The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-16 00:00:00

J. C. WOOLFIELD s his Pa RESPECTFL of Liverpool, that he intenus - - ESTABLISHMENT, 54, BOLD-STREET, idjoin,.., Music HALL, next SATURDAY, the 20th instant, with , an Elezant and NEW STOCK of PAPIER MACHE HA:ND SCREENS. CARD RACKS, PORTFOLIOS, TEA CAD; DIES. ENVELOPE CASES. INKSTANDS, and Ladies and Gentlemen's DRESSING CASES, WRITING DESKS, WORK BOXES, with or without the Fittings, in Gold, Silver, and Plated, Leather DRESSING CASES, ROLL-UP POUCHES, Envelope and Paper Cases, SPLENDID GLASS LUSTRES, and VERY BAUT FUL CHJMNEY ORNAMENTS, quite new E in hi s Country, Card Cases, and Tablets, in Silver, Tortoiseshell, and Leather, a great variety of Fancy 54. BOLD-STREET, May 15, 1543 REAL IRISH TABINETTS, (OR PPLINS,) A N Article so generally admired for the richness of its 1 - 1 texture, durability and usefulness, (only required to be he bad in/almost ever known to be duly appreciaLeu, u U,- shade of colour , Plain and the newest Figures at JOHN BRISCOE'S GENERAL DRAPERY, SILK SHAWL, AND HAPER, DASHERY ESTABLISHMENT, 62. OLDHALL-STREET. ." SERMONS, MEETINGS, COM M ITTEES, 15:. TRIALS faithfully REPORTED , on moderate terms, by Mr. ARTIS. PROFESSOR and TEACHER OF SHou.T-HANo. Mr. A. has long been connected with the London press. Parties desirous of receiving instructions in the pleasing Art of Stenography, will be furnished, on application at 25, Mount-street, with st of references, th names - shed Members of both Universities. listing' 2, BOLD-STREET, (Corner of Hanover-streetd By selling ...,, G. superior a nd genuine articles at a ;mall pri without a a very e sive readyrn our system is to obta neration for outla Tea Trade e san by ext.fnsiYe sales and quick returns, as those who give credit gain by exorbitant profits, and, in many instances, injurious adulterations. We solicit a trial, as by comparison the advantages of our system will be obvious to the unprejudiced WE ARP Strong useful CONGOC Now SELLING TEA, I Recommended for 3s. Bd. per lb. I Serv an ts' Tea. Recommended for Fine Black Leaf CONGOU, . 4s. per lb. Fam il y Use. HOLLIS, WALFORD, and Co SPRING SHAWLS, SILKS, CACHNIERES, &c., No. 62, OLDRALL-STREET. TOHN BRISCOE begs to announce his return from 0 London, where he has made very extensive purchases in Satin Tares, Dress Satins, Striped and Watered Silk, Du capes, Gros de Naples, Ottomans, Moire Glace, Cachmeres, Delaines, Tanguarines, Balzarines, Printed Muslins, and SHAWLS, IN LONG AND SQUA.RE, PAISEY, NORWICH, and French Manufacture. — Satin and Ottoman Cardinals and Scarfs, Parasols, Gloves, Ribbons, Neckerchiefs, and almost every . other Fashionable Article of Dress of superior quality and richness, such as to warrant him in saying they are s carcely exce lled. J. B. respectfully invites attention to his GENERAL DRAPERY STOCK., comprising Grass-bleached Irish Linens, Sheeting s, Table Linens an d Covers, Counterpanes, Quilts, Blankets, Bed ticks, &c. The following Lots will be found amazingly cheap :- 3800 Fast-coloured Cotton Pocket Handkerchiefs, full size, 2d. and 2W., worth 6d. 2400 Printed Lama Neckerchiefs, 6 d . to 101 d. 1100 do. Velvet do. 3 i d. to 6d. 238 India Silk Hand kerchiefs, Is. 40. 152 Bordered Indiana Shawls, 3s. 3d. to 3s. 6d. 101 d. to 140 Paisley Filled Shawls , new Patterns, 16s. 235. 9d. 318 Printed Dresses, Fast Colours, 2s. 6d. 91 7-4 Damask Table Covers, 25. 3d -lid. 80 8-4 do- d o 3s. le ------ A dissenter of the Baptist persuasion in Stamford, on beak ing of the injury she by the beautiful Churchtat Exton, in Lincolnshire, by lightning during the late Isdorm, ex. claimed, " if it had been full of clergymen it would the have signified," implying his wish for the destruction of clergy, as well as of their sacred edifices. E•roN COLLEGE.—The number of pupilsenkow at this ancient institution is greater than ever befor known, the entries of scholars at the termination of the Easthearavacation amounting to upwards of 700. Since 1836 there of been a gradual and progressive increase in the number scholars, 4 • in 1837, 472 ; in as follows :—ln that year, there in 184 9 1838, an d :2 in 1839, 560 ; in 1840, w s e 9 r 3 e ; 4 i -i n 1,84b1, 635 . 659 ; an this year, at Easter, the number a ove stated: -, The printed particulars of t h e celebrated sportin property in Norfolk, of Lord Berners, the Didlington estate, r in . c ud ing a domain of 4,000 acres of land, are at lengotrh theeadsythfoorf distribution, and the sale peremptorily fixed t June. The Woodchester estate in Gloucestershire, the . pro perty o f th e E ar l of Ducie, is unavoidably delayed until the 29th of June, in consequence of the particulars being SO 'Vo luminous that it has not been possible to be prepared in time. value any con- These are investments infinitely exceeding in. 'i willholding ut to a seve an to pay 3 test the per cent. policy of consols at . e perintendent of On Sunday last, during the forenoon service in Kingston Chapel, Hull, the Rev. T. Galland, the Hull East Circuit, and chairman of theM.A•%-nnull Wesieyan district, about a quarter of an hour aftrev. commencing his gentleman sermon, was seized with a paralY sis • medical gentle. was carried out of the pulpit into the veshtr where the at tendance of Dr. Sandwich and three other bleedinger was re men was immediately procured. Copiou t romote the re sorted to, and every n P considered so means adopted likely covert' of the patient, but his condition vras duntil critical as not to allow of his being remove . Monday lingering until morning, and, consequently, the public serfvkrce in the evening in that chapel was dispensed with• Friday morning Mr. Galland expired. day. —ALeteeds Paper, Satur- Mu. O'CONNELL'A ~ RupLyrt To Mg• LASE Fox. — The Pilot publishes the following letter addressed reply vouchsafed by Mr. O'Connell to the ~ card. being the only nd learned gen through The Times newspaper to the hon. tleman by Mr. Lane Fox :—" Mr. O'Conanell has read in Mr. Lane Fox, a The Times a letter addressed to him t after be had copy of which that unhappy gentleman hhays taken the trouble of sending to Mr. O'Connell in manuscrip , . • Of course it will not printed the original in the newspapers. be ex pected that Mr. O'Connell should say one word in reply to that strange and maniacal epistle, bu tl to implore t he feels that, as a gentleman and a Christian, be is bound eavn es Y the f r i en d s o f Mr. Lane Fox to obtain for him that protection bled to give the which the Court in matter of lunacy is enabled - P Mer- Persons wbo, like Mr. Lane Fox, are manifestly .ivnactoem._etent to the management of affairs, either public.or pri • rion-square, May 12." Tux MURDER OIT MR. HEYWOOD AT BURY•-- H wood, day the adjourned inquest on the body of Mr. eY On Satur who was found murdered near the New Market, BurY, was held at the Eagle and Child public -house, Bury' Two men an y with named Hamer and Meadowcroft, who were in ere also the prisoner Howarth on the night of the murder , w in cus t o dy. A witness named Esther Winterbottom deposed to seeing Howarth on the night of the murder at the beer shop of a person named Jenkinson, in Clarke-street., Bury, with blood upon his face, which at his request she wiped dipping his handkerchief into his pot of ale for that purp_esvi_ The handkerchief stained with bloo was pi.eaduced. a ..Eex dence was gone into to show that the n hree prisoners h a hiblted the murdered man's watch at a hush shopo': kept watch by a man named Buckley, in Bury, between 12 a nd l a _ v c a lo ne k e on the night of the murder, and bad asked him t d 35. upon it. The inquest was again Adjourned, for the pro duction of further evidence, till Wednesday night. ___ _ THE AT ASSASSINATIOS V. 4 ST. PAnils.u.tzoen. Saturday at the Central Criminal Court, Augustus S . i nich, a ged 17, was indicted for having on the Ist of April last.h shot at the Rev. Mr. Haden, in St Paul's Cathedral, with intent to murder him. After the particulars, which have been already made public, were given in evidence, Mr. Baron Gu r ney summed up, and said, there could be no doubt that if . a person presented a loaded gun at another, intending to fire it, he intended to some grievous bodily haatm. They would have to consider—first, whether the trigger was time the prisoner presented the pistol, pulled at the anti upon that point there was certainly some contradictory evidence ; and the next question would be, whether the pistol was so loaded as to thepl of doing an injury, there being according to one of witnesses less than twenty grains in it. The jury wished to know whether, if the prosecutor was injured by the fright, that weuld be sufficient to bring the case within the meaning of the statute? Mr. Baron Gurney said —Certainly not, because then there would be no wounding. The jurY , after a few minutes' deliberation, Acquitted the prisoner. Mtistters.—A. man named William Lawson, farmer, living on Mugg leswick-common, was barbarously murdered on Sunday morning last. It appears that the deceased, an unmarried man, had allowed his housekeeper to Hileaveou the se house on the Satu rda y night, to visit her friends• s h is in a lone l y p art of the country. On the Sun day m orning ay be had appare ntl y g one to milk the cow, when it a pe ars that and som e villain had appro ached him from behind with a stick inflicted very serious injuries on his head. On Conscious ness in some m easure returning he had crawled about four hundred yards from the byre on the com mon, where he was found between four and five o'clock on Monday morning in a state of insensibility. In this state he lingered, being all the time unable to speak, until Wednesday, when he expired about twelve o'clock. The brother of the unfortunate de ceased has been taken into custody and examined before the magistrates at Shortley-bridge on suspicion of being the was yesterday remanded for f urther ex murderer, and be i c ion against him we atnination. The circumstances of susp understand are, that he bad been heard to threaten his brother in consequence of some dispute about the property ; that a person similarly dressed to the prisoner bad been seen in toe neighbourhood by a shephrd, but at such a distance as not to allow him to be recognised ; and that being asked what time he left the house on the Sunday morniug, contra dictory stories were giuen by the prisoner and his wile. — Durham Advertiser. PROFITABLE JEALOUSY. —A man, passing by the name . of Louis Toucher& condemned to death in 1839 by default, The city of Leipsic has conferred the honour D of the free ter the mu rder of a retired officer of the army, near Aubus- doin of the city on the great composer, r. Mendelssolin son, was arrested on Tuesday night in the commune of Mon- Bartholdy, and has presented him tlie letters patent for that men waited on M. tronge. This m an, w hose real name is Grabat, formed a puArpdoespeuitnataiobneaouftbifouolkssielvlieerr-sgialntdholixte. Guizot a few days ago, and presented ra t r o y him a note on plan, in conjunction with his wife, to extort money from Passengers on the high road. The woman, who was young sueeested the and pretty, was accustomed to place herself by the roadside, best means of suppressing book pi rac y . they the expediency of acknowledging the '• k . 