a dozen. lANO-FORTE an ilimE au y to RIME'S riDISEY WALL r,INERY AND DRESSMAKING LLINERY and' DRESSMAKIN( x hours, for One Gni. Hy substantiated by t George•squ DANCING AND CALISTHENIC EXERCISES. 14R. HARWOOD, PROFESSOR OF DANCING, 42 jit- . NELSOI4-STREET, Great George-s: --- jive INSTRUCTION' in every mod )ANCING Lre, continues ti of Fashionebt Public Classes by Pri ILE ACADEMY iso MORNING and AFTEZNOC ARE VACANCIES FOR THREE PUPILS AT MRS. 'MIDDLETON'S AND DAY ESTABLISHMENT FOR YOUNG LADIES, STREET, MOUNT-PLEASANT, BOARDING ), CLARENCI VOUNG LADIES are instructed upon the most approved modern principles, by which a SOLID EDUCATION is ensured, while -the inculcation of fashionable etiquette and courteous demeanour receives especial attention. Mrs. M. is assisted in the French and Italian by a qualified foreign teacher; in Drawing and Colouring, by an able arliste; anel in the English Department, by Mr. Middleton. Lec tures arc given on Astronomy, Geography, Geology, and Natural History. The Quarter to commence from the day of entrance PRIVAT TUITION Mr. Middleton and Assistants give Private Lessons in the various branches of Education. Writing, Shorthand, Book keeping, and Arithmetic, taught in a few easy Lessons. Governesses desirous of further improvement in the Globes, Mapping, &c., &c., will have unusual facilities afforded them. )-•. A Circular, if desired,foricarded by Post. . , ROYAL INSTITUTION.—LAST THE COMMITTEE beg to announcethat the FO URTH and LkST SOIREE of the Season will he held Tilts DAT', (Tuesday,) the 13th. instant, when MONTAGU L. 'PHILLIPS., Esq., of Manchester, will give , a LECTURE on ELECTitti-NIAGI. , itAISAI, whicii will 'be illustratedliy .11iodelS of tic; Eiectro-'l'elegrapii, a Qalvanic Apparatus for gouatlitio at Sea, aii tleetro-illagnetie . Clock, & GEORGE- FRECKLETON, Esq. will take tli* Chair. . . eta may be had on applkation at the Royal Institti tion, on IVlonday and Tuesday, the 14th and 15th instant, between the hours of Ten and Four, or may be secured any day previously by a note addressed to the. Treasurer or Se cretary of the Soiree Couamittee, Tioyal Institution. _ Pickets, 3s. 61. each. • . GtO. FIiECKLETON, M.D., President THOS. WINSTANLEY, Treasurer. Colquitt-street, March 8, 1842. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER. RAILWAY. IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL 11 GENERAL MEETING of the LIVERPOOL and MANCHESTER RAILWAY COMPANY will be held, at the Corrox SALES' ROOM in the Exchange-buildings. in Liverpool, Tilts DAY (Tuesday), at One o'clock in the Afternoon, for the purpose of taking into consideration and deciding upon the course to be pursued with respect to the several proposed lines of communication with the Manches ter and Leeds Railway, and other Railways and places of traffic in Manchester and Salford, namely, the line from Cross-lane, Salford, to Hunt's Bank and Saint George's road, in Manchester, and the south, or new line, from Ord sall-lane, by Castle Field and Store-street, to the Manches ter and Leeds Railway Station, in Oldham-road, in Man chester, and.on other special affairs. Dated the first day of March', 1842. C. W. CLAY, Clerk of. the Comiany BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL ELECTION for an . ASSESSOR for SCOTLAND WARD and of an ASSESSOR for VAUXHALL WARD. rHE Mayor and the Alderman and Assessors& each of the above Wards DO HEREBY GIVE NOTH E that the ELECTION of an ASSESSOR for the said Wt+l ds, r •spec tively, that is to say, an Assessor for Scotland IA ard, in the room of John Dixt,n, elected on the Ist day of-Marcu instan'. who has not qualified; and for an Assessor for lie, xhall Ward, in the room of John Hardman, elected on the saiu Ist day of March instant, who has also not qualified, will be hetu on TUESDAY next, (this day,) the 15th day of March instant. The following Polling Places have been appointed by the Aldermen and the Assessors of the respective Wards, with the approbation of the Mayor : For SCOTLAND WARD, House, No. 20, on the south side of Burlington-street in the occupation of Mr. E. R. Husori For VAUXHALL WARD, John Carron's House, No, 137, 1 1. uxhall-road, opposite the end of Blacksiock-street The time for Polling is from Nine o'clock in the Forenoon to Four o'clock in the Afternoon ; but the presiding Officers have power to close the Poll at any time before Pour o'clock, if one hour shall have elapsed during which no vote shall have been tendeted fur any Candidate. By order, RD. RADCLIFFE, Town-clerk. Tawn-Hall,l2th March, 1842. • THE MOSCOW QUEEN PINE fWILMOT, IsLEworcru, has a Stock of this very so • perior variety to dispose of at Ills. Gd. each, strong Succession Plants ; smaller ditto, is. Gd. And as the season is coming on, they can be forwarded without pots any dis tance (packages included), by a Postoffice order being remitted to his Forcing Establishment, Isleworth. - J. W. has also some Plants left of his new and- superior BLACK HAMBURGH GRAPE, in pots, at ills. Gd. each. RAILWAYS. IN GENERAL itß. WATSON, and ,Co., of .Leeds, beg to intimate • to those* interested in Railway Property, chiefly in the Northern Counties,' that they are enab:ed to give infor mation and an opinion, as to those lines in which it would be advisable to invest momey at this particular period, founded upon a knoWledge of the trade of this district, acquked dur ing a residence of twenty years in Hull, and twelve in Leeds, ten of which R. B. W. haS been a Commercial Broker, and six a Share Broker, thus giving them an ad vantage that, few possess. PRAYER BOOK AND HOMILY SOCIETY AT a numerousMEETING of the Friends of this Society, held at the Music-HALT., last night, the followingreso lotions were unanimously. adopted :-- That the report read be received, printed, and circulated, and that this Meeting, concurring in the sentiments ex pressed in that Report of the great usefulness of the Prayer Book,and Homily Society, both in its labours at home and abroad, earnestly commends it to the enlarged support of the Christian public. That in the present position of the Church of England, as it respects those who in any way impugn , lier doctrines, it appears desirable that a wider circulation should be made of those works which, being standard authority, clearly set forth her opinion agreeably to the literal and grammatical sense of the works containing such opinions. . That in the judgment of this meeting the Prayer Book and Homily Society is well calculated to effect this object, by the circulation of the standard works of the Church, and the mode it recommends and adopts in its associations, of diffus ing information through the medium of its members, by the loan and distribution of the said works on the plan of Dis trict visiting; and that, in accordance with this plan, the Clergy be respectfully invited to encourage the communi cants and other suitable persons in their respective congre gations to assist the Society by circulating the Homilies and other authorised works of the Church. HENRY" RAIKES, Chairman. The Chairman having vacated the chair, it was resolved — That the sincere-thanks of this meeting be given the Rev. Henry liaikes, the. Chancellor of the Diocese of Chester, for his kindness in taking the chair this evening; and to the Right Reverend the Patron, and to the several Officers of the Liverpool ..Association, for the patronage afforded the Society, and the labours executed on ns behalf dur:n the past year. Mr. Serjeant Merewether is a candidate for the office of town-clerk of London. A donation of ohe hundred guineas has just been received by the Church Pastoral-Aid Society, being the produce of the sale of a carpet worked for the Queen Dowager, in separate .squares ' by a number of ladies, chiefly in the neighbourhood of York. • We understand that th'e 'Rev. James Marshall, who lately seceded from the Scotch church, has been presented to the rectory of St. Mary-le-port, in this city, vacant by the de cease of the late Rev. James,Neale.—Brrstol Journal. MENTAL ALIENATION.—MqtaI alienation, according to the best authorities, appears to occur more frequently in Great Britain than in any other country except Norway, the proportion in England being one insane person to every 783 inhabitants, and in Scotland one in 573, whilst in Norway the ratio .is one maniac in 551 of the population. Mania seems to increase as man reeedei from the warm or southern countries bordering the Mediterranean, and approaches the colder regions.of the north. In Italy the scale ( low as to give not more than one insane person to every 3,785. inhabitants. • VORACITY OF A Fox, OR RATTING SEVERELY PUNISH ED.