The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-05-20 00:00:00

Lty 20, IS' 41. ?Local Re iz. cattle market is to be held at the Old Swan, on Thursdays, in addition to that on Mondays. The Rev. A. Knox addressed two meetings of the C hurch Missionary Society at Hull, on Monday. £5O JamesAexander Henry, Esq., M.P., has presented t o Atkin, Esq., the worthy chairman of the Sailors' Herae, towards the completion of the building. On Tuesd a y a s hi pkeeper, named Joseph Martin, was filled by fallinf.; into th e h o ld o f th e s hi p D an i e l W e b s t er , fill ed in the Waterloo Dock. Tile Rev. J. B . Lowe sp oke at Bath on Tuesday , at the the Meeting of th e S oc i ety for Promoting Christianity among Jevvs. On Wed nes d ay a young man named Pathons was en ,gaged hoisti ng stones at a quarry at Flaybrick-hill, Wnen a large s t one f ell on him and killed him instantly. An elegant geld watch and appendages have been pre hr.seor.iLiet:sefytientioianthce Rev. W. Smith, minister of St. Peter's Church, Great Oxford-street North. . Miss Perkins who lately kept an extensive boarding that Duke!street, has been reduced to such distress, an aPpeal has been made to the public. n e - ",, l man, too late for the Birkenhead ferry-boat , on Wed --"" g, ma t de a leap to get on board the vessel Just after it had lef the stage. He fell into the river, but could s wim, and was soon rescued. the accounts for the year ending March 31 . st last, of ie expenditure of the Health Committee have lust been 14. Din ted• The total sum expended is £110,516 10s. ',ld. t Permission of the commanding officer, Capt. Coch an°, th Ga rd of the 91st regiment will play at the tota n i n ti nt the sonsm e e n r s m e o v o e t r h y s. Monday and Friday evening du- Jmt. Woovrox FLOWER Snow.—This interesting exhibi ,(lllof floral, horticultural, and agricultural produc t s take place on Thursday week, when an f l y Splendid assort tof flowers, fruits, &e., is expected til l : lessr s."Thom ni t e is n Vernon and Son have just completed iesi co nstruction of a new double-bowed steamer, for the fr ee s of the Royal Rock Ferry, which was launched 9,T their yard on Saturday. ~uti Tuesday evening, James Mason, of Eaton-street, 'Jae euair, ho me from his work as usual,.. and sat down in . his He complained of a pain in his breast, and In a die ft time afterwards fell from his chair to the floor, and n" immediately. f °f the Clare unions, thatof Ennis, has transmitted Orty f 011 r female paupers to this town for embarkation to ttiAustralia. These p oor females, who bad been comfortably jed at the expese of the union, appeared much Protesta The th e wells • Earires-Peet of independence:opened to them.. speakers w at Virinchilsea presided at the Tunbridge . Association last week, and among the Stewart, „LerDe Sir Brook Bridges, Rev. J. Haldane tolq u h ou Gordon, J. P. Plumptre, - and J. C. t hrone I.Villiarn of Prussia, heir presumptive to the attone, visited Liverpool on Friday, and was shoy_;_n ru e e v s m trot of interest by Otto Burchardt, Esq., the r . th: 8111 * At the Town- h a ll the Prince was received by f May er . man , eighteen years o age, ari ., • He is a tall -young u rather sedate. foC Thursday, a man named David 'Lamb, who was kin e et y a gentleman's servant, but who has been for the ti me residin g a t No. 19, Cable-street, fell dead in tyiiltealbteoohnet fi.,.4y iiofthe house where he resided. Ihe deceased two years of age, and had been for some -neering from a complaint se of the chest. IllanovetY melancholy ca of death, afterlong and painful 114. 8, caused by drinking water kept in a lead matern a. Iliti-lnst occurred at Egremont. In this case the cause to f ap4 BB was not even suspected until it was too la t e _ t° s it e. l ' e medY• The water was then analyzed and foun d Abpengly impregnated with poison from the cistern. amat seven hundred baths are daily - taken at the new tot a l en„ M elete establishment in Cornwallis-street. The the ' ece iPts last week w er e no less than £74 9s. 10d., and the t u rnher of bath s en j oye d was 4,976. W e congra t u l a t e N it ealth committee and their excellent chairman, Mr. 140 hours ", on this gratifying result of their benevolent ,_cosq'tiii.lejnitation from the Birkenhead Dock Company, ale - b - ` l 4 of Mr • Joseph Bailey,'W.P., Baron Goldsmid, 804.411 ice, and * Mr. Laird, with Mr. Abernethy, C.E., NlllO-neer, had an interview,• on Friday, with Lor . d 7G, 11 r, at the office of Woods and Forests. Sir i ater t e l s e Baring was present with - Lord Seymour at the On w • Week4o - i - Ps NueridaY last a little boy named John Stafford, died es received by his clothes taking fire about a l eft in Pr il e vions. The deceased tied an elder brother were P ere t e kitchen alone, while the mother went out to a nd Lsase bread. The deceased-made a marble of clay, Dir k i: the attempt to put it on the chimney-piece, his Tnitcaine near the fire, and ignited. N aps Cexens.--On'Wednesday the enume- Thi „ s °,' the census of 1851 met at the Rose and Crri, goit‘r s aee, and resolved unanimously to memorialise the Nird Z ec retery on the insuEciency of the payments tol e ,em to them for their services, and to call upon the otie to Mnent to make them a more adequate return for h N a u s and responsible duties of their office. t,24-130AT COLLISION.—On Tuesday night, shortly stea ln ,:n o'cock, a collision took place between the screw „ s tear E C: ,Genova from Gibraltar, and the paddlewheel ‘4e p.:,_,Aiinrod. The collision occurred a little inside th e e,.4_ Lighthouse, the ' 'Nimrod striking the Genova o at bow, cutting her down to the water edge. „ L 'er, for: Immediately taken into the Prince's-dock Basin, 'ae Compartment being-filled with water. The Nim peed, cutwater &c and-returned into dock. ti rUlt u Lee4l. Suovv. ' —'ri;eliiverpool Floral and Her steadenzis ral : o,; ( 4, e t tet3r will hold their fi rst exhibition for the et " et aday next , at the Botanic Gardens, in aPseieu the v‘e E xc han g e, as formerly. Three B tation e ere h -- t g ri rz na b y e erected, and a brass band will be d 'ng the exhibition. The Iteathed; a h -r i it l ! le garde i n ti g , l a ri nd it is expected, if the o , 4 :t p th at t that the show will be one of the most yet taken place- Th , Thu rsday last, Sir ' to m" °W"R-14A"z1N".--.O" a "bill p e L e Grey brought into the House of C omm ons ` t ,; 4l 'SO much of an act of thetwelfth year of King eatpet,_he Third, relating to the making, keeping, . and to as exempts therefrom certain ma evearutnfedignsutnopreoswodferg,unpowder,near Liverpool, and to temporary provisions -with regard to the said sert .1 ,2 ! 11 .,e 5 and stores." The hilwas read the first time Aext„ t 'uaY, and is to be read a second time on Friday keeping kw :. Thompson of Clayton-square, teach b00k ,40 °I double entry, not merely giving their pupils a th:ge of the for r in , in which accounts may be kept, tl_,'4(l4ll.l.°llglllY grounding them in the theory, science, t7t that _ they know the wh and wherefore of eildt l ej and are capable of varying their system so as a;naJoe bykrenmstances. Their method of improving . the ab atl a or indifferent writers has met with universal Aver:faqir,' approval, a beautiful free hand being the eli a t esadt of a few lessons. mod e CARGOES OF COTTON HAVE FALLEN tOl l . - l'obannah Republican tells of an ingenious s • -111 1 ii e e,U the white and black stevedores steal . co o t sr 4 een i ng th e ' ° ading the vessels they are in the habit f f cotto in the matresses -upon which they 411 Ith the n tild h , tb.ta down empty and returning with them atroaed. 4 7 sniPs are loaded. Doubtless almost every . 20 It is or this port this year has thus been robbed , d "°l3l thle or that during the season from 15,000 to 13 kra Bga rB worth of cotton has been stolen. dD RIOT.—One of the prisoners, .Peter t in t at Riek e ,ound guilty at the last Cheshire assizes of q Y ' kr. en nead, was on Monday discharged from cus (4,cettifi4ustice Williams, who tried the prisoner, hay nst o dd tn%Sir George Grey that the conviction was t .', if en ce. At the trial, on the part of the prose •.l4, — v .8 sworn by three Liverpool police-officers, ill as e ,Pr;; nri k,e ll 9, and Cox, that the prisoner:Fitzsimo . ns kr". Kelly st d part in the riot and fighting with t,tOt eB. edY stated that he was fighting with him four tretl that t the part of the prisoner it was clearly e re e ,, 4,, at, at the time the riot took place, he was at his " et attl rld th e CoPperworks-bridge, at Seacombe, and t4,` " 0 Meeting. ths ` vg e-Pocir. 'LIBRARY.—The annual meeting of s q. • t ehold keo' th ere was •held on Tuesday, J. To . wnsend, bent f e chair. The report gave a very satisfactory t th e °. th gut of Proce e di ngs o f t h e year, and made reference 5h0,.. 