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Jan. 2, 1844 inourante otters. THE MANCHESTER ASSURANCE COMPANY For Assurance against Fire, and on Lives and Survivorship*, Purchase of Annuities, Reversions, Brc OFFICE, No. 98, KING -STREET, MANCHESTER. Capital, Two MILLIONS. Established March, 1824. FIRE DEPART /„ Epe• T HE A ssure d are en titl e d t o on zrd of the Profits • ?rithout any liability on their part to the losses. Parties intending to continte their Policies, falling du , at CHRISTMAS, must jenew them within fifteen day: from that time, or they become void. LIFE DEPARTMENT. The Assured are entitled to two-thirds of the Profits. without tiny liability on their part to the losses. The Premiums charged are lower than those of th( majority of other Offices. The business of the Life department is kept quite dis tiuct from that of Fire, and its accumulations are not liable to make good any losses arising therefrom. The Rates of Premiums And all other particulars, mai be obtained on application to Mr. Josimi MORTON, Se. cretary, or to any of the Company's Agents. N.B.—Agents have already been appointed in most of the principal towns in the kingdom but applications for Agencies, in places where appointments have not yet been made, are requested to be addressed to the Secretary. BONUS. At the Annual General Court of Proprietors, held on the 20th June, 1839, bonuses were declared to the assured in The Fire Department of zel.o per cent. on the premiums received during the five years previous to the 25th March, 1839, to be paid on. all insurances of two, or more, years' standing : and to the assured in the Life Department, on all policies for the whole duration of Life, for four, or more years' studding, on the 25th March, 1839, of very nearly 26 per cent. on the amount of the premiums re ceived thereon, improved at compound interest, to be added to the sum assured by such policies when they become claims., or an equivalent reduction to be made in the annual premiums upon them, at the option of the parties entitled thereto. RICHARD DAWSON, Agent for Liverpool. 10, Exchange -alley. THE VIARRINGTON DOCK COMPANY AND THE DOCK COMMITTEE. IFIE DIRECTORS of the HARRINGTON DOCK COMPANY, having made the following Resort to the Shareholders, and having since forwarded a copy of icto each Member of the Town Council and Dock "Com vaittee, every one of whbth has the means of testing its 'accuracy, now think themselves called upon, in ijustice to the Commercial , community, to make the saint-statement public. Misrepresented as to their_potces in the recent negotiation with the Dock Commitlee, and as to many of the circumstances attending it, the Directors have hitherto entirely disregarded such attacks, considering that calum nies are always best answered by facts, and that honesty in purpose and action need not be vindicated. Nor would they even now have come forward, but that they see a great public improvement, loudly demanded by the Com mercial 'interest, and supported by the strongest testimony of the Dock Officers, in some danger of being defeated or delayed by the opposition of 'a fewindividuals, in con sequence solely, , tts they believe, df the ignorance or the misapprehension of the real facts'of the case which gene rally prevails, and which it is the 'whole object of the pre seat statement to remove. LEWIN MOZLEY, Chairman. <Liverpool, 16/h Dec., 1843. REPORT. - SWAREHOLDERS OP THE HARItrNGTON DOOR COMPANY. Hithertoit has not 1;;;i1; practice Of the Directors 1 'to issue any Report of their proceedings, except at the Annual Meetings, when they have uniformly had satis faction in submitting to are Proprietors the fullest details 'of their past proceedings. Events have, however, occurred, daring the present year, of more than ordinary importance; and the Direc tors are, consequently, - anxious at once to place them Selves in communication with the Proprietary, in order to convey to them a simple statement 61 facts, and thereby disabuse the public mind of certain misrepresentations, _at present current, in - reference to the-negotiation pending 'between your Directors and the Trustees of the Liverpool `Docks for the sale to -the latter of n'l4rge portion of the Estate. The usual period far closing the Atnnual Accounts being ' so near, any statement as to general management or fi - rianees of the Estate's at present'uncalled for ;Thut the 'Directors have pleasure in recording their satisfaction at ' the continued improvement, so far, this year, of the un dertaking entrusted' to their management. . - Many of the Shareholders'will be aware, thattbe Pro perty of the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks,-adjoining ' the north end of the Harrington' Estate, is confined within very narrow limits; and the inconvenience arising there -front- harvfrom time to time, occasioned inquiries whether your Directors would be willing-to negotiate for the sale to the Dock`Trust of so 'much 'if the north -end of the Harrington Dock Estate as was necessary for the enlarge ment of the Torteth Dock. No steps of a: formal or deckled characterwere, how ever, taken until early in the present year, when a special meeting of your ;Directors was convened for considering the subject, which 'resulted in the appointment of a Sub committee to examine into the cost of the Estate, its pre sent revenue, and future capabilities. On the 7th 'of February last, a•Report on these subjects was read at our Board, for a copy of which see Appendix A. At this Meetingthe Chairman intimated, also, the fact of the inquiries Which had been.-made from him, and the following resolution was unanimously agreed to.:— " That the price fixed for the -value of land to be sub mitted, say 12747p3 yards,, be 335. per yard ; and that the Chairman be a u th or i ze d to place hi mse lf i n communica tion with the proper parties, with the view of negotiating for the sale of the.-land in question." Under this authority the Chairman took early means • of communicating with the Dock'Trust, and, to avoid any possibility of misunderstanding-on the subject, forwarded, for the information of the Chairman of the Dock Commi ttee, a copy of the report of Mr. Stewart, as vv.;ll as the resolution of thelloard of Directors thereon. For some months the affair' remained inactive; but, early in June, applications were .made to ourJloard, by some of our tenants, for improvements and extended leases ; and, about the same time, proposals forthe pur chase of part of the land at the south end of the Estate were submitted, requiring mature consideration.and early .-decision. a -- Un er circumstan ces so urgent, the Chairman addressed a note to the member of the Dock Committee who had been the medium of the previous communication„asking .for en early reply. The published Reports of the proceedings in the Dock 'Committee, in the months of June and July, will-afford ample means of re f erence to t h e di scuss i ons i n connexion witbtbe nece ss it y t or increased dock space generally, and especially a s respects t h e i ntention of that committee to negotiate with the Directors of the Harrington Estate for a portion of their land. Thezesult was a formal resolution of the Dock Com mittee authorizing such a treaty ; and accordingly 'Mr. Sands, -the Chairman, called on your Chairman, and, finding he was then in London, appointed to meet there, for the purpose of carryi ng , out that resolution. Aninterview took place .on the 17th July, at the Bur lington Hotel, when, acting .upon instructions from the Board of 'Directors, your Chairman stated that the price -of 40,000 'to 60,000 yards °Nand and strand at the north .end of the estate would be forty-two shillings per square yard. The powers of the Chairman,of the Dock Trust being , limited to a treaty for the quantity of land offered at the price not exceeding 31s. 6d. per yard, it was mutually arranged, that a communication should be made to the hoard of Directors in Liverpool for further authority, and that, pending a reply, the negotiation should stand over. On.the 19th of July your Chairman received, in Lon don, a letter from the Board, for an .extract from which see .1.3. in the Appendix, and, on meeting Mr. Sands that day, by appointment, intimated to him the confirmation of his previous insttuctions as to price. The Chairman of the Dock Trust not having authority to exceed the price offered by him, the negotiation at that time did not proceed further ; but it was fully understood, after much discussion, that if the Dock Committee should revise their resolution, and desire to treat fora purchase of the whole Harrington Estate, west of Sefton-street, a less price per yard than the rate asked for the portion then