The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-12 00:00:00

tide to the Woof oomf I toll iotttisto, that In my Pap n 3 4t , %raga do not depend upon the On or felt In the price . of corn, one way or the other; but that they do depend UPon the. Proportion which the labour to •be given bears to the numb(tii of persons applying for that labour; and that, if a somewhat highei price of corn led to a more expensive and ex tensive cultivation of the soil, the result would be that a much larger proportion of the community would be called into employment, and consequently a much less proportion between the number of people seeking employment and the amount of labour to be given to them; and , if that cultiva tion were materially diminished, the consequence would be, that, a number of hands being thrown out of employment, the competition for labour and employment would lower the wages of labour, which are kept up in consequence of the more extensive cultivation enabled to be carried on in con sequence of the duty on corn." Thus does he show that, though in the first instance it is the relations of demand and supply which regulate wages, they would eventually be affected by the price of food. Abolish the protecting duties, and reduce the price of bread, and wages perhaps may not be im mediately affected, hut, ultimately, they will and must be lowered ; for the demand for agricultural labourers Will decline, the supply in the market will be exces sive, and on this principle wages must come down. the agricultural labourers will be driven into the towns, and in a short time the wages of mechanics and Manufacturers must also decline ; so that it is obvious from the entire of the noble lord's reply that he could only have alluded to the immediate, and not the conse quential effects of food on wages, when lie said that the latter were not dependent •on the price of the for flier. So perfectly satisfactory and conclusive were all his replies to Mr. Catechist Brooks that the poor man Was absolutely overwhelmed, and sat down amidst the Jeers of all the assembly. On the whole, the right honourable member for North Lancashire never made a more happy and successful display than he did on this occasion. His eloquent and beautiful speech may be usefully referred to at any time as a perfect manual on the subject of the corn duties ; dealing not in te dious and minute details, but in all the commanding Principles which enter into the question. We were led to a re-perusal of this speech by some recent attacks made upon his lordship by the chop fallen leaguers, and we have to thank the witless venom of some of these unconscious blockheads for directing us to so gratifying a labour. We shall notice one or two specimens of the malignant dulness of the faction from a leading article in the Mercury of Friday. " We hardly know whether the new Colonial Secretary, in his speech at Lancaster, was less fortun ate in his defence of himself; or in his vindication of the order of landlords to Which he belongs. First, with regard to himself, as doubt less the question of greatest importance, at least in his own ebtlination. The epithets " turn-coat" and " apostate" have clearly stuck in his proud stomach • but he by no means Proved that they were not justly applied. " By no means proved that he did not deserve the epithets apostate and turn-coat !" Such is the judg ment of this Second Daniel who sits as chief in the court of intellectual WhiggerT in this town. Lord Stanley did not prove that he was not an apostate ! An apostate is one who falls away from his principles ; Lord Stanley was to prove that, in seceding from the Whigs in 1834, he had not fallen away from his; and it certainly did happen that he was able to adduce the most curiously, and as it would seem, providentially, conclusive evidence that such was the fact. It was really a subject of admiration to every body. Here testimony so perfectly demonstrative and irrefragable came to be at hand at the very moment there was any need of it. Lord Stanley withdrew from the Whigs originally—not because he deserted his principles, but because he would not do so; and not only was the fact so, but it did so occur, that long before the circum stance took place, his lordship declared that, if the Whigs, with whom he was then acting, should ever carry their liberalism so far as to attempt subverting the church, he would leave them;—and this he proved by the unsolicited and unlooked-for evidence of a French gentleman, (a Member of the Chamber of De puties, and an extreme Liberal,) who happened to be in this country in 1826, nd who heard his declarations to this effect. Could there be a more remarkable case of predetermined consistency, and of unforeseen testi mony, to bring that consistency to light ? Aad yet, in this town, a dull plodder in the dull round of Radi cal tnisinterpretative vituperation and perversion has the hardihood and recklessness to talk of his lordship's " apostacy" ! Did we not say well in the beginning of this article that the very name of become disreputable= anti-corn-law man" must soon -and that there - is a species o contamination implied in being a reader of their jour- But it is not enough that the noble lord should have thus triumphantly refuted the groundless imputation Of his adversaries, and shewn that, let who might wince under it, as against him it must prove impotent and harmless ; they have anothei charge in reserve ; "if not an apostate" say they, "he is surely a turn-coat, or why is he joined in the ministry of Sir Robert Peel?" Or to put the charge in the words of the Mercury— " How come they now to be colleagues ? One or other must be a turn-coat and apostate, and, galling as it may be, Lord Stanley must, in his heart, confess that he is the man." The real complaint—yea, the sore grievance in this case is, that Lord Stanley has not fallen in the mire with the disgraced and the degraded Whigs, and that he has risen to high honour and great power whilst they are sunk for ever in perdition. However, we think The great oracle, the Magnus Apollo, the Jupiter tonans of Whiggery in this town, even the ex-minis terial Mercury, ought to be answered, and as to an swer so awful a thunderer would be a task quite beyond Our poor abilities, we shall refer the matter to Lord Stanley himself, and e'en let the minister of state satisfy him. The passage of his lordship's speech which seems to apply specifically to this head is as follows. We take it from the report of the Manchester Guardian, a hostile print : " I refused in the yearlB3-1 to form part of the admini stration of Sir Robert Peel, and I assent in 1841 to form part of the administration of Sir Robert Peel. Is there not any inconsistency in that course ? I say there is none. I say that in 1834 I had just separated from a whig cabinet, with whom, upon many grounds, I cordially concurred. I was asked to join an administration formed of gentlemen politi cally opposed to me and my friends. I could not feel suffi cient confidence in them to join their administration. I de clined office, and I watched the course of events, determined whether in office or out of office, to maintain and adhere to 11l own principles. (Hear, and applause.) From that time to this, 1 have been in close, uninterrupted, and confidential intercourse with Sir Robert Peel. In opposition, no great measure has been taken by the party acting under the direc tion of Sir Robert Peel without my cordial concurrence and cordial sanction •, upon all subjects I have been admitted by him to the most frank and unreserved communication of opi nion ; upon all subjects of past policy I have cordially been able to agree with him ; upon a full discussion of the course which her majesty's present government will pursue, I have no reason to anticipate any the slightest difference between the views of Sir Robert Peel and my own. And in that state of things, after having satby his side for the last seven years, having during that time shared his councils and fought his parliamentary battles with him, why, if at the end of that time, when our efforts had succeeded in displacing the administration of the day, I had refused to form part of that administration, which I was aisistin,, ,,--- to --- bring - into - power, so tar from being able to plume myself on my consistency, I think you, and I think the country, would have told me with justice, that I was a most intolerable blockhead to dabble in political matters. (Laughter.) You may believe me, and, e lectors of Lancashire, I thi n k y ou w ill b e li eve me, w h en I s a y to You that I have no sor did or pr i vate o bj ects to i n d uce me to accept office. To me the emoluments of office are worthless ; to MC the patronage of office is a matter of con tempt ; to me the labour, and the responsibility, and the power which attach to office, h ave no c h arm. (" Th en why do you ac ce p t it ?") I'll tell you. Because, by accept ing those labours and that r e sponsibility—because, by de voting days and nights of unremitting and thankless toil,—l believe, by so applying the energies of my mind and body, and the best faculties with which I have been gifted, I am performing that which, in the position in which I have been placed, is not a pleasure to C myself, but is a sacre d duty which heers.)" I owe to my country. ( We shall not add a word lest we should weaken the impression which this most splendid and beautiful piece of true eloquence is calculated to make on the mind ; we shall also leave it to the Mercury and other " swift messengers of the gods " to digest it with what appetite they may. In our next we shall endeavour to shew that Lord Stanley has been quite as successful in his vindication of the "Order of landlords to which he belongs" as he has been in the vindication of " himself." Our readers, we confidently expect, will not find the discussion in any degree tedious. The large assembly who were present at the last an niversary meeting of our Protestant Association took in good part the " boasting" of the Rev. Hugh Stowell that the Manchester Association was " not a sixpence in debt," and that Manchester had turned out a considerably " larger total of signatures against the Maynooth endowment than Liverpool ;", because it was evidently dune with a view to stimulate, and not repress a spirit of generous emulation in this quarter. On this head there could be no mistake at all, and there was none. We should be ashamed indeed of our town, and of a Protestapt assembly met in it, if a proceeding could have been misunderstood by them, and much. more if such a misunderstanding had oc curred in a case where Mr. Stowell, the able and well . - known champion of our common cause at Manchester, as wan as devoted, minister of OR church, watt