The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-27 00:00:00

Ebt Etherpool TUESDAY MORNING, AUG. 2, 1344. The detailed information, which we now have from the scene of operations on the coast of Mo rocco, has tended very materially to relieve the na tional mind. France, we know now, is not that great naval power which we were taught to believe she had become—which British se na t o r s and even British sailors had mistakingly described her ; and her pet admiral, the Prince de Joinville, has shewn in this affair, that there is more of the jackanapes than the hero is his composition—that he is more at home when blustering in a pamphlet than when blowing up a fortress. The whole history of French incapacity at sea—the whole series of her past de feats upon that element—does not present an in stance of failure so ridiculous and conduct so con temptible as is to he seen in this effort against Tan gier, which, in all its features, more strongly re minds u:; of that great exploit of a former king of France, who, " with fifty thousand men, Marched up the hill and then—marched down again," than any achievement on record. France has never been, in her hest days, a naval power. She has striver. to become so, ardently and earnestly, for years past; and perhaps never were her hopes more sanguine, that she had at length , obtained a prominent position upon the seas, than at the present moment. If this, therefore, is a fair specimen of her improved powers upon that ele ment; if the Prince de Joinville be a fair specimen of a French commander, and his fleet a fair speci men of the efficiency of the French navy at the pre sent day ; Great Britain need be under no appre hension of being reduced into the position prophe sied for her by The National, of " a third-rate mari time power," or of seeing her proud rival progress very far in the course of aggrandisement abroad, which she has marked out for herself, and has o' late been pursuing. We need fear the influence of no colonial empire which she can found; but on the contrary, we may almost rejoice, in the name of the human race, and for the sake of the peace of the ' world, to see her, by vain efforts in pursuit of ob jects which she can never secure, and which, if at tained, are unsuited to her genius and position, draining that strength and those resources, which might otherwise be directed, as in past times they have been directed, so fatally for the liberties of mankind. We may rejoice, whilst we laugh, to see the antics which she makes with her toy, upon the ' same principle that we should be gladdened to see any dangerous and subtle beast of the forest play ing with his shadow, by the reflection that he was thus detained from more dangerous and destructive ' pursuits. We make these remarks in no insulting spirit to wards the French nation. Naturally there is not, and for the welfare of both there ought not to be created, any great interests in the two countries to induce them materially to clash with each other. The true position of France—that by which, as a nation, she may be rendered more unassailable and powerful,—is one of strict and harmonious alliance with Great Britain, for the preservation of the peace of Europe and for the advancement of the civilisa tion of mankind. Each is interested in the other's greatness. But let each aim to advance that great ness upon its natural element. Let France content herself with being the first military power of Eu rope ; but England, with her vast colonies and corn merce, must maintain her position as the first naval power in the world—as the unchallenged mistress of the seas. If we rejoice, therefore, at the exhibi tion which we have just seen of the vanity of the efforts of France to rival us upon that element, it is because we trust it may at length teach her the folly of that course of petty aggression which she has of late been making upon our commerce in va rious quarters of the globe, and convince her that, if the insolence of her naval officers towards British authority in Africa, in Tahiti, and elsewhere, has not been so promptly repressed as perhaps it ought to have been, and the injury done to British com merce would have warranted its being, it has been no want of power, no want of confidence in the strength of England's right arm of offence and de fence, which have withheld her from the effort. Eventually, if France he not taught wisdom in time —if she refuse to see what is her own true position, and to acknowledge ours,—that effort must be made ; and, with the vast power at the disposal of England, the lesson which must be taught by its result must be one of desolating and tremendous effect. We have no wish to enter upon it ; but forbearance, under continued insult and aggression, becomes cowardice; and that word must never be used in association with the British name. In another part of our paper we have entered into an examination of the amount of the steam force which England can, at any moment, detach from her merchant and government service, and add to her already powerful fleet. The calculation made is, we are aware, imperfect, from the want of any official source of information. It may serve to show, however, to France, who, through the mouth of the Prince de Joinville, has vaunted so loudly of the superiority of the steam department of her navy, and to a few grumblers and tremblers at home, how vast are the resources which, on an emergency, our country possesses. With such an armament as we could fit up from the materials there pointed out — from the conversion of the almost countless steam ers which navigate our shores, and carry on the communication with our various colonies, into ships of war—what power in Europe, or what combina tion of powers, could resist us for a month ? None most assuredly : and let it be borne in mind, and it must be a satisfactory reflection to all lovers of peace, that this new and ready source of our coun try's strength is growing yearly, imperceptibly, with out pressing upon its resources, but rather serving to develope them, by the stimulus which rapid com munication between countries gives to commercial enterprise ; and that it can have no limit to its growth, until the whole family of man are brought within its action and its advantages. A nation, with such an engine in its hand, cannot surely be knocked down with a pamphlet, or terrified by a fleet which has had enough to do to hatter down a few rotten walls at Tangier. We have never joined in the note of triumph which has been raised, by some of our conservative contemporaries, at the imagined downfall of the Anti-Corn Law League. Little as we respect the motives, or fear the power of that incendiary body, and little as we care for the doings and sayings, the fussiness and impertinences, of the small clique of boys and old women, who represent it in this loca lity., we have never gone the length of congratulat ing ourselves upon the fact of their total incapacity for mischief. On the contrary, we view the retire ment of the League and the Anti-Monopoly Asso ciation of Liverpool from active agitation, as any thing but matter for satisfaction. Whilst members of such bodies protrude themselves upon the public —set their small wits against the force of public opinion—the chances are great that they make noodles of themselves ; but even such members, however individually silly, when operating in secret, with ample funds and industry at their disposal, are capable of inflicting serious injury upon their oppo nents ; and their proceedings should be sedulously watched, and actively opposed. We are impelled to offer these remarks for the consideration of the Conserv a ti ves o f Liverpool, by a conviction—a knowledge we may almost say—that at this moment these parties are about inflicting a serious blow upon the Conservative cause, through out the country, and especially in our own town. A reference to the letter of our Manchester corres pondent will abundantly prove this fact so far as that town is concerned. Whilst we are sleeping upon the imagined security of our position, they are industriously mining beneath us. Whilst gentlemen in Liverpool are debating amongst themselves the important issues, who shall be Mayor and who Aldermen of