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TUESDAY, rERRUARY 7, 1854. Zo tic 5;501ti or let TO GENTLEMEN. a valuable HORSE, five years old, \a, and in all respects suitable for a gentle tßlAGE and HARNESS will also be SOLD, if amount of trial granted, and the most minute ited. The address is withheld that dealers , —Letters addressed to P. M., Stondard-office, 'rompt attention. in Lots to be agreed upon, about carerude of LAND, lying to the westward of Iverpool Canal, on the south side of the Locks to Canal to the Stanley Dock, and eastward of -street. And about 19,000 square yards of 'orth side of the Canal Locks, fronting Light 'arties desirous of renting the same may oh 'formation by applying to DANIEL MASON, I ! Office, Liverpool. werpool. 10th October, 1853. SIDE PREMISES.--To MAITUFAC RS, ENGINEERS, TIMBER MERCHANTS, 'firing WATERSIDE PREMISES and RAIL. NICATION.—The BIRKENHEAD DOCK a prepared to LET on LEASE, in Lots to suit D fronting the Birkenhead Great Float, and 'AILWAY with all parts of the Kingdom. The ial advantages for Sugar Refiners, Saw Mills, Engineers, &c., and is accessible by ships of !s are chargeable on Gooda landed or shipped W. If. SLOMAN, Secretary. 6th February, 1854. OLD, by TREATY, a splendid IC RESIDENCE, about Three Miles East of consistingtf Four large Entertaining Rooms, )s, extensive Pleasure Grounds and Garden, Ad Six-stalled Stable, and Ten Acres of LAND. A Lode-lane, with about 50,000 Yards of LAND. OUSES, Upper Parliament-street. Also, Up -0 Square Yards of LAND, in different localities .8. a large and commodious HOUSE, opposite 'lca, containing on ground floor an excellent r's Pantry, and Scullery; on first floor, two is, one of them 27 feet by 19, and the ether 27i 'n Bed-rooms. The Premises are well adapted aster and Glasgow trade, or for a Commercial 'ie. Also, an excellent FURNISHED HOUSE the Church ; and another excellent One, near an extensive Garden. .iculars may be had on application to Wm. Ranelagh-street ; or No. 3, Hackin's-hey, re a few excellent OFFICES are to be LET. Ntb3 fflusit Price 25., postage free, E ORPHAN'S PRAYER." I , 4 ‘ wri m , GEORGE LINLEY. This beautiful composition 4 Avg;, t en, composed, and presented to the COMMERCIAL OurAN Set-toot, by the Author. clt b ,aued for the H exlusive benefit of that Institution, by ' N "-.,...111td CO., 214, c Regent-street, London. MUSINEW C. SUIT t o PE, SUIT VillVEß."—Nocturne for the ..ivaoforte, composed by IGNACE GIBS`/Ni in com to " NU IT IrETE." the cele ,Aki, Veriturne b pa y nion the same Composer,UNE dedicated to THOMAS b,Also,:by the same popular Composer, .11x7,,"'„A r E D'IMT ENFANT" aade sans 'paroles. LI i t Essw, Pena& 1 , °rime. ' u ntlon: R7LLT Ell and Co., 214, Regent-street. Price of each 2s. ° ' :I, r i lt lAMEN D r i OF A TIa I. 11,0S;.'—XeW 1 , s, - . I. k keit, rtg, sung with great applause . A the Exeter Hall 13 , k ot yt e r _uy Madame AMADIE. .Also. 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N.,,..7 11 11.1., London :T.' _EIGHTON &Lett-TO/11'0N, Liverpool. ) p):11- ,1 R 'e4illiiil7iogtsa o n f d Revised, il - ie a s o . , CENSUS f GREAT k t It t r!ITt,„ITAIN in 1851 ; with a DESCRIPTION of the kt„,, , IN'AERY and PROCESSES employed to obtain the k,41 1 '44a150 an Appendix of Tables of Reference. By ' 1 04 4 , CHESHIRE, Fellow of the Statistical Society, j , , , ,10f the Secretaries of the Statistical Section of the 4 4 6-SClCiation. : Jon N W. PARKER and SON, 445, West Strand. : DEIGHTON and LAUGHTON, ChUrdh•Street `lt - WAL.III.I3LEY, Lord-street ; and WEBB and HUNT, ° ld by all Booksellers and at all Railway-stations. Cc, ` 3 l-TANT to an order of the High Court of aiG,,ncry,he cr mae in a cause " Minshull against Watts er e ," t d editors of SA , MUEL MINSHULL, late of t0r' 1 4,..'" , In the county of Lancaster, gentleman, who died 4. 0 % 04 ' 4 4 the month of September,lBs2, are, by their 3olici -14 4e ter before the 2nd day of March, 1854, to come in and liZne Llr debts, at the Chambers of the Master of the Rolls, tlfintWilyad, Chancer-lane Middlesex, or in default lt , ",eY will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit to p tlk t i ;- , order. THURSDAY, the 9th day of March, 1854, at kp,44 1 .1 . c lock at Noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed t1 4 , 4 g and adjudicating upon the claims.—Dated this ' 44 January, 1854. GREGORY, FAULKNER, and CO., for MINSHULL and HORNER, Liverpool. 1 4... 1 MS GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. ip Ah.. -- zzumoNIAL FROM BOSTON, UNITED STATES. f 'ROUT, 229, Strand, London.—Dear §ir,—Thh gic11 5 „ 40 ,10 a rheumatic patient I forward to you in case it 4°l, " ° ,,E. any use.—Yours BRAY and HAYES. OV. 23 1F,53. b, (4 's v e been t fferer from inflammatory rheumatism b leit • a Xrea- SU ye ars • I was confined to f o i•Vuring the past twel ve , inquite a helpless condi i4he havte been antdhes e acatri e m o e f some of the most distin ttk, !betrtbers tt r ie medical faculty in Boston, New T il t q .11a delPhia and Baltimore, but have neyeF been able e 1 s 4 telief for any' length of time until I was induced by a ; i t t rY Blair's Pills, which I found to be quite effinca -130,_ ce then I have not suffere4raisylhAeulmiV;i.,,. ile.rkwi, Oct. 20 1853 \Vo l ', 214 11 4 .. PROOF OF 'THE EFFIC4cY OF BLAIR'S GOUT 17 1 1t . Olste r ' l . A T i l,C PILLS, forwarded by Mr. W. H. Taylor, e, '3 1 , 46 •-•- Wm. Penny, of Corton. pear Warminster, tep °ln t l ailllcted with rheumatism to sh an xtent that move hand or foot; be was recommended by a n try Blair's Pills, and accordingly procured _ tf."th be aYldr's, of Warminster, from which he derived ihy t - . c!A te 7pefit that be sent for another, which effected a com h. John .1. Giles, Esq., of Frimley, nesq Bagsb w o n t ; zeed ti kli to tt . b uffered much from acute rheumatism I kte Qtly t Y Your Blair's Pills, and beg to bear my t Ro ,Y, h . 0 their eflicacy."—lklr. Wm. Courtney, of Barton i,fitir s t, says I had resort to your Pills, and it` i tlil_ t e be kr i r quite easy. The d u of these Pills ought he m 4 i w an n y a d l is e c v o e v r -e t r i le e s w tl e i r a l t Characterise this eventful 1 :.% ) - 'lity 1- g has conferred such a boon upon suffering ,`l.ll,lll,P,,that important discovery for Gout and Rheuma )e 'e '"'S GOUT d RHEUMATIC PILLS ; they "4 l'elthe an d tain to Rio t attention nor confinement, an are cer ne disease attacking any vital part.—Sold by all ib e nflors. Price 2s. 9d, per Box.—Observe that OVer t iLvotit fi , ta 29 m , p Strand, Lorielon," iMprCSSed upon Lu tin . 4 1 ; ot,ile' el ,me eb rrame-1 ivelve vv,A lbos ,e n sottc 3, , utter b 0 55e , ,,,( 1 ritir fp liflOr id ne,"' r 0 _,f 11( 7 L05.