The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-03-05 00:00:00

pa and as t bably tb the corn licence of the New York He he final failu e, according to t unexpected deman We subjoin the following extract f the Herald, and The Bank of the 1 —it is trenu timore draft of 103,000 c . . New York. Your Wall -street eliq sult, and other gentry too. I will the facts. To-night saltation at the Exchange, to the ott papers to The int question, " to r affirmative specie and leave directors ht lay the flattering unction to thi is gone—they ai sible for this n will perhaps put the q their wounds. they de On the evenin, come to at ax g of tt At a special meetii of the United States with its pledge to the effirt to resume and E the 15th of January 1 short of six millions of . whereas, the effort to maintain specie payme has been rendered abortive by the intention, and extraordinary enforcement of its insta Therefore, present, of suspending Sr pay 'me tv Resolved, That every ex rt into cash the a der the necessity, for the is of the purpose of resuming payments in specie at the LARDNER, Cashier imagined, the stoppage has oc to collect the debt bank, for th earliest practicab Resolved, That the foregoing published. Extracted from the minut As may b, greatest excitement and alarm as to the position of the other banks in PI oned the filladelphia, which have also been compelled to suspend payment; and a resumption under existing circum- stances is represented as a he s said that the g the wselves, by diver banks have brouvi wealth they comm industry into ti The followin g is frc Feb. 6th not known, but there is They will all resolve to lature for anotht 3ank from all c right to issue small notes and to stave of if they ca brandies will p. will probably veto them iele ill keep su ,nt this evil on led from the channels of I )id waters of speculation correspondent of the Herald, dated t—their decision is r course will be. ply to the off the U. for the .0 pay d govern() specie when all business sued, to save theirs will be paralysed—prices will fluctuate so much, that c men will_ fear to operate extensively—and the monied con- cerns of the State v I the credit of the city, as a commercial metrop a the monetary commotions of the hour political matter pliable that the failure of the U. S wane ; but it is I Bank, and the will be more favourable tl and may per] ban other e to th ons of Gen. I and iiudson 21 -11.11 le final fa rented no opinion appe iuspend derangemen banks of ti that Mississir The regular healthy trade of the c or retarded It is ba And turns ,ion of the old r dependent upon fictitious much indebted will suffer rui frightful degree of suffering stockholders and creditors of these concern inevitable consequence of past errors. it has been ied until now by the thousand and one juggling tricks . . and efforts at bolstering which have been practised for the past three years, and its intensity has been heightened by these endeavours to escape. The final explosion has now come, and a long struggle between the sinking banks and re lics of speculation, and the rising trade of the country, will in all probability precede the restoration of t At the Stock Board yesterday. Bank declined 4i per nd Bank declined *, De -71. vet cent., Lone Island cent., closing at'36 Railroad 14 per cer lined 1 it him to carry out the pur Money is tolerably eas t New York, t failure of U. S. Bank ha caused a tempura Oa this subject we give e tollocvr Herald, of Feb. 8 SUNDAY, FEB. 7, six P.m very unsettled state. Bank, although it ha deranged the cou must continue unt becomes decided. .e south will aga Del., have already done so. The rest ill fall into has exhibited d viii be occasioned amoi are of the United States iporanly increasing depreciation of the currency, and the intry will not be disturbed .change of actual values, of New York. The des- states tha and discredit, and a This suffering A. Trust Vicksbur goved 4, Harlem 1 . per cent. Indiana Fives dec per cent As will be een from the following extract from the Herald of the 4th nit.;the intelligence of the bailing and re-arrest of Mr. M`Leod is confirmed. ND RE-ARREST BY -BAILING THE CASE OF M`LEOL TII MOB—STATE OF SOCIETY ON THE BORDER.—It ap pears that, after all that has been said upon the subject, the Judges at Lockport decided to admit M'Leod to bail; and on the 27th instant, Messrs. Brotherton, of Queer Buell, of Lockport, became, his bail, and he was liberated. A mob of 200 or 300 then assembled, seized M`Leod, and carried him back to prison ; their pretence for this is, that they want to detain M`Lend here until the owner of the Ca roline can arrest him on a civil suit for the damage done to Here, then, were two great wrongs done in one by the laws of ,stop, and the boat bailabl M'Leod ny restraint, c The peOple are ready to blaze on both sid n done, 1. But this the clique th tv and trouble of trying him air is wrong. The conduct of Illy bailed, 1 The who :nce done him on the border ; and in con at a moment's noti s the border The population on both sides of the Niagara are de as in a frightful state of exeiti M`Leod are growing more anti more intens at, and the feelings against It is stated o further effort will be made to have him set at large until his trial, which may tat It appears from the foil that the bail are desirous of being discharged from their re- place during the present sponsibility owinfextract from a letter, This afternoon l'l'Leod's bail have seen fit to surrender him to the sheriff, so that the excitement is beginning to cool down a little. This act of the bail is said to have been done in consequence of some intimations (not public however) that in case they rtfand to do so, they might expect that a libation from the seventh vial of patriotism would be poured out upon them. How this is I don't know. A capias in a civil action has been served upon Mr. M`Leod by the owner of the Caroline for destroying the steamboat, and an order was issued to hold bail in tl ;um of 7,000 dr stationed ne e gaol iu committed for murder and this State, that is no ought either to have been liberate'l ement until his tria the manoeuvres of kept in conf doubtless, b. State, to shift off the respoi for the offence. The whole the mob was wrong ; and if M has a claim for redress for the v thing shows the nection with this, we find th Canada, are unde A body of militia volunteers Lockport, to prevent the F ive the following WAR SPIRIT IN MAINE troduced in the Maine L " Resolved,—That the immediate measn Great Britain, no ume afb sibility of the prisoner's es niscellaneous extracts —The following resolutions were islature on the 3d instant: )r be authorised to take ) remove the troops of the Queen of artered on the territory called disputed meat, but by the treaty of 1783, by the ses of Congress r of Maine, clearly and s State of this Sta hereby are, placed at the disposal of the Governor, and the specific sum of four' hundred thousand dollars be, and the same hereby is, appropriated out of any money in the Trea sury, for the purpose of carrying said resolutions into effect. The resolves were referred to the committee on N. E. Boundary. LATEST FROM RIO DE JANEIRO.--By the brig Orleans at this port from Rio de Janeiro, whence she sailed on the 24th December, we have received a file of Rio papers to the 23d, in which we find the following items A grand ball was given at Buenos A' November to the French Admirals and Divot ation of the The ball corn and was terminated at six tl The Oriental barque " Li the Buenos Ayreans, off the Mr. Bucher Martiguy, lat was tri Dupotet, consul Barradere city, states that it was ver an, Feb received in ti time of writir. A tremendous o with ured that she was afteraardsC The price of indigo a .efused to brine ,3 much in- idenned. very low, so low that the he dollars. There Courier, Feb.s Since the above States our papers to n the market .--Boston as in t pe we have received by the United lath ul Arts to r iladeiphia had ail been recommended to ture, with the exception of the ling was therefore convmed Ise favourable to putting tt e latter ith the other institutions, whe s of the city The banks of P, sited States tsanii, Lit, ult., by t on the 1 bank oa a equal footi the following resolutions were pass Resolved,—That in order to enaum and county of Philadelphia to be of serviceto the community in the present crisis, we would at present recommend to the legislature a repeal of • - by which their chart, hose provisions of _ ; mar be forfeited, or other penalties nposed for the non-payment of their notes and C --- • in specie, and the s'ui ct respons' t of their r c into the channels of our ow tress and indus t ry . Resolved,—That while the other States of the Union, with which we have extensive business ecmnectioni, permit the 'lto ytr.4:l7lN .e is the third of which ig to an .ds of 100,000 dollars .espondence of pended, after a gal- ,4 , ,e the ex- ped to-day on a Bal- ley have paid six millions in rst of which has travelled to for this r dvise you by and by of on the i At first they r a while go on paying The ef :. The bat they The Bank rectly respon- s catas ;don in e re to stiff 4th the following resolutions at the Banki imously adopted paid out an amour rs, in coin o -five millions hey sleep under he follow- :es, in compliance fair and bona fide having since Ale, if at all, funds. And iccumulation liabilities : stocKs, we would further recommend that authority be given to all banks of the comm onwea l t h to d ec l are di v id en d .