The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-23 00:00:00

TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1848. A curious specimen of flippant insolence and ignorance was afforded in the House of Commons on Wednesday evening, on the occasion of a motion by Mr. Hutt to substitute, on the Slave Trade Committee, the names of Mr. Cardwell, Sir Edward Buxton, and Lord Brackley, for that of Mr. Richard Cobden, who was unable to serve. On the first na:ne being proposed, the venerable dandy of the Foreign Office, Lord Palmerston, objected that neither of the hon. members for Liverpool could be trusted upon such a Commit tee ; that if there were any part of the United Kingdom in which merchants entertained a sym pathy towards slave trading, it was this town; and instanced, as a crushing proof of the correctness of his assertion, the fact that manufactured goods suitable for the slave markets of Africa, were ship ped in large quantities from Liverpool to the Brazils and Cuba. Mr. Cardwell very properly resented the unprovoked and unparliamentary libel upon his own character and that of his mercantile constituents ; and was administering a spirited and dignified rebuke to his lordship, when he was com pelled, by an announcement from the Speaker, that it was six o'clock, to desist. _ _ _ The gross absurdity of this insolent aspersion will readily be perceived. In the first place, there is no community mcre deeply interested in the complete extinction of the Slave Trade than the mercantile constituency of Liverpool, so many of whom are connected with West Indian property, now ruined by the direct encouragement given to that trade by her Majesty's Ministers. Another large section of our merchants desire to see it terminated, as one of the most material impedi ments to an extension of our legitimate trade with Africa. The few even now left of our community, who remember the slave trade when it was tolerated by the British law and carried on in British ships and with British capital, shudder at the increased suffering which, in its present state and as a con sequence of the abortiveness of our efforts to put it down, it inflicts upon the abducted negro; and would hail with rejoicing the success of more effi cacious efforts. But the mercantile community of Liverpool are not in high odour with the Protean foreign secretary. On two different occasions, when he has been offered as their representative, they have failed to display a sufficient appreciation of his transcendent abilities ; and hence the explo sion of mortified vanity; hint idlce irce ! With respect to the fact that goods suitable to be used in the slave markets 'are shipped from Liverpool to the Brazils and Cuba, no one except a blockhead, or a dishonest man, could urge it as a proof of our implication in the criminality of the slave trade. Liverpool happens to be the port of outlet for Manchester cotton goods to the Brazils. Of course we forward them if consigned to us, and buy them if ordered. If the great increase of exports to these slave growing countries, which was promised our manufacturers as the result of open ing our ports to slave products, consists mainly of the gaudy and trashy fabrics usually bartered for slaves, that is rather more the affair of Lord Pal merston•and his free trade confederates than that of the Conservative merchants of Liverpool. We should scarcely wonder if his lordship some of these days should accuse us of encouraging the barbarism of Lynch Law in Kentucky, because bowie knives of Sheffield manufacture pass through our port; or accuse us of the high crime of treason or of murder as having permitted the bogtrotters of Tipperary to take home with them the muskets which they display at Repeal gatherings, or use so efficiently in bringing down an agent, or a landlord. Poor Palmerston ! It has come to a pitiable pass with 'him when such drivelling spite is all which he has left to substitute for his former smartness. took place on Thursday night; and after another miserable exhibition of feebleness, his venerable lordship's objection was withdrawn and Mr. Card well's name added to the Committee. THE DOCK BILL-THE COUNCIL MEETING. In referring to the report in our inner columns of the Special Council Meeting, held yesterday, we feel ourselves impelled to pay our humble tribute of praise to the Chair man of the Dock Committee for the untiring zeal which has enabled him, with the efficient aid of his colleagues, to secure to the valuable estate entrusted to their manage ment the high and firm position which it must now occupy. For such exertions, so successfully made, Mr. Bramley- Moore deserves highly of his fellow-townsmen —more, perhaps, than they can pay, except by the honour which, in November, we expect to see conferred upon him by a unanimous present to him of the civic chair. TRANSFER OF THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.- IMPORTANT MEETING YESTERDAY. A meeting of the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners was held yesterday morning, at which the following members were present :—C. Bentham, chairman; Messrs. Thom son, Bryans, Gilberson, Barbour, Prichard, Cole, Hicklin, -Green, Pike, Adamson, NicholN, and Fox. The LAW-CLERK read a letter from Ambrose Lace, Esq., representing the Birkenhead Dock and Warehouse 'Company, communicating a resolution from the Liverpool Dock Trustees, passed at a meeting on Saturday, by which it was agreed that the latter trust should purchase the Birkenhead Docks on terms agreeable to the interests of all parties. Atter considerable discussion, during which the pro priety of deferring the consideration of the question was agitated, the Board resolved, on the motion of Mr. Prichard, seconded by Mr. Thompson, that the Birken lead Dock Commissioners would concur in any arrange_ went for the transfer of the works to the Liverpool on such terms as should meet the approbation of the Dock Bondholders and the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, and at the same time duly protect Birkenhead interests. - The Board divided, when there were for the motion seven, and against it four. The following voted against the motion :—Messrs. Hicklin, Green, Nichols, and Bar bour. Mr. Adamson did not vote. A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Prichard, Cole, and the Chairman, was appointed to meet the Bondholders and Directors of the Birkenhead Dock Company in London this morning, with the view of bringing this desirable ar rangement to a close. PROPOSED MEETING IN LIVERPOOL ON THE NAVIGATION LAWS. The country has endured the suicidal policy of the last few years in hopeless silence; but this last blow—the attempted sacrifice of its shipping interest, and of the various branches of industry which it maintains—has effectually aroused the indignation of men of all shades of politics to protest against so wanton and ruinous an aggression. Already the shipowners, merchants, and artizans of other ports are up and stirring ; and we are happy to be able to announce that Liverpool is about to take her just prominence in the impending struggle. A requisition, placed upon the tables of our Exchange for signature, which received in a very short time and without any public notice the signature of four hundred and forty-four of our leading shipowners, builders, and mer cantile firms, of all shades of political opinion, has been presented to the Mayor, praying him to call a public meeting, which his Worship has kindly consented to do, and has fixed Friday next for the purpose. The gentlemen who formed the deputation to present the memorial to the Mayor were Mr. Jas. Aikin; a large shipowner and merchant, and a consistent whig and free trader ; Mr. J. Bramley - M oore, a Brazilian merchant, and Chairman of the Liverpool Dock Committee ; and 'Mr. R. Rankin, a member of one of our largest Colonial houses, and a large owner of North American-built shipping. Amongst the signatures to the document we find the same mixture of opinion on general politics. We take a few at random—Chas. Horsfall and Sons ; Wm. and James Tyrer ; Duncan Gibb ; Cotesworth and Wynne ; Harold Littledale ; Chas. Grayson ; Wm. and John Lockett; Chas. Challinor ; J. K. Myers; W. R. Sandbach ; Humble, Milcrest and Co. ; Gladstone and Co.; Chas. Turner ; Josh. B. Yates ; R. and A. Hen derson. VIOLENT ASSAULT.—At the Police-court yesterday, two youths, Edward Jones and Hugh 11' Cann, were charged by an old man, a native of Ireland, with having on Saturday, struck him, and " knocked him dead," without provocation. The case being proved, they were required to pay a fine of 403. and costs each, or to be im prisoned for 42 days. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. Since our last publication, we have had considerable and most welcome showers of refreshing and feeding rain, which have greatly improved the growth of all field and garden crops. The country is luxuriantly verdant. The wheats in these districts still present a yellow hue, especially at the bottom of the plant, but this may yet disappear. The oats have some well up, and are strong in health. Grasses have almost perceptibly to the eye increased in thickness and length. We never saw the potatoes look better at tbo time of the year. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. Yesterday, the first of the anniverscry meetings of the Liverpool Auxiliary of the Church Missionary Society was held at the Lecture-hall of the Collegiate Institution. The attendance was numerous and highly respectable. The chair was occupied by the Rev. Chancellor Raikes, M.A. ; and on the platform we noticed a large number of the local clergy, including the Rev. Dr. M'Neile, the Rev. Dr. Carpenter, the Rev. John Jones, the Rev. Richard Davies, the Rev. Thos. Nolan, the Rev. John Connor, the Rev. B. A. Marshall. the Rev. A. McConkey, the Rev. C. W. Lawrence, the Rev. A. Knox, the Rev. H. Carpenter, &c. Adam Hodgson, Esq., and several other gentlemen occupied seats on the platform. The deputa tion from the parent. society consisted of the Hon. and Rev. B. W. Noel, the Rev. G. Smyth, late missionary in China,and the Rev. E. Birch, incumbent of St. Saviour's, Manchester. The proceedings having been opened, as usual, with prayer, The CHANCELLOR addressed the assembly. He said he should be sorry to detain them unnecessarily from the inter esting statements which were about to be made, the more par ticularly as he hoped every individual present was already fully persuaded in his own raind that the object in which they were engaged was of all others the most glorious and important that could occepy the attention of a Christian people. The only remark that perhaps lie might be permitted to make would be, to endeavour to prevent the feeling of disappoinment which might probably arise in some minds from the present financial position of the Society ; and therefore he would take the liberty of suggesting that they were not to judge of the pros perity of an institution like the present as they would judge of the prosperity of other institutions, by the simple fact of the increase of their pecuniary abilities. In truth, in all institu tions like this, they might safely borrow a comparison from that going on in all commercial transactions—namely, that the extent of prosperity was not to be judged by the amonnt of capital possessed, hut by the extent to which capital had been employed ; and if it had pleased God to grant the society so large a measure of blessing, as that their numbers were actually strengthened and their opportunities extended, this be conceived was a test of their prosperity far more grati fying than if their treasurer announced a large amount of means, without a corresponding mode in which those means might be usefully employed. (Hear, hear.) And let the Chris tian public be convinced that, while God was opening fresh doors of usefulness on every side, and while from every quarter they were hearing reports of successful operations, no other sources of encouragement were required. They had only to go forward, and to rest assured that when God blessed the work, He would not fail to supply the necessary means. And here he felt himself at liberty to communicate an encouraging omen with regard to the Church Missionary Society. He rejoiced to think that the chair which he then filled would be occupied, at a larger meeting to-morrow, (Tuesday) evening by the excellent and respected Mayor I of Liverpool—(hear and loud applause) ;—and certainly it was I most gratifying to see an individual so highly honoured as the Mayor was, carrying so great a weight of character in his name, coming forward on such an occasion to head a society, the great object of which was to evangelize the world. (Hear, and renewed applause.) Let them hope the time was coming when the great and mighty traffickers of Liverpool—the men who were wielding the power of this world's wealth—would feel the reality and blessedness of true religion, and come forward to aid a society which earnestly desired to communicate to the world the freedom and happiness of Christian England, by the knowledge of the truth as it was in Jesus. • (Applause.) The Rev. H. CARPENTER said that, before reading the re port, he would read a letter he had received, within the last few days, from their newly-appointed diocesan, who had been written to at the request of the Church Missionary Committee to consent to become a patron of this auxiliary —an office that bad been filled by their late venerated diocesan, the present Archbishop of Canterbury. His lordship expressed "the gra tification lie felt in acceding to the invitation of the Liver pool Church Missionary Committee to accept the office of pa tron to their local association, and his regret that he would not be able to attend the anniversary meetings this month. He hoped to evince his cordial interest in the proceedings and objects of the association by being present on similar occasions in future years." The reading of the bishop's reply was re ceived with loud cheers. The !Rev. Mr. CARPENTER next read the report, of which the following are the main features : The report stated that, though the proceedings of the society, in its missions abroad, during the past year, had not been distinguished by any events of a striking or permanent character, there had been a silent growth of piety in all the missions, and the converts had shown a carefulness to improve every opportunity of instruction, and a great eagerness to attend the public means of grace. As a specimen of the earnestness with which they wait on the means of grace, one of our missionaries at the Grand Rapids, in the Red River mission in North Western America, writes,—" I h ave never yet seen a vacant seat on the Lords Day ; be the weather what it may, rain or snow, storm or sunshine, frozen Mercury or fever Lest, the church is more than full." But the i ncrease of piety in our converts will appearfrom one fact, which is applicable to almost all our missions; we refer to the increase of our communicants. Though the number baptised last year is probably less than in the preceding, the communicants have increased by more than 1,00/ In one of our stations, Sierra Leone, 100 communicants have, last year, been added to the church ; and in Tinnevelly, where the candidates for baptism have greatly decreased, there has been an increase in our communicants of no less than 369. And if we cast our eyes overthe different missionsof the society, we shall find that, in addition to the thousands which fill our schools, and the tens of thousands which crowd our churches 12,000 stated communicants assemble every month round the table of Our Lord. What thankfulness to God ought not such a fact awaken in every Christian heart The time is not far distant—some here may remember it—when, after years of labour among the Heathen, our communicants were reporte d to amount to six souls. Of what a goodly harvest have these proved to be the first fruits ! He that began the good work has given his spirit more largely, and multiplies our communicants more than a thousand fold To him be all the glory ! To the same Lord we are indebted for the increase in our missionaries. One hundred and thirty-eight clergymen are now labouring in connexion with this society. Four of these are, we trust, at this time engaged in missionary opera tions in that most important field of labour, the vast empire of China ; and of the remainder, fourteen are converts, or descend ants of converts, from heathenism. At the last ordination held by the Bishop of Madras, five candidates were ordained for the Church Missionary Society, and four of these five were natives. One of them is the son of our native missionary in Tinnevelley, the Rev. John Devasaygavam. To hintlansithe urst conve led - yis o:vn ministry to Christ, and now willingly dedicated to his Divine Master, in the same ministry in which Isis honoured father has so long and so faithfully laboured in India. It was to this young man's sermon, written during his examination for orders, the Bishop of Madras bore public testimony in London, by declaring that " it was such a faithful, clear, and simple exposition of gospel truth, that h e cou ld say without affectation that he would have been very thankful himself to have preached it in his own cathedral Church." The funds of the society have this year declined in amount, as might, indeed, have been anticipated in a year of such unexampled commercial difficulty. The total deficiency is about £13,000. But in analysing the different sources of the society's income, we find that the falling off in legacies was more than £9,000; in bene factions between £l,OOO and .e 2,000 ; while the deficiency from associations, which are the best and most permanent sources of the society's income, and the surest tests of public opinion, amounts only to aboue.i 2,550. Ourown auxiliary, we regret to say, has fallen short by £213. £2,365 were remitted to London the year before last; but this year the total amount con tributed to the society's funds from Liverpool Auxiliary is £2,152. Our newly-appointed bishop has consented to become-patron of this auxiliary, an office vacant by the removal of our late revered diocesan to the see of Canterbury ; and the