The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-11 00:00:00

" J . - ' 1 WINITTI EH lONS., iurßs. DAVIES,JAK usl., 17, Berry-street , re - VI speotfully annoces'to ilurherous Friends and the Ladies of Liverpool, that her SHOW ROOMS will he complete for their inspection on SATURDAY next, the 12th instant, with a display of about 300 DRESS CAPS, from 2s. to 20s. Also, a neat selection of Velvet BONNETS, very Cheap. Ladies' own Bonnet Materials made up very reasonably. N.B.—WANTED, Two clever MILLINERS. l/rESDAMES SAMBROOK and WEARY respectfully IV-L inform the Ladies of Liverpool and the Neighbourhood on TUESDAY, the 15th instant, they will have ready for in spection an elegant assortment of MILLINERY and DRESSES, with a variety of the most Fashionable Materials, selected by Miss Sambrook in London. 112, DUKE-STREET, November 3, 1842. PREVIOUS TO ALTERATIONS. AATILLIAMS BROTHERS beg to inform their Friends viv and the Public, that they have taken the PREMISES and PURCHASED the Extensive STOCK of the late Mr. R. H. SOMERVILLE, HOSIER, LACEMAN, and GLOVER, No. 56, CHURCH-STREET, (adjoining their present Establishment, Waterloo House,) which, with their own large and valuable Stock of SILK SHAWLS, MANTLES, CLOAKS, FURS, MERINOS, LINEN, BLANKETS, FLANNEL, &c., they have COMMENCED SELLING OFF, at a considerable sacrifice. WILLIAMS BROTHERS, WATERLOO HOUSE, WATERLOO-PLACE, 56 and 53, CHURCH-STREET. The HOUSE, No. 56 (except the Shop), to be LET, on moderate terms; consisting of Drawing-room, two Parlours; seven Bedrooms, Kitchen, Scullery, &c. &c. (One interest,) WILLIAM ROBINSON, FLINT GLASS WAREHOUSE, 5, RANELAGH-STREET, TWO DOORS FROM CHURCH-STREET, HAVING OPENED the commodious PREMISES as above, draws Public attention to his New and Exten sive STOCK of GLASS, which he has selected with the greatest care; comprising the Newest Patterns in all des criptions of CUT and PLAIN DECANTERS, TUM BLERS, WINES, DISHES, and every other Article Manufactured in Glass, will be met with in great variety. W. R.'s Stock of ("LASS CHANDELIERS are superior to any ever offered in the Town, e ith er f or elegance of Pattern or economy in price. In WATCH GLASSES he believes the Public will find a great advantage, as he furnishes from a single glass to any quantity at the trade price, having been a Manufacturer of them for many years. Any orders he may be favoured with, will be executed with the utmost punctuality and despatch. From the Second Edition of Grimstone's Weather Almanack for the Year 1842. SIGHT RESTORED ! NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE & DEAFNESS CURED ! UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF Their late MAJESTIES, _ _ Her Royal Highness the Duchess of KENT, And authorised by Her Majesty's Lords of the Treasury. Mat. vi. 22.—The light of the body is the eye.—Luke ii. 34. OPTHALMIA, CATARACT, GUTTA SERENA, IN FLAMMATION, and all Diseases of the Eye and Head Cured by the most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound. Its mode of application is fraught with plea sure ; many thousand Cures have been accomplished by its use, at a trifling expense, -if certain in its operation. If Testimonials be necessary to induce the sufferer to make trial—Kings, Lords, and Commons have used it. The Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned its use. Their late Majesties, the Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Oculists, Medical Practitioners, with that gigantic balance—the press —have eulogised Grimstone's celebrated herbacious com pound, known as Grimstone's Eye Snuff, for its efficacy in removing all diseases incident to the Eyes and Head. G. J. Guthrie, Esq., F.R.S., (See Dr. Thomas of Hatfield,) having witnessed many cases of cure both of headache and ophthalmia has kindly given given his testimony to the truth thereof—Dr. Andrews calls it a National blessing —see his Reports touching its utility. The late Mr. Abernethy, with many others, recommended Grimstone's Eye Snuff, and called it " Man's best Friend," and The " Student's Vade Mecum."—See the many thousand Letters Testimonials, of undoubted Medical authority, with others of of the first respectability. This Snuff will cure Cataract, Ophthalmia, Gutta Serena, Inflammations of the Eyes, and completely eradicate Nervous Headaches. The only genuine is sold in Canisters of Bd., Is. 3d., 2s. 4d., 4s. 4d., Bs., 15s. 6d., with the I nven t or ' s Si gna t ure and he Royal Pa tronage attached to each Canister. This Snuff is manufac tured from Herbs only. All Letters direct to W. GRIMSTONE, Merchant, Fo reign Snuff and Cigar Importer. The 'only House for real Cuba Cigars and Grand Cairo Snuff. Tobacco and Snuff Manufactory, 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, 24, King-street, Long Acre. The Manufactory for Grimstone's Eye Snuff, Bowl Yard, London. A Liberal Allowance made to all Vendors, by PIERCE and CROSFIELD, Cigar and Foreign Snuff Merchants, Castle street, Liverpool, WHOLESALE and RETAIL AGENTS; also by J. Forrester, Druggist, 59, Byrom-street; Welch, Snuff Maker, Church -street; Ross and Nightingale, Chronicle office, Lord-street ; Atherton, Lord-street ; Denby, 4, Great Charlotte-street; Hiznett. Oldhall-street ; Messrs. Hignett and Bullen, Tobacconists, Moor-fields •, Mr. Proctor, To bacconist, London-road ; Mr. Roberts, Druggist, Ranelagh street ; Mr. G. H. Howell, Druggist, Dale-street ; Mr. J. Shepherd, Tobacconist, 3, Scotland-place ; Mr. Hignett, Tobacconist, corner of Dale-street; Mrs. Moreland, Tobac conist, Church-street : Mr. Plummer, Tob North Crescent, Lord-street; Mr. Thomas Hignett, Tobacconist, 1, Tithebarn-street ; Mr. W. King, Druggist, Soho-street ; Mrs. Miller, Tobacconist. Elliott-street ; and Mrs. Moore, Tobacconist, Pitt -street; and in MANCHESTER, by W. Grindon, 4, Old Church Gate, Market-street, and 119, Picca dilly ; Mr. Rayner, Tobacconist, 25, Market-place; Mr. G. Bevins, 23, Market-street ; Mr. J. R. Lynch, Market street; Watson and Co., 45, Market-street; Abrams, 4, King-street ; Biggar, Deansgate ; Lovett, High-street ' • W. Smith, Market-street ; Mr. Brown, Market-street ; Gee, Aucoats-street ; and every principal Town and City in the Globe. Manufacturers of Tobacco and Snuff in their genuine state. CAUTION.—This Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of Herbs, sold in canisters, is 3d, 2s 4d, 4s 4d, Ss and Iss 6d each, with copies of original testimonials, gratis, with each canister, by all Agents, both Foreign and British. It can be obtained in all the principal towns and cities. A liberal allowance to shippers, owners, captains, and all vendors of Grimstone's Eye Snuff. This celebrated snuff is shipped to all quarters of the globe, and retains its benign quality, in every climate. All snuffs and cigars shipped on the shortest notice. A FEW OF THE MANY THOUSAND TESTIMONIALS OF SIGHT RESTORED AND DEAFNESS CURED. Nottingham, 28th August, 1841. This extraordinary cure is attested by Mr. Jas. Wilcockson, Foreign Snuff and Cigar Merchant, Nottingham. To Mr. W. Grimstone, 39, Broad- street,Bloomsbury , London. Sir,—l feel great pleasure in sending you the particulars of my case, and the miraculous cure performed on myself by your valuable Eye Snuff. Sir, lam now in my ninety-third year, and a native of Holland, have been in this country 26 years ; whether from change of climate, or my advanced age, I cannot say, but for six years I have been deprived of sight, therefore unable to follow my business. Ido most sincerely believe I should have remained in darkness and pain, but for the kind recommendation of a friend to use your invention. I purchased a 2s. 4d. canister of your Agent, Mr. Wilcock son, Tobacconist, who knows the above to be facts, and will bear witness to my extraordinary recovery of that most esti mable blessing of our life—" perfect sight"--I declare has proceeded from the use of your Eye Snuff. For the sake of those suffering, you may make what use you please of this letter ; Mr. Wilcockson and many others will vouch for;its truth. I refer the sufferers to this gentleman, being your i Agent, and so well known n Nottingha m . I am, sir, your obliged servant, August 28th, 1841. ANNIS ZENIA MASSENIA. Abstract of a Letter from Mrs : L. S. Brewer, Dressmaker. 3, Edge-terrace, Kensington Gravel Pits. " To Mr. Grimstone, Inventor of Eye Snuff. " sth December, 1840. " Sir,—l have been a sufferer for seven ye ars , b o th e yes being so swollen as to cause blindness. Among the many medical gentlemen who attended me was the f amous ocu li s t, Dr. Alexander : indeed, I do believe my case was beyond all their skill. ' Physic, bleeding, blistering, with a seaton, and all kinds of lotions, but no relief,' till chancing one day being led by your house, in 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, my guide inquired if I had tried your Eye Snuff, on which I purchased a ls. 3d. canister, opened it in the shop, took some, and was greatly relieved before I reached my home. I can with truth assert, and make oath if required to do so, that it was your Eye Snuff cured me. Shall be happy to answer any inquiry.—l am. sir, yours gratefully, " L. S. BREWER." To Vim. Grimstone, Esq. November 6,1841. Sir,—Ha v i ng seen your advertisements, I inquired of some of those gentlemen who have derived so much relief from using "your Eye Snuff." I purchased a 2s. 4d. canister for my son, who was suffering• so much from the Head-ache and Deafness ; before he had used half of it, he was cured,which nabled him to follow his profession.—l am, yours gratefully, M. HACKETT. Mr. Banister, Surgeon, 2, Cross-court, Broad-street. To W. Grirastone, Esq., 39, Broad-street. " 10th December, 1840. " SIR,-1 have been afflicted for many years with a severe pain in my head, attended with a dimness of sight and dart ing pains in my eyes, for which I have had the first medical advice ; indeed, I have taken large quantities of medicine, without receiving any relief; but I am now delighted to say, with truth, that ever since using your valuable eye snuff, which I have taken copiously, that is, a 2s. 4d. canister weekly, I am quite free from those excruciating pains, and can read the smallest print, although I am in the 67th year of my age. This is my third testimony, and I shall be most happy to give it to you or to an y res p ectabl e inquir er at my residence as Edgew d are jursot-iacdye,M. became clea r an d free o. R . ~ under.