The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-07 00:00:00

ri ; 0 tai" V• aies by auction. t SASE ' GOODWILL. AND FIXTURES OF A LICENSED 14 ,PUBLIC-110 USE AND SPIRIT-VAULTS. -4 ' BYPORD w ill SUBMIT by AUCTION, to the fon FRIDAY next, the 11th instant, at Three o'clock bebii_a,ternoon, for half-past precisely, upon the Premises, T he n vaults, 38. Great Crossball-street. GOorpSNANT'S BENEFICIAL INTEREST, LEASE, late I'ILL, and FirruttEs, in all ant old and well.accu,s . - %late UGL IC - HOUSF., \VINE and SPIRIT VAULTb, at tai nt " aforesaid, being one of the greatest thoroughfares /p an , • , and now doiro. a good Trade. The House is free i.ellher Brewer or Spirit -merchant, and at a very moderate Pe r ...__. atii Alunher , particulars apply to Mr. BYFORD, Autioneer 4_.........Tprai5er, Clayton-square. l.t 6 v . '., THURSDAY NEXT, THE 9TH INSTAN P.— tztelienp. ANNF.-STREF.T Near ISLINGTON. prim p iI°II SEHOLD FU RN IU RE, Handsome Bedsteads, Gi m . her Beds. Mas,ive Carved Sideboard, with Plate tany_ack, Doulde-winged Library Bookcase, Sho wer ).teeetcwlieel Barometer, Spring Time-piece, and other AI R L . GRICE respectfully announces that he "'AI , n e uas i nstructions SELL by AUCTION on TIIIIRS S r , VI the 9th instant, at Eleven o'clock prompt, on the 410 1.18R rer nises, the whole of the valuable and modern rour.,,,,rlOLD FURNITURE, comprising sets of Mahogany riirriePeu't Bedsteads, Half-tester, and French Bedsteads, b,abogae'saned Feather Beds and sundry Bedding, set s of IV , ath„ nY and Painted Chests of Drawers, Toilet Ditto. ar c i ro ris and Dressing -tables and Ware, a capital winged CharyT e s Pair of handsome Toilet Tables with Marble and ~„-bai , °,,l)s, several Box and Tray Dressing Glasses, Cane tn. air,'"arnets, Col le &., several sets of Mahogany li r e - ,',"Dital Sof ill ,,,, um n ' d s e c, hes, Telescope Dining Table Chairs '' - a, leaves, a Boo a kcase o a u tcd Two Pedestal Sideboards, a , Yl2.loSed Ditto, a Chiffonier and Cabinet, Two Easy ". Leather One Ditto in Hair Cloth. Three ha.,dsome IN,ttiet t Y %saes in gilt frames, Brussels anti Kidderminster '`,s, Q'tnadern Bronzed Fenders, and Steel Fire-irons, Oil th e ., ,atair carpet , "'ed, Q . handsome Hall Table . with Hatstand I ' Iv 1, 'Pling Timepieze, Kitchen Utensils and Effects. r 'lll yi_ e vlevred on the morning of sale, and catalogues had :,;, 'rGi.,!!smitecliapel. m. r Ap jtv At11(4113 H OUSEHOLD FURNITURE, CARVED AN t''NGLISII OAK and WA LNUTWOOD S . UIT_E,_&c . , ORS. F. and J. HODGSON will SELL , it ti o n , Qt., -17 AUCTION ~.. all y at ~ ... on FRIDAY next. the 10th instant, Br ''''' Ar ' even o'clock, at th e ir spacious Commission 4 l) ir gYle-street (near Hamilton-square and Price tThe , irkenhead ihc lan N & , X r " HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE includes eiNer redestal Sideboard with Cellarette and other , oih , s i , Six and Two Elbow Chairs and a Sofa in Hair 4 le 11 agin' i I ather Couch, and other t lkli '' I lrliss i and san n ' e 'C r ( 1, 17 c , e s Kidderminster a Rets, ChunJ .sss n t ey e G . lass, „' O ck, Fenders, Fire-irons, l ki , lly 1,:•'•CII AMBER FURNITURE desinclu Pair of Ma „,a",, illared Toilet Tables with Marbleand Toilet , c ''kt"... 4llo ch, lofty Chest of Drawers, Painted Bedsteads, reaiberl,rl!betles. Tudor . French, Iron and other „hru, se ? Is anti Bedding, Chamber Services,_ &c. .. th ar4 fair Carpets, Rods, Oil-cloth, Kitchen Dresser 'tr-,,,A/,',Pards, Culinar Articles, &c. `AGs '''.7, WEIGHTS, CANISTERS, GROCERS' FIT . Alie ',q.lx Jars of PreservedGlNG ER, &c. ,`keeilehg,,ATlQUE CARVED ENGLISH FURNITURE, .in ( J ci ai t : , "' it to e tery . ation, consists of Oak Cabinet with folding r h - e nd wo i ltt ai t ne on Spiral Pillars and Twelve Chairs in of them 'elaborately carved. l''l 4 c Wh ,?, le io b we9d ' most T IJRSDAY next, the 9th install!, ‘ce t ' l- tles had viewed e on s. H F and J HODGSON, at their . ,4 and Rootrs ci A M Argyle - street, Birkenhead. % •---s ai , . rgy e-s , th e. ' R oo es of , &c., EVERY FRIDAY, a t }TODD- I , r Durquia, Birkenhead ; thus affording facilitieseither for \,, ,,. 1 ._ 1y . e k "e or disposal of every description of Genuine 01117 OF THE TRUSTEE OF THE LATE MR. GEORGE Tp M. COTTAGES, ERRIMAN OLD SWAN. By Mr. SYERS, th e Vo w I , d ednesday), the Bth instant, at Six o'clock in L l !!•1 n ' n a: Mr. Moses Dickenson's, Omnibus Inn, dn c a' Old Swan, subject to the conditions to be then ti.,,,We pidte„of LAND, Copyhold of the Manor of ip s '-:.,erby, situate on the south side of Springteld ,'in,:is'lt to 8,1 11 . in the township of West Derby, measuring 4et - "es, e ,Pringtleld.strePt and at the back severally 80 feet tr ttt i e i:" 11l depth on the east and w COTTAGES thereon sides severally 43 kr N "; together with the Six i t) W , jll a i a n t a nnyl , in the several occupations of Mrs. Howarth, a Dickenson, and others. J oi, 4l d. i' l er Particulars apply to Mr. FRASER, Grocer, St. B, t e Old Swan ;or to Messrs. CHRISTIAN and ' ilc itors, 3, Harri!.gton-street, Liverpool. oit b . ' ft or THE TRUSTEE OF THE LATE M. GEORGE HERRIMAN. PU BLIC -HOUSE, BERRY-STREET. By Mr. SYERS, Afte r ''AY next, the grh instant, at One o'clock in I, ‘ ''erp ooi n obn. at the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street, 4 ced . , subject to the conditions of sale to be then pro i,„„ of Freehold LAND, with a Licensed ki v of A ir TC-HOUSE thereon erected, now in the occup!i -4tr;rl,ool :. s fY l bs, situate on the east side of Berry-street, in twrally i, w easuring in front to Berry-street and at the back t‘ er alh , t 4 f eet, and in depth on the north and south sides hi p ;',S feet. Particulars apply to Messrs. CHRISTIAN and 3, Harrington-street, Liverpool. V AL UV ORDERI3,,, ORER OF THE EXECUTORS. t i , z.IaLE PUBLIC-HOUSE. PREESON'a-ROW. Pi t ,,, By Mr. SYERS, 4 ttli e `Y, the 17th instant, at Six o'clock in the Evening, Anliti ol ?lite Hotel, Dale-street, Liverpool, subject to the rift,: of sale to be then produced, _ L . c , , ,, c e.... of FREEHOLD LAND with a cite ' ll - ' B,- . PUBLIC- HOUSE thereon erected, called t a h i e . qte ,lii ire —a. Vaults, now occupied b oppositeMr, Hgt e a o n rz , es III:rel l . west side of Preeson's-.row , _ Tat,„ I LI 2 IL,.rPool contning in trees . s, I, 'WI '`. and ' ' depth on the north an . d south sides 4 0 , Yab F l t 127 „,.° ll t 59 feet 6 inches, 304th irt ir r are ykt . rd u l ;rs ap' - cy to Mesrs. CHRI -' 8- o lielt o r g rt 3 l , c darring p ton-street, s Liverpool. STIAN and fb ri •t 1 erieo VA LII 0 4 A. 1 1 , - PROPERTY, LIME-STREET, LIVERPOOL, th e iii•,, l ,-OSE TO THE RAILWAY-STAT , ION. ' , fie -- ,° ll / 4 Y, the 16th instant, at Two O'clock in 1°141 " ' eon ' ''''': ; at the Clarendon-rooms. Liverpool, subject Lott A Lt"""% as shall be then produced. . XI . til t 11 known. INN, called the ttu n , G rti a we - I)rei llis e.ltr eet, o ' IV II-- JUNCTION . HO o TEL,. ii_ the east side f M o Blezard. The to th e -pea Math ovr in the occupatrn le ,Ylt 11)11 t Of to b the front of Lime-street 49 feet 4 inches, ile p,;: , 1 f ' l anky -street 61 feet 7 hes, in front to Dm -1,01-,"( lot, s e 7 et 7 inches, and on the nc north side, adjoining tOp oti ‘••--Ali Ch re , qB incites.. . . 14 ° Ver. 4 " °f Mr 4 l t ' s ''. HO P, adjoininA t th: it H h o t t i e 3e l, ‘ n v o o li it i? s ti ti le o o p c s _ - _ f. lrid b ehi.. :. , trrow, tobaccon - _ t fro nt ront of `g tne Shop., and the DWELLI3G- HOUSE to kr °f Li n . l '" , sley-street. These Premises contain to the greet 1 9 r- eltreet 19 feet 5 inches, to the frontofD . is .m ley e : et t o T ;PI inch, and run in depth backwards from Lime ft 4 3 / 4 st 1 ''sley-street 58 feet 1 inch. ftklary l . 4 lB l- ' 3 7B!hold for Seventy-five Years, from the 4th of , tnd Lot 2 is Leasehold for Seventy-five Years, lot Zi;:fhoert6htehr•Tp4angiertrialB44. applyto Messrs. NEA L and MARTIN, ~5,".....92.........._13, Liverpool. e V A A ' 4 ..IJ MONTGOMERYSHIRE. ABLE OAK AND OTHER TIMBER. Wk, s - By Mr. JOHN WHITEHALL, .Iftei'NXISDAY, the 15th instant, at Four o'clock in the at °oll . at the Goat Inn, Llanfair, Montgomeryshire, in, . ° Wing Lots, and subject to conditions to be then cett 4 l et IN THE PARISH OF LLANFAIR. to L I ;:kji‘TE Hundred a n d Fifty OAK TREES, ". growing in Cefngole Coppice. numbered trom 1 41 - ' 1 °t ee • n OAK TREES, growing in Cefngole Coppice d t 3 timbered from 151 to 244. PThe '-`127 OAK TREES, growing in Cefngole Farm, Fark'ot re d tr 4. , 'DM 24a to 371. . • 114 Mere- ASH TREES, growing on the stud Cefngole bered from R I to 30; and 4 SYCAMORE TREES, 4 11 „ a , fr ,m l l Ito 4. C„ u e, r ' e s- r14 2 () AK TREES, growing on Hirws lean Farm, to 152. I:.". , nred fro t hAK TREES, growing in Hengae Coppice, Cos', '7........„1 to 238 4ite, °AK TREES, growing in the said Hengae Coppi4-2!„4lberect from 491 to 740. z't I_l l ,—, Asti TREES, growing in the said Hengae t . 1 • 1111 0t fr.`o',lllleredofrin- 1 to' 29; and 3 SYCAMORE TREES, Z o ber e o 1 . 1. 4 0 t , - , AK TREES, growing on Melinygrdg Farm, t 1 to 147. Lo! n d t OAK TREES, growing in Llwynybrain Cop tonn`,ll.-4',Rek numbered from 148 io 259. 