The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-04 00:00:00

MIIIIP en,/ regret see of 7-four d the share• and' near )den's .anery I beg 3_B my lwark )ridge Ixford hay! mind;, Jan. 4,1848. ?Loral 41r1p5. The Rev. W. Pollock will preach on Sunday at Preston for the Pastoral Aid Society. The arrivals of Irish paupers at this port are falling off. During the past week there were only about 400. The pupils of Mr. J. Sorley, of Birkenhead, have pre sented that gentleman with an elegant and massive silver snuff-box, as a mark of their affection and regard. SPECIE. —The Britannia steam-ship brought £52,000; the Ashburton £21,000;: and the ship Beraza, from Val: paraiso, 210,000 dollars. The Rev. Robert A. Vaughan has been appointed minister to Newington chapel, Renshaw-street. The .Rev. Robert Vaughan, D.D., President of the Lancashire Independent College, is father of the young minister. The suspension of Messrs. Cotesworth, Powell, and Prior, of London, the senior partner in which is brother to Mr. C. Cotesworth, of this town, does not affect in any way the highly-respectable house of Cotesworth, Wynne, and Lyne, of this town. It will be seen by an advertisement in our paper to-day, -that Mr. Walker, of the Lamb and Flag, Great Howard street, has, owing to the increase of shipping and dock extension, greatly enlarged his premises ; and, to accom modate his nautical and other friends, has added to them a well -supplied news-room. The old-established firm of Ewart, Myers, and Co. has been dissolved, in consequence of Mr. William Myers' re tirement from business, and the acceptance by Mr. John Myers of the office of paid director of the Royal Bank. The business of the firm will in future be carried on by the remaining partner, Mr. Jacques Myers, under the firm of Jacques Myers and Co. LOSS OF A BARQUE AND CARGO IN DUBLIN BAY.— The Molly Bawn, Robinson, 384 tons, the property of Messrs. J. Poole and Co., of this port, sailed hence on the 28th ult., with a full cargo of dry goods, for Valpa raiso. During the foggy weather of the following day, she struck on the Kish Bank, near. Dublin Bay, and afterwards put into Kingstown, where she sank in 24 feet water. The crew were saved. ANNIVERSARY DINNER.—A most sumptuous and ex cellent dinner was given last night at Mr. G. Latham's, by Mr. Evans, of Post-office-pl ace , on occasion of the coming of age of his eldest son . The dinner was such as did credit to the liberality of the donor and the skill of the caterer. About 25 individuals partook of it, and when the cloth was drawn, the usual toasts were given, and the greatest conviviality prevailed throughout the evening. FALL OF DOUSES.—About eight o'clock on Sunday morning, two front houses, Nos. 67 and 69, New Bird street, (a street stretching from St. James's to Newhall street,) fell down, to the terror of the inhabitants. The houses were untenanted, and fortunately no person sus tained the slightest injury. A Mrs. Booth and Mrs. Crowe are the owners. On Wednesday Mr. Johnston, the surveyor, gave notice that the houses were in a dangerous state, and must be taken down within two days. The Birkenhead Glee Club held their first anniversary meeting on the evening of Wednesday last, the 29th of December, on which occasion the members and their friends, 34 in number partook of an excellent supper, provided by Mr. Charles Smith, at the Park Hotel. Dr. Gouthwaite occupied the chair; and Mr. Hughes, sur geon, the vice chair. The glees were admirably sung by Messrs. Molineux, Robson, Graham, J. Stott, Howard, Hornblower, and Alfred Graham. Several appropriate toasts were given, and the evening passed off much to the satisfaction of all present. We wish this musical society all the encouragement and prosperity it so richly merits. FISHER'S PUPILS.—Mr. Platt, treasurer to the Southern Hospital, has just received from Mr. W. M. Fisher, the worthy principal of Great George-street Academy, the handsome sum of £lO 165., being the annual subscription of the young gentlemen ducated in his establishment. Our excellent friend, Mr. Fisher, is not only distinguished for his scholarship and success in tuition, but for his activity, energy, and zeal in the diffusion of true religion and Christian philanthropy. The above subscription was originated by the eloquent appeal of the Rev. Thomas Nolan, in behalf of the hospital. That rev. gentleman intends to address Mr. Fisher's pupils, when the academy , re-opens, to thank them for their liberality, and to en sourage them in the praiseworthy undertaking. VEGETABLE TALLOW.--A parcel of an article called vegetable tallow has recently been imported into this port by a vessel arrived from Shanghae, China, which was declared for the duty by the importers as tallow, but the officers of the revenue, considering the article to be spermaceti, detained it as being chargeable with the ad valorem duty of 25 per cent. levied by the tariff upon that substance. It appears that this is the first importation of the article into this port from the Chinese empire, al though it is well known in London, into which port it has frequently been brought from China, as vegetable tallow. There is a very considerable difference of duty between the two articles, tallow and spermaceti • but we believe it has been customary to permit the delivery of such parcels as have been imported into the port of Lon don under the tallow duty. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, PRINCE'S PARK. - The masonry work of this beautiful church is now completed, with the exception of the spire, which is to be one hundred and eighty-five feet high from the base. The interior of the church is being fitted up in a manner to combine both comfort and elegance. We were struck with the beauty and magnificence of the open-timbered roof, stained in imitation of English dark oak, as well as with the large and richly panelled and moulded arch, spanning the whole breadth of the communion, and which has a very splendid effect from the west end of the church. The communion will be raised four steps from the ground floor, and will accommodate forty communicants at a time. The en caustic tiles for the aisles will attract, we are satisfied, universal admiration. It is confidently expected that the whole of the interior of the church will be completed by the middle of January, and we are glad to find that for some time past the church has been heated both by night and by day, by an apparatus on a new principle so effec tually as to do away with the slightest risk of its not being thoroughly dry. No doubt whatever is entertained that the church will be ready for consecration by the end of January; but we understand that it is proposed not to open it for divine service until about the middle of February. CHRISTMAS BILLS.—Our contemporaries, in various parts of the country, are endeavouring to impress upon the public the importance of as prompt a discharge as possible of the bills due at this season of the year to tradesmen. We think it our duty to call attention to the subject in our own locality. Even in years of commercial prosperity it is of great consequence to tradesmen in general that their Christmas bills should be paid with punctuality, but at a time like the present, when the trading community is suffering from the effects of one of the most severe depressions that have ever been known, a prompt settlement of accounts becomes of the most serious consequence to those who are engaged in trade —involving, in fact, in the cases of many, the question whether they will be able to go on, or be obliged to bring their concerns to a stand-still. Such being the state of affairs, we beg to invite to the subject the kind and ear nest attention of those to whom it is no object whether they discharge their accounts at once, or three months hence, reminding them that it is an object — peculiarly so at the present moment—to the trading classes. Let us and that it is not merely a local good which is effected by a ready payment of tradesmen's bills. The tradesman wants his money to pay those—living in various parts of the country—who supply him with goods, and thus not only is the local shopkeeper relieved, by being able to meet the demands upon him, but the money goes into ge neral circulation, producing general prosperity which is felt in the most remote part of the body politic. We en tertain no doubt that these considerations have only to be laid before the " well-to-do classes" in order to produce the desired and really important result. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—An inquest was held on Wednesday, before the borough coroner, upon the body of John Crawford. aged 22, the son of the Rev. Prince Crawford, of this town, who put an end to his existence on Tuesday night, by swallowing poison. By the evi dence of Mrs. Clara Seymour, a widow, who keeps a beer house in Vine-street, it appeared that the deceased had been a pretty constant visitor at the house for the past three weeks. He was there the whole of Sunday and Monday, and slept there both nights, and on Tuesday afternoon he went out for about a quarter of an hour. Ile afterwards sat and enjoyed himself with the rest of the company in the house, and at eleven o'clock was again apparently going to bed, but requested witness not to let a person named Freeman stop in the house all night, should he happen to come and inquire for him. Deceased gave no reason, but afterwards said that he had overdrawn his account at the office, and that he had no money, and his friends had refused to assist him ; he •therefore could not pay witness what he owed her. De ceased then drew something from his pocket and put it to his mouth, and afterwards threw a bottle on the floor, and said he had taken poison. He then laid hold of witness to prevent her going for a surgeon, but she got away in about five minutes and fetched Mr. Thomas Slater. 'When that gentleman saw the deceased, about half-past twelve o'clock, he was l y i ng on hi s back, quite insensible, and died at one. She did not know where deceased lived. Mr. Slater stated he was satisfied deceased came by his death by swallowing laudanum. The mother and sister of deceased stated that he had been rather low-spirited and a good deal absent from home the last few weeks. At times he was very much excited, and had even on one occasion threatened to take the life of his sister, to whom he had always previously behaved very affectionately. MELTON MOWBRAY PIES.—It will be seen by an ad vertisement in our columns to-day, that Mr. Wilkinson, of Clayton- square, is now receiving a daily supply of the celebrated pork pies made by Adcock of Melton Mow bray. They are quite unlike the usual greasy representa tions generally made in this vicinity. Bradshaw's Railway Almanac is a most useful publi cation. It is embellished with an accurate map of Great Britain, with all the lines of railway, and contains lists of the directors, together with the engineers, secretaries, and principal officers of all the railways in the kingdom. There is also a mass of other statistical information which we think indispensable to parties about to invest in railways. MRS. THOMPSON'S SYSTEM OF TEACHING WRITING. — Mrs. Thompson's system of imparting a graceful and flowing hand has now stood the test for nearly twenty years, and a glance at the books of any of his pupils will show how rapid is the improvement he effects.—Mr. T. as well as Mrs. T's academies are fitted for the reception of private pupils, who, in a few hours tuition, may avert those feelings which generally accompany bad writing. SCROFULOUS SORES OF TEN YEARS' STANDING CURED EY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—Mr. C. Brook, residing at Standishall, Suffolk, had the whole of his breast in one frightful mass of scrofulous sores and ulcers, besides similar large ulcers on the hip. He had been thus afflicted for ten years, and under the treatment of the greatest surgeons in the country, and was for a consider able time at the Worcester Infirmary without receiving the least benefit. He, however, is another of the many who have been cured a f ter every other means had failed. These celebrated medicines are equally efficacious in all eases of gout and rheumatism, or contracted or stiff joints TEE WEATHER.—During the week just ended we have had a pretty seasonable crop of rains, chilling south easterly winds, &c., with occasional hard frosts, slight falls of sleet and snow, also boar frosts on a few mornings thinly covering the ground, but all disappearing shortly after their birth. Gardening and field operations are of course nearly at a stand-still. Wednesday was a severe winter day with a biting wind from the south-east in the early part of the day, succeeded by heavy rain and sleet in the evening. The following morning was comparatively fine, and the wind had veered to the northward. Many parties have been afflicted more or less with colds in va rious forms, but so far as we can learn, influenza and fever have not been so prevalent as before. On Saturday and Sunday the wind was again from the south-east, and the latter day we lied some heavy showers. No severe frost has yet been experienced, and the thickest ice we have yet seen (on Saturday morning) was in altitudes exposed to the action of the east wind. Yesterday morning, early, the atmosphere became mild and agreeable, with a briskish breeze from the southward, and the day was on the whole fine, though rather cloudy. NEW COTTON COUNTRY.—The Manchester Guardian says—" We have seen a letter from a gentleman at Liverpool, to the secretary of the Manchester Commer ciid Association, enclosing a sample of wild cotton, gathered on the uncultivated island of Rodriguez (near the Mauritius), on which the writer had suffered ship wreck, and had been compelled to remain for 58 days. He states that the island, which is about fifteen miles long by six broad, spontaneously produces a considerable quantity of cotton, and he could easily have gathered four or five hundred pounds weight. The shrubs, which appear to have been those of the perennial flock-seeded cotton, grow abundantly on the low lands at the mouths of the rivulets with which the island is intersected ; and they might, no doubt, be cultivated in other localities. The sample of cotton sent to the Commercial Association is very fine in staple, resembling the fine Bourbon cotton formerly imported to some extent into this country ; but, apparently, a little stronger. The writer states that the island of Rodriguez is uninhabited, except by a few black fishermen, though the land is fertile. the climate excel lent, and the natural productions valuable, including the sugar cane, oranges, lemo ns , pl an t a i ns , b ana nas, &c. ; and it would, no doubt, yield all thd usual tropical productions in abundance; but labourers would have to be procured from India." TOWN COUNCIL.—The first monthly meeting for the present year will take place to-morrow, (Wednesday.) The Finance Committee will present their annual report on the state of the income, and surplus or no surplus will become apparent- The other business will comprise a report on the Town-clerk's establishment, recommending the addition of £lOO to the salaries of Mr. Driffield and Mr. Topping, and the appointment of an additional clerk ; a recommendation to appoint Mr. Wightman surveyor to the Corporation, at a salary of £l,OOO per annum ; the laying of a watch-rate ; and the proceedings of the Markets' Committee. The minutes of the Health Com mittee include a recommendation to accept the tender of Mr. Rose to cleanse the ashpits and middens within the borough for five years, for £10,400 per annum ; that it is not advisable or expedient to admit reporters to the meet ings of the committee; and a recommendation to adopt the public act for establishing baths and washhouses, and to raise a sum not exceeding £25,000, for the purposes of the act, it being competent to pay the interest on such srm annually out of the surplus income ; to remove by certiorari into the Queen's Bench the Recorder's decisions on the compensation due to Mr. Deane and the others ; and that Dr. Duncan be requested to devote himself ex clu.ively to the duties of his office, his salary to be £7OO per annum. Mr. Parker will move that £5OOO be voted for baths, &c., at the south end of the town ; and Mr. Bramley-Moore that the resolution come to by the Coun cil on the New Dock Bill be varied or rescinded, and that a clause be added to the bill giving powers to purchase land north of the north docks. The business concludrs with a motion by Mr. Samuel Holme, that Mr. Rushton's salary be raised to £1,600. LOCAL MEETINGS TOWN COUNCIL MEETING, On Saturday a meeting of the Town Council was held for the transaction of formal business. The re-election of the trustees of last year of Mrs. Ann Molyneux's Charity, and of St. James's Cemetry was carried. Mr. Mr. James Aikin was elected in the room of Mr. Turner as one of the trustees of the School for the Blind, and Mr. Bennett was re-elected. After the appointment of forty-one members of the Council, as Commissioners to carry out the act for the better regulation of the pilots of the port, Mr. HENDERSON said it might be well to state that the commissioners of pilots, in compliance with a recom mendation which they had received, appointed a board for the examination of masters and mates. That board began its duties in November, 1845, and from that time to the present there had been a total of fifty-five appli cants, forty-eight of whom were masters, and seven mates. Certificates had been granted to forty-two masters, and four mates. Then, as to finances ; the receipts were, £97 15s. ; the expenditure, £9l 12s. ; so that it had just paid itself.