The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-16 00:00:00

TO CORRtSPONDENTS Relief Committee 10s. from lent wis] how it happens, that such the Evening Hymn, when e is one so well suited to it_ )Itl Burgess " informs us, that for the last two years th tors and assessors have had to be postponed this town, in consequence of the ab formed officers." Our correspondent s expected, that after the passing of the :Muni- Reform Bill, the public business of the town would be wed principle; and supposes this is a prof the impiroyement Etherpoot talibarb. Yearly Subscription : Ia - Adya,nce, 13s. On Credit, 15s. TUESDAY TORNING, MARCH 16, 18 We expr ssed our of nion, when the Govern- meat - scheme of education, or rather of affording assistance to education, was first promulgated, that it did not merit the character of a bold and com prehensive measure, such as we should have desired to receive. It afforded 'an ample acknowledgment of the Tact that the extension of education by the aid of the, state is calculated to promote the im proved. morality of the people ; and that, as dimi uishiliff crime and the cost incurred by the country ir s punishment, it was worthy of the serious attention of Government as an economical measure. But it stopped short of recognising the duty of the state to take care that every class of the community should be placed within reach of a religious educa tion.. It was a satisfaction to us, however, that the funds of the people were not to be lavished upon a merely secular system, from which all religious instruction was to be excluded. Still, with its faults of omission, we saw no trace of any faults of commission, unless it be a fault, as . undoubtedly it is, that, by the operation of the plan of the Education Committee of the Privy Council, we may be called upon as a nation to be mixed up in the spread of opinions opposed to Christianity, provided any voluntary contribu tions are made by infidels or semi-infidels. We are bound by the minutes of the council to con tribute to the support of secular schools, to the spread of the Romish heresy, or even to socialist schools, if two thirds of the sum required for the establishment and maintenance of such schools are previously raised by voluntary efforts. Perhaps the fear of its operation in this last direction is not very imminent. The question of principle is mainly involved, The general operation of the scheMe, we feel assured, will be to extend educa tion. combined with religious teaching : and al though a portion of such teaching would undoubt -edly he sectarian, we were content to put up with this feature of it in consequence of the benefits to accrue to the community as a whole. With such concessions ready to be made by churchmen for peace's sake, we were certainly not prepared to see the measure meet with such virulent hostility which has been manifested towards it by a portion of the dissenting body, of whose views Mr. Edward Baines, junior, of Leeds, appears to be the principal mouthpiece and organ. Some disappointment upon the subject we might have calculated upon, remembering the course taken by thii party in opposition to the education clauses of the.factory bill. Any thing so wild, however, so factious, so utterly irrational and mendacious as the agitation evinced at a meeting in opposition to the scheme, held in Leeds on Monday last, we never could have anticipated. A few specimens of the resolutions passed and the language used by some - of the speakers will probably startle our readers. The first resolution, moved by a Mr. Alderman Car butt, states — "That in the opinion of this meeting the measure of the Uovemment in reference to education is unconstitu tional in its form, calculated to produce a dangerous ex tension of the influence of the Executive, destructive of 'the freedom of education, and likely to be highly preju dicial to the independence of the national character ! and that on these grounds it is the duty of the people to give it the strongest opposition." Of course the " freedom of education" means the voluntary system ; but how the working of that principle is to be destroyed by a measure which affords assistance by the state only when voluntary efForts have already been put forth to the extent of two thirds of the cost and main temince" of any school to be so aided, is really past Gni comprehension. Perhaps, however, we may over the real gist of this dissenting opposition from a portion of the speech of the same gentle man. After admitting that the measure might be worked with perfect fairness in large towns, where each religious body could urge . its claim, the speaker urged that— " There were vast districts in this country, and perhaps by far the greatest majority, where the case was very dif here the community was small, and where there was not the means of establishing a school for each deno mination, where there was only a church school, and where the children of dissenters were obliged to go to a church school if they got any education at all. What must be the effect ? Their children were forced to be educated by the church clergyman, they were instructed in the church catechism; they were dependent upon the clergyman for the means of obtaining a situation in a normal school or a situation under Government. (Hear, hear.) It is easy to imagine what must be the effect of such a system upon those children and their parents. Supposing no dissent to exist in those districts, and sup- Do4ny a dissenting minister to go and preach there, rvhat chance had he of making any progress whatever so long as the children and their parents were so much under the control of the church clergyman I (Hear.) It is fairly to be presumed from the above, that the dissenting body would be content to leave the population, in those districts so unfortunate as to be tleficient in religious dissent, uneducated alto her than have them brought up in the gether, rat obnoxious doctrines inculcated by the clergymen of the established church. Their favourite voluntary system, they confess, would fail in such districts. 'Whether the utter want of education and the de- based nature of beings so deprived of education would assist the efficacy of dissenting preaching cannot say But it is not t true that the voluntary system is so ent as it is repiesented to bein our large towns, or that ignorance is materially decreasing tlvoughout the country. The last report of the Registrar-General shows, that of the men married in England in _the year 1844,-89,337 signed their names, and 42,912 mode their marks in the book ! Of the women, only 67,176 wrote their names, and 65,073, or 49 out of every 100 made their marks ! In the letter to the Dean and . Chapter of St. Paul's, published last year by the Rev. H. Hughes, he shows that in the vast parish, with its 160,000 inhabitants, to which the document referred, there were only 3366 children in the various parochial day schools. The number ought to have been 14,000, to have amounted to an adequate supply ! The City Mission Magazine of last December states, as the result of an actual investigation of ta te of the parish of Greenwich, that out of 5305 children of poor parents, in that parish, as 166 are growing up without any proper edUCation. The average daily attendance of poor children at school, is only 1300. In Deptford, out of 4718 children of poor parents, only 1040 are in the habit of daily attendance at school. many as These are but'a few instances, out of multitudes hat inight be adduced, to show that "voluntary !forts have not proved sufficient to furnish educa icin for the children of the poor. Mr. Baines believed that "a worse measure than his was never proposed to this country. It went o.the root of the notional character of Englishmen!" e presume that the preservation of that root is be achieved alone by the spread of dissenting aventicles and schools. Another gentleman ted that le held it not to be' ti duty of any government to th anything the public themselves could do ; ther it were clothing, trade, religion, or ed uca ti on , tie public could do it infinitely better than