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Wral A M `LE-bttl LIND MA ?ARAI BLINI GAI Writte WIRE BLINDS Pai BARGAINS ! !! SELLING BY PRIVATE TREATY, FOR A FEW DAYS LONGER, AT GLASGOW HOUSE, Woolfield's celebrated Ladies' Work Boxes, Dressing Cases, Portable Desks, Tea Caddies, Glass Lustres, Fancy Goods, Dressing Cases, Roll-up-Pouches, Envelope and Paper Cases, snlendid Lustres above a and Chimney Ornaments; a splendid Assortment of Mache Work, Hand Screens, Card Racks, Port' Caddies, Envelope Cases, Inkstand third under the usual prices. Sp l Caddies. Portfolios czc. &c., at least one lendid Tortoiseshell Tea GLASGOW HOUSE, 3, CHURCH-STREET, corner of Basnett•street THE ORIGINAL NEW AND OLD BOOK STORE, No. 54, WATERLOO-PL .CE, CHURCH-STREET, JHOWELL begs to inform his numerous Friends and • the Public, that he has purchased from the Assignee of Mr. Adam Clarke Baynes, the GOODWILL of the BUSI NESS, so long established on the above Premises. J. H has removed from Dale-street, and having constantly in Stock a great variety of New and Old BOOKS, on Di vinity and every other department of Literature, at exceed ingly Lew Prices, he hopes to merit a continuance of that patronage and support which have hitherto signalised his ex- ertions Libraries and small C ections of Old Books Purchased or taken in Exchange 54, Waterloo-place, January, 1813 RETIRING FROM BUSINESS OPTICAL MATHEMATICAL. AND PHILOSOPHI CAL INSTRUMENTS, SPECTACLES, &c. &c. Air EDWARD DAVIS, OPTICIAN, &c.. 65, BOLD-STREET. LIVERPOOL, -' _ _ — . _ teful thanks to his kind Friends upport he has received since his and most respectfplly informs RETURNS his most for the distingnishe establishment in Liverpoc them, that having determined on declining business, he otters for Sale, at very Reduced Prices, the whole of his valuable STOCK of APPARATUS and SPECTACLE" It was his wish to have continued in Bnsi younger Brother could have undertaken it ant bein to devote the required time ana attention, ne nas cous.uL-icu it advisable to retire at once, leaving it to his Brother to Stle len time and further experience shall have duly ceed him qualified him He begs a observe that the same syst establish or bled him, in a comparatively short tim the largest businesses in Liverpool, will end. It is desirable that all accounts for andagainst be prompt! settled. ___ ____ _____ _ _ __ e pursued to tL The PREMISES to be LET PROMOLI and HAUSBURG respectfully announce the completion and arrangement of their SPLENDID STOCK OF CHANDELIERS, LAMPS, &c., FOR THE PRESENT SEASON, IN ENGLISH AND FOREIGN BRONZE,. -MOLU, CHINA, GLASS, &c. &c. y FOR GAS, OIL, AND CAND ES, And having devoted every exertion to rendeFthe assortment worthy the attention of their Friends, they venture to rely upon being honoured with the same distinguished patronage which has hitherto marked their progress.: TWO LIGHT SLIDING CHANDELIERS, with Water Joint, (ALL CAST,) with Socket Ball Joint, Burners and Glasses fitted complete, .10,1 THREE LIGHT DITTO, DTTO, (ALL CAST,) with Socket and Ball Joint, Burners, Glass Holders, and Glasses, Measuring, Fitting to re quired height, and Fixing, complete . . . . GAS CHANDELIERS, upon the best construc tion, and of first-rate workmanship, (ALL CAST,) beautifully finished, with Sockets and Ball Joints, patent Argand Burners, Glasses, and Chimneys, and fixed complete: THREE LIGHTS FOUR DITTO And no to . . - • -------- • HALL LAMPS, ETRUSCAN, Fitted complete, from . . • - • • • ******* FULL-SIZED LAMP PILLARS, from . . . SOLAR LAMP HEADS, for BURNING COMMON MWm, with Dome Chimney, and Wicks complete 20 s. each ILLER'S PATENT LAMP HEADS, with £5 108 6 10 60 0 15s. each 10s. each Dome and Chimney complete . . . : . . 20s. each. PALMER'S PATENT CANDLE LAMP. PATENT SOHO LAMPS, for Burning Candles without Fully impressed with the necessity for perfect security against accidents, P. and H. trust, by the production of SUPERIOR CHANDELIERS at exceedingly Moderate Prices, to supersede the very imperfect articles lately intro duced into Liverpool. To remove the (1=" quality of the Oil in general use, P. and H. have undertaken the supply of the ies arising solely from the inferior NEW PATENT OIL, In Sealed Caw, at 4s. 6d. per Gallon, by the use of which, the satisfactory performance of the Lamps will be ensured ; and, as a rise in the price will take place shortly, they venture to suggest the early transmission of orders. _ _ _ PROMOLI and HAUSBURG, OLD POSTOFFICE BUILDINGS RECENT events have awakened so general a feeling of the momentous importance of securing a protection from fire to Dee4s, Records, MSS., Books and Papers o f Accompt, Cash, Gunpowder , and all Combustible Materials, that THOMAS MILNER and SON feel excused in again inviting public notice to their PATENT FIRE RESISTING DEPOSITORIES. Having submitted their one-chambered Boxes, of one inch in thickness , to Severe trials in the prin .. cipal towns, they have received from the a ut horis , st satisfactory certificates of t' teir effwiency for ordi- asuatties se of experiment, iara and thickness at, under suif6 odificati peculiar principle Patent is capa ding security under severest ordeal likely to occur in calam, respectfully solicit the consideration of g in mechanical science to the ar' es of the kind crPntlemen interested bject generally, and investiga- tion into the pretensions of the various means of use, their own amongst the rest. M. and S. are prepared to submit their manufacture public trial with any others of equal dimensions, whilst their comparatively moderate cost renders them extensively avail able. security in The Certificate of the satisfactory trial of their Boxes in Liverpool bears the signatures of the following gentlemen, to whom permission of reference is kindly given : THOMAS BOLTON, Esq. (ex-Mayor.) JOHN SHAW LEIGH, Esq. (ex-Mayor.) Sir THOMAS BRANCKER. BARTHOLOMEW PRESCOT, Esq. L. GRAHAM, Esq. R. FRonsHam, Esq. WM. STOCK, Esq. S. WOODS, jun., Esq. In addition to the above, Milner and Son draw attention to the following statements : A trial of Milner's Patent Fire Resisting Safes and Boxes having been announced by cards, issued to 500 of the scien tific and principal gentlemen of Dublin, which was adjourned from the Royal Dublin Society's premises, on account of alterations in progress thereon, took place at the Rotund() Gardens, October 7th, 1842. The fire. consisting of half a ton of coals, and fifty to sixty feet of wood and kindling, was lighted at one o'clock, with. a box and powder safe, filled with papers, &c., in the centre. The whole were examined by the gentlemen present, whose signatures on the certificate were placed inside. Sir John Kingston James kindly conducted the proceed ngs, and locked the box. At two o'clock, at Dr. Meyler's suggestion, a large sugar hogshead, with both ends knocked out, was placed over the top of the fire, which, quickly ig niting, caused a very fierce draught, and produced intense heat on the tops of the boxes, which were seen through the opening crevices of the burning cask most severely exposed. A little before th ree o'clock, Dr. Meyler, with whom the keys had been left by Sir John Kingston James, opened the box, and its contents, including several parchments with seals attached, were found to be perfectly safe. At half-past four o'clock the Powder Safe was taken out and opened, and the inner cell, with its contents, were still unaffected by the heat. It was again replaced in the fire of red coke, and kept in until six p.m. ; when taken out, after five hours' trial. al though the outer cell was red hot, the inner one and contents, on being opened, in the presence of Joshua Abel, Esq.. H Richardson, Esq., M.D. , Messrs. Thosand, Gardiner Trouton, &c., were still as fresh and perfect as when place( in the fire. We declare our satisfaction with the result o these experiments, and our confidence in the perfect efficienc: of this principle for the preservation of all combustible ma terials in ordinary fires. (Sift) JOHN KINGSTON JAMES, (Bart.) Cavendish WM. FARRAN , _ Abbey-str eet , t (SIR.) THOS. M'KENNY, (B ar. , ) Fitzwilliam-street, JAMES SHERIDAN, Churc h-street, JOSHUA ABEL, 27, Eustace-street, ROBERT KANE, M.D., Professor, Royal Dublin SOCif ROBERT H UNT, Crampton Q uay, - ANTHONY MEYLER, M.D (SIR) EDWARD STANLEY THOMAS GRIER, ISAAC M. D'OmER, Gov. of the Bank of Ireland, P. Wzr.soN, (SIR) TOLER OSB Regis OßNE, trar, Royal Dahli a s ociety, RICHARD PURDY, C. H. MINCHIN, A.M. JOHN DOYLE, ROBERT LEECH, M.D. JOHN Lovett, Architect, Was. M. BENSON, GEORGE DAVIES. Committee o f manufacturers, Royal Dublin so c i e t y.— RESOL VED, —That having carefully examined the Fire.pr Safes, produc ed b y Messrs. Milner and So n , and witnessed their application to powerful and continued fi-- men d them as articles of appraved utility. EDWARD STANLEY, Chairrna We recom- 12th October, 1842. Messrs. Thos. Milner & Son, Office, Commercial-building:. Oct. 24, 18.12 , Gentlemen, —At the late fire which consumed my ware houses, I regret to info rm y ou that my Deeds, Papers, and Account Books, which were deposited in two Iron Safes, m ade by -- of Du blin, were completely reduced to ashes, Th e i n consenience and loss occasioned to me is very great. 4s I have now no faith whatever in Iron Fire-proof Safes Cat least so styled,) I am induced to purchase your Fire-prooi Boxes which have been so strongly tested. I am, Gentlemen, your humble servant, RICHARD G. HICKS. P.S.