the party misunderstood I but there was no such ignorant misconception. Mr, Stowell's objsct was at once cor rectly seen, and his motive duly respected. A rivalry such as he would seek to establish between Manchester ►;d Liverpool, is fair and honourable; and we shall not be at all sorry if his taunting comparison shall have the effect of bringing in sufficient funds to our Protestant Association to pay off all debts, and leave a balance in the treasurer's hands, and also of greatly increasing our list of signatures against the grant for maintaining a Popish College in Ireland. In some other passages of his speech, our excellent friend—if we may he permitted to use the expression— was not so happy, although we utterly disclaim the slightest feeling of anger towards him on this account. We did not take it well of him, for instance, that he should have thrown out any insinuation of doubt as to the sterling Protestantism of our esteemed representa tives, Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell. On this head we are compelled to say that he spoke without due inquiry. It was quite a mistake, in point of fact, on his part, to say that there was no reference to Protes tantism in their addresses; the reverse was the case; and even in the short joint address which they issued, and which appeared in the STANDARD of the 20th of June, there was the following passage : "More • deeply disgusted by the constant degrading and dependent alliance which the Ministers of the Clown have formed with the avowed foes of our Protestant church and of sound religious education, with the disturbers of the public peace, and the enemies of the integrity of the Empire, we find the Householders more than ever mindful that they must protect, by their votes, that stake in the country which they possess ; the freemen," &c. But even had there been no assurance in words to the effect alluded to, it would not have afforded any sufficient ground for raising such a question as that suggested by Mr.. Stowell. The question immediately and directly at issue at the last election, was one be tween a Radical and a Conseivative administratia ; the candidates before us were Radicals on the one hand, and known Conservatives on the other ; and the result was, that we carried the election of the Conser vatives gloriously, and beat the Radicals to their heart's content. Therefore it is, that in Liverpool "we trust we have a good conscience," and flatter ourselves that we have both done our duty, and the state some service, by re-electing our present members. We are only sorry that• Mr. Stowell and his good men of Manchester were not able to do so -much. We are persuaded of their good dispositions, and in time we hope that they will be able to boast, not only of the instrumentalities they have used, hut of the successful results achieved by them. There was another topic of a kindred nature to which Mr. Stowell alluded, and on which, if we rightly understood him, we are compelled to say that we do not concur with hini.. The impression left on our mind by Mr. Stowell's observationS was, that the pre sent administration was not, in his opinion, entitled to our entire confidence; that although "there was much at the present epoch to call for thankfulness to God, and congratulations to each other," yet that there were reminiscences connected with the leading men now in power, which should make us cautious and reserved in confiding the ark of the covenant into their hands. Now, with regard to such an opinion, and the policy to which it would probably lead, we must declare our dissent. It is our opinion that under present circum stances we could not have a better ministry, and that they ought to receive the zealous and unanimous sup port of all the Conservative party throughout the king- To carry forward this purpose, it will be very desirable to avoid the introduction of any useless ques tions and vain janglings, calculated to cause division. There is ample scope for the exercise of Protestant zeal, both of a religious and political 46nd, without doing so, With regard to the articles which appeared a short time since in the Times, casting slanders on our Pro testant associations, we hold them very cheap indeed, as we know no reason for the supposition that that most wayward and inconsistent journal is, with all its vast circulation, the organ of Sir Robert Peel's govern ment We believe, on the contrary, that it enjoys no such confidence, and therefore that its remarks are entitled to no more weight—as an indication of minis terial sentiment—than if they appeared in the Liverpool Ilercurff When next Mr. Stowell shall do us the favour to appear on our Protestant platform at Liverpool, we trust he will have more maturely weighed these several matters, and that in the meantime additional evidences will have appeared that the Ministry of Sir Robert Peel is entitled to all our confidence, and has made great advances in the attainment of it. LOCAL NEWS, ANOTHER FIRE. — On Friday night, about half past nine o'clock, a fire broke out in a cotton drying kiln, a small two story building, on the west side of Tempest-hey. In a few minutes two engines and several water-carts from the fire police station, were on the ground, and the fire was put out, a small quantity of cotton only being damaged. There has been a strike of the bricklayers on the Man chester and Birmingham railway, employed at the Manches ter terminus. There are about 300 in number. The cause is, that the contractor thought fit to employ three or four nobsticks, as they are called. These men, with their la bourers, could have earned near £lOOO in the week, if em ployed. What a loss for such a trifle. POPULATION OF CHESTER.—IR the city of Chester, ac cording to the late census, the population has been gradually increasing. Of inhabited houses there were 4,800, uninha bited 406, builditi 291, females being within the city 10,667, males 12,708, total 23,375. The population in 1801 was 15,052; in 1811, 16,140; in 1821, 19,949;- in 1831, 21,363. MUNIFICENT LEGACIES TO THE PUBLIC CHARITIES OF LIVERPOOL.—Mr. William Shaw, who died at West Derby on Tuesday last, has left the munificent sum of £2,000 to the following public charities :—namely, to the Blue Coat Hospital, £500; to the infirmary, £300; to the Dispensa ries, £3OO ; to the School for the Blind, £300; to the School for the Deaf and Dumb, £300; and to the District Provi dent Society, £3OO. FATAL ACCIDENT.—An accident of a fatal nature occurred on Wednesday afternoon last, about half-past one o'clock, at Bur,len, near Bolton. It appears that three men were en gaged in sinking a coal mine for the Earl of Bradford, and had got about seven yards in depth, and were in the act of putting in the second ring, when a quantity of earth, from the sandy loose state, ran in. John Longworth was com pletely embedded, from the position in which he stood, but the other two men happened to be standing upright, and were covered with the e-rth up to their necks. They were im mediately extricated ; and, although injured, were not se riously hurt. Longworth, however, was not got out for more than an hour and a half, when he was found quite dead. He has left a widow and three children. FATAL ACCIDENT. — WIGAN.—On Saturday evening last, a poor man, named Thomas Moorfield, lost his life at one of Mr. Blundell's collieries, situate in the Mesnes, Wigan. Ac cording to the evidence given before the borough coroner, on Monday, the deceased, who was a browman, having finished his labour, was returning home, but was fortunately was Called back again by his fellow-bi•owman, who had taken his place, when he had got about 100 yards from the pit • and, whilst passing the engine, and endeavouring to avoid collision with some part of the machinery, the fly wheel on the other side caught his clothes, and dragged him round, and crushed him dreadfully.' Of course, the 'poor fellow died directly after being extricated, leaving a wife and child, who live at Pemberton, to lament their loss. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—Oa Friday, about twelve o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises of Messrs. J. P. Kirby and Co., refiners of tallow for machinery, &c, Bridgewater street. Information was speedily brought to the fire-engine station, bottom of Temple-street, and seven engines and a number of water-carts were instantly turned out, and arris ed in a few minutes, though from the combustible nature of the materials, and the crowded state of the adjoining buildings, not before no fewer than nine houses in Watkinson-street, (behind Bridgewater-street, and running parallel with it) were on fire. The fire originated in a shed in the back yard of the large dwelling-house in Bridgewater-street, occupied by Messrs. Kirby, and in which their works are carried on, and the wind being from the northward and westward, the destruction was . principally in Watkiuson-street. A more rapid or alarming fire has not occurred for many years, but it was happily extinguished in a short time, without loss of life, after however the entire destruction of the property in the yard, and of much of the wood-work of, and furniture in, the adjacent houses. Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hewitt, with the whole of the fire-police, were present. Three engines were stationed in Bridgewater-street, and the others in Wat kinson-street. A pipe was got to play from the upper back window of Messrs. Kirby's dwelling-house, having command of the flames, and by which those proceeding from the shed were principally subdued in half-an-hour. At the height of the con 4 iagration, the flames rose to a great height, and formed a sea of fire which threatened to swallow up the neighbouring buildings. The kitchen and back kitchen, and the rooms on the second floor over them, of the dwelling house, and which immediately adjoined the shed, had the windows burned out, and the timber of the floor much charred. The outer wood-work of a house up a court in Johnson's-buildings, in Watkinson-street, and facing the shed, was also burnt out. The oil, tallow, and coal-tar not burned in the shed, ran down the channel in the latter street, and blazed up so hi g h i n it s p ro gress, that it set fire to seven or eight houses, burning the window frames, and causing the greatest alarm amongst the inhabitants, who in the con fusion threw out and broke much of their furniture. The The wooden gable end of Dempsey's large bonded timber shed on the opposite side also became ignited, but was saved by a dexterous and daring removal of the outer boards, and psilings °I. the top, and the playing of the engines. Several cotton warehouse just above it, and immediately contiguous, were in great danger. Nine houses, three of them of three stories, and the others of two, had their windows, doors, &c, so much burned, that they are boarded, and rendered for the most part uninhabitable. There had been no fire, we are informed, in the works of Messrs. Kirby and Co., for a fortnight past, and tbe origin of the fire is not accounted • for. A man who was rolling over some casks first disco vered it, and gave the alarm. Insurance had been effected on the premises iu which the fire broke out, but whether to the amount of the loss we could not ascertain, It is but jus ' tice to the fire police and their directors to say that they were exceedingly active—many of them at the risk of their l &e, they were very soon as bsiackW a T shatw the tar, smoke ith sweeps. We have been una bl e to o b ta i n an y ive , probable estimate of the entire or individual loss. Tut BIUMNI gALtrax kzAmpa,,We bulgraat pleasure in announcing that Mr. Hewitt, en exeellenisea. man and a gentlemanly man, has been appointed to the commend of this well known :steamer. RovAr..