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*ales by Auction tte ß A'ir bßbEit OP THE EXECITTRTX. 1 11 k ' L 'ENT 'FURNITURE. FAIRFIELD. `''t fr u ,„,,, E'y Mr. BRANCH, llio ._"'"iy), the 21st ir.stant, at F.leven o'clock, on ,_.s.ernises. 29, Prospect-vale, Fairfield. _ Iv 'Xeellert ~.t uabi 0 HOUSEHOLD FURNrrvltt, , 1 , ;!4(1, r e 15-day French Clock, of superior quality„ in ';',2 1 1, ; 1 1 , 1 ,?_!tt; China, Cut Glass, Linen, a few hekutiful 141, R„,"'R'icil a few Pictures Silver Tea and Co'ffee 'O9 '"" 77, % ' Sze and other E ff ects of the late Charles k: : ' , ~ ._ . . L 'kid i i .,` !-' RE is very nearly new, arid 'Of vOry at'perior .• ' ' hl carved ki,A , i , w87..z.,-,1 I p a o h o o r: an a y lid an Es.fi n o t ir t e n u e nitrneath, ,\,,,?..rr0nt,. on caryed scraltsl two sets If__ balloo n n ! a ' ,2 1 1 Hair Seating, 4camial Lounging Chin_ a d Vl ' , `ch, small Set of Snding-frame Dintug Tables, I , Pda,tltantly-carved Sarcopthagus Gnardcvin ; excel- Iliplit,. "e_e_,.twaith Wings, of Very Ch!i.ce ' l ' Dressing 7oe Val,le L s ad a y nd kgltri d 4 l s, I Chest of Draivers, . ti t With Marble Tops, two modern Tudor Bed .l ‘, In , D alnask Draperies. *Spring=stillted and Hair ‘ii t iii'' e aloned Feather beds, Mithbgany-framedCheval; tl e ''t Gl As ' k , a , see. k.,: t ql iet ` ad shi.onallle Tables 'in Walnut, enriched! 1 L 1 % ,.1y. t : Y w or d R:osewnod What-mit or Music Stand, 'yitil`trpi'ved Indian Ornamental 'Basket in Ivory, 1 Iltph.'3ures, valuablell- clay Clock, In a case of Ormolt, l t i kZ 4 o: s e of Diana*; 'Erolise Figure cf Cupid, Lacquered 10, i "t. a Stngie.plate Chimne Glass, 50 inches by I N hrl G ilt-frau - in a few 'Palat.ngs and Engravings, 'ti,llloV3rtisset's 'Carpeitq, Caned Ckairs. 6. 4 1 i Leosa • e ;fi n e` Copy of lAdge's Portraits; kriews ih',ol "1 Ittland, a Wi tik le's Cathedrals, Cunningham's , It'Y k r ,' ortralts Tonalin's 'England, SweedentorKs iio''t,lla,,`"A,l3•vills., and other of his Works;and vari tS 6, Itffica t ion s. 01) t t'? l , ' Chandeliers , Fenders, Kitchen and &Unary 4ile q • ,re t) . Driorto the Sale, *ben Catalogues riey be had •.i', ' e t; ' OT at Mr . I.les. , vc H'S O ffi ces, iii .Hanover erliool 1, 4 ktrp t ., , OViE s or "rna EXECUTOR. N._ 'L, PICTURES, &c.. DUKE -' GREET. I),7fiv ~„„ _ By Mr. BRANCH, 1it.:41 ,17tInesday), the 22nd instant, at Eleven , lit fjle Premises, in Duke-street, nearly opposite ,Iv a l'Wflry i t 'll l'et . t l 4 ble 1:1011SEHOLD FttriNITURE, IN,;:t ~- ate. China. Glass, a few valuable Paintings, o,,Al74sters, add various other Effects of the late ‘,Qo it kittj :4,, , ,, RE comrrises Mahogany 71rticles in bated ,kt,N i B ,. On 'Piltars and Claws rßsokcase, Sets el ',g 41eli er ` a lr'y Card Tables, Lortmging Chairs, &c..; ,t, 4. 1 6 ,11 1 4 i'l Chnney Glasses, Brussels Carpets, Camp , ~,,,, s'. 4 Nb"augings, Feather Bedsand suitable Bedding„ )I:,;Qtr e ; er Requisites , Wardrobes, , Chest of Drawers, ' ~r , R 5 Irons, Bight-day Clock, -Parrot and Cage,' .4, 1 ye l l e mange of Curtains, Barometer , Hall Ctairs,i 1,1,01 e, Ulinavyk t tensils, &c. i 'lq, l ; ; ," e ll'ivv.s? DA If (Tuesday), the 21st instant, when,' the:The hadon the Prentieesitt: from Mr. BRA we / • I 1 '1 11), lik t -CE AVEI FINE OLD PORT WINE. 1 ,34,, By Mr. BRANCK, A .r2ext,'the 23rd instant, at Three o'clock inrthe , ,„ 4 .)„,.. iivernoon. at the Hanover-rooms, ', k , ...t7 t , 7eliftentioned U'IN.ES, which ureciar 1 4 tit a 't Y, old in Bottle, and in mature avridition, k . Poir r Oie z ,-. y e - 4 40fIley's celebrated Feathers Wizre„ about 01 0 livi m rs in bottle ,_. 1 1 11 / 2 ,!4N- o ,4„te PORT, five years in bottle ; ~t),4 7 4 p () ;1, - about seven . 5 , -ears in bottle ; b i sea',/ L :,"o(lley's, five years in bottle ; i p t eal .b ani l!,keso n and Son's WHISKEY, five reamtll ; 0( 'in`u Old BRANDY. ' boq li . 4 1 1a rt ,, r, Also, hi Mad, ", - ith_ ri Ori a aßks of PORT wad SHERRY; and kiireAv.. 4 PAGNE, Into•ostier and Fils. 'l,. T h _ . "'re - -; are orderedlc.r unreserved sale; lo.close tki4ill 'b exhib i ted kltb l " h-zn fr oin of Sale, WTI e :-. C eta. t.At t l„ GOODS, IHNEN AND WOOLLEN 4 1 4 ,, DRAPER, &c. 1•, 14 e k :,,, * ex, t, By 2 4 7 r tia instli i' l l t? l t r ind follosvingtsys, at ) Ti; c4o . k each dasrv r it i llie T Tnover-reonT, VS„kCe',_ of Rich * CK 1,110 R,, "tIODS. °marls' lag Limerick Point Shawls, At'yyN,4ll's Lime r ick - c Squares. Mantles. -Jackets. ''," 1 1' Po . i it et es -tLimerick and lioiritow Ditto, i , h i , ah' ' ..4grt:t s B H rt a r:4l;erriiiers, T e l 'Sleeves, :: 1 1 . 4 0 -4 . tltl e TriMmings, ttace, Nets, les, Blonds, ' 4 ' , 4le - 14 'vt riot's other Airticles. iN), ~. h il lnI111• of LINEN and WOOLLEN WicAPERY tl '' / ) ,.'et,-;._,.''kuliiig. Cambric .and Muslin Mantles, Jackets, qtotiZlioins.odkerchiefs, ( Cambric Handkerchiefs, Cam ilklkivittl,ira\iZthloines, Silk Ind Kid Gloves, Elastic Sleeves, 4 4 . ' 41 14iLiav,,,_Mohair and other Caps, Braids, 'Coloured b're ;"%trai, 7l "m V'. • Ladiet , Long Gloves, Black and White 111:', 11 *Z e tie ' t tl e ' , Purses. Angola and Simony Woollen -"*--, 'D„,„i't f r .'' , Frocks, Omni Dresses, Pelisses Chil -I)tetr:, , -",, et-r i : " 4 ,ts' 'Heeds, Velvet Bon nets,' Safi ri ' Ditto, '...,: ................ 4 -0 bi; nroad ' Cloths, Tronserings, Vestings. Ate . eetings, Cashmere. Print, aud•Gala Plaid I bk -------. Itte.,l Excel OF,S , ME EXECUTORS.) tlBLltisiTYlll?i:l,,lt HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, zUhl and LIVERPOOL LIBRARY, 1 , WZoiv . 'ln .in 11) RD - spectfully annourseeB that he (. 1 , 1 4re kti,„ n 11 ,14 gel to sELL by AUCTION, TO,MORROW ' -,.,„ rte A . e 22nd instant, at Eleven o'clocic precisely, * , l*le nf 4 . B , No, 39i Islington, V.,'Uiq th e. Genteel and Excellent frICIUSEHOLD il,tiet.Gl,:iPlatei Dinner Service of Staffordshire Ware, ~_31 4 ,,e , 11 7 , i and other Effects, of the late Adam Norris, 7 ) Cl.rtil = 11,:i'lq i %IN. i t 'BREA K - 1 ,43T i!ocim . s include Sets of Ma ki %,, , 441 Nair , i Clotb, Sofa in Ditto, handsome Pedes '4 N n e t , Ma hogany Dining, Pembroke, Snap, and Vkirrits, s tel e s , . Quarduvin, Bookcase, °with Folding ~.tiq,.,.,..eretaire and Cupboard under, a 'flaree-light ltil rs;e7;"er. Brussels , and Kidderminster Carpets, ) 4 11 e n 7 4'B4C ) l' 4 '' 4 .)50 • Ni t Qlai rt i )4 - con t a i ns . E i ghteen and Teri! Armed 10,,, t ra -ri te n_ Hair Cloth, Reclining Chair in Ditto, 01 1 itt o atie,c ,7, . Gltillonnier, Rosewoo I Centre Loo ,:..1114,.tr,%i_aoinet hano-forte, in Mahogany case, Con- Z1 i k,.:" . 115, tr i Aeuta ra s t Ottomans S Curtai e n t s te f e o , r i , t&fr o igi v r i e n d . 4tli t a l' O lituoluChandTlier for Gas, ' Brussels Car ty i t F., tclliiinney Ornaments, Steel Fender, Fire- Ott 4 llio, Olit`tik.tte a ,, —balks comprise Mahogany Four-port and i kq,l . ll, an " c ; , , with Moreen .and Damask Hangings, o.' , ti`"4t w Redding*, Painted.T.oilet Tables and Mash 41"4Zik'ZIo s,,,7lZe'ithflfaurniauChaenscisA, o f o V e r a a s i‘ e •erg ;t a . "D a it ir to e .1, 1 , 1 44. 4 , lki ii ,tat !commodes,:•Dressing Glasses, Chairs, r; 1.0 ,_ ti,t i ld . r ‘teritiiiister Carpets,s&c. k ' ' ,;i6 ,'' (!:: (l) ,.:li k :iri! La d t il d" mb u r:ilat a Mahogany ud B . a l r l o a m l l te Table, r, it.'htt,4ll4't-tiaya" Clock (by Wign;//), Three hart lt t l,t-q t , Oil CIO*, . lirtisSeis Stair Carpets, Brass illic'klib k i l l 1) 4 V , e, ,—,ece's Ci:Aeloptedia, -bound, 39 Vols., i.4to-, 'l ti ba - , i l uct ., t ' N Ols., 4t44, Evangelical Magazine, 10.V015., k i,t ' 4 l':,tt le,4lisists of a Tea and Coffee gquipage, Table.: ' l (l ) o.,it, p,'",ka. 'Fable, Dessert, Tea, and Salt Spoons,' ~, 1 ,),,C, ti er '' , Slice, Drinkiing•Cups,:fre. , N.', 4 4 - 1 711t,, t .Lag Set of Cruets, Dessert .Knives and.. ~!ttil S 'it,.;e k , , Pair Candelabras, Ix. "t4l.of.b,and CULINARY ILEGIUIDITE,S,: Mangle,and, L,wor. 4l ,Toesti c Utility. . I, 4elit ti t , I is DAY ( rueaday), the 21 *tin st., preceding q.st jet may be had on he citernises, or of . ) a, wit Office. Clayton-square. .u. —The HOUSE to LET. kl., 1 4 1 4 ,_ ik 1:"."-WELLENT HOUSEHOLD FURNIUURE, I N t le, il i s: l 4i, C OW WATERLOO. resetfully annoßnoes -that he , It 'tli t .i:;_ted to SELL by AUCTION, on FRIDAY Xi 1 1 14 04 : 4 . 25 'Marine -cr escent, at le E leven ce o t 'cli i l i c te ir so eci o precisely ,, . upon the k eliii t a a a dAX . cell - en r iciiiSEHOLD VIJRNITURE, kP4 44 lii ni e.:4 l!. ' . er rain lin e ne; a p l t ass, (pl;t r e am 4 e 4 d ine n es ral b s y s Z s tt l !irk( e gures, . 13 The n G n r:C i es." under GULL Shale,' , A ell. i t °Pier liff....vts the Property of a Fair.ily \1.,..,„.,,,,..