The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-09-14 00:00:00

TO .CORRI Ebr tip "tmool advance, 15s. ESDAY MORNING : the electors of Sou anTaart. pare their member ty of the honour c a politi I into a warming p )ne or o es into the SWE ade to eat the d er to see Stockp, t take stick to her two most ir. the command o whe are dod . - - an extent almost inconceivable 'inter's calico corn tion ; and as activity hould not -- gre [e cou hands ations of 1 ie laboi Ice fail anufacturer, the which God, in his 1 our land. 0 prges, o n the bowels of t capital r loom Jellies an th, our all our in full its pict ,anguine and thus we shall have the nDortant commercial a gdom— tuencies in the kin manufacturing South Lanc !ashir in.d the West Riding—converted into pocket con tituencies, and compelled to swallow M acaulaN the re)ee' i Athens, and ieniamin lawes, the rejected soap boiler of 74amb eih )ur South Lancashire friends have duly earned infamy of their position. They have deserved upon—to be made poEt al mer- iandize oT—to be sold by the George 'Wilsons ad other nobodies of the League, and to be flouted locksmiths and nailmakers of Wolver have made their bed and may sleep V illP South L: the firs en blo II shatter ngth of government He can now add that to stultify itsel h Lancashire was the fi first to fall beneath the wiles of the tempte the first to be mo ked at and kicked; and the lege of re presenting Its in the Legis- e refused to be picked t even when thrown e head of one of most e praters whia ,egislature contains We presume, he Lt she must be and would urge ,ented Sy somebody or othe rs to petition the League, or he Whig ministers, or whoever exercises tl• .ds her, in her fallen state, Ind in mercy to hand her over .save know- iould be con- panish marriages, from the boi and currency at home, and ing of ,nd, equally with .e at any he would undertE the channel fleet tion or, we dare say to diminishing the amount of their purchases from u;. How does free trade account for this ? India and China have nothing to do with potato rots, Irish famine, or expenditure of English capital upon English railways. We have taken our ordinary supply of produce from these markets, and they ought to have taken their accustomed quantity of manufactured goods from us in return. From Europe, the United States, and our corn-growing colonies, we have imported vast quantities of grain. We have trebled the money productiveness of their last year's harvest. We have poured into these countries a flood of a commodity, which they have never before seen in anything like the same amount —English gold. Yet where are their purchases of manufactures in return ? They are not to be traced. With an English piece of gold in his pocket, the Russian, the Polish, the Danish, or the American farmer has found that he can buy either cotton goods or cutlery, linens or woollens, without the necessity of trafficking with the British manufac w days ago came 1 ture .ve the still more difficult problem—what are we do with Ireland ? Our contemporary affects all s knowledge ; and with infinite confidence pro is, one day, to settle the affairs of Turkey, with ch ho is intimately acquainted, even to the ip of the another day to Law Guardian or imself to a grand mperial seral ome unfortunate Po( mmissioner Anon he t te amongst railway direc Ts, engineers, solici- secretaries, and provisional committee men, ?m he scalps remorselessly ; and next he is to ound upon the Bench, lecturing judges, magis- 3 and barris solicitors, ..tind witnesses, t they are all wrong, that there is no right except what is dictated uch by our contemporary himself. His genius niversal. He is the only safe guide for either dic opinion or statesmen to follow. He is the During to convince them tha versal arbiter who must be called in, or allowed tep in of his own accord, to settle every body's Mites. this capacity the rd unsolicited, tc controversy, which an additional fact, we believe that, by , prung up ,nd reta c., and the ma cturers of those articles with respect to the ber of inches which ought to make up a yard's th. The retailers and warehousemen complain t the length of pieces of cloth has been of late finishing, to such an extent that both are con tia,lly subjected to claims for remuneration for Irt measure; . and they propose the adoption of Lniform ,cturec )ttons, woollen lave enabled him more advantageously to operate in the markets of the world as our competitors in various articles of manu facture. Not long ago to have hinted to any free trader that the manufacturer, as well as the agricul turist, required protection, would have drawn down upon our heads a storm of ridicule. They only wanted the removal of the bread tax—" a clear stage and no favour"—to enable them to compete with all the world. They are too late in discovering their error. The German, with his cutlery ; the Swiss, with his watches and clocks ; the Russian and German with linens ; the Hamburg artisan with his cabinet furniture; and the artisans of other countries, supplied, as they now are, with all that they have hitherto been short of—a good market and capital—are teaching the free trader a different lesson. Birmingham confesses itself out done in cheapness—Sheffield is hard run, and the hitherto confident Manchester man, unwilling to confess his defeat, is fighting shadows, set up as convenient recipients of the abuse and spleen which price of his grain, we standard of - measure, to consist of 37 thus allowing room for the les to the yard tion of the old pract ce of measurement, by hich a thumb's breadth or nearly an inch was —ard. This claim the Times sets vau every y awn as unreasonable, arguing that 36 inches is le imperial yard, and that 36 inches and no more 3ght to be given. The material question however with respect to uniformity of measurement. The taller or the warehouseman would be glad to find rery yard charged for in his bills of parcels by the ianufacturer to consist of 36 inches ; to-morrow e may'even have 37 inches; but as a general rule e has only 35 inches. And thus having calculated ,g that he was buy honest and full measure - mulcted of that profit upon the understand and selling goods of ought, if directed properly, to be visited upon his own overweening stupidity. Art, he is cont We are not at all desirous of convicting these ofit by deducting for short measure. self-satisfied gentlemen of their error. We shall The Times is not content with placing his veto not trouble ourselves with the task of shewing them on this attempt of the retailers and warehouse- the connexion of their present difficulties, and the to place their transactions upon a footing of country's sufferings, with the working of their own -r certainty, but, in his ignorance of the real mad and selfish policy. It is enough to point to of the question, must of necessity throw 1 the crisis which is now upon them,—which was to lonest motives. The promoters have been rendered for ever an impossible occur ,his movement, he says, want to be enabled to rence, but which is here nevertheless. We prefer inquiring when, and how, the commun it y are to ,T 37 inches of manufactured goods for the price 36 inches,—to compel the operative to manufac- emerge from its pressure. Is there any course which the wisdom of Liberalism can devise to mai re 37 inches for the wages of 36 inches. Unfor lately for the pertinence of our contemporary's i gate the sufferings of the country ; or, is the harrow rge, the operative is manufacturing already not 1 to be driven over - us all indiscriminately, leaving it aches but 39 and even 40 inches; for the wages Ito the chance of circumstances how large a portion retailers and consumers of r of the mercantile community may escape being up not that pieces of calico, of rooted by its teeth ? We have heard something of - . „ it_..l this kind, maintained—that we shall not have a 'te of things until this process of weeding inually heir %nd impute di ! What oths complain:of is ,6 inches they are woven, a or so each is filched ,ealthy sto is effected ,he bleacher, the In the Meantime, we suppose the poOr he labourer, and the artisan, must stand trough who iof their length naked wives and children by their side, watching . Thus, a piece the progress of the cure. Perhaps by the time that loom 301 to 31 the commercial community have gone throughout the operation, we may be called upon to witness an a i ds in length (yards of 37 inches) ; the manufac irer tears off a yard and-a-half or two yards as a ats fent,"—often his only profit,—and these fents are )1d at a p rice less than they were manufactured W E do not know that it is at all re q uired from , r, thus reducing, by competition, the market value us to notice the letter in which the Rev. Edward - ,,, e, itself. The calico printer then converts Hull has attempted to r ep l y to the Rev. Dr.M ` Neil e' s _ _. • and, after hav- letter, published in our last. It is painful to us to mem s still icultural cris of printed calico ler var -a-half, the nave to place ourselves in collision WILL 411) It ber of the establishment. It is doubtl( more painful, however, to the Rev. Doctor to ap iear publicly in controversy with a brother clergy nan ; and this feeling, along with other Idon or other if sold to the ex- to Mr. Hull's last communi scarcely a piece of cation ; superfluous, we say, because Mr. Hull has _., Lure reaches the hands of wandered completely " out of the record ; s foreign consumer which is not a yard or two much so, indeed, as to threaten an interminable orter than the measure marked upon it. This is continuation of the correspondence. eof the greatest reproaches thrown upon the Mr. Hull reiterates his interpretation of Dr. , d of the British merchant in foreign markets. M`Neile's language, that, by the latter, repudiation is not worth while arguing a question like this of religion was charged against those who voted the London Times. Our contemporary never for candidates favourable to the establishment to meddle with . such questions without en- of Popery, and to the education of Papists in the 'no- to understand them. The errand boy principles of Papery. Take the question, then, as - trees or packer's ware- stated by Mr. Hull himself. What, then, is 'ent shop, wou ld fi n d that gentleman's opinions of the doctrines of the ting his own word s Church of Rome—we say nothing of his having be painful, however that he believes them to be " damnable and sworn g made tip only 35 porter, another length i many instances, b ?lard. As the r off, the piece. ices to the I task of a rejoinder there i 1 is of British manui Mancn of any abundan m this subjec Jur great - contemporary ss himself in idola be trouble of still d in the letter before us—" I , ngly as he does of what 'ong, we cannot ect intorm, aaaui Lti on w _ ---...- tine aangerous anti unserzpurut J.JUVGI mea, King ~. w h ch th a t Ch urc h h as t aug ht it s mem b ers t o be at, really, a little less ....,LlAion would, in the lie.ve." iajority of cases, become our contemporary . We Yet Mr. Hull finds no difficulty in author i sing the St a t e to pay f or t h e teac hi ng o f th ose idmit the extent and variety of the talent e n g a g ed dangerous and unscriptural Doctrines," either to upon the Times—his vast source of information, the_ priest or by and, upon some points, his honesty and correctthe priests to the young. He views; but, as an inducement to the adoption of believes the s Roman C a th o li c pr i est h oo d i n I re l an d to be "the most ignora n t pr i est h oo d i n Christen that modesty of demeanour, which is so becoming dom." Yet M aynooth, and the system, which pro. even in the wisest of us, our contemporary might vides that their sh all be ignorant of every alumni 40 well to remember that "Aliquando dormitat I}onus Homer - us." . kind of knowledge which is not d angerou3 "d the electo f patron towa eciable man )un Contemporary, the Lc rs of this world of the mo •hich ti umes to be equal .ht, upon all subje, to bar. I - John I In the Caesarean opera DENTS. On C now be considered as secure excepted. 'lnc t America are also good crop a Oeen allowed to eat rvest throughout the count d by the farmer. tons o vests of Europe and and the surplus food of 117.P.a. AV indulging in h. We owe our we nen, who rot nothing nesse& On the cent us but gloom and distiu-st nave ne the times eciate the i him a i now be' i 'e is to be we see nothing ar The ma her confidence in their neighbours nor in . The operative and the a tisan are p: paring to endure a N . \inter of privation, with a el hich they cannot buy, tantalizing them fi every shop window The coming cheap year they look forward to as one of closed factories, unem ployed and unremunerated industry, fever and famine. The shopkeeper is contracting his opera tions, afraid to buy, and unable to get paid for what he has already sold. Bankruptcy and insol vency is coming upon our commercial classes — the prudent man suffering for, and ruined, by the reckless speculator. Men of all classes, in fact, snuff coming danger in the wind ; and the wise, from conviction, and the thoughtless, from neces- t from that which we were Id to look for free trade measures s and philosophers of the League tell us your predictions of prosperity have been falsified ! "The potato rot—the Irish famine—the railways," you will say. But the potato rot has passed—dis tress in Ireland is subsiding, and the expenditure in railways is affording employment to the only portion of our population wh9 are not immersed in the general depression of the country. Stop the pro gress of every new railway ; and what then ?