The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-02-20 00:00:00

FrEqUARY LIVER THEATRE. CHURCH-STREET. flints present TUESDAY, and following Evenings, a new and popular Drama, founded on Lover's celebrated Novel, with alterations and additions, adapted to this Theatre, called It 08. Y 0:M Olt E! -- Rory O'More Mr. Raymond, Kathleen.. Miss Maturin Mary Miss Cross. To which will be added, a new laughable Interlude, not acted here these three years, called LESSON FOR LOVERS! Mandeville _ - Mr. Lee I Splash..... . Mr. Howard. • 'Mary—Miss Cross I Amelia.. Mrs. Raymond. To conclude with - a new and splendid Comic Pantomime, which has been in preparation for several weeks, with new Scenery painted by Mr.. PA itkEit, new Properties, Tricks, &c., called HARLEQUIN LITTLE 80-PEEP; OR, THE OLD WOMAN THAT LIVED IN A SHOE. Clown Mr. King., I Harlequin Pantaloon Mr. Brown. Columbine.. Mrs. Gibson. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. GRAND SPECTACLE EXTRAORDINARY, AND CLIOSEN WEEK OF NOVEL PRODUCTIONS!! ri 1 E GRAND SELECTION of NOVELTIES given .1 for Mr. BATES'S benefit last night, not only produced one of the greatest houses this season. but hundreds could not obtain seats: Mr. B. will, therefore continue the Grand Classi cal Entertainment, which is submitted to the Public, Artists, amd the rising generation, called - CRICHTON; OR THE DARK DAYS OF CATHERINE OF. MEDICIS. Written by Mr. James Brooks; never acted before; and got up at a very great expense to Mr. Bates , as his own excl usive pro perty. The New Music by Mr. Nazeby; Scenery by Mr. Matthews. To give an effect never before witnessed in England, a double Terrace has been formed to the Stage, connecting the Circle, which will present to the eve of every spectator a Treble action of the Equestrian. Dramatic, and Tetpsichorian Entertain ments, which the resources of this Theatre alone can enable them to convey an adequate representation. NEW HISTORICAL SCENES in the CIRCLE, in which will appear Mr. Ryan, Mr. Powell, Master and Miss - Ginnett, Mr. Price, Mr. Pa . rrs, Mr. Rondall, &c. &c. &e. The CHIARINI FAMILY on the TIGHT ROPE. The - whole of the above most splendid productions will conclude 'with the brilliant Equestrian Pageant and Entri.e, which has been for months in preparation, and now produced fur the first time, with entire new and gorgeous Dresses. Equipments, -Pro perties, Banners, Music, Decorations, &c. &c. The whole ar ranged and produced under the direction of Mr. Buckley, and entitled ENGLAND'S QUEEN. In .which Mr. Ryan's extensive_Stud and brilliant Company of Equestrian Artists will display some rapid Evolutions and groupings of clasical grandeur and effect. . The same splendid rotation of performances wilt be repeated every Evening during the Week. Proprietor, Mr. BATES. -Stage Manager, Mr. NEVILLE. DURING. THE PRESENT WEEK. THE HOLY CITY OF JERUSALEM. AT THE . LARGE ROOM, QUEEN'S ARMS HOTEL, ( Entrance by Cook-street,) which is kept warm by two large fires. AIR. LA ED LA W begs to intimate to those who wish to view -all his universally admired PANORAMA, which displays not only the City, hut all the interesting Stations mentioned in Scripture within twenty miles of it, that it will shortly be re moved from Liverpool. This Panorama was visited by nearly the whole of the a.lult population at Manchester, Leeds, Shef• field. York. and Hull. " The pnlvlic is certainly indebted to Mr. Laidlaw for the introduction of a Panoramic subject so congenial to the feelings of the pre . sent age ; not only the beauty cif the painting, but the name of Jerusalem invites the attention of the community at large."—Shq7field Iris. The VIEWS of CAPTAIN ROSS'S VOYAGES, where he passed four years, and his hippy rescue; the BOULEVARDS of PARIS, FIESCHI FIRING. OFF THE MACHINE, form also a part of the Panorama. ' - Day Exhibition punctually at One o'clock, in the Evening at Seven, and again at half-past Eight o'clock. Boxes, 25.; Gallery, Is. Children tinder ten years of age, Half Price.—Book and Plate of Jerusalem, 6d. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received the following donations from James Hatton, Esq., Edge-lane:— Soup Establishment £2 10 0 District Provident Society. 2 10 0 The " Verses to Agnes J--" do not suit IIF. " Castigator" and " Penny PostaJe" have been received. We must positively decline inserting any further communica tions on Phrenology. Our readers universally complain that they are " sick of the subject." ErtenTust.—ln our notice of the late soiree in our last paper. the Latin proverb " Experientia &Ica" occurs, which by one of those unaccountable transformations which take place con tinually in all printing offices, and though afterwards cor rected in the press, appeared as " Experientie duel." Our contemporary of the Chronicle, whose pages exhibit a strange compound of vulgarity, stupidity, and inane attempts at wit, who must have seen that this was a "printer's error," attempts the facetious about it, and essays the pedagogue. His three or four lines of notice to correspondents, which ...contain this bright idea, are, however unintelligible, from a similar cause—namely, a printer's error. This will, perhaps, teach him not to be so ready to cavil in future. At present, while the public cannot find out what he means by his " eery doceo," they must think him a " very" ass. We may re mark that the whole article alluded to, was copied, without acknowledgment, and without any alteration but of the word in• question,- by -the Chronicle. Our contemporary has nut even the grace of a street beggar; for he begs alms from us,' and abuses us for what he gets at the same time. nit Eiberpool eStanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 20, 1838. tz- The Puldiaation or the STAN n A it n commenced this morn- ing at 5 o'clo-ek LATEST NEWS FROM CANADA.—By the Hibernia, Captain Cobb, which arrived here yesterday, we have received New. York papers up to the 28th ultitno, inclu sive. We proceed to extract from these papers such 'extracts as hear upon the affairs of Canada. It appears from the following, which we quote from the New York Courier. and Enquirer of the 26th ult., that the scene of operations was transferred from Navy Island to the upper part of Lake Erie:— (From the All Argus of yesterd zy.) FROM THE FRONTIER. The scene of operations seems now to be transferred from Navy Island to the upper part of Lake Erie—to Detroit, Mal den, &c. Our latest advises from that quarter are via Toronto. The Patriot of the 161 h contains Detroit dates or the 12th, four days later than received from Detroit direct. The Detroit Post contains the official despatches addressed by Th. J. Sutherland, " brigadier general of the patriot army, U. C.," Gen. Van Rensselaer, commander-in-chief, &e., &c., giving an account of the movements in that quarter. They are dated at Bois Blanc, Ut C. on the 10th and I Ith instant. The first despatch states that Sutherland found himself on the 7th " at the head of a very respectable and gallant force," with which, on the 9th, he landed on Bois Blanc Island, under cover of the guns mounted on a small schr., captured the island, pulled down the enemy's dag, and hoisted the patriot tri-color. The British force, consisting of about two hnndred, principally negroes and Indians, fled on the first fire, leaving moat of their tamp equipage, a large quantity of ammunition, &c. The second despatch details the loss of the schooner, with its three pieces of artillery, two sixes and one nine pounder, a small quantity of ammunition, and thirteen persons, including 4 ' Gen. Theller, Col. Dodge, and Captain Davis of the infantry, and Col'. Brophey, of the engineers." It seems that in the at tempt to moor the schooner so as to bring her guns to beat lipon a scow-built sloop that was preparing, as was supposed, to attack Bois Island, she ran aground, parted her cable, and fin i al!) , drifted over to the British side, and within gun shot of the force there, and was fired into and until after she had sur- gendered. 