The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-12-26 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD nee. 26, 1841 PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY antrb, CORRESPONDENCE. verp co n m ni p i a n n te y rest ial SHEFFIELD STOVE GRATES, FENDERS, &c. &e. LAUNCHES. ADDRESS OF THE LOYAL ORANGE ASSOCIA TION TO THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN. been A ps submitted b m m p l i i t l t e e t d connected tn onr pe wi t rural,h a n t the a s above Li AT MANUFACTURER'S PRICES. MOST Select and Extensive STOCK ALE at MR. OASTLER. "THE IRON DUKE•" ---• are involved., toaserninovutsgaltenntnnwith ..thape_,.or , On Thursday last, a fine iron steam-ship, called " The BRETHREN AND FELLOW COUNTRYMEN,—We, the W ANTED, with early possession, a detache OUSE, A DRURY'S, Castle-street, Liver ,established GOODS and "Heis a most extraordinary man,"—Duke of Wellington. Iron Duke," belonging to the City of Dublin Steam officers and members of the Loyal Orange Association in t o e_r replete with every modern convenienc ,within two nearly 40 Years. Sheffield PLA Grand Lodge assembled, approach you at this momentous otherwise of steam • ' the P • property, 4.' 11 ee miles from the Liverpool Excha e, suitable for CUTLERY, Furnishing IRON_ e GERY, &c., every vitae miles . Navigation Company, was launched from the yard of the TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. --1 crisis in England's history, to express our sense of the km Fa Rent not to exceed .£1 per annum. New Potent Article of Merit. builder, Mr. Thomas Wilson, North Shore, and afforel ..e.....Less, Box B 29, Postoffice. WANTED, an APPRENTICE to the GENERAL SIR,—I am happy to see that the friends of that un- a very gratifying spectacle to some hundreds of spectators. BUSINESS. flinching opponent of the grinding leaguers, Mr. Richard " The Iron Duke" is 180 ft. in length, 28 ft. in beam, WANTED, a SITUATION in the I NMON- ki lled i ' Ettl. BUSINESS, by a Young an who has L. HAUSBURG has the pleasure of announcing the purpose of raising funds to rescue him from the Fleet and will be propelled by engines of 350-horse power—by Pet en , . 4 apprenticeship of seven years, is fully corn- F • the arrival of prison, and lam sure every person, who knows anything Messrs. Fawcett and Preston—with seven feet of stroke, Aio L i to take charge of the Books. AN UNEQUALLED COLLECTION 0 t'ORKS of the character of the man and has an English heart wrought-iron framing, tubular boilers, and other modern L iver lee e _ s lt .... io_l L Yto THOMAS HOGARTH, 41, Great George-street, e OF ART AND NOVELTIE , within him, will do his very utmost to extricate him from improvements suggested by the long and extensive expe of all descriptions, connected with the nu.. -rous branches the dreary dungeon in which he has now so long been con- Hence of the company and the engineers. She is the of his extensive'business, selected, duri ' his recent visit fined, for if ever there were a martyr because of adherence strongest iron vessel yet built, having scantlin g equal to to the Continent, from the Studies as . Workshops of the to t h e true interests of the working classes, surely Mr. that of the Leviathan ship " Great Britain," her bottom most eminent Artists and IVlechani , of the present day. Oastler is he. plates being five•eightbs of an inch in thickness, and her lie flatters himself that an Inspection, which he most re- It would ill become me, sir, to say much in your paper ; sides half an inch, diminishing to three-eighths. The spectfully and earnestly solicits, will prove highly inter- on this subject, believing that you will not fail to do your usual plan of the paddle-wheel has been retained, the esting, many of the Articles having been specialty chosen d uty; b ut, I h ope to b e allowed a few words on a subject experiments hitherto made with various modifications oe for the in which I feel my heart engaged. Whoever may or may the screw having yet left the alleged superiority of that not engage themselves in this cause at Liverpool, it is cer- kind of propeller somewhat questionable—at least for tam that RICHARD OnsTLEn. will be emancipated f rom general or commercial Purposes. Her paddle-wheels are E his prison • those who know him h ave ma d e u p th eir propo r tio na t e ly o f grea t s i ze, an d h ave t h ere f ore a rather tie m i nds to diet effort, and obscure though I be, 1 covet the unsightly appearance • but, with her immense po w er of •oi unobserved satisfaction that will re su lt f rom h av i ng i n eng i nes an d l ong stroke,i this will doubtless prove advan nit this way aimed at doing good. tageous, as the irnpineement of the water by the floats The cause of Oastler is the cause of all true English- will be more perpendicular, and the lift of the element men, for no man living is more strenuous for the rights of behind be reduced. property or the rights of labour than he is; his Fleet The model of " The Iron Duke" is beautiful in the Papers, which ought to be read by every one, are speci- truest sepse of the word. She has round lines, and is as ally worthy the attrition of all true churchmen and right- fine as a straight thin wedge at her extremities; whilr N minded tories, for in these he clearly advocates the anci- ' ,I 1 ent and present rights, legitimately construed, of the so nd vereign, the parliament, the people, leaning, if possible, maws. eo tons ratter particular she will have, we ven roc more strongly to the latter, and of the latter most strongly tune to foresee, a great advantage. Most steam-vessels eth to those most oppressed, degraded, and helpless, in the are built what may be called " wall-sided " immediately th Queen's dominious—that is, the factory children and peo- abreast of the paddle-wheels ; and it has always occurred the ple ; and these people are, undoubtedly, the worst fed, to us that, in such case, the pressure of the lateral water the worst paid, the worst housed, arid yet the hardest worked upon by the floats must have a tendency (as the Dc worked of any people in England. Now, of these people, run does not commence immediately abaft the wheel) to Mr. Oastler ever was, now is, and ever will be, the un- impede, in place of forwarding, the ship. In this instance ) 0 tiring friend, the "factory monster" (which is the pet of the fine lateral curve of the hull towards the keel, just A the league), has in him the most formidable opponent below the wheels, will, we should think, give them addi- PO living, scarcely excepting Lord Ashley and Me Ferrand. tional power, as a space is left between the floats and the Yet,—Eoglishmen, Liverpool Englishmen, hear it,—this vessel's side at that point for the "crushed water" to get e j valuable friend of all, but especially the working classes is away. The round lines in this ship will, by experiment, --J. Rion% in prison—the'victin, of those principles which are dear to furnish a test between her mo d e l an d th e f avour i te " h 01.... .... ft y‘ls Aft .....TO CAPITALISTS.—£iOO WANT . r Person willin g to invest this Sum i way to re -14 tt i ce , i ,," 5 4 per cent. during the life of a dividual now Aar tb e ` l4 d year of his age, and at the dea of the same co rr .' to receive back the purchase money, may at once ta ti ji ) ood with th e pr i nc i pa l, b y a dd ress i ng J. 8., a t th e <2ard-office. PRESENT SEASON, MONEY WANTED. ! SUN! of £l5OO, at 5 per Cent., by a Gen man I ' , ae f , - 1 7 ,ing a handsome Estate in Fee, in one of e most he lute and loyal Counties in the North Ireland. itt„ w ,lll Insure his Life for the amount, and ' undoubted P r j r ltY for the regular payment of both the Interest and atly t o MATTHEW ANDERSON, EMI,' `'........ n 2 . 17 -square West, Dublin. A. GREAT VARIETY OF MECHANICAL AND OTHER JOUJOUX, combining amusements with useful instruction, has also been provided by F. L. H. for the Juvenile portion of the • ll successful ude promoterto is froui of a n . e n ‘y e h r e p e r l i marks from us may not be out of place: r i s enterprise It ' which the e perils in which our liberties are placed, and to point out the course which we conceive best to be adopted to secure originator T he pamphletaod a their preservition. in its formation, bade fair to be of great benefit to the What are the circumstances under which we are driven shareholders, as well as of incalculable advantage to the to fear, and t i o a lrepare to struggle against, the coming community on the west coast of South America, who danger? Is E nd less mighty than she was in the days would be, by the powerful aid of steam, brought into close of our forefathers . No ! At this moment she stands in communication along a li ne o f cont i nent of above three proud and undisputed pre-e m i nence amongs t nat i ons. thousand miles i n ex t en t, an d the inhabitants of %chic) Her mental and phy s i ca l p ower , h er name, h er wea l t h , without such a me di um o f i nte rcourse, would eon' . away the world. A n d y e t, w hil s t a ll i s f a i r ari d i m- posing without, a can k er i s eat i ng a t h er h eart • a almost unk n o wn t o eac h ot h er, i n consequenr pecu diffies of navigation by sai host of combined evil s ar e gnaw i ng h er v i ta l s , and E'ng from ca liar lms, adverse winds, and currents.ling vessels, , land, "mighty E ng l an d,"— un l ess t h ose ev il s, an d the Whee wounds which they have infl c t e d u p on h er , are roote d out Mr. to iright commences his interesting .paper with by a vigorous effort on the part of her loyal people,—is an address his directors and p ro p r i e t ors , i n w hi ch he doomed to fall away, like a f a b r i c o f san d, am id st t h e points out the un f or t unate pos i t i on the enterpris e was placed in a t ;to .• --- by the unwise an d se , ffs and the scor n o f h er enemies. We were a Protestant nation—strong in our united faith—in our glorious constitution. W e l e t i n t h e fell imp Aitic ac very commencement )rs in Lon clearly, at p community F. L. HAUSBURG, ,ale PROMOLI and HAUSBURG, OLD POSTOFFICE-DUILDINGS of that constitution. It was but a drop which we ted, but that drop is now a flood, which threatens to over whelm in its career all that British men value of their re ligion, their liberties, and their laws. In Ireland a re bellious spirit is manifested, which has for its object the downfall of the Protestant church in that land, and the establishment of a papal supremacy. We are subjected admit- f the jzae " 108 s of £23,000 at the outset c from the effects of which the c ver ed." On t the undert Solicitor, No LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY al) tattbitrations. THE ANN UAL MEETING of the TRUSTEES of the LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY, LOCK S PITAL, and LUNATIC ASYLUM will b olden in the Board-room, at the Infirmary, ou Mo AY, the Bth of next month, (January,) at Ten o'cl n the torenoon, to transact the Business of the H se, and to elect Officers for the ensuing year. E Liverpool, December O ‘ 22nd, 1843 her swell abov , that her bearings will be ireatl, increased NEtp CHRISTMAS BOOK, BY MR. DICKENS Aoniall Bvo bound in cloth, gilt edge' RS T S by every additional inch of - water that sh'e pan the I, price ,Ks., A VO L IN PROSE. BEIN G A GHOST-STORY OF CH , h BY CtiARLES DICKEN9 Palm COLOURED ETCHINGS, AND WOODCUTS, ET sjkAs LartA -- ----- ......7"°n : CnAriax N an d H ALL , St ran d ---___ LEECH creparitur for Pubs htiodsotm qv boom Td 10s 6d. to N ( I' H OLIGHTS T hiS tarly krtin Low tines or me ,cotcli boats, S, is guar But some may ask, why is he in prison? It may be builder and engineers to be I tly ual in answered, that the named cause of his being there is debt. steamer ailcat, and, without tay st :telt of But that be does not believe is the real cause; the re a l we Will venture to say, that, with b, • gr eat_, cause, sir, is to be. found in his powerful opposition to " and symmetrical form, she will beats I her ;metre that most barbarous, cruel, despotic, un-English thing being built, too, by an experienced id celo called the view poor law ;to his opposition to this is Mr. wright, the material employed will Oastler mainly indebted for his long imprisonment. " I the grand trial of wood v. iron wilt be brought to a satin am not here," writes he to Mr. Thornhill, whose steward factory conclusion. he was, "I am not here because I owe you money; that . " The Duke" bad been some is the mere pretence. lam a prisoner because I have-, the precise time of her being launcu. warred against the Malthusiatt monster, and because, in before the usual period) did not f u lly tran..., defiance, of his impious doctrines, I asser t and have the assemblage of spectators would have been greater, maintained in practice, that property has its duties as well numerous as it was. Very shortly after eleven o'clock, as rights. lam your prisoner because you asserted • all being in readiness, she was let off, and glided most liaur rights whilst. I performed your duties. I p.. - - majestically into the bosom of the Mersey. The weather flour( was rather hazy at the moment, but she was distinctly ions, seen by all who were near ; and as she moved along, toner quicker and Quicker., on the ways, a burst of enthusiastic eed by the fully equal in speed to any *ise ad" Va I (la merit ie fairly tested, and s, Lon, honoured with the visits-of the noble, talented, and vir tuous, because I am your cast off steward and your pri- It is, sir, my stern uncompromising heart-of-oak and right-true English principles that can smile at drAth ime on the stool pony has never yet:, w 'tea pe Hoc from the Atiant east of £4 10s. Our streets swarm with Jesuits, Monks, and men in other f Romish priesteraft, in open violation of the emancipation act, which, in its 29th clause, emphatically enacts that " if any Jesuit, or member of other religious orders, communities, or societies of the church of Rot shall, titer the commencement of this act, co realm, he shall be deemed and taken to t misdemeanour, and being thereof lawfully be sentenced and ordered to be bi Kingdom for the term of his natu " Sisters of Mercy" and " Sist evicted, shall e Uilited T 1 from t house to house, pet verting tl the afflicted amont udgment of the pOor and our population, upon wht (if her bo lieved) to trample upon and enslave. and ultimately make no ilri l t o a n in ge , t r . a Protestant elfhprnwbiti p am p i le ,. . ikv A i l s th n o o u i g s h o t i o n l s v o a l r e d n s tly Great ap parent as in Ireland, though she dare not yet in England work out her projects by violence, she is actively at work poisoning the truth at its very fountains, corrupting with her dark errors the pure stream of Protestantism. and ping, stone by stone, the fou iroh linnn antlnces vs•;.