The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-21 00:00:00

14. .0. • Family square, 26 feet )dging- -place. actable POSE LI Hal :lad to S of a erpool. 0 - gr. or to 3, St. May 21, 1844. Wantrt. THE Advertiser, who is perfectly acquainted with every branch of the SPIRIT TRADE, as well as the most approved methods of BREWING ALE, &c., is desirous of obtaininz a SITUATION in a SPIRIT ESTA syieseer- A LISH ME NT or BREWERY any other respectable Illployrnent. The most re ctable testimonials as to char acter can be produce Address, H. T., (po aid,) to be left at the Standard. office. Contrarts. PARISH OP LIVERPOOL. CONTRACTS WANTED.—TO FARMERS. A NY Persons wis!iing to CONTRACT for the supply 4-1, , ITT.K. and BUTTERMILK, to the LI V E R ;next Twelve Months, from h May, 1845, are requested reseed to the Governor, on tnesday,) the 22 d instant. Any i 'orm: ton to the Go By o on applica- Secretary. C ONTRACTS FOR COALS AND CANDLES. Office of Ordnance, Ist April, 1844. THOSE Persons who may be desirous of CONTRACT ING with the Principal Officers of the Ordnance, to furnish, from the Ist of July next, to the 30th of June, 1845, such Quantities of COALS and CANDLES as may from time to time be required for Barracks and Ordnance Stations in Great Britain, and the Channel Islands, can receive Particulars of the Contracts on applying at this Office betwee n th e h ours o f T en an d F our . Tenders for supplying either Coals or Candles, must be sealed up and marked b " Tender for Coals" or " Tender :d r th dleB ", and will be received at . this Office, address- TH73,...e S ecretary to the Board, it Eleven o'clock on anise o s ai n s m , the 6th of June nex , but no proposal, either or xed Candles, will be ticed unless made on, or to, a printed partic ar, which must be duly filled Up and the Prices inserte n Words at length. Tender s to be made fo the several Barracks and Sta tions as joined together in the Particulars of Contract. By order of the Board, R. BY HAM, Secretary. eiv tatibltrattons. Just Out. No. 11., price 2d. CAPTAIN PIDDING'S CHINESE OLIO and TEA-TALK. CONTENTS.—Chinese Theory of the creation of the World and the origin of Government. Desperation and ferocity of Chinese Tartar wars. Life of Tsin-che-Hoang,-jo, Emperor of China, Builder of the Great Wall and Incendiary of th Books of the Chinese Empire, Chinese Proverbs, na Quicksilver. Life of Candida Wu, a Christian mese lady, grand-daughter of a Chinese Colao, or lief Minister of State. " Her loss was bewailed by t poor as their benefactress, by the converts as their pa rn, and by the Missionaries as their best friend," M urst, Missionary, China, its state and r n r o ! s t pects. The Tea-Talk, besides other matter interest obthe Tea Trade, contains weekly view of Tea markets. lished by the Proprietor, Capt,in JOHN RHODES t r j o "'MG C rane_ No. 22, College-hill, Thames-street, and at sellers, in Town and Country. 20,000 of No. I. were dis- Posed of the first week. Now Ready, at all the Libraries and Booksellers, in Two Volumes, UNCLE SAM'S PECULIARITIES, By UNCLE SAM. tt" We recommend this book as exceedingly amusing. co ntains some capital stories, s k e t c h es , an d recollec ous of American travel, described with much vigour and " I nic Power. Indeed, laugh one must. The Yankees of ria certai n class are too richly taken off not to excite our s sibi litY, especi a ll y as it i s w ith out exaggeration. ' The uPerb Talor,' and some of the nigger s ket c h es , are per lec,t,lY in the Boz vein."—Brighlon Guardian. This is about as amusing a representation of our Ame fleatl breth ren as ever we h appened to fall upon. In fact, Or light reatVng,, and to pass an hour, it must become the ,_ lll° P t , Popular work which the press has lately sent forth.'' London Newspaper. , Th ; Jle excels in the ludicrous, and hits off' the distin '-'suing characteristics of 1 • figures r groups with the ics . grotes 4 , o que felicity of a Hogarth."— `ourier. `"aPhic and highly amusi descriptions of men, t airi d e n,er!, and scenery. The . its of character well sus-u.' —Standard. nate aHumour or the bro/est kind, thoroughly impreg - With shrewdnes s perception for the ridiculous, Strong common sens: :nd genuine good nature, which an urger urolle ; ' lo n ging to • satirical cannot stifle." Caustic " Superlative pleasantry."—Journal. di ... Is is one of those amusing productions which it is brutl:oTlreiledtnY.wtici lay down when once taken up, and impossible without laughing convulsively. Our Yankee they have a particle of good humour in their 80 ? Is. will laugh as heartily as ourselves.—Chronicle. habits author seems thoroughly to understand the A.ahl and peculiarties of Brother Jonathan."—Sun. " Clever g a r n a d oli a ic „,:u a s n i c n i g exceeingly entertaining."—Era. Yan d kee sketches." Weekly 'Chronicle. " Sketches extremely vivid and most entertaining."— AMion. " Whether in a steam-boat, an inn, a fire-side party, a Western court-house, a caucus, an election, a theatre, •or a busy city, life in America is continually before us ; and flashes of wit, absurd modes of speech and curious .customs amuse and instruct us at every turn. And yet there is nothing at which any sensible citizen of the ' Free States' need be angry."—Mercury. London : JOHN MORTIMER. Liverpool : WAREING Wan B. FOUND, I N the N e i g hb our h oo d o f In Buildings, a Bro w n -a- TERRIER DOG. Who er will prove the Property and pav E xpenses , may 1 it returned by applying to . 4 .• 8., Box I 53, Postoffi e. IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN of 30,000,000 Es. 13 fog 1830.)—I AUSTRIAN SCRIP for £3, 6 for £l5, and 4 .,,,'°r £5O • reimbursable by Dividends of £30,000, £26,000, £15,000, Sce.—Smallest Dividend £5O stern... k,„" 1 „ PER lAL RUSSIAN-POLISH LOAN of u ,uOO,OOO fls. (of 1835.)-1 RUSSIAN-POLISH SCRIP or £2 10s, 4 fo r £lO, an d 9 f or £ 2O. l v.General"- and chief DISTRIB ON I s t Juiie, at en A few SCRIPS are on SALE. Dividends repaid at Paris Frankfort, nna, and London. dela P y, Aplv lOl prospectuse • h f u ll ,articulars, without A. JACOBS and Co., Or, to Bankers, Frankfort-on-Maine. 44 POstages, letters may be sent to Mr. JAcons, pro eilel ose-square, London, from whence they will rn ptly be forwarded. IMPERIAL RUSSIAN-POLIS II LOAN t,0f150,000,000f1q. (of 1835,) IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN I,,`"AN of 3 0,000,000 fl. (of 18390 guaranteed by their R ussia. the Emperor of Austria and , the Emperor of *. ssia. GRAND DISTRIBUTIONS at Warsaw and , ienpa. In the Russian -Polish Loan the following divi plodends will be re-imbursed :—One of 1,000.000 fl., one of ,000 fl., tw o o f 15 0,000 fl., six of 25,000 fl., eight of 4,0 00 f1.,&c., together 7000 dividends, gaining 7,070,00011. Ntnallest dividend 750 fl., largest 1.000,000 fl. In the -Austrian Loan 700 bonds will obtain'7ol,7oo fl., in lots of 2 30,000 fl., 50,000 fl., 15,000 ,000 11., dividend 500 fl. 10 f .."," 10 oil are equal to Ll sterlin g , a are— &c. Sm a ll est trifle more or less, as d ay ' s exchange. The prices ]. Russian-Polish Sc for ..Z2 10 I 4 Ditto 1 Austria n S cr i p f or £ 3 10 0 6 Ditto 15 9 Ditt 20 013 Ditto 30 Payable by n k notes, remittances, •or Divi dends re-imb ursa bl e at Frankfort Paris, Lo drafts. ndon, or New York, at the option of th e holders. To save postages, foreign sith•icribtrs may apply to his houses in Paris, N ew York, and London ; at Mr. A. Schwarzschihr s , 1, Plough icourt, Lombard-street. Prospectuses, with full pirtieu lart, and Lists of the Distribution, promptly forwarded to Very shareholder abroad. J. A. SCHWARZSCHILD, Banker and Receiver-General. 41 4 flori n being 2a., it follows that a fifth share at 12s. in Z e l, Austrian Government Distribution, is relatively riarh ti o r e valuable th an one R e d B on d i n t h e In i va t e specula the 25th. wort-on-Maine, April, 1841. vr,T3Y SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO HER ci—Ax..JESTY AND ALL THE ROYAL FAMILY. O'"WPPE'S SODA WATER LEMONADE, and atu oth er ... Aerated Waters continue in the highest repute IJe?r,,Zil.t!'e Nobility Gentry, and Public througliout9ie would e--„„,„ult4°,n, that ' any encomium on their merits, eacl\Tholrroltt;-IA-'r4autli Peri!lions. ne without a Red Label over the Cork . of l'Oint ul Soda Water, representing the Ronal Ap °lent i n each side. the centre, and the name of their Firm on 141s°' SC HWEPP ; has a Yektow , el 0 , Vriti at each 3 and Address, ~,, which r ',.'