The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-05-22 00:00:00

MAY 22, 183 S, THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL • - • THE LAST NIGHT BUT TWO OF MRS. NISBETT, of the Theatres-royal, Drury-lane and Haymarket. \H IS prelut TUESDAY, May 22, will be performed 31 . Gbidbinilg Comeclipf SEI 1!: STOUPS TO CONQUER. H ardcastie Mr. Granby. .Young Marlow Mr. W. Howard. Tony LuiTipkin Mr. Baker. MisS Hardeastle Mrs: Nisbett. 'lo conclude with the Musical Drama of ROB - ROY. Rob Roy ....Mr. Stuart I Bailie Nicol Jarvie Mr.-Baker. Francis Osbaldiston Mr. Clement White. R ashleigh'Osbaldistone \lr. Gray. Major . Galhr a ith ....M r . G: Horncastle. Diana Vernon,• Mrs. W.H. Bland. Helen 'Macgregor Miss Cleaver. • TO4VIORROW, (Wednesday) for the ,benest of Mrs. NISBETT, on which occasion she will perform three other principal Characters.' The Entertainments.will commence with, positiVely for the last time-:—Mr. Knowlete last new Play of the LOVE -CHASE: Sir William Fondlove, Mr. Baker; Master Wafte r . M r. W. Halyard; Wid ow G reen , M rs . Cl ar k ; True worth; Mr, Stuart; Wildrake Mr. W. H. Bland; Lydia, Mrs. Rik er; -C onstance, Mrs. Nish'ett, as. performed by her eighty five nights iu succession at the HayrriarkeV-Theatre. After Which, f or th e first time here, a new Farce; in one Act, called the RIFLE BRIGADE: jr. Doddleton, Mr. W. Howard; Nugent, Mr. G. Hoincastle; Peter Simple Mr. Baker; Mrs. D.Oddleton, Mrs: Baker.;- Perker, Mrs. 're'llett; Mrs. Major Masterman, Nisbett as originally performed by her in Londo n . Tn conclude with the. Farce of g. DEAD SHOT: Mr. Timid, Mr. Baker; Louisa Mrs. Nisbett. On THURSDAY will be rep a eated for the last liine, THE LADY,OF LYONS; . Pauline,-Mrs. Nisbett; with favou rite Farce, in which M rs . Ni s b et t w ill p e rf o rm—being th e la s t night of he r ,Engagement. ITALIAN OPERAS. THEATRE RO Y AL. LIVERPOOL • iE Puke. is reSpeetfully informed that an arrangethent has • been made with Mr. MITCHELL, Manager of the ITALIAN 'GPI: lt BUPPA; London, recently - honoured with the distinguished patibriag'e of H er Most Graeious Majesty, for a very Limited'Nhmber of Performances, during the present week and the ensuing .one, of the most Successful ITALIAN „OiERAS 1 30 FA lately produced. The First Performance will take place On FRIDAY next. the ?sth instant, When will be prodneed DOnlietti's Opera. in Two Acts, entitled L' ELISIR D' AMORE;.. (THE ELIXIR or LOVE.) Adina Mademoiselle Scheroni. Gianetta.Midemoisolle. Verman Belcore. , Si g .. nor Belltni.--Duleamarra—Si.nor F. Lablache. Nemorino Signor Catone. Who will Sing the admired Romanza, CNA FURTIVA LAGRIMS," WITH ARP ACCOMPANIMENT. The Company will consist of • MADEMOISELLE SCHERONI, MADLLE. VEItMAN!. 1r r - ^ . AND , . . MISS FANNY• WYNDHAM: . :. : SIGNOR FREDERICK LABLACHE, • SIONOR BELLINI; SIGNOR SANQUIRICO,4. • AND SIGNOR CATONE. -- Conductor, Signor NEGRI. Leader, Mr. ALDRIDGE. ThtiChordies will he under the Direction of Signor RUBBI, ....,.... _ ,- . - f r orn her Majesty's Theatre. ' The •next Repr e sentations will be selected from the 1,71 . :. • following Operas :--- 7 . . .•` -• • L'ltaliana in- Algieri. ~ - • Rossini. . - Le Nozie de Figaro • ilezart. Betly (Opera in one Act) Donizetti. • "Un'Avventura di Scarratnuccia Elisa e Claudio . . ifercadante. The Band has been considerably augmented for these Per formances, and several Celebrated and New Overtures will -be Performed during.the period. LIVER THEATRE Air ESSRS. SC HElllliANuio; respectfully inform the In 1-V.I habitants and Visitors o Liverpool, that they intend OnNING their FANCY SALE and ENTERTAIN MENTS, at the LIVER THEATRE. THIS DAY, the 22nd instant, and following days. For particulars see the bills of the day. HINDOO IDOLATRY AMEETING of the IN HABVNTS will be held, at the Music HALL. Bold-stre e t, is DAY. (Tuesday,) the 2 2d instant, at Twelve o'clock, to dopt a Petition to Par liament against the Forced Attendance of British Subjects on, Idolatruus Ceremonies in India. The Bev. Chancellor RA IKES in the Chair, TO THE PUBLIC. Owing to the very liberal encouragement which we have received from our advertising friends, and for which we beg leaVe to tender our grateful acknowledgments, We have Cork to the resolution TO ENLARGE THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TO THE EXTENT OF SIX- AD• DITIONAL COLUMNS "Hitherto we have frequently been under the necessity of excluding various articles of local interest, and a large proportion of general news, in consequence of the great press of advertisements . Widt which we have been ki voured. We-have often, also; been forced to theater ' • - natihe of matoritelly etertailin: our lupus (8 as welt as our editorial remarks, on - the same account. The pro posed enlargement will enable us to embody a greater •' 'share of such intelligence as may be generally useful, and. to extend re,ports Of the various public Meet, • , ings,4c., which may , bei held in the neighborirllo6 - d,H , aS'ell-cts to present to:Orir readers a mass of anzuging and 'instruetive' extracts . front - modern ,publications, •17 . ?dad/. &Elle r we intend to make a prominent feature in 2F,C: :iitt•M'ANDARD. '4i:wall:also afford us great pleasure to avail ourselves of the opportunity which the contemplated enlargement of 1 AeSiniNnA kr. will give us for advocating more, fully • those conservative principles for which we have uni ; formlycc h oylended.. The,extended patronage which we enjoy shall - top erale,as ,stimulus to increased zeal and energy in defence of that glorious cause to which we feel an ardent attachment—the cause of the illori•ctr dry, , .• the Clutrch, and the 'constitution of Great Britain. . 1 1(:e are happy to announce that arrangements are in progress for considerably increasing the number of agents ,for the sale. of, the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. When these arrangements are matured, we anticipate a material increase in our circulation, an advantage which we feel confident will be duly appreciated by our advertisinpiends. We also flatter ourselves that the 'areatlncrease of . mattter which the STANDARD . will • .:9ntqizt -iii ' I . I : N enlarged form will procure for us ad diiional support from the .conservutive publk Liverpool. The Proposed enlargement will take place in THE FIRST WEEK IN Ju NE, after which the LIVERPOOL STANDARD will contain TWELVE COLUMNS OF ADDITIONAL -MAT ' TER PER WEEK, without any increase of price. TO COILRF.SPONDENTS, he letter of " Placidus" would subject us to au action for libel &t inserted. ..The poetry of " M. K. J." has been received. The request of " A Liberal Prosestint" shallliecomPlied with, if possible. be Eiberpool e.tatibarb. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 22, 1838. The Publication of the STAN DA r u commenced this morn iug at 5 o'clock. THE BUDGET.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer brought forward his lung deferred budget on Friday last, and a,horry exhibition, of himself did he make on the oc casion. Well might Colonel Sibthorpe, say that he had never - seen a Chancellor of . the ExcheqUer rise in'the House of Commons with .such a pallid. countenance: well might liesay.thathe looked the very picture of de- . I "' i r• Instead . of rambli ng th roug h a speec h o f s i x or . (j ee " ..olumns, as in former y ears , dilating upon the gdl pron,l7:l'e.ets of the country, and holding ou t s pl en did ll of a reduction of taxation, Mr. Sp r i ng Ri ce i ) : 6d ) st 'Y Contented himself on Friday with an oration of more moderate dimensions: The exposition whi c h 1- gave of the thiatiial condition of the country was 111°411°1°1 Y in the extreme. He had no bright 1413 . °t on whi c h hi s eye C ou ld ' res t, an d in 'descri bing which h e m i g h t l av i s h hi s - e l oq u en t self-gratu hli'ci°"' All behind w a s dreary and confused— all ore him was dark and unprnMising. The revenue of l ast Year, compared with the year before last, has declined to the extent of nearly ,three millions. Tlie expenditUre ()f (11 " last year exceeds the receipts by nearly Italia and (lie deficien c y is to be made up by an in creased i ssue of Exchequer bills. Such is the sum and su :Ptance of Mr. Spring Rice's budget. He stated the ottiscalculation of the year before at 121,428,090.