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TUESD AY, SUNE 27, 1854. g:ilits by Auction. PEREMPTORY SALE. H OUSEHOLD FURNITURE, valuable Collection of Stuffed piano -fortes , in Fifteen Cases, Cottage, Cabinet, and Square rittno-fortes, Gas Stove, Gasaliers, Bookcase and Books, Framed Prints, Rifle, Bagatelle Table, Clocks, Iceing Ma chine, &e. ATESSRS. F. and J. HODGSON are instructed to SELL by AUCTION, peremptorily, on FRIDAY t ext, the 30th instant, punctually at Eleven o'clock, at their `r ic 'cliatnission-rooms, Argyle-street (near Hamilton-square and e -street), Birkenhead, p,,En unusually extensive Assemblage of HOUSEHOLD ` , RNITURE, removed from the Premises for better ar- Mltement, including Mahogany Telescops, Dining, Pem -1,1.0ke, and other Tables, Sofas, Sets of Chairs and Lounging Ditto in Hair-cloth and Leather, Sideboard, Rosewood Chef oonier, Chimney Glasses, Carpets, Oil-cloths, Fenders, Fire ,,loils, Dinner Service, n large quantity of Glass and China, n umerous Four-post, French, and Iron Bedsteads and Hang :°gs, Feather Beds, Mattresses, Blankets, Quilts, Mahogany a nd Painted Chests of Drawers, Toilet Tables and Glasses, Potnan, Chairs, strong Painted Tables Doors, Counter, and 'shires, Windsor Chairs. the use; ul KiLhen Requisites, and Vher genuine Effects. Also, Fifteen Glazed Cases of valuable °reign and British STUFFED BIRDS, in excellent preser htion. The whole to be viewed on THURSDAY next, the 29th in stant, and Catalogues had of Messrs. F. and J. HonusoN, at 1 ueiroffices and Rooms. Argyle-street, Birkenhead. 1 N.B.—Several well FURNISHED HOUSES to LET. BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTRIX. HOLT-HILL, CHESHIRE. 131 1 . bstantial HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Chimney Glass, Plate 60 inches by 46 inches, Gas Chandeliers, Bookcase and Books, and other genuine Effects of the late Captain Parsons, R.N. MESSRS. P. and J. HODGSON will SELL by AUCTION, on TUESDAY next, July 4 , 5854 , punc tnally at Eleven o'clock, on the Premises, Holt-hill (top of Llifton-park), Birkenhead, the genuine HOUSEHOLD URNITURE, comprising Mahogany Sideboard, 6 feet long, "Ith enclosed centre, Set of Nine Crown-back Chairs and a • 4 2 , ucli in Hair-cloth, Lounging Chairs, in Hair-cloth and r lorocco, Oblong 'Dining and Card Tables, Bookcase, with Glazed Doors, 'Chess Table, a very excellent large Circular Vining Table of -solid dark Indian Wood and Manufacture, ~urab Damask 'Curtains and Cornices to Two Windows, `'rimson Damask Ditto for One Window, Rosewood Chiffon , with White Marble Top and Plate Glass Back , Ditto ,„4ich, Lounging Chair and Set of Chairs in Damask, Lady's "ork Table, Gas Chandeliers, Brussels Carpets, Upright Plimney Glass, Plate 60 inches by 46 inches,. Folding Screen, Blinds throughout. The SiX . LODGING-ROOMS contain lofty Mahogany Four-post Bedsteads,Draperies, with Massive Cornice, Footboard, and Chintz a Ditto with Footboard and Spiral Footposts, Valls:Spiny Winged Wardrobe, and Two Single Ditto, Two ,"itinted Wardrobes, Mahorany and Painted Chests of D rawers, Toilet Tables, with and without Marble Tops, Mabo- P r ny, Tudor, and Tent Bedsteads , with Hangings , Painted ,enet Ditto, Goose Feather Beds, Hair Mattresses, Bidets, 'Pmmodes, Window Curtains, Carpets, Easy Chairs, Cc. In ENTRANCE-HALL.—SnagOll Lantern in Bronze Frame, ,Sttbogany Hall Table, with Cabriole Front and White Marble Umbrella Stand, Eight-days' Clock, Stair Lets, Oil-cloth, 3:c. ,The excellent Kitchen Requisites. Churn and Dairy Imple gents, Staffordshire Ware Dinner Service, Screw Linen Press, a nd other remaining Mots. To be publicly viewed on MONDAY next, the 3rd July. end Catalogues hadtm the Premises, or of Messrs. F. and J. ouosoN, at their Offices and Rooms, Argyle-street, Bir enhead. BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE. V ALUABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY. AT CLAUGHTON 137 . 1iessrs. F. and J. HODGSON. ° l l FRIDAY, the - 7th day of July next, at Six o'clock in the _evening, at the Craven-rooms, in Chester-street, Birken head, subject to such conditions of sale as shall be then Produced. ALL *A Piece of LAND, situate in tile town ship dr Oxton, in the county of Chester, and on the north side of a certain road there, called Devonshire-place, tontaining , in front thereto 231 feet, and in breadth at the hck 111 feet 4 inches, and running in rear or depth back ptras on the west side 141 feet, and on the east side 196 feet u inches, and containing in the whole 3160 square yards, be the said s everal dimensions and quantity thereof a little more : 11 ' less, bounded on the west by land now or latelyl9elonging Alr. Thomas Brassey, on the east by land now or lately longing to Mr. William Carter, on the north by land lately rlonfing to ce James arr A , deceased,nd on the south by De 7°,Lshire-pla afore P said. IlreVenure is Freehold of Inheritance. b For - further particulars apply to Mr. JOSEPH CRAVEN, ',,ktategent, 1, Price-street, Birkenhead ; or to Mr. W. H. - loostE, Solicitor, 48, Castle-street, Liverpool. PIANO-FORTES. ORGAN, Brc. ' JR. GREEN will -SELL by AU , CTION, o To-moit Row (Wednesday), the 28th instant, at Eleven Vock, at his Roorkis. Market-street, Birkenhead, ~xra ndight New and Second-hand Cotte, Piccolo, Horizontal , and Square PIANO FORTES in Walnut, 'Rosewood,, sad Mahogany Cases, by the 'following esteemed Makers : .roadurood, Collard and • Collard, 7'omlcison, Shaw, i.e. Als , 0, a small Finger ORGAN, Two Guitars, Music Stools, linterbury What-nole,Src. _May be viewed prior to and on the Morning of Sale. BI RK ENH RAD. 1110 USEHOLD FURNITURE, Chimney Glass, Pair of Oriental Couches, Gasalier, .Ginger Beer Apparatus, ATCylinder, Lead Piping, &c. R. GREEN will SELL . by AUCTION, on THURSDAY next, the 29th instant, at Eleven o'clock, `, his Rooms, Market-street, Birkenhead, I. large Assemblage of modern HOUSEHOLD FURNI "-' RE and other Effects, removed principally from Hamilton 11,,ignare for convenience of sale,. comprising a Miscellaneous , 48 ortment of Drawing and Dinit4-room Furniture,•in Rose 90d and Mahogany, and • the contents of several well-fur- Oiled Bedrooms, Brussels Carpets, Fenders. Gaseliers, p'ntnney Glass in Gilt Frame, 'Pair of handsome Oriental 'cinches tanned and richly Gilt Also a GINGER BEER k b ., . . • . .i, _ r,t'ARAT t., with Cylinder, Lead Piping, &c. r, alay be viewed•prior to the sale, and Catalogues had of Mr. ,_"itaar,T, Auctioneer and Valuer, Market -street, Birkenhead. CLIFTON-PARK. V aluable HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Piano-forte,Chimney Gass, Mirror, elegant French Timepiece, China. Glass, &c. VIR. GREEN will SELL 'by AUCTION, on Futn.vv-next, the 30th instEnt, at Eleven O'clock, on k"e Premises, No. 2, Upper Woodlands, Clifton-park, t bhead, )qhe whole of the excellent modern HOUSEHOLD FURNI RE and Effecte, the Property of a Lady changing her aidence, idence, -comprising, On DINING and DRAWING Rooms, Set of Eight superior each, Chairs, covered in Crimson Damask, - Sofa , r,_'llnch, Ottoman, and Easy Chair to match , a Rosewood covered • in Chintz, elegant Oak Loo, Sofa,'Stand, and Zork Tables, Mahogany What-not; Quartette Tables, Itend- Zthe Mahogany/Pedestal 'Sideboard, Ditto Bookcase, with Felosed Secretaire, powerful sweet-toned 64 octaves Cabinet ano-forte, in ' , handsome Mahogany Case, by Collard and e k °, l lard, Gilt Cornice n , and Curtain -of Crimson Damask, Vurnney Glassnal Mirror, in. Gilt • F rames, costly French m itnepiece, in Alabaster Case, under 'Glass Shade, s a me of jiegant Glass Lustre., a few fine Engravings, neatly Fd, russets and other 6-wets, Fenders,. Fire-irons, &c. The BED-Roosts contain a lofty Mahogany Four-post Bed teed, Birch, Polished, French, and . Iron Half-tester Bed steads a n d C r ib. i vith suitable Draperies, Hair Matresses, F eather Beds and Bedding, Night Commodes and Bedsteps, s. l ahogany Chests Drawers, large Toilet Glass in Mahogany ( -tame, neatly•Painted*Toilet Tables and Ware, and the usual hamber Reguisites together with the useful Kitchen Ar cies, Dish Covers, Dresser, China, Glass, Oil-cloth to Hall,; i z t:ir Carpeting, Eight.days' Bracket Cloak, Brass Doorclip,; o,„litay M be viewed • on - RSDAY next, the .29th instant, and' the orning of sale, and Catalogues had on the Premises, "Vf Mr. GattEEil, Market-street, Birkenhead. ....Z41.--The HOUSE to be LET. Apply to the Auctioneer. - ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE EDGE-HILL AND WINDSOR PERMANENT BUILDING SOCIETY. 