anybody else could do it for them. More than that, it was an inter ferftnce with the prerogative of parents. It was an in terference with the inscrutable decrees of human nature and divine Providence : and as it had been properly stated that whenever a government undertakes, or at teMpts to do that which a parent ought to_ do himself, that which was his own per: :h he was himself personally ncy of such a plea, fJnfortunately for the el State do( fere with the prerogative of correc when the paren their children to trim rod and driven itches them from too have spared ti ;five. power ,ong a period of incarc C 1 1 shut them out from coil ration in factories. It has our, and from other h and morals. On lences destructive 0: very education question it has already-inter fered. It insists that every child working in fac tories, and under a certain age, must devote a cer tain number of hours daily to tuition in a (awl, the inspection of which is entrusted to the State. What the gentleman means by the furnishing of aid by the State for the advancement of education being " an interference with the in decrees of liuman nature and Divine Providence' s we are at a loss to know, unless downright blasphemy is in tended. It is surely no " inscrutable decree of Divine Providence" that the young should be left absolutely uncared for—that the children of our poor should be allowed to grow up like the beasts of the field, or the weeds on the common, deprived of all opportunity of learning to read either the Word of God or any ordinary lessons of religion or morality. An interference with the inscrutable decrees of human nature ! Why human nature is fallen ; and the human nature of we have to do with, as regards this measure, is in too many instances, unfit to be entrusted with the decision of the question whether or not their off spring are to be brought up in intelligence or in gross ignorance and darkness. It is urged by these parties that the voluntary principle can provide for the education of the people, and that it is rapidly overtaking in its effi ciency the wants of our population. Perhaps an extract from an admirable speech, delivered at another meeting in Leeds, by a gentleman (J. G. Marshall, Esq.) who, although a Liberal in politics, and a friend of the voluntary principle in religion, is not so unreasonably hostile to the Government scheme as the zealots to whom we' have referred, *ill afford a satisfactory reply to this argument. After referring to the recognized statistics of the number of our young in course of education, and requiring further means to procure it, Mr. Marshall says : such parents as We have 2,957,575 as the number requiring accom modation, and as the number educated is 2,176,947, the actual present deficiency is 780,628. Now let us look to our future prospects, If the same great exertions are con tinued for the next 13 years that we have had during the last 13, and schools be provided for 600,000 (or 46,000 per annum) more children, yet taking into account the an nual increase of schools from the growth of population, which is about 40,000 annually, we shall find that at the end of the 13 years, or 1859, we shall have made a very inconsiderable progress in reducing the present deficiency. Nearly two school generations will have passed, and more than a million of children will have been thrown on the world uneducated. More than half a million boys and girls will, during those 13 years, have arrived uneducated at the age of 23, will perhaps have become fathers and mothers„ at all events will be men and women, with the ignorance and recklessness of childhood, with the respon sibilities, the powers and temptations, of maturer age. (Hear, hear.) Are we in this civilized and Christian country prepared to take the responsibility of resting satisfied with a prospect such as this ? We dare not and cannot do so, if the case were not worse than the showing of these figures. But our case is unfortunately worse than this. We obtain but an imperfect and deceitful estimate of the present wants of the country by comparing the numbers outside the so called schools with the numbers within their doors. We must take into account the qua lity as well as quantity of the schooling given ;—if the food, the nourishment of a people, is to be weighed, we must cast out of the balance the husks with which some are fain to fill their bellies. (Hear, hear.) What is that education which leaves one-third of those children whom it is reckoned on providing for, unable to read their bible so that a listener could understand them ; and which leaves a large portion of the remaining two-thirds scarcely able to understand one sentence that they read ? If our roads, and streets, and lanes, are too often full of children who are learning and practising all sorts of evil, it is for want of school houses to receive them ; if so many of the schools we have are full of children. who have learnt no good it is for want of schoolmasters to teach them. It is, indeed, a fearful responsibility which these presuming schismatics urge upon the nation to undertake, merely for the gratification of a dog matic opinion, combined with bitter hostility to the Established Church. Happily, however, we know that their efforts will be futile. The legis lature and the world must see now the amount of sincerity which has prompted their past vaunts of exclusive regard for the spread of education, when at last it is so clearly established that the main result which they hope for from the working of their favourite voluntary system, is the spread of dissenting influence ; and that, to effect this, they are prepared to see two entire generations of school children cast adrift into a world of temptation and vice without the saving knowledge of the gospel, or of ordinary cultivation of their faculties, to keep them from the workhouse, the prison, or the gal lows. Happily we know at last the stuff of which such liberal philosophers are made! - THE cotton manufacturing districts in this county begin to exhibit a lamentable amount of want of employment and consequent destitution. Thus much for the operation of free trade. We were to have had, as the result of the corn-law repeal, a cheap loaf. The seasons perhaps have prevented that consummation. A large amount of our im ports of foreign grain has gone to fill up the void created by the loss of the potatoe crop; and, from the competition to which we have been exposed in foreign markets, we have bought dearly.. Our freights tod have been excessive. It is not so easy, however, to reconcile the pre sent state of our foreign demand with the flattering prognostication of free traders, as to the prospe rity which was to flow from the adoption of their favourite specific. By the advanced prices created by our demand in foreign countries, the agricul tural population of those countries were to be enabled to buy more of our products. They are buying less. The increased cost of food to the manufacturer was to have raised the cost of the article which he is bringing into competition with our own. We are deriving, however, no sensible benefit from this source. In nearly every foreign market, we meet with stagnation and commercial distrust; and, at the present moment, the very men, who have been subscribing their hundreds to subsidize the promoters of the league agitation, find themselves, if not as the result of their suc cess, at least following such success, either sus pending their business altogether, or carrying it on at a most ruinous sacrifice of their own capital and the comfort of the operative classes. In Manchester alone, an enquiry which we made upon the spot last week gives us the following list of concerns which are stopped altogether :—Fac tories stopped.