The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-02 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. In consequence of an unusual pressure of advertisements, we are compelled to postpone the insertion of several comtr,uni- L cations. kiberpool &tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 2, 1844 We have not troubled our readers with a reportof the Amphitheatre Repeal Gathering of Thursday last, and the sayings of the various spouters, great and small, or a description of the motley company which met to shout their approbation of , the con victed conspi ra t or an d hi s apologists. Nor do we here purpose entering into any analysis of the sylla bubs of fustian oratory whipt up for . the occasion. The Whig-Radicals of Liverpool are already sufficiently low in the estimation of their fellow -townsmen to render it an act of superfluity and even of cruelty on our part, to exhibit them in the contortions with which they are seeking " a lower deep" —a more unadulterated bed of slime—a duller and murkier arkness. A few remarks, however, we may take the liberty of offering connected with this affair; and first let us turn to the position occupied on this occasion by that very unhappy old gentleman, William Rathbone. What then was the character and what the objects of the meeting at which Mr. Rathbone, a magis trate—a man entrusted with the administration of the law, and bound to defend the peace of the town —thought proper to preside ? What, too, were the men who constituted nine-tenths of the meeting Its character was one closely bordering upon the seditious. The very placard by which it was called together imputed to the highest officers of the law " a manifest perversion of justice;" and the speakers on the occasion did not scruple to call that perver sion wilful—to impugn the purity of a British judge, and to more than insinuate perjury against a British jury. The object of the meeting, if not to inflame the minds of an ignorant and already excited people, could be no other than to interpose a shield between a convicted conspirator and the law which has stil to pronounce his sentence. We defy the most je suitical Whig-Radical to find a middle object. 1 . 1 was to excite the passions of the people, or to over awe the constituted authorities in their administra tion of the law, towards men whom a jury of their country had declared guilty of an offence against the constitution of the realm. Such were the character and the objects of the meeting, at which a magistrate of this borough pre sided, and other magistrates were present ; and now what were the men who constituted nine-tenths of the meeting ? We say nothing of the factious busybodies who occupied the prominent seats upon the platform. We say nothing of the juveniles of the Anti-Monopoly Association, who gave their sublime presence to toady the great mendicant, as a per contra for past favours conferred upon their own paltry League. We say nothing of the mar vellously-assorted medley of unitarians and quakers, baptists and independents, socialists and infidels of other denominations, who exhibited themselves cheek by jowl, and grinned, chuckled, and shrieked in chorus over the insults levelled by the truculent impostor and convict against the constitution and the church of their land : but we ask, with respect to the great majority of the meeting, what and who were they ? REPEALERS—RepeaI wardens and their plundered dupes—men implicated in the very agitation for which O'Connell is a convict—the men by whose hands, in the event of such agitation being put down by the coercion of the law, we were told by that convict himself, " the docks and the shipping of Liverpool would be in flames," and " the manu factories of England be in a blaze" ! Such were the men whose wild passions were to be stirred by sto ries of " the wrongs of Ireland"—who were to be excited by the tale of injustice committed upon their protogee—of violated constitutions—invaded liber ties—trampled rights—insulted religion, and the other stock ingredients of Radical and popish agita tion ; and we leave it to the public to decide whether such task of excitement was properly one in which a magistrate ought to have been so prominently en gaged. - If Mr. Wm. Rathbone has been seeking, by such indecent prostitution of his magisterial office, the dignity of martyrdom, we must say it would be a pity that the poor fatuous gentleman should be dis appointed in his quest. The rejected of we know not how many municipal constituencies—the dowa ger amongst political old women—would be a pearl in deed to string upon the rosary of superseded Shallows, which the Irish demagogue parades, as an orna mental necklace around his brawny shoulders, now that they are no longer decorated by the parapher nalia of the Dublin mayoralty. Do, Sir James Graham, indulge the poor man ! And now a few words with respect to the speech of the great oracle of the meeting, Daniel O'Connell himself. We have heard many of the addresses of that personage, and read more. We have heard 'him address intelligent audiences, and we have heard him address mobs; but we never yet heard him perpetrate a speech which, throughout, was calcu lated only for an assemblage of gibbering idiots within the walls of a lunatic asylum. No perfectly sane man would have ventured upon the utterance of such a tissue of insolent falsehoods, interwoven with sheer folly and outrageous absurdity, before a meeting of sensible Englishmen ; and it does there fore strike us with amazement, not that every alter nate sentence was cheered by the bulk of the meeting, composed as it was, but that any portion of it could be tolerated at all by the few men of reputed good sense who ornamented the platform, whatever the violence of their faction and their hate to those in stitutions, of which the speaker has ever proved him self the most virulent enemy. Take, as one specimen of the speech in question, the following piece Of unmitigated and ummistake able blarney : " I have heard language here to-night (!) that would do honour to the best orators. lam not flattering. I have heard more good speaking, more dignified sentiments, than lever heard in one night before (!), I have heard gentlemen over whom I can, of course, have no control; gentlemen who differ with me upon the most material points ; gentlemen who do not agree with me politically, and who are totally opposed to me in religious belief; I have heard them advocate the cause of justice to Ireland to-night with a zeal, an energy, and a splendour of ta lent (!) that I can admire, but would in vain endeavour to imitate. (Great applause.) lam going to tell the people of Ireland we have made a great mistake! [Cheers.) I am going back to bind for ever a real union between the two countries." What a picture might not a Hogarth, a Cruikshank, or a Phiz have made of the scene which presented itself upon the stage at the utterance of this farrago of mingled fun and hypocrisy ! In the foreground the great Irish actor, with his tongue dexterously stowed in his cheek, atri an expression of rollicking humour, mixed with contempt, in his eye, as he con templated the silly trouts around him, for whose sweet voices he was so delicately angling; and, in the background, the Hollands, the Robertsons, the Mollineuxes, and the Blackburns, looking unutter able self-glorification, and bowing to be tickled by the astute Daniel. "I am going back," exclaimed the wily impostor, ",to tell the people .of Ireland we have made a great mistake"—wonderful dis covery (!)