The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-31 00:00:00

28 Ca: 770 1 I 880 HOSIERY . _ - Pieces ORLEANS CLOTH The remaining Lots contain IRISH LINENS . ING, FLANNEL, MERINOES, CIIUSAN PEKI GINGHAMS, NEEDLE WORK COLLARS, &c., The Sale of these immense Lots commenced LAS MONDAY. at 4, OLD HAYM 1 that on an av duction of lod condi- WILLIAM PITT, DEALER WHOLESALE PAPI US -7 thi - ND-STREET, LI AV ING received 1 - he app 11 of WALKDEN'S IN STATIONER RPOOI COOPER DEN, DARBY, and TE f Agent to INK POWDERS ate WALK same terms as W. PITT em LLI PS of all who may r, Ord ane, London, beg r can be supplie( ties, on the ur him larly at y for d Bound to any pattern, and c AERIAL STEAM CARRIAGE, Times, he ordinary y of 11 failed through the e forces ,sary fc Joe notc,.trry up the original e succeeded if inary reduction ring readers To the patrotiag N.B tended to, and a on all Papers and Stat Account Books Rut the most appr When it was fully removed us the posAllasi Alt former at to mail . Now if ention must sc our paths in the a the passengers, manag covered wit and clos, Tbis mai ;i5O - Ye - e - t - lot . ;g - by 30 fce, the air NV ....- its long sides forem?st:f nd a little elevated. To the mid ;ntned the tail, of 50 feet in. leng respects as wing yep s ; it a Ices throng r Long ) feet in aiunTeter, driven by the and are governed by cora of the cr. vo sets of vanes or Id the back ed Tbis is effected by its be - • ' - `e descent tl imparted at :id an ,efore the mach locit y acquired read : by this sloping under 3c of the machint sk as wind uphoids a kite. But • thus pros ' age, it opposes also its forward rconie ,his latter and smaller resistance is the the velocity prevents th flight. To falling of steam-e respective constructions of its boiler and condenser. The former consists of hollow inverted truncated cones, arranged _above and around e , furnace; they . are f this important_member of the The chief peculiar car about 50 in number, and large enough to afford 100 square feet of evaporating surface, of which half is exposed to' ra diating beat. The cOndenser is an assembl' exposed to the stream of air produced by machine. It is found to produce a vacuum of from alb. to 8113. to the square inch. The steam is employed in two cylinders, and is cut of: at one-fourth of the stroke. Our engineering readers will be able to gather from these particu lars, that the steam-engine is of about twenty horse-power, supposing the evaporating power of the boiler to be equal, toot for foot, to that of the locomotive steam-engine. Leas certain is the dete rmination of the resistance to be overcome. Mechanical science is notoriously defective in all that re l a t es t o the oblique impact of solids and fluids, and is particularly s o on the points involved in this subject. Ex periments do not supply the lack of sound theory ;tor, not only h as th e ir purpose been to ascertain the effects of large angles of i m pact to the neglect of the smaller ones here con cerned, but the objects of the experimenters (Robins, Hut ton, B or d a , &c.) have always required the determination of the re s i s t a nce in the direction of the moving body. to the neglect o f th a t w hich is perpendicular to that ditrhea an d c t ti o on ne w hich supports the vehi c l e — we have no information on which the smallest reliance can be placed. Mr. Henson, we understand, has formed his conclusions from the best observations he could make on the flight of birds, and we think he has done wisely. We are informed, however, t h a t the resources of mechanical art are by no means exhausted ; by the present con of Mr. Henson's engine, and that rec ent in avail ableventions are by which its power may be doubled with little increase of weight. The area of the sustaining surface will be, we understand, not less thane sustained -1500 square feet; the weight to b , including 3owii the carriage and its total burden, is estimated at The load is said to be considerably less per square foot than that of many birds. It may assist the conceptions - lers to add that the eeno---1 a 0 - --- - - . :e of small pipes he flight of- the lat of a gigantic -bird with ncerned Lciples c f power rn it to Mr. H ♦ibratory motion of our non-mechanical r, penance of the mach stationary wings; in its support are strong! and that its progress is ke that which rations of natur that the mechanical pril.- xemplified in the case of a kite of , 'i n t a ined by an app i ln li the ope 4s. will be titgnt u. • t h e princip les on which found many striking theinventor has proceeded Whatever may be tt tempt, mediat ink it is impossible ric which have hith highest credit due to th inventions ; nor (10 cne path he has opened, com plete success will eventually be obtained : whether that suF cess will be, as we wish, early and entire , o r whether it will • -- 1.. oblique we doubt, that in following on 5e delayed and pneumatic resistance, which is, how r, high time to consider (wiry and cheerful hope t of careful power will necessarily b e the change:, ...--_ ssession of this new-bo been introduced i ,kCrofTibe 10i OF COMMON The first public busi ti ingenci Mr. 111 t. 'SS proc in; an very largely retnune Sir G. CLERK instanced ti to the K 1 the C if Lord Melbourne with ha MOND retorted the charge upon the whips to settle the dispute as practu 0, communicate all requisite info. ) the house. the vote ,ccount of , over given to thi so pru lowedt! they h NAL objected to the item of a veyance of the E from A stion from Mr. EWART a of whom down tt it fully open to t the excit scion to rideln F 1.50 to vote for tb Lord J. RUSSEI..L took to regulatt Mr. HUME I royal r tliuc; 'exper. aged to be kep Ipplicatiot 3, and teat Lord S for sata a expenses of the 1 that t motion was ty of 140 to 33 Tied by it was absolute swindling that they should be taking the pub lic money without attending to their duties, as they ought to do. He denounced the poor law as crue l, t yrannous, and . . Iculated to excite the poorer classes to insurrection. Sir C. NAPIER said he felt convinced that monomania was ease, and whenever the hon. gentleman touched sley union he instantly went off stark staring rulitl ughter). He moved that the chairman should re _ ;tress and ask leave to sit a The motion was upon. K mach 1 The other or house adjourned The Mut Lord CA ention to r greed to, and the House resumed. )f the day were then disposed of, and the HOUSE OF LORD were or Some bills c rdships acljot Marine Mutiny Bill were sect read the resolutions which it was his in -3n Friday, in reference to the Church of will be found in our report of the debate. i to be printed, and circulated amongst the e table were forwarded a stage, and their W COMMONS -TUESDAY r to a question from Dr. BOWAING necessity of adopting some •es to prevent the overloading of steam 1-vessels on the !'here was at present a con' abject, and I ttee sitting upon a ould direct the attention of that ttee to the matter Sir J. GRATTANt announced his ten tion of postponing the whole of the Factory Bill until after In reply to a question from Lord R. GROSVENOL, Dr. Nrc}wee intimated that the saving under the Ecck siaatical Courts Bill would be greater than had at first been supposed, and entered into some statements in support of his assertion. • In reply to a question from Sir G. GREY, Sir R. PEEL said that the Queen and chiefs of Otahelte, in surrendering themselves to the protection of France, had stipulated for the protection of the missionaries, to which the French admiral had acceded. Mr. T. DeNcomes: moved, in pursuance of notice, for a select committee to inquire into the allegations contained in various petitions complaining of the conduct of the magis tracy during, the disturbances which prevailed during last August in the north of England. Ile could not bring him self to bell* that he was addressing an impartial tribunal, for he knesirth‘at the benches of that house were covered with justices of the peace. He bad, however, an important duty to perform, and he would go through that duty to the best of his ability. The hon. gentleman gave a sketch of the occur rences antecedent to the outbreak, and then detailed the facts set forth by each of the petitioners, imputing to the rnti gistrates by whom they had been committed the grossest ig ,norance of law, combined with great cruelty and oppression. In some instances bail had been refused altogether, while in another six bail in the sum of £lOO each were required, the, magistrate declaring that he would not take any persons as bail who were of the same political principles as the prisoner. In one case an unoffending old man was shot in his own yard, in a part of the town where there was no riot, and only three soldiers and no other parties within view. He was deli berately aimed at by one of the soldiers, and had since then been unable to support his family. The hon. gentleman said that the people would look with the utmost anxiety to the decision of the house that night, and believing that he had made out a strong case, he hoped the committee of inquiry would be granted. General JOHNSON seconded the motion. