The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-02-11 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS SUM. MORNII yse, M.P. for Waterf Education Committe g star i a member 'e of her Majesty's Privy ty generally considered to have had n laying down the principles, if not of academical bout to be provided for the people oz education Ireland. It was from the lips the announcement of those prin in that definite shape whic f Mr. Wyse that )les was first made abled the Protestant public of both countries to convince reluctantly, that Sir Robert Peel was facilities, to be given to vith the religion of the state—to sacrifice, to the demands of Utilitarianism and Popery combined, the principle, that commu =nion with the Established Church of the empire should be the condition, upon which the emolument s , _ _ divest the new aeadem )repared to Ireland, of 1 connection provided from the national fund for the reward of distingu We m ly treat re cei vabl nn that gentle he remarks which upon this subjec ling, as to some e owing the forthcoming - measures themselves; and when we find him exulting in the completeness of the ministerial beneficence towards Maynooth, we may conclude that it is no niggardly amount of increased grant which is to be conferred upon that institution, and which is to raise it into the character of, or, in the words of Mr. Wyse, to " assimilate it, as much as possible, to a university." , Upon the subject, however, of academical secular education, the member for Waterford professes to be scarcely so well informed, or, perhaps, is not so perfectly satisfied with the measures in preparation, as with respect to that of ecclesiastical education "This was as tion of Go ject which demanded the careful atten t. It appeared as yet uncertain whether the Government intended to apply a system to all semi naries—up to grammar-schools and colleges—or to confine tto university education. A mixed system would be un •csenting the utmost eligious persuasions *y among all classes TUESI a doubtedly found requisite, an facilities to tl in Ireland. There was a , there to secure the great object of edt w distinct; lion without sof religious opinion. Th success of any measure must, of course, depend upon the manner in which it was carried out, and it should 'utter be lost sight of, Mat the efficacy of any system intended for popular acceptation must depend on its being nccelitable and suitable for the people at large. It must become not only to the teachers to be engaged under it, ecl by it, and it should be as tare clergy- BcccE but to all who' were to b acceptable to the Catholic .a -to the lowest sections of society, not (Hear.) o. the Pro man—to t less than t Surely, there is a little insincerity here. In the first place, no one, we ventur to say, knows much better than Mr. Wyse what the system is which has sanction of Sir Robert Peel. A with th " mixed system, religious opinions, opinions at all extended from its n of the poor to one of a more comprehen sive range amongst the children of the middle classes and the gentry of the land. Mr. Wyse knew all this ' • and yet—mark the Jesuit !—" it should never," he says, "be lost sight of that the efficacy of any system intended for popular accepta tion must depend on its being acceptable to, and suitable for, the people at large." It should be "as acceptable to the Catholic as to the Protestant clergyman." How just !—how wise !—how consi derate ! Sir. Robert Peel's new academical secular system is to be all this. It is to be a system of purely secular education, as distinguished from one of religious education ; and yet it is to have the approbation of all classes—to be as acceptable to the Catholic as to the Protestant clergyman! We entreat of our Protestant fellow-countrymen, in Ireland and throughout the empire, to beware of the trap which is here set for them by Mr. Wyse, as the mouthpiece of Sir Robert Peel. Let them not allow this wily politician to throw dust in their eyes and lead them blindfold over a precipice. They must speak out upon this question boldly, promptly, and decisively; or what will they have eternally shouted in their ears, as the result of their silence ? When their church has been betrayed—when the young mind of Ireland has been handed over to the keeping of the disciples of Loyola—when the sceptre of a Protestant monarch is thus exhibited before the world trailing in the mire at the heels of exultant Rome, they will be told, "You brought about these things! We warned you of our wish to devise a system of education acceptable to all classes—to the Catholic as well as the Protestant clergyman. Where is the evidence of your repudiation of this system ? Where was your protesting attitude ? where were the sound of your protesting voices ? The world saw them not, and heard them not. You were dumb and unresisting whilst the chain was being rivetted round your necks ; and you have but your own supineness to blame if it now childre galls you We ask of our Protestant and Conservative fellow countrymen to look at the position, the power, and the general policy, too, of the present government, as they have been developed, during the past week, in the debate upon the address. Amongst the usual supporters of that government we notice an ominous silence—the silence of distrust and dismay—the silence, too, of men who feel themselves to be ss to oppose any measure---however prejudi- cial, however unconstitutional or dangerousL-4hich the minister may propound to them. Amongst the usual opponents savernment—the advocates of Lange and " heavy blows" against ligion and institutions of the land— the establis we see, on the contrary, gratulation and triumphant glee, scarcely attempted to be concealed, at the rapid progress making. under Conservative auspices, towards the realization of objects which, a few )ears ago, the boldest of them durst scarcely have dreamt of as within their reach. Sir Robert Peel holds the tive 'najority c nmons within his gr p, incapable of r, 'esistance, whilst he throws down institution after institution, sacrifices interest after interest, principle after principle, in the vain attempt to satiate a voracity of destructive it feeds upon." mess which only .Is this a state of things under which the Conserva tive voice of the country is to remain quiescent ? Are we to stand by , bewildered, panic-stricken, . .. rows by u unresisting spectators, whilst the wreck of our most valued institutions is going on before our eyes, and the triumphant yell of our and their enemies rises louder and louder upon our ears, as the wave of destruction rolls over them ? Can we do this, and be true to ourselves and to our country ? We cannot. The time has come when we dare not. The meditated destruction of the Protestant university of Dublin, the aggrandisement of Ma nooth, and the establishment of a system of secul academical education throughout Inland. to rec' ed, by the combined powers:of popery and sec tarianism, to the cherished object of sapping the strength of Protestant feeling in that country, are but the first steps of a career of fatal concession— the point of the wedge, which will assuredly be dri ven home, unless the hand, which now wields the weapon of destruction, be arrested by the voice of an aroused Protestant people. That effort must be made. The Conservative phalanx, which now sits mute, divided and powerless upon the ministerial benches—the registrars merely of the decrees of a government faithless alike to professions and to principles—must be stirred up to energy, and aided in the performance of their duty. Protestants and loyal men must AGITATE, (alas for the necessity that calls upon them to do