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12. 18 i,;, -J \L, 3.iVc;lii'O()~ I , ast`li ?it hitt .Three of Mr. NV. VAP BEN,ofthc 'hPair_.. royal Drorci Covent-naiden, &c. r 1 1, 4 i l l preseut U . ES "C,A Y , the 12th inst., In ill be performed ttm favourite,Comeii, of the •• FOR SCANDAL: - Sir ' W. Farrell. Joseph sot - lace - Mr. Stuart. Charles .Surfece • Mr W. Howard. • . Ornbt ,-, Mr. Baker. Sir Backiri:e Mr. W. -EL Bland, .•• Lad 'disc Faucit. Caud,ir '.Ls. Clarke. Mrs. alter l"laria Miss Clear . the.tirst tune here, ,a- I.liy Sir Charles• Dance, Esq., and perfor ....success at the Okinpie.Theatre, calied • TUE BENGAL 'l' •Sir Paul Pagoda • r. W. Farrell t as tirtgivatly performed by lola in London.) Ed ward. Rendersou - Arthur Onslow. Mr. W. H. Bland. - David Y'ellowleaf..Mrs. Clarke Charlotte.. ... .... Miss - 14%1 , 36T, I 'O - NWRROW. ( Weilnesdar„) will be repeated the favourite . :comedy of the CL:VN DESTINE MARRIAGE, with the pi.- ' pular drama or PAST AND PRESEN'f, in which Mr. W. Tarren will appear in hi., celebrated characters of Lord Ogleby • and Larose. w farce; written with the greatest, POSTPONEMENT' .0:r E SECOND GALA TILL 7) . THIS 'EVENING,. ( IVIES DAY.) THE 12TH, „ - - WHATHE;i4 PERMITTING ••• • ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS-. - rill-1E SECOND GALA a the SEASoN.,OIII commence -4 - • with • THE GRAND )),f,41:.; INIOUNT VESIA tjS, 'PHIS EVENING. JUNI - : 12TH. :rho• Valcatiic Firing will be under the Supermtetulence.of that • able Art;4t Mr. D'Ern,i. • '2' ' ADMMA:NCE. oNE SHILLING. TO CORRESPONDENTS rtathelor" will keep. • Fishing Excursion to Wales" is in type, lint owing to a press of advertisemeuts it is unavoidabl;deferre , l until. Fri t:Qty. 0 in the nex t r iblif-ition. We,.have receivedmost '>f the periodicals at.a period thhi'ioonth. WlcitErs."—We shall at all times be most happy to give an account of the runs Ott cricket matches if furnished to up. , in time. lox.TiEru GAol.—The. letter eif Hector Timid" hi our next. To THE PUBLIC. 'lt the suggestion of several of our friends, we have , been•Zndaced to POSTPONE THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE LIVERPOOL :STANDARD until the 3d of July, in order that ue may nOt break in upon the half yearly files of our subscribers,' and that the new series nay commence with the first number in the second half-year. Zi)c TUESD,IY MORNING „JUNE' 12, 1838. (L - '" The . Pubiielition of the Sr. N DA RI) commenced this morn: lug at 5 Wr.lork. MEETING OF. Tan TOWN COUNCIL—The usual monthly meeting of the Council was hell on Wednesday last. Amongst a variety. of subjects.which engaged the atten tion of this auguSt body, that relative to the approaching coronation possessed the most interest, and led to a very protracted discussion. Our readers may not. be possession of the fact, that for a considerable time past the roost.active preparations have been in progress . for giving due eclat to this im portant event. At a private meetingof the "select few" who direct... the proceedings of the Council, and on par ticular occasions furnish the menthers with instructions how to vote, it was unanimously resolved that a public examination - of the children in the 'Corporation Schools should take place at an early day, the better to prepare them for the part they are designed to take in the ap proaching procession. Mr. Wilderspin has accordingly received instructions to repeat hiSnovelties at the Town hall, this day, to:mot row, and Thursday. We have no doubt that the farce will be More profitable to himself than either useful to the children•or amusing to the au dience. Of course a very liberal grant will be voted for his " unweaned exertions in promoting the welfare of the . rising generation." The self-sts'led "Education Committee"—that is, 'a body of men-chiefly Unitarians, Papists, or political Dissenters, Whose professed object it is to tuutitate,th,• sacred Scriptures so as to stilt the pre judices of . eery creed and sect—will-doubtless recom mend this quack to the favourable considerAon of the Council, not for his faithrul 'exposure of• a-System which relaxes the „morals and .confirnis the. prejudices of the children.entrusted to Iris:care; but simply'becauSe he en deaVour; to conceal' the truth -and mislead the public by substituting a series of questions which cannot possibly either improve or i'nstroCfthe rising - generation. His charity teaches him neither to condenin a . Yice'nor ap prove a tirtue at the expense of another's feelings Be the subjects of-his examination Papists, Infidels, Churchmen, Methodists; Ranters, oi.Jumpers, his systere adapts itself with a - ready facility to the feelings and prejudices of all. But to our subject.—We have made these remarks simply to introduce a very Itemis ing pupil of Mr. WildCrspin, echo Was Speciallyengaged .to introduce a motion relative to the appropriation of .a sum of Money from the Corporation • Fund for the pur pose of celebrating, the Coronation of her most graciods Majesty. We allude to , Mr. Alderman Barclay, of course, an alderman of the modern school ; and it is but justice to add' that he acquitted himself in a manner worthy his great master. la introducing the subject, Mr. Alderman Barclay A ll `"erved that " he rose in pursuance of a motion t) ., ca l 'the attention of this Council to a subject which i s, _t i r e sonic time their thoughts, and t or Vk t I T l he hoped for their cordial co-operation and ! upp felicity of this langnage, not to mention its grammatical accuracy, fro far to remove the pre judice which has long- be.en,e'hnittiertained against the sa.. s.eif in exceeding doubt „I p e n i t h :o r n .or n i n t o t t al the luded la b t could tthderstand him, he to the coronation of her Ma observed, that , : his c'el'l t 9 1- course, elicited some jesty Victoria . " evidently disturbed the equanimity of athile'laa::isee;,:aini•srna)ind. Thus far his wishes and explana matter of fact.' Mr. Barclay assured tions; t h e Council • that it had been the custom, invariably, i n , t h e ancient botough, to celebrate such an event in the best m anner in which it Las been in the power of the individuals composing it ;" and having got cleverly through this !natter of history, the alderman again ven tured an opinion 4 ‘ that it would be admitted that no oc casion of this kind (namely - , the coronation of her Ma jesty IT ietori4) ivfthin, "their recollection, bad appealed more warmly t6-their feelings or called'upon them more for their exertions." The gallantr y of the worthy Aerman, proverbial in his immediate neighbourhood, " ems also. to 6 'r‘i - eliOited qp!ause in the Council Chamber. But 1 i ow the diflictdty commenced. Tile slderman's me the natural rensu'°lrt: lion h a d b een o v failed ' and a short pause was the WEI at was to be done ? The too n the books for a considerable time—the etttiosity of the Council had been excited—the public were iryearnest expectation of some effusion worthy of the position which the alderman occupied in the Coun cil—and, above all, some means must be • adopted for getting to Lendon at tlie, publie expense, anti now for his mem ory to fail hint it Was indeed vexatious. Well, gen tle reader, as our 'sides have ached with laughing, We ;nay .s well add to your merriment by informing you ; ;r!rat the Alderman did. Poor man! He actually pra.yed to he excused front saving a single word in jus tification of his own resolution, on the ground that " he was . not •in the -habit of addressing public -companies" The cheering which followed this absurd request was of the most- deafening character. But relief el! 1 )9 at last. A meteor flash passed rapidly across the imagination Of the worthy alderman, and in the pleasure Of the motnent, he ventured upon an aphorism, without reflectin g that it was possible to begin well without the probability of ending well. His success, however, will be better understood by adopting-his own words, " allud tut;, sir, to the .illtistrions personage Who is now suc ceeded to the honours of her ancestors, and who is about to Asiltne-1.11e: dia(ietil of thes e rea l ms . 1 (10 not mean as jinx been the custom occasiorn.lly, when it has been con aeit ed that tine character of inch% iduals has not been suf . ficieut)y defined l c lair fo . 