report mentioned the obligations of the committee to his lordship for ell e kind and cordial manner in which he accepted the office. The Rev. FREDERICK BARKER moved the adoption of the report of the committee, and officers for the ensuing year. He urged upon the meeting the duty of engaging in earnest and constant prayer, for the success of the so cie ty ; an d re f erre d t o the Mission of Western Africa, and also to the Mission in the Island of Benares, for ; proof that great success bad attended past operations. The Rev. GEORGE Sate TH, late missionary in China, seconded the adoption-of the report. He said h e was rejoiced to be en abled to inform them that a wide and magnificent sphere of labour was now opened amongst a vast population of the Chinese empire. In the first place, he might state that five im portant and populous cities, extending along one thousand miles of seaboard, were now ready for the reception of Chris tian missionaries, and that to these five cities merchants from the interior of the country . were in the frequent habit of resorting. Then, again, since the cessation of the late war between Great Britain and China, the inhabitants of all these cities had exhibited a friendly and sociable disposition, showing, in every way, that it was their pleasure to receive the visits of missionary teachers, and that they were willing to cultivate the most fnendly intercourse with those teachers. Again, their social institutions presented no barrier to missionary work. There was no such thine as the Hindoo caste among them. No powerful priesthood 'prevailed there. With the exception of the worship of. their ancestors, there was no general form of superstition; and although the Chinese were for the most part idolators, they sat very loosely to their idolatrous superstitions. Then, again, education was generally patronised ; and lastly the Chinese Government were beginning to exhibit a more liberal policy and tolerant disposition towards their subjects. He was persuaded that the people were capable of judging of moral influences and of appreciating the sublime morality of the gospel ; and in illustration of this statement he might say that he believed there was no place on the face of the globe where there were such powerful inducements for the study of literature as existed now in China. No man in that country, who was not prevented by poverty, ever neglected to secure a liberal education. The very theory of their govern ment encouraged the cultivation of literature; for, by that theory, no person was admitted to the higher official situations throughout the country until he had obtained a literary degree. Government commissioners went through the country to con duct these literary examinations, and to select candidates for situations; and the excitement which prevailed in the different parts of the country, at the period of these literary examina tions, resembled the excitement at parliamentary elections in England. Every member of the Chinese community was admissible to these literary triumphs, except three elapses, namely, menial servants, idolatrous priests, and theatrical players; and t.len almost every subject of the em pire might hope to be admitted to some office under govern ment, and gradually to rise to the highest offices in the state. Now, every one must see that the Christian missionary in that country laboured under considerable advantages in one respect, inasmuch as they were brought into contact with a refined and highly civilized race of people, who exhibited a desire for knowledge, and among whom the ability to read was very 'general. Taste it was that the dialects differed very much in various districts, but the written character was every where the same, and written books were intelligible through out eighteen provinces of the Empire ; so that it was easy to see how important an instrumentality the Christian press was destined to become in our future efforts to evangelise the coun try. (Hear, and applause.) Tract Societies, of various kinds, were already in extensive existence amongst the Chinese. Moral tracts, for instance, were distributed in order to check the progress of vice, and to discourage female infanticide, and Confucianism had been greatly undermined, and Bhuddism had, amongst the lower and middle classes, been substituted in its place, principally by means of Bhuddist missionaries travelling through the country as col porteurs, and circulating Bhuddist tracts. But, notwith standing all show of morality, the present moral and social condition of the Chinese was a fehrful and melancholy proof of the truth of God's word—that " the world by wisdom knew not God :" for, although th e Chi nese were an extraordinarypeople, enjoying many of the substantial blessings of civilization, yet the whole population were sunk into the deptbs of Atheism or superstition, and all their literature led to these results. Confucius was in fact their God, and every subject of the em pire revered and venerated the idols and the memory of the sage; but, blessed be God, they were not only an interesting but an accessible people. and great success might confidently be anticipated from the faithful proclamation of the Gospel among them. He then proceeded to point out the striking si milarity which exists between the rites of Bhuddism and those of the Roman Catholic Church; and he concluded by observing that his connexion with the people of China would form a sub ject of thankful reminiscence to the latest period of his life, and that it would impart to him a tenfold desire to make others in terested in the work of their conversion. The hymn—" All hail, the power of Jail's name !" was here sung, and the collection was made. The Rev. Dr. CARPENTER, incumbent of St. Jude's, proposed the second resolution, to the effect that ".the gradual but sure progress of Gospel truth throughout the older missions of the Church Missionary Society calls for devout thankfulness to God, and should awaken more earnestprae k yer n a o n w d n m u o p r o e n h de e v a o r t t el efforts at home, that God's ways may be and his saving health among all nations." He had long felt, he said, that the Christian public were not fully aware of the obligations which the missionary cause had upon them, of the vast good which God was accomplishing throughthe Missionary Society, or of the blessed privileges which that blessed work would bring upon themselves, upon their churches, and upon their country, as well as upon the world. He desired to rest the obligation upon all of them to engage in the missionary cause, simply upon the command of God; and if he could see no ob ject to be gained for the world, the country, the church, or themselves, lie would desire to feel, and to press upon all Christians to feel along with him, the obligation that rested upon them to send forth m i n i s ters to preach the Gospel throughout the world upon the simple ground that God had commanded it. But they were called upon by other con siderations to engage in the work. The high place to which God khad promoted us among the nations of the earth, and the pure faith and pure form of Christianity which God had given pre-eminently to Britain, were soma of these considera tions. There were other motives which called upon us to engage in this work, and one was the number of the heathen throughout the world. They had often heard of 600,000,000 of heathen that were destitute of the knowledge of Christ ; and the vastness of this number might, perhaps, be estimated when he stated that if 5,000 of the heathen were to pass through Liverpool every day, it would take no fewer than thirty-three years for the entire to pass. They were also called upon to engage in the work by the great success which God had , vouchsafed to the labours of the Missionary Society already ; and this success would be apparent by con trasting the report of the society in 1832 with the report of it in 1847. In 1832, the funds were .40,751 ; in 1847, they were were .t 116,827. In 1832, 48 stations ;in 1847, 100 stations. In 1832, 38 English clergymen labouring as missionaries ; in 1847, 108. In 1832, 4 native clergymen ; in 1847, 10; now, 14. In 1332, 477 converted nativas employed as catechists, &e.; in 1847, 1,115. In 1832, 23 female teachers ; in 134, 155. In 1132, 1,271 communicants; in 1847, 11,970; and he had heard it stated in Cheltenham last week, that this number now amounted to 13,000. The openings which God was giving to us to enter on the labour formed another motive for exer tion. Mr. Smyth had referred to the opening in China, but openings on every side were occurring in Ceylon. The reverend doctor dwelt at some length upon the success of the cause in Ceylon, and then proceeded to show how missionary efforts had reacted in many beneficial ways upon the church, and country, and people of God at home. He concluded with a powerful appeal in favour of the funds of the society, and suggested two or three modes in which individual and congre gational collections in its behalf might be increased. Ihe Hon. and Rev. BAPTIST NOEL seconded the resolution in an able address. He said