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D LAD LEAD . MADE LIN NitAREHOU YIVII MUSLIN 4, BOLD-STR E ET. GOODS, w LADIES' OUTFITTING WAREHOUSE, 4, BOLD : STREET. . ~ .. .. . rmiNc READY ,ary to add, that t II be found of the no may favour him !ir custom an inducement to purchase largel 1, Bold-street, 10th December, 1842. BRITISH AND BOOK 'S LIBRARY, SELLING AND STATIONER' ESTABLISHMENT, WILLAI` 73, BOLD -STREET, LIVERPOOL THIS LIBRARY, established upwards of contains more than 60,000 Volum-- Works are (0 ,4 Or• he day of Publicat try Libraries, Steam- suitable for Cou on moderate terms Vessels, S An exte asive assortment of Just orty Years, to which - all New Novels, Captain 'enile Books constantly on OYSTERS ! OYSTERS ! ! OYSTERS !! ! VERY SUPERIOR MILTON NATIVE (LONDON BARRELLED) O Y S T E R. S, DIRECT w. RECEIVED EVERY MORNING, r FROM BILLINGSGA :RAND JUNCTION RAILWAY SHAW'S, 31, BASNETI ATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL —Oysters, &c. orde 'led to, and sent AMSON at this Establishment pane addressed, with despatch, per ge free, within five miles RIDGE FEAT HOTEL STREET ROBINSON respec :enerally, that he HAS ENTERI 3LISHMENT, which has been tt the Nobili D ON THIS ESTA- fitted up with taste and comfort, the furniture repaired and t a share of public st by assiduity and attention, support of Cou -ourtaings. Oct. 24, 1842. hich consumed my Ware my Deeds, Papers, and ed in two Iron Safes, ly reduced to ashes, me is very great. re-proof Saf ,ur Fire- proo YRIA stimul frees an habit, and brings back the musc to every species of deca Cordial I hydra in one quar or collateral dicine, for its purification of the blood.La gorator of the nervous syst samic st on, whereby the whole facult become restored to their proper power and functions, and the fallen fabric of life is raised up to in emaci ated and prematur'c' lecay, to sound and pr ine health ki nothing can be b. constitution, so ledged to be pc 'nerally acy in all c thoughts, wanderings of and all kinds of hysteri by its use. mils, ti ts are gr C;onstitations 3. respectftilly solicits th Gentlemen, a central for basin WINES AND SPIRITS OF THE FIRST QUALITY CARS AND GIGS ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE. hey will find the FEATHERS cony )OD ST LING AND LOCK-UP COACH HOUSI Horses Bought and Sold on Commission. LIVERPOOL GAS LIGHT COMPAI GIVNOTICE V IS HEREBY EN, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of the LIVERPOOL GAS LIGHT COMPANY will be held at the Office of the Company, in Dale-street, in Liverpool, on THURSDAY, the twenty-ninth day of December instant, k in the afternoon, for the purpose of consider eining upon the propriety of issuing a further number of New Shares in the - said Company, in pursuance of an Act of Parliament relating to the said Company, passed in the 4th and sth years of the reign of her present Majesty, and of making such order or orders for that purpose, and re lating to the sale of the said Shares as is required by the said Act and the said Meeting shall think fit. Dated the ninth day of December, 1842. .• ••A By 'order of the Committee, THOMAS CARSON, Secretary to the said Compan AND DIA STEINKELLER'S PATENT SQUARI MOND ZINK PLATES. To cover 100 square feet of Roofing with the Cwt. qrs. II ) 22 To cover the mine surface with the best Welch 9 0 0 require zving in Weight, per 100 square feet, by u of Zink SHEATHING ZINK, for Ships. SHEET ZINK, for Rooffing, Verandah. PLATE ZINK, for Engravers, Lithograp era, Galvanic Apparatus, &c. • ZINK SASH BARS, for Window Frames, Hothouses, Fanlights, Garden Frames, &c. ZINK NAILS, TACKS, and SPRIGS, for Ships' Use, and Outside Work. ZINK RAIN WATER PIPING, GUTTERING, BELL-TUBING, MOULDINGS, LAMP BARS, &c., all awn by Machinery. PERFORATED ZINK or Window Blinds, eat Safes dries, Strainers, for Ventilation, & FOREIGN SPELTER, in Parcels for se, delivered in London or Liverpool. W. LAIRD, Derby Buildings, Fenwick-street t or Ho To be LET, a Fre e WAREHOUSE ROOM, near the good Single and Double OFFICES, Corn Exchange ; also in Derby Buildings, Fenwick-street Apply to W. LAIRD, Derby Buildings, Fenwick-stree ( One interest) RECENT events the momentou akened so general a feeling of RecOrds, MSS OMAS MILNER and notice to their PAT )SITORIE k in thicknes.f.,to and, being f experiment, that of securing a protection Rooks and Papers of 3 all Combustib that J. L inviting pn lubmitted their of e trials in the prin- [r efficiency for ordi- rnfirmed in their opinion by a nder suitable modification of clambers and thickness of boxes, the peculiar principle of their Patent is capable of affording security 'under th severest ordeal likely to occur in calamities of the kind, t )licit the consideration of ntlemen inte respectful iical science to the subj enerally, and invest as means of securit' tion into the pretensions of the use, their own amongst the rest M. and S. are prepared to submit their manufactures to public trial with any others of equal dimensions, whilst their comparatively moderate cost renders them extensively avail- the Certificate of the satisfactory trial of their Boxes in latures of the following gentlemen, to whom permission of reference is kindly given : THOMAS BOLTON, Esq. (ex-Mayor.) JOHN SHAW LEIGH, Esq. (ex -Mayor.) Sir THOMAS BRANCKER. BARTHOLOMEW PRESCOT, Esq. L. GRAHAM, Esq. R. FRODSHAM, Esq. WM. STOCK, Esq. S. WOODS. jun., Esq. o the above, Milner and Son draw attention to the following statements : Liverpoc In addition Ni trial of Milne Patent Fire Resisting Safes and Boxes nounced by cards, issued to 500 of tt 1 principal gentlemen of Dublin, which ie Royal Dublin Societ mot of alterations in progress there Gardens, October 7th, 1812. The fire, consisting of half a `on of coals, and fifty to sixty feet of wood and kindling, was - ',hted at one o'clock, with a box and powder safe, filled h papers, &c., in the centre. The whole were examined -...fip men present, whose signatures on the certificate con, took place at s kindly conducted the proceed kt two o'clock, at Dr. Meyler's ,uggestion, a large ._ - head, with both ends knocked out, was placed over the top of the fire, which, quickly ig niting, caused a very fierce draught, and produced intense heat on the tops of the boxes, which were seen through the Sir John Kir opening crevices of the b A litt'- ' _ _ ~,..L ung cask most severely exposed. hree o'clock, Dr. Meyler, with whom the had been left by Sir John Kingston James, opened the including several parchments with seals `o be perfectly safe. At half-past four box, and its content attached, were foun o'clock the Powder Safe was taken out and opened, and the inner cell, with its contents, were still unaffected by thro - It was again replaced in the fire of red coke until six p.m. ; when taken out, after five hours though V- outer cell was red hot, the inner one and contents , ened, in the presence of Joshua Abel, Esq.. H ardson, Esq., M.D., Messrs. Thosand, _Gardiner were still as fresh and perf We declare our .tisfacti on with ition of all Conabustibl vt. FARRAN, At it) Mos. 11141(Er7icv .lAMES SHERI JOSHU A ABEI , ROBERT KANE, M.D., Pro__ ROBERT HUNT, Crampton Qua ANTHONY MEYLER, M.D., (SIR) EDWARD STANLEY, THOMAS GRIER ISAAC M. D'OLIEtt, Gov. of the Bank of Ire P. WILS ON , Registrar, Royal Dublin Society (SIR) TOLER OSBORNa_ I Dublin S RICHARD PURDy,"' I C. H. MINCRIN, A.M JOHN DOYLE, iIOBERT LEECH, M.D. JOHN Loucx, Architect 4 : il - . M. BENSON, DAVIES Flee of Manufacturers, Royal Dublin Society.- D, —That having carefully examined the Fire-pros L. , Messrs. Milner and Son, and witnesse medal and continued fire, we recur of appraved utility. EDWARD STANLEY, Chairman. mend them as art 12th October, 1842, Messrs. Thos Milner & Son, Office, Gentlemen,—At the s, I regret to inform yon. Account Books, v The inc . onsenience and loss occasionen As I have now no faith whatever in Ira (at least so styled,) I am induced to purct ich have 1 so strongly tested rour bumble servant, RICHARD G. Hlry —Please ad me a No. 10 .th drawers for deeds Hambul , 1842. A Public Test of MILNER and SON'S (of Liverpo TENT FIRE-PROOF SAFETY BOXES, toc the Grassbro , ke, near the Elbe INo.I 7510L5, ne of the above, feel IA it perfect security in all The Box was filled with pap ;era; in addition t- •-'-'" e of the patentees, camined by the gentlemen present, and a( " Hernn H. C. Sleeker, 68, Admiralitat __ fire was composed of upwards of seven cwt. of coal, ai a considerable quantity of wood, oaken slabs, and other COI bustibles, solely under the superintendence of Mr. Thom,. son, Manager of the Globe Foundry Iron Works. The Box was placed in the fire, and there allowedto remain for one hour and a half, during the chief of Which time it was of heat. Much curiosity was excited respecting the Ir. Wenden, the re ~.. I his watch inside ; were ex down by a white but on opening tne vox, IL was pertectly safe, and going as true as when deposited—the whole contents were also pre served, including the document on which this certificate is written. farhl v luarter 3ookseli Vendors, an any ( Balm of most of the principal Wholesale. London. f Perry's Pur ledicir to the Trade, b: Patent Medicine Houses in Sold, Wholesale, by Messrs. EVANS and Co., Druggists. Lord-street, Liverpool. DOG SPEARS.