The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-02-04 00:00:00

The letter of to have pro cation t proceedir TO CORRESPONDENTS long, though we had hoped statornents for our pul)ii )liged to postpone it uu it rye nublieity, and they shall referred to by "An Admirer of the Arts" are ()Limn. We have had before us for eferred to in our correspondent's se- arrangements to meet ti rrespondent, " Common Sense," is too late even for pe We did not receive his letter until half-past 8 p.m yesterday &tan Darb. TUESDAY ALOHA/NG, FEB. 4, 1845 The probable new arrangements in the Cabinet, consequent upon the retirement of Mr. W. E. Gladstone, have during the past week excited much attention in political circles. The latest information which we have received upon the subject is con tained in the following paragraph, which we extract from the Herald of yesterday : " It is now definitively arranged. we believe, that the Right Hon. Sir Thomas Freemantle goes to Ireland as Lord Eliot's successor in the important office of Chief Secretary ; that the Hon. Sidney Herbert leaves the Admiralty, and takes Sir Thomas Freemantie's place as Secretary-at-War, with a seat in the Cabinet; and that the Right Hon. I-I . T. L. Corry succeeds to the First Secretaryship of the Admiralty, vacated by Mr. Sidney Herbert. With regard to Mr. Cardwell, M.P., whose same has Yeen mentioned in print, in connection with these necessary changes, we are enabled to say that, up to the present moment, he has not accepted any appoint ment under government, but it is hoped that, ere long, the country will have the benefit of his services. It was stated in the City on Saturday evening, upon authority which admits of no doubt, that Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., has been invited by Sir Robert Peel to take an office in all respects suited to his talents and commercial know ledge, and we fully expect that we shall, in a day or two, have to announce his accession to the Ministry in a position in which he can be eminently useful. Lord Dalhousie, as our readers are aware, quits the Vice- Presidency of the Board of Trade, and will become the head of that department, by reason of the retirement of the Hon. W. E Gladstone, We fully coincide with our contemporary in his anxiety to see Mr. Cardwell occupying a place in the administration. Independently of his rising character in his own profession, which we have had many opportunities of witnessing, r. Cardwell has - S CUT shcwn many parliamentary career of the posses ties which make up ti evidences in his sion of the quali statesman. He is, unlike many of his profession, well informed upon com mercial matters; and must, whether now advanced Cabinet or not, ultimately occupy a pre- eminent station before his country oppos Chambei, tion of the war party, in the French has, during the past week, received a ich every lover of peace and every friend 1 understanding, now happily existing beta een the Governments and the well disposed people of Great Britain and France, must to the permanen , too, of such a blow having comes more gratefully upon us at a time gratulation of anarchists in both countries over the prospect of the defeat of the Guizot Ministry, on the address to the throne, had scarcely died away. We give briefly the account of this important event, abridged from the Morning Herald, of Friday, which first brought it lo this country, dared " Paris, Wednesday night, ten o'clock, p.m. " I am enabled to give you a correct detail of the his- rable The number of Conser HITHEr se to 21 FORTY-SEVEN ye deputies present at the 7as, at the opening, 170, which swelled 1. The ADHESIONS TO MINISTERS OF NG MEMBERS WERE NO LE " On the motion of M. Hartmann, a deputation was ) wait on the President of the Council in the assembly, to ask the Cabinet, through named me of the whc him, to continue t of affairs ointed to represent the meeting arshal Soult, who replied in his directly u He assured the de- putation THAT NEITHER HE NOR HIS COLLEAGUES WOULD DES A deputation slit for Foreign Affairs, and an ceived and Thus end, then, for a time at least, the wretched Tiers party in France and of my Lord Palmerston's friends in this country l Like Fear, yden's ode, the misled and rs of the former statesman, led follow rnment to the verge ion of the Cnambers, having driven the French Gove of resignation or a dissolut Recoiled Even at the sound themselves had I made The cry of " a bas les Anylais perfides," which car ried them into the Chamber upon the shoulders of the mob, driven to a frenzy of passion by the _ . meddling and exasperating policy of Lord Palmer ston, under the firm and yet conciliatory policy of Lor Aberdeen has ceased to attract and infuriate. We may surely, therefore, at length, hope for that consummation which for years has been prayed for by the enlightened portion of the people of England and France, and retarded mainly by the feelings of irritation animating the French people towards us, viz., a liberal extension of the commercial arrange ments between the two countries. We showed last week, that, during the past year, our own ex ports of cotton manufactures to France were on the increase, as, we have no doubt, were our imports of various commodities from that country. Why may we not now hope for such mutually advanta geous commercial arrangements between the two countries as would cement, by the tie of a common interest in the preservation of peace, their present good understanding and the permanent security and happiness of both nations ? We have not of late years remembered a session of Parliament, whose opening has been looked for ward to with more intense anxiety, by men of all classes and all parties, than the forthcoming session of 1845. And this not because such opening is likely to be attended by any great conflict of party — not because, during its progress, the fate of any mi stry is likely to be placed at issue—but chiefly, if from a burning desire in the public mind, ingled in some quarters with a sort of ead, to ascertain the steps about to be taken, in important questions, by a ministry, which may be said to be in a position to choose and carry its own m not unm various sures, and whose principles, and the past actions of some of its members, are of so doubtful a character that the most astute enquirer is to prognosticate in what direction, or to- wards what set of opinions, those steps may incline. We shall here briefly glance at some of these ques with any hope of solving them, were it even worth the while to make the attempt, which a few hours may render unnecessary, but with a view of exhibiting the vast responsibility of the position of that statesman, towards whom so many anxious eyes ar?, at this moment turned. Cons, no Our financial condition, and the particular policy likely to he adopted, in consequence of the existing perity of the country, present the most promi , subjects for consideration. We have this year a surplus revenue at the disposal of government, ig to little, if at all, short of four millions arc ou sterling. From every direction the inquiry is=--in what way will the premier apply this large surplus? and from almost every class we have claims made for a participation, and from some for an absorbing share in the benefits which he is thereby enabled to bestow upon them. Thus far, however, impenetra ble secrecy hangs over the intentions of the minis ter; and whether we are to be driven further in the direction of free trade, by a new modification of the tariff; whether we are to be relieved entirely from the pressure of that not very popular impost, which we submitted to as the price of the last modifica tion, or whether the amount at the disposal of go vernment is to