The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-16 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. "JUSTICE TO PUBLICAN3." — We are aFked if it can be justice that, where an information is laid agezinst the keeper of a beer shop of having had in his house at a quarter to one o'clock in the morning about forty people, some of them in a state of intoxication and the remainder drinking, the pun'slnent should be a mere admonition to the offender, when a re spectable publican, for having sold a small quantity of spirit after hours to a sick person, is fined five pounds. We should say certainly not; but of course we speak without any fur ther knowledge of the circumstances of the two cases than those given above, which, we are assured, however, are sub stantially correct. We have received from John Crowther, Esq., of Birkenhead, for the family of the late Rev. Mr. Bush. We are compelled reluctantly to postpone until next week the caustic letter of " An Observer." Eiberpool &tanZarD. TUESDAY 1110RAING, APRIL 16, 1844 The anti-Church faction of Liverpool have made their long-threatened effort to obtrude themselves into the management of our parish affairs; and they have been defeated ignominously, as we anticipated, and as they well merited. Despite of the energetic earnestness with which they have worked,—despite the long series of misrepresentations and slanderous scurrilities with which, through the medium of their press, they have sought to injure in the estimation of their fellow townsmen the Conservative members of the select vestry,—the result has proved that the rate-payers of this parish appreciate thoroughly the value of their pretensions to honesty, patriotism, and superior wisdom, and have no longing for their interference in our local affairs. The overwhelm ing majority, both of property and numbers, upon the two days' poll, is quite sufficient proof of the lamentably fallen condition of this once arrogant and powerful faction. Alas, for Radicalism in Li verpool ! Its day has gone by. It is " USED UP !" A condensed report of the proceedings at the Vestry on Tuesday last, and of the subsequent pol ling, will be found in another column. If the reader wishes for a more "full and particular" ver sion of the blackguardism by which the sacred edi fice, in which the law ordains that such meetings shall be held, was desecrated, we must refer him to the oracle by whom they were reported : we shall not sully our pages by their repetition. We must, however, offer a few words of comment upon some circumstances connected with those proceedings, which it is important should be brought prominently before our readers and the public of Liverpool. It may be said,—and no doubt will be said, that the respectable portion of the Radicals present, in cluding such men as Mr. Hugh Hornby, are not to he held responsible for the vulgarity with which Messrs. Bigham, Urquhart, and others of the Radi cal and Infidel faction comported themselves towards the respected rectors of our parish ; and to some extent we are quite ready to admit the force of the plea. Mr. Hugh Hornby, a gentleman by station and in habits, could not perhaps be fairly deemed guilty of sympathizing with the coarse tastes of the Radical pawnbroker. To the former we may accord the possession of some little respect for the sacred character of a clergyman and the unimpeached honour of a gentleman, or of reverence for the place in which the meeting was held, whilst from the latter we look for none of this. In his utilitarian eye, accustomed to value objects according to the security they afford, the mantle of the prophet or the veil of the temple would apparently be of no more account than a flannel petticoat or a cotton shawl ; whilst the sacred edifice of the church is only regarded as a preferable place for the holding of a parish meeting, because it affords an-opportunity for rabid dissent to trample upon its seats, and the more deeply to hurt the feelings of churchmen and of their clergy. Mr. Hornby, however, by his proceedings on the occasion, —his moving of one of the amendments, afforded quite sufficient sanction to the coarsenesses of the Bigham and Ur quhart party to render him morally responsible for their offensiveness and indecency. He might not prompt the insolence used; he did league with the authors of that insolence. So much, then, for the manner and tone of this assault of Dissent, infidelity, and vulgarity upon the rectors and the Church of which they are the repre sentatives ; and now a few words with respect to the alleged necessity of infusing Radical leaven into the present vestry. We are informed by Mr. John Smith that the members of that body are behind the present age in intelligence; and that some of them are "utterly incompetent to the discharge of their important duties ;" and that gentleman insists that they should be removed, on the grounds of " their neglect of the education of the poor, their neglect of the means of depanperizing the poor, and their neg lect of the workhouse, which was a scandal to the town." Now we really do not know in what respect the majority of the gentlemen now on the select ves try are so far behind Mr. Smith himself in intelli gence; and we utterly deny the assertion that they have shewn any want of attention to the proper edu cation of the poor children under their care. They may not, however, possess so many new lights upon the stibject of education as some of our modern phi losophers. • They may never have discerned the ad vantages to be derived from converting pauper chil dren into parrots of the penny knowledge school. They have never attempted to cram such children with political economy, mathematics, or classics ; but have confined themselves to the plain and com mon-sense duty of teaching them to read and write their mother tongue, and to perform their duty to God and to their neighbour. Such an education is surely all that is required, if it is not also the best that can be given. But, the vestry neglect the means of "depau perizing the poor;" and, with every respect for Mr. Smith's sagacity, and confident that he is not likely to be guilty of the folly of using claptrap phrases, which have no meaning, may we ask, what are those means by which the poor are to be made to "cease in the land ?" By what magic would he convert paupers,—decrepit old men and women and helpless children, into setf-supporting English men and wo men ? "Would he screw tighter the heartless severity of the new poor law system ? Would he depopulate our workhouse by driving its wretched and tortured inmates to the highways and the ditches, and even to death itself, as preferable to life in a Whicr-adminis tered pauper's prison ? Or what else would' he do ? for to plain men, like ourselves, it appear a matter very difficult of accomplishment by any body of se lect vestrymen, or any board of guardians, who, of course, cannot legislate beyond their very confined sphere of action, to depaupexize their poor by a n y other method than that now pursued, of giving to the young a useful, a practical, and a Christian edu cation, unless they resort to the very hopeful project of compelling those poor to starve out of doors or become felons ! We might, were the subject more worthy of no tice, bestow a few words upon the long tirade of senseless and rabid abuse directed by M. Urquhart against the present management of the affairs of the parish, and especially against the rev. chairman of the meeting,—the senior rector. The character of Mr. Brooks, however, requires no vindication of ours against such an assailant. A long life of virtue and of usefulness devoted to the service of the peo ple of Liverpool, ought surely to protect that reve rend gentleman from the aspersions of an individual, of whose mind it can scarcely be determined whether ignorance or spiteful impudence is the prevailing characteristic ; and it only appears therefore surpris ing that his insulting remarks could be uttered with out rebuke in the presence of any respectable portion of the parishioners of Liverpool, whatever their poli tics or their sectarian leanings. They have, however, been so uttered. The re volting scene of Tuesday was enacted in the presence of respectable members of the Whig-radical party, and the very calumnies and coarsenesses of the speakers