'Trice oe all and, under pretence of having sprained her .passed'lore works published by foreigners in t e h n e p h? r r i e 'gutinl countp T e u c r ti k ve Fr ries the assistance of any well-dressed men that She Serta - re —A letter from the frontiers of s generally obtained from the stranger the favour of aiding ber 23 1 ' of Ap • ril, published in the Cologne Turkey, dated the government pur to her own house, which she stated was close by. As they this moment r l i e n a c r e ne , d Turkish l t i l o ka s t eh the from tlie list of candid • proceeded through a eighbouring wood, the husband l ca a me hay % P Se . rvia: Nl. With this view the Porte has se at up with a gun in his hand, n that after the numerous sacrifices at seeing his wife pretending to be in a dreads u rage tor h oses th e t o throne secludeo f tis coneession from Russia as a proof Improper designs, and accompanied, accused the stran e'er of threatened to shoot him if he did not atone for his guilty . intentions by paying a sum of money. ot l ahraesd madeto al. iyt d Bouteni eff, expects e T . l a ie foolish habit of was ea th m e e case with the officer in question, but when the husband Thia and demanded money, he absolutely refused f its friendl • intentions." to give a farthing, and —ndVIENNA, ye l s a te y r s day pmeaoking displays on horseback has gained . severity of the law. The even threatened the pair with the H p a le ßn of R r i a n n i k s , e a . bred, and the charge husband,enteeri n g his irritated victim's raetatsht i,sel:ansgeuda hisg e , death the next ground day. The woman among our demised to twenty years' - accident. It cost Count Potoski h . life. very melancholy death by default, he hard l a bour, and the husband to full speed in the Prater, through is He was riding however, having latelythe ballotingnarrowwhich ascertained that he hadreturned from the opposite direction. he e succeeded in • • equal! f • y uriously in taltinichito prisanet ascertaining his lod • n and they both fell. was • - lodging, and i The former was soon l the consequence, bad several limbs ' fractured, and is in a d ailerons state. From Hayti we learn that the city of St. Domingo surren dered to the forces of the new Government on the 30th of March, after a slight affair, in which ten or twelve persons only were killed. Since the abdication of Boyer, the admin istration of a Provisional Goverment prevailed, as there bad not been time for choosing a President. Letters from Havana contain accounts of the trial, senten ces, and execution of negroes who had been engaged in a revolt. Eighty of the ringleaders were shot. COTTON TRADE. (From the New York Herald of April 29.) The cotton market throughout the United States seems to be rather inert. Holders are firm, from the diminution of receipts, and the hope that the new crop will be less in mag nitude than the last, and that the low prices of the last will enhance consumption. Buyers do not seem to submit to demands based upon these views; hence the operations are less. - NEW ORLEANS, APRIL 15 Liverpool advices to the 4th March remain our latest dates. These accounts were by no means encouraging, but have ex ercised no prejudicial effect upon our market. The cotton season is rapidly drawing to a close and the anxiety of buyers to close their operations before our receipts suddenly fall off has given much animation to the market. The sales to date since the Ist instant amount to 56,700 bales, and prices have advanced ato cent ; and, as the classification is now receding, prices, notwithstanding a favourable differ ence in freight and exchange, are fully i cent above those then ruling. The receipts here amount to 920.718 bales, against same period last year 647,572 bales; and we do not expect that our total receipts, this year, will much exceed one million of bales. The quantity received here from the 17th April, 1842, to the close of last season, was less than 84,000 bales. Clear good staple cotton has now become scarce; and the great bulk of that on hand is of the lower grades. Similar qualities compose the receipts coming forward. We still estimate the total supply of the year at 2,200,000 bales, though it may probably reach 2,250,000 bales. We quote Ordinary at....... 43 cents to 51 cents. Strictly middling.. to 51 ~ Middling fair .... „ to 61 „ Fair . 7l „ to 7A „ Ordinary to fair, same day last year, 51 to 16 cents FREIGHTS have declined considerably, owing to the nu merous arrivals of large vessels, and, if id. for Liverpool be not the actually established rate, it soon will be. MOBILE, APRIL 10, Arrived 9141 bales, cleared 24,3.13; stock on hand 92,635 bales, against 65,804 last year. The demand is moderate, but holders are firm at a slight advance on the prices of last week. The week's sales reach 80,700 bales, at from 5 1-2 to 43 cents for ordinary to fair quality, with some choice lota at 84 to 8 1-2 cents. The receipts have fallen off considerably, and the prospect for the next crop is not favourable. NTED of cap►ta. FOR? ARltiViit OF THE VbLeftstfelli itkirn LION E, BRITANNIA, The British and North American royal mail steamer the Britannia, Captain Hewitt, which sailed from Boston on the afternoon of the Ist and Ilalifax on the evening of the 3rd instant, arrived at this port on Sunday morning at eight o'clock, having made the passage in the short space of 12 days and 12 hours. The passage from Liverpool to Boston was performed in 14 days and 13 hours. The Hibernia, Captain Judkins, which sailed from this port on the 19th ult., was met by the Britannia a few hours' sail from Boston, having made her first passage in 13 days, and proving herself one of the quickest steamers of the line. The Britannia has brought 74 passengers, of whom a list is subjoined. We need scarcely add, that they speak in the highest terms of Captain Hewitt's skill and attention during this remarkable short passage. From Boston :—Mr. S. M. Buckingham, Mr. Charles Mixter, Mr. P. C. U. Pierce, Dr. Thomas Sewell, Mr. A. Chandler, Dr. S. G. Howe and Lady, Hon. Horace Mann and Lady, Miss Ward, Rev. Amos A. Phelps. Mr. Robert U. Hami, Mr. Charles H. Don, Mr. H. Grew, Mr. Benja min E. Bates, Rev. Jacob Abbot, Mr. Thomas Ward and Lady, Mr. C. U. Jamm, of Havana, Mr. D. M. Meths, Mr. H. Smith, Mr. Ballard, Dr. John Moorhead, Mr. Henry Farnum, Mr. John Stewart and Lady, M. P. G. Appleton, Mr. Wadsworth, Mr. Crawford, Mr. H. C. Corbitt, of Phi ladelphia, Mr. J. Dove, Mr. J. R. Walker, Mr. Antonia May, Mr. S. S. Lynde, Mr. A. Berry, United States, Mr. Consul Lyons, Mr. J. P. Holden, Mr. James Riach, Mr. Francis Peter, St. Lucia, Mr. G. D. Strong, bearer of des patches, Mr. J. A. Dickson, Captain Crawley, Royal Engi neers, Mr. Sedgwick, Mr. John Hoatson, Dr. Thomas Cook, Mr. Alfred Morrison, Mr. Alfred Mackenzie, Mr. Thomas Sharon, Mr. James Ball, Mr. William Burrows, Mr. Wil liam Hurd, Mr. Fuller and Daughter, Mr. John Taylor, Taylor, Captain Hancock, General Duff Green, Mr. G. Mitchell, Miss Longfellow, and Mr. G. Hiram Wilson. From Halifax :—Mr. Parker, 64th Regiment, Mr. Henry Lawson, Mr. W. Stewart, Rev. Mr. M'Sweeney, Master Michael Tobin, Master Edmund Tobin, Master J. G. To bin, and Mrs. Riley. The papers brought by the Britannia extended over a period of three weeks, from the 11th ult. to the Ist instant. Their contents are, however, unimportant, and not very interesting, The accounts from Washington relate exclusively to the expected retirement of Mr. Webster from the office of Secre tary of State, and the changes in the cabinet which that resignation would make necessary. One account states that he had actually resigned, whilst another says that he will not quit office until the pending negotiations between the United States and Great Britain shall have been brought to a close. There had been some discussion about a reciprocal com mercial treaty between the two countries, the basis of which should be a mutual diminution of duties ; but not much faith seemed to be felt in the States of the practicability of such an arrangement. The spring trade had opened with unusual vigour. Still, business was rather limited. The commercial community seem to move with caution, and mercantile operations were likely to be confined, for some time, to the legitimate wants of trade. The banks were loaning their money at five per cent. per annum, and even under that rate ; a proof of the small amount of business carrying on in New York. The money and stock markets were in a state of remark able activity. The New York American, in its money article for the Britannia, says, " All stocks have gone up very much within the past week or two, and, though some little pause seems to have taken place to-day, it is only the caprice of the hour; for, if the prices paid yesterday and the day before were reasonable, they are not less so to-day, and will be no less so any day next week ; since nothing has occurred, or is likely to occur, to change the relative value of the securities. The banks are at the bottom of this rise. " All stocks, though not all in the same degree, share in the rise. United States Sixes touched 113, though now 1 per cent. lower; and, upon the whole, the ready disposition to avail of the ruling prices has somewhat damped the spirit of speculation. " Ohio Sixes, within a week, have risen ten per cent., and the like stock of Kentucky jive per cent. " Even fancy stocks are taking an upward tendency, and, long and cold neglect, have risen, according to quality, or ra ther speculative fancy, from one to tive per cent." There had been a fair amount of business done in exchange for the Britannia, and at higher rates. The rate on London was 1061 to 107, and on Paris sf. 32 to sf. 321. The