—Please send me a No. 10, with drawers, and No. 1, for deeds Hamburgh,29lh .August, 1842. Joe Test of MILNER and SON'S (of Liverpool) PA ENT FIRE-PROOF SAFETY BOXES, took place on Grassbroke, near the Elbe, this afternoon ; Are, the undersigned, having been present during the whole e of the above, feel p leasure in! expressing our conviction ;n all cases of casual and ordinary --ith papers, circulars, books, and Mr. Wenden, the repre ' watch inside ; the whole •esent, and were locked Admiralitatistrasse." ;even cwt. of coal, and vood, oaken slabs, and other coin superintendence of Mr. Thomp ,undry Iron Works. The Box , flowed to remain for one hour -hie!' time it was of a while d respecting the watch :fectly safe, and going a true as when deposited—„aole contents were also pre served, ncluding he document on whish this eertifisate is !ct secnrit of their pert fires. The Box Bleekc Is of s f upwa ierable quaff and - a ha ariosity was ex DU op e ning the NOTICE ) 1 11;rf ty IRELAND hislarge and valt STOCK OF F s them Goods ( if not much ch stantly SELLING OFF H. G. I Cussian Envelopes Fur Coats, Foot-saA Ditto;Muti Parties visiting the Canicias t OD Dort' Travelling Boots an excel or pro' H. G. I. has just completed an CARDINALS, CARDINAL BOAS, or VICTORINI &c. Parties will find this an excellent opportunity of pro- viding Lad sine Ar. own Skins a s Establ made up ery short time by Workmen of FROM LONDON, are allowed to attend to that c Who al Cleanings, Alterations, and Repairs, as ujual NICHOLS° • MOVAI ) announce STREET thanks to his Friends f spectfully solic 'rom Church-street to No polite Cook-street,) and tenders his grateful their kind support, and most re- shment, I be wanting s its continuance in his new Estahi ing them that no exertion o s part sli o deserve it ed, a supply of London Beaver and French Silk HATS 38, CASTLE-STREET, 30th December, 1842 PROTESTANT PATRONAG THE SUPPORTERS of CHURCH and' STATE (es pecially those of the Brotherhood) will find a hearty and friendly welcome at Mr. HOLDEN'S, NELSON'S TAVERN, LEIGH-STREET. CORNS, BUNIONS, &c SGUTTNIAN, from Berlin, begs leave to announce to • the Nobility, Gentry, and other Inhabitants of Liver pool and the vicinity, that he extracts :CORNS and BUNIONS, without the slightest pain or inconvenience; and he has also an effective REMEDY for CHILBLAINS and CHAPPED HANDS. He has numerous testimonials from most respectable inhabitants of Liverpool and the neighbourhood, which he will be happy to show to all re quiring the exercise of his skill I his S.G. takes this opportunity of re thanks to those who ha rning his most sincere e favoured him with their su during the last eighteen months. May be consulted from 11 to 12 in the Morning, and from 2 to 5 in the Afternoon. 41, Pleasant-street, near Clarence-street. MR. COCKLE S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS, PATRONISED BY THE Duke of Grafton Duke of Manchester Duke of Bedford Duke of Argill Duke of Beaufort Duke of Rutland Duke of Marlborough Bishop of El Bishop of Gloucester Bishop of Chichester Bishop of Worcester Duke of Buccleuch Duke of Devonshire Duke of Sutherland Marquis of Lansdowne Marquis of Normanby Marquis of Ailesbury Marquis of Winch, Marquis of Abercorn Earl of Eldon Earl of Harrowby Earl of Minto Bishop of Hereford Bishop of St. Asaph Bishop of Bangor Bishop of Llandaff Bishop of Calcutta Rt : Hon. J. A. Murray, Lord Advocate of Scc t. Hon. R. C. Fergusson, M.P. Judge Advocate Ge- Hon. Sir Edward Cust,K.C.H Hon. Colonel Anson, M.P. Earl of Carnarvon Earl of Kinnoul Earl of Errol Earl of Mountcashel Earl of Darlington Earl of Guildford Earl of Scarborough Earl of Oxford Earl of Thanet Earl of Athlone Earl of Roscommon Earl Cowper Earl Amherst Hon. Fox Maule, M.P. Admiral Sir D. Gould, G.C.B Sir Henry Wheatley, G.C.H. Sir J. Macdonald, K.C.B. Adj. General ir Thomas Dyer, Bart. ir Francis Burdett, Bart, M.P. Earl of Leicester Sir Gerard Noel, Bart., N. Sir Robert Grant, Bart. Sir Henry Blake, Bart. Sir Samuel Fludyer, Bart. Sir Robert Buxton, Bart. Sir John Forbes, Bart. Earl of Gainsborough Viscount Melbourne Viscount Palmerston Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart. Sir Philip B.V. Broke, K. C.B Sir John Tyrrell, Bart. Viscount II owick Viscount Fordwich Viscount Torrington Viscount Acheson Viscount Alford Lord Arundel Lord Hill Lord Plunket Lord Murray Lord K Sir Henry Smyth, Bart, M.P. Sir Matthew Wood,Bart,M.P Sir John de Beauvoir, Bart. Sir Thomas B. Mash Sir Thos. Wilde,M.P.Sol.Gen Sir Frederick Pollock, M.P. J. Wildman, Esq., Chilham Castle Colonel Tynte, M.P. Colonel Stbthorp, M.P Lord Bentinck Lord Fitzroy Lord Middleton Lord Frederick Gordon Lord Willoi Col.Delap,Stoke Park, Surrey Col. Bence, Thorington Hall Colonel Cowell )v d'Eresb Lord Ha Lord Re( Lord Seymc Captain Pechell, M.P. Matthias Attwood, Esq.,M.P Alderman Thompson, M.P. Charles Walker, Esq., M.P. Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, M.P. Mr. Sergeant Ludlow Lord Hartland Lord Western Lord Sydenham Lord Archbishop of Arma Ven.Archdeacon of Colchester Ven.Archdeacon ofSt.AI ban's Rev. Dr. Benson Rev. Dr. Birch Bishop - of Chester Robert Renwick, Esq. M.D. Bishop of Bath and Wells C. Waddy, Esq., late M.P., Bishop of Norwich , Dublin Bishop of Salis hop of P. And nurr John Hatchell, Esq., Dublin, s of the highest reap, Mr. COCKLE, SURGEON, has Minh pleasure in laying before his friends and the public, Mr. ABERNETHY'S ESTIMATION of his Antibilious Pills, extracted from a Letter which that gentleman addressed to him in the year 1824 : ment of the functiol with a torpid state of both local opportunities Df witness hat importa greatly influence the sec g their al effects. They m of bile, and-act with certainty them a without occasioning pain or irritation. I consid most excellent family aperient medicine, and may be taken at all times v They are prepared by Mr. JAMES COCKLE, Surgeon Extra ordinary to Her Serene Highness the late LANDGRAVINE of HESSE HOMBURG, and may be had of all respectable Medi cine Venders, in boxes, at 13. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. NOTICE Let it be especially observed, that those Pills only are genuine which have the name " JAMES COCKLE, APOTHE CARY," in white letters, engraved on the Government Stamp. This mark of authenticity will protect the Public against any dangerous and deleterious imitation. ls, New Ormond-street, Bedford-row, London Just published, the 12th edition Sold by T. Newton, 16 and 29, Church-street, Liverpool, Price 45., and sent free to any part of the kingdom on receipt of a Postoffice Order for 55., THE SILENT FRIEND; a Medical Work, on noxious Debility, and Disorders arising from an ImpurtvState of the Blood, embellished with Engravings, representing the deleterious effects of Mercury on the Skin, by Eruptions on the Head, Face, and Body; followed by Observations on Marriage. By R. L. PERRY and Cb.eConsulting Sur geons, LONDON and BIRMINGHAM,' Published by the Authors, and sold by St ran ge, Paternoster-row ; Wilson, 18, Bishopgate-street ; Purkin, Compton-street, Soho; Jackson a n d C o ., 130, New Bond-street, London ; Buckton, 50, Briggate, Leeds ; Steward, Oldham-street, and Courier-office, Manchester; and by all Booksellers in town and country. - The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is a gentle stimulant and renovator of the impaired functions of life, and is, therefore, calculated to afford decided relief to those who have fallen into a state of chronic debility. In such persons the appetite is generally defective, and the relish of life is almost subdued ; they are wanting in that activity of mind and energy of conduct which their affairs require; and partly from conscious weakness, partly from excessive appre hensions, are liable to sink despondently into a premature grave. It is for these that Messrs. PERRY and Co., Surgeons, particularly designed their CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM. Whatever enriches the blood, without inflaming it ; what ever braces without stimulating too violently the nervous system ; whatever frees and disburdens the viscera and other important organs ; whatever resolves obstructions, and throws off viscid humours ; whatever strengthens the general habit, and brings back the muscular fibres to their natural and healthy tone ; whatever is calculated to produce in a considerable degree all or any of these effects, must be, under certain modifications and restrictions, equally adapted to every species of decay. Hence, though the Cordial Balm of Syriacum makes a direct attack upon the many-headed hydra in one quarter only, it will be found to apply indirectly or collaterally, to almost every other; in short, the debility of nature can be completely reinstated by this excellent me dicine, for its reanimating powers exceed almost credibility ; • .1, stimulating balsamic stomachic qualities—its )f the blood—and, above all, the complete invi te nervous system, whereby the whole faculties e restored to their proper power and functions, and the fallen fabric of life is raised up to beautY, consistency, and duration, upon the ruins of an emaciated and premature decay, to sound and pristine health. its tine, ric purification As nothing