The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-04 00:00:00

)DRESS ou the FUINIDAMENTAI4 PALMA )N ETA. RY CIRCULATION, embracing use of the Commercial Embarrassments ry and America, with Propositions for the of Trade and Profit in both Conn the Music HALL, BOld-street, on Count] Improv ielivered )AY, at TWO O'CLOCK. • •ADMITTANCE, ls. Lbove Address was lately delivered in the Trades' Hall, e a respectable audience i March, 1842• HEREBY GIVEN, that. a SPECIAL ,RAL MEETING of the LIVERPOOL and STER RAILWAY COMPANY will he held, at Room, in the Exchange Buildings, in , on TUESDAY. tha 15th day of March instant, at clock in the Afternoon, for the purpose of taking into deratioit and deciding upon the course to be pursued —.t to the several proposed lines of communication ch .ter and Leeds R.ilway, and other Railways 'ra ;n Manchester and Salford, namely, the s. Salford, to Hunt's Bank and Saint 'n lanchester, and the south, or new line, , .y Castle Field and Store-street, to the And Leeds Railway Station, in Oldham-road, .ir, and on other special affairs. Dated the first h, 1812. C. W. CLAY, Ranches 11-lane Clerk of the Company ENYON AND LEIGH JUNCTION RAILWAY. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the KENYON and IGH JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY will be I ou WEDNESDAY, the 23d day of March instant, at One ock in the Afternoon, at our Office, in Union-court, ~;le-street, Liverpool, for the purpose of and pursuant he Act of Parliament incorporating the said Company. ted the 3d day of March, 1842. CLAY and SWIFT, Clerks of the Company. 130R0fIGH OF LIVERPOOL. TORN SHAW LEIGH, Esquire, Mayor of the Bo : Liverpool, do hereby publish the following LIST of AUDITORS for the BOROUGH, and of AS ''SSORS for Holding the COURT for REVISING the SS LISTS, with the Mayor, elected by the Bur said Borough, and of ASSESSORS for the said Borough, elected by the Burgesses of respectively, on the first day of March, one ht hundred and forty-two. VA R.DS of the the said W AUDITORS FOR THE BOROUGH, Harmood Banner and Marmaduke Martin ASSESSORS he Court for Revising the Burgess Lists with the Mayor, Thomas Carson and John Yates, the younger. ASSESSORS FOR THE WARDS. Assessors elected. 1 Charles Turton I Wilson Ledger. William Santley For Holdin: erton War John Dixon. John Hardman I Thomas Shaw. j William Bruce Sangster J John Bigham. William Callow I John Fox. Edward Jones I Thomas Mayor. 1 Joseph Bispham Leatherbarrow I Adam Pringle. 1 Thomas Woodcock J Solomon William May. George Francis I Thomas Quirk. Edward Ford . I Thomas Charles Bow. John Atkinson . William Walthew. 1 James Rothwell Cooper I George M'Connell. 1 John Helsby I Garvin Herdman Corless. George Wellbank Wilson f Robert Willan. I Peter Leather . I Thomas Rogerson. Edward Lawson, the younger, . l John Payne, the younger. J. S. LEIGH, Mayor s Ward No. 5, e Ward street Ward No. 7, s Wrd Great George Ward No. 10, No. 11, rrlby Ward N 0.12, treet Ward No. 13, St. An .et Ward Vest Di South Toxteth Ward Toxteth Ward 1-Hall, March 1,1842, SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH 110SPITAL. rpu E Treasurer gratefully acknowledges the receipt of the foillowing additional Donations, and List if Subscribers to this Charity, and at the same time respecttully urges on the Public the necessity of further assistance. _ _ Dona- Subscriptions tions. Received. X s. d. £ s. d 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 7 10 0 5 0 0 50 0 0 21 0 0 21 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 irdson, Parliament-street 10 0 0 nd Co lO 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 w Gregson (additional :on and Smith ditto mes Dempsey .. nnon, Miller and Co ►derson, Garrow and Co iith and Irvine and Chilton Edward C mer (additional 1 1 0 er (additional Francis Egerton ditto 2 2 0 2 2 0 Vaughitu Yates (additional) 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 John Holmes Niers 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 -street and Sous Ann Toulmin 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 105 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 5 5 0 2 2 0 1 / 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 r Petri, 2 5 0 11 lik; MANCI Manch ;win and H ley and others s, jun., Cook-street Walker, Calderstones... 1 and yon Company John P. Heywood ... Samuel H. Thompson Geo. H. Thompson... 14. and G. B. Richardson, Wapping. 3llse Crompton s Nihon, Fairfield , Abbott, St. James's, White, George-street am Newton Aborne Nile-street Barrow, Rodney-street es, Esq , London Dr. Grinirod.... Haselden Pearson Pickard and Trou I Addison P. and N. Littlejohn Edward Griffith .... John 50rt0n........ 3. Mar, P. lioulgrave and Co. (additional) George Withers, Dock-office .... William Rarnsdon D. and C. M'lver Mountfield Lancelot Graham Thotnas Morris . Penny Brothers . F. Huth and Co., Charles Saunders Huddlestone ;e Aspivall .. J. Hig Ln Garr )rge GI Kay Coubrough Coubrough Alexandei s Scott... Griudlay, ser James Scott I Kneeshaw J. G. Oughtersou M. Maxwell 'ham D ....hard Fi iam Chambe dry small sums collected by Mr. Sedmund Chegwin cow. Higgins, sen. Ca550n.......... jamin Platt ..... Ain, Gilmour and Co., in Cowgill (additional) nel Johnston Richardson d Richardson, jun ,es Braun, Everton 30 0 5 0 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 0 keightly Ryan and Co ;den (additional) John Shaw Leigh, Esq - us per J. S. Dalton late Joshua Lace, Esq. 50 0 0 50 0 0 105 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 use Lac f Sefton ler Maxw Maxwell 20 0 0 10 0 0 Grindrod 0 5 0 5 0 0 v. T. Nolan O 5 0 and Co ibacn, 'l,.%.7Oodlands ....... _ zhts, pe,r R• Fisher. ,iverpool Docka 3ith and Co. .. Toxteth-park 'ark Chapel pson, Falkner-street.. per Rev. T. Nolan - ..... Pickersgill and Co. natl. Bowman and Co m Barton ....... ert Burdy Barton. *************** •am , Tongue and Clarke.. . flail and Sons, London ..... tnce of a wager per Jno. G ion jai e * Taylor, Edge-lane ......... and Morris 1 1 0 1 1 0 ....... !t. Donations and Subsc r i pt i ons will be received b y __her of the Committee, Megan, ARTHUR HEYW 00D. and Co., Bankers, and Mr. Joux PLATT, Treat prey, at i;i s o ffice, Parliament -street and Greenland-street. t 7 .1. Standard-office, Three o'clock. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, THIS DAY (From Messrs. R. MAKIN Sr SONS' Circular.) The duty on Rye for the ensuing week is increased to 15s. 6d., on Beans to 21s. 3d., and on Pease to 19s. 9d. per quarter, remaining unchanged upon all other Foreign, as well as upon Colonial produce. We are w ithout any arrivals of Wheat either Coastwise or from Ireland, as nearly so as possible of other grain thence, during the past three days, and we have only a mo derate further quantity of Oatmeal from the latter source. The foreign supply consists of 500 quarters Rye and 8,418 barrels of Flour from the United States, with 3,370 quarters of Wheat from the south of Europe. The proceedings in any branch of the Corn trade , here, be tween Tuesday last and to-day, were almost wholly at a stand ; and at our Corn Exchange, this morning, we expe rienced an exceedingly dull, lingering sale for Grain and Flour of all descriptions. Having scarcely any country! millers in attendance, the transactions in free Wheat were confined to a few limited parcels of Irish and Foreign, merely to serve the temporary wants of needy buyers alone, and those on terms barely equal to the current rates last noted. English and Irish Flour proved very unsaleable, and good brands of Foreign were 6d. per barrel cheaper. Wheat and Flour in bond have met a little inquiry, but without leading to any business worth naming, Barley, Malt, and Beans appeared to command very little notice, and each may be considered the turn lower. Pease were in rather more request at late prices. Oats continuing to exhibit the same dull aspect as before, were rather depressed in value; and Irish Oatmeal receded Gd to is per 240 lb below the reduced currency of Tuesday. ARRIVALS OF CORN. From the Ist to the 3rd March, 1842, inclusine .....2.- I COAST- CANADA' PC/- TOTAL DESCRIPTION. I LAND. WISE. & U.STS. REIGN. I Wheat Qrs. Barley Qrs. Malt Oats Rye Qrs. Beans Pease .. Shelled Barley Indian Corn Rapeseed Qrs. Oatmeal .. .. Loads, 1291 Flom S acks 290 Ditto 4 3370 337 4 0 26 j 126 24 4 • 'ID 500 .50u I 10 1 400 Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise :—Wheat, 32 qrs. ; Oats ; 362 qrs.; Oatmeal, 2999 Ids; Flour, 308 sacks. EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, qrs.; Barley, 1 qr.; Malt, qrs.; Oats, 31 qrs ; Pease, qrs. ; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oat meal, —loads; Flour, sacks, 517 brls.—lreland. Wheat, 229 qrs. ; Barley, 4 qrs. ; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oats, 8 qrs.; Flour, sacks.--Coastwise. Wheat, 145 qrs. ; Barley, qrs.; Malt, 20 qrs. ; Oats, qrs. ; Beans, 2 qrs. ; Rye, qrs. ; Pease, 7 qrs.; Indian Corn, qrs.; Oatmeal, 16 Ids.; Flour, 1 sack, 247 barrels. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Feb: 25, 1842. Wheat 60s. sod. Barley 28s. 6d. Oats.. Igs. Bd. Aye.. 31s. 10d Beans.. 31s. 10d. j Pease.. 335. Id. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat.. 60s. 7d. I Barley 28s. ad. I Oats.. 20s. Od. I Rye.. 365. lid Beans.. 325. I Id. Pease.. 333. gd. Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week. Wheat 265.8 d. I Barley lgs. led. I Oats .. . 165. gd. Rye.. 15s. 6d Beans vs. 3(1. I Pease .. lgs. gd. I Ind. Corn Os. 0(1.I Flourl6s. Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe. Wheat.... ss. od. Barley.. 2s. 6d. I Oats .. 2s. od. I Rye.... 3s. Od. Beans.. 3s. I Pease.. 3s. I Indian Corn.. us. od. I Flour.. 