the Borough after next November, the Anti-Monopoly Association are carefully strengthening the register for their own party, and preparing to snatch from them the very prizes for which they are contending. Already we are assur e d that, in some wards, a most tr iumphant result may be, and is, confidently anti cipated from their labou rs . O ur very " Gibraltars " are crumbling beneath our feet, sappedanti monoply o by the ear nestness and energy of influence. We could poin t to half a dozen of thes e , which no- . thing but a prompt counter effort of Conservatism can save ; —will that effort be made ? In th e present temper of our party , we fear it will not. Ther e w ill be affected wailing enough,. after the evil has been precipitated ; but there will be no endeavour to stay its approach. Why do we say this, and from whence do we an ticipate such a betrayal of duty ? From many of those who may be termed the aristocracy of our party, in whom we cannot but observe a coldness towards those whose exertions and local patriotism have contributed to the building up of the present Conservative strength in our local legislature, which is not likely to induce a continuance of such ill-rewarded exertions. The men, who stood in front of the battle when the fight was an up-hill one, are being dis countenanced. The " workers" of our public body are to be quietly dropped into that private station from which, it would seem, they were only drawn temporarily, to be sacrifice I at leisure. This course, however, may at length, and when too late, be found to be one which will not he tolerated by the Conservative community so quietly as may at pre sent be imagined. We throw out these observations at present as hints, and in the hope that a more honest course may he determined upon by the parties interested, within the few days that now remain for remedying past neglect, or worse. On a future occasion, if they are not attended to, we may be tempted to speak out more plainly. In another column we have given a series of ex tracts (all that our confined space would admit of) from some letters recently published in the London Times, addressed to that journal from the scene of opera tions before Tangier. The publication of these let ters has brought down upon the head of our con temporary a perfect storm of frantic reprehension from the French press. That was to be expected. They describe the bungling of the Prince de Join ville and his fleet with a truthfulness too evident to render them very acceptable to either the war party in that country or to the Court itself. Their graphic and racy descriptions utterly dissipate the senseless swagger of the former and the self-satisfied serenity of the latter ; and, accordingly, they are denounced as forgeries, as mere inventions ; and their writers are asserted to bear any character but that which they assume, viz. the character of British officers. This we say was to be expected ; but really we were not prepared for the same tone of reprehension and abuse, on such a ground, from British journal ists. We were not prepared to see the conservative Standard fume, or the ministerial Herald whine, because a brother journal had made public the sen timents and statements of British officers writing upon a subject so important as the bearing of an admiral and a fleet of France before the enemy. The Palmerstonian oracle might consistently take such a course—might treat these letters as forgeries and then publish another addressed to himself corro borative of the truth of every detail which they convey! But the Herald and the Standard— " Tantcene animis celestibus irm ?" This is too bad ! We are happy in being enabled to state, for the information of our cont9mporaries, that the letters in question, by whomsoever written, convey a correct account of the operations against Tangier. We have the assurance of their truth from a letter, ad dressed to a highly influential merchant of Liverpool, by a friend, who also witnessed these operations, and of whose respectability and capacity for forming a judgment we are well acquainted, (from p .st corres pondence from him on similar subjects, addressed from the Chinese seas during the recent operations there, and which appeared at the time in our own columns,) and who gives a precisely similar state ment of the whole affair, and expresses nearly simi lar sentiments to those of the Times' correspond ents. We had not permission to publish, or we should have felt no squeamishness, on public grounds, in doing so. Among-t the business wnich will come before the Council to-morrow, is an announcement, by the Chairman of the Dock Committee, of an amended plan of construction of the New North Docks, by which, we believe, a water space of 58 acres will be gained, in lieu of the 34 acres provided by the par liamentary plan ; thus giving a clear increase of 24 acres over the original plan. The mode by which this great boon to the commerce of our port is pro posed to he secured, is, we understand, by the for mation of docks, upon the site laid out in the origi nal plan for the great Steam and other Docks, on the North Shore, running from east to west, instead of from north to south. By this change, not only is a greater portion of the ground made conveniently available for dock space, but the lineal quay space is much increased;—so much so that, when the works are completed, it is calculated that the entire quays of the port of Liverpool will reach little short of the amazing length of fourteen miles. With such a noble addition to the facilities afforded by our spirited public bodies for the commerce of the Mer sey, Liverpool may well cease to pride herself upon the title of the second port of the empire, and boldly and consistently assume for herself the proud posi tion of the first port of Great Britain and of the I world. That we are so progressing, we feel that we are indebted to the energy and talent displayed by the gentlemen at present wielding the resources of the Dock Estate, who have shown, from their first exer cise upon the important duties of their trust, that foresight and reach of mind, that determination not to be satisfied with patching and peddling for the supply of present wants alone, but to provide for the future as well—which is so requisite in men occupying a station such as theirs. For this they have already earned the thanks of a grateful public, and we doubt not they will continue to deserve them. In another part of our publication, we have given an article from the Dublin Evening Mail, stating, upon the' authority of an influential correspondent in London, the fact of her Majesty's intention to visit Ireland during the autumn, and hinting that a portion of the object of that visit was to exercise, on the spot, the RON al clemency towards the imprisoned conspirators, O'Connell and his confederates. We must confess that we doubted from the first the correctness of this piece of intelligence. Of course it is not in the power of man to conceive how far, or in what direction, Sir Robert Peel's government may choose to carry their favourite expediency and conciliatory policy, however bitter and however un deserving the opponent in whose favour it is exer cised. We are inclined, nevertheless, to give some degree of credit to the repudiation of such a step by the quasi-ministerial Morning Herald. It is too preposterous a notion to be readily believed, that even Sir Robert Peel could so far abuse the credu lous ear of his Sovereign, as to advise such a policy towards men, whose recognized organs obtrusively declare that its only effect would be to send back the pardoned offenders to their seditious agitation, and who insolently proclaim, through the Dublin Nation of Saturday last, that "if she does" so exercise cle mency towards them, "they are ready to march, from Richmond prison to Burgh Quay, and fall back to their accustomed places, like rested men, to do double work" (double sedition). " She will curtail their leisure, and anticipate by some months the time of their renewed labour—that is all." Truly, very proper subjects for.royal clemency ! In this belief we are borne in countenance by nearly all the journals of Ireland, of all shades of politics. The Repeal organs are too full of the prospect of impending war with France—are gloat ing with too much truculent joy upon the prospect of embarrassment and confusion in England, during which a blow may be struck by internal traitors at her social peace—to welcome such a step on the part of Government, or to hold out the shadow of ' a hope that it can eflect the object for which alone it can be adopted—the restoration of good feeling towards British connexion in Ireland. And Con servatives, however little disposed to place faith in the firmness and good faith of an Administration which they feel has betrayel them, are loth to be lieve that even that Administration can so far com promise the honour of their Royal Mistress, as to advise her to such a step. STRIKE AT BERLIN.