The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-14 00:00:00

LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. T. D. RICE, And his Last Appearance but One. THIS prese n t FRIDAY , Feb. 14th, 1810, the Entertain ments will commence with a New Drama (never acted here), written for Mr. Rice, entitled THE PEACOCK AND THE CROW ! Mr. Podge, Mr. Til übryßice, in which he will sing a new version of his celebrated song, " Sich a Gittin' up Stairs." To which will be added a new laughable Interlude, called NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS. Admiral Kingston, Mr. Tilbur • Miss Moreton, mond. Mrs. Ray y In the course of the evening, a variety of Dancing, by Mademois e ll e Ch evallier and the Misses Thomassin and Lidia ; and a popular Song, by. Mr. F. Gardner. To conclude with the laughable Negro Farce, written ex pressly for Mr. Rice, entitled THE SARCOPHAGUS G inger Blue, Mr. T. D. Rice, in which he will introduce an entirely new version of " Jim Crow." TO-MOR.ROW (Saturday a of Entertainnts, in which Mr. TO.` (D Rice will ), appear tu being his Last me Ap pearance. On MONDAY next. Feb. 17th, Mr. J. L. IT.N.TTON, who is engaged for a limited period, will appear ; and, in consequence of the various applications at the Box-office, JACK SHEPPARD will shortly be represented for a few Evenings only. Tickets and places for the Boxes may be had of Mr. ,BRE-cc, at the Box-office, from Eleven till Three o'Clock. Ones , 3 5 . ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Gd. Second Price at Half-past ght : Boxes, 9 s, ; Pit ls. ; no Second Price to the Gallery. Doors to be open at Half-past Six o'Clock, performance to commence at Seven precisely. DUCROW'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. 4,260 PE Overflowed the Amphitheatre ß ' S to ONS witness the present T G RAND SPECTACLE, which will be continued HIS EVENING (Friday), and TO-MORROW (Satur day), February 14th an d 15th, 1840. The performances commence at Seven o ' clock, with the New Equestrian and Dramatic Spectacle of BU ONAPARTE'S PASSAGE of the DESERTS, Or THE FRENCH IN EGYPT and SIEGE OF ACRE. Ducrow's new and splendid SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, Commencing with a Grand Equestrian Pageant, introducing the whole of the Stud, Male and Female Equestrians in rich attire, and in which the beautiful Steed Pegasus wiil appear, under the title of the Equestrian MASKED BALL ! LE PETIT DUCROW and the Infant Actors. The extraordinary Exercises of the beautiful Horse ALFRED, instructed by Signor Hillier. Mr. HICKEN'S pleasing Extravaganza. Tie -Wonders of THE TWO OLYMPIANS , Si g. Hilli er and Sig. Cinicelli, whose extraordinary performances have astonished every beholder ; &c. &c. With the interestinr , Afterpiece of THE FARM OF 7BROTONNE. Places for the Boxes can be secured from Eleven to Three A GR AND MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT will be given at the Th eat re-Royal, On Tuesday Evening, the 25th inst. the profits of which will be equally appropriated to the DISPENSARIES and INFIRMARY. The Orchestra will be on the same scale as at the Subscription Concerts. Leader Mr. HERRMAN. VOCAL PERFORMERS . MISS MARIA B. HAWES, Miss WHITNALL, Mr. DODD, and Mr. STItETTON. INSTRUMENTAL : Violoncello A plan of the Boxes will lie at Mr Weiss's Music Saloon, on and after Monday next, where places may be taken. Tickets for the Boxes, 6s ; tipper Boxes, 4s ; Pit 3s ; and Gallery 2s each ; may be had at the usual places, and at the Box-office of the Theatre on the day of the Concert. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The letter of "J. C." shall appear in our next. We shall feel obliged if our correspondents will write on one side only of their paper. Ebe kiberpool 'tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14, 1340. By the packet-ship Sheridan, which arrived here yesterday, we have received New York papers to the 25th of January, inclusive. The Sheridan sailed on the 26th. The non-arrival of the British Queen at New York continued to be a source of great anxiety. The money-market intelligence from the United States is, upon the whole, of a favourable character. In domestic exchanges there was an improvement on all descriptions, but particularly on the Atlantic cities. Philadelphia and Baltimore were down to 6 and less per cent. At the South the rate was decidedly more favourable than at New York : the shipments of pro duce from thence to Europe and the North are said to he fast correcting the exchanges. most abundant, The cr o p s were but the prices were very low : so that the amount to be realised will probably be less than it was last year, or, at all events, very little greater. In the New York money-market there was very little complaint, though good paper, within a reasonable time, could not be discounted. The standard of good paper was much more circumscribed than formerly. So little business, however, had been transacted, during the previous six months, that the amount of paper made had been very small, and that there was a want of business paper. The better regulation of the domestic exchanges had tended materially to