‘',el:!:m Sett: Quarts and Pints.. Vii; '"°ll l` 0 T it t u ei,,, t Vo l. , aer ed especially for Op ei , FOR LIVERPOOL T. N. i 9. l eY, I, '''' ) /b i t :reet; J. Priest- Jol, °r el-st a, J. H. and S. * --4°ll W r " aite w' es. Man and Crosth ville ' r., - Ill• Li W. Hope. J. Wood s' -' .%• ci °Yd, Parker -street; m. ..r • a I b eet • A /7 y, Bold-street • Wm. Proctor, Ranelagh- M' Pitt.in• Jones. T. M . Davies, Berry-street; G. ..litreet: treet ;G. Aspinall, G. Webster, St. James- UM, N I - wires, Wagstaff, Great George-place; Thos. Ho 1, PPer p:.,!tedhead, Great George -street ;F. B. Sy k es, . 440, "bulatnent-street ;G. Bolderston, Mill-street ,E. t i lt Net ; j'44'nlair-view, Park -road ;G. H. Howell, Dale- Oad/.. ,5113 ari r ..,." Gerard, Oldhall-street ; J. Britten, Old o n . "t D. Scholefield Quern-square; E. Tierna n , Qhtl 'steer°tl;...le.ing, William Henry-stet, Vt 7 Ri e , 13 'd• VV. Williams, St. Anne-stree. ; J a m e s iC, ett BS I.ll4BWiCk•road • E. Tiernan, Everton ; J. Ball, -. 0 . 4 . haY;el,l:eet, ; James ' Peddlebury, Br?wnlow- hill ! G. ,Oxf or , ' ,A ussell-street •, E. Jardine, T. Tithern ❑ eilhk kiar e, su-Rtreet : S. Maskery, West Derby Village; . e art ; ,L'aeotrib r ; John Eastwood, W. Higgins, Bir cad, rt, i i. ; Smith, Mrs. Barclay Woodside ; IY. West- Waterloo. ' SWEET 'MILK, and BUTTE 'OOL W KROUSE, forthe n the 12th lay, 18140512th to send Sea d .. .Xeriders, addr .- or before To ORROW, (Wed] iation jeKed m y be obtained avrr. Dr er, NATHAN LITHERLAND, "EPPE'S LEMONADE Bottle, with their/Num none is genuine. ./ zer Water, as i . sorted in 4 ORDERS nufactured 8. ARE ‘• RIR AGENTS W , 11) IT 1 EIGHBOURHOOI tn ., R. ' thbury, Castle-si 'tj T. hompson and Sot „Raw. e, Church-street ; M DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY. ►PHE ANNUAL MEETING of the SUBSCRIBERS jj and FRIENDS of the DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY will he held, at the SAVINGS BANK, Bold street, Tilts DAY, (Tuesday,) the 21st instant, at One o'clock. R. L. CAR } Secretaries. RICH . PLETON, Committee Room, 4, Queen-square. CHURCH MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. APUBLIC MEETING of the Subscribers and Frienes of the CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY will be held (God willing) on THURSDAY EVENING ne%t, in the AMPHITHEATRE. The Chai;;Akrertiken by the Rev. Chancellor RAIKES at Fl ast Six o'clock precisely. Tickets for Boxes a it to be had at Mr. PERRIS'S, Church-street, from Eleven to Three o'clock. Admis sion to the Gallery without Ticket. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CONNEXION WITH THE, GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF IRELAND. APUBLIC MEETING of the Members and Friends of the new CONGREGATION, lately establi,hed in this town, will be held in the Commercial-hall, Gloucester-street, on the evening of THURSDAY, the 23d instant, at Seven o'clock. The Rev. Dr. STEWA oderator of the General Assembly of the Pres ciao Church in Ireland ; Dr. COOKE, of BLl l f r aireDr. BROWN, of Ahadoey ; M r. DOBBIN, of lymena ; and other eminent Ministers of the Assembly, will address the Meeting, when a full report of the rise, progres, present state, and prospects of the above Congregation will be laid before the Public. The Chair will be taken at Seven o'clock precisely. SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY. ~.‘„yetl.ft T HEt SCRIP SIiARES in he above u n d er t a ki ng are ready to be Exchan r r the Banker's R ece ip ts on application to M. W e ERSPOON, 7, India-buildings. GLASGOW - , DUMFIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAj. THE SCRIP SHARES-in - The above undertaki ng are ready to be Excionted for the Banker's Receipts on application to M. WOTHERSPOON, 7, India-buildings. NORWICH AND BRANDON RAILWAY. THE HOLDERS of SCRIP CERTIFICATES are required to send them to this Office, for Registration, on or before the Ist June next. Proper Forms for the Regi tration of the Shares may be had on application a e Office, Guildhall Buildings, London. By ord of the Board, RICHARD TILL, Secretary. MESSRS. HARWOOD AND .SON, PROFESSORS OF DANCING, 42, NELSON-STREET, GREAT GEORGE- SQUARE . JUVENILE CLASSES, THURSDAY and SATURDAY MORNING and AFTERNOON; and at the Ramilton Rooms, North Birkenhead, Cheshire, every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and SA U AY. ** *PR [VAT t NS in the WALTZ, GAL LOPADE, and VING-ROOM POLKA. AIR. ST. ALBIN most respectfully announces his re -IVI turn from London, where he has obtained the veri table BALL-ROOM POLKA. Mr. Oscaf Byrne, vi sited Paris, and procured it from the celebrated Cellarius himself. The Polka, and Polka Cotillon, that Mr. ST. ALBIN teaches, are precisely the same that Madame Mi chan, Mr. Byrne, Mons. Xbulon, and other masters of celebrity are teaching Almack's, and the Nobility's Balls. 44, MOUNT EASANT. M R W Sol, ' l l 6l l ltl l 2 l DNEVC°EfSig RIGHT, NOTICE.—Those Parties for whom the late Mr. WILLIAM WOOLLWRIGHT, of Liverpool, Solicitor, deceased, (formerly of the Firm of Messrs. KNAPPER and WOOLWRIGHT,) has been concerned in matters of busi ness, will be furnished with every information relative thereto, on application to Mr. q,RORGE JONES, No. 10, North John-street, Liverpool t *ho has taken his offices and business. £2,000 TO be LENT, on Mortgage, in one or more sums, upon approvecrsecurity.—Apply as above. HYDROPATHY. fIR. HEATHCOTE has REMOVED his ESTA BLISHMENT from LIVERPOOL to " TYCOC H HOUSE, near Caernarvon," North \Vales, and will be ready to receive Patients after the 13th of May, the num ber of whom is limited to Five. Trcocre HOUSE overlooks the Menai Straits, and is situated between Caernarvon a 'Bangor. On the Shore, to which the grounds ext ,is a private Sea-bathing House ; the fresh water ' pure and abundant. The house itself is warm, and e rooms spacious. A letter-bag is left and taken awa every day by the Mail. Until May, address Postoffice, Birkenhead, after " Ty coch House, near Caernarvon." TESTIMONIAL TO MR. ROWLAND HILL. IT is proposed to raise a Fund in this Town and Neizh bourhood for the purpose of tendering to Mr. ROW LAND lILL some substantial mark of the high esti mation in which his services are held in introducing, by his unceasing exertions, the system of the PENNY POSTAGE, which has conferred so great a good on the Nation at large. Mr- JAMES PALMER, who has been appointed a Collector for the purpose, will waiuwon the Bankers, Merchants, Tradesmen and other ''this Town and Vici nity, to solicit Subscrip t lw4s — rtberanee of this obj ec t. Books will also b e left lie various B an ke rs , an d at the several Newspaper tablishments of this Town, where parties desirous of promoting the object may record their names. Subscriptions will also be received by HUGH HORNBY, Esq., FRANCIS HAYWARD, Esq., Committee. ADAM HODGSON, E sq ., SAMUEL HOLME, Esq., WILLIAM BROWN, Esq ? Treasurers. •I SAMUEL S. GAIR, Esq., S Liverpool, May 10, 1844. IJAMES WALLACE MONTEATH, at present , and for nine months past residing at No. 39, War wick-street, Toxteth-park, in the parish of Walton-on the-Hill, and county of Lancaster, teacher of navigation, for four months previous in lodgings in Cotters,place, Cotters -street, Toxteth-park aforesaid, out of business, previously in lodgings in Argyle-street, Glasgow, : previous in lodgings in Kilburn -street, Greenock, both in:Scotland, out of business, previous in lodgings in St. James-street, in the parish oiLiverpool, and county of Lancaster, part of the time a teacher of navigation, and part of , the time master mariner, previously in Northumberland-street, in Toxteth-park aforesaid, out of busin'iss, and previously thereto residing in Duke-strget; in the parish of Liver pool, and county of Ltuatitster aforesaid, and being a licensed victualler, DO,HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that I intend to present affetition to the Com m i ss i oner of the Court of Bankruptcy, of the Liverpool District, praying to be examined tonchingq - ny debts, estate, and effects ; and to be protected from all process, upon making a full dis closure and surrender of such estate and effects, for pay ment of my just and lawful debts. AND I