so!) unless they wish to see a far greater amount of ruin brought down upon this nation, by a Conservative government, than could have been accomplished by the tions of their worst enemies and the worst enemies of their country utmost •exer- of. course, it is to be—or is to inculcate no religious It is to be the national system, present operation amongst the THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD I We have all along been strongly impressed with absurd premiums, we venture to say that, as soon NOAH'S ARK AS A - MODEL FOR STEAMSHIPS ' —liament could never have in- as ever the present excite: (as die -.ion, to delegate to the it will,) and their stock cea on that I ment dies a►va CU about It may be remem b ere d b y some o f our rea d ers — nay , we may say by a very l arge port i on o f t h e pu b l i c of the U n i te d Kingdom, for th e p assage extracte d f rom our report h as .., readily p t u n r e c m h , a s b e e a f b o i r e e % a ' t ery pa m r, an o y r gone the round of the press—that at a recent course of Nine-tenths of the existing completed lectures delivered at the Collegiate Institution, the Rev. ...,e oe en at dis coun t s d ur i n g th e period Hugh M'Neile, w h o occup i e d t h e c h a i r , i n i ntro d uc i ng __ „,_____ _. „........,.., a lecturer wtih to l aee lone. of money to the parties dependent of their formati on — some at l arge di scounts . H ow , the l s audience, remarked up on an i m p or tant upon its favourable or unfavourable decisions, would then, can p ru d ent men cont i nue to carry on the the subject of the lect e u o r m e n in un t i le at following t o m i e b r m e a s r ing upon be far too great to be submitted to a body, c o n s ti- pres e nt ras h specu l at i ons w i t h suc h f acts before " I underst an d h e i nten d s t o introduce to von this tuted like the Railway Committee of the Board of their eyes. evening some remarks upon the deluge, and the wonder- Trade—a body consisting, as was well observed by _ ful preservation of Noah and his family in the ark. lam reminded by this of a very instructive incident which os- Lord Howick on Wednesday evening, of "the noble We have before us some tabular statements, '-'^-‘t of the Board of Trade, as its chief, prepared by authority of parliament, which afford us curvedt e n s e s n h ithispi)eTiedreyr shipbuilders. town i r n i l v i s h o i n s t o(r?, wasof one iti f o o f rm o e u t ; e t /t ie - _ assist him, four gentlemen not one of whom data of some importance, by which to ascertain our other day by a gentleman upon whose veracity I can rely,) jarcely ranks higher than the clerk of a department." exact financial position and the extent to which impressed with the fact of mistake after mistake having Such a power, existing in any g o ve r n me nt office, government can sa f e ly p rocee d i n li g ht en i n g the been made i n th e cons t ruct i on o f steam - vessels — that t s o ome we o re made too broad for adequate rapidity—some however well qualified by talent or honesty to dis- pressure of taxation. The most important of these charge its functions, must he esteemed grossly un- is the " expository statement of the consumption of mi od l i t a we rectified, for s safety f e a t e y d —t going,otig hats becametho a %l in o t and h r becomes rris tak e s constitutional, and invasive of the undoubted privi- imported commodities within the united kingdom, all, to the fountain-head of wisdom, he thought surely the of both Houses of Parliament; and it is cer- and of the operation of the Customs' duties on such best instructions were to be obtained from the Divine Architect, who had commanded the construction of the - :s.r, that its decisions would never be sa- consumption in two years preceding, and in two I , ; ssel. Accordingly, as I have been told, he took his tisfactory to the public, and very doubtful whether years following, the establishment of the new tariff." Bible to the workshop, and on turning to the directions the honesty and disinterestedness of the parties From this table we propose to show, as clearly as we given to Noah for the construction of the ark, and coin making them, would he permitted to remain free can, the precise working of that measure, and the paring his scale with the cubit, he took his description for amount of encouragement which the result affords the building of a vessel, and the result was the construe us for further commercial legislatiou in the same lion of the Oriental—the best of any which now floats direction. In the fir s t pl ace , we g i ve the aggregate upon the ocean." Surely this was a f ac t wor thy o f b e i ng commun i cate d to mean annual produce of duties under a classification a Christian audience; and strikingly illustrative of the into the following seven heads, viz.:— perfection of the divine wisdom! It was narrated, how l- .., a. 4.0 1.1.... ...._ Mean An- Mean Annual ever, by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile; and, well known it is half a-dozen or a d ozen compet i ng li nes, trans f er nual produce produce in in thi s l oca li ty , h ow won d erful i t would be if anything ut- Number in two years two years t ere d b y t h at rev. gentleman could escape the impertinent fortunes from the pock e t s o f one set o f specu l ators of preceding following malevolence of the radical press of our town. It did not ff. into those of another set—depress the hopes of a I Articles producing Articles, the tlaii(73.7 the;aBr,io4o do so. On the contrary, the Liverpool Mercu. yof Fri : 4 13 4 7 8 .. .€ ,. 9 whole district excited by the promise of a cheap I 1.. Less €►l fi 0 than to . € . t' so l o ' ) o . ,1;9,-2 ... 34,461 day week took the opportunity of delivering itself of the railway communication, and buoy up another with lit. €5OO to €l,OOO :. 50 .. 69,, 32 .. 36,258 following comment, which we give at length : the anticipation of a continued and permanent mo- IV. €l,OOO to £10•000 • • 109 • • 570.718 .. 3 .1 17,4 5 22 " What a pity it is that the rev. gentleman had not con itiessl.o,oocioooo..:. 2 5 5 :: 3 7 8 0 9 6 ; 9 0 91 6 :: 3951:630 piltel . l‘l s 1.. Wilson himself, or, at the very least, looked V I. ...:: 5 1 0 0, 0 0 0 0 0 t intod e i nopoly. It is physically impossible that the Board Bible, before he told such a tale as this. Had he of Trade or any other body, even with the facilities VII. .evo.ofie & upwards.. 17 .. 20,810,542 .. 21,417,462 Articles now exempted .. 196 .. the first, Mr. Wilson would probably have told him afforded them by the ordnance survey in examining levels, &c., could, within the brief space allowed Total Bl3 €22,637,494 €22,720,885 he would certainly have seen that the instructions given them, arrive at anything like a satisfactory conclu- Each of these seven items is divided into five by God to Noah (Gen. vi. 14, 15, 16) for the building of sion, with respect to the c om p ara ti ve mer it s o f any c l asses, which classes show the following results:— the ark could have been o f no ass i stance to M r . Wi lson the building of a mod e rn s t eam - s hi p . Th e ar k was no two competing projects ; and alth oug h th e resu l t Mean Annual In the two doubt perfectly adapted for its object ; but it was merely may, and will, undoubtedly shew that a few clear- produce in the years sub- intended to float upon the waters, without mast, sail, or headed men may be able, in many in s t ances , t o ar - 2 years pre- sequent to rudder, and therefore there could be no possible analogy ceding the the New rive at a correct decision, where so many of the New Tariff. Tariff. between the ark and such a vessel as the Oriental. schemes submitted to them are palpably absurd in A. Articles in a raw state for ma- Leaving the difficulty as to the capacity of the cubit wholly €2,195,080 €1,414,841 out of view, we find that the length of the ark was six de-Ail, monopolising or annoying in the motive of B B. ri Articles ufact partially res manufactured 1,051,229 611,488 times its breadth, and ten times its depth—viz., length their projection, or purely speculative, there is just c. Articles wholly manufactured . 