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL contended that it would be perfectly useless to grant the inquiry, for the house had no means whatever of affording redress. With respect to the refusal of bail, if the cases could be proved as represented by the hon. member, the courts of law were open and would award heavy damages. They were the proper tribunals to afford redress, and to those courts the petitioners should have applied if they felt themselves aggrieved. It was to be deeply deplored that the necessity should have arisen for calling out the military, but he could not believe the state ment as to shooting the man in his own yard at Halifax. If, however, he were to admit it to be true, it was still a case for a jury, and the offending party was amenable, even to the extent of his life, to the law. The lion. and learned gentle man then dwelt upon the means which had been resorted to for the purpose of exciting the people, until at length the country was brought to the verge of a civil war; and deeply reg retted that this motion should h ave been made while the parties who had brought the north of England into that con dition were yet to be submitted to the judgment of the Court o f Queen's Bench for their violation of the law. It was assumed by the chartists that if they committed no actual v i o l en ce, they were not violating the law, but although the mildest form of prosecution had been adopted towards them, he bad no hesitation in_saying that parties thus engaged in stopping empic nose of elm In 0 hieats mid intimidat 1. but the Government uilty of hi y resorted to wistra act that the Government, it could only be thdt the 1,.: 1 - d . been too lenient . in the prosecution of offend rked upon the circumstance (un lied in former times of riot and disturbance), thc people in Lancashire showed every disposition to refrai • ; and bloodshed ; and which, therefore, wont _ gra if the inilitaryTorce had been unnecessaril I Co. In the riot which took place at Preston, how cruse deep r b the ..r mative, for a small fo placed in the most imminer fended the magistrates of Dudley frot the c made against them by som e o f th e pe titi oner: Ile thought n m9tiot before the house a very bad re t ur liilao.ruggeht. t4o m agistracy who t . had , acted with .. so much -promptitut' FIELDEN said these disturbances never would hay taken place had it not been for the passing of the new poo law. While these disturbances were going forward, he w called upon, but he asked the workmen what they want They replied that they wanted twelve hours w hours' work. He t once conceded it. men would not ”r, m. lie Mr. CLIVE 1 rates, who, G. W. 1 ;es for t le, and t the r e told the magistrates that if his wor t him, he did riot require the prote s not annoy which subsequently took place a port the motion of Mr. Duacoml. let mag a laugh, act of t Manche A' the prison would admit. Ile wont Co - 1. RoLLusTox, airman of gainbt those in strafes by iu Capt. B14:11K )in what he had heard, he believed e ma gistrates bad not exceeded their duty, but s till h e h a and no answer to his hon.f!iend's motion for an inquiry d should tl support it. _dr. BILOTHERTON said he had listened most attentively to the debate, and he must say that he cou ld not support -.lotion. In his opinion the conduct of th e magistrat i-oster was most praiseworthy, and he bell- )f Alatic leyed th ;ad done everyti which could be lot Lances. Lord TVGESTRE said that although the m ag i strates fell an as- led with was the committee ti the bum" of £llO,OOO was moved for civil cats complained of the empense of embassies, 'pared with that incurred by the United States purpose,wasenormous. He thought it was )untry that .theiwould not 'oreign state without to hislllajesty the expenses of the journey t which pre- Dt only that the Government p of Jerusalem to . the !nse of cbnvey- :ion the original vote was affirmed by a of Lincoln said 'that' no steps had been taken to open to the public more than it bad s open to foot passengers, the great but carriage on of the ran- ks which were that the House of Lord; Ponw Inch salaries were given stical Com- nd saki that those expenses should of the Church. at the property of the Church was .fission. Parliament merely under- evered in his objection, but on a division A debate arose on - the vote of 56,500 for the expenses of the poor law commisgion, Captain. Pr.cnELL contended for isisting that to the error of r t they had acted Z of the excitement by means of ti Rs of the parties who had been a Sir J. ( friend which t d learned st investigation to some extent been the ease under the law of 18 .ers were importation of this two million quarters extended over supply We have forborne entering- at all into the agricul tural part of the question, conEning.ourselves solely to its bearing upon the mercantile community. Our sen timer libL, are, al.! the least, intelligible to our contemporary. We anti,:ipate from the working of the present bill sufficient r€gularity, and absence of the gross defects of the old la tv, to serve all the legiti mate purposes of the mercha3t, and at the same time to protect the consumer, on .the one hand, from ex treme high prices and violent fluctuations, and the far mer from the consequences of glutted markets. When experience has shewn its inability to ensure these advan tages, the Guardian will not find us backward in con fessink the fact, and seeking !for a better system ; but even then we shall seek for such system without anti cipating from it anything at ;tit approaching to perfec tiun of operati on , or t h e re a li sat i on o f one-tenth of those visiona r y advantages which, though insi s t e d upon by the more reckless advocates of change, the good sense of the Guardia: z, - we arc sure, scouts as absurdities. We hope to be able in our next to announce the arrangements for the appro aching anniversary of Church Pastoral Aid Society, fixed for Sunday, April 23d. The R ev . W . Si nc l a i r, o f L ee d s, and Rev. J Burnet, of Macclesfield, are expected to form part of the deputation. The speech of the former gentleman, at 'Leeds, will be . read with much interest. It will be found elsewhere. LOCAL NE Mr. Wm. Wrenshall Senr. has been appointed' organist at St Silas Church in the room of Mr. C. 'Wilberforce whobas accepted a similar duty at St. Barnabas' Church. BIRKENHEAD IMPROVEMENT BILL—This bill was read a third time in the House of Commons on Atomlay, and passed. On Monday, in the House of Commons, the. Liverpool Docks Bill and the Anderton Carrying Company Bill were severally read a second time, and ordered to be cc nunitted. LIVER TIIEATRE.—It will be seen that Mr. %Copeland's benefit takes place on Monday next, when a varietl , of pleas ing performances will be produced. BRAII AM'S CONCERT.—Mr. Braham's last COD curt took place last night, at the Royal Assembly Rooms, Great George street. It was well attended, and the veteran was in " tine SIIIP LAuNCH.—To-morrow (Saturday) will be launched, from the shipbuilding yard of Mr. P. Cato, south-west co rner of the 'Brunswick Dock, a fine vessel of about 410 ions register. The Right Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge gave a grand dinner on Monday to a few of the most distinguished officers, and amongst the party we notice the name of our u s ef u l and gallant member Sir Howard Douglas. THE JERUSALEM ENDOWMENT PUN D. -On S un d a y evening last, at St. Mary's Church, Kirlulale, after a sermon by the Elev. W. W. Ewbanl!, the sum of £l5 yeas collected in aid of the fund for establishing a Protestant bishopric at Jerusalem. PRINCE ALBERT'S LEvuE.—Amongst thoa! who were present at this Levee, held on Wednesday, we noticed the names of both our excellent members, and tlt it of Lieut. Col. Douglas, who was presented, on his return from India, by his father. Till: GREAT WESTERN. — This noble. vessel, which was appointed to leave New York on the 16.6 inst., h id not ar rived when we went to press, but the 1 Lie successit )n of eas terly winds will necessarily have detained her a lit tle. The New York packet of the Ist instant ly.s not yet arr ived. Tim Wurr or RIGHT.—The Manc.feester Guard ian says, that the reason why Sir Thomas Potter was not pre: ent when this unusual case was called for, on iaturday, was., that Sir Thomas supposed he would not be wanted before Monday morning. Lieutenant M'Claverty, of the Phlegetlion, iron steamer, and Lieutenant Tudor, of the Pluto, have been prom oted to the rank of Commanders. Lieutenant Hall, of the )\ emesis, has not, from some regulation of the service, yet :received his promotion ; he will, however, be made a Couu.l.aituer also. CONSERVATISM IN MANELESTIM—We pert vive, from an advertisement in the Manchester papers, that a. new con servative paper, with the title of the Alanche.d.r will be commenced in that town in the, course of a te ens ling month. We heartily wish it success in its wide s phere for usefulness. ST. NICHOLAS'S CHURCH SCHOOLS.- - -Ilia wor ship the - Mayor has invited Mr. Baron Park and Mr. Justi, to Colt man, together with the High Sheriff and other odic ial per sonages, to accompany him to St. Nicholas's Church, on Sunday morning next, whither his Worship goes to att, tnd the Anniversary School Sermon. ANNUAL SALK OF CAnarnoßs.—lt will be seen by the advt. that Messrs. Lucas's annual sale of carriages takes pla Wednesday next. It is expected that there will be n early 300 lots offered for public competition. Those who inter: 'd to start a vehicle for the summer months cannot do better I 'ban be present at the biddings, as there will no doubt be—ate in all large sales—bargains ordinary and extraordinary, The Rev. Robert Davies, M.A., preached his farev sermon to the Welsh portion of his congregation on Suini ply Qs- V 111.11.1, I.lllb 1.01141. The serrnial, being a beaetiful piece of composition, ns well as an accurate and dear exhibition of scriptural truths, was listened to throughout with the most protium(' attention. We are glad to hear that the rev. gentleman has consented, at the unani mouS request of the congregation, to publish it. WESLEYAN CENTENARy PICTIME.