—at the utterance of which William Rath bone grinned concentrated amazement, and Mr. Eyre Evans was observed to fasten his teeth in his lip, to restrain a fit of unseasonable laughter. Another specimen : " Yes, I go back to announce to them, that it is not sufficient they should struggle for us, but that the deter will go abroad not to allow the present trans actions to sink into oblivion until an attempt is made — and I trust a successful attempt—(cheers)—to impeach the authors of the evil, and the contrivers of all this mis chief. (Tremendous cheering for sometime.) I announce it now that I shall devote, not, perhaps, some years, but whatever time I have to spare of my life, to the impeach ment of those men." (Enthusiastic cheering.) How this doomed ministry must be shaking in their shoes ! How happy must the people of Ire land be at this announcement ! No more Repeal gatherings—no more Repeal shillings—no more struggling for a parliament in College-green ! .Their great apostle is from henceforth to devote the leisure, which a gaol will allow him, to agitation for the im peachment of Peel and Graham, Sugden and Smith ! What next, Mr. Merriman _ • Here it is. The ministry is "an inhuman minis try," because it has refused t o s h orten t h e hours of labour for the suffering factory children. And this from Daniel O'Connell, who has never y e t d en i e d that he sold those factory children for certain monies Paid and influence afforded, by certain m ill owners in Manchester ! Oh ! Daniel—Daniel For your very ears you durst not touch upon the su bj ect of factory labour—you durst not invoke your h uman i ty towards the factory chd dren—where you r b ase be trayal of their interests is better known than amongst the _dock labourers, and the hod carriers of this town of Liverpool. One more specimen of sheer impudence, and w are done : " You have stated truly, in the address which you pre sented to me, that I gave up a lucritive profession, and that 1 was offered the highest judicial office which the crown had it in their poWer to bestow. I refused all—l gave up all—to be counsel for poor Ireland alone," — (Cheers.) What a sacrifice was this! To "refuse all"—to "give up all "—" to be counsel for poor Ireland." How many gentlemen are this day in our Assize Courts who would willingly renounce all to be retained by a poor client who has uniformly paid so well ! We here take leave of this trumpery affair—and trumpery it is in every way—with an expression of pity for the fallen condition of Radicalism in Liver pool. There was a time when this now feeble fac tion could have mustered a political display without dragging the kennels and the back streets for company—when they would have scorned to consort with convicts and gaol birds on leave; but now— alas for the mighty ! The mountain has become a molehill—the once brilliant light of Liberalism has dwindled into the small flame which issues, unoder ous and flickering, from a farthing dip. Alas for fallen Whig-radicalism ! The near approach of the annual Easter Vestry, and the opportunity thus about to he afforded to the parishioners, of electing " fit and proper men" to represent their interests in the Select Vestry, induces us to offer a few words to our Conservative readers upon the importance of a proper discrimination in the selection to be made. On no past occasion has such discrimination been more loudly called for. We must have now on the Select Vestry no trim mers—no men halting between two opinions —and, above all no radical tools of Somerset House, and no pimping feeders of the scurrility of the radical press. We have henceforth a battle to fight for the the indepeudence of the town against the encroach ments of an unconstitutional power; and we must have loyal men to fight that battle firmly and fear lessly. The parties who retire at this vestry, and who will, doubtless, present themselves for re-election, are Messrs. Urquhart, Riding, Maynard, Hand, Groom, and Molyneux. The first of these, there can be no hesitation on the part of any 6onservative, in dismissing to his private duties and studies ! As a sectarian of .the most virulent class, he has proved sufficiently his utter unfitness for the per formance of the duties of a select vestryman, con sistently with the honour and peace of the parish, and the welfare and humane treatment of the poor over whom it has been his province to watch. Amongst the remaining gentlemen, we could pick out one or two of somewhat shakey principles; but we abstain, as we are assured that a list of undeniable parties will be proposed, upon which the vestry will, no doubt, come to a fitting decision. Against those whose election has to he confirmed by the parish ioners—Messrs. Ford, Herd, and Bremner—not an objection can be raised. On Friday last, the Committee upon the Liver pool Dock Bill met, and, at their rising, adjourned until after the Easter recess. The Chairman of the Dock Committee was the only witness brought be fore them, his examination occupying the whole time of the sitting. As affording some clue to the probable fate of the bill, so far as this ordeal is con cerned, we give here the names of the parliamentary committee :—Beresford, W., Esq., Harwich, chair man ; Tollemache, J., Esq., South Cheshire ; Douglas, Sir H., Liverpool ; Troubridge, Sir E. 'F., Sandwich; Ainsworth, P. Esq., Bolton; Bar nard, E. G., Greenwich; Egerton, W. Tatton, Esq., North Cheshire; Sandon, Lord, Liverpool; Stand ish, Charles, Esq., Wigan; Blackburne, J., Esq., Warrington; Patten, W., Esq., North Lancashire; Brotherton, Joseph, Esq., Salford ; Greenall, Peter, Esq., Wigan; Plumridge, Captain J. H. Falmouth; Milner, —, Esq., —. The four members sitting for sea ports, we may explain, are selected, in addition to the standing committee—probably as being conversant, or pre sumed to be conversant, with dock matters—and will, of course, give their decision upon purely ge neral grounds, irrespective of local considerations. The remainder will, probably, decide more imme diately in accordance with their knowledge of local interests to be affected and local convenience to be consulted. The most material opposition—indeed, the only material opposition—offered to the hill of the Dock Committee thus far, has arisen from the commis sioners of Birkenhead, who are anxiously furbishing up every arrow in their well-stored quiver to ob struct, and, if possible, defeat a measure full of pros pective advantage to the commerce of the port of Liverpool. We are sssurad, however, that they are likely to reap little satisfaction from their efforts. The tribunal before whom their cunningly-devised obstructions are offered will, doubtless, be able to see through the flimsy veil of disinterested local pa triotism, under the plea of which they are made. THE FUNDS SATURDAY NIGHT,—The English stock market, without a great deal of business, exhibits much firmness, and prices generally are well maintained. Sa turday being an early day at the Stock-Exchange, little fluctuation has occurred. Consols for money and the ac count leave off 981 to 1; New 31 per Cents., 1021 to 1; Exchequer-bills 68s. to 70s. premium. In the foreign market speculative dealing is the chief feature, and Spa nish and Mexican have the preference above other stocks. The abundance of capital has considerable influence on business, and the tendency of operations is decidedly in favour of further advance. Spanish Three per Cents. have been done as high as 371, but they closed 371 to 1 ; The Five per Cents. were last quoted 264 to / ; Mexican Actives left off at the improved figure of 36/ to 374 ; and the Deferred, 161 to 174. The other closing quotations were as follows : Pottuguese, 454 to 461; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents., 571 to s ; the Five per Cents., 101/ to 1023; Danish 88 to 89; Columbian, 151 to 1; Chilian, 104 to 106; Buenos Ayres, 37 to 38 ; Brazilian, 82 to 83 ; Belgian, 104 to 105 ; and Peruvian, 301 to 314. The following gentlemen have been appointed honorary officers of the Liverpool Workhouse and Fever Hospital, in addition to the present medical board:—Honorary physician, Dr. Dickenson; honorary surgeons, Mr. T. Inman, -Mr. Byerley, Mr. Burgess. Mr. Graham, of Woodside, has been elected house-surgeon at a salary of £5O per annum. GRAND FREE TRADE BANQUET.