relieve the market. Foreign exchanges were kept down, so that the banks stood in no fear of having their specie drawn. There was no change in the rate of uncurrent money. The United States Bank, which stood at 10 Was quoted at 6 per cent. There was no inducement for exporting specie : on contrary, exchange from Europe, as well as every other part of the world, ap peared to be in favour of the United States. Sterling bills on London, of the first quality, for the packet, were selling at 1071 ; but bills unindorsed were as low as 106 and 1061. The inquest on the bodies of those individuals who Perished by the destruction of the Lexington, after sitting eight days, was again adjourned. The pro ceedings continued to excite an intense degree of in terest. The papers are filled with melancholy details Connected with this awful catastrophe. The New York Daily Express of January 22, con tains an extract from the Augusta Age, in which it is stated that the British Minister at Washington is in c orrespondence with the Colonial authorities of New Brunswick, on the subject of the recent movement of British troops on the disputed territory. • The same paper furnishes us with accounts to a recent date, from the Sandwich Islands, where, it ap pears, a singular phenomenon had been witnessed. The sea rose suddenly at Hilo, to the height of 15 or 20 feet, and fell in one mountain-wave on the shore, sweeping away nearly 100 houses, with their tenants, and their effects. There was no earthquake, nor any visible cause to produce. the phenomenon. In a mo ment hundreds were engulphed, but only 11 were VFive died afterwards from the injuries W hich they received in the water. Had the catas trophei h appened at m i dn i g h t, or h ad the people been " 8 4111 Phibious, hundreds must have perished. The New York Times, of Jan. 23 says, that the difficulties which have hitherto retarded the settlement of the North-Eastern boundary question, appeared to be aggravated rather than removed by the late negoci ations and surveys. The Times then proceeds to quote from the 'Montreal Herald, the following paragraph In the Quebec Mercury of Thursday last we find the following memorandum issued by His Excellency Sir John Harvey, the Lieutenant Governor of the province of New Brunswick. We do not know the motives which have in duced his excellency to issue it, but it may possibly be in consequence of information he has received from the Imperial Government, that, in the event of Messrs. Featherstonhaugh and Mudge's report of their survey of the disputed territory agreeing with the position already maintained by Great Bri tain, the whole energies of the empire will be called into action to enforce our possession of it, even at the cost of a war with the United States. Although these gentlemen have not allowed the particulars of their report to transpire, it is more than probable that its details are in the possession of Sir John Harvey, and that they are in our favour. In case of a general war, the recommendations of Sir John are ex tremely judicious, and we understand they were acted upon with the most beneficial results during the war of 1812 and the subsequent years." MEMORANDUM. I am desirous of impressing upon the inhabitants of the frontier districts of this Province, that in the event of hos tilities with the United States, the most prudent course to be pursued (on either side, for the measure to be effectual must be reciprocal), would, in my opinion, be that of a strict neutrality. Let the Borderers remember that as connected with the war, if we should unhappily be compelled to engage in one, no national object can possibly be advanced by any display of hostile feelings towards each other—they might, it is true, mutually subject each other to constant alarms, great calamities, and distress—but their utmost efforts must be as a drop of water in the determination of the national questions at issue, which must be decided elsewhere by the naval and mi litary resources of the great powers engaged in the conflict. And let the inhabitants of that Province repose with confi dence upon the protection of the parent State, which is alike able and willing to throw her powerful shield over all who have a just claim to her protection and defence. The Toronto Colonist gives an account of the arrest of two persons of the names of Livingston Palmer„'and Hiram Munn—the former an American—on a charge of conspiracy against the established Government of the country. Other persons were also ordered to be arrested on similar charges. It would thus appear that the Upper Province of Canada is still infested by de. mocratic rebels, who are plotting• for the destruction of the Government. The Toronto Mirror states that Sir George Arthur's services had been dispensed with, and.that the Govern ment of Upper Canada would be administered by Chief-Justice Stewart of Lower Canada, until a new Lieutenant -Governor could be imported. The Clergy Reserve Bill had passed the House of Assembly. The Philadelphia National Gazette states that an express had arrived at that city, in five days, from Toronto, with despatches from the Governor-General of