—The opera of Norma has been excel lently got up. It is a wurk of great merit, and has delighted all who have heard it. It will be repeated this evening. Mrs. Wood is eminently successful as Norma. Madame caubilei is a charming danseuse. Mr. I'. Lee may be looked upon as poor Power'; successor 4We have known the Rev. J. W. Gowring personally for, several years, and we can add that we have derived much benefit from the intimacy, as we do not remember having ever been acquainted with a clergyman of his years who was so learned hi the Scriptures. Mr. Gowring, when minister of St. Matthew's in this town, published two or three useful little works. We beg to call attention to the" Appeal" which appears in our advertising columns, and can assure the Christian public that it is a case of an afflicting and peculiar character; what private fortune he had was lost in a day, and he is now .reduced from comparative affluence to absolute want. Part of his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant's suite and household arrived at Mr. Feaviour's, the Clarendon Hotel, Newington Bridge, on Thursday last, on their way to Dublin. Knowles's new comedy, entitled " Old Maids," is adver tised for to-morrow, (Tuesday,) at Covent-garden Theatre. Mr. George Vandenhoff has the principal part in it. Chas. Mathews, Harley, Madame Vestris, and Mrs. Nisbett are also in it ; so that it will, probably, run. DEAFNESS.—Those who require Mrs. Gardner's aid will still have an opportunity of doing so, as her departure from Liverpool is postponed until November. Her skill in many cases, we believe, has been manifested in a most extraordi nary manner. LANDSEER'S PICTURE.—A very exquisite specimen of this admirable artist is now exhibiting, gratis, at Mr. Linnqgar's, Bold-street, previous to being sent to London. It Tepre seats Prince George of Cambridge's favoutite pony and dogs. We cannot spare room to notice it at length,—but when we declare it to be a first-class picture, we shall only be saying the truth. M ARCROFT ' S OYSTER-ROOMS. — That most wholesome as well as tasty shell-fish, the oyster, may be had in great per fection at the above rooms. Several persons who had claimed to vote for the north riding of Yorkshire, for shares in the Great North of England Railway Company, have been struck off. It was held that, being members of an incorporated company, and the shares beiig declared by the act to be personal property, they were not entitled to vote. It is thought that the verdict against Sergeant Lefrov, at the Liverpool assizes, as chairman of the Central Railway Company, for £1,900, at the suit of Vignolles, will be set aside. The sergeant was not a shareholder in it, merely a committee man. Miss Romer and Mr. Wilson, at the close of their Cork engagement, went to visit the lakes of Killarney, and gave the Killarney folks a concert on Tuesday night, which was brilliantly and fashionably attended, Killarney being fuller than it has been for many years. The vocalists return to London immediately THE PORTICO CONCERTS.—The first concert given in this new and pretty room came off last night, and was very well attended. The duet of "'Meet Again " by Miss Stott and Mrs. Armstrong, Bishop's Chorus, and The Chough and Crow, were encored. The singers seemed greatly to exert themselves, and we have seldom seen a musical entertainment pass off with more spirit. The room looks extremely well when lighted up. We expect these concerts will, when known, be well supported. LIST OF PASSENGERS PER PACKET-SHIP STEPHEN WHITNEY.—The fine ship Stephen Whitney, Captain W. C. Thompson, which sailed from New York on the 14th ult., has brought with her the following passengers :—Mrs. Ogden Haggerty, and servant; Mr. and Mrs. Hessenbergand ; Mr. Hammond, New York ; His Excellency Colonel Todd. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia ; M rs. Fairfield and daughter, New York ; Mr. Williams, England ; Mr. and Mrs. Wood, and Mrs. Torrence; and Dr. W. H. Stokes, Baltimore. IMPORTANT TO SHIPBROKERS, CUSTOMS AGENTS AND OTlins. — We have heard that in consequence of the com mon practice ofshipbrokers, customs agents, and others, to usurp a branch of the business of the legal profession, in the preparation of bills of sale, or transfers of vessels, and other documents, it is in contemplation to bring persons so offending under the surveillance of the laws, and to subject them to the penalty of .£5O, to which they are liable for each offence, and which we are told is unmitigable. LITER.A/tY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION DISCUSSION CLASS. — The popular discussions at this institution continue to be carried on with much spirit and animation. On Tues- day evening last the question " Do the Arts and Sciences contribute to the Improvement of the Moral Character?" was concluded, and decided in the affirmative. We are in formed that to-night a very interesting and important ques tion will be discussed—" Are Theatrical Representations injurious to Society ?" We believe_Mr. Charles Willn►er will take the affirmative, and Mr. Thomas Stuart, son of Mr. Stuart, of the Theatre Royal, the negative The sub- ject being one of so much interest, the discussion will, no doubt, be well attended, as we believe tickets of admission may be had gratis on application at the library of the instiA tution.—Mr. Stuart, senior, gave an excellent lecture' on " Hamlet" on Friday evening. He was greatly applauded throughout, THEATRE -ROYAL, MANCRESTER.—" La Sonnambnla 't was performed at this theatre, to a house crowded to excess, ..... . on Saturday last. 'Sir. and Mrs. Wood, as Elvino and Antina, were greeted with a warmth of welcome on their entrance which must have keen highly gratifying to them. During the opera they were most rapturously applauded, and the effect of the performance was greatly heightened by the finished and exquisite singing of M. Giubielli and Miss Poole in the characters of Rodolpho and Liza. Bellini's opera of " Norma" was announced for representation, for the first time in Manchester, on Saturday next, in which the principal characters will be sustained by the popular vocalists who appeared in " La Sonnamhula." Fossil REmAnts.—We are happy to find that' a litho- graphic drawir , of the Fucoids, lately discovered at Storeton Quarry, by John Cunningham, Esq., of Liverpool, has been executed, in a masterly style, by Messrs. Maclure and. Co. This circumstance is a certain indication of the industry of our local geologists ; and we have great hopes that the public spirit of the inhabitants of Liverpool will induce them to patronize the attempt to preserve a memorial of this noble relique, and that the time is .not far distant when these specimens of the works of nature will be duly appreciated. This work was executed under the directions of Mr. F. Marrat, geologist, Arcade, Newington, and by him dedicated to Sir William Massey Stanley, Bart., the owner of the quarry ; and we beg leave to recommend it to the notice of our readers. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY. — Yesterday two women of the town, named Ellen Wynn and Ann Roberts, were charged, at the Police 7 court, with having been concerned in robbing an American, named Thomas Kelly, of £l7O, in sovereigns, and of a small sum of foreign money, in dollars. Kelly, who seemed to bear his loss with great good humour, stated that he arrived from New York on Friday morning, by the Roscoe, packet ship, and procured lodgings in Stewart-street. On Saturday he went about the town, and in the evening, when going as he thought to his lodgings, he missed his way. By some means or other he found himself in a court, where he was suddenly set upon by about twenty prostitutes, who soon eased him of his wealth, which he had concealed in the waistband of his pantaloons. He said he was perfectly sober at the time. The police were alarmed, and the two prisoners were apprehended, one of whom the prosecutor identified ; and in the pocket of the other some of the foreign coin was found. The case was ultimately remanded till to-day, to give time for further inquiry. ALLEGED ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—At the police-court yesterday, a young woman, named Bridget M`Gervey, was charged with having robbed her master, Mr. Stephen Fletcher, publican, of Simpson-street, of £2 10s. The com plainant stated that on Friday night last he deposited .f.›fl 10s. in a drawer in his bed-room ; the next day he took £lB from it, but did not count the balance to ascertain if it was correct. In the course of the day the prisoner went out of the house to buy some fish, and on her return, two hours afterwards, she was in a state of intoxication. This circumstance excited the complainant's fears for the safety of his money, and on counting it he found only £6l, leaving a deficiency of £2 10s. The drawer was unlocked, and there were no marks of vio lence upon it.—The prisoner in defence said she could not have stolen the money, as Mrs. Fletcher was in bed the hole morning, and nitist have seen her if she had entered the room. Trie complainant said this statement was false. Eventually the prisoner was remanded till this day, for the production of Mrs. Fletcher. NOTHING VENTURED NOTHING WON.