—This picture has been engraved. The print will be out in a few days. We saw yesterday a proof before letter at Mr. Linnecar's, and can pronounce it to be a fine work of art. The figures are well placed, and the attitudes easy. The likenesses are very good. There is not in it the usual stiffness perceivable• in pictures of this description. The light is finely introduced, and the whole has a broad effect. PROTESTANT LECTURES.—WO perceive from an advertise ment in the London papers that a course of twelve lectures Chapel,. Bloomsbury, L on d on, on is to be commence d on the 12th of next month, at Bedford "Protestant truth as maintained by the Church of England." The Rev. Hugh 111'Neile delivers the sixth lectu-e, and the subject is "The faithful preaching of God's Word a test of a true church"' as set forth in the 19th article. The Revs. A. R. C. Dallas, It. J. AV G hee, C.J. Goodhart, and C.J. Yorke, are amongst the preachers. QUICK I'AssAGE.-,-The Shakspeare of this port, Captain George Henderso n , l e f t toe bar at New Orleans on the 1801 February, and arrived of this port im Sunday last, making the passage in 36 days, of w hi c h she was nine days from Cape Clear, havi ng h a d nothing but strong easterly winds to contend with. She brings the latet,t accounts from New Orleans, either by steam or sailing. vessel; and, of several. crack American ships which sailed 10 or 15 days before her, only one arrived at this port on the same day, the others being still Out. THE TOILET —A fine bend " the inestimable gift The period at which corn was imported is not to be determined by the period at which it paid duty. Last into consumption in one week; and nearly two millions of quarters within one tnonth ; but the purchase anti Under a fixed duty, the Guardian con- es consignments nm made from Esex and Susseii*to Limdon"L" Just so. They will he made whenever there is a pros pect of their being profitably made; and, when there is none, they will cease ! This is the extreme of the attainable " regularity." Whcn wheat is, at Ham burg or any other foreign port, offering at a price at which it becomes an object of profitable speculation for the British market, it will be seized upon as a remit tance to this country; and it is just as absurd to sup pose that this will ,always be the case .under a fixed duty as that it will not, to a greater extent, become so under the present law. Of the two, indeed, we much question whether the preSent does not possess' advantages over a fixed duty -in this respect, if honestly worked. We are told—and experi it being, experience seems to confirm the truth of the assert i on —that, only ,the surplus produce of other countries which comes into the British market, the nett price attainable here contributes greatly to its va;- . lue abroad. At the present moment this is the case. The continental prices are within a few shillings of our own, minus the duty ; and a slight advance of the averages would let in supplies. Well, such being the case, is not foreign wheat now quite as legitimate a materiel of remittance as it would be under a.fiXed duty, with the market to the same extent below the im mediately remunerative point ? We may want a sup ply before harvest, or as the result of its failure; and if so, importation must result favourably, and paymeni of duties commence as soon as th e d uty an d cost price together ar e l ess than the price in our market. On the other hand, if no supply is required, there is little Chance of the importer's position being worse under the present law than it would be under a fixed duty-- the glut, which would, in all probability, exist in the latter case, being quite as complete an estoppal to the profitable operations of the foreign merchant as a pro hibitory duty; and scarcely so soon got rid of. In fact, at the present moment, if the high duty of 20s. can be said to have any direct operation, it is to pre- Vent glut, and to preserve something like buoyancy of tone in the market, rather than to prohibit those mo derate importations which are the most -likely to be regularly made; for the merchant can assure hiMself that, though his irnporsations are not at the present moment profitably admissible into consumption, the revival of demand 'will be at once met by such a re laxation in the scale as to allow it to be fed from them sparingly, without the risk of being choked by an over s. premium ; _ hree-and H ale per Cents., 102 f to ; India Bonds, 68s. to 70s. premium ; Bank Stock, 185 to 186, for the opening in April. Some fluctua tion occurred in the Peninsular stocks, occasioned, it would principally appear, from the preparation the jobbers are making fur the corning account. The advices from Madrid are also against an advance for the present. However, com pared with the closing quotations of yesterday, there is not much alteration to notice; the difference between those and the prices at the termination of business to-day not proving more than a fall of about- 1 per cent., if quite so much. There was a flat market for Colombian. but Mexican was firm. Spanish Actives finally closed 22i to 4.; ditto, New, 321 to k ; Portuguese Converted, 41i to 411; Mexican 301 to 1; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 551 to 56/ ; ditto, Five per Cents., 1026 to ; Danish, 861 to 87 ; Colombian 23 to 20; Brazili an . 781 to 791 ; and Bel g i an , 1041 to 1051., Bolanos mining scrip was 41 • Real d e l M onte unregistered, • 6L; Loan Not es , 130 ; Unit ed Mexican, 2. THEATRE. — Madarne Vestris and Mr. Charles Mathews have been fulfilling a short engageme n t here daring the week, drawing very good houses. On Wednesday, " London Assurance" was produced, which will be repeated this even ing for Madame's benefit. It was put on the stage in Mr. Hammond's usual good style and attention to effect. Mr. Purer] and Mr. Charles Mathews played their original cha racters, Madame Vestris assuming that of Lady Gay Spanker. Mr. Farren's Sir Hartcourt Courtly is a finish e d performance ; it is i n every sense of the word—artistic. When he comes before the audience it is forgotten that he is only acting. Mr. W. J. Hammond appeared as Meddle, and frequently elicited bursts of laughter. It is one of the best things he has done this season ; he made quite a hit in it. Mr. Addison's Max Harkatray was replete with that jovial, frank heartedness and free spirit that characterises the English squire. Grace Harkaway was a charming perfor mance. Mr - King's Charles Courtly was gentlemanly ; he played it well. The comedy appeared to give very general satisfaction. We may pronounce it as well played through out. " John Jones," " Patter Versus Clatter," and other favourite little farces have been represented. On Monday - next Mr. Strickland, Madame Celeste, and Mr. Webster make their appearance. We perceive that Mr. Hargreaves' Opera is announced for Easter Monday. INQUESTS.—An inquest was held on Wednesday, before the borough coroner, on view of the body of John Yates, a child of 16 mon th s o ld . O n Tuesday the mother of the de ceased, who lived in Duckinfield-street, was preparing for washing, and had poured a panful of hot water into a wash ing mug (or pan-mug), to begin. She had occasion to go to the cellar for some cold water, leaving the deceased arid his sister, who is only three years old. The pan-mug was on the floor. As soon as she got into the cellar, she heard her daughter call out that the deceased had fallen into tt, and ran up and found him in it. She instantly took him out, and saw that he was severely scalded over the face, breast, and arms. She called a neighbour, who applied some oil and lime -water. A surgeon was called directly, who used such means as lie considered proper ; but the deceased died the same evening, after eight hours' suffering. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." —Same day, on view of the body of Ann Murray. Deceased was a prisoner in the Borough Gaol, to which, after trial for felony, she had been committed in April 1842, for twelve months. On the lith instant she was sent to the hospital, by order of the surgeon, she being labouring under general debility, and every attention was raid to Ner. She had had a tumour in the neck for some time previously, and, though it had then nearly healed, it reopened, and the abcess, reaching the tre heia. caused her death. Verdict, " Died by th e v i s i tation of God." NELSONIAN REMINISCENCF.S.