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Yo! ph Aturte hei as died In the , British The money orders b. by the Liverpool Post-offiL sand, and those by the Post- nted within the r, same time, about - nine thotkii DAVISON V. 111 4 GREGOR— . case, Mr. by Duuthis, o - of the case last Liverpool - - and the court r COM MODORE NAPI Manchester and a den 1 nisi for a new tr '3v last th( On M Fler, to invite hint to a public dinner in that town, the most cordial ter , acceptec ner according k pine On congratulary - a . dd thMayor and C t i NORTH WA LTS Ormsby Gore, Esq., North Wales Chronic on from Ilnosel no measures would be brought 1 Welsh church ti rd on t commission to inve and report 'hat, howet was not in contemplation to ( of the la diocese. as provides f .hould be repe that littl therefore, h Wales can be CA:PeC emanate frt m this new c terday, the L , 13enn, florsfall, kin, Booth, Mell 'loon, Ripley for the houses (it and approved of, t •• committee. The a the Clarence Dock, east quay of the The sub- men of the ricer Weal, tide watches in B• Yates, president of the Sou requesting the committee to su answer was directed to t Con not being buil TEEL V AIONDEI in this case, on t perly rejected by an action to rec building of a sh the progress of the vessel, Han been made with the tie tiff, and before the'extras gentletr made to rem, endorse his nut the record. Ti eussion, agreed with the cc fused to grant a• Tilt PR eisive to co ny rule .11d the II Queen last three me new trial was moved fc spondiut c her chsableu s wind s , she fade;would be states, 6'c that I: paddle fi appearance of bird's fc propelling the vessel. ] British Queen having lo ous to putting into Halif sident's float. rpool this v no greate than ti cause of her not ietbeit Leeward Isl packet 23d M from J muda will out 30 day the ai;xiet-y BEGGING PETITION Saturth week, two wome Lara, soli, begging p was the es that she . 1 posters, I perished by shipwre into custod, lived, he (the I titions, some on part, written in the same strain, alike, the purport of them b presented to Mr. De Lara_ stamped with what purported to be car, most of them bore pretended signatures of various part great many being in Cork and from ten shillings to £2. He al: in lead and composition, of the st t tor a rota On se hung the Elm of sixty bey name, nearly me in effe Niany of the petitions wer tar sums varying ) found about thirty cor Efferent corporations, the plan of obt button belonzir .n by getting g to so 1, and to ing the also contained upwards of a hundred letters in French ancii character: anti them state, that the t Italian refagee, who had been expatriat the part he took in the cause of liberty in also found a large seal purporting to be tish consul at Dantzic. A great number of letters we sequenc There A of the Bri- stating, that they Iv the most liC . Citv of Dui tali of 1 most beau- ew is ma but the ith that be lete Wit Ve mu ourselves ca❑ assure the Model Many persons niece of work- ing the extreme h which each each sepa l-blin, with the esterday, against Satisfaction, for ill y river. The medi- insed to many cruelties in- )unft, man of the name of captain one about three weeks, ther it was brought on by .- The cook on board the brig depo. to Inflicted on Scroder. He stated that \ ,Ist the Bonny river, Scroder was ordered by to take in some rope, and on his refusing to do so in const quence of the great danger attached to the request, tin knocked him down and jumped upon him rte" when the captain came on board pad confined near the • whilst the vessel was in second mate I night having been informer' to.. board, ordered him to be fastened to the n he received three dozen lashes, and remain all night, without any thing on but his tro was taken down his back was much bruised, irons with a chain round his neck, and a boar into it was placed so to prevent him sittin mained fastened to a gun two days and or legs began to swell, and appeared as red as for the loss of which this punishment was thrown a dog over- gging, n that position When he )en put in down. He re night, when his :oocl. The dog, in high esteem by the nati as a god. Several other witr punishment inflicted upon the deceased ordered the captain to find bail, himse sureties in £lOO each, to appear and answer the charge this and was considered by them s spoke to the extreme Rushton If in £2OO and two day, (Friday,) at twel THE MERSEY ON WCDNESDAY.—SERIOUS ACCIDENT.— On Wednesday, at noon, (shortly after high water,) the river presented one of the most interesting marine spectacles ever witnessed in•this or any other port. The day was fine, with a fresh breeze from the N. E., favourable for vessels going down the channel coastwise (southward), or seam-' - , (1 a vast au.. number of craft of all descriptions consequently pushed out from the several docks into the stream, until the bosom of old Mersey bore a fleet which alone would have done honour to any maritime state in Europe. Some of the vessels, from the northern docks, could clear the Rock without making a tack. Other, from points further to the south were under the - necet mak; tacking) " a short leg, Id a lomr or maid g what sail°. proximity of numerous yes collision. The tide, soon a and in a short time the tion of probate' ran d igh vat at force, and tended to i vigation, as some vessels t others were drifted with more veloc Good seamanship, how( One ve cident in this respect. _ ..el 1, misfortune—the Lily, an hermaphrodite schooner of Har rington. She was nearly run into by a sloop, toria Dock gates , and in a voiding her,clidnot sufficientll answer her helm, and came against the sea-wall at the en trance. She carried a wa y her fi g u re - head o Shortly after. piers it forward, but neverthel ess p roceeded to sea. her bulwark: wards (about a quart er p ast twelve) .those on t that quarter observed a man fall into th e river from 'e o the yards of a brig mak in g her wa y down, and then 0 o u i shores. midway between the Lanca shire and Cheshire- There was evidently immediate alarm on board the vessel, was hove in the wind, and after some exertion and delay ''hi a which boat was lowered from her. M eantime the head of. the poor fellow was seen rising occas ionall y above the waves, as he was borne rapidly northward by the stream, and evide ntly in great peril of his life ; he passed a fine ship lower down, and being frequently lost sight of, apprehensions were almost immediately entertained by those on shore who witnessed the accident that he would go down. A green-painted gig-bo a t, under sail, approached the Victoria Dock entrance, with some passengers on board. As soon as she came within hail, one of our reporters, who happened to be on the quay, and other gentlemen, shouted to the boatm en that a man was overboard from the brig outside, and requested them to stand out to save him, and obtain the prize. Some of the palsen gers, it appeared, were either timorous on bearing the inti mation, or were determined to land at their were accordingly transferred to a small yew- 'er, met wjth leisure, anct ttry A lying alongsidc the quay. Ti'ie . boatmen then, to their credit, ma , towards the spot to which it was supposed the man would then have drifted ; but probably too late saved him had they reac The alarm was rapidly sent to which along to the Clarence Dock quay, nearly oppost,, -- his head was now and then seen emerging ; and another gig boat, then coming from the outward-bound ship the Eleanor Lancaster, on being made aware of the accident from the shore, instantly put about, and after considerable exertion and tact (the tide running strong) succeeded in picking UP the man—drawing him out, in fact, by the hair of the head, while he was sinking. The boat was manned by Michael M'lnlav' who belongs to h er , an d severa l r i ggers . She is owned by Robert Harrison. With great and humane dis cretion these men pulled and sailed to the nearest pier they could make—that near the northern fort—with the poor fellow they had rescued, and who was quite insensible and apparently lifeless. They carried him to the receiving -house in Regent-street, when he was put to bed. A surgeon was sent for, and we hope, by judicious treatment, he would be rescued from the death he was in such imminent risk of being a prey to. Ivy continue ; for, the system of impressment 1 tyrannical in its principles and operation, and e could never produce good sailors. The remedy for considered to rest entirely with the and the Admiralty, for he had often spoken he subject to members of parliament, who had, one ' , ..clined to take up such a formidable question as aging the system of manning the navy. In the s opinion, the only way to produce able and effi available at a short notice, would be was unjust v upon t 1 all, c Sir Char! t Servi, g down some plan which should cause sailors enter 'erchant Service, to serve some time in the navy. ce, he would pr, - )pose that apprentices bound frst years in the Mer- for inst chant Service, and the remaining three in that of her Ma jesty ; with the option, at the end of apprenticeship, of re turning to a merchant ship, or of remaining in the navy. This system, he thought, would provide, on any pressing emergency, a vast number of men accustomed to the routine Lan raw ands pre ed into the service against t offering a good bounty to sailors in the Merchant Service, who had previously passed some time in the navy. and who had been disabused, most probably, of the imaginary dis agreeables which were generally supposed to exist in it, there would be, comparatively, no difficulty in gathering to sailors, willing and competent to man a ought to be manned. _ _ gether a body o British fleet as i Sir Charles next commented with great clearness and force upon the eastern question, which, he regretted to say, he considered far from settled, the Porte having attempted to impose conditions upon Mehemet Ali, which it was morally impossible for him to accede to ; and it remained for such gentlemen as he was addressing, who were interested so much in the extension of peace, to support the Pacha, and use their influence to obtain a just and practicable settlement of the question. The gallant Commodore concluded his admirable speech by again thanking the deputation for the honour they had done him. oected that the business of the visit to Sir FROMMINGS IN .NALlAmnrr, 'Prom our London Correspondent.) The House of Commons met last night for the first time after the Easter rece "'here was, however, only a small attendance of members, to listen to one of the periodical displays of a very small member—Mr. William Ewart— is occasionally in the habit of taking under his protection the affairs of the metropolitan public, and who, on this occasion, thought proper to busy himself about the opening of certain newly planted portions of the Regent's Park, in order to en able the said public to furnish themselves with walking sticks therefrom at the national cost. After the usual exchange of courtesies between the said small member and the ministry, the motion was duly withdrawn, and William Ewart. Esq., IY. iC MErplp ON BEHALF -or THE MOP. SISTAINI A public meeting of the inhabitants