4 Pr. ~"7 0 thousnd volumes towards the formation 34'9 r nblic Libr a ar,-. The statement of accounts ,i,;„'ese,,b ua ,,lance in faveur of the institution of £64. belo11 8 "),tioult then br o u g ht for war d th e mot i on o f 4 44"Rio g ' 4( I given notice, " That the forfeited shares de t 4 l t n jn. the institution (92 in number) should be ' e i)lllMrn price a pp ears met with corm- Ilbraqaeldti)osition. There are, it, already -801 The t Y Wer t .% and it was pleaded that the boo 140tio`80fficient only to- meet the present demand. ( ) I . ) N'et a il l was negatived by a-very large majority. l ‘Al, l , 4l day ° „ tr ATTACK ON THE ,REV. MR. POLLOCK..-- seh `vex i ng a remarkable attack was made in St. cirUteh, on the Rev. Mr. 'Pollock, under the fol !i,l,,ce twoelLroatences :—On the commencement of the 'lo t " ou r th`ueo entered the church and took seats. For r titl' . that t s • erv iee proceeded quietly; but at the expire restiestMe the individuals in question became appa °Net n s and wandered annoyingly up and down the 'll l4 th'-'°Y(l, the clerk, in order to preserve decorum, they4ri ( i /,,, el / 1 either to sit down quietly or leave the r. ' n °4 4ir,", ta nl one of the men rushed to the pulpit, tVioci, s door, with a stick in his hand, struck e t wice on the back. Mr. Pollock. on observ -41" q_ .111`tiseending the pulpit stairs, inquired who he 11°dirttiUgilistoyn.,er e_xclaimed, when violence that he was ea ta ce. Great excitemt instantly pervaded . ke r n ~,,.,kientlernen rose to their feet and ladies ,Sllrittle,"`4,,3eldom, perhaps, has a scene so remarkable vi „N °l t l i c kk a t e 4 i n co anY edifice . devoted . to sacred purposes. V) °l.e.. e zten .urse, received instant assistance from hi'', atre r ,,,ra officials of the congregation, and, after • p ''t the madman was carried forcibly from 1:1( t to the exterior of the building, 4,Nticla°,4l,Po,.,urrees4e)iug' sermonhis : A police-officer shortly arrived, and the r !) Q , t i n D. as Pinioned and conducted in custody to the e t a tora n gh-str e t t et r3 e , tro t , th e followed by a large concourse of 111 4, 414 , tr eet e co ngregations of St. Mark's and Great ~4?4 0 ( 1 8144' tile services at both places having , r es sa on, tlea, Y after the occurrence. On arriving at fe e „S vve7 te re s ti k : i res of strong repression were found the e (kin the prisoner from violence, and hand vlil)4l,se ` e " round his wrists and ropes round his e'jilitis;Pwellsarlye:lvtilsieAjr. Gibson and Mr. Talbot, from il ad eil ee in" suspected the and although at first bad oleo tra.ceed to br il a a ii " ; • fever. some e act tim o e f qZprill‘oriloxh,ru, Prisoner, who stated fir' his name is l lt g eo t ' waa n coti es v iding at 123, Grafton a :street, master lish, s _rifin ed ~eYe to the worlchouse, and is at voitOent. Lee lunatic asylum attached to the 4011 not Of a sus Nis companion, it e f e tes pn„.?: messenger was cent to acquaint his •ee tit t th e ,. Meiotic character, hose movements gave his name, but 44441444treedttegetlitthneeessark to detain him. We are Rev. Mr, Pollock was not in any 1 ni place a. r. 'A we. 00/ . nary' persoN caul ° assert § hint, a 9 üblishes ricatiga, have in h Mu st c r_ oovia' i ff he ref, ts"leretier L Y. t aVe da°- 'sternY, po i by erns y come s in hi t % ' e rstoo A 90 , 1 ' hive" qe" 11to Dt asi' LIVERPOOL MAY SESSIONS. The general quarter sessions commenced yesterday morning, before Gilbert Henderson, Esq., the Recorder. The calendar presented a less formidable list than usual. The Recorder took his seat shortly after ten o'clock, when the usual formalities observed prior to opening the court were gone through ; and the following gentlemen were sworn of the GRAND JURY. Mr. W. Potter. merchant, High-street, Foreman. Mr. Samuel Beckwith, broker, Towers'. buildings. Mr. Thomas Brocklebank, merchant, Rumford-street. Mr. Thos. Brough, merchant, Duke-street North, Edge-hill. Mr. William Claxton, merchant, Lower Castle-street. Mr. Robert Cockraine Crosbie, merchant, Tower-buildings. Mr. Thomas Cliffe, merchant, Clarence-street, Everton. Mr. Henry Curry, broker, Fenwick-street. Mr. John Finch, jun., iron merchant, Sir Thomas's-buildings Mr. S. R. Graves, merchant, Redcross-street. Mr. Edmund Hore, merchant, George's Dock-gates. Mr. John Knowles, jun., wine merchant, Cook-street. Mr. Wm. Griffith Leete, broker, Sweeting-street. Mr. John Mather, iron merchant, Rumford-place. Mr. Robert Mason, broker, Titheb.rn-street. Mr. Matthias Purton, merchant, Chatham-place, Edge-hill Mr. William Page, merchant, Rumford-place. Mr. Robert Wilson Ronald, wool broker, Dale, Mr. Richard Rowlinson, broker, Tempest-hey Mc. Peter Serjeantson, broker, Oldhall-street. Mr. George Scholfield, merchant, Exchange-alley North THE CHARGE The learned RECORDER addressed the Grand Jury in the following terms :—" If the calendar was an index to crime, he had to congratulate them, as the present one contained only 70 names, turd this was the more satis factory as it was five weeks since the last session was held. Ile was also pleased to observe that the nature of the cases was in general light, the two most serious being cases of embezzlement, an offence which no vigilance on the nart of the police could prevent. The cases of shoplifting were few, and the same observation applied to pilfering from the dock quays and warehouses. The cases of pick ing pockets appeared to be the most numerous, and offenders would have to learn that he (the learned Re corder) visited offences of that class with peculiar seve rity. Three persons would be tried for having tam pered with witnesses at the last sessions ; without going into the particulars of this. case, he might observe that very few sessions passed without some case of this nature being tried ; two persons were undergoing an imprisonment of eight months at the present time for this offence. At the last sessions tv - ,o wo men were charged with having robbed a man under rather extraordinary circumstances : he went into a brothel, and, while there, two women threw wwet napkin over his face—the fume from which almost stifled him— and when, at length, the cloth was removed, the man be came insensible and staggered about the room-; and while in this helpless condition he was robbed. At the trial three phials were shown to the man : one contained ether, another sal volatile, and the third chloroform ; the phial containing chloroform was selected by him as containing a fluid resembling in appearance that Which had been used to effect the robbery. In the opinion of the jury, and of himself (the learned Recorder), and a medical gentleman; chloroform had been applied-in the case; and the two women were transported for a term of ten years. The learned Recorder wished it to be known that a very severe punishment awaited those who might thus pervert the discoveries of science to the commission of crime. The learned Recorder concluded his observations by a few important remarks relative to the duty which would devolve on them. POPULATION OF THE WEST DERBY UNION. The following will show tl, townships of the West Derb the recent census, compared and 1841 : Townships le population of the various y Union, as ascertained by with the population of 1831 Population ___A______ In 1831.1 1111841.1 InlBsl 247 311 374 440 1133 1962 159 323 1201 1943 414 394 42 249 4518 9211 407 428 1147 1899 505 500 1190 1476 2591 4268 789 1586 67 59 273 289 244 283 403 430 312 41254 1701 2528 16441 Aintree ... Allerton Bootle-cum-Linaere Childwall Great - Crosby Little Crosby Crorteth-park Everton .. Fazakerly Garston . Ince Blundell.. Kirkby Kirkdale Litherland Lunt Netherton ..... Orrel and Ford ..... Sefton Thornton Torteth-park Walton- on-the- Hill. Wavertree ......... West Derby 24067 'l4OO /932 298 61326 2469 4011 32972 Total population of theU 3058 88287 We - are indebted for the above return to Mr. Cleaver, the indefatigable clerk to the 'West Derby Union. It will'be seen that the population of Aintree remains the same that it was ten years since. In Childwall, Croxteth park, and Thornton, the numbers are seriously dimin ished, whilst the increase in Everton, Toxteth-park, and West Derby is surprising. LOCAL MEETINGS. ITRALTH COMMITTEE. — The usual weekly meeting of the - Health Committee was held on Thursday, Mr. James Parker in the chair. It was reported that a weekly meet ing of the Baths Committee is to be held every Thursday, at which the superintendents of the several baths ate to be in attendance. The chairman said that the new baths in Cornwallis-street were realising more than their most sanguine expectations. They had in three days 1967 bathers, and the receipts were - X29 .ss. Ild., double what they expected. He believed the comforts and luxuries at tending the shilling baths were not to be surpassed by any in the-kingdom. The subject of introducing salt water to the new baths was to be considered next Thursday.—Dur ing the meek ending the 10th instant, the deaths regis tered• in the borough were 185, of , which 141 were in the parish of Liverpool, and 44 in the extra parochial wards. The number exceeded that of the previous week by 7, but is 19 less than the average of the corresponding week of the preceding years. In diseases of the lungs there was an increase of 10, while in the epidemic class there was a decrease of 8. Twelve children died from smallpox, only one of whom bad been vaccinated. SELECT VESTRY.