The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-01-11 00:00:00

USICAL PROMOLI AND HAUSBURG _. • . AND OTH ER TOI gp. Hoi best and and Co ace of the humt , en and and wh ense collection of NOVELTIES, set 3, GERMAN of their young Friends pyriate for the .ound, ;bid] will be ink attention to the MANUFACTURE, of Europe, %MN by their 1% combined with an e the rrodu during t Drawing exhibited They take the liberty of directi ELEBRATED GERMAN IN WOOD, Harr SvrinGs of y, and of which t imports TABI elegant style respectfully awai their Patrons ; rever Novelty i 4 and Coloured by subrnerfion in the Mineral 'le present is the first igland. consisting of K-BOXES. CARD, GLOVE, AND ellished m the most tasteful and not permitting more than ,t the honour of a l as their researches have ex he numerous Branches of their ley venture to rely upon the con- pprObatfon which has hitherto accopi and which it will ever be their aim to OLD POSTOFFICE BUILDINGS, 24, CHURCH-STREET. tended w iitiainess might be f tinuance of the kind CLAPHAM'S CLOTH H A L L, CORNER OF PARADISE•STREET CHURCH-STREET , OFFERS to the PUBLIC and FAMILIES p ur ch asin g CLOTH at this season of the year, for the junior branches, a large and well-selected STOCK of DOUBLE MILLED and SUPERFINE WATERPROOF CLOTHS, BEAVERS, CASSIMERES. TWEEDS, &c., AT VERY REDUCED PRICES. to the great depression in trade in the manufac '<As, H. C. can, without boast, say that Cloths Leap, care being taken in purchasing to have no artici, ,ose which will eive satisfaction in wear. H. CLAPHAM solicits an early inspection of his Stock of Rich and Fashionable WAISTCOATINGS, which, for style and moderate prices, are not to be equalled. A FURTHER DEDUCTION IN TAILORS' TRIMMINGS, hick an immense Stock is kept. Owing taring never were so TO THE CORPORATION OF LIVERPOOL AND THE PUBLIC. AT the present era, when the arts and sciences are culti vated and encouraged by meMAn of discernment amongst JOSEPH RSTON and Co. re are of public patronage, and challenge all classes I Societ spectiu all Eng r to their own, fn ial. J. M. and ( reasons for this assertion, t clioen Craftsmen in the having their goods cut s of voun noyance of the consumer, and manufacturer. and with confidence to remark 1 an establishment offering to a opportunity of inspecting ess the curious may WI us art zan throueh every stne of the manufacture .ENDON CORK MANUFACTORY, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, CORNER OF CABLE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. LLOYD'S REGISTER OF PP B ING RITISH AND FOREIGN SH I . ESTABLISHED 1834. SHIPS CLASSED A 1. THE period of original designation of nearly 500 ships of the above class having expired on the 31st of December, handers having been consequently changed from tion of Shipowners and their Agents is page 14, section 54, under which the y become entitled to be replaced upon s first description of the first class, if, be found eligible, and to continue m for a period not exceeding one-third of the number had been originally assigncd to them as A 1 an Alto .217 1 • d the Rule, question By order of the Committee, CHARLES GRAHAM, Secretary 2, White Lion-court, Cornhill, London, THE following Gentlemen, considering Mr. JOHN BRINDLEY highly deserving of public consideration and pecuniary support, have formed themselves into a Com mittee, for the purpose of receiving DONATIONS or SUBSCRIPTIONS, to enable him to carry on his laudable and Christian operations against the foul system of Infidelity called Socialism. Rev. Hugh M`Neile, „ T. Nolan, „ S. Cragg, „ J. R. Connor, John Rigby, I. sq., W. Taylor, Esq., Rev. F. Parry, „ F. Ould, „ P. Brown, „ H. S. Joseph, „ G. Mansfield, J. Middleton, Esq., Webster, Esq., Lieut. Tracy. Mr. JOSEPH CRISP, Honorary Secretary, 20, Slater-street. Donations or Annual Subscriptions may be forwarded to any of the above. CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY, Instituted 19th February, 1836. Right R vice-Patrons. Lord Bishop of Winchester. he Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells Lord Bishop of Llandaff. the Lora Bishop of Chester. the Lord Bishop of Chichester. the Lord Bishop of Ripon. itig,ht Rev. the Lord Bishop of Norwich. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Peterborough. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lichfield. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Worcester. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man. The Most Noble the Marquis of Cholraondeley. The Right Hon. the Earl of Chichester. The Right Hon. the Earl of Harrowby. The Right Hon. the Earl of Gainshorough. The Right Hon. Lord Calthorpe. The Right Hon. Lord Bexley. The Right Hon. Lord Feversham. President. The Right Hon. Lord Ashley, M.P. Vice-Presidents. I Hon. Arthur Kinnaird. John Hardy, Esq., M.P. J. P. Plumptre, Esq. M.P. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P.f The Rev . the Warden of Wad ham College, Oxford. The Principal of Magdaleue Hall, Oxford. The Regius Professor of Di vinity, Oxford. The Right Re The Rt. Hon. Lord Sandon Sir A. Agnew, Bart. Sir T. Baring, Bart. Sir T. Btomefield, Bart. Sir W. R. Farquhar, Bart. Sir 0. Mosley. Bart. The lion. Mr. Baron Gurney. Rt. Hon. Sir George H. Rose, M.P. Rt.HOn. H. Goulb'irn, M. P Treasurer, John Lahouchere, Esq. Secretary. Rev. Ellis B. Were, M.A. Committee. MI Clergymen who are members of the Society, and twenty- four elected Lay-Members. The Committee regret that they are compelled once more to inform their friends and supporters, that the funds of the Society are still inadequate to the many and urgent demands which continue to be made upon them. They beg to place before their friends some particulars of a few cases of appli catio, for aid, which have been recently before the Com mittee. 1. The district of B-, containing a population of 12,000 snnl', in a large mercantile town in the north of England ; the income of the Incumbent almost nominal : application ant for Curate parish of D-, with a population of between 8.000 and 9,100, manufacturing and poor: application for t,urair. parish of T-, with a population of 14,000 is po , r, and exceedingly immoral. The Society a grant for a Curate; and the Incumbent now ar another grant for a lay-assistant. many similar cases which mizlit be mentioned, rfully to the heart of every Christian, and cape chman, who desires to see the benefits of and practically enjoyed by every our land. if the Church Pastoral-Aid society to fur nt of this desirable object ; and that, not by ewly-canstructed machinery, but simply, by more effectually to employ the admirable means which she has long posseas•-d. The Corn therefore, invite arid entreat their fellow-Christians low. Churchmen to aid them in the good work in which •e engaged ; to assist them in multiplying the means of a instruction, by proportioning in some reasonable '• nal pastors to that of our large and the number of spr t lial)ilities of the Society are £24,385 ; whereas the last year was only £19.665; whilst the nvested property has been reduced to £2,300 Hence 'lnt unless the funds of the Society are con the Committee will be under the pain .. only of refusing aid to fresh applicants, but awing it from some to whom it has been already itK income durir twill appear 3 ecefisity not Society at present in operation support lergymeri and thirty-four lay-assistants, ner ft,,num. In addition to these, .Aergymen, and three for lay , operation, requiring a further sum of £-1,160 ien all the appointments shall have been made by ta. The Incumbents aided by the Society have erase the chttrgeOf - 7,M10 souls, with an average and no lesS than 139 are without parsonage- .tee earnestly request their friends in the in for the Society additional annual subscrip .ltions after sermons, and to promote the iliary Associations. Ladies who kindly quarterly and other collections, will ren ntial service to the So c i e t y . Th e S oc i ety ' s pa p ers . meal distribution• and collecting cards, will be forwarded on application to the Secretary. ~s tions of an y amou_n o t ffi will be thankfully received in t.; mittee, or Secretaries • also ,n, by the Treasurer , . tams, Deacon, and Herries, Farquhar, and Co.. at the banking-houses of Meg" W . ll . Co, Birchin-lane ; and Me"' St. James's-st— • and by Messrs. Seeley, Hatchard, and Nisbet ' It is requested that communications The Secretaries of the Church Pasto . ~he rs , Falcon -court, Fleet- undertake to 1117th FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE INDIA The intelligence received at Bombay just as the steamer containing the Overland Mail was about to sail is, if true — when taken in connection with the other undoubted occur rences—of 'the most momentous importance. Firstly, then, it is certain that all the tribes of Affgbanistan are more or less in arms against the British forces ; to use the prophetic language of Sir Henry Willock, " every man in the country is at enmity with us ; the public roads are infested with rob bers, and communication with distant parts is only practi cable for large detachments," and even for large detachments with difficulty and through slaughter. General Sir R. Sale, - - on his return to india with his brigade 3.600 strong, nas literally had to cut his way through the Koord pass ; and after fifteen days' hard fighting over silty miles of ground, and losing 240 men and ten officers, he escaped total destruc tion, not by victory, but from the want of skill of the enemy And e% _ _.. . . —Gti at the latest dates the safety of his brigade was very doubtful. Secondly, it is scarcely to be doubted that near Candahar, Captain Woodburn and 100 men had been attacked, and, after a desperate resistance. slaughtered to a man by the Affgbans. Thirdly, it is almost certain that 5,000 additional troops were under orders for instant march to Affghanistan, which will make no trifling addition to the five millions sterling which the possession of that country, it is estimated, will, during 1842, without any extraordinary occurrences, cost India. This intelligence is sufficiently disastrous, but worse re mains behind. if it can be relied on. Cabocl itself is re ported to be in insurrection, and amongst the first victims of the revolt is said to have been Sir Alexander Burnes, than whom British India does not possess an abler servant or a more gallant man. The Agra Ukhbar in making this state ment doubts its accuracy, and these doubts are repeated by the Bombay Times: still, whatever may be its truth or fal lacy, our envoy at that capital, with 10,000 men at his com mand, appears to be literally in a state of blockade. booksellers ay be directed to nil-Aid Soc A friend ° fours says, he is growinggroin weaker and weak er ever y d a y . He has got so weak BODILY STRENGTH.