14; e e ao r i — ,,.Sll TREES, growing in the said Llvrynybrain ktiVtl2.......imele. numbered from 1 to 65. r. war nr ,;•' ASH TREES, growing‘on Cennant and Meliny cei, 13 numbered from 66 to 114. /.211ant,,.,-,I4,„SYCAMORE, TREES, growing on the , said Farl4. "„..telinygrilg Farms, numbered from 1 to I. ° ' numb S YCAMORE TREES, growing on Meliuygrdg uered from 23 to 48. •ht11,511,,-"0.510AK TREES, growing on Gellygethin and ab-". 10 •Farms, num ' tiered from 1 to 15 44 11 444 4 " T imber is of superior quality, and . of . larte . d . i s - LtiPe 13' a ! l d tile Oak well adapted for Shipbuildi t n,, 4 ge, 41,11111 es from the Montgomeryshire Canal a _lsle age `, 26 miles from the shipping port of Derwenlas. 1 10. ,A-st leY, of M vg fic , will show the Timber. For VitlYeor6Pril.,iculars ap e pi n i fo r ATr. JOSEPH OWEN JONES, of tler, Cemmes • or to Mr. EVAN OWEN, Timber /no, nea r' Garthmill. Pot OF 1 1r ; O r b Cyr a_...._________ -- t, MADAME AMADEI. "—New i t' LAMENT OF THE ROSE ."--New .nnn. P ilker t ,. i • , , sung with greatusaPPAlTslose. .THE • oL I D COT II* e r xY Malam e Amm? • WILLIAM. at the ixeter Hall KATHLEEN I 1_ CottiZ'CK," sung by "utloont:used by FsaniII I I I N M D B l'R A C E 0E R. —P F C i C T :of each 28. • C RAMER, BEALE, an d 0., 201, Regent street. --. =% -- -r-,, 1: -. -14 ;t : - -- F. --- iz.._4___.. _ i 4 ° —_ fv., " -06`-- loce - I;Pe7ceTwith plenty crown'd. sold by To CHEAP MUSIC • -0 ''err r 4:r101. IsTekosgcntnallii: sending Music Seller e a s il )o6 lo .f o r k l e s s e e o ll n er in this 11 S 4 11 Ds1 0 69, Dean -street, Soho London. , 0 1, 4----'---- cora )11:11,4 to'rtraiiiy, Martin Mu hy a labourer, was _..r. th rP for'stealing lead from M 'lt ,N's worksriwroTToomas the employ e --( T TO ' The operatives in 's -buildings. Lon t v , ORRMEN.—_ ers Icl ,' aiessrs. Williams and Crook, tailors and dr I '3' e'reet, to the number of forty-five, were entertained Saturday ev eili n el a at a soiree, in the Liver Club-room, on Der s l ast, when prizes were awarded . f k o e r s t a h r e e t b h e re n e efi b el e .si st ° , 11 ; the questions —" Whether employers and em h.,-°Yed p ---° as to the interests of the re7ata.,- '',' and " darn e the best mea m ns e o s f e s s e n e b ur ee n t g s t w h e e r i e r p,s-lrellefit a operation ?" - 4 ° ,1 1 ' c o Z for the notice of the workmen, sent in for 0 14 . oal etit i° ll . There were seven papers mp _ y ti under a fortnight ago, zalie di n 1,---v.on, which dut was ldndly and pro La th u l . a gentleman of y distinguished literary -, and -'wn. The first prize (one guinea) T Harrison ; 4,11 d t h e third : the second (half-a-guinea) t c ' as ' After ~4 1e reL: th ird (five shillings) to William Ridgwa y. toasts were was Pee.--"n Thef the papers, several songs and _ , was 1 yers' top° d,,toast of "Success to our if , ill ' s m e- W ' t n great enthusiasm on the gr E on m n P ds o ofMe w s i s t rs h : --,eira,,,-ainnd Crook's urbanit y to, and sympathy ;fell-VW:NI/len; their anxiety to promote their he be lt u h r, aV rr nvidi -, c l ew according fair remuneration for . 1 a 14 g th 4 g clean and well-ventilated workshops, in furnish 4,,,kline.stnl, with medical advice in cases of sickness,anotdkieiri ncl e i "'e endeavours of the men to relieve each th e els sliell Privations and also for their efforts . to .rnagise_ tjleliDeiloarseter and condition of the men, and cultivating all! e e,„: and honourable class of trade. The tenor of by as was condemnatory of the adoption of strikes. ec ,_ 4P4a vi ew e • n, and their utter inefficiency to secure the 01J Dear c o 13 11 ,e Party dispersed at an early hour, and ail w4t iaPs..._ -- 'lgnlY as with the evening's prpeeedings. NI)1(;;ZF a such as these are worthy of imitation by all Il ig beZ" , as tendi ng. - etu t heni itlicl their men. to create sympathy pd good feel- B ILL OF FARE FOR THIS WEEK AT FEENY'S MERCHANTS' NEW DINING ROOMS, SLATER. COURT, CASTLE-STREET (Three Doors from Dale street.) Mr. FERNY begs to inform the Public and Gentlemen visiting Liverpool, that his NEW ESTABLISHMENT is now in full operation (every facility being provided for the despatch of Luncheons and Dinners), and will be happy to see the large number of gentlemen who have hitherto favoured him with their support. The Upper Saloon in the New Merchants' Dining Rooms is unequalled by any in the Kingd fo om r the magnificence of its decorations and its g eneral comfort and elegance, being light and well ventilated, and perfectly free from the smell of the cuisine, the kitchen being at the top of the building. The Joints are taken hot to each Table, and served by a professional Carver, at the discretion of the Customer. During Lent, a Fish Table d'Hbte will he provided on Wed nesdays and Fridays, from One to Three o'clock, Is. 6d. each. Bills of Fare, for each day, are posted at the entrance gate at Eleven o'clock A.M. Soups ready at Eleven o'clock. SOUPS. JOINTS. Ala Frankfort Saddles and Haunches of A la Royale ' Mutton Soup de Calle Ribs and Sirloins Beef A la Fitzclarence Fillets of Veal and Ham Ox Pallet Boiled Beef and Boiled Julienne. Mutton. Roast and Boiled Fowls and . Turkeys. FISH. ENTREES. Turbot a la Hollandaise Cutlet a la Wyndham Soles a la Cardinal Steak a la Parisienne Cod a la Maitre D'Hotel Calves' Feet,a laMaitte d'Hotel Trout a la Tartare Curried Lobster and Rice Cod and Oyster Sauce Poulet Marengo Turbot and Lobster Sauce 10x Pallet's Sauce Piquante SWEETS. —Pudding St. Clair ; Somme au Riz ; Cranberry Tarts; Jelly; Waterloo Puddings; Pastry. FIRST SALOON. DINNERS FROM JOINTS, POULTRY, GAME, &c., From 10d. to is. 6d. UPPER SALOON. Dinner, including Soup, Joint, Vegetables, and Chew I 6 Ditto, with Soup, Fish, Joint, aneChitese 2 0 WINES. Port and Sherry—Octave. 6d.; Half-pint, ls. ; Pint, 25.; Bottle, 4s. Superior Ditto—Ditto, Bd. ; Ditto, Is 3(I. and 2s. 6d. ; Pints, 35.; Bottle ss. 6d. ALES, PORTER, &c. Burton Pale Ales, 2d. per Glass ; London and Dublin Porter, 2d. per glass. Half-pint Bottles, Ale and Porter, 341; Pint Ditto, 6d.; Quart Ditto, Cun of Tea or Coffee, 4d. ; Ditto, with Toast or Muffin, 6d. ; Plain Tea or Coffee, Is. ; Ditto, with Cold Meat or Chop, Is. 6d. tr4r SLATER-COURT, CASTLE-STREET, (Three Doors from Corner of Dale-street.) MENDELSSOHN'S ELIJAH. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY THIS DAY (Tuesday), the 7th instant. Gallery, 2s. 6d.; Gallery Stalls, 5s HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE. The MEMBERS are invited to Attend Two MEETINGS of the ARCHITECTURAL and A RCH/EOLOGICAL SOCIETY, to be held at the ROYAL INSTITUTION, on the Ath and 22d of March, respectively, at Half-past Seven, p.m. A PAPER will be READ. in Two Parts, on the " ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF LIVERPOOL," by JAMES A. PICTON, Esq., F.S.A. A. HUME. } Hon. Secs. T. MOORE. March 6th, 1853. TO CORR ESPON DE.IsITS. V , The letter of our co rres p ondent respecting the French Captain and the Dock-master, with an engraving or the flag, will be found in the next page. LITTLEQUILL.—We have been obliged to defer the insertion • of his communication until next week. W. A. asks us to publish, either by communication from some of our numerous correspondents or our own researches, the rate of interest charged by the Bank of England, say, during the present century ; and a l s o the fluctuations in the Funds. The information on the first-named point is not easily obtained ; and, if even it were accessible. we doubt whether it would prove of the advantage which our corres pondent seems to anticipate. /.i3erpoot :ztanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, 1854. THE question of Nunneries and Conventual Establishments was, on Tuesday last, brought before the House of Commons, on a motion for a select committee of inquiry. It was only last week we reiterated the assertion that Lord Joror Rus- SELL—notwithstanding his professions to the contrary, and the sentiments expressed in his cele brated letter to the Bishop of Dunmsm—was the bitterest enemy to the Protestant religion, and on Tuesday he again showed himself in his true colours. He went over the same absurd attempts ,at reasoning as he did last year about the feelings of Romanist ladies, their unwillingness to leave their prisons, and his unwillingness to believe that Romanist gentlemen would allow their daughters to be ill-used in these convents—as though both parents and daughters were not the veriest dupes of their spiritual tyrants—and he concluded by giving his hearty and decided negative to the motion. It is gratifying to observe that, notwith standing the full force of Ministerial opposition, the motion was carried by a large majority, and the welcome truth was evident that the Coalition Cabinet possess no influence in the House of ' Commons, where their opinions run counter to those of their quondam supporters. Some objec tion to the inquiry was raised, on the ground that many of these institutions were not what they were represented to be, but 'simply private boarding houses for pious females who devoted themselves to works of charity and mercy. This may be true to a certain extent, as no doubt many have been founded on a very small scale and with humble means for the economy of living, and in order to induce a belief ' that Romish superstition was increasing in this country to a greater extent than it is in reality. In the course of the discussion, a Romanist member stated that he had visited a certain