411 ow a proper estimate to he - Ir;treed.of the real features of their uharacter—l do not m ean to r_ef.t - ,lsk.the virtue s she may have been -- supposed },, yeittholuvd , rve.ii-ho, • "c: • and be the los ttast unof at Fi111,,1 session of here-can, , another and more' setionsclifTk. The of the ar , rinitent Was lost, and how to regain it was a question of great ditliculty. Butt at length Mr. Aldertnan Barclay conceived litt.'had undertaken a task for whibh he was unequal, which opin ion he immediately communicated to the Council. The greater part, however, enjoying the confusion of the alderman, cheered him to a further . attempt, and recol lecthig at the moment that he had a voting card in his pocket, containing some very important memoranda, lie composed himself for a study,-which the mayor noticing, very cruelly requested him not to ttust to his notes, but to go on, without, as if he had said you have proved your memory bad, no iv try your brains. But the advi;te was easier to be received than acted upon, and consequently the alderman pursiled his own way. After refreshing his memory the worthy alderman observed that what lie had said he had not intended to say, and now he was about to say what he had intended to say. The sum mary of this was, " that as the preSent Queen had evinced a spirit and understanding far abOve her years, was so young and yet so steady, so attentive to the duties of her station, and yet so mixing with the amusements of the passing hour—so fair in form and feature, and yet so devoid oraffectation, the people would energetically shout, " Long live the Queen." But here came the cream of the joke—the Council had been witnesses of the repeated failures of the alderman, and yet, with modest assurance, he tells them that "it were an easy and a pleasant task to dilate on a subject so interest ing." The resolutions were then read, that the stun of £750. be appropriated for carrying into effect proper measures for celebrating this great national event, and that a committee be appointed to prepare an address -to her Majesty, &c. Having now completed his task, Mr. Alderman Barclay reviewed the whole, and formally announced that " he had performed his duty in sonic sort, but lead it fallen into better hands, - it would have been better performed, with which self-evi dent truth we must take, our leave, simply remarking that the peroration of the' speech was delivered with more of emphasis and confidence than the preceding part. The motion being duly seconded by Mr. Coun cillor Houghton, some discUssion:arose, which we shall very briefly notice. The Mayor very properly observed, that should the Council place any sum of money at his disposal, he should consider it in the hands of the com mittee. Such conduCt is highly praiseworthy, and affords a very striking contrast to our lee Mayor, whose higgling propensities in the purchase of vegetables and muffins had brought the office of chief magistrate into con tempt: - A further communication was made by his wor ,ship, that he himself intended to give a lecture on Geo graphy, assisted by a magic lantern, to the children of the various schools. This cannot fail to attract a fash ionable audience. The speech of Mr. Walnisley was characterised by a more liberal spirit, and in every way worthy of the occasion which called it' forth, and as Mr. Jordan highly approved of the generous feeling, we must give him equal praise. Mr.. Alderman Barclay again ventured a remark, of course, taken from the minutes of the Council relative to the 'mode of celebrating previous Coronations. Mr. Earle thought £750 inadequate,but was unwilling to subsCribe himself. He, however, recommend ed the tradesmen to give public dinners to their own ser vants, hut for his own. part. he should keep his pockets buttoned. Such conduct is by no means a novelty. Several councillors spoke - in favour of the grant whilst others approved its increase: • Dr. Carson objected to any grant whatever. This .sapient councillor appears to entertain as .great an hatred to coronations as we do to his physic. Which of the two might be dispensed with with greater:advantage, we leave the ;mblic to judge. The ToWnlclerk conceived there 1,65. a legal difficulty in the way of granting- any allowance for the public charities. The Deputy is, of course, of the same . opinion. After some further remarks, the tesolutioti was carried, and a deputation appointed to present the address. The deputation to consist of the Mayor, Messrs. Barclay and Houghton. THE DISCUSSION AT DUBLIN.—As we confidently an ticipated in our last; the interesting discossion between "Father Tom," and the Rev., Air. Gregg has terminated in the complete triumph ot.the latter. Never was Popery so completely 'exposed in any similar controversy—never was Protestantism more nobly or more successfully yin-. (heated. The sudden and neoxv!eted retirement of Father Maguire from the arena, is sufficient evidence of the utter prostration of the cause which he advocated. He has evidently been disapPointed in his estimate of the character, learning, and eloquence of his antagonist. He thought that at least in the "war of words" he would have proved an over-match fur Mr. Gregg. But he has the consolation of reflecting that he has, at length, " caught a Tartar." The wily priest entered upon the discussion with the flush of anticipated victory brighten ing his countenance he has relinguished the field crest fallen and discomfilled. It will be a long time before this blustering champion of Popery again ventures to chal lenge a Protestant clergyman to a controversy, on the relative merits of the Roinish and Reformed Churches. That Mr. Gregg has acquitted himself in the course of this protracted discussion with zeal, energy, and talent, is evident from the concurrent testimony of the Irish and Metropolitan conservative press—from the unanimous expression of opinion on the part ofthose gentlemen who witnessed the manner in which he discharged the arduous and important task which he had assumed—as well as from the circumstance that a meeting of the clerical and fay gentlemen who attended the discussion, has been held for the purpose of signifying their decided approba tion of his conduct. Among other resolutions _which were pased at this meeting, we find that, " on taking a review of the late controversial discussion," the gentle men present . felt it to be incurribeninpon them to express their gratitude that he had been made so greatly instru mental "in exposing the Roniish apostacy." It was also deemed advisable to provide some public acknowledgment of his services from the Protestants of the United King dom, and, in furtherance of this view, arrangements were immediately entered into to raise a subscription for the Purpose of having the church of which he is the minister rebuilt on such an enlarged scale as will provide accom modation for an increasing congregation, as well as to provide a suitable residence for - Mr. Gregg and his family. Ail this evidently arises from the, consciousness of tri umph. But who or what has triumphed ? Is it merely Mr. Gregg that has achieved a victory over his subtle and crafty opponent? Ls it merely the personal. triumph of one out of two acute logicians, or accomplished scho• lars ? No! It is a far greater victory than this. It is the triumph . of the purity of Protestantism over the com plicated abominations of Popery. It is the triumph of truth over error, of Christian knowledge over sottish so p - . ' 3rstition of charity over biaotry ofthe immutable wo.d of God over the cunningly devised fables of the Church of Rome. The effects of this glorious victory will be felt for a vet's , long time, in Ireland especially, and through out th e wh o l e extent of .the usurped•doniinions of the Papacy. A spirit of,inqUiry has been already generated which Cannot but lead to the most satisfactory results. There can be little doubt that the point upon. which Mr. Gregg had the greatest advantage over his antagonist was, the abominations of Peter Dens and the confessional. The eves of Roman Catholic fathers and husbands have been, at length . ; opened to the enorndties, perpetrated; under the hallowed name of a sacrament, by. the "cor poration of baclelors" to whose:sPiritual guidance their wives and daughters are trusted. Cordially dowe r rejoice • that this subject haS been so forcibly introduced to the notice of those who are most deeply interested in the fearful disclosures which have been afforded during the recent discusSion The dominion of the Popish ptiest- hoOd will be shaken to the foundation the moment that a general investigation takes place, on the part of the Ro man Catholic laity, into tlie secrets of the Confessional. It is not unlikely that such an inquiry•will be one of the immediate consequences Of the late controversy. That the more higotted and ser%ileaMong the Papists of Dublin feel the deepest mortification at the issue of the discussion is ,ribUndantlyMahifeSt.... The . ratings' Of the Popish press is One indication of the prevalent des• pondency of the Maguire•party.. l3nt wehave stronger proof still. It appears from the Protestant GUardian of Saturday last that, as the Rev: Dr. Walsh' acid . the Rev. •17,147,11-7 , ,nrY.V7,4, Mr. Prior were - retorninz h.in:e rl'l: , l•gi.3y events", alter perforwina .111 r. Cfrei. , r,'s church, they xvere a:tacke,i by a fierce of ruffians, who evidently