- sn't raise five dollars II MANCH SHEFFIELD A -STE I? A ir,vr AT.--We. are in .., ',oat, on New Year's-day, no fewer than 8,,i09 senger s travelled along th e li ne o f this railway. This 15 stated to be the greatest n um b er o f p e ople ever booked in one day on any line in the north of England. ORDER or T 1 GAI . tTE:t.—To s kew the estimation in which Foreigners hold this order; a slight anecdote will suffice. At the close of the war, and at the C ongress o f Vienna, when diplomatic compl i ments sad civilities were flying about pretty thick, Prince Metternica made a form a l a ppli ca tion for the Garter, but it was refused him on the ground that no Foreigner could he a member unless he was a Crowned flead and tins was to a man who or a descendant of George ; was a member of almost every other , Orde r o f Chi va lry in Europe, to the number of forty. This rule has, however, not been acted on during the present reign ; for the Prince of Leinengen, and the Duke of Coburg, have each been m a de knights. Should the King of Prussia come to the christen ing, it is most likely he will leave the kin g dom with the " ssubroidsred strap" about his knee..--Lookor-m article super sfactor cl. rind m REVIEW OF THE STATE OF TRADE (From Yesterday's Times) The mercantile circular of Messrs. Trueman and Cook, of London, and the mercantile circular of Messrs. Buchanan and Co., of Liverpool, in reviewing the state of trade during the past year, agree in most points as to the causes which have made it one of so little rrofit to those engaged in b ness. Both firms appear to carry their observations back to the date of the establishment of joint-stock banks, and the redundancy in circulation created by their reckless advances of monies, as one of the chief causes which have produced the late extreme depression of trade. These advances, they say, called into exi.tence mills and machinery to an extent which carried production far beyond reasonable bounds. A succession of bad harvests is also quoted as having had a powerful influence in bringing about so much derangement ; for the quantities of foreign wheat and flour on which duty has been paid for consumption in the United Kingdom were, in 1838, equal to 1,834,453 quarters ; in 1839, 2,681,390 quarters; in 1840, 2,436,665 quarters; in 1841, 2,413,216 quarters; making together 9,3b5,724 quarters in four years, for which little short of X 20,000,000 were paid to exporting countries, whereas in the four preceding years the amount in value was not more than £500,000. Reference is also strongly and pointedly made to the suspension by the American States, and the failure of houses in that trade, which, having a large amount of capital looked np on the other side of the Atlantic, have been reduced to the neces , ' - the derangemen sity of winding up tit, while also the state of our foreign relations is indicated as having pressed heavily on business in all departments. With respect to, the future, Messrs. Trueman and Cook write— " It is highly satisfactory to observe, in regard to the position of our monetary affairs, upon which a return to prosperity much depends, that the year commences with a change for the better, so decided as to form quite a contrast to what has been long experienced. The Bank of England was never more at ease, for bullion is flowing in from all quarters ; and their stock in about two or three months has increased £2,000,000, being now £6,000,000, and even allowing for some check from further imports of corn. it is not unrea sonable to expect that by the month of April, the accumula tion will have reached at least £7,000,000. Messrs. Buchanan and Co. take much the same view of the effect cf the late large influx of specie upon the stock of bullion in the bank, although they hardly gave so high an estimate of the amount by nearly £1,000,000, and form a similar opinion as to a favourable return in business, if it is followed with prudence and caution. On the subject of foreign investments they state—" Previous to this period (alluding to about eleven years ago, which was the period when the disposition sprang up to seek a new system for the employment of capital) surplus money had been very generally lodged in the hands of experienced private bankers at a moderate interest, and was employed by them with prudence and judgment, the more so because it was loaned on their individual responsibility. So soon, however. as the various foreign and domestic joint stock projections began to come in favour with the British public, more particularly those of the United States of America, then these deposits were gradually withdrawn, and invested from time to time, toge ther with constant and enormous annual accumulations, in undertakings rendered tempting, not, as it should have been, by the reasonable prospect of ultimate success, be cause based on solid foundations, but by the temptation afforded in the shape of high interest or a quick premium. This species of gambling in time produced reflection on the part of some, and more correct information of the real state of affairs on the part of others ; induced the initiated from one or the other of these motives to pocket the early bonuses, and leave the unwary in the lurch. Ruinous as many of our local schemes have been, in the United States of America, where a very large amount of British money was invested, the results are disastrous in the extreme. The absolute ex tinction of capital by many of these projections is enormous, and the buoyancy of trade and commerce necessarily crippled thereby. These remarks, though applying to necessarily crippled interest generally, do particularly so to business men having moderate surplus means, and a class of people not concerned with trade." AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE UNIVERSITY menced t ket, whi Cons& (From the Oxford Herald) On Monday last, Mr. Henry Master White, and on Tuesday, Mr. John Ward Goodenough, were admitted Actual Fellows of New College, the former afier two years of proba tion, the latter as of kin to the Founder. The Rev. G. Webster, 8.A., of Exeter College, has been presented to the Curacy of St. Peter's Mancroft, Norwich. The Rev. Hugh Pearson, M.A., of Balliol College, has been presented to the Vicarage of Sonning, Berks, void by the resignation of the Rev. G. E. Hoss man. The Rev. W. Renaud, 8.A., of Exeter College, has been presented to the Curacy_o_f_N__o_rt_o_n:.l3!-Daventry. PROMOTIONS. Rev. George Lloyd, 8.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Willesley, in the county of Derby ; patron, Sir Charles A. Hastings, Bart. Rev. W. Foster, Rector of Collon, to the Living of Loughilley, and the Rev. A. Adams, Rector of Ballymakinny, to the Rectory of Collon. Owing to the demise of the Rev. Charles Smith, the late Vicar-General of Elpbin, the following promotions have now taken place in that diocese :—The Rev. Henry Hunt, M.A., the Rector of Ahaskeragh, to be Vicar-General; the Rev. Joseph Morton, to be Surrogate of Elphin ; the Rev. A. T. Gillmor, Surrogate of Sligo; and the Rev. Hugh Murray, Surrogate of Athlone. Rev. James Stoughton Money, 8.A., of Emmanuel Col lege, Cambridge, to the Curacy of Alderley, Gloucestershire. Rev. William Godfrey, to the Rectory of Bredicot, Wor cestershire; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. Rev. J. Edwards, to the Perpetual Curacy of Trinity Church, Southport, Lancashire. Rev. Thomas Hughes, M.A., of Wickham Market, to the Head Mastership of the Woodbridge Grammar School, void by the resignation of the Rev. \Voodthorp Collett. Rev. C. %V. Richards, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Chad, Lichffeld. Rev. E. B. Field, LL.B., of Sidney Sussex College, Cam bridge, to the incumbency of the' Episcopal Church, Dun fermline. Rev. James Sharpe, 8.A., has been appointed Chaplain on the Bengal station. Rev. J. Bartlett, to the Curacy of Leominster. EY MARK EVENING. —,T he payment of dividends corn • lay, but it ma c difference in the Stock Mar -. continued in the same inactive state as before. were 8O to for the opening. Exchequer Bills 20s Bank Stock In? to 8 before to 22s premium. _ Foreign Securities were . Dutch Two-and-4 Half per Cents .51 to +, the Five per Cents 100 to k. Belgian 101 to 2. Spanish Active with the Coupons 25k to I. Por tuguese Five per Cents 32.4. to the Three per Cents 19+ to I-. Brazilian 63 to 5. Mexican 28;), to 91. Colombian 211 w..;. In Railway Shares there was little doing. London and Birmingham were 78 to 80, Great Western 214 to 21, the Half Shares 10 to 111, Gosport. 