—At the usual fortnightly meeting on Tuesday, Rector Campbell presided. The treasurer was directed to advance £3OO to Mr. Eckersley, superinten dent registrar, to pay some of the census expenses, the amount to be repaid by government. 'The inmates in the workhouse were stated at 1,984, against 1,672 at the cor responding period of last year ; 622 are sick cases, 81 being fever. The total number of admissions to the vagrant-sheds last week was 913,589 of the applicants being males, - 248 females, and 67 children.—The election of a chaplain to the workhouse was then ;proceeded with. There were six candidates for the office : the Revs. Messrs. Green, Wolseley, Matthias, Blackwell, Sutton, and Holmes. •On the first division there were for Mr. Holmes nine, Mr. Green eight, Mr. Wolseley four, Mr. Sutton one, the other two candidates meeting with no supporter. The Vestry then voted on the names of Messrs. Green and Holmes. when the latter gentleman was elected by a majority of two, the numbers standing twelve and ten respectively.—Mr.Willrner then proposed, pursuant to notice, the election of vestrymen to fill the places occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Cali'erata, and the appointment of-three other members of the Vestry as churchwardens or overseers. He announced that he should propose the re-election of Mr. Dover to the board, waiting only till his office of churchwarden should lapse. He had three gentleman to propose that day, and, in selecting them, he had in view two things, namely, that there should be no undue preponderance of one interest or another, in property or in politics ; with the addition of Mr. Dover they would have two Reformers and two Conservatives. The names were Mr. Thomas Troughton, chea.i.t and druggist, Oldhall•street ; Mr. J. Kitchen, ironmonger, St. Anne-street.; and Mr. Bradley, surgeon, Falkner-street. After some discussion these gentlemen were elected. DOCK COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting of this body was held on Thursday, Mr. Thomas Littledale in the chair. The tender of Messrs. Furnis and Kilpin for the erection of sheds on the south side of the Wellington Dock was accepted.—The sub-committee of the timber and ship-building trade submitted .a plan spewing a piece of land, about 910 feet in length, on the east quay of the Huskisson Dock, appropriated to the discharge of timber, leaving two berths at the south end, on either quay, for the use of large steamers, and that at the end a passage of fifty feet wide be completed, and preparations be made for a passage eighty feet wide. After some conversation the plan was agreed to.—The sub-committee for ware house management recommended the payment of £1,200 on account of poor-rates on the Albert Dock warehouses. Agreed -to.—The harbour-masters' committee asked, re lative to a statement reported to have been made by Mr. Bigham, at the last meeting of the Council, to the effect that the pier -masters and dock-gatemen were in the ha bit of levying.sums of money on masters of vessels, that a letter should .be written to Mr. Bigham, desiring him to substantiate his charge. A letter from the pier -masters, giving a positive denial to the statement, was read. It was then agreed that a letter should be addressed to Mr. Bigham on the subject. An application for land at the end of Lightbody-street, for a shipbuilder's yard.; also for a sbipsmith's forge, was read from James Hogan. Referred.—A communication was read from Mr. J. N. Wood, chairman of the Pilots' Committee, calling atten tion to a crag from the Burbo.bank, projecting into the West Middle Channel, and requesting that a new survey might be made, as the present charts were -useless. Re ferred.—Mr. Bold stated that the Dock Bill had passed through committee, and there were no further obstacles to Impede its progress, The Chairman : Is it, then , in perfect form ? Mr. Bold : Yes.—The proceedings .*.ben terminated. BritGl, 412 lES 11. LIVERPOOL — Several dwelling-houses have been lately broken into by pieces being taken out of the doors. Among other instances, the house of Mr. John Smith, in Kensington-terrace, Upper Parliament-street, was robbed in this manner on Friday night week, and so silently was everything managed that the family were not disturbed, while the kitchens and dining room were pil laged of valuable articles, to the amount of between thirty and forty pounds. On Thursday night week Broadwood house Academy, near 3Taghull, was entered by burglars, who effected their entrance by cutting holes through the door of the refectory, and undoing the fastenings. They carried away all the boys clothes and other miscellaneous articles, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. MEETING OF THE LIVERPOOL AUXILIARY. The annual meeting of the Liverpool Auxiliary to this excellent society was held yesterday morning in the Hall of the Collegiate Institution. The attendance was not very numerous. A second meeting will be held in the same place this evening, at which the Lord Bishop of the Diocese will preside. At the meeting yesterday, the venerable Chancellor Rairces presided, and among the clergy and gentlemen upon the platform we noticed Revds. F. Barker, J. H. Jones, Dr. M'Neile, Wm. Rawson, Wm. Falloon, W. H. Wright. G. W. Ward, F. Parry, J. R. Come., Thos. Robinson, W. Brewster, R. W. Wolseley, Wm. M'lver, F. Parry, Win. Pollock, John Scott, R. B. Arthy, J. Tucker, J. East, and Henry Carpenter, C. Inman, Esq., and T. D. Anderson, Esq. The Rev. CHANCELLOR having taken the chair, he almost immediately arose, and remarked that he felt he should be consulting not only his own feelings, but those of his auditory, by proposing to them that they should commence their proceedings by humbly praying for the blessing of the Almighty on their exertions in behalf of the Church Missionary Society. (Hear, hear.) After appropriate prayer had been offered up,— The CHAIRMAN very briefly addressed the assembly. He observed that the results of the labours of this society, which would soon be brought before them in the Report that their Secretary would read, and the communications that would be made to them by their friends who would address the meeting, would enable his hearers to think with him, that there was never, probably, any occasion on which the anniversary of the Church Missionary Society was held under circumstances more cheering than the present. The variety of openings for their labours that presented themselves,—the large.. ness of the blessings that God had vouchsafed to their ex ertions,—all exceeded the expectations of the most ardent supporters of this society, and called for from them a spirit of gratitude and thankfulness. (Hear, hear.) In proof of this he might mention, that when they looked at the state of the nation at large, and that of the church itself particularly, there might be reason to con ceive that there would be some falling off in their funds. They could not deny that in the agricultural part of the country considerable depression existed; and they could not overlook that some falling off in the contribu tions would arise from this circumstance. He had, how ever, the satisfaction-of knowing, that with the exception of a single year, the past twelvemonth had been the most productive the Church Missionary Society had ever had. (Hear, hear.) The reports from every part were exceed ingly satisfactory, and showed abundant cause for increased zeal on their part. - The blessing of God had already been bestowed on their:proceedings ; and whilst it was so sin cerely felt, God forbid that they should slacken their efforts for the advancement of the cause in which they were engaged. He was unwilling to detain the meeting longer, as many interesting addresses were to be delivered to them, and he, therefore, would request their attention to the reading of the report by his friend Mr. Carpenter. The annual report, of which the following are the prin cipal features, - was then read ; and the treasurer also sub mitted a balance sheet of the receipts and expenditure of the society for the past year, from which it appeared that the total receipts of the Liverpool Auxiliary were upwards of £2,500, and that £2,416 Ils. had been -remitted to the Parent Society, being about £lOB more than was last year sent to London. The report -opened with an expression of thankfulness to God, for the numerous blessings which he had bestowed during the past-year on the society, the income having been greater than at any former period, except in 1339, when a special ap peal was made. For the year ending March last the income was .e 112,252, but the report strongly urges the friends of the society against relaxing their efforts. Liverpool ought specially to watch against any such declension, because its contributions in the past year, though larger than the preceding, are still short