The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-11-28 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS, A correspondent Lys, that in mirse of a lecture on music, :Imirably delivered, at the last, by Mr. W. H. Buck, k, the lecturer adverted to ssionaries and philosophers eus and others—having ap- . their genius to the acquisition of musi cal skill, and by their persuasive accents won upon the rude manners of a barbarous people, and made them amenable to society," expressed his surprise at this important result having escaped the notice of the Principals of Missionary Colleges, who would do well to render both vocal and instru mental music essential in the preparatory education of mis sionary students. did not mean, in what we said last week, to imply that the ';nancial Reform Association" were altogether regardless • customs and excise duties, but these seem to kept uch in the back ground. We quite agree, however, ith the Courier, that the association is making themselves end their fellow-townsmen ridiculous, by dwelling only on that we have to pay, instead of trying to get us the mean., to )(pi with. of our custom too *-- We can scarcely be expected tc give the suggestion of " Z " )me reason for the cause of correspondent says listry of Dr. Buck at this church has led to a of congregation, from the unaffected simpli , the depth of scriptural research evinced nd the easy and persuasive style of his st, the Rev. Doctor brought f the causes of the present ttention of a large and most gation have laid gas on the he afternoon. TRINITY CHUM that flu rational distress, rivetting ti oat tall73cirTr. fORNI NOV. 28, 1848 V)t Ethel TUESDAY THE return of Gene 1 Taylor as president of the United States, confirmed by the advices per R.M. steamer Hibernia, which arrived yesterday morning, and the further certainty of the return to congress of a majority of his supporters, are cir cumstances of deep interest to the British people. By these events the democratic, or violent progress party, are rendered powerless for at least the four years' duration of the present presidentship; and, should no untoward mistake mar their prospects, the Whigs may possibly be enabled to conduct the government of America in a pacific spirit towards other nations, and to devote their energies to pro mote the internal progress of the colntry for a series of years to come It is never easy to form a judgment of the precise policy to be pursued by any new administration during the heats and excitements which occur during their struggle for power. Candidates, whether for the presidential chair, or for less dis tinguished posts of honour, at such a period, may be expected to express their opinions somewhat loosely, and to go further in their professions than they are likely to act up to, when they have leisure for mature reflection. We think, however, that we can already form a fair sketch of General Taylor's future policy, so little has be seemed inclined during the contest to hide his convictions, or to hold out extravagant expectations to his party or the public. The following sketch of that policy, which we extract in substance from the Herald for Europe, and which our contemporary says is in accordance with the views expressed in his various letters and private communications, it is conceived, from his uprightness of character, he will be prepared to affirm. In the first place, he will abstain from wantonly interfering with the subordinate officials of the previous government, whil st he will re-organize several departments, which have become unsuitable for, or unequal to, the requirements of the present times. He will next proceed to a reform of the fiscal arrangements of the government, and an alteration of the tariff, in which latter step, how ever, he will be directed rather by a d es i re t o modify the schedule of duties provided in the act of 1846, so as to enable the nation to pay off its debt as rapidly as possible, than to restore the more restrictive tariff of 1842. There can be little question, however, that he will be prepared to go back even that length if he sees that such a mea sure is , required to protect the interests of the country from injurious competition. In connexion with this measure, the present treasury system—an bill of 1844—will government to " create a imitation of our own moneta be modified, by allowin, permanent circulation of paper money, guaranteed by itself, to the amount of twenty or thirty mil lions of dollars in the form of treasury notes." "This," our contemporary remarks, • " Would benefit the country, and relieve the govern ment depositories of the necessity of hoarding up specie to any considerable amount ; and thereby prevent pres sures in the money market, and trouble in the foreign exchanges." Whilst upon tl s part of our subject, we may uuat in the very same week, in which the article from the above is abstracted, the able writers of the Banker's Circular were drawing precisely the same deductions, from the previous expression of public opinion in the Republic, and laying down the same course as that which General Taylor would pursue. We extract one passage from the article in question : " In the TT-, omted States the two evils of an ill-regulated currency and reduced import duties are at work, but in such a form as to be incapable of producing one hundreth part of the oppression and misery which they have, by greatly aggravated pressure, produced in England. In fact such a system of currency and such a relaxed tariff as ' against in the United States would neither slv nor be complained of in England. Yet ( which may possibly ad -11), Mr. Webster thus ,ber, concerning the - and the relaxed are murmured be felt injuriot in their mild and it igated form mit of improvement an, spoke at Boston, on ti ?4th of 0 operation of the r ive money sent state reity of money, depression luced demand fur labour, and uncertainty of its reward. In my judgment, for a whole year the rich have been growing richer, and the poor poorer, and will continue to do so, as long as the sub-treasury and present tariff exist. I look upon the b-treasury as one of the fa ies, one of_the greatest 1 country in the xs to lock up its money. This e removal of the deposits, and nion of the pet banks, N — he country tried it, and it over the English ancient to cause an overwhelming ct and compel the Go- recommenda- hat sum doe t or nine millions ster- somewhat anal or probabi s case here in the eth part of that ne-twe when the pre sire be- as forced virtually when Is,' he say, money is plenty, the sub-treasury is bungling, but harm less ; but when specie leaves the country and money is scarce, it becomes a means of torture and destruction to many. In one month; lately, in New York, the sub treasury took a million and a quarter from the ti specie, and locked it up )ney, and This Occasioned a great scarcity .d banks to contract, but to be treasury screw ; ne turn of t workir about one million of sf ;nry notes in its place kc it a by the et free million sterling tion is considere keeps moneyed and there is a t of the T of a ireula tem of Our contemporary contends, justly, that, with such a state of things before them, as the result of the present system, General Taylor is not the man, nor are the Americans the people, to hesitate about policy. Unlike our own obstinate retracing the n of the Named to con re-organisat 3 error army exper points glanced at embrace a s; an increas navy, e i a reduction in in the strength of the partrnent; a reduction to a uniform cba: e of 2d. to of negoci _ ognition of the neufral rights of in order to 3d. for all distances ; and t ttions for ti seamen, both nat ,uralized prevent, as far as possible, the recurrence of hosti lities between the States and Great Britain, or any other country, so far as this subject