—Guest, Wood, Wood,' Threlfall, Rigg, Pooley, Stirling (employing 1090 hands), Burton, Burton, Guest, Bullock and Gray, Beatson, Pooley, Thompson, Fernley, Parnell, Brown, H. Marsland, Morris, Higginson, Weston, Massey. The bulk of the above are spinners of coarse or middle numbers, and many of them carry on power-loom weaving. The number of hands thrown out of employment, including spinners, piecers, weavers, and scavengers, is estimated at about 11,000. Averaging their wages at los. a week, we have here £5,500, weekly spent amongst the shopkeepers, totally drawn out of circulation. The following is a statement of the number working short time, and the hours of Working, viz.: —Birley's, 4 days per week; Oxford Twist Com- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. from our colonies, and from some of our best foreign markets, shows very little symptoms of re suming an active state. Altogether, the state of our manufacturing interest is most depressed We hear in many quarters of the town anxious inquiries as to what is doing by the Sanatory Com mittee, and what are their views as to the mode in which its provisions are to be carried out. We must confess ourselves to he as much in the dark as the bulk of the inquirers ; and really must sub mit to the committee the propriety of supplying the public ,with a little more detailed information than is to be procured from their reports as read to the council. Plainly, we should like to see the reporters for the press admitted to their meetings. The Sanatory Committee is now a most impor tant body, with very extensive powers affecting the interests of all classes of our community. It num- bers 27 or 28 members, comprising amongst them a large portion of the intelligence of the council; and has three sub-committees, viz. a Committee of Finance, another to which is intrusted the con struction of buildings, baths; &c., and a third, which has the management of sewering, paving, and the supply of water. Now when it is remem bered that the highway board, with vastly inferior duties and powers to the last of these sub-com mittees, admitted reporters to their weekly meet ings, we cannot but think that the Sanatory Com mittee itself would do well to imitate the example. We are certain that they need fear nothing from the most extensive publicity being given to their proceedings. At the same time we know that by their constituents such a concession as we have suggested would he most gratefully received. The Ten Hours Factory Bill goes into committee to-morrow, when, no doubt, a strong effort will be made by the millowners and their friends to sub stitute for ten an eleven hours clause. The poor factory worker is grudged the full boon of justice and mercy which lie asks—the additional hour to be devoted to self-improvement, to the training up of his family, or to domestic avocations. That one hour is the Rubicon over which, if the millowner is forced, his ruin and the loss of our pre-eminence as a manufacturing nation, he asserts, must be the result. Yet this is urged—the fact that eleven hours' working daily is necessary to enable us to supply the markets of the world—at a time when the whole manufacturing power in the country is not working five hours ; when thousands of our best operatives are either totally unemployed or upon half time and wages !—at a time when most of our foreign markets are loaded with accumulated stocks, and there is little prospect that we may, for some years to come, be able to procure a sufficient supply of the raw material to work the long hours contended for. It is made in the face of the fact that the average working hours for many years past, partly owing to strikes and suspensions of working arising from the propensity of the manufacturer to over produce, have not been ten hours per day. It is urged that we must have not less than eleven hours, because, in case of a sudden revival of demand, the manufacturer cannot expand his production with sufficient rapidity. He prefers alternations of stagnation and inflated prosperity—short time and long hours—to steady, and continuous production, and moderate prosperity in its result. He asks to be allowed to bind down his workers to a meal or half a meal a day, in one part of the year, and to drag the very flesh from their bones with excessive toil in the other portion. . The sound politician, however, will tell him that this cannot be ,permitted. The object of all commer cial legislation ought to be to prevent, as much as possible, these violent fluctuations of the demand and supply, not only of goods, but of labour. The operative classes are quite alive to this truth. They have felt the oppressiveness of the existing system; and we warn Lord John Russell that agitation will never cease upon this question until a ten hours bill is conceded. He has now the opportunity be fore him of reaping a harvest of gratitude from the working classes by his support of this bill. Let him not be seduced to cast from him so invaluable a reward. IN another column will be found a letter from C. W. Williams, Esq.,. Upon the subject of,,tlk attempted bill for converting a great public work— the Harbour of Refuge constructing at Holyhead —into a railway monopoly, and acknowledging some humble services of ours in drawing attention to the subject in terms for which we cannot but feel grateful, although we fear they rather exceed in value anything which we have deserved. To the acute discernment of Mr. Williams himself, we, and this community, owe a deep debt of grati tude for the frustration of this attempt. If, by acting upon the warning first furnished by him, we have aided in bringing about the withdrawal of the bill, we are sincerely thankful. We have little doubt that the authorities of our town will henceforth be watchful as to the terms and objects of such private bills ; and it would be only proper courtesy and justice towards those authorities, and the authorities of other ports, if her Majesty's advisers would allow no bill of the kind to be entertained in Parliament without those interests, however remotely, being made acquainted with its features in detail. A railway company cannot pass within a hundred yards of a farmer's or a landowner's out-house or planting *without notice being given; but it seems that they may, without offending the standing orders of Parlia ment, inflict tolls upon the shipping of an empire, without the necessity of a word of caution being given. We certainly owe to Mr. Williams an obli gation which the absurd stringency, in many re spects, of the standing orders of Parliament has not afforded us. We learn that, accompanied by a deputation of the Shipowners' Association of London, Mr. Wil liams waited, yesterday, upon Lord Clarendon, at the Board of Trade, in connection with this sub ject ; to-day he is to wait upon Mr. Strutt and the Railway Commissioners ; and to-morrow the subject will be brought by the same parties before Lord John Russell. FIRES LAST NIGHT At about a quarter past seven o'clock last night, a fire was discovered to have broken out on the premises of Mr. John Hope, tailor and draper, Copperas-hill. Inspector Boyd, with officer 228, was speedily on the spot ; and an abundant supply of water being obtained in buckets from the cisterns of the Adelphi Hotel, it was not found neces sary to pass the word to the Water Company. The fire was speedily extinguished, and the damage was estimated at from £4O to £5O. _ _ About half-past eight another alarm of fire was giver A conflagration was discovered to have occurred on th premises of Messrs. 1 the enrnPr of Hood-s Mason and Co., tea-, in AViiitPrhimpl_ dealers, at parry, 4 days; U. ularic, 4 UayS ; J. ularKe, iv 'lours i- - ,) have originated in consequence oi . a leak in a ga‘ ; pipe a day, with repairs ; Woolley, 4 days : Dodgson, 4 which had been in the course of repair that afternoon. days ; Parnell, 3 days ; Jones, 3 days ; Carr, 3 For a time it raged most fiercely, and seemed to have dip ; Beaver, 4 days ; Watkins, 3 days ; Binn, extended momentarily from one end of the premises to 2 days ; Barton, 4 days ; Kennedy, 4 days ; th 2 other. and the floorshirle oolwasthe st b o u e rt through, onthe re a m s lislesso was Patten, 4 days ; Albion Mills, 4 days ; J. Wilson ceiling ! t' co iet . ely n destroyed, w as well as some bank-notes, &c., and Co., 4 days ; Ogden, 4 days ; Waterhouse, 4 in the cash-box. The stock, and, we learn, the premises, days ; Allen, 4 days ; Garstang, 4 days ; Chappell, which are the property of Mr. llindley, of Ullet-lane, is 3 days ; Simpson and Co., 2 working with 3 days' insured in the Phoenix office. wages. The engines were most speedily on the spot, and as soon .. • ......, ..a..