cheered by them ; and we are scarcely sorry that the exhibition has been made. It is good that - the world should see Whiggery in its true co lours,—how it can b r i ng it se lf t o cons ort with any instrument, however cont am i na ti ng , f or the gratifi cation of its malignant hostility to the noblest insti tutions and the best interests of the country; and as the result of Tuesday's proceedings, we do confi dently hope that it will be long, —very long,—before an Urquhart, or any other prating utilitarian of his class, will be permitted by the parishioners of Liver pool to foist himself upon the public service. The " Great Free Trade Banquet," of which we have had such puffiing► anticipations for the last few weeks, took place on Friday last; and has fallen as flatly upon the public as any effort of Whiggery we ever remember in this town. Where were the great men who were to have graced the boards upon this occasion ? They were absent ; and with the exception of the Right Hon. Fox Maule,—if by a ny stretch of courtesy he can be called a"great man," — the speakers were the old and stale performers,—the cobdens and the Brights, the men of calico and twist, and the little lights of our own Anti-Monopoly Association. We ought to beg.pardon, by the bye, for an unintentional slight which we might be imagined to convey here to a distinguished fellow townsman. William Ewart, the present M.P. for the enlightened borough of Dumfries,—our own William Ewart,—the rejected of Liverpool, Wigan, Marylebone, and EVERY other constituency which has twice had the task of pronouncing judgment upon his merits, was present ; and made one of those wishy-washy orations which only such a man can make, and an assembly of Liverpool Radicals can listen to. We shall not trouble our readers with any re marks upon the sayings of these sages. They will, of course, take the wings of the Radical press, and, as quickly as their crippled condition will allow them, go forth to the east and the west, the north and the south, wherever soporifics are in demand. 'Pea-in spired dowagers will doze over them : mothers will use them to still their restless offspring, fretful from the pains of teething or the cholic. The only curi osity which we ourselves feel is with respect to. the amount of the moneys which the exhibition hag brought in to our anti-monopoly " young men." Our worthy townsman, Mr. Lynn, we imagine, would furnish the half-guinea feed so as to leave the projectors a fair margin of profit, as we learn was fully calculated upon and provided for .; and the five shilling tickets for the ladies,—ungallant " young men," to charge ladies a farthing for such patient endurance of the infliction of their speeches !—must have left at least 4s. 9d. per head, reckoning the cost of the edibles provided at the rates in the latest price current from St. John's market. On Saturday evening the same performers held what they facetiously termed, an " Operative Free Trade Party," at the same place—theAmphitheatre— to which the working classes were invited to eat up the scraps which had been left from the " Banquet," or the cold feed, which, upon the principle of locus a non lucendo, was styled by that magnificent name. To the credit of the working men of Liverpool, how ever, and as a proof that they possess discernment enough to know that little that was worth picking up, at the low price of Is. 6d, would be left, after Radical appetites had been satisfied and pockets filled, the attendance at this tea party was scarcely one man to each teapot and plate of bunloaf, the number pre sent being about seventy, including the "young men" of the Anti-Monopoly Association on the platform, and fourteen ladies in the boxes ! This little lot, accordingly, huddled themselves together, and listened, mosuatiently, to an oration from John Bright, Esq.,—ad other example of the /ucus a non lucendd style of nomenclature,—which lasted, or rather, was endured, for two mortal hours, in which the honourable representative of the beer barrels of the city of Durham discovered that he had said so little that he could scarcely be persuaded that he had held forth for more than half an hour ! The sapient quaker was followed by Mr. R. R. R., —we forget how many more Rs,—Moore, who in formed the meeting that it was through the work ing classes that the league expected to carry the representation of Liverpool ;—the slender attendance of those classes must have shewn him how hopeful an expectation this was ;—and entreated the opera tive anti-monopolists not to be cast down by the many defeats they had sustained, as he had attended many meetings where tables and chairs had been thrown at the speakers upon the platform, whose, hard heads had stood the encounter. Mr. Black burne followed Mr. Moore ; and the speakers hav ing failed to produce much light, the farce concluded with,—what does the reader imagine ? Why, a discharge of fireworks ! Ex fumo dare lucem ! THE FUNDS, SATURDAY NIGHT.—The market for English stocks to-day was steady, without particular feature, and prices left off tolerably well supported, not withstanding the house closed early. Bank Stock was last quoted 200 to 201 ; Consols for money and the ac count, ma to s ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 99j to a ex div. ; Three-and-a -Half per Cents. Reduced, 103 k to a-; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents, 104 to k; Long An nuities, 12, 7-16; and India Stock, 294 to 295. A MALAPROPOS CRITIQUE.--Our contemporary, the Albion, gave yesterday a notice of a musical entertain ment given by H. Phillips, the celebrated vocalist, in the large room of the Adeiphi Hotel, on Saturday last, and which the writer of course must be supposed to have at tended. Unfortunately, however, for his correctness, although he might be present, the entertainment did not take place, having been postponed until last evening. People who are so amazingly clever as to write critiques by anticipation, should take care that the performances eulogised have not dropped through. AMAZING INFLUENCE OF THE LIVERPOOLMERCURY. —Our contemporary of Friday, in an article upon the subject of the Easter Elections, which, as being, in his opinion, very wise, he headed " IMPORTANT," remarked that if " two hundred of his readers " would come up to the poll at once, they would be sufficient to neutralise the majority which the conservatives had gained up to Thurs day afternoon. But alas for the influence of the " tiny Mercury" ! Notwithstanding the fact that the paing in question had been mainly caused by " John Smith, Esq., of the Liverpool Mercury," as be pompously styles himself in his own paper, how many of the " two hundred of our readers " obeyed the summons of our magnificent contemporary before the closing of the poll on the follow ing day ? .Just ONE!! Yes—and it is creditable to the intellect of his fellow-townsmen—one individual only was found within the borough of Liverpool stupid enough to follow the blind leading of this pothouse oracle, whose ravings upon any subject are as far beneath contempt as any modern impersonation of a Roman senator is inferior to the genuine ancient character, or the dressed-up goose of a pantomime is beneath the meanest of the geese of the Capitoline Hill, whose fortuitous cackling saved Rome from the invader. CHRIST CHURCH, LIVERPOOL.