The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-15 00:00:00

)ENTS sufferers by tt he Courier is i gistrat, THE LTV The circulation of t )ARD 2S than that of o vool, and we ti per in Engla7 bility of its readrrs Within the last twi Year ;:nbscription 'ORNING, little N ond donation of tt traveller are, ice consider, qu •orthy liberality towards a that no reporter of the Rev subject of the treat ved must apply to thi L STANDARD one hundred per c '?..ibtrpoot iotanbarb, On Credit, 15s. 15, 1847 omething meddlin, relief of the distress from famine and evail so extensively in Ireland. a Railwity - is one of Conservative journal in Liver- of any provincial The high respecta- ys been acknowledged our advertisement :ent in Lord Palmerston be says e v . In Advance, 1 TUE THER s alway vention ms to be inhe in especial. Quadruple t weak - states, clever surprises, and ingenious cap tures, appear to be the food upon which Lord Pal merston lives and is happy. Under the auspices of this eminent meddler we have just achieved a great feat. Wehave made prisoners of the Gene- the faint, our clau ;er unta found in our retaining these v immediate Object a great increase of t may be in ab§l .burton in the Corn Law debate —without she Ted up the armed opt rve and thereby carved out for ourselves as perplexing a piece of work as a nation need be plagued withal. It is of little use our asking the question, what have we to do with Portuguese affairs. For once we are disposed to agree with the genius of Whig Radicalism, in the person of Joseph Hume, and to maintain that we have nothing to do in the mat ter. Spain, we are told, indeed, was about to in- vade Portugal—to lend her aid to support abs ism, and maintain upon her throne a queen, N had left unfulfilled every pledge by which it ws occupied. France, too, we are reminded, might have interfered, although France, many people think, might with greater advantage have been minding her own affairs. Matters are not quite as they ought to be with the King of the Barricades, or rather with his dynasty. A sovereign whose life depends upon the caprices of Parisian tailors is not so firmly assured of power as to interest materially the people of this sea-girt isle. It is true we have had treaties with Portugal. The quadruple treaty, however, Lord Palmerston himself gives up as un- ;olute- of our Sc Indian .ft may be gi low - subj - en, if thi tenable ;oznetim ince any treaty of in unison with N. ours produced any great advan'tage zentleman to Great Britain _ O . n I lciple,however, we object to the council which i resulted in .e movements of Admiral Parker, c though those movements have been We canna we have to do with chaperon- lueen of Portug 1 in her efforts to over- thiow the constitution she is sworn to maintain. A Miguelite invasion we have a right to resist, although such a course is one of doubtful pro priety. But Don Miguel is in London,; and, if he is in good case there, he will not be very wise in trusting himself in his own country, The quarrel is one between the Queen of Portugal and the laws. It is one indeed between the queen and her sub jects. What the people of Great Britain have to do with the matter, certainly passes our compre hension. To return, however, to the capture of Das Antas and his troops, which is set down as so prodigious —what is the extent of our triumph? ievemen We have, in the first instance, trapped the general and his troops. We have captured those with whom we are not at war. We have made a quaker garb serve us as the screen of a brigand's deed. What are we to do next ? Are we to tell this ill t she may ' -le upon every advised que This stet form a able consideration herself accepted ? It would be sheer folly and dishonesty to attempt any such thing. The Por tuguese nation are willing to be ruled after a pattern definitely known to themselves. If they are not so ruled—if their sovereign is resolutely bent upon flying in the face of her subjects—what has England to do in the matter, except perhaps to stand by in a watchful attitude, and to see that no other country is guilty of what she is now doing, viz.—interfering in the quarrel? We are still unable to state, with certainty, names of the parties w ) are to b nominated in the Conservativ borou interest, as cand fates for this The selection c proper ten, however, e attention of influential parties amongst the constituency ; and we have no doubt that such will be brought forward at the proper IS Occur moment The following remarks appeared in the London Times yesterday ; and to the suggestion which they embody, that Liverpool merchants might be found amply fitted by influence and talent to represent it ef f iciently, we have Orr %!ssion %dy given expr " Several gentlemen have been named as certain to be come members for Liverpool : but you will see by the in formation I send you, that no selection of candidates has The Dimes in that great entrepOt would render its sug gestions valuable on such a topic as a suitable selection o f members, and I accordingly submit that Liverpool should not look outside itself for that purpose. Not to speak of the comparative degradation of a dependence upon others able merchants wi and Sir H. Doug Ave a host of wise and honour noble city, on Lord Sandon retired without any doubt, posts ? Who can be deemed so deeply cognizant of Li verpool as its own merchants ? Who so anxious to supply its wants and direct its energies as its own citizens ? Nor does the political horizon present elements calling for the selection of strangers to represent important constituen cies just now. Whilst the corn duties may require super ision, the navigation laws must be fully investigated by parliament; new systems are likely to be origin- I our American the nev ated re imports to be remodelled. In each and all of these ques tions Liverpool must be more deeply interested than any community in the empire, as being perhaps the greatest ng forth strong as a franchised Dderate Ciistoms' duties (even if .e not imperatively required for the higher and .otection to the currency, he Income Tax (however objectionable it .t principle) must lead to the absenteeism 1 from England, as was broadly stated by Lord The moderate customs duties, spoken of by both _spices parties, are nothing more than purely revenue achieved a duties. Mr. Disraeli guards himself against the iIeTS of the Gene- supposition that he is willing to so far decrease the Junta of Portugal, who were customs duties as to throw the country for support 1 our colonies and de- nate interest in the wel [rare 0/ Buchanan, can conscientiously go th Mr. Disraeli. The honourable ` We have heard much of the Customs Union of Ger- Why. cannot we have a great imperial union, seeing that the productions of every clime under the sun are under the sway of our Sovereign ? Why should you not free England and tax those who do not own the sway reign—why should not you tax them rather and the cotton of the Tease, to strangers ? " .merican Emphatically, we repeat, " whir cannot we have a great imperial union ?" We may add, "why can not we be independent of all the world ?" We have a colonial empire quite large enough to emplo) ,rofitably every ou man, woman, and Child of population. We have but to treat the population of these colonies as our own population, to make Great Britain one of the most independent countries of the world. We have only to treat them as " our fellow-subiects." Upon this point, too, Mr. Buchanan is D'lsraeli. although an perfectly as our own columns would several months since. Mr. Buchanan then )osed a British Commercial League similar to between the States of America and Germany. He would extend the privileges and even the name of Great