The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-12-21 00:00:00

SHARE OF PROFIT INCREASED FROM ONE-HALF TO FOUR-FIFTHS. LIFE S U N ASSURANCE LONDON. SOCIETY, reereetv ,u The MANAGERS beg to re it - a — the Public that Persons effecting Policies w' this Society now, or BEFORE hIIDSUMME 853, win participate in FOUR-FIFTHS of the t Profits of the Society at the NEXT DIVISION, ' proportion to their contribu tions to those Pr s, and according to the conditions contained in tl society ' s Prospectus. Further Ea iculars, and Tablei of the Rates of Pre mium, which, in many instances, will be found lower than these generally required, may be obtained from the AGENTS FOR LIVERPOOL. NICHOLAS D. BOLD, 4, Exchange-street West, WM. HUSON, 18, Sweeting-street. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, LIVERPOOL. CAPITAL, X 2,000,000, in 100,00 n SHARES of £2O each. HEAD OFFICE, NORTH JOHN-STREET AND DALE-STREET. TRUSTEES. John Shaw Leigh, Esq. IR. 13.8. H. Blundell, Esq. DIRECTORS. Charles Turner, Esqol.P., Chairman. J. ramley- Moore, Esq.,atid Edmund Molyneux, Esq., Deputy-Chairmen. Michael Bousfield, Esq f Richard Houghton, Esq. Thomas Botch, Edward Johnston, Esq. Ralph BrocklebanlifEsq. Roger Lyon Jones, Esq. David Cannon, Esq. James Lawrence, Esq. William Claxton, Esq. Francis Maxwell, Esq. Thomas Dover, Esq. George Maxwell, Esq. Richard Hardord, Esq. Robert 'M'Andrew, Esq. R. Ellison Harvey, Esq. William Smith, Esq. T. Dyson Hornhy, Esq. I John Torr, Esq. George H. Horsfall, Esq. BIRKENHEAD BRANCH, OFFICE—HAMILTON-BUILDINGS, HAMILTON-STREET, Agent.—Henry Cole, Esq. —James T. Vale, Esq., Hamilton-square. Surgeo; The Directors beg to announce that they continue to RE CEIVE PROPOSALS for FIRE and LIFE INSURANCES. The large Capital of the Company, and the number and in fluence of its Proprietors, enable it to take rank with the most eligible offices in the kingdom, with respect to the advantages offered to the Public. za a n O. A VACANCY for an APPRENTICE occurs in the Establishment of a PHARMACEUTICAL and OPERA TIVE CHEMIST, in Liverpool, wher_g_ unusual facilities are ed for obtaining a thorough--nowledge of the higher business ‘ ,...--Premium 'l5O, for four or five of pupil required to be 16 years ments of t resident pupil k.liply to Sta office, Liverpool A LADY will be happy to meet with a RE XI ENGAGEMENT in a SCHOOL or FAMILY. She is capalle of Instructing in English, French (acquired on the Continent), Italian, Dray nd Music *ANfal also, for a Young triti on, a SITUATION in a SCHOOL, where her asses e in Music and general Educa tion could be made equ' ent to her Board, &c. Satisfactory refer es Address, A. B<Tost-oi TO CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS, THE COMMISSIONERS, actine, in execution of the several Acts of Parliament for the improvement of the Township of Birkenhead, are prepared to receive TEN DERS for SEWEKING and otherwise MAKING SHREWS.. BURY-ROAD, from Upton road to the Township Boundary. Specifications and particulars of the proposed work may be seen on application at the office of Mr. Ilirn6, Surveyor to the said Commissioners. Birkenhead. onArfid after Thursday, the 16th instant. Tenders addres the Improvement C Tlie Corn AMBROSE WALN, Clerk CommissionC , rs'-rooms, Birkenhead, 13th Dec., 1852. to bir )k ner cover to the Chairman of )mm" ee, to be delivered on or before it!ec wil ,selves to acce 'west Tender. By orde STOCK QUEENWOOD COLLEGE, nea H ANTS. GEO. EDMONDSON. Dr. JOHN TYNDALL, I. Foreign Member of the Phy: sical Society, Berlin. (Dr. HEINRICH DEBUS, late I Assistant in the Laboratory . .{ of Professor Bunsen, Che. I mical Lecturer in the Uni- LMr. . sitPROUT v of Marburg. . SATHEMATICS TURAL PHILOSOPHY CHEMISTRY CLASSICS and HISTORY Mr. JOHN HAAS, from M. de MODERN LANGUAGES and Fellenberigs Inaitution,Hof- FOREIGN LITERATURE. wyl, S~r • itzerland. GEODESY Mr. RICHARD P. WRIGHT PAINTINGand DRAWING Mr. RICHARD P. WRIGHT ENGLISH and JUNIOR MA iNJAMIN HOUGH THEMATICS MUSIC Mr. WILLIAM CORNWALL, (Mr. RICHARD DAVIS.—The RINFpn‘TI Farm contains upwards of SOO Acres TERMS: e4O per Annum ttiither information see Prospectus, to he had of the He first Session of 1853 commences on the 20th Januar Insurance Notices. FIRE INSURANCES Will be effected at moC.le7i;teiatesoiprerTirum. The Company, haying the advantage of a resident Directory, will he enabled to distinguish itself by its promptness in the Settlement of Claims _ No Charge made for the Policy. LIFE BRANCH. The Company likewise assure Lives on any of the following contingencies, viz.:-- For the WHOLE CONTINUANCE OF LIFE.—The Premiums to Cease after a LIMITED NUMBER OF ANNUAL PAYMENTS. For a Sum to be payable at age 60, or at death. PREMIUMS ON CREDIT. A PORTION OF THE PREMIUMS MAY REMAIN ON CREDIT, OR ASSURANCES MAY BE EFFECTED IN VARIOUS WAYS, NOT ENUMERATED, TO MEET THE CONVENIENCE OF THE PARTY MAKING THE ASSUR ANCE. The important advantages afforded by the Company in this Branch will include the following. viz.:— GUARANTEE OF AN AMPLE CAPITAL, MODERATE PRE MIUMS, LARGE PARTICIPATION OF PROFITS BY THE ASSURED. SMALL CHARGE FOR MANAGEMENT, &c. The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors. Fees to Medical Referees are likewise granted by this Con:• Pany. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager. POLICIES falling due at CHRISTNIAS should be renewed on or before the 9th January next. 20th December, 1852. W ESTERN LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY, 3, PARLIAMENT-.STREET, LONDON. INSTITUTED A.D. 1842. D I It ECTORS H. E. Bickrell, Esq., 28, iipper l l H. Goodhart, Esq., Upper Bedford-place. I 'Footing. W. Cabell, Esq., Newington- T. Grissell,Esq., Palace-yard, place, Surrey. Westminster, and Norbury T. S. Cocks, jun., Esq., M.P., Park,'Surrey. Charing Cross. J.Httht,Esq.,3l,Parliament-st. G. H. Drew, Esq., 28, Parlia- .1,4. Lethbridge, Esq., Green ,. ment-street, Westminster. wich Hospital. N. Evans, Esq., Cliesharti- E. Lucas,Esq., Millbank-street. street, Belgrave-square. J. L. Seater, Esq., Millbank. W. Freeman, Esq., Milbank- J. B. White, Esq., Millbank street. street, and Swanscombe. F. Fuller, Esq., 29, Abingdon- J. C. Wood, Esq., Artillery street. place, Westminster. BANKERS. Messrs. Cccks, Biddulph, and Co., Charing-cross. This Society grants every variety of Policies, Life Assurance, Or Annuity, on any number of Lives, and to any amount, for Which the payments can be made by such arrangements as Olay be most convenient. . Thereie';;TiCici;special features in this Society, among Which may be mentioned the suspension principle, by which Policies do not become void through temporary inability in the Payment of a premium when it becomes due. Temporary Loans are granted in Sums varying from £5O up- Wards, en available security. _ _ . Applications for Agencies, Prospectuses, &c., to be made at 4 , Parliament -street, London, to A. SCRATCHLEY, M.A., AC'llary, Author of a TREATISE (with Rules and Tables) on 1. Benefit Building Societies ; 2. Freehold Land Societies ; 3. Tontine Associations ; 4. Savings Bank and Deposit Life Assurance ; 5. Emigration Societies under the New Act, &c. &c. AGENTS; Prescot vnd its Vicinity Mr. W. H. Dodd, Chemist. St. Helens Mr. Isaac Sharp, Bookseller. ROC,K LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LONDON. ESTABLISHED IN 1806. IX VESTED CAPITAL, Upwards of £3,000,000 Sterling, The amount divided on the 20th Augukt( 1847, out of the , r ealized profits of the seven precedin3years, was £603,288 458 . 