—l remain , with g ratitude, sir, you r o b e di ent hum b le servant, taryle; E. e oasoN P.S.—Sir, I shou ld not o w;h o utatating my relief fluently I was almost i n stantaneous.rsveelYring Iy E ea in its use very from humour, and by Pe without the aid of am enabled to read small print blessing—Sight glasses, and continue to enjoy God's greatest and do recomm e e n e d from pain. I have reason to be grateful,A. Z. Nottingham. your M., Eye Snuff to all I know. : The following is one of Don G. Lobe's letters , 14th August Savannah, . 1841 . recei in our Dear Sir,—l had the pleasure to of Eye ve Snu d ff on ue time y the 15th friendly correspondence and supply year • however, from of August, also the 13th October last ye ? my extraordinary increased y our consumptiono f delightful e Snuff, I take compound of herbs known as Grimstone,s E )• the liberty of asking you to forward by first ship . 1300 more bill, sixty cases same as last. Sir —I have enclosed you a days' sight, Messrs. Pinto Perize and Co., Crotched-friars, London. I further thank you for the appointment rece ived through the Spanish Consul, Don Pedro Ortiz de Zug asti, at the court of Grcat Britain. Please to send the above Snuff with all po ss ible speed, with a large quantity of Spanish testimonials. This article has become a favourite amongst the first circles of nobility and gentry, both for its medicinal and benign qualities. Indeed it appears to keep off diseases, as well as cure them, if taken as other snuffs.—l remain, sir, your most obedient servant, DON G. LOne• Cabaliero de la Orden del Leon, Consul General de S M el Rey de los Paises Bajos et Isle de Cuba, Agente de la Sociendad de Commercio Nederlands, Chiandel, Moostchappy, sce. To William Grimstone, Esq., London. N.B.—The above quantity is forwarded every Three Months. OBSERVE the INVENTOR'S SIGNATURE on each Canis .—With the Patronage of His late Majesty, H.R.H. f Kent, and the Lords of the Treasury.—Sold ii? - , vg Cs] 6d., 5.3 d., 6d., Ss., 45. 4d., 2s. 4d. , 1 and Bd. -,, La: -• : - ,P7.-!, ..0 ..., -r.:,-: .0 0.4 1 , 7--.*: • '. ' - 't , :le . di c ' •:•: 1'..,1 k .,-=A - pod 'mid "4,,., •.--ro, Wi it cot .40. if it a • ‘f AMBRICAN CIRCUS. ‘ ROYAL )4111PITITHEATRE, C.14 4 1 ‘ 1' CHARLOITE - STREET. THIS EVENING, (FridW,)and TO-MORROW, (Sa turday,) the 11th and 12th instant, tne entertainments will commence with a GRAND TARTAR CAVALCADE! Led by Messrs. Derious and Sands. Mr. Sweeney in his Negro Melodies, and his old Virginia Banjo. Master Rivea in the character of the Race Jockey. Mr. F. Rives as the India-Rubber Man. Master Buckley, the Juvenile Performer. SPORTS OF THE RING ; OR, THE CLOWN'S DELIGHT! Mr. Buckley will appear in the Rustic Scene of the French Reaper. Unequalled Gymnastics, in which Mr. Dale will appear. The World Topsy Turvy, by Master Rivea. Mr. Decamp will introduce the Pony Osceola. Mr. Sands will appear on a number of Horses, as the Courier of St. Petersburgh ; or the Little Messenger of Lil liput. Wonderful Performances, by the Rivea Family. Mr. Derious will introduce La Tranca Hispaniola. Posturing, by Mr. Sands, introducing his Pupil, Master Burmish. Horsemanship by Mr. Buckley. Mr. Sweeney and Jack Vanbramer, in their Negro Extra vaganzas. The whole to conclude with the Amazonian Maids ! Performance in the Circle at Half-past Seven o'clock pre cisely. _ _ _ Boxes, 2s.—Pit, ls.—Gallery, 6d. NEWTON'S HARMONIC SALOON, DICK'S COFFEE-HOUSE, MURRAY-STREET, WILLIAMSON-SQUARE. THE PROPRIETOR of this elegant Resort, anxious to render his Establishment every way deserving that dis tinguished patronage hitherto bestowed, informs the Public he has ENGAGED, for Fourteen Nights, the celebrated HERR VAN JOEL, of the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, who will shortly appear and delight the Visitors with his wonderful and pleasing IMITATION OF SINGING BIRDS, ANIMALS, MUSICAL IN STRUMENTS, ETC. The Saloon is open every Evening from Seven o'clock until Twelve. Glees, Catches, Solos, Imitations, &c., with Musical Ac companiments. Solos and Concerted Pieces on the Violin, Harp, Piano-forte, &c. CROPS, STEAKS, KIDNEYS, ETC. WINES AND SPIRITS OF SUPERIOR CLUALITY. MANCHESTER. SPREAD EAGLE COMMERCIAL AND FAMILY H OT, HANGING-DITCH, (BACK ENTRANCE FROM CANNON-STREET.) WF. WESTALL respectfully acquaints the Commer • cial Public, and Families Visiting Manchester, that he has taken and entered upon the above spacious, conve nient, and centrally situate Hotel, (lately occupied by Mrs. E. Holden, formerly of the Thatched House Tavern, Mar ket-street,) and hopes, from the liberal system he intends to adhere to, in catering for the taste and comfort of his guests, to receive a fair share of public patronage and support. Mutton Broth, Soups, Chops, Steaks, Snacks, &c. provided Daily, from Ten till Two o'clock. A liberally-provided Table d'Hote on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday in each week, at Half-past One o'clock pre cisely. The Wines, Spirits, and Cigars have been selected with the greatest care, and will be found of first-rate qualities. Capital Stabling and Coach-house. THE TEA ESTABLISHMENT. TO FAMILIES RESIDING IN LIVERPOOL AND THE SUBURBS. FROM the number of Parcels we have daily to deliver i n the various parts of the Town and its Environs, we beg to announce that we have found it necessary to establish VANS for the punctual Delivery of Goods. We adopt the following arrangement for their departure : To all parts of the Town, and following places, one Van will leave punctually at Half-past Four o'clock Daily—viz., for LOW HILL, EDGE HILL, KENSINGTON, WAVERTREE, FAIRFIELD, TOXTETH PARK, EVE RTON, AIGBURTH, KIRKDALE, THE DINGLE. One Van will leave every Wednesday, at 11 o'clock, a.m., for WALTON, BOOTLE, SEAFORTH, WATERLOO, CROSBY. One Van will leave every Thursday Noon, for OLD SWAN. WEST DERBY, KNOTTY ASII, CHILDWALL, WOOLTON. To FAMILIES RESIDING IN CHESHIRF..—From the nu merous complaints we have received from Families residing on the Cheshire side of the River, of the difficulty they expe rience in having Parcels delivered punctually and properly, we find it also necessary to adopt the following plans for deli very of Goods and we shall send to WOODSIDE, BIRKENHEAD, I Every Tuesday and Sa- TRANMERE, S turday, at 3 o'clock HOLT HILL, in the Afternoon. ROCK FERRY, SEACOMBE, D R, Every Wednesday and LlSCAFriday, at 3 o'clock EGREMONT, MAGAZINES, in the Afternoon. *** Families are respectfully requested to observe, that, to insure punctual delivery, their orders should be given previous to the time specified for the departure of each Van. The Drivers of the Vans are authorised to receive Orders and settle Accounts. HOLLIS, WALFORD and CO., The Tea Establishment, 2,80 ld -street, corpPr of Hanover-street September. 1812. STRICTURE, STONE, GRAVEL, and all Di seases of the Kidneys and Bladder speedily and effectually Cured by Dr. YOUNG'S U REM RIC MIXTURE. The efficacy of this Medicine in the above complaints bas been long pr oved by its unparalleled success in a practice of many years' standing, and has induced the present Proprietor to make it more generally known. Its object is to supersede the neces sity of using the Bougie, which, from frequent use, makes the passage more susceptible of disease, and frequently brings on a confirmed case of Diseased Prostrate Gland ; it quickly removes all Soreness, quiets Irritation, and allays the Inflam mation that invariably attends these painful Diseases. Sold, Wholesale and Retail, by J. Sanger, 150, Oxford street, London ; Clay, Fisher, and Blake, Bold-street ; Johnson, Ellison, Thompson, arid Rawle, Church-street ; Priestley, Lord-street ; Dean, Lathbury, and Colquboun, Castle-street ; Aspinall, St. James-street ; Titherington, and Bradford, Oxford-street ; Bird, Great George -street ; Eggleston, Copperas-hill; Nl`Guffie, Oldhall-street ; Owen, London-road, Liverpool ; and by all respectable Medicine Vendors in town and country. A CHARTER PARTY. (From Geo. Cruickshank's Comic Aln2anack for 1843.) The United Female Chartist Washerwomen met a deputa tion from the Infant Society of Universal Suffrage and Vote by Ballot Orphans, in the long room of the institution be longing to the former, when a discussion ensued on the sub ject of the charter. _ _ _ It was at length resolved to extend the five pints to six ; and it was finally agreed that three quarts should constitute the measure they are jointly going for. Upon a proposition that they should adopt the principle of the whole hog, a discussion arose as to whether the gammon was to be included; but it was soon decided that the whole hoggices would be nothing at all if it were not for the gam mon, which was accordingly retained by a large majority. The following subscriptions, in aid of the " Victim Fund," were then read by the secretary, who stated that the amounts were in the hands of the treasurer, who was absent from in disposition : SUBSCRIPTIONS TO TUE " VICTIM FUND." s. d. Eight-and-twenty patriotic mothers ...... 0 0 9 Three charwomen, who are ready to scour the country in aid of the good cause Nine tailors, who feel as one man . Ten patriotic grandmothers, who would see their grandchildren enjoying their freedom in the land of their grandfathers The hands employed upon St. Martin's clock 0 0 6 The great petition was then brought forward for additional signatures, when it was resolved that knowing how to write should not be a sine qua" non for signing it. Several chartist children were permitted to put their marks, and the grand master of the lodge of juvenile levellers was appointed as con troller of the sand and blotting paper. In the evening tea was served, and several rounds of pa triotic toasts were given. No less than 142 gentlemen have applied to be admitted attorneys of the Court of Queen's Bench during the present term; and there are nine notices of application for re admission to practise. FIRE.—The extensive corn steam mills, belonging to Messrs. G. and W. Panton, at Odd Rode, Cheshire, were destroyed by fire, on Saturday last. The property is not insured for half its value. PUBLIC BArnsms.