The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-01 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS We understand that the Earl of March, member for West Sussex, will move,and Mr. W. Beckett, for Leeds, will second the address in the House of Commons in answer to the Queen's speech at the opening of the ensuing session of Par liament. The bddress in the House of Lords will be moved by the Marquis a Abercorn—Standard. CHARITABLE SOCIETY.—The number of cases relieved by the visitors of this society during the last month, was 469, and the number of persons relieved 2868. The advantage of this society is more especially apparent in the personal visiting of alt cases which receive relief. TOXTETH PARK OPERATIVE PROTESTANT ASSOCIA TION.—In our notice of the last monthly meeting of this association, our reporter was slightly inaccurate in the word ing of the resolution submitted to the meeting. We are happy in consequence to refer our readers to our advertising columns of this morning, where the resolution is published with authority. THE ALBION AND THE HIGHWAY BOARD.—The Albion, in noticing the remarks which appeared in our pub lication of Friday, upon the unequal distribution of their ad vertising favours by the Highway Board, inquires " will the STANDARD please to inform us what share of the printing and stationery of the Highway Board finds its way to libe ral printers and stationers." We cannot give our contempo rary the required information ; but can safely say, for our selves, that we have never set a type, or furnished a ream of paper, or a card of pens even, at the expense of that board. QUEEN ADELAIDE AND THE BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.— Her Majesty the Queen Dowager has recently been pleased to present a gold watch, chain, and seals to Mr. Robinson, the head of the booking department at the Euston station of the London and Birmingham Railway, in token of her approval of the attention shown by that gentleman on the many occa sions on which Her Majesty has travelled upon that line. Her Majesty has likewise honoured Mr. Creed, the respected secretary of the company, with a similar mark of her royal consideration. THE SECONDARIES' COURT, BASINGHALL STREET.--At the last sitting at these miserable and dreary premises on Friday last, the jury rose en masse and complained that rain was fairly floating them out of the box ; the rain was dropping through the ceiling in a manner that rendered those beneath anything but comfortable. The learned Secondary, Mr. Potter, stammered forth an excuse, but Mr. James, the bar rister, observed that it was a disgrace and a shame to the city to call such a dog kennel a court of justice; if the corpora tion had to eat their dinners there, things would be speedily altered.—(Laughter.) GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—With reference to the in tention•of the directors of this company to propose the ap propriation. of £l,OOO for the purpose of establishing a church and school at Crewe for the accommodation of the workmen stationed there in the employ of the company, the Railway Times, of Saturday, makes the following remarks :—" We " cordially approve of this proposition, and trust it will he " unanimously carried out. We are happy to find the exam " ple set by the London and Birmirigham directors thus fol lowed. Should.opposition to the vote all s e, dissentients " should have the power of withdrawing their quota of the "grant. If this were at once announced, it would probably " prevent much needless discussion." (nnsLIN ELECTION.—This election terminated on Satur day evening, when Mr. Gregory, the conservative candidate, was returned by a majority of 390. PETITION AGAINST MONOPOLIES.—The Albion of yes terday boasts that this petition has already received 20,000 signatures. but he does not inform us hOw they were 'ob tained. The sheets have been placed on the tables in the Lyceum Newsroom for several weeks, but not one, we believe, has yet been filled. THEATRE-ROYAL.—This theatre opened last night with " Hamlet" and the " Boarding School." " Hamlet" is ad mirably got up. The scenes are new and extremely beauti ful ; the dresses are also all new, and in good keeping with the time when the action of the tragedy takes place. The audience greeted the old favourites with a'hearty welcome.— The new farce did not lack encouragement.—Mr. Brooke, from the little we saw hi& do, is evidently a very talented actor. " Hamlet" has not been so well put on the stage for . . . . years as it was last night. The utmost attention appears to be paid in every department. ANDERSON'S STATUARY.—We perceive that Mr. Ander son, in consequence of ill health, is about to dispose of his beautiful and ingenious groups of figures by subscription. Those who wish to try their fortune may, perhaps, secure one of these valuable works of art. They would greatly or nament a gentleman's hall or pleasure grounds; in fact they Would enrich any museum in the country. Were they not esteemed for their merit, which no one can doubt, they must be always regarded as monuments of perseverance and industry. DEATHS BY DROWNING.—ONE OF THE BODIES FOUND. —Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. Curry on view of the body of a man named William Carroll. It appeared that on Friday morning last, while the Earl of Roden steam boat was passing down the river, and had got opposite to Garston, a body was seen floating by one of the crew, and was towed down to No. 2 pier by a rope. It was much de composed. George Garlock, a boatman, said he knew the deceased, who was 38 years old. On the 22d of November last, deceased and witness and two other men were out in a boat in Formby Channel, when a sea struck the boat, which instantly_ swamped, and - they were all three thrown in the water. Ile saved himself by clinging to the oars, and a boat came and picked him up. The deceased and the two others were drowned. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased was accidentally drowned. SANDERS V. HEAD.—In this case the office of the judge has been promoted by Mr. Sanders against the Rev. H. E. Head, for publishing a letter in the Western Times, in which, as alleged, there are expressions derogatory to the Prayer Book. The proceedings were instituted under the Ecclesi astical Discipline Bill. The rev. gentleman appeared under protest, and pleaded that under the act named the court had no jurisdiction. We refrain from stating the facts in the state of the cause. The Queen's Advocate and Dr. Harding were heard in the Arches Court, on Saturday in support of the protest; and Drs. Addams and Robinson contra. The court,' considering it had jurisdiction, overruled the protest, and assigned the defendant to appear absolutely. An appeal was notified, but opposed. The court granted the reqdest, and ordered it to be presented by the by-day. ST. ANNE'S WARD.—RELIEF OF THE POOR.—The com mittee for distributing the fund raised for the relief of the poor in this ward are proceeding very satisfactorily. Up to yesterday £176 had been received, including the sum of £l5 12s. 2d. collected at St. Anne's Church on Sunday last, after a sermon by the Rev. Mr. Blundell, and a handsome donation from " A.8.C.," who " applauds the very excel lent system in which the committee distribute the relief." — We are informed that the radicals in this ward are about to " get up" a rival fund for a similar object, but we hope the animus of such a proceeding will be obvious and scouted im mediately. If their intention be honest, let them contribute to the present committee, who purpose, immediately that their work is finished, to publish every particular connected with their stewardship. Mr. Ducrow is reported to have left property to the amount of nearly £50,000. WILHELM'S METHOD OF SINGING.—We beg to draw at tention to Mr. Woodward's advertisement, which appears elsewhere. The new. method of Mr. Withem, it seems, is that praetised by this professor, whose talents as a musician fit him, no doubt, for the task he undertakes. " THE LIVERPOOL EDUCATION SOCIETY."—A meeting of about forty persons, and convened by advertisement ema nating from some parties connected with the Mechanics' In stitution was held in the Clarendon-rooms, on Saturday, for the purpose of forming a society, having for its great object the improvement and extension of education, principally by the promotion of intercourse and intercommunion among teachers. Mr. Blackburne, formerly the liberal chairman of the Education Committee of the town-council, and a warm friend of the Irish system, was the chairman, and the meeting was addressed by him, Mr. William Rathbone, Mr. Hugo Reid, Mr. W. B. Hodgson, Dr. Shepherd, Mr. Martineau, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Sheil, and one or two others. A society for the above object was formed, and with this the business of the meeting terminated. The proceedings were as dull as can almost be imagined, and would have been insipidity itself if Mr. William Ratlibone had not got into a passion with the system now pursued in the corporation schools, and Mr. Mar tineau had forborne from railing against the " sacerdotal character" of the education which is fortunately given to the majority of the youth of this town in our public schools. The annual value of the Bishopric of Chichester, to which Dr. Gilbert will be shortly consecrated, vice the late Dr. Shuttleworth, is £4,200 per annum, with, of course, the episcopal palace attached to the see. The high soaring of the swallow indicates fine weather, be cause the warm air is above, and in the warm air flies are found, and the swallows follow them. THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE ARTICLE " A " AND " THE."—A Merry Andrew being asked by a young aspirant for fame to inform him .by what means he might discoier the difference between the indefinite article a and the definite article the? "Why, sir," said the clown, " you are a fool, and I am the fool—that's the difference." REPRESENTATION OF LIVERPOOL. GREAT MEETING OF THE CONSERVATIVE ELECTORS SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS FOR EVER! Yesterday, at one o'clock, a most influential meeting of conservative freemen and electors was held in the assembly room of the Queen's Arms Hotel, for the purpose of naming a fit and proper person to become a candidate for the repre sentation of this borough in the place of Mr. Cresswell, ap pointed one of her Majesty's Justices of the Court of Com mon Pleas. The spacious room, and the gallery belonging to it, was filled to excess. The following are the names of a few of the gentlemen whom we were able to observe :—Sir Thomas Braneker, Nicholas Robinson, Esq., Win. Potter, Esq., Robertson Gladstone, Esq., James Aspinall, Esq., William Shand, Esq., Francis Shand, Esq., R. Rankin, Esq., Thomas Sands, Esq., Charles S. Parker, Esq., Joseph Ackers, Esq., Duncan Gibb, Esq., William Currie, Esq., George Grant, Esq., David Hodgson, Esq., Adam Hodgson, Esq., William Lowe, Esq., Samuel Holme, Esq., George Hall Lawrence, Esq., C. T. Dunlevie, Esq., Thomas Bold, Esq., Isaac O. Bold, Esq., John Walker, Esq., Robert Horsfall, Esq., Edmund Molyneux, Esq., Captain Moly neux, R.N., J. Kelso, Esq., W. Nixon, Esq., Andrew Browne, Esq., Richard Dawson, Esq., George Clarke Chairman, M.C.A., H. Glynn, Esq., T. Livingston, Esq., Thomas Casson, Esq., William Birkett, Esq., Thomas Ro binson, Esq., James Parker, Esq., John Kilshaw, Esq., Robert Rigby, Esq., Dr. Gouthwaite, John Wilkinson, Esq., Thomas Carson, Esq., Peter Wright, Esq., John Pen nington, Esq., King Ellison, Esq., William Hall, Esq., Richard Houghton, Esq., William Foster, Esq., Ebenezer Rae, Esq., Isaac Holmes, Esq., Thomas Chilton, Esq., John Fletcher, Esq., John Myers, Esq., 'William Goore, Esq., James Robertson, Esq., John Hall, Esq., James Tyrer, Esq., William Foster, jun. Esq., James Blake, Esq., J. D. Maddock, Esq., Thomas Shaw, Esq., W. P. Bushby, Esq., John Casson, Esq., Francis Foster, Esq., W. F. Smith, Esq., James Hall, Esq., Captain Parsons, R.N., James Roper, Esq., George Green, Esq., J. Nelson Wood, Esq., Samuel Rowlands, Esq., John Stewart, Esq., Mark Sinnott, Esq., J. R. Currie, Esq., R. Houghton, Sen. Esq., Chris topher Bushell, Esq., T. Maddock, Esq., Thomas Peacock, Esq., John Ellison, Esq„ &c. &c. On the motion of Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, Sir THOMAS BRANCKER was unanimously called upon to take the chair. Sir Tuomas BRANCKER, in opening the proceedings, said he heard the other day of a:• meeting, the chairman of which, he supposed, hail about as much eloquence