of Liverpool, con vened by a requisition to the mayor, numerously and respec tably signed, w.is held in the Sessions House yesterday, for the purpose of " inquiring into the complaints of the assis tants and clerks in the tmployment of retail traders; and in case such complaints appear reasonable, to consider and de termine on any recommendation to the public and the employers for a curtailment of the hours of labour." The meeting was very numerously attended. Among those pre sent we observed the mayor, the town-clerk, the Rey. Hugh M`Neile, the Rev. Fielding Ould, the Rev. F. Barker, Sir J. Walmsley, William Brown, Esq., Adam Hodgson, Esq., William Rathbone, Esq., James Mulleneux, Esq., J. B. Yates, Esq., and many others of equal respectability. The MAYOR, on taking the chair, said that in compliance with a requisition very numerously and highly respectably signed, he had called this pub ation of the assistant shopkeepers whose times of attendance in their respective occupations he believed in many cases ex cessively inconvenient and unhealthy, as well as depressing to the spirits and comfort of those engaged in many such pursuits. (Hear, hear.) The town-clerk would read the re quisition, which he might now state was very numerously signed—by clergymen of all denominations, several medical gentlemen, members of the law, and other professions, as well as merchants and bankers, and also he believed by many who took a distinguished part in improving the condition and ameliorating the hardships of many of their friends, who were less favourably situated. (Cheers. The number of signa tures attached to the requisition exceeded 1800. (Hear.) The TOWN-CLERK then read the requisition. It was headed by the Earl of Sefton, and appended to it were the names of a vast number of the principal inhabitants of the borough. The MAYOF .ic meeting to consider id lie had received the following letter from the Earl of Sefton, who was unable to attend the meeting : " 38, Belgrave-square, April 21st, 1841. " SlA,—llaving put my name to a requisition to you to call a pulic meeting, for the purpose of inquiring into the complaint of the Tradesmen's Assistants, and not being able to attend at the meeting, which I understand you have been pleased to appoint for to-morrow, I think it right to trouble you with a line to express my approval of the intended con sideration of the question, and my sincere hope that some general system may be recommended and adopted by the tradesmen, which will tend to ameliorate the moral, religious, and physical condition of that deserving class of men " The Mayor of Liverpool "Yours, &c., " SEFTON found from parties who had been dup, enclosed sums, the amount of which v or three pour months. MODEL OF DUBLI beautiful, in point of Even to tiros lin, this model must be i streets are doubtless fain or more vietu lifully and et 'nstaricei s almost wort! of our readers they will be r bablin a visit. By 73' eZtraOdiarv, we thinl, on first behold luans ulP, are r.stonisn Oer is ratner c. correctness and m rat e portion i s tini ser%e s a and to ( terestin and varied as model )n Most gratif Pretty rona in miniatu earnestly recommend a visit to e to promi,,r them an file prisoners were ( light the e Lon di ioxf;_this C-o; it, and ventu MELANCHOLY Tat at the Police -court, a George Brinslay, captain of the treating a sailor during a voy: cal officer on board the bri flicted upon t h e sa il or , Scroder, and about Mn day ordered him to b fined by hand .s char a years of surgeon' saw him, and fc Was afflicted with dropsN, f the d ,;10 t that, was premature hat a wit tract r hairing refused to a, wher le at tf s later. 'I that it captain to hay Hospital, (ion. An ,c institu- tes from B. has now Ix all sail ADDRISS OT THE I4VERPOOI4 SHIPMASTERS' ASP..I.:- , ITION TO COMAIODORE Slit CHAS. gAPIER A numerous deputation from , this excellent institution waited upon Commodore Napier on Tuesday morning, at the Adelphi Hotel, with an address of congratulation and respect. Amongst the gentlemen. present we noticed Wm. Rowers., Esq., chairmanof the committee , W. Potter, Esq., J. 13. Yates, Esq.,. J. Stitt, Esq., C. S. Middleton, Esq., &c., &c., together with a numerous body of masters of yes- Sir JOSHUA. WALMSLEY, president of the institution, in presenting the address, paid some personal compliments to the gallant Commodore, in elegant and appropriate terms. He commented also most energetically upon the good effects which the termination of recent events in the East (to which had mainly contributed) must produceuponthe civilised world, by extending protection to its mainspring, commerce ; and wound up an eloquent speech by reading the following address:— " We, the members of the Liverpool Shipmasters' Asso lotion, hail with peculiar satisfaction the opportunity which now presents itself of uniting with the municipal authorities and inhabitants of Liverpool in welcoming, with sincere aongratnlations, the safe arrival on the shores of Great Bri tain of the Conqueror of Acre. presenting cur grateful cannot refrain from expressing the pleasure we derive from f!ontemplation of this glorious triumph, which has not shed additional lustre on the naval records of our coun but we also anticipate the effects of this signal victory in ulating the generous emulation of every brave spirit who 'es to the glory of efficiently serving, his country. By this great achievement the accomplishment of peace effected, the conflicting interests of opposing ited, and, by removing the impedi with foreign ports, " In ti [owledgments hicli obstructed our intercours. universal security and protection to commerce hasbeen es tablished, by which the apprehensions which have so long disquieted the merchant and trader have been completely of our gratitude for the distinguished services which rendered, not only to Great Britain, but to the ilised world ; - and, while appreciating the benefits arising from the triumphs which, under the blessing of Di vine Providence, have followed your exertions, we trust that you will long be spared an ornament to that profession of which you have become so distinguished a member. " Signed, on behalf of the association, " WILLIAM ROWETT, _ . " Chairman of the Committee. • whole c Liverpool, April 20, 1841. To Commodore Sir Charles Napie K.C.8." st thanked the members mmodgre NAPIEr In reply e should the gratification of the present moment. I introduced the subject of manning the navy reasment, conceiving that he could not well find a ever near in inemor Sir Charles tt by i mrable and useful opportunity of bringing forward a question which had occupied a great portion of his thoughts. lie said he was given to understand by the Admiralty, on the commencement of the late war in the Mediterranean, that the fleet would be found well and sufficiently manned, but such, experience showed him, was not the case; and so long more f the repugnance amongst merchant sailors against her MaT, est.y's service existed, so long would the evil of ineffective ws in a We here ex les would have in due course of time terminated, but the opportunity of obtaining the opinion of the Nelson of the day upon maritime affairs, appeared to one or two gentlemen to.) precious to be lost, and J. B. Yates, Esq. re-opened the subject of impressment, upon which he had collected a great deal of documentary evidence, and put some questions to Sir Charles as to his opinion upon several points, to all of which the experienced commodore returned polite and ex- Mr. POTTEa begged to know whether Sir Charles did not think the Admiralty would do wisely to increase the pay of replied, most certainly, it would be a adia one which he should use his influence to ac complish ; the pay being at present very inadequate. -onversation then took place between Sir Charles Napier Walmslev, relative to the introduction into Home, which Sir Charles considered be very beneficial in reforming the habits of Poor -1 freeing him from the injurious influence of crimps speared to treasure up in his of the experienced officer, and no The COMMODOR and Si r Joshua ar doubt will, sooner or later, benevolently exercise his in fluence in Liverpool, in conjunction with his brother mem bers of the Shipmasters' Association, to put into operation so desirable an institution. Sir Joshua Walmsley having fulfilled his office as speaker of the deputation, concluded this interesting meeting by begging Sir Charles to accept his personal thanks for the truly enlightened opinions which had fallen from his lips the previous evening and on the present occasion : sentiments which did honour both to the heart and head of Commodore Napier, and which could not be too widely spread in furtherance of the great cause of human civilization and happiness! _ _ _ ach gentlemar; ilien had the honour of a shake of the ant veteran's hand, and left him impressed, we should ,k, with as high an opinion of his mental abilities as they a before of his indomitable courage and skill in arms. KIRKDALE QUARTER SESSIONS 3ourt-house, Rev. Jonathan Brooks, (chairman,) lam Hodgson, Esq., Charles Birch, Esq., Peter Bourne, sq., John Formby, Esq., T. Rawson, Esq., T. Rodick, W. Hall, Esq., - Edwards, Esq., Holbrook Gas- kdale, before tip kell, Esq., &c., &c aiowing gentlemen were sworn on the grand jury : John Leigh, Esq., of Aughton, foreman ; Richard Gore Balshaw, of Altcar, gentleman ; Robert Allen, of A ughton, innkeeper ; James Billing, of Ashton-in-Mackerfield, hinge-maker ; Wright Cartwright, of Ashton-in-Mackerfield, brewer ; George Knowles, of Ashton-in-Mackerfield, nail-maker; William Leathom, of Ashton-in-Mackerfield, grocer ; John Unsworth, of Ashton-in-Maekerfield. grocer ; John Sumner, of Ashton-in-Macker-field, hinge-maker ; William Croston, of Aughton, innkeeper ; Richard Parr, of Aughton, yeoman; George Gurden, of Kirkdale, brewer ; John Harrison, of Aughton, farmer ; James Rude Ashton, of Bootle, shipwright • "J" T"-no '-ntter • Jonald Nicholson, of bootie, hatter; Abraham Wren, of Bootle, tea-dealer ; Wiliiam Atherton, of Eccleston, brewer ; Andrew Burton, of Eccleston, watchmaker ; John Nixon, of North Meols, yeoman ; John Spencer, of North Meols, yeoman ; The ChAIRMAN then proceeded to deliver the charge to the grand jury. He was sorry to find that they had a good deal of business before them. There was a long list of felo nies which they would have to investigate ; but, in looking over the calendar he did not see any peculiar cases. They were generally the same kind of offences which had always come before them at county sessions; and as, several of them had been on grand juries before, they would have no difficulty in discharging their duties. If they had, however, the court would be glad to render them any assistance. Some bills would be immediately placed before them, and they would return into court as soon as possible. The chairman then sed the grand jury to their labours. rials commenced shortly after eleven o'clock, but none of any public interest came on during the day. Whilst the magistrates were in their private room, a roll of three-sixteenths of a penny in the pound of the county rate was ordered for the repairs of the bridges within the hundred of West Derby. The list of the petty jury was then called over, and some :cuses were allowed on the ground of excess of age and non sidence. On the name of " John Marsden, of Abram, rmer," being called, a juryman addressing the court said He's not coming, sir." The CHAIRMAN.