-‘l,O ToPo& , e ntlY ercis l Siontp l •6 !rton 6 o°l6 iy verb, f 1 ` o de , , ~ohlitc.h 06, he Fr e ; st Up e the gv r vicq d :e6, ri stan t '^ 1 „- 11311 E „ Cf w r 4( L yv rA lie F [le Pr" y Gott, ) he t o t. ,e testa wG' ithout • tJ :0 o,c10C.,;01 Jolio-151t1:1! S o c°°i PS, 11l dill 6 ~ qtr. n(I a St i l NO Of ‘6 qPi l a co ti 've, t r. ) 161. re l utleritAre Let i ti ce 6 rrou • ua te 1;i .11 • , 4 f i tter. t , „ rice, al3 ll ll ' • the an d etingiote cross" j. o 'clock 4 1 T ° be 8,, uL >I ,man Ntire t le e roa n e"U A: 0 o.,"ll)ett9' „ s o l icit ''ot an f l d pt riSM , O th 11. i TO be acts of I, 83, LET - , ,14,!ked;t i ra . fonoliel ren o' c o i nard. pool , , 3, Y•st r : .ne no fue;eia, of rn'9dill 14Seere7 inf a " e, th'' office Li SarP r if ;7 ; j RS s n. bY TURER ROO' Otb 4EOI tijklt req„ Cut ,Ola /„11Pix(,),,NINI are teas 4:iiirctlitA.N ,lass i,lt,rays by .)releli'A ,el) sl ;, a ,,rds, en 1, Lo op ,„ ono neole the's; Docks. "Qcks and ",,a ‘' It BY inet Or BirP, " an d Orlod 0 tier, be th e ". feboar,l. , kice,shrinrclßl Leal; 04 cidroOrr; 'tdairt;s; o eie 141)11'4417 an( • o 4147 MO Oofj :01,1ectOi th q b rion,'„ 5 inclax • Atie. ?"8 ‘4ttb 4's ke, ea, g' 'ark ].MO t/} andll.t4a;itcl sever n e dste resseS, nea t /41,44:3„: boofsl, It t i qrtt ie ' l with l ! t . i i tlto 4 p , arti , binet A of trek ,nce., l o l ana 'oft !eticEr ) SEIt, rRSI' Bed Y I‘l 3 l C , ra e 1 5 1 tret che il o "no s an a l , 01 4 Pi° nd C ° Ted . FT e aP cti , / Et 1 4,,,, ./ 11 11 • tit 1111! ies tlc istlot; cisi "f eert / e t t; in s ' re ef, 10 eith er „t' 01a of late - ea d :P i e fi l io g e t ) 10 34 If ,e t o Lcre s 4 , 6 11 7 1 4i t1 j 0 1 s ces',,t rate C ` ic )138 1 ' 'II' 04 Ebutation. QLNGING AND PIANO-FORTE ACADEMY. 17 —Mr. JOSEPH ROBINSON'S ACADEMY DAY for YOUNG LADIES EVERY TUESDAY, at his. Residence. The Terms as at Schools, namely :—Piano-forte, Eight Guineas per Annum ; No SingingEßC, TenY-STREET, Guineas. . 2, P • (ONE DOOR FROM CANNING-STREET.) AjOTICE.-MR. JOSEPH ROBINSON.- ..I. Mr. J. ROBINSON respectfully informs his Pupils and the Public that, in consideration of their taking LESSONS at his own RESIDENCE, he will in future make a Reduction in his Terms, by giving Twenty-four Lessons to the Quarter, instead of Twenty-one, as formerly. Gentlemen can receive Lessons in the Mornings or Even ings, as may be most convenient to them. No. 2, PERCY-STREET, ONE DOOR FROM 'CANNING-STREET.) MULBERRY -STREET SCHOOL, ABERCROMBIE-SQUARE. Conducted by Mr. JAMES HICKIE (Author of a Key to Hutton's Course of Mathematics) and Mr. HENRY JOHNS, both well known in Liverpool as successful Teachers. This School has, since its opening, continued to increase in numbers, as well as gain in character. The system adopted at the outset. and since steadily adhered to, was to impart a sound Scientific and Commercial Educa tion, not by seeking to accomplish great things, but by con scientiously endeavouring to do all that is really practicable, well. That this object has been attained may behest inferred from the subjoined notes, emanating from parents of Pupils at present in the School : to these might be added (if conve nient in an advertisement) a long list of references to parents wno have expressed their satisfaction at the progress which their sons have made, and are making, in this establishment. Birkenhead, Cheshire, Nov. 14, 1854. Dear Sirs,—My son has been under your instruction for nearly two years, and I feel it only due to you to say how highly I appreciate the great improvement ho has made in all his studies. When I recal to mind his former sad backward ness, and compare it with his present condition, I am satisfied that a system which has resulted in such a marked change must be a good one: therefore accept my sincere thanks for all your kindness and attention to my son.—And believe me, dear Sirs, yours most truly, CHARLYS HAT ES HIGGINS, M.D., F.R.C.S. of England, Bz.c. To Messrs. Hickie and Johns, 17, Mulberry-st., Liverpool. 1, Oxford-street, Nov. 30, 1853. Gentlemen,—My son being about to leave school shortly, I deem the occasion a suitable one for acknowledging how greatly I am pleasedwith his progress since he has been under your care. your snditicius syitem of instruction, and especially . your attention to mental development, cannot but result m the certain improvement of your pupils. Wishing you :all the enconragemerit'your energy and merit deserve, I am, Gentle. men, yours very faitl - fully, E. STATTER, Surgeon, &c. To Messrs. Ilitkie and Johns. 18, Pembroke-place. Dec. 3, 1853. Dear Sirs,—Kore than a year having elapsed since my son became one of your pupils, I have now great pleasure in con gratulating you on the marked progress he has made in each branch of lira studies which takes as a teat of your mode of instruction, nothing, in my opinion, could be more successful. —I am, dear Sirs, very faithfully yours, PETICR CONOLAN. Messrs. Hickie and Johns, Mulberry-street School. VACANCY for TWO BOARDERS, at 50 Guineas per Annum. The SCHOOL is now RE-OPENED. 'THE FUND being raised for fhe SUFFERERS by the WRECK of the TAYLEVR, is to be applied by . a Committee, composed of the Gentlemen whose Names are t the foot, in the following manner, namely,— Firstlq,—ln paying the Survivors who wish to proceed to Australia a small gum, for their support until the 28th February, when they will be provided with a passage at the expense of the Owners of the Tayleur; and should they be detained after that day, they will be supported at the Owners expense until they sail. Secondly,—in supplying those who no forward with an Outfit, just sufficient 'to *supplyibeir wants until they reach Australia. Lastly.—The balance of the Fund will be divided among the Widows and Orphans of 'those Husbands and Fathers who were log in the Tayleur while preceding their Families to Australia,lntending to seed for them as soon as they had earned money enough to pay their passages out. The number of Passengers saved is about 240, most of whom are-entirely destitute, and the Funds subscribed to the present time will not suffice to give them thetrarest supply of clothes. "The Committee give these explanations in the hope that they may induce many to subscribe who have heretofore not dorm so. 'CAPT. S.CHOMBURG, R.N., DANIEL CAMPBELL, S. R. GRAVES, EDMUND THOMPSON, JOHN PILKUMTON, PETER STUART, JAMES BAINES, HON. JAS. CUNARD, CHAS. Mc IVER, J. ^ .7. RATHBONE. QIIIP TAVLEUR.-A SUBSCRIPTION-LIST KJ is OPENED for the BENEFIT of the PASENGERS saved, and the WIDOWS and ORPHANS of • those lost, from the above Vessel: it lies at the ExottAramltooms, at the various BANKS; the Mu IG RATION-0 PVIC E, and at the Messrs. PSLKINOTON awl WILSON'S OFFICE, where those disposed to aid the unfortunate will have an opportunity of;appending their names. ---. ALREADY SUBSCRIBED. CharleirMetsre and Co., owners... *:esoo 0 0 Pilklngtoa and Wilson, agents— lOO 0 0 James Baines and Co. lOO 0 0 Brown, Shipley, and Co. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. lOO 0 0 Edward Oliver Millers :wed Thompson lOO 0 0 Fielden mothers Stuart and Douglas S. R. Graves, E‘q. , lOO 0 0 Bank Qi;ay Eoun - dry lOO 0 0 Charles 111 1 Iver.. *Rathbone Brothers and Co. Baring Brothers and C 0..... Ferule, Brothers and C 0..... WilsMrand Dawson Charles Horsfall and Sons IGO o 0 100 0 0 100 C 0 - 50 0 0 ::50 0 0 50 0 0 J. IL Murphy, 9, Arundel-terrace, Brigt'n 50 0 0 Maritime Passenger Assurance Company 50 0 0 113 L 'Colonial Land and Emigration Com- miesioners.. G.-J.-Dickson, Esq.. Glaagoaw Farnworth and Jardine.... Collided by Mr. Chas. Campbell, Lambert Bir'd, and Wm. Tomlinson i..M. Walthew, Esq James M'Henry, Esq. Cearns and Brown _ SO 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 5000 25 0 0 '25 0 0 25 0 0 William Tapscott and Co. Miller, Oughton, and Co. Canard. Mann, and Co. Cato, Miller, and Co. .25 0 0 A_ :Heywood, Son, and Co Jos. Green and Co. 25 0 0 - Joseph Richardson •25 0 0 William Inman Halhead, Fletcher, and Co 25 0 0 -A.