—Applause.) It would require some little aid from the Council in future. It was a good establish ment, serving to stimulate in seamen the desire for a bet ter education ; and he trusted that, when the proper time came, the council would give it the encouragement which it required and deserved. Sir Thomas Brancker, Mr. Littledale, and Mr. Mann were appointed Commissioners for the embankment at Lelsowes. THE LATE OUTRAGES : MEASURES BY THE MAGISTRACY In reply to a question from Mr. S. Holme as to what measures had been taken to suppress the continuance of the outrages a t th e ou t s ki r t s o f th e t own th e M ayor said : —Some days ago, w h en the roberies became frequent, with the concurrence of my brother magistrates, I issued orders to the head constable to arm a hundred policemen and place them throughout the outskirts of the town, and I have the satisfa c ti on to say that the town was never better provided than at the present moment. A communication has also been made to the county magistrates, suggesting the propriety of having an armed horse patrol for the outer boundary. The borough magistrates of course have jurisdiction only in the borough ; the most ample arrange ments have been made by them, and I have no doubt but the county magistrates will also do their duty. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.—On Tuesday, the annual meeting of this society was held. In the absence of the chairman, the chair was taken by the vice-chairman, Mr. Todd. The treasurer's account was passed, and those members of the committee who retired by rotation, were unanimously re-elected. Allusion was made in the re port to the various performances of the past year, espe cially those in which Grisi and Alboni had been engaged, and which appeared to have been beneficial to the society in a pecuniary way. So also was the performance of " Elijah." The report laid much stress upon the high character of the music which had been presented to the subscribers. The financial affairs of the society did not present so favourable an aspect as was desirable. The re port went on to state that the concerts for 1848 should be open to the public at prices hereafter to be fixed. The band would thus be kept together till the opening of the new hall in Hope-street. There would, in fact, be no subscription for 1848, and for that year the public and subscribers would be considered equal, but on the opening of the new hall the subscribers for 1847 would merely have to pay the annual subscription, whereas new subscribers for that year would be charged the usual entrance guinea. The new hall was represented as going on satisfactorily, and Mr. A. F. Jones referred especially to the truss frame for carrying the roof as a work of great artistic skill. It also appeared from the report that the society had endea voured to engage Jenny Lind, but could not succeed in consequence of her pre-engagements. Docx COMMITTEE.—THURSDAY.—The plan fora life boat house at Hilbre Island, at a cost of £BOO, was sub mitted and deferred.—A letter was read from the Rev. Morgan Morgan, vicar of Conway, stating that the magis trates in that neighbourhood had been inquiring into charges of stealing from the vessel wrecked in Llandudno bay, and the committee might depend the magistrates would make full inquiries into the matter.—Walter Stokes was appointed landing foreman, at a salary of 30s. a week. It was stated he had been brought from the West India Dock, London, to be head man at the Birkenhead docks. —Mr. Thomas Chamley, master of the George's Dock, was appointed master of the King's Dock, at a salary of £250 a year and a house. A medical certificate was pro duced as to the state of the health of Mr. M'Bride, mas ter of the Salthouse and Canning Docks, and it was agreed to superannuate him at £2OO a year, he having been seven teen years in the service of the trust.—Mr. Thomas Her bert, assistant master, was appointed to be head master of the Salthouse and Albert Docks, at a salary of £250, and a house, and Mr. Joseph Curry was appointed assis tant master, at a salary of £2OO a year. A letter from Richard Wooley, jun., stating that he had been discharged from the Albert Docks because being once a Protestant lie had turned Catholic, was referred to the Warehouse Sub committee, the chairman stating that if the contents of the letter were true, some of the officers of the Albert Dock would be implicated. Mr. Royden : We have nothing to do with religion here. Mr. Molyneux said the applicant was only an extra man, and had never been on the staff. In all the appointments made they never asked what a man's religion or politics were.—The committee were about to elect a printer and a stationer to the trust, when, after some little conversation, a committee, consisting of the Chairman, Messrs. Nicol, Molyneux, Gladstone, Henderson, and Mann was appointed to report whether a more satisfactory mode could not be devised of appointing parties to provide the printing and stationery. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, BASE COIN.—The quantity of bad money still in cir culation is very great. A woman named Sarah Jenkins was brought before Mr. Rushton on Friday, charged by a woman named Benson, the keeper of a public-house, with attempting to pass a bad shilling. The prisoner was re manded in the usual way. CELLAR INFORMATION.—On Tuesday, a woman, Ellen M'Garrathy, residing in Crosbie-street, was summoned at the Police-office by Mr. Fresh, for over-crowding her lodging-house. She had not registered her house under the provisions of the act. An officer proved that acting under the instructions of Mr. Fresh, he visited the house of the defendant on the 25th instant, at ten o'clock in the evening, and found five beds in the cellar containing 14 persons, and in the rooms above 56, in the whole 70 per sons under the one roof. She was fined 20s. and costs. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT. — On Wednesday, at the Police-court, a respectable-looking young man, named George Henry Blount, was charged by Mr, P. Delamere, a clerk to Messrs. Tayleur and Co., coal merchants, with having embezzled about £9O, the property of that firm. Proof was given of two cases where the prisoner, who was a collecting clerk to Messrs. Tayleur and Co., had received meney for his employers, and had not accounted for it. When called upon for his defence, he said that his aunt and grandfather had compromised the matter with Mr. Tayleur, by giving him a bond for the payment of the de ficiencies by instalments. He was committed for trial, THE LITERTOOL STANDARD, ►STEALING ROPES.—A boy, named James Nailor, wa yesterday charged before Mr. Rushton with stealing, on the 31st ult., 20Ibs. of rope, belonging to a vessel called The Royal Mint, lying in the Coburg Dock. He was committed for trial. STEALING BUTTER. —A carter, named George Jones, was charged at the Police-court, yesterday, with stealing, on the 9th December, a firkin of butter from the shop of Mr. Moss, in Marybone. He put the keg into his care and made off. On being pursued and overtaken, he threw the butter out of the cart, and escaped until Sun day, when he was apprehended. He was committed for trial. MINT CASE.—A woman, named Sarah Jenkins ; was yesterday charged before Mr. Rushton, with having passed off, to more than one party, base shillings, in purchasing small articles, by the old trick of first giving half a crown, receiving nearly the whole amount back in change ; dis puting the same being correct, and on an apparent ad justment, offering a bad shilling for the one she had received. She was committed for trial. VIOLENT ASSAULT. -An Irishman, named James Kelly, was charged before Mr. Rushton, with having, on the 27th ultimo, most violently assaulted, without the slightest provocation, Patrick O'Brien, in a public-house in Vauxhall-road. The weapon used was apparently the spoke of a wheel, and the complainant was carried insen sible to the Dispensary, and had since been dangerously. ill. The prisoner (who had worked with the complainant in a coal-yard) was sent for trial at the sessions. At the Police-court yesterday, a young woman named Ann Lynch, was charged by a woman named Eliza Leo nard, with having been concerned in severely assaulting her, and making off with her bonnet and shawl. The accused was committed for trial, but afterwards on her statement being heard after the reading of the depositions, and another police officer having stated some facts, she was discharged, the complainant not being, it appeared, worthy of belief. BURIAL SOCIETY CASE.