The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-04-18 00:00:00

*ales by Auction( AND SHARE IN THE LYCEUM. UA NOVER-ROOMS. r (Tu esd BY Mr. BRANCH, I la b i 4 11, the 18th instant“tt Eleven o'clock. ;Initileollection. of BOOKS, including the 4 4' h " GENTLEMAN removed from the ih em N o ld % N ina) , be named fine Copies of the Houghton Wori,2".of Pictures, Aliton's Europe. 14 V 918., 6 1 ti m l i 8, 0 47 8 7 Steward. Cunningham's Illustrious ,tind mkspere, 12 vols., Strickland's Queens alto doge other valuable Works by Standard Ilt;l'ireeaare in the Lyceum News room. \.l„ll , ti , t r i l l or to the sale, when Catalogues may be had .‘uoit 0)4 reserve , to close an account. 5 4 0 Ems, HANOVER-ROOMS. !i t , 4 111 (W" ny Mr. BRANCH, „'u_nesday), the 19th. and FRIDAY next, the rt, '` Eleven o'clock each day, at the Hanover ; i ktterriaiilng part of a Stock of ROOM- NtZinbracing the usual varieties, in Gold, Silver, ~,J, on Satin or Plain Grounds, many of them ,ntioncpl,l4 ond design, and ordered for peremptory 0 close in account. roin ae M ro•R tho rnin unsettled o• of Sale, when Catalogues may RAN,R. ALE, COLLING WOOD DOCK, qoru4/ text By Mr. the ßß 20th instant, ANCH, a to t Twelve o'clock, at Pot. South Side of the Collingwood Dock, 1;11AI IMI SCELLAXEOLTS ARTICLES, qtroo v o e i been found on the Duck Quays within the H t 4fa s ts' and remain unclaimed, cons isting o I,o4,.Yards Booms Spars, Shin Timber, Oars, Volk Dikes " H rdwood De , - en a ( Miner. Lead, rass, . beeit.' Stages, Planks, Raisers, R a opes, Load ing gNits, . rr on, Barrels, Chains, old Iron, Tools, 1 , 8rt:'"I`tOOP8, iron Gun, Hand-cart, Trucks, „ 'tsv e4 ' the 13,,,,„n the Morning of Sale, when Catalogues may or at Mr. BRANCH'S O ffi ce, in Hanover- Ittit, it mot. _ _ VSES, mums, FLOATS, GEARS, &c. k ti t * t (l4,l t e c s i srs. LUCAS . an t d an C . 9 t, O rteTwelve o'clock, Il A! RP oP ) r\ i ' ll Gr l rM I C g a dotte-steet. I RA, HORSE, Five Years Old, L I 2 inches High ; Black CART-HORSE, Seven 4. 11 4 : 1 1, 11i41 : - TWo a Brown CART HORSES; also., t e art, Van, and Harness Horses, Floats, -- , .2 . '011 view prior to the sale. 11":1:R IN WILTON-STREET. OIVi t y, R ZERS AND OTHERS. 7 4, b ",D has received instructions to %&; , Arl'lON, To- sio R ROW (Wednesday),. the 41 s Zt s, A nne'eil 'clock precisely, upon the Premises, \ t A street, r,art Of the BREWING UTENSI LS , useful 471,Q t ' o lir-wheeled Spring Dray, eapitarSeri n ns 'ii„ e . °4l Prising 60 Ale Barrels, 300 Half "%", Puncheons. and Hogsheads, 15 capita ' 4 1147, , with Brass Taps, Tunning Spouts. with 41 , pouts, Filling-up Cans, about 120 • o Ale v. , 13 Pockets East Kent Hops, 1847 ; two ' 10 P5,1852; 12 Pockets Susses H0p5,1853 ; ~ee•le,v4l4,,,,'Outi Arcles. s DAY (Tuesday), the 18th instant, ' h al' be had on the ra i ses; or of the t his Office, Clayton-square. st 'PI r• 1111 15111 11 Int N O t rt S • 11:ESDAY, APRIL 18, 1854. p) u„USR L , ulltp.OLD FURNITURE, SILVER PLATE, 4 t &c., WHEATLAND-PLACE, SEA- Ity J. B. MACLEAN, ?9th instant, at Eleven o'clock pre ea, No. 1, W heatland-place Soricombe, i t yth o NT l P: part of the Genteel' HOUSE ;:tlith4b,lusitlea,.i.nrgi-18E,e,si!'ilraet.e, and other Effects of Mr. " comprises Two well-made Memo . Ntl i qls z ola t Oallions and Bolsters, Stuffed in . H . r7 any (yr, ch ßair Seating elegant Mahogany Calhiffatilud -641A.411►0 ki n r,ir r , s with Loo' se Hair Seats, Easy Chair, n ea ' - ',T. O , Solid Mahogany Dining Table, on I , e tprcular Stands, on Pillars and Carved Ni %roiee Collection Tea and Coffee Service, in Bur !Zy m ai .:2 ll ection of Sttfffed Birds of very bean ""lenr tany Case, Ditto in Bell Glass Cover, ,si iv r oL Silver Half-pint and richly-Chased y ritt_ e oms; e : Table Spoons, `B7.c. I he eh_n_,,,,,,.,„1.,:i0gany Bedstead, with Footboard N t Pti t ,`_els, H a l; French and Camp Ditto, prime o.on, _ny D r mattresses and Straw Paillasses, Clr e ila s , e ;' , „t'rs, Toilet Tables and Stands, hand roti, „,_n c ymitsels and•Kidderminster Carpets, ,he /l e &c., together with the Kitchen YYlie 4 Y be v • t oi‘ n e ata ,....7wed TWMORROW (Wednesday) the 'ter % r e '_`,'lmea may be had on the'Premises' and '''' ,ls ,'B3,l3yrom-street, Liverpool.' p FEiTED PLEDGES. r s .1 Mr- B. MACLEAN, 21st inst., at the Sale-room, 63, Byrom ` tt,, street, ihtiroi`4" PLEDGES, from 'the following - 4411 sre ly, William Mason, Marybone ; ; Paul Bridson, Scotland • +54,t; lierd. Liver-street; Richard t Washington, et.fhos. vitit?ireat Itiartin, Great Howard-street; -s Armor. , Regent 'l.4.,4l 41 . yard-street ;Thomas 14.1; an - X‘vr, Thurlow-street , Richard Kehoe, •cp,2 se en , C. Rowland, Vauxhall-roa_d ; the ieaked prior to the 21st April, 1853. to at S'even o'clock. W Attl, )Olts R , P ROPERT-Y, ST. JAMES-STREET. !11 1 ;4 4 , 1 !r t0 . „,. -1:1 10S. WINSTANLEY and SONS 1' It .rn by the Owner to SELL by PUBLIC AUC 1, Nto t m il anAT next, the 20th instant, at Half-past \ I ‘l -.0 ( 'precisely at-the Clarendon-rooms,South Yt:4ll: l o ., h iect -tcpaoaditi'ons to be then produced, if not Vto baited of by private contract, -,(404, 1 ,1 4ib1e PREMISES, consisting Of a handsome A 'll l ,, wit% Plate Glass, with' the MESSUAGE or ( Iti,:`iti l ",l)l.:SE attached thereto, and.the STABLE at '+ii`,.i ii*e t rt WAR:ER.OOM over, situate and being No. qlt*: ItiAide nf St. James-street, 'near St. James's 'r4 t l l t r :bii; l 'Lt of Passage into Greenland-street. The 4 i' 4 1 %i 4 ',,1 s i;,' , froutto St. James'street and at the back tl'ltt4 ,, A l ,ht4e,,aftmd run in depth b a ckwards on the 1 ) ;;;!1 . 0 4%, , t 4 ,;t, 1 M . ;:1ie5, and then ••unr a . t.r inf is i s n a a c n o o m b m tu o s n e Nal ta t t he N qN bac-kwalds' par tly de th , 6f, a n on, i la, wide, .6.feet, an Tunmn,, in p ;:0-, to t o " Inv.'aern side . 38 feet •2 inches, and then A Py. cor n ,„44 l Z and -running in further d epth back ,, kt, o ,, ' 4 lt l - ::!ritit the free use of the said c_o . m . inon o. ~tpo i, e p r Ira owners or occupiers of the a dj o i nin g ' , ,,N tfa r Ni., ' , ' , 1144e t . ,' et t - s 'being, situate in one of the most pub ',l:l,Nrt,' lao,, t)le town, and having a commanding I. 'N,' , 111 4 ,.: 3 • oeairable investment .for capital. ,fi t t o 4 Zt, ty may be had on application to Messrs. hi ri lat t a lr. 1, and Soma, where a Plan may be m -014 Nt I 'lvAnts LawsoN,l;Downshire-terrace, Cito 'street. •: • At it lkl. )B t A , 1 1,,11 /II(.."" P.REMSES. AT - THE CORNER, Vt t , ;RR. ,PIN IOND-STREET AND ST. - ANNE'S POOL • 14't • I. t . 19th Y_ Nr. ROXBURGH, _ . . .„ Ilfpkli. Fl 4ren u t dli N n tay next, at One So uth alocktrienettnet,tivteerr: Yli °oftbe cond - fri e o m ns s 'of sale to he then produced, 'it,lt:ictth ~r it EErIOLD lA.ND, situate on 1 1 ' s' t TlIrSill",,nf Great Richmond-street, and at the ii i. l 4 Yili""Yarefeet or passage, leading. down by St. 17\ l 'ici7 4 fro . nt o Rose-place, and,called ." St. Anne's -,ith !ts, 9 , ate to Great Richmond.street of about ;' lln,,tivo-lau,_to St. Ann's of about 37 feet ; 114 1; lint-tr46l3lJAGEts,' or DWELLING HOUSES, ( l, 4 4 abl-kl; erected oat the said. Land, one of which it, i , 14, n i ri °Ole, and called the " St. Ann's Coffee 't'lTl' t he occupation of Mr. James Massey, as 'ilocala r CHRISTIAN and t, a, ~„ a apply to Messrs.. tlarrington-street, Liverpool. iN I . t ' ,.!ly ,-----___ , h,t—„ext ilt ,i• THOMAS TRAVERSE, y l '4,1,,414'''..,°24th inst., at Six o'clock in the. Evening I,kk%„ , i , t,,Liouse of Mr. Thomas Hamer, "The 1 , ‘,oolton, in the county of Lancaster, subject t l , il ',„ O be then and there produced, N t ikitk ' 4I4 rNG-1101.1SE anti -SHOE -1,11 •, „. t ,„ 1 1. 40 intiK`, 8 SHOP,situatein aleadingthoroughfure ib,4,11.,,,1iNd0n, being on the west side of Acrefeld• ' - Ik' h ' o h t ee of 30 feet 5 inches to the public.street, it, ''' of v4,' , backwards on the north side 104 feet 6 , i,‘,. , 'itg i s side 100 feet 6 inches, and.in the 't,'%ti ot ' potter. Immediate possession may be t l4l' tt ltej3l l,:tia ti ,'ELLlNG-HOUSE, with Shippon, Out , 41 e b ed ", Barden or Orchard thereunto belong ktlii.talbi"- "ane, in Woolton aforesaid, having ..a ~'. 9 t,''re„`,atreet of 18 yards, and containing 5,489 '''44. 7 ° . aitV, la of Land, and now in the occupation ' 4 a4 4 . , as tenant thereof. Ilt t , 'gat of modern erection, and in thorough L ik,Ll t ,.._ 1017eRat'Qld of Inheritance. /011 % , l'e r "•viered on application to the respective ,441„Pnarticulars may be had at the Of fi ce .of -", 40 hcitor, Prescot. v 4 9"YAT. 4 IN - CURA.NCE COMPANY. Ir ~000 '""", in 300,4k0 SHARES of am eaeh. k . tt JoH2 T RAD OFFICE. t‘ot " . 