-...,. vuToci n r.lnyl+;flll c.nrd I, 'se ~...,- P....-..-e. The bulk of these are extensive concerns, em ploying a large number of . hands ; and-the amount a th ; L'uVdi - h - e - ni - iiins—tlie latter, how.. av e ail, as the close proximity of the fire to the _ of money drawn out of circulation from their par- of the station, rendered further assistance unnecessary tial stoppage must be very heavy. Add to these JWe however saw the stand pipes turned on, and a copicm the number of calico printers, dyers; finishers, supply flowing from tltem:..lnpectorktx,well(vAlr, er, proved of no reservoirs fustian cutters, packers, designers, engravers, and Mr. M*Donald, of the Harrington vv in fact of parties whose means of living must be Griffiths, of the Bootle Company, of police, were promptly present, an d rendered efficient diminished by.the decreased manufacture of cotton and several inspectors servi( fabrics, and we shall find no difficulty in believing that the suffering in Manchester must De intense. un onnaay next, i.,..cri Of the five spinning mills, all are working full o Plul r 's b Churchl—one b 4" . .the _ time to supply the demand of lace yarns for Not- "I F on— estaebl shed Chu e rch Schools in Hackin's Hey. tingbain and the continent. A. very few only of An appeal was made in St. Luke's Chu rch, on Sunda y the coarse mills are similarly working. evening last, by the Rev; Hugh M iNeile, in behalf of the We have not at present correct statistics of the starving Irish; and a suni . Of £l2 was collected. Some amount' of standing or prtially e mployed machi- four weeks since that church contributed 6foi•lie same nery in the other manufacturing towns throughout the district. As in the majority of these, however, objg l et, j a e f H te N r a i n u a u ppe E a v l AfrNoomEtthiesTßse;v..KßN. ciT A. Ty lii Marshall. 0 : i i Sunday last, after two sermons preached by the Rev. G low numbers are spun, it is certain that the num- F. Greene, minister of the church, collect; ber stopped or working short time must be very in obedience to the Queen's letter for th_ - extensive. It canno t indeed be otherwise; for to tress in Ireland, amount o in f g x t i o a £ l l l 2 s 4 . 87ds..8hda.NinTghis was the work with the present prices of the raw material, the low figure at which yarns are selling, is been con andt.r is s e a ci te n i t d lz a pi f e es a we l , to s u t n h d e ays ag o . congregation .. church for the o the sum perfectly ruinous. If the spinner can sustain him- NATIONAL FAST.—A highly respectable correspondent, self at all now, he must have been clearing forty who has addressed us a letter which we publish in another per cent. when business was brisk. It is believed column, suggests to the clergy the Propriety of lming very generally that something like this has been the day appointed for the collections in their churches on the case. We are sorry that we cannot report that pros- t n b a e ti m o a n ni a nt l . fast, tb e relieftlieeafmtobueisiet persons whoa' they be e x k p n e e n w d e to d by e shall be extremely glad if the suggestion is pects for the future are to any great extent bright- u n ni w versally adopted, as we happen to know that, irre ening. For the American market,, it is ascertained spective of the great destitution at presentaiongstthe that some good orders have been received. The poorer classes, there is Inno s i i i ya i l i l er amou t of grade n of. socie ,ty deprivationanti dem?nd for home consumption is also improving. wsihomcait tnede by only be ra n cTie a thro g ugli the instrumentality of But Ireland is taking little from us. Scotland is the clergy, since a proper delicacy prevents, them making also lessening her consumption 3 and the demand their real comation known elsewhere. 1,1 Rev. Dr. Byrth, and the —in aid of those old- r ns were mad, LIVERPOOL MARCH SESSIONS Yesterday the March Sessions for Ow Borough com menced, before GILBERT HENDERSON, Esq., Recorder, at the Sessions House, Chapel-street. The Calender for the present Sessions is not so heavy as that of the preceding ; but that, unfortunately, may be ascribed to other causes than a decrease of crime ; the time which has intervened between this session and the last has been but short. There are 61 cases of felony, and 10 of misdemeanOur to be tried, 'making a total of 71 ; of this number it has been ascertained that 34 read and *rite imperfectly; 8 read only, and that imperfectly; 2 only read well ; and there are 28 who can neither read nor Shortly after ten o'clock the Recorder entered the when, the following gentlemen were sworn as a Timothy 'Abram Curtis, ironfounder, Love-. Daniel Cdmeron, BuchanOn, Esq., broker, Dale-street; Robert Bibby, Esq., sailmaker, Chapel-street ; William Claxton, Esq., cornmerchant, Lower Castle-street; John Campbell, Jun., Esq., merchant, King-street; William Dowson, Esq., mer chhnt, Goree Piazzas; John Lawrence, Esq., brewer, Great George-square; James Perrin, Esq . Merchant, Goree Piazzas; Thomas Priestley, Esq., merchant, George's Dock gates; James Springer, Esq., merchant, Tower Chambers; Wm. Smith, Esq., merchant, Old Hall-street ; J. Hardly Rigley, Esq., broker, Exchange-court, North ; John S. Wood, Esq., cotton-broker, Exchange-alley ; David Lamb, Esq., mer- - chant, Union-street; Alfred Wm. Howles, Esq., merchant, Water-street; James Henry Butler, Esq., mercant, Drnry lane ; Richard Alison, Lsq., merchant, Fenwick-street ; Samuel Beckwith, Esq., broker, Tower Garden; Thomas A. Bushby, Esq., broker, Dale- stre et. The learned RECORDER then proceeded to address the Grand Jury to the following effect :—Gentlemen of the Grand Jury as the interval since the last sessions has been but short, you will find the present calendar comparatively light. There is only one case which will call for any remarks from me ; that is a case where two thieves broke into a shoe shop, it is thought with the view of stealing some of the property therein contained. They were, however, caught before they had taken away any of the shoes ; and there rests the point for your consideration. But your attention will be directed to the fact, as to whether they entered the shop with the intention of abtsracting any part of the property ; and if it appears to you they did, you will have no difficulty in disposing of the case, The other cases are altogether extremely simple, and may, therefore, be left to your own discretion ; but should you require any assistance from me, in the dis charge of your duties, I shall be most happy to give it to you Gentlemen, I do not know that I have another word to say to you, except to notice the change which will soon be brought about by Government in the mode in which male prisoners are in future to be treated, instead of being transported as heretofore. It is pro posed by Government to put them through three stages of punishment : they will be first imprisoned, after their trial, for 12 or 18 months in prisons, where the sepa rate confinement principle will be adopted : and secondly they will be compelled to labour, during another portion of their time, at task work on the public works, either at home or abroad ;—and after that they will be banished for the remaining period of their sentence to wherever it may seem advisable to send them. It may be that some doubts may arise as to how far this change may approach the efficacy of transportation as a punishment, by lessen-r ing the terror with which it is regarded by criminals. From my position here I am able to state with perfect confidence, that during the last three years, when sentences of transportation were carried into effect, by sending the parties, so sentenced, out of the country, that such punishments were regarded with extreme terror. Many criminals were, I am certain, prevented from com mitting crime by the terror of transportation which was held over