—The Lord Bishop of Salisbury, in his charge, congratulated the clergy on the interesting fact, that during the last three years the practice of baptizing publicly in the congregation, according to the Rubric, bad been introduced into no less than 87 churches in his diocese, in which it had been neglected previous to his former visita tion. ADVERTISEMENTS. The new columns and editorial columns of the journals are all very well in their way, but he who would know something of real life must con the adver tisements sedulously. There he will learn what men want, and how they try to trick each other. They following, which has just caught our ear in the Times, is a whole history in itself—" A gentleman of independent fortune, residing at a flourishing and fashionable watering-place, is desirous, for the sake of employment, to undertake an v respectable agency, whereby his time may be occupied and the interests of both parties promoted." They must have considerable faith in human nature who could intrust their " interests to the agency of this volunteer. Here is as broad a caricature of shifts to keep up a genteel appearance as ever Smollett or Dickens imagined—" Wanted, a boy in an attorney's office, in which (if he could write a tolerable hand) he could have a good opportunity of improving his condition : but in such service he would be required to attend to the lamps, clean boots and knives. and make himself generally useful." A. " tolerable hand " seems to be considered a good recommen dation for higher and more delicate offices ; for in the next column a " Roman Catholic lady, about thirty years of age," wanting a situation as companion or housekeeper, intimates that " she will he particularly useful as amanuemsis to a pro fessional man." Protestantism seems quite as saleable an article as catholicism—" A young person, a native of Ger many," begs to inform the public, that " sbe can dress hair in a superior manner : understands dressmaking, millinery, nd the getting up of laces ; and is of the protestant religion." T he'peculiar tastes evinced by persons in search of employ ment are sometimes not a little curions—,, A gentleman, formerly on half pay of the army," a plies for employment she h n e y n , noblema n institute," f la a et. o invaluable gentleman." " A young lady, highly re commendedtyin i h n o u s widower'sek e epin g, info r msfamil y ." ily u i s l t e h s a e t , however, are, aft er a ll , but the prose of advertising ; one ad vertisement will often implywre a wh o l e romance : as, for exam ple—" M. A. J. S a y I can address a letter to you, and I solemnly promise neo shall molest you : it is re specting business : writeimmaeiga com munication is gratefully acknowletal; Or—" A. B's he is earnestly requested to grant an interview without a tou n d delay." astounding ; glad to and the Or—" J. L. L's. communication has e his ideas parties it was addressed to would be of liberality." There are many people whose . _ as of li berality " who would like to know, as well as J. L. L's. It affairs of almost appear that g entlemen begin to arrange of honour through the medium of the press • Captain Egan is requested to communicate immediately w i t h Mr. J. T. R. on business of the utmost importance, by the direc tion of G. G. D., Esq. The Times has long been celebrated for the facilities it affords the tender-hearted to " waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole :" here is a specimen—" Why does Frederick come no more to St. John's Wood ?"—Spectator. ~\ \ , 6 ,~ a , t , ~; CHRONOLOGY FOR THE NEAR 1842. (From Critikshank's " Comic Almanac for 1542.") JANUARY. l7th.—Prince Albert laid the first stone of the new Royal Excham. , e. Every one present greatly admired the manner of the Prince, and the stone itself was particularly struck by him. 25th.—A holiday at the law courts. Nothing doing, and nobody done. 31st.—The King of Prussia visited Newgate in the morn ing, and Drury-lane Theatre at night. His Majesty saw murderers at both places, and admired the new drop at each. FEBRUARY. 11.—The Queen opened Pa;lit;;;t in person with a speech from the throne, showing her readiness at all times to put in a spoke for the common wheel. 24th.—The corn law debate brought to a close. The duty of Bs. a quarter objected to by a county member, on the ground that it would amount to 325. a year. MARCH. 11th.—Sir R. Peel made his financial statement, and de clared his intention of increasing the duty on whisky ; an announcement that had not the effect of raising Irish spirits. 16th.—The day fixed for the earthquake that was to have broken London into little bits. It, however, broke nothine but its appointment. 18th.—The Queen and Prince Albert having visited Drury lane Theatre, the house was full, and the royal pair gave an audience to the manager. APRIL. 4th.—The House of Commons resolved itself into a com mittee of ways and means, when Sir R. Peel's ways of getting means were much objected to. 18th.—Discussion in the House of Lords on the new corn bill, when the Duke of Buckingham plainly intimated that the Premier deserved to be turned out, for having taken others in. 22d.—A dispute between Mr. Lumley and Signor Mario, when the latter complained 'of hoarseness, and the former declared that he also was taken by the throat. 2d.—Presentation of the Chartists' petition. Its weight made a deep impression on the floor of the house, but none at all on the members. 12th.—The Queen's Lai masque. Several old ladies en deavoured to conceal their years by appearing in the costumes of the middle age. 21st.—Prince Albert sat for six hours as judge in the Stannaries Court, and performed the judicial office so well, that two things were tried at once—the cause before him, and his own patience. 23d.—Execution of the murderer Good. A good riddance. In the course of this month, the whigs charged the tories with the greatest assurance, in having taken up the former's policy. JUNE. 3d.—Continuance of the sugar duties moved by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer. He contended that though the tax was little in separate pounds of moist, it amounted to a great deal in the lump. 4th.—Prociamation issued on the subject of certain sove reigns discovered to be light. The new regulation not to affect India, where the native princes are all of a dark com plexion. 13th.—The Queen made her first trip by railway, and the court expected to adopt the fashion of trains. 23d.—A question put to Sir R. Peel on the subject of the Nelson Monument, the base of which had not been pro ceeded with for want of the capital. Several attempts made to retard the public business by incessantly moving the adjournment of the house, and bring the Premier to a stand by perpetual motion. JULY. 2d.—A letter exploded aitle Post-office—a proof of its being in a great hurry to go off. 3d.—Attempt of the varlet Bean on the life of her Majesty. It appeared that the little deformity was given to sentiment, and that the hump on his back weighed heavily on his mind. ;lb.—Mr. Hume moved for a return of the actual services of all flag officers, which was refused from a fear that many of them would turn out to he much below the standard. He was denied similar information respecting general officers, since so many of them had not done any thing particular, and had never been in any action except as defendants. 10th.—M. Claudet, the patentee of the Daguerreotype, undertook to do likenesses, on a first attempt, in less than a second. 13th.—Mr. Hume complained that at the British Museum no children are admitted under eight; and he declared that juvenile capacity for instruction was much under-eighted. The same hon. member censured the locality and the expense of the new houses of Parliament, objecting to the site of the building, and the sight of money required for completing it. AUGUST. ISt—Miss A Kemble married to a count, and will, it is to be hoped, find her account in the step taken. 'Tis a pity Miss Kemble retires so soon, When money she makes to so pretty a tune. sth.—Prince Albert shot 96 rabbits in the royal preserves. The animals, anxious for the honour of seeing the Prince, fell the unhappy victims of a too fatal curiosity. 6th.—A gentleman having received a newspaper sealed with the motto " Time flies," was charged full postage on account of the " information" contained on the wrapper. llth.—Gooseberries, apples, and pears selling for a mere nothing in Covent-garden market, being, as the growers declared, the fruits of the tariff. 25th.L-Trial of the vagabond Bean, who was found to be one of a very inferior kidney. SEPTEMBER. Ist.—The Queen landed at Edinburgh—the tide having risen before the Provost was out of bed. 2d.—A return presented to Parliament of the condition of the inmates of Greenwich Hospital, when it was found that there were 36 pensioners who had only the right leg left. 3d.—Covent-garden Theatre was advertised to open, but Miss Adelaide Kemble was too hoarse to sing ; and though her father had so much at stake in the theatre, it was found that his daughter had no voice at all in it. 6th.—Mr. Carter bitten severely in the thumb by one of his lions. The animal was recently purchased, and not used to his master, who was trying a few tricks to get his hand in. 12th.—An investigation into the Dover cropping case. The jailor, finding he was not to cut the hair of the prisoners, cut his own stick, and resigned his situation. 21st.—A calculation made shelvesthatthe p of the of what King's library at Paris extend to twenty miles—a extraordinary lengths some writers will go to. OCTOBER. ISt. - It was generally suggested that banking-houses should close at four, because the system of shutting at five (after which hour there is still much to be done) has the effect of driving their business very often to sixes and sevens. 10th.—News arrived of Akhbar Khan being prepared to treat ; but from such a Khan nothing can be expected but half-and-half measures. 12th.—Miss Briers and Mary Ann Morgan brought to Union Hall on a charge of having conspired to lead Mr. Woolley into another union against his will. Mr. Woolley, though evidently on thorns, and regularly caught by the Briers, declared his intention not to prosecute ; he, however, commenced a suit for a divorce against Mary, in reference to whom he refused to be Molly•fied. NATIONAL. CITARACTERISTIcs.—The following stories— we forgot where picked up—are not bad illustrations (so far as they go) of the national characteristics of the three king doms of our union. E ver y y ear t h ese c h aracter i st i c dis tinctions are becoming less and less remarked as respects the more active minded and intelligent ; but yet they remain palpable enough among certain classes, and probably may not entirely wear out for many a long year to come.