'VIII be sold, at ty low reserve, to close the account of a defaulting member, By Mr. BYFORD, MONDAY next,•the 3d of July, at One o'clock in the after tOon, at the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street, Liver- Pool, A Piece of FREEIiOLD LAND, ..containing about 240 .caperficial •square ards, together with all ° Se Ten DW FA,Li NG-HQUS ES erected thereon, 1 4 substan 'll, built, all with cemented fronts, and in excellent order, tuned in Ford-etreet, leadinerom the bottom ofkLimekiln tne, Two of which are in the front and Eight in the rear it:reof, forming a wide.court, No. 31,. or Taylor's-buildings. .f7l los. er annum. ;If desired, the trustees will ante about fo u r -lifths of the purchase money on mort ; the repayment ofwhich may be spread overit7 years. Uor further particulars apply to J. HOSKINO, 33, Brunswick. <singe. Brunswick-street %ant and costly FURNITURE valuable PAINTINGS, oostly antique modern Clocks, Timepiece, splendidarna ents, Groups of Flowers, Figures,:irc., Pier and Chimney Glasses, Harp. brilliant-toned piano fortes, Music, Library ;2f ROOKS, Globes, Maps, China, ;Linen, Glass, modern „Vitt Drag, Harness, Saddles, Gun, Bookcase, Sic., Sze., El, haW-street, Everton. .f By Me. HILL, :Winnow (Wednesday), the 28th, THURSDAY, the 2etll. aAd FRIDAY, the 30th instant, at Eleven o'clock prompt thtleit day, on the Premises, 51, Shaw - street , L. CANT costly and modern-CABINET and HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, valuable Paintings, by r ic ° most esteemed masters of the ancient and modern pools , brilliant-toned Piano-fortes, Cabinet, .Cottage, and S i 2rizontal Grand, by Broadwood and others, Silver Plate, S',ed Articles, Trinkets, Toys, Musical Instruments, Harp, tOtdion, .Fluting, valuable antique French and Musical )?1•7 , E, Timepiece, splendid and costly Groups of Flowers, ,teh l 'tA., Figures, &c., under Shades, Chinese, Indian, and )4 0 ":„ Curiosities, Ornaments, Illustrated and Illuminated Music,Canterbury, valuable Needlework and Mate tia.,ll4/ Dittoebrilliant Pier and Chimney Toilet and Ctievsl l.:brea, costly Cabinet,ntarjoll:hplateaintia,ise lzk,radroemilairiar‘es, i h ti s e k n o el pe G yt i y as ol ' a i tet en iil a eman, w e llo v b as ordered the same fo; lnediate and unreserved sale. The Ditis.W.lNG-ROOl4 is fitted in the most elegant and Oly style, of the ,present day, and in which will be found p l 'oe rare and valuable specimens of Cabinet Work, Orna gie.nts, and Artistic Work, worthy the attention of the most hi t ; nguished amosgst which may be mentioned en 'ireof rich Rosewood, in Couches. Lounging and Sewing 137,,ir5, Sets of Chairs, 'Ottomans, Footstools, which are all I ,klpolstered to match the splendid Range of Figured Damask rsiCtings, with Gilt Cornices, and the seats are most beanti worked in dowers and other designs ; splendid Cabinet, Ng brilliant Silvered Plate-glass Back, Doors brilliant-toned ,lt hi i3O-torte in handsome Case, Music-stool; Canterbury, a Nj l e -tier, splendid Centre, Occasional, and other Tables, on e 4 2lr, plinth, &c., of excellent design, superb Velvet Pile knet. Rugs, costly and beautiful Groups of Flowers and Turkish and other Figures under Shades, Chinese and 1t.. 1411 Oraaments and Curiosities, Sculptured Marble Fi tools, Gold and Silver Articles, splendid Table Covers, Mats, 11,,1 Steel-mounted Bronze Fender, Fire-irons, Venetian i ta" 8. Portfolios of Drawings, Wools and Silk for Needle b ex. z°r,_lnibo and &TYING Rooms. —Modern Sets Chairs, Couch, ~, 1 117. Loungers, Easy and Reading Chairs, Upholstered in 1:0, Figured Plush, Range Curtains of rich Damask, Gilt Viceii, Spanish Mahogany Loci, Centre, Card, Dining, , and other Tables, Sofas, Loungers, russels and Kid- N„ 'lister Carpets, Rugs, brilliant Pier and Chimney Glasses, 1 1 'etaire and Bookcase, 'Pair Globes on Stands, valuable '04"1 1 Piano-forte, by proadwood and Sons, Dinner, Dessert, tiquea Services, Knives and Forks, Plate and Plated Ar ,,lllk"s Gymnastic Implements, Gaseliers, Framed Engrav 4, Stall n Paintfoo, Writing Tables, Desks, Forms, 'ection gf e ngs and Drawings, and specimens of the „4 4 ern and ancientschools, Library of Books, standard works. ,V1,,,,A,14,, LA NDI NO, and STAlRS.—Valuable antique French Kr Musical Eight-day Timepiece, Marble-topped Hall Hat and Umbrella Stands, Octagon Stained Glass "tr s „Ds superb Painted Floor and Hall Cloths, Brussels and Carpets, Damask Covers, Rods, Mats, Tables, Bookcase. oe CHAMBERS and BED-Rooms are replete with splendid Mahogany and Fancy Wood French Half-tester, ltedsteads and Damask Hangings, Iron French Half hd Bedsteads, Mattresses, prime Feather and Down Beds, &c, Winged 'Wardrobes, Chests of Drawers, Toilet, and other Tables, Washstands, Ware, Toilet Glasses, Irts, Druggets Boot and Shoe Stands, splendid Engrav ,jo Couches, Patent Bed Chairs, Chairs, &c. N t r e s hen Furniture, Hastener and Jack, Dressers, Tables, Floor-cloths, Matting, Cupboards, Clock, Ware, and Copper Pans, modern-built Drag, Harness, Saddles, A l es, and other Effects. N e View THIS AFTERNOON, from Twelve till Six. Cate (,:tle: to be had at Mr. Hrtt's Office, 54, Hanover-street. sd, of Sale :—Piano-forte, Upper Chambers, Pantry, and Oti o ', 4 gs, Dining-room—first day ; Chambers, Library or ok.ur, Hall, Stairs, Plate and Plated Articles, Paintings, iT.s,,°„. Maps, Globes, Piano-forte, Butler's Pantry, &c.— IkPaTLJay ; Kitchen , Chamber, Laundry, Drawing tq lens. forte, valuable 139010, Drewing Papers, &C.— *airs b 2 Auction. To TAILORS and DRAPERS, GENTLEMEN, and OTHERS. Valuable STOCK-IN-TRADE, modern and excellent SHOP FIXTURES, excellent Eight-days' TIMEPIECE, &c., 17, SOUTH JOHN-STREET. MR. JENKIN has received instructions from the Proprietor, who is declining Business, to SELL by AUCTION, TO-MORROW (Wednesday), the 28th instant, at Eleven o'clock precisely, on the Premises, 17, South John st met, The whole of the genuine and well-selected STOCK-IN TRADE of a TAILOR and WOOLLEN DRAPER, declining business, comprising superfine West of England and Saxony Wool -dyed Broad and Narrow Woollen Cloths and Kersey mores, buck and Doeskin Trouserings, of the finest qualities and most fashionable patterns ; rich French, Genoa, and London Silk Satin, Velvet, and Kersey Vestings ; Holland fine Calico, Silk Buttons, Sewing Silks, and every other de scription of the best Trimmings. Also, if not previously disposed of by PRIVATE TREATY, of which due notice will be given, the GOODWILL, modern and excellent SHOP and BUSINESS FIXTURES, &c. May be viewed on the Morning of Sale, when Catalogues may be had on the Premises, or at the Auctioneer's Offices, 13, Parker-street. THIS DAY (TUESDAY). the 27th instant. Valuable and Modern FURNITURE, Drawing-room Suite, Cottage Piano-forte, Dinner Service, valuable Engravings, Tea and Coffee Service, and other Household Effects. MR. GRICE will SELL by AUCTION, Tins Am the 27th instant, at Eleven o'clock prompt, on the Premises, 17, St. Anne street, the whole of the modern and genteel FURNITURE of a Family leaving Liverpool. The DRAWINO-ROOM ARTICLES include a Set of Rosewood Cabriole Chairs, a Couch and Easy Chair, Occasional Tables, handsome Centre Table, a Sofa Table, also a Lady's Work Table, with very rich Fittings, large and valuable Chimney Glass, superb Carpets and Rugs, Fenders and Fire-irons. The PARLOURS and DINING,ROOMS include Sets of modern Chairs, a Cottage Dining Table on a massive Pillar and Claw Feet, capital Loo Table and Oblong Ditto, a Sofa with Hair Cushion, on Carved and Reeded Legs, a small Couch, Book case, capital Pedestal Sideboard, also a Chiffonniere, hand some Chair in Hair-cloth, with Spring Seat, Oak Ditto in Leather, Silver Plate Articles, China and Glass, Dinner Ser vice, several Brussels and Kidderminster Carpets. The BEDROOMS comprise handsome Four-post, Half-tester, and other Bedsteads, prime Seasoned Feather Beds, a Pair of handsome Toilet Tables, with the usual Chamber Articles, Chairs, Carpets, Commodes. Kitchen Items, Hall Table, Barometer, Timepiece, Oil cloth, Bze. May be viewed prior to the sale, and Catalogues bad from Mr. GRICE, 40, Whitechapel. To be a)olb or ,er. ROCK -PARK, ROCK FERRY.—To be SOLD, a Detached, good FAMILY HOUSE and GARDEN, situate in Rock-park, fronting the Esplanade. The Property is Freehold.—Apply to WILLIAM DowsoN and Sox, 35, Old hall-street, Liverpool. eIOTTAGE PIANO-FORTES.—To be SOLD, for £2O, a very beautiful PICOLO COTTAGE PIANO FORTE ; quality unsurpassed; nearly 7 octaves. Mao, a full-sized COTTAGE DITTO, at an uncommonly low figure. —May be seen at 96, Falkner-street. PIANO -FORTE. —To be SOLD, a decided bargain, to an immediate purchaser, a first-class bril liant-toned Rosewood Cottage PIANO-FORTE, 61 octaves, C to A, repetition action, metallic plate, and Broadwood's im provements.—Apply at 33, Clarence-street, Mount• pleasant, Liverpool. PIANO -FORTES.-J. EDGAR, 1, UPPER DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL, (oppoete Dr. Raffles's Chapel,) established upwards of twenty years. An elegant Stock of PIANOFORTE S, in Rosewood and Walnut-tree Cases, by Broadwood, Collard, Erard, and the principal Manufacturers. Any Instrument not approved of in Twelve Months will be Exchanged, if any fault. An elegant Rosewood COTTAGE PIANO-FORTE, si of keys. Nearly new. Price 23 Guineas. The best London PIANO-FORTES on HIRE. ON SALE, by PRIVATE TREATY, the HOUSE, Out-buildings, Garden, and LAND, in Wavertree-road, near Edge-hill, within the Borough of Liverpool. The LAND, which contains in all about 26,000 square yards, is very eligible for Building purposes, having extensive fronts to three roads, namely, lBO yards to Wavertree-road, 13i yards to Rake. lane, aid yards to a road Myards wide on the north side of the Estate. The Property wilt be sold on reasonable terms, in one`Lot, or it will be divided into smaller Lots for• Building purposes. The Tenure is Copyhold of Inheritance. For particulars , apply to Mr. JOHN STEwerr, 15, 'Leigh street. AND on SALE.