—A case affecting a burial So ciety, which had before been partially heard, was resumed yesterday at the Police-court. It appeared that a mem ber had made a claim upon the society for £5, in conse quence of the death of his daughter • and that this was refused on the ground that he was a defaulter, he not hav ing paid up a week's subscription which was due. The Secretary produced his books, and also the two cards, when it appeared (as stated by applicant) that a number of erasures had been made by that clerk, and other small sums or cyphers had been introduced, and that in one in stance a sum had been credited in the book, and did not appear at all on the card. Mr. Rushton highly repre hended the manner in which the books and accounts had been kept, and peremptorily ordered the £5 to be paid to the claimant. OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.-Yes terday, a man named Wm. Shaw, and another named Wm. Reynolds, were placed before Mr. Rushton on a charge of obtaining £5 under false pretences. It appeared that on the Ist instant, the prisoner Shaw had got a letter for him purporting to be in the writing of Mr. Phillips, baker and flour dealer, who has a shop in Brownlow-hill, and addressed to Miss Taylor, who keeps Mr. Phillips' other shop, in St. John's Market. This plausibly set forth that Mr. P. wanted £5 for certain purposes, to be sent by the bearer, and the money was paid to him ; but, some suspicion arising in Miss T. 's mind, she sent after the receiver the shop-boy, Lloyd, with instructions to follow the man, and if he found that he did not take the money to the other shop to have him apprehended. The boy obeyed, and followed the prisoner tdrough several streets, not leading direct to Brownlow-hill. He accosted the man, who endeavoured to bribe him by offering him a treat to a show and a glass of wine, upon which the youth (who is but 13 years of age) gave him into custody. The letter was not written by or by direction of Mr. Phillips. The writing was not clearly shown to be that of Reynolds, and he was discharged. The prisoner Shaw, who had received the money, said the other prisoner had given him the letter to take. He was committed for trial at the assizes. DARING OUTRAGES NEAR LIVERPOOL Bistrirtlils. On Thursday, a bunch of hawthorn in full leaf at the lower part, and with buds about to burst forth and leaves at the upper extremity, was plucked-from a hedge at Pen dleton, near Manchester. HOOTON HALL.—We regret to observe, from recent proceedings in Chancery, that our popular neighbour, Sir Wm. Massey Stanley, is in difficulties. A receiverof the rents has been appointed. DEATH FROM A SILLY WAGER.—On Wednesday last, a private of the Ist Royals, named Robert Rogers, died at Warrington, from the effects of internal injury sus tained in nonsensically attempting to swallow a stick two feet long, for a wager. He got the stick eighteen inches down his throat, when he was choked. It is not n little extraordinary, that while the accounts from Manchester continue to announce an absence of demand for cotton manufactured goods, and the conse quent rapid accumulation of stocks, that a number of the millowners have set on foot an agitation for the purpose of applying to parliament to repeal the Ten Hours Act passed last session, and to replace it by an Eleven Hours Bill. THE DISSENTERS AND THE CHURCH. —Great exer tions are now making in Manchester and elsewhere, to arouse dissenters to an agitation against the church. Amongst the steps taken, with this object in. view, is a letter from Richard Potter, Esq., in the Manchester Guardian last week, and as ( he says, " It has happened, fortunately for the cause of constitutional reform, that Sir Robert Peel, and the more enlightened leaders of the Conservative party, appreciated the justice and the full sliTagth of the anti-corn law movement. They yielded in time to save the country from the violence of a great party contest. The present position of the„Church of England, her relation to the ais§enters, is very much the same as'was the position of the landed interest to the commercial and manufacturing classes in the earlier stages of the anti-corn law move ment, and before the organization of the league." We always said that the anti-corn law agitation was only a prelude to a move against the church, and here it is proved. ABDUCTION.-The Manchester Guardian gives the fol lowing corrected account of an alleged " elopement " from Bolton. The young gentleman in question was not on a visit to the family, but on his return from Cam bridge, for the Christmas vacation, in company with a college connexion, rather advanced in years, and who was apparently the adviser and director of his youthful com panion. In passing through Bolton he called upon the family, but did not see the young lady, and it was con cluded that he had proceeded homeward. On the even ing of Friday, however, the young lady was induced, by the representations of one of the servants, to go to the garden door, where the youth was waiting. She was then immediately seized by him with the intention of forcing her away. In this, however, he failed, owing to the young lady's resistance, and he then called to his com panion, and by their united exertions she was forced into a chaise and driven away, not through the town, but by a circuitous route, with a view, evidently, of preventing pur suit. The young lady had not even a covering for her head, nor any protection from the inclemency of one of the most stormy nights of the season. It was the inten tion of the party to go upon the Manchester railway at the first station out of town, but when there the young lady attempted to call for assistance, when a handkerchief was placed to her mouth, and the carriage was ordered to be driven forward to Manchester. Considerable time elapsed before any clue could be traced of the route of the fugitives, and it was only ascertained on the return of the chaise by which they were conveyed to Manchester. The young lady's brother and a clergyman immediately pro ceeded after them, and succeeded in tracing them to the Leigh Arms Hotel, at Newton, where they found the young gentleman, his companion, and the young lady, in a sitting room, waiting the arrival of the next train to the north. The young lady was, of course, immediately res cued. The young gentleman is of a respectable family, and well connected. On the following day, the young gentleman and his companion were taken into custody, when they gave bail in £2OO for their good behaviour for twelve months. NARROW ESCAPE.—At Manchester, on Monday, two men, named William Hatfield and Mark Clegg, the former an engine driver and the latter a fireman in the employ of the London and North-Western Railway Company, were brought up before the stipendiary magistrate, charged with drunkenness and gross negligence in the discharge of their duty. It appeared that the prisoners had charge of the night mail from Liverpool to London on Saturday. The number of carriages and passengers was not stated, but the pointsman at the Warrington junction was sur prised to hear it coming at a very rapid rate. He had been preparing to turn the points, in order to shunt the train on to the Warrington junction, but, anticipating great danger if he should turn the points, he determined upon letting the train take its course. Most fortunate was it that he exercised so much judgment and sagacity; for, in consequence of the acuteness of the curve at the Warring ton junction, and the tremendous rate at which the train was proceeding—not less than forty miles an hour, instead of five, the regular speed—it does not appear that anything could have prevented the train being overturned, and a frightful sacrifice of human life. Meantime, the train continued its frightful progress ; but the mail-guard per ceiving that it was going on towards Manchester, instead of staying at the junction, signalled to the engine-driver and fireman, but without effect. He, at very considerable risk, passed over from carriage to carriage till he reached the engine, where he found both the prisoners lying appa rently insensible, from the effects of liquor. He was unable to bring them to a sense of their duty and their peril until they were near to Patricroft, a distance of four teen miles from Warrington ! This again appears to be almost a miraculous circumstance ; for, at the Patricroft station, on the same line as that on which the mail train was running, was another train, containing a number of passengers, who thus escaped the consequences of a colli sion. The prisoners were immediately given into custody and conveyed to the New Bailey prison, while other assist ance being obtained, the train was taken back again to the Warrington junction. After some consultation, the bench appearing to be of opinion that some negligence had been exhibited at the office in Liverpool. or the men would not have been allowed to have left there in such a state of in toxication, sentenced both prisoners to two months hard labour. TEA.