The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-07-01 00:00:00

TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1851. THE evidence given by Mr. Hatfield, secretarY to the Birkenhead Dock Company, before the select committee on the Passenger's Act, is curious, as show ing the extent to which these gentlemen are ready to go, in order to raise their own property at the ex pense of Liverpool, or of any other interest. It, at the same time, shows how active they are in avail ing themselves of every opportunity to press their pretensions before parliament. The object of the committee's inquiries was to ascertain whether some more perfect arrangements than those at pre sent existing for the protection of emigrants from Imposition whilst ashore, for the more convenient examination of their stores by the government officers, and the inspection of their persons by the medical staff before going on board, could not be devised. Mr. Hatfield disap proves of nearly the whole of the existing arrangements; and after quoting a memorial, re cently presented to government by a number of American captains visiting this pert, the main ob ject of which, it is well known, was to procure the privilege of having fires and lights on board their ships, he proceeds to give his notions of the kind of system which should be put in force. Of course the leading feature in the plan is the adoption of Birkenhead as the great emigration port in the Mersey. We are to transfer a large portion of the American shipping engaged in the emigration trade to the Great Float. But this is not all. Mr. Hatfield urges, as one of the advan tages of the change, that " the steamers can come into the Birkenhead Dock, and they might go alongside the ship, or to a depot, with their pas sengers, without going into the river." Does Mr. Hatfield contemplate taking from us the Irish steamers, or are the Woodside ferry boats to mono polise the trade of putting passengers on board ? But then it is not very likely that the American shipping will voluntarily adopt Birkenhead. They have the chance now, but do not avail themselves of it. For that Mr. Hatfield has a remedy. He would draw a large number of them there by the following process. He maintains that there must he a government establishment at Birken head, managed by a large staff of government offi cers, paid by the country, to which should Le attached a large " Emigrants' Home," to he erected—of course on the company's land—by the company, who are to be paid a rental for it, and to be perfectly free from all onerous liability. It is mot, however, to be a Home exactly, for the people are not to board in it. It is not either to be a pri son, for they may go out in the day time, to buy -their provisions and stores. Mr. Henley, one of the committee, suggests its resemblance to a sheep pen. Every emigrant is to register his name in it, undergo the required examination, and a ticket, specifying that he has done this, is indispensible to his being permitted to embark. In short, the government are to constitute themselves emigration agents on an extensive scale; and the result of his plan Mr. Hatfield plainly tells us will he that "it will extinguish the passenger brokers." By the way, although in one part of his evidence he states that he does not intend that all passengers shall embark from the Birkenhead Depot, he tells us, in answer to question 1590, that "at all events they must assemble there before they embark." Having provided the committee with a depot system, the witness kindly proceeded to provide them with the depot itself. The company have some buildings, called the Dock Cottages, erected at an expense of about £60,000, which he tells them would suit the purpose very well, and which, -so doubt, their present owners would be very glad to sell ! CONSIDERING his assumed position as a leading organ of public opinion in one of the most imnor -11 int districts of the empire, the Manchester Guar dian occasionally displays an amount of ignorance of commercial and fiscal affairs which is most astounding. On Saturday last, however, in a notice of Mr. Duncan's lecture of Tuesday, at the Corn Exchange, Manchester, he completely out- Leroded Herod. More complete folly surely never emanated from the pen of a man professing to be an instructor of the community. We shall give an extract or two from this precious production. The writer is talking about Mr. Duncan's proposi tion to base a portion of the money of the country -upon its taxation, by government issuing one pound notes in discharge of army and navy esti mates, &c., which are to be taken in return as pay ment for the taxes due from the people. Upon this he says:— " Does Mr. Duncan, then, imagine that taxes are now paid in sovereigns ; or that, H his taxation one-pound notes were in existence, they would be used for that pur pose ? If he does, we can assure him that he is very greatly mistaken. The payment of taxes differs in no respect from the general mercantile and other payments which take place in the country. The payments through the London clearing-house alone amount to about twelve tundred millions sterling annually ; and it would be just as rational, and just as consistent with sound principle, to issue the same amount of one-pound notes to facilitate those payments, as to issue sixty millions to pay the taxes. How, in fact, are the latter generally paid ? An importer of wine, spirits, sugar, or coffee,—a soap boiler or a dis tiller,—nay, even a publisher of a newspaper,—is called apon to pay one, two, or three hundred pounds for duties which he has incurred. Does be proceed to collect toge ther sovereigns and hank notes ? No; nine times out of ten, he draws a cheque on his banker, possibly the same individual, and the amount is, in due course, transmitted to London, and paid into the Bank of England, probably without having caused the movement of a single sovereign or bank note in the whole process." Clearly our taxes are paid in sovereigns, or in bank notes based upon sovereigns in part, and upon the debt owing by government to the Bank of England. Our custom-houses and excise offices insist also that such sovereigns shall be of full weight. The payment of taxes does " differ from the general mercantile and other payments which take place in the country," because the latter are sometimes made in bills, whilst the tax receiver insists upon having legal tender. "An importer of wine, spirits, sugar, and coffee—a soap-boiler or distiller," is not allowed to draw a cheque upon his banker for duties owing. Such importer might just as well offer the envelope of an ounce of tobacco to the customs or excise as his cheque. Even a local bank note is not taken. And with respect to the newspaper proprietor, the Manchester Guar dian must possess some peculiarly friendly relations with the stamp distributor of his district if he is permitted to pay duty in anything but bank notes and gold. Admitting, for the sake of argument, that he can use the process described by the Guar dian, how can money be paid to government or any -other party, and yet not have " caused the move ment of a single sovereign or bank note in the whole process ?" The government receiver of taxes in London will insist upon payment in one or the other ; and, moreover, before a man can draw a cheque upon his banker, he must either have previously lodged money with him, or contract a debt payable hereafter in money. As to the clearing house affair, money has passed in some shape for the whole of the twelve hundred millions mentioned. But Mr. Duncan's taxation notes, the Guardian nays, " would become exceedingly ragged and dirty, so as to be a horrid nuisance" ! Fastidious gentleman ! There is the consolation, however, that if the kid gloved manufacturers of Manchester would not take them, the taxgatherer would. The " horrid nuisance" might create a demand for eau tie Cologne, and exceedingly delight Jean Marie Farina. The Guardian has an objection also to r , Duncan's plan of a money of commerce, proposed houses to be issued upon soli d security -- lands, railway shares, &c. , the t i t le t o which is to be , lodged with government, with a power of sale in case of default. Of this money he says "4 Now, what practical limitation to the extent of such isques would be in existence ? If a handsome profit could be made by issuing notes, security would be given to the extent, probably, of hundreds of millions sterling ; and the country would be inundated with paper which, not being payable in definite quantities of the precious metals or other valuable things, would