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YULLIEN'S 00 JLI LLlt MON.. Drury.iane. ( and Opera tails, in R he will give h and the I ERTS the Cor to D' River lductor of the Orchestra at the Casino honour to announce that FIVE LAST CONCERTS ;d from t THIS EVENING, when he will bsisted by ng the most eminent Perfo Bos Side Boxe a Forty per nd includ- lane Coppirt I. ; fit, is. 6c1.; First 6econd, 6d. rickets for Boxes to be had of Mr. CHOFFIN, Bookseller, Parker-street ; Mr. LACEY, 100, Bold-street ; and from all the Music-sellers in the Town. Gallery, 1s LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. ONE WEEK MORI -BY PARTICULAR DESIRE Extraordinary, Wonderful, and truly talen ted Performances The Public, though Deceived, much Gratified. THIS present TUESDAY EVENIN9 I , May 11, a great variety of Entertainments, and every Evening during the Week, a great change of Performance. MR, JACOBS, THE ROYAL VENTRILOQUIST AND MAGICIAN, FROM THE STRAND THEATRE Will. at the request of several highly respectable Families, prolong his stay ONE WEEK MORE. The quality of the Entertainments being now generally known, great desire is expressed to witness the Feats, incomprehensible as they are, performed by the Magician. His Ventriloquism is of so superior an order, that the ears become completely the fools of the other senses. His Imitations of 12 Persons are truly astonishing, and to miss seeing this gifted Artist would be missing a treat indeed. Since the days of Mons. Alex andre there has been nothing equal to him in this country. Visit the Liver, and judge for yourselves. Tb,e Perform ance closes on SATURDA.Y next, May 15th. The limits of an Advertisement preclude a more lengthy description. There is but one opinion of the Feats produced, and that is, wonderful—most wonderful. Everybody should see him. Doors open at Seven, commences at'Half-past. Boxes, 29.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. DAVID ROBERTS' SKETCHES IN EGYPT, SYRIA, AND THE HOLY LAND. MR. LACEY has the honour to announce that, by an arrangement with the distinguished Artist, this im portant Series of original WATER COLOUR DRAW INGS, having excited unprecedented interest in London, and other parts of the kingdom, will be submitted to Private View at 100, BOLD-STREET, during the ensuing week. Par ties possessing tickets, which are limited•in number, and not transferable, are respectfully requested to avail themselves without delay of their privilege of admission, as the Draw ings will remain for a limited period only, and no further opportunity will be afforded of viewing them in one entire collection. H. LACEY. No. 100, Bold-street, 7th May, 1841. MECHANICS' INSTITUTION, MOUNT STEEET. TO -MORROW EVENING, the 12th inst., at Half-past Seven, GEORGE THOMPSON, Esq., will commence a Course of Six Lectures on BRITISH INDIA. The present Quarter of the LOWER SCAOOL, which affords Instruction in English, Writing, Asthmetic, Mathe matics, Drawing, French, Chemistry, Natural Philosophy, Geography, and History, began on Monday, the 3rd of May. TERMS : To the Sons of Members, 12s 6d per Quarter ; to others, 15s, including Books. PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT 7s. 6d. ; to others, 10s. Member's Ticket, One Guinea per Annum ; Lady's Ticket, 10s. 6d. • Apprentices of Non-Members, ss. ; Ap prentices of Non -Members, 10s. 6d. W. B. HODGSON, Secretary. To Sons of Members, AT a numerous and highly-respectable Meeting , held at the Music-hall, Bold-street, on Thursday evening, the 6th instant, to receive a Deputation from the National Anti- Corn-Law League, consisting of Richard Cobden, E John Brooks, Esq., (late Boroughreeve ) and Thom: • : az ley, Esq., of Manchester, and John Bright, Esq., of 'chdale, Sir JOSHUA WALMSLEY in the C. • r, . - _ moved by WILLIAM RATRRONE, gi q ., 'seconded LAWRENCE HEYWORTII, Esq., aindicarried,. That this Meeting, deeply sensible of tlie gross injustice as well as impolicy of the existing Corn-lalws, pledge them selves to persevere in their exertions for the total repeal. It was moved by RICHARD SHELL, Esq., seconded by CHARLES HOLLAND, Esq., and carried, _ _ . That the best thanks of this Meeting be given to the Mem bers of the National Anti-Corn-Law League who have this day honoured Liverpool with their presence, for their power ful advocacy of the principles of justice and humanity. Moved by JOHN BRIGHT, Esq., seconded by LAWRENCE HEYWORTH, Esq.; and carried by acclamation, That the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to Sir Joshua Walmsley, for his able and impartial conduct in the LIVERPOOL MERCHANTS' SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL __ . _ FUND. Ir e' I N compliance with a Requisition of the Liverpool Sh . - I. masters' Association, I appoint MONDAY, the 19th i ant, it / at Twelve o'clock at Noon, at the SESSIONS H SE, in Chapel-street, for a PUBLIC MEETING to to into con sideration Parliamentary Measures , in contero ation, mate rially affecting the LIVERPOOL ' MERC ANTS' SEA MEN'S HOSPITAL FUND. THOMAS BOLTON, Mayor. Town-Hall, Bth May, 18.11. LIVERPOOL DOCKS.-TO STONEMASONS DOCK COMMITTEE are willing to receive TENDERS for ERECTING part of the ARCAD, on the East side of the Salthouse Dock. THE The Plan and Specification may be seen, and furth ar ticulars be obtained, at the Office of the Dock S eyor, Trentham-street. A The Tenders must be sealed, addressed to therChairman of the Dock Committee," endorsed " Tender for Masonry," and sent into this office, not later than Twelve o'clock, on Friday, the 21st instant. By order, _ DANIEL MASON, Secretary . Dock-office, Liveipool, May 6. 1841. POPERY NOT FOUNDED ON SCRIPTURE ANSWER TO DR. BUTLER'S LECTURES. THE REV. JOSEPH BAYLEE, A. 8., Incumbent of Holy Trinity Church, Birkenhead, will, withithe Divine permission, deliver, in the MUSIC HALL, B id-street, a il l COURSE of LECTURES in Answer to D utler's, en titled " THE TRUTHS OF THE CATHt LIC RELI GION PROVED FROM SCRIPTURE ASONE." First Lecture—On FRIDAY EVENING next, the 14th in stant, at Seven o'clock, being Postponed until that day in consequence of the death of a near relative of Mr. Baylee's, in Ireland. Subject—TRANSUBSTANTIATION Admission by Tickets. which may be had at Mr. JOSEPH CRISP'S, 38, Church-street. To defray the expenses, 6d. each will be charged for the Tickets, and Is. to the Platform. LIVERPOOL AND WEST LANCASHIRE CHURCH MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION THE TWENTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY. WO MEETINGS of the SOCIETY will be held (D. v.) Tin the Music HALL, Bold-street, (entrance froui / Con cert-street,) on MONDAY MORNING next, t e 17th instant, at Eleven o'clock precisely ; and in th Music HALL, Bold-street, on TUESDAY EVENIN next, the 18th instant, at Half-past Six o'clock precisel , the Rev. Chancellor RAIKES in the Chair. Rev. J. Sc OLEFIELD, A.M., Regius Professor of Greek in the Unive sity of Cam bridge ; Rev EDWIN SIDNEY, A.M., of le, Norfolk ; Rev. H. WOODWARD, A.M., Minister of S . ames's, Bris tol, and the Rev. J. E. WHITE, will attend a Deputation. SERMONS In aid of the above Society, will be Preached ON S UNDA Y NEX T, the 16th instant: ST. ANDREW'S, In the Morning, at Eleven, by the Rev. E. SIDNEY, M.A. ; in the Evening, at half-past Six, by the Rev. Professor SCHOLEFIELD, M.A. , ST. BRIDE'S, in the Morning, at Eleven, by the Rev. JONATHAN H. WOODWARD. M.A.; in the Evening, at half-past Six, by the Rev. E. SIDNEY, M.A. ST. DAVID'S, in the Afternoon, at Three, in Welsh, by the Rev. R. DA VIES, A.M. ; in the Evening, at half-past Six, by the Rev. F. PARRY. ST. AUGUSTINE'S, in the Morning, at Eleven, by the Rev. Professor SCHOLE FIELD, M.A. ST. GEORGE'S, Everton, in the Morning, at a quarter before Eleven, by the Rev. W W. EWBANK, M.A.; in the Evening, at half-past Six. ST. M ARY's, Edge-hill, in the Morning, at half-past Ten, by the R ev. Dr. BY RTH, Rector of Wallasey ; in the Afternoon, at Three, by the Rev, E. SIDNEY, M.A. . _ ... ___ ALL SAINTS, in the Morning, at half-past Ten, by the Rev. J. E. WHITE, M.A.; in the Evening, at half-past Six, by the Rev. Dr. TATTERSHALL, M.A. ST. THOMAS'S, Seaforth, in the Morning, at half-past Ten, by the Rev. W. RAW SON, M.A ST. JUDE'S, in the Evening, at Half-past Six, by the Rev. JONATHAN WOODWARD, M.A. TRINITY, Woodside, in the Morning, M.A. , at half-past Ten, by the Rev. J. BAYLEE K I RKDALE, in the Morning, at half-past Ten, in the Evening, at half-past Six, by the Rev. R. E. ROBERTS, Incumbent of St. George's, Barnsley. MARINER'S CHURCH, in the Morning, at a quarter before Eleven, by the Rev. F PARRY ; in the Afternoon, at Three, by the Rev. J. E WHITE. ST. ANN'S , Aigburth, in the Morning, at a quarter before Eleven, by the Rev. J H. STEWART, M.A. ST. MARK'S, in the Evening, at half 7 past_Sis, by the Rev. J. E. WHITE *ST. JOHN BAPTIST'S, in the Morning, at Eleven, by the Rev. J. HASSALL, A.M . *WEST DERBY, n the Morning, at half-past Ten, by the Rev. W. WIVER, W.A. *ST. LUKE'S, the Morning, at Eleven, by the Rev. F. BARKER, M.A *ST. ANN'g, West Derby, in the Morning, at Eleven, by the Rev. T. GARDNER, A.M. In Me Churches thus (*) marked the Collections are di vided between the Church Missionary Society and the Gos pel Propagation Society. On MONDAY EV - ENING next, the lith instant, at ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, Pitt-street, by the Rev. Professor SCHOLEFIELD. CHRIST'S CHURCH, WEDNESDAY EVENING, the 10th instant, at Seven, by the Rev. J. WOODWARD. The Friends of the Society will BREAKFAST together, at the ADELPHI HOTEL, on TUESDAY MORNING next, the 18th instant, at half-past Eight. The following MEETINGS are als o i n tended to b e h e ld : On MONDAY next, the lith inst D an E t ß , at Seven o'clock in W the Evening, at PRESCOT and EST On WEDNESDAY, the 19th instant, at SEACOMBE, in the Morning, at Eleven; and at SEAFORTH in the Evening, at half-past Six o'clock. A PRAYER MEETING will be held, in th_e TION HOUSE, Slater -street, on SATURDAY EVENING next, the 15th instant, at Seven o'clock. Tickets for the Music Hall to be had at Mr. C RISP ' S Office, 38, Churcb-street, on Friday next, the 14th, and Sa turday, the 15th instant, from Eleven to Three o'clock. No Tickets required for the other Meetings. THE MURDERER CLUBBE.