of the amount they had previously attained. This de serves consideration, for our churches here are multiplying, the number of the society's supporters are on the increase, and yet a proportionate increase in the funds is not witnessed. How can the society supply the Punjaub and Scinde, and Foo Choo and Syria, where wide doors are opened, with teachers of the Word of Life, except by increased liberality; and this would be an appropriate response for what God has given to the prayers and labours of the missionaries. There are now 107,000 living converts from heathenism, and there are 40,000 children committed to missionary care. Some hundreds of native - teachers have been raised up to help in this labour of love. and no fewer than twenty-one native converts are now ordained clergymen of our church- Surely these labourers are worthy of their hire. On the subject of the recent aggression of the Pope the report says :—Long indeed have the emissaries of Rome been engaged in endeavouring to undo the work of God in several of the missions of this society. In North West America, in India, and in New Zealand efforts havebeen made to corrupt our converts from the simplicity of the Gospel, but our missionaries prevailed, as our forefathers did, with the Word of God, and by this weapon alone can we with the Divine blessing obtain the victory in that struggle with Rome which has already begun, and in which, ere long, every individual will have to choose his side. The glory of the Church Mis sionary Society is to be found in the Evangelical and Protestant principles which it has steadily maintained. Let us unite in guarding the society against the open assaults of avowed Ro manism, and the still greater dangerto which many are exposed from Romanism, more or less disguised among ourselves. This is no time for indecision. Men must 'be Whole hearted and single minded for Christ if Evangelical religion is to be fully preserved, and unscriptural error successfully resisted. The Rev. Mr. ARTHY, of Macclesfield, one of the de putation, was then called upon to move the - first resolu tion, to the effect that the annual report of the committee be printed and circulated, and the treasurer's account also published, and confirming the appointment of the com mittee and officers for the ensuing year. 'He expressed that he felt great pleasure in moving this resolution, par ticularly after hearing how liberal bad been their contri butions during the last year, and feeling, too; that it must be a pleasure to all of them to pledge themselves by a resolution of the sort he submitted to them to this zreat and holy cause. The result o f th ose l a b ours, as detailed in the report, was sufficient to prove how well adapted they were for the work to which they had devoted them selves as a society and a portion of the church of Christ. He-moved the resolution in his hands that morning rather, he believed, as a matter of form, reserving the few re marks he had to make until the meeting on the following (this) evening; but there were one or two observations which he might offer as properly introductory to the work which had called them together that day and the following. In the first place their christian friends ought to remember that the desire to spread the gospel and extend the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ seemed to be inseparable from pure and undefiled religion. Supposing a man made any great -discovery in physical science—suppose be gained any new light con nected -with politics, or religion, or morals,--that very instant that he obtained the light he seemed to be seized with the desire to communicate it to the world around. In other words, along with every discovery of importance there seemed to be a desire to publish it abroad. Now, if in ordinary matters that desire existed, surely there ought to rise up in every christian heart the earnest desire to impart to the world the knowledge they had acquired, and the mercy they had felt. (Hear, hear.) It ought, indeed, to be their earnest wish and feeling, that when a man was forgiven, accepted, and saved, be should seek to, bring others to the fold of the Lord Jesus. That was exactly the theory of every missionary society.: it came to them and asked them to unite and propagate the Gospel among their fellow Christians. God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in - Him should not perish, but should have eternal life; and missionary societies appealed to them not to hold those truths they possessed in the Scriptures as matters of abstract belief, but to apply them in the spirit of the word. (Hear, hear.) It was not merely a problem to be demonstrated ; it was not a mere matter of curious speculation : it was a remedy for man's ills, a comfort for his soul and the food of his life ; and whether Jew or-Gentile, Chinese or Hindoo, barbarian or Scythian, they would all equally feel the power and influ ence of the Word of God. (Hear, hear.) After some few further remarks, the rev. gentleman said he trusted, that notwithstanding the apprehensions in many Christian minds at present, there was much more success about to dawn on their mission than they had yet seen. One great reason of that apprehension, both in their Protestantism at home and their diffusing it abroad, was, that they did not expect enough of success. Some people began to think they were already, wrong in expecting that they could not have the success of the primitive church, because the days of miracles were passed ; but they might believe him that no miracles were more mighty than the conversion of human souls, and the Almighty never left them, in their fields of labour abroad, without some instances or proofs of that wonderful work ing power. (Hear, hear.) He admired this society es pecially because it seemed to him to be an important auxiliary, as the report had suggested, in carrying forward the great contest which is at this hour (going on, between the supporters of superstition a nd the disciples of the Lord Jesus—between those who merely supported an out ward formalism, a system of mere externalism, and those who were seeking to spread the spiritual gospel of the church of God. (Hear, hear.) The Rev. Mr. TUCKER, late of Madras, seconded the resolution. As one of the secretaries of the Parent So ciety he thought they would rather expect from him a mere statement of facts than arguments to move them to more large contributions towards this society. And he might say, at once, more large contributions—because, as he thought, if he understood the report right, although whilst fresh churches were opening, the funds at Liver pool did not increase in the same proportion as in the case of other associations. If he had heard that correctly, he must just remind his friends of another circumstance, which was also stated in the report, that if they were really in earnest in this matter, and desirous of carrying it out, they should consider whether they were likely to go on or to stand still. If, as they saw, from the report that had been made to them, and the communications with which they would be made acquainted during this anniversary, God really did bless their mission, they would certainly have increased demands on the resources of their friends at home to meet the demands abroad ; and he might say, respecting the increase of the funds of the Parent Society, it was a special cause of thankfulness that that increase was not from legacies, but from the contributions of associations. (Hear, hear.) The increase from asso ciations only was £6,398 14s. 11d. ; and while mentioning that the amount of remittances from associations was £80,753, he should further observe that the expendi. ture of the committee had kept pace with their income. They had been obliged to increase their expendi ture, and that they must expect, from year to year, until the native churches were able. o support themselves. One thing in which they were wanting was in labourers: - in that respect the increase was from 147 to 158. The increase in foreign clergymen was from 47 to 52, which was ovdng to the native missionary societies already h aving failed ir resources; and the missionaries i n I ndia were left in led t t ite d determine whether they would return home or connect themselves with any other society. The result of this was, theet the Parent Society, after a full exami nation, and with the full approbation of the bishop, had received five of the clergymen in connection with theirown labours. (Hear, ,hear.) The Increase of th e f ore i gn clergymen from 13 to 21, added the rev. speaker, was particularly to be rewarknil , Bat what, he asked, wail tbia ? Th and 1 this self-C ~. They had never had such a year as this. It might be safely considered the laying the foundation of the Christian Church, for those clergymen were ordained and required for native pastors. They were not only ordained as native missionaries to go out amongst the heathen, but the object of the committee was to place their native clergy down within