The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-22 00:00:00

UNITED STATES Columbia, Captain Judkins, ar five o'clock. She 17 morning at b reat severity ie had to contend witt which she math seven, p.m., when in lat )f the e ire way, Is until kfter this the the sta out mid- exertions of gine was he ship to her first revolution of ning of the 23d, under a stiff she averaged as much as nine 'e forwarded to Boston by the ch arrived at Halifax on Sun- and, on the voyage, the highest terms of the _ ain Judkins, his officers, led in the saloon of the Uni t. C. Wylie, Esq., was called to cons, voting a piece of plate to lal to Mr. Peter Kenneth, his by acclamation. A letter, ex and admiration of the passengers t of Captain Judkins, his officers, ; adlressed to Captain Judkins by )ke in t and of Ca e to repair the damage done to the COlumbia at Halifax, the utmost prompti xere evinced by the contractors in furnish nasts, yards, and other spars, to enable her as a substitute for her loss of steam power. igged as a barque, ready for departure on ,erformed the voyage in fifteen days. The 1. which, by the way, seems sadly mortified lid not think fit to apply to that city for ssel, predicted that she would be t it has so happened that t of them—the Roscius—some a put to sea on the 4th instant, at 5 the starbord engine and pad- Lvourable passage all the way. pacKets instant, in lat 42 32, lon. .13 . 18, at 1 p.m., she Nue Clarence, of Halifax, and on the 11th, in ilf-past three p.m., spoke the brig standing westward. On the 13th 29 57, at ten a.m., passed t! large ing a burgee with a red ball in the nine in the evening of the 13th instant, those olumbia saw a strong light from the N.E., posed, at first, to be from a steamer's funnel. ockets and blue lights, but received no an light increased, they at length came to the it must be a vessel on fire. They imme , and cleared away the boats for lowering. At passed within two cables length of her, and a large vessel on fire. The engine was rung, rockets and blue lights were shown, e appeared on board the burning vessel. It she had been deserted. She appeared to be or five hundred tons, cotton loaded. She use directly across her deck, mizen-mast 'n, no topmast, and no sails bent. taut, in lat. 49 6, lon. 23 3, saw a large showed a light, and fired a Roscius, American packet-ship. On Jassed the brig Diana, steering west „at 5 p.m., off Gallyhead, spoke the annah. On the 19th, at 11 a.m., passed litan, and the schooner Beacham, out- n•thward of importance to communicate touching _lerican markets. The prices of cotton transactions of the week had been but g heavily. Uplands were quoted at 1 good, 9+ to 9-1; Mobile 9+ to 10 ; Total export from the United States ber, 812,354 bales, against 534,578 ime last year, and 832,015 in the year be very heavy, with but small sales. Genesee 7 dol. ; Ohio, 6 dol. ; Baltimore, 5,87 i to 0 to 10 appears in several of the papers, that the West ner Dee, had been totally lost at Turk's telligence is believed to be incorrect, and is been grounded on a circumstance of which received about a fortnight ago. The news as to the effect that certain of the pas had been left behind, accidentally, at they were conveyed to Turk's Island. under the necessity of erecting tents, of provisions, they had suffered much le Dee at St. Thomas and 23d Feb. for Trinidad and accounts of tt om Havana are to the 16th ult. It is stated :onsul at that place had been ordered to quit sequence of the governor having heard that tof giving free papers to the negroes. He - :.ngland in the steamer Forth. It was fur le mail-steamer Tay had just arrived from The officer in charge of the mails had re iem to the Spanish mail officer. When the o take them, he drew his sword. A corn diers was sent on board to enforce compli ers were to use their bayonets if the least :d. The offending officer was taken on the commander of the steamer refusing I he had nothing to do with the mails, exclusive charge of the individual who them. This account rests on the au lent of the New York Express. with Lord Ashburton and giaphed off New York 'e had occurred at New York, which lundred houses ent a u sage to Congress relative to ulties of the country, the empty treasury, ,ecl credit of the government. He recour se of the tariff of duties above twenty per of the land distribution bill passed during as likely to afford means of relieving the tharrassments. Meanwhile, the President assist the government, to meet the demands flowed for the new tariff of duties of at least 18.000,000 dollars will to that already obtained. To raise t recommends that the proceeds of Mexican troops had suddenly entered 'id plundered San Antonio without oppo ms were taken by surprise, but they were of the homeward log of the Colum -3 seen that she made the run in fif s travelled 200 miles, even in her received the mails, and proceeded to sea, and engine and paddle only. 8 p.m., Sam by N. 1 N. 10 miles, from which we took course S. 47 E.. lat. 43 8, long. 61 36, Moderate breeze and cloudy. course S. 80 E., lat. 42 42, long. 59 17, with hail and rain. , lat. 42 38, long. 54 50, breeze and clear weather. S.W., course S. 84 E., lat. 42 22, long. 51 . Strong breeze, with thick rain. course S. 77 E., lat. 41 40, long. 47 8, N.W., co S. 87 1 160 mil Strong winds and cloudy weather. N.N.E., course N. 69 E., lat, 42 30, long. 43 190 miles. Light winds and fine weather; lat. 43 IS, 1 p.m., passed the barque Clarence, of 69 E., lat. 43 33, long. 39 41, iles. Light winds and fair weather ; lat. 43 3 30 p.m., spoke the brig Corsair, of Halifax, ard. S., course N. 59 E., lat. 45 25, long. 35 8, dis- Fresh winds and cloudy, with rain. course N. 66 E., lat. 47 16, long. 20 s. Fresh winds and cloudy, with rain. s. W., course IS. 65 E., lat. 48 30, long. 25 it Light winds and fine weather. 1 a N. 70 E., lat. 49 28, long. 21 ❑i Light winds and fine weather. ;. ourse N. 71 E., lat. 50 10, long. 18 Light winds and fine weather. s'.l course N. 77 E., lat. 51 44, long. 14 Light winds and fine weather. ourse N. 83 E., lat. 51 3, long. 10 0, it winds and fine weather. el ; at 7 p.m. off Holyhead. ff Floating Light, and arrived in S.E., course INDIA from La inz a precis of t from Gundamuck it in Cabul I by his of yesterday publishes the following Sale to General Sir Robert Sale, events in that city from 1841, and despatched on the last letter I had from you was . On the 2nd an insurrec , shops plundered, Johnson's s tripped) and burnt. He was in arid servants murdered. Troup and t six o'clock ;oo1: . On the oerienced gale: a.m., on the my days 11th, 13th, and ses burnt; Sir iurdered; Skinner Sturt was sent by ✓ stabbed in four places in the shoulder, a glance on the There are three principal chiefs . at the _,han, Atehokaye Moota Mown, and The K ussu lb as h es are in, but are afraid to our favour. Shelton, with two regiments 'pang, in the Bala Hissar. On the 3d the 27th They had to fight their way, being followed by id had men killed and 15 wounded. Gordon unded. A number of Kohistanees came into AbdoOla I got out of the city with jest the clothes they is. Their house burnt. The Affghans at ament and fort, but were repulsed by Waller, ed by a ball, which lodged in his armpit. r ty, who have raised the religious standard, cantonments at the rear gate, where our ction, and. the cavalry cut them up. Sturt wound in his shoulder deep, the side not uninjured ; the face wound near the corner a s struck on the bone with suc h force, that for the moment ; he had. warded off two Shurreen Khan and others drove, part It of the town. The enemy took p 0 r t nearly opposite our bazaa r th at joins The guns played all day against the which is filled with the enemy ; it 'with powder, as there are too many nqrry of horsemen showed them- rn --- oud Khan's fort, where g-niii. --- own down, has been taken possession .nd therefore they have id shelled the fort op th little or no e ffect. The And Wheeler Maule's khatagio (ser ked this day (the 14th) 3e, of t 44th. notaertson, of Walsh, flollaken, War wounded ;31 missing. At ed all day. Guns and the fort, with very little I shell, a 'eak as he was, in shirt (drawers), on going to the General was no engineer there but himself. an and Eyre as artillery-officers—no :neral gave him leave to do what he we all got in order—by 12 a good nutes it was carried—Raban killed — use and 12 of the 13th volunteered for —one man badly wounded—those of the enemy 3 were joined by a large body of horsemen, well mounted, evidently Kussulbash—Sturt says not OW, others say 3,000—a beautiful sight—Ander- son's horse charged up the hill, and drove the enemy all along the crest of it to the extreme left, where the sth Cavalry charged up—they were hemmed in—more Affghan horse came up, and they had a great struggle with swords, but the Affghan matchlock was so hot, that they in turn drove ours back all along the ridge, and they had outnumbered us so greatly as to be able to retire in excellent order. Anderson's horse again went up the road to challenge them ; but their position was good, and they maintained it. We had every man out on duty cantonments. A brigade was much wanted in the field. Two guns of Warburton's were seized by the enemy i❑ the city, and the men forced to work them. They have thrown a number of balls into cantonments and into Sturt's garden from Mahmoud Khan's fort. Sir William Macnaghten has given 50,000 rupees to a Kussulbash chief to create a diversion in our favour, and promised him two lacs if he succeeds. The envoy and general agreed to send for the 13th and 35th (Sale's brigade). At first the general would not, but yesterday the order went off for you to return with the 13th and 35th, leaving your sick, wounded, and baggage in safety, to come on by long marches. But much responsi bility is thrown on you in this way, and you will have to fight great numbers near this, whatever the state of the country may be far off. The enemy have had possession of the Commissariat Fort these two days—to-day they have set it on fire, as also a village near the town that fired on them. We thought it was the city on fire. Sturt got