The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-22 00:00:00

TO ADVERTISERS. bey respec t erchants, Brok last tioneers, and others, to the that the LIVERPOOL STANDARD IS NOW THE .awson I lowman, B.A (IN I WSPA PER Y ON TUESDA Constat day by the 11, s attending flit IRKEI Seymot n Allan S s Douala: Les England, 'ALA all the that in Henry Fc tished at H contai of important I ' . tanbarb G, FEB. 22 e n out of every h heavy allin 0 e past ,e anti, 1 a large chastri bet I expen - diture of the ( ing year, to be upon the people by increased burthens the fate of every minis- sscll chances to be a nee in ed in producing a ever, to visit upon of respon igs. He entered upon office es of another minister. The nstitutions and the credit of ished upon his should ,droitly retired to con- ei the discomfiture of his that, the he cycle of prc is last revolution ; that A its c ive importation had arrived vast consumption of taxable ties, which had been going ding his retirement, and .ould not than Sir Robert Peel litical locomotiv n the boiler and essor, mounting the a dozer 1. and fuel, and with half recent free trade measures, •hich would bring him to a ,fore he had got half way Innot, therefore, visit upon Russell a the onus of our pre hilosopher at for his mental capacity as ,ir of boots, or the coat and would be for his small to the plan by which it is pro : income of the country to the liture, this is undoubtedly Lord e bald, uninventive, and impu ras never brought before the Bri d people. The pet policy of our quacks has abstracted some two from the national income. To gratify the blatant agitation of Manchester and Leeds, we have fertile and increasing sources of ; and the owner of real property, the mer nt, the superior tradesman, the annuitant, the and the clerk, who are in posses [mum, are to be mulcted an ad nt. upon their incomes for the e consuming classes, eompris- Arenue onal two per the billk of ou: tion:whose incomes do nnum, are not to be touched deficiency affects not to clamour for further Reven id further reductions, in they will be backed ) doubt by those who see in the cheapening of etext for reduction of A living a re ges of lal2;Our ; bud ahe property and the in me of the nation is to be made to bear the bur ien of every successive deficiency thus created. There is absolutely nothing to aid us in the effort swallow this bitter pill, for the paltry concession 'de to the smelting interests is not worthy of a Om ent's conside 8,A., ovett. ohn 'Wm. Newell 1 illiam Ar Unlike Sir Robert Peel, ORDINATION AT CHESTER, The following gentlemen were ordained by the Lorc o call the attention of! Bishop of Chester, at the Cathedral, Chester, on Sunda) IDEACONS. William Maze Gregory, 8.A., Wsdham College, 0. William Joseph Ripley, 8.A., James Walker Milner, 8.A., Lincoln College, Frederick Wilson Kittermaster, 8.A., Pembrok Oxford. Edmund Wolryche Orlando Bridg ze, Cambridge. _ . an, BA., Tr .ge, Cam ity Col Id Fox, B.A. Trinity Colt -eston,S.o L., 71 , in the form !e letters, by tion, Or Re- tor Coat s. Iliffe Gibt Charles Hare, MA George Jenkin, 8.. James Murray, 8.A., Howard St. George, 8.A., Robt. Warren Wolseley,.B. A Henry Deveney, Saint Douglas Ferguson, , Wm. Hilton Hutchinson, SANITARY EFORM AND AGR %LTH AND ABUNDANCE Under thi neral title h 70 pages, larks on the Health of Towns, &c." This letter is ad ressed to Lord Morpeth, the Chief Commissioner of her rlajesty's Woods and Forests ; the subjects embraced re " Drainage, Sewerage, Urinaria, and Cloacae" and at meat on the subject of public health, the valuable statis tics and suggestions offered will no doubt be received with due interest and attention. The author, at the outset, I_ I • , ,1 gar mg all economies infe- Df the sewage of London into the Tham and to pre- noxious exha or deposits therein, flushing them with large volut brief periodical intervals. " he says, "it can be shown that the public health can be as effectually guarded without this enormous sacrifice—if it can be demonstrated that everything which human ingenuity can possibly devise, of the public, can be_a'ccomplished without this sinful condusive to health, as essential elements cultural production of) of food—l conc adopt tl add;, that ton, the value'wOuld be United Kingdom. £108,000,000 variet . organs pation when he came down to the house with his three per cent income tax in one hand, and a grand mo ion of our commercial tariff in the other, his more potent blister, and rd Jot that he has nothing 6ting to of . s along Witt ext year he he may t lon the springs of petition of the ex- of the Caffre war, which amount, for the ast year, to the large sum of £1,100,000; and ins a considerable surplus will be created. An •` statesman would have anticipated such a concession, which would have ren ,red more palatable the demand he had to make pon our pockets; but Lord John is neither an Adroit nor a wise, but only a bold statesman. The concession most likely to swallow the draught ad ministered was ready pointed out to his hands. A reduction of the tea duties would have been received by the community with universal satisfaction. It was a measure which would have at once given life and activity to our depressed manufacturing inte rest ; which would have tended to give to the na- tional industry the benefit of more extended com munication with 300,000,000 of the human race. It was a measure, besides, the beneficial influ ence of which would have been felt by every class, from the wealthy merchant to the humble labourer. To the latter, however, it would have been more Twin, fPnriirigL aq it would do. to wean him from the uproar and the dissipation of the tavern to the refreshing meal by his own humble fireside, shared with his wife and his children, which at present our absurdly enormous duty has placed above their reach. Lord John should have dared this step. It would have been a popular one. The public had almost with one voice demanded it from him; and had the first year's result been a trifling loss of revenue—which we do not think it —he had but to say to the public, " it was >ur will." would- Of_ course, we cannot at present predict the fate of this budget, or the amount of opposition likely to be directed against it. Already, however, it is r that it has no friends; and if it is defended at all, it must be on the ground of an utter want of confidence in the existence of elasticity sufficient in onal resources to enable them to recover eir present undue depression. In the e, one fact his been clearly proclaimed to 1, viz., the complete financial incompetence resent Whig, party in power. If Whig are to continue to sway the councils of this realm, the wornout aristocratic elves of Hol land-house must give place to the more energetic though plebeian spirits, whom their own reforming policy has conjured into the arena to push them from their stools. Dn Thursday Mr. John Orred, of this town, passed his imination at Apothecaries' Hall. We received on Saturday, at half-past eleven, A.M., by pecial express of Messrs. W. H. Smith and Son, the , nclon papers of that morning. EXAMI)TATION OF MASTERS AND MATES.—At a meeting tif the Board, held on the 18th instant., Mr. Henry Theodore Cox, second officer of the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Cambria, was examined and found duly qualified for a first-class Certi ficate as Master. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has agreed to propose a grant of £4,200 to the print department of the British Museum, for the purchase of a collection of rare Eng lish portraits, &c., and of an extensive selection from the Aylesford collection of Rembrandt's etchings, which will render our national collection of the works of that *der equal to any of the kind in Europe. of statistics are given, modifying, in a slight degree, this calculation, and showing that, by proper collecting, managing, and h usbandingofthis kind of manure, our lands might be so fertilized that we need not require ms of guano, nor drain our coffers for the im. potation of foreign grain or other edibles 'or at least many years to come, if ever Our author is of opinion that all noxious effluviw arising from sewers may be averted by chemical exhibitions, and he is himself the originator of a patented liquid of ad mitted deodorising power on the manures, the gases from which would otherwise be unwholesome. He adduces evidence, proving, from Mr. Chadwick and others, " that all smell of decomposing matter (as relates to agriculture) may be said to indicate loss of money." Mr. Ellerman next advocates water-closets (in lieu of the present general plan in all dwellings) with cisterns containing the patent fluid, to keep them sweet as regards health, and the expense, if such were adopted, would be below that of the present cess-pool system even in cot tage-houses. A lithographic sketch is given of the inte rior of a set of these water-closets, and showing the manner in which the fertilizing substance may be carted away without injury to health, or offence to the nasal Turning back to the middle of the pamphlet, as afford ing us a more suitable finale to this hasty notice than its conclusion, we give the outline of the plan suggested by the author. It proposes— " Ist. The preservation of the Thames and other waters flowing through towns and populous districts, from pol lution by human exuvku and other decomposing sub stances. "2nd. The improvement of the land, by bestowing upon it the matter thus diverted from the water. "3rd. The promotion of - public — health, TY causing greater abundance of food and increased industrial occu- "4th. The collection, removal, and final distribution of the substances referred to, in a manner which shall render them inodorous and innocuous in every stage of the process. " 3th. The prevention of all deterioration of the fer tilizing matter by excessive dilutio: substances inimical to vegetation. " 6th. The preservation of the lar mit some of those I lizi quantity of ferti- g matter which is now wasted, irrespectively of that consigned to rivers or streams or suffered to remain in unemptied cesspools—viz. ; the portion sacrificed through insufficient public urinaria, ill-regulated cloacae, constant evaporation, &c. ; and, " 7th. The saving of the whole in such a form that it may be conveyed to distant tracts of country as well as adjacent lands, and applied to the earth in the more or less liquified or concentrated condition, which the state of the weather or the peculiar nature of soil and crop may render expedient." NEW METHOD OF SWEEPING CHIMNEYS The praiseworthy agitation that existed a few years ago, and carried with it the almost total abolition of sweeping chimneys by climbing boys, has of late calmed down, not from any desire or wish on the part of the public to en courage a business so fraught with danger, and so injuri ous to health, but from the fact of there not having hitherto been a machine invented that would thoroughly cleanse, or even pass through, a circuitous or angular flue. We are now, however, in possession of an apparatus, patented by Mr. L. Wellman Wright, which bids fair to answer all the intended purposes of application ; and though it does not differ in appearance materially from the ordinary machine, its principle is so complete that its effi cacy is beyond doubt. At the top of the machine, which is used exactly as the ordinary one, is a moving and oscil ating ball, followed about a foot below by a circular brush, suited in ciao to ,weeping chimney pots. At about five feet below this, are a series of brushes, fixed on a belt of vulcanized india rubber, and the top and bottom of which are ends of brass, the former rather larger than the latter, which is of the same circumference as the india rubber bands. As the machine is forced up the line, the elasticity of the vulcanized india rubber allows the brushes without injury to take an oblique position, and facilitates the operation of its ascension, but directly the machine is attempted to be withdrawn, they become fixed in an hori zontal form, by their catching against the flanging por tion of the top, and thus the outer circumference of the apparatus is so much increased, that it would be next to impossible that it could fail in removing every particle of accumulated soot. The following diagram will illustrate it. The dotted line shews the position of the brushes when the machine is ascending, and the parallel lines when descending. mall &Brush J Brush.Z\ Brush • • / India % e Rubber. \ Another important advantage is the adaptation of vul canised Indian rubber to the purpose of unive rsa l j o i nts, which are fixed between each required length of cane, so as to allow them when slightly pressed by the revolvin g ball coming against the curvatures of a chimney, to turn the most acute angle. A trial of the apparatus was made last week on a chim ney of rather a difficult character. The operator at first, conceiving it to be a straight flue, did not apply the pliable joints, which are only necessary where ordinary machines would not do ; and the consequence was, that I glanc before the brushes had reached half the height of the pre- mises, they became fixed across an angle: The whole was immediately withdrawn and the joints applied, when with apparent ease the ball was projected and exhibited at the top of the chimney, which, to the astonishment of all, ran into a stack horizontally fully 20 feet from the place at which the machine was introduced. On its being drawn down the flue, it brought with it an immense quantity of soot, but in order to prove that none was left it was again sent up, and the result was most satisfactory. A com pany has been formed in this town for the purpose of practically carrying out this invention ; and we trust that (if for humanity's sake alone) they will meet support. The charges they make are in accordance with the rents, varying from 4d. per chimney upwards, but the projectors have most liberally undertaken to cleanse the flues in all unrated houses gratuitously, which will do much for the sanatory condition of the town, and tend to prevent the ROYAL AMPI lITHEATRE As this week closes the visit of M. Dejean and hi company, we shall only have this opportunity of re viewing the remaining members of the establishment just ice n which they so well deserve ; we will, howeve it them, and fulfil the promise we gave at ti I commencement M. A. Nsai has a small but muscular figure; he I eat power of spring, and takes lion-like leaps over table at least eight feet wide, and concludes by ridii with great energy and spirit. He is a very useful perso akes part in a variety of ac the genera. ,musement le spea. e appears in the tigt v 744.11 arm*, oviTns classes mainir THE LIVERPOOL STANDAfI. ST. PAUL' ;he collecti s of ti of nearly £2OO the schools to be c the loud and frequ air*='~"~'a~~~tA"'~.: THE NAVIGATION LAWS.