—Whv ? , The Juryman.—lle say s h e ' s a d oc t or , s i r . The CHAIRMAN.—When was he served? " Precept Server.—l served him personally upon the 9th instant. Juryman.—He says he's a doctor. • " The CH AIRMAN.—WeII, if he gets fees for others he shall pay a fee to the court, then. Precept Server.—He said he was a physician. (Laughter.) The CHAIRMAN.—Did he shew you his diplo ma ? s Precept Server.—No, sir ;be was working in a field. - (Laughter.) 4 , The CH AMA! AN.—Let him be fined £5. William Knowles, jun., of Bootle, tailor, was fi ne d £5 f or t non-attendance. RESTORATION OF THE JEWS.—On Wednesday evening a very interesting service took place at the Episcopal Je ws ' Chapel, Bethnal-green, London, previous to the departure of the Rev. J. Nicolayson and others to Jerusalem, to build an Episcopal Protestant church on Mount Sion. Sir Thos. Baring, Bart., the president of the Society for the Promo tion of Christianity amongst the Jews, was present, as we ll as several other gentlemen of distinction, the members of the committees, the missionaries, &c., and a very numerous congregation. The prayers were read by the Rev. J. B. Cartwright, A.M., and the sermon peached by the Rev. A. M'Caul, the chaphi s in to the society. EXTREME OLD AGE.—The register of burials at Denmark hill. Camberwell, contains thefollowing entries :—" May sth, 1658, Rose, wife of William Hathaway, buried, aged 103, who bore a son at the age of 63. Her husband, who was about the same age, survived her three years, being buried October 3, 166 1, aged 105. June 2, 1687, Robert Hern and Elizabeth Bozvvell, King and Queen of the Gipsies. No vember 22, 12 75, Elizabeth Jones, aged 125." A few months before the death of the latter an account of her was pub lished, in which it was strted that she was then in the per fect possession of her faculties, and that she remembered being at service when Charles 11. was crowned. " GOING OFF." —A few days since, as Elisha Smith, one of Lord Carnaryon's gamekeepers, at his lordship's seat, was proceeding through the preserves, he discovered a fine phea sant in a snare, and immediately afterwards saw a poacher close to the spot, attempting to make his escape. He started off in pursuit of the worthy, but in passing through a hedge, , n tiiecopse, fortunately, without d o i ng hi m any injury. in o r d er t h at he m i g h t h e unin cumbered during the pursuit. The poacher, who had gained left his e time by the delay, was no more seen by the keeper, who re turned for his gun. That, however, had " gone off" a se cond time, and no doubt in company with the poacher (who had been seen by a man to double back), and no " report " of either gun, poacher, or pheasant, has since been heard. We have ;;ad a tolerably hearty laugh to-day over the say ings and doings which have distinguished the welcome given by the people of Liverpool to the great warrior and " nego ciator,"—as the mayor ealls him—Sir Charles Napier. The ministerial people think that the laudation bestowed upon the gallant admiral's talents for " negociation" was a rather unkind cut, considering how those talents have been appre ciated by her Majesty's ministers at home, and how much they have been marred by the interference of her Majesty's ambassador at the Porte. It is not generally believed that Sir Charles has materially advanced his chances of promo tion by the expose which he has volunteered ; and I should not wonder much to see the reward of his gallantry as sedu lously withheld from him, by the incapables of Downing street, as it has been well and faithfully earned. The Red Tape Fraternity cannot endure that a man whose proper weapon is a boarding-pike, and whose vocation is spiking guns arid destroying forts, should presume to trespass upon the mysteries of protocolling ancl negociation. The Eastern dispute would have supported Lord Palmerston upon his hobby-horse for a year or two, and his lordship has no fancy for Sir Charles's practice of cutting the Gordian knot of diplomacy LI7'E fIARY NOTICES A Treatise on Painful .Aanctions of the Nerves. By Mr Cronin, Surgeon. Rockliff, Liverpool. Mr. Cronin, who has just published a clever work upon Deafness, has again given the world the benefit of his expe rience in the pamphlet now before us. To those afflicted with nervous complaints, it will prove most valuable. The mode of treatment in many cases, is given in so clear and concise a manner that the purchasers of the work may pre scribe for themselves. Mr. Cronin commences by describ- ing the formation of the human frame as relating to organs and nerves, he then touches upon the circulating system, the absorbent system, and the nervous system. He then de scribes the painful affections of the nerves and the tic dolour ous—that most horrible and distressing malady, many cases of which he details, with the modes of cure effected by him. He then describes the nervous pain of the neck, with cases and cures also. Mr. Cronin then draws attention to the nervous affections of the heart and their treatment ; and lastly, the nervous irritations of the sciatic nerve. In a very small compass the author has said a great deal, and conveys to his readers much information, clearly convincing us that the treatment of the cases has been judicious and efficaciou! We recommend this pamphlet to notice. THE FINE ARTS sat down, congratulating himself with the thought that he had done something to preserve his name from oblivion Your readers will perhaps remember that on Monday, the Ist March, Lord John Russell, with the tone and manner of a detected petty larcener, intimated to the house his inten tion of postponing the committal of Lord Morpeth's Irish registration bill until Friday, the 23d April—a postponement of just seven weeks and four days—in order to enable him to ay before the house " precise and positive information" as to the principle of the bill which he had a few days previously induced the house to affirm by a majority of five, after a four nights' debate. It was well predicted then by Lord Stanley and other conservative members, that the postponethent in question was expressly intended to defeat his lordship's com- peting measure, by " postponing it until a period when lapse of time alone would be fatal to its success." The prediction of the noble lord certainly appears to be in a fair way towards fulfilment. It was announced last night in the house by Mr. E. J. Stanley—the treasury whipper-in--that the committal of Lord Morpeth's bill would not take place until Monday, the 26th (Lord Stanley's second reading being fixed for the 28th) ; and yet not a syllable of the information, which the house was said to stand so urgently in need of, has as 'yet been laid upon its table ! It is obvious enough that government are at their wits' end upon this question ; and yet it is not easy to say what will be the next shuffle of the cards. The £5 qualification is not to be altered—if we may believe Mr. E. J. Stanley—at least with the previous concurr-mce of ministers. Will they persevere with the bill if this clause is rejected by a conser vative majority ? The chapter of accidents may perhaps de termine the question ; and that chapter never determined a more doubtful one. We may well felicitate ourselves upon the circumstance that Lord Stanley, with his bona fide mea sure, hangs upon the rear of the tricky faction, and will force them either to fight or lay down their arms. HORNUNG'S DEATH OF CALVIN Our readers may remember that some time ago we had the pleasure of drawing their attention to a very fine' engraving which bad been just published, taken from a picture by Mr. Hornung,—representing the Death of Calvin. The original painting is now in'Liverpool, and may be inspected, free of charge, at Mr. Lacer's,—and we can confidently recommend a visit to it. The point of time is the interview between Calvin and the syndics and members of the Senate of Geneva who waited upon the great reformer to take leave of him. Supported by pillows, and propped up in bed by his friend Beza, Calvin is perceived to the right of the picture, his face attenuated by disease, and his features shrunken and emaci ated by suffering—his eye still bright and glowing with in- Seated by the bed-side—borne down by years and infirmity—is the venerable Farel, who had come from Newchatel to see his dying friend. At the right hand of the reformer is Viret—his eyes uplifted to heaven. The syndics and members are seated or standing near the bed, apparently listening niost attentively to the reformer's last words. The Bible, arm chair, and table cover, as well as the portrait of John Knox hanging against the wall—all painted from the originals—which were in Calvin's possession, are now in the library at Geneva. This picture is very well worthy of comparison with the works of any of the old masters, who painted in the style. The utmost attention has beei paid to objects the most minute. The heads of the figures are boldly and admirably painted, displaying the vigour and fidelity of life itself. Manhood and old age are depicted with a nervous pencil, and we can trace in each figure the character and disposition of the man represented. What a noble study is the figure of Farel ! What a head ! and how graceful is his attitude ! Observe the second figure —what a face! How it beams with intellect! The Syndics —what grave and venerable old men ! Then examine their dresses—with what a finish, and how ingeniously, are the furs worked up ! Examine the table-cover, and the high backed chair : they all stand out from the canvas. We have been greatly pleased with this work of art : it is elaborately and effectively finished : it is without mannerism and stiff ness. The principal figure is wonderfully painted. In fact, look at the painting with the most severe eye, and it may be pronounced without a blemish. It is—and we say it advi sedly—the most surprising work of the kind of the present day ; and the gentleman—a true friend of the arts we will be bound—into whose possession it has fallen, may be proud of his property. There are few paintings of the Flemish school, to which this may be said to class, that can exceed it in point of conception, execution, or finish. It is in truth a most masterly work. The artist, Mr. Hornung, is a resi dent of Geneva, and has produced other paintings on the same subject, all of which have attracted an equal share of public attention. We believe the picture must be removed to-morrow from this town. telligence BEWARE OF IMPOSTORS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD beg, through the medium of your columns, to cau tion the public against giving anything for the Home Mission Society to two men who are at present going about collecting, but who are disowned by the only two societies in Liverpool bearing a similar name.