HEREBY FURTHER GIVE NOTICE, that the time when the matter of the said petition shall be heard, is to be adver tised in the London Gazette, and the Liverpodl Standard newspaper, one month at the least after the date hereof. As wits es my hand this thirteenth day of May,,in the year of our Lord o e thousand eight hundred and forty-four, JAMES WALLACE MONTEATH. WM. DAVENPORT, Attorney. TEETH. M R. A. ESKELL, SURGEON DENTIST, from the Firm of Messrs. Eskell and Sons, 99, Norfolk street, Sheffield, and 28, Cooper-street, Manchester, 74, SEEL-STREET, Eight Doors from Berry-street, Liverpool, has the honour to acknowledge the very dis tinguished and gratifying increase of confidence daily re posed in his professional skill and abilities, and takes this opportunity of informing his numerous Patients and Friends that he has taken the above P anent Residence, and may be Consulted Daily. ARTIFICIAL and NA AL TEETH., of SUR PRISING BEAUTY, ed from one to a complete set, without extracting t .roots, or giving any pain, and twithout springs, wires, or ligatures, an s wer i ng a ll t h e purposes of MASTICATION and ARTICULATION, REMAINING PERFECTLY secure in their places, and may be taken out and replaced by the wearer with the greatest facility, at the following low charges : s. d. A single artificial t00th.... A complete set A complete set of natural teeth, on fine gold plate... An entire set of natural or terro-me tallic teeth, highly finished in the first style, with fine gold sockets, usually charged 40 guineas.... 20 0 V INCORRODIBLE STONE TEETH, warranted never to change colour nor decay. The great beauty of these STONE TEETH is that is impossible to detect them from natural. Loose Teeth fastened, arising either from age, disease, or mercury : and DEFICIENCIES of palate EFFEC TUALLY REMEDlED.—Artificial Teeth, out of re pair, re-modelled to fit the mouth, and restored equal in BEAUTY and DURABILITY to the original state. FILLING DECAYED TEETH. Messrs. ESKELL'S celebrated MINERAL TERRO METALLIC, for filling Decayed Teeth, without heat, pain, or pressure. This Mineral is applied, in a soft state like paste, into the cavity of the Decayed Tooth, how ever large or small; it hardens in & second into an enamel, becomes incorporated with the outer shell, arresting thereby the progress of further decay and toothache, and lasting for many years. All other Dental Operations, Scaling, Separating, Ex tracting, and Regulating Children's Teeth, Mr. E. per forms with ease and safety. Mr. A. E. begs to inform those who require Artificia Teeth that his method of practice combines all the modern town improvements, both in the Teeth and mode of axing them, which are highly approved of, not only by his Patients, but also by the first medical authorities in the kingdom. 74, SEEL-STREET, (Eight doors from Berry-51.,) Liverpool. GOOD NEWS FOR THE GRAZI ERS.—Upwards of 34,000 sheep were penned, and nearly all sold, at the late Great Isley sheep fair, Berks, at an advance of from 2s. to 3s. per head. The total number of Jews throughout the world is esti mated at 3,163,700, and it is said that this number has never materially varied from the time of David down wards. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. MISCELLANEOUS. The Journal des Decals states, that smuggling is now so completely organized in Spain, that on the 3d instant there was a regular pitched battle between 300 smugglers and a party of mounted custom-house officers. The offi cers were defeated, leaving 20 k=ited and 10 wounded. The smugglers had but two of their party wounded and three horses killed. BearlNG WITH ONE ANOTHER.—The Zoological Gar dens of this town, which are daily rising in popularity, at the present time exhibit the extrordinary group of a Grizzly Bear, a Black Bear, a Brown Bear, and a Polar Bear, domesticating together in one pit. It is, we believe, the first instance known of the Polar Bear being so far tamed. —Hull Packet. FIRE AT WILLESDEN.—About nine o'clock on Sunday morning a fire broke out in the farm yard of Mr. Tatter sall, near Willsden. Two large stacks of hay were to a great extent destroyed, and the total loss is estimated at nearly £4OO. Mr. Tattersall is insured in the Royal Exchange fire-office. Tile fire is stated to have been the result of carelessness on the part of a boy engaged about the farm. GLASGOW CHURCHES.—The Rev. Mr. Runciman, of Edinburgh, was on Thursday inducted into the pastoral charge of St. Andrew's church and parish, by the Pres bytery of Glasgow. This is the last induction to the charges in our city rendered vacant by the late secession ; and from the high character and Christian attainment of the new incumbents, and the harmonious nature of all their settlements amongst us, are feel confident that our churches will soon be as well filled as they were before the disruption. Some of them are much Letter attended than Wore, which we feel assured will yet soon be the case with all of them.—Glasgow Constitutional. His Majesty the King of Saxony is expected to arrive in England, upon a visit to her Majesty, either at the end of this month or the commencement of June. His Ma jesty will be received by the Queen, upon his arrival, at Buckingham Palace. In the event of her Majesty's illustrious guest not reaching this country until after the 29th instant, it is the Queen's intention to remain at Claremont until the Wednesday in Whitsun week. The King of Saxony, after remaining a short time at Bucking ham Palace, and spending a few days with her Majesty, as it is expected, at Windsor Castle, will make a tour for some three weeks or a month through the provinces, which it is not improbable may be extended to the mining districts in some of the Welsh counties, and also to a por tion of the more soptbern Scotch counties, including the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. EFFECTS OF A SEVERE SENTENCE.—An Irish girl, named_M•Keeale, only 17 years of.age, ..as tried at Staf ford for stealing a gown and petticoat. She was of a re putable family ; her character had heretofore been unim peached, and there was reason to believe that she took the goods to wear upon some particular occasion, rather than actually to appropriate them to her own purpose. Her mistress was to appear and vouch for her character, but arrived too late, the poor girl's trial being taken number one on the list. She was sentenced to seven years' trans portation. She heard the judgment and remained stupified ; in 24 hours she was a lunatic, and is now in the In firmary with no hopes of recovery. She was a remark ably handsome girl, but from the period of her sentence her health has visibly declined, and her hair has actually turned grey.—Sunday Times. A TRINIDAD MAN ABOUT TO BE SOLD AS A SLAVE IN NEW ORLEANS.—We have been informed that a coloured man, named Henry Bennet, who says he is a British subject, and native of this island, is now lying in gaol in New Orleans, where he has been for the last two years, in consequence of his not being able to prove him self a freeman. He is a short stout made man, and much marked with the small-pox, and says that he was for some time in the employment of Mr. Gibbs, formerly of Port of Spain. The British consul informed the gentle. man through whose attention to the cause of humanity this information has been brought to this island, that there are three other persons, who claim the privilege of Bri tish subjects, in the same unfortunate circumstances, and who will soon be sold as slaves to pay expenses, if not speedily liberated from their imprisonment,—Trinidad Standard. GENERAL ASSEMBLY.—The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland commenced its sittings on Thursday in the new Assembly-hall, Castle-hill, Edinburgh. Pre vious to the meeting of the assembly a levee was held in Holyrood Palace by the Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly (the Marqnis of Bute,) which was re markably well attended. There were present, among others, the Lord Provost, the Earl of Selkirk, the Earl of Strathmore, Lord Ruthven, &c. The Rev. Dr. John Lee was elected moderator. His Grace the Marquis of Bute announced that her Majesty had directed the sum of £2,000 to be placed in their bands, to b applied to such uses as may best promote christian knowledge and the principle of reformed religion in the highlands and islands of that portion of the united kingdom. The ser mon in the High Church was preached by the Very Rev. Principal Matfarlan, Moderator of the last General As sembly. His text was from 11. Corinthians, chap. 4, v. I,—" Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not." The sermon, which was eloquent and impressive, was attentively listened to by a large audience. AN OLD STAGER " DONE."