The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-26 00:00:00

THE "RAILWAY TIMES" AND OURSELVES The Railway Times, of Saturday, in a long article com menting upon our report of a meeting, recently held t in this town, makes some allusions to us which we cannot allow to pass uncontradicted. If we understand our contemporary's somewhat obscure wit, we are suspected to have had some unworthy motive in noticing as we did the proceedings of the Thames Haven shareholders and their secretary, Lieutenant Amsinck. We are said to be " deeply in the confidence of the Directors of the Thames Haven Dock and Railway Com pany," and to have " suppressed" the name of the chairman of the late meeting, to oblige our " friend" Mr. Amsinck. Now, we can assure our railway contemporary, however sin gular to him it may appear, that in any part which we take in the advocacy of public undertakings, we consult only, so far as our judgment enables us to do so, the interests of the public and of the community to which we belong. Ours is, upon all occasions, however foolish the confession may make us appear to the Railway Times, unpaid labour. We look for no business favours and no remuneration in any other shape, as the reward for the course which we take towards any company ; and we most certainly look for none, and have deserved none, at the hands of the Thames Haven Company. We reported their late meeting for the information of our readers and as a matter of course ; and we beg, with all pro per respect, to decline the honour, doubtless intended us, when we are said to be deeply in the confidence of the gen tlemen who compose its direction, and the personal friend of its secretary, Mr. Amsinck. FIRST FRUITS OF MAGISTERIAL REFORM. — The sore ness with which the recent conservative appointments to the bench have been viewed by the whig-radical party through out the country, is not without ample and touching reason. Many a snug job —many a pleasant preferment—have thus been withdrawn from the expectant lips of its subservient tools. Many a longing gaze for the promised sop—many a hankering for the sweet lickings of office—are doomed from henceforth to blank and bitter disappointment. The reign of the Walmsleys and Rathbones, the Potters and Walkers, is at an end. Melancholy consummation ! Why does the world still go round, when the whig revel in jobbery is no more ? We have this day to record the first manifestation which has come before us of this awfully changed state of affairs. A particular friend of the Rev. Joseph Brotherton, Mr. Wakefield, ejected once from the office of overseer of Salford with cruel precipitancy, and nominated subsequently by Sir Thomas Potter and his tail to the snug office of inspector of weights and measures for the hundred of Salford, has just been discharged by the newly-appointed conservative magi strates, for the very venial offence of making his situation a trifle too expensive to the public! The best electioneering tactician which the borough of Salford ever knew—a Social ist, too, or a Muggletonian, we know not which—has thus been deprived of his bone before he had half picked it clean, and when the chances are few that whiggery can afford to throw him another. No wonder, if such be the cruel results of the magistracy being more equally balanced in political opinions, that whig expectants are in utter despair, and the very possessors of place shake in their shoes! DISTRESSED CONDITION OF THE TOWN OF MANCHES TER.—Destitution amongst the population of this once flourishing CAPITAL of the manufacturing districts goes on increasing, whilst the Russell opposition appears resolved that the efforts of the legislature to bring about that revival of our commerce, by which alone it can be materially lessen ed, shall be retarded by every impediment which faction can throw in their way. A friend of our own, writing yesterday from Manchester, states, amongst other distressing facts— " The soup kitchens still remain open ; indeed, but for the relief which they afford, I do not know how our poor people could subsist. I have lately given out fifty tickets per day, for which I have had at least 250 or 300 applicants ! The respectability of some would surprise you." The prolongation of the existing embarrassments in every branch of industry is, we know, rapidly dragging down the small tradesman and the shopkeeper to be thus dependent upon charity for a meal ; but what cares whiggery for the sufferings of these or any classes of the community, when engaged in the selfish pursuit of office, or in the patriotic ob ject of obstructing the measures of a conservative govern ment ? A CASE FOR A COLLEGE OF CARDINALS. — The Guiana Times of the 28th February informs us of some curious cir cumstances illustrative of the condition of the church of Rome in that colony. The titular bishop of Oriense, and vicar-apostolic of British Guiana has involved himself, it ap pears, so seriously with his congregations, as to be sum moned to Rome to answer for or explain his conduct. The grounds of offence are thus detailed by our West Indian contemporary : " The Roman Catholics, to whom Dr. Clancy's conduct appears objectionable, accuse him, First, of an unwillingness to account, satisfactorily, for the large sums of money en trusted to him on the account of the faith ; he is going away, and they are anxious to know how the pecuniary affairs of their church stand, in case he should never return. Se condly, of causing two popular, talented, and useful priests, to quit the vicariate, and ordaining an ignorant man. Thirdly, of occasioning the abrupt departure, from the Georgetown nunnery, of one of the nuns, whose further stay was incon sistent with her ideas of propriety. Fourthly, of giving rise to scandalous remark, by the violation of those precautions for the separation of the sexes usually observed in all Ro man Catholic convents. (!) " Last week the parties most thoroughly convinced of the justness of these accusations, issued a short circular, of which we have seen a copy : " Georgetown, 20th:Feb., 1812.—A variety of circum stances having occurred in this vicariate, highly painful to the feelings of the members, and prejudicial to the interests of the Catholic Church, it is deemed expedient, that a meeting of the Catholic body should be convened, with the view of taking into consideration whether any, and what measures should be adopted by them to allay present evils, and, if possible, guard against their recurrence. Your presence at Mr. Waddell's house, opposite C. Conyers and Co., Water-street, Georgetown, immediately after mass on Sunday next 27th, to assist with your advice, is earnestly requested.' " Yesterday, which was Sunday, the Vicar-apostolic read this circular at the altar, denounced two of the authors of it as having names which it was an abomination to mention in that place, threatened them, if they did not recant and do penance, with excommunication, and their wives and chil dren with a curse, and also pledged himself to excommuni cate all who should dare to attend the proposed meeting. The consequence was, that the meeting did not take place, and that the parties, feeling themselves deeply aggrieved, re solved on going to the Pope himself. " A very pretty squabble this, so far, and one for which his holiness, we imagine, will not thank the rev. vicar-apostolic and titular bishop for originating ! LOCAL NEWS NEW MAGISTRATE.—At the Kirkdale quarter sessions, on Thursday, Peter Greenall, Esq., of St. Ilelen's, M.P. for the borough of Wigan, took the several oaths required by law, previously to his acting as a magistrate for this county. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Friday night last, Robert Wright, aged 28, a carter, living in Adelaide-place, Roscommon street, fell from his chair and died almost immediately. Death ensued from a ruptut e of the aorta caused by aneurism. CHEAP TRAVELLING TO YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE. Among the important revolutions in time and expense of travelling, caused by the running, or rather flying, of steam vessels and steam-carriages, one, perhaps, may be worthy of recording. Passengers can now be booked in London by the Hull Steam Companies, taken to Hull by steam-packets, and thence to Manchester by railway, for twelve shillings, and thence to Liverpool by the Old Quay Company's or the Egerton boats for two shillings, making fourteen shillings ; the time occupied in the transit not being more than it took the road coaches to perform the journey. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.—WhiIe rumours are afloat (false ones, we sincerely trust, for the sake of the credit of the present ministry) that the Maynooth grant is to be increased, we are glad to find that the true friends of sound Protestant ism are not asleep, but that, through the instrumentality of our Liverpool Protestant Association, a petition has been prepared, and, after receiving the signatures of no less a number than 18,650 of our townsmen, has been placed in the hands of our excellent representative, Lord Sandon, for pre sentation. We are informed that other petitions on the same subject—praying for an inquiry into the books, &c., used at Maynooth—are in course of signature by the operative Pro testants of Toxteth-park and other districts. Should the rumoured increase of the grant be proposed, we trust, and doubt not, that both of our representatives will unflinchingly oppose it, and shew their regard to the opinions of a large and important portion of their constituency. It will be re membered that Sir R. Peel is pledged to a motion for inquiry, and surely that will be necessary before such a notion is held out as an increase of the grant. England has sunk low enough already by her connexion with Popery ; and rather should our statesmen wish to wipe that stain out of our sta tute-book, than wish to increase the crime. It will also be borne in mind that there was no truth whatever in Mr. Shiel's statement that we are bound by the Act of Union to continue the grant. The few words of Sir A. Wellesley in 1808 (now "the Duke") are conclusive on that head :—" The fact was, that when the Maynooth institution was first established, it was notAntended that it should be maintained by the public purse. The memorial presented previously to the foundation of that establishment prayed for a charter, in order that their funds might be better secured." Be it also remembered, that we are not unlikely to have a petit Mavnooth in our own town shortly. FRAUD BY SHERIFF'S OFFICERs.—Two bailiffs, named George Wilson and Thomas Cartlidge, 3 7 , under the were placed before Mr. Rushton on Friday, following circumstances : —A person named Lewin had caused a warrant of distress for ls. 4d. to be issued a g ai nst a person who the man paid was lived in his cel lar for arrears o f rent. The rent which t wo shillings per week , and he had paideightpence, leaving ls. 4d. balance . He told the prisoner NWils on to fill up the warrant for Is. 4d. He did so in his presence. The distraint was executed on Tu esda y last, on the goods of the tenant ; but instead of the distraint being to the amount of was lls. 4d. Mr. Sanke y , clerk to Mr. Ballatine, whose Is. 4d., it place is in Tithebarn -street, stated that Wilso n brought the warrant to him, and h e advanced 9s. 4d., and that it was a usual custom to advanc e money on warrants of thatamount. The tenant, whose name is Willis, knowing that he not owe the sum, applied to M r. M'Coombe, the officer, _d or j as sistance, and he took both p risoners into custody. ktr. Le win, win, the landlord, deposed that the Ils. 4d. was a forgery, as he had not given Wilso n any authority to insert in the warrant any more than is. 4d., and it contained no more than that sum when he had seen the warrant before. All the facts were proved, and the prisoners, on being asked what they had to say, Cartlidge replied that Wilson came to him, and asked him to go with him to distrain upon the authority of the war rant, and that was all he had to do in the matter. Wilson stated that he had filled up the warrant according to the di rection of Mr. Lewin, and on its authority levied the dis traint. Mr. Rushton strongly reprobated the conduct of the bailiffs, and, as he believed they frequently robbed the poor people, he would make an example of them, in order to deter others from acting in a similar manner. It appeared, however, on further evidence, that the statement of Cartlidge might be true, and under the impression that he might have been called upon merely to assist Wilson, the magistrate said he would liberate him upon his own responsibility, on ent ering co into re gnizances for £3O, and then ordered Wilson to be commit ted to the sessions. . On Saturday evening, being St. George's Day, his worship the Mayor entertained a numerous party to dinner in the Town-hall. FALSE ALARM.