them ; and I know that many were kept within the bounds of the law by that salutary terror, who would not have regarded any sentence of imprisonment. But whilst I say this, I must admit that the punishment now proposed to be adopted, in place of the old system of transportation, is one of no small severity. To pass 12 or 18 months, or more, perhaps, in the solitary gloom of separate confinement within the narrow limits of a prisons' walls ; and after that to be bound to work like a malefactor on the public works of our own country, or some of the colonies,—Gibraltar, Bermuda, or perhaps the Cape,—and finally to be exiled from our native country for the remaining portion of a term of seven, ten, or fifteen years, as the case may be, is a prospect that may well appal the strongest mind. To many persons this mode of punishment will prove a greater severity than the ordinary punishment of transportation, as hitherto carried into effect, possibly could do. But, gentlemen, it is not my province or intention to discuss this question. I wish merely to explain- to you what is intended to be done with those prisoners on whom I may be called upon to pass that sentence. There is also another Subject to which I would direct your atten tion. Government further intends to make some change with regard to the mode of treating juvenile offences. They wish to make some new provision for disposing of them, and to relieve the judges from that embarrassment which they have ever felt when disposing of such cases. To illustrate this I will state a case :—There is a young boy to be tried at the present sessions—his name I shall not mention;—but he is so young that one would wonder - - how a magistrate could think of sending him for trial; yet when I came to investigate the nature of his case, I find that the felony with which he is charged could not have been committed by a full-grown man : it must have bees}, dono by a young boy. And on further examination I found that he was before me for trial twelve months ago ; and I also found that the magis trate did not send him here for trial until after he had repeatedly tried the effects of a few days' impri sonment upon him. At the time this lad was previously tried I was very much embarrassed by his case myself. He was too young and too diminutive in size to be transported* and besides T had no inclination to do so would have sent him to Mr. Parkinson's prison, but I had no law to enable me to do so. But if I had had a gaol possessing the accommodation of separate confinement, I should have sent him there for some lengthened period of time; I would have had him placed under the due train ing of the schoolmaster, and, with the good advice of the excellent and benevolent pastor, it is possible that a change for the better might have been produced in him. I would have sent him to an Industrial School, but I had no power to do so, and, besides, if I had the power to do so, his father or mother could at any moment claim his liberty from such an institution. Well, under these cir cumstances, what did I do ? I sentenced him to be con fined for fourteen days, and to he once whipped, That had the only effect that could be expected from it. It caused him to abstain from vice for five months ; hilt at the end of that time he returned to his old habits again ; and. since that time he has been five times brought up be fore the magistrates for offences of a similar nature. It is clear that his punishment then- produced but a tem porary cessation from crime : it did not go to the root of the evil, and, therefore, could not cure it. It is the intention of Government to provide schools for this class of offenders, which are to be receptacles for them—institu tions that will partake more of the nature of asylums for their reformation than prisons for their punishment. Yet even in those places it will be necessary that the terrors of the punishment . do not altogether disappear, as, unless great care be taken in that particular, I fear we shall uit find much diminution in the number of commit from this class of offenders. At pre sent the full plan of Government has not been dis closed, and therefore, I will not dwell longer upon it. With regard to female prisoners it is not intended that any change shall take place in the law as it now stands. Women who receive the sentence of transportation will be sent out of the country as hitherto ; and I do hope that they will take care by their conduct that they will not merit such apunishment. I am sorry to say that in this town the women are becoming even more degraded than they were. Of the 61 cases of felony, to be tried at these Ses sions, 21 are women. And at each Sessions it is my pain ful duty to pass this awful sentence upon them. I hope, h ow ever, that in future a better state o f things will arise, and that I shall never again be called upon to exercise that power which is imposed upon me by the law of the land, and the misdemeanours of the people. Gentlemen, with these few observations, I will dismiss you to your duties. The Grand Jury then retired. " DOING' PENANCE " IN LIVERPOOL TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Much has been said at various times in denial of the statement that " the Popish doctrine of penance is My duty to make kmiwn to t judge fo'r themselves of a fact which came under my own observation. _ _ _ _ On Wednesday week, about midnight, I had occasion to come down Park-road and past St. Patrick's Chapel. When close to the wall on the south side of the chapel, on the vacant ground which is a depositary for broken earthenware, &c. I observed something moving back wards and forwards.' The moon being clouded, I could not distinguish its form ; and my curiosity being awa kened, I stepped softly towards the object, and, to my astonishment; found a poor Irishman, bare headed and himself, and going through all the several movements of one doing " extreme penance." On speaking to him, he requested I would not disturb his devotions, or interrupt him. I accordingly withdrew, and round the corner of the wall remained several minutes to witness the poor deluded man continue his supposed meritorious exercises. The time of the night, the situation, and all the circum stances in connection, in my opinion fully corroborate what I have always firmly believed—that the Papists in this country actually "do penance." May the Lord in his mercy speedily deliver us and our favoured land from such abominations !—I am, sir, most respectfully yours, ANTI-POPERY. [The writer of the foregoing is a highly respectable gentleman, and has furnished us with his name.] STEEPLE CHASE AT AlNTREE. — Yesterday rather a spicy affair came off at Aintree, which was, we believe, trot-up after dinner at Hooton, on the day of the Stour on steeple-chase. The thing became known only on Sa turday, but this day being remarkably tine, it drew to gether some hundreds of spectators. It was over the 'regular Liverpool steeple-chase course, and was, we be lieve, for a sweep of 10 soya. each. The horses were entered in fictitious names, we therefore only give the names by which they were entered, and those of the riders—weight, 12st. each. Black Prince Fingal (Capt. Peel 2 Othello Oulton .. (Mr. Philpott 0 Champion (Capt. Broadly) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst. Fingal, 3to 1 agst. Champion, 3 to 1, agst. Othello, 4 to 1 apt. Oulton. The race was run in twelve minutes, and was won only by a short half-length. On the road from the race-course there was a trotting match between two horses in harness —a most dangerous thing, to say the best of it, on a pub lic road, at any time, and most particularly so when that road was thronged with people returning from a race. GROWTH OF COTTON IN INDIA The probability that for some years to come the atten tion of the American people, upon whom we are dependent for the bulk of our supply of cotton, will be turned towards the production of bread stuffs for the markets of Europe, and the certainty that the possession of increased means of buying those articles which they import from us will enable them