—On Friday evening last, the members of this congregation met together at a tea-party in the school-rooms, Christian-street. Nut withstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, there was a numerous and highly-respectable attendance, and the arrangements made by the managing committee of ladies, assisted by the master of the boys' school, were the theme of general admiration. The fine upper school room glittered with flags, and garlands of rich evergreens, and baskets of fruits and flowers ; appropriate mottoes adorned the walls, and two small tables of fancy-work, contributed by ladies for the benefit of the schools, drew around them a throng of willing purchasers. The Rev. Fielding Ould being unavoidably absent from Liverpool, a large portrait of him (recently, presented by the congre gation) was placed over the fire-place; while on one of the side tables stood a beautiful time-piece, a memorial from the teachers of the girls' school to their valued minis ter. Soon after six o'clock grace was sung by the whole party, and the social meal went on, enlivened by the sound of music, and the busy hum of animated voices. After singing a concluding grace, the Rev. E. Wolfenden read a report upon the large adult school under his care, and drew attention to the wants of tbe fund connected with it, for the relief of sick members. Reports were also made by the Rev. T. C. Cowan on the state of the Christ Church tract society, district visiting, daily and SundaY schools, clothing society, district and school libraries, and branch associations for the church missionary, Jews, Protestant orphans, and Sunday school society for Ireland. On these various subjects suitable and effective addresses were delivered in the course of the evening by the Revds. W. Butler, A. Hume, and G. Gibbon. At half-past nine the doxology was sung, and the meeting separated highly gratified with all that had passed, with increased cordiality of feeling among themselves, and renewed interest in all the efforts to do good connected with their church acid minister. The tea-tables were supplied by Mrs. Harris, confectioner, Clarence-street, to the entire satisfaction of the whole party. THE WORKING OF WOMEN IN FACTORIES VINDI CATED ON SCRIPTURAL GROUNDS !—The public may remember the perversions of Scripture, amounting almost to blasphemies, with which the " ministers of all deno minations," at their celebrated gathering in Manchester, attempted to overwhelm the advoc_tes of protection, and to prove that free trade in corn was expressly ordained for every country ; but they would scarcely have expected to find the slavish toil of English females in factories vindi cated from the sacred writings. Yet such is the case. A memorial, bearing the signature of 200 manufacturing firms, was presented to the House of Commons during the debate upon the Factory Bill, by a Conservative minis ter (I) Sir James Graham, deprecating all interference with infant and female labour in factories, and endea vouring to show, with respect to females, that the drud gery of the spindle and the power-loom—the unwholesome atmosphere and the vicious contact of the cotton were ordained for them from the beginning! Here is the precious morsel, which contains a perversion so detestable of Scripture, and an aspersion so daring and impious against the beneficence of its author, that we cannot but wonder that respectable men could sign it, or a minister of the British Sovereign present it to Parliament:—" We can not see why there shouldbe a greater objection to the employ ment of women in spinning and weaving than in knitting and sewing. The Scriptures inform us, and their authority i s confirmed by the Homeric Poems (I) that spinning and weaving have been female employments from the earliest ages. Female organization gives a delicacy of touch which enables women to piece a broken yarn, to tie a weaver's knot, or thread a kneedle, with much greater facility than men :" ergo, women should be compelled to endure twelve hours of dreary toil per day in the factory—for that is the only intelligible conclusion of the argument. Can .any thing be more disgusting than this ? Are they christian men who thus read the sacred volume, to cull from its pages apologies for their own cold-blooded avarice, whilst they close their eves to the teaching therein, that woman was made "as a helpmate for man"—for the duties of companion, wife, nurse, and mother? She has " a delicacy of touch" forsooth ! She spun and wove by her own fireside in the patriarch a l ti m es. And because of this " delicacy" and the domestic pursuits practised of old, she is to cease to be what God created her for, and to become the slave of any grasping miser who has gold to lure her, or power to coerce her, w i t hi n t h e wa ll s o f hi s unw holesome and contaminating factories or loom shops ! These be your philosophers ! These your reformers of the human race ! THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. STATE OF THE COTTON MARKET. By the kindness of Messrs. Stewart and Wright, of New York, we have been favored, per steamer Caledonia, with a copy of their usual packet circular, together with an account of the state of the American market, a day later than is brought by the ordinary channels. The most important feature of this communication is the increased estimate now formed of the amount of the crop, arising from its being ascertained that much cotton has been saved, which bad been previously reported as destroyed by the rains in December last. Messrs. Stewart and Wright, after a full inquiry and consideration; give it as the most prevalent opinion that the crop will be between 1,800,000 and 1,850,000 bales. The receipts, in Ameri can ports, to the latest dates this year, amount to 1,503,345 against 1,880,538 to the same period last year, showing a deficit this year of 377.193 bales. The number of bales received subsequent to this period last year was 498,357, which, if equalled this year would make, with the quantity previously arrived, 2,001,682 bales as the amount of this year's crop. It is not believed, however, that there can be so large a quantity to arrive this year, owing to the in ducements which have existed this season for planters to urge their stocks forward to a speculative market. Two thirds is calculated upon, which will make, with present receipts, 1,831,936 bales as the crop of 1833 to 1844. In some of the ports, especially Mobile and New Orleans, the receipts were at the last dates already beginning to fall off; and it was confidently anticipated that a material decrease would soon be observable ; at the present moment there is much more cotton in course of shipment than at any period since the commencement of the season; and a steady shipping business was looked forward to. The market had been heavy up to the arrival of the Caledonia, with Liverpool dates to the sth inst., specula tion having entirely ceased, and prices declining, to the extent for " fair" of about one cent below the com mencement of the month. In the latter part of the month, however, a fair business had been doing at the reduced rates for export and American consumption. The news by the Caledonia reduced prices another half cent, which brought buyers on English account freely into market. The following is the letter of Messrs. Stewart and Wright, containing the latest intelligence : " New York, 3 p.m., March 30. " A large number of buyers made their appearance yes terday. Sales amounted to about 7,000 bales, so near our extreme quotations as to amount to an advance of of a cent on nearly the total sales, which were entirely for the execution of orders for European account. The Conti. nental buyers took several large lists to-day; the market has a firmer tone, and the bidding has been general, but for small lots only : sales amount to 1,000 bales; pur chasers are supplied with difficulty now, as nearly all the lots, which were ordered to be sold on the arrival of the steamer from Liverpool of sth March, have been closed, and holders generally ask an advance or withdraw from the market. Freights are dull at 7-16ths of a penny for square cotton to Liverpool, and 1 cent to Havre. Exchange closes stiff at 84 per cent. premium." The effect of the news by the Caledonia has been to in duce holders of cotton in Liverpool to sell at a decline of kth of a penny upon Friday's prices, on account mainly of the large quantity now on the passage, or in course of shipment to this port, and the great increase of the ar rivals of stock in American ports. The amount of busi ness done to day at this. reduction has been small, not reaching more than about 2,500 bales, with a dull heavy feeling pervading the market. ARRIVAL OF THE NEW HEAD CONSTABLE.—Mr. Miller, the successor of Mr. Whitty, arrived here on Sa turday. By his own suggestion, however, we understand that be will not formally enter upon his office until next week, intending to devote the present to the attainment of a knowledge of the localities, &c., of the town. From all that we have head of Mr. Miller's past management of a similar post—and those testimonials are highly flat tering—we have no doubt that he will discharge most ef ficiently his very important and responsible duties. There is a suggestion, by-the-bye, which we may here take the opportunity of making to him, and which has repeatedly been conveyed to us by various correspondents. It is that those members of the police force who are off duty on the Sunday should be assembled by their inspectors at the various stations, and taken by them to some place of public worship. This practice is, we believe, followed in most other towns; and it is one, upon the propriety of which we need not remark. EXTRAORDINARY EXHUMATION ON THE COAST OF AFRICA.