certain spheres, so that gradually, those spheres becoming contracted, they might be formed into parishes such as we have in our own beloved country. (Hear, hear.) In mentioning many interesting parti culars of some of the society's foreign missions, the speaker remarked that the Sierra Leone mis sion was flourishing, and becoming more and more the reservoir from which supplies of the waters of life would flow forth through the whole of Western Africa ; and to show the progress the labours of the so ciety had made there, be said that Mr. Nichol, a native of Africa, had been ordained, and that the Bishop of Lon don remarked that that gentleman's paper, which he gave in at the time he was passing for orders, surpassed any paper he had ever received from any English candidate for orders. Mr. Nichol had since written home to say that they had heard of the death of their respected friend the Rev. Mr. Bickersteth, and besides paying a high compliment to that gentleman's labours in the cause of the society, added that he had thought it right to preach a funeral sermon on one who had been the means of effecting so much good for the poor be nighted heathen. (Hear, hear.) The speaker next related a very interesting anecdote of two young per sons, the sons of an Indian chief, whom the missionary had converted. One of them, he said, was taken captive by a slaver, from Brazil; but this vessel being afterwards taken by an English cruiser, the youth was landed with the other crew at Sierra Leone. Here 'he enlisted as a soldier in a native regiment, and learnt something, al though but little, of the English language. The other son, in the mean time, had received an education at Sierra Leone, and had reason to believe that his brother was re scued from the slayer, and was somewhere in the regiment at the place. He therefore went and looked through the ranks, and eventually recognised his own brother. After embracing each other most affectionately, be ascertained that the soldier was desirous of leaving the service, and a communication was made to the com mittee of the society. By this means, an application was forwarded to the Duke of Wellington, and his Grace most kindly issued orders that the youth should be discharged, and the two brothers were placed in a school for the pur s pose of being further educated. He mentioned this circumstance to them, in order that he might show the effect of the society's exertions in Sierra Leone ; and he then read a letter to the meeting from the two brothers, thanking, in very appropriate language, the Church Mis sionary Society for the kindness conferred on them through their means, and expressing gratitude to God for the establishment of so excellent an institution. (Hear.) One of the brothers wrote thus expressively on this point : " I am now able and willing to go among my beaten people, and tell them the good things God has done for my soul, and to make known to them the riches of Christ." (Hear, hear.) Mr. Tucker then stated that six native catechists had been selected and educated at this station, and the result of the society's labours there, under the Divine blessing, was most cheering and satisfac tory. After passing a deserved eulogium on the labours and earnestness, and sacrifices, of the late Rev. Mr. Fox—who buried his wife and child in India, and yet pro secuted his work of preaching the gospel to the heathen, (the author of the jubilee hymn, and appointed secretary to the society just previously to his death in Durham)—the speaker observed, that although the labours of that good man might appear to have been useless, yet they were not so. On the contrary, they were most eminently conducive to the holy object the society desired to promote ; and the establishment of a Scinde mission was owing principally to a native, who was indebted to Mr. Fox for imparting to him the knowledge of the Holy Scriptures. With respect to Eastern Africa, he only remarked that the ex cellent Dr. Pratt was there working laboriously in his own sphere; and he added that the reports with respect to Jerusalem were most cheering. Only within the last month the Sultan had issued a firman, giving freedom to all churches, and all who chose to embrace the Protestant faith were now protected by the Mahomedan powers.— (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Respecting the station of the society at New Zealand, Mr. Tucker said that the vene rable Archdeacon Williams had lately arrived from the colony with a New Zealand chief, who came over at his own expense, and who, having been 'brought from his heathenism to a knowledge of Christ, had expressed an earnest desire to come and see England for the improve ment of his mind, but above all for the spiritual improve ment and good of his soul. This chief addressed an assembly in London, by means of anlinterpreter, and though his feelings were so excited that he was almost unintelligible to the audience, from rapidity of his speech, Mr. Tucker read the substance of his words to the meeting, and they expressed in fervent language the gratitude the chief felt to this society for having made him acquainted with the holy Scriptures. Since that period, he added, the committee of the Parent Society in London had had the chief before them, and had agreed to receive him in their institution, in order that he might receive as good an education as they could give him. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He had not much to communicate to them with respect to the Newport's Land Station, with the excep tion that Dr. Anderson bad ordained Henry Brown, of whom the meeting might read the history in the earlier publications of the society. When the first missionary from this institution, Mr. West, went out, he soon after wards got hold of two long-haired wild savages, and took them under his care; and God had been pleased to en lighten their hearts, so that one of those (Henry Brown) was now the first ordained priest on that station, and was held in high estimation by the natives there. (Hear, hear.) It would also be interesting to remind them that at their Cumberland station, (one of the most flourishing of their missions.) before any one was resident there, many of the natives had been prepared for baptism by Henry Bunn, who was the entire founder of that impor tant station. (Cheers. The rev. gentleman, (after reading a letter from the missionary on the station above referred to, speaking in very eulogistic terms of the labours of Henry Bunn,) then directed his observa tions to India, remarking that one-fourth of the Mahommedan population of that country were under the protection of this country. He felt when he touched on this subject as if ho were powerless and paralyzed ; and why ? Because the fact was so solemn, that God had given to us India, and that those Mahom medan people were really and truly our fellow-subjects ; and at this moment he said he could travel through the length and breadth of that land, he might say with more security than he could in his native country. He had travelled there by night unarmed ; and he never thought, except to secure his money from being pilfered in small sums, of locking his door, or had the least fear of any insult or injury being done to him. And ho would also add, that that immense extent of territory was now in a state of perfect peace and tranquillity. Did any one suppose the reason of this state of things to consist in the mere fact of the commerce that was carried on with that country; or would they not rather be induced to say that the blessing of God was upon their mission, and that they ought now, under such circum stances, to send out missionaries through the length and breadth of the land. (Hear.) In referring to the Tinn& velly station, the speaker said that about £2OO was con tributed during the last year by native converts alone to the missionary cause; and that female education wrs attended to there to a very considerable and laudable degree. One of the converts, who had been ordained there, had nearly a thousand of his own countrymen to whom he preached every Sunday ; and a female relative of his had recently printed a book in the native language. In conclusion, the rev. gentleman urged on his hewers the importance of increasing their efforts in aid of this holy cause ; and begged of them to consider if something more could not be done than had been. He entreated them to offer up prayers for the success of their labourers; and whilst enlarging on the great want of labou rers i n this holy undertaking, he reminded those perents present that if they had a cadetship offered to their sons, they would gladly accept it ; how much more i m p or t en t was i t they should impress on their minds, from their earliest years, their duty to submit to some sacrifices, and, like the lamented John Fox, devote themselves to the mis sionary labours abroad. (Cheers.) The resolution was unanimously adopted. The Rev. Mr. Ease, of Bath, moved the second reso lution, and encouraged his hearers to continue