7to 8, Blackwell New 21 to 3 premium. Birmingham and Gloucester 63 to 5, South- Western 584 to 94, North Midland 72 to 4, the New Shares 33 to 6, Brighton 371 to Blackwell 111 to 12 per share. Eastern Counties 141 to 13i, South-Eastern and Dover 21 to 201 discount. FREE LABOU P. IN THE WEST Fro;n tj rzing Rerald..) In the ;eneralviews W , e have expressed on this subject, we are rejoiced to find a remarkable coincidence, forcibly and ably illustrated, in a pamphlet just published by one of the most intelligent and energetic planters of an island—Trinidad --equally remarkable for intelligence, energy. moderation, and freedom from party squabbles and disputes between mas ters and servants. We allude to a brochure, entitled " Ob servations on the present Condition of the Island of Trinidad, and the actual state of the experiment of Negro Emancipation. By William Hardin Burney, Chairman of the Agricuiturat and Immigration Society in that Colony;" a little work which we can conscientiously recommend to the attentive consider ation of all who interest themselves in the prosperity and well-doing of possessions such as no other European nation can boast of, or in slavery and its accursed concomitant the slave trade. If the great experiment of negro emancipation has not hitherto been successful, Mr. Burnley demonstrates that the means of its future and ultimate success are still within our grasp. If all our past exertions for the extinction of the slave trade have not prevented its increase, Mr. Burn ley shows we have only hereafter to combine self-interest with philanthropy to rout the traffic from the ocean. Mr. Burnley's summary of the present condition of Trinidad does not rest on personal veracity only ; he states no fact for which he has not the vouchment of testimony taken by the society of which he is in the colony the chairman ; and now in England the representative. The monstrous attack of Lord Melbourne's aovernment on the very existence of Tri nidad and the rest of the sugar colonies, roused its proprie tors to active exertions : they formed themselves into a so ciety, and collected evidence of the actual state of the colony; they proposed a remedy for the evils which encompass them ; they did more, they have tested the practicability and the effi cacy of that remedy, and they now appeal to the British peo ple, whether, after having saved them from instantaneous destruction, they will not advance one step further, and in terfere to restore their prosperity, and through it work out the redemption of their own glorious measure—the emanci- pation act. - This appeal is not either purely local or selfish. The re medial application sought by Trinidad is equally suitable, as it is alike demanded, by all our West Indian possessions. In seeking to achieve their own future prosperity, the Trinidad planters are assisting their brethren in all our sugar colonies; they are doing more ; they are working out the claims of the British people to cheap sugar, and they are asking to fill the empty coffers of the British treasury. " One sixth part only," says Mr. Burnley, " of the cultivatable surface of Trinidad would more than supply the actual demand of Gres t Britain for sugar, and furnish it within a short period of tune," and " at a cheaper rate than Cuba or Brazil."colonies of Trinidad and Guiana," he adds, " alone would supply the world with sugar, estimating its present consumption at the highest rate." The question, then, for the decision of the people of the united kingdom is, shall they be stimulated to do so, and thereby put an end to slavery and the slave trade? Let us, however, before considering Mr. Burnley's pro posed mode of accomplishing these high objects, learn some thing of the " present condition" of Trinidad, and through it an approximation to the state—not indeed of all the West Indian possessions—but of those colonies similarly situated, and from the prosperity of which the supremacy of British sugar must, if at all, be achievable. For the present condi tion of Trinidad, be it good or bad, the Colonial-office is re sponsible. The island is a crown colony, and governed at home ; its inhabitants possess neither charter, legislative nor municipal institutions ; there exists in it a political equality among all ranks, unparalleled elsewhere; the poorest labourer is of equal political weight with the largest proprietor. "None of the evils, therefore," Mr. Burnley justly remarks, " which have arisen in that colony can be imputed either to the power or hostility of the planters. Further, there has existed no combination among them to depress wages, nor have any efforts been made to exact rents ; the former having been paid lavishly, and cottages gratuitously furnished. Fi nally, no religious differences have tended to increase the difficulties of the experiment. It has had throughout in that island the fullest and freest course, and the results, conse quently, depend upon, and may be traced beck to, causes less complicated than those exhibited by other colonies." The present condition of Trinidad, moreover, does not arise from the ignorance of the Colonial-office. Lord Gleneig, when colonial minister, had, while preparing for the step from apprenticeship to freedom, a very vivid foreknowledge of the evils with which the coming change menaced the colony, and what has subsequently occurred his lord s h i p ac tually foretold in the very remarkable despatch which has been so frequently the subject of discussion, of Jan. 30,1836. Unfortunately, Lord Glenelg's activity and practical energy were never equal to his intelligence and sagacity ; and his evident anxiety and uneasiness evaporated when he had written a didactic and philosophical despatch. One of his lordship's successors was as remarkable for incapacity as the other was for priggish rashness ; and so between them the colony has gone on from bad to worse. And now, what is the " present condition of Trinidad ? And first, what is the state of the labouring classes ? " Mr. Burnley thus condenses the evidence, which he subjoins in extenso ; " The attention of the friends of humanity is earnestly called to the condition of the negro labourer, for whose be nefit the great national movement, which ended in the abolition of slavery, first commenced. They are entreated to consider the position in which we shall stand as a nation in the eyes of the world, should the result of our measures plunge him into a gulf of vice and misery. Let them read the evidence, and passing, if they please, over the statement of the planters, attend only to the opinions of the magistrates and clergy—to those who can have no other interest than the establishment of religion and moral order throughout the colony ; and then let them consider the state of helpless des titution into which the labouring classes of Trinidad will he thrown when the proprietor is ruined, and wages for labour cease. They will have no private resources on which to depend when the hour of trial arrives. The majority spend what they earn in idle amusements, and the more thrifty in purchasing lots of land, with little regard to its powers of production, but chiefly on account of its vicinity to towns and places of amusement. Cultivation on their own account they have nearly abandoned, and rely upon imported provi sions. Waste of time and dissipation in every shape are ex hibited throughout the e vidence. And, notwithstanding the liberal sums which have been expended in churches and schools, the only improvement they have manifested since emancipation is in dress, attendance at church, and marriage ; all excellent in themselves, but little adapted to assist a man struggling with poverty, and in want of employment. Among other demoralising influences, they possess in a great degree impunity for all crimes and misdemeanors; for the planter is afraid to inform against them, lest they withhold their labour, which to him would be r uinous ; and it is only when the mis chief resulting from forbearance exceeds this risk that they are taken before a stipendiary court; where, if convicted, they escape punishment by paying a fine, which is easily ma naged, in consequence of the great competition for their ser vices. This exemption from personal punishment by incar ceration is in England confined to the upper ranks, which is continually complained of, and it strikingly illustrates the bias in favour of the lower classes in our colonies, that a Privilege, impatiently s ubmitted in favour of our aristocracy at home, should have been designedly conceded to the labourer in Trinidad ; for it appears that the stipendiary ma gistrate is restricted from awarding imprisonment except in default of payment of the fine. " The description which has been given of the moral con dition of the labourers in Trinidad is in no respect exagge rated; the evidence would admit of a much stronger representation. The stipendiary magistrate of St. Joseph, when speaking of the frequency of drunken quarrels, states that the mischief is increasing every day ; it is now becoming more prevalent than formerly among women ; and if the practice is continued for two or three years longer, it will demoralise the whole labouring population ; and I have observed that the vice of gambling is increasing almost every day. I thought it my duty to take the a dvice of the Attorney-General upon the subject, who informed me that I could not interfere with it in private houses, although, from the nature of our climate and construction of the houses, with all the doors and windows open, it is. quite as public as in the streets. You can hear the dollars clinking, and see the parties playing as you pass along; and this occurs more frequently on the Sun day than on any other day.' " I have been so much alarmed, says the catholic bishop of Agna, when alluding to the excessive consumpton of rum, by the reports made to me by the clergy of my church, established in the rural districts, that I felt it to be my duty to visit the estates personally, with the view of pointing out to the labouring population the evils which must occur from perseverance in this pernicious habit, which, unless checked, I am satisfied will so demoralise and enfeeble them before ten years elapse, that they will be unable to work for their own subsisterce.' " The correctness of these statements cannot he questioned. Every clergyman examined has testified nearly to the same effect. Neither can we flatter ourselves that the vices com plained of are the relics of slavery gradually dying away ; for they are stated to have taken a new and vigorous shoot since emancipation ; in fact, it is impossible to avoid confessing that they are the result of our own mistaken legislation." Has the emancipation act been successful in Trinidad if this picture be true ? Can we depend upon the permanent welfare of the negroes if this state be allowed to continue? These are questions to which Lord Stanley must reply in the House of Commons. The general condition of the island has, of course, deteriorated from such a conditions of its working population. MYSTERIOUS CASE OF EMBEZZLEMENT AND THEFT During the last two or three days considerable excitement has been created in Glasgow by the discovery of an extensive system of theft in one of the oldest and most respectable of our banking establishments, and the apprehension of two in dividuals supposed to be connected with the matter, one of them a teller in the bank, and the other an extensive spirit dealer in the city. As yet the affair is involved in great my stery, and so far as we can learn neither the authorities nor the heads of the bank have been able to discover the precise means by which the thefts have been accomplished. It ap pears, however, that the nefarious transactions have ex tended themselves over a period of two