—A petition to both houses of parliament from the shipowners of this town was lying for signature a short time on Wednesday and Thursday at the Exchange News-room. It received the names of upwards of 400 of the principal firms of the town. The prayer of the petition is that a select committee be ap pointed to inquire into the policy and operation of the Navigation Laws, and that parliament will refuse its sanc tion to any legislation thereon until such inquiry shall be completed. THE MECHANICS IN LlVERPOOL.—Mechanics and artificers particularly, are badly off. Men who formerly earned, as joiners, 255. to 30s. a week, are now glad to find employment as common labourers, at 15s. to 17s. 6d. a-week. The suspension of building is the cause of this depression. One half of the houses, we might almost safely say, are "to be let" in Birkenhead ; and in this town not a few. Fortunate has it been for us the winter has been mild ; and we may now look forward to a genial spring bringing some comfort to the unfortunate working CLOSING OF THE POST-OFFICE ON SUNDAY.—We understand that application having been made to the Postmaster-General, by some parties in Liverpool, for the of the Post-office on the Sabbath, an answer was on -eceived, to the effect that if a memorial, signed , were presen effect, it would be complied with. Asa literal fulfilment of this condition would of course be impracticable, it is understood by some parties that a memorial very numer ously signed would be sufficient to ensure the Postmaster- General's acquiescence. s Sono°Ls.—A very kind response has been yen to the appeals made by the Revds. Hugh Jones, "eile, in behal: t. Paul's Church. We rejoice to find and donations amounted, together, Another gentlemafi Handsome as all rs £5 each a very little way towards liquidating a debt id when that debt is all paid, how are lon ? Is it not to be feared that I appeals, in behalf of moral it be- e avoided." He almost incalculable mass of refuse ibstances which the sewers river, is a vas' nightsoil, & 4 a scientific fel, uthmities who testify to the su London £7,714,2E £1,253,571 metropolis convey he great bulk of which consists of human exuviti ted on the mny practical or value of human honing that, consider- best course by "amid ti ciates as master of the ring occasional] M. CHArs the rectus and vasti mus powerful. His performances are very extraordim. His brother is also a fine little fellow, and deserves a praise ; he is thrown about like a ball at play— no play to him. The most remarkable feats of Chandler are balancing his brother on his hand, at arm length, with the body inverted, and repeatedly tossing and catching him on the soles of his feet, which are truly astonishing. We believe he is an English man . M. A. SIEGIUST does some perfectly astounding feat on the decanters, is amazingly clever, and must be seen t( be appreciated. NI., C., A., 1 , and L. SIEGRIST perform_ together ti " Chinese Festival ;" an extraordinary display of muscu agility, and the art of equilibrium. M. Siegris and religious education, are wh'n the very advoca 4 withhold the pecuniary mere hypocritical pretence, yes themselves, when applied to, aid necessary to maintain it ? CONDUCT OF THE CHIEFS THEIR CLERKS.—Mr. Thore verpool Post-office. I THE POST-OFFICE TO Plant, a clerk in the Li ritten a letter to the Postmaster the inconsiderate and illiberal conduct of the Post-office authorities to their clerks. He states that after a faithful and diligent service of eight years, and notwithstanding fellow clerks for he is no better paid than and that even stampers (of inferior standing) have risen to equal to clerks who have been longer in the service, ith extras besides, which are denied to the clerks. He Odds that, weary of beseeching the Postmaster-General to consider these facts, and his patience being exhausted, he has sought and obtained employment elsewhere, where faithful services will be requited, and therefore would retire from his situation at the post-office on the 21st, yesterday. THE POOR OF LIVERPOOL.-At the meeting of the Select Vestry, on Tuesday, it was stated that five able- equitable §cale a he novice of yesterda ome of t 1 ,ppointment at whic if industrious, they might earn 9s. or 10s. per week, had been sent into the workhouse by Mr. Gray, who was alarmed by the threats of Mr. Rushton. The uncourte ous treatment of the overseers and committee by the sti pendiary magistrate was much deprecated, but it appeared that his remarks had not applied to the above case, but to one in which a young man who was lame had been refused relief. The Rev Rector Brooks stated that the allowance of food to tramping casual poor had been fixed by a recent regulation of the Poor-Law Commissioners, at six ounces of bread for supper, and the same for brerkfast, after lodgings during the night. This regulation has not yet been addressed to Liverpool. A total of £175 4s. had been expended in bread and soup from the 7th to the 15th February. The chairman expressed his conviction that there was more distress at present amongst our local me chanics than last year. TEE CELLAR NUISANCE.—The formidable work of clearing the unwholesome cellars from occupation as dwellings, is steadily advancing. There are no fewer than 14,0850 f these wretched abodes, occupied by 27;128 hu man beings; and in 5,841 of the cellars there are found open wells or cesspools for receiving the drainage and filth of the upper and adjacent property. 132 of the worst streets have been selected, and notices to clear out the tenants have been served upon 4,204 owners, 344 , occu pants, and for 312 cellars in courts. The number of cel lars entirely vacated are 2,726. By sleeping on the floor, or worse contrivances, in about 500, the inmatesevade the operation of the act, which requires proof that a bed is found in the premises, and 749 cellars have been so far altered as to keep within the letter of the law, although still unfit for residence. In these respects, and in several others, improvements might be introduced into the sani tary act ; but, on comparing it with Lord Morpeth's Health of Towns' Bill, which, as it now stands, would supersede the provisions of the local act, the proposed bill is found to be very deficient in several important practical details, and will, therefore, probably, be resisted so far as its operation might extend to this borough. ST. DAVID'S DAY AND THE WELSH SCHOOLS.--We are sorry to hear that the Welsh Schools, in Prussia street, are languishing for want of funds. There are 400 children receiving instruction daily in the schools at pre sent. The Committee feel it their duty to make an earnest appeal, to the public to come to their aid, other wise their present efficiency cannot be maintained. The inhabitants of Liverpool are aware, that education based upon the Word of God, is the only system of instruction calculated to make the poor good subjects and good Christians. This old-established and excellent institu tion therefore ought not to be suffered to remain under a cloud. Sermons on behalf of the Schools will, we per ceive by an advertisement elsewhere, be preached next Sunday in St. David's Church. The Rev. J. Baylee will preach in Welsh. Mr. Baylee, like the learned Bishop of St. David's, in addition to his other mental attain ments, is now able to preach fluently in Welsh. The Rev. Mr. Pollock, the able and esteemed minister of St. Marks, is to preach in English, and the Rev. Mr. James, of Kirkdale, whose talents and patriotism are too well known to require any remark, is to preach in Welsh. An eminent minister from North Wales will preach on the Anniversary of St. David. NEW " BLACK STAB!' PACKET SHIP.