—The workmen in the extensive calico-printing works of Berlin, comprising a body of from 2,500 to 3,000 men, have struck for an advance of wages. The men have been accustomed to earn from 13s. to 18s. per week. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—The Courrier Charentais states that a few days back two little girls, of six and eight years of age, having in playing got into a kind of chest, the cover fell over them, and shut with a spri n g lock. They were alone in the house, and when their mother returned home, not finding fir m, it occurred . to her that they might have got into the chest , a nd on lift ing the lid she found them both dead. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On Friday a singular accident occurred at 2, West-street, Smithfield, one of the houses which are to be demolished for the improvements. An ox from Smithfield, putting his head inside the doorway, and, seeing no obstruction, walked leisurely into the house, when, the flooring giving way, he was precipitated into the cellar beneath. Three sheep which followed met the same fate, as did also the driver and his dog, who ropes attached were unaw are o f th e su dd en ex it o f their charge. By the united force of several of the labourers in pulling _ to th e h oo f s o f th e ox , h e ma d e a spring by which he extricated himself, an d the sheep were rescued with much difficulty. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. BIRMINGHAM AND LONDON AND GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAYS. When these two leviathan companies, after their recent disagreement, becane friends again, we were given to understand that such arrangements were about being made between them—in the regulation of their trains, &c.—that they would for the future work together as one concern. With respect to the companies them selves, no doubt such is now the case. There is no con flict of interests in the management ; but each board, in any regulation made, does its best to advance the profit, first of its own line, and afterwards of that of its ally. We must see, however, that in these arrangements the interests and convenience of the public receive their due share of attention. These companies, with others, pro test against any government interference with their con cerns, and especially deprecate any compulsory regulation of their trains, times of starting, &c. ; they have been relieved from the fear of any such interference, 'upon something very like a pledge of good behaviour ; and, since government authority is not to be wielded for in suring the fulfilment of that pledge, a faithful press must stand between any misuse of their uncontrolled power and the public who may be its victims. We have before us the regulations of these two con cerns, as they came into operation on the 15th instant ; and we must confess there are some parts of them in which the convenience of the public does not appear to have been much consulted. For example, (and we begin with a case in which the poorest class of travellers are principally concerned,) a third-class train leaves London at 7 a.m., add arrives at Birmingham at 3 p.m. only, al though the second-class, which leaves at eight o'clock, an hour later, reaches Birmingham at a quarter-past one o'clock, an hour and three quarters earlier. Certainly the former train calls at a greater number of stations, (Four more,) which may, in part, account for its slower progress ; but the suspicion will arise that it is delayed in order to induce a preference of the second-class, which travels more quickly. On its arrival at Birmingham, however, the passengers find that they cannot proceed until six p.m., and must kick their heels in Birmingham until that hour, and finally be landed in Liverpool, at the untimeous hour of eleven p.m., having thus accomplished the journey by railway (!) in sixteen hours ! The old coaches did it in little more. The eight a.m. train, we have said, arrives at Birming ham at a quarter-past one o'clock. There, however, they find that they must stop until six p.m., (four hours and three quarters,) unless they can afford and choose to come forward by a first-class train, which, of course, is very frequently the case. Does this manifest a desire to do justice, and to afford the greatest amount of convenience to the public. It almost inclines us to suspect the possi bility of two such companies as the London and Birming ham and Grand Junction so managing matters as, between them, to leave the public no resource but to submit to any arrangement which they choose to impose. If these com panies, allied as they are, wish to act in good faith with the public, the trains should be so arranged that a passen ger leaving London by any train, whether first, second, or third, should be able to proceed to Liverpool by a train of the same class, without any attempt to coerce him into a superior train, or the infliction upon him of any needless additional expense. The most glaring instance, however, of the—we fear we must call it studied—inconvenience f these regulations, is the arrangement of the 1 o'clock p.m. second class train from London. A passenger booking himself to Birming ham by this train, and knowing that a Grand Junction second class train arrives in Liverpool at 11 at night, would naturally conclude that the two would be in con junction ; that on his arrival in Birmingham he could come forward, and be in Liverpool the same day. But no—this is not the way railway directors manage things. It would be too convenient to the public; too considerate towards people of limited means, or those " shabby" peo ple, so much complained of, who prefer second class car riages, at a cheap rate, to first class carriages at a dear one. Accordingly, on his arrival in Birmingham at five minutes past six o'clock, he finds that the train to Liver pool has left just five minutes previously ! Yes—though it is scarcely credible—the time of the train from Lon don, to arrive at Birmingham, is five minutes past six o'clock, and that of the train to Liverpool to start is six o'clock! Passengers must not go forward that day; par cels must not go forward. The directors won't let them. They must wait for the mail train, or until a cheaper train next day. We really think that there is here matter of serious complaint, and an inconvenience which ought to be done away with. A train coming through from London in the middle of the day would be a great convenience to the public. A traveller, or a merchant might, for instance, be summoned to Liverpool instantly ; and after he gets his letters, if residing any way out of the city, there is no train to bring him. Nothing can be sent through in the day from London to Liverpool, after 11 o'clock in the morning. If we have important news in London, in the middle of the day, it cannot be forwarded, because the railway companies do not wish second class passengers to comeforward except in first class trains. We are mocked by the semblance of a middle train, which the directors take care to render only a semblance by cutting out its middle link, and thus separating the two ends. Surely this could be remedied, and must be remedied, if the pub lic are not to be tempted to call for government supervi sion of all railways as loudly as those monopolizing com panies deprecate interference. We are bound to confess, and it is with no slight shame that we do so, that the source of the evils of which we have above complained appears to be in Liverpool, with the directors of the Grand Junction Railway. The Lon don and Birmingham provide for the public an ample suc cession of second class trains throughout the day. The Grand Junction, on the contrary, do not provide a single conveyance for second class travellers between-six o'clock in the morning and six in the evening. Passengers who choose, or are compelled, to economize on the road be tween Liverpool and Birmingham, must rise with the lark or arrive at their journey's end at midnight ! May we hope for a correction of these evils from the good sense and justice of the Grand Junction board, or are we to agitate for their removal ? The royal mail steam-ship Caledonia, Captain Lott, which would leave Boston on the 16th, and Halifax on the 18th instant, may be expected to arrive here about Thursday next. THE JUDGES. —Shortly after the rising of the courts, on Saturday afternoon, the Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Cresswell, accompanied by the High Sheriff, proceeded to the Hazles, the seat of Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, Bart. They left the Hazles yesterday morning, and opened their respective courts at nine o'clock. LATEST FROM THE UNITED STATES.