—We beg to direct attention to the adverrzement of the " Grand Free Trade Banquet," and the list of the principal feeders, which will be found in another column. This will be no doubt a very grand affair, as it ought to be indeed, for the prices charged, viz., 10s. each for Tea-totalers, and 12s. '6d. each for those who luxuriate in wine. The Tee-btalers by the by have the worst of it, an extra half crown being rather little to charge for a gentlemanly skin-full. SMOKING ON THE WOODSIDE STEAMERS. — It 1S Said Mr. Commissioner Jackson at his recent visit to the noble duke at Chatsworth to meet the Queen, advised her Ma jesty to have an aquatic constable on board her new yacht, to prevent the sailors thawing tobacco ; her majesty re plied, that as Prince Albert was fond of a cigar on deck, she could not think of depriving the sailors of their quids. On Thursday last, the high and 'mighty commissioners of Birkenhead, in the exuberance of their wisdom, thought propei to summon Captain Judkin before the magistrates for smoking a cigar on board one of their common ferry boats. It appears the gallant captain was crossing by the boat at twelve o'clock at night, and standing by the mast smoking a cigar, when he was accosted by one of those recently invested animals, an aquatic constable, who told him he " maunt smoke," but the captain did smoke, nevertheless ; and, then Mr. Aquatic told the collector, Mr. Collector told the manager, Mr. Manager told a coin. missioner, Mr. Commissioner told the law clerk, Mr. Law Clerk told a mag i s t ra t e , M r . M ag i strate i ssue d a summons, to which the gallant captain appeared. The wondrous crime was discussed over and over again, and a fine of half-a-crown decreed, which Captain Judkin re fused to pay, and gave notice of appeal. Why do not the ratepayers return, as commissioners, men a little more accustomed to an interchange of the civilities of life, and who have received the benefit of such an education as would render similar paltry annoyances unknown ? NEW BUILDINGS IN LIVERPOOL.—The quantity of building going on, or in contemplation, in this town, may be estimated from the fact that brick-making was never known, even by men who have been engaged in the occu pation for forty years, to be so brisk as at present, or to promise so much activity throughout the approaching summer, from the extent of the demand. The greatest portion of this material used in the town and outskirts is made at the North Shore, where, we understand, Messrs, S. and J. Holme have themselves no fewer than thirty " stools," or moulders, with their respective subsidiary labourers. A vast number of new buildings, chiefly houses, or houses with shops, are in progress at the north end of the town, many of them in and about Great Homer-street. In various other parts of the suburbs, numerous houses are also rapidly rising. The New Assize Courts, which, in addition to the massive exterior stonework, consume an amazing quantity of bricks, are also " going a-head," the weather being extremely propitious. That stupendous structure is already raised many feet above the datum le vel, and begins to afford, in the lower portions of Ile columns, pilasters, panelled work, &c., some idea of the, splendid appearance it 'Oil! . present when finished. On the whole, there is every prospect of full employment during the season for more than the usual number of bricklayers, joiners, plasterers, and others connected with the several branches of the art of building. A considera ble ofof the e ric n k e s w b co le n quantitylocal would act rlo edoubtlat relating g b t e o c r e e i n l u ar ir s ed use i d n i as dwellings. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD CORRESPONDENCE. TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND COUN CILLORS OF THE LIVERPOOL CORPO RATION. Gentlemen,—l perceive that one of your body has given notice of a motion for Wednesday next upon the subject of y our sc h oo l s. Hi s object is to h ave th e Bible excluded from the class teaching. This will be called the old calumny, but it is indeed the old truth. The preamble to his motion sets forth that the system at present adopted in your schools excludes the children of Roman Catholics. On this g roun d h e d es i res to h ave it alteredi or, if it can not be altered so as to remove this objection, he wishes the schools to be sold. Now, what part of the present system is it that excludes the children of Roman Catholics ? The teaching of spel ling, or reading in the classes ? No ; this is not pretended. What then? The teaching of arithmetic or geography in the classes ? N o . What is it then ? The teaching of writing, or history, or natural history in the classes? No. The hon. councillor will not so libel the Roman Catholics as to say that any of these things exclude their children. What then is it, I ask again, th-it excludes them, if they be excluded? Is it the use of the Bible in the classes ? Yes, clearly so. And how then can the system be so altered as not to exclude them? Only by the exclusion of the Bible from the teaching of the classes. That is plain, however ingenuity may evade it, or elo quence mystify it. Depend upon it, Gentlemen, a large majority of the constituencies of the town see the matter as it is here stated, and feel that they have done their duty in entrusting the municipal government of the town to gentlemen, a majority of whom have declared that the Bible shall be used in the classes of the Corporation Schools. They have long since seen clearly through the flimsy objection to the Protestant translation, and the plausible pretext a b ou t a R oma n Catholic translation. The Roman Catholi cs h ave no translation without notes. Their guides cannot trust the Word of God without com ment among them in any translation. All their versions have notes. That is to say,—they have no Scriptures uncontaminOed by Popery. But, Gentlemen, it is a liber against the Roman Ca. tholic people to say that the Word of God, or any thing else in your present system, excludes their children. In point of fact, it is falsified by your rolls, which contain many names of Roman Catholic children, and would con tain many more if the Roman Catholic people were free agents. But it is true, most true, that so far as the knowledge and influence of the priests extend, the chil dren of Roman Catholics may not, must not, come in contact with the Word of God unbiassed by the comments of " the church." It is curious to see how Dissenters, whose religious boast is the Bible without note or com ment, are made the unconscious tools of the Roman Catholic priests, under the plea of liberality. Gentlemen, if you will take an old friend's advice, you will not open this discussion again, —but by an extin guishing negative show the town that causa finita est, and that you will not consent to waste your valuable time by refuting refuted objections. If it were a matter of improvement in detail, reason would that you should discuss again and again, and continue to im prove ; but this is a question of principle, rest ing on a foundation, which among all the fluctua tions of human opinion remains the same. It is not for the word of man, however enlightened, that you con tend ; but, believing in the genuineness and authenticity of revelation, Abhold, and I trust will bold , th e pa ramoun t claims of the /Ford of God. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, with much respect, Your faithful friend, FIDUS ACHATES. Liverpool, Ist April, 1844. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—My name having appeared in your paper of last Tuesday, in the list of persons who attended the late Fancy Dress Ball, I trust you will permit this note to appear in your next publication as a refutation. I consi der such amusements light and frivolous, and not void of contingent evils ; in addition to which, I denounce the practice of late resorted to for the support of charitable or religious institutions, because two-thirds of what is expended on such occasions is devoted to the god of this world, leaving only the remaining small portion (one third) for the object which is made the plea for such as semblies; such practice cannot, therefore, be acceptable (in my humble opinion) to Him whose call we profess to obey. With these remarks, I leave the serious con sideration of the subject to others; remaining, sir, yours faithfully, RICHARD HARBORD. Upper Parliament-street, 30th March, 1844. IMPROVEMENTS IN SHAW-STREET. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—It was with great pleasure I saw, in your paper of last week, an account of the proposed pleasure-grounds in Shaw•street. Allow me respectfully, through your means, to call the attention of the individuals engaged in this laudable undertaking to the fact, that there is at the north-east corner of this land the artificial mound on which Prince Rupert's battery was placed, and which is the only visible relic of the siege of Liverpool remaining to the present day. It is to be hoped that this mound, which is evidently cut, and of the usual form used in fortifications, will not be sacrificed, but preserved un touched as it has remained from 1644 to the present time. Yours, respectfully, W. G. HERDMAN. 6, Lansdowne-place, Everton, March 30, 1844. WEST DERBY :UNION.: The sixth anniversary dinner of the guardians and offi cers of the West Derby Union took place, on Tuesday, the 19th instant, at Horne's Mersey Hotel. About thirty gentlemen sat down to a most sumptuous repast, which, together with the wines and desert, reflected the highest credit on the caterer. The chair was most ably filled by John Sheppard, Esq., the chairman of the board of guardians; and the vice-chair was occupied by Thomas Roberts, Esq., the deputy vice-chairman of the union. After the cloth was removed, the chairman introduced with very appropriate remarks the following toasts : " The Queen," " The Queen Dowager," " Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family," " The Army and Navy," " The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese,"—(responded to in a very feeling and effective speech by the Rev. W. Badnall. the newly-elected guardian for Wavertree)—" England's pride and Eng. land's glory, the hero of a hundred fights," " The Lieu tenant of the county and the Magistracy, particularly John Formby, Esq., whose success as a magistrate and an ex-officio guardian entitled him to the warmest thanks of the public," " The Chairmen, Vice-chairmen, and Board of Guardians throughout the kingdom," &e. &c. Mr. ROBERTSON proposed the health of the chairman, in which he passed a very high but just and well-merited eulogium on the character of that gentleman, for the very efficient and valuable services rendered to the union during the two last years in which he had presided over the board, and during which time he had united the ut. most zeal and attention to the interest of the ratepayers and the comforts of the poor with the most impartial, kind, and gentlemanly conduct—by which he bad gained the esteem of all who had the honour of his acquaintance. The toast was drank with the most rapturous applause, and evidently with the most sincere feeling. Mr. SHEPPARD replied in a long and eloquent speech, in which he contrasted the satisfactory and pleasing man ner in which the business of the West Derby Union was conducted with that of other unions throughout the country—remarking on the unanimity and good feeling which prevailed amongst the guardians themselves, the character and conduct of their officers, the humane and charitable feeling entertained by the guardians and officers towards the poor objects of their care, controlled by a proper and just economy in the distribution of the funds entrusted to them—and noticing in a more especial man ner the satisfactory mode in which the Workhouse was conducted. On this subject the chairman dwelt at con siderable length on the disgraceful and painful proceedings which had been published to the world with respect to some workhouses in the country, and quoted the remarks lately made in the House of Lords by the Bishop of Exeter relative to the spiritual destitution existing in some institutions of that nature. He (the chairman) was proud to boast that the Workhouse of this union was equalled by few and excelled by none in its excellent ma nagement, and could defy the world to find any just cause Of complaint in the provision made either for the temporal or spiritual welfare of its inmates. He alluded in very complimentary terms not only to the kind and affectionate treatment bestowed upon the inmates of 'that asylum by the master and matron, but also to the zeaPand assiduity with which the respected chapliin (the 'Rev. T. Dwyer) and the schoolmaster and schoolmistresses performed their respective duties—gratifying proofs of which were given in overy inspection of the Workhouse, and more es pecially at the half-yearly examination of the children in the Workhouse Schools—occasions fraught with the most lively interest to all' who cared for the welfare of their poorer brethren. The chairman, after alluding to several other topics of a local nature, concluded his most eloquent and interesting address amidst the greatest de monstrations of approval and delight. • Mr. PARKER next proposed the health of Mr. Ryan, the vice-chairman and father of the board, which was re sponded to with much feeling, and elicited from that re. spected gentleman many excellent and appropriate senti ments in reply. The health of Mr. Roberts, the deputy vice.chairmau, was next proposed, and drank with much enthusiasm, to which that gentleman replied in a very humourous and pleasing manner, saying in conclusion that he did not think there was such a union in the world as that of West Derby. (Loud applause.) The health of several members and officers of the board and other toasts were drunk during the evening, and many excellent speeches made—and every one present seemed highly gratified with the proceedings of the day. Oui MA.RICETS,—The spring delicacies, are beginning to come to market abundantly, the convenience of rail way transit offering every . convenience for obtaining garden and hothouse produce from the south, white the steame rs ,. k eep up an. abundant supply of eggs, ' poultry, butter &c., from I re la n d, the Isle of M an, the North of England, & c ., & c . Th e following were the ruling paces for the delicacies of the early eeason, on Saturday last-- :.Asparagus. one shilling and sixpence per bundle, of quarter hundred; kidney or French beans, 3s. per four bundles, each bundle, containing forty five pods; rhubarb, ls. 6kl. per bundle; new. p otatoes, Is. per basket, o f a b out 31 b s. ; radishes, 2d. per .bunch ; mushrooms, 3s. a . b o ttl e ; scented v i olets, 2 d . pe r bunch ; spring chickens, 3s. t o 3 s . 6d. per pair ducklingtl , ss•per pair; salmon (prim e ), l s. 4d. per lb. ;trout, Is. 4d. per. lb. Cauliflowers, brocoli, - &c., of fine quality, were abundant and cheap. CROWN COURT.-YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. Justice Coltman.) PERJURY. —THE INCENDIARY FIRES IN WALES. William Hardman, an ill-looking fellow under the or dinary size, pleaded guilty to a charge of perjury in hav ing sworn before the magistrates of Manchester, that James Brown alias John Markwell was the individual who set fire to 9 stacks of Wheat, Barley, Oats and Flay, the property of Mr. Kerfoot, a tenant of Lord Dinorben, at a place called Vaenol, in the parish of St. Asaph, Flint shire, on the 21st of September last. The circumstances of the prisoner's ease have recently appeared in our columns. Mr. Wilkins stated the case for the prosecution. His LORDSHIP passed sentence in the following terms. lie said :—You have been convicted, on your own con fession, of a crime certainly in point of enormity not in ferior to that of any prisoner brought to the bar at the present assizes. Ido not, in passing sentence upon you, look at all to the circumstance which has been stated by the learned counsel—that you were concerned in any of the fires to which he made allusion. That may or may not be the fact. At all events, though such an imputation has been cast upon you, I do not consider it as' n ingre dient in your case. But what I look at is the indictment to which you have pleaded guilty. It appears, from that indictment, that you have, in a most deliberate manner, imputed to another person the crime of setting fire