„,..dene. , i t \qt,'ll4 ,Sre,, 'reßs ,cciptain lofty Mahogany Four-polit e i, h t h, whi t fu. n and Camp Bedsteads, with Printed Pli tit l e i ( lr is d 'z id. :,, g ,:v i zu g ...e il Il a a n i d r Matresses, Goose Painted Chests of 1)i .ta t l i3 l. :s. with Night lonvenience, , Dressing Nt k liki r ollet Linds, Mali?gaay Washstand , , wit . ll . Marble A t 4 t ri,lN T :: C o . pe alp kressing Glasses, Toad Rails, Cane l'Z',,° a nd IiR.CWI 'CI 1 lar include Illallogan ,iit4Hlll,lhit°ton.Tp_l_.eticope F! '" rii t e " ,.B fe s et lou r ., ywide ) : , , tylsn y.f nestal Sideboard, sets of Chairs in Hair vi,..Litte G ,ramed Sofa in Ditto, handsome Chiffot.i -ikql), tis Back and Marble Top, Easy Chair in I.j r . t•i t .' ti e ,;4;!gured Damask Window Curtains, Brus htilpis, B,rugs, Bronzed and Polished Steel Fen ili,llkti4t° 4 14 111% • w i t h M arble N . iit - . Mahogany Hall Table, .l ti 4 ttitkre, r and Umbrella Stand, Painted Oil-cloth, 41, e 5t k i fets, Brass Rods, Ylo ttl oa ti .,. t hen and Culinary Requisites, and other ti'clt e ;rutility. ' t 'lit4 l 4 1it .... L ' e n , T HuusDAY next, the 23rd instant, when I , cl, ‘ ,.iati on the Premises, or at the O ffi ce of ktisfo —14413-square. ''.l:ifir,l ,";', ite ms BY Mr. BYFORD, % .r ' Li:: the 27th instant, at Six o'clock in the t l,eli , la% ' i on's. Great George's Tavern, 88, Upper 1 ii , Citiet to conditions '1 'it ki t . RA 4 reet and PREMISES, No. 31, Upper 't o • k.. • e a leljoid for seventy-five years, from Bth .itt ,n, al.. -s. *EVAIN. Solicitors, 4, sweeting-street. ': _____ ,1 1 1 1 :,,k --------______ 1 1 / 4 , h k „ 0,,, , t he p gy Mr. BVFORD, 44 o . ck in the o t ' o cl tne condi : til i h e y t l i t !h e 'd of April next, subject , ttN eti Drodu a ce regdon.rooms, 1 y, 44, 4 0Zt i t ° ,i f it LAND: on th e east side of . King theby we-alteillk,btounded on the no . rth by King-place, the back by a passage; to 'Pleven H:S e ty t gAl td at and PREMISES thereon \11:41:: e:flure is Freeholdof Inheritance. , 44 t. fl. s. ROLT and ROWE, Solicitors, Chapel -4,.0r I:llttsTlAm and JONES Solicitors, Harring rtet, 1.;811:11. NEAL and MARTIN, Solicitors, 4, Ckh ,...................... L POOl. 1 / 4 4 t .' lit cik l itr m k a9rIONS OF AUSTRALIA.— , \ltis it l i)ii,tios.;, e ,' T tra l, Royal Letters B . 11.1";§ IIZIFPFArnig N 4,. . A r i'4 4 t d e ~!i nide Roo f ed A U STRALIAN it -. ke roofeartMents for convenience of Families >t i i t:lig e i, Th e ° o r T i lna a second floor fo_r_ o s u to se wi e nf e a r w y a e y t V i .tli t .4 1 0r0 n ,„ Y.comple_te Canvas H t Liv_raten,lTYlinpervioue to w et.... tltliit,Pot?Z` . '. ROBERT LAMBERT, 13, GOREE 1 nkoZirstered GOLD itlic SIFTER, Emigrants' iron 4 b, p'l Bedsteads, in every variety •, Beds. ttlui.ortable Cooking Kitchens, Took, and 7 " 61 bY the Emipatat, TUESDAY MORFING, .211AZCaTT 21, 1854. THE proceedings . in ithe House of. Commons, so far from being morthyof a deliberative assembly entrusted with =the management of the mighty Empire of Great Britain, present bit a sorry spectacle, reminding is zof the descriptions we occasionally meet .of the ,Asings in the American ,Congress, or the ,dissensions of the Birienhead -Commissioners about the ,removal of a gastbmP To what particular:circumstance this melancholy fall is to be attributed ,inay:be considered Ragmen question. Is it that the:Reform Act has, as it was predicted, opened the Senate to a class of ,plen .whose sayings and doings ,are,a Isurlesque on legis lation-P Or is it that the age .in which we livA, notwithstanding the vaunted Leh of intellect, is experiencing a kind of intellectual.decay, the march being retrograde instead of progressive ? But, perhaps, the more probable solution is the fact of the country having a Ministry without a Govern ment, . a patchwork of political sections having no unity of section, no fixity of principle, commanding no respect, and, therefore, possessing no influence. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who never had a principle beyond a reckless anxiety for change, acid ii.olding no recognised place in the Cabinet of which he is said to be a member, assumes to be the leader of the House of Conkmons. Such a position, however was wont to involve responsibilities, of which he appears to have no idea, and imply duties which he has neither the will nor the ability to perform, if even he possesses the comprehension of their ne cessity. When the late Sir ROBERT PEEL occu pied a similar position, he was de facto as well as de jure the guide of legislative business, and no measure of any importance was proposed without his sanction or the expression of his opinion, which, if adverse, was fatal to its success. To his treach ery, it is true, is owing the present disjointed state of political parties, the destruction of all confidence in public men, and the fact of high places being filled by what can only be termed a Ministerial ano maly ; but there is also a melancholy contrast in the mode of procedure so humiliating to those who take pride in the dignity of the British Senate, that we may anticipate the time will not be far distant when a seat in the House of Commons will no longer be esteemed an honour, but left to be scrambled for by the greedy aspirants for place and pay, and popu lar demagogues—men who make promises to their credulous hearers, in the style of JACK CAnE, or of the Reformers of twenty years ago, who predicted meat a penny a - pound, and bread for nothing, as the result of their exertions ! The report of the proceed ings, on Tuesday last, affords a case in point, though by no means a singular cue, After sundry questions and answers, the majority of which lead to nothing, but may gratify the querist by giving his constituents an opportunity of seeing his name in print, Mr. HEYWOOD moved for an address to obtain a copy of a document in the possession of the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, respecting a pro posed revision of the Liturgy in 1689. The object, no doubt, is with the view to propose some alter ation in the Book of Common Prayer ; but, notwithstanding the importance of such a propo position, the Ministers had no opinion of their own : they merely had no opposition to make to it, and, upon a division, it was carried by a small majority. A dissenting member shortly after moved to bring in a bill to substitute a declaration for an oath in judicial proceedings, Here, again, the HOME SECRETARY had no decisive opinion on the subject ; he should not oppose the motion, but thought it would be as well to wait until another hill, on the same subject, time down from the noose of Lords ; and, on IL .division, the motion was carried by a majority Of one. Then followed a discussion on a tuition for a bill to prevent nuns from being compelled to sign away I • their property to the convents 'where they may be imprisoned. Again, the HOME SECRETARY had no opinion, but, festal' of !being in a minority, he was not disposed to oppose the motion, though he thought there was some force in the objection to it, and, on a diVilion, the motion was carried. One sitting, therefore, was occupied in idiscuAing ' three several motions, proposed by individual members, neither 'of which, though then carried, may have the slightest chance of ultimate success, and yet on neither of them was any Mini4erial fiat pronounced, Ministerial responSibility being sheltered underihe expression of individual opinions. Of what volts, then, is the House breommons for the deliberate business of legislation, or of what use 'is 'a Ministerial leader, 'When the time which should be devoted to public holiness is thus frittered , toway in discussions 'Which lead to ' ?nothing . .? Wednesday is usually -considered a' bye-day'lbr the discussion of the7particular cro chets Of - smateur legislators, who ' gratify in ''fails manneriheir peculiar predilections ; but Thursday 'was wasted much in the -same 'Moaner as Tuesday, in discussing a Motion for the - amendment of 'laWs , cif mortmain.. Notwithstanding the ' hrepor ,tance of the proposed. , thange,iit failed to e.liCit; any Ministerial decision , apon'itslmerits, other than an avowal from the ATTORNEY iGENERAL that he had no objection to the qiitteduction of the measure, :but the Government . could not pledge themselves to adopt the data sOf the bill. Thus,' from Mon day to Friday the methbers of the House of Com- TOMS might ewe liven enjoying 'themselves elsewhere for any ,practical object acCoMplished by their assembling, aridfyit, the CirartmE.oa of the Ftsverolguuds stlfethefor doubling thglncome-tax was postpone& for 'ward of time,- taid when the session draws mear‘its Blase, we shal :hear of num 'hers of Goverament imeasures put , bir to another session, for the same nieason. There;indeed, may le found the hefictilc complain - W.