convent, and bad been allowed an interview with two of the inmates without the presence of any other person. Of course he was, considering his own predilections, his position, and the use which was to be made of the interview. But would an English clergyman or a Protestant parent have been allowed the same privilege, unless, indeed, the minds of the poor dupes had been so thoroughly perverted as to be insensible to all appeals to reason or conscience, beyond the injunc tions of slavish superstition, debasing alike to soul and body ? It was stated that the inmates are under no restraint, but, having full liberty to leave, remain through their own choice. This may also be partly true ; but it must be remembered that the undue influence practised is upon the mind and the holiest affections, which, having been subdued by such arts as Romish priests are profi cient in, there is no longer any exercise of the will by the dupes of superstition. It is well known that in the majority of cases the great object is to obtain the worldly possessions of those who can be cajoled at the most critical period of life to indulge a passion for piety, which is, perhaps, the worst species of religious dissipation, and then to find their whole future life influenced by vows under taken when they were least able to judge of their meaning or consequences. If, therefore, all were untrue that has been asserted and believed of such places being the scenes of gross profligacy, life-long imprisonment, or transportation by the aid of similar institutions on the Continent, they are still open to the objection of being the means of entrapping young females into superstitious obli gations, the surrender of their property, and the prostration of their mental and bodily faculties into a state of slavish subjection to priestly control, repugnant to all notions of British freedom, or the oft-vaunted principles of civil and religious liberty. The defence of convents has, ow ever,ret upon the most favourable cases, those which are not open so strongly to the objections raised to their existence. This is not, however, a legitimate argument, nor a tenable objection to the inquiry which has been granted by the House of Commons. It is not what some of them are, but what they may be, when beyond the control of English laws, which virtually they are, and under the sole direc tion of Romish priests who practise the infamous doctrine that the end justifies the means. There is nothing in the conduct of these men which entitles them to the slightest confidence, particu larly in the guardianship of young females and the preservation of their moral purity. We could point to instances even in our own neighbourhood where a Itomish priest professing great piety, and adm i n i s thriug the ordinances of his religion to many young females, is notorious for infamous proffigaey,—consorting with the most abandoned characters, and with hardil the decency to conceal his atrocious conduct. Yet such are the men, — whose infamy is justified by their compulsory celibacy,—to whom is entrusted the guidance of young and experienced females ; and it is, there fore, by no means surprising that nunneries should be, as they liave been represented to be, not only a mockery of religion, but a disgrace to civilisation and common decency. For their immunity, how ever, from all inquiry and supervision, Lord Jorar RUSSELL is the willing champion, for the simple reason that, with all his professions of Protes tantism, he is the tool of the Church of Rome, to the designs of which he has ever lent himself during his ministerial career. The proposed inquiry will be, after all, but an inefficient remedy. Monastic institutions were forbidden by the Eman cipation Act of 1829, and nunneries ought to be included in the prohibition, while all bequests to Romish ecclesiastics for whatever purpose ought to be declared null and_void. IF the Reform Bill were intended, as it was professed, to form the , principal sheaf of the Par liamentary harvest, its fate, it is hoped, is signi ficant of that of its promoters, as its reception was as contemptible as the position of its author. It is, indeed, difficult to find language to convey a correct impression of the absurdities, inconsisten cies, and revolutionising tendencies of this long promised measure, which even failed to excite serious opposition, F o slight was the opinion of its chance of success or the sincerity of its promoters. In Blackwood's Magazine of this month is an ably-written article on the subject, exposing some of the follies—to use the mildest term—of Minis terial incapacity and dishonesty. Referring to the time at which the measure has been brought for ward—when England is engaged in preparation for what may prove a serious struggle, the writer says : "We have been told, in ridiculously pompous language, that Great Britain will present a magni ficent spectacle to the world, if, while engaging in a deadly struggle with the most colossal power of Europe, she applies herself at the same time to the remodelment of her own constitution. With all deference to the speaker, we never listened to more atrocious nonsense. What should we think of the sanity of the man who, at the very moment when his house was attacked from without, should set fire to it within, for the purpose of exhibiting the sublime spectacle of simultaneous external de fence and internal extinguishment ? Of course, we should consider him as mad, clap a blister on his head, and have him instantly conveyed to bedlam. And yet that is, just now, the precise language of Ministers. We really are surprised that any of them should have the audacity to hazard such an argument ; if, indeed, that can be called an argument which i is no better than a pre posterous hyperbole." It is hardly worth while to enter into any lengthened comment upon the heterogeneous mix ture of qualifications which is proposed for the right of franchise. Any father of a numerous family may qualify all his sons by deposits of £5O each in a savings' bank ; any person who wears hair-powder, keeps a terrier, and has a crest en graved on his seal, for which he pays £2 Bs. Bd. assessed taxes, is to enjoy the privilege ; and every common carrier who pays £2 6s. Bd. yearly for his van, though he may have no other residence, is to be as politically powerful as the acred squire, or the manufacturer who gives employment to thou sands—every horse-dealer,dog-breaker, and tavern keeper, may vote in virtue of the assessed taxes. The crowning joke, however, of this monstrous i absurdity is the pretended principle of the minority being represented in counties and boroughs return ing three representatives. Upon this point the writer we have referred to observes : " Supposing that a minority member dies during a session of Parliament, or accepts the Chiltern Hundreds, how is his place to be sup plied P Is there to be an election with three candidates in the field, and is the lowest to be pro claimed the victor ? If not, what becomes of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S principle ?' * * We seriously aver that we do not remember to have ever heard of a proposal more singularly silly or more utterly absurd ; and if this really be, as we are told, the keystone of the New Reform Bill,we may be allowed to express a hope that Lord JOHN RUSSELL will, for the future, desist from all architectural experi ments." We might even go further, and suppose a case in which the majority for two candidates being secure, some popular Radical, who will do anything for money, is paid to .be the third candidate, with the condition that after his return he is to vacate his seat, in order to allow a candidate of the ma jority to supply his place, thereby defeating the ostensible object of the minority principle. We could mention an instance which occurred some years since, in which a well-known Radical was to' have been paid £l,OOO for starting as a candidate at a borough election, the object being, by splitting the Radical interest, which slightly preponderated, to allow two Tories to be returned. Among popular demagogues can always be found men ready and willing to undertake any dirty work for personal gain, and the minority principle would afford ample scope for their ingenuity. It will be seen, by our Parliamentary Report, that on Friday Lord JOHN RUSSELL postponed the second reading of the Bill from the 13th of, March to the 27th of April. Ile prefaced this an nouncement with some scarcely intelligible remarks about the preparations for war, and the necessity of waiting for an answer from the CZAR to the demand made on him for the evacuation of the Danubian Principalities. The real meaning is that the Reform project is a wretched failure, a mere abortion from the muddled intellects of its author, and that no party in the country will accept it as a whole, while none but a truckling PEELITE of the ABERDEEN school, or a trimmer like Sir JAMES GRAHAM, would ever have consented to its being brought forward. SoME time since we suggested the desirability of forming a kind of Conservative League, in order that there might be a nucleus for the united action of the great Conservative party, and a means for the dissemination of those political truths which are essential to the welfare of the community, and