—an of '. ll 'dant proof of hi s u t ter i ncapac i ty f or t h e manag e me nt Ou r financial affairs. But his estimate falls short of !,I,l.eeactiral truth, as the f o ll o wi ng fi gures w ill d etn onstrate: esti in, rnalvd Inc.rne for'the y ear en d- Act ta 5 Th Ap r il 183 8, was L 47,240,000 al 'lh 46,090,000 ThP Lxp Deficiener esti!riated Expenditure 46,873,0(X) enditure 47,511,000 Surplus o f Expeuditure. 1,150;000 646.000 p 1,796 000 13tit Mr. Rice insists that the leficien4 and the surplus Pr expenditure were alike unforeseen, and that it was; therefore, impossible for him to have formed a better es timate than he did. On this point we find the following apposite remarks in the iadical Spectator:— "Admitting his great disaiipoitarnent in the aetual_resulti of the last financial year, Mr. Rice referred to the average of the last two years—he wished, in fact, to he allowed to spread the deficiency of 1837-8 over two.years ; and the average excess of income over expenditure would then be £217,000. Ile attri buted the excess of the actual over the estimated expenditure fOr the last year to the payment of £681,000 on account of the Canada war, the necessity of providing for the whole amount of the interest on the West India loan-050,000; the earlier payment of £200,000 for interest on Exchequer bills, in conse quence of a change made to obviate the inconvenience of a large amount becoming due while parliament was not sitting; and to the general advance on the interest of Exchequer bills. Of these items, it is plain that the Canada war expenditure alone was unexpected. The others must 4r might have been foreseen when Mr. Rice made hisfinansial statement last pear; but, taken altogether, they do not make up the amount of the • deficiency." We see no reason for conceding that the Canada wac expenditure was unexpected. To any one thatbestowed any attention upon the signs of the times,- it was 'long since evident that the seeds of rebellion had been sown in Canada before Mr. Rice made his estimate of last year's expenditure. The Secretary for the Colonies was at the time in possession of documents which ought to have put Government upon their guard, and induced them to make preparations to meet the contingency of an insurrection. To Joseph Hume such an event was by no means unexpected, even while he was endeavour ing to cripple the resources of the executive by still fur ther reductions in the estimated expenditure of the year. In dilating on the causes of the deficiency in the reve nue during the past year the Chancellor of the EXche; quer was equally blundering and unfortunate. The bur den of interest payable on the West Indian loan and the increased outlay occasioned by a high rate of interest on ExChequer bills ought to have been anticipated in his estimate of last year. if Mr. Spring Rice had been a wise and prudent statesman lj e. would have taken these circumstances into his calculation ; but Mr. Spring Rice happens to be anything but a wise and prudent man, and that has caused a very great difference between his es timate and the actual results. Mr. Rice's allusion to the fever of speculation which pervaded the country in 1836 is exceedingly comical. At the time when that speculative ,spirit was manifested the whiff, Chancellor of the Exchequer, boasted of it as a proof of the prosperity of tile criiintry—as a proof of the Supebundance of capital, for which it was difficult to provide adequate employment. The same whig financier now imputes a large share of our late depression to that very system—a system to. which, for temporary objects, the whig government had afforded every encouragement in their - power. As to the future Mr. Rice could holdout none of those splendid .promises in which it has been his habit to in dulge •He could not promise any reduction of taxation. The improvident and .culpable. conduct of the govern ment in reference to the affairs of Canada will eventu ally entail upon the country an extraordinary expendi ture of. upwards of one million. All this might have been saved if the whigs had not connived at the promo ters of the rebellion.. but - as it is" impossible for the wliigs to carry on their measures without the assistance of Hume and his tail, the vVhigs are contented to saddle the country with all this unnecessary expense in order to purchase the support of the traitorous faction. SERGEANT TALFOURD'S COPYRIGHT BItL.—AS this is •a measure which,. in a greater or less degree, affects every individual in Great Britain, we feel called upon to ofter a few remarks upon the .subject. In doing so we shall endeavour to abstain as much as possible from any of those coarse personalities in which the radical repre sentative of Finsbury recently indulged in the House of Commons. The bill ought to be judged upon its own merits, irrespectively ,of any isolated instances which might be adduced to show the operation of the present law of copyright. That the Bill of Mr.: Sergeant Talfourd will materially affect the literature of the country is, of course, obvious. To prevent speculation in the art of bookselling may be legitimate employment for the legislature; but it cannot be injurious to such labours to notice one or two evils Which the proposed bill will pnsiti7Ply inflict , whether the expected benefits to authors be realised or not. It is a sound maxim in political economy, that no one department of art is independent:of some other ; and the relation between authors, publishers, and printers, is so iutimate,.that it ,may well..be asserted, that no one. of them could exist without the other. In Mr. Talfourd's the hook' s spoken of as theaUthoes, sole property .; but before it can become a book; a few transforming processes.are . neessary ;' every man, however remotely, connected in its getting up, could with all propfiety lay his hand upon it, and say ; ' this is my work." asurnplibn of fMr. Tal fOrd, therefore, is untrue, a second maxim in politiCal economy equally unquestionable, that no one branch of art or manufacture can be -unduly advanced, but at the expense of some others. Mr. Talfourd proposes to grant by law, what can only accrue by fact, and which no law can prevent, if just,—an additional endowment to authors, at the ex pense of the other parties engaged in the production of bboks. Mr. TalfOurd's purpose is.t4elefore unjust. --On this pact of the subject, at least in so far as the Printing business is concerned, a few illustrations may not be out of place.. By the present law, a book is pro perty for twenty-eight years; and the result .is, that Many books, which one publisher might print and circu late during that time lie dormant, because the ,present holder of the copyright either will not,, or cannot, do it himself. This evil, sufficiently glaring, is proposed to be increased, by adding sixty years to the term of copy right; —on the plea that authors should have a longer perSonal interest in their own works. No man need de sire that an author should be paid less than he can get, for that is to desire what is impossible. The question is , has Mr. Talfourd proved that authors will be more highly remunerated under the proposed bill ? • The evidence of a few of the leading publishers has already settled this point. It may be supposed, that by the extension of copy right, if the author does,not derive the benefit the pub lisher will. But even' this is highly problematical. All fisCal_ regulations on trade are injurious ; and much more so in departments. where as much depends upon the time and manner, as or: the matter of publication. The pub dre.T.now, to a certain ext6ntYclassified, each pub lishing, lea more or leSs degree, books relating to his own department. But will a scientific publisher, or his successor, be of that class sixty years hence ? Will his present copyrights be available to his then connexions ? This, also, could . be better proved by publishers them selves than.hy Mr. Talfourd, .