—About 75 Acres near Gate sJ acre, 26 Acres near Cabbage-hall, 10 Acres near Child wall, 100,000'Yards near Roby Station •, alrout 5,000 Yards, with three trontg, near Liscard ; upwards of 2,000 Yards, in two corner lots, Birkenhead, near the Ferry; about 300,000 Yards near Everton •, about 5,000 Yards top of Vauxhall-road ; 4 Acres at West Kirby. TO be ;LET, an excellent }LOUSE, near. Ai burth-; One DI TTO, at Gateacre ; One DITTO, Chura - street, Birkenhead ' • One DITTO, •Prince's-park ; a splendid MANSION, Mount Vernon, near Edge-hill; One DITTO, St. Anne-street. The following excellent HOUSES. and SHOPS to be LET : —One in , Clayton-square, One in Gt. George-street, One in Monett-street. One in Ranelagh-street,'One in Birkenheal.' One in Renshaw-street. Apply to WM. WILLIAMS, 47, Ranelagh-street, or 3, Ilackin s , -hey, Liverpool, where applications are to be made for HOPE-STREET-HALL. A; anteti. OFFICE, near the Exchange, WANTED.— 'Address G. W., Standard-office. WANTED, " The TIMES," at Half-price.; -to be posted in the Evening of Publication.—Apply to J. 8., Postoffice, Nett) usic. NE W SONG. THE GOLDEN RULE, "Do to,others as.you would that they should do to you." " We venture to predict an enormous sale for this song."— Review. Sent, post free, for Twenty-four Postage Stamps. 1 - 1 tam and SoN, 57fChurch-street. - F -j # • " 0 lovely Peace, with plenty erownicl." NOVELLO'S CIIEAP MUSIC is sold by every respectable Music Seiler and Bookseller in this Town and Neigbbourhood. Catalogues post-fret on sending six stamps to 69, Dean-street, Soho, London. Wriu Vubliattions. Just Published. price 25., by Post 2s. fid., DEBILITY. and IRRITABILITY induced by SPERMATORRHCEA ; the Symptoms, Ef f ects, and .Rational Treatment. By T. H. YEOMAN, M.D., Ehysician rto the General Post-office Letter-Carriers' Providentlnstitu .tion, &c. London: EFFINGHAM WILSON, 11,4toyal Exchangz ; and, y Post only, from the Author, 25, Lloyd.square. :Miss Moorns, the lady who was brought . berme the magistrates on Prillay• last week, my a summons for the priv of her coffin, width she had ordered before her death, was interred in the coffin which was the subject .of litiga tion.on Monday morning.—Limerick eltronicle. .A.Sum of £l,lOO has been stolen from.a cash-box depo sited:at the Angel Inn, Grantham, • the-head-quarters .of Colonel Sibthorp's Militia Regiment. A discharged ser vant .of the colonel's has:been apprehended with a consi derable,quantity of the property on bis person. SEARCH FOR COALS IN AIITSTRAXIA.--By private letters received by the last overland Australian mail brought to Southampton by the Simla, intelligence has reached reached home that a Mrs. Thomas, formerly of Lyndhurst, Hants, is.digging for coal shout five miles from Geelong ; she has dug 300 feet deep and expended £3,000, and come across several seams of coal, but not thick enough to pay for working. She has been offered 823,000 fox': her coal pit, which ;he has refused, as she:is in expectation of corn. ing across a 'earn that will realise•alandsome forinne. _ Tns EARTHQUAICE.—ACCOttritB tfrom Guatemala to the 3d of May confirm the recent report of• the total 'destruc tion of the city.of San Salvador, in .the state of that name forming one oftthe petty republics.of Central America, from a series of earthquakes, which commenced on the a3th of April, andlasted to the 16th, when the whole city, ,which contained 28,000 inhabitants, was, withoutthe ex ception of a single building, levelled to the ground. Multitudes bad beenicilled, although a great number fled after the first shocks. Others had been blocked up for three or four days among the ruins, and many had died from exhaustion. Of those who escaped, all were totally destitute, and the suffering experienced was such as has rarely been paralleled. Several of the refugees had reached the city of Guatemala on foot—a distance of 66 leagues, and the Government of that state had immediately sent $6,000 for the general relief._ WEIKNN6S OF TUE RIISSIA.N POSITION IN MOLDAVIA AND WALLICRIA.—The position of the Russians in Moldavia and Wallachia is singularly open to serious dis aster. Spread out over an extent of three hundred miles in breadth, from the Euxine to the frontiers of Austria, it is accessible to attack, from a concentrated enemy, along the whole course of the Danube ; and if defeated by a powerful army, crossed over near Brnhilov, a disaster as great as that at Marengo would await the Russian forces. A blow directed at Focksana, the vital point of their com munications with Bessarabia, would compel them to fight their way back to the Pruth, with their faces to Moscow, and ruin, if worsted, in their rear. The Crimea, with the Russian naval establishment at Sevastopol, lies open to attack by a,power having the command of the sea—for thirty thousand men could hold the neck of the peninsula against any force which would in all probability aid of a fleet,itybebrought against it ; while twenty t housand, with the would with ease reduce the fo rtress itself, which, though impregnable on the land r m o e f ans equally defended Turkey arises, not side.ou the n s i c e a from the strength of its enemies, but its internal weakness; 'reel s by da n n o ge and the proofs of it are to be found, not in the triumphant march of Diebitch across the Balkan, but in the annals of the Greek revolution. Human thought can Scarcely dis cern what is the probable issue of the contest now com mencing in the East, in reference to the belligerent powers ; but Providence is a iser than man, and can educe good out of the most apparently inextricable elements of confusion and discord. Whatever the result of the con test may be, the triumph of Christianity is secure, and the days of Ottoman dominion in Europe are numbered. If the Russians prevail, the ancient prophecy recorded in Gibbon will be realised, and the Cross will be replaced on the dome of St. Sophia ; if the Western Powers are suc cessful, and wrench the protectorate of the Christians in Turkey from the Czar, the triumph of the religion they profess is equally secure, and the government at Constan tinople must pass into the hands of the great majority of the inhabitants of European Turkey. Unable to defend itself, the Ottoman empire must fall under the rule of one or other of the potentates which have entered the lists for its defence and subjugcation. Power in the end must centre in the portion of mankind which is advancing, and pass from that which is receding ; and the fact attested by all travellers, that the Christians are rapidly increasing in Turkey, and the Osmanlis is rapidly diminishing, points to the future destiny of those realms as clearly as the hand writing on the wall did to the fate of the king of Babylon. —From the new Volume of Sir Archibald Alison's " History of ,Europe,lBl6-1852." THE LIVERPOOL STAANDA_RD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. when the forced admixture with the English and French troops shall have still further weakened that prejudice against foreigners which is 'a striking characteristic of the followers of MOHAMMED. The late Sultan, MAIIMOUD, laboured hard to break down this wall of partition, and to introduce reforms which might have paved the way to an assimilation of the Turks with the rest of Europe ; but he was prevented from doing much by the strong preju dice of his subjects, the genius of Islamism being averse to all change. The present Sultan, ABDUL MEDCHID, who is far in advance of those whom he governs, has also laboured in the same direction, but has had similar difficulties to contend with, for the plain and simple reason, that any improvement implies conversion, because it would be its neces sary result ; and this, by the law of Turkey, is death. With no other aid than his own will, the SULTAN is powerless ; for he is sworn to obey the laws of the Prophet in unquestioning obedience ; but it remains to be seen whether the assistance which he is now compelled to seek from his western allies may not also prove to him a powerful auxiliary in reforming his own dominions. Were Turkey once brought under the civilising influences of Christianity, it is impossible to foresee what an important position she might hold among the nations of Europe ; and the disposition evinced by the present SULTAN, if he were free from the tyranny of his own subjects, renders such an event by no means an improbable one. An important step in advance has been taken, by admitting Christians to equal privileges with Mohammedans in judicial proceedings, through the influence of the English Ambassador ; further progress will no doubt be made by the introduction of railways into Turkey ; and the recent intercourse with the Eng lish and French, who came with arms in their hands to help them against their Russian invaders, must also have a great effect in removing those barriers of exclusiveness within which the followers of the Prophet have ever been shut up from the rest of the world. The Patriarch of Constantinople, who is at the head of the Greek Church in that portion of the SULTAN'S dominions, enjoys far more real authority and liberty than any similar officer in Russia ; and events which are in the hand of Pro vidence may prove that while we are apparently fighting, the battle of the Moslem against his Christian invader, we are in reality giving the death-blow to that false faith which, for more than twelve centuries, has held the greater portion of the human family in slavish bondage. TO CORRESPONDENTS. ta.