—A serious accident occurred last week to the son of Mr. Hall, of Wild Court, a tenant of Lord Brid port, near Hawkchurch. It appears his Lordship has caused long spears to be placed in his covers for the protection of game. The young man in question, having occasion to visit part of the farm for the purpose of changing some sheep, took the nearest way to his object across one of his Lord. ship's covers, where he came in contact with one of those deadly weapons, which entered the leg above the ancle, and came out above the calf, inflicting a dangerous and painful wound.— West of England Conservative. THE NIGER EXPEDITION. - The Wilberforce steam vessel, recently returned from the Niger expedition, was paid off at Woolwich on Wednesday last, and the Kroomen trans ferred to the William and Mary yacht. The Kroomen ap pear a hardy race of men, and able and willing to work ; but hern climate they complain of the piercing winds going through them, although comfortably clothed, and with flannel shirts next the body. The Wilberforce left the Soudan steam-vessel at Fernando Po, and it is expected she will receive the slight repairs she will require there. The Albert steam-vessel is still on the coast of Africa ; and owine in this nort all draught of water, it looking after slave vesst amongst the few rer that she will be re-cc and be worked excla men, and again proet ining of the crew of the Wilberforce imissioned in the spring of nest year, rely by volunteers, assisted by Kroo- I to the Niger. That river is described ng for about 20 miles s one entire marsh, hole oft the model on each side with magnolia trees, growing into the river, and presenting a singular appearance where the rise and fall of the tide had washed away the earth from their roots. It was invariably in passing thr'ough this spot t portion of the crew, and even the West Indians employed in the expedition could not resist the effects of the malaria. The country above Idah is described as comparatively beautiful and fertile, and the intelligent portion of the crew of the Wilberforce think a situation for the model farm ought to have been selected farther been obtained from the Ki Idah is represented as be Thames at Woolwich, and Pt in l Idah about three times th marshy pa-' inten"" da h could have )me parts immediately be in that ;et in the e fox• of tiger in the form of a d than was experie reral of the black awes on , on begin paid off, were very proud of being freemen, and proceed to London th cent at ti besides a y estim: ly infc QEVERAI AT a SPI .11. OPERA t was mo' It was moved I Thanks w A.RD'S OFFI an Dy c ost gla dtott , 20, S Just pul T. Newt .s., and a Posto the Blood, embellished wi Authors, and sold by Strar 18, Bisho Soho; Jackson and C Buckton, 50, Br mmediate influenc axed, weak, or aria consumptive habits a cured meet ti st chang ecome rich and b id bealt flesh, firm ; Sold in I one Bot Messrs. F fee of on taken of the Mmunication (pi Are of the utm buti Affectior tions or S to cleanse the blood fil at No. 9,Ber it Charles-st mingham, punctu Eight in the Even Only one persons blood, and emaciated limb. Leh, or the quanti Inf. 11c Rnttlp is hich no not and Co., Surgeons n,Oxf r door °dance to those afflicted may be consulted asy-row,) Bir loss Vii 'here wa n change thei Et n d 1 row of locken rincipal part of wt at from £BOO to £1; fall, we understand, upon the labouring men large shi clothes I leave work feet wide, 1 r cupboa led was nar for the purpos Th ere were ne tiers locked t der. In con: robbed, there and again w The apartment was about 150 feet lor thin fl ,ous to Is, on each side of at bout two feet in d .ge iron pipes carried f warming t quence of the I were no means left o )ut through a narrow door, haN'ring been getting in or out of the t the side, and within 5 or 6 feet of the end. At six o'clock on Wednesday morn ing, about 40 or 50 men were in the place, preparing for going under ground, when a young man of the name of John Waters, whose locker was very near the door, was pouring gunpowder from a quarter of a hundred cask into a , which he was to carry underground, his ie had stuck upon the iron pipe above him, a spark upon the powder, and produced a n. Waters appears to have been shatterec so much that when bis remai from the certainty that no ( small cannister candle, which l terrible missing that they had been stand- ing near him that it was ao in Crowan Chi -town, where h The explosion appears to have set the _1 of the house, instantly in a b 1 buted among them I wards of 10 ,ndles, the th sione ( . .1 a constant seen for s-e-v";a7 door, it may eaf men in the hon. was im me 3 sp Within the last of a dec sentativ deniec books; bu solely to tt There i Chand the year Y INTELLIQENCI 11 duly I turday r lad to 1 'portant r a view is reduction ;er and at Cheltenhar Mercury, that such is —Glou mind near the - Colchester terminus of Railway, that " XlOO an acre has been , ece of ground adjoining the road, being 300 han it would have fetched previously to the way being tboul cl folks of Cob r memorial kfter all, it would seem that the we regret to st not deeply I OF LORD 1111 Yews.) (Prom a Second Edition of the Shrewihury his melancholy event, which has been anticipate •e nine o'c For son nip ear Ilardwicke-grange, near this town _ eeks past his lordship had been confined to his room, and his health had been gradually declining. His relatives and friends have been unremitting in their attendance upon him, and his last moments were cheered by the presence of those who were nearest and dearest to him. The following is a brief narrative of his lordship's eventful career:— His lordship was.born August 11th, 1772, and v Ware of every I son ^f the bite Sir John Hill, Bart:, of Hawkstone, who married Marv, one of the daughters and co-heiress of John Chambre, Esq., of Peton, in this county, by which lady he had sixteen children, twelve of whom survived their mother. Lord Hill entered the army in the sixteenth year of his age. His first commission was an ensigncy in the 38th Regiment, and having obtained leave of absence, with the view of im proving his military knowledge, he was placed at an academy at Strasburg, where he remained one year, and then ac companied his elder brother and his uncle, the late Sir Richard Hill, in a tour through Germany, France, and Holland. Lord Hill commenced his military duty at Edinburgh, where he had the advantage of the best society, and received from many of the nobility and first families particular notice. His removal from Scotland took place in consequence of an offer he received of a Lieutenancy, in Captain Broughton's (afterwards Lieutenant-General Sir John Broughton) inde pendent company, on his raising the usual quota of men ; this he soon accomplished, and then removed as Lieutenant to the 27th. His friends being anxious for his early promo tion, obtained permission for him to raise an independent company, which gave him the rank of Captain in the army, in the year 1792. In the interval of his being attached to any partiaular corps, he accompanied his friend, Mr. Francis Drake, who went out as Minister on a diplomatic mission to Germany, whence Captain Hill, through the recommendation of his friend, proceeded to Toulon, and was employed as Aide-de-Camp to the then successful General commanding there—namely, Lord Mulgrave, General O'Hara, and Sir David Dundas. Capt. Hill had not at that time attained his 21s t year, but had the honour of receiving from each of his commanders decisive proofs of their approbation. His next appointment was to a company in the 53d, with which regiment he was on duty in Scotland and Ireland. His conduct at Toulon recommended him to the notice and friendship of Lord Lynedoch, who made him the offer of purchasing a majority in the 90th this step was gladly ac ceded to by himself and friends, and was soon followed by promotion to a li eu t ena nt-colo ne l cy in the same regiment. He went through arduous duty with the 90th at Gibraltar and other places, and had his full share in the memorable Egyptian campaign. In the action of the 13th of March, 1811, Major-General Craddock's Brigade formed the front )th Regiment, commanded by Lord Hill, then lieutenant-colonel, as its advanced guard. Sir R. Wilson states the conduct of the 90th in this affair to have been most honourable ; and that nothing could exceed the intre pidity and firmness with which they charged the enemy. On this occasion Colonel Hill received a wound on the right temple, from a musket ball, the force of which was provi tially averted, by a strong brass binding in the front of his helmet : the blow was, however, severe, and he was re moved from the field of battle in a state of insensibility. During the whole of Sir John Moore's advance and re treat, General