undergo an exceedingly rapid depreciation." The practical limit won i d be the requirements of commerce. There could certainly be no " hand some profit" made by lending money to safe per sons, if notes to the amount of hundreds of millions sterling were pressing upon the market for employment" ; and we are not aware that men, who hai pledged their solid acres as security for their issues, would be very likely_ to lend to unsafe ones. As to the country being-" inundated with paper, which, not being payable in definite quantities of the precious metals, or other valuable things, would undergo an exceedingly rapid depre ciation," the alleged incontrovertibility into "valu able things" is simply untrue. The banks which issued them could always cancel them, and receive back the property deposited as security. Bearing the stamp of government, and being legal tenders, they would always pay a debt, rent, or any other obligation, and we have no doubt that men could easily manage to purchase with them gold, if it was wanted. The Guardian is fond of adverting, whilst on the subject of the currency, to the assignats of France, and the paper dollars of Buenos Ayres. Now, he well knows that there is no parallel between these two glaring instances of the abuse of the system of symbolic money, and the system proposed by Mr. Duncan. lie might as well argue, that be cause a swindler occasionally passes a bill drawn against an imaginary balance in an imaginary bank, all bills should be suspected. Surely the British government, holding, as it will do, real tangible property as the security for every note issued. will not be compared to the government of revolution ary France, or to the despotism of General-Rosas! WE understand that a question will come before the Council, at its meeting to-morrow, which is regarded as of very great importance by the farmers of this district. We have been, for years past, violating the provisions of an act of parlia ment—the Weights and Measures Act—by selling and buying farm and other produce by the cus tomary measure of the district. For example : The stone of hay is twenty pounds weight, instead of fourteen ; the bushel of potatoes ninety, instead of eighty-four, as laid down by the statute. A memo rial, signed by upwards of 2000 farmers and others, including some of the leading merchants of the town, has lately been presented to the Weights and Measures Committee upon the subject, praying them to enforce the selling of all articles in the hay and other produce markets by the legal standard alone; and to-morrow, we believe, some resolutions of the committee upon the subject, for this purpose, will be brought forward. One evil experienced by the farmers arises, perhaps. in part, from the liberality of the farmers themselves, and in part from the exacting spirit of the dealers and hucksters, who have now become almost exclusively composed of Irish of a low grade. If, in weighing a cart load of potatoes, for example, there be even as much as 86 or 88 lbs. over, the latter refuse to ray for it as being only a fraction of a bushel, whilst in reality it is more than the standard weight. This was not seriously felt when the price of the article was only from ls. 6d. to 2s. per bushel. But when prices are doubled or trebled, as at present, or the crop is short and delivered in reduced loads, it becomes a serious matter. The over-weight, in fact, con stitutes the retailer's profit. The Council might remedy a portion of this injustice by a bye-law prohibiting, by severe penalties, the weighing by any other than the legal weight at their machines. At present they have illegal measures—" scores," instead of " stones"—upon their printed tickets. The rest of the movement must be accomplished by union and firmness amongst the farmers them selves. THE Manchester Examiner of Saturday last con tains an article which is strikingly illustrative of the selfishness of the school to which he belongs. " No one," he says— " Can take a thoughtful and forecasting view of the nature of the employment by which the vast majority of the population of these districts gain their livelihood, without feeling considerable anxiety regarding the extent of our dependence upon the United States for the raw material of our textile manufactures. Upwards of 80 per cent of tho cotton worked up in Great Britain comes from North America. Now, a blight of the crop, as in the case of the potato in Ireland, in 1847, an insurrectionary movement among the slave population of the cotton growing states ; or, indeed, any cause which should mate rially interrupt or diminish our supplies, would undoubt edly plunge our manufacturing population into a state of misery and destitution, from the very contemplation of which we shrink, and would necessarily cause the most serious derangement of our entire commercial system. All efforts, therefore, to promote the cultivation of cotton in other parts of the world, and thus secure for us a wider and, consequently, less fluctuating field of supply ; as well as every attempt to introduce, as a substitute for cotton, fibrous substances hitherto unused or unknown in our manufacture. ought to be regarded as questions of national importance." It is a horrible idea enough. Mills without cotton ; manufacturers without yarn to weave, and opera tives without wages. Yet all this must result whenever any interruption to the growth, or the supply from the United States may occur. The very existence, in fact, of our great manufacturing interest depends upon the will or the caprice of a rival nation. We are told that, under these cir cumstances, we ought to look around us for new textile fabrics as substitutes for cotton, and to les sen our precarious dependence upon America.. Very good : do so by all means. But, first of all, let us see if there is not another course open to us. We have some splendid colonies in the West In dies, which used to supply us abundantly with an excellent quality of cotton. In British Guiana, in Trinidad, and in other of our possessions in the Carribean Sea, the cotton plant is indigenous and perennial. Its produce is not, like the annual plant of America, subject to blights, affected by droughts, or liable to any other serious accident. It is crop ped the year round. Why not then look to the West Indies for a supply ? Why not rebuild the prosperity of those noble colonies ? The Quaker member for Manchester knows well how they were prostrated, and bow far hypocrisy, clothed in drab, contributed to their prostration. Give the West Indian planter labour; release him from the shackles, with which spurious sentimentalism has bound his hands ; withdraw from around him the swarm of official menials who, whilst they live upon his industry, are hourly harassing him with injurious suspicions, and sowing the seeds of dis sension between him and the few labourers who can at present be got to work ; allow the colonies to he cultivated, and to get free labour from the markets of the world, without injurious restrictions being imposed upon him ; and we may cease to entertain any fear of that awful calamity which is to drive us in search of fibrous substance to nettle beds, China grass, or any other vegetable produc tion. It is an awful thing truly to have to be depen dent upon America for cotton. The manufacturing interest feels its danger. It feels for itself ; and the feeling is emphatically Manchester. Carry out the view, however. It is dangerous for any country to be dependent upon another for any indispensible raw material. Is it less dangerous to he dependent upon the foreigner for our food ? Let our contem porary take a " thoughtful and forecasting view" of that question. The time will come, under our present free trade policy, when the British farmer must cease to cultivate grain crops. They do not pay him. What, then, will be the position of this empire when the change from arable tillage to grazing and market gardening shall have been accomphshed, and some future Palmerston shall have embroiled us with America or the countries of Europe ? Like the Examiner," we shrink from the very contemplation" of the misery which must ensue. It will be in those days a nation asking for bread. That is worse by far than Manchester ask ing for cotton. Lord Stanley has postponed his motion for last night, in consequence of the precarious state of the Earl of Derby. Our new stipendiary magistrate, Mr. Mansfield, did not take his seat in the police-court yesterday, as was anticipated. He is expected to do so, however, tomor row. CAUTION TO BATH HRS.