81 11P.ET, AND DALE-STREET. p_.s 'rave l % q IR.B. B H. Blundell, Esq , lELI.Y . EREOOL. Ai li 4 00 re liorner, Esq., Chairman. SVA, , D 4 q., and Ralph Brocklebank, Esq. 1 ,1 11 4 f Fg e rnitY-Chairmen. t 4 i l Edward Johnston, Esq. .4 111 t 1'. ". Roger Lyon Jones, Esq. F.% q• James Lawrence, sg, William J. Marrow Esq. ts q. I Francis Maxwell, Esq. I George Maxwell, Esq. 1 104 , Robert M'Andrew, Esq. Ih t 4l l • E' William Smith, Es ' q. 4 q• John Torr, Esq. lg. Annyrons. Vti t °t4k. ", Esq., and John Dickinson, Esq. , /ky . R ai SURGEON. 1 1 4 N 40 12, k • Hugh Neill, F.R.A.S. fi t p SOLICITOR. k ANt eq. Septimus Booker, Esq. 1 / 4 1.14:144,?,,TVAay, Percy M. Dove, Esq. ti„oxfdaH...EAD BRANCH, k, HAMILTON-STREET. , k () atbes C ole, Esq.. \1 1 , 14 Val e, geElßmilton-square. 81 r e A MPS ON LIFE POLICIES NOT p o o ri M to giARGED' 4 ik it :T eet fact that to a defined extent Life _xremand intome-tax t hat in certain e Pt from the New Succession %,, t ttA x , ‘ti t BRANCH, will be effected at moderate rates of Ili I i l :1114anY, having the advantage of a Resi ,t p et ," e nabled to distinguish itself by its ,VN II )D 4 eha rg e Ment of Claims. kt 4 ,, s tly to _ Lt ;tide for the Policy. ''ew se B e assure Lives on any of the following i;T I 10 11 4 II , E ,:NrANCE OF Lim—The Premiums payable U M BER OF ANNUAL PAYMENTS. i I :M I NT 424/u m ; Age 60, or at Death. I,!.'lb\l/ikasiillitt pi t ON CREDIT. JtA.I"RMIUMS MAY REMAIN ON Av r lB MAY BE EFFECTED IN 11 4 Tt„ U MERATED TO MEET TH E i' ,4, 11 ,tad PARTY MAKING THE ASSUR -Itk °4 ta 4k,t tliv4Cielosaffinorded by the Company in this %1 41 1 4 , e, VIZ. h i f,`, ll Pri er ". CAPITAL MODERATE PRE ttliYir,;:jl[Ab„,l24.TlON OF PROFITS BY TH tal Re a l_E FOR MANAGEMENT, &c. vrere 4 n_u_vred to Solicitors. mr„e.likewise granted by this Cori- L A v tRCY M. DOVE, Manager. 411 ' l4ll tex t t 7 DAY etotild be renewed on Zo be S;IA or let. TAILORS AND DRAPERS' STOCK.—To be 1 SOLD by TENDER, the STOCK-IN-TRADE of Messrs. BLACKBURNE and SON, 41, Castle•street. It is well assorted, and in every way worthy of attention. To he viewed on THURSDAY and FRIDAY next, the 20th and 21st instant; and Tenders to be sent in to Messrs. H. BANNER and So N, 24, North John-street, not later than TUESDAY next, the 25th instant. The Forms of Tender may be obtained on the Pre mises, or of Messrs. BANNER and SoN. TO be SOLD, by PRIVATE TREATY, an ESTATE of 75 Acres of LAND, in good state of Cultivation, six miles east of Liverpool •, one Ditto, near Childwall, with 10 Acres of Land; one Ditto, at West Derby, with 10.000 Yards of Land; one Ditto, at Mosley Vale, with upwards of 10,000 square Yards of Land.—To be SOLD, or LET, a Villa Residence, near Great Sutton, Cheshire. The House con tains 3 Entertaining-rooms. 5 Bedrooms, large Garden, Coach-house, Stable, &c., with upwards of 8 Acres of Land.— Also, to be LET, a splendid House and Shop. Ranelagh street ; one Ditto, Basnett-street ; one Ditto, Great George street; one Ditto, Birkenhead; an excellent Family Resi dence near the Princes-park; one Ditto, Netherfield-road ; one Ditto, Fairfield. Apply to WM. WILLIAMS, 47, Ranelagh-street, or Philadel phia-chambers. No. 3, Hackin's-hey, where an excellent DOUBLE OFFICE is to be LET. ILISCARD CASTLE, NEW BRIGHTON.- To be LET, FURNISHED, for a few months, this melt desirable MARINE RESIDENCE, situate at Liscard, and commanding a most extensive view of Cheshire, Wales, and the Irish Channel. The House is modern and com modious, containing Six Sleeping Apartments, large Pining and Drawing Rooms, Conservatory, Breakfast Rooms, Library, Servants' Rooms, Excellent Kitchens, Dairy, Coach-house and Stable, Shippon, and all other convenience requisite for a Gentleman's Residence, with Garden and Hothouses, &c. Apply to WM. WILLIAMS, 3, Hackin's Hey, and 47, Ranelagh-street, Liverpool. TO PURCHASERS OF HOUSE PRO PERTY.—JOHN WHITE respectfully informs the Public, that lie will Publish, in the Liverpool Mercury, of Friday next, the 21st instant, and in the Journal of the 22nd instant, his ANNUAL LIST, containing several hundred Lots of valuable Freehold, Copyhold, and Leasehold PRO PERTY on SALE, that will yield remunerative interest to the Purchaser. TO PURCHASERS OF HOUSE PRO PERTY.—JOHN WHITE respectfully informs the Public, that his PROPERTY CIRCULAR, containing the largest amount of Property ever offered for Sale by Private Treaty, is now ready, and may be had, Gratis, by applying at the OFFICE, 19, CLAYTON-SQUARE, Liverpool, where Plans of the Property'and every information will be given. Persons living at a distance may have the Property Circular forwarded to them by enclosing Four Postage-stamps, with their Address. ei a anteb. In 0 0 K EEPING.— An experienced A) ACCOUNTANT, having part of the week disengaged, would he barmy to devote it to assistance in BOOK-KEEPING or BALANCING ACCOUNTS, on moderate terms.—Address D. M., Standard-office, Liverpool. THE COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE are in WANT of a DEIGN for a NEW FORM OF STAND for the CORN MARKET. A Premium of .el 5 will be given for the one selected, and 0 for the second best Design. Particulars as to size and cost will be furnished by the SECRETARY, t' whom all applications must be - addressed. EDWARD KILPATRICK, Secretary. Corn Exchange, 15th April, 1854. BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.-CONTRACT FOR POLICE CLOTH ING.—The WATCH COM. MITTEE are ready to receive TENDERS for sunplying by CONTRACT the following Articles of CLOTHING for the Constabulary Force, namely:- 870 Pairs of WINTER TROUSERS, and 880 Pairs of PEGGED BOOTS. . Patterns and Samples may be inspected -any•day between the hours of Eleven in the Forenoon and One in the After noon, at the Office of the Head-constable, end! the 20th day of April instant. The Cloth for the Trousers must be wool dyed, and he made of pure wool. The Person whose Tender is accepted will have to enter into the usual Contract with the Watch Committee for the due fulfilment - thereof, and also enrage to complete and deliver the Goods on or before the 18th day of September next. The same 'to be paid for on approval, in cash, at the expiration of one month from deli very. In default of any of the Goods being 'fully equal to sample, they will be rejected absolutely, and no allowance in price or otherwise will on any account be accepted as an equivalent for any deficiency. The Committee do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any Tender. Sealed Tenders must be left at No. 2. Cornwallis-street, at the Town-clerk's Office there, on or before the 21st day of April instant, addressed 41 The Chairman•of'the Watch Com mittee," and marked "Tender for Trousers:" or " Boots," as the case may be. By order, - SHUTTLEWORTH, Town-clerk. Cornwallis-street, I rth April, 1854. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. BEETHOVEN'S 'PASTORAL SYMPHONY. THIS EVENING (Tuesday), the 18th instant. Gallery,ls. 6d. ; Gallery Stalks. ss. CHEAP MIT - SIC A - RE - H.or S E, HAMILTON-STAREET, BIRKENHEAD. Mr. RYALLS has 'just received a LARGE SUPPLY of the the most Fashionable PIANO-FORTE MUSIC, SONGS, &c., which will be sold at HALF PRICE. PIANO FORTES FOR HIRE, New and Second-hand, at Bs. and upwards.—RYALL'S MUSIC WAREHOUSE, Birkenhead. NOTICE TO MA - RINERS. EXHIBITION OF A NEW REVOLVING LIGHT AT NORTH RONALDSHAY. AND ALTERATION OF THE START-POINT LIGHT FROM A REVOLVING LIGHT TO 'A FIXED LIGHT. 1. NORTH RONALDSHAY LIGHTHOUSE. The COMMISSIONERS Of the NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSES hereby give Notice that a LIGHTHOUSE is being built upon the ISLAND of NORTHRONALDSHAY in ORKNEY, the Light of which will be exhibited on the NIGHT of FRIDA', the lst September, 1854. end every Night thereafter,•from the going away of daylight in the evening to the return of daylight in the morning. The following is a Description . of the Lighthouse, and the Appearance of the Light, 'by Mr. DAVID STEVENSON, En gineer to the Commissiozers:— The LIGHTHOUSE is in N. Lat. - .59s 15'!, and W. Long. 20 23' 38q; it stands on the Northern Point of the Island of North Ronaldsbay, and by Compassit bears from Moul-head of Papa-Westra W.N.W. North, distance 15 nautic miles ; and from Start-point of Sanday Lighthouse, S.S.W. West, distance 6il mites. The NORTH RONALDSHAY LIGHT will be known to Ma riners as a REVOLVING LIGHT, producing a bright Mash of the natural colour once in every 10 seconds. It will be visible all round the Compass. The Lantern is elevated 140 feet above the level of the sea ; and - the Light will be seen at the distance of about 'lB nautic miles. and at lesser dis tanceQ, according to , the state of the atmosphere. 