—Last Thursday an Irishman called at a gentleman's house in Fairfield, and requested charity. He was at first told to go away, but as he was most importunate, a few cold potatoes were offered to him, in the vain hope of getting rid of him. However fond Paddy might be of potatoes, it seems he did'nt like them cold, for he made no bones of requesting the attendant to put them in the oven to warm them. . Being unsuccessful in this application, he asked for a bit of7bacon, but with the same result, as the family are of the Jewish persuasion. " Could'nt ye give me, then:' said he, " a bit of could mate to mak th' praties go down dhe betthar ?" " No, I can't," was the appropriate reply. " I'd be oblegated to ye for a bit o' butther an' a dhrop o' milk to *cm, bless yer hearts." Paddy's request was granted after some grumbling, and when he had made a meal sufficient for a ploughman, he said if he might'nt be considered too bould, he would jist ax the lady of the house for a gown for his wife, and a pair of shoes and stockings for each of his five children who were walking in the mud ! Human patience could endure no more, and Paddy had the 'door slammed in his face, exclaiming, " If ye've nothing else to give may ye never want." ROBBERY BY A SLTOPMAN.—A remarkable good looking and well-dressed young man, named Thomas Jones, was, on Friday, placed at the bar of the Police-court, on a charge of having stolen some articles from the stock of his employer, Mr. John Rogers, draper, St. James's-street. It appeared that on the Tuesday preViously, Mrs. Rogers had observed that the prisoner was wearing white cambric pocket handker chiefs unhemmed, and suspicion being raised that all was not right, a police-officer was sent for, and his two portmanteaus, which were in the upper room over the shop, were searched, he offering no objection. There were found in them a bor dered shawl, above-a yard of a black silk handkerchief piece, a stock, a pair of gloves, two singlets, and three yards of woollen plaid, Mr. Rogers's property, the whole of the value of £.3 12s. 9d. Mr. Rogers stated that he had received a very good character with the prisoner, who had been with him since the month of June last. lie was committed for trial at the sessions. TESTIMOI.AL TO THE TIMES.—At a meeting of the Committee of .the Liverpool Guardian Society, held at the Clarendon-rooms on Thursday last, a resolution was passed expressive of the thanks of the society to the proprietors of The Times, for the valuable services renderqd by them to the mercantile community and the public, in exposing and frustrating the recent fraudulent conspiracy, as exhibited in the trial of ' Bogle v. Lawson,' and for their disinterested public spirit and integrity in refusing to compromise with the plaintiff for a trifling sum the action which they have so successfully defended with unparalleled perseverence rnd assi duity, at an unprecedented precuniary sacrifice. The sum of ten guineas was sent as a contribution from the society, in aid of the fund now being raised for a testimonial in favour of The Times. COMMITMENT. - At the Police.cout on Friday, three girls, Margaret and Ellen Monks, and Catherine Quirk, and Robert Welsh, a boy, were placed at the bar of the Police court, on suspiCion of having been concerned in stealing a quantity of goods from the shop of Mr. Ralph Cooke, draper, 80ld -street.. The male prisoner had been in Mr. Cooke's service for about two months, as shop-boy, but some articles being missed hewas discharged on the previous Tuesday. On the following day a rich bordered shawl was also missed, and information was given to the police. Complainant and a police-officer then called at the boy's mother's. They found him at home, and he confessed that he had taken two silk umbrellas, six shawls, and a dress-piece. He afterwards went with them to a house in Hill-street, Brownlow-hill, where they found the three girls. Some pawn-tickets were found in the house, and one of the girls (Margaret) went out and brought two of the missing shawls ; another went out and returned with the two umbrellas, from a cellar in Rupert street. The greater part of the other goods were found by means of the tickets at Mr. Brown's, Copperas-hill, and Mrs. Griudrod's, Brownlow-hill, pawnbrokers. They had been pledged by one orotber of the prisoners. Some articles were also found in Margaret Monks' box in thg cellar in Pellew-street, where her mother lived. The boy said he had sold the articles to the other prisoners. They were all com mitted for trial at the sessions. THE MANUFACTURING INTEREST AND SIR 110 BERT PEEL'S GOVERNMENT. To all except the advocates of sweeping and ultra " liberal" changes in our c•)mutercial system, the concluding paragraph of her Majesty's speech will, we are satisfied, be read with relings of entire satisfaction. To the manufacturing por tion of her subjects especially, who complain of the operation of the present system of corn laws, it conveys the impression that the subject of such a modification of that system as the altered circumstances of the times and the community re uch an alteration as is likely to prove satisfactory to ids of agriculture and commerce as well—will occupy the prominent attention of her ministers during the pa mentary i eeess ; and with such an assurance, we believe firmly—notwithstanding all the vapourings of agitation—that the sound and respectable portion of the manufacturing body Will be disposed to rely with perfect confidence. The Morning Chronicle indeed—the organ of that baffled and despicable faction which has so recently been prostrated beneath the feet of a nation's contempt—unappalled by any fear of consequences, and unblushing amid the infamy which is at this moment attached to the very name of whiggery in every country and tribe, from the walls of Canton to the backwoods of America—has boldly promulgated a course of agitation for the approaching recess, by which this confidence is to be overthrown, and her Majesty's earnest hope of se curing " the permanent happiness and contentment of her subjects" is to be frustrated. A system of terrorism and out rage is deliberately pointed out to the manufacturing body. The ferocious ruffianism of hired mobs is the instrument by which this organ of a party, which so lately paraded its ex clusive loyalty to the throne and constitution, proposes to dictate the settlement of those great questions, affecting the permanent interests of millions, towards which the Sovereign requires the calm and deliberate consideration of the national council. But the manufacturing body, to whom this infa mous advice is offered, are not, we venture to predict, dis posed to embrace it with the same eagerness with which it is suggested. The manufacturers of Great Britain, deeply prejudiced as they may be upon the corn law question, arb scarcely disposed to overlook altogether the claim of other and important questions upon their consideration. The wildest of them, in their secret soul, are scarcely prepared to attribute all their sufferings to the operation of this one law; and perhaps not one in ten of those who clamour loudest for its repeal, would accept that repeal at the price of the resto ration of Lord Palmerston to the Foreign Office, Mr. F. Baring to the Exchequer, the Mintos to the full enjoyment of their nepotism, or the morning oracle of the Cobdens and Bowrings to the lucrative and congenial occupation of chro nicliny their various and disastrous blunders. The manufacturing interest, we trust, are by this time convinced of the suicidal policy which for months past they have been pursuing. It is imperative upon them now, we think, to disenthral them from the tyranny of a contemptible and factious clique amongst their own body, and to assert their proper position amongst the great interests of the coun try. By such an opposition to the government of Sir Robert Peel as is suggested by the frenzied oracle of whiggery, they have nothing to gain. They may unsettle our commercial fabric, and retard the return of commercial confidence ; but they will most assuredly fail in getting up any national ebul lition upon the question of the corn laws, which can be turned to their own permanent advantage—even upon the presump tion that an ultra measure of free trade in corn is really de sirable in their eyes. On the other hand, a candid and cor dial co-operation with government, on the part of the manu facturing interest, would, we are confident, be productive of important and highly beneficiatresults, and tend materially to the restoration of the manufactures of the country to a state of sound and permanent prosperity. There can be no doubt that a vast and beneficial impulse can be afforded to industrial pursuits of the community by a judicious and firm administration of the foreign affairs of the country. Much is to be expected from negociation ; much from the establishment of a sound system of banking; but infinitely more, we are convinced, by.a return to cautious and prudent measures on the part of the manufacturers them selves. The reckless increase of production which has of late attended:every temporary gleam of prosperity, must be checked, if necessary, by legislative enactment; the unprin cipled piracy of patterns and fabrics, which lowers the repu• tation of British productions in every foreign market, must be put a stop to ; and protection afforded to the exertion of skill and ingenuity, by an extension of the term for which the copyright of designs is secured to the manufacturer and calico printer. The character, in short, of the British pro ducer of manufactured goods must be raised. We must oc cupy a higher status in foreign markets. We must aim at a loftier reputation than that of being only the largest and cheapest manufacturers in the world, and endeavour to esta blish that, infinitely more valuable name of being, at the same time, the most skilful and the best. That all this is capable of being achieved we are quite satisfied ; but we are as confident that we cannot approxi mate even towards its achievement, by the adoption of any such course of policy as that which is aimed the agi- tators of the anti-corn law league. It is not a mere stimu lation of manufactures which is required by the country, but the securing of manufacturing industry. upon a perma nent basis : and that object no mere tampering with the price of agricultural commodities—no extension even of foreign demand—can realize. The aim, of a Conservative government must, and we trust will, be to change the direc tion—the tendency—of manufacturing exertion ; to guide it towards a course in which profit to the capitalist, and at the same time, remunerating wages to the artizan may be relied upon : and in the attainment of such an object the manu facturer must go hand in hand with the government; and Enust be content even to submit to temporary inconveniences —to lay aside unworthy prejudices, and, if necessary, to aid Ln devising restraints of a legislative character to protect the body to which be belongs, and more especially the working classes, whose interests and very existence are bound up in its prosperity, from the consequences of the recklessness and inordinate cupidity of a portion of that body ! Towards the consideration of measures of this character we would earnestly direct the attention of our manufacturers, during the parliamentary recess. We know well, that even in the midst of the agitation into which they have permitted themselves to be dragged, the conviction in the minds of a large class in the parliamentary districts has been daily gaining strength, that the real source of their suffering exists in the system itself; and we think the time is approaching at which one measure at least, which they have hitherto most strenuously resisted, would meet with a calm and impartial consideration from the most prejudiced among them, if brought forward in a practicable and moderate shape. We allude to a measure for restricting the hours of labour in factories. That such a measure would be of infinite value to the manufacturers, as a body, we are fully convinced ; and, without resorting to any unnecessarily exciting mode of ad vocating its adoption—which, we believe, has more than any other circumstance retarded its progress in the public mind — we shall endeavour on an early occasion to offer a few consi derations in its favour. MUNICIPAL REVISION.