• Private interest must give way to public benefit. This third maxim is one on which the members of the printing business . have some light to expatiate. By turning from the law of.copyright to that on patents, it will at once%e seen, that printing is now accomplished in a somewhat different manner from what it formerly was, and that to the injury of operative printers generally. By the in ven ti on of stereotype, the re:composition of books was rendered unnecessary; and by the introduc tion of Machinery, the duplication of the daily newspa pers fell into disuke, and long.numberkwere no longer sent to press. Froth theseinventions, however, the pub lic reaped immediate and much advantage, and the inter., est or the few gave way to that of the many. The .judicious and proper publication of any one parti cular book k as much a personal invention as the manu script of the book itself; and if two or more publishers can compete in.these inventions, will not the public reap the benefit ? In this case, such inventions will be for the Perpetual . adyantage of the printing busides . s, as those before spoken of were to its temporary injury ; and hence the paramount interest which printers generally have,in a tight disposal of the question. " LeaVe well alone," is an excellent remedy for diffi culties which present no outlet, and, so far as practical skill and individual enterprise are concerned, it would be better if parliament, instead of proflering assistance, would stand aloof, anti leave private men to settle their own private matters. But if- Mr. Talfourd's purpose is bad, (for the.printing businvss,) his ina . nner of effecting it is ivorse. He ad- THE LIVERPOOL mits, in fact, .that his plan will not work, and makes a number of exceptions, which, had he consulted 'praCtiCal men, he would never have so far committed himself in making. By the fifth elapse of his ,bill he gives an ex isting ccpyright to the publisher for.tWenty- eight years; and if the author has died in the interim, the copyright is, after the twenty-eight expire, to revert to the author' s heirs for the balance of sixty years, counted from the author's death, which may be any,nurnber from 1 to 59. By the seventh, the publisher can sell, during these sixty years, whatever number of copies he way have left on hand at the expiration of , the twenty-eight. Here the copyright is printed paper, instead of author's manu script. By the eighth clause, under the same circumstances if the work has been stereotyped, the publisher can prin from these plates during all the sixty years, provided only that the plates last so long. It is not an uncommon circumstance, where immunity from taxation or rent is given to a particular building so long as it lasts, that every•sort of repair is given beyond the price of a new erection, that the immunity may be retained; and, under such circumstances, the repair of stereotype plates would be its parallel By this clause the copyright is in plates.. The best authors, therefore, whose works are gene rally stereotyped, can derive no benefit whatever from the act; the public will be compelled to read-coarse and ill-printed editions—new types will be idle—the art of printing will retrograde. And this is called—" the en couragement of learning." - Mr. Talfourd, it is true, anticipates that the public will not be so satisfied, and attempts to provide against it. I any author or publisher neglect to reprint of republish a work within five years after the author's death, or five years after the twenty-eight from the date of its publics. , tion, any person who may,.remember such a book tti.be in existence, (thirty-three years after its publication,) may apply to the Court of Chancery for permission to print it, after having given one or two years notice' to the original thirty-five years copyright holder, and the Lord Chancellor may grant such permiSsion, if the origi nal publisher has not then republished it. Thus one man's idea, that he could make a certain book pay its ex- • pense of publication, must have entailed upon it a two years' Chancery suit, and the risk added, that the origi nal publisher, who, in all likelihpod, had himself forgot it, will avail himself of the said idea, republish the book on another man's hint, and leave him to digest the ex pense of his application to the Lord Chancellor as he best may. Can this be what the legislators of Mr. Talfourd's school call " a healthful competition, from which the public derive much benefit." IRISH TITHES.—THE APPROPRIATION CLAUSE.—After all the trumpeting of the witig-radical press about the " glorious majority" obtained by ministers, on Tuesday last, it appears that the conflict upon the subject of Irish tithes has issued in a couservative victory. The leading organ of the government thus prematurely rejoices over the " prostrate tories" "After gaining a victory, the next consideration is how to turn it to the best advantage. We have given the turies a heavy, fall; and the question is, whether we should not repeat the blow while they are in a position so convenient to receive it. Let us hope that their defeat upon the Church question 'will be followed as speedily as possible by another still more humiliating upon that of Municipal Reform: Since beating is to their taste, we advise Ministers to give them enough of the amusement, and allow them as little pause as possible between' the strokes." This is certainly bold language; but how has it been followed up by the ‘,‘ glorious majority"? Let us see. The following very pithy conversation took place on the 'subject in the House of Commons on Friday last : Sir Francis Burdett asked Lord John Russell, whether he intended to go into Committee on the Irish Tithe resolutions on Monday ? Lord John Russell said, he did not, but would proceed with the Irish Municipal Corporation Bill. He did not intend, how ever, to abandon the question of Irish Tithes; but if the Com mittee on the Municipal Corporation Bill had finished its la_ bours by the Monday following, he would move a simple reso lution for converting the tithe into a rent-charge, on which be should found a bill. • Sir Robert Peel bat imperfectly understood Lord John Rus sell; and it was impossible for him to state at the moment what course he should take in the altered circumstances. Would not Lord John Russell defer his Committee on the Mu nicipal Corporation Bill till Friday ? " Lord John Russell assented to this postponement ; and in further explanation of his tithe plan, repeated that he should call upon the committee to adopt a resolution consisting solely of this—that the tithe composition at present existing should be changed into a rent charge : that would be the only object of his proposition. " Sir Robert Peel.—Am Ito understand that the noble lord's proposition will be limitted to the conversion of tithe-composi tion into rent-charge? " Lord John Russell.—Yes. Sir Robert Peel--I will meet that concession in the same spirit in which it was made. I, however, reserve to myself the right to take, an unfettered course. If I decide on taking a course on Friday hostile to the municipal bill, I will give full notice of that intention, to prevent any unfair advantage." From this conversation it would appear that the Tithe Bill Committee is to be postlioned to Monday next, and that the Irish Municipal Bill is to be introduced on Fri day. Both measures will, in consequence, pass under the notice of the House of Commons nearly at the same time, and it is next to impossible, in the present state of public business, that these bill can reach the House of Lords before the Coronation takes place. Although Lord John Russell declares that his proposition relative to the Irish church will be limited to the concession of tithe-composition into rent•charge, it is very probable that protracted discussions will take place on several of the details of the,bill. Nor is it unlikely that another debate a9d another division will take place on the prin ciple of the bill. It .is now evident that the ministers have thrown the approptiation clause overboard—that vet)" clause upon which they have repeatedly staked their official exist ence. Passing by the inconsistency of their conduct in thus deserting a principle to which they were so strongly pledged, we shall proceed to inquire whether the present Tithe Bill can be considered a final and satisfactory set ment of the Irish church question. - Will it be satisfactory to the protestants of England and Ireland—to those who are sincerely attached to the Established Church and who zealously desire the spread of the doctrines of the Reformation ? We answer, no ! Every true protestant views the church of Ireland as a grand instrument for 'the moral and political aineliofit- Lion of that benighted and - - priest-ridden country ; and that it' has already proved efficient to this great end is abundantly proved by the criminal statistics of. the several provinces of Ireland. Those portions of the island in which popery is predominant are characterised by an accumulation of the - deepest crimes; those in which the civilising influence .of protestantism prevails are comparatively. peaceful. In