2d. The next division of profits will be • the year 1854, and Po licies effected in the year 1852 will rticipate therein. _ Assurers, without any imme to outlay. may secure the tgontis accruing on their Policiptr in the year 1854, by assuring a rch Bonus, the Premium remaining unpaid till the Bonus is d eclared. Persons effecting new Assurances may secure a TiOrtion of the future Bonuses by increasing their Policies "venty.five per cent., the Premium on such extra Assurance r emaining unpaid until the Policies become Claims. Parties whose lives are insured in this office, not being sea faring persons by occupation, may proceed by sea, during eace, direct from any part of Europe to any other part of „crepe ; or may proceed to or from Europe, by steam-vessels ca pital or from any part of America, north of Washington, the of the United States, and east of the Mississippi river, a nd reside in the above-named places. For further information apply to the following Agents:— 4.l vEitroot, Messrs. JOSEPH FRY and SON, 4, Lower Castle-street. Mr. R. Aspden, Accountant, 92, Mosley-st. Messrs. S. and S. Smith, Drapers, &c., 29, St. Ann's-street. Mr. J. Entwistle, Draper, &C., Piccadilly. Mr. J. Huthersal, Davenport-house, Colle dm, giate School. b on -under-Line. A. Leigh, Esq., Solicitor. ` e°ll osl Mr. W. H. Wright, Tea-merchant, 8, New Market-place. W. Duckitt, Esq., Yorkshire Banking Co. Mr. W. Peterkin, Craven Bank. Mr. J. Mitchell, Agent, Bolton-street. Mr. J. Hughes, Estate Agent, &c., New gate-street. ,Isle of Man.. Mr. W. A. Breary, Chemist, Custom house-quay. Mr. E. Greenwood, Post-office, George-st. Mr. J. B. Jameson, Chemist, 00, Bridge lAdderefield Mr. W. street. Lawton, West-Riding Union Bank lug Company. Bank- H yde J. Hilbert, Esq., Solicitor, Court-house. bx i , , ec legfield d ,eien Mr. J. Carter, Clerk, Long -street. r inakirk lt. Gradwell, Esq., Bank-manager, Bur scough-street. H. Waddington, Esq., Stockbridge-house. R. Arrowsrnith, Esq., Banker, 105, Fisher- t r i a/l o chester 4 ri d 1 i c et • nion ringcharn .1 3 adford. h 4 rttley .. ' 'l,e:ste.. ke ✓tcood 1?0,, gate. - , . , .Se: .I " i 4 ale Mr. P. Dickin, Dentist, 125, Yorkshire-st. ,s,_. elen's Mr. R. Thom pson, Stamp : office, Church- st. ..si i ,,",,,_th.trt Mr. F. B. Garside, Chemist, 69, Lord-st. , -' , Port C Hudson Esq., Solicitor, Vernon-street, 11 . tnqtaiz Mr. I', Bullock, Chemist, Sankey.street. i ". 1 1.(t . nci.C.U.dey.D. Heald, Esq., Solicitor, ttlandisiigate, Wiggp, THE LTVERPOOL STANDARD, AlontP. DISCOUNT BANK, MANCHESTER-STREET. DILLS are Discounted at ' "tank from one day upwards, and none 11 e-issued after being Discounted, but remain in the Ba til due, unless taken up, when the same rate of Inte_rfte will be allowed as charged for all unex pired time. LOAN FOR THE PURCHASE OP PROPERTY. THE DIRECTORS of the HOUSEOWNERS' and .......... r f..tax t 1 GENERAL LIFE ASSUR NCR COMPANY are willing to ADVANCE SUMS OF 11 Y, not exceeding £5OO, for the PURCHASE O F P ROPS , re p a y a bl e i n S ma ll In s t a l men t s , i n Five or Seven Ye ,we o enable Rentpayers to become House owners. pply to Mr. W. WEBB, 1, Churcb-lar Liverpool LOANS OF MONEY. BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL -- ---- -. THE CORPORATION of LIVERPOOL are pre. pared to receive LOANS For periods of Three, Five ss. per Cent OF MONEY, 7r Seven Years, at per Annum. Interest payable on theist January and Ist July in every yea The Security is the "Liverpool Water Account," c of the Rents, Rates, and Charges for_Lha-,S within the Borough of LiverpooLawdMie Na ,ply of Wat Shippinfr, THE BOROUGH ND BP.ING A COLLATERAL SECUR FOR THE INTEREST j LANDS, TE NEME HEREDITAMENTS, AND ESTATE OF THI CORPORATI OR THE PRINCIPAL. _ Applications to be made to CAPES ASH LI N. Ego.. Treasurer ADDITIONAL C . . Public Offices, 2,.. , G Town Hall, Liverpoo may be obtained. nwaflis-street ; or to tl from either of whom ft By order WiI.SHUTTLEWORTH, Town Clerk LIVERPOOL LICENSED VICTUALLERS ASSOCIATION ASYLUM AND SCHOOLS. THE munificent support already_teceived by the . . Association in its endeavour t rd sufficient succour to unfortunate Age and to ind'o• Orphanage, calls for, and has its most grateful ack edgment, and its hearty thanks ; but li as is the amount at t• scribed, the Comm' e are not in a position to rel present sut a large 4.wffi r st yet be obta Fund will cient to - achieve the benevolent objects they are now striving for. Their appeal for help to all who are directly or indirectly connected with the Trade they feel assured will not be in vain ; and the Association has too frequently experienced the sympathy and kind aid of a generous public to doubt but that it will at all times be accorded to noble and nurelv nhilan- EVERTON CHURCH MISSIONARY REPOSI TORY SALE. THE ANNUAL SALE of USEFUL and FANCY I ARTICLES, in aid of the CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY, will take place at the Ev TON NATIONAL SCHOOL ROOM, MILL-LANE, EVERTO AD, OR TUESDAY, WEDNES DAY, and THURSDAY, i ristmas week, commencing each day at Ten o'Clock Articles for S will he thankfully received by Mrs. Taom r sox, at the Everton National School, or by Miss M`MILLAN, at the Kirkdale School, Everton-valley. THE ANNUAL TEA MEETING of theEVERTON TOTAL ABSTINENCE SOCIETY will be he held (D.V.) in ST. AUGUSTINE'S SCHOOL Rooms, Upper Beau-street, on WRIGHT. Inc The Rev. A. Hi ter, and the R [am e Liverpool Scrim . - - thropic intentions. The Committee again beg to ten warmest thanks for the following handsome Donations s. Thos. Littledale, Esq R. C. Gardner and Co, S!r John Bent, Knt.., 50 O'Daniel Baugh, E5q..... 200 651atthew Atkinson, Esq 50 O;Mr. J. C. M'Kenzie.... A Friend J. M. Threlfall, E5q..... 210 0, Mr. Wi Moore, Vicars, and Co ..100 0 Mr. Jol John Anderton, Esq.... 1 0 o,Richard Crossley, Esq.. 5 5 J. J. and T. Me110r......100 O'D. H. Allan, Esq. 5 5 San)]. Allsopp & 50n5...200 oWalter Crosse, E5q..... 5 5 Bass, Ratcliff, &Gretton.los 01Thos. Harwood, Esq ... 5 5 (With Annual Sub. in. Ball and Smith creased from Five to Henry Brown, Esq Ten Guineas). Thomas Green. Esq J. Godfrey and 50n..... 50 o,Saml. Towers, Esq Robt. Garrett, E5q...... 50 O'W. E. Whiteman, Esq A Friend 5O 0 John Fogg, Esq Thos. Howard, E5q..... 50 0 Harmood Banner, Esq Messrs.Pedder&Gardner 50 0 Jas. Hamer, Esq Mr. Richard Lumb...... 50 OW. Lupton, Esq Sir Henry Meux & Co.. 30 0 The Recorder 3 3 Robt. Hindley, E5q...... 26 5 Arthur Henderson, Esq. 2 2 H. Richmond and Son .. 