is concerned. On the whole, the above policy will be regarded favo abl 'ates of pacific relations between two But by the ni an ufacturini with very different feelings ,untries so nearly allied in blood. t will be regarded lear that the present United States Government will not consent to see the markets for the products of their indus trious classes deluged with the cheap fabrics of Europe, or of Great Britain ; that the delusive promises, to us and to them, of the Cobdens and Brights, are about to •be cast to the winds ; and that England may shortly be called upon to ask herself the question whether it is common justice towards her overburthened industry to persevere in a policy towards America, or any other nation, which it is clear is never intended to be reciprocated. THE London Times is well known to possess a forty-horse power of boxing the political compass. You never know where you have him, or what wind he is sailing upon. It may be sou-sou-east to-day, when he "knows a hawk from a band- ever 1 measure originate after tt tion of Van-Buren threw Van Btu reader think a clamou: vernment to re ling, as in th against the sub-treasury law th came intense, fi to suspend its of Ame - rican ex( ration. Thc THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. saw ;" and to-morrow he may be found running !by the way, however. Our concern is only with before a nor-nor-westerly gale, with all his sails the folly and un reasona bl eness th a t wou ld d e b ar set, and steering for a p or t, w ith whose cruizers be any member of the united kingdom from that post was yesterday exchanging broadsides. Nothing to which he was otherwise suited, and thereby pre exceeds his Protean talents, except the " modest vent the cordial amalgamation of the entire empire assurance" and total absence of a blush, with into one body of symmetry and strength. It is which he stands up to display, or to defend, his only with reference to Ireland, or rather to the shamelessness. Irish Church, that this feeling at all exhibits itself. Awhile ago the Times was the thick and thin And it is here especially that the injustice and im supporter of Conservative principles and of a policy of such feeling is most demonstrable. For Conservative administration. With what unction all purposes of good or evil, Ireland may now be ' did he then lash the back of Whig-Radical inca- regarded as near to us as Wales or Scotland. We pability ! Anon, we saw him smiting the head of can't help it if we would. It is of the first impor that very Conservative administration, and revel- tance, then, that the two countries be drawn more ling in the fun of the D'lsraeli Razzias against closely together, and held together in the bonds of him. Once more the Times has found a new in- mutual benefit, dependence, and sympathy. The spiration; he has " got rid of an old love and got on United Church, as bylaw established, is the great with a new." The wretchedly incapable government bond of union : and as the high places have not of Lord John Russell has become the god of his been hitherto dispensed in a manner to conciliate idolatry; and Sir Charles Wood, Earl- Grey, and the sympathies of the Irish portion of it, it is really Co. are pattern statesmen. An article in his little short of adding insult to injury whenever an publication of Saturday last affords the most outcry is raised against the Irish clergymen in striking proof of the "assurance" of our contem- England, who, with hardly an exception, occupy porary that we ever remember meeting with in his nothing else than posts of ill-requited toil. columns. After attempting to ridicule the idea The dawn of better things, we think, has over. that any ministry can be formed, which is likely to taken us. Let each man, irrespective of country, be an improvement upon the present, and referring be judged of according to his own merits. The to the reports which have been current of an man who would keep alive a smouldering jealousy approaching change of men, our contemporary and prolong a party feud is not the friend of either proceeds to ask— country, but the enemy of both " What public reason can be assigned for a change? The ministry still commands a majority in parliament. England has escaped a revolution. Ireland survives a rebellion. Trade and confidence are reviving. The funds are still on the rise. The revenue is recovering itself. No considerable alterations of policy are desired, except some impossible demands by one or two insignificant cliques. Repeal is hushed, Reform is discreet, Free-trade is satis fied, the church is on a good understanding. Without over-confidence it may at least be said that there is no political case for a change. When ministers meet par liament next February they will probably have as good a hearing as this time last year." The political reasons which can be urged for a change are to be found in the existence of a general prostration of the enterprise and industry of the IN directing our attention to a series of articles, in recent numbers of the Manchester Courier, in refutation of the Bullionist Dogmas,—the second of which, in part, appears in our columns this day,—a correspondent, whose opinions, both from his commercial experience and thorough knowledge of the subject, are regarded by us as most valuablt, offers a few remarks, which may serve us now as a text for an exposition of our views as to oee branch of the currency question, upon which we have not as yet entered in detail. Our correspondent says : " Now it may be that our Liverpool Currency Reform Association is quite right in sailing so nearly under the same colours as the Birmingham extreme incontrover tibles."— country, and a conviction, prevailing in the minds of nine-tenths of the community, that the present men, notwithstanding their fondness for mischief, are perfectly powerless in designing or carrying out any remedial measures. With respect to the "good hearing" which they are likely to have next session, which may be "as good a hearing as this time last year," we can only say that it may be all this and be no great things after all. Our con which, by the bye, is scarcely a correct description of the Association's principles ; and he proceeds : " To continue under Peel's crushing act of 1844 cannot be right ; and, as we have inferred, the Birmingham ex treme inconvertible doctrines may be right. But surely, in case of the latter meeting opposition, it might be well to try the limited or, as it ismore correctly termed, the equi table mode of convertibility propounded in the book on the national distress,' &c., recommended by our con temporary, (which was referred to in terms of praise by ourselves, in a recent article, addressed to the Manchester Guardian,)' the expense of which must at any rate prove less than the present. And even, if not so abstract, or economical a theory as that of inconvertibility, it com bines many of the latter's advantages, all the vaunted but wanting perfections of the " Peel. Loyd," purely moneyed interest Bill of 1844; and will commend itself to many practical, hard-headed, useful, and sensible men of business, who are unwilling, and cannot be expected to find leisure, to dive into the hidden merits of a theory, however beautiful in the abstract, but who have been again and again cheated by practical ideas—as in the case of Free Trade—of cheapness—and in that of our fearfully pervading evil, the currency—of convertibility into some thing valuable, viz., gold—in other words, of summat for your money ; " and who forget that bullion is only useful and necessary for the liquidation of international balances, a mere representative of value in internal ex temporary proceeds— " It is not the general opinion of the country that they have either abused or neglected the quasi dictatorial power with which they were