their sup port to the missionary cause, by the remark that their ex pectations and the expectations of the earliest friends of the society had been more than realised. It was a remark that the sun never sets on the dominions of England's Queen, and he might say with equal truth that the sun never set on the mission of England's Church, for to quote the expression of the Bishop of Rupert's Land, " the Church of Britain spanned the earth." (Hear, hear.) Their difficulty at first was where they should send their missionaries, but now that every land was opened to them the want of labourers was complained of, and he entreated Liverpool not to be behind-hand in this respect. He was sorry to say Rome was very busy in our missions ; and while the Turk was giving liberty of con science, and encouraging the missionary coming into his territory to propagate the truth. the unholiness of Rome had just now, in these days of free liberty, concluded a concordat with Spain that no religion should be tolerated there but the religion of .Rome. That church had been trying to undo what she conceived the work of man— were it the work of man, referring to the missionary ex ertions abroad, she might succeed, but where it was the work of God she never could prevail in her projects (Hear, hear.) le Rev. Mr. SCOTT, of Hull, seconded the resolution, urged on his hearers the importance of supporting society more liberally. exhorting them to practice denial for that and similar holy purposes, and enforc ing on their minds the advantage that would result from their fervent prayers to the Almighty for the continuance of his blessing on their holy work. The resolution baying been put and unanimously car. I ried, The Rev. CHAIRMAN, before the meeting closed, ex pressed regret that the attendance in numbers had been so thin. This circumstance, it must be obvious to every person, was no doubt, in a great measure, attributable to the unfavonrable state of the weather ; but he hoped to be allowed to remind them, as had been observed by a preceding speaker, in moving the first resolution, that wherever God - bestowed a privilege, he intended ;that privilege should be employed by communicating it t o others. Those Christian friends whom he then addressed, enjoyed no ordinary privilege themselves ; and he hoped and trusted they would now go forth like missionaries into their own domestic circles—that they would repeat there what it had been their privilege that moreing to hear, and that they would thus be enabled to see the result of their domestic mission by increased nu m b ers attending the future meetings of this anniversary, to morrow, and on every other occasiot! when they might be permitted to meet together for a similar great and holy cause. (Hear, hear.) The proceedings then terminated E-eParatal shortly before two o'clock and the meeting i 4094 I 166 2403 407 41 25875 427 2755 561 1458 9890 2252 Zflialtli@CßOMM The following are the amounts collected at the respective churches specified on Sunday last : a. d. St. Ann's, Aigburth 13 4 St. Andrew's, Rensh aw - s t reet 34 18 0 St. Augustine's, Shaw-st ree t St. Bride's, Percy-street St. Clement's, Windsor lO 0 0 Christ Church, Hunter-street l7 1 9 Christ Church, Great Homer-street 25 0 0 St. James's, Upper Parliament-street 2O 0 0 St. John's, Old Haymarket 4l 19 64 St. John the Baptist's, Park road l3 0 0 St. Jude's, Hardwick-street. St. Luke's, top of Bold-street 5 12 7 St. Mark's, Upper Duke-street St. Mary's, Bootle St. Mary's, Edge-hill St. Matthew's, Toxteth 4 16 0 ' Mariner's Church, George's Dock 6 1 3i St. Paul's Prince's-park lO5 16 64 St. Peter's, Sackville-street, Everton St. Saviour's, Upper Parliament-street St. Thomas's, Seaforth Collected at meeting yesterday in addition to the meeting this evening, __ giate Institution, further sermons are announced in an advertisement at the Colle- POLICE INTELLIGENCE. YESTERDAY. BRUTAL ASSAULT.—Thomas Scanlan, and a female named Banning, were remanded on a charge of assault. It appears that a disturbance arose at an early hour of Sunday morning, between the female prisoner and another woman, in the house of Robert Hughes, a slater, living in Greenland-street, when the male prisoner interfered, and a quarrel ensued between him and Hughes, whom he struck on the head with a slater's knife, a most deadly weapon, which inflicted a severe wound. Hughes escaped the fury of his assailant by retreating through the window. He now lies in the Southern Hospital. Eaurn.AuttuiNAßY UREDULITY OF A L IVERPOOL TRADESMAN.—WiIIiam Cowell was charged with having, by false representations ' obtained possession of property to the amount of about £9O. Mr. Joseph Bentley, gun smith, of Lime-street, stated that the prisoner came to his shop, about three o'clock on the afternoon of Friday last, and desired to be shown some guns. He selected a gun, a rifle, and a revolver, and then represented himself as Squire Scarisbrick, of Scarisbrick, and would not pay for the articles then At this point of the evidence the court with difficulty suppressed a laugh at the expense of the witness, for having for a moment take the uncouth man at the bar for a country gentleman. Mr. Bentley's son was sent to carry the " Squire's" purchase to his hotel, but he chose to go directly to the Tithebarn-street station, where he took the articles from the young man ; and, it appears, after going by rail to some near station, he returned and disposed of the goods. On Saturday the " Squire . called on Mr. Bentley again, and got a gun, a light rifle, and a pair of pistols. Th ose h e t oo k away w i t h him, and Mr. Bentley, who by this time conceived a faint glimmering of suspicion, sent one of his men to see if the " Squire" went to the Adelphi. The man followed him to a pawnbroker's shop, and then returned to tell his m ster that he thought his customer was no squire. The police were communicated with, the result of which was that Mr. Bentley immediately proceeded to Waterloo, where he fell in with the prisoner ; lie was at the Wel lington Hotel. The police officer who accompanied Mr. Bentley satisfied him that the prisoner was not the " Squire." In a cab which had been hired by the pri soner two guns and a case of pi s t o l s were f oun d. M r. Byford, of Dale-street, producd a gun and revolving pistol, as well as a powder-flask, which had been pledged for £3 ss. on Saturday evening, by the prisoner. He asked no more, as he said he merely wanted the nufney for some temporary purpose. One double gun and a rifle have not yet been recovered. One of the county police said the prisoner had become possessed of a large sum of money some short time ago, since which time lie has been indulging in a course of reckless extravagance. His ap pearance, however, is not in the slightest particular that of a gentleman. He was fully committed for trial. ROBBERY OF COATES, THE PEDESTRIAN.—A man and his wife, who gave the name of Power; were charged with having robbed Coates. the celebrated pedestrian of .£l7 10s. The complainant arrived here late on Friday evening, from the Potteries, Staffo:dshire. He fell in with the male prisoner on his arrival, who took him to several public-houses, during which time Coates lost £l7 10s. Mr. Hale, a publican, of Lambert-street, into whose house the pa r ti es went during the night, saw the complainant take his purse out of his pocket, at which time it contained, with other money, a £5 note, the nnmber of which he saw. There was a scuffle subse quently, during which he heard the prisoner say to his wife, You muzzle him while I lizzle him ;" and the defence was, that the money had been taken in a friendly way to prevent Coates, who was much intoxicated, being robbed. The evidence not being conclusive the case was dismissed. onihesubject ex trey MORE STREET ROBBERIES.—John Dougherty, William Lacey, Ann Hall, and Mary Ann Wilson, four well-known thieves, were committed for trial, for having robbed John Biddy of XI. IBs. 6d. Complainant, who is a labouring man, was proceeding along Scotland-road, about mid night of Saturday, when he was dragged into an entry by Lacey, who with Dougherty, almost strangled him. The two women took the money after Dougherty had cut his pocket off. During the taking of the depositions, the pri soners conducted themselves in the most insolent manner. ASSAIILTS.—John Graham, the man who was remanded last week on a charge of having thrown his wife out of the window, was again remanded yesterday for the like time, owing to the continued weakness of the woman, who is still in the hospital.—A boy also remanded from last week, was committed for fourteen days, for having stabbed a little girl in the head. —An American was remanded for seven days. He assaulted a man named Patrick Murphy, in Denison-street, on Sunday evening, so violently that Murphy still lies in a dangerous state. Joseph M`Cann, and a woman named Lindon, were committed to prison for two months for assaulting officer Lea, No. 4, on Sunday. The prisoners reside in Hughes-street, Jerry-hill; they both pre sented marks of severe handling. LIVERPOOL AND HARRINGTON BUILDING SOCIETY.