• We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communica tions on subjects of local or general interest. Letters addressed to the Editor should be accompanied by the real name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith ; this is indispensably re quisite in any statement of facts. The Editor wishes it to be understood that he does not hold himself responsible for the opinions or statements of his correspondents. 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IT would be difficult to decide upon what prin ciple the present Parliament is constituted, for it has yet proceeded upon no other plan than to con sent to the introduction of bills, no matter for what impracticable purpose, and then, after a dis cussion on the next stage, to throw them out. This has been particularly evident in the course pursued with reference to the bill for the abolition of Church-rates. On the motion for its introduc tion, notwithstanding the strenuous opposition of the Ministerial leader, it was carried with a large majority, and yet, on Wednesday last, when the 'attempt was made to pass it through a second reading, it was thrown out b►y a majority of 211 to 184. We must perforce give credit to Lord JOHN RUSSELL for the zeal which he displayed in defeat ing this iniquitous scheme, althongh our praise of him must be considerably modified by his rash promise to introduce a bill on the subject next year. We do not agree with him, that all admit the wrong which is inflicted under the present system of Church-rates, and only differ as to the nature of the remedy. He himself supplied an :argument to the contrary, when he asserted that Me Dissenters of a former day, so far from being opposed to Church-rates,•were willing contributors to the sustenance of the National Church, believing it to be the strongest bulwark of Protestantism against the encroachments and aggressions of Rome. He , contended, manfully, that so long as we had an hereditary monarchy and an hereditary aristocracy, - the existence of a National Church was essential to our national unity ; •it was a part of our national in§titntions, which must stand or fall together.. We'bcildly affirm that the payment of Church-rates •is 'no grievance whatever, except to those who would +consider it• a.grievance to dis charge any obligation, and that the cry has been got up for a partypurpose by those•whese ultimate object is the destruction of the Church, while the effect would tact() raise once morethe hydra-head of Romish superstition and tyranny upon the ruins of the Rdformation. The Church, as an institution under which, by the 'blessing of Pro vidence, this country has reached the pinnacle of national greatness, should be the dearest object of every Englishman to maintain ; and, though we have had the nro!ancholy task to record the refusal of a Church-rate in Protestant'Liverpool, we'look forward to being able shortly to report the removal of this stain upon our town by thegranting of the requisite rate wiLhout opposition, and the question being no more asked, "How is it' that your church :clocks are not. gang ?" THE WAR. THE raising 'of the siege of Silistria by the 'Russians, a circumstance which we ventured last week to predict as not improbable, 'has presented the_ war in a new ;and more encouraging aspect. The mighty force which, under the flower of the 'Russian generals; was designed to crush all opposing forces, and march triumphantly towards Constantinople, while the allied fleets are sweeping the Black Sea. in vain, has itself been beaten back ; and the Turks, even'before they received the aid which was hastening to them, have assumed the offensive and driven the hordes of Russians before the victorious OsmanNes. Austria has 'been so dilatory •that her aid has not been wanted, and soon we may expect to heir that the Turks, with the assistance of the British-and French forces, which must by this time have reached the advanced out posts, have driven the discomfited Russians not only across the Danube•but:also across the Pruth. This is the greatest advantage which we may • .expect to gain in this quarter, ds any attempt :to -carry the west fir into the Russian territory would be as impracticable as .the attempt made by N*IPOLEON BIIONAPARTE -in I€l2, and, whether sueeessful or not,.as fruitless of ,results. The only means by which we hope toobtain a guarantee for the future peace of Europe, is by the capture or destruction of Sevastopol, .and for this end all available forces shouldte united andcvery exertion tried. It is the stronghold and mainstay of Russian influence in the Black Sea, proving a shelter for her fleets, and commanding the whole coast of the Crimea, as well as the mouths of the Danube, of such vast importance to freedom of commerce, and also the ports .of Odessa and other places on the west coast of the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov, and the territories formerly nested by Russia from Turkey. The day of retribution is at hand, and as the gauntlet has been thrown down by Russia, by her unprovoked aggression on the Danubian provinces, there is no reason why we should be content with merely a return to the state of affairs last year, when thßre are so many old grievances remaining -to be redressed, and no doubt can now exist as to the boundless character of Russian ambition. The Black Sea, so long shut up, is now open to our fleets, but the future must be placed on a footing so as not to require an armed force to maintain its freedom, and this cin only be accomplished by depriving Russia of her stronghold, and lending our fostering aid to the independence which the hardy mountaineers of Circassia have struggled so long to maintain. We have come to look on the war with Russia as one in which we are almost sure to be successful, so far at least as preventing her meditated grasp on Turkey; but wehave scarcelybestowed any attention .oa the ultimate result, or speculated on the effect of that downfal of Mohammedanism, which it seems tobe the settled conviction of mostpeople will shortly ensue. It is certainly an anomaly in the progress oF civilisation that the two 61rest spots in creation, Turkey in Europe and Turkey in Asia, should be under the grinding despotism of the Moslem—the enemies of all progress, all science, and all improve ment—while the majority of the population are nominally Christians, but their Christianity is of so debased a character, that it is questionable whether it is any better than the Islamism of their rulers. There are, however, signs Of a breaking up which may augur favourably for the future, MERCHANT SHIPPING LEGISLATION. SOME weeks since we directed attention to the comprehensive measure introduced by. Mr. CARD WELL for consolidating the various acts affecting the mercantile marine, and we then pointed out certain portions of the bill which would seriously have -injured the shipping interests, particularly as regards the rapidly increasing extension of steam navigation. The question was taken up with great spirit and earnestness by the Liverpool Steara-ship Association ; and, owing to the indefatigable exer tions of Mr. ROBERT LAMONT and Mr. THOMSON, the secretary of that body—who attended •as a deputation in London, and had several interviews with the President of the Board of Trade on the subject—several important alterations have been , conceded, and the'bill as amended will be brought 'before the House-of Commons this day (Tuesday). We have only space on the present occasion 'to -allude to those alterations of the greatest conse quence, and it will be seen that they amply repay the trouble which )has been taken, and may fairly be accepted by fhe steam-ship owners as perhaps the most equitable compromise that could have been made, although not perhaps all that might have been desired. By the bill as originally drawn, it was provided that, in estimating the tonnage of steam-ships, three-tenths of the gross tonnage should be allowed in the case of paddle-wheel steamers for the space -occupied by the prgpelling power,.and two-tenths in the case of screw steamers. It is now provided -that, in the case of ,paddle-wheel steamers, where -the space occupied by machinery and boilers is - between twenty and - thirty per cent. of the gross tonnage of the vessel, the allowance shall 'be thirty seven per cent. of such gross tonnage ; and in the case of screw steamers, where the space occupied is between thirteen .and twenty per cent., the allowance shall be thirty-two per cent. of the gross tonnage. With regard to other ships, it shall be in the discretion of the-Commissioners of Customs or the owners to have - the deduction made in the same manner, or the space to be measured with the addition of one-half in ,the case of paddle-wheel s teamers, and three-fourths in the case of screw steamers ; but no provision pis made for the possible event of the Commissioners of Customs-and owners differing as to which mode of -ascertaining the net tonnage shall be practised. Another provision gives authority to the Commissioners of Customs to order vessels already registered to be remea sured when store-rooms or coal-breakers have been introduced into or thrown across the engine-room, an alteration which will apply to most steam-ships. This has beenobjected to as arbitrary and unneces sary, except in . particular cases, Which should have been specified; but the clause provides that all such remeasurements shall be according to