2. START-POINT •LIGHTHOUSE. The START-POINT Light. which i 8 fif miles from North Ronaldshay Light, being at present a REVOLVING UGH r, producing a bright lfash once in every minute, the COMMIS SIONERS further give notice, That, on and after the night of FRIDAY, the Ist September, 1854, when the new Revolving Light at North Ronaldsbay is to be exhibited, the present REVOLVING LIGHT at ..tar-Point WIGS BE CHANGED TO A FIXED LIGHT of the natural colour. . By order of the Board. (Signed) ALEX. CUNINGHAM, Sec. Northern Lighthouse-Office, Edinburgh, 13th April, 1854 DO YOU SUFFER •TOOTHACIRE P If so use BRANDE'S ENAMEL for filling Decaying Teeth, and rendering them sound and painless; price tn. per packet; ost free, thirteen postage stamps; containing enough for several teeth. The only „substance approved by the medical faculty, as being unattended with pain or danger, and the good effects o , which are permanent. CAUTION.—The great .success of this preparation has in duced numerous unskilful•persons to produce spurious imi tations, and to copy BRANDE'S ENAMEL Advertisements. It is needful, therefore, to.guard against such impositions, by seeing that the signature of the Original Manufacturer, JOHN WILLIS, is on the outside of.every packet, without which none is genuine. Authentic Testimonials seleeted•from many hundreds testifying to the extraordinary efficacy of Bi ande's Enamel. " High-street, Uttoxeter, Jan. 17, 3 853 . "Sir,—Having for three years used your Brande's Enamel .with perfect success, and having other persons in my .family suffering from toothache, I send for another thirteen-penny tworth. I am, sir, yours. &c., "S. C. MELLQ.R. "To Mr. John Willis." From Miss Price, New Bonen, Oxford. " January 30th. 1R513._ "Mr. John Willis. Sir,—l had a box of your Brande's Enamel some time ago, and the result -was mostsatisfactory:" " Stanhope-in-Wearedale, Durham, April 17th, 1853. "Sir,—You must be so good as to send me some of your Braude's Enamel, as I have been strongly recommended to use it lby Mr. William Dodi, of this place, he has used it, and it has answered the purpose well. l'ours,trc., "To Mr. John Willis." -" ROBERT DIXON. " Stanhope-in- Wearedale, Durham, Sept. Ist, 1848. "Dear Sir,-1 enclose another order of ,stamps for your valuable Enamel, that will be the fourth when it comes, and which have all answered their object. Please to forward the same to _ " W.1.1 4 1..1.AM DODD. "To Mr. J6lin Willis." " Edmonsly Colliery, Chesterley-street, July 27;1849. have never had the toothache since. in the teeth filled with Brande's Enamel. " WM, WEVIDERSON. "To Mr. John Willis." LoxooN:—Manufactured only by John Willis, .3, Temple chambers, Fleet street and sold wholesale by Sutton and Co., B , w Church-yard; J. Sanger. Oxford-etreeti Dietrich son and Hannay,Oxford-street ; Butler and Harding, Cheap side; Low, Son, and Benbow, Strand; J. Front, Strand ; J. J. Jackson, Cross-street, Finsbury; Hearson, M'Culloch, and Squire, Bishopsgate-street ; Drtsv, Heywood, and Barron, Bush-lane. Cannon-street. LIVERPOOL:—Raimes, Blan shard, and Co. ; J. J. Jackson and Co., 4, Cleveland-square; F. G. Jones, 5, Paradise - street . YoRR :—Ralines, Bolton, and Co. EWCASTLE:—DagIish and Ismay. ENETER; —Evans and Hodgson. Ga.AsooW :—Campbell and Taylor, Brunswick-court (Agents for all Scotland). DUBLIN:—W. Jackson, 9, Westland-row (Agent for all Ireland). And sold retail by all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors in the United Kingdom. Twenty really authorised Testimonials accompany each box, with full directions for use. Sent Free, by Return of Post, by J. WILLIS,. 3, Temple-chambers, Fleet-street, London, in return for thirteen penny stamps. COUNTRY AGENTS.—LIVERPOOL: J. Priestley, 52, Lord street, and F. G. Jones, 5, Paradise -street ; WARRINGTON : S. M. Webster, Horse-market, J. Picton, Horse-market street; PuEscor: W. H. Dodd, Market-Place; BoLToN: J. Scoweroft, Deansgate, H. Bradbury, Deansgate; PRESTON: J. Raw, H. Armstrong, 147, Church street; MANCHESTER: Jewsbnry and Brown, 103 Market-street, R. H. Ingham, 46, Market-street, W. Holvoake, 37, Downing-street, T. H. Taylor, 8, St. Ann-square, T. Standing, 1, Piccadilly, James Woolley: ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE: W. H. and J. Waterhouse; LANCASTER: J. Wimpray, Market-place; WIGAN: A. M. Mort, Market-place; OLDHAM: J. Hargraves, Mark Brels ford, Greenacre's-moor ; STOCKFORT: A. H. Shaw, D. Woolley; MA LFAs : J. Roberts; CONGLETON. J. C. Chap man; MACCLESFIELD: John Dale, Bradley, Chemist. BEWARE of IMITATIONS; see that the signature of the Original Manufacturer, JOHN WILLIS. is on the outside of each packet, without which none is genuine. BRITISH MUSEUM. — The estimated expense for 1854 is £55,225. Last year it was £55,840. In the Great Exhi bition gear the number of visitors was 2,527,216 ; for the year ending Christmas last the number was 661,113. WHAT IS A PAWNBROKER ? A chess player who check mates society with a " pawn." Does he give any enter tainment in honour of his business ? Yes ; three balls. No dinners ? None ; with him it is Lent all the year round. What relation does he bear to chemistry ? He can always be used as a receiver, and is always ready with a " retort" And is he not something of a circumnavi gator ? I think so ; for when a lady pawns her cloak, he always " doubles the Cape." Is he . an orator belongs to the "spouting" fraternity. I have been told he behaves very well to 4 three(Roare coat : is it true ? It is; he scorns to " take in. {' THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENE RAE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. obtained to meet the next dividend. According to Mr. GLADSTONE'S statement, the amount of Ex chequer Bills now out does not exceed sixteen millions ; and this is said to be very satisfactory, because it falls short of the amount authorised by the Act of Parliament. Unfortunately for the soundness of the argument, the Parliament has been obsequious in granting every demand made by the Minister without any very rigid inquiry into its necessity or propriety, and, therefore, no great credit can be taken for not exceeding Par liamentary grants, though it may be a serious question whether, amidst professions of financial prosperity, the unfunded debt should reach so large a sum. The great mistake that has been com mitted is the placing reliance on the present Minis ters upon their own professions of administrative talent, and the country is now beginning to ex perience some of the consequences of misplaced confidence. At a time when Ministers must have known, from official correspondence which has only recently been made public, that a rupture with Russia was probable, if not inevitable, all the ready money was paid away in order to gratify a financial crotchet which nothing but a plethora of capital could have justified or excused ; and now, when the monetary world is under pressure, and interest is high, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER is compelled to borrow, in order to pay the expenses of a war which the bad management of his col leagues has precipitated. Whatever may be the issue—whether a speedy settlement be arrived at, or the contest be protracted—it is right that the country should know to whoth they are indebted for the cost, which, under any circumstances, must be large. The treachery of the Peelites to Lord DERBY re tiered a change of . Ministry inevitable ; and the truckling of the Peelites to the Radicals produced a coalition which has not only involved us in war, but which, by bad financial manage ment, has been rendered more expensive than it might have been. Under .a Conservative Govern ment the unfunded debt was comparatively trifling, and the balance in the exchequer was an ample provision for all contingencies ; but Peelite skill has shown us a large surplus revenue upon paper, while . the country is more in debt than it was be fore. It would, perhaps, be the wisest course to 'create a new debt at 'once to restore the balance, or it may be that borrowing will become compul sory when the money market is less able to bear it than it is at present. TO CORRESPONDENP.i. BURIAL CLUBS.