• • not of their T cent per annum from the profi any authorised suspension of ments by those institutions commit of five citizens he a iuse the proceeding: pointed to be aid before the leg: lattire of the common- Is, on motion, unanimous's, t the committee.of five to proc arrisburg Pensylvania legislature s 111 compel the United es Bank to go into liquidation, the directors of that in- on intend to remove to w York, and place the whole 3f the United States in New York, authorised by t general banking law cf that state,. with Mr. Jaadon at its head, who will be re- nd all their conr ctions throughout called from. London the woad( The Cong rison as President, and Mr. Tyl Ileman had received him very polite ill remain as they are. ;ress had confirmed the elections of General Har- ice-President. The isit to Mr. Van Buren, who .nd conversed very unrestrainedly cabinet as g is the new programme of t ons of Congr.,. out by the delegat ss in concia Mr. Webster, for the State; Mr. Bell, Treasury; Mr Granger, Navy; Mr. Preston, War ; Mr. Crittenden, At torney-General ; Mr. Ewing, Post-Master General. ry summoned in Niag true bill for murd county had returned a 12th has the following LOOK OUT FOR QUA LL The Herald of the ed the other day I'Leod is actually indicted 1 be bung general impression that What will t for the rnuriler oran American citizen glish do about it ? The subjoined extract on this subject is important, as showing the animus of popular feeling Pending these important proceedings the mob threatened to lynch the judge, tar and feather the bail, and destroy all their property, unless they instantry'surrendeted M`Leod. And as one of the bail had a very large quantity of valuable materials and property laying exposed and ready for the con struction of the canal locks at Lockport, and as it would be impossible to detect any one who might destroy it, his fears induced him to yield to the threats of the mob and surrender M`Leod. And in less than 24 hours after the order for his release had been signed by Judge Bowen, thisame judge was compelled to announce to the mob, that a surrender in due form of law had been made. The mob then solemnly " Re solved" that they had accomplished their object and adjourned sine die. Such are the facts of this affair. The day of trial is not stated. The followin g represents the aspect of the money-market on the day the packet sailed 1 , 11.1 D AY, _ 0 P. M.-MOSt stot— o-day heavily. S. Bank 2 per Cent. closin cent. ; N. A. Trust and Bank 4 per cent. • - cent.; Long Island I, per cent. Dela.. proved 34 per cent ; Stonington 1 per cent. I. , rovement in exchange on Philadelphia—sales at 3 per , Baltimore 2i. The failure of the largest firm in the street yesterday, caused but little susnirin- The small note bill passed the majority. :ks have again fallen _ at 25i per Harlem 2 per are and Hudson im- an imr )n or uneasines Senate of Virgittia by a The Richmond Whig says, it was reported yesterday even- banks in Petersburgi- i by the events n Philadelphia, hai again suspended. The Rid itmue to pay J. D. h late State Treasurer, has been elected Fund Commissioner of Illinois, in place of Dr. Barrett. What influence did certain operations of the latter gentleman in Illinois scrip, in connexion with - a Wall-street broker, hive in the change? identified with the United States Bank. it, loaned it money, and allowed the new; represent the interests of all as identical They have bolstered ;papers in its pay to The consequence panic created by the failure has embraced stand all alike without the confidence of The United has been that tl them all, and ti ;ates Bank, if it were to stop business now, and prc in realising present prices for all its assets, within two years it we dollars a share to the stockholder yield at most but 4 to 5 We arrive at this result g present values to all the assets shown in its•recent en adding the yearly e shown by dollars r annum DISGRACEFUL TRANSACTION.--On Saturday last, a sold publicly by auction by her husband for is 6d, in the Pavement, in the cathedral city of Sunderland Herald.. of the I: OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON :en afforded us of inspecting the model :h Mr. Wyatt is now employed, and a cannot remember to have seen. The s, reaching, we be et from the pe- when c most colossal di 3leted, to an altitude of 3 stal ; but it is not with relal tion to size that we speak of the conception, and vigour of the execution. At spectator is naturally impressed with the is of the model, but when the eye becomes th e beautiful proportion which to the natural size, and the first v gantic d le tails, is throughout reduces the obje its admirable The limbs of the horse are in an attitude of repose ; but the swelling, vein, the quivering muscle, the arched neck, the full eye, the expanded nostril, all indicate that it is the re pose which can in an instant be awakened to action.— Morning Herald. night last a ( Sands, I he Gunileet from London, and the ollision occurred, near olant, (brig ttended with loss of lif , though about ten o'clock the accident took place. The weather was very hazy at the time and boisterous, the wind blowing the north, and the Beatitude was not perceived till within a cable's length. Every effort was made to clear the vessel, but without success, and the nest moment they dashed against each other with frightful violence. The scene that ensued on board the vessels is impossible to be described. The master of the Beatitude (Captain Lamb) and the crew had scarcely sufficient time to jump on beard the Volant before his vessel went down head foremost, and fur some time it was feared that that vessel would go down also : but by keeping the pumps going, she was kept afloat, and early in the morning drove hack into the Thames, and ran into Sheerness, where The Beatitude was a small vessel be eatiani, and was coming to London to discharge The V‘-' t lost hP• the crews went ashor longing bow was dr' .er bowsprit, and- her larboard nin by the shock of the concussion. She still "lie extent of loss is at present un- ins at Sheerness known DFUL M URDER.—On yesterday morning the body era te. an organ-player was disc on the Dodder, shockingly murdered. His throat was nearly cut across, two stabs in the jugular, a large cut on the fore head, and a deep cut on the top of the head. The hands were partially wounded, as if in a struggle ; 2s 104 d was found in his pocket, and his organ was broken by his side. He appears to have been about 28 years of age, about five feet four inches in height, and wore a blue cap with a peak, a velveteen ~.Dicer, corduroy trousers, and a vest. It is sup ised that a countryman of his own, with whom he had been during the day, is the perpetrator of this diabolical deed. The circumstances attending the commis sion of the bloody deed—or the person by whom it was com mitted—are still involved in the greatest mystery ; and al though suspicions of a very strong nature are entertained against one of his companion's. no evidence has yet been pro cured which can attach the slightest guilt to any one. His body was discovered on Sunday morning, about seven o'clock, by a young woman who was passing at the time, and pre sented an appearance which denoted that his savage murderer had coolly and premeditately committed the act which de prived his wretched victim of life. The throat was nearly cut across ; two stabs appeared in the jugular, a large cut on the forehead; two desperate wounds on the left ear, and a desperate cut on the top of the head. Within a foot of where he lay was found the organ which the unfortunate young man had with him at the time, completely uninjured ; a stick which he carried also about two yards from him, on which no marks of blood were found; but a gilt which he wore in inside his clothes, and containing ten or twelve pounds in bank notes, was taken and carried off, as if his murderer had iware where the money could be found. at the immediate companions of the deceased, and five a who lodged in the same house with him, were on Sun (-ody, and lodged in the police seen in company c been previously taken into c station at 12. 7 athfarnharn, until the result of the inquest should be known.