—Mr. Richard Roberts, of Black Mill, about seven miles above Bridgend, had in his possession a fox, which he reared for the purpose of turning out before his harriers by way of a wind-up to time season. lleynard, though domiciledin the same kennel with his future destroyers, was remarkable for great gentleness and docility. • Sporting and gambolling with any of the hounds that might be inclined to humour him, except on occasions of being fed, when he would display his natural ferocity, as will be evinced by the following : A short time back, an old and favourite cat of Mr. Roberts' returning successful from a hunting expedition with a large rat in'her mouth, unfortunately passed the crib, where Rey :lard lay snugly inclined. Ile" incited thereto for a share of the savoury morsel, immediately made attack " vi et artnis," when Grimalkin, not inclined to give up her prey without a struggle, brought all her wiles and artifices to her aid, and vigorously repelled the assault ; but, alas, all was of no avail, she soon fell beneath the power of the arch-destroyer; who not satisfied with devouring the rat, " proceeded to treat his antagonist in the sank unceremonious manner, leaving nothing but a " dollop of bones grizzling in hi s den," and the head alone to tell of poor Grimalkin's whereabout, and her wretched catastrophe. —lVelsh paper. We hear that the present home secretary, Sir James Gra ham, intends to introduce an eleven hours' factory bill into parliament during the present session, similar in many of its principal enactments to the bill introduced during the ses sion of 1840, by Mr. Fox Maule. According to report, no children are to be allowed by the new bill to work in factorie's under. fourteen years of : age, nor for.inore than six hours a contention,' day from fourteen to eighteen years of age. Very little in, terest is at present felt, in the manufacturing districts of the country, on the subject of factory legislation, which is scarcely lever mentioned by the woikpeople .or their employers.— Leeds Mercury. — t 2. x , e v o il r i r • espondent in yesterday's unjustly on that class J. Hp: .11 , 41.A,mk; incomes iis are derived pe -om trade, and cites oTfimes persons n s w ite o r s s e that t ... t he followink illustrations :—Take my pr ofessional income (and I have no other) net rsht.l 4 l 4 i s m ; y my fo .books and, f u rniture may be worth £l,OOO. th e protection of this inco me-and p ro perty as much as the r man who has £13,000 in land, or £16,000 in the 3 per Cents, and unproductive property to probably twice the. amount of mine.. Or, to put my case in another way :—ln order to make some provision for my family, I insure my life for £3,000; paying an annual premium of .XDO. This reduces my spending income to £385 ; so that, with a• spending in come of £385, and £3,000 for my family, I shall be taxed as heavily as the man with a spending income of £4BO, and au estate wortli £15,000, or £16,0450 in the 3 per Cents. fot his lautily. • . • former Tri E IN LESSONS IN MII TPHI TING, FITTING tvle. in mode can be Parties going 36, Nelson-sireet, G SELLH , nerally COLONIAL INTEL r,LIGENCI WEST L last enabled to announce the arrival of the Roy - a Compaily's vessel, the . Thanies, on Thursdal DIES e are a Stea from the liaeannan and - West Indies, being some ue, occasioned by detentiOns frOm various causes at the different places called at. Iler dates of departure are — from the Havannah the 15th. Nassau the 19th, and Bermuda the 23d of February, and Fart) the sth of March, bringing mails from those quarters, as also from Mexico, initmonc from Jamaica, owing to. the steamer et that island, not havin arrived at Nas days ov ieti the Tluunes quitted, althoug. dollars on freight, besides BO serons of cochineal, 'and 16 passengers only. It was said that the great size and general plan of construction of these steamers do not at all answer the expectations of their officers. In the Demerara papers it is stated that the planters and labourers are still at variance respecting wages, although in all other particulars the rules arid regulation of the lst.ofJanuary had been abet': doned. The labourers were absent from the various estates and it was believed, before any work would be performed the current rat eof wages must be paid. In Berbice the bourers were working with wages equal to the mallet pric of their produce, and it was understood they would be hence forward remunerated accordingly: The Trinidad papers notice the arrival of a vessel from Si'. erra Leone without emigrants, in consequence of the advance in wages on the African coast, which, with other causes, such as the number of vessels seeking for passengers, and the no tion disseminated by the missionaries of the little control the emigrants have over their own persons, had left the people little temptation for emigrating to a foreign country. The contemplated removal of the captured Africans at St. Helena to the West India colonies for distribution had been commu r nicated to the government authorities. As a means of reitn r burring the government for the expense of their maintenance at St. Helena, they would he allowed to be apprenticed for two years, on the payment of £4 sterling per head by their employers. A return published in these papers shows the value of the imports for • the year ending 30th SepteMber, 1841, to be £506,799,. of which Great BritAin had contri buted £103,548, British West Indies, £23,355, North Amer rican colonies, £57,092, United States, £17,260,. and foreigP states, £5,844. • INDIA • We gave in our last very ample details of the intelligence from India, received by the overland mail. We stated then that some doubt existed as to the rumour, to which credence was given in several of the metropolitan journals, about the destruction of our troops at Cabal. It would appear that there are good grounds'for this doubt, as thie subjoined letter, addressed .by Captain Tuckett to the. editor.ol. the Time 4, ;will testify. That oil= was for many ye - Ars in India, -anil the statements which be makes, in contradiction to the sini4- ,ter reports of the natives, are strong acrd very. consolatory. We hope most fervently that the gallantl ciptain's surmises will turn out to be correct. : . Sir,—lt is with extreme regret I perceive , in a leading ar ticle, in the Times of this day, that credence is given to a:let ter containing an account of the destruction of our troops in Cabul. The letter in question is supposed to be dated Jella labad, the 15th of January, and as the steamer left Bombay on the Ist of February, there is only 13 days allowed for the transmission of the news from Jellalabad to Bombay. I have no hesitation in denying the possibility of news be ingrcu conVeyed from Jellalabad to Bombay in that time. From. Jellalabad. to Loodianah, under the most favourable throughci m- stances,. would occupy eight days, and from our frontier post at Loodianah to Bombay 16 days by the mail, being our own territories; thus making 21 days fur news which is said to have arrived in 13 days._ By any Other route the pe riod would be longer. _.. - . ..... ___ As Dr. Brydori P s statement. quoted by The Times, is dia- Metrically opposed to that nal:de by me at the Seamen's Hos pital Charity, I have to request the actual date of the letter, on which such reliance is placed, may be given; the name of the place from which it is written ; the post-mark of whence despatched, and the date of the post-mark. These are points, by which persons conversant,with Upper India will 'be ena bled to judge of ' the authenticity of the intelligence given in to-day's Times. Where so many persons are deeply inte rested in the safety of their friends, it is only just the fullest examination should be accorded. I can see no reason to withdraw My assertion, that the troops at Cabul are perfectly safe. Reports were prevalent in India, previous to the date fixed in Dr. Brydon's letter for the troops having left Cabul, that Colonel Shelton and some officers of his brigade were made prisoners. In Dr. Brydon's letter Walsh is mentioned as one of the hostages left with the chiefs at Cabul, whilst letters• were received from Walsh a month since mentioning that he had left Cabul, and was safe with General Sale's bria b ade. Also the death of Captain Trevor, who was assassinated with Sir W. Macnaghten, was announced in the English papers, giving the Indian news, last February. This shows how completely dates have been disregarded ; and I feel confident, when this intelligence is sifted to the bottom, no good grounds will be found for the statement attributed to Dr. Brydon, and that it is merely a tissue of bazaar reports inju diciously forwarded to England. I would further call your attention at all times to a comparison of dates with the geo graphical position from which reports are received; the usual rate at which intelligence is