—" An Inquirer" asks for the best mode of obtaining a list of the Burial Clubs in town. He also asks whether such associations have been declared illegal, and if so, under what act of Parliament. Perhaps some of our readers can furnish this information. A CONSTANT READER will find the subject commented on in a leading article. M.. We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communica tions on subjects of local or general interest. Boors, FOR Ruvr ENV, may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed " to the Editor of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will , - be forwarded and receive attention. • Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably re quisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents. The ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION to the LIVERPOOL STANDARD is 20s. in advance—or 225. on credit. STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING OFP ICE, 4, ST. GEORGE'S-ORES' ENT, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. LETTERPRESS PRINTING of every description, including PAMPHLETS, FORMS, INVOICES, riERMONS, BILLS OF LADING, CUSTOM-HOUSE REPORTS, CARDS, ENTRIES, C A TALOGUES, CIRCULARS, &C. &C., SHAREROKERS' POSTING BILLS OF BOOKS, EVERY SIZE, EXECUTED WITH THE GREATEST PROMPTITUDE. In Stock, and Manufactued to Order, LEDGERS, DAY BOOKS, CASH BOOKS, JOURNALS, LETTER BOOKS, COPYING BOOK BOOKS, BILL BOOKS, AND WASTE , IN EVERY VARIETY OF STYLE. LITHOGRAPHIC AND COPPERPLATE PRINTING MACHINE RULING. &e. tibtrpool tattbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 1.8, 1854. EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA. THE commencement of another spring, the season of hope for the future, seems to have revived that desire for emigration which a short time since received such a stimulus from the glow ing accounts of gold discoveries in Australia. Much that then led to day-dreams of large for tunes acquired with almost magic rapidity, has been since considerably modified by counter tales of great distress, and the paucity of prizes com pared to blanks ; bat still the tide of success has rolled onward, and reflection has served to con vince the many that, even without undergoing the toil and hazard of gold seeking, there are fortunes to be made by steady industry in Australia which are worth the long and hazardous voyage to the Antipodes to gain. The Norwood, one of the far famed Black Ball Line of packet ships, has just left this port with a full complement of passengers for the thriVing colony, and we understand that Messrs. GIBBS, BRIGHT, and Co., the owners of the majestic steam-ship the Great Britain, and the Eagle Line of packets, are now receiving applica tions for passage as numerous as when the first rush to the gold diggings induced the belief, or rather the fear, that the population of Great Biitain was being 'transferred to the settlement of a new empire in Australia. In a few days, also, will be despatched two of the finest sailing vessels which perhaps ever left any port on purposes of com merce—the Lightning, belonging to the Black Ball Line, commanded by the captain who twice took the Marco Polo to Australia and back again, and 'the Red Jacket, purchased by Messrs. PILKrNGTON and WILSON for their celebrated White Star Line of packets. A rivalry between two such vessels, intended to start about the same time, must not only • create considerable interest here, but in every place where improvement in navigation is appreciated ; and we have no doubt that the celerity with which the passage will be performed will leave the question still undecided whether steam has the advantage over sailing vessels in so long a voyage. We can anticipate considerable benefit to the export trade of this country from the continued emigration to Aus tralia, and the further development offhe realurces of that colony ; but the want which is chiefly felt is the establishment of a regular postal communi cation by a line of steam or sailing vessels at fixed intervals. Some arrangements are already in pro gress for the promotion of this object, through a London Company ; but we should hope that the capital , and enterprise of Liverpool will provide the requisite means, and secure, if possible, the mail business 'to this port. It might tend materially to draw other trade into the same channel, and per haps restore some of the wool business which of late years has been diverted to London, though the change must be of great disadvantage to the York shire manufacturers, who would find Liverpool a far more convenient market than the metropolis. The local government of Melbourne are particu larly anxiouslor the establishment of a line .of mail steamers, and should not be disappointed it find ing them at this port, which has fitted out the finest steam-ships and the fastest sailing ships that traverse the ocean. THE NATIONAL FINANCES. THE .CHANCELLOU of the EXCHEQUER, on Tues day, made a statement in the House of Commons as to the condition of the National Finances, and on Thursday, the Times, in its vocation as Minis terial anouth-piece, made a specious appeal to its readers in defence of Mr. GLADSTONE'S character as a financier. The mere fact of endeavouring to explain the Xinisterial statement in a leading article, is a tacit confession that it required expla nation or ,defence ; and the very lame manner in which the task was executed, shows the badness of the cause. It indeed requires far more skill than the writer in the Times can boast, to justify, to any reasonable man, the utterly inefficient manner in which Mr. GLADSTONE has performed the duties of a chancellor of the Exchequer. He found the Treasutry with a balance at its bankers ample for all purposes, and mare than ever neces sary when on the eve of what may prove an ex pensive war. That balance has been spent in order to carry out a Quixotic project for reducing the National Debt, and the result is, that the National Debt is actually increased by the saving process, and the Government is compelled to obtain ad vances from the Bank of England to meet current expenses. In ordinary circumstances such a move ment would have been fatal to the reputation of a Finance Minister of humbler pretensions than Mr. GLADSTONE, but the evil is considerably magnified, and the fault proportionably greater at the present time, when the demands for the pressing emergen cies of war render the possession of a balance in hand an advantage of the first consequence. But so far from the fault being admitted as an error in judgment—to which even paragons of administra tive talent are sometimes liable—the Minister and his apologist claim credit for skill, and we are gravely assured that, in a country like ours, which can always borrow at an emergency, on terms easier than on any other nation, and can lay on productive taxes to meet a loan whenever it pleases, at a day's notice, it can never be necessary to have a very large balance, So long as little more than the ordinary expenditure was needed, the interest on Government securities may have • been comparatively moderate ; but it is absurd to talk of borrowing easily', when money, on good com mercial paper, is six per cent, and the interest on Exchequer Bills has been doubled, in order to keep them in the market. The Bank of England is already in advance to the Government upwards of two millions ; but this, according to the Times, is nothing, because the revenue is being received, and will amount to more before the end of the quarter, forgetting that the expenditure is also going on, and that further advance* will have to be THE REFORM BILL. IT was confidently announced, that on Monday, last week, Lord JOHN RUSSELL would declare the decision of the ministry to have no more to do with his abortive scheme for altering the represen tative system, and we fully expected to have been able, in our last paper, to report the official decla ration of defeat. It appears, however, that the , task was too unwelcome to be readily undertaken, and it was left till the Tuesday, the last day before the Easter recess, when Lord'JOHN made a mov ing appeal to the House about the sincerity of his motives, his zeal for reform, and his intention to press forward the measure at the first favourable opportunity. He bespoke the indulgence of his opponents, and even ventured to deprecate the withering sarcasm which he was conscious his humiliating position was deserving of from the Conservative leader. 