Britain over all our Colonies, viewing them as counties, and establishing between them and the mother country, and between each of the colonies respectively, the same unrestricted and untaxed commercial intercourse and post-office communica tion as between two counties in England. He would at once reduce the duty on produce from China to 10 per cent. on the value in this country ; and make the law provide that any foreign country can, at any time, open a trade with this country, on reciprocal duties of 10 per cent. on the value in the country which receives the produce. Mr. Disraeli, therefore, following Mr. Buchanan, proposes that all colonial products shall be duty free, foreign products be subject to " moderate Customs Duties," a reduction of the Excise Du ties and a modified Income Tax. We have it also on very good authority that the Protectionist leader proposes in his new Currency plan to adopt the measure mooted in our columns by Mr. Bu chanan. by which silver may be made a legal ten- diculed at the time when first WE have been favoured with a copy of the Cor poration Water Bill, as amended in committ :e, and fter an attentive perusal of its various clauses, we are more than ever strengthened in the opinion which we have on several previous occasions so un reservedly expressed, that it is a measure which ought not to have been prosecuted to the extent it has been. We, of course, allude to that portion of the bill which relates to the obtaining of a supply of water from Rivington Pike. The clauses relating to the purchase and transfer of the existing works are such as were anticipated ; and on this point we congratulate the Sanatory Committee, the water companies, and the public. We wish we could only do the same with regard to the other portion of the measure. There is one thing which strikes us at the outset as being at least very singular, and which certainly requires explanation. In the bill originally intro duced by the Corporation, there was a clause making it compulsory on the Council to give a continuous supply of water to every house at high pressure ; or if they should fail in doing so, they were liable to a penalty of £2O per diem. This to the inhabitants of Liverpool was certainly an important consideration, and one which doubt- less tended to reconcile many to the prospect of paying increased rates. But what is the fact ? In the bill before us, the clause exists not. Not one word is said about a continuous supply at high pressure, or the infliction of a penalty, in the event rch supply being withheld. The Health Corn ust have doubted their ability to carry it mittee The Calico Printers and the Bleachers hav e se cured the whole of the springs which they at pre sent possess, and the Corporation are compelled to construct works, and maintain them in an effi cient state of repair, for the purpose of conveying the said spring water to the various manufactories, which must be supplied to them "before the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses shall be entitled to appropriate to the supply of the district included within the limits of this act, any of the waters of the brooks and streams which they are here TO CO L minrammwm,t,:=l_.,n34 If this principle be a true on, —and I nto the matter at too great ins for your adoption of this then it leads immediately among - other dut Reconstruct your financial system opinion a duty odera - te customs dut tion instantly re-appear: , and the principle of piotec- There is something in this expression of opinion which is eminently worthy of consideration, al though we observe the London Times sneers at it. )ur contemporary, we e may remark, is glad to have ustoms dutic n form us ,eli ivith him upon any ques -3 a particular hobby. " Mo how he car Wiih r Let our contemporary , concile our recer ing but uch moderate * customs duties! crown our industry open to the corn 3 world id our Indus must be fed )coaching to the price at which its 1. The hon. member for Shrews- charac ter of a pr teal man IS vie Lre borne out by more than one eminently prac ical man. Mr. Isaac Buchanan, whose opinions ed ou or the promoters of the Pike scheme to be llow: evertz s, we may all events, there cannot he two opinions about the fact, that the carrying out of this scheme will open a wide field for litigation, expense, and annoyance, for many years to come. The various claims on which the committee have ordered surveys and reports to be made (at the cost of the Corporation) There are numerous protecting clauses inserted Le bill. One of these compefs the Corporation 7 their pipes at least 6 feet below the surface f the ground in all land belonging to the Earl of Ellesmere, thereby causing them to cut a trench ipwards of ten feet deep for ti Mr. Ha s mostly rc n, noth an be c cl to parties who cann compensated in water here is no doubt, however, but it will be v We still, lli of this unhappy project eir reception. Has ksley counted the cost of this ? What, -if athered from the clauses money compensation to . be ble, and that the total cost of the pro, 1, by a large amount, the original estimate ling to the hope that the )ry Committee, after they have had a foretaste which has been prepared for . . pause, and listen to sober ommit themselves to the of the bitter draught the rE I, may ye' lonirig, before if prosec TE recent debates relative to the case of Sir liP;ri , r before us only another in- Wilmot on of our Colonial Governo . rs is trifled with. It is but a few o since Colonel Gawler. one of the brave from outh Australia, condemned, unheard extravagance,' .nd has never since been ap , . to any official situation. ernon Smith and Sir Robert Peel, both ignorant of the real merits of the case, t the other evening, which :aracte —men whose repu- tations are justly dear to them, and ought to be as justly dear to their country—the day is not distant when the appointment to any official situation abroad, instead of being an object of laudable ambition, will become one from which every high and honourable mind will instinctively shrink. ie letter of Colonel Gawler V e subjoin t DITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD )ate on Tuesday night, as reported in fe to the progress of South , 'among other speakers, Mr. Vernon Smith Robert Peel. The first of these honourable 'e from time to time been represen columns, has plac loose on t on record his conviction That it is utterly unreasonable areign industry aas been mlichance ofthe interes to expect the population ntry to be such fools as long to subm - itto their istry being trammelled by excise duties and TO THE pointed re Australia by members charges me with " extravagance." There is no mistaking the allusion, although my name is not men- and both exalt " Captain Grey" (who was bat a very few years in the army, and who „ long ago ceased to belong to it) as the exclusive cause of the extraordinary prosperity of the colony. I have no desire to force myself unnecessarily upon public attention, but when Mr. Grey and his friends have, regard to that colony . , with yery trifling defensive replies acknowledge that it is quite time I should in some sort meet such attacks, and publicly claim whatever may be Of fi table bbls: COMMERCIAL At STD FINANCIAL SUMMARY The tightness of the money market may now be said td have effectually relaxed, four per cent being difficult to obtain at the close of the week. In the ordinary transac- tions of trade, however, there is little ease as yet dis cernible; and probably we shall not experience any great improvement for a few months to come. There are few retail businesses in which the ordinary quantity of money is circulating; and the lock up of capital in worthless, or non-paying railway