Hill continued indefatigable in his exertions. On General Hill' s arr i va l i n E ng l an d, in the beginning . of the year 1809, he found himself appointed Colonel of the third Garrison Battalion, and about the' same period he be came possessed of Hardwick-grange, an estate left to him by his uncie, the late Sir Richard Hill, Bart. At the battle of Tallavera General H ill was slightly wounded on the head. After which, the activity which enabled him to surprise a considerable corps of the enemy under General Girard, at Arroyo de Molino, is indicative of his high at tainments as a military man. On this latter enterprise he captured the Prince d'Aremberg, who was sent prisoner to Oswestry, and afterwards to Bridgenorth, both in this county. On the dissolution of Parliament, in 1812, the Hon. Wm. Hill (late Lord Berwick) signified his intention of resigning his representation of the borough of Shrewsbury, and the family of General Hill were solicited to offer him as a candi date, and his election for that borough was obtained. In 1813 and 1814, the inhabitants of Shropshire erected a magnificent column as a testimony of esteem to his lordship. In May, 1814, General Hill was created Baron of Almarez and of Hawkstone, and an annuity of £2,000 per annum was voted by Parliament to his lordship and his heirs male,_with remainder to his nephew. Peace having been signed at Paris, in May, 1814, his lord ship returned to the bosom of his venerable father and his friends at Hawkstone, in the following month. On his road thither he was received with the utmost enthusiasm in every town through which he passed. His return to his native county was anticipated by the inhabitants with the liveliest joy. A day was set apart for a public dinner and rejoicing in Shrewsbury ; and his lordship was received in that town with all the honours and enthusiasm of a triumphal entrance ; the town poured forth its population to gratnlate him; a cavalcade, comprising the principal personages in the county, escorted his lordship into the town, and he afterwards dined at the Town-hall. A short time after, the freedom of the borough was presented to his lordship in a gold box, and the reedom of the Drapers' Company. "His lordship now hoped to pass the remainder of his days upon his estate and among his friends ; but he was imme diately appointed to take command of an expedition against the Americans. Happily, however, the negotiations with that power terminated with the signature of peace; and, on the return of Bonaparte from Elba, on the 4th of March, 1815, and his reascendancy in France, Lord Hill was offered a command in the Netherlands, and was present at the ever memorable battle of Waterloo. His lordship, on that occa sion, had a horse shot under him ; and his two brothers were wounded. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir R. Hill was ahot through the upper part of the right arm, and the ball entered his chest, . Lieutenant-Colonel Clement Bin wound was in his thigh ; a sabre passed quite through the fleshy part, and also through his saddle, into his horse's Perhaps the occasion on which his lordship most distin guished himself was the desperate fight of Almarez, in 1812, from which he took his second title. Wellington directed Sir Rowland Hill to destroy the bridge of Almarez, defended )y very formidable works and a of the rive OUR INDIAN SUCCESSES Lord Ellenborongh ha addressed the following apostolic letter to the chaplains in the upper provinces of India. We observe_ that objection has been made to such a direction that the Governor-General states expressly that he addresses the letter •' in the absence of any superior ecclesiastical au thority' in those extensive districts : " Simla, October 1, 1842. " Reverend Sir,—The seasonable supply of rain, following our prayers recently offered to God for that blessing, whereby the people of the north-western provinces have been relieved from the fear of impending famine, and the great successes recently obtained by the British arms in Affghanistan, whereby the hope of honourable and secure peace is held out to India, impose upon us all the duty of humble thanksgiving to Almighty God, through whose paternal goodness alone these events have been brought to pass. Nor have we less incurred the duty of earnest supplication that we may not be led to abuse these last gifts of God's bounty, or to attri bute to ourselves that which is due to him alone ; but that we may have granted to us grace so to improve these gifts as to show ourselves worthy of his love, and fit instruments in his hand for the government of the great nation his wisdom has placed under British rule. • " In the absence of any superior ecclesiastical authority in these upper provinces, I request that yen will take these matters into your serious consideration, and that you will on the 16th of October offer to Almighty God such prayers and thanksgivings at the time of Divine service in your church, as may seem to you best suited to impress upon your con gregation the greatness of the blessings which the British nation in India, and the whole people of India, have recently received, and the high moral responsibility under which God has placed all those who have committed to them any part in the government of this empire. " I remain, reverend sir, your affectionate friend, (Signed) " ELLENBOROUGH." AMERICAN COTTON EXPERIMENT IN BENGAL We are indebted to a correspondent for some interesting extracts from the private letters of one of the American cot ton planters in Bengal. Our readers will learn with regret that hitherto the experiments in that presidency have been failures. This, however, is entirely to be ascribed to .the unfavourable nature of the climate in Bundelkund—the wi thering hot wind which prevails there having blasted the hopes of the planters. The intelligent writer, however, does not despair of being able to find suitable Locations where these disadvantages do not prevail. The indigenous cotton appears to thrive better than the American—and there is a marked superiority of the American over the native mode of cultivation. The planter says : " Had those who settled us here ex bred all India for the most unfavourable part, this would have been the spot they must have pitched upon. This is proved from the tact that in the part of the Dooah and Bundelkund, where we are located there are no indigo factories or sugar mills ; in a word, thare is nothing prouced here but a little miserable grain, which affords the people a precarious subsistence, and a little poor cotton which affords them scarcely clothing, and which is too uncertain to risk being planted by itself, but is sown with a dozen different kinds of pulse. Notwithstanding the unfortunate result which has attended our efforts here, we do not despair of success in a more genial clime; and I doubt not that India possesses territory equal in extent to the whole cotton growing region of the United States which will produce the article ; and, with the assistance of govern ment, which I am sure the present rulers will lend, we will find them out ; and judging from the description Hamilton's Gazetteer gives, I would venture to point out the following countries in which I think the American cotton very likely to succeed, viz., Bengal about Dacca, Moorshedabad, Bhan gulpore, Jumulpoor, Dinagepoor, Rungpoor, and even to Ghoruckpoor, Oude, Rohilcund, &c. In the selection of these districts I have kept entirely out of the range of the course of this part of the country hot winds. I may also add Malwa, particularly about Saugor and Jubbulpoor. From the latter district Captain M`Leod sent us some seed, and on looking over them I found a lock of cotton, which I think particularly good. I need not attempt to enumerate the many sections of country on your side of India in which I think good cotton can be produced, as you will have a great acquisition to your practical knowledge in the planter who is upon the eve of setting out for your presidency. The native cotton flourishes most luxuriantly under our mode of culti vation ; the hot wind does not affect that so much as it does a foreign plant. It is not very prolific under any circum stances, but from its present appearance it will produce a great deal more than the natives realise from it, but unfor tunately we have planted largely of the American variety, and but sparingly of the indigenous. The rain just came in time to save the khureef, or wet weather crop ; so, upon the whole, this will be a good season for the native grain crops. The khureef will not be so good as it would have been with a shower or two in August, but the people will not starve. The Indian corn crop is entirely cut in this neighbourhood. —Bombay Times, Nov. 2. REVIVAL OF THE SERGE MANUFACTORY.