it was undoubtedly true, as had been stated by the last speaker, that God had greatly blessed this society in various parts of the world, in its endeavours to accomplish the conversion of souls to God, but that perhaps those conversions did not appear so numerous as, considering the time during which this society and others had laboured, might have been expected. They might have thought with Melancthon, that a story so plain and affecting as the redemp tion of the world by t heir blessed Lord, had only to be made known to the masses of mankind, to make them embrace the truth, and be followers of the Saviour. Such anticipations had not been fulfilled, and when they would be fulfilled it was un known. But if they could not say when the 600,000,000 of the heathen should be converted, there were manyeffects resulting from the operations of Christian societies which well warranted a great deal more of missionary zeal than had ever been evinced. It would be a great object—for instance, to secure the renun ciation of idolatry throughout the world ; and in any case we should not have done a bad work if, by means of our missions, we gave a testimony for Christ throughout the world, and so fulfilled his divine command to proclaim the gospel. Besides was it not a great privilege to be permitted to tell our fellow men that there was such a solace for human sorroff as a Savi our—that there was such a resource from humMa guilt and divine condemnation ; and ought_ we not to be willing to do a great deal more than the Church Missionary Society has ever done if it were only to hold up a plain testimony to the ends of the earth that Christ was the world's redeemer, and benefactor, and friend? (Hear, hear.) I imagine that we have neglected it ! Suppose there were no such testimony for Christ! How could we retain a quiet conscience? But the the testi mony had been made and great results had followed both in the Empire of China, and the vast continent of India. The hon. and rev. gentleman here related some interesting anecdotes connected with the conversion of the natives of Parsee, and the ordination of two of that tribe as missionaries. It was, lie ob served, most gratifying to know that 3,000 persons were re ceiving the Lord's Supper at Tinevelly—that tens of thousands were listening to the Gospel in distant lands—that thousands had renounced their idols—that polygamy had been banished in many places—that the contempt with which wives and wi dows were once treated was fast disappearing—that children were being trained to the service of God, and that there was a marked increase of spirituality and consistency among the Christian worshippers of the several nations. He concluded by entreating of the churches at home to pray earnestly for a larger band of devoted men to be raised up and sent forth to the work of the ministry all over the world. The meeting closed at half-past two o'clock with the singing of the Doxology. The second of th ese i n t eres ting anniversary meetings will be held this evening —the Mayor in the chair. The sum collected at the meeting amounted to .€29 7s. 2d., and the following were the collections at the churches, on Sunday, in behalf of the society. In many of the churches two sermons were preached:— St. Andrew's £6l 0 0 St. Augustine's... 4O 6 0 St. Bride's St. Barnabas's St. Bartholomew's Christ Church St. Clement's lB 13 6 St. George's, Everton 92 0 0 Everton Chapel 3 0 0 St. Mary's, Edge-hill 3O 0 0 St. John's St. Jude's *St. John the Baptist's St. James's, Parliament-street St. Luke's Mariners' Church . St. Mark's 2l 0 0 St. Matthew's St. Paul's St. Paul's, Prince's-park St. Silas's St. Thomas's, Toxteth-park 9 0 0 St. Anne's, Aigburth l6 0 0 St. Mary's, Bootle St. John the Evangelist's, Knotty Ash l5 0 0 St. Thomas's, Seaforth St. James's, West Derby * One moiety of the collection in this church to go to the Gospel Propagation Society. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The publication of the letter of our correspondent at Rainhill 'would not be so likely to accomplish his purpose as if he forwarded to the directors of the railway a respectful state - rent of the grievances of which he complains. If he has no objection, we will forward to the directors the letter with -which he has favoured us. -A correspondent at Walton has sent us a letter, in which he expresses his satisfaction that the windmills on our Northern Shore have not been worked on the Sunday for several months. He adds, however, that on one occasion lately one of them was again at work on the Sabbath; but our corre spondent presumes that this was accidental. Investigator" wishes to know where the Rev. Mr. Twecdie, alluded to by our correspondent "Liddesdale," last week, is located. Ebt Riberpool 'taiibarb. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. GENERAL TRADE REPORT. v cull% . In these times of turr oil and excitement, the past week has brought nothing of extraordinary import in its course; and with respect to trade generally, we may report it steady. Public securities have fully maintained the advance of last week, the several arrivals of foreign intel ligence having had but a trifling and temporary influence upon the prices of stock. Consols were done to-day at 84 to 841 for transfer, and 84k to s for June. There has not been much activity in the SHARE Market during the past week. Prices have fluctuated a good deal, as they were influenced by good or bad reports from Lon don ; but the fluctuations have not been more than £2 or £3 per share in the larger stocks, Midland and London, and two or three shillings in the smaller ; the advance of the last few months being pretty well established. The market to-day has been quiet, without change in prices. We give the quotations elsewhere. Since the General Brokers' Circular was published, there has been an extensive demand for Sugar of all de scriptions, at an advance of fully 6d. per cwt. : the sales include 800 hhds. West India, 1,000 bags Bengal, 200 bags Madras, 600 bags Pernams, and 300 tons Maceio. The market has a healthy appearance. For Molasses there is a very fair inquiry, and importers will not sell un less at an advance of 6d. to Is. per cwt, on previous sales. Rum quiet; the sales are very trifling. Not much doing in Coffee; the trade are waiting for the large sales adver tised for this and the ensuing week. Tea is firmer, with more disposition to buy at previous nominal prices; the general opinion is that the article will be dearer. A tighter feeling was imparted to the Corrorr market at the beginning of the week, in consequence of the small amount brought forward ; on Wednesday this was relaxed, owing to the combined influence of more Cotton offering after the steamer's arrival, and there being no improve ment in the previous day's market at Manchester ; and on Friday the market closed at rather lower rates for both American and Surat. A more cheerful spirit was mani fested on Saturday, and about 4,000 bales, nearly all American, were sold to the trade. To-DAY the market has been dull, without change of prices, and the sales 4,500 bags. The CORN Trade in this country and Ireland is steady for most articles, Wheat and Flour inclining upwards, and Indian Corn and Meal considerably dearer. The weather is as favourable as possible for the crops. In the AMERICAN PROVISION Trade the chief item con tinues to be Lard, of which about 500 to 600 tons have been sold at previous rates.—lßlSH Butter is selling at 90s. to 925. for best brands of Waterford and Carrick, landed. The prices of Scotch Pig IRON remain almost without alteration ; mixed numbers f.o.b. at Glasgow, 455. cash. There has been a much better feeling in the Wool. Market this week, but as yet there are no sales of impor tance to report. _ • According to the last weekly return from the Bank of England the amount of notes in circulation had decreased £294,530, and the stock of bullion had increased £263,498. Advices from St. Petersburgh to the 9th inst. confirm the statement of the pribition of the export of specie; from Vienna to the 14th state that more confidence was generally entertained ; from Hamburgh to the 16th report the money-market again easier, the rate of discount hav ing fallen to 31 per cent. ; from Belgium, that the Cham ber and Senate were busy about measures connected with railways and canals; from Bordeaux, that the business of the branch of the Bank of France had commenced, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) LONDON CORN MA RKET.—YESTERDAY. Really fine parcels of Wheat moved off steadily, at prices fully equal to those obtained on this day se'nnight. The mid dling and inferior kinds were, however, in sluggish request, at barely late rates. Malting Barley was heavy. Grinding and distilling sorts, the supply of which was small, were firm. The limited arrival of oats indu:ed the holders to demand higher rates for that grain. MONEY MARKET-YESTERDAY. Consols have been 84 to. 841 for transfer, and 84i to for June. Exchequer Bills have realized 425. premium. Bank stock is at 193. New Three-and-Quarter per Cents, 83 t i to 83g. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.