--I. In a crowd two young women were frightened, and not knowing what they did, save that they sought protection, rushed into the arms of two men who were nearest them. The first, an Irishman, clasped his refugee in his arms, and embraced her cordially. The second, who was an Englishman, instantly clapped his hands on his pockets to secure their contents. 11. An Irishman and a Scotchman, walking together in the street, descried behind the counter in a milliner's shop a young woman of singularly attractive appearance. The Irishman proposed to go in and buy a watch ribbon, in order to have a nearer view of the pretty milliner : the Scotchman said, " Hoot awa, man, let us just gang in and ask twa six pences for a shillin'." 111. An Irish and Scotch regiment advanced together to charge the enemy with the bayonet. The Irish flung away their knapsacks and dashed away pell mell, shouting like wild Indians as they rushed upon the foe. The Scots quickly and steadily followed on, but as they passed picked up the knapsacks which the Irish flung away, and fought unflinchingly, while they carried the Irishmen's knap sacks and their own too.—Dumfries Courier. OUSES IN PA RIS.—I much wish some of our great build ing speculators who rear those transparent mansions fronted with Roman cement and plate-glass, in Pimlico and Hyde park gardens, would make the trial of the French style of private mansions. I cannot but think that there are hun dreds of wealthy farmers in London who really seek, as well as talk about, seclusion from vulgar contact, who would be found to inhabit them. It would test the sincerity of those who are ever talking about their " sets, " and such hollow hearted, hypocritica exclusiveness. Park-lane, Arlington street, and St. James's-place, are almost the only parts of London where the stare of the multitude does not rest upon every action in life. The streets in which some of the best houses in PariS lie are the darkest and dirtiest within the barriers. They are no better than Thames-street, and that horrid family of streets whose patronymics are Milk-street, Bassinghall-street, &c.; but what of that ? Once within the great folding doors and porter's lodge, a bright world bursts on you ; a spacious airy court and garden, within lofty walls, over which no neighbour's eye can look, nor need you know of your contiguity to any street, from one year's end to another. The rooms on the ground floor fronting these streets are either used as shops or warehouses, raised on either side of the gateway, having entrances from the street, and no communication with the residence within the court. In several streets, such as the rue de l' liniversito, the ville Eveque, and similar ones, high blank walls, only pierced on the ground floor with windows for the porter's lodge, line each side of the street. There are no areas for butler's amours and ladies' maids gossipping groups ; no fat hall-porters bask in the sun after a dose in the leathern hall-chair by the fire, like drones at the entrance of a hive, nor any more servants kept than are requisite for a servant's duties. Did a family keep such supernumeraries for display, the attempt would be fruitless, for no neighbour would notice them, and to main tain a character for sense, and to avoid:contempt, they must cease to be ostentatious.—From the _Paris Estafette, by Francis Lloyd. THE ARABS OF ALGERIA.—We find the following in a letter from Algiers. It is intended to show the difficulty of bringing such a people as the Arabs under permanent sub jection :—" Our religion preaches toleration, equality, and pardon of injuries—theirs exalts that of Mahomet, and con siders every one who dissents from it as a mere dog—it pre scribes vengeance, and sanctions the abuse of superior power. The few virtues the Arabs can boast or have their origin in ostentation, for as soon as the necessity for any display of false generosity or dignified conduct has passed, they return to their incorrigibly ferocious habits of murder, robbery, and fanaticism. To judge of them by appearances, at times they may be believed to be kind and compassionate, but, on deeper examination, it will soon be found that all these signs of goodness and benevolence arc merely hypocritical stimula tions, adopted from their religion and habits. When a death happens, and you see them strike their heads in despair, and utter agonizing cries of grief—when the women shriek, bruise their bosoms with their fists, and tear their flesh with their nails, do not imagine that all this arises from their regret at the loss of the deceased, or their respect for his character— no, it is merely an observance of custom. Signs of mourn ing must be shown, they say, because a man must not die like a dog, and leave no regret behind. But when once under the earth, they think no more whatever of him than if he had never existed. During these later years there have occurred at Algiers, and in its environs, numerous accidents from pulling clown old buildings and in other works, arid in many cases five and six Arabs and other natives have been buried together under the fallen ruins, and yet I have never in a single instance seen the Arabs make the slightest effort to save the victims, even though they were their own parents or children. To complete this picture 1 add the following in cident :—ln 1839, about 20 Arabs from the environs came into the town to a festival. On their way back, when oppo. site the magazine for forage, one of them fell under a cart heavily laden, the wheels going over both his legs, crushing the bones from the knees to the ancles. The pain the poor creature suffered was excruciating. He implored the com passion of his companions in the most piteous terms, ad juring them by their holy religion and all they held the most dear and sacred, that they would place him on some convey ance and conduct him home. Instead, however, of doing this, they merely uttered the few words of the Koran God is great,' and walked away without showing even the slight est commiseration.—Galignani's Messenger. 1 , ,)\ KISS WHITNALL respectfully announcesto her Friends I. VI. and the Public of Liverpool and Cheshire her intention of giving TWO FAREWELL CONCERTS, previous to her departure for London, the first of which will take place on THURSDAY EVENING, the 17th instant, at the ASSEM BLY ROOM, GREAT GEORGE -STREET, Liverpool, and the second on the following Evening, FRIDAY, the 18th instant, at the TOWN-HALL, BIRKENHEAD. PRINCIPAL VOCALISTS. MISS BASSANO, (Philharmonic Concerts, London,) MISS WHITNALL, and MR. MACHIN. CONDUCTOR, Mr. E. F. SMITH, who will prCside at the Piano-forte. For the Liverpool Concert the doors will be open at seven, the Concert to commence at eight precisely. Tickets, for the Body of the Room, ss. ; Gallery, 3s. ; may be iad at the principal Music-shops, the Assembly Room, and at MISS WHITNALL'S RESIDENCE, NO. 2, Upper Duke-street, Liverpool. Birkenhead, the doors will be opened at seven, and the Concert to commence at half-past seven precisely. Tickets, ss. each, may be had at the principal Hotels at Woodside and Birkenhead ; also, at Miss WHITNALL'S Residence, as above. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The " Rad's Retreat" will not do : it is bad in composition, and faulty in rhyme. The STANDARD was regularly forwarded to Southport on Tuesday. We have no knowledge of the paragraph alluded to by "C. R." We have certainly been appealed to on the subject, but have not given publicity to any remark con nected with it. tljr Lthzrpoot &tanbarTi. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11, 1842. We have sincere pleasure in congratulating our fel low -townsman, Mr. Robertson Gladstone, upon his elevation to the municipal chair of our borough. No man, we are sure, is more eminently d e s erv i ng of the respect and confidence of his fellow-townsmen, con veyed in this appointment ; and we are satisfied that his conduct in office will not be such as to disappoint the most sanguine of his friends. Upon one point, we trust that he will exert that firmness of character which he is known to possess. The Council Chamber contains, at the present moment one or two individuals whose constant interruptions of the course of its proceedings, and whose unseemly per- sonalities in debate are a source of intolerable annoy ance, and degrade in public estimation the body to which they belong. We trust that Mr. Gladstone will at once put down the insolencies and the buffooneries of the parties to whom we refer. A notice appears in the Chester Courant of Tuesday last, announcing the intended application of the com missioners of Birkenhead for parliamentary sanction to a bill giving powers to those commissioners to form a park, build a pier or piers, dock or docks, make a railway, buy a ferry, and to do other things involving a vast expenditure of the money of the township, and the conferring of a large amount of patronage, and authority, of various descriptions, upon its very modest framers ; of the majority of which proceedings we had no previous knowledge; and we venture to say that not half-a-dozen individuals in Birkenhead in Wood- side, save the commissioners themselves, have seen, or ever will see, the document in question, or are aware of one-tenth of the magnificent things which the pro posed measure is to do for them. We look in vain amongst the reported proceedings of the commis sioners as a body, for their sanction to several of the projects which are set forth in the notice in question. The commissioners of Birkenhead,, as a body, we do not believe have ever been called upon to sanction them. The inhabitants of Birkenhead know little or nothing of them; and, although the property of the town of Liverpool is sought to be seriously affected by the bill, we do not believe that it was ever intended that the inhabitants of Liverpool should have an op portunity of knowing that any such bill was in agita tion, much less of canvassing its various provisions. Very excellent, very cunning management, no doubt, this studied mystery of our Cheshire magnates will be termed by the admirers of strategy ! But we are not of the number. When we see men moling their way to an