as him self. He begin what he intended to be a great speech, by saying, " Gentlemen, you are met together," and there he stopped. After rubbing his head a little he tried again ; again he said, "Gentlemen,. we are met together," and there he stopped again. The third time he said, " Gentlemen, you know just as well as I do what we are met for, therefore there is no use telling you." (Loud laughter.) And if he (the chairman) only looked at what was the main object of this meeting, perhaps that would suffice for him also ; but he had a duty to perform towards our late excellent and valued representative, the Honourable Mr. Justice Cress well (cheers), from whom• he had received a letter, which he had requested him to read to the meeting upon taking leave of his constituents. (Hear, hear.) lie (the chairman) was sure the meeting would regret with him, the great losi they had sustained by Mr. Cresswell's elevation, but at the same time they would rejoice in his having attained the high dis tinction which he had fairly and honourably earned. He would now read the letter, which was as follows : men who had done honour to this country in all ages, but among the whole bench no one, he believed, would be found whom this country might rely more for a just adjudication upon all questions of property, and for constitutional deci sions upon all matters of personal right. (Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then put the motion, and it was carried by acclamation. • " Gentlemen,—l obey this cal/ with feelings of honest pride, because it is made in consequence of my principles being in accordance with your own. " In order to prevent the possibility of any misunder standing relative to the views which I entertain upon mat ters of great political importance, I shall briefly state them. " Gentlemen,—l am a friend to SHIPS, COLONIES, and COMMERCE. Having had the honour of representing my gracious Sovereign in the British colonies of North America, and, in such distinguished station, having had frequent op portunities of dealing with questions of the utmost impor tance to the commercial prosperity of England, I am con vinced that every man who has the real commercial greatness of his country at heart, can arrive at no other conclusion than that the power, wealth, and prosperity of Great Britain are dovetailed, as it were, with the prosperity of her colonial possessions. " Gentlemen,—l yield to none in feelings of humanity— to none in the due appreciation of rational freedom ; and I lament that any legislature, but particularly a British legis lature, should ever have invested man with a property in his fellow-man. It is, therefore; that I, in common with a vast portion of my countrymen, am unfeignedly desirous of see ing this blot upon our national character for ever effaced ; but, then, I shall aim at an object so dear to every lover of freedom and humanity, by an equitable regard to vested rights, and a fervent anxiety to make the measure of eman cipation a benefit and not a curse to the slave. " When the evidence of the conflicting opinions enter tained upon the corn-laws shall come before parliament. I will give to this important question the fullest consideration in my power. I have no bias opposed to the public weal, and shall support such measures as appear to me most con ducive to the best interests of my country. " I am an unflinching upholder of the dignity of our an cient monarchy. lam a supporter of the established church. I conceive it to be the bulwark of genuine Christianity, whe ther within the pale of its own communion, or in the ample range of its extensive toleration. I will aid every measure originating with the friends of that church for a more just and equal distribution of its temporalities,—such measure being dictated by a strict and religious regard to the interests and permanency of our national and orthodox establishment. " I am an enemy to the vote by ballot in returning mem bers to parliament, because I consider such a mode of pro ceeding to be derogatory to the character of Englishmen. " I shall invariably support every measure of economy in the various branches of public expenditure, which I consci entiously believe to be compatible with the integrity of na tional faith and the maintenance of the institutions of the state, so as by all means to relieve all classes, but especially the industrious classes, from the pressure of unnecessary taxation. " Gentlemen,----I have now laid before you my principles. I have endeavoured to state them .clearly. I will act up to them. I have too high regard for the exalted situation which I so lately filled, too much respect for the unsullied profes sion to which I have the honour to belong, and too just a sense of those feelings which every gentleman is bound to cherish, to be guilty of a quibble. " Gentlemen,—l am in your hands, and if returned by you to parliament, I shall devote myself zealously to the discharge of those important duties necessarily attached to the representative of the second commercial town in the empire. " I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, " Your obliged and faithful servant, " HOWARD DOUGLAS " Liverpool 28th November, 1832." The principles were exactly the same as their own, and now they had been stated, he hoped they would join heart and hand to return Sir Howard Douglas to parliament as their representative. (Loud cheers.) He begged to move,— " That this meeting pledges itself to use all legal measures, and every exertion, to secure the return of Sir Howard Douglas to parliament, as representative." Mr. FRANCIS SHAND briefly seconded the resolution, and it was unanimously carried. THE MISCHIEF, FROM LISBON TO LIVERPOOL — Tie Mischief, barque, Captain Richard Downes, of and for L iverpool, with a cargo of fruit, arri ve d h ere t hi s morning, having sustained considerable damage in the gale of Wednes day last. The captain reports, that, on the 26th instant, in lon. 6 deg. 50 sec., lat. 51 deg., about 11 a.m., the vessel being hove to under a close-reefed maintopsail, wind at about NN.W., a tremendous sea struck her, which washed five sea men overboard, and carried away the bulwarks, stancheons, companion, galley, and boats. The severity of the gale was such that the foretopsail, which was furled, was blown out of the gaskets, and lost, with the maintopsail also; and, the vessel springing a leak, the captain considered it prudent to bear up for Bristol.. The names of the men who were swept overboard were as follows :—John Holmes, steward; Thos. Abbott, second mate; John Hoffman, William Blackmore, and Alexander Collon, seaman . C apta i n D ownes reports having fallen in with a large vessel, bottom upwards, about five hours previous to the accident happening to his own ship.--Bristol correspondent of the Siundard. • •••• - THREE CHILDREN SUFFOCATED.—Ort Saturday last in quests were held at Stubbington, near Titchfield, before Mr. I,o n ,, b croft, coroner, on v i ew o f th e b o di es o f M ary A nn B a ll , aged 6 years • Eliza Ball, aged 4 ; and Ch ar l es B a ll, age d 2, three fine children of a labourer there. It appeared from the evidence of Mary Ball, the mother, who was examined on the inquest, that about 11 o'clock on the morning before she went to Titchfield on an errand, but previous to leaving home, and in order to guard against any accident from fire, she put her children up stairs, and fastened the staircase door, which she had done on former occasions. She returned home in about an hour, and going up stairs found the room full of smoke and the heartrending spectacle presented itself of her three children all lying dead on the bed. A tinder box: had been left up stairs which the mother was not aware of, and there was a bag full of halls in one of the chambers, which had been ignited, and was then smouldering. The tinder-box had evi dently been used. Verdict—Accidental death.—Hampshire Telegraph. The following were the persons invited by Sir Robert Peel to meet the King.of Prussia, at his residence in Whitehall, on Friday :—Mr. Henry Hallam, Mr Samuel Rogers, Professor Airey, (the Astronomer Royal), Rev. Dr. Buckland, Sir John Herschel, Mr. E. Landseer, Sir Martin Shee, Sir Richard Westmacott, Sir Robert Smirke, Mr. Charles Barry (architect of the houses of Parliament), Right lion, J. W, Croker, Mr. William H. Hamilton, Sir Robert Inglis, Bart., Sir Robert Wilson, Sir Howard Douglas, Sir George Cock burn, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, Right Hon. H. Gou!burn, Sir Edward Knatchbull, and Sir Henry Hardinge. It is understood that the King expressed a wish to meet some of the most distinguished men in the several departments of art and science Mr. Colnaghi. Pall -mall-east, was in attendance at Sir Robert Peel's house, with several of the best examples of the art of engraving of the English School, which were inspected by the King of Prussia with the greatest interest.— Standard. ROBBERY FROM A SHOP.—John Chambers, sen., John Chambers, jun., and Bridget Ch am b ers , were yesterday brought before the stipendiary magistrate, on the following charge :—Mr. Newling, bookseeller, Ranelagh•street, said, that he had occasion to pay £2O some days ago. He paid it from a bag containing £43, and after doing so in the shop, missed the remainder, but could not remember whether he put the bag on the counter or in a desk, or indeed what he he had done with it at the time. The younger prisoner was his errand-boy, and had been with him about eleven months. He had "some suspicions of him from his sporting a watch, chain, and guard ; as he paid him only 6s. a week, and his father he believed only 9s. Police-constable Lloyd said he went to the shop, where he found a key. He proceeded to the house where the prisoners lived, and found in a box which the key opened, some wafer-boxes, books, tracts, a silver pencil-case, inkstands, ink, new wearing apparel, and a variety of articles, some of them found loose in the house, and many of which were identified by Mr. Newling, and bore his private mark. Several post-office clerks stated that the younger prisoner had got some orders for money at the Post office, one of which, obtained in his own name, was for £ll. A book belonging to Mr. Newling it was also proved had been pledged by the elder prisoner with Mr; Tunstall. As there was no evidence implicating the woman, she was dis charged. The father and son were committed for trial—the forme r for pledging the book—the latter on the general charge of robbing his master. VENTRILOQUISM : THE SIGNORS VAI,ENTINI.—The Signors Valentini gave what they term a" drawing-room concert at the Portico Room, on Friday night last. These artists have been occasionally entertaining the company at the Mechanics' Institution, and we fully anticipated seeing a goodly assemblage of those connected with it present. The room was not full, but we must admit that those who were there appeared much delighted. The Signors played duetts on the Tyrolese guitar and harmonico mandolin with much ability and taste. The most amusing portion of the enter tainment, however, was the display of the ventriloquial Powers of Signor G. Valentini. The first consisted of a conversation in French, supposed to take place during the Russian campaign ; the voices of the corporal, the guard Passing the post, and the distant sentinel, being admirably imitated. The next worthy of notice, and which caused Much amusement and merriment, was a conversation at an inn between a waiter, a guest, and a watchman. The next was a dialogue between a father, child, and Irish servant. It is quite impossible to describe the extraordinary effect produced. The child singing in the fiddle-case, and attempt ing to pitch its voice to a high note, was laughable in the extreme. Signor G. Valentini's imitation of a military band by means of his voice and guitar, was remarkably clever : the imitation was perfect. This was encored, and elicited immense applause. We must say we did not expect to be very'much entertained, but our anticipations were not re alised, for we were greatly amused, and recommend our readers to pay these clever artists a visit on the next occa sion of their exhibiting. From what we recollect of the famous Alexandre, Signor G. Valentini appears to us to be equally clever. MEETING IN VAUXHALL WARD, IN BEHALF OF THE Poop..