-YESTERDAY. In to-day's market the supply of foreign Beasts was smaller than for some time past, but that of Sheep and Calves was to lerably good, and of fair average quality. From our own graz ing districts the arrivals of Beasts fresh up were seasonably ex tensive, and in excellent condition. Although the attendance of both town and country buyers was somewhat numerous, the Beef trade was in a very dull state, at a decline in the quota tions obtained on this day se'nnight of 2d.per Sibs, the highest figure for the best Scots not exceeding 4s. per 8 lbs, and a total clearance was not effected. ArrEmprEn SUlClDE.—Yesterday, a respectable look ing married woman, Implied Elizabeth Allwark appeared before Mr. Rushton, bnt in the body of the court, to an swer a charge of having attempted to commit suicide. It appeared that on Sunday afternoon she had thrown her self into the canal, at tho north end of the town, and was with difficulty saved, by parties who had observed her. Her husband appeared with her in court, and said that she was truly sorry for having committed the act, for which she could ascribe no reason, for there had been no. domestic disagreement, or anything of a nature to pro duce despondency. Mr. Rushton told the husband, by all means, to procure a medical man to examine her, and dismissed the parties, who seemed thankful for the 1;',I l d illamler in which the magistrate llcidressed them. POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY.-IMPORTANT PAPER ON THE SUPPLY OF WATER. The general monthly meeting of this important society took place last night at the Royal Institution, Colquitt street, and was very numerously attended. Mr. William Bennett took ,the chair, and after a few remarks, called on the Rev. T. Dwyer to read his paper on " The ques tion geologically considered, how far the strata of the new red sandstone of Liverpool and the surrounding district, are capable of furnishing an ample and sufficient supply of water." Mr. DwYext commenced by observing that a due supply of pure and wholesome water is an object of paramount importance to the health and comfort of every individual and then noticed the additional appliances which we pos sessed above the nations of antiquity, for readily obtain ing it in the improved mechanical contrivances which have from time to time been brought into use and application. After remarking that the subject resolved itself into two heads, viz., whether it is better to bring up the water from below, or to go to any distant locality for an above ground supply, he said that it appeared to him highly inexpedient to adopt the latter, until we have come to some positive and satisfactory conclusions respect ing the former. He then proceeded as follows : The original source of all water that is found in the earth is the rain which falls from the sky. Though the fall of rain at Liverpool is about 36 inches, yet in the interior and hilly parts of the country the fall is far greater. Some records have been lately made in the hilly districts of Cumberland and Westmoreland, and the rain guages that have been used have indicated a far greater amount of rain than was ever supposed by meteor ologists to fall in this country. A few localities indicate — in 1845 there fell, at Seathwaite, 151 inches; Grasmere, 121; Keswick, 62 ; Cockermouth, 47 ; Whitehaven, 49 ; But termere, 87. At Manchester, the fall of rain is about 41 inches. From observations made it would appear, that, in this country, the greatest quantity of rain that falls is on an elevation about 2,000 feet above the level of the sea ; and as we proceed from that elevation downwards, the fall of rain is less and less till we get to the level of the sea. The current of vapour, as it passes along the earth is apparently only partially decomposed, as it proceeds over a flat or even an undulating country ; it aims at once at the loftiest heights, passing over the less elevated districts with but little diminution of its original weight and volume. But when it reaches the lofty shoulders of the mountains the sudden and diminished change of temperature causes a rapid and continuous con densation in the form of vasttorrentsof rain while compara tively little descends on the adjacent plains. This will shew that if we choose to go to a distance for a supply of water we shall find a quantity more than sufficient to satisfy the mort lavish demands that can be made by the largest po pulation that can by any possibility be congregated iu any one locality.—Mr. Dwyer then made some remarks on " thermal springs, " where the temperature of the water issuing from them is uniformly higher than the mean temperature of the climate in which they exist. These springs do not occur in the coal measures nor in the strata of the new red sandstone. He had observed the temperature of various springs in the new red sandstone strata, and had never seen or heard of any spring above the ordinary mean temperature of the climate. We might therefore conclude that the strata of the new red sandstone are supplied entirely from the atmosphere, with whatever water may be found in them. The rev, gentleman then read some valuable statistics connected with Artesian wells, the boring of which in this neighbourhood, he said, was totally precluded by the ab sence of any basin-shaped formation in the new red sandstone, and the shattered condition in which its strata are found to be. The annual fall of rain in this district has been stated by meteorologists to be about 36 inches. Having no very exact data to go upon, it was difficult to ascertain how much was evaporated, how much ran clear off the surface, how much vegetation took up and how much actually got into the strata. We found from experiments elsewhere that at Paris, where about 20 inches of rain fall per annum, two-thirds were absorbed into the soil or evaporated ; in Hertfordshire, where 26 inches of rain fall per annum, about 11 inches of rain were actually absorbed into the soil. In this district where about 36 inches of rain fall per annum, we might consider, taking round numbers, that one half, is evaporated, and one half absorbed into the strata of the new red sandstone ' That would give 18 inches of rain absorbed and stored in the earth every year, amounting to 392,040 gallons per acre, or 250,905,600 gallons per square mile, so that each square mile, if it were well drained, would be able to sup ply 1,000,000 gallons of water daily for 250 days. Mr. Dwyer then favoured his audience with a very elaborate dissertation on the geological structure of the district, and discussed more in detail how the new red sand stone is supplied with water. We regret our inability to report this portion of the paper, but the following remarks, which formed the concluding part of Mr. Dwyer's address, are too important to be withheld. He said :—" Owing to the counteracting pressure of the sea I am prepared to maintain that the strata of the new red sandstone, where they are at a :level below the surface of the sea, are naturally fully and thoroughly permanently saturated with water, and that any shaft, well. or excava tion sunk into the red sandstone to a level below that of the sea, will always of necessity, through lateral per colation, be full of water to at least the level of the sea, so long as the water is not by artificial means abstracted therefrom. And here the important in quiry comes into consideration, how far shafts, borings, and chambers may be made in the new red sandstone below the level of the sea, and to what extent those sub terranean excavations will be filled with water. if what I have gaid he x neepet it will. of roorsP. enl , * cue.- non or ime with respect to tbe filling of those suuter ranean chambers ; it must be done by lateral percolation. If you give time enough, they will certainly be filled at least up to the level of the sea. Similarly as the water is observed to oose out of the seams in the sides of a quarry, so also will the water come out of the sides of the excavation, though, of course, in a much greater quantity. But one quarry can only produce so much water and but one excavation can only produce so much water. Multiply your quarries you have so much more water; multiply your deep shafts you have so much more water. The principle in both cases is the same. You have the same materials to work upon, the same strata, shattered, hard, porous, more or less friable, more or less pervious to the water that the atmosphere has de posited in them. If a deep shaft is sunk into the strata, the water will flow into it with a certain velocity , and to a certain amount, accordant with the permea bility to water that those strata may possess. One shaft may be sunk into strata of a hard and close texture, and where your daily supply will be far inferior to that of another similar shaft sunk into strata that are of a looser and more friable texture, and the pro duction of water will be much more abundant. The scanty well does not show that there is a deficiency of water in the strata, but only that it does not pass through them very quickly. I said a little while