—A stale old trick was played off at Huddersfield on Tuesday afternoon, during the fair, and upon one who from his great experience and long dealing in horse flesh, might have been expected to be more " wide awake." In the afternoon two men went into the dram shop of the Rose and Crown Inn, where they sat over their glasses of grog, and began to bargain for a horse, the one requiring 30 guineas for it, while the other would only give £3O. At last the apparent owner ofthe animal declared with great emphasis that he would not sell it to him at any price, upon which the would-be purchaser went to the former landlord of the house, (Mr. George Hare,) who happened to be in the place, and re quested him to buy the horse for him for the thirty guineas, and he would give him something handsome fur his trou ble. Mr. Hare had not as much money on him, but went to a friend and borrowed the money, which he paid over, and then went to look at his bargain • but judge his sur prise when he found an old hack fit for nothih e g n „and e o r n his return found to his mortification that the frid s dlordsofolrd forty e ex years. t g m o o n r e ni a n n g d f h o e r be T e h n e d d u n p p e e d. ha. T h he eena animallan was MELANCHOLY O CCU RRENCE.—On Sunday evening. about eight oneightthe Thames. T o'cck, thirteen .o ofyoung them werepersons girls, v and enturedinto a boat one had a young child with her. Upon leaving the stairs on the eastern side of the bridge, and before therhad reached the current opposite the second arch from the shore, im mediately alongside the head •of the Hull steamer, one of the Diamond packets came up. The swell from the latter steamer rocked the small craft most fearfully., and, unable to contend against it, the oarsman was drawn into the surge, and in another moment the boat was upset and went down, all in her being thrown overboard ! One nf the lads, who it apoears could swim, instantly struck out, and succeeded in buoying himself up until he was rescued; another, in attempting to save a young girl 16 years of age, was overwhelmed---the girl's botinet , came off in his hand, and both of them Bunk immediately ; the child in her charge was also drowned with them. The other girl also went down. The man who had charge of the boat escaped. Exertions were immediately made to recover the bodies by the watermen and others upon the spot, and , five were taken out of the water. kfine lad lies dead at the Castle, in Fish-street-hill; four others were taken to the Thames police-station. Up to :half-past ten on Sunday night na other bodies had been•found. REDUCTIONS IN THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD.—It is not to be concealed that there is growing up a feeling of un easiness, if not discontent, about the reductions that are constantly taking place in the Royal household. The whole case, reduced tcefigures, seems to resolve itself into the - following particulars :—lndependently of the personal income of the Sovereign and her Consort, of the augmen tation of Prince Albert's allowance by about 10,000 a year, derivable from places and appointments conferred upon him .by the Queen, and of the large revenue drawn from the Duchy of Cornwall for the use of the Prince of Wales, an annual sum of £376,000 is granted by Parliament for the maintenance of the customai y splendour of the Court. Now, of that sum of 75,000 per annum, reductions have been effected to the amount of .C 25,000. The rage for retrenchment which appears to have set in with the in- • come tax has reached the Palace itself, and equerries' riding-mistresses, chamber-pages, and all sorts of gold and silver people in waiting, have been cut down to meet the economical spirit of the times. If a saving to the coun try had been positively accomplished byethis reduction of £25,000 per annum, it would be very ungracious on the part of the country to-complain ; but the popular griev ance :consists in the somewhat anomalous fact, that this public. The y . a p l e h r aTb s r o uruy n etesa s eaashrru w :o rlhwydto.ilo musts cTois in fact, es r b v t fei i act e cuo e pt tts,elesnaebasrgeieou fresh enat consequence de u g e - s ; very reduction will absolutely entail an.increased burden not to be paid out of the amount upon the bdurotpttdpoeuntsioofnsthaereßo saved mc risg he e d b u y p bo t y h n e i tt t h • hies reduction, r2tsion oaol will - be that the public. expenditure instead of being di minished by the amount of the pensions. To this conclu sion all information we possess at present on the sub ject distinctly points.—Court Journal. HORRIBLE CASE.—The inhabitants of Prince's-street, Chelsea, have lately had their attention called to groans proceeding from a house in that street. On Saturday, with -the authority of the magistrates, an entrance was effected into the dwelling, when a most revolting scene -burst upon them. On a straw bed lay' a poor human creature of the male sex, without one morsel oilpfrielsotorbtuehdaiernddg more than an old filthy rag, which might be termed a shirt, and A small piece of flannel or blanket. B eneath him was a hole rotted through the filthy straw of the bed,' evidently by his own excrements, and maggots and loath some vermin of every description were crawling on hi s frame, which was so obscured by filth, that it was almost and an hisbody. nails reached d t n t e o ar d i.y ese do er i L too someinches beyond his . t h o hi e is s mn f iad l dh n itle afew minutes afterwards the police brought to the Queen-square police-office. London, a fashionably-dressed woman, from 50 to 60 years of age and a heavy • looking man about 30. On being placed at the bar, the woman gave in her n ame as Harriet Eleanor Pelham, and the man was described as her son, Wilson Pelham. Mr. Ryder, one of the parties present when the house was broken into said that after their admission, the poor: creature, who was evidently - a lu natic, was dressed, a portmanteau of clean wearing apparel being brought from some other part of the house, an d he was then put in a cab, and conveyed to the workho use. The woman at the bar said. that the unfortunate m an was her son, and that he and his brother, (Wilson Pelh a m ) were natural children of General Spencer. The woman and the man who placed the blame of the miserable con tition of the miserable man on his own shoulders, said that his filthy state was owing to his own negligence This, however did not appear to be the fact, and the case was remanded for a fortnight. " CAPTAIN PIDDING'S CHINESE, OLIO, AND TEA TALE. — The first and second numbers of a small work under this title have appeared, and judging from these specimens we should say that it is likely to become the favourite with a large portion of the public The greater portion is devoted to Chinese history, biography of cele brated characters of that country, national literature and manners, descriptions and events, &c. A not les!impor tant though briefer portion relates to the trade with that country, including a weekly view of the tea markets ; with results of the tea sales on each occasion of which a sup plement is annexed, containing "Captain Piddings chi! ac tars" of each break or chop put up ; the prices realized, and other particulars, valuable as guides to dealers in se lecting. The second number contains a continuation of an interesting life of Candida Hia, a christian Chinese lady of rank ; the Chinese theory of the creation of the world and the origin of government; account of the Tar tar Chinese wars; life of Tsin-Che-Hoang•jo, emperor, and builder of the Great Wall, &c.—also an account of the first sale in this country of a quantity of Chinese quicksilver of the finest quality. This article was previ ously obtained by mining companies and others almost solely from the Spanish mines of Almadin, the proprie tors of which enjoyed a monopoly, which it is probable the expected imports from China will break up. THE LATE MR. BECFORD.