advance in exchange would, it was expected, check the import of specie from England, while a small additional rise in French exchange would cause the return of gold to Europe. The Canada papers contain accounts of the installation of Sir Charles Metcalfe, at Kingston. The addresses to his Excellency on assuming the government and his replies are published in the papers. He had not developed the line of policy he intended to pursue. His predecessor, Sir Charles Bagot, had so far recovered as to be able to walk in doors. He would return to England so soon as his health would permit. The Warspite, Lord John Flay, had arrived at New York to convey him home. The Montreal Herald an nounces, that hereafter Montreal will be the seat of the go vernment of Canada, and that the necessary government offices and a parliament house will be commenced as soon as the plans can be prepared. Quebec will be the military head quarters. Accounts from the city of Mexico of the 22nd and from Vera Cruz of the 28th of March bad been received at New York. A violent attack of fever, on the 21st, had made Santa Anna take to his bed, and apprehensions as to the re sult were felt. On the 18th he had published a decree, that the wars against Texas and Yucatan were national contests, and should be carried on until both Texas and Yucatan sub mitted. Extra pay and honours are to be allowed to all who signalize themselves in those wars. On the 27th the English man-of-war Spartan arrived at Vera Cruz. On board was the new Minister Extaordinary and Plenipotentiary of Great Britian to Mexico. There is late intelligence from Texas, but it is not of gen eral interest. Captain Elliot, our Minister, had had a long conference with the President on the subject, it was supposed, of the war with Mexico. Accounts from Yucatan brought a rumour, that the Mex ican troops had pushed on to Merida, the capital, which would, it was feared, fall into their hands. Campeachy still out. SAVANNAH, APRIL Arrived since the 13th instant 5980 bales Upland and 123 hales Sea Island, and cleared in the same time 4618 bales Upland and 557 bales Sea Island, leaving on hand, inclusive of all on shipboard not cleared on the 20th instant, a stock of 26,104 bales Upland and 1917 bales Sea Island cotton, against 11,774 bales Upland and 1194 bales Sea Island at the same period last year. The demand during the past week, has been moderate, and so me dealers state that prices, on the aggregate for qualities under fair, have declined about per cent from the highest point of quotations reported this month. In consequence of the scarcity of fair' and the finer qualities, last week's rates are fully maintained. The accounts received at New York, per packet-ship Co !nimbi", from Liverpool, to 22u1t., are rather more favourable than was expected, considering the unusually large receipts at that port from the 16th to the 22u1t. As these accounts were only received here to-day, we are unadvised - of any alteration in prices, and, so far as we are informed, they are not of sufficient importance to cause any change of conse quence in the transactions of this market. The highest figures of our quotations refer to square bales. TXRRIBLE AFFAIR.—The Mobile Herald, of the 4th ult., ga ys, " Captain Post, of the schooner Augusta, from Havana, has communicated to us the following particulars of an affair which happened before he left :—On the night of the 21st ult. the cars of the Havana railroad, when distant about sixty miles from the city, were attacked by a band of brigands numbering about one hundred and fifty to two hundredmen, who robbed the passengers (numbering some seventy-five) of their money, watches, arid other valuables, wounded those who resisted, and outraging the females. They effected the robbery by piling across the rails a quantity of rocks and trees, which, upsetting the cars, threw the passengers out in a state of confusion, and prevented their making a timely resistance. After acting as we have stated, the villains es caped, and the passengers, making their way back to the city, spread the alarm. Five hundred soldiers were des patched to the place where the robbery had been committed, and after marching round some days, discovered the retreat of the villains; an engagement took place, on both . sides, and a score of the banditti taken p risoners, and carried to the city, bound hand and foot. Varltattinktao Vuortebtittl. SE OF LORDS.-TIICRSDAT Lord BROUGHAM said he had the authority of Earl Spen cer to say that he had been misrepresented by the statement that he had said if all the Irish members agreed to support the repeal of the union he would support it also. What he had said when the question was put to him was—that when all the Irish members came round to support repeal. it would be time enough for him to state his opinions on the subject. Earl STANHOPE presented the petition of the farmers of Buckingsharnshire, agreed to at the meeting at Wallingford, and contended that the present depression in prices was not to be attributed to an abundant harvest, for the harvest had been little more than the average, but it was entirely to be attributed to the enormous importation of foreign corn which had taken place under the act of last year—an importation which could not have taken place under the former scale of duties. In his opinion there was not one of the evils of the country which might not be removed by legislative measures, and such measures of protection should not be considered a monopoly, for there was scarcely any interest in the country which did not require protection. He moved that the petition should lie on the table. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM seconded the motion, and stated his conviction that the recent alteration of the corn laws was most prejudicial, and he hoped the principle would be carried no further. He should like to see the government adopt the same tone upon the subject of the corn-law that it had a few nights since adopted with respect to the repeal of the union. He hoped the government would give a distinct declaration as to whether it would assent to any alteration whatever. Earl FtTzwiwAm said that the country certainly ought not to be left in a state of uncertainty as to the intentions of government. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that government had not occa sioned the uncertainty, for it had declared that it did not in tend to make any alteration in the corn law. A desultory conversation ensued, in which several noble lords took part, after which the petition was ordered to lie on the table, and their lordships adjourned. ), BOLL MR.4 EV In I able in CHILD-BED STAYS, MILLINE An In-door APPRENTICE LINEN DEPARTMENT. S, RI BUNS, and kNOV BONNETS in, and will 3 BABY ,e SHOP .rons and the Gentry 3 OPEN/his NEN% HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY In the House of Commons last night Mr. Ross moved for leave to bring in a bill to relieve her Majesty's Roman Catho lic subjects in Ireland from the obligation to take the oath prescribed by the act 10th Geo. IV. c. 4, commonly called " the Catholic oath." The Irish ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that be would not, on the part of the government, object to the bringing in of the bill, as there were in election committees contradictory decisions as to the necessity of administering the oath. They were not, therefore, to be supposed to give their sanction to the principles which the bill might contain. After a short discussion the motion was agreed to. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved an address to her majesty, praying that she would be graciously pleased to direct that the petition of William Jones, a prisoner in Leicester gaol, complaining of the conduct of Mr. Baron Gurney on his trial at the late Leicester Assizes, should be taken into considera tion. By the inquiries he had made he found that the com mentaries in the public prints on the conduct of the judge were not fully justified, but still he had used hasty and in temperate expressions, and the prisoner complained that they had had a prejudicial effect upon him while conducting his defence. There could be no doubt but Jones had acted indiscreetly ; yet still Mr. Baron Gurney might have remem bered his own early career, whenhe was the friend and de fender of men of liberal principles, by means of which it had been said that he drove a good trade in sedition, and made some allowance for the errors of a foolish young man. Sir J. GRAHAM said, that although the hon. member had constituted himself public prosecutor—a judge of judges, and a censor of harsh language, yet he should exercise some cau tion in making accusations against men venerable for age, station, and character. Jones, on his trial, had spoken for three hours, and in all that time he had been but thrice in terrupted by the judge. At the close of the trial he thanked the judge in open court for the patience with which he had heard him. The learned judge denied the expressions attri buted to him, and had only given a sentence of six months' imprisonment for a very aggravated seditious offence. Under such circumstances there were no grounds whatever for the motion. Mr. HUMS bore his testimony to the excellent manner in which Sir James Graham executed the duties of his office, but he still thought that Mr. Duncombe was rendering ser vice to the country, by taking up such cases as this, for the manner in which political prisoners were now treated in pri son, as compared with former times, was very discreditable. He was glad so complete a defence had been made out for Mr. Baron Gurney, for whose early services in the cause of liberal principles he felt a great respect. Mr. Sergeant Mr}mu - recommended Mr. Duncornbe to withdraw his motion. He bore testimony to the admirable manner in which the learned judgo discharged his judicial duties. After some further discussion, in the course of which the ATTORNEY-GENERAL vindicated the conduct of Mr. Baron Gurney, DUNCOMBE withdrew the motion The adjourned debate, on the motion of Mr. Villiers, was then resumed by Mr. BORTHWICK, who admitted the cor rectness and truth of the principles of free trade ahatractedly considered, but contended that there were practical difficul ties in the way of their application to the trade in corn in this country. Mr. WRIGHTSON supported the motion, contending that unless some further change in the corn laws took place we might make up our minds to the fact that commerce would forsake our shores. Mr. R. PALMER thought the corn laws essential to the best interests of the country, and said the time might yet come when we might be made to feel the importance of re lying upon our own resources. He was of opinion that Mr. Blackstone had libelled the nobility.and gentry of the country when he said upon a previous evening that they had deserted the yeomanry. Mr. 