-so prevalent, in July and Augnstr af want of'time. The Minis eskers allow the e6rlrpoit of the seisior to be wa.sted, 4:because they Iva/it-realer the • -rnora courage to , oppose impaCtieabk projects,..ir -press forward their own measures • :and this izideasion is owing to the want elf minty :among thermitires, and their , I* - ng destitute .(oflflcat moral' influence whichis indispensable: Ito' :bhp success if any Government. Gemposed of everyartase of 17o'i:tie:al feeling, ex cepting the true Conservative; the Ministers have no one idea in tonna:an, and.thei&ects are visible in the prooeadings of the 4heuse of popular rit resentatives. INOTWITIfSTEPTDING the concentration of %hi& troops at Matta, the presence iofz.3 British laid Pagnch fleet in thejNack Sea ; •:antl the depalottare of:another Brifiglitielt to the Babe Sea, in oer tolalockade the uoithern parts, kiPliassia;- the are many who std , entertain the -opinion that ' matter in dispute 4111 be settlosLiVithout a resort to the fearful arbitremnt , of was- rat is a singnlar and important fact, that ' the :vast Empire Runge, occupying :iibent a seventh part of the habitrible surface ,the globe; has am means access '.to the ocean hut Ihrough the 'two narrowest , passes known to navigators—the 'Straits of the Dardanelles from the f4.4,4auth, end , %he Sound, act Elsinent,tfrom the north—so that thellockade by sea is comparatively easy ; and, im the lands of the. British navy almost a vertainty. Isihe face of such. , difficalties, arising from geographical posi tion, it is tdifficult to - believe- that , the Emperor NICHOLAS4WI be so utterlprogardless of his poli tical position:as longer to defy such powerful oppo :nents as havelnow taken the field in earned ; but , there •is• no , fixing limits to insanity .when the *ictim is.a despotic ruler, thox..igh it is not :cult -to predict the ;issue should the power- to do mis tibief remain much longer in his - hands. • It is said that attempts-are now being .made 4 to • mopen negotiations,. upon the basis of linssia being placed in tlie. same positien with regard to-treaties • sith Turkey as she was`before the demandlor a protec torate was made by Prince MrNeeFILICOFF. this would involve, among other thing, the ,excls sive possession of the Black Sea and Vie passage the Dardanelles •to Rsissian ships of war; it .is not in the slightest degre,e probable that 'Turkey, will consent .tosueh -an arrangement after the proof she has had •ofßussian, honour, although .consent is - to be followed ,by the evacuation of the Danubisp provinces.; pp would En-land and France,.after what has airesny.transpired, countenance asch . a settlement vfAlre.question. :The refusal, however, is said to be made the means of dissevering from the European ertance Austria and Prussia, hotk of whom are believed to - be favourable to the terms. It may suit the purposes of Russia, and no doubt .an arrangement -while& in the -first place would ! have been readily conceded would now be as gladly accepted. But the time has ,gone by when half measures can be of ay avail. Through a long course of diplomatic intrigue, Russia has wrung from 'Turkey concessions wtigh-the other European powers ,have submitted to, for, the simple reason that eaels step in aggression was not-in itself of sufficient ; magnitude to demand more active inter ference. She has, however, strained the cord until at length it has snapped, and now, when each force has buckled Qs its armour for the fight, theremust be no sheathing the sword until not only the last outrage has bees avenged, but every previous step aggression has been retraced, and security afforded for the peace of Europe for the future, by Russia being restrained within her natural limits. Turkey has a long arrear of injustice for which she now demands satisfaction s but it is an amount for which Russia might never have been called to a reckoning, had it not been for the reckless seizure of Moldavia and Wallachia, which the Emperor NlcHoLes foolishly imagined would be as tamely submitted to as his previous inroads upon Turkish territory. By this last act he has forfeited all the privileges conceded to him in previous treaties, and now that Turkey has England and France at her back, Russia will have to render up much that she before enjoyed ; and it may be, that before a treaty of peace be signed, she will also be called upon to pay the expenses incurred. A short time only now remains, and should Russian obstinacy still hold out against the demands which every investigation tends to prove are dictated by justice, the thunders of British cannon 'in the Baltic, re-echoed by simi lar sounds in the Black Sea, the bombardment of Cronstadt and the siege of Sebastopol, and the dash of Turkish cavalry, aided by the discipline of British and French troops, will soon reduce Russia 'to the condition of a suppliant where she deemed her voice to be all powerful. The question of Peace or War is still in the balance, but, should the latter be inevitable, we have no doubt on which side victory will rest, and it is not unlikely that in a lucid interval the Emperor NICHOLAS will arrive at the same conclusion. Mn. HOBSFALL, on Friday, presented a petition to the House of Commons, from the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, praying that no letters of marque or privateering commissions should be granted 3 and that any vessel sailing. under letters of marque against the property of this country, unless owned and manned by natives of a country with which we may be at war, and sailing from a port of such nation since a declaration of war, shall be deemed a pirate 3 and also praying that treaties may be entered into with France, the United States, and other countries, in order that their co-operation may be obtained in such regulations. The importance of this , question can hardly be ovet-cstimated, and, should the long-anticipated war with Russia be at length realised, it is to be - hoped that precautions of the kind alluded to will be adopted. From the geographical 'position of Ittssia, hemmed in by narrow seas, 'ear fleets will be able to ketip the ocean clear of Russian pri vateers, so Mit her only re,soutz -, ,e would be to grant letters of marque to vessels belonging to other nations with more access/Me seaports. Their trade, hot:-ever, would be !rendered dangerous should the nations referred 'to agree to the pro posed arrangement ; and, zas the United States acted . tpon the same pririiple during the 3leiican war off' 1846, they can !hardly refuse to coincide with it now, when fat greater interests 'are at stake. It has long 'been admitted, as .one 'Of Ave t§ages of civilised 'Warfare, that All means may be taken to injure 'and annoy the enemy, Nit an ''opportunity may ;lbw be afforded to üboligh• alrac lice at all times I'rnitful of evil, and ihe'lnere to be dreaded since 'the vast increase .of ''conmerce has covered fife 'ocean with rioldy-freigtied mer chant ships. Another ..cfneaion of great .intereit, 'land which has several 'Ames been unsuccessfUlly pressed upon the attentithlof Ministers, is' the' poSition of neutral vessels eontiining Russian rrodute. `fie presump tion is, that all trade withm -nation'iTith which we are at Niter is contrabana, .a n d , the merchandise, howevBrfowned or shippktonsequently liable to seizure. The recent ettentof tonr-trade with Rus s* phflicularly in icapeits -of 'Russian produce, has,lwever, entitled lite stringency of the rule to .some modification . :.ailapted'in'the peculiar cir cum4ances of the ease ; and'Aliiitters have, there foto refused to pronelance'a'deeEded opinion unto they have had am (qppottunity <Qf coming to on arurmgement with tilt Prenehttlsvernment on the slAiNect. I li r l3 recorded lattnveek Ihrusr latest intelli g a ve itihe awfully guilderile th )bf judge TITAN:m:Im, was sunamonoi ; to his c , ewn account while , charging the ervalia 'iTury.6ftithe Stafford Assize. worth, iu creuvapackiin which he has been ►i:l-Isown to the ptibfr, is toot fully appreciated 'to i - need any athrifioncl euloginm from us, htft;:th e -.subject on whieh'ibe, was engaged, when his spitit ~. ...Teturned to the , :GeD who gasiat, may be deserving of comment. , ie. as lamenting. with much failing - the frightfulincroase of Critng in the district .vhiere be was then presiding i • say.which was painflilly (evident not onlY.iin. the great:number of prisoners in the calendar,; :ant .in' the serious nature , of4he .Offences with :Which theraivore charged. The advocates of.wegress haveboasted of their suceess, the people have , enjoyed toff ae full that 10ve,61 political libertyiithich is---saill - 4) be the diameter , istic 2f EneiSittetn, eclucatie t r., if not as generl! las some wiwidad...