—A meeting took place on Friday afternoon, in the School-room attached to St. Bartholomew's Church, for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means of re lieving the distress at present existing in Vauxhall Ward. The attendance was, we regret to say, very slender, there not being two dozen gentlemen present ; but the greatest unani mity prevailed, and the result, as regarded the subscription raised, was highly gratifying. Mr. Alderman Nicol, of Abercromby-square, was called to the chair, and stated the object of the meeting. The distress in the ward was un doubtedly great, a large majority of the population being very poor, and there being comparatively few persons of opulence resident in it. He trusted, however, that a fund might be raised in the room and throughout the ward that would alle viate the distress, at least to a considerable degree.—The Rev. Mr. Dover said there were a vast number of destitute persons ; and that the small fund raised in the church, and which had been applied to their relief in meal, potatoes, &c., was exhausted. Many of the working classes were out of amployinent, and the relief he had been enabled to dispense was altogether inadequate to their necessities. He made a suggestion, with a view to the r e li e f o f th e most d est i tute from the und that might be raised, and the prevention of imposition.--The Chairman read a letter from Messrs. Lovatt and Taylor, regretting their unavoidable absence, an d enclosing £5 to th e intende fund ; also a note from Mr. Sandbach, stating that he would subscribe £5. In the course of a short discussion the Chairman remarked, that he con sidered it unfortunate that the town had been divided into isolated wards for the purpose of relieving their respective poor exclusively, as the wards in which the greatest destitu tion existed had the least means to meet it. A general fund would have been more judicious; but as matters stood, they must proceed in the best manner they could.—Several gen tlemen gave statistics of the distress among the dense popu lation of the ward, from which it appeared that there were from ten to twelve thousand destitute persons within its limits.—A subscription was then entered into, and the sum of £55 was immediately raised—including the two dona tions.—Mr. Preston was appointed president, and Mr. Ni cholson treasurer. All present were then formed into a committee, with power to add to their number. It was agreed that they should again meet on Saturday, with a view to employ collectors of subscriptions throughout the ward, and to dispense relief in the manner deemed most beneficial. REPRESENTATION OF LIVERPOOL -SIR HOWARD Dou 'ol,As.—Shortly after eight o'clock on Friday evening a meet ing of the operative conservatives of the park was held in the T oxteth-hall, for the purpose of deciding upon the relative %merits of Sir Howard Douglas and Mr. Colquhoun to repre sent Liverpool in the room of Mr. Cresswell. Mr. Crisp 'sccupied the chair on the occasion. Much discussion took Place. in which Mr. Harbord, Mr. Hall, Mr. Rankin, and several other gentlemen and operatives took a leading part, slid at the close of which it was proposed, seconded, and una nimously carried, that Sir Howard Douglas is a fit and pro- Per person to represent Liverpool;provided that he promised, at the meeting to be held at the Queen's Arms Hotel, on li‘onclay next, to vot e aga i ns t the continuance of the grant t o T .Ynooth College and the s o- c alled national system of edu caton in Ireland, and in favour of church extension. It was, Moreover, agreed upon, that a respectful communication be a ddress e d to Sir Howard by Mr. Crisp and Mr. Rankin, ac to a inting him that h e wou ld b e expec t e d to address himself the three subjects in question in his speech on Monday c e lt, and to make a distinct promise to vote against the two first and in favour of the latter. There was a strong feeling anifcsted in favour ofMr. Colquhoun, in consequence of he many occasions upon which the latter had made a public !ivowal of his protestant sentiments in parliament ; but it 4 7e! also stated that the principles of Sir H oward were staunch nd uncompromising, and that his public conduct while act 'lig in high official situations under government in foreign l'cuntries was entitled to he respect and admiration of all 'oYal and constitutionally-disposed sublects. ARE THE RADICALS GETTING-UP A REQUISITION? — We are induced to ask this question from the circumstance that a friend of ours, on alighting from the railway on Satur day, observed a man very busily occupied in obtaining signa tures to a sheet of paper placed on a table before him, and when asked the object of the petition, stated that it was against the corn-laws. He was then asked for a copy of the document, when he referred our informant to an office in Water-street ; and, on inquiry there, the latter ascertained that they had no connection with anything of the kind. It is therefore obvious that this man must have bad some other object in view, or, why give a fictitious reference ? We shalL not be surprised to hear some day of a requisition to some ambitious radical to allow himself to be put forward as a candidate for, the representation of Liverpool ; and if such an event takes place, this little incident will afford some clue whereby to ascertain how the signatures to it have been pro cured. DEATH FROM APOPLEXY.—An inquest was held yester day, before the borough coroner, on view of the body of a man known as Sansfield, whose christian name was unknown. The deceased, who was about 50 years of age, was mate of a vessel. Mr. Spinks, keeper of the Brunswick Hotel, at the Clarence Dock, said the deceased lodged there. On Thurs day evening last he went to bed about half-past two o'clock, after reading the newspapers all the evening. Next day, between twelve and one at noon, the servant girl found the door of his room fastened, and informed Mr. Spinks. He burst it open, and found him lying on his back in bed breathing very heavily, and apparently dying. He was in sensible. Mr. Mc Kee, surgeon, was immediately sent for, and used such means as he deemed proper, but the deceased did not rally, and died the same evening at nine o'clock. The surgeon gave it as his opinion, after an examination of the body, that he had died of apoplexy, the result of natural causes.—Verdict accordingly. ROBBERY FROM A SHIP.—A man named Peter Leary, an old offender, was yesterday brought up at the Police court, on a charge of breaking into the forecastle of a vessel, and stealing some articles of clothing. He was observed by one of the inspectors of police, leaving the Prince's Dock, with a bundle, at half-past six on Sunday morning. On. being detained on suspicion, and inquiry being made on board the ship Calcutta, in the Brunswick Dock-basin, it was found that the lock of the forecastle had been picked, and that there were missing the clothing belonging to one of the hands, and a small looking-glass to another, both of whom identified them. A jacket belonging to one of them was found on the prisoner's back. They had left them in their chests. It appeared, on inquiry by the court, that the two sailors had engaged to go to sea with the vessel on Wednesday. Mr. Rushton, however, said that sailors were often robbed in this shameful manner, and sent to the con signees with a view to their being transferred to some other ship' addressed to them, so that they might appear at the sessions against the prisoner, whom he could not otherwise punish, under the dock laws, beyond three months' impri sonment. The consignees agreed to provide them with an other ship, and the prisoner being committed for trial, they were bound over to appear against him. .. - DEATHS OF THREE CHILDREN FROM BURNlNG.—Yes terday an inquest was held before Mr. Curry on view of the body of Wm. smith, a child of three years and nine months old, who liv e d i n R o b er t s ' s -b u ildi ngs , Eld on - s t ree t. O n Friday morning, the deceased went down stairs, leaving his mother in bed. She soon afterwards heard a noise, as of some one dancing, and on going down found the deceased in flames. She put out the tire by using her apron and tearing off part of his clothes ; but he was so much burnt that he died the same evening. Verdict—burnt, but how the fire happened no evidence.—Same day, an inquest was held on the body of Elizabeth Powell, a child 2 years old, who lived with her parents in Hankin-street. out of Gore-street North. On the 12th ult. her mother went out and stopped about an hour, leaving the deceased with her other children, the eldest of which is 6 years old. On her return she saw the latter at the top of the cellar steps, and heard her cry—" mother, mother, the child is on fire !" She found the deceased in a corner all in flames. She put the fire out, and then fainted. A neighbour went in, and the deceased was dressed by a druggist, but was so much burnt from her knees upwards, that though attended by a surgeon, she died on F r id a y morn ing. Verdict — died by burning, but how the fire originated there was no evidence to show.—Same day, on view of the body of Catharine Clancy, a girl of six years of age. About six weeks ago, while the deceased was by herself in her parents' house, in North-street, her clothes took fire, and she ran out. She was seen by a neighbour, who put the fire out, and a man carried her away, and brought her back dressed. She never, however, got better, and died on Saturday last. Verdict as in the former cases. DARING ROBBERY.-At the Police -court, yesterday, John M'Ghee and Patrick Barry, two well-known thieves, were placed at the bar on a charge of robbery. Mr. William Tho mason said he was overlooker of the Harrington Docks, and lived at the "Tall House, situated near them. (The house is, we learn, also occupied as the office of the company.) On Sunday morning he went out, leaving Mrs. T. (his wife) and two young girls at home. He returned at half-past two o'clock, and on reaching the door he heard a noise, which he could not well account for, and afterwards a crash. He en tered and locked the door. It afterwards appeared that there were two strange men in the house. One of them got upon a table, and attempted to get through the window. Witness got to the front and gave the alarm. A police-officer came up and secured Barry before he could escape. The other eventually jumped through the room window, and a Mr. Bennett, who heard the cry of " stop thief," got hold of him before he could recover himself from the shock of his descent. They were both taken to bridewell. When brought there, M'Ghee handed to Inspector Somerson a purse containing 14s. Id., saying, " It is all up with me ; my goose is cooked. I have had a long run, but I am guilty, and will plead guilty, and have a short trial." The inspector searched the house, and found the prisoner's• boots and cap. He also found that the drawers had all been forced open, and ransacked ; and that a quantity of clothes had been placed on the floor in rea diness to be carried off. A common key, and also a skeleton key were found on one of the prisoners. Mr. Thomason said he had lost one like the first mentioned, from the docks, but could not take upon himself to swear that it was the same. Both prisoners being long known to the police, they were committed for trial at the sessions. ST. BARNABAS CHURCH.—On Sunday evening last, at this church, after a most eloquent appeal from the Rev. T. Nolan, incumbent, the sum of £22 3s. was collected for the purpose of relieving the poor in the densely populated district where the church is situate. The reverend gentleman had given no previous intimation that the congregation would be called upon for such a contribution or, no doubt, his appli cation would have been still more liberally responded Ito. We have been much struck with the alterations recently made in the church, by which, through an additional gallery, 300 free sittings are placed at the disposal of the poor, and there is now gratuitous accommodation for little short of 750 persons within the church, which is capable of containing 1700 people. Mr. Nolan has secured a most attentive and numerous flock, and his persevering exertions are effecting a considerable improvement in the moral and spiritual condition of the vast multitudes by whom he is surrounded. INQUEST.