'AI ARSLAND had no doubt of the power of the landed interests, but he had doubts of their sense of justice. Still the advocates of total repeal had no occasion to feel de spondent, for the question was one of principle, which time would decide. The commerce of England had prospered not because of but in spite of the corn laws, and the time had now arrived when we should abandon the suicidal policy we had hitherto pursued. There was a strong opinion in the minds of the people that ministers were aware of the wrong inflicted by these laws upon the community, but that they were deficient in courage to face the difficulties in the way of rectifying it. Sir E. KNATcunum, denied that Sir Robert Peel, in altering the corn laws, had been actuated by any views to their ultimate repeal. He feared that low prices would bring low wages, and for this reason he was not disposed to agree to the motion of Mr. Villiers. The right hon. baronet con tended that Mr. Cobden could scarcely be sincere in advo cating the repeal of the corn laws for the mere benefit of the manufacturing interests, when he found that he was looking forward to further agitation for political rights after his efforts for the repeal of the corn laws should have succeeded. Lord J. Ittissitu, described his alarm at the course the debate had taken. Mr. Gladstone had described the land owners as sineenrists who ought to be compensated by a longer continuance of their monopoly, and the right hon. baronet (Sir E. Knatchbull) had supported the corn law be cause it enabled the landed aristocracy to provide for their marriage settlements. He had no doubt, therefore, but if the corn laws were done away with compensation would be demanded, as in the case of the slave trade. Sudden changes were to be deprecated, arid therefore he could not support the motion of Mr. Villiers, although he might do so upon the principle laid down by Lord Howick—that in committee a moderate fixed duty might be adopted—because his motives might in that case be misinterpreted. They could not always go on alleging expediency as a reason for notagreeing to that which was true in principle, and under this conviction, to gether with the reasons he had stated, he could not support the motion of Mr. 'Villiers. Mr. DARBY contended that the unlimited importation of corn would not benefit this country. He trusted, therefore, that the government would stand firm, and resist all further alterations in those laws, which were so important. On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTONT, the debate was ad journed till Friday ; after which the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. Mr. L A BOUCHERE announced his intention of opposing the Canadian Corn Bill of Lord Stanley. The mode in which lie should oppose it would be by moving an address to her Majesty, praying that the royal assent might be withheld from the bill which passed the Canadian legislature, upon which the bill contemplated by the Government was founded. Mr. FRENCH asked Sir R. Peel if the Government had directed its attention to the proceedings of the parties who were agitating England for a repeal of the corn laws? Sir R. PEEL said that his right hon. friend (Sir James Graham) would take care that the' peace of the country should be preserved. When any case should arise demanding the interposition of the Government, he should be prepared to meet it. The adjourned debate on the corn laws was renewed by Mr. BROTH EATON, who said that, however the rights of property might be respected by the house, the rights of in dustry were also entitled to consideration. More than one half of the taxation of the country was paid by the commer cial portion of the community, and to the prosperity of that portion was to be attributed the comforts in which the middle and poorer classes were enabled to indulge. That pros. perity was interfered with by the corn laws, which, on that account, ought to be repealed, and also, because of their gross injustice. Mr. HAMPDEN contended that free trade without reci procity would be a gross delusion, and that it was most ab surd to attempt the application of abstract principles to the regulation of the affairs of a highly artificial state of society. It was impossible that this country could buy and sell on the same terms as other nations, for the burdens under which the agriculturists laboured were infinitely greater. Sir R. Peel had been supported by the agricultural interests, who expelled the «•pigs for the purpose of placing him in his present high position, and while he continued to promote the general wel fare, which would not be benefited by the repeal of the corn laws, they would continue to support him. The hon. gentle man further contended that there was no certainty that even if we took the corn of foreign countries, they would take our manufactures in return. Mr. JAMES, although altogether opposed to the corn law, was yet opposed to its total and immediate repeal, which was the object of the motion. He should prefer a moderate fixed duty, and under these circumstances he should decline to vote upon the motion before the house. Captain GLADSTON E said that those who were not shackled by the responsibilities of office might very easily talk of an immediate application of the abstract principles of free trade to the trade in corn, because they had not to deal with the actual circumstances of the country. It was true that the corn law raised the price of food, but he did not think it was the cause of those fluctuations which had been placed to its account. The landed interest was placed under peculiar burdens, which would render it impossible for them to stand a free competition in corn. Under these considerations, he felt it his duty to oppose the motion. Mr. A I.DAM waS of opinion that the fate of our American trade was sealed if we held out to them no inducements to deal with us, instead of becoming their own manufacturers, which she might easily do, possessing as she did Within her self all the minerals, &c., requisite for the creation of a great manufacturing community. Mr. BENETT opposed the motion, contending that, with the burdens pressing on the landed interest, they ought not to repeal the corn laws, which would in effect be to transfer the estates of the landed proprietors to the moneyed mort gagees. It would destroy the farmers and produce the most melancholy consequences to the labourer. He was an ad vocate for free trade, but he was not an advocate for putting the cart before the horse. Let a general measure be intro duced including all interests in the principle of free trade and as a landholder he for one would be as ready to adop. _ . free trade as any of its advocates. Mr. HUME wished to know what tle general measure was to which Mr. Benett alluded, and which he had contended should precede the repeal of the corn laws. Surely he could not mean to attack the public creditor? If so, he was sure Sir R. Peel would be no party to any scheme for robbing the fundholder. Protection to one class was, he contended, the robbery of another class ; Sir R. Peel supported protec tion, and he was therefore a supporter of robbery; all mo nopolists were robbers, and those who supported them were necessarily abettors of robbers. The landed proprietors had tried by means of protective laws to keep up prices, but in this they had singularly failed, and he therefore now called upon them to try the plan of no protection, and see if their prices would not be as good or better than under the present system. Sir J. TYnxm, said there were two ways of settling this question, one by making concessions, and the other by a declaration from the right bon. baronet at the head of the is atktttletl ' ts tit I nt vf—Okittl boi isAiOt*lth the' lONA pht hon. bar one t t o bi t ta r ei tertats of the Country. The ri however, to say as l i tt l e as possible, accor di ng to ministerial practice ; indeed, so little, that the farmers and landed pro prietors who followed in his wake were able to pick up little in the shape of crumbs of comfort. Not satisfied with the measures of last session he had now, it appeared, a Canada corn bill in his pocket. The reduction of protection which took place under the new tariff hail injured rather than con ferred any benefit on the revenue, as appeared by the Chan cellor of the Exchequers account of empty boxes. Mr. 11. F. BERKELEY supported the motion. Sir W. JAMES thought the time was come when a step should be taken in advance with a view to the salvation of the labouring classes of the community. Lord WORSLEY referred to what had fallen from Lord Wharneliffe in the House of Lords as calculated to create considerable alarm in the minds of the farmers, for his lord ship was reported to have said that no alteration should take place in the corn laws this session, thus i m pl y i ng t h at govern ment would not be unwilling, at some future time, to listen to a proposition to effect an alteration of those laws, Ile hoped to hear that the sentiments of the noble lord were incorrectly reported. Sir R. PEEL said the progress of the debate had proved to him that all the arguments on either side of the house had been exhausted, and that nothing new could be said upon the subject. He had himself nothing new to offer, and had it not been for the importance of the subject, and the peculiar position in which lie stood, lie should not have thought it ne cessary to address the house. He admitted that the question had been most fairly brought under the consideration of the house by Mr. Villiers, but his motion was more extensive than it appeared on the face of it to be, for the principle went to the abrogation of all duties levied for the purposes of pro tection. It would, under these circumstances, have been more consonant to justice if the hon. member had proposed a general reduction of all protecting duties, in which case all the commercial measures of last session must be necessarily revised and altered. The whole of our colonial system would be at once swept away, and, as a consequence, our colonial markets would be thrown open