—The ship " Britannia," Capt. E. Wylie, ler& Ichaboe, on the west coast of Africa, whither she had been for guano, on the 7th February, and arrived at this port on Sunday last with a cargo of that article. The captain reports that on the 15th of January a " mummy" was dug out of the guano, and close upon it there was a common oak stave with the inscription " Columbus Delano, 1791," cut apparently with an ordinary scribe for marking wood. It was found only four feet below the surface, and no idea could be formed of the depth at which it had originally been buried ; so that supposing it to have been merely covered under the then level, the accumulation of the guano over the long intermediate period of 53 years, could not have much exceeded 21 to 3 feet. It is remarkable that the body was in a state of perfect preservation, and equally so was the canvas in which it was enclosed, being perfectly fresh and strong. The fact will furnish materials for conjecture to chemists and drug.gi.ts. THE SHABBY RADICALS.—One of the shabby ruses of the Radical faction, at the recent Easter Vestry, was the attempt made to throw dust in the eyes of the public by proposing, along with the list put forward by their own tools, the names of respectable Conservatives. Of these two or three were put forward without their consent, or even their knowledge of the doubtful honour about to ba conferred upon them. Mr. Schofield, a conservative, who was proposed as churchwarden, in opposition to Mr. John Wilkinson, was thus proposed against his will, and gave his own vote for his opponent. Mr. Thomas Tay lor, and, we believe, Mr. Mould, were both out of town, and were not consulted upon the subject of their nomina tion. Another candidate, who was present at the vestry, and thus sanctioned his nomination, had not, we are in formed, paid his rates at the time, and therefore was not entitled even to hold up his hand at the meeting, much less to go to the poll. What is more conclusive still of the factiousness of the whole proceedings; the name of one gentleman—a conservative—was refused to be with drawn by his radical proposer, Mr. John Smith, although it was intimated to him that that gentleman had by letter expressed his disinclination to contest the honor, or even to serve if elected. A FORGED BEGGING CERTIFICATE. — Yesterday, at the police-court, a man, who gave bis name as Alex ander, was placed at the bar, on a charge of obtaining money by means of a false certificate, which was produced. It was written in a good hand, was dated the 4th instant, and purported to be signed by " John Tomkinson, mason and budder." It stated in effect that John Atkinson had been fifteen months in Mr. Tomkinson's employ ; that in October last he fell from a building ; that he had until lately been in the infirmary, but was now convalescent; that his goods had been sold up for rent ; and that the undersigned recommended him to the notice of the bene volent—so that be might raise £7 9s. "to save himself and family from the unhappy situation into which he was plunged." Appended were the signatures, or pretended signatures, of a number of respectable parties, with sums affixed opposite to their names of from 2s. 6d. to £l. Amongst the names were those of Messrs. Tomkinson, Samuel Holme, W. Fawcett, Joshua Edwards, R. Bicker steth, (Rev.) T. Tattershall, Edward Cropper, (Rev.) Hugh M`Neile, &c. Mr. Tomkinson was in attendance, and stated that the certificate was altogether false, and his name to it was a forgery. The Rev. Mr. Ewbank also said that he had been called upon by the prisoner, and seeing the names of Mr. M`Neile and others, he had given the prisoner ls., without signing his name. The prisoner was apprehended on leaving the house. Some of the sig natures were real. Mr. Rushton commented on the heartless conduct of the prisoner, who, like many others, had ingeniously taken advantage of the charitable feelings of the humane, and ordered the prisoner to be imprisoned for three months. RATHBONE THE ILL-TEMPERED.—If, in the proceed ings of any meeting in Liverpool, assembled to discuss questions of a local or a public nature, you meet with any language peculiarly offensive, or marked by a more than ordinary amount of venom and spitefulness, depend upon it, in nine cases out of ten, you will find that its utterer was William Rathbone. Other gentlemen can pursue public and even party objects, without violating th e courtesies of life and levelling studied insults against those who differ from them. Other gentlemen meet their poli tical opponents on 'Change, on the magisterial bench, or in the private circle, without forgetting that, although of different opinions, they are still fellow citizens. But it is not thus with William Rathbone. Once start this unhappy old man upon any political scent, and away he goes, with a viciousness perfectly unaccountable. Place him upon a platform, with permission to open his mouth, and although other gentlemen can keep in view the object of which they are in pursui t, and that alone, William Rathbonecan scarcely utter ten consecutive words which do not convey insult to some one, and proclaim to the world that, beneath the puritanical garb which he wears, a mass of bitter and ran corous passion is boiling which, if it could have free scope, would scorch and blacken all within its reach. An in stance of this unhappy infirmity is before us. The Radical and Anti-Church faction in Liverpool have expe rienced a crushing defeat during the past week ; and William Rathbone has accordingly been more than ordi narily waspish and vicious. He has looked daggers at his political opponents, and so more than usually savage and bitter against the Church that we wouldn't have answered for the safety of the rectors, or any one of the clergy, if he had met them while the fit was upon him. The chance for a display of cannibalism, however, was not offered him ; and he had to endure the workings of his accumu lated bile until Friday evening, when the " great free trade banquet" afforded him an opportunity of partially relieving himself. On this occasion he had entrusted to him the duty of proposing the health of the Chairman—to an ordinary man one would have imagined a very simple , duty, and not at all lik e ly t o brine th e s peaker foul of the Church or of Ch urc h men . B u t Willi am R a thbone is not at all an or di nary man ; and fish, flesh, an d f ow l , d esser t, and wine having b ecome an an ti-Church acidulation upon his stomach, he proceeded to perform his task as follows: " Gentlemen have told us to-night of the ignorance of other places, but I can tell them we have ignorance in Liverpool, ay, and in the pulpit, too, even though it be occupied by IVl`Neile.