mistook. oite t f them for the rev. ge'ntle man hiu The clergy 1nt.41 v , ..ore i g - ed to fly for their lives, pursued by an ii nense and momentarily increasing, mob, who continued to folloVv them, until their intended victit;:s - tookslielter in the Conservative house in Daw son-street, vrith their clothes covered over with mud, thrown at them by the 'savage rabble, who were with difficulty prevented from forcing open the door of the house, Here was an instructive proof of the way in which the Papists are taught by their priests. • The tne,litated vengeance of these ruffians evidently originated in the humiliating defeat of theii redoubled champion. Perhaps die Mercui'lj will 'undertake to defend this ami able ebullition of popular feeling on the same ground that it prompted a similar line of conduct at the last election in Liverpool. We perceive that it,iS insinuated in a radical contem porary that the Conservative papers in Liverpool have found it politic to-suppress any report of the diScus . sion. must be an ignoramus who thus fancies that the STANDARD was afraid of publishing -part of the discus sion. The absurdity of imagining that we could do any thing like justice to a itiport which would extend through abOut forty of our columns is . su glaring that we shall not condescend to bestow upon it any further notice. We hope, however, that the discussion will be published in as cheap a form as possible, and that proper exertions will be used for its general dissemination. l'l-114; LIVERPOOL STANDARD. nth June, 1338. (Signed,) The. Town-clerk, CORRESPONDENCE. "To VIE TONVI:DUF.S'ONNITTEF, OI,VIE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL Glikrt ultN,:—We presume eiich member of your body, as an . individual. to be possessed of inflexible integritv,a scrupulou s . sense of honour; and, in your representative capacity we would hope to bud you earnestly anxious to render justice where jus tice-is due. Should any one openly assail your character and impute to you dishonor or dishonesty we doubt n : d each would be zealous to relieve himself from so wrongful a suspicion, t o t should a cowardly Malice prompt any one, covertly and under protection, to seek the injury of your fair fame, we presume to think it would be difficult to assi.rn bounds fur the feelings of indignation each would naturally ascertain. We, gentlemen, occupy the unpleasant position of havi ng ; had ,our characters assailed, our honesty impeached ; we have been slaUdered co vertly and under the protection of your body, we have . tted everyproper exe rti o n to induce you to deliver up tons the name of run- tisailant, that exertion has Tailed, and it is with unfeigned regret we•find oursekes compelled tolay a cie betore the wilt lie, with the two-fold object of vindiCating,pi! characters, and claiming from you that measure ofjustke•which we do feel you • wit h hold from us. We preface by stating that we are steam-boat agents, having vessels plying between this port and Cork and tern SO PLACES. As such agents we have hitherto paid the town-dues on all goods -imported and export edin our vessels, and charged the seine to . the Owners or consignees. •Et would appear Unit, some two or three imonths since, Mr. 'Corrie,f he receiver of the- toWn-dues at this port, had his atten tion to the Cork trade list by an "intßvidnal interested • at,the agent of ethers in the commerce 'lf the pert;" and by that -individual 'hi must have been informed, that certain discrepan cies existed lietween the amount of .tOwn-dui”; paid by us on cargoes.in.'our steamers to arid from Cork, and the quantity of -cargo ri:DpOrt and export) reported in such . Cork list. 'Mr. Currie, in performance of his duty as a public. officer of the cor !titration. very properly reported the matter to tour body. - From yoti he received instructions to aseertaio the defalcation alleged against us, and -eport to you thereon. Mr. Corrie proceeds to the execution of his-commands, and by what means ? Does he .'call upon us. and represent that such statements had been made, .so vitally affecting our characters as men of business and , men honesty?of Dues he seek to become acquainted with our ma nifests and 'our mercantile books anti' papers,- from which he could have obtained- all the information he sought ? No ! he - travels from counting-house to counting-house, enquiring from the respectable merchants with whom we are in the habit of as sociating, the quantity of goods they have exported or-imported in our vessels to and from Cork. (and bete we beg to observe to ,rind from Cons A lON ) in ;order to compare such with the quantity of goods upon which we had paid the towu—dues; and 'tin no case, we will venture to affirm,tlid Mr. Corrie depart froM the office of any such merchant after making his enquiries, • without leaving behind him au impression that we were sus pected of defrauding the corporate estate. This delicate iuves tig,atioll proceeds during a .space of nearly two mouths, and when, think pit] ; we hear of it for the first time ? • Not until several days after Mr. Conic had transmitted to you -his report; and bin do' we hear it ? We are sent for by one of the met chants from whore inquiry had been made, he expressed to us his regret that we should have been placed in so unpleasant a situation, and, not believing us capable of acting thus disho nestly, he deemed it but his duty to-acquaint us with what had occurred. To that gentleman we felt, we acknowledged, our obligation, and half an bobr did not elapse ere we waited upon •M'r. Corrie, to express our 'surprise at the suspicion raised against us, our deep ittinoVi4 rice that the investigation had been carried on without our knowledge, and ,or earnest desire to answer satisfactorily every inquiry he might, in the performance of duty, haVe been called upon to make. Mr. Corrie as sure& us,- he considered we had been suffering under a very serious imputation, but that he had, pleasure in announcing that, Au far as .te were cOncerned,dhe result of his inquiries had proved , atisfactory- to hiinSelf, and ,without dishonor to its; that .he. had been enabled (and diligently and vigorously must he have laboured for the-purpose) to account for every pirekage of goods imported and exported in our'vessels, except 26 firkins of butter, and that he hatt so . reported to your committee; and what think you he added? That the amount of town-dues upon these 26 firkins was so small, (Bd.) he did not think it WORTHY N IN [HUTMENT. Gentlemen,—We will not attempt to describe our feelings upon this announcement, we leave them to you, to any honour able mind to imagine. We felt a confidence, however, that even with regard to these 26 firkins of butter, some error must exist, which it would be in otir power to rectify. We returned to our offiee, we a-certained the tact from the books sod then ' discovered, that 17-1, not 200 firkins as represented to Mr. Corrie, had been received un board our vessel—and thus the 26 firkins were accounted for. We returned to Mr. Corrie with our papers, mid satisfactorily explained to him the mistake. he promised to amend his report in that respect, and we suppose did so. -!'We demanded from Mr. Corrie the name of his in former, we represented to him the injurious effect on our cha racter and credit the investigation must necessarily have pro duced, he refused to .furnished the. naihe of theindividual, but volunteered, as the only reparation in his power, to write to, or personally wait upon ail the parties and acquaint them with the resultof his inquiries. We declined that offer, we felt such a mode was not calculated to remedy the evil which had ensued, and we placed ourselves in the hands of our solicitors, between whom and other parties the annexed correspoudence has taken We have been engaged as agents for steam boats to other places than Cork for upwards of three years. lu October last, we commenced sailing our steam vessels between this port and Cork, and in January, in consequence of her success, another was added ; these two boats were the John M'Adarn. and the Margaret. It is never pretended that inquiry has been made ' by you respecting our transactions connected with any other place than Cork. -On the Cork station there is opposition—on the other station no opposition. No iuquiry was made . by Mr. Currie respecting 'either the transactions of ourselves or other parties trading to and from Cork, until his attention was so called to the Cork. list, and Mr. Come's report was confined, exclusively, we believe, to our own case. Mr. Radcliffe, in his letter on behalf of Mr. Corrie, states, that wr inquiry had been made in Ireland respecting these charges against us. To ascertain this, we went at much per sonal inconvenience to Cork, whence we have just returned, and there ascertained. that a persou-was blat lolled on the quay