to the competition of foreign nations against our own manufacturers. Even if he agreed with Mr. Villiers, that the system of protection was unsound, and required careful revision, he would still shrink from any attempt at an immediate application of the principles laid down on the other side of the house. He declined to say any thing in reference to the imputations thrown out by 'Air. Hume, as to the landlords lacing robbers, and he (Sir R. Peel) their abettor, entertaining a very strong opinion that this sort of abuse generally recoiled upon those who resorted to it. The land had to bear some peculiar burthens, which justified pro tection. The malt tax was in the nature of an incumbrance on the landed interest, and though it might be argued that the tax fell upon the consumer, yet the manufacturer would soon feel the weight of a aimilar burden if levied upon him. He had watched the operation of the principles he advocated, and he was fully convinced that that operation was advantageous. He contemplated no further reductions at present, but the fear of losing political support would never prevent him from making an alteration in any law that it appeared to him to be for the public advantage to have changed. He repeated the declaration he bad made on a former evening, that it was impossible, by means of legislation, to keep up remunerating prices. The depression of prices took place, not as the re sult of the corn law, but because of the depression of trade and commerce, the rescuscitation and prosperity of which would render prices firmer than any corn law that could be passed. The law of last session had not had a fair trial, owing to the fact that the probability of a deficient harvest had given rise to extensive speculations, which affected prices so much that it was impossible as yet to ascertain what was the legitimate operation of the measure he had caused to be enacted. The Canadian corn bill was no new proposition, it was part of the measures of last session which the government was pledged to carry out. He knew it would alienate many of his political supporters, but that should not deter him from keeping faith with the public by carrying into law the Canadian corn bill, which was announced to the house before the close of the last session of parliament. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY moved the adjournment of the de bate. Sir R. PEEL hoped the debate would be brought to a close that night, after the full discussion that had been had upon the question. Mr. M. GIBBON thought the debate ought to be adjourned, for many hon. gentlemen were desirous of explaining the votes which they intended giving. Lord J. RUSSELL thought no advantage could result from an adjournment upon a question which had been already so fully debated. Mr. VILLIERS said that it was scarcely fair to force a con tinuance of the discussion at an hour of the morning when it was impossible that their observations could be correctly re ported, if reported at all. Sir J. HANMER said that if the motion for adjourning the debate were persevered in, he should move as an amendment that the house do adjourn. A. most singular scene now ensued, in the course of which much animation was evinced by many hon. members, which was checked by Sir R. PEEL, who said he should vote against the motion for the adjournment of the debate, but he could not support the vote for adjourning the house, for that would be a most unsatisfactory mode of settling a very important question. Sir J. HANMER then withdrew his amendment, and the house divided upon the question of adjournment, which was negatived by a majority of 385 to 94. Captain BERKELEY said he should support the motion of Mr. Villiers. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY again moved the adjournment, of the debate, which was supported by Captain Bernal. Lord DUNGANNON opposed the motion, and protested against wasting public time by repeated adjournments of a debate. After considerable discussion, the house again divided, and the adjournment was again negatived by a majority of 273 to 80. Mr. J. O'CONNELL supported the motion of Mr. Villiers. Mr. EWART then moved the adjournment of the debate. Lord DUNGANNON said he would stay until morning rather than submit to the adjournment. • Captain BERNAL said he should stay an hour beyond the noble lord, in order to obtain the adjournment. Lord J. MANNERS then moved as an amendment that the house should adjourn. Mr. VILLIERS said this was a most indecent mode of settling this question, more particularly when the majority of the house had an interest in the question. Lord J. MANNERS then offered to withdraw the motion, but this was objected to by several members on the opposi tion side, who wished to throw upon the ministerial side the responsibility of thus getting rid of a motion so important as this. Mr. E. ELLis complained that under such circumstances her Majesty's Ministers should have left the house. An Hon. Member observed that he saw strangers in the house; upon which the gallery was immediately cleared. Eventually the debate was adjourned, and the house rose at four o'clock. MtlittiANtg i bitoktit% AND Min& The largely increased and most respectable circulation which the Tuesday's Edition of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD has now obtained amongst the mercantile body in Manchester affords its proprietors the gratify ing power of urging this, amongst the other undeniable claims which it possesses, upon the favor of that portion of the mercantile community of Liverpool who desire to bring their advertisements before the notice of buyers in the neighbouring manufacturing districts. In most of the surrounding towns of Lancashire the circulation of the STANDARD is steadily increasing. In Manchester, however, the centre of the manufacturing district, our publication of Tuesday—occurring upon the most im portant market day of the Cotton Trade, when its Exchange and Hotels are thronged with country manu facturers, spinners, and calico printers—is firmly es tablished in circulation, and is perused with increased and increasing interest. Under these encouraging circumstances, we trust to receive an increased measure of support from the mer chants and brokers of the town generally ; and it affords us great pleasure to assure those of our friends amongst those classes, who have hitherto bestowed their a(?ver tising favours liberally upon us, of our increased ability I to do justice to the interests committed to their care. nit Eiberpool tan Darb. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, In compliance with the instructions of the Commissi oners of the Fine Arts, Mr. Barry has delivered a report contain ing his views as to the internal decorations of the new Houses of Parliament. _ Mr. Barry observes— With reference to the i n t er i or o f the new Houses of Parliament generally, I would suggest that the walls of the se veral halls, galleri es , an d corr id ors o f approach, as well as the various public apartments through out the building, should be decorated with paintings having reference to events in the history of the country; and that those paintings should be placed in compartments formed by such a suitable arrangement of the architectural design of the interior as will best promote their effective union with the arts of sculpture and architecture. 'With this view I should consider it to be of the utmost importance that the paintings should be entirely free from gloss on the surface, and that they may be perfectly seen and fully understood from all points of view. That all other portions of the plain sur faces of the walls should be covered with suitable architect onic decoration or diapered enrichment in colour, occasion ally heightened with gold, and blended with armorial bear ings, badges, cognizances, and other heraldic insignia, em blazoned in their proper colours. That such of the halls as are groined should have their vaults decorated in a similar manner, with the addition occasionally of subjects or works of art, so interwoven with the diapered g r o un d as not to dis turb the harmony or the elect of the architectural composi tion. "That the floors of the several halls, galleries, and corri dors, should be formed of encaustic tiles, bearing heraldic decoration and other enrichments in colours, l a id i n marg i ns and compartments, in combination with polished British marbles; and that the same description of marbles should also be employed for the steps of the several staircases. "That the walls, to the height of from 8 to 10 f ee t, s h ou ld be lined with oak framing, containing shields with armorial bearings, emblazoned in their proper colours, and an oak seat should in all cases be placed against such framing. That the windows of the several halls, galleries, and corridors should be glazed doubly, for the purpose of tempering the light, and preventing the direct rays of the sun from inter fering with the effect of internal decorations generally. " The Victoria Gallery.—This gallery will be 130 feet long, 45 feet wide, and 50 feet high, and with a flat ceiling, and will admit of both paintings and sculpture. The subjects of the paintings on the walls, 16 in number, which may b e 12 feet long and 10 feet high, might relate to some of the most remarkable pageants of British history, or other appropriate subjects. Statues of her present most gracious Majesty might fill the central niches at the ends of the hall ; and the other niches, as well as the pedestals between the paintings, might be occupied by statues of her Majesty's ancestors. The statues might, with good effect, be of bronze, either par tially or wholly gilt. "Corridors of access throughout the Building.