25 0 Egerton Smith and Co 2 2 H. Thompson and C 0.... 25 0 Mr. and' Mrs. Langley 2 2 Henry Hanson, E5q..... 25 0 Mr. Anthony Mackenzie 2 2 Truman, Hanbury, & Co. 25 0 Rev. Rector Campbell 1 1 Mr. John Allinson 25 0 (With Annual Subscrip- Mr. Law Sykes . 25 0 tion of .€1 Is.) Mr. Thomas Foster 2l 0 The Collector of Excise 1 1 Mr. Benjamin Sykes 2l 0 (With Annual Subscrip- Thos. Clarke, Esq. lO 10 ' tion of £1 Is.) Jas. Radley, Esq lO 10 M. J. Whitty, Esq 1 1 (With Ten Guineas ad- J. F. Weatlierley, Esq 1 1 tional when the Build- Mr. Whitthread 1 1 ing is reared). (With Annual Subscrip- Loadman,Dixon,S.;Huttonlo 10 tion of .el Is.) Alexr. Berwick and Co.. 10 10 Mr. Benjamin Elvis 1 1 J. R. Hutton, jun., &Co.. 10 10 Mr. Thos. Hamer 1 1 Mr. John Atkinson lO 10 Mr. William Cutts 1 1 Mr. John Vickers lO 10 W. Silcock, Esq • 1 1 Mr. William Liversidge.. 10 10 Mr. S. Cowburn 1 I Jas. Thorne and Co lO 1 oiMr. Thos. Ibbeson 1 1 Mr. J. A. Torrens .10 10' Mr. Moses Dickenson.. 1 I Hughes and Bishop 10 10 I Mr. Robert Graham.... 1 I Chrs. Bushell, Esq 5 5 Mr. David Peake I I G. W. Hewitt, Esq 5 5 Mr. Charles Thomas.... 1 1 Edward Danson, Esq 5 5 Fairhurst, Esq OlO S. A. Hurton, Esq 5 5 By order, GEORGE GRIST, Secretary Institution, 59, St. Anne-street,l6th Nov., 1852. EAST KENT RAILWAY, FROM STROOD TO CANTERBURY. WITH BRANCHES TO FAVERSHAM QUAYS AND CHILHAM. (PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.) Capital, £700,000, in 28,000 Shares of .R 25 each; Deposit, £2 10s. per Shore:" UNDER THE APPROVAL AND SUP T OF THE LANDOWNERS OF THE .THICT.) TROVISIO''RAL DIRECTORS Chairman—The Right on. Lord Sondes, Lees-court, Kent, an 2, Grosvenor-square. Deputy-Chairman avid Salomons Esq., Alderman, London, and Broom-hill, Tunbridge Wells. Thomas R. Crampton, Esq., 2, Kensington-square. Charles J. Hilton, Esq., Faversham. ' Right Hon. S. R. Lushington, Norton-court. Charles Manners Lushington, Esq., 9, Mansfield-street John Scott, Esq., 4, Hyde-park-street. Wm. Scholefield, Esq., M.P., Bin - Ml . loa Henry Toots), Esq., 51, Finchley New Road, Regent's -park Edward Twopeny, Esq., Woodstock. Sir John M. Tylden, Milsted. Melvil Wilson, Esq., 35, Albemarle-street. (With power to add to their number.) SOLICITORS: Messrs. J. C. and H. Freshfield, Lothbury Pall-ma BANKERS Messrs. Glyn, Mills - , - d Co., .67, Lombard-street. ENGINEER : William Mills, Esq, SECRETARY: G. F. Holroyd, Esq. BROKER : Mr. Lewis H. Haslewood, ii;Angei:court, Throgmorton-street OFFICES—No. 3, LOTHBURI THE Promoters of this Company have determined to pursue their application to Parliament in the present Session, for powers to complete the North Kent Railway, for the accommodation of the unsupplied district between Strood and Canterbury, the difficulties which have hitherto presented themselves having been removed. The total length of the new Line will be 32 miles. The ex pense per mile will be considerably less than two.thirds of the average cost of the South Eastern Lines; and Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co., are prepared to undertake the construc tion of the Line, including the building of the Bridge across the Medway, and the purchase of laud, within the limits of the proposed capital. TWo-thirds of the Capital required have been already appro priated, and the plans and sections have been prepared, under the direction of the Local Promoters, who have undertaken to bear all expenses, in the event of the Bill not passing the Standing Orders of the House of Commons. The Line will leave the North Kent Railway at Strood, and, crossing the River Medway, will pass through Rochester, Chatham, Brompton, Gillingham, Rainham, and Newingtoon, to Milton and Sittingbourne, and thence by Faversham to Can terbury. There will be Branches to Faversham Quays, and Chilham. Running powers will be taken over the Lines of the South- Eastern Company. Looking to the great saving of time and distance, and the character of the country through which the proposed line will pass, no doubt can be entertained that it will prove advanta geous to the public and highly remunerative to the Share holders. It is calculated that the nett dividends will range from six to eight per cent, on the investment. The present average rate of receiri on all the South-Eastern Lines is .'2525 per mile per annum ; the rate of receipt on the North Kent Line is nearly double that average, being £4,506 per mile, per annum ; and the latter traffic is far from having yet had its development, mainly in consequence of the non completion of the Line now proposed, which will not only con duct it into a district containing in itself large traffic, but give it termini in the populous watering-places of Ramsgate, Mar gate, Deal, Walmer, and other places on the coast. The North Kent Line has been opened for traffic three years only, and its current receipts show the following progressive annual increase : Current Traffic Receipts on present North Kent Line, 31 Miles. During lsa r ear, ending July 31, 1350...C3656 per mile pr annum. During 2d Year, ending July 31,1851.. 4193 „„ „ During 3d Year,endingJuly 31,1852.. 4506 „ The importance of the Line to the populous districts it is in tended to serve may be gathered from the following table of distances: — SAYING EFFECTED BY PROPOSED ROUTE. TOWNS. Present Dis- Distance by Saving by tance by Proposed ! Proposed South-Eas- Line. I Line. tern Line. Canterbury to London Ramsgate to Lor.don Margate to London Deal to London Miles. 81 97 Miles. 60 76 101 102 80 81 A deposit of £2 10s. per Share will be payable on allotment of the Shares, and a preference, as far as possible, will be given, in the allotment, to the holders of Shares in the suspended project of last year, upon which 2s. 6d. per Share was then retained for expenses. Applications for the unappropriated Shares will be received, addressed to the Directors, according to the subjoined form, and Prospectuses and Forms of Letters of Application may be had at the Company's Offices, No. 3, Lothbury, and of • Mr. LEWIS H. HASLEWOOD, 15, Angel-court, London. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Directors of the EAST KENT RAILWAY. GENTLEMEN, I request that von will allot to me Shares of .