'So affecting an appeal was not made in vain to English gentlemen, and he was spared the inffiction which he so evidently dreaded. We can readily ,give credit to Lord JOHN RUSSELL for the sincerity of his professions in seeking to make for himself a political capital out of this hackneyed theme of Reform, which ought to have been considered settled more than twenty years ago. It was, perhaps, but Christian charity to allow him to hide .his mortification at defeat under the plausilile preteit of his regard for the interests of the country; but no personal con siderations for the individual, hdwever well-inten tioned, will do away with the glaring fact that the Reform Bill was uncalled for and unnecessary, that in its details it was mischievous and impracticable, and that its introduction at this time, when every one must have known the utter impossibility of its being carried, or even discussed, was a shame ful trifling with the public interests. If we can assume a convenient forgetfulness of all Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S antecedents, we may assume that he was really sincere in his proposition ; but his honesty is no proof of 'his common sense, and this I indeed is the great error of popular credulity in elevating a man of such moderate mental calibre into the position of a responsible minister.. We have only the alternative of attributing his errors to his heart or his head, thoigh perhaps it should be to both. Either he knew, or he did not know, that no time could be less opportune than the pre sent for the discussion of a great constitutional question. If he did know, what excuse could be pleaded for his persistence in bringing forward this Reform Bill, involving greater changes and more momentous consequences than the measure of 1832 ? If he did not know it, and had not sense .to perceive the utter imprattieability of his pro posal, with what pretence can he occupy the responsible position of leader of the House of Commons P The course pursued tends to corro borate the version which was , given of the myste rious resignation of Lord PALMERSTON. The latter would not consent to the absurdity being perpe trated, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL would not give it up without resigning his place in the cabinet, because his thread-bare poltical honour was in volved in a promise to do something, and, his former scheme having failed, he had become sud denly enlightened by a write in the Edinburgh Review. The Ministry was tottering and could not afford to 'lose either, so Lord ABERDEEN, the invariable peace-maker, suggested a compromise, of which we have just seen the fulfilment. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, like a, pett - id child, was to be allowed to bring in his measure; trusting to the chapter of accidents for a pausible excuse for its postponement, and the oppostion of his colleagues was soothed by the evident certainty of such a postponement being inevitalk. The whole affair was a clumsy ministerial lictr, and should most appropriately have been peformed on the Ist of April ; but it is melanchol3 to think that, while the thunder of war is at otr gates, and powerful fleets and armies are equipsed to do battle with the vast empire of Russia and hazard thousands of precious lives in deadly couflct, those who are en trusted with the direction of public affairs should be playing the parts of angrz school boys. It is but justice to notice the forbearance with which the principal Conservaive members received the ministerial explanation, and even expressed sympathy with the speaker fa. the evident mortifi cation under which he laboired and which he felt so keenly; but we cannot coiicide with the ostensi ble motive for this generousconsideration, nor en tertain any apprehension fo , the apparent conse quences of an opposite coarse. It is said that some difficulty was experienced in preventing Lord JOHN RUSSELL from resigniag his office, an event which must have led to tilt breaking up of the coalition, and great pretence s made of the serious result of such a change at tie present time, when foreign affairs are so invoked. We must confess that we cannot perceive any serious evil would result from such a course indeed, it would be rather beneficial than otherwise ; for, when the greatest activity and intellgenee are requisite in order that this country should bear her part well in the impeuclin struggle ; we would much prefer to see the direction of public affairs in the hands of men possessing more ability and more honesty than the present incongruous herd of ineapables. Had Lord DERBY been permitted to remain at the helm, in all human probability there would have been no war nor rumours of war rendering expen sive armaments necessary; and even if such a state of affairs on the Continent as at present exists had been unavoidable, we should at least have had the satis tion of knowing that the best that could be done would be done—an event which is now by no means certain. We can hardly pass without remark the claim set up by Lord JOHN RUSSELL to the kind consi deration of the House on account of the sincerity of his motives, his disregard of party interests, and his patriotic zeal for a full development of constitutional principles in our representative sys tem. Such a position is utterly untenable. He has ever been a party man in the meanest sense of, the term, seeking his individual advancement, or confining his notions of party to that family influ ence, that knot of RUSSELLS, GREYS, and ELLIOTTS, which has been the bane of the country. His principles have been merely the emanations of ex pediency to suit the purposes of the time, and his measures have been a kind of political capital upon which he has traded for purely selfish objects; while his patriotism is sheer pretence, for the Empire might go to destruction, so long as Lord JOHN RUSSELL enjoyed place and pay. In 1835, he induced the House of Commons to vote that no measure relating to the Irish Church could be satisfactory unless the surplus revenues were appro priated to secular purposes ; and yet, having gained his object by resuming office, he was content to carry on the Government for six years without pressing the measure upon which he assumed his position. In 1841, he proposed measures which he knew were impracticable, in order to have a cry upon which to appeal to the country, for which he purposely dissolved Parliament, and was ignomi niously defeated. But one of the worst acts of his political life was in 1852, when, having surrendered office from his own inability to conduct it, he formed a league with the ultra Radicals, whom he had previously opposed, in order to render Government impossible to his successors. Lord JOHN RUSSELL may lay claim to such patriotism as belongs to Whiggery, but, when we find him consorting with such men as Messrs. COBDEN, BRIGHT, HL ME, and Co., he must, like many others, be judged by the company he keeps, and, therefore, we have a right to look with suspicion on every proposition which emanates from such a tainted source. Let us trust, however, that the majority of intelligent Englishmen are still alive to the honour of their country, still mindful of their constitutional privi leges, and still determined that the mighty inte rests which are at stake shall not be frittered away in concessions to Radical clamour. We have for a time at least been spared the infliction of a new Reform Bill, which, under pretence of settlement, would have unsettled everything ; and, long before Lord JOHN RUSSELL will have another opportunity of showing his political tact by Constitution cob bling, it is to be hoped that the country will have dispensed with his services, and that his colleagues will be replaced by men who have some principle in common, and one mind to do the best for the interests of our common country. THE COALITION CABINET. WHEN the present session of Parliament was commenced, the Ministerial programme was so redundant of legislative measures to be brought forward, that many persons began to imagine they judged erroneously in believing a Coalition to be incapable of action. Alas for the folly of relying. upon promises made by ministers tainted with Whiggery. Not three months have elapsed; and, while nothing has been done, the list of abandoned measures is greater than that of bills to be pro ceeded with, and will be still further increased, until the close of the session will present a blank — a fearful lesson of the mischief of admitting men to office who wriggle into place on false pretences. The Reform Bill has been abandoned, from its utter impracticability, and the confession made with tears of undisguised mortification ; the Oaths Bill, which was to secure Mr. ROTHSCHILD a place among nominally Christian legislators,bas virtually shared the same fate ; the