can be better adapted to help and nourish the constitution, so there is nothing more generally acknow ledged to be peculiarly efficacious in all inward wastings, loss of appetite, indigestion, depression of spirits, trembling or shaking of the hands or.limbs, obstinate cough, shortness of breath, or consumptive habits. It possesses wonderful efficacy in all cases of syphilis, fits, head-ache, weakness, heaviness and lowness of spirits, dimness of sight, confused thoughts, wanderings of the mind, vapours, and melancholy ; and all kinds of hysteric complaints are gradually removed by its use. Constitutions relaxed, weak, or decayed, in men or women, are under its immediate influence. Old coughs, asthmas, and consumptive habits are soon relieved, and speedily cured. Poverty of blood, and emaciated limbs, will, ere long, meet the happiest change ; the chill, watery fluid will become rich and balsamic, and the limbs be covered with flesh. firm and healthy. Sold in Bottles, price Ils. each, or the quantity of four in one Bottle for 335., by which one Ils. Bottle is saved. Messrs. PERRY expect, when consulted by letter, the usual fee of one pound, without which no notice whatever can be taken of the communication (postage pre-paid.) PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIPIC PILLS, Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and Ils. per box, Warranted not to contain Copaiba, Culiebs. or Mercury. Are of the utmost importance to those afflicted with Scor butic Affections, Eruptions in any part of the body, Ulcera tions or Scrofulous Taint. Pimp, &c., being justly calculated - Ise the blood from all foulness, counteract every morbid affection, and restore weak and emaciated constitutions to health and vigour. s. Perry and Co., Surgeons, may be consulted, as 1. at No. 9, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, and rs from t in the E from El s required from a country patient, id Co. to give such advice as will a permanent and effectual cure, all other means have proved ineffectual. B.—Country Druggists, Booksellers, Patent Medicine .1 tin One personal and every other shopkeeper can he supplied with iny quantity of Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, and Cordial am, with the usual allowance to the Trade, by most of the principal Wholesale Patent Medicine Houses in London. Balm of Syr 31d, Wholesale, by Messrs. EVANS and Co., Druggist Lord-street, Liverpool. LITHOGRAPHY. I'VrACLURE, MACDONALD, and MACGREGOR, IV". LITHOGRAPHERS, DRAUGHTSMEN, and ORNAMEN TAL PrtINTERS,I Brunswick-street, Liverpool, beg to inform ENGINEERS, SURVEYORS, and OTHERS, that they have fitted up the largest Litho.greOthic Printing Machines in Liverpool, for producing, in a masterly style, Plans, Sur veys, Src., (S I T., for Parliament, or any description of work, on the most enlarged scale ; that they command, at all times, the services of Artists of the . first talent, in every depart ment of their profession, and being themselves practical men, and their own superintendents, they are thereby enabled to produce in their establishment every description of Litho graphy, of which their multifarious art is capable, in the most limited time, and in a style not surpassed by any house in Britain. M. M. and M. invite an inspection of their Specimens, and, at the same time, warmly tender their thanks to their numerous supporters, for the patronage vouchsafed them since their establishment in Liverpool. They frequently have had occasion to express their sense of the high prefer ence shown them, but at no time more so than the pres( nt, when a rapidly increasing business has called for a still fur ther extension of Premises. Maps ; Plans ; Charts ; Chalk, Tint, and Line Drawings ; Circulars; Shipping; Business, Marriage, and Visiting Cards; Bills of Lading and Exchange; and Mercantile Forms of every description. Colour Printing, &c. Lithographic Establishment, 1, Brunswick-street, Liverpool, 2d Jan., 1843. Copies of " QUEEN VICTORIA IN SCOTLAND," Lithographed by Maclure and Co., to be had at Mr. WAREING WEBB'S, Castle-street, and of M. M. and M. (One interest.) WRECK OF THE STEAMER MONK, NEAR CARNA R VON-TWENTY (OR MORE) LIVES LOST. We regret to state that the steamer Monk, belongin4 to this port, and recently placed on the station between it and Carnarvon, was totally lost on the night of Saturday last, on the north bar of the latter port ; and that at least twenty, if not more individuals, (for the accounts as yet received differ on this point,) perished by the disaster. The follow- ing announcement of the melancholy fact was posted a Underwriters'-room, and the Exchange-room, soon afte 12 o'clock yesterday, and may be considered authentic so fa as could be ascertained at the time : " The Monk (steamer) from Portynllaen to this port, with pigs and butter, was lost during a heavy gale on Saturday air-way uoy, Uarnaryou- Four men saved themselves in their (the vessel's) boat; two men were saved by the life-boat ; and the remaining twenty persons who were on board perished, owing to the heavy sea washing over them. The two men alluded to were saved by the ex ertions of Captain Jones, of the smack Diligence, who, on seeing the signal-lights of distress in the steamer, imme diately obtained a horse, and galloped several miles for the life-boat--succeeded in mustering a crew, and was alongside the wreck in a very short time. The sea was running very high, and it was only by great exertions that the two men were saved." We have been favoured by Mr. Jones, Master of the Ex change Newsroom, with the original letter addressed to him by Captain Jones, of the Diligence, who exerted himself in so praiseworthy a manner. It corroborates the facts stated : " Newborn', near Carnarvon, Jan. 81h, 1842. "SIR,—I beg of you to announce the loss of the steamer Monk, bound from Portynllaen to Liverpool, with 140 pigs, 2 fat cows. and £6OO worth of butter, and by which twenty lives were lost. Seeing her lights on Saturday night, I went down early in the morning, for the purpose of rendering some assistance. I went on horseback near the wreck, and, to my , saw persons moving on it. I immediately galloped surprise upwarus or ruree roues Tor the nre-noat, and 1 n 1 crew, and went on board, and saved two persons le sea running high, it was impossible to get them out. On Saturday night (when she struck) four saved themselves by coming ashore in the boat. The place where the vessel stranded was opposite the Fair-Way Buoy, inside of Carnarvon Bar. The captain threw himself over board, when the life-boat was in sight, thinking to swim astiore, but prim We picked him up on board the life-boat, quite dead, ami the body is now lying in our church, waiting an inquest. I am, Sir, &e., your humble servant, JOHN JONES The editor sterday 'es a letter wit Dated on Sunday Ir. N. Paynter, of Carnarvon, and also It gives the number of those who perished riter, after stating that the Skimmer, the Vale, nd the Snowdon (steamers of this port) had all experienced be effects of the gale, but without loss, and that the first steamer had got aground, and would be neaped, says "It has been awfully otherwise with the Monk. In re turning from Portdinllaen yesterday, she struck on the North Bank, about six o'clock, being nearly low water at the time. The engine immediately became disabled, and she stuck fast. They shortly after, being apprehensive of danger, showed lights and burnt a tar barrel as signals to the Llanddwyn life-boat, but she having been at Carnarvon yesterday, the crew were in returning obliged to leave her at Abermenai, so that when the signals were observed, and an attempt was made to reach the vessel, it was found impossible to do so against a strong flood tide and head wind, and the melan choly consequence was, that the vessel going to pieces, 22 or 24 persons perished, and only six were saved. The pigs, cows, butter and wreck are strewed about the Straits. Four of those saved got into a small punt, about two hours after she struck ; and, though they were once capsized, even tually got safe o❑ shore. Two others were saved this morn ing,,on part of the wreck, by the life-boat. The body of Captain Hughes is, as yet, the only one found. He jumped overboard to endeavour to swim ashore, although the Life-boat was seen, and was overpowered, after getting into shallow water scarcely sufficient to cover him, and was, at the time, on his hands and knees, most probably in a state of insensibility. I believe he had no person on board ac quainted with the bar. Perhaps you wilLhave inquiries about the circumstance. I give you the names of those saved. PER SHIP'S BOAT .... Mr. Owen Williams, Gafall y g am , w h o is now with me Thomas Davies, Portdinllaen, father to little Tom Vale. Hugh Jones, engineer. Thomas Jones, Cair dur. PER LIFE- BO AT. Griffith Jones Ellis, driver to Mr. 0. Williams. William Owen, Bodlas. Among those drowned is a son of Mr. James, the officer of Portdinllaen, and Mr. Matthew James, master of a large vessel belonging to Liverpool." The Monk was formerly a river boat, plying between Liverpool and Monk's Ferry, and was, we learn, recently purchased by Captain Andrew Jones and others, for the Welsh trade in stock and passengers. It is stated that a considerable number of the unfortunate persons on board perished (some of them, it is said, in the hold) from exposure to the weather and the waves. The greater part, it is added were the owners of the pigs, butter, &c., which they had left their homes to dispose of in this market. CHEAP LITERATURE. —We learn that nearly 100,000 copies of " Dickens' Notes " have been already sold, princi pally at 121 cents each. This great amount of demand for a trashy brochure, effectually destroys a taste for American literature. People can only read or buy a certain kind of literature. If that quantity is supplied so cheaply, none will purchase a higher priced kind. This is reason enough for an international copyright law.