the province of Munster, comprising only six counties, and with a population of 2,227,152, the stun of £105,366 was required within the last year for the repression of cinte; whilst in the pro vince of Ulster, comprising nine counties, and with a population of 2,286,622, the amount required for that purpose was only £68,090. What has caused this great disparity? Why is crime so' rampant in Munster? We unhesitatingly attribute. the pre-eminence in delin quency of its population to the malignant, debasing, and brutalising influence of popery—popery, the greatest curse which ever afflicted any. nation on the face of the earth. Seeing, then, that the spread of protestantism in Ireland is the spread of peace, of virtue, of industry, and loyalty—that the eradication Of popery is the rooting out of brutality, vice, indolence, and disaffection; it is impossible for any one who wishes well to Ireland, or, in other words, who wishes to see protestantism regnant in that country, to hail with any degree of satisfaction any measure which may emanate from a ministry so ob sequious to the demands of the popish faction as Lord John Russell and his associates in office. The English protestants have reason to deprecate the introduction of any such measure as that prOpounded by. the leader of the House of Commons, lest it should afford a precedent for the spoliation of the Established Church in England The bill, therefore, must be considered as objectionable by every sincerely attached friend of Protestantism. . . _ But will it prove satisfactory to the Irish clergy—the party most deeply implicated in all its enactments We TANDARD. answer, No They are only anxious to secure their just rights, and wisli•for no legal interference. That the bill will not prove a final settlement as far as the Papists, Dissenters, and infidels are concerned we shall prove in a subsequent. article. Tim " Aurrox."—Our facetious contemporary of yes terday has bestowed nearly a column and a half of his largest type upon the STANDARD, in which an attemptis made to reply to our remarks of Tuesday last. We have said that an attempt is made to answer - the article in which we animadverted upon the "right dolorousditty" of the Albion of last week; but really the column and a half of verbiage which the Albion of yesterday contains is scarcely entitled to the designation of even an attempt at a reply. 1f it was meant to be such, it is the most abortive attempt that we have ever witnessed. It proves nothing, unless, indeed, it may be said to afford a most conclusive proof of the weakness of that cause which the Albion advocates—of the utter impotency of the editor in any contest in which the interests of truth and justice are involved. The Albion displays its consum mate prUdence by abstaining altogether from even a show of argument. Instead of reasoning . on the subject on which we have joined issue with him, the funny editor prefers enacting the part of Harlequin, and seems to trust that his ludicrous pranks will have the effect of withdrawing the attention of his readers from the sub- ject matter of discussion. We must frankly confess that we have been highly amused with the extraordinary ca- pers of our merry-making friend in Castle-street; but,.. though our risibility has been excited, we cannot say that he has convinced us of any thing—his own exuberant folly excepted. We feel extremely sorry that we cannot compliment our contemporary upon his good temper this week. There is a degree of soleness in the article to which we have referred which strongly impresses us with the be lief that our remarks of Tuesday last were not quite so pointless as the Albion would insinuate. However, our hands are too full to-day to allow us any opportunity for dandling the slipperkin of the Albion. On Friday next we hope to have more leisure for the purpose. It is, perhaps, right to add that we have not yet seen reason to regret the insertion of the other article to which the Albion refers. It has already bad its desired effect. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. PRIZE FIGHTING.—On Friday at the police-office, Thomas Henry Jones, alias "The Welsh Champion," having been placed at the bar, a gentleman stated to the magistrate, that a prize•fig,ht was to take place between the prisoner and ano ther individual, he sent for Jones and remonstrated with him, telling him that such practices were discreditable to him, he being a publican. Jones, however, said that the affair had gone too far for him then to recede; and the gentleman seeing that his own interposition was unavailing, he had resolved to apply to the magistrate He believed that the fight was to take place two or three miles from Liverpool. Mr. Hall made a few remarks, expressive of his surprise that a man in the prisoner's situation should connect himself with such a discreditable affair, on which Jones stated that he was agreeable to drop it. Mr. Hall bound him over to keep the peace, himself in EBO. and two sureties in £4O. each—the usual notice to be given of the bail. STRIKING POLICE-OFr icEits.—A respectable looking young man was on Friday brought up at the police-office on a charge of having struck policeman 183. The officer stated that the prisoner and another individual were fighting together on the preceding night in Rose-place ; he went to separate theem, and the prisoner then struck him, on which be took him into cus •tody- The young man excused himself on the score of intoxi cation : he was extremely sorry for what had taken place. The magistrate observed that the excuse of drunkenness was too frequently set up for that and other offences; but what did it avail an officer who had to submit to blows that the person who inflicted them was in a state of intoxication? People were ready enough to cry out when a policeman touched them; but they seemed to make little account of striking him, forgetting the number of blows he was obliged to endure every night. The prisoner•was fined 20s. and costs—in default of payment to be committed 16 dayS.—Another person, a master of a vessel, in a row in the Park, had snatched the stick from the hand of one of the officers and struck him with it, and afterwards behaved in a very disorderly manner in Bridewell. He was fined 40s. A JEALOUS WI F E.—On Friday, two girls of ill character hay iog been placed at the bar, a female of very respectable appear once entered the witness-box, and in an angry and excited man ner began to prefer her complaint. She stated that she had come from Birmingham iu search of her husband, some " d—d kind friend," it appeared, having informed her by letter that her spouse was taking advantage of his absence from home to conduct himself in a very unwarranted manner—that he had located himself in a certain house in town, occupied by certain females of very uncertain character, &c. On receipt of this kind, well-intentioned, and friendly letter, Mrs. came post ing down to Liverpool on the swift and strong wings of jealousy —(the railway carriages, to her impatient spirit, seemed to travel like snails)—and, having arrived here, did not delay a moment in proceeding to the house which had been described, denouncing, as she went along, the wicked aberrations of her spouse, yet exulting in the idea that she should pounce upon the astonished sinner in the very midst of his iniquities, perhaps de tect him in the very arms of his paramour. She wished, she hoped, she fervently hoped that such might be the case; and yet the bare idea was exasperating in the extreme. She felt her blood rising, her cheek warming at the thought; herstep because quicker and firmer, and in a few moments she stood at the door, knecked, and pine I admission. She ran rapidly through the lower apartments of the house,'queatiening no one, but seeking to come unawares on the faithless man. Her search, however, proving vain, she then paused to enquire from one of the pri , sutlers whether Mr. was in the house. " How can I tell?" was the reply : " I know no man called Mr. " "Is there a man with dark brown hair ?t' &c. asked the lady, giving a rapid sketch of her beloved. " Don't know." " Don't know! Don't exasperate me, woman," exclaimed the handsome little wife, shaking her umbrella at the tall and lumpish figure she was examining " Tell me, I say, is my husband here?" " Which ?" was the laconic reply, half interroga , tery, half exclamatory. Don't which : 1 demand a direct answer." "Don't which you! Not 1. You seem be