—D , blin Evening 1 14 c . '" MErtssY AND IRWELL FLATMI miversary of this interestir., r a tea party at Runcorn on the brated by when about 450 FRIENDLY SOCIETY. s cele- institution 28th of January, persons assembled—including the watermen, The. whole was conducted with the gratifying njoyed by these r wives, and friends ost propriety and decorum .nd it was trul to see h - owmueh the religious privilep len had sing, of raising them in tht Netween 'them and the saine , olasa,ww are• left without uimi r instruction and test on the Sabbath is very striking to all , uainted with the general character and habits of barge- As usual, the treasurer presided (Mr. bard, agent to the Old Quay Company), an whose services in promoting the best interests `-usted to his care cannot be too highly appre- scale of society The contras boatmen 'ton Lir gymen were present, and some of the most respectable inhabitants of Runcorn, including those kind la dies who managed 37 urns, put in requistion on the occasion. , After tea, of which 70 gallons had been despatched, to ge th er I by with 1361b5. of good roast I - beef and 3001bs. of plain and cur , the, treasurer read the annual report. It appear ..ciety consists of 230 memoe,. , laving liberally provided for the sick during the year, and -barged the funeral expences of ten of its members, ' by the hand of death, there remained in the hand that the nd that, after remove( Zs. each to the fi an Knowl subsenptions -namely, the wing fly , ;the Gospel Propagation So r Society, the Church Pastoral the Church I irvvell tiato After the r :n), and the Prayer Bc port had been read, the Societ holy religion, at ail times important to 11yin these a ys, when infidelity, ms abound. The heart- and the loud plaudits called forth - b; in; addresses of ti:Tir friends proved that they were a capable of unders A baud attended. applying sound instruction ending and Appropriate id other Christian poets, were sung, togetner wita tne national anthem. The company were occasionally lefreshed with oranges during the e cheerful and friendly conver sa ti on prevailed. nes which sometimes nepsr sr :end of th, the celebration of benefit societies, when the intoxicating draught has been indulged in, all was here harmony, peace, and brotherly love. After hearing the 13th chap. of the Ist Corinthi ans rea d, and receiving the blessing of the clergy.. man in who se district the meeting was held, the p ar t y b roke up, having enjoyed a most delightful evening, prepared to go forth to their al!otted stations as those who desire ever to bear in mind the apostolic injunction—To " honour all men, love the hrotherhood, fear God, and honour the King." When we see such happy results from attention having been paid to the moral and religious improvement of bargemen and boatmen, we cannot but cordially wish success to the efforts now making in Staffordshire and other quarters for the benefit of this long neglected class ; and we do hope that something effectual will be done this session of parliament to put an end to Sunday labour on rivers and canals in every . part of the kingdom, that a nun:emus and useful body, of our countrymen may enjoy the privileges to which, as British subjec they are so justly entitled. —Worcester Journal. tS TUNA tt,tteV44,ii MVAtit't IrOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. VAN' AMBIJRGH, _ will appear this Evening with the whole of his match, less Collection of LIONS, TIGERS, &c., positively for the LAST TIME here. Fifth Night of Mr. ELTON.—Fourth Night of Mr. G. VANDENHOFF.—Third Week of Mr. J. S. BALLS. Tr HIS present FItIDAY, March 5, 1841, will be performed the favourite Comedy of THE RIVALS Falkland.. Mr. Elton Bob Acres. Sir Anthony Absolute . • Sir Lucius O'Tricrz . Capt. Absolute.. Mr. G. Vandenhoff. (first time) .. Mr. J/S. Balls. Mrs. Malaprop.. Lydia 1 Mrs. Clarke Mr. Baker Miss Cleaver Juli Mr W. H. Bland Mrs. lfarton Ta conclude with, for the last tine, the New and Original Drama, in Three Acts, written expressly to introduce Mr. Van Amhurgh's Collection of Trained Animals, called MUNGO PARK; OR, THE ARAB OF THR, NIGER. Karfa, the Arab of the Niger Mr. Van Amburgh. Mungo Park...., Mr. Gray. Col Laidly.. Mr. Chaplin. Toby Gander ... Mrs. Baker. Immalee' s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d. ; Prices of Admission :—Box Pit, 2s. 6d. ; Gallery, is. Doors to be cpened at Half-past Six, and the Performance to commence at Senn. The Box-office will be oocned daily, when Places in the Boxes may be taken of Mr. MINSTER, from Ten until Three. A limited number of Season Tickets to be disposed of. — Application to be made at the Box-office. TO-MORROW (Saturday), the Tragedy of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Mr. Elton; Mercutio, Mr. G. Vandenhoff ; Juliet, Mrs. W. H. Bland.—To conclude with the new Farce of the DANCING BARBER. Naicissus Fitzfrizzle, Mr. J. S. BAls. The new Farce now performing with great success at the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket, called BOB• SHORT, will shortly be produced, in which Mr. Balls will sustain the character of Bob Short. In addition to the list of auxiliaries.already announced, an arrangement has been made with the popular Performer, Mr. JAMES WALIJACK, of the Theatres-Royal, Drury lane and Haymarket, who will commence an engagement for a limited number of nights immediately upon the close of the Haymarket Theatre, being his first appearance here since his return from America. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. MRS. WAYLETT'S FAREWELL NIGHT, rfilHIS present FRIDAY, the sth of March, the Perform ance will commence with a new Burletta, entitled THE LADIES' CLUB. Mrs. Fitzmyth . Mrs. Waylett. To which will be added, the Burletta, written for, Mrs. Waylett, by B. Bernard, Esq., entitled THE FOUR SISTERS ! ! Caroline Merton Mrs. Wayl ! Diana NI erton Mrs. W• ett!! Eugenia Merton M aylett!!! Ellen Merton M Vaylett ! !!! To conclude with (altered and compre ed as an afterpiece) the Grand Spectacle of BLUE BEARD; on, FEMALE CURIOSITY. Fatima.... Mrs. Waylett. Irene.... Mrs. Raymond. Tickets and Places for tha Boxes to be had each day of Mr. J. FOGG, at the Box Office, from 11 to 3. Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2.3. ; Gallery, 6d.—Second Price, Half past 8, Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; No Second Price to the Gal lery. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six. Performanee to commence at Seven precisely. Private Boxes, to contain Seven, to be had on application at the Theatre, Price £1 Is. jB. HEWITT, SHORT-HAND WRITER and PRINC I P A L • REPORTER to the Liverpool Standard, respectfully informs Professional Gentlemen and Parties interested, that he purposes to supply accurate VERBATIM jtEPORTS of the Trials in the Nisi Prius Court at the ens tng Assizes, on terms peculiarly moderate. _ 1 permitteC 3 entlemenvof the hi; :hest re- - Letters, addressed to the STANDARD OFFICE, will receive immediate attention. WATERLOO COURSING MEETING NOW ON VIM' FOR. A FEW PAYS, IE COMMITTEE-ROOM Of LYCEUM, BOLD-STREET, ys .., PICTURE of the' WATERL COURSING -11.. MEETING, painted by Mr. AN ELL, containing Portraits of the Earl of Sefton, Earl Talbo , James Aspinall, Esq., Wm. Blundell, Esq., Daniel Neilson,_Esq., James T HE nagoy, zsq., Denjanun Jones, .e.sq., J Uulcs pUIAI - 11G, James Ball, Esq., Jonathnn William Eon, Esq., T. Reddish, Esq., &c., with upwards of Sixty Portraits of other distin- guished individuals. OPEN FROM TEN TO FOUR O'CLOCK SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT We feel extremely gratified by the kind and flattering notice which our talented cotemporary, the Dublin Evening Mail, has bestowed upon the Sketches" which have recently appecired in the columns of the STANDARD. The commendation of the leading Irish Journal is no trifling compliment; and we are proud to say, that the opinion of our coternporary, has been echoed by many of our friends on this side the channel. The series will of course be'continued, and we have no doubt will increase in interest and importance. The following is the paragraph from the Evening Mail : " Our able cotemporary, the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, contains some admira graphic outlines of the TRIAN STATt effort of -art f our fello W 044 NO aplicity s depends dividends derived frornbank Ole an parliamentary proceedings and parliamentary speak- contained in its last num- Morpeth's bill, and illustrative of the talent, or the reverse, ex- hibited by those Members who took a part in the dis cussion, we extract the following—those of Mr. Fre derick Shaw and Mr. Daniel O'Connell. The series is extremely well written—written, too, on the spot, and evidently the production of no ordinary pen." TO CORRESPONDENTS " A Constant Reader" may rest assured that we will not lose sight of the subject to which he refers ; but we cannot possibly find room for his letter. We respectfully suggest to Mr. POTTER the propriety of in serting his letter as an advertisement. We have very reluctantly deferred, until Tuesday, the ap pearance of the " Verses by a Non-resident Clergyman." `• A Protestant" will see, from the state of our columns, that we cannot find room for his highly important letter, but we expect to do so on Tuesday. ETA Lt pool FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1841 The annual grant to the popish college of Maynooth is small in amount, but immensely large on the score of principle; and we feel therefore deeply indebted to Mr. Colquhoun for having prepared himself in the manner he has done to bring the question before Par liament and the country. The London Morning Chro nicle, acting on the principle invariably pursued by the factious journals and party in Ireland, to pervert every measure designed to restrain the corrupting influence of the popish priesthood into a supposed evidence of hostility to the people, argues that the proposition to abolish this grant is a clear proof of the " hatred" of the English towards Ireland. " In a nation like this," says that journal, " where riches and splendour are almost worshipped, those that grudge the Irish people the few thousand pounds that it costs to buy a few books and a few potatoes for the youth intended for the national altar, are actuated by a spirit of the last degree of contumely and,outrage." Now if the sum annually granted to Maynoc,th could be entered in the.national ledger simply thus— " Item—To books and potatoes for sucking priests, £B,OOO and there were no ng unconscientious in the expendi ture, there are few that would think it worth while to raise a controversy on the subject. But this is the sort of sham-fighting by which everything vitally im portant in Irish questions is gotten rid of. "Don't meddle with this, and don't meddle with that, lest you provoke the papists—a most irritable race. Don't vex them, or you can't imagine what will happen." But it The more or less in the Maynooth grant is not at all the question ; but whether, in point of principle, it would not be just as culpable to grant sd. as .