to put a screw upon us by holding back our most important staple, has led some of our leading mer chants and manufreturers to ask, whether we have it not within our power to obtain that supply by a proper deve lopment of the resources of our own colonies ? In parti cular, India has furnished a wide field for examination, as capable of yielding us a supply abundant, at least, in quantity, although hitherto acknowledged to be deficient in quality ; and it has been sought to be ascertained whether or not quality sufficient could be gained by the adoption of better methods of culture, of picking, clean ing, &c., of seed, to enable East India cotton to take the place of the ordinary sorts of American, and even of New Orleans. For some time, it is generally known, that experiments ve been making under the superintendence of Dr. White, an agent to•the company, as to the effect of the adoption in India of the American system and seed. Model farms have been established, and every enccuragement held out to the native ryots to improve their production. No great amount of success has as yet attended these efforts, although the last few crops from India have been noticed to be cleaner, and rather brighter in colour than the ordinary Indian cotton of former years. The company themselves have produced a few samples, which have been highly lauded as to improved quality. Still it is feared that little in proportion to the magnitude of our wants can be effected until a general amelioration of the internal condition of India, as to roads r modes of conveyance to the ports, and the means of the agriculturists to carry on the culture, takes place. The roads at present are bad, and the transit expensive, The Indian farmers are almost universally poor; unprovided with the necessary imple ments and conveniencies for the culture, and kept down in their efforts by the exactions to which they are con stantly submitted. It is in part this want of the neces sary capital and conveniencies, which is the cause of two of the chief objections urged against their cotton, viz., its admixture with particles of dirt, and its occasional rotten ness. The Ryots have no proper storehouses to protect their crops when picked, until ready for market. Many of them in consequence, bury it, by which its present im purities, and deficient colour and soundness are contracted. From these, however, we have had abundant proof that the article can be freed ; and a sample produced very ex cellent in appearance. We were favoured with an oppor tunity of inspecting some of this description in Manches ter. Improved, however, as it was,—in fact a totally different article,—several good judges have pronounced it still to be weak in staple and not calculated for the pur poses to which boweds are applied. Perhaps this defect may be, in time, got rid of by choosing for cotton cultiva tion part of India, more closely resembling the in. climate and location, as to humidity, the cotton-growing country of the United States. It seems little, if at all probable, that for years to come we can calculate upon an Indian supply. In the mean time it would be wise to try the resources of some others of our possessions hitherto undeveloped, or even attempted to be developed, for our assistance in the emergency in which we may shortly be placed. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY. The market for the public securities has been heavy during the week; and the tendency of prices has been downwards. Consols were down on Saturday to 881 for money, and 88k for the account, the closing prices were 88k tot for money, and 881 tot for account. Exchequer Bills were done at 1 to 5 pm. In the issue department of the Bank of England for the week ending 6th instant, the notes in circulation had de creased £355,935, for which an unequal amount of gold had been withdrawn. On the debit side of the banking department our receipts had increased £52,792 ; the public deposits £643,244. The private deposits had increased £28,226. The total liabilities were £35,212,174. On the credit side the Government securities were unchanged, the other securities having increased to £1,086,556. The notes had decreased £301,995, and the gold and silver coin, £93,464. The bullion had decreased from £12,044,934 to £11,595,535. The total paper in circulation was, £20,126,005. The principal part of the bullion exported has gone to the United. States. The transactions in the cotton market yesterday will be found under the usual head, The following is the report of the cotton market from the circular of Messrs. George Holt and Co., dated Liver pool, Friday : " Nothing comes across our cotton market to cause any change from its downward tendency, or exempt it from the general depression with which we have been so long surrounded. We have consequently passed another dull week, the transactions having been limited to a mere re tailing of small quantities for immediate use, just to prevent the mills from stopping altogether. In such a state of things, the effect upon our market cannot be otherwise than depressing. Accordingly we have to re port a further decline of id. to Id. on American descrip tions, applying in a stronger degree to the ' ordinary and middling' qualities than the fair to good.' All kinds, however, both long and short staple, have the same ten dency, with the single exception of Sea Islands. In Sea Islands there is no change, or rather the little demand which has existed has found the market so b are ly su pplied with that kind, that the fair quality and u p war d s have almost an upward tendency. Beyond all question, the crop of Sea Islands, strictly speaking, not includi ng Floridas, Mains, and Santees, is extremely small, pro bably not half an average." Our corn market has - been dull throughout the week, and prices declining. Speculation seems to be suspended until the accounts from - the United States can be re ceived, which we are hourly expecting. Of our manufacturing districts we can only say that business is as bad as it can well be, and refer our readers to a leader by which it will be seen that in Manchester alone twenty-one mills are totally stopped, and twenty three working from three to, four days a week only. The sufferings of the operative population are beginning to excite serious alarm. There has been a much greater demand for money this week, and the terms charged by the discount houses are higher. They have also raised the allowance for money " on call" and " on deposit ;" in the former case to 31 per cent., and in the latter to 4 per cent. There can be little doubt that the brokers, in taking these steps, have been greatly influenced by the fact of railway companies having both privately and publicly, offered large rates of interest for loans of money. The more direct cause, however, is the continuous rise in the price of grain at home and on the continent, and its increasing consump tion, together with the export of gold to America. The change which is likely to take place in monetary and mercantile affairs from these causes has not yet induced the bank directors to further raise the minimum rate of discount charged by that establishment ; but it is generally believed that they must resort to such a step shortly. It was by many persons thought more than probable that we should have had the anticipated notice posted last Thurs day ; and until the meeting in the bank parlour broke up, there was much uneasiness, manifested in the city on the subject. It is said that several members of the board are strongly adverse to any change. A general fast and humiliation having been appointed to be held on the 24th instant, arrangements have been made that bills due on that day will be presented on the 23rd, and treated in the same manner as bills falling due on Sundays. As soon as it was ascertained on Thursday afternoon that no difference was to be made in the rate of interest by the Bank of England, the markets became more cheer ful. Money was obtained without difficulty on good security, and, upon the whole, stocks and shares left off better than the day before. Corn bills are in great dis favour in the discount market, The Share Market has been extremely dull, very large orders to sell being in the hands of most of the brokers, who were, however, generally unable to obtain the limits placed upon them. The London and North-Western Company have obtained all the money which they are open to take at five per cent. The amount thus borrowed rather exceeds £600,000. On Tuesday the Great Western Railway Company advertised their wish to receive tenders for loans in sums of not less than £lOOO, for a period of five years at five per cent., or for a period of seven or ten years at four and a half per cent. It is also said that others of the established companies are now receiving loans at five per cent. for five years. INQUESTS ON SATURDAY.