—(oh, oh.) We have bad quoted in the pulpit Russell's history, and been gravely told that it was Lord John Russell's history. (Hear, and oh! oh I beg leave to give you the health of our chairman — (loud applause.)" Unhappy o ld man ! The cler gy must torment his spirit in general, and the Rev. Hugh M`N e il e in particular sorely, to wa rrant their being' lugged in thus unceremo neously upon an arena where they were so little expected , and so much o u t o f p l ace ! What earthly connexion could there be between " Russell's History," or " Lord John Russell's Hist or y," and either the Corn-laws or the health of the member for Wolverhampton ? PROPOSAL TO DEPRIVE THE PORT OF LIVER POOL OF THE SALT TRADE. Of all the strange projects which have recently been mooted by our Manchester neighbours, for the gratifica tion of their unaccountable spleen against the people and the prosperity of this town, the most absurd has this week been placed before the world in the columns of the Man chester Guardian. It is now seriously proposed, tin ad dition to the abortive inland bonding schemes, ship ca nals, and other similar devices, by which the property of the town was menaced with what Lord Melbourne would call " heavy blows and great discouragements," and a large portion of our coasting trade was to be made to escape the local dues, cartage, porterage, &c., of Liverpool,) to run away with a valuable part of our export trade itself, and transfer it, not to Manchester—that bubble has burst long ago—but to the port of Hull, by the ingenious plan of transporting to that port, by inland carriage, the arti cles to be exported ! Amongst the principal of these we may enumerate salt, Welsh slates, iron, &c. We give the routine of the operation proposed, from the Guardian of Wednesday : " At present the salt is brought down the river Weaver, from Northwich, &c. to below Frodshatn, where the Weaver enters the Mersey, thirteen or fourteen miles above Liverpool, and the boats thence proceed to the docks at Liverpool. By the arrangements now being made the salt will in future be carried from the sources of its manufacture, down the Weaver, and then instead of proceeding down the Mersey to Liverpool, it will be con veyed in the boats up the Mersey and Irwell navigation to Runcorn, whence at present it may be brought to Man chester, either by the same navigation, or by the Duke of Bridgewater's canal ; and, if the project elsewhere noticed of converting that canal into a railway be carried out, then by that li ne it may b e b rought to Manchester. In any case, however, it will be brought hither to a station near the Victoria Bridge, and will then be loaded in a pe culiar form of covered waggon, constructed for the pur pose, by which it will be conveyed by the Manchester and Leeds, Leeds and Selby, and Selby and Hull lines of railway to Hull, and there shipped for the continent. We understand that about 300 of the waggons are now be ing made, under a contract. One great advantage of this change in the mode of transit is expected to be, that the foreign vessels, now coming so often in ballast to Liver pool, will, as opportunity serves, bring cargoes of grain, &c. from the Baltic and other parts of the continent to Hull ; and thus a sort of interchange of two necessary commodities may be established. We hear that salt is not the only article of commerce destined in this way to change its usual port of export. Welsh slates will in all probability find a similar means of transit across the coun try, to be shipped at Hull for the continent.—Since the above was written, we find a paragraph, confirming this statement, in the Eastern Counties Herald, which we in sert elsewhere." It is perhaps scarcely necessary, to Liverpool readers, o offer many reasons in objection to the impracticability of carrying out this precious piece of mingled spitefulness, folly, and jobbing—yes, JOBBING ! But we may be ex cused if we say a few words upon the animus of the par ties by whom it is suggested. The notion of carrying salt, slate, &c. by canal and railway, from the west to the east coast, for shipment to the continent, is sheer absurdity, for the very obvious reason that the expense of the inland carriage, transhipment, &c., alone, would be far greater than the freight from Liverpool to a European port. Besides, were the operation practicable, it might be more cheaply carried out by means of an already-existing chan nel, the Leeds and Liverpool canal, than by the aid of " the peculiar form of covered carriages" devised by the speculative ingenuity of Leeds and Manchester railway jobbers. We can afford therefore to laugh at the Quixotism of the scheme, whilst we deprecate the motives of the pro jectors. What has this " good old town" of Liverpool done amiss, that we are to be continually kept in fear of being " chawed up" by the millocracy of Manchester ? What can be the object of this ready adoption, by our neighbours, of any and every whimsy which folly and spite can devise to injure us ? Why should it grieve them that the commerce of the world is pouring its wealth into this port, through the channel of our noble river; that the shipping of Liverpool ploughs every sea, and the useful products of the adjacent districts are conveyed by it to every foreign market? Surely, it is not envy; surely it is not the paltry feeling which prompted the snarlings of the dog in the manger. We can imagine no well-founded cause of bitterness— no cause which a sensible and an honest man would not blush to avow. But we can fancy a little scheming. We can imagine the effect of a generally-entertained belief in the various cock-and-bull stories, circulated by the gen tlemen bitten with this anti-Liverpool mania, upon the price of certain railway stocks. Once let it be credited that some hundred thousand tons per annum of salt and Welsh slates are going to be forwarded, like drapers' par cels, overland from this port to Hull for shipment —a spe cies of " carrying coals to Newcastle," or " going round about for the nearest ;" and how Leeds and Manchester shares will look up—how Leeds and Selby and Selby and Hull will jump to premiums But, it wont do. This is not the age in which Mun chausens and Bobadils pass current for sensible men, or the world can be gulled by projected roads to the moon, or plans of extracting gold from sunbeams. Gentlemen Mitlocrats and Leaguers, yon are cimply making ynnr- PATRIOTISM OF AN IRISH TOWN-COUNCILLOR. The character of an Irish Municipal body is admirably exemplified by the proceedings of the Town Council of Cork, at a meeting held on Thursday sen'night. A mem ber of the Council in question had conceived the splendid idea that it was necessary to their dignity that they should appear at the recent " Munster Provincial Festival," in honour of the about-to-be-martyred O'Connell, in the robes of their office ; and accordingly delivered himself of a motion to the effect that such robes (being non existent) should be provided for the occasion. In behalf of this motion a Mr. Councillor Dowden argued " that if the Queen came there, the handmaiden of Tory polities" —(how complimentary i)—" she would be met with all matters appertaining to respect; and he did not think that the Majesty of England, who ruled by birthright, should have more honor and respect paid to her than the Majesty of intellect and good feeling which kept Ireland quiet, waiting for a better day." Her Majesty, in plain terms, should have no more respect paid her than Daniel O'Connell her convicted subject; (!) and on her name being mentioned by another speaker, and the indecency of the two names being treated upon a footing of equality commented upon, the same patriotic individual ejaculated " We know nothing about her!" A still more startling and almost as loyal and patriotic (!) a sentiment was expressed by this pattern town-coun cillor, upon the subject of things in general. " He, Mr. Councillor Dowden, did not know a greater oppression the country could suffer under than what were called the laws of the land—they were an atrocious oppression, which he hoped the next great reformation would get rid of— (oh, oh.) They were a system of deliberate lying, du plicity, humbug, and jusuistry—(oh, oh.) He was for doing away with the craft of the law—the craft of the church—the craft of the army, and the craft of medicine —(laughter.)" Why not add to the-list " the craft " of such Town Councils as this of Cork ? As the climax of the absurdity of this affair of munici pal robes, it was admitted by the assembled philosophers that although their motion was carried, neither tailors nor money could be found to carry it into execution ; and, in all probability, the municipality of Cork, like the cele brated Paddy from the same locality, wore simply their coats, buttoned behind, in the ordinary fashion of their city. REPORTED CONVERSION OF THE BRIDGEWATER CANAL INTO A RAILWAY.