then freely invested. Their ability has neither been untried nor found wanting." If he can find any six sane people in Great Britain, Ireland, and the colonies, not including placemen and expectants of place, entertaining the opinion that their ability has not been "found wanting," our contemporary will be clever. We shall only offer a few words of comment upon the following remarks, which conclude the article : " It is true they have been indulged with an extraordi nary concurrence and almost competition of support, so much so that we have just had what may almost be called an unanimous session. It may, indeed, be said that their strength was external rather than their own; and that they were more fortunate than successful. But a sus picion which exists in spite of contradictory facts is no ground for censure. Ministers have succeeded, and are therefore uncondemned. Such is the case of the Govern ment as a whole. Whether it might be improved by a few judicious changes is a question which involves mere personal considerations. Nay, it involves also individual convenience and acquiescence. As yet we have not heard that any member of the Government is likely to quit either willingly or otherwise. These are not days when men of note and position prefer peerages to power. The House of Commons is still the chief battle-field of the country. The mind of the age loves that warm hearth, and envies not the chill grandeur of the Lords. Our readers may depend upon it, that neither the love of a title, nor fear, nor idleness, nor diffidence, nor the voice of the country, is likely at present to withdraw any of her Majesty's present advisers from their envied position." The laudation meted out here is rather of a questionable character. The strength of the ministry has been "rather external than their own." They have been "more fortunate than successful They "have succeeded" (in what? "and are, therefore, uncondemned." A cold sort of backing his friends is this, on the part of our contemporary. The denial which follows, "that any member of the" (Whig) " government is likely to quit willingly," was quite unnecessary. We never knew a Whig quit any good thing willingly. But the " envied position" of her Majesty's present advisers beats every thing. Our contemporary must have been indulging his satirical vein. changes." Our correspondent, in a word, wishes the Cur rency Reform Association to concede a point, not so much to the bullionists, or rather to the advo cates of the present system, but to satisfy the doubts, as to convertibility of the paper-pound, of that "hard-headed" class of people, who conceive that the possession of gold is the summum bonum of human happiness, by enabling the proposed national bank at all times to redeem their engage ments in that "commodity." At the same time he reminds the class in question that, under the Association's system. gold will only be required for the adjustment of our international balances, our domestic currency being sufficiently provided for. It is not at all likely that the association should forget that gold would, from time to time, be re quired for the purpose of adjusting, temporarily, our adverse balances with other countries, caused, for instance, by an unforeseen failure in our do mestic supplies of food. In such an event they proposed to purchase such gold, for foreign pay ment, at its market rate, which would be its rela tive value as a commodity to consols returning three per cent. per annum. Of the details of this portion of their plan,—whether they would compel the Bank to keep in stock a supply of coined gold, and at what rate they would issue it to the public, or receive it back into their coffers,—we do not assume the possession of sufficient information to speak. For ourselves, however, we should not at all object to keeping at least as much of that rather expensive currency in the Bank as would give to it quite as large a redeeming power of its notes as is given under our present system ; and should be disposed to agree to some such plan as that laid down in the able work, to which our cor respondent refers, and which we shall briefly ex plain. It is proposed by the writer that the weight in gold of the present pound shall be considered at par with the paper pound, or with three per cent. consols, whenever the Bank shall be possessed of a certain supply of bullion, to be fixed upon by the Legislature, say eleven millions and not exceeding fifteen millions ; and that, for every million which shall be withdrawn from the country, a small ad vance, to be definitely fixed, shall take place in the amount of paper money payable for a given amount of goleen pounds. For example, when the stock of bullion falls to ten millions sterling, £lOl in paper shall be worth £lOO in gold ; and, as the supply still further decreases, the amount payable in paper pounds shall increase in a cumulative ratio, according to a sliding scale to be agreed upon. The effect of such a plan, it is urged, would be to attract back the gold exported, so soon as ever it was materially at a premium over our domestic currency ; and to promote reinvestment of the amount in manufactures and other commodities, which the equable supply of domestic currency provided by the paper pound, based upon consols, will have kept in their usual relation to the value of each other, and that of labour, and all other commodities, except gold itself, and the particular article which is temporarily in deficient supply. Such a plan could not possibly produce the same fluctuations, even in the value of the precious metals themselves, as compared with a paper currency, or with commodities, as that to which consols and every other description of property and security are periodically liable under our present monetary system. Our valued contemporary, the Dublin Evening Mail, devoted a long article last week to the re cent appointment, by his Grace the Lord Primate of Ireland, of the Rev. W. H. Guillemard, M. A., Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge, to the Head Mastership of the Royal School of Armagh. Our contemporary complains, that, inasmuch as Irishmen are systematically excluded from corre sponding situations in England, and 'since such posts of honour and emolument are so very rare in Ireland, an injury and slight is offered to the Church and University by passing over men of equal, if not superior, attainments, to make way for the introduction of :a stranger for the respons ible post in question. In arguing out the case he writes as follows : " Let us inquire what can have been the reasons which caused the claims of the University to be neglected. " Perhaps we are more backward in our mode of edu cation in Dublin than in Oxford or Clmbridge. Let us see whether this be the case. Cambridge has been much praised for the alacrity which she has manifested to ex tend and improve her course of instruction. In every re spect Dublin showed her the example. " In the year 1843 she instituted a voluntary theologi- nation has existed in Dublin since 1814, and probably be fore that date. Perhaps, however it will be said that this is intended only for candidates for prizes. We answer, two examinations, compulsory on all divinity students. have existed sincelB37, in Trinity College, Dublin. " Another of the improvements just adopted in Cam is, that students are to be required to attend two courses of divinity lectures during one term, before they are admitted to this examination ; in 1837 Dublin adopted a more stringent rule, which requires six terms attend ance at divinity lectures, previous to the final examina tion. bridge " A third of the Cambridge improvements of 1848 is the institution of a moral tripos at the degree examina - What is this but the Dublin ethical moderatorship of 183 " Again, we have the adoption of the tripos