schemes, is crippling many, who might Otherwise be in active and remunerative trade. With respect to the great staples of food, and of the raw material of manufacture, we still remain in the position in which we have been for the past few month The con- viction of a short stock of grain in the country grows upon us; and, as our food markets go up, cotton becomes dull of sale. The certainty of a deficient supply of this staple is, however, quite as assured as the deficient supply of breadstuffs; and when the corn market gives way specula tion immediately forces up the cotton market. At the com mencement of the last week, corn was in the ascendant ; and cotton was bought on Wednesday at a decline of Id. per lb. On Friday, however, the price of grain gave way, and cotton recovered itself. The genial rain which has been falling, and the promising aspect of the crops through out the country, have been strikinc , terror into the hearts of the prospects of famine ; but when we come to the other great necessary of this district—cotton—we are met with the fact that any progress towards activity in manufacturing %tions takes away all hope of such activity being pro- The crop of cotton is undoubtedly short. The exports to this Country from the United 'States, as we learn by the advices per mail steamer of the 31st May had been, so far this season, 605,000 bales, against 735,000 bales to same periodof 1846, I,l6o,ooobales in 1845, 915,000 bales in 1844, and 1,321,000 in 1843. It must be borne in mind however that, although since the first of January we have received in Great Britain only 605,000 bales against 735,000 bales in the preceding year; we had been short supplied up to the 31st December, the receipts be ing only 46,000 bales up to that period against 155,000 on the preceding 31st December. We shall, therefore, pro bably have an extra quantity to arrive. In any event, however, the prospect of very much higher prices is very doubtful. The advance on Friday last has already operated to deter many millowners from recom mencing working ; and it is clear that the demand for manufactured goods is not such as to enable the manu facturer to put his machinery, or his hands, into active with an increased price of the raw material. The coming cotton crop is said to be backward ; but some hich are expected to produce )oration favourable effects. The following was the latest quotation of cotton in New Orleans : Good and fine Good fair Fair ➢Middling fair Middling Ordinary LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION nominal. nominal. 11 to 101 to In} to 9i to 92 nominal nominal, 74- to 71 62 to The New York market was quiet. The following is a statement given in the latest papers received : The receipts at all the shipping ports are 1,683,790 bales, ~ against 1,932,704 to same dates last year, a deficiency, this _ I season, of 248,914 bales. The total foreign export this year falls 206,469 bales short of last, the deficiency been being to Great Britain, 130,025 ; to France, 64,248 ; North of Europe, 161 ; and other foreign ports, 3035 bales. The shipments from the southern to the northern ports are 66,180 bales less this season than last. The sales since our last are 2400 bales, thus: Upland and Flor. Mobile and N.O. 1,300 bales. 1,100 bales. Inferior None. None. Ord. to good ord. Mid. to good mid 11 to 11} cents, 1U to 11i cents. Mid. fair to fair 112 to 12i „ 12 to 13 „ Fully fair to good fair IU t 0 139 „ 19 o_l4 „ New Orleans, 476 bales, (less 433, incorrect in our last Georgia South Carolina. North Carolina Total import since Ist instant Export from Ist to 25th May Export from the United States Since Ist September last Same time last year 1,130,355 bales 4,810 bales 3,544 bales. The advices as to the state of the grain markets of America strike us as tending to show that the speculators of that country are in a fair way to burn their fingers ; and that there is every prospect of a greater exportation thence than has been calculated upon. Our readers Will remember that we prepared them to expect that our bre thren across the Atlantic would not reserve their stocks whilst such excellent prices were offering. The New York Enquirer says : " Prices of breadstuffs continue extravagantly high. The best brands of southern flour sold last week for home use in home market for 91 dollars per barrel, and Gennessee, for ex portation, at from 8 dollars 50 cents to 8 dollars 75 cents ; Wheat brought 2 dollars 5 cents per bushel of 60 lbs. ; and Indian corn 1 dollar 8 cents to 1 dollar 12 cents, for yellow, per bushel of 561bs. There is some little pause at present in these prices, yet contracts have been freely made to pay for these staples deliverable from June to August, prices equal to, for flour, 8 dollars 50 cents to 8 dollars ; for wheat, from 2 dol lars in June to 1 dollar 65 cents in August ; for Indian corn, from 1 dollar 2 cents in June to 97 cents in July and 22 cents in August. Ail this .shows great confidence in a continued foreign demand high prices, and is the more remarkable because the arrivals thi canal are very h vy, eqyu 'ling 3( 9 35,000 for many consecutive days, and the accounts from the interior make it evident that the stocks are larger than was before generally estimated. The total of our exports of breadstuffs from the United States to Great Britain, since the Ist of September to the 21st instant, are, say two millions bbls. of 2001bs. of flour; 585,0001b5. corn meal; 1,802,000 bushels of 601bs. of wheat; and 1,180,000 bushels of 561bs. of Indian corn. The American farmers must evidently think that they are the only possessors of grain in the world. They will undoubtedly be mistaken. It is clear, too, that they hold more than they chose to tell us a while ago. In New York exchange on Europe continues at a rate which forbids the further importation of specie. Bills on London range from 6i to 7i ; on Paris from 5 324 to 5 30. Freights in New York show a slight improvement. British ships are obtaining ss. Bd. for cotton, which rate is refused by American ships. In New Orleans a vessel had been taken up for Liverpool at 16d. for corn ;. and two, for Cork, and a market at 20d. and 21d. for wheat. Cot ton was at three cents from Boston. Flour brought ss, 6d. per barrel. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.-YESTERDAY The arrival of the Britannia, although bringing more favourable accounts as to our prospects of supply from the United States, exercised little influence over our mar ket yesterday. A very trifling business, however, was doing ; but holders were decidedly firmer. The lightness of the stocks on hand, of course, influences prices ; and the result of yesterday's Mark-lane market is looked for with considerable anxiety, and will have an influence upon our own market this day. DEATH FROM A FALL.—Yesterday, an inquest was held before the borough coroner, on view of the body of Sarah Al`Pherson, aged 60, who resided in Norman-street. About six weeks ago, while deceased was coming down stairs, and while within two steps from the bottom, she slipped, and fell down. She was unable. to walk, and, getting worse, was sent to the Infirmary , w here she died the e h to e a d L o i f v e i r t - . on Saturday last, from fracture of the neck of the ri g ht thigh bone. Verdict,—" Accidental death." A CASK PICKED UP AT SE A.—On the 3rd of June last, id Rio ed Grande on h the , : 11 ' James Smith," boundxw frombranded a ool, in lat. 51 and lon. 10, picked up a cask of palm oil, gthheword ~ Since the arrival of the " James Smith," it has, however. been ascertained . that the cask in qu cargo of the " Obe CUM.( , 11 1./111 inc of Africa, which sailed f r o m th a t coast on the 20th of November, 1846, and has never since been heard of. COMMITMENTS TO PRISON AT THE POLICE-COURT YES TERDAY.