conveyed being four miles an hour, and less on cross roads. Had the troops been forced to leave Cahn!, which I still maintain they had not, they never would have retired' on Jellalabad. They were aware of the difficulties General Sale had experienced in the mountain passes from the sudden' hostility of the people. Therefore. Colonel Shelton would not have attempted those passes, incommoded with 1,100 cavalry and horse artillery, when he could, by returning through the open plains to Ghuznee• and Candahar, derive the greatest advantage and protection from those arms of his force, beside being strengthened by the troops at Ghuznee and Candahar, the latter amounting to 3,000 men. The report quoted in The TimeB to day is stated as re ceived at Jellalabad on the 18th January, 1842. The Agra Tilbar, 700 miles distant from Jellalabad, nuoting news received from Cabul up to the 28th December, 1341, in the paper of the 22d Jan. mentions, " as a report ult to be believed," that the ladies of the camp had fallen into the hands of the enemy, and that Colonel Shelton and some officers of his brigade had_bacoine prisoners. The de struction of the English was an easy addition to a bazaar re port, and completes the whole of what is now published as authentic and occurring after the sth of January, and first made known at Jellalabad on the 18th of January. I trust the party in possesion of Dr. Bryslon s letter will give the date, place, and post-mark, and thus enable a pro per estimate to be made of the value of the intelligence. I.have the honour to be, Sir, - - Your obedient servant, HARVEY TUCKETT. 29, Poultry, March 11 The following observation's on Captain Tuckett's letter appear in the Times of yesterday, and as so mneh interest is attached to every particular connected with the fall of our troops, we are anxious to give our readers all the information in our power : TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES Stn,—l have read with pain •the letter from Mr. Harvey Tuckett in your valued paper of this day, as is calculated to give rise to ill-founded hope to all who have relatives in the unfortunate Cabul division of our army. • I may inform you that at this club ; ever since Mr. Tuckett made the statement he did at the public dipner a few days a ' every one asks; " Why does he not give his authority ? Why did he not bring in his pocket the ltter or letters in which his information as to the safety of the army was conveyed ?" _ . In his letter in to-day's Times he denies the correctness of your statement, and, singularly enough, asks for those very proofs which he himself ought to have given to the public, when he gave a statement at variance with all the bazaar re ports, private letters, and information received by her Ma jesty's ministers, as given by Sic Robert Peel in the House of Commons last night. Let MY. Tuckett give up letters, postmark, and date of the postmark, or the public will not be satisfied. . I am one of those ' persons conversant with Upper India,' and am grieved to state that I have no doubt the melancholy statements •you have given are correct, although' tbey may not be quite so in the details. There is probably an error in the date of the letter from Jellalabad, but, if the army left Cabul on the sth of Januiry, there was plenty of time for the disastrous intelligence to reach Bombay via Pcshawer by Ist of February. Mr. Tucketkappears to forget that the in telligence was forwarded by estafette, whilst he talks of the travelling rate by the usual dak of the Post-office. Mr. Tuckett is reported to have stated at the public ainner before alluded to that he knew of the murder of Sir William Mac naghten a month before the last o - erland mail arrived. Now, Sir W. Macnaghten was murdered an the 25th of December. and the previous mail left Bombay on the Ist of January. How does he account for his information reaching Bombay in six days, when he does not give ,credence to the reports which reached Bombay from Jellalabad (a shorter distance) in 14 days ? There is no doubt that a report did reach this country of the death of Sir. William Macneghten before the arrival of the mail of the Ist of February, but it only reached LondOn as a bazaar report by the India steamer which left Calcutta on thelOth of January, and arrived about a week before the Bombay overland mail on the Bth insint. I remain, Sir, Oriental Club, March 11. INDICUS. THE PROPERTY TAX Sir Robert Peel having determined upon proposing a pro perty and income tax of sevenpence in the pound, in order to Make good the deficiency in the revenue, a brief sketch of the former property tax may not be out of place, nor uninterest ing to our readers. The first property-taX was introduced in 1803 by Lord Sidmouth, at a rate first of fife per cent: This was i n creased by Mr. Pitt to 7-1- per cent. ; and, by the Mar quis of Lansdowne, when chancellor of the exchequer, in 1806, to 10 per cent. In 1809 its exaction began to be rigo rous and oppressive ; the arrears from this year became heavy, and payments through the consecutive years were restricted, or otherwise avoided by larga.masses-of.the people. In 1815' the opposition to the tax became so universal throughout the country, that it was at length found impossible to withstand its ultimate repeal. ' In 1815, the property-tax having reached its utmost amount, raised upwards of 141 millions, of which nearly 51 were paid by landlords, above 24 by occupiers ; whence, says a writer of the period, we may infer that the income of the former was about 55 millions, and of the latter 28 ; but adding eight and four respectively for the incomes below £6O, we have the whole income arising from land, 95 millions. When the machinery of the tax had attained perfection, hardly any pro perty escaped. • The property-tax ceased on the sth of April, 18151 but was revived.for one year more (1815, ending sth April 1816), in consequence of the renewal of the war. It was always looked upon as a war-tax, and therefore the nation became clamo rous for its repeal immediately after the termination of the War in 18L-. Paley's opinion, with regard to the property tax, as to the scale of equitable proportion, proposing 'to affix certain rates of taxation upon certain amounts of property, proportioned to the general conveniency of subsistence of those by whom such payments are to be made, is worded thus : " We are accustomed to an opinion, that a tax, to be just, o m u o g r h e t c t o o r r h o% t a l c y e p u e r r a i t l e a l p y s proportioned the amount to o t t he pr op ertproperty f circumstances, the or per. sons who pay it. But upon what , it may be asked, is this opinion foUrided, unless it could be shown that sach a pro portion interferes the least with the 'general conveniency of subsistence? Whereas I should rather believe that a tax con structed with a view to that conveniency, ought to rise upon the different classes of the community in a much higher ratio than the simple proportion of their incomes. The point to he regarded is, not what men have, but what they can spare; and it is evident that a man who possesses a thousand pounds a year cad' more easily give up a hundred than a man with a hundred pounds a-year can part with ten ; that is those habits of life which are reasonable and innocent, and upon the ability to continue which the formation of families de. pends, will be much less affected by the one deduction than by the other. It is 'still more evident that a man of a bun. dred pounds ayear would not be so muc h distressed in his subsisten ce by a demand from him of ten pounds, as a man' of ten pounds a-year would be by the loss of one ;to which we must add, that th e population of the count r y bein g re plenished by the marriages of the lowest ra nk of societ y , their accomm o d a ti on and relief become of more importance to the state than the couvenieucy of any higher but less nu merous order of its Citizens." • TILE PROPOSED INIARRIAGE (From ycsterda/'s London We have au early - opportunity of reverting to the very im portant subject which •^.alled forth our reinarks-on Thursday, occasioned by the announced motion of Lord Francis Eger ton, to legalize the marriage contract between .a man and his Various c s we shaVe /Pre said, Oa Onilar nature have been made by others. AVe truer, however,' that we shall be able so to explain this whale subject, as to induce Lord Francis to desist from his attempt, and to lay the matter at rest for ever. The English arc a she great . people ; also lie a Pure - One. - ~.4.