'The "despatches" include also three proclamations by Sutherland, addressed to' the " Patriot Army of Upper Ca nada," and " To the deluded supporters of British tyranny in Upper Canada." (Front the Detroit Free Press of Jan. 11.) The steamboat Erie was forcibly taken from this port on Tuesday night, by a.body of men belonging, it is supposed, to "the patriot force on Whitewood Island. The alarm bells were rung and our citizens generally rallied as soon as possible to the 'wharf, but before any considerable number had collected the Boat and her men were nut of the reach of our authorities. We understand that 'the proper officers proc,.erled yesterday to the seat of war, 'to recover the boat and arrest the offenders. Urotn the Evening Star of January 27.) FROM THE FRONTIER. The Bois Matte (or Whitewood) Island expedition of Judge Sutherland on Lake Erie, appears to have hail as inauspicious a termination as that of Van Ilensell aer at Navy Island, Gov. Mason, it is not' stated, went doWn • the river from Detroit, dispersed the patriot forces, and arrested several of the ring leaders. The Detroit Advertiser of the 13th gives the names. 'l'. Dufert and IX D. M'Kinnev, was yesterday held to bail by the Judges of the U. S. District Court of Chambers. John B. Norton, jun., and J. B. Vallee, were received as bail for the former, and T. C . . , Shuldon, and John Largy as bail for the latter. The defendants are recognized to appear at the Circuit Court of the United States, in June next, the principal in 3000 dol lars, and in each security in 1500 dollars. Gen. Sutherland was arrested yesterday afternoon, and taken before the District Judge After the loss of the schooner the patriots retreated to Gib raltar on the American shore, 20 miles below Detroit, where they,, ita violation of every prirwiple of neutrality. opOnly en camped, and remained until broken up by the active young Governor of Michigan who is, as we recollect, though young, an old soldiet, having served is the Great Teledo Border War with credit. '['he Governor recovered and brought back the arms. Gen . Sntherland had previon , ly tone np t o Detroit where he was arrested, Ile was tiied the next day before Judge Wilkins of the U. S. District Court, then sitting, and arquitted. The General pleaded his own case, and when the decision was made known he was enthusiastically cheered. The Detroit paper very cooly adds as the conclusion to this business, which really places us in a very Unpleasant, nit to say disreputable light in the eyes of other nations, " the General is still in the com mand, and it is expected that another expedition will be under taken without delay." A bill paised the popular branch of the legislature of Michi gan, making provision for 2000 men to protect the frontier. It would seem, therefore, that though the patriot force may be dispersed, the materials remain there ready to congregate whenever occasion presents, as the inhabitants seem to gene rally approve of their illegal movements. LATER I NTELL IGENCE. —By the Cleveland papers to the2oth, we learn that a large number of Indians had come down in one of the steam boats, from the upper lakes, destined fur the royal;st force at Malden. One of the persons killed of the patriots in the schooner [the Ann] captured off Malden, was from Cleveland. Dr. Theller, the leader, was wounded under the eye. There is said to be no doubt, that he and all the other patriots taken alive were massacred. RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.—Under this title the Mer cury of Friday last follows up its remarks of the week before upon the pamphlet recently published by the Rev. H. M'Neile. Now, we object, in limine, to the applica tion of such a term as " religious persecution" to the language or the acts of the rev. gentleman, or of any other clergyman who deems it to be his duty to declaim against Popery. With exactly the same propriety might the charge of " religious persecution" be broutzht against Mohammedanism or Heathenism. With equal justice might such an accusation be brought against our Saviour and his apostles for denouncing the .false doc trines, hypocrisy, and tyranny of the Scribes and Phari- The editor of the- Mercury knows, or ought to know, that it is the bounden duty of every minister of the Church of England to endeavour to root out all " heresy" from the land. This obligation derives additional force from the circumstance that such " heresy" may be fraught with danger to our national institutions and sub versive of our civil and religious liberty. This is pre CiselY the character of Popery. It is not only opposed to scripture, but is likewise an enemy to every species of rational freedom. The clergy are therefore bound to oppose ii, not only as preachers of the gospel, but also as citizens of a Protestant community. The Mercury insinuates that the Rev. IT. M'Neile wishes to per.ecute the Papists for the purpose of con. verting, them to the Protestant faith. The editor of- the Mercury knows or ought to know, that the rev. gentle man disavows any such intention. The whole tenor of his ministration proves that, while he detests Popery, he entertains the most charitable sentiments towards it.s de luded victims. In fact his detestation of Popery must spring from his anxiety to save those who have imbibed its poison from their misery. Let the editor of the Mer cury peruse the following description of the enslaving influence of Popery, and say whether it be a blessing or a curse to mankind. If he acknowledges that it has proved a curse to the human race, then let him show his own consistency in abusing those who seek to remove this curse from the face of the earth. We quote the fol lowing from the eloquent speech of the Rev. R. J. M.Gliee at a recent meeting of the Glasgow Protestant Association : The Rev. Gentleman spoke as follows:—" Mr Chairman, I never stood up to address a public meeting with a feeling of more solemn satisfaction than that with whichl stand here this evening, to advocate that sacred principle which we are con vened to vindicate and discuss. The great principle that we come to advocate this night, is the principle of spiiitual free dom for our fellow-men—the right, the inalienable right of man, uncontrolled by his fellow-worm, to read fir himself the word of the eternal God—that word which teaches him his guilt—that word which proclaims his p ar don —that word, according to which he shall be judged—that word which reveals the Re deemer by whom alone he can be saved—that word which con tains the will of his God, which it is his duty to know; the will of his God, which it is his duty to do. If it is granted that it is the duty of man to do the will of his Creator, it must be con ceded that it is also his duty to know it ; and if it is his duty to know it, it must he granted that it is his right to know it. Duty is more than right. Right implies but a privilege; duty im plies an obligation. The man who dares to interfere with the right of his fellow-man to read the Word of his Creator, inter feres not only with his right, but with his duty to his Creator; and be arraigns the power that gives him the right, for he ar raigris the power - that alone imposes the obligation of duty• Therefore he who invades the right and obstructs the duties of his fellow-man, arraigns the power, and flies in the face of his Creator. The Church of Rome does this. She stands between the sinner and his God. She sets herself up as the authorised interpreter of God's will to man. She denies his right to apply to the Wort of his Creator; for she insists upon his duty of submitting to her authority. She usurps the prerogative of the Deity, and imposes upon the souls of men the basestsubjection• It •is to show the falsehood of this—to bring the principle to the test— to bring it to such a test that the poorest man can under stand it—to prove the guilt of that tyranny and superstition, and vindicate the right of man's immortal soul, that we are con vened here to-night; and I hope that God, in whose house we are assembled, will hear that prayer just offered at his footstool, and that we will be enabled to assemble in the spirit of the eternal God, to be edified and built up in his Memo' truth; and in the spirit of devoted philanthropy, and true benevolence, and love to the souls of our fellow-men. * * "Now this is that lash of spiritual tyranny which the church of Rome holds over the souls of men, to deprive them of their right of reading and considering and appealing to the Wo-d of God for themselves ; for though they say we let them read the Scriptures, how does the Roman Catholic take these Scriptures up ? Why, he takes them up under this feeling, that hedare not exercise upon them his private judgment; that he dare not in_ terpret one point contrary to the dogmas of the church, because the church is the only interpreter. Therefore, though he takes the Bible in his hand, he