479,570 475,525 300 cubits ; breadth 50 cubits ; depth 30 cubits : the di- D. Articles of food* 18,687,617 20,4 , 76,842 Bi as great a possibility that in many instances their mensions of the Oriental are, leng th over all, 232 feet,— decisions will be proved to be e gr e g i ous ly wrong . to any of these heads 223,998 102,190 for stowage, 206 feet 6 inches ; breadth, 36 feet within tbe The merest tyro in engineering may take a map of s S . everal . articles are included in this item not properly food, paddle-boxes, 60 feet over them ; and depth of hold, 22 ass pices, wine, tocacco, &C. feet. It is, therefore, abundantly evident that if Mr. Great Britain in his hand and say " this line belongs Although the first table, therefore, shows a slight Wilson did take 'his Bible to the workshop,' he paid no naturally to the South-Western, and this to the . attention' to it in laying down the lines of the Oriental increase in the productiveness of the Customs' London and Brighton; this divides a district con andyet cin the supposition that he did, Mr. M'Neile revenue since the introductio n o f th e new tar iff , a veniently, and this accommodates a large t own or says—' If this be true, it affords another proof of the great two ;" but men at all conversant with ra il wa y tra ffi c close examination of the l a tt er pl aces t h e success of value of the wisdom to be found in the sacred volume. know quite well how fallible must be decisions thus that measure, so far as merely revenue purposes are We have again and again argued upon the wisdom of summarily arrived at, where the peculiar determina- concerned, in a somewhat doubtful light. There the laws propounded in the sacred volume ; the only code tion of traffic and the geological features and facili- has been a falling off under every head except that of e e la i w t laws whimcheosttaonedmetoodthiies that o day, which a baffles ein es the ve to in ties of the country to b e t raverse d are l e f t tota ll y an- of "Articles of Food," which s h ows an i ncrease of f h ile Jewish of ish lawgiver on Mount Sin a i. g And if J can be explored, or taken only upon t rus t f rom t h e exparte about £1,400,000. W e fi n d, h owever, i n go i ng shown that the very best directions for building a vessel into the details which compose this item, that the are those given to Noah,—which baffle the utmost inge madestatethents of interested projectors. Decisions so duty upon our imports of wheat, in the .first two nuity f , the skill of the artisan, —here is another can never have any real value, except as con years embraced by the returns, amounted to n e s o a r y iiin of the Bible, , beyond the power veying to a parliamentary committee that this or o p f ro in o fidelity to gainsay. Aye, but V' the anecdote be £854,739 ; whereas that of the last two years was that particular line is more adapted to afford facili- untrue, and ' if' all this ' cannot be shown,' ex concesso, ties to the government service, f or p os t- o ff ice an d £1,786,168 ; showing an increase o f £9 31,429 i n the infidel might turn Mr. M'Neile's own array of ' ifs' other national purposes ; a nd b e y on d t hi s , i n our favour of those years durin g w hi c h t h e tar iff was i n aga i nst him, and that, too, in a very effective manner. humble opinion, the inquiries of th e B oar d o f T ra d e operation. Such increase, which cannot b e d epen d e d Pity that the Rev. Gentleman L deals not more in logic and ought never to have been permitt e d t o exten d, un l ess upon with any regularity i n f uture years, can s lapdash iesinthe first place, w beg declamation." eo inform the Mercury, that very differently constituted, an d con d uct i ng th ose scarcely be set down to that measure . A ga i n, we if Mr. M'Neile had consulted Mr. Wilson as to the main find an increase, in th e l as t t wo years over t h e pre- facts of the statement, that gentleman's reply would not inquiries in a very different manner . Let us see how those in qu i r i es are conducted. ceding two, in th e d ut i es upon E ast and West India have induced him t o tell a diff eren t t a l e; an d a re f erence sugar, amounting to f 824,042 ; and as no altera- to Scripture ir We have already stated of what materials the Boarditselfilso n stood confirmed heer h him i o i l ? t its he tion was made by the tariff in these duties, the truth. is composed. It contains not an engineering name platform at . the time when w he believe,made the statem m ent. He apparent increase, shown in the first statement of eminence; and two of its members, Mr. Porter which we have given, is conve r t e d i n t o a serious tomighmt perhaps other vessel erhaps have induced him to refer, as an example, so and Mr. O'Brien, are utterly unused to the consi-than the Oriental, in the construction deration of engineering questi o n s . L or d H ow i c k decrease. o f which, in consequence of her having to make long informs us, from his own personal experien ce , that It is indisputable, th ere f ore , t h a t, t h us f ar , t h e voyages, and requiring longer masts and yards, in case of " new tariff, in its workin g , h as not answere d a ll t h e damage to her machinery compelling her to carry sail, an The promoters of a railway additional two feet of bea m w ere a dd e d—(if Mercury Y send in a short st a t emen t expectations which were entertained of it b san- could count his fingers, he would se e th a t this is the whole the necessary details are furnished t o th e aut h or i t i es at of its extent an d di rect i on , an d i n d ue t i me t h e p l an and guine people. Increase o f consum pti on h as not of the difference between the Oriental and the ark) ; but the Board of Trade. When the promoters of the line to taken place pro rata with the decrease of duties. he would not have shrunk one iota further from the per which I refer had done this, they thought that the case of Of course, we cannot bring ourselves to believe that, feet applicability and correctness of Mr. M'Neile's state their opponents would be m ad e k nown to t h em . This as the country increases in resources and population, went. Nay, it ma y e v en be questioned whether the case bad been kept a profound secret until the 30th of No- the Customs' revenue, upon articles thus cheapened of this vessel is not the strongest that could be put ; for the two feet extra beam were added solely because the vember, when it was lodged with the clerk of the peace to the consumer, will not reach its former level for the county, according to the regulations, and after that they thought that they would have been informed of but it ; Oriental might be compelled to act as a sailing vessel, is abundantly plain that, for a time at least, instead of being merely a floating vessel like the ark. the case of the opposite side, and that thus learning the we 'shall have to lean upon some extraneous substi- We can assure the Mercury, however, that the prin. nature of their opponents' allegations, they would have lute to provide for the public expenditure. We ciple of the ark is no new one with these eminent builders. been enabled to answer and refute them. The time, have this year a surplus, over such expenditure, of Th . ey . have constructed many steam-vessels upon this