—On Tuesday, a meeting was held in the Town Hall, Manchester, for the purpose of considering the effects of the duty on tea. There were upwards of one hundred gentlemen present interested in the welfare of the district. The Mayor presided, and the meeting was addressed, amongst others, by Wm. Rathbone, Esq., of Liverpool; Thomas Bazley, Esq., Chairman of the Man chester Chamber of Commerce; Aspinal Turner, Esq., Chairman of the Manchester Commercial Association ; Mr. Fielden, on behalf of the Blackburn Chamber of Commerce • Robert Gardner, Esq., of Manchester; and John Bright, Esq., M.P. The following with other reso lutions were unanimously adopted :—" That it is notorious that the trade with China has been for some time in a very unsatisfactory position'—`that the result of our ex tended intercourse with that country has by no means realised the just expectations which had been naturally founded on a freer access to so magnificent a market'— ' that on a great proportion of the trade the loss, taken both ways, i. e., on the manufactures sent out and on the tea brought home in payment, may be fairly stated at from thirty-five to forty per cent.'—' that the difficulties of the trade dg not arise from any want of demand in China for artiaPs of British manufacture or from the in creasing competition of other nations, but the sole diffi culty in providing a return.' That we must look to tea mainly and to an increased consumption of tea for the means of even maintaining, still more of extending, a profitable trade with those vast regions, and that for such an extended consumption we can only look to a reduction of the duty, it being only through the duty that a reduc tion to the consumer can be effected sufficient to stimulate consumption in so sensible a degree as to lead to a healthy and extended trade. That while the duties on coffee and cocoa have been repeatedly reduced since 1821—by which the consumption of the former has been stimulated 500 per cent., and that of the latter by above 1,000 per cent., there has been no reduction on the duty on tea, and the small increase which has taken place in the consump tion of that article is attributable to the reduction in the bonded price, which has materially added to the disastrous losses of the importers. That as the foregoing resolutions are founded upon, and expressed mostly in the very words of a Report of the Select Committee' ap pointed in the last session of Parliament to consider our commercial relations with China,' a committee be ap pointed to arrange a deputation to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Chairman of this meeting address the Chancellor with a copy of these resolutions, requesting him to fia an early day for receiving such deputation." HIGHWAY ROBBEFY AT ALLERTON Unfortunately, outrages of the most daring and atro cious character are becoming alarmingly frequent in this neighbourhood. Yesterday week, at noonday, Mr. Frith, a highly respectable gentleman belonging to Liverpool, left his own house at Allerton, near this town, on foot, with a view of coming to town to see his son, who, he then understood, was seriously indisposed. He had not, however, proceeded more than a few hundred yards from hrs residence, when he was met by two men, having the appearance of day labourers, one of whom stopped short on the footpath, and the other walked on. Mr. Frith, on seeing this movement, took, or appeared to take, no notice of them, but pursued his way as before on the footpath. On coming near to the man, who still stood before him, the ruffian drew from his breast a large pistol, and ordered Mr. Frith to " stand and deliver !" Mr. Frith immediately turned round with the intention of retreating to his own house, but, to his surprise, when he turned, there stood the companion of the first assail ant, with a large pistol also, which he cocked and pre sented at Mr. Frith's head, at the same time requiring, as his comrade had done before, that gentleman to " stand and deliver !" Mr. Frith, seeing the utter hope lessness of his case, immediately complied, and taking his watch, guard, seals, and other appendages from his neck, together with 30s. in silver from his pocket, he quietly surrendered them, hoping thereby to escape fur ther attack. But the villains were not to be so easily satisfied, for one of them, with an oath, called upon Mr. Frith to " turn his pockets inside out," and " to give up all his money, or else, by - they would blow his brains out." Mr. Frith then proceeded to obey their commands, and gave them his purse containing five sovereigns, which was all the money he had then in his possession. With the most audacious coolness the scoundrels then ordered him to walk before them to his own house, as they were resolved that he should not get to town to give any alarm to the police, or to acquaint any of his friends with what had happened to him. Resting their pistols quietly on their arms, they thus escorted their victim to the door of his own house, where they left him. ATTEMPT AT HIGHWAY ROBBERY NEAR UPPER PARLIAMENT-STREET. On Tuesday evening last, about six o'clock, Mr. John B. Neilson, stock and share broker, of this town, left the residence of his aunt in the Park, to return to his own house in Falkner-square. After proceeding some distance along Lord Sefton's new street, he turned up a narrow lane, leading to Parliament-street, and when near the end of it he was suddenly attacked by three men, one of whom was armed with a cane-sword. The first intima tion of the attack was a desperate blow with this weapon, which cut the crown of his hat in two. Mr. Neilson being armed with a stout oak stick, loaded with lead at one end, he instantly dealt the fellow with the sword such a blow upon the arm as not only knocked him down, but disabled him during the rest of the affray. It is be lieved, in fact, that he broke his arm, for it dropped down on his side. Immediately on seeing their comrade fall, one of the other two—a tall athletic fellow—seized hold of Mr. Neilson by the throat, with the view of clo sing upon him, and, perhaps, strangling him • but fortu nately in this hey were also foiled, for his etock giving way with the strain upon it, which the pulling caused, he retreated a step or so from his assailant, and again using his stick, he felled the rascal to the earth with a blow on the head. Notwithstanding these " heavy blows and great discouragements," the villains were not to be foiled without further trials, for no sooner had Mr. Neil son knocked down the second fellow than the third dealt him a blow on the head which brought him to the earth instanter; however, he regained his feet with the utmost despatch, and retreated fighting to a gap in the fence, where he struck down the third man. The whole gang had now been sufficiently punished, and did not attempt any further attack. We are glad to say that Mr. Neilson escaped without any material injury being done to him. His left arm, with which he warded off the blows, is se verely bruised ; but beyond this he has sustained no in jury, though his clothes were torn to pieces. We need scarcely say that the police are actively engaged in tra cing the affair; and it will be satisfactory to the public to learn that there is reason to believe that the perpetrators of this desperate outrage will yet be apprehended. HOUSEBREAKING AND ROBBERY NEAR ORMSKIRK On the night of the 17th ultimo, as the family of Mr. Hayes, of Simon's Wood. were about to retire to rest, they were alarmed by hearing the noise of some persons forcing an entrance into the house, by what is termed the lower parlour window. Mr. Hayes himself being absent at the time, some little delay occurred amongst the fe males, then the only inmates of the house, before any of them dared to make inquiry no to the onuee of the noise_ However, they were not long kept in suspense, for shortly afterwards three men, armed with long guns, entered the apartment, threatening to shoot the first who moved. They then left a guard of two, whilst a fourth, who was unarmed, proceeded in company with the third armed man to ransack the house, which they did effectually, taking away with them not only plate, clothes, money, and all the moveable valuables which they could find, but also two guns, and some other arms. So well ar ranged was this deliberate burglary, that the gang, con sisting of five altogether, left one of their members out side to act as sentinel, whilst the others were prosecuting their plans inside. We are sorry to say that the whole gang have so far escaped ; and as they were strangers to the neighbourhood, their identification and apprehension will be a matter of great difficulty. ANOTHER ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN TOXTETH.