—We understand that John Lloyd, Esq., clerk of assize on the North Wales circut, has received a communication to the effect that the extreme sen tence of the law will not be carried into effect on the indivi dual, found guilty of, and condemned to die at the last assizes, for the murder of Mr. Lloyd, (of Rhaggart), game keeper. His sente n ce will be commuted to transportation for M . o.—Chester Couraott tirtottlat turf taintitt. HOUSE OF LORDS,- -THURSDAY Several petitions were presented against any alteration in the corn-laws ; some were also presented in favour of an al teration. In reply to a question from Lord Ellenborough, the LORD CHANCELLOR said, that new rules for proceedings in Chancery, under a bill passed during the last session of parliament, were in course of preparation, but he could not say when they would be so far completed, as to be laid upon table of the house. On the motion of the Earl of ROSEBERRY, the Scotch en tails amendment bill was read a second time. The Duke of ARGYLL moved for leave to bring in a bill to settle the question of church patronage in Scotland. The motion was agreed to. and the bill having been read a first time, the noble duke said he would not move the second reading until the General Assembly should have an opportu nity of meeting and expressing an opinion on its provisions. After some observations from the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Rosebery, Lord Dunfermline, and the Marquis of Breadalbane, the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THLRSDAY Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply to a question from Mr. Walter, said it was his intention to go on with the poor-law amend ment bill, though he might not be able to proceed with it on the lith. Mr. WALTER intimated that he should meet the bill, when it was brought forward, with a specific motion. In reply to a questioa from Mr. Hume, it was stated by Lord J. RUSSELL that it was true Captain Elliott had been recalled from Canton, and Sir H. Pottinger been appointed in his room. Mr. HUME having moved for returns of the correspond ence between the British and American governments relative to the destruction of the Caroline steam-boat, and of the cor respondence between the Governor-General of Canada and the Colonial Secretary. Lord J. RUSSELL intimated that the production of the papers would be prejudicial to the pending negotiations be tween the two governments. Mr. HUME still persevered, and the house was about to divide, when Sir R. PEEL said that the production of the papers ought not to be insisted upon, after a minister of the crown had in timated that their being produced might be prejudicial to the interests of the country. - After some further conversation, Mr. HUME allowed the motion to be negatived without a division. Colonel SlnTiouP, at considerable length, condemned the appointment of Mr. Vizard as solicitor to the home depart ment, and moved a resolution to the effect that no sufficient reason had been shown for the the appointment, and that it was wholly unnecessary. Mr. FoX MAULE defended the necessity of the appoint ment, owing to the increased business of the department, arising from the number of bills which had been recently be fore it. Every other public department had its solicitor, and it was not until the want of one was felt that the appointment had been made. Mr. GOULBURN thought that a sufficient case had not been ma* out for the appointment; but was of opinion that the better time to take the objection would be when a vote was brought forward in committee of supply for a salary for the office. Colonel SIBTRORP intimated that he would pursue the course suggested by the right hon. member for the Univer sity of Cambridge, and withdrew his motion. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY The Earl of HAREWOOD presented several petitions against the contemplated alteration in the sugar duties, and con tended that the reduction of the differential duties could be considered inno other light than as an act of confiscation. The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL, Lord LYNDHURST, and Lord ELLENBOROUH presented petitions from Antigua, St. Vincent's, and the Virgin Islands, praying that the same protection as heretofore might be extended to our West Indian colonies. In reply to a question from Lord Ellenborougb, ViSCOUilt MEI:BOURNE saidit was true that an intimation bad been sent out to China, to the effect that if a treaty was concluded according to the preliminary articles sent to this country, such treaty would not be•satisfactory, nor could her Majesty be advised to ratify it. This resolution was adopted at home, and did not emanate from the Governor General of In reply to a question from the Duke of Wellington, the noble viscount'said that Hong Kong had been taken posses sion of by the British forces. In reply to another question from Lord Ellenborough, the noble viscount said he did not know whether Chusan had been evacuated or not, but orders were sent out that it should be re-occupied if it had not been evacuated. Earl FITZWILLIAM presented several petitions from Leeds and other places, praying for an alteration of the corn laws. The noble earl contended that every shilling which was paid for corn in the market more than it would sell for if the corn duties did not exist, was so much taken from the rest of the community to benefit the landlord. Every shil ling so obtained was a debt due from the landlord to the rest of the people. After some observations from Lord Ashburton, the Earl of Wicklow, and the Earl of Falmouth, The Duke of WELLINGTON denied that the corn laws had been passed for any such object as that imputed—namely, of raising the rents of the landlords, at the expense of the rest of the community. The great object of the corn laws was to encourage agriculture to such an extent as to make the pro duce equal to the consumption of the people, and thus ren der the country independent of foreign supply altogether. The Earl 01 RADNOR said that the effect of the laws, whatever might be their object, was to put money into the pockets of the landholder. In fact, every improvement in aculture must tend to benefit the landlord. /The Earl of WARWICK said that, in the great towns, the principle upon which they supported the corn law repeal agitation was in order to force a change in the currency upon the country. The IV.lar'quis of LANSDOWNE defended the conduct of the government in proposing an alteration of the corn laws, and said there never was a measure brought forward by a govern ment with more of consideration and less of hurry than the one which had been announced by his noble friend in another place. Lord ELLENBOROUGH asked the noble marquis on what day the Cabinet came to the resolution of bringing forward a proposition for altering the corn-laws. The Marquis of LArisnowNx said he was not bound to answer suoh a question, but lie had no hesitation in saying that it was not until after repeated consultations that the resolve had been adopted ; nor was it at a very recent period. After some further conversation the petition was laid on the table, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY Mr. O ' CONNELL gave notice that he would move in the committee on the sugar duties that no reduction of duty should take place on slave-grown sugar. Sir R. INGLis hoped (in answer to a question from Mr. O'Connell) to be able, on the 18th instant, to call the atten tion of the house to the subject of church extension. Mr. E. Gladstone, Mr. A. Chapman, Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Creswell, Captain Mathew, Dr. Lushington, Lord Stanley, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Aglionhy, and Lord Viscount Powers court, severally presented petitions against the Chancellor of the Exchequer's proposed reduction of the restrictive duties on foreign sugar, as being calculated to operate as a premium on the employment of slave-labour in raising that produce, from the Island of St. Vincent ; from the Society of Ship owners in London ? from Glasgow ; from merchants and others of Liverpool ? from 1,000 planters and others, mem bers of the Colonial Society of London ; from the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ; from several Westflndia merchants and planters resident in Glas gow ; from merchants of the City of London interested in the Mauritius ; from Wigan ; and from Bath. Mr. Thornely, Mr. La - bouehere, Mr. George Wood, Mr. Clay and Mr. Brotherton presented petitions in favour of the ministerial propositions for the alteration of the duties, from Wolverhampton • from the American Chamber of Com merce in Liverpool ; from Kendal; from all the firms en gaged in the sugar refining trade of London ; and from Ashton-under-Lyne. _ Sir R. Pzzu read, from an abstract prepared by himself, the substance of a petition which he presented against these duties from upwards of 600 merchants, planters, and others interested in the West India trade. The petitioners were of the highest respectability, and set forth the various grounds of their objections to, and alarm at, the proposition in question. Lord J. RUSSELL announced the intention of the govern ment with respect to the corn-laws. He would propose that a fixed duty should be imposed on the importation of foreign corn ; of Bs. on wheation rye 55., on barley 4s. 6d., and on oats 3s. 4d. . . . The noble lord then moved that the house should resolve itself into a committee of Ways and Means, and entered into a lengthened statement of the financial measures proposed by the Government. He denied that the plan proposed by his right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer had been adopted at the spur of the moment. Even before the com mencement of the session of Parliament Ministers felt the necessity of proposing some plan with a view to meet the fi