-and J. Dennistown and Co., Glasgow.. 21 0 0 David Cannon, Sons, and Co 2O 0 0 Collected at Rock Ferry, per Rev. Mr • Redhead Gladstone and Co.. . 20 0 0 Collected by C. Fisher, Esq., Whitehaven .10 5 0 'James Beasley lO 0 0 , Daniel Neilson lO 0 0 Boyd, Edmonds, and Co lO 0 0 ,Blythe and Carlisle lO 0 0 Richard S. Ely, Esq. lO 0 0 David Stuart, Esq . . . 10 .0 0 'E. and J. Schilizzi Charles Campbell -.T. W. Fairelough and Co John Parratt Patrick Magee • _ 10.0 0 10:0 0 10 0 0 10 .0 0 Charley and Nltt'colm, Belfast Hugh Wardlow, ditto lO 0 0 Graham. Kelley, and C0......_ 5 5 0 Cowie, Scott, and Roxburgh George R. Griffiths 5 5 0 "%Panne and Tamplin Harmood Banner, Esq. 5 0 .0 Robert Procter 5 0 , 0 Bizland, Sons, and Jeffreys -5 0 .t) Williamson and Spark • 5 .0 6 Thomas Robinson A Friend, ry r H. T. Wilson, Esq. 5 0 0 C. Grimshaw and Co 5 0 0 . Mr. Richard Kaye 5 0 0 A. Rawson, Esq. 5 0 q William „Lynn James Moss and Co . , ... 5 0 0 Rawlins and Son 5 0 0 5 0 0 John Bacon Allan Nicholl, Dublin James M`Murdo 5 0 0 Septimus Ledward 5 0 0 , Nixon and Thew 5 0 0 John Tyson , Ald. R. C. Gardner 5 0 0 Samuel and William Pearce Jeffreys and Darcey Joseph Green •and Co. Mawdsley and Son 5 0 0 , Perkins. Smith, and Mullens 3 3 0 Samuel Dutton and Nephew Thomas Bouch '• 3 0 0 Hugh Montgomery, Belfast , 3 0 0 Richardson Brothers, ditto , .3 0 0 , : Isaac Jackson • 2 2 0 H. Cannon Clerks in P. and W: 5 5 office 2 2 0 Dixon and Holmes - 2 0 W. S. Tyerman -2 2 0 John M'Carthy 0 .2 0 Ferguson, Pillaus, andCo 2 • 2 0 J. rermewan, Penzance Nicholson and Whittle 2 2 :0 Gladstone and Oldham 2 2 0 -Gregory Tymbas 2 0 0 -Chauncey Leicester 2 0 0 Alex. G. Cattell James Bristow, Belfast • 2 0 0 Robert Workman, ditto Edward Samuelson , 1 1 0 Wm. Heaton , 1 1 0 J. P. Platt and Co. 1 1 0 Alex. Septimus Macrae. 1 1 0 • Samuel Maddock 1 1 0 Henry Coupli!nd 1 1 0 George Rennie 1 1 0 George Ithell . . . i 1 0 Philip Mylrea , • • • • 1 1 0 The Mayor of Warrington John Reid 1 1 0 C. T, Browning and Co. .• • • 1 1 0 W. Wilks ,.. . 1 0 0 T. Edwards . . 1 0 0 James S. Mack 1 0 0 George Rodger 1 0 0 Gavin Poe 1 0 0 Henry P. Priest Frederick Robinson Andrew Wardrop Robert N. Dale 1 0 0 J. G. White John Slingsby Robert Singlehurst „ 1 0 0 A Friend 1 0 0 G. L. F. 1 0 0 Henry Campbell, Belfast 1 0 0 Adam Duffin, ditto 1 0 0 James M`Caw, ditto Victor C. Kennedy, ditto Wm. Cowan, ditto John Gillis, ditto 1 0 0 Bernard Hughes, ditto 1 0 0 Thomas George, ditto Capt. James White, ditto 1 0 0 H. T. Smith, ditto Robert Henderson, ditto 1 0 0 George M‘Tear, ditto 1 0 0 James Hamilton, ditto 1 0 0 James Barnett, ditto 1 0 0 Wm. D. Henderson. ditto Wm. C. Heron, ditto.. James P. Corriff, ditto 1 0 0 G us tavus Heyn, ditto David Grainger, ditto ., 1 0 0 James Campbell, ditto „ 1 0 0 Joseph J. Murphy, ditto Capt. Alex. Brennan, ditto • •• 1 0 0 John Owden, ditto . 1 0 0 Wm. Herdman, ditto A Friend ln 10 0 E. H. 11. A. G. 0 10 - li W. K 0 10 0 In rootage Stamps 0 1 0 STANDARD GENERAL PRINTING OFFICE. 4, ST. GEORGE'S-CRESrIENT, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. LETTERPRESS PRINTING of every description, including PAMPHLETS, FORMS, INVOICES, SERMONS, BILLS OF LADING, CUSTOM-HOUSE REPORTS, CARDS, ENTRIES, CATALOGUES, CIRCULARS, &C. &c., SHAREROKERS' POSTING BILLS OF BOOKS, EVERY SIZE, EXECUTED WITH THE GREATEST PROMPTITUDE. In Stock, and Nlanufactued to Order, LEDGERS, DAY BOOKS, CASH BOOKS, JOURNALS, LETTER BOOKS, COPYING BOOKS BOOKS , , BILL BOOKS, AND WASTE IN EVERY VARIETY OF STYLE. LITHOGRAPHIC AND COPPERPLATE PRINTING. MACHINE RULING. &c. DROTESTANT REFORMATION SOCIETY. —On MONDAY EVENING, the 20th inst., at the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-street, the Rev. J. B. LOWE, Incumbent of St. Jude's, will REPLY to the Lectures of the Rev. W. H. Anderdon, M.A., late Vicar of St. Margaret's, Leicester, and now a Pervert to the Church of Rome. Chair to be taken at Half-past Seven. JNO. PARSONAGE, President. JNO. BENNETT, Hon. Sec. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. ManteD. wANTED, a respectable SERVANT, who understands Vain cooking, and a general knowledge of household work.—Apply to Mr. LowE, Butcher, Necro polis, Everton. • TO CONFECTIONERS. A YOUNG PERSON is in WANT of a SITUA TION. A good reference can be given. —Address It, Standard-office. TO RENT OR PURCHASE. WANTED, ;. - FAIi T HLY HOUSE, moderate size, in the Prince's-park, or within about a mile of that locality, in the country, with or without a little Land. — Address T. J., Post-office, Liverpool. LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.—The Office of CHAPLAIN to this INSTITUTION is now VACANT. The Stipend is not less than 100 Guineas per Annum. 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THE DEPAETURE OF THE RUSSIAN'AIINISTER.—Late on Saturday 4ifternooil Baron Brnnow had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon at the Foreign-office, for -the purpose of formally suspending the diplomatic relations of the Emperor of Russia with Her Majesty's Government. The Russian Minister will immediately withdraw from this country with fall the members of the Legation, who are to repair, we llelieve, to different towns in Germany ; the Russian Consul,General will, however, remain for the pre sent to transact the commercial business of his office. The public are doubtless aware that a Minister from a for eign State who-is •.recalled under circumstances like the present is not :entitled to . the audience of the Queen at which envoys commonly take leave of Her Majesty at the termination of their missions. Nevertheess, the recal of an Envoy does not,constitute a declaratirn of war, and it must be followed by snore decided measures on the one side or the other before a state of war can exist between the two empires. The first measure taken by the British Government on the eye of a rupture with a foreign Power has commonly been to .stop by Order in Council vessels clearing out from British ports to the ports of the hostile ' : Power; but the present state of our relations with Russia, : , has long been so well known to the public that we are in formed that no vessels are clearing out of our ports for that country, and the trade is virtually suspended. It would, however, be of advantage to the mercantile interests of the nation if the Ministers of the Crown on Announc ing to Parliament the suspension of diplomatic ,relations adtt Russia would inform the country whether measures are likely to be resorted to of a,nature to affect the,liberty of, trade. We presume the Government will lose no time in recalling. Sir Hamilton Seymour and the British Mis sion from St. Petersburg, if, indeed, they have not, already received their passports ; but the measures adopted on this subject:will of course be taken, as ,every preceding step has haev, in concert with -the -French Government.— Times- SOITT4PEVON ELECTION.