—At half-past six, on Wednesday evening, as a gentleman was walking along Peel-street, Toxteth-park, towards his residence at the Elms, a fellow went up and violently kicked him, throwing him down. He, however, recovered himself, and struck the assailant a stunning blow with his stick. Another fellow than came up, whom the gentleman also knocked down, and both (apparently "navvies") after wards went off. The gentleman fainted after getting home. He luckily preserved the money he had on his person. ANOTHER STREET ROBBERY. — On Saturd a y n i g ht, a gentleman was knocked down and severely i n j ure d by three ruffians in the neighbourhood of Cr own - s t ree t. They attempted to rob him, but on his calling out loudly for the police they decamped. While he lay on the ground the fore finger of his left hand was nearly severed by some sharp instrument. ALARM IN THE SUBURBS. — So great is the fear enter tained by persons living in the suburbs of the town, from the recent attacks, and many others not yet published, that most gentlemen residing out of the borough, return home before dusk, if possible, many or them armed with pistols, sticks, &c. Fire-arms sird also discharged at night from many isolated residences to intimate to prowlers what they may expect if they approach. A number of outrages have taken place in a lane leading from Walton Breck to Walton Lane, within the last fortnight, and extra police have been employed. Several women, lads, and others have been knocked down and robbed of the little they had. The houses of the inhabitants are closed before dusk, and even during the day, females are alarmed in the absence of their male relatives. CHESTER SESSIONS The following report from the Rev. H. S. Joseph, the exemplary Chaplain of Chester Castle, was read yesterday at the annual meeting of magistrates : TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MAGISTRATES OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTER " Twelve months have now passed away since I had the privilege of presenting my first report to the magistrates assembled in this court, during which time many pleasing and encouraging circumstances have transpired within the walls of the Castle, which I feel it to be my duty to bring before you. " - One hundred and fifty.eight prisoners have been discharged during the past year, many of them under very encouraging circumstances, several of whom expressed their feelings of gratitude for the religious instruction they had received in this place ; others expressed themselves in this manner—' Oh ! if I bad had such instruction given me and such pains taken with me before I had been brought to this Gaol, I should not have been a prisoner. I have lived in the midst of sin and ungodliness, and no one seemed to care for my soul.' Others have again expressed themselves in this way—' Oh, sir, if it had not been for drink and jerry shops I should have been a happy man. I could earn from 255. to 30s. a week, and yet after all I could not find sufficient to get me a new suit of clothes. Most of my money was spent in drinking at alehouses.' I find that the majority of the prisoners were earning from 15s. to 20s. a week—showing evidently it was not want or distress that brought them to public shame, but excess of drink in most cases. In fact, I be lieve from my heart that the small public-houses and the jerry shops are a curse to our country. In my report last sessions, I mentioned that we had sent four boys up to the Philanthropic Institution. In the last letter which I received from the chaplain, the Rev. Sydney Turner, he says, ' The boys, Shottin and Tomlinson, go on very well ; of Knott and Jackson I hope to be able to say something more in a few months' time.' Knot is only turned ten years of age, and Jackson eleven. We have three lads now in prison, all of whom I trust will be sent shortly to the same excellent insti tution. " Within the last few weeks I have had a class of the tried prisoners, at one time, and the untried at another, and deliverered to them a course of lectures from Cruick shank's plates on drunkenness. I have no doubt they have had a most powerful effect ; many of the prisoners were seen in tears, whilst I was illustrating the awful effects of intoxication. I intend going on with this course from time to time. " The general conduct of the prisoners is good. At our morning services I deliver a lecture to them for about 15 minutes. To these they are remarkably attentive ; each one that can read has his bible, and follows me throughout ; his attention is arrested, and a deep interest appears to be felt amongst them generally. " When prisoners have been discharged I have always found a great difficulty to know what to do with-them, so that the good impression made upon their minds may not be easily forgotten. "With the female prisoners my difficulty has been relieved, as there is an excellent institution in this city willing and ready to receive females into their House of Refuge, and where several have been. sent, and are still there. One or two left at their own request; the others are doing well. " Some of the women that were not fit persons to be sent to the refuge I put in a small way of business, and they are getting a comfortable living. Two of the male prisoners I took home with me to my own house, and in two days I procured them situations at a farm-house in the township of Upton, where they have given great satis faction, and wh e r e they both worked and earned 12s. a week, one of them being still employed. " Many.leasing circumstances have been communi t i catddlci me concerning several prisoners- that left t castle during the past Year. I pra:y Gbd that the poor fel lows may be kept from all temptation " During the past year our co s have been as followsT—Chrlstma;-day, 1846, four communicants; March, 1847, eight; Easter Sunday, 12; Whit Sunday, 10; September, 14, and Christmas-day, last, 14. This does not include the governor, his family, and the officers. " I desire t 4 .. for the o express my feelings of gratitu zealous co-operation of the governor of this castle, in th( important work in which we are engaged. I have always found him ready to assist me with his kind advice, and to encourage me in my work. I feel it also right to say that both the schoolmaster and other officers, of this place are indefatigable in the discharge of their important duties, and all things seem to be working together for good. " No complaints whatever have been brought against any prisoner for misconduct in the House of God, and I have great reason to hope that the word preached from time to time will be the means of bringing many of these unfortunate prisoners ' from darkness to light—from sin and Satan unto God.' " H. S. JOSEPH, Cl " Castle, Chester, Jan. Ist, 1648. . lapktin MEETING FOR THE. ELECTION 01 CONSTABLES IN On Friday evening, immediately after meetings of the commissioners and improvement committee of Wallasey parish—both of which were financial and private—at the Queen's Arms, in Liscard,.a meeting of the inhabitants of the township was held at the same house, in conse quence of the following notice, publicly posted :—"Notice to the inhabitants of Liscard, that a meeting of the inhab itants of Liscard will be held at Mrs. Hall's, Queen's Arms, Liscard, on the evening of the 31st December, &c., for the purpose of appointing constables for the township for the ensuing year." This was dated 29th December, and was signed by Charles Reddy and Edward Cotterall, overseers. The attendance was pretty numerous, and Mr. Mullen, innkeeper, who was called to the chair, on opening the business, expressed the feeling of all present, in alluding to the calling of the meeting at such a time, which in the usual routine of business was out of date, previous elections having been in November and March. Neither of the overseers were present to explain, but Mr. Redhead, deputy overseer, intimated what he believed to be the cause—namely, that Mr. Scambler, the head con stable, had frequently been absent at Knutsford and else where, to which a constable might have been sent ; that in his absence recently there was no one to sign sum monses that were wanted ; and that Sir Edward Cust, one of the magistrates, on learning the fact, had said that if they could spare Mr. Scambler so much from home, they could perhaps dispense with his services altogether. Owing to this, he believed, the meeting had been called by advice of the magistrates. The chairman good-hu mouredly said that those hitherto proposed for constables (and from the list of whom the magistrates had to select the required number) were humble members of society, and he thought it would be but fair that some of those who had a larger stake in the township ought to be called to the office of general protection. He, therefore—after a complimentary comment on the personal and other qua lifications of each individual named—proposed that the following list of gentlemen, handed to him, be forwarded to their worships : Mr. John North, Mr. H. W. Gilliott, Mr. John Taylor, Mr. Louis Huguenin, Mr. T. K. Hassall, Mr. Daly, Church-street, Egremont, Mr. James Stringer, and Mr. Wm. Rushton Colbourn. The list was unanimously adopted amidst mirthful, but apparently sincere plaudits, on the general merits of each. The