nancial difficulties of the country. In accordance with the resolution they had adopted, the house would recollect that as far back as the llth of March he had announced that the Cabinet were unanimous as to the necessity of revising our commercial policy. As an additional proof that their mea sures were not hastily adopted, the noble lord stated that he had received from the Governor-General of Canada replies to the letters in which they had communicated to him the changes they contemplated. The measures which had led to our increased expenditure, in support of our foreign policy, had been sanctioned by the house, and the house was there fore bound to 'supply any deficiency in the public revenue occasioned thereby. They might, it was true, curtail their naval and military force, so as to bring the expenditure of the country within its income; but, in the present- posture of affairs, he believed the house would think with him that such a course was unadvisable. In preference, then, to resorting to direct taxation, they had come to the conclusion that it was better to supply the defalcation in the revenue by re sorting to a diminution of protecting duties, rather than to laying additional burdens on the people. With respect to the fixed duty which he intended to propose on corn, he was of opinion that its effect would be, to keep the price of wheat steadily at from 50s to 60s. With respect to the sugar duties, the object was to give a substantial protection in the room of an absolute prohibition. The bill for the abolition of the slave trade had been most successful in its results, and the condition of the negroes had been wonderfully improved. There was no reason, therefore, for sacrificing our distressed manufacturing population in order to benefit those with whom the operatives of Bolton and Manchester would be happy to change places. The noble lord referred to the increased habits of temperance exhibited by the people, and said that the high price of sugar was calculated to impede those habits. It might be said that the price would be kept down by the supply hereafter from India, but he was by no means dis posed to substitute an East for a West Indian monopoly. The noble lord then contended that it would 'be futile to at tempt refusing admission to slave-grown produce. Brazilian coffee was notoriously imported into this country by being first shipped to the Cape of Good Hope. This was certainly an evasion of the law, but the trade had now grown to be of so much importance that it might be dangerous to put it down. The West India planters imported slave-grown sugar for their own use that they might send the whole of their own to obtain high prices in this country. The motion of Lord Sandon he characterised as a party movement, under the semblance of feelings of humanity, and contended that the whigs had been always the party foremost in the cause of abolition of slavery. If the house should adopt the proposal made by the Government, he thought they might look for ward with confidence for great commercial prosperity—other wise the house must incur the responsibility of their rejection. Lord SANnoist disclaimed the idea of wholly preventing the consumption of slave-grown sugar, but the real question before them was, whether they would give direct engourage ment to the slave trade, and endanger the success of their exertions for abolishing slavery all over the world. In other words, whether, because of a trifling pecuniary pressure, arising from circumstances not likely to occur again, they should stultifiy all that had heretofore been accomplished to wards the abolition of slavery ? If the proposal of the go yernment were agreed to, it would be Cuba, and not Brazil, which would reap the benefit ; and in Cuba there was no hope of bringing verygabout a mitigation of the evils of slavery. Evenis opinion, in a fi nanc i a l po i nt o f v i ew , t h e resu lt o f th e p l an was, in h doubtful, and the benefit to the con sumer would b e but triflin g. He, therefore, thought him self j ustified in calling on the house not to give up an experi ment which th ey earnestly hoped would lead to the finalabo lition of slav ery . The noble lord concluded by moving, as an amendm ent , . " Th at , considering the efforts and sacrifices which parl iament and the country have made for the aboli- s trade and slavery, with the eansest hope that and axampip might load to the mitigation and final extinction of those evils in other countries , this house is not prepared (especially with the present prospects of the supply of sugar from British possessions) to adopt the mea sure proposed by her majesty's government for the reduc tion of the duty on foreign sugars." . • .Mr. HOGG seconded the amendment, and contended that ministers had misled the public by not stating their intention with respect to the sugar duties when the duties on rum were under discussion. The result of the proposed measure would be to inundate the British market with slave-grown sugar, with which East Indian sugar would not for a long period be able to compete, and West Indian—never. He hoped the house would come that night to such a decision as might pro bably prove fatal to her Majesty's ministers, but which would at all events be hailed with acclamation by the country. . . Mr. HAWES opposed the amendment,andconTended that applying the principles of free trade to sugar, and buying it at the cheapest mai ket, was the b es t mo d e o f putting down slavery all over the world. Mr. HANDLEYsupported the amendment Mr. JAMES said he should support the government propo sition, although he was the proprietor of a pretty large estate in Jamaica. Dr. LUSHINGTON said he had always voted against the corn laws and the timber duties, and should continue to do so ; but he was determined . to oppose any measure calculated to aid in the maintenance of slavery. Attached as much as any matt to his party, he must still declare that, in his opi nion, the proposed measure would lower ministers before all Europe, and degrade them in the estimation of the people of England ; and all this was to be suffered because of their bringing forward a measure for which there existed no neces sity. He believed that if the sense of the people could be taken upon the subject, they would rather pay a high price for sugar than purchase it chiefly by giving encouragement to the importation of slave-grown sugar. Mr. EWART then moved the adjournment of the debrte, which was agreed to.- The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. DISTURBANCES IN BULGARIA, MACEDONIA, AND THE NORTHERN PROVINCES OF TURKEY. (From the Augsburg Gazette.) BELGRADE, APRIL 22.—The accounts received from the Turkish provinces bordering upon Servia are of a more and more threatening nature ; not that the successes obtained by the insurgents, have been of any importance—for, excepting the taking of the inconsiderable little fort of Akpalanka, which, moreover, is a matter of doubt, and beyond the very decided movement in Lesskoveza, nothing of any importance has transpired as yet—but it is the spirit, the state of feeling that prevails among the Christians of all the northern pro vinces of Turkey, that gives cause for apprehension. For some months past, a report has prevailed here of the ex istence of a regularly organized secret society in the north of Turkey—a report which very many symptoms have gone to confirm, This society is said to be a secret association of the Christians, supposed to extend over old Servia, Bulgaria, Northern Roumelia, Bosnia, and Alloania, to be firmly or ganized, and to have no other end and aim than the shaking , off of the Turkish yoke. Nor is it very easy to suppose that the protestations of the insurgents as t 9 their loyal senti ments towards the Sultan, nor the assurances which they have laid before the Prince of Servia to this effect, and ad dressed by means of a deputation to Abdul Medschid, will be even much attended to in the end. Until N ery lately peo ple were very much inclined to believe that French agents had a hand in the matter, and it was very positively asserted that they acted upon old instructions given by M. Thiers, the new French Ministry no longer following up the hostile tendency of the former Cabinet towards the Porte. This idea, however, has now been given up here, and there are two different opinions that prevail upon the present state of affairs. One party believes that the deposed Prince Milosch, of Servia, has been seeking to re-assume in the Danube countries the position he has lost, and to found a new Christian kingdom in the north of Turkey, in which Servia is to be comprised. Another party (who only look upon Prince Milosch as an instrument made use of—a cat's -paw") attributes the passing events to Russian policy, and connect (somewhat too precipitately, 'tis true) the appear ance of Baron Von Lieven in this country with the breaking out of the new revolution. It would be difficult as yet to give any decided opinion upon the subject ; but this much is certain—namely, that every town, and almost every village of the part of the country alluded to, have been visited lat terly by foreign emissaries, and that the Christians have everywhere entered into an association among themselves, having appointed several chiefs of provinces, who have chiefs of districts subordinate to them, who again, in their turn, have chiefs of the different towns and villages under their directions. Lesskoveza is now the central point of the in surrectionary movement. Mladen, so well known in the days of " Black George," is only the instrument of a party ; a Greek priest has been attached to his person, from whom he receives his orders. Report goes to say that more than 50,000 muskets are at the service of the chiefs of the insurrection, and that their distribution among the country people has al ready commenced. It is believed also by some that Prince Milosch himself is not in connection with the insurgents, but that a great number of his subjects are in secret intelligence with them. The Servian government has ordered all the ef fective force at its disposal to the Bulgarian frontiers, there to observe the events, and then to take its measures accord ingly. The cordon that existed there before has already been raised to six times its original force. A letter dated Semlin, of the 25th ult., states that the last accounts from Bulgaria showed that country to be in a state of anarchy. The mail from Constantinople, which was four days overdue, had not arrived, and it was thought that the Tartar who was the bearer of it had been robbed and mur dered by the insurgents for the money which he carried. The Albanians who inhabit the plains of Bulgaria, adds the writer, are to be dreaded on account of their brutality and desire of plunder, and they have already begun to take part in the movement of the Christians. The Turks have hopes of crushing the insurrection, on account of the want of dis cipline amongst the Albanians. However this may be, it is unquestionable that the Porte will have to contend with ene mies more obstinate and determined than those in Syria. Every one is convineed that the insurgents have confede rates in Servia, and it is strongly suspected that either Prince Michael, or his father, Prince Milosch, are favourable to them. LONDON MONEY MARKET, SATURDAY EVEN IN o.