3s. Od. Liverpool Averages, week ending March 1, 1842. I Wheat. 1 Barley. I Oats. I Beans. I Pease. •• 453 250 i ' 186 .. sgs. Id. 34 5 . od. 1 igs. gd. 1 Os. Od. 1 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE FRIDAY, MARCH 4.—Wind N.W., blowing fresh Martha, Murray, from Savanilla at this port William Ackers, Nichol, from Puerto Cabello at this port, sailed 27th January. The Amelia was to sail on the 27th January for Tucacas, to load for this port. The Elizabeth would proceed to Rio de la Hache Actaeon, (steamer,) from Grenada at Puerto Cabello, 26th Jan., with mails from England of 3d January, per Tay, (steamer,) and sailed for Curaco and St Thomas, with mails for England, to be forwarded per Thames (steamer) FRENCH AND ENGLISH IDEAS OF POPULARITY.—The Commerce has the following :—" The Sun announces that the Duke of Wellington and Sir R. Peel were hissed a few days ago on their way to the houses of Parliament. If such a circumstance were to happen in France, people would cry out that the State was tottering. In England, however, it does not produce the slightest sensation." [Certainly not; especially when the character of the parties who hiss is taken into consideration.] ASTERN COUNTIES' RAILWAY COMPANY ATOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the APPRO. , PRIATION of NEW SHARES, under tile Resolu tions passed at the Special General Meeting on the 22d of February last, will be made on the 26th of March instant, to such Proprietors of Shares and Debentures as shall be Re gistered in the Company's Books on Saturday next, the sth day of March, and who shall, on or before the 25th day of March, apply for New Shares in terms of the Circular Letters already issued by the Company. Any Parties tendering Transfers of Shares or Debentures for Registration after the said sth of March, will, in accord ance with the above Resolutions, be excluded from the benefit of the said Appropriation of New Shares. By order of the Board. A. BULKELEY, Secretary. Offices, High-street,_Shoreditch, Ist March, 1842. N.B.—ln a few days Dividend Warrants will be issued to all Shareholders who were Registered in the Company's Books on the9tliqf February last, for payment of the Divi dend of 9s. per Share. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Partnership II lately carried on by us, the undersigned, as Porter, &c. Dealers at Liverpool, under the firm of "Thomas Blackburne and C 0.," was this day dissolved by mutual consent. Wit ness our hands this Ist day of March, 1842. (Signed) THOS. BLACKBURNE. JOHN STRETCH. _ N.B.—All Accounts due to, or owing by, the said Firm, will be received and paid by the said THOMAS BLACKBURNE, who continues to carry on the business, and as Agent for GUINESS and Co.. Dublin. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that by a Deed, dated 111 26th day of February, 18-12, HENRY ROBERT MARCUS, No. 67, Church-street, in Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, Tobacconist, assigned all his estate and effects to James Overend, Merchant, and Wareing Webb, Stationer, both of Liverpool ; and that the said Assignment lies at the Office of Mr. John H. Clementson, Solicitor, No. 6, Castle-street, Liverpool, for the inspection and execution of the creditors, to whom all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment. The STOCK and FIXTURES to be DISPOSED OF, apply to Mr. CLEMENTSON, Castle-street, Liverpool. j PRIESTLEY, CHEMIST, Lord - street , begs particn eft • larly to call the attention of his Friends and the Public to the undermentioned selection of Preparations, compound ed at his Laboratory, a trial of any of which will convince the most sceptical of their decided superiority. THE FLUID EXTRACT OF SARSAPARILLA. In this preparation are concentrated all the Medicinal Pro perties of Sarsaparilla Root. To persons, therefore, who, from various causes, would experience great inconvenience, or with whom it would be utterly impossible to prepare the Compound Decoction, the Fluid Extract, which possesses the advantages of portability and of keeping in any climate, will be found a most desirable mode of employing this much esteemed Medicine. vu Two teaspoonsful of the Fluid Extract, put into a wine glass full of water, makes a preparation equal in strength to half a pint of the Compound Decoction, formerly prescribed by the London, Edinburgh. and Dublin Pharmacopoeias. The diseases in which it has proved most beneficial are those of the Skin; such as Scorbutic Affections, Eruptive Diseases, Secondary Symptoms. &c., arising from a diseased state of the system at large. For removing Blotches, Pim ples, &e. trom the Face, this Medicine has no superior. The extensive use and high reputation of this preparation has led to numerous imitations, disguised by the name of Syrup, Essences, &c. The whole medicinal virtues of the Sarsaparilla consist in its extractive matter, and it possesses no real property in the form of essence, while the. Syrup is injurious to the digestive organs by causing acid fermentation. PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS. Which approach nearer than anything yet discovered to the Chalybeate Waters of Germany. The style of pre paring PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS is peculiar to himself, and combines scientific skill with great accu racy ; and though numbers of people unacquainted with the business, and others, have of late years attempted imita tions, they have invariably been found to be spurious com pounds, neither possessing the agreeable flavour nor the me dicinal properties of the Seidlitz Waters. Sold in Boxes, 2s. each, containing twenty-four Powders, to make one dozen tumbler glasses, and in Tin Cases, 10s. each. The latter are put up in a very eligible form for ex portation, or to use at sea, and will keep any length of time in all climates. VEGETABLE HAIR OIL Is allowed to be an excellent discovery for invigorating and renovating the human Hair. It eradicates the Scurf, nou rishes the Hair, prevents its falling off, produces a most beau tiful natural curl, and gives to artificial hair a peculiar soft ness of texture and luxuriant appearance. Sold in Bottles at Is. 3d. mid 3s. each. VEGETABLE TOOTH POWDER. - - A pleasant Tonic Tooth Powder, which simply removes all tartarous incrustations from the enamel ; and by its peculiar properties preserves that necessary covering.—Sold in Boxes, 2s. 6d. PRIESTLEY'S FURNITURE PASTE For Cleaning and Polishing Furniture without labour or trouble. This paste is used for cleaning and polishing every description of furniture, whatever preparation may have been previously used for that purpose, it adds a high lustre to French polish.—Sold in Pots at ls. each, or 3 pots for 2s. 6d ROYAL LIVER THEATRE, CHCRCH•STREET. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. J. FOGG, BOX BOOK-KEEPER, THIS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 4 th instant , the Entertainments will commence with THE ROVER'S BRIDE; Or, The Buccaneer's Fate. After which, the laughable Inteilude of THE IRISHMAN IN LONDON; Or, The Happy African. To conclude with the Drama, called ROBERT MACAIRE. Tickets and Places for the Public Boxes to be had of Mr. J. FOGG, at the Box Office, from Eleven till Three ; also for the Private Boxes for Full Dress Parties. Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25.: Gallery, 6d. (to which the number will be limited). Second Price.—Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. Doors to open at Half-past Six. Performance to begin at Seven. Second Price at Half-past Eight. FURNITURE OIL, Half-pint Bottles ls., Pint Bottles 1 s. 9d.. Quart Bottles, 3s GENUINE METALLIC LUSTRE This article is recommended to Housekeepers for cleaning all manner of Gold and Silver Plate, Metal Teapots, Pewter Measures, Brass Fenders, Candlesticks , Stair Rods, Brass Plates on Doors, Tin Covers, &c. &c. : with half the usual labour which is generally required with other preparations the above Lustre leaves a beautiful polish on the Metal. It will also be found useful in the Stable department, for clean ing Brass-mounted Carriage, Gig, or Coach Harness.—Sold in Squares' at Gd. and Is. each. ESSENTIAL SALT OF LEMONS. _ . For taking Iron Moulds, Ink Spots, and other Stains, ou of Linen, Muslin, Lace, &c., and for many other useful par. poses.—Price Is. per Box, or three Boxes for 2s. 6d. MUCH ADMIRED ALMOND FLAVOUR. A few drops of this Flavour added to Custards, Puddings, Cakes, Wines, Jellies, &c., communicate a most delicious taste of Almonds.—Sold in Settles, with Directions, ls. 6d. and 3s. CONCENTRATED ESSENCE OF JAMAICA GINGER A teaspoonful may be taken for a dose three times a day in any liquid. Physicians' and Surgeons' Prescriptions carefully prepared. Medicine Chests fitted up for sea. Genuine Drugs and Chemicals. _ . . •• &LA AV,•.•.• An order from persons residing in the country for any a the above preparations, with a remittance or post-office or. der, will meet with immediate attention THIRD EDITION. 