— I am, sir, your obedient servant, April 21, 1811. J. T. B. TEETOTALISM TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sts,—The editor of the Montrose Standard, whose lucu brations on the subject of teetotalism you have transferred to your columns on Tuesday last, commences his observa tions on what he considers the objections to total abstinence societies, by declaring that he is not a teetotaler, because he has never read anything which convinces him that it is his duty'to abstain from the temperate use of wine and spirits. To this I would say, that the reason is not that sufficiently conclusive arguments have been wanting to convince any one open to conviction, but that it requires a species of logic not yet discovered by the learned to convince (to any prac tical purpose) a man against his will. That I am right in this respect. will, I think, scarcely be doubted by any one who will take the trouble to read a few lines further in the article in question, where the writer as serts that the more a man acts on total-abstinence principles, he takes the SAFEST and the WISEST course—a proposition, if capable of proof (and there is nothing easier), sufficient in itself to decide every man who will candidly consider it, having any pretensions to be governed by the dictates of wisdom. If total abstinence be the safest course, it follows as a natural consequence that the man who acts not upon its principles is voluntarily subjecting himself to temptation, and all the quibbling in the world will not free him from the charge of presumption; and if it be the wisest course, it follows also that the man who adopts not this wise course must plead guilty to the charge of folly. The editor of the Montrose Standard, therefore, must either become a tee totaller, or recant the proposition which immediately follows the announcement of his not being one. Unless he adopt one or other of these alternatives, I must arrest him in the name of consistency, and fearlessly exclaim that he stands self-convicted of presumption and folly. As you have given publicity to the opinions of the editor of the Montrose Standard, I hope you will do teetotalism the justice to insert the above reply; and if I thought you would allow me as m uc h space in your next paper as his objections have occupi e d i n your l as t, I think I should have no difficulty iu disposing of them.—Yours, A LOVER OF CONSISTENCY. Prescat, 21st April, 1841. [We should be glad to comply with our correspondent's re quest, but we have not room for such a controversy as would inevitably result from it. We hope the insertion of this communication will satisfy him and his brethren.] Mr. AnANt HODGSON rose to move the first resolution, which, with the others, will be found in our advertising co lumns. He had great pleasure in moving this resolution, because he concurred very cordially with the sentiments it expressed, and because he thought the subject very well de serving of consideration. The question involved the com forts and improvement—the moral, intellectual, and religious improvement, of a very large and a very important class of the community—(hear)—a class who were more especially entitred to our sympathies and our efforts, because from their age, and their peculiar position, they were probably less qualified than any other class to protect themselves. It was on the consciousness of their own inability to protect them selves that they had forwarded their request to the Mayor to call this public meeting = not that a public meeting could have the smallest degree of power to control, or the smallest right to interfere in the least degree with the contracts volun tarily entered into by the complainants with their masters, or with the terms and conditions upon which they had chosen to sell their services. He (Mr. Hodgson) altogether dis claimed upon his part, and upon the part of the complainants, • of expressing the slightest reflection whatever upon the highly respectable' class who were shopkeepers in this town. (Hear.) But since the public was a party to the present system, and since it was for the accommodation of the , üblic that this system had been especially sustained, he • the public was called upon to come forward and say —" we do not want this accommodation, and we will not purchase it at the expence of such inconvenience and suffering and privation of any class whatever of our fellow-country men." (Hear.) He should best state the case and convey the feelings of the complainants, if the meeting would allow him to read very shortly a few extracts from a paper which he had had put into his hands, and which might be considered the brief of the shopkeepers' assistants. (Hear.) It began by stating the hours of business kept by a few shops, but he would mention no names. One particular shop, it stated, was opened at half-past six o'clock in the morning, and shut at nine in the evening, making fourteen and a half hours a day, and the work after closing, occupied from one to two hours, making a daily labour of from 15i hours to 16i hours ; on Saturdays the shop remained open till ten o'clock. At another shop the hours were about the same. There was also another shop which opened at seven o'clock and closed at nine, making 14 hours—and the work after closing occu pied from one to two hours, making 15 or 16 hours daily ; on Saturdays the shop remained open till ten o'clock. At another shop the same hours were kept, except that it was not closed on Saturday nights till half-past eleven, so that it was generally one or two o'clock on Sunday morning before the assistants were released from their labour. Many small shops in Paradise-street, Whitechapel, Itatielagh-street, St. James's-street, Park-lane, Byrom-street, Scotland-road, Dale-street, London-road, Tithebarn-street, &c., were opened at half-past six in the morning and closed at ten, making seventeen hours, and the labour after closing occu pied two hours, thus making nineteen hours daily work. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Most of these shops did not close on Saturdays till the clock struck twelve; and in the same class of shops there were occasional instances of their being open after twelve. (Hear.) The foregoing, the document he read from stated, were instances of regu lations among the drapers during the six months in the year commencing with April, and ceasing with September. During the other six months the attendance in some instances were one hour, and in others one hour and a half less daily, except on Saturdays, when the hour of closing was the same in winter as in summer. The grocers of Liverpool, it went on, opened their shops in the summer at six, and closed at half-past nine, making fifteen hours and a half daily ; on Saturdays they closed at twelve, making eighteen hours. In winter their daily labour was one hour and a half, except Saturday. In this trade there was no labour after the shop had closed. With the higher class of trades, such as jewellers, printsellers, booksellers, &c., the general rule was to open their shops from seven till nine iu summer, making fourteen hours daily, and in winter from seven to eight, making twelve and a half hours. During the hours of business the assistants are required to stand beriont the coun ter, which was a greater fatigue than walking. For each of their meals the assistants were allowed fifteen minutes. This was the general rule ; but there were exceptions, where twenty-five minutes were allowed for dinner. (Hear, hear.) He would read one short passage more :—" The few who are struggling to amend the system, are they who have found light enough to perceive their own utter igno rance, who are depressed by a degraded feeling of their mental condition, as compared with that of men in other occupations, who have discovered that fustian iets and paper caps cover better hearts and wiser heads than are to be found in their own class decked in the finer textures, and whose ambition soars no higher than to claim equal advantage with the mechanic, the once despised but now universally respected mechanic." " The remedy for this," they said, " lies only in the good feeling of the pub lic." (Hear.) Such were their complaints, and we could not perhaps estimate the case without having some such feelings for them ourselves. Such were the facts and feel ings with which the complainants came before the meeting this day. If these facts were proved—and they were capable of proof, for they were matters of notoriety—he for one was not ashamed to say that he sympathised warmly and cordi ally with the feelings of the assistants. (Hear.) For a very long period great effbrts had been made to stimulate intellec tual activity in every class of the community ; great efforts had been made to provide opportunities for diffusing informa tion through every class ; and could we wonder if this one class, feeling themselves precluded by the circumstances of their condition from enjoying the advantages held out to other classes, should come forward and desire to express their grievances? (Hear, hear.) It was morally impossi ble, if these facts were true, that the assistants could avail themselves of the opportunities for acquiring knowledge which other classes enjoyed (hear, bear) ; it was morally im possible that any person, with a mind jaded and exhausted, and almost consumed by this toil, should be able to give any vigorous exertion to intellectual cultivation. (Hear.) Men of extraordinary genius and energy might occasionally spring up who would break through such obstacles ; but any class depressed by severe toil, deprived of the chance of mental cultivation, and limited in the opportunities of improving their intellectual capacity, must become a degraded class. (Hear.) The shopkeepers' assistant s saw an d f e l t t hi s — t h ey f e l t t h e light around them made into darkness, and they came for ward with the feelings of Englishmen ,and said , we cannot stand this, we cannot stand still while other c!asses of our coun trymen are moving onwards ; we will use every legitimate exertion in our power to endeavour to remove the grievances of which we complain ; but if we cannot remove them, our employers must seek (if they can find them anywhere) for a lower class of men who will submit to the conditions that we have been obliged to submit to. He (Mr. Hodgson) did not regret taking this course. Lord Chatham said, when Ame rica began to urge her claims upon this country, that it was impossible so many hundred thousands of men would be willing to be slaves to this country. In like manner he (Mr. Hodgson) was glad the assistants had come forward in this way, not in a disrespectful or con temptuous manner, but respectfully, to express their sense of their condition, and to say they could not bear to be permanently dry, whilst the dews of heaven were permanently falling around them. (Hear, hear.) He rejoiced they had shown themselves sensible of the obstructions which the present system caused in the way of religious improvement. Upon that subject, however, he should not say a word, be cause he saw so many of his reverend friends present; but, before he sat down, he would remind the meeting who were the class whose intellectual growth and religious improve ments they were thus stunting. They were