—We have already noticed the amusing and interesting work by Lieutenant Parsons, R.N., called Nelsonian Reminiscences, in which the gallant officer has drawn a picture of Lord Nelson, under whom he served, which places the hero in the most remarkable points of view. It is with great pleasure we announce that Lieut. Parsons has, through our noble representative Lord Sandon, presented a copy to her Majesty the Queen, who has been graciously pleased to accept the same. The following is a copy of the acknowledgment of the receipt of the book, writ ten by command of the Queen : it is addressed to Lord Sandon:— " St. James's Palace rch 24, . "My Lord,—l b eg to acknowledge ;heM r a eceipt 0f 1843 your lordship's letter of the 18th inst., accompanied with a book written by a naval officer who served under Lord Nelson, which I have not failed to submit to the Queen, and which her Majesty was most graciously pleased to accept, and has directed me to express her Majesty's sense of that officer's attention on this occasion. I have the honour to remain your lordship's most obedient humble servant. " The Lord Viscount Sandon. " H Wti EATLEY." Lord Sandon, himself, in communicating Sir Henry Wheatley's letter to Lieut. Parsons, says,—" For myself, I may say, that I have read your Reminiscences with great interest and entertainment. They give me a very vivid: pic ture of heroic times." The Marquis of Downshire, the Earl -of Roden, the Earl of Errol, and other noblemen, have, in letters to the gallant author, used similar expressions of warm approbation. BIRKENHEAD PROTESTANT OPERATI VE A SSOCIATION. -Oil Tuesday evening last, the usual monthly meeting of the Birkenhead Operative Society for the maintenance and dif fusion of the principles of the Church of England. was held in the School Room, Market-place, Birkenhead. The room was crowded to excess, and many were unable to obtain ad mittance. The business of the evening commenced with prayer from the Rev. A. Knox, after which the chairman of the society, the Rev. J. Baylee, entered into a brief history of the Christian Church, proving from Scripture that, as founded by Christ and his Apostles, it was exactly the same in principle, practice, and Church Government as that of the Church of England ; and that the Church of Rome was a false and idolatrous church, having introduced many novelties totally unknown to ancient Christians. The meeting was afterwards addressed by the Rev. J. Connor and Mr, J. Meredith, i n very effective speeches ; the latter, , in the cour se of his observations, produced many relics, &c. which parties who had left the Church of Rome and become Protestants had given up to him. At the conclusion of the meeting .the Rev. Chairman complimented the Roman Catholics, many of whom were in the room, on the particular attention they had afforded to the different speakers, and the good order they had maintained. •PIIIIMARAIONIC CONCERT.—This society's third concert was given on Monday evening, at the usual place of assem bly, the Collegiate Institution. The hall presented a splendid appearance, from the circumstance of the company appearing in full dress costume. We imagine that upwards of 1100 persons must have been present. Mr. 11. F. Aldridge led; Mr. William Sudlow presided at the organ, Mr. J. Z. Ilerr man directed. The principal vocal performers were Miss Birch, Mr. Machin, and Mr. Walton. The first part cOm stenced with selecti ons f rom Th p - . and ettrus of "The M arve ll ous Work," ,r eation was well .une execut g ed nif , i a :fine effect was produced by the united power of instruments and voices. It was encored. Miss Birch sang " With ver dare clad," with great chasteness, sweetness, and expression. Miss Birch has made rapid strides in her profession since we last had the pleasure of hearing her. Iler tones are full and round., and replete with power and sweetness. The second part commenced with one of Beethoven's symphonies, which, if the first and last movements had been given only, would have been quite enou g h, an d more even than many would have liked. It occupied thirty-five minutes, and the audience ap peared delighted—when it was over. Miss Birch . sang " Farewell ye limpid streams," with consummate sweetness and taste. It was a gem, —every note was a real pearl that fell from her lips. Miss Birch may take a position in the very foremost ranks as a concert singer: The star of the evening was decidedly Miss Christiana Weller, who played one of Listz's Recitals, the subject from Puritani, treated in six different ways. We cannot say that we are one of those who admire the sound and fury of the Thalberg and Listz school. I t may be the music they and their disciples play is very fine, and that it can be played at all may be wonderful, but it is certainly more surprising than pleasing. Miss Wel ' ler is one of the most promising players we have heard ; her execution is.brilliant ; her fingering firm and rapid, and her touch nervous : as all good players should, she plays from the wrist; she executes rapid and complicated passages with. out much apparent exertion. After the first few bars of the prelude, it was evident,from the grace and ease Miss Weller displayed upon being seated at the instrument that she knew well what she was about, and that there was no pretence,no as sumption of superiority, but that she was really a mistress of her art, and could complete what she undertakes. In fact, Miss. Weller is a very fine,--we may go so far as to say, dis tinguished player, and while John Bull is running after any body with a foreign name, it will be a stain upon his taste if Miss Weller does not, in the opinkin of the public, stand amongst the best players of her time. The other portions of the concert were well executed, and consisted o f Anthem.—" H ear my Prayer" — Misses Birch and Aldridge Kent. Rec. & Air.—" H e layette the beams " -LNIr. Machin Handel. Chorale.—" obe Gracious" (St. Paid) Mendellsohn. Duett.—" Qual Anelante."—Misse's Birch & Stott Marcella. Chorus.—" 0 God when thou appearest" Mozart Trio.—" 0 Jesu! 0 pastor bonus." —Miss Birch, Miss M. Swain, and Mr. W a lt on Finale.—Chorus.—" Hallelujah"—,M ount of Olives Winter: The concert did not conclude till long after eleven o'cl o ck. The calendar of prisoners for trial at these assizes is un precedently heavy. The number is now above 230, and it is to be feared will he still fni•ther augmented before the grand jury will have terminated their labours. COMMITMENTS.^A young woman, servant to Mr. Turner, publican, Wood-street, was yesterday committed at the po lice-court for trial at the sessions, on a charge of stealing some copper money, a handkerchief, and a brooch, the pro perty of her master, and which were found in her box. Amongst the copper was an American cent, which was iden tified. A man earned Kirby was committed on a charge of stealing a horse-collar and gearing s frem the st a bl e o f Mi chael Cole, cart-owner Frederick -street. APPOINTMENT OP GOVERNOR. AND MATRON TO THE WOREHOUSE.—At the meeting of the Select Vestry 4)/1 Tuesday, the vacancies in the Liverpool Workhouse, occa sioned by the retirement of Mr. and Mrs. Dowdall, were filled up. The successful candidates were 'Mr. and Mrs. Evans, of the Wolverhampton Union Workhouse, who had fifteen votes, the number of vestrymen present being 21, anti the remaining votes being divided between two other parties. There were altogether forty-seven applicants. Of these nine were selected for more particular investiga tion, and the Rev. Rector Brooks, Mr. Raymond Houghton, and Mr. Paton. were appointed a deputation to inspect the various establishments in different parts of lingland to which the applicants (with the exception of one belonging to Liverpool) had been attached. The result was a further re duction of the number to three, and a vote, issuing as we have stated. The annual meeting of the members belonging to the Friendly'Society of the flatmen employed on the Mersey and Irwell Navigation, recently took place at Runcorn. Upwards of four hundred persons, inducing watermen, their wives and friends, sat down to tea in a large and commodious room belonging to their respected employers. There was an ample supply of good roast beef, &c., to which full justice was done. The funds of the society presented an encouraging appear ance; after 75 sick members had been liberally provided for during the year, and the expenses of seven funerals dis charged, there remained in the hands of the treasurer the sum 0f.1135. 15s. 61d. The appearance and whole behaviour of this respectable body of men were highly creditable. The evening was spent in a cheerful and ft iendly manner, and not without profit to all assembled. Several clergymen attended and addressed the meeting, inculcating sound Christian.prin ciples, to be evidenced by corresponding Christian practice. DREAPER'S PIANO-FORTE:BAZAAR.—A few publications ago we noticed the improvements that had lately taken place in this town in many of the shops in the leading thorough fares, our remarks on that occasion referred to the exterior, we now have the pleasure of drawing attention to an interior, which we seldom —indeed we may say never—have seen sur passed for taste and. elegance. We allude to the Piano-forte Bazaar, opened by . Mr. Dreaper, in the shop lately occupied by Mr. Pringle, in 11°1d -street. Round the walls are ranged a series of casts of many of the celebrated statues of anti quity and modern times. These are well set off by a beauti ful paper, which harmonizes well with the style of the other sittings -up. At the extremity of the saloon is a large and costly glass, which reflects the interior, giving it apparently still greater depth. Down the sides and between the pillars that support the further end of the bazaar, piano-fortes, of all descriptions, by the first makers, are arranged. In tact, this establishment has so handsome an appearance, that all who inspect it cannot fail to approve of the mode in which it is hid out .and decorated. t THE FUNDS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The market for he government securities was a shade better to-day, and Exchequer-bills, as.well• as Consols, were the turn higher, while India Bonds showed the reaction the other way. Con sols for money and the account closed 961. to ; Exchequer bills 625. to 6.1.' prere: - New Thr,-- PLATERS OF INTERLUDES the bill that has j Commons :—" An Act to George 11.. to explain and in the Queen Ann Laws relating to Rogue Vagrants, into one Act fectual punishing su and Vagrants, and make other provisions in lieu thereof second reading 01l Wednesday, th e 51 CHURCH RATES observations on the the Braintree churc levied by a m inority upon and inconsistent with of notions, vet at the ecclesiastical code, t feebleness of its pt would b 3rd such an the test-books as uniform' Of churchwar s to impose rates for separa but then th the pans.. , wardens alone may make I tht paris men, are 1 Bac. A parish church in ler with think, charges of that valid rate with the con And, although w ought to be attached t cannot help thinking favourab Chief Justic of the Court in Error in said—' fhe repair of