however, passed over—the meeting of parliament was principle,adherence to the dimensions of the £3,356,105. - £5,191,596 have been cpritributed to ark, and have never seen anything in their sailing quali near, and we began to think our scheme would be pro nounced upon without our having an opportunity of the national exchequer from the income and pro- ties to induce them to vary the proportions laid down, learning the case of our opponents. I consequently ap- perty taxes, without which, therefore, we should where such steamers were intended to act as floating ves plied to the Board of Trade for a hearing on behalf of the have had a deficiency of nearly two millions. It is sets merely. We will give our coctemporary a list of promoters of this line. I was received by the right hon. clear, from this, that we can anticipate no very some of these, (most of which he can examine at leisure gentleman with that courtesy which distinguishes him. material reduction of taxation to take place at in our docks,) with the dates of their construction, and exact dimensions : We went there knowing nothing of our opponents save present, without its being accompanied by the When built. Name of steamer. Length. Breadth. Depth. the plans and details which in common with ourselves they had sent in. Their arguments in favour of their I rather unpalatable announcement that the imposts 1835 City of Limerick .... 150 25 15 project, their objectio ns t o ours , we were tota l ly i gnorant remove d are to be compensated for to the exc h equer 1836 Athlone ..... 150 25 15 of. We stated our case in the interview which ensued, by the permenency, or the continuance for a length- 1837 Royal Victoria which was limited to haft' an hour's duration, and we de- ened period, of the income tax. W e d ou bt if any 1839 William Stanley tailed the reasons whi c h we h ope d wou ld h ave i nduced 1841 Lady Mary Wood the Board of Trade to give our li ne th e pre f erence . I n items of taxation can h e f oun d, t h e re li e f f rom 1841 D u k e of C ornwa l l the course of the conversation which took place, one gen- which the country will be ready to purchase at such Of one of these vessels, the Athlone, we may state, that, tlemsn observed, that he had expected we should have a price. The financial statement, however, which although she has been upon the station between Liverpool been called upon to reply to the arguments an d o bj ect i ons i s to be brought forward on F r id a y, will enlighten and Belfa s t f or th e l as t seven years , s h e h as never once of our opponents. To this obser va ti on th e right b put back from s t ress o f w ea th e r, or r e fused to fac e a ga l e; gentleman the President of the Board o f T ra d e replied, on. us upon the subject. and the whole have displayed excellent sailing powers and ' that the point was of no importa nce wh a t ever , i nasmuc h sea -worthiness. as it was physically impossible for the Railway Board to MINISTERIAL CHANGES. Surely this ought to be satisfactory to our contemporary, listen to the comments and arguments o f con fli ct i ng par. and relieve him from the fear, under which he appe ars t o ties.' " The following are the ministerial arrangements conse- labour, of this striking evidence of the wisdom of the Can anything be more conclusive thAn this, as quent eet on d th th e secession . of Mr. Gladstone from the Cabi retiregoeunste?f Lord Eliot through being n c r r e e t a tgr o a e f h for t d h in g food fur nothing scoff r infidel.of; m the ro a e A t the tl the showing the unsatisfactory character of the inquiries called to the Upper same omniscient e di w re a c s ti n ons for g t v h e e p y ropo p rtions of a that vessel and the evidence upon which the Board gives its Pres. of B. of Trade.. Lord Dalhousie , vice Mr. W. E. Gladstone, which w a s t o fl oa t upon th e wa t ers , s h ou ld a p p l y through decision. They hav e bef ore t h em , i n t h e fi rst place, Vi ce D o. D o: .. sir Geo. Clerk,' „ Lord ' Dalhousie. out all time. A steamer, be it remembered, is but a float- Master of the Mint .. Ditto, plans and sections o f t wo or th ree compet i ng lines, Secretar for Irelan , Idlorr.dio w. E. ing vessel propelled from within. (and how often these a re i ncorrect every mem b er of Secretaryy atWar,with d.Sir T. Fremantle, , Lord parliament knows ;) they have next, we presume, seat in the Cabinet. Hon. S. Herbert. „ Sir T Fremantle. traffic tables, not worth a rush until tested, and L s o t r S d e o c i osfdAmdimraiirtaylty...Rt Lord T cy C n rry „ 1111to7josn..1frerier. Corry. further, perhaps, the exparte case of the projectors. Sec. to the Treasury. Mr. E. Cardwell, ~ Sir Geo. Clerk. a.. ar of Lincoln, Half an hour was allowed to Lo r d H ow i c k an d Seathis in the Cabinet.. El Chief Commissioner of co-directors to e x pl a i n th e mer i ts o f t h e li ne in Woods and Forests. A rumour has been afloat that Sir E. Knatchbull is which they were interested; and vet upon these about to retire from the Government, but we believe it imperfect data the Board reported, conceiving it as has originated merely from the absence of the right hon. "a point of no importance whatever," and, more- baronet from the recent sittings of the Cabinet, in sCon over, " physically impossible" t o t es t t h e correctness equence of the ill ness o f hi s d aug h ter , who has since of the conflicting testimony before them ! Can die l d t . is said that Mr. Dawson (brother-in-law of Sir R. anything be more preposterous th an thi s ? Wh y P ee l ) will be Chairman of the Commissioners of Customs, that such a Board should exist—with power to make in the place of Mr. Deane, retired. reports upon such loose testimony, whether such reports be conclusive or not, so long as we know that they do influence the transactions of the share solutely, or by implication, deciding the fate of th months are railway bi Is broug )lace. In before them for examination even under, rniltv,vro tin the trust loss of mil Vice• pr and_ to tai n, mo from imputation. It has been, therefore, with surprise and alarm that we have seen such an absurd importance at tached to these decisions, by speculators and railway boards; and the mere announcement, in the Gazette, of the Bo ar d o f Trade's P - • .In, as to the merits of FINANCES OF THE UNITED STATES The several documents from the Treasury Department which have been laid before Congress afford a detailed view of the financial condition of that government, which is highly prosperous. We make a short extract : ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1845. dots. 31,945,018 2,139,856 120,000 7,857,379 Fr: lm Customs • • • From sales of public 1and5....... From miscellaneous and incidental sources Balance in Treasury, July 1, 1844 Total amount . Expenditure (included in this sum is about £16,000,000 public debt paid off) during the year ending the 30th of June, 1845.. 42,062,253 BANK OF ENGLAND.—The following is the position of the principal items in the Rank of England return for the week ending the Ist of Felnuary, and the variations as compared with the week ending the Ph of January : 35,019,431 market to an extent almost unimaginable—is an absolute encouragement to fraud and dishonesty. A Board of Directors have only to submit to this tribunal a line of railway with false levels, exagge.. rated traffic, diminished estimates of cost and dis tances; and a favourable report of the Board of Trade will put a few hundred thousands in their Leaving a balance in the Treasury on the Ist of July, 1845 7,042,822 Value of imports and exports during the year ending the 30th ofJune, 1814 : Imports, free of duty, to the value of Imports paying duty Sum total of imports .......... 