be employed in some grand financial operation for the reduction of the public debt itself, there is not even a whisper or a hint to tell us. Nor even if we conclude that it is to he applied•to duction of taxation, are we any better inforMed as to the particular class to which this surplus is likely to he applied. The sugar duties, exelaim some, will be selected ; but we have no ground for such conclusion. On the contrary, we have Sir Robert Peel's declaration of last session, that he did not meditate any immediate interference with them. The duties on cotton wool, foreign sheep's wool, and other manufacturing staples, have their eager claimants; but with as little information as to the probable success of the claims. The assessed taxes are put forward for repeal ; the window t ax , on l y, some ask to be relieved from; the income tax (apart from the property tax), the duties on bricks, glass, and other exciseable commodities, have their several claimants; but not even a conjecture can be safely hazarded towards which of all these parties the mi- the re ntly waited upon the Minister tant subject address was presented graciously re- by whom it was most nister may lean. With respect, then, to financial matters alone, there is abundant ground for public ty, ‘vithout glancing at all at the other impor s by which it is excited. Such subjects there are, however, which even more than the probable direction of our financial or com mercial policy are just now agitating the public mind. A large mass of the people of England are asking whether any, or what, steps will he taken by gov ernment to allay the dissensions which have intro duced themselves into the bosom of our Established Church. The position of the same establishment in Ireland, and the degree of increased rapport to be afforded by the state to popery in that country, ex cite equal curiosity and no small amount of doubt and dread in the minds of the Protestant people of both countries. The fate of the University of Ire land, regarded as doomed—the obstinate adherence of government to the national system of education in that country, in total disregard to the remonstran ces of the majority of the Irish bishops and clergy —the scarcely disguised leaning of some of the conservative friends of government to an acknow ledgement of the spiritual authority of the Pope, and to a national provision for the Irish preisthood —all these things, and the memory of the past, are justly agitating the protestant people of the empire with respect to the corning policy of Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues, with a degree of intensity which is painful and well nigh insupportable. We cannot bring ourselves to think that the posi tion, thus occupied by Sir Robert, is one which a British minister ought to hold. It is not a safe position, either for himself or for the country whose destinies lie holds, almost absolutely, in his hands. There is too much of finesse in all this studied con cealment--too much evidence of an intention to hurry the country into the adoption of measures, which its fully awakened sense would recoil from. We doubt nothing of the premier's ability to carry into effect any policy upon which he may have set his mind, standing as he does in a position between the agricultural body and these who seek their ruin—coercing the former into the adoption of unpalatable measures by the threat of cohesion with the latter ;—but we doubt if a government so placed, and thus using its position, is one by which the true interests of the people are the most likely to he served. That such an impression is not a solitary one, the feeling of anxiety and fear with which the coming measures of government are regarded, by some even amongst his most ardent admirers, may go far to prove. Con fidence in the just use of the vast power which the premier wields, we look for in vain ; the reverse is the prevailing feeling. A few hours, however, will, in part, solve all doubts. We have ever argued, in reply to the clamour raised against the introduction of the Bible into our Corporation schools, that the objection to the read ing of that sacred volume was not the objection of the children of Roman Catholics, or of their pa rents, but emphatically that of their priesthood. The experience of the working of the Church of England Schools, in Ireland and in England, has proved beyond dispute that, wherever educational facilities, combining Scriptural teaching, are offered to the children of the working classes, Roman Ca tholic parents are ever found ready to grasp at the boon, when the strong hand of spiritual authority is not put forth to prevent them. An exemplifica tion of the fact is at this moment before us, to which we beg the attention of the exclusively " liberal" amongst our fellow-townsmen, and the waverers, if there are any, amongst the friends of Scriptural . _ education. The Wolverton Station on the London and Bir mingham Railway, like that of Crewe upon the Grand Junction, has, within the last few years, ra pidly grown into a town, chiefly inhabited by the servants, workmen, and othei dependants of the company, and contains at present a population of about 1,000 persons. A church, with a parsonage house, has been built for their accomodation, by the trustees of Dr. Radcliffe, capable of seating about 850, including a gallery for 200 children • and the proprietors and friends of the company (lave pro vided an endowment. The company have also erected Day and Sunday Schools, of which we take the following description from a local contemporary, the Midland Counties Herald,— " The company's day and Sunday schools are entirely under the charge of the clergyman; they educate about 250 children, under the care of active and efficient teach ers. All the expenses of salaries, books, &e. are defrayed by the company. Connected with these schools there is a large lending library, to which the children and their parents have gratuitous admission. Other persons have the use of all the books and magazines by paying hi. weekly. The directors; with a wise liberality, have sup plied these schools with various large maps, a fine globe, a box of geological specimens, an extensive apparatus for explaining the mechanical powers, numerous drawings of animals, &c. In short, nothing Khich the clergyman re commends for the good of the schools is ever refused ; nn the contrary, it is granted as soon as mentioned. The schools are open to childre❑ whose parents are of any or of no religious denomination ; children from all the neigh bouring parishes are also admitted. Children of the Pro testant and the Catholic, the Churchman and the Dissen ter, sit together, and no difference is made between them. They learn the same lessons and read the same Bible." It must be borne in mind, as giving increased importance to the fact noted, that these are not the children of Roman Catholics of the wretchedly ig norant and pauper class to be found in the courts and cellars of Liverpool, and whose consciences have been represented to us as so sensitive upon this point; but of well-informed, industrious and steady men—artizans of the highest class. We find them frequently using the school-rooms "for scientific, benevolent, and temperance lectures, or else for pur poses of mutual instruction." They are most of them members of clubs and benefit societies, use extensively the library and reading-rooms provided for them by the company, and not a few of them are depositors in the local Savings' Bank. We are not able to state with certainty whether the little town of Wolverton has as yet attained suf ficient importance in the eyes of the Romish hier archy to draw to it a resident priest. We con clude, however, that such is