-FRIDAY CLOSE OF THE PROCEEDINGS The recalling of the voters objected to in the wards of North and South Toxteth, and the delivery of a variety of decisions on reserved cases, occupied a considerable portion of to-day. Several were struck off for non-attendance, as well as for not having paid their rates in full. When the lists had been finally gone through, Mr. Wilkins begged to return his thanks to the Mayor, Town-clerk, and Assessors, for the ability and integrity with which they had discharged their duty. Mr. Snowball al so j o i n ed in this expression of opinion, after which these gentlemen respectively returned thanks. THE RESULTS. is the result of the revision of the list of Struck I Struck off, on off. 'Coffee- No. of Admit Re- I account for 'dons of Claims. ted. jected.lof defec- Non. Misno t five No- attend- mers. tices. ance. R CR CR CR CR CR C 6 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 ' 5 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 10 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 31 13 2 5 4 216 2 8 3' 1 1 23 111 04 1 0 5 1 12 0 9 0 4 0 2 0; 0 0 2 011 0 30 9 3 2 2 11 4 121 5 0 0 20 22 8 4 5 7i 1 1 68 0 2 32 8 1 413 1! 4 013 2 1 1 16 32 04 110 010 2' 0 0 13 10 3 3 3 3; 0 0 7 3 0 1 10 7 3 0 2 2 0 0 55 0 0 6 0 1 02 o'o 0 3 0 0 0 26 89 44 110 010 3' 3 0 36 16 13 610 6: 1 0103' 2 1 Totals...: 273 107168 3O 56 26 27 4 109 3813 9 Egerton .. Scotland.. Vauxhall . St. Paul's Exchange Castle-street St. Peter's.. Pitt-street.. Great George . Rodney-street. Abereromby .. Lime-street... St. Anne's.... South Toxteth. North Toateth The followinl objections : _ The followin6 claims : K is the result of the revisio►► of the list o —injection made to. Struck off Wards. C. R. C. R. Everton lO 30 9 17 Scotland Vauxhall lB .50 • • 14 21 St. Paul's 6O 60 •• 39 23 Exchange Castle-street Withdrawn. St. Peter's 36 72 Pitt-street 5O 50 Great George. Rodney-street Abercromby Withdrawn. Lime-street St. Anne's West Deiby South Toxteth North Toxteth GO 60 Totals 493 84G 11 20 22 17 55 46 4 32 Allowed. C. R. 1 13 20 28 4 26 21 37 53 54 25 5' 28 33 37 181 220 275 37 41 28 21 274 571 Li St E- STREET WAt will be seen, f rom an adver tisement, that a meeting of the electors of this ward is con vened to. morrow evening, for the purpose of making the ne cessary arrangements for the approaching municipal election. We understand that, at the request of a considerable number of the burgesses of the ward, John Buck Ll oy d , Esq., h as allowed himself to be put in nomination as the candidate on the conservative interest. Since Mr. Lloyd's settlement amongst us, he has won the highest encomiums from all classes of his fellow-townsmen, and we know of no gentleman better qualified in every respect for protecting the local in terests of the ward, and the general advantages of the town. Mr. Lloyd is active, enterprising, persevering, and, what is not least in our estimation, a gentleman. in every sense of the word. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF PLATE, JEWELLERY On Saturda -MYSTERIOUS CASI Mr. Ric Thehyen a late carrying on a most extensive business as jeweller and silversmith, in St. Ann's-square, Manchester, was brought before the borough magistrurss, Messrs. Maude, Walker, and Armitage, on sus picion of being concerned in a very serious robbery which was committed on his premises about seven weeks ago, when property to the amount of 49000 was stolen. A man named William.Moobay, was placed in the dock along with him, who had been employed as a porter in the establish ment. Owing to the singular nature of the charge, and the amount of property in question, the case excited the utmost interest, and the court was crowded to excess. Mr. Thelwell was sometime ago made a bankrupt, and the robbery had been committed at the time the assignees were in possession roperty, and when the bankrupt and his friends were has of it. Mr. Saunders, the solicitor under the fiat, appeared in sup port of the charge. Mr. Thelwell was defended by Mr. Greene, barrister. In stating the case, Mr. Saunders said the robbery had been committed on ie 22nd August last. The assignees wider the fiat were chosen on the I2th of May, when a person named Norton, a jeweller, in London, on be half of himself and several others, applied to the assignees not to proceed to the sale of the property forthwith, but allow it to remain as it was, merely selling by private contract, to give the friends of Mr. Thelwell an opportunity of coming forward and purchasing it in one lot. The assignees, know ing that when the property was under Mr. Thelwell's control, a previous robbery had been committed, two valuable com munion services being stolen, felt that there was some danger from repeated attempts of the kind, and employed a watch man to remain on the premises all night, and afterwards all day on Sundays. He did so for three weeks, and was then discharged from further attendance on Sundays by Mr. Thel well's order, without the knowledge of the assignees. The robbery was committed on the third or fourth Sunday after wards, when the man was absent. Suspicion attaching to Mr. Thelwell, it was found that on Saturday, the 21st Aug., the day before the robbery, he bad taken his place by the 3 p. tn. train from Manchester to Parkside (the place of junc tion to London), not in his own name. Thence he had gone to Lancaster, also in a wrong name, and on being asked to account for this circumstance, said he had gone there to see a friend, and then that he had gone to see a young woman. He had left Lancaster on Sunday afternoon by the train, which 11 from Manchester to Birmingham, and by that train he had pro ceeded to London. In investigating the robbery it had been found that a large heavy box had gone by _ that train from Manchester. On the morning of the robbery.during the hours of divine service, a woman saw two men carrying a box along Half Moon-street (a retired street near Mr. Thelwell's shop). They were traced into King-street, where they got into a coach that was waiting, and drove to a place very near the house of the prisoner Moobay, in Hulme. The box could be traced no further than the railway station on Sun day evening. Superintendent Sawley, of the Manchester police, proceeded to London, where, after some difficulty, he found Mr. Thelwell, on Tuesday evening, at the White Horse, Fetter-lane, in company with Mr. Horton, and two persons who said they were from Birmingham. Sawley told Mr. Thelwell his suspicions, and advised him to go back to Manchester directly, which he did. Nothing beyond a very strong suspicion was entertained until Friday, when a letter was received from Mr. O'Brien, a magistrate of the county Sligo, accompanied by a copy of depositions taken before him, from which it appeared that a man named Pat Rafferty had been there, charged with stealing £7O from a James Thelwell, the brother of the prisoner. Thelwell gave a very suspicious account of the way in which he became possessed of the £7O • and Rafferty, whose sister had cohabited with James Thelwell, afterwards made a con fession, implicating the two prisoners and James Thelwell, (who had been employed as porter by his brother,) in the robbery in St. Ann's-square. He stated that the £7O had been handed over to him as his share of the property, vari ous portions of which had been sold in Derbyshire and other places ; and a fruit speculation had been there entered into by himself and James Thelwell. A quantity of this fruit was traced to the possession of the prisoner Aloobay. On the premises being examined after the robbery, it was evident that no force had been used except from the inside. It was pretended to be said that a box-lock bad been broken open ; but the box had been regularly and carefully unscrewed, not a bit of wood remaining in the worms of the screw, which would have been the case had it been forced off. It was suspected that there were duplicate keys, and that the pre mises bad been entered in that way. This was strenuously denied, but it ultimately turned out that there were dupli cate keys, which had been missed since the time the com munion plate was stolen. Beyond all doubt, the robbery had been committed by parties well acquainted with the nd leaving the refuse Superintendent Sawley, an officer of police, Thomas Lee, the private watchman on the premises, and Mr. Gillow were then examined. The latter stated that he was employed by the assignees to keep possession of the property. When he first went the watchman was only employed iu the night ; but, on the 26th June, Mr. Whitmore, one of the assignees, gave instructions to Mr. Thelwell to put a watchman on on Sundays. Mr. Thelwell afterwards said to witness that it was very unnecessary, as he had not been in the habit of keeping one either at nights or on Sundays. The watchman was put on on Sundays, and was paid by Mr. Thelwell on behalf of the assignees. On the Saturday evening prior to the third Sunday of the watchman being employed, Mr. Thelwell said it was very unnecessary, and it was only in- creasing unnecessary expense to the estate; witness told - him he certainly ought to know best, but said that if the assignees knew of the watchman being discharged they would find great fault. He was afterwards discharged from Sunday at tendance, unknown to the assignees. During the Sundays he watched Mr. Thelwell and his sons let him in and out, as they did until the 13th of August, when the assignees exclu ded them from the keys, and let the watchman in and out. On the morning of the robbery he was let out a little before half-past seven, and the premises were left perfectly secure. The keys were in