the the parishioners may b, inoperative upon church ; not binding th pair or not, as t 1 Sir H.Fust is in accord to the Ecclesiastical ( Tindal. with the spirit of the stand unquestioned, or un That it may be bi- Privy Couucil is oui parishes are bound to m, and seemly state of repel Nn Act f Vagabonds, St wither t s of ' In rues has the follows ms to us, 100 certainly anoma present stat common law of Elig isessment as !e in defining the pp pairing churchi r:hes. They en, t appear shall r, the Oa have it laid c sent at- sue .v. ) award to the inventor •• - - first div 2tUS W e would I t 6001 t hes of this importan )e the machine i, and il s. and c lfontainin oed on f a f ramework. with extreme lig ...re which is moderately light ame or expanded surfaep - rime, serves in the most nd important n;nriess a without ith one of rishioner! s by ther )waras lefore the Queen's their churches in i decent SILKS )f 112 t 1 for Tr treason, Sii N mtntarp lard uttings' 3 sufficient answer had been given to wawa the o. !d by the Cour had nation, though as they had act ,charged on their paying the cos . lad therefore taken place, and It oquiry it was necessary to ins some truth in the observation of Sir C. Napier on the pre vious evening, that monomania was on the increase. The gallant officer before him (Capt. Pechell) was haunted by the Gilbert unions, while the hon. member near him (Mr. Fer nand) was haunted by an assistant poor law commissioner, and beheld Mr. Mott and the union of Keighley always be fore him with the utmost horror. The hon. member for Finsbury had his monomania also, and took it for granted that the judges were deterniined not to act justlythat the magistrates were all monsters—that juries were all wrongli their decisions—a-n-d that the chartists were the very, em blems of the purest innocence, utterly incapable of doing bn)r thing whatever contrary t o p ropr i ety. (L aughter.) • Mr. Mtmrrz said that he had nothing to say in favour of the petitioners, whose conduct and proceedings he did not approve of ; but if it were not for the proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench, he Would have supported the mo tion. As, however, the decision of the Queen's Bench had shewn the magistrates the illegality of • their conduct,' he could not see the necessity of the motion. ' • . Mr. DUNCOMBE, in reply, said he might be labouring under monomania, but lie believed it was a monomania shared in by ever y individual out of the house—(laughterat all events by those in the manufacturing districts. The house then divided, and the Motion of Mr. Duncombe negatived by a majority of 196 to 32. other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned ROYAL LIVER THEATRE FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. TV. R. COPELAND, rIN MONDAY EVENING next, the 3d April, when will V be acted the celebrated Melo-dramatic Play of THE FOUNDLING OF THE FOREST. After which, the laughable Burletta of THE WANDERING MINSTREL. To conclude with the celebrated Farce of HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. Tickets to be had of Mr. NV. R.i COPELAND, No.• 23i Houghton-street, and of Mr. COOPER, at the Box-office of the Theatre, where places may be taken from Eleven to MERCHANTS, BROKERS, 'AND OTHERS pectable circulation .day's Edilion of the LivEßPooi. ANDARD has now • obtained. amongst the mercantile 'uchester affords its nroprietors the gratify- ing power of urging this, amongst the other undeniable claims which it possesses, upon the favor of that portion of the mercantile community of Liverpool who desire to bring their advertisements before the notice of buyers in the neighbouring manufacturing districts. In most of the surrounding towns of Lancashire the circulation of TA N DARD is steadily increa. In Manchester however, the centre of the manufacturing di.itrict, our publication of Tuesday— -occurring upon the most im portant market day of the Cotton Trade, when its Exchange and Hotels are thronged with country mann- facturers, spinners, and calico printers—ls firmly es- tablisked in circulation, and is rul increasing interest Under these encouraging circumstances, zee trust to receive an increased measure of support from the met chants and brokers of the town gene; ; and it affords us great pleasure to assure those of our friends amongst those plusses, who have hitherto bestowed their adver- tisiny favours liberally upon us, of our increased ability to do justice to the interests committed to their care. Ebt Zthcrpool &tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1843 We endeavoured in our last, (in reply to some ob servations of the Manchester Guardian,) to separate the operation of the corn-law of last session from that of the law which preceded it, in order to arrive at the fair mode of arguing the question as between a fixed duty and that modification of the principle of a sliding scale which we have now established. Although, thus far, imperfections are admitted to have been displayed in the working of the present bill, we maintained that sufficient indications had been given that those im- perfections were, to a considerable extent, temporary, and influenced by peculiar circumstances ; and that the only fair comparison which can be instituted be tween this measure and a fixed duty must be by taking the former, not as it worked during its first season,' before its provisions and tendencies were understood, but as, from indications already given, it may be ex pected to .work hereafter. Upon this principle we now propose entering upon such comparison. And, first, let us see what will be the operation of a fixed duty. The Guardian says, that " Under a fixed duty, this temptation" (to operate suddenly and rashly in foreign markets, with a view more to the saving of duty than to legitimately ac quired profit) " would never exist at all. As soon as apprehensions began to be entertained of a late harvest and a deficient produce from the growing crop, import and the payment of duty would immediately com mence; but there would be no sudden and reckless purchases of millions of quarters at once —no clearing out of the stocks in the nearer continental ports, at almost•any prices, in the hope of avoiding the payment of duty. Such purchases would be prevent e d b y t h e absolute certainty that any corn , so purchased, would have to come into competition with that which would be bought with greater prudence in more distant mar kets, and introduced at the same rate of duty. The purchases would therefore be made gradually, and the imports would continue steadily throughout the year, precisely as the imports of wheat were a few years ago made from Ireland to England, and as consignments are now made from Essex and Sussex to London." This is of course the Guardian's supposition—and no more—of what would be the operation of a fixed duty. We have already admitted the probable cessa tion, under such a duty, of large speculative purchases at the period of harvest; and claimed the same fea ture, as belonging to the present law. We shall equally, under this law, have no "sudden and reckless purchases of millions of quarters at once ;" no "clear ing of the stocks in the nearer continental markets, at almost any prices;" and for these reasons. The hope of avoiding the duty—" the temptation," (the Guar dian has himself admitted)—“ is decreased," quite sufficiently to interpose an effectual barrier against such insane operations. Combinations of capital can no longer succeed in running up prices, from one end of the scale to the other, in the course of a couple of months; and time their speculations so accurately that —whilst the ascending average operates to hold back supplies,. as stringently as if the ports were blocked up, and the descending - average forms a trap to catch the --a week or a fortnight's space is the utmost fortunate gentlemen of Mark-lane This kind of thing, even the imperfect operation of the present law has demon strated, cannot be done. The stringency with which supplies were held back under the old law does not exist in practice under the present. Where the scale slides by a shilling at a time, an urgent demand, and the Mier of a shilling above the average price, will bring the fc,rcign article .. into consumption, except when the averages are advancing with extraordinary The miller .who wants wheat, for mixing purposes say, will, if his need be urgent, buy, and re lease his purchase, at the price and duty of this week, rather than wait for the lower duty of next, accom panied, as that lower duty will be, with increased price of the bonded article. That voracity—if we may use the ,term—of the consumer, which so materially aids the speculator's operations, will thus be appeased by the admission of supply according to the pressure for it. And whilst this is the case, the fall of the average and the rise of the duty will not be so rapid as to make failure in the timing of the importation so disastrous, 'lnd price, therefore, in the foreign market, an object ' disregarded. We doubt much if the average can, raordinary years, be forced up much _ or 6s. point; and it will always, as last year, • remain, for several weeks, within a few shillings, and descending,' unwary that is left 'for the to make their harvest ! rapidity on ext beyond tl ) of the lowest point, --t lscendir 4iving facilities for the introduction of purchase bought with greater prudence in more distant mar ts," which must operate against headlong purchases _....., won Its influence I i giving due enect and distinguished patro nage as " Rol. ~i4n .pression to the fe a t ures, has been universa ll y soug h t a f ter. .slo article for this p urpose has ever been favoure d w i t h suc h the r e putation of w hi c h , for its lx autifyittg an d restorative qualities, has been promulgated. in all ranks of fashion and 's MACASSAR OIL," elegance, which the high encomiums and testimonials of its value amply corroborates; in itress,ing the hair, and arranging it into any desired form of cud or other decorative forma tion, the addition of the oil is rt:sential—it preserves the coiffure in the heated atmosp acre of the hall room, and pre ..'Also continue throughout the year, tinder I vents the relaxing effects of •Jamp, o r violent rtxercise.