—We stated in our paper, on Friday last, that the scull of a female had been discovered in a midden behind one of the houses in Great George-street. It turns out that the scull belonged to a surgeon, and that it had fallen into the hands of some workmen who. after amusing themselves by searing some servant maids with it, had thrown it into the place where it was discovered. SHOCKING DEATH.—On Wednesday week, Robt. Jones, aged 64, employed by Messrs. Lund and Unsworth, Key street, to feed a mill (consisting of two large stones) for grinding ashes, got his arm entangled between the stones, and it was so dreadfully crushed that erysipelas intervened and he died on Friday last. AN EVIL CONSCIENCE.—John Clements, a man who looked like a bricklayer's labourer, was charged at the police court, on Saturday, with having stolen four sovereigns. On the preceding day the prisoner went up to and informed a constable that he had stolen the money from the house of George Cavannah, 33, Paul-street, which, on inquiry, was ascertained to be the fact, but it was also discovered that he had stolen some clothes at the same time, which he at first denied, but when they were found at a pawnbroker's, and the prisoner identified as the party who pledged them, he con fessed to this also, and was committed for trial. THE HALIFAX STEAMERS. - It may not be generally known, that the four ships forming this line carry all the materials for converting them, in case of a failure, from what ever cause, of steam power, into sailing vessels. Hence the facility with which the Columbia, on the occurrence of the accident to her machinery, was equipped at sea. Complete as the present vessels are, the ship now building will, we un derstand, be still more complete, her lower masts being or dered of sufficient strength to carry, in case of necessity, the rigging and the canvass of a sailing vessel of her tonnage. -- - WASHINGTON LAVING. — This gentleman, the most popu lar of American authors, having been appointed Minister of the United States at the Court of Madrid, may be expected to arrive at this port every day on his way to Spain. He is coming passenger in the packet-ship Independence, which would sail from New York on the 7th instant, and which is nearly due. The Independence will, for the present voyage, be commanded by Captain Henry Holdredge, formerly of the packet-ship George Washington. - - • THE NIGER EXPEDITION.—A letter has been received in Liverpool from one of the survivors of the voluntary exiles to the swamps of the Niger, dated from on board her Majes ty's steam-vessel the Wilberforce, Island of Ascension, Fe bruary 14. The writer states that very few are left to recount what they have seen and felt during the expedition. All the marines had died, with the exception of Serjeant Hodges, Privates G. Velley, D. Bloomfield, H. Gibson, and W. Innes. These had been attacked with African fever, and recovered ; but the disease had made a permanent mark upon some of their constitutions. It was expected that the Wilberforce would again go up the river Very soon, but it was doubtful whether any would live to state the result. She would re main at the Island of Ascension for despatches from the go vernment by a sixteen-gun brig, which was daily looked for. The actual number of deaths is stated to be about seventy, all of them having happened in from four to six weeks. Mr. Waddington, of Liverpool, had been appointed boatswain of the Wilberforce, and was very highly spoken of. Those who are spared calculate on returning to Liverpool about August next. _ BAIL FOR DR. COPELAND.—TWO persons, named Quinn and Williamson, the latter of the firm of Varty and William son, appeared on Wednesday, at the Police Court, to give bail for Dr. Copeland alias Martin, who took so active a part in the late abduction affair in this town. Mr. Williamson was the first to be examined, and having answered the pre liminary questions as to his property, &c., Mr. Snowball asked him if he had been indemnified, or if he had been pro mised indemnification should Copeland run away ?—" I can't say that I have," was the reply. This excited the suspicions of the bench and the solicitor. Several pointed questions were asked, to which the party did not give straightforward answers. As a final question, Mr. Rushton said, have the friends of Dr. Copeland given you expressly or implicitly any promise or undertaking that you are not to suffer should he make his escape'—Mr. Williamson declined to answer this question, and the bail was refused. THEFT BY A WAITER.-A coloured man, named Gabriel Taylor, was placed at the bar of the police-court yesterday, on a charge of having robbed Mr. Samuel Towers, of the Angel Hotel, Dale-street, with whom he had resided in the capacity of waiter. It appeared that one day in October last, the prisoner received notice from Mr. Towers to quit his service, in consequence of some act of dishonesty, and the next morning he went away, taking his trunk with him, be fore any of the servants had risen. Mr. Towers proceeded to his lodgings, in Copperas-hill, and, on examining his trunk, found it to contain a quantity of tea, sugar, and can dles, together with a pair of slippers and a towel marked " Angel Hotel." The prisoner immediately absconded, and it was ascertained that he had gone to New Orleans, as steward of a ship. He returned thence on Saturday, and was immediately apprehended. Mr. Rushton committed him for trial at the next sessions. OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES.—Yesterday, two men, named Gurney and Kearney, were charged at the Police-court with having obtained five shillings from a Mrs. Taylor, of Dale-street, and a similar sum from Mrs. Mur phy, of Dryden-street, by means of two false pawnbrokers' duplicates. The prisoners sold the duplicates to the two women on Saturday, as the duplicates of a quilt, bed, and bolster, pledged with Mr. Sorley, of Dale-street ; but, on inquiry, it appeared that no such tickets had been issued by him or by any person in his employment. Mr. Rushton asked how the men could possibly have obtained possession of the tickets. Mr. Sorley replied that he did not know, unless they bad been in his shop and taken some tickets as they lay loose on the counter. Mr. Rushton said it was ex tremely careless work to leave tickets on the counter, as any one might thereby get hold of them, and defraud poor people by their means. Mr. Sorley said he could not help it. The prisoner Gurney made no defence, but Kearney said he had given 2s. for the pretended duplicates.—Mr. Rushton said it was beyond all doubt they had confederated to defraud these poor women. Under the Pawnbrokers' Act they were liable to three months' imprisonment, and they must be committed for that period. THEATRE ROYAL. — A very smartly written and laughable farce, entitled " A Boarding-school without Scholars," was produced on Friday night. It is from the fertile pen of that learned pun-dit Thomas Hood. The plot is very simple, the following characters being concerned in it :—Jeremiah Snaffle (Baker), an ex-horse dealer at York, commences keeping a school to please his second wife, Mrs. Sna f fle (Mrs. Clarke). Sna f fle has only one scholar, Master Timothy (Mr. W. J. Hammond), who is lent to him by a friend as a decoy, and only one usher, Jack Wilson (Nantz), a young gentleman who has run away from home to avoid a marriage with a lady provided for him by his father. Jack Wilson is enamoured of Miss Sna f fle (Miss Julia Bennett), and on being disco vered making love to her, is turned out of the house ; re-in troduces himself as a French master, and subsequently as his own father, at which period that venerable gentleman (per sonated by Mr. Vivash) appears in propria persona. After an amusing imitation of the old gentleman, the disguise of the son is thrown off, and Jack is made happy with the pro mise of Miss Maria's hand. This plot, if it can be so called, cannot produce much laughter we would suppose ; but the want of interest is made up in the outrageous fun, pun, and wit of the dialogue, and the cleverness of the acting throughout. We hardly know to which of the actors in the farce to give the palm of superiority: they contrived, jointly and collectively, to set the house frequently screaming with laughter at the oddity of their speeches, questions, and re plies. Although we recognise some old friends amongst the puns, we can shake hands with many new ones. Hammond has a comic song, which was encored. It is extremely clever. He gave it with inimitable spirit and humour. Amongst a myriad of good things, the following may be taken as a sam ple :—Jack Wilson, describing the lady his father wished him to marry, said her mouth, like herself, was open to every of fer ; and as for her nose, it seemed as if she had taken the first that turned up. Mrs. Sna f fle, describing her first hus band, pronounced him as having been the best of men—the best of quakers—adding, that he was now in his grave. " Ah !" replied Sna f fle, " then he is an earth-quaker." Ham mond drew forth a shout in lamenting over the badness of his food, and complaining that the potatoes were too waxy to make a meal. A good hit was also made by him when ordered by Miss Sna f fle to go to his play. He replied, "Do you think I can't go to my play without orders ?" Snaffle, lamenting over his horses and his carriages, that had been sold up, said, " Every wheel turned him round, and every shaft went into his heart ; and he thought it was a hard case a man could not mount a horse in a county that had three ridings." Speaking over his halcyon days, Sna f fle said that he could at one time boast of his oats, but he was now one of the " has beens," and that we were all rakes in our hey-day. Scarcely a sentence is without its joke ; indeed, they come almost too fast upon us. We can hardly get over one grin before we are obliged to prepare for another. The farce was received with most rapturous applause, which lasted after the curtain had fallen. Miss Bennett and Mrs. Clarke played Mrs. and Miss Sna f fle capitally. Mr. Baker's Sna f fle occa sionally produced roars, while Mr. W. J. Hammond, as Timothy, " made the running, took the lead, and kept it." Popjoy was in the pit, looking as if he was ready to pitch into every thing and every body. His face wore Othello's when he declared " his occupation gone." THE FEMALE PIGMY versus THE GlANTESS.