—The only alteration that has oc curred in the value of the public securities is a decline in Exchequer-bills of 3s, some few sales having been :made ; they closed ss. to 7s. premium. Consois for money opened and closed 894 d to 90 ; and for the account 90 to *; 3 per Cents. Reduced left off 884 to ; 3 1 per Cents. Reduced, 974 ; New 31 per Cents., 984 to 4 ; Long Annuities (expiring Jan. 5, 1860), 12 11-46 to 4 ; Bank Stock 168 to 170 ; and India Stock, 250 to 252. In the foreign stocks very few bargains were made, and Spanish Actives receded to 24 to 4 ; Portuguese 5 per Cents. were finally quoted 344 to 4 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 204 to a ; Dutch 24 per Cents., 52-1 to 4 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 99 to 4 ; Danish, 774 to 784 ; Belgian, 100 to 101; and Brazilian, 684 to 694. LONDON TRADE REPORT Saturday evening TEA.—There has been great activity in our market to-day, and much business done. Company's Congous closed on Change Is. 94d. money buyers. WooL.—Since our first notice of the sales, the attendance of the trade has improved, and the qualities offered being better than in the first instance, priceo rallied and may be called to those of the ,March auction. The highest price for Austrilian was ls. 10d. ; Cape went but indifferently, com pared with Australian. The sales close this evening. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCIJMSTANCE.—On Tuesday week, a lamb, in a field near the Littleborough station of the Man chester and Leeds Railway, was attacked by a rough-haired dog, weighing about 201b5.; but the contest being perceived by the old ewe of the flock, she commenced a furious battery on the canine depredator, and inflicted such desperate wounds on the dog by means of her horns, that he died shortly after. THE ROYAL WEST PENNARD CHEESE.—This gigantic production of the numerous celebrated West Pennard dairies, manufactured as a testimony of the loyalty of their owners to our gracious Queen, is now exhibiting at Bath, on its way to Mr. W. Norris's, of West Pennard, where it is to undergo the process necessary for its ripening, and being rendered tit for Royal mastication, which it is supposed it will be in about two years. It will then be again forwarded to the Palace. — Bristol Mirror. THE MURDER AT M ANCHESTER .—Th e a djo urn e d i nquest on the body of Matthew Naylor, was held at the Lord Hill public-house, St. Ann's-street, on Tuesday, before Mr. Chapman, the borough coroner . . Samuel Blackney, Thomas Roche, William Walker, And William Wilshaw, the four pri soners in custody on suspicion of being concerned in the mur der, were present during- the bolding of the inquest. The particulars of the case appeared in the STANDARD of Tues day fortnight; and after hearing the evidence, the jury re turned a verdict of wilful murder against Thomas Roche, Samuel Blackney, and other persons unknown. Wilshaw and Walker were then, of course, discharged, and Roche and Blackney were committed, under the coroner's warrant, to Kirkdale, to take their trial at the ensuing assizes. It is positively asserted in the best informed West-end circles that Mr. Gordon, one of the secretaries of the trea sury, has resigned his appointment. The reason assigned for the resignation of this confidential functionary is, his ir reconcileable hostility to the lately announced budget ; and as Mr. :Gordon is an extensive West India proprietor the probability is, that the ruinous experiment of throwing open the staple produce of the colonies, in which his property lies, to foreign competition, is the real motive for the step he is asserted to have taken. SUICIDE COMMITTED WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS.—OR Monday, an inquest was held before W. S. Rutter, Esq., on view of the body of Harriet Thelwell, aged 68, of Dunbar street, Liverpool, who had been found in her bed-room on the previous morning with her throat cut. It appeared that the deceased had an annuity of £6O, but had become involved, and had labOured under monomania for some weeks past, during which the frequently said that some one was follow ing her, and intended to murder her. She had effected self destruction by dividing the jugular vein with a pair of scissors. The scissors, which were short in the blade, and long, and consequently of great power in the shafts, were found upon a chain beside the body. Verdict, " Insanity."—Manches ter Courier. IRISH MANUFACTURES.—Mr. Grattan's principle is the principle of the Irish agitator's, one and all—whether they be professed Repealers, or merely the subrosa-ry advocates of ' Irish Manufacture." England bath better look to it in time. Ireland is a dangerous competitor in the manufactur ing line, and Mr. Henry Grattan a formidable customer. We subjoin the official communication of his goodwill and plea sure :—" Notice. London, 30th April, 1841.—Madam or Sir,—l think it necessary to give you this public notice, that you will please not to send to my house, or to any person employed by me in town or country, any goods or articles whatsoever of British manufacture. In case you do so, I shall withdraw my custom from you ; and should any things be supplied as Irish, not being such, I shall direct proceed ings to be taken against you for the imposition so attempted. —I remain, your very obedient servant, HENRY GRATTAN. To all tradespeople dealing at my house, 84, Stephen's-green, Dublin." If this be not the essence of political economy, we must consult the University Professor of that occult science, himself a distinguished member of Father Flanagan's Board of Trade, for the meaning of the terms. HORRIBLE MURDER.--A correspondent of the Limerick Standard gives the following particulars of a murder, which, if the details be correctly stated, is almo s t w i t h out a parallel in the annals of similar cases of atrocity :—" A rumour has been afloat in Fermoy to-day of a most heart-rending mur der committed in the neighbourhood of Mitchels Town. The rumour, as I have it is, that a policeman's wife, near her confinemeut, was travelling alone from her husband's station where he was on duty, to her female fromermother'sthe x house. nlet: houseasstatetdo that on the way she got ill on t he r o ad, and requested a man hwehroawssasistpanascsei,nogffteorigcnalih someim a shilling for doing so, in taking which from her purse, she exposed a pound-note to the view of this monster, who took up a stone and dashed her brains out. He then ran off, but was pursued by some men who happened to see the atrocious deed. To complete the tra gedy, it is stated that the woman, although dead, was deli vered of twins, and that the husband, being apprized of what had occurred, ran to the spot armed, and on seeing his life less wife and two dying infants, he instantly stabbed to the heart the villain, who had been captured by the countrymen." THEATRE .ROYAL, LIVERPOOL Mao' , the Manoyeuzent of Mr. CLARKE, Sole Lessee THE ADELPHI COMPANY, For a limited Number of Nights. THE PERFORMANCES THIS EVENING, AND DURING THE SUMMER SEASON, WILL COMMENCE AT I-1A LF-PA ST SEVEN. - DOOKS TO OE OPENED AT SEVEN. The Public is respectfully informed that arrangements have been made with Mr. YATES, Proprietor and Manager of the Theatre-Royal, Adelphi, for the production of the popular Dramas of that Theatre, the principal characters of which will be sustained by the original representatives at that Theatre, Mrs. YATES, Mr. PAUL BEDFORD, Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. WIELAND, Mr. LYON, and Mr. YATES. Positively the Last Night of JACK SHEPPARD, which cannot be repeated after This Evening, in consequence of the variety of novelties in preparation. The New Drama of AGNES ST. AUBIN, having been received Last Night with the most rapturous applause, will be repeated on Wednesday Eveni THIS present TUESDAY, May f, will be produced, (for the first time,) a Drama, of peculiar interest, founded on the celebrated Trial which engrossed the atten tion of all France, called MADAME LAFFA.RGE; OR, SELF-ACCUSATION! M. Charles Clave Hector Goguenard. Mr. Yates. Victor Bouchardy. Gervaise Mr. Wright. Maria Capelle After which, for the last time, the Romantic and Historical Drama, in Four Parts, called JACK SHEPPARD. Abram Mendez Mr. Yates. Joe Blueskin.. Mr. P. Bedford I Jonathan Wild.. Mr. Lyon. Jack Sheppard.. Mrs. Barton. Owen Wood.. Mr. Baker. On WEDNESDAY, the New Drama of AGNES ST. AUBIN. After which a New Farce, never acted here, called DEEDS OF DREADFUL NOTE. To conclude with " A Piece of Fun," written expressly for Mr. Wieland, called The FLIP FLAP FOOTMAN. TO CORRESPONDENTS The committee of our various religious societies, are the best judges as to the place of holding the anniversary meetings, but we agree with " Auditor," that in consequence of the inconvenience experienced at the last meeting of the Church Missionary Association, at the Music Hall, a larger or more suitable. place should if possible have been selected for the anniversary next week. The necessity of some im mediate steps being taken for the erection of a building si milar to the proposed St. George's Hall, becomes every day more apparent. Can any of our readers inform us if our corporate body have made any movement towards the erection of that edifice ? We have received a letter from the Rev. J. B. M'Crea, the presbyterial' minister at Waterloo, addressed to the Rev. Mr. Baylee, but as we cannot perceive that the writer has any object in view but a vituperative attack upon the church of , England, we must decline its insertion. Mr. M'Crea ought to be aware that no cause is advanced by an exhibi tion of angry feeling, and he will find that Mr. Baylee is not to be terrified from his duty, by the harsh language of any no-popery advocate. Our correspondent should be sa tisfied with the opposition he seems so delighted in offering to the respected incumbent of the new church at Wood side. The correspondent who points our attention to an article ni the Church of England Magazine should have sent us a copy of that publication. We are unable to answer the query of a pedestrian, but be lieve his supposition is correct. We copy the following from the last Liverpool Mercury . " COCKROACHEs.