• • ~ on proper a protector," it is said, ." of the - deceased wife's children rs their aunt?" Who, indeed, so proper? But then, observe what you do by making, that aunt their step mother as well as aunt :. you overpoWer the feebler tie of nature by an obligation of a closer character, if the new wife have children of her Own": 'and the argument supposes her to be a young woman; for if she be an old one, and the, children consequently grown up, the whole case is an absur z dity, and there is no occasion to marry at all. Does our legendaryloretell us of no cruel uncle, who preferred own children to his brother's? Religion and a sense of duty Indy induce the stepmother-aunt to treat the two families alike externally, but it is impossible that she should not fees a stronger affection to her own.children than to those Of her sister No trials with respect to property are more frequent in our courts of law than those whiCh result froth the pre ! . ferenee of children to nephews and nieces. You enfeeble the protection of the aunt —perhaps convert it into aversion —by giving her children of her own from the same father; and thus making her, as we have said above, a stepmother aunt. _ _ Besides, look at the mixed blood which you throw into the children's veins. What is their relation to each other? They are first cousins, we suppose; may they in that cha racter intermarry.? (You will come to that at last, after your first incestuous step.) No; they are brothers and sisters besides—only in the'half blood. What classical scholar does not recollect the amplifications of tortured Orestes, in the scenic Poet. praised by Longinus; after his unhappy mar.- riage ?—( Vide Smith's Longinus.) • • But look further at the unhappy position of the surviving sister, after the death of the first wife, if you allow the hus, band to oiler his addresses to her , in a legalized form. He may be the object of her av ers ion personally. It is, indeed, hardly probable that she should pref er hi m t o every o th er Man ; but she must either accept him, or be content to tear • herself for ever from the orphan offspring of her deceased sister. It is impossible 'she should - any - •longer 7 live in the Fame-house with : him and them, after the declaration of his passion, if she reject it ; she eanmit even see them often, or in his piesence.. .'and even without this, you sever, or render impossible, a pure intimacy, in order to gratify, what we must call, an unholy passion. Is this protecting the children? On the contrary, it it.exposing both aunt and children,te the severest trials. ; • , . But ; there is another, sense also in which you are depriving the ruplitin children of their . proper protector. It is racist probable that thewidoWedhusbaod, being young and having no notion of any legal cohabitation with their aunt, will look out for some other uniOn... Shouldthe neiVsteinnother prove unkind, to whom could theyill,freattritchildren fly-f 0 utter their complaints and claim redress but to their aunt? You have robbed them of that resource •by having made that aunt their'stepmother. • • • • . The aunt, in fact, can perform all the duties required of her to the orphans of her - deceased sister without the 'forbid den union with their father. That union weakens every mo tive, both of nature and of duty. We hope to hear no more of it. People of pure feelings are shocked at the proposition. Your first step towards carrying it into effect must be-the re peal of that religion which has said, " They twain shall be one flesh : wherefore they are no more twain, but onefiesh." Mat. xix., 5. Look at the endearing appellation also which has sprung from this eternal law of the Saviour of mankind. What has the aunt been used to call the husband while her sister lived ? • " My brother-in-law," or " my brother such an one." A brother converted into an husband! Two more observations we would make, of a theological - character, though we generally avoid such. One is this : We would ask those who found their feelings on their reli gion, and their religion on the Bible, what distinct authority they have for abhorring any the most terrible form of incest which is not also applicable to this ? General feelings and popular notions of apparent expediency are deceitful things, —nay, even our own sink with the scale of popular morality, —though we obey them, and must do so. And the only ex press law promulgated by Divine authority (Leviticus xviii.) includes this connexion in the same terms, and under the same denunciation, as those which most shock our nature. That law draws a distinct line,' and we have no other guide. Is it a safe thing to remove such a land-mark ? Next, the law so stated is not mere Jewish law. If so, its authority doubtless would be slight. It would furnish at most but an analogy. But the context shows that divine wrath rested on those who did such things before the promul gation, as it will do after the revocation, of that the first written law. After recounting these forbidden unions, in connection with 'one or two other crimes of a still deeper die, - it adds, not a command to Israel only, but a terrible warning to all people Defile not ye yourselves in any " of these things : !or in all these the nations are defiled " which . I cast out before you ; and the land is defiled: therefore do I visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the " land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants." We In 4 have spoken severely ; but it is time to speak so when a respectable Christian legislator proposes to legalize what . Holy Writ has laid down among the crying iniqui ties of the Canaanites when their iniquity was full. THE LATE SGANDAI4 CASE IN PARIS The following are extracts from Lord William Paget's statement of this-extraordinary affair : " Another trifling circumstance had also some little weight in deciding me ' • which. was, that upon my remonstrating with Mr. Cassidy on the brutality and indece ncy of his con duct, he exculpated hi m self by placing in my h an d s a note, bearing the initials of Miss Bellew, making a n ass i gnat i on to receive him in her bedroom.* Under these circumstances, I ventured to decline the honour proposed for Lady William, and Miss Bellew took her departure from Paris. I heard no further on the subject until I learnt, by the public journals, that Lady William and myself had been engaged in inveigling. a young heiress from Devonshire t o Paris ! " Unfortunately, however, for the veracity of •their in formants, neither Lady William nor myself h a d b een i n Devonshire at all ; nor bad either of us accompanied Miss Bellew to Paris, nor did 'we leave London for several days after leer departure with Mr. Cassidy' nor had our original intention of visiting Paris tt e ITIOS remote reference to her ; although, from the accidental Circumstance of my detention in - London, owing. to the illness of two of my children, I unfortunately made her acquaintance, and thus became ea tingled with her and her friends in this. affair. And, .after all, our whole• knowledge of - this arniableyoung lady, extends butt° five day's' Acquaintance in London, (if, indeed, such trifling intercourse- as we had with her during so short a period can be 'called a n a cquaintance,) and fo,ur.days in Paris. " The public, I think , wilt wonder that a young lady of rank and fortune (and with clean hands) should resort to the columns of a Sunday pap er, instead of the laws of h er coon try, to address her wrongs and to establish her innocence. ** *. And here I m ay ask, had Miss B. no f r i en d s, ' no * father, no uncle, no brother, no male relative to come for ward, and brinr , to a just account, by some means or other, some one, at least, a mong those who have so wronged. her ?. It would appear she lead not. "'lt has always been quite clear to me what has been the head and front of Lady William's offence and mine towards this young lady—namely, the rejection of her appeal- to us for protection, under circumstances in which I think, as a husband, I was fully justified. But, even for this Lady William is not to blame (if blame there be); for so utterly ignorant was she of my motives for declining to make her the future depository of Miss Bellew's virtue, so entirely with out a suspicion• was she that Miss Bellew entertained any but the most • friendly feelings towards her, that, unknown to me, (and quite as a matter of course), on her arrival in London, she wrote to know when and where she would see her. Ido not feel caned upon to .nake a single remark upon the conduct of any person connected with this affair, but that of Lady W. and myself ; but I cannot help declaring (which I most solemnly do) that I never saw on thee part of any of the famous conspirators the' slightest attempt to influence or control Miss Bellew in anything ; or anything but the greatest kindness shown towards her ; and, without at tempting •to defend the conduct of Mr. Cassidy, I will say.that- no man could receive