takes it with his heart so bound under the tyranny of the church of Rome, that he dares not let out upon it that intellect and those talents and capacities which God .has given him—he dare not consider the question, What dues God say here for my eternal salvation?' (Hear, hear.) Now we say this is a false principle, and we wish to show the people that it is fundamentally false—that it is a mere spititual lash of tyranny held over them (like some object of affright presented to the mind of a child in the dark) to frighten them from exer cising their faculties as rational and immortal beings. You know that the people are taught to receive this creed from their infancy—it is instilled into their minds—and therefore they are accustomed to think that there is a sense of interpretation, put upon the Bible by the church, and that which the priest tells them are the dogmas of the church which he has learned ; and that, therefore, when they hear him they hear the church. Slow we say if there is any sense of interpretation, and if we are to receive tha Scriptures in the sense the church has laid down, what is that sense ? We call on the priests to give that sense to the people, if it has only existence but in the tyranny of the church of Rome. " Now, I care not of being accused of being an enemy to . . what is called. peace here,' when I remember who they were of whom it was said, these fellows that have turned the world upside down are come hither also.' (Hear.) But this is my answer to Bishop Murdoch and his professions and letters on peace. If the Church of Rome desires to make peace with Protestants, let them honestly come out and renounce the hortid weapons of war and tyranny in which they bind all who attempt to assert and vindicate the rights of conscience; but I say that when it is written in the Word of God that there r+i no peace to the wicked'—when it is written that the way of peace they have not known' —when it is written that 'the chastise ment of our peace was laid on Christ, and that by his stripes we are healed'—when it is written that he is our peace,' that ' he has made peace by the blood of his cross,' and that the blessed message of his gospel is ' good tidings of great joy. and on earth peace and good wilt.to inen'—l know no peace, and I will keep no peace with a system that shuts out the light of my Redeemer's face, and the blessings of his 'word, the blessings of his peace, and the blessings of his salvation from the souls of my fellow men. The servant that makes peace with the tnan who robs his master is a knave; the soldier that makes peace with the rebel against his monarch is a traitor; and I will make no peace with a system that robs my God, my master, of his glory, and my fellow-men of the right and liberty of rational and immortal beings—the right to read the weird of their Cre ator. (Cheers.) My soul should be delighted to hold out the right hand of peace and love to all my Roman Catholic friends and neighbours, but it must be a peace that is ratified by the God of peace, it must he a peace which will not leave an accusa tion upon my conscience for a guilty neglect of my fidelity to my fellow -men." (Cheers.) This is the spirit in which the Rev. H: M'Neile would address Roman Catholics—not for the purpose of inti- midating them into a belief of the Protestant faith, as the Mercury would insinuate—but for the purpose of seeking to liberate them from the spiritual thraldom in which they are held by their priests. The Mercury, af ter quoting the Rev. H: M'Neile's parallel between sla ve.ty and Popery, endeatotirs to prove that it is ima gitiaty." , The following is, we Suppose, intended as his "prop!" : " The black captive is at butrilling slave; Olio if h€ titttiriptt THE LIVV,RP(Xn STANDARP to escape froni his boadage, may be shot, hanged, or flogved. The aeholie, notwithstlnding what di, Re,'. H. Aißeile cwerts to tke contrary, is a free agent, inasmuch' as he can at any time, and Terthout incurring any penalty, quit the Catholic fold, atilt become a member of the orthodox church of St. Jude's if his inclination shoilld lead him in that diection. We know seve ral persons who have become Protestants after having been edu cated at CatholiC seminaries, and having long continued mem bers of the Romish church, but we never heard any of them complain of having been subjected to the slightest inconvenience in consequence of the change ; and as we can place more reli ance upon what we have witnessed than we can upon the mere assertion of the man who repeatedly declared that the bible was excluded from the Liverpool Corporation schools, we shall not waste any snore words upon the Rev. Hugh M'Neile's parallel, which is as defective as the inferences he has laboured to deduce from such false premises." This passage certainly proves one thing—that the editor of the Mercury is ❑either a man of candour nor a man of sense. He shows his want of candour by stating that the Roman Catholic is subjef..,t to no persecution for assuming the profession of protestantism : he shows his want of sense in hazarding, an assertion the stupidity of which is as glaring as its falsehood, and which must make him the laughing-stock of the veriest school-boy. Did the editor of the Mercury never hear of a horrible dungeon called the Inquisition, in which persons only suspected of Protestantism were immured for life and subjected to the most excruciating torments? Has he never read of the myriads of martyrs who have, from age to age, suffered the vengeance of the Church of ,me (or their renunciation of her faith ? In short, is the editor of the Mercury entirely ignorant of the history of his own country ? Does he want a modern instance of the tyranny and persecution of the Romish Church? Let him take the following : In the diocese of Waterford resides a popish gentle man, a Mr. Galwey. This gentleman had some political difference; the nature of which he does not explain, with Dr. Abraham, his bishop. , In this temporal matter he refused to yield to the bishop's authority. His sife, in the meantime, was visited with a severe illness, and could not leave the house. The festival of the incarna tion was approaching. Mrs. Galwey was desirous of receiving •the sacrament at home, and Mr- Galwey ap plied to the priest of the parish to administer it. The priest refused, assigning ashis reason that the bishop had put Mr. Galwey's house under an interdict of the ordi nances of the church. Mr. Galwey wrote to the bishop, to remonstrate. He received no answer. He became indignant at such treatment, wrote the bishop a second letter, and published both his letters in the newspapers. The following are the letters:— of their fellow-creatureS And we hhpe that whilst there exists a necessity for the exercise of the virt tie, there will ilways be found men who know hoW , to cast aside their peculiar prejudices and predilections, and combine for the purpose of doing good to their fellow-men. - But if our contemporary means to insinuate that in redotnmending the charity to the patronage of the public we have com • promised our principles, we can assure him he is egre giously mistaken. To Popery wemust always be opposed so long as its acknowledged principles are at variance with civil and religious liberty, and so long as its policy is opposed to the spirit and temper of the British consti tution. We believe it to be a system dishonourable to God and degrading to man, inasmuch as it strips Deity of its rightful attributes and denies to man .the free exer cise of his reason—the noblest quality with which lie is endowed. But we would not on this account pollute the sources of charity or dry up those springs of true benevo lence which cheer and gladden the hearts of thousands. It is sufficient for us that misery exists toclaim our warmest sympathy and support. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILROAD. We have very great pleasure in laying before our readers the following extract of a letter from London, relative to this rail way—a project likely to do more for Scotland than all the laws which have been placed on the statute book, on her behalf, since the union : V•• " LONDON, FEE. 16, 1838.