--With every disposition to oblige A Con stant Reader, we cannot be constantly repeating the va rious recipes for the destruction of these noxious vermin, which have, from time to time, appeared in the Mercury." Noxious vermin in the Mercury ! ! what do our readers think of that ? Our contemporary has frequently censured the language we have chosen to adopt in commenting upon the sophistry in wtlich he sometimes indulges; but we do not remember, in our most vindictive mood, to have em ployed such an an offensive term as he himself has selected by which to designate his own productions. The Sheffield, which arrived here on Saturday, brings New York papers to the 15th ult., but their contents are antici pated by the arrival of the cadia. Ethrtimol (ttanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1841. Our readers are aware that the Rev. Mr. Gregg, with whose name in connection with an uncompromis ing championship of Protestantism they are familiar, has been committed to prison in Dublin by certain ma gistrates for refusing to enter into recognisances to keep the peace. The occurrence is a novel and re markable one, and having ourselves inquired minutely into the particulars, and considered them with much care, we feel desirous of submitting our impressions to the attention of our readers. Mr. Gregg—a clergyman—we may add, a beneficed clergyman of the Established Church of England— and Ireland—is in prison on a charge not merely per sonal to himself, but one of a general character, and connected intimately with a public cause and principle; and it is therefore, we think, a question of public and general interest to ask, whether he be rightfully or wrongfully imprisoned—whether he is immured in a gaol for his own fault or the fault of others; and if for the fault of others, what the nature of that may be, and what the circumstances that have fed to it. And first of all he is imprisoned for refusing to give bail " to keep the peace towards all her Majesty's sub jects." To give this bail would be a very easy mat ter—nothing more than signing his name to a bit of parchment—and straightway the prison doors fly open, and the reverend gentleman is at liberty; but he will not sign anything of the sort, and his reason is, be cause it would amount to an acknowledgment that there was a ground for requiring security of him ; and his case, as an innocent man, is, that there was no such ground. People in general do not act with so much scrupu losity; and it seems odd to many that Mr. Gregg should rather go to prison than go through the mere form of entering into a peace recognisance. But Mr. Gregg is not-an ordinary man. He is a single-minded, truth loving, Church of England clergyman, and all the world, we are persuaded, could not induce him to ac knowledge, directly or indirectly, as true, that which he knew to be false. His own words on the subject are these : " I was sentenced to enter into my own recognizances to keep the peace towards all her Majesty's subjects. To be sure I will keep the peace towards her Majesty's subjects. Who ever dreamt of my breaking it towards any of her Majesty's subjects. But I will enter into no recognizance on the subject; for to do so, was to admit that Mere was the slightest shadow of a shade for entertaining Me most dis tant suspicion that I would violate it." Some people may think his scruples rather nice; but we defy any one to say that he does not give evi dence of a most exact and honourable conscientious ness, and that, in obeying its dictates, he does not act with a manly consistency and fortitude. His judges might have ordered him to be imprisoned, or caused, let us say, some other punishment to be inflicted on him; and to this, however unjust, it would have been his duty to submit ; but when they ordered him to subscribe his own name to a certain paper, and by this act to acknowledge that he had given cause or pretence for his being put under pledges, it does not occur to us that he was under any obligation at all of submitting. On the contrary, we think, that feeling as he did, it was his duty to " obey God rather than man," and refuse his attestation to a lie. His own explanation on this point is as follows : " The only thing resembling a breach of the peace in my case was denouncing Popery ; and to enter into a recogni zance of a farthing piece that I would henceforward keep the peace, would be to admit, that to denounce Popery was to break the peace, and that I would do so no more. And shall I do this—shall I admit this—shall I cease to denounce Po pery ? God forbid. I should be happy to lay down my life, if by doing so I could lead my countrymen to take up God's blessed word, and on their knees ask for divine wisdom to guide them in the investigation. If to tell the truth be to break the peace, away with peace. If to palliate or gloss over Popish error—if to speak smooth things to Popish people, when their errors are concerned, he to keep the peace—again and again, away with it." Such being Mr. Gregg's convictions, we do most highly honour him for obeying them ; but, of course, there is another question, and that is, whether, inde pendently of his intentions, feelings, or opinions, he did, or did not commit an act which rightfully au thorised or bound his judges to pass the sentence which they did. To answer this question we must turn to the evidence ; its solution is altogether an affair of evidence. Our readers have probably seen the details in other journals. We have ourselves, at all events, perused the entire, and we protest that anything more absurd or uncalled for, and, consequently, unjust, than the magisterial decision in this case, we never met with. Mr. Gregg, at the request of two gentlemen, the uncle and nephew of a young female who has been en snared into a convent, and with the written authority of her mother, accompanies those gentlemen to the house for the purpose of demanding her restoration. The mother abbess, one Mistress " Dolphina Ph e b oe, " denies Miss "Wiley, and has the audacity to say that there is no such person there. This is LIE the first. However the gentlemen insisted, and, after some alter cation, the girl is produced, and the brother and uncle proceed to remove her. But a mob, in the meantime, has collected outside the front door, and, perceiving that the girl is reluctant to go, they take her part, rescue her from her relatives, and assault Mr. Gregg in a most outrageous , manner—the police, some of i‘ O'Connell'a cliocen," doubtie; POC~l:f t], on, and being in no hurry to protect him Next day the scene changes to the police-office, and Mr. Gregg and the other two gentlemen are summoned to answer for "using threatening language to Mrs. Dolpkina Pheboe, and for assaulting her protegj, Miss Wiley." As to these charges, it is almost enough to say that the magistrates disallowed them. The charge of " as sault" was too manifestly gross; but the threatening language was so far deemed to be proven, that the wor shipful bench ordered Mr. Gregg and the other gentle men to enter into £2O recognisances to keep the peace to " all her Majesty's subjects" ! Lying witnesses were produced, who swore to language having been used which never was used, nor anything like it. The foulest perjury was committed to snake out a case against the " Protestant clergyman," but it was so gross, so entirely unworthy of the smallest credit, that the magistrates could not possibly have been deceived, or believed one word of it. But, what is most mon strous of all, they entertained the charge, and, so far as we have mentioned, affirmed it, in the absence of Dolphina Pheboe, who was alleged to be so occupied with heavenly meditations in her holy retreat that she could not attend to so sublunary, secular, and vulgar an affair as giving evidence in a poliCe-office. One of the magistrates, indeed, wondered that her serene highness " Dolphina" did not condescend to appear; but did not afterwards wonder at himself for convicting a Pro testant clergyman in the absence of so material a wit ness. And so Mr. Gregg is sacrificed to appease the offended dignity of the mother abbess—to encourage the trade of kidnapping Protestant females into Popish nunneries—and to warn all Protestants, whether sheep or pastors—relatives of, or too benevolently interested about such unhappy victims—to beware of looking af ter them, or seeking to rescue them from the fangs of a cruel and accursed superstition ! Now, we ask, is not this monstrous ? These O'Con nellised magistrates in Dublin, instead of immediately dismissing the impudent and audacious charge—in stead of ordering the girl to go home to her mother, and complimenting