—This gentleman inherited from his father, the celebrated Alderman Becford, (who bearded King George the Third, on the occasion of pre senting an address to His Majesty from the city of Lon don), a princely estate, and a fortune of about £150,000 per annum. He had also some valuable West Indian property. Before he was twenty he had written his ro mance of " Vathek," perhaps the finest of all our East ern tales, and evincing inimitable correctness of costume, beauty of description, and power of imagination. He af terwards went to reside in Portugal, and at Cintra erected a magnificent palace, which he capriciously left to ruin and decay. Byron has alluded, in his Childe Harold, to this "fairy dwelling" at Cintra, and moralised on the " halls deserted, and portals gaping wide," abandoned by " England's wealthiest son." On returning to his paternal estate of Foothill, he threw down a large and splendid house built by his father, and proceeded to ex pend about half a million on erecting that once celebrated but unsubstantial Gothic structure, Foothill Abbey. Such was his eagerness to see this show of Gothic gran deur completed, that at one time he had above 400 masons employed night and day, and his supreme delight was to wander at midnight among his trees, catching glimpses of the workmen at the Great Tower, as they proceeded in their labours by torchlight. To the mortification of King George the Fourth, it is said, some repairs at Wind sor Castle had to be suspended, bec a u se M r . B ec f or d h a d engaged every workman, horse andcare, th..t could _then be obtained. At Foothill, shut up from nearly all society, ' he resided for some years, when at length, satiated with the contemplation of his various treasures, he sold Font hill, and repaired to Bath, where another mansion, with its airy monastic turrets, soon rose under the power of his potent wealth and creative taste. Here he died, on Thursday, the 2d instant, aged eighty-four—the eldest of the living authors (Mr. Rogers is eighty-two) who have added lustre to our country. Besides his tale of " Vathek ," Mr. Becford published travels in Spain and Portugal, Memoirs of Painters, &c. His genius was of the highest order, but squandered on shows and magnificence. INCENDIARISM.—On Friday, the 10th instant, a fire, occasioned by some chemical combustible having been deposited in the straw on the previous night, took place at a farm in Lidgate. Fortunately it was extinguished with out very serious damage.—On the following Monday another fire broke out in a farm-yard at Shouldham Thorpe. A barn which contained 70 quarters of wheat, a large quantity of straw, various farming implements, the outbuildings, and three cottages, were wholly con sumed. The property destroyed is estimated at £500. A third fire took place on Tuesday morning, at Great Thurlow. The flames having caught the granary, speedily spread to the barns, stables, cart-sheds, and other out buildings, which, from the combustible nature of the material, burned with terrific fury until the whole was consumed, including two clover stacke, 40 coombs of threshed wheat, 60 loads of straw, a large quantity of barley, and the farm-house, from which the inmates had barely time to escape.—On Tuesday evening a similar act of atrocity was committed at Whithersfield. The barn and granaries, coot doing a large quantity of threshed corn, together with 60 coombs of wheat in the straw, and 40 coombs of beans, besides the farming implements, were all destroyed.—Three other fires—one at Snarehill, near Thetford, on the premises of Mr: J. C. Partridge, a county magistrate, which destroyed a rye stack; another on the premises of Mr. Day, of Garboldisham, which destroyed a haulm stack ; and the third at Mr. Emerson's farm, near Bradfield, (the second on the same premises within a year,) which was fortunately got under without serious damage—complete the catalogue, so far as has been ascertained, of last week's outrages in the county of Suffolk, in which county all the places mentioned are situate.—On Thursday at Braintree, in Essex, a confla gration took place at a farm-house in the occupation of the Rev. A. Fletcher, minister of Finsbury Chapel. The two barns, the stables, a long range of sheds, coach houses, piggeries, poultry-house, granary, and two large stacks of hay, were entirely consumed. The reverend gentleman's travelling-carriage was also destroyed, and the damage is estimated at upwards of £l,4oo.—About seven o'clock the same evening that the above fire took place, a large bean stack was maliciously set on fire upon the premises of Mr. Jeffery Gardner, of Tollesbury, about a mile and a half from Tolleshunt D'Arcy, where an in cendiary fire occurred upon the farming premises of Mr. Seabrook, a few evenings previously. This was one of the most daring instances that has occurred, as Mr. Gard per's children were playing at marbles in the road, with in a few yards of the stack-yard, when they discovered that the stack was on fire. They instantly ran into the house, and informed th e i r f a th er , w h o i mme di ate l y wen t in pursuit of the villain, but without effecting his capture. VARIETIES. An Irishman and a negro were fighting a few days agn in Philadelphia, and while grappling with each other, the Irishman exclaimed—" You black vagabond, halloa enuf. I'll fight till I die." "So will I," sung out the negro; " I always does." " What can I give you for a keepsake, my dearest John?" -sobbed out a sentimental girl to her scapegrace lover, the lion. Jack V—, about to join his ship in warlike times. " Give, dearest angel," cried Jack in some confusion, " ehem—why, why, you hav'ut such a thing as a five pound note about you I suppose?" FOREIGN AFFAIRS.-It is a common idea that the most laconic military despatch ever issued was that sent by Cu,-ar to the 1. - Lorse Guards at Rome, containing the three memorable words " Veni, midi, vici," and perhaps, until our own day, no like instance of brevity has been found. The despatch of Sir Charles Napier, after the capture of Scinde, to Lord Ellenborough, both for brevity and truth, is, however, far beyond it. The despatch consisted of one emphatic word—" Peccavi," " I have Scinde" (sinned).—Punch. THE MEETING OF THE RlVALS.—Brummell, before he sunk under the pressure of poverty, always withstood the Prince of Wales, like a man whose feelings had been injured. WeR do I remember an instance of this, one night after the opera. I was standing near the stove of the lower waiting-room, talking to several persons, of whom one is now alive. The Pr ince of Wales, who always came out rather beFore the performance concluded, was also standing there, and waiting for his carriage, which used to drive - up what was then Market•lane, but now the Opera Arcade. Presently, Brummell came out, talking eagerly to some friends ; and, not seeing the Prince or his party, he took up a position near the check-taker's bar. As the crowd flowed out, Brummell was gradually pressed backwards, until he was all but driven against the Regent, who distinctly saw him, but who of course would not move, In order to stop him, therefore, and prevent ac tual collision, one of the Prince's suite tapped him on the back ; when Brummell immediately turned sharply round, and saw that there was not much more than a foot between his nose and the Prince of Wales's. I watched him with intense curiosity, and observed that his countenance did not change in th j eslightest degree. nor did his head move: they looked straight into each other's eyes, the Prince evidently amazed and annoyed. Brummelt, however, did not quail, or shew the least embarassment. He receded quite quietly, and backed slowly, step by step, until the crowd closed between them, never once taking his eyes off those of the Prince. It was impossible to describe the impression made by this scene on the bystanders : there was in his manner nothing insolent, nothing offensive; by retiring with his face to the R-gent's he recognised his rank ; but he offered no apology for his inadvertence (as a mere stranger would have done), no recognition as an ac quaiutance: as man to man, his bearing was adverse and uncompromising. —Life of Brumrnell. SENGULAR MANNER OF OBTAINING NOBILITY.