at Cork, Etitet.ovEn!and vain by certain parties soiling steam vesselo sin apposition to us, for the purpose of taking an account of the cargoes of our vessels for the town dues iu Liverpool. Gentlemen, we•.are .not placing either• you or Mr. , Corrie, (Si) your defence, of the latter geutieman we have seen much, suffi cient to claim Irons us, respect for his honour and integrity; we are merely seeking that you will render justice, where you have hitherto failed. Men's motives are between themselves and their maker ; circumstances, however, will, generally, enable men fairly to estimate the motives, of their. fellow men. If the " Individual interested. as the agent of . others in the com merce rf the port," who drew Mr. Corrie's attentioulia the Cork lists, be unconnected with our trade as opponent, if he be one separated widely front even the suspicion of jealtrusy towards us, we do not ask you -to furnish his name. But should the Individual thus interested as the agent of others, be one per sonally concerned in opposition to us. should he be one who would have been personally, and pecuniarily benefitted by our d o wmallTer degradation, then we do ask you,to conceive a tea s, f o r withholding his name. This is information which Mr. ie CAN, and if required by you, mUST furnish. We conclude with again expressing our regret, you should have refused to give up the name of this Individual, leaving us no tillernative, in vindication of ourselves, but to address you through the public press, and :publish the correspoodec'e which has taken place. We remain, Gentlemen, Your irlo,lient servants, J..4,.atid 1.. FORSILVW. . . coRRESFQNpVscii. Thomas Corrie,,Esq. Dna .Ste,—We are. informed that you have been making inquiries from various parties hoth here and iu Ireland as to the manner in which Messrs. J. A. and H. For,liaw carry on one part.of their shi;ipipg . business, and which inquiries seriuusly veflec t upon their integrity. As their professional men, we request to be informed at whose request, and for what purpose, you bore made these inquiries. Your early . reply will oblige, Dear, Sir, vours respectfully. (Sinned,) kwrirr and HUNTER. Brunswick-street, 28th April, 'lB3B. Town Dues Qffice, 2&h, April, 1833. Messrs. Shackleton, Wright and Bunter.- GENTLEMEN,—.I have to acknowledge the letter you ad !lressed-to me this moruirta by desire of Messrs. J. A. and R. Forshaw, which, as 'it relates to the business of this office, I have placed it in the hands of the I:4,tvir-clerk, who will give such reply, and hold such further communication witl► you on the subject as may be , proper on Inv part. I am, very respectfully, (iewHnen, • Yuur most obedient sPI vant, THOS. CORRIE., , . consequence,of inquiries havinz been made: from various person.s.by the receiver of the lowa dues, which reflected upon the inte g rity of Messrs. J A. and R. Forshaw, we wrote to the receiver, desirimr to he informed at whose re quest and for what purpose he made the irrq!thies, to which we have a reoiy that he h,d placet the letter in your hands, and that you would give such reply, and hold such , further commu nication with us nn the subject as might be proper on his: (the receivers) part. _ , . We have, therefore, to request that you will inform us by whose suggestion, at whose request, and for what purpose the inquiries.were made. Your early answer will , ' Dear Sir, your% truly, (Signed,) SHACKLE ON, WRIGHT wad truNTER 13) rinswii4c-street, 30th April, 1838. . The Town-clerk. PEAn `Stu,—We should feel obliged by an answer to our letter of the 30th ultimo, on the subject of the inquiries made hr the receiver of the town dues relative to Messrs. J. A. a nd Forsbaw. We are, tiPar sir, yours truly. SHACK.LETON. WRIGHT acid HUNTER. 13, uusu.4.l-stlect, 3d May, 1838. TN/m.llOl, 4th May, 1838. Messrs. Shackleton, Wright. and Hunter- DEA SIRS,-4 have to-day an interview with Mr. Corrie en the subject of your application to him on behalf of .Messrs. J. A• and .R. Forshaw, which f considered necessary to haye.be fore I answered your application. Mr. Currie, as receiver .or the town dues, bad his attention called t o the Cork Trade Lists. On referri ng to t h ose li sts (pu.blic reports intended for the,in formation of mercantile men in their commercial dealings) he found statements of shim - penis _ a nd arrivals of..goods. by the John M'Adain, and Margaret, regular trailers between Cork . . and Liverpool, amounting to sixteen cargoes between the 3001 January and the 7th of March inclusive. iu e ver y , one of which ' cargoes the quantity of goods as reported in the Cork Trade List exceeded th e quantity on .which. the town dues were paid by Messrs. J. A. and R. Forshaw, as agents for those vessels, the difference being, on the whole estimate of the sixteen cargoes, £l5 ss. 10d. upon pavments of £27 ss. 2a..0f town dues. Under these circumstances it became the bounden duty. of Mr. Corrie to repott to the committee. of the council on the town dues; . and on this report the committee, discharging their duty in pro tection of public revenue, directed Mr. Come to make. the ne cessary inquiries to enable theca to come to an opinion whether herehad in these cases been any detention of the just amount of town dues or not. • • . . . . Accordingly !11r. Carrie made inqniries in Liverpool; (but not i❑ lieland,, as you suppose,). and he had the satisfaction of finding that no detention had taken place, the questionable ap pf."'anci'.. which he had in the discharge of his duty reported, tieing fairly attributable to inaccuracies in the Cork Trade Lists, . On 'he 23rd April he transmitted to me a written report, now remaining with we, waiting for a meeting of the committee, bY which this result. nppearK and by which every questionable appearance reported to the committee is satisfactorily cleared up. INIUR'DER OF DISPECTOR ROSS. Last week we detailed the circumstances attending a pugilistic recontre, wnich.took place on the evening of Monday week, in the vicinity of Windsor, Upper Parliament-street. 'the police, it appears, had some intimation conveyed to them of the eveni before its occurrence, and it is to be regretted that a stronger force was not in attendance to prevent it, fur the result has been the death of one of fhe most active and intelligent oftiers be lunging to the corps—William Horner Ross, inspector, who sacrificed his life in a vain effort to disperse the brutal assem blage. The deceased 'was a most valuable and of iciest officer — a man whose steadiness was idways to be deiowe i upon,. and . •Whti, in everal: cases of emergeocy bad si,owo the most un 'daunted bravery. His,ceurage oa tae iesce,4m) to which we al- . lude, so far outstripped his discretion. as to, induce him, assisted only by two men, to attempt the dispersion of the infuriated. rabble. The consequence might have been - anticipated—the crowd turned upon the officers, beat them most unmercifully, and before further assistance could be procured, poor,Ross was covered with wounds ,and ,gore. When the., police received a reinforeemeut, a desperate li4ht took place between them. and toe' cob, which terminated in the captureof the principals, tvlia, were brought before Mr. Hall, as we stated last week, -fined in the. penalty of £5, and in default of payment, committed to she House of Correction ,for twoniontirs. It was not anticipated, at the time to which we allude, that . Inspector Ross's wounds, though set ions, would have terminated fatally. After the' affray; he was removed to the infirmary_ when every attention was paid to his case. On, his head were . four contused wounds of a daogelous character, and several others on various parts of his body, where he had been kicked and bruised. Until Sunday week, there were no untoward . symptoms, but on that day erysipelas showed.itself, and on the following morning au inflammation of the brain succeeded, of which he died on Wednesday. . HIS FuNetAL. After death, Mr. Nottingham, house-surgeon of the infirmary, subjected the body to a po.,tmorteni examination, and on Friday. it was interred at the Ceirm!er), Duke-street. A public pioces 7 slow of the police force accompanied the unfortunate deceased to is grave. The procession was fo , fined in Brownlow-street. Preceding the.hearse were 52 of the .fire Police, four abreast, in their costume. the first 8 wearing belts. which inclosed their hatchets of office, suspended from their necks by a chain: the others, in lieu of the hatchet, carried in their belts a polished piece of steel of au angular shape: called a key. Following the hearse were three friends or relatives of the deceased, who acted as chief mourners,' to whom succeeded about 301) of the police force, the rear being closed by 3G inspectors and the superin tendents, 'including Mr. Whiny, the bead constable.. The pro- Cession passed through