witness's possession all day till he went to let the man in at night. when he found the premises as de scribed. _ _ Cross-examined—Did not inform the assignees of the watchman being discarded on a Sunday. Did not inform Mr. Hobson, by whom he was immediately employed, but concurred wi h Mr. Thelwell owing to the experience he had had, by thinking it an unnecessary expense on the estate. The reason was this : Mr. Thelwell bad then every expecta tion ofeoming forward with security to take the stock, and he would have made more of it for the benefit of the creditors than the assignees could possibly have done; and witness knew that if he had told the assignees of the discharging of the watchman on Sundays, they would immediately have closed the shop, and not given Mr. Thelwell another chance of coming forward with security. The reason for not in forming the assignees was out of friendship to Mr. Thelwell. He told him it would not do to let the assignees know, otherwise it would pat a stop to the whole negociation. Did not think Mr. Thelwell was acting incorrectly. He acknow ledged he was remiss in not informing the assignees that the watchman had been discharged on Sundays immediately after Mr. Thelwell had been excluded from the premises on the 13th August. Re-examined. Mr. Thelwell's negociation with the assignees had not closed on the 13th ; one part of it was that Mr. Thelwell would have to pay expenses. • The letter from the Irish magistrate, and the depositions taken by him, having been handed up to the bench, Mr. Saunders asked to have the prisoner remanded, till the parties could be brought over from Ireland. Mr. Greene opposed the remand, as far as Mr. Thelwell was concerned. Mr. Thelwell had shown every disposition at all times to give all the information to the police, or to appear at any time when the court thought proper to call him before it. In point of fact, there was not the slightest evidence in the word against Mr. Thelwell. After a conversation the magistrates consulted, and then said that without expressing any opinion as to the proba bility of his being implicated, and thereby affecting his character, they felt bound to call on him to find two sureties, in £lOOO each, for his appearance on that day week. Moobay was also required to find sureties for his appearance on the same day, when the parties in Ireland, whose evidence has led to this disclosure, will be brought forward. THE EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS grainin i❑ gold In continuation, we draw attention to the following :- 273. " Answering the Advertisement." F. R. STE PHANOFF.—A capital picture. The subject, a middle-aged gentleman having advertised for a respectable female as housekeeper, is waited upon by a buxon young widow. The " middle-aged gentleman" is showing the lady to a chair, while the housekeeper in office is frowninly leaving the apart ment. There is much quiet humour and point in this pic ture. It tells its own story, which few of the works in the room can do. It is well painted. 275. " A Cottage." F. W. WATTS, London.—A cleverly painted and pleasing picture. 276 " The Golden Age." J. M. LEIGH, London.—Mr. Leigh has evidently studied the old masters. The colouring warm, and the lights broadly cast. A decidedly good picture, though perhaps not pleasing to every taste. 304. " Crossing the Brook." H. O. NIEL, London.—The expression of the little girl's face arch and clever, but the sub ject worn threadbare. 308. " Scene from the Fortunes of Nigel." A. P. DERBY, London.—Sir Walter Scott's capitally drawn scene, is here cleverly put upon canvass. 318. " Highland Drovers." ANSDELL, Liverpool.—A clever picture; the old man is quite a study. This a meri torious picture, some points about it remarkably good. 319. Fruit." J. OAKES, Liverpool.—Cleverly painted, and like nature—ripe and tempting. 326. " Vale of Llantyd and Bridge." A. HUNT, Liver pool.—Another work in the teaboard style.-299, which escaped our notice, by the same artist, appears painted to order under contract, to be delivered within an inconceivably short space of time. We abominate these light superficially painted works ; they appear as if they were going into de clines. 337. "An Effect." M. CLAXTON, London.—A. lady it seen at work at an easel ; the dress cleverly painted. A good picture, and the " effect" obtained. 340. " Amoret delivered by Britomart." T. R. PICKERS GI LI., London.—An illustration from Spenser's Faerie Queen : the position of the figures effective—the lights capitally dis tributed—the armour of the knight well painted. A good picture, which time will greatly improve. 345. " The Gatekeeper." J. BODDINGTON, London.—A charming picture. A lane scene, with gate and figures—the sunlight streaming naturally and warmly through the trees. 341. " The Buccanier's Daughter Releasing a Prisoner." Mrs. WIAN. Avery well executed work. The buccanier is seen sleeping near a grated door-way—his daughter is drawing from him a bunch of keys—while the prisoner is dis covered preparing to take his flight. 344. "The Good Old English Gentleman." J. Z BITTER, London.—A curiously treated subject. This work appears as if time had already swept it with his wings—it is cleverly painted. 343. " A Group of Wild Animals." W. HuGums, Rock Ferry, Cheshire.—We beg to draw especial attention to this picture, because there is an uncommon display of talent in it. The artist, we have been told, is quite a young man, and it is a pleasure to us to take talent by the hand. Every ani mal is admirably drawn, and its nature and charactercona pletely developed. Observe the majesty of the lion, the vice of the tiger, the severity of the panther, and the cunning of the leopard—and, above all, remark the intelligence and ex pression in the eye of each brute. This artist has, we assert without fear of contradiction, the most remarkable talent in imparting life and vitality to an eye we ever saw.-1n the next room is another picture (419) by Mr. HUGGINS, which we may as well here notice—the subject is " Daniel in the Lions Den." The figure of the prophet is capitally and cleverly drawls, and one or two of the animals are almost equal to Landseer in spirit—there is not one of them that is not replete with merit. Observe the lion looking up into the mouth of the cave—the conception is original and clever. In fact these two pictures in their way exhibit as much abi lity, if not more, than any work we have seen for a long time. 355. " Entrance to a Village." H. J. BODDINGTON.— Another of this artist's pleasing and pleasant pictures. A cottage is seen to the right. A stream crosses the road in the foreground—the back occupied by a lane and cottage ; the light is sweetly brought through a gap in the hedge. There are many clever points in this picture—true touches of nature. 356. "Dutch Breakfast Party." ZurrrEg.—A litter of pups revelling in a bowl of milk. A cleverly-painted in terior. :157. " Pilot-boat lying-to." Surry.—An an i ma t e d picture, K . W. COOKE B ARNES , ca pitally painted. It has much freshnes s a b ou t it ; th e waves buoyant and crisping. Not unlike Backhuvsen's in style and , mode of treatment. I,t is one of the best sea pieces in the Exhibition. 362. rortrait of a Lady." X. H. ILLIDGE, Liverpool. — Charmingly painted. The fleshing natural, and the attitude Mr. Illidge li; the Exhibition this year reellent wor 364, "Holbein painting the Portrait of Anne Boloyn." JOHN GILBERT, Blackheath. —Anne Boleyn is seen seated b es id e Henry VIII., Wolsey behind them. Holbein is on his knees painting her portrait. The light is cleverly thrown upon the figures through a coloured window. There is a warmth and glow, as well as originality of thought in this work that recommend it to notice. 368. " Hastings." C. STEEDMAN, London.—An excel lent view of this charming watering place ; painted with much ability and truth. 369. " The Weary Wanderer." W. BOWNESS. Liver pool.—A clever little picture. This _artist has anoth er meritorious work in the exhibition, N 380. " England's Pride." W. Ks 381. " As You Like It." J. lissuot., Liverpool.--Audrey and Touchstone are seen in close confabulation. There is nounce this a good little picture nn. Cleverly painted 392. - " Christ and his Disciples at Emmons." ALEX RIPENdILLE, London.—The 24th chapter of Luke, 30th and 31st verse, is here illustrated. The look and attitude of sur prise and admiration are beautifully expressed in the figures of the disciples. The shadowy form of our Saviour is exqui sitely painted._ This picture has great merit. _ 393. " The Parting Interview of Leicester and his Countess Amy, after one of his stulen visits." W. P. FRITII.—A very graceful and pleasing picture, sweetly coloured and well con ceived. 401. " May Day in O!den Times." THOMAS CLATER, London.—A very sweet picture ; full of life, animation, and pleasantness ; cheerful groups are seen keeping holiday on May Day—the colouring bright, but not too brilliant. 407. "Portrait." J: Y 1 AN D, Liverpool.—We will be boupd that this is a good likeness. There is something so particularly knowing-L'so take-it-easy.fied in the subject of this portrait, that if is not a likeness we shall be surprised. There is much merit—the fleshing is good, the attitude na tural, Mr. Hyland is another young Liverpool artist. 499. " The Introduction of Tobacco." IC. W. Buss, Lon dou.