—The packet ship Europe, Captain Furber, arrived here, on Saturday, bringing New York papers one day later than received by the steamer. They do not contain a single item of news worth extracting. The Europe brought eight cabin passen gers, together with a very large number in the steerage. THEATRE ROYAL.—Our space is quite inadequate this week to allow us even a glance at the performances at this theatre. During the week, we have had some of our best stock pieces got up in admirable style, aided by the members of the Haymarket Company, who have paid us a visit. In particular we may notice an admirable cast of the " Gamester, " in which the services of Mr. Stuart, as Stukely, were a great acquisition to the piece. The part of Beverly was well sustained by Mr. C. Pitt, except in the dying scene, which was spoiled by the clap-trap exhi bition of the effect of poison in blackening the mouth. Dying scenes are little enough to our taste, without their repulsive effect being heightened by art. Mr. Pitt can afford to dispense with such expedients. The perfor mances have concluded with " Martin Cbuzzlewit" of which all that we can say that the characters were gene rally well sustained, but that the story is not fit for dramatizing. GRAND EUPHONICON SOIREES.—During the past week tour of these concerts have been given by Mr. H. Hayward, the first of which took place last evening week. We do not remember any exhibition of the powers of piano-like instruments to go off with greater eclat than the performances of M. Le Meyer on the euphonicon, a description of which instrument appeared in our paper some weeks back. The programme was well selected, in the vocal as well as in the instrumental compositions, the latter being calculated to display the rich and powerful tones of the instrument, after which the concert was named. The Misses Williams (whose names had previ ously been before a - Liverpool public) opened the enter tainment with the duet " Quis est Homo," which was well received, and was followed by Le Meyer's performance on the euphonicon. We never saw any instrument handled in a more masterly manner. A midst the powerful notes that echoed through the room at every touch—in the exe cution of which the performers hands flew over the keys with a rapidity truly astonishing—there was to be traced a swelling air, in sweet and sonorous tones, that defies de scription. The greater part of the pieces Le Meyer played are of his own composition, and the loud and con tinued plaudits of the audiences gave ample testimony to his talents. The Misses Williams sang many very pretty ballads and duets, in all of which they were loudly ap plauded, and in many of them enchored. Amongst the most successful we may enumerate "By the Sad Sea Waves"—" The Two Merry Gipsies"—" We come from Savoy," and the favourite ballad " I dream't that I dwelt in Marble Halls," from Balfe's new opera of Bohemian Girl, the truly poetical words of which we need offer no apology for here inserting :- 1 dream'd that I dwelt in`marble halls With vassals and serfs at my side, And of all who assembled within those walls That I was the hope and pride. I had riches too great to count—could boast Of a high ancestral name And I also dream'd, which charmed me moat That you loved me still the same. I dream'd that suitors sought my hand, That knights upon bended knee And with vows no maiden heart could withstand, That they pledged their faith to me. And I dreamed that one of this noble host Came forih my hand to claim; Yet I also dreamed, which charmed me most That you loved me still the same. Mr. H. Hayward's performances on the violin are al ready well known, and it will suffice to say that he fully sustained the high name he has already achieved as a first rate performer. SHOCKING DEATH.—OD Thursday last as the River Queen steamer was proceeding on a pleasure trip from Walton-on-the-Naze to Ipswich, one of the passengers, Captain Resker, of the Zephyr brig, belogging to the latter port, was seated on the hatches over the engine- . . room, when owing probably to a sudden attack of vertigo, he fell backwards on the engine, which was immediately stopped by the engineer, but when extricated from the works life was wholly extinct. The body was so com pletely jammed in between the shaft and the frame-work, that it was found necessary to draw it through the engine. It presented a most frightful spectacle. The neck was dislocated, both arms were fractured, there were several bruises on the lower extremities, and the face was terribly lacerated. The deceased's wife and several friends were on board, MANCHESTER, MONDAY NIGHT (From our own Correspondent.) COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Under this head it is my intention to communicate as accurately as possible an recount of the particular events of the week, with a view of laying before your readers a succinct narrative of our commercial transactions, more especially as they relate to the shipping interests of Li verpool. The ordinary reports of our markets give but a very imperfect idea of the real state of feeling which ex ists amongst buyers and merchants, whose business is confined to the foreign trade. These reports are gene rally the opinion t,f one particular house in the trade, and cannot therefore be said to aff or d an extensive knowledge of our commercial transactions. On Tuesday last the market, though in some respects active at firm prices, on the whole showed a downward tendency; and it was en tirely owing to the lightness of stocks that prices were maintained. This state of feeling was much more ap parent in the goods market than yarn, which sold more fully, especially the coarser qualities suited to the Indian markets. The news from the seat of war between France and Morocco, produced some little apathy amongst shippers, which was materially increased by the warlike tone of some of the newspapers. In the latter part of the week the same spirit was even more manifest, and on the whole the byegone week has been less active than for some time past. THE LEAGUE AND THE REGISTRATION COURTS. Mr. George Wilsan, the chairman of the League, in his last oration in Covent Garden, whilst rebutting the state ments sent forth that the League was extinct, told his hearers that they had only changed their tactics, having directed the whole of their attention to the registration courts. When this hint reached Manchester it was not fully understood, even by those who in some measure watch the proceedings of the leaguers. But recent events leave no further doubt as to the intention of the Cobden confederacy. For several days past the Manchester post office has been a scene of considerable bustle and confu sion. Messengers from Newall's-buildings were continu ally on the run with large parcels of letters, which, upon inquiry turned out to be notices of objections. It is said that they have in this way served seven thousand objec tions upon the Conservative electors of South Lancashire. One person is reported to have signed 3,000 of these ob jections. A co-partner in the concern is reported to have signed an equal number. These objections are served in the most wholesale manner imaginable, many electors be ing served with two notices. The objections to the borough electors are conducted on the same principle, and by the league also. During the recent election for this county, the leaguers endeavoured, and in some few instances suc cessfully, to make it appear that their proceedings were not directed by any political motive, but that the all-im portant question with them was free-trade, but the notices now served are exclusively on conservatives. What does Mr. Robert Gardner, who proposed your townsman, Mr. Brown, at Newton, think a this? EVANS, THE MURDERER.