—Catha rine Holden, a handsome woman, upwards of six feet high, appeared before Mr. Rushton, on Saturday, to answer a charge of assault which was preferred against her by Mrs. Southurst, a female not much more than one-third that altitude. Mrs. Southurst complained on behalf of her ser vant girl, Isabella Farren. She appears about 40 years of age, but her stature is so low that, when she entered the witness-box, she could barely peep over the rim thereof. Her husband is, we understand, some 27 or 28 inches high, yet he was, we understand, some years ago, the defendant in an action for crim. con. which was tried at the metropolis, the frail lady who figured in -the case being a handsome female of the ordinary , dimensions. Mrs. Southurst stated the case as follows :—` 4 Catharine Holden (the tall lady) is my mistress, and I am the girl's mistress (pointing to the real complainant in the case). On Saturday night last, at half-past eleven o'clock, my servant was setting out the breakfast-table so as to be ready for my breakfast next morn- ing by my orders. My bedrodm is next to my private-room, and I thought if she set out my breakfast on Saturday night it would save her trouble for next morning. My mistress was not there just then, nor master neither ; but Mr. Brierly came in, and he asked what all that was about." The ma gistrate here looked slightly puzzled. "My husband," proceeded Mrs. Southurst, " was behind the curtain." Mr. Rushton looked more puzzled. " What was your husband behind the curtain for ? ' asked he. "We keep an exhibi tion, sir," said Mrs. Southurst • " my husband is a little curiosity !"Mr. Rushton : " What is he ?" Mrs. South urst : " He is a little curiosity, sir." Mr. Rushton : " In deed ! how, pray ?" Mrs. Southurst : "He is a curiosity, sir ; he is very small, only twenty-seven inches high; he is a dwarf, sir." Mr. Rushton : Oh I proceed." Mrs. South urst : " I exhibit likewise. lam in the service of Mr. and Mrs. Holden, who keep an exhibition at the corner of Leigh street and Whitechapel, and they show both me and my hus band. I am paid by them, and I keep my own attendant. Mr. Brierly took up the tray, and, just as my husband came from behind the curtain, he overthrew the crockery and threw the tray upon my husband. Mrs. Holden (the giantess) at that moment came in, and was advancing towards my hus band, when I rushed forward and put myself before her to protect him. (Laughter.) Mrs. Holden then fell upon my servant and struck her.' Isabella Farren gave testimony similar in effect to the above. Mrs. Southurst, on cross-ex amination by Mr. Davenport said, she bad been in Mrs. Holden's service eight months. Isabella Farren acted as ladies' maid. (Much laughter.) Her husband got under a stool during the disturbance, to be out of danger. Mr. Brierly, who describes the exhibition to visitors, was called. He stated that he was very busy attending to the company. and Mrs. Southurst's servant had placed two loaves on a box on which visitors seat themselves. He directed her to take them away, but she refused. He removed the tray and the loaves also ; upon which, both Mrs. Southurst and her maid shied the crockery at his head. Mrs. Holden entered as the girl was in the act of throwing, when, annoyed at the disturbance, she struck her on the back. Mrs. Hol den had since turned both the dwarf and her husband away for disorderly conduct. The tiny woman indignantly denied that she had been turned away ; they quitted of their own accord. She admitted that she had thrown a saucer at Brierly, but it was indefence of her husband, who was too small to st an d up i n h i s own de f ence . As th e l a d y i s two or t crockerygre hatadnubiesealln some inch es ta ll er than her hus b an d, this st a t ement excited was a merriment. Mr. Rushton said the exhibition in question had been nuisance to thrown,the b p a u t bl i i t c w . as lt al w so as caldemarittthedatthaant as saaltthe crockery had been thrown, but it was also clear that an as committed. Mrs. Holden was fined 2s. 6d. and costs, which was immediately paid, and the parties left the court. MR. DAVID LLOYD.—The numerous friends of this gen tleman will, we are sure, be extremely sorry to hear of his sudden demise yesterday by appolexy. He had been many years a partner in the house of Lloyd and Carter, and we believe had not been afflicted with any previous illness. THE INCOME TAX.—The solicitors of Briseol held a meet ing last week for the purpose of inducing the legislature to exempt the profession from the income tax, in consequence of their being already sufficiently mulcted by the imposition of the duty on attorneys' certificates. ' THE PAPER TRADE.--A deputation of gentlemen of the paper trade, consisting of Mr. Venables, Mr. F. Speirs, Mr. Hollingswarth, Mr. J. Smith, Mr. Harris, and Mr. Cowan, accompanied by the following members of the House of Commons—Lord Sandon, Lord Courtenay, Sir I'. Acland, Sir H. Douglas, Sir J. Y. Buller, Mr. P. Stewart, and Cap tain Bernal, had an interview with the Vice-President of the Board of Trade on Saturday. THE COFFEE TRADE.—Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., and a deputation connected with the coffee trade of this town, including Mr. J. B. Brancker, Mr. W. P. Bushby, and Mr. J. Crossfield, had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY.—On Sunday morning, the house of Mr. Chesney, Islington-terrace, was entered by thieves, who had the audacity to walk into his bedroom, and take away a cash-box containing between £4O and £5O, a lady's watch, &c. On awakening, Mrs. Chesney was surprised to find the floor of the room scattered with garments. The thieves visited the wine-cellar and other parts of the house. They effected an entrance from the back. THE ARMY.—Sixty-six volunteers from the 88th Con naught Rangers joined the 86th in Cork barracks on Tuesday last. The regiment is now complete, and waits orders to embark for Liverpool, en route for India. Two companies of the 84th will arrive here to-morrow, from Fermoy, and the remainder on Friday and Saturday. They will be billetted on the town till the arrival of the steamers to convey them to Liverpool.—Cork Reporter.—[The first division of the 86th passed through this town on Saturday, the second yes terday, and the third is expected to arrive to-day.] HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.—An elderly lady, named Robin son, the wife of an individual in the Excise Office, met with a frightful accident on Saturday, which terminated in her death yesterday morning. About three o'clock she was pass ing along London-road, towards her residence at the Old Swan, and at the same time a cow, in an infuriated state, be longing to Mr. Sharp, butcher, of Low-hill, was being driven in the same direction. The animal suddenly seized her, and having tossed her to a considerable height, she fell on the pavement with great force. On being taken up it was found that she had been seriously wounded by the horns of the ani mal, and that her spine was much injured. She lingered till yesterday morning, when, as just stated, she expired. An inquest will be held this day (Tuesday). UNPRECEDENTED DESPATCH.—The ship Eutaw, Captain Thompson, of 571 tons, consigned to Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., arrived in the river, from New York, about two o'clock in the afternoon of Friday last, docked in the Vic toria Dock at nine o'clock on Friday evening, commenced discharging at an early hour on Saturday morning, and com pleted her discharge between four and five o'clock the same afternoon, the cargo, consisting of 1,283 bales of cotton, having been landed in less than ten hours! We understand that this extraordinary despatch was used in order to fulfil an engagement for au outward charter entered into prior to arrival. MODEL ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE OWNERS OF RUN AWAY WIVES.—From the Brownsville Pa. Galaxy—ver batim et literatim.—[Advertisement.]—" Whereas Fanny Marton,alias Kerr, has, without cause, left my habitation, and is oating on the ocean of tyrannical extravagance, prone to prodigality, taking a wild goose chase, and kindling her pipe with the coal of curiosity—to abscond and abolish such insidious, clandestine, noxious, pernicious, diabolical, and notorious department, I therefore caution all persons from harbouring and trusting her on my account, as I will pay no debts of her contracting from this date, unless compelled by Iaw.—JAMES KERR." TOXTETH-PARK PROTESTANT OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION. —The half-yearly meeting of this truly important association was held at Toxteth Hall, Mill-street, on Tuesday evening last, and most ably presided over by the Rev. T. Nolan, who brought before the meeting the main subject for their as sembling,—to propose a petition to parliament for enquiry into the Maynooth course of education, &c. &c. The meet ing was addressed in a most eloquent speech by the Rev. W. Falloon : Mr. Lee Trotman and Mr. Joseph Crisp also ad dressed the meeting on the same subject. We are pleased to see that the zeal of this association has in no degree abated by the accession of conservatives to power, which is a clear proof that it is principle and not party by which they are guided. Such meetings are most important at the present time, when rumours are afloat that the Maynooth grant is actually to be increased. As Sir R. Peel is pledged to inquiry, we trust that will take place before any discussion on the in crease of the grant is gone into. SIGNS OF THE TIMES.—ADVANTAGE OF A CONSER VATIVE GOVERNMENT.—On Easter Monday last, the great beggarman, Daniel O'Connell, Esq., Lord Mayor of Dub lin, and the modest candidate for a baronetcy, was arrested for some of his mal-practices, while walking in a temperance procession, in the city of Cork. This, indeed, is a glorious prognostication of the growing respect for the law, which at all times to be regarded, must be respected. Could a poor or a rich man either, dare ask for his own of the " mimber" for all Ireland in the days of the late imbecile whig govern ment? He was bailed in about half an hour by some of his wretched adherents. _ _ W e regret to announce the decease, yesterday, of Mr. William Martin, of this cown, sailmaker and shipowner, at the age of 57 years. He was a gentleman highly esteemed for his affable manners, good nature, and convivial hospita lity. A great number of poor families in the neighbourhood of his residence, in Kent-square, will have good reason to regret his death, as their means of subsistence were almost exclusively furnished by his generosity. The deceased, many years since, commanded a vessel from this port, and d ur i ng the period of warfare between this country anclarance, was arrested, and his ship conveyed to a French port, and he himself kept in custody for seven years. THE EASTERN DISPENSARY.—The third annual report of this valuable charity has just been laid before us, from which it appears that, during the past year, 6567 patients have been relieved, of which 2204 were visited at their own houses. This is an increase on the previous year of more than 2000 patients. We are glad to see that the finances of the institution are more favourable than at the issuing of the former report, as, when the funds are all collected, the com mittee, by using the strictest economy, will be able not only to pay all accounts for the past year, but also a great deal of the debt necessarily incurred at the first establishment of the institution. This is chiefly owing to the donations of two hundred guineas from the Poor Law Guardians, and fifty guineas from the Corporation : but as this may not always I be available, it behoves the friends of the charity to use their best exertions in order to effect its permanent prosperity. CAUTION TO MOTHERS.—On Saturday last an inquest was held before the Borough Coroner, to inquire touching the death of Henry Edwin Bissick, an infant aged four weeks, son of Mr. Charles Bissick, who keeps the Shaks peare Concert-room, Williamson-square. It appeared, that the child was troubled with wind, and that the mother had sent her servant to a druggist's shop for some mixture to re lieve it. Of the first mixture purchased she was ordered to administer a teaspoonful, which she did, and she thought the effect was beneficial. She sent again on Wednesday evening to a druggist's shop for two pennyworth of mixture, of which she was ordered to give a similar dose. She observed that the liquid was much darker coloured than that which she had formerly received. She administered about three fourths of a teaspoonful ; presently after which the infant went to sleep and became black in the face. She sent for Mr. Jeffrey, surgeon, who found the child dying from the effects of a narcotic. He examined the liquid which had been given, and found that it was syrup of poppies. He used such means as he thought necessary in the endeavour to recover the child, but his efforts were vain. The Jury returned a verdict of chance medley against the mother. DEATH OF A BOY BY DROWNING IN A PIT.