required would be accepted. Shortly after these interviews a scheme was brought out, having for its objec:: the formation of new Docks, Sheds, and Warehouses, by a Joint Stock Company, who should purchase the whole of the Harrington and Hercu laneum Estates; and the subject received, as it well de. -served, the early and serious consideration of your Direc tors ; but the pending negotiation with the Dock Trustees had its due influence on the minds of the Directors, and naturally induced them to pause before they entertained the idea of any new appropriation of the Estate. At a meeting of the Board, held on the 3d of August, the following minute resolution was agreed to : The Chairman reported the result of his interviews with Mr. Lace and the Chairman of the Dock Committee rela tive to a sale of the whole or a portion of the Harrington Estate ; and, having reconsidered their former resolution, fixing a minimum price on the land, the Board now re solve unanimously, " That the Chairman be empowered to negotiate for a sale of the whole or any part of the Harrington Dock Trust ; and that, until all negotiation with the Dock Committee be concluded, it is not advisable to entertain Mr. Lace's proposal." in possession of this full authority. and seeing the ne cessity, in consequence of Mr. Lace's plan, of coming to some conclusion one way or other with the Dock Trust, your Chairman considered himself warranted in commu nicating, for the information of the Chairman of the Dock Committee, that the Directors were willing to sell at the price fixed on the 7th of February, or on such terms as the opinions of competent surveyors might decide ; and that they were equally prepared to treat for a sale of 40,000 to 60 ; 000 yards at 355. per yard. _The di scuss i on which thereupon ensued in the Dock _ueo_Mmittee naturally attr ac t e d the attention of your Di 'd u e r t in ors ; and th e var i ous unfounded statements hazarded plicatliothe debate, as regar d s t h e cost. va l ue, or use f u l ap plication the sire on Harrin g t on E s t a t e , crea t e d an anx i ou s de linpres the Part of th e Di rectors to refute t h e erroneous sums which were spread abroad by the circulation of these statements through the medium of the press. its th e moat direct means of effecting this object the mritten opinions of some of the best authorities in the awn, as valuers of property, were directed to be obtained. Mr. John Stewart and Mr. Rowland declined to act, shareholders, but the former [tad concurred in the teport A in the Appendix, and the latter had declared his anviction, that the Estate was well worth 40s. per yard, nd that, with proper management and outlay, a revenue n proportion would he derived. The Board, therefore. - pplied to Mr. Weightman, than whom, they believe. no me in his profession is more competent to form a sound pinion on such a subject ; and Iron) him they shortly re -eived the Report C in the Appendix, and which was read tt a meeting of Directors, on the 11th of October, when - he following minute was also agreed to: — The Chairman communicated his further proceedings as :•egards the negotiations for sale of the Estate to the Dock Prustees, and produced a Report and Valuation of Mr. Weightman, the surveyor, whereon it was resolved, • "That the Resolutions of the 3d of August, empower ing the Chairman to sell, at his discretion, the Estate west af Sefton-street be confirmed ; and that he is authorised :o communicate to the Chairman of the Dock Estate, or any other member of that Committee, the Report and Valuation of Mr. Weightman." [ On the same day, the Report of Mr. Weightman, with I letter, for which see Appendix D, were forwarded for the information of the Dock Committee. At a meeting of the Dock Committee, on the 26th of October, a Resolution for the purchase of the whole of he Harrington Dock Estate west of Sefton.stteet, at 31s. 6d. per yard, and also for the purchase, from the Corporation and Mr. Leigh, of a large tract of land at the north end of the town, was passed by a majority of 11 to 5, and soon afterwards Mr. Sands, the Chairman of the Dock Trust, called on your ChArman to communicate the fact, intimating, also, that the proceedings of the Dock Committee, in all cases, required confirmation by the Town Council, and in this instance it would be neces sary to apply to Parliament for powers to complete the purchases. He also made certain proposals as to the terms of payment, which were approved of so far as your Chairman had authority. To the Contract thus definitely concluded on the part of the Dock Committee, so far as circumstances permitted, your Chairman, authorised by the previous resolution of the Board, gave his distinct assent, andtodk it for granted that such contract, so completed in every respect, (except mere form,) would be faithfully tarried out by the Dock Committee. No further communication has taken place between the Dock Committee and the Directors of the Harrington Dock Company ; and the Town Council, on the 31st October, confirmed the proceedings of the Dock Commit tee, in so far as was necessary for 'them to take prelimi nary measures for going to Parliament, by a majority of 31 to ; and it is worthy of 'remark that every Member of the Town Council who had an interest in the Harring ten or Herculaneum boas abstained from voting , on that occasion. _ _ Throughout these details it will have been observed, that your Directors were Tether the parties sought than seeking the negotiation'; and they had, from the first, but 'one object, namely, so 'to conduct that 'negotiation as justly to protect the Important trust committed to their care, and, at same time, to forward the views of the public authorities in a fair and liberal spirit. And, although they have observed, with much regret, the unjust imputatiOn and erroneous -statements with which the 'mind of 'the public has been abused on this question, a full conviction of their own plain and straight forward course throughout the transaction induces the Directors to meet such statements, net by any observa tions•df an irritating character, (however justified by the provocation,) but by this plain and simple narrative of facts : relying on their Proprietary'for a right'construc tion of their proceedings and a continuance of their un limited confidence. . . LEWIN IVTOZLEY, Chairman. Liverpool,'December 23, 1843. APPEgDIX. HARRINGTON 'DOCK ESTATE. Copy of Repoit'of 7th 'Feb., 1513. The Land belonging to this Estate, on the west side of Sefton-street, is an area Of 127,763 square yards. The Directors are prepared to treat for the sale of it in one lot. The Rent absolutely received, during the past year, from this Land amounts to .1E:3,400 ; of which nearly .000 has been derived from casual Tenants for depositing Timber on the Land, for Dock -Dues, &c. _ _ Part& the Land, namely, 45,330 yards, is let to Tenants from year to year, or on short Leasesos.t Rents amounting to £2';549. 13s. 11d. per annum, being an average of Is. lid. per square yard, the Rents varying from 7rl. to 2s. 3d.. per yard. At the lest-named rate 'there is 8,420 yards let, and, in some cases, the Tenants 'have expended con siderable sums themselves, although only short leases have been granted. The average ofls. id. per yard will be increased to Is. 4d. at the least, on the determination of the lease in Ottober, 1845, of the only lot which is let as 'low as v 7d. per yard, for whichlot considerably more than-double the' present Rent could now be obtained. The Directors; having had other objects irrview, have invariably declined to grant Leases, except for very short terms. Had they been willing to grant Leases of longer duration, so as to , enable the Tenants to make such Build iags and Erections as were required for the purposes of trade, they know, certainly, Vliat a much larger quantity of the Land could have been let, and higher Rents ob tained. There is not any situation to be found snore desirable for Shipbuilders' Yards, audit the• Land was in the hands ef an owner desirous only of 'deriving a fair return for a number of years on an investment of this description, and • who, therefore, spas disposed to grant a Lease for such a time as would -justify a Tenant in laying out his money in such an establishment, it is believed that a considerttble F ! quantity of the Land could be let for that purpose; The Directors believe that they take a very moderate • view of the subject when they state, as their opinion, that the Land could be let-at an average Rent of.ls. yard per annum, provided' Leases of moderate duration were granted. The entire area would -be somewhat re .duced by the requisite approaches, and therefore theymill assume a rate of Is. 4d. per yard as the average Rent of the whole, or-£6,500 per. annum. Some expense would have - to be incurred in putting the 'Land into a proper state for a Tenant toadopt it ; but to compensate for this, there is an income derived from Dock 'Dues, and for affording sh,- , lter for • River Crafr. The amount derived from these-sources, during the year 1842, was £229. 