—American Paper. THE LATE BANKRUPTCY CHANGES.—The Legal Ob server, of the 24th ult., contains an article on these changes ; " the mischief arising from them, and the duty of the pro fession as to them." The writer says—" The country, it is manifest, will be robbed of thousands, by the scandalous in crease of expenditure this scheme must occasion, to put hun dreds into some new-made pockets; and the obstacles thus imposed, must, in a great measure, prevent the very applica tion of the brankrupt law ; and, where they do not absolutely prevent its application, must so impede its working as to render the remedy almost worse than the disease." He then goes on to enumerate the objectionable features of the mea-* sure, for which we must refer to the article itself. EXEMPTION OF CHURCHES FROM ASSESSMENTS.—That parish churches have, from time immemorial, been exempt from all local assessments, as well as remarkable for being entitled to remission of duties on materials used in their erec tion, such as glass, timber, bricks, &c., are facts so well known that they need not be here repeated. The public, however, until very lately, were not perhaps aware that, by a recent decision in the Court of Exchequer, churches'erec ted by private individuals, and for private advantages, as well as those by voluntary subscriptions, are also privileged, not only to the above, but to a much greater extent. In proof, a case was lately brought before the judges of the ex chequer involving the question, whether a church erected by a private individual, and the rents of the pews in such mort gaged,—whether the mortgagee in such instance was liable to the expenses incurred by the commissioners of police in" the paving and sewering of certain streets surrounding the church, in common with all other owners and mortgagees of property in the township, in proportion to the extent of their respective properties ? After a long argument, it was decided (in the exchequer)' that the mortgagee was not liable. The sum claimed in this case (All Saints' Church, Chorlton-upon-Medlock) by the surveyors of Chorlton was nearly £4OO. FIRE.—REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE: St. Michael's Manse, Dumfries, is at present under repair, though Dr. Wallace and his family still continue to occupy part of it. On Wednesday, the men who are engaged in the work, on returning after dinner to the manse, perceived the smell of fire. and observed smoke issuing from an apartment usually occupied by the cook, who at present is on a visit to her parents, in consequence of bad health. On entering the chamber the workmen found a trunk, belonging to the absent girl, almost completely consumed away by a smouldering fire; the whole trunk and its contents being one charred and red-hot mass. On breaking down this mass, to see if they could save anything from being destroyed, they found two halfpennies completely run and soldered together—such had been the intense heat within. Fortunately, the trunk was standing almost wholly on the hearth-stone; and so the fire had reached the floor only on one side. The wood how- ever, was fairly kindled ; and in half an hour more, the whole house would have been in flames. At its present stage however, the fire was easily got under. The family were immediately apprised of the circumstance • but none of them could account for the origin of the fire. It was suggested, however, by a fellow servant, that the cook was in the habit of using lucifer matches, and might have kept them in her trunk, and they might have ignited of themselves in some manner.—Mmtries Herald. 4. Great Only 0 ALAR( and E ESKINS W EEDS, fro' TWEET) ervinK at tion from th LIVE _ . .e heads of Families, Schools. &c. RPOOL CLOTH ESTABLISHINIENT 4 - 99, LORD-STREET. ORREL COAL AND SLACK EYRICK BANKES, ESQUIRE, of Winsfanley IIV near Wigan, begs to inform the Inhabitants of Liver pool and the Neighbourhood that he has OPONED COAL YARDS, at the CANAL, adjoining the bOIIORIOf CHARTERS STREET, and at the n ARRINGTON DOCK, for the Sale of the PURE ORRELL COAL and SLACK ONLY, which will be supplied from his own extensive Collieries in the. Town ship of Winstanley. Wins' anley Hall 2d January, 1813 fIEORGE PHILLIPS and SONS, the latter of whom kir have obtained the appellation of the unrivalled Brothers, on the Violin, Pedal Harp, Cornet a Pistotz, &c. &c., have REMOVED to No. 3, GOAMER-PLACE, IWER BIRKETT STREET, ST. ANNE-STREET. The Masters Phillips have had the honour of performing before the Earl of Sefton, Sir John Gerard, Sir Richard Williams Bulkeley, Sir John Williams, and the Honourable F. West, Ruthin Castle, Lieutenant-Colonel Ready, Gover nor of the Isle of Man, &c. Balls and Quadrille Parties supplied with a first-rate Baud, to any number of Performers. Military Bands, in uniform or plain dress. Address—GEo. PHILLIPS, 3, Goamer-place, Birkett street, Saint Anne-street, Liverpool; or at Mr. Parker's Cheltenham Arms, South Castle -street, Liverpool. ta'as c 7,N' GOODS 3out noon THEATRE ROYAI WILLIAMSON•SQUARE New CHRISTMAS PANTOMME Eir ENING A7' HALE RI(1 I 11 be perfortkied the New Drama, GUT IN 'iii E BAOrILI After which, the Intetifae of To conclude with the New Comic Pantomime BARON MUNCHAUSEN ; Or, Harlequin and the Green Wizard. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. SIGNOR NAGEL, from the Royal Theatres Stockholm, Berlin, and Brussels, begs most respectfully to acqtaint the Nobility, Gentry, and Public of Liverpool and As Vi cinity, that be has made arrangements with the Lessee of the above place for a GRAND MASQUED 13ALV to take place on TUESDAY EVENING, January 17, 1843; on which occasion the entire of the Pit and Circle will be htiarded over, so as to form a Magnificent Salon d'Danse. The Theatre will be decorated with Emblematical Devices, and Brilliantly illuminated; every attentiOn paid to the comfort and convenience of Visitors, and will be conducted on the same scale, which has rendered this species of Enter tainments so popular in London, Paris, Stockholm, Vienna, St. Petersburgh, and other Cities. In the course of the Evening, Groups of Ballerines and Grotesque Dancers will enliven the proceedings. as intro duced at the Royal Festivals, Stockholm, and at the GRAND FESTA DI NAPOLI. The Orchestra will be full and efficient, and under the able superintendance of Mr. HUGHES, Leader. Prices of Admission .—Single Ticket, Gentleman's, ss. ; Single Ditto, Lady's. 4s. ; Double Ticket, admitting a Lady and Gentleman, 7s. 6d. ; Family Ticket, admitting Six Per sons, LI ls.—Boxes, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Tickets to be obtained of SIGNOR NAGEL, at the Am phitheatre, and at the different Music Sellers. The Doors will Open Half-an-hour after the close of the usual Performance, which will terminate at an early hour, and Dancing will commence immediately. Ebt Etherpoot ,tali Darb, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1543 It is always a source of pleasure to the advocate of any important political change to see the principles, for the truth of which he has co n t en d e d, recogn i se d, at however late a period, by those to whom his per severing advocacy h a s been addressed. The senti ments which, for years past-, we have expressed, upon the subject of a well-devised system of immigration of labourers into our tropical colonies—as affording, at once, the surest means of restoring the prosperity of those possessions, and, at the same time, of dis couraging the slave traffic of foreign nations—are well known to our readers and the public. Guided by our sincere convictions, we have resolutely adhered to the advocacy of such a system, disregarding, alike, the ill-grounded fears of many well-meaning friends of the negro race and the sneers and slanders of those who, under the cloak of anti-slavery zeal, sought only to carry on a war of extermination against the British planter ; and the gratifying result—we are not so egotistical as to say of our labours, for those labours have been aided by a valuable portion of the press of the country—is at length before us. A committee of Parliament has recognised the overpowering necessity of such a measure of aid to our colonial brethren; and the opinions of the present government, with respect to its details and extent, have just been placed before the public. These opinions are contained in a " STATEMENT," which has been published during the past week, em bodying the suggestions made by a deputation of gen tlemen, with respect to the future emigration from the west coast of Africa to the !Vest Indies, and LORD STANLEY'S decisions upon them." The document in question is somewhat too long to allow its being trans ferred entire into our columns ; but we shall endea vour to furnish the reader with what we conceive likely to be the course of future legislation upon the subject, so far as we can gather it from Lord Stanley's intimation of his views. And Ist. As a condition of their receiving the advantages of a government system of immigration, the local colonial legislatures will be required " to prohibit the reception of immigrants brought in any other manner." 