to a set of ricks in a farm-yard : and, by your pleading, you admit you did that without any foundation for the charge. A case more infamous than that of endeavouring to affix a crime which may subject an innocent person to a punish ment so severe as attaches to that of incendiarism can hardly be imagined. What your motive for such conduct may have been does not appear : probably it was the mo tive suggested—namely, to obtain the reward which had been offered for the apprehension of the offender. Under these circumstances, it becomes my duty to pass upon you the severest sentence the law allots, and I must say that the punishment is by no means adequate to the nature of your offence. The sentence is, that you be transported beyond the seas to such place as her Majesty, by the ad vice of her Privy Council, may direct for the term of seven years. SENTENCES. Richard Toothill (22), who had pleaded guilty to a charge of highway robbery, at Elton, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour. Henry Holden (22), who had pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter, at Bolton, was sentenced to three montbs' imprisonment. Richard Johnson (20), who had pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary, in Whitechapel, was sentenced to twelve calendar months' imprisonment and hard labour. Jonathan Thompson (24) who had been convicted of stabbing, at Bedford, was sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for two years. MANSLAUGHTER AT MANCHESTER. John O'Hare (17) was indicted for the manslaughter of John Murray, at Manchester, by driving against him a one-horse cart. Mr. Whigham conducted the case for the prosecution ; and Mr. Wilkins defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased, who was 59 years of age, lived at Bacup, near Rochdale ; that between the hours of nine and ten o'clock on the morning of the 3d of January last he was in St. George's-road, Manchester; and that while he was in the act of crossing the road from the right to the left, he met with the acci dent which resulted in his death. The prisoner was driving a cart, and a man of the name of Bradbury was driving another cart. They were racing, with the view of reaching an adjacent coal yard. Bradbury was in advance about ten yards, and was going at a brisk trot. The pri soner's horse was in a gallop; and it was while the horses were going at that rate that the right shaft of the priso ner's cart struck the deceased in the shoulder, broke four of his ribs, and fractured his skull. He was immediately taken to a druggist's shop, and subsequently to the Man chester Infirmary, where he died on the following Saturday of the fracture of the skull. The defence was to the effect. that the deceased was deaf—that he made a short turn off the causeway into tha road—and that the pri soner, after the accident, returned with his horse and cart, and offered to render every assistance to the unfor tunate man. The prisoner was acquitted. FORGERY IN OLDHAM. William Taylor, (not in the calendar) a very respect able man of elderly appearance, was indicted for having uttered a forged acceptance to . a bill of exchange for £221 145., with intent to defraud William Byrom, James But terworth, John Brown, and others (the Oldham Banking Company.) The jury found the prisoner guilty. STABBING AT WHALLEY. Richard Wilkinson, 50, was indicted for unlawfully and maliciously stabbing, cutting, and wounding one Wellington Moorhouse, at Whalley. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of an assault; and the prisoner was sentenced to imprisonment in Lancaster Castle for the term of twelve calendar months. STABBING AT LIVERPOOL. John M`Kenna, 25, Patrick Gilligan, 23, and Michael M'Corkin, 20, were indicted for having feloniously cut, stabbed, and wounded Patrick Crane, at Johnson-street, Liverpool. • . Mr. A,rpold conducted the case for the prosecution, and the prisoners were defended by Mr. Wilkins. It appeared that, on the night of Friday, or early on the morning of Saturday, the 6th of January. the prose cutor was in his cellar, in the act of retiring to rest, when he heard a party of men come down to the door, and endeavour to force it open. He went for the purpose of preventing them, but was unable to resist the pressure from the outside. The door was forced in, the three pri soners, accompanied by three others,.entered. and Gilligan asked for some sle. The prosecutor replied that he was a teetotaller, that his wife was unwell, and that he wished them to leave. A scuffle ensued, in the course of which the candle was blown out by one of the party, and M'Kenna took out a clasp-knife, and threatened to cut off the prosecutor's head. Gilligan then laid hold of the prosecutor in such a way as to prevent him from defending himself, while M'Kenna inflicted two or three cuts, not of a very dangerous nature, on his face. A woman, of the name of M'Gregor, who lived in the cellar, wanted to get out, for the purpose of calling in the police, but she was struck back by M'Corkin. Shortly after the prisoners ran away; and when they were taken into custody, in a few days after, a clasp-knife Was found at M'Kenna's, which, according to the medical tbstimony, would have inflicted the cuts on the prosecutor's face. The jury acquitted the three . prisoners. The court adjourned at six o'clock to nine this morning. NISI PRIUS COURT.-YESTERDAY. THE BURY WATER WORKS COMPANY V. BENSON. This case was resumed yesterday morning, and further voluminous evidence was heard for the defendant, in which a number of surveyors and others described the nature of the embanking, the " pitching" with ruble wall stone, &c., the sinking of the banking, &c.—showing upon the whole that the first measurement of the work appeared to be pretty accurate, the sinking being accounted for by the long time that had since elapsed. The learned JUDGE, in summing up, inclined to the opinion that the difference between the parties was, under the circumstances, so little, that it would have been more advisable to settle the matter out of doors. The jury, without retiring from the box, returned a verdict for the defendant. The case was not decided until nearly four o'clock, so that it occupied the cou.t upwards of a diy and a half. SEDUCTION.—SQUIRFS U. MOLYNEUX. This was an undefended case, which was stated to the jury by Mr. SEGAR, without general remarks. The plain tiff, Amelia Squires, a widow, residit , in Preston, sought to recover damages from the defendant, for the loss of the services of Mary Braithwaite, her daughter by a first husband,—a good-looking young woman, who was em ployed by Messrs. Barton, Brierley, and Co., of that town. The defendant was a partner in the firm, and, it moreover appeared, a married' man. In 1840 the plaintiff went to work in the mill; and defendant shortly afterwards paid her 'particular attentions. Not knowing that he was married, she listened to his declarations of attachment, and he stated that he purposed to marry her. This pro mise she at first questioned, on the ground of the disparity in their respective situations in life • but the intimacy was kept up by frequent interviews, and by the parties cor i responding by letter, and walking out together. Several letters from the defendant to the girl were produced, couched in the most affectionate terms; stating that he was astoniihed she should doubt his affection—that no cause of separation would arise on his part, and'imploring her to be faithful as he would be, &c. When they were walking out together on one occasion, a female came up and said something which induced defendant to leave his companion, whose mother and herself EOM afterwards found that he was in no situation to comply with his promise of marrying her. The result of their intimacy was a child born in May last. These facts were proved by the young w o man an d others; and the learned JUDGE-remarked, in, summing up, that the case was one of considerable aggravation,and that the : amount of damages should be duly considered. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £4O. SMITH V. COARE. This case was somew iat similar to the last, and Mr. Cardwell stated-the particulars, which were also proved. The defendant, Jame§ Smith, sought to recover damages from Edward. Coare, (now 274 years old,) for the seduc tion of his daughter, Isabela, a woman now 27 years o f age. The father of the plaintiff, and the father of the de fendant, farmed contiguous land at Mellor, -near Black burn. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 430. HARRISON AND OTHERS V. CADWELL.. Gilbert Harrison and Co.,Vonmeici;anisin this town, sought to recover a balance of account for iron supplied to James Cadwell, a blacksmith, at Southport. The plaintiff's case was proved, and a verdict got for the full amount. laid-I'3o Os. 10d. SIRDEFIELD V. WALMSLEY. In this case Mr. Sirdefield, keeper of the George Inn, Liverpool, sought t' recover from the defendant, the son of a respectable person, the sum of:4:84 18s. Ba., for board and lodging, dinners to parties, keep'of a horse, &c., from January.to July, - last year. A barmaid spoke to the ac curacy of the account as compared with the bar book, which she then kept herself. The teamed judge remarked that the defendant's expenditure might be extravagant, but if he incurred it he-must pay it. Verdict accordingly for - the whole amount BRANCKER, ENT. V. MARSHALL. An action brought by Sir T. Braocker, of the Royal Bank of Liverpool, to recover the amount, of a bill and intere s t f or £6OO , an d anot h er f or £650, both drawn in. March, 1841, upon Marshall, Barber, and Co. The evi dence being heard rendering Henry Marshall, the de fendant, liable, the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff — damages, with interest, £1406 16s. V STELE. Plaintiff, Mr. Georg WRIGHT e Wri . ght, E brewer, and wine and spirit merchant, sought to recover £63 10s. from Steele, the defendant, who was tenant of a public-liouse in Pownall-square. The orders for, and delivery of, the goods were proved. Verdict for the full amount. WHITE V. SHARP. This was an action to recover a sum of £377 15s. 2d. (with interest,) on an award. Mr. Crompton and Mr. Watson appeared for the plaintiff, and M. Cowan for the defendant. Mr. WATSON stated the particulars. The plaintiff had been captain of the ship " John Campbell," of which the defendant, Captain Sharp, was owner. The plaintiff sailed from this port in 1841 to Sydney, thence to India, and thence hcme to England. In Bombay the mortga gees of the ship took possession of her, as they had a right to do. Plaintiff on arriving in England with the ship in 1843, presented his accounts and vouchers to the owner, but obtained no setilement. A reference to arbi trators was subsequently had by order of a judge, and Mr. Cook, superintendent of Pilots, Mr. Hazelden, and Mr, Singlehurst were appointed as such, the agreement being that the decision of two of them should be binding. They awarded, after heating all the evidence, £344 to the plaintiff. This, however, the defendant refused to pay, and hence the present action. The plea for this refusal was that the ship on her way home put into St. Helena, where a captain Mercer had shortly before been ship wrecked, that the plaintiff had brought him, his wife, two infant children, and servant, home to England, for which the defendant made a charge against the plaintiff for the extravagant sum of £220. The arbitrators had well con sidered the charge, but considered it most exorbitant, and having found that the usual charge in such cases was Is. 6d. a day per bead for adults, had allowed accordingly £l2 to be deducted from the captain's claim, which they thought sufficient, more particularly as the plaintiff was (as is usual) ordered by the governor of the island to take the parties home. Mr. Singlehurst said he would not award, and never signed it. Mr. COWAN contended that the award was bad in law, as it aet forth the names of the three arbitators, and used the pronoun '• we" as ap plying to all of them, yet was signed by only two of them, and he cited a case in support of his argument. For the plaintiff it was contended on the other hand that it was perfectly sufficient as the award of the majority, and in this view of the point his Lordship concurred. Another oblection was raised for the defendant, that the plaintiff had brought home Captain Mercer and family in the cabin, but it appeared that he had• no other place in which to put them. The jury, under the direction of his Lord ship returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, to gether with interest, &c. £3BO 18s. 2d. CIIESIIIHE ASSIZES. The commission of the peace for the county of Chester was opened at the Shire Hall, Chester, late on Saturday evening last, by the Hon. Sir John Williams. On Monday (yesterday) morning Mr. Justice Williams took his seat in the Nisi Prius, and Mr. Justice Maule in the Criminal Court. CROWN COURT.—The court having been opened in the usual form, the grand jury were sworn, and briefly Ad dressed by the learned Judge, who appeared to be labour ing under indisposition ; after which, a few causes of lit tle interest were disposed of. CIVIL SlDE.—Twenty-two causes are entered for trial, six of which are special juries. The court fixed these as follows :—none to be taken before Tuesday; on Wednes day, " Lovatt v. Boyd," and " The Queen v. Williams •" o hursday, `The Queen v. Ward ;" and on Friday, Case v. Boyd." Up to the hour of our express leaving, two unimportant cases only had been decided. CHEMISTRY.—The eldest son of Mr. Muspratt, of Seaforth-hall, has just been granted his degree of Doctor of the University of Grissen, for an original paper on the sulphites. The British and North American royal mail steam ship, Acadia, Captain Ryrie, will leave this port on Thursday next, for Halifax and Boston. We shall now have two steamers a month. MR. Bucx.—We beg to remind parties wishing to avail themselves of Mr. Buck's experience and skill in the in struction of shorthand, writing, book-keeping, &c., that he is about to retire from the profession in a short time. SCRIPTURAL EDUCATION.—On Sunday last, after two powerful and eloquent appeals from the Rev. Hugh M`Neile, the sum of £lOl 3s. 2d. was collected in aid of the schools in connection with the church. SOUTHERN HOSPITAL.—On Sunday last, at West Derby Church, after an excellent and appropriate sermon by the Rev. Mr. Moriarty, the sum of seventeen pounds was collected in behalf of the funds of the Southern Hospital. DINNER AT THE TOWN-HALL.---HIS worship, the Mayor, gave a grand dinner, on Thursday, to the Judges, the High Sheriff of the county, the Grand Jury, and the leading members of the northern bar. Amon his unpro fessional guests were the Earl of Sefton, Sir John Tobin, Sir Thomas Brancker, Richard Leyland, Esq., Nicholas Robinson, Esq., and some other gentlemen of the town. TOKEN OF RESPECT.—On) Mondays last a party of gentlemen met, at the Rimrose Hotel, Bootle, to present the respected landlord with a silver snuff-box, as a token of re , pect for him as a man and tradesman. After the pre sentation had taken place the company sat down to a good supper : after which the healths of the Queen, and the royal family, and success to Mr. Orme were drunk, and the company seperated at an early hour. ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, RODNEY-STREET.—A meet ing of the shareholders of the above church was held on Thursday evening, the 28th instant. The secretary read over the new constitution, intended to bind over the build ing more fully to the Established Church of Scotland. The 16th article of the new constitution was condemned by'Mr. T.ll. Arnott as. intended Lo denude shareholders, not being meiotic-la of the congregation, of any control over their property. THE JUDGES.