Mr. Gregg for his becoming Chris tian zeal as a Protestant clergyman—actually bring him in guilty of a breach of the peace, and order him to he bound over to keep it! Mr. Gregg refuses to obey the order, and he is at this moment in bonds on this account. But there is an afterpiece to this tragedy, although we do not exactly know in what order or class of the acting drama to place it ; if not a perfect burletta, it has certainly a great deal of the " serio-comic " about it. The doodles and noodles and fusbos-es of the bench, it seems, got into a "mighty great passion entirely," as they say in Ireland, because Mr. Gregg, on learning the unjust and, we think, illegal sentence that had been pronounced against him, said, "I am condemned be cause there is an IDOLATROUS JUDGE upon the bench." Upon this, the justices looked at each other with as tonishment, and shook their heads in a most awful and portentous manner ! " That means me, said Mr. Justice Duffy ; " and this instant I will exhibit arti cles of the peace against this most pugnacious, contu macious, and pertinacious heretical disturber." So exit the enraged Duffy to prepare the informations ; and the—unfortunate we will not say, but the palpably persecuted and victimised Protestant Clergyman, Mr. Gregg, is called upon to enter into afresh recognisance for £lOO to keep the peace to Squire Duffy, the " ido latrous magistrate" in question. Was there ever such a farce ? By refusing to enter into the first recogni sance, he protested in substance against the sentence passed on him ; and when he used the words com plained of, he merely gave his explanation as to how such a sentence came to have been adjudged. Such was the fact; but we do not mean to justify the giving of such an explanation, or the use of such language, in open court. It was an indiscretion-,an impropri ety ; but what follows ? Do the magistrates treat the words as a contempt of the court, which they should have done if there was any legal import whatever at tachable to them ? No ; but they place their brother magistrate, Duffy, in the character of a suitor, and then undertake to decide, as an impartial tribunal, be tween him and the Rev. Mr. Gregg. They take ins informations in that capacity, and decide that Mr. Gregg's object, or intention in using the epithet " ido latrous" magistrate was to provoke Mr. Duffy to fight • a duel, or otherwise commit a breach of the peace ! The thing is so perfectly ridiculous, that it seems incre dible; but it is, nevertheless, perfectly true. Mr. Gregg himself, referring to this part of the case in a published letter, says,— " As to my keeping the peace towards Mr. Duffy, of course I will do so ; but here, again, I will sign no recognizance on the subject ; for to sign such a document would, to a certain extent, involve me in a retractation of the denouncement that I made of a popish magistracy. Papists are utterly unfit to adjudicate where the principles of their religion or ours are involved-. And not merely are they unfit themselves, but they incapacitate their protestant fellows from the exercise of a sound judgment." So far as Mr. Gregg is personally concerned, it sig nifies not how many subsequent recognisances the ma gistrates might think fit to put upon him, since he de clined obeying their first order. He was already their captive upon that ; and, therefore, though they heaped Pelion upon Ossa an hundred times over, they could not place him in a worse position or make him more their victim than they had done already. Such is this novel and very extraordinary case. The version we have given of it is, we are sure, the true one. It fur nishes material for a vast deal of interesting observa tion; but we have occupied so much space in the fore going history, that we must leave the affair for the pre 'sent in the hands of our readers. - We have heard a great deal in our time of tithe martyrs, church-rate martyrs, and various other sorts of dissenting martyrs ; but it strikes us that here is a case in which, at the in stance of the Popish mistress of a superstitious, kid napping nunnery—for all nunneries are so—the gaols and graves at once of thousands of unhappy, deluded females—an estimable clergyman of our church may most truly and correctly be called a sufferer for con science sake; and we sincerely hope that the confession he witnesses and the testimony he bears will not be without its fruits. Since writing the foregoing, we find that Mr. Gregg has been discharged from custody, on the ground of the illegality of his commitment. He was brought up on Saturday before the Court of Queen's Bench, in Dublin, by habeas corpus; and upon argument of the points suggested by his counsel, the court decided that the commitment made out in the case of Mr. Duffy was illegal, and ordered the rev. gentleman to be immediately discharged. .. Lord Sandon's amendment on the sugar duties was debated on Friday, and the debate adjourned to last evening. Whether a second adjournment would take place seemed doubtful ; but no doubt was entertained that ministers would be beaten upon the division, whenever it should occur. This is the general opinion as to the result, and we see no reason to dissent from it. It would he quite idle to speculate upon what Lord John and Co. will do next. There was a time that when a ministry were beaten they would retire,—just as the times "have been" that " when the brains were out the man would die;" but that day is gone by. There was a case last week before a jury de lunatico inquirendo, in which the unfortunate party examined— a lady of rank—laboured under the delusion of sup posing herself dead; she said she had seen her soul go up the chimney some time ago, and that what now re mained was only a piece of inanimate matter—a carpet, or bag, or something of that sort. But though our ministers are evidently labouring under a delusion, it is quite a different one from this ; for they imagine that they are alive, when all sane people perceive that they are quite defunct, and have seen their spirit (if ever they had any) depart in many and many a minority ; and, so long as they get pay, we fear this delusion will be immoveable. Who would say, then, that they would retire, if beaten upon Lord Sandon's amend ment ? We would not assuredly ; though our opinion is, that in appealing to the free trade mania, they have played their last card. The sacrifice of our West India colonies is the most profligate measure that the Whigs ever attempted, and is what, we dare say, they consider worse—it is a great political error. Will they indeed appeal to the country on this question—and if they do, will the cry of cheap sugar for the ruin of our free. labour colonies, and the encouragement of slave-driving Cuba and Brazil—be responded to ? What a pretty rime Whig candidates wouh cut :upth. the hutting with such a cry in their mouths ! No, gentlemen tumblers, that won't do ; " cheap sugar" will raise no mobs; you must try something else. Your "fixed duties" on corn is a spell of more likelihood ; and we advise you to stick to it. We think, however, that if the Conservatives do their duty, even with this charm, you may "call spirits from the dusky deep," and call them in vain. The people have been gulled by cheap publications, and itinerant lecturers ; but it would not be so difficult to disabuse them of false impressions, if due means were used for the purpose. Are the people indeed so much in love with the factory system, and factory labour, that they would like to see agricultural employment put a stop to, and all England converted into one huge workshop ? There is no other object whatever contemplated by the mill-owners than the ex . - tension of factory slave labour; whereas, we have already too much of it. Emigration is the natural, the fit, and proper remedy and recourse for our redundant population; and this is a subject which, we allow, that our governments have shamefully neglected. Colonize on a large scale, and you will in time have plenty of customers in your own colonists and fellow-subjects without looking to foreigners, or seeking to prostrate your domestic agriculture for the sake of a little tem porary gain, and certain ultimate loss;. but do not think of driving out agriculture, or imagine that you will promote the comfort or happiness of the people by covering the whole country with cotton mills. This is what the free-corn men would do, whether they actually see the consequence themselves or not ; this is precisely the result to which their agitation tends, but which may Heaven forbid they should ever effect. It is known to the public that Mr. Shuttleworth, late clerk to the magistrates in the Police Court, has been promoted to the office of deputy town clerk. Concerning this appointment, though contend ed for by Mr. PENNINGTON, a gentleman of whose eligibility we had formed a very high opinion, we have not made, nor do we now intend to make, any dispa raging observation. Mr. Shuttleworth is appointed, and we shall only say we anticipate no other result but that the duties of his new employment will be well and diligently performed. But there are now two vacan cies to be filled up in the legal department of the Town Council's patronage—one in the Police Court, occa sioned by Mr. Shuttleworth's promotion, and the other the chief clerkship in the Town-hall, vacant by the re tirement of Mr. Falcon ;—and as to these, we have just a word or two to say. It is rumoured that candi dates, if not appointees, are already prepared for them —that a son of our respected town-clerk is to be hoisted into the one, and a son of our equally respected trea surer is to be popped into the other, and that the thing is, in short, snugly settled and arranged. Now, we do not impute any blame to either of these excellent officers for endeavouring to " provide for his own :" that is quite an excusable, perhaps a laudable, effort on their part ; but there is another question for the Council at large—a question in the decision of which they are specially called upon to guard against nepotism, or even paternal feeling