—The select committee of the [louse of Commons on standing orders, to whom the report of the sub-committee, declaring non-compliance with the standing orders, was referred. have had this important measure before them; and hive this day decided—` That the parties he permitted to proceed with this bill on proving to the committee thereon that a DEPOSIT of ten per cent, on the amount subscribed is made, and that the committee do report bow far' such order has been complied with." It is scarcely necessary to add, that the promoters of the bill regart this decision as a triumph, fer it is well known how ex ultingly the opponents of the measure considered the difficulties arising from the new standing orders as quite insurmountable. The decision of the select committee will place this bill precisely as it stood when the death of William IV. suddenly put an end to its pi ogress in the 1-louse of Lords. CUSTOMS' REGULATION'S. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL, STA.NI).4RD. Stu,—Can you • inform me in what way Mr: Councillor Blackburn obtained a situation in the Customs. of Liverpool for au Irishmen name!! Menagit, who formerly kept a bacon shop in Scotland-place? This man is upwards of forty years of age, and the Customs' regolations prohibit any person obtaining a commission alter he has attained the age of thirty years.—l. am, &c., A CONSTANT !WADER. [Perhaps some of our correspondents can furnish au answer to the above question.—E. L. S.] TO THE EDITOR OF Till? LIVERPOOL ST.AIND.AMD. St beg, through the medium of your, journal, to call the attention of my liftither merchants to Mr. Rowland Hill's scheme foi Postolfice reform, and to suggest that a meeting be called, as soon as practicable, to consider the expediency of petitioning, parliament on so imoortant a quest inn.-1 am, &c., A LIVERPOOL MERCHANT. Water-street, Feb. 17th, 1838. PREFERMENT.—The Lord Bishop of Chester has appointed the Rev. T. B. Ingham, Curate of Sm!Web, to the living of Congleton, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. C. B. Hodges, M.A. COt•CSE OF LECTIRES AT ST. ANOVEVV'S CHUI:CH.—We understand the Rev. H. M'Neile will deliver the lecture to morrow evening. The subject is baptism. • On Monday last, a number of hOusei, the property of Mr. John Cattiu , situated in Vauxhall-road, at the corner of Crow ther-street, were entirely stripped of the lead from the cornicing and ridging of the roots. A similar depredation was also com mitted lit , t week on some premises, the property of the same gentleman situated at the south end of the town. This does not speak much for the vaunted vigilance and efficiency of the new police, since such depredations as these must require a very considerable time in committing them. SCAGLIOLA.—An advertisement will be found in another part of this day's paper, announcing the establishment of a scagiiola manufactory. The specimens we have seen of Mr. Jones's manufacture are beautiful in the extreme, and equal to the finest marble or phorphory. We understand that the pillars for the Royal Bank, now in progress of election, are being made of this material. DISTRESSED POOII.—ST. JUDE'S CHURCH. —On Sunday last, she Rev. Hugh M`Neile, at the close of his sermon. after statini , the expenditure in bread. coals, and potatoes, of the co lle c ti o n made in his church three weeks ago, amounting to a • hundred and eleven pounds, reminded his congregation of the continued distress inevitably consequent upon the continued severity of the weather; and said, that although he could not solicit another collection front pew to pew, he would give them the opportunity of adding to their contributions in plates held at the doors. The congregation tesponded to the affectionate appeal of the minis ter, and left £Bl 2s 4d on the plates. - - - THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATIIE.—Last evening Mr. Bates, the spirited manager of this theatre, took his benefit and had, we are glad to learn, a very excellent house. Mr. Bates fully desei Yes his success, for he lacks in no exertion to obtain it. A new piece is announced for this evening, entitled " Crichton,". which has been written for, and is brought out by Mr. Bates, at considerable expense. L [ma w's Palloaama.—Now that the panorama has be come more generally known in the town it begins to attract good attendancies. The panorama is divided into three sets of tiews; one set represents the adventures and travels of Captain Ross in the Polar regions; the second set, views of the holy City of Jerusalem; and the third the Boulevards of Paris and Fieschi firing the Infernal Machine. All these views are on a very large scale, and are splendidly painted and got up. A number of Esquimaux dresses are also to be seen. On the whole, the exhibition is a must pleasing one, and the gratifica tion is of easy attainment. THE CATHOLIC CHARITY BALL.—Last evening, gleam - mai ball, for the benefit of the Female Orphan House, and other catholic charities, was held at the Town Hall- .We ale glad to announce, for the sake of the objects of the charity, that the ball was exceedingly well attended, the campany being more gst the more distin guished!) m r numerous visitors ne i t % isc ini a " nd Viscountess Moly i"tre were L n ( e ) r ,d ,y A el , r , s iy . neux, the lady patroness with a large party from .Cro-.:teth, Sir Wm. Powell and party, &c.. Sze. The company for the most part, was composed of the principal gently and merchants of the town and neighbourhood, and the attendance of so large a majority of protestants in support of the catholic charities is another bright example of protestant toleration, liberality, and truly catholic. charity. CarriageS began to set down soon after 8 o'clock, and continued to do so without intermission till after We understand upwards of 1000 tickets were disposed of. Mr. Hornbill's .quadrille band was in attendance, and played during the evening, many favourite and new pieces. Dancing was kept up till a late, or rather early hour, the ball passing off very delightfully. T „„ LIVER THEATRE.—The steady wzertinns of the lessee of this theatre to Secure good and respectable houses, by conti nually bringing forward attractive novelties, well got up, and performed by a clever company ofcomedians, are beginning to be appreciated by the public.. We know not where an hour of mote rational eni4iptieol can lie obtained than within the walls of this Nile theatre. Toe visitor is sure to see a good drama, well got tip, and cleverly performed it: all its parts. There is a lways also that other requisite to enjoyment, a comfortably tilled house; we know nothing calculated so soon to drive an individual nom a theatre as the cheerless aspect of empty benches. Last evening we were much pleased with a new version of the drama of " Rory. O'Nlore," which was here brought out. We know not Which the most to admire Mr. 'Raymond's natural and clever representation of I b iry 0' .11ore, or m i .. Thompson's De Webilein, the French brandy merchant, which was an admirable performance. We never saw a fitter piece of dramatic acting. \I r. Howard, us Send's, the Captain of Yeomanry, was' as amnsing, as usual. Miss Maturin also played Kai/dee - a very fairly. She pnssPSSPS a fine figure. a good appearance , and a good voice, and with care will make a clever actress. - She must endeavour, however, to eschew as much as possible, a slight affectation of manner into which she is apt to fall. Nothing is so charming, whether on the stage or - in real life, as unaffected simplicity of manner; affectation is always seen through, and when seen through, t he atrecied party is invariably iam , hed at or despised. Mrs. Raymond was as lively and chat-loin!" as ever, in an amusing interlude called " Lessons for Livers..' 11'he l ie , fitrinAnc , s eonchried with a clever -Pantomime, entitled " Harlequin Little Bopeep," in which the usual number of laughable incidents were intro duced. and several good scenes taken from Liverpool and its neighbourhood. DUCHY OF LANCASTER, FEB. I2.—The Queen has been this day pleased to appoint William Blundell, of Crosby Hall, Esq., to he sheriff of the county palatine of Lancaster, for the year eusuit4f. ALLOWANCE TO WITNESSES.—The ends of justice in this country are likely to suffer most materially by a recent resolu tion of the magistrates assembled in county court at Preston. The al!owance to witnesses attending the assizes on the crown side has hitherto been 7s. 6d. per day, but we understand that the magistrates have determined it shall be reduced for the fu ture to ss. per day. The alteration will have the effect of de terring many witnesses from appearing against prisoners in cases which are likely to be sent to the assizes, and the ends of justice will be proportionally frustrated. MOST SEASONABT.E BKNEVOLENCE.