17sAd., and this amount- way reasonably be expected to increase by then-more extended occupation of the Land, which would necessarily increase the Dues arising from the-use of the Basins. The Tenants -who occupy, Land adjacent to the Basins have a proper proportion of the water space measured-off to them, which-is charged for. The statements herein made, it is believed, exhibit a very moderate, view of the return which may reasonably be expected by, letting the Land on. Leases, and afford, it is contended, reasonable grounds for, assuming, that a Purchaser would obtain fully 4 per cent., per annum upon the purchase of an estate of .this description, which will, in all probability, materially increase in value. EXTRACT FROM LETTER;FROM THE ,DBPUTY CHAIR MAN OF THE HARRINGTON DOCK COMPANY TO TEL CHAIRMAN IN LONDON. Liverpool, July, 1843: The Board have authorised tine to say, they decline moving from the price 0f,425. per yard for 40,000 to 50,000 or 60,000 yards of Land.and Strand adjoining the Dock Estate, and this you.will consider as their resolu tion. There is not any.anxiety on the part of the Direc tors to part with the whole Estate; but as your note of .yesterday requests their .decided views as to it, I am de sired to state, that if the Dock Trust open any negotiation with you for the whole Estate, the price will be 40s. per yard. As it would appear from your nate that Mr. Sands is not authorised io buy the vvhole,it seems likely the smatter may remain for.negotiation sometime. You should en deavour to press decision as far as consistent, as other parties are urgent to know our views for the balance, pro vided me close with the Trustees for the,50,000 or 6000 yards. MR. WEIGHTMAN'S REPORT. Fenwick-street, October 11, 1843. Sm.—Agreeably to your request I have surveyed the Land belonging to the Harrington Dock Company, to the westward of Sefton-street, and, after giving the subject my earnest consideration, i am of opinion that it is worth, if offered for Sale in one Lot, the price of Us. 6d. per square yard ; the total quantity appearing, from the plans, to be nearly 28;000 square -yards. In forming the above estimate of its value, I have con sidered that the situation of the land is unquestionably equal to any now to be obtained in Liverpool for Ship building purposes and other Manufacturing Works con nected with the Mercantile Marine, and is also well adapted for Timber Yards. The Estate possesses a frontage to the River of 640 yards, and another valuable front to Sefton-street upwards of 400 yards in length, the latter of which might, with out detriment to the general value of the Estate, be used for Building purposes, and upon which, at a comparatively small outlay, Sheds might be erected for the reception of cotton and other goods intended for inland transit, by which means the revenue of the Company might be greatly enhanced, the 'northernmost part of the Land being only 1600 yards fro& the Wapping Station of the Manches ter and Liverpool Railway, while the Clarence Dock is about 2800 yards. Under considerable disadvantages a portion of the Land is now in permanent occupation, in extent 43,330 yards, at rents averaging 13id. per yard. This is a corn- paratively low rate, but, under the circumstances, indica tive of the increasing value of the property ; some of the tenants having expended large sums of money upon very short leases, and I have, therefore, no doubt that, if the proprietors were more anxious for present revenue than ultimate benefit, and inclined' to grant leases of sufficient extent to justify any considerable outlay on the part of the occupiers of the Land, would speedily be tenanted at an average rental much beyond the preseut rate ; but that the refusal to grant such leases has hitherto acted as a prohibition to the fair and remunerative occupation of the property. But to bring into full operation the capabilities of the Estate would require a considerable further outlay on the part of the Company, and for which due allowance must be made, in estimating the value of the property upon the basis of a rental to be derived from its permanent and entire occupation. Assuming, then, such an improved average rental as I. think might be obtained for the land under judicious management, joined to a liberal outlay for the purpose of rendering the whole of it avilable, taking into con , ideration the further source of revenue derived from Dock Dues, which appear to be rapidly ir.crecsi.z,, and then ulAkipg due allowance for the nec(o- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. sary outlay already mentioned, I am of opinion, that the sum I have stated at the commencement of this paper is the fair value, f sold now. In conclusion, I would notice, as bearing upon the ques tion of the value of the property, that the progressive extension of the Docks, great and rapid as it has been, is yet unequal to the continued expansion of the trade et the port; and, therefore, that an estate like this, confin ing as it does those Docks at one of the only tsvo extremi ties beyond which they can be possibly extender', may reasonably be expected to increase in value as the demand for land for Dock purposes becomes, as it must do, every day more strongly felt. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN WEIG HTMAN, Lewin Mozley, Esq. Liverpool, October 11, 1843. DEAR Sin.—The published reports of the discussion I in the Dock Committee, on the propriety of completing a purchase of Land from the Harrington Dock Company, as to which, for some time, negotiation has been in pro gress, having attracted my attention, it appeared to me I should only discharge my duty as Chairman by obtain ing the best professional opinions within control as to the present valuation of the property, in order to refute the very erroneous impressions that seem to influence the minds of some of the members of the Dock Committee. With these views a Special meeting of the Directors was convened this day, when it Leanne my province to lay before them a detail of the costs and outlay on the Estate from March, 1838, adding the balance of interest calcu lated at four per cent. per annum, showing, in result, an actual cost to the proprietors of an excess on 31s. 6d. per yard for the whole of their property, and, at the same time, a report and valuation, take❑ yesterday only, by Mr. John Weightrnan, a gentleman well acquainted with the value and capabilities of all land, especially as appli cable to any public purposes. The Board of hPirectors having honoured me by confi ding to my care any further negotiation that may arise between the Harrington Dock Company and the Dock Trustees, as well as power to use my own discretion in any communications, I consider it may be satisfactory to you, from the course vou have adopted, to be aware of the facts referred to, and to have Mr. Weightman's Report before you, fur which purpose the original is now enclosed, and can be returned at your convenience. I am, &0., (Signed) LEWIN MOZ LEY. Wm. Nicol, Esq. PUBLIC MEF: LNG itor HA.LF OF MR. OASTLER . l. A ';:dhliei Inteting was held at the Commercial Hall, loucester-street, on Thursday evening last, for the pur pose of originating in this town and district a fund for the liberation of Mr. R. Oastler from the Fleet prison, and to enable him on his release to devote his talents and exertions to the promotion of those objects of amelioration in the condition of the labouring classes, of which he has so long been, under many difficulties and personal en durement, t-e sincere, unflinching, and able advocate. Independently of the friendly feeling existing even amongst parties of adverse general politics to Mr. Oastler's manly and Christian views on the slavery of the factory system, and the injustice and cruelty of many of the clauses of he New Poor Law, additional interest was excited by its becoming known that Mr. Ferranti. the eloquent and fearless expositor of the tricks and insin cerity of the leaguers and manufacturers, would be pre sent on the occasion ; and the room, shortly after the commencement of the proceedings, became densely crowded. We observed on the platform the Rev. Dr. Tattershall, the Rev. Mr. Cragg, Rev. Mr. Mackenzie, Rev. Mr. Smith, Messrs. John Howard, George Clay, Mark Rimmer, James Tyrer, Taylor Wood ward, R. H. Sherlock, Joseph Cooper, J. Harrison, and