1 0 1 0 1 0 TO CORRESPONDENTS If the party who inclosed the " Five reasons why ladies should neglect their household duties to obtain signatures to an Anti-Corn-Law petition," will refer to a late num ber of the Standard, the paragraph inclosed to us will be found therein. " A Stranger " will find his letter anticipated on perusal of this publication. " Oxonian " is quite correct, the man alluded to is an impostor. ERRATUM. — In our notice of the Theatre-Royal in our last, for " sententatious," read " sententious." Ebt Eiberpool tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 4, 1842 We were favoured yesterday with copies of the Guiana Times of the 10th and 14th January, containing six days later news from that colony; and regret to say that the state of affairs which they develope is amply confirmatory of our worst anticipations. We noticed, in our last article upon West Indian affairs, the dissa tisfaction which had been created amongst the working population of British Guiana, and especially by some of the recent immigrants, by the attempt of the planters to reduce the cost of production to the level required to meet the existing price of West Indian produce. This dissatisfaction has not subsided : on the contrary, it appears to have been fomented by the injudicious tone in which the ordinances complained of have been spoken of by the governor of the colony, Mr. Light ; and at length has grown to such a height as to induce that injudicious functionary to declare that no alterna- tive is left to him except that of proposing to the Colo nial Secretary to send back to Sierra Leone, " in some vessel of war, or other conveyance authorised to be procured by her Majesty's government," such immi grants from that colony as have, or imagine that they have, cause of complaint against the planting body. Upon the exparte statements of the labourers them selv es, without the accuracy of those statements being tested by any reference to their employers, the governor has arrived at this determination ; and if such a hasty course is listened to by the Colonial Office, we need scarcely predict that emigration from Sierra Leone, or any other quarter, must he entirely put a stop to, and he ruin of our West Indian colonies sealed without redemption We must confess we scarcely anticipate that Lord Stanley will approve of the conduct pursued through out these unhappy differences by the representative of the Crown in British Guiana, and, least of all, that he will adopt, without some stringent inquiry into the true facts of the case, the step recommended by him. In a recent despatch, his lordship has expressly recognized the necessity, on the part of the planters, to regulate the standard of wages by the value of produce, and repudiated the notion that the immigrant has any right to complain so long as such reductions are not exces sive. " The rate of wages in the West Indies," writes the Colonial Secretary, " is liable to fluctuations, which it is impossible to calculate beforehand, and every im migrant must take his chance of such fluctuations, without any guarantee against the depreciation of the value of his labour." Entertaining these sentiments, therefore we trust that the attention of the government will be directed to the instituting of a scrutiny into the whole difficulties which now present themselves, in this and other colonies, rather than be duped into an implicit belief of the one-sided representations of the governor and his satellites. The question of immigration to the West Indies, under the direct sanction of the government, must now, we think, force itself upon the attention of Lord Stanley. There can be no question as to the unreaso nableness of the course pursued, under the influence of bad councils, by the immigrant labourers of British Guiana; and so long as any governor of that colony has the power of holding out, as a threat, in aid of their extortions, the resort to a step which would as effectually put a stop to all further immigration, the unreasonable tone will be persisted in. Let Lord Stanley concede to our West Indian colonies a similar measure with respect to immigration from Sierra Le one, and other African parts, to that which he deve loped in the House of Commons, on Tuesday night, so ably and satisfactorily, as about to be extended to the planters of the Mauritius, and we venture to pro phesy that in those colonies all will go well, with the immigrants themselves and with the planting body, who will be benefitted by it. Such a measure may re ceive the opposition of a handful of pseudo philanthro pists out of parliament, and of a few gentlemen of the calibre of Mr. Vernon Smith within its doors; but de pend upon it the great majority of the people of Eng land are tired of listening to the absurd twaddle of these very absurd people. The question which presses now• for consideration is, "are our West Indian passessions to be abandoned to progressive and rapid decay ? " And if such a calamity is to he averted, his lordship, we are confident, will not lightly be driven from the adoption of the only measure by which such a consum mation can be secured. The remarks which we offered on Tuesday, upon the position held by the British - manufacturer in fo reign markets, has somewhat ruffled the temper of our oracular contemporary, the Manchester Guardian. We are certainly not heartbroken at this circumstance : " The flesh will quiser where the pincers tear ;" and the world will not fail to draw the conclusion that some deep sore must exist, when so gentle an applica tion of the probe has drawn forth a howl of pain and anger so wild as that uttered on Wednesday by our Manchester contemporary : " We should have thought," writes this apologist of ' the League,' " that with the exception of a few tory country gentlemen in the House of Commons, who are silly enough to swallow any cock-and-bull story that may harmonize with their own prejudices, there was not a single animal walking upon two legs, and calling itself a man, that would receive the statements of Mr. Ferrand, Mr. Oastler, and other worthies of the same stamp, with any other emotion than that of utter contempt. It seems, however, that there are 'people oat-of the House of Commons, and out of Bedlam, who either'berteve, ar affect to believe, that the manufac turers of this country are all either rogues, or so blind to their own interests - as , to make inferior and trashy goods, by which they cannot obtain a profit, when there is at the same time a demand for fabrics of a better character at remuner ating prices. Amongst others, a writer in the LIVERPOOL STANDARD of yesterday undertakes to read the manufactu rers a long lecture on this subject," &c. &c. Not so fast, gentle brother,—not so fast ! Let us just whisper in your ear the fact that there are " ani mals walking on two legs, and calling themselves men," who, nevertheless, do not " receive the state ments of Mr. FERRAND, Mr. OASTLER, and other worthies of the same stamp, with utter contempt ;" and, amongst these " animals," not the most insigni ficant is the man "of gentlemanly habits" who does the dirty business of the league in the columns of the Manchester Guardian. Our contemporary certainly appears, to us and to the world, to view the statements of the gentlemen in question with anything rather than contempt ! He has condescended to get into a passion with them; they have ruffled his "gentlemanly ha bits ;" they have extorted from him a coarseness of tone which is, at the least, very unbecoming; and these effects are not ordinarily produced by things which are in themselves only contemptible. We are quite willing, therefore, to be ranked amongst the " animals " in question, seeing that we have our con- temporary with us. It is said, however, by the Guardian, that " there are people out of the House of Commons and out of Bedlam who believe, or affect to believe, that the ma nufacturers of this country are all either rogues or so blind to their own interests as to make inferior and trashy goods ;" and amongst these people out of Bed lam is classed " a writer in the LIVERPOOL STAND ARD," or, in more courteous and " gentlemanly" terms, the editor of that journal. We beg respectfully to decline the honour intended us by the classification in question. We never said or thought that all th• manufacturers were alike rogues or fools; Mr. Ferranti, we believe, never Aid so ; and Mr. Oastler never said so. Jill this, mreover,. the Guardian knew whai lie imputed such opinions to us and them ; and we leave that shifty lover of the " lie by implication" to rub shoulders with the Rev'. Muggletonian Member for Salford. They are "par nobile fratrunz." But let us see with what arguments or facts the Guardian meets our remarks upon the inferior status of the British manufacturer in foreign markets. We quote from his article at length, premising that the italics are our contemporary's own : " That in the finest qualities of printed calicoes, which require not only very great taste and skill in design, but also a very large amount of manual labour, the Swiss and French have a preference in some markets, no man can deny ; and the present restrictions on the import of food, by increasing the expense of manual labour in this country, seem likely enough to perpetuate that advantage. But every other de scription of cotton goods (with the exception, perhaps, of hosiery) are made in England not only cheaper, but of better quality, than in any other country under the sun. No doubt there are many infeilor goods manufactured here ; but those who desire to have the best qualities may find as many as they want. Now, under these circumstances, supposing that English manufacturers were foolish enough to export goods of wretched quality, by which they get little or nothing, how happens it that merchants—and Liverpool merchants too — should commit the same folly ? Why do not they buy and export better fabrics ? Even if these were not to be pur chased in the ordinary markets, they could be made to order, of any quality required. Why, then, do not those very clever and discerning merchants avoid the error into which the manufacturers fall ? Perhaps when the Standard favours , us with the details which he promises, and which we have great curiosity to see, he will add some explanations on this point." Let us entreat the earnest attention of our readers i to these quibbles of the oracle of the league ! We do not, he says, rank equally with the