not the case. When it attains such importance, or comes to he blessed with a " liberal" corporation, we shall no doubt see the picture of religious concord, which it now pre sents, replaced by one of vastly changed aspect and of infinitely less attractiveness and utility. The retirement of Mr. W. E. Gladstone from the Presidency of the Board of Trade has been received by the community at large with feelings of a very mingled character, and will continue to he so re garded until the precise ground of his differences with the rest of his colleagues is fully made known. At present, however, we know of no section of the community—unless, perhaps, it he amongst an im practicable section of the agricultural party, who attribute to him the chief onus of the Tariff's Regu lation Bill—by whom the loss of that gentleman's valuable services in the Ministry is not regretted. By all parties his business qualifications and his integrity of mind and action are acknowledged; and by few, indeed, is his absence from the Cabinet con sidered to have infused increased strength into that body, or to have afforded it a claim to increased confidence, on the score of talent or of character, in the eyes of the country. On the contrary, it is viewed by many as likely to weaken the Premier seriously in the House of Commons, whilst it al mo-t affords a suspicion of too great an inclination, on his part, to absorb in his own person, and uncon trolled by other commanding talent in that house, too great a share in directing the functions of the Administrative. Of course we state only 'the impressions of the community with which we are connected, so far as we have been able to ascertain them—impressions formed in the absence of any accurate knowledge, or even conjecture, of the cause of this change. Two questions indeed have been mentioned upon which it was conceive] that differences might have arisen, sufficient to make Mr. Gladstone's retire ment necessary. Sbculd either of these, however, be the real ground, the necessity for the step may be conceded, but the loss which it has occasioned will still be deplored. We have some pleasure in adding our opinion, fre4uently expressed, to that of the London 'limes, that the present Session of Parliament ought not to pass over, and cannot pass over, without some modification of the Game Laws. Far be it from us to claim for any portion of the public the right of trespass, or to deny to the landholder the property which he undoubtedly possesses, and ought to pos sess, - in the game located upon his estate. But as far are we from justifying, although the right under the existing law is indubitable, the practice of those proprietors, who preserve such game until its very abundance becomes provocative of crime to the ill fed and half-employed peasantry around. Game is food. It is now, moreover, marketable ; and pro vides the means of buying clothing as well as food. Have we any right, then, to throw this property, which is both food and money, in the way of the poor, unless we assimilate the penalty for its ab straction to that provided for the abstraction of other property similarly exposed. We maintain not. We say that the appropriators of an exposed partridge and of an exposed pair of shoes are not now on a par. We fine a shopkeeper, who exposes his wares beyond his shop-window, and thus tempts the pilfering fraternity; but we make more stringent our laws in favour of the nobleman or the squire, who chooses to allow his game to perambulate the footroads, or to flutter their wings in the face of a starving man or a lover of the chase. This is not fair dealing. English men are, par excellence, lovers of the chase, and of field sport.; in general. They are not lovers of stealing. We have no right to make a propensity, once a national characteristic, into a heinous crime, and to tempt it besides ; whilst we punish crime itself with less, or even with equal, severity. And for what a paltry end is all this done ! That noblemen and gentlemen may massacre game which their forefathers used to hunt. That we may have our "battues!" That the Honourable Mr. H. and the Right Honourable Mr. 8., or Prince Albert himself, may be able to announce to the world that he has killed so many hundred head of game within a given number of hours ! Why the feat so an nounced is only after all like the achievement of a man whq shoots as many barn door fowls tethered to their perch ; and yet for the furtherance of this sport we are to imprison, to transport, and to hang ! Impossible ! such a law—so redolent of injustice— so provocative of crime—so fertile an aid to the hulks d the gallows—cannot possibly be per mitted to remain longer, unamended, upon our sta tute book. THE WOODSIDE FERRY.—Acknowledging fully the excellent management and the first-rate character of the boats of this ferry, there is one suggestion which we wish to make to the Commissioners. The first bell is rung five minutes before the hour—a signal of course to parties intending to cross to get on board. A second bell how ever rines ; and now begins a scene of scampering, by parties a little belated, or by those who have wilfully de layed leaving their cosy firesides, or other attractions needless to mention, until the last moment. Some of these may perhaps get on board ; but at periods of low water many are left. What we wish to suggest is this. It is a long run at periods of low water, from the gate to the boat ; and when parties, relying upon the present prac tice of taking all who arrive down in time, get heated in the attempt, and are disappointed, it is no joke to be left to kick your heels at the bottom of the pier for another half hour, or until by the arrival of the Liverpool boat, you are enabled to creep down shivering ito the cabin Can it not be arranged that he last bell should be the signal for closing the gates entirely, in preference to sub jecting parties to the consequence of unnecessarily over exerting themselves, and the risk of severe cold is the consequence. We make the suggestion from recent ex perience of the tendency of the existing practice. THE FUNDS.—SATURDAY NIGHT.—The Engles were rather better to-day, although business was not particularly active. A purchase in one case of £lOO,OOO stock gave increased confidence to the dealers. Consols for money leg off this afternoon 100 to k, and for the account 100 to k buyers ; Exchequer-bills were 625. to 61s. premium ; Bank Stock, 214 to 2151 ; India Stock, 286 to 287 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 1001 to I; Three and-a• Quarter per Cents., 104 k to -4-; Long Annuities, 12 3-16; South Sea Stock, 117; and ditto Old Annuities, 100 k. In the fore'gn market there was also more firmness, and the leadii g speculative securities showed an upward tendency. Spanish Three per Cents. were finally quoted 411 to / ; the Five per Cents., 281 to 29 ; Russian, 119 to 120 ; Peruvian, 28 to 29 ; Mexican, 36 to 1 ; the Deferred, 161 to 2; Dutch Two-and.a-Half per Cents., 63] to ; the Five per Cents„ 99 to ; Danish, 89 to to 90; Colombian, 1-18 to 8; Chilian. 100 to 102; Buenos Ayres, 40 to 41 ; Brazilian, 891 to 901 ; and Belgian, 101 to 102. The further report of the Board of Trade con nected with railways, which was published in the Gazette of last night, has made the market quite active, and speculation is as rife as ever. The shares of the Churnet Valley Company were most extensively dealt in, and the consequence is that they have advanced to 91 premium. Manchester and Leeds were also done at an advance ; and Eastern Counties and Trent Valley exhibited a firm and improving appearance. The shares of the rejected Irish lines were depressed. For a Saturday, anal consi dering the early hour the markets close, a large amount of business has been transacted in shares h funds HYPERCRITICISM AND MODESTY.