—You take the bread out of the mouths of the wives and families of 250,000 able-bodied men engaged upon —the profits from the shopkeepers who supply , and from the merchants who ~—employment from the miner, o gets coal and iron for them, andfrom a hundred them with necessaries report for umerent classes or naanuracturers and aritizans who are dependent upon them. These are riot the causes of the present state of things. If you still see the precise mode in which they operate. The manufacturing interest complain of restricted demand, and of unremunerative prices. The cotton manufacturer is only two-thirds employed ; is working that two-thirds at a sacrifice, and contem- plates a further restriction of working. The export trade in goods has fallen off. India, China, most our most important neutral markets, ar y may It is an assem k to repudiate relk , is an asse neither true religiOn, nor false religion, nor no religion, neither Christianity nor Anti-Christianity, nor infidelity, shall be any hindrance in the way of admission to all the privileges and functions of full memberihip.' Now, here he says plainly, that by an assembly so constituted as to repudiate religion, he means an assembly to into which neither true religion nor Christiank s a hin- . . ing to explain a passage in one of his own letters, which he says, but not truly, that I have wrested from its con- text, ai 1 misapplie " Neither true religion nor Christianity" Mr. Hull Refer to the text ; and you will find that Dr M'Neile never made a distinction between true religion and Christianity, but between true religion alse re .on—Uhristian itY and anti-Christi- THE Albion of yesterday contained an article upon dock affairs, the tone of which sufficiently betrays its author. The writer says :—" A rumour is afloat, which, we trust, is not correct, that the Dock Com mittee, true to the private influence to which that body is supposed to owe its present composition, are getting up for Parliament a skeleton bill, in which no plan nor provision for the speedy exten sion of dock warehouses is to be found ;" and he goes on to talk about " gross dereliction of duty," "virtual betrayal of the interest of the dock estate and the trade of the port," "barefaced hypocritical excuses," " private interest presiding in high which imputations this anon-y- _ mous writer flings at the Dock Committee—a body Quite as high standing composed of gentlemen o and honour as himself. That any such rumour as that which is here said to be "afloat" is, in reality so, we cannot tell. If there is such a rumour, however, it can have no foundation—in fact, it can only be based upon mere surmise ; for, in the first place, the Sub committee, to whom the preparation of the Parlia mentary business of the Trust is confided, have as yet made no report ; and, in the next place, any bill presented to parliament must, in accordance with the act of last year, contain provisions for the'extension of dock warehouses. The Albion's scribe urges that the merchants should " see that the present Dock Bill takes plenary permanent powers for building dock warehouses, according to the spirit of the act of last year, on any or all the dock quays of Liverpool ; and for providing pe cuniary means, independent of further applications to parliament, for this purpose." We hope the merchants of Liverpool will do no such thing; for a project so absurd would be scouted by parlia ment, and not for a moment be tolerated by either the dock bondholders or the public. The idea of an application, with plans, specifications, &c., for warehouses round "all" the dock quays of Liver pool, involving, as their erection would, an expen diture of four or five millions sterling, and abso lutely unfitted as some of those dock quays are, as sites for warehouses, would be moonstruck mad ness. _ If the gentleman who rides this warehouse hobby in the .Albion will have a little patience, we dare say he will find the Dock Committee quite as much alive to the interests and the con venience of the port as himself. They will, no doubt, in their next act, apply for ample powers for all present wants in this respect, reserving to themselves the privilege of further applications, to be made as their plans are from time to time brought to maturity. —At a EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES. meeting of the Board of Examiners, held on Tuesday, the 7th instant, Captain Martin Massey Milward, late master of the ship John Dugdale, of Liverpool, was examined, and found duly qualified for a First-class Master's certificate. We understand that Mr. J. Atkins has'received instruc tions from the Earl of Derby to prepare, for the festivities on the occasion of the celebration of his grandson's ma jority, some beautiful fireworks on the same grand scale as those furnished by the same gentleman during Prince Albert's visit to this town. TARLETON.—The Queen Dowager has been graciously pleased to send to the Rev. Ralph Wilde the sum of £lO, the reverend gentleman's application for as- Astance in aid of the fund now raising for building the National Schools which Mr. Wilde is erecting in a distant part of his parish. The Earl of Derby has also kindly contributed the same amount to the reverend gentleman. _ _ in answer tc Sermons in aid of the Church Education society for Ireland will be preached in several of the Liverpool churches on Sunday next, and the annual meeting, over which the Rev. Chancellor Raikes will preside, will be held on the following evening. The public breakfast, at which the Rev. Dr. M`Neile will take the chair, will take place, at the Adelphi Hotel, on Tuesday morning. THE YORKSHIRE PACKET SHIP.—The following is a list of cabin passengers by the Yorkshire, Captain D. G. Bailey, from New York :—Mr. Irving Wanwart, Mrs. Irving Wanwart, Masters Irving and Ames Wanwart, Mr. W. W. Dallas, Mrs. W. W. Dallas, Miss Matilda Dallas, America ; Mr. Wilson, Scotland ; Mrs. Wilson, Miss Phrager, Miss Wearum, England ; Mr. W. Abraham, Mrs. Quail and baby, Miss Quail, Ireland. STEALING MONEY.—At the Police-court, yesterday, a man, named Charles Edwards, was charged with stealing 9s. 10d. in the house of Mr. Robinson, an innkeeper. Prisoner had gone in with a brother workman. Each of them called for twopenny-worth of drink, and each tendered a half-sovereign in payment. The prisoner took the change that belonged to his comrade, and made off with it, as well as his own change. He was committed for trial at the sessions. DEATH OF A BOY FROM A BLOW RECEIVED IN FIGHT ING.—An inquest was held yesterday, on view of the body of George O'Brien, aged ten and a half years. It ap peared that on Tuesday last he had been fighting with another boy, Thomas Jackson, aged nine years, (who was taken into custody,) in Greenland-street; that both went down, and that deceased, who was afterwards attended by a surgeon from the Southern Dispensary, died from the effects of a blow on the abdomen, which had caused arup ture of some of the small vessels of the intestines—by which inflamation was set up, and death ensued on Sun day night. The coroner took much pains in directing the jury in this case, which appeared to border upon man slaughter. The boy accused said that " deceased put a dirty bag in his mouth, and he did not like it." The jury returned a verdict to the effect that death was caused by misfortune.