—The decision of the chief baron in postponing the trial of the murderer Evans, and the advice which his lordship gave to have it removed to Lancaster, in consequence of the publication, in the Manchester Guardian, of a letter from Bristol, has given general satisfaction in this town. In justice to Mr. Bes wick it is but right to say, that he knew nothing whatever of the publication of the letter; and there is no doubt if he had been made acquainted with the intention of the con ductors of the Guardian, he would have interposed to pre vent its publication. A similar course was adopted by the same paper in the case of Milne v. the Corporation of Manchester, but the character of the , plaintiff stands too high to be affected by such a course. SHARE MARKET, MONDAY.—There has been very little doing to-day indeed ; the few transactions that have taken place are of so trifling a character as scarcely to be worth notice. The only sales effected were Huddersfield and Manchester, 24 it 7 1-6; Leeds and Dewsbury, 1/ and I premium ; Rosendale and Manchester 5 7-16. EXTRAORDINARY CASE. On Saturday William Laidler, who stated that he had been a seaman on board the ship John Campbell, of Li verpool, a vessel of 600 tons, in the palm-oil trade, ap peared before Sir J. Pirie, at the Mansion-house Police office, London, for the purpose of making a declaration relative to a mutiny on board that vessel, and a series of cruelties which, be stated, had been crowned with murder. After some hesitation from Sir John Pirie as to the pos sibility of the complaint being founded on facts, the sea man solemnly pledged himself to the truth of the state ment, which was to the following effect :—The ship John Campbell left the Liverpool Docks on the 21st of October last, bound for Old Calabar, on the African coast, in the palm-oil trade. Two weeks after the ship sailed the skip per (Robert Nelson) died off Madeira; when the super cargo assumed the command, as is alleged wrongfully. About a month after our skipper died, the supercargo reduced our daily rations to a very serious extent. We had now gained our destination, working hard under an African sun unloading the ship, but find ing ourselves oppressed with heat, and languishing for the want of food, we con ulted, went aft. and respectfully complained to the proper officer, the first mate, that in consequence of the reduction of our rations we felt weak and unable to do our work. The officer re ferred us to the supercargo. We then addressed ourselves to that personage, who also refused our request, on the ground that the ship's provisions were short, and should be reserved for the homeward passage. The application was denied, and the supercargo went on shore, and a mes senger soon after announced that we might look to our selves, as the war canoes were preparing to come off. Shortly afterwards we saw about 50 armed war canoes put oil, with from 18 to 20 natives in each, chanting their war songs of blood and slaughter, with the supercargo at their head. They soon drew up in a circle round the ship, and swept her decks with vollies of shot and poisoned ar rows. Being astonished at such an extraordinary attack, and shuddering at the idea of instant death, we stood on the defensive with such weapons as came to hand ; but becoming weak from wounds and loss of blood, the ship was easily boarded, and nine of us tied with cords, and thrown, covered wi th gore, into the ca. y n o u e ru s , bo a , s n and town,taken e a r s e h e o v r e e r y a s n p d e i paraded r u e through d K o s i u n l g t was also inflicted upon us. The natives turned upon the supercargo, and plundered the vessel of her gear, and every moveable article upon which the y could lay their hands." The paper of the applicant, after some particu lar details of seventies alleged to have been practised by b th r e ig s . u o p f. e w rea ur rg A o no s i t n a e t i e l s a , a ' r . ri Ø ve n d t , h w e when e O n t h w of e w M e r a e y thea Frenchput o n board of her, and landed at Gambia on the 11th of June, and lodged in gaol, but were instantly liberated as soon as the magistrates had examined the case, no crime being recorded." The statement concludes with the expression of a determination to bring the supercargo to public justice upon the arrival of the other injured parties, and gives the names of the men who were ironed (being eight) and of those murdered, (being two.) The statement, which is dated " Gambia, Ist July, 1844," is signed by William Laidler and William Hall. Sir John Pirie, who appeared to doubt the truth of the statement throughout. stated that he should write to the owner, Sir Joseph Sharp, in Liverpool, and in the mean time sent the seamen to a place of refuge. 'We feel bound to add that we know of no such name in Liverpool, although the John Campbell is well known. [Since the above was in type we have learned that the owner of this vessel is Mr. William Sharp, of Drury-lane.] MERCURIAL PLEASANTRY.-OUr contemporary of Friday, in reply to a correspondent who is " grateful" for some very sage counsel deri red from his columns, suggests that such correspondent may in return " remember him while he is on the moors, or even when on lower lands next month" —or, in other words, be may forward him a present of game. The following is his exquisite reason for being in want of such a commodity :—" We have no time ourselves for pursuing any game but such as we can occasionally make of our brother editors or bungling statesmen." The Mercury make game of either" brother editors" or "bungling statesmen." We rather imagine that, if his table was to be supplied only with game of his own manufacture, the poor dear gentleman would some of these days be found feeding upon himself, with bread sauce and other appurtenances, as his shot against what ever object directed, most frequently comes home to his own shop. The Mercury " making game" would be an exhibition of the ridiculous, beyond the powers of human endurance to look upon. THE FUNDS : SATURDAY NIGHT.—The market for English stocks was steady to-day, but in the present state of affairs the jobbers seem little inclined to operate. Without much fluctuation, Consols for money and the account left off 984; Bank Stock, 1984 to 1994 ; Three per Cents. Reduced. 994 to S ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 102 k to 4 ; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1014 to I : Long Annuities, 124 to 9-16 ; Exche quer-bills, 735. to 755. premium ; South Sea New Annu ities, 983 ; and India Stock, 281 to 283. In the foreign market there was no great change, the limited amount of business usually transacted on a aturday being one cause for the sameness of prices. Spanish Five per Cents. left off 224 to 4 ; the Three per Cents., 334 to 4 ; Portuguese, 434 to 444 ; Peruvian, 23 to 25 ; Mexican, 354 to 4 ; the Deferred, 154 to 4; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 614 to 4 ; the Five per Cents., 1004 to 4 ; Danish, 884 to 894 ; Colombian, 134 to j< ; Chilian, 103 to 105 ; Buenos Ayres, 34 to 36 ; Brazilian, 834 to 844 ; and Belgian, 1024 to 1034. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.