— 011 Saturday morning, about eight o'clock, a watchmaker named William Davies, who resided in Canning-place, Clive-street, Northumberland street, was drowned while bathing at the Pottery Slip. The body was found during Sunday. A FA CT FOR SIR CHARLES WOOD.—The customs receipts in America, for the nine months ended March, show an excess of six millions and a quarter of dollars over the estimate of the secretary of the treasury, which was 447.592,000. This is going a-head. When will Sir C. Wood he able to show an increase of In per cent. ? THE WRECK OF THE HALc•roikr.—George Allen and James Taylor, two seamen belonging to the Halcyon, whose wreck on her voyage to New York was attended with such disastrous consequences, were charged yester day with having stolen a gold ring, a quantity of wearing apparel, and other property, of Gustave Gutside, a Ger man emigrant on board. This unfortunate man, it ap pears, also lost his box containing GOO dollars, but could not say whether the prisoners possessed themselves of these, though he saw one of them break his box open. The crew and passengers were taken up by the " Con necticut," and brought to this port : the two sailors were given into custody, on Saturday. They were rommittad for two month& • COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS. Monday Night. By our private letters by the Asia, we learn that the weather in the United States and Upper Canada has been of the finest description, giving every prospect of a great wheat harvest. At the very moment the news of the spurt in England was about to be received, the holders of breadstuffs bad lost hope, and looked to prices for flour going as low as in 1846 ; so that we may expect large importations of food from America in the next two months. The shipping of the breadstuffs alluded to will be hastened by the evil effect on the New York money market—sure to flow from two existing causes The exportation of the precious metals from the United States. 2nd, The return of so many dishonoured cotton bills. Immense quantities of breadstuffs were being stored at the ports, which will eventually find their way to this country. The advises by the steam-ship Asia, which arrived on Saturday evening from New York, are generally looked upon as unfavourable to holders of cotton, inasmuch as the receipts kept up. Prices were giving way, and the weather for the coming crop was very fine. The blooming season was a late one, and so liable to occasional disasters; and by this latter point will the ultimate range of prices be ruled. The market here bas been heavy to-day, and 4,500 bales have changed hands, at a decline of 1-16 d. to 4d. per lb. In the early part of the week there was a good demand for Sugar, more particularly from the grocers, and prices improved 6d. Or cwt. Saturday and to-day there has been less inquiry, but the market closes without change. Coffee is more inquired for, and prices are rather firmer. Tea is neglected. Saltpetre has commanded more at tention, and .prices are rather dearer. The Share Market has greatly improved since our last publication, and it is thought we have seen the lowest. The public da not, however, buy to any extent, though there are more inquiries. A few good buyers would frighten the bears, who are rather uneasy just now. The following are to-day's quotations :—Ambergate, 3 4 d ; Birkenhead 161 ; Caledonian, 11 11-16 4 7- 16 ; East Lancashire, 1541'4 ; Old Leeds, 534 4 544 34 4 1; Do. Fifths, 71 4d; London stock, 124 la ; Do. new Quarters, 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 In ; M'chester Shef and L'coln, 261 4 1 4 7 64 7; Midland, 474 1 ; Do. Halves, 184 18 174 184 d; Readings, 211; Old Dovers, 231 1411 1 it 44; York Neweastle and Berwick, 19 13-16 ; York and North Midland, 204 120 ; Dublin and Belfast, 20d. The traffic returns for the past week on the under mentioned English lines of railway, are as follows : 1851 1850. £ £ London and North Western ..... 59.010 .. 47,987 Great Western Midland 21,426 .. 22,647 Lancashire and Yorkshire London and South Western London and Brighton South Eastern .. .. .... Manchester, Sheffield, and . Lincoln shire ...... Bristol and Exeter . Eastern Counties and Norfolk Great Northern..... ........ Chester and Holyhead ... 6.920 .. 6,093 5,416 .. 5,446 17,128 .. 16,480 11,622 .. 3,381 3,378 .. 3,332 The total receipts being £211,851 in 1851, and £178,422 in 1850 ; showing an increase of £33,429. The number of miles open was, in 1851, 3,234, and in 1850, 3,0111; showing an increase of 2191 miles. The average return per mile per week on the above lines was, in 1851, £65 17s. 64d., and in 1850, £59 4s. 81d. ; showing a decided increase attributable to the excursion traffic. We have no prospect of any improvement in the iron trade, on the contrary, the future is looked forward to with alarm. The following is the fortnightly report from the Birmingham Gazette of to-day : " At the preliminary meeting of this trade, held at the Stewponey Inn, near Stourbridge, on Thursday last, the resolu tion unanimously agreed to was that of not interfering with the present nominal list of prices, as settled now upwards of two years ago. From the previous undisguised expression of feel ing such a result was scarcely expected; and though from a combination of circumstances there was a full concurrence that no better course for the time could be adopted, we have reason to know that individual members of the trade do not consider themselves, or each other, pledged to exact any such figures, so long as they find them impracticable. As it is not to be expected that gentlemen who conscientiously endeavour to carry out the resolutions of their meetings will, in such periods of universally acknowledged difficulty, allow themselves to he entirely shut out of the market by those whose honour able feelings are less acute, they will doubtless avail themselves of this understanding, and wide as the variation from the list prices has latterly ranged, there is every reason to anticipate that the transactions of the forthcoming quarter will show a still further deviation.—The suspension of the Stourbridge and Bromsgrove Banks is a matter of deep regret, and follow ing as it does close upon the late serious disasters at Liverpool, it will doubtless exercise a depressing influence upon the ap proaching quarterly meetings. The direct connection of these banks with the iron trade was too slight to lead to any apprehensions on that score; but being so extensively con cerned in the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton and other Railways, their misfortunes will be more seriously felt than at first sight might be supposed." EXPRESS NEWS. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LONDON, MONDAY NIGHT. THE EXHIBITION.—TotaI number of visitors to-day, 52.879 ; cash taken, £2,469 16s. 6d. THE SARDINIAN LOAN.—It is understood that the Sardinian Loan of £3,000,000 sterling, is to be a com missioned transaction. Messrs. Hamhro and Sons under take the management. The price of subscription is £B5, to be paid for by instalments in the usual manner. Special securities in addition to the customary securities it is said are assigned for the punctual performance of the contract. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.—No news of importance. A telegraphic despatch from Madrid, dated 29th instant, announces that the vote of confidence in the Cabinet passed the Chamber of Deputies by 184 to 31. DENMARK, 27TH.—There were still rumours of a crisis in the Danish Cabinet. No positive facts had, however, transpired. LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Arrived from Liverpool atdiiati; and Undine ; l6th—Glenesk and Rosalind. At Constantinople, 13th—The Astrologer steamer. Sailed from Matanzas, 2d—Satander. MALTA, 22d June—The Trepan Belle, from Alexandria, was assisted in here on the 13th June, by H.AI.S. Scaradox, with loss of bowsprit, &c., havi ng b een i n co lli s i on with H.hi. steamer Banshee. The Zeitung, from Jaffa to Liverpool, put in 17th June, leaky, and with loss of sails, &c. The Arabian steamer, from Constantinople, which was on shore on Pelican Point, in the Gulf of Smyrna, 9th June, ar rived here on the 16th, and left for Liverpool on the 18th June. Sailed from Carthagena, 20th—Elizabeth, for Liverpool. MADRAS, 19th May—The Sophia, which put to sea from the roadstead, had foundered, it was supposed, during a gale which sprung up shortly after her departure, and lasted:two days, as she did not return to port, and as no tidings have been received of her. TATTERSALL'S.-YESTERDAY JULY STAKES Claverhouse. - - - -- 7 7 - t — o -- 4 - Oit — firOth - ei : Wr lElli - dr - on; 3 to 1 apt Goonwoon STAKES.