—An inquest was held yesterday before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of a boy, eight years of age, named William Nicholl.—John Baker, a boy, ten years old, who lives with his parents at No. 2, Bridgewater-street, said,—l knew the deceased. His parents reside in the same street as I do. On Saturday af ternoon last, the deceased and I, and another boy went to catch some jacksharps at a pit at Windsor. After fishing for some time, the deceased, who was standing at the edge of the pit, and in the act of throwing his line in, all at once fell into the pit. I tried to throw my rod and line to him, but could not do so, as he was too far. I then ran to a ropewalk, which is at a short distance from the pit, for some men, and two of them came, but on going to the pit we found the de ceased had sunk. The men got a rope and hook and a rake, and succeeded in bringing the deceased up. He appeared to be dead. He was taken to a public-house in Lodge-lane, and a doctor sent for, who came, but the deceased never came round. A police-officer afterwards had the body taken home.—George Pulford, the other companion of the de ceased, corroborated this statement. He, also, reached his rod to endeavour to save him, but could not.—The men from the ropewalk said the deceased had sunk when they got up. In a few minutes they got him out. He appeared to be dead, and the medical man who was called in did not succeed in recovering him. There was about eight feet of water in the pit, and the bank was about two yards high from the water. Verdict—" Accidental death." DEATH FROM AN OVER-DOSE OF LAUDANUM.—An in quest was held yesterday before the borough coroner, on view of the body of Robt. Jack. Sophia Stockton said she was the wife of Samuel Stockton, and that they lived in Renshaw-st., next door to where the deceased lived. On Sunday after noon, the deceased came into their house and sat down on a table. Her husband and herself were at tea at the' time. While the deceased sat he pulled out a glass phial and uncorked it ; and her husband asked what it was, and deceased replied it was laudanum, and asked him if he would taste it. Wit ness asked him to allow her to taste it, as she had never done so, and he gave.her a, tea spoonful; and told her not to drink it all, as it was poison. Witness poured a good deal of it hack again, and put some sugar in the remainder and drank it. The deceased did not take any himself. In about twenty minutes after, deceased said " Dear me, I doubt 1 have taken too much of it." Witness noticed that his eyes became very dull, and he seemed to be getting powerless. Her husband then took him to his own house, and returned home directly after. In about half an hour after witness heard his wife calling her, and went and found deceased sitting on a chair by the fire, with his head down, and his wife supporting him. His eyes were firmly closed, and his hands turning quite black. He was insensible. Witness thought he was dying, and sent for Mr. Archer, the surgeon, who applied the stomach pump, and mustard plasters, and other means, but the deceased never rallied, and died a few minutes before six for nearly Jack, knao taking wife gli t fy h e the ofws laudanum, t m hy e eea e dr evening, neai as andnsheg de . wus Witness during s troubled rnhoeeus thatwbs l h aet a sid d m4 known wse hthea ws yearsat the sho mlidn asthma.—Ellen deceased aLi ne dE lvi ea habit ns sexton at Renshaw-street chapel. Deceased and witness, on Sunday afternoon about five o'clock, came from the chapel together, and on reaching home deceased went into the house of the last witness, and in about half an hour came home with the husband of that witness. Deceased sat down and had some tea, and afterwards smoked his pipe. He then went up stairs to see his mother, who lived in the house and was confined to her bed. He came down again in a few minutes and sat down in a chair, and the moment he had done so he fell into a sort of fit, and became insensible. His hands began to turn black. She called the last witness and sent for a surgeon, who came and did every thing he could to recover him, but did not succeed, and the deceased died in a few minutes after. For the last five years he had been troubled with asthma, and used to take laudanum for relief. He generally took a teaspoonful. She had not seen him take any that day, but he might have done so. Lauda num was always kept in the house, as deceased used to get up in the night, and sit for hours rocking himself, with blan kets round him. She had frequently seen the laudanum bottle now produced.—Mr. Archer, surgeon, said he was called in to the deceased, and found him insensible. The pupils of his eyes were much contracted, and he considered him labour ing under the effects of some narcotic. He applied the sto mach pump, and used other means, but he died in about an hour after. Witness had no doubt the deceased died from the effects of narcotic poison.—Thomas Hardisty, a chemist and apothecary with Mr. Howarth, Renshaw-street, said he had known the deceased for some years. He was labouring under asthma, and used to resort to laudanum. He came to the shop two or three times on Sunday, and had evidently been drinking. Witness asked him to go home and go to bed. A little before six o'clock witness was informed he was dying, and on going to him found him in a state of comas, and sent for Mr. Archer. Witness remained with deceased till he died. The bottle produced was found in deceased's coat pocket, and contained laudanum. — The jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from taking ignorantly and by taisadventure an overdose of laudanum. Cocoa and Chocolate Flaked Cocoa . 9d lb. Ground ditto 9d—lnferior lower. 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The admirable manner in which the accomplished vo calist sang his Scotch songs left nothing to be wished for. "My Nannie 0" was a perfect gem. Braham's fine duet, " When thy bosom heaves a sigh," was charmingly sang by him and Miss Delcy. Miss Delcy was encored in " Now with grief," from Cinderella. We have seldom heard it better sung. Mrs. St. Albin, in the first part, played a beau tiful composition of Thalberg's. Her brilliant execution, taste, and the charming expression she threw into it, com pelled the audience to applaud her "till echo did applaud again." It was an immense treat. The Notturno in the second part was too short. It was like giving an epicure a quarter of a peach, or a spoonful of turtle soup. Our Bir kenhead readers will perceive that on Friday next they will have an opportunity of hearing Mr. Templeton, Miss Delcy, and Mrs. St. Albin. The concert at the Templars'-hall was fashionably attended, and we have no doubt all the lead ing families across the water will avail themselves of the opportunity afforded them on Friday next, of partaking of a delightful evening's amusement. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, BEFORE SIR L. SHAD WELL.—Chubb v. Cooper and another.—This was an injunc tion filed by the plaintiffs, Messrs. Chubb and Son, of St. Paul's Churchyard, the well-known manufacturers of patent locks and patent iron safes, against the defendants, one of whom was a lock-maker, and the other a factor at Wolver hampton, and it sought to restrain the defendants from ma nufacturing or selling any locks or'keYs made in imitation of Messrs. Chubb's locks, and stamped with their name or trade marks. The defendants, for whom Mr. Hinton ap peared, acknowledged that they bad been acting under a mistaken view of the law, and consented to an order for the injunction being made; and, upon the defendants undertak ing to obliterate the plaintiffs' name from all locks remaining unsold, and to deliver up all punches having the name of Chubb upon them, the plaintiffs consented to stay all further' proceedings in the suit, for which the defendants, by their counsel, expressed themselves grateful. An order was accordingly made conformably with this arrangement. POPISH MALIGNITY.—Under the head of Clerical Influ ence, but, in fact, ind u ced by the mali gn ity w hi c h i s nurse d in the breast of Popery against every one whose fate or for tune it may have been to aid, however involuntarily, in the unmasking of this giant superstition, the Journal of Saturday contains a lengthy attack upon the Watch Committee, be cause that, now conservative, body had dared to bestow a situation in the Liverpool police force upon a man whom " the church" had placed under its ban, and because his character was sufficiently vouched for in the situation which he previously held, to warrant the signatures of a number of the clergy of Liverpool to an application in his behalf. The circumstacces of the case are briefly these :—The individual in question was a member of the Manchester police force, and was the party who found a poor maniac" (as the Jour nal calls him, and as we would be disposed to call every Ro man Catholic devotee) upon his knees in a street in Man chester, doing penance, it was said, by order of Mr. Herme, the priest of Granby-row chapel in that town. The same individual was a witness, we believe, in the celebrated case Herme v. Stowell ; and, as a matter of course, his situation in a force, constituted as the Manchester police force is, was not the most comfortable in the world, and was speedily va cated. Was such a man to be thrown upon the world to starve? No. The age when Rome can place a kingdom, or a town, or an individual under interdict is, thank God, not yet arrived; and we cannot blame th e clergy of Liverpool for stepping forward to rescue this man from the exclusion to which Popery would fain have condemned him. We are heartily glad to see that the Watch Committee have the bold ness to brave the sneers and the scurrility of those who maintain that the recommendation of a Church of England clergyman ought to be a bar rather than a claim to that fa vour. The organs of popery were not wont to make this kind of outcry when a voucher from their reverences, the priesthood of Ireland, was the best recommendation for the bogtrotters who, under whig domination, were placed in this force to exercise their shillelaghs upon the heads of the peaceable Protestants of Liverpool. WEST INDIES The Jamaica papers received by the Tay, whose arrival we have noticed elsewhere, extend to the 25th of February, and the Demerara three days beyond . that date : in ne ith er of these files is there anything of prominent interest. The general complaint is the embarassments of the floating in terest, and the disinclination of the labouri ng c l ass t o con cilitate differences by accepting modified wages. At Demerara many of the most productive plantations were standinc , still under the continued strike of the labourers. In Trinidad b the promise of the crop was favourable, and delegates had been despatched to Sierra Leone to contradict the false im pression raised in the mind of the Africans re s p ec ti ng th e treatment those who had emigrated had received. The new Governor, Sir C. E. Grey, had arrived at Barbadoes. At Nassau attention was directed to the improvement of the harbour for the accommodation of the Royal West India mail steamers. The Bahama Islands appear to expect much increase of prosperity from this new distinction. With re gard to the coal depot at Grenada, it is suggested that it should.be removed to one of the many small islands in the Gulf of Para, where the steamers could come alongside at their own convenience, a nd not