1 Circulation of notes. Public deposits.... , Private deposits ... Seven days' bills. . Increase. 221,320 Decrease 2,852', 1 24 4,514,519 1,7)3,690 676,370 1,085,065 69,99 24,766,082 83,688,620 08,454,4'02 On the other side— pockets, although they may never carry their project a step further! Domestic produce exported.. 100,183,497 111,128,278 Foreign merch an di se dit to .. 10,941,781 Bullion Gov. securities .. 13,541,692 1,972 Other securities .... 8,652.751 THE FUNDS.—SATURDAY NIGHT.—The funds have been pretty steady to-day, and the amount of business transacted le s proved exceedingly limited. The feature in the market is the continued decline of Exchequer-bills, which have gone down to 555. to 58s. premium. Bank Stock left off 213 to 214 ; India Stock, 281 to 283 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 100 to s ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 103 a to ; and Long Annuities, 1.2 - In the foreign market little change has occurred. Quotations are much the same as they were yesterday. and the ten dency of the market is decidedly against purchases. Spanish Five per Cents. were finally quoted 271, to 28 ; the Three per Cents., 401 to 41 ; Russian, 119 to 120 ; Peruvian, 31i to 32& ; Portuguese, 59 to 60; Danish, 89 to 90; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 627 to 63*; the Five per. Cents., 99 to 4 ; the Four per Cents., 987 to ; Chilian, 100 to 102; Buenos Ayres, 40 to 42; Bra zilian, 89 to 901; and Mexican, 351 to 361. In Railway shares business has been rather dull to-day. The report of the Board of Trade has not created so much excitement now it is evident that all projects will have a fair and unprejudiced hearing before Parliament. Waterford and Kilkenny support 2 premium ; South Wales were yester day 6 premium ; to-day they have declin• d to 3 premium, notwithstanding the Commissioners favourably counte nance the line. We have not approached the consideration of this subject with any intention of questioning the pro priety of the Board of Trade's decisions, with respect to any particular line. We have no wish those companies whose lines have been 2,774,245 The Royal Mail Steam Ship, Cambria, which would leave Boston on the Ist, and Halifax on the 3d inst., may be expected to reach this port on Friday or Saturday next. The Grand Junction Railway Company have decided not to proceed this session with the application to parli• arnent from Kekewick, in Cheshire, to Huyton Station, which was intended to cross the river Mersey at Marsh Gate. This important step was agreed to at a meeting of the directors on Wednesday. THE BISHOP OF ELY.—The greatest alarm a few days since pervaded the palace and town of Ely, in consequence of its being ascertained that the Right Rev. Prelate was suffering from a serious attack of apoplexy. His lordship had, it appears, been found by a domestic stretched on the door of his bedroom, seemingly lifeless, and m e dical aid )1: being instantly ea restored to sensation. led in be was, in some measure, Up to Friday night he remained in a very precarious state APPEAL.—Yesterday an appeal was heard before the Recorder, at the Sessions, brought by Mr. Heyes, a publican, against a decision of Mr. Rushton, a short time ago. The appellant was then fined on an information for selling liquors on a Sunday, within hours contrary to the local act affecting publicans. The evidence of a witness, who had not appeared before Mr. Rushton, was adduced, , and it was of such an exculpatory nature, that the Re corder quashed the conviction. THE WEATHER.—Since our last publication we have had a pretty fair crop of winter severities. Up to Thurs day we had cold easterly winds, and the streets were in a worse condition with mud and wet than we remember to to urge iiscountenanced by the Board of Trade to push ' ashly, their various schemes; or, on the land, as ra ', to abandon them on this forward ground Sir Robert Peel has, on the part of the gOvernment, distinctly denied any intention to arro gate for the Board of Trade the right to do more than express their opinion for the consideration of parliathent ; and we have endeavoured to show what that opinion is worth, by explaining the mode in which it is arrived at, and the qualifications of the parties for the office of deciding upon questions of great complication, foreign to their ordinary avoca tions, and in which decisions they are unaided by superior engineering ability. Our object is, to guard the speculative portion of our fellow -townsmen against the consequencer, to themselves, of being led to place too implicit confidence in the effect which these decisions will have on parliament. The approval of any railway hy the Board of Trade does not make it either a paying scheme or insure its passage unopposed, or at all, through the usual t,arliamentnry nrilenl_ it I. 1................ , •• j •••• • ~.-.... • =L .IQ "Liu' tildUlletiN, mere- have seen them. On that day a keen frost set in, and the fore, to imagine that such approval con f ers upon i ts wind still continuing brisk and north-easterly the cold stock any materially increased value, such as we was truly piercing, particularly on Friday and Saturday. have seen recent decisions temporarily conferring On Sunday morning, shortly after dawn,—the frost and upon various stocks in our own share market. It cold o f still continuing i w n nd tf hfi ns vi e je;i s t rlow came on,—and continued fouran a may be said, and has been said, " Oh, governmento'clocksligh t i o n e occasional o a n t a t e l rno relaxation, o co will throw its influence into the scale to support the vtuenrtiLbtettiwieeegnyro, ground generally to a depth of three or four decisions of the Board of Trade ;" but that argu- inches, and in some places, where it was drifted by the ment will pass current no longer; for the Premier breeze that prevailed, much more. The frost continued distinctly declared on Wednesday, in the debate the whole day, but a slight rain fell about ten o'clock at upon Lord Howick's motion, that government c n a i g s • i h o t u . al Ad drizzling commenced ngrag. and y t e i s ie te Vasa/ ttogether morning, ther w w i i t t h h th °e e . would not so interfere in influencing th e f a t e o f melting of the snow, has again rendered our streets ex- Private bills. It would be indecent and improper, tremely swashy, and trying for shoe-leather. On the moreover, were it so to interfere. vilime, the winter has been severe, though seasonable and 'We say, therefore, to our friends —caution ! Take " old-fashioned," and, we believe, propitious for the the Board of Trade's decisions for what they are e n r e o ra p i s i ; a eo v n e a rr de e r a e r d ly; ) nil a d . s4 e r a in i f in this country, being ge ; worth, and no more! Above all, do not be urged, vegeta Y tion called for y th by it beingurl ts l i a a s h 1 e d a t n o g dangerou s, — the e o u a thrownth by the rash spirit of speculation, to give more for back, to the injury of the plants, by even a night's frost the stock of newly projected lines, because sane- in March or the beginning of April. Snow, moreover, tioned by the approval of the Board of Trade, than on stiff land especially, operates as a sort of manure. Somesnow,with an admixture of sleet, aga i n fell last night ; it is hon est l y wort h , or lik e ly t o b r i ng , even a f ter the g aad, we understand, thick snow -showe r s have been fre sanction of parliament itself has been obtained. In neatly experienced during the past week by seamen us three out of every four of the lines now at such vigating our outward channels. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY We have received the quarterly table of the mortality in 115 districts of England, including the principal towns, (published by, authority of the Registrar-General,) show ing the number of deaths registered in the six years 1838 to 1843 inclusive, the average deaths in the six autumn quarters, &c., the whole made up to the 31st Dec. last. Thirty-four of these districts are placed under the me tropolis, and the population of the whole 115 was, in 1841, 6,578,912. Th e d ea th s reg i stere d i n all of them for the quarter ending December amounted to 43,958, being an increase of 3160 above the yearly average of five '6 over that of the five autumns 1838-42. •mr, 167,708, or 2.4 per cent., making 'ase of the population. Smallpox and scarletina were epidemic, during the last quarter re gistered, in the metropolis • and erysipel as an d c hildb e d fever more than usually fat a l. In the provinces the ex cess of deaths occurred principally from smallpox, mea sles, scarletina, and typhus, and a great number are at tributed to pulmonary diseases, and to old age. 117 deaths from smallpox took place at Blackburn, 81 without vaccination. The registrars state that the deaths from this disease rarely occur after proper vaccination. In Dudley 11 persons lost their lives by a coalpit explo sion ; at Wrexham 5 were killed by fire-damp ; and in Oldham 20 by the falling of a mill. The mortality was above the average of the five pre vious autumn quarters in the metropolis, Brighton, Nor wich, Shrewsbury, Liverpool, West Derby, Blackburn, Chorlton, York, and a few others. It was below the average in Lincoln, Preston, Bolton, Wigan, Su n d er l an d, Gateshead, Newoastle-on-Tyne, and Newtown. The mean head of the barometer at Greenwich was 29.713 inches, the mean temperature 42 deg. 4 min. The highest temperature of the air was 65 deg. 9 min. ; the lowest 21 deg. 6 min. The thermometer neverrose higher than 87 deg. 2 min. in the sun, nor sunk under 7 deg. 9 min. on the grass. The rain was 9.22 inches. The do cument before us states on this point—" The meteorolo gical observations from the country, although not yet taken upon an uniform plan, are in many respects higt ly interesting ; and will, it may be hoped, ultimately end in a connected scheme of systematic observation, with com parable instruments all over the empire. In the mean time meteorologists are recommended to consult the last volume of the Greenwich observations, drawn up by the Astronomer Royal." and 32: leaths h a correction for incre Reverting to the deaths, the grand total result, inclu ding both the metropolis and the 115 districts of England, shows, that out of an estimated population of 6,578,912, 163,201 died in the year 1843, and 43,958 in the autumn quarter ending on the last day of the old year (1844). The quarterly average of the five years, 1838.42, was 40,798, and that of the five autumns, 40,682. In London 10 deaths occurred from that rare disease, diabetes. LIVERPOOL is divided into five districts, and the results as given by the registrars are as follow : Great Howard-street, 7 deaths more than last quarter. Dale-street, 58 deaths above the same quarter of 1843. St. Thomas, 48 do. do. Mount-pleasant, 107 deaths above the previous quarter. Islington, 40 deaths above the same quarter of 1843. WEST DERBY, four districts, viz. : West Derby, 46 deaths over the previous quarter. Everton, an increase, but amount not stated. Great Crosby, 1 death over the September quarter. Toxteth-park, 132 deaths do. do. The most fatal diseases enumerated were typhus, scar letina, measles, diarrhsea, phthisis, pneumonia, dropsy. A considerable number of deaths are also attributed to old age, and to the increase of population. The mortality in Manchester was also rather above the average of the same quarters of previous years. The sud den changes of the temperature, and unusual inclemency of the season, had caused an increase of deaths from pul monic affections. The most unhealthy district was Deans gate, and puerperal cases especially were very numerous and fatal. It is rem . trkable, however, that few or no deaths are given as caused by typhus, which prevailed to a more than usual extent in Liverpool. The mean height of the barometer in Liverpool, as taken by Mr. A. Abraham, was in October 29.627, in November 29.69, and in December 29.88; the mean of the thermometer being in the salve months 49.10, 43 18. and 32.17. The prevailing winds in October were from N.W., in November S.S.E., in December S.E. ; and the rain that fell in the three months respectively 2.99, 1.27, and 0.12 inches. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. The editor of the Liverpool Mail, in his paper of Satur4 l .ay last, gave me the credit of being the author of an exposition or a description of the proposed Music-hall, which he had the kindness to copy from the original pub lished in your paper of Tuesday last. Now, sir, you are fully aware of the fact that I am not the author of the description, nor had anything whatever to do with it, beyond furnishing a gentleman from your office with a look at the design and a brief verbal explana tion of the arrangements, &c. The merit, therefore, of the very accurate and excellent exposition belongs to him, and to him only. By inserting 'the above in some corner of your excellent paper of to-morrow, you will give honour to whom honour is due, and oblige, sir, yours, very respectfully, JOHN CUNNINGHAM. Wood street, 101 h Feb. 1845. The Rev. Jonathan Brooks, senior rector, has been ap pointed chaplain to Pudsey Dawson, Esq., High Sheriff. Nearly £50,000 has been subscribed for the new Stock Exchange of this town. ASSAULT.—A foreign seaman (whose name did not transpire) was yesterday charged at the police-court with committing a violent assault on Mrs. Mary Rae, a publi can, and the case being proved, was fined £5 or two months' imprisonment, and also required to find bail, or be committed for four months in all. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The short course upon the music of Germany now delivering by Professor Taylor will terminate this evening. It is only echoing the gene ral opinion to say that the beautiful music by which they have been illustrated could not have been better per formed. Our townsmen are under great obligations to Mr. Taylor for his efforts to bring such great works as those from which he has taken his lectures before their notice, by which he cannot fail to increase the growing desire for good music. CHURCH LECTURES.—St. Jude's.—The Rev. Hugh M'lsleile having, in five successive lectures, shewn what "The Church of God in Christ" is,—its unity—its sanc tity—its aposto:icity—will next consider her visible ordi nances—baptism, the Lord's supper, and the preachi ng of the word.—St. Andrew's.—The subject for this even ing's lecture is—" The Christian confessing Christ in his general intercourse with society."—St. John the Evan gelist, Hope-street.—The Rev. Mr. Cordeaux will de liver the lecture to-morrow evening. ALLEGED DEMORALIZED STATE OF THE LOWER CLASSES IN WINDSOR AND ITS NEIGHBOURHoOD.— We have received a well-written letter from a correspond ent, who dates from Crown-street (and which had we room we should insert) who complains of the multiplicity of public-houses and dram-shops in that locality, and their demoralizing effects on the poorer classes. We are not ourselves much acquainted with the district, but have no doubt but that there is much truth in the remarks made, and hope that a brief notice will induce an enquiry into the facts by the proper authorities, with a view to removing the evils complained of. Our correspondent states that there are no fewer than 9 public houses within less than 300 yards of his dwelling ; that much intoxica tion takes place in the Sabbath, and consequently much disturbance and rioting in the streets ; that there is a scarcity of police-officers to restore quiet. He is of opinion that parties ern plc)} ing workmen should as Christi ans discourage such disgraceful conduct in their servants, and that the magistrates should be more chary in grant ing licenses. He also thinks that public houses should be closed, like other places of trade, all Sunday. THE JUVENILE CHARITABLE SOCIETY.