—The New York Journal of Commerce gives the following description of the noble ship Columbus, which lately arrived in, our river, and is certainly worthy of the character. " &new three-decker merchantman, of 1.800 tons, carpenter's measurement, has just come round from Portsmouth, where she was built by Fernald and Pettigrew, for Messrs. D. and A. Kingsland, of this city, to be employed as one of C. Grirnshaw and Co.'s Liverpool and New York 'Black Star line of packets, under the command of Capt. Robt. M`Cerran, late of the `America,' and who is favourably known in the trade for his rapid passages. The ship has been built. at extraordinary expense of workmanship ; the keel and kelson are immensely heavy, being 8} ft. deep, besides sister kelsons and bilge kelsons. The knees, braces, and timbers, of every name, are large and tho roughly bolted with copper in every direction, until the whole seems to he formed into a solid mass ; the masts are trunks of a noble pine of Maine, 90 feet long, and 21- feet, in diameter, at top ; she has three full decks running the whole length of the ship ; the cabins arebeautiful and commodious, and all the arrangements, for passengers and crew, of the most perfect order. She is the largest merchant vessel in the United States;; length 186. feet, breadth 41 feet, and depth of hold 30 6-10 feet. She is now loading at No. 5 , pier and makes an 800 ton ship by her side look like a boat. We recommend all who are curious in naval architecture to pay her .a visit, and can assure them they will not be disappointed." THE WATER GUARD OF THE CUSTOMS.—A pamphlet has just been published by Mr. Dignan, South John street, bearing the following title, " The Waterguard of the Customs : the inhuman treatment of Tidewaiters of H.M.Customs—the absurdity of the duties required of them—the impossibility of their compliance with the instructions issued for their guidance; and their useless ness as guardians of the revenue : by W. Short, of Park lane, Liverpool ."— This work comprises a series of letters and editorial remarks, originally published in a contem porary, by which all that is stated in the title page quoted, as well as much more on behalf of tidewaiters, is made out in an undeniable manner. Mr. Short exposes, in indignant language, the severe and indeed impracticable duties imposed upon that class of revenue servants ; their long and continuous hours of attendance on board ship, (24 hours one day, and 15 the next) ; their inadequate pay ; their constant liability to be discharged for not doing what mortal man cannot accomplish ; and their consequent inutility (under the present system) as pro tectors of the revenue. His objects, as stated in his in troduction at more length, are "to abolish the worse than Egyptian bondage under which the unfortunate tide waiters labour" ; "to free the community from undue pressure upon their purses in the support of a larger and more expensive Customs establishment than is required " ; and " to afford the necessary security to the Crown by a more rational system of duties for the tidewaiters." The author points out a plan to accomplish these objects. The subject is well worthy of the serious attention of the general public, and we recommend a perusal of the book, which may be had for a very small sum. MR. BUCKINGHAM'S LECTURES ON PALESTINE.—NO lecturer who has visited our town for years past has given more satisfaction to the audiences whom he has addressed than the veteran in travel and in literature, Mr. Buck ingham, —not only from the variety and extent of the in formation he has personally collected on the subjects of which he treats, but from the perspicuity with which he arranges his matter, and his elegant and pleasing manner in conveying it. His evening course recently delivered at the Mechanics Institution , of lectures on Italy, Institution, were lis tened to with delight. The morning course, now in pro gress of deli v ery at the same place, are even more inte resting to the general auditor ; for what country presents, in its ancient and present condition, and in its associa tions with scriptural records, so wide a field for study and affecting historical reminiscence as Palestine, or the Holy Land. On thi s su bj ec t the lecturer may be said to be in Ins favourite element ; and no traveller, we believe, ever bestowed upon it, by reading, and by acute observation during his sojourn in the country, more unremitting at tention. He brought to his task a love of research in this peculiar department, and, it may be added, a gifted and indefatigable mind. He has already given his two first lectures,—embracing the history and geographical features of the country, &c., and the cities and ports on the sea coast, but four remain to be delivered in succession, on Tuesdays and Fridays, all of them of high interest, whe ther heard in order or apart, each being important in itself. This evening he will speak of the cities and towns of the interior, and on Friday, on Jerusalem and its en virons. The closing lectures, next week, will be on the regions beyond Jordan, and on Damascus, Baalbeck, and Palmyra. The prices for admission are extremely moderate. lar pow at one time sustains the weight of the four others on hi: person. The entire action is very characteristic of the Chinese, and the costume most admirable eir exit is a singular piece of vivid action M. VEHEL is a grand vaulter over the back of the His costume is good, a mixture of red and blue, handsomely ornamented. He is also a clever rider, and manages four horses in an act entitled "Middle Ages." The horses have been finely trained, and make some re markable changes in the:- tr positions. M. Ducos is a good equestrian, and performs clever feats in the act entitled " the leaping man , leaping horse"—both springing at the same time. has a good form, but the style of dress does not show to advantage, Ducos is a very spirited and clever rider, and leaps through hoops and over streamers with ie dresses in the Swiss costume. _ much activity M. MONTERG.—The ape is so finely exhibited by him that it actually looks like the reality. His nimbleness and activity are unique. The death sgene is acted to per fection ; his limbs quiver, and the last struggle is most admirable. He will perform the ape during the course of this'week, and we can strongly recommend those who have not seen the performance not to lose this opportunity. . ,• Tom_. UWARV IDALGO.