the wall of the garden near the Commissariat Fort down by the Sappers to-day. A new king and vizer had been set up, but the other chiefs will not have them. Codrington's corps in Chareckan surrounded. All the officers wounded. Rattray and Sailsbury killed. Sturt's wounds are doing well, but he overworks his strength; his mind keeps him up ; and Harcourt tells me to give him wine and arrowroot. He cannot get open his mouth to get food in properly. His tongue and throat save suffered, and all the nerves about. He is out all day, and the soldiers help him about. Last night he did not get to bed till one, and then was waked up by a note. Mackenzie defended the fort he was in till his ammunition was expended, and then he cut his way out : has three wounds. We have intelligence that we were to be attacked to-night, and that they were making boosa bays to throw into the ditch. No one had made arrangements for an attack. The General and Anquetil gave Sturt a carte blanche. He has told off the officers and people to their posts, and paraded them this evening, and at nine went with Paton, Eyre, and Pellew, all the rounds. The envoy is in cantonments, and his place is a cavalry and infantry intrenched camp, and the walls loopholed. We have a nine and a six-pounder in the battery next us, 15 guns in position, the walls well-manned, and our men stanch. If we get over to-night, we shall, I trust, repel the enemy till you arrive. Heaven shield us all ! I should not be nervous if I could see what was going on. I hope they will not attack us this night ; but the unusual stillness of no firing looks like mischief. _ _ _ " Sth inst.—We had an alarm at four o'clock. The enemy attempted to take the fort back again. They mined a large hole, and set tire to the bastion, but were driven back. We are all in high spirits, and look forward to your arrival with interest and anxiety. " With our united love, " FLORENTINE SALE.' EXTRAORDINARY INVESTIGATION At the Graigue Llrelandl quarter sessions on Thursday an action was brought by Edward Hopkins against a gentle man of considerable fortune, named Butler, who lays claim to and assumes the title of " Lord Galmoy," for the amount of a sum of £l6 16s. 5d., the value of goods sold and deliver ed to one Ellen Burke, commonly called " Lady Galmoy," the reputed wife of the defendant. The court was crowded to excess, such was the anxiety to hear the particulars of this case. Mr. Jacob stated the plaintiff's case. He said the cause of action was the amount of goods sold and delivered by pfaintiff to Ellen Burke, commonly called Lady Galmoy In 1840 his Lordship, being a widower, married a woman aamed Ellen Burke, who was unfortunately, a person beneath his rank in life ; but, being a beautiful woman, his Lordship be came smitten. and the parties were married by a clergyman, named Maguire, of Cullenswood, Dublin. Being desirous that her ladyship should be married with an aristocratic name, she was married by the name of Charlotte de Burgo. (Great laughter.) She came home in his lordship's carriage, and told her father, who resides in Kilkenny, how she was married. This did not appear to satisfy the family, when his lordship wrote to Mr. Maguire to give her a certificate in her proper name, Ellen Burke, and to drop the name of De Burgo. _ _ _ Mr. Maguire refused to give the certificate, and his lord ship proceeded to Dublin, and again was united to her lady ship in the bonds of matrimony in her proper name, Ellen Burke. Thus his worship would see that they were twice married, to make the act doubly sure. (Laughter.) They spent the honeymoon at Gardendenny very lovingly, but towards the end he got a little jealous of her ladyship, and began to ill use her. He was in the habit of locking her up in a room and sealing the keyhole to prevent access to her—and on one occasion, being forgotten too long in his lordship's absence, she had to be fed with a quill through the panel. (Roars of laughter.) He beat her frequently, and one occasion drove her out at night in a state of nudity. She arrived in Carlow and got credit for articles becoming a nobleman's wife, the amount of which was the present cause of action. Lord Galmoy's letter to Maguire was then proved to be in his lordship's handwriting. Evidence was then produced of the delivery of the goods to Lady Galmoy, and to show that she was introduced in that character by his lordship. Catherine Sweeney sworn.—l lived at Lord Galmoy's about a year ago. I was servant there. I saw Ellen Burke there. I heard she was married by a " Tackem." She was called Lady Galmoy, and lived there as Lord Galmoy's wife. At times they were good and at times very bad friends. (A laugh.) She used to be drunk. He used to call her Ellen, but in speaking to us he used to style her Lady Galmoy. I often saw fire-arms in his lordship's hands, but never saw him ill-use Lady Galmoy. I saw her once going for a knife to stab herself, and he prevented her. She used to be jea lous of another girl, Catherine Delany, and of another named Eliza Frizell. They all lived at Garrendenny. She was a great drunkard. They all got drunk one night, and his lordship put them out of the castle. (Laughter.) lam now living in the castle, but I will go to America. I got the mo ney for my passage from Eliza Frizell, one of Lord Galmoy's " ladies." I once saw Ellen Burke black and blue, but that might have been occasioned by a fall, as she was always drunk. I know Paddy Lynop the piper ;he used to be playing in the parlour. We used all to take a drop as well as his lordship. (Laughter.) I used to dance with him. We used all to be drunk except Paddy the piper, who was a sort of teetotaller. (Great laughter.) Lord Galmoy sent his carriage for her to Kilkenny. Mr. Phelan addressed the court at considerable length, and with great ability. He lamented that a gentleman of Lord Galmoy's station should be so infatuated as to come in contact with the wretched woman Ellen Burke, who would be proved to be a native of Walkin's Lough, Kilkenny, a place noted for filth and prostitution. This was an abortive attempt to fasten a woman of that description on an ancient estate, and to injure the family of Lord Galmoy's brother, the Hon. William Butler, as high-minded, upright, and truly honourable a man as ever breathed. The parties, Ellen Burke and Molly Power, her mother, knew his lordship's propensities, and they set off from Kilkenny to Garrendenny Castle. Molly Power, known as Mother Power, addressed his lordship about her daughter—the bargain was soon made —the old wretch pocketed a 1:5 note, the wages of iniquity, and left her daughter with his lordship. Ellen Burke told his lordship a story about being the daughter of a peer, and that she was induced to escape from her lordly father to visit Lord Galmoy, of whose romantic character she had often heard—(great laughter)—and thus, after a fortnight spent in drinking, debauchery, and dissipation, his lordship's mind broke down and he consented to marry her, which ceremony was performed by a " couple beggar." After commenting on the character of Ellen Burke, and on the conduct of the parties who got up the action, he concluded a powerful ap peal, by imploring his lordship not to sanction the claims of Ellen Burke, nor give them the weight of his authority pending the proceedings which had been instituted in the Ecclesiastical Court. Frances Rothe sworn.—l live in Kilkenny, and am a mar ried woman. 1 know Ellen Burke. I know her mother; she is called Mother Power; all the world knows her. (Laugh ter.) She is in the habit of going of messages from the wo men to the barracks. Ellen lodged with me about three years ago. Her mother came and said, " Ellen, if 1 could get your clothes out of pawn, I'd try and get you married to Lord Galmoy." (Great laughter.) Mother Power is an old pro curess, and keeps an infamous house at Walkin's Lough, and her mother before her. (Laughter.) After Ellen Burke left Lord Galmoy, she came to me to lodge. While passing a bad public-house, kept by a man named 'lab?, she said she would go in ; and I advised her not to do so. She then took off her boots, shawl, and bonnet, and danced with the sol diers. (Laughter.) Her ladyship danced a " treble" horn p;pe in the tap-room. (Laughter.) She got drunk, and lost her feather coming home, about eleven o'clock at night. I don't know any thing bad of her, beyond being drunk. Some further evidence was offered, and his Worship said, " I have considered this case in all its bearings, and although I shall not give any opinion whatsoever upon the legality or illegality of the alleged marriage between the defendant and the unfortunate woman, still 1 conceive that having treated her as his wife, and repi4sented her in that capacity to a re spectable tradesman, 1 think that circumstance would have been sufficient to make the defendant liable, if the case rested there ; but the case did not rest there. While living at the house of the defendant this woman appears to have had the concern in commotion, and finally left the house of her own accord, and without being compelled by any act of cruelty or severity on the part of the defendant, and departed with her mother, this Mary Power, to Kilkenny, the scene of her former misconduct, and then resumed her former course of life as has been deposed to by the woman Rothe, and the man Nash. No doubt, if after all this, and long after it, she wished to return to the defendant's dwelling, 1 admit she might do so by becoming prudent and amending her life, and that the defendant consented to overlook her misconduct ; but it does not appear that the defendant so consented; on the contrary, he sent a police constable to remove her from his premises, whereto she went without his knowledge. Yet, after all this, the whole facts being noto rious in the neighbourhood, the plaintiff thinks proper to give this woman credit to a large amount, and lie must be considered as having had knowledge of the facts ; for the very order for the goods he (plaintiff) had witnessed by two per sons, the name of one of whom was afterwards, for some reason or other, torn off. I shall forbear to make further comment upon this affair, but I should say, the plaintiff is not without remedy against some one;" and he then pronounced formally to dismiss on the merits in all the cases. THE LAST DIVISION ON SIR R. PEEL'S INCOME TAX. —The remark of an eminent leading character, that " he had heard many debates that had changed his opinion, but never one that had changed his vote," appears to be by no means a fixed political axiom, and the following members are living proofs of its incorrectness, having reversed their votes since the last division on this question :—E. R. Rice, W. S. Blackstone, and Lord Worsley. Three destructive fires occurred in London on Tuesday last. One, on the premises, belonging to Messrs. Sibley and Toyer, coal-merchants, High-street. The premises were destroyed. Shortly afterwards three houses, adjoining the Nile Hotel, caught fire, but the loss will not be very great. About an hour and a half afterwards a third destructive fire broke out in High-street, Shadwell, on the premis es in the Occupation of Mr. Smith. The premises are wholly con sumed, but are insured. AN ACCESSION TO PARLIAMENT.