PembrOke-place, London.road, Shaw's bri,w, Dale-street, Castle-street, Lord-street: Church-street, Bold-street, Rodney-street, to the Cemetery at the Mount, where the body was received in the chapel, and.the initial service read, atter which it was carried to us last resting place at the extreme end of 'the Cethe!ery; near Upper Parliameutstreet —not far removed from the scene of the fatal affray. INquEsTop"riu: BODY. - - On Friday, at two o'clock, an inquest was. held (the jury having prev,iiinsly inspected the body) at the Sessions-house, before I'. F. Curry, Esq., touching the means by which the de ceased came by his death. The ticst witness was George Wharton, a police-olficer, residing in reel. On Monday, the 9 ;zli nil lend, about seven in the evening, witness received information of a fight about to take place in Parliament-street. Went there, but could not discover any appearance of it. On making inquiry, witness ascertained that a body -of men had collected n-esT: the tannery, Went there and saw two men stripped td the waist. Was accompanied by two officers named Fish and Ritchie. Told the crowd to go away, and the two men who were stripped commenced running. Witness took one of the men into custody; .and was leading hint across the fields, followed by a part of the crowd. when some one cried out " Oh, they are murdering Ross Witness had not seen deeeased previously. On turning round, saw it crowd collected a little to the left.. of Face- oineore to- - go and assist deceased,.which'they did. At this: time another officer, Charters,catne up. There was a cry " Now and Charters was knockt;,l down by a stick about eighteen inch e s l ong . Wit ness was struck by the prisoner Connolly. and' the prisoner whom witness first took was rescued from him. Witness was so kit.:ked and abused while down ;,s. to be insensible for some minutes. On recovering, saw a crowd about a hundred yards off, and Connolly. approaching. The latter was eventually cap , lured, and taken into custody. •Afterwardsascertained that the deceased bad been taken to the Infirmary. •.James M`Whatt,' a police , officet, on - duty in Patk-road on the night in question. o'Cluek the deceased, who was witness's - inspector; was there, .and another officer named Cowan. The three proceeded. to a field itt the top of Hill street, in consequence of information received. A large crowd of people had assembled.. Saw the prisdnets Patrick Cum ming„ Edward Connolly, George M'Carty, James Diming, and Martin Murphy among the crowd.. The deceased, as also witness and the other officer, were nressed in the police uniform: Deceased requested the crowd to disperse, adding that if they did not do so, he would bring a sufficient force to make them. The crowd went further into the field, and Cowan, the other Officer. went for further assistance. While he was away, the crowd had made a ring, and two tnen stripped for the pn muse of lighting. Cowan cani, back with some more police-officers. The men who had stripped commenced fighting. Deceased, witness, and the other two officers then made one of the men who had stripped a prisoner. The men had fought two or three rounds. Witness identified the five prisoners named as pro moting and backing the fight. Cumming, the prisoner, had a stick eighteen inches long—a rough, prepared stick. Saw Cumming strike the deceased with the stick on the head twice. Almost immediately, the prisoners Edward Connolly, James Durning, and Martin Murphy repeatedly struck and kicked the deceased while he was on the ground. Deceased never got properly up. Saw Cumming strike and kick the deceased once or twice. Witness endeayouted to rescue deceased, and was kicked and struck by several persons in the crowd. Witness and the other officers were beaten off, and obliged to run away for assistance, and left deceased among the cww , t Assistance was procured, when deceased was found lying speechless. The crowd was still around, and. the officers commenced taking .prisoners. Witness did not see deceased afterwards. On his cross-examination by Mr. Davenport, the witness stated that be did not see the prisoners Macklin and Rutledge amongst the crowd. - _ 'Thomas Threlfall, another police-officer, corroborated the testimony of the preceeding witnesses. The bludgeon with which the prisoner Diming struck the deceased two or three times appeared to be a piece of timber about 14 or 1G inches inlength, equate and thick. Saw the prisoner Connolly, with a brick in his hand, kick the deceased whilst he was on the ground. M'Carthy was amongst the crowd, and cried "Gu on," while the prisoner Cumming g ave witness "the leg" twice. When witness recovered from being tripped, saw deceased icing on the ground in a helpless condition. Many persons in the crowd had bludgeons. Could•aot swear that the prisoners Matklie, Morland, and Rutledge were amongst the mad. , Robert Ritchie, policetnan, deposed to accompaning the de ceased and Fish, a police-officer, on the evening of the 28th ult. to the Tanneries, near Windsor, where a crowd was collected, and two men fighting. On taking one of theta into custody, they were followed by a crowd, and a great number of briclis and stones were thrown—by whom witness could not say. em u wing, Connolly, Doming, Murphy, James Macklin, and Pat rick Morland. all appeared to lie hiking part in the proceedings or the mob. Witness received a severe blowon u t:e et l i t i e e a r d ab w o it u l t i a brick: Deceased and Witness were standing five minutes, when tWe l te - or thirty of the unoh,took sticks T i t t. of their pockets. Several in the crowd cried "Go it, go it, !" The prisoner Macklin laid hold of the deceased across the breast, and kicked his feet from under hint,,uheo he fell. Witness, the same moment was pinioned, and i km,cked down bye td„, on the head. When on (the grefilph,e2.or,il called out " Kill them, murder !" The; e were two Or three lying tie the top or witness, who drew tip his,bands and knees, when he saw the de ceased lying on' his hark bleeding. At that time six or seven sticks were cutting at hint on ail parts of his body. Saw Mack lin, Cumming, Connolly, Murphy, 8: Moreland amongst the crowd.—This witness was cross •exatnined at some length by Mr. Davenport on the part of Macklin, but he was positive as to the fact of the latter being amongst the crowd. Mr. Nottingham, the house-surgeon of the Infirmary, deposed to 'rereiving the deceased into that institution on the 'evenin , of May '2B. He was treated in every way likely to conduce to his recovery. His death was caused in the opiniou of witness by the injuries he had sustained. ,There appearing nu evidence to criminate Rutledge, he was discharged. The CoitoXatt then addressed the jury with much deafness, pointin g out to them the demarcation between murder, and man slauphter, After reading the, evidence carefully over, and com menting on it as he proceeded, the Coroner read some extracts bearing upon the case from a work which Judge Pattison at the last assizes had highly eulogised—Russell on Crime. It was there la id down that a party killing an officer in the discharge of his public - duty, knowing him; to be arfoffieer, vs as guilty of murder. The'eVidence proved that the deceased wore the police unitorm, anti was recognised as a police-officer,—and no doubt could exist as to the cause of, his death been produced by the blows he had received. The jury retired, and in a short time returned with a verdict of "Wilful Mnrder," against James Macklin, Patrick Cumming, Edward Connolly, James Denting, and Martin Murphy, as principals; and against George 11PCarty and Patrick Morland as alders and abettors. The nrisoners, we believe, areail Irishmen, in the humblest class of life. .'There is nothing indicative of ferocity or brutality in their appearance. They alb behaved with remarkable com posure, with the exception of Muryhy, who shed tears in apud ;lig to his wire and four children. • MPCD VNICS' AND APPRENTICES LIBRA EY.---We learn that it is the itnentiau of,the committee of the. Mechanics' and Ap prentices' err/ to issue a circular, requesting donations of books frotwgenilemen whos. in looking flyer their libraries, tna , find•duplica , e works, or old editions. This is a Aleces , ary step, as the valuable works presented to this useful' and central itbrary ar its fourdat ion are. by this time worn out.aml 'useless.. A do nation of valuable and useful works from dlr. James Lewin was laid before the ii.urt committee. On /he part of the committee nu minute has beou Admitted : on their proceedings; and on that t.f Air. Currie believe every delicacy has been observed consistent with lite discharge or hii duty': (Signed,) The Town-eletk. Yours, very iruly. R. It rk DC LI FF 14, sth,—We have reieived voltr letter or the , lthinstaut, in which }cwt state. " Mr. Currie, as Ileceicer of the'rown dneS, had him attention Called io the Cork Traile LiSts." We Leg to be informed hr whom him attemiun was so called, Dear Sir, I,,iirm very truly. (Signed) SHACKLETON, WRIGHT, & HUNTER. Brunswick-street, sth May, 1838: • The Town-clerk. • • DEAR St R.