Swiss or French' .manufacturers in foreign markets. This fact then, which we Contended for, is admitted. In articles which require :" very great taste in skill and design, as well as a very large amount of manual labour," we are excelled by the manufacturers of these countries; and we are told that we shall continue to be so excelled, so long as restrictions on the price of food " increase the expense of manual labour" in Great Britain. After all the shuffling negation of the league, the fact then is here at length allowed to Tome out, that free trade in corn— the grand panacea which is to restore our manufactu ring interest to its former prosperity and to supremacy in every market in the world—is to be effected by a reduction in the price of labour ! We are not told how manufacturing " taste and skill in design" are to be promoted. The free trader contemplates no such te dious steps as would be involved in the attempt to raise the reputation of British fabrics in foreign markets to a level with ,that of our manufacturing competitors ; but openly proclaims to the world that the course which he contemplates is the reduction of the price of manufacturing labour to the continental level, to enable him to acquire—not superior excellence—not superior fabric of beauty or design—but CHEAPNESS ! The native agriculture of Great Britain is to be laid in ruins—not to increase the comforts of the manufactu ring labourer —not to introduce into his wretched home a greater quantity of food, as the reward of his inces sant toil—but to enable the millocrat of the league to screw down the money amount of wages, and to deluge the markets of the world with his cheap and trashy commodities ! Our contemporary tells us that goods are made in England (excluding the finest printed calicoes) " not only cheaper but of better quality than in any other country under the sun." We perfectly agree with him ; and the reason why these cheapest and best goods do not sell is because we also manufacture goods in trinsically,dearer and worse in quality than those of any other country. Our contemporary admits this fact. He is not ignorant of the flour paste and china clay frauds practised upon the foreign buyer of our goods ; and it is therefore a piece of gratuitous inso why Liverpool merchants are lence, in him, to ask, found expOrting these rascally compositions of plaster, in preference to the best descriptions of manufactures ? The reason is palpable. We cannot in any foreign market realise the value of the best description of Bri tish manufactures. The very name which th e y b ear is a hindrance to their acceptation by the best classes of consumers; and the merchant who would be mad enough to attempt their introduction, although he might perhaps, in tithe, succeed in overcoming the corn petition of the foreign manufacturer, would, with too great certainty, be elbowed at every step by the un principled venders o f British trash, whose fraudulent practices are rife in every market. We bear through out the world a tainted name. We have the reputation of dealing in miserable rags; and until that reputation is cleansed (and it w ill take years of self-denying ho nesty to effect it) we shall never be able to take up that position in the markets of the world which honest traders would wish to occupy. We shall not fail to favour the Guardian with the promised details about which he affects to feel so ear nest a longing, although, perhaps, when we have done so he will scarcely thank . us. In the meantime, may we request of him to mend his temper ? The Liverpool Times has always especially prided himself in the extent of his information upon econo mical and commercial questions. With all the myste ries and intricacies of foreign tariffs and commercial policy—with all the secret opinions, even, of foreign governments upon commercial questions—our sage contemporary imagines himself to be perfectly and exclusively acquainted ; and his readers, who, being only the wise ones of the world, are lamentably few in number, have, we dare say, often wondered why so manifest a Solon was not treading in the footsteps of a Canning or a Huskisson—illuminating the darkness of the Board of Trade or the Foreign Office, instead of wasting his vast stores of knowledge upon the obtuse inhabitants of the banks of the Mersey. Of late, however, some doubts have come over us with respect to the quality and source of our learned brother's wisdom. We have doubted whether he was Minerva herself or only. Minerva's bird ; whether he was himself the fertile source of the light which he shed abroad, or only a dispenser of the borrowed com modity—a sort of tin reflector of the lamp of some other philosopher—a crammed repeater of some other sage's profundities. The last publication of our con temporary has converted doubt upon this point into certainty ; and the painful task devolves upon us of exposing to the world the cheat which has been so long practised upon its credulity. . . In a lengthy article, on Tuesday last, upon the sub ject of " Sir Howard Douglas's maiden speech," the Times has succeeded in crowding within the space of three-quarters of a column a greater quantity of con ceited insolence and sheer ignorance than was ever be fore accomplished by any journalist in ten times the compass. Upon the insolence and conceit in question we have at present, however, no intention of remarking at any length. The inflation of the small journalist, who presumes to prate about the " ignorance and folly of the honourable and gallant member for Liverpool," with respect to matters of international policy, is too close an imitation of the frog in the fable to need any other castigation than has already been bestowei upon it by the fabulist. We shall confine ourselves, there fore, to the task of holding up to the observation of the public one rare specimen of his profound ignorance of the subject upon which he professes to be an especial luminary. There is no question upon which more has been said of late by the organs of the anti -monopoly party, and by our contemporary in particular, than the effect of our present commercial system upon the fiscal policy of the United States. Sir Howard 'Douglas, as have other men before him, doubts strongly whether any alteration of our import duties would have the effect of inducing the government of the United States to reduce their present almost prbhibitory tariff upon our manufactures. On the occasion which has drawn forth our contemporary's pert remarks Sir Howard " asserted (very truly)" says the Times, " that the peo ple of the United States were anxiously looking to the course which England would take; informed the house (very unnecessarily) that the Americans would not reduce their duties lower, which is likely enough to be true, seeing that an ad valorem duty of twenty per cent. is all that remains," &c. Could the world, we ask, have believed that a journalist in the port of Liverpool, professedly conversant in all the details of its foreign commerce, and especially in those of its vast trade with America, would give utterance to an assertion displaying such amazing ignorance ? Would any man have ima- gined that the utterer of such a piecp stupidity could be the commercial philosopher of the .Liecrpool Times? " An ad valoron duty of 20 per cent is all" the duty which the American tariffimposes upon foreign imports! In pity we must endeavour to throw a little light upon our benighted contemporary with respect to this matter. At the present moment the duty upon plain cotton goods, imposed by Mr. Clay's tariff act of 1833; is 25 per cent. upon an assumed value of 30 cents the sqp.are yard, which in practice is equal to about 40 per cent., allowing for the progressive deductions for which that act provides. Upon the average of plain and printed cottons, the average duty is probably 30 per cent.; upon woollen goods the average duty, originally 50 per cent., is now reduced to 29 ; upon rod, sheet, hoop, &c. iron, 47 9- ; upon mixed manufactures of cotton and silk, cotton and stuff, or cotton and linen, the cotton duty ; upon wearing apparel, 29 per cent. ; and, by a more recent enactment, the lowest ad-valorem duty has been raised to 20 per cent. It is true that, on the 30th of June in the present . year, these duties (unless legislation upon the subject should take place in the meantime) are to be reduced to a uniform rate of 20 per cent. apparently ; but in practice no such happy consummation for our com merce is anticipated. The mode of valuation for duty after the 30th June, with the cash payment of du ties and other regulations, are fully expected to add at least 10 or 15 per cent. to this nominal duty of 20 per cent., giving still a protection to the Ameri can manufacturer, including freight and shipping charges, of 40 to 50 per cent. as against the manufac turers of other countries. We stated, in our last notice of the state of trade in this district, that the Manchester market had displayed some symptoms of amendment; and we added as an " on dit," which we have since the best authority for believing to be a strict fact, that " many orders were at that moment in the market, the holders of which only waited until agitation had subsided to operate freely." This passage the Manchester Guardian—who, we are happy to see, pays great attention to anything which falls from us—has, in his last publication, orna mented with all the graces of italics and notes of ad miration. The conclusion, however, which he draws from it is not quite so logical as he seems to think it, " We cannot help expressing our admiration," writes the Guardian, " for the philanthropy displayed by the parties who hold orders, which at present, if we may believe our Liverpool contemporary, they abstain from executing, because, owing to the movements of the League, the price of goods is too low !" With all due deference to our sapient contemporary, our remarks are not at all susceptible, except by a very uncandid or ignorant reader, of being interpreted as they have been by the Guardian. We believe that, above all other things, a merchant dislikes to operate in an un, steady market ; and it is not at all because prices are at present " too low" in Manchester that the parties to whom we alluded do not execute their orders, but because, whilst the " Leaguers" continue their present course of agitation, and our contemporary his present croakings, there is no satisfactory assurance that they will not be even lower ! • Our contemporary may imagine that the world is prepared to take its views of the state of affairs in the Manchester market from his atrabilious effusions, and that we have no means of acquiring information, and no right to express an opinion upon the subject. Upon this matter, however, we, and others as well, hold a different opinion ; and we can assure him besides, that he is quite in error if he supposes that he can be per mitted to blink the truth, to subserve the purposes of the League agitation or his own interested journalism. The public is pretty well acquainted with the.capabili ties and the morale of the Manchester Guardian. LOCAL NEWS. ALTCAR SCHOOLS, &c.