—The public complain of the great length of the debates in parliament. For t heir comfort we havto inform them that their cause of com plaint stands a ;air chance of being increased tenfold, seeing unrecognised of that Joe Hume, th surreptitious ex-member for Weymouth meat" in the ho ---the rejected of Middlesex—the kicked-out of Kilkenny— theloons who govern the Leeds—has once more " effected a lodg use through the influence of the pawkie of burghs. We understand loon coonstes of the Montrose district mono polist of grievances will that the first act of this mono purposes t be to address the house in a statement permit) that the misfortunes which wherein he (as clearly as his nature will which have befallen the British arms in Affghanistan of his having, for the arelastsolelY to be attributed to the fact e wisdom" months, ceased to be a frag bmee j n e t s o e f pb th ,s e e ` o ` u c p ol d le , c e t s i s , , a • i, and mto"this end he has lately been of the empire. This will priming and loading at the I n a d t la s ? . o s u t preparatoryseep'lien' s . . i:i s soonto hisas discharge of blank-cartridge this question is disposed of, it is expected that, viewing the new tariff with abhorrence, he will seriouslytake the congenial cause of "British asses," by up whom he is resolved to stand to the last kick. The public may, therefore, expect an immediate greeting from the Well-k nown bray, which, - from whatever quarter it cometh, always betrays itself by its Scotch accent.—Morning Herald. MISCELLANEOUS Mr. Joseph Hume has been returned for the Montrose Boroughs without opposition. On Friday evening last, seven valuable horses were suffo cated in a stable at Staines, near London, by smoke caused by the place having by some means caught ffre. Captain R. A. Reynolds has been restored to his rank in the 11th Hussars. He will proceed with the regiment to India. One of the passengers on the Midland Counties Railway was accidentally killed at the junction where the Nottingham line runs into the main line from Rugby. The fruit-growers of East Kent have memorialised the Board of Trade for an increase of duties to be levied on all foreign fruits. CARDIGAN ELECTION PETITION. --The Committee have come to the conclusion that J S. Harford, Fsq., was not duly elected ; but that Pryse Pryse, Esq. ought to have been returned. On Tuesday afternoon last, at Nassington, near Staneford, a sow entered the dwelling of a poor man, where was only an infant three months old. The voracious brute tore it so dreadfully that it died in about half an hour ; and it would no doubt have been eaten up, had not the mother returned. At the levee, on Wednesday, the Duke of Argyll kissed hands, upon his grace's appointment as Keeper of the Seal used in place of the Great Seal of Scotland, which appoint ment took place in October last. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—We under stand that the sister of a noble lord, who has recently taken his seat in the House of Lords, is about to be united to a rev. gentleman distinguished for his theological and classical attainments.—Morning Herald. THE IRON TRADE.—SOUTH WALES.—Of the 113 fur naces in blast in this district, 61 are in full make, and 51 at the reduction of 25 per cent. The average weekly make may be taken at 85 tons, thus giving an aggregate make of 6,000 weekly, or 468,000 tons per annum.—Shrewsbury Chronicle. WIGNEY'S BANKRUPTCY.—In consequence of a quantity of plate and other valuables having been found secreted in the house of one of the bankrupts, bills were posted through Brighton cautioning persons against concealing the bank rupt's goods, as they thereby incurred a penalty of £lOO. On Tuesday last her Majesty's ship Investigator, which is used as a station for the Thames police, and which has been lying in the Thames, off Somerset-house, for the last five years, sprang a leak and foundered. She went down about two o'clock in the morning, but, fortunately, the peo ple on board and all the movable articles were taken off be fore she sank. On Monday the Bussorah Merchant, 531 tons, and with 250 troops ; the Glenelg, 867 tons, 300 troops ; Royal Con sort, 529 tons, 170 troops ; and the Helen Thomson, 544 tons, 160 troops, sailed for India. The three divisions of the 25th regiment of foot mustering nearly 1,300 effective men, mostly young and fine looking fellows, have embarked from Chatham for the same quarter. DEATH OF EARL LUDLOW.—This gallant and venerable general expired at his seat near Bedford, on Saturday last, at the advanced age of 83. His lordship served in the Ame rican war, and has distinguished himself on many occasions. He was the senior knight grand cross of the Bath, with the exception of the Duke of Wellington. The title is now ex tinct. BRIBERY AT SUDBURY.-It is in contemplation among the electors of Sudbury, in the event of the borough being disfranchised, to call a Meeting to petition Parliament for compensation for the loss they will sustain by a deprivation of that which they have been always taught to regard as a prescriptive right—namely, the privilege of selling their elective franchise to the highest bidder.—Globe. It has been formally intimated to the Duke of Bucking ham, that Chandos-house will be given up by Prince Ester hazy at Michaelmas next. This decision is much regretted by the higher circles of society, this splendid residence having been for 25 years the scene, not only of the most splendid, but of the most refined and cordial hospitality of the exalted representative of His Imperial Majesty. LONGFORD ELECTION.—The committee appointed to in quire into this election have reported that Luke White, Esq. had not been duly elected for the county of Longford, and that Anthony Lefroy ought to have been returned. This is a gain of two votes on a division to the conservatives. The committee also reported that it was absolutely necessary to pass without delay some declaratory act with respect to the question of opening the registry in Ireland. THE NEW TARIFF.—Prime bacon is now selling at Cow bridge at 7d. per lb. retail. The price, a month or five weeks ago, was 10d. Butter, beef, mutton, and veal, are lower by 2d. per lb. than they were three months ago ,in the same market. The farmers appear very anxious to sell their fat stock, but they can find no purchasers. At two of our neighbouring fairs this week there was not a single dealer present.—Swansea paper. Beaumont Smith, the convict, who was sent to her Majes ty's Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, and removed from there on board a transport, was double-ironed for some time, till Surgeon Hope, of the convict establishment, ordered them to be taken off on account of the bad state of his health. He left in the greatest penury, and seemed to suffer acutely the degraded situation he had placed himself in. The utmost sympathy was felt for him among the other unfortunate convicts there. SUDBURY AND BIRMINGRAI4.—The whig-radicals and and ex-chartists of Birmingham, in anticipation of the dis franchisement of Sudbury, are already beginning to calculate upon obtaining a third member for the hardware borough. In the Muntz and Scholefield organ, of the other day, it was gravely intimated that if the Conservatives would assist them in securing one of the Sudbury seats to Birmingham, they, the whig-i adicals, would, by way of compromise, consent to the return of one tory representative for Birmingham ! What next? OTTER HUNT.—On Thursday afternoon last, as James Helme, gamekeeper to George Wilson, Esq., Dallam Tower, . - . . . Milnthorpe, with one or two little Terrier dogs, was walking round the preserves upon Milnthorpe Marsh, he met with a large otter, which the little dogs gave chase to ; the " var- mint" entered a drain, but the do;s would not give up their game, but followed after, and drove him out, when the keeper shot him dead. The animal weighed upwards of 221bs.—Kendal Mercury. LANCASTER. AND NEWCASTLE.- The Lord Exmouth stage coach was last week converted into a mail, and now runs between Lancaster and Newcastle, receiving and deliver ing letters at the various post tovi ns through which it passes. It is the first mail coach that ever passed through Sedbergh, &c. ; and the inhabitants of these towns, who get their let ters several hours sooner than heretofore, find the new arrangement a great accommodation.—Lancaster Guardian. It is a curious circumstance, and one highly creditable to the corporation of London as well as to the several guilds and public companies in connexion with it, that, liberal and ra dical though many of them be, and anxious as they all were on every former occasion to pay respect and attention, and to extend courtesy and hospitality to deputations from the Dub lin corporation, headed by its lord mayor—not the slightest notice or recognition was evinced towards Mr. O'Connell and his civic tail on their recent visit to London.