£B,OOO port of su. The foundation of ruits o. !iency, and it is time for the nation not only to repent of its folly, but to undo the act—so far as it may now be possible. Discontinuing the grant merely will indeed be but an inadequate atonement for the wrong done to the Irish people—not to speak of that which has been commit- lost High—by the original device, and the sustentation of it for so many years; but, as an evidence of a , right change of mind, it will be of against the 3 the utmost value and importance To grant money for the support of a popish college would be a consistent act in a popish legislature; but for a Protestant parliament and Protestant nation to grant it, is a gross and palpable dereliction of princi ple. How can we complain of the poor Irish papist who forswears himself in courts of justice, shoots Pro testant parsons or landlords, or takes up the arms of rebellion against hii overeign, whilst he believeS that Protestanti are heretics, in persecuting whom he does God service, and is persuaded that in taking a false oath, provided it he for the good of his church, he commits no perjury whatever; how can we complain, we say, of the poor and ignorant doing all this, when the priests teach them so, and it is we who teach the priests, or pay for their schooling at Maynooth Col lege, which is the same thing? . Nor do we this in ig norance; for we are, or ought to be perfectly aware, that thus it is that the priests must instruct their fol- IV Polon ufilinly Thin Am I tii,oght by my priest, and I ar warranted in inferring that you approve of his instruction, for you endow that college wherein all our priests are nursed." Na' he may justl !)r infer much more than ;, quite soothing to his own mind, and adverse, in an eminent degree, to the interests of our church and nation But it is waste of time to offer any demonstration of that which is intuitively perceptible. On the ground of principle, the Maynooth grant is utterly indefensi ble; and as we hold that what is wrong can never be expedient, so we do certainly aver that this grant is fully as in-expedient as it is unprincipled. • The original concession was made under the suppo sition that if the popish priests were educated at home instead of abroad, the government, by catching them young, and training them under its own eye, might mitigate their ferocity, obtain some control over them, instil into their savage breasts some small. modicum of respect or regard for British institutions; but how perfectly fallacious was the idea! The Maynooth-bred priests have turned out ten times more savage and in tractable than those of the old school, and serve them right who indulged in so delusive a dream concerning their native dispositions. We can well believe that it was from no love to popery, onto its priesthood, that Maynooth was founded. It was felt, doubtless, that popery was the master evil of Ireland, and the found ers most likely chose this method as one to mitigate it, not considering that in pursuing the shadow, they might endanger the substantial, and that in seeking to conciliate, they were rendering the nation responsible for nourishing and sustaining the monster itself, whose very existence was its greates s t infliction. There is nothing in the ostensible object of the meet ing convened by the MAYOR for Monday next, " to take into consideration the restrictions and prohibitions of our commercial code, and to determine on all pro per measures for obtaining such alterations therein as may appear expedient," that necessarily involves any peculiar views or feeling of party.. We adverted to this topic briefly in our last number, but as the subject is one of very great niotnentand interest to all classes, we may be excused for recurring to it in our present. We have said that the removal of restrictions in our commercial code is a matter in which all parties are equally concerned—so far as that removal may be really useful and beneficial to the community—and we are not disposed to allow to, or assume for, any parti cular class a monopoly in a proper, national, and pa triotic feeling for the prosperity of British commerce and manufactures. It is easy to raise a cry for free trade, and do a tolerable share of business in that vo cation, whilst for any practical purpose the clamourers might as well keep silent, or, rather, had much better remain so. The cry is in general popular, and com mends to popularity. It promises low prices and in creased industry. It holds out expectations of novelty and change—is experimental and exciting, and there fore has on its side all that is flattering and attractive. But though the principle is excellent, the theory admi rable, yet when we come to carry it out into practice, we find that it has so many difficulties to encounter, that it can be acted on only to a limited extent. Much circumspection is especially required in applying it in a country where commercial and financial relations are so complicated as they are in ours. We grant that popular feeling may be legitimately called into exercise on questions in which the principle is involved; but it is unwise on the part of statesmen to foment a mania of this description, and still worse that they should be compelled to give way, contrary to their better judgment, before its impulse. We should remember the Penny Post—age. It is a fresh and me morable example to cool our ardour and assist our judgment. We had, in that instance, free trade—in letters, the removal of restrictions, and, popular solicita tion combined in the happiest amalgamation. The theory was beautiful : correspondence was to be cheap, and the revenue was not to suffer. " Cheap, uniform, and productive"--that was the thing ; and everybody exclaimed that if " Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid,'? it was something little short of inspira . tion which suggested to' Mr. Rowland Hill the idea of sending them through the postoffice for a penny. The project was carried, as it were, by storm; but what has been the consequence to the revenue ? Why the loss of upwards of one million sterling per annum !—a loss by no means trifling at any time, but really serious and important at a time when Whig management has brought our annual expenditure so much beyond in come. Hence the inference is plain, that pop:ilar feel ing is no safe guide in these matters. The clamour for free trade in corn is another tolera bly clear proof that commercial regulation is not ex actly an affair to be entrusted to the collective wisdom of popular assemblies. When aldermen and town councillors broach such monstrous doctrines on this head, nothing that comes from factory operatives, or the corn-law league, ought to give us the least surprise. In the course of last week we have had the advantage of hearing that profound statesman and prodigious orator, Sir Joshua Walmsley, expatiating on this topic as chairman of the Tradesmen's Reform Association; and, as he, professed to base his arguments on scrip tural grounds, we were the more struck by the nice regard to truth arid logic which he evinced in raising his superstructur9. He told the associated tradesmen " that they saw the common necessaries of life—the food 9f man—the bread, the beef, the pork, the coffee, the sugar, all the most necessary commodities of life, denied admittance into the country, unless at famine prices. And they -saw those who were the producers of wealth, upon whom the rich and affluent depended for all their comforts, sweating and toiling all day, and condemned to eat the lowest food produced." Under the vehement persuasion of such a spokesman, we make no doubt that the auditory saw all this at the moment in their " mind's eye," and would have seen almost anything with the aid of a trifing modicum of that potent conjurer which sometimes makes men "see double," had the eloquent chairman thought proper to lay any further contribution on their optical powers; but the statement is nevertheless' a most reckless and unwarrantable exaggeration. He next proceeded to quote Scripture to his purpose :--" It was written in the Divine law, He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him;' and a learned and pious divine, of the present day, had added, Yea, and God shall curse him too, both in time and eternity.'" At this there were vehement " cheers," and the speaker rioted, doubtless, in all the luxury of applause. This "learned and pious divine", must, we should think, have for• gotten the - Scripture which says, " hies-s, and curse not;" at all events his amen to the saying of the wise king, and the entire quotation, is utterly destitute of. the smallest relation to a protecting duty upon corn "He that withholdeth corn"—that is the letter; but the spirit of the passage is, " He that shutteth it up unnecessarily--b e that denieth it altogether," and it is put in opposition to the remainder of the sentence— " but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it." Having set his oratorshiP right in this little mat ter, we shall now give the conclusion of his argument, which will show in what an excellent and honest spirit the whole was conceived : " But what said the landed aristocracy ? You shall buy your corn from our estates, and at our own prices ; and, not content with all the luxuries they