—The prin cipal corridors of access to the various apartments of the building will be 12 feet wide; their ceilings will be flat, and they will be generally lighted from windows near the ceiling. The walls may be decorated with portraits as well as paint ings, illustrative of some of the most eminent personages. For this purpose about 2,000 feet in length of wall, by a height of about 7 feet, may be appropriated on the principal floor ; 900 feet in length, by a height of about 7 feet, on the one-pair floor, and'about 400 feet, by the same height, on the two-pair floor. These paintings may be divided into sub. jects at pleasure, by margins or borders of architectural de corations, in accordance with the style of the building. " The llouse of Lords will be 93 feet long, 45 feet wide, and 50 feet high, and will have a flat ceiling in panels. The fittings for the accommodation required will leave little space for painting, but niches will be provided, which might be filled with statues. The architectural details of the ceiling may be enriched and relieved with gold and colour, and the windows filled with stained glass. The whole of the fittings are proposed to be of oak, with appropriate carvings. The throne will be highly enriched and relieved by colour and gilding, and the back lined with a cloth of gold, containing the royal - arms emblazoned in colours. "The House of Commons - will be 83 feet long, 46 feet wide, and 50 feet high, and will have a flat ceiling. It is pro posed to be finished in the same style as the House of Lords, but with less enrichment, and less of colour and gold in its decorations. The nature of its design, and the extent of the fittings for the accommodation required, will not admit of either painting or sculpture." TH M BROUGHAM HALL ESTATES. --(From a Correspon dent).—The question which h as b een l a t e ly raise d w i t h regard to the right to this property still continues to excite consi derable interest in the counties of Cumberland and West moreland. The real facts of the case are, it is believed, ex ceedingly simple. For the last fifty years, claims have, from time to time been put forward by different branches of the family of Bird, with the view of recovering the estate. The last of that family, Mr. J. Bird, Barrister-at-law, entailed the property on his own offspring, and in default of issue, to his own " right heirs for ever." On the part of the Broug ham family, it is alleged that they bought the estate of that gentleman's grandchildren, and on the part of the Birds, that those grandchildren were not entitled to dispose of an estate so entailed. With the view of curing the defects in the title, the Broughams have passed fines and recoveries, and done everything else in their power to secure possession. It would seem, however, that if the Birds were improperly deprived of their patrimony, no length of time would justify the act. From a letter which recently appeared . from Lord Brougham's solicitors, i n the London and provin cial papers, it would seem that they ridicule the idea that Lord Broug. ham's house was called " Bird's-nest" before the Broughams purchased it, giving, as their authority, a manuscript of Ni cholson, Bishop of Carlisle, which states that " Browham hall, the seat of the Broughams," was in existence in 1660, at which date the manuscript was written. It unfortunately happens, however, for th e position assume d, that in 1660 Bishop Nicholson was onl y f i ve that there is years old. It is generally understood something in the affair which still requires a satisfactory explanation.— Times. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1843. The discussions on Sir James Graham's Education Bill have again brought the Rev. Hugh M`N elle before the public, and we perceive that the reverend gentleman again occupies the distinguished and enviable position of our Reformed and Established Church—attacked on both sides—by the dissenters, because she is esta blished ; and by the Romanists and Tractarians, be cause she is reformed. A correspondent of the Mercury attacks Mr. M'Neile as a high churchman desiring to bring the people under the yoke of ecclesiastical tyranny. A corre spondent of the uilail attacks him as a low churchman neglecting to instruct the people in their obedience to their ecclesiastical superiors. This is high praise. It speaks volumes at once for his faithfulness and his moderation. These writers sneer at men who "rejoice at seeing their churches crowded when they preach," and also "in the plaudits of the meetings now so fashionable." In crowded churches and applauding meetings, with all their incalculable benefits to the community, Mr. M`Neile has indeed good ground for rejoicing. No tractarian can command any such in fluence. Hine Wee lachrynue ! We commend to their notice the sentiments of Mr. Plumptre and the cheers of Sir Robert Peel in the House of Commons a few nights since. A Tractarian correspondent of the Mail winds up a number of sly insinuations, by saying significantly that " an Englishman is a ruminating animal." It is indeed upon the animal propensities of man, that Tracta rianism must depend for its success. If they prevail, it will prevail. Mr. APN elle, and all sound Protes tants, depend upon the gracious agency of the Divine Spirit to keep alive among Englishmen the love of the Bible and the love of the monarchy; by th% one de fending them from the false theology (in all its ramifi cations) of Romanism; and by the other, from the re publican politics of dissent. Mr. M`Neile's speech has told on both sides, and we perceive that it has been reprinted in London and various parts of the country. The reverend gentleman has the prayers and blessings of thousands of the people. Operative churchmen look up with thankfulness and animation at the men tion of his name, and exclaim, God bless him ; and good reason have they for doing so. With the triumphant speech of Sir Robert Peel on Friday last before us, directly negativing the supposi tion that any factious opposition in Parliament, or out of doors, can coerce him to further tampering with the existing Corn-laws, we trust that we may at length calculate upon a revival of that public confidence which, in the opinion of most commercial men, is alone wanted for a renewed development of the industrial resources of the nation. In this important commercial commu nity, we may state it as a fact, that the prevalent feel ing is just now a fervent desire for political quiet. We pray to be released from that ceaseless contemplation of political and financial change, which so materially interferes with the progress of steady mercantile opera. tions. We have around us all the elements which contribute to the formation of a state of healthy com mercial prosperity. The prices of most of the staples of our manufactures are almost unprecedentedly low. The food of the people is abundant and cheap. The wild mania for speculative investment which operated so fatally a few years ago is now extinct. Mercantile credit is returning to its wonted sound condition, and our business transactions are carried on upon a more solid basis than for years past. We have had recently opened to the enterprise of British merchants and ma nufacturers the vast markets of China; we have just had placed within our reach the navigation of the Indus and an intercourse with the rich producing districts upon its banks ; and viewing our position as a whole, externally and internally, there never perhaps existed for British commerce a fairer prospect of conferring blessings and plenty upon all classes of our popu lation. What is there which can impede the attainment of a good so desirable ? The answer is —AGITATION. This mischievous power alone, unsettling the minds of the mercantile and middle classes, and inflaming those of the working population, is able to retard the return of all to a condition of health and security. By factious agitation, alone, can the boon for which every good man ought to pray—the enjoyment of a pros perous commerce and a remunerating industry—be turned away from our grasp; and to discourage and put down such agitation ought to be the effort to which all the energies of the well disposed ought at once to be directed. It is now morally certain that the hope of inducing government—by clamour within the walls of Parlia r ment, by ceaseless petitioning, by theatrical displays in the metropolis and the diatribes of hired lecturers in the agriculturing districts—having been extin guished by the manly declaration of the Premier, the efforts of the Anti-Corn-law League will from hence forth be directed to the achievement of a state of things throughout the country little short of impending revolution. Pamphleteering and spouting having failed to convince the reason of the supporters of native agri culture, intimidation by the masses will be now re sorted to for the accomplishment of the objects of this seditious conspiracy. Already we hear of extended organisation, and new levies of money, to be devoted to an action upon the constituencies. We hear of large buildings to be erected for the accommodation of the mobs who shout at such gatherings. In a few months every organ of public disturbance which can be pressed into the service of the faction, will be eagerly directed by the frantic agitators of the League, to stir up disaffection and sedition against the govern ment and the existing laws of the country. That effort must be met by Conservatives promptly and vigo rously ; and if it is so met, by the true-hearted and loyal of our fellow -countrymen, it will be put down. The Conservatives strength of the nation need only to display itself, to have its bidding respected and obeyed. But can this be done by the ordinary instrumenta lities, which are sufficient for the every-day emergen cies of society ? Can a body so powerfully organised, possessed of such restless activity, and working with such unscrupulous weapons, as the Anti-Corn-law League, be successfully opposed by merely casual and individual efforts ? We say, emphatically, "No !" Glance even at the past efforts, by which, on the part of the League, and, more recently, on the part of the dissent ing body, the cause of Conservatism—the cause of truth and of the amelioration of the human race—has been assailed. Glance at the multitudinous petitions which have loaded the table of the House of Commons during the past few weeks, and reflect upon the amount of energy and organisation which must have been called into action ! C onservat i ves, to ena bl e them to perform their duty to their country and their church, must clothe themselves with the same energy— must be e na bl ed to display the same organisation —or, d pe e a l) r e n to lean dpon t although for a m omen t th ey ma y ap upon a support which is unassailable — the inherent soundness and strength of the cause of which they boast themselves the supporters—the time will come, when amidst the howling assaults of their they. *iii havt mip,it to that purblind folly which has led theta to proerwinate, until the last hour, the important task of marshalling themselves for the d ecisive struggle ! We are not alarmists. Knowing thoroughly, as we do, the contemptible source of this Anti-Corn-law agitation, we