—The . well-known libe rality of Lord Francis Egerton has again been manifested, by directions having been given to the principal agent at Worsley, to distribute amongst the needy.of the tenantry one hundred tons of coals. At this inclement season a more suitable dona tion could not hare been made; its value was enhanced by the coals having been gratuitously carted to the very doors of the recipients. In addition, several poor widows, and families wherein sickness and old age prevailed, have been supplied with flannel, from a fund left by Lady Francis Egerton prior to I her dep ar t ure f rom Worsley. Under the patronage of h er lady ship a Ladies' District Visiting , Society has been formed, for visiting the cottages of the poor, the good effects of which are already manifested in the domestic and moral improvement of the visited, who receive with much kindness the attention of their More opulent neighbours. Such examples are above all praise, and elicit from us that well-known sentence to all the wealthy of our land, Go and do ye likewise."—Manchester Courier. THE ViAtiucT OVER THE WEAVER, —We have much plea sure in drawing attention to a splendid line engraving, just published by Messrs. Wrightson and Webb, of Birmingham, of this magnificent work of art. The Dutton Viaduct. as manv of our readers are probably aware, is the most stupendous work of the kind in this kingdom, consisting of 20 arches, each of GO feet span, the height to the top of the parapet 73 feet, and its entire length over the vally of the Weaver 14(X) feet. Being situated in a rich colintry, and surrounded by picturesque scenery, if forms a beautiful landscape. The engraving, which is on steel, is finely executed from a picture by Creswick. an artist of distinguished abilitY; anal is of large dimensions. Micas get her as a work of art it is highly creditable to time taste and talent of the parties en , aged upon it ; and we have no doubt its merits will be highly appreciated! by the public. We tecom wend it to the notice of our reedets, not merely sis an etiyrav ing deservin , of nubile patronage, but as a memorial of the accomplishment of one, of the greatest and most important pub lic works resulting from modern British enterprize-Mdotches ,er CURriiin TO THE RIGHT REV. DOCTOR ABRAHAM, R.C., BISHOP OF WATEEFORD. Duclapool, January, 8. 1833. My Lord,—On the 29th of last month 1 had delivered to your lordship a letter on the subject of the unpleasant situation in which my family have been placed, in consequence of your pro hibition to allow Mass being celebrated in my house; not having since received any answer to my letter, I am now driven to the painful necessity of sending (through the press) a copy of my letter to your lordship, with a hope of getting some redress from the archbishop, and in default of his attention to the prayer of lily communication, to appeal to his holiness the Pope. Before I conclude, I beg respectfully to ask whether any act of my life, as a Catholic, merited such conduct either towards myself or any of my family, or whether it is not so/ayon account of political dPrences this system of tyranny is attempted to be practised towards me! I remain, my lord Bishop, your humble servant, JOHN M A TTHEW GALWEY. COPY OF MY LETTER OF THE 29TH ORCEI4IBER. Ducbspool, 29th Dec.. 1 833 My Lord,—l beg to ask your lordship, whether it is your intention to persevere in prohibiting the priest of my parish celebrating mass in my house, and to know on what grounds (except poti:ical differences) you have issued such a preretnptory order as the Rev. Mr. Shanahan says be has received from yuu to this effect. I should not address your lordship on the subject but for the illness of Mrs. Galwey, and the state 'of mind in which I had seen her on Christmas-day, deprived of the opportunity of re ceiving the sacrament, and having prayers in my house in the same way we have had them celebrated for, over twenty years, berme those political difcerences occurred. Your lordship cannot, (I regret to say) have been ignorant of Mrs. Galwev's illness ; for a week previous to Christmas-day the priest of my parish mentioned the circumstance to you at' a month's mind held at Stradbally, and he has said remonstrated with you on the hardship of a female, (unable even to come down stairs) being deprived on such a holiday, of those reli gious consolations, which, to her, would be such a source of comfort. I beg you to excuse my saying, whatever differences your lordship, some of your priesthood and myself, may have on the subject of politics, it is an act of cruelty that a religious female, in a bad state of health, and unable on Christmas-day to leave her bedroom, should be the sufferer. I can scarcely bring myself to believe that revenge is 'your object; but if it is, I freely acknowledge you have.had ample satisfaction, for there is no man of family who must not feel at having seen a good wife and a good mother surrounded on her sick bed by her children, deprived (on his account) of the rites of her church. Requesting your lordship may re-consider this subject, and waiting your answer, I am, my lord Bishop, your obedient hum ble servant, JOHN MATTHEW GALWHY. The Right Re v ., Doctor R.C,. Bishop, Waierfrrd. P.S.—I beg to add, this line of conduct is a bad return for the many thousands given by Mr. Galwey's family towards erecting chapels, convents, monk-houses, schools, &c. We have touch more to say in reply to the Mercury, but must reserve our concluding remarks until Friday. THE BAttoT.—We are glad to find, that Mr. Grote's annual motion on this nostrum has been once more ne gatived by a very decisive majority. The radicals affect to believe that this question is gaining ground in the country. As far as Liverpool is concerned, we believe the reverse to be the case. The last petitimi in favour of tlie ballot from this town, after lying for signature for nearly a month, could only boast of 5000 signatures ; the previous one had upwards of 8000. It has, therefore, lost ground here most materially. Nor is the division in the House of Commons indica tive of any reaction in favour of the ballot, as will be evident to any one who will take the trouble to consult the calculations which we have given, in Our last page, from the London SlawloA. The progress of the ballot question, since 1833, as shown by the different divisions, is as follows : 1830—For the ballot Atfainst it . 1835—For the I.llot A ga , ost 1833—:'or the ALrainst. It. 1837—For the hat!ot Agai Si it 1838—For the oall11l Against it 317 As usual, the rejection of Mr. Grote's motion was effected through the ins-tromentality of the conservative opposition. The Specioior ac knowledges that of the 317 who composed the majority no fewer than 252 were conservatives. What effect the opposition of ministers to the motion may have upon the state of parties we can not conjecture. The radicals have ascertained their own strength by the division. They may perhaps use this knowledge in embarrassing the government, or in com pelling the " squeezeable mater ials" to adopt a more liberal line of policy. ELECTION PETlTtoss.—Nothing of a decisive cha racter has taken place since our last in reference to the petitions now under the consideration of the several committees in the House of Commons. On the Belfast election committee there are ten •comervatives and 1 liberal. On the Sligo petition there are 3 conservatives and 8 liberals. On the Bristol committee there are 3 conservatives and 8 liberals. The chances, so far, , are against us; but the most important ballots are to come. CATHOLIC CHARITY BALL.—In the Chronicle of last Saturday, the editor took occasion to congratulate us on our advocacy of this benevolent Institution. We can as sure our contemporary that although he may have been in ignorance of this trait in our character, it is by no means a novelty. The party which we represent have ever been foremost in works of Charity; without any re, Bard to political or religious distinctions ; and had the sapient editor been as alive to public events as he should have been, he Might have noticed in ou'r own town an association of gentlemen throwing aide all difference of Opinion and r•hetlrfulli uniting in relieving the distresses SECOND E1)I'llf01'.V, Standard Oft e , Three o' Clock. LIVERPOOL M A IIUCTS don x AI A IME . I . o r, En , 20.'14;3. Since this day week the surplies are heavy of every article in the trade; at - last Friday's market stwcnlators purchased sever ral cargoeS of the finest Wheats, and 2d. to 3:1. per 7Ulbs. ad vance was obtained from millers out of stock. At this day's market the advance was supported, hue the sales were hunted and the demand not brisk. Oats were Id. per 451bs. dearer, and Oatmeal h. per load 'to the trade and speculators. There was a fair demand for Flour at 6d. per sack advance on the best finfis. The imports of Butter are 1041 firkins; fine qualities were rather dearer, but the middling descriptions ate dill slow of sale.