of natural sciences, which is only another form of our engineering school, our natural history, anatomical and medical " Another of the much-lauded Cambridge reforms is one ' to secure a correspondence between the Mathema tical Professor's Lectures and the Mathematical Examin ations of the University.' Every one acquainted with the system in Dublin knows that this correspondence has been accomplished here long since, both in the graduate and undergraduate classes. We would make a concession of this nature, however, as one offered to appease a prejudice, and not at all as giving up the principles for which, along with the association, we have contended, viz. : that currency needs not to possess any other value than its interest,—bearing, or accumulative power; and that it should be strictly a measure to determine relative values in corn ' Again, in the year 1846, a grace passed the senate of lic examinatic should r pass a preliminary examination in an elementary from which they should be recommended to be- gulation published in ti 1834. Dublin University Calendar of modities. We admit that the concession involves considerable, and in every other respect than its tendency to put at ease the minds of a section of the community, a useless expense to the country. We do not at all believe that, our present system abolished, and a currency established which will be regulated by a fixed rate of interest, and based upon an ascertained amount of the accumulated labour of the country, any con siderable drain of gold, and consequent depreciation of the pound in its relation to gold, can evei occur. It is our settled conviction that, under such a system as we have laid down, the Bank might at once convert ten millions of her bullion into a golden calf, or a golden goose, or a family group of Samuel Jones Lloyd, Sir Robert Peel, and other worshir "If, then, Cambridge be keeping up with the age, surely we must allow that Dublin has been taking the lead in this march of reform." We have alluded to the matter for the purpose of laying before our readers, on such competent authority, the course insisted upon in the Dublin University School of Divinity. It has, somehow, become fashionable in Liverpool to decry the attainments and information of the Irish clergy located amongst us. One of our contemporaries is frequent in the use of the word 'literate,' as applied to them, intimating, as the word is understood, that they are men without any regular university degree. Nov, it happens that no Irish bishop admits to holy orders any but a graduate of his ers of this precious metal, and proclaim yearly to the British people that the interest upon this bauble—£3oo,ooo per annum—is the cost of what politico-economical philosophers term "con vertibility." CHURCH PASTORAL-AID SOCIETY.-At a meeting of the Bath Auxiliary to this society last week, the Rev. W. Pollock seconded a resolution, and expressed his satisfac tion that that city stood at the very head of the associa tions connected with the society. Mr. Pollock spoke of the exertions of the Rornanists, and expressed his belief that they were alarmingly successful in many of our large towns. There were also, he said, many corrupt and me lancholy forms of religious dissent. He had found in his own district, containing a population of about 12,000 souls, that the Latter-day Saints, the believers in the Book of Mormon, were exceedingly busy. A thousand forms of dissent, of the most unhappy cast, prevailed— dissent, for the most part, meaning mere hatred to the Church of England. He was bound to state the truth, that, after labouring for eleven years amongst a crowded population in the north of England, he had never in one solitary instance come across the track of any dissenting minister among the pauper population, and he had never come upon any species of a dissenting visit paid to the wretched, and the lost, and the sick, with the exception of those occasionally of the local preacher amongst the Methodist a. THE DOCK TRUST AND THE DOCK CHAIR- MANSHIP, A fortnight ago we remarked upon the Parliamentary notice which appeared in our columns the same day, pro posing to apply for power to remodel our present Dock Trust, and to take away from the Council all control over its affairs. Since then the project has been actively can vassed out of doors, and various opinions expressed as to its object and propriety, and the parties from whom it emanated. With respect to the latter question, we are credibly informed its originators were the Committee of the Shipowners' Society. Nine members, out of twelve, it is said, met together, whether for ordinary business or specially called together we know not, on the 11th inst., when the proposition in question was submitted to them. Five voted in favour of it; two were neutral, and two voted against. On the authority of this decision the no tices were at once issued. So we are informed. It has been observed that an effort was made by the shipowners ten years ago, to secure to the dock ratepayers the power of electing to the Trust a number of members equal to those nominated by the Council, the proportion being then, as now, eight by the ratepayers and thirteen by the Council, including the chairman. The attempt, however, was a failure ; and from the apparent hopeless ness of an attempt to secure the nomination of the whole body, after failing so recently to secure that of half of it only, a strong opinion has gained ground out of doors that the present proposition is only a demonstration, and that its object is to deter the Council from proceeding to effect the rating of the Dock Estate. Acting upon this opinion, the pro-rating party in the Council, which body has, by existing law, the privilege of appointing the Dock Chair man, have come to the conclusion that it is imperative for the success of their cause that such chairman should be a pro-rater; and we believe we may state that Mr. Hender son has been fixed upon as a candidate, and will receive their undivided support. Of the perfect fitness of this gentleman for the office there cannot be a doubt, especially in the minds of those who, like ourselves, have had the opportunity of observ ing his indefatigable exertions, and the acumen which he has displayed es a member of one of the most important sub-committees of the Trust—that of the Albert Ware houses. It is most important that the public should be early and constantly put into possession of the paving capa bilities of this expensive property, before permitting the Trust to be further committed to its principles, and from Mr. Henderson we need fear no reserve on this point. Independently of the split between this Committee and the Council on the rating question, and the hostile de monstration of the shipowners, it is highly probable that the unanimous voice of the Council would have nominated to the vacant chair Mr. Alderman Nicol, the present deputy-chairman, and the able coadjutor of the late Chairman, the present Mayor, in his most successful efforts to extend the efficiency of the Estate; and that gentleman will no doubt be influentially supported. But we feel, with the friends of Mr. Henderson, that the great question of relieving the oppressed Burgesses of the town from the fearful burthens which they have to bear, by calling upon this great Property to contribute its fair share, cannot be allowed to be compromised on the score of private friendships, or individual fitness for the office. BANKRUPTCY COURT. ,-YESTERDAY, IN RE JOAN STOCRDALE.