the middle classes of this community ; they were the future tradesmen and shopkeepers who were to choose our representatives in parlia ment, and who were to represent us in the common council ; they were a class to whom the constitution, had recently given a very large share of political power. It was, therefore, no longer a question whether you should give them intelligence; you have given them power, and you must give them intelli gence. (Cheers.) Whetber, therefore, we considered this question as affecting the interests of the individuals who came before the meeting, or that large class throughout the king dom at large to which those individuals belonged, or in con nexion with the interests o f the community, h e th oug h t the meeting would feel the subject to be one deserving of their interference, and one calling for the serious consideration of every gentleman there assem bled. (H ear , hear, and l ou d cheers.) He did not presume — he had no information to justify him doing so —to su g gest an y specific number of hours by which this end might be accomplished. He would only say, let it be such as should meet the entire convenience of the lower classes, who were most to be considered; but at the same time, let it not be such as would degrade a rational and immortal being into an automaton or a servile drudge. (Hear, hear.) Let it be not such as would close the temple of science to this class, whilst it was open to others, where they might investigate the wonders of nature and the bene ficence of the Creator ; let it not be such a s wou ld consume all their energies of heart, of body, of mind, and unfit them for those sacred duties which alone could fit them for time and eternity. (Hear.) They were aware that man must eat bread by the sweat of Ins brow, and therefore they wanted not to shrink from the hardships of their condition ; but they said, " Relieve us from this incessant work—from this position which we feel to be degrading." (Hear.) With these feelings they came before the meeting thi s d ay, an d submitted their case to the consideration of the public—not wishing to show any bad feeling towards their masters, the to co-operate with them. (Hear.) If he might adopt the words so often used by the learned gentlemen who frequently h e would say to the meeting, . Gen sat on the seats below, tlemen, this is their case, and I sit down confid ent t h at you will give a verdict in their favour." (Loud cheers.) The Rev. Huai.' IWNEItu then rose, amid renewed cheers, to second the resolution. He had had very great pleasure in signing the requisition calling this meeting, when it was first present ed to him. The subject was not new, though a requisition fora public m eet i ng was a new step. The subject h a d occup ied much consider a ti on ; an d i t must, he thought, occupy the consideration o f every person who had become acquainted in detail with th e c i rcumstances of the pa r ti es concerned, and who was a l so concerned for their best interests, both in this world and in the world to come. But the subject was attended with difficulty. It was difficult to effect a substant ial remed y in any long standing and fostered custom, even though upon enqu i ry it should prove to be an abuse, and an abuse of so palpablt a character that it could not be defended by the arguments of reason or justice even by those who continued in the practice of it. It was difficult to convince men who seemed to be profiting by an abuse that they would, in fact, eventually profit still more by its abolition. (Hear, hear.) To see and feel this . . instances seventeen hours a-day, and in one or two cases men tioned in the list, upon Saturday the whole amount of their time realized 18 hours. This the resolution the meeting were called upon to adopt, called " an unnatural amount of la bour." He thought, however, that a very general impres sion was abroad that the young men in shops were not over laboured, that the work they had to perform was light, and that the time they were occupied in it should not therefore be so rigidly scrutinised. But recollect, it had been stated in the paper which Mr. Hodgson had read, that during the whole time of their employment in the shops they were obliged to stand. (Hear.) No sitting down was allowed behind the counter. (Hear, hear.) Those who had never tried it might imagine that standing a long time pro duced little fatigue • but he (Mr. M`Neile) could answer from experience that they were very greatly mistaken. (Hear, hear.) Standing for a long time induced very serious lassitude, more, he sincerely believed, than walking at a mo derate pace for the same number of hours. (Cheers.) Con nected with this was another feature—they were not allowed to read during that period ; no book must appear in the shop, so that during the intervals, and there must be intervals be tween the visits of customers, these young men were absolutely and inevitably idle. (Hear, hear.) Nay, even their private letters were not delivered to them, so that they should not read them behind the counter. ( Hear, hear.) It was here stated, " instances could be given of letters for the assistants delivered in the morning being detained by the employers till after the long hours of business, lest five minutes should be lost in the perusal, or the assistant's attention diverted for a moment from his master's business; letters had even been kept back for days to be given to their owners on the Sunday." He mentioned this, not to create any such feeling with re gard to the masters as had produced the cry which had invo luntarily burst from a few individuals in the meeting, but simply to put the public in possession of the facts of the case. He believed this was the first thing to be done—the public must be put in possession of the existing hardships of the case, and there were hardships in the case. (Hear.) When it was understood that these young men were em ployed from fifteen to seventeen hours a-day, that during that time they could not sit down for one moment, that they might not open a book, that even private letters were kept back from them,—it must be admitted that there was a degree of exaction which the business of the master in no way re - required. (Hear.) There was a tyrant somewhere. It was not in the disposition of the masters, for they were kind men, and willing to ameliorate the condition of their assistants in every way consistent with their own business. Where was it then but in custom ? The tyrant was custom, and they wanted to have that custom examined, in order to its being changed. (Hear.) Their appeal was to the public, , but not against the masters. (Loud cheers.) An objection would be urged, and urged very seriously, against such a proceeding as this, which his own mind would at once recog nize, and prevent Jim from joining in that meeting, namely, if this were a party movement of the assistants against their masters—if there was any attempt at coercion of the masters. (Hear, hear.) It required considerable caution and great delicacy to interfere with regulations and contracts formed between employers and the employed in any branch of trade in our great commercial community. Where interference was called for was where the employed were under-aged, or were unable themselves to form contracts, and who might be made subservient to the cupidity of parents and guardians who did not feel for the necessities of their children, and who allowed them to be taken into factories and compelled to a description of labonr, which was injurious both to body and mind. These cases admitted interference between the children and the employers, because they could not make contracts of themselves; but be should shrink exceedingly from being a party to interfere with contracts between man and man voluntarily entered into. (Hear, hear.) What they were now desirous of doing was, not to interfere be tween employers and their servants, but to appeal to the pub lic for the accomplishment of an object in which they con templated the masters as willing to co-operate. (Cheers.) He looked upon the masters as willing to co-operate, if they could; but how was combination to be attained? How was an universal and simultaneous movement to he accomplished ? And without such combination and simultaneous movement, how was fairness of competition to be kept up ? Hear, hear.) If some shops closed at seven o'clock and others at ten, how was the man who trafficked only ten hours a day to compete with the man who trafficked for fifteen hours ? The masters might very fairly say, " lam willing to enter into this arrangement provided it is univer sally made, but can you expect me to do it whilst my neigh boar does it not, and so expose myself to the mortification and loss of seeing my door shut to customers three or four hours at_night, and an open door to them at my neighbours ? " (Hear.) If customers would persevere in frequenting shops that remained open a long time at night, the thing could not be done by any such movement as the present ;—(hear)— their appeal then was to the customers and to the public. They appealed to them thus—" here is a case of hardship on the assistants, a case of willingness in the masters, and if the evil be continued, you are to blame. What we want you to do is, that you should give a decided preference to those shops that shut up at seven o'clock in the evening." (Cheers.) They were in a condition to commence this experiment well, because there were some high-spirited, honourable shop keepers in Liverpool, who, in the face of all difficulty, in the face of all unfairness in competition, had boldly taken the step of shutting their shop doors at seven o'clock. (Hear.) It was a privilege to mention their names : he would, there fore, read their names, and implore the public of Liverpool to give them their best and earnest support. (Cheers.) They were Messrs. Bright and Co., drapers, Bold-street; Mr. T. Wilson, draper, Bold-street; Messrs. Howarth and Co. drapers, Bold-street ; Mr. Townsend, stationer, Bold-street; Mr. Wood, carpet warehouse, Bold-street; Messrs. Williams and Whitby, Bold-street ; Mt. Seaton, paper-hanger, Bold-street ; Mr. Bardon, tailor, &c., Bold street; Mrs. Wood, bookseller, Bold-street; Mr. Anderson, linen-warehouse, Bold-street. (Hear.) The paper then said, " and some others." He regretted exceedingly that any one who had a title to the distinction should be omitted. (Hear.) He would not willingly omit one, and if any were omitted in the list, it was because it was not furnished in the instructions, and he was not aware of them from his own personal knowledge. (Cheers.) Here was a list of shops that agreed with the object of the meeting, which were willin to accede to the desires of the chief magistrate and th clergy . ; and the magistrates of the town who co-operated with them ; they shot s ild at once be made to feel in every in stance, not only that they would lose nothing by shuttin their shops at seven o'clock, but that absolutely the would gain. (Hear.) The way to carry this measure was for the public of Liverpool to crowd those shops to suflbcae tion all day long. (Cheers.) He did not say this to injur the shops that did not