witched already. What is it you want of me?" " My husband." "Is he little?" " Yes, rather." " Would he go into my pocket think you?" I ain't gut him there, but you can look if you like." A blow with the umbrella was the answer to this witti cism; the wife then made a rush up stairs, with the determina tion to prosecute her search. She WAS stopped in her ascent, however, by the descent of the other prisoner, who told her that no person should either go up or down those stairs till her mis tress returned. A battle royal then commenced; in Ale words . of the complainant, " a flock of four or five of them" were round her in a ininnte; and, though the young lady seems not to have lacked courage, the superiority of numbers opposed to her, ins pressed her with the idea that "discretion was the better part of valour," and she' accordingly sounded a parley. "Do tell use, then," she said, "if my husband be up stairs." "There's a man there, " was the answer. There is ! And has he a fe male with him ?" " No." " Not one ! Are you sure! Let me go up and see him ;—let me upbraid him ; let me tear his eyes am,"sahidalinspding s ?" s lit y l o le t;t• own ma' lawful husband " Because 1 have but one hu sband, and tha t is, you." must be bins. yr en out: let "how md you Lawful! .No, lam not like " No, nor he like you. lie " " knowSthop takes it as cool as snow main." "The wretch ! let me see him." " But who are you, ma'am ?" "You know- you know ; lam his wife—the wife of him whom you are secreting " " Bleth me ! have you the second sight, ma'am, that you can see through too walls? It might be Billy Thompson for what you know, or Jack—" " No, no : it cannot be. Is he a Scotchman ?" " Yeth, he is." "Then it is him ! I knew it was ! Andrew I Andrew !" A voice through a keyhole was here heard to ex claim, "It's jist me, lassie; gang awa' harne again; I canna come the non. They've steekit the door." The sound of that well-known voice was a confirmation of all the poor wife's sus picions; she became maddened , and made another effort to reach the apartment; but her antagonists were too p owerful, and succeeded in forcibly ejecting her. '['his was the lady's m complaint, and she wished to have the prisoners punished e magistrate thought that, even though some foolish and officious Person had endeavoured to destroy her peace of mind and her domestic happiness by sending that letter, she should have had more good sense than to follow her husband hither, least of all to seek him in such a house as she had described. She had in a great degree to thank herself for the usage she had received. The prisoners were then asked what they had to say for having assaulted the complainant. One replied that she was the first assaulted ; ane the second declared that she was not only struck, but insulted. " She (complainant) called me very bad expres sions; and I says, "flank you, ma'am,' says I, you are a lady.' Fhis was all I said, and then she struck me."—The pri soners were discharged. SMUGGLlNG.—Yesterday, a the Police-office, a gentleman, named Thoinas May", an attorney of London, was placed at the bar of the Police-office, charged with attempting to smuggle two and a half gallons of whiskey on shore. It appeared, that the prisoner had just come over from Ireland, and had the whiskey concealed in jars, in his portmanteau. Ou landing, he ordered his portmanteau to be taken to the Custom-house, perhaps, ex p ec ti ng i t wou ld passed through without any search, but in th e t rans i t, one of the jars got broken, and the officer discovered th e w hi s k ey runn i ng out of the portmanteau b ottom. Mr. Hall, a f ter h ear i ng the case, f i ned him in the mitigate d penalty o f £25 or obeimpr n i e s , on o e n d d two did m no o t nt k h i s l . o w The a prisonerou town, and it w as o f t h e hi ghest i mportance that he shou ld go to London with some papers t h at he had; b ut he would will i ng l y soul said, he could not pay the the n floe give up all the money he had in his possession,.about 1.3 i 2, and leave his watch for bail, till he could remit the balance. Mr. Hall told him, that as a professional man, he ought to know 'better than to make such an application, for, it was one which could not be granted. Mr. Hall subsequently said, he should suspend the judgement:till this morning, as he was of opinion, the case was a more serious one than at the first view he had thought it. He would consult time act of Parliament about it, and decide this In was, therefore, much ()ming. The prisoner against his will put dywn again till this morning. , DERBY HOTEL.—The opening dinner of, this new establish ment takes place on Thursday next. A most excellent ban quet will no doubt be.provided, as Mr. Leonard will be desi rous to give his friends " a taste of his quality." There will be a very full muster of.frieniis. We have great pleasure in stating, that Mr. Benjamin Ellis, one of the Magistrates' Clerks, who visited Madeira ,for the benefit of his health, has returned with his health completely restored. • CONTROVERSEA.I. LECTURES.—We understand that the last of a'series of LeCtures on the Errors of, Popery, will be de livered this eveniity, Tuesday, May 22, at St. Mary's Church, Kirkdale, by the .Rev. Hugh M`Neile. The subject is the Prophetical doom of the Papacy. . . I.AIiNCIIES.—On.. Wednesday, sto•ruorrow,) about eleven o'clock, there will be two launches: One from the building-yard of Messrs.. Burmister and Simpson, the other front the building yard of Messrs. Clover and Co., both in Trenthani-street. NEW CHURCH.—A new church has recently been erected at Padgate, about two. miles from Warrington, which will be opened on the 20th instant, by the, Hon. and Rev. Horace Powys l rector, and the Rev. 'l'. V. Bayne, head-master of the Grammar SChooh BIBLE SOCIETY. MEETING OF THE LADIES' AUXILIARY BRANCH SOCIETY. The 27th annual meeting of this society was held on Friday evening, at half-past six o'clock, in the Music-hall, 80ld -street, which was crowded in every part by a• most respectable audi ence, a large proportion of whom were females. A number of local Clergymen and gentlemen, together with a deputation front the: Parent Society, occupied the platform. Thomas Sands, Esq., was in the chair. The CHAIRMAN having opened the proceedings in a brief ad dress, in which he expressed ,the great pleasure that he felt in promoting, the cause for which they were assembled, The Rev. R. DAVIES read the report, which stated, that in detailing the operations of the Liverpool Auxiliary Bible So ciety, the committee had to report, that although there was no very material increase in its funds and its operations, they yet felt themselves called on to be thankful that they had not retro graded. The annual subscriptions during the last year amount ed to £402 Bs. In the donations there was a diminution, as they only amounted to £3O Ils. whilst in the preceding year they were £6l 15s. 3d. lit consequence of an inadequate supply of collectors, the ladies' subscripticins fell short of the preceding years' by the sum of £73 14s. 6d. The sum total collected was £3ll 15s. 10(1. By the sale of books £421 178.2 d. had been received by the society, which, although less than had been re ceived in the year before, was yet quite equal to the average of former years. The contributions from country societies, and from associations connected with the Liverpool Auxiliary So ciety, amounted to £l5O 10s. 104. The total receipts for the past year were £2129 9s. 9d., being about £26 more than in the preceding one. tin the treasurer's annual account, read after wards by Mr. James Cropper, it was stated that of the total re ceipts £1340 had been remitted to the parent society, the inci dental expenses amounted to £153 9s. 9d„ leaving a balance on band, to be carried to next year's account, of £636.1 The re port went on to state that the distribution had nut been quite equal to that of the former year, though it was equal to the aver age. There had been distributed 3357 Bibles and 2899 Testa ments, making a total of 6256 copies of the Holy Scriptures. An association had been originated for Toxteth-park and Aig burth, which promised to do great good. There was ground to believe that the Ladies' Bible Society had been the originator of all the visiting societies at present in existence in the town, and it was painful to think that. it should languish for want of distributors. The committee acknowledged their obligations to Lieutenant Lowe