—Lawroc,e Palk, Esq., hiving issued an address to the electors of South Devon, Sir Massey Lopes believes that it would be in accordance with the irue,Gonservative policy of him to decline being put in nomination on the present occasion, and has, therefore, determined to refuse the honour, notwithstanding the kind desire of his numerous and zealous friends, that he would allow himself to be brought forward as . a candidate for the division. THE ANNIVERgAEY OF HER MAJESTY'S MARRIAGE wlll be celebrated with the customary rejoicings at Windsor, on Thursday next. THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA Will reopen for the season of 1854 on Tuesday, the 21st of March. The engagements, including Grisi and Mario, are completed. Tun EMPEROR OF JAPAN is said to have died. His decease will place the court in mourning for three years, during which period no foreign embassy can be received. ALEXANDER DE BODISCO, who for fifteen years has acted as Russian Envoy at Washington, is dead. He was a,.Wallachian noble by birth, and first entered the public service in Russia about fifty years ago, without fortune, but endowed with some knowledge of the French lan guage and a neat handwriting. Sin JOHN STRA CHAN, Bart., died at Teignmouth, at the advanced age of 76. This title, which was created in 1635, is now extinct. The, first holder was a distinguished financier, and the sixth was the celebrated admiral who rendered much service at Trafalgar. The family estates lie in Stirlingshire. - - - - TIIE PREMIER.—For nearly half a century Lord Aber deen has been connected, in a certain sense, with public affairs ; and he has failed in every great enterprise in which he has embarked. He talks largely of his relations with the Court of Vienna forty years ago. The improper favour of Lord Castlereagh saved him from being re called from the scene of action. Selected by the Duke of Wellington to deal with the Turkish difficulty in '2B-29, his labours concluded with the treaty of Adrianople. He boasts of being the founder of the entente cordiale ; it terminated with the Chateau d'Eu and the Spanish mar riages. Lord Aberdeen witl the aid of" foreign conspira tors," then got up an elaborate impeachment of Lord Palmerston. The speech of Lord Aberdeen on that oc casion, which should have been the greatest effort of his life, is the most signal failure on record. Finally, this sage Minister tries his safe hand at Turkish politics again, and after a year of vacillation and incapacity confuses all Europe, and perhaps involves his country in war. We assure Lord Aberdeen that, in treating of his conduct and career, there is no Aecussity t 0 We reNtiriSC to .—The Pres:. TO CORRESPONDENTS. (Kr We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communica tions on subjects of local or general interest. BOORS, &c., FOR REVIEW, may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed "to the Editor of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will be forwarded and receive attention. Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably re quisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents. The ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION to the LIVERPOOL STANDARD is 20s. in advance—or 225. on credit. tilicrpoot -'-ztattbarb, TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 7, 1854. HER lVfinsTy's Speech, as we predicted last week, was looked forward to with much more anxiety than a document which is ordinarily of so common-place a character is usually honoured with. This was evident, not only in the excite- meat throughout the kingdom, and the prepara,. 'ions made by the rival telegraph companies to gratify the anxieties felt in every town, but also in 'the throngs which greeted the royal procession, and the House of Lords crowded with eager listeners to catch 'the first words from the royal - lips. They were not disappointed, and, for once, we have had a speech fuller 'of promises than the session, however long it may be protracted, will have time to realise ; and so far the Cabinet have shown the full spirit of Whiggery which animates them. The Speech, however, is entitled to consi deration, not only for what it says, but for what it I has left unsaid, and for the precedent which it kas set of altogether ignoring those friendly assurances from foreign powers which it was the wont -of former Ministers to dwell upon with so much com placency. Her MAJESTY is made to say :—" I have continued to actin cordial co-operation with the EtIPEROR of the FRENCH," leaving the infer ence to be drawn that with our neighbour alone are we at peace, and :almost reminding us of by gone -days, when England was opposed to a world in arms, with a solitary ally, which for its very Singularity was mate the most of. But 'then comes the pith of the story, the point of informa tion which all were -so desirous to know—the hopes of a speedy settlement of the Turkish question, , which were indulged in at the closeof last session, 'have not been realised, and a state of warfare has ensued. There is, however, a last hope, though a faint one, for though the unremitting endeavours to preserve and torestore peace have been hitherto unsuccessful, " I will not fail:to persevere in these endeavours ;" yet, •" I think it requisite 'to make a further augmentation of my naval and military forces." So that, after six months' negotiation, of which Russia has availed herself - to make prepara tions for the. coming struggle, the English Govern ment finds itself in a worse position, and the dream' of Turkish independence as far off as ever. The Ministers attempt toclaim credit for their forbear ance and their ardent desire to avert the horrors of war ; but they have not shown, nor will the people of England readily believe that the present unsatisfactory positionof affairs is not mainly, or perhaps solely, owing to the very course which the Ministers appear to pride themselves on pursuing. The English fleet was in fully as efficient a state for active operations before the Russians crossed the Pruth as it is now, and, if ,the ultimate design were: to defend Turkey at all hazards, might then have more effectually interposed, with the pro bability that Russia would have hesitated to take the first step in the face of an indignant remonstrance from:England, backed by an armed fleet -to enforce it. •On the other hand, if the English Ambassador at Constantinople pos ,sessed that influence over the - Turkish Government which is attributed to him, he should have insisted on the concession of the Vienna note which lad received the sanction of the Tour. Powers, which the EMPEROR or Itussu. had agreed to accept, and wlii6b, had it been accepted by the SULTAN, wou]4 have deprived the CZAR of every pretext for war, without involving himself in hostility with every other .state in Europe. Neither course was pur- I sued:bat rather a system of temporising, which eaused'both belligerents to doubt the sincerity of England, destroyed the influence of the English Minister at Constantinople,„ and virtually encou raged Russip, to persevere in her warlike operations. The discussion on these questions has been post poned until Parliament shall be in possession of the official papers which have been promised, but the Ministers will then have to undergo an ordeal far more searching than the almost friendly debate which ensued upon the motion for the Address to the Crown in both Rouses of Parliament. The allusion to the 'Turkish question was all the refer ence which was made to Foreign policy in. the - Speech from the Throne. Not a word about China ; nor the war in Burmah ; nor the difference with Persia; nor the alleged neutrality of Denmark and Sweden ; nor the dubious position of Austria and Prussia; nor the differences with the United States, so positively referred to in the PRESIDENT'S Mes sage ; nor the death of the QUEEN OF PORTUGAL, and the presence of an English fleet at Lisbon ; nor the opening of the navigation of the River Plate, though ti►at omission may be attributed to the credit belonging to the EARL OF DERBY'S Government : nor indeed to any other point of Foreign affairs, good, bad, or indifferent, excepting the all-absorbing question between Russia and Turkey. The short-comings, however, in Foreign matters are amply compensated by an immensity of pro mises on domestic a lairs. There are no triumphant praises of the bles Sings of Free Trade, but dear breed is att:ibuted to the dispensation of Provi dence ; no allusion is made to the thousands of operatives out on strike, but the people who suffer from privations are to be treated with compliments for their exemplary patience, and the contentment which has been induced by the reduction of taxes affecting the necessaries of life. It is small comfort to a suffering man, With bread at tenpence a loaf, to tell him that the duty on Tea is fourpence a pound less, or that Soap is freed from the Excise, when the war has rendered the raw material dearer by the amount of the duty repealed. But we have congratulations on the Import* and Exports, and the array of figures will, no doubt, operate as a con solation under the high price of every article of food, particularly as Ministerial piety takes credit to its political wisdom for plenty, and coolly attri butes all its failures to the dispensation of Pro vidence. It might have been thought that the exigencies of a war, against which it is necessary immediately to provide, and that in the most efficient manner, if we are to hope for a successful termination, would have been sufficient employment; not only for the public attention but also for the energies of Parliament ; but the Coalition 'Ministry, in antici pation of their fate, would appear to be gluttons for legislation, at least as far as promises are con cerned. The coasting trade, which has ever formed the nursery of our seamen, is to be sacrificed to the demon of competition, in order to be consistent in a false theory. The same kind of scalping knife is to be applied to the nursery of our great men, the time-honoured seminaries of Oxford and Cam bridge, in order to gratify the same greedy desire to level all distinctions. The service of the State in our civil institutions is to be submitted to a similar ordeal, so that place and pay may become the reward of successful political agitation. Fur ther reform in the law is but vaguely hinted at, but the loss of legal employment, arising from County Court extension, is to be compensated by the validity of wills and the discussion of matrimo nial differences being transferred to the courts of common law. The Poor-law is once more to be altered, with a view of abolishing the ancient law of settlement, on the pretence that it impedes the freedom of labour. And as if this were not enough to employ both Houses until long after the calendar says that grouse-shooting commences, we are to have another Reform Bill, with a host of supple mentary Bills, professing to take more effectual precautions against the evils of bribery and corrup tion, but all allusion to intimidation is very conve niently avoided, for the reason, perhaps, that it would interfere with certain practices in Ireland, by a party which the Ministry have not the courage to oppose nor the skill to benefit by. With such a miscellaneous collection, to be further increased by Lord JOHN ItussELL's pet scheme of admitting Jews to Parliament, and perhaps a fresh attempt to legalise incestuous marriages, we can only come to the conclusion that the Ministers anticipate their speedy defeat, and have therefore industriously concocted this string of promises, to serve them as political capital when in opposition. See what we would have done, had you supported us in office. It is more refreshing to refer to what Earl DERBY did do in the short time he was in office. A SHORT time since, when the Radical press, and, we regret to say, some few Conservative papers, were indulging in reiterated slanders on the PRINCE CONSORT, we demonstrated the falsity of the charge by its inherent absurdity. Absurd, in the first place, to suppose that, in all acts purely her own, HER MAJESTY should not be guided by the advice of her husband ; and, in the next place, that the latter should have exercised his in fluence either to the prejudice of national interests or in any way infringing upon ministerial respon sibilities. The correctness of this view has been amply corroborated by the explanations which took place on the first meeting of Parliament. The PREMIER and the FOREIGN SECRETARY, the Con servative Lord DERBY and the Whig Lord Csm.P BELL, all concurred in the opinion we then ad vanced, that the presence of PRINCE ALBERT at ministerial audiences of HER MAJESTY, and his consultation with his Royal Consort on all public affairs, was not only strictly constitutional, but at the same time highly advantageous to the best interests of the country, and conducive to the pros perity of a reign which marks a special era in British history. In the course of the discussion the Earl of DERBY took occasion to repudiate all connexion with the Press of this country, denying that he had ever 'influenced the insertion of a para graph, or wished to be believed to have done so. We shall not quarrel with such an apparent con tempt for services of which every true Conserva tive must admit the value, but rather receive it as an unintentional ,compliment to the disinterested patriotism which has animated Conservative writers, as favourably contrasted with the paid advocacy of Liberalism, so profusely rewarded by Radical patrons from, Prime Ministers downwards. It would be well, 'however, even for the Earl of DERBY to bear in mind that it is hardly consistent with sound policy to allow an influence so power fill as the press, for good or for evil, to experience a studied neglect in the former cause, while for the latter it has every encouragement even from those whose professions are directly the contrary. It was solely owing to the gratuitious, yet untir ing, exertions of the newspaper press, that so large a body.of Conservative members were returned to the House of Commons at the last election ; yet, during the -time Lord DERBY was premier, they received no aid, not even in the preference of official information. When their successors came into office, though the leading members professed to be Conservatives, the advertising patronage of the Government was ostentatiously given to the Radical newspapers, and aimed their first financial act was an alteration of duties by which their chief organ was benefited to the extent of many thou sands a year. The same journal has, since then, been the depository of State secrets, and even allowed to publish an official document before it was presented to Parliament. It may suit the independence of the Earl of DERBY 4o disavow his connexion with a support which has given value to his political exertions, but