object, we cannot avoid suspecting that that object is not straightforward. Men who seek legitimate ends should seek them openly,—should court rather than shun investigation ; and because the commissioners of Birkenhead have not done this in the case before us, we suspect that their objects are not such as will stand the light of day. The amendment of their already-existing local acts, which is one of the objects of their proposed applica tion to Parliament, we do not quarrel with, although we cannot imagine in what acts of, so recent a date as the improvement acts of !Birkenhead, can he deficient. If the inhabitants choose, however, to spend their money in law and parliamentary expenses, that is their affair, not ours. The alteration of their boundaries, too, is a matter upon which we know nothing, and shall therefore say nothing ; and this remark will apply to some other portions of the bill, which, being purely of a local nature, do not affect the public on this side of the water. One or two of these, however, appear either so absurd or so suspicious, that we cannot pass them over without calling to them the serious attention of the public. It is proposed, we find, by the bill about to be applied for, to vest in the commissioners of Birken head " the sole power to grant licenses to keepers of inns, alehouses, and victualling houses, to sell excise able liquors by retail ;" and also that of " regulating " all such houses and bathing-machines within the limits of the act. Now, we ask, what would the conferring of such a power to a popularly-elected body be, other than giving it the machinery for the grossest corrup tion and favouritism. Could a single license be granted by such a body without affording to some party a right to impute motives to some one or other of those by whom it has been granted ? The idea is preposterous that such a power can be placed in the hands of such a body without jobbing being the result ; and the assumption, by it, of quasi-magiste rial functions—which it must assume if it undertakes the regulation of public-houses—is so perfectly absurd that we can only wonder that any set of men, possessed of common understanding, could even dream of it for a moment ! For let the reader only imagine these powers in their operation. The competition which exists every where for a license to sell excisable liquors is well known. In many cases the acquisition of such a license will double the value of the property to which it is attached. Can A, 13, or C, then, being members of the body of commissioners, and perhaps speculators in building, or in building land as well, license any house which is their own property, with out being accused of dishonesty and selfishness ? Or can they license the house of D, who is an active partisan, and their supporter at elections, without being accused of unjust preference ? Or suppose the case of a publi can's being complained of before this licensing and regulating body for violation of the law, ar.d a motion being made for the suspension of his license, or for a fine, what an unseemly exhibition might be created ! But, we repeat, this part of the proposed bill is pre posterously and glaringly absurd, and can never, we are confident, be listened to by the legislature. We do not refer at present to the proposal to form a park for the recreation of the public, and to form a cemetery for the interment of the dead. Both these projects may be feasible—may be desirable, and may be intended to be carried out honestly ; and yet it is quite possible that the inhabitants of Birkenhead may find to their cost that •their commissioners, in resolving upon their formation now, may have been progressing too fast. The " go a-head" principle has not always been found to be a wise one ; and the entanglements brought by it upon i a people across the Atlantic might with advantage be contemplated by our go a-head friends across the Mersey. The project of a tunnel from the railway-station in Grange-lane, to INlonk's Ferry, is another local matter with which we have little to do, but which, neverthe less, we are not satisfied is either wise or honest. We cannot but loc . 'lc with suspicion upon a proceeding which goes to evade, by a sidewind, the direct provi sions of an act of Parliament. The proprietors of the Chester and. Dirkenhead Railway are forbidden by the legislature to, make this or any other branch railway from their present terminus in Grange-lane, unless they form a t the same time a communication with the ferry of Bio,.(enhead. This ferry is the property of the Corporatior. of Liverpool; and that body, we submit, will never suffer their right to a •branch line to be annulled a fter this cunningly-devised fashion. Be sides, wh it have the commissioners of Birkenhead to do with the formation of railway tunnels ? Let the proprietors of the Chester and Birkenhead line make their own tunnels, and look bettsr after the interests of their railway, and they may vet render That under taking profitable, without seeking to eke its dividends out of the pockets of the rate-payers of Birkenhead ! Again, it is proposed to purchase Monk's Ferry, which is owned at present by the railway company in question. With what object, we ask ? Plain, matter of-fact people can see none which are straightforward and honest to the ratepayers of Cheshire; but the very clever people who concoct these magnificent schemes have doubtless some splendid advantage to hold out to them. If we were shareholders in the railway, upon which we dare say the ferry in question is a somewhat unprofitable excrescency, «e should perceive the wis dom of that company selling; but the wisdom of the township of Birkenhead purchasing is a matter upon which we require as yet to be enlightened. To those propositions, however, which affect the in terests and the property of the people of Liverpool we must enter our decided exception. By one of these we observe it is intended to " erect a sea wall, with a pier and landing place or places, adjoining Tranmere Pool, in the township or chapelry of Birkenhead," and also " to make and maintain a dock or docks, with all proper wharfs, warehouses," &c., " at, near, or adjoining to" Woodside Ferry. Now, if we are correct in our idea of the locality of the proposed sea wall and pier at Trail mere Pool, they cannot be made without an invasion of the property of the Corporation of Liverpool ; and we are somewhat mistaken if a similar objection will not apply to the dock scheme at Woodside. An inspec tion, however, of the plans, when lodged, and of the accompanying books of reference, will put us in possession of something more detailed with re spect to the locality and mode of execution of both these projects, and of a few little particulars besides which will be very interesting to the public; and we, therefore, postpone further remarks until those docu ments are before us. In the mean time, we can see very well why these enterprising gentlemen of Birkenhead have embodied amongst their modest requests to the legislature, a proposition "to repeal the right now vested in the corporation of Liverpool, of nominating commis sioners under" the Improvement Acts of Birkenhead. Amongst a body about to inflict such sweeping de struction upon the property which the Corporation of Liverpool unfortunately possess in Cheshire, the re presentatives of that Corporation may well he pre sumed to be somewhat de trop. But so long as we possess even a fragment of that property, by the sufferance of our kind neighbours, the legislature, we feel confident, if our council do its duty in representing their case before the parliamentary committees, will permit us still to locate our own watchmen upon pos sessions held in so dangerous a neighbourhood. We gave on Tuesday a report of the meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of Manchester, held in that town on Monday ; and we now propose offering a few remarks upon the proceedings. And first let us examine the system upon which this infamous concern appears to have been conducted. The public have all along been deluded by the notion that the management, or at all events the supervision of the management, of a joint stock bank was in the hands of the board of directors. But what has been the case here ? The Bank of Manchester has been, for the last six or seven years, under the management of three or four individuals, one of whom is largely and very improperly its debtor; another of whom has left the country ; whilst a third has absconded, after the commission of forgery, with a portion of the funds entrusted to his management. To these men has been left that absolute controul which the public imagined was vested in the Board of Direction ; upon the repre sentation of these men, unsupported by the confirmatory evidence of their co-directors, the public and the share holders have been, year by year, blinded as to the real position of the bank, whilst men of straw, scheming speculators —men who would not have been credited five hundred pounds, in the open market of Manches ter—have been permitted to swallow up and squander its capital by hundreds of thousands of pounds in a hand ! What, then, it may be asked, were the functions of the Board of Directors ? They were not bankers, it must be evident. They held meetings weekly in the Bank parlour, and discussed business, we presume, of some kind or other,—perhaps the business of the Anti-corn-law League,—but certainly not banking busi ness ; for we are told by one of them, Mr. G. R. Chappell, that ," the directors sitting at the General Board knew no more of one another's banking trans actions than the shareholders did." "No director," adds the same gentleman, "could see any account but his own !" In fact, at the very introduction of a director into the Board, not only his judgment but his tongue as well was muzzled ; for " the very first thing shown to me," remarks Mr. Chappell again, " upon my own introduction, was a declaration of silence on all subjects connected with the bank, which I signed, as did every other director ;" and the existence of a Board of Directors at all, therefore, can be set down as nothing but a screen to mislead and deceive the public. Its members met weekly, blinded and gagged; not one of them knew more than the state of his own banking acconnt—they pocketed weekly the allowance of the shareholders—and they appeared