—The third an nual report of this humane and useful society is now pub lished, and furnishes a gratifying sketch of its progress during the past year. The object, we may remind our readers, is to supply " bread" to such poor persons as the committee, on investigation, deem deserving. The society is supported by annual subscriptions and donations, and a subscription of 25., as a donation, entitles the subscri ber to four recommendations for destitute persons. The smallness of the subscription has had the effect as desired, of inducing the junior the mass of the prom branches of amities to constitute with the name of the society, but many respectable adults are also donors or subscribers to a larger amount. The report states that 639 families .have been visited during the year—being an increase of 268 in the number relieved in the previous twelve months. The increased demand on the funds has in a great measure been defrayed by the annual subscriptions, leaving the baza £100) still in the bank. The subscribers are now 240, an increase of 48. A northern branch had been established, and both branches are now united, and occupy the premi ses, 6, Adelaide Buildings, Rantlagh-place. The amount paid for bread during the year was £57. The report thus concludes:—Much, very much has already been accom plished, but more still remains to laa at' t 42 .Ern n. P... v could the public become more generally acquainted with the awful amount. of destitution which exists in such a town as Liverpool, they would require no exhortation to lend a helping hand in removing, however small a portion of that weight of misery, which presses so heavily on the . ------- Why is a fashionable lady like a rigid econo m i s t ? friendless poor.,. MPORTANT COMMERC IAL CASE.—The case o f ' Because s h e p u t s h erse lf i n t o a great b us tl e a b out a li tt l e I Acra waist (waste). man v. Cooper, which has been tried three times, the ver diet having been twice for the defendants, and which is On Saturday last the fine new ship, " Harriet Humble," now sent down by the Court of Exchequer to be tried a described in our last, was launched from the yard of fourth time, involves a question of great commercial im- Messrs. Humble, Milchrest and Co. portance. The facts are simple. Acraman and Co., the The removal of the annu a l session from Preston to large ship-builders, at Bristol, (who have since become Newton i s i n con t em pl a ti on amongs t the magistrates, as bankenots,) borrowed, through Coll and Co., the bill more convenient to that body generally. brokers, £20,000 on accommodation bills, with a lodge- The Master and Seniors of Trinity College, Cambridge, ment, as collateral security, of scrip shares of ample va have presented the Rev. R. M'Neill, M.A., late scholar lue. Coll and Co. negotiated the bills, and lodged the of that house, to the living of Shillington, Bedfordshire. scrip shares for an advance with the London and County The Gazette of Tuesday contains a notice of the ap- Banking Company ; and the point at issue,asfar f as t ;:r pointment of Pudsey Dawson. Esq., of Hornby Castle, as public is concerned, is, whether scrip shares are o transferable or negotiable character that a party who has sheriff of La ncas hi r e, a nd of Sir W. Stanley, of H oo t on , as sheriff o f Ch es hi re . anvaneen upon them has a right to hold them until that money be paid? The judges seem to doubt the exi s t ence PASSENGERS BY THE PACKET-SHIP YORKSHIRE.— of, the custom among capitalists to transfer such in s t ru - Barnet L. S o l omon. M r. J . s yms , m r . m ar ti n Bates, merits by delivery from hand to hand, and wish to have jun., Mr. James Brush, Mr. W. H. Bordman, and Mr. evidence of the existence of such a custom. Nearly all F. S. Martine, United States; Mr. John Shaw, Mr. the great improvements, however, of modern days have James M'Keand, Mr. Chas. Robertson, and Mr. James been effected by the facility of raising large amounts of W. Stewart, Canada. capital by transferable documents, the mere possession of On Friday evening next, Mr. Hicklin, editor of the which (a consideration, of course, having been given) Chester Courant, who has already been very favourably shall confer title. Bills of exchange, delivery orders, and received by a Liverpool audience, will commence a course bills of lading, were all held not to be negotiable instru of lectures, at the Collegiate Institution, on the" Litera- orients by the courts of law for lengthened periods, until ture of the Georgi a n Era." The frig lecture will con- repeated verdicts established their freedom. The whole ta'n interesting and original notices of Addison, Swift, question lies in the degree of analogy between these and Pope, De Foe, &c. the Acraman case. Feb. 11, 1846. I LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET FOR THE WEEI The speculative feeling whichwe remarked last week up() our Stock Exchange still continues, and a large amount business has been done, principally in the lighter stock Considerable transactions have, however, taken place i some of the established lines, amongst which we no mention, as most operated upon, the Bristol and Glol cester, B rmingbam and Gloucester, Chester and Birker head, London and Brighton, which have slightly ad vanced ; and "Midlands and Grand Junction, which hal declined—the latter considerably ; Sheffield and Mancha ter, and a few others. Amongst the new schemes, 80l ton Wigan and Liverpool, Ballymena (Irish), Cale& nian, Chester and Holyhead, Glasgow ani Dumfria Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, ° London and York Berwick, North British, and some others, have heel largely operated in, at improved prices. Churnet Valle had slightly declined up to the close of the week (Satin' day), when the brokers' circulars are made up. The share market for the last few days has been dull and (with but few exceptions) prices are generally lower This is partially accounted for by the near approach o the settling-day and a considerable scarcity of money Grand Junctions show an important decline since last week, partly in consequence of the rejection by the Botta of Trade of the Shrewsbury and Grand Junction line and their adoption of the Dudley and Birmingham licej and also in conse quence o f a very generally believe(' rumour that the London and Birmingham has leased the Manchester and Birmingham at £7 10s. per cent. on 1 £4O share in perpetuity, and have also made arrange,' meats with the Tre n t V a ll ey li ne , t h e s h ares in which have beers done to-day as high as £l4 ss. premium on 1 £2O share. The next settling is not expected to be 5 heavy as the last. THE CHASE Sir W. M. STANLEY'S HOUNDS will meet This Morning, (Tuesday,) at . At Eleven o'clock. Sir JOHN GERARD'S HOUNDS will meet on Thursday nest, at Al Eleven o'clock. The CHESHIRE HOUNDS will meet This Day, (Tuesday,) Feb. 11, at Duddon Heath Thursday, 13, at.. Al Half-past Ten o'clock. Sir W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS will meet on 1 Wednesday, Feb. 12, at Ness CliffA Friday. 