—The Heidelberg executioner is noble by right of descent. The origin of his family's nobility is given by M. Dumas as follows :—" The evening of the day on which King Louis of Bavaria was crowned emperor, there was a splendid bail at the town-hall, at which the empress was preient. Amongt the guests was a cavalier dressed entirely in black, and having his face covered with a black mask. He invited the empress to dance : she accepted, and whilst they were dancing together, another mask approached the emperor; and asked him if he knew who his wife's part ner was. ' No,' replied the emperor, but I suppose it is some sovereign prince.' Lower than that,' said the mask. ' Some nobleman then—a count or baron.' Lower than that.' Perhaps with a knight.' Lower still.' With an esquire?' Less than that." A page?' You have not guessed it—lower still. The emperor flushed crimson with anger. A groom ?' If that were all !' answered the unknown with a strange laugh. But who is it then ?' cried the emperor. ' Tear off his mask and you will see.' The emperor approached the sable ca valier, and tore off his mask. It was the headsman. ' Miscreant!' shouted the emperor, as his sword flashed from the scabbard, ' commend thy soul to God before thou diest.' Sire!' replied the headsman, falling on his knees, you may kill me if you will ; but th e empress has not the less danced with me, and the dishonour, if disho nour there be, is already incurred. Do better than that : knight me : and if any one dares to speak evil of her ma jesty, the same sword that executes justice shall vindicate her fame.' The emperor reflected for a moment. The advice is good,' said he at last. ' Henceforward you shall no longer be called the headsman, but the last of the judges.' Then, giving him three bl ows on t h e shoulder with his sword flat, ' Rise !' he continued ; ' from thi s h our you are the lowest among nobles, and ie first amongst genuineand burghers.' And accordingly since that day, in all public fantastical be t br it history, b e a procesi.ions and ceremonies, the executioner walks by himself, in rear of the nobles and in front of the com moners."wbiehle Laves e Tursuilbyone le gend of Heidelberg, or one of M. Dumas's dreams in the diligence after dining upon pig and cherry sauce. At any rate, if not true it is ben trovato.—Blackwood's Magazine. mucha mostdo CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Last evening, the first of the annual meetings of the Liverpool Auxiliary to the Church Missionary Society was held at the Lecture-hall of the Collegiate Institution. The spacious hall was densely crowded on the occasion by perhaps one of the most respectable and influential au diences ever assembled within its walls. The platform was occupied by a very considerable number of the local clergy, amongst whom his Worship the Mayor occupied a prominent place in the front. At half-past six o'clock, the chair was taken by the Rev. Chancellor RAIRES. A prayer for the divine blessing having been offered up by the Rev. Mr. CARPENTER, one of the secretaries, The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting. He com menced by congratulating the town on the attendance of so numerous and respectable an audience, and by express ing his gratification that the general as well as the private reports exhibited a uniform and steady increase. He especially rejoiced at the increase, because the circum stances of the times might have given rise to an expecta tion of the kind; for it had pleased God to relieve the commerce of the country from the cloud which had been hanging over its prospects, to open a market for our manufactured produce, and to give an impulse to the in dustrial powers of the country. Those were encourage ments to go forward ; calls which we dare not venture to refuse obeying; and calls which only required to be met with a liberal and willing spirit of Christian faith, to make our country the means of communicating gospel light to all the dark corners of the earth. Through the instrumentality of the church at large, the gospel was preached ; wherever Christianity was planted, means of grace were open ; and he trusted the truths of Christianity would ever be maintained in the laud; but how was the gospel to be extended to the na tions who had never yet heard the joyful sound, unless the zeal of the Christian world were embodied in societies like the present, and some means and channels were opened by which the streams that had flowed to us might be directed to others ? It seemed as if the enlargement of the kingdom of Christ was left to societies like the present to be carried out ; and therefore well might they rejoice at the good tidings they were hearing from labour ers at home and abroad, seeing that God was making use of this and kindred institutions to accomplish his will, in extending the kingdom of his Son, so far as the limits of the world went. Let such societies be cur tailed or hindered, and be (the chairman) knew not by what means or agency the will of God was to be accom plished. Therefore the increase of the missionary spirit among the rising generation—the interest taken by chil dren in the cause, and the young men who were rising as labourers in the vineyard, were all tokens that God had not forsaken the land, but that higher and better desti nicar-wrrr scut reserve - a - Mr England, when she should be come a missionary for the whole world, and all should come and drink at the source from which she had drawn so largely at the first. (Applause.) The Rev. Mr. CARPENTER read the report, from which it appeared that the Liverpool Committee had to record many and great mercies bestowed by God's gracious hand on the society, inasmuch as his blessing had de scended on every department of its labours. Additional ministers had gone forth to the missionary harvest abroad ; and whilst they had received many tokens of the divine favour, an increased interest in the success of the society had been awakened at home. Its financial affairs were in an unincumbered position; and though the amount re ceived last year was not equal to that received the year before, yet the subscriptions from ordinary and regular sources were larger. For instance, the income from or dinary sources the year before was £103,100, while, last year, it was £104,323, making an increase of £1.223. The Liverpool auxiliary had enlarged its contribution and ex tended its influence; for the amount received last year was £2,811 4s. 10d., being £7O 9s. 3d. more than in the year preceding. In New Zealand, Tinnevelly, and Wes tern Africa, the society had been most successful. Native teachers were employed at the former ; while schools filled with native scholars, and churches crowded with native worshippers were to be seen. The Romish missionaries were labouring there to make converts, but in vain. " I don't know one of our converts," wrote the missionary, " who left us to join them, though many have left them to join us." At Tinnevelly, the number of communicants had been increased by one-third during the past year, and there were 1220 new converts : 20,000 souls were receiv ing Christian instruction in this mission alone. In the oldest mission at Sierra Leone, many of the liberated slaves had been called out of darkness into light; open ings had appeared in several quarters; three missionaries had been set apart for a new field of labour there ; and a Mr. Crowther, who had himself been a slave, was one of the most active missionaries. The report concluded by paying a marked tribute of respect to the late Mr. Chas. Boutflawer. It said big loss would be deeply felt by the religious societies of the town ; that his tine and sub stance were freely given to promote the cause of his Re deemer; and that in him zeal, urbanity, and kindness of disposition were always observable. The Rev. J. J. WEITBRECHT, missionary from Nor thern India, moved the adoption of the report, and the committee and officers fur the ensuing year. In doing so, he said that all who bestowed attention to the reports must be convinced that the Lord had greatly blessed the labours of the missionaries. He had himself been engaged for upwards of eleven years among the Hindoos ; and he could assure the meeting that the Lord was with them, and that he had singu larly blessed the labours of His servants. There were hundreds and thousands of Hindoos who rejoiced in the salvation of the Gospel through Christ ; but