the safety of the State. The necessity for such an arrangement is every day becoming more apparent, and it is to be hoped that the men who assume to be the leading Conservatives of Liverpool will take the easy steps which alone are requisite to com mence so advantageous a movement. It is a fact which ought not long to remain so, that while the Conservatives form by far the most numerous party both in and out of Parliament, they are the least efficient for any practical purpose. This is mainly owing to the want of efficient leaders, who may enjoy the confidence of .the whole body, for their firmness and consistency of principle, as well as for their ability and prudence. It would appear as though able generalship and persevering energy are exercised in inverse ratio to the goodness of the cause, for while the battles of Whiggery, Radical ism, and every phase of political charlatancy have been fought with a determination and heroism which has often insured success, the principles of Conservatism, which can alone secure national prosperity, have been struggled for under every disadvantage, in the p ure s p irit of chivalry, with no encouragement but the conscientious conviction that virtue is its own reward. It is true that, in the HON of Lords, there the Earl of Duan, but, with every feeling of respect for his high character, commanding talent, and eminent ser vices, we cannot help coming to the conclusion that he is not precisely suited for the difficulties of a great political emergency, though it would not be easy to name a preferable substitute. Shrouding himself in the dignity of his aristocra tical position, he has not always been successful in securing the sympathy of the party with which he is connected, nor has he displayed that laborious energy which is invaluable in a political leader, and indispensable to success; while, so far from ap preciating the services of the press, which have been unceasingly devoted to the advocacy of the principles he espouses, he has rather prided him self on his independence of its aid. If we turn to the House of Commons, we can hardly find more reason for satisfaction. Few who are not blinded by prejudice can refuse to admit the eminent ability of Mr. DISRAELI, but, unfortunately, his display of the errantry of genius has not been suc cessful in securing that confidence in his firmness of principle which can alone render talent of real value. Sprung from the ranks of literature, he has been assailed with rancour and calumny by those who should have felt pride in his elevation, and have cheered him in his upward career, and he appears to take a pleasure in showing his contempt for his assailants, and sometimes without regard for his own consistency. Nor is he always parti cular as to which side forms the subject of attack or covert inuendo. It was only last week that he supported a motion for the publication of the num ber of stamps issued to each newspaper, upon the absurd pretence that, as newspapers were the ex ponents of public opinion, the public had a right to know the relative numerical strength of their respective organs. Mr. DIsRAELI knew, or ought to have known, that the only use which is made of such information is to infldence advertisers in their furnishing the sinews of strength, too many of whom are apt to forget that the value of a news paper, as an advertising medium, depends far more upon the quality than upon the quantity of the circulation. Of what value to any advertiser is a Radical newspaper, which circulates by thousands in tap-rooms, beerhouses, and shaving-shops, com pared to a Conservative newspaper, which finds its readers among the substantial middle classes, the merchants, the clergy, the gentry, and established householders P Yet, by the publication of such returns, the comparison of mere numbers is given, and an impression the most erroneous is created. Could the unstamped press be submitted to the same ordeal, what an awful picture would be pre sented of profanity and poisonous trash, prepon derating over morality and common sense ; but yet, to draw from such facts the inference that the latter qualities were in the minority, would be as false as the inference attempted to be drawn from the circulation of newspapers. We have onl3 to take the instance of our own town, where the cir culation of Radical papers far exceeds that of Con servative papers, and yet, at every election, there is a majority of more than a thousand in favour of Conservative principles. So much for the test afforded by returns of stamps, and so much for Mr. DISRA.ELI'S consistency. THE first contingent of British troops for the maintenance of the quarrel against Russia has been despatched to the rendezvous at Malta, with praiseworthy celerity; a supplemental addition to the army estimates has called for fifteen thousand more men, and the navy for the Baltic Sea is being fitted out. The - war has not, however, commenced,' and it is stated that a formal demand has been made on the EMPEROR OF RUSSIA for the evacua tion of the Danubian Provinces by the Ist of May, with the alternative of a declaration of war in the event of a refusal. There is, therefore, a chance, though it must be acknowledged a very remote one, of war being avoided should the CZAR return to reason, but every demonstration which he has yet made shows a determination' to make no con cessions. Our London contemporary, The Press, whose services in behalf of Conservative principles entitles him to cordial support, has given a version of the quarrel which at least bears the appearance of probability, and may possibly account for the extraordinary conduct of the PREMIER in the early part of the affair. It is declared by Count NESSELRODE, and the other Russian ministers who have taken part in the negotiations, that the catastrophe has been solely occasioned by a want of moral courage on the part of the Earl of ABERDEEN, which prevented his fulfilling a policy which he believed to be right, and which he had agreed with the EMPEROR OF RUSSIA to accom plish. It appears that shortly after the accession of Sir ROBERT PEEL to the Premiership, with Lord ABERDEEN as Foreign Secretary, the EMPEROR OF RUSSIA proposed a renunciation of any further attempts on the territories of Turkey, upon being allowed to maintain his influence at Constantinople, by a protection of the religious rights of the subjects of the Porte belonging to the Greek church; and the visit of the EMPEROR OF RUSSIA to this country was with a view of cementing this negotiation, to which Lord ABERDEEN consented. When, however, the indiscreet claims of France to the Holy Places were urged at the end of 1852, Russian interference became inevitable ; and before this was settled the accession of Lord ABERDEEN to the English Government induced the EMPEROR OF RUSSIA to think it a good opportunity to act upon the policy with reference to the Greek church in Turkey which Lord ABERDEEN had previously sanctioned. Unfortunately, however, Lord PAL MERSTON was the colleague of Lord ABERDEEN, but affairs proceeded so satisfactorily that it was even semi-officially announced that all was arranged, and that the MENSCIIIROFF ultimatum had been accepted by the PORTE. It now appears that while Lord CLARENDON, as Foreign Secretary, was acting under the instructions of the PREMIER, the English Ambassador, Lord. STRATFORD, was acting at covert purposes until the withdrawal of Mir SCIIIEOFF and the passage of the Pruth took the question out of the Foreign Office, and made it one for Cabinet consultation. The PREMIER, however, for a time maintained a majority in his own cabinet, and acted on the assumption that the invasion of the Principalities was not intended as a permanent aggression ; and this accounts for the Vienna note, which the EMPEROR OF RUSSIA so readily accepted, but to which, from the opposite policy pursued by Lord STRATFORD, the SULTAN oy TURKEY refused to accede. It is said that the subsequent obstinacy of the EMPEROR arose from the successes of the Turks ; for had the Russian troops been able to storm Kalafat, the CZAR would voluntarily have relinquished the Provinces,, and been content, at least for the present, with any form of the MENSCHIROFF note which he could have secured. The Russians maintain that the present lamentable state of affairs has been brought about through the want of courage and siKerity in Lord ABERDEEN ; in the first place, in not more candidly instructing Lord STRATFORD, and in the next place in not insisting on the acceptance by the PORTE of the Vienna note. It therefore appears, if we may credit this version of the affair, that Lord ABERDEEN has, notwithstanding all his professions, been labouring for the accomplishment of that Russian policy which the world is now going to war to prevent. It is clear, however, that whatever may have been the probabilities of his success, had he acted with the firmness and resolution, for the want of which he is upbraided by his Russian allies, the time has gone by for any concession. The• cause has been submitted to the arbitrement of Europe, and, not only will the CZAR be compelled to retrace his steps, but to give substantial guarantees against any further en creachmente far the catemion of RU. territory. ST. GEORGE'S HALL, IT is in no small degree creditable to the