enter into the arrangement, but to induce combination in order that all shops might be shut at seven, and all be entitled to support. (Loud cheers.) There was one special feature in this case, which he thought it important to notice before he passed from the subject of time, and that was the special claim which some persons felt Saturday had for an enlarged number of hours to work. (Rear.) Here again came in the tyrant custom. Satur day was the market-day ; idle people generally went about the streets on Saturday evenings ; and if the fine, and rich, and glittering shops, with large panes of plate glass, and blazing gas-lights were kept till eleven at night to get custom, those idle people would walk the streets till that hour. What was the consequence? There was in most of the shops, espe cially the draper's, the work of an hour, sometimes two hours, for the assistants after the outside door was closed. This almost invariably drove those young men into the com pulsion of working upon the Sabbath morning. (Hear, hear.) He felt satisfied, however, that the majority of the public of Liverpool would not sanction any system, when they knew that it systematically violated the sabbath by such works as these (hear, hear) ; therefore the meeting should claim the same period for terminating the labour of the assistants upon Saturdays as upon other days. He had heard an objection against all this, grounded, it was said, upon experiment, and upon certain facts alleged against the conduct of the young men themselves. The experiment he alluded to was the Tradesmen's Association, which was subscribed to, and supported by, the masters, in order that their young men might improve themselves by reading. It was not, however, supported by the assistants. He believed it was attended only by 150 of them out of 9000. (Hear.) That fact was appealed to as a proof that there was no use in giving them more leisure, for they had abused the time already given them. Another statement was made, into the truth of which, or rather the extent of the truth of which, he was not prepared to enter ; but into the nature of it he was. it was alleged concerning them that even now, in the short intervals allowed for their meals, or in short snatches of time taken by stealth, they ran to public-houses and drank. This was alleged as a reason why there should be no mitigation of their permanent period of labour. He pleaded these facts as upon his side of the argument, because they shewed that the pre sent system had debased the character of these men from the self control of human intelligence down to a mix ture of mechanism in business and animal indulgence in enjoyment. (Loud applause.) It required some time to recover from the ill effects of such a stupefying system as this. It reminded bins of some of the arguments he had the misf ,, rtune to hear often urged many years ago by the anti-abolitionists, respecting the negro slaves. 'They, told us the poor negroes were so degraded t hat they did no iif care ye f u o r made liberty, tb that een f r they tb e they w preferredonld sightl iei r t e bondage, atnedttbheai their bonds. our(He a happy r .) He heard shore, had anp instanceisa facto e of la one been made who b yfree land ing upon ; that notwithstanding he had been made free by landing in England, he preferred a life of W s h la a v t er d y i , d an th d at returned as such to the West Indies. It proved that the state of slavery had deprived him of the feelings and principles of a man—(cheers) ; and if this shopkeeping system had so degraded a act of young ing - unanimity among the masters, which they were willing to act upon, he was willing to believe, provided it could be done with fairness.to themselves. With regard to this, and in conclusion, he would mention a circumstance which, though upon a small scale, shewed what could be axle by combinat►on—still leaving the difficulty of combining such a town as this. He recollected a circumstance which occurred some years ago in a country parish in the south of England. The clergyman found there were four grocers who kept their shops open upon Sundays. They kept them open half the day, and the poor people were in the habit of making their purchases. He was anxious to put an end to this desecration of the Sab bath, and he called upon each of them for that purpose. They each professed the greatest possible willingness to close their shops, provided the other three would. Having got this promise severally from each of them, he appointed a time for them to meet at his house, without informing one that he:had invited the other ; and to their great surpise they found themselves, at the appointed time, face to face, in the parson's study. (Hear.) `• Now," said he to them, " gen tlemen, you have each promised me that if the other three will close their shops on the Sunday, you will each shut up yours." They could not deny it. " Here," said he, "is a paper I have drawn up, pledging you to keep your shops closed on the Sunday ; I tell you honestly I want to get your four signatures to it, and to fix it upon the church-doors next Sunday." They looked updn the paper rather suspiciously, as to who should sign first. He said to them, " You need not mind that, for I will give you my word, unless :vhe whole four sign it, it shall not be signed at all." One then stepped forward. and signed the paper ; eventually they all signed it ; it was put upon the church-door the next Sunday, and no one was injured by it, but everyone was bencfitted. (Cheers.) The story was not vet finished. There was temporary inconvenience aris- ing to the poor people from the farmers paying their labourer s upon the Saturday night: this was brought into obser vation ; an immediate appeal was made to the public of the parish ; the farmers were gathered together with the small shopkeepers at a public meeting, and every farmer in the parish, except one little cantankerous fellow—for such there always would be--agreed to pay their labourers upon the Friday evening. (Cheers.) They were paid upon the Fri day—their wives went to the shops on Saturday—the shops were all shut on Sunday—and the parish wore an aspect of moral improvement and religious attention, such as never would have been but for the combination among the grocers to begin with. (Loud cheering, during which the rev. gen tleman sat down.) The resolution was then put, and carried unanimously. Mr. JAMES MULLENEUX moved the next resolution, ob serving that the grievances and the patience of the shop keepers' assistants had been long familiar to his mind and long deplored. He had been connected the greater portion of his existence with an institution which, after exertions and efforts of no ordinary nature, had attained a degree of pros perity which enabled it to diffuse the blessings of education, of knowledge, and of rational improvement, among every class of the community. He alluded to the Mechanics' In stitution. (Hear, hear.) The only portion of his fellow townsmen who could not claim those advantages were the class whose interests they had met to serve, and this arose from causes which they were endeavouring to remove. He was aware of the formidable difficulties which surrounded the question ' • but he sincerely hoped and trusted that the truly public-spirited, liberal and enlightened shopkeepers of Liverpool would surmount these difficulties, and place their assistants upon an equality of comfort and advantages with the rest of their fellow-citizens. (Loud cheers.) The Rev. F. BARKER, in seconding the resolution said be should have felt ashamed of himself as an Englishman and a minister, if he had refused to come forward in such a cause as this. It was a movement only in accordance with much more that had already been done, and with much that was still doing in the empire. We had liberated tens of thou sands of the sons of Africa; the legislature had been occu pied for a considerable portion of time in enacting laws for the better regulation of factory children, and when those laws were found to be not sufficiently stringent because they did not embrace the children employed in silk factories they were amended; the chimney sweepers had not escaped notice; the boatmen employed on our canals had had their case examined, and the difficulties in the way of their moral improvement removed; and now another class of our fellow-countrymen stepped forward. From the strong justice of their case, he felt assured of a ready, patient, and impartial hearing, under the auspices of the chief magistrate, when they claimed to be set free from the bonds of this op. pressive system. He should deem it almost an intrusion if he were to attempt to enter upon the resolution in a practical manner ; but he deemed it not an intrusion in a minister of the gracious gospel of God to advance such a cause as this by advocating those high and holy grounds whose force could overcome every difficulty. The resolution spoke of the labour of the assistants being limited to ten hours a-day.---The rev. gentleman then contended that ten hours a-day was amply sufficient for all the purposes of business, and that the only question was the public convenience. The only sufferers by the change, as it seemed to him, would be the labouring classes. This consideration brought him to the other abuse, which was the payment of wages by employers upon Satur day night. Let that question, too, be agitated ; let infor mation upon it be placed before the public mind, in order that they might see how intimately this was connected with the abuse which concerned this meeting. He knew it to be the custom of many huge and influential tradesmen to pay their weekly wages on the Friday evening ino inconvenience arose from the practice, and he was acquainted with the fa milies of several labourers who regularly attended divine worship on the Sunday, which they could not have done if their wages had been paid upon Saturday night. This question, then, might fairly be brought before the public. He was requested to say that the Mayor's and several other houses paid their wages upon Friday night.