—Two abandoned girls, Ann O'Hare, and Biddy 141‘Govern, for robbing a young man in the employ of Mr. Slater, boot-maker, South John-street, boots c Ml= mc:,,g aa4 ii,m; aSMV& CORRESPONDENCE TO THE EDITOR OF THE Llf ?RPOOL STANDARD SlR, — Well aware of the zeal and activity you have always displayed in behalf of the charitable institutions of the town, induces me to hope you will insert for the benefit of your readers the following statements : It is with feelings of deep regret I have seen announced in several of the Liverpool papers the probability, nay, the neces sity of the Eastern Dispensary being closed for want of means to meet its exigencies, and more particularly at such a time, when I know for a f ac t , that the awful scourge that has already made such dreadful ravages on our inhabitants, is fearfully on the increase. There is no institution' in Liverpool which has hitherto tended so effectually to keep in check the spread of this horrid disease, in affording the same degree of relief to those afflicted than that very institution, considering its limited means; at the present moment one third of all its applicants are cases of fever; last year it relieved 12,000 individuals. During the last four weeks the average is in proportion very much above that number. Now I positively assert, that if the public, particularly that part of it resident within the Eastern District of the town, will not respond to the call made on them, and allow the doors of that dispensary to be closed, the results will be fearful; indeed, , l cannot see how it may be kept from advancing into their own homes. It is alarmingly on the increase in this district. In one cellar alone there were nine inmates ill with fever; two, very bad, were sent to the fever ward, and the others are attended by the officers of that charity. I am sure those who can afford 'a little only require to be made aware of these dreadful facts to come forward and rescue this valuable institution from its present position, and protect themselves from the certain results that must follow the closing of its doors. I would more particularly direct the attention of the Roman Catholic clergy to the above facts : nearly four-fifths of the whole cases are of that persuasion. —I am, Sir, yours, &c.,_ A SURGEON TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sir,—ln your's of last Tuesday, you have thought proper to publish a letter, signed " A Wesleyan," in defence of Methodism. Why any Church of England paper should be required to take upon itself the championship of a system, so fatal, in many respects, to that church, I cannot understand. Surely because Dr. Campbell, who has exposed the unscriptural character of the greater part of the Methodist constitution, differs widely from you in politics, you will not, therefore, conclude that all he has said respecting Wesleyanism is therefore false. The fact is, the system is beginning to give way, on account of those evils having grown to such enormity. What must be thought of a church who allows her ministers the most uncontrollable power over all matters spiritual and secular ?—in fact, whose ministers can exercise the most perfect despotism over their people ima ginable. They may admit whom they choose, or excommunicate whom they choose ; appoint to all offices ; neglect or fulfil their own appointments, just as may be convenient, and their people have not the least shadow of redress ; may order from thirty to forty levies every year, all for their own benefit, in which the people have little to do but find the money. No won der they are becoming discontented. The gigantic revival for the last few years of Church of England principles threatens to swallow up—nay, it is fast absorbing, Wesleyanism back into itself. Hence the anxiety of the Wesleyan ministry to seek refuge and support under the protection of the church; or to be established as a state-church. As for the affair at Dover , of burning the Christian Witness, so much rejoiced at by your correspondent, who does not know how to appreciate the value of the Popish argument of burning the truth, when that truth cannot be answered. Allow me, sir, to suggest that your valuable publication ought not to he made the means of supporting any religious system which fixes the iron hoof of ecclesiastical despotism so effectually upon its mi nistry, 'that the people are not allowed so much as to utter a word of complaint.—l am, sir, your's respectfully, Aigburth, June 11, 1847. _ _ _ G. M. P. [Our previous correspondent's letter was not in any way addressed to the " defence of Methodism." His remarks bad reference solely to the unjustifiable mode by which the Christian Witness attacks that religious system, and not to the soundness or unsoundness of the system itself. We do not, therefore, plead guilty to G. P. M.'s implied charges of inconsistency.] KIRKDALE CHURCH.—After the sermons preached at this church on Sunday last, by the Rev. D. James and the Rev. Fielding Ould, the sum of £36 17s. Bd. was collected to defray the current expenses of the Sunday Schools. The state of the weather was very unfavourable, otherwise a much larger sum - -Id have would have been realiseu. A MARKET CART.—At the Police-court, /wee youths, Henry Moss, Thomas M`Wade, Welsh, were charged with having, on Satur day last, stolen from a market cart belonging to a farmer at Houghton, named Mary Parr, bnod. rerday, oak and hood, while The case being she wassdriving along Chisenhale Bridge proved, they were sent for trial. HERBERT'S PAINTING OF THE ACQUITTAL OF THE SEVEN BISHOPS.—We have much pleasure in being abh to refer our readers to the announcement that this-extra ordinary painting is, for a limited period, still on view. We have so lately given it that notice which as a great work of art it so well deserves, that we shall but remind ;lecting to take the opportunity to a treat which we have never had view it, they will miss excelled. EMIGRATION PROM THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL.—The emigrants to America, who have left this port during the last month, viz., from the 15th of May to the 14th of June, amount to about 17,955 adults, exclusive of those poor people who go out by such light craft as do not come under the provisions of the Emigration Act. This des cription of vessels do not carry more than 29.1 adult pas sengers each, (four children to each adult,) and in conse quence of this light freight of human beings, escape the supervision of the government officers. The whole of this number of people are from Ireland, if, indeed, we deduct a very small fraction for Germans, of which people a lar ger proportion than heretofore have been recently emi grating from our port. Of these 17,955, about 5785 only have gone to the colonies of North America, and the re maining two-thirds, or 11,570, have proceeded to the United States. STEALING FROM THE SHOP. - At the Police-court, yesterday, a well-dressed woman named Jone Jones, was brought before Mr. Rushton, by a police officer. It al)- iody on a charge of stealing, or destroying • , without pay ing for, after alleged payment, sum© eggs from a market woman in St. John's Market. The officer who took her found in her basket a piece of silk handkerchiefs., value 365., which he afterwards discovered to be the property of Mr. James Rogerson, mercer, Nos. 13 and 15, Church street. She had been in the shop, and said in her defence that she had picked up the piece at the shop door as she was coming out. She was committed for trial. ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL.—No sub ject has attracted more attention of late, than that of edu cation ; and its friends, so far as profession goes, are ex ceedingly numerous amongst all classes. The world is unanimous that the people must be educated, and almost unanimous that the education afforded to them shall be based upon a religious foundation. Those whose hearts are really warm upon this subject, will have the opportu nity of gratifying their amiable sensibilities on Friday next, by seeing the children under instruction at the various schools connected with the Church in this town, form their annual procession from the Blue School, round the Town Hall, to St. Peter's Church, where Divine Service will be celebrated according to usual custom. The sight is indeed such a one as can be but seldom witnessed, and the reflections which it is calculated to call forth such as are alike interesting to the statesman, the philanthropist and the Christian. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The weather has been variable during the past week, with a good deal of heavy rain and high coldish winds, interspersed with oc casional dry intermissions, and but little sunshine ; yet, upon the whole, the moisture and coolness have been highly favourable to the growing field and garden crops, all of which look most promising, not excepted the potatoes, which, notwithstanding the rumours of a return of the blight, are, as yet, generally strong and healthy , any appearance of disease being very rare, and attributable to bad seed or want of proper manure, or both causes com bined. Great breadths of the root have this year been sown in this county and Cheshire. Fini were sold by retail in our markets on Satur kew pot ay, at 3d. per Wheats, turnips, mangels, and grass have come up thick and fine. The fruit trees have lost some of their honours by the occasional violence of the wind and attacks of insects ; but it is hoped that the yield, if the weather be at all favourable hereafter, will yet be large. Black cur rants will, probably, be scanty. The show for strawberries :.. THE ROYAL MERSEY YACHT Cnun.—The first sailing match of the season took place on Wednesday, for three elegant pieces of plate, to be run for by vessels of the three classes, under 35 tons. The course was the " Eger- ton Couise," (named in honour of the Vice-Patron of Club,) and is from the Royal Rock Ferry dam, Victoria Channel, to the Bell Beacon, and back to the ferry, a straight distance of 27 nautical miles. Nine yachts en tered, but one,• from Scotland, did not arrive, and eight The Echo, 34 tons, P. Cato, namely, my own declare .neral answer, then, I would for the present briefly that, in the face of immense difficulties; I, in the province as governor under the great seal, an( commissioner under the sign manual, with an intimate knowledge of the capabilities of the district, and full fore sight of beneficial results. laid the foundations of that resident which has turned out to be, in proportion to its age, the finest and cheapest distinct colony in modern history ; and that I am able to prove this claim most fully when ever I may be allowed a fair public opportunity for so I Was with the storming party in the ditch of Badajoz before Mr. Grey had reached his cradle ; and at Waterloo, with the 52d Regiment, on the flank of the Imperial Guard, before he well could have left it. I further passed from the military to the civil service of the Crown, with as high a character from the then highest military official authority—Lord Hill—as an officer could well possess; and I believe I may say I brought with me from South Australia the warm affections of the great body of its settlers. These are circumstances which authorise me to claim from every man of character and sound feeling, at least suspension of condemnatory judgment, until I shall have had the opportunity of replying for myself in the same manner that, in the eyes of some persons, my con demnation has been got up. I have been condemned by an immense mass of per sonal evidence brought before a parliamentary committee when 1 was at the antipodes, and by Governor Grey's (patches, put ed Without any cOunterbalanc by my own correspondence with the government I remain s , Sir, your obedieni 7 seryant, GEO. GAWLER, Colonel, Unattached United Service Club, June 2, 1847 There really seems to be some unjust genius hovering about the Colonial office, whoever may be Colonial Secretary. More characters are taken away, as the result of service under this office, than in any other. Captain Fitzroy's case, to which we directed attention some time ago, on his recall from New Zealand, is upon a par with that of three officials out of five who are subject to the depart ment in question. We have as yet seen no satisfac tory explanation of the treatment which Captain Fitzroy received, nor are we 'aware that the gallant captain has been recompensed by any other govern ment appointment. PROTESTANTISM AND THE REPRESENTATION OF LIVERPOOL In consequence of the doubt cast by the Courier upon the correctness of our report of the lecture of the Rev. Dr. M'lsTeile, at the meeting at the Amphitheatre on Tuesday that.reverend gentleman was asked by the editors of the Mercury to state which was the correct version. Neile's reply TO THE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY GENTLEMEN,—I have this day received your letter on the subject of a passage in my recent lecture, concerning the right version of which the Courier and STANDARD newspapers are at issue. You say you are of opinion that the public would be glad of an early authorised statement of what was really said, and you politely invite me to supply you with such a statement for your paper to- morrow. Of the. greater part of my lecture I had made notes, but of the parts in question I had made none. 1 had spoken an hour and a half before I came to the disputed passage, and I am quite unable, with satisfying conscious ness of accuracy, to recall the ip.yissima verba which I uttered. The report in the Courier, generally, the length of the lecture, and the short interval after it, previous to the publication, is so wonderfully accurate, that I ?DI unwill ing to accuse it of any misrepresentation of my senti ments in any part. At the same time the passage in ques tion, as it appears in the STANDARD, is beyond all doubt in unison with what I intended to say, with what I would say now, were the thing to be said over again. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. 'hue 15, 1841. LATEST INTELLIGEiNCE. (BY EXPRESS.) THE BRAZILS FALMOUTH, JUNE 13. Arrived her Majesty's packet Swift, Lieut. Long, from the Brazils—last Pernambuco —after a protracted passage of 42 days. The Swift brings a mail from New Zealand, taken from the barque Strathiston, which had put into Pernambuco, and was likely to be condemned there.. We had a week since much later dates from the Imperial capi tal by her Majesty's brig of war Frolic. The Swift had passengers—Captain Proctor and Captain Thompson, R.N., Mr. Hopley, Mr. Plowes, Mr. Saville, Mr. Murray and family, Mr. Porter and family, Lord Amelius Beauclerc, Mr. Ramsden, - R.N., Mr. Bass, and Mr. Finnie. On freight, about £lO,OOO. From the River Plate we learn that the report of the capture of Maldonado was premature. Paz had left Pa raguay for Brazil. The projected Flores expedition appears to have drawn on closer terms of friendship the Bolivian with that of the Buenos Ayrean government. Her Majesty's steamer Rattler, having on board Lord Howden, had arrived at Bahia, and sailed for Rio de la Plata on the 26th April. The Swift left at Rio de Ja neiro the Crescent, Curacoa, and Firebrand. The Griffin steamer, with the River Plate mails, had arrived at Rio on the 9th of April. The news by the packet has been anti cipated by