intellectual culture, and to the public spirit of Liverpool, that its inhabitants have all along evinced a warm interest in the development of this noble edifice, marking, as its erection does, a new . and improved era in the architectural history of the town. The circumstances under which the com munity adopted and supported the designs of an artist comparatively unknown, whose chief if not whose only claim to consideration was intrinsic merit, reflect honour on their disinterestedness ; while the excellence of those designs, as tested by their execution, are such as to justify the choice, and will to latest posterity redound to the soundness of judgment and purity of taste which advo cated their adoption. Externally the structure has been -for a long period so nearly complete in its leading features, and the public eye has been so familiar with, and so approving of, its general grandeur and the rich purity of its not over-ornamented details, that any remark on these at the present moment would justly be deemed out of place and superfluous ; and that, notwithstanding the progress of the ballustrade and diiisional pedestals by which its site it being surrounded on the south, the east, and the north sides, and concerning which it is only n ecessary here to remark, that they are effective and well I executed. The interior of the edifice, however, is much less generally known, and as the chief feature of that, " The Hall," is now rapidly approaching towards comple tion, a few words descriptive of its general aspect and some of its leading characteristics will not, we trust, be deemed inappropriate. THE INTERIOR. St. George's-hall, occupying the central division of the edifice, intended as the vestibule or entrance hall, by which the other, and, in reality, subordinate portions of the structure are approached, is, in all respects, a noble hall—presenting to the eye an extensive and well-propor tioned area. Besides serving as a vestibule, it will also be appropriated as a great hall of audience, for public purposes ; as a saloon, for extraordinary displays of civic hospitalities ; as an assembly hall, for important occasions; and as a Music hall : for every or all of which purposes its magnificent extent and splendid appearance render it suitable in a degree commensurate with the wealth, refine ment, and social importance of Liverpool. In extreme length it measures 169 feet on the floor, by a width of about 80 feet, covered by a semicircular arch, spanning from side to side, and running, in almost unbroken simpli city, from end to end ; the highest point of the semicircle rising 82 feet above the general level of the floor. The bare statement of these colossal dimensions, and a very slight consideration of their relative proportions, will show at once that the hall is of a noble magnitude, as well as of an elegant form. These general conclusions, however, only indicate the extent and outline of that hall which the artist has bad at his disposal ; and on the use he has put this to, must mainly depend his right to the character of an inventive genius, and his claim to be considered a cultivated artist; while, on the same result, will also, in a great degree, rest the title of the edifice itself to artistic consideration. In completing the arrangements of this stately court, the architect has proved himself, at once, inventive and tasteful. In general effect, though the parts are numerous and rich, almost to prodigality, all is orderly and harmonious. In ornamentation, the hall is gorgeous, without ostentatious profusion—chaste, without apparent stint or meanness—lively and cheerful, without glitter—impressive and grand, without austerity or harshness. _ _ _ Leaving generalities, for a cursory glance at the more obvious details, the attention of the spectator, on gaining the centre of the hall, is first arrested by a range of lofty and well-proportioned Corinthian columns, of polished syenite, or red granite. The range consists of twenty two of these stately and noble supports, each having a shaft thirty-five feet in height, and being surmounted by an elaborately carved capital, of the same material, cut off from the shaft by a golden astragal and fillet. The massive bases of these columns rest on a dado or sur base, surrounding the hall, the panel portion of which consists of a running fascia, of polished syenite, the plinths and base being of grey or true granite. Each side of the hall is perforated by five apertures, for windows ; the intervening pillars of which are projected into the hall, so as to form deep and capacious bays, at an elevation of about twenty feet from the floor ; these bays, being formed into galleries, are covered by simicircular arches, the sofits of which are tastefully enriched by ornamented panels; and the key-stones are modeled into the forms of ships' prows, from the carved beak of each of which depends a massive gas-lustre. In front of the projecting pillars stand the syenite columns, so far as the side ranges are concerned. The inter columniations, in front of the galleries referred to, are filled in by a handsome balustrade of rich Derbyshire alabaster, placed on, and surmounted by, massive plinths of polished black marble, the projection supported on elaborately-carved trusses. Beneath these galleries, which do not form obtrusive projections, are ten niches, for the reception of statues, on each side of the hall ; and between these niches are large slab-panels, of polished green marble, from the most cele brated Irish quaries. Each end of the hall is so indented and arranged as to afford suitable places for six columns, similar, in all respects, to those which decorate the sides. At the south end a flight of twelve broad steps, of easy tread, leads up to a space occupied by three bronze doors, appropriate in design to the general embellishment of the hall, and having conspicuously displayed in the central compartment of each the initials S.P.Q.L., a device fre quently repeated on panel's throughout the hall. These door spaces are divided from each other by two granite columns-bearing composite capitals of pure white. The compartment immediately above these doors is devoted to a portion of the ventilating media; and surmounting that is a very large semicircular fanlight, the key-block of which is tastefully modelled into a descending victory, with wings expanded, and holding in both hands a laurel eoro nal ; this figure is of pure white, and very cleverly executed. The opposite, or northern end of the hall is occupied by an extensive gallery, projected as a semicircle, raised and supported on columns, and approached by a flight of wind ing steps on either side. This projection is open beneath" , and'rests on six granite columns, while its junction with the right line is marked and supported by two tall carved stone trusses, terminating each at its upper extremity by a spiritedly sculptured male caryatide. On this gallery is to be placed the organ, now in course of erection by Willis of London ; it is to be of great magnitude and power, the bellows requiring a steam engine of five horse-power to blow them. The engine made by Messrs. Fawcett, Preston, and Co., on the two oscillating cylinder principle,• is i we believe, now ready for erection. The entablature and cornice crowning the range of columns which.surrounds the hall, are massive, tasteful, and elaborately decorated with many of the enrichments characteristic of the Corinthian order. The semicircularly arched ceiling has been already referred to, though only in a general and cursory manner; but as it forms a very important portion of the hall, and contributes greatly to the splendour of its general effect, it demands to be noticed a little more in detail. From north to south the arch is divided by transverse zones into five broad arched bands, and longitudinally it is traversed by two styles equi-distant from the arch springs and from each other, thus practically dividing the whole arch into fifteen large rectangular compartments, or main panels, each one of which is again subdivided into nine subordinate or divisional panels, varying in form and dimensions in such a manner as to relieve the whole from any indication of monotony, yet so subdued in their relation to each other as to produce a varied yet repeated harmony of proportions and parts. The centre of the middle main compartment is devoted to a shield chargei in alto relievo, with the devices of the royal arms, including the supporters; the centre of the other principal compartments being decorated by shields bearing alternately the arms, supporters and mottoes of the Borough of Liverpool, of the County of Lancaster, and the emblematic badge of St. George—the tutelary saint to whom the building is inscribed ; besides those armorial devices, the other panels and their marginal mouldings are enriched by varied and appropriate ornament. In addition to these, and classed among the sculptural decorations, must be noticed, five emblematic figures, of the heroic size, representative of science, art, &c., executed in alto relievo, in the spandrils between the window-arches • of these there are duplicates, one set on each side of the hall. They are cleverly modelled, and add much to grandeur of the general effect. In painting this magnificent