of this sort, and where, consistently with fair dealing and a righteous performance of duty, the proper and only point to be considered is, the fitness of the several candidates, and the greater or less degree thereof in those who may present themselves to their notice. Men are not sent into the Council merely to obtain offices for themselves, nor to render their possession hereditary in the family of others who may have been so fortunate as to obtain them. This would be sacri ficing public interest to private convenience—convert ing a public office into a private job—walking in the way of corruption—and betraying the general advan tage of the burgesses and inhabitants, just in that sort of way of which the people are usually and rightly jea lous, and which they are remarkably shrewd in detect ing where there is the least ground afforded for their suspicions. In the published letter of Mr. Snowball, we find the vacant appointments alluded to in the following terms : The clerkship to the magistrates will be filled by a gen tleman who has never been in practice ! the chief clerkship in the Town-hall will likewise be filled by a gentleman who has neither been in practice nor even admitted ! What a marvel it is that such an aptitude for business should be found in combination with so little practical information ! Surely the council will pause before it carry into effect such arrangements." We agree with the writer of these lines, in thinking that the Council will " pause before it carry such ar- rangements into effect." Mr. PENNINGTON, who has been disappointed of the deputy town-clerkship, is now, we understand, a candidate for the clerkship to the magistrates, and, from all we have heard and known of that gentleman, we believe him to be most admirably qualified to fill the situation. He has lived in the town all his life— has practised in his profession above twenty years, and has always conducted a highly respectable business. He is a shrewd, sensible man, and an able lawyer. But we need not say anything of his attainments, or ta lents, or character ; they are well known in Liverpool, and duly appreciated. The only question is—who is his competitor, and what are the qualifications of the the gentleman whom, it is reported, there is a plan in concoction to prefer before him. The gentleman is Mr. Wyberg—son of the treasurer —a young man just out of his time—just sworn an attorney—and consequently, as Mr. Snowball states, perfectly without the benefit of experience or practice. He served his time too, we are informed, in the office of Parkes and Preston, of London, parliamentary agents—not the best place in the world surely to ob tain a knowledge of the various points constantly oc curring in a police court. But no matter where he served it, we do not conceive that any young gentle man, just admitted to the profession, can be fairly put in competition with Mr. PENNINGTON, who has per formed his " twenty years' peregrination" —a gentle man_ of mature judgment, of various and extensive practice, and ample legal knowledge. We stand wholly unbiassed in this matter; we have not the pleasure even of a personal acquaintance with Mr. PENNINGTON ; nor is there any personal preju dice whatever weighing in our mind against Mr. Wy berg. At some future day, we are far from saying that he may not prove a highly meritorious and desir able candidate for this, or some other professional ap pointment under the Council; but at present we do affirm, that to select so young a man—wholly unknown —and prefer him, solely on the ground of family con nection, to fill an office of great importance—of great responsibility—an office which eminently involves, in its administration, the lives and property, the liberty and peace of the inhahitants—to prefer such a person to this office before Mr. PENNINGTON, would, we say, be a great wrong done to the public--and we therefore do respectfully, but earnestly, beg leave to caution the Council against it, and to assure them that it will be a cause of much dissatisfaction, whilst, on the other hand, we do hear from all quarters, and we do believe, that the appointment of Mr. PENNINGTON will be highly acceptable, and is looked for anxiously by all who would repose confidence in the Council, and uphold the dignity and purity, as well as the dis cernment of its appointments. As to the other appointment, of chief clerk in the Town-hall, we have also to disavow any personal pre judice or dislike to the son of Mr. Radcliffe. Our ground of objection rests entirely upon his youth and inexperience; and we suggest that the Council will do well to consider if, under all the circumstances, his selection would be the most judicious that could be made. [ADVERTISEMENT.] We have great pleasure in learning, that the consumption of the smoke arising from coal used, not only in stationary, but locomotive engines is now perfectly effected. A few days ago the apparatus for attaining this important object was applied to a locomotive engine, the Wizard, belonging to the Midland Counties Railway Company, and a trial, which proved highly satisfactory, was made under the inspection of Henry Youle, Esq., and William Hannay, Esq., directors of the company, and Francis Wright, E sq ., o f L enton H a ll, accompanied by several other gentlemen. This apparatus, we perceive by the Derby Reporter, has been applied also to the engine of Messrs. Boden and Morley, lace manufactu rers, Derby, and gives the grea est satisfaction. It is, we are informed, the invention of. Mr. Samuel Hall, who de vised the important improvement in the manufacture of lace of what is termed "' gassing," being the burning off the fibre of the most delicate fabrics of that article, by drawing lines of the flame of inflammable gas through its interstices, by means of a species of air-pump. Mr. Hall took out a patent in January last, for the first-mentioned invention, under the title of " Improvement in the Combustion of Fuel and Smoke ;" the advantageous results of which, owing to its introducing the use of coal instead of coke in locomo tive engines, will, no doubt, be highly beneficial to all railway undertakings, as reduction of expense is of the most vital importance. Tha second reacting of Lord Stanley's Irish Registration ill is postponed until tomorrow The bill of this company passed through the committee of the House of Lords on Thursday, without any alteration. LIVERPOOL BILLS.—In the House of Commons on Mon day, the Liverpool Local Acts Bill was read a second time, and the Dock Bill read a third time and passed. THE BIRKENHEAD WATER BILL.—At the meeting of the ratepayers of Birkenhead on Fridaylweek,Mr. Stansfield's motion that this bill " would be beneficial to the township was carried by a majority of nearly two to one. The re signation of Mr. Mallaby as clerk to the commissioners has, we are informed, been accepted by that body. No less than 168 gentlemen have given notice of their intention to apply to be admitted attOrnies of the Court of Queen's Bench on the last day of the present term. On Thursday last, at the Birkenhead Police Court, Mr. Burke, the much-talked-of individual who drove four-in hand in a match against the Chester and Birkenhead Rail way train, was tined £5 for furious driving. The coach occupied a longer time by a few minutes in accomplishing • the distance than the railway train. HOURS OF BUSINESS.—We are informed that Mr. Pro onoli has adopted the plan of paying the workmen in his ex tensive manufactury on Fridays, and that he has declared leis willingness to close his establishment in Church-street at six o'clock every evening, provided even a few of his neighbours will agree to do the same. The nomination for the election of a member of parliament for the borough of Sandwich, in the room of Sir R. Doukin, took place yesterday, and the polling commenced this morn ing. The late member was of the whig-radical school, but we expect, from the accounts we have received, that the con servative candidate will be returned, and that the electors of Sandwich will then follow the excellent example of Canter bury, Monmouthshire, Walsall, and Nottingham. LIVER THEATRE. - Mr. Jacobs, the illusionist's wonder- ful dexterity in the art of legerdemain, his amazing powers of ventriloquism, and the ease with which he versifies extem poraneously on the most difficult subjects are quite astonish ing. As Mr. Jacobs has been prevailed on, by particular desire, to prolong his stay another week, those who have not as yet seen him would do well to avail themselves of the opportunity previously to his departure from town.—See advertisement. THE LATE EARL OF DURHAM.—A very_clever portrait, nd excellent likeness, of the late Earl Of Durhm, was taken by Brother R. Dalziel, previous to death. He is repre sented in masonic clothing, as Pro-grand Master of England. This portrait has been engraved by Mr. Wagstaff, and is in progress of publication. The likeness is capital) and from . . the high esteem in which the noble brother vas held by the craft, we expect that almost all the lodges in the kingdom will purchase a copy to hang up in their lodge rooms. The engraving is done in first style, and may be looked upon as a fine work of art. VALIDITY OF LAY BAPTISM.—It will be remembered that some time since a cause was instituted against the Rev. Mr. Escott, the vicar of the parish of Gedney, by one of the inhabitants of that parish, for the refusal of the vicar to bury the infant child of two of his parishioners, on the ground of its having been baptised by a Wesleyan minister. — On Sa turday Sir Herbert Jenner pronounced judgment in the case, and entered at great length into the circumstances, with the law bearing on the points. He said that the proceeding was not under the common law, but under the 68th canon, which fixed the punishment at three months' suspension ; and he must, therefore, though he should have been glad to modify his sentence, pronounce that the party had incurred the pe nalty, thus, of course, establishing the validity of the bap tism. Notice of appeal was immediately given. AWFUL DISASTER IN THE CHANNEL.