for the kind aid which he had afforded them in supplying the poor emigrants from this port with the Bible. They had also to express their , great and sincere regret at the loss of their late secretary, Samuel H o p e , E sq . , w h o had held the situation upwards of 26 years, and on whom a very high eulogium was passed. Dr. Raffles, they were happy to say, had accepted the office which had become vacant by the lament ed death of M Hope. The Rev. J. CARRUTHERS moved the adoption of the report. Little, he remarked, needed to be said in reference to the report itself. The principles it recognised, the spirit it breathed, and the facts it recorded, were such as to render it worthy of una nimous adoption. The rev. gentleman, after referring tn the death of Mr. Hope, proceeded to point out, at some length; the effect which such Instances of mortality ought to produce on the members of the society in attaching them more firmly to the wordlof God, which endured for ever, while all flesh was as grass. • The Rev. EDWIN SYDNEY, one of the deputation from the parent society, seconded the resolution. Nothing, he said, could be more grateful to him than to see such a large assem blage of the friends of the society. When he considered the standing of the society, and the character of its supporters, he might consider himself a superfluous character amongst them ; but he deprecated the spirit of proxyistn, and he should there fore divide with his respected friend, Mr. Dudley, the labour of bringing forward interesting facts. He agreed with Mr. Daly, whom he heard lately in London, that one fact was worth a cart-load of arguments. It was said of Lord Bacon, that the only fear of those who heard him was, that he should make an end of his discourse; but the case was very different with them; for it was the fear o f every one who heard a deputation of the Bible society that they would never make an end. (A laugh.) He then called the attention of the meeting to the state of France, where, notwithstanding the attempts made to hinder the operations of the society, it was going on progressing. He did not mean to say that appearances were such as they ought to be satisfied with, but they were encouraging. Men of the highest station listened to the plain preac.biug of the gospel, and prosperous schools were connected with au establishment he did not need then to refer to. [The rev. gentletnau alluded to the continental society.] The spirit of the Roman Catholics was naturally excited, and they knew not what to do. But in order to overturn what the Protestants were doing, they would give out in some of their towns—though they had not a town like Liverpool, and never would—they gave out that they were going to have a public disputation. Now they would all expect that in a public disputation, living men would appear to engage in the contest; but in a disputation in France they were ushered into a large room, in which were placed on a table the busts of Luther, Melanthon, or Calvin. Here the priest demands of the bust—" Now, Mr. Luther, what have you got to say for your self ?" He then proceeds to detail what he supposes would be Luther's arguments, which he next answers in his own person ; after which he says, "Now, Luther, you are regularly done," and he forthwith takes a club and knocks the unfortunate bust into fuel. ( Loud laughter.) The speaker next referred to Russia, and lamented that the circulation of the Scriptures were so small in that country; but they had no conception of the difficulties to be encouotered there. The speaker here related A some interesting anecdotes relative to the manner in which thel Scriptures were put into the hands of the military, and to the devout character of Prince Gallitzin. He next referred to Belgium, India, Madagascar, Spain. Ste. With respect to the latter country, he stated the curious fact, that though there was a law to prohibit the introduction of Bibles into Spain, there' was none to prevent the printing of them there, and this had been taken advantage of by the Society. The rev. gentleman made a number of additional observations, and concluded by expressing his wonder that any should fall away from the society on account of peculiarity of creed, and called on them to redouble their exertions in the cause of that excellent associ ation. The adoption of the report was carried unanimously. The Rev. H. CARPENTER moved the second resolution, which stated that ten millions of copies of the Holy Scriptures, in 160 different languages and dialects, had been distributed by the Bible Society since its formation. The rev. gentleman said that he had recently read an estimated statement of the number of Bibles in the whole world: it was calctilated to be thirty millions, so that that society had distributed oue-third of the aggregate number on the face of the earth. It was a startling annunciation, however, that 8J0,000,00() of souls, the supposed amount of the population of the globe, had only 30,000,000 of Bibles to meet their wants ; and it was a fact calculated to make them strain every nerve, till every man should have the opportunity of perusing the word of God. They had, he said, to lament the opposition which was made to the circu lation of the scriptures, not only in foreign countries, but in a land very near to their own doors. In Ireland, the Bible was hunted after and burnt in the same manner as in Belgium. Ire was a native of the sister island, and he knew such to be the fact. It was extraordinary, when a priest had got hold of a Bible, with what facility he would run it down ! The priest could smell a Bible half a mile off, so that, if a peasant ob tained possession of one, it was absolutely impossible that he should preserve it ; and when detected, he was certain to be punished for having haaboured it. The Rev. Tagoenit.us Lassay said, though he had been resident in Liverpool for some years, he had never before been present at any meetings of the Liverpool Auxiliary Bible Society This did not arise from want of interest in its welfare, but from the circumstance of his being engaged in travelling. After alluding to the character of the late Mr Hope and of Dr. Raffles, he said, theirs was a cause which derived honour from no man, but conferred honour on all who were engaged in it. Changes, he remarked, had taken place within a few years, which it formerly required ages to effect. 'co whatever part of the world they directed their attention, they found it no longer in a state of torpitude—the strong man armed could no longer keep his palace in peace. Old institutions could no longer keep possession of the public mind. Satan was come down amongst men, having great wrath, because he knew that he had but a very short time. He would not touch on politics, or disturb the sweet harmony of that assembly. The speaker went on to de nounce the principles of infidelity, which, he said, were now scattered among the body of the people. These principles had entered the abodes of the poor, and spread desolation among those who were the basis of society. The glittering ornaments on the top would form no security for them, if the basis was destroyed. He next contrasted the condition of England, in the present day, with that which existed during ancient times, when our ancestors were distinguished by a savage ferocity, and ascribed all our advantages and safety to the influence of Chris tianity. He concluded by appealing to the meeting for their libetal support in behalf of the society. The resolution was carried unanimously. The Rev. J. LISTER moved the third resolution expressive of the obligation s which the society owe d t o the Ladi es' Branch Society. Of their zeal, ability, and patience, he could not speak too highly. But there was still much left undone, and none hut those Who had visited the habitations of the poor were aware how deeply that valuable portion of society estimated the attentions of the collectors. Facts were better than argu ment, and he might mention a circumstance which occurred in a court near his own chapel, which he had visited recently with a friend. In the court were a number of houses. few of which possessed a Bible. One woman to whom the question was put, e xp resse d h ow delighted she would feel, and her neigh bours also ' if they were visited regularly by the collectors at tached to the Bible Society. There was a wide field for the exercise of the collectors in the district between Mary bone and Vauxhall-road, which