—Dublin Evening Mail. Two Theological Professorships have been recently insti tuted by the crown in the University of Oxford, and a temporary endowment of the professors, until canonries of Christ Church shall fall vacant, to be permanently attached to the professorships, has been provided by the University. We understand that Sir Robert Peel has presented the Pro- fessorship of Ecclesiastical History to the:Rev. Mr. Hussey. of Christ Church, late censor of this college ; and the PrO fessorship of Pastoral Theology to the Rev. Mr. Ogilvie, of Balliol College, Rector of Ross. The Marquis of Bute will be appointed her Majesty's Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.—'Times. MONTHLY RETURN.—Account of the average aggregate amount of promissory notes payable to bearer on demand which have been in circulation in the United Kingdom, dis tinguishing those circulated by the Bank :of England, by private banks, and by joint-stock banks in England and Wales ; by the banks in Scotland ; by the Bank of Ireland, and by all other banks in Ireland; and of the average amount of bullion in the Bank of England, during the four weeks ending the 2d of April, 1842, pursuant to the act 4 and 5 Vic., cap. 50. England.—Bank of England Private banks Joint-stock hanks Scotland.—Private and joint-stock banks Ireland.—Bank of Ireland Private and joint-stock banks £ 16,674,000 5,289,050 3,047,656 2,670,290 3,074,125 2,259,556 Total.. Bullion in Bank of England 33,014,677 £ 7,006,000 General Browne Clayton, who commanded the 11th Light Dragoons at Alexandria in 1801, has erected a splendid granite column (a fac-simile of Pompey's Pillar) at Carrich-a-Dagon, in the county of Wexford, in commemoration of the victories in Egypt in that year, and the deeds of the heroic Aber cromby. The gallant general has also, in his will, bequeathed a sum of money to be applied to the observance of the fol lowing ceremony. On the morning of the 21st of March (the day on which General Menon attacked the British en campment before Alexandria), the tri-coloured flag is to be hoisted at sunrise at the top of the column, where it is to re main until ten o'clock ; it is then to be replaced by the British flag, which is to remain there until sunset. The general has further directed, that on the 28th of March the British flag shall be hoisted half-mast high, in honour of Sir Ralph Abercromby, who, having been mortally wounded on the 21st, died on the 28th of March, 1801. Mr. Steill, a publisher in Paternoster-row, London, has put forth a circular address to the common council of Lon don. expressing his opinion that their late town .clerk was too highly paid, and offering to take all the duties and dignities of that office upon himself for consideration of one-fourth the former allowance—viz., £5OO per annum, instead of £2000; and he reminds them that in case they accept his offer, they have £l5OO to bestow in charity. We hear, how ever, that Mr. Steill is not likely to be accepted—should the common council he guided strictly by the money-saving principle, inasmuch as there is another candidate for the office who says he will be satisfied with only £2OO a year, and a pint of wine per day. But the patriotism of these gentle men is nothing compared to that of the late William Cobbett the corn-cob political essayist, who wrote to George the Fourth, offering to take th e p os t o f Prime Mi n i s t er f or no o ther remuneration than his bread and cheese BRISTOL, APRIL 18 .—Upwards of fifty persons employed in the postoffice department have been detected, during the last three months , purloining letters of value. The principal number of letters stolen now are those containing jewellery. A clerk in the General Postoffice was committed to Newgate last week, on whose person three letters containing jewellery were found secreted. This individual used to despatch the mails for the South of England, from which mails a very large number of letters have b een extracte d d ur i ng t h e l ast six months. The president of the stolen-letter department has a number of assistants constantly engage d i n t rac i ng th e particular office in which letters are stolen. Several hun dreds of cases of lost letters have bee n some ti mes re p or t e d to the Postmaster-General in a sin g l e d ay . Th e l ega l ex penses incurred in prosecuting postoffice criminals amounted last year to above £10,000; and it is calculated that property, clomsrineyPasjseiletrhYr'ougeh" amounting to above the pcstoffice during a 05n05,0, i o s o t gv, as s f period of twelve months. The deputy postmasters through out the countryar fo e r discontented at of npoetrsobneisngemapllloowyeedd to demand securities assist them. THE PAST AND PRESENT CORN BlLL.—Twenty-seven years ago the Earl of Ripon—then Mr. Frederick Robinson --introduced into and carried through the House of Com mons the original corn bill ; on Tuesday night the Earl of Ripon moved the second reading of the new corn bill. The events of those seven-and-twenty years have certainly made a wonderful change in the commercial policy of this as in deed of most countries ; and the man whose opinions have remained altogether stationary during that period would most assuredly travel from Dan to Beersheba and exclaim " all is barren !" The advocates of extreme protection to domestic agriculture thought that the corn law of 1815 would not give sufficient protection to native cultivation. They were mis taken ; under its operation the people were sufficiently fed, and agriculture kept its foremost place amongst the national interests. The same class of politicians protested that the corn law of 1822 would ruin the British farmer; again they were wrong ; the culture of our native soil flourished i n spite of the alteration. The corn law of 1828 met with op position from the like quarter on the s ame g roun ds; yet British agriculture still survives—nay, has since then greatly advanced in prosperity. The unfulfilled apprehensions of the past ought surely to lessen the dreaded anticipations of the future. AMERICAN CIRCUS. WILL POSITIVELY CLOSE TO-MORROW. rr HIS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 22nd instant, being for the BENEFIT of the CLOWNS, Messrs. Rockwell and Pentland, a choice Selection of ACTS in the ARENA, and lots of Fun in reserve for the occasion. TO-MORROW, (Saturday,) the CLOSING NIGHT, there will be a brilliant Entertainment. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is.—Gallery, 6d. The Company will perform at ST. HELENS on MONDAY Evening next. Mlt. TEMPLETON, from the Theatres-Royal, Drury lane and Covent-garden, begs to announce that he will give a CONCERT of Vocal and Instrumental Music, in the TEMPLARS'-HALL, Liverpool, 011 FRIDAY. Evening next, the 22d instant, for which occasion he has secured the valu able services of the celebrated MISS DELCY, from the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane, with the admired Pianiste, Mrs. Sr. ALBlN.—Director, Mr. ROPHINO LACY. PROGRAMME.—PART I. Introduction—lnstrumental. Duet—" Scendi nel piccol legno," Misa Delcy and Mr, . . . . _ . Templeton Rossini. Song—" My Sister dear," Mr. Templeton Auber. Ballad—" Thou hast stolen my heart away," Miss Delcy.. Lindpaintner. Scena—" Dear maid, while thou arn Mr.Templeton, - 1 sleeping," I with Violin I Recitative—" The rays which }- Obligato by Balfe fill," I Mr. H. F. All - lf Aria—" Dear maid,' j dridge, jun. (As originally sung by him in the Opera of " Joan of Arc.") Quartett Italian Duet—" Cedi al destin, Medea," Mr. Templeton and Miss Delcy Grand Fantasia, ' Piano-Forte,—from " Don Giovanni" — Mrs. St. Albin Tlialberg. Celebrated Male from " Cinderella "—" Now with grief," Miss Delcy Quartett Overture PART II Skoh r Luet 7 -" When thy bosom," Mr. Templeton and Miss Braham Song—" My Nannie, 0," Mr. Templeton Scotch. Scena—Recitative—" Not in vain the soft voice," Air—" Cupid, my call obey , " Miss Delcy.. Auber. Rondo—" Ah, evermore to me," Ballad—" My tocher's the jewel," Mr. Templeton.. Scotch. Notturno—Mrs. St. Albin Ballad—(by desire)—" Last May a brave wooer," Miss Delcy Scotch. Ballad—" There lives a young lassie," Mr. Templeton.... De Pinna Finale, Instrumental Doors to be opened at Seven, and the Concert to com mence at Eight o'clock. Tickets, ss. each ; or a Family Ticket to admit Three, 12s. Tickets to be had of H IME and Sos, Church-street, and of the principal Music-sellers. CONCERT AT MR. LASSELL'S ROOM, GT. RICHMOND-STREET, ST. ANN'S. /t R. WEISS takes the liberty to inform his Friends and the Public that he intends giving a CONCERT at the above elegant Room on THURSDAY, the sth of May next, in order to Introduce his SON, just arrived from Paris, to a Liverpool Audience. Mr. WILLOUGHBY WEISS will be assisted by Madame BALFE, and his Preceptor. Mr. BALFE, Mr. DODD, and Mrs. ST. ALBIN. Mr. WEISS will feel particularly obliged by an early ap plication for Tickets, as no more will be issued than the Room can comfortably accommodate. Tickets, Five Shillings each, to be had at the principal Music Warehouses. TO CORRESPONDENTS In the notice of operations which we gave in our Tuesday's paper as having seen performed at the Eye and Ear In firmary, we stated that two infants, suffering from puru lent ophthalmia, had been operated on, and sight immedi ately restored. We should have said one infant was born blind, from cataract in both eyes ; the other had cataract resulting from an attack of purulent ophthalmia when only three days old. Both infants were operated on for cataract, with perfect success in bsth cases. With reference to a question from a correspondent signing his letter " M. A.," respecting Mr. Grantham's remarks on the friction of six-wheeled engines, we have made some enquiries, and may observe, that, although the arguments raised by M. A. as to the friction of bearings are correct as a general principle, still, the additional weight of the extra wheels themselves must, in all fairness, be taken into the account as additional sources of friction. We, how ever, agree with Mr. Grantham, that the advantages to he derived from six wheels more than counteract the objection .of extra friction. We are compelled, by a pressure of advertisements at a late hour, to postpone till our next publication