—The lectures on the British poets, now in course of delivery at this institution, by James Montgomery, Esq., continue to attract a nume rous and respectable auditory, who evince the liveliest in terest in this truly English course of lectures, and pay the greatest attention to the valuable observations which the lecturer makes on the style and character of the poetry of the several poets, as they come under review. That this subject at all times should be attractive is not surprising— that it should be doubly so is what we should anticipate, when we find that the lect •rer himself is a poet of acknow ledged celebrity, and one of the most distinguished literary characters of the present age. He has reviewed the poetry of Langdale, Chaucer, Spenser, Skelton, Shak speare, Butler, Milton, Dryden, &c. ; and this evening his sketches will embrace the names of Pope, Thomson, Addison, Prior, and others—all of whom are poets of the first standard ; and we have no doubt the lecturer will do ample justice to the characters and talents of each. We trust our readers will not allow so favourable an oppor tunity to pass without going and listening to the remarks of this justly celebrated poetic lecturer. CUSTOM-HOUSE IPOLICE.—A new system of detective Police, under the superintendence of a lieutenant of the Royal Navy, has just been established (says a corres dpountideesnwt)illbybethceonCfino e ra d m to iss t i h o mitted by this branch of the revenue , and will a s d found to succeed in bringing many fra udulent tradersto the e r s tracingo f C o u u s t t o o m f f s r. , a a u n dl d s oc t o h cm e o i . r . operate, when occasion may requir e, with the officers of excise. This arrangement has b een already justice, the Commissioners of Excise an d Customs. — Observer. whose cases stand over for hear in g at the next sittings of VISIT TO LIVERPOOL OF THE PRINCE ROYAL OF PRUSSIA. Shortly after ten o'clock on Sunday night, the Prince Royal of Prussia and suite, arrived at the Adelphi Hotel in this town, en route from Scotland for the south. His Royal Highness was at Glasgow on Friday, and slept at Carlisle on Saturday night. On Monday he proceeded in one of his own carriages, to Lancaster, and, after having taken a view of the castle and the localities generally, he came by railway to Parkside, and from thence to Liver pool. On arriving at the station in Lime-street, he was met by his Worship the Mayor, Mr. Bramley Moore (Al derman), and Mr. Burchart, the Prussian Consul in this port—the last in the full costume of his " order." Mr. Wilkinson, Church-Warden, was also present. A large crowd awaited the arrival of the train, and evinced much anxiety to see the prince, who is a good looking and youngish man, apparently about at least six feet in height, of rather light complexion, wearing, according to the fashion of his country, somewhat bushy mustachioes,—a custom also honoured amongst his suite. His Royal Highness, accompanied by the Mayor and two of the suite, proceeded to the Adelphi, in the municipal state carriage, Mr. Bramley Moore, and the others in attendance, follow ing in other carriages. The royal party partook of an ex cellent dinner (or rather supper), provided by Mr. Rad ley, and on their sitting down the bells of St. Peter's Church rang a merry peal. The President Van Garlach, a Prussian Judge, supped with the royal party. The suite consisted of seven Prussian gentlemen, including Count Konigsmark, the Chevalier Bunsen, &c. In all, so far as we could learn, beds were engaged for fifteen gentlemen of the royal party. Yesterday morning, his Royal Highness and suite made a tour through the town and along the docks, to view such objects of interest as his short stay would permit, his time being limited to eleven o'clock in the forenoon. His Royal Highness appointed the early hour of half-past seven for starting on this object, and shortly before that time, Mr. Burchart, Prussian Consul, and the Mayor and Mr. Alderman Bramley-Moore, were in attendance upon him—the two latter arriving at the hotel in the cor poration coach. Punctual to his appointment, the Prince was down stairs at the time fixed, and, after he and his suite had partaken of a cup of coffee, the whole proceeded on their route, at twenty minutes to eight. The Prince was accompanied by Chevalier Bunsen, the Mayor, and the Prussian Consul. Six of the suite, together with Mr. Moore, followed in two other carriages, the whole greeted by loud acclamations from the bystanders. They drove down Ranelagh-street, and along Church-street, Lord-street, and South Castle-street, to the Custom house, where the Prince alighted, and walked through the Long-Room, stopping to admire the dome in the centre. As none of the clerks were astir at so early an hour, the room did not exhibit any of that bustling appearance which his royal highness might have witnessed had his visit been a few hours later in the day. From the long room the Prince was shown into Mr. Arnaud's, the col lector's office, from the windows of which he obtained a view, necessarily imperfect, of the large warehouses and other buildings surrounding that neighbourhood, and of the docks which stretch away to the southward. He was then accompanied, amongst others, by Mr. Arnaud, whom he recognised as having seen somewhere before, and it turned cut that the Prince had met with him at Ports mouth (in, we believe, 1815) at a grand ball given to the Allied Sovereigns, which Mr. A., along with his family, was invited to attend by his late Majesty then Duke of Clarence, who on several occasions shewed the same kind attention to Mr. Arnaud. The recognition was mutual, and most friendly. The Prince, on coming out, admired the massive columns and the building generally, and made inquiries as to the cost. After re-entering the carriage, the Prince was driven to the Coburg Dock, and went on board the royal mail steam ship " Britannia," where he remained about half-an-hour, inspecting and admiring the engines and cabins of that powerful vessel. A body of police, of perhaps 200 in number, under command of Mr. Miller, the active and intelligent head constable, were here stationed, and, filing off to form an avenue ; the Prince and suite rode through their ranks. The Prince expressing himself highly de lighted with their fine appearance, order, and discipline. Had, indeed, the high encomiums which his Royal High ness passed upon this truly efficient and constitutional force 'reached the ears of Capt. Miller, who heads them, they must have been highly gratifying to his feelings, as well as to those of his predecessor Mr. Whitty, who so long trained and commanded them. This testimonial of respect from a foreign Prince is not less honourable to the men themselves, and we trust they will ever aspire to deserve it. The ship was in apple-pie order, as clean in every point as a new pin; and, to add to the imposing effect, her yards were, in honour of the royal visiter, fully manned by the whole complement of her " jolly tars," neatly dressed in blue jackets and white trousers. This was, in fact, one of the finest displays of the day ; and, had the pelic been apprised of it, would have been witnessed by as many thousands as it was by hundreds of our townsmen and fair townswomen. The Prince was received on board with the greatest politeness by Captain Hewitt, the commander, and Captain Bevis, R.N., who escorted him through the engine -house and cabins, and pointed out everything of interest in the ship. His Royal Highness walked through the sleeping apartments, and asked a variety of questions as to the average number of passengers, the general length of the voyages to the United States, the tonnage of the vessel, and the weight of the engines, to all of which prompt and satisfactory answers were returned by Captain Hewitt. His Royal Highness obtained from the quarter-deck a good view of the ship ping in the Brunswick, the Union, and other docks ; and here we may remark, that the whole of the shipping in the harbour diaplayed their colours on the occasion in honour of the royal visit, and presented an exceedingly gay and brilliant appearance. The whole of the public buildings- were also decorated with national and other flags. The Britannia, in compliment, displayed the Prussian ensign at the fore. Mr. Stubbs's Harmonic Band was also on board, (engaged by the gallant Captain Hewitt himself,) and played the national and other airs. On landing from the vessel the Prince and all his suite shook Captain Hewitt cordially by the hand, and thanked him, in the most affable and complimentary