the encouragement which he—always received from Miss Bellew without having a right to suppose that she intended to become his wife.;-- For my own part, I am quite ready to confess that I looked upon a marriage between Mr. Cassidy and Miss Bellew as so probable an event, and I believed the parties to be so equally matched, in point of worldly position and circumstances and both so fully aware of what they were doilfg, that if I did say or do anything which might have had a tendency to the furtherance of this object (but of which I am ignorant), it was only in accordance with my feelings. and with my belief that there existed no grounds whatever against it ; and 1 am sure if I had been asked by Mr. C. to do anything to forward it I should unhesitatingly have done so. On the other hand, if Mi. Cassidy was himself• aware of his impending bankruptcy (which does not at all follow as a matter of course), or if any of the other parties mentioned were aware of it, which I do not believe, I can find no words to express my detestation and disgust at such atrocious vil lauy towards Miss 8., as well as towards Lady William and myself. In conclusion, I shall only add, that every syllable which has , been uttered or written, whether by Miss Bellew or her friends, to the prejudice of . Lady William Paget and myself in regard to this affair, is a scandalous and infai mous falsehood.' " * This letter is in the hands of my solicitor, Mr. Bebb, of 12, Argyll-street, who has my full permission to show it to the curious in such matters." • The Rev. R. W.. - Sibthorp has,.we have , just heard from private sources, subscribed two thousand pounds towards the erection of a large Popish meeting-house, at Nottingham, and that he is about to be sent on• a mission to that town as soon as the intended meeting-house is completed, to pervert people from .the Catholic church and the simple Catholic faith to the Popish sect • and -the Tridentine faith.—Church Intelligencer. PtuiLous haling been found necessary to make some repiirs •in the weather -cock on the spire of St. John's.Chufch, in this city, the work was commenced this week, and the operation' has developed instances of daring courage, and cool presence of mind in circumstances of un eipected dange•r, Which are almost romantic. The turret of the church is about 40 feet high, above which a slender spire rises, we should suppose 100 feet... The only workman em ployed in removing the weather-cock was a young man, named John Shipway, 26 years of age, a native of Stone, Gloucestershire, in the employ o f Messrs. Wilcox and Sons, of this city, but acting in this case on his own account. Of this young man, who undertakes such business, it may be propet to state that he has ascended the spire of Salisbury Cathedral, 399 feet high! and those of several other churches, by the same daring and singular process as he used in this in stance. On • Wednesday morning last, shortly before eight o'clock, he raised ladders reaching to 54 feet of his distance, which he ascended. From that point he clambered, amidst the gaze of hundreds of astonished spectators, by only his hands and feet . clinging to the holes in the sides of the spire, to the summit. He there found that the vane was planted on the top of a strong iron bar, 7 feet 4 inches in height. As this was beyond his reach, he formed-, in that dangerous ele vation, a noose in a rope which he carried up with him, slung it strongly over the weather-cock, and, ascending by it to the required height, while he clung with one arm to the . iron bar, with the other he took off the min- is bird. Placin g this in due equipoise on his right shoulder, he descended in the same manner as he went up, and safely carried his trophy to the office . of Mr. Alexander, the chu rchwarden, in Broad street, by one o'clock. But John Shipway, on his voyage into air, hall, like other voyagers, made discoveries. In his descent he clambered round the steep le at a certain p a rt to examine if it was perfect, and Observed a place where a bl oc k of stone about two feet in length was loose, and likely to ooine down. He also saw that it was necessary, for some purpose, to shorten the iron bar by two inches. Ac co rd i ng l y , about half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning, he again ascended in the same manner, to commence cutting the bar. When at his highest elevation the gale was so strong that he •was unable long to keep his footing, and lie commenced his de scent. In coming down he felt his knee touch the loose stone above-mentioned, and knowing the consequences that would follow, in full confidence in his own nerve, he called " Ware the stone" to the crowd below, in time for them to be out of reach, when it fell to the ground, and then firmly keeping the grasp with his hands, directed his feet to a place on which he could stand. After this he came down in safety. Bristol Journal. • W . TARIFF (Corrected from the Times of Yesterday.) RESOLUTIONS ON CUSTOMS DUTIES TO BE PROPOSED BY SIR ROBERT PEEL have been favoured with a copy of the proposed scale of dutieS, from which we make the following extracts. The late hour last night at which we received this important docu- ment precludes us from giving a more complete summary of its details. The subjoined statement, however, of some of the proposed chang s comprised in the first resolution will b Horned Cattle:—At present prohibited. The proposed duty is for oxen, cows, and calves from foreign countries, 208.,,155., lOst, respectively ; from British possessions, 10s., 75., ss. Horses.—The present duty of 20s. is reduced one-half respect of those imported from British possessions. • Chicory.—The present duty of 20s. on the kiln-dried may terial is reduced, Upon British produce only, to 10s. Fish of all kinds from British possessions are to be admit ted duty free; those from foreign countries upon a much re duced scale. Fruil.—Upon all raw produce not specified, the duty upon British produce only, to be reduced from 5 per cent. to 4. Upon enumerated articles the duty is to be generally reduced, British produce being favoured to half the amount levied. Licorice.—The duty on the juice to be reduced from £3 15s. to 20s. ou foreign produce, and 10s. on that of British pos- sessions. Oil Seed Cakes.-The duty of 2d. is to be increased to Gd. on foreign, 3d. on British imports. .Butter.-The present duty of 20s. is to be reduced to ss. on British imports only. Cheese.-The duty of 10s. to be reduced on British imports only to 2s. 6d. only. Spices.-The duties on British produce are to be, in most cases, reduced 50 per cent. Clover Seed.-The present duty of 20s. to be reduced to 10s. on foreign produce, and ss. on that of British posses. sions. On all other seed a reduction of 40 per cent. in favour of British as compared with foreign produce. Madder. -The present duty ok2s. reduced 50 per cent. On British produce only. Skins.-The present duty on squirrel skins of lls. Gd. re 7 duced to ss. on foreign, 2s. Gd. on British produce. . Hides, wet.-The present duty of 2s. 4d. reduced to ls. on foreign, Gd. on. British imports. Ilidesi.dry.-The present duty of 4s. Bd. reduced to 2S. on foreign, and.ls. on colonial. Gloves.-The duties of 45., 55., and 7s. have been respec tively reduced to 25., 2s. lid., and ss. upon foreign, Is., Is. 3d., and 2s. Gd. upon British imports. Ores, Minerals, and Metals.-A. general reduction of duty. Olives.-The present duty of £-i 4s. reduced to 40s. upon foreign, and 20s. upon, British. prodnce.. . . ; Bark (for the - use of tatiners).-The present duty of reduced to Gd. on foreign, .and Id. on British produce. • Indigo.-The'present duty of 4d. reduced one half upon British prodtice Silk and Manufactures of 'Silk.-The duty has been gene rally redueed 50 percent. in - favour of British imports. 'Upon foreign manufactured silks no material change. Tar.-The present duty of 15s. has been reduced to Gs. upon foreign, and 3s. upon British produce. Turpentine.-The present duties, of 4s. 4d., ss. 4d., and £1 6s. 2d., have been reduced generally to is. upon foreign, ann 6d. upon British produce. Bristles.-The present duty of 3id. is reduced to 3d. on foreign, and 14d. on British produce. Cork.-The present duty of Bs. is reduced to 2s. on foreign, and Is. on British produce. Straw Plat.-The present duty of 17s. is reduced to 5 upon foreign, and 2s. 6d. on British imports. Tallow.-The present duty of .3s. 2d. is reduced to 60., and that of Is. on the produce of British possessions to 3d. Duty. Tiniber.-Canada timber Foreign Deals (cubical contents) Lathwood . For the year ending the sth'of April, 1844-, Foreign timber Deals Latliwood 2os. , Coffee. -The present duty of ls. 3d. is to be reduced upon all foreign coffee to Bd., and upon all the growth of British possessions . to 4d. Mahogany.