might be justified in regarding its as saults as scarcely worth providing armour to repel. But such a course is not one founded upon even humari wisdom. The most contemptible worm, which at any moment you might crush with your heel, if admitted to crawl to a sensitive part of the frame, may strike at life ; and this leagued congregation of paltry nuisances, if permitted to go on undisturbed in their incendiary career, may fan a flame in England which it may require more blood and tears to extinguish than we can or dare to contemplate. To our fellow-towns men, therefore, we say, reinvigorate the energies of your Conservative and Protestant association. Meet the insidious or the open assaults of your wily oppo nents with a bold front. Be prepared to support the Conservative government of Sir Robert Peel by your petitions and your votes ; and by so doing, and thus alone, you will be performing your duty to yourselves, your country, and your God ! The agricultural portion of the community believe, of course, that there are three branches of the legisla ture—Queen, Lords, and Commons. They are mis taken; there are more! There is a House of Com mons, which they had some share in electing, and which sits in that chamber which supplies the place of St. Stephen's Chapel; and there is another self-elected body—the representative of a portion of spindles and looms of the empire—which sits in an hotel in Palace yard. The proceedings of the legitimate branches of the constitution our readers will find in their allotted places in our paper; those of the subsidiary branch we are compelled to refer to—with less prominence, perhaps, than its members may think their desert—in our editorial columns. Well, this subsidiary parliament—this congregation of the extraordinary lights of the world—met together on Thursday, and, amongst other matters, agreed to a petition, to be presented to the legitimate representa tives of the Commons, in parliament assembled, of which the following is a copy : " RESOLVED, that your petitioners again declare their conviction that all protecting duties whatever upon articles of manufacturing or agricultural industry are injurious to the true interests of the country." Here is item the first of the convictions of a league parliament! " ALL PROTECTING DUTIES WHAT EVER are injurious to the true interests of the coun try !" But proceed— " That they cannot but express the surprise they have felt that any doubt should exist either in your honourable house or elsewhere, as to their utter repu diation of the principle of protection, after the repeated declarations made by them (by whom ?) in former years. They now express their confident conviction of the worthlessness and mischief of the protective sys tem under every shape; and they desire that the prin ciples of perfect freedom in all branches of trade and of industry may be immediately carried into effect in this country." These gentlemen "cannot but express their surprise that any doubt should exist as to their repudiation of the principle of protection," or any other principle which stands in the way of their trampling under foot the native agriculture of the country. But surely every man ought to speak for himself upon a subject so important. Do the gulls, who despatch these "dele gates" to their subsidiary parliament, authorise them to give away their prosperity in this off-hand style ? Have the makers of hats, gloves, shoes, boots, silks, furniture, and other articles produced by native in dustry, authorised these voluble gentlemen thus to offer up their very existence at the shrine at the manu facturing mammon ? We doubt it much. We ask to see their credentials ; and we believe that if one half of these terms were mooted at any one of their league meetings, the few stray simpletons whom they attract from amongst the working classes—and they are but few !—would very distinctly inform them that this is not the interpretation which they put upon the cry for "cheap bread." The Palace-yard parliament concludes thus : " Wherefore your petitioners pray that all protective duties passed in favour of commerce, agriculture, and trade shall be totally and immediately repealed. That all subjects of this empire, without partiality or class distinction, shall be allowed, without molestation, to buy in the cheapest markets, and sell in the dearest ; and that especially the corn and provision laws, on the continuance of which alone the existence of other commercial monopolies depend, shall be at once and unconditionally abolished" (!) We make no comment upon this, beyond requesting of the farmers of Eng land to mark the kind preference which is extended to them. " All protecting duties " are to be withdrawn; but as a peculiar favour, to test the working of the principle, we presume, the " farmer's protection " is to be withdrawn first The others can be withdrawn at leisure. We observe, by the way, that Mr. Cobden con gratulated this nondescript body on the accession to their cause of no less distinguished a nobleman than Lord Howick. We wish them joy of his lordship, and only beg to be informed whether Mr. Charles Wood is to go with the bargain. His lordship would be incomplete without—hi s shadow. We go to press —our readers we are sure will de plore the circumstance —without the edifying and con vincing speech which all the world expected was to have been delivered by Mr. Cobden on Friday night. The debate of debates, wanting its ornamental tail, which the member for Stockport was to have supplied, is as yet an unfinished thing—" tnonstrum, horren dum, ingens, informe"—a long and shapeless body without an extremity ! The world, however, is not without some consolation for the deficiency. If we have not had a speech from Mr. Cobden as yet, we have had its place supplied by " a row ; " and as pretty a row as was ever witnessed within the walls of the British Parliament, or of any other public assembly ! We shall not attempt to describe this got-up scene —so peculiarly O'Connellite in its character and ob jects. It was not convenient, as was justly observed by Lord Sandon, for the member for Stockport to reply to the convincing arguments and facts of Sir Robert Peel by an impromptu effort. The opportunity must be afforded hi m o f di storting them at leisure, and arranging his ordinary claptraps and sophistries for a set display. Mr. Cobden is not an extempore orator, in the true sense of the term. He is not the man to grapple on the instant with a powerful opponent; and hence was raised the demand, for an adjournment of the debate, to enable this small politician, and the lesser lights by whom lie is surrounded, to twinkle upon some other night, when the memory of the Pre mier's masterly and statesmanlike effort shall not start forth so prominently upon the scene to " pale their in effectual fires," and shame their pigmy strength. They were afraid, forsooth, that, at so late an hour, their various effusions would not be adequately re and that the count r y wou ld thus be de. ported 69 ; prived of the exceeding light which they are to throw upon the important subject under discussion ! That so extraordinary a demand should have been resisted is not, under all circumstances, and especially when we consider the exceeding value of the time of Parliament at this period of the session, a matter to excite surprise. That it was resisted without success we scarcely regret; for we know nothing which would have more greatly advanced the cause of League agi tation out of doors than the existen ce o f t h e slightest ground for the imputation that its quackeries were not listened to within the House of Commons. Un reasonable though it may be that an assembly of Eng lish gentlemen are to wait upon the convenience of the member for Stockport—unreasonable though it may be that a debate upon the Corn-laws, or any oth er sub ject, cannot be concluded unt i l this petty personage chooses to say his sa y — W e are more ready to g i ve him, if he choose it, a nigh t to h i mself (!), and the en tire space of the Times , Herald, Chronicl e, an d Post, wherein to record his sayings, than permit him to trumpet it to the world that he—Mr. Richard Cobden —is so redoubtable a fire-eater in the arena of Par liament, that his opponents dare not afford hint room for the full developement of his stupendous abilities ! A case. it appears, has recently occurred, in which the respectable house of Baring Brothers and Co. have had seized, by the Custom-house authorities in London, i!afgo of faciothatitifeitited goodti, etiftsighed tai them from the United States, snot' goods being folic' on examination to be fraudulently name of a British manufacturer: 'I he object a the importer appears to have been to procure their re shipment, as British manufactures, to some of our colonial possessions. For this purpose, no doubt, they stamped With the were placed in the hands of Messrs. Baring{ by some of their American corresponde nts ; but whilst in the course of landing from an Ame rican ship, the Ni oa ara, a portion of them came under the examination f the Customs officer, and the fact of the counterfeited marks was discovered. ercantil Now, to any one at all acquain ted w i t h m most_ al pOrtSreei; transactions, the circumstance th at even the spectable house may become apparently implicated a transaction of a complexion so dishonest is not at " a matter of wonder. The return to British British-manufactured goods which are found nn; saleable, is a thing of every day occurrence, and 1s duly provided for, especially in the commercial regu" States , lations lations between this country and the United The exporter in America, in the case before us, we go before the British Consul and certify, we believe on oath, that the shipment was one of returned British- manufactured goods. The importers would receive the the invoice so certified, and would ent er them 'Whether the usual course of business as such goods. arrangements of the Custom-house in London al: sufficiently stringent to provide against possible frau°. is riot a question with which we have no w to do; in: this is certain, that any respectable house , dealing respectable connexions abroad, would, having n° rea s on to suspect fraud, treat any shipment made to then accord with their l of advice; and ~0 doubt such was the course wi e th tters the firm of Baring in the case before us. ; boa But the opportunity of a ease of fraud h aving attempted, in which -a political opponent cou ld, by