—You will °Wive oi by a reply to our communi cation of the sth instant, at your earlie,t, convenience. Dear sir, yours triflv: ;1-IACKLETtiII. WRIL'rilT, and HUNTER. Bra itswirk-street, 9th May, 183!4. The Town-derk DEAR Sitt,—We have not et- received a reply - to - our note of the sth instant. Upon a question 46 deedly affecting the cha racter of our clients, we !oust urge Iron you a reply. We are, dear sir, yours truly, SHACKLETON, - WRIGHT,• and HUNTER. • Brunywick,treet, 11:/i May. 1838. • Messrs. Shackleton„Wright, and Hunter. DEA ti SIRS,—Your further application should have been ear lier answered, had- not . Mr. Corrie deemed it proper to consult the per s on by whom his attention was drawn to the Crirk Trade Lists. lam nut now enabled to anwer for Mr. Corrie further. - than' that •tne party was a private •indivitittal interested as the agent of others in the cominerceof the port. who 'clearly appears tolUr. Carrie to have acted without the slightest Malicious ob ject. or unworthy motive, and to have done too more than to draw the attention of Mr. Corrie, as a public officer; to the repre sentations of a printed paper open to any one. In addition,. can only state, that Mr. Corrie assures Me, that he has taken care to correct any erroneous impression Uu the mind of that iparty. It in to he regretted, that the erroneous repres,,n a ti ons nfthe paper should have caused injury to the feelings of your clients; and any gentleman innocently influenced for the uratnent by such erroneous statement. must regret the eircumstance; but Mr. Corrie, as - a public officer, was bound to inquire, and now cannot do more than set the matter tight so far as his ability correctly extends. Dear Sirs, yoitrs Sigtied) Y.D. RADQLIFFE, The Towe-elerk. DEAR SIR,—We have received your letter of the 14th instant, but. instead of being a reply to ours of the sth, it is merely 'an attempt at explanat eat, So as to excuse Mt. C,,rrie in the conduct he adopted as a public linker. This explanation we did not ask for; but as it has been volunteered,- we must, in justice to our clients, and vt ith deference, 'state, that we think the t onduct of Mr. Currie would have shown more delicacy (at least for their character) if he had, in the first instan c e, gone to them, told them the circumstance, and asked to see their books. Such tt course could not have prejudiced ;Inv case the Corporation might have had ; for, if our clients ban declined to show their books, the inquiries a hich have been tnade might then have been pursued, and if au act of fraud had been cotionitted previously, no act of theirs could get rid of it, but their degradation would bavo been increased by -the refusal. • You state in your letter " t hatt he party was a private indivi dual interested as the'oyent for others it; t he commerce of the port, who clearly appears to Mr. Carrie to have acted without the slightest tnaticiouis of jeet or unworthy motive, and to have done no more than to draw the attentioti iit Mr. Currie, as a public officer to the , representations of a printdd vet i ver open, loony one.'' Out' desire to have the name of the private individual interest ed as the agent of others, is,: that our clients may satisfy them selves that he had not the , slight./ ntalleioos ol l ject nor unworthy .notice; for we are at a loss to conceive imw, looking at the printed paper. (the Cork Trade List ) could lead.himio.suppose that that list did not accord with the manifests or with the list delivered to the Receiver, upon Which the town-trues wete paid; because he had no access to the watt tests, and there is no ex port list published with which he could compare be Cork Trade List, being the import list : mid why shontil this pried e indivi (lll.l draw the attention or Corrie to the representatious of a printed !taper, merely as affecting the acts of ourclieuts ? for, that such was the Ca Se is proved by the fact,•l hat the inquiries made by Mr. Corrie from individuals of high respectability here, im porters of goods. from Cork, solely related to our clients, and not to any other pers,ns, although others act as. agents in 'the shipping of goods to Cork. We ca not, therefore, in duty to our clients, perm it the subject to remain as it is. but : shalt make another effort to quoin - the name of the individual; for which purpose we shall appeal to the Towns-dues Committee, at whose request the inquiries were made, and request they will. du that act of justice to our clients which we at present think them deprived of. We'snall forward a copy of our correspondence to the Committee. We are, dear sir, lours truly:' (Signed) SHACK T LEON, WRIGIIT, St HUNTER. Brunswick-sheet, 15th May, 1838. To the Towns 'Does Committee. GENTI.KM KN.—We beg to inclose a copy of the correspon dence which has taken place between Mr. Come, the Town clerk, and ourselves, on the subject of certain inquiries which have been made by Mr. Currie, relating to the supposed non payment of Town-dues. by Messrs. J. A. & Fmshaw. - it will appear front the correspondence the Town-clerk has communicated to us. that the inquiries were made at your re quest, and for the purpose of prosecution, hut he tacitly declines to give the name of the individual by whose suggestion they were made. Tinder these circumstances, we appeal to the committee as gentlemen, us merchants, %%nose fair fame is above ail other considerations", to give Messrs. Forshaw at least an opportunity of judging for themselves of the motives which may have in duced the individual, at whose suageslions the inquiries were made, for calling the attention of Mr. Carrie to the Cork Trade list; by giving up the name of such individual. We are. Gentlemen your most obedient servants. (Signed) SHACK.L'ETON, & HUNTER. Brunswick-street, 16th. May, 1838. Committee Clerk's Office, Town-Hull; 23d May, 1838. .Messrs. Shackleton and Co., GENTLEMEN,--•-1 am directed by the Town-dues Commilice to , acquaint you that they have met upon the suitject of your letter to them of the 16th instant, and they have •given every possible consideration to the application thereby made, and to the correspondence between Mr. Currie, the Receiver of the Town-dues, the Town-clerk, • and yourselves. But lam di rected to state that, utter such consideration, they came to the deliberate c onclusion that, under the. circumstances set forth in that c onespon~lence, they would not b e j us tifi e d i n ma ki ng any order public o ffi cer , to give up t h e name o f t h e r,i,r,riv 11 r. it c 4i t e w u r c ie e : a individual who called his attention to the Calk Trade lists. I have been also directed to state that, on comparing the Cork Trade lists with the entries made at his office, Mr. Corrie's inquiries were not confined to the charges of Messrs. Forshaw's vessels only, hut were extended to all within the lists, and that the committee cannot avoid expressing their approbation of the cautious and delicate proceedin g of Mr. Collie in the discharge of his duty on this and previous occasions of a similar nature; and they beg to call attention to the offer made by Mr. Corrie to Mr. Forshaw to do away with any tmlavout.ahle impressions his inquiries might have caused, by - upon, or writing to each of the parties of whom he hart made such inquiries, which offer was declined by Mr. Forshaw. 'the committee lament that any circumstance should have caused injury to the feelings of Messrs. Forshaw, but they ap prehend that it is clear, that this is entirely to be a ttributed to the erroneous representation of the Cork Trade list. I am, Gentlemen, our na,,st ob,dientser‘a nt, .