the allies in force before the act comes into operation, .or, if the owners ,desire it, may be done according !to lthe new rules. Another important point is with reference to the presumed unlimited liability of shipowners in the event of loss of goods and loss of or injury to human life. It is now proposed that the owner shall not be liable for any damages beyond the value of the ship and freight, but in no case shall the value be ,estimated at less than £l5 per regis tered ton. In affixing a value, the bill should either have made the amount arbitrary, or stated a maximum, which might be simply done by alter ing the words to " not exceeding" £l5 per ton. It is also provided that the damageS payable in each case of death or injury shall be £3O, leaving it to either party to try the question by a special jury before the sheriff, and after such inquiry those who require more than the statutory amount of damages may bring special actions. Some alterations are also mntle in the pilotage :laws, by which masters and mates, after examina tion, may be empowered to .pilot a particular slip or ships ; and in the event of local pilotage autho rities refusing to grant such a certificate, the Board of Trade, on being satisfied that it has been improperly refused, is empowered to appoint an ex3mination, and if the master or math be found comretept, to grant him a pilotage certificate, and renew it or withdraw it as the Board of Trade may think fit. It may be questionable how far such an ini,erferenee of the B oar d o f T r ade with the local pilot l N e authorities will prove advan tageous as far as ,loncerns the port of Liverpool ; but much will, of coucse, depend on the manner in which the authority is',exercised. We have thus hastily glanced at the chief modifications in the bill ; but there are several othors deserving consi deration, particularly the provision in clause 21, that, in the measurement of tonnage, rfothing shall be added for a closed-in space on deck sololY appro priated to the berthing of the crew, unless it exceed , one-twentieth of the remaining tonnage of tho* ship, and then only the excess shall be added, and also nothing shall be added in respect of any building erected for the shelter of deck passengers, if approved by the Board of Trade. .: ti~. ADMISSION OF DISSENTERS TO THE UNIVERSITIES. A LONG discussion took place in the House of Commons on Thursday, on the motion of Mr. HEYWOOD, for the admission of Dissenters to the University of Oxford, by a clause in the University Reform Bill declaring it unnecessary for any per son on matriculation to take more than the oath of allegiance. Notwithstanding the opposition of the Ministers, the clause was carried by a majority of 254 to 163, and Mr. HEYWOOD then moved a similar clause with reference to persons taking any degree. Upon this Lord JOHN RUSSELL declined any further opposition, but Mr. WALPOLE showed that there was a great distinction between the two, inasmuch as while the first admitted Dis senters for education, the latter gave them a right to a share in the government of the University. Another division then took place, and the second clause was thrown out by a majority of 207 to 198, Mr. HEYWOOD expressing his intention to try it again on the motion for the third reading last night. Whatever may be the opinion of the dis senting body and liberalising Churchmen on this question, a gross injustice would be committed on the positive rights of the Church. The Universi ties of Oxford and Cambridge are essentially and really seminaries - expressly belonging to the Church of England, and designed for the education of its members. , In any other respect the nation has no claim on them whatever, and therefore to interpose the authority of Parliament is merely a legalised violation of right which is a disgrace to the lower House of legislature. We have, however, no ap prehension as to the result. In the first place, the House of Lords, to whom the measure must be submitted, has very slight infusion of Radicalism and Dissent, which alone could sanction an innova tion ; and in the next place, supposing both or either of the clauses to be carried through Par liament, the admission of students would still rest with the authorities of the University, and we believe they have too much regard for the sacred trust reposed in them to open their doors to any but members of the Church. THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS, AND ITS ASSAILANTS. WE had intended noticing at some length the slander ous statements and unchristian attacks which have been recently made upon the Gospel Propagation Society. This defence, however, was officially and triumphantly made (as the following extracts will prove) at the annual meet ing, or 153rd anniversary, held in London on Wednesday last, and presided over by His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, when, amongst others, were present on the platform, the Archbishop of Dublin, the Bishops of Ripon, Bangor, Oxford, Llandaff, Chichester, Lincoln, ifown, Cork, New Zealand, Adelaide, Natal, Graham's Town, London, and St. Asaph ; the Dean of St. Paul's, the Earl of Powis, Lord Galloway, Lord Robert Cecil, the Rev. Lord Bayning, the Rev. Lord John Thynue, Sir R. H. Inglis, Sir T. D. Acland, Mr. A. J. Beresford Hope, &c. APPROPRIATION OP FUNDS AND ALLEGED FAVOURITISM OP THE SOCIETY. On this subject, the Secretary read the following report, in answer to the objections made, that a large share of the society's funds is expended on the other colonies, and that the society confines its efforts to the maintenance of clergymen in British settlements, while the vast field of heathen missions is left to other societies. First, with respect to the society's expenditure in North American and West Indian colonies, it would be seen by the report for 1843 that the expenditure for that year, in the diocese of Toronto, was £6,500, while in 1853 it was only £3,100 ; and that in the six dioceses of British North America there had been since 1843 a total reduction in expenditure to the amount of £5,000, while the number of missionaries during the same period had been largely increased. The reduction in the society's expenditure in the four West Indian dioceses, within the same period of ten years, had been from £11,200 to £2,G00. To the other mis-statement, that the society confined its operations almost entirely to people of British descent, and took little or no part in missionary efforts for 'the conversion of the heathen, the following was the short and conclusive answer. The single diocese of Madras (southern India) had received during the past _year the sum of £10,150, or more than the three Canadian dioceses put together; while the diocese of Calcutta (be sides a large grant from the jubilee fund) had received the sum of £8,900, or more than twice the aggregate amount of what was contributed by the society to the four Australian dioceses and Tasmania. In short, the East Indies and Ceylon had received during the past year more than one-third of the society's whole income, and the total annual expenditure on missions to the heathen could not be reckoned at less than £23,000. VIE PRIMA.TE'S UNALTERED ATTACHMENT TO THE PRINCIMES OP THE SOCIETY. The ARCHBISHOP, having opened the proceedings by prayer, said that, although it was necessary sometimes for the person who presided over a meeting like the present to give some account of the society over which he' as presiding, and which he desired those whom he addressed should support, it was unnecessary for him to do so on this occasion, because he was sure that most of those assembled were acquainted with the objects and operations of the society. The society was founded on the principle that it was the will of our heavenly Father that His revelation should be made known by those who had received it to all who would not otherwise receive it, and the propagation of the Gospel throughout the world was provided for in this way. There were natural feelings which necessarily led to this—feelings of gratitude and sympathy ; and they found that the Apostles, though directed by Divine com mand, were not devoid of those sentiments, and acted under those impulses. In cases of bodily affliction, which, he grieved to say, often met with more ready relief than the -concerns of the soul,—if a person, for example, afflicted with blindness had been relieved, if he met one similarly afflicted, he would not withhold from him the remedy by which he had been cured or relieved. If he did so, he would be thought to be devoid of the common feelings of humanity. These were grounds on which the society proceeded—those blessed with the Gospel desired to com municate its blessings to those who would be otherwise strangers to the covenant of promise. About 150 years ago the society was founded, for the purpose of supplying the spiritual wants of those who left this country for lands in which no such provisions were made, for persons who, from their circumstances, were not likely to be able to supply themselves with the means of obtaining spiritual instruction. This was the principle on which the society was founded, and on, which it had acted from that time to the present. If there were reasons 150 years ago for a society like the present, it needed no argument to prove how great was now the necessity for such a society; for those who