-The present duty of 30s. per ton upon that imported from the Bay of Honduras or the Mosquito Shore, as also that of .t 4 upon the growth of British posessions, is to be reduced to 10s. ; while the duty of £5 upon that other wise imported is reduced to 30s. upon foreign, and 10s. on British produce. SECOND RESOLUTION Resolved—That in lieu of all duties of customs pay able on goods, wares, and merchandise exported from the united kingdom to foreign parts, there shall be levied the following duties outwards, viz. : s. d. Clay, the cwt. Coal exported to any place, not being a Bri tish possession, in any ship, the ton Ores, for every £lOO of their value, 5 per cent. Wools and silks, the cwt....... Manufactures, - or pretended manufactures, slightly wrought up, so that the same may be reduced to, and made use of as wool again, mattresses or beds stuffed with combed wool, or wool fit for combing or carding, the cwt. 0 5 0 • THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOf Under the Management of Mears. J. iI. ANDERSON a:,LI W. J. HAMMOND. Second Price to all Parts of' the House at Niue o'clock T HIS present TUESDAY, March 15th, 1842, MONEY'. And the PANTOMIME. THURSDAY, next, nirch 1711), A JUVENILE NIHT. THE PANTOMIME EARLY IN THE EVENING First Price.—Lower Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. Gd. ; Pit, 2s. 6d. ; Gallery, Is, Second Price.—Lower Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, 25.; Pit, ls. Gd.; Gallery, Gd. ROYAL LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH. STREET. LAST WEEK OF THE SEASON BUT TWO. rIIIS present TUESDAY, thelsth, and TO-MORROIV (Wednesday), the 16th instant, TILE MAID OF CROISSEY; Or, Theresa's 'row. . Theresa Sergeant Austerlitz. \Vatter Madlle. Celeste. Mr. Webster. Mr. Strickland. After which, TILE WOMAN HATER Baron Ravenspurg Mr. Webster. Stork Lelia Blumenthal.. To be succeeded by a new Interlude, called JOHN JONES. Guy Goodluck The whole to conclude with THE CHILD OF THE; WRECK. Maurice • ... (the Du►nb Boy) .... Madlle. Celeste Griendel Frantz .. FRENCH STAY AND CORSET ESTABLISHMENT, 122, BOLD-STREET, FOUR DOORS ABOVE COEQUITT-STREET. MRS. C UTTE R begs to inform the Ladies of Liverpool and its Vicinity, that in consequence of the increased patronage her improved system of Stay and Corset making has received, it is her iittehtion to be in attendance every day from Eleven'to - riveVclOek; in order to assist in fitting those Ladies Who - May Wier .her personal attendance, and begs to assure them she Will Sparelio expense in producing the most elegant fitting and highly finished description of Stays, constructed so as to remove the injurious and deform ing pressure so justly complained of by the Faculty. Mrs. C. particularly . directs the attention a Mothers to the great importance of having well-constructed. Stays for growing Girls, which . would, in many cases, prevent the ge neral, though in its first development trilling, deformity in their figures. _ . Invalid and Gestation Stays and Belts on Sale, or Made to order. Two Respectable Young Females wanted as outdoor APPRENTICES. Ebr Ribrrpool 'tazilari. THIRD RESDIXTION That the duties imposed in the foregoing schedules on ar ticles other than spirits and timber shall be respectively sub ject to the charge of five per cent. imposed !•,y an act passed in. the 3d year of her present Majesty, cap. 17 ; and the du ties imposed in the foregoing schedules on spirits shall be subject to the additional rated charge laid on spirits by the said act, and the duties imposed in the foregoing schedules on timber to the additional charge imposed by the act 3 and 4 Victoria, cap. 19. Mr. Hughes Hughes, the Hon. Secretary to the Times Testimonial Fund, a barrister, and formerly a member of the House of Commons, is a candidate for the office of town clerk of the city of London, with favourable prospects of success. THE BANK PARCEL ROBRERY.—Moody and King, the two men who stand charged with stealing upwards of £lOOO in notes from the Perseverance Bury coach, were brought up for examination at the Mansion-house, London, on Friday, and again remanded, Superintendent Beswick, of the Man chester police, having gained some important information, but which he could not at present distinctly prove. It has been ascertained King left London on the 26th Feb., and - returned by, one of the early trains from Leeds, accom palled by a female, who brought a painted deal box, sup. posed to contain the stolen property. Bills have beea issued offering a reward to any person who will give information as to where the prisoners had been lodging, for the last four or five days previous to their apprehension. , • . BRIGHTON, MARCH 10TH.—The wrecks in the Channel we are afraid will turn out to be very numerous. At present We have heard of two, and in one of these cases, the whole of the crew, 8 in number, and 2 pilots, who had gone on board to conduct the vessel into the harbour, have unfortunately met with a watery grave. The vessel was the brig Economy, of Littlehampton, belonging to Mr. Thomas Isernonger. of Littlehampton, laden with coals from Sunderland, in burden about two 2.50 tons. Four or five other coal vessels were, yesterday, in the Littlehampton roads, and all succeeded in making the harbour. The Economy, however, drew too much water, and was obliged to remain in the roads, waiting for the next tide. In the evening the hurrieane, as we have stated, sprang up, and, notwithstanding the efforts of the captain and crew, the vessel has gone to the bottom, and not one of the crew was able to reach the shore. The master of the vessel was Captain Isemonger, brother of the owner. The second case occurred off Brighton, at 3 o'clock this afternoon. A shooner wcs seen in the Channel, in the morning about 10 miles at sea. A Shoreham life-boat put off to her assist ance. 'At 3 o'clock the life-boat could be discovered return ing, but no trace of the schgoner was visible. It is con lectured that the crew have been taken into the life-boat, and that the vessel has gone to the bottom. The life-boat is at this moment returning, and is now (4 o'clock p.m.) 8 miles distant from land. ALARMING FIRE.—We stop the press to announce, that this morning at half-past three o'clock, a fire, which threatens most extensive conflagration, broke out in the drying-room of the extensive tobacco warehouse of Mr. W. 0. Brigg, on Welch-back. The fire-engines were rapidly on the spot, and were plied with incessant energy by the firemen and the police ; but such was the mass of burning matter seated far 111 the rear of the building, that the flames are at this moment raging with fearful fury. At the moment we are writing the bells of the churches are giving the alarm, and the utmost consternation prevails for the safety of the adjacent premises. Half-past four.—The fire appears to be got under, and hopes are entertained that the adjacent houses will be saved.— Bristol Journal, Saturday. USELESS KNOWLEDGE, OR EDUCATION WITHOUT RELI GION.—In the Central Criminal Court, some time since, two young men, John Wingfield and William Kennedy, the for mer 22, and the latter 24, were tried for a most extensive robbery committed by Wingfield, on his employers, aided by Kennedy, who received and .disposed of the stolen goods. Both were young men of most respectable connections, (Wingfield heir to a considerable fortune,) both persons of genteel manners and appearance, both what is called " well educated ;" " but," said the recorder, in passing sentence of 14 years' transportation on each, " this is a melancholy case, affording another instance to those already, unhappily, so very.numerous, that education, mere intellectual education, WITHOUT A MORAL AND RELIGIOUS ONE, has very little hold upon the human mind." BURGLARY AND SUICIDE.—We have been favoured by the Rev. George Beadon, vicar of Axbridge, with the follow ing particulars of an awful catastrophe that occurred in his house a few days ago :—" On the evening of Sunday last, a light was perceived in the parsonage house, when is was sup posed that it would be empty, by the clergyman and his ser vant being at the evening service at the church. The neigh biitrs, with a kind promptitude, came to ,the door, and rang the bell, &c., and in. a short time entered the house, both at the back and front.. Before any one was seen, the report of a pistol was heard, near the front door, and on reaching that spot, a young man, well known to all, was found lying dead, ,with a discharge) pistol in his .right hand, a loaded one in his pocket, and a stick, with lead at both ends, by his side, and an iron instrument under the front door. It was concluded that, seeing escape to be impossible, he had shot himself. Not an article in the house was missing, or seemed displaced. No accomplice was discovered. An inquest was held on the body, and a•verdict of self-destruction by a pistol returned. No ball was found in the other pistol. The body is now be ing privately buried in the, church-yard. The young clams was James Headfurd, about nineteen years of age, an appren tice of a smith residing, in the town. On his person were a life preserver, eleven keys, a jemmy,' made on the best principle, one skeleton key, and picklocks of various descrip tions ; also the key of the front door, which had been lost about- five weeks before, and by which no doubt the entrance was effected."