others. Shortly after seven o'clock, Mr. Ferrand made his appearance amongst them, and was hailed by loud cheers, followed by the Kentish fire. On the motion of Mr. Howard, seconded by Mr. Crisp, the chair was taken by Mr. Churchwarden WILKINSON. _ _ . Mr. THOMAS SMITH proposed the first resolution, to the effect that the meeting, looking upon Richard Oastler as a true and devoted friend to the human race, as exhi bited in his long and unwearied exertions in defence of the factory children, and the labouritiz classes generally, and feeling assured that his unflinching advocacy of such causes had been the means of his long imprisonment, felt bound by every tie of benevolence and Christian duty to exert themselves for his liberation. In proposing the resolution, he entered into a general outline of the original connection of Mr. Oastler with Mr. Thornhill, their sub sequent relations, and the cause§ of the unhappy difference that had arisen between them, one of which was the op- position of the former to the New Poor Law, in hosti lity to the fatter. The debt incurred by Mr. Oastler to his employer, while he was his agent at Fixby Hall, arose merely from -an exercise of that hospitality which had for years - before been sanctioned at that mansion ; and Mr. Oastler, scorning to take advantage of the insolvent laws, had consequently been immured in prison for a long pe riod. Mr. Smith forcibly recapitulated the great efforts made by Mr. Oastler to better the distressing condition of the factoey workers, and especially the poor children, and madea feeling appeal in his behalf to the meeting, who, by contributing towards the fund for his release, would partake with him of the honour of ameliorating their lot, and enable him to advocate the cause of the labouring classes against recent changes in the law that bore so heavily upon them. After a warm eulogy 'upon the , character of Mr. Oastler, he concluded by saying that they were met in the cause of humanity, justice, public spirit, and patriotism, and that he had great pleasure in inviting their aid and -concurrence in carrying the object "into effect. (Loud cheers.) Mr. FERRAND, M.P., rose to second the resolution, and was received with vehement cheering, accompanied by the Kentish fire. He began by stating that the wel come given to him, though a stranger, convinced him that they would rally round Richard Oastler, who, though personally a stranger to them, was, in politics, a long tried friend. (Cheers.) Though some might have at tempted to poison their minds on this 'subject, it would have been better for'those parties to have waited until the question could be honourably and fairly discussed. But trembling when they knew the truth would be spoken to the people of Liverpool, they had endeavoured to thwart the benevolent ottect they had in view, and had attempted to stab Richard Oastler in the back. But thank God this was still "'Old England," and the working classes were still true to themselves and theircountry. (Cheers.) He appeared-before them this night in an honourable position. He came into Lancashire a perfect stranger, without a friend by his side, and told by the press if he dared to appear in thernanufacturing districts he should be torn ' , limb from limb. He had appeared before them at public meetings, and, though a few slight attempts had been made to excite the working classes to carry that threat into execution, the vvlosper of a faction had sunk into the ground beneath the already expressed opinions of the honest men of Lancashire. (Loud cheers, followed by some slight interruption at the bottom of the room, and a cry of " turn him out," to -which the speaker objected, intimating that he would put him on a gridiron. Cheers and laughter.) If any slimy serpent had crawled there that night to sting him., he would snake him rue the hour he came; for, in spite of the•ealumnies of a portion of the-press, he was there to substantiate every word he had • ever uttered. (Great cheers.) And now, men of Liverpool arenforwarde before three you. -In the first place, . ( p c , o in n c ti i n o n e e s d i t n h v e ol s y p e e d a k i e n r ) mconsidering tle s r tle h a Theresq u e o s m ti tinct principles. The first is—protection to native in dustry. (Hear.) The second—a ten hours' bill, to blot out the stain of slavery in England. (Hear, hear-) The thtrdis—the repeal of the new .poor law, to destroy the three despots sitting in Somerset House. (Cheers.) And now fcre the question of protection to native industry. I am addressing an enlialitennd body of the workingclasses of England; for in the town of ,Liverpool they have long taken the lead for their honest, upright, • constitutional principles; and, although attempts have frequently been made to purchase their principles with filthy lucre, for the purpose of making them the tools of a party, it.has ever failed. (Loud cheers.) .But to-show what those men are, who are now attempting to deceive you, out of their own hearts I will prove -my case, and judge ye. And lam not going to take a member of parliament on party politics, whose words'l will -quote at this present moment; but taking it out of his own lips, language which he used as a public servant. I have a right to assume •that that language was the truth, for it had been paid for by the public money to a man in the public service. I hold here the evidence of Mr. Villiers, the member for Wolver hampton, when he was employed by a whig government to obtain evidence for the purpose of carrying out the principles of the new poor law by an act of ,parlia ment. They sent him down into the county of Wor cestere and what says Mr. Villiers on the question of protection to native industry? He says, on the auth ority of one of his witnesses, and "I refer to the com missioners' report, No. 11, page 39, because my oppo nents say that every thing I utter is untrue, and being determined to nail them, to night especially—(cheere)— he here says, in his report—" Among other evils which have arisen from the lowness of wages., is the deteriora tion in-the character of the work, which has tended to drive the trade to other countries." Some of you will recollect -that, since I have been in the House of. Com mons, it has been my duty and my inclination to hold up to reprobation the frauds practised in the manufactures of this country, by which, I there said, we bad lost our trade. Mr. Villiers says they have driven it out of Worcester; but since then it has been driven out of other counties, and into other parts of the .world, by the-dishonesty of the manufacturers. Here was the evidence of a manu facturer, quoted by Mr. Villiers himself conver sing with another manufacturer, I found be regretted the fall in wages, but-said that as a capitalist he had no choice between reducing the wages of his men and giving up his business altogether:" So say I. So says Richard Oast ler. But having now given to you the evidence of a ma eaufacturer, I will give you a passage to show—if you were not aware of it before—that protection to British industry should be the first and moving object of your lives as re gards your temporalconcerns : the spiritual I shall leave tceyour pastors. Mr. Ferrand here read a quotation to the effect that many of the devices to which manufactu rers resorted tended to deter purchases from being made, After such a statement from a public officer, is it (be continued) unfair in Richard Oastler to declare that pro tection to native industry ought to be the primary object of the government? (Cheers.) What has made England what she is ? The labour and industry of the masses has made her what she is—has produeed the wealth and capi tal of the land. (Cheers.) They have been the busy bees, though now in the manufacturing districts they are the unwilling drones. But what a wretched state of society, that these producers of this wealth and comfort should be so reduced in their wages, which were the life-blood of the community What is the cause of the degraded state of the working class in the manufacturing districts? They have been deprived of their wages by machinery. (Cheers.) Yea ; the iron hand of despotism, in the shape of machi nery, has ground them into the dust. (Cheers.) So long as machinery is subservient to manual labour, it is a blessing to the country the instant it destroys manual labour it became a curse. (Vehement cheers.) Why, you are told in the Bible—and it is declared that we are a Bible-reading nation—(hear, hear)—that "man shall earn his bread by the sweat of his brow ;" but the system now adopted is to deprive man of the means of " earning his bread by the sweat of his brow ; " and if you shall, find ing you have not the means of earning