saloon, a fine combination of judgment and taste has been displayed. As the orna mentation is elaborate and elegant, rather than over powering or commanding, the application of colour and the diffusion of tint have judiciously been tender, deli cate, and sweet, rather than powerful or startling ; decided tones are occasionally rung out, but they are carried out in fainter and blending repetitions, till, like the notes of melodious music, they die away in mingling echoes; a pleasin g harmony, stirred only by delicately modulated intervals, has been aimed at, and that aim has been achieved in so successful a manner as to reflect high credit on the skill and taste of Messrs. Troutbeck and Wannop, by whom the painting has been executed. The floor, which is to be a combination of beautifully white stone and Minton's polychromatic encaustic tiles, chiefly arranged in geometrical designs, is as yet only in a preparatory state ; but, judging from what has been already effected, and from the well-known artistic taste and capabilities which pervade Minton's pro ductions,. no room can exist for doubt a s to an entirely harmonious keeping with the general design in that particular. The committee, under whose able management the work has been so successfully carried out, are entitled to the best thanks of the community, on whose behalf they have laboured with such sagacity, good taste, and assi duity. Their arduous task is now drawing to a noble close, still their labo urs show no flagging, their anxiet y no weariness ; on the contrary, the same zeal and alacrity .which they manifested at starting still animate their pro ceedings, and bear them upward and onward in the prose cution of the grand design. THE LIGHTING. All the arrangements we believe are now completed with the exception of the peculiar style of gas illumination to be adopted; as this must consist almost eirclusively of the style of pendant lustre which shall bellied on, the determination is not of such vast importance. Changing the style of these, if found unsuitable, does not involve interference with any vital principle which regulates the general harmony; nor would it cost a very formidable sacrifice to have a mistake of that kind rectified if committed. The object to be attained is simple, and ought not to be difficult of execu tion. What is wanted is a steady, powerful, shadowless, and well-diffused body of light, which shall display, but not interfere with the details or architectural effect of the hall. To secure this object, all fanciful devices as to bUrners, and all pyrotechnic whimsicalities should be care fully avoided. Experiments have been made with lustres of different design, and these in their illuminating capabi lities produce very contrasting results. The first we shall notice is that in which the lights are arranged in a mas sive circular ring.. It gives a fine, dear, and powerf u l light. Next is a ring of smaller diameter, with a more e l a bo r ated blaze of light ; it is more, of a patch than the other, and does not diffuse so powerful an ill um i na ti on . A n other has a stillsmaller diameter and two lighted r i ngs ; this is defective:sin wanting simplicity. Clusters of bur ners have also been tried, but these are a still farther d e prture from 61)11041th and they are likewise greatly defective in illuminating power. Last of all we come to a curiously compounded lustre, in which an attempt is made to represent strawberry leaves in illumination, surround ing two horizontal coronals, one over the other ; this is the most objectionable of all the styles which have been shown. It is poor and spotty in appearance, is destitute of powerful light, and seems the personification of ghastly, yet presumptuous, poverty. The matter, however, is in excel lent hands ; the same watchfulness and good taste which have secured the admirable execution of the design through its most trying- and difficult stages are still in operation, and no fear need be entertained that they will bring the edifice to a successful, speedy, and glorious termination. LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. LIE extraordinary meeting to consider the report on the subject of Union, was held at the Royal Institution on Saturday evening last. Dr. Dickinson presided. The business came before the meeting in a peculiar way; as the adoption of the report was not moved, but a resolu tion of the Council instead of it. This recommended" a union of the Societies as desirable, provided the name " Literary and Philosophical" was retained. This appa rently pledged the Council to the principle of union : but . it was thought by many in the meeting that it was merely an attempt to get rid orthe subject " by a side wind," viz, by attaching a condition which the other Societies could not grant. An amendment was accordingly moved and seconded, to the effect that the clause respecting the name do not stand part of the motion. The discussion was sustained with great spirit from half past seven to ten o'clock ; and, with one or two exceptions, with great good humour also. Mr. J. P. G. Smith, Dr. Ihne, Mr. Heath, Mr. Picton, Mr. Yates, Rev. H. H. Higgins, Dr. Hume, Dr. Inman, Rev. J. Robberds, and others adressed the meeting, some for and some against the retention of their own Society's name. In the meanwhile, owing to the lateness of the hour, several gentlemen had left the meeting. The decision showed 26 votes for the amendment, and 23 against it; the hitter number includ ing several whose earnestness on the subject of union has never been suspected or questioned. The formal adoption of the report was then moved by Mr. Edward Iliggin in an interesting speech, and seconded • by the Rev. H. H. Hampton. In deference to the large minority who wished to retain the name Literary and Philosophical, a clause of about one line was excepted from the report, in this motion. It was that in which all the names of the uniting societies are disapproved; and this was a recommendation of the subject to farther considera tan. The vote in this case showed those who were opposed in toto to the union; they were about one fourth of all those present, and it was not thought necessary to report the numbers officially. At this late hour the members were impatient to retire ; but while they were on their feet, two votes of thanks were passed by acclamation, one to the delegates from the society who had assisted in preparing the report, and the other to Mr. Brakel for his oTer to present 1,003 copies of it to the learned bodies of the town. POLICE COURT v ESTERDAY. TIIEFT BY A COAL CARTER.—Richard Banks was charged with stealing a lump of coal from a cart of coals from which he was employed to drive on Saturday last. He was seen to take the coal from the cart, but no evidence being forward to show a deficiency in the nominal quan tity, he was remanded till this day (Tuesday). ROBBERY BY A SERVANT GlRL.—Margaret Rimmer, servant with Mrs. Ronaldson, keeper of a public-house in Copperas-hill, was charged with stealing several sums of money, at different times, from her mistress. Suspicion of the thefts was first excited by Mrs. Ronaldson missing small sums, and by the prisoner, who was known to be very indigent,i purchasing several little articles of finery. On being charged with the abstractions, the prisoner at first denied the allegation in the most positive terms ; on being threatened with the police, however, she admitted having stolen money on several occasions ; and on search ing her box, the sum of £1 bs. was found in it, which prisoner confessed to belong to her mistress. She was given into custody, and repeated her confession of the thefts before the magistrates. She was sentenced to be imprisoned for two months. ALLEGED GAROTTE ROBBERY.—Patrick Carroll was brought up on remand, charged with having been con cerned in robbing a man named McCulloch, ou the 26th of last month. McCulloch had been, according to his own account, set upon and nearly strangled, and other wise injured, by a band of three or four ruffians, who robbed him of his watch, and fourpence-halfpenny in money. From a description given by McCulloch, the prisoner was apprehended by Detective Laycock, and on being seen, along with others, by the prosecutor, he was at once identified as one of the depredators. hen be fore the magistrates, however, McCulloch declared he was not sure of the prisoner, and could not swear to his being one of the party who had ill-used and robbed him. The prisoner was, therefore, discharged; the magistrates remarking on the singularity of the prosecutor's certainty at one time, and uncertainty at another, relative to the prisoner's identity. STEALING A DRESS —Patrick G 31311 was charged with stealing a merino dress belonging to Mrs. Coolin, from a clothes-line in Gerard-street, where it had been hung out to dry on Saturday. The case was clearly proved, and the prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned for three months. . PICKING POCKETS. — Mary Ann Murphy, an old ac quaintance at the Police-court, was convicted of stealing a small parcel from the pocket of a gentleman, on Satur day last, in St. John's Market. She was sentenced to be imprisoned for two months. _ _ STEALING FROM A. PUBLIC-ROUSE. Mary Ann Wilkins was charged with stealing a coat from the public house kept by Mr. James, in Green-street, on the 14th of February last. From the evidence it appeared that the coat had been hung up on the back of a door leading from the bar to the back yard, and that, during the absence of Mrs. James, while the house was in charge of a little girl, the prisoner came and obtained a glass of ale, which having got she requ?sted to go into the back-yard, and shortly after her departure the coat was ?hissed, an had not since been found, nor had the prisoner been again seen till Saturday last, when she was taken into custody. She was remanded fora week. ATTEMPTING TO Pica POCKETS.