reviews of seve ral new publications, amongst which are the Church of England Quarterly Review, the Churchman, the Liverpool Policeman, &c. Ebt 71,thrrpool iPtanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 1842 On Monday last the Income Tax Bill, brought on by Sir Robert Peel, in accordance with a resolution af firmed by a majority of 106 members of the House of Commons, was opposed on its first reading by that homoeopathic drop of faction, Lord John Russell; and at every future stage of the bill, we are assured that the same fruitless and factious o bstruction is to be offered to its progress. The principle of the measure has al ready been sufficiently affirmed in both Houses of Par liament. Agitation against it has been tried in vain throughout the country ; and the feeling in its favour has been shewn to he overpowering. The most un scrupulous partizan cannot point even to a dawning hope that opposition can be ultimately successful. The commerce, the agriculture, and the industry of the na tion, alike, pray for its speedy settlement, as the only course which can raise them from their present state of prostration and suffering. Yet these unprincipled par liamentary gladiators—these reckless and venal hunters after place and pay—are resolved, in defiance of the declared will of parliament and of the people, to pro tract its suffering, and to trample upon and mock at its prostrated energies. The following announcement, which we extract from the columns of a Liverpool contemporary, is an exam ple of the kind of difficulty created by the factious course of Lord John and his fellow-obstructives : " The sale of Costa Rica coffee, advertised by Bushby, Son, and Foster, for the 26th instant, is postponed for the present, on account of the uncertainty as to the duties." A solitary instance this, in which the obstruction in question is paralizing the commerce of this large com munity—damming up the channels through which its fertilizing capital ordinarily flows—throwing idle, in the very midst of the season when activity ought to prevail, our industrious population, our mercantile navy, our vast commercial establishments, and bewil dering alike, with the uncertainty which it creates, the importer, the merchant, the manufacturer, and the shopkeeper. A hundred similar instances occur daily unnoted; and yet a reformed parliament, or at the least a liberal minority of that parliament, composed of sticklers for the absolute sovereignty of the will of the constituent body, hears the remonstrances of the coun try—witnesses its complicated and intense suffering— and remains obstinately, daringly, and wickedly un- heeding ! How long, we ask, shall such a state of things be endured with patience ? In the name of this great commercial community—by all the wretchedness which we see around us—we implore of the legislature—we implore of this shameless and dishonest faction—to put an end, at once, to this destroying uncertainty ! The progressive substitution of infant and female for male adult labour in the factories of Great Britain, is a subject which, at the present moment, is well worthy of the serious attention of the statesman. By a return which is before us, it appears that out of a total num ber of 424,209 factory labourers employed in the five most important branches of our manufactures 197,239 persons, or nearly one half, are under the age of 43 years. Of the entire number, only 159,709, or about two-fifths, are above the age of 21. Of those em ployed under 13 years of age, amounting to 33,449, 16,844 are males, and 16,605 females. Of those from 13 to 18, 65,792 are males, and 97,998 are females. From 18 to 21 the number of males are only 18,608, whilst the females are 48,653 ! Of those above 21, the males are 78,144, and the females 81,565. Most of the latter of course must be mothers, with families, who are thus subjected to this unhealthy occupation ; whilst their male partners, in too many cases, live upon the proceeds of their labour, either perforce or by choice ! The above numbers apply to cotton, woollen, worsted, flax, and silk factories. In cotton factories alone, the total number of both sexes employed are 259,962, of which 111,058 are under 18 years of age, and 155,091 under 21 years of age. Of the 259,962 persons employed, 146,401, or nearly three-fifths, are females. In the worsted, flax, and silk factories, the proportion of females to males exceeds two to one. In worsted factories, alone, the proportion is even greater. The return from which the above numbers are quoted is not a very recent one, and if we could have authentic data as to the state of things at the present moment, we believe they would show that, along with progressive improvements which have been making in machinery, this substitution of infant and female for male adult labour has rapidly increased. The male adult labourer is being gradually excluded from the factories of Great Britain, and his place at the loom or the spinning frame occupied by children or by women. Surely then a system, of which these are the ten dencies and results, is not one upon which any nation can rely for the employment of a population driven from the healthy occupations of agriculture to swell the masses which throng the labour market of our large manufacturing towns. Our contemporary the London Times remarks of Sir Robert Peel's corn bill— " The debate in the House of Lords on 'Monday night sug gests a recurrence to that now somewhat trite topic—the new corn bill. Never, certainly was there a subject on which such a variety of contradictory facts were asserted, and when asserted put to such a variety of purposes. Supporters of the bill tell us that it will bring down the price of food, and, therefore, the consuming population are to demand it ; sup porters of the bill tell us it will not bring down the price of food, and, therefore, the farmers are not to oppose it. Op ponents of the bill tell us it trill bring down the price of food, and, therefore, the farmers are to withstand it to the death : opponents of the bill tell us that it will not bring down the price of food, and, therefore, it is not worth having porters and opponents of the bill, each for their respective purposes, tell us that it will encourage foreign countries to grow corn for our supply. Supporters and opponents of the bill tell us, each again for their respective purposes, that it will so raise the price of corn in the foreign markets as to make the change neither formidable to the farmer nor bene ficial to the consumer. What is a plain man to make out of this concordia discors, this agreement to differ on facts and applications by which he finds himself stunned and bewil dered?" If he had made use of his ordinary judgment, the Times would have, perhaps, arrived atjthe obvious con clusion that a bill, thus opposed by the ultra of both parties in the House of Commons and throughout the country, must contain a tolerably fair settlement of the question at issue. The corn law measure of Sir Ro bert Peel, we must conclude, is a moderate and just measure, which ought to content all moderate and just We refer with considerable disappointment to the report in our columns this day by which it will be seen that the directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway have decided at length upon the adoption of the proposed junction with the Leeds and Manchester Railway by way of Hunt's Bank, thus reversing their previously expressed determination in favour of the southern junction at Store-street. By this decision the Liverpool board affirms the proposition to unite their undertaking with one only of the lines to the south and south-east of Manchester. By this decision the lines to Sheffield and to Stockport, Macclesfield, &c., are virtually disconnected from the Liverpool line, and left to seek, for their merchandise traffic, a water commu nication from their terminus in Store-street to and from Liverpool, their port of import and export. By this de cision the passenger traffic of the Liverpool line is, we are afraid permanently, shut out from the best commu nication with the centre of the town of Manchester, and coerced into the adoption of a terminus little bet ter than their present one,—a terminus from the neighbourhood of which the business of the town is rapidly removing itself, and•which possesses only one recommendation that we can perceive, namely, that it will advance the value of the unsaleable and unoccu pied property at Hunt's Bank, owned by that hot. headed advocate of this junction and salaried director of the Leeds Company, Mr. Gill. We repeat that we are grieved by this decision. We are confident that it has been come to upon totally in defensible grounds. The majority of the Liverpool board have been entrapped, if not bullied, out of the exercise of that calm judgment with which they have ever hitherto conducted the important undertaking committed to their charge. With respect to the feel ing of the town of Manchester they are entirely de ceived; and we cannot, therefore, but entreat of them to pause before they commit themselves to the hasty course which, on Wednesday, was decided upon. On Tuesday we shall return to this subject, and we pledge ourselves to prove every position which we have here advanced. At present, both our space and the demands upon our time forbid our going at length into the subject. If we entertained a spite against any scat smart, we could not pray for a severer infliction upon him than the advocacy of the Liverpool limes; and, if we want ed to advance the reputation of any public man, give us, above all other things, the blundering hostility of that journal ! Upon this principle, we are delighted to observe, upon every occasion when either of our ex cellent representatives addresses the House of Com mons, the heels of our contemporary elevated in an abortive attempt to kick ; and the constituency of Li verpool, we are sure, turn with an infinitely increased delight to the speeches of the honourable members in question after enduring the senseless bray of their feeble traducer. Our contemporary, on Tuesday last, falls athwart