—We are hap py to find that the good news from India and China has had the effect of re-animating the serge manufactories in Devon, which had been drooping for some time past. The extensive factories for this article at Ashburton and neighbourhood, have been set upon full work ; and the inhabitants seem in spired with a new life, at the prospect of a revival of trade to the East. ARRIVAL OF THE TREATY AND DESPATCHES FROM CHINA. --The Locust steamer, Lieutenant-Commander John Lunn, arribed at Plymouth on Friday from Malta, which she left on the 25th ult., bringing Major Malcolm, Secretary of Legation, an d 'Commander C. Richards, of her Majesty's ship Cornwallis, the former charged with the Treaty of Peace concluded with China, and the latter with despatches for the Admiralty, with which they immediaeely on landing proceeded express for London THE I RON TRADE IN GERMANY.—Although Germany possesses rich and numerous mines of iron, in the mountains of the Hartz and in Silesia, their product does not suffice to cover the extent of consumption, and that of the railroads in progress on so many points of her territory. The imports of this metal continued, therefore, still on the increase in Hamburg, and principally from England ; from whence, in 1841, no less than 30,000 tons were despatched and received in that port, and which, according to the basis of valuation there, reprt ented a value in sterling equal to about £320.000 —Barcelona, which was said to have submitted to the Regent, still holds out. The Junta wanted to surrender on certain conditions : these his Highness refused, 'insisting that the surrender must be unconditional. The Junta re turned to the city. roused the citizens, and caused the toc sin to be rung, for the purpose of raising the whole district. The Regent was preparing to bombard the city ; one account says that the bombardment had actually commenced. An English and a French squadron had assembled in the roads of Barcelona. The Christinos were suspected either to have had a hand in getting up the insurrection, or of a design to turn it to the advantage of the cause of the exiled Queen. Major Malcolm, the bearer of the despatches from China, with the treaty entered into by the Emperor, landed at Devenport on Sunday. He left Nankin on the 16th, and Hong-kong on the 26th of September, in the Auckland, and arrived at Suez on the 9th ult. On his reaching Alexandria, no English steamer being present, he proceeded by an Egyptian steamer to Malta, where he arrived on the 20th, but was detained, in consequence of there being no steamer ready to put to sea, till the 26th, when the Cyclops having arrived from Corfu, he proceeded in that vessel to England. Some of the accounts brought by this channel state the sum shipped by the Blonde frigate to be 5,000,000 dollars, instead of 3,000,000 dollars, as first stated. SPAIN THE AFFGHAN PRISONENS BOUGHT. —From India we learn that all the surviving prisoners have been recovered, without exception ; and at the same time we learn that the apprehension lest they should be carried away beyond the reach of our advancing army was by no means groundless ; they were carried away, to be scattered in slavery among distant and strange tribes. Some indignation was once ex pressed at the idea of purchasing back our brave fellow coun trymen ; they have been purchased, with a large bribe to their keeper. It was, they say, a matter of life and death. Per haps some stern politicians will maintain that Florentine Sale and Eldred Pottinger and their captive friends ought to have gone into hopeless bondage, for the " national honour," rather than have been bought in ?—Spectator. THE PRESENT STATE OF MOSCONV.—The Russian jour.! nals give some details relative to Moscow, which are not without interest. Towards the end of the 17th century, ma nufactories of cloth, silk, cotton, glass, porcelain, and crockeryware, were established in this city, but without any decided effect until 1822, when, in consequence of the pro tective system adopted by the government, Moscow became the centre of a vast number of manufactories, all in the most flourishing state. At present there are, in and about the city, not less than a thousand of these establishments, send ing forth goods to the amount of 40,000,000 silver rubles a year. Upwards of 40,000 workmen are employed in those manufactories, besides 30,000 in various trades. The pro sperity of the city has, in fact, increased to such a point, that all traces of the terrible catastrophe of 1812, by fire, are entirely effaced. LORD ELLENBORONGH'S POLICY.—We quote with plea sure the following extract of a letter from an officer on the personal staff of the Governor-General of India. The re marks at the commencement seem to us to throw more light on Lord Ellenborough's policy, hitherto shrouded in such mystery, than is likely to proceed from any other quarter previous to the discussion of which it will be the subject iu Parliament, and the fact mentioned in the sequel is both novel and interesting :—" Simla, sth October, 1842. I dare say there has been an outcry against Lord Ellenborough in England, on the supposition that he was going to withdraw the armies without visiting Cabool or Ghuznee. The fact is, he did not choose to disclose his views and intentions to every babbling newspaper editor in India, who would soon have given information to the enemy. The result of his secrecy has been mantlest. The Affghans, under the im pression that Nott would retire without taking Ghuznee, did not think it worth while to garrison or improve the defences of the pace; and did not find out that he was coming that way till he was within 80 or 90 miles of it. What, indeed, would better have shown Lord Ellenborough:s judgment and prudence, than the complete success with which his measures have been crowned ? The country owes him a great deal. A. clever stroke of policy has been his order to Nott, to con vey away from Ghuznee the gates of the Temple of Sacu nauth, which originally belnnged to a Temple in Guzerat, and which were carried away to Ghuznee from thence 800 years ago, by Mahomoud of Ghuznee. They are the chief trophy of Mahometan conquest existing ; and their being restored to India, and to their proper Hindu temple, will have the most gratifying effect in convincing all A s i a o f our irresistible power. The Hindus are delighted and the Mus sulmans are quite dispirited. The story of the gates is so well known in India, that all the natives are quite familiar familiar with it, and long before we heard here of Ghuznee being captured, we heard the bazaar report of the gates being carried away from Ghuznee."—Glasgow Courier. SWAN RIVER WHALE FISHERY.—A few days ago some remarks were made upon the wealth the Am were deriving from the whale fishery at the Swan River; and in volving, as it appears to do, the enterprise of the British merchant, who, from all that can be learned, had not ex plored that part of the southern seas with anything like the success attending our Transatlantic brethren, the subject deserves increased attention. The Americans, it would seem, are making the trade in oil, or at least the produce of these fisheries, entirely their own ; for whereas, in two or three instances which have come under our own special observa tion, it has been discovered that while a fleet of American vessels have fished, as was stated the other day, in the most successful manner in the bays of Western Australia, cer tainly not more than half a dozen of our whalers visit those places. on this Green! ...spotadent, who has forwarded some statistics ject, laments the want of spirit displayed by our in the prosecution of these resources, now the trade has failed; and from what may be gathered -els already engaged, it appears to be ..ote why this particular interest should be so ed to the adv•' uccess of the v Ilmost inexplical intage of the Americans and the rench, as late returns of the produce of the whale fisheries of these respective nations have exhibited. The clearances of British craft during the" season for the South Sea fishery have been 64, and average vessels from 200 to GOO tons each, while the " take " - by oeveral ships that are arrived, or have already been spoken with, give as, high as 1,800 barrels, and as low as 100 barrels. Every allowance must be made for vessels which had been but a few weeks on the stations, and, in many instances, though it may have appeared that the crews were not fortunate, a comparison of dates at once shows that it was scarcely fair to expect them in perfect operatiot. The Marshal Bennet, according to the latest accounts, had had the greatest success.—Times, City article. re forced for wh way sustalr tools and n loss to the adventurers cot building, and the s and _mu- :owe par 1 be ur shall rejoice to he for their relief.