be delayed by wa iti ng th e necessary tide to bring them close enough to ship th e i r f ue l. The disappoint men t of the Mexican bond-holders at the non-arrival of specie has been already adverted to, as one of the causes of th e d ec line in Mexican stock. It is, therefore, somewhat satisfactory to learn by a letter from Vera Cruz, dated March Bth, that an attempt had twice been made to ship specie on board the steamers, but that the captain had refused to t a k e it. A similar letter has been, it is said, like wise received by the committee of bond-holders, informing them that there is a large sum of money ready to be shipped for the dividends, but which is detained for the same reason. A delay so unaccountably occasioned has, of course, caused much dissatisfaction, and it is expected that some represen tation will be made to the steam company on the subject. CORRESPONDENCE. IRON AND WOOD TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—May I beg the favour of you to insert the following reply to " Proselyte," w h o fi gures in this day's Albion : He is correct in stating that buoyancy is my objection to iron for a roadster ; and if he will take the trouble to try the following experiments, perhaps he may believe I am not far wrong :—lnflate a large bladder, cut cork into the same form, and take a piece of wood of a similar shape; fasten each to a weight with a line, place them off one of the pier heads when there is a strong westerly breeze, and I am much mistaken if Proselyte does not make the same discovery the old gentleman did when he clipped the pig in a gale of wind; that is, more wind than wool in his head. Your's respectfully, JOHN ASKEW. April 25th, 1842. THE NEXT LECTURE AT THE MUSIC-HALL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—As I feel deeply interested in the lectures on the Novelties of Romanism, now in course of delivery at the Music-hall, and having sat -under the highly gifted Mr. Barrett, who is to deliver the next lecture, and who appears to me to be a stranger to the Protestants of Liverpool, I feel anxious that they should be apprised of his talent, that it may not be wasted on a half-filled room. I have heard the Reverends H. M`Neile, H. Stowell, Francis Close, Robert Montgomery, Baptist Noel, Henry Melvill, &c., and can safely say, in point of eloquence, Mr. Barrett may be num bered with those gems of our church.—Yours, &c., PROTESTANT. April 25th, 1842 ROMISH CONTROVERSY Curious Correspondence between the Rev. Patrick Phelan, of St. Anthony's, and Messrs. Barrow and Meredith, Protestant Operatives. [lt may be necessary to premise that the Operatives had had an interview with Father Phelan prior.to writing the first of the following letters.] To THE REV. PATRICK PHELAN. April 20th, 1842. Rev. Sir,—We called on you this morning, as yoii desired us to argue out the doctrine of Transubstantiation wtat you. We called at ten o'clock, the hour you named, and were tnuch surprised that your servant' admitted you were in and then denied you to us. We wish you would name another day and hour when you could grant us an interview, or we must infer that you, a Romish priest, are unable to meet two operatives of the Church of England.—Your's respectfully, J. BARROW, J. MEREDITH. To MESSRS. BARROW AND MEREDITH. St. Anthony's, April, 21st, 1842. Sirs,—Having doubts of the sincerity o f th e mo ti ves t h a t induced you to ask of me information respecting the con troverted points of our holy . religion, I am r e l uc t an tl y com pelled to refuse to see youprivatly. My time is e xcee di ng ly precious, and my ministerial duties so pressing, that I cannot spare a moment unless I am sure that good may follow. Whenever you will a ssure me that you are sin cere i n your enquiries, it will always afford me great pleasure to see you. —Your's, &c., P. PHELAN. To THE REV. P. PHELAN April 22d, 1842. Rev. Sir,—We have received your note of the 21st, for which we feel much obliged, and hasten to assure you of the sincerity of our motives in callin g on you, but we mus t re mind you of our object i n callin g on y ou . W e calle d on vou, in the first instance, to satisfy a Romanist who, when he could not reply to our arguments, brought us to you, that you might answer them. You talked to us for more than three hours, and feel i ng you had not answered us, you invited us to call on you again. Yon named the day and the hour, and when we went, refused to see us. What, allow us to ask you, is the Romanist who went with us on Thursday to say to this ? That you, a Romish priest, dare not meet us because we were armed with the Word of God. What is he to say to your note ? You cannot see us, you say, " unless you are sure good may follow." Do you not a d m it h ere th a t you, an educated man, well taught in Romish theology, can not appeal to our common sense and convince our reason that Popery is true? Why, Reverend Si r, you seem here to feel the truth that Popery is false. But you say you are " reluctantly compelled to refuse to see us privately." Will you meet one of us publicly in the M us i c-hall? As Dr. Butler refused to meet Mr. Baylee, perhaps you would have the kindness to meet one of us. You say yo ur " time is exceedingly precious ;" but this will b e on l y doing your duty, for you profess to be a follower of the men who were sent to preach the Gospel to every creature. We assure you, sir, we are sincere. We wish you well. We pray that your soul may enjoy the liberty of Christ's everlasting Gospel. We pray for you and every Romanist in this town ; and we are 114 without hope that the great God of heaven may turn the conversation we had with you to the salvation of your soul, and the opening of your eyes to see that Po per is the apostacy pr e di cted in 1 Timothy, iv., 1,2, 3.—Youry, s respectfully, J. BARROW, J. MEREDITH, PUBLIC MEETING IN REFERENCE TO THE PROPOSED TIMBER DUTIES. A public meeting of the merchants, shipowners, brokers, builders, and others connected with the timber trade, was held at the Cotton Sales-room, on Friday, for the pur pose of considering the propriety of memorialising her Ma jesty's government to allow the proposed change in the timber duties to come into immediate operation. It was very respectably attended. Upon the motion of Mr. CHAP MAN, the chair was taken by Thomas Sands, Esq. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said he was very imperfectly acquainted with th e su bj ec t for i which the meeting had been convened, but he believed the object was simply to take into consideration the propriety of me morialising her Majesty's government either to carry into effect immediately the proposed duty on timber, or to defer it for the present, as Sir Robert Peel had proposed. Many persons were of opinion that it ought to be carried into im mediate effect ; but it would be for the meeting to say whether that was the best policy or not to adopt, and to pro ceed with the proposing and seconding of such resolutions as might have been prepared. Mr. ROBINSON, as chairman of the British North Ame rican Association, begged to enter his protest against the meeting, conceiving that it did not embrace the merchants, shipowners, or timber-dealers of the town. The CHAIRMAN thought it would perhaps be better for Mr. Robinson to wait until he knew the particular object for which the meeting had been convened. He believed it was for the meeting to decide on the best possible course to be pursued. He was not, however, acquainted with the subject, and, if he were, it would not be for him to express an opinion. If Mr. Robinson made his remarks after the first resolution had been proposed and laid before the meeting, it would be the most regular course. Mr. CHAPMAN thought it would be well to inform the gentlemen who assumed to themselves the title of the British North American Association, and had come to protest against a public meeting of the merchants, shipowners, and trade in general of Liverpool, that the parties composing the meeting did not take a single view of the question, but that they wished to look at it as a whole. He thought it would be well to ascertain at once whether the merchants and shipowners of the town had a right to hold a public meeting without fear, or trembling, or regard to the consequences that might arise from it, in contradistinction to the opinions of the North American Association. The CHAIRMAN presumed that all the gentlemen who at tended the meeting had come down there in their own indi vidual capacity, and were to deliver their own sentiments, and not the sentiments of other parties. Mr. BRERETON said that if the meeting was intended to represent the timber trade, of which he was a member, he had been deputed, on behalf of that trade, to state, that it did not so represent it, and his object in coming there was to protest against it accordingly. The CHAIRMAN thought Mr. Brereton had better wait to ascertain the course which the meeting intended to pursue. Mr. BRERETON said he had been in London as one of a deputation to Sir It. Peel, with a view of obtaining the time of two years to dispose of the present very large duty-paid stocks of timber here, and that Sir R. Peel having partly met their request by giving them six months, he should be sorry to see Liverpool stultify itself by now coming forward to ask for another change in the measure. He therefore repeated his protest, and in company with Mr. Robinson, withdrew from the meeting. The CHAIRMAN thought it would be better for the gentle men to remain. • • Mr. T HOMAS F ROSTE proposed the first resolution, which, he said, he would leave to stand on it own merits. It was as follows :—" That the prices current for North Ame rican timber in the port of Liverpool throughout the year, ending Ist Feb., 1842, have not only been unremunerative but ruinous to both the importer and the shipowner." Mr. BOWMAN seconded the resolution. The CDAIRMAN said, it was so perfectly well known to all conversant with the trade and interests of Liverpool—that that the timber trade had been a very bad one, that they would all agree to the resolution, and that it was unnecessary to put it to the meeting. It was passed unanimously. Mr. E. SAUNDERS proposed the second resolution. He said there was a prevalent impression that if the proposed al teration in the duties were postponed it would prevent an im portation of timber. He thought such an impression en tirely erroneous. It might, perhaps, prevent it, but he did not think it could bring the prices lower or prevent parties from realising the advanced prices of the measure when brought into operation. Therefore, he proposed " that the prices now current for North American timber are below the rates at which it can be remuneratively imported for sale even under the proposed new scale of duties." Mr. WILLIAM LINDSAY seconded the resolution, and it was carried. Mr. HENRY C. CHAPMAN said a resolution had been placed in his hands, which he would read to the meeting first of all, and then add a few comments of his own. It was as follows: —" That the consequence of any protracted delay will tend to injure all parties without benefiting or relieving any one interest, inasmuch as postponement will at once check con sumption and cause a comparative cessation of all great con templated operations, and thus, in effect, paralyse the trade at home and abroad for 1842." He had no hesitation in proposing this motion ; and he trusted that a number of the gentlemen connected with the trade, builders and others who were present, would fairly and openly state what their senti ments were upon the subject. It was only a week before, or something thereabouts, that a petition had been got up signed by 399 of the inhabitants of Liverpool, (and a much larger number of signatures could have been obtained, had time been afforded,) praying the House of Commons to pass the tariff with as little delay as possible. They had all, he be lieved, experienced the drawbacks trade had sustained