—The Manchester Guardian notices a rumour, to the effect that Lord Francis Eger ton has an intention (and, according to some accounts, has given directions to have that intention carried into effect) of draining dry the Bridgewater Canal, from Man chester to Runcorn, and converting it into a railway, for the conveyance of goods and passengers, and by steamers from Runcorn to Liverpool. To carry into effect this project, it is said—and we believe truly—that there will be no necessity to go to parliament, the land occupied by the canal and the banks on its sides being sufficient for the construction of a line of railway, without further purcha ses being made; and the fact of the canal being through out upon a level, without a single lock during its whole length, the construction must be very inexpensive, con sisting merely of the draining, the widening, perhaps, of some portions, in order to accommodate two lines of rails, for which, at present, it may not afford sufficient space, the erection of sufficient bridges, the ballasting and rails, and the expense of stations, &c. It is further said that the dock of the Ellesmere Company will be made the depot for the transhipment of goods and passengers be tween Liverpool and Manchester. Of course, we cannot vouch for the accuracy of this report; but we cannot by any means discover that the project to which it refers is one at all unlikely to be in the contemplation of the noble lord, the owner of the property to be so dealt with. Lord Francis has already, it is well known, by his pur chase of the River Irwell Companies' property, provided himself with a good water communication, by which to convey his heavy freight ; and although the distance of the route by the proposed railway to Runcorn, and by the• Mersey to Liverpool, may be somewhat longer than the present direct railway communication between the two towns, (the canal being 32 miles long, and the distance by the river from Runcorn about eighteen miles,) the small cost of construction, and the perfept level of the line, w h en cons t ruc t e d, an d consequently light cost of working, may possibly enable such new line to become a very formidable competitor for a certain portion of the traffic. It is not the first time that it has been proposed to convert canals into railways. It is not the first time that such conversion of this very canal has been mooted ; and it must strike any one, that if the importance of the present passenger traffic upon it, and the quantity of freight requiring quick despatch, are sufficient to warrant the recent efforts made, by the adoption of steamers suited for the canal boats and other expensive appliances, to ensure speed of transit, the substitution of a railway for a canal may be equally warranted. Such a railway, too, may ultimately be carried forward, crossing the Mersey at Runcorn Gap, through the Gateacre valley to Liver pool. We are speaking, however, with respect to the pro ject, quite upon speculation; and shall not therefore, en ter further into any discussion of it, but content ourselves with merely bringing its main features before our readers. On Thursday night a fire broke out in the whiting ma nufactory of Mr. Richardson, Leeds-street. It was got out by the fire-police. CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY. Yesterday evening, the annual meeting of the Liver pool Auxiliary to this Society was held at the Music-hall, and was most numerously attended. On the motion of the Rev. Mr. EwBANK, Mr. T. B. HORSFALL was called to the.chair. The proceedings were opened by an impressive prayer by the Rev. Mr. NOLAN. The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by explaining the nature and objects of the society, and said it was the confident hope of the committee that the result of the present anniversary would be to excite a livelier interest in the cause ; for although Liverpool at present was a re cipient to the extent of £9OO a year from the general fund, she only contributed to the extent of about £4OO. The Report was then read by the Secretary, the Rev. Mr. LAWRENCE. It was the fourth report of the society, and stated that a gratifying increase had taken place in the funds this year remitted to the parent society. The amount this year remitted from this town was £403, ex clusive of the branches established in Edge-hill and the district of St. Simon's. The receipts by the parent so ciety this year exceeded by several thousands the largest annual income of the previous years of its existence, The great societies of the church were receiving increased contributions. The report next detailed some instances of the successful labours of several of the clergy in several districts of the town, who had received small grants, par ticularly in the promotion of Christian education amongst the children. It was hoped that the great good accom plished would be met by a corresponding spirit of liberality by the Christian and benevolent. The specific object of the society was the Church in this land The Rev. J. R. CONNOR, in moving the adoption of the report, entered into a variety of details connected with the spiritual destitution of the district of 6t. Simon, for the purpose of showing the necessity as well as the utility of the society. Toe Rev. J. P. IRWINE, in seconding the motion, also entered considerably into detail, and stated that although the gross increase of the society's income for the past year amounted nearly to the sum of £5,000, yet that it was only sufficient to keep it out of debt,, and that larger subscriptions were anxiously looked for and earnestly solicited. The Rev. HUGH STOWELL proposed the second reso lution, to the effect that the meeting heard with mixed feelings of joy and pain of the increase which God had graciously bestowed on the funds of the society, and the spiritual destitution resting on the souls of their country men, and pledged themselves to carry out the great pas toral principle—that every sheep should have a fold, and every fold a shepherd. The rev. gentleman spoke at great length, and with his usual eloquence; but we regret that we are under the necessity of confining our report within such narrow limits as only enable us to convey a very meagre outline. He said he valued the society, be cause it was a mighty engine for accumulating informa tion, morally, physically, and religiously, and conveying it to the mighty masses of our too-much-neglected labour ing population. The records which it circulated had told on our archbishops, bishops, clergy, ministers of state, and the legislature itself ; and one of the delightful results had been, the admirable National Aid Society, which Sir Robert Peel had the honour of introducing into parliament. He also valued the society, because it went the right way to work in endeavouring to meet the mise ries and the wretchedness of our neglected poor, by vi siting them in their cottages, and frequenting the lanes and allies of our crowded towns; and he further valued it because it was calmly, quietly, and unpretendingly a true hearted Protestant society. In trimming days like the present it did one's heartgood to see such "a society taking its stand upon principles which were older than Rome, and which bad come down to us from prophets, apostles, reformers, and martyrs • and he verily believed that our plain duty was to give the bishops that degree of confi dence, to which they were entitled, though they might not have taken any great steps to denounce Tractarianisrn, and for the clergy uncompromisingly to preach the gospel of Christ without reserve, to multiply the machinery of the society for supplying faithful men, who should be de termined to preach, not the sacraments instead of the sanctifier, not the church instead of the head of the church. He concluded by calling upon every one to do what he could, and by assuring them that God would defend the right. He was most rapturously applauded throughout. The Rev. F. PARRY briefly seconded the resolution. The Rev. H. WNEILE proposed the next resolution, to the effect that the meeting, convinced that no syetem, however satisfactory to the judgments and consciences of men, could accomplish spiritual objects without the blessing of God, would press upon itself the duty of prayer upon behalf of the labours of the society. He said he verily believed that there had been a mistake in many of the representations made with respect to the state of our population, not as to the facts, but as to the relative con ditions of the people now and in former ,times. He be lieved that with the exception of a few localities where population had been inconveniently multiplied—inconve niently as regardrd the habits of the poor, their condition was in no respect worse than it was in days gone by ; and he was in good hopes that there was a vast increase in the amount of domestic comfort. The rev. gentleman pro ceeded at some length to state his reasons for coming to this conclusion, one of which was that there had been a great increase in the preaching of the everlasting gospel in late years, and that there must be a corresponding in crease of fruit. He then made an earnest and affectionate appeal in favour of the society, urging the rich to contri bute of their abundance, and the poor to act as efficient fellow-labourers in the cause, and sat down amid loud cheers. The Rev. Mr. ENV ANK seconded the resolution which. together with the two former ones, was carried, un.ani wcrsly. Upon the motion of the Rev. Mr. M`Neile, a vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman, and after the doxology had been sung the meeting separated. A liberal collection was made at the doors. The sums collected in aid of the Society at the several churches on Sunday amounted to about £l6O. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—.A. general meeting of the noblemen and others of the county of Renfrew, was held on the 11th instant, Sir W. M. Napier, Bart., in the chair, when the propriety of pro moting the line of railway to ('arlisle, by way of Paisley and Dumfries, was considered and unanimously approved of. Resolutions were passed setting forth its advantages to the commercial and manufacturing communities of the several towns and counties affected, and particularly Ren frewshire.—On the 10th ult., a meeting of the Town council of Ayr, through which the same line is proposed to pass, was held with a similar object. The meeting, by resolution, " observed with much satisfaction the pro spectus of the scheme for connecting the west of Scotland with England by a railway extending from Glasgow to Carlisle, by Ayrshire and Dumfries," and resolved to give it all the aid in their power. DEATH OF LORD ABINGER.—This distinguished judge died at Bury St. Edmund's on Sunday week. The deceased—formerly James, then Sir James Scarlett —was a doctor of civil law, and a privy councillor, created Baron Abinger in 1835, brother of the late Sir William Scarlett, Chief Justice of Jamaica, and father of Lady Stratheden (Lady Campbell.)—[lt may not be generally known to our readers that the town of Liverpool has the honour of having been the first residence of the late Chief Baron of the Exchequer, whose career is sketched else where. James Scarlett, then simply Mr. James Searlett, the son of a wheelwright in Jamaica, (at that time a very lucrative trade,) was partially educated in this town, at a school kept by a Mr. Sykes, in Houghton-street, and formed here many friendships. For many years. after he had acquired professional distinction, he was in the habit of visiting Liverpool, when on circuit, on which occasions he was the guest of the late Joshua Lace, Esq., of Wool ton-hall.—Ed. L. ,S.] INTENDED OMNIBUS TO HALE.—We doubt not but many of our readers will rejoice to learn that a handsome omnibus will he started on the Ist of May, to run between this town and the delightful village of Hale, via Wootton. The undertaking originated with a few gentlemen of Hale, who have their own machines, and who subscribed, with a view to companionship in their transit, and the increase of the communication between the two places; and having no desire to make money by the speculation, but merely to clear themselves, they have fixed the fare out or hack at the very low sum of is. 6d. As the road nearly the whole distance (which is almost 101 miles) is through a beautiful wooded, and highly cultivated country, we trust our townsmen and fair townswomen will largely patronize the spirited proprietors, especially as we know of no locality in the county within so short a distance that pre sents so many attractions to those who take delight in " woodland green or flowery mead," or in contemplating the picturesque dwellings and blooming gardens of the in dustrious English cottagers—as yet happily uncontami nated in that quarter by the baneful smoke from factory chimneys ; and where the songs of the birds are uninter rupted by the din of commerce. We may add that the village is as usual beautifully clean, and that to conduce to the comfort and amusement of visiters, Mrs. Allen, the worthy hostess of " The Child of Hale Inn," has had her establishment thoroughly repaired and beautified, and the grounds, and bowling-green attached, put into prime order, under the able and tasteful management of Mr. Nickson, the esteemed horticulturist, at that ancient and charming demesne " Hale Hall," in the immediate vicinity. THEATRE-ROYAL, WILLIAMSON-SQUARE. — The per formances during Easter week at this theatre have at tracted a large attendance of our holiday folks. Mr. T. P. Cooke, th e represen t a ti ve o f the Tom Bowlines and Harry Halyard s o f th e s t ag e, has appeared in a new piece of the melodr ama ti c ca st, entitled " The Lost Ship," and been received with lots of gallery applause, which, how ever, the piece itself scarcely merited, if we except the scenery and a few tableaux, which were very effective. The part of the heroine of the piece was assigned to Miss Cleaver, a lady whom we have been so accustomed to see in the higher characters of the legitimate drama, that it almost pained us to see her thrust into one so unworthy of her talents. Mr. Comptor? and Mr. Ross were very laughable in a love-scene, which forms the underplot.— The new extravaganza of " The Fair One with the G o ld en Locks" has formed the remaining portion of th e per formances, and is beautifully put upon the stage. Th e part of • Queen .uctilora, the " fair one," is very prettily sustained by Miss Coveney, by whom the music assigned to it was tastefully and archly sung. Th e on l y other prominent female character is that of Graceful, by Miss Gardner, whose songs were given with great spirit throughout. We were agreeabl y surpr i sed by the sing ing, and the acting as well, of Mr. M or l ey, i n the part of a , and culti vated; King Lachryr . noso. This gentleman i s muc h too little w veryexcellent,deservedlywellcompany.imitationsHisand voice Kean, fine his ap plauded. The whole pi ece h as gone off well throughout the week, and will probably run for a while longer. April 16, 1844. AMERICA. Yesterday morning the Royal Mail Steam Ship, Cale donia, Captain Lott, arrived at this port, having left Boston on the Ist and Halifax on the 4th instant. she has brought 94 passengers. Both houses of Congress are to adjourn on the 27th May Sine die, several discussions had taken place in the senate on the sublect on the subject of the new tariff, and several memorials had been presented both against that measure, and against the annexation of Texas. Pennsylvania and Maryland seem disinclined to restore the credit of their states, and stocks in the former state had considerably fallen. The uncertainty of the Oregon dispute, and the agita tion of the Texas question had operkted unfavourably o , n the money market. U n i te d S tates fi ves which on t h e 27th February were quoted at 154, had fallen on the 30th nit' to 13k, and other state §tocks had experienced a decline' Money continued superfluously abundant. Exchange 02 London freely offered at 108} to 1084. Our new minister to Mexico arrived at Vera Cruet on the 10th ult. All was quiet there, though it was tbongab that Santa Anna was hatching some plan for the over throw of the present congress. The intelligence from Texas is not important. We have definite accounts from Buenos Ayres to. the 28th, and Monte Video to the 22d of January. The state of the first named city is d escr ib e d as dreadful. Und er the iron rule of R osas , th ere ex i sts no security f or life or property, and men are frequently dragged from the' r families and shot in the public streets. The war is still continued with its wonted violence and brutality. A skir' mish took place, outside the walls of Monte Video, on the 16th, in which the sortie were defeated and driven back with a loss of 28 killed and 50 wounded. Great complaints by the Buenos Ayers papers of the great partiality evince(' by the British Commodore, Purvis, to the Monte Videana- An arrival at New York brings information from Per g that a battle was fought, on the 28th of October, at Sal l Antonia y Santa Rossa, between a government force en' der General Guarda, and the insurgents, under the Generals Castilla and Nieto, in which the former wer e defeated, the whole cf their infantry being taken prisoners and incorporated into the army of the victors, making four regiments. A later account says Vivanco was en' preme on the 18th November. LATEST COTTON INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK. MARCH 3).