your bread by the sweat of your brow, go to your parish for relief, what is the consequence? A law which is a disgrace to a Chris tian country, which has placed a blot upon the escutcheon of England's history and glory which no time can ever efface, asserts that to enable you to obtain from any parish the means of existence, you must declare yourselves to be paupers—(hear, bear)—that you must have your cottages wrested from your hands—that you must be deprived of your furniture—and that your wives, your children, and yourselves must be turned adrift to enter a union work house, with nothing upon your backs but the clothes you wear. (Hear, hear.) If an y man dare assert that this law is founded on Christian principles, I dare him to the proof. (Cheers.) There may be some so bigoted, so blinded by self-interest, so completely besotted with that principle of " God love you, we are all for ourselves in this world "—(great cheering) —as to assert that the new poor law is necessary for enabling them to obtain a due reward for their capital. I know there are some; and that is the party who enabled the whig government, with the assistance of your sham conservatives, to carry the bill. (Hear, hear.) Yes, my friends, this is the question which is now coming home to the hearts of Eng lishmen ; for, thank God, we find the judges of the land arrayed against it. Now is the appointed time for Eng land to test the principles of its glorious constitution— (cheers) ;—for Lord Chief Justice Denman, upon the judgment-seat, and as pure and honourable a judge as ever sat there—(hear, hear)—whose conduct has been as spotless as the ermine in which he is robed since he held that proud and distinguished post—(hear, hear)—giving the unanimous decision of the judges of the land, has declared that no law can or shall separate the child from its mother. (Vehement applause.) Still you must act peaceably and legally. That law has tried the spirit of Englishmen ; and I fearlessly assert that there is not an other nation in the world that would have endured that law for two years. (Hear.) But you have now your re ward. The judges have declared it to be illegal, and woe to the government that dares to stand by it ! (Chess.) Mr. Ferrand here expressed an-opinion that the govern- went would not brave public opinion, backed by the judges ; but if they at tempted it, the people would stand by the honest defenders of their rights and privil ges— the judges. (Cheers.) He was happy to find them en lightened on this question, and had no fear of its tram mels placing them under the feet of the three poor-law commissioners in Somerset House. That law was c ir ried out by unconstitutional means—the parliament giv ing the power to three men to make laws without their control. (Hear.) It was unconstitutunte!, and, if con tinued, the sooner they gave up drinking " Our ator ens cons titution in church and state'' the more to them as Englishmen. (Cheers.) Noss Ow the libera tion of Richard Oastler was being cliscusard, it as his duty that evening to allude to the conduct of their teem nehts, who had adopted a system of persecution uulleerd of in the history of party politics or warfare. Setting aside for a time the glorious project they had in view, he was there to answer them, more especially as during the last three days that portion of the press in the pay and under the control of the Anti-Corn Law League— (cheers and slight disapprobation.) It should come out : in vain was this attempt made to put him down : he was made of sterner stuff. The truth would come out; and if they (the leaguers) would not listen, it was because they knew they were guilty. He was traduced by their wretched scribblers, and they would not give him power to defend himself. (A cry of "Alderman Brooks.") Aye! but th's question was more serious than a coffee speculation. (Hear.) lie was there that night to bring out evidence against the party which would place them in their true light. (Hear.) They had driven him to it, and it should now go forth to the country in spite of their opposition. (Loud cheers.) Yes, (he continued,) you (alluding to the leaguers), when you first entered into your conspiracy at Manchester, you sent for Mr. Daniel O'Connell. Let the factory children at Manchester tell the price he received. (Cheers, and slight hi-sing.) The bargain was made that they were to coalesce with him for the destruction of the Protestant religion, and that they were to back him to obtain a repeal of the uuion. After wards, for the purpose of carrying out their evil desires, they produced the late outbreaks in the manufacturing districts. (Cheers,) They concocted them at Staley bradge. (Hear.) I am prepared to prove this before a committee of the house. (Cheers, and slight disapproba tion.) And when they had driven the working-classes into rebellion, having made them believe that they were prepared to lead them in the struggle, they shrunk away like cowards, and left them to be pitched on the bayonets of the soldiers. (Cheers.) There is your party—your Anti-Corn Law League! (" Question.") The question, sir, is stabbing you to the quick. (Hear, hear, and cheers') He has asked me for the question, and 1 shall give him some more of it. Yes, it is, whether England is to be destroyed by such villainy as this?—(cheers)—whether our glorious constitution in church and state is to be de stroyed by a body of political dissenters ?—whether the working classes are to be destroyed by a set of men who make gold their god ?—and whether our gracious sove reign is to be torn from her throne by a set of traitors ? (Vehement applause.) Yes ! on Tuesday night, at Roch dale, I was asked by an Anti-Corn Law League man whe ther I had voted for the grant to the Princess Augusta. " Yes," I said, " and would do it again to-morrow, and that I was prepared to shed the last drop of my blood in the defence of the royal family of England." (Cheers, fol lowed by " three cheers for the Queen," the whole com pany standing and giving the Kentish fire.) But what do you think, gentlemen, we heard mingled with the loyal shouts which resounded in the Rochdale theatre amongst the friends of the royal family of England? A cry from the Anti-Corn Law League of " we want no royal family in England." (Great cheers.) That has gone forth to the world; and they have let one of their secrets out of the bag. Thank God they have done it. Now, you (the League) are proclaimed to the world as traitors to your sovereign. (Vehement cheering.) There may be some of them who will say, " we are not answerable for the con duct of all the members of our League ;" but let me tell those who utter such language, that if they enter into a confederacy they are liable for the acts of the whole. (Hear, hear.) Now, then, I come to an article which ap peareding. (Hear.) 1 had made an assertion in a letter in the Manchester Guardian of yesterday ad dressedmorn- to the editor of the Times, in which I had de clared that I was prepared to prove that a member of the Anti-Corn Law League had declared his readiness to sub scribe to a fund to assassinate Sir Robert Peel! The Manchester Guardian says that I am mistaken as to that declaration—that the circumstances under which that de claration was made did not occur at a meeting of the Anti- Corn Law League, but at a meeting of the shopkeepers of Manchester. I have too good an opinion of the shopkeep ers of Manchester to believe that it could emanate from them : I know the League sufficiently well to ame con vinced emanated from a meet in g which will convince the people of England that the Anti- Corn Law League were at the bottom of the whole. (" Name.") I am going to name, sir. Ah! " when the to prove that that declaration that it could emanate from them but Ihere pincers tear, the flesh will quiver." I will be bound to say, that if I-was to name you, you are an Anti-Corn Law League man—(" Cobden is coming I")—Aye ! but he dare not come into Lancashire with me! (Cheers.) (Here a disturbance took place at the further end,of the room, in the course of which some of the league members who had been offering some interruption, were ejected, and quiet was immediately restored.) He would en lighten the inhabitants of Liverpool as to what did take place at the meeting in Manchester alluded to. It was not virtually a meeting of shopkeepers, but one got up by the league, and he requested the reporters to take down fully what he said, as he would stand by it in a court of law. He then proceeded thus :—The Anti-corn law League were desirous of intimidating the government, and they thought that, if they could get up what was called a meeting of the shopkeepers of Manchester, they could frighten them out of their