founded it talked of plantations, while in the present day they talked of kingdoms, for the British colo nies had incre ase d i n num b er and extent of territory far beyond that which could have been contemplated 150 years ago. Under these circumstances, he hoped the officers of the society were justified in calling attention to its objects and means, and he trusted that support would be received commensurate to the increased demands made upon its funds. THE ARCHBISHOP OP DUBLIN ON THE FALSE STATE MENTS OF "THE CHRISTIAN EXAMINER." His GRACE, in moving the first resolution, said, this was not a society merely for distributing Bibles, or for merely telling to the heathen that their rites were super stitious and absurd, and that Christ brought the light of the Gospel into the world, though such efforts were most desirable when nothing more could be done. But this society provided for the propagating, establishing, and diffusing of the Church to which they belonged, by sending out its authorised ministers. He felt himself called upon to advert to accusations which had been thrown out against this society, particularly from the part of the country from which he came—that the society abetted Romanising principles and supported the views of a par ticular party in the Church. There could be no doubt that, so long as there were parties in the church, there must be in every society more or less of an admixture of such parties ; but as the society was not in itself faulty, the most obvious remedy against the evils complained of was to urge as many as they could to join and to support the society, in order to keep it free from those infections of religious error which they so much dreaded, and not for them to aid in the bringing about their own prophecies by leaving the society in the hands of those to whom they objected. (Cheers.) He was happy to say that the sister island's statistical documents had refuted these misstate ments, the authors of which had expressed their regret in private, and he hoped they would do so in public. He said " public," because he did not think that men who had trumpeted forth their accusation should only whisper forth their recantation. He believed that there was no country which owed more to the society than did Ireland, and he had therefore always supported and endeavoured to make its objects and claims as much as possible known among the inhabitants of that country. He regretted one circumstance connected with the society, as it in some instances tended to mislead people : it was called the " Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts," from which some persons believed that its labours were confined to the conversion of the heathen. God for bid that he or any one should be indifferent to the spiritual welfare of any of their fellow-creatures, but, such being the name of the society, people argued that they ought first to reclaim those at home, as there was much to be done in their own country. But what was meant by foreign parts? Could they include under this category 30 dioceses abroad in which this society exercised its functions and which be longed to this country, and the inhabitants of which were British subjects? Their first cares ought to be for their own people—not merely those within these islands, but those included in the colonies of the British empire. (Cheers.) He spoke of this with strong feelings, on account of the guligratiO which had of late ,year§ t4kcn Place from Eng, land, and still more largely from Ireland, and the evils or ' benefits which would result from the way in which these 'vast numbers were enlightened or left in darkness would bewilder the mind to contemplate. Their efforts ought, however, to be partly directed to the conversion of the heathen, but this was f ar from being incompatible with the furnishing of means of grace to their own people, for the two objects were most infinitely connected. Every settler in a foreign colony was a missionary to the aborigines—of evil, if unenlightened and irreligious, spreading and adding the vices of civilised life to the ferocity of the savage ; but if enlightened and religious, a missionary of goodness and truth, which he taught in a most effectual manner, through the influence of his own example. CHARGES AGAINST THE COLONIAL BISHOPS SIET BT THE BISHOP OF NEW ZEALAND. The BISHOP of NEW ZEALAND, in moving the second resolution, said, that after twelve years' absence from this country, he had returned to make the report of his own diocese with mingled feelings. He would rather have presented his report in the Jerusalem-chamber, or wherever the councils of the church were carried on ; but, as he owed his own appointment chiefly to a meeting which had been held in this very room, he was not one to raise an objection to the fitness of the locality, and hoped that the object for which they had met would sanctify the plapp. It was true that the society had not only done much for the colonial church, but also, on account of it, borne much unmerited reproach; and, as regarded himself, whatever portion of reproach had been hitherto borne for him by the society, he was now come among them to bear it for himself. It was not without surprise that he had seen it stated in print that the colonial bishops, with but two exceptions, were hindering the spread of the Gospel. For his own part, he met such charges with the most perfect good humour, as he believed they had never been made when there was any person present to refute them, and he would forgive all who brought such accusations against himself if, instead of bringing them before the tribunal of the newspapers, they would bring them before the authorities of the church. (Cheers.) We shall not add a line to this straightforward and conclusive justification of the management and operations of a society which has stood the test of more than a cen tury and a half, and on the existence of which the Colonial Church may be said to depend. THE SOCIETY'S PRESENT POSITION. The following is a brief but comprehensive statement of the society's present position:— Though for upwards of a century the society's ope rations had virtually been limited to the North American and West Indian colonies, yet, within the last thirty or forty years, they have been extended to India, Aus tralia, Van Diemen's Land, New Zealand, South Africa, and Borneo, and within the same period 25 additional colonial bishoprics have been founded, and in 21 of these the society has missionary stations. The total sum ex pended by the society during the year 1853, for the main tenance, in whole or in part, of 447 missionaries, and 700 catechists, schoolmasters, and theological students (over and above funds specially appropriated by the donors) was £56,000. THE SOCIETY'S FESTIVAL. The 153rd anniversary festival in aid of the funds of this society was held, on Thursday, at St. Paul's Cathe dral, and was celebrated with a full choral service, per formed with great effect under the lofty dome. A con gregation of from 5,000 to 6,000 persons was present, and a sermon was preached by the Archbishop of Dublin, from Philippians, iv. 17. " Not because I desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound to your account." The lord mayor, sheriffs, and aldermen were present in their robes of office. There was also a numerous attendance of bishops and church dignitaries, who, with the civic authorities, went in procession along the centre aisle of the cathedral to their seats under the dome at the commencement of the service. An imposing effect was produced by the cele bration of divine worship within the great area of the cathedral in the midst of so large and devout a congre gation. In the evening the lord mayor entertained the archbishops and bishops most sumptuously at the Mansion house. Among the company were—his Grace the Arch bishop of Canterbury and Miss Sumner, his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Lord Bishop of London and Mrs. Blomfield, the Lord Bishop of Winchester, the Lord Bishop of Bangor and Mrs. Gilbert, the Lord Bishop of Chichester and Mrs. Jackson, the Lord Bishops of Lincoln, Llandaff, Oxford, Ripon, St. Asaph, St. David's, Worcester, Cork, Down and Connor ; the Bishops of Adelaide, New Zealand, and Natal; the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, &c. Covers were laid for 260 guests. His Grace the Arch bishop of Canterbury responded to the toast of " The Archbishops, Bishops, and Church Dignitaries present," and the Archbishop of Dublin having had his health pro posed as the preacher of the sermon in the cathedral, in s replying to it, spoke of his great anxiety that the immense emigration from Ireland should be accompanied by corres ponding efforts to extend the light of divine truth among the emigrants in the new homes selected by them. MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Ma. SMITH'S ENTERTAIN-ME:M—By an advertisement it will be seen that this popular vocalist and piano -forte player will, in addition to his evening entertainments, give, on to-morrow and Saturday, two morning perform ances. The style and capabilities of Mr. Smith, as an expressive vocalist, are too well known to require com mendation at our hands. AT THE TIIEITEE ROTLL, the French comedianshave continued to deserve and to receive general approval. On Wednesday evening, the performances commenced with the comedie vaudeville of " Le Chevalier de St. Georges," which was acted throughout with a touching grace and beauty of the most charming order. M. Lafont, as the Chevalier, was easy, natural, and effective. Of Mademoi selle St. Georges' illeadaine de Presle it r would be diffi cult, indeed, to speak in terms of exaggerated praise —her impersonation was dignified and becoming—lady-like, yet expressive; and the subordinate characters were, as usual with this company filled with judgment and executed with artistic , propriety.