-Ic lation of that Pi Luc uoym ui vur miners —mum allot De said ; but we are desirous at present of confining your attention to the at tacks upon our Christian liberties and our Protestant faith. Brethren and fellow-countrymen, we have sinned deeply as a nation, and we are threatened with a heavy retribu tion. At every point we have the elements of coming mischief; Sedition; false philosophy, sectarianism, po pery, threaten us in turns. And what can save us from their united onset? We answer, Protestant faith fulness—Protestant union! We must be prepared to face our dangers manfully, on whatever side they approach, and beneath whatever form they lurk. We must be re solved to cling to, and spread, THE TRUTH. We must et these demons—nonery and liberalism, the one en- wing the sot THEMI We m u st strut Lion, as a nation, to the Protesta'nt faith 7 to charity and pure religion which once characterized the people of England, when she was great and glorious, when she was "nappy—Protestant England." And by what human instrumentality is all this good to be regained? We tell you, fellow-countrymen, by the union of faithful and godly men, drawn together under such a bond as is afforded by the Loyal Orange Associa tion, and wonting together in that mutual confidence which such a bond inspires. We ask, therefore (if the objects which we have pointed out are yours) to examine into the means offered you for their realization. We in vite the ce-operation of our Protestant brethren. We admit none - as members who are not - strictly and devote. Protestant, loyal and peaceable subjects. We recognize no other ezolusions. Our institution receives, nay, in vites, into its circle every Briton whose religion and cha racter can stand these tests. We repudiate an intolerant spirit. The greatest and wealthiest men may seek in vain our brotherhood, should he be capable of persecuting or injuring any one for his religious opinion. Examine our rules—test our loyalty —our Protestantis,n, our sincerity; and if you find them firm and faithful, join your efforts to ours—became Oranilemen, not in name only, hut in and soul, and your country is saved from disgrace and ruin By order of the Grand Lodge. (SEAL THE MERSEY AND IRWELL NAVIGATION During the last week, statements have been currently .h..erppt that 11',” , 1 • made in tit arrival of the two steamers at raiso, from England, their operations were su through a want of coal, as that wide! , directors "would not -•-' live to the toilers tober 1 he two stear consec control The next r tunaze and "a.," WI LUG I.lXllllpllleC relates to a timely discovery of coal stratas in ( '- was evidentl, , team and teas most d es t rtee ___ which arrested the ri over the con nv; th ha r teresting, and wii .ama ; and if culiarities which t to steam navigation, i each► terminus of the op at Panama and Chili. The Isthmus of Pasta regards a c it oppoore—thai the route,-vier--tile Istbm occupy 38 days, wht•reas "an .average of voyages, via" Cope Horn, occupied 110 dap tion of Mr. Wheelright's pamphlet will ret will secure a r passengers, fr We u-ow-coint pamphlet which treat directors in Lon correspondence. Itter an attentive perusal of iged to admit that Mr. Wh surprise at his hay itbdrawn_himself from thee He was the c inator o the company- many year by the Chil of his appl ouring to secure the privileges granted ernments, and the success Peruvian g g to his untiring zeal favogrite le visited means of _ ..., d when, aftr th . ree years of some application p , port the an company was formed and opera tions commenced, they were almost destroyed in the bad through incompetency in London. It appens to us, thcretore, no matter of wonder that the promoter of such an undertaking should, in his anxiety to protect the interests of his numerous friends, apart from his own ruin, write to his directors in a tone of courteous rebuke; to us, the letters of the directors convey an impression that Mr. Wheelright's position was lost sight of, and that he was merely considered in the light of a salaried agent or clerk; for in one of their communications to him they • wrote—" but even your own statement canuot in any e be held to justify you ason agent in assumin g a r i g ht 4. V act towards your employers in the way you have done." To prove the inconsistency of conduct pursued by the directors, and to exonerate himself from blame fot on his own responsibil to decide without delal plies to his letters. A , instances of ity in eases where it was e of waiting months tor re- management We will cxtr one or two, to illustrate his position : The directors, in a letter, dated the 19th Fehrtmi, 1841, in reply to an application from their manager on the "st of - :^a, for permission to purcha ' h was absolutely e - -rote as folio lons, r ing to the f ;141 situation of the company, do not coR ina.:4..1 -. • Iliad in venturing to incuriuri siderable portion of the shares ton hadpurchaseci the interest of the company of proprie tors of the Mer se y an d I rwe ll N av i gat i on ( usually called It to Cl. " The Old Quay Co m pa n y") i n th e wor k s o f that under- s, taking, at the pri ce o f £BOO f or eac h share. There ap- , c , pears to be subst an ti a l groun d f or th i s report, in so far te, as that a neg oc i a ti on f or suc h a purchase has been carried be m to some extent ; but we have reason to believe, that the statement that the barg a i n h as b een ' comp l eted, is, at all rt events, rather premature, as it would no doubt require the assent of all th e p ropr i etors i n t h e navigation, which at we thinic ourselve s warran t e d i n say i ng, has not yet been I obtained, tho ug h i n a ll pro b a bi l i ty it will not be with- u' ol h-ld. It is also stated, that the bargain is to be cora pleted. and the transfer of the concern so made, that 1 Lord Francis E g ert on , or th e trustees of the Tate Duke of , Bridgewater, may en t er i n t o possession of the navigation fl on theist of J anuary , 1844 . s n The last sale of s h ares i n t hi s nav i gation, of which we have heard, and w hi c h we b e li eve only took place a few 1 weeks ago, the p r i ce rea li ze d was £ 3BO per share; so that g, the price said t o b e agree d upon, on the part of Lord 2 x Francis Eg er t on , i s somet hi ng like a profit upon the E latest market price of 110 p er cent ! t ~. ~an acted on thi s occasion in direct opposition to It has been stated, though we cannot say with what their orders." In another case, when Mr. Wheelright degree of accuracy, that the shares in the Old Quay Na- acted in opposition to the evanescent views of the London vigation were originally about £7O; in 1833, they were directors, as connected with the acts of the financial agent £750; in 1836, they were about 370 ; but at o n e period at Lima, he subsequently received an approval of what he they were sold as high as £1,250! In a pro s p ec t us o f the Liverpool had done on hi s own respons ibili ty. way and M anc h es te r Rail- In the correspondence at the conclusion of the pamph way Company, issued in 1827, it was stated that the eve- let, the directors hare euidently written inconsistently,. rage length of passage for goods between these towns, by and have thus armed their late superintendent in proor canal or river, was then 36 hours ; it is now from six to against their attacks. In their letter of the 16th Sept, ten hours by river—by canal somewhat more. The pro- 1843, they write, through their