— West Brito, that M 'alms Titint, Pim ,dy, Ulcera y calculated very morbid inel drc PM. About 400 men I ms of £1 per roan : 1 Iso they are luent on ti of labour :responsible. Th destruction of th, hich hasoccurred— of the mine, continu-, may be uch more. Many of the poor the money to purchase them, r, and we tered into ive Supsc the 12th ed on receipt ernoster-row ; Compto A, Oldham-street, au ORDIAI ad spe 3 with the usual ster will not suffer by the railway, and to the company and to Earl de Grey might ew days, on ginal shares in the London Birmin sm Railway have been sold in the market at a of £lOl £9O paid up, or eansider tbout two years and a half en the same sh - ares reached £lOO premium, the mem- bers of the Stock Exchange hailed the event "with three times three." On Friday the shares of the Birmingham and Junction Railways were sold at precisely the same 190 per share ; but in the case of the lat- ,—namely, £ ter, the amount AL RAILWAY -PARIS AND ROUEN RAIL c informed that the works of the Paris and - advanced, as regards the contract t Messrs. Mackenzie and Brassey, that it will certainly be eady for circulation by the end of April; and that the only hing which could prevent it being then opened to the public could be a delay in the supply of rails, which, however, is Kailway are so f pprehended. Should the expectation of its completion Le end of April be accomplished, this railway, which is than eighty English miles in lengih, will have been ain a period of two years and six weeks from the day when the workmen first broke ground7a rapidity of \ _ Eng land, execution which is altogether unprecedented even in and on lines presenting none of the difficulties of the Paris nod Rouen line, on which there are many works of infinite labour, particularly two tunnels of great length, cut through flinty rocks, and which are chefs d'wuvre in their way. It has been stated that the works on the different por tions of the line have been entirely directed by English engi- Out of ty residen Tutors, are, we ion.—Galignam is fact has probably led to the err LEGAL .INTE VICE-CHANCELLOI LLIGENCE COURT CHOLE in this ca, --FRID A bill to have the ac :eased testator, (Timothy Grindrod,) were th him in certain contracts, and, by their ad accounts which the )wever, alleged that t e of the matters as to which in as they had acquired from lerwards set forth. 'ere certain pas ;e were stated by the defendants to relate The question a private affairs of the testator r sufficient appeared upon the answer to exclude )ks from the inspection sought. giving judgment, said he thought the an swer loose and inaccurate in several respects. In a case of " Murray v. Walter," before Lord Cottenham, an executor found assets of his testator in the hands of his banker, and directed him to alter the heading of his account, by changing the name of the deceased party into that of the executor, and to keep all the accounts and all moneys under that head- ng. Inquiry being sought, it was said that the account ought was a private one, relating to the personal estate of he testator. His lordship decided that, notwithstanding the .ading, the nature of the account remained un and that it must be produced. In the present case, aying how he should ultimately decide, he should es leave to make such affidavits as they might ie purpose of satisfying the court that the en ss-books did not relate to the business affairs and that they did not comprise moneys in interested. He thought the answer or tne testator, which the esta' ed a manifest mixture of the money -- DEANERY OF ST. PATRICK'S FRIDA 'he Court of Deli _ tes, pursuant to adjournment, met this morning to deliver judgment in this long-litigated case. The Judge Crampton, Judge Perrin, Baron nsend. ielegates wer aster Henn, and The point at issue was the validity of two votes—that of the Archbishop of Dublin and that of Doctor Todd Doctor Radcliffe, Judge of the cided th.* Togative Court, had de- h vote id. Upon the appeal of a, the following has been gainst that dec court was unanimously of opinion that his Grace the , ioop of Dublin was entitled to vote as Prependary of . without having taken the oath of canonical obedience. .ee of the delegates—namely, Baron Richards, Master and Master Townsend—were of opinion that Doctor being an officer removable at pleasure by the Lord , eutenant, was not entitled to vote. Mr. Justice Perrin dissented from the latter decision, and Anion that Doctor Todd was entitled to vote. if the delegates, however, having otherwise majority 4uestion, Doctor Daly is in a majority of one. 3e Crampton fully concurred with the majori petent to Dr. Wilson to apply to the Chan t five other delegates to re-hear t' natter I sufficient garri and ga , spoke 'under the follo " using subtle craft, means, or device to deceive and impose on the complainant," and sentenced to five weeks' hard labour. --Oxford Herald. The French soldiers were crowded on the parapet of their work, watching the progress of an attack upon Miravete ; which, however, was merely a feint, intended to have been simultaneoua svith the escalade. They had no suspicion of an attack till the rush of the assailants, the sight of their ladders, and the opening of their firing parties, alarmed them, already on the alert, into swift resistance. With a good order, exceeded only by their valour, the 50th Regiment, and one wing of the 71st, soon mounted the parapet, and the defenders gave way. Their contest for the interior defences was but short; they abandoned the intrenchment and tower, and fled to the tete de pont. Here was a scene of great con fusion ; for the pursuers entered the work with them. They rushed upon the bridge; but three of the boats were already cut away by the fugitives who first crossed. Many fell or leaped into the river, and were drowned ; and about 250 were made prisoners. . _ _ The river was soon passed; the towers and magazines in the fortes, and in the tete de pont, were blown up; the guns thrown into the Tagus ; the palisades,:barriers, stores of tim ber and of tools, the pontoons and their carriages, were con sumed by fire, and the works utterly effaced and destroyed. This important service was effected with the loss of only 15 officers and 162 privates, killed and wounded. In reference to the battle of Waterloo, it is observed by Captain Boyle Sherer, that there does not seem to hove been that accurate information gathered of tne share borne by the corps under Lord Hill in this memorable battle as in those actions already recorded. It is true, that for some time the corps of Lord Hill took no prominent part in the engage ment. The post of his Lordship during the severe combats at Hougoumont, La Haye Sainte, and on the centru of the position, was on the slope of the heights of Merke Brrine, to the right of the Nivelle-road, covering the right wing of the general line. From this position he anxiously observed every movement of the enemy ; and, as Napoleon gradually con centrated his left in the impetuous attacks upon Hougou mont, his Lordship carefully opposed him until the whole of his command was formed in squares on the heights which overlooked that important position between the roads of Nivelle and Gemappe. From this moment to the triumphant close of the battle, he directed their operations in person. In the great crisis of this conflict, when Napoleon made his last effort, and the Imperial Guard advanced to the at tack, the services of Lord Hill, and especially of that brigade of his Lordship's corps commanded by Lieutenant-General Adam, were conspicuous ; and by the judgement and ardour with which he supported the British Guards, he largely con tributed to the final and glorious result. In the year 1828, his Lordship was appointed the General Commanding in Chief of the Army of England, a situation at the Horse Guards which he continued to fill under seve ral Ministries. _ Though we believe Lord Hill, as a commander, never suffered a defeat, yet no heedless sacrifice of life ever purchased for him the field of victory. The laurels he bravely won were solely attributable to his generalship and extraordinary skill in directing the energies of his troops under his command :—" With Hill," it was usually observed by the soldiery, " both life and victory may be ours." The Soldier's Friend was his acknowledged title. His lordship was in his 71st year, and is succeeded in his title by his nephew and heir, Sir Rowland Hill, Bart., M.P., of Hawkstone, which will consequently cause a vacancy in the representation of the northern division of this county. Viscount Clive will be the new member. FICKLE WOMAN.—A woman named Eliza Taylor, 40 years of age, was last week committed for trial at Hereford assizes for bigamy. it appeared that a honeymoon and a week . were sufficient fo'r her aYection towards her husband, having on the 24th of Septemder married one George Taylor, and on Nov. Ist sworn to "love, honour, and obey" Ed. Jones. Iler beauty, certainly, was not the cause of discord between the two benedicks (of whom the former did not appear at the examination) but there was a small property, of which she had the management for two children by a former marrirge. MURDER AT YARMOUTH.