Canada, for the British Minister at Washington. The New York Times of Jan. 24 gives an account of a great fire which had taken place at Wilmington, on the 17th ultimo. The fire commenced near the Court House, and spread with great fury to the sur rounding buildings in every direction. The whole number of buildings destroyed was about 150. Half a million of dollars is estimated to be the loss of pro perty. The Times of the same date contains intelligence from Tampico to the 3d of January. The news of the capture of Metamoras, by the Texians and Federalists, was generally believed at that place, although the Go vernment had not given any official announcement of the fact. A body of 500 Government troops had left Tampico for the North. Their destination was sup posed to be Metamoras. The Daily Express of Jan. 25 informs us of an im portant Message which was sent down to the Houses of Congress on the subject of the Maine boundary. It is said to contain all the correspondence in reference to the occupancy of a part of the disputed territory by British troops. We have been favoured, by a respectable firm in this town, with extracts from private letters, dated Buenos Ayres, NOV. 22, and Monte Video, Nov. 27. A letter, dated Monte Video, Nov. 16, states that accounts had reached that place indirectly from Buenos Ayres, to gether with copies of the Mercantile Gazette, in Which a letter from Rosas was published, announcing that he had, on the 7th of November, defeated the insur gents, amounting to about 1300 men, near Cliasco mas, and that he had killed about 200, and to en 250 prisoners. The rest were completely dispersed. In the same letter it is stated that Reviera's position ap peared very critical, and it was very uncertain whether he would retire upon the town, and there sustain a seige. It was very clear, however, that he could not keep the field much longer—the desertion from his ranks being so very great. It is stated that the La valleja party were very confident, and spoke of Rivie ra's overthrow as a certainty. A letter, dated Buenos Ayres, Nov. 22, says—" On the 29th ultimo a revolution broke out in the south of this province, which appeared at first to be rather a se rious affair for this government, and doubtless would have been so had the insurgents not been betrayed by one of their officers, who subsequently defeated them with great loss, there being left on the field, it is said, 250 killed and wounded. The dispersed forces fled to their main body, which amounted to about 700, and embarked on board the French vessels of war. It is thought they had proceeded to Entre Rias, to join La velle, who is opposed by Lopez of Santa Fe, and Oribe, the ex-President of Monte Video, but with what force we have not heard." A letter from Monte Video, dated November 27, contains later intelligence than the above. It states that about 900 or 1,000 of those who had been con cerned in the late revolution had gained the coast near the Fayee, and embarked on board the French and other vessels lying there, and that they had subse quently arrived at Monte Video, where they had been armed and equipped. On the 26th of Nov. they sailed to join Levalle in Entre Rias. About 100 of the first Estancieras were among those who arrived at Monte Video ; and about 600 to SOO men, under Diaz Velez and others, had retired on Tandil. The armies on the Monte Video side appeared to be quite inactive, which could not be accounted for, as Echague was so much more powerful than Riviera, The former had issued an order stating that no more cattle would be allowed to enter the town after the 30th of November. The question of Church Rates has, we trust, been set to rest, for the present Session at least, by the vote of the House of Commons, on Tuesday evening last. Mr. Duncombe's motion for leave to bring in a bill " to relieve from the payment of ,Church-- Rates that portion of her Majesty's subjects who conscientiously dissent from the rites and doctrines of the Church of England," was negatived by a majority of fifty-one— the numbers being 66 and 117. This majority will, we hope, deter any other member from mooting the question for some time to come. The agitation " got up" upon this subject has proved as unsuccessful in its issue as it has been hypocritical in its nature. Mr. Duncombe's motion was founded upon the case of John Thorogood, (Thorough-bad would have been infinitely more appropriate to designate such a charac ter), about whom so much has been said, during the last year, in all the Radicalpapers in the kingdom. This foolish man has been lauded as a martyr in the cause of religious liberty. We shall presently prove how unworthy he is of such an appellation. Upon the case of this stubborn cobbler, Mr. Duncombe grounded a motion the most preposterous in its character that was ever brought before the House of Commons, even in its reformed condition. He wished all those who should make a declaration of their conscientious dissent from the communion of the Established Church to be exempted from liability to pay Church Rates. This amounts to neither more nor less than a direct bounty upon Dissent—a measure very unlikely