now enjoy, they deprive the poor man of the common necessaries of life, by denying him that which is the unalienable right of every man—the free exchange of his manual productions for as much food as he can eat. (Hear, bear.) It was to change such laws as these they were united, and it was a source of regret to him that the association was not better supported, in the manner, it formerly was." Lord Melbourne, we have no doubt, would say of this gentleman—. , Though he's my friend, I must tell you—but softly, the truth is, he's a little touched in his upper.story; he has been taken with the anti-corn law fever, and is labouring under its usual effects." But if the chairman of these reformers of our corn.. mercial code —these wholesale reducers of duties on imports —was thus extravagant, it is natural to suppose of the associatio n were st i ll that the ordi nary members ' more rapid; and the fact was just so. The chairman only insinu ate d dislike; b ut o the rs , taking the cue from his worship, spoke out plainly; as for instance Mr. Charles Holland, in tire following passage :---- " He would advise their ari:itocratic opponents not to draw the attention of the people to the tenure by which they hold their lands. (Hear, hear.) If they denied the people the free right of exchanging their labour, let the people ask them by what right do you bold your lands ? by what parchment title is it 1' how did you obtain this right? whence came the t na the Goc4ition was, that the supply all the 'military force of the country, and that they were bound to find all the revenues and taxes by which the state is supported. It would be found that there is no pre- scriptive rights Mr. ALDEIUMAN SHELL •nest rose, and declared that "after the eloquent address of Mr. Holland, there remained little for him to say." However, the mouse came forth, and it was just as knowing a one in all respects as its little brother that preceded it on the stage. We shall not stop, however, to anatomise him. We have merely adverted to the business in order to show how utterly unfit such persons would be to un dertake the reform of our commercial code, and to suggest a caution to those who may be willing, and very properly so, to support a charige in our existing tariff, but entertain a determined hostility to all such extreme—such revolutionary and destructive bouleverse ments, as these self-styled reformers seek to effect. There are some whose favourite policy seems to be to separate the different classes of society, and to per suade them that they have different interests. They cry, " Success to commerce and manufactures," but "God speed the plough" sticks in their throat, and they uevcr can utter it. With such reformers we have no sympathy ; we pray, rather, a good deliverance out of their hands. It would be well' if sensible and moderate men would come forward, -not for the purpose of thwarting the movement now likely to be commenced for the revisal of our commercial system, but for the purpose of taking it out of the hands of these extreme gentlemen, and giving it a safe and proper direction. It. is rarely that an increase of the estimates affords Matter of congratulation or is likely to prove agreeable intelligence to the country; yet'we pretend to say, that the augmentation of the navy estimates for this year by the sum of £729,623; and the proposal to strengthen the service with an accession of 5,835 additional sea men, will be well received throughout the kingdom. Ministers have too long most shamefully neglected the glorious wooden walls of Old England ; and while we may regret that there should be a cause for this in creased expenditure, we must rejoice that the govern ment of the country has been at length roused to a proper sense of the necessity of setting the nation's right arm at liberty, and preserving it in a suitable state of health, strength, and vigour. The committal of Lord Morpeth's registration bill has been postponed to the 23d of April. The bubble could keep no longer than Monday last, and then it burst, Lord John Russell having kindly undertaken the task of communicating to th 4 house that the sequel of the piece (farce we should sayr was put off till after Easter —or, perhaps, the Greek Kalends. Bravo, Lord John ! A capital manager, thou certainly art, of as prime a set of jugglers as ever exhibited. But it is their " vocation ;" and they reckon probably with the immortal "fat knight," that it is no dishonour to them to " labour in their vocation." Certes, there is no trick too mean, no strategy too contemptible for them to resort to, if it only promise the sweets of yet another quarter day. What a confession have they not made, in the entire of this business, that Loid Stanley's was a bill which they could not resist at all by fair means. Of this fact they learned enough last session, and still worse were their prospects in this, if no ingenious de vice could be hit upon to get rid of that measure by a side-wind. For this purpose, and this only, Lord Morpeth's bill was concocted, and having answered its obstructive end, it is now thrown by " till after Easter." Well, now, as Sam Slick would say, "aynt they clever chaps, these same ministers—capital hands for doing it on the sly?" With regard to this particular feat, it is remarked that they perform it in a more finished style than others, inasmuch as they have been practising it a good while. It was first brought out in the affair of the Irish tithe bill, when they came in upon a clause of "appropriation," which they never had the slightest hope or expectation of carrying. So with their £5 franchise bill. It was never meant to be passed; it was, only designed to obstruct a good mea sure, and "keep out the Tories." The Irif,h agitator, depend upon it, will make no complaint of this delay ; it is highly probable that the proposition, nay the en tire ruse, originated with him. Ministerial patronage is the master -key to all this worthy associate's move- Threaten him with turning out the Whigs, and the consequent loss of mnch advantage to himself, and you will have him singing out for more enfran chisement, more church property, more everything, till he get his dear ministerial friends out of their hobble. Secure him in that point and you will find him bearing his disappointment as to all other objects with perfect complacency. You might set all his cries to the one tune of " Keep out the Tories." What an invaluable support to the Melbourne ministry ! Surely they only exist by his permission, and would perish in an instant beneath his frown. We have only time to refer our readers to the report of the speeches delivered on Wednesday evening against the proposed abstraction of the ecclesiastical revenues of North Wales. The remarks of the Rev. R. Davies and the Rev. D. Jamei are especially worthy of perusal and most serious consideration. These gentlemen prove, by the most irrefragable arguments, the impolicy and inexpediency of reducing the number of Bishops in the Principality, as well as the crying evil of attempt ing to abstract any of the revenues from a church, the livings of which, as cleaily established by the respec tive speakers, are already disgracefully impoverished. But we shall have other opportunities of adverting to this subject. LOCAL NEWS, PORTRAIT OF TIM REV. HUGH WNEILE.—A very ad mirable portrait, in watercolours, of the Rev. Hugh W/sreile, is now on view at Mr. Crisp's office in Church-street. It is by Mr. A. Robertson. The reverend gentleman is repre sented standing at the altar, in the act of reading the Com munion Service. The artist has most appropriately appended a portion of the second commandment as his inscription, " Thou shalt not bow down to them nor worship them." Those who have heard the reverend gentleman utter the words in the attitude in which he is represented, will be at once struck with the success of the artist in his attempt to delineate the features of Mr. M`Neile at the period when he is called upon to read this portion of the communion. The like ness amounts to identity, and is decidedly the best that has been yet taken, as it conveys at once an impression of the reverend gentleman's commanding figure and very intellec tual countenance. The robes are most tastefully and grace fully put on. Taken altogether, it is a very pleasing, clever, and excellent likeness. As an engraving will be executed from this drawing, the rev. gentleman's friends and admirers may have an opportunity of becoming possessors of a fac simile of it. if the engraver does his work well, he will pro duce an invaluable work of art. REV. HUGH STOWELL.—This able and intrepid divine preached two sermons on Sunday last, in St. Andrew's Church, on behalf'Of the day and Sunday schoOls connected with the church. His evening's sermon was replete with wisdom, and considered by those who heard it to be a mas ter-piece of eloquence. The Church was densely crowded, and a great number of dissenters were present. The collec tions amounted to the handsome sum of Xl2O. LECTURE TO THE JEWS.—We understand that a sermon will be preached this evening, in St. Simon's Church, Sir Thomas-buildings, by the Rev. H. S. Joseph, when two members of the house of Israel will be baptised. NEW M USIC.