—We hive been not a little amused with an article in last week's Courier, entitled "Analytical Lecture on Gray's Elegy, by Dr. H. W. Dewhurst, F.R.A.S., Edin., Surgeon," in which the writer endeavours to prove that the author of the inimitable "Elegy written in a Country Church Yard" was a sadly over-rated personage, the said ele4y full of faults, and, in short, that it could be very considerably improved, by attending to his own suggestions. Who Dr. Dewhurst is, of course, we know not; but what he is, viz. a very presuming person, about as capable of appreciating the beauties of Gray's ode, as he is of writing another such poem, a specimen of the production before us will suffi ciently show. We regret, by the bve, that we have not at this moment by us a copy of his first "lecture" on the same subject, which we are informed is even more pomp ous and absurd than the present. Here is the specimen in question : xx"-. For thee. who mindful of the unlionoured dead Dost in these lines their artless tale relate, If chance by lonely contemplat on led Some kindred spirit shat' inquire thy fate. " That a ' kindred spirit' should he more interested in the fate of the writer, than one of a different temperament, is natural ; but how this kindred spirit, should, in his lonely contemplations, stumble into the same churchyard in which this elegy was written, we search in vain for a pro bable account. I am inclined to imagine Gray to have sometimes figured this elegy as fixed up in the country churchyard, as well as originally penned in it." Wretched cavilling this. assuredly ! The most sublime strains of Milton or Shakspere would not stand the test of such microscopic examination. But, another epecimen of the writer's profundity in his remarks upon " the epitaph": Here rests his head upon the 'ap of earth, A youth to fortune and to fame unknown ; Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own. • Upon this the profound Doctor says, " The head of him who is immersed in the earth can with little propriety he said to he on her lap,"—a most sagacious observation! Upon the line, " He gave to misery (all he had) a tear," the Doctor becomes witty, remarking, that he who so gives, " when that all is a tei.r, may be free from the charge of hard-he9rtedness, but will be affectedly deno minated bountiful, as his giving this kind of all will be with quaintness called giving largely." Of the character of the poem, as a whole, the following is a portion of his summing up :—" Of perfections no doubt it contains some; hut it also has its blemishes, and, if criticism grant it nothing but its merit, what will be its praise ?"—mean ing to intimate, no doubt, that such praise should be a very small, if not a negative, quantity ! The world, how ever, think differently, and will not be driven from its opinion by the carping criticism of " Dr. Dewhurst, F.R.A.S(S)., Edin. Professor," &c. Will the Doctor, some of these days, favour us with a specimen of his own poetical compositions ? We should not anatomatize it, as our surgeon has done the ode of poor Gray. DR. COOKE, OF BELFAST, is expected in Liverpool this week, to attend at the induction of the Rev. V. M. White to the 6arge of the new Presbyterian congregation meeting in the Commercial-hall, Gloucester-street. The Presbytery of Lincashire meets in the Commercial-hall on Thursday forenoon, for the induction; and it is under stood that Dr. Cooke has been invited by the Presbytery to prt.ach, and to take a leading part in the services of the clay. We doubt not that the fame of this distinguished divine will tnsure a large audience. LANDING PI.AC shown t,vo models of proposed landing places at our prin cipal pier, which appear to us to exhibit great ingenuity and perseverance in the inventor, Mr. Isaacs, of Castle street. The prineple of each is different, though in some of the details somewhat analagous. We cannot take upon ourselves to pronounce upon their respective merits, not being practically au fait to the subj!-ct ; but we under stand that a model of one of them has been forwarded to the Dock Committee, who will no doubt exercise their best judgment in deciding upon it. But we must express our own crude opinion that the machinery would prove to complicated, and, consequently, liable to get out of order by being frequently used, or during the buffets of a gale, notwithstanding the great facility with which, we are told, it may be work -:d by a very few hands. We should pre fer something combining greater strength and solidity outwardly; something that would approach more nearly to a fixed or strong pier, if that can te , accomplished in our strong river current, without impeding the navigation. That these are great impediments in the way, will be readily acknowledged. We are not circumstanced, in locality and ship traffic, as are our neighbours at Birken head, who may run out an ordinary pier or slip to almost any distance into the bed of the river, without much in: terruption to vessels, /Ivies being, in most cases, a weather shore during our prevailing gales. We " reckoe" nothing, therefore, of the eternal co:nplaints and com parisons made by the Birkenhead people of the compara tive inferiority of our landing accommodation to theirs. Clever engineers and nautical men have been brought to a pause in endeavouring to deal with our deeper side of the river, which is not only more abrupt and liable to acci dents, but, moreover, from its proximity to numerous docks, necessarily, at all times, studded with numerous craft, large and small. The object of Mr. Isaacs is, therefore, to say the least of it, highly praiseworthy, and should either of his plans be decided upon, we shall be glad to see it fairly put to the test. The public are, how ever, deeply interested in the question, not only as their own safety and accommodation, but as regards the expense ; and we bully concur with a correspondent that before any step be taken precipitately, the corpora. tion should offer a prize for models (of such amount as shall ensure the exertions of scientific and practical men) to be handed in within a given day, and maturely delib erated upon. By this plan the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company first called into existence the locomo tive engine for travelling railways, even before it was deci ded whether the tractive power should be horses, statiorery engines, or other means of traction or propulsion, on their then original and then considered splendid line. ES AT LIVERPOOL —We bare been lied to THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD THE FEBRUARY QUARTER SESSIONS The Court of Quarter Sessions for the trial of the pri soners committed within this borough commenced yester day in the Crown Court, before Gilbert Henderson, Esq., the,ltecorder. The calendar contained the names of 66 offenders, charged with felonies of the usual description, and the name of ore person only charged with misde meanour; but there are a few additional cases to be added to the list. The following gentlemen were sworn of THE GRAND JURY Richard Allinson, Upper Parliament-street, merchant Foreman. George Ashton, Bedford-street North, gentleman. Samuel. Barber, Birkenhead, cotton-broker. Samuel Beckwith, Aigburth, broker. Thomas Arthur Bushtiy, Lar 7 kfield, Toxteth- park, broker. Richard Bevan, Leyfield, Knotty Ash, merchant. James Bold, Everton-road, merchant. George Campbell, Field-street, merchant. David Cannon, Rock Ferry, merchant. Wilson Carter, Walton Breck, merchant. William Rushton Coulburn, Great George-square, mer chant. George Cram, Fazakerly, broker. Jacob Fletcher, Allerton, merchant. Thomas Irlam, Rose Villa, Linacre Marsh, broker. Horace Jee, Rock Ferry, broker. Edward T. 