—The coroner, addressing the prisoner befo re his discharge, said he had a narrow escape from being tried for felony, and strongly recommended him not again to lift his hands against any one. WEST DERBY CITAPEL.—A writer in the Albion of yesterday, affects to be extremely witty in an article with this heading. It appears that on Sunday morning last, there was no clergyman present, to take the usual moin ing service at the chapel, and the congregation departed without knowing why no gentleman officiated. Injustice to the respected rector of West Derby, the Rev. Mr. Stewart, we feel it our duty to exculpate him from all blame in the matter, as the following statement will show. During the week before last Mr. Stewart, being in a bad state of health, left for Nottinghamshire, to meet his lady, who was herself far from convalescent. Previous to leaving he made arrangements with a gentleman to supply his place, for the two succeeding Sundays , who on Sunday week duly officiated, but we believe that the gentleman in question made arrangements for another reverend brother to supply his place last Sunday morning, and for some reason, which we have not been able to learn, the latter person did not make his appearance. We are informed however that Mr. Stewart's understand ing with his original substitute was, that no other person but himself was to take the duty during his (Mr. Stewart's) absence, and why the arrangement was departed from we have not heard. On Sunday afternoon the service took place as usual. Of course no one who is at all acquainted with the Rev. Mr. Stewart could for a moment imagine that the unfortunate circumstance arose from any forget fulness on his part. Ho is a son of John Stewart, I so of this town OPENING OF THE NEW DAY SCHOOLS, IN CON NEXION WITH THE CRESCENT CHAPEL.— On Sunday last these commodious schools, situated in Salisbury street, some distance behind the chapel, were opened. The schools were opened with sermons preached in the_ chapel, in the morning by the Rev. Mr. Birrell, of Pem broke Chapel ; and in the evening by the Rev. Mr. Kelly, minister of the Crescent Chapel, and a collection made after each sermon, towards defraying the expenses of the erection of the schools. Last evening a tea-party was held in the boys' school room, a large and very commo dious apartment. The room was quite filled with a highly respectable party, in connection with the chapel, including a great number of ladies. Several leading ministers and other gentlemen were on the platform, amongst whom we noticed the Rev. Dr. Halley, of Man chester ; the Rev. J. B. Brown, of London ; Rev. J. Towers, Birkenhead ; Rev. Mr. La Contem, Rev. Mr. Hewitt, Rochdale; Rev, W. P. Appleford, Rev. J. Kirkus, John Cropper, Esq., T. Blackburn, Esq., J. Stitt, Esq., and A. King, Esq., &c. &c. Tea being over, the Rev. J. Kelly, minister of the chapel, took the chair, when addresses were delivered by the Revs. Mr. La Contem, Rev. Mr. Towers, J. 0. Jones, Esq., Rev. Dr. Halley, Rev. J. Brown, and several ether gentlemen, all of whom dwelt with much force on the great importance of the school which had been erected. The schools are for boys, girls, and infants ; will accommodate 600 scholars, and have cost upwards of £6OOO. Tho building has a very beautiful appearance, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. _. - - ~~~ unscriptural—learned only in the art of perverting and decoying the minds of their dupes to err is to be fostered by the State and yet the State be guiltless. We shall not, however ing of the rev: gentleman closing one—will sufficiently evidence the inequality of his powers to meet the antagonist whom he has narking upon what he considers f writing—sav l'Neile's loose style astamwA44,Ate , ,7MZT:=.rwifv=mv A GLANCE AT THE EXHIBITION OF LIVERPOOL ACADEMY. Although the Lbition does not open to th as a pre aiminaiy t are enabled to direct the attention of our to a few of the works by which we think they will detailed notice At the moment in which we write y completed, and the catalogues are and Our readers and the art s contribut tb the sions rather than as deliberate and fully co tiered cri- has to Wait its time, to be•discovered in whatever posing character, while modest merit, dis comp: I in smaller obscure corner it may have been assigned a place names and great pictures have, in Liverpool, most assu- the visitor of this - exhibition cast his eye over door of room, No able painter of supposed to b 'atten, I and a gentleman who might b apable of producing something beyond a The subject is •` Pandora ;" but the treatment icrous des cr A heavy woman—a on a cloud, with a box in her hand; and in a line with her face, Mercury, who is lying on the same cloud, as it sig- e most ba in of naked female nailing to some one below has his feet turned up ! Little cherubs, with wreaths, B:c., in their hands, hover above the pair, and complete the picture. There are, of course, some good bits of painting in the forty or fifty square feet of canvas : but as a picture, historical, allegorical, or ima ginative, it is most unworthy of the painter.' In No. 140, a Portrait of David Hodgson, by the same artist, we have a very different picture,—an excellent likeness, full of character, and very clever. But Mr. Patten ought now to be convinced, by his many failures, of the wisdom of sticking to the line in which he possesses undoubted ability, and of abstaining from attempts, for success in which he evidently does not possess the requisites. In this room are some other large subjects of superior merit, from amongst which will have to be selected the prize picture. Amongst these is No. 57, " The Burial of Charles 1.," by A. Johnston ' whose picture in last year's exhibition was considered as scarcely second in merit to the successful one. Another (No. 77) is a large —the finishing and louring of which is Wonderful although scarcely_ coming up to our viev of a good kee of the pair widow, upon the body of whose murdered husband the ordeal is being tried, is one of the most perfect pieces of painting we ever saw, and will bear any examination. Most of the other figures and accessories are painted with similar finish ; but, as we have already said, the picture wants harmonizing to render it a perfect whole. Perhaps it would be improved if the figures in the background were less prominent, or mellowed down. No. 148, " Quitting the Manse," is another large picture by G. Harvey, and possesses some merit, which however might have been displayed in less compass. In fact the eihibition contains not a few ambitious efforts to fill a large area of canvas, in which the artists would more have studied their advancement by confining the size of their works, and bestowing the necessary attention to detail, colouring, &c. We shall, next week, devote a column to a more parti cular notice of the exhibition ; and, probably, may take first a glance at the pictures produced by our Liverpool artists, of