—Mr. J. Davies, whose performances on the Rock Harmonicon have delighted and pleased every body, has just published a set of very capital quadrilles, and a fine march. The former he has dedicated to Mrs. Robertson Gladstone, the latter. to Cresswell Cresswell, Esq., M.P. As Ali. Davies has frequently performed the march on the Harmonicon, in conjunction with Mr. Richardson's sons, it must be familiar to all. We know it has been much admired. Both compositions do Mr. J. Davies very great credit, and we warmly yecommend_them to notice. MRS. WAYLETT'S BENEFIT, LIVER THEATRE.—The Earl of Sefton is a true patron of the drama : he always comes forward to support talent and ability. We perceive he has been kind enough to patronise Mrs. Waylett's benefit, to-night, at the Liver. A very full and fashionable house may be anticipated, as his lordship brings a large party with him. To THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.—We are sorry to find so many members of the medical profession object to our noticing Mr. Cronin's successful treatment -for deafness. This gentleman hac done many of our friends so much be nefit, that we feel assured when his practice is well known, it will be the only one practised in this country. Mr. C.'s ad vertisement is liberal, and well deserves attention. THE SOUP KITCHENS. - It will be a sOUWe. , 7;atisfaction to the public, as indicating a diminution of the privation and suffering lately so prevalent in the town, to know, that the operations of the soup establishments will shortly be brought to a close. We congratulate the gentlemen who have had the'management of these establishments upon the approach ing termination of their labours, and upon the large amount of seasonable relief which they have been instrumental in ad ministering to the poorer classes of cur fell ow -t ownsmen during the late severe winter. By the laudable. generosity with which the public responded to the call upon their hu mane and charitable sympathies, the amount of soup supplied has not only been fully adequate to the demand, but a balance of the subscription remains in hand, sufficient, it is believed, to meet the necessities of the two next se asons, s h ould no extraordinary or protracted rigidness of the weather re quire an unusual amount of this description of .aid. The account of soup delivered at the several shops, from their commencement up to Saturday last, is as follows: GALLS. Gill-street, opened on the 30th of December last.. 21,933 Flint-street Pickop-street 4th of January last .. 38,528. Total ~ ff. COUNCIL PIMCPIDINtII4 The wood adjournad - ilusrterly meeting a the ColwA. which was also the usual monthly meeting, was heldon ed lay, at eleven o'clock, in the Council Cbamber, To wn- hall. The TOWN-CLERK read the proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the Finance Committee. Mr. EARLE asked whether the gentlemen who formed a deputation to London, and who recently had an interview Marquis of Normanhy regarding the health of the .own, adverted to the circumstance of burial-pieces being established in the vicinity of chucehes? He confessed hat he was rather interested in the question, because he under stood it was in contemplation to attach a burial-ground to a church at Spekelands, in his neighbourhood.: He believed that when the buildir ' , of the church was first proposed, it. was not contemplated that a burial-place should be attached —at least, if it was contemplated, it was concealed from those who interested themselves in the undertaking, else they would not have subscribed. Every one knew how unpleasant it was to reside in populous districts situated in the vicinity of burial grounds, and as Windsor would be shortly as densely 'populated as Liverpool, he thought it ought to be the duty of the corporation to interest themselves in what was likely to conduce to . the welfare of its inhabitants. Mr. CASE, in reply to the question, said that the com mittee did not conceive 'that their powers extended to the length'adverted, and consequently no interrogatories were put upon the subject. There was no clause in the Marquis of Normanby's bill which at all adverted to burial-grounds, and therefore u question was asked of his lordship respecting. them. He (Mr. Case) thought he might be able to give a better explanation after the report on the health of the town had been read, by which the council would be put in posses sion of a report from the committee and surveyor touching the effect that the clauses in the Marquis of Normanby's bill would produce. Mr. EARLE said, his question - had no reference to the clauses of the bill alluded to by Mr. Case. His question simply was, whether any measures had been taken on the subject of the increase of burial-grounds in such a populous town as Liverpool, and, if not, he would move that the Fi nance Committee take it into consideration. The MAYOR said that no measures had been taken on the subject. Mr. EARLE repeated that it was important something should be done to prevent the establishment of such places in populous neighbourhoods, and was strongly inclined to move thattheattention of the Finance Committee be called to it. • Mr. 11.. HORNBY thought it would be more desirable to move any such instruction to the Health Committee, after the proceedings of that committee had been read. Mr. :Sunin thought Mr. Earle's the preferable plan, be cause the Finance Conithittee' had sent a deputation to-Lon din. If an instruction of the kind to the Health Committee, who had not sent forward any deputation, were moved, the Council might only be involving themselves in the expenses of another deptitation. Mr. H. HORNBY said his reason for wishing to see the in, struction moved to the Health Committee, was solely because the subject of the health of the town came more particularly under their cognizance. Mr. EARLE inquired the title of Lord Normanby's bill. Mr. HORNBY replied; that it was generally called the with the drainage bill. Mr. GEORGE HOLT suggested, as the.matter was of con siderable importance, and entitled to full consideration, that the proceedings be confirmed, and that the subject introduced by Mr. Earle be brought forward at the next meeting of Council. In the meantime, members would have ample time afforded them for arriving at a full knowledge 'of the sub ject. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE did not consider that the decision of the question lay between the Council and the House of Commons, because no clause contained in Lord Naemanby's bill would prevent parties from attaching burial-grounds to churches, if they thought proper so to do. In his opinion, they ought to lay the matter before the bishop, or, in the meantime, refer it to the Health Conimittee. Mr. EVANS took that opportunity of expressing his dis sent, at once, from Mr. Lawrences proposition of referring the Council here and there on the subject of local affairs. They ought to go to the bishop, forsooth ! when the fact was that the present was, an affair that concerned the locality, and the bishop ought not to be thought of on any occasion of the kind. He hoped the deputation would protest against what is generally called legislation, because he had no idea that a great town like Liverpool should be put into the same category with Ormskirk and Prescot. The object of the municipal reform bill was to create local government, and if that bill were adhered to, everything would be left to local government. Mr. JOHN HOLMES said, that as the commissioners sitting in London were likely to be appointed under Lord Norman by's bill, for the management of local affairs in the provincial towns, steps had been taken by the Finance Committee to prevent such commissioners from being appointed; and he believed he might say that they had succeded in preventing any commissioners sitting in London from interfering. Mr. CASE had every reason to believe that the system of centralisation, or the management of the affairs of Liverpool by commissioners sitting in London, would be abandoned. (ilear.) Sir J. WALMSLEY understood it to he 'the intention of the lords to denude the bill in some respects, by taking the sca venging department out of the hands that held it at present, and giving it to the highwaymen. Mr. YAIES, hating discovered, by the reading of the finance proceedings, that a 'salary was to be • paid to a Mr. Jones, an additional clerk to the magistrates' clerks, inquired why such salary should be paid by the council ? The TOWN-CLERK replied. Under the municipal corpora tions act the magistrates clerks were entitled to certain fees, but afterwards they had to be paid by fixed salaries, which fixed salaries left a surplus that came into the borough fund, out of which a charitable fund of Xl5O per annum was form ed, disposable by the magistrates of the•borough. It followed, therefore that the council had not only to pay the clerks, but also such expenses as were . incidental to their office. Then the consideration of the question as to whether the assistance claimed by them was necessary, and the amonnt to be paid for such assistance proper, came before the council, inasmuch as the council was interested in the net surplus of the office ; but the appointment of such clerks did not rest with the council. The IvTAyoa here informed the council that owing to the absence froth chlty . Or the deputy tciiWriclerk; he had appointed Mr. Falcon to perform the necessary duty at the sessions now being holden, and that an arrangement was made with that person on terms which the town-clerk considered rea sonable. Mr. H. HORNBY moved that the salary of Mr. Joshua Smith, clerk and collector under the treasurer, be increased from £l2O to £l5O pei annum. Mr. BARCLAY seconded the motion.