%-ire, . has .hem considerably ex tended, until theidifficulty4s rather to find seholan, than schools remplayment hissleen ample, at higl. -wages, trade abtmaant ; and- . 7ct, with all these zalyantages, the. anolancholy frii is an increase 4if , s-erime of the :worst ~ eltaractex. 7 ls such a result' to Aoad to the 4941216biait - ou that alliexertions to asnertO , irate the social condition of the population !save been in vain , •Or.onght it not -.rather to produee ' Abe conviction thatt.those who have deemed them ' „waves the dep - ohateries of politicabii-Mom havebeen 'but blind gailles,-;rtlying upon , their own foolas — h ~notions of what is.good, and rejecting that wisdom 4frora on high will& ' ;is the-only .sere means of j voniting a natilin. i . /.n the goed.zold days of Con servative rule, oviaendo "Fear: God and honour the*ing s ' was a pOlitixd axiom whioh none dared dispute, social distinctions were ~Obterved, and obedience to dame ;in ; authority ,was a political virtue. Liberalism., however, has tanghithe baleful doctrine that the peasant is as good•as the peer, at least - chi his own estimation ; • Free-trace in corn has bean _followed by 'free.trade in relit:ion and everything' else ; and now we are , beginning to reap some of the fruits. 'Territorial influence was to be sacrificed because attftrm had given the mannfaetnrers the ascendantin politics, and when Liberal I) , l,ittisters had to aurnender. something to democracy in order to keep tlitir places, ; thaaame suicidal pciAcy was • punned nitbout ; the masses being in any 41cgree more satisfied. In our earn county, whentrade was flourishing, the operatives,, .thinking they *ad the staff in ' , their own; hanli, .truck work, and have for months .been -living . upon charity, in v a state of voluntaryAdleness, and: . . snpporting each ,:other in insribordingion, -with I the ,insane cry of 'e'en per cent., a •esy which , few of them comprehend, except that they : atelaught ,it means some great.advantage in store 4r , them at some indefinable !future. In the .eounty of Stafford, where employment in coal and iron and the potteries has been ahandant, the assize tells : a Jamentable tale of fearfuLerimes committed ,under no pressure of want, but in the wild excess ,of' iodulgence. .These are the .results of Liberalism, , the precursors of infidelity and rebellion ; and yet, with such warnings before ithem; the Radical section of the Ministry—for we gannet believe the . more respectable portion are willing parties to it— have the temerity to propose a new Reform Bill, by which the dearest interests of the empire will be virtually handed over to the representatives of the turn-outs of Preston and the men who swell the criminal calendar in ftaffordshire. It is time that those who can appreciate religion and loyalty and virtue should pause., and seriously consider whether some exertions should not be used to restore not only a Conservative Ministry, but Conservative principles in legislation.. Poor human nature, in its best estate, requires the restraint of wise laws ; but, it 'is a sorry prospect :for the future, when the choice of legislators is in the hands of those who cannot govern themselves, and the direction of public affairs is entrusted to the worst enemies of the State. It will not do to repose in the ease of private life, as though cir cumstances will right themselves, or it will be found, when too late for remedy, that private virtue affords no safeguard against public profligacy. THE EARL OF LICHFIELD died on Sunday, at his house, Stanhope-street, May-fair, London, in the 59th year of his age. FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT. —About twelve o'clock, on Friday morning, an accident occurred at the Pimbo lane Colliery, belonging to the Earl of Balcarres, situate in Upholland, about four miles from Wigan, by which a young man named James Peel, met with an immediate death. The deceased, who was employed as a hooker-on at the bottom of th e s h a f t, had just taken some tubs tilled with coal to the pit eye to hook o n , and other tubs were being wound up the shaft at the same time, when a piece of coal about six pound s we i g h t, fell from one of t h e lat ter after it had ascended about eightyyards, and, striking bisn op the crown of the head, ed luul og the spot. TILE NAPIER BANQUET, AND SOME OF ITS CONSEQUENCES. FEW indeed are the times at which post-prandial oratory can be invested with even an approach to general interest ; less frequent still the occasions on which such saturnalia furnish matter for acrimonious, if not grave, de bate in the British senate. Such an event did occur lately, at, of all places on earth, the most singular for such an occurrence, the " Reform Club." The occasion was a ban quet, given inhonour of Sir CHARLES NAPIER, prior to his departure as commander of the Baltic fleet Political hacks of the hardest mouths, including Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Sir W. MOLESWORTR, and other leaders of the Radical team, formed the staple of the assembly ; yet, strange to say, neither the miscarried Reform Bill of Lord Jona nor vote by ballot lent their dreary lustre to the eloquence. The gastronomic preparations, as is customary in this temple devoted to culinary worship, were recherche ; but, as is not always customary there, the participators in the feast were hilarious and united. The chair was occupied by Lord PALMERSTON, and rot a few of the assembly, in eluding, of course, the gallant guest, were men of mark. The fine tact of the veteran Peet was displayed with that usual grace and unincumbered sportiveness which he so well knows the value of, and by the exercise of which he reigns supreme over the bonhommie of gratified gourmands. After a few cirelings of the generous cup, etiquette, so far denuded of its starch, remained merely stiff enough to ensure order to the flow, while it conveyed piquancy to the genial thamour of the hour. In an address, in which badinage leas yoked to panegyric, and banter tripped the heels 'Orset encomium, his lordship proposed the health of the gallant admiral, and recounted his past exploits in 'strains which made the hail rifig with joyous laughter, Sri?-excited feelings of the laiiest enthusiasm. Now, as Minister, paying a measured compliment to the heroic adtions of the gallant officer, recounting his noble deeds, and eulogising his courage ; while commending his pru dence, sympathising with his ardour, and rejoicing in his success ;—rehearsing, es it might be said, his official harangues in anticipdfien of his own appointment as " Minister of War;;"--aeon as a personal friend indulging ! in telling and tolerated jokes, and all so flavoured with the flow of geniallitnnour as to stimulate good-fellowship, ' rouse emulation, and gratify the brave and sagacious war rior in whose :honour the festival was celebrated. The reply of thevallust " tar" was characteristiwof the man and worthy'ettle occasion —short, curt, and pointed'; full of aspiration e redolent of hope; and confident in fixed reli ance on the efficiency of the means placed.at his disposal. The goo? `htitftour of the hour was quite infeetious, and even the kirIGHT of NETRERBY, casting aside his usual aseerbity,4eined heartily in the semi-official "-high jinks ;" while - StteW. MOLESWORTH, dropping his eye-glass and forgetting 'his dandyism, threw aside his Cloak of demo cratic !patriotism, and became a rational after-dinner speetThifez, The meeting was, indeed, a •ronvivial one, partiltirg as little of the portentous - or the gloomy as if it- hidtbeen initiatory to a pleasure yachting excursion, insteid of the prelude to a fierceeind deadly strife. Thus eidedlhe first act of the Grahaino-Palmerstonian farce. ' Nine second act, the _scene was transferred to St. Ste , Oren's, and, after an interval of nearlya week, on Tuesday • fit, the rising of the aetesettain revealed' the leading cha racters, no longer hilarious-ever their wine, but seated in talemn array upon the Minieterial benches—the lights of , eke banquet-hall extingeiiihed—the guest -departed—the ...reckoning come. In • opposition,. if • not ;also in the as -tsndant, stood the &team •hroadkrim of Manchester, -arrayed as the accusing .angel, loOking (dreadfully vir *sous and awfully sage ; , tat his elbow,...the man of un .