which we observe several. At present we can only find space to enumerate a few of the names of the exhibitors ; amongst whom are—A. Hunt, Miss Jane Naswyth, A. W. Hunt, P. Westcott, W. G. Herdman (the secretary), J. B. Pyne, R. C. Leslie, D. Roberts, R.A. ; A. Carbould, E. H. Carbould (whose painting, 472 — "the Departure of St. Paul from the Shores of Great Britain"—ought to attract the attention of every lover of high art), F. Pickering, W. Linton, W. Strayer, C. Fielding, Charliffe Nasmyth, Augustus Egg, H. J. Bod dington, E. V. Kippingale, T. Clater, A. Cooper, R.A. ; F. R. Lee, R.A. ; W. Huggins, E. M. Ward, A.R.A. (who has contributed a clever picture, No. 272—" the South Sea Bubble ; a scene in Change-alley, in 1720"), G. E. Herring, J. F. Herring, jun., F. H. Henshaw, W. Havell, W. L. Windus, R. Ausdell, &c. Some of the above have contributed largely ; and, although we observe a few paintings, which may fairly be set down as very bad, the average is much above mediocrity. MORE EXTENSIVE FAILURES (From yesterday's Times) Much excitement was occasioned this morning by the announcement of the failure of Gower, Nephews, and Co. The liabilities on bills alone are alleged to amount to £600,000, and it is considered probable that the total commitments of the firm will be found to reach £BOO,OOO. For two years past the position of the house has been from time to time a subject of inquiry, and this in so many , quarters as to lead irresistibly to the conclusion that no thing but the circumstance of one of the partners being a Bank Director could have kept it in a degree of credit up to this period sufficient to render possible the wide and crushing consequences which mitst now be sustained. The standing of Mr. A. L. Gower in the Bank direction was such as to bring him very nearly in rotation for the office of Deputy-Governor, and he was one of those passed over, or by whom the office was declined, on the recent occasion of the vacancy caused by the failure of Mr. Robinson. In addition to the post of Bank Director, we believe he also held that of Governor of the Mines Royal Copper Company. The immediate causes of the present suspension are said to have consisted in the failure of Gemmell and Co., of Glasgow, and of some of the other houses which have re cently been reported ; but it is apprehended that the real difficulties of the firm will be found of much more distant date, and that its liquidation will expose a long existing state of unsoundness. Railway speculations—the source whence the public are destined to find the solution to a deplorable succession of misfortunes yet to come—have operated, it is expected, in this instance to no small ex tent ; and although in some transactions, such as those connected with the Dutch Rhenish, and Canadian Com panies, which do not occupy a very favourable place in the recollection of the community, the partners in the firm are understood to have made large profits by the peculiar mode which was adopted of introducing the shares upon the market, there is every reason to believe that on the whole the losses sustained by them have been extensive. Consequent upon the failure of Gower, Nephews, we have that of Alison, Cumberlege, and Co., a smaller firm, in the South American trade, with which they were con nected. About a month back Mr. Alison sailed for Val paraiso, and as Mr. Cumberlege is already resident there, the junior partner, a Mr. Gower, is the only representa tive of the house now in London. The liabilities in this case have not been stated. THEFT.—At the Police-court, yesterday, a woman, named Margaret Thompson, was committed for trial at the sessions for stealing a pair of boots from a shop in Cheapside. _ _ THEFT FROM A CHURCH.—Yesterday, at the Police court, a youth named John Broom was charged with stealing two religious books from a pew in Trinity church. He was seen to take them, and was given into custody. It appeared that he had on a former occasion been imprisoned for stealing books from St. Martin's church. The case being clear, he was committed for trial at the sessions. RAILWAY FRAUD.—On Saturday, a young man named Ryan, was charged before Mr. Rushton, with having com mitted a fraud upon the London and Northwestern Rail way Company, by representing that he had paid his fare from Birmingham, when he had not. The case was made good ; and as the prisoner had no goods upon which distraint could be made, he was committed to gaol. ASSAULT ON A LADY.—On Saturday, at the police court, William Dowling, a watchmaker, was fined £5, and costs, for an unprovoked assault upon Mrs. Jerrold, mo ther of Mr. Douglas Jerrold, and mother-in-law. of Mr. W. J. Hammond, the comedian. Mr. Hammond was returning home from the theatre yesterday evening week, when the assault took place in Commutation-row. The fine not being paid the defendant was taken into custody. ACCIDENT TO THE NAUTILUS STEAM SHlP.—Tfie Nautilus, auxiliary screw steamer, Captain Brown, which sailed from Alexandria, on the 24th ult., for this port, returned on the following evening, the cargo, consisting of 250 bales of cotton, and 650 quarters of wheat, having taken fire. The damage is considerable, the after part of the ship, including the cabin, being completely gutted, and it will require at least a month to repair the vessel, and refit her for sea. The origin of the fire, which broke out full 50 feet fram the engine-room, is unknown. Her masts, yards, bulwarks, decks, and rigging are nearly de stroyed. PROSTITUTE ROBBERlES.—Yesterday, at the Police court, Charlotte Gregory was charged by Frank Rooney with robbing him of eleven sovereigns in a house of .ill fame, where he had been for some hours. His clothes, which he placed for safety under his head, had been ab stracted, but though the prisoner was detained, there was no proof that she was the actual thief, and she was conse quently discharged. Another prisoner was charged in a similar way with stealing a watch. Mr. Rushton said it was impossible for the magistrates to do anything, at the cost of the borough, for foolish men who went into such places with valuable property about them, and this pri- senor was also discharged THE HARVEST.—The weather, since our last publica tion, has been very favourable for the conclusion of the Harvest operations in this quarter. We regret to say that the late Potatoes in this district are daily becoming more affected by the disease, but in other quarters the crop is fair. The turnips in Lancashire and Cheshire are generally fine, being fed by the late rains.. In the- South of England this crop and others have suffered much from the drought, which has parched up dome of the grasses. A turnip was grown by Mr. H. Littledale, at Liscard, last week, measuring thirty-three inches in circumference. Taking the whole country at large the crops may be said to be a full avertge, especially of grain. The after-grasses ly most promising. CHARGE OF STEALING MONEY.