— It will be seen by an advertisement that a building society bearing the above name, has been formed in Toxteth park. A meeting of the provisional committee was held in Mr. Davies' school-room, Hill-street, on Wednesday evening, when there was a good attendance. This step has now been some time in contemplation, and as an evi dence of the want of such a society at the south end of the town, upwards of 150 shares have already been taken up. INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.—An amusing and also interesting experiment may be performed as follows : Take four glass tumblers, invert them upon the floor, lay a board on them, let a person stand on the board, and an other standing on the floor, beat him over the back a short time with a fur cap, muff, or anything made of fur or silk plush; then apply your finger to his nose, and a spark of fire will be seen to flash from his nose to the finger. Th,.: room should be dark when the experiment is made. COSTUME OF THE NEW ORLEANS BAR.—The lawyers of our bar are not more distinguished for their learning and varied accomplishments than for their independence and originality of dress and manner. England the barristers cumher themselves with huge wigs and long robes. In the United States seedy black cloth is the usual costume of our legal gentlemen. But, in our freo and original city, the lawyers both practice and dress pretty much as they please, and generally prefer the greatest variety of colours and fashion to any style which would be calculated to distinguish them from the general mass of the people. Some of them, indeed, appear to take, as their "glass of fashion," the costume of the English cock neys and fox-hunters. We were in the Fifth District Court yesterday, during the trial of an important case, in which two dissinguished councillors were engaged, who are not only regarded as gentlemen of note in the legal fraternity, but also luminaries in the beau monde of fashion and gallantry. One of these learned gentlemen was dressed in a dark green hunting coat, with steel but tons about two inches in diameter, engraved with immense fox and deer heads, and a vest of buff with large black figures, resembling the black double eagle of Austria on a light ground. Both these gentlemen have boxes at the opera, and would as soon be convicted of putting in a bad plea or admitting too much in answer as to be seen at the Orleans Theatre without white kids and the most unquestionable Parisian coat and pants.—New Orleans Della. ONE SOURCE OF NATIONAL DEMOB A LIRATION.-lt appears to me the most calamitous effect which has fol lowed the measures which have lately been pursued in this country, is, a rapid decay of the domestic affections among the lower orders of society. This , effect the pre sent rulers of this country are not conscious of, or the' I :ay.ornr,l it. Fr sregaru for many years past, the tendency of so . : ciety, amongst almost all the nations of Evrope, has been to produce it; but recently, by the speeding of manu factures through eve; y pan of the country, by the hea% y taxes upon postage, by workhouses, houses of indust.y, and the invention of soup-shops, 84c., superadded to the increasing dispropot Lion between the price of labour and that of the necessaries of life, the bonds of domestic feeling among the poor, as far as the influence of these things has extended, have been weakened, rnd in innu merable instances entirely destroyed. The es il would be the less to he regretted, if these inst itations were regarded only as palliatives to a diseese ; but the vanity and pride of their promoters are so subtly interwoven with them, that they are deemed great discoveries acid blessings to humanity. In the meantime, parents are separated from their children, and children from their parents; the Rife no longer prepares, with her own hands, a m ea l f or h er husban, the produce of his tabour ; there is little doing in his house in which his affections can be interested, and but little left in it that he can love. I have two neigh bours, a man and his wife, both upwards of eighty years of age. They live alone. The husband has been confined to his bed many months, and has never had, nor till i within these few weeks has ever needed, anybody to attend him but his wife. She has recently been seized with a lame ness which has often prevented her from being able to . - carry him his food to his bed. The neighbours fetch water for her from the well, and do other kind offices for them both. But her infirmities increase. She told my servant two days ago, that she was afraid they must both be boarded out among some other poor of the parish ; they have long been supported by the parish;—but she said it was hard, having kept house together so long„t o come to this, and she was sure that " it would burst her heart." I mention this fact to show how deeply the spirit of independence is, even yet, root?d in some parts of the country. These people could not express themselves in this way without an almost sublime convictions .If the blessings of independent domestic life. If it is true, as I mreal Ponce of th ( e p S ro p n a o u l i i a n r e d e s d , believe, that this spirit is rapidly disappea r i ng, no greater curse can befell a land.—Life of Word sworth. MEANING OF LUNCHEON. —Our familiar name o f in hi o t n i e c el h he e ve o ye 7 nzoi—sodr, clock,e r r o i i r i e i F f ot r er o ra m m, se t cd h the oncettlei, o daily n p, i n Spain. ~~ 'AR. L i.~.SiclYiTsli~ liL -__ MR. JONATHAN Francis Shand CAN'S 11.0 OM . centlemen press..,, Braga, Jas. Ryder, W Torr. Chas. Robertson, Jos. Brereton, S. W. Sh the great comme on what was best lecture on c letain them as he time was of as o laugh), but would by saying that it might at who had us in him riculture, of shipr coerce to present I well versed in eves ot nerconamodities. Whe PERIODICAL PANG THE INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCE OF OUR COMMERCIAL LEGISLATION. THE COTTON Yesterday, at one o'clock, according to the announce; ment, Mr. Jonathan Duncan addressed the merchants of Liverpool upon the above subject at the Cotton Sales Room ; and, notwithstanding its being one of the busiest parts of the day, and the excitement which prevailed in the Cotton Market owing to the arrival of the Asia, mail steamer. from New York, late on Saturday evening, a numerous and influential meeting attended, composed of members of the leading mercantile firms in this port. Esq., was in the chair, and among the -• noticed T. A. Bushby, J. M. S. Colebourn, 11. Littledale, J. Boult, C. Logan, ad, Isaac Buchanan, Hender son. Jas. Harvey, ... 4. Smith, Henry Wood, J. High field, W. H. Wyli2, Ro'ut. Procter, F. Forster, T. B. Grinston, J. Bingham, Vianna, E. Jones, V. Higgins, H. J. Hampshire. P. Witherby, F. Pennington, J. I-1. Holderness, S. Rickman, J. 0. Johnson, Jno. Faram, C. E. Rawlins, jun. ' R. Du c k wort h, F . P . Sleddon, H. Grazebrook, jun., J. Dorning, jun., Esqrs. Mr. SHAND, on taking the chair, said he was always very happy to preside over the intelligent gentlemen who met in Liverpool on such occasions, and it gave him great pleasure in introducing a subject which he was sure must he of so much it-0,-4. _ -,..-rency, in refe rence to the controversy between protection and free trade. At the present time, when, notwithstanding the alleged prosperity of the country, government seemed incapable getting on or doing anything, it was of importance that "al world should be decided, not only Ntion to this particular subject, but carry out th9.t which was new that their lance as currency itself. (a Duncan to speak for himself ) practical g, or of com- who were so _ _tes to the trade of this great empire, but - it did so happen in the history of the world that men who had passed their lives in leisure, devoted to particular subjects, alighted upon principles which in the hurry of business escaped the practical man. (Applause.) He had no political object to serve, nor had he to utter a single sentiment having a political character. He had nothing to do with Whigs, Tories, or Radicals; he merely wished to present views before that audience, in order if pos3ible to solve some of the difficult industrial problems which were now in a state of confusion through the antagonistic principles of what were called free-trade and protection ; and the necessity for doing so was the more important, since it was well-known that the next general election, which was not far off, would in a great degree determine the future prospects not only of agricul ture but of commerce, not only of the people of this country, but of all the people connected with our very extended colonies. (Hear.) Now, he thought that the very first reason that could be assigned why tlila question should be re-opened and re-discussed was, that all the promises and all the expectations of the Free Trade party had been completely falsified. [This