—A few days ago two ferrymen, named Cook and Mann, having to settle about some fish which they brought to market, and Mann not giving full sa tisfaction to the other, a quarrel ensued, and Cook knocked Mann down, saying, " Now, you , I will do for you." ye him a kick in the abdomen. The poor fellow never afterwards, and expired in about an hour. Cook was apprehended the same night, and was taken before Mr. Samuel Palmer, the mayor, and a bench of mngistrates, on Monday, when, after a lengthened investigation, he was committed to Norwich Castle to take his trial at the next assizes. OXFORD POLICE-COURT.—On Friday se'nnight George Sparrow, a shoemaker, residing at Oxford, was chaaged be fore the mayor and magistrates, under the vagrant act, with using subtle craft, &c., to deceive and impose on Ann Paul- Mrs. Pauling, the wife of a journeyman — coachsmith, residing in Abingdon, being troubled with fits, went some time back to Oxford for medical advice. The prisoner, having ascertained her errand to Oxford, stated that he was in possession of an effectual remedy for her disorder, and agreed to cure her for a sove reign. He subsequently called upon her at Abingdon, and prescribed a mixture, which she obtained from a druggist, but he at the same time intimated that his remedy also con sisted of a " charm," and that she must obtaiu a pigeon, from which she must take the heart when alive. Mrs. P. observed that she could not commit such cruelty, and the prisoner promised to furnish a pigeon and perform the opera- tion himself. On this occasion fie obtained 3s. Gd. in part payment for the pretended cure. On Thursday,he made his appearance with the pigeon, and was very urgent for is. 6d., which Mrs. Pauling stated her inability to supply him with, and wished to have the 3s. 6d. back, as she had no faith in the remedy. He took the pigeon away with him, but after wards saw her husband, who said he should heve nothing to do with the affair. The prisoner then went to the house of Mr. Copus, a retailer of beer (to whom Pauling was well known), and callod for two glassses of beer, one for himself and one for Pauling, who he said would be there directly and pay for them. When he had taken his glass of beer he re- marked that Pauling was probably busy, and unable to come, and requested Copus to let him have 9d., and Pauling would repay him, which Copus acceded to. In the evening it was discovered that the prisoner had no authority from Pauling to obtain the money, and was handed ever to the police. The prisoner was committed as a rogue and vagabond by It is st lowever, no precedent for such a proceeding. ' the result of the decision will be to leave the nomination at the 'disposal of the Government on the of the Deaner next occasion of a vacancy Tun DUKE oF BUCKINGIIAM.—This nobleman, at a meeting of the Buckinghamshire Conservative Association, - hilst speaking on the subject of the tariff and the opinions with regard to those mea- Kes of opinion might have overtaken s subject, those changes of opinion declared, corn laws (Renewed cheering.) He gave his votes, and he gave utterance to his opinions, formerly as he did now, with the perfect conviction in his own mind that they were founded on honesty and on truth. (Great cheer ing.) He had thought it his duty many years ago to record those opinions, because then as now he took an active part in doing whatever he humbly could do to further the objects of the British agriculturist. (Applause.) Those opinions remained firm and unchanged—those opinions remained un altered—and he looked back with regret, and deep regret, to the passine of the new corn bill and the tariff. (Loud cheers.) They were measures which he looked upon as being hostile and dangerous to the interests of the farmer. (Cheers.) A WIFE STABBED BY HER HUSBAND.—On Tuesday morning last a journeyman currier, named Winship, living in Racket-court, Newgate-street, Newcastle, stabbed his wife in the throat, inflicting a very serious though not dan gerous wound. Fortunately the poor woman was conveyed without loss of time to Mr. Clark's surgery, where she was attended by Mr. Clark and Mr. Can•. The circumstance caused a large crowd to assemble in the street, and Inspector Little having ascertained the cause proceeded to the house, where he found the prisoner, and, near to him, a knife, with which a child said the act had been perpetrated. He was taken before the magistrates at the police office, and was re manded for a week. The wife, meanwhile, was conveyed to to the Infirmary, and is understood to be doing well. Win ship is a confirmed drunkard, and has been drinking for the last fortnight, and this, with the fact that he had for some time been jealous of his wife, is given as the most probable cause of the savage assault. MESMERISM Two HUNDRED AND EIGHTY YEARS AGO.—On Friday night last Mr. Roby gave his fourth lec ture on tradition, in the room belonging to the Rochdale Literary and Philosophical Society. The legend was a tale of " Good Queen Bess :" the hero a Jervis Buckley, of 'Buckley Hall, about a mile from Rochdale, on the Halifax Road ; and the heroine, a Grace Ashton, of Clegg Hall, an old building situated about half way between Rochdale and Littleborough, and something near a hundred yards on the eastern side of the railway which passes those two places. The lovers, for such they were, walked out one autumn evening on the common, leading from Syke to Whitworth, where th - ey met with "Mother Red Cap," a reputed witch, at Robin Hood's quoit. It should be observed that there are to be seen at the present day, on this moor, two rocks of some tons weight, in the form of a mot (mote or mar k) an d quoit. Tradition says, that Robin Hood threw the quoit from the top of Blackstone Edge, a distance of five miles, at the mark, within a few yards of which it now lies. The finger marks on the quoit are yet visible ; and the lecturer declared, )logists asserted that the quoit is of the stone found t kind, Mother hor- Ich wa presented them of the 1, with a ring which turned out to be the wedding ring of Jervis's mother. The swain, in/conducting his fair damsel back to Clegg Hall, the same evening, was kidnapped at Belfield Hall, and put in a subterraneous passage extending as far as Milarow ; where Grace Ashton was placed before him as a corpse, though she could speak and answer his questions. Mr. Roby said he was a firm believer in Mesnierism or Braidism ' • and, as his story was founded o n f ac t, h e f u ll y believed that his heroine had been mesmerized. He was of opinion, that mind could act upon mind, and that Mesmerism was known 300 years ago. His tale, which, in the syllabus, is entitled " Mother Red Cap, or the Rosicrucians," was closed of this point, to be resumed the next lecture.—Man- zardian BILL TRANSACTIONS. — Tbe Times, in noticing the ex posures which have recently been made into the a ff a i rs o f Huntingtower, H ui ngtower, says, with reference to the system of bill credit amongst gentlemen—" That it is fr au d u l en t, an d only resorted to where a loan is wanted, and where the chances of a borrower's solvency are very questionable. The interest is staked against the chances of 'the total loss of the capital ; and the matter is as complete a gambling transactio n as ever existed. Take the following one out of many of Mr. Douglas's dealings with Lord Huntingtower. We give it in Mr. Douglas's own words I agreed with Chandler to pro cure bills to the amount of £20,000 of Lord Huntingtower, at six months' date, for the discount of which I proposed to give him (Chandler) 58. in the pound, or £5O per cent. per -um. I then went down to his lordship, and proposed to n £lo,ooofor £20,000 worth of bills, undertaking to dship I would pay to Mr. Chandler, or the holders of ....Ails, whoever they might be, the same interest for six months longer, so that his lordship was not to be - called upon for the payment of these bills for twelve months from their date ; by carrying out which agreement I should not have profited one shilling, except having the use of the £5,000 f or six months. My object in doing this was in consequence of invino the authority of his lordship to raise £40,000 by post ut of which sum of £40,000 the whole of those bills q be taken up ; and I should have made a considerable I wish to state that I - N . ) 000 bill transaction carry out the post sort of double game played by Lord vt* Chandler. Mr. la . the transaeti d I not had reliance in be 3 i15,000, - andplayed for £20,000 at the end or, £5,000 then, and,X2o,ooo more at the end ,Sr. Douglas staked the £5,000, which was _ . inaliy intended to have be his share of the profits, and _ . played for the ' considerable sum' to be realized by the ;hances of the post obit. And Lord Huntington staked his ;ontingent interest in the £20,000, which he expected to re ;eive on coming of age, and to pay over if he gob it; while le played for the chance of pocketing the £lO,OOO, paid down o him once and for all, without having to pay over the C 20,000 or the £lO,OOO, or any other sum whatever. Now, vhat e erence is there between these chances and that which ,ted by the cast of the die ? And in which of the two uses has the winner given the greater consideration for what le pockets ?" THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. Second Night of SIGNOR 11E111'10 NANO, Whose astonishing performances were received las't night with most enthusiastic applause. rrHIS EVENING, TUESDAY, Dec. 13, will be per I formed a New Drama, called LIVERPOOL WIVES. After which, T lIE GNOME KING! In which Signor Hmtvto NANO will represent A GNOME! a BABOON and a FLY! To conclude with THE PILOT. ROYAL LIVER THEATRE MRS. FITZWILLIAM for Four Nights only ! THIS prerent TUESDAY Evening, the 13th instant, a new Comedetta, entitled OUT OF PLACE! Suky Soleskin.. A Farce called A MAN ABOUT TOWN. Skirt Mr. Richard Hoskins, Who is engaged for a limited period. A Dramatic Sketch called THE BELLE OF THE HOTEL, In which Mrs. Fitzwilliam will sustain seven different characters. In the course of the Evening, Mrs. Fitzwilliam will intro- duce a variety of Songs, and dance her celebrated Burlesque CRACOVIENNE. To conclude with IRELAND IN 1690. Gerald Mr. I'. Lee. Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. (Number to Gallery limited.) Second Price : Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. Doors to open at Half-past Six, Performance to begin at Seven. Second Price at Half-past Eight. AMERICAN CIRCUS. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, GREAT CHARLOTTE- STREET. LAST SEVEN NIGHTS THIS EVENING, (Tuesday,) the 13th instant, the Per formance to commence with A GRAND CHINESE ENTREE Mr. Sweeney in his Negro Extravaganzas Master R. Rivea as the Race Jockey. - - Corde Floxo, by Mr. G. Smith. A new Act, entitled, LA SYLPH IDE ! ET L'Ecossais ! on Two Horses, by Mr. NORTH and Mademoiselle CAMILLE LEROUX. Grand Groupings, by the Rivea Family. Mr. Buckley will appear as Red Jacket. Mr. Sands will appeal' on one, two, three, and four horses, as the Courier of St. Petersburgh. Mr. Decamp will introduce the Indian Pony, Osceola. Venetian Statues, by Master R. Rivea. Mademoiselle CAMILLE LEROUX will appear in her beautiful Act, THE STAR AND THE FLOATING SCARE. Mr. Derious will introduce La Tranca Hispaniola. Mr. L. J. NORTH will appear in a splendid Act of Horsemanship. Sweeney with his Banjo, and Jack Vanbramer in a Long Island Break-down. The whole to conclude with THE ARABS OF THE DESERT. On FRIDAY EVENING next, the 16th instant, for the Benefit of the Clowns, Joe Pentland and Alick Rockwell. *** The Proprietors of the American Circus respectfully give notice that their Liverpool Season will CLOSE ON TUESDAY next, the 20th instant, and that they will com mence their London Season, at the English Opera House, on Monday, the 2Cith instant. Mr. M. LIPMAN and Mr. J. AMAR, celebrated Vaulters and Equestrians, have just arrived from America, and will shortly appear. Doors open at Half-past Six, First Music at Seven, Per formance in the Circle at Half-past Seven o'clock precisely. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, ls.—Gallery, 6d. TO CORRESPONDENTS " A Waverer's " doubts are quite uncalled for. Let our correspondent ascertain that the course which the Council are pursuing with reference to the Corporation Schools is right and all apprehensions of injustice vanish. The same thing cannot be both right and unjust at the same time. The circulation of the STANDARD needs no such propping up as the gratuitous distribution of trumpery almanacs would afford it. We have had frequent indications lately of the decrease in the issue of some of our contemporaries, which is, perhaps, one reason, amongst others, of the now rapidly increasing circulation of the STANDARD. " Disappointment "'gives way to unnecessary sorrow. The progress of the Corporation Schools is extremely satis factory ; and so far from ther e b e i ng an y i n t en ti on o f re linquishing their management on the part of the council, we believe some members of the Education Committee are strongly impressed with the opinion that more accommo dation will shortly be required for the children, if their numbers continue to augment as they have done lately. Etherpool &,tanDatt. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1342 Before proceeding to deal with the arguments and statements, put forth on Wednesday by the speakers in favour of a " liberalised" system of education in the schools of the corporation, we must confess that we are not at all disappointed in the gentleman by whom an infraction of the present scriptural system was proposed. Mr. George Hall Lawrence has always appeared to us to possess an unhappy indecision of character, which is calculated to stand seriously in the way of that career of usefulness, for which his talents so well befit him. Surrounded, by family ties and intimacies, with men entertaining principles directly in opposition to those which he professes to entertain himself, his mind is of that plastic order which allows itself to be moulded, unconsciously to its owner, into a shape which, if he could see it, he would spurn as unworthy of him. lie stoops to view the world, and to look at principles through the vision of other men. Knowing and valuing the truth, he still coquettes with its opposite; and has imbibed the fatally erro neous notion that right and wrong can be made to meet, in some imaginary midway of expediency or accommodation. The question of education, so much mooted in our community—what is it viewed upon its broad ground ? It is simply this : upon what system of teaching can we most advantageously, and legally, expend the funds devoted by the council to educa tional purposes ? To enable us to reply to this ques tion, go back to the purpose for which we give educa tion at all. We do not seek to make philosophers, or political economists, or chemists, or mathematicians, of the children of our indigent fellow-townsmen ; we do not seek merely to instil into their minds a certain quantity of abstract knowledge; but, emphatically, we seek to render them in after life, by the seeds which „, we thus sow in early life, good men, good Christians, and good subjects! To effect this best object of all education, the system of teaching which we adopt must be one of which religion constitutes a vital por tion. This position Mr. Lawrence fully recognises : nay, it is almost universally recognised. But if there is to be religious teaching, there must be a test. We must have some criterion whereby to distinguish be tween the true and the false, or we may find ourselves engaged in teaching Mahomedanism, the worship of Juggernaut, or the religion of the American Indian, with the funds set apart for educational purposes by a Christian community. Accordingly, we have provided a test, the most universally received which we could provide—viz. the authorised version of the Word of God. What more of latitude, we ask, could be allowed, in devising a system of education which comprises, as an indispensible requisite, religious teaching ? Surely none. To the children of dissenters we give teaching in the truths of the Bible, without obtruding upon them the tenets of any particular church. The chil dren of members of our own persuasion we take to church every Sabbath; the children of dissenters we leave to be taken by their parents to their own place of worship, and exact from those parents a pledge that they will be so taken. Few will deny that, here, we open the door to the greatest number of those who desire—what alone is worthy of being received—a scriptural education for their children. The Roman Catholics, however, stand aloof, and refuse the boon which we offer them, They will not, or cannot—for our present argument it matters not which—accept teaching in the truths of the Bible, unaccompanied by the glossing of their own priests. They cannot read that Bible, or allow their children to read it, even as a school-book ; and are, therefore, excluded—self-ex eluded—from our schools. We deplore this circumstance as heartily, and perhaps more heartily than some who make larger professions. We are more the real friends of our Roman Catholic fellow-townsmen, than all the Blackburns and Rath bones who have philosophised and declaimed in their behalf. We wish to give their children what we deem the best gift which we have to offer—the same gift we give to our own children; but BIGOTRY steps in— and surely this is BIGOTRY !—and denounces the gift as an unclean thing. In this state of things Mr. George Hall Lawrence obtrudes upon the Council a proposition which, no doubt, he conscientiously be lieves is to solve the difficulty. Mr. Lawrence proposes that " such a modification be made in tile existing rules and regulations as would render the schools more available for the classes of the poor professing different religious opinions, by allow ing their children the benefit of the secular instruction of the schools, the parties giving an assurance to the Committee that their religious duties should not be neglected." It is argued, "if you cannot induce these children to accept your religious teaching, give them what is the nearest approach to the whole good, which they refuse,—secular teaching." Tint is this, we ask, the nearest approach to what we believe to be the whole good ? 