—Carried unani mously. Mr: H. HORNBY moved that Mr. James Abbot, clerk to the clerk of committees, have his salary raised from £l5O to £250 per annum. Mr. ROBINSON moved that Mr. Abbot's salary be increased only by £5O per annum. Mr. EVANS seconded the motion. Sir J. Walmsley, Mr. Hornby, Mr. John Smith, Mr. W. Earle, and Mr. Platt supported the original motion, and with the town-clerk, spoke in high terms of Mr. Abbot's services, adducing Mr. Okill's testimony in his favour, that gentle man having declared that he could not possibly do without Mr. Abbot's assistance. . _ _ Mr. Shell, Mr. M`Kee, Mr. Proctor, and Mr. Blackburn supported the amendment. '['he result of the division was — For the amendment • • Against it .. • • Majority .. • • The original motion was carried. THE TOWN DUES Upon the motion of Mr. H. Hornby, the question of ap pointing a clerk to detect the many frauds that are being com mitted in the payment of the town dues, was referred to the Finance Committee. THE WATCH COMMITTEE The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the Watch Committee were next read, amongst which wets the follow- REPORT The Watch Committee beg to lay before the council the criminal and other police returns for the year 1840. Although the criminal classes have not in the aggregate decreased during the past year in the same ratio as in 1839, there has been a considerable diminution in the number of individuals in custody more than once, and of course a cor responding decrease in the number of hardened offenders. Number of individuals in custody for felony; as suspicious characters, &c.—ln 1840, 4893; in 1839, 5005. In 1840 the convictions, to the whole number of prisoners in custody, were forty-four per cent.; and in 1839, fifty-one per cent. In the class of juvenile thieves there is a decrease—in 1840, the number known to the police was 139 ; in 1839, 171. The number of burglaries and housebreakings in 1840 was 233 ; and in 1839, 219. The number of felons apprehended in the act by the police in 1840 was 136 ; and in 1839, 132. The total number of offences prevented by the police in 1840 was 212 ; and in 1839, 237. _ The number of prisoners apprehended by the police sub sequent to the commission of the offence, from a description of their persons was, in 1840, 1507 ; and in 1839, 1567. The following is a comparative summary of the criminal returns for the last two years :—ln custody in 1840, 17,522 ; in 1839, 18,074. Committed in 1840, 7504 ; in 1839, 9213. Discharged in 1840, 10,018; in 1839, 8861. The following gives a summary of offences against the bye laws :—Number of offences in 1840, 4903—Penalty, £958 Bs. 6d. Ditto in 1839. 3282—Penalty, £BB2 13s. 6d. The number of fires in 1840 was 129 ; and in 1839, 103. The amount of property lost in 1840 was £6128 ss. ; and in 1839, £8530 9s. gd. The amount of property saved under the roof of the build ing or buildings on lire was, in 1810, £161,125 ; and in 1839,1:159,278 9s. 6d. The number of brothels was, in 1840, 568 ; and in 1839, 591. During the past year, 72 disorderly houses w ere c l ose d in consequence of being inicted, and 84 by removals of the parties, reformation, transportation, and death—in all, '156. There were, however, 133 houses of this description opened, leaving a decrease in the number of brothels of 23. The: number of houses where prostitutes lodge was, in 1840, 209 ; and 1839, 184. During the past year 2) ) 8 were closed, and 43 new ones opened. The number of prostitutes inhabiting both descriptions of houses was, ifi 1840, 2489 ; and in 1839, 2404. . JostuA. WALMSLEY, Chairman. • Sir J. WALMSLEY laid on the table certain returns con nected with the Police-office, which he said were compiled and accuracy, and moved that the tabular contained in them be printed, and a copy sent to each member of the Council, the magistrates, and the secre tary for the home department.—Ordered. with great care forms, , - THE BILLET-MASTER. Sir J. WALMSLEY moved the confirmation of Mr. Com missioner Dowling as billet-master, without any further emo lument than he had at present.—Agreed to. _ _ . FURTHER INCREASE OF SALARIES. Sir J. WALMSLEY rose again, and moved that the salary of Mr. John Hewitt, foreman to the fire police establishment, be increased from £lOO to £l2O. Mr. TuouNurm. seconded the motion.- mously. Sir J. WALMSLEY next moved that the salary of Mr. W m , M`Fadzen; superintendent of scavengers, be increased by OR sum of £3l. Mr. SLATER seconded the motion.—Carried unanimously The proceedings of the Improvement , Markets, Tow n -h a ll . , Education, (f ro m which Mr. Alderman Earle w as a l lowed to retire,) Church Expenditure, and Courts of Law and Re questp Committees, were next read and confirmed. —Carried unani- HE PARKS COMMIT Mr. SANDBACII moved the confirmation of the proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the Parks Committee. Mr. EvANs said if he wanted any additional reason for oppos ing the project of erecting park s , i t was to be found in the reports which had just been read, by which it appeared that the quantity of land intended for the purpose was cut up into detachments; that it was intersected by Lodge-lane, and that it wanted consolidation. He would wish that, once for all, this question would come on for discussion, and that the Palls Committee should not be entering into communi cations with Lord Sefton, which, he was convinced, could never end in any real bu s i ness. They had laid out £lOO now, and he hoped that that would be the first and last of their expenditure ; for the subject ought really to be put into a shape in which it could come once for all before the com mittee. Mr. JOHN HOLMES agreed in the sentiments given utter ance to by Mr. Evans,..knowing well that they could not pay even theinterest on the sum required without a borough rate. Mr. SANDBACH thought it unfair of Mr._Evana to Burk ouuncil in due time, and in it judgment: subiioitted Tho ?latien would he laid before the he again hoped they a interi. TOWN-CLERK said the council would not be cow " assing the proceedings at present in mitred in an ne ordinary-mod Mr. Is I4vans per, Mr. 13USHELL said that _ _ arks Committee had been unanimously elected by the council, it was unfair to pass any ti:ing like a vote of censure upon them without first learning That they had to propose. The suggestion made by Mr. - - fair one, namely, that the council ought re before them, nc IloLmEs thought the remarks made by Mr, ectly applicable. of tLe details of Mr. J The proceeding .s the PI rents until the plans v g of them to condemn a measure, -• • ieh they knev (Hear, hear.) t the discussion very uncalled fo firmed. I' committee were then c THE HEALTH COMMITTE The proceedings, reso' Co,nrnitt )ns, and directions of the Health -...,c were next read, and the report of the committee in reference to Lord Normanby's bill, intituled " An act for the better drainage 'd improvement of buildings in large towns and villages - -med. ~ eon. JEWISH DISABILITIES Mr. EvAtis moved the following resolution :—That there are in the borough of Liverpool many inhabitants of the Jew ish persuasion ; that many of them are natives of th e t own , and are persons of p ro p er ty an d consideration here, who, as well by reason of their property as by the respectability of their characters and their intelligence, are in all respects qualified and entitled to possess all the rights of citizens : that the council have heard with great satisfaction that there is a bill before parliament to enact " That it shall be lawful for persons professing the Jewish religion to subscribe the declaration contained in an act of the first year of her present Majesty, intituled, An act for the relief of Quakers,' " &c., provided always, that in making such declaration as afore said, such person shall declare that lie professes the Jewish religion : that the council are anxious to declare their hearty concurrence in the wise and liberal views evinced by the present measure : and that petitions be therefore presented to both houses of parliament, praying that this bill may pass into a law. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE seconded the motion, in which he professed hearty concurrence.—Carried unanimously. On the motion of Sir. JOSHUA W.ALMSLEY, it was resolved that the Mayor be empowered to take the necessary prelimi nary proceedings preparatory to laying a rate of 2d. one hundred and seventy-nine thousandths of a penny in the pound on the old borough and out townships. The council then adjourned. MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE The weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was held yes terday. There were present Messrs. Benn, Holmes, Smith, Aiken, Evans, G. Holt, Mellor, Booth, Bulky, Chapman, Ripley, Moon, and Tobin.