—L'ristol Journal. SCANDALOUS OUTRAGE.—The Rev. Mark Clarke, on Tuesday, received a letter from the Rev. Mark Galway, Rector of Clonbeg, requesting him to inter a p ro t es t an t pa rishioner of his in the churchyard of Latice, of which parish the Rev. Mr. Clarke is curate, under the Ecclesiastical Com missioners. Mr. G. stated in his letter, that deceased (who was in his 84th year) had been - a strict protestant, and that he attended him in his illness, and that in. consequence of his having married a Roman Catholic, there had been a schiSm in the family, and that in his last moments when he was in a state of insensibility, a priest was introduced, but his son, a protestant, requested that his father should be interred by the Rev. Mr, Galway, Immediately on receipt of this lbt ter the Rev. Mr. Clarke went to Latire, and met the funeral at the churchyard gate, headed by three priests from the parish of Clonbeg. When Mr. Clifrke began the service, one of the priests commenced reading also ; however, the former persevered until they came to the grave, though an noyed ' and interrupted in every way possible. While the grave was digging the priest came up to Mr. Clarke, and said he was surprised at his interfering, as deceased was a Roman Catholic. The rev. gentleman's reply was, " I attended in consequence of Mr. Galway's letter, stating to the contrary and am determined to do my duty." Well, said the priest, Cou must take the consequences. " Boys (addressing the rowd), I have done my part." The priests retired. When the coffin was placed in the grave, immediately on Mr. Clarke resuming the service, he was set on by a ferocious mob, who made a rush at him, and he was precipitated headlong into a gravel-pit, on the brow of which the churchyard is situated! He was then obliged to retire, amidst the shouts and hisses of the people, having received some bruises, but he is thank ful to the Almighty, for having escaped with his life:—Lime rick Chronicle. , TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 18 42 Whilst we cordially approve, in its general features, of the financial measure of Sir Robert Peel, as brought before the House of Commons on • Friday—(although we by no means pledge ourselves, at present, to its de tails)—there is one portion of it, in the good policy of which we cannot. by any means coincide. We allude to the duty of 4s. per ton proposed to be levied upon coals exported from Great Britain, which we are pre pared to show will be one peculiarly injurious to our shipping interest, and, beyond the trifling revenue to be derived from it, affording no countervailing advan tages to the manufacturing interest, for whose protec tion it is ostensibly intended. The pressure, however, upon our space and time to-day will not allow us to do more than briefly allude to it ; but on Friday we shall endeavour to enter fully into the subject. The Liverpool Albion, yesterday, has a long leader, in his peculiar vein, upon the subject of the financial measure of Sir Robert Peel, in which he demonstrates, to his own satisfaction, we presume, the infinite supe riority of that proposed in the last session of Parlia ment by Lord Melbourne's administration ; and enunciates the startling and hitherto undiscovered fact that the proposed modification of our commercial 'tariff is merely an adoption of the principles put forward originally by that administration ! With respect to the proposed income tax, however, we are to be treated bye and bye with an immense commotion. The middle classes, against whom that tax is directed, our contem porary maintains, have a dire horror of the tax gatherer, "whose ghost the constituencies ‘vho elected Tories, and the tradespeople who shouted Sandon and Douglas,' .will be amazed to encounter so soon again." "No one qualified for statesmanship," ex claims the Albion, " could suppose for a moment that any premier could impose, under existing circumstances, an income tax, and retain office beyond the tenure of his own parllainent." In fine, Sir Robert Peel has committed himself irretrievably, and " if the Liberals do not now stultify themselves they will again have the ball at their own feet "! What a pity s to dasl so flattering a prospect as this must be to Whig expcctants ! How the fingers of the hungry tribe must itch as they read this sage diatribe ! We are compelled, however, at the risk of dissipating this pleasant deluSiOn, to whisper to our contemporary the fact that, whether the Liberals stultify themselves pr not, the ball is as far from their feet, orfurther, than it was previous to this suicidal measure of Sir Robert Peel's government. The people of England may Pos sibly make a few wry faces at the presence of the tax gatherer, and the patriotic middle classes may long to button their pockets and shut their doors in his face ; but they will not forget whose malversations have cre ated the imminent necessity for his odious presence ! Before proceeding to lay before our readers the ge neral features of that comprehensive scheme of finan cial reform which has just been laid before Parliament, as the result of the convictions arising from a dispas sionate examination of the position of the country, by the conservative ministers of the crown, we cannot but express the regret which we feel at our inability to trander verbatim to our columns the able and con vincing address of the right honourable baronet in which it was conveyed. The great majority of our readers, however, we are satisfied, will already have taken an opportunity of perusing it in the columns of our London contemporaries, by whom it has been very fully and ably reported ; and referring that portion of our readers who have not had, the opportunity or the leisure for such a perusal, to the sketch of it which will be found in another part of our paper, we shall now endeavour to bring its leading principles, the grounds upon which they are based, and their practical bearing, in a distinct and intelligible form before them.. And, first; let us look at the financial position of the country, with whiCh, upon their assumption of office, the present ministry had to deal. In the spring of last year the . Whig Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. F. 'l'. Baring, in bringing his annual statement before the [louse of Commons, estimated the deficiency of reve nue, as compared with expenditure, at £2,421,000, which he proposed to meet, in part, by a reduction of the sugar and timber duties, and the imposition of a fixed duty of Ss. per quarter upon foreign wheat, still leaving a considerable balance, together with the accu mulations of deficiencies in former y ears, entirely mi . - covered. That plan, our readers will remember, was rejected, and from its rejection resulted the overthrow of Lord Melbourne's administration. In the financial year ending the sth of April, - 1843, the deficiency is estimated by Sir Robert Peel to amount to an addi tional .£2,569,000, taking even the most favourable view of the resources 'of the country. To the defi ciencies of these two years, however, are to be added those of four years preceding; and, for the sake of perspicuity, we will place the whole before the reader in a tabular form:— In the year ending April 5, 1833, deficiency was £1,428,534 II II 19 1839, do. 430,325 1 t 1840, do. 1,457,223 I t ,1 If 1811, , do. 1, 851 , 99 7 17 PP ,9 9 , 1842, (estimated) 2,33 4 , 559 PI ft 1843, (certain deficy.) 