in consequence of the state of suspense in which all interests were more or less involved. They were not assembled on the present occasion to discuss the justice or the injustice, the policy or the impolicy, of the measure, those considera tions being in higher hands than theirs ; but some great alte ration was about to take place, and they would have to sub mit themselves quietly to it, and devote themselves to busi ness for the future, regretting, if that were possible, the past, which was beyond redemption, and allowing trade to take its natural course. If delay were sought upon the one hand, it should be recollected that the same game might be played upon the other, and that, in the end, both parties might be checkmated. He believed there were many persons present fully competent to state the disadvantages which would ne cessarily be caused by delay, which would have a most inju rious effect on trade in general. If building, for instance, were suspended, what would become of brickmakers ? It would cause the making of bricks in July to be postponed to October, and thereby occasion a loss of £9,000 in this parti cular alone. If it injured the manufacturer, it would injure others also; and therefore delay, instead of giving advan tages, would act in an inverse ratio. It would do positive evil, and be the means of doing serious damage to the ship owner as well as to the colonist, by tying them up hand and foot for a twelvemonth, instead of allowing them to compete with the difficulties of the times. Under those several cir cumstances he had great pleasure in moving the resolution. Mr. THOMAS HAIGH seconded it. The CHAIRMAN said, he was quite sure the meeting would not take any steps prejudicial to those interested in the tim ber trade, such as Mr. Brereton, who had just gone out, seemed to think. He (the chairman) took it from what Mr. Brereton had said, that that gentleman was of a contrary opinion to that contained in the resolution now proposed and seconded ; but if any person present wished to make any remarks upon it, he would hear him with pleasure. Mr. HAIGH begged to mention one fact, namely, that Mr. Brereton, as a timber merchant, must not be understood to represent all the timber dealers in Liverpool. (Hear.) He could vouch for what he said, that Mr. Brereton did not represent them. He (Mr. B.) might represent the North American Association, but the timber dealers with whom he (Mr. H.) was in the habit of associating had expressed such a wish as that now expressed by the meeting. At least one of them wished the matter to be settled in order that no further hindrance might be given to public business ; and though, he said, he would have to sit down under a loss, yet he would labour to recover that loss by the trade which would follow, and which he considered a procrastination of the question would be very much in danger of injuring. (Hear.) The CHAIRMAN thought it very important to hear the opinions of practical men like Mr. Haigh, and expressed a hope that other practic a l men p res e n t would also favour the meeting with their opinions. Mr. HAIGH said, he had offered those remarks in conse quence of the protest which had been made by Mr. Breretou, upon the ground that the meeting did not embrace the tim ber dealers of the town. He saw a timber dealer present. and a very respectable, one too, who, perhaps, would favour the meeting with his opinion. Mr. CHAPMAN asked whether Mr. Haigh alluded to Mr. Charles Challoner ? Mr. HAIGH replied in the affirmative. Mr. CHALLONER said, he could assure the meeting that there were very few timber dealers of Mr. Brereton's opinion. The opinion entertained by the meeting was that of the trade generally. (Hear, hear.) _ _ The CHAIRMAN asked whether he understood Mr. Chal loner to say there were very few of Mr. Brereton's opinion? Mr. CHALLONER replied in the affirmative. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. ROBSON said he proposed the next resolution with very great pleasure,—namely, " That whatsoever the final result may be with regard to the proposed alteration in the timber duties, it is highly expedient (both as regards the fu ture welfare of the merchant and colonist abroad, and also of the merchant, shipowner, manufacturer, and builder at home) that the same should come into immediate operation, and not be delayed till the 10th of October." He would take the liberty of making one observation on a subject regarding the shipowner. If the proposed delay took place, the ships must necessarily lie up for at least two months, and they would thus be deprived of sending their ships to North America during the height of the season. This would operate most mischievously as regarded the shipowners' capital, and would oblige the• sailor to be left on shore and thrown •on the parish for relief, because they would be prevented, according to the renewed act, of bringing even a deck load. These were se rious consequences for the shipowner ; and he was quite satis fied from his own experience, and that of others, that the shipping interest had been so much depressed that it would require the serious consideration of the gentlemen of Liver pool particularly to revive their drooping spirits and pockets. Mr. CAMPBELL seconded the resolution, and it was carried. Mr. CHAPMAN said a public opportunity had now been given for the purpose of ascertaining whether there was any serious opposition to the measure, • because they could not recognise a little association like the British North American, as representing the trade at large of Liverpool. He, there fore, looked upon the meeting in this light, not as carrying any very great weight or exciting any very great interest, be yond that of giving the men who had gone to London and as sumed a degree of authority not given to them by the mer chants at large, and representing to Sir Robert Peel, as it were, the wishes of the men of Liverpool, an opportunity of shewing any serious opposition which they might have been able to collect. He moved that the chairman do forward the several resolutions to Sir Robert Peel or the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, stating at the same time that the meet ing had been called together more with a view of hearing what opposition there was to the measure than for any other purpose—in short, that it was done to test public opinion. The CHAIRMAN thought it would be better for Mr. Chap man, or for some others more intimately acquainted and more identified with the trade than he was, to forward the resolutions. Mr. CHAPMAN said it was desirable that Mr. Sands should, as the chairman of the meeting, send them to the proper quarter. The CHAIRMAN then assented. Mr. HAIGH said that one circumstance had been lost sight of by the several speakers—namely, that in protracting the removal of, the duties until the 10th of October next, they were virtually protracting that removal for a year because ' as timber had reference to building, it was a well-known fact that no one began to build so late as October; and, there fore, if Sir Robert Peel deferred it until October, he would be virtually deferring it until the spring of the next year. (Hear.) Mr. Haigh concluded by saying that this fact ought to be stated, perhaps, in the last resolution. Mr. CRAPM AN proposed the thanks of the meeting to Mr. Sands for his kindness in taking the cbair, which was car ried unanimously, and the proceedings terminated. A CHILD KILLED BY A COLE.—On Sunday week a child, named Collins, living at Harold's-cross, Dubli n , was sent by her mother t o o n slivery-stableinagt ehr y ien a r r g d wt i l nht with heyeaacrhd neighbourhood,balocwoc.flAe flew wwoman, kept tahne, by a Mr. Smith. child, and struck her three or four . times in the face and other parts of the bead, cut! also named Collins, resident in the yard, hearing the screams of the little sufferer, ran to her assistance, and rescued her. On the Tuesday following it was considered necessary to have medical aid, and the child was shown to Dr. Monks, who at once pronounced the case fatal. The infant died the next day. LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND COMMERCIAL INSTITUTION, ST. ANNE-STREET. On Friday evening, the 22d instant, this society held its seventh anniversary in the lecture room of the institution. The Rev. George Stokes was unanimously called to the chair. Having in a most appropriate speech pointed out the object of the meeting, he called upon the Secretary to read the report which, after glancing at the origin and objects of the institution, proceeded as follows " There is matter for congratulation in the consideration of the fact that the annual expenditure requisite to support the institution is not at present greater than its income; and that year by year it has been found possible to lessen the amount of its liabilities. The number of members at present vary from 270 to 300, and the committee would urge on their most serious consideration the liquidation of the liabilities of the institution, by united and strenuous endeavours to pro cure an addition to the number of subscribers, and also by voluntary subscriptions. . . The original design of having public lectures twice a week, during eight months of the year, has never been accom plished, but with better accommodation and ample funds might certainly be realized. The following is a list of lectures delivered during the last year : _ 1 Lecture—On the Dress, Furniture, and Implements of Uncivilised Nations. By Henry Dircks. 3 „ Physiology, or the Laws of Organic Life. By . J. Nottingham, R. C. S. _ _ _ 1 „ The Sacred Book of Oriental Nations. By J. Nottingham, R. C. S. 2 „ Music, and the Ancient Minstrelsy of Ire land. By T. White. 2 „ Chemistry. By E. Halse, R. C. S. 4 „ The Drama. By C. Stuart. 3 „ Oratory. By Messrs. Brady. 3 „ The Philosophy of History. 2 „ Astronomy. 1 „ Poisons. By D. H. M`Nicoll. 3 „ Music, and the Ancient Minstrelsy of Wales. By T. Venables. 4 „ Physical, Mental, and Moral Education. By T. W. Renwick. 1 „ Mental Culture. By W. Farmer. 2 „ Elocution and English Literature. By J. D. Russell. 32 lectures. Though the Library is not greatly increased, some valua ble contributions of books have been presented by Mr. Henry Dircks, by M. D. Lowndes, Esq., and Thomas Eden, Esq. A. new catalogue has been published, from which it will appear that the library contains about 3000 volumes of works, selected with all possible care and judg ment. In the Newsroom there is always a good supply of the leading metropolitan and provincial newspapers ; with re views, standard magazines, the most approved minor publi cations, together with French and American papers. The room is open from eight o'clock in the morning, until half past ten in the evening. Herein is afforded an advantage to the immediate neighbourhood of the institution, which requires only to be better known, to be turned to better account. It is much to be regretted, that the various specimens con tributed.to the museum, are displayed to so little advantage; the want of spacious accommodation preventing the exhibi tion of the numerous and valuable articles of which the mu seum consists. To the proprietor of the Zoological Gardens, and to James Parker, Esq., the society is much indebted for many interesting specimens, as well as to Mr. H. Dircks, Mr. O'Donnoghue, and other gentlemen. This institution is, indeed, intended to be an educational institution ; yet, the character and standing of its members, naturally place it above mere elementary instruction. Classes, for the study of languages, especially the French, German, Spanish, Ita lian, and Latin will always be popular ; as also classes for acquiring a knowledge of elocution, other classes might be added, as for drawing, mathematics, &c. Those at present in operation are the French discussion, fencing, and vocal music classes,—others are about being formed. " From the statements of finances it appears that the re ceipts during the