secretary, thos—" that no apectus also stated, that the average freight for 14 years solid grievances or difference did, or should exist between (prior to 1827) had been about 155. per ton. you and them ;" and in the same letter they add, " that Two acts have been passed relative to this navigation. since the above explanations there has been no want of That of the 7th Geo. I. cap. 15 (passed in 1720), entitled harmony between you ;" and yet, in their letter of the "An -act for making the rivers Mersey and Irwell Waved 7th October, they write—" the directors had , good ground gable from Liverpool to Manchester, in the county pale- to find fault with your past management,' &c. To net tine of Lancaster," enumerates the " undertakers of the these remarks are perfectly irreconcileable, so far as the said navigation," of whom thirty-five are stated to be of published correspondence enables us to judge. Manchester, and only three of Liverpool. Seventy-four Mr. Wheelright has clearly demonstrated that the years afterwards (viz. 28th March, 1794), the act of the selection of his directors was most unfortunate. We can 34th Geo. In., cap. 37, was passed, entitled "An act for not suppose that so intelligent a man as he evidently is altering [the act of 7th Geo. I.] by incorporating the would place the entire of his own funds, and the sab proprietors of the said navigation." It states the cum- scriptions of his friends, in such hands; and we can only ber of shares then existing to be five hundred; and en- imagine' that the members of the board were sc an he that, from and after the 4th June, 1791, upwards of pointed. Let us see what proofs of competency can he 90 persons therein named and their respective executors, advanced to secure and retain the confidence of the pro administrators, and assigns, shall be incorporated by the prietors ; can it be in the cost of their two steamers, and name of " The Company of Proprietors of the Mersey in the expenditure of large sums out of the subscribed and Irwell Navigation." capital? A few e x t racts f rom the " capital accosat'' We will only a dd, th a t we h ave h eard two sums stated will enable practical men to decide, bearing in mind that as the gross amount of purchase - money t o b e paid by not a shilling of dividend has ever yet been paid :---. Lord Francis Egerton, viz. £lOO,OOO, which just amounts Cost of " Chili " steamer (she is, we are to £BOO per share for 500 shares (the number stated in told, about 650 tons, and 180 roams).... the act of 1794)—and £480,000, which is the same price Cost of " Peru " steamer (the sae size for 600 shares, which is said, in some quarters, to be the and power as the Chili) present number in the navigation.—Manchester Paper, he present, de se of said vessel to this impolitic re.. ply with a request had for its object the success of the company, Mr. Wheel. right wrote—" I shall now count on my own resources, and have but little doubt of securing sufficient coal to sup— ply our steamers. Had I been furnished with another hulk, it would have assisted me amazingly. I must par , oho , ship to transport the coal, notwithstanding directors, or the operations of the I cannot but think it strange that ,he orders ofi learners roust have been given, as at, uctive of ruin to the company." Ts , 1 appeal to the understandin gs of the Lae following reply was transmitted to the " Although we are fully aware. them must be I this firm nerence to 1 spirite London Boa coast and ave t of having anoth er coa l hulk, the limit bee e —..considered by the direr for avoiding the parchasP made on ti state of the company's funds w from the representatio your last I hope you h !r, we can no lon, ere_this procured a 6 er object to it, mac '•citable vessel for ed, the hope is exi £30,341 60,931 16 S We are informed, from the best authority, that seek LIVERPOOL Cotrap OF BANKRUPTCY.—It is stated vessels could be constructed in Liverpool, by first-rate upo n good authority, that in consequence of the scenes builders and engineers, for less than £50,000. that have recently occurred i n the Court of Bankruptcy Cost of the " Thomas Bold," a coal hulk.. £7,144 in this town, the profession have to a considerable extent Cost of office establishment and some fix come to a determination to settle every case by compro- tures, in London.. ... mise or by arbitration, in preference to issuing fiats, un- Salaries paid in. London to the officers in der the present composition of the court. At the same the company time the principal firms in Liverpool have presented Mr. Engraving pictures of steamers Charles Phillips with an address, expressing in flattering Di nners terms their approbation of his conduct, in every respect, Cost of " Elizabeth " (condemned) ,.. since he has received the appointment. 1 As regards this last item, Mr. Wheelright says, We observe from a notice in our advertising columns, I purchased a vessel called the "Elizabeth," for £l.7k that " Ainsworth's Magazine " will commence the new about the beginning of April. Lloyd's agent deJlared , year with the first part of another n ew work entitled, the time that she was not suited to the object; I expresso " St. James's, or the Court of Queen Anne." From past an opinion to the like effect, and Captain Peacock ore experience of the fascinating interest with which he in- flounced her unfit to go down the river. After being vests his historical subjects, we cannot but anticipate an loaded, she was condemned as unseaworthy, and sold at a increase of the favour which has already achieved for this loss of L 1400." Magazine a position in periodical literature awarded to the asnodn,suuscecclestsotoprtahyeinßrtihteisshe i w ia o v r y d m s ., e ,e v ; ery night when he we An honest Hibernian tar, a great favourite with Net , liberality with which it procures for its readears the con tributions of the most distinguished literary talent of the "ecGe ever God killedh e thanked God l never bless t k b i e l l:1 0 r ata: man, nor n h e a r m n m o oc m k a : l - 1 day. As yet, it has not transpired what events in the memorable reign will form the main features of the plot ; whether those connected with the great political move ments which attended the union of the English and Scot fish Monarchies, or the brilliant military triumphs of the DIALOGUES ON DILWORTII.—Q. How many liqiiia hero of Blenheim and Ramilies. are there besides the usual liquids known as 1 m ts v 7 it,. ANOTHER CHARGE OF CRUELTY AGAINST A CAPTAIN. The other liquids are T and double X.—Q. Why is au —On Saturday last, Captain Scott, of the Sarah Ann, adjective like a drunken man ! A. Because it canner was summoned before Mr. Rushton, to answer a charge stand alone. —Q. Why is a Royal invitation like a propo of assault preferred against him by one of his former sition? A. Because it cannot be declined.—Q. How many hands, Peter Johnson . It appeared that the occurre nce parts of speech are there? A. It depends upon the speaker —Punch. took pace on the coast of Africa, so far back as the 15th who may sometimes divide his speech into several parts. of last April. Upon the evening of that day the captain and sometimes show a total want of parts in speaking it. went on shore and found several of his hands drunk, and, returning on board, ascertained that a quantity otrum How TO DINE EN GRAND SEIGNEUR.—The proprie was missing from th e s hi p ' s stores. After having in- tor of the Cafe Cardinal, at the corner of the Rue Riche.