€25 each, in the above lkailway; and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number you may allot me, and to pay the Deposit of .4'2 10s. per Share thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this day of Name, in full -- Place of business -- Residence Business or Profession------- Signature Name, Residence, and Profession of Referee. EAST KENT RAILWAY. NOTICE. ALLOTMENT OF SHARES. THE DIRECTORS will proceed to the ALLOT MENT of the UNAPPROPRIATED SHARES, on WED NESDAY next, the 22d instant, and no Applications can be received after that date. The Deeds wilt lie for Signature at the following places, be tween the hours of Ten A.m. and Four P.m., on the respective days : At On CANTERBURY.... Saturday, 18j) , (1 1 . " . Messrs. At Plammond's FAVERSHAM...... Mondaylg Bank. .h ... Messrs. Hiltons 8z Co.'s Bank. SITTINGBOURNE.T sday, 215 t.... Messrs.Vallance's Bank ROCHESTER uesday, 215 t.... Messrs. Day and Nichol son's Bank. LONDON Wednesday,22d Offices of the Company, / toNlonday,27th I 3, Lothbory. MANCHESTER Monday, 27th.. 1 Sir B. Heywood and I Co.'s Bank. LIVERPOOL Tuesday, 28th.. t Messrs. A. Heywood I and Co.'s Bank. By order, G. F. HOLROYD, Secretary. Offices, No. 3, Lothbury,l6th Dec., 1852. Na next, the 23d instant. The Rev. W. H bent of Christ 9rvich, Everton, will preside LETT, 111.4.eincumbent of Astley, the Rev j.eitimbent of St. Philip's, Manches- BARDSLEY, 8.A., Superintendent of e Readers, will address the Meeting. Tea on the Table at Half-past Five o'clock. - Tickets, ls. each, to be had of Mr. THOMPSON, 90, London and of Mr. Must lax, St. George's-hill, Everton. I MIDNICtIT SERVICE; CHRISTMAS EVE. THERE will be a VIGIL RVICE, (with a Ser- ST. MARTIN'S RCH, on CHRISTMAS EVE, at Half-past en P.M v .T. Communion and EvENIY There are ICE, with Holy r,et Se r on, will be celebrated at Eleven A.M. ; tree P. M . only e . ONS on the EVENINGS of all other HOLY n o'clock. ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, EVERTON MOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that, pursuant to .I.li Act of Parliament, the ANN GENERAL MEETING - nimPRIETORS of t URCH of ST- GEORGE, in n-on-the-Hill, .e Vestry of the ,ary next, at Ten or the mirpose of transactine the al Meeting.—Dated this 18th day of THOMAS CARSON, Secretary. he Parish of Walto Vie Township of F.vertos Lanatfer, will be held, in t A_lOlk r DAY, the 3d day of Jann said Church 'clock in tlie,P6enoon / 1 LE LENT on PLATHES, JEWEL LERY, SILKS, VELLENS, and every description of Manchester an W O OL ods,at Half the Paws brokers' Rate of Interest. Apply at 66. S !- !ta<two doorsfrom Back Colquitt-street. IE CHRISTMAS MARKETS. Although we have alrea e " Ct entered upon what is called the butchers, grocers, and pro vision dealers' shops have not yet assumed that aspect of bountiful splendour which always marks the season. The " show," indeed, is not likely to commence until to morrow, although active preparations for the occasion have, we understand, been for some days in progress ? I In St. John's Market first-rate - stmas week, found; current fis always to be luantity and quality of that reserved for the it week is said to be of a superior order to any ex for some time past. Large English oxen, from pasture, have been brought to the axe, to e stall at eep up the aputatton of John Bull for roast beef ; and a considerable number of fine young Scots were in the market yesterday, and found ready purchasers at good Mutton is rarely regarded as Christmas cheer ; out, nevertheless, it has its admirers at that as well as all other seasons, and the number disposed of at yesterday's cattle market will shew that the supply is likely to be more than ordinarily liberal. At the same time we are assured that it will be of more than average size and de licacy, from the richness of the grass lands and other food consequent upon the absence of frost. The state of the poultry market already shows an ex traordinary supply, at very moderate prices. Turkeys, geese, large fat capons, and fowl, of almost all sizes and denominations, throng the stalls and shop windows of the dealers : while hares, rabbits, pheasants, and a profusion of wild fowl offer their temptations to the epicure in every thoroughfare. Vegetables, though there is a fair supply for the season, em, as yet, less plentiful than might have been antici- season when the demand was certain to he great; and that which has been brought to market is mostly of inferior quality. The price, however, has been fully maintained, on account of the shortness of supply. The. e is, nevertheless, an excellent show of fruit, fresh and de licious-looking, and of a quality, we have no doubt, to form a capital dessert for the seniors as well as the juniors of the household, when assembled round the domestic hearth, heaped with the hereditary " yule clog," their countenances brightening with hopes of a happy New Year. pated at a The grocers' shops should perhaps have been excepted from our remark that the Christmas show had not com menced. The windows of these were filled with raisins and currants, with figs, French plums, almonds, candied lemon, spices of every variety, and sugar of all qualities, on Saturday last ; and their stocks appear to have been increased instead of diminished since. The best time, however, for a stroll to witness both the catering of the shopkeepers, and the bustling anxiety of housewives to be hospitable, will be on Thursday and Friday next. BIRKENHEAD.—Our neighbours on the Cheshire side seem likely to fare quite as well as their friends in Liver pool. Their oxen, heifers, and sheep ; their turkeys, geese, and inferior poultry ; their game and other pro visions may fairly vie with anything likely to be shown here. And they have an extraordinary young " porker," fed by Mr. Wm. Fullard, butcher, of Birkenhead mar ket. This animal has been fattened to an obesity which might almost render the existence of legs and feet a matter of doubt to persons unlearned in porcine natural history. This gluttonous subject is but 3 months and 21 days old, and weighs no less than eight score pounds —a fact which bears clear testimony to his " fast" propensi ties, and proves that be has been " going the whole hog" In other articles, vegetables, fruit, Christmas evergreens, and the usual accompaniments of the festive season, Birkenhead exhibits a liberal supply. at feeding VARIETIES. A TRUE PICTURE OF DESPAIR iS a pig reachingthrough a hole in the fence to get a cabbage that lies only a few inches beyond his reach. SPORTING IN IRELAND.—Outing, perhaps, to the recent wet weather, there has been during the last fort night very little shooting of landlords. " MoxEY goes a great way now-a-days," as tha Australian digger remarked to his companion when mak ing up a remittance for his friends in Scotland. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.—A new fender has been in vented for breaking the force of collisions. The new fen der is said to be a vast improvement upon the old buffer. As a speculator Nash is really lucky. He held some canal shares once, which went up to such a premium that he was obliged to send a broker up in a balloon to sell out. JOKING IN EARNEST.