—See in • L ' advt. operation of the present lawl for this, tact, oas 1 Juarthan says that 66 pur- vould be made gradually, and the importations mid continue steadily throughout the year, precisely the imports of wheat were a few years ago made •om Ireland, and as consignments are now made from ra and Sussex to Lcndon We maintain, in re- that, if undue speculation can be hept - Under, im- rtation will BASE COIN.-At the Police -court, yesterday, no fewer than three mint cases came before Mr. Rushton, who sent to the Crown Court for Mr. Powell, solicitor to the Mint, in order that he might hear them, and give his advice as to the commitment or discharge of the prisoners. A poor looking. woman, with a child in her arms, was first brought up. She had gone into a shop in Paradise -street, and bought a yard of brown calico for two-pence,. for which, she tendered a shil .ling, which proved to be bad. When apprehended, a good sixpence was found upon her. As there was no other evi of importance, and as the Mint, it appears, do not prosecute for a single piece of money.unless a strong presumption that party uttered it knowing it to be bad,—she was discharged. Thomas Ford and William Wilson were next brought up. The first had been apprehended as a suspicious character, and gave a wrong address. His casual residence was after wards found to be in Addison -street and there the other pri soner was found in bed. A coat belonging to the other pri soner was there found, also, underneath the bed sort paper, plaister of Paris, two f le _ .iles,•two pieces of white-metal, &c. Within a chimney ornament in the room rented by lord, and in which the other prisoner sometimes slept was found a glove containing 4 base shillings. The priso ner Ford bad previously 'been convicted of uttering_ base coin, and then gave the same name. They were both re remanded, - that - further evidence might, if possible be pro cured.---Two women, Ellen Nowland and Catharine Elliot were next . brought .op. The first had tendered a bad ishil ling at a "public; house, and on its being detected brought the other pyisonerfrom whoin she• had received it. The evidence was .not conclusive against them, and they were discharged. held TowNstrie,--A meeti ng o f t h e ratepayers was held yeSterday for : the purpOse of transacting the annual business of the. township. Mr. Wilson Ledger, one of the overseers, presented a printed 'summary of the 'accounts of the township; and also a sant/nary of the accounts of the sur veyor of the highways. By the formeejt appeared, that the amountof poor -rates collected was £2,038 Ils. 2d., and the , expenditure £1,769.175. 6d., leaving a balance due of £268 134., brthe latter, the 'amount of highWay-rstes colleetcaVwas £1,696 7s. 101 d. expenditure £2,375 15s. 10.1.., balance due to th e surveyor , £379 Bs. Mr. Ledger then calldd the attention of the meeting to the great increase of the population of Everton, and said that in consequence of the increased and laborious parochial , duties that had for some time past devolved upon the stipendiary officers, they had been actually under the necessity of employing a clerk at their own expense, for upwards of two years, to assist them ; and contended that it was quite unreasonable that their respective salaries, which had been fixed many years `since, by one of the most numerous meetings ever held in the town ship, should be thus diminished, even as their laborious du ties multiplied. He should therefore propose that Mr. Charles . Georgeson, the assistant, who had hitherto been paid out of the pockets of the stipendiary officers, should be appointed by the township as acollector and office-clerk, with a salary of 4:80 per annum ; and even then their united salaries would not exceed the sum paid seven years ago, since 'which time the township had nearly doubled itself in population, and the "time of the officers was so much occupied in out-door business in consequence of the great number of small houses recently built, the tenants of wh!ch were perpetually changing their residence, that, without the assistance of a clerk, it was ut terly impossible for the assistant overseer and the rate-col lector to devote sufficient tithe to the duties of the office, and to answer the numerous questions daily required of them. He regretted the unavoidable absence of his colleague, Mr. Ledson, but was:glad to inform the meeting that he was au thorized by that gentleman to say he perfectly concurred in the opinions he had expressed. The motion was then put from the chair, and carried unanimously. Mr. Shaw laid before the meeting a copy of the Fire Prevention Bill, with the resolution adopted by the rate-payers of Toxteth-park. Mr. Thomas Taylor was then appointed printer for the en suing year. After a few desultory remarks, the meeting agreed to a similar resolution, and, after passing a vote of thanks to the chairman, separated.—See advertisement. UNION -HALL, LONDON. —On Tuesday, " the Duke of Nith assormandy" was b roug h t up. before the magistrate charged wault. Accounts have been received from Guadaloupe to the 31st ult. The number of persons 'who have perished by the earthquake amounts to between 5 and 6000. The council of the Anti-Corn-law League have, it is said, given the manager of Drury-lane Theatre £5OO for the use of the theatre . during the five Wednesdays in Lent, making a, rent of £lOO for each night. In some parts of Rutland the sheep are suffering consider ably from a fever in the feet; the-loss, however; is chiefly to the amongmst in the the la milk, mbs, the fever, it i s supposed, being conveyed FIRE.—On Saturday morning last, a fire too Shawcross Mill, E ast-street, Manchester. The damag e g is at estimated at from £1,50 0 to £l,BOO. The property was in sured. FATAL ACCIDENT. -011 Tuesday night, Mr. P. C. Cos greve, a young gentleman, aged 21, a pupil of King's College, London, was killed by a fall from his horse on the Great Western road, near the town of Old Brentford. We are glad to hear better accounts from Worcester re specting the staple (glove) trade of that city, and also from Redditch,' Studley, and Alcester, where the needle and fish hook branches were brisk, the manufacturers having large orders, and the workpeople being fully employed. Mr. W..A. Grint, a midshipman, whose case we reported a few days since, and who was brought before the magistrate at one of the London Police-offices, for a very curious rob bery. at Lady Playters, has been committed for trial. lie had been acquainted with her ladyship for many years. PUGILISM.—KIRKBYLONSDALE. MARCH 28.--The fight betwixt Goldie and Langan came off this day, about a mile from Sedbergh, in Yorkshire. The magistrates of West moreland and Lancashire, assisted by the police and the constables, drove them out of those counties, and they con sequently fought on the borders of Yorkshire. After a hard fight for two hours and three minutes, the shades of evening coming on, the battle was drawn, both men being severely punished. COMMITTAL ON A CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER. --On Thursday, a man employed in the Town of Wexford steamer, named Thomas Fender, was committed to the county prison on a charge of manslaughter alleged to have taken place five years hick. It appears that after a pugilistic rencontre at the period mentioned, his antagonist came by his death by the punishment he received from the aforesaid individual.— Wexford paper. A BLIND WOMAN DISTINGUISHING CoLoous.--A poor woman, the wife of a weaver at Cambusbarron, in Scotland, who had for many years totally lost her sight, was accus tomed to employ herself in winding the woof of her husband's well, as well as that of others; and that which appears the more singular was, that without any difficulty she readily discriminated between the different colours used in the wor sted which passed through her hands; so that in this respect the loss of vision seemed to cause her but little inconveni ence. RAILWAY Cor.LisloN.—On Monday night the down train to Leeds came in collision, near Rotherham, with the engine of the Sheffield train. So tremendous was the shock that the heavy iron crank by which the mail carriage was attached to the Leeds carriages was snapped, as if by magic, the Leeds carriages and mails being pitched completely off the rails, and to a considerable distance. The passengers were suddenly roused by the crash, and at once made the best of their way to terra firma. Mr. Feargus O'Connor has informed us that so close was the engine of the Sheffield train to where he sat, that he could without bending forward put his hand upon it, while the head of it was all but in the carriage of his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge. * The steps of the carriage were torn off, and the buffers of the mail shattered. —Leeds Paper. ScoucyroN.