the recent arrival of her Majesty's brig Frolic. The exchange at Rio was 281, and at Bahia 281. g The want of tonnage appears to have increased, and 555. to 70s. had been obtained for the Channel. Coffee had ad vanced a little in the higher qualities, and although the stock was very large (45,000 bags,) the propor tion of these qualities was very small. The present quotations are :—Superior, 2 reis 930 milreis to 3 reis 50 milreis ; good first, 2 reis 800 milreis to 2 reis 850 mil reis ; good seconds, 2 reis 400 milreis to 2 reis 500 mil reis ; sugars are quiet—white, 300 reis ; brown, 2 reis 100 milreis to 2 reis 200 milreis per arroba. Hides had been bought up for the American market at 170 reis per lb., and the stock was reduced to 7,000. Government stock had remained firm, notwithstanding considerable sales for foreign account (chiefly English,) &c., at 824- to 821 per oar, 4- Since the departure of the Penguin steam-packet, about £200,000 has been done; the transactions of the last week being at the rate of 281, f, and lastly at 28, w ith more money at 284 than bills. The news from the Emperor was very satisfactory; he was diverting himself by gratifying his subjects who ap proach him. He was expected to return in a week. The Empress was going on well. LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. At this day's market there was a large supply of English Wheat. The trade opened very dull, and the millers generally so disinclined to buy, that no sales could be made until a re duction of fully ss. to 6s. was submitted to under the currency of this day week, and then a considerable part remainedunsold. Foreign was offered at about 4s. lower, and only a few retail sales at this decline. Flour is ss. per sack, and 3s. per barrel cheaper. Indian Corn on the spot ss. less money, but floating cargoes of good quality in fair request, at the late rates. Very little business was done in Barley, Malt, Beans, or Peas, but buyers in each article obtained the turn in their favour. The Oat trade participated in the general dulness, and was 6d. to Is. per quarter cheaper. A cargo of new Rigas has arrived, the quality better than last season. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. - --- • • The Beef trade was in a somewhat inactive state, and the quotations ruled quite 6d. per 8 lb. lower than on this day se'nnight, the highest figure for the best Scots not exceeding ss. 4d. per 8 lbs, while some very useful Beef sold at ss. per 8 lbs. ; at those rates a good clearance was effected. There was a considerable increase in the numbers of Sheep on sale; hence the Mutton trade was heavy, at a fall in the currencies of 4d. per 8 lbs.—the primest old Downs selling slowly at ss. 4d. per 8 lbs. ; and some difficulty was expe rienced in effecting a clearance. With Lambs, 80 of which were received from the Isle of Wight, we were well supplied; while the sale for that de scription of stock was very dull at a fall in value of from Bd. to Is. per 81b. compared with that obtained on Monday last—the primest Down qualities selling at only 6s. per sib. The supply of Calves was tolerably good, and the sale was heavy, at 2d. per 81b. less money. InPigs exceedingly little business was doing, and the rates had a downward tendency. MONEY MARKET—YESTERDAY. The rate of the exchange in the United States on England, and the prospect of large supplies of breadstuff's coming for ward, having affected the market in Mark-lane this morning, a further advance took place in public securities. Consols for the opening started at 87t 2, and were done as high as 881, but at this point some considerable sales were effected, which pro duced a reaction to 871, at which they now stand. The Three per Cents. Reduced have been done at 871 to 88, the Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. have ranged f r o m 891 t o 1, B an k S tock l9fii, Scrip of the Loan 1 dia., and the Exchequer-bills 5 to 9 premium. The failure of a very old and respectable house, Cattley and Stephenson, Russie.merchants, was announced this morning, and created much surprise, The liabilities of the firm are stated at £65,000, and the assets are calcu lated to yield only 10s. in the pound.— Times of Yesterday.. Sir Robert and Lady Peel entertained his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrtchstein, his Excellency the French Minister and the Countess de Jarnac, Prince Troutbetzkei, the Duke de Palmella, the Duke of Rutland, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Countess of Lincoln, Count Potocki, Viscount cantilupe, Vicsountess Villiers, Colonel and Lady Alice Peel, Mr. and Mrs. Assheton Smith, and a distinguished circle, to dinner on Saturday, at the family residence in Whitehall Gardens. SMUGGLING.--A captain named Manuel Antonio de Ondarza, commander of the ship Banco, was yesterday fined at the police-court £5, for having concealed on board of his vessel .£5OO cigars of foreign manufacture. It was stated for the defence that the cigars were part of the quantity (12,000) entered in the manifest, but this was no exoneration, as they were found secreted and nailed up in a recess behind a fixture belonging to the accused. The fine was instantly paid,, and the prisoner discharged. THE IRISH CONFEDERATION.—There was a muster of the Young Ireland gentry at the Music-hall, Dublin, on Thursday. The attendance was pretty numerous, but all the fervid, nay, redhot eloquence of the orators, is begin ning to lose its charm by constant iteration ; and the ex citement, even though bloodshed and battery be the theme of the speakers, is gradually wearing out. Mr. Smith O'Brien was present, and took an early opportunity of referring to the curt snubbing administered by the O'Con nell family to his application for leave to attend the fune ral obsequies of his former leader. DIxoN v. HILL.—In the County Court, on Friday, an action was brought by Mr. John Dixon against Mr. Jos. Hill, auctioneer, for the recovery of £lO, the amount of damages laid for a trespass. The circumstances are as follow :—Dixon is proprietor of a stand on the race course, the lower portion of which is let to two tenants—Thomas H. Taylor and Mrs. Shepherd. The former, some months since, conveyed by bill of sale, for actual cash, his right and furniture in a house in Liverpool, together with some stock and fixtures in the booth on the racecourse, in security of which Mr. H. had possession ; but the rent of the house becoming due, the furniture, &c., were distrained upon, and the tenant re-selling the right, or possession, Hill, for hi s pur chase, left he s seldto only the je f i e e w in t g lu t n e g e s en o t n , 7,‘tihres. Sheppard,racecourse. These who is under the same landlord for £B. On this, Dixon bronght an action for money had to his use, and the jurY held the plaintiff, Hill, liable for the rent to the amount fef plaintiff,action. fromShhaedphreermd,oivteadppsoeamreedfit which the goods he had sold. From this arose the belongingpresent n t of t but the jury being satisfied that she was fully awe!: 1:11 belonged to the landlord and what to Hill, (without hear ing the witnesses for the defence,) gave a verdiet for the ir fixtures estatem e defendant. Mr. Pemberton conducted, most ably, the case of the plaintiff, and Mr. Hill defended his own case with ability and tact. THE INSTALLATION AT CAMBRIDGE.