—Mr. BENN presided. The Sub-committee reported that two cases of fraud had been proved against Mrs. Smith, the wife of the weigher of the Clarence Dock machine, and it was unanimously resolved that they should be removed from the situation; the Dock Surveyor to send some one to take charge of the machine till a person was appointed. The appointment of a successor, and the subject of the salaries, was referred to the Finance Committee A letter wa's read from the Pilots' Committee, recommend ing an additional buoy to be placed between the two now on Taylor's Bank, the distan2e between them being too great ; and.the Marine Surveyor having expressed his opinion that it would do no harm, but might do much good, it was or dered. SECRETARY read the following letter from the Tele office, relative to Marryatt's code of signals : " Telegraph-office,2nd March, 1841. " SIR,—In the last edition of Marryatt's Code of Signals,' the arrangement of vessels' numbers, &c.,, is so different to the preceding editions, that no t o ne vesse l i n th e edition for te year 1841 has the same numbers opposite to their names as they have in former additions, wherefore it is almost an impossibility to report vessels correctly. For in stance, on the 27th ult. we received, off Holyhead, out ward bound, by part 2nd, Marryatt's Code, No. 7483,' Can ton packet, 8.8., at 9 30, A. M.; and it was reported to the several newsrooms as above, but on inquiry it turned out that no such vessel as Canton packet' had sailed at all from Liverpool, wherefore I referred to Marryatt's new edition, and there in part 3rd, opposite to No. 7483, was Lydia,' which vessel is supposed to be the right one, as a brig of that name sailed hence on the 25th ult. Although we may sometimes guess the right name when outward bound, we can very seldom when inward ; so we are at a loss how to proceed, whether when we receive a vessel's number off Holyhead, or any other station, they are to be rep or ted by the new or th e o ld e diti o n, or by both; or to report the number only without any name attached, which to the public generally would be worse than useless. I am sorry to say that latterly the signals are forwarded in a very slow and —1 remain, sir, your most obedient servant, " G. JOHNSON." Lieut. Lord, R.N., Marine Surveyor. ss Wanner The MARINE SURVEYOR, the CHAIRMAN , _ Mr. RIPLEY, Mr. MELLOR, Mr. EV ANS , Mr. T OBIN , and Mr. CHAPMAN, pointed out the inconveniences which would arise from the -- es made in the arrangement of vessels' numbers, &c. ; and sally the matter was referred to the Marine üb-com with a request that they would attend to it imme- Mr. CHAPMAN then brought forward the following mo tion :—" To call the attention of the committee to the reduc tion of the dock rates in 1836, stated to be about 38 per cent., but which, although affording great relief on goods, has not proved equally beneficial in its operation on tonnage, owing, it is supposed, in a great measure, to the new mode of MC • ~surfing having subsequently come into active operation, and to move that the subject be referred to the Finance Com mittee, to report upon the best mode of so apportioning the reduction as to place the rates of tonnage and goods on the same relative footing, with respect to each other, as shown prior to 1838 ;_such reduction, however, not to take place until the passing of . the new Dock Bill." 10 support of this motion Mr. Chapman_ entered into a variety of details-._..:_, ---,- the proposition being referred on tfie it number of public works in contemplation by the committee. He should himself withdraw the rider to the resolution of which he had given notice, to the effect that a small charge be mzd e upon coasting vessels using the •docks,. because he felt be could not carr y it. He contended that it the, rates were reduced, there would be more difficulty in bor rowing money for the completion of the intended works ; and that when the contemplated improvements were finished, they would be equivalent to a reduction in the rates. Ir. AIKIN 0 Mr. HOLMES expressed a similar opinion. Mr. CHAPMAN explained that he meant the suggested re duction to be prospective, and he should be satisfied to allow it to stand over till the new dock bill had become law. He merely wished to establish the principle. The reduction would amount, at ten per cent., to only about £6OOO per annum, and as there was a surplus revenue of about £70,000, there was no fear of its affecting the borrowing of money. He wished to induce the India trade to come to Liverpool instead of going to London, by relieving the ship owners. Mr. RIPLEY and Mr. EVANS thought the present was not the time to enter upon this subject. Mr. MELLOR submitted that Mr. Chapman had made o ut a very -strong case, inasmuch as he had shown that in conse quence of the new system of measurement, ships had not had the benefit which they ought to have had of the reduction in 1836. The only difficulty was whether the funds were in a condition to admit of the reduction. If they were, the jus tice of the case was completely established. But in whatever way the committee might report, Mr. Chapman did not pur pose that the reduction should take place until after the new dock bill had been carried. The CHAIRMAN and - Rr. G. I - lovr said it was very well to have drawn attention to the subject, but they apprehended that the present was not the time to enter upon it. Mr. CHAPMAN said that, seeing the feeling of the com mittee was against him, be should withdraw the motion, con tenting himself with having excited attention to the subject. The committee then separated. AN EXPENSIVE "LARK."-CONDUCT OF THE HON. EDWARD SYDNEY PLUNKETT AT THE STORK HOTEL. No less a personage than the Hon. E. Plunkett, a captain, we believe, in the army—and whose trial at our assizes a bout twelve months ago, for his parti c i pa ti on i n a m ili tary e m e'ute at Wigan, must still be fresh in the recollection of our readers—was given in charge to the police for a " row" and smashing match" at the Stork Hotel, Queen's-square, yesteiday morning, where, after the fatigues of the steeple chase, he appeared resolved to perform a feat that would immortalize him in the eyes of all those sprigs of nobility who delight in breaking lamps, upsetting watchmen, and other "gentlemanly" freaks, and to whom the establishment of the new police fo,rce is " a heavy blow and great discourage- Mr. Plunkett was, in due course of Bridewell delivery', brought up into the dock yesterday, before Mr. Rushton and Mr. Heywood, and though doubtless a smart young man, appeared to be considerably jaded, and much abashed by the situation in which he stood. He wore a Ware " down.tbe road," and was otherwise in plain attire. The examinations were for some time suspended in consequence of the absence of one of the witnesses. The prisoner had employed Mr- Davenport for his defence. A porter at the hotel stated that about a quarter-past two o'clock in the morning of yesterday, the prisoner came to the house to see a gentleman named Reyes, who was stopp i o g there. He was told th a t th e gen tl eman was gone,to bee' He then asked for a bottle of Champagne, which he was in formed he could not have, as the family had also retired• He had then some words with a gentleman there, a traveller, and who being (as he believed) struck by him, took up the poker in his own defence, and attempted to strike him. A young man, a waiter at the house, corroborated the last witness so far. The name of the gentleman who was up ie the house was Hogarth, and the prisoner struck him. Ile heard him call the gentleman a scoundrel. He then broke the decanters, glass, and also the furniture and the door. Mr. Davenport cross-examined the witnesses, with a view to show that the breakage was done during the affray with the traveller; but this they both denied, stating that it was done after the gentleman had left the room and gone to bed. Mr. Thomas Hogarth said he was a commercial traveller, arid had been in the hotel from six o'clock on Wednesday evening till ten next day. Very early in the morning the prisoner and two other gentlemen came to the hotel, and the prisoner, without provocation, used language towards•him s 0 shockingly gross, that he could not repeat it. Witness said to him that he had heard his name was Plunkett, and that be was of highly respectable family, and as he could not but think that he had been drinking, he would forgive him. There upon prisoner took up the cruet stand and threw it violently at him, and after defending himself for some time, he left the room and went to bed. No defence was offered for the prisoner, and Mr. Rushton enquired what was the amount of damage done by breakage. The 'brother of the proprietor of the hotel said 'that the amount in furniture, plated goods, glass, &c., was about £3O. The whole room was wrecked up. It would require some pounds to make good the side-board : decanters and glasses were all broken, and even the carpet much cut. Mr. Davenport.-1 have heard it said in court, before the that the damages was only about £l5. The house were much ala rme d . Mr. m Rushton. —The precise amount is of no consequence families e as in e on, that Aiction extends to an amount of £5 only En hat will become the subject of a civil action. •ty to take care that persons in the garb and _nee of gentlemen, shall not conduct them selves in so aisgraceful a manner with impunity. The pri soner must pay a fine of £5 for the breach of the peaee be has committed, or be imprisoned two months; and be must further find bail for his good behaviour, himself in £lOO, and two sureties in £5O, and giv e 24 h ours ' notice of his bail. The prisoner was put down. Mr. Davenport inquired whether if bail was found it might not be received this evening? Mr. Rushton.—On what ground can it be asked? Here was a ease of gross outrage, in which much property was de stroyed and damaged, and the females in the house thrown into a state of alarm. They would have other races, and if such matters were not strongly dealt with, the town would be inundated by persons calling themselves gentlemen, who conduct themselves in a similarly outrageous manner. He could make no distinction of persons ; and if he: had the power to do so, he should in this case exercise it the other way. rny jar But it is my c