2ndly. Proclamation will be made by the governor of Sierra Leone, of emigration to the West Indies having been made a government measure, and be must be prepared to give every encouragement to such emigration. 3rdly. The governor of Sierra Leone to send for ward to the West Indies all slaves captured by her Majesty's cruisers—provided such captured slaves do not object to go. Upon this head his lordship does not hind himself until he shall have communicated with the governor; but is of opinion that it may be ar ranged, and that the Africans will be henefitted by it. Under the late treaty with Portugal, however, the mixed commission courts will no longer sit at Sierra Leone; but at the Cape of Good Hope, Bona Vista, nation takes charge of and Luand a , f or Af r ica, and at Jamaica for the West the Africans lib era t e d un d er t h e Indies. U n d er t hi s treaty, moreover, " th e capturing capture." The extension of the measure to the British settle ments on the Gambia, his lordship cannot, at present, consent to; and leaves its reference to the United States " to he separately dealt with." 4thly. As to the MODE OF TRANSPORT, All emigration from the west coast of Africa to the West Indies shall be carried on " by means of vessels hired by a government agent, as in the case of transports ; the whole expense to be repaid by the colonies to which the emigrants may go." Government cannot enter tain the proposal that its steamers should be employed (owing to the expense). In the first instance, " three government transports, capable of carrying 400 emi grants each, shall be employed in maintaining a con stant communication between Sierra Leone and the West Indies ;" and " the Lords of the Admiralty have agreed to place an agent on board any vessels which may be taken up for this purpose, and approved by the Secretary of State." sthly. ROUTE, &c. OF THE VESSELS. On the ground that by restricting the measure in the first instance to three colonies—Guiana, Jamaica, and Trinidad—which have already the necessary funds provided, its operation may take place more speedily, each of the colonies will have a separate vessel, the expense of which it will have to pay, and whose route will be therefore direct. It is not intended, however, so soon as the other settlements—Tobago, St. Vincent, &c.—have raised the funds required for the satisfaction of the government, to obstruct for a moment their par ticipation in the benefits of the scheme. The details of the route and the proportioning of the expenses will then, so far as these do not interfere with the working of the whole plan, be left to be arranged amongst the colonies themselves. fithly. PASSAGES BACK TO SIERRA LEONE to be given to all emigrants, " at a rate proportionate to the period of their residence, during the first five years after their landing in the colony; and on the expiration of that time, if they have not been across in the inte rim, a free passage." The provision, that they should not have been across in !he interim, Lord Stanley sug gests should not apply to any who may have gone back as delegates. 7thly. OCCASIONAL VESSELS may be taken up, when required, in this country; but the proposition, to place the power of chartering on the spot in the hands of the governor of Sierra Leone, Lord Stanley has, at present, a difficulty in acceding to. Bthly. EMIGRATION AGENTS. The government agent at Sierra Leone to be continued, and he in structed to regulate the time and order of precedence of the transports, and give public notices of such time and order. 9thly. COLONIAL AGENTS AT SIERRA LEONE. One agent, acting for all the colonies, is thought to be most advisable ; but for the present the decision with respect to this matter is left to the colonies themselves. The governor of Sierra Leone will have the power of suspending the duties of any agent of whose mode of action he may disapprove, referring the case to the Secretary of State, and appointing a successor during the interval. Where ma intenance of the emigrants previous to sailing, and advances for clothes , &c. are requisite, such e m i grants to b e placed and maintained at some depot under the inspection of a government emigration agent-general at Sierra Leone; and care is to be taken that such advance is not to he made a debt against the emigrant. Agents are not allowed to enter into any specific agreements for wages ; but con fine themselves t o i ssuing pu bli c no tices of the latest periodical return, specifying the current rate of wages in the colonies. L or d Stanley d e precates the employ ment, of returned delegates, as subagents in collecting emigrants in the interior ; or the employment of such agents at all. RELAXATION OF EXISTING RESTRICTIONS. Un der this head we may briefly state that, whilst his lordship agrees to some of the relaxations proposed in the existing restrictions upon emigration, created by a recent order in council relating to the colony of Sierra Leone, those restriction are left sullicientl stringent, if not indeed too stringent, for the pro tection of the Aft ican from any imposition on the part of the colonists. Faithfully, we believe, we have given the substance of the document before us, and perhaps more intel ligibly, to the general reader, than it could be readily gathered from the original itself; and now, we may ask, is there anything in the principles and details here laid down at which the most ardent friend of emancipation can except? We think there is not; and yet we are fully prepared to find the measure, which government are about to frame in accordance with them, assailed, by a section of the pseudo humanists and assumed especial friends of the African race, with furious and unrelenting hostility. We shall he told that immigration, even thus watched by all the vigilance of government, is but a disguised and legalised slave-traffic; that the condition of the immi grants will be but a modified form of slavery; that the emigration agent is but a licensed crimp ; and that the transports, in which the emigrants are to be con veyed, are but slave-ships, liable to all the miseries and fatalities which attend the middle passage. To the good sense of the people of England we willingly leave the task of determining the justice of these ob jections, and the purity of motive of the parties by whom they will be made. With respect to the good.' faith of the statesman by whom till measure is being drawn up, right-minded and candid men will have few misgivings; and, as to the mode of conveyance, surely, that which is sufficient for our gallant fellow-country men, when sent to fight the battles of England in a foreign land, is not insufficient for the Africans in Sierra Leone, just liberated from beneath the hatches of the foreign slave trader. Another objection, and a more plausible one, will be urged against the measure. It will be said that its object is to reduce the earnings of the free negro population of our colonies. We admit, in part, that such is its object. We wish to reduce the cost of sugar cultivation in the West Indies ; but we hope to accomplish this more by the acquisition of continuous labour than merely cheap labour. If the present working population of our colonies would, at this moment, perform task-work for half the exorbitant rates now paid, and perform it just at their pleasure, as they do at present, the object of the planter would not be achieved. But admit that a permanent reduc tion of the price of labour must be the result of the extensive immigration ; yet look at the circumstances which will accompany such reduction. In the first place, the free negro, who has now become owner of a plantation, can cultivate profitably for export ; and, in time, this class must become a powerful middle class— an important link binding together in amity the two races, and perhaps destined ultimately to take the place and perform the duties of the existing white race in the tropics. In the second place, the working negro, who limits the amount of his toil to his necessi ties, would he only mulcted of the opportunity to indulge his luxurious indolence. No extent of immi gration that we can imagine as at all practicable could have the effect of depressing his condition lower than one which, to his race, is a condition to be envied. Bear in mind, too, the encouraging fact, that every African thus landed upon the shores of our West Indian islands is a soul transported from barbarism and slavery, to be placed within reach of the light of the Gospel and the influence of civilization ! Bear in mind the fact that every additional facility offered to tropical cultivation by free labour is a rivet struck from the fetters of the slave in foreign lands! Surely the sincere philanthropist will cease to place obstacles in the way of a consummation so blessed ! It is not, certainly, with any satisfaction that we point to the large deficiency in the revenue for the year