years, and that a sum of not less than £10,500 has, in the cousre of that period, been abstracted from the bank. A number of particulars are in our possession, bearing upon the manner in which, from time to time, large sums are alleged to have been taken ; but they are so bound with circumstances which appear ut terly inexplicable, and which involve the whole matter in mystery, that to give them to the public would he not only wrong, but altogether unsatisfactory. In the meantime we may state that an erroneous entry is alleged to have been made by the teller in the course of Monday last, which was the means of bringing to light a deficiency of two thousand pounds. Information was given to the police, and at two o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, Captain Miller took the teller into custody in his own house, and lodged him in the police-office. All his papers were at the same time seized, and conveyed to the office. Among these papers were found a number of hank cheques, for c onsiderable sums, on various banks, subscribed by the spirit dealer to whom we have al ready referred. On inquiry, it turned out that, in some of these banks this individual had no credit whatever, and, as several documents were found which led to the fact that he and the teller had had occasional transactions with each other, and such as the authorities considered to be of a very suspi cious nature, he was also taken into custody. The existence of these cheques, bearing the signature of the spirit-dealer, on banks where he had no credit, and the fact of their being found in the possession of the teller, or for what purpose they had been drawn out, are all matters which fall to be classed among the mysteries with which the whole of this extraordinary affair is surrounded. Their existence, never theless, combined with the discovery of other documents, the authorities seem to have considered sufficient grounds to warrant them in taking the spirit-dealer into custody, on suspicion of having been a recipient in the moneys abstracted from the hank. In the course of Tuesday these individuals sustained long examinations in the presence of Bailie Bogle, the lord provost being also in attendance during a part of the time ; but the whole of the proceedings were of course con ducted in private. We are able to state, however, that both parties deny all con nec tion, directly or indirectly, with the thefts from the hank ; and that, in the meantime, that have been committed for further examination, baring on Tuesday evening been transferred from the , police-office to the north prison. The teller is Mr. Robert Smith, of the Glasgow and Ship Bank, and the spirit-dealer, Mr. James Wishart, High.street.—Glasgow Guardian. THE KING or PRUSSIA. — Extract of a letter from Ber lin, dated Dec. 23:—" I lear❑ on good authority that the king will proceed by way of Magdeburg, Cologne, and Liege, to Ostend, where he will embark for England. His majesty will he absent about three weeks, that is to say, unless he should return by the way of Paris, in which case his absence will he protracted one week longer.—ColOgne Zeitung. THE NIGER EXPEDITION. Extract of a letter from an officer of her Majesty's steam vessel Albert, dated " Wilberforce, off Ascension, Nov. 22. " The Albert left the confluence for tiabbah the same day we did for Fernando Po. As Mr. Fishbourne took the Sou dan down the river with 46 fever patients, Captain Bird Allen remained in the Albert. As soon as we arrived at Fernando Po, Captain William Allen despatched the Soudan and the Ethiop (Mr. Becroft) up the river to assist the Al bert, in case of need. We arrived at Fernando Po on the Ist of October, and left the island on the 9th, accompanied by the Pluto. Mr. Strange took the command of the Sou dan, because Mr. Fishbourne got the lever and came on board the Wilberforce to go to Ascension, but recovered so rapidly that he returned in the Pinto to join the Albert on the 21st of October, with Mr. Bowden, who also had been taken ill up the river. On the 14 th of September it was ar ranged that the Albert and the Soudan should proceed toge ther up the Niger, and the Wilberforce up the Chaddah ; but my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor my ways your ways, saith the Lord.' Sickness and disease came upon us like a thunderbolt. This was as enexpected a defeat of our plans as it was sudden. The Lord's will he done! If prudence, sound judgment, and indefatigable diligence and perseverance could have overcome the difficulties of the expedition, our excellent commander-in-chief would soon have accomplished more than the most sanguine hope could ever have ventured to expect ; but to overcome the laws of nature is beyond the power of human wisdom and strength. In two letters which were written by Captain Trotter, on the 20th and 21st of September, at the confluence of the Niger and Chadda, there ere the following passages, which show, that notwith standing the numerous obstacles arising from the climate, he had still strong hopes of eventual good resulting from the expedition, and was by no means disposed to omit one single chance of success : " The new cases that occur every minute are very per plexing, but I do not see that it is yet time for the Albert to give up the river this year, though half-an-hour more may alter the case.' I shall certainly, I think, be at Fernando Po by the 15th of December. The model farm is going on well, and is beautifully situated." ' It is probable, as no news of the Albert had reached Ascen sion when the letters from which we have given extracts were written, that Captain Trotter has been able to persevere in his design of visiting Rabbah before leaving the river. It appears, from other letters, that the Wilberforce came down the river in charge of Lieutenant Strange, Captain William Allen and 26 of her hands being ill of the fever. She also brought down three invalids from the Albert, leaving her with eight or ten on the sick list, inclusive of two of her en gineers. Captain William Allen had quite recovered at the date of these letters. We publish these extracts because it is desirable that authentic intelligence should be before the public. At the best the news is bad and distressing enough; but it is always better that facts, rather than uncertain and often exaggerated reports, should reach the ears of the friends of those engaged in this perilous enterprise. CHRISTMAS AMUSEMENT.—THE HOUR TOLD BY A SUS PENDED SHILLING.—However improbable the following experiment may appear, it has been proved by the repeated trial :—Sling a shilling or a sixpence at the end of a piece of thread by means of a loop. Then, resting your elbow on the table, hold the other end of the thread betwixt your fore finger and thumb, observing to let it pass across the ball of your thumb, and thus suspend the shilling into an empty g p blet. Observe, your hand must be perfectly steady ; and !t you find it difficult to keep it in an immovable posture, it is useless to attempt the experiment. Premising, however, that the shilling is properly suspended, you will observe, that when it has recovered its equilibrium, it will for a moment be stationary; it will then, of its own accord, and without the least agency from the person holding it, assume the action of a pendulum, vibrating from side to side of the glass ; and after a few seconds, will strike the hour nearest to the time of day ; for instance, if the time be twenty-five minutes past six, it will strike six ; if thirty-five minutes past six, it will strike seven ; and so on of any other hour. It is necessary to observe that the thread should lie over the pulse of the thumb, and this may in some measure account for the vibration of the shilling ; but to what cause striking the precise hour is to b e traced, remains unexplained ; for it is no less astonishing than true, that when it has struck the proper number, its vibratio n ceases, it acquires a kind of rotatory motion, and at last becomes stationary s before.— , Aratiosal Adverlinir. THE BANK OF ENGLAND, According to the returns in the Gazette of Friday evening. the aggregate weekly average of the assets and liabilities of the Bank of England, for the quarter ending the 4th inst., exhibits the following results in comparison with the return to the 7th December, 1841: LIABILITIES CluntiL&Tios—Present return £16.632,000 16,972,000 The former Decreas' £340,000 DEPOSITS Present return The former .. £7,948,000 7,369,000 Increase £579,000 ASSETS SECURITIES—Present return The former, Decrease £22,680,000 22,768,000 BULLION - Present return The former .. £BB,OOO Increase £4,779.000 4,486,000 REST - Present return The former .. £293,000 £2,879,000 2,913,060 Decrease It will be perceived that the position cf the bank is gradually becoming stronger on each return in its stock of bullion. The increase under the head of deposits sufficiently accounts for the decrease in circulation. These bank returns, it may however be observed, cease to possess the same in terest now that by the periodical publication of other similar atataments for the whole of the banks of the United King dom, the Bank of England inclusive, a more complete view of the monetary system and circulation in all its details is regularly presented, thus affording materials much more ex tensive and satisfactory for arriving at sound conclusions and for enabling all those interested to govern their operations accordingly. CHRISTENING OF THE PRINCE OB WALES (From the Observer.) Active preparations are in progress at Windsor Castle, un der the superintendence of Mr. Saunders, for the reception of the royal and other distinguished visiters invited to be present at the approaching ceremony of the christening of the Prince of Wales, and many rooms hitherto unoccupied will be brought into requisition, while apartments without the castle are secured for those who cannot be accommodated within. In the state apartments, we believe, no material al terations are in contemplation—indeed, any attempt to im prove St. George's Hall, the Waterloo Gallery, and state ball-room, would only spoil the good taste and splendour by which they are at present distinguished. The imposing and interesting ceremony of the christening will take place in St. George's Chipel, whither the font used on such occasions will be removed. Heretofore this ancient font was kept in the Tower, but we believe it is at present deposited for safe custody with the regalia. A platform with be raised in front of the altar, upon which the font will be placed, and here her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the royal and distinguished sponsors, will assemble. The knights will occupy their respective stalls in their proper costumes, and the array of the nobles of the land will be of the most brilli ant description. Every means will be adopted to render the accommodation for the reception of spectators, who will be admitted by tickets, as ample as the details of the edifice will permit. The service, although short, will be performed with every regard to the importance of the occasion, and will em brace the highest musical talent. Care will be taken, by the introduction of stoves and otherwise, to render the atmo sphere of the chapel sufficiently genial to prevent the chilling effects of the season—a precaution, the absence of which on former occasions was productive of very melancholy conse quences. The tomb-house at the back of the altar is boarded, will be richly carpeted, and provided with appropriate furni ture for the reception of the castle guests previous to their entering the chapel, to which they will be conducted by the proper heraldic officers. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the royal visiters will be conveyed from the great quadrangle of the castle in carriages, and will be set down at a temporary porch which will be erected at the entrance of the cloisters, from which there are doors of com munication on the left to the chapel, and on the right to the tomb-house, so called from being once the royal tomb. Her Majesty and Prince Albert have been assiduous in examining the proposed plans, and although no unnecessary display will be courted, nothing will be omitted to do honour to an oc casion so deeply interesting to the nation. We understand there is to bea grand banquet in St. George's Hall in the evening, the guests invited to which, we hear, are first to assemble in the Waterloo Hall ; and this it is surmised, will be followed by a ball in the stateball-room. The remain der of the week will be devoted to appropriate entertainments befitting the splendour of the British Court. At present the day named is Tuesday, th 25th instant, but this from circum stances will be altered. THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE The gentlemen commissioned to make inquiries into the prices of corn and other articles of consumption in foreigr countries are now employed in the fulfilment of the duty im. posed on them. We shall doubtless soon be made acquainted with some of the details of theirlabours by the German pa pers and our private correspondence, but as yet nothing au thentic or of much importance has appeared. We are, how ever, enabled to extract from one of the most respectable of the German papers, a letter from the Dautsic, which we sub join. It is brief, but we think it deserves particular atten ton, on ; c 'aunt o' the explanation it gives of the state of things in that part of the world. Dantsic is a great place of trade and export, but it is not alleged that there is any pecu liarity in the locality to cause dearness. The observations appear to apply to the country generally, and to leave no doubt of the error of adopting hastily the opinion that labour is better rewarded in Germany than in England : " DANTSIC, DEC. 11.-4 n official gentleman from Lon don, commissoned by the English government, has been here for some days past. His object is to obtain accurate infor mation relative to our corn and timber trades, and the taxes imposed on our working classes. The fact which has most astonished the individual in question, and which must be equally surprising to every one, is, that owing to the settled duties on flour and butcher's meat, bread is as dear here as in England, and butcher's meat alone is a little cheaper. Moreover, the mechanics in our towns are nearly as heavily taxed in all respects as the English working manufacturers, consequently the distress so generally prevalent in England can only be accounted for by the fact that the proportion of the population there employed in manufacturing labour is far greater than in other countries, so that whenever any particular branch of manufacturing industry sustains a check, vast numbers of workmen are immediately thrown out of work, whereas here journeymen mechanics can usually find work and wages of some sort or other. Another advan tage enjoyed by our work men is, that their wants are fewer than those of the English. If the duty on ship-building timber were to fall lOs. or 20s. per load, our freighters would have a hard struggle to maintain, and would run the risk of being ruined. (Probably because the English would build stronger and cheaper ships for freightage.) Then, on the other hand the English would have Iron so much cheaper, that it would nearly cover the difference in the price of wood, which with us would be rising considerably. With regard to ship-building, it must be borne in mind that the English are abler. more expeditious, and in some respects more econo mical workmen, than we are, and that they are employed all the year through ; whilst with us, as we lay up our ships in winter, the year is always too short. We therefore, at least the inhabitants of the shores of the Baltic, cannot but hope that the Canadian interest will preponderate so far as to pre vent any change in the timber duty." LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S "SPECIAL ADMIRERS.' (From the Ten Towns Menem°, r.) O'CONNOR ' S VISIT TO MRS• THE We extract the following very feeling appeal to the best feelings of the human heart from Feargus O'Connor's ad dress "To The Imperial Chartists," published in his paper on Saturday last. if this " torch and dagger " agitator only possessed a tithe of the feeling he would have his wretched dupes give him credit for, what must have been his state of mind when quitting this scene of agony, on re flecting that he himself, by the inculcation of his demoniac doctrines, was the cause of the " agonising torture" the "exiled parent" and her " lovely children" are enduring : " From Bath I proceeded, on Tuesday morning, to Bristol, in company with Vincent. We breakfasted together with Mrs. Frost and her sweet family ; and, as it was the first time I had the honour of knowing any member of Mr": Frost's family personally, I felt a greater anxiety about the introduction ; and, in truth, my fullest anticipations were more than realised. I have never met with a more amiable family in the whole course of my life. It consists of Mrs. Frost, three of the most lovely daughters, and one son. The daughters give evident proof of their pa rents' care and wise tuition ; but the son, the only son, the mother's joy and the exile's hope, is, I am sorry to say, on the bed of sickness ; nay, on the bed of death. Yes, of this youth there is now no hope; and you who have witnessed the decease of a lovely child, and who have felt some conso lation in administering comfort in his last moments—you who have been allowed the melancholy pleasure of the last embrace, and then followed your child's remains " To that bourn from whence no traveller returns," do you, I say, paint to yourselves (if you can) the agonising torture which the exiled parent must endure on learning that his only son lies in the cold grave, while the weeping father must mourn his loss in exile, and smother his sorrow, lest he should become the mock of thieves. No wife to share his woe—no child to teach that he is still a father—no, no, all away—all dead for aught he knows. And why this agony inflicted upon him? BECAUSE HE WAS TO HAVE OPPOSED LORD JOHN RUSSELL AT STROUD. I shall leave that part of my subject there for the present, as I have no relish for Yorshire special juries." MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT. — On Friday evening last, a most melancholy accident, attended with fatal results, took place at Fethard, in this county. Mr. Robert Wright and a respectable young man, named George Gabriel, were spending the evening, with some others, in a cottage belonging to the former, when they proposed firing at a mark. Mr. Wright went into another room for his gun, and, after returning with it, presented it at Mr. Gabriel, say ing, through joke, " George, I'll shoot yon," when, sad to relate, through some awkwardness, the gun went off, and shot the unfortunate y ou ng man in the abdomen. He lin gered for some time, during which every thing that medical skill could devise was done for him, but all to no effect, as death speedily terminated his suffering. TIIE VACANT BISHOPRICE.—A host of names are now put forth, in addition to those of Drs. Ebrington and Daly, as claimants for the vacant diocese of Ossory. Amongst others, those of the Archdeacon of Dublin, (Dr. Torrens,) the Archdeacon of Armagh,- (Dr. Stopford,) the D'.:•an of Cork, Dr. O'Brien, son-in-law of Chief Justice Pennefather, and the Rev. Dr. Woodward. To the credit of the govern ment it is stated th a t political principles will not be taken into consideration in the selection of Dr. Fowler's successor, known zeal and piety being the only requisite passport for the dignity. It is rather generally believed that Dr. Torrens will be the new bishop,---Correspondent of the Times. ITHEATRE WANT SUCCESS! CROWDED HOUSES.'