—Bacon ls. per cwt. higher. ANEttAG PitiCES. WIT , tit T, 41 , 70 %S. s d s 4 BRAN s, imp. men. s d s (1 Irish drnsd red.. 6 8 tii, 710 Irish .... 45 0 , c) 46 0 Do. dried white, 7 6.. 8 6 FLOUR, te• 280 tbs Do.undried new .6 6.. 61' Eil,:.N,' Irish sup 45 0.. 47 0 l'n•zlish ...... .. 8 0.. 9 0 De. fines 4O 0.. 44 0 Canada 0 0 .. 0 0 Do. seeonds .... 24 (I .. 36 0 OA Ts, If 41 Ms l%o. thirds IS 0 .. 22 0 1.-i,•11 fl Al, LRY, ir 60 llm Do. old.. ..... 0.. 0 'Nish gritnlil7 ..3 'i 3 8 BRAN. 424 tb‘:... 1 0.. 1 3 AVERAGE PRICE OP BUTTER, S.c S D S D S D ,S; D 1S: con, 4t , cwt.... 46 II a 47 0 BanbridTe .. 81 0 a tt n Hams, dry 6O 0 .. 64 0 Waterford, Do. wet — 0 .. 0 Coleraine.. ...... 88 0 .. 91 ° Firkin Lard, 54 0 .. 56 0 Carlow, Bladdered d 0..... 64 0 .. 60 0 Limerick crease Butter .... 40 0 .. 41 0 Belfast 90 0..:a0 (I Prime Mess Beef, Derry rtieree, 98 0 ..I[o Cork, gds, —o.. 0 Prime Mess Pork, Newry. - 0 .. 0 41" barrel. 78 0.. 80 0 Dundalk — 0 .. 0 Sligo — 0 .. 0 RIVAL! ; OF CORN. the 19th February, inclusive, From the 1301 Feb .uary, to COAST. WISE. SALT m i:TOTAL. DRSCRIPTION Wheat Qrs B•,rlev Qrs odtg (ITS Dour. Ditto Barrels Malt Cwt Oatmeal I ()ads Brin Beans Qrs Peas Q rs Bye Qrs Shelled Barley. t Haile:wed Barrels I • - il; in Coro Qrs 6177 972 12821 10728 , 8 14162 SIIIPVING INTELLIGENCE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY E tun - Fn.—Bess. Martin, from the u 'n List. from Marseilles—Five Brothers, Crabb, from S. 61/38 1018 15778 11,15,t in—Lord Russell, OFF.—Henri - Leeds, putting Imek to Belfast, bound to Mobile— Adel,•iide, for Bork, puttitig buck. With loss of bouts—and Notipariel - - • - SAlLED.—Courier. Soiith, for Calcutta.—llelen, lintrmn. for Charles ton—St. Lawrence, Chase ; and Frances Ann, Soule, fur New Orleans --- Atalanta. (steamer,) from Bombay at Suet, with the mails from India—due in Liverpool Daniel Wheeler, Bouch ; and Ripley, Stewart, from Calcutta at St Helena, 20th Dec Traveller. Coppletnann, hence, at Dunkirk Fee, frm Bunos Ayres o Holyhead 18th ant Zorgen o Vlvt, e Berghatns, , he ff nce for Amsterdam, was driven on the rocks at S-illy on the :4th instant : crew spved ose, Graves, loaded for London, wag burnt to the water's edge at Tralee on Thursday morning : crew saved 'DUBLIN, FEBRUABY 19.—The vessel lost at Ilowth is the Betsey, of Beaumaris - WExro art, Feb. 17.—The Paragon. from Liverpool to Pernambuco, was driven on shore at tiallyneeker Strand this mouthy.; ; she lies in the surf full of water, 6 men drowned, cargo expected to besaved in a damaged state. MiLvoito. Feb. 15.—1 t blew a terrific gale from Eto ESt during the whole of last night, and has now (2 p m) increased to a perfect hurri cane. with snow squalls. The Catherine. from Cternarvou to Swan sea, is on shore on the rocks of !taken Point. The Diligence Finch, from Waterford to this port, and Lucy Luff. from Duhlin to Chep stow, are on shore on the beach. Feb. t7.—The Catherine was scut tled last evening. The Eliza, Owens, from Cork to Bristol. drove out the rocks at the entrance of the harbour, and is a total wreck, crew saved. The Friendship, from Aberavon to Liverpool. has unshipped her rudder, and makes a great deal of water, having struck heavLy on Ilaben Point, after driving from her anchors. KILKEIL, Feb, 18. —About 18a0 to 200 c, bales cotton have been toved from the wreck of the lobo Stamp. leeward above high water mark ; the vessel is hi two, fore and aft; all the copper is stripped off. POLICE 11177'ELLIGE1►'CE. THE STEWARD'S LoG.—Ameng, the applicants to Mr. Hall, on Wednesday. was a lubberly-looking sutler, who appeared to complain of his captain for striking him. The complainant said he had been steward on board the captain's vessel, and that the captain, in the course of the voyage, had given him several beatings, of which he had kept a regular log, w hich, with the permission of the court, he would read. The magistrate said he certainly should have no objection to hear such a curiosity. The steward accordingly produced a paper, on which were the following items to the credit or the captain. June sth.—Wind fair—captaiu in a foul bad humour; only said there was no land like: the Land of Liberty, (meaning America,) for which captain said he would take the **liberty" to give toe a kick in the stern post; and so accordingly gave a cruel hard one. June 7. Wind changeable;—was remarking that the breechiny of a gun was out of order. Captain desired me to Mind MY own ;at the same time his foot let me know that my back was turned towards him. Remarks : —Captain can't bear any one say his ship be'nt the beat on the station. June 25th.—Wind S.S.E. Told captain, cooler nut grind any more coffee. " You can't grind ?" says he "No" says I. ."Then what rase have vnu with all them yrim:-erst says he ; and he knocked out nay front tooth. Remarks : Captain would go more than an arm's length for a joke. 1)—(1 fond of puns. I'll pun-ish him for theta yet. July Ist.—Fine strong breeze; ship going ten knots au hour; only told captain the beef was any thin g hut sound: he troll me I de served a sound thrashing for saying so; said I couldn't let a bit or it into my stomach, as it was a s tough as a cable; "then," says he, "you shall have your belly fall of a rope's end." Captain too smart with an answer; will make him smart for it. July 10.—Captain scolding me all day, and gave IMP a blow on the cheek; Lord knows, captain has too much jaw of his own at all times, to atteinvt having any thing to do with a nother's: I'll make him laugh on the wrong side of his mouth for all this; he sha'ut be always letting his hand go cheek by jowl with my chops; no chap could eland it." Complainant was about to pro ceed with his extraordinary log, Wringing down the s,-ries of assaults to the arrival of the vessel in which he sailed in St. George's Channel, a few (ias ago. but the magistrate said he thought he hail heard sufficient, and after complimenting him on the ingenuity and novelty of his los s .-book, directed a sum mons to issue, calling upon the captain to answer the coin- plainant. IMPOSITIONS BY A BAlt.iPF.—On Friday, at the police office, John Gerard, a bailiff, living in Kev-street, was brought b ire Mr. Halton a chatge o f having fr a udulently appropriated to his own use, the sum of £5 Os. 6,1 , which he had received from a tenant on whom he had been employed to levy a distress of rent. There was also a further charge against him of having demanded 19s. 6(1. from the tenant for his own expences, part of which had been paid. Mr. John )(oink, 58. Sawney Pope street, stated that be hail let a cellar in the above street. to Ann Smith, a widow, living in Fox. street. On her hnsband's death she was in arrears for rent £5 Os. 6 , 1., for the recovery of which he was obliged to make use of the misoner's services. On the al instant he sent him to Mrs. Smith's cellar with a distress warrant, signed by his wife , but he had never seen the pri soner from that day till Thursday night, when he was in the custody of Barton, the constable. On the Tuesday following, , Mrs. Smith called at his (Mr. Youde) house with a fresh week's rent, and he was then informed, for the first time. that the debt had been paid.— Mrs. Smith stated that Gerard called at her cellar on Saturday, the 3d inst., when, after making known his business, he told her in addition, that if he remained to keep possession of the cellar, pteyious to the rent being paid, she would be charged sa. it day, but if he went nut, only 2s. 6d. On hearing this she delivered up the key of the cellar to Mr. Yowls, jun., who locked it up. Gerard then desired her, if she had anything to communicate relative to the rent to call on him at Armstrong's beer-shop. Manchester-street. She called on hint the same evening with money to settle the rent. Gerard then, after pretending, to make some calculation! , , said that the rent was £5 Os. 6,1., and the expences 194. 