- T:la diminutive cimen of humanity has much droll humour, and is an excellent comic performer : he is also an equestrian like the rest of the troupe. M. SrEGRIST is a very useful and good actor. The simpleton in the " Harlequinade " is well enacted by him ; and the gendarme in " R on d o l e t an d P assecarrea u 'is a clever piece of comic acting. His back gets most desper ately kicked by that wild and untameable little poney, with the remarkably long mane. YOUNG NIED exhibits feats of horsemanship on the bare backed steed ; he rides a handsome dun-coloured horse. and balances himself on the hind-quarters of the animal at full speed, in a very remarkable manner T I M. ANDRE perso •iates a variety of characters on the horse, is a clever equestrian, and makes a good harlequin. M. LAMBERT is a good rider in the saddle. He has tall figure, and officiates in conjunction with M. Franconi as master of the ring. There are several equestrian acts in which he performs. " The Four Quarters of the Globe " are remarkable for the extreme beauty and cor rectness of the costume and trappings of the horses. The dress of M. Lambert is that of Africa—a handsome Ara bian costume. " The Musketeers' Quadrille," and the preceding, are quadrilles danced by the horses,* and prove that M. Franconi can teach a four-footed animal to dance as well as our Mr. St. Albin can one of the biped race. To these may be added the " Hussars of France," and the " FestiiTal of Flowers," which are evolutions performed by the horses, and exhibit the most accomplished training which these animals are capable of. "Le Jeu de Barres" is a very exciting game, and exhibits some excellent sad- dle riding tufa! The captain of a brig, in Prince's Dock, was robbed at public-house in the neighbourhood of Williamson- ware, on Feiday evening, of £l6g. . • Among the students admitted this term to the Birken head Theological College is the Han. C. Fielding, son of the Earl of Denbigh. A gentleman from Sheffield, who was drunk, was rob bed on Wednesday night, near the Old Haymarket, of £6O in cash and a gold watch. T. B. Horsfall, Esq., the Mayor, has kindly given a donation of coals to every inmate of the Corporation Almshouses for Seamen's Widows. The Liverpool Lion has ceased to be published. Mr. Brough, on whom fell all the literary and illustrative departments of that publication, is to be entertained at dinner prior to leaving the town. The Committee of the Corn Exchange have granted to the Floral and Horticultural Society, the use of that building for the exhibition of flowers, on the Ist of June, 6th July, and 14th September next. . _ _ RonnEnv.-On Saturday night week, the house of Mr. Barnes, Field-street, was entered by means of skeleton keys, and wearing apparel of the value of £lO carried away killed at the new railway tunnel shaft, in Gasgoyne-street. The deceased was engaged in excavating a quantity of clay, when a large mass fell, and smothered him. On Monday, Charles Charleston, one of the crew of the packet-ship John Ravenal, fell into the hold of the ship Isaac Newton, and received a compound fracture of the skull. He died the following morning. On Tuesday, a young man, named Stephen Burns, while working at the ship Sailor Prince, lying in the Brunswick Graving Dock, fell from a stage, and fractured his skull. He died in about five minutes. Mr. John Masheder, late head master of the Church of England South School, Cornwallis-street, in this town, was on Saturday elected a scholar of Magdalene College, Cambridge, on the Milner Foundation. Value, £75 per annum. _ _ QUICK PASSAGE.—The ship America, Captain Dunn, arrived in our river:on Wednesday, after one of the most rapid passages on record, being only twenty-six days from New Orleans. We understand she is one of Messrs. C. Grimshaw and Co.'s celebrated " Black Star" Packets. A very handsome font, of Caen stone, has been erected in St. James's Church. The carving is exquisite, and the bowl is sufficiently large to admit of immersion. The cost will not be less than £7O. The design is by Mr. Hay, the architect. _ _ On Thursday, Chas. Turner and Robert Benn, Esqrs., sat in the Sessions-house, to adjudicate upon applications for the transfer and removal of licenses. There were thirty-nine applications, and of these thirty-eight trans fers were allowed, and one removed. _ On Thursday, a man named James Murray, mate of the Greenock, lying in the Queen's Dock, whilst intoxi cated attempted to go below, but in passing the hatchway, fell head-foremast into the hold, and was killed on the spot. . . . _ . - _ At the meeting of the Liverpool Loan Company, on Thursday, the net profit for the half year-was declared to be £582, and a dividend of fifteen per cent was passed. The dividend for the previous half-year was twenty per cent. A sum of nearly £l6O was also added to the re serve fund. FRENCH PLANTS.—A very splendid and healthy collec tion of Frenea ornamental and bearing plants have arrived. They are from the nurseries of Messrs. Martin, and Co., of Lyons, and are advertised for sale in our paper to-day. As there are amongst them many rare and new specimens, they are well worthy the attention of connoiseurs. COLLISION BETWEEN THE NIMROD AND THE MARGA RET.—Captain Cooke, to whom was referred the dispute as to the collision between these vessels; after going fully through the merits of the case, gave his award on Wed nesday in favour of the sailing vessel, the Margaret. The damage is estimated at upwards of .e2OO. On Wednesday, an old woman, named Elizabeth Hill, a resident in one of the almshouses, was burnt to death. The deceased was discovered lying in bed quite dead, her feet being burnt almost to a cinder. The bedclothes were much burnt, and a candlestick was on a table at the foot of the bed, but no candle in it. It was not ascertained how the fire originated. INSPECTOR OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.—Mr James Fell, inspector of police at Manchester, has been op . . pointed inspector of weights and measures in this borough, m the place of Mr. Thomas Arstall, at a salary of £2OO a-year. Mr. Thomas Kissack, keeper of Rose-hill bride well, and Mr. John Edwards, inspector of police, have been appointed out door district inspectors of weights and measures, at a salary of £l2O a-year each. SHIP FEVER.—The British ship India, Captain Gray, (late Thompson,) arrived at New York from Liverpool, on the 22nd ult., after a passage of 57 days. Captain Thompson died of the ship fever on the 14th. end during the voyage 39 of the passengers died of the same disease. The first officer of the ship and a large number of the passengers were still sick. When the India left Liverpool she had 270 passengers. DEATH FROM Loc KJ A w.—On Wednesday week, Wm. Pritchard, aged 31, was employed at the Albert Dock Warehouses. He had rolled some empty casks from No. 5, and loaded them into his float, when in endeavouring to place another rather heavy cask on the top of the others it slipped and jammed his left hand against the wall. He was attended by Dr. Hannay ; but lockjaw came on, and he died on Friday. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SEAMAN'S CASE.—Amos Back, steward of the Lahore, summoned Captain Birt for arrears of wages. Back ad mitted he had been absent from the ship eleven days, but it was by the mate's sanction. The magistrates adjudged that he should forfeit a month's wages and pay the costs. DECLINING VIATUE.—A respectable-looking man, named Thomas Smithson, was brought up at the Police court, on Tuesday, charged with felony. On Monday, he was a police-officer, and was suspended by Mr. Rushton for drunkenness ; and, on Tuesday, to complete his de cline, he was brought up for stealing a watch. He was committed for trial. STRANGE MILITARY RVLE.—A singular scene occurred in the Police-court, on Friday. A soldier, belonging to the Rifle Corps, was standing in the court with his cap on. Mr. Wyburgh, the senior clerk, observing this breach of etiquette, ordered the man to take it off, when, strange to say, he refused, and persisted in his contumacy, until Mr. Booth, the magistrate on the bench, repeated the order. His refusal was grounded on a military rule, that a soldier need not bare his head to any person, nor in any place (a court of justice excepted.) Few days pass over without the appearance in the dock of the Police-court of one or more juvenile delinquents. These are frequently the children of industrious poor peo ple, and their crimes may, generally, be attributed to their coming in contact with practised thieves in the streets, who profit by their delinquencies, but manage to escape themselves. On Friday, a little boy, nad,ed John M'Cann, was charged with having stolen some cigars from a shop in Soho-street. He was caught in the fact, and taken to Bridewell. The child's mother, a very decent looking woman, was in court, and expressed much sorrow for her son's offence. The magistrate ordered the boy to be given up to her, having previously admonished her to _ _ - prevent the recurrence of such an some, and offence. ANOTHER EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF COTTON BY A WAREHOUSEMAN.