duty to their country. This meeting took place. There were, after all their ex ertions, to the credit and honour of the town of. Manche ster, but two dozen shopkeepers present. They were, al most to a man, if not entirely, Anti-corn Law League men. (Cries of " Hear, hear.") Mr. Abel Heywood, a member of the Anti-corn Law League, in the presence of Mr. Gadsby, the printer of the League, and several more prominent characters of that body, stated—Mr. Abel Heywood said—" A gentleman called on me the other day to inquire the result of an interview with Sir Robert Peel. I told him Sir Robert would riot see us, and asked him to subscribe towards sending up another deputation He said, I will subscribe to any fund to send a deputat' to London to shoot Sir Robert Peel!" (Sensation That declaration was received by the meeting with ap• plause. (" A gentleman here said No' ") He may say what he likes ; I am now giving the party an opportunity to disprove my words in a court of law. (Cheers.) Now, in this room where the meeting took place there was a table, some three or four yards distant from that at which those League shopkeepers were assembled, At that table sat two men. They heard this language used—they heard the applause—they said not one word to rebuke the speaker, nor did they rebuke the applause. Their silence gave consent to that language. (Cheers.) [Mr. Ferrand here named the two gentlemen to whom he was alluding.] Now, then, I have told you something which England did not know before. Do they deny it? (" Yes." Then let them test it in a court of law. (Cheers.) And if those two men cannot clear themselves by a jury of their country, I tell them that they have sanctioned language which produced the murder of Sir Robert Peel's secre tary. (Applause.) Arid do you fancy that. the people of England are going to rally round a body of men whose members sat, and by their silence sanctioned such villainy as this? (Great cheering.) No, God be thanked, there is a spirit which will destroy that bloodthirsty set of men. (Vehement cheers.) Are their principles so rotten, so contrary to public opinion in this country, that they can , not carry them out except by assassination ? (Hear.) Oh ! but let us now see the game they are playing. 'Twas only yesterday morning that I myself am distinctly marked out by the Morning Chronicle. That paper says—" Mr. Ferrand should be taught that he cannot with safety make those diabolical charges !" (Hear, hear.) I have been taught that no man can with safety oppose that body, by the murder of Mr. Drummond. (Hear. hear.) But if they are going to play the same game upon me, and I may be, as I believe lam now—a marked man, I have one favour to esk from them :—that is, that they will stab me in the front and not in the hack. (Laughter and cheers.) Sunk, indeed, must be their position, when their principles, their motives, are so dishonourable, so revolutionary, as to deny their Sovereign in Rochdale, and to point me out in their papers as the future victim ; but if I wanted further evidence of the effect which my public character as a member of the Ilouse of Commons and an Englishman has produced on that body. I will give you an instance of it out of the mouth of Mr. Cobden. lie was at Halifax addressing a meeting of the League, on the llth december, and I take my extract from the Leeds Mercury, a paper that supports that party. Mr. Cobden there said, that they wanted to send, week after week, information to the borough of Knaresborough, where there was room for improvement, and where he promised that the subscription received that night should be devoted. (Hear.) They received £1,500 that night at Halifax, and there were 250 electors in my borough. How is that to be spent? They went to Walsall; they drugged the electors, and they attempted to carry the election by such dishonourable and disgraceful means. In the first attempt they made they were defeated ; and in the second, I regret to say, they were successful. They may attempt the same game in my borough. I can tell them that the body of electors in Knaresborough are as honourable, up right, and loyal as ever existed. (Loud cheering.) If they can buy them, they will do it. I don't believe they can • but if they can be successful with them, all the wealth go utteotehh:ecy tellpossessaresMr. 0 b o r Cobden s u l - i g a h l neverlanandd are t b u yhe me. (Great cheers.) League that if they successful by such dis honourable means as these, I can now go into boroughs where they dare not show their faces. (Cheers.) I have gone to meetings to which all parties were freely admitted, and the slight opposition here to-night was but an echo of what took place there. Thank God; England is righting herself. (Cheers.) The working classes have torn the mask from the face of their enemies ; they see them now in all their hideous and naked deformity ; and having an ac count, a lengthened and melancholy one, to hold up in the face of those men and to call upon them for the reckoning, they dare not face it. (Cheers.) Now is the t l h t e e n i l l them more that than we do othwadrt we a will royal stand the royal tell l time for those who love their country to come out and show their loyalty to their Queen and their native land. e ag s e t , ru e g m o b e la d z o o e n s e c d om u e p , o i n f t t h h e e y b d a a n r e n e a r t t p R t i t c o h p a r u d O a stler, is that u n d er w hi c h we are prepared to fi g h t ; and t f am ily—(great c h eers )— that the altar, the throne, and issue, th e cowar dl y sp i r i t w hi c h t h ey h ave s h own iies t nt h a e ta e ol t l eto t ht h thet eir proceedings will stifle their breasts. But how despicable is it in a body of men, who have shown them selves to be such traitors and such cowards, to take ad vantage of those workpeople whom for years they have been driving into a state of slavery. If there are any present who are under the power of this body of men, so long as they pay you for your labour and you choose to work ; I lieve not a word to say; but if they shall attempt to repeat the same game which they did in August, '42, tell them that their place is at the head of the working classes instead of at their tails; but having placed them there, carry them to the nearest court of justice, and hand them over to that tribunal to which, I hope, ev, ry work ing man in England, as welt as every other man, will appeal for protection, and they will there receive that punishment which was inflicted ui,on their poor dupes a year and a halt ago. (Hear, hear.) As yet, they have gone unpunished ; hut if they drive me to a committee of the House of Commons, they will be punished ; and here l throw out a challenge to them :—Let them (the leaguers) get. such a committee to clear their own characters, and I wilt then prove them to be the traitors and the villains which I proclaim them to be ; and if 1 do not, let the' stigma rest upon my own head. (Hear.) Now, then,. release Richard Oastler. That is the man they dread.. They are trying to prevent his release. We have money in hands sufficient now to do it; and the moment the bolt of his prison door is drawn, the iron will enter into the souls of the League—aye ! your game is up. (Cheers.) You have ceased to appeal to public opinion,—you dare not do it; and you now only exist by subscribing the money which you have extracted from the sinews of the poor. (Cheers.) You were £30,006 in debt at the end of the last year. You have raised £70,000 to bribe the electors of England. They have more honesty than . lon have money. (Cheers.) Nine-tenths of the League, every time they enter their counting-houses, have a shaky ledger staring them in the face, and they live in. daily. tremblings of the Gazelle; but knowing that they. are on the veree of ruin, they want to ruin the country .along with them. (Hear, hear, hear.) You cannot do it. But take a word of warning from me. Although you may not ruin your country, your country may hang you—(hear) ;—and the verdict of transportation which was passed upon your poor, deluded dupes eighteen months ago is now hanging over your heads; and if the government will mete out the same award of justice on your heads, which they did on those of the working classes, in less than twelve months you will be working in chains in Botany Bay. (Cheers.) Now, men of Liverpool, have I said enough to drive them into a court of law to prosecute me ? (" Yes.") Then I leave them, and appeal to you, to release Richard Oastler. He has been as faithful a friend to the working classes as ever existed. He is suffering all he is enduring for fighting your battles. He has never regretted it; no more have I ; for he has placed the working classes in such