ending the sth of January,lB42, as compared with that of the year preceding. This total deficiency amounts to no less a sum than £922,630, whilst that for the quarter just ended is even more—viz., £940,062, thus shewing, we think, that something more than ordinary causes has been at work to produce the un satisfactory result exhibited. Undeniably the trade and the circumstances of the country, during the past three months, have been much more prosperous than during the preceding nine months of the year. But still, bearing in mind that a great portion of the excess of the last quarter over the present must have been created by the amount received in duties on foreign corn admitted into consumption, there is certainly a great falling off to he accounted for and lamented. In part, and especially as the principal falling off is in the excise and customs, we may refer to the unsettled state of the wine trade, and to the effect of the new tariff. Apparently in creased consumption has not, as yet, made up the loss incurred by the various reduced duties. In one im portant trade, too, the timber trade, importation has been almost at a stand still, owing to a further reduc tion to be made this year. It is said, too, that consi derable reductions of expenditure have been made by individuals, to meet the demands imposed upon them by the income tax. Upon this explanation, however, we place little weight, as the particular portions of the revenue suffering are precisely those least likely to be effected by such an imposition. The pressure of the income tax has, as yet, scarcely been felt ; and it is more likely to tell upon the amount of assessed taxes, than upon the excise or the customs. We shall, no doubt, have the Io p&an of victory rung by the advocates of the late ministry over the government of Sir Robert Peel, on account of this state of the national finances. The cachination, how ever, we would suggest, will be a little premature. No man ever expected that the mere circumstance of a Conservative minister being at the helm could at once right the vessel engulfed, by reckless steering, in the whirlpool. It would infinitely better become such politicians to ask themselves—what would have been the position of the country had its restoration to financial solvency been left to be accomplished by the " sugar budget " of the Melbourne administration — if we had had no Income and Property Tax to fall back upon ? We leave them to reply to the question. There are one or two considerations which the existing state of the national finances cannot fail to force upon the national mind. These are, first—" have we not arrived at the limit of the productiveness of indirect taxation ?" and, secondly—" can free trade in corn or in any other or all other commodities he longer regarded apart from revenue considerations ?" We merely glance at these questions, for the present; and that they are not idle, the reader will perhaps admit, whatever his political creed, when he finds such an opinion as the following coming from the lips of so eminent a free trade authoiity as the London Times : It seems to us," remarked the Times on Friday last, " very clear, whatever our free trade friends may say, that any alteration which may be made in the corn laws, ought not to be made irrespective of financial considerations. We cannot in these times a f ford to throw away a revenue." We give, in another place, a summary of the news furnished us by the recent arrival from India and China. It will be seen that the entire British army has retired through the hostile passes of the Khyber, with little difficulty, and with very inconsiderable loss of life, having destroyed in their course the forts and strongholds of the enemy, and established upon a firm basis the prestige of its invincible power in India. :At the time of the last letters from that quarter, the troops were under orders to march through the Sikh dominions; and, long before this date, the last British soldier will have quitted—we trust for ever—the scene and the neighbourhood of those disasters which, though they have been in part wiped away from the national mind by subsequent triumphs achieved, must stand upon the page of history as so many damning testimonies of the unfitness of Whig statesmen—the present race at least—to rule the destinies of this Coun try. and of her vast colonial empire. From China we gather little worthy of commenting upon. Affairs, as between the two countries, were in statu quo, both parties waiting for the ratification of the treaty between them by her Majesty the Queen. The Report of the Paid Officers' Committee and the debates in the Town Council thereon seem to have displaced the garrulous self-satisfaction of the Albion, and to have raised the Journal above his accustomed dullness For these blessings we are sure the readers of those brilliant luminaries have cause to be thankful, and we hope the dispensation will be received with becoming gratitude. There are two bones at which our excellent con temporaries have been gnawing ; and certainly, to theta, they are not very acceptable morsels. One is, that the Town-clerk should have to take the legal possession of the deeds, muniments, and records of the Corpora tion, and so stumble over Mr. Okill, who, they would wish to make it appear, must therefore be dismissed. The trifling difficulty in the way of our contemporaries is a clause in the Municipal Corporation Act, which most stringently imposes the office of custodian upon the Town-clerk ; and another stubborn obstacle to the truth of their representations is, that the idea has never suggested itself to the committee of superseding Mr. Okill. The committee, as far as we have the means of judging—and we are governed by the personal character of the members—wish to retain the very efficient services of Mr. Okill ; but they wish also to see the law properly executed—a point, indeed, which was settled by the Town-clerk, who insisted in Council upon the law being observed. The question, then, is, is one object inconsistent with the other? T. this we reply, emphatically, that they are not inconsistent— that Mr. Okill may, and willhe, still retained in office, whilst the law will be observed; but to effect this there must be the modification of duties which the Town clerk explained in his speech last Wednesday. One would think that, in this arrangement, there was very little to cause any discussion, but our cunning con temporaries have discovered in it the solution of some mysterious feeling, on the part of the Chairman of the committee, against Mr. Okill, because the latter, almost before the former was born, was an excellent servant of the Corporation—for which, by the way, he has always been excellently paid. Truly, they are sagacious critics, and profound politicians ; and the public cannot fail to feel deeply indebted to their ingenuity for making such a very probable sug gestion. The other bone, at which this worthy pair of professing Liberals are worrying, is the resolu tion which was proposed, on the part of the committee, that, on the Town-clerk assuming his proper office with regard to the Repository, Mr. Abbott would no longer be required. The moment this was proposed, it was discovered that Mr. Abbott possesses nearly all the virtues under the sun. Mr. Abbott, like other men, has not the power of übiquity ; but, unlike many men, he combines two individuals in the same body. The Town-hall has the honour of having within it "Mr. Abbott, assistant committee clerk," and " Mr. Abbott, law stationer, of South John-street." In the . former character he receives annually £270 ; in the latter, as much as he can make, which has been no trifle; and any confusion which might happen to occur between the two has been sure to encl. in the pecuniary advantage of " Mr. Abbott" proper. Besidesihis keeping "twelve or fourteen " clerks in South John-street, he has had the further advantage of having his clerks in the Town-hall, to perform extra work ; and the history of the poll-clerks is a strong illustration of the extreme disinterestedness with which this valu able servant has promoted the welfare of the Cor poration. The Paid Officers' Committee, having framed a scheme which was subsequently adopted by the Town-clerk and confirmed by the Council, for the more efficient management of the legal department, it was at once obvious, that " the assistant committee clerk," as such, would no longer be needed. Hence the proposition which has been the means of publish ing Mr. Abbott's virtues to the world. That gentle man is not the clerk of the Town-clerk. Like Mr. Okill, he derives his appointment directly from the fountain of power, the council; and, of course, no power but the Council could dismiss him. There is the justification of the committee; but, as in the case of Mr. Okill, he may be retained under the new ar rangement. That, however, very properly rests with the Town-clerk. As far as the Paid Officers' Com mittee are concerned, they have, in submitting the resolution, only performed a duty incumbent upon them by the terms of their appointment. These ex planations place these parts of the case of our contem poraries, as the lawyers would say, " out of court." With respect to the alterations in the departments of the Town-clerk and Deputy Town-clerk, they have been made with two