fib; possibility, be for a moment implicated, was " t t° : omitted by the emissaries o f the Anti-corn-law Leagtiliei: and accordingly, at a mee ting held at th e Eng Opera House, Mr. John Bright thus remarked ulr. the occurrence in question There was a large cantile house in this country with which a mas t . ti , tinguished m em b er o f th e House of Lords was e%O mately connect e d"—( o f c ourse Lord Ashbur ton' is nobleman referred to). " That noble Lord had l at 0 , been to the U n it e d St a t es , to enter into certain aerlifie tiations, but not for a repeal of the corn l aws ' t he veracious lea g uer th en read a paragraph frot h re. London Times, in w hi c h th e se i z ure of the g °° " l3 ferred to is men ti one d, an d h av i n g done 8 0 , Pr ° , ceede rto a to the utteran ce o f a ti ssue o f a b us e of Lord A sh° oto because his lord s hip h as b een g uilty of the 116%0 crime of opposition to the reckless projects 01 Anti-corn-law League. $ Of course, it is unnecessary for us to en ter ar, defence of Lord Ashburton against a charge so lor d, tonly slanderous. We believe, in fact, that ho use o f ship has a s littl e t o d o w i t h t h e a ff a irs of the h $ Barings as J o h n B r i g h t hi mse lf ; and except s uc h man, no one could be found sufficiently ignoraagro suppose that, even were h e now the head of that Ali. he would be so f am ili ar w i t h t h e d e tails of their 01.00%. farious transactions as to be brought into cog° of this or any particular transaction. We have seen, since what precedes was wo w li e b, letter from Messrs. Baring, the substance o f Iv will be found elsewhere, and which very satisfa ct(gl explains the whole transaction. LOCAL NEWS. We under s t an d th a t M r . T er ti us Thompson, for a3 „ o `ll;il a this town and res id en t a t W aver tree hes_ been. a Pp r aet British Vi ce -C onsu l f or S t. M a l o an d gt. Server), 0(0 and 110" is, at present, at the vice-consulate, St. 1% 1810, his functions. der stapd NATIONAL SCHOOLS' ANNIVERSARY. -- W`' n h o o.1 9 the annual serm on i n b e h a lf o f the funds of the ee be d ea connexion with the Establi s hed Church, will be P re3G bY tb6 the 20th June next, and not on the 18th, as fornaerPre, ld Rev. C. A. Thurlow, M.A., rector of Malpas, Cbe sh a l Oleo these schools there are 12,000 children, receiving „ ol io' Scriptural education, and we hope the appeal for 5 11 Pr not be made in vain. islst er. The l e g islator EMIGRATION TO TILE UNITED STATES. r of the State of N ew Y or k h as re d uce d the charg e at t " - k pital money," upon all steerag a r sse o n r g 4 er a s . ar i ;: e ti, to o ts hi e c ; port of New York, from one d e oll p a it used to be, to 25 cents, or about is. sterling sac r elief effect on the Bth May, 1843. This will be a gr e j a too r a j the poorer class of emigrants, and cannot be i r n a d Tto p .. re l tr i s rally known both in this country and in Ire the old rate being still exacted n from them, o custom, at the time of paying their passage-t" ° as e ll b ;;;X eri or their subordinates. SITE FOR THE NEW BOROUGH PRISON. --P.-g ee CtIPP2:4 I : I tion have, we hear, bought from Thomas ' Haig aer M.P., the mansion called Wavertree-ball andu t land surrounding it, as the site for the new P er i,,,id lbtj to The purchase-money amounts to £lO,OOO. TheLl—seatht, on the north, to the Botanic Gardens, on t'',, a Man li- ,1 Wavertree-lane, on the east, to the Liverpool Or me ovte ter Railway, and on the west to Rake-lane. t hen'' ela: nt ; _ and occupiers of the numerous elegant villas in „ m loat','" bourhood are, we hear, greatly annoyed at the det e ' • Q bbow . of the Corporation to erect the prison in their ne l ' hood. ut ading LAUNCH.—Yesterday was launched from the fa " et, ,: - t yard of Messrs. Joseph Steel and Son, B affin ' s o o l; " Dorisana," a splendid new ship of 450 toos,hotee,, When the augers were withdrawn, she glided 0 0 ,,` ot stY w i into the bosom of her destined element in ga ll ' i c one, amidst the plaudits of a numerous and respectable 0,000,10; of highly gratified spectators. The beauty of h er 6 4bie h .00 the excellence of h er ma t er i a ls and workmanshiP ‘ de ptst o l not to be surpassed), t oge ther w ith her admirable 8 spirant carry and sail we ll, reflect great credit to ber.,"„on builders, and, at the same time, much honour see veft,r good old town, where the arts and sciences klll ot esse a p o e any other town in the three kingdoms. The ! ea ° now lies in th e Quee n ' s Dock, the a dmiration o f ba r who L haAUNCHa visite—Ah s 450 be lod er. l il P plendid new vessel, of abou t tb ja then admeasurement, was yesterday launched from e re• r ot ing-yard of Messrs. Wilson and Son, North 51 4 00 te, o6 model she is a complete clipper, possessing what a tearli P o r, a codfish-head and a mackerel-tail, having a P ec luoYal e tel entrance and run, with all the advantages of bearn , or" - -0 and ample deck room. At about 12 o'clock tri o ,' de o " spl.t wedges, out oakum, chisels, and wedges , roe nt, e l o daggers," were successively given • but foram l3 „hcled 1 1 01 hesitated, and then in the most graceful ' rnann e , l : e : r s d o r her destined element, amidst the prolonged c" 0, $l,O , thousands who had, notwithstanding the slight ri g the . 11- 01 bled to witness the interesting sight. She is Celle 1 ,000 4 rick, (from, we believe, Lawriek Castle,) and was c' s belvl by the lady of H. Matheson, Esq., of this town. so , built, we learn, for a London house, by whom geaher son and Son were especially selected to undertake 'J ogg ed 70 pletion. It is not yet decided whether she will he f ree is t r be a barque or a brig. It is a circumstance worthy ° w hich _,„6 that this vessel was built on the same slip 0 00 iper" - Bentinck was launched, thus showing how speedily so"cy. in our navy might be effected in case of an eme r g e sr. P' ar COLLEGIATE INSTITUTIOY.—On Tuesday last,. $ F. Aldridge, the rising and talented leader of tn, e coll monic Society, destined, we predict, one d a y to ; enc o re conspicuous ornament to his native town , el ic i t he 0. course of four le c tu re s on i ns t ru mental music , w igr• ll sunned on Friday evening. In dridge traced the origin of instrumental niusie , ,a l .' eb it 11 0 , it through the gradual but slow improvements Greep cessively received from the Egyptians, Hebre , "P' ers r; g eu and Romans , these two lecture% 00.1 C, omens, and, in after times, from Europea j o g tre to the time of Boccherini. The first lecture, be . 00 0 1 historical, afforded no opportunity for the illustrat,i, 0014 add so much zest to lectures of this description, aria__ dfore o l classical, was necessarily dry. The second lectur scope for a better display ; and the two trios be .u ni, Boccherini, as well as the quintett by Boe eberi j, a° that duced, were exquisite performances, and reee i ,, i e , a udie n a t te deserved, the loud applause of a highly respect" of oar e or tv t amongst which we noticed various mem bers " 11 ` n d tba.oe. council. The lecture of this evening, however' and tbe Friday, comprising as they do illustrations frour,dwebertierf of, the works of Haydn. Mozart, Beethoven, an w ill b e t ife• first instrumentalists Who have as yet appeared, aorti c oco much more interesting, -and must prove MO I L a ssia ta tr a- Mr. Aldridge has been fortunate in obtaining triZ, , , o° 4 to of entlemen so well qualified to do justice to T o tre, l r ot tons; and if the other members of which lais o re . , the be comaposed be of the same grade of excelleneeerollei which . is to be furnished to the members of tb or' Institution will be of no common order. Sat J n 'clocic cal (be ° FIRE IN FORMBY-STREET.—About one - „„ebou to day morning, the policeman on duty in the l ie e ib belie f . e d'eof discovered a fire on the premises, belonging' _ ll , o utb ° roo f Messrs. Ashton and Ginn , boatbuilders, on belonging' 6re-Prog Formby-street, and adjoinin the west wall of u ' h ., tbeg..d warehouses that were preserv g ed from destrue. fire in September last. The greatest activity nature f di e by all parties, and the utmost exertions emPlnY—ture inr' the start the fire had obtained, and from the tke., an premises, being the smithy carpenters' sholrassuluertion rounded by piles of dry planks , the fire ha dea tiliv 'oe l could a t l h d e b o p remises , alarming appearance, and had nigh comPle ted tbeethe eaagolora b e f j or s 01 a s i e e ff es e , et w o h a e ll rei i n nto it p o i r a i v g . inated , step in"%ited , a e lj oolc i were burnt y interior aple g_ r w ater b tbe tbr ° lodi a , quantity of wood deafoyed, before a s ufficien c l e 7 be obtained ; however, some hoses were Pa ss me rits' , ovs' dock wall, and planted in the dock with great a : ts . for , ger a few minutes after the engines got into full PlaY' 00 1 1 at here vi ss • ha considerably abated • and, by two o'clock, t lt j „ tie: any fear that it would extend beyond the Om_`:", oear_* first taken possession of, and which were T.'lieeroueoiroe molished. The engines however, were kein es v a lla l ed t° work for gear an hour 'afterwards. The boon:i;olveY.teti other articles out of the office, were secured,.__%te a house in the neighbourhood. We believe i t em". fron i in the smithy, to which, and the shops ow e right bree!_"„tor' ter for adjoining, it was confined. • There was " a t fa " ' °arabir f igaP lo about south-west, which was from as it co j b u e l i . corn% fort, t h e *nowt e llth! to tlb preventing its extension, from the surrounding sheds, timber , an d ° an d OillbooP r ei materials. Mr. srs. Ashen man, had examined placM e n d an d left all safe,_a b late,ool._ at eight o'cl oc k on th e previous night. %19,1"whichlosoThicrie must, however, have escaped his observa tru _ateri a folu al f mere . me a for i ipotl op- • surrounded it, eventually burst out in dared for a time, and, owing to the ignitable re...ble tb of flame. Under all circumstances? been et the Pc ° l r the h ibl e it is un rt tittle # O , docks was very fortunate, for had it not _ re tha n S oei be o; frf e ea d after t rbrit s o, which the engines obtained thence, that the whole yard would have been in a a"`' the 0 co 3 of flame. The usual deficiency again here manifest. A full hour bad elaP tban ; ' hic - the ea mencement before there was any water in d fot o bo ve tame _,A not been for the opportune supplY ob w ow.. a much more serious destruction of propr_red. sued. The premises, we understand, are u" of Water