—IMPORTANT DECISION. Mr. RIGGE, of the firm of Messrs. Laces and Co., made two applications to the court, on behalf of the Bo rough Bank, the directors of which, as the court was aware, held certain houses, lands, and tenements belonging to the bankrupt, (valued at £17,500,) as security to them for a debt of £16,400. His applications were, first, that the declaration of the dividend be postponed, in order to allow the creditors to hand over the property to the as signees, by whom it would be disposed of for the benefit of the estate ; and secondly, that the creditors be allowed to prove on the estate, and that no dividend be given until they had so proved. He might state that an application to that effect had been made to the court above, an answer to which could not be received before the sth of Decem ber, therefore he wished the postponement to extend to that date. Mr. BLArn appeared for the assignees and opposed the applications. _ _ Mr. Commissioner PERRY, in passing judgment, said that he saw no ground for admitting either of the applica tions. The creditors had ample time to have disposed of the security if the market had been favourable for that purpose ; and if not, they had also ample time to have surrendered previously. The fiat was now out 8 months, and it was rather strange that all that time they could not make up their minds as to the course they would adopt. He would, therefore, dismiss both applications until the court above had pronounced its judgment. MISS WHITNALL'S GRAND ANNUAL CONCERT. The annual concert of this deserving favourite of the public was , held last evening, when a distinguished and most fashionable audience attended, amongst whom we observed the Earl of Sefton, with a large party. We have already given the programme of the pieces and the singers engaged. Part Ist opened with the Grand March from Sonnambula, which was well played by the military band of the garrison, whose presence was given by the permission of the commanding officer of the garrison, Captain Greig. In the first part the songs principally ap plauded and encored were those in which Miss Whitnall herself, Mr. Harrison, and Mr. Machin were engaged. The first was in fine voice, and Mr. Machin was equally excellent. Mr. Harrison we did not think was in such good voice, yet most of his favourite ballads and other pieces in which he appeared were encored, a 'ere most deservedly those of Miss Whitnall. Mrs. Moore is a pretty singer, but a little short of power. The concert, as a whole, went off most satisfactorily. The receipts at Preston for the Church. Missionary Jubilee were £574. LANCASHIRE HUSSARS.—The Gazette of Tuesday an nounces the appointment of T. S. Gerard, Eq., as lieu tenant of this corps. An effort is now making in Toxteth- park to increase the number of magistrates. The gentlemen selected to be recommended to the Chancellor of the Duchy are R. Harbord, Esq., Harmood Banner, Esq., and E. Cropper, Esq. EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES.—At a meet ing of the Board of Examiners, held the 21st inst., Mr. William Draper, first officer of the" Digby," of Liverpool, was examined and found duly qualified for a second-class certificate as master. On Friday evening, about eight o'clock, Robert Torn kinson was found dead in a brook near to Aughton, in the neighbourhood of Aintree. He was a skinner, but had been much depressed in mind, owing to want of employ ment. He had left his own house only half-an-hour be fore the discovery. Sermons, in behalf of the Liverpool Church of England School Society, were preached by the Rev. H. H. Hig gins, on Sunday week last, at St. Bride's Church, when the amount collected somewhat exceeded £18; and on Sunday last, at St. Silas's Church, the amount collected being £9 93. 6d. FURIOUS DRIVING.—At the Police-court, yesterday, a car-driver, John Kelly, was fined 40s. for having, while intoxicated, run over and injured a little sailor boy, and 40s. for his subsequent misconduct, and told that if he did not make some compensation to the poor lad his license to drive would be withdrawn and withheld. FIRE.—On Saturday morning, a fire took place at the rice mill of Messrs. Hill and Smith, in Edmund-street. which at one time threatened considerable destruction to the neighbouring property. The premises were gutted, and the whole loss is estimated at £5,000, which is covered by insurances in the Royal and Yorkshire offices. ST. CLEMENT'S DISTRICT.—On Sunday next we per- ceive that two sermons will be preachectiti St. Clement's church in aid of the funds for providing a scripture reader for the district. As the greatest benefit has been con ferred on the neighbourhood by the labours of such an assistant, we hope that the appeals will be liberally respon ded to. Cuur,es-‘ —The decision kif the magistrates at t.new parishes under Sir Robert Peel's university The very exc eption proves the rule, It is the case, some years ago, of a gentleman of piety and qualifications in other respects, an Eng lishman also by the way, admitted to deacon's orders without having even matriculated in any university. It was generally believed that the Primate remonstrated at the time with the ordain ing bishop, and, at all events, no such case has oc curred since. And the extract we have quoted ex hibits the course through which the Irish clergy must pass to entitle them to the degree of A. 8., with a Divinity Testimonium, in the University of Dublin. But why, we ask, are these questions mooted in Liverpool with respect to Irishmen alone ? Wales and Scotland, as well as Ireland, supply their con tingent to our clergy, and men from every quarter of the globe mingle upon equal terms with their brother merchants upon our 'Change. It is not to be denied that Ireland has in some respects suffered by the union with England, though we believe it to be equally past question, that she has been on the whole vastly the gainer, and would be so to a considerably greater extent but for herself—this, Hull. av, Church, has the effect of relieving the inhabitants WTI; new parish of St. Simon's in this town, and of the ot.he new parishes about to be constituted, from the paymen of Church rates to the parish of Liverpool. The body of a female child unknown was, on Saturday afternoon, found in the channel of an entry, out of N 0.12 Court. Rose-place. A frock was over its head. and it was dressed. but without shoes or stockings. The face was warm, and the body pliable when it was warm, but life was extinct. Mr, Woods, surgeon, who made a post mortern examination, said death was caused by congestion of the lungs, possibly accelerated by exposure. ROBBERY 01 , ABOUT £4o. — Yesterday, two women, Eliza Butler and Esther Webster, were charged with rob bing a young man, a stranger, of about this amount, in foreign gold pieces and English coin. It appeared that he had gone with them to some of their haunts, and after- wards missed his money. The evidence was not, how ever, sufficiently strong for their committal (though some of the coin was found), and they were remanded, THE BRAZILIAN STEAM-FRIGATE AFFONZO.—On Saturday morning this beautiful war steamer, after having completed the repair of her starbord cylinder, steamed out of the Coburg Dock, a ' round the Northwest Lightship. Her machinery worked admirably, and her speed was found to be of a first-rate order, having ran a distance of twenty-one miles from the Rock in one hour and three-quarters. At the Bell buoy the Affonzo met the North American mail steam ship Canada, outward bound, and Captain Lisboa, being desirous of trying the speed of his vessel with that of the former, ordered the Affonzo to be put about. They pro ceeded together one hour, accomplishing nearly thirteen miles, and during that time the Canada beat her opponent only half-a-mile. The Canada continued her course, and the Affonzo returned to port and anchored in the Sloyne. The Affonzo will leave the Mersey to-morrow for Rio Janeiro. DEATH FROM AN EXPLOSION OF GAS.