views—economy and efficiency. It would fatigue our readers to describe the confusion in which the two offices frequently were, owing to an inadequate establishment. They will now be efficient : no man's business with the corporation will be ne glected : and a check will be maintained against pro crastination of all sorts. The business, thus condricted, must be a great public convenience : it will, doubtless, he productive of benefit to the borough fund, by in creasing the fees. It is evident, therefore, that the scheme adopted will prove, as stated in the committee's report, econorncal. Further, in future there will not be any person paid bothby a fixed salary and the convenient weekly addition of extra bills. Human nature is very weak ; and such things may have happened as a frit tering away of the time for which the fixed salary was paid, to provide occupation for the extra hours. Our contemporaries sneer heartily at the duration of the labours of the committee. They are both, no doubt, skilful workmen, and would have managed matters much better—to their own satisfaction. Our amiable friends, however, will please to be informed, that, although the committee have reported only on the Town-clerk and Treasurer's departments, their labours have not been confined thereto. No time has been lost : no time will be lost : and we are convinced, that the labours of the committee, whether considered as a whole or in departments, will terminate advantageously to the interests of the corporation. The Council of last year deserve credit for having appointed the com mittee, and the committee deserve honour for the per sonal sacrifices they have made in embarking upon so extensive an investigation—an investigation, by the way, from which the soi disant reformers would either have shrunk in dismay, or avoided from incapacity. The most prominent feature in our present number is the account we have given of the proceedings at the opening of the Collegiate Institution. Those proceedings will be read with no common in terest ; and in calling attention to them, we congratu late our townsmen upon the happy circumstance of Liverpool possessing such a noble Institution, for the education of all classes, wherein the purest religious instruction will be intimately and continually associated with the largest communication of secular knowledge. Of the inaugural address of Mr. W. E. Gladstone there has been but one opinion expressed. All parties are unanimous in ascribing to it merits of the highest order. It commanded immediate admiration, not so much, perhaps, from the elegance of its composition or the propriety of its delivery as from the power of the argument. We have not space to point out its excel lencies, in detail; and at present all we can say is, that it was a proud thing to hear one of the most pro mising statesmen of the day shew an assembly of more than two thousand people the necessity for the definite revelation of God being made a part of the education of all ranks, and empha tically to declare, that in that, there was the only sure guarantee for the permanance of our institutions. It was, indeed, " appropriate, eloquent, and thought ful," in the language of the Morning Herald ; and on perusal, it will be found to justify the character given to it. Now that the Collegiate Institution is before the world, we strongly recommend the public to examine its claims. The more they are investigated, the more worthy will they be found of support. It is founded upon the rock of Christianity, and all its fruits must be good. LOCAL NEWS, The Rev. Dr. Booth, M.R.1.A., whose name is well known in the scientific world, has been appointed to the Professorship of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, in the Liverpool Collegiate Institution. We are authorised to state, that a corrected edition, printed in large type, of the Report of the Inaugural Address, de livered by the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., at the opening of the Liverpool Collegiate Institution, will be pub lished in a few days, by Mr. Murray, Albemarle-street, London ; and Mr. Webb, Castle -street, Liverpool. ST. reference DAV to ID'S CHURCEL—We are requested t o say, w i th a paragraph which appeared in a contemporary of Saturday, that the Rev. Robert Davies has not resigned the incumbency of St. David's Church, but will continue to officiate at the Welsh service, as heretofore, until his suc cessor is appointed. It is not in accordance with ecclesi astical law, nor, we believe, is it customary for a clergyman to tender his resignation to the trustees of his church, the bishop being the authorised person to receive it. A gentleman had his pockets picked of £49 at the re twton-street, on Thursday The Cheshire Foxhounds meet to-morrow (Wednesday), at the Three Greyhounds; on Thursday, at Highleigh; on Saturday, at Bradford Grten ; and on Monday, at Sutton re g'al to hear thtt th 3 Philharmonic Society, who., performances on Friday, at the opening of the Collegiate Institution, gave such general PIIII,IIVIMONIC SOCIETY.- satistaption, will, for the future, Theatre of that Institution. hold thrii: concerts in the -The Ins Avent Commissioner for the Northern Circuit will attend to hear petitions at Lan caster on the Bth of March, and at Liverpool on the 20th of March. The last day for filing petitions to he heard at Lancaster is the 4th of February, and at Liverpool the 16th of February. INSOLVENT COURT BEAUTIFUL SILKS.—The old fashion of brocaded silks appears to be reviving. —Time was when silk was made strong enough almost to build a wall with, and the weight of bullion and embroidery as much as one beau could well carry. We have been led to these remarks from seeing some beautiful specimens of vestings at Messrs. Dawbarn and Davis', in Bold-street. IRON SHIPS.—A remarkable circumstance occurred, in this port, on Tuesday last, and which looks like the com mencement of a new era in our mercantile navy, no less than three large iron-built ships having sailed on the same tide, namely, the John Garrow, for New Orleans; the Ironside, for Bahia; and the Vulcan, for Malta. The first of these vessels was of nearly 1,000 urthen. The Bombay prices current furnish full descriptions of the state of the markets at that presidency, which are, however, less favourable than the advice received from Calcutta. The superabundance of freight in the port precluded the hope that rates would rally, and hence the great excess over present wants had induced several owners to lay on vessels for the London and Liverpool berth at 40s. There was no demand for ships to China. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tnursday evening, about nine o'clock, as the Seacombe boat from Liverpool was landing her passengers, the coachman at Sir John Tobin's, while stepping upon the plank, missed his footing, and fell into the water. He was got out with very little delay, and, with the assistance of two men, walked up the slip, not appearing to have sustained more damage than a sound ducking. He was taken, in the first instance, to the tap attached to Parry's Hotel, but as the accommodation there was inadequate, George Robinson, who collects the steam-boat fares, took him to his own house, where he died in about seven minutes after his arrival. It is a remarkable circumstance that, while the jubilee o! modern British missions was being celebrated in this contr . ri and the colonies, the treaty of peace with China wai con cluded, by which access to more than one-half of the heateen weed was opened up. Thus, after fifty years of preparatory training, has Pro iidence suddenly provided a field for evan gelistic efforts ton extensive to admit of half measures. There is good reason to hope, from present appearances, that many of our countrymen are alive to the deep responsibility under which our new position places the Christian church. No public movement has yet been made in Liverpool. The Medical Missionary Society may well be expected now to commence its deferred operations. ' THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The Morning Herald, of yesterday, says " There, is scarcely a town in England that has not F o ne noble chairitable institution erected in modern times ; in many the infirmaries or dispensaries or hospitals are the architectural beauties of the place; in none is there not a workhouse, and in few is there not a gaol towering its crest above the abodes of peaceful men ; yet how seldom do we see a grammar school of modern erection, how vainly do we search England for Collegiate establishments built by modern munificence. Voluntary subscription has accom plished much for almost every locality, but nothing yet for promotion of moral and religious education of the middling classes. Liverpool, in the midst of commercial embarrass ment and despite of bad times, has set a glorious example in this respect—one which merits Mr. Gladstone's glowing en login in." THE FIRE ON THURSDAY NIGHT.