14, at Saturday, 15, at .... Al F(alf-past Ten o'clock Her Majesty will honour the Duke of Norfolk w ith a visit at Arundel Castle to-morrow ; but will return 0 Brighton in the course of the afternoon. Viscount Sandon, M.P. and Mr. Cook, b a d an i n ter!, view with Sir R o be r t Peel, on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing street. Mr. Christopher Tower, of Huntsmoor Park, has could forward as the conservative candidate for Buckingham' shire, in the room of Mr. Scott Murray, resigned. The Camden Society intend to appeal against the deci" sion of Sir H. J. Fust, relative to the stone altar in the Round Church, funds for the purpose having been offere" by Mr. Hope, M.P. Mr. Cardwell, the newly-appointed Secretary of the Treasury, has selected Mr. Home Rushworth, who pre viously acted in a similar capacity to Sir George Clerk, to be his private secretary. In the French Chamber of Deputies, last week, a pro position for a general four sous postage, in imitation or Mr. Rowland Hill's system, was carried by 130 to 12 9, or a majority of 1, notwithstanding the opposition of the Minister of Finances. Upwards of 250 houses were last week burnt down is the village of Luc (Switzerland). The clergyman's rest' deuce and the Town-hall were also reduced to ashes, and the church is much injured. The total damage from the fire is estimated at £lOO,OOO. COLONIAL BisitoPaies.---The next see erected by the committee to whom has been entrusted the appropriation of the Colonial Bishoprics' Fund, will be that of Ceylon• The Rev. J. Chapman, M.A., formerly Fellow of King 5 College, Cambridge, Rector of Dunstan Wallet, Essex? will be the first bishop of the new diocese. THE GAME LAWS.—Lord Francis Egerton has recentlf made an important alteration relative to the game on hi' Northamptonshire estates. The tenantry are now allowed to do as they like with it. A short time since it was strictly preserved, and they did not dare to kill even 3 rabbit. DELAY OF TEIg MAIL TO CALCUTTA.—It appears that the Calcutta mail that left this country on the 24th ull• found no vessel to convey it to Malta. The consequence was, that it would have to wait at Marseilles till the arri• val of the Bombay mail, which was to leave here on Fri. day, before it can be carried on to Malta and Alexandris' Tnn VATICAN.—The magnificent palace of the Pope 5t Rome, called the Vatican, is said to contain 7,000 rooms. —The library, founded A.D. 1448, is a most beautifu l fabric, and it is also the richest in the worli, both in printed books and manusc r ipt s . [Th e rooms certainly ar B numerous, but the Fatter of Poper;, the Devil, has maul more chambers for his children.] THE FINE ARTS.—T! ' e number of foreign artists rlO c ' studying at Rome amounts to 405, 300 of whom ar e painte t s, 38 sculptors, 39 architects, and 7 en g ravers , 158 of those artists are Germans. 25 French, 38 Englis,,b; 17 RussiAns, 7 P o l es , 13 S we d es and Norwegians, d' Danes, 19 Belgians, 3 Du rch,ll Hungarians, 10 Spaniards , 7 Portuguese, and 14 Americans. The Italian artists are 542 in number, besides 2,006 mosaic-work makers. - WIIITEHAVEN AND LIVERPOOL STEAM COMPANY. At the annual meetin% of the_Whitehaven Steam Navigs tion Company, held at their office in Whitehaven, on Monday, the new steam-boat, the Queen, became a toP' c of conversation, and excited general interest. It wa s stated, with the greatest confidence, that the new boat would realize the most sanguine expectations that had been formed of her. The cabin, when finished, will be most superb, and will be decorated with splendid paint' ings of some of th e mos t p i cturesque scenery to be me with among the lakes of Cumberland, as well as with al elegant painting of th e corona ti on . Thi s powerful a nd splendid steamer will be placed upon her destined s tatioot, between this port and Whit e h aven , a b out t h e middle (/` next month. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FEB. 10. Throughout the whole of last week the demand for CottO was:very brisk and a n i ma t e d, and to-day it has been even ma' so. Speculation seems to have taken hold of it, and out . 0 12,050 bales sold 7,000 are pl aced to this account, leaving 5. 0% to the trade at very full mar k et pr i ces, decidedly dearer lig' last week. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, FEB. 10. We have had a fair supply of Cattle at market to-day for tl ie . time of the year. Prices remain the same as of late, anythin. A to prime fetching goo.t prices. Beef 54d. to 6d.; Mutton 64u. 61d. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, FEB. 10 ' Our Butter market has again relapsed into a state of Well; ness. and 965. per cwt. is o n ly o bt a i na b le for retail parcels o f t finest Belfast, Carlow, or other choice Butters ; in the inetq l o time stocks are increasing apace. Barrelled provisions are2 d , fair request for ships' stores, Beef ranging from ass. to 925. per tierce; Pork, 655. to 70s. per barrel; Bacon very quiet. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE MONDAY. Finn:VARY 10.—Wind South, moderate. A R RlVED.—Camerton, Grant, from Paraiba—La Bonne Sf e ;:a from Ichaboe—Pigeon, from St. Michael's—Carrs, Starks, au i r Elizabeth, Wesell, from Taganrog—P omona, S m i t h , f rom Ale o andria—Douro, Smith, from Oporto—Johann.. Schutt, fro, Memel—Palmyra, from Ghent—Wellin g t on , f rom Belfa-et.9, Antelope, from Dublin—Liver. H ug h es , from uth—Df Ellwood, from Cardiff—Thomas Lee, from Leith- 4- Statesman. Loch, from Ichaboe. fot SAILED Hbop, Guet. for Dordt—.Shenandoah, West. Philadelphia—General Parkhill , M'Kown, for New York—ti kina, illiams, and Palestine. M um f or d , f or Charleston— SP ll Kerr, for Africa—Burley, P ar k er, f or Aden—and Marfa' Elizabeth, M'lver, for Bahia. -------- Jane, Prim from Newport, at this port, after bei ng on s hore near Southport, but without damage f 1 Acastus, Hayes, from Valparaiso, at this port ; sailed 2 1 . 0 0 Oct. On t2th Nov. off Cape Horn, experienced a htlrliO, rrom which lasted fifteen days. lost fore and mal,',: e d masts, bulwarks, stanchions, galley, sills, Sic and was •• throw overboard about 15 tons of copper ore. Neptune, Braithwaite, sailed from Bombay for China `2' Deceinber General Wiltshire, Jones, hence at Ichaboe C mmodore, Raisbeck, and Willon Wood, hence at rehab lt Maria, Arkley ; Guard, P a i ne , an d W m. Sorley, M from Ichaboe, at Cove • Mayflower. Longrouir, ditto, off ditto f Monarch, hence to ' - hoe, I.va t . ; ~..,.—_ Is spoken 25th Dec. in -3 N, long. 21) W ; Coaker, hence to Cal cu tt a, 27th Dec. i n l a t• , 10 . long. 2 W, with loss of maintopmast ; llenrich, hence to ' i x bile, 27th Jan. in lat. 47, long. 16; Globe, from Callao, to vr r. 001, sth Jan. in lat. 6 N. The Aylesford, from Cadiz to Monts Video, struck on Eri-pel‘. Bank, in the River Plate, 22d November, wo u ld b ecome a W l ' Crew and passengers saved. TIDE TABLE HEIGHT' TIOIXDAYS, 0 . 1.2 I - p y. Tuesday 11 154 213 17 8 Mars rises 3h 381 11 : 5 , Wednes. 12 232 251 15 11 C. Lent Term dlyl ue o, Thurs... 13 312 3 '24 13 11 Venus rises 6h 43in Friday.. 14 359 426 12 4 Valentine. Saturday 15 457 593 10 10 Saturn rises 7h C 01 "t, Sunday. 16 616 657 10 5 2 n d S unday i n Lev of Monday. 17 7 3tl 812 10 8 Jupiter sets Sh LIV1?1ZPOOL : TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1845 PRINTED AND ..1 EVERY TUESDAY PUBLISHED " MORNIN‘. ne: BY JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove-street, an d ab] LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street. an ( At N 0.4, ST. GNORG6'6I CRESCUNT, Liver:root , o po sh Orders and Adertisements are received by Messrs. Newtor.eeti nal Co , Warwick-square ; Barker and Whit e , Fi e et-s" 0 0 Deacon, Walbrook ; Reynell. 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