- stituted an inquiry, he ordered Johnson and a French lieu, having for some time past discovered that a number sailor, whom he supposed to be the principal theives and of thefts were committed in his establishment, determine" ringleaders, to be seized and tied up. The order having to keep a strict watch on all that passed around him. been instantly obeyed, each of these men received . two this state of thins one nf h; . ....... dozen lashes. and were Irpm- 1., .1,......:- • • 4,897 17 2!! 122 15 0!! 306 17 9!! 1,42510 8!! he I len manner e ,. ucu Luurnin g arrived they were en ;rand seigneu put on board a boat, and moored a quarter of a mile off cafe rather late or the vessel, where they were kept for two days and nights, eating it the and fed upon water. They were then taken on board host to t.' again. And in - H orders, and Evil ...ug money freely, entered the Luesday and called for dinner. Whilst .ny guest was distinctly perceived by th e a silver fork r 3 nd ... and spoon slip them int% 5 ." mt.: ... A. yen weeks alter the F renc h man d i e d . his paletot. He soon after called for h and is bill, and threse The complainant arrived in Liverpool in August last, and down 20f. to pay the amount. He was going away wig assigned as a reason for not having brought the charge at the proprietor accused him of the theft and had him taken an earlier period that the captain had taken the command before the commissary of police, where there was founj of another vessel, and had not, until the present time, on his person. in addition to the articles taken from the made any stay in Liverpool. The further bearing of the Cafe Cardinal, a silver dish, marked " Rect.-- case was adjourned to this day (Tuesdnyl 1-7. f. ~......;.. r ~nri.... ~ having intimated evidence cfthe mat be prey , d, by the of cruelty, and complainant had been guilty )W the_disorderly conduc ion, in One Volume, decoy Bvo, Subscrib übscribers. 'HE CHURCH. PRO)7THE aips Extracts from the wigs of the book of reference to the opinions of Y men of unexceptionable orthodoxy and OR GRAPEL, Liverpool se-street, December, 1843. w„ ATNSWOIiTH'S MAGAZINE. J ANUARY NUMBER of this MAG NE Twain the = -Y WILLIAM HAP commencement of a NEW ORK, RISON AID 'ORTH~~.SQ.~ SAINT JAMES •rtth .tll OR, THE COURT OF Or , ustrations a.' Neli.n;s2rorth EN ANNE y 'George Cruikxhank, and a Portrait Engraved by Edward Finden, from ratntertgVy Daniel MacWe, Esq., A.A.. I keet"" Jon N MORTIMER, Publisher, Adelaide hoi ' Tr afalgar -square; and WILLIAM GRAPEL, Liver- almercui P built by M' I staredE we canno oriutillsl Publishe, a complete MAP of BIRKE 1124'.1.1111..ate5t improvements, price ss. Size, THEAD, 37 inches the children of ;he North Corporation bush,) took place on Wednesday last beautifully decorated. Edmund Molyneu evington- TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ,—On Sundaytlast two very affecting and impressive -t the above•church, by the Rev. 'bent, and the Rev. W. - Fallooi, chn's, Old Haymarket, from the following ineum STANDARD "AND VALUABL ' BOOKS, V T A I R E I H IGHER VE R B s E a attention tt j o I n T t Iql4, and, he believes, ucrivalled COLLr prit• B OOKS SUITABLE FOR PR bi t4 i! l g genuine Editions of Standard W rks, in bey er and of such rt, quality, in ev resp ect Pk Yet been n tLis p of k of Books seen alsoi comprises art copies the, with ingth cl Nuns of the dim ILLUSTR ATED ANNUALS, l t d eleg an t P u b lications of the Season, for th Na,in room Table,- Christmas and New Near Gifts 9 , rastle street 20t a nutni r of ladies ERA.T and gentlemen were also on the platform and prayer, the children of • - both sexes wi Mr. Morris, in sacred and ggneral hist ,xamined by texts, viz., in the morning from -Ezekiel, ix. 4, and in the evening from John,'xvii. 19, in'behelf of building day and Sunday schools in connexion with the above church, under the paternal care of our excellent minister, Mr. Butler, Whose exertions have been so far most indefatigable to raise donations for such a praiseworthy object. It is a most lamentable fact, that Toxteth-park contains upwards of 40,000 inhabitants, amongst whom we have only three Church of England schools for the 'cnltivation of the little minds of thousands of our fellow-creatures, who are daily hurrying on the broad road to destruction, the greatest mass -of which is in the district of the above church ; and numbers of these poor half-starved and half 'clad children are•obliged to be sent away every Sabbath day from the church, there being no place of refuge to uable manure which introduced into England " The Joshua Waddington " is of 355 tons burthen, old measurement. She isl3o ft. in length over all, 26 ft. 3 in. in beam, and 18 ft. 3 in. in depth of hold. The materials of which she is built are of the very best de scription throughout ; her timbers being of prime full grown English oak, and .her planking of East India tiek and African oak—both found to be excellent, and the durability of the latter •so great, that, though in use for years - " multitudinous," - it is not yet ascertained. Fora merchant-vessel, to carry a large cargo, this ship is of a good model; and though high-sided, in proportion to her length, she will probably sail fast, and, from her depth of hold, keep well to windward. 'She is, in fact, what•may be called a good wholesome merchantman, and what:little she may lose •in speed, compared with a smarter ship, she will probably more than make up on the right side of the ledger. She has a full-length figure of Mr. Waddington at her bows; and on her stern - mblematical figures and ornaments carved in alto, in the best style of the art, representative of the respective countries, Eng land and South America. The .assemblage of spectators was -very great, and a covered platform was erected on the south side of the basin, - for the accommodation of the principal guests. Amongst those present we noticed the Rev. H. M'Neile and family, the Rev. Mr. Hampton, Messrs. Jones (2), Bright, Brownell (2), Cotesworth, Naylor, Hagan, Croft, Wynne, Saukville, Swire, Paton, Jos. Miller, Forwood, Caton, Bowie, Kendall, and others, with, many of them, their families and friends. A few minutes after twelve o'clock the vessel was launched, and went off in -gallant stylel her plunge into the water followed by loud cheers. She was christened by Miss Fanny Peel, cousin of Sir Robert Peel, Prime Minister, a very young lady, who performed the cere mony with so such spirit and enthusiasm ;that fragments of the bottle and a portion of the wine were thrown back upon the stage at the bows, on which she and her friends stood. The vessel, on rushing to the offing, nearly ran down adlat in the river, but the latter escaped with little or no damage. The " Waddington," with a number of persons, on her deck, looked well on the water. She was afterwards-towed into the Queen's Dock Basin. THE LUNCH. -Shortly after the launch, the greater part of the com pany, including many ladit s, and numbering in all about one hundred and thirty, sat down to a sumptuous cold collation, wines, fkc., in the moulding-room, provided by Mr. Longden, of the Belvidere Hotel, South Castle -street. The viands were of the best description, served on two long tables; and though no fire could be allowed, the wea ther was so mild and sunny foe the season, that no incon venience was felt, and