'Kearsley, tverton-road, coal agent. George H. Keiwhley, Fen.ick•street, merchant. WiUiom Griffitr. Leete, Knotty Ash:merchant. Thomas Littledale, jun., Claremont, West Derby, mer chant. James Hardy Macrae, Springfield, Everton, merchant. Robert Mason, St. Michael's Hamlet, Toxteth-park, merchant. William Nicholson, Blackstock-street, tanner. The proclamation against vice and immorality having been read, The RECORDER, addressing them, said, that after an interval of about seven weeks, about seventy cases would be submitted for their consideration. On a perusal of the calendar, he found there were few or no cases requi ring from him any particular remark or direction. There was a case against a porter for stealing five bales of cotton on its way to the railway station, to which. they would direct their attention ; also anotherl against a servant, charged with stealing £3O, the property of his master. There were several cases that showed that the prostitutes of this town were also, in many instances, thieves and pickpockets. Such offences would be much more effec tually checked by the caution of individuals, than by any possible efforts of the officers of police. It was gratify ing, however, to find that the police, by their vigilance, had been the means of preventing, to a considerable ex tent, aggressions on property. There was a case in which, he regretted to say, a prisoner charged with felony had, in resisting the party about to apprehend him, levelled a blow at him with a knife. He (the Recorder) regretted this, because, in attacks on property, the offence was greatly aggravated by using a dangerous weapon. He bad but to add, that if, on hearing the evidence, they considered there was sufficient ground for putting the party on his trial, they would find a true bill •, and if not, they would discharge a constitutional duty by throwing out the bill. He knew of nothing further upon which to remark to detain them from their duty. The grand jury then retired, and in a short time re turned true hills against several of the prisoners, when the court proceeded with the trials, but no case of pecu liar interest took place during the day, the evidence being for the moi.t part similar to that given in the Police-court, and already briefly detailed in our columns. The following was the result up to the close of the court yesterday • James Shannon, aged 24, and John Fenton, 17, for stealing, in December, a purse of money, a watch, &c., the property of John Whetstone, from his person.—Shan• non, six month ; and Fenton (the greater aggressor), 12 months imprisonment and hard labour. Marti• Davies, 18, for stealing shirting from a shop,—two months' imprisonment. William Taylor, 19, for stealing a coat,—three months. James Burns, 19, stealing 25 handkerchiefs from a shop door in Great Charlotte-street,—six weeks' imprisonment. Sarah Best, 15, for stealing a jacket,—two months._ „ John Hunter, 17, for stealing wearing apparel,—four months. John Gilderoy, 25, for embezzling 215., received on ac count of Mr. John Dean, his employer,—two months. Elizabeth Doyle, 26, for stealing a £5 note,—four months. It is to he understood that the punishment of the whole of these prisoners includes hard labour. Several other prisoners were tried during the day, but they were put back, in order that their respective sentences should be determined after some further enquiry and consideration. COURT OF PASSAGE Y- E STERD AY. The business in this court commenced yesterday before Charles Crompton, Esq., assessor. There were 64 cases in the list, namely-1 demurrer, 58 issues, and 5 writs of trial. RECOVERY OF TILE VALUE OF A HORSE. COLLINS V. LEATHER.—The plaintiff was a cart-owner, and the defendant a car proprietor, carrying on business at the Adelphi Stables. The action was for the recovery of the value of a horse (:61-1) which had, it was alleged, been killed by the negligent driving of the defendant's servant. It appeared from the counsel's statement that on the morning of the 11th of October last, a cart with two horses, belonging to the plaintiff, was being driven along Great George-street, and when opposite Dr. Raffles's chapel, a car, which was driven by a servant of the de fendant, came up and ran with great violence against the leading horse in the plaintiff's cart, injuring the ani mal to such an extent that it died shortly afterwards. The accident was alleged to have taken place by the care lessness of the car driver, and in consequence the defend ant was liable. The case for the plaintiff was conducted by Mr. James, and that for the defendant by Mr. Ram shay. The defence set u p was, that the accident had been caused by the swerving of the plaintiff's horse, and that due vigilance had not been exercised by the carter in the employ of the plaintiff. A number of witnesses were called, and the investigation of the case occupied the at tention of the court for a considerable time. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages £l2. Several other cases were disposed of during the day, bnt they possessed little interest. TUESDAY EVENING CONCERTS. - Sir Edward Cust has expressed his intention of honouring the next of theie Concerts with his presence, at the Commercial Hall this evening. OUR EXPORT TRADE.—The following interesting and very important statement, relating to the export trade of this country, appeared in the LIVERPOOL STANDARD of Tuesday last; and having made that acknowledgment, we shall urge no apology for transferring it to our columns ; neither do we deem it necessary to offer any recommen dations to ensure for it a careful perusal, satisfied as we are that it cannot fail to r , ceivc such an attentive and de liberate consideration.—Preston Pilot.—[Our contem porary then gives the article which appeared in our last.] COST OF GAS FOR THE PUBLIC LAMPS.—A corres pondent states that the gas for the street lamps and markets is supplied at 40 per cent below the charge to the consumers generally, and calls upon the committee of the Guardian Society to get rid of the grievance, so that all may pay a fair and just proportion, the rate being equal ized, which they (the committee) have now an opportu nity of doing, as the contract for lighting the streets and markets is about to expire. He adds, that he anticipates no objection to the measure from the gas companies; that reducing the rate to the general consumer would greatly increase the demand for gas, while the lamps, remaining the same in number, would not be affected either way. The subject is one of great importance, and we have no doubt that the gas companies wculd agree to an arrangement equalizing the price of the article. THE WEATHER.