—The magistrates were occupied for a charge against William Huiston, a warehouseman, and James Tiuiston, his son. Kehoe, the active officer of the detective department, stated that, about one o'clock on the afternoon of the preceding day, he and Bates, in con sequence of information they had received, went to the west end of George's Dock ; there they saw a boy deliver ing cotton from a cart which contained six bales of cotton, the property of Messrs. Cunningham and Henehaw. The cotton had the appearance of having been taken out of the original bales, and packed , in others ; and Kehoe, on WHIM LIM evmently peen Proaen up, proba__, purpose of obliterating the marks on them. The case v._ remanded till Saturday, when Mr. Oldfield stated that he did not know of any such cotton coming ; he had no agent whatever in Liverpool,- and always made his purchases himself. Mr. Henshaw stated that he had examined the stock of cotton in his warehouse, and found that three bales were short. They were again brought up yesterday, and remanded a third time. y with t Di strut Ratls. A great number of colliers at the pits in Durham. are leaving Chorley, to won The fii•st ploughing match of the Manchester and Li verpool Agricultural Society has been fixed for the 2d of March next, at Winwick._ THE GROVE SCHOOL, WEEKRAM.—On Monday, the pupils of Matthew Sibson, Esq., of the Grove School, Wrexham, presented that gentleman with a valuable silver inkstand and gold pen, accompanied by an address. On Wednesday, through an explosion of fire damp, at Sankey Brook Colliery, near Parr, three persons were killed, and four others so seriously injured, that there is no hope of their recovery. On Monday the men at Mr. Pennington's mill, Hind_ ley, turned out through a threatened reduction of wages, but on Wednesday they resumed work and agreed to the reduction. _ _ _ _ _ _ On Saturday week, Mr. Baldwin and his wife, who fell victims to fever, were buried at Wigan in one grave. On the Thursday previous their daughter died from the same disease, and two other children are not expected to re cover. - _ occupants were not" - maiden sisters,"but surgical students, ; u Si d t; s i e n q e jar n s t i n i n a q h u e i le e s in a b m o the s bodies h o ew f t t w h o a tc the hild last ren n some wmauyrdere mored or babes lese i were merely Theobtained sub jects Runcorn were a little alarmed during the sequence of the high soapery chim ney rst having been shaken by th e l a t e ad pasto thatfinhabitantsmwethseseer ks i n supposed ui naeeof ie n y a rough winds, and bent from its perpendicular. It is to be taken down from below the place where it is injured. A Lancaster paper mentions that a few days since, while a schooner was entering the harbour of Piel, her boat broke adrift, and was carried so far to sea that it could not be seen. About ten hours afterwards, however, it was again drifted into Piel, and was carried by the current to its proper place under the stern of the vessel to which it belonged. On Wednesday morning, Mr. Main, a respectable tradesman in Manchester, who has been suffering under an attack of fever, threw himself, about nine o'clock, from a third story window in front of his house, in Strangeways, upon the flagged pavement underneath. The unfortunate man alighted on his head, and his brains and blood were scattered around affording a sickening spectacle to passers by. - At the meeting of 4 the Manchester Chamber of Com merce last week there was a short discussion on the cur rency, Mr. D. Price contending for the necessity of an al teration in Sir R. Peel's act, so far as to leave the issue without limit, under the direction " of some managing commission, or other power of some kind or other," and Mr. John Brooks taking the same view. No resolution or other expression of opinion was proposed. ___ BOILER EXPLOSION AT MANCHESTER..—We regret to find that thirteen persons have lost their lives by this accident. The inquest was commenced on Saturday week, and did not terminate until midnight on Wednesday, when the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Thomas Riley, the owner, on the ground of culpable negligence, in disregarding repeated warnings that the boiler was insecure, and he was committed for trial at the next Liverpool assizes. THE MURDER BY HIGHWAYMEN.—The unfortunate man, named Wm. Wyatt, who was shot on Friday week, near Adlington, in Lancashire, by a robber whom he had just captured, died on Saturday morning. The inquest upon his bady was held, when the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against John Walmsley and Wil liam Bates. The deceased, William Wyatt, has left a wife and seven children, the youngest of which was only born last Monday. Thomas Wyatt is said to be going on favourably. _ _ . CHRIST CHURCH, SALFORD.—The noble enlargement of this church, of which the Rev. Hugh Stowell is the in cumbent, is now completed. Another pillar and a chan cel six yards in length have bean added to the building, giving to the whole a finish and beauty of proportion sel dom surpassed. The chancel, especially, is quite an architectural gem. By means of the enlargement. about 180 appropriated sittings, 100 free sittings for adults, and dation of the church. 150 for Sunday scholars, have been ad ded t o the accomo- On Sunday week four brothers and a sister, with her husband, were returning in a boat across the river to Runcorn, when the boat was upset. The husband of the young woman was one of those who could swim, a n d escaped : he had been married but six months. His w if e, a fine young woman, was enceinte. He bore her in one arm as long as he was able, when he was obliged, reluc tantly, to unloose his hold of her, as both were sinking. The two swimmers escaped to land , but three of the bro thers and their sister perished. ANOTHER SAMPLE Or ROMANISM.—The M anc h ester Courier, in giving an account of the murder, by two high waymen, near that town, and which we published l ast week, states that the two desperadoes are both Irish men, and that one of them, before he fired, went down up on hi s knees, pulled off his hat, placed something b e f ore him, and said, " I swear by this book, and by mydear Jesus, O yes once, 0 yes twice, 0 yes three times, th e fi rst man ' that comes near me, I will shoot him." He did fire, and so did his companion, and two gallant men were shot, one of them fatally. Luckily the two villains were captured, and brought to justice. Upon the neck of one of them a kind of charm was found, to which he appeared to.attach much importance. THE CROPS IN CHESHIRE.