—We have learned, with great plea sure, that the Earl of Sefton has recently built two excellent schools at Altcar, to be used as Sunday and day schools, and that his lordship has also, unasked, assisted the parishioners to repair and improve their church, Her Majesty's packet Medusa picked up the crew of the Adeiphi, a Welsh sloop, laden with slates from Beaumaris, which foundered in sight of the Medusa, during her passage to Dublin. CONVEYANCE OF THE Mmt.s.—The estimates for the contract packet service amount, for the years 1842-3, to £421,929, being an increase of £188,590 over those of the previous year. This arises chiefly from' the contract for the conveyance of mails to the West Indies, which is taken at £240,00. There is an addition also of £20,000 for the con veyance of mails by steam from Liverpool to Halifax and Boston and Quebec; the total mount for thatbeing £BO,OOO. The following are the other principal contrapts :—For con veying the mails from London to Rotterdam and Mnillinrg, £17,000 ; to Gibraltar and the intermediate places, £29,600; Alexandria, £34,000 ; and from Liverpool to Kingston, Ire land, £9,000. FIGHTING TAILORS.—On Tuesday last, at the Police court, Samuel Barnett and Michael Hannan, two respectable looking young men, were called, and they presented them selves before the bench. They had been out on bail.—The police-officer on duty in Oldhall-street stated, that on the preceding day he found the prisoners fighting in Oldhall street,,—Mr. Rushton: What are you ?—Barnett and Han nan : We are tailors, sir.—Mr. Rushton : Oh ! I know : a number of you tailors bare been fighting for twelve months past.--Barnett : It was a piivato quarrel, sir, which we thought we would settle amicably, sir, by fight4ig it out, when the officer interrupted us. All differences amongst us 4ro now settled, sir, and if you.will look over this, we shall never fight any more.—Mr. Rushton : I have had great trouble with you men, and now I am determined to put a stop to these disgraceful proceedings. The public are not to be an noyed by your absurd quarrels. You must each pay a fine of 40s and costs, or be imprisoned one month ; and the next time you so offend I will make you find bail. - SINGULAR OCCURRENCE AT A (...7ENTLEU4N'S HOUSE IN RODNEY-STREET. — WhiIe the family were sitting at dinner, on Sunday evening, they were suddenly greatly alarmed at seeing a large volume of fire bursting into the room, and im mediately afterwards they perceived a large bird flapping its wings in the midst of the flames. It appears that a pigeon must, by some accident, have got into the top of the chimney, and, in its passage down to the grate, collected a great quan tity of soot, which suddenly igniting (for there was a good fire burning at the time), caused an explosion, and tweed a large column of fire into the room, which extended nearly to the table. It was very fortunate no one was sitting on that side, or serious consequences might have ensued. The lady of the house had herself a most providential escape ; for, not feel ing quite well, she left her seat, and stood for some time be fore the fire. and she had scarcely returned one minute to the table before the accident happened. It is frightful to con template the awful situation she would have been in, enve loped in such a body of flames, without the slightest warning. The family were obliged to leave the room directly, and every thing on the table was completely spoiled. The poor bird was alive when taken out of the grate, but every particle of its feathers was burnt off. The reflection of the flame was seen by the servants who were sitting in the kitchen below, the window shutter not being closed. THE LoNg LOST PRESIDENT. — II iS supposed, form the following extract from the log book of the brig Poul try, Capt. James Moult, of Baltimore, that the hull of this long lost steamer has at last been seen. " July 21, 11 a.m., lat. 40 '2l N., long. 39 17 W., from New York for SMyrna, passed a large piece of wreck, sixty feet long, thirty or forty wide, and looked like the broadside of a steam-boat. It ap peared to be part of the main-channels, having four dead eves, with turned mouldings, and long flat iron straps. Her hull was black, with a broad wide streak, and large painted black ports. There was a bight of a hawser over a piece of wood, apparently part of the guards." The ill-fated Presi dent was seen both here and in Liverpool by the chief mate of the Poultney, and he unhesitatingly says that the wreck passed was part of that steam-ship. Every thing about the wrek plainly showed, from their great size and manufacture, that they belonged not to any merchant vessel or man-of-war, but to a large steamer. We think as the mate does on this point, and believe the wreck seen to have been that of the unfortunate, ill-starred President.—New York Herald, Feb. Sth.—[lt will be seen from our United States intelligence that the stern boat and some other things belonging to this ill-fated vessel have been picked up,] ST. DAVID'S DAY.—The loyal inhabitants of the princi pality celebrated the anniversary of their patron saint with their usual enthusiasm. The proceedings were commenced by a sermon at St. David's Church, on Sunday last, by the Rev. John Jones, M.A., of St. Andrew's Church, for the benefit of the Welch schools in this town. On Tuesday, early in the morning, the interesting subjects of the charity and their parents showed the value they had of the advan tages of a scriptural education, by congregating at the doors of the different school-rooms to witness the proceedings. At a quarter before eleven, the directors and friends of the schools, accompanied by the members of the Ancient Britons' Friendly Society, with their handsome flags, and some highly respectable members of the Cambrian Friendly Society, and the St. David's Friendly Society, went in procession, with the children of the schools, to St. David's Church. We were greatly delighted with the cleanly and orderly be haviour of the children, which reflected great credit on the superintendents, the visiters, and instructors of the schools. The services in church were wholly in the Ancient British language ; the prayers were read in a distinct and impressive manner by the Rev. Robert Davies, M.A., the minister of St. David's Church, and a most excellent, energetic, and valuable sermon was delivered by the Reverend Henry Jones, M.A., vicar of Northop, Flintshire, who took for his text, Luke 13th chapter, 6th, 7th, Bth, and 9th verses. The sub ject was the parable of the fruitless fig tree, which the Rev. gentleman ably and impressively applied to the object of the day's proceedings. After the service, the directors, their friends, and the subscribers to the schools, returned in pro cession with the children to the large school-room, when an examination of the scholars took place, which was conducted by the Rev. Robert Davies. The satisfaction derived from the acquirements of the children was very marked. James Aspinall, Esq., the president for the year, occupied the chair. At the close of the examination, Thomas Jones, one of the senior boys, delivered an appropriate speech, expressive of the gratitude of the children for the benefits they derived from a scriptural education. After the business of the day was concluded, the directors and friends of the charity par. took of a cold collation, to which they were admitted by ticket. The arrangements were under the superintendence of Mr. Edwards, of the Wellington-rooms, and were con ducted with very great taste. During the refreshments, several loyal and appropriate toasts were given ; and when the toast of the day, " Albert, Prince of Wales," was given, a select number of the girls of the school were introduced, who sung an appropriate hymn. Several interesting speeches were delivered, and after spending a most agreeable after the company separated, highly gratified with the whole proceedings of the day. NEW PATENTa.