a posi tion as they have not held for the last twenty years. The rights of industry are beginning to be recognised by the press. Already the Times, the Herald, and the Post, are sending forth leading articles advocating the rights of native industry, and the only morning paper opposed to o b dwipc u aiacty t gtuewps l y o hdf u e(oiwn: those rights is the Morning Chronicle, in the support of the League. (Hear.) Aye ! but let me tell you that the religious portion of the community, the clergy of the Church ef England, the magistrates, and all the best educated classes, are viewing with alarm the position of the masses of the country. They have seen you sinking, sinking, sinking, while they see your employers ri s ing, ( gone down. And what place did you rising, rising. It is a saying in my part of the country, that a A manufacturerlaug Machinerys tens outo l f l a l s iis en c a l b o l g e s d car riage.hinimtotohidsoso; England was a mighty nation, and when li r e G nve o d grant that I shall never live to see the the working class.es , shall not have a fair days' a fair days' labour.' We want to go back to the principles of Pitt, to raise you into the scale of that ladder which theevriigryhmaestn s n t l a u v s e t : el y i o m u b. are Th s e itt m in a g nu u fa p e o t n ur t e h rs e are upon lowest. We would have you sitting, in peace and com fort, on every step of the ladder; and then we shall have not hi n g to fear. Until that day does arrive, in the lan guage of Sir John Beckett, " we never can have peace, we never shall have peace, we never ought to have peace." (Cheers.) That the days of peace and tranquillity may speedily arrive I fervently pray ; and then there will be no cause to hold out the working classes of England as a dissatisfied and disaffected body of men. (Great ap plause.) Mr. Ferrand concluded by seconding the motion. Mr. SOMERVILLE proposed as an amendment, that the meeting could not recognise any man as its friend who denied the right of representation as embodied in the people's charter.; but this not being seconded it fell to the ground, and the original motion being put was carried unanimously. A collection was then made towards the object in view, after which MR. FERRAND said, that he had been reminded that also Oastler s o from ugh t he had made a statem ent which, if not explained, might lead to a mistake. He had stated that he believed a sum Ir. phraidsobne;enbureta:hizeedshosuuffildchieanyte theytaoddreedle,atsie,otlk to raise an additional sum with a view to put him in such a position that he might go amongst his industrious fellow countrymen and exert his talents in their behalf, and which in the event of his demise—as life was uncertain, and he' had already suffered much in their cause—might enable him to leave something towards the support of his wife and family. (Cheers.) Mr. WATHAM proposed the next resolution, to the effect—that collecting books should be distributed to parties willing to promote the object in view. Mr. GEORGE CLAY, whose name was received with much satisfaction by the meeting, seconded he motion in a neat speech, and it was unanimously carried. Mr. ROBERT M'CLAY moved the thanks of the meet ing to Mr.Ferrand, for his able and straightforward vindi cation of his own principles, as well as for his exposure of the tricks and knavery of the League. Mr. HOWARD, solicitor, seconded the motion, which havingbeen carried with loud cheers, Mr. FERRAND returned thanks, and, in doing so, said that Mr. Oastler's debt had not been claimed for eighteen years, and that it never would have been claimed if that gentleman had not been opposed to the new poor law. He then went on to say that he was a protestant of the old school—that he believed a pure state of protestantistn in this country was the grandest bulwark of our liberties and constitution, and that it was a perfect disgrace to the land that women should be employed in factories. He drew a painfully affecting picture of the condition and sufferings of mothers and children employed in the fac tories, while the fathers were left in unwilling idleness dependant upon them and a prey to the acutest feelings of degradation. He concluded by proposing three cheers for " the native industry of Old England." Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, with three hearty cheers, and the meeting separated at ten o'clock. on ALTCA.R GOURSING MEETING. JUDGE : MR. WGEORGE. The Altcar club met again on Thursday and Friday, on the far-famed and unrivalled coursing ground of Lord Sefton, at Altcar. The weather was remarkably fine, and the sport most splendid. Some of the hares ran very stout, and afforded magnificent courses. The attendance was large. Mr. M`George's decisions, as usual gave the utmost satisfaction. The following is a return of the winners : _......_ . The Sefton Cup was won by Mr. A. Graham's Sir Ed ward. _ The Molyneux Plate.—Mr. Anderson's Matchless and Mr. Slater 's Scrutiny divided the stakes. The Croxteth Purse was won by Mr. Temple's Titania. The Altcar Stakes were won by Mr. Hunt's Trapball. The Lancashire Stakes were won by Mr. Unsworth's Kilmore. • The Christmas Box Stakes were won by Mr. Slater's Switch. The Port Stakes were won by Mr. E. G. Hornby's Harry lorry. The Champagne Stakes were won by Mr.. Clowes' Countess. _ _ The Claret Stakes were won by Mr. Garvin's Glengeatb. The West Derby Stakes were won by Mr. Swan's Sparks of Fire. HONG KONG.—The chief justiceship of our newly ac quired settlement, Hong Kong, has been offered to no less than seventeen members of the English bar, and been declined by them all, although the salary attached to the office is to be £3OOO per year. Some attribute these re fusals to fear of the healthiness of the climate, while others say that more than one refusal has originated in diffidence, the fact being that the judge would be called on to administer laws which, though based on those of Eng land, must in some measure be modified so as to be prac tically reconcileable with the customs and laws of the mixed population whose complicated commercial transac tions may often become the subject of litigation in his court.—Observer. WHIG OPINION OF THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION.---. The object of the Irish revolutionary party is not the general welfare of the United Kingdom ; it is not even the general welfare of Ireland, either as a part of the United Empire or as a separate republic ; their real ob jects are, to overthrow the Protestant Church, to con fiscate the Protestant estates, and to retaliate on the Protestant Party the injuries and insults of centuries * * * By confirming the prejudices, misleading the expectations, aggravating the antipathies, and inflam ing the malevolent passions of the least educated classes, this party has obtained great influence among those on whom the priests are dependent for their incomes, and for their popularity. * * * Some Repealers know that the path to it is through civil wan—Edinburgh Re view. THE TOMB OF NAPOLEON.—" It is now four years," says the Corsaire, " since the Chambers voted the funds necessary for the erection of the Emperor's tomb. To day, after a lapse of four years, not a stone of the imperial monument has vet been laid. But next June it will be four years since the Chambers had the weakness to vote the embastillement of Paris—a work worthy 9f the Titans. Well! not only have the bastilles been constructed, but extensive works have been added to the Castle of Vin cennes, and another fort has been erected at Aubervilliers, of which no mention is made in the law. Compare, and draw the inference." CULTIVATION' OF THE DOMESTIC VIRTUES. — For our own part, we should be as sorry as any one to see the do mestic virtues of woman impaired ; but we see no shadow of fear that such a consequence must necessarily follow the success of the opinions which we advocate. The fireside virtues are not properly cultivated by a mere housewife. " Well ordered home, man's chief delight to make," is a task which the accomplished woman can alone efficiently perform ; she alone can make her fireside a scene of hap piness and improvement to all who approach it : she alone can clearly show her children that the paths of wisdom and of virtue are also those of pleasantness and peace; she alone will be able and as solicitous to aid their mental development as to care for their physical comfort. All that unshackled self-dependence. all that freedom and elasticity of mind which social independence and equality, as we hope to convince the readers of the following pages, alone can thoroughly bestow, are not only favoti )ut almost necessary to the right perfortrweqViA s. Taking the phrase in its proper spjit,hielf • t t best and noblest of women will di' • 4ffltil delight in the cultivation of th Reid's Plea for Woman. 