chairman signed the minutes of the proceedings and handed them to the deputy overseer for presentation to the magistrates. It is generally thought that none of those in the list, who may be selected, will serve, but that they will, as is usual, we believe, in such cases, find effi cient substitutes. Three constables are, we learn, gener ally appointed for the township. The Chairman was requested by the meeting to call upon the magistrates, and to represent to them, as the general opinion of the inhabitants, that it was desirable that the constables of the township should do the required constabulary duties, as the Commissioners' police officers had quite enough to do in the business of the parish. The business being concluded in due form, those pre sent enjoyed a new year's glass, and separated in the best of humour. CORRESPONDENCE EDUCATION IN WALES, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD Stu,—lt is said that great events have often small be ginnings, and if this letter may in the least contribute to bring about the end for which it was written, I shall feel greatly obliged by your giving it publicity in your perio dical. Not for a long time has the public mind been so agi tated as it now is. Commercial disasters are all over the kingdom horrid atrocities in Ireland ; and last, though not least in its consequence to the inhabitants, the moral and intellectual character of the Welsh publicly slan dered. These have caused a great deal of excitement, and the latter, no doubt, will cause a great deal of harm ; for, coming from government officials authorised to exa mine the schools in Wales, the slander has more wei g ht. I fear, Mr. Editor, that you will be tired of so many letters in defence of the Welsh nation ; but all that I have yet seen are more or less characterised by sectarian feeling, and uncharitable and untrue assertions respecting the clergy and members of the Established Church in Wales ; and this is especially the case with the letters which have appeared in the Liverpool Journal. Do the writers of these letters not perceive that, at the same time that they are finding fault with the erroneous report of the commissioners, by attempting to define the cause, they themselves are casting a slur upon Welsh church men, and especially the clergy ? The conjecture about the way in which the commissioners obtained their infor mation, is, to say the least of it, shamefully uncharitable, and vulgarly personal. Have none but Welsh Dissenters been scandalised ? Does it not extend to churchmen as well ? Were not the parish schools in Wales examined by the commissioners ? Bigotry must, indeed, be deeply rooted that, when a common enemy is to be opposed, the measure for defence should cause dissensions amongst those who feel themselves injured. That the majority of the Welsh are Dissenters there is no doubt. At the relapse which succeeded the Reforma tion, because of the apathy and lukewarmness of some of the clergy in Wales, a few zealous ministers left the Es tablished Church, that they might have more freedom, as they thought, to preach the Gospel. But can the dissen ters of the present day compare themselves to these ? A. little examination will discover to us how they have dege nerated. So far were those pious men from bearing any malice to the Church of England, that they spoke of her in the most reverential manner, and expressed their con viction of the excellency of her formularies, and even performed the whole of the church service in their cha pels. Can the Baptists, Methodists, and all the other sects which have sprung into existence only a few years ago, recognise themselves with those I have just men tioned ? Nay ; so far are they front following the foot steps of their forefathers, that many of them at this _ day consider the book of common prayer nothing else than a jumble of Popish gibberish. I hope my dissenting fellow countrymen will not be offended, for I have said nothing but what can easily be proved correct. But, lam per suaded that better days are dawning upon the Welsh church ; there seems to be a shaking amongst the dry bones, and we may look forth to behold a very great army stand up in the defence of the church of our forefathers — the church of Christ. When Popery first landed on the shores of Britain, with her mummeries and superstitions,' her lying legends and cruel persecutions, her promoters found the Church of England fully established, and felt that she was an invincible foe, and such she has proved to be to this day. There remained some in the church who, in the midst of surrounding degeneracy, con tinued steadfast, immovable in the truth ; as shining lights when all around were involved in darkness, and were as beacons to warn the presumptuous of their error. But what do those of her children, who thought fit to separate from her communion ?—who preferred the habitation of strangers to their paternal roof ? and the blind ravings of demagogues to the watchful care of an affectionate parent ?—what token of gratitude do they show for the inflexible and victorious opposition to the intrigues of Rome ? Alas ! the cry that is heard from every town and hamlet, and reverberates along our ma jestic hills, is—" Raze it, raze it, even to the ground !" But I must say that such animosity is only shown by the most bigoted and ignorant : those who know least about the Established Church are the loudest in their cry against her. I know, from personal observation, that intelligent dissenters have a regard for our national church ; and where there is a faithful minister in the church, they will gladly attend. As an instance of their willingness, I shall transcribe a short extract from a letter I received from a friend some weeks back. After stating that he had heard the Rev. —, a very excellent minister, lately come to a small village in Wales, he says :—" He has an immense congregation at his church, and the farmers of all Calvin istic persuasions invite him to preach at their houses con tinually. So great is he in the estimation of the Methodist and Old Baptists, that they put off their own meetings when he is preaching near, to hear, as they say, " Y r Efengyl yn cael ei phregethu yn ei phurdeb"—`• the gospel preached in its purity." And I think the corres pondent of last week's Journal had no need to exult so much because the Welsh are mostly dissenters ; for they became dissenters not entirely from choice, but rather through necessity. I fully concur with him that a few stray letters in the newspapers are not sufficient to express the just indigna tion of a whole people, but I want to remind him and others, who seem to be influenced by the same feelings, that so long as - sectarian animosity has the ascendancy amongst us, we can do nothing. Instead of uniting to combat the common fpe, we are troubling ourselves with unnecessary disputations altogether foreign to the subject, which equally concerns all Welshmen. Let all party feeling be put away, and let all Welshmen of whatsoever sect they be, combine to make a tangible, an effectual remonstrance against this stain which has been cast upon them ; a remonstrance that will be felt through the lenßth and breadth. of the land ; a remonstrance that shall:not be quelled till the report of the commissioners upon education in Wales be publicly acknowledged incor vt. Let some of our influential Welsh tnwnqmen come forward, and they shall si Only the first movement i plenty of supporters I shall occupy your space no longer, but with all earnest ness urge the adoption of some plans to this end, and. hoping they will not fail of success, I am, yours, &c. A WELSH CHURCHMAN. COLLEGIATE INSTITL lON CONCERTS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. The directors of the Collegiate Institution have ---ge to give a course of thirty concerts, for the nf * , - , widing a f un d wherpt,i+), +- ass° ,n organ for the lecture-room of that institution. The sixth concert of the course was given last Saturday The selection consisted of Ist, Overture, on the organ, AuLer• ; 2nd, Quintet, " Oh rapt►zre unbounded," Auber ; 3rd, Scena, " Fancy's sketch," Braham ; 4th, Duet, " A Linley ; 6th, Ballad, " Scenes that are brightest," Wallace; 7th, Buffo song, from Cinperella, "Ye tor mentors," Rossini; Bth, Rondo, piano-forte, Thalberg 9th, Rondo, " Non fu sogno," V er di ; 10 t h , Q u i ntet, " When winds breathe soft," Webbe; 11th, Buffo duet, from Cinderella, " Sir, a secret," Rossini ; 12th, Song. " Bay of Biscay," Dibdiu ; 13th, Trio, from the Secret Marriage, "My Lady the Countess," Cinzarosa ; 14th, Song, " Ciascun lo dice," Donizetti ; 15th, Ballad, " The Maypole," ancient English song ; and 16th, Buffo. song, " Robinson Crusoe," Roe. The vocalists were Misses Thornton, Parsons, and' M. 13. Marsh, and Messrs. Rafter, George Buckland, and Henry Buckland. The solo player, conductor, and accompanyist Mr. E. F. Smith. The