—A fellow stole a saw, and on examination told the magistrate he only took it in joke. " How far did you carry it ?" asked the justice. " Two miles," answered the prisoner. " That's carrying the joke too far," remarked his worship, and the prisoner was committed for trial. A NORTH-COUNTRY TRADESMAN lately declared that his men were making more money, and he himself was making less, than his father used to do. Our informant knows not how this may be, but the father, he says, wore fustian, and whee;ed a barrow :—the son wears broadcloth, and rides in a barouche. A MILITIA SERGEANT, taking much pains with a countryman, during drill, the countryinan, standing at ease, addressed him as follows ;—" I'll tell yo wot, Measter Sergeant, yo need not tak so much pains about teaching me, for yo aiay depend on't I shall never make a trade on't to get my bread by." WHEN TO DINE.—A person asking Diogenes, what was the best dinner hour, was answered "any hour." "Nay," said the man, " any hour will not suit rich and poor Men." " But it will,though," retorted the philoso pher ; " a rich man can dine any hour he likes; and a poor, too, any hour that he can." " SELL, on SAIL."—An officer of the 46th once got leave of absence from his regiment (then stationed at Cape Coast Castle) for six months, and at the expiration of that time applied for a renewal of it ; but the answer he received was truly laconic and characteristic of the Duke; it consisted of three small words—" Sell, or sail!" CONVERTIBLE NOTES.—Gabrielli asked, for singing two months, 5,000 ducats, of the Empress Catherine of Russia. " Why," says the Empress, " none of my field marshals are paid after that rate. "In that case," re plied Gabrielli, " perhaps your Majesty had better make your field-marshals sing."—Cocks's Musical Miscellany. tiFA WESLEYAN PREACHERSOMe time ago was discoursing on love, and the superiority of heavenly over earthly love. As a proof of the weakness of the latter, he mentioned Job, who, he said, " had plenty of friends as long as his property' lasted ; but as soon as that was gone, and he became as poor as his own cat, his friends all left Lim, and even Mrs. Job deserted him !" A CONTRAST.—A writer in Fraser's Magazine says, " A few sears ago, say even this day five years, M. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was three years in arrear of rent in the parish of St. James. He could not pay his tailor's, or his upholsterer's, or his wine-merchant's bill, or meet one-half of his engagements in the City or in the West end." A GOOD CUSTOMER.—An Irish gentleman, being re peatedly solicited by a wine-merchant, to give him the benefit of his custom, wrote to him to the following effect : —" My dear Sir, I am not rich enough to pay for wino myself, but shall be very happy to serve you in any other way. If you will send me a list of your customers, I will see what I can do to cultivate their acquaintance." A 'USEFUL HUSBAND.—Wife speaking: "I wish, John, you would go and get a pennyworth of milk. You can take the slop pail down as you go. The clothes want wringing out and hanging on the line, and bring up some coal as you return. You can also sweep out the back room, but you need not wash the windows until to-morrow. Oh, dear ! when we get a servant, I won't have to work my life out as I do now.—New York Picayune. THE ROAD TO FORTUNE.—" Can you tell me, if you please, Sir, which is the road to fortune ?" inquired a simple young man, of an oldish philosopher. " Nothing easier, my boy," replied the latter ; "you must first take your righ', and then take your left; after that, take other people's right and other people's left; and finish by taking right and left everything that comes in your way. Follow these directions, and you are sure to get on the right road to fortune." A BLACK FEMALE MISSIONARY.—A letter from Stuttgard, Wurtemburg, of November 11, says :—" A young black woman from Africa, named Pauline Fatme, who, for some years past, was servant in the house of Baron de Muller, has been charged by the Protestant Missionary Society of Balse to propagate Christianity amongst the black women of Egypt. It is said that she is the first negro woman to whom such a mission has been entrusted." MATRIMONIAL PROSPECTS.—WeII, 'tiS such a world for naycromancy amongst nations, who knows but the sulphurious smell o' Europe may yield to the mildher fu migation o' mathrimony ! Sure they say the new Imperor 'll be conthracted out o' hand, to some Austhrian princess ; not to mintion the Princess Royal of England, that's not long done walkin' her doll on the " Slopes," bein' promised to the Prince of Proosia, as soon as ever she's equal to housekeepin' on a regal scale, and can masther the inthricacies o' married life, from pin -money to " Proosian-blue.'—Tel ry Discoll. 'TJESDAY, DF,CEMBER 21, 1852 TO CORR ES PON I) ENtS AN ELECTOR.—We have heard the rumour, but believe there is not the slightest foundation for it. The people of Liverpool are too intelligent to reject Conservative principles, because of their objection to an increased House-tax. L. L.—There was an error in several of the reports; it was the celebrated distiller, and not the famous brewer, who was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin. LIVERPOOL CAR-DRIVERS.—A correspondent, who is a pro prietor of Cars, complains of the Car-Committee, appointed by the Town Council to control the Cars and Car-drivers of Liverpool, refusing a license to James Ashton, although he has been all his life in the business; his testimonials were signed by nine of the largest car-proprietors; and some Of them were willing to give him 6s. a week more than the ordinary wages, on account of his honesty and ability. It would be, perhaps, an improvement if the licenses were granted to the proprietors, who would entrust them to drivers on their own responsibility. Q. E. D.—An acceptance or promissory note not presented for payment on the day it falls due, absolves the drawer and indorsers from further liability. The acceptor, or maker of the note, is always liable to the holder. Notice of dishonour should be sent to indorsers and drawer, but proof of pre- sentation is indispensable, P. S.—Next week a We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communication on subjects of local or general interest ; and if ourfriends will be good enough to authenticate the same by their signa- tures, for our own satisfaction, we shall feel obliged Eibcrpfiot -tanbarb, TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. 