2,570,000 Total deficiency in six years...... £10,072,000 In addition to this accumulated deficiency of TEN MILLIONS, as the result of ten years of Whig legisla tion, which were commenced with a considerable sur plus revenue, it is shown also by Sir Robert that in the administration of affairs in India, the same incapable legislators have reduced the net revenue of that great empire from a surplus of £1,520,000, in 1836, to a de ficiency in the past and present year expected to be not less than £4,7100,000, or, in round numbers, FIVE MILLIONS MORE! With such a state of our finances then, as applied to India and to Great Britain, we have before us the certain prospect of wars in India and in China--L-wars to be carried on at vast distances from the seat of our resources , and which, if we mu s t carry them on with a due regard to the reasonable safety of the troops employed and of the honour of the empire, we must no longer treat as " little wars ;" besides these external difficulties we have at home an embar The second, or Schedule B, embraces the profits in respect of lands occupied, which Sir Robert takes at one-half the rental,—(the calculation under the old income-tax was three-fourths,) — and which, deducting one-fourth for profits under £l5O a-year or rentals under £3OO, where the occupiers have no other sources of income, .he supposes will produce The third, or Schedule C, relates to capital in the public funds and securities, which is estimated to amount (omitting capital in saving-banks) to £30,000,000, and which, deducting -one fourth for incomes under £l5O a-year, will produce an annual duty of The fourth, or Schedule D, embraces profits of trades and professions, which are estimated to be yearly £56,000,000, the duty upon which will be, deducting one-fourth as before, The fifth, or Schedule E, embraces the income of all public officers, estimated at £7,000,000 an nually, the duty upon which, deducting one fourth, will be .. 150,000 646,000 1,220;000 155,000 The total produce of the duty proposed may there fore be estimated as follows, viz Schedule A Schedule B, Schedule C. Schedule D, Schedule E. Total income duty 13,C00,000 150,000 646,000 1,220,000 155,000 £3,771,000 For the levying of this tax in Great Britain the. M achinery already exists ; but the same remark does not apply to Ireland. Upon this and other grounds the ministry propose to exclude that country from its ope ration, except so far as the incomes derivable from land, &c. in Ireland are spent in England, when the absentee will be taxed equally with the English land owner, thus holding out a bonus for landownerM in Ireland to reside upon their property in that country. In consideration, however, of this exemption, the stamp duties levied in Ireland are to be equalised in some cases with those of Great Britain, and a shilling additional is to be placed upon spirits, making the duty, at present 2s. Bd. per gallon, equal to that charged in Scotland—viz., 3s. Bd. per gallon. The amount derivable from stampS is estimated at £160,000 and from spirits 200,000. It is furthei proposed to impose a duty of 4s. per ton upon all coals exported from the united kingdom, whe ther borne in foreign or in British bottoms. At pre sent a duty of 4s. is payable upon this article shipped in foreign vessels. The operation of the reciprocity treaties has, however, decreased the productiveness of this duty from £50,000 a year in 1831 to £6,900 only in 1840, whilst the quantity of coals exported has in creased from 356,000 tons in the former yeir to 1,307,000 in the latter. By reimposing the duty, and making it bear equally upon British and foreign ship ping, it is expected that a duty will be derived of £200,000 a year. The entire produce of new taxes may be recapitu lated then as follows, viz. : Income tax (in round numbers) Stamp duties, Ireland Spirit duties, Ireland Export of coal X 3,700,00 0- 160,000 250,000 200,000, Total new taxes, Deduct from this amount !the estimated deficiency of income:as compared with £4,310,000 estimated expenditure 2,570,000 And a surplus will re►nain of £1,740.000 applicable to a reduction of duties by a re-modification of our commercial tariff, or to contingencies unforeseen. We come now to the reductions of duty proposed by Sir Robert Peel for the relief of the producing and consuming classes. Into this part of the subject, how ever, we are not at present able• to go seriatim, inas much as the details of the entire plan, comprising a complete re-modification of our existing commercial t aryl; are not as yet brought before us. We take, however, the chieftheads of reduction as stated by the right hon. baronet. In entering upon this tnodificatio9 of the tariff. the government proposes, "in the first instance, there moval or relaxation of all duties of a prohibitory nature; and, secondly, a reduction of the duties upon the raw materials for manufactures to a very considerable ex tent"—in some instances retaining only a nominal duty for the purpose of statistical information, and in very few cases imposing more thatt five per cent. Of 1,200 articles of consumption it is proposed to reduce the duty upon Tho. Upon the remaining 450 articles no alterations are to be made, except in some cases where the duties are only retained at pre sent to be made the subject of future modifications in favour of countries with whom commercial treaties are pending. Amongst the duties so in abeyance are those upon French wines, brandy, &c., and the products of _ Spain, Portugal, and South America. The amount of loss to the revenue from all these reductions is esti- mated at £270,000 per annum. We have been told, with some evidences of glee, by the Whig-Radical press, that it was the intention of Sir Robert to " throw over" the West India interest, and to propose an extensive reduction of the duties on foreign sugar. It is, therefore, with some pleasure , and with hearty concurrence in the views which have induced his determination, that we find no such re duction amongst those brought before parliament on Friday night. As a boon, however, to the consuming classes and, to some extent, a propitiation to the de mands of the Brazilian and Cuban planters, it is pro posed, in the first instance, to reduce the duty upon , British colonial coffee, from Gd. to 4d., and to admit foreign coffee, imported direct to this country, at,a duty of Bd. per lb., instead of Is. and ls. 3d., as paid at:pre sent if imported direct, or 9d. per'lb.-if searottrid by rassed commerce and suffering industry; and it be. came, therefore, in the estimation • of Sir Robert Peel and his Conservative colleagues, their duty to look all these facts and all these difficulties manfully in the face, and to set about providing for them an effectual and prompt remedy. The time was now come in which peddling legislation, small expedients, and jug gling legerdemain would no longer avail ; in Which the evil must be sternly and resolutely handled ; and in which regard for the fame and the safety of England could no longer he trifled with and postponed. To meet this state of things Sir Robert Peel has called upon the patriotism of his fellow-countrymen for a direct tax upon the property and the income of the country. Experience has shown that the produ cing and consuming power of the nation is no longer susceptible of being male to sustain an increased bur den of taxation. A reference to the statistical tables furnished by the right honourable baronet, the sub stance of which will be found in our columns, will show that, whilst an increase of the rate of duty im posed upon articles of consumption has almost totally failed to produce revenue, a reduction of duty upon many articles has almost equally disappointed the ex pectations of statesmen. The additional 5 per cent. put upon the Customs and Excise by the late Chancel lor of the Exchequer has produced little more than per cent, increase; whilst, with one or two excep tions, the reductions which have been made in late years, and from which increased consumption and in creased revenue were anticipated, have resulted in a considerable loss to the income of the country. In ad dition to these considerations, the magnitude of the amount required, to enable the ministry to extricate the country effectually from its embarrassments, has sug gested direct taxation upon property as the only'step which would at the same time bring in the immediate .revenue required and place. them in a position to legis late for the relief of the commerce and the, industry of the people. With these views Sir Robert proposes that a tax be levied, terminable in three years, unless otherwise de termined by Parliament, at the rate of 7d in the pound, or £2. ISs. 4d. per cent. upon the property and the come of the country,—exempting, however, all in comes which do not reach £l5O a year. In estimating the amount of this tax, the right honourable baronet •divides the objects of taxation into five classes or sche dules : The first, or Schedule A, embraces the profits or rents of land, the rents of houses, the tithes, dividends arising from railways, canals, &c., and the profits of mines and ironworks; and under these heads he estimates the total amounts as follow, viz.:— . Rent of land.. Rent of houses Tithes. shares, mines, &c £39,400,000 25,000,000 8,400,000 £72,800,000 Upon this amount, deducting one-fourth for incomes under £l5O per annum, the duty will . £1,600,000