6d., making £6 in the whole. Mrs Smith paid £5 12s. for which she received a 'receipt, and got back the keys. On Thursday. the Bth instant, Gerard came to her for the remaining Bs., when she paid hint 2s. 6 , 1., and he said he would send for the balance on Monday. On Thursday Mrs. Smith was apprised of the fraud when she went to pay her week's rent to Mr. Yowls. Information hav ing been given to the police, Gerard was taken into custody by Barton the constable, on Thursday night. When Baron asked him why he had lint Landed the money ()ter to Mr. Youds, he answered that he had been robbed of one part of it, and hail spent the other. After the above facts had been stated, and the prisoner having declined to say anything in r defence, he was committed to take his trial at the next sessions. A RADICAL CuRIN6E.—Au active parlis4n of the miscalled "Liberal" .cause, residing at Wl,;illey, who was always antouvil the foremost in any movement to serve his party, has recently becotne'so much dkgo.ded liv the truckling and time serving poliry of the ministry. that he took the party colourad flag with which he had furnished hims e lf to h o i s t ou particular occasions, to the Barrow Print-uorks, and had it dyed black, declaring that at th« next election he will support a conservative candidate.—Leeds Intelauedeer. ACCIDENT ON THE GI:AN JUNCTTON RAILWAY.—On Toes day evening last, a fatal accident occurred on the Gland Juni— . tion Railway, between Birmingham and Wolverhampton. The second class train, drawn by the Dragon engine, consisted of nine carriages; the three first being laden with nine horses, and the six following with passengers. It started flout Wolver hampton at ten o'clock, and proceeded at a moderate rate until its arrival upon the embankment between James's Bridge and Willenhall; when, suddenly the passengers were alarmed by a violent, irregular movement of the carriages, and, in an instant they found they had been thrown off the trait* and were evi dently running over the embankment into an adjoining field. In the course of less than a minute, four of the carriages —the three first containing horses, and the fourth passengers—were turned over; and the engine and tender, which downich hadb t e l e ie n dis engaged from the other vehicles, were dragged cm bankment about fifty yards into the field. rhe descent from the embankment is in depth about ten feet, and is more than usnally steep and ragged. Upon examination it was discover ed that a horse, which had strayed from the field into which the engine had run, had been lying upon the railwat, and that this Obstruction had been the cause of the m ischief': It was some time before it became known, that any of the passengers ur servants of the company were injured; but, upon inquiry Ilewitt, the engineer, was found to have been thrown into the field upon the descent of the engine, and to have been severely cut upon the head. Further inquiry_ led to the discovery of James his brother, the fireman, who was found dead. underthe overturned tender. it appears that deceased had kept his place for a considerable distance in the field, and that it was not until the tender was upset that he lost his footing, and wa• crushed tinder its weight. 'Cho pont. fellow, When discovered, with great difficulty was taken from tinder the tender ; but death most have been instantaneous. Of the nine limleS iii the three first carriages which were upset, only one was killed, altfough Biel- were all more or less injured. Fortunately, not one of the passengers its the fourth carriage suffered any serious injurt,,-,- GitgAT STORM AND DESTRUCTION SHIPPING AT COVE. PrOot the Cork &ither', tteiiortir of Sietitriiii‘o • Reportv OL/ice, Si.c o' dock, Thurrday Evettiifki• ,• The killowing has just been received Cove; Three rs'clock,-pan.—Within the tnetrtory of the 0/6ii, inhabitant no such gale as that of last mgbik s: ill continue tog. has taken place. It commenced at five o'cli.ck in the evening: and pearly every vessel in port here driven on slMte; or reclined diiinage,tini some are totally lost. file damage onthe coast must be very great. we)* heard in the offing, and great itiarm prevails. 'Several of the wharfs 'and houses ate damaged. The sea in the harbour heavy th it it is impossible for a boat to put, off. One boil Oat, went ill the :Issistance of the Neptune is sWaniped, The vestteli that appear .to ride the gale, are H. M. ship Hercules,, the Ma gistrate for SydneY, the. Alert, for the Cape, the Foyle packet, the Enterprise, and WiektlaM revenue cruiser. The French frigate Terpsichore, drove ashore, boat! Matra in, and firing'signaiiof distress. The barque Nailer, from Africa, for Liverpool, ashore at White Point. The schooner Emma,, for Newfoundland"; animated, and ashore : likely to be a total wreck. The Eliza, Tor Madeira, ashote at White Point: The Temperance scuttled, and aStnire on the rocks ; also the schooner Julia, hence for Newfoundland; and diacbatging on the beach. The brig Henry. coal laden, is ashore. • The Victoria and Adelaide, are yet tiding safely, but are very near the shore. he pilot boat that went otT to assist the Neptune is swampedl and several of the pilot hosts are bilged and ashore. There is a report of a French frigate from Bourbon, being in the rang ; but no craft can stir out. Two launches stove to pieces. Two sunk. The revenue boat is upset. Covs, Friday,' Feb. 16.—Since Yesterday it has been blowing so hard that little assistance could be given to the vessels in distress. Late last evening the Alert drove foul of the Govern ,. or Douglas, and lost truth her masts, bowsprit, &c. and riceiied considerable damage besides. , The brig Henry has sunk in the Channel. The Aibion and Isabella.got in contact : former lost mizen mast, &c. ; latter bowsprit sprung, lust figure-head, cutwater, &e. All the other vessels are on shore as described yesterday. Extracts from letters received by Sir W. Daniels this morn ing : " BALLYeRONEEN, Feb. 16, 1838.—1 write to acquaint you that the schooner Tiger. of Miraintchi, last from Southampton, for Swansea, in ballast. came on snore in Cove, at about 2a. in.; crew saved. A quantity of dead pigs have been washed ashore, which leads me to suppose•that a vessel has been lost id windward. " Signed THOMAS WOOD, Chief Boatman." "CROSRHAVEN ST ,TIoN, Feb. 14.-11 is toy painful duty to inform you of the total loss of a brig at 4 p.m. bearing S. by E. from the Lighthouse quarter of a mile distant. Two of my men saw her scudding for the harbour under foresail and reefed fore top-sail. She was struck by a tremendous sea, which threw her on tier beam ends. anti being struck Iry a second sea, she foundered. She appeared to have a yellow ribbon, painted ports, and very white sails. (Signed) " HENRY RICHARD GLYNN." Saturday.—Our accounts front Cove came down to a late bout this Morning. There was nd fresh disaster there last night, and the weather had greatly moderated. .. The beach, from Smith Barry's Quay to A'Vhite Pnint, is strewed with wrecks and fragments of wrecks. ~ The Temperance, also noted above, is reportd to have her keel broken, and the Henry, of Coik, is sunk off the Yacht Battery. The Emma, of Halifax, is lying at I-hallo - dine quite dis abled, having lost bulwarks, topmast, spars, &c., and is jured in the hull. The only vessels which appeared to have rode out the gale besides H. M. ship Hercules, 74, Wickham Revenue cruiser, and the water guard boat be two latter having run up to Passage fin shelter—are the Fide packet, Henneritta for London, and Henneritta, for Piymituth, which are Icing safely in the harbour. The French frigate Terpsichore, is on the bank to the east ward of White Point, with her yards and topmast struck. In the midst of the storm on Thursday, the Hercules observing the frigate in distress, despatched an anchor weighing 73 cwt. to her, but the boat in which it was intended to be conveyed was swamped, the hands escaping. Four o'clock.—We have just received the following from our correspondent at Cove Saturday, Two o'clock.—Arrved—Crescent, Ryder Liverpool. general cargo for Bitboa, lost sails and other damage; Peregrine, front Newport, coals. We have a change of weather to-day, after the preceding stormy weather, and some of the vessels have been able to get off the shore, and men are engaged in recovering the anchori and cables. . . SALMON FISIIERMS.