-10 to I agst. Preston, taken ; 18 to 1 agst agst. Carriboo, taken. Goonwoon CUP.-5 to 1 Egat. Essedarius ;7to 1 agst. Cos sack ; 7 to 1 agst. Nancy ; 10 to 1 agst. Young Altisidora, LIVERPOOL CUP.-4 to 1 agst. Breba ;7to 1 agat. The Mar quis; 12 to 1 agst. Officious. CUMBERLAND PLATE.-5 to 4 agst. Unity and Jack Leeming. DERBY.-30 to 1 agst. Chief Baron Nicholson; 30 to 1 agat. Clayerhouse. LONDON MONEY AND SHARE MARKETS-YESTERDAY CLOSING PRICES. Consols Account, 97 3; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 984 ; Bank Stock, 214 13 14; Exchequer Bills, L. and S., 45 8 pm. Foreign Market quiet. Mexicans, 344 4 ; Spanish Actives, 21 ; Ditto Threes, 40 4; Passives, 64. Railway Shares : London Stock, 123 4 ; Ditto Quarters, 34 4 ; Midland Stock, 464 74 ; Ditto Halves, 184 4 dis.; North Staffordshire, 84 dis.; South-Eastern, 233 ; Caledonians, 113 4 ; Ditto Pref., 63 ; Eastern Counties, 64 3 ; East Lancashire, 15 3 ; Great Northern, 174 2; Great Western, 844 54; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 53 4 ; Ditto Fifths, 8 73 dis. ; Leeds and Thirsk, 13 14 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 27 8 ; Norfolk, 18 20; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 194 21; Ditto Extension, 53 5 dis. ; Ditto Pref., 24 tl ; York and North Midland, 193 20. Tie English market opened well, but Consols declined 4 upon a little speculative business. Railway Shares firm, closing a trifle below their best, without looking bad. 1U LORRESPON DENTS We are unable toanswer " A Constant Subscriber" more satis factorily than he has already been replied to by several of our contemporaries. ' 44 Mercator" is quite right ; but we have already brought before our readers the precise points noticed in his letter. The letter of " An Eve Witness" should have been forwarded earlier. We cannot And time to read long letters on Monday. We shall probably, however, refer to the subject hereafter. The letter signed "Truth" did not reach our hands until late last night. Ibt Eibtrpool gPtanbarb. 'SAE LIVERPOOL, STANDARD. LONDON CORN MARKET.—YEwTERnAT At our market this day there was but a limited supply of English Wheat, but the continued fine weathercaused mil lers to purchase with extreme caution. Few sales effected, and those at a decline of Is. per quarter. In foreign a similar reduction took place. Both English and French Flour were dull, and the turn lower. Retail sales of Barley, Peas, and Beans, at about former terms. The arrivals or foreign Oats were heavy, and interfered with the sales of English; and where sales were forced a slight abatement in price had to be adopted. Nothing doing in Seeds, and in all other articles no alteration had occurred since last market day. English INhite Wheat „ Red „ 4Fs. to 495. 375. to 435 , ARRIVALR Qrs. 2748 English Wheat „ Barley „ Oats „ Malt 5617 „ Flour „ Beans. „ Peas Irish Oats. .. Malt Qrs. Foreign ~ ~ PO GLASGOW CORN 4ARKET.—YESTERDAY. Under the influence of the fine rveather, the trade ruled fiat lo•day for all articles ; almost nothing done. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. Sugar: Foreign.—Market quiet, but floating cargoes not lower. In refined a steady home business doing; and brown lumps realised 47s.—Coffee. Prices were firm, and the demand good; Native Ceylon 38s 6d.—Tea. Prices firm, and orders increasing; sound Congou 10d.—Rice: East India. Sales were dull, and rates declining.—Wool, quiet demand, and prices rather lower; stock incrensing.-11110W, quiet market; and fine Y.C. 37s 9d on the spot. —The stock is 36,527 casks this Fear, against 23,971 casks last year. Increase this year 12,556. Deliveries this year 1450 casks, against last year 602.--648. SMITHFIELD CATTLE. MARKET.—YESTERDAT. The supply of Beasts at our market to-day was moderate. Trade not better than on Monday, although a decided improve ment on Friday last. Sheep and Lambs sold readily ; Lambs at an advance of 2d. Beasts, 3156; Sheep and Lambs, 30690; Calves, 332; Pigs, 410; Scotch beasts, 200; Leicester, Lincoln, and Northampton Beasts, 250; French Beasts, 30. Beef, 2s. 2d. to 3s. 6d.; Mutton, 3s. 2d. to 4s. ; Veal, 2 5 . 2 d. to 35 . Bd. ; Pont, 3s. to 3s. Bd.; L amb, 4s. to ss. Mr. W. Brown and Sir I'. B. Birch, voted with go vernment on Sir F. Thesiger's amendments. Mr. Card well was absent. , NitrZr , i , = terfAb' On Saturday last the Rev. H. M. Mosse was presented by the young members of Christ Church, lately prepared by him for confirmation, with three valuable sets of books, with suitable inscriptions. We understand that the Rev. D. D. Stewart, of St. Bride's Church, intimated on Sunday his intention of shortly separating from his attached and numerous dock. Wee believe that the Rev. gentleman has been presented to the incumbency of a new church heargeroyden., Surrey_ BAPTISM DOTH SAVE*. The Rev. Dr. M'Neile has just published an admirable pamphlet on this important and agitated question in the shape of a letter to the Bishop of Exeter. The reverend gentleman points out in his usual forci ble style that the word " baptism" has four various scrip tural meanings : Ist, Acute suffering, as used by our Lord—" I have a baptism to be baptised with, and how am I straitened till it be accomplished." 2d, Endowment with the miraculous gifts of the Holy Ghost, as used by John the Baptist—" He shall baptise you with the Holy Ghost and with fire." The word is used, as pointed out by the eloquent writer, in the same sense in other pas sages. 3rd, Conversion, or regeneration, or renewal of soul, or, as St. Peter calls it, " the answer of a good conscience toward God." Thus St. Paul writes to the Romans—" Know ye not that so many of us as were baptised into Jesus Christ were baptised into his death ? Therefore we are buried with him b 3 baptism into death." In none of these passages is there any mention of water. 4th, An application of water to the body in the name of the Lord, and in obedience to the commandment of the Lord • or, as St. Peter calls it, " the putting away of the filth of the flesh." The rev. gentleman establishes by cogent arguments these several points, and then proceeds as follows: " Of course, when the same word is used in so many senses, there is a liability . to confusion ; but the proper way to avoid such confusion is the Scriptural way, by distinction and discrimination. " The Apostle Peter bath shown us the way. He says Bap tism doth save us. But in so saying, what does he mean by baptism? He tells us. As if he had prophetically anticipated a mistake which would afterwards arise, and entered his pro test against it, he said—' not the puttingaway of the filth of the flesh,' not the outward ordinance, not baptism in that meaning of the word. Baptism, so understood, does not save. What I mean is, the answer of a good conscience toward God,' the inward change. Baptism, so understood, does save. Thus, according to the different meanings attached to the word, these two sayings are both true, and both equally true— baptism does save, and baptism does not save. But your lordship says that the outward ordinance and the inward regeneration are inseparable. "Of this opinion, the distinction here made by St. Peter seems to supply an unanswerable refutation. If the two things were inseparable, why make the distinction qt all? If insepar able, where the one is the other must be, and thus the distinc tion made by the Apostle would be utterly meaningless. But if the one may be where the other is not, and if the one gives salvation and the other does not, then the distinction is of vital moment, worthy the Apostle's pen, and entitled to our most serious consideration. "Scriptural facts corroborate this argument. " Baptism saved the dying thief on the cross : not the out ward ordinance, he bad it not; but the inward change. He was baptised into Jesus Christ, and put on Christ, and had the remission of his sins, and the regeneration of his heart; and this baptism saved him, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. "Baptism did not save Judas Iscariot, i. e. the outward ordinance, which he had. He had no more, and this baptism does not save. " Instead of following the scriptural example, and using the word baptism in different senses, ascribing to each its proper meaning ; the common prattice has been to call every meaning of the word baptism, except fine, by some other name or de scription; to confine the use of the word baptism to one only of its meanings, viz., the outward ordinance in water, and then to contend about what is, and what is not, inseparable from