—Great prepara tions are in progress for this fast approaching event. Workmen are employed in the Senate-house, fitting up a temporary music gallery for the performers of the concert, which will take place on the Monday evening, the gratifi cation to be derived from which will be greatly enhanced by the presence of that now all-popular cantatrice Jenny Lind. We regret, however, to learn that she will be un able to remain until Tuesday to assist in the performance of the Installation Ode. The arrangements for the public breakfast are proceeding satisfactorily ; the tickets are to be one guinea each, and an indemnity fund of between £BOO and £9OO has been subscribed, and it is likely to be a very splendid affair. The bands of the Coldstream Guards be 0111 pretty well known to be fa- I the advocacy of Liverpool ly the confidence of their fel- e interests of at )y a representa- Vhaiever - unthink- Sandon was a without the ex- It seem, )y Mr. B :rpoons left to leave our fair here are two It is this as a blessing to the people of Liverpool. That is to say, if there should happen to be any left for them, which is rather uncertain for the following reasons. According to Mr. Hawksley's estimates the water shed of the district from which he pro posed to derive his supply was 10,400 acres, and the average rain fall was 60 inches. Nov we con or I ceive it was incontestibly proved that the water remnant of t shed was only 8,200 acres, and that Mr. Hawksley estimate of the rain fall was u wards of one sixth in excess of th Chorley Water Company claim 1000 acres of the water I shed of the district in question. These circum- 234 millions to 122 millions orgaiions, tieing very little more than one half the estimated quantity which the district can yield on the average: Of this the Corporation are compelled to deliver direct from the reservoir down the river Douglas 3,230,668 gallons per diem; down_th river Yirro w 269,222 rioting and drur to say worse, which seem to be inseparable from a con tested election in such a town as Liverpool, I would cer tainly rejoice in such an agreement between gentlemen of opposing views on the leading questions of secular Ito's as won I amount to a compromise of such mat ters, for the sake of peace ; but if the question of the national endowment of the Church of Rome be involved, my convictions of the exceeding sinfulness of such a step in the sight of God, as well as of its anti-soci - . rather than carry the compromise' so far as to embrace this point, I must bend before iron necessity, and consent without good grounds,.after careful inquiry,) I Cannot but feel that either I was guilty of a very unaccountable lapses lingua., or the admirable reporters for the Courier made some mistake towards the conclusion of their long and well-executed task. In the version of the lecture which Mr causing to be published as a pamphlet. and a proof of which is at this moment 'on 'my table, I shall adopt the Stan dard's version of the passage in dispute. Of course, if you notice this communication at all, you will mihlish my lett Agnew i an, Gentlemen,' yOu obedient servant HUGH M'NEILI ligburth, June 10,1847 BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The Liverpool anni versary meeting of this society was held at the Baptist Chapel, Pembroke-place, last evening. The Rev. Mr. Lister presided: The Rev. Mr. Birrell gave an interesting sketch of the operations of the society at the different missionary stations on the continent of Europe and in distant lands, from which it appeared that, in the face of many discouragement's, it was progressing satisfactorily,— that it numbered at present 34,000 members,—and that the receipts for the past year were upwards of £28,000. The several resolutions, which were all unanimously carried, were proposed and seconded by the Rev. Verner M. White, of the Irish Presbyterian Church, the Rev. John Kelly, of the Independents, the Rev. Mr. Edwards, the Rev. Mr. Roff, the Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown, and the Rev. Mr. Lancaster. In the course of the proceed ings, a collection was made, and the meeting were in formed that, during the past year, the Liverpool auxiliary had transmitted £4OO to the parent society. The meeting --..........._ _ separated shortly after nine o'clock. _ We understand that Mr. H. W. Gibb is in treaty for the Liver Theatre,' which it is his intention to open for dramatic performances in September next. Call Hall Print Works 807,667 gallons per diem down the Fill Brook not less than 269,222 gallons These vir:4.l.. ,ogether with a supply of water for the I nnrl AMA crcr rn; 1 a I1;11 SI tilf.Al electors of • ____ _ 'aeli to the 8000,000 gallons, which Must be supplied to the Buckinghamshire may perhaps be taken as a fai r district before a drop can be obtained by the inha exponent of the views of the part Protectionist 1 . y, )frtants of Liverpool, who may accordingly caleu of whom that gentleman is not the least able late on getting something like 41- millions of gal- Of course we do not bind ourselves to lons per diem on average years. But in seasons of an approval of all the views of Mr. Disraeli. Many drought, such as we have had and may have again, of them, however, we find confirmed by authorities what then ? Can we count upon obtaining a gallon ? in whom we place great confidence ; and, as it may 'ire we even sure that the supply in our reservoirs be interesting to our readers to learn what a Pro- allowing that they are as retentive as the promoters declare . they tectionist Government would attempt, we give hereare, (and which is very much ques tioned,) will be at all adequate to give the necessary a portion of Mr. Disraeli's views. compensation ? .And may we not merely have With respect to the system of finance of such a to suffer the deprivation of water supply ourselves, Government, the hon. gentleman says : but in all probability have to submit to the infliction " I believe that the only permanent basis which can be adopted f or a fi nanc i a l s y s te m , •to defray the national of penalties amounting to an enormous sum—pos elarges and to p a y th e i n t ere st o f th e pu bli c d e bt, mus t sihly not much less than £lOOO daily ? he ta system which is founded on. moderate ctertonis This would certainly he a precious legacy nember population in process of acc of the Woods and Forests iE vourable to the project, an merchants. fully honoured I low-, Then, 'izens, is mud is nothing more detriment h wanting to important borough than to be abandon five in whom it placed implici intrary, A his tr Liverpool is deserted by Sir G. Gr Disraeli, for other objects its fate without rhyme i great parties in it as in every other constituency, but neither lack men competent to represent Liverpool. Though Canning, in 1812, and, after him, Huskisson, sat for it, they had been elected, strangers as they were, be cause of their extensive knowledge of, and connexion with, the trade and commerce of Liverpool and the coun try. If neither of the par both members , w h a t i s there to prove sending Sir T. Birch, and the Conser% ties within Liverpool can return he Liberals from tl the new Parliament ? Both gentle of intelligent, steady repro not vie in talk with a Roelm tency with a Peel, the good people of Liverpool may find requisites they shall posse s all the :sentittives, and, if great facts of commerc ment-street,he being drunk. The prisoners were found together, and one of them had possession of the bag, and also of all the money and one penny more. They were sent to gaol for two months. fore Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Williarn, Hal- who w .s engineer at the brewery belonging to Mr. sail Segar, brewer, in Bevington-bush. On Saturday evening last, as another man employed at the works was • • tho nnerinc. ciirldPnly cf./It-marl ind On going up he found deceased fast in the fly-wheel, with his head down, and one of the arms of the wheel across his chest. He was got out as quickly as .e, and was insensible. He was taken to the Edward hodgett, Esq. ' • the Minona, 17 tons, J. Rylands, and