past year have exceeded the disbursements, leaving a balance of £1 ss. 2d. in the hands of the treasurer, and that the liabilities amount to about £240." It was mentioned in the course of the report, that, when a suitable opportunity shall arrive, the attempt will be made to give permanency to the institution, by obtaining a suitable building. There is wealth sufficient around us, no doubt, to accomplish this object, if the members themselves come forward efficiently to the work. Mr. SALT, in a very suitable address, showed that the pro gress of this institution has been such as to cheer the hopes of its most anxious friends for its prosperity and more exten sive usefulness. The attractive accommodations afforded here for the acquisition of sound and useful knowledge ren der this institution worthy the liberal patronage of the wealthy merchants of this town, if they are really interested in the moral and intellectual welfare of the young men employed in their offices. It is true the pecuniary difficulties of this in stitution have been great. The excellent founders alluded to were influenced by the purest motives to advance the in terests of this society ; yet if, indeed, any slight censure can possibly be attached to them, there is one point in which they have set us a noble example, and which we shall do well to imitate, and that is their zeal. In the report allusion is made to royal and mechanic institutions, and in referring to those erecting in this town, no invidious comparison is in tended ; but taking this society for what it really purports to be, it is inferior to neither, as respects its management, its success, or its utility. This society receives no annual grant from the corporation of Liverpool, as does the Royal Insti tution ; this society has received no grant of land from the same quarter, as has the Mechanics' Institute. In conferring this boon on these useful institutions, the Liverpool corpo ration have dune well, and if they would think of us in* si milar manner they would do better. After urging the mem bers present the desirableness of inducing their respective friends and acquaintances to join them in membership to this institution, and thus extend to others the advantages which they themselves know so well how to appreciate. Mr. S. moved,—that the report and treasurer's accounts, as now read, be adopted and printed for circulation. Mr. FLETCHER briefly seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. Mr. GIBSON moved, and Mr. HARDY seconded, and it was carried unanimously,—that the thanks of this meeting be given to the retiring President, Sir Joshua Walrusley. Mr. PEAKE moved, and Mr. ELLIOTT seconded, and it was also carried unanimously,—tbat Mr. Lawrence Hey worth be elected President for the ensuing year. Mr. FLETCHER moved, seconded by Mr. SAmrsos,— that the following gentlemen be elected Vice-presidents : James Aspinall, Esq. G. J. Duncan, Esq. Thomas Sands, Esq. James Parker, Esq. James Molyneux, Esq. John Eden, Esq. Hugh Hornby, Esq. James Spence, Esq. W. J. Tomlinson, Esq. I Duncan M`Vicar, Esq. Henry Sandbach, Esq. George Lock, Esq. C. W. Williams. Esq. I Mr. HARDY moved, and it was carried unanimously,— that the thanks of this meeting be given to the retiring officers of the committee. Mr. ATKIN moved, seconded by Mr. GIBsoN, and carried unanimously,—that the retiring members of the committee be re-elected. Mr. SALT having passed a well-merited eulogium on the Treasurer, William Danson, Esq., for his unwearied zeal and liberal support afforded to this institution, moved,—that the best thanks of the members of this institution are due to William Danson, Esq., for his valuable services to this so ciety, and that he be re-elected Treasurer to this institution. The motion was seconded by Mr. SAVAGE, and carried unanimously. Mr. FOSBROOK moved,—that the thanks of this meeting be given to Mr. Wm. Farmer, for the efficient discharge of his important duties as Secretary. Mr. HENRY DIRKS rose and seconded this motion, and in an eloquent speech pointed out the nature and objects of the institution, the origin of the difficulties with which it had had and still has to contend, and how those difficulties might be surmounted, urging the members to increased activity and zeal. At the conclusion he was warmly greeted by the meet ing, and the motion was carried unanimously. Mr. FARMER acknowledged the compliment in a brief speech. Thanks to the Chairman were then moved by Mr. Fos- BROOK, and seconded by Mr. SALT, and carried by acclama tion, when the meeting broke up at about ten o'clock. ANIMAL MAGNETISM AND THE DEAF & DUMB (From a Medical Correspondent.) Mr. Braid, who has asserted that he can give hearing to the congenital deaf mute, Ithat is, to the person born deaf and dumb,) is about to subject his experiments V) the test of the medical profession, at the Medical Institution, Mount pleasant, on next Thursday afternoon. We understand that the Medical Committee have issued about one hundred and fifty invitations to the profession. The only persons to be present who are not " medical" are the members of the committee of the Deaf and Dumb School, and the parents of the persons to be tested. The result, we hear, will be made public. If we might express an opinion, —and we ground it on the writings of most eminent pathologists,— this assertion of Mr. Braid, that he can " give hearing and speech to a very great majority of those born deaf and dumb," is hasty, leaping suddenly at a conclusion, without having allowed sufficient time, or accuracy of tests, for the confirming of his assertion. Many of the deaf and dumb hear a little, and the reason they do not hear more is because the organ is malformed. They themselves in many instances are not aware that they hear in the least degree, but having their attention called to the subject, the sense, or as much of it as is enabled to act, is rendered alive, not by Mesmerism, Braidism, or any other ism, but by putting hearing and the quantity of it to a test which attracts the individual's atten tion. Thus is the mistake that the deaf mute has, by this or any new or old mode of oper: - ..ting, got hearing. His at tention to how much h. z..•.;.ti hear being awakened, he could say hc,,heard a noise :,: some kind, and there the thing began and efffed. Turnbull and others were deceived in this way, and imagined that their patients were to be restored to the full enjoyment of the sense ; but the matter remains, as it ever will do, animpossibility, clearly demonstrated in all cases of post mortem examinations of the organ of hearing in the deaf and dumb person—we mean the congenital deaf mute. Mr. Braid has surely deceived himself greatly with regard to his favourite boy JAMES Shelmerdine, whom he nightly exhibits as having been born UTTERLY DEAF, "hear ing not a sound." We ourselves have heard Mr. Braid say so, and yet we have read letters from the late and the pre sent masters of the Manchester Deaf and Dumb School, who affirm that James Shelmerdine could hear the schoolroom clock strike and bell ring at a distance of fifteen yards, three years ago ! He was also taught to articulate, and speak the Lord's prayer. How much more does he now do in the public exhibitions ?—But we are " forestalling " the ques tion. We would strongly recommend parents who have a doubt that a power may or may not exist which will give hearing to their children, to apply to the committee who are making arrangements for the experiments, and have the doubt removed, by testing, at this medical investigation, what is the amount of hearing, and the probable chance of its being increased. We have stated before that the inquiry will be conducted in such a manner as to elucidate truth. ANOTHER OF POPJOY'S.—Popjoy thinks Mr. Eastee must do an immense business, for he "turns his stock over" many times during the day. THE FUNDS, SATURDAY EVENING.—There was a rumour to-day in the city that further disastrous news had arrived from India, to the effect that the Affghans had taken the guns left by the English. in Cabul, and dragged them over the mountains to Jellalabad. On inquiry, however, it does not appear to what sources these rumours can be traced, nor is any channel pointed out by which the news could have arrived, or indeed any news later than that already received by the overland mail. The English stocks steadily increase in value, the abundance 'of money and the small amount of fering for sale inducing the jobbers to increase their price. Consols for money closed to-day at 91t to s ; ditto, account, 91i to 92; Exchequer bills, 375. to 395. premium; Bank Stock, 165} to 1661; India Stack, 245 to 246; 3 per Cents Reduced, 91; 31 per Cents Reduced, 100 ; Long Annuities (expiring January 5, 1860), 12 9-16; and India Bonds, 18s. to 20s. premium. Mexican stock again fluctuated to-day, but not in the violent degree it did yesterday. Th e extreme quotations were 36 and 34k, while the final price was 344 to The speculators who have done a large business for the rise are of course uneasy if they see any of their favourt o stock coming to market, and as this was the case to -d s a or three considerable parcels having c hanged han ds it v t T t h h e e lower prices, it very well accounts f o r the alteration. p other foreign securities are nearly stationary.l .SpearutintuAesce tives closed at 241 to 1 ; ditto, New, 241 to 5 per Cents, 37f to ; ditto, 3 per en;,a22.atno, 1; Danish, 67 to 68 • 801 to 811; Colombian, 20 to 27; J 5 to ; and Belgian, 1031 to 141 ; Dutch 21 per Cents, on the 5 per Cents, 100 i to 2. " THE HINDOSTAN " STEAM-SHIP. This vessel, which we have before occasionally noticed during her progress towards completion, will be launched this day, from the yard of the builders, Messrs. Wilson, North Shore; and as she is the largest, and certainly one of the finest ships that was ever constructed at our port, which has turned out many splendid craft, a brief description, founded on authentic information, and personal observation, will, we trust, be acceptable not only to the nautical com munity, but to the public at large. The Hindostan was built for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam-ship Company, a branch of the City of Dublin Steam packet Co m p an y, and whose splendid ships the Oriental (also built by Messrs. Wilson) and the Great Liverpool are now running as mail-ships between this country and Egypt, touching at Malta and Gibraltar ; but we believe the present vessel, which is much larger than either of those named, will probably be employed in the Indian Seas, nearer the eastern terminus of th e rou t e to our possess i ons i n t h e eas t. She is calculated to carry heavy metal, should she be required for the purposes of warfare, (though this is not anticipated in the first instance,)—and may, in the terms of the contract with the government, be taken up, as well as the others, for that service, at any moment, should an emergency arise. When armed, she will carry guns of large calibre-64-pounders, besides others ; and when so equipped, having great steam power, as well as capacity for carrying a large breadth of canvas, she would prove a " smasher " even with foes far more formidable than the Chinese, whose weak minds wonld be more than astonished by a taste of her quality. The following are her dimensions and steam-power : Length of keel 220 feet. Length over all (including taffrail and head) .... 250 „ Beam of the ship, exclusive of the paddle-houses. 