—This picture is familiar to all, from its having been engraved. There is a stiffness about Raleigh's figure, and an attempt at pleasantry we have never liked. It is not equal to many of Mr. Buss's other works. THE SHIP CAMAIEU Amongst the new vessels recently added to the mercantile marine of our port is the fine ship Camaieu, now in the Prince's Dock, and to sail shortly for Singapore, which we have had the pleasure of inspecting, through the politeness of her commander, Captain Clucas. She is certainly a very fine specimen of naval architecture, combining every modern im provement, and second to none in quality of materials and fidelity of construction. The Camaieu is of 355 tons old, and 398 tons new measurement, with a peculiarly fine en trance arid run ; her general model realizing the grand object of carrying a large cargo, and at the same time sailing fast. She is from the yard of the builder of the tine ship Canopus, namely, Mr. Richard Pinney, of Poole, who has long keen celebrated in the art, whose ancestors were for many years builders in the navy, and whose capital, and proximity to the New Forest, in Hampshire, enable him to keep on hand a large and valuable stock of the best seasoned timber. She is diagonally fastened, on the most approved principles, and may be said to be " as strong as wood and iron can make her". She is finished throughout in a very superior and workmanlike manner, with handsome mouldings and panelled bulwarks, a fine full-length figure-head of a Parsee lady, and well-carved stern and quarter-galleries. Her quarter deck rises slightly, and the absence of unseemly erections, together with her ample beim, render her roomy and commodious above board. The cabin accommodations are superior to' those of most ships of her tonnage. The main cabin, or dining-room, under the fore part of the quarter deck, is a square, spacious apartment, panelled, and painted in oak 7, and lighted by a circular deck light. One end is ornrmented by a mahogany sideboard and cellaret, of which the casing of the mizenmast forms the centre piece ; and the other furniture is of corresponding richness. There are ex cellent large state-rooms at each side. The after-cabin forms a handsome drawing-room, and is panelled in satin wood. It is cushioned or sofaed round, and is cheerfully lighted by six stern windows and a circular roof-light, which when opened will render it a cool retreat in a tropical cli mate. There are open sleeping berths on each side, the brass curtain rods of which are traverse athwart-ships, so that they may be put aside in the day. The subsidiary conveniences are all that can be desired, including a well-contrived private bath and shower bath. The spars and rigging of the Ca tnaieu, combine neatness and strength, with that light, clean, and " rakish" appearance which a sailor delights to see. The vessel was built for, and under the inspection of her ler part owners and managers success his experience so richly merits, and of a ten years' servitude in the eastern climates can command a preference, we think the Camaieu bids fair to earn a " golden harvest," and fully to realise the most sanguine desires of her owners. " NEMESIS," IRON STEAMER, The following is an extract of a letter from Canton, dated May, 1811 : With respect to the Nemesis, I cannot speak too highly in her praise. She does the whole advanced work of the expedition; and what with towing tr an sp o rt s , f r i ga t es , l arge • junks, and carrying cargoes of provisions, troops, sailors, and repeatedly coming in contact with sunken junks, rocks, sand-banks, and tishiug-stakes, in these unknown waters, which she has to navigate by night as well as by day, she has enough to do, and must be the strongest of the strong to hear it. In fact, latterly she has been the only steamer fit for active service ; two having gone to India for repairs, and the Atalanta having been ashore, and about to go to Bombay also for repairs. _ " As far as fighting goes, she has had enough of that, being always in advance ; and most justly do the officers and the merchants of Macao say, that she is ' worth her weight She has sustained very little damage from shot, although many have struck her. One passed through one side of her funnel, and another through both sides of her steam chest, besides a number striking - her between wind and water, but without passing through her side. One of them (a large one) left an indentation several feet in length in her side, when it glanced off. She has also suffered a little in her rigging from the same cause." CAPTAIN HALL, OF THE IRON STEAM-SHIP " NEMESIS." We are glad to hear that Captain Hall's hand is healing. It is, we believe, a general order in boats, that when a rocket, after being fired, hangs in the tube, the crew should immediately jump overboard, as the only means of saving themselves ; therefore the boat's crew of a vessel supplied with rockets should be good swimmers. On the 25th ult. the rocket had been fired, and yet it hung fast in the tube. Captain Hall, knowing that not a moment was to be lost, with instant quickness and the coolest daring, thrust his hand up the tube, while the rocket was sending out its fire downward, and pushed the rocket out. Nothing else but this daring deed could have prevented its exploding on board, and killing all around it ! A new administration will have the pleasure and proud satisfaction of promoting this gallant and highly-deserving officer to, we hope, post rank.—Canton Register, June sth. CORRESPONDENCE MARINER'S CHURCH YOUNG MEN'S SOCIETY TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—Well aware of your earnest desire to promote the Christian interest, as far as lays in your power, I shall plead no apology for drawing your attention to the " Young Men's Society" connected with the Mariner's Church, under the superintendance of the Rev. Wm. Maynard, whose name alone is a sufficient guarantee, that if properly supported, the end for which it was formed, viz., the extension of the knowledge of a crucified Redeemer, would be fully carried out ; and, permit me to ask, is not this an important ques tion? I attended the annual anniversary of this society a few days back, and was delighted to hear of the proved bles sings of the Almighty that has attended the means of grace through the. instrumentality of this society. it was, Sir, I regret to say, thinly attended, but that, I am certain, was solely because it was not more known. To remedy that effect I have stepped forward and assured the friends of the society that you only required to be made acquainted the sub ject to bring it under the notice of the public—hence, this letter. What information you may require on its nature and objects shall be freely given, and its gratuitous insertion, you need not fear, will cause the blessing of Christ, in whose cause you serve, to rest on you. I am, sir, your Obedient servant, B. W. TRACEY, Lieut. R.N . THE BISHOPS & THE MISSIONARY SOCIETIES TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD Siu,—l beg leave to avail myself of your columns, for the purpose of noticing an incorrectness of statement which I heard yesterday, at the meeting of the Protestant Association, in the Amphitheatre. The Bei. Mr. M`Neile, in the speech which he delivered on that occasion, referred to the step which has lately been taken by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London, of extending the s inction of their names and sup port to the Church Missionary Society, and the Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews. And he repre sented, indirectly indeed, but in express terms, that step to have been, on the part of those prelates, a confession of their own past neglect. It would have been but fair if the reverend speaker had not omitted to state that this act of the two prelates was im mediately subsequent to, and confessedly in consequence of, certain modifications of the rules of these societies respec tively, which modifications were effected for the express pur pose of thinging the constitutions of those societies into con formity with the fimdamental principles of church order. . . It Will be seen that this feature of the case alters its whole aspebt, and in fact reverses the nature of its bearing on the reverend speaker's argument. Be was desirous of exempli fying the usefulness of self-constituted associations for reli gious purposes ; and he wished it to appear that these heads of the church had been driven to take the step alluded to by the pressure from without. But the truth is, that the con stitutions of those societies were first corrected into that accordance with the laws of church order which the general voice of the church demanded as a condition of continued support ; and that, after this concession had been made, the above-mentioned sanction of authority was extended to them. I do not mean to insinuate that this omission was design edly made by the reverend gentleman to serve his own pur pose. lam very much disinclined to make any such suppo sition of a brother clergyman, concerning whom I, as a stranger in Liverpool, know nothing except by report. But, to say the least, it was not well for the reverend speaker, in so large and so important an assembly of christian people, to allow the order with which he pursued his own argument to hurry him into forgetfulness of a fact which was so essential a feature of the case which he adduced : and more especially, when the omission was calculated to throw discredit on those whom, both for their office and their character, we ought to regard, and to teach our people also to regard, with unmixed honour and reverence. I feel assuredtii - ittyour sense of justice will induce y ou to oblige me by inserting this letter in your next Paper I am, sir, your most obedient servant, Liverpool, Tuesday, October 5, 1841 [We publish this letter, although we do not agree with the writer of it We believe that no niodi have beWmaWit-i—tilefuTldatiielital cculsticution or original rules of either the Church Missionary Society or the Jews' Society. In the working of the Church Missionary Society a INEw CASE arose out of the contact of s ome of their misisionarie-s,' with some of our colonial bishops, and it has been arranged that in all, questions involving ecclesiastical discipline between them, the final appeal shall be to the bishops at 40 m , tw rr," ; , -- is a new case arising out of comparatively ----•' -. '" 4. ' eFent circum stances ; and the committee in annon c in g m e a t a ll la laws. In n it o have most careful to assure their constituentsau aws change bas taken place in the original an d fundamental ln the Society fox Vrornoting Christianit y , or even amo of any a t n h y e jyws, wa are opt, aware of any modification lic:W Oiso whose arrangement mi g ht b mistaken fora change h i kl:i,stil,ig. rules,, and we believe th ere has been none. The 4t.44luCnt of our correspondent therefore . appears to us to be ou tn 4 ded upon an erron eous In Mr. m , N , hypothesis. cn. , c 3 argument we fully coipoids. The ,ocieties in t remonstrauts against „the c Church generally with reference to the heathen a Jews ; and they have happily been instrumental in -up the Church to the activity of the societies. Mr. " looks upon the Protestant Association as an active remon, strant of the same kind against the supineness of the Church with reference to Romanism, and hopes for a similar happy result. In his language referred to by our correspondent there was certainly nothing in the slightest degree disrespect ful towards " our venerated prelates," as he called them. On the contrary, he spoke with ardent gratitude and admira tion of the graceful dignity and undifeetP.' which their lordships had joined tit' by a noble superiority to all those petty pose men from acknowledging any past neglect VENTILATION OF PLACES 0 111'Neife :ood feeling with evincing There as which indis WORSHIP TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARI SIR,—I visited St. Silas's Chilrch y great credit is due to the trustees for the selection they hay made in Mr. Cordeaux. Indeed, the people of Liverpool ar beyond expression indebted to the Trustees of St. Jnde's fe