—Uplands, very ordinary to middling,. 6/d to 7i ; fair t o good fair and good, 8 to 94 ; Tennessees an d Alabamas, 6/ to 7/; Mobiles, Louisianas, Re., ordinary ta, ° midd 7t072 ; lair t o goo d fair, Sto 9 and ; good and fine la to E ann Ili cents. The sales since the z2nd instan t are estimated at 11,250 bales. FREIGHTS.—A fa'ir amount of freight is offering for Liver p o 1; id to *d is asked for cotton, and 1-16 d less freely offered. NE►V ORLEANS, MARCH 20.—There is no improvement tO notice in the Cotton market, although the amount on sale has of late undergone a considerahle I eduction ; but the stock i 3 still very large, and the generality of holders are desirous to realize. L uisiana and Mississippi (Liverpodl classification): Inferior Sd to 6i, ordinary 63 to 74, middling 7i to 8, middling fair si, fair Si to 9, good fair gi to 90, and good and fine 1 0 cents•per lb. Cotton to Liverpool, 9 16d to id per lb. MOBILE, MARCH 21.—The market dull, and sales small• Holders very stiff, and stocks not offering with as much freedora as in the early part of the week, SAVANNAH, MARCH 23.—1 n steady demand. The sales are 3,250 bales, at 7 tog cents, including one lot of Soo bales, at 51 cents. Freights: To all quarters are dull. There are a great number of vessels now loading for Liverpool, which are tilling up slowly, at 7- i 6d. for square and id. for round bales. CHARLESTON, March 23.—Received 4,891 bales, cleared 5,7 59 bales, stock on hand 67,578 bales ; week's sales 5,648 bales, 4 ' 7to 9i cents. Freights : To Liverpool id. per lb. • EXECUTION.-On Wednesday lastlat Tullamoore, Geor/1 6 Jubilee, of the sth Fusiliers, was executed for the murder of Adjudant Mackey. He fully acknowledged his guilt and the justice of his sentence. The number of English visitors at Paris is, at the re. sent moment, greater than it has been ever since the peace. Not less than five hundred passports are dell presented at the English embassy for visa. The late Sir Henry Halford told a friend, only a feW days before his death, that he had effeeted more cures by sending patients to inhale the healthy breezes of the Downs at Brighton, than by any other means whatever, We understand that the pensioners forming the local Companies, under the New Act, are to parade under arms on the 25th lust the Queen's birth-day, before which time the bounty will be paid to those selected. THE HOUSE SURGEONSIRIP OF THE WORICHOUSRPr We understand that Mr. Nightingall, in compliance with the recommendation conveyed by a recent resolution of the select vestry, has sent in a notice of resignation. FLINT GLASS TRADE.—We understand that the we: nufacturers havi ng b een se lli ng f or some time past 11‘ rates much below the actual cost of the article, have at; length adopted a uniform list of prices, calculated on * moderate scale of remuneration, and likely therefore t° be adhered to. The average amount of bullion held by the Ban k °f England during the four weeks ending the 30th of March is stated to be £16,322,000, showing an increase °f £311,000, as compared with the previous month, increase of £4,902,000, as com p are d w ith th e s ame period last year. a nd an THE WILL FORGERIES CASE.—The trial of William Henry Barber, Joshua Fletcher, and Mrs. Dorey, com menced at the Central Criminal Court on Friday, " 4 1 bad not terminated on Saturday night. The learned judge (Baron Gurney) was to commence his summing' up yesterday (Monday) morning. 'NanEs.r.—Yesterday, before Mr. Curry, on view 01 the body of Charles Davies, a labourer, a g ed 32. The body was found on the sand bank opposite the Coburg Dock, on Saturday. Deceased had been missing from the previous night, and was last seen in a public-house in Sparling-street. Verdict, " Found Drowned." PICTORIAL BAZAAR AT THE COMMERCIAL HALL."—' It will be perceived by an advertisement in another colum that this interesting lounge will be open for another week. A glance at the numerous works of art exhibited is well worth the price of admission, and the performance of Stubb's fine band enhance the gratification of visitors• CHESHIRE. —The great increase in our circulation and advertising connexion in Cheshire, has induced us to de vote to the latter department an especial head, under which all advertisements for our Birkenhead and other friends on that side of the water will appear in future:: Mr. Green, of the Albion Rooms, advertises this ire' a most extensive sale of furniture. The Times of yesterday states confidently that Sir Frederick Pollock will be the new Chief Baron of the Ex; chequer, Sir William F o ll e tt th e A ttorney G enera l, an Mr. Thesiger the Solicitor General. The Herald 9 yesterday says, that these gentlemen have received official intimations of their appointment to their respective dig nities. ASSAULT ON POLICE-OFFICERS.--At the police-court. yesterday, James Lawson and H. Ormsby, for an assault on several police-officers in Marybone, during a disturb ance in Marybone on " lifting Monday," and for the rescue of a prisoner, were each fined £5, or two months; and further to find bail in £2O e ac h, an d two sureties is £lO, or be further imprisoned th ree mon th s .—Mi c hao Callagher and Patrick Fitzgerald, for a similar but mint assault, on Sunday afternoon, during a fight, were fined 40s. and costs, or one month. RICHMOND INN, RICHMOND-STREET.—Mr. E. Griffiths, the spirited proprietor of this hotel, advertises in our paper of to day, and his addre s scarcely does justice to the improvement s he has made. The house has been entirely rebuilt and enlarged, and is furnished in an exceedingly neat, and, we may say, ele gant style. . GIMBLES PATP.NT . . . b r e a e n a d a y in , w ly hi r c a h n is ts da ix i i ly th gr an ovri and the flavour is so sinilar that even the best `". to Cognac, drinks s a judges might be deceived. There is no spirituous drin t i h n o g th in i t n o p m oi o nt e o g f e s n i r e e r i al :g la tFa nD n sY d um— il p a Tt v ih o o u ins r. In Strength is quite equ_, wholesome at this season of the year, and it carrbe prccured a one half the cost of French brandy.—See adv. GRAND HISTORICAL PICTURR.—We have been favcured Mr. Grundy, of Manchester, who has opened a splendia priAt' seller's shop in Church-street, with a private view of Sir Davi ti Wiikie's grand historical picture of" Oar Queen presiding a b ee first Council.' The drawing is excellent, and the colouringig that subdued tune th at g i ves most striking effect to the likenesA' We shall, however, give a detailed description next week. .... - - EDINIIVRGII AND NEIVITAVEN RAILWAY. —We observe that workmen have commenced to open the communication between the dritt tunnel which has been carr ed through the foot of Sem' land-strlet to the Markets, and the ground set apart for the sta tion of this railway. We hope now to be able to announce the commencement of operations on the branches to Leith al Granton, which wiil form th e commun i ca ti on w i th the sea, and on the southern shore of the Firth with the Fife railway. TM' railway must be considered by all who are interested in the pro s ' s perity of Edinburgh as of the highest importance to the city, opening up to the waters of the German Ocean an outlet fortf . L! fr 3 ! manufactures of the west of Engl a nd and Scotland. And 1 00 o l , _ ing to the railways which are n ow so ra pidly concen trating the north, east, south and west, t o Edi n b urg h, we have little l f doubt but that this line of comm un i ca ti on w i t h th e harbour; Leith and Grant°r will n o t b e th e l ess l ucrat i ve than iter ° many feeders.—Edinburgh Record. LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL. INDIRECT. I DIRECT. INDIRECT. Dec. 16 Australia .... Dec. 9 1 Bahia .... March Barbadoes March 9 Bombay .. March 1 Buenos Ayres Feb. 5 Calcutta Feb. 22 C. G. Hope Feb. 17 Charleston Mar.27 China Jan. 25 Demerara.. March 5 Havana... March 15 Jamaica.... March 9 Laguira March 4! Maranham Mauritius Feb. I Mobile March 22 Monte Video.... Feb. 3 N. 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