that ordinance. "This is an anti-scriptural practice, and has involved many in anti-scriptural consequences. To some persons, it is true, no evil consequences have resulted,because, although not using the word as St. Peter did, they have still made the same sub stantial distinction that he made between the two meanings of it, as applied to the outward ordinance and the inward change, ascribing to each what be ascribes to them. "But as regards others, a serious evil has arisen. They have found the word baptism habitually applied to the out ward ordinance, and to nothing else, by writers on all sides. Then, they have found certain spiritual effects ascribed to baptism in Holy Scripture. The natural result was, that they should conclude that those spiritual effects were in some way inseparably connected with the outward ordinance. "They have done so, and hence their doctrine of regenera tion by the outward ordinance, end remission of sins by the outward ordinance. To be scripturally consistent, they should have added salvation by the outward ordinance. For ' baptism doth save.' "This last was too grossly against evidence to be maintained. Hence their fiction of a regeneration and a remission of sins, which do not lead to salvation ; and of new born children of God, having a temporary life and perishing after all, concerning whom our Lord and Saviour says, ' I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish.' "To some persons this is no difficulty ; because, although the Scripture bath spoken, and the Church bath spoken, and that with no uncertain sound, they do not, and will not, believe the certainly of salvation in the regenerate. They will not be persuaded with the Apostle, that where God bath begun a good work in any man, He will perform it, or finish it (epitelesei), until the day of Jesus Christ. " To others it is a difficulty, and to escape from it an at tempt has been made to limit the meaning of the word regeneration, confining it to an ecclesiastical change of posi tion end privilege, or to some supposed, but undefined and inexplicable, germ of grace, which may or may not bud and bear fruit ; that is, which may or may not prove to be g race at all. A more successful attempt would be that which aimed at enlarging the application of the word baptism ; calling both the inward change and the outwardordinance by that name, as the Scripture does; boldly declaring with the Apostle that baptism cloth save us, and faithfully distinguishing with the Apostle between the baptism which does save, and the baptism which does not save. 4 When, therefore, the question is put, Does the church };old, and do you hold, that all baptised persons are regenerate? The answer ought to be—That depends upon the meaning of baptised in.the question. If the word 13..! used in one of its scriptural senses ; if it be used as St. Paul used it in Romans vi. and in Colossians ii. ; then certainly yes—all persons so baptised are regenerate, in its plain grammatical sense, i. e., born again : all such persons are grafted into Jesus Christ, and have redemption by his blood, even the forgiveness of their sins, and the salvation of their souls. We acknowledge this ONE BAPTISM FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS "This is the saving privilege of Christ's true church, the bride, the Lamb's wife, even of that whole family of which the Scripture so copiously, and the church so concisely and com prehensively declares, that 'God bath chosen them in Christ, out of mankind, to bring therh by Christ to everlasting salva tion, as vessels made to honour.' This is a precious portion of the Catholic Truth' entrusted to the church's keeping. We do well to be zealous for this fundamental article of the faith,-- ONE BAPTISM FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS. " But if the word be used in another of its scriptural senses ; if it be used to signify endowment with the miraculous gifts of the Holy Ghost, as in Acts i. 5; or if it be used to signify the outward ordinance in water, as in Acts viii. 13; then the answer to the question is, we cannot say positively whether all persons so baptised are regenerate or not. If they have only the bap tism intended in the question, they are not : but they may have, in addition to that, the baptism that saves, and therefore al though we can pronounce upon things, discriminating between them, we cannot so pronounce upon persons, since they may, or may not, be persons who combine in themselves very diffe rent things. " The Persons of whom our Lord speaks in St. Matt. vii. 22, 23, were baptised, and wrought miracles, and yet Jesus will say to them, I never knew you. Simon Magus was baptised, and remained without any change, in the g.,11 of bitterness, and the bond of iniquity." Dr. M'Neile then pointedly asks the right rev. prelate what right he has to refuse to allow others to hold this interpretation of the one baptism for the remission of sins; and in the hope of suggesting to his lordship's mind the value of a judicious forbearance, he asks, " Does the church hold, and do you hold," the truths embodied in the seventeenth article of the church. He concludes by apprising the bishop that he is " wielding, with dangerous dexterity, a sword which has at least two edges," and that "it will soon become the duty of all sound churcl.men to raise a counter agitation and if a change must take place in our comprehensive polity, to have it effected, avowedly and above board, by authority in the words of the Prayer-book, and not indirectly by the one-sided practical operation of an unscrupulous private judgment. The issue of such a struggle is not, I think, to be dreaded, however painful the process. * * * To my eye, the prospect brightens ; and it is more than possible we may have to thank your Lordship as the instrument, however unde signedly, of helping forward a reformation in that church, which, though vastly superior to anything of the kind in Christendom, is not yet so absolutely faultless as to be incapable of improvement." We strongly recommend this pamphlet to the perusal of all who are interested (and who is riot) in the discussion of this vitally important question. " Baptism doth save". A letter tone Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Exeter, by the Rev. Hugh M•Neile, D.D. London, Hatchard ; Liverpool, Deighton and Laughton. PAYMENTS OF DEBTS TWICE—A HARD CASE.—In the County Court, yesterday, a trial of much general importance was decided before his honour J. M. T. Lowndes, Esq. After a lengthened investigation, during which some very conflicting evidence was adduced. An action was brought by Mr. Jonn Simpson, coal-dealer, Crown-street. Liverpool, through his solicitor, Mr. Gro cott, to recover from,Mr. Lupton, coachbuilder, the Park, a sum of about ten shillings, for a load of lack supplied by the plaintiff. The delivery of the goods was admitted, but it was urged in defence by Mr. Hughes, the defen dant's attorney, that the money had been paid to the agent of Simpson, Wm. Robertson, to whom the order was originally gvien. The coals were supplied last August, and payment to Robertson was made soon after—the defendant not being at all acquainted with Simpson. Robertsson, in the course of his examination, swor that he was authorised to receive accounts when the son of Simpson was present, and had done so, with the sanction of the plaintiff, on four occasions, without any demur, when the son was not there, an account of which he had since handed in to his employer. Simpson and his sons, on the contrary, declared that although Robertson was entrusted with printed cards as their general agent, he was forbidden to receive money, and when once discovered doing so. he excused himself by saying that it was under the influence of drink, and promised not to receive any more. The bill delivered with the slack by the carter, made the debt due to "J. Simpson, per W. Robertson," but there was no name mentioned to whom the money was to be paid. It was contended that a gene ral agent was by law implied to be an agent to receive debts; but his honour ruled that the defendant must pay the money over again, as he had no right to give it to any other person than the party whose name appeared on the face of the bill.--There were three other cases of the same nature, in each of which a similar decision was given ; and the only remedy the defendants have to recover their money is against Robertson. PROTECTION TO NATIVE INDUSTRY.