'We doubt much whether it is ; doubt our right to give it; and we utterly deny that i t can be given without deteriorating the value of Me whole, which we give to those willing to receive it, Religion, as a portion of education, should be mixe d up with it so as to be inseparable from it. It s hould pervade our whole system of teaching, and mingle with every atom of the knowledge which we convey. We might patch up, it is true, a thing with a prayer at the beginning, a hymn at the close, and reading, writing, and arithmetic in the middle, and then dock it at both ends for the benefit of those who desire " secular instruction ;" but has such a system any right to be called a system of scriptural education? Certainly not; and we defy Mr. Lawrence or any of his supporters to lay down a system, so divisible into " secular" and "religious," which is anything less than part INFIDEL and part RELIGIOUS ! In operation the whole scheme, we believe, would be found utterly impracticable; and instead of a concession, only a mockery. Upon grounds of expediency, even, the proposition of Mr. Lawrence is indefensible. That gentleman professes, by the sacrifice of a principle, or its stir pression in some cases, to seek peace; to put a stop to the agitation which has for years existed in t he Council and the town upon the question of education, and to allay the animosities which that agitation e% . cites. But where, we ask, is the hope apparent tha t such will be the result ? We do not find it in the temper of Mr. Hornhy's speech; still less in the ani" mus displayed by Mr. Blackburn. These gentlemen seek, for their party, a position in our schools. widely different from that in which the adoption of the Po' position of Mr. Lawrence would place them. TM' contend, as a matter of right, for a full share of th e education provided, proportioned to their numeric al strength in the community ; and to enable them to acquire this, they would revert to the late system, o r they would secularise the system altogether. Nothing less than this would satisfy them ; and although, fo r the moment, they might accept the instalment offered them, it would only be to enable them to point to the principle which it would establish, and to say—an d with justice—" You concede our right to an education which is not an education in the Scriptures as inter preted by the Church of England, and how can YOU draw the distinction, between our right to that and our right to instruction in the Scriptures as inte r : preted by ourselves ? You admit that the teaching of religion, at all, is not compulsory upon you; and yet you capriciously deprive our children of a portion ° I the benefit which is their right, whilst yon are teaching religion to your own." View the whole question as we will, the conviction forces itself upon us, that there is no safe middle path between the system at present established, and such a system as would satisfy the party of Messrs. Blackburn and Hornby. That system, however, it must be evi dent, now, can never be legally carried out. (JP° this point, the opinion of the I own-clerk himself, in whom, at all events, our opponents ought to:place con fidence, is conclusive. The system of the late VII; cation Committee is clearly and directly illegal; an d although the Town-clerk was guarded in deciding that the " secular instruction" contended for was illegal, we are satisfied that the spirit of the decisions, whic h he referred to, is equally oppo se d t o th e l ega lity 01 , such teaching. Religious teaching there must be, in any system of education provided for at 'the publ ic cost ; religious teaching there must be, to render edw cation a boon worth receiving ; and we ask—with con' fidence that the judgment of every candid man will be with us—can there be devised any system which satis fies the requirements of the law, which fulfils all th e objects which we have in view in giving education 3t all, and is at the same time more tolerant to those who differ from us upon points of interpretation of th e Word of God, than the system established by the Pr e " sent committee ? Let us urge, then, upon those Conservative men' hers of the Council, who have betrayed a leaning towards concession upon this vital point, to re-examin e the question intently, before they commit themselves to the ignis fatuus chase which they are urged to ente r upon. There never can be a compromise upon this question ; there never ought to be one ! It is an amiable feeling, no doubt, which urges them to hold out every inducement to the children of their p o orer brethren to embrace the advantages of education. i t is a Christian feeling which teaches them to symPa thise with the deprivation to which they are coerced by their religious belief. But they can never, we fee l assured, satisfy their consciences that they are doing 3 kindness to those children in giving them infidel know' ledge—in giving them an education from which the very name of God, and of the Saviour of the World, is to be excluded. They may attempt, indeed, to salve over the feelings of repugnance to such a cours e which will sting them in their solitary hours, by re ferring to the saving clause in Mr. Lawrence's motion. They may say, it is true, we have consented to bring up these poor children " witho u t G o d i n th e w orld, , for a portion of the day; but we have taken security from their parents that religion will be taught the° in their own homes—in the wretched cellars and alleys in which they live, surrounded by vice and immorality in all their most loathsome forms. But oh, what mockery is such a dependance ! Throw away, Gentlemen, this flimsy covering wit h which you are endeavouring to exclude the light froln your eyes ! Cast off the deadening weight of that aul bition to stand well with all men, with which you a re seeking to stifle in your ow n h ear t s t h e conv i ct i o ns o f truth ; and be, upon this great question, at all hazards, and in despite of the sneers of the world, coNsisTEN I. and MANLY ! We are quite as sorry as the Journal can have been that it was out of our power, by quoting hi s "argo' ments for the STANDARD," to place both sides of th e question before our readers ; and also that it was cool' pulsory upon us to divide our remarks, in reply to them, into two portions. The demand upon our s pace' created by such an arrangement, would have been much too great ; and, moreover, the public do not relish very lengthy articles upon any subject. As we see, ther e " fore, that, without such a course on both sides, O r contemporary does not think it is worth while pursuing the controversy, we shall, at present, merely reply to e few portions of our last week's remarks, in which he has a little misinterpreted us. In the first place, then, we have not, at all, given op the advocacy of a sliding scale; and shall not do 0 ° until we are convinced that the present one has failed in its objects, which were, we conceive, to combine a regular trade in corn, with adequate protection to the native grower. We submit that, to some extent, i t has been successful already ; but the trial which it 1 0 had is scarcely a fair one. When it has failed, afte r ( a fair trial, to produce the results whi c h we an ticipate d from it, we shall not hesitate to say so. In the second place, we took exception to the Jour nal's entering upon a lengthy argument against ° sliding scale, because we conceived that such ar gumen t was beside the im me di a t e su bj ec t w hi c h was propo6e"A for discussion—the mode in which free trade in corn was to operate upon the manufacturer. We may hav e been wrong in restricting our opponent from entering upon the alleged demerits of a sliding scale. In strict fact, we scarcely did so restrict him; but we were ro t called upon to enter upon its defence. If we wer e successful in showing that his expectations of advantage' and those of his party, from such a change, we re fallacious or overstrained, we were abundantly satisfie d ' And we maintain that we have so succeeded. W e have shown that, by the admission of the fours° himself, the sum of benefit to arise is measured by th e amount of foreign corn which we shall be able to con sume, and an imaginary power acquired to inp l i r .. regularly as a remittance for our manufactures. establishing this point, we conceive we have don e something for the cause of truth—something to dissi pate the absurdly exaggerated anticipations of free traders ;—for we are satisfied that the disappointmen t of the fears of the advocates of moderate pro tection . to the agriculturist will not be one - half so greats at. the small amount of injury sustained—should such he the result of a free trade in corn—as will be that of the manufacturer, at the small amount of benefit derived by himself. With respect to the ability of the United States to compete in corn-growing with continental nations, the Journal has not satisfied us. The present moment , when the ports of the continent have been drained to