- The entertainments (a proper phrase in reference to these performances) were concluded by a vaudeville, named " Tambour Battant." On Friday, " Les Extremes fe Touchent," " Le Gamin de Paris," and " Au Printemps" were presented, that being the eighth performance of the limited series of twelve. Deducting last night's performances, the ninth, there now remain but two nights on which the talents of this excellent com pany can be witnessed, and these evenings should not be lost by those who desire to see dramatic representations-in a style of completeness and beauty seldom witnessed in provincial theatres. AT THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, the veteran Vanden hoff has been refreshing the laurels he long since won, and which he still so worthily wears. As an actor of the classic Roman school, of which Kemble and Young were the acknowledged heads, Mr. Vandenhoff is a most worthy representative, and in that walk of histrionic art he is without a rival on the stage. On Wednesday, he appeared as Cato in Addison's noble tragedy of the same name, and supported the character with all the heroic and stoical grandeur pertaining to the character; and on Thursday he sustained the arduous and difficult part of Richelieu. Of his rendering of this rare compound of subtle wisdom and fiery passion—of vigorous intellect and feeble body—it is hardly possible to speak in terms too highly charged with praise. The singular gleams of sarcastic invective with which he varied his impetuous passion were in the highest degree admirable, and revealed the consummate artist in combination with the accomplished and powerful actor: In this piece he was well seconded by the delicate and truthful performance of Miss Vandenhoff as Julie de Mortimar. This young lady displays good taste and fine dramatic perception. It will be seen she takes her benefit on Friday evening, on which occasion the programme is an inviting one, and from the performers announced to take part in it no doubt can be entertained that it will be charmingly gone through. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. Mr. Henry Stewart Byrth, second son of the late rector of Wallasey, has just ob tained a second class prize. He was formerly a scholar at the Royal Institution in this town. A CONSIDERABLE QUANTITY OF CARGO has been raised from the Tayleur. A portion of the goods have been dis posed of in Dublin by public sale, and realized about £l,OOO. A second sale will be held this week. ST. MOAN'S THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE, BIRKENHEAD. — The chief corner stone of the new college will be laid by the Marquis of Blandford, on Monday next, the 3rd of July. Kosstrrm IN LIVERPOOL.- We understand M. Kossuth is to be in Liverpool in a couple of weeks, he having agreed to take part in a meeting to be held in the Amphi theatre. BorAL MEnsEr l'Acnx CLUB.—The splendid Chal lenge Cup, of £lOO value, will be re-sailed for on Saturday, the Bth July, to which will be added a purse of twenty five sovereigns. This valuable prize is now on view in the window of Mr. Hausburg, the maker, in Church street. The Cynthia, H. Roe, jun., Esq., of Dublin, is the present owner. There will be a good fleet of yachts to contend for it this year. Tun MARCO PoLo.—Two pieces of plate are at present exhibiting in the shop of Mr. Jones, silversmith, Castle street, bearing the following inscriptions :—" Presented to Captain Charles M`Donnell, of the ship Marco Polo, as a testimonial of respect from his passengers (666 in num ber) for his uniform kindness and attention during his first voyage, when she ran from Liverpool to Port Philip Head in seventy-four days and a half, and from land to land in sixty-nine days." The other one is, " Presented by the owners of the Marco Polo to Captain Ferguson, harbour-master, Melbourne, Victoria, to mark their high estimation of his invaluable services in rescuing their favourite 'and far-famed ship from her perilous position, when stranded in Port Philip Bay, in January, 1854. Liverpool, July, 1854." The former of these is a very handsome epergne, or fruit stand, having for its chief ornament an elegantly modelled statuette of Neptune, seated in his car, which is dragged by sea horses, and driven by a tiny but spirited charioteer. This part of the design is cleverly executed in frosted silver, the stalk, branches, and floral devices being in burnished argentine. WORKING MEN'S PROTESTANT REFORMATION So ciErr.=On Friday evening an adjourned meeting of this society took place in the society's room, Lower Beau street, Mr. Parsonage in the chair. Intimation having been made that the discussion on Trausubtantiation unfinished at the previous Friday's meeting would be resumed, the room was filled by adherents of both sides ; but the Romish champion, dismayed by the arguments with which he had been assailede make bMarp.peFtiegeanon, thedid not show face, nor did any one same side. In consequence of this several Romanists who had come to hear the discussion left the meeting, which was afterwards addressed by Mr. M`Carthy, and at a great length by the chairman, the latter of whom invited any Romanist present to discuss the matter with Mr. Flanni gan, but no one accepted the invitation. At the. conclu sion of Mr. Parsonage's remarks, Mr. Mulholland moved , so and Mr. Bennett seconded the motion, that the society be given to Mr. Flannigan for i gtion. The ex posure of the Romish doctrine of Tra " "bstai nieeting Mr. chairman then announced that at the next of Rome, the M`Carthy would lecture on " The Church Op t a ltn e k mother of schism and heresy." COUNTY COURT-YESTERDAY. [BEFORE JOSEPH POLLOCE, ESQ., JUDGE.] DISPUTED PROPERTY IN A PEW.. His Honour having taken his seat at ten o'clock, pro ceeded to give judgment in the case of Twentyman e. Fletcher, which was heard before the court several weeks ago, as follows :—The plaintiff in this case seeks to recover £l3 15s. for two and-a-half years' rent of a pew situated is the chancel and on the floor of that which is now the Parish Church of West Derby. This pew, which has been the subject of former litigation, was let some fourtetm years since to the defendant by the husband of the present plaintiff, who received rent for it from the defendant far several years, and died in September, 1650, having shortly before removed his residence from West Derby to London. In 1851, a payment of rent for the year ending midsummer, 1850, was made by the defendant, who then, however. disputed the claim, alleging that the pew belonged to Mr. Heywood. A further payment was made in 1852 to the plaintiff for the year ending midsummer, 1851. Mr. Heywood, in 1843, became the owner of what is called the Dwerryhouse Estate, situated in West Derby. That estate had previously belonged to the plaintiff's husband. who was in possession of it when he let the pew to the defendant, and then resided in West Derby. The pew had been devised to him (the plaintiff's husband) by his uncle, who, by the same will, bequeathed to him the Dwerryhonse Estate. The church in which the pew is situated is de scribed in an act of parliament, passed in 1813, as "a Cliapta of Ease to the Parish Church of Walton-on-the-Hill." Some evidence was tendered, however, to show that it was an ancient chapel in which the Sacraments were administered. and ought, therefore, for the purposes of this action, to be considered as a Parish Church. At all events, by the act above mentioned, it became a Parish Church about the year 1844. The defendant disputes the claim of the plain tiff upon two different grounds. First, he sa y s , ---`, That now, at all events, if it was not formerly, the church is a Parish Church ; that either all the pews are free to the parishioners, and no such right as that claimed by the plaintiff can exist, or, at least, that if it can under any circumstances attach, it can only belong to a parishioner. which the plaintiff has long ceased' o be." Secondly, the defendant assertsp—" That the pew was, or is, appurtenant to the Dwerryhouse Estate—the old house on which seems to have been pulled down—and that it belongs'to Mr. Heywood, who has given him permission to occupy itrent free, while it is asserted by the Rector to belong neither to Mr. Heywood nor the plaintiff." Where the title to the pew is thus in fact contested, my first duty is to inquire whether the defendant is, under the cirounstqasse, at liberty to raise the question, and dispute the title of the present plaintiff, to whom, and to her husband before her, he has paid rent. If he be so, then, unless by pre vious consent of the parties, I have no jurisdiction in three matter, and am not called upon to decide the other dil6- culties suggested. It seems to me (in accordance with Mountney v. Collier, 22 L. J. 2 B. 124, and other cases, though not precisely parallel,) that the defendant is at liberty to raise at least a portion of the defence on which he relies, that the title to the pew is therefore in question before me, and that I have no jurisdiction. At all events I am much too doubtful of my jurisdiction in this matte to attempt to exercise it without the direction of the superior court to that effect. The plaintiff was accordingly non-suited. Inrsn IDEAS OF TENANCY. Mr. George Spurr, auctioneer, of Byrom-street, sued Mary Makin, lodging- house-keeper, of Banastre-street, for e 2. 