—We are sorry to, learn that some potato stocks have experienced much rot within the last fortnight ; we trust, however, the evil is partial in character. Dairying will soon be resumed; in the mean time we hear of nothing particular in regard of stock of this kind. It would be well if Cheshire farmers would pay a little more attention - to their rearing stock (luring winter ; they are now too often seen shivering with cold in some nook, and with a very small allowance of food. We should hope that the increasing cultivation of green crops will, before many years, lead to a better course of treatment, and that the time will come, that shelter, as well as a bellyful of meat will be deemed essential. Folks are now thinking of potato planting, and we do hope that an unusual breadth of early and second-early kinds will be got in betimes, for this has been the most successful course during the last two years. WOMAN PERISHED IN A STORM.—On the 4th instant, a respectable female named Mary Herd, who has for thirty years or upwards, conducted a grocer and draper's shop in Ulpha, set out her son's residence in Eskdale. In order to accomplish the journey she had to cross the wild and dreary rout called Birkrow Moor, six miles in length, which divides the vales of Seathwaite and Eskdale. She could not have got more than a mite when the evening closed in with a violent hurricane .of wind, and rain in torrents. It appears she had struggled against the " pelting of the pitiless storm" for four miles, and after straying off the direct road forty or fifty yards, had sunk upon the heather thoroughly exhausted. It appears, too, that she had continued her exertions to get across the moor even when unable to stand. The state of her clothes and knees, and her lacerated hands, furnished evi dence that she had struggled against her impending fate till nature was forced to succumb. Her umbrella was lying beside her, battered to pieces with the wind and rain.—Lancaster Gazette. EMPLOYMENT IN MANCIIESTER. — The depression com plained of last week still continues, and there is no pros pect, we regret to say, of an immediate improvement. At the market last week an attempt has been made to obtain better prices, and in some few instances it has been successful, but the advance is slight, and by no means encouraging. Meanwhile the price of cotton is main tained, accompanied by a firmness indicating yet higher prices. The demand for yarns being so languid, the spin ners are turning their attention again to short time, and the result will be an immediate diminution of the hours of labour in cotton-mills, and the consequent increased distress of a large number of operative hands. The dis trict surrounding Manchester participates in the gloom which pervades the town. Stockport, Ashton, Bury, Bolton, Oldham, Rochdale, Stalybridge, Heywood, and many ther towns are in a very unpromising condition, P'eb. 22,4 g. hundreds of the working-classes being either wholly or partially out of employ men t. Th e d es i re for emigration. chiefly to America, is increasing, and every week some 20 or 30 families are leaving their homes to seek the mean of subsistence across the Atlantic. It is a subject of general remark and congratulation that, notwithstanding the impoverished state of the operatives, not the slight est feeling of discontent from political causes is shown. At a meeting of operatives held at Bolton on Sunday scheme was proposed to raise a fund, by weekly twopenny subscrptions, from which 400 or 500 persons could be sent to America every year. FACTORY INSPECTO'RS' REPORT.—Mr. Leonard Horner, the inspector of f ac tories in Lancashire, York. shire, 'Westmoreland, and Cumberland, observes, with reference to the Factory Act of last session—" From the state of trade, it has not been possible, as yet, to form any opinion as to the practical effect of the restriction of labour to eleven hours a day. I have already, however, seen indications of a disposition in some quarters to resort to plans for evading the law, such as employing young persons and women to clean the machinery at extra times. instead of within the eleven hours, and cutting off portiong of the periods fixed by law for meal times—practiceg which I shall, of course, do all in my power to prevent, but which it is not easy to do from the difficulty of ob taining evidence ; the work people themselves naturally dreading the danger of losing their employment by coming forward as witnesses, or even by giving information. Some factories have begun to work their machinery more than eleven hours a day, by relays of persons whose la bour is restricted to that time ; and I inserted a warning' advertisement in the local papers pointing out the ille gality of the practice." Mr. Horner reports that, during the last year, there had occurred in his district 616 acci dents in factories, being 329 less than in the preceding half year, and 535 less than in the half year ending 31st of October,att en d ance 1846. The school of children had' been satisfactory, and the sum of £173 had been paid in grants, varying from £3O to £B.- During the last half year there was a very general depression in the block printing branch of the trade. This falling off was to be ascribed solely to the present want of demand of this de scription of work. Mr. T. F. Howell, the inspector for the counties of Devon, Somerset, Lanccster, Chester, Derby, and Wilts, reports that in his district many facto ries had been closed during the whole period embraced by his report. Very many .more had been- only partially at work, some four days, some three days, and some two days in the week, while some few had continued to work full time throughout. The depression in the print work department of the trade was sensibly felt, and the number was GREAT PROTESTANT MEETING IN , MANN CHESTER. On Thursday evening, a great meeting of the Proteg.- tants of Manchester and Salford was held in the Free Trade Hall, for the purpose of opposing the bill'recently introduced into the House of Lords, by Lord Lansdowne, for the establishment of diplomatic relations between England and Rome. About 5000 persons were present' ' , James Wood, Esq., occupied the chair, and on the plgt. form was a strong muster - of the elite of the clergy and laity of the locality and neighbourhood. The Chairman referred to the statutes passed by our fore fathers, centuries ago, forbidding diplomatic relations with the pope, for which they had sound reasons, but it was now sought to repeal them, though those reasons still existed in their full force. Popery- had altered none of its cha- , racteristics, and it was the duty of all Protestants te' stand forward and oppose this bill, which would seriously injure this country, because it would diminish our protes-' tantism. To that we were indebted for our civil and: religious liberty,--for our wealth, and from all the bless- , ings- resulting from that system of protestantism ; but,• above all, for the smile of heaven upon our country. What a feature was it that men, high in office, should seek to associate our protestant queen with the pope of Rome ! ' —(Applause,) Whatever benefit he derived front the constitution of this country, he was willing Roman Catholics should share ; but he would take care that they did not deprive him of it.