! SPLENDID ENTIRE CHANGE! !! NEW DOUBLE SPECTACLE. BY DUCHOWS NATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT. frills present TUESDAY EVENING, the 11th instant, .11 and during the week, a Dramatic. Spectacle, entitled THE SPANISH BULL FIGHT; DR, THE MULETEER AND HIS HORSE OF THE FYRENEF,S. Principal Characteis by Messrs. Howard, Broadfoot, Hillier, Weston, Mrs. We s ton, and Mrs. Emery. j,R1~. , . To be succeeded by DUCRO\I"S•SCENES OF THE CIRCLE, introducinr Signor Hillier with the whole of the Male and Female Equestrians, as The Greeks rf the The Spartan Trainer and Moslem Captives. Mr. STictiNnY will appear on his Two Fleet Coursers Madame ALLARD will appear in the New Delineation of La I.ren or Rosiere. Mr. II ICKEN a►;d LE PETIT Ducßow will appear in an Ex travaganza, entitled The Magic Bell; or, the Toad in a Hole and Flight of Mercury. Signor ALLARD will give a new Daring Act of Horseman- ship, as the Venetian Rider. For the amusement of the Juvenile Branches, the Scenes of the circle will conclude with THE EPSOM RACES IN MINIATURE, by the Fairy Ponies and Lilliputian Jockeys. To conclude with the Laughable Farce of THE RIFLE BRIGADE. Principal Characters by Mr. H. Beverley, Mr. Nunn, Mr. Egan, &c. ; Mrs. Nnnn, Mrs. F. Carman, Mrs. Emery, &c. A Splendid JUVENILE FETE, or Grand MORNING PERFORMANCE, by Mr. DUC ROW'S Establishment, will be given on FRIDAY next, the 15th instant, by desire. of several Families and Schools in the neighbourhood. Per formances to commence at twelve. Private Boxes may be obtained nightly for Families on ap plication to Mr. F. CARMAN, at the Box-office, from Eleven until Three o'clock. Prices of Admission :--Centre Dress - Boxes, 3s. • Side Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, ls. Gd. ; Lower Gallery, ls. ; 'Upper Gallery, 6d. Second Price at Nine o'clock :—Centre Dress Boxes, 2s. ; Side Boxes, ls. Gd. ; Pit ls. ; Lower gallery, 6d. No Second Price to the Upper Gallery. Second Price will be taken for Children under Twelve years of age to the Boxes only. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six, and the Perform ances to commence at Seven o'clock precisely. TO CORRESPONDENTS The Rev. Mr. Nolan begs to acknowledge a donation of £5O from J. L., Esq., to the Liverpool Church Building Fund, with especial reference to the enlargement of S t. Barnabas' Church, now nearly completed. , We presume that whatever may be the opinion of some of our readers upon the general subject of religious contro versy in newspapers, we need offer no apology, in the pre sent instance, for the insertion of Mr. M`Neile's lucid and conclusive letter in reply to one of the Popish priests of this town, more especially as the statements of the rev. gentleman. upon which Dr. Youens has founded his re marks, originally appeared in our columns. We hope the rev. gentleman will have it printed in a more permanent form than our columns. A " Constant Reader" will, we believe, accomplish his object most speedily and economically by taking his passage from this port to New Orleans. The letter of " Presbyter " shall appear on Friday. We apprehend there is nothing to prevent a magistrate act ing legally upon the census which has been just completed. (7,13 t Elbtrpool TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1542 The recent decision of the Municipal Council on the question of education, is so highly important, that we shall make no apology to our readers for reverting to it, and noticing, as briefly as we can, one or two points brought forward by gentlemen who voted in the minority, and by them enlarged and dwelt upon as if they possessed much intrinsic weight and conse- quence. In the view of one of the adverse aldermen, the Council have passed a decree which is fully equivalent to an incipient reconstruction of the abrogated penal laws against Popery; and visions of ropes, screws, and hatchets danced through his mind in gallopes and sarabands of varied confusion. It was somewhere about the time when this worthy alderman was horn, (we take his own word for the statement,) that still no living professor of the Roman Catholic religion might be lawful owner of one rood of his mother earth, and that a busy informer might even unhorse him from the horse he bestrode to fair or market, as one whom our stern and cruel laws deemed altogether unworthy of equestrian elevation. Oppression like this it was pain ful to think of in these days when profession of every sort was so free; but it was irresistibly recalled to his mind by the fact of the municipality of Liverpool be ing instantly engaged in remodelling their schools on a strictly Protestant and scriptural basis. To do this upon an unreserved, non-excepting, and exclusive plan, he regarded as an absolute revival of penalties and the intolerant principle, and he imagined it as the most painful retrogression on the march of intellect which it was possible to conceive. Now as our nerves happen not to be quite so delicate in their texture as those of the liberal alderman, we confess that we are not terrified by this bugbear of penalism and persecu tion against Popery which he would conjure up to frighten us from our propriety. To intolerance, in a rightful construction of the term, we are as much op posed as the alderman himself; we are no advocates for any, even the smallest invasion of the rights of conscience; but we contend that the Corporation of Liverpool are pure from that offence, and that, in the course they have taken in remodelling their schools, they have strictly adhered to the path of principle and duty, and have violated no rule of toleration in its most enlarged and liberal, but, at the same time, its just and correct sense. Alderman Evans—for it is to him we allude—would not say that any penal law is an unjust law ; if this were the case, how should virtue and honesty be de fended in a world where vice and dishonesty so largely abound ? Penal laws are necessary for the preserva tion of civilised society; they cannot be dispensed with ; but, beyond all question, no punishment, pri vation, or loss of any kind ought to attach to the do ing of that which is in itself right, truthful, and de serving of praise. An exclusive system of scripturally religious education is, we will admit, penal; but penal on whom, or on what ? Why penal on the irreligious, penal on unbelievers in the Christian dispensation, or penal on those who would mix up with truth some thing which is not true, and thereby corrupt and de file the truth itself. On all such a strictly Protestant system of education is certainly penal; but it is not for this reason objectionable. Here we take issue with the objector, and we affirm that it is he who is in er- pointing directly to it There are ten 116 W Roman ca. tholic chapels, he says, either in course of erection or in embryo for-Liverpool and its neighbourhood, be- sides a convent and some other sanctified retreat for the devout and the needy of his communion ; and "St. Domingo House," lately taken by the body, is about to be converted into a Roman Catholic college for children of the wealthier classes. These various no matter, says Catholicus ; the priests who have (le- nounced the new or restored system of the Corp()la- tion Schools must be consistent— —must act up to their denunciations; and, cost what it may, the Catholics must subscribe and maintain schools for themselves in place of those from which they shall have been ex cluded. Now what we would observe with regard to all these splendid projects and tokens of growing greatness is this,—if the Romanists have become- so many and so powerful in Liverpool, it assuredly is time for us to look to all the defences of Protestantism, and, by every legitimate means, to protect our church and people against the encroachments of a system from which we have everything to apprehend. We shall be far better pleased indeed to find that all these magnifi cent schemes are• but the dreams of a restless ambi tion, or the vauntings of some individual a little over zealous for the coming glory and exaltation of his church ; but if the describer should be right, and we should be wrong—if the Romanists of Liverpool can indeed realise all these fine plans, and provide substi tutes for the Corporation Schools in addition to all— then we repeat that the more we hear of strictly and exclusively Protestant institutions, and Church of Eng land institutions, and the less we are told of radical, liberal, or mixed ones, the better. If the Romanist children continue to attend the Corporation Schools as formerly, we should suppose that no enlightened Protestant will regret the vast im provement in the quality of the instruction which they will henceforth receive therein ; .the change effected must be a matter of congratulation to all who are any_ thing more than merely nominal Protestants. On the other hand, if the Romanists can accomplish all they now speak of; if they are able from their own re sources to provide substitutes for the free institutions of the municipality, and their rising power, wealth, and influence be really such as their organs describe, we have cause to rejoice in the wisdom and prudence which have led the Council to act in their public capa city on principles of religion in harmony with those of the Established Church. With regard to the threat held out by some, that the children of Roman Catho lics would be turned upon the streets in the event of the new system being carried, there is nothing in it. However willing the priests might be that such a re sult should take place, they could not eff ect it; paren- tal affection would prove stronger than priestly autho rity; there is no cause for apprehension on this We have sincere pleasure in directing the attention of our readers to the report, in another column, of a meeting called by the conservative aldermen and coun cillors of Lime-street Ward, for the purpose of taking steps for the alleviation of the distress existing amongst the poor of the ward, during the present inclement season. The division of the town, under the munici pal act, into districts, of which each possesses an alder man and three councillors as its representatives, provides excellent machinery for the judicious distri bution of relief amongst the really necessitous at this or any other similar season; and we trust that the ex cellent example set by the representatives of Lime street, and so cordially responded to by their consti tuents, without distinction of party, will not be lost upon the other wards of the town. A liberal contemporary in Manchester has made a discovery, or alleges that he has done so, (for we know not how the fact may be,) to the effect that some of the members of the Factory DeputatiOn of the West Riding are disciples of the well known Mr. Robert Owen, and upon'that plea urges that their memorial is unworthy of the smallest attention. Now, we put it to our contemporary, if this, be not a very il-liberal mode of treating the argument gravely and respectfully put forth—an argument, moreover, which has no relation to any one of the visionary speculations, or peculiar doctrines, moral or immoral, of the sect of the Owen- ites ? It is a liberal dogma, at least, that all men whatever their station in life, or their private opinions may be, who are not disqualified by any legal or social prescription, have a right to