to be enter tained by the great majority of the people of England. This absurd proposition had no other foundation than the indolence and contumacy of Thorogood, who chooses to remain in Chelmsford Gaol, rather than pay a just debt of 5s fid ! Both the foundation and super structure are well worthy of each other. To the utter astonishment of Mr. Duncombe and his Radical Associates, Lord John Russell rose to offer his decided resistance to Mr. Duncombe's motion. He completely demolished the whole case of Thorogood, and proved that he was incarcerated, not for non-pay ment of Church Rates, but for refusing to appear to a summons from the Ecclesiastical Court. He was com mitted for contempt. His claim, properly speaking, was, not to be considered exempt from the payment of Church Rates, but to be exempt from the jurisdiction of a Court of Law—a privilege not enjoyed by any other subject. Lord John Russell said, that he could show no sympathy towards a man who had thus resisted the law, and afterwards claimed to be exempted from the consequences which his own obdurate folly and presumption had provoked. _ _ After exposing the knavery of those who resist the payment of Church Rates, on alleged conscientious scruples, Lord John Russell added to the consterna tion of the Radicals by announcing his willingness to transfer the adjudication of Church Rate questions from the Ecclesiastical Courts, and to bring them within the cognizance of two justices of the peace, substituting the alternative of an attachment on the recusants' goods for imprisonment. This summary mode of proceeding must he highly unpopular to the factious Dissenters, as it would deprive them of the opportunity of figuring as "martyrs" in the pages of the Patriot and the rest of the Radical prints. We see no valid objection to Lord John Russell's plan, if faith fully carried into execution. A more summary mode of proceeding is greatly wanted in such cases. Air. Hume was mightily offended at the declaration , and l aunc h e d forth i nto an of the Colonial Secretary abusive tirade against the Established Church, inter larded with the usual common-places about persecu tion for conscience sake and religious intolerance. He did not venture to defend Thorogood's opposition to the legal authorities of the country. Mr. Baines chimed in with the member for Kil kenny, and heartily abused Lord John Russell for his truckling policy. He made a most pitiful appeal to the House of Commons on behalf of the " martyr" Thorogood, insisting upon the cruelty of keeping him so long in " durance vile." His appeal was, however, unheeded. The house was not exactly in the humour to sympathise with his obstinate client. The abuse in which Mr. Baines indulged towards the Established Church and the clergy was equally ineffectual. The allusion of this ignorant, pragmatical, and essentially vulgar-minded personage to the Rector of Chelmsford, was conceived and uttered in the worst imaginable taste. " How," exclaimed this pink of Dissent, "how can the Rector of Chelmsford, with a quiet consci ence, repeat six times in the course of each Sabbath, the prayer that his trespasses may be forgiven, as he forgives the trespasses against him, when he hears in mind that poor John Thorogood is, at his suit, dying in a gaol." The propriety of this allusion will be at once recognised when it is understood that the " martyr" Thorogood, about whom Mr. Baines thus whimpers, is not imprisoned at the suit of the Rector of Chelms ford at all, but at the suit of the Churchwardens! It is well known that the Clergy have nothing whatever to do with the institution of suits against those who refuse the payment of Church Rates : and yet such men as Mr. Baines and his superlatively " conscien tious" Dissenting friends always mix up the Clergy with these proceedings. This plainly shows the animus of their opposition to Church Rates. They oppose them, not because they have any scruples of conscience in the matter, but because their hatred of the Clergy is unbounded and incapable of miti gation. Mr. Baines' insolent language towards the Rector of Chelmsford is only part and parcel of that grand scheme, upon which the political Dis senters have entered, for the entire demolition of the Established Church. It was proved by Sir R. H. Inglis that Thorogood was prompted to adopt the course which has brought him into so much trouble by a knot of grievance-seeking Dissenters, who sit in solemn conclave in London, and issue their mandates to their subordinates throughout the country. Indeed Thorogood himself complains that he had been badly advised. He had refused to appear to the citation in consequence of a solemn assurance from the Secretary of the Church Rate Abolition Society that the Com mittee would " move heaven and earth before he should be committed." In a letter published in the Sun he adds—" I forgive my prosecutors, as well as those who, by giving me false counsel, have led me into greater dfili culty and suffering." This is very complimentary language from the " martyr" towards his Dissenting brethren. After leading him into the lurch they ap pear to have deserted him. The "moving of heaven and earth" only amounted to a fruitless attempt to send round the begging-box after the fashion of the " Prince of Impostors" But, if the consternation of the small fry of Radical Dissenters in the House of Commons was great when Lord John Russell got up to resist Mr. Duncombe's motion, how much was it increased when Dr. Lush ington—the pet of the Dissenters—got up to vindicate the existing law and its administration ! We can well imagine the vacant stare of the member for Leeds when that champion of religious liberty turned tail upon his former friends. Dr. Lushington proved that "no man could have brought John Thorogood into the Ecclesiastical Court excepting John Thorogood himself." Here was a shifting of the odium with a vengeance ! It appears that the Ecclesiastical Courts take no cognizance of claims for Church Rates amount ing to less than £lO. If Thorogood had appeared in answer to a citation from the Ecclesiastical Court, the case would have been dismissed with costs. In stead of this he was cited before two magistrates, and appealed to the Ecclesiastical Court against the validity of the claim made upon him for the payment of Church Rates, for which he was assessed, He voluntarily prayed the judgment of the Court, for his impudent contempt of which he was subsequently committed to prison. Dr. Lushington strongly repudiated the allegations brought forwards by Mr. Baines, against the Rector of Chelmsford. He very justly remarked, that the Rector had just as much to do with the committal of Thorogood as Mr. Baines himself. It is to be hoped that, after this exposure, the public will be no longer pestered with appeals on behalf of John Thorogood. Let those who, by their mischie vous advice, helped him into prison, now help him out, if they can. The anti-Church Rate humbug will be soon exploded. Its selfish and unjustifiable nature will bring it into universal contempt. The " consci entious " Dissenters have no more right to resist the payment of Church Rates than they have to refuse to pay rents for their tenements. The following letter from the Bishop of Down and Connor is peculiarly well-timed in the present days of latitudinarianism. Bishop Mant teaches, in conformity with the church of which he is so bright an ornament, that the Roman Catholic Church in this country is a sect and separation, and that the peculiar articles and belief of that sect are superstitious and idolatrous. Would that all our prdates were equally diligent in banishing and driving away all erroneous and strange doctrines. The principles of the reformation will soon make way among the population if such admonitions are multiplied, and if the same boldness is exhibited by the heads of the church : " TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND, IN THE DIOCESE OF DOWN AND CONNOR. " Beloved Brethren,—ln the Belfast Commercial Chronicle and the Ulster Times of February Ist, there is announced, in very conspicuous characters, a ' Grand Oratorio and opening of the new organ in St. Patrick's Chapel, Donegal-street, Belfast, on Friday, the 7th of February, 1840.' In this an nouncement I perceive a temptation to you, in common with the public at large, to contribute your countenance and pe cuniary aid to a sect of Christians who are in doctrine dis senters, and in worship separatists from the church of which yon profess yourselves to be members. Allow me, then, as your spiritual overseer, to remind you that, in the judgment of that church, as well as of the legislature of the kingdom, the peculiar articles of the belief and practice of the sect in question, and especially ' the invocation or adoration of the Virgin Mary,' which is to be a part of the promised exhibi tion, are ' superstitious and idolatrous ;' and, accordingly, allow me to put you thus on your guard against a temptation into which you might otherwise be led through inadvertence, and to admonish you to ' touch not the unclean thing,' lest you be ' partakers of other men's sins.' " Your affectionate bishop and servant for Jesus' sake. " RICHARD DOWN AND CONNOR." A memorial to the Lords of the Treasury is now lying for signature at the Exchange, Underwriters', and other public rooms in the town, praying that Li verpool may be selected as the port from and to which the steam-vessels to be employed in the conveyance of the West India and Colonial mails shall depart and arrive. This is a subject of the deepest interest to every inhabitant of Liverpool, and we trust that the signatures to the memorial will bear evidence to the strong feelings entertained in reference to the matter by the mercantile and other classes of our townsmen. A copy of the memorial will be found in our adver tising columns. It enters fully into the peculiar claims of Liverpool to a preference, and enumerates the de cided advantages, in every point of view, which this port possesses above all others. We earnestly hope that the application will prove successful. THE WORKHOUSE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—l find an article in the Liverpool Courier of this day, stating that the inmates of the Liverpool Workhouse partook of the Mayor's