—EarIy on Thursday morning a heavy fall of snow took place, and at dawn the ground in this neighbourhood was covered to an average depth of about 41 inches. This was succeeded by a frost, which con tinued with considerable intensity until Saturday, when it slightly relaxed, but still continued piercingly cold. Early on Sunday morning congelation again prevailed, but as the day advanced the frost gave way, and towards night the atmosphere became hazy, with a thick wetting rain, which soon unloosed the snow accumulated on the tops of the houses, so that it fell in continued avalanches for some hours, to the amazement of some and the alarm cf . otb- Y- 41,;(4,, aers. esterday morning small thick rain fell for some time, and the thaw continuing through the day, and melting nearly all the remaining snow in the town, the streets were unusually wet and uncomfortable under foot. It appears from the accounts received that considerable quantities of snow fell during the past week all over Eng land, part of Scotland and Wales, and the isle of Man. ROBBItRY OF AN OIL CLOTH MANLTFACTORY._At the Police Court yesterday, three young men, named Thomas Harris, Henry Quayle, and James M`Kenna, were charged with a theft, under the following circum stances. On Saturday, it was found that Mr. James Blackburn's oil-clah manufactory in:Key-street had been broken open, and three pieces of oil-cloth, of 18 yards each, carried away. Information was given to the police, and search being made about the premises, the three pri soners were discovered in the hay-loft over Mr. Cotting- ham's stable adjoining. Two pieces of the cloth were found near th m ; the other piece is still missing. Mr. Blackburn had seen one or more of the prisoners hanging about the place for some days. Quayle had some time ago been sentenced to he transported for ten years, but was let loose after three years detention. Harris had also been tried and convicted, and had left the gaol only a day or two. They were all committed for trial at the present BALL AT THE TowN-HAt.r..--The annual ball, for the benefit of the Female Orphan House, and other Roman Catholic charities of this borough, took place last night in the splendid suite of rooms at the Town-hall, the use of which was kindly granted for the occasion by the Mayor and Council. The attendance was numerous and fashionable, including Mrs. P. Heywood, lady patroness; Sir Alexander Knight, his lady, and Lady Pearl ; Mr. B. Jones, Mr. Hugh Jones, Mr. Heywood, Mr. Joseph Langton and lady, Mr. Daniel Neilson, Messr , . W. Earle, William Brown, William Ratbbone, and man) of the most respectable families and individuals in the town and neighbourhood. The doors were opened at eight o'clock, and by ten (which was gill considered an early hour) upwards of two hundred gentlemen, and as many ladies had assembled at the scene of action. By 11 o'clock, about 600 in all were present. A band of music was sta tioned at the bottom of the staircase, and played en livening airs as the company entered. Good quadrille bands also stationed during the night in the orchestras of the ball.rooms. Refreshments were served in the dining. room, in which the display of cold viands, confectionary, &c., with beautiful devices in castles and a variety of ingenious decorations, was at once novel and splendid. THE NEW MUSIC HALL. The Philharmonic Soci ty, it is generally known, some fine ago announced their inte2 , tion to build, by subscrip tion, a new Music Hall, for their own use, and for other public entertainments—a step to which they were urged by finding the Concert Room to be included in the building known as the " New Assize Courts" would be too small for their numerously attended meetings, and that St. George's Hall, the " monster" room within the same building. would, on the other hand, be greatly too liege. The project has so far been liberally patronised, and though a number of shares yet remain to be disposed of, (the expendi!ure involved for a superior structure being considerable,):such are the prospects of the spirited origi nators of obtaining ere long the requisite funds, that a de sign has, after mature deliberation, been fixed upon, and the eDmmittee are on the look-out for the most eligible site. As the building will be handsome and commodious, and will, we think, form an additional ornament to the town, a brief description—which we are enabled to fur nish through the kindness of the architect, Mr. John Cun ningham, who has favoured us with a sight of the plans and drawings—will, we trust, be acceptable. For conve nience we adopt the present tense, in place of the future : The building is oblong in form, and in the Italian, or rather Romanesque style of architecture—the two principal facades of stone, forming the corner of two streets. There are two colonnades—one in the primcipal facade at one end, and the other extending along one of the sides. In extreme length exteriorly the Hall is 202 feet, and in breadth 102 feet. The external elevation of the walls is 65 feet from the datum level, and the height of the concert ball interiorly from the lower floor to the ceiling is about the same. The windows are large, and embol dened with archi.raves, trusses, and moulded caps. The cornice is enriched with centalivers and trusses, or brackets, and the frieze is an ornamental one, or running galoche. _ _ The body of the hall (or what may be termed the " pit" portion of the house) is about 120 feet in length, within the boxes, including a portion of the orchestra, which projects into it about 16 feet in the middle, and approaches to a segmental or elyptic form, with a centre-piece a little more in projection ; and the width within the galleries, or of the body only, is 76 feet. A tier of boxes runs along each side, and the floors of these are 9 feet above the floor of the pit. The fronts of the boxes are of open or perfo rated work, light and chaste in design, and combining no velty, airiness, and adornment. Over the boxes, (behind which is a spacious corridor), and leaving them a height of about 8 feet, runs, along each side, a gallery, the front seats of which are to be fitted as stalls. There is also a gallery at the end, opposite the orchestra, the three front rows of which are also stalls. The main entrance is at the colonnaded end, and there are here three doors, one or more of which may be opened as required, so that eight or ten carriages may drive up in a line, and set down their company without delay or confusion. At this end (beyond the vestibule) there is a lower saloon, crossing the build ing, and level with the pit, with lobbies at each end, lead ing on one side to dressing-rooms, &c. for ladies, and on the other to similar apartments for gentlemen. From these rooms a private door gives access to the saloon ; and there are lateral lobbies, or corridors, extending the whole length of the hall on each side, with four entrances each, which, with the two doors from the saloon, make ten in all into the pit. At each extremity of the lower saloon there is a wide flight of stairs, leading to the boxes, and another above it leading to the gallery. When the company is about to depart, three other doors (which may also be used as entrances, if required) leading into the lateral colonnade, or piazza, may be thrown open, making, with the three doors in the end frontage, six easy modes of exit—a great desideratum where there are crowded as semblies. There are aho private entrances for profes sionals. The seats in the body of the hall will be hand some moveable benches, so that the room may be variously adapted for concerts, dinners, bal's, &Lc., and intersected by passages. By means of the latter, and the lobbies and doors enumerated, parties can at any time, even during the performance, pass out of or into any part of the build ing without incommoding their friends. On a level with the boxes, and partly over the end co lonnade, there is an upper retiring GRAND SALOON lir the promenade or the lounges, —a splendid room of 102 feet in length, 20 in width, and 35 in height. There is also a large refreshment room for the company to luxuriate in between the acts, and, at the orchestra end, two green rooms and a refreshment room for the corps de musique. Under the orchestra (which is elevated in front about 41 feet over the floor of the pit, and rises backwards) there is a Tuning-room, 40 feet long by 20 in breadth. There are 54 proprietary boxes, each with a screen, or curtain, so contrived as to render them, at will, either open, or strictly private. There are also two elegant pro jecting Committee boxes, resembling stage-boxes, on each side of the orchestra, slightly in projection, and with rich hangings