-01 1 view of the remains of Robert Roberts, aged 24. On Thursday the deceased got into the skip for the purpose of descending the shaft o f the New (North) Tunnel , in Bispham-street, when th e skip caught the table over the shaft, and precipitated him to the bottom. He received a fracture of the pelvis of which he died in a few minutes after. Verdict acciden tally killed.—On George Fleming, a seaman on board the schooner Blair, aged 26. On Wednesday night the de ceased was in the act of coming on deck from the topsail yard, when the main boom, from the action of the vessel. ruck him on the back, and killed him instanta- Verdict accidentally killed.—On Ellen Tomlin son, aged 5 years, residing in Upper Mann-street. A fortnight last Wednesday, she was sitting on the fender by the fire, when a spark flew on her clothes and set them (a sea) s neously. on fire. She was severely burnt over the body and arms, of which injury she died on the 11th instant. Verdict ac cidentally burnt. The first of three annual horticultural exhibitions will take place in the Botanic Gardens, in May next, AMATEUR PERPORMANCE.-Highly creditable to a body of our Licensed Victuallers, an amateur performance, for the benefit of the distressed Scotch and Irish, was given, on Monday evening last, at the The atre Ro y al Adelphi. The pieces seelcted " were " A Curo for t the e Heart Ache," and " Rob Roy, in both of which characters were so ably sustained, th t a from first to last they drew down thunders of applause, and not unmerited, for there was not one individual who did not appear per fect in his part. We cannot, however, omit noticing a ' --- , eters. In the first place, Young Rapid Lew of the charm,— by Mr. Armstrong, was perfection—he wanted none of that confidence so requisite for character, and so seldom found in a non-professional. Mr. Sumners made an ad mirable country youth, perfectly unsophisticated, and carrying to a laughable extremity his rustication. To the second piece, " Rob Roy," we cannot do justice—Bailie Nicol .1 - arvie, (Mr. Hughes) was beyond description , and Mrs. W. H. Pardy introduced into the part of Diana Vernon, a feeling_ and truth of , character that at once . - won the favor of - the audience, while in her vocal efforts she was not only excellent but displayed an operatic tact that created loud applause, and called, even at an unsea sonably late hour, a vehement encore. Mr. Lindop (and we hear he had but little time for study) played in a style far beyond mediocrity, the charaetpr of 7?nh Ran_ • Mr. Evans, as Francis Osbaldeston, did ample justice to ,the part, and wasloudly encored in his first song. We have not space to enter further into particulars, but cannot conclude without saying that we never saw an amateur display better received. March 10, 1847. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS LONDON CORN MARKET.-YESTERDAY. The arrivals of English Wheat up to our market last week were on a very moderate scale, while the receipts of all other articles of home produce were scanty, especially those of Malt and Peas. From Ireland and Scotland scarcely any grain came to hand._ The imports of foreign Wheat were unusually small, those of Barley and Oats tolerably good. Fresh up a fair aver age quantity of Wheat reached us from Kent, but that from Essex, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, &c., was rather limited. On the whole, the display of samples —a portion of which came to hand by land carriage —was seasonably good, and of full average quality. The favourable change in the weather, toge ther with the unwillingness evinced by the French buyers to give the asking prices, caused the demand for all descriptions to be less active than was generally expected prior to the com mencement of business. Still, however, the trade must be con sidered firm, and, in some few instances, Is. per quarter more money was paid for selected samples of red and white Wheat of home growth _; but this advance was not considered general. c=, The market clOsed firm, and we quote the prices Is. to 2s. per quarter higher than on this day se'enight, but at which a total clearance was not effected. There were about 500 quarters of red disposed of for shipment to France at 80s. per quarter We had . ._ I very scanty show of foreign Wheat. This article was in good request, at an improvement in the rates obtained on this day se'nnight of from 2s. to 3s. per quarter. The total sales -4000 quarters being for France—were about 7500 quarters, mostly red. The quantity of Barley was a full average, including the foreign arrivals ; yet the Barley trade was arm, and last week's quotations were supported in every instance. Notwithstand ing the show of Malt was small, the sale for that article was very dull, and prices had a downward tendency, particularly those of the secondary qualities. With English Oats we were scantily supplied, but the quantity of foreign was fair, though by no means good in quality. A large business was doing at 6d. to Is. per quarter above last Monday's` prices. The sale for Beans was slow, at barely late rates. Maple Peas, for seed, sold as high as 60s. per quarter. Ia other Peas very little was doing. The Flour trade was firm, at extreme currencies. Indian Corn was very dull, and 3s. to ss. per quarter lower. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The primest Scots, Devons, Runts, and Herefords were in fair request at prices about equal to those paid on Monday last, the quotations for the former kind ranging from 4s. to 4s. 2d. per 81b., but the middling and inferior kinds of beef ruled'dull, and, to effect sales, a slight abatement was submitted to by the salesmen. With Sheep we were, on a comparison with some former sea sons, scantily supplied, but the quality was very good. On the' whole, the Mutton trade was steady, at fully, but at nothing. quotable beyond, last week's prices. There were a few Dorset Lambs in the market; but the sale' for them was very heavy, at low prices. Although the supply of Calves was small, the Veal trade was in a very inactive state, at about stationary prices. Prime small Porkers moved off steadily; other qualities of Pork slowly, at unaltered quotations. MONEY MARKET.—YESTERDAY. There is no improvement in the price of public securities this morning. A short time after the opening, Consols were done at 88# for account, but the market soon manifested symp toms of weakness, and the price- fell to 88k. For money they have been done at 881, but last at 87i. The scrip of the loan has been done at 1 and 1} discount. Exchequer-bills remain at 4 prem. to nar. We observe that the Rev. Chancellor Raikes will preach two sermons, in St. Clement's Church, on Sunday, for the schools attached to the Church. BURGLARY.—The premises of J. Dnranda and Co., bullion dealer, Waterloo-road, were entered on Saturday or Sunday evening, and between seven and eight pounds in silver, and a quantity of worthless American notes were stolen therefrom. The most singular occurrence was, that in the hurry of business on Saturday evening, the silver was, by neglect, left in the drawer, a circum stance that never before occurred. This is the second time, within the last month, that the office has been entered. THEATRE ROYAL, WI LLIAMSON - SQUARE.