before the public as responsible managers of a powerful and flourishing concern, for whose responsibility and good conduct their names were the vouchers. Can any honourable man, we ask, hesitate to declare, that these directors, thus standing before the world as gua rantees of the character and credit of a concern of which, avowedly, they knew ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, were morally guilty of deception of the grossest kind, and are morally liable to refund to the duped and, in too many cases, RUI \TED shareholders, every shilling which has been squandered by this nefarious concern ? Such is, upon their own showing, the position of those Directors of the Bank of Manchester who were not upon the Committee of Management—who knew nothing of its affairs—and yet could stand, a little more than a year ago, before a meeting of its pro ' prietors, and sanction, by their countenance, the declaration of its managers, that the entire capital of £BOO,OOO was still entire, and that they had in addition a reserved fund of some hundreds of pounds ! What judgement the world will pronounce upon such con duct we need not say ; but, we must ask, does the world believe this affectation of innocence and ignorance on the part of the directors ? Why, the state of the Hiltons' account was notorious two years ago ; the magnitude of Raleigh's transactions was notorious two years ago. In December, IS4O, the amount of the former's liabilities to the Bank was £157,119; and at the same date the liabilities of Raleigh were £169,119 ! making, employed in these two accounts, on the 30th of December, prior to the declaration of the directors that the entire capital of the bank was safe, the enormous sum of £326,238, or, with the addition of the liabilities of Mr. Roberts himself, which were at that time £76,125, UPWARDS OF ONE-HALF THE ENTIRE CAPITAL OF THE BANK ABSORBEB BY THREE CONCERNS! Will the world believe that such a state of things could exist, and that men sitting weekly in the Bank parlour as directors had no suspicion of its existence ? What says Mr. G. R. Chappell, one of those directors? " More than two years and a half ago I did business with that man " (Raleigh) ; "and I went over to the Bank, to tell Mr. Burdekin that I had put a mark against him in my own books, and had ordered my servants to sell him no more goods, as I was satisfied, from the evidence I had received from London and various other quarters, that he was carrying on a business that could not be profitable. I reiterated it again and again !" Now, why, we ask, this " going over to the Bank," and this "reiteration again and again," if Mr. Chappell had not known that Raleigh did business with the Bank of Manchester, and sus pected, at least, the amount of his account? Why, we venture to say, that there is not a tradesman in Manchester who, seeing the extent of the transactions of this firm—and they were almost terrific—could not very easily have formed a tolerable notion of the extent of accommodation and discount which they must have required ; and yet the directors of the bank which afforded this accommodation would have us believe that they—good easy souls !—were all along in a state of happy ignorance upon the subject ! Now, we do firmly believe, that if the directors were, as they state, throughout the past two or three years, entirely ignorant of the position and the kind of 1 business doing by the Bank of Manchester, they stand in their ignorance almost alone amongst their fellow, townsmen. This fact, however, they were not in ignorance of, that during the political excitement which has existed throughout that period, their position as directors of that concern has materially added to thein fluence of certain public agitators. The breaking up of the Bank of Manchester, twelve months or two years ago, would have seriously damaged the interests of the Anti-corn-law League. Deputations composed of men tainted by the explosion of this stupendous bubble would not have been likely to have any very weighty influence upon the judgement of the world, or the decisions of any government ; and hence, perhaps, in part, the doggedness with which they have clung to their elevation, and sunk to "a lower deep" of disaster and disgrace the interests and the property committed to their charge. That some such feeling as this has weighed with them, accompanied with a desperate hope that, by the prostration of other interests in the community and the advent of a new era of commercial and manufacturing frenzy, they would be enabled to retrieve the shattered fortunes of the adventurers whom they have trusted with the money of the shareholders, we venture to predkt, will be made manifest by and bye ; and that few of the gentlemen who have figured throughout these exposures Will be seen exhibiting themselves, for a while, at least, in the Anti-chambers of Cabinet Ministers, or in Anti-corn-law Conventions in Palace-yard, or elsewhere ! We conclude our remarks upon this disgraceful affair with the following extract from the city article of yesterday's London Times, by which it will be seen that our own opinion of its disreputable character is amply confirmed by the opinion of the monied men of the metropolis. The fears expressed in the concluding paragraph, that the assets will not realise the amount at which they are estimated—that the shareholders, after the loss of the entire capital of the bank, will still have a large liability to meet, and that the depositors in the bank are far from safe—we hope will prove to be unfounded : " The further report made on the affairs of the Bank of Manchester has attracted, of course, some share of attention in the city. 'A more gross case of deceit and presumable fraud was never exhibited. It was stated recently, we be lieve, in one of the local journals, that in Manchester alone, through this and other joint-stock banks, at least 1,500,0001. has been lost. Coupling with these 7,000,0001. lost by the fall of the United States Bank, which consisted chiefly of English capital, and the conclusion, without going further, will be a very safe one, that this . is more than has been lost by depositors through the failure of all the private banks that ever existed. Such losses, whether they are borne by share holders in banks or by depositors, are in an equal degree a general injury to the community; and if any one were inclined to doubt the helplessness of shareholders in joint stock banks, or to believe in their ability to protect them selves, it would be removed by the reading of this and the previous reports made to those connected with the Bank of Manchester. " Without going over the items of the balance•sheet,' published this morning, it may be sufficient to observe that the assets, declared to be good, of £1,018,000 in bills on hand and current is a mockery, since the bank could not hold anything near that amount in bills not at maturity, and con sequently a large portion must be overdue, bad, and doubt ful. A long period of distress and confusion must follow the attempt to realise these assets, and it will soon appear that the shareholders have a large liability to meet beyond their capital in the bank, and that even the depositors and simple contract creditors of this concern are far from safe." LOCAL NEWS. LIVERPOOL UNION.—We understand that the contract for the supply of butcher's meat for the Workhouse of the Liverpool Union, has been taken at 4d. per lb., for the en suing twelve Months. ST. CLEMENT'S CHURCH.—Considerable alterations have been made in this church, by which the comfort of the con gregation has been much increased. An improvement has likewise been made in the organ. Two sermons are to be preached next Sunday, and collections made towards de fraying the expenses. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—It IS in contemplation, we hear, to celebrate the opening of this noble edifice in January, •in some public manner. If the proceedings upon this occa sion only equal those which occurred upon the day of its foundation, and which will long live in the memory of those who witnessed them, the opening of the institution will in deed be a proud day for Liverpool. BLUE COAT HOSPITAL.--It will be seen by an advertise ment in another part of to-day's paper, that the annual ser mon on behalf of this institution will be preached in St. Peter's Church, on Sunday morning next, on which occasion, according to ancient custom, the worshipful the mayor, ac companied by the members of the common council and other friends, intend walking in procession from the Town-hall to the church. THEATRE RoYAL.—The second concert given by Mr. Thalberg will take place this-evening. Mrs. St. Albin wil► make her appearance, and play a duet with the maestro. On Wednesday there were several encores. Mr. Thalberg delighted every one with his wonderful powers. Mr. John Parry's performances appear to give immense satisfaction. The bill this evening is a much more attractive one thaa on the last occasion. We omitted in our last to mention that Miss Gardner's benefit on Friday was a bumper. We are glad to find that native talent can sometimes be. appreciated. PARISH OF WALTON.—A public meeting of the ratepayers was held in the parish church of Walton, on Wednesday, to take into consideration the rate which had just been made and allowed by the magistrates at Kirkdale. In the absence of the vicar, Richard Leyland, Esq., took the chair. It was then stated that the meeting was called in consequence of its having been discovered that there were a great many mis takes in the rating, some people being assessed too much and others not at all—some twice and some not enough. After a long discussion it was resolved that a person should be em ployed to make a new valuation of the township, and that the overseers should get the last rate quashed by the magistrates. Mr. M'Gregor and Mr. A. Henderson were appointed to ar range with some one to value the township. THE FUNDS—WEDNESDAY EVENING.