—Ann Foley was charged with attempting to pick the pocket of Mrs. Hallam, of Nursery-street, Scotland-road, on Saturday evening in Queen-square. The prisoner was not successful in abstracting anything, but the prosecutrix was quite positive the prisoner's hand was in her pocket, and having had her pocket picked recently gave her into custody. On being apprehended, the prisoner, who is a well-known pick pocket, was very violent. She was sentenced to be impri soned for three months. ASSAULT ON A FEMALE. — Johnßeddingtonwascharged with a violent assault on a female, in:Commerce-street, on Saturday night. John Nicholson, in passing from his own house, saw the prisoner strike and knock down Ann Keoch with a heavily-loaded stick. He knocked her down, and beat her repeatedly while she was lying on the ground and unable to rise. Keoch was suffering so severely from the effects of the assault, that she was unable to attend. The prisoner was remanded for a week. The witness applied to the court for protection, as there were a number of the prisoner's associates outside•, waiting to illtreat him for giving evidence. The magistrate directed the officers to afford every protection to the witness. LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT. YESTERDAY. Tax first March Court opened yesterday, but the busi-' ness was limited,—J. W. Harden, Esq., of the Cheshire County Court, presiding in the place of Mr. Pollock, who is absent in London. INSOLVENCY CASES.—John Jones, baker and flour dealer, Islington, applied for a renewal of protection, which was granted till the first July court.— Joseph Fairclough, Fletcher-street, Toxteth-park, engine driver, coal and provision -dealer, appeared on his adjourned ex amination. Mr. Cross,p opposed, urging that it was simply a petition to get rid of a judgment obtained in that court. Mr. Harden said he would leave the case to be decided by Mr. Pollock, an arrangement, however, being made for the liquidation of the debt.—Richard WarbUrton, stone mason, Smithdown-lane, appeared on his first examination, and his final order fixed for the first of June court. — John Langdon, of 74, Roscoe-street, boot and shoema ker, appeared on " his last examination, which he passed, and a day for his final order was appointed.— John Langsdale, 8, Derby-place, Edge lane, West Derby, commission-agent, passed his first examination.— John Alexander Dalton, tailor and draper, 3, College-lane, appeared on his first examination. He was opposed on the ground that a great part of his debts had been contracted within the last 12 months, and that he had made over some furniture to his mother. His adjourned examination was fixed for the first court in April. The seventh and last insolvent who appeared before the court was Isaac Knowles, butcher, of 188, Faulkner-street. He came on his first examination, was opposed on behalf of two creditors, and supported by Mr. M'Oubrey, barrister. The case was eventually adjourned till Thursday next. FRAUD SUMMONSES . — Orders for to Lan caster Castle, for 30 days, were granted against the follow ing parties for neglecting to pay, after judgment, the respective amounts attached to their names :—Joseph Ruddy, 33, Crosshall-street, labourer, lls. 4d. ; Thomas Stanley, butcher, 39, Trowbridge-street, £3 12s. ; John Banks, beerscller, 20, Banastre-street, £1 18s.; Moses Yearsfey, gentleman, No. 50, Lodge-lane, £l4 14s. 10d. ; Charles Brown, draper's shopman, Scotland-road, 9s. Bd. ; Thomas Parkinson, colour-dealer, Elizabeth-street, Kirk dale, £5 2s. 3d. • James Ward, provision-dealer, 14.9, Vauxhall-road, £3 16s. Bd.; and Peter Dennet, watch maker, at Mr. Cain's, optician, Waterloo-road, £3 12s._ After disposing of some interpleader cases of no public interest, the court adjourned about half-past one o'clock. POCKET-PICKING Is AN OAINIBUS.—At the Police court on Friday, and by adjournment, on Saturday, Eliza beth Walker was charged with picking pockets in the Aigburth omnibus. The prisoner was attired in a black satin dress, cloth mantle, gray victorine, and green velvet bonnet, lined with white satin. She was first charged with attempting to pick the pocket of Mrs. Hill, wife of Mr. W. Hill, of 18, Cumberland-terrace, Parliament-street, who stated, that, on Thursday morning, she and Mr. Hill were returning from Aigburth, when the prisoner stopped the omnibus in Mill-street, got in, and seated herself next to her. She soon afterwards felt something at her pocket, and, on feeling if her purse was safe, she distinctly felt some ones hand, and the prisoner instantly withdrew her arm. She then withdrew from the prisoner. When the omnibus stopped in Castle-street, the police-officer, Russell, of the detective-force, asked her if she had missed any thing, and she replied that she had not, having taken care of her pocket. Russell then took the prisoner into custody. Having been committed for trial on this charge, she was further charged with stealing a case of surgical-instru ments from the pocket of Mr. Haicks, surgeon, who stated that, °Oche 27th ultimo, he was proceeding to Aigburth in the omnibus, having a box of surgical-instruments in his dress-coat pocket. During a portion of the journey,. and while the prisoner sat next to him, he felt something at his pocket, but on looking round could see nothing. The prisoner got out opposite St. Luke's Church, and soon afterwards, on feeling for his instruments, found that a hole had been cut in his pocket, and the case abstracted. It was a morroeco case, and contained about a dozen in struments, She was also committed for trial on the second off, ANOTHER RECANT/12 1 102V JOHN'S CHURCH-. a T ST. YESTERDAY (Monday) morning, four adults were re ceived into communion with the united Church of England and Ireland, by the Rev. W. F. Taylor,'M.A. ' assisted by the Rev. G. L. Ireland, 8.A., in St. John's Church. It is gratifying to every true Churchman to zee the cause of the reformation thus progressing so satisfaCtorily in this town. These results are mainly owltn.-, to the labours of the Special Mission toßomanists, established in connexion with the Protestant Reformation Society. We sincerely wish that a similar movement were carried on, not only in every district in Liverpool, but in every town through out England where the Romanists congregate. This would he the most effectual method of meeting the Papal aggression in this country, by effectually carrying on a counter-aggression on the ignorance and superstition of Romanists. Legislative enactments are good in their way, but no legislation can ever change the heart or con vince the urncerstanding.—About seventy persons have been received into the Church, at. St. John's, since the establishment of the mission. SERIOUS COLLISION ON THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. i WIG A:N, MOND A.T. Tins morning, a few minutes after seven o'clock, an alarming collision occurred on the Lancashire and York shire Railway, near this town, by which several passengers received severe braises, and considerable damage was done. The six o'clock train from Liverpool to Manchester left the Wigan station about seven o'clock, and in about four or five minutes afterwards it arrived at a siding belonging to the Ince Hall Colliery Company, almost immediately adjacent to the shaft of the Arley Mine, where the late explosion happened. At this point an engine, belonging to the Ince Hall Company, which had been running a number of waggons on to the main line for Liverpool, was rehiring to the siding, and just as it was crossing the main line towards Manchester, the passenger train from Liverpool came up, and a violent collision between the two engines took place, the consequence of which was that the engine belonging to the Ince Hall Company was thrown off the line, and fell more than half-way down the embank , ment, whilst the tender was detached from it and forced on to the main line to Liverpool, thereby blocking up the line, and impeding the traffic for some hours. The two engine drivers were much injured by the collision, as well as several of the passengers in the different carriages attached to the train to - Liverpool. The report of the collision spread throughout the town with considerable rapidity, and the different officers of the company were quickly on the spot, when it was ascertained that about twelve passengers were injured, some of them se r iou s ly, i and medical men were at once sent for. It was found that a young woman from Haigh, the wife of one of the men employed in the Haigh Foundry, had sustained a very serious injury, her thigh having been broken by the shock. Mr. Schofield, proprietor of the Victoria Hotel, Wigan, was also one of those who received fractures, and besides several broken limbs, other of the passengers received bruises on the face and in different parts of the body, one man's face being very much cut and disfigured, in addition to which his note was almost cut off. The injured parties were attended to by Messrs. Fisher and Wright, surgeons, and after some delay the passenger train proceeded. The tender of the other engine (much damaged) was removed, and the line cleared in about two hours after the accident. It was very foggy at the time the collision took place, and the accident is attributed to the impossibility of 1 the engine -drivers seeing the signals. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. ' Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier has been appointed. Commander-in-Chief of the squadron destined for the Bal tic and the Northern Seas. Commodore M. Seymour has been appointed Captain of the Baltic fleet. The post of Captain of the fleet is a most arduous and responsible office. His pay is the same as that of a Rear-Admiral, £1,095 per annum. The following additional vessels have been ordered for survey as troop-ships : Mary Ann, at Bristol ; Cornwall, Lady Valiant, Coigram, Joseph Shepherd, the Courier, Bolton, Queen, Thuandron, Mary Ann, and Marina, all at Liverpool. About forty volunteers from the 27th Regiment of Foot arrived in Liverpool on Sunday, from Dun dalk, en route for London, to join the 19th Regiment, which has been ordered for service in the East. They left Liverpool for London yesterday morning. _ . We (United Service Gazette) understand that a requi, sition has been made by the Admiralty for three rotimenti* to accompany a division of the Baltic fleet, as so on as thi navigation is open, with the view to obtain possession of the islands of Aland, in the name of the rightful owner, Sweden. The infantry regiments ordered for embarkation in the second portion of the expedition to Turkey, will include the Ist Battalion Royals, 7th. 23rd, 42nd 79th, 95th, 97th, and a brigade of four regiments now stationed in Akita, Gibraltar, and Corfu, and perhaps another battalion of the Grenadier Guards. The cavalry is not yet selected, nor is it yet decided whether the cavalry force will consist of certain regiments. or only drafts from several of the Light Cavalry corps. The chaplains appointed to the staff of the expedition up tf, '‘.!s time are the Rev. Mr. Halpin, chap lain to the garri ..i at Dublin ; the Rev. Mr. „Wright, chap. lain at Corfu ; and the . Rev. Mr. Hamilton, chaplain at Gibraltar. On Thursday afternoon, the Royal Sappers and Miners, from Brompton Barracks, under the command of Captain Ord, Royal Engineers, assembled at St. Mary's Creek, in the River Medway, for the purpose of placing on board a vessel which had just arrived a number of pontoons for I the use of the expeditionary army to Turkey. There were leight boxes, containing India-rubber pontoons ; also five large pontoons (Major Blanchard's,) and six infantry pon toons, with carriages, and every thing complete. Recruiting for the Navy is going on rapidly in Liverpool, and men acA offering themselves daily. An order has been received from the Admiralty to the effect that several ves sels, of from 650 to 850 tons burthen, are required imme diately as transports. Tenders from owners of vessels of this class have been sent in, and it is understood that several have been already accepted. . The 77th Regiment arrived at Preston, from Glasgow, on Wednesday. It was originally intended that the regiment should sail from the Clyde, in the new steamer Atrato, but, as she was not ready in time, the screw-steamer Kangaroo was engaged for the purpose. The Kangaroo arrived in the Mersey, from the Clyde, on Friday night; and on Saturday she went into the Wellington-dock. As soon as her fittings are completed the 77th will be embarked on board for Malta. The British and North American royal mail steam-ship America, Capt. Lang, had not arrived when we went to ISLINGTON PRESBYTERIAN CITURCII.—A tea-party will be held in the school-room under Islington Presbyterian Church, on Monday next, and the anniversary sermons will be preached on the day previous, by the Rey - . Mr. Hamilton and the Rev. V. M. Whit e . LOYAL ORANGE TEA PARTY.—On Tuesday, a tea meeting, attended by the members of three lodges of the north circuit of the town, was held in the school-room attached to All Saints' Church, Great Nelson-street North. There was a numerous attendance, and the meeting wa s 1 presided over by the Rev. li. Marlen, incumbent. The derful change in the behaviour of the plaintiff, who. abused desirable, they had no power' in thematter, but they would advise them to make some arrangement with Mr. Evans. Coo ROBBERY AND BURGLARY.—On Saturday, .Thomas R e e x ‘r. pos ll ur en e ry The k s e ta , te lt m ir e . n W t o illi f am Clarke, facts arke, e M iree r. ted Th a, om wo as n. Worrall, Mr. C. P. M c Carthy, Mr. John Parsonage, and Mr. A. Eaton, afterwards addressed the meeting. MATRIMONIALFELICITY.—Thomas Aspinall,a working man, appeared at the Police-court, on Wednesday, to an swer an assault summons, which had been issued at the instance of his wife. On being asked what she had to say, the complainant very mildly and quietly remarked that she had had no dispute with her husband, who, how ever, wished to separate from her, though she herself wished to live with him. She certainly thought that be did not keep good company, particularly of the female kind, yet she had only procured the summons on his threatening to kick her out of the house if she did not do so. The husband told a somewhat different story. He said that he had been married to his wife for ten years; and, during the whole of that time, he had constantly found her guilty of drinking, lying, and thieving; and, finding that he could not live with her and educate his children respectably, he was willing to allow her separate maintenance. He had frequently intended to have brought her up before the magistrates, but feared the necessary her husband in good round terms; and accused him of 's variety of social crimes and follies. The magistrates dis missed the case, observing, that though they thought a separation between so ill-assorted a couple would be very Ball, alias Thompson, Thomas Cole, and John Harris were charged, at the Liverpool Police-court, with byeaking open a safe in the office of the goods-station of the London and Northwestern Railway, Waterloo-road. Mr. Blenkinsopp appeared for the company, and called Thomas Jones, collec tor, who stated that, on Thursday night, the 23rd of Feb., he placed £284. in a cash-box, which he gave to a clerk (Cole) to lock up in the safe. Cole did so, placing with it, in another cash-box, the sum of £64.. Thomas Andrews, night watchman at the Waterloo-station, deposed that, on the night of the 23rd February, he was on duty on the premises. He had occasion to go into the office where the safe was kept ; and, on proceeding there, he found that the safe had been opened, by means of a duplicate key, and that the cash-box had been stolen. After examining the upper portion of the premises, he went down stairs and gave an alarm, and a man named Pollard and a police man were placed outside to guard the door, while Andrews remained inside. About twenty minutes to two o'clock he again went up stairs, and, on going into the office where the safe stood, a man sprung from behind the door, rushed past him, and ran down stairs. Witness had a lamp in his hand, which he threw after the liurghir, but i missed his aim. The man continued his flight, shots 1 the watchers outside, who pursued him for a s hoj . :t ii ma ce. tance, but he eluded them in Formby-street- " she d officer 293 identified Thomas Ball as the man who i T ispee .. past him and Pollard while they were vrateln at he and ' tor Bates, of the detective department, s ta t ed engag ed night Murphy, another detective officer, hadbeer' and day on the look out for Ti kept by a man in apprehending in a well-known Theprisoners by and named Cropper, in Bolton-street. hadanem pty h with Pc'elinlimekn'e.it Fns three Edge-lane, w: :, ean re.el.awn.ce,reonaThrraulgrsuclaedy before'. night luelfer-matehes, a bottle of vvoi custody , t H h a e r X, s ai w id el in e It was stated by and e a pot of marmalade. i lla ey ll f ,. whomn found som t e hey foreign s u cee e d coins, e d were discharged, and Ball was subject. Cole and Hama They took All three were immediately taken remanded for a week. erther. informati.on was expected on the charge of being implicated in a burglary into custody on a . Yesterday ( 3 . , tmtes inthe Police-court, Clayton thecounty ma gis.,._ ;_ -suare, t - the robbery l a ,i4-a pe rpetra mg s t named. it charged I. . Th rsda , ni ht last, the appeared that, on . u g house of Mrs. Douglas, residing in Ed,, e-lane, was broken into, when a I and rebberY eleonnidnan2edthate quantity of jewellery was stolen, part of which was found on the prisoners, when apprehended on the proceeding charge. The case was not gone into further, and all three were remanded for a week, . hthueßiatvaililjtflh:esi TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1854. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENEiLtL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.