express their opinions on public affairs without being subject to a scrutiny as to what opinions they may entertain on other subjects ; and we know no reason why such indulgence should be denied to the individuals who composed the Fac tory Operatives Deputation, even if it were true that Mr. G. A. Fleming were a Socialist missionary, Mr. Joshua Hobson, publisher of the Northern Star, Mr. Mark Crabtree, a beer-seller; and Messrs. Brook and Leeche of occupations unknown to the Manchester Guardian. We have a lively recollection how very welcome to the Anti-Corn-Law League are ministers of "all denominations," from Unitarians to Papists, provided these discordant elements can be made to produce any degree of concord, however small, in favour of their own monopoly, and in opposition to that which they are in the habit of denouncing as the appendage only of the landlords ; and we therefore must take the liberty of considering the deputation as not undeserving of a voice in court notwithstanding the designations of trade or sect which the official organ of the league has attached to their names. The publication of their report has now been brought to a close, and it will not be denied, that save in a sin gle point, and that one to which but little importance can be attached—the body of deputies have met with all the success in the discharge of the mission which they could reasonably have expected. The excepted point to which We allude, is that of referring the ques tion to any committee of parliament —a mode of pro ceeding to which Sir Robert Peel, and Lord Stanley especially, objected in decided terms. Parliamentary committees, said his lordship, have of late become a by-word, and to refer a question of public interest to a committee, is but another name for shelving it, or getting rid of the responsibility of dealing with it. On all other points the deputies received replies, or elicited remarks which prove that their efforts were not in vain, and that the question of abolishing all protection to the agriculturists, and of distress in the manufactu ring districts, will not be finally disposed of without at least an attentive consideration being given to the views which they have suggested. It is a plain and broad, but unquestionably a most momentous question, whether the adjustment of ex isting derangements is to be looked for by seeking new vents for our manufactures, or by setting some limit to the amount of production. It is admitted on all hands that the distress _now existing arises from the supply being greater than the demand. "Of the causes of the suffering of the past year," says the united broker's circular, "that which is nearest the surface is the mis chievous facility for raising money afforded by joint stock banks, by which mills and machinery, to a vast extent, have been prematurely called into existence, and the production of every species of manufacture stimulated in a most extravagant manner." In fact, there is little difference of opinion as to the general cause or causeg of the depression ; and for all conse quential reasoning, it may be said, that there is a per fect agreement on this head ; the discord arises when we approach to the usore immediate and more interest ing question of remedies. Follow the prescription of the Liverpool Anti-Mo nopoly Association, and all and every other branch of the great central trunk of the factory metropolis, and foreign-raised provisions constitute the only cure for the evil. On the other hand, it is contended by more than the Operative's Deputation, that no such exten sion of markets would arise from this source as to give full work to our factories, and absorb all the at-present unerr ployed in this or any other species of industry. The only difference between this latter class of rerne dialists and others who have deserted from the doc trine of the league is, that the Yorkshire deputies speak with a degree of boldness and decision on this point which others have not used. The condition of the operatives, say they, has been one of steady decline, and it has not been owing so much to decreasing demand for our manufactures, as to the introduction of machinery for their production. We do not enter into the question of the corn-laws or free-trade at all; we look to the condition of the operative, and what we know to be the productive power of machinery,—and )ur position is', that the distre hopelessly supplanted class; sed oii - 6'atives are now a and that. whatever else )u may do for them, it is quite out of your power, by ay extension of markets or factories, to restore them ,) their pristine condition. That there is truth in this asition we have, for our part, no doubt whatever; to what extent it may involve it, is another and a very cliffieult question to determine; that to whatever point it may be correct, it fninishes, against the extensionists— so far, an argument -with regard to the pretended mpkteneSs of their measures, and should act as a call upon the government to take some other means of providing for those whom the factory has, in all likeli- hood, Gone with for ever Emigration, Colonitation, n amended Poor Law, or any other form of relief may be looked to for this purpose ; but as to the factory, we are certainly persuaded that therein it will never be found STATE OF TRADE, MANUFACTURES, &c Our Cotton market still wears a healthy tone, although the transactions during the past two or threw days have not been so extensive as we noticed them a week ago. The ad vices received by the arrival of the overland mail from India and China do not seem to have been of a sufficiently decisive character to create much effect upon the demand for manu factured goods ; and until something decisive is effected by our forces in the eastern seas, which cannot now be for some some months to come, we cannot expect any material impetus to our commerce from that quarter. The setting in of the frost too, which must impede our trade with the Continent, will, in all probability, have an effect to retard for awhile any improvement in our Yarn and Goods markets, although the improved feeling in them still continues. LOCAL NEWS AMPFIITHEATRE.- This theatre was crowded in all parts . . last evening to witness the new spectacle. The hull-fight is one of the most extraordinary exhibitions we have st en for some tini TIIT: CH ASE.—The'Cheshire hounds will meet on Wednes day, the 12th instant, at Vale Royal ; Thursday, the 13th, at Shipbrooke Bridge ; Saturday, the 13th, at Bradfield Green ; at hall'-past ten THEFT mom A SHOP,—A boy named Edward Maulin, was yesterday charged at the Police-court with stealing a quantity of tobacco from a shop. The prisoner was seen , in the 2ct of going away from the counter, with a roll of tobacco weirzhinz 9lb. He was committed to the House of Correction for three months. COMMITMENT.—At the j dice-court on Friday, a man named George Agnew, who huu some days since been placed at the bar, was finally brought up on a charge of beint; con cerned in robbing a man named Cox, the particulars of which appeared in our last. It was proved that the prisoner was seen in possession of some sovereigns, and that he was con- nected with some of the other parties by marriage. He was fully committed for trial INCLUEST.—Yesterday, an inquest was held before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of a little boy, named James Lupton, who resided with his parents in Back Bussell-street, Toxteth-park. It appeared that the deceased, on Saturday last, while unobserved, drank some hot water from a tea kettle that was on the hob in the room where he was, by which he was so much injured that he died on Sunday.— Verdict accordingly. NEWS FROM THE UNITED STATES.—The New York packet-ship of the 19th ult. was off the Great Ormshead at ten o'clock yesterday morning, but had not reached the port at the latest hour to which we could wait last night. In all probability we shall receive the papers at an early hour this morning, and we shall immediately announce the intelligence she may bring in a second edition. John Lloyd, Esq., of the Mount, Chester, has resigned the office of clerk of assize, for the North Voles circuit, which he held since the abolition of the Welsh judicature, and the duties of which have been performed by him with honour to himself and satisfaction to the country. Lord Abinger in whom the patronage lay has appointed to succeed him Ed ward Watson Lloyd, Esq., who has for many years filled the office of clerk of indictment on the circuit. LAWTON'S GAmt PIES.—The following has been handed to us as a correct statement of the contents and weight of one of Mr. Lawton's game pies, with which he regaled his friends on New Year's Eve :—Two large turkeys, four capons, four grouse, four fowls, four pheasants, two hares, two tongues, ham, veal, rump steaks, flour, butter, &c. The weight previous to being baked was 1081bs. • length, 27 inches ; depth, 10 ditto ; breadth, 20 ditto. The whole in a raised crust. ' EXTRAORDINARY PASSAGE.—The beautiful brig "Tyro" of this post, the property of Messrs. Cotesworth and Wynne, arrived here yesterday morning, (Monday,) from the Downs in three and a half days, (and only three days and four and a half hou'rs from pilot to pilot,) being the quickest passage on record. This vessel we understand is hereafter to ply between Liverpool and Lisbon, and is advertised in our paper this day to sail as packet of the 20th instant. - - APPOINTMENT OF GOVERNOR TO THE PRESTON HOUSE OF CORRECTION.—On Thursday, at the Preston Christmas Sessions, the magistrates appointed a governor to the House of Correction there. There were twenty-three candidates, including eight gentlemen belonging to this town and neigh bourhood. Mr. Gibbs, superintendent of the county police, Chorley, was elected by a large majority. The salary, with perquisites, is worth little, if any, short of .Z-100. OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FRAUDULENT PRETENCES. —At the County Sessions, held at Lancaster on Monday week, John Henry Eaton. of this town, was brought up, charged with having fraudulently obtained a bill of exchange, the property of Edward Rawlinson, solicitor, Lancaster. In consequence of the absence of a material witness, the case was postponed until the next Lancaster Sessions. STEALING FROM A SHIP.