—An adjourned discussion on the comparative advantages of the principles of free trade and those of protection for native industry was resumed at the Literary and Scientific Institution, John-street, Fitzroy-square, on Tuesday evening, with undiminished interest, sound arguments, and kindly feel ings. Messrs. Boxer, Kydd, Wilson, and Campbell res pectively pointed out the fallacious principles of the free trade system, as evinced by the ruinous effects of its prac tical working, and the latter gentleman submitted to the meeting the following resolutions 1. That the miscalled Free Trade policy of purchasing labour and produce in the cheapest foreign markets, and sell ing them here nithout charging an equal amount of import reciprocity, p racti c practice , w l duty, as that contributed by the home producers to the general revenue, is unjust in principle, and ruinous in practice. 2. That the principle of protection for native ind ustr y and capital is just in theory, and if legitimately worked out .in a m n i d i tua fa l i a r n r d eo j n a s r t d c r om or m ifi er bo c u ta r ! and ultim a tely lead to a higher state of civilisation, based e secureb establish sha employment, systemof upon the Divine Hats of humanity, b U 3 MB of aasociation and mutual dependence. COLLISION BETWEEN THE SOLDIERY AND THE POLICE. Yesterday a case was in part investigated by Mr. Cros field, one of the borough magistrates, which at present wears an aspect of considerable importance, as regards the conduct of some of the military at present quartered in the town towards the representatives of the civil autho rity—the police. The particulars will bo gathered from the following account of what took place in the Police. court. A private soldier belonging to the 9lst Regiment, named M'Fadden, was charged with having assaulted ! constable 730. The officer stated that, whilst on duty in Shaw's-brow, about a quarter before nine on the previous (Sunday) night he met the soldier, who accosted him in insulting terms, calling him a d-----d thief, and threaten ing " to do" for him, adding that he (the soldier) was one of the picket of the preceding night—alluding to a collision which had taken place on Saturday night be tween the soldiery and the police—and would be revenged for what took place then. Without further parley he struck the officer, who returned the blow, and a struggle ensued ; finally, the policeman succeeded in dragging the soldier along Byrom-street, in the direction of Rose-hill bridewell, when they fell in with a picket,headed by a ser geant named Byers. The policeman erplained the reason of the capture of M'Fadden, but the sergeant rushed tor ward to rescue the soldier, and finding he was repulsed, drew his bayonet upon constable 184, who had come to the assistance of the other policeman. Ultimately the soldiers succeeded in carrying off their comrade. Three respectable men, of the names of Lloyd, Taylor, and Armitage, deposed to having seen M'Fadden strike and kick con stable 730 repeatedly. It was also proved that be struck the first blow. M'Fadden, in his defence, said that he was accosted by the policeman, who asked him " how that chap of theirs who had been taken to the hospital was." Irritated at the allusion to the occurrence of the preceding night, he replied by asking the policeman " What busi ness it was of his ?" upon which he (witness) was struck by the policeman. At this stage of the proceedings, Privates Martin Carey and John Trusler were ordered to be put up. Carey soon appeared, Trusler being confined to the hospital at the Everton barrack,—he is the man referred to by M'Fadden. Constable Dodd, 544, being sworn, stated that about a quarter before ten o'clock on Saturday night, when in Clare-street, he ob served three soldiers acting in the most violent manner; they were abusing every person they met, and knocking down everybody they came in contact with. Witness followed them as far as St. Anne-street. By this time their conduct was so disgraceful that, to use the witness's own words, "he could stand it no longer." He went up to one of the fellows, and said, " Soldier, it is a great shame for you to abuse the inhabitants in this way." The retort was a blow of the soldier's fist, which sent the policeman into the middle of the street ; the latter upon this struck the soldier on the head with his stick, and at the same moment the prisoner Carey attempted to disengage his side belt, to employ against the officer, but was prevented by the civilians, who, to the number of 200, surrounded the combatants. Five or six persons interfered to prevent the officer being further maltreated. Constable 70 stated, that when the row was at its height, he ran up to the barracks, at Everton, to desire that a detachment of soldiers might be sent to quell the uproar, but the corporal on guard laughed at him, saying, " If they (the soldiers) were all of his mind, they would turn out and give them a good thrashing." A number of respectable witnesses here deposed to the truth of the officer's statement. A Mr. Wm. Yates, a warehouse man, had been struck down by the soldiers, and seriously injured in the back. Mr. Crosfield here inquired whether the man Trusler had been taken to bridewell. Constable 544 replied in the affirmative. The magistrate wished to know how he got out. Upon which Mr. Dowling ex plained that the regimental surgeon came down to the bridewell, and having examined the man's hurts, desired, in accordance with a military rule, that he might be given up and taken to their hospital. This was done on the surgeon's responsibility. The magistrate was surprised the surgeon was not present. One of the officers of the 91st, who with the serjeant major had been present all the time, here remarked that the surgeon had sent in a certificate. Mr. Crosfield, holding a slip of paper in his hand, said, " this is no certificate, this is most vague, and I consider a great want of courtesy has been shown." The paper hriefly stated that private Trusler was in the hospital, and it wt impossible to say when he would be sufficiently recovered. It appears while in bridewell the man doggedly refused to be attended by a dispensary surgeon. The case was remanded to this day at twelve o'clock. THE EXTENSIVE SILK ROBBERY.—Since our last, in addition to the woman Woolley, and Joseph Hill, George Woolley, alias Black Joe, the husband of the female prisoner, and a tailor named Richard Shaw, have been apprehended as principals in the robbery of silk goods belonging to Messrs. Welch and Margetson, of London. Yesterday the three latter were fully committed for trial. The female was discharged for want of sufficient evi dence. SAILOR INGENUITY.—On view, within the Exchange News-room, at present, is the model of a hempen rudder, which was recently constructed by Captain Lawson, of the ship Warren. on the outward voyage of that vessel from Glasgow to New York, to supply the place of the original rudder of wood, which was lost during a severe storm. The ropes are fastened into a sort of hempen plank, which is crossed with strong pieces of wood, and secured at the edges with iron rods. By the adoption of this contrivance Captain Lawson safely steered his vessel to port, with a valuable cargo and 150 passengers. NOVEL STEEPLE-CFIASE.—A steeple-chase in which the competitors were both quadruped and biped, came off yesterday afternoon in the grounds attached to the Derby Arms, West Derby-road. The favourite was a mare, named Conservative, who was backed to run two miles, taking NO leaps of the height of 3 feet 6 inches, each, in that distance against two pedestrians, Messrs. J. Thomas and S. Metcalfe, for £lOO. The horse was not forthcoming, and it was therefore necessary to introduce another, a strong hunter belonging to Mr. Edwards, of Springfield. The apparent inequality in the physical powers of the competitors was compensated by the stipu lation that the horse was to perform its part in the con test undirected by the rider. It was literally man, or ra ther men against horse, and the men came off victorious. The grounds, which are of limited extent, were much crowded, a circumstance which operated decidedly against the mare. The horse almost always knocked off the bar, and bad therefore to turn round each time. SHOCKING CASE OF SELF -DESTRUCTION.