-adorned eloquence; whorarilis• ci'devant: friend and pet, tSOMERVILLE, charges •••W(ith not' having; as yet paid the wrice of his cramening, reddy to hack the onslaught of the pugnacious wee:alter •Of • peace. Havingean insuperable •objeetion to draners he isaMt invited to pertake of, and a mortal antipathy to speeches he does not himself deliver, the Manchester Pet, to , .ase the 'classic: haiguage of the - prize-ring, "anode himeelfere for mischief," and let fly at the HOME Snenareavi in...retaliation-for presiding at the dinner. To ehew his dexterity in combat; he caught the FIRST Loaen,of dee ADMIX/ LTY ", a•back,ltanded blow," intended, as le-said, to shorten the jawing tackle of that right honourelile functionary ; and, in thenery prodigality of his fightingzeal, administered a slig'h't tap to Sir W. Moeemnereen , for being prerant at the Ceet7.. Pugnacity from the peeee member soerenexpected ate this took the spectators by surprise; but Tad little in the 'W-ly of discom fitting his siversaries. The veteran HOME SECRETARY was too old achamijka to permitcthe applicatienet the favour, - which he ,cilevely parried,- and- made such diversion in return, that.thenolemn gra vi ty 'of his amity:lir:at was sent • -.hors de , catniate., amidst mars of laughter from the r applauding bystanders. This prostration Kill his friend .called the "ilzornriy orator" frc his legs ia•defence of his .ceacljutor,anifi,:pieking up his man, he sham! " unfair," and appealed .tc the .speakeleeeut in vain; the mean time, the Tiverton favourite, vim evidently ihnE it all his (awn way, eilayftety repeated ;his hits, and extin igvished his :monist ; 'the eCarlisle trim war patting On the lae,ki while " Forester Bill," oggf.iag the scene .with amazement:mil delightAxelaimed that Ile punish ment was ricizirmtrited and lumpily applied. In sober earnestness, all . the otting parties ltppear at ' rllicadvantage in 3 aunnexion with..this affair. Itiic a ques r lieu, involving more thatemereeieubt, which ie.:raised as -toithepropriehreofetereat public events beinginaegurated •by,rejoicings of the kind ,referred to, and that, Acubt is vastly augmented importance when the clutter con .teraPiated invokes ,Achat cannot' le other than-'serious ecalaniity tomany -cifroer countrymen. A successftlifeesult to qur armaments : 4Eow doubt, confeltntly anticipated and desired by Britons arerery rank and erder, except thelian • -cheater Utilitarians ; :still the Thitiala, though a brave, is not a vaunting people e tted the feeling le general that so ego . xsenteesem affair as engaging in ardeoes hostilities is Act tko boiaitiated by festiveildlarity, nor preludised by oratory ' .open to the suspicion ef• vinous infinent,e. The practice iheretefepe .has been witieus, as with our fathers, to pass the uilue-cap in celebration of success, Zet to indulge ; in , wassaiLere tile fight begin.; and many hearts as dauntless' asftest.whick animated gtreCIIARLES NAIKER or his pot valiant compeaions, on the .occasion referred to, condemn the eenemeeyesa unworthy of a great andrixave people. Even elkoseehonever, who aretloudest in expussing disap probation of the scene and its concomitants de cot see that the affair leimprored in its aspect by being Made a topic of angryandaeceircinative debate in our hall oGegislation. Public feetalg is dee.dedly hostile to such petalantlremarks as those delieered kjqr. Bawne e on Tuesday cycling, in the House of C,ouppeus. All men feel that.such 4x. arena is not the place for .oriticising after dinner oratory ; and most of them feel, grieved to 'think that public men;, like eSir JAMES GRAZ= ,a 7,4 -Sir Weepleet Moeeseroegre iould be redneed,to- the vile necessity-ef excusing heir ' , Public conduct by holdinga -up as ,unwerthy of observe 1401n—as the result, in short, of after-diner excitement. I'Vhcee feeling thus sore,howexer, they are in no condition -to sympathise with one whodike an. officious -booby, directs attention to what they would-wAllingly see buried in obli vion::.hence the little mercy shown to Mr. Threenr when pummelled by Lord PAzainasrox,un Tuesday Arening,- - it was not their dislike of the Lanquet-haLliproceed ings was not great, but that their f b leslike to have them ,again paradee before the public was greater still. But die question is a wider one than as :it was put by Air. Banally, and repeated by Mr. COBDEN. it is not one of ministerialtconduct so much as of p,ational feeling, and, however deeply the .nation may regret the Indiscretion of the migisterial display, to a man, with it may be admit ted, the trilling.exception of the Manchester moillers, the people re-echo the eentiments they uttered, and pray for success to the armament whose departure from ow shores was the cause of the .essembly. - THE LATE MR. JUSTICE TALFOURD, To think that those Who in the plenitude of (manly) life Art now before me, ere the sun decline, Perhaps in one short hour, shall lie cold, cold, To speak, smile, bless no more THESE words, with a single alteration, are taken from the "Ion" of the late Sir Taos. Nooa TALroutto. How strangely, and how sadly, is the vision of the poet realised in the fate of the man ! When so much has been said, and so well and so worthily said, on this event, by those . who knew the departed judge, it may seem almost pre sumptuous in a distant stranger—an humble wanderer in the field of literature—who, though long familiar with his form and features, only knew his mind through his works, to add his tribute too. But he would fain essay to do so, with what skill and grace he may. The public reputation of the late Mr. Justice TALFOURD was based upon his eminence as a lawyer, an orator, and a man of letters. In each of these departments it may be possible to point to higher names than his ; _but, in the combination of these several functions, he attained to an excellence which is without a parallel. Into every one of them he took what was more excellent still—a gentleness arid a goodness which procured for him such " honour, love, . . . . and troops of friends," as are well evidenced by the universal sorrow which his untimely death has occasioned. N o got) was more happy in depleting the gracos of human character; and this, the writer ventures to think, was because the subject was a genial one, and the colour ing was that of his own heart. How true of himself is that aphoristic sentence, in which he says of his loved and venerated master, Dr. VA FY :-" He had no sense of injury, but as something to be forgiven."—(Notice prefixed to " Ion.") The idea of his principal dramatic character is that of "a nature essentially pure and disinterested, deriving its strength entirely from goodness and thought, not over coming evil by the force of will, but escaping it by an insensibility to its approach ; vividly conscious of existence and its pleasures, yet willing to lay them down at the call of duty ;" and how nearly does he seem, in IVlTyrox's phrase, to "Attain strain," Attail To something of prophetic In his tribute to one of his early professional friends—the late Sir BENJAMIN MALKlN—wherein he says, in words which have now become so touchingly applicable to him self :—" The other has been taken from this world in the prime of life, and in the fulness of his powers ; leaving with us the recollection of an intellect as masculine and as refined—of judgment and feeling as discriminating and just—and of social qualities as warm and equable, as have ever passed, by the mysterious dispensation of Provi dence, from vigorous exercise into a memory and an example." (Preface to lon, note p. 16.) It may, perhaps, be thought that the intellect of the late judge was more remarkable for its exquisite refinement, than for robust strength. This, with the native kindli ness of his disposition, fitted him rather to vivify and to illustrate the beautiful in nature, and the lovelier phases of human tharacter, than, in his own expressive words— "To grapple with the miseries of this time." Yet, it was an earnest denouncement of these, that, as if overwhelmed by the contemplation of what was so abhor rent to his own nature, he breathed out his last words, and died. From the other world, his solemn sentence comes to us in heavy malediction of those inveterate social distinctions which he well characterised as " the curse of English society." His were not the "Sympathies Which find no kindred objects in the plain Of common life."—bn, Act 11., Scene 2. He knew that there are a thousand circumstances which occur daily to sadden and distress a man, wherein, not withstanding— " The falling music of a gracious word, •Or the stray sunshine of a smile, will be Comfort enough."