21, 1552 THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS-ITS CONSE QUENCES, POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS. THE result of the Division in the House of Coni- mons on Friday morning on the first portion of the Budget was a majority of Nineteen against the Go- vernrnent. The question wa ostensibly on the proposition to increase and exter louse-ELIA but it was virtually a decision as to the confidence of the House of Commons in the Derby Administra tion, and as such it has been promptly acted upon by the assembling of a Cabinet Council almost im y afterwards, and the tender of re nation grounds, there is sufficient to justify the most serious alarm for the future ; but if judged of with reference to its probable consequences upon the Church, the anxiety must be intensely increased. It is well known that most of the leading men of the PEEL party are strongly imbued with Tractarian notions, in their worst and most dangerous form, and should they take that leading part in a future Administration which is predicted, the crisis for the Church must prove equally disastrous as that for the State, and perhaps more deadly in its effects, inasmuch as religious controversies are more strongly embittered by intensity of rancour. let us suppose such a combination as that sha 'owed forth, and it will not be difficult to foresee the results. On the one side a Puseyite faction, anxious to press their own views to the extreme, linked with men indifferent to all religion, and therefore not caring by their colleagues. In E e done ❑ld have ‘ revival of Convocation, with all its worst and most intolerant features brought into full exercise ; vacant dioceses would be filled with B extreme opinions ; and a new Comm mediate] to HER MAJESTY by the Earl of DERBY. Before proceeding to comment on the probable consequences of this step, we may pause to cons whether the act of resignation has not itself been too precipitately decided upon. We cannot forget that, when the Earl of DERBY assumed the respon hilities of Prime Minister, he confessed to being in a minority in the Lower House, and only undertook the duty imposed upon him by the Crown from the conviction that the choice was between his own party and revolution. His promise of an appeal to the country has been performed, but he could hardly have expected that it would have been so heartily responded to as to yield him a commanding majority upon every question of detail, and much less upon a system of taxation which was likely to provoke a pressure from without. The majority against him has been composed of the most incon gruous materials and antagonistic principles ; its number has been swelled by votes gained by priestly intimidation and ruffianly violence, and which must be reversed when the petitions against them have been investigated by election com mittees ; his own friends have presented as strong and united a phalanx as he had any reasonable grounds to anticipate; and yet on the first reverse, and that on the most vulnerable point of his finan cial scheme, he has abandoned the post which, by his own avowal, he deemed it indispensable to the integrity of the empire that he should hold. He wanted no precedent for persevering, even without resorting to the tenacity for office displayed by his predecessors. The great Mr. PITT persevered against a more formidable majority, until he finally triumphed ; and there was nothing in the question just decided which presented any very serious diffi culty. The scheme, ostensibly based upon Free trade principles, was not so especially identified with the policy of the DERBY Cabinet as to make it of vital importance, while the discordant elements of the opposition rendered it by no means formida ble for the practical business of legislation. The Ministers might have withdrawn their obnoxious proposition to increase the House-tax, with a taunt at the Free-traders for its rejection, and more than compensated the Exchequer by refusing to reduce the Malt-duty. Such a Budget would have been more acceptable, have left a broader margin for fur ther reductions, and have saved the country from a crisis, which, in any view we may take of it, cannot but prove disastrous. So much for what has passed ; and now we turn to the future, for which the most fearful apprehen sions are very naturally entertained. There is no one who can suppose that, out of the small majority which has snatched a temporary triumph, there is any party or section which is strong enough to have the slightest possible chance of commanding a majority of the present House of Commons, or of agreeing upon any practicable plan of future legis lation, to say nothing of the enunciation of great principles, of which not one is held in common, save an abstract notion of persevering in Free Trade —a declaration which has in itself no practical meaning. In truth, the wheels of the State have come to a dead lock. The QUEEN is without a Ministry, and the only party who have the remotest chance of overcoming the difficulty have abandoned their posts. If we turn to the former Administration, can we imagine for an instant that Lord JOHN RUSSELL will be in a better position than he was before, now that he has lost the more respectable of his Whig allies, and has opposed to him a far more powerful Conservative party ? Rumour, however, points to a coalition with the small section familiarly known as PEELITES, but the difficulty seems in no way to be lessened. The combination of both with the ultra-Radicals of the Manchester faction and the Irish Brigade, composed of the tools of Romanism, were all indispensable to outnumber the Conservatives ; but they afford no elements of Ministerial strength—on the contrary, they are the most intractable of allies. Will the aspiring blood of COBDEN he content to truckle to a Ministry from which he is excluded, without concessions to democracy from which even the PEELITES would shrink from dread of the consequences ? Will the Irish Brigade, whose votes confessedly defeated the DISRAELI Budget, consent to aid any Ministry to whom they are indispensable, without a new Lich field House compact, the main condition of which shall be a surrender of the Irish Church to the grasping ambition of intolerant Rome ? Any other alternative it is impossible to conceive ; and some idea may, therefore, be formed of the fearful results of the present state of public affairs. But a new Administration, so composed, would be hampered with still further difficulties, a solution of which is by no means clear. Would the University of Oxford re-elect Mr. GLADSTONE, who has been named for an important office, after the prominent part he has taken in rendering any government im possible ? Would the University of Cambridge do the same kind office for Mr. GOULBURN, should he he nominated to place ? And, would the farmers of Wiltshire re-elect Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, who has denied them the hoped-for advantage from the reduction of the malt duty ? These, however, are but minor considerations ; but the difficulty still remains, that by no possible ingenuity, short of an absolute surrender of principle to the insatiate demands of English democrats and Irish Romanists, could any combination of parties or coalition of factions secure even a temporary majority in the House of Commons. And there is yet a further obstacle—that any such concessions as those hinted at must necessarily produce a collision with the House of Lords, and consequently a shock to the Constitution, from which it may never be able to recover. In viewing this question solely on political ;hops of the most ttee of Privy Council, reversing the decision" in the GORHAM case, may excite a war of opinions leading to