might be considered the most degraded part of the town. But however low or humble the inhabitants were ; the voitors were always treated With respect. That ex cellent institution, the Provident Society, had been. of essential service in the district to which he , alluded...Manv of the streets contributed regularly to that society, and its:visitors always ex perienced the most respectful reception., The services of the Bible Society were much wanted, in that neighbourhood, and he could guarantee to the ladies who might act as visitors the most courteous treatment. .The reverend gentleman concluded by expressing his hope that the exertions of the ladies would not be wanting in the good work. Mr. C. S. DUDLEY, in seconding the resolution, filled up, as far as time permitted, the out li ne which had been sketched by his friend and fellow-labourer, the Rev: Mr. Sidney. He said that the income of the society for the ensuing year amounted to upwards of £97,000, which, although less than that of the,pre ceding one, was £8,200 above the average income of the last ten years. .The issue of the Scriptures of home, within the last twelve months, had been less thanin the former year; but he was one who looked upon that as a matter rather of rejoicing than lamentation ; it indicated that the country was becoming, as it were, ,saturated with. the Bible. And strange it would have been, if the issue of 7,250,000 copies of the Scriptures had not in a great measure supplied the wants of the people. The issue, both at home and abroad, during the past year, amounted to 600,000, which, he might state, for the aid of those who found it difficult to form a true conception of such vast numbers, was at the rate of one Bibles, per minute for the whole year. The aggregate number, which the society had been the means of putting' into circulation, both at home and abroad, was 18,000,00(); and they had translated the Holy Scriptures into 86 languages in which. they had never before existed. He himself held in his hand a cony of the first translation of thein which bad ever been seen in the Catalan language. Only 34 years ago, there was not a single society in existence for the circulation of the word of God; now there were 2334. He • referred to ,the greatly. in creasing distribution which was yearly faking place in. France,- and mentioned that in Spain,—a country torn with intetnal dissensiocs—the printing of the bible had been established and was carried on, and 4000 copies had been already sold, But British India, containing .135,000,000 of inhabitants, and the empire of China, whose population was estimated by Morrison at 250,000,000, but statedin (he imperial census to be 0,000,000, formed a boundless field for their exertions—a field in which something, yet comparatively little, had hitheito been.done. The prospect in China, however, was a gladdening one.; for Gutzlaf had establi s h e d the fact, that,. though in different pro vinces there were somewhat differing dialects spoken, the whole of the population which can read (and every parent : deemed,it essential to give his male children. an. education, though the females were ; . neglected) can. lead the same book. Their written language was , intelligible, therefore, to 17500,000 of men—from one end of the empire to another: it was like a sheet of music, which, though written in England, could be -read in Italy, or rice versa. The society had also assisted in printing hibles fur the use of the blind, a specimen of which, in raised • letters; and which is deciphered with facility by the touch, was ' exhibited by the speaker. The extreme delicacy of feeling possessed . by persons d e prived o f s i g h t was o n e o f t h e wonderful and benevolent provisions hv - which the Almighty compensated their loss; when deprived of one sense, the other became more active. • Many persons ',mild perhaps be suprised at therapidity with which blind persons could be taught to read; a gentleman in Edinburgh, engaged in the instruction of the blind, had told him that he would engage to teach blind people to seed by the touch in one-half the time that would be occupied by those who coolli see,• and this because their attention was never taken away by-extraneous objects, as must necessarily happen in the other case. • Ile himself bad seen A blind boy at Bristol who had learned to. read in only eleven days; and never bad he heard a chapter in the New Testament read more beautifully', or with better emphasis, than by that boy, standing amidst 2000 persons, and deciphering the words by the touch only. • The resolutions were than put and carries withbut opposition. JOtIN CROPPER, Esq., moved, and the • Rev. •CHARLES LA WIZENCE • seconded, the fourth resolution, which was passed unanimously: . . On the motion of the Rev. R. DAVIES, seconded• by WIA: KAY, Esq., vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the meeting separated at ten o'clock. CHURCH OF ENGLAND MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Last evening•, , the 'anniversary meeting .of this society was held at the Music Hall, Bold•street,—the Rev.-Chancellor Raikes in the chair: The Music Hall , was crowded to excess by a highly respectable. auditory, chiefly consisting of ladies; and on the platform were most of the clergy of the town and neighbourhood. • After the meeting had been opened by the Re'v. Chancellor Raikes, the report, was read by the Secretary,. the Rev. Richard Davies, which spoke in most pleasing terms of the progress and success of the Missionary. labours of the society, and stated the increase in the society's funds for the present year, to be £11,700. • : . : Tbe meeting was then addressed by the Rev. John Jones, of St. Andrews; the Rev. John Woodward, one of the Secreta ries from the Parent Society ; the Rev. Thomas Byrth, Rector of Wallasey; the Rev: John William Cunningham, Rector of Harrow; the Rev. Henry Carpenter, Minister of St. Michael's; the Rev. Winden Madden; The Rev: John White, of Oswestry; and the Rev. Hugh M'Neile. ; and resolutions were proposed and passed, lamenting the removal of the late Bishop Currie from the East Indies, and pledging the society.toincreased mis sionary efforts in New Zealand and other stations of the society's missions. The Rev. HUGH APNEILE, in speaking to one of, the resolu= tions, took occasion to advert to the disgraceful character of some of the orders of the British government in India,•whereby the civil and military officers , of the government were he queutly obliged to attend at, and contribute to, 'the idolatrous worship and cerettionies of the heathen shatives, or incur the displeasure of. the government. He was enthusiastically re spciuded to in a proposal that another meeting thinild be called to petition the government to put an end ..to this disgrace to Christian rulers, and a meeting for this• purpose (as will be seen from an advertiseinent in another column,) is to be held this day at 12 o'clock. The meeting continued till a quarter to eleven o'clock: Break ing up at so late an hour, .of ; course it it totally .out of the question lb do anything like justice to the various 'eloquent speeches delivered,'wnd we shall, therefore, postpone our report until Friday next, .when,we shall give a full and accurate ac• count of the,proceedings. So intense was the heat of the crowded room, that four or five ladies fainted, and were obliged to be carried out. So crowded a meeting speaks well for the progress of the church missionary cause. VICISSITUDES OF A VOYAGE. On the 11th of January last, the ship Acadia left this port for New York, with a heavy cargo and thirty-five steer age passengers. She had been but a few days at sea when she turned out to be in, a- leaky .condition-, and, •to add to the distress of those on „board, it was discovered that she had not taken in a sufficiency of fresh water, the conse quence of which was tfiat each iterson , was put on allowance of two quarts per day. During the first ten days, the weather was favourable, but, the wind having become ciattrary, , the vessel. which was too heavily laden, was beaten about till the Ist of March, when she encountered a violent storm front the west, in tat: 35 north, lon. 43 west, according to the calculation of the officers. The hurricane is described as having been most terrific, and the ship was expected eiery moment• to go down. Both the passengers and the crew -worked at the pumps incessantly, while the captain, seeing their danger, steered the vessel himself, with the view of easing her as touch as possible from the violent shocks of the waves, that threatened each in stant to overwhelm her. Such was the .violence, of the storm that, though the captain wished to lighten the ship, it was found impossible to do so till the following day. As 'they had only provisions for two weeks, they determined to run for Ireland: The storm continued for two days, during which 300 tons of goods were consigned to the ocean ; notwithstanding which, the vessel still leaked. The wind having veered round to the east, the captain decidesl that he would steer for New York, the ori ginal port of his destination. Again the wind changed, how ever., and by the 7th of March the leakiness of the vessel had so augmented that she made three feet and a half of water per L hour. She was further light ene d w i t h out much effect being 'produced, and at length the captain resolved that he would not proceed to Cork, but endeavour to make the Azores as the nearest laud. The passengers and crew were now in the ut most distress for want of water, as well as provisions. 