additional labourers were wanted—men of apostolical hearts and minds. There were 135 millions of Hindoos who were bowing down at the present day to stocks or stones. They had a religion indeed, but it was a religion which con founded the creature with the Creator. They acknow ledged that there was one God, but that he was dispersed throughout all creation, and that He was to be seen in animal and vegetable matter. At their idol festivals, idols were consecrated and thousands fell down and wor shipped them, crying out at the same time " these are the Gods which can give us salvation." He had seen them worshipping Gods of straw; he was present when a rod of iron was put through a man's tongue, and the un fortunate creature dragged through the streets of Calcutta, as though he were a maniac, vainly imagining all the time that he was working out his salvation ; and he had seen three men crushed under the far-famed car of Juggernaut. The Hindoos knew nothing of another world. He had heard their cries and supplications in sorrow, and they had no hope with regard to eternity ; all they knew was, that their souls, after they departed from the body, went either into the souls of their brethren, or into those of horses, or, it might be, of insects. They were dying in a state of abject superstition and idolatry, from which it was our duty and highest privilege to rescue them. He admitted that it was a most difficult task to bring the truths of the Gospel home to their minds ; but be contended that they could and would be converted through its simple preaching. During the last five years, no fewer than 4000 Mahomedans had been converted, while in Kishnagow ' in one week, not less than 600 Mahomedans were brought into the fold of Christ. The three following questions were asked those who offered themselves for baptism, and if they answered satisfactorily they were received into the Christian faith ; the first was, are you willing and prepared to renounce idolatry and caste? Do you really and sincerely believe in Jesus Christ, the Saviour of sinners? Are you pre pared and willing to get your livelihood in a sincere ind honest way ? He then related instances of the severe per secutions to which the converts were, in many instances, subjected, and said that if the Indian government were to secure the property of those who embraced Christianity, thousands of Hindoos would become converts ; but, as at present, it was a great sacrifice to oblige them to leave Fathers, mothers, lands, property and all for their adhe sion to the Christian faith. Nevertheless, it was the deep conviction of thousands and tens of thousands of the most burdened of the race, that Christianity must and would at last prevail in the country, and that their own idolatrous worships must go down ; and it was his own firm belief that when the church at home should do her duty in the matter, India would be Christianised, and her overwhelming population would rejoice in the bles sings of Christ's salvation. (Applause.) The Rev. FIELDING OuLD, in seconding the motion, begged to hand in a donation. It came from a member ofhis own congregation, and its amount was £5O. (Cheers.) It came from a gentleman, who was setting a bright and glorious example to the merchants and tradesmen of the town, in consecrating the first fruits of his substance to the honour and glory of his Lord. The donation was from Mr. Edward Tuton, of Lord-street. (Loud cheers.) The Rev. BAPTIST W. Now. supported the first reso lution. He commenced by alluding to the importance of circulating the printed report, and to the rapid manner in which England had been extending her resources in every quarter of the globe. We should never forget that responsibility of power must always be co-extensive,-- and that if God granted us a great empire of great re sources, those were not afforded us for the purpose of self-congratulation alone, and that the morals of an indi vidual ought to be the morals of a nation too. Those who felt that they bad been bought by the blood of Christ, and rescued from eternal death themselves ; those in whom the profession of faith was not an empty name, but who felt that by unparalleled, infinite love they had been rescued from misery; every such man must feel that he was not his own, but that he had been bought with a price, and that the smallest return expected from him was, that he should live no longer for himself, but endeavour to promote the happiness of his fellow-men and communicate glory to the Saviour by whom he had been redeemed. He called upon the meeting to apply this maxim to a nation professing a Chaistian name. Wh at did England with her 18 millions profess to be ? She professed to follow Christ ; and if the empire of this country was . fo un d ioer p e e r o y pie q d uar b t y e r nu o m f ero th u e s globe—if this vast territory was millions, what ought to be the influence which Christian England should exercise among the nations of the earth ? 'Recollecting that India possessing 100 millions of our fellow-subjects, what ought to have been the influ ence which . England should exercise, supposing all her inhabitants to be the disciples of Christ Jesus? If the blessed gospel bad been preached by thousands of mis sionaries, and if the influence of that gospel were proved by the lives of Englishmen, was it too much to believe that .at this day India would be nominally Christian ? And if India were nominally Christian, the miseries which the Hindoo superstitions entailed on the population would be swept away—the children now murdered by hundreds would be saved by the tender affections of their parents, and that extraordinary confederation of Thuggism would exist no more. No more would children be exposed on the banks of the Ganges to death under pretence of filial duty, hun dreds would not be travelling to Juggernaut, women would no longer be degraded and miserable, and husbands would not refuse to sit down at the same table with the wife, neither would he pass her by in the street, the children would not be trained up to despise their mothers, fifty millions of our sisters in India would be raised to the privileges and rights enjoyed by our women at home ; and these would be no small blessings evenif the people them selves were not spiritually converted to God. (Applause.) The hon. and rev. gentleman pointed out the many faults and omissions of the officers of the British government in India, in their not by their example and influence promo ting the cause of Christianity in that country ; though he admitted that that government had given to the natives a degree of personal liberty which they did not before pos sess, as well as a protection from the horrid and otherwise interminable feud: and internal warfare to which they had previously, for ages, been expo se d. H e stated that in Hindostan the society had now 39 stations, with 36 mis sionaries ; and also 539 native teachers, who declared that they would dismiss any man amongst them whom they did not believe to be a converted man. He also said that the Scriptures were preached in all the native languages, and tracts distributed. No fewer than 1250 converts were added last year by their missionaries alone. He concluded by an eloquent appeal in behalf of the females and children of India, who would be raised from their social degrada tion by the promulgation of Christianity in that country. He sat down amidst loud cheers. The CHAIRMAN put the motion, and it was carried unanimously. The Rev: H. CARPENTER announced that the collec tions made in the several churches amounted to £771. This was independent of the collection at five churches, which was not yet known ; and there were also two sermons yet to be preached in behalf of the society. The Rev. G. Fist, Vicar of Walsall, next rose, and moved a resolution, in effect, of thanks to God for his guardianship of the parent society, and whose missionaries had, through his pace, been enabled to maintain its principle and practice. The rev. gentleman, in strong and impressive terms, explained the distinctive character of the society, which, differing from the opinions of those who conceived that civilisation and instruction in science and philosophy should precede the gospel, conceived, and had found from blessed experience, that the gospel was the grand pioneer of all