—An inquest was held yesterday, before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of a man, a stranger, supposed to have been from Burton-in-Kendal. Ann Muckelt, wife of Thomas Muckelt, alehouse-keeper, Freemason's-row, said that the deceased had come to their house on Tuesday last, and also on Wednesday, and remained a long time. He complained of being ill, and that he was all of a shiver, and he had some coffee, and a little ale warmed. He said he was a stranger from Burton-in-Kendal, and a blacksmith. The cold, he added had struck to his heart, from being two nights in the street. On Thursday morning he returned, and continued in the house all day. At three in the afternoon she gave him some dinner. As he was very dirty she gave him some water to wash, and while applying some soap to his hands, he laid his head down on the settle and appeared ill. He afterwards sat down and appeared sleepy. He said he had no chance of getting:better, as he had no warm bed or medical attendance. He afterwards became worse, and his head hung on his breast. He was unable to speak and ap peared to be dying. She sent fora police officer, and a sur geon was called, but he never rallied, and died soon after wards. lie did not tell her his name, but said he h a d friends in Burton, and was a smith, and had a shop of his own ; and that lie would send for money to pay for anything she would do for him. The body was taken io the dead house. Mr. Arnott, surgeon, said that when called in he found th e deceased at the point of death, and he died shortly after. He could not account for death. On a post mortem examination he found the heart muchenlarged, and the lungs greatly congested. The cause of death was congestion of the lungs, the result of natural causes. Mr. John Coglan, keepe r of the Night Asylum, after viewing the body, said be recognized it as that of a man who had been several times there, and who gave his name as William Cocking, addinr , that h e was a blacksmith from Kendal, and was 46 years old'. He had so entered him in the books. He was admitted on the 24th, an d left on the 27th ult. The j ury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased died from disease of the lungs, produced by natural causes. The coroner directed his clerk to write to Burton in Kendal, with IA view to inform his friends, and the body will not be interred until Wednesday, to give them an opportunity of coming up. THE KING OF PRUSSIA AND PROTESTANTISM.—The Macclesfield branch of the Protestant Association have, through their president, Edward Hall, Esq., sent a congra tulatory address to the King of Prussia on his visit to this country, in which they express their admiration of his cha racter as a religious and protestant monarch. ,SUDDEN DEATH OF HOLBROOK GASKELL. ESQ.—It is our painful duty to record the death of Holbrook Gaskell, Esq., of Prospect Hill, near this town, one of the magistrates acting for the Warrington division of the county, and for Cheshire. The, melancholy event took place on Thursday morning. The 'deceased sat on the Warrington bench on Monday, and on Tuesday attended Daresbury Petty Sessions, apparently in his usual good health. Ou Wednesday he complained of indisposition, and on Thursday morning de parted this life. We are'informed that the deceased gentle man was in the 72d year of his age. " THE HIGHLAND KANDIANS AND LOWLAND CIN GALESE.—It has been said that the physiognomy of moun taineers is influenced by the bold scenery amid which they reside, and which is supposed to impart somewhat of hardi esse to their manners and aspect. 'Whether the mode of life and active habits of the dwellers in elevated legions may give some appearance of plausibility to this theory is a question that may be submitted to the discussion of physiognomists and phrenologists. But from what cause soever it may pro ceed, and some of them have already been cited, there is cer tainly an evident dissimilarity between the Kandians and the Cingalese, the highlanders and the lowlanders of Ceylon. The latter are the children of servility ; which seems stamped on their brows by the hand of Nature, and, by their peculiar practice of wearing long combs in their hair, they have con trived to render themselves more effeminate in appearance than she intended them to be. Their crouching manners and want of manliness evince most forcibly that they do not apprehend fully, and in all its merits, the doctrine of our Trans-atlantic brethren, that all men are free and equal." PREPARATIONS FOR THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.-- The House of Lords is already assuming a very neat and ele gant appearance, although it will require several days to complete the preparations. Up to the period of our publi cation, it was not definitely known whether the distinguished personages shortly expected in this country, would be able to attend this ceremony. The measures in course of adop tion by the Lord Great Chamberlain are, however, in ac cordance with the supposition and the general expectation that the Kings of Prussia and Belgium would be able to pro tract their stay for this purpose. The peers have already re ceived a circular, to the effect that their usual orders to the galleries cannot be admitted on this particular occasion, owing to the limited accommodation which the present house affords ; and it has been signified to the Speaker of the House of Commons that members of the Lower House must neces sarily be excluded from that portion of the gallery devoted to them ; the gallery ll be exclusively occupied by ladies, whose cards will be corked " full dress," and the interior of the house will, therefore, present an unusually brilliant ap pearance.—The King of Prussia and suite will go in separate state to the house, and be received with the usual distinction paid to crowned heads. The Ministers and Great Officers of State will. be in waiting for his Majesty at the Queen's entrance, and conduct the King to his chair, immediately in front, and one step below the platform upon which the throne is placed.—Court Journal. PERILOUS SITUATION OF HER MAJESTY'S CUTTER, MERCURY, DURING THE LATE DREADFUL HURRICANE.— FOUR OF THE CREW KILLED, AND SIX BADLY WOUNDED. —BRISTOL, JAN. 28.—Her Majesty's cutter Mercury, was last night towed in here by the County of Pembroke steamer, in a very disabled state, having lost four of her hands during the gale, and had six others severely wounded. This morn ing I went on board of her, and hiving seen Mr. Scarlett, (her commander,) acting master of the Queen, I learnt from him the following particulars :—The Mercury tender sailed from Kingroad on Saturday last for the Queen, now lying at Spithead, with twenty• two volunteers, and having on board Mr. Francis Peel, a first class volunteer, nephew to the Right Hon Sir Robert Peel, her commander, and a crew of six men and a boy. Having experienced very heavy weather, she hove to under Lundy Island, where she lay until Tuesday morning, the 26th. She then again put out to sea, and at about two o'clock, when about thirty miles to the westward of Lundy Island, as she was lying to under a close-reefed trysail and a storm-jib, in consequence of the hurricane, which was then raging with the utmost fury from the W.N.W. a sea suddenly struck her, which washed away the mainsail, the boat, and the companion, threw the cutter completely down on her beam ends,-half filling her with water, and sweep ing every one of the six men who formed the crew overboard, four of whom almost miraculously recovered the vessel, the other two meeting a watery grave. The violence of the shock caused the whole of the pig-iron ballast to be thrown to leeward, and forced up the lower deck, which was split into a hundred pieces. Mr. Molesworth and Mr. Peel, who were below, immediately jumped upon deck, and, aided by the volunteer seaman, fortunately succeeded (after cutting away the wreck, pumping, baling, &c.) in righting the ves sel. Her head was then put before the wind, and she ran up the Bristol Channel, until she fell in with the County of Pembroke, by which she was towed safely to Bristol. So sudden was the shock, that the helmsman, who saw the sea coming, had scarcely time to cry " Look out, there !" and catch hold a rope, before the sea struck her, and he was un fortunately drowned. After they had succeeded in getting the vessel in sailing trim, on going below they found two men—viz., Alick Mackay and James Reed. killed, and six others severely wounded—one having his thigh fractured, another his arms broken, and another having lost an eye, in addition to other severe injuries. The two men belonging to the crew who were drowned were named Thomas Sanger and Thomas Berry, and were both married men. Berry has also left two children. The captain of the Billow, arrived here, reports having seen a vessel, bottom upwards, and a large quantity of wreck, off the Foreland. FAMILIES OF LITERARY MEN.—The Quarterly Review, in discussing an objection to the Copyright Bill of Mr. Ser geant Talfourd, which was taken by Sir Edward Sugden, gives some very curious particulars about the progeny of literary men. "We are not," says the writer, " going to speculate on the causes of the fact ; but a fact it is, that men, distinguished for extraordinary intellectual power of any sort, very rarely leave more than a very brief line of progeny be hind them. Men of genius' have scarcely ever done so. Men of ' imaginative genius,' we might say, almost never. With the one exception of the noble Surrey, we cannot, at this moment, point out a representative in the male line even so far down as in the third generation of any English poet, and we believe the case is the same in France. The blood of beings of that order can seldom be traced far down even in the female line. With the exception of Surrey and Spencer, we are not aware of any great English author, of at all remote date, from whose body any living person claims to be de scended. There is no other real English poet prior to the middle of the nineteenth century ; and we believe no great author of any sort, except Clarendon and Shaftesbury, of whose blood we have any inheritance amongst us. Chaucer's only son died childless. Shakspeare's line expired in his daughter's only daughter. None of the other dramatists of that age left any progeny—nor Raleigh, nor Bacon, nor Cow ley, nor Butler. The granddaughter of Milton was the last of his blood. Newton, Locke, Pope, Swift, Arbuthnot, Hume, Gibbon, Cowper, Gray, Walpole, Cavendish, and we might greatly extend the list, never married. Neither Bo lingbroke, nor Addison, nor Warburton, nor Johnson, nor Burke transmitted their blood. Mr. Renouard's last argu ment against a perpetuity in literary property is, that it would be founding another noblesse. Neither jealous aristocracy nor envious jacobinism need be under such alarm. When a human race has produced its 'bright consummate flower' in this kind, it seems commonly to be near the above list. The theory is illustrated in our own day. The two greatest names in science and literature, of our time, were Davy and Sir Walter Scott. The first died childless. Sir Walter left four children, of whom three are -lead, only one of them (Mrs. Lockhart) leaving issue, and' the fourth, (his eldest son,) though living, and long married, has no issue. These are curious facts. THE MARRIAGE ACT.—Amongst the myriad of abomina tions and excesses committed by the late whig administration, none certainly, in our humble opinion, has had a more im moral tendency, than the act abolishing the religious obli gation of marriage, and making it a mere legal formula. This act is rapidly subverting among the lower classes of the country, that feeling of reverence and solemnity which added so much to the sacred character of the ordinance, and enshrouded it with a holiness that gave additional importance and stability to the rite. Marriage is now beginning to be considered no longer a sacred thing. The ceremony which has so long been adopted, as indispensible, not only to the legality, but to the respectability of the parties united in what have been denominated the " holy bonds " of wedlock, is now no longer necessary. The aid of the ministers of the gospel is now no longer requisite. Not even the sacredness of the altar is required for the performance of the ordinance. Every thing, in fact, which gave a religious solemnity to the ceremony, is utterly set at nought, and any dirty hovel may be licensed as a place of marriage—any illiterate and immoral clod-pole, if invested with the dignified office of registrar, may perfoperformthe office which has heretofore been the pro v i nce of the minister of Christ alone. Never was such a fright ful impetus given to the flood of immorality and irreligion, as has been given by this irreverent and short sighted act. Never was the moral feeling of E ng land more i nsu lt e d-- never was religion more mocked. Never was every barrier of social order more effectually assailed. Had the act e ven confined its operations to established places of worship, and to appoint ministers, of all denominations, the country might not have objected ; but when we see a rite, which cus tom has for ages rendered one of the most solemn among our religious ceremonies, reduced to a mere simple contract before a chaw-bacon over a pot of porter, at his own kitchen fireside, we cannot but express our indignation at the fac tion who had the power thus to insult the cause of religion, and widen the flood-gates of immorality and reckless infi delity. Most extraordinary effects were, no doubt, antici pated by every right-thinking man, from this heathenish measure, but, we think, it could never for a moment have been supposed that it could have been applied to the So cialists—a body of reprobates who repudiate and denounce the institution of marriage as a pernicious restraint upon na tural liberty. In a recent number of the London Gazette, however, it has been announced that the Socialists' Institu tion, in John-street, Fitzroy-square, has been licensed for the celebration of marriage ! This, of course, can be only for the purpose of a filthy mockery,—and if the law be open really to such an abuse as this, it is high time that the act be amended or altogether repealed. If the women of England would busy themselves in getting up petitions against such an abomination as this—against such an attack upon their own privileges and safety—instead of meddling with the corn laws, they would be acting much more in accordance with their own sphere, and much more for their own interest ; for to the purity and moral dignity of the females of this coun try, this act is one of the deadliest stabs that has ever been dealt out for generations. Our Royal Sovereign, we trust, will not long allow this filthy blot to - remain upon the institu tions of our country.