a dis- memberment of the Church. In 11. ; the blessings won at the Reformation may have again to be str led for; and I cal Churcl men, snubbed in high places, and oper by undisguised Romanism, may have to ly combatted refuge in separation. With Church patronage in the hands of unscrupulous Puseyites, the true Church men would wage an unequal c check will be afforded by the other part o Ministry, for it is certain that the Peel ar, w consent to join the remnant of the RUSSELL party without a concession on 0- :s point, which the others would readily grant, from their general indifference to questions of rel Ireland, the only difference would be the t guised ascendancy of Rome in its most abhorrent features, and the confiscation of the Protestant Church to their rapacity, for the consideration of a doubtful political majority. Let Englishmen con- template, calmly if they can, rampant Tractarianism in England, and rabid Romanism in Ireland, and then ask themselves if there is nothing to dread from that threatened coalition which is to super sede the Administration of the Earl of DERBY. Is there any sacrifice of differences on minor political questions, which is not infinitely preferable to such a calamity ? With the resignation of the Earl of DERBY an ac complished fact, and Her MAJESTY driven to the dreaded alternative of seeking a Ministry from the ranks of the Opposition, the results we have but imperfectly pointed out are almost inevitable. What, then, becomes our duty as loyal subjects and good Protestants in'such an emer gency ? Every county, every district, every town, every parish throughout the country, should at once assemble and address Her MAJESTY with de clarations of confidence in her present—or late— Advisers, and entreating that they may continue to conduct the affairs of State, irrespective of the decision which has just been come to on simply one point of their Financial statement. Such addresses may serve to strengthen the hands of the Conser- vative party ; and, at any rate, to convince many of those who voted in the Opposition, that although their constituents may agree with them on the vexed question of the House Tax, public opinion is generally with the Administration who proposed it. The crisis is too urgent for minor points to stand in the way, and the change is too pregnant with consequences for the public voice to he silent, when their nearest and dearest interests are about to be so fearfully imperilled. WHIG-RADICAL DISHONESTY. WHATEVER may be the ultimate result of the pre sent Ministerial crisis, the favourite dogmas of the Financial Reformers and Free-traders have received a practical negation at their own hands. When we had a sweeping demand for the abolition of Customs duties, in order to leave unfettered the operations of commerce, the fears for the National Credit and the sustentation of the Revenue were met with a cry for direct taxation, as the only legitimate source of national income. It was the stock principle of the new lights in political science, and amateur finan ciers were eloquent in their praise of this wonderful discovery. Abolish the Customs and Excise, with their expensive establishments, and the revenue will be raised easily and cheaply, because directly, from the people. The Land, the Colonies, and Ship ping, had been surrendered to unrestricted compe tition, and all that was required was the adoption of the new theory, in order to make the phantom of Free-trade a living and substantial reality. Such was the scheme of the Manchester school ; and, though in the midst of their triumph Lord JOHN RUSSELL surrendered his post from sheer weak ness, and the Conservatives were called upon to ad minister public affairs, the Radicals succeeded in dictating a persistence in their favourite policy. It was in full accordance with this principle that the Budget of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was framed, and though, as we have previously stated, we objected to some of its details, it had a right to the support of those whose views it was de signed to carry out. Its rejection has, however, served to show the hollowness of Radical profes sions, and the small reliance which can be placed on their assertions. So long as direct taxation was an abstract principle, having no definite application, its praises were sung by every Free-trade orator, and reiterated in every Radical journal; but no sooner had the ingenuity of a Finance Minister given it a practical bearing, than these selfish poli ticians found where the shoe pinched, and repu diated their own theory. It is now evident that their object is simply to relieve themselves as far as possible from any share of the public burdens, either directly or indirectly, and the struggle has been to eject the Derby Ministry, in order to carry the new Reform Bill which is looming in the future; to extend the Fran chise upon a wider basis than even that propounded by Lord JOHN RUSSELL; and, as political power would then be virtually in the hands of the lower classes of the community, it was hardly likely that they should consent to tax themselves, even in fur therance of their favourite theory. The struggle for the future will be in reality between property and poverty, and it is not difficult to foresee the issue, unless those who are desirous to preserve the blessings of a well-balanced Constitution should battle manfully for the maintenance of a Conserva tive Administration. A return even to modern Whiggery is manifestly impossible; and those who have anything to lose must be content to suffer a legalised confiscation of property, without a rally is made against the only alternative of a Radical Mi nistry, with such men as COBDEN, BRIGHT, GRAHAM, and Co., in office. At such a time, minor differences should be foregone, or farewell to the greatness of Great Britain ; for the saying of NAPOLEON would be realised, that " political eco- ' nomists would grind an empire of adamant to dust." INDIAN Gossir.