—The reverend gentleman then proceeded to argue the question of giving additional time to the shopkeepers' assistants, upon religious grounds, and he concluded an impressive speech by second ing the resolution: The MAYOR then put the resolution, and it was adopted unanimously. Au ASSISTANT here recited some verses, in which tbewhole case of his coadjutors was described with considerable spirit. Mr. \V. B. lioncsoisr moved the third resolution. There were three parties in this question—the assistants, the shop keepers, and the public. He considered the two first as willing to co operate for the alteration of a system which was injurious to both; but the chief difficulty lay in securing the co-operation of the public. If that were accomplished the object could be attained. To effect it, that meeting as indi viduals must pledge themselves not to support the present system, but keep up that which was but now begun—a con stant system of agitation against it. The Rev. FIELDING OULD observed that the subject bad now been discussed in every possible way ; it had been dis cussed in sober prose, and in some beautiful poetry; and the cause had been advocated by Enzishmen, Irishmen, and Scotchtnen. Every thing had thus been said to make out an exceedingly strong case ; and, therefore, it was by no means necessary that he should trespass upon the meeting except for a very few moments. He could not do justice to his feelings in this matter if he did not distinctly say that he deeply sympat ►ised with those persons whose interests they were assembled to promote, and no one could feel more anxious than he did, or more disposed to use every exertion, to accomplish the very reasonable objects of the assistants. Ile had taken some pains to make enquiries and to instruct his mind upon this subject by speaking to several em ployers, and he had met with none who did not deeply sympathise with the assistants, and express most earnest anxiety to obtain relief for them. The rev. gent. laid down the following as their grievances :—first, that the present system was a serious injury to their health ; second, that it prevented them from employing their time in mental improvement; third, that in many instances it prevented . them from seeing and enjoying the society of their own fami lies; and fourth, that it prevented them from attending di vine worship upon the Lord's Day. Having dwelt with great eloquence upon these positions, Mr. Ould next replied to the following objections :—first, that if more time were granted to the assistants, it would certainly be mis-spent ; secondly, that the only way to accomplish the end was, by a legislative enactment; third, that the convenience of many persons required late hours to be kept by shopkeepers ; and fourth, that the assistants generally did not care for the relief now sought as only a few of them had asked for it. As to this last objection, he had been told that many had been restrained from interfering by fear, and from a convic tion that success was hopeless. At this day that was impos sible. Napoleon Bonapare said that in his dictionary there was no such word as impossible—and there was nothing he (Mr. Ould) held, which it was right and proper to be done which it was impossible to do. He was far from thinking success was impossible. They were making a beginning under favourable circumstances ; they had the countenance of the mayor and magistrates of the town which was a very impor tant consideration ; they had the support of the humane, cha ritable,and religious, and no cause so backed had ever yet been found impossible of attainment. It was unnecessary for him to say another word. He hoped there would other meet ings on the subject, for the present would riot be sufficient to leaven the public mind. Let the mayor call them together again and again, and he for one would come. (Loud cheers). It was the cause of Christian charity. They wanted a ten hours' bill, and after alittle wholesome agitation—as agita tion seemed to be fashionable in these times—they would gain it. (Cheers.) The reverend gentleman concluded by seconding the resolution. After a few words from a Mr. WINTYRE, the resolution was put and carried. Mr. J. B. YATES, after expressing his hearty concurrence in the general objects of the meeting, and suggesting that in order to enable the shopkeepers to close at an earlier hour on Saturday nights, the markets should be closed sooner, (which could be done by the town-council) moved the fol lowing as the next resolution : " That, in the opinion of this meeting, ten hours each day (Sundays excepted) are amply sufficient for transacting the necessary business of the shopkeepers, and their release from further labour would greatly promote the moral, religious, and social improvement of the assistants ; that the persons now present pledge themselves cheerfully to submit to any trifling inconvenience that may arise from the proposed re laxation, and to support and encourage those tradesmen who conform to the wishes of the inhabitants, expressed through the present mee ti ng p u bli c ly convened for the purpose. That the resolutions be signed by the Mayor, on behalf of the Meeting, and advertised in each of the public journals." Mr. WILLIAM BROWN said he had not intended to take any part in the proceedings, but from the a rguments he had heard, and the facts stated, he did not see how it was possible for any man to dissent from the resolution proposed by Mr. Yates. He had therefore great pleasure in seconding it. Sir JOSHUA NVALMSLY said he had declined signing the requisition, because he wished first to understand the subject, and to know whether the meeting was to b e an attempt at coercion by :the assistants against th e masters. He had heard that disclaimed in all hands, an d t h at there was not the slightest opposition but the contrary, on the part of the shopkeepers to iniprove th e P resent system . If that was the case, it was for the public to work it out. No man could feel more strongly than he di the necessity of releasing the assistants of shopkeepers from their qoployinent at an hour sufficiently early to enable thew CONGLETON CONSERVATIVE DINNER TO SIR P. EG'ER TON, M.P., AND JOHN TOLLEMACRE, ESQ.—This meeting took place on Wednesday week last, and went off in, a style and spirit that surpassed the most sanguine expectations of its warmest promoters, and no one who had the gratification of witnessit b , the proud display it a ff or d e d t o th e conserva tive strength of the once radical town of Congleton can fail to regard this festival as an omen of the approaching eman cipation of South Cheshire from whiggery. was most worthily filled by Gibbs Crawford Antrobus Eaton Hall, Esq., ably supported by Randle Wilbrah. Jun., Esq., and James Bateman, Esq., and the meeting ably addressed by Sir Philip Egerton, Mr. Samuel Idol Mr. Tolletnache and others. The chair It ought to be generally known, that members of town councils are not only exempt from, but absolutely disqualified for, serving on juries. In a recent case tried in the Sheriff's Court at Devonport, a Mr. Liscombe, one of the town council of that borough, having objected to serve on a jury, on the ground of his being a member of the town-council. the objection was over-ruled by the under-sheriff. After the trial had proceeded for some time, a copy of the act of par liament was obtained, and the disqualification discovered. Mr. Liscombe was therefore directed to leave the jury -box, and another gentleman, who had been summoned as a jaror, and had remained in court, although not called, was sworn in his stead. EXTRAORDINARY TRAVELLIN G.—Some time since a gentleman in York undertook to perform a journey front York to the metropolis, and arrive again in York in twenty four hours. The attempt was made during the last week. The party alluded to started from the railway station at York on Thursday morning week, at forty-five minutes past eight o'clock, and arrived in London precisely at half-past seven o'clock the same evening. He transacted business with one or two parties in London, and availed himself of an opportu nity of visiting Covent Garden Theatre, where he remained upwards of a quarter of an hour ; and after taking a stroll through the market, and purchasing sundry early produc tions, returned by the mail train to York, where he with comparatively no fatigue, the following morning, at ten minutes before eight o'clock—thus completing the whole journey in twenty-three hours and five minutes, a total dis tance of 450 miles.—Hull Advertiser. We - understand that arrangements are now in progress for raising and organising an additional number of veteran com panies, for exclusive and permanent service in Canada, where they are to be employed upon garrison duty. Their princi pal strength in rank and file will consist of volunteers from the regiments at present stationed in America, more espe cially from such of them as are under orders to return home. The officers and non-commissioned officers will, we believe, be taken from the full pay of the line ; and we hope that the General Commanding in Chief will not, in filling up the various appointments, lose sight of the merits and strong claims for promotion of the numerous old and deserving, but unfortunate, subalterns, who after having for a long period of their lives devoted their best energies to the service, are now, comparatively, unfit for any save garrison duty ; and if not kindly patronised by Lord Hill upon the forthcoming occasion, must necessarily soon be reduced to the distress ing alternative of going upon half-pay.—United Service Gazette. THE WIDOW OF THE GRAND ARMY.—About the close of the last year an old woman, with all the confident air of one who had passed her life iu camps, went to a retired officer, and, after reviving his recollections of many battles, and in military terms, some of them not the most refined, bore tes timony to his feats of arms, informed him that, being the oldest female follower of the troops of Napoleon, she had been invested with the title of the widow of the Grand Army; and, in consequence of this distinction, had been allowed to accompany the expedition to St. Helena, was present exhuniation of the remains of the Emperor, which she z companied all the way back to France, and followed to th last deposit at the Invalides. She concluded her boast narrative, by stating that the government had granted her a donation of 3000 f, which she was to receive in a few days ; but, in the meantime, her finances were reduced by her long journeyings, and therefore requested him to lend her 12,1 f, which she would faithfully repay. The worthy old officer, giving too easy credit to her tale, advanced her the money. A considerable time having elapsed without the re-appear ance of the plausible widow, he made inquiries, and soon as certained that the whole tale was pure invention ; but all efforts to discover her have hitherto been ineffectual. Having' lodged a complaint, she was yesterday condemned in default by the Correctional Tribunal, to 12 months' imprisonment -:-Galignani grio contidetOy aq to net ttilon It required thought, and the bulk of mankind'were so mechanically engaged in the routine of their daily and accustomed business, that stimulus of more than ordinary power to make them filial A degree of thought was of course necessary for the accom pii,hinent of their daily busines,, but a much more enlarged wired a and comprehensive sagacity was required to enable men to detect, and detecting to remedy, the fundamental evils which formed part and parcel of the system under which they lived. (Hear, hear.) To follow foolish precedent, and to wink With both eyes is easier than to think. So said one of our poets in an age not so celebrated for thinking as the present, but the saying had not lost its application now. We lived in what was called a thinking age—when every subject was agitated, and when the needful stimulus was applied to men's minds to cause them to consider not only the antiquity but the reason of existing customs. Happy would it be for us, and our children afterwards, if, during this inquiry, the high, unchanged, and eternal difference between right and wrong was observed, as it stood revealed in the word of the living God, and kept