the guests leisurely did ample jus tice to the good things set before them. The large room was screened off on one side by British ensigns, and on the other with flags of all nations ; the pillars and roof were decorated with evergreens and flowers, and the whole resembled a splendid marquee, filled with a joyous com pany, on a May day. The chair of the principal table was ably filled by Mr. Cotesworth, one of the owners of the ship, on each side of whom sat the Rev. H. M'Neile and family, and others of distinction. Captain Samuel Stott officiated in the vice chair of this table. Mr. Wynne pre- , sided at the other table, with Captain Bottomley, the commander of the new ship, as his vice. Grace having been impressively said by the Rev. Mr. M'Neile, " board ing pikes and cutlasses" were seized with an avidity that betokened excellent .appetite, and a regular onslaught was made upon roasted, boiled, and baked, in which rounds of beef, legs of mutton, turkeys, chicken s , t ongues, &c., suffered extraordinary havock,: while Christmas pies were utterly demolished. Commensurate justice was done to the porter, pale ale, and wines, i nc l u di ng, amongst the last, capital champaign, which did its best, though in vain, to eclipse the sparkling of the ladies' eyes. The health of " the Queen" having been drunk with all the honours, Mr. M'NEILE, in very felicitous terms, alluded to the new ship. Blessed as the undertaking had so far been, he fervently hoped that she might be destined to carry the valuable produce of one land to another, sup plying mutual wealth and mutual wants ; that she might prove a source of satisfaction and profit to her owners ; and that slam might be protected from rocks, and storms, and all disasters of the deep. He concluded by proposing " Success to the Joshua Waddington." We need scarcely state that the toast was drunk with the moat enthusiastic applause , geography, anthme TS, com degree of preception and memory - in all. The Rev. Dr. Tattershe.ll put many scriptural questions to these inter .• fh4.i nnarla resrknoo obrim;ner L .taintance with th&sacred volume tea remarkable degree. He also addressed them, and those connected with them in a very feeling manner. and. the national an them being sung, the proceedings closed by his imploring a blessing on all. On Thursday the children of the South Corporation School,. 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The answer is univer sally "Yes," in the midst of the greatest affluence. The above church was erected and endowed by sthat 'Christian philanthropist, John 'Gladstone, Esq. •of Fasque, at an expense of nearly XE,OOO. What a cheer ing aspect would-present itself, if other Protestant gentle men would,go and do likewise in behalfsof erecting schools connected with the church! Arida must state•sincerel , and with a. Christian love for these poor children, :tha t they can at least feel it. This, arid some previous winters have, however, rather disturbed the weather-wise something ere long mus be done for the reform a ti on o f in the choice of their language on a rencontre, at Christmas; for in place of -saying " how cold it is !" theeare constrained society, the safety of our sacred institutions i n c h urc h and state, and the prosperity of our-country in the risi ng to exclaim " how mild it is for the season !"—and then generation ; • forsre see around us. Popery on the one heed, comes the tmutual conjecture whether our •" tight little with all its mockeries and mummeries, endeavouring to island" has not by some chance or change been thrust a ll ure th ese poor , c hild ren w ith all its fantastical Sunday southward from the month of December, tathat of May. equipments, more suitable for the pantomime or the opera Certain it is that the temperature is most extraordinary, than for religious education,—and various other dissect and in place of " vapours, and clouds, and-storms," we tens, with.all thatpharisaical cant that once infested the have, for some days, enjoyed clear skies, and - a warm and Jewish nation. almost balmy air. Dog-daisies spangle the fiekls, and the I hope, sir, these few remarks will insag' orate our noble gardens are -redolent with many of the fairestilowers. A minded Protestant friends of Toxtethspark, and induce writer in .the London Times, of yesterday, remarks : them, while they have the delightful opportunity, to ex ,. That there -is some unusual planetary influence there tend their influence and affluence in support of the erec can be no doubt ; the daily fluctuations in the barometer tion. of :Protestant, 'Scriptural schoolle_cocnected with the last month were most extraordinary, as well as the change above church. in the temperature. The lowest point during this month I hope, sir, you will pardon me for intruding these few was on the early part of the morning of the 13th, when I lines upon your kind indulgence; but, knowing you are registered 38.6 deg. of Fahrenheit, whereas last night always anxious to promote such objects, tLbeg most re -50.5 deg. was the lowest, to-day 53 . 7 deg. the highest in spectfully the insertion of this short epistle in your valu the s hade, and 62 deg. the highest in the sun, which able and widely-circulated journal, which will-much oblig, savours very littleof the expectautDecemberdays ofeold." our most,obedient and bumble servant, The same mildness of temperature appears to be ex- A MEMBER -OT ST. THOMAS'S .CUURCH perienced throughout the country. The Gateshear Wbeerver Liverpool, 21st December, 1843 publishes the following extract of a letter, written by a Northumberland farmer :—" What singular weather for the season ! On Tuesday, the 12th instant, flocks of swallows were flying about Brinckburn Abbey, to the astonishment of several who witnessedsuch a phenomenon. (For the Liverpool Standard.) -Does not such a fact go far to prove that many of the My first undoubtedly is nought, Rirundo genus remain with us during winter, in a state The' oft it-s a sound; of torpiditY ? " We shall not speculate on this atmos- My second, either cast or wrought, plierical phenomenon, beyond the expression of a hope In kitchens always found; that the young wheat which in this neighbourhood (and we My whole is sweet, or bitter fruit, doubt not elsewhere) is very forward, and rather " proud" Which seems most palates well to suit e on the g round, may not be " nipped i the bud "by a Leeds, Dec. 23d. 1843. " killing frost." The waiter of this was, yesterday, in REMINNIIIIIIIIIIIIMOMMEN the garden and greenhouses -of a gentleman in this neigh bourhood, in or near which there was no appearance of THE CHRISTMAS-DAY GOOSE AND PLUM PUDDING winter, saving in the leaflees forest trees that surrounded --Such a bustle ensued that you might have thought a them, and he carried home with him a nosegay of the goose the rarest of all birds.; a feathered phenomenon, choicest •ond rarest specimens of flowering shrubs and to which a black swan was a matter of course : and in flowers. As regards the greenhouse, the orange trees truth it was something very like it in that house. Mrs. bore each ripe and unripe fruit of large size, and blossom Cratchit made the gravy (ready beforehand in a little at the same time. saucepan) hissing hot ; Master Peter mashed the potatoes . with incredible vigour; Miss Belinda sweetened up the CHRISTMAS DAY IN SOLITARY PLACES.