—An inquest was held yesterday, before Mr. Statham, on the body of Thomas Peart, a workman who had been employed at the works of the new United Go Company. It appeared that on the 14th instant, deerased and others were em ployed between Park-place and Mill-street, in laying down and connecting some gas mains in a trench formed for their reception in the street. Two of the pipes to be con nected were about nine feet apart, and before joining them a plug had to be withdrawn from the end of the main. The gas escaping from this by some unknown accident ignited, and the result was an explosion, the flames from which burnt the deceased so severely about the arms and face, that notwithstanding all attention at the Southern Hospital, he died on Saturday. A rumour had gone abroad that some children had been burning shavings near the spot, anJ that the workmen ought to have observed more caution. Nothing, however, appeared in the evi dence proving this, and the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," oustvio LATEST FROM AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA. The royal mail steam-ship Hibernia, Captain Stone, arrived here yesterday morning at ten o'clock, having made the passage from Boston in eleven days and a half. She left Boston on the 15th inst., and Halifax on the 17th, and has brought seventeen passengers. The West India steamer Forth arrived at New York, from Bermuda, on the 12th instant, and sailed again on the 14th. The Great Western was at Cat Island. We have advices from New York to the 14th instant. There is now no doubt of the election of General Taylor as president. The whole number of electoral votes is 290. Necessary to a choice 146. General Taylor has 154, which secures his election, with eight votes to spare. He will probably receive, in addition, the vote of Florida, 3, and that of Louisiana, 6, to say nothing of other states. The states in which General Taylor received the greatest number of votes were New York, Pennsylvania, Ken tucky, Massachusetts, and Tennessee. General Cass re ceived 97 votes, and his strongholds were Ohio, Virginia, and Indiana. A hundred and twenty-six members of the thirty-first congress have been already elected, the result of which shows a Whig gain. In the last congress in the states from which returns have been received, there were 65 Whigs and 60 Democrats. The same states have this year returned 72 Whigs and 53 Democrats. The returns of the congress show a net Whig gain of seven members. The house, when full, comprises 130 members. If the remaining members should correspond with the same delegations in the present congress, there would be a Whig majority of 15 or 20. The senate is strongly democratic. On the 14th New York stocks fell, and left off with every prospect of a further depreciation. The demand for sterling exchange, for remittance by the packet, waa only to a moderate extent. We quote best bills on Lon don at 9 to 9. 1 per cent. pm. ; on Paris, sf. 20 to sf. 21k. The Washington correspondent of the New York Jour nal of Commerce informs us, that the basis of an adjust ment of the postal difficulties between Great Britain and the United States had been arranged between Mr. Ban croft and the British government. There are some points of great importance which are yet the subject of negotiation. The preliminaries arranged extend only to a reciprocity of sea rates and port charges and rates for interior transportation. No arrangement has yet been agreed upon for recipro city in regard to the transit of mails and for the transport ation of the mails in bulk through the United States to Canada as heretofore, which the American government is said to demur to, without a similar privilege for their own mails through Great Britain to France and Germany. It is agreed that the sea-rate of letters should be the same both in American and British packets, and that the rate of postage shall be ten-pence—twenty cents. The inland postage in both countries will conform with their respective postage rates. For example, a letter from Lon don to Washington, whether by a British or American steamer, will pay twenty-nine cents ; to wit, from Lon don to Liverpool, a penny ; from Liverpool to New York, ten-pence ; port charge in New York, two cents ; postage to Washington, five cent's;—total, twenty-nine cents. From Washington to London the postage would be the same, and in both cases prepaid. This will be a reduction of four cents from our previous charge. There were rumours at St. Thomas that Paez had en tered Caraccas at the head of 2000 men, and that Monagas bad fled. We learn from Havana that the transactions in sugar had been restricted, as the quantity in the market was quite small. The stock did not exceed 10,000 boxes, and there was a mere trifle at Matanzas. Exchange on Lon dun was 16 pm. No charters for Europe had been made. At Matanzas exchange on London was 15+ to 16 pm. Freights none. TEXAS.—By two or three arrivals from Texas we learn that six companies of the 3rd infantry were encamped near Lavacca. The Galveston News says that the re ports at Port Lavacca were that twenty-six persons in all had been killed by the Indians. The publisher of the Lavacca Herald had, for the time being, left his paper and joined a scouting party, who went in pursuit of the Indians. The greatest trepidation prevailed amongst the people, and fears were entertained that the Indians would attack and fire the town ; but the arrival of Government troops contributed greatly towards quieting their appre hensions. CHARGE OF MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS. — kcase of this kind occurred in August last, on board the American ship Alhambra, on the voyage from New Orleans to New York. It seems a dispute took place between the mate and a seaman., after the vessel had been four days out. The consequence was, the captain had him tied up, and a dozen lashes given to him with a nine-thread ratline rope. He received the punishment, and, in about half an hour after, was put in his bunk, in the forecastle, and died the same evening. WRECK OF A SCHOONER, WITH Loss OF NINE LIVES. —The Kingston. (Canada) Whig, of the 4th instant, states that the schooner Ellen, belonging to E Brown and Co., which left Kingston in ballast the week previous, was driven into Wellington on Wednesday,. dismasted, and all hands missing. The unfortunate vessel had been landing fish on the beach of Prince Edward, and in attempting to claw off shore she was lost, with all on board, nine in number. THE PACIFIC MAIL STEAMERS.-At length the much desired and useful project of connecting the Pacific with the Atlantic Ocean, by steam, is about to be consum mated. The contract given to Mr. George Law, some time since, for the tra n sp or t a ti on o f the United State mails to the Pacific, is to go into operation on the fir • lAA has been taken into the service, and will run in connexion with another, not yet named, once a month b e t ween N ew York and Chagres, until the two large steamers, the Ohio and the Georgia,. now fitting out, are ready to enter the business for which they were originally intended. These steamers are also• to touch at Charleston, Havana, and New Orleans, and the mails going by this line to Chagres, are to go by overland despatch to Panama, where they will be transferred-to the steamers belonging to Mr. W. Aspinwall, about to be employed in the mail and passenger service along the coast on the Pacific side. The mails which go by the Falcon will reach Panama in time to con nect with the steamer California. Mr. Aspinwall is pro prietor of the Pacific line from Panama, by San Francisco, to Astoria, in Oregon. These two lines from New York. to Chagres, and thence to Astoria, extend over a distance of 7,520 miles. The voyage will be performed once a month. The distance from New York to Chagres has been pretty accurately estimated to be at least 2;800 miles. LIST OF PASSENGERS.