—At the Beaumaris assizes on Thursday, an action of this kind - was brought. It appeared that the de fendant, who was a farmer, had seduced the plaintiff's daughter, whom he had been courting for some time, after the custom of the country,--namely, in bed. The plaintiff's counsel said, the custom of the country, to which lie had alluded, might in fact be regarded as one of its regular in stitutions ; and though it might be a very dangerous one for the female, because it gave the man an opportunity for se duction, it redounded to the morality lof the country that the cases were rare in which a father had to seek redress from a jury, the suitor seldom being base enough to take ad vantage of the confidence reposed in him. It unfortunately Was otherwise in the present instance, for the defendant had taken the advantage and effected her seduction. His lord ship, in summing up, made some strong remark s on this disgraceful custom, and the jury 'found for the plaintiff damages, £2 2s, Loss OF LIFE Br SIIIPWRECIC—On :Sunday night a melancholy shipwreck occurred within a short distance of the river at Montrose, to the John and Elizabeth, a fine brig belonging to th a t p ort , w hi ch, with every person on board, was totally lost. S oon afterwards, however, on the ebbing of the tide she brok e away, and ,was carried out of the liar-. hour amongst the b rea k ers, where she struck violently, Unhappily the gale in crease d, when no aid could be rendered either to the s hi p or h er crew. The consequence was, in few hours she totally disappeared, and all on board perished. 'They were six in number—the master, Mr. Erskine, three seamen, and two boys. Near the same spot on the previous night (Saturday) called Oscar, Captain Anderson, from Christiansand, met with a similar fate. She was wrecked on the north side of the harbour, and shortly went to pieces: the crew were saved. On Monday morning last. at abont 7 o'clock, the life-boatmen at North Shields were afar -1 med by the cry of g ship in distress off the harbour. At length, after several hours' delay, the boatme n at S out h Shields were induced by the perilous situation of the ship, which was afterwards found to be the. Electra, belonging to . it reached in Newcastle, to draw over the' life-boat to Whitby san d s. where she was lying, a distance of several miles, INhiecahowleadi effected by the aid of horses and a large number of seamen, not e .d , till butr near two before'o theO r' rafternoon,eacliingthtehesphoots,ta' washic hi launched, ci l time the crew of the • many yards from the beach it filled with water, and the crew pushed away from the • got into the long-boat, and . vessel, had to swim ashore. 'About this brig which could be seen to be in a sinking str,te, and in less than • . • three minutes aft er wards she went down headforemost, The crew kept th e i r b oat b e f ore the wind and sea, which had the effect of p revent i ng h er from filling, and she was carried safe by the tide on to the sands. IM. AND MISS VANDENHOFF.—The Worcester Journal of Wednesday makes the f o ll ow i ng o b serva ti ons w ith refer ence to the performance of this gentleman and lady on the occasion of their verforming when taking their benefit in that town on the Friday night previous. The performance was Love's Sacrifice:—" We shall not forget till memory has been totally obscured, the portrait of a father, es drawn by Mr. Vandenhoff, in its severul phases of quiet domestic happiness, of tortured excitement, of despair, and of tnental imbecility ; nor of the beautiful and generous girl, his daughter, consecrating herself to him and his overwhelming misfortunes with a strength of affection end magnanimity of soul worthy of th*proudest virgins of ancient Rome. ! Many a bright eye became suffused with tears at this'beautiful, though painful, deline'.tion of domestic sorrows, cheered by afkction ; and we ourselves felt a moistening—; but here let us close our hurried sketch ; for. as Bulwer has well and truly said, writing, after all. is but a cold and ,course interpreter of thought. How much of the imagination— how much of the intellect—evaporates and is lost while we seek to embody it in words! Man made language, and God genius ! Our readers should themselves have witnessed what we have so itnperfeely attempted to describe." EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON.—When the Anne Brid son' which arrived in this port from Valparaiso last week, after a quick passage of 84 days, was off the River Plate, on her homeward voyage, the captain and crew suffered the greatest inconvenience from' the state of the atmosphere, • which for two days was so fetid and oppressive as to make it difficult to breathe; and, we regret to say, that the effects of their exposure to this unwhole s ome a i r did no t ceas e wheri• the atmosphere became pure, but continued to be felt during the remainder of the voyage, many of 'the crew having been ill from that time until their arrival in this port, and some of them being still much indisposed. ' Nothing was seen or heard which could enable the Captain:or crew to account for this unhealthy and oppressive state of the atmosphere; but the probability is that the fetid smell arose from a submarine discharge of gas or vapour, a phenomenon which has fre quently accompanied earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and which. no doubt, gave rise to , the innumerable stories preserved in history and tradition, •in prose and verse, re specting the exhalations from Lake, Avernus,. near Naples, and from the Dead Sea. The class:cal scholar will at once call to mind Virgil's fine description of this phenomenon as to the Lake Avernus, and we see that . Lord Francis Egertor4 who visited the shores of the Dead Sea last year, does not altogether discredit the opinion, that the exhalations, from the sea are still injurious to life. 'We feel little doubt that the painful sensations, experienced on board the, Anne, were produced by sonic sudden discharge of mephitic gas under the waters of the ocean, at the point which this vessel was then traversing. DOCK COMMITTEE MEETING sb a The usual weekly meeting o f th e D oc k C om mittee o ,_ irrs el , yesterday, when the following members were P Hotsfall, (deputy-chair:n:ll)o Holt, Holmes. Stith. Bak Bak neux, Boyden, Tobin, Bold, Sh an d, Middleton. Alk'vtioji,, ley, and Evans. In the a b sence o f th e Ch a irman. M r ' .• r the wlio is in London on busines s co nnec t e d with the bill 106.4,f assimilation of the dock r a t es on f ore i gn a nd Britis h ye the chair was taken by Mr. Horsfall. resent DOCK. The SECRETARY re o. ted ALBERT that the contract for the tion of Albert Dock, had, since the last meeting', b een c cured by the contractor. N RECF The rPecipts of (l ues;itiinncorn for the month het ' ,Te t rl „ 11' be 27)th February and the ' 25th March, were report" .041 4;43 15s. 841. being on 172 yetzsels, measuring 8172 O ns t ! e r. of showing an increase of £9 o v e r th e corresponding guar. last ye.ar ADDITIONAL LANDING WAITERS' IIIJTS• e ni The SECRETARY read a letter from the I n spectot"" to t he of the Customs calling th e a tt en ti on o f t h e C o mmittal necessity for an additional supply of landing waiters ri d s The letter stated that in consequence of the late large° e a, of ships, much delay and inconvenience had been and many complaints made, by officers of the custom s ' m ei' the want of huts on the south station. Durinethe late e uvoe gency, several landing waiters had been obliged to Sit 00 0 the quay, under temporary canvass awning, to enable the,.os, discharge the veSsels under their charge: The letteyi be eluded with a suc.estion that twelve More hutS 80% o procured by the Dock Committee, and placed in reo u rv ai -l e de that at all times when they were required they might , available. rea . Mr. 13oLo said that six additional huts had been 0 ,,- - b e e 'ea three months ago ; and he enquired' whether they hi' made ? ' perienflo The SECRETARY relie in the affirmative. • a The CHAIRMAN expressed his approbation of the s ° les' tion for these proposed hats being kept.in reserve. b e fore Mr. EVANS observed that it might be many yea rs telf there was the same nee d o f t h em w hi c h t h er e had la been. The CIIAIRMAN.—I hope it will not. elve Mr. Ev . .‘ NS, in continuation, said that at all events tW kis was a large number i n a dditi on t o th e prese nt Srock• thought six would be sufficient in the first instance. ve ssel` Mr. ATKIN me n ti one d th a t th e l arge arr i va l s 0 nted spread over a fortnight : in one week the tonnage a"", ) % 4 . e to 122,000 tons, and in the other to 85,000 tons, total of 207,000 tons'in one fortnight. The average se l°- for the same period Was 60,000 tons. Mr. HOLMES added that the receipts on tonnage • se! hail Dock Committee h a d b een grea t er on t h at occa sion tb ever been known before during the same period. Mr. Born asked what was the cost of a hut? The SECRETARIi.—About £4O each. „p e ter' It was then resolved that the suggestion of the Mgr a. General should be adopted, and twelve additional huts P vide& COMPLAINT AGAINST A DOCKMASTER.• the ir A letter from M essrs . Strong and Reid, renewin- ff + the emnplaimt against th e master o f George's-dock. whichti• Harbour Master's Sub-Committee have already "velbe gated, a n d p ronounce d groundless, was ordered to lie °a table. TILE BILL NOW BEFORE PARLIAMENT. • r qt The SECRETARY read a l e tt er f rom M r. S an d s , Cligl r mee l of the Committee, dated London, March 29th ; l that everythi ng w i t h regar d to t h e bi ll now befor e parlia6he was going on satisfactorilY. He had stated, in wr iting , _ d object s o f it t o t h e B oar d of Trade and the Adm i ra lty, he' was in hopes that it would - pass without opposition• si at Mr. EVANS s a id th ere was a l ong art i c l e i n t h e Illerca fit, Gazelle again s t it. M r . Ch apman ( we b el i eve ) to ld him i ° the ir observing th a t th e C omm i ttee were not going to h ave all „ or T own way. Ile had l oo k e d over it hi mse lf b ut on ly in a'' sore manner, as it was very long. Mr. SHAND.