—Amoygst the patents sealed last month is one of Mr. C. W. Williams, of this town, for certain im provements in the making and moulding cf bricks, artificial fuel, and other substances. One to H. F. Broadwood, Esq. of London, for an improvement in that part of a piano-forte harpsichord, or other the like instrument commonly called the name board; and one to Adderley Willcocks Sleigh, K.T.S., of Manchester, captain in her most faithful majesty's service, for a certain method or certain methods of effecting and forming sheltered floating harbours of safety, by the em ployment of certain buoyant sea barriers, applicable thereto, and which said improvements are also applicable to and useful for the formation of breakwaters, floating bridges, lighthouses, and beacons ; the 'protection of pier -heads, em bankments, and for other similar purposes. PRESCRIBING DRUGGISTS.—ANOTHER CHILD KILLED BY AN OVER DOSE OF NARCOTIC POISON.—On Monday an inquest was held before P. F. Curry, Esq., coroner for this borough, on view of the body of Emma Cain, an infant of three months old. Jane Cain, wife of Matthew Cain, and mother of the deceased, said, they lived in Gillon-place, Duckenfield-street. On Thursday last the deceased was not very well, and had been so for a week, her bowels being a little disordered ; and she went to the shop of Mr. O'Gor than, a druggist, in Brownlow-hill, and asked for a penny worth of paregoric, which he gave her. She asked him what quantity she should give, and told him the child's age. He said she might give her ten drops, or from that to twenty. She gave her about half a tea-spoonful, which she put into a cup. She did not drop it, but poured it out. Next day the deceased did not appear to be any better, and remained so up to Saturday night, when she gave her the remainder of the paregoric, and she fell asleep, She slept a little more than an hour, and when she awoke she gave her the breast. She fell asleep again, and about eight the same night witness ob served a change in the deceased, and became alarmed, and took her to Mr. King, who keeps a druggist's shop in Brown low-hill, who gave her some medicine, but she gradually got worse until seven o'clock on Sunday morning, when she died. Mr. Burrows was called to the deceased, and remained with her about three hours before she died, and used such means to recover her as he considered proper, but without avail. The deceased was a healthy child.—Mr. John Burrows, sur- peon, said he was called to- deceased on Sunday morning, and found her labouring under stertorous breathing, and evidently suffering from some narcotic. He used every means to re store her, but without avail, and she died the same morning, he had no doubt from the effects of narcotic. He considered twenty drops of narcotic too strong for a child of the age of the deceased, but did not think that quantity would produce death. He thought a large dose must have been given.— Thomas Dobson Walker, an apprentice to Mr. O'Gorman, said he had been about two years and a half with him. He remembered the mother coming to the shop, and asking for a pennyworth of paregoric. Miss O'Gorman served her. ' The paregoric was put into a cup. He was asked what quantity was to be given to the child, and he told her from ten to twenty drops. There was about two drachms given to her.—The Coroner, in addressing _the jury, said it was a lamentable fact that a great num ber of children lost their lives by druggists taking upon themselves to prescribe for them. 'lf chlfdren were ill, as in this case, with griping, it would be well for mothers in the first instance to give them a little castor oil, and, if that had not the desired effect, to call in a medical man. If they had not the means of paying, they might readily find profes sional assistance gratuitously at one or other of the charities; besides which, there were many private practitioners always willing to give their aid to the necessitous, He knew of no means of putting a stop to the praetlpp of dreggists prescri bing dangerous mediCines, but the efforts of the press in cautioning them not to do so themselves or through their servants. They had, indeed, no more right to do so than any one present in that room. He then alluded to several cases of fatality which load fallen within his jurisdiction, and particularly to a recent one in which a person had called at a Mr. Sheldon's, a druggist, and Mrs. Sheldon had prescribed 60 drops of laudamsm for a child ! Druggists were autho rised to sell medicines, but not to prescribe the quantity to be given, which few of them understood, There could be no doubt but death was in this instance caused by the admi nistration of a narcotic poison in too great quantities; but the mother, whose act it was, was alone legally responsible, and he could not see how the jury could meet the case other wise than by a verdict of " chance-medley" against her, which he explained to be only a shade removed from " man slaughter."-ssThe jury, finding they had no power in this case to inflict a penalty, returned a Fi3i4mt: acCOrtlitlgly of "chance medley" against the mother, adding a presentment expressive of their just indignation at the conduct of the druggist. One of the jury said, that if the case could have been legally brought home to the latter, he for one should have stood out for a verdict of manslaughter against him.—Mr. Burrows expressed a wish that something would be legislatively done to put a stop to the practice, inasmuch as he and his profes sional brethren were frequently called on in the most painful cases arising out of it, and generally.found their efforts to restore the snfferers nnavailinss—The coroner concgrred and, after he had addressed g tea'vtqw.44 to the be reaved mother, who had doubtless acted from ignorance, the parties left the court. SMUGGLING.—Thomas Boyer, an old man, was placed at the bar of the' Police-court, on Tuesday, charged with having conveyed certain cigars, &c., from the New York packet ship Sheridan. Police-officer No, 77, stated that the pris Kilter was carrying the trunk produced in a eart from the packet-ship Sheridan. He went to him, and asked him what it contained. He replied that it contained clothes, and that it had been passed by the Custom-house officer. He (the police-officer) requested him to open it, but he refused, say ing it was all right, and pointing to the customs' mark on it. There'were certain initials on it indicating that it had been passed by the tidewaiter on board, bot he (the officer) was not satisfied, and he requested that the trunk might be opened for his inspection, The custom-house officer came from the ship and told him that he must be satisfied, for it was all right. The steward of the Sheridan also told him the same; but he told them in return that he would not be satis fied unless the box were opened for him to examine the con tents. This was refused, upon which he took the box into his custody, and conveyed it to the police station, where it was opened by Mr. Superintendent Quick. John Bellingo ley, the tidewaiter who had spoken to the officer, said when he examined the trunk it contained only a few articles of wearing apparel. Mr. tiplf said the trunk when:} found to contain l 0 bs. of cigars, 11 bOttles Or Brandy, and three parcels of tea. The captain of the Sheridan said the steward had absconded. He had never seen the cigars before. The brandy and tea had probably been stolen from the stores. Mr. Rushton remanded both the prisoner and the custom-house officer until this day, (Friday,) to enable him to lay the evidence before the Board of Customs. CnAssciss OF E i stpazLEssENT.—James Brown, a respecta ble-looking young man, was placed before Mr. Rushton, on Saturday last, charged with having embezzled certain moneys belonging to Mr. Timothy Gibbins, nail manufacturer. It appeared, from the evidence, that the prisoner was a clerk in the service of Mr, gibbing, and that he had eellected from Messrs. Garnett and Libby. whq 4eqlt with gibbins, two sums amounting to .4:27 35. Od!, and from Messrs. Troughton and Lyon £24. Mr. Wardle, who appeared for the prisoner, asked Mr. Gibbins if steps had not beenrtaken to compromise the matter. Mr. Gibbins replied, " No;" but he had received a latter from the prisoner. Mr. War die : " Produce that letter." Mr. Gibbins handed a letter to the magistrate, saying it contained an admission of the crime. Mr. Wardle : "In consequence of that letter did you not communicate with your attorney ?" Mr. Gibbins: "No, not till after." Mr. Wardle : " Was it not arranged that you were to have a mortgage on certain property of his in Cheshire?" Mr. Gibbins " No." Mr. Wardle: " Re collect that I have a gentleman by me who was present in the Attorney's office when the arrangement was made. Was there no arrangement made fora mortgage?" Mr. Gibbins : "No." Mr. 'Wardle . Was not a copy of a will left with your attorney for the purpose of satisfying him as to the title to the property ?" Mr. Gibbins : " Yes : it remains there still." Mr. Wardle: "And was the will left for the purpose of proving the title to the property ?" Mr. Gibbins : " I am not aware." Mr. Wardle : " What was the sum which he was to pay you ?" Mr. Gibbons : " One hundred and twenty pounds. Mr. Wardle : " Was that all ?" Mr. .Gibbins : " Yes." Mr. Wardle : " Why, sir, is the sum not named in the letter? pid yop pot ask for £135 Gibbins : " Yes ; but—" Mr. Rushton : You have a right to explain anything you think proper." Mr. Gibbins : " The officer and I were put to certain expenses in going to Green ock and Glasgow to endeavour to find the prisoner, and I charged these expenses." Mr. Wardle : " You required £l2O from the prisoner to satisfy you for the money which you said he held, and the remainder for expenses." ` Mr. gibbins " Yes." Mr. Rushton : " Did you claim for the whole as a debt ?" Mr. Gibbins " N 0 .,, Mr. Rushton : "In what shape did you claim this money ?" Mr. Gibbins: " His wife called frequently at my office, and begged that I would not proceed. I told her that I could do nothing in it ; that I was determined to prosecute him. She called so many times, and his mother called also, that, at last, I told them to go to my attorney, and see if they could say something satisfactory." Mr. Rushton : " Was the application an offer of money, and a request for forgiveness ?" Mr. Gib bins : " Yes!' Mr. Rushton : " And ycti referred them to the attorney ?" Mr. Gibbins : "Yes.' Mr. Rushton : " And did anything further take place ?', " No." Mr. Rushton : " How came the will in possession of your attor ney ?" Mr. Gibbins : " They had consulted with him." Mr. Rushton : " In consequence of what took - place at hi s office, had you consented to the mortgage?" Mr. Gibbins : " Not myself." Mr. Rushton : " Had you authorized your attorney to do so." Mr. Gibbins : "Yes." Mr. Rushton ordered the prisoner to be discharged, exhorting him to be careful as to his future conduct, as Le had escaped merely through the course adopted by Mr. Gibbins. AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE FOR MARCH.