the eminent ministers they have brougF gainst us is one thing, however, connected with Silas's which, S I will feel greatly obliged by your making known to the tru tees through the columns of your excellent journal—that the great want of ventilation in that ch ,hould say there were at least_l2oo . people the one opening for ventilation Now ii is . a fact nc generally . known, that a man, to be healthy, requires one gallon of act that has not been breathed before, every minute of his life, in order to carry on the process of oxygenization of the blood necessary to keep it in a pure state. Air that has been once breathed becomes impure, because containing carbonic acid, derived from coming in contact with the blood in the lungs, and because the oxygen it did contain, or the greater part of it, has been absorbed by the blood in the lungs. You will see from this statement, although it is not so minute as I could wish, how necessary it is to have a change of air con stantly being supplied, especially in places where a number of people are assembled. Indeed, the want of this is one of the principal causes of the great unhealthiness of large towns. It really is a thing that ought to be attended to in places of worship. There are many in this town so uncomfortable from this cause, that it is a constant source of complaint amongst the congregations. I may mention as the worst of these, perhaps, All Saints and Christ Churches. These two are frequently almost intolet able from their great want of ventilation. On the other hand, there are some admirably ventilated; for instance, St. Jude's, St. George's, Augustine's, Everton. These are ventilated at the tot affords the necessary change of air without star gregation, the warmer air rising and going out, fresh air being supplied by passages provided for the purpose under the church. I will thank you if you will publish these re marks, or the purport of them, believing that, in most in stances the attention of the trustees being called to this de fect, they will at once do all in their power to remedy it.—l am, Sir, your most obedient Servant, AN OLD FRIEND This fine ship, Capt. Fayrer THE STEAM-SHIP FORTH R.N., Commander, (one of the fourteen v ching t constitute the West India mail fleet,) is at completion in her internal fittings, and is in every respect a very splendid and substantial vessel. She will be ready fo sea towards the end of the present month. Anotht of the same line of mail ships (the Clyde) is also in the Trafalga Dock, taking in her engines. The followinc , is an extrac a letter from C. R. R. Duncan, the first officb or lieut of the Solway, another of the line, dated Greenock, 6th inst. —" We are all very busy down here, fitting out with the greatest despatch. There are five of us in the Greenock Dock, namely, the Tay, Tweed, Dee, Solway, and the Teviot. The last named was launched yesterday, and, in the opinion of your humble servant, is the handsomest ship of the fleet. Three hundred men are at work on all sides of me." It is stated that the first of this noble fleet, which is destined to form a more rapid and intimate connection between this country and our West India colonies than has hithert- enjoyed, is to sail from Southampton ; but the superiority of this port as a mail station is so obvious, that we trast the mercantile community and the Corporation will yet effectually bestir themselves to obtain an alteration of the present ar rangement. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT—Two FISHERMEN DROWNED —On Thursday forenoon last, a fishing boat belonging ti Broughty Ferry was upset obout three quarters of a mile off the harbour, in a sudden squall of wind. The boat imme diately sunk from the weight of her cargo and ballast, and left the four men on board to struggle in the water. , Gaul and Alexander Lorimer vere enabled to support selves until assistance arrived, the one by an oar and tb other by a fish box. The other two were not so fortunate the one seized the rudder and the other the tiller, but these were of so little service, that after struggling for a short time to support themselves, both disappeared .—Scottish Standard, WINDSOR, SUNDAY NIGHT. — Her Majesty, who until that time had been in the enjoyment of her usual health, felt somewhat unwell last evening, and in the course of tle night was so much indisposed that it was considered necessary to require the presence of both Dr. Locock and Sir James Clarke. They were, of course, immediately in attendance, and the former has not left the Castle since. This morning, Her Majesty was much better; but, although she had ex pressed an intention of remaining for a few days longer at Windsor, orders were issued for the Royal Household to pre pare everything necessary for Her Majesty's reception r Buckingham Palace to-morrow (Monday). Considerab. bustle, as may he supposed, was occasioned by this suddet determination, but at a late hour this evening the former orders have been countermanded. In ordinary times this would have excited no attention, but at a period wb-- reception at ___ . _ event upon which the feelings of the nation are so deeply ex cited may be almost hourly expected, every movement in the Castle is regarded with the utmost anxiety. ECOND EDITIO- Standard-4u Three o'clock LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,—This DA (From Messrs. R. MAKIN d' SONS' Circular.) The imports of Wheat from Ireland have rather increased, and we have a fair fresh supply of Oats and Oatmeal thence ; which, with nearly 8000 barrels Flour from Canada, 150() barrels from the United States, and 1700 quarters from the Continent of Europe, constitute the principal vals of the weel Wheat Since the evening of the 4th instant, the weather in this district has, for the most part, been extremely unpropitious for all the purposes of husbandry; and from many of the late counties of both Great Britain and Ireland, reports of a similar nature are daily received ; stating also that such of the crops as remain out, consisting principally of Oats and Beans, are sustaining considerable injury by the excess of moisture to which they have been too long exposed. But the complaints of the damage, admitted to have been (lone to a large portion of the potato crop in the low wet soils of the country, are of a still more serious character, as in those situations much of the produce already appears to have pe rished in the, ground, and the farmers here express great fears that the yield of this article will prove very deficient in consequence. At this day's market, with much firmness on the part of holders, an advance of fully 2d per per albs. was realised upon the currency of this day se'nnight, but without any activity in the trade, the transactions were only moderate ; and, as well as the improvement in value, applying chiefly to the better qualities of old foreign : many of the new Irish samples are very damp, and almost unsaleable. Flour may be noted Is. per barrel dearer, but less inquired for than last week. Prime Malt in steady request at ls. per quarter advance, whilst all secondary qualities are still difficult of sale, and their value nominal. English Beans move off slowly : Egyptian more saleable, and fully better in price. For Oats and Oatmeal we had a good demand to-day, the former at ld. per bushel, and the latter at 6d. per 240 lbs. above our last quotations. New Meal was, however, taken off slowly, and did not make above 295. per load. ARRIVALS OF.CORN, From the sth to the 11th October, 1841, inclusive DESCRIPTION. IRK ! LAND WISE. !SC U.ST Wheat Qrs Barley Qrs. Malt Qrs. Oats Qrs. 5918 Rye Qrs. Beans Qrs. Pease. Qrs. Shelled Barley . Qrs. Indian Corn Qrs. Rapeseed Qrs. Oatmeal .... Loads Flour. Sacks Ditto . . . 13,•!s 3689 914 670 1711 20 I 650 766 I :12 400 i 11 - ga I 9164 Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise :—Wheat, qrs. qrs. ; Barley, qrs. ; Oats, 2814 qrs.; Oatmeal, 416 Ids EXPORTS.—Foreign. Barley, 5 qrs Wheat, 1978 qrs. ; Malt, 24 qrs.—Coastwis Barley, 15 qrs. ; Malt, 30 qrs. ; Oats, 33 qrs. ; Peas, 2 q: Corn, 2 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 31 Ids. ; Flour, 262 sack Oats, 90 qrs W heat, E 132 barre Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Oct. 1, 184 Wheat.. 61s. gd. I Barley 335. od. I Oats.. 225. od. I Rye.. :19! Beans.. 425. 11d. I Pease.. 38s. 2d. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat.. 68s. 6d. I Barley 3bs. 4d. j Oats.. 235. 4d. I Rye Beans.. 445. 3d. I Pease.. 455. Id. Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week. Wheatl6s. Pd. I Barley 4s. 10d. Oats .. . 12s. 3d. I Rye. Beans 35.6 a. Pease.. 2s. Oil. I Ind. Corn Os. Od. Flou Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe. Wheat.... Os. lid. I Barley.. Os. 6d. I Oats .. 2s. Od. I Rye Beans.. 6d. I Pease.. 6d. I Indian Corn.. Os. Od. Flu Liverpool Averages, week ending Oe - Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. . - i 596 286 50 I ;d. Os. d. 21s. 4d. 445. O. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE TUESDAY,—OCROBER 12. AEIIIVED,—Camoens, Farmer, from C ampeaehy—Mbert, Cour from Marseilles—Mary Ellen, Joy, from Nassau— tkbar, Dui resq, New York ; sailed 26th ult.—ltaly, Snow New Orlear Malvina. Harkins, Leghorn and Falmouth. SAILED,—North Star, tenediet. Philadelphia--princess Ro: I:crr. Messina —Geneisenan, Lutke, Stettiri—Lady Colebroc M'Lean, Savannah—Ripley, Robinson. St. Thomas—Lanz —, Mobile—Stanley, Jones, Leghorn—Zorilda, Betty, Evans, and Catherine, M'Lean, hence et Antwerp. Providentia, Cornelis ; Minerva, Bnet ; Maria, Gronwald, Ps Schreyberg, Industrie, Zellin and Commerce, Degratc, bet Ostend. ken )4th .Inly, in Is Regular N---, hence to China, was BP° 8 30 N, long. 24 W Horsbrugh hence to Valparaiso, was spoken 13th Sept in lat. iu lq Lady of the Lake, Taylor, hence , hence at Buenos Ayres bil r e ' .lll rq Witch, Eliza id • d • eya 00 . q. —, hence at Monte Video Henry Hoyle, hence at Port Adelaide Alliance, Aveller, from Havre for Liverpool, at Falmout Ell2,abeth, hence to Dalhousie, was spoken 24th at. 43, long.. 30 Sophia. Moore, and Emily, Nithols, enter at Ancona Emma. Irving, and Will o' the wisp, Stvs, hence.at Lc City of Dublin, (steamer) hence at Corunna Stephen Baldwin, Gleddcn, hence at Philadelpt* Medford, Thommi, hence for Boston. was szoken, 16t1' lat. 46. long. 44 , spo ke the Swatara, hence to, ghtladelphi Gezina Petronella, Nagel, hknce at Texel, • Jouge Margaretha, Wy mer ; Sarab Jr— I berg, and Johanna, Selma, hence a% . Deux Sceurs, Van Steeuer 101191c1 I Z Depau, hence at Antwerp Un k i„iyaeail, inward bound at, s, kan, , at 10 a.m. /, No. 3 90, Wm. Russell, ~,„,,a r d, not Raite slip' of !Ai . e third. tag. Off: trikq nctc2 51 01 ) _3. begs 044 9 schoonc at Newfoun, .ad Colun, kles ;