—The two very extensive salmon fish: eries, known by the name of the Partrush and Portsteward have, we nuderstand, been taken by our enterprising townsman; Mr. Joseph Newton, fishmonger, St. John's Market. It is to be hoped that the connoisseurs in salmon from "the north" will no longer have to complain 0: want of flavour in the salmon which are brought to the• Liverpool market. Nov Er. EXPORTATION. — Our readers are no doubt aware that pies are occasionally imported here from the continent. That the matt beef of Old England has beenrhe an article of export will astonish them. Such, however, is the.fact ; fot we find "one box roast beef" amongst the artielei of taste, if not en!ered (Wring the week, at our Custom-house, for ship ment to Pernatimbuco. POSTOFFICE REFottm:—The attention of our readers is called to an advertisement in another part of our paper, on the most important subject which has agitated the public mind of late years. It will be . seen that Dr. Fpps, who has drawn torch large audiences to his lectures on ph)siology, at the Mechahics' Institution, has consented to deliver an address on Rowland Hill's excellent plan for penny postages to all parts of the kingdom, at the Music-hall, on Thursday, at halt-past Seven. As this is a reform which has no reference to politics, having been supported by Lord Ashbut ton, in the House of Lords, and Lord Lowther, in the House of Commons, and having been opposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, nothing will be introduced to offend the political opinions of any party. The proceeds will be devoted to the agitation of this question all r over the kingdom. Denim./ AND DaDGHEDA RAILWAY.—A Meeting of the Manchester shareholders in the Dublin Erbil Drogheda Railway took place on Wednettlay last, at the Curt, F.::change Inn, chiefly, We believe, for the purpose of receiving information respecting the extent of aid which government would give to the undertakine . ; this information. however, had not been Obtained by the directors; bat there is good ground for the expectation that it will be liberal. The meeting was so well satisfied that the prospects of the company are good, and that it is desirable to proceed in the undertaking with energy. that a resolution was carried unanimous, that the call now due should be promptly paid, and the directors will lie fully prepared to advertise for contracts in the course of the next month. The delay which has taken place is expected to be ultimately very aavantageous, having put the directors in possession of a mass of valuable in formation derived from the costly expetience of other compa nies, which will cause a great saving it, the construction of the line. engioes, and carriages, as wet; as considerable improve ment from the deliberate manner in which the engiueer has been allowed to proceed.—.llanchester Guardian. A VESSEL RUN DoWN AT SEA.-By the ship Trey. Wood; which arrived at this port on Wednestiay, from Charleston, we have the following particulars of the—melancholy loss of a ves sel. name unknown, wood) was run foul of by the Troy. on the night of Saturday, the 'at alt. They are taken from the log- , book of the Troy ;—" Stnrrig breezes from south, and rain—quite dark. Soon after eleven, p. in. ran foul of a small brig not previously seen, although we had two men on the top-gallant forecastle placed there to keep a look init. The brig swung stn- , mediately round upon out starboard or weather bow rwsoilenh was soma on hoard - the brig called out to put our helm har d up, whi c h immediately done, and the brig was clear of us at once. She sank rapidly, and before we had passed each other, her bull had sunk with all on board, and before she was half our length astern, her topsails were out of sight, and nothing but some very small articles floating from her, nothing large enough to support a titan. Two men were observed struggling iu the w a ter, but were lost sight of before we could affird any relief: It was almost instantaneous, and could not have been three minutes from the t i me we came i n contact before She sank enj tire!) , out of sight S—put the ship round as Soon as possible, but could see nothing. It blew quite fresh at the time, with rain; the ship under all sail except top-gallant sails. The brig had topsails only. We struck stein on, but it all happened to quick that we cannot say which way the brig was standing. We struck her either forward or abaft her masts, for she winded ronimd on our starboard bow without getting foul of our jibboom. [Judge from circumstances that she was standing the same way with ourselves, and that we struck her stern or near it, because our rigging to secure the bow-sprit and jibboom down were carried away, without injuring either of them, , and the brig swung clear of them j We lust cut-water-head and head.; rails. bobstays, gammoniug of bowsprit, Sic. Tried time pump and found the ship did not leak. Had not seen a sail before lot six days. Lit. 39 48, lon. 5U b 5." L!VEkPOOL Tow N ISSION.-A quarterly . Meeting of the friends of this valuable society was held last night in the Insti tution House, Slater -street, W. Crosfield, E,q. in the chair. The Rev. J. J. Carruthers opened the meeting by prayer A letter was read from Isaac Crewdion, Esq. of NI anchesier (who was expected to have been present), stating his deep interest its Town Missions, and his regret that he could not attend the meeting. Four of the agents of the society gave an interesting account of their labours—the difficulties they . had to encounter —the ignorance and wretchedness they met with—and the en couraging succeSs which attended their exertions. The Rev. J. Tullman stated that he had frequently attended the weekly meetings held by the agents, and spoke in terms of high com mendation of the agents and their labours. The Rev. W. Bevan expressed his hearty approbation of the society, and his willingness to co-upetate with its agents, The lleY . J J. Car ruthers read several pleasing extracts from the report of the Manchester Town Mission, which, though of very recent origin, has raised £l2OO. and is employing nineteen agents. Seseral other gentlemen addressed the meeting. It apt ears that the Liverpool Triwn Mission is aide to employ only ten sti p endiary agents, and Consequently to occupy only a very smal l portion of the town. The sum of £ll. Is 10d. was received frOm the ladies who had volunteered to collect subscriptions for the so ciety. The Secretary read numerous extracts from the jou r nals of the agents describing the suffering and distress now prevail ing in the town. Some of these extracts appear in another eolutnn. and to them we would beg particular mention. The sum of £l7. Bs. Id. was immediately raised as a special fund for alleviating the distresses of the poor, to be applied under the lit ection of the committee of the society, Copies of the last re-; port may be obtained at the Institution House, Slater.stieet. A committee meeting of the lords of her Majesty's most bon, privy council was held on Tuesday, at the council,tffice, to consider petitions for and against granting charters to Birming ham and Chatham. There were present the Lord President, the President of the Board of Trade, and the Seeretar) at War. The Petersfield election committee, ballOtH far on Tuesday; was comt osed of nine reformers and tilt) tories ; whilst upon the Belfast committee, h. ted fur on the same day there-are let) tories and only one reformer. SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM RAlLWAY. —theVtoiks of this undertaking are rapidly approaching to completion, and in all probability the line will be op iled fur traMe. aliout Midsummer. The engines are now being Consttncteil by R. t...iteithensun and Co. and the first dais cart iageS' have been ordered from Man chestes.- Workthen are employed day and night. We are giad to hear that bir Francis But dett, Bart. M. P., has protriised to attend the nest Anniversary Dinner of the; Leeds Operative Conservative Society, which will take place in or before Easier Monday. TURN-OUT AT Macctesrtein.—We understand tfiftt the weavers in the employ of John B r ockieburst, Esq. 4 the' liberal M. I'., for Macclesfield have turned not against art at tempted reduction of v ages. BHA DOOI,D COMSI6:II6IAL BANKINGCOMi v iNf. ,- A dividend of 71 per cent. on the paid-up capital hag bee n deviated, and 21 per cent. appropriated to the guaraof6e fund, e understand thin! General De Lacy Ev tie, t. P. f'4 Westminster is, or will he appoiuted oreeed-eitt tity 4 as Clerk of the Ottiolioitto