—That is one thing in our favour. • 1.11 0 Mr. EVANS said that one of the arguments put forth in io d article referred to was, that although the committee F e . e ve iy, to be actin g for locatpurposes, yet they were acting, fur" bolt in a gen era l way — t h at th ey were, i n fact, acting for t he empire. There were other arguments of the sort. • II 0.. The CHAI RM A N sa id th e c h ar g e was most un j us t art founded. - ig n ' Mr. EirAis continued to sa y th a t th e article wa,ewr' in a spirit of jealousy to' the Dock Committee. ln e Iwo" prominent of its arguments was, that the Dock Coma' were accomplishing generalobjects in a furtive m anner. The CfrAinAraN.--It is a very unjust charge. FLEET - wool) PIER BILL. afee The SECRETARY called th e at t ent i on o f the Comm"; - „ r ge this bill, now bef ore par li ament , w hi ch proposes to 91'"ifor• 4d. a ton upon all vessels going there; and the Sw lr iii i if suggested that .petition should b e p resen t e d, coulee, p• ~ 'the promotes, if vessels ca me w ithi n t h e range o f the .1-!' s pool lights, to ‘ pay a portion 'of the charges thereof. ,I s t After Some discussi on , it was unanimou s ly res olved petition should be presented against the bill generalq , an active opposition instituted against it. t he After sonic financial business had been transacted, committee separated. MEETING 'OF THE RATE-PAYERS OF WEST DERBY TOWNSHIP. W et ' Yesterday morni ng ; a t n i ne o ' c l oc k , a general vestry „ ing of the t owns hi p o f W est D er b y was held in the Com of sioners-roorns,• Harper-street, L ow -hill , f or the purr!ere, making out a list of personS fit and proper to s erve 0 ' e pective offices of Ove rseers o f t h e Poor, and Survey'," , f t" t Highways, for the ensui ng y ear, to pass the accounts, °°°. transact the other annu a l b us i ness. The meeting wasyeu_.A y id numerous and somewhat b o i s t erous, a strong feeling 45 been evinced by the majority against Mr. Dolling, the ass i aht overseer, collector, &c. be Mr. SWINTO N B OULT was calledto the chair, an d t of business commenced by the clerk reading the proceedi" l " 2 , - re J the last meetin g , i n w hi c h t h e only statement that aPl' h e o lo , to us e to be rem ar k a bl e, was that some of the township "fie) had been f rau d u l ent l y a b stracted, and that a reward o f had been offered for their recovery. ;„ I Mr. THOMAS SMITE!, after alludi ng t o th e t wo prin e f ll 3 o objects of the mee ti ng , remar k ed that the proceedings c'de, meeting a short time ago, just read, were a net artfully to ensnare the ratepayers, but, luckily, the intende rangements could not be carried`out by law. The w,. ( l t t aral portant object now b e f ore them was the selection of . "- log proper persons t o ' serve as.overseers, and lie truste d a, 0,1)0 would be submitted, from which men would be returned the would honestly and fearlessly, discharge their duty tf iwo o rate-payers. As matters had hitherto been managed ''',„olo . impossible for any rate-payer to see the ledger and ex a 'a he the acconnts. He himself had found it impessible, an,„oo - any rate-payer to state whether he had beeo,' o ,o bled to do so. • [Mr. Smith here proceeded to make s ow e' charges against the assistant overseer, entering into s . , er ,. particulars in language so.strong, that we must, in the ex e• cise of .our own discretion, decline to publish them. I" t he' course of several sp eec h es by t h e same gentleman during 10. meeting, he repeated these and other charges, declarin; l o ,lo. readiness to p rove th em, and challenging the accused ( eeu te; was not p resen t) an d hi s principal colleague to Pr,lf his thre a t o f su i ng hi m for defamation, so that he naig"' bso an opportunity of so doing.] • The CHAIRMAN rose to orde r . The re were specific d e b jects before the meeting, and lie did not consider that . ° t he personal reflections could be entertained, particularly as parties were, not present. • ti an Mr. S MITH sa id t h ey oug h t to have been present',. in proceeded to sp ec if y hi s c h arges against the i n dividuo' b 'frlt question, complaining, in effect, that the manner in , w Ile the rates wer e l a id an d collected was unjust and 'main/ to concluded a s t r i ng o f accusations by pledging hirnse biau prove what he h a d s t a t e d if the opportunity were given oro, and urging the meeting to choose honest men as over: ~0 5 - who would l oo k t o t h e i nte r ests of the rate-payers, awrh-eard ble them to see th e l e d ger an d accounts. He was - with repeated shouts of applause. The nomination of fit persons as overseers was then :;01 ceeded with, and the followi ng Six were successively g° and second e d :—Mr. Thomas Smith, Mr. Joseph Heat o , Peter Youd, M r . F reme , M r. C harnock, and Mr. W"`-tliet' Mr. SMITH said he w ou ld serve only on condition' co d,. Mr. Heap, i n w h ose i ntegr i ty and firmness he could d e l ) . were elected his brother overseer. o°6 The Crr AIRMAN then put th e quest i on w hi c h two of nominated should stand at the head of the list. - Vou Mr. DONNISON moved that Mr. Smith and :us' should stand first. 0 31 Mr. SMITE! said he had already 'served as overseer, r a. though Mr. Youd was, no doubt, an ho nes t man , he w as Ile . tiler too good-natured for him (Mr. S.) to act with' o ,lo' would rather h ave a man w h o did nothing than one so la' would do mischief. He would be glad to join Mr. H e r the office. g An amend men t was t h en moved, that Mr. Smith 110 d Heap be first on the list. tio th e ' The CiLarumaN put the amend m e n t, and afterwaroritY'' motion, and t h e f ormer was carried by a very large 0°) .. 3 The CHAIRMAN Ps said the next b us in ess was to highway accounts. • • ba ii " Mr. SMITH said, that before Proceeding with them , b o e g fge a propositio n to submit. The rate-payers had power tilith' instructions where the parish books should be kept. ,here' erto they had been kept in Mr. Dolline's back parlour, we'd, acoess could not be had to them. (Mr. Smith here re', lie some particulars o f th e t reatment h e had received ;wh o el l i fch' went there to examine them, in presence of a witness' writf • otcianountsh,eewdsaconsiderable excitement in the meeting, the at i tie°' of whom applauded the speaker.) He proposed a res ° books • relating to the towtisliip be henceforth • perrna ° deposited in this o ffi ce." h veyor of the highways, A Slq, s l y m:l t e o a t l i t i e e r e a ff ti e o c u t: or , Trahtahteralleottlirtr A summary of the accounts of Mr. Jesse Winwarl s rek that the surveyor had paidw thenror the read, variousb year £3,276, leaving a balance due to the hank of dis;; amount received less the expenditure. The ne tt burseinents of the year, deducting the balance stated ay e amounts paid on account of the late surveyor ( , e 5 " - e ra i '" £2.329. A , taternent of the amounts collected th by Mr. Hodson was also read. 111,0 1-1 On the motion of Mr. PRIME, seconded by Mr. - w h ich servicesit a , P , i O l l) t tl i: the accaunts werepassed unanimously. of ° A' Mr. FREME then noticed in high terms the serviee s n auditors, Messrs. Webbe, \Villa!), Your!, and Ke n .,,,,Y °. :-M r i . moved that the thanks of the meeting be given th e "; i ie ll ' . TAYLOR seconded the motion, and it was carried mously.• 61 Mr. TAYLOR n ex t move d that Mr. Winward, or o Y ready given proofs of hi s a bili ty an d attent i on as cur ve th t be - g high ways, sho u ld b e appo i nted to the office (un d e r section of the a c t) at a sa l ary of £lO5 a-year. V 04cft This being seco n d e d, M r. L YNCH moved and Mr. iz be r °- seconded an amendment, that Mr, Andrew Laingpointed. 0 , 1 0 c lr Mr. Frene said that after the efficient manner b laeri °l ‘..; Mr. Winward had discharged his duties, and e n resli e :',.. too, that lie had given up his former situation in t ' s e s" l t tation of a permenancy, to seek to discharge him i s on' mary a manner, without any charge being preferred d % ler him, was as once cruel and discreditable. son ' Mr. HARDY followed on the same side. lie c the amendment an insult to the meeting. as M Th •r. French explained. n' to e Chai rman put the amendment, an d b a but one held up f or i t. T he motion was then put and dee birop wa • be un an i mous l y carried. It was th en agree d t h at t h e S urveyor o f the rate - o r • . 3' rates should e l ect 4 collectors to be paid at t h e Wi per cent. •a- ttf The auditors of the p as t y ear were th en reanlTL, de P e t io!" Mr. SMITH stated that the meeti ng o f magistr nLu nu te r d,, sessions would take pl ace on th e 6 t h prox imo, to etlis appointm en t s , an d a d v i se d some of the rate-pa yers . lest anot h er and not the true list should be pu ,. i n ; ss ea rl moved a v o t e o f t h an k s to t h e cha i rman, w hi c h by acclamatio n . eting Cs The CHAIRMAN M returned thanks, and the u rated. • dil IFICIMAIMAIMICIMMIIIMININIIIMIG (1 . , SA tli t r tiY ANOTIILII suNPECTED MONOMANIAC.- - Zi - TorYl,l morniroy, upon Mr. Jardine (with whom was ivi r ,: w ect 9 'lll' taking his seat upon the bench, at Bow-street , a r',:jererilh-ery looking middle-aged man, who gave his name "'ring bee• Kelly,, was put forward to the bar. charged found drunk in the lobby of the House of Commull'opoll:. preceding night, between eleven and twelve oclee.k!a_roilv attempting to force his wa into the members' w al i t t l osel l 'j iv It appeared that he was looking for . Lord Joh" . hjj , i' He .tio whose • elections for the city he had been active' I to largecarving knife ; al his pocket. , He was ordere' good bail. with h" . 00 1..„,