—At the Stock - Evchange business has been but limited. There were no dealings worthy of notice, and quotations closed just the same as yesterday: Bank Stock was finally marked 172 to 174 ; India Stock, 258 to 266 ; Consols for Money and the account, 94 to $; Three per Cents. Reduced, 931 to 4; Three-and-a-Half per Cents., Reduced, 1001 to - 2 .; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1014 to 1 ; New Five per Cents., 125 ; Long Annuities, 121 ; and Exchequer-bills, 595. to 61s. premium. In the foreign market, Spanish Actives closed 181 ; ditto, Three per Cents., 211 to 224 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 to 1; ditto Five per Cents., 100 to 1; Mexican, 331 to 4; ditto, Deferred, 91 to 1 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 381 to 39 ; ditto, Three per Cents., 23 to ; Columbian, 211 to s ; Brazilian, 63 to 64 ; and Belgian, 101 to 102. CELEBRATION OF THE RETURN OF JOHN NORTH, ESQ. —On Tuesday evening last, a large body of the Conservative electors of Exchange Ward dined together at the Bull Hotel, in Dale-street, in celebration of the return of John North, Esq., as a representative of that ward in the Town Council. Thos. Sands, Esq., presided on the occasion, and was ably supported by Christopher Bushell, Esq., James Aspinall, Esq.; Samuel Holtne, Esq., Richard Dawson, Esq., John Walker, Esq., and other gentlemen of standing and respecta bility. The dinner was at once sumptuous and substantial, and the guests showed their appreciation of the host's excel lent stewardship by doing ample honour to the viands which he had provided. After dinner the usual loyal and patriotic toasts were given and responded to with appropriate enthu siasm, and these were followed by others of more local appli cation and suitable to the occasion. Several excellent speeches were delivered by the gentlemen present, and the utmost conviviality prevailed till a late hour. GARSTON NATIONAL ScriooLs.—On Tuesday week, the children of the national schools at Garston underwent an ex amination in the presence of a number of the subscribers, the result of which was highly satisfactory. Suitable re wards were distributed to the most deserving children, under the four following heads viz. :—proficiency in learning, regular attendance, cleanliness, and good conduct. A de gree of emulation was excited among the children, which, it is hoped, will be productive of the happiest effects. After the examination was over, the children were liberally regaled with tea and buns, provided for them by the Lady Patroness, (Mrs. Brownell,) Mrs. H. Moss, and Mrs. Dunlop. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce, the master and mistress of the schools, in the discharge of their arduous duties, well deserve the con fidence reposed in them by the committee and the general body of the snbscribers. It is but justice here to remark the lively interest taken in the welfare of the schools by Mrs. H. Moss, through whose judgment and well-directed zeal the girls' school is much indebted for its present state of efficiency, and the village of Garston much benefitted by her active ex ertions among the poor. SCOTCH CORDIAL.—The collector of excise at this port at tended at the police-court, on Tuesday, and sought the for feiture of a cask of liquor, usually known and sold as " Scotch Cordial." It appeared from the evidence that Donald M' Lean, a maker of British wines at Leith, had sent to Mr. George M`Donald, of this town, four casks with a regular permit, setting them forth as made wine. Three of them, the officer said, might pass for wine, but one of them was a compound, and not a regular fermented wine. It was composed of sugar and several other ingredients, with about 21 per cent. of spirits. It was analysed, and a large quantity of sugar was discovered in it. Mr. Rushton questioned the officers mi nutely, with the #iew of seeing that the case was strictly proved. Specimens of the cordial, in its primitive state, and of the spirit, sugar, and other ingredients extracted from it, were produced. Mr. Rushton asked, amongst other ques tions, if the spirit would not have been produced supposing the liquid to have been fermented. The officers replied that the large quantity of sugar found in it showed that the liquor had not undergone fermentation. The liquor was forfeited. As a proof of the condescension of the holy see, and the interest taken by his holiness in every thing connected with the advancement of religion in England, we are happy to be able to state on good authority that the Right Rev. Dr. Wiseman, on his return from Rome, was lately made the bearer of a handsome crucifix, blessed by his holiness, and sent as a mark of his special regard to John Hordsman, Esq. Sen., of Handsworth, near Birmingham. This interesting present was accompanied with a formal document, of which the following is a literal translation The undersigned, secretary of the holy council for the propagation of the Christian name, having an audience granted August 28, 1842, laid before his holiness Pope Gregory XVI. the nume rous and splendid benefactions with which J. Hordsman, Esq. bas enriched the catholic church in the central district of England, the holy father has graciously imparted to him and to his relations and connections, to the third and fourth degree inclusively, a plenary indulgence at the hour of death, to be gained by invoking the most holy name of Jesus, men tally if not orally; to Mr. Hordsman also is imparted a plenary indulgence as often as he shall piously and devoutly receive the sacrament of penance and the holy eucharist. His holiness has also directed that the formal document of these privileges, bestowed on Mr. llordsman, should be trans mitted to England, as a public testimonial of the peculiar good will and gratitude of the holy see, towards an individual of distinguished merit. J. E. ESSZNDEN.—Given at Rome,; from the office of the propaganda,. Aegust, 31, 1842." . Copied from the True Tablet of Saturday, Oct. 29, 1842. PERSONAL BrAuTY.—Amongst the most valuable attf butes of beauty, whether regarded as conducive to roa): purity and grace of aspect, or as auxiliary to femin ine lo Yea, ness, a beautiful set of teeth must ever rank among the 014 important elements of a favorable personal appearance. embellishment and preservation of the teeth and gums ball therefore ever been regarded with peculiar interest, a.a,"_ among the mass of preparations suggested for thes e desiraoic, purposes, we would particularise " ROWLANDS' OD ONTO ! °' Pearl Dentifrice," as unrivalled for its excellence i n p unfr ing. embellishing, and preserving these important and attrac• tive objects.—See advt. COTTON FROM BOMBAY. — The following is an extract from a letter received in this town from Bombay by a r e 't spectable gentleman, and shows the comparative exports ol cotton from Bombay between the Ist January and Ist Otto her, in the years 1841 and 1842 : To London. L'pool. Clyde. Total' Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales' 242, In 1841 77,311 140,925 2 4 , 0 99 .. ~,„„3 35 In 1842.. 26,243 88,587 None. 114,6°" 5 Less in 1842.. 51,068 52,338 24,099 127'5° To China.—ln 1841 ..... 90,574 bales. If In 1842 ...... 220.759 ~ More in 1842.. 130,185 ~ Li. to BIRKENHEAD COURT LEET. — On Tuesday last, we rd of the Manor of Birkenhead (Richard Price, Esq.), accordiPt to ancient custom, held his annual manorial court, Charles. Potts, Esq., of Chester, presiding as steward. After the Oro dinary business had been transacted, some resolutions of b 9 important nature to the trade of Birkenhead were passed sat the jury. In the evening upwards of seventy gentle men r. down to a splendid dinner provided for the occasion b y Gough, of the Woodside Hotel. Charles Potts, Esq., P l i e sided, and he was supported by John Dean Case Esq., o f Liam Jackson, Esq., and some of the leading gentlemen , Birkenhead. On the withdrawal of the cloth, "The Que en h was drunk with universal plaudits ; as also were " The been; of Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, and all the meinbwebre of the Royal Family ;" " The Army and the Navy." health of the Lord of the Manor (F. R,. Price, Esq.), wa s "' lowed by rounds of applause. " The health of the residen, Magistrate, J. D. Case, Esq.," was received with universal cheering; as was also "The health of William Jackson!, Esq." Numerous other toasts were given, and the conaPeni were enlivened during the evening by several admirable sone: given in good style, by Mr. Yarrow, Mr. Powell, Mr. Goug° Mr. Robert Hughes, Mr. Hiscocks, ea s, and other gentl ena present. or PROPOSED SOCIETY FOR UPHOLDING THE SPUD = CHU RC H ARCHITECTURE.-A contemporary has an article on the above subject, in his publication of yesterday , taining some remarks in which we are disposed most cordiallle to agree. The " hideous deformities" presented to the eY, in the outside structure of many of our new churches hat often struck us ; but we must say we are far from going to whole length with him in his objections to their interiors' It would certainly be desirable, so far as we can, to preserve the ancient custom of building churches in a direction from east to west rather than from north to south, and preserving the ancient location of the sacramental table ; but, ninY ask, what is the meaning of the following objection to the in:e terual arrangements of St. Jude's and St. Simon's ? In tile-d churches, he says, " the impious anomaly has been invent e v of erecting the pulpit behind the altar, and thus, signific antl enough, elevating the earthly instrument above the divin e man above his Creator ." The earthly instrument abode the divine!" " Man above His CREATOR !!" SUM!), 60 is going very far beyond even No. 90 ;—nay, is it not going the whole length of POPERY, when the elements of the covnci amnion table are thus made identical with the living Go himself SELLING ALE, &C., WITHOUT LICENSE.—At the Police: office, on Tuesday, William Dodd was charged with hacis sold beer and spirits without license. It appeared that tne defendant had kept a tap adjoining the house of 11_,,M.c. George, and that when the officer called at the premises , e l i t 'a Dodd stated that they were quite new to the business , a% were not aware that they were breaking the law, as they h e ,. been informed they had a right to sell under Mr. George,: license. When he (the officer) told her she was violating t°' law, she sent for her husband, and he made a similar state ment to that made by her. The Collector of Excise Cbe pressed his willingness that a lenient course shoul d adopted in this case, as the defendant upon being asked if alee kept the tap, at once admitted that he did. Mr. War i „. said the prisoner on hearing he was doing wrong gave up tai" business. Mr. Rushton said the defendant had incurred $ fine of £5O for selling spirits, and of £2O for selling s l , e ' without license. The utmost that the magistrates could a° would be to mitigate the penalty to one-fourth of those sal; A favourable representation of the circumstances w° ° ' however, be made to the hoard, and the penalties would be, no doubt, made as low as possible. NON-DEFACEMENT OF A PAPER WRAPPER.