(Signed) CHARLES °KILL, C. C. A GENTLEMAN BEADLE. TO THE ED ITOk OF THE LIVERPOOL S7',IND R D Me. Enuron,—Pray can you tell me why Mr. Joseph Lang ton is so very officious in shewing . strungers where they ought, and where they ought not to sit St. George's Church? Is it because he is invested with the dignity of churchwarden ? or clothed in a little brief authority, wishes to chew hie ono im portance ? It is astonishing bow these self-styled liberals find means to exelcise a petty tyranny on every opportunity pre senting itself. So recently as last Sunday, a stranger happen ing to go into the seat, hitherto occupied by a Christian Mayor, was rudely dislodged therefrom, by order of this hat:Let's clerk, not to - make room for the Mayor, no, that would have been a tolerable excuse, but that the seat should remain unoccupied during the whole of the service. As I am jealous of the tees and other immunities attached to my office, perhaps you will inform me why they are usurped. Yours, &c. PARISI-1 BEADLE. THE CORONATION. TO TIII EDITOR or TIM LIVERPOOL STJNIMRD. Sir,—Mfght I beg leave, through your voluable joutriml, to throw out a few hints to the corporation. with regard to the Sunday Schools in' Liverpool; stud, as 41110 1/1 . t hose A, hose "labour of-love" is being exercised in that broad field and ball bulwark of the Protestant religion, - I should wish to call aitee tion to them, in order that the ceildren of these schools might be enabled to participate in this expression of loyalty and at tachment to their youthful sovereign. This I know would afford great satisfaction if things could he so at ranged. But, sir, it hiss also conic to my knowledge, that the children in some of the Sunday schools, are about to celebrate their anniversary on Tuesday in the next week; now might I humbly and respectfully suggest to the gentlemen within whose pro.; vince the management sit* the affair rests, the. propriety of de ferring t heir procession to toe emigration day, in order to enable those who take part in the former to throwconjointly into the latter their no small mite 01 rejoicing. • By this Mode of pro reeding, sir, the teachers will derive great satisfaction t.ed com fort from being permitted to see their little, "lambs" join the " happy throng," but may he prevented, if held On the stay up pointed,. for this reason:—Mann of these gentlemen are en gaged in warehouses and estab l ishments from which it may be impossible for them to obtain permission to leave from,press of business, in-erder to celebrate their own anniversary,,whereas, t h e contrary will-be - the taut o n the subsequent slay, conse quence, no doubt, of , the suspension of buSiness in this impor tant town. • will be enabled to behold and assist in the celebration- of- such- an important and glorious event as that of hailing our most gracious and youthful sovereign to the acqui sition of the rights and privileges of her protestant ancestors. Should you deem these few observations worthy of insertion in your paper of Tuesday, you will oblige an humble servant to the cause of TRUTH. • • A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER. BLOCKADE OF BUENOS AYRES. By the ship Racer, which arrived at Exmouth on Saturday last, we have received the official account of the• blockade of Buenos Ayres by the French :—. " Committee of British Merchants. " Copy of a letter front his. txceilency J. 11. • Mouth ville to William Orr, Esq., Chairman of the Committee. Buenos Ayres, March '29. . • " Sir,—l have to acquaint you, for the information of the Bri tish merchants residing in this town, that I have received from Rear Admiral Le Blanc, commanding the French forces on the South American station. sv notification of his having instituted a blockade of the port of Buenos Ayres, and of the whole of the rivers belonging to the Argentine irepublic. • "J. MANDEVILLE." • A despatch, dated the 28th of March, which was sent be the French Admiral to the Belgian Consul at Buenos A ) • tea : an d a copy of which. the latter hinctionary has forwarded to his partners at Liverpool, contains the-annexed particulate:— ` The ports of the Argentine Rkpublie :have peen formally 1000:bided by the French squadron, in consequence of the .coci tinned resistance of the executive to the reasonable demanils of the French government. Ali foteign vessels which shall at wally be in ally of the ports of the Republic are alltArect lit Road and discharge up to the ensuing 10th of - r.'3ri.n . •. n. liD We beg to Gail the aitentiou 0f our readers to an advertise ment, announcing the desoarcia of toe Ci'ica.ssian steamer foe Oporto and Lisbon. The Pe,.iiosular Steaer. Com pal': }maid ply regoler.Y from Loudon aril Falmouth ro Portugo I , siit.rattar and the -Mediterranean . ; but it is extremely seldiou indeed, test au otiprtuitity is afforded of proceeding i.y steam directly from Liverpool to interesting portions ot roe globe The Cir. C.,b451. 4 / 1 has-beau reti.4st , 4l iii this country for the -purpose of befog placed periminent.v lin the station oetween and Oporto, and situ is now _about to proceed to hers,estinatioo for that purpose. • 'fbe intercourse between rile se t WI, poi is is now almost entirely conducied be steem. • The rlitileitities of a laud journey—owing to the holuess of the roans, the want of regu tar conveyances, ..ind the aimost total impossibilit of r olita anything like Wierrible aectunnoulatien on theway—are so great, that it Ys verv'§eidoili undertaken except by stone hardy and enterprising traveller, to whom tile economy of time is no object, and who is wilting to eneouttier the fatigue and hard ships of Eve or six days' journey tor inte-baek—exposed to privation awl inconvenience, cud at no stight degiee, perhaps. of personal hazard—fur the sake of seeing, the interior of the equntry, apcl'of OOservitiv, tlie customs awl' Manners of the pri mitive inhabitants among where be wilt pas ; As the convey ance by steamers is now regular and certain, mud the voyager is perforated in trout eighteen to twenty-four attars according to the- weather. 'it is not surprising that . these . should almost entirely supetsetlt• the cold mode of traveiling—even to Portugal, where every species of improvement is looked upon with pre judice, autl is Poly slowly adopted by the n.itives. There is at present only one steamer winch. uontines itself in the passage between Lisbon and Optirto.•. She is A line vessel named the was purchased:at Liverpool about It.O years ago, by a Portuguese cutnpany, since witun time she has been plying regularly between these two ports. She sails 'owe ever% eight iir ten days from °Port.. ref:at-nog, of course, lit Lisbon. iii the intermediate tune. Though the distelice is not very great— only from 15010 180 miles—the fares in in,; besi are about £3 6s: of our money, and in the secoini cabin' aitout 1.45. or 15s. less. These sours include previsions. with wines and spirits. but not the steward's fee. The only other steam cotiveyaneo between Lisbon and Oporto, is hy the English'inail packets, which pass of ()port°, once a eek, on theta way trout Lou don and Falmouth; to and trout Lislitio,' Gilbrattar, &c. As these vessels do not enter the - I/Jure, thty eau only lie_ hoarded when the weallter is moderate, and 'the inarortiniate passen ger bound for °Porto is' not unrrequer ; tiv 'carried forward, to Lisbutt, on the one baud. Vigo on, tho : -Thoo fares by , these packets, - notwithstandirig 'the' ekin•nse• and in (NW venience of boarding. are stilt higher than by the l'orto. Tne charge in the best cabin from Lislioni tb Op'orto,'in'etuding Provisions, is 20 milreas, equal to about £4 and in ;he fore-c-abin 13 initreas, or £3 • The deck-passengers pay 4 (ISi. GI) and tied themselves. Time tiliercourse be tiveeii the two cities referied to is already vonsitl,ra tile is rapidly increasing, and is capable,' with improved maimeeinee;t, of being, very greatly extended. 'll is Witte this tlew tinit-the Circassian has been purchased by the present spirited and enterprising prop: fetus, .She will tie commanded by Captain liiixton,•a gentleman with whom we have the pleasure of a :4140 , t acquaint ance, and of whom. therefore, we can speak it nit coutideuce, when we stir te.t hat he is vonsiderert, by coutpetent judges'Wheill wo have heard sp-ak of lino, as one or the ablest seamen who ever commanded a vessel. From the• prominent putt s.loch he took .in the Poitti, , acse Aar, iris nave !torsi be familiar to many of out' readers. lie Comuiail led the Vida il I brig, under mind 'Napier. at the memorable battle id Cape iticent, to which Don Aligners entire fleet was captio ed, arid it:slim:l.llSb ed himself throughoitt• the action, as welt as rot mane other critical occasions, with the taustadinirahle c.ailness and intre 'Tidit v. He his for several years held the rank of post-cantittn in the Portoeuese ser,ice; and will thus he {-willed, we believe, to hoistrlie pendant of Her Most Faithful Majesty on the hand seine vessel which has now been cetifided In his eat,. We have gossipped tat her more lengthily than we intended about Portuguese affairs. bot,having just returned trout a short trip to that country. we have had the opporonity t t r inu with accuracy ,the few parlicuia to Willi. h he have now com municated, aid we irdst we Slla if be vxeib..ed 1,, f e eli ng . w in o , little temporary interest at teas/ about a country where we have recently enjoyed ii•few, weeks of pleasant recreation, and which is so seldom visited excepts by men of luismess, o r by in va lid.. We can assure our riaders th..t 0,i1;(1 nut und e ir u k e a more, delightful pleasure cxcursiou Limn ii hit winch the de parture ot the Cired,,ian now affirms them I,me (irpertbiiily lmf enjoying, - The. space of two or force Le amply sufficient far the whole trip, and it night he zicetimplished at a moderate expense.. We have not left ourselves room-to allude to the various objects of interest to he seen at Oporto,and Lis-. bon. We may, however, remind our readers, that the lines drawn up for the defence of these cities during the late warare in a state of almost perfect preservation, and ate an object of treat interet. - After what we have already stated, it is hardly necessary to add that the. passengers who may go nut by the Circassian can return by the Peninsular Steam Navigation Com oany's vessels, which leave Lisbon and Oporto with great regularity once a heck, for Falmouth and London; or it they contemplate a unite extended tour they eau pri-ceed to Cadiz, Gi iraltar, or the Mediterranean, by the sauna line of steamers. —Liverpool Chi or, icle. STEIAI-SHIP CITY OF GLASGOW.