—After the liberality of the manager of this establishment, in pro viding for us the treat afforded to our playgoers, we were little prepared for the engagement, in this, the height of the season, of the Misses Cushman. Last night, Miss Cushman made her first appearance; in this town, in The Wife, a Tale of Mantua," with triumphant success, although we regret to say she was not complimented by a full house. Her sister sustained the character of Widow Cheerl g, in the " " Soldier's D aug ht er ," w ith Teat spirit. To-morrow, Romeo and Juliet" will be performed, and, on Wednesday, the masterpiece of Miss Cushman—her personification of Meg Merrilie& in the opera of " Guy Mannering,"—will, we doubt not, draw a full house. LOSS OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP.—ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY PERSONS DROWNED.—OD Saturday, intel ligence was received in the City, announcing the loss of an emigrant ship belonging to Hamburgh, in the Gulf Stream, while on her passage to Canada, by which up wards f 160 emigrants, with a portion of the crew, pe rished.. The vessel is reported to be the barque Stephanr, Captain Bruger, master, which sailed from the port of Hamburgh on the 28th of October last. The calamity is stated to have occurred during the heavy gales on the 18th of December. The master and four of the crew are reported to have been picked up in an open boat, by a schooner from New Orleans. Further accounts are anx iously looked for by the agents in London and Hamburgh. UTILITY OF THE MULE.—The latest advices from the Cape report that the commissariat is said to be now in a most efficient state on the frontier. The mules and horses, but especially the mules, sent from the Cape Town end of the colony, have been of signal service, not only for draught and carriage, but for offensive operations in the field. This animal, the mule, it seems, was un waggons, one of the mmuloeusth_ofanthde known• to the Caffres, and upon one occasion, when Et strong body of them were rushing down upon a train of of instinct, opened his sound which the poet Cowpe r s pp ° , uttered that t y ha a t eci p d e e c n uli: the punishments of wicked souls ' irth e „--;,ty form enemy turned and fled as if 500 lions world. eat the i r heels. This service has not yet been ackn.Zri g ed. in anv official despatch, but it rests on a pretty broad bottom of private intelligence. ALARMING CONFLAGRATION AT BATTERSEA.-011 Sunday morning about one o'clock, an alarming fire broke out about a quarter of a mile beyond the terminus of the South-Western Railway, upon the Kyanizing premises of Mr. Bethell. The first alarm was given ty an explosion which awoke the whole neighbourhood. From some incomprehensible cause, the engines which- arrived first on the spot refused to play, alleging that the water was too low, and they were driven back to their stations. Three others, however, were at length got to work ; and after destroying an extensive mill adjacent, some lime works, a large quantity of combustible materials stored upon two extensive ranges of wharfs, and some barges which were aground close to, the flames were got under about 5 o'clock. The neighbourhood being composed principally. of wooden erections, used for manufacturing purposes, it is fortunate that such a result was achieved. The loss is thought will be very considerable. The sky was illuminated over the whole of the western part of the metropolis, whilst the opposite side of the river, along Millbank and Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, and. Vauxhall and Battersea Bridges, were crowded by spec tators. The river, too, was thronged with boats filled with spectators ; and such had been the arrival of com pany, that by three o'clock there was a double row of cabs reaching for upwards of a quarter of a mile along Battersea Fields. A. singular spectacle was presented by the flocks of skylarks—for which Battersea is celebrated — which hovered for hours over the fire. FASHI O L O N U A N B G L E E , 7 cL S A T yT AU O R N A .s N Q T jA a R n E d . SUPPER Those who have not yet visited the ORIENTAL DIVAN . should not omit an opportunity; for the arrangements not owl surpass those of every similar Hotel, but the viands are of tile choicest kinds. An excellent Steak, cut in the London sty 1e charged 9d., and it may be finished with a half-pint of snlenw, Amontillado Sherry, or fine-flavoured Port, for One sbillio!; The Oriental has been flattered by the following notices fr o ' — our local Press:— The elegance with which it is fitted, the promptitude and neatness with which everything is served up, render it the most fashionable restaurant.—Standard. The Restaurant, Clayton-square.—We have no doubt the pro mises which Feeny makes to the ear he will, unlike Macbeth 's witches, keep both to the ear and the hope.—Mercury. The dinners and suppers cannot be excelled for variety , or lowness of charges.—Albion. It consolidates pnrib ic li i daLes arl. t a b i ereputation of the proprietor as a caterer for the Suitable to all classes; the wine is undeniable.—Times. BILL OF FARE AT THE FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT, For TILTS DAY, the 16th, and TO-MORROW. the 17th init. THIS DAY. Sours.—Mock Turtle, Hare, Mutton Broth, and Gravy. FlSH. — Soles, Codfish, and Whiting. -Saddle of Mutton, Pigeon Pie, Veal and Ham, Roast Pork. -Boiled Beef, Roast Lamb, Rump Steak Pud ding. —Boiled Fowl and Ham, Shoulder of Mutton. —Roast Beef. -Boiled Rabbit and Bacon. Rabbit Pie. Tarts and Puddings. TO-MORROW —Mutton Broth, Gray nd Mock Turtle. Ft su.—Haddock, So , and Codfish. —Roast Turkey, ed Beef. Haunch of Mut ton One o'clock Three o'clock Four o'clock. Five o'clock.- Six o'clock.— One o'clock -Rabbit Pie, ast Beef. —Roast Por , Calves' Head and Bacon —Reef St ie, Veal and Ham. -Roast L of Pork. Pigeon e. Pudd . gs, Tarts, and Pancakes. Firc o'clock Six o'clock. Half-pint of Finelm,_ oniilladogheWy:;7l;ll:flavoured Port , ; Pint, 28.: Quart A- Cup ofieoffee, 4d. ; 'with Toast or Muffin, 6d. Plain Tea or Coffee, Is. L a di es telll.find the Restaurant a most respectable House to call at for Refreshment. London Oysters received daily, 7s. 6d. per barrel, or is. 6d. per score. The following are the opinions of the Press:— CELEBRITY OF THE LONDON OYSTERS. The acknowledged superiority of the London Oysters, and the difficulty of obtaining them regularly even in this great commercial town, has indueed the P ro p rie t or t o arrange w ith, one of the first Fishmongers of Billingsgate, from whom be daily receives AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF THE NATIVES; but as all the Liverpool journals have eulogised them, Mr. F. sub mits their recommendation rather than his own. " A dish of the finest Oysters we ever remember to have seen or tasted ; we can honestly recommend them."—Mercury. " We cansafely vouch for their fine condition and excellent "—Standard. re recommend our friends to pay the Divan a visit and of the Oykers by their size, freshness, and deliciou's '—Journal "Our brethern of the press, however they may be divided in .heir opinion on other subjects, give their testimon) uns;, nimously in favour of Mr.Feeny's excellent London 0 testers• —Albion. "The lovers of this fine shell-fish can now procure it of splendid _quality at the Oriental Divan, Clayton-square."-- LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, MARCH 15. The supply of stock at our market to-day has been sma lle ` than of late, the whole of which was sold, or nearly so, at t: advance in price from our last statement. Beef, 6d. to 60. Pe LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1847. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNIN G ' By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53 Grove street, An a LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Crest Orford-street. At No. 4, ST. USOSCiII'S CRESCENT, LIVERPOOL. / NEW Lessee an FoR THIS a co /tr. IN bf this the celebr', kte t e Ti l a 4 Juli ana , ,„The Box open. °S, Casa ,_.6Ponding n 'nee, 2s. all the Eve CONC' RENR Span Gambler's. Chair—Nei VOCAL E instant. 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