—JOhII Fre,: derick Lowe, a printer, was charged at the police-court, ,!°: Tuesday, with having bad on his premises the wrapper e ream of paper, the excise stamp upon which had not bee ° cancelled as required by law. After the finding of the wil l ; per had been proved by the Surveyor of Excise, Mr. War said the defendant was a youth about seventeen years of ag e ; He began business a short time ago, as a printer. A ca us d had been tried a short time ago which went against him, a ° , his premises were put in possession of the sheriff', and wet so at the very time when the Excise-officer searched the prre mises. A sale bad just previously taken place, at which $l7 (Mr. Wardle) was present, and in fact he was co gnisant.° the whole proceeding. The parties who gave the informs were the very persons who were at enmity with the defen dant ' He (Mr. Wardle) had in his possession a letter in whic h a d exorbitant demand was made, and in which it was state, I that the defendant had better pay it at once, or there was 4 trap laid for him." Mr. Wardle then called one of Air: Dry's officers, who proved, amongst other things, that the goods were all under his charge when the officer searche d • Under these circumstances Mr. Rushton said the defenda, ° was not in possession of the goods when the search was mote: The wrapper might have been taken off at the time of thy sale and thrown aside. There was a highly penal statute: and he must hold the parties to strict proof. The detention' was acquitted. LYING-IN HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY FOR 1) 14 i EASES OF WOMEN, &C. — The first anniversary meeting ° f the subscribers to this institution was held, on WednesdaYs in the Charitable Institution House, Siater-street, being th e s date of the hospital's establishment. John Rigby, Esq. 'O A called to the chair, who made a few appropriate remarks. ani: then called upon the secretary to read the report, which wa' adopted unanimously by the meeting, and ordered to b, e printed for circulation amongst the subscribers and frien as to the charity. The number of patients received into th e house since the wards were opened, forming a period of tea months, was 46, of which only one was fatal in result, hal' ing been brought into the house in a highly dangerous states The average stay of the patients in the house was 8 1 .; days - The extern list was upwards of 70, to whom relief had bee° afforded. Evidence was brought forward satisfactorily peol - the need and benefit of such an institution ; and the sue 7 cess of the first year's proceedings amply proved to tha t subscribers, not only the expediency of their late step, h ° a practical refutation of the objections raised against the e s " tablishing of hospital wards for poor married lying-in woraelb The gratitude of those poor married women who had bee° received into the house was evinced by letters of thanks t° ,, the committee and the reports of the lady visitors ; and vr a heartily trust that the public will continue to help forwar so excellent and useful a charity. The income and expendi ture of the past year were nearly balanced—yet still for the ensuing one further funds will be needed, as its being . 1 11 ° I.° extensively known will increase the demand for admission. For further particulars we would refer our readers—charita ldle ladies especially—to the report itself, and invite them at their leisure to go and visit the institution, and judge for them selves of its important claims upon their attention and sup' port. Resolutions respecting the rules and appointing the office-bearers for the ensuing year were moved and passeilt thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting se parate t standing pledged by the report to exert itself in carrying o° l further efforts for its support and extended usefulness I possible. INTIMIDATION BY SIIIPWRIGIITS. — We inserted in our d last a short paragraph, stating, that some differences he arisen amongst the shipwrights of this town. On TuesdaYs George Smith, James Hamilton, John 'Telford, llober t Leathom, John Dwerryhouse, and John Carmichael, jog', neymen shipwrights, were placed before the magistrates, et the police court, charged with having assaulted and intimi' dated others of the same trade, who were pursuing their law" ful occupation. On George Smith being placed at the bar, Mr. V,enables, who appeared for the prisoners, s a id, he wa s instructed to express the contrition of these men, for wh at they had done, and their acknowledgment of the error whic h they had committed. They had acted under the mistaken idea that none but freemen were allowed to labour at their occupation in this port. If the court would deal leniently with them, they would enter into their own recognisance s t° keep the peace and not molest those men for the WI . Mr. James (for the prosecution) said, in the case of Sm it he had no objection. Mr. Rushton.—lt it had not been fe e d the considerate course adopted by the prisoner's counsel, anf concurred in by the learned advocate on the other side,--if the case had been gone into and proved against the prisoner' he would no doubt have been sent to the house of correction. He (the prisoner) and all who had stood there, ought to b e be made aware how the law stands, and, for their informs' tion, he would read the section. Mr. Rushton here read the following section eo 3rd of act 6th, G. 4th, cap. 129 From and after die passing of this act, if any person by violence to the person or property, or by threats or OW midation, or by molesting or in way obstructing another, force, or endeavour to force, any journeyman, manufactur ers workman, or other person hired or employed in any menu' facture, trade, or business, to depart from his enap:oyinen" or work, or to return his work before the same shall he finished, or prevent, or endeavour to prevent any journeY man, manufacturer, or workman, or other person, not bei° s hired or employed, from hiring himself to, or from accepting work or employment from, any person or persons ; or if 5 0 Y person shall use or employ violence to the person or Pr o ; perty of another, or threats or intimidation, or shall mol es or in any way obstruct another, for the purpose of forcing °t. .. inducing such person to belong to any club or association, or to contribute to any common fund, or to pay any floe ,°,. penalty, or on account of his not belongins , to any particin' club or association, or not having contributed or havingle fused to contribute to any common fund, or to pay any la ne r or penalty, or on account of his not having complied, or o his refusing to comply with any rules, orders, resolutions' or regulations made to obtain an advance, or to reduce the rate of wages, or to lessen or alter the hours of workings °r to decrease or alter the quantity of work, or to regulate t"„ mode of carrying on any manufacture, trade or business , °` the management thereof, or if any person shall by violenee to the person or property of another, or by threats or intimi dation, or by molesting or in way obstructing another, forc e or endeavour to force any manufacturer or person carryin,g on any such manufactur e , trade or business, or to limi t t " e f number of his appre n ti ces , or th e num b er or description °f his Journeymen, workmen or servants : every person s°., offending, or a idi ng , a b e tti ng or ass i s ti ng th ere i n being c° l l. l victed there o f, & c ., s h a ll or may b e i m p r i sone d an d kept to he r ,, labour for any time not exceeding three calendar months. Mr. Rushton proceeded to say, that it would be obser ved that under that section the prisoner might have been sent to the House of Correction for three months. All men vie r t e l entitled to sell their labour for any terms they pleased, 0 ° he who forcibly attempted to prevent them from so sail?e their honest labour was a tyrant and an oppressor. All til e magistrates were agreed that they would not permit any aue; proceedings, for they were of opinion that no tyranny was„.. bad as that which interposed with the right of the poor mit,l: to labour for the maintenance of his family as he pleasea_ The prisoner was ordered to enter into his own recogn izance ; in the sum of £5O, that he would be of good behaviour and keep the peace towards all her Majesty's subjects, but espe' cially towards the complainant, John Trevanion. T he lam course was then adopted with reference to the prisone rs milton, Trelford, and Leathom. When Dwerryhouse ° Carmichael were brought up, Mr. James said they were the ringleaders of a mob who had attempted, by threats and inti midation, to prevent individuals from working. The con!: plainant in this case, Lough, was at work at a vessel. to_ had a rope in his hand which he was using in his lawful avo cation, when Dwerryhouse took the rope, which had a rnir_ ning noose on one end of it, from hi m and threw it over hie neck. The other prisoner, with several individuals of ttle . mob, seized it, and pulling at i t, dra gg ed him from his work He managed, fortunately, to slip it off, or, for aught that w as known, they might have hanged him with it. When it carn.e off, Dwerryhouse took the end of the body and beat him witn it most severely about the bead and . Mr. Venables said he did not dispute the facts, and Mr. Rushton coxnmitted the prisoners to take their trial at the next borough sessionS: informing t h em that they would be liberated on giving bait for their appearance at the sessions, themselves in £5O each , and two sureties in £2O each; twenty-four hours' notice Lc" he given of the bail. whom quainta : . maltrea laudanu The jui destroys under ti INQu Tuesda3 held bef of Willi. from the the dece sion to ( going dc ing behi which w fore he c trample( immedia dispensa injuries I attribute with the could nc proper ci continue do so at Mr. WI to state several nation, t (who we evidence the effect out of th carts mu more tha and that until soi who star 1 IL