—Staffordshire Gazelle. " Brompton, Friday Evening. " MY DEAR SIR THOMAS :—Understanding that a large meeting of my former constituents will be held on Monday, I avail myself of the opportunity of bidding them farewell, and think it will be more correct to do so through the medium of a letter to you than by a formal address to the electors at large. Pray assure my friends that when I received their invitation in 1837 to become a candidate for the representation of the great town of Liverpool in Parliament, it was as unex pected as unmerited, and that I consider the honour con ferred upon me in that year, confirmed as it was by my re election in 1841, as the highest that I can ever attain. Had it been in my power to make an adequate return for the con fidence reposed in me, and to discharge the duties of my station without laying an unfair burthen on my noble and generous colleague, I should have hesitated to accept even the high office to which her Majesty has been graciously pleased to appoint me. But not doubting that you will be able to find a successor more competent to watch over your varied and important interests, I trust that I shall stand ex cused for putting you to the inconvenience of a new election, probably not to be contested. " Although my political connection with Liverpool is now dissolved, I hope that many friendships formed there will be as enduring as my life, and that I shall have many opportu nities of cutivating them when visiting you in my new cha racter. Trusting that my humble endeavours to serve my country in that capacity will be received with the same in dulgence that was always extended to me as your representa tive, I remain, " Your much obliged and faithful servant, " C. CRESSWELL." Loud cheers followed the readine of this letter ; after which the CHAIRMAN proceeded. Having disposed of their old representative they must now look out for a nc , Inc. It was for them now to select such a man as would . "wnour to the town of Liverpool, and no doubt the ret.... of "this meeting would be such as would give satisfaction to the in habitants of Liverpool at large, and hold out the same exam ple to the country which they had hitherto done. 'The Chairman concluded au energetic speech by calling upon the mover of the first resolution. Mr. DAVID HODGSON then came forward amidst great cheering. He said, there had been put into his hands a resolution which he was quite satisfied the meeting would receive with acclamation ; and he could not say it had been imposed upon him as a duty, but offered to him as a gratifica tion to have the opportunity of expressing our deep obligation to our late representative, Mr. Cresswell. (Hear, hear.) The resolution he was about to offer for their approval at the present moment was not according to the commonly received notion of gratitude which was for favours to come, but it was an expression of our approbation of, and gratitude for, the conduct of an individual who had been chose!, our represen tative in times of danger—who had defended the cause of the constitution in times of difficulty—and who now did not run away from his post; (hear,) but who, after having manifest ed to the whole empire in a most remarkable manner talents admirably qualified for the situation of a lawyer, had, to us and to the country at large also, shown that he understood and studied our constitutional privileges, and he was now called upon to exercise them in the honourable capacity of a judge of the land, in which we might feel assured he would admini s t er justice with impartiality, — without fear, favour, or affection. (Cheers.) Whilst we must in some degree acknowledge that it was always painful to part with a friend in any capacity, if any thing could take away the sting and grief of parting with a friend, it was to see the man placed near to us doing the duties of the most important station, and honoured because he had supported the cause of his country; and that, he would tell us, was the situation in which Mr. Cresswell was now placed as a judge. ( Hear, hear.) We had chosen him ; and he (Mr. Hodgson) believed that one of the reasons he had been asked to propose a a resolution in his favour was, that he, in conjunction with Sir Thomas Brancker, (who, being in the chair, was pre cluded from taking the lead in moving the resolution,)—Sir Thomas as mover, and he (Mr. Hodgson) as seconder—pro posed Mr. Cresswell upon his first election here. They were led to the choice of Mr. Cresswell not from any great expec tations which they had formed that he could devote any large portion of time to the details of what might be brought before him in local matters. (Hear, hear.) They knew, indeed, that his eminent qualifications as a lawyer required that he should be giving his assistance to his country in ano ther capacity, but they chose him as a man of approved prin ciples, and one that would support the c onstitutional princi ples of the country. In this, his higher post, he had been, by the noble lord,—(cheers)--his revered and honoured col league—(cheers)—supported in a way that had done him infi nite credit ; and, therefore, though he might not have been able to give all the time which, under other circumstances, might have been wished to the details of the business of the town, vet there had been no lack upon that score, from the extraordinary combination of efficiency, both in great and small, which his noble colleague had been enabled to exer cise. Under these circumstances he need not, he thought, occupy much more of their time. It would not be necessary for him to go further into this subject, but he would observe, now that we were in a flourishing condition with regard to the political views which we took, now that theory, and specula tion, and foolish notions in a trap-clap form, which seemed to have either lulled Great Britain into a false security, or to have been unhappily taken by many that heard them, were gone—now that that delusion was passed, and all those foolish schemes were manifest, England had returned to her pro priety again. (Hear and cheers.) She was now in great force upholding that which was right and true in legisla tion and religion ;—(renewed cheers)—but we must not conceal from ourselves—for it would be a fatal delusion to conceal it— that, as a nation, we no longer stood in the position that we once did—though we had seen the error which had been committed that the reform bill and the act for Catholic emancipation had removed many of the greatest bulwarks of our constitution. (Hear, hear, hear.) There was now no legal impediments to their get ting forward into stations to put their various schemes into force ; therefore, although we were as strong as an army we must fight as an army. (Cheers.) Our power was to be constantly exerted. We saw this in our town-council and in our annual elections. Our peace was gone, and our warfare was come, and we must fight it out, and fight manfully. (Hear, and cheers.) He could go into considerable detail to show the meeting what had been the practise—to show them how all the leading posts in the town had been occupied, the ma gistracy, the police, and the schools which had been turned nearly into Popish seminaries. He had only taken a cursory view of these things to point out the absolute necessity that we should all be united. He called for union with no man who, in order to obtain it, was called upon to give up a principle, for there couhlbe no union but a false one where that was the case; but he called upon every man that heard him to give up secondary questions which referred to expediency and opinion, in order to get that perfect union which must be proposed to him. (Hear.) He believed we were in the happy situation at the present moment—a happy situation lie called it—of having no difficulty in finding a dozen men that would do honour to the situation of represen tative of this great town, and that would feel themselves highly honoured by it ; but knowing this to be the case, let them not fall as it were between two stools. (Hear.) Let them take one man, and unless there was some serious ob jection to it, take him and carry him at once; and he was quite sure that one man standing on this principle would be proposed to them. He wished that some one who had power to have eulogized Mr. Cresswell as he deserved had taken his place, but he did not feel that it was much wanted, be cause the great thing was not elegance of manners or words, for the true eulogy was where the approbation proceeded from the heart. (Hear.) That he felt he was now speaking , and that every individual would vie with him, and unite heart and hand in passing the resolution which he had to propose. Mr. Hodgson then concluded by moving the first resolution, which is as follows . `' That the Thanks of this Constituency are justly due, and are hereby given, to Cresswell Cresswell, Esq., lately one of our Representatives in Parliament, for the valuable services rendered to us during the time he has held that situation; and while this Meeting laments the separation, it rejoices that he has been elevated to a rank and station to which his talents and industry eminently entitle him, and which they hope he may have health long to enjoy." Mr. WILLIAM POTTER, in seconding the resolution, said he considered it a great privilege to be allowed to take part in proposing a vote of thanks to our late most esteemed re presentative. (Hear.) He had done the duty to which he was appointed, and not only that, but he was most distin guished in all his proceedings. He was one of those who for a long period had to exercise the severe virtues of industry, patience, and perseverance ; and when he had at last ob tained a very high post in his own profession, he was called upon to take the representation of this town--a call which was at least as honourable to the constituency as it was to him, for notwithstanding his being in the daily practice of au important and laborious profession which might well have occupied all his time, he (Mr. P.) could testify that he had upon several occasions given up a most extraordinary por tion of his time to the objects and ends of his consti tuents, not only by constant attendance in parliament, but by long attendance upon committees. This was more than could have been expected at the time, and it did great credit to his independence and his disinterestedness, for he was thereby giving up a very large amount of remune ration which he might otherwise have obtained. (Hear.) During his whole career lie was evidently determined upon the maintenance of his independence and integrity; and the post to which he was now elevated conferred as much honour in this instance upon the giver as upon the receiver. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Cresswell was now placed among that class of Mr. NICHOLAS ROBINSON said a resolution had been put into his hands, which he would very shortly read. In conse quence of the elevation of Mr. Cresswell to the judicial bench, of course a vacancy had occurred in the repre sentation of this borough, and it was a matter of deep importance that the electors should choose a man whose political principles not only coincided with their own, who would defend the constitution in Church and State, but that they should also find a man well acquainted with the commercial relations of this great country, and more particularly with those of this town. In the years 1832 and 1834, in selecting a inaa for this office, they looked upon their valued friend Sir Howard Douglas whom he had the honour of bringing forward ten years ago. Sir Howard Douglas was firmly attached to conservative principles, both in church and state. He had long been in Canada; he was well acquainted with the commerce of that country and of the States ; and since then he had had the government of the louian islands. He had recently returned from those pos sessions, where he not only gained the approbation of the government at home, but the praise and approbation of those over whom lie presided ; and in every. situation he had paid particular attention to the commercial arrangements with this country. (Hear.) Viewing this combination of cir cumstances he did not know where they could look for a man who better met their ideas, or indeed one more suitable than Sir Howard Douglas. Under these circumstances lie took the liberty of recommending Sir Howard Douglas as a fit and proper person to be brought forward as a candidate for the representation of this borough. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Robinson concluded by moving—" That in the opinion of this meeting Sir Howard Douglas, Hart., is a fit and proper person to be put in nomination as a candidate for the repre sentation of Liverpool, to succeed C. Cresswell, Esq." Mr. SAMUEL HOLME rose, amidst loud and general ap plause, to move the next resolution. The cheering having terminated, he spoke nearly as follows :—Mr. Chairman arid gentlemen—We are again about to be plunged into the excite ment of an election, but I hope it will pass by with less than its usual turmoil. If, in being deprived of the services of Mr. Cresswell, we had had any trouble in finding a suitable successor, I should have experienced some difficulty in ad dressing you to-day. But it ought to be gratifying to the inhabitants of this great town to know, that such is its cha racter for loyalty and public spirit, that one of the loftiest order and the most exalted rank may feel proud in represent ing its opinions in Parliament. (Cheers.) We applied to Mr. Cresswell during a period of great excitement to permit us to put him in nomination, and most nobly did he respond to - tile call. Through him and his noble colleague did 'we fight the battle and gain an important victory. (Cheers.) I call it important, because Sir R. Peel's motion of want of confidence in the Melbourne administration was only carried by a majority of one ; and had we not, on the occasion to which I allude, ejected Mr. Ewart from the representation of Liverpool, Lord Melbourne would have had a majority of one, and that majority with him and his forlorn hope would have been a sufficient inducement for them to misconduct the business of the country. (Applause.) A second time did we fight the battle, and on that occasion had little diffi culty in gaining it. The eminent talents of Mr. Cresswell are now required to adorn the bench, and by a salutary pro vision of our constitution, to render justice pure and unsul lied at the fountain, he has done with the political arena. The extent of his legal acquirements, united to the excellency of his personal character, justify the choice which the Pre mier has made, and while he will add dignity to the seat of judgment, all will admit that the ermine will fall with grace on a distinguished lawyer and an excellent man. (Loud cheers.) Ili your name, my fellow-tradesmen, — for I leave the merchants to speak for themselves, — I thank him for the alacrity with which he responded to our call, and for the faithfulness with which he has reflected those great and vital principles, for the main tenance of which he was elected our representative ; and you will all join with me in the wish that his career as a judge may be as successful as it has been as our advocate, and that his legal knowledge may now be serviceable to men of all parties and of all conditions. (Cheers.) I will now say a few words in reference to the honourable baronet, who is again a candidate for our suffrages. The scientific acquire ments of Sir Howard Douglas, his knowledge of commercial matters from his long and brilliant governments in Canada and the lonian Islands, the experience of a life of profound investigation and reflection, his high military reputation, and his great moral worth, all point him out as eminently quali fied to represent the opinions of this great community. Do you wish to know his feelings on Protestant education ? While Governor of New Brunswick, he founded a college at Frederickston, subscribed himself a munificent sum towards its erection, and promised to procure from government a sum equal to that subscribed by the inhabitants. This he performed, and in addition founded a scholarship at his own cost, as the Douglas medal of that college testifies. Sir Howard is the firm and uncompromising supporter of educa tion based on Scripture, such education as we all approve of, arid such as we are here resolved to maintain. (Loud cheer ing.) Some of our opponentshave said,—True, we admit Sir Howard to be an excellent officer and a good man, but we want a commercial man to represent a commercial town. Well, sir, let us meet this question, and, first, where is the consistency of those who raise the objection ? Instead of assertions let us look at actions. Who brought forward Mr. Brougham for Liverpool? Was he a commercial man ? Mr. Creevey ? Was he one ? Who nominated the Earl of Sef ton ? That noble lord was not a commercial man. Who gave us Mr. Ewart? Was he a commercial man ? Mr. El phinstone ? Was he one? Lord Palmerston ? Was he one ? Why, sir, the whig party are themselves inconsistent, for with the exception of our two townsmen, one of whom at least may be said to have brought himself forward, I can only recollect one gentleman having any pretension to be a commercial man, whom they have brought before us. Mr. Morris, of whom none ot us had ever heard before, and many of us will probably never hear again, was a tiny drop precipitated by the flying clouds of radicalism, and as suddenly evaporated in a gleam of conservative sunshine, which that moment shot forth. (Loud cheering.) I well recollect that Mr. Canning was objected to, not because he was an unfit representative for a commercial community, but because he was identified with those glorious principles which we are anxious to see paramount in the government of England, and which, thank God, are now paramount. (Cheers.) Mr. Huskisson, too, a most suitable representative for a commercial community, was objected to on similar grounds, and it requires little sa gacity to see that it is not so much the commercial but the political unfitness of Sir Howard Douglas that renders him the object of their antipathy. (Applause.) Let me familiarly illustrate my meaning. Au architect may be a competent judge of the stability of an edifice, and may be acquainted with all the details necessary for its construction, and yet he may be unable himself to erect the structure. An engineer may be well acquainted with the nice contrivances, and the various motions required in the steam engine, and yet be unable to forge the rods or to cast the cylinder ; and so may a man of talent, by experience and observation, by scientific acquire ment and profound research, be well acquainted with the theory of commerce, and with the wants and productions of every nation,—he may possess a knowledge of international law and of those fiscal regulations which are the hinges of commerce, the air it breathes, and yet he may not, strictly speaking, be a commercial man. As well might we argue that a merchant should not be a shipowner unless he can build and rig and steer his ship. (Cheers.) I grant that a knowledge of commerce is required in all our legislators, not merely in those who represent Liverpool, Hull, and Bristol, but in those who represent every constituency for a member is not to legis late for Liverpool alone, but for commercial England, for manufacturing England, and what, I trust, she will ever re main, that we may be as independent as possible of foreign nations for the bread we eat,--I mean for agricultural Eng land. (Continued cheering.) Is not Lord Sandon as fit a representative forlcommercial Liverpool as Lord John Rus sell for commercial London? (Yes.) And will not Sir Howard Douglas be a more suitable representative for this community than Mr. Gibson for Manchester, Mr. Fox for the' Tower Hamlets, or the Hon. Mr. Berkeley for Bristol? (Loud cries of "yes.") And yet we hear nothing of the commercial unfitness of these gentlemen ; and it is probable, that had Sir Howard Douglas been a whig, those who object to him now would suddenly have discovered in him the' most suit able capacities, together with all the virtues that can adorn and dignify human nature. (Long protracted cheering.) Sir, England has now arrived at a critical period of her history. Her dominion is boundless; her influence is un limited; her language is heard in almost every place where the winds blow, or the ocean rolls. The enterprise of her merchants has penetrated every clime, and her looms supply the human race in a hundred colonies and dependencies. (Applause.) And although for a period—l trust a brief period—commercial gloom has overspread our land, and many of our population are experiencing great distress, yet still her wealth and industry exceeds that of any other na tion ; and by skilful management and sound legislation, the sun of prosperity will again kindle that wealth and industry into a new flame, to give employment to our artisans, and enable the country to develope her mighty resources. (Loud cheers.) But all this grandeur—all this extent of empire may have its limits. Nations, like individuals, have their rise and fall. Great Britain has been victorious in war and pros perous in peace, because she has been governed on fixed prin ciples, and has possessed a constitution which has repressed tyranny and spoliation from whatever quarter it has pro ceeded—whether from the monarch or the people—which has zealously guarded the individual liberty of all, and secures to all the possession of that property which is the fruit of ho nest industry—which offers an asylum to the victims of ty ranny from every land—which encourages virtue, while it discountenances vice—which invigorates, while it cherishes and sympathises where it cannot heal. (Loud cheers.) But above all, England has risen triumphant, and has gone on step by step to her present greatness, since she became Pro testant England—(loud cheering)—and as long as she re mains thealepository of divine truth—as long as she nationally recognises the power and the worship of Him by whom kings reign arid nations flourish or fade—while she colonises but to bless and civilise—while she conquers not to aggrandise, but to protect—while she upholds a pure church, and her constitution remains based on eternal truth, which is inter woven with her structure and pervades her sentiments—so long will England flourish and maintain her glorious supre macy. (Loud applause.) But, if she is smitten with the spirit of republicanism—if she discards the lessons of wisdom which history teaches, and lapses into that latitudinarianism which is the indubitable precursor of national decay—not all the valour of her fleets and armies, not all the wisdom of her senators can save her, but she will sink into decrepitude, and finally into ruin. (Great cheers.) It is because Sir Howard Douglas is a man of Protestant conservatism, who will up hold the British constitution in all its essential elements— who will give protection to national industry, and foster na tional feeling—who will not be dazzled with the specious and tinsel theories of the day, nor sacrifice that constitution at the shrine of liberalism or expediency, that I call on you, my fellow-townsmen, to identify yourselves with him on this oc casion, again to display your loyalty, and again to uphold the character of our town. (Loud cheers.) I will not enter upon any of those great questions