perhaps it would have been better for the country had the services of the Conservative press received more substantial sup port from those who profess to be the )eaders of the Conservative party. IT is not two months since the country was aroused from its more than wonted political apathy, by the announcement that one of the most import ant members of the Ministry—he, indeed, on whom the majority of Government supporters had chosen to rely for his political experience—had resigned his office, and that his resignation had been ac cepted by HER MAJESTY, Such an event, so seem ingly fruitful of more important changes, was declared, with a tone of authority, in a journal which had the reputation of enjoying Ministerial confidence, and was accompanied with the explana tion that it was solely owing to a difference of opinion on the details of the proposed Reform Bill, and some sneers on the versatility of Palmerstonian genius, which was becoming notorious for resigna tion in December. No one believed the explana tion, which was considered a paltry evasion of the truth. In the meantime, the vacant Sscretaryship was offered in vain to several aspiring statesmen, and, twelve days afterwards, the same authority made the announcement that the Ministerial quar rel had been made up, while the sneers about Palmerstonian versatility were salved over with fulsome compliments of official experience and political genius. Under such a state of eircum staves, which were of the more importance when Lord PALMEUSTON'S long connexion with foreign affairs gave a more than ordinary significance to his resignation while complicated negotiations were pending, all that the public could do was to wait until the meeting of Parliament for this web of official trickery to be unravelled. Parliament has met, and all the satisfaction which the public has received is the following statement of the PRE MIER, in reply to the Earl of DERBY:— " Connected with the preparation of the measure of Parliamentary reform, a misapprehension took place on the part of my noble friend. Believing the provision in question to be finally introduced into the measure, my noble friend tendered his resignation. However, explana tions took place, and my noble friend resumed—in fact he had never ceased to perform—the functions of the office of the Home Department." Is there a sane man, not blinded by party prejudice, who will believe that Lord PALMERSTON, who was a member of the committee entrusted with the preparation of the. Reform Bill, could make any mistake as to whether " the provision in question was finally introduced," when, from no Cabinet Council having been previously held, it was posi tively impossible ; and that such a mistake could have been so inexplicable as to lead to his resigna tion at such a time ? In the next place, can .any one believe that the office was never vacant, when the resignation was accepted, and the vacancy offered to others ? Could such a mistake have existed during twelve days, while the PREMIBR was looking in vain for a successor ? It is so ab surdly preposterous. that it is an insult to common sense to expect such a statement to be believed ; and it is to be hoped that some member of the Lower House will, for their own character, demand from Lord PALMERSTON an explanation which shall at least have a colourable probability. THE all-absorbing question of Peace or War as arrived at a position somewhat tangible, since the Speech from the Throne has declared the ill success of all negotiations for peace, and the deter mination of the Government to augment the naval and military forces of the country. The London papers are now paying great attention to the movements of the other Powers, and so strong is the feeling of its importance, that even a declara tion on the part of the Prince of PRUSSIA, that his Government should at once assume a decided tone against Russia, produced a rise in the value of our Funds and Shares. Such a declaration, both by Austria and Prussia, would of course tend mate rially to hasten a settlement of the question, as it would be madness for the EMPEROR of Russu to attempt a contest with the Great Powers of Europe, with the certainty of immediate defeat ; but we adhere to our previous opinion, that the strength and resources of Russia have been too much over rated, and that England has little to fear from the encounter, excepting the expense and the disasters which ever follow from sanguinary strife. It appears evident, from the caution which has been pursued, and the courteous manner observed in the withdrawal of the Russian Ambassadors from London and Paris, that the CZAR is by no means anxious for a quarrel, however pride and obstinacy may have induced him to persevere in his demands ; and many are of opinion that they will receive orders to return to their embassies before they have reached St. Petersburgh. If we suppose, however, the worst as far as concerns our lukewarm allies, we have still no reason to anticipate any Other than a triumphant result, should the CZAR of Russia persist in his folly. Had England to contend with all the Northern Powers, it would not be for the first time in her military history ; and now, when we have a fleet superior to all besides, we are in a position to dictate terms, and have strength to enforce them. It may be a ques tion for grave consideration, whether the whole point in dispute is worth the violent disrupture of a forty years' peace, particularly when it is consi dered that the independence of Turkey is a phan tom which will be as far off as ever ; but that question having been decided in the affirmative, no apprehension of the consequences need deter us from at once bringing it to issue. If the wisdom of England has resolved that the aggressive policy of Russia shall now receive a check, and security be demanded against any future infringement, we have but to buckle on our armour, to display once more the spirit which won Trafalgar and Waterloo, which drove the French out of the Peninsula, and swept the seas from pole to pole, and Russia must succumb, whether his neighbours help him or not. Their want of faith will prove their own destruc ion, and Austria will far better serve the cause of the EMPEROR of Russtd by uniting with the Western Powers to save him from the conse quences of his own folly, than, by any culpable leaning towards Russian counsels, precipitate the discomfiture of both empires, the crippling of Russia, and perhaps the annihilation of Austria, which would be rent to pieces by the insurrections of her own subjects in Hungary and Italy. England is but now assuming the position which she ought to have taken at the commence ment of the affair, and would have taken but for the pusillanimity of a divided cabinet, which sought to gain by the trickery of diplomacy what should have been demanded by the boldness of moral courage, secure in the righteousness of her cause, and asking no more than she meant to enforce. The cause of dispute is the same now as it was six months ago, and if now we are justified in em broiling Europe in war, in order to preserve the integrity of territorial arrangements, we should have been equally justified in assuming the same determined tone before Russia had fulfilled her threat of crossing the Pruth and taking possession