—Mr. Baron Rolfe, and:MrJustice Colt man attended divine service at St. George's Church. They were accompanied with the High-sheriff, the Mayor, is his robes of office, and other gentlemen. Prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Monk ; and the sermon was preach ed by the Rev. Mr Leigh, who selected for his text, the 26th Chapter of St. Mathew, and the 13th verse :—"Ve rily I say unto you, wheresoever this gospel shall. be preached in the whole world, there shall also this which this woman bath done be told for a memorial of her." The anthem was taken from the 63d Chapter of Isaiah. In the evening their lordships dined with Dr. Sheppard, of Gateacre. ELECTION OF OVERSEERS &ND ASSESSORS FOR BIR KENHEAD.—On Monday last, pursuant to notice, a meeting of the parishioners of Birkenhead was held in the vestry of St. Mary's Church. Mr. John Crowther moved that Mr. Orange take the chair, after which, the following gentlemen were nominated as overseers:—E. G. Willoughby, John Crowther, J. Shore, Joshua Lace, Wm. Jackson, of Church -street, Robert Meacock, Robert Twisaday, Nathan Bake, William Higgins, and William Osborne. William Hillear and John Law were nominated as assessors, and Mr. E. G. Willoughby and Mr. John Crowther were elected overseers. Atter a vote of thanks to Mr. Orange for his conduct in the chair, the meeting separated.—[We are requested to contradict a statement which has appeared in the Albion and other papers, that Mr. Eastwood made any observations as to the attendance of dissenters at church.] THE COUNCIL.—At the usual monthly meeting of the Council, to be held to-morrow, the proceedings of the Finance Committee will comprise a recommendation to increase the sallaries of James Woods and William Rush ton, the district surveyors, from £2OO to £250. The motions of which Mr. North gave notice for the last monthly meeting will be submitted on this occasion, They are to. the effect, that the picture of the crucifixion be presented to some church, and that a committee be ap pointed for the more effective regulation of the ferries, ferryboats, and landing places. The motions of which Mr. Isaac Holmes and Mr. Balackburn also gave notice for the last meeting will also be brought forward. The motion of the former has reference to the better accommo dation of steam-boats, and that of the latter to a different mmagement of the Corporation schools. DINNER TO CAPT. MILLER BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE.—On Tuesday last, in terms of a resolution adopted by - the Board of Police, the Commissioners en tertained Henry Miller, Esq., Superintendent of the Po lice Establishment, at dinner, in the Black Bull Hall, on the occasion of his leaving Glasgow, to fill the situation of Head Constable of the Liverpool Police, and to mark the high esteem they entertained of the able manner in which he has discharged the duties of his office, as head of the police of this city. The chair was taken on the occasion by Bailie Hastie (in the absence of the Lord Provost, now in London), and he was supported right and left by Mr. Miller, Bailies Anderson, Whitehead, the Deacon Convener. &c. Dr.Aitken acted as croupier, supported by Bailie Hamilton, the Lord Dean of Guild, Councillor Robertson, &c.—Glasgow Guardian. TOWNSHIP OF LVERTON.—A meeting of the ratepayers of this township was held on Thursday last, for the pur pose of transacting the annual business of the township, Mr. 3. M•George in the chair. Mr. Wilson Ledger, one of the overseers, presented a summary of the accounts of the township, and also a summary of the accounts of the surveyor of highways. By the former it appeared that there was a balance due to the township of £56 14s. 7d., and by the latter, a balance due to the surveyor of high ways of £389 7s. (4d. The accounts having been passed,, the overseers, auditors, and stipendiary o ffi cers were re appointed. r. James Blundell, seconded by Mr. M'George, proposed that the printing business ofithe township for the ensuing year be given to Mr. T. Taylor. Mr. W. Ledger proposed that it be given to Mr. Richard Shaw. Mr. H shall seconded the motion, and the question having been put to the vote, the numbers were for Mr. R. .Shaw, 18; and for Mr. T. Taylor, 16. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, overseers, and auditors, and the meeting adjourned. • - co A ur T t R y o e C s t l e o r U d S ay C , CONDUCT D ra ll a C r r T i e o d F w A o HUSBAND.—At aUnS,B ElizabethA N D .At Smith,the po 1 i w c a e s charged with being drunk and disorderly , when Mr. Owen, - e w h h a o appeared rgetomake fo a r ga t i h o e st h h u e s r b — an th d a , t o sa f id adu h l e te h ry ad . a Th fu e rthe pri soner's husband was called to prove that he and a police officer went into a cellar in Marybone, where they found his wife lying on a bed with another man. Mr. Owen then called the wife of the man who was lying on the bed with her, who deposed to the same fact. But when the case was cross-examined by Mr. Rushton, it turned out that she had been made drunk by her husband, after which she was taken to the cellar by the wife of the man who teas found in bed with her, namely, Mary Griffiths—that drink was afterwards given to her in bed—and that the whole thi ng was got up by the husband, who had neglected her, in order, by a charge of adultery, to get rid of a weekly allowance for her support which was enforced from him by the parish officers. Mr. Rushton said a baser case had never come before him, and, discharging the prisoner, ordered the husband and his abandoned female confede rate into custody, to find bail to answer a charge of per jury, if not of conspiracy. pril 2, 1844. AMERICA. B the Ne packet-shipw York receivedy days later th an prev i ous l y rece i ve d . the A Tariff Bill was repor t e d i n th e House, from Committee of W a y s an d M eans , b u t we cannot find roo_ even for a synopsi s un til next wee k. COTTON INTELLIGENCE. Virginian, papers 1 There e e h N as ew he Y eh or a k g c o o o t d io d n e tr a r n k d et fo o r f c t o h t e to 9 h th tt i l s ro % b f o o u ll t e li week for export, but holders have continued to Press sales, and prices have given way fulls of a cent. Per_„ l y towards the close, however, there was less an'r eovfitwlcieddehto 8,0505e11. T w h e e re sal t j es pl o a f nd the an w d eek n r n e r a i c d h a, l6 o , r l d o i O ns h l B l 9l middling 71 to 81, middling fair tu fair 81 to 9, g 00d..., 91- cents per lb, 8.050 New Orleans and Mobile ordine7s to middling Ito Ba, middling fair to fair 81 good fair 10 to 101 cents per lb. Freights.—Ther e ~„t fair amount of freight offering for Europe •, two transl.7i to 91 ce n ' s ships have been taken for Liverpool at id. for cotton, 5 1 3 1 one ditto at 17.32 d, The packet rates are, to LiverProoeum, c p o ro tt v o i n si , ors d , . ss to 6d 9 t . o l6 6 d s . 6 ; d s i e h ed t s ie , r B e s e . s, 6d an . d to 3s 9s 6 . d p ih er ha ti rr e e.t .i flour, turpentine, &c., 3s to 3s 6d. ; tobacco, 30s • hogshead ; and heavy goods. 25s to 30s per ton. 0 1 Prices at M o bile, on th e I s t u l t., s h owe d a d e cline /a to cent per lb. Sales limited, say 15,000 to 18 17; bales. Middlin gs ma y b e quote d at 8 cents as the aveli of that day' 9"s transactions. Th e aggregate sa les of L.,/ week amounted to about 7,000 bale s . Receipts 21 bales. Stock 124,800. untlS At Charleston, on the 6th u lt., th e d eman d f or 111 ) . — ,b, had almost enti r ely cease d. Th e sa l es on SaturdaY,;l6 2d ult., and on foll ow i ng M on d ay amounte d to ba"de. bales : on Tuesday, th e sth u l t „ to 4 36 h ales, a t the cline of t cent., on previous quotatio ns . P r ices taeg ioll from 71 cents. ao 9s. R ece i ve d f rom t h e I st to the gli ult., inclusive upwards of 9,000 bales. Week The state of the New O r l eans mar k et, f or the vie ending Saturday, the 24th ult. is as follows ;—" 10 review of Wednesday last, we noticed that the market?.',; closed the previous evenin g w ith a d ec id e dl y d u ll feel and a downward tend enc y i n pr i ces caused the Jaw accumulation of stock, which holders are desirous of 1 1 ; ducing. Early on Wednesday- morning the news bY Boston steamer was received, and induced a few but : t yj to enter the M ar k e t, an d t h e sales amounted to 9 0 ; bales, at former rates. Thursday's mail did not btl" the private advices by the steam-ship, and the market vi i4 s ' s in cons quence, heavy ;. the sales amounting to 3,60 0 b ,r, f i at prices rather in fa vour o f b uyers. Yesterday the letAL came to hand, and were delivered at eleven o'clock, 5P.