—If No. 1. had a brilliant start, the present Number will ensure this new Periodical a triumphant march. There is in it every element of success and long life. Mr. Ainsworth's story of the " Miser's Daughter" will, perhaps, become more universally attractive than any of his already popular romances. These chapters bring new characters in scenes of astonishing vivid ness and power, which Cruikshank has illustrated with un exampled effect. The Abbey-Cloister scene is very fine, and the other steel engraving teems with character. Another distinguished novelist, Mr. G. P. R. James, has opened in this work a Romance of the Reign of King John, called '"The Fight of the Fiddlers ;" it will rank with the most popular of his fictions. But what shall we say to the ac count of Strawberry Hill, which occupies many pages, and boasts Ten Illustrations? Happy Horace Walpole! Al though his far-famed retreat be doomed to the hammer, and will speedily disappear, be mast look down with delight upon this delineation of its riches, beauties, and wonders. All must read this, whether they visit the scene or not. This Number is rich in varieties, from its Proverbial Philosophy, by Mr. M. F. Tupper, to the broad farce of the Virginny Pirate, by Uncle Sam. Captain Medwin has an amusing Chapter on Beards ; Mr. W. F. Ainsworth, a startling ad venture on the Banks of the Euphrates ; Miss Pardoe, a whimsical contest relative to a Sofa at Sea; Mr. Oilier, a curious story of a Gravedigger. There are verses by Laman Blanchard, C.S., John Oxenford, and others. At the Li brary Table we hear discussions on Music, the Theatres, and the genius of Tony Johannot. The Lady's Page is aptly followed by the " Gentleman's Tiger," who, as drawn by Cruikshank, must become a prodigious favourite. The Number is first-rate in all respects. A GANG OF PICKPOCKETS.—At the police-office on Tues day last, five ill-looking fellows, who gave their names Wm. Thompson, James Lynch, George Thomas, Thomas Rawson, and Joseph Jackson, were placed at the bar, charged with having picked the pocket of Mary Orme. Mrs. Orme stated, that about half-past six o'clock she was passing along Oldhall-street from the house of a friend whom she had been visiting, when a young man passed her, and told her to take care, for she was well watched. She 'did not under stand what was meant, and took no notice of what was said, She observed, however, that there were several men about. Shortly afterwards another came to her, and told her that her pocket was picked. She felt in her pocket, and missed her purse, containing a sovereign and a half, some silver, and a ring set with crystals. She had seen the prisoner Lynch push past her. She knew him because he was pock marked, and he wore a black and red handkerchief. Wm. Thomas, tailor, stated that he saw the complainant and another lady passing along Oldhall-street. His attention was attracted by several men, eight or ten, who pressed be hind her in a cluster. He saw the pock-marked man (Lynch) lift up the corner of her shawl. He (witness) passed her and told her she was watched, and he then fell behind. Lynch also fell behind, and asked him what he was looking at. He did not choose to answer, but went away to look for a policeman. l i e saw Lynch put his hand into th e com plainant's pocket, and the others clustered round him so as to cover him. He could swear to the prisoner, George Thomas, as being one of the number. Police-officer Maguire apprehended the prisoner; he knew them to be desperate thieves. Lynch and Thomas were committed for trial, and the others were liberated with an admonition from Mr. Rushton, either to amend their ways or leave Liverpool, as the eyes of the officers were upon them. Mr, Leigh, the mayor of Liverpool, who is already reported to be the richest commoner in England, has, during the last month, received an accession of fortune under the will of some old lady, who lived somewhere at the south end of that town.—Morairay Herald.—[We believe the lady here alluded to is Miss Banister, of Upper Parliament-street, who died very recently.] INTERMENT OF THE DEAD.-011 Wednesday week, petition was presented to the House of Commons, by Mr. A. Walker, on the subject of interments in large towns, and praying the House to appoint a committee, for the purpose of instituting a full, and searching inquiry, into the condition of the burial places of the United kingdom. Such committee has been' appointed to sit on Wednesday. Mr Walker is well known to have taken a long, and - deep interest in this sub ject, and to have written upon it several effective works, some of which have appeaed in our columns. REFUSALS TO TAKE AN OATH.—The practice of refusing to be sworn in a court of justice is now becoming extremely common, and reluctant witnesses appear to think that they have nothing more to do than object to take an oath, and their difficulty is overcome. We are glad to see, however, that these gentlemen do not always escape as they readily appear to wish. On Tuesday, a witness at the police-court, in this town, refused to be sworn, though he gave way after an admonition from Mr. Rushton. He stated that he at tended the Mariners' Church, and that according to the in struction which he there received, he could not conscienti ously take an oath. This, we apprehend, must be a mistake, and we are rather inclined to the belief that the place of wor ship which the witness has been in the habit of attending will prove to be the Floating Chapel. At the Hertford as sizes at present holding, two witnesses were very summarily committed to prison by Mr. Baron Gurney for refusing to be sworn before the grand jury. They were unable to offer an reason for their refusal, and the learned judge, therefore, acted most judiciously in making an example of era. FEMALE POLITICIANS. — A very proper Reproof to. tho• LADIES of the Anti-Corn Law League. — Two of these fair and free traders received a very suitable reproof, upon hawk, ing their petitions for signature, a few days back, The lads of a house, in 'Windsor-street, upon being asked to sign the petition, replied, " Will you step in, ladies, and wait un til I run up stairs." Upon returning down. with a pair of breeches in.each hand, she replied, " Perhaps, ladies, these may be useful to you in your perambulations, and while you are putting them on I will take into consideration the pro, priety of signing the petition." SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS.—The Edinburgh S'londard, one of the leading Scottish papers, thus speaks of the address of Sir H. Douglas on Mr. Villiers's motion for a total repeal of the corn-laws. Our contemporary only alludes to the speeches on Thursday evening, the closing night of the de bate :—" The first speech of any importance was that of Sir " Howard Douglas, the member for Liverpool, who on this "occasion proved himself not only possessed of great stores " of knowledge, but to be well acquainted with the sort of "speech which would tell in parliament., Sir Howard di " rected his chief attention to the doctrine of reciprocity, "which he exposed with consummate ability. The corn " law repealers insist that other countries would follow our "example in taking off restrictive or protective duties, and " yet the fact stares them in the face, that although we admit " American cotton, the Yankees almost exclude our mann- " factured goods from their market, Sir Howard Douglas " has proved himself a speaker of great taot and ability, and " will prove a valuablo addition to the conservative ranks." FNLoNv.-,,At the Police-court yesterday, a man named Charles Young, was brought to the bar, on a charge of steal.. ing a quantity of rope. William Barton, a police cnosttahlo, stated that about half-past seven o'clock on Wednesda)t evening be was on duty in Kitchen-street s. when ha was 10,-. formed that three men were going saspiooc i sly along the street with ropes. He pursued theca, and found a coil of rope in Kitchen-street. Hp then went up a passage in that street, and found tba prisoner with three other coils. as asked him where be was going, and he replied that lie was going home. He next inquired where he had 244 the co'ils, and he said a man had given them to him Zia parry, but on, being further questioned, he said he cctuiii 110 tel who the man was. Yesterday morning w4ness discovered the owner. Mr. Whitely, captain of the brig cherub, lying in tha, Queen's Dock ; cold one of the owners of that vessel, scud that on Wednesday afternoon he had the rope coiled up, and placed in Mr. Russell's yard, bottom of Kitchen-street ; and that be saw it there about three o'clock same afternewan‘ The prisoner said that a man had salted him to carry the coils for him. He was ectramitted for trial. EXCeLLENT MUSTARD.