04) the 9th, the wind, it seems, having again changed, the captain once more steered for New York, but the breeze getting round to the northwest some hours after, the course was changed for Fayal. On the Ilth, a ship hove in sight, which proved to be the Ma ned°, a fine Dutch ship, bound to Rotterdam, from Batavia. At first the ship showed symptoms of a hostile description, hav ing heard at St. Helena that wat had been declared between England and Holland. Set right on this subject,the Dutch captain furnished the Ac a di a w i t h . provisions, tuft! give her longitude 31, 58. 'I he longitude, according to.the Calculation on hoard the Acadia, was 29, 10. At one o'clock next day, land was discovered, and all on board were filled with joy, under the notion that it was Fayal. They were , within one or two miles of this land before sunset, but,. fearful .of rocks, they continued to cruize about till daylight, when they saw a boat approaching them. A rope was thrown to the individuals in the boat, and they were taken on board, They proved to be the crew of the English ship Latona, which was wrecked on this spot in December last, on a voyage from St. Jett() da Cuba to Swansea. They reported to' the captain of the Acadia, that his was the first ship they had seen since they were,cast away; and that the land they saw was Flores. They were • -now 130 miles from Fayal, and in the greatest distress' for want of water. Fortunately, they reached the bay of Fay-a 1 in two days, without further disaster. In this island the passengers and crew were treated with great hospitality and kindness; notwithstanding which, several of the more indigent am o n gst them experienced great distress. The Acadia had to be discharged before she could be repaired, and this business went.ou so slowly that the money of most of the passengers was exhausted. At length, on the 18th of April, a Danish ship entered the bay minus a rudder. - This vessel was quickly repaired, and, as she was bound for Liver Pool, five of the passengers embarked in her, determined to cense to this port rather than await the tedious process of repairing the Acadia. The Danish ve s se t arr i ve d at Liverpool on Wednesday last. Thus the five individuals-al luded to find, themselves again-in Liverpool, the port at which, more that four months ago, they embarked fur New York, to which place they have yet to proceed.—Albion. . • TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE ST. GEORGE'S STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. STEAM-SHIP SIRIUS. FALMOUTH, MAY 19, 1838, • "GENTLEMEN,—The Sirius arrived in this port at 6 p.m. af., ter a passage of 18 days. having sailed from New York on the Ist inst. at 2 p.m. We had only three days fair wind, all the rest were with strong winds and gales from S.E. " 1 should have proceeded to Portsmouth, hut wished to land the Halifax mail, which 1 received from, her M a j es ty' s packet Tyrian, seven hundred miles from England, and our New York-mail, which is very large. " Five packets sailed same day, viz. :—The Siddons, the North America, .and., the Hibernia, for .Liverpool; the St. James, for London; and the Utica, for Havre. • " The Great Western was to leave New York on the 7th inst. She arrived thejlay, after us. NVe• arrived on the 22d of April, after having encountered very,.heavy gales. • . . . . " You will perceive, by some 'papers which 1 have sent you, how the citizens , received us. . . " The Sirius.is as fine a sea-boat as ever was built, and her engines worked,well out and home. , „ " I should hatre arrived in tngland..at least three days.earlier t but could not keep up the steath owiug.to the inferior quality of the coal. I leave this morning for London., "The Siritia.will ever he remembered iu America.as the first teamer from England. It was with difficulty I could getaway, owing to the great unmher of persons who crowded our decks. " I am, gentlemen, .• • " Your most obedient servant, " , (Signed) .. RICHARD ROBERTS. " Directors St. George's Company, Liverpool." THE SOUTHERN AND TOXTETLI HOSPITAL. • , • To THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE INTENDED SOUTH TOXTETH HOSPITAL, • GENTLEMEN,—By advertisements, in many of the Liverpool papers, I perceive you have been induced to subscribe liberally towards the formation and erection of an Hospital in the south end of the town. Such benevolent feeling is highly commend able, and it only shows another instance of your readiness•to respond to the call of 'charity. But charity, like every thin else, may be abused, and your benevolence may be excited, as.l presume, it is in this case, without any occasion for it.. There is, already, a Dispensary in Parliament.sireet, with unoccupied rooms, which could, at a moderate expense, be converted into wards for the reception of all urgent accidents occ,arring in that neighbourhood and about the. south docks,. and in all remove able cases could easily be sent to the Infirmaq,, in Brownlow street. The whole of the beds in that noble institution have not been occupied since the establishment of the Northern Hospital, in Leeds-street; and, at the present moment, there are upwards of fifty empty beds in that splendid and healthy-situated build ing, which is an ornament to the town. Is it to become useless, and its wards without patients? „ , ' .1%. FRIEND TO CIIARITY. Liverpool, May 19th, 18 . 38. - - Tee DERM,F.RII.—The publi c h ave now an opportun i ty of obtaining a safe and speedy transit to the lakes. The new, and beautiful steamer, Windermere, plies three days during the week between this pert and Ulverston,--and those who have never, witnessed the delightful scenery which. the lakes of Cum berland and Westmoreland present, .eannot avail themselves of a conveyance containing the same amount of comfort and economy. • The advantages of this route to the lakes are be conriug every day more apparent to the public. NORTH WALES STEAM CoMMUNWATION.—On reference to our advertising columns, it will be seen that a new Company has been formed for the purpos e of facilitating the .intercourse between. Liverpool and. North Wales. The. promoters and directors are of the first respectability, and the undertaking will be carried on with spirit. I'o the inhabitants of North Wales this company will prove.a great convenience. We understand that upwards of 1,100 shares have been taken in Wales already f and that the greatest interest and zeal are felt in the matter throughout the principality. A CURIOSITY.—Amongst the articles announced lot sale in one of this week's auctions, we perceive a lot entitled, Mahogany child's chair.—We conceive the father of this won. derful infant must have been of the Wood family. THE GREAT WESTERN. , --A report was circulated in our commercial-rooms last night, that the Great Western steamer bad arrived in Iciingroad at seven o'clock in the evening, but it was afterwards contradicted...She,is, however, daily expect ed, though the long prevalence of easterly winds Must neces sarily have. retarded .her, homeward passage, It appears that, notwithstanding the Sirius had the start ,of ine Great Western by four days ; (which, reckoning twenty hours' gain by starting from Cork, may be counted as five days,) both vessels were wtlhin twelve hours of epch other on the 22d ult., neat the port of New York.—Felix Parley's Bristol Journal, Saturday.