- 4 , 4 which the market b ecame excee di ngly dull, and the eln, business of the day on ly reac h e d 1 ,20 Q bales, whilst Dul ders showed great anx i e t y t o tea li ze. The sales o f ul , past three days amount to 14,300, and those of the We rf to 25,300 bales. "The receipts since the 27th ult, are 12,048 bales, ii k ni the exports 13,962 : name l y .— to Li verpool, 6.253; P:i vre, 3,306 ; New York, 1,974 ; Boston 1,033 ; Cowes 5 , a market, 702; Antwerp 644 bales; leaving a stock baud, including all on shipboard, not cleared yesterdaP of 248,822 bales. "Liverpool classification ;—Louisiaßa and MississipP i; Inferior 7t071 ; or di nary . 71 to ; middling, 81 to g; middiing fair, 9 ; fair, 91 to 91 ; good fair 10 to 1 ; good and fine, 108" , SPAIN. A 'telegraphic dispatch date bod Madrid, M arc h 2i, .. d been received. "Ca r th agen i a " surren d ered at discretn on the 25th. Yeste r d a y fh ere was a very numerous a i n i j brilliant drawi ng -roo m a t C ourt . Th e two Queens .11 the Infanta enjoy excellent health. The most perfect tI" quility prevails in all parts of Spain. The dividend declared at the Newcastle and Carlit Railway mee ti ng was f our per cent , for £lOO share, ""- of income tax. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday, at Cambridge, M r ; Pox, son of Dr. Fox, of Bristol, lost his life by 1eaP1 13 .," from a phaeto n w ith w hi c h t h e horses were running ac's Prince Albert arrived at Ostend on Thursday n i g ht, proceeded to Cologne the following morning. He is e; pected to return to this country about the I lth instant. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE I N LONDON.—On S un d ay n igbt i • o fire broke out in a spacious range of premises, s it u ated A Russell's-mews, n ear T o tt en h am C ourt R oad. The I°' is estimated at £4OOO. - The following are details of one export entry at the Custom-house, in this port :—On the 19th instant , rt ship Patna, for H on kk ong , s hi pped by Richard Alli 115%; cotton cloth, 3,012,147 yards, value £45,025; the r s '" material of this shipment would be under £5,000. The Dublin Evening M a il emp h at i cally asserts t h a t It, former allegation, denied by t h e S tandard—that the 11:e mier has written a letter to lord de Grey, that no re ° , church appointments lin Ir e l an d are to b e g i ven to ele l ;4 gymen unfriendly to th e na ti ona l system o f education--: strictly and accurately true. W e can on l y h ope that RIS not. - MONKS FERRY BlLL.—This bill p asse d the Ceninii,,to tee of the House of Commons on M on d ay . Lord and Sir H. Douglas voting for it. Si r Thomas Branck4l.l, Brramley-Moore, H. Hornby, an d W. Ni c ol, EK r t to formed a deputation from the co r p ora ti on t o oppose " bill, and engaged Messrs. Austin, T a lb o t, an d Palaterl; counsel on their behalf. M r . F orsy th was co unsel for Birkenhead Commissioners. alit HASTINGS ELECTION.—The league has been s i b B. defeated at Hastings. Their candidate, Mr. 11 ,,;,,, e d by Moore, the renowned league lecturer, wat 4 Z t i a ''tiding, te Peveral members of parliament , but, nott , Z l, " - tip conservative candidate. M.. /3 re , ... A is a majority greater than was ever previously obtain the Mr. Brisco, 511 ; Mr. Moore, 169 ; the borough. At the close of the poll the n umbers o'er: conservatism, 342. ST. MARY'S (KIRKDALE) NATIONAL SCHOOL. were much gratified by a visit, on Friday l as t, to ti' , neat building for the scriptural education of the youofj in connexion with St. Mary's Church, in Kirkdale , 81 °1; recently erected through the exertions of the incumbeir. the Rev. Mr. James, and other benevolent individua l It will be seen from an advertisement that the scheo: will be opened on Monday next, by a public tea parl Majority We had prepared a description of the building, and ref exceedingly that we have no room for it to-day. MANCHESTER.—On Thursday last, the second Ma ri ; chester Phonetic festival was held, in the assembly r°, 43 ,, of the Town-hall; about 400 l a di es and gent le men (Pw ° nographers and their friend s ) sa t d own to tea. Mr. Alder , man Kershaw, the lat e M ayor o f M anchester. peest 5 and after tea addressed the meeting. The other sPe a " j r. were Mr. B. Pitman, M r . Di xon, M r. Withers, an d M I6 Swinglehust. Mr. I saac Pi tmen, t h e i nventor of t he science, was expected, b u t hi s numerous d ut i es pre voili ng him from leaving Bath. At intervals during the el e " t v several new and popular concerted pieces were sung by members of the Harmonic Society. MEETING OF THE RATE-PAYERS OF WEST JJE-;,,,.07, The annual meetin g of th e ra t e - pavers o f W est no was held on Thursday last. Mr. Thomas Robert s, o aS of the vice chairmen of the West Derby Union , the elected unanimously to the chair though opposed, ° n at. motion of Mr. Thomas Smith, by Mr. Robert Shwere o f the s e " a l: house. Mr. Thomrs Harrison and Mr. Peter Ynt war a elected overseers for the ensuing year; and Mr. _ ~;„‘ surveyor of highways. At the conclusion a vote of thanks was given to the chairman for 11 tion. MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Y e le p b e ° r n p e et w ra a t s io t ii hr of —On Saturdq a th r ~,,a4 0 the subsequent attempted suicid e o f t h e murderer. -11' ei m av o tea s n t ian cl gs r t e tah a te d e dreadful murder, rggialr'uebraodtue ne ig hbourho o d excitement committed t. bMy by a man named WO . Crouch upon the person of. Frances C rouc h , h i s w if e , scene of the horrible occurrence is Little Maryleboo e ; street, leading out of G rea t Marylebone-street. 11114 ir villain destroyed hi s w if e ' s l i fe by cutting her throat vriv a razor whilst s h e was seated on a chair suckling the t child. He afterwards inflicted a very serious, but 0° dangerous, wound on his own throat. ELECTION FOR ABERCROMBY WARD.-- By y lamented death of Charles Bottflower, Esq., this vi b ii has lost an exce ll ent representative ;—unwearied in .01 devotion to the ar d uous d u ti es o f hi s office, ,and and steadfast in those conservative and Protestant P., 1 4 ciples, for the consistent mai n t enance o f w hi c h h e recoL,„ the support and confidence of thi s conserva tive cv" o t stituency. It will be perceived, f rom an a d ver tisetli e „ in our columns, that Thuriday next is fixed for the r, tion of a member to supply the vacanc y th us crettf al ; 4 The candidate on the conservative interest is Mr. Tb°.f,f, Kaye, the respected propriet or o f th e Li ver p oo l Co No candidate on the whig- radical interest has as vet "..jl-- announced; and it is highly probably that no such co" date will present himself. ~„d the BANK OF ENGLAND.—In Friday's G aze tt e we ..—.; 6 4 return of the quarterly average o f th e week l y liabiltse, and assets of the Bank of England, from the 30th b et eember to the 23d ult. On comparing this return ''bet that of the precedin g quarter, f rom the 2d of peeeto,.ol to the 24th of F e b ruary, we find that the circulation it. idcreased from £20,414,000 to £21,122,000, being a o" ference of £7 08 ,000; the deposits had in cr e a sed' r O OO, £13,924,000 t0X13,972,000, being a diff erence o f 1: 46 " making the total liabilities £35,094,000 ; and the Le c o ool ties had decreased froth . , '422,482,900 to £22, 40 '04 being a diffe r e nc e of £3,0(10 ; the bullion bad iliac, at from £14,993,000 to £15,784,000 , b e i ng a differell?: o o £791,000, making the total assets £38,263.000. to is an increase is thi surplus or rest from £3,137) ( '"" £3,169,000, being a tlifference of £32,000. TUESDAY;•APRIL 2, 1844. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNI. O By .t, gala' JOSHUA . FLETCHER LACE, of 53,Grove-street, - LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street. At N 0.4, ST.Gsonaz's CRESCENT,LiVEr.F OOI, ' a pt Orders and Adertisements are received by Messrs. 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