—A, light apple-sauce; Martha dusted the hot plates; Bob took shone from the window of a hut, and swiftly they ad- Tiny Tim beside him in a tiny corner at the table; the vanced towards it. Passing through the wall of mud and two young Cratchits set chairs for everybody, not forget stone, they found a cheerful company assembled round a ting themselves, and mounting guard upon their posts, glowing fire. Au old, old mar. and woman, with their crammed spoons into their mouths, lest they should shriek children and their. hildren's children, and another gene- for goose before their turn came to be helped. At last ration beyond that, all decked out gaily in their holiday the dishes were set on, and grace was said. It was suc attire. The old man in a voice that seldom rose above ceeded by a breathless pause, as Mrs. Cratchit, looking the howling of the wind upon the barren waste, was sing- slowly all along the carving-knife, prepared to plunge it ug them a Christmas song ; it had been a very old song in the breast ; but when she did, and when the long-ex when he was a boy ; and from time to time they all joined pected gush of stuffing issued forth, one murmur of de in the chorus. So surely as they raised their voices, the light arose all round the board, and even Tiny Tom, blithe and loud ; and so surely as they excited by the two young Cratchits, beat on the table with r sank again. The Spirit did not tarry the handle of his knife, and feebly cried Hurrah I There s o t l o d p m an got g h o is t quite vigo o here. but bade Scrooge hold his robe, and passing on above never was such a goose. Bob said he didn't believe there the moor, sped whither? Not to sea? To sea. To ever was such a goose cooked. Its tenderness and fla- Scrooge's horror, looking back, he saw the last of the your, size and cheapness, were the themes of universal land, a frightful range of rocks, behind them; and his admiration. Eked out by the apple-sauce and mashed ears were deafen ed by the thundering of water, as it potatoes, it was a sufficient dinner for the whole family; , rolled, and roared, and raged among the dreadful caverns indeed, as Mrs. Cratchit said with great delight (survey it had worn, and fiercely tried to undermine the earth. ing one small atom of a bone upon the dish), they hadn't Built upon a dismal reef o f sun k en roc k s, some l eague or ate it all at last! Yet every one had had enough, and the so from shore; on which the waters chafed and dashed, youngest Cratchits, in particular, were steeped in sage the wild year through , there stood a solitary lighthouse. and onion to the eyebrows! But now, the plates being Great heaps of sea .weed clung to its base, and storm- changed by Miss Belinda, Mrs. Cratchitl left the room birds—born of the Find one might suppose, as sea-weed alone—too nervous to bear witnesses—to take the pud of the water—rose and fell about it, like the waves they ding up, and bring it in. Suppose it should not be done skimmed. But even here, two men who watched the enough ! Suppose it should break in turning out 1 Sup light had made a fire , that through the loophole in the pose somebody should have got over the wall of the back thick stone wall shed out a ray of brightness on the awful yard, and stolen it, while they were merry with the goose : sea. Joining their horny hands over the rough table at a supposition at which the two young Cratchits became which they sat, they wished each other Merry Christmas livid ! All sorts of horrors were supposed. Hallo ! A in their can of grog ; and one of them—the elder, too, great deal of steam ! The pudding was out of the copper. with his face all dama ged and scarred with bard weather, A smell like a washing-day ! That was the cloth. A as the figure-bead of a n old ship might be—struck up a smell like an eating-house and a pastry-cook's next door gale in itself. Again the to each other, with a laundress's next door to that ! That Ghost sped on, a bove sturdy song that was like a the black and heaving sea —on, on— was the pudding. In half a minute Mrs. Cratchit entered : until, being far away, as he told Scrooge, from any shore, flushed, but smiling proudly : with the pudding, like a they lighted on a ship. They stood beside the helmsman speckled cannon-ball, so hard and firm, blazing i n h a lf at the wheel, the loo k out in the bow, the officers who had of half -a-quartern of ignited brandy, an d b e di g ht w ith figures in their several stations; Christmas holly stuck into the top. Oh ! a wonderful the watch ; dark, ghostly them hummed a Christmas tune, . pudding ! Bob Cratchit said, and calmly too, that he but every man among u ght, or spoke below his breath to regarded it as the greatest success achieved by Mrs. or had a Christmas tho bygone Christmas - Day, with Cratchit since their marriage. Mrs. Cratchit said that his companion of sonle belonging to it. And every man on now the weight was off her mind, she would confess she hs•fie g, good or bad, had bad a kinder had had her doubts about the quantity of flour. Every-. ut it, but nobody said ort dr - e - n, and they shewed a surprisi ture history and other branches of learning. 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NORTH, Mr. WYNNE returned his grateful thanks for the ho nour conferred upon bis partner and himself, and proposed " Mrs. M`Neile and the ladies who had that day favoured them by their presence." (Loud cheers.) Mr. IWINTEILE, in the name of the ladies, returned thanks, and, with allusion to the condition of the manu facturing population, and particularly the young females, suggested, as a noble exploit, for the ladies of England to make a representation to the Queen—herself a mother, and imbued with the kindliest maternal feelings—with a view to an amelioration in their condition. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed " Health and p ros p er it y to the Builders of the Ship.' , (Loud applause.) Mr. ROYDEN returned thanks, in plain but hearty John Bull terms, for the compliment. He expressed the plea sure he felt in being surrounded by such an assembly, and trusted that the Joshua Waddington, now afloat on her destined element, would prove herself second to no ship in the several qualities requisite for a merchant vessel. The health of Miss Peel was then drunk with three times three, and afterwards that of Mr. Brownell. That gentleman, in returning thanks, proposed ' the Owners," which was heartily responded to. A GENTLEMAN, whose name we did not obtain, pro posed the health of Captain Bottomley, expressing a hope that the vessel would long be a source of emolument to her owners, and of satisfaction to her commander. Captain BOTTOMLEY said it was an old saying amongst sailors, that the prayers of the wi c k e d rose no higher than " the leading blocks;" and if that were admitted as an axiom, surely the kind wishes of so goodly a company would (on the other hand) ensure the undertaking they had that (C ~.t j , i ll' ' i°,ooo WITH 108 PAGES AND 2 PISA S 1844. 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I° l'k . ‘ l o9 , 4 t he awful Prophecy of Nostradm I ,A 4 i .' l , l l„ s y' li of Britain in 1815, written f.OO years ~h e j r ° 4 4 4 st Op THE RUSSIAN EMPEROR.—The et . leted, his family lat ease, and soe unseemly 4 e t i 7 f),'B Pursued in the Palace of St. Petersburgh n . eessNePhetie Messenger, 1843, page 28.