bounty on Monday last, in celebration of the Queen's marriage. It is true that they were provided with a feast on that oc casion, not out of the " Corporation Fund," but at the ex pence of the " P arish." —I am, yours, respectfully, WM. VtaLTHEW, February 12lh, 1840. Overseer of the Poor. THANKS TO CAPTAIN TURNER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—The Mary James, Jackson master, from Mostyn, bound to Carnarvon with coals, upset in a squall, in Red Wharfe Bay, at about one o'clock on Wednesday morning, and the captain and crew with great difficulty got into the boat, and, after drifting about nine hours, they were fortu nately picked up by the Chalton, Captain Turner, of White haven, who kindly furnished them with dry clothing and other necessaries. I beg to acknowledge the kindness of Captain Turner for myself and crew. Your's, &c., JAMES JACKSON. LIVERPOOL SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIA, — In the programme and advertisements of the last subscription concert, a paragraph was inserted, that " no person will be admitted, on any account whatever, before the time announced, which will be, for this concert, seven o'clock precisely. I was surprised, therefore, on entering the Theatre before the hour named, to find the boxes and pit completely tilled. The arrangements for the whole of these concerts seem to have been bad, and much complained of; but it is of no use raking up old grievances, and we must only hope that some thing will be done to prevent a repetition of the confusion next winter. I would suggest that a portion of the Theatre be exclu sively appropriated to subscribers, and that the seats so reserved should be numbered from one upwards ; that sub scribers' tickets should be numbered in the order that sub scriptions are received ' • and that, on enterin g th e Th eatre, each person should taahkde pushingt the s eat t h s t correspondinghastaken placew it h t t h h i the deal of o th n e h r is us t h ic i k n e g t. This, I think, would prevent a great winter, since every subscriber would be certain of a seat, and would not be under the necessity of being at the Theatre half an hour before the time announced for the opening of the doors, to get a seat. Mr. Ashton deserves the thanks of the Liverpool public for the pleasure he has afforded, and, I am sure, would be willing to adopt any improvement that might be suggested, for the better management of his concerts in future ; and that his exertions may be successful, is the sincere wish of Your obedient servant, Feb. 1211 i, 1840. A SUBSCRIBER. NATIONAL EDUCATION. LETTER FROM THE REV. THOMAS DREW, MINISTER OF CHRIST CHURCH, BELFAST, TO THE REV. HUGH M'NEILE, MINISTER OF ST. JUDE'S, LIVERPOOL. RESPECTED BaoTHEß.,—Under great anxiety of mind, I address myself to you, inviting your aid in the investigation of one of the most important subjects which has ever come before our " household of faith," whether in England or Ireland. A statement has gone forth, endorsed by names of good and eminent individuals of the Presbyterian commu nion, acknowledging their adhesion to the Board of Irish National Education, and professing their satisfaction with the conditions upon which that adhesion is founded. I have read the statement of one known and valued by the universal Church Catholic ; and though it may look like presumption, I must unwillingly but honestly, avow lam not satisfied with the statement. I would have waited longer ; but when the Christian Journal, Limerick Standard, and various other newspapers in the country, are proclaiming their de light in this arrangement, and urging upon the clergy of the Established Church to hasten and secure like favourable ad vantages for themselves; when an influential pen speaks of these advantages " as equally extending to all Protestants," I see that no time is to be lost. I have sad misgivings about all this. I may be slow of understanding, and erroneous in my poor judgment ' • but as yet 1 see no change in the prin ciples of the Board. A few arrangements have been modi fied, and some new arrangements adopted ; but the same offensive principles which ever existed, appear to me to exist still. If lam wrong, let me be set right ;—momentous issues hang upon this matter. I feel every inclination to submit my judgment to the " wise and prudent" of my brethren, and I trust they will not scorn to receive my reasons for with holding (for the present at least) my approbation or confi dence. My respected fellow-labourer, Dr. Cooke, main tains, in the close of his remarkable letter, " that the prin ciples of the system were two, and no more :-Ist, a mixed education of all sects, as far as attainable ; 2d, non-compul sion of one denomination to receive the religious instruction of another. Of these two principles, the Synod of Ulster never desired or soug ht any comprom i se ," &c. Now, dear and respected brother, I think this is a deficient statement— it goes not to the root of the evil. To show this I must go further back, and take up the whole question in a national point of view. From the bottom of my soul, I feel that we, as a nation, have ever been in a most