—We lament to state, that the joiners in the employ of Messrs. Foster and Stewart have lost the whole of their tools by the late calamitous fire, the particulars of which we detailed in our last. Among the workmen are several of the poor fellows who lost their tools, nine years ago, by a similar visitation. Mr. Samuel Hohne, who takes a praiseworthy interest in the affairs of the sufferers, assures us, that the tools destroyed by the fire were worth not less than £1,200. To he thrown out of work by the calamity is misfortune enough, but to be, at the same time, deprived of the means of pursuing their trade, if they are fortunate enough to obtain employment, adds greatly to their sufferings. Under these circumstances, we trust that the hard case of these poor fellows, who are about sixty in number, will be considered by the benevolent, who can, by their contributions, enable them to buy as many as may be required to carry on their business. The premises were in sured with the Liverpool Insurance Company, and the loss is estimated at from £lO,OOO to £12,000. The sum insured is about £7,000. We have not heard any estimate of the amount of damage done in the Arcade. Loss OF THE CYNOSURE.—We are sorry to have to re cord the loss of another ship this week—namely, the Cyno sure (Captain Viner) from this port to Liverpool. The Cy nosure left Singapore on the 11th of September last, and had made a favourable passage as far as the Straits of Banca. when on the night of the 2d instant, she struck on a reef near Tree Island, and after remaining on the rocks for about 18 hours she was hove off; but, as she was sinking fast, the ship's company were obliged to leave her and take to the boats. They were picked up in a few hours afterwards by the George Buckham (Captain Sim), by whom they were brought on here, and arrived on Sunday last. On the 7th, the George Buckham spoke a Dutch Ship bound for Minto, which reported that they had seen a bark on the Morning of Wednesday the 4th, bearing S.W., four. leagues from Singapore, which was all below the water except the main top-gallant yard-arm. which, there is no doubt, was the Cynosore. Nothing was saved from the ship, except a small portion of the wearing apparel of Captain Viner and his wife, and the ship's company: Every kindness and attention were shown to Captain Viner and his crew, 18 in all, by Captain Sim. The following is a list of the cargo taken by the Cy nosure from this :-54 pls. Cassia, 2,452 pls. coffee, 17 pls. tea, 840 pls. sago flour, 606 pls. Sapan wood, 50 pls. rat tans, 101 pls. cubebs, 44 pls. hides, 2,143 pls. gambler.— India paper. SUGAR.—The quantity of sugar delivered for refining, in bond, at the port of Liverpool, in 1842, was 9,228 tons. This, we believe, is nearly double the quantity delivered in Lon don, of which no return, however, h as yet reac h e d us. Th e employment which'this new trade gives to shipping in the transport of the raw material and of the refined prftancts, has proved most beneficial to this port, which is now becom ing an important emporium for foreign, as it long has been for colonial, sugars. If the refining laws were altered so as to p?rmit the combined use of both sorts, which we are in formed can he done consistently with the safety of the re venue and the privileges of the colonies, a further stimulus would be given to the business of refining, which is generally in a languishing state, and, of course, to the various branches of trade and commerce. dependant on it. The following is the monthly return : 1842. From Ist to 31st January ~ Ist to 28th February ~ Ist to 31st March „ Ist to 30th April „ Ist to 31st May „ Ist to 30th June .... „ Ist to 31st July „ Ist to 31st August „ Ist to 30th September Ist to 31st October „ Ist to 30th November „ Ist to 31st December 5,515 18,314 15,351 21,130 9,867 12,369 10,628 13,522 23,723 10,078 29,856 13.475 184,568 cwts. ; Or 9,228 tons 8 cwt THE FUNDS: SATURDAY EVENING.—A fact has transpired, or rather has been called to recollection, in the city, which is highly satisfactory in explaining the large deficiency found on comparing the item of Excise in the revenue return of the present quarter with that item in the corresponding return in 1842. It will be remembered that an alteration was made some time ago in the period for which the bills bad to run in which the payment to the revenue were made. The effect of this alteration, which shortened the p er i o d from 30 t o 10 d a ys, was completely felt in the quarter terminating in January, 1842, and the result was that a quantity of payments which under the old system would not have been made till the fol lowing quarter, fell into that quarter, and thus the item of excise was swelled to an undue extent. With an item thus unnaturally increased, the item for the present quart has been compared, and the difference may be assigned to an ex cess in 1842, instead of a deficiency in 1843. The comparison between the next quarter and the corresponding quarter last year will give a legitimate result, for the new system had by that time come speedily into operation. Business in the stock-markets was not characterised by any particular feature to-day. A moderate amount of dealings occurred in the English securities, which were the fraction better. The news from India had very little effect indeed in this quarter. The merchants, however, express themselves much satisfied with what has been received by the arrival. Consols for money and the Account left off 94 to 1 ; Bank Stock, 171 to 173 ; Exchequer-bills, 595. to 61s. premium ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 951 : to , 3 ,-; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1028 to : I; Long Annuities, 12 11-16ths • New Three-and-a -H a lf per C ents., 1014 to a-; India Bonds, ' 555. premium ; and South Sea Old Annuities, 92-. The opera tions in the foreign market were without particular interest. Buenos Ayres opened at 25, and after declining to 23, finallY, closed at 23k to 24, t h e rumours being spread of the refusal, of Rosas to recognize the:mediation of England'or France in his quarrel with the Montevidean Government. • There were one or two purchases of Portuguese converted, and the quo tation rose to and closed at 3G4 to 37 ; Mexican Five pet Cents. left off 324 ; ditto, Deferred, 98 to a ; Spanish Actives, 19} ; ditto, New, 24i i Danish, 84 to 85; Colombian, 234; Belgian, 1011 to 1023 ; and Peruvian, 19 to 20. INQUEST.—An inquest was commenced on Thursday last, and concluded on Saturday, before P. F. Curry, Esq., coroner for the borough, for the purpose of investigating the circumstances which led to the death of Thomas Mauler , aged 15 years. A girl, named Sarah M`Gowan, who was supposed to have caused the death of the lad by beating hire on the head with a stone, was in custody. The parties prin cipally concerned reside in Ath er t on -street, and the evidence showed thatgaN:.,ago gs oher theirTheon is c or o uns n nt b d d w u ya c yiat t nlfwaeo last, tst s m ce thearolhsl e t udd d se b i cw s ae o ana r ssd d em. e d r lacysro,yhtniemKslmetaalilontyere.addl that,, oTafni The headache. She h ear d soon P e fid di ev s ce g e u wa s see ti ed n k terwards that he was p fighting. She went out, found him standing at the end of the entry , and took him home. He was well till the Sunday following' when he again complained of his head. He continued ill till Wednesday, the 21st of December, when he was so much worse that he was remove d to the Workhouse. When s he had given her testimony, she laid her hands on the shoulderS of a little boy, with wliom, it afterwards appeared, the de' ceased had been fighting, and said, " You caused the death of my lad." Mr. George Wood, surgeon, stated that the deceased was in a comatose state when admitted to the Work house. The lad died on the Ist of January, and a post mortem examination was made, which convinced the surgee° that death had resulted from external injuries inflicted on the head which had caused concussion of the brain. Ellen Coe' way gave evidence which showed that, on Sunday, about four weeks ago, sh e saw th e mot h er o f t h e d ecease d , h er husband , and many other parties whom she named, all engaged in general fight in Atherton-street. Two boys were fighting, one of whom was backed by his father. Thomas Manley,: the deceased, came ou t an d b a cked th e o the r . At length Manley was seen to r un awa y, p ursue d by th e f a th er ‘yholor backed his son. Thi s f a th er h a d a pi ece o f b r i c k i n his band , . which he threw afte r th e deceased as he retreated into the entry, but the witness could not see that it 1111 him. On foLovving day, this witness swore she saw Sally ‘vi'GOW o 7, ; the prisoner, be a ting the d ecease d on hi s h ea d w i t h a " . liw"i n t ing-stone " (a stone u se d f or p oun di ng gr it). At thT P°' e , the inquest was a dj ourne d till S a t ur d ay f or f ur th er evident ce On Saturday, Mary Kelly was th e first wit ness ca lled. , now swore that she had told nothing but the truth on Thit er day, but she dar e d no t t e ll th e w h o l e t ru th f or f ea r of f ail husband. She proceed e d t o s t a t e , th a t s h e saw S a lly and her son fighting, arid that the former took up a knockle r e s t stone and strcck her son twice on the h ea d w ith it. Se pe Ae , other witnesses spoke of squabbles and fights, in whicoe'rej ceased, his mother, and others h a d b een engage d. Sever a of the witnesses stated, th a t th e y h a d seen th e prisoner the deceased quarrelling, but they had not seen any struck. The jury returned as their verdict, that the A• ceased had died of injuries received on hi s head, but , inflicted there was no evidence to show.