3s. 4d. of rent. This was a fraud summons, and it appeared that Mr. Spurr had promised to forgive the rent, if the defendant would only leave the house, but she had refused even to do that. His honour said indignantly to the defendant,' People from your part of the world appear to imagine that they have a right to stay in a house if they do not pay the rent. The plaintiff had promised to forgive you your rent, if you would give up the house for other persons to live in it, but you refused. Now you have no such claim in law or justice, and I shall give an order of commitment for 30 days. This is a case in which you richly deserve to be sent to prison." ARRiNGENIENT OF CASES.—Yesterday, when the se cond June court opened, was devoted to fraud summonses., insolvency cases, interpleaders, &c. To-day, 100 case will be disposed of, and for Wednesday there are two jury cases, and one special case. The court will not zit oft Thursday, as the County sessions are to be held on that day at Preston, and 25 suits for £lO upwards, which were set down for that day, will be heard instead on Monday the 10th of July. For Friday 133 rases are on the list. INSOLVENCY Cesss.—Charles Albert, late of Manches ter-street, house and commission agent, who was um-- opposed, obtained his final order.—Susan Parker, milliner, of Great George-street, came up on her first examina tion. It appeared that she had been only nine months in business, and that her debts amounted to nearly £3oe. Her sales amounted to about £240, and with one excep tion she had no bad debts, but the goods were of such a quality that they had deteriorated in value nearly £l5O. His honor remarked that it was a very large debt to have incurred in so short a time, when the insolvent, who is only 22 years of age, pleaded, amongst other considerations. her inexperience. She paid £4O a year in rent, and had two assistants to whom she paid £2O a year. His honor observed that she appeared to have made a wild speculation, but be had no wish to be severe on one so young, who was en deavouring to get on in the world. The insolvent passed her first examination, and was ordered to come up for her final order at the first court in August —James Taylor , of the Caledonia Vaults, Townsend-street, came up on his first examination, when it appeared that he had not made, as bound, a payment of £2O into court, Of that amount only £l3los. had been paid in, and* it was stated that the reason of the deficiency was that the person who had beet sent with the money had been robbed. The case was then adjourned till next Monday. Mr. Wheeler appeared for the insolvent, who was opposed by Mr. Hime. FRAUD SUMMONSES. —Orders for committal to Lan caster Castle for 30 days, were made against the following parties ; —Matthew Davies, 9, Cherry-lane, Bevington bush ; John Ryland, 4.0, Duckinfield-street, (to issue is fortnight, if the claim be not previously settled); Dominick Hunter, 29, Prophet-street, (to issue in a month); William Jenkins, Royal Oak Inn, Scotland-place, William Wishart, seaman, Robert Derenzie, Custom house (not to issue till after the 6th of July) ; Joh n L am l l. 6, Chisenhale-street, provision dealer, (to issue in a fort night) ; and Mary Makin, 5, Bana stre-street, lodging house-keeper, whose case is mentioned above. The court rose early, and adjourned till ten o'clock this morning. BANKRUPTCY COURT,—Yesterday, before Mr. Commis sioner Perry, Mr. S. C. Fox, wine and spirit merchant, Rumford-place, who was unopposed, passed his last exami nation, and the certificate meeting was appointed for the 19th of July.—Edward Wilkinson, tailor and draper, who was supported by Mr. Bremner, solicitor, came up for his certificate. His Honour said, the uestion was whether it should be of the second ort h ud class, and deferred his judgment till to-day. LIVERPOOL DOCKS.—At a public meeting o f d oc k ratepayers, held at the Town-hall yesterday, for electing commissioners of audit, the following gentlemen w ere chosen :—Messrs. John Gordon, Henry Dawson, David Rae, Joseph Mondel, J ames B re b ner, J. A. Black James Williams, and George Kendall; and these gentlemen afterwards re-appointed Mr. H. B. Hornby their special accountant. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday week, a young man„, named Thomas Rogers, was seriously injured by an acci dent in Messrs. Mather and Edwards' iron warehouse, Vulcan-street. He was removed to the Northern Hospital, where he died on Sunday. An inquest on the body will be held to-day. FAREWELL.—On Sunday, the Rev. J. H. Thom, the minister of Renshaw-street meeting-house, preached lie farewell sermon, previous to his retirement from the pulpit. BANKRUPTCY CERTIFICATES.—In the course of the last four years the following certificates have been granted by the Liverpool Bankruptcy C omm i ss i oners :—Mr. Perry, id first-class, 65 second-class, 27 third-class ; 34 certificates suspended. Mr. Stephenson, 60 first-class, 47 second class, 7 third-class ; certificates suspended, 41. THEFT AT THE ALBERT DOCK WAREHOUSES.-02 Saturday, at dinner-time, Frederick Kelly, one of the porters employed at the Albert Dock Warehouses, was stopped at the gate with two ounces.of tea concealed on his person. He was at once taken before the Police-court, and sentenced to two months' imprisonment. BANKRUPTCY COURT.—On Saturday, before Mr. COM.. missioner Stevenson, John Sagar, who formerly carried oa business, as a brewer, at Birkenhead, came up by adjourn ment for his last examination. After the examination of several witnesses, the bankrupt was declared passed, and the 20th of July was fixed for the certificate meeting. CRICKET MATCH AT BOOTLE.—On Saturday the return match between the Bootle Cricket Club and the Birkenhead Victoria was played at Bootle, to be decided by the first innings. The Bootle men succeeded in scoring 118, and felt well assured of success. The Victoria side then went ' in, acr d their first three wickets were lost for so corn thß iartd the e d game ßloom a fi ee el m d ed wen ti t ui iti f te an apaga d l t t h isv e tet fi lil rs es Fs jali co hu ri t i a i 3 g is F6 rs a e nd the second 40 ; the game was won with seven wickets to go down. FAST RUN OF THE " WHITE STAR" AUSTRALIAN CLIPPER Frrz-JA mzs.—We learn, from the .Skipping Gazette of yesterday, that the clipper Fitz-James, belong ing to Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson's " Waite Stare line, was spoken, on the 19th instant, off Cape Finisterre, within a few miles of the northernmost point of Portugal. The Fitz-James sailed from Liverpool on the 15th instant, a little after noon, and had thus made the ran down channel and across the Bay of Biscay in four days, or in . about the time taken by our fastest steamers to perform the same distance. From such a commencement of her voyage, we may augur for the passengers in this fine ship a very rapid passage. UNIVERSITY HONOURS AND THE COLLEGIATE IN TUTION.—Some mistakes and omissions having occurred' in the recent mention of the distinctions obtained last them optima:, followsin J a n uary :--11r ; Kershaw and half year, at Cambridge, by pupils of this institution, we m are r. r th eq v n i e t s eide t s edth , senior statk English Declamation prize, in 'March ; Mr. Webster and Mr. Rigby, scholars of Trinityl College, Cambridge, in April ; Mr. Rigby, in the first class of his year, anfl h j o ... Mr. Webster, Webster, Greek Testament prizeman ; 3fr' Ch r ist's l3. second of his year, with a valuable exhibition, i t th.e rit College, in June. Mr. N e vin s is a lso Ogee ( ' 'n obtained a class at Durham, and Mr. Farrar has a g al prize for a theological essay a t Oxford. „n F riday, a mr. Thomas Mt- LIVERPOOL CUSTOAIS.—u, :4th chell, M.P., gave not i ce th a t he w i ll, o Tuesday the Returns showing the of July, move for the * Pix) - I the various o ffi ces to which public service , from his first admis sion into the Customs annual amount of salary attached to each dahetehasandbeerannakppoofinthwue 7drfet°i,arritin ent up to the present date, office, a fi nes, f ees , &e.; thelength of time he has • ht dues, itnes, . ports to which he has beer, of li ght the various of 1841, distinguishing each bsPe:nifayibinselrtitthhfreeotadhniedbeitioginnallanegmoluments received, inclusive attached since year, and the ca otherwise service or or cause of such absence, and whether on therwise ; if on special service, spec_ d him . in each case fo r ex t ra formed, an d the amount travelling e x penses, mileage, &c. And, of th e namet fyingi the ports places aowell at which that duty was per pay, employment in the Customs at Liverpool, inclusive at of any persons who, during the last five years, have hew they were subsequently allowed to drop, assn heir • glut-weighers, under false names, and what false names real ones, and continuing , to receive"..frentc-thia , S. ,`, ' rlik r, i. meat. milt