alteration in the Law of Settlement, which had undergone such careful consideration by the only man in the concern with any pretensions to honesty, has been withdrawn, owing -to the officious intermeddling of men who had never considered the subject at all, and made use of the Bill in order to throw a sop to the Cerberus of their Irish Romanist allies ; the long-promised Reform in the Law, which had excited so many hopes of amendment in the practice of our courts of civil and criminal jurisdiction, has been shelved from having been entrusted to incompetent hands. Such a list of defeats would have been enough to destroy any administration having the slightest regard for political honour, and the true pride of place ; but Whigs and Peelites have a tenacity for office which overrides every other consideration ; and those who pretend to be independent members of the House of Commons show a reluctance to vote them out, as though a ministerial resignation would be a calamity instead of a subject for national rejoicing. In the absence of any practical legisla tion, it might have been thought that the exigencies of a war would have called for financial arrange ments in order to meet the expenses of the coming struggle; but the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has contented himself with doubling the income-tax for the next six months, leaving everything else to the chapter of accidents, and the vaunted increase of revenue which the paralysation of commerce and the strikes in the manufacturing districts will do very little to realise. If public affairs can be con ducted in such a slovenly manner, and the people are content to be so governed, it may be a question for serious consideration, whether the attendance of Parliament may not be dispensed with, and merely a committee appointed, to register such ministerial decrees as Mutiny Bills and Votes of Supply ; while, for all purposes of oratorical dis play, the reporters for the morning papers would be a sufficient audience, It was once the practice for a ministry to be guided by intelligible princi ples, on which they were content to stand or fall ; but, while other nations have been struggling for constitutional government, Great Britain has been content to fall back upon a system of bureauocracy, which is a disgrace to the boasted intelligence of the age. GOOD FRIDAY AND TILE EASTER HOLIDAYS. THE first-named of these days, devoted as it is to the com memoration of the great Christian sacrifice, has peculiar claims upon the attention and reverent observance of all Christian communities ; the second, commemorative of the fulfilment of CHRIST'S earthly mission, His glorious resurrection, and triumph over death and the grave, must stand equally high in the Christian's estimation and regard. It affords us much pleasure, therefore, to record that the observance of both days was, ill Liverpool, at tended with all the external indications of religious pro priety and decorum. Good Friday, in accordance with general custom, was observed as a close holiday. Business of every sort was suspended, and in the several churches throughout the town divine service was attended by crowds of earnest and devout worshippers. vy When morning service had been concluded, thousands upon thousands of our industrious population, tempted by the summer-fineness of the afternoon, and a desire to combine healthful exercise and the inhalation of invigo rating fresh air, sought recreation in the rural districts and ma ll t ow ns adjoining this great mart of commerce, Numerous sources of attraction being found on the Che shire side of the Mersey, the river steamers were in great requisition, and wafted crowds to all the ferrying points, and Birkenhead, Seacombe, Egrement, Rock Ferry, Eas tham, and other places, were literally crammed. The more adventurous excursionists by such conveyance found ample means of gratification in the steam-boat expeditions to Wales, the North-west Lightship, and other aquatic trips. The railways lent their expeditious aid in convey ing passengers to and from the town, and were numerously patronised. Still shorter, if not less pleasant, journeys were made by many hundreds in and on the various omnibuses plying to the outskirts of the town, all the favourite localities in which were densely crowded. The parks, too, were crowded by groups of gay promenaders, the merry voices of playful children lending their joyous music to the general scene. The other points and sources of attraction, such as the Zoological Gardens, where the Aztec Children formed a leading feature of interest, the Botanic Gardens, &e., were well attended by crowds from our own densely peopled neighbourhoods and by parties from a distance. The town and its environs though much crowded was orderly in all respects, and the pre valent decorum gave unequivocal testimony to the general good behaviour of all classes. EASTER MONDAY. The Easter religions observances are, in many instances, regarded as the prelude to secular festivities, -and as such are looked forward to with anxiety by the great mass of the population. It has, of late years particularly, been too much the fashion to decry the sports and pastimes by which our fathers used to enliven their minds and invigorate their bodies. " Festivals," says Southey, " when duly observed, attach men to the civil and religions institutions of their country; it is an evil, therefore, when they fall into disuse. A holiday that has been spent in an agreeable and rational manner has an invigorating effect, and the anticipated holiday is still more animating ; besides, un ceasing toil is injurious, and an excess of labour, like all other excesses, is mischievous, and destroys the power of labouring." Few men were more capable of judging on such a subject, and still fewer were capable of giving a good opinion on it than the sound-hearted, clear-headed Dr. Southey, and his opinion, therefore, carries with it great authority. In all countries such festivals are held more or less in repute, and Easter Monday, in most parts of England, is a day devoted to out-of-door festivities. Yesterday, as for many previous weeks, the weather was of the most genial description; balmy sunshine and light breezes contributing much to the enjoyments of the day. Special trains were run on the London and North-Western Railway, and these brought about 2,500 pleasure-seekers from the surrounding country, who, disposing themselves among the numerous objects of interest to be met with in town, contributed in no small degree to swell the gay throngs which crowded our principal streets. The Derby Museum was an object of especial and gratifying attention. The Docks, with their countless shipping, constituted no small portion of the wonders by which strangers were attracted ; and the river steamers, by their cheapness, celerity of transit, and excellent accommodation, were favourites with our resident population no less than with their visitors and friends. .In short, pleasure excursions and pleasure parties being the order of the day, every facility for their convenience was put into active operation, and jollity and good humour ruled generally among all classes. The Zoological and Botanical Gardens, the Parks and suburban villages, were all crowded, and, so far as we have been able to learn, " All went merry as a marriage bell." The Theatres, never behind in times of merry-making, have been busy, and re-opened, after brief recesses, with renewed decorations and increased attractions. In Wil liamson-square, the Theatre Royal presented to its fre quenters the re-appearance of Miss Cushman as Mrs. Haller,in" The Stranger ;" and the Royal Amphitheatre was once more radiant with the splendid scenic effects of " The Butterfly's Ball," and what some parties, at least, will not fail to regard as of still more importance, a crowded and well-pleased auditory. The Park and Adelphi Theatres, also, displayed with success their varied allure ments. Mr. Coleman, at Clayton-hall, delighted his friends and numerous patrons with his excellent enter tainment of Masks and Faces. THE SELECT VESTRY. Tins day being Easter Tuesday, the annual election takes place to supply the vacancies in the Select Vestry caused by the one-third going out by rotation, and also to confirm the filling-up of the several vacancies which have taken place during the year. Until within a very few years, it was the practice for the churchwardens to make out a list of such of the rate-payers as they considered most eligible, and this list was submitted to the parish