—At the police-court, on Saturday, an Irishman, named Jim Gilligan, charged one of his own countrymen, Jack Shawn, with stealing from him six sovereigns. It appeared that the complainant and prisoner slept in the same bed, but before turning in the former secured, as he thought, his money, by sewing it up in the tail of his shirt, and thus keeping it near his skin. In the night he missed his cash, and saw the prisoner standing on the floor. The tail was cut from the com plainant's shirt, and the prisoner made off, the owner running after him, nearly naked, in the street and had him secured by a policeman who was at hand. None of the money was, however, found. The details, as given by the complainant in the Irish vernacular, were highly amusing. The prisoner was remanded until yesterday, when no fur ther evidenee being procured, lie was, of necessity, dis. charged, here are genera' the mark For instance, in the last paragraph of his 1 What I understand, and what I intended my so const mbly . convene on the •NMsmSizmlE THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY Yesterday evening, a_public meeting of the Lim kssociation, in ance was highly respects Rev. Mr. CORDEAUX occupied the cha ymn, offered up a mo st impressive' and appropriate He opened the business uf the evening. The f the society was to furnish every one with a copy and after a prayer if the Holy Boo] He traced it operations from of the world 'hat had been accom- f 118 copi Ind had collected Rev. Mr. The DAVIES, in an eloql _ .he first resolution, to the effect flint the meeting re nized the goc tribution of the peen aisposea of within th great advantages of the so, every language Less of God in the success which had al ,ours, and were encouraged in their exer- Mancheste 0 .ons could , ; for they hid the Bible translate( Ind without such aid no ;o beinenc any in exis t minister, of Chapel, seconded the resolution Throe h theblessir of dod . they had been enabled to distribute His word in many parts of the world. •He heartily joined his protest • • n .1 ,rll n ••••• • • • • • • ant Wet - liven of the Church of England in the good work, and said that all who regarded the good of the country, and desired that idolatry should be put down, would give their aid to the society. The resolution was unanimously carried. The Rev. Mr. CARTER, Chaplain of the Borough Gaol, moved, after an appropriate address, a resolution to the effect that the general aspect of affairs, the state of this country, the increased efforts of popery, the progress of education, and the facilities afforded for the circulation of the sacred volume, called loudly upon all the friends of the society for individual and collective exertion. Mr. J. T. BOURNE (of the parent society, and latterly from South Africa) seconded the resolution. He charac terised the Liverpool Bible Society as the stablest, the firmest, and the most energetic of any in the kingdom. He had long been absent from them in a southern clime ; .me determination to to promote the during the nest ivancem - ent of the ir. eoured his blessi God had, [manna upon them. The society had received" in the gross, last year, £ll7,ooo—the largest fund yet entrusted to them by the Christian public. The issue of Bibles the year before last had been a million and a half, and last year 1,400,000. Thus, within these two years, more than two millions of persons had been taught the means of being rescued from Satan to God, and made heirs of eternal salvation. Many high and honourable men, including many of the bishops, had joined and aided them ; and he was delighted to hear Sir R. Peel, at the recent meeting at Tamworth, so warmly and sincerely espouse their cause, his conviction apparently being that England was: destined to be the grand fulcrum on which the world was to be evangelized. They had assuredly the strongest reasons to take courage frotri the past, and to make new exertions for the future. The political elements abroad, and the' threatenings of hostilities amongst the nations, rendered such a course doubly imperative. Mr. BROWN entered into a detail of some part of his journeys in the Cape of Good Hope and South Africa, and concluded with an eloquent appeal to those who know and feel the truth, to come forward and assist the society in visiting the district, and distributing the word of God among - the poor and destitute -as then Mr. BOURNE stated that he would give further informa tion as to his journey at subsequent meetings, one of which will be held this evening, f Hackin's-hey Schools pt. Pail's district, in FULL DRESS CONCERT OF T. HE LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY LAST NIGHT So immediately after the attraction of Jenny Lind's performances at the Theatre Royal, it was scarcely to be expected that even the above society, liberal as its committee are in their efforts to provide their subscribers with every musical treat within their reach, would have attempted, or could have succeeded in providing one of so recherche and interesting a character. Last week, we had the charming and famous nightingale, with Lumley's operatic corps, in their most admired pieces. Yesterday evening, we had the opportunity of comparing with them the Covent Garden company,—of comparing Grisi with the new rival to her throne ; of assuring ourselves of the superiority of Mario over the new tenor, Gardoni, of lis tening to the wonderful tones of Alboni, and hearing Cor bari, Tamburini, and Signor Rovere, one of the best buffos of his day. The additional attraction of an instru mentalist of no ordinary talent in the person of Mr. Lindsay Sloper was announced, but he did not appear. A more splendid audience we never saw met to welcome any performers than those assembled in the Collegiate Institution on this occasion. Every part of the institution was crowded—almost inconveniently so,—a proof at once of the numerical strength of the society and the taste of its members. Nor were they fated to be disappointed of their anticipations. The overture from " Anacreon," by Cherubini, was finely played ; after which, a recititive and quartette, from " Bianca and Faliero," announced for the first piece of part 2nd, was sung by Mille. Alboni, Grisi, Mario, and Tamburini, and very finely sung. An aria, from " Don Giovanni" was next sung, with much spirit, by Signor Rovere. One of the greatest treats of the even ing—a cavatina from Rosini's "I 1 Barbiere,"una voce, in which the magnificent voice of Mdlle. Alboni electrified the audience. The richness and powers of this lady's voice are unapproachable. She was encored enthusiastic ally. Grisi followed with a cavatino from Bellini's " I Puritani," Qui la voce, which she sung in her usual un approachable style ; was encored, substituting another favourite. Tamburini came next with a cavatina from Rosini's "La Gazza Ladra," very chastely sung. Grisi, Mario, Tamburini, and Signor Rovere then sang a quartette from I Puritani, " A to o cara," and drew down a perfect furore of approbation. Mario, in this piece, was magnificent ; and, upon its being encored, sung the aria which he has made his own, " Come it gentil" in unapproachable style, amidst rapturous applause. The accompaniment of Grisi to this piece was very fine. As a whole we never witnessed anything more enthusiastic than the reception of this favourite voluntary. Part 2d commenced with a terzetto from Anna Boleno, (Donizetti,) announced for the opening piece of Part Ist., which was splendidly sung. by Grisi, Mario, and Tambu rini. An aria from "La Nozze de Figaro," (Mozart,) " Trio the sapete" was next sung by Madlle. Corbari very sweetly, and received an. encore. Madlle. Corbari is a chaste singer, with a fine voice, and gave the song with great feeling. She was encored ; and with more practice and confidence will take a high station. The gem of the evening was the next piece—a duetto from "Semiramide' (Rossini,)—Ebden a to feiesei, sung by Grisi and Alboni. It was beautifully sung, the rich contralto tones of Alboni harmonizing well with those of the more finished vocalist, Grisi. If any fault could be found, we could have pre ferred observing in the latter a wish now and then to ob scure her new rival. A little less of the ornamental in Grisi would not have diminished the harmonious effect of the: whole. For the aria of Donizetti, (La Favorite,) which was set down for Mario, he substituted a French song, which was inimitably sung and encored. Tambu rini and Rovere next gave a Buffo Duetto, from Cima roso's Il Matrimonio Segreto, which elicited hearty laughter and applause. The concert concluded with a quintette—the only flat performance of the evening. Throughout we observed the best of humour in one of the most numerous audiences the society, has ever drawn together. •To-morrow (Wednesday) we observe that the same distinguished vocalists will appear ; and on that occasion the Committee propose to add to their well earned character for liberal catering, by admitting the public to participate in the treat which they have pro vided, and which has never been exceeded in Liverpool. EARL FITZ-WILLIAM ON THE STATE OF IRELAND.— It has always appeared to me, whether sitting in parlia ment or in great meetings of Englishmen, whether in town or country, among the aged or the young, that there is marvellous ignorance of the state of that country (Ire land), and of the deep calamity which has oppressed it. It is marvellous to hear some persons ascribe its state to the conduct of man rather than the inscrutable designs of Providence. To the latter lam disposed to ascribe it. Without entering into other questions, there is no doubt that a great failure of the food of man has been inflicted on that country by the will of the Almighty.—(Hear, hear.) It is the duty of every individual proprietor inthat country—for the relations they bear to the people are somewhat different to what is found here, even in. the re lations of such large proprietors as the ord of Hallam shire—to alleviate the distress as much as possible. But they cannot remove it altogether, because they do not pos sess the means to fill up<that deep cavity which has been made. But if it be the duty of individuals to do as much as they can for the inhabitants of their individual estates, let me suggest to you. whether I, the owner of so many hundreds or thousands of acres in the county of Wicklow, am bound by this duty—is it not yoUr duty, as English men, to regard the whole of Ireland as the estate of England ? Whether Ireland has not a right to look to England as her landlord. If particular districts have a claim upon their landlord, whether Ireland at large has not a right to look to England as her landlord ? (Cheers.) I say this, because one little word slipped from my learned friend,—he spoke of Ireland being aburden upon the people of England. Ido not find much fault with the expression, . • • • • • A T . \ A •A • nor with the tone in which he used it. But it is often used on this side St. Georges Channel in a tone which I deeply regret, because it has a tendency to blind men's eyes and blunt their feelings as to the extent of their duties toward that country. You have advanced some nine millions to Ireland during the last year, of which four millions h been given and the rest lent. Now, I read t' sometimes, and. I see a deal of credit taken for generosh, not for the four millions given, but for the four or five millions lent. I must observe, gentlemen, that generosity is not the virtue usually ascribed to a money-lender. The money-lender expects his money back with interest, and therefore has no great claim to the credit of generosity on account of the loan. But, gentlemen, I beg to start this question, whether the conduct of England towards Ireland has not made her a large debtor to Ireland ? How many acts of parliament have been passed to discourage the agriculture, and destroy the manufactures of that country ? Agriculture has been discouraged, diminishing the value of property, and manufactures have been put down to appease the jealousy of England. To Ireland England owes a large debt, not only a moral debt, but a pecuniary debt. The four millions given are nothing like the I amount of the debt, if properly estimated, as the result of your legislation.—Recent Speech at Sheeield; e newspape Sept. 14,1817. LATAST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) l'om local as wel Lblieh an advanc prices of last week. Beans and Peas without alteratio. SMITHFIELD CATTL ! The supply of inferior 1 and the fride for less money. qualities, at abi lerabiy I 1r Calve Sear. From if )NEY MAI aunties; but, having a very distant millers, factors were f ss. to 6s. per qr. upon the a Wheat was also in request, he extra great many_ is a tolerable demand for the best per 81b. less money than last Monday. ) is also very much increased. There _l5 :ept for the ESTERDAY :hequer bills; 2s. T THE WEST END SATURDAY ST. LE and th Van Tromp Jovial Swalloiv (taken 1000 1000 1000 1000 Black Dwa. Horn of Cha TIIE Cup. 4 on The Hero (offered.) Four men were last week killed in a stone quarry nor reter, by a fall of upwards of 20,000 tons of rubbish. that Cossacl He places L,260 volumes. n the Morning tin third, an, will w win the St. Leger Stake Van Tromp second, Mr. Mar- Planet fourth " The situation of EXCITEMENT IN PAR - lg.