—lou, Act V., Scene 2. Of these, and far more than these, he was ever a bountiful giver, and yet how many amongst us selfishly deny them. Such teaching as this shines out in almost every page of his works, but nowhere does it find more graceful utter ance than in the reply of /on to the suggestion that it is but little which he can do to relieve the suffering to which he has devoted himself.—(Act 1., Scene 2.) r— " It is little: But, in these sharp extremities of fortune, The blessings which the weak and poor can scatter Have their own season. 'Tis a little thing To give a cup of water; vet its draught Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when Nectarean juice Renews the life of joys in happiest hours. It is a little thing to speak a word Of common comfort, which, by daily use, Hath almost lost its sense ; yet on the ear Of him who thought to die unmourn'd, 'twill fall Like choicest music ; fill the glazing eye With gentle tears; relax the knotted hand To know the bonds of fellowship again ; And shed on the departing soul a sense, More precious than the benison of friends About the honour'd death-bed of the rich, To him who else were lonely, that another Of the great family is near and feels." His " Vacation Rambles," and "Memorials of Chas. Lamb," afford the fullest evidence that the indications of his character, to be gleaned from his more imaginative works, were completely borne out by the actions of his daily life. He has well said, in one of his noble orations —" Believe me, there is no path more open to the influence of heaven than the common path of daily duty." (Speech at the Manchester Atheneum, 1848.) From various instances which have already become public, sufficient is already known .of the "timely kindness " and "judicious counsel" with which he aided, warned, or encouraged young aspirants to literary fame. One case of this sort may here be alluded to. The writer of the present article was the means of originating, some years ago, an effort to benefit one of our poets in humble life — a native and a resident of this county, JOHN CRITCHLEY Pnrscs. The response of the author of lon was one of the first in date, and the handsomest in amount, as well as the most kindly in sympathy, which was received in reply to the appeal then made. If this may be taken as an example of " timely - kindness," let the following serve as an instance-of "judicious counsel: "—(Speech at Manchester, Oct. 23, 1845 :) " A season has arrived in the history of mankind, when talent, which in darker ages might justify the desire to quit the obscure and honourable labours of common life in quest of glittering distinction, can only be employed with safety in adorning the sphere to which they are na tive; when, •of a multitude of competitors for public favour, few only can arrest Attention ; and when, even of those who attain a flattering and merited popularity, the larger number must be content to regard the richest hues of their fancy and thought but as streaks in the dawn of that ' jocund -day, which now ' stands tiptoe on the misty mountain's top,' and in the full light of which they will speedily be blended. But, if it is almost too late to be ambitions, except on some rare occasions, of the immorta lity which earth can bestow, yet for that true immortality of which fames longest duration is but the most vivid symbol—for that immortality which dawns now in the childhood of every man as freshly as in the morning of the world, and which breaks with as solemn a foresha dowing in a font of the most ordinary faculties, as in that of the mightiest poet ; for that immortality, the cultiva tion of wisdom and beauty is as momentous now as ever, although no eyes, but those which are unseen, may take note how they flourish. In the presence of that immor tality, how vain appears ail undue restlessness for a little or a great change in our outward earthly condition ! How worse than idle are all assumptions of superior dignity in one mode of honourable toil to another—how worthless all differences of station, —except so far as station may enable men to vindicate some everlasting principle, to exemplify some arduous duty, grapple with some giant oppression, or to achieve the blessings of those who are ready to perish' ! How trivial, even as the pebbles and shells upon this end and shoal of time,' seem all those immunities which can only be spared by fortune to be swept away by death, compared with those images and thoughts, which, being reflected from the Eternal, not only through the . clear medium of Holy Writ, but, though dimly, through ,all that is affecting in history, exquisite in art, suggestive ►in eloquence, profound in science, and divine in poetry, -khan not only outlast the changes of this mortal life, but -hall defy the chillness of the grave." When Bnicxsxons resolved to succeed at the Bar, he write a Farewell to the Muse, which was afterwards pit' lished in Dodsley's Miscellany. It was thought, in No day, that for a man to be eminent in the profession whiali the future writer of the Commentaries had chosen, all partiality for the "fresh fields and pastures new" of literature must be renounced. And though, besides the lamauted ornament of the Bench who has just been called away, :Averal of its present occupants have wielded the author's : pen with admirable grace and power ; and though WARILERT, _ALISON, .TEEPEE, and Sir WALTER SCOTT, con fer equal Lustre upon the legal and:literary professions, the same prejudice still exists in our own day. Even TAL FOURD thong .t it necessary to assert, in the preface to his first Rork, :that he could not " charge himself with ihaving permitted it to interfere with any professional or private duty ;" and for a motto to his noble classic dramas, he took part of like apologetic couplet in Pope's .EpiAlle ,to .46,-buthnot— ." I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke." It is probable that , he designed—(if, indeed, be has not placed it 0n record in his works, like the present Loan CHIRP JuTIcE of the ,Court of Queen's Bench, and his own .predecsasor in the .C.,cmmon Pleas, Sir WILLIAM BLLOICSXOICR)—to return again in later life to the delights of literary pursuits. This,• however, has been denied hint. Ile had done enough : ; enough, at least, to call forth and illigtify that common note of mourning which has risen from all classes of his countrymen on the announce ment of ltis death. And yet, in such o death, for such a man, them is surely something not merely appropriate, but august and sublime. The Judge; in his robes—the Dramatist, in living action—the philanthropist in earnest pleading against the social vice and wrong which intensi fies, if it does not produce, so much of crime and misery— thus he was struck down : his work done—his mission ac complished—his dying words a solemn bequest of warning to us all. The affecting tribute of Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, it cannot be tedious to repeat :—" He was sitting, as I am, administering justice ; people were trembling at the thought of having to come before him, but, in a minute, his function was over, and he was gone to his own ac count He had one ruling purpose of his life—the doing good to his fellow-creatures in his genera tion. He was eminently cautious and kind, generous,i. simple-hearted, of great modesty, of the strictest honour, and of spotless integrity." These words will sound a noble requiem above his grave —a sanction to the wide spread sorrow, and the natural pride of his contempora ries ; and a consolation to those to whom the loss is near est. His character will long survive him, and his works are his enduring monument. " There stand they—fortresses upreared by man, Whose earthly frame is mortal ; symbols high Of power unchanging,—thought that cannot die; Proofs that our nature is not of a span But of immortal essence, and allied To life and joy, and love , naval-100ns. Liverpool, 20th March, 1854, "_woRKE,p.242. DELTA. SATURDAY was the birthday of the Princess Louisa, fourth daughtvr of her Majesty. *airs by auction. Interesting SALE of Guaranteed SPECIMENS of the Modern SCHOOL of PAINTINGS, to be held, for convenience of Purchasers, at the New SALE-ROOM, HACKIN'S-HEY, on THURSDAY next, the 23rd instant, at Twelve o'clock precisely. MR. R. WINSTANLEY (of Basnett-street) begs to announce to the Amateurs of Liverpool, that be has received instructions to submit to peremptory SALE, in consequence of the Owner entirely withdrawing from the pursuit, a Genuine COLLECTION of Modern PAINTINGS, of quality and of pleasing subjects, by the following favourite Masters : E. J. Millais, A.R.A. H. P. Parker, Gilbert, Redgrave, R.A. Kidd, Williams, Ben. Anthony, Egg, A.R.A. F. H. Herring,sen. Holland, J. B. Tyne, H. Johnson, Hemsley, H. Bright, Abraham, Clater, S. R. Percy, T. Hanby, Wm. Oliver, Carmichael, Wingfield, Hilder. H. B. Willis, Surtees. Andrews, R. Tonge, With exquisite Specimens of J. H. Dell, a rising artist of great ability, and whose works are in high request, together with those of others of celebrity, The Collection will be on view TO -MORROW (Wednesday), the 22nd instant, at the Sale-room, Hackin's hey, (behind the George Hotel,) where Catalogues may be had, and at the Office of the AUCTIONEER, 14, Basnett-street. LUCAS'S. LIVERPOOL. SELECT SALE. THIRTY SUPERIOR HORSES. By Messrs. LUCAS and CO., On THURSDAY twit, the 23rd instant, at twelve o'clock, at their Repository, Great Charlotte•street, Liverol, THIRTIIORSES, consisting ,of a Pair of Y Bay Catriage Horses, 16 hands high, Two Brougham Horses, Six well-known Hunters, Hacks, Gig Horses, &c. On view rills DAY and To-moititolt, and on the Morniny Of Sale. N.B.