ioners who attended the annual vestry, the sole object being to secure the election of such men as were not only conversant with parochial affairs, but would manage the large amount of public funds entrusted to their care with fidelity and regard for the interests of the whole of the parish. Unfortunately for the credit of the town, a prac tice has recently been adopted of making the Select Vestry the representative body of particular interests, or rather of certain cliques, having particular objects in view to be gained at all hazards. There are the Cottage-owners, the House-owners, the Warehouse-owners and keepers, and some other class-interests ; but it is said that the former has now the majority, and makes use of its power to in crease it on all occasions when vacancies occur, while at general elections there is usually a compromise between the more powerful factions for certain individuals to be returned; this is a state of things which ought not to be allowed to continue. The consequence has already been that respectable individuals are deterred from coming for ward as candidates, and the proceedings of the Vestry furnish usually a theme for comment by no means flattering to the good sense, the good feeling, or even the good faith of those who take part in them. The effect of the Cot tage-owners having a preponderance is already apparent in the attack map-on the Warehouse property under the pretence of its insufficient assessment, while it is openly stated that, by means of Committees, of which Cottage owners have the nomination, Cottage property is exempted from burdens to which it is liable. Neither of these interests should be allowed to predo minate, nor, indeed, to be represented at all as such. The Select Vestry should consist solely of ratepayers, having no other interest than the general good of the whole; and the parishioners should attend the Vestry meeting to-day and vote for such candidates as, belonging to neither fac tion, will, therefore, constitute the best members. THE DAY OF FASTING AND HUMILIATION. (From the Supplement to the London Gazette of Friday, April 14.) By the Queen. APROCLIMATION FOR ADAY OF GENNEAL HUMILIATION AND PRAYER. Victoria R. We, taking into our most serious consideration the just and necessary war in which we are engaged, and putting our trust in Ahnighty God, that He will graciously bless our arms, bOth by sea and land, have resolved, and do, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, hereby com mand, that a public day of humiliation and prayer be observed throughout those parts of our united kingdom called England and Ireland on Wednesday, the 26th day of April instant, that so both we and our people may humble ourselves before Almighty God, in order to obtain pardon of our sins, and in the most devout and solemn manner send up our prayers and supplications to the Divine Majesty, for imploring His blessing and assistance on our arms for the restoration of peace to us and our dominions; and we do strictly charge and command that the said day be reverently and devoutly observed by all our loving subjects in England and Ireland, as they tender the favour of Almighty God, and would avoid His wrath and indignation ; and, for the better and more orderly solemnizing the same, we have given directions to the Most Rev. the Archbishops and the Right Rev. the Bishops of England and Ireland to compose a form of prayer suitable to this occasion, to be used in all churches , chapels, and places of public worship, and to take care the same be timely dispersed throughout their respective dioceses. Given at our Court at Windsor, this 15th day of April, in the year of our Lord 1854, and in the 17th year of our reign. God save the Queen. STRIKE AT STOCKPORT.—SaMe thousands of ope rativeli have struck against the reducti on o f wages to the standsrd of May last, but there are no means of ascer tainik the numbers with accuracy. The week's notice giveh by some of the masters expired on Thursday, and if the whole number of operatives affected by the notice left work, from 15,000 to 18,000 would be on strike; but seve ral employers, having contracts to complete, or other ob jects to accomplish, seeing the determination of their workpeople to resist the reduction, have withdrawn the notice. These, however, are few, and are supposed to affect the employment of only about 2000 or 2500 people. To prepare against all disturbance the magistrates, on Thursday, swore in as special constables most of the cor poratiori servants, including men employed at the gas works, the fire brigades, and the able-bodied street . sweepers, in au about 100 persons. • CHARGE OF MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS. YESTERDAY, Captain Wm. Henderson Honor, Thomas Henry Chadderton (first mate), and John Barthe (second mate), of the ship Mongasteen, from Singapore to Liver pool, were brought before Mr. Mansfield, the sitting magistrate, charged with the murder of three Manilla men, part of the ship's crew, on the voyage home. Mr. Aspinall appeared for the prisoners. Detective-officer Kehoe said that, on the authority of a warrant which had been put into his hands on Friday last, he apprehended the three prisoners at the bar on Saturday last. They were charged with the murder of Emanuel, alias Valparaiso, on the 4th of March last ; of Henry Fisher, on the 21st of March ; and of Pedro, on the 29th of March last. The case affecting the death of Val paraiso was gone into first. The first witness called was Daniel Gillman - Low, carpenter of the ship, which be longed to London. He signed the ship's articles of agree ment on the 17th of November last, in Singapore. The prisciner Barthe joined after witness ; both the other pri soners and the deceased were on board before him.. Valparaiso was a Manilla man, and was shipped as a seaman. They sailed from Singapore in November, and • Valparaiso was ill-treated by all the prisoners. The ill treatment commenced about the beginning of January. The captain was the first who ill-treated, and flogged him with a rope's-end, but witness did not know what it was for. Valparaiso was frequently ill-treated after that; and he was struck on the head and back and shoulders by the captain, and the other two -prisoners, by the captain's orders. He was ill-treated two or three times a week,and sometimes two or three times a day. (The witness here took out a memorandum-book, which he began to peruse, when Mr. Aspinall requested to see it. On examining the book, the learned gentleman said he did not object to its being used, after he had ascertained that the entries had been made at the time the occurrences narrated in it took place. He, however, requested his worship to observe that the entries commenced on the 18th of February, and ex hibited a hiatus till the Ist of March, when they became regular up to the arrival of the vessel in Liverpool.) The examination then proceeded : the witness saying, on the 4th March, Valparaiso and I were on the same watch. On the mcrning of that day the captain flogged two men at the wheel, and Valparaiso was one of them. The cap tain flogged him again, with a rope's end, between seven and eight o'clock the same evening. Valparaiso was steering, and did not steer within half a point of his course, and it was for this that he was flogged. He was flogged with what the captain called his cat ; it was a piece of hard wood, 25 inches long, and 5 inches in diame ter, with four holes bored through it at one end, and four pieces of log-line rove through them and knotted at the ends. Valparaiso was struck both with the lash and with the wood. On the 4th of March Valparaiso was beaten by the captain over the head, shoulders, and face. He was frequently beaten during the day, andi to such an ex tent that he was unable to walk, in which condition the captain ordered him to be taken to the lee side of the deck, and kept walking backwards and forwards, in the course of which he fell down on the deck, unable to walk. The captain then ordered him to be lashed to an eye-belt attached to the skylight, which was done. The captain struck him a blow which knocked him down, and after wards struck him several blows while he was lying on the deck. Valparaiso said nothing, but groaned heavily. He was kept on deck till near midnight, when the captain ordered him to be stripped naked, and supported against the deck-house, where several buckets full of cold water were poured over him. After this he was rubbed down by the captain's orders, and his wet clothes were put on. him, and he was