—The 77mes of yesterday sal* public affairs was, in fact, deemed so serious in Paris, the question of foreign policy had become so complicated, that persons in the daily habit of seeing M. Guizot pretended to observe already—that is, at the expiration of four days only since his return to town, marked change for the worse in his appearance." In the new parliament there is a smaller number of persons connected with noble families, and a smaller num ber of country gentlemen, than in any previous parlia ment. On the contrary, there is a greater number of railway directors, engineers, and contractors, of barristers , of merchants, of retail tradesmen, of political writers and lecturers, of naval and military officers. A letter has been received in Paris announcing that the Due de Nemours had narrowly escaped being killed in 3 shooting party, whi c h t oo k pl ace on Wednesday, in the forest of Compiegne. The Duke received several shots in the head. and was, according to the stateme n t, stunned , but the accid en t was not attended with any fa - al conse quences. quences. The intelligence conveyed in the lette r vos nod credited in Paris. AUSTRALIAN WHEAT. -The vessel Kilmann, arrived in the docks from Port Philip. has brought, with a general cargo of Australian productions, 1,031 bags of wheat ; and the vessel Malcolm, arrived from Adelaide, has brought 6,090 bags of the same description of grain, the produce of Australia. These arrivals o f wheat froraAustralia aro interesting items among the importations of grain from distant parts of the world. A TI ELY HINT. —Last week our town-crier received a letter from London, enclosing a shilling, and ordering him to make the following announcement :—" By direct authority.—The bakers are forthwith to lower their bread_ _ to the. standard of wheat in Mark-lane. God save the Queen.—London, Sept., 1847." The crier performed big duty, and, singularly enough, the bakers reduced the price of bread, which they could very well afford to d o , ort the very same day, observing that they were glad Slr. Mark Lane had orders from the Queen to make the re' duction.—jlnntingdon paper. A NEW EFFECT OF THE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPII. - ' The various wires of telegraph beginning to intersect so many sections of our country are said to have a decided effect upon electricity. That eminent scientific man, PO" fessor Olmstead, of Yale College, states, that as the storms comes up, and especially when over the wires, say fifty a hundred miles distant, the lightning is attracted by tn: wires ; which can be proved by any one remaining in t i % telegraph office for half an hour. About th e time t. l l storm is coming up, the wires are continually filled W": electricity. It is my opinion, he says, th a t we s hall nev e r have very heavy thunder showers, or hear of lightn ing striking, so long as we have teleg r aph wires s pread the eartk.--American Paper. ° f MORE POISONINGS BY ARSENIC.--A great excitement has been created in th e minds of many 111 t neighbourhood of Purl's-bridge' near Mance, in eoilSe' quence of the suspected death by poison within a very short period of several infant children. It appears that number of young children were left in the charge of 5 woman named Anne Barnes, who lives at Ely, but who fo seven or eight weeks past, has been residing with her son, John Youngs, and his wife, at the above placer where she had the children to nurse and , take care of during the day time, when their mothers were out at harvest work. Amongst the number were four infants, one nine months old, and three others respectively fifteen, eleven, and seven weeks. The first child, the - d au ghter of a labouring man named Benjamin Hartley, was taken suddenly ill, but atter some days of severe suffering, It recovered, and was taken home under its mother's We' Immediately afterwards a child belonging to George oart ley, a labouring man, was taken suddenly ill, andanothe r belonging to John Aubery, a beer-house keeper, and a 1 5,1 the infant daughter of John Youngs, a labouring man, al" of whom died after a few days' illness. The police con' stable stationed at Manee having, on Thursday, the 2 11 c 1 instant, heard some hints that all was suspected not to b?, right, proceeded to make inquiries, and ascert a ined that two children belonging to George Hartley and John Au bery had been already buried, without much notice bell taken of the circumstance, and that John Younge's chilc' was to be buried the next day. An inquest on the both' is now nolding.—Cambridge Chronicle. tha t EARL FITZWILLIAM ...- ON FREE TRADE.—I trust certain circumstances that have recently taken place, t ° which I will no further allude, show that in this country the opinion prevails that perfect freedom of trade is the best for all classes in it. (Cheers.) lam happy t o see the manner in which you have received that observation; but o l f sl y lo o u u l r d o l p ike inio t n o have a s that perfect til more free t ma r adrek is s d t demonstration best for au the nations of the world. Mind whatit is. Do not applaud till you are quite sure. (Cheers.) Be quite certain, gen tlemen, that you would like to see the cutlery of Soliiizell competing in great Britain and Ireland with the cutlery of Sheffield. Be quite sure that to allow that is your inten tion, before you utter one word of approbation. (Loud cheers.) Do our neighbours of Leeds and Bradford, when they praise free trade, intend to admit the Goth of Louvain and Verviers to com p e t e w ith the cloth of Lefasz the yarn of Bradford, and the flannels of Rochdale e to ask that question. Only let it. be an s were d ; want et know from those gentlpmen what they really mean. .JA. , them not wrap up their meaning in fine words, after all, when sifted, are found to mean something else' I trust the question I have put will be answered by Leeds and Bradford in the affirmative, for I tell you frankly that in. my opinion all import duties, but duties for revenu e ' are ultimately mischievous to the country that itr-Pes e them.—Reeent Speech at 'Sheffield. OYSTER SEASON.—The oysters kept by Mr. G. Duffey of the London Oyster Rooms, 79, Hanover-street, nea t Church-street, have long-been celebrated for their fresh: ness and delicious flavour, and we are informed by tho se • who have visited the rooms, that in the provinces the' cannot be excelled. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—" The Liverpool Merch l , l of 1750," a melodrama of much local interest, adaPtn for the stage by Mr. 11, Stirling, from a tale written the late Dr. Maginn ' . was very successfully produced this theatre last week. It possesses every qualificati ° ,, for stage representation, and cannot fail having a long , course of popularity.. The following letter was yesterday received at the Oriental Divan, Clayton-square, by Mr. Feeney, who 10/ , great pleasure in laying it before his patrons : Billingsgate, Sept. 9, 1947 % , Sir,—l have this day forwarded yo u , per rail, I", supply of Native Oysters you requir e d, an d w i ll, i n se' cordance with, your arrangements wh en i n T own , coat tinue daily to send you the same quantity. As you ha! , not limited vie to the ordinary price, I send you an cellent article, the choicest picked' Whitstables ; am sure they cannot be surpassed, if equalled. I feel sat' feed they will meet the approval of your Patrons.-- 16 " 4 Sir, your obedient servant Mr. Feeney In callir N. BATEMA I4. Ij g attention to the above, the proprietor w° of ally state that the Divan, as a Chop, Dinnat ti t me, or as a fashionable lounge, is unequalled° TUESDAY, SEPT. 14. 1847. 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