1• • •• 1..!1 ;IN I ••• ••••• • • , • N CHESTER SCHOOL. A4ll. BRINDLEY'S PC?ILS will RE-ASSEMBLE, -1- after the Christmas Vacation, on Saturday, the 13th of Janua , y, 1844. His present arrangements will not accommodate more than Fifty, so that he will be glad to receive the names of fresh Pupils as early as possible. There are VACANCIES for TWO PRIVATE PU PILS, Terms-100 Guineas per Antrum, inclusive. Of those who joined' he School at th e commencement of the present half-year, Nine are between eight and twelve years o f -age, Sixteen between twelve and fifteen, and Twelve.between sixteen and eighteen. The premises occupy two acres of ground. They con sist of a very 'commodious well-built house, having a frontage of 112 feet; of detached School buildings, 130 feet in length, comprising three good Class 'Rooms, each 20 feet square. sit: Private Studies for Senior Pupils, and a Lecture and Dining Hall 40 feet by 30 feet, and 30 feet high.; together with a Gymnasium of mealy the same dimensions as - the Lecture Vail. _ _ 'The Schoolrooms open into a spacious Play 'ground, iialf-an-acrein extent; besides whiclythere is a field for `;Cricketting. The Sleeping Apartments are arranged with a:Strict regard to health and comfort ; each Pupil isprovided with separate washing conveniences in hiebed-room. The Domestic arrangements, Dormitories, and Laundry are undeethe immediatesuperintendence of Mrs.`Brindley. TERMS: Under 12 years of age lO Guineas per annum. Above 12 and under n years of age'so Guineas per annum. Above 16 years of age .. '6O Guineasver annum. Four Private Pupils are relayed at Otte Hundred Guineas per annum ; for whom . separate Bed-rooms are provided. _ _ . i'AYSIENTS IN AITWANCE, either Quarterlyor Half-yearly. Prospectuses may be obtained on 'application to the Principal. *** No DAILY PUrilB are admitted. 'Tarvin- hall, wear Ches ter, , lDee .' 18, 1'843. REBECCAITtS.—A number of these lawless creatures have been found guilty at the present assizes at Carmar then, but none have yet been sentenced. Loup HAnowtox.—This .nobleman has addressed a letter to a contemporary, in which he -denies in Coto the statement which has gone, the round of-the radical papers, that his lordship " thought opposed to "-free trade thought that ultimately free trade ,principles must prevail." Ilis lordship also says that with the exception of words ex pressive of his opposition to free- trade, no such senti ments as those recorded •by the radical press escaped his lips. HINTS , TO COUNTRY CouszNs.-4f you. want to buy. " good batgains," select the shops•which are placarded with " Immense Faduce," " Dreadful Sacrifice," &c., and when you have :paid your money and taken your goods home, you willrfind that the immense failure" is the article you have purchased, and that the "dreadful sacrifice" is confined .entirely to your own pocket.—lf you do not know your way about town, inquire of the nearest ccbman. Take the contrary direction to- the one he tells you, and you will be sure to reach your destina tion.—Punch's Altnagack. The shareholders of the Manchester and Leeds Rail way have adopted the views of their executive ors the sub ject of the Heywood,:Huddersfield,Bradford, and Bury branches, and have also expressed themselves perfectly satisfied with the. terms of the agreement for .working in conjunction the Manchester and Leeds • and Hull and Selby lines. ADVICE TO DES TORS.—Remember to give strict orders - that you will not be " at home" for some time— especially to any top .hoots, or blue-bags, for you may find, after . proposing to !read your creditors' bills that day six months, that in the event of your endeavouring to make-a motion in - favour of .Boul9gne, the sheriff will walk in and divide the house with you.—Punch's Almanack. EXTREME MILDNESS OF THE SEASON IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT.—CowEs, Dec. 30.—The fields are covered with daisies, the banks with primroses and violets, the gardens bloom with ,flowers ; mignonette, sweet-peas, wall-flowers, stocks„pansies, mallows, nasturtiums, to bacco, tropoeolum canariensi, sweet and yellow alysson, Clarkea pulchella ' geraniums and roses are as comm o n as in spring. The birds are singing .and building. A hedge-sparrow's nest.was this day taken with three eggs in it. The thermometer stands at. 55, and the barometer at, 30-33. WHIG,OPINION OF O ' CONNELL.---WC do not reckon Mr. O'Connell among sincere repealers. He knows too much to believe that repeal can .be obtained except by force; and he has too much to lose to desire a sanguinary contest, in which power would accompany, not the qualities which he possesses—popular eloquence and legal know ledge, but those which he wants—military skill and in difference to danger But, unfortunately for :himself and his country, all his angry and all his selfish xassions appear to drive him to manifest the same feel ings and to express the same opinions as the revolutionary party. He appears to be inflamed by all the religious and national antipathies of his least, ivilized countrymen ; and he has to avenge his own failure in the British parliament, and, what is mote stinging, in British society (!) . . When he wished Ireland to prosper no one more earnestly demanded amendment of the combination laws; sow, of course, he is silent.—Edinburgh Review. THE EARLY DAYS OF PRINCE LEOPOLD.—Duringthe campaigns in Germany, the gallant Duke of Brunswick, who was -uncle of the Princess Charlotte, found his atten tion much attracted and riveted by a youthful warrior and diplomatist,, Prince Leopold of S.-.xe Coburg. He was the second brother to the then reigning duke, and grand nephew of that Prince of Coburg whose name, as mu. mander-in-chief of the Austrian armies, was so familiar to us all during the early revolutionary war. This young Prince Loopo d was also on the most intimate term. of friendship and family connexion with the Emperor Alex ander of Russia, his sister being married to the Archduke Constantine; and he arrived in London during the visit of the allied sovereigns in 1814, on which occasion he was the bearer of a fetter from the Duke of Brunswick to his niece the Princess Charlotte. His pleasing manners were not unnoticed by that illustrious lady, and his visits at her " tea-table" were evidently most acceptable. To the external advantages of a fine figure and a good counte nance, he added suavity of behaviour and elegance of ad dress; and, besides all this, he enjoyed the character of being a good soldier and a brave man. His residence in London was prolonged. He lived not only prudently, but with great economy, and the princess admired his con duct, and spoke of it with commendation, "He is so poor, your royal highness," said one of her ladies in wait ing, on one occasion ; " why, all his dominions will be scarcely larger than a country parish." The princess re plied, " So much the better, my lady, he will have more time to attend to me." — Fraser 's Magazine. A LEAGUER'S REGARD FOR THE TRUTH.—The fol lowing passage from the letter recently addressed by Mr. Ferraud to the London Times, in reply to a letter of Mr. John Brooks, places the veracity of Mr. Cobden in no favourable light. The circumstances detailed are within everybody's recollection, as well as the shuffle between the terms " Factory" and " Printworks." When I exposed in the House of Commons the frauds practised upon the operatives, I stated that some of the manufacturers kept cows and sold the milk to their men ; that the member for Stockport kept cows and sold the milk to his men. A few nights afterwards Mr. Cobden stood up in his place, and, amid the cheers of his friends, solemnly denied my assertion. I immediately wrote a note to him giving up the name of my authority, and, although such communi cations are always considered private amongst members of Parliament, be nevertheless forwarded that note by the same night's post, and had it published in the Manchester Guardian. The house appointed a committee to inquire into the truth of my allegations, of which both Mr. Cob den and myself were members, and in his presence Lord Ashley (the Chairman) asked Mr. Oldfield (who was a witness from Chorley, where Mr. Cobden's "printworks" are) whether any of the manufacturers kept cows? He replied, "Yes, Mr. Cobden does." I steadily fixed my eye on the hon. member for Stockport whilst the witness gave the name of one of his workpeople who bought milk from him, as well the price which Mr. Cobden charged. I shall not soon forget the confusion of his countenance. To this moment Mr, Cobden has not retracted his de nial 1" f