—(Loud applause.) Mr. THOMAS GREIG, in proposing- the first resolution, (whichovith the others, will be found in our advertising columns), said he was the advocate of that freedom of thought by which protestants are actuated. He appeared there as- the advocate of freedom of thought ; of those principles by which protestants should ever be actuated. Pius IX, was a man who wished well to• his country, as far as the introduction of railways and gas ; but they had yet to learn that he had given his subjects religious free dom. When he allowed the Bible to be freely dissemi mated through the land, then he might be allowed to send a representative to the court of England, but not before. He referred to the searching of the boxes of the Scotch mis sion to Jerusalem, some time ago ; to Tahiti,. to Madeira, to Rome, where Sir C. E. Smith was prevented from hold ing a prayer meeting ; to the altar denunciations in Ireland, and said Let us do unto others as we would be done by." Our ministers should send the Bible, not only through the British dominions, but throughout the world. A 3 national sins would be visited with national punishments, we must all stand forth in this cause, and remember that we were responsible to God. If the day was indeed come when power was to be given to the beast, woe be to the man or the nation by whom that powe r was so - g i ven . The Rev. H. STOWELL on seconding the resolution, was received with loud applause. In the course of a long and eloquent address he said, Where could they find the heart of the British constit u ti on, if riot in the Bill o f Rights of 1688, with which Magna Charts was not to be compared. The conduct of her Majesty's ministers showed that they feared lest, if they gave time for re' wouldfld a e r c e t o n n bo te t ,or attempttheo us e t d hi s n u k tc i oh n g ba ns r pd o i t r e ui s ts t a ta n hg t aa s ti n o t f hi t ei h ly i a s mccoioutiinloh,t not, a nd christ. (Cheers.) The policy of cabinets in this matter had been tergiversating and treacherous : they had not fought the battle of concession in the open field,, but had carried us by ambuscade. Why did not her Majesty's ministers, if they contemplated such a measure, introduce it into her Majesty's speech ? (Applause.) True, mini sters had a precedent for thus endeavouring to take us in ambush, in the conduct of their predecessors, the per fidious Conservatives, who betrayed us on the question of Maynooth. (Loud applause.) One would have hoped that a Whig ministry would have learned wisdom from their predecessors ; but it seemed as if there were a kind of judicial retribution in anything like communion or contact with. Rome ; as if it blunted the moral sense, and destroyed the right consciousness of truth, insomuch that if we cam e i n contact with Jesuits, we imbibed a little of their Jesuitism ; and surely our Protestant statesmen LI, these latter d a y s were Jesuitised by Rome, He woul d have free trade with Italy and with th e Romish churc h throughout the world. But what kind of free trade ?- Not a one.sidea reciprocity. Not for Englandsto " give, give, give," to the horse -leech "of Rome, which wag bloated with her life-blood, and to receive not one solitary drop in return. This free trade would so ruin us that ere long we should have nothing more to yield, and Rollie nothing more to demand. The rev, gentleman then ad' verted to the bull In Oenci Domini, which he-said was ill, force now, and was not carried out in all its severe an d fearful consequences only because it was not convenient to do so. (Hear.) It cursed the Queen and all PO" teStants, declaring that they ought all to be exterminated. Let the Pope, then, repeal it before he had the indecency to ask us to have relationship with him. The individual who would be sent as ambassador from Rome would be 0 wolf in sheep's clothing, observing all that was passing , giving information at head quarters, divulging all the counsels of the nation, and in every way subserving the dark stratagems of the man of sin. If; the Pope could keep the Irish prelacy quiet, and could stop the horrible, atrocities that had b een p er p e t ra t e d th ere , an d ha d n o t done it already, he was not worthy of our fellowship ; and if he could not, it was not worth while granting dangeron° concessions to gain his influence. Where was the pa"; triotism of those men who would defend the sceptre et England by the crozier of the Bishop of Rome ? Was it come to this, th a t E ng l and must go to Rome, to anti christ, to prop her tottering country. and maintain her liberties ? (Loud applause.) It was only justice to Ire" land that would keep that country quiet—equal laws Papist Protestants and Papi s t s ; protect i on for the poor PaPit from the tyrannical hierarchy ; liberty of conscience to the to read his Bible, and feel his way to his GO; (Applause.) The rev. gentleman, in conclusion, exhory, those present to exert themselves in getting up petitions against the proposed measure, and urged them never to' have peace with antichrist and Rome. (Loud applause.) The resolution, as were all the others, was unanimous ly passed. raisina LensnTe e h s e atg Rev.wrosowns, ,00 R. snd ß et u u urop T gf ; BUTLER the dhe d declared contendmel measure e a e r e t i d n himselfmeeting, f b o by the introducedtt the ee a fb n al ot u oh n db c o yo o n c i f nli; o 7 l : livered unto the saints." He moved a resolution. The Rev. R. COWE, of the Free Church of Scotland,t seconding it, contended that it was i mpossible to set aslu, the spiritual from th e p r i nce l y character of the Pope, ~" our relations with him. Co-operation with the Pope,, the supposition that it would be a peaceful co-operattul l i was a sham, a dre am , a delusion ; for while he would P. 1 1,, us on the head w ith one hand, he would stab us with tu:', other. Popery was a l ways the same, and it could neve' change until it b ecame extinct. He regarded the measur e lately introduced as a step to the endowment of Popo% and thus to comp l ete the giving up of the land to power and the influence of Anti-Christ. A-4 The Rev. G EORGE OSBORNE said that the Protesiz.-6 cause had received a signal accession of strength in e f l o elevation, to the m os t i mportant post in the kingdom, prelate who, in a l ower sphere, had given good eviden'"„fi of his attachment to the cause. (Hear.) It was unq: cessary to sound his praise in the Free-trade Hall, Or 0 any part of what had been his diocese of Chester. 4 had commanded th e esteem and love of all classes of the community to w h om h e h ad b een known, and had , putable claims upon the affections and gratitude of thew who valued th e P rotestant settlement of this constitutioll , He had promoted to a purely honorary and well-deservs situation, that Protestant advocate to whom they 11 ,7 0 listened then, and had given a similar situation to tP, t , other indomitable advocate of Protestantism, the BM Hugh M`N e il e — gentlemen to whom the country was u . , p der the deepest obligations. He contended that 110 .4 Lansdowne' s measure was unnecessary, impolitic, 0 " degrading to England. g After a few o th er sp i r i ted addresses, thanks were iro t _j to the chair man , and the meeting concluded by prayer"' the singing of the doxology. [We trust that this meeting in Manchester, on a subei, so momentous to the national weal, will shortly be 1 4 lowed by an equally impressive demonstration on the of the genuine Protestants of our own town and neig u r bourhood. Highly as we h onour the noble effort of,;),„1 Manchester neighbours to avert what will prove a , and dangerous blo w a t th e constitutional and mental u t d ties of our country, we have in Liverpool both clergy Tio laity, who could as forcibly and eloquently oppose Lijo threatened measure as those of any district kingdom.] Ai H Cha t —IV, Trier Ist ii from Agn ( land' Mad Sta meta Dtt leaky Put/ 4 Thf carg o many the pi , Cro n ett I Fra eorg nence As allfot ltos port 4 liar and Wade S • :14; .l at, • 4 Jan. 4 2th 8 4 1 / 4 dnc A`eW Alin, Ana Retie % Irregt nLi Zre' th:44 ber I Yrf tick ford wis Hea Afri