in view as the regulating standard for mankind. (Hear, hear.) Otherwise without a regulating standard the human mind was so naturally vagrant, and the human heart so naturally deceit ful, that men in the progress of social improvement, and in the eager pursuit of it, might rush headlong into the midst of wild and disastrous experiment. Changes from proved abuses were duties ; but wisdom, discretion, judgment, forbearance, patience, and a consideration of the various collateral inter ests involved were necessary to make those ckanges im provements ; for it was not every change that could be dignified with the name of improvement. The change they proposed on the present occasion they thought would be an improvement, and they adopted this course in aiming at the cha might be fairly and ;e, in order that the merits of the cas , fficiently evaniinerl_ The feels of th, case—some of them—had been already briefly laid before the public from the paper which Mr. Hodgson had read. The parties concerned were a numerous class; the assist ants in shops in this town, together with the porters and messengers connected with those shops, amounted to no smaller number than 15,000 persons. He had had sup plied to him a statistical account, which he had no doubt contained as great an approximation to the truth and to the real state of the case, as statistical accounts generally did. This account estimated the number of drapers' shops in this town at 250—the average number of assistants employed in those shops was eight, making a total number of assistants employed in drapers' shops at 2,000 persons ; the number of grocers' shops in the town was live hundred—the average number of assistants employed in each two, making the number of assistants in grocers' shops 1000 ; the number of provision shops in Liverpool was 500—the average num ber of assistants employed in each 2, making the gross num ber of assistants 1000 ; of chemists and druggists there were 150—the average number of assistants employed in each 2, making 300 in all ; boot and shoemakers there were 612 — the average number of assistants 11, or 3 to two shops, mak ing 918; and so the list went on showing that the aggregate number of 9000 were actually employed as assistants in shops. To these there were to be added porters and errand boys— an average allowance of 13 to each shop, which would give 6009, or altogether about 15,000 persons. Now, with regard to those in the shops, the meeting had already heard, from the paper read by Mr. Hodgson, that they were required to be in attendance fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, and in some a that when .time was afford e d th em th ee ma d e a b a d are , •?, protested he thought it one of the strongest argu favour of a change —an additional argument for a ulated and judiciously -managed change. (Cheers.) ng any rash, intemperate measure, but one that would give an opportunity to improve the habits and condition of these young men—and he was sorry to say that there was too good reason for calling them young men, for the injury done by the system to their health prevented many of them from living to an advanced age. It was a grievous fact in their history, as set forth in a pamphlet published under the name of John Tompkins, and he did not know the slightest reason for doubting the truth of the statement, that few of them attained the age of 40 years, and that most of them died under the age of 30. (Hear.) It was morally impossible for them to emerge from the effects of a system under which they had been long living, and at once to mani fest what could only be the produce ()Wong and patient culture. He claimed then time for them. (Hear, hear.) How else could their minds be enlarged ? How could thei r responsibilities as immortal beings be 'felt and realised-? How could their position, with regard to Almighty God, be felt by themselves ? How could they feel their privileges as Chris tians under the light of revealed religion, in the glory of the Father who had given his dear Son for them ? How could the privileges of Christians be realised without time ? (Hear, hear.) They must have time to think otherwise. In vain would their parents inculcate upon them to he good and affec tionate sons ; in vain their masters inculcate honesty in the discharge of their business ; in vain their pastors inculcate upon them, when chance gave them time to call upon them, to search the scriptures, to read the word of God, and to pray. It was mockery to tell them all this if they had no time to do it. (Hear.) It was calling upon them with the voice of an Egyptian taskmaster to go make brick, when the materials for making them were witheld. (Hear.) Upon these grounds it was that they made their appeal to the public ; and a good opportunity was now offered for bring to go to aptne place fee ingriietlan , willing, it only remained for the inhabitan opinion with determination, and to carry it out:by - all means in their power. With this view he should move ___. amendment, which would place the onus of not carrying the wishes of the meeting into effect, not upon the shopkeepers, but upon the public. He expressed a wish that the clerks in merchants counting-houses and attorneys' offices should also have their hours of labour reduced. Mr. CHESNEY seconded the amendment. Mr. ADAM HODGSON opposed the amendment, on tl ground that it was in the nature of a threat Mr. J AMES OWEN thought the meeting in deciding that the shops should be closed at sel en in evening. lie was sure that would never be attai - he would suggest that eight should be fixed. An ASSISTANT sup i )orted the amendment. Mr. TURNER, shoemaker, opposed it. Mr. WM. RATHEONE requested the mover to the amendment, as it pledged the meeting to a prin could scarcely be expected to be kept. Ile approv had fallen from Sir J. Wahnsley respectir the hours of clerks in countin7-house that their's (Rathbone Brothers) had I closed at six o'clock Mr. WILLIAM BROWN said, from what had fallen from Sir Joshua Walmsley it might be inferred that merchants' clerks were as badly off as shopkeepers' assistants. Th . was not the case. Mr. Brown then described how his cle were treated, from which it appeared that they comme' their duties at nine or half-past nine in the morninr closed at seven, or earlier if there was no busine,r and that in the day they were supplied with newspapers an periodicals. Mr. BATESON supported the amendment. An AsstsTANTalso supported it in an addres considerable amusement. Sir J. WALMSLEY and Mr. YATES having each explai their proposition. The MAYOR then took a show of bands on the ame ment and the original motion, and declared the amendn, to have been carried. It appears in the advertisement as of the resolutions. On the motion of the Rev. F. BARKER, seconded by the Rev. FIELDING OuLo, a vote of thanks was presented to the mayor for his able and courteous conduct in the chair. The - MAYOR returned thanks very briefly, a o'clock the meeting t,eparafel. A shower of hail fell over this city yesterday. Some of the hail-stones were nearly an inch in diameter.—Durham Chronicle of Fi iday. The loss sustained by the Bank of England on discount ing acceptances amounting to forty millions sterling, doe not exceed twopence-halfpenny per cent. TheQueen_Dowager, with her accustomed liberality, I subscribed £2O towards the erection of the new parish church of Portsea. Her Majesty has also given £2O towards the erection of a new church in Stokes Bay, near Gosport.— Hampshire Telegraph. SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Three o'c LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,- (From Messrs. R. MAKIN Sr SONS' Circular.) Notwithstanding the weather here continues favour for all the labours of husbandry, it has been of late f at nights, and upon the whole, as applicable to the cro; of a retrograding character ; thus, although we very little appearance of actual business in any of the Corn trade between Tuesday last and to-clay of Wheat have shown rather more firmness, with ness to press sales than, heretofore, and prices ( time remained steady departr The duty on foreign Wheakis reduced to 225. 8 to 12s. 3d. per quarter, and on Flour to 13s. 7!A. remaining upon all other produce the same as last week Since the early part of the week the arrivals intc port, coastwise and from Ireland, have been altogether usually light ; and from abroad, the imports fresh in for day are limited to 650 quarters of Oats, and 1,300 qu.ll of Beans from Europe, with 1,960 barrels of Flour II New York and New Brunswick : but having a fair (ran of foreign Wheat offering from granary, and duties likel be paid upon some portion of the stock in bond, the Ina: is well supplied with this grain at present. At our Corn Exchange this morning, transactions in g qualities of English and foreign Wheats were effected t moderate extent for consumption, with little or no var:at from the rates last noted ; and Irish, of which a few tai were taken for shipment to the west of Ireland, rather ceeded late prices, with an indication of somewhat n stability relative to fine, but not to the lower description foreign, the latter being again ld. per 701bs. cheaper. English and Irish Flour met little attention, and for; duty paid, was only in moderate request on the terms noted. Of bonded States Flour about 2,300 bris have cha hands since our report of Tuesday at 235. Barley, Malt, Beans and Pease, continued in the same state as before, and hardly realised our last currency. Oats, upon a limited inquiry, were unaltered in v: whilst Oatmeal was rather more saleable, and holders I generally firm, former prices were maintained ARRIVALS OF CORN From the 20th to the 22nd April, 1841, inclusive pEISCRIPTION. I L I A R N E D - , A S S E T . - 1 8, C A u Ni . A s T D s A . RPO Wheat Qrs. 584, Barley Qrs. Malt Qrs. Oats Rye Qrs. Beans Qrs. Pease . Qrs. Shelled Barley . Qrs. Indian Corn .. • Qrs. Rapeseed Qrs. Oatmeal . . . . Loads Flour . Sacks Ditto . Brls. 1161 336 Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise :—Wheat, qrs. ; Oats, 144 qrs.: Oatmeal, 974 lds. ; Flour, sacks EXPORTS.—Foreign. Oats, s 7 qrs. ; Flour, logs brls. -1 Wheat, 359 qrs. ; R ye, 71 qrs.; Indian Corn, 75 qrs.; . 0 ' 58 loads.—Coa s t w i se. Wheat, 339 qrs. ; Barley. 102 (Ir'• 31 qrs.; Pease, 23 qrs, ; Flour, 177 sacks 238 barrels. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending April 1 Wheat.. 635. Bd. I Barley 325. 6d. I Oats.. 235. ad. Rye Beans.. 395. 6d, j Pease.. 385. 6.1. _...• Aggregate average of the six week,. Wheat 04s. Ocl. Barley 325. 10d. I Oats.. 235. ad• I Rye Beans.. 395. 6d. 1 Pease.. 395. id Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week. Wheat 225.8 d. II B ar ley 13s. led. Oats .. .12s. 3.1. Rye.. Beans Ils od. P e ase.. Its. od. Ind. Cor013i.10(1. I Flourl: Liverpool Averages, week ending April 20, IS4I. Wheat. 1 Barley. Oats. l Beans. pea Qrs 20 63 1 5 9 663 Prices LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, 3 P Our market presents the same appearance of insipidit' day as for the last week—very little demand—and the I ness does not exceed 2,500 bales.—The sales of the wee 14,82,0 bales, all to the trade.