of the Danubian provinces. Let us hope, however, that, notwithstanding the apparent imminence of war, the EMPEROR of Russia will experience a return'of his former good sense, though any con cession on his part will be accompanied with the . bitter reflection that he cannot reinstate himself in the same position which he occupied before he entered upon his ill-advised crusade in defence of the Holy Places. Turkey will not now consent to resume the treaties which have been broken, and Russia will discover, when too late, that her progress has been retrograde. Ir is a melancholy truth, that no men are more violent in pursuing the wrong path than those who have been perverted from the right way. • The worst Radicals are those who have been Conserva tive, the most outrageous Itomanists are those who have been beguiled from Protestantism, and the once Conservative membersof the Coalition Ministry seem determined to furnish a further illustration of the same truth. The Free Traders who formed the Manchester League were content with the repeal of the Corn Laws ; Lord Join - RUSSELL, in laying his sacrilegious hands on the Great Maritime Charter, known as the Navigation Laws, spared the coasting trade, the nursery of our seamen, and the source of our greatness as a naval power ; but the renegade Conservatives who are now at the helm have doomed this to destruction, and unless the Legislature interpose, we may look in vain for that maritime supremacy which has become iden tified with our national history. In the Speech from the Throne HER MAJESTY is made to say : " I recommend to your consideration a bill which I have ordered to be framed for opening the coasting trade of tha United Kingdom to the ships of all friendly nations ; and I look forward with satisfaction to the removal of the last legislative restriction upon the use of foreign shipping for the benefit of my people." The conclusion is here very coolly assumed, though for the foundation of it we may look in vain. Wherein have the people suffered from the restric tion upon the use of foreign shipping, that its removal should be looked forward to with satis faction ; or rather, wherein have they not suffered from the partial removal which has already been made ? We stated, on a previous occasion, some of the losses experienced by British merchants, owing to the injudicious employment of foreign vessels, which are not governed by British laws, nor do they submit to British usages. These evils would be multiplied if the coasting trade were thrown open to them, while the loss to the nation would be incalculable, from the discouragement which would thereby be given to British seamen. In the course of the debate, some allusions were made to the loss of the Tayleur, which was attri buted to the insufficiency of her crew ; but this fact affords a striking argument against the policy of the alteration which has already taken place. Had the law been in force which insisted on three -fourths of the crew being British seamen, the danger would have been less, but it will be still further augmented by the proposed opening of the coasting trade. The restriction is said to enhance freights, and to mili tate against the interests of the ship-owner, but it is far more for the interests of commerce that a vessel should convey her passengers and cargo to the desired port in safety, than, in order to effect a small saving in the wages of her crew, be wrecked on the first coast she comes in sight of. It is a Mc miserable economy, fruitful of evil, and is will be more apparent when the stern r ents of war shall have rendered desirable every able bodied seaman, in order to man the fleet for . the national defences. DIE RED JACKET is about to be thrown open to public inspection. OATMEAL — In the last nine or ten days 21,000 loads of oatmeal have arrived in Liverpool from Ireland. PROPOSED CEMETERY FOR PRESTON.—It has been re solved that a burial ground, under the loth and 16th Vie- - , toria, and 16th and 17th Victoria, be provided for the township of Preston. THE REV. J. B. LOWE, incumbent of St. Jude's: will deliver a lecture at the Concert-hall, on the 20th inst., in reply to the statements of the Rev. W. H. Anderdon, the Romish pervert. Mr. Lowe's lecture will be in con nexion with the Protestant Reformation Society. THE CANADA British and North American Royal Mail. steam-ship, Captain Stone, sailed on Saturday, for Boston and Halifax, with the usual mails for the United States and British possessions in North America, a full comple ment of passengers, and a large cargo of valuable merchan dise on freight TILE OLINDI.—On Saturday, a steamer arrived from Holyhead, having in tow a lump laden with goods from the Olinda, screw steamer. The hull of the vessel is stated to have broken in two, owing to the weight of the engines causing an immense strain amidships. WIGAN STnricr.—There has been no change of any mo ment in connexion with this strike since laseweek. The number of idlers continues to decrease gradually. The Ince-hall Coal and Cannel Company have given notice to their colliers of their intention to give an advance of prices to the extent of a penny to the shilling, or 8t ; and it is believed several other coal proprietors will follow their example. EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY.—At the fifth annual meet ing of the friends and supporters of the St.. Anne's Dispensary and Eye and Ear infirmary, Rose-hill, on Wednesday, Mr. T. Barton presiding, the report showed that the receipts for the past year had been £472. 13s. 10d., and the expenditure and relief during the same period, £393. 13s. ; the number of persons relieved being 9,610, or more than double the number who were relieved in 1849. PRESTON STEIRE.—The returns for this, the nineteenth week of the lock-out and the twenty-third of the strike, show that the number of unemployed hands relieved from the Trades' Union Funds was 16,174; last week, 16.330: decrease, 161. The amount disbursed in relief this week was £3,040 ss. &l.; last week, £3,073 10s. decrease, £24 4s. 6d. It will be observed that there is again a consi derable decrease in the number of hands receiving relief, the weavers alone showing a diminution of 124 as compared with last week. This arises from the active measures taken to assist the hands in removing from the town. The amount of contributions was larger this week than last. THE ABATEMENT OF THE SMOKE NUISANCE, ANDTHZ POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY, Since the discussion at the meeting of the Town Council, on the smoke nuisance clause, we understand that Mr. Francis Morton has pro posed to the Polytechnic Society that the subject should be brought under consideration at the society's meeting, on Monday evening next, and Mr. Morton has arranged for a paper to be read by Mr. John Lee Stevens, of London, the inventor of the patent smokeless furnaces, in order to show how the smoke nuisance can be subverted without obstruction or prejudice to the interests of the owners of steam boats, manufactories, &c. The smokeless furnaces are extensively in use in London and other places, their chief characteristics being great simplicity, the absence of all moving apparatus or other expensive arrangements, preventing the formation of smoke, and effecting a large saving of fuel. The subject is one of great public interest at the present time, and we have no doubt the meeting on Monday evening will be numerously attended. FRAUDS ON THE 'NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. —At the Police-court, on Friday, William Caitchen, chief cashier in the office of the London and Northwestern Railway Company, Lime-street, was charged with mal appropriating £5OO. It appeared that, during the week ending the 4th of December, the prisoner received the sum of £1,309 106. 