Mr. Duncan showed by the fluctuations in the value of wheat since the repeal of the corn laws, which we were told were to give steadiness of price.) The quantities of cora which could be produced by foreign countries had also been over-rated. The trade he saii which we now bad under the name of Free Trade, was no such thing in reality—(hear, hear)—it was nothing but a system of free imports. After illustrating this and other general principles, Mr. Duncan then came to the imme diate subject of his lecture. He said :—As to the cur rency, had the people of Manchester really and truly un derstood the monetary question,—of which they knew nothing, (a laugh) and never did know anything,—but had they rightly understood the principle of money, they never could have entertained the views which they now held, of the destruction of British agriculture, and of the destruction of colonial prosperity. They could sea that there was something wrong in the monetary system, but instead of attributing that evil to legis lation, they attributed it most wrongfully to the Bank of England. Now the propor way to deal with this question, and the fairest way, was to allow Man chester to speak for itself. He had before him the report of the Chamber of Commerce of that town, dated 12th of December, 1839, in which they endeavoured to account for the enormous losses which they had sustained, those losses amounting in one year to forty millions of Property. Mr. J. B. Smith was chairman on that day and in opening the business he said— {/ -- At that time resolutions were adopted by the chola• ber that these sufferings had come over the country while we had been in possession of the blessings of peace, ample harvests, and mitigated taxation ; b u t th e y reso l ved that they were un able to find a rational cause for this adversity amid these blessings. The recurrence of another period of distress so soon after the last has naturally directed the attention of this board to the causes of those sudden panics which were paralys ing trade, suspending our commerce, and bringing distress upon the whole community; and the directors might, as their predecessors had done, resolve that they were unable to find any rational cause for the recurrence of such adversity. But they felt that it would be departing from their duty if they took such a course. They found there were causes, and that these causes were the erroneous management of the currency by the Bank of England." Now that was the charge they brought, and how the bank operated to produce those disastrous effects was ex plained in the next paragraph which he would read :-- "Towards the close of 1838 the stock of bullion in the bank had fallen to little more than four millions; whilst, at the same time, it was indebted to the world upwards of thirty millions for its circulation and deposits. The directors now determined to check tile drain upon their coffers, and to increase their stock of bullion on hand. It had been stated, upon the theau t ho ri tyof thecommittee b o a f n t k h e d i H r eocut House y o , f i c n o a m m m e o m n G s r i a n n I d B u 3 m 2 pre ,ta s t n • s t u e d p p t l o y of gold can be procured from abroad only by reduced prices of commodities ; in other words, at the expense of the manufac turing and mercantile interests : and the object in advancing the rate of interest, in two months, from 4 to 5 per cent., to which we have alluded, was undoubtedly with the N mew to depre ciate the value of commodities 25 per cent. This step on the part of the bank directors caused,' to quote the words of Mr. Horsley Palmer, in his pamphlet, a moral apprehension in all prudent minds that there was mischief abroad, and created an effect more powerful than the actual advance in the value of money.' In other words, it caused a panic." -- • - - The significant port of this paragraph was this, that a sup. ply of gold could be procured from abroad only by the reduc d price of commodities. Well, the Bank of Eng land had to get these quantities of gold from abroad and of course contracted the issue of their notes ; that suspended trade; the price of all commodities fell, and when they fell to 30, 40, or 50 per cent. below the cost of production, the foreigner was tempted by th e b arga i n h e could make to return the abstracted metal. B ut i n t h e meantime Manchester suffered. and suffered as she says, to the extent of 40 millions. Now, the uarrel was with the Bank of England, and that the Bank of England when prices were high would not keep accommodating the merchants. Had the Bank of England done so in the first place, it would have been bankrupt, and in the next place, it would have acted in defiance of acts of parliament. The act of 1819 was stringent, and it insists that the B an k o f E ngland, for every note which must have gold. Th e pr i ce of coined gold there was a tend ency i n a ll ot h er commo ws she s fi h x a e l s butsue , dities to rise above that level. Whenever that happens, the price of commodities becomes dearer than gold, and the consequence was, that the foreigner takes away the cheap gold, and leaves the dear goods in our warehouses. Now although the price of gold in our coinage was fixed, everybody was well aware that the price of bullion or raw ore was not fixed. It fluctuates like other commodities ; hut immediately the Mint stamp was put upon it, then its price was fixed. He should state an argument by Mr.. Cobden, borrowed from Mr. James Wilson, with the view of showing its complete fallacy; and then he should ask those present if they were Free Traders, to be con sistent, and be free traders in all commodities circulated between man and man. In other wends, if there were to be free trade in goods, let there be in money. (Applause.) Now, Mr. Cobden says—" Take a definite quantity of wheat—call it a quarter—divide it into eight equal pa-ts, and call them bushels ; here is no fixing of price, but merely a question of wei g ht an d di vis i on. " So far b e aareed with him. "N ow , t a k e th e parallel. Take a quantity of gold—call it an ouncE—divide it into four, and call each a sovereign ; here, he said age 4 i, there was nothing but the process of weight or division." But here was his fallacy. No money value was put upon the quarter of wheat or the bushel, but in gold a money denomination was put upon the ounce, and the law says that 123 grains of gold shall ale.-- -a for • o 114 latea t u upott a commodity, necessarily fixed the ptice of that commo dity, whether it was a bale of cotton or a quarter of wheat. Now, Mr. Cobden had objected to put any money denorr.'- nation upon wheat; he let it find its market value • and by a parity of reasoning, lie (the lecture r ) as k e d him, if he were a free trader, to let the commodity—gold find its level also. (Applause.) Ile, and those who thought with him. had no objection that the sovereign should weigh 123 grains, and that the quarter loaf should weigh 4 lbs. • but since wo did not put a definite price upon the 4 lbs. of ground wheat, neither should we put a definite price upon. the 123 grains of gold which constitute the sovereign. Now, versed as his audience were in business, he would ask them if they ever looked into the price current to ascertain the price of 123 grains of gold embodied in a so vereign .? (A laugh.) They knew very well that it would sl ways puss. Let there be only 1000 ounces of gold or five millions in the Bank of England 192 _ sovereign. Not so wit' comes here and finds the pm quarter, he would sell his to when he looks around the market and price of calico and cotton, he finds that taxation has raised the price of goods, and says that it is an advantage to sell but not to buy in our market. He is told that gold does not fluctuate; he consequently enrol -- reigns as he can nna - •• at high .aka what is ,ses as many sove- an. Laices mem out of the cy ; and when that i s th e case the Bank of England i o s compelled to contract its issue, and the mercantile community ere compelled to pay high interest for the notes. Nov mind, they did not do sl legitimately, but they paid a nigh rate of interest, because a famine of gold had been created artificially (applause) ; and this had been the case in this country repeatedly. Now there was a way of put t;ng this, which be thought would arrest the attention of every gentleman who heard him. It was a simple but effective one. lie never knew any human being who would dwell enough upon the proposition, who (lid not see the destructive character of the legisla',,ive measures adopted. They were ail aware that an ounce of gold was coined into four sovereigns. Now suppose that they ex. ported from the Bank of England four million sovereigns, one million ounces of gold. If that were to take place this week there would he a disastrous panic in Lombard.street and Leadenhall.street, and so soon as the express train clung (CONTINUATION ON PAGE 8.) __.....~. r_,~c' CAN ~a t illy Vitli $ Lole. coo id sc ° Cl' 3 T eri an e , toil' Itel'' . 5 111 0 rile eeo