civilisation,—after receiving which, the beautiful system of philosophy, useful to mankind, might be safely and advantageously imparted. The society was also distinctive in not taking " natural religion " as a basis—for that was totally inefficient. They took the only true ground, the pure, unmingled, and plain gospel truth as developed in the Bible. In con conclusion he related an affecting anecdote of a poor negro, who had first been relieved from slavery of the body, and afterward, through the missions, from that of the mind, being made a Christian; and who, though a labouring man and a cripple, came to the missionaries when they were raising subscriptions for the building of a church,;and gave a sum first for himself, another for his wife, and the third for a child—in all up wards of £3, in gratitude for the blessings they bad de rived from gospel instruction. Let others who heard go, and, according to their means, " do likewise." The Rev. iruGu M`NurLE r seconded the resolution in a most able address. throughout which he was most en thusiastically received. We regret that . we have neither time nor space to give even an outline. He read a quo tation of an address of a medical friend at a scientific society — a gentleman who un it e d t h e a bi l i t i es of his pro fession n a high degree with the still higher feelings and aspirations of the true Christian. The passage showed that Great Britain had obtained "dominion not only over numerous parts of the globe, hut over not fewer than six distinct classes of the human race ; while no other state had power even more than two or three races; that Providence had placed in her hands the banner of Protestantism, aad that it was doubtless in tended as our duty, as it ought to be our happiness to carry that banner to every locality to which we could pen etrate. He strongly eulogized the zeal and labours of the reverend the secretary who had proposed the resolution, and stated that it was intended that, with a view to admit their poorer brethren to a participation in the good work in which they were engaged, a meeting should be held at the Royal Amphitheatre on Thursday evening, at which meeting their reverend chairman had kindly consented to preside. The Hon. and Rev. B. Noel would also be pre sent. (Great cheers.) The resolution was put and unanimously carried, and after singing a hymn the immense assemblage dispersed. CORRESPONDENCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sra,—We being on the eve of an election in conse quence of the death of our lamented representative, Bootie Wilbraham, it is nothing but what conservatives may expect if they are visited both publicly and privately with falsehoods and misrepresentations, both upon their con servative candidate and the conservative cause, by the foul-mouthed radicals and anti-corn-law men, so that they can by any means (be they foul enough) deceive and catch some voters who understand not their craft. These means, Mr. Editor, are now put forth in St. Helen's and neik hbourhood, for this afternoon the wall was placarded with a bill headed " Income Tax," and stating several falsehoods calculated to decei ve the electors. But this placard, with calumny stamped upon the face of it, was not allowed by the true conservatives of St. Helen's to go abroad without receiving a flat contradiction. They,, knowing from Mr. Entwistle's own speeches that he bad denied the assertions stated in this placard, and that they were got up for no other purpose but to set some of the voter's minds against our conservative candidate, Mr. Ent wistle, in a short time after the leaguers' placard had been placed on the wall, had another put up opposite to each of theirs, contradicting what they bad said. It is as follows : " League Falsehoods ! Electors of South Lancashire, Mr. Entwistle is no Puseyile ; for be says, 'lam a mem ber of the Established Church: Ido not hold any of the tenets which are generally considered the destructive tenets of Romanism.'—hfr. Entwistle's Speech at Roch dale. But Mr. Brown says, in a speech of his at Liver pool, lam not an Unitarian, though I should not con sider it a degradation to be so, I assure you; nor am I a Catholic.'—.2llr. Brown's Speech at Liverpool. Who, with common sense, will say that Mr. Brown is as much attached to his religion as Mr. - Entwistle ? On the in come tax Mr. Entwistle says, ' The question may often be asked whether, if returned to parliament, 1 will advocate the repeal of the income tax, at the end of the three years for which it was originally enacted? I think no gentle man who hears me will doubt for an instant, that if the state of the country will admit it I shall be extremely glad to vote for its repeal, and get rid of it, and I think every body else will do the same.'—Mr. Entwisle's Speech at Rochdale. Mr. Entwisle, therefore, does not say he will vote for the income tax. Although Mr. Entwistle is 'a large land proprietor, yet the principal part cf his pro-. perty being situated in the neighbourhood of Msnehester, that property is principally dependent on the prosperity of manufacturers; and who will deny that the southern division of this county is not of greater importance in its manufacturing departments to all classes of society than its agricultural can be? Electors! take no heed to the professed liberality of the League and its party. Vote for Entwistle, who is in every way qualified to represent you in parliament, not only in your agricultural, but com mercial, affairs. This, sir, I think is a good retort, and speaks volumes in behalf of the conservatives of St. Helen's, for standing,, up so nobly for the good cause. It would please them greatly if they could but bear that their brethren in other parts were working hard to return Mr. Entwistle ; but from reports which have been received their friends appear to be idle, thinking it can be got without exertion. Our watch words must be,—work, work ! all to the poll! I remain, dear sir, A LOVER OF TRUTH. [Our correspondent need not be alarmed by the false reports of the inactivity of conservatives. All the dis tricts have been canvassed, and the result is most grati fying to the good cause.] THE BATES.—It will be seen by an advertisement in our first page that the baths on the pier head, which have been considerably improved, are again open for the sum mer season. PAINTINGS AT MR. GRUNDY'S.—It will be seen by our advertising columns that the paintings of the Queen's first 'Council, and of Mr. Gladstone, which we have already noticed at some length, are still on view.—Those who have not yet seen them should not lose this, which will in all probability be the last, opportunity. HAIL-SITOWER.—On Friday evening there was a light shower of bail at Ciiildwall, which lasted about five. minutes, and was succeeded by an intense coldness of the atmosphere. FRENCH ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS.—We were much gra tified a few days ago by the inspection of an extensive stock of these articles, advertised in another column by Mrs. Girvan. Though we are not connoiscurs in this mat ter we must pronounce them certainly by far the most beautiful we have ever seen, and many of them are so ex ceedingly delicate and so closely resemble nature, that it requires a minute examination to detect them from the reality. They comprize every variety, from the most su perb exotics to the common field weed, and are so infi nitely superior to those generally displayed as to be at least worthy an inspection. HOUSEBREAKING IN ABERDEEN—On theafternßon of Sabbath last, during the time of divine service, a house in Union -street, the inmates of which were at church, was entered by some daring thieves, who unfortunately suc ceeded in getting clear off:with a quantity of silver plate, and other articles to the value of nearly £2OO. The house is one of those that is entered by a common stair, and has shut-in floors, in two of which the thieves perpe trated their depredations. From one family they took a complete service of table plate, two gold watches, a silver one, six gold rings, and other trinkets, to the value in all, of £l5O. From the other floor they carried off silver spoons, toddy ladles, &c.—Aberdeen Journal. Twenty Years' Loss of Hair, and wonarful Restoration. , y, October 1841. 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