3d., which it was his duty to pay into the Bank of Liverpool, or Moss and Co.'s Bank, to the credit of the company. But before doing so, he gave instructions to his clerk, Mr. Henry Lane Thatcher., to make a deduction of £5OO, explaining that he had authority to do so from Mr. Goalen, principal of the audit depart , ment at London, to reduce the balance iu the book produced by some £3,000 odd, for the purpose of wiping off a portion of an old balance connected with the East Lancashire Company. Thatcher did as he was directed. The prisoner was apprehended by detective-officer Eaton, on Thursday. Mr. Humphreys, solicitor, who appeared for the company, stated that Mr. Goalen, the principal of the audit depart- . ment of this company, was also in custody on a chaasse of extensive frauds, involving an amount of between £5,000 and £9,000. THE SCREW-STEAMER ANDES, Moodie, hence to Boston and New York, returned to this port on account of leaking, stress of weather, &c. The following is the report of the surveyors :—On the 4th February, 1854, attended the ves sel lying dry in the Huskisson Dock, and found the leak arose from the stern-bush, the bush being secured by two strong bolts passing through the sternpost, the bolt appa rently having worked itself out of the nut inwards, -the iron nut being secured by an iron guard outside, which iron guard still remains perfect. Found the topgallant forecastle stove in, namely, the beams and deck of it broken. Portforward gangway and four chain stanchions broke, and several started, covering board split. Examined the hatches, which were well secured, and the goods quite dry in hatchways, except one bale under the winch, partially damaged; and on examination of the dunnage in the be tween-decks, and the manner the cargo is protected in the hold with tarpaulings, our opinions are that there is no damage, and we do not consider it necessary to discharge the cargo. And, on a careful examination, do not see any signs of weakness in the hull of the vessel. Recommend the bolt through sternpost to be replaced, and the other damage replaced and .repaired. . INQUESTS YESTERDAY.—Three inquests were held yes terday, before P. F. Curry, Esq., the borough coroner. The first was on Edward Williams, 37 years of age. On the 19th of January deceased had been sent with another man to bring a horse from the Lime-street railway station to the house of Mr. Richard Holmes, publican, corner of Watkinson-street, St. James's-place. He -mounted its back without a saddle, and on getting opposite to the Rev. Dr. Raffies's chapel,' the horse shyed, and threw him vio lently on to its shoulders. Deceased had sustained by the shock rupture of the urethra. of which he died in the Southern Hospital on Sunday last.—On John Mildoon, a dock labourer, 35 years of age. On Wednesday last, de ceased was employed with other men in assisting to load the ship Duke in the Canning Dock, with a cargo of ma hogany for Calcutta. They were putting one log into the hold, the deceased holding a plank to keep it off the cor nices. When the log had been got right over the hatch way, he was ordered to let go, but did not do so, and he was precipitated into the hold, by which the right side of his head was fractured. He died in the Southern Hospital. — The third and last inquest was on Ann Pask Hopwood, the, daughter of Mr. Hopwood, licensed victualler, 11, Great Crosshall-street, seven months old. Deceased was in the care of a wet nurse, who lived in the house, and whilst in her charge the child was overlain. - FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—About half-past sir o'clock on Friday morning, a collision took place at tilt Leyland Station, on the London and North-western Rail way, by which Robert Taylor, a breaksman on a coal train, belonging- to Mr. Hargreaves, lost his life. A Liverpool goods train, from Preston, came up to the sta tion, where it stopped, and the breaksman of the train got off to unhook one of the :wagons which had to be left at the station. When he had done so, he called on the engine-driver to run the train quickly into the siding, or a train behind would be into them ; but he had no sooner said this, than an empty coal-wagon train ran into the goods train, and some of the carriages were thrown upon the two lines and broken. In about two minutes after this occurrence, the coal train belonging to Mr. Hargreaves same np from Coppull at a quick rate, and the driver seeing a signal made to stop, endeavoured to do so, but, as he was coming down the incline, and was then very near the station when he saw the signal, in consequence of the thick fog then prevailing, he could not stop the train in time, and it ran through the station quite three hundred yards before it was brought to a stand. As this last train passed, Taylor was standing on the break of one of the wagons, and that side of the carria ge was t urne d inwards towards the other rails, instead of towards the outside, the consequence being that the man was brushed off, as it were, by the passing train, and immediately after he was found lying on the line between the rails. His jacket, waistcoat, and flannel singlet • were cut through, as though he had sustained a very violent blow on that side, and he died in four hours after the accident. Tian :WIDOW AND HER LOVER.—A young widow, says the Courrier de Nord, has just married a man frig?" l !s,l disfigured. He fell in love with her four years he went o h n o e me ev a e n n d ing a , t . t not did li e l m te p r ted som th e bwloowrdsoubet thwiseebnitsuithesm,4l4.eieT'l7:l3 ravaged his face in a most dreadful became a widow, wound. The young woman afteraya e _ kill him, and in the course of time familiar and wrote to the man that she wis • e aim, so gre e atly him was he h in as bee ng- ni m ng arried him hhEsdare:coliercrecl from the c c ha am n e g , e b d u . t s s h h e e d p id ass n ed ot so rec me ogni nr s ziatil The town of Finana ised with his dreadful ugliness, ra —A terrible earthquake took EARTHQUAKE IN • • S in on the 13th 0. January. TlSpanish - b P a dreadful misfortune. On OnFriday has just been visited_ bye o place at Pinang, clock in tale mon • ling, during last, between two and t and while every one wasasleep, the ken and turned ove • by 1 a series of in . i iin a le ,e r rs ia, sa m y other ' violent shocks following each m rapid succession, and aeco mpan i e d by a prolonged noise resembling the rolling of thunder, and followed by numerous fissures. It crumbled down the greatest part of the Alcazaba (an soil cc'm p w l a e s te si d id ar d k en n l es y% l ancient castle of the Moors), broke houses to pieces, and caused large chasms in nearly all the streets. Eight per sons were afterwards dug out in a terrible state of mutilse~ tion."