conveyed into the sail-locker, where he was laid on some sails and rigging, and there left. Between four and five o'clock in the morning he was found to be dead. After the death of Valparaiso, the captain manifested some agitation, and was unable to go on with the burial service after he had commenced reading it, and requested witness to finish it, which he did. This witness was cross-examined at great length by Mr. Aspinall; but the cross-examination did not elicit much to change the general tenor of his evidence. In reference to his signature to an entry in the offic:al log-book of the ship, he exhibited a good deal of hesitation, at first saying the signature was not his ; then admitting that it might be his, but he did not recollect it, and at last admitting it to be his ; and that he signed it at the instance of the chief mate, who told him that the captain wished him to sign it. The entry was dated March 4th, 1854. It stated that " Manuel Gonsalis was sent to the pump with the rest of the watch, and he fell on deck ; he could not stand, and appeared to have no use in his legs ; he felt cold all over his body ; took his clothes off, and washed him with salt and water, and rubbed him down with cloths to re store animation. Gave him an emetic, and put him to bed, but he expired at eight a.m. next morning ; held an sexamination on the body, but could not ascertain the cause of death." _ _ _ _ Robert Evans, steward, said they sailed with a white crew, but there was a foreigner or two amongst them. Several hands left and others were engaged (mostly foreigners), at Singapore and other places. The deceased's name was Manuel, and they called him Valparaiso, be cause he hail id from that port. had seen the captain ill-treat seve al of the foreign sailors. On the 4th March Manuel was \ ory much ill-treated, two or three times, by the captain n ail the chief mate. The mate struck him on the face with his fist because he contradicted him. A few minutes after six in the evening, saw the captain on deck punching Manuel under the jaws. Manuel was then at the wheel, and the captain close to him, punching him with a thick stick. The stick was called a " cat," and had four pieces of knotted line at one end, but the captain was punching deceased with the other end of the stick • he gave a kind of yell when he was punched ; the Chief mate was then standing to leeward, on the poop. Saw the man again between nine and ten, on the quarter-deck; he was trying to stand, but could not, and fell. Did not think he was so bad, and went forward ; saw him again at half-past eleven, sitting down against the skylight. The captain ordered the second mate to send the men to .the pumps, and he also ordered Manuel to be dragged to the pumps. The second mate, assisted by"tvitness, got him up, and he fell down quite helpless ; he had no use in his limbs. Felt his pulse, and his forehead, observing that he was as cold as ice, and there was no pulse at the time. The captain came up and said to me," B---t your soul, if you don't hold your jaw, I'll give you something behind your ear-hole that'll make you as cold as ice." We dragged Manuel to the pumps, but his limbs were helpless, and he could not hold his head up. The captain told them to stick him up against the side of the house ; and he then told them to strip him. This was about midnight. Several hands held him up, amongst whom were the chief and second mates. The captain ordered the carpenter to get some water passed along the top of the house ; it was poured from the top of the house on Manuel's head ; at this time he was stark naked, and held up against the house ; thinks the boy poured four buckets of water on his head, but the captain ordered the boy to pass the fifth bucket down, when the captain hove the water into the man ' s face, and then pushed his head with the bucket against the house. The captain cursed the men all the time for not holding Manuel upright. The captain ordered witness to get some medicine ; he fetched an emetic, and tried to give it to him, but could only force a little of it into his mouth with a spoon ; could not get his mouth open, as his teeth were firmly closed. The chief mate said he thought the man was lock-jawed, when the captain said " If you don't hold your tongue, I'll shove the b—y lan tern down your throat." The captain ordered them to rub him down with his clothes, and then put them on. When they had rubbed him down and put his clothes on, they took . him to the sail locker. Never saw him alive afterwards. Saw the corpse about seven the next morn ing. - His left eye was swollen up ; observed that his eye was wounded on the previous night. The men did not have a full allowance of food till within a few days of .reaching home ; they had 21 lbs of bread among five men per day ; that was for a length of time, but they had had more of late. Had heard the captain tell the mate to beat the men on several occasions, and curse him for not doing_ it. The mate appeared kind, but had no peace without he beat the men. Three or four days before Manuel's death he was beaten three or four times by the captain. Cross-examined by Mr. Aspinall.—The captain had charged witness with stealing brandy, and beat him ; this was shortly before the affair with Manuel. On arriving in port, he got a summons for the captain for beating him. Went to Mr. Snowball, solicitor, to get the summons soon after gettnig his wages ; was sent by Mr. Snowball to Mr. Clough. Thought the chief officer would have made the present charge, or lie would have made a minute of it. Had sailed with Captain Honor when he was second mate of the Europa. Had been paid full wages, without (deductions. The evidence was then read over to the prisoners, and the case was adjourned until this morning. DEATH FROM BURNING.—On Saturday night, about half-past ten o'clock, as a woman named Mary Madden, residing at No. 18 Court, Crosshall-street, was making some starch by the fire, her clothes caught, and she was instantly enveloped in flames. The poor woman screamed out, and, assistance arriving, the fire was subdued by pouring water upon her, after which she was removed to the Northern Hospital, where she died the same night. An inquest will be held upon the body this day. GRATIFYING TESTI MONIAL.—On Thursday last, a large number of the congregation of St. Thomas' Church, Park , lane, met in the school-room, for the purpose of present ing the curate, the Rev. C. P. Hobbs, with a testimonial of their esteem on his removal to St. Augustine's. The chair was occupied by the Rev. Thomas L. Pain, who in a feeling speech presented Mr. Hobbs, on behalf the congre gation, with a valuable gold watch chain,and pocket communion service, a handsomeof gold; and a purse the watch and communion service bearing the following in scription :—" Presented by the Congregation to the Rev. Charles Parsons Hobbs, Curate of St. Thomas' Church, Liverpool, as a token of esteem, and appreciation of his services. 13th of April, 1854." THE PRESTON STRIKE. --The proceedings of the me diation committee are still kept private. The number of immigrants during the week is reported at ninety-nine , about seventy-four of whom were available. The n umber e of old skilled hands returning to their employment is ers , riously estimated. The secretaries to the Master Pii hands were re ceived Association report that seven hundred last week. Messrs. Horrockses, Miller, and persons at largest employers in town, have " vr e essions. The total to work at the different mills in PreislatonnuddllA7 2: work, and, it is said, receive daily a f. b y the Operatives' number of hands relieved last wer ss. -. 9d The previous Union was 13,813, at a cost of E 3 19 £3,216 10s. 3d. The amountbalance received this week from week the number relieved weavers shows that the Tnitining over from last week, was sheet H of epoxpweenrditonurme all sources, including £lO2 £2,136 12s. id. ; and t . inners' balance-sheet shows the £613 £ 75 94 . l a d i . od The card-loom hands had of £so3s. 2 • was t.2 ' • here is a balance due to the treasurer an . expenditure of £7OB 7s. 81-41. 0:6 41 8s and a deficit of of £457165. 2d., and their expenditure was an income leaving the amount due to the treasurer £461 17s. 10d., n 9 l i e d s • p ; 1 that their expenditure was £4O receipt of . i s 7d. On Saturday the unemployed held a meet i ng, in a brick field about two miles from the town. - The state of affairs at present existing in Stockport was the chief topic discussed, and the meeting broke up with cries for the ten per cent. •