terms, for his trouble and attention. Accompanied by the Mayor, Mr. Moore, and the royal suite, His royal Highness then embarked, at the Coburg pier,onboardherMajesty's steamer Redwing, which wasin waiting, with the view to steam down the harbour, and thus enable his Royal Highness to obtain something like a cursory view of the extent of the docks. He was re ceived on board by Captain Bevis R.N., and Lieut. Ladd, R. N., a strong detachment of the pol'ce, under Mr. Mil ler, gii ing him three hearty cheers as he reached the deck. His Royal Highness acknowledged the compliment paid him by the constabulary by raising his hat and politely bowing. The steamer proceeded southward to the upper end of the Harrington Docks, and then crossed over to the Sloyne, where her Majesty's mail steamers, Medusa and Merlin, were lying at anchor. Those fine steamers dis played an immense number of flags, and had their yards fully manned. The Redwing then steamed along the Cheshire shore, against a strong N. W. wind, and the Prince and party obtained a fine view of the town and docks. The principal objects of interest on both sides of our noble river were pointed out to them, and the Prince was amazed when told by Mr. Moore the extent of water and quay-space afforded by our docks. His Royal High ness seemed particularly interested in witnessing the novel mode in which "The Queen," Woodside steamer, (noticed in another column,) which was crossing at the time, was co strutted, and put several questions not only as to the ingenious manner in which the rudders—one at each end —were constructed and operated, but also as to the power and capability of such steam-vessels and others on our waters for the purposes of war, in the event of a contest with belligerent powers ; on which subject he made many inquiries, which were very intelligently answered by Mr. dnpacrossiosoi Moore. ecnmkt ebild at to George's disembark out the ft e:be ti hur r wegt r hem e :s a norh c ede h eit Pier,nbh ge artley, the marine surveyor, afterwardsSwww e bhh a ei c ocr o i heemi the b tpn e awrr , natdt party landed. ktad ß nfiei e sddr d es b w tdt en. i n not gght Heree esnt deepen ed, e am , who l dbte e htr d ote Prince was met by M r . H the warehouses erected, and the mortar made by steam. After walking along the western quay of the dock, and through one of the large fire-proof warehouses now in course of completion, the Prince entered the state car riage, and was driven to the Prince's Dock, and thence through Chapel-street to the Town-hall. He there walked through the beautiful suite of rooms, and ad mired the several busts, statues, and pictures as he proceeded. On first entering the suite of rooms his Royal Highness could not refrain from exclaiming " mag nificent." From the Town-hall the Prince went to the Exchange News-room, where be was received with loud demonstra tions of respect. He next visited the Underwriters' Room, inspected Nelson's Monument, and was afterwards introduced to the Lord Chief Baron (Pollock) on the bench of the Crown Court, now sitting, and expressed himself as being much interested and even affected by the solemn, considerate, yet firm procedure of our higher courts of justice. From the Town-hall he again entered the Mayor's carriage, and followed by two other carriages with his entertainers and suite, was driven to St. John's Market, through which he walked. He next viewed the Fish Market, and it was expected would visit the New Assize Courts, but time not permitting consistently with his other arrangements, the whole party returned to the Adelphi, where they sat down to breakfast about half-past ten, after a somewhat early and active tour for a Prince. It should be stated that His Royal Highness speaks Eng lish fluently, and freely conversed with the Mayor and Mr. Moore (whom he invited to breakfast with him) throughout the whole route. He made many inquiries as to the education of the people, and seemed much interested in the subject. An immense crowd occupied the area in front of the hotel, and after the repast his Royal Highness showed himself from one of th e balconies, and was received with loud cheers —for here, as in the highlands of Scotland, (in the kindly spirit of British feeling) "stranger is a holy name." Mr. Stubb's band, which had been previously playing in front, at the same time, struck up the national anthem. Soon afterwards the Prince and suite re-entered their carriages and proceeded to the railway station, en route for War wick Castle. The Prince and immediate friends occupied seats in, a inthspeeeial mid t d r l e e in p . art H o i l s t t w h o e meaarirlincagrersiawgietb, of t , b a e s we re mainderofhmisareebtiinnuese.weorenneexotfirtibtehsee—trabiins, mounted on private rre s _ ca ag much resembles a com mon p l ain gentleman's i this coach of country, and pres en t e d no royal insignia or elii emb ment, saving a simple c rown on the panel of a ppropriate each The o f trainthe s doors, tarte dwaitthnovuet minutesa y mot motto. in before tou eleven u o t e 'c s l . o c k I t , and reached the Edge-hill station su .could, we e nn le ly ar i n u , nc p h ro a c t ee w d , awriwthick rapid ity (yest h erday) i n s et Draytonto dine N t i h a e n same r day das s he wass to under reach r Birmingham in two hours and a ha c lf. The Prince would . His loy y a e l te l r li alin)e';'sitwh Sir R. promise with her Majesty the Queen on Saturday Highness August 27, 1844. FRANCE AND MOROCCO. The following is published in the London papers of Saturday, as the last intelligence from Morocco: — The last accounts from Marshal Bugeaud are of the 9th. At that date the Marshal still occupied the camp of Lella Magrina• The negotiations with the Moorish camp had yielded no result• The Marshals army had been abundantly supplied by our steamers. The squadron of the Prince de Joinville was still on the 9th in the waters of Tangier." The French government has received the following official intelligence : " Accounts have been received from Marshal Bugeaud, datedfrom the bivouac at Koudiac. The Marshal having marched against the Moorish army, which was daily becoming stronger and more Me nacing to Algeira, he encountered it on the 14th, two leagues in ad vance of his camp. The Moors assumed the offensive with 20,000 horse, at the moment when the heads of the French column were passing the Isly. The French troops have obtained a signal ad vantage." TAHITI. The Morning Herald of Saturday has the following , which it heads " Settlement, by Anticipation, of the Tahitian Question" : " Our private letters from Paris state that the embarrassment created between the two governments, by the Tahitian affair, 1 1 " been favourably disposed of in a most unexpected manner. Captain Bruat, to whom Admiral Dupetit Thouars had delegated his autho• rity, not approving of the arrest of Mr. Pritchard, and particularly' of the informal manner in which it was executed, thought proper O reprimand M. D'Aubigny, and to suspend him u nt il th e pl eas ure °` r the French government was taken in his regard. `• This timely interposition of Captain Bruat, it is hoped, win settle the question between the two cabinets, and relieve the Earl of Aberdeen from pressing M. Guizot on a point where the sensibility of the French nation is, though erroneously, much excited." NAVAL PREPARATIONS AT PLYMOUTH. We have been politely favoured with the following letter from Plymouth, by Mr. Court, Secretary of the Under writers' Association : Plymouth, 24th August, 1844. " Since our respects of the 22d, a slight movement has taken place in the naval departments, namaly :—seameu are now being entered on board the guard ships for general service, and one hundred are to be entered in the dock-yard in lieu of one hundred landsmen, to be discharged. " P.S.—Since the above, orders have been received here to get the Vanguard, 80, and Superb, 80, ready for commissioning as soon as possible ; and, we apprehend, four others are to be got ready at the eastern yards. " FOX, SONS, and CO." EGYPT-ABDICATION RENOUNCED. Intelligence was received by the French government on Friday, that Mehemet Ali has changed his mind. The following are the terms in which the information is an nounced : " The Viceroy has abandoned his previous resolution to abdicate, nor will he persist in his intention of making the pilgrimage to Mecca. His return to Alexandria from Cairo is expected every moment." THE WEST INDIEs.