—About 2 p.m. yesterday was telegraphed the American ship Brooklyn, Capt. Richardson. with loss of bowsprit and foretopgallant mast. She sailed hence for New York on Sunday, about one o'clock, and Capt. Richardson reports that in the night, off Point Lynas, they came in contact with an inward-bound brig, apparently about 300 tons, which immediately disap peared, with all hands on board. The shock was great, and the effects almost instantaneous. The sad and appalling calamity of the Governor Fenner is still fresh in our memo ries, and the above disaster serves to keep alive the distress ing recollection of so many of our fellow-creatures being hurried into eternity. The size of the vessel is mere con- jecture, but if so large as 300 tons, her complement of hands would be about fourteen. Bein inward-bound, her name may never transpire, except some fragments should hereafter be picked up; and, from conversations we have had with nautical men, we are inclined to think that she might regain her buoyancy, and that to-day may bring some satisfactory intelligence about her. CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.—The transit on this line has been during the last few days unequalled in the annals of railway travelling in this kingdom. We have taken the following averages from the returns, which are below " the mark," of the number of passengers to and from Chester during the last seven days : Saturday, May 1 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday. . 4250 Thursday Friday l9BO The utmost exertion has been used by the directors, and every individual in the service of the company, to preserve order and accommodate passengers at the station and the ferries; but, in defiance of every effort, on Monday, in con sequence of the impatience and determined pressure of the great crowds anxiously waiting at two o'clock to proceed to Chester, their well-arranged plans were in some measure disorganised. The train which left Birkenhead at the hour last mentioned, consisted of four engines, forty carriages, and upwards of thirteen hundred passengers. NEW ROUTE FROM SCOTLAND.—We beg to draw atten tion to the advertisement which appears amongst our shipping announcements relative to the sailings of the Fire King be tween Ardrossan and Port Fleetwood. By this vessel anew and speedy route is opened between Glasgow and Manches ter, the places adjacent to the latter place, and indeed all towns lying upon the railways to the terminus at London. To show the speed of this route, we need only mention that a person leaving Glasgow in the evening may be in London nearly at the same hour on the following day. For instance, a passenger quits Glasgow by railway to Ardrossan at half past two ; this place he reaches in time to admit of his taking dinner, &c., until the time the Fire King starts, viz., five o'clock. She reaches Port Fleetwood in twelve or thirteen hours ; this will bring us to five on the following tnonai n g here the traveller need only wait until eight o'clock, when trains start for London and elsewhere—that to the metropolis reaching its destination about five in the afternoon. A tra veller leaving London for Glasgow by this route should take his departure at 945 in the morning. He will then arrive at Port Fleetwood in time to catch the Fire King that evening, as she generally sails about nine o'clock, immediately after the arrival of the trains. The Manchester passengers should leave that place by the railway at five o'clock, to be in time, and the Liverpool voyayeurs at a quarter before five. The Fire King sails from Fleetwood on Tuesday and Thursday, and from Ardrossan on Wednesday and Friday. Travellers to the Lakes will find the route by Fleetwood a very pleasant and novel one. There is a splendid hotel at Fleetwood, which has cost the proprietors upwards of £50,000. The Fire King is a noble craft, and cne of the fleetest on the waters. PAPIER MACHE.—The introduction of papier machl has formed a new era in the manufacture of numberless articles of ornament and use. It has, to a certain extent, super seded the use of stucco plaster and putty composition for the ornaments of apartments, and is extensively manufac tured into articles intended for many domestic purposes. As a substitute for plaster, in the ornamental portions of room fittings, it has been found of great advantage, as it combines durability, cheapness, and cleanliness in fixing. One of the most ingenious manufacturers of papier mache is Mr. Bielefield, who has just established himself in this town. To those who are fitting up their houses, or erecting new ones, a visit to his warehouse will induce them, no doubt, to lay out some little money in embellishments, such as cornices, centres, &d. The numbers of new houses con stantly in the course of erection in Liverpool, afford ample scope for an artist and manufacture' of Mr. Bielefield's abilities. SHOPLIFTING.—On Thursday two women, named Latham and Cain, were placed at the bar of the Police-court, charged by Mr. Denver, of the firm of Denver and Dixey, woollen drapers, Byrom-street, with having stolen a piece of black calico from the counter of their shop on the previous day. It appeared they had made some purchases, during which time they had taken an opportunity to purloin the calico. When the prisoner Latham was searched at Bridewell there was a number of pawnbroker''§ tickets found upon her, which were ascertained to be for a number of pairs of boots which had been stolen from the stalls of two persons in St. John's Market and Mr. Thomason's shop in Manchester-street. The property being fully identified, she was committed on both charges. The evidence not being sufficiently clear against Cain, she was discharged, with a severe reprimand from Mr. Rushton. THEATRE-ROYAL.—The engagement of Mrs. Warner and Mr. Charles Kean terminated on Friday last. Mrs. Warner has left upon our minds a vivid impression of her talent, beauty, and merit. In the two very opposite characters of Pauline Deschappelles and Lady Macbeth she exhibited her skill in holding "as it were a mirror up to nature." Mr. Charles Kean's Claude Melnotte is a most clever and effect ive performance. It has all the springyness of youth, with the reflectiveness of maturer years. His expressions of hope and love in the earlier parts of the play, and his remorse for the trick he has played upon his unsuspecting victim, are delightfully contrasted. Mr. Kean never seems to be acting —in him his characters are reality. Last night Mr. Yates, Mrs. Yates, Mr. Wright, Paul Bedford, (the illustrious Bed ford,) and other members of the Adelpbi company, made their appearance in " Agnes St. Aubin," a drama of equal interest to Victorine. Mrs. Yates plays the Heroine with that truthfulness that her acting goes at once to the heart, clearly showing us that it is nature she copies. Mr. Wright has wonderfully improved since he appeared here some years ago at the Amphitheatre. He possesses a fund of humour and drollery. So capital a company as is now engaged at the theatre will draw great houses. All the novelties of the Adelphi will be produced in succession, in which the various members of that company will appear. MELANCHOLY DEATH.—On Tuesday last a man named John Hefferson, residing at St. Helens came to his death under the following circumstances :—The deceased was working as a labourer for the bricklayers at a building in the course of erection in Liverpool -street. A large stone win dow-head had to be taken to the top for the purpose of being set. One of the workmen was about to do so when he was cautioned by a bricklayer at the top, who said he would pull it up with a rope. The deceased then had it placed on his shoulders, and proceeded to carry it up the ladder,—though he too was cantioned by the bricklayer not to carry . it up.— When about half-way up the ladder deceased cried out that one of the spindles of the ladder was cracking, upon which he stopped. Another labourer immediately descended the lad der with a rope noosed so as to put it round the stone and release the deceased : before, however, he could effect this object, the ladder broke and both the men. together with the stone, were precipitated to the ground—a distance of several yards. Deceased fell undermost, and the stone fell upon him, crushing dreadfully about the loins and belly. The other man was very little hurt. The deceased was immedi ately taken home, and a surgeon attended him, who found the injuries of such a nature as to preclude all hopes of his recovering from their effects, and lie died about three hours after the accident. An inquest was held before Mr. Heyes on the following day, when the jury returned a verdict of ac cidental death. JUL LIEN CONCERT. — The Jullien concerts at the Am phitheatre are attracting all the beauty and fashion of Li verpool, and so much success has rewarded the enterprising and talented leader, that he has determined upon remaining another week. The effects of sound produced by this band of fine performers are wonderf u l. I n t h e quadrille of the Huguenots, great ability and knowledge of effect is exhibited, and the mind is carried away with the pictures it paints, as if the scenes attempted to be described by music stand be fore it. Mr. Delabarre is a perfect master of the oboe : his solo has been rapturously applauded whenever it is per formed. The fantasia from Robert le Diable, is a very astonishing performance ; those who have seen the opera will instantly recall to recollection the various portions which the music illustrates. Mr. Jullien's Nightingale waltz on the piccolo, is very clever : the imitation of the bird's plaintive note and melodious shake is remarkably close. Mr. Prospere, on the ophieleide, astonishes the ear with the mellowness, and power, and volume of the tones he pro duces. In the concerted pieces this instrument has a remark able effect. The overture to " Fra Diavolo" may be men tioned as being capitally played. This band is well worth hearing, and we strongly recommend a visit to the Amphi theatre.