—The following paragraph is published by the Delhi Gazette :--` A bazaar report—and they generally have some truth in them—is current here, that Dost Mahomed has joined the Candahar people, and is marching rapidly on Khelat. Whether this will affect us or not I cannot take upon is myself to sa y, b u t a ll the people in Scinde are very anxious about it. The impres sion seems to be that it an attempt on the part of the Scindians to throw off the British power by secretly seeking the aid of the Dost and the Khans of Khelat to effect their object. There is no doubt that the Dost has made all safe with the hill tribes about the Khyber, so as to prevent a British brigade walking quickly into Cabul." THE FACTIOUS MAJORITY THERE are victories which serve but to embarrass the conquerors A momentary triumph is often the precursor of irretrievable defeat and low many of the major: humiliation day night are by this time awaken sciousness that they have gained nothir factiousness ! and that the Conservative g to t though too dignified and independ retain office after the hostile division, have strengthened tbeir position for the future well-judgi )ns of the co: sion, the character of the opp offered to the Gov rnment is at once apparer majority (including tellers) amounted to the minor ty numbered 288. Of the m estimated that 150 onl English Radicals, 31 Peel Irish Ror. anist Ra Popery, and T battle for t Whips s and Pus Radicalism uers, therefore rho profess to I .y be fa must be remembered that tt e ques was one which in no wise a 1, and ha rnment wou. y of t Le coalition had but one of t would be me bsurd to treat the and c merits of the ques tion at issue. that many members voted against the I merely because the ( )n wa so from fear of the wrath of the ten. holders After the victory comes the division of ti g tha nteresting proces victors will nd each othe Should any of the coalescing r supporters against a ians, as well as children in the contes s who vo sion upon the It is notor it share, will a new Government appointed of the find them e opposition need teaching how much easier it is to destroy than to reconstruct A coal we hare tion among the various sections shown Thursday night's major composed, is utterly impossible ; and a overlooking the pretensions of any of th m, must be prepared for their bitter hostility. Nor can we believe that the country will hail the appointr ent of such a Ministry. The I: impotence of recent 'Whig Governments, the ciency in all schemes of practical progress childish and unsuccessful attempts at the vindica tion of the Protestant faith, the ungenerous f ness of their conduct in opposition, all these will be remembered by the people against them. On the other hand, the manly firmness with which the Government exposed itself to imminent peril, and the straightforwardness and forbearance which they are sure to exhibit when in opposition, will also be remembered, and tend to increase their parliamentary strength, and a general feeling of popular sympathy. actious- IRISH TENANT RIGHT. ONE of the most pressing social grievances which have afflicted Ireland is the law affecting the tenure of land ; and a demand has unceasingly been made for some legislative enactment, by which the irre- concileable differences between landlord and to should be placed on a more satisfactory basis has puzzled the wisest of our statesmen ; s committees have sat upon it, and publishe hooks of voluminous evidence e Earl of DEVON was entrusted with a Special C sion to inquire into the details and working cf the system, in order to arrive, if possible, at a practical conclusion. All as yet appear to have been ineffec tive for a solution of the difficulty, and Ire remained the great obstacle in the way of English Government. On the one side were the advocates of tenant-right in its popular s and has claiming rights and privileges which would a to a virtual confiscation of property ; while, other hand, no concessions were made whit the likelihood of affording a modicum of sc The forces were antagonistic; and, as r on the :h had were inclined to surrender any portion of their claims, there seemed no hope of adjustment, and the actual result was disorganisation and defiance of law. The landlords retained their nom to their lands, but received no rents ; the tenants retained possession of the land, but made off with the crops ;—the former class became paupers, and the latter emigrated to escape the conseqt It was not from want of suggestions ti remedy was applied, for the basis of a compromise had been pretty nearly defined; but the RUSSELL Administration was fully occupied in pres its own position, and, true to its instinct of deal largely in promises, but scantily in performances, literally did nothing for Ireland. It was Conservative Ministers to show Ireland, as well as England, that they are the only true friends of good government, and, accordingly, the present Attorney-General for Ireland, Mr. It AFTER, has introduced fou , bills into the House of Commons, with the especial object of setting this long agitated question at rest. After intense application to the subject, and availing himself of the mass of infor mation previously elicited, he has devised a mod by which the landlord should be enabled to effec uences at no erving eft to permanent improvements, and, failing this, that the tenant shall, under certain necessary restrictions, have security for his outlay, either by prolonged tenure, or compensation in money. It might be supposed that such a proposition would be cordially received by those who style themselves the especial champions of the Irish people, the more particu larly as it is based upon the exact principle in which they concurred when the concession NI as demanded from the RUSSELL Administration. But, no; like all things tainted with the soul-destroying blight of Romanism, no sooner are the means before them of removing a grievance, than they forget all their for mer professions, and set up claims which it is im possible that any honest statesman can grant ; and the House of Commons has been occupied with a prolonged discussion upon a bill introduced by Mr. Sergeant SHEE, in opposition to the measures pro posed by Mr. NAPIER. All of them will, how ever, be submitted to a Select Committee for a strict revision of the details, and it is to be hoped that q t u h e e stin. result o will be a really effective se t t l ement o f the ST. DAVID'S CHURCII.—PLYGAIN.—We understand the Welsh " Plygain" is to take place in this church r s u o s m , e c c a o p u ta p i l n e ofß Benson a s l, b s eforeservie on Christmas morning. THE CAPE AND A USTRALIAN MAILS. — The General C o mpany's Screw Steam Shippi ng mail packet BoF:' led from Plymouth on Saturea, for Calcutta an d M a d ra s, taking mails to the Cape of Good Hope and th e M aur itius. She has a most valuable car g o, includin g a cons iderable amount of specie and a large quantity of quicksilver for the East Indies. The Adelaide steamer which saile d on Saturda y for the C a pe and Aus tralia, pu t back to Plymouth on Sunday. H er hawse hole p i pes are defecti ve, which caused the ship to leak, The repairs will detain her at least until this (TucsdsY) morning- The next packet from Calcutt a an d t h e C ape . the Harbinger, Captain Lane, is due e ar ly i n J anuar y. The Calcutta, which left Plymouth on the 18th, and ar rived at St. Vincent's on the 29th of October, had or: board five patent annihilators, one of which exploded spontaneously. at eleven o'clock in the morning, shortly after her leaving Plymouth. Several persons were stand ing near, hut no one was touching the machine at the time. Immediately the fire bell rung all were stati one d at their proper quarters, and in two minutes h o s e were fixed and water was playing on the ignited part. H a d t h e explosion occurred by night the consequences might have been most fearful.