—From Boston : Mrs. Wheel right ; Miss Wheelright ; Master Wheelright ; Mr. J. H. Steil ; Mr. F. F. Drosti ; Mr. Grainzer ; Mr. J. G. Cogswell; Major Esten ; Major Wyse, U. S., A. ; Mr. E. T. Stetrelin ; Mr. J. H. Waugh ; Mr. 0. A. Crom well.—From Hapax : Major 0. Niel ; Capt. Urquhart ; Mr. Pascoe, R.N. ; Mr. Webber; Private R. Knight, Royal Marines._ NEW YORK COTTON TRADE, Nov. 14. The movements-in this staple have for some time past been more active than usual. Prices, however, are gradually set tling down, and will probably, before the close of the season, rule lower than at any previous period in the history of its growth. The annexed statement exhibits the receipts, exports, &c., up to the latest dates this year, co m p are d w i t h t h e previ . MOVEMENTS OF COTTON IN THE UNITED STATES. Receipts at ports since Sept. 1, 1848 334,857 bale If „ year before Exports from United Sates since Sept. 1, 1848 201,947 Corresponding dates last year 146,243 „ " year before Exports to Groat Britain since Sept. 1, 1848 Corresponding dates last year 7R.542 __ Stock in shipping ports of receipt Corresponding dates last year.... Thereceipts at this since the Ist inst. have been bales. Exports, 6,000. Taken by spinners, 10,000. Stock, in city unsold,. 28,000. The closing quotations were as annexed : N. Orleans Mobile $r Texas. Inferior Ordinary Uplands, none. Florida none. 5i a 51 wing is from Stewart's circular of the 14th instant— e!lcy of prices to favour the buyer has. continued per A iagara, aua tne line of the market is now a quarter cent lower on fair Uplands, an eighth on fair Gulfs, a nd an eighth on middlings of all growths, to which I have adjusted my . quota tions. On Thursday, the 9t. 1 .1 instant, we were placed in pos session of the America's advices, and but little was done that day—the total bales not exceeding 500 bales. On Friday there was a more general inquiry; both from exporters arid the home trade, and the sales ran up to nearly 3000 market dos:lw with steadiness, and a s th e p ress i ng w h ar f parcels which had accumulated were disposed of to a considerable ex tent, holders succeeded in making better terms later in the 'ly. On Saturday the sales were 2010 h^' with s ste#' market. Yesterdiy, 2,500 bales were sold with a steady and rather firm tone, entirety for export." "We have had several accounts of killing frosts in Georgia and South Carolina the last week, and from some sections are assured it was undoubtedly sufficiently severe to check vegeta tion; as yet we have had nothing authentic from the great val ley of the Mississippi, although I think it quite probable that we shall soon bear of its annearanrn them htit not in season to fix tire date for the average cotton belt for this packet. From the forward state of the plant, however, I do not attach as much importance to the precise date of its appearance as I did last season.—ln my circular under date of 22d August, I called your ' attention to the fact that I was a d v i s ed by my_corre- important section was not so large, nor better boiled than it was last year,'— the accounts I have continued to receive as the season has advanced have confirmed this important fact, and 1 felt it my duty to combat the extravagant estimates so freely circulated in Sentember of 2.onn nun Ana a_onomoo hales as being ..y unbiased view of the. condition of the plant, and a due consideration of the amount of negro force employed in the culture. Since that date the ripening and Picking season has continued uninterruptedly fine, and has been availed of to the utmost extent, yet, the popular estimates of the crop do not appear to be extended. I can now only - re iterate the opinion I advanced in a subsequent circular, under date of the 19th S eptem b er, t h at ' F or a cr op of 2,800,000 bales, it will be requisite that the picking season should at least be good until the Ist January next; and whether there is negro force enough in the country to do it by that time is ex tremely problematical. And it must be noted, that last season the weather was so mild, that under_ the stimulant of mod prices, many fields were advantageously picked as late as Fe bruary and the early part of March, which is not at all likely to be the case with this crop.' " _ NEW YORK, Nov. 14. The firmness noted in the flour market on Saturday conti nued to-day. The article was held so high as to check pur chases for shipment. The lots disposed of were chiefly effected for home use, and to the eastern trade. Southern brands con tinued quiet at about the quotations of Saturday, holders asking a fraction more. Sales of Wheat were made at about the sates of last week, including both Western and Genesee. Corn con tinued firm, but sales were not very large. Rye was a shade better. There was no change in oats. Provisions remained about the same, with moderate' sales of pork. Lard was rather dull, with sales at about last week's rates. There was a better inquiry for beef, with rather more doing, Groceries were in- Nov. 28, 1848. active, and sales of sugars light, withoii elinnge in prices There was more doing in cotton, and more firmness in the market prevailed. FREIGHTS.-5,000 bbls flour were engaged for Liverpool, oa Saturday, at 2s. 43d. To-day few engagements were reported, while rates remained about the same. For flour, 2s. 6d. was asked; Bd. for corn, in bulk; and id. for cotton. HILADHIA, . 14. The market for Flour is firm with P a moderate export Nov inquiry and further sales of 500 bbls. fair brands .85 311, and 1000 bbls., a good straight brand at 85 37, are reported; stocks continua light. Corn Meal firm at .81 per bbl.; 700 bbls. Brandywine sold at ,83 121. Rye Flour—No sales. Wheat quiet, with sales of 3,000 bush good red at 113 c. Corn is scarce and wanted at 68 a 70c for prime old parcels of flat and round yellow ; new Corn sells at 56 a 57c. Oats—Further sales of Southern are making at 30c. Cotton-130 bales sold at private sales. Noth ing doing in Groceries or Provisions worthy of notice. Whis key steady at 233 c. THE BRAZILS. FALMOUTH, Nov. 23.—8 y the Racer, arrived off Pen zance, advices have been received from Buenos Ayres of a recent date, and the following is an extract of a letter from that city, bearing date the 18th September :—" The Sardinian charge d'affaires, who has lately been dismissed, embarked yesterday. Mr. Southeron, the British minis. ter, now on his way out, will not be received here unless he is commissioned to offer satisfaction for past injuries and insults, and to pay damages. We do not think there will be any British or French representative here for some years to come, as the differences can never be easily settled. Freights are still very high. The last English vessels which came in were taken up at 85s. per ton for tallow, and salted hides at 655. or 70s. for England. For the continent freight is £7 10s. per ton for dry hides. We suppose there will be plenty of vessels here before the end of the year, and that freights will fall considerably. Affairs are still going on as usual at Monte Video, but we apprehend it must be given up to Oribe in a few months, for we do not imagine England or France will do any thing to prevent it. Business is completely paralysed there. Exchange on England, 625. per doubloon ; doubloons, 5'337 currency each." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) LONDON MONEY MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The large majority in favour of General Cavaignac, and the contemplated inquiry into the expenditure of various public departments, has served to impart a firm tone to the funds, which previously, however, had an upward tendency. Consols opened at 873 to /, receded to 87i to 3, and are now 87/ to 3. The unfunded debt is also at fully the high premium of last week, and perhaps even somewhat better. The new Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 863 to 3. Bank Stock is 188 to 189. LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAT. The supply of English Wheat at market this morning was very short, and the bulk of it in very indifferent condition; to effect sales a decline of 3s. per quarter had to be submitted to. There was but a very limited demand for foreign Wheats, and its value again declined Is. to 28. per quarter. The town millers have reduced the top price of Flour 2s. per sack; country and French marks were a very heavy sale at a similar reduction. Barley in short supply, and its value was sup ported. With the exception of Irish Oats, of which the arrivals are large, our market has been but moderately supplied during the week. The trade this morning was without animation, and prices must be quoted Is. lower. Beans maintained last Monday's quotations, but white Peas were ls. cheaper. SMITHFIELD MARKET.—YESTERAY. Our supply of Beasts CATTLE is well kept up. The numberD is rather larger than on Monday last, and the quality pretty good. Trade is cheerful, but no higher prices. There is a great fall ing off in the supply of Sheep, nor is the quality of those on offer very good; consequently, trade is more lively for the beat qualities, but very slow for inferior. There are but very few good Calves on sale; they are readily sold at an advance of about 4d. per 81b. Bristol is in future to have her hides brought from Monte Video direct to that port. The first cargo arrived on Wednesday. During the six months 'ending the Bth instant, 347 foreign vessels entered the port of Bristol, being an in crease of fifty-nine on the corresponding period of last year. During the last week alone, no fewer than 187 foreign vessels arrived at the port of Liverpool. The American sh:p Newton, of Boston. arrived at Bristol on Wednesday, being the first vessel from the new world that had entered since the reduction of the dock dues. She was laden with 4998 barrels of flour, to order, belonging to a London house. On Friday evening, Mr. Bainbrigge delivered the first of a series of four lectures, at the Collegiate Institution, on the constitution of man, which was listened to throughout with great interest by a numerous and highly respectable auditory. The second of the course will be delivered this evening. THE AMALGAMATED ItarLwAys.--The three great railway companies are pushing for an amalgamation, the aim of which is " a permanent and absolute identity of interests among the shareholders of the three companies, under the sanction of the legislature." New branches, the resumption of suspended lines, stations, trains, ex penditure, and every other detail of management, are to be subjected to " a joint board of control," representing the three boards of directors. Each board contributes seven members to this body. PERFORMANCE OF ANTIGONE.—OUr readers will per ceive that the Directors of the Mechanics' Institution have made arrangements for the performance of Sophodes' tragedy of "Antigone," at the Mechanics' Institution, on the 20th December. The readings will be by Mr. and Miss Vandenhoff, and the music will be performed by an efficient chorus of forty-eight voices. under the direction of Mr. Hermann. All who know this gentleman will be certain that the performance will be one creditable °I alike to the town and the Institution. We have leurnprl -room wi. lmbered and , ballotted for. FESTIVITIES AT HOOTON HALL.—On Friday lag the birth-day of Sir W. Stanley, Bart., was celebrateditt the neighbourhood of Hooton, in a manner which showed the high respect in which the head of the house is still held. The whole inhabitants appeared determined that none of the enthusiasm which has hitherto distinguished tie return of the day, should be lost. At Eastham and Thornton large and respectable dinner parties were held. The humbler classes, and their wives and families,. were regaled with th e choicest substantials, and their hearts were made merry, as well as those of their more fortunate neighbours. At Eastham, after the accustomed loyal toasts had been drank, the Rev. Tho Eaton, prebendary of Chester and rector of the parish, proposed, in eloquent terms, " the health of Sir Wm. Stanley, and the house of Hooton," which was received with an enthusiasm at once evincing the respect and admiration the worthy baronet is held in. Then followed the healths of Lady Stanley, Ml. John Stanley and his amiable lath-, of whom it was traly said that their unbounded benevolence and condes cension towards their poorer neighbours, had won for them the hearty good wishes and blessings of all. Lithe evening a ball wound up the proceedings. STEALING LETTERS FROM THE GENERAL POST-OF- InCE.—At the Police-court yesterday, Mr. Bales, Inspec tor of letter-carriers at the General Post-office, appeared against a letter-carrier, named James Crooks, and charged him with purloining two letters, apparently containing money, The prisoner had been employed on Saturday in removing a number of letters from the inland office to the room where they are marked. He (Mr. Bales) sus pected the prisoner from noticing him fingering several letters, as if to ascertain if they contained money ; and on watching him he found him putting two letters into -a TS I. 1 his pocket. He took steps to bring him to account, when the two letters were produced. One was addressed to Mr. Tomkin, 63, Mill-street; and the other to Mrs. Blyth, Oxford-street ; neither of which streets are in the prisoner's district for delivery. One of them (the first mentioned) was opened in enurt by tba :a. I.aa ar 4V VV IAIJII.I was addressed, and contained ls. only The other, more bulky, was not opened, the lady not being present. Other disclosures came out affecting the prisoner and his wife. A portrait, sent from Sligo, was missed and had been enquired about; and the wife had attempted to pledge a valuable gold ring, in Soho-street,.—perhaps taken out of a letter. The prisoner will probably be sent for trial at the assizes. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF EIGHT POISONED.—FURTHER PARTICULARS.— of our paper will be found a Daragranh stances, correct in nearly every essential point appeared so unaccountable, that one of our rei LLILDREN BEING In another part this circum- The case 3rters yes- 11'11SW' was most kindly received by the parents, and saw the whole of the little patients, who, we are glad to say, are in a, fair way of recovery, though a good deal shaken, and some of them slightly discoloured in visage 'y the obn , —:- ns we)' ~,iioxious substance, __l as, perhaps, by the effect of the medicine administered to neutralizg or expel it. The liquorice was bought at the shop of Mr. Leach, by a boy thirteen years old, a cousin of the gardener's children. The active symptoms of poison ing soon. became apparent, and it was stated to us that some of the suffere rs did no t' - know their . own parents or friends, being possessed with a . time. The Spanish juice purchased was next morning taken to Liverpool by Mr. Sweetlove, sureeon. to be licies of deliritim for a 4,5 sam, vr. urea and others. The ana lysis has not yet been made public, and we know not whe ther it has yet been perfected. Mr. Leach, the vendor,. is not, it is said, to blame, for he was quite ignorant of its containing any noxious ingredient. He stated that he believed it to have been part of a large stock of Spanish liquorice (or so called) purchased at a sale in Liverpool. The . , imuren wno were all so mucL naturally healthy. A fine little girl, seven . age, was most severely affected. Her brother, nine years old, was very ill, but partially recovered much sooner. So large a quantity of liquorice is used by children, espe cially in country places, that the solution of the problem is one of no inconsiderable interest to the public gene rally. 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