back, that in sinking domestic wells which are never very deep, that it is possible a stratum of porous sand may be met with, which, will drain off a supply of water previously obtained ; the deeper the well is sunk the less likely is this mischance to happen, and in deep sinkings which penetrated to a depth below the level of the sea a reverse action will take place. A stratum of porus sandstone is very likely to be highly charged with water, and may bring into the shaft the drainage of an extensive district. If a deep well is sunk yielding a cer tain supply of water, and another well is sunk close by, it does not follow that double the supply of water will be obtained, for the percolation of water through the adja cent strata may not be sufficiently free for that, but considerably more will be obtained from the two together, than from the one. But it would not be wise to place the wells too close. It is possible that a number of wells placed too close together may produce partial exhaustion of the strata in the immediate vicinity. but never will you be able to drain the strata dry. if you go considerably below the level of the sea, and whilst lateral percolation exists. It appears to me that the best mode of getting large sup plies of water from the new red sandstone is t o sink shafts from 1,000 to 2,000 feet deep, where we should get into strata highly saturated with water, and up which shaft the water would ascend in large volumes to an elevation not very far from the surface. And if these deep shafts should approximate too near the underlying coal measures the quantities of water would be great indeed. The under lying coal measure being totally impervious to water the lowest beds of the new red sandstone resting noon them will be as much charged with water as it is possible for them to contain. Some years ago some enterprising coal owners in the county of Durham, thought to sink a shaft through the overlying magnesian limestone, to reach the coal mea sures which they knew to be underneath. After sinking considerably beyond 1000 feet, and when they were close upon the coal measures, the water began to come in upon them in such prodigious quantities, that all working was obliged to cease ; it almost seemed as if they had pene trated into a subterranean sheet of water. The proprietors were obliged to erect powerful engines to pump up the water, whilst they proceeded to tub the shaft round with strong iron rings, in order to stop back the water from pouring into the shaft ; having ultimately succeeded in their object, and at a great expense, which they had not originally calculated upon, they penetrated into the coal measures. When they got clear into the coal measures all supply of water ceased, and nothing came upon them except a slight trickling, which was easily removed. With reference to the plan whiah has been proposed of bringing the water from a distance, instead of having re course to that inexhaustible supply which is beneath our feet, I will refer to one point which has not been promi nently brought forward, and yet which I think is of the greatest importance. It is an undoubted fact proved by all microscopists, that the water of every ditch, brook, river, pond, mill-dam, or reservoir, abounds . with count less myriads of millions of animalculve7m fact, all surface water, from whatever source it is derived, whether from the sky or theearth, cannot be exposed to . the airor sunshine without becoming full of these minute living creatures and in particular if such water has been in contact with any vegetable matter. Now the water which it has been con templated by some to furnish to the inhabitants of thi s borough is described to be the sweeping and offscouring of a large tract of land covered with vegetable matter, i n addition to some sari:* in that locality. This water will, therefore, in the fine days of summer be most prolific of animalculw, which the rude and largely porous filterers that are purposed to be provided will be utterly unable to disentangle ; whereas it has been beyond the skill of the most vigilant and microscopic observer to discover one single animalcule in the spring water brought immediately from the strata of the new red sandstone. If any indivi dual is permitted to he so fortunate as to be able to make a selection of which of these two waters he would prefer to drink, there can be no doubt upon which of them his choice would fall. It is also held by physiologists that the entozoa or internal parasitical animals which occasion ally infest the bodies of men and animals obtain their entrance into the system by means of the food and drink which is partaken of, but more especially the drink. In those whose drink is the spring water as it comes fresh from the interior of the earth such a source of annoyance is entirely cut off. It has been stud that chemical salts and other obnoxious compounds will be mixed with the water of the new red sandstone, in conse quence of such compounds being used by farmers in agri cultural operatiohs. I think that such objections need not be taken into account, for thechemicalcompounds would be in quantities so infinitesimally small, thatit would be the most supreme delight of the most rigid homeopathist to contem plate them. I will not enter into the question of the compara tive expense of the two methods of furnishing the town of Liverpool with an ample supply water, but I do think that by far the cheapest and best method would be by putting fresh taps into our own unopened strata and bringing up from below an abundant supply of pure and wholesome water, which has passed through hundreds of feet of a filter of nature's own providing, far superior to any which man with all his efforts is capable of producing. In conclusion, I beg to state it as my decided conviction, that the strata of the new red sand-stone formation are not yet exhausted of their water, neither do they show any symptoms of exhaustion, neither is it possible to exhaust them so long as they maintain their present constitution and geological position ; so long as they consist of innu merable beds, of variable hardness and of variable po rosity ; so long as 1 hey are capable of lateral percolation ; so long as the hydrostatic pressure of the sea enables them to keep their lower beds at the full point of saturation ; so long as their upper beds are greedily absorbent of water, and so long as Nature in her bountiful beneficence is annually pouring down upon them more than five hundred millions of gallons of water upon every square mile of their surface." An animated discussion then took place, during which Mr. Spencer opposed the arguments of Mr. Dwyer. The meeting was addressed by Mr. Rawlinson, Mr. Grantham, and others, and was prolonged to a late hour. LIVERPOOL SESSIONS. Yesterday the May Sessions commenced, before Gilbert Henderson, Esq., the Recorder. The calendar contained the names of 88 prisoners, of which number 79 were charged with felony and 9 with misdemeanour. A few prisoners were added after the list was printed. Of the 88, thirty-four could read and write imperfectly, thirty two could neither read nor write, eighteen could read imperfectly, and only four could read and write well. The following gentlemen were sworn to constitute the GRAND JURY: — Thomas Stewart Gladstone, broker, Oldhall-street, Wm. Ashley, merchant, Water-street, George Bennett. wine merchant, Fenwick-street, George Badenach, fruit merchant, North John-street, John Best, merchant, Catherine-street. Thomas Boyd, merchant, Salthouse Dock, William. Frederick Foster, broker, Colonial-buildings, Dale-street, Robert Hindley, brewer, Stanhope-street, Richard Houghton, Jun., timber merchant, Upper Par liament-street, William Henry Higgins, iron merchant, Hope-street, James Lea, cotton broker, Rumford-street, John Middleton, merchant, Castle-street, Charles Melhuish, merchant, Castle-street, William Nixon, rectifier, Vernon-street, William Nicholson, tanner, Blackstock-street, Edward Penbury Parry, grocer, Temple-street, Henry Alexander Stewart, ship-broker, Cable-street, George Adams Fairley, sharebroker, Peel-street. The proclamation against vice and immorality having been read, the Recorder thus briefly addressed the gen tlemen who had just been sworn in : Gentlemen of the Grand Jury—You will find in the calendar laid before you the names of about ninety per sons, who are to take their trials at the present sessions, —the same number nearly as were produced before us last year within the same time. Ido not see that any of the cases are of a nature requiring any remark from me ; and therefore I shall not trouble you with any observa tions an this occasion, or detain you from the perform ance of your duties, which I am sure will, from your at tention and intelligence, be well and faithfully discharged. The jury then retired, and the trials proceeded. LETTERS TO HAYTI. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—We would be obliged by your inserting, in the STANDARD of to-morrow, the following copy of a letter received by us this day firom Colonel Maberly, relating to the transmission of letters to Hayti, by the West Indian Mails. Your obedient servants, RTCHD. SHEIL and CO. Livernool, May 22, 1848. (copy.) General Post-office, May 20, 1848. SIRS,—The Postmaster-General having been in com munication with the Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty, on the subject of the Memorial signed by yoursel ves and other inhabitants of Liverpool, Glasgow, and London, I am directed by his lordship to acquaint you that it has been decided, henceforth, to despatch a Mail to Jacmel, Hayti, by the packet leaving Southampton on the 2nd of each month, in addition to the Mail which is at present forwarded on the 17th of the month. I am, Sirs, Your obedient, humble servant. (Signed.) H. MABERLY. Messrs. Richd. Sheil and Co., Liverpool. NOVEL MILITARY TACTICS.-EATING UP AN RIVFAT The capacity of a German stomach is proverbially great ; but we never yet heard of its being brought into requisi tion as a weapon of offence against an enemy in the style described in the following paragraph, by the correspond ent of the London Times : " Though General Wrangel remains stationary at Kold ing, hovering as it were on the frontier, his countrymen ought to do him and his army the justice of admitting that they are doing their best to destroy the enemy by the more quiet process of living on them. The South. Jutlanders are being " blandly absorbed " by the troops of the Con federation, exhausted by requisitions of supplies, which it is perfectly understood must be forthcoming. General Wrangel has a force of about 18,000 men in and around the head-quarters. of Kolding ; for this number of the Danish officials and inhabitants of the district of Veile have to furnish every day the following amount of provi sions :—beef, 20,7001 b. ; rice, 5,2001 b. ; salt, 1,400 ; but ter, 2,6501 b., or bacon, 5,2001 b. ; brandy, 5,100 bottles ; bread, 40,000. ; white bread, 1,4001 b. ; wine, 350 bottles ; fine cigars, 3,300; common cigars, 100,000; tobacco, 4,0001 b. ; sugar, 100 lb. ; oats, 325 barrels ; 16,5001 b. of hay, and 19,901 b. of straw. That is the bill of fare which must every day be provided gratis for the uninvited guests." Wonderful trenchermen must be these 18.000 eating men—not fighting men—of General Wrangel. Each of them, according to the above bill of fare, gets through nearly 411bs. of meat per diem; nearly one-third of a bottle of brandy, smokes 7 or 8 cigars, besides nearly a quarter of a pound of tobacco ! We should fancy that they are getting rather too puffy and short-winded to fight; and should pity their suffering on a forced march. General Wrangel, if they continue to feed at this rate, ought to get in readiness a supply of hand-carts or bar rows for their removal, when they are required for active (!) service. We should be sorry if the Danes were to fall upon them some day when in the torpid state after dinner. BANKRUPTCY COURT.—Yesterday, Mr. B. Isaacson, being unopposed, passed his last examination. SUDDEN DEATH IN THE STREET.—Shortly after eight o'clock yesterday morning, an old man, named John Woods, while passing along Dale-street with two friends, sundenly fell down dead. The body was taken to So. 4 court, Newsham-street,, and Mr. Cripps, of Dale- s t ree t, was called in, but animation could not he restored. BODY FOUND IN THE OUTWARD CHANNEL.—An in quest was yesterday held before Mr. Curry on view of the body of a man, naked and unknown, found by some boat men floating in the water near the north-west light-ship. lie was about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches in height, and df light complexion.—Verdict to the effect that the deceased was unknown and was found drowned. THE LATE LANCASTER ELECTION.—The parliamentary committee (consisting of Lprd Courtenay, Mr. Ewart, Lord Adair, Mr. Pinny, and, the Hon. 0. Duncombe) appointed to try the allegations of the petition against Mr. Armstrong's election for Lancaster, sat last week, and adjourned on Friday until yesterday. Of the majo rity of 17 votes by which Mr. Armstrong was returned, 13 have already been struck off, principally on the ground that the voters had received parish relief. SUPPOSED ABDUCTION OF A YOUNG FEMALE.--Yes terday, at the Police-court, a poorly-dad man, named Robert Lamb, and a young woman named Mary Bebbing ton, were placed at the bar of the Police-court, under the following circumstances ;—Mr. Rowbottom, who keeps a public-house, (the " Mountain Dew," in Richmond street), said, that on Saturday evening his little daughter, who is only between 14 and 15 years old, made an excuse to go out to meet her mother at the market and return with her, to which ho assented. She did not make her appearance as expected, and as she had not gone to her mother, her parents became naturally very anxious about her whereabouts. On going up stairs they found that the girl had put on her best clothes, with the exception of her bonnet. In one of the rooms there was a safe for money, &c., and as the key could not be found, the father broke the padlock, and, on opening the box, found that £4O, in two £2O notes, had been abstracted. Up to yesterday afternoon the girl was still missing ; and the only friend or relation whom she visited in Liverpool was an aunt in Great Howard-street. On inquiry it was found she had not been there. She had, however, been seen in the street with the male prisoner, who it was stated kept a house of ill fame. The female lodged in his house, as she said, but he himself called her his housekeeper, and his house is also in Great Howard street. On the father inquiring of the man if he knew anything about his daughter, he said, " Has she not an aunt in Manchester ?" The father said she had, and prisoner then rejoined, " Then she must have gone there." Inquiry in Manchester was, however, equally fruitless, as she had not been at her aunt's there. It further appeared that the missing girl had called at the male prisoner's house, and had sent the female prisoner to her father's for her bonnet, which she took to her. Some circumstances relating to a correspondence between the male prisoner and some parties in Ireland excited suspi cions of foul play, and the father gave both the prisoners into custody, as having been accessory to his daughter's leaving her home.—Mr. Rushton gave orders for the male prisoner's house to be searched for any letters or papers that might throw a light upon the affair. He also di rected that every assistance should be given to Mr. Row bottom in his search for his child, and remanded both prisoners generally, or without naming a day oil which they should again be brought up. Nay 23, 1846: LATEST FOREIGN AND COLONIAL• ARRIVAL OF THE SARAH SANDS. The splendid auxiliary scre w ste ams hip, Sarah Sanas' Captain Thompson, arrived here yesterday. She left New York on the sth instant, and has brought £ 60,000 specie, and twenty- e i g ht passengers. The Sarah Sands spoke the Niagara at ten a.m. on Sunday, off Ballycotton- ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA. The magnificent new steamship America, Captain Jud kins,—of the Cunard line,—arrived in the river shortly after the Sarah Sands. This is the first homeward passag e of this fine vessel, and she has accomplished the distance from New York in eleven days and a half, being, we b 7 lieve, the shortest passa ge on recor d. Sh e l e ft N e w York on the 10th, and has brought specie to the amount el £lOO,OOO, together with 109 passengers. The steamship Britannia arrived at Boston on the 71 11 instant. Advices from Vera Cruz to the 27nd ult. state tha t Paredes had not been arrested. He was still at St. Luis' There was not so good a prospect of peace as when the previous intelligence l e ft. Th e state o f M ex i co h as given o its vote for Gen. H errera as President, he receiving out of 166 votes. It seeme d t o be thought that the re cent treaty between Mexico and America would not re ceive the sanction of that country. The Trish throughout the states were holding tneetiag s "for the purpose of giving a further Irish response to the late news from Ireland." The most conflicting accounts of the condition ofVe nezuela are published, and it is impossible to give cretin!" to a tithe of the reports. The otber intelligence is unimportant, except thelol lowing telegraphic report. DETROIT, Michigan, 2 p.m. , May By Electric Telegraph. A dreadful fire is now raging in this city—populatio a r 20,000-40 houses now burnt. The Advertiser newspaPe r office is consumed, and several stores. The Stearn' boat Hotel and American Hotel are in flames, and one; third of the city is threatered with destruction. Elliott 5 and the Yellow Stores are destroyed. NEW YORK, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 9. e d Owing to the continued scar c ity o f supp li es, fl our r emained quite firm, with sales of various small lots at a slight imPro_t ment on yesterday's quot a ti ons f or str i ctly pure Genes.ee' Wheat Sales ea tof continued Southern fi rnlflourand were sales a o l f s o Geneseemade were on better made terniffujir prices. Corn was firm at y es t er d ay ' s prices, with a nets amount of sales. Meal rem aine d th e same. Rye cont.n steady, and oats firm. Provisions remained about the FA with the exception of mess p or k, w hi c h was fi rm at yester dsl, rates. There continued to b e a goo d d ea l d o i ng in l a rd . steady prices. In groceries, transactions were made to a fo r extent without material change in quotations. made A B S R H E a E A t s p . g. -6 P 7 o s t . s remained at 86. Sales of about 50 bbls wer e STUFFS;—Flour—The sales were chiefly c onfined t„! parcels of pure Genesee, for ho me use, in all about 800 to lu uv bbls. in various small lots, at 36 621 to $6 75, with some lotsla little fancy, at 36 871 to 37 to 47 064. Sales of 400 bbls. Ohjsa prime, (via New Orleans,) were made at 446 75 ; and 400 to . sr bbls, Georgetown were made at .36 621, and 200 to 300 .. mond Country at 36 371. Wheat.