—We understand that instructions have been sent out by the last packet to the governors of our West Indian possessions to have the existing naval and military defences of the colonies placed in the most efficient state, and to make whatever additions may be deemed necessary, so as to be prepared for any emergency that may arise. An additional regiment, and a first-class steam• frigate will also, we hear, be sent out before the close of the year. The home government will, it is said, " disallow" the Militia Bill recently passed by the House of AsEembly of Jamaica, and compel them to fall back upon the old law, under the provisions of which the island militia will be called out for drill and exercise regularly once in every month.—Herald. LARGE EXPORTATION OF HORSES,—OR Wednesday and Thursday last no less than upwards of one hundred very choice horses (hunters and steeple chasers) were ex ported from Hull to the continent. Mr. O'CONNELL.—The Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord Camoys and several other noblemen, one " bishop," and a number of gentlemen have signed an address of "sym pathy" with Mr. O'Connell on his imprisonment. THE CHARGE OF SHOOTING.—On Saturday, the Hon. Mr. Touchet, brother of Lord Audley, underwent an ex amination at Bow-street, on the charge of shooting Mr- Smith, the latter being sufficiently recovered to give his evidence. The prisoner was again remanded until Satur day, when he will be fully committed for trial, though there will be no difficulty in establishing his insanity. EXPULSION OF SISTERS OF CHARITY FROM RUSSIA. —We find the following in the Westphalian Mercury:- -- " Several sisters of charity have lately arrived at Berlin , having been conducted to the frontiers of Prussia from their convent, at Wilna, in Russia, which has been sup, - pressed. They are young women of education and go" ; families, and will return to their principal convent 'lll5 , France. They were put under the charge of Cossacks , ° whose treatment they make severe complaints." DREADFUL MISCALCULATION.—A coal-pit accident, attended with loss of life, occurred at the pit at Dearharo, near Meryport, on Sunday morning last. Two men and three boys were about to descend into the pit at one time, when another boy also attempted to get into the basket, but fortunately for him he turned back, feeling :rather afraid to descend with so many. When the two men and three boys, who were in the act of descending, were not more than three feet from the top the rope broke, and the whole were precipitated to the bottom of the shaft, a depth of fully 50 yards. Two of the unfortunate sufferers breathed once or twice after they were taken up, but the others had died instantaneously. At the inquest, a verdict was returned of " accidental death caused by the bad ald imperfect material of which the rope was composed. Two of the boys were brothers. T HR EATENED STRIKE OF THE FACTORY OPERA TIVES.—Meetings of the different branches of the work people employed in cotton factories have been held from time to time, during the last few weeks, preparatoreZ giving notice for an advance of wages, such a s cashire. On Tuesday night t w o meetino Lan. the having been attended with success i n some parts lf- ga M rket a.:tor spinners were held, one a t th e B u ll' s Head, —a to place, and another at the Rock House, Heaton Norris, to devise measures for securing, with the least possible delay or inconvenience, an increase of ten per cent. u p on the wages at present paid. Delegates from the adjo ining towns attended, and several encouraging addresses w ere made by resident artisans. It was resolved that " s ho p meetings ' should be held throughout the mills in the dis tricts, comprehending every branch of the manufactur ing business, who were to agree upon the price to be de manded. Another general meeting of the factory opera tives was next to be convened, at which the reports a re to be made. The masters were then to receive notice of the increase, and if no t conceded, the whole body was W strike for the advance.—Halifax Guardian. e DISCOVERY OF EXTENSIVE FRAUDS UPON THE El i CISE.—A most extensive gang of persons has been Pe' discovered by Mr. Frederick Pargiter and Mr. John Charles Kay, two active officers of the excise. From cir cumstances of a suspicious nature, the officers were in duced to visit the chemical factory of Mr. Barker, in Cross-street, Blackfriars-road, and, upon examination , Pargiter found several secret trap-doors leading to an ex cavation under ground in the cooperage-yard belonging to a person, named Bryant. The upper portion of the range of buildings was used for chemical purposes, strong acia, g being prepared, with a view of counteracting the pungen; smell arising from illicit distillation. Pargiter descende d one of the secret trap-doors armed with a crow-bar an firearms; but although he could discover in a secret an d inner chamber a man at work, he was unable to effect 0 entrance to capture the offender. After considerable es' ertions the officers obtained a forcible entrance into the distillery, and there found, on passing through m assice oak doors, three stills in perfect working order, with the spirit running off from one of them, a large quantity of molasses, molasses' spirits, and upwards of 500 gallops 01 , wash. So perfect was everything to enable a successfu l operation to be carried on that th officers found it fleas' sary to employ five waggons to remove the plant, &c., well' the chief office in Broad-street. The workmen, by we"' concerted signals managed their escape in a most myst e : riot's manner. Since th above affair a second discover 7 has been made of a minor establishment in Little Coiling' wood-street, Blackfriars, supposed to belong to the same gang.— Observer. HAIR DaEssirso.—ln another column will be found the adve!„' tisement of Mr. Leathw cute, who has commenced a shop in above line. his having long been foreman at one of the first 7 . .. tablishments in the trade, Mr. Rennie's, will doubtless ensure bl success. DYEING.—We refer our readers to the advertisement of V I Z' Dodd, in the first page of our paper today; and having b through his works, we feel assure d, f rom the conven i ent waf, ,ij ", e which they are fitted, and their proximity to the centre of . town, that he has facilities by which he will not only be able . execute his orders with dispatch, but in a styl e t o eq ual thco executed in the great metropolis itself. a§ CEILING ORNAMENTS .—Those who are about to introduce g d into their premises, more particularly to drawing-rooms, would . well to inspect the splendid assortment of ceiling ornaments papier maehee, at Mr. Keys, in Bold-street. They comprise et.r4 variety, from the plainest to the richest, and most elaborate des l ry of graceful foliage—imitating in every particular the most elabelr;g carvings. The powerful relief these ornaments give to mar e , chandeliers can only be estimated by those who have seen th used. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Auo. 26 ' e ets The demand for Cotton throughout th e wee k has on ly ti t he on a moderate commensurate with the im me di ate wan ts ° oo d, consumers. On Saturday, howe ver, t h e demand lucre dan and prices were rather more firmly maintained, and t c " a nd 6.00.) bales have been sold, ,000 of them for exportatio n, we close with a steady and fair businesslike tone. LIV ERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, Ave— •ue s For all descriptions of good Butters the demand cout_i d se fair, and prices are f ully supported ; Belfasts, CarloWs, 01;00 lected Cork dairies, are well worth 76s to 78s. For the T he re I ° sorts, however, ( w hi ch are, over abundant, in supply.) Aye a very lethargic enquiry, and for such it is difficult to Ir er ce, correct quotation. Prime Irish Beef stands at 845 Per_. r oelf Pork 65s t o 6 7s per b arrel , and the latter art i cle exilope scarce. These prices a re lik e ly b e ma i n t a i ne d so I ?°g . 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