and decorations. The orchestra itself, (of which, with the front of the organ, we have seen the drawing) is, as well as the Hall throughout, in the light and elegant Italian style, and is highly pleasing in form and effect. The ceiling of the hall, which is partly coved, is divided into a number of compartments in the central part, by perforated tracery, in the coves, and enriched by chaste and elegant ornaments. The Hall will be lighted by day by eight large windows with semicircular lops on each side, and, all elevated considerably above the gallery, a great height of the walls being left free and uninterrupted, giving the whole a lively and airy appearance, and at the same time promoting the full volume of sound, without (it is supposed) that reverberation which in some rooms is so annoying to musical ears. The Hall ;ill accommodate 2000 auditors; and pro vision is also made for 300 performers in addition. In the basement story there are Kitchens for preparing tea, coffee. &c.. during entertainments. The manner in which the whole building will be ventilated and warm ed (or cooled) is at once ingenious, simple, and effi cient—the invention of the architect. Air flues per forate the walls, pillars, &c., in various directions, and a steam-engine will be employed to throw in air, purified through water, by a fanner, on the plan successfully adopted at the Wellington-rooms. By means of this ap paratus, not only is impure air ejected, and a pleasing and wholesome atmosphere introduced of any required tem perature, by steam-pipes, &c., but it may at pleasure be in stantly impregnated with the odour of Cologne, or rose water, or anv other scent; and in the heat of summer even " iced" air may be thrown in, through perforated panels, so placed as not to subject the sitters to a current or draught. The estimated cost of this fine building, with its inte rior fittings, is about £lB,OOO, exclusive of the ground. The only sites yet spoken of as suitable, and yet attain able, are—one in Upper Myrtle-street, near Hope-street, and one in Shaw-street, opposite the Collegiate Institu tion. As, however, the hall will be available for lectures and genteel entertainments of various kinds, and will, if a more centr4l site can be obtained, no doubt supersede several of the present rooms in requisition for such pur poses, it would, we think, be desirable that the commit tee should not be too precipitate in their choice, or exer cise too stringent an economy in the purchase of the land, land, for a commanding situation in such cases goes half the way to insure the success of the undertaking. REPORTED COALITION OF POLITICAL LEADERS. — The Morning Post, on Friday, seriously mentioned a rumour as being prevalent that Lord John Russell is about to join the Ministry and to take the leadership of the house of Commons, whilst Sir Robert Peel makes way for him by going to the [louse of Lords. The repert is too ridiculous to be credited. — CHURCH LECTURES.—ST. ANDREWS.—The subject of the lecture for this evening is—" The Christian in his Social Relatons as Master and Servant, Principal and Agent, and Et»ployer and Employed."—ST. Jun E's— . Rev. El. M'Neile continues the deeply interesting series of lectures, announced a few week's ago to be de livered on each Thursday evenings. The subjects so far have been the " Unity," the " Sanctity," and the " Apostolicity" of " the Church of God in Christ." NORWICH AND YARMOUTH RAILWAY.—The half yearly meeting of this company was held on Saturday. Ths half-year's traffic, ending December, 1844, showed a gross receipt of £8,859 7s. 3d., which, a‘lcled to the ba lance up to the 30th June, left a net income, after de ducting expenditure and interest upon the mortgage loan, of £4,822 16s. 9d, This sum admitted of a dividend of 10s. per share, clear of income tax, on the old shares, and 21. 3d. on the new shares upon which £8 had been paid, and leaving a surplus to be carried forward of £746 7s. 9d. The report was passed, and the dividend declared. The directors were authorised, in conjunction with the Norwich and Brandon Company, to take a lease of the Lowestoft railway and hat hour, and to extend the Nor wich and Yarmouth line into the city of Norwich. SHAREBROKERS' ASSOCIATION.—MeetiMIS of this as sociation were held last week for the purpose of regulating the mode in which the business shall be carried on for the future. We understand that it has been resolved that for the future a fee of 100 guineas be paid by every new mem ber ; that no parson be admitted who is engaged in any other business, except as agent; that the admissions be made only once a quarter, and in no case more than twenty at one time : the applications to be considered in the order in which they had been sent in. The funds arising from the fees on admission are intended to be ap plied to the erection of a stock exchange, upon an enlarged scale. A necessity for the introduction of the changes just adopted is said to Lave arisen from the fact of an un usually large number of parties having very recently en tered into business as sharebrokers. DISASTERS TO LIVERPOOL SFllPS.—Accounts have been received by the Stephen Whitney, from New York, of various disasters to ships trading from this port. The packet-ship liochester, Britton. master, which arrived at that city on the 11111 ultimo, reported the loss of the ship Dorchester, Caldwell, (from Liverpool to Boston,) whose captain, passengers. and crew she had conveyed from the wreck. It appeared that on the afternoon of Sunday, the 15th of December, during a strong breeze, the Rochester discovered the wreck of the vessel, and bore down to her relief. She had six feet water in the hold, and the sea was making a complete breach over her. She had been struck by a sea while lying to in the gale of the 12th of December. which carried away her three masts, and washed off the second mate and carpenter. Though th e night was dark and squally, Captain Britton made the noblest efforts to relieve the sufferers, arid, finally suc ceeded in taking from the wreck Captain Caldwell and his son, Mr. Fraine,-the chief officer, fifteen seamen, and twenty-nine steerage passengers. The praiseworthy and persevering efforts of Captain Britton. his o ffi cers , an d crew are acknowledged by Captain Caldwell in the New Yotk papers. The Dorchester belongs to the B os t on li ne of packets, and belonged to C. Train, Esq., of this town. She had a general cargo valued at 200,000 dollars. Nothing was saved from the ship but th e capta i n ' s chro nometer.—Another lossis that of the ship Pensylvania, Emerson, from New Orleans, bound to Liverpool. A letter received in New York from Havana states, that she was wrecked on the night of the 28th of December, 80 miles from that place, and was totally lost but some of the cargo will be saved. Feb. 4, 1845. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, FORTHE WEE ENDING SATURDAY We have had a large and somewhat speculative bus ness transacted on our Stock Exchange during the pg week, the principal portion of it in anticipation of, regulated by, the sanction or condemnation of propose new lines by the Board of Trade. An anxious wee moreover, it has been, owing to the fact of an unusual heavy settlement having to be made on the 31st ult., al the anticipation of there being several defaulters, tl name of one of whom was announced early in the wee. This, in some measure, threw a damp upon transactiol for a while. The Brokers' settlement over, however, very active business was transacted; and the Gazette Friday having contained the decision of the Board of Tral upon another batch of railways, the business of Saturda may almost be said to have run wild. The shares in which we note the greatest improveme (amongst the established railways) are the Birmingba and Gloucester, which have advanced about £27 10s. P share upon the closing prices of the previous Saturda the Bristol and Gloucester, which have risen £8 10s, ; ti London and Birmingham, which have risen £5 ; tl Great Western, which have risen £7 ; the London al Birmingham, £5 ; Sheffield and Manchester, £4 10 Manchester and Leeds, £7 ; Eastern Counties, £2. TI rise in the price of the two first-named lines is attribute to expectations of advantageous arrangements in cour of formation with other companies. The remainder ral be attributed in part to the effect of the announced a , proval by the Board of Trade of feeding lines or branche and in part to the general improvement which is visit)l during the past mouth, in the traffic of established ral ways. Few of the old lines have sustained a declin The Liverpool and Manchester, although reducing the dividend this half year to £9 per cent. per annum, a steady, whilst the Grand Junction, notwithstanding tl blow dealt against that stock by the sanction of tl Churnet Valley line, may be said to have slightly lo proved, (although it will be seen that it has since declitil seriously.) In the new shares, the principal improvement has bel in Churnet Valley shares, which ranged, through tl week, up to Thursday, about 6,1, on Friday rose to 7 and on Saturday were sold from 114 to 91. We ha , been more particular in giving the prices of this stoc l because a hint has gone abroad that the secrets of tl Board of Trade have not in all cases been kept. The' shares rose, it will be observed, on Friday, the day which the Gazette, announ c i ng th e approva l o f t h e lin came out in London. Their rise here, on that da . might appear to countenance such a supposition, It mu be borne in mind, however, that Friday was settling da' when, after the worst was known, which would be at 2 early period, speculation became more brisk. In Lee( and West Riding, and West Yorkshire, both greatly a fected by the Gazette, there was not on Friday a transai tion. A large business has been doing in other ne schemes, amongst which we may particularise the Birket head and Manchester Junction, Caledonian, Cambridi and Lincoln, London and York, Leeds and West Riding (which have risen £3 per share), Scottish Central, at Oxford and Rugby. The Irish lines generally have di dined, Waterford and Limerick, amongst the new, at Dublin and Drogheda, old, which has risen £5 per a lum being exceptions. MONDAY, FIVE o'CLocK.—The closing settlement o the Stock Exchange, which took place this day, bt passed off extremely well, and all differences, excepting t regards two parties, have been prompt'y met. The tram actions to day have been more extensive than on any pri vious occasion, and an almost general advance has take place. Grand Junctions, however, have fallen £lO 0 share, in consequence of the Churnet Valley having bee favourably reported upon by the Board of Trade. A lines whose branches have been adopted by the Board Trade, have advanced, particularly the Leeds, Sheffie!g Barnsley Junction, and some Irish lines, as we percol from the circular of Messrs. D. and J. B. Neilson. THE CHASE Sir W. M. STANLEY'S HOUNDS will meet This Morning, (Tuesday,) at .......... Trafford Villa Friday, Feb. 7, at .. Tuesday, Feb. 11, at At Eleven o'clock. The CHESHIRE HOUNDS will meet on This Day, (Tuesday,) Feb. 4, at.. Thursday, 6, at Friday, 7, at Saturday, 8, at Al Half-past Ten o'clock. Sir W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS will meet on Wednesday, Feb. 5, at Friday. 7. at.. Saturday, 8, at.. _ _ Pentrebyeba, At Half-past Ten o'clock Sir R. Peel acknowledges the receipt of £l6 12s 6d• (/' account of " Unclaimed income-tax for 18 months." The Chancellor of tiae Exchequer acknowledges th receipt of £lO from some person unknown for income tax, " G. W." The Address in the House of Peers, in answer to th . Speech from the Throne, will be moved by the Martini of l,amden, and seconded by Lord G!enlyon. On the 57th ult., the Duchess of Nassau, daughter the Emperorof Russihdied after having given birth on th previous day to a still-born child. Her Royal Higline° was only in her nineteenth year. BELGIUM.—The ministers had a triumph on Thursday it was decided on that night by a majority of t)5 to 22 tto no address shou:d be presented to his Majesty pra3 llll for the dismissal of the present administration. BRIGHTON PAVILION.—Their Royal H iglinesses. th Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and the infant Prllic l Alfred arrived at the Pavilion on Saturday. THE EARL OF MORNINGTON.—This noble Earl CO tinues much the lame, no improve m e n t w h a t ever havo l l manifested itself. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.—This anxiously-looked f° document will be received in this town, by express. t° night about eight o'clock. The steam-ship Hibernia will he despatched this after noon with the mails to Canada, United States, &e. Th y letter-box here will close at twelve at noon, and finally a one, p.m. MISS CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN.—We regret to le 9 r l that this talented actress has b een p reven t e d f u lfilli n g be' engagements in London and Paris by indisposition, frog which, however, we ar e pl ease d t o repor t t h at s h e is 185 recovering, On Saturday, a young lady the daughter of Si r Jobi Osborn, was brought up at one of the metropoliran police offices, and remanded in custody, on a charge of havio l stolen a pot of potted meat whilst purchasing other ar t ' des in a shop. A new railway is projected under the name of t!! Goole, Doncaste r , an d Sheffield, and Manchester Ra. l !, way. It is intended to connect the port of Goole W Doncaster and Swinton, and bsr the valley of the Dear ° , intersecting the coal-fields of El se c ar , W ors b oroug h, Silkstone, to the Sheffield and Manchester Railway. BRIGHTON AND CHICHESTER RAILWAY.—At half-yearly meeting, on Saturday, the meeting was al' journed, as the decision of the Board of Trade in facto! of the Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth line, app against the Brighton and Chi c h es t er extens i on line, I'll' considered so adverse to the interests of the latter COO' paoy. _ - RIOT AT TOE ETON UNION.—An alarming disturban e j took place at th e Et on U n i on W or kh ouse on t h e a fter; noon of Friday last, which, but for the prompt assistan' rendered by Mr. Aitken, the master of the workhouse' might have been attended with far more serious result s ' As it was, however, nearly 500 pane s o f g l ass , t o getbe l with the framework and sashes of several of the windoo' were totally demolished. SiIIPPING INTELLIGENCE MONDAY, FEBRIIAR.Y rf ARRlVED.—Rusebud, Weymouth, from Salcombe—and 1‘. 3 Parry, from Dublin. Actaeon, Davies, from Mazatlan, at Valparaiso Champion, was to sail from ditt for Liverpool 4th Nov. Crescent. Mildren, from Ichaboe, at Cove ; s a il e d 3rd n:; On 2'ith, in lat. 5 N, long. 18 W, spoke the Lady Huntley. be o to Ichaboe. On 21st. in lat. 3 N, long. 18 W, the Queen 1° hence to China Bolton Abbey, M'Gill, from Ichaboe, off Cove Jane, Pri ng, from Newport, at Milford, for Liverpool, lost top ma t Crearnore, Shapley, from Bahia, off Cowes LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FEB. 3 „ o t The demand for Cotton conti nues excee di ngly good. 'kel consumers sliew every disposition to purchase freely at In .o prices ; there is some speculation going on, butquietly. , A 0 imports are co, ing to a fair rem u n era ti ng mar k et, an d sliew every disposition to avail themselves of it by keeping le o market well supplied with choice. 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