—Sales of 1700 bushels nesee were made at Si 48, and ;800 ditto at SI 50. Sale s 1000 ditto Ohto were mad e at &l 30. Corn.—Sales of bushels North River yellow were made at 56c. and 2000 dn . !: Jersey yellow at the same price. S a l es o f 500 0 bushels Soiltbe". White were made on private terms. COFFEE.—The demand is fair f or th e supp l y o f th e regul ar trade, and we note sales of 200 to 300 bags Java at 8 to 81ei Jam' slightly St. Domingo at 51' to 6 c , an d 100 d o. government Ja`-' slightly damaged, by auction ' at 7ic to 72c. COTTON.—Since the arrival of the steamer America, the int r ket has been firm and prices rather advancing, especially on tne higher grades, which have been less freely offered. To-dayl several large manufacturers were i n th e market, and holder s exacted prices which would sh ow an a d vance of full one clu - ,„ ter of a cent on grades above g oo d m iddli ng. Th e sa l, estimated at 2000 bales, including a few parcels taken for sh i p" ment. The market continu es we ll supplied, and the low gr a % e are abundant at about previ ous ra t es. —G u lf cottons co ntin most in request. FRElGHTS.—Engagements of cotton were made for Liver P ool at 5-32 d, and of lard at 15s. There were said to be some .e" gagements of naval stores on ter ms no t un d ers t oo d . Toll. as_ re gow some cotton was taken at id, an d l ar d at 1 7 s 6d. 11'" was no change in rates to London, NEW ORLEANS, MAY l — Cotton.—The unfavourable ec, counts by the Acadia have unsettled our market, and the sal e are variously . estimated at 1,200 to 1,500 bdles, at very irreg ular , i prices, ranging from 4/ to 51c f or m iddli ng to s t ric tly go"'" middling. Flour—The market is firmer. ALBANY, MAY 9.—The arrivals of flour by the Canal are,esso, far, nominal. The market for flour shows no change. W h _ —A lot of 2000 bushels VMS .o n th e market for which $ 1 lu "- asked. Sales of 700 a 800 b us h e l s o f rye were reported at 77 : c .; Oats—Sales of 2000 bushels at 471 c, Th ere was n o change "" other ides. BA MORE, MAY 9.—There is no change of moment if In eientY, article of produce. Flour is held ver y fi rm, with ost sales. Provisions—Pork and L ee f are se lli ng to the tra de full prices. Lard is a sh a de l ower . Sugars are modoratell active. No change in whiskey. THE BRAZILS. R i o , at Majesty's packet Swift, Li eu t. L ory , has er i . / Rio at Falmouth with mails from th e B raz il s , h av i n g le" t he Janeiro on the 2d, Bahia the 10th, and Pernambuc o 15th ult., and bringing about £35,000 on freight. Rio The Swift sailed 12 days after the Penguin frouiniej Janeiro, calling at the No r th ern p or t s , an d h as p etf °r t ilat the voyage in a very expeditious m anner . We leer'beso on her departure the Ministry in Brazil had re i !ii the completed, nor would it be most probably u' l l i angeS Chambers met, on the 3d May. Th e news o f the c „,, was in France had not arrived. The Firebrand ste m den expected at Rio within a week. By h er Loru a treatrlL returns to this country, havi ng f a il e d t o e ff e ct with Brazil. The slave t ra d e i s carr i e d on t o a n n' a t 0000 Laving uuen tanclati nna Bahia in two months from 13 vessels, an d a b ou t _ more in the neighbourhood of Campos, Rio Grande, and Rio Janeiro. There are several steamers employed 111 that inhuman and demoralizing traffic. The coffee market at Rio had been more active, unf it ; tended, however, by any change in prices, the supply sx. market continuing to be abundant, The sales since tile list report were estimated at 60,000 bags, and more bus mss would have been done but for a s ca rcity of eligibl e vessels. Freights had again advan ce d s s . per ton. Some few ships had proceeded to the North, where a scarcity of shipping prevailed. Discounts were freely obtained, and money was abuiP dant at 7 to 74 per cent. THE NORTH OF EUROPE. We have received letters and papers from Hamberg l ! down to last Friday eve n i ng . It was rumoure d in the city that a peace was as good as settled between Deetu ar and the Germanic Confederation, and a decree of the Provisional Govern men t o f Holstein, declaring that 11 4 further embargo would be laid upo n D an i s h vesse ls shoul d. they fall into the power of the Confederation, was held t ° corroberate this rumour. It is confidently stated that the Irish Attorney-uv PDX ai means to try his luck a second time, and that be commence the proceedings against O'Brien and Meg' de novo. FINANCIAL REFORM.—We understand that his Ni r g r ,i; ship the Mayor, with his habitu a l rea di ness t o cornPlY °l 4 ., fi g / ' the wishes of his fellow-townsmen, has c a lled a taseL . r, for this day week (Tuesday), to deal with the imports° • question of reduced and equitable taxation. M rt. SIMS REEVES' DEBUT AT HER MAJESL THEATRE.—The many friends of the above gentian in Liverpool, will, we a re sure , b e gra tifi e d t o hearth_iso result of his first appearan ce u p on h er M a j es t y ' s boa, a which took place on Saturday night, before a crovi o. audience, an additional attraction being the debiit of t e , new vocalist Madame Tadolini. H er M a j es ty was P i r ., n i sent on the occasion. The reception of Madame Tad°.`,: ca was a triumphant one, and the following is the given by the Times of the reception of Mr. Reeves 'd e The debit of Mr. Sims Reeves, who had already In° a reputation at Drury-lane, during M. Jullien's ma nage d ment, was scarcely less interesting, and he was welcom e with even more enthusiasm than the lady. It is a/ r nu r event for an English artist to appear on the boards 0 1 , - 0 4 Italian Opera-house, and there is no doubt that natil 3ii t feeling helped to liii the measure of enthusiasm. Mr. Reeves is really a valta',le acquisition to the ea With a good natural organ he has the advantages 01 ,i e ti Italian training, and as far as style goes may be retc era as an Italian singer to all intents and purposes. n % are few who can put more expressio n i n t o their sinti,o, than Mr. Reeves, and with passion at his comma°lo.4. touches without difficulty the hearts of his audience. t aria in the second act, " Se tanto in ira," sung with IA tenderness, was a legitimate encore. At the end o first act, when the other principal vocalists-had PAssedpeitil fore the curtain, Mr. Reeves was honoured by a sP" call. 0 . Visitors and residents in Liverpool should visit the a , o rit e- , ENTAL DIVAN, CLAYTON-SQUARE, fashionable R E '''eto t RANT and. SUPPER LOUNGE. The object of the proP,%ot in entering upon this establishment was to_spPldY a nigr universally acknowledged, and to concent e, one, establishment, all the snperiorities of e leading - - rod Houses ; in fine, to combine with eco MY the most sP. e a n d arrangements, the greatest accom dation, punctutd,i t Y'pill,' civility. Scale of charges :—Sou of all kinds, 6d.e,:itu i k i c; o w ls; ners from one to seven o'clock. Joints to cut from, and cheese, Is. 6d. ; Dinner f ditto, lOd. ; small Stest inf ier all etcs., Bd.: Dinner ditto s. Id. ;, small chop, Bd. ; o f fine ditto, Is. 2d. Tarts an uddings 4d. each. Half-pint ' , p od Amontillado Sherry, is , pint, 2s. ;.quart, 48. • half-pint old Port, Is.; pint, 2s , quart, 4s. A. Private 'Room 9, 0 011 0 alwaysready. Chop , : 'teak's, Kidneys, Welsh Rarebits, with Eggs, &c., every ight for Supper. Cup of Coffee' 4 d• f e ndid Cigar. 6d. Fine d Irish and Scotch Whiskey. Two sP Billiard-rooms Smoking room up stairs. rietor . 11Ir. FEENY. Pr.e.P„ or s acid OPINION CF THE LIVERPOOL PRESS.—"The suppers nnot be excelled for variety or lowness of Chre be 'roftss —Albion'. "It consolidates the reputation of the prop r a caterer for the public."—Mail. " Suitable to all cise„bf,„;Ablr wines are of undeniable quality."—Times. "The Fawn', the Restaurant, Clayton-square.—A Restaurant fitted uPtionp-'• Oriental style, possessing very superior accommec l9 Albion. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1848. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED T Vf EVERY TUESDAY MOltri,ini By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove street, LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, At No. 4. ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LIVERP° C) . I :,O and Orders for Advertisements received by Messrs. 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