third class, the Peterel, 15 tons, W. W. Shand, the Janette, 15 tons, Harry Bridson, Esq. ; the 15 tons, J. Cross, Esq. ; the Mallard, 12 tons, Maddock, Esq. ; and the Editha, 9 tons, J. Ed. wards, Esq. The previous day had been very stormy but the morning of the race unexpectedly turned out very favourable, with a stiff breeze from the W.N.W. The fine. City of Dublin Company's steamship, " Prince, " was engaged for the commodore and officers, and such of the members as , procured tickets of admissi on f or them • and mends, and followed the competitors in the In the unavoidable absence of the captain, Jonathan Grindrod, Esq., undertook his duties, and performed them with the tact and attention of a skilful yachttuan. The commodore's signal gun being fired, away went the beau tiful vessels, at fourteen minutes before eleven o'clock, canting almost 'simultaneously, and beating down channel, most them with their topmasts struck. The smaller craft, being more. readily handled, got at first a little ahead ; but very shortly afterwards the Enigma took the lead, and maintained it throughout ; the Echo, a fine new iron boat; the Seabird, also 'a new boat, and the Hebe being well up to her in beating down. After some fine seamanship being displayed, the Enigma rounded the Bell Buoy at lh. 50m. ; the Echo at lh. 56m. ; the Hebe at 2h. Sm., and the Minona at 2h. 12m. The Seabird, which had gained •much on the headmost boats, aban doned the contest at 211. 10m., when near to the buoy, having unfortunately carried away her pique halyards. The other boatS lost ground outside, and were not timed at the buoy. The run up, with a free wind, was beautiful, and the winning yachts reached the flag-boat, at the Rock Ferry, as follow :—Enigma, at 3 minutes 42 seconds Echo, 3 minutes 45 seconds ; and Hebe, 4 minutes 31 seconds. There was a numerous assemblage of ladies and gentlemen on board the steamer, who enjoyed the marine scenery and peeps of distant landscapes. They partook in the saloons, at two successive tables, of a sumptuous dinner and wines, provided by Mr. Gough, of the Wood side Hotel. Quadrilles and other dances were also joined in on the quarter deck, to the appropriate music of Mr. Gribbins's excellent, though small, band, which played choice airs at intervals. The Commodore, (John Grindrod, Esq.,) at the close, distributed, in complimentary terms, the three prizes, handsome three silver salvers, of the respective value of £35, £25, and £l5, to the owners of the three winning boats—the Enigma, though of the second class, receiving the prize for the first class (accord ing to the laws of the club) ; the Echo, the second prize, and the Hebe, the third. The whole amusements went off well, and the company in the steamer were safely landed from her at the pier-head. resting i - Torthern Hospital. It appeared that he had been seen in the fire-hole shortly before, and that he must have been drawn down by the wheel, to the place where he was found. The wheel works Partly above and partly below the floor, and the distance between the wheel and the noor is about tour inches. The deceased died in about ten minutes after being received into the hospital; the cause being fracture of the skull, contusion of the chest, and other injuries. —Verdict, " Accidental death." FEMALE SCHOOL OF THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.— Yesterday the annual examination of the femalepupils in this institution was commences he schoo. Blackburn House The attendance of both scbolar their parents was numerous. The examination was con ducted by the Mistress of each department. The answer ing in general was such as reflected the utmost credit on the several teachers, as well as on the piing ladies themselves. The company were pleased with the quick, and accurate responses made by almost all the pupils in the arithmetic class. In the writing department many very fair—indeed some excellent—specimens were exhibited. There was a number of good specimens shown by the drawing and needle-work classes. The former were principally copies in chalk and pencil, some of which evinced the possession of considerable talent in this delightful accomplishment. There was a head, in chalk, " resolve" we take the subject to be; by Miss R. E. Godfrey, of which that young lady or her friends need not feel ashamed. Au unfinished Bouquet of Roses, by Miss Robinson, also excited considerable interest ; the execution of the leaves and buds was an admirable speci men of what may be done with the black-lead pencil. The head of a Spanish Grandee, in coloured crayons, was also good. A Lily of the Nile, in water colouring, by Miss Copeland, was also of much merit. During the day several pieces of music were executed with fine effect, by the children of tha music class. The examination did not conclude yesterday, and will, therefore, be continued this day. and of the Life Guards have been engsn- 6 etifo; theiorticul tural fete, which will be c o n d uc t e d on the most magnifi cent scale, and the final arrangements for which we shall probably be enabled to announce next week. The price of admission is to be ss. in the morning, and 2s. in the afternoon. The Duke of Wellington, Lord J. Russell, Sir R. and Lady Peel, Lord Alorneth, the Marquis Lansdowne, the Marquis of Northampton, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, and many other noble men and gentlemen will be present, and her Majesty will he escorted from the railway to Trinity College, not op_ . 1 Y by the corporation of the t own , b u t b y th e s h er iff an d 1 114 men from the county. 'I • 'here is to lie no attempt at 911 illumination. — Camb ridge Independent. • PUBLIC MONUMENT TO WILLIAM CAXTON.-011 Sate day .a public meeting to promote the erection of a menu" went to commemorate the introduction of printing ill England, and in hono ur o f Willi am C axton, t h e earliest English printer, was held in the great room of the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi. The meeting was verY o 9,. - merously attended. About half-past two o'clock the chai r Was taken by Lord Morpeth, Chief Commissioner of he r Majesty's Woods and Works, who was accompanied byt Excellency Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister ; Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster (Dr. Buckland). and the Rev. H. Milman. There were also present the 315; quis of Northampton, president of the Royal Society ',V J. P. Boileau, M r . B. B o tfi e ld, M.P . ; M r. Jerdan,:ll: J. Murray, Mr: T. Longman, Mr. Macready, Mr. J„• Buckingham, Mr. Baily, R,A. ; Mr. Uwins, R.A. ; sr Maclise, R.A. ; Mr. G. Clowes, and s evera l mem bers P . the leading printing and publishin g fi rms o f th e me trePe lls r One of the resolutions was to the effect that the preP e site would be in the neighbourhood of Westminster Abbe'; The Rev. H. H. Milman suggested the erection 0 ,! , he fountain such as those of Nuremberg and Basle. I . l 'd emblem conveyed by a fountain could not be misunderstl t by the least educated ; but if they added to that a li which should be spread abroad at night, shedding lus h upon all the buildings around it, the type would be cover , sr plete, and would convey to the mind, without effort violence, its real and proper signification. h i. Mr. A. Ormonde takes a benefit at the Royal AelP theatre, to-morrow evening. LIVERPOOL TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1847. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNIN By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove street, Aga LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, At No. 4, ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LIVERPOOL. 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