the senior member for this borough because his lord ship had expressed a doubt that the fixed duty of Bs. upon the importation of foreign wheat, proposed by Lord John Russell, could be depended upon as a source of revenue. When the harvest of Great Britain was a plentiful one, Lord Sandon maintained that no revenue from an Bs. duty would accrue; when it was a defici ent one, it could not be collected. Both these posi tions, says the Liverpool Times, are absurd and mons trous. Be it so ! Then is Lord John Russell, our contemporary's chosen philosopher, a charlatan and a false prophet. With the most abundant harvest, the Times maintains, the prices of English grain would not be reduced to within 15s. or 20s. of the continen tal prices. An Bs. duty, Lord John maintained, was a protection to the British farmer ! Again, it is ab surd, argues the Times, that in dear seasons an Bs. duty would be inoperative. In such seasons, however, Lord John maintains that the duty must, perforce, be remit ted by an order in Council. " Strange that such difference should be 'Twixt Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee !" With respect to sugar, too, our contemporary assures us that his lordship is equally in the wrong. "An immense importation would take place if the discrimi nating duty was reduced to 12s. a cwt., as proposed in the budget of last year." This may he so, and we dare say it is ; yet we sympathise, nevertheless, with the noble statesman who is cursed with so indiscreet an advocate. If we mistake not, Lord John Russell, in bringing forward his notable budget, calculated upon a saving of ls. 6d. per cwt., only, in the price of this ar ticle of sugar ; and it is cruel of the Times thus to tear his lordship's laboured sophistries into " very tatters." But, with respect to the income tax—oh, John Tay lor, above all other men do we pity thee ! It was bad enough that John Taylor opposed this cruel tax; but John Taylor and the Liverpool Times together will do more than all the thunders of all the "forcible feehies" who rave and rant against it to satisfy the world that, thanks to Whiggery, " To this complexion we must come at last !" We received yesterday the following paragraph, which we were requested to insert in the STANDARD this morning : " At a meeting of the Commissioners of Taxes, held on Wednesday, Mr. J. F. Anderson, solicitor, of this town, was appointed their clerk for the year ending sth April, 1843." We know not, who Mr. J. F. Anderson is, or what are his claims upon the commissioners, beyond the circumstance that he has within the past few days washed his hands of any connection with the gentle man who recently held the situation, and that he is a comparative stranger to the town and to its interests. We must, however, confess that we do not at all ap prove of the way in which, if we are rightly informed, the appointment, which must soon become a valuable one, has been conferred. It was only on Wednesday that the vacancy was created. On the same day Mr. Anderson was ap pointed to fill it, that gentleman being the only appli cant, and having only on the previous day advertised the cessation of his connection with the party dispos sessed of it. Surely there is here some hole-and-cor ner practice. How came it that, in a community con taining some scores of respectable professional men, quite capable of efficiently performing its duties, an office worth some hundreds a year was conferred upon the first aspirant who was lucky enough to arrive at the knowledge of its being in the market ? How came that lucky individual to possess such timely knowledge of the opportunity that was opened to him ? What were his especial claims ? In what consists his espe cial fitness ? All; these inquiries suggest themselves, and must be answered ; and we greatly fear that to the gentlemen in whose hands the appointment rested it will be a matter of some trifling difficulty to answer them satisfactorily. We believe it is a fact that in conservative hands, mainly, this appointment rested. We do not, however, on that account argue that a Conservative should have been selected to fill it. We know not, in fact, whether Mr. Anderson may not he a Conservative. Plainly, however, his selection has been one of personal favour on the part of the majority of the commissioners. No public competition has been invited; and if personal claims alone are to decide such appointments, surely, when the power rests thus in Conservatives to reward devotion and services to the Conservative cause, some gentleman might have been found who had some ser vices in behalf of that cause to plead for him. Upon every ground we are of opinion that, in the conferring of such an appointment, every publicity—every oppor tunity of examining comparative fitness and desert— ought to be afforded. We dislike every description of favouritism in matters where the public interest is con cerned. And even where an appointment, as we ima gine this to be, is strictly within the power of Conser vatives to influence, it is perfectly suicidal policy, not to mention its ingratitude, if the claims of old and tried friends are wantonly overlooked. Such a policy—we would impress this fact upon the body to which we belong—must, sooner or later, act with seriously prejudicial effect upon Conservative in terests. We think we can plainly discern, in the case under our notice, evidence of that sensitive dread of the imputation of illiberality and favouritism from Ra dical lips which has on several recent occasions driven members of the Conservative party to incur the just imputation from their own friends of having rushed into the opposite extreme and truckled for favour to their opponents. The praise of disinterestedness so lavishly conferred upon them by those who, in their secret souls, laugh at them for their weakness, may be pleasing enough to such conservatives ; but the direct tendency of the course, by which it is earned must be to disgust every true supporter of Conservative inte rests, when to have toiled through good report and evil in their behalf is, of itself, a virtual exclusion from every favour which, in its day of prosperity, Conser vatism has to bestow. This system must be amended. LOCAL NEWS The Rev. J. H. Stewart, of this town, is at present on a mission to Scotland for the Church of England Missionary Society. The rev. gentleman addressed a meeting at Glas gow on Monday. AMERICAN CONSUL. — The New York Herald of the Ist instant states that the nomination of Mr. Haggerty, as Con sul at Liverpool, has been confirmed by Congress. The Rev. Robert Aitken, we understand, has been ap pointed chaplain to the Earl of Caithness. We have heard that the rev. gentleman is about to leave Liverpool—a cir cumstance that his congregation deeply regrets. LORD SANDON.—Lord Sandon's speech on the income tax, of which we gave at the time as full an outline as we were able to meet with, was designated by Sir Robert Peel as " one of the ablest speeches in the course of the debate." FIRE. — On Monday evening, shortly after seven o'clock, Messrs. Banner and Son's herring-house, Gradwell-street, was discovered to be on fire. At first it threatened destruc tion to the building, but, by the speedy arrival of the engines, under the able superintendence of Mr. Whitty and Mr. He witt, the fire was got under without doing much damage. LARGE IRON Sri AFT.—A shaft of wrought iron, weighing about 16 tons, has just been shipped from this town, for the Great Western Steam-ship Company, at Bristol, being, we understand, the largest piece of wroug'lt iron ever manufac tured in this or any other country. It was manufactured at the Mersey Steel and Iron Works, in this town. The car riage which conveyed this ponderous shaft from the works to the vessel was drawn by twelve powerful horses. Our readers will perceive, by an advertisement in another column, that sermons will be preached on Sunday next in St. Saviour's Church, by the Rev. H. Wall, D.D., M.R.1.A., and collections made towards defraying the costs of erection. As reports have been very industriously spread that the church was closed and was offered for sale, we take this op portunity of stating, that such reports are entirely without foundation, the church having been open for service at all seasonable times ; neither has it ever been offered for sale, nor does there exist any intention of so doing. Cocoa and Chocolate Flaked Cocoa. Ground ditto.. 9d lb. 9d—lnferior lower Finest prepared ditto ,, is Od—in packets a lbs. &I lbs Soluble ditto Cocoa Nibs, fine Is Od— The finest Broma 2s Od—Common much lower Soluble Chocolate. _ _ . Bristol ditto ditto, „ . Spanish ditto ditto Best ditto ditt0.. Fine Plain ditto ditto .... is 4d—best plain ditto, is 6d Crown ditto ditto Churchman's ditto ditto is 10d Sir Hans Sloane's do do is 10d • Chocolate powder, plain lb. cannisters is 6d—Churchman's do. is 10d Do. paste, plain,inllb.pots is Bd—Churchman's do. is 10d Coffee: Fine East India The Finest—Full Old East India flavour . . —This description is much esteemed all over the Continent of Europe, where Coffee is justly celebrated for its perfec tion of quality, and is therefore particularly calculated to meet the English taste. _ _ _ _ Robert .144sriR and Co., Royal Bank Buildings THE FUNDS—WEDNESD4W EyENING.—The operations in the English stocks to-day were of a character to give strength and firmness to the market, an 4, sa money was easy, a considerable amount of business was transacted. The leading purchases were about £36,000 Terminable Annuities, understood to br, on account of the British Linen Company, and upwards of £1.00,000 Long Annuities and Consols for the Guardian Assurance, which, with others of less note, caused an advance of nearly 4 per cent, in prices. Consols for money left off 9lk to i; ditto, account, 91/ to I; Ex chequer-bills, 40s to 42s premium ; Bank Stock, 165 to 166 ; India Stock, 213 to 245; 3 per Cnts. Reduced, 90 - 1 to ri ; 31 per Cents. Reduced, 994; New 31 per Cents., 1001 ; Long Annuities (expiring January 5, 1860), 121 to / ; and India Bonds, 19s, to 21s. premium, Business, which was of a general nature in the foreign market, was not very brisk, but prices were fairly maintained. Belgian closed 1031 to 1041; Braizilian, 67 to 68 ; Colombian, 27. to / ; Danish, 801 to 811 ; Dutch 21 per Cents., 521 to I; Mexican, 381 to 9 ; Buenos Ayres, 25 to 27 ; Peruvian, 19 to 20 ; Portuguese 5 per Cents., 371 to a ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 22 to ; Spa nish Actives, 24/ to i; ditto, New, 25/ to ASSAULT.