— 'Phis favourite Vessel de servedly ranks as one of the finest steamers that enters thiS port. She arrived here ott Weduesilay, making the passage in less th , in seventeen hours and a halt. Wool> SALF.— We perceive that a very extensive wood side is wive! tised to take phice on Wednesday, at noon, on the Dock Quay. It will be the first auethdi held there. ZOOLoGIUAI. GARDENS.—The second gala at these Gardens, (postponed from last evening to consequence of ttic rain,) takes place ibis evening. Should the weather prove favouraule a very Meat attendance may be anticipated, as those who had not tux pleasure t seeing the Vesuvius on Wednesday last, have had theia curiosity raised, no lth% b. the flattering reports which have been current respecting it: It is truly anuost extraordinary exhibition. The Apollo, frigate, which sailed from: Quebec on the 10th ult., arrived at i'alaiwith on Saturddy. The Packet -ships Englaud, Captain White, and Carrick, Capt. Palmer, which sailed from this port on the 20th of April, reached New York on the 11th of May, after a remarkably short passage, to the westward, ut twenty-one (lays. No icon tian 2,500 passengers were convey ed along the Liver pool and Manchester Railway, 9n FrMay. •' • The Liverpool and Manchester ltailway Company have con veyed since Sunday week, front" Manchester to Li t kp u 01,10,177 passengers; and in free days, 913 trust Bolton. ' ' CH ICKET.—A match at cricket will be played to-morrow, be tween the Cambridge tied Evertou on`-the ground of the latter, Shaw-street, Everton. Vs ickFts to be ,pitched at half past two o'clock. JoileS and 'Mainwatidg,' the two 'Men foofil guilt y,of man slamAter, in causing the death of a'yutifl Weiiian on *ltaict the Birkenhead steamer, have teen liberated on b 41. They-t;eill take their trial at the'next Chester assizes.. • - •k PASSENGERS BY THE lit-4.011.-I,lltt tolloWirig is a list of the passengers by the Bland, Callan, which arrived in this port ott W e d nes d a y from Calcutta :-Mrs Captain Abbott, Mrs. Captain Ward, Mrs., Captain Pal ker, 'Mrs. Robinson, two M isses Atkinson; Bev. , Mr. Proby. H.C.S; ltev . . Mr. Chad wok ; Capt. Abbott, Bengal, nth:wears ; Capt. Parker. 58th 8.N.1. ; Lieut. Walker, B. \.I. ; Dr. Clarkson, B. Med. Seri/. ; Messrs. Douglas, Atkinson and 'l'. ()stet!, rive ohildr,r. and lour set vants. We' understand, that the L'ondoir until will arrive at ten o'ctook on au:l atterTnesday next. • • Bets to a consoleratne kintount have been made, that the Royal \V titiaw will make a silo' ter passage acmes the Atlantic, during the present year, than zinv. , other vessel by twenty-tour hours; and two to one have been taken, that she dues nut make a passage shorter than any other by two ( I N A 5. SoUT FIER N AND TON TETE i 0,4'11 L.—We are gratifiPd nu being awe to state, that the council, at its meeting on 'Wednes day. granted a piece of laud at the Intl of Lu‘‘er Parliament street, fur the latrituse of erecting a building suitatne for this hospital. DhsPATcn.—A gent:cmati left Liverpool on Etiday after noon by the two o'clock tiain to Manchester. treat thence pro ceeded to Kersal Moor, .witnessed two races, and returned to Liverpool by the seven o'clock ttatu, where he arrived a few minutes alter eight o'clock, The distance performed is upwards of 78 miles. SUDDEN DE. aTti.— On Thursday last, as a gentleman, named Matsui, whose residence is in Scotland-place, was passing along near the cud of Soho-stieet, he suddenly fell to the ground. He was Immediately taken up and cat ned to the shop of Mr. Swift, druggist, at the bottom ot the Crescent, %%hen it was discovered that he was dead. A medical gentleman, who was called in, gave it as his opinion, that the unfortunate gentleman had died of npoplex), • • • BoNnEn WA ttr.Houss, RuNcoeti.—his the intention of the inhabitants of Rwicorti to petition, parliament to .x . tend to this town the privilege of bonding goods. If this be granted, it will be the means of brinttio_ many tot eig u vesse . is to this port, con signed direct from aliroird,'particulat ly 'flow the Mciliterranean. There is ilready dock accommodation, and water user the dock sils, dot swing tides, fur sessehs drawing 17 Ur 18 feet, or of burden ui 330 tons.—. Chester paw. . . Doss •aentletouii, frtqn .I'isttingliant, celebrated througteort England I,r his superior skiii at 'lie game of draughts, and who had heen expecied in Liverpool fur seviral. montlo, back, strived last Tuesday, t.ttd, atter a tuateh of nine- teen ;laws, with a gewleinan lung : resident twit., the contest ended in ten games n.r and lour for Nottingham. It was eirtisid;ied doubtful wheiber the IN:4i/tit-wirer. praver-could have maintained equality with ono or twornoreot iii gerito men who have lately tormed • themselves e question, indeed, whether the nu tripe ii..iself produce a player able to beat our towinrinan.--Azaw.. Bonus:ult.—On Thursday, et the l oliee oflice, Mrs. Leonard, rif- the Devoe Hotel, Zoological Guldens, charged a Ttmale, hauled Elizeheth Brodie, wish harkg robbed her of 9s. The prisoner. was . formerly in the service of Mr. Lerruard, and on, Monday evening last she was requested to fetch some article from a room in• which tt hex, coutainino the receipts of the Zoological Gardens, (i.:6 , Is), was lying, and the key• given to her for that •purpose. • Sobsequently, on the box being examined, it was found that Os had been taken, and no-one, except the prisoner, haviutt, been in the room, the present charge was pre ferred. The m a uves was committed for trial. Passengers by the packet-ship Europe, Captain Marshall which arrived fi mu New I'm k un Saturday evening:—Mr. Robert Livingston and holy, of New York; Mr. Joseph Stlt lady, three children. and servant, of Philadelphia ; Mr. James, Ames and hirly. of • Liverpool ; Ate, J. 0. Gaines and lady, of New Orleans: Miss Burst:ad, MI, Steele, Miss Lynch, Miss Erldows, Mts. Blood, Mr.' E. 0. Marshall; Capt. Von Shantz. Russian Navy, bearer of despatches !torn Washington to the Russian Ambassador in Loudon ; 'Lieut. Sweeney, British Army. bearer of despatches from Sir John Colborne to Lord Glenelg; Don Domingo rte Gericonria, of Cuba ; Rev. F. S. Mines, of New York; Hon. 0. S. Smith and servant, of New. York ; Professor S. F. 1.1. Mot se, N.Y. University; R. C. Morse, Mr. Robert Goodhue, of New York: Air. Celestine and servant, it. Italy; 11ir., Papauli and servant, of ; Dr., Holmes, D. N Todd. Mr. urstard, Mr. M'l arlane, Mr. Beckwith. Mr..Pierve, Mr. Pegg. Mr. Wilson, of Canada;, Mr. P. Paterson. Mr. Kerr, Mr. Lrovd, Thomas Askew. Esq., R. T. Keuiredy, Esq. • • INUIV tYTEA AMR, ThisAt.--This steamer, belonging to the St. George CemPauv, matte her first experimeritai it it, on Thurs.,' day; end seldom have we witnessed a more g►e,tifyimig proof of the ingenuity to man than this gaiient vessel presented. Her, form is pet fed sy armory, and nobly does she walk the water. She is of the largest class,• her size preventin*,,her admissiou into any of the Liver pool docks. , -She is pi opel7ed by engines 14360 horse power, with expansive valves, and is fitted up with- Mr. Samuel Hall's patent condensers : they are from the manu factory of Mr. Edward Bury of. this town, and, iu beauty of structure, combined• with sti-eiretb and durability, challenge competition;; and we recommend amy person desirous to see first-rate machinery to visit, the , The bed-plates and condeosors, cast iti ,one piece, are a curiosity, and, we are in•q funned, are. the enormous weight of 16 tolls and S cal and la tons. 6 cwt., respectively.- Her• speed is very greet, and, her performauce on the first trial, it is believed she iviit surpasa,• in this respect, any vessel out of the port. We coug r a tird _ oe her, spirited company on the acquisition of such a boat; and it', as we have heard, they intend despatching her to New Yolk, we. have no doubt that her passage will be trerfei te"'l in_ less limethan it hie yet been accomplished in. Go where •5:951.44 till wilketlect -ctedd, en all parties cencerned s and 61 14ekkis 0444,11 Isretr, s tny w