—Cln Private SALE, Four Alderney and Guernsey COWS. IMPORTANT SALE OF SPLENDID CART STALLIONS, BROOD MARES, &c., By Messrs. LUCAS and CO., On SATURDAY next, the 25th instant, at One o'clock pre-: citely, at their Repository, Great Charlotte street, Liver pool QIX CART STALLIONS and Two superior BROOD MARES, the Property of Mr. George Witsm, who has spared neither trduble or expense in selecting them from the choicest breeding districts in England; they are remarkably handsome, of the choicest colours, young, sound, and free from blemithes, and constitute as fine -a 'Stud of Draught Horses as can lye produced. On view two days,prior to the sale, at LUCAS'S Repository, Liverpool. anteb. WANIIED„ by a highly respectable PERSON, a SI PUATION as Useful COMPANION, or to attend an Invalid Lally; would not object to any situation not posi tively menial:—Address, H., Standard. oiCe. wAvraD, a PERSON ' horoughly qualified to superintend the Mayragetnentior the Indoor De partmentof a Broker's Office. Addrese,'A. W., Messrs. J, GORE gr'Son. Castle•street. WONTED, an ASSISTAP` to an IRON ➢iONGER. Address, in applicant's own hand writing; .to L., Standard Office._ _ 111t100 O K-K EEPI iN G:- An experiencea, ACCOUNTANT, baying part - of the week disettg wouldbe happy to deroteitto assistance in BOOK-KEEPING , oriIIALANCING ACCOUNTS, on metterate terms.—Address Stasdard-offroe,laiirtirpool. A GENTS WANTED - krflu' established LIFE and FIRE ASSURINGE COMPANY, in the surround ing Villages and 'ltowns•of this ORltrict ; Commission allowed, 25 per cent. upon !new Wife 'Premiums, and 5 per , cent. re newal, also 15 per , cent. Fire 'Premiums, new and renewal, kwith any necessrry.cherges,suchms postage, &c.—Address to' C. Y., 4, Broadway, Ludgate-1111,'London. THE LIVIZMPOOLASSIZES.-Mr. TEENY begs to inform the Professional Gentlemen and other Strangers visiting :Liverpool,' that his NEW ESTABLISH; M ENT is now in #fdll operation. (every facility being prov ided for the despamh 4ALutTcheons and Dinners), and wilt+bet happy to see the urge , number of Gentlemen who Imre thitherto favoured bissi with itheir-suppazt. The Upper Salooniin the Newl‘lerchants' Dining Rooms is unequalled.iy any in'therKingdem for the megnific-Jtice•of its Decorations and;its:generat cuasfort and elegatioei•beir g light and well ventilated. and , perfmtly free from the smell of the cuisine, t'he kitchec +being atltbetop of the building. The Joints •are Mitken., hot , Sc each Table, mid "enred by a professional‘Carver,-at the discretion of the Customer. Daring Lent, a:I , FM' 'Fable d'fidte will be provided on Wed; nesdays rad 'Fridays, ilton 43re to Three o'clock ; Rs.6d. each. Bills of Fare ler eaclrdasysire posted at the .entrance gate at Eleven ecloa wsat. - Soups ieady at Elevenn'olock. tiL OF FAREr FOR THIS WEEK. SOUPS. JOIN TS. Mock Tertle. addles anal ;Haunches •of Chesterfield. . Mutton Mulagatawnry. ribs and Sirioint 4 Reef Oxtail. Fillets of Veal andalam Julienne. Boiled Beefasdiß&iled Mutton Roast and Beiledt , rowls and Gravy. Turkeys. •1113/5. ENTREES. Turbot -a 'la tun:rine. Gotelettes de mor.:ion a la Filets do merlan a leltaiienue. So übi se. Booths] I.rtiomard. Croquette de Vfilaill'L. Soles a la Normande. steaks a la Ude. Truites eau monee en .matelotee Grenad i n de veatme.l2Talest ine Souchie of 'Flounders. . Filet deVolaiile.ala , Marengo. Cod audOyster Sauce. Carbonacle 43. e .inou: , iti sauce Turbot andiobster Sauce. " piquante. SWEETS. Pudding St. Clair. Tartelettes de atricotc. Maids of ilianour. Cabinet Pudding. • Pzetry. Jelly. F I RS: T ALA. L 0 0 N. DINNERS 4PROM JOINTS, POULTRY, 'GAVE, &c., From 10d.40 Is. 6d. JJPPER SALOON. Dinner, including Soup, Joint, Vegetables, and Cheese.. 1 6 Ditto, with Soup. Fish. Joint, astd Cheese 2 0 FEENY'S MERCHANTS' NEW DINING ROOMS, SLATER-COURT, CASTLE-STREET (Three Doors from Dale . street.) F 4 'L I J _A H PHILHA.RMONIC SOCIETY MENDELESOHN'S ELIJAH will the performed Tars EVENING (Tuesday), the 21st instae&,,with the Band and Choi - Us of the S,Jcietyycoisisting of upwards of Two Hundred Performers. _ Boxes and Stalls, 25..6d . .; Gallery, Is. ; Gallery Stalls, Is. Gd. AX,L , KESERVEI) PLACE, Kiberpool :;)tanbarb+ THE PRESS AND THE PEERS. Fon many years past the growing usefulness and general integrity manifested by the conductors of the- Newspaper Press in this country have won for the order• to which they belong a high place in public estimation._ In proof of this, it is hardly necessary to do more than. point to the sensitiveness with which men of every station. regard the dicta of the press. Their right to such con sideration has been achieved by the dignity, the for bearance, and the rectitude by which their judgments and_ general conduct have been characterised; and it cannot be necessary to do more than allude to the vigilance industry, sagacity, and intelligence by which they have formed those judgments and regulated that conduct—and, which they have also brought to bear on all topics involv ing public or private morals, regulating the different social relations, or tending to a due administration of the affairs of this great empire. Individual exceptions to this general rule may, no doubt, be pointed out, and differences of opinion, as to the mode of carrying out particular objects, exist to a considerable extent; but in relation to all the objects above alluded to, the Public Press of Great Britain has established for itself a character in which power is tempered by mercy a persuasive influence, guided •by calm judgment--a repressive energy or stimulative strength, swayed. only by inflexible justice, and an integrity proof against corruption. These attributes are freely accorded to it by men of large decernment ; and in numerous public instances it 1 , :ls been the pride of men not less remarkable for the extent and variety of their accomplishments, than distinguished by their talents; eminent from their social . position, and elevated by their virtues, to acknowledge the deserved moral sway exercised by the British Press. From - time to time, however, there have been manifested towards it the impatient antipathies of a petulant and narrow-minded jealousy. Men moving_ in an elevated sphere, upon whose sum of natural abilities no small additional lustre has been conferred by the lens • through which the press has directed the public eye to look upon their deeds, do not scruple, so often as an oppor tunity is offered, to treat with saucy hauteur and simu- . lated contempt that organ, without whose aid their public existence would be a blank—their best exertions compara— tively worthless. Foremost of these assailants stands the valorous Earl of DERBY, who never allows an opportunity:. to slip in which he can display his personal dislike at the indisputable importance of this new power in the state ; and in openly manifesting: his ingratitude- to that power - from which he and they have derived deep and lasting obligations, his lordship is cordially joined by many who oppose him on every other ground, and whose antipathy to him personally is probably only exceeded by that which they bear in common towards an engine morally and intele lectually greater than them both. It was but the other day . that, in his place in Parliament, his lordship acknowledged the obligations he owed to the Conservative , press of Britain, by contumeliously repudiating dependence on, , connexion with, or influence over, any portion whatever of its organization ; and his lordship's disclaimer was characteristically, and with equal truth and good taste, adopted by one Whig lord, repeated by a second, and re echoed by another, and"yet another, as to the self-sustain— ing vigour of Liberal and