—On Monday, II the Police-court, a stout man, named Cornelius Barber, was placed at the baron a charge of severely assaulting two men and a police-officer. It ap peared that, between 12 and 1 o'clock on Sunday morning, while the policeman was walking Limekiln-lane with one of the complainants, he saw a crowd, and in going up to see what they were doing . at that hour, he and the man were, without any provocation, savage assailed by sir,: or seven men, one of whom was the prisoner, Who knocked them down, and kicked them unmercifully when down,—of which both bore marks op their heads, faces, and bodies. The other complainant, William Bright, happened to come up, and seeing the officers knocked down and abused, he said " it was a great shame to do so," whereupon they also set upon him. and struck and kicked him, finally forcing him against a wall, and against which they also struck his head. His face was much disfigured by the blows. One of the complainants alsci complained of police-officer No. 73, who, he said, when subsequently applied to, did anything but his duty. Mr. Rushton ordered the attendance of that officer the next day, (Tuesday) with a view to investigate the matter. — The prisoner a carter, failed to adduce any evidence in his der fence, and Mr. Rushton said that nothing but severe punish. ment would correct the savage propensities of such men, and he must pay a fine of .E. 5 or be imprisoned two months ; and find bail—himself in £2O and two others in £lO each, or be further imprisoned. He then highly complimented the young man Bright for his conduct in taking the part of the police-officer, who bad been so unwarrantably maltreated, adding, that be should take steps to have him rewarded. FnmALe Si:-zi.on..—On Monday last Elizabeth Hunter, a young female, in the garb of a sailor, was brought to the Police-office by a constable, ha having found a great crowd in and about the house in which sic was. The following are the facts of her case ;—Some time ago s he lived in the capa city of cook, in the family of a merchant of Liverpool who resides on the Cheshire side of the river, and liaving left her situation, she sold some of her female garments, and, with the produce, purchased the habiliments of a mariner, and shipped herself as a sailor boy on board a vessel bound to Glasgow, from whence she proceeded to Fortwilliam ; she left that vessel, and reshipped on board a schooner bound to this port, where she arrived a few days ago. The discovery was made by a sailor to whom she was known previous to her having undertaken to brave the dangers of the deep ; he ac cidentally met her at the house where the cooking for the crew of the 4chopier was done, and knew her, notwithstand ing her disguise. The captain says she is an excellent sailor ; and, indeed, her merits have been well tested, as there were only three hands on board, she had apiongst other duties to reef topsails, which she did in gallant style. Dowling, having found these facts correct, sent to the house of the gentleman with whom she had lived for a box of clothes which she had left there, and, these being procured, our gal lant friend again resumed the dress of the softer sex. The captain of the schooner having kindly undertaken to get her sent to her friends in Scotland, she was of course discharged. FEMALE EDUCATION IN INDIA.—The general meeting of the Ladies Association for Native Female Education in India, in connection with the Church of Scotland, took place on Monday night in Rodney-street Church. A very respec table congregation, principally consisting of ladies, was present, The Rev. Mr. Ferris proceeded to read the report for the past year, The association, it was observed, being in its infancy, and its operations having scarcely yet commenced, the committee could pot say much of these, and they there fore referred in the present report to some general proceed ings, and to some circumstances as showed the progress which had been made. According to the latest intelligence from India, Miss Lane was busy in acquiring the Bengalee language, and expected shortly to be joined by Miss Max well, from Vizapataw. Miss Jellot and Miss Shaw had arrived at Calcutta, and had begun to study the Mahratta language. Some progress bad been made in native female education, through the benevolence of private ihs ndivi and the efforts of the missionaries. At Bombay and Poo s na it seemed that no difficulty had been felt in procuring i cla f ses, even of the highest caste. At Calcutta,thibsott facility ye o was a ob taining pupils had not been experienced , good and reasonable prospect th at the chie . f . difficulties would ere long disappear, not only there, but in all other parts of India, At Bombay, 568 girls attended thefemale .schools under Dr. Wilson's charge, hearing of and learning in their own tongue the wonderful works of God. At Poona l h d , there and !here wou be no were seven schools and 150 pupils , difficulty in adding to the number, provided the necessary funds and teachers were afforded, The report then spoke of the importance and immensity of the object in view,—the conversion of 60,000,000 of females, and through their per suasive influence of as many more in India. The Christian revelation was known and understood,anbdad not ackn courageowledged t t o o be superior to Hindooism b y many who renounce the religion of their ancestors. In C a l cutta several years ago, more t han 2000 children received Ch r i st i an ' education in schools superintended by Christian m i n i sters, and several native chap els were well attended, and the _ num ber had since increased. The labours of the Church of England and of the Baptists, by whom the scriptures or por tions of them, had been translated into nearly all the dialects of India, were then referred to. In conclusion, the com mittee said that their applications for subscriptions had been well met during the past year,—there had been received £135, which had been transmitted to the Parent Society. —The Rev. Mr. Cochrane then addressed the assembly on the ob ject i n v i ew , and in a long address gave a striking picture of the deep and s ystematic degradation and ignorance in which the women of India has been kept for ages. The proceed ings closed shortly before nine o'clock. TIMBER DUTIES.-4,meeting will take place to'•day on the subject of the timber duties. We earrestly impress upon our commercial readers the necessity of their attending. Mr. Nelson, recently master of the North Corporation School, has obtained a lucrative engagement Hs sub-master of a large educational establishment at Glasgow. LAUNCH OF A STEAM FRIGATE.—We understand that the splendid steam-ship Hindostan, built by Messrs. Wilson, of this town, will be launched on Tuesday next. Sh e i s b u ilt on the same stocks as the Oriental, but will be a much larger vessel, her burden being 1,800 tons. The Hindostan is in tended to run between Bombay and Suez. ST. BRIDE'S SCHOOLS.—It will he seen by reference to the advertisement, that sermons will be preached in behalf of these schools on Sunday next. As there are nearly 600 chil dren receiving the benefit of a sound scriptural education, we do hone that the appeal on their behalf will be responded to liberally. SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS.—By our file of Halifax papers, brought by the Columbia, we perceive that an address to Sir Howard Douglas. from St. John's, N. 8., is in course of sig nature, congratulating him on his election to the imperial parliament, as member for Liverpool. One of the St. John's papers says—" The services of Sir Howard are yet fresh in the memories of the people of this province, and are remem bered with a lively gratitude, that while it may be flattering to him, is also honourable to this province." THE " LIVERPOOL EUROPEAN.”—The Halifax Morning Post, of the 29th of March, contains an article entitled "France and the Slave Treaty," which purports to be copied from the "Liverpool European." What, we ask, is the "Li verpool European ?" We heard certainly some months ago of such a publication being printed in this town ; but, as we have observed no notice of it in the recent returns from the Stamp-office, we had concluded that, at present, it had no existence. Can any of our transatlantic friends favour us with a file of this extraordinary publication ? THE ASSIZES.—It will, no doubt, be remembered that at the last assizes in this town Barons Parke and Rolfe promul gated an order that at all future assizes the civil business of the Salford Hundred would always be taken first ; its causes being entered as the first list for trial at Liverpool. It would appear from a leading article in the Manchester Guardian of Wednesday last, that this concession has been yielded to our Manchester friends in consequence of the representations made to the home secretary by the deputations appointed by the Manchester profession to urge upon Sir James Graham the alleged policy of removing the Salford Hundred business to Manchester. Such removal appears to be opposed in toto by the judges and Ptivy Council, and our Manchester contemporary seems to give up the agitation of the question as perfectly hopeless. CENTRIFUGAL RAILWAY AT THE LIVER THEATRE.