--Yesterday, at the Police- court, a young man named Edward Burney, was placed at the bar on a charge of stealing a brace of pistols. A police officer said that on Saturday night he observed the prisoner and another man sauntering suspiciously about Peter-street. He stopped the prisoner and found one of the pistols pro duced under his coat, and the other in his pocket. He made inquiry b e longed to Mr. D oo l ey. The latter _maker in Ranelagh- - street, and that stated t haantdbe foundwas theyagun he saw the pistols (produced) safe in the window on Friday morning. Th e y were holster pist o l s, an d were wort h £3 10s. Ile had more than once seen the prisoner and a companion loitering about the shop. The inner glass win dow of the shop had, since the frost, been left partly open to prevent the gas from causing the outer window to steam. The prisoner said that about half-past six on Saturday night he found the pistols in an entry in Lime -street, wrapped up in a parcel, out of which he took them. The complainant said they were openly exposed for sale when he had them. The prisoner was committed for trial. DEPARTURE OF MR. DICKENS ("Box") FOR AMERICA. —On Tuesday last, Mr. Dickens, accompanied by his lady, embarked on board th e roya l ma i l steamer B r i tann i a, f or America, where he intends passing the next twelve months, on a tour, it is said, of observation, A great many persons were on the pier -head to see Mr. Dickens off; in fact, he was quite " the cynosure of all eyes " ; and we are certain there was not one present mho did not heartily wish to have shaken him by the hand, and bid him " bon voyage." We, in common with thousands of others, owe him much for many an hour's pleasant occupation. Eighty-two passen gers, including Mr. Dickens, have gone out this trip. The Earl of Mulgrave was amongst the number. His lordship's literary talents are of the rushlight order compared to his fellow-traveller's. We shall see how Brother Jonathan re ceives these great and lesser lights—in light literature. Mr. Dickens in person is slim—his face pale—his features, par ticularly his eyes, expressive—and he wears his hair extremely long. The portraits published are very like the original. ANTI-MONOPOLY ASSOCIATION.—A meeting convened by the Committee of this association, was held on Thursday evening, at the Music-hall, for the purpose of " annihilating all monopolies in trade and commerce, and obtaining a total and immediate repeal of the bread and provision taxes, together with such a revision of the import duties as would tend to the carrying out of principles of free trade." The room was filled by the idle followers of the party who are anxious for some change that might enable them to enjoy the luxuries of this life without working for them, and v,ho are perfectly indifferent as to the way in which the revenues of the country are to be sustained provided the claptrap orations of their parasites can be realised. The organ of the associa tion, the Mercury, has published the names of the gentle men on the platform, which amount to the overwhelming number of seven !—namely, . Mr. Lawrence Heyworth, Mr. Ormerod Heyworth, Mr. C. Holland, Mr. J. D. Thorneley, Mr. C. E. Rawlins, Councillor Mellor, and Mr. Crook ! It will be observed, from the numerical character of this array, that the association has commenced its futile operations under circumstances by no means encouraging. The chair was occupied by Mr. Thornely, M.P., who delivered a long oration, consisting of a jumble of all the hacknied arguments of the " free-traders" which have been uttered ad nauseam for the last three years. Mr. Holland, Mr. Shiel, and one or two other speakers then addressed the meeting. CAUTION TO SIIOPKEEPERS.—Esther Riley, a young girl, and George Mark, a boy, were yesterday placed at the bar of the police-court, on a charge of attempting to carry off articles from several shop doors. The officer stated that ob serving them make an attempt at one shop, he followed them, and saw them try several others in more than one street. The girl succeeded in one instance in taking some stay laces, but was detected by the owner, and dismissed with the loss of the articles. The officer waited until another came up in order to secure both prisoners, and he finally succeeded. The girl, who was known to be an old offender, was com mitted for three months, and the boy for a month. We ' would strongly recommend shopkeepers not to leave articles hanging loosely at their shop entrances, affording conveni ence to practised thieves, and no little temptation to the destitute persons in the the streets. OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—AII elderly female, named Ann Rogerson, was yesterday placed at the bar of the Police-court, on a charge of obtaining va rious sums on false pretences. Mr. Robert Cochrane Cros hie stated that he was a partner with two gentlemen named Jameson ; that they were merchants, and had their office in Dale-street. On the 24th or 25th of October last, the pri soner came to his office, and said that Mrs. Brown, (the widow of a sailor whom he knew,) was in great distress, one of her children being seriously ill. He knew the prisoner was a relative of Mrs. Brown's, and had before assisted her — her husband having been killed on board of one of their ships. He paid the prisoner half a sovereign on that occasion to give to Mrs. Brown. On the 27th of November the prisoner came again, and said that Mrs. Brown's child was dead, and that she requested some further assistance to inter it. He paid her half a sovereign and ten shillings in silver. On Fri day forenoon last the prisoner again came to the office, and produced a letter, purporting to be from Mrs. Brown. Being busy at the time he sent bet away. She returned in about two hours. He then read the letter she brought ; took Mrs. Brown's address as given by the prisoner, and said he would order inquiry to be made into the circumstances. He after wards ascertained that the whole of the statements in the letter were false, and sent for a constable, who to o k th e pri soner into cu s t o dy.—S a rah Brown said she lived in a court in Paul -street. Her husband died 7 or 8 years ago. The prisoner was her brother's wife. She tent he r a bo u t three months ago, to Mr. Crosbie's office, to ask him to assist her, and she returned and gave her two shillings, saying that the gentleman had said that " she must not be troublesome to that office." Witness did not send her again either on the 29th of November or on Saturday last ; and the letter was not written by her, or on her account.—Constable Kehoc said, that on Saturday last he took the prisoner into custody, telling her why lie did so, and cautioning her as to what she might think fit to say. She said that Mrs Brown's child was dead at her (prisoner's) house. He went to Prince Wil liam-street where she lived, but found that Mrs. Brown had never lived there, and that there was no child dead in the house. The prisoner, who stated herself to be the wife of Joseph Rogerson, said, that the complainant had sent her to several places to ask for assistance for her, and had evil shown her Mr. Crosbie's office. Mrs. Brown, however, said that she bad only shown her the office on the occasion when, on coming back, she paid her the two shillings. The pil -1 Boner was committed for trial at the sessions. ror, and not ive The question may be put in another form, thus — shall error inflict its penal laws upon us, or shall we pass a penal law against it ? We submit that this is exactly the question, and that, according to tli plain dictates of that first law of nature, self-protection, we have no choice in the business, but are enjoined, by the highest and strongest obligations, to take care that we do not palter away a valuable—a sacred deposit committed immediately to our trust. It is one thing to tolerate dissenters in the utmost latitude of free will and free action in what concerns themselves; it is another to allow them to obstruct and hinder us in the exercise and enjoyment of the same justly valued pri vileges. Romanists may establish schools for them selves ; there is no prevention offered them ; but they have no right to come forward and dictate to Protes tants what system they shall adopt in their institutions, and convert the toleration which they receive at our hands into a right of obstruction and persecution as against us ; for such is what, in effect, they claim. If a system of education which is right and sound in it self operate as an exclusion, and so far penally, against Romanists, we cannot help that; that is their fault, and not ours. Are we to corrupt our system because they will not receive what is true ? We do not compel them to accept what we submit for their adoption ; but we maintain and defend it because we believe it to be true in itself, and best for all who will avail themselves of it. On this ground we are ready to meet all gain sayers ; we stand, as it were, upon a rock, and cannot be moved. So much as to the penal character of the resolution taken by the Council ; with regard to its actual opera tion, in this point of view we confess that our presci ence is a little at fault. We do not know whether the priests of the Church of Rome will be able to expel the Romanist children from the schools or not ; we hope they will not ; we are conscious that children who stand so pre-eminently in need of it, should have the full benefit of the essentially valuable instruction which shall hereafter be afforded in these schools; but what ever course the priests may take, and whatever success may attend their exertions, we shall find nothing either in the defeat or triumph of their efforts to make us in the least regret the decision of the Council. This we say upon deliberate consideration. Let us suppose the ecclesiastics of Romanism to succeed in their pious anathemas, and Romanist chil dren withdrawn from the schools ; they will, in this case, have been able to provide other schools for them. This we take as an inevitable consequent; the project is, we believe, already a-foot ;at least we read a letter signed Catholicus in the Liverpool Journal of Saturday sin( It abo Ash inot the, wen Wh whi4 with groil stetli the ago( day, of w shaw then Her sc ssi in 1.1 men have to th prisc the r took ooml had that her, the c mast The marl rited Can Coax lish are a ens pant] be r fine. devo sunk grou sere Seri We chu. bets not uni Cu an( wo