39 „ Depth 9f hold from the spar deck Burthen, about Engines .... The Hindostan is built of the very best materials attainable, whether in wood or metal; and of these both Europe, Africa, and Asia have contributed their respective quota. No expense has been spared, either as regards ade quate size or dimensions of the several pieces composing the whole, or the manner in which they are put together ; in which last particular have been elicited the utmost skill and greatest fidelity which long experience and the pride of for mer excellence can supply. Her timbers are of English " heart of oak" and African oak ; the latter a remarkably hard and durable wood —not perhaps inferior for many pur poses to our national and royal t ree . Th e flooring timbers are perfectly solid (or clo se t oget h er) up to the bil ges ; d owe ll e d , and caulked, inside and out, before the vessel is planked, so that she would not leak even were a plank or any number of planks in that quarter stripped o ff. Th ese t i m b ers are 164 inches square in the smallest part amidships, and the quan tity of fine choice " monarchs of the wood" that must have fallen beneath the axe to supply them mu s t h ave b een very great. The same principle has been adopted in our navy. but in no vessel yet forming the " woo d en walls " has it be e n more faithfully carried out than in the Hindostan. She is further secured by diagonals in the interior of the frames or timbers ; first by iron straps 54 i nc h es b road and of an inch thick, in one direction, and countersunk into the timbers, and over these, as riders, in reverse position, fasten ings of English oak, 10 feet by 6 in dimension—all bolted through the sides, and forming a trellis or net work binding all the frame of the ship together in a manner that would seem inpregnable to the rudest buffetting of the ocean wave. The ceiling is also diagonal, between each compartment formed by the oak diagonals, which, with the iron diagonals, form, from the paddle-boxes towards the stem and the stern, what may be considered analagous to arch-work in ordinary architecture, supporting the vessel in every point, and pre venting all tendency to " hog," or droop at the extremities. The other fastenings are of corresponding strength. There are six streaks of heavy oak clamps, and abundance of very strong lodging and hanging iron knees. The planking is of great thickness, and, with the exception of the lower planks, (which are of elm,) of the choicest English and African oak. The beams are of the same materials, and the two paddle beams are immense balks of African oak, 26 inches square. The vessel has a fine flush spar-deck, the height from the main-deck to which is 8 feet. The paddle-houses will be covered in with life-boats on the principle of Captain Smith, R.N., which was adopted in the vessels employed in the late African expedition, and which has been found to be highly advantageous. In model, and outward appearance the Hindoostan is all that can be wished by the veriest fancier of the beautiful and symmetrical. She has a delicacy of entrance and run, which, without being over fine, give the greatest promise of speed and safety at sea. She is now seen, in this respect, to some disadvantage, being somewhat in the rough ; but when she is finally coppered and equipped, we have no doubt but she will be one of the handsomest vessels afloat, and prove her self. on trial, to be a first-rater. Her sides are formed pre cisely similar to those of a sailing ship—without the sponsor ing, or flanching, that prevailed universally in the earlier periods of steam navigation ; and which is still—and we think erroneously—adhered to in the construction of some steam vessels. She will have a handsome figure-head of an Indian Princess, and her stern and quarter galleries, in the former of which there are nine windows, will be richly and emblem atically carved to correspond. The engines, now ready to be put on board, are by our townsmen, Messrs. Fawcett and Preston, whose fame as constructors of marine steam machinery has spread over the world. They are, we are informed, wonderful pieces of me chanism, designed on ,the most approved principle for sea work, and finished in a manner hignly creditable to their taste and jngdment. The cabins of the Hindostan will be fitted up in a style at once chaste and elegant. Of this we have a sufficient gua rantee in Mr. J. C. Shaw, the marine superintendent of the company, who has bad much experience in the outfitting de partment, and who was so highly successful in designing and completing the cabins of the Oriental and other vessls. That gentleman, we learn, submitted his plans to the Directors in London, who obtained the opinions of eminent men, nauti cal and otherwise, connected with India, to aid them in com ing to a decision; and after mature deliberation, the whole of his suggestions were approved of,land he was empowered to see them carried out in the entire outfit of the ship. No thing, therefore, will be wanting that can conduce to the comfort or enjoyment of all on board, whether passengers, officers, or crew. The Hindostan, in fine, is a specimen of naval architecture, equally creditable to the liberality and enterprise of her owners, and to the science and perseverance of her builders. She is in no point inferior to our best ships of war. " The Havanna " frigate, built by the late Mr. Wilson (father of the builders of the present ship), was little more than half the size. She is considerably larger than the Oriental, and was constructed on the same site. Her weight is estimated to be about 1300 tons ; and the launch of so large a vessel will form a beautiful—we may add, a sublime spectacle. It is customary in the navy to build ships even under her bulk in a sort of dock, into which the tide is permitted to Row to a depth of 8 or 9 feet, when they are completed, so that a great portion of their weight is reduced by the immersicin of so much of the hull. In this case, the vessel must take her chance in the usual way, and the launch will, consequently, be more interesling. A scaffold is erected for the accom modation of the ladies and their friends, and the concourse of spectators will doubtless be immense. Mrs. Robertson Gladstone has, we learn, kindly undertaken to " christen " the Hindostan, and we heartily wish the vessel every suc cess. We shall probably furnish a brief notice of the launch in our second edition. JUNIOR CLUB-Honsz.—We understand that in the course of a few days we shall be enabled to give our readers an outline of a very desirable institution about to be esta blished in this populous town, for the purpose of affording an agreeable, elegant, and cheap lounge for the middle class of young men after the business of the day ; we can only add, that the want of such an institution has been long felt, and from what we know of the parties connected 'therewith, and the .advantages likely to be felt, a much greater number of shares will be applied for than can reasonably be granted. LATENESS OF THE SEASON.—From the best information which we can derive, the present season is, throughout Eng land, at least three w eeks later than it was l ast spring. A friend of ours was within the last few days in Covent Garden market, and 4 assures us that every production ordinarily fur nished to that gr e at mart of the vegetable world, is al least this period behind its usual appearance. A CHALLENGE FOR MR. BRAID. —A friend of ours, whose spelling is auful, especially when he has a bad pen, is anxious to know whether hypnology, which is so efficacious in other disorders, would influence this. We suggest it to the lecturer for consideration. THE QUEEN V. LADY EMILY PONSONBY AND OTHERS. —ln the Court of Queen's Bench, on Saturday, an appeal was heard against a rate which had been made by the paro chial authorities of the parish of Hampton upon the inmates of the Palace of Hampton-court in respect of their beneficial occupation of the royal mansion. The court unanimously confirmed the rate. The Duke of Wellington will complete his 73rd year on the Ist of next month, but his grace is apparently iu the en joyment of excellent health, and takes his daily walks in the garden attached to Apsley House at the hour of seven a.m. A Yankee correspondent of the Spirit of the Times, writing from New• Orleans says, there is this difference be tween women and horses—the latter are in -stable, and the former un-stable. A SUDDEN RISE IN FORTUNE.—Under the head " What six years may do for a man," the American Traveller say , ,, that " Burleson, who was recently electe d vice - president Of the republic of Texas, was a boatman on the Champlain Canal in 1835. ' I3ANKRUPTCY,—Mr. Newton Wigney under wentWlGNEY S Bankruptcy, at Brighton, onwere n a e clean r' sv oof a second designed. the His C omt disclosuresmr,tsaski Commissioners delivered with the air of a man 1 0 breast of it, and hardly knew the light i n which his acts would be viewed. He stated that they had not struck a ge neral balance for years. At the time of his father's death, the bank was not solvent without the private property, which was estimated at £90,000 or £lOO,OOO. All the capital which he and his brother had in the bank was £2,537, until they put in their shares of the £40,000 accruing from the sale of a brewery, and divided among four. The bankrupt had taken shares in a great number of speculations —an India Rubber Company, to which the last payment was £4,500 in cash ; a Potato Sugar Company, in which £7,555 had been sunk since December, 1841; a concern at Glasgow, loss unknown, per haps £30,000, but he thought not £73,000, since 1838; an American Land Company, Gas, Iron, Steam-boat, Tennis court and Insurance Companies. Since the bankruptcy he had had about £5OO in cash; of which he had invested .£3OO in foreign stocks. These bonds, Mrs. Wigney's :1 0 °112: and £l,lOO in m oney were surrendered at the exarnin The usual protection was than given to the bankrupt. &clock THE THUNDERSTORM.—ShortIy after three,— yes terday afternoon the inhabitants of Kennington, hthe sudden and the adjacent parts, were dreadfully alarmed a , y ew , s), w hi c h falling of the steeple of Brixton church (St. 1 in Atom. For some had been struck by lightning during the en s entertained for the time the greatest apprehensions were i Brixton, s Y ta s t u e PP thl fire; but we are happy in being able to safety of the church, which was generally tell upon the top of the that supposed ct,ofnbrethoenr mischief was sustained. The stee p le tbat several lives would have been sacrificed. A boy who g broken by the fall of a belfry, otherwise it is very probablewas ' us arm-. afternoon service had both ringing the bells for they were • stone. No sooner were e ._,. o h, than . again extent of damage done to th e fi re breaking out (from the the inhabitants satisfied as to the alarmed by a most destructive mans ions in the occupancy of same cause) in the exteiT.„ iams, situated at Tulse-hill, Brix- Mr. W. Poore and Mr- w Iu ton, within electric fluid having passed down the It appears that firstthe floor of Mr.Williams's establishment, a short distance from the House of Correction. chimney into the ork round the fireplace, which it complete d," passed over the floor, setting it on It afterwards travelled down the stairs fire from alsoend to set on fire, and thence passed through the which were struck otlihsebsetdo.noe ei w itld . d'oining house, belonging to Nir. Poore, it ise tired different parts. A messenger was despatched horseback to the different fire engine wall into the a J in quickly others: and upon a q u acid the Waterloo-road brigade and West of England stations, . ; e s arrived, followed in rapid succession several p l b e n y t i t f h u e l S supplyo ti th - w:nabgrii: engines arrived, t ad li - a e n sev o f water being obtained, the fire was subdued by 6 o'clock, but not before property to a considerable amount was des troyed. Mr. Williams is fortunately insured, but whether Mr. Poore is equally fortunate could not be ascertained, as the family were from home at the time. Several other houses in the neighbourhood were likewise much damaged. The bark on a number of trees was completely stripped off, as were the branches ; and the extent of damage done to the plantations in the immediate vicinity must be immense. The roof of a house situate in West-square, Lambeth, sus tained considerable damage by being fired by the lightning.— Times os. Yesterday,