—Thus ye . i 4tit i e t B L , t as te ; r tain Duke, who married one of the .a Pi a t w n: 'Darcie Otd to have fallen in love with his sister-1 1 INI il'eut f rt °eess has received orders not to leave her arie,"••-q" two months.—Morning Herald. 130 11 , 1 Of t,'eat success caused a second Plate and To n re Nai l to w,°etrY, Tales, and amusing At ticles, to be pv t e_ 0 , s ePa r e t khc l ee it more completely at the HEAD, of h n 24 Ps t ,% 4 " t 4 4 4 al i s i : There is a - re-issue for in and 1813, -t t'Pl is - ', .w. a- e-Crown each, or bound a Volume of NIL 2to next eny►a„ Number for 1844, so that a wttmou.',7 of it - „ ....... 1.... t...,1 r....f1,,,...pAr._ ..1 A A . 1,... 8 ennt. rnus, regal', Prosperity to it was at a iudding for a p•ts,LTON WRIGHT, Of s°' bye 24th Year of Pu b all Booksellers. p remember I y to do ce, It would have been flat heresy so. would have blushed to bias at such a thin " Christmas Carol." !ratchis rent cheers.) brief, but interesting, pro Eited with the and know no surrender ; it is the admiraticm 'of those sight ; arid many . of the spectators, who had not before principles which through this cell with Britain's choicest seen the launch of so loge a ship, will long remember the SINGULAR DEATH.—An inquest was held on Tuesday sons !" Yes, it is•chiefly through his opposition to that indefinable emotions which they could not control, and Oast, on I. Davies, wife of Mr. Davies, painter, Anson- crying sin, which Lord Eldon said Englishmen, as Chris- the associations that followed, when they saw her, in the Halms OF BUSINESS. terrace who, while employed on Tuesday week in clean- tians, could not submit to, which places poor, but noble velocity of her onward course, reach --- unaided by steam, A ' I V Published, Second Edition, price Sixpen , , ing at ihe Collegiate institution, fell down the stairs, and Oastler in prison. ' sail, or °Um-power—nearly rte. .-:.-I.n_ _., " - t. IIr,' A NCE AT THE . PRESENT SY MOF , broke her arm. She was taken to the -infirmary, and then While the pauperised Irish are raising their thou_ ' • Vfee, 'B INESS AMONG SHOPKEEP S; and the sent home. Yesterday week her husband heard a scream, :-- in support of anational beggar, and their deluded own 4 et c lii.V that System upon the Youn en engagetlin and on going up stairs.. found she had fallen upon her in- lings in this•country are also furnishing thousands to pre ales arm. Mr. ••Penningtob. surgeon, was sent for, and I .rades, as dell as upon 'Society large. mote the transparent humbug of free trade; -While, I say, that, in strength and finish, " The iron Duke" is second I,,Lor l d By EDWARD FLOWER. attended her; but she expired in a very short time after- these things are going on, are true-born Englishmen to to no vessel welave yet seen built of that hazardous ma- AL I ,'" : Wu. Artorr, , 128, Chancery-lane; Oniks. wards, her whole frame being shaken as in a fit. suffer their•dearest champion to pine away in a despicable terial in field warfare (as Hudibras had it), " cold iron." 4 ' l 13 0 ,P 1 , South John -street, Liverpool. To be hadof THE THEATRE ROYAL ! -- This splendid Place of dungeon fora paltry sum of moneyl df any man can She stood, notwithstanding her sharpness of build, still' - -...,,.._•______Jss e ik irs, amusement will be opened this evening for the season, counteract by his knowledge and abilities the fearful prin- and erect in the water. We visited her afterwards when Bi R . after having been closed for a couttiderable time. As we ciples of the free trade delusion—that-man is RICHARD she was towed into the Trafalgar Dock, and f oun d it t o RIZ - E N,H'E AD DOC K, &c. have before stated somewhat in detail, the house has in- OASTLER. For my own part, lam ortipinion that in the be 'the unanimous opinion of many nautical gentlemen EP Po,„ Just published, price 25., -- teriorly been entirely renovated; new scenery has been manufacturing distri c t s h e cou ld ent i re l y turn t h e t id e o f p resen t, t h a t h er li ces were b eaut if u ll y scientific, and it nin EN•T of the SANATARY CONDITI of i n t ro d uce d, b y first-rate artists;; a talented company has popular feeling a ga i ns t th e 'l eague ; arid of this lam sure, that nothing could prevent her 'from being " a r egu l ar 'cute_,'CENHEAD, w ith reference also to . present b een engaged , and no expense liaS been spared by the that no man is so greatly b e l ove d b y . t h e f ac t ory peop l e as c li pper ." W e s h a ll report progress 'when she makes a l'lli e ll nui future prospects, including Five L HOGRA- spirted manager and manageress poor RICHARD OASTLER. t r i a l- tr i p . to ensure the comfort of bler V i 'WS, with PLAN and EN I ER'S RE- visitors and their entertainment in what may he truly Englishmen ! rally round the 'flag 'of true liberty on „,Draw,, of the intended :BIRKENH DOCK, &c. t erme d the• legitimate drama. Notwithstanding the num Thursday next; and let it be seen thett , tbe true friends-of " THE JOSHUA WADIYINGTO'N." .14, 1 ,„ bl , at the request of the mmissioners, by ber of theatres and other places of amusement now open, the people have your confidence. On 'Saturday last, a fine ship, named " The Joshua S a i d - , L r i . A.NSFIELD we are of opinion that if each of them confines itself to DELTA. Waddington," was launched from the yard of 'Mr. Roy tither liuY ROCKLIFP ;MI:DLL's, 50, Castle-street, and its own peculiar and distinctive . province, and . maintains December, 4843. den, the builder, in Baffin-street. She is the property of 1,11 ,t:toksellers. withal a successful feeling with qts contemporaries, all of Messrs. •Cutesworth and Wynne, and intended for the kid of f 4. l :_rofits from the - Sale of the above Worksto go in them willlie ST. THOMAS'S 'CaURCH,'TOXTETH-PARK • South 'American trade, her first voyage being, as we learn, 'lie new Hospital at Birkenhead. THE CORPORATION SCHOOLS.—The examination of • school P' to Valparaiso. Her commander, Capt. 13 o tt om l ey , h as ‘ had much expel ience .n thetrade, and, we have no doubt, will do the vessel am i ple:justice as a seaman, as well as forward the interests of the concern by his tact in traffic with "the natives." He was, we are informed, the first who brought to this country a cargo 'of ".guano," the "as comparatively recently been ARD GIBBON, Chairman ND DIS' LIVERPOOL CHARITABLE SOCIETY, FOR VISITING ANTI RELIEVING THE SICK TRESSED POOR AT THEIR OWN DWELLINGS. Conducted by Members of the Church of England. President—Rev..l. H. STEWART, Minister of St. Bride's Treasurer - Esq. Sand3errace. , 'HE Funds of ti Society being hausted, the TCornmittc ;st!y solicit that as ante which will ate the DISTRE S which, during Itvays prevails to a p, enable them to al the Wint itnongst the poor of all religious persua sions; and., during the last Twelve Months, relieved 2900 rds of 11,000 individuals. Its desire work of mer cases, cont is, while alleviating temporal di• ;s, to promote the spi under its rimier_ by teal we Christian advice, suited to their respective circumstances, and by . e distribution of the -sacred Scriptures and reli- gious•tracts Society supplies articles of In addition to food, the Clo - tlring and Bedding in extreme cases Subscriptions will be thankfully received by the Presi- Treasurer, 3. RIGBY, Esq. Sandon-terrace, or by any Member of the Committee. Also by the Collector, at the Charitable Institution 'house, Slater-street, and at the As this is the first iron sh A 1 in wooden craft the utmo-stsu. ;bly d of the diy.