quintets, Nos. 2 and 10, were taken by all the vocalists, except Miss M. B. Marsh. The quintet, No. 2, was well performed, but that at No. 10 was not so, except by the ladies. The copies sung from by the gentlemen were novel in shape, and, perhaps, questionably correct. Mr. Rafter sang in good glee style ; but the other gentle men might have been better at home, if " When winds breathe soft" had been something approaching the buffo style. Besides, the singers in this glee ought not to at tempt such a performance without the accompaniment, unless the contralto and basso were possessed of voices which might render the remarkable declinations of the key note an affair of little consequence, The comic trio, No. 13, was given deliciously by Misses M. B. Marsh, Thornton, and Parsons. The duet, No. 4, by Misses Thornton and Parsons, was much and deservedly ap plauded. The Messrs. Buckland were completely suc cessful in their comic duet, No. H. Mr. Rafter was successful, too. in the " Picture song," No. 3, and in the " Bay of Biscay," No. 12. This gentleman has a warm toned and an extensive voice, and his enunciation was as clear as can be desired. The songs, No. 5 and 14, were sung by Miss Parsons, and her 'need of praise, evinced by a hearty and repeated applause, left no room to doubt the excellency of her singing. Miss Thornton sang the songs No. 6 and 14. The former was as finely sung as it is finely contrived, and the latter was as archly interpreted as if the singer had been present at an ancient game for kisses. Mr. George Buckland has been considered, by a contemporary, as an imitator of John Parry; and he is so, too, successfully, in the peculiarity of his singing and piano-forte playing. It is true that a good copy is better than an indifferent original. In this way he suc ceeded eminently in his buffo songs, Nos. 7 and 16, and nobody thought him an ass, although he insisted upon it in his song No. 7. The execution of Verdi's Rondo, " Non fu sogno," was entrusted to our young fellow townswoman, Miss M. B. Marsh, who performed her task so well as to elicit one of several encores. It is a song with difficulties, which Miss M. altogether sur mounted, and she had the power to do so more easily if the piano-forte had not been considerably above concert pitch. Mr. E. F. Smith, in his solos, No. 1 and No. 8, as well as in the accompanyments as the conductor, re fleeted great credit upon the choice of the managers. It has already been intimated that there were many encores ; but, if the badness of the weather had not pre vented an attendance commensurate with the laudable object of these concerts, the encores might have extended to four or five pieces which were hushed down. J. M. X. STATE OF MANUFACTURES We extract the following remarks from the monthly circular of Messrs. M'lsrair, Greenhow, and Irving, of Manchester, published on Friday : " An eventful year is rapidly drawing to a close, to be succeeded, we sincerely trust, by one of a more happy and prosperous character for all. A reference to, or recapitu lation of the causes which rendered it so productive of in jury and ruin to many, and to compel it to be regarded as one of the most memorably calamitous commercial years on record, appears to us to be so unnecessary, as they are now so generally well understood and admitted. "Though the market throughout the month has been characterized by excessive gloom and much apparent in activity, the result warrants us, we are happy to say, in expressing our disbelief of any abatement in the feeling of improvement perceptible at the date of our last circular. On the contrary, confidence appears to us to have been materially strengthened, and to have acquired a stability justifying reasonable hopes for a slow but progressive 44. vance to maturity. " Prices of both goods and yarns, which are lower than than they were a a month ago, have again been necessarily very irregular, and regulated in most instances by the po sition of the seller, and the extent of the operations sub mitted to him. Stocks may be considered much about the same as they were at the end of November. Our quotations represent the market value of Bach article as nearly as it can be given. " Production is on the increase, and with it conse quently increased employment for the operatives. There are still, we lament to say, vast numbers totally or parti ally unemployed, a matter much to be regretted, at this season of the year particularly. " More failures have unfortunately taken place, none of them happily to any great extent, but forming collectively considerable liabilities. Though the monetary panic may be considered to be at an end, there is, we fear, consider able suffering to be experienced amongst the smaller class of traders, whom the consequences of the crisis have only recently reached. The demand for goods during the month has been but recently assisted by purchases for the country trade ; a matter which may be readily accounted for, by that to which we have just alluded, the absence of employment in the manufacturing districts, and the with drawal of large sums hitherto in circulation for the pay ment of wages, &c., connected with railway and other undertakings. " Such then briefly is the state of this market at the close of another year. We are not amongst those who anticipate a speedy improvement with the new year. The embarrassment consequent upon the disastrous events of the last few months must necessarily render it slow but progressive. Indeed, until the East India and China trade shall have become again healthful, and the means necessary for the prosecution of legitimate operations with those important markets are available, no really general and decided change fur the better in this district need be anticipated. AN EXAMPLE OF WHIG IRISH LANDLORDISM. The reckless mode in which emigration from Ireland to Great Britain and her colonies has been promoted by landlords and boards of guardians, is tolerably well ap preciated in this locality ; but unless we had been ac quainted with the respectability of the journal in which the facts are made known to us (the Toronto Herald), we should scarcely have been inclined to believe that a statement like the following could have had any other foundation than a maniac's dream or an Irish agitator's peculiar regard for truth. We give the facts from our contemporary's columns and most sincerely trust that they are susceptible of being incorrect, or at the least ex aggerated. The case referred to is a cargo of passengers in the ship Richard Watson, which sailed from Sligo with 169 passengers, and which arrived at Quebec in the be ginning of November. Our contemporary says, taking his facts from the Quebec Mercury of November 11th : " We must premise our sad narrative by stating that these poor creatures were tenants of Lord Palmerston, and sent out by his agent, Mr Smith. The tenants already sent out this year from this nobleman's estate had almost become a bye-word for wretchedness. Of these passengers about one-fourth were males, the remainder women and children ; and we have been assured by a gentleman who saw them when they arrived in port, that a more destitute and helpless set have not come out this year. They were penniless and in rags, without shoes or stockings, and lying upon the bare boards, not having even straw ! When the health officer visited them he saw, among other visible instances of destitution, three poor children—infants, we might say, from their age—sitting on the bare deck, per fectly naked, huddled together shivering ; the only cover ing for the three being a scant piece of blanket thrown over the group ! The mother is a widow, and in rags—not pos sessed of a farthing, and, as we understand, not knowing where to get one. Her youngest child is about two years old. One poor girl (who was sent to the Marine Hospital where seven from the vessel were sent) was so naked she had to be supplied with a garment made from a biscuit bag ! and we have heard from a gentleman who saw her land that this appeared to be her only covering. Some of the men's attire wore no semblance of tailor's work, their shreds being tied together with cord. We have been in formed that not one of the steerage passengers owned a box. The harrowing interest of our too sad narrative is complete when we state that this vessel sailed for Quebec on the 27th September ! These are facts which speak for themselves. They need no comment. The date of sailing itself is sufficiently expressive ; as, in the generality of seasons, the St. Lawrence at the period of their arrival might possibly have been filled with ice, and these poor creatures been subjected to all the chances of shipwreck." This, if true, is really a horrible state of things ; and not one which we should have expected to find her Majesty's Foreign Secretary mixed up in. 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