—This is an article which is rarely met with in a state to give satisfactian. We have used that, however, prepared by Messrs. Hope and Wheeler, of this town, and advertised in another column. The quality of this is most superior, and after what we hays been in the habit of using, it is gratifying to meet with that which does not deceive the palate. The pecnliar flavour of the gennine Durham is preserved ; whilst several 2l2iectionable feattm•esof that powder arc not met with here. We recommend 011 whq are aruciOu§ to try the pure unadulterated seed to Panke an experiment 'of t)lii HALIFAX STEAMERS,--71 , 70 of the tinlifax steamships the Britannia and Caledonia, havn isc.en this week put into the Queen's Graving 13104, We observe the vessels belong ing to this line Andeigo frequent inspection there, that no. thing may be left undone that may contribute to safety, Our nautical readers will be gratified by a look at tho Cale. donian's bottom, as she now lies dry. We understand that not a shadow of straining or twisting is to be seen, it is matter of considerable interest among shipbuilders and othcor judges that these steamers, @Tat as is their length, show less straining tba.n any other class of shipping that has done hard worii, TItE4TRE ROVAL.—Mr. Thorburne, whose first appear ance at this theatre we noticed in our last, reappeared last night as logo, to Mr. Brooke's Othello. His third per formance will be to-night, when his benefit will take place. From the very promising appearance of the box sheet there is no doubt that the house will be well and fashionably at, tended. The play selected is " The Wife," in which Mr, Thorburne peronates St. Pierre: we append the following ays, posite remarks from a contemp orar y, quite agreeing with him Benefits were originally designed as opportunities for tUo public to testify tbeir appreOation of the merits of the can didates for their favour, and as Mr. Thorburne, like the younger Vandenboff, is a gentleman of respectability and education, who has left one of the learned professions for another were taste and learning are the chief requisites to success, on the supposition that the British people are dis criminative and generous, and will not be slow to reward the adventurer of talent and character. He is moreover a towns man, who is held in general esteem by all to whom he is known, and we trust that on this occasion he will be encouraged to persevere in the arduous profession which he has adopted, and stimulated to improvement. He has thrown physic to tbp dogs, staked his life upon the cast, and we hope the hazard of the die will be in his favour, EXAMINATIO OF t SIIIPMASTERS.—A bill is now before parliament, Under charge of Captain Fitzroy, m . .p. for Dur ham, w hi c h has for its object the examination of masters and Mates, and a certification by qualified persons of their fitness for their duties before they are allowed to enter on them. The business of examination is proposed to be done by boards of examinators, one of which boards will sit at the following ports—London, Liverpool, Bristol, Newcastle, Hull, Dublin, Leith, and Glasgow—and to consist of three, or (in London) four experienced seamen, who will be exami ners, a secretary (in London) and a clerk, or a clerk only ; of which examiners aforesaid one shall have commanded a ves sel, or vessels in the merchant service, at least seven years, and shall have been in the Pacific and Indian oceans—ano ther shall have been at least seven years in the coasting trade of Great Britain. and shall have commanded a vessel or ves sels, in the merchant service, at least seven years—another of the said examiners shall have commanded a steam vessel or steam-vessels, at least three years, and also shall have been four years at sea in a sailing vessel or vessels, and another—, who shall be the principal examiner=shall have a competent knowledge of theoretical as well as practical navigation, and shall have been at least seven years. Power is given to the Trinity House to reject any member elected in the foregoing ports, by the s hi powners, as an exam i nator, T he 14th clause gives the power to the Trinity House to appoint and alter at their own will and pleasure the nature and the examinations in " seamanship, navigation, and general professional know, ledge." The remuneration to he given to examiners is as follows :—To the principal examiner, £4OO per annum ; first London examiner, £3OO ; second, £250; third, £250 ; se cretary, £500; clerk, £l5O. At Liverpool and Glasgow respectively ;—To the first examiner, £250 per annum ; second, £l5O ; third, £l5O ; clerk, £lOO, And at the other five boards respectively, namely, Bristol, Newcastle, Hull, Leith, and Dublin i—To the first examiner, £2OO per annum ; second, £100; third, £100; clerk, £BO. COMMITMENT FOIL AN INTENT TO COMMIT FELONY.— Yesterday, at the Police -court, a man named James Owens was placed before Mr. Rushton under the following circum stances. Ann Saville stated that she was in the service of Mr. Thomas Lake, who keeps the Commercial Tavern, Can ning-place ; and that on Wednesday evening, between eight and nine o'clock, while she was returning down stairs from the upper rooms of the house with a lighted candle, she went into bed-room No. 9, and there found the prisoner, lying between some boxes there deposited. She asked what he was doing there, and received no answer. She immediately closed the room door, and called Mr. Lake, who, with others, came up, and the prisoner was secured. Mr. Lake said that he found the prisoner there when lie was called up ; that the door of the room was not kept locked; and that nothing ap peared to be amiss with the locks and drawers. Police-officer George M`Kenzie said he was called in, and, on finding the prisoner in the room, took him to Bridewell. The prisoner was there searched by Mr. George Greaves, who found upon him ten skeleton keys, a picklock, and a putty knife, which he produced. Yesterday morning he went to the house, tried the locks, and found that he could lock and unlock three of the rooms with the keys. The prisoner said in his defence that he had neither damaged nor removed anything. He was committed for trial at the sessions. CURIOUS CASE RELATIVE TO THE DETENTION OF A SHIP'S REGISTER AND OTHER DOCUMENTS. -At the Police-court on Wednesday, Capt. Wyles, of the brig Mary, appeared, by summons, before Mi. Rushton, to answer the complaint of the owner of the vessel, Mr. Morrison, rope manufacturer and ship-chandler. The latter stated that the captain detained, and refused to deliver up the register of the ship, and other documents, and called upon the magi strate to compel him to produce them. The defendant stated that he had navigated the vessel out - to Lisbon and home ; that his claim for wages (amounting to about £l6), was refused by Mr. Morrison, and that he had retained thp papers as a security for the liquidation of his claim. H e vilui prepared to produce the papers on his demand being satisfied. Mr. Rushton said that any person wilfully detaining a vessel's register from the owners was liable to be fined £lOO, or, in default of payment of that penalty, to be imprisoned for six months. He did not, however, wish to construe the act so strictly in this case, wherein a claim for wages was pre ferred, as to leave the defendant in such a condition as might render it difficult for him to prosecute that claim; and he accordingly postponed the further hearing of the case until yesterday, on the documents being laid before him, he should be enabled to judge of the validity of the captain's claim. The parties accordingly again appeared in court yes terday. The owner of the vessel said that all the documents he required had not yet been rendered.; he had received only two accounts of disbursements for the vessel at Lisbon, and wanted vouchers for the whole expenditure : the register was also still detained. The defendant said that he had handed over to Mr. Morrison all the vouchers which he had received, and all that were necessary to be produced for so short a voyage. He had also submitted his books, in which all particulars were stated ; and it was not his fault if Mr. Morrison had declined to copy them. Some conversation then took place relative to the carpenters' bill, which the captain said he had paid out of a sum of £lB he had received at Lisbon. Mr. Morrison said he had certainly received a book made up by the captain, but he knew that several of the accounts in it were overcharged. He called the .nate of the vessel, who said that only sixteen pounds of sugar was received on board, and it appeared that forty pounds were charged for by the captain. The latter did not 'cross-ques tion this witness, but protested that the accounts were correct, and that the contrary was not proved. Mr. Rush ton said, that feeling the hardship of the defendant's case, with reference to his wages, he had postponed the final hear t ing of the case; and without entering into it further, he must now convict the defendant in the penalty stated, or, in defult, put him into gaol, unless he gave up the register, which he recommended he should do, so that a settlement might be come to between the parties. The defendant might sue for his wages if he thought proper, for with regard to the captain's, he (Mr. R.) had no jurisdiction in such matters, The defendant finding that he would otherwise be taken into custody, delivered up the register, vehemently remarking to the complainant, " It will do him no good ! I am robbed! I am the third captain he has robbed in the same way!" Mr. Rushton said he must sue for his wages. The defen dant said it would be of no use to sue such a man, and left the court,