— We can confidently recommend this interesting exhibition to our readers, as one of the most novel and surprising in its natu, in this age of scientific discoveries, has visited our town. A carriage, containing a hundredweight, a can of water, a gentleman or a lady, careering at the rate of a hundred miles an hour, inverted and perfectly unsupported except by its velocity, round a circle 40 feet in circumference —what would our fathers have said of such an exhibition ? And yet this may be witnessed in daily operation, without the slightest failure or accident, or, as it appears to us, with out the possibility of accident occurring. An indistinct idea of theform and description of apparatus by which these novel experiments are produced, may be gathered from the drawing in the various placards circulated throughout the town, and posted on our walls. Any verbal description which we could add to this would, however, fail to convey to our readers a notion, even, of the thrill of surprise which is felt at the sight of the experiments in actual operation ; and we must, therefore, leave our readers to the only resource which is open to them, which is a visit to the theatre itself, DAVIDSON V. BOWER.—This action was tried at the last Liverpool Assizes, before Mr. Baron Rolfe, and was br oug ht by the plaintiff, the public officer of the Commercial Bank of England, to recover from the defendant, one of the directors of the bank, the value of a certain number of shares. Da mages—Xs,lB2. On Tuesday, in the Court of Common Pleas, Mr. Serjeant Channel' moved for a rule nisi to set aside the verdict, on the ground of misdirection, and also to arrest the jugdment, which was granted. HEMINGS AND WIFE V. POWER.—This action was tried on the Midland Circuit, before Justice Williams, and a ver dict was found for the plaintiff—damages, one farthing. We reported the case fully at the time—and it may be remem bered that a gentleman, who formerly resided in this town, of the name of Chard, was brought rather prominently for. ward in the proceedings, In the Exchequer Court, on Tuesday, Mr. Balguy, on behalf of the plaintiff, moved to set aside the verdict, and for a new trial, but the court refused the rule. WRECK.—Tho ship Beulah, of 578 tons register, Captain Grieves, belonging to this port, from London for Bengal, witti 240 troops, which went on shore on the sands near Dungeness, is still stranded, all exertions to get her off bay. ing proved unavailing. She has received much damage, and is now being unrigged, and part of her stores and baggage belonging to the troops has been taken out. The troops were on Saturday marched to Hythe barracks, and the stores and baggage have been deposited, under guard, in warehouses, at the George Inn, Lydd, to await orders from the government for their removal. MR. WILLOUGHBY WET SS.—lt will be perceived by an announcement elsewhere, that Mr. Willoughby Weiss (the son of a respected townsman, Mr. Weiss), who has been studying in London and Paris, under Mr. Balfe, is about to appear at a concert at Lassell's Rooms, on the sth May. We have heard, from very excellent authority, that Mr * Willoughby Weiss exhibits the most gratifying promise of being one of the finest bass-singers the country has for years produced. Mr. Balfe, Madame Balfe, and Mr. Henry Dodd, will give their valuable assistance. Mrs. St. Albin will play upon the occasion. On yesterday morning week a man named Isaac Jackson, the son of a fruiterer in Castle-street, Shrewsbury, was ob. served by a watchman to throw open his window, and point by signs to a hole in his throat, a wound in the windpipe pre venting any other kind of appeal. It was then found that he had attempted suicide, but repenting as soon as the attempt was made, had called for aid to undo his own deadly work. He was highly delighted at hearing that his life might be saved. He had formerly been a waiter at the Lion Inn, and afterwards kept a sort of boarding-house in► Liverpool, till his wife absconded with another man to America. This blow, together with another of a different description inflicted by the same worthy creature (with a poker on his head), had un settled the poor man's reason, and he had been subsequently an inmate of Lancaster Asylum. MR. LINTON'S PICTURES.—POST-OFFICE GALLERY.-- Some time ago we had the pleasure of noticing a series of views taken by Mr. Roberts during his tour through the Holy Land, Egypt and Syria. When we expressed our un qualified gratification ut the time in inspecting them, we could hardly suppose that we should sp soon have an oppor tunity of seeing a series of views, still more interesting and certainly more pleasing, and the work too, we may say, of 4 townsman. To the architect, the admirer of th e mighty works of the ancient Egyptians and Syrians, the reader of the Sacred Writings, those views by Mr. Roberts could not fail to produce wonder and admiration ; but to all men, of every class, kin, and kind, who h ave any k now l e d ge at a lt , Mr. Linton's sketches will give unfeigned delight, Every step that is taken round the room awakens up some repot. lection of Grecian or Roman history ; every inch of canvass that meets the eye tells a tale of itself. Here we see, seated on its abrupt hill, Athens, the seat of learning and the arts— ,, Thebes, (and hear it, ye bards and poetesses !) with Helicon and Parnassus in the view—Delphi--the Sacred Grove of Esculapius — .Arcadia—Sparta— the Valley of the Styx— views of Venice, Rome, and other famous places mentioned in ancient writings—Malta, Corfu, and the Isles of Greece. Every inch of ground that hangs upon the memory, with fabulous story as well as true history, Mr. Linton has put on his canvass. Of th e fid e li ty of these sketches, few can express a doubt : of the spirit of the drawings, every one who has an eye to judge may determine. Mr. Linton has painted all these works upon the spots represented—the only mode of ol3tainins• really correct views. Mr. Linton paints with boldness and freedom : his just appreciation of colour enables hiin td render nature's works not as fancy might depict them, but as they really are. 4 beautiful work paints; for Lord Francis Egerton is alsO amongst the'ecillecilion. 'I I will enrich the noble lord's already fine gallery; and we hoii our townsman will receive liberal Commissions froth thdi',i who have the means and ability to patronise art. Greatly as we delight in the ancient masters, we cannot but feel there is about the very hest of them something over which a doubt may be hung. INTOw, in the works of living artists of high character, there can be no doubt, and every year wilt iinprOire their value. As this collection will. be removed op Tuesd4 morning, en early inspection is recommended. We may safely promise a great treat. LIVERPOOL FEMALC PiEulTpiTrAlly,—The annual meet, ing of this institution was held on Tuesday, at the Charitable Institution-honse, Slater-street; John Cropper, jun„ Esq., in the chair. The chairman, in opening the meeting, made some appropriate introductory remarks, and said that up. wards of one thousand penitents had passed through the penitentiary since its establishment thirty years ago, and that about three hundred had been restored to their friends or placed out at service. Mr. Eden, the secretary, read the report, from which it appeared that during the past year there were— Applicants for admission Of these, were refused as unsuitable Did not return Taken into alp prubationary ward 53-110 Left or dismissed after trial ... .. , „ There were in the house, as per the lastrrePort Fully admitted On probation 17-56 Total in the house during the year Of these, there have been placed out to service, or restored to friends Left at their owu suggestion, or for disobedience of rules Remaioiog jn the house Removed to other inst4utiuns Died 56 3 1-109 In the house at this time — Fully admitted ~ On probation .. 22-56 Average number in the house during the past year 58 The report then noticed several in s t ances of the good effects derived to the penitents from the religious instruction and advice given them at the institution. Resolutions for the passing of the report, and of thanks to the ladies and officers of the •charity, were moved by the Revs. Dr. lliff and Mr. Lister, and Messrs. Boutflower, Howard, and Kaye. The g s chairman, in closing th e meeting, said the house would' ac commodate 80 p a ti ents, b ut the fun dswould not permit the admission of th a t num b er. The debt had gone on Increasing until now it amounted to £760, which was about £2OO more than it was last year. They had a piece of land adjoining the penitentiary for disposal, but as yet they had been una ble to obtain a purchaser for it. The price woulii in all pro bability pay off the debt, but another debt would overtake them unless the subscriptions were increased. The mainte nance of ea c h patient cost the institution about LiD pi . nip. The company then separated. THE DRUID SALVAGE.—An action was brought in the Ad miralty Court on Wednesday, by the master and owner of the Sophie, a Danish vessel, against the owners of the steam-ves sel Druid, belonging to the Steam Tug Company at Liverpool, for damage done to the former vessel, under the following circumstances :—lt appeared that Gustavus, the master of the Sophie, had neglected and refused to pay the sum of five guineas demanded on the part of the company by Captain Newton, the master of the Druid (then master of the Mona, another of the company's tugs,) for towing her into the Mer sey. I n consequence , when the Sophie was departing, be attached the Druid to lier,inorhdeerr, damage.toprey ent T h h e e r ddeepfeahretnf theowners . and dragge of the Druiddherabout, doing was, that these ac t s were wilfully and maliciously done by the master, and that on that ground they were not responsible. The Queen's Advocate and Dr. Haggard, on behalf of the company, argued that they were only responsible for the actsof .their agents, the m as t er , i n the exercise of his ordinary authority, e x confrac . u, not ex delicto. In this case his acts had been in no way authorized by the owners. Dr. Adams and Dr. Byford, for the foreign owners, maintained that the master of a vessel renders his owners responsible for acts done by him, though wilfully, maliciously, and even feloniously, provided he can be taken to be acting by the command or under the authority of his owners, either expressed or implied. In this case, the owners had sufficiently shown that they were parties to the acts of the master, who was still in their employ. Dr. Lushington said he must take time to consider this case.