which agitate the commu nity at this time, as it would lead me into a long speech. (Cries of "go on.") I will conclude by seconding the mo tion of Mr. Robinson, and requesting you with one heart and one mind, to discard every . feeling but that of loyalty, and love for our country ; and, trusting to that feeling, I am convinced that you will return to parliament as our representative, un fettered and unshackled, the friend and comrade of the illus trious Wellington. (Loud and long-continued cheering followed the expression of this sentiment, during which Mr. Holme resumed his seat.) The CHAIRMAN then put the motion to the meeting, and it was adopted unanimously. The declaration of the result was followed by three times three hearty cheers. Mr. JAMES ASPINALL, who was received with great ap plause, in moving the third resolution, said that after the able speeches which had been made, and the unanimity which seemed to prevail, it would be needless for him to take up the valuable time of the meeting by any observations from him. They knew, as he had often told them, that lie was no speaker, but that he could work (hear, hear) ; and as the resolution he had to propose had that tendency, be was sure they would all join heart and hand with him in coming forward to support Sir Howard Douglas upon this occasion. (Cheers.) Notwithstanding all that had been said by Mr. Robinson and Mr. Holine, he should think it right to read the first address which Sir Howard had issued in Liverpool. Whatever opinions there might have been abroad about him, he (Mr. Aspivall) was quite sure there could be no mistake about his address : " To THE WORTHY AND INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF LIVERPOOL " Gentlemen,—l feel the distinguished honour which so many respectable electors of the town of Li verpoo l h ave conferred upon me, by their invitation to become a candi date for the representation of this loyal and ancient borough in parliament. Mr. C. S. PARKER said, he had been requested to move the following resolution " That a requisition to Sir Howard Douglas be signed by the chairman of this meeting, and that it be transmitted to him, requesting him to offer himself as a candidate for the representation of Liverpool, and that he be requested to pro ceed to Liverpool as soon as possible." He congratulared the conservative, and he condoled with the liberal, party of this borough upon the harmonious feeling which pervaded this meeting—a meeting which might be fairly said to represent every varying shade of conservative opinion. (Hear.) This concord so auspicious to us was a death-blow to the hopes of our opponents. The sight of that united phalanx would make them quail, and he doubted not whether now, at this third gallant effort about to be made by Sir Howard Douglas, they would not allow him to march unopposed to the citadel. (Loud cheers.) Taught by the fable, our opponents would fain untie this mighty faggot bundle, united by the single chain of attachment to our Pro testant national faith, and they would invite those, whom they are pleased to flatter as "enlightened conservatives," to come out from the old, dry, rotten tory party,—(Loud laughter)— and to be bound up by that new fangled and exceedingly elastic anti-monopoly hand which they had manufactured in the Amphitheatre. (Laughter.) Now he took it that the " liberal conservatives" were not quite so green as that— (hear, hear)—that they would prefer to remain with the good, old-seasoned timber, though it wer e a littl e stiff and unbend ing, to being bundled up with all the green shoots that were springing up from the hot-bed of the Anti-Corn-Law League. (Cheers.) He thought the conservatives might take a leaf out of their opponents' book. Let them sink all minor diffe rences. (Hear, bear, hear.) They were so perverse as not to look, as they wished us, on the few points of difference, but we rather loved to dwell upon the many and more im portant points of concord. (Hear.) Methought he heard sonic gentleman ask where is Sir Joshua Walmsley. (Laugh te..) Did he not pledge himself to stand again. (" He did.") He thought, however, that he could explain the conduct of Sir Joshua. He was too grave a maa to enter on the con test now, and therefore he reserved himself till Lord San don's seat was vacated. (Hear.) Where, too, were the Manchester dictators ? He would tell them as a great secret. .Surgeon Braid had mesmerised them, and they would remain in a trance till the Conservative electors of Liverpool awoke them with the shouts of victory. (Great laughter, and cheers.) But to be serious. He trusted that in proceeding to this contest none of us would forget that of January, 1835. The first day Sir Howard was in a majority, but the next day he was in a minority of 236. They owed that number to their opponents, and he trusted they would now pay the debt with compound interest. Mr. Parker concluded an energetic speech by calling upon the Conservatives to place Sir Howard in a majority of 2000. Mr. GRANT, in seconding the resolution, called upon the electors of Liverpool to follow the example of the city of Dublin, which had returned a Conservative by a majority of 400 in opposition to Lord Morpeth. He trusted the majo rity here would be, not -100 only, but 2,400. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN, before putting the resolution, mentioned that Sir Howard Douglasi had been detained in London at the request of Lord Ashburton, who was going out to Ame rica, in order to give him some important information re specting the affairs of North America : and to-day he had been requested to attend Lord Stanley upon important busi ness connected with the lonian Islands. After these mat ters had been disposed off, Sir Howard would be at liberty to obey the commands of the electors. (Cheers.) The re solution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. EDMUND MOLYNEUX in proposing the appointment of a committee to conduct the election, said be had been highly gratified by the proceedings of the day, and with the unanimity that had prevailed. There was a little anecdote which the meeting might not have heard respecting the father of Sir Howard Douglas. The excellent father of their now candidate was the first British officer—the first man in existence—who ever devised the plan of breaking the enemy's line. That took place in Rodney's victory in the West Indies, when our colonial possessions were saved from the immense French fleet which had been collected to attack them. After that other officers, and particularly Nelson, carried the plan into execution, and how often had he broken the enemies' line and gained important victories ! And he believed it was a fact that the last time he (Nelson) left England he said that he had carried Douglas' plan of break ing the enemies' line into execution once, and if he went into action he would break it twice. That was done at Trafalgar. (Cheers.) He (Mr. Alderman Molyneux) mentioned this only to shew the meeting that Sir Howard came from a good stock ; and he had no doubt if there was a line brought against him now he would break it through and be victorious. Mr. BOLD seconded the nomination of the committee. The CHAIRMAN put the motion, and it was carried with the greatest enthusiasm. The business of the meeting being now closed, Mr. RICH ARD DAWSON moved the thanks of the meeting to Sir Thomas Brancker for his conduct in the chair. Mr. DUNCAN GIBB seconded the motion, and the meeting carried it with loud cheers. _ _ Sir THOMAS BRANCKER having returned thanks in a few appropriate remarks, the meeting separated, after having first given three tremendous cheers for Sir Howard Douglas and the Conservative cause. The same compliment was after wards paid to several of the local Conservative leaders. THE ALBION BANK-PAPER In his reply to the harmless raillerie which we addressed on Friday to our contemporary the Albion, we are sorry to notice a degree of acidity of tone, the display of which we cannot think was at all called for. In congratulating the Albion upon the flourishing state of his journal, and upon the degree of patronage on the part of his friends which had con duced to so gratifying a result, we expressed the pleasure with which we should receive at the hands of our friends a similar measure of support; and it does not evince either good temper or good taste in our contemporary to retort upon us in so vicious a spirit as that which characterizes the follow - ing passage _ we cannot be supposed to know what truth there may be in our contemporary's complaint against his party, but this we do know, that for every ten pounds which the whigs have spent on their section of the press, (we never re ceived a single farthing from any party, except for value re ceived in papers or advertisements,) the tories have spent ten hundred : and yet, their press, after having, within the last ten years, had not less a sum than ten thousand pounds expended on it in direct payments, complains of the neglect of the leaders of the party ! Tha fact is, the tories have been lavish in their donations for the support of their press, and if, after all their largesses, its conductors still complain, if not of poverty, at least of want of patronage, the fault must lie with the parties who squandered or pillaged the funds so liberally contributed towards their support by the tory lead ers." We cannot but think, that, whilst penning this splenetic at. tack our contemporary must have known that not one sell_ . tence of it could apply to ourselves. WE, like the Albion, can safely assert that " we have never received a single far thing from any party except for value received in papers or advertisements." And we have never either received, or desired to receive, one shilling of the ten thousand pounds alleged to have been expended by our party " in direct pay ments" in support of their press, and should unhesitatingly spurn any such bolstering patronage were it offered to us. In the management of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD we have throughout relied solely upon our own resources, and neither " squandered " nor " pillaged " any funds belonging to any party ; and we complain neither of " poverty " nor of " want of patronage.". As we have, however, been dragged into this subject by the Albion, we will unhesitatingly say that the conservatives of Liverpool do not support their press with the same zeal which is used by the whig-radical party. Let our contemporary turn to his own advertizing columns, and, we venture to say, that for every whig-radical, whose favours are conferred upon us, he will find fifty conservatives patronizing the Albion. The whig-radicals, as a body, bestow their exclusive patron age upon whig-radical journals ; whilst conservatives. more liberal, crowd with their advertisements those very columns, which weekly heap slander and ridicule upon themselves and the cause which they advocate. We ourselves ask for no ex clusive support from our friends. We ask for no support which we are not prepared to earn by the zeal with which our humble efforts are directed to the advancement of con servative interests. We ask only that those efforts should be taken into consideration by our friends; and that their extraordinary liberality should not be practised to our exclu sion from a just and legitimate sharp of their favours. JOINT STOCK BANKS. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—As the directors and proprietors of the Albion Bank have found it necessary to dissolve the company, people are naturally inquiring whether one or two other banks in this town, which it is notorious do not carry on so much, nor so good a business, will also be dissolved ? Some ill-natured persons say that the directors and mana gers have placed the banks alluded to in such a position as to preclude a recommendation, on their part, of a dissolution. ALIQUIS. In conclusion, we really feel that an apology is due to our readers for bestowing so much space upon the absurdities of so stolid a specimen of journalism as our Manchester con temporary. His foolish speculations, however, were calcu lated to mislead, as they were intended to injure; and that must be our excuse for noticing them. MANCHESTER, BOLTON, AND BURY CANAL NAVIGATION AND RAILWAY COMPANY. The seventh half-yearly meeting of this company took place yesterday, at the Clarendon Rooms, far the purpose of receiving the report of the committee, and a statement of the receipts and disbursements for the six months ending 31st December last. The attendance was pretty numerous, there being from sixty to seventy gentlemen present. Mr. JAMES BRANCKER, chairman of the committee, was called to preside ; and, after the advertisement calling the meeting was read by the Secretary, opened the proceedings in a brief address. He stated that this was the half-yearly meeting, and as each gentleman present had received a-copy of the report, no lengthened discussion would be required. The directors were in a condition to say that they had quite held their ground since the last meeting, which was the more gratifying, inasmuch as, with them, all depended on the state of trade, which had recently been greatly depressed. Even under such circumstances they had done more business than last year, which was as much as any reasona bl e man cou ld expect. With regard to the smallness of the dividend recom mended by the committee, several circumstances had arisen that tended materially to reduce it. A person who had long been in the employ of the company, and whose services had been deemed valuable, had retired in ill health, and afterwards died, leaving a widow unprovided for. An allowance had been made to her, and a young man (Samuel Haywood) suc ceeded to the vacant situation, who had been brought up in the company, and in whom they had every reason to repose confidence. That young man had, however, commenced and carried on a system of fraud, and had afterwards absconded, and taken from their funds a sum of about £l5OO. This de falcation had reduced the dividend by about ss. per share, The increase of the poor-rates, caused by the depression of trade in the districts through which their lines ran, also con duced to the reduction of the dividend ; but it was considered that their property was overrated, and steps had been taken to obtain a more equitable assessment of these and other rates and taxes. He concluded by proposing that the brief report, already submitted by circalar to the proprietors, should be read. The Secretary then read the report, introducing the state ment of accounts, of which the following is a copy : " In examining the statement of accounts herewith, it will be perceived that the receipts on the canal and railway are somewhat larger than in the preceding half year; that there is no greater increase is not perhaps to be wondered at, considering that both means of conveyance are strictly dependant upon trade for their support; and of the de pressed state of it in this district none now scarcely need to be informed. " The disbursements for parochial rates and taxes alone are nearly £BOO more than during the previous half year, which goes to reduce the nett profits. The committee regret to state that the disposable proceeds have had to be still further reduced in consequence of the defalcations of the canal agent, Samuel Heywood, which have extended over a period of nearly six years. " With regard to the parochial assessments it is considered that the company's property is overrated, and in several cases notice of appeal has been given, in the hope of obtaining a more just and equitable assessment. " On the Bth of September last the committee entered into an agreement with the Lancaster and Preston Junction Rail way Company, to supply the locomotive power on the Lan caster line. This agreement came into operation on tile first day of this month, since which period this company's engines have been running between Lancaster and Preston. The facilities arising out of this arrangement will not be felt until by the completion of the Bolton and Preston Railway there shall be a continuous traffic over your line to Lancaster. " Salford, 13th January, 1842." He then read the statement of receipts and disbursements for the half-year. The following are the heads of the prin cipal items:— RAILWAY Receipts.—Coaching department Carrying ditto .. ditto .. Expenses.—Total coach, carriage, and car rying disbursements, locomotive power, maintenance of railway, of fice establishment, rates and taxes, duty on passengers, waggons, fences, &c. ticc Railway surplus CANAL. Receipts, in tonage, wharfage, rents, &c. Agents, clerks, maintenance, &c £11,196 0 7 3,825 16 91 1,682 Expenses, £16,704 010} 1,725 17 9 Canal surplus 6,873 12 101 £9,830 8 0 4,283 13 £14,111 1 51 Less interest on bonds, balance of rents, &c. 6,691 18 7 Nett profit of the half-year Add a balance from June 30, &c £7,422 Nett proceeds _ _t7,95;) 10 11 Deducting Haywood 's defalcations in £1,500 and some bad debts, the disposable proceeds was £6,309. 12s. 5d., which,. giving a dividend of 20s. pe r s h are, wou ld l eave a b alance of £lOB. 12s. sd. Tho report thus concludes :--- " Your committee, in reference to the preceding statement, have directed a dividend of 20s. per share to be paid to the proprietors on the Ist of February next." Mr. RIGG moved that the report be adopted by the meet ing. This was seconded and agreed to nem. con. Mr. FISHER inquired why Haywood's deficiency was all included in the present half year ? The CHAIRMAN explained that it was not discovered until recently, Haywood 's accounts having previously appeared to be finite correct. He called on Mr. Hoare to explain the circumstances of the defalcation. Mr. Ho ARE entered into an explanation. From his state ment and that of the Chairman and others, it appeared, that after the death of Mr. Curdiffe, who had charge of the canal books, Haywood, who had previously been long in the office, and who was considered faithful and competent, was ap pointed to succeed him. He kept the books, and was nisc' treasurer, and though he had commenced a system of fraud from the beginning he was not suspected, as the books a!! i i peared to balance by the ou t s t an di ng d e b ts, as falsely s:1"-_ therein by him. Mr. Ha w k s h aw , h owever, sugge sted t , n t ," l _ proved mode of keeping th e accoun t s , b y w hi c h all ( i i ,T , 1 1 .. should pass through hi s h an d s , an d t h e treasure r's : L' ... `,'„, i , Notice lector's offices to be k e pt di s ti nc t. Th e accou nts en.' were also to be sent by him through the postoffice. „ now was given that this system was to be acted upon' effect con was), and Haywood, finding he could no long ss el at Liver cealment, absconded, and got on board of pool, from which, however, he was taken intocuars, transporta witted for trial. He was sentenced to te_n_ lif f e ) was also, it a v st e o dy, and com and recom tion. The party he had succeeded, u° (res t ig h , e le se d defalcations appeared, a defaulter at the time he mended Haywood as his successor—and,though Hay wood's meet them, which had been concealed from the comp V iii to agency in raising some money by: . The sum given to Mrs. a w r ee husband's official services, her by Haywood to bed 1500. he was to repay at £1 Cunliffe, in consideration of was £.lO, and they found the loss ought to have been Mr. LEYLAND said that se re quired from Haywood. M h d t h e original appointment read, by The CHAIRAN un that was the intention ; but that from es which he explained, and the conti various circurnstancosed d w e h n i c c e h rep was overlooked. in the young man, who had been explained snore fully the manner in unhappily company'—itlong with the u it n appeare w tha e t Mr. HAWKSH viyhi w e . th e a ccounts were kept, and the money received, b h si milar defalcations could not again arise. Secu rity had also been taken from th e present canal agent. In reply t o q uestions, th e C EIAIRMAN said that £42,000 o f the l li ' ic bonded debt had been paid off, and that in the last 12 months £l,OOO of interest had in consequence of its reduc tion been saved. Their railway depended at present entirely on trade and manufactures ; but when the line was entirely opened to Lancaster, they would have some accession of funds from " pleasure" traffic. Mr. HOARE moved and Mr. BRITTAIN seconded thanks to the Chairman, which was carried, and the meeting then separated. All things:in this world are worth no more than the value we set upon them ; for a little to him that thiuketh it enough a great riches. THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN VERSUS THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL We showed in our last publication, (in reply to the studied endeavour of the Manchester Guardian to misrepresent the cost of transit of merchandize from Belfast, by way of Li verpool), that the whole charge for freight and port dues of 20 firkins of butter weighing 15 cwt. 1 quarter, which the Guardian had told his readers was 20s. Bd., would only amount to 10s. 11d. We made this statement upon the authority of the two respectable agents in Liverpool, of the Belfast packets, who, we dare say will feel happy to receive as much freight as our Manchester friends can give them at these charges ; and having given such au authorized state ment against a mere gratuitous assumption of the Guardian — having proved the assertion which we originally made, that that assumption was not warranted by fact—we hoped that we had done all that was required from us. Our contemporary, however, is not at all satisfied to have his house of cards thus knocked down by a plain statement. Respectable merchants in Liverpool don't know, it would seem, their own charges —cannot sum up the figures in their own day books—one half so well as the wiseacre of the Guardian. We are told now, too, for the first time, by this ingenious gentleman, what we all along suspected, that the two cases of charge, by way of Fl ee t woo d an d o f Li verpoo l , were not parralle cases at all , —were not cases upon which a fair comparison could be instituted. " The quantity of butter, writes the Guardian, with most amusing gravity, " was not 20 but 30"—what, good reader? Why, thirty " crocks." And the sum of all the Guardian's discoveries is simply that 30 " crocks" of butter, weighing but 15 cwt., conveyed from Belfast by way of Liverpool, cost nearly as much as 30 firkins, weighing 22 cwt. by way of ,Fleetwood ! that a "crock" of butter, weighing ha/ a cwt. costs as much in freight as a firkin weighing three quarters of a cwt. ! 11 rally, after this, we cannot but suspect that our contemporary does not know the difference between a " crock" and a firkin ; and we must therefore inform him that the former is an earthenware vessel—is of various size—and is conveyed ge nerally, as any carrier would assure him, at a higher propor tional rate, than a firkin, which is wooden, easier to stow and not liable to break. The dishonesty —we can call it by no milder a term—of instituting a comparison of the cost between the two ports, whilst suppressing the very material fact that the article conveyed was in one case made up in a description of pack age, of itse?f, more expensive in carriage than in the other, must, we think, be apparent. But the Guardian is not content to earn the imputation of dishonesty, but is anxious to add stupidity and obstinacy to his other characteristics. Notwithstanding we have assured him that the port charges on 20 firkins at Belfast and Liverpool are only Ild. (and those on 1`) " crocks" will not be 6d. more than this sum), our contemporary will have it that they amount to ss. Bd. ; and that in Liverpool alone " the dock dues and town dues and what not—all the six or eight items of which he is in formed the Liverpool port charges are made up—would amount " (with " cartage from the dock to the railway") to five shillings. We tell the Guardian that his persisting in such an assertion, after it has been proved to be utterly un founded, is an instance of more shameless mendacity than we had previously given him credit for. In the first instance, a reference to his original statement will shew that cartage was already charged in a separate item of Is. 4d., besides his 20s. Bd. " paid on." In the second place, there arc no " six or eight items." There are no " dock dues " charged upon the article at all. In fact, there is but one " port charge," which is the town dues ; and, upon 30 " crocks " of butter, these dues would not exceed Bd. or 9d. The whole of our contemporary's ingeniously fabricated case breaks down, therefore, by the very evidence which he himself brings forward to support it, the only fact which he has proved being that the freight upon butter in " crocks" is greater than upon butter in firkins! We shall not com ment upon the dishonesty of the Guardian in representing, in the statement with which he has furnished us, the 30 packages previously admitted to be " crocks " as firkins ; for we set that down to his riot knowing that there is any difference between the two terms. The Guardian's igno rance of most subjects is quite upon a par with his presump tion.