coalition cabinets. Again, last week, we find the ex-Premier endeavouring to fix upon the press the odious imputation of surreptitiously obtain ing the possession of state secrets, through the subornation 'of official underlings. It is true, indeed, he made a show. of fixing connivance on the present Ministry, and: rode his tilt against the Times. That the Times has fully and ably vindicated itself from the discreditable imputation, is no more than was to be expected from the talent it always displays, and from the jealous care with which it inva riably guards its own reputation and maintains the - dignity of its order ;- small thanks. only are due• to the Earl of Ersitur -for that achievement ; but, in the blind ness of his hostility to the press, his lordship- has, for tunately, furnished the antidote to his own _ungracious attack. His averment was, that, through the employment. of some improper and reprehensible agency, the Times had acquired the information contained in some important documents connected with the present Russian dispute, and his insinuation was, that the press could only have obtained such information by Raving remorse to discre ditable means ;_ while, singularly' enough, -he admitted: that' he himself was likewise in possession of similar-in- formation relative to the same documents. He thus de facto argued that what could only be obtained by a journalist through agenaies the basest and most nefarious, might be acquired by a Peer of Parliament in a manner at once- not only innocent but praiseworthy ! His lord ship knows full well the amount of honour belonging to a peer, but hazards somewhat recklessly his opinions as to the peccability of the press in the face of a discrediting world. What, save unreasoning antipathy, could have led to an assumption so monstrous and so insulting His lordship feels that the press, with its multiform heads •. and numberless eyes, is rapidly passing that poiht at which he and his order can say to it with effect, `!hitherto shalt thou come, and no further." Renee his dislike to it, and hence, also, his hasty and frequent invectives to its discredit. Whoever casts his eye over the pages of our constitU: tional history, will speedily perceive that the career of British glory has led directly, though by leisurely steps to the development of first one new power and then another iu the state. From the chaos of feudal anarchy, the principles of monarchy was first evolved to check the egression of lawless might upon the feebler domain of right. The progress of events, and the development of constitutional liberty,next called intoexistence the banded influence of the commons, as a third power in. the state; and gradually the requirements of those three estates have given rise• to the growth and recognition of a fourth, whose power is as extensive and commanding as its in fluence is wholesome and• abiding. That fourth estate, it is needless to aver, is the PIIESS. • It has risen as the natural result of our free and self-adjusting institutions. Its growth has no doubt been slow—its recognition tardy —but not on these accounts is it now the less truly an estate, or the less powerful. The vocation of the press is a high, if not, indeed, a sacred one—its mission in matters secular,is second only tothose of thehwgiver and the judge.. To oppose and baffle oppression —to protect the weak—to unmask hypocricy—to display truth in its native beauty —to uphold virtue—to disseminate knowledge, render ing the people wise as well as Itappy,iole - rant and just as well as free. Such are a few, and only a few of the objects in the pursuit of which the press can render itself-respect able and powerful, and in the steady cultivation - of which it has arrived. at its present eminence and - growing consideration. Its influence is derived from the high tone of its morals and' its honour—the catholicity of its sym pathies. Truth and justice are its weapons—fearless honesty,. unobtrusive self-respect, and uncompromising independence constitute its citadel. By a fair and as siduous use of those advantages, it has won the position it now occupies, and from that position it cannot be driven, except by treason to itself. Strong in the possession of such defences, and powerful in the use of such weapons, the press may laugh at the puny attempts of Lord DERBY and his unnatural allies to drive it back to that quiescent attitude which it quitted in driving off the explode& fiction, that reporting Parliamentary proceedings was a breach of privilege, and any deviation from constrained silence on political measures was a crime against the state. In their denunciations of its influence, the Earl of DERBY and his strange associates have borne strong,though indirect as well as unintentional testimony to the purity of motive which actuates the press. His lordship testified in words, as he had often before made apparent by deeds, that *e support afforded to his government by the Con servative press was disinterested and unbought. Can he say as much and as truly for any other class of his sup. porters ? The press, on his own showing, owes nothing to his lordship. It has attained its present vigorous youth without aid from him—that promising adolescence in ridding it of factitious trammels, confers on it full scope - for the exercise of its intellectual power, and secures its moral sway. The time may, not be so far distant as he thinks, when Lord. DERBY, and those who join with him in its condemnation, may again stand in need of that• aid which the press alone can render. If such a time should come, his lordship may find, to his own dismay; that his perfect freedom of action will not be enrumbered by any embarrassing assist ance ren d ere d b y a vituvcrat& and repudiated press. A DREADFUL T RAGEDY was perpetrate d on Saturday at Birmingham. Samuel Speak shot hi s mother dead with a pistol, loaded with slugs, and shortly afterwards put an end to his own life by the same means. ST. Jonfes CHORAL SOCIETY, BIREENHEAD.—On Friday the members of this society, under the direction of Mr. Edward Gunton, gave a selection of sacred and secu l ar mus i c t o a l a rge and highly respectable audience, who testified their approval of the performance by frequent plaudits. At the conclusion contributions were rec e i ve d in aid of the St. John's National School fund. of then flat, and her k A HORRIBLE MEMBER was committed on Saturday, near St. Luko's Church, London, by a man i a George Hennen, a mason, whose wife was found C b u v ain o, e ! police in the back parlour of the house thev " the h w agg ith l h ed er . head literally the bedclothes were saturated with blood, deceased and throat y b u cut u a t a b were scattered about the apartment and her brains hatchet, with which the frightful , while a carpenter's was lying near the person of the deed was committed, lipteersit beaten ' occupied' unfortunate woman.. pilittAi l / 41 -- ---- ; ___: - - .., Wig, ~...4.; si. fEtt i) AO R A C 14 CHINA,FOkES 1 !. (1 1 1! ' 0 Ea ' "r BOODEN-BR ELTON. q AY (1. , By Mr. BRANCH. P._ the 23r y) the 21st instant, and on THURSDAY N 40," g oo d t 3 r instant at Eleven o'clock each day, at the /ir ni s, ' NT; ahtensive and valuable Assemblage h of consisting of a comprehensive display gall t..e Ll6;:crlptions of Services and Ornamental Articles, in Niii. W orthington and Green's Manufactory excels. Stb.._r_he STOCK may be enumerated a great variety of M Cielt, Breakfast, and Tea Services, splendidly khttlY,..Ftrat.rate Artists, and richly embellished with Coto ueld, with Articles, less costly character; a splendid 10, inlrefiental of the most elegant and artistic ql,nl l .„,"es, Ewers, Encensiors, Figures and Groups, 1 / 4 ,7oiritii . " enriched 'with Raised Flowers ; Parian Jugs, km Ond without covers ; a variety of Toilet Appen kici'lprollerous other useful Articles; together with a ic,,ntY•cut Glass, a Consignment from a Manchester ‘ itti Ott on uelUded in the Sale by permission of Messrs. ts w a r , Green, consisting of Wine Decanters, Pkiip,Line Glasses Zkc Oa ird Prior to' the . Sale, when Catalogues may be Ittii4 r• Blooftfi. et a Packers from the Manufactory will be in 1/41444/111e Sale. SP. RING ,F A.S II I 0N.5... J. MA,cLENNAN begs te.announce the arrival of some of the Choicest Designs and Greatest Novelties in PARIS and IkNOON MANTLSS that have-ever been produced, which he is now showing, ,along with some elegant Plain EN VELOPL specially got pp for himself. EMPORIUM FOR FOREIGN AND BRITIAII S&IAWLS AND MANTLES. B 0 L D-S E E T. TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 185 THE LIVERPOOL STAN: IARD, AND GENERAL CON. MERCIAT, ADVERTISER.