—On Friday last, a respectable individual named William Rees, who kept a stationer's shop and circulating library at 86, London-road, put a period to his existence in the follow. ing dreadful manner :—Mrs. Rees, having missed her husband for some time, about mid-day went up stairs, when she was horrified to perceive him suspended by a rope from the bed-room door. The dreadful act had been planned with the greatest resolution, and carried out with equal determination. One end of the cord was fastened to the latch of the door, over which it was passed ; the other end being employed to suspend the body of the unhappy man. Deceased was 55 years of age. He had of late become much unsettled and desponding, and had indulged to some extent in habits of intemperance, but it appears it did not require a very free indulgence to render him incapable of managing his business: on the night previous to the fatal act being committed, he was in toxicated, and on the following morning he also partook of intoxicating liquor, It appeared Mr. Rees had been anxious to obtain a situation shortly before his death, but could not succeed in his endeavour to find employment, An inquest was held on the body on Saturday last, when a verdict of temporary insanity was found. PRESERVATION OF Boosts, DEEDS, &C., FROM FIRE.— In summing up the evidence in the case of Milner v. Harrison, on Monday, when the plaintiff gained a verdict on all the issues, Lord Chief Justice Campbell said, with respect to Mr. Milner's patent, "Then came the issue of whether it was useful, and he must say he hail been astonished to find such strong evidence of its usefulness ; before this hour he had no idea that there were any human means of so effectually preserving papers from the action of fire. It appeared that, by means of the conden sation of steam. the papers inclosed in the inner box were rendered moist. It was a comfort for one to know that there was such an invention by which valuable docu ments might be rendered secure, notwithstanding the terrible calamity of fire breaking out in a house. Al though the defendant had thought fit to say it was not useful, he was really at a loss to say what evidence there was to raise any doubt as to its utility ; but the question was for them alone ; now came the direction he should give them in point of law, and in this they must be guided by what he said, he thought there might be an infringe ment, although the defendant did not use vessels, pipes, or tubes for containing the liquid, all the rest he left to them ; but he only said that it was not indispensably necessary that the defendants should use pipes, tubes or artificial ves sels, but they were to consider whether the evidence was sufficient to convince them that the defendant had infringed the patent. They would bear in mind that respectable professors from King's College, and other seminaries of learning, bad been called for the defendant, and they would consider whether they disproved the infringement. Tann's patent could only be evidence on the ground of infringement, for it was not taken out until nearly four years after Milner's ; but if it would appear that Harrison sold boxes of Tann's, he could only say that they were not to look to Tann's specification, if they came to the conclusion that the boxes made by Tann were the same as those Milner described in his specification. They were to look on all the evidence on either side bearing on these issues, and if they thought that, although the boxes that the defendant sold did not contain any pipes, tubes, or artificial vessels for containing the liquid, they con tained alum, or other substances from which moisture was to be extracted by heat; if they thought they were substantially the same as Milner's, they would find that issue for the plaintiff, and if they thought they were not the same as Milner's, for the defendant. They we re a t liberty to find that issue for the plaintiff, although the defendant did not use any p i p es, tube s , or artificial ves sels if they thought the process was substantially th e same as that mentioned in the plaintiffsspec ification, they would find that issue for the plaintiff. They must bear in tiniend thatchambers, introduction b th o xee boxes, plaintiff application said of the combin e d e ff ec t i n depositories of the moisture and, I claim as m y i nvent i on material kept humid in the space surroun di ng t h e i n nermost box and its contents. without in any way being confined to the material or th e li qu id emp l oye d, or the manner in which it may be distributed or arranged, iu order to prod uce th e d es i re d e ff ect o f protecting boxes, safes, or other depositories enclosing papers, or other materi a l s , f rom fi re . I t was on th e con struction of these words th a t h e h a d di rec t e d th em in point of law, that the defendant may have infringed the patent, although he did not make use of tubes, or pipes, or artificial vessels. With this exception he left it for them to say if the defendant had infringed the patent ; if they found that was so, damages not being in dispute, the aura of 40s would be sufficient ; but they were to consider themselves, which way they would find their verdict." ANNIVERSARY OF WALLASEY CLUB. ---- -- .. --- ----- Viall° l The annual meeting of the members of the ildilll Benefit Society was held yesterday, as usual, in erected for the purpose, adjacent to the schoo l' _OO Wallasey. At a little after nine o'clock in the fes,„„ the members assembled on the Seacombe Bowling pipe to which Mr. Jolliffe's band, on the arrival Of t, n osi boat, proceeded. At about ten o'clock , a pron essl°- etb° formed, which proceeded to Wallasey Church, wile / se e members attended Divine Service, and an ajoir abi t t he mon was preached, and afterwards paraded threl e f g s village, which was alive with preparations for vas I be e and enjoyment. A little fter two o'clock, the m e to tO sat dOW4. to the number of upwar s of two hundred dinner, at which Henry . eadows, Esq., of Poulton T iss i ‘ the president of the society took the chair ; and Itic irls , Parry, Esq., of beacombe, the vice-chair. _,,,0, dinner was a substantial one, consisting of c01d.1,7 0 4, &c., with new potatoes, and excellent liquors in li' k ge. ance. Amongst those present we noticed at the 01 . ,,,, man's table, the Rev. John Tobin, the Rev. John in u rt l b i Wm. Mann, Esq., John North, Esq., J. Stewa rt 13 10 Esq., Thomas Dean, Esq., &c., and in the body,,,ste room were some of the leading farmers of the n eigh' hood. After the dinner had been concluded, the Csialltl7l° rose to propose " the health of her Majesty the Cl n ,_ e f.Al which he expected would be responded to by three nu.:ii, rounds of cheers ; these were given by the roeinhers2;igs sent most enthusiastically, ar.d one cheer more 110";,-5,, added. The next toast proposed by the Chairman .1 ', " Prince Albert, and the res t of the Royal 11.61°1 which was also responded to by three times three' d boil Wm. MANN, Esq., then stated that a toast ha d 0, entrusted to him, which he was delighted to hav e to S he pose—" the Clergy of the Church of England. an jta was the more delighted, because along with it he h a r h s t associate the name of the Rev. Mr. Tobin. letif gentleman was dear to them a ll ; his family na ",. e ices been connected with the nei g hb our h o od ; and his s e i a tedr as a minister of the gospel had been highly apPe. ec- est whilst his high character, as a man and a Ch r istiatn re is universally recognised. He had, therefore, Plee ell ,„ o of joining to a toast which was dear to him, the 11 %1,, their respected and beloved friend, the Rev. Mr. It e ergr amno T Tds h htg e eehn to keetal a rev s tmi t .l ymwenagr,si.riTrteenofsa.BpliolsNnudrepepdolntieomdbeaysttofhorlrleeeotwutrsinm: —Mr' 0 ...sdete l t o t, t ots, kind manner in which you have received ha t n h k e s pleasingly proposed by my friend Mr. Mann. I i t , so however, for more rea s o ns th an one , th a t the clutt, " bs ee doing has not devolved upon an abler parte. s oda always felt that it is v er y d es i ra bl e th a t the clergy " ol d come amongst you upon such occasions as the 9 , ; ( l to both my rev. friend Mr. Judge and myself feel f g la n b 0 be present at your meeting this day. Mr. Mr ni - iliOr kindly stated, in his address, that my name was ' 5 40 amongst you, as connected for years with this (Il o f I think that I owe your kind recognition °bor.) name as due to that of my lament e d f a ther. (Hea rt h"ta i ts Many of you knew him well— some o f you kneverhetlf the prime of life. (The rev. gentleman was here ey'"„ t yea oppressed by his feelings.) It is on ly s i n ce I last my ecb here that God has called him to his rest. 1 feel too tu be , agitated to address you further now. I thank . .v° ll I n ys el f half of r t h h ak e si clergy npd r reception opos o e f d th i e no C fs l u i t u hc r iel e ht. eloquentoo a f st E w n g h l i England, terms.d m , a y an d for ri hbe - es. - fr e g o: r t i : 'Mann, has gentleman sat down deeply affected himself, an d • , very deeply affected the meeting. nts" The CHAIRMAN n e xt gave th e h ea lth o f the 130, 9- ,, be at members of the society, w h o not on l y su bscribe n „; money, but had come amongst them on that occasuriiest Mr. CHAS. thee. solicitor, replied. He w as ° job ° advocate of societies of that kind ; and would always The best to promote the harmony of their me etings' „ the, speaker, after a short p a u se , rose aga i n to preP ° 7 t ios health of the chairman, Henry Meadows, Esq„" T ls,' regretted that the toast had n o t f a ll en into abler nos Mr. Meadows was kn own we ll t o a ll i n the Par is this society was peculiarly indebted to him, he bav il p connected with it for a period of 29 years. 1 ' kft ll ' Mr. MEADOWS exp resse d, i n b r i e f t erms , his IY ness for the compliment which had been paid to hinl'acea had been lon g i nteres t e d i n thi s soc i e t y ; a nd for D, o i l Years their tent had been erected on this hill, 5 0° the hid asserntled in it together. He congratulatellei, members of the society upon its flourishing consji They all knew that th e y were b oun d t o keep in hti tbs i , balance amounting to £BOO, an d th e y possess e ", A OO O amount this year. They were, indeed, upon A ce ' pa foundation. The cl a i ms u p on iem for sickness re of had been very light, wh ereas l as t y ear th e y had to bo re io £lOO, having lost many of their members by e, h , ° , l l es o . t t i limemall, and h year preceding. e hopedliethat felt tahsetyrownoguld enjoy attachmen t that day. He wished them all health, and that th e would prosper. °eft Three cheers weregiven when the Chairman !Tsai° seat. „ -o vier preTshideeßnt o Rev. vi the Mr. s J o ti ci n e n ty e , p ßc ro j p id o i se . pdatirirey, Esq.: besltll of w tl ' her ra it b i t , understood they were 'much indebted for their pro9P Mr. PARRY replied in brief, but feeling terms• a res,.!, pdara T rtn h akk e ,e h ao e fft a et l hr t l e l wvh o ai f rcilol t u h t e sh es s p t m e o w ret a es r tg d i nogi a n o gg d roan s d e ui c na r l e l t ty a b ri enp l r a ite b c o l; hood. railway-station rlieldewet now being dce b hlsd e .a i . ng erected nod uatyiris,e. a aA t tite i hd i e o i t e l I rr h or : s iii a g P o r f CabinetrAeghere: Downing-street, o n n w i C n i o g u . s n a t c l tbi There e urable reports continue to be received fr om 3 herring fishery off the coast of the Isle of Man' de li! about s is uc n e o e e t truth st n ir lv t i h l l e i a r m e p p o t a r ot r t nw k t e oF h r a rh i l Admiral Dun 0 0 command. 10 Her Majesty's screw-frigate, Dauntless, Captalooo.o4 stead, arrived at Spithead at f o ur o 'clock on Stye Oa d Prince r morning from Lisbon, having left that port On c e llo t , inst. with his Serene Highness the P • of Sale . b ter Gotha and the Princess Clementine, his sister , "' royal children and suite on board. p 01 1 s, Letters from Toront o , i n th e N ew Y or k ane,, het The desertion of se amen a t Q ue b ec i s ca rried t o e trtes extent. A petition to the Legislature states tb,i3.settr"' are about 200 seamen now on shore who have fi ll ', t i e l, parading the streets and congregating on the P1 111 ; 0 11 cent to the city, armed with clubs and colours PY' ding defiance to the masters and authorities." b° ll of A FARMER'S ENEMY.—On Saturday last , - pie! to pigeon was shot on the farm of East Brae, in the 00° e s Doun. The maw, on a caref u l i n sp e ction, Wa s ftb e 0 contain the almost incredible numbe r o f upwaru;:a9 thousand individual turnip-seeds. The farmeet h 0/ 1 :0 be startled at the idea of having to combat w" t ding petitor so formidable as to be able, notw ithstO ipo apparent insignificance, to fly away with their to r° bbe thousands of a morning. —North British on The iron steam-ship Prince Arthur, built the eat Thames by Miller, Ravenhill, and Salkeicl• 'e r aone e d v' yance of the mails between Holyhead and ISinfi a nt,lo Blackwell on Thursday' morning, the 19th in t .„ pant made the run to Holyhead in 44 hours. On t"';dittee 4 i round they had an opportunity of testing her 'IA 1/.. .k a sea boat, as it blew strong from W.S.W., be de' sea, from Deal to the Isle of Wight, She dr mirably. rsPh ic INDIA.—THE OVERLAND MAIL.—A Oleg fo llow spatch has been received from Marseilles to the, „ en t oo effect .—" The Indian Mail, which left Bolnuerisc,,,, 26th of May, has arrived at Marseilles. A le: Wel? phoon occurred at Ceylon the Ist of May, and e', o3 o o s o l on the sth. Nearly twenty vessels were lost, 7. 1 .ne which is the Falkland steamer. There is no ethu r of importance. The sales of cotton were brisi 4, , E s W af F el O y U a N t D s L t AN J D oh . ; :r s 1 0 1 e n B th i e sh O o t p t e reo f f oc 14 0 0 : 1 : 0 0 1 ; duced prices. f fm un m nld° e l d ca i En a sd te ßa ly rOr a Fiv ft eN e d r his arrival, an address was", 8..; e 0,. to his lordship from the curate, churchwarin-slice'ind vestry of the cathedral, congratulating him on 111 . 0 0 t o and calling his attention to the education bill P — of 0 0 the Assembly, and then under the considerationoj council, by which one-half of the whole ednea ti f Re,f r oli is appropriated to the exclusive education e,. Catholics, whilst nothing is appropriated to tlwd o ctl i jee of England for the education of her youth in herto tia and tenets. The bishop, in reply, an , endeavours to procure for the church an equaal io dOtb° with the Roman Catholics and other religions be tber O tt E si K a A st T ica O l E T M itle i s Nl A s s T s E u ß m s p .— tio li n h ß e reality, is decided at last. Sir FrederiekneoPr tbg Ecclesiastical amendments, the most important feature of ° O O ° cite; is, that it gives the power of prosecution 0 ssre e dlo, Government alone, but to the subject, has be e , eerrletb and Sir Frederick's other amendments ci er- toittas e ri majorities of 35 and 56 respectively, notwitbs j e t i r i e i r t i o on be ir a t b s o n l iv „er o ' , tb bi ll strenuous efforts of Lord John Russell to, el s th e r e. d v t this, as be did on a former occasion. M f ar to h .. ll O OL;$ concerned, the case is clear. We arc, Wye' Or kt y efficient bill. Are we to have an efficier,',, a gue ll ,, fr ad also ? Or will Lord John and his e°'''' e e on their lingering and imbecile exister n „eiS principle that an adverse majority of fii `jok f f i n to.' a very tolerable working minority ? " 13 ;;O:', 0 1 O bi n it th as is a s m u e bj n e d c e t d th o e n thleornthiinrgd Herald d g ; gals tll-I°IA this matter end ? Will the Whigs vote aga i "oitifit t,l l `;s against Sir P. Thesiger's amendment last rog ue s' ? 4,1 recognise them at the next stage of the 1 11 ,e 6s o nse,;" does Lord John Russell mean by t a king ° t r n ' .. ,e .ll : l o t deo:;o7 house on the third reading of the bill, as PP" e' he resign if the bill be carried, containingoin orros against which he has protested ? Will he 1t is 0 5 the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill be rejected ? dilemma—one which whiggery alone can s° LIVRRPOOL Me ssrs , fiee.t l y TUESDAY, JUL . / 1, Y litili to .-°P PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY I V .B „- - -4. e str ee , Sir c S I v r e ' r G t i s E eZ a n K t ' B s By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE" of 53 t ur'j„stre e ' .1 LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Ortg o ool , tot * Orderti N f o o . r 4 l Co., Warwick-square ; Barker am whitNtioefir;ooo, Deacon, Walbrook; Reynell,ChancerY-len Collitri iji ff, Birchin-lane ; Joseph Thomas, 1, Fincll- 1 !'W e ll, Br a t, Sliier den Hammond, 27, Lombard-street; Ali t j o tle-e ° 'in4ei i court, Fleet-street; Lewis and Lowe, 3t 31 19 e . hill; at the London Commercial Coffee-nOtsetopt , C., d et at the Jerusalem Co ff ee-house, Cornbill,; kWerie4riil-sto, house, Paternoster-row; North and Sout„," l :ve- 14 0700 receivedCßEscB I l i Li 14 evy+jtrei‘ house, Threadneedle-street ; Parsons, npublioosotir London; Johnston and Co., Eden QuaY , t_street, Voile Exchange-street, and C. H. LeWit Marhe,seilel'AVl:i9,l' ter; Haddock, and J. and W. Boo'th,l 3 _ 4 , 3 l4jgilt i d, ' ton ; Clarke, Pilot-o ffi ce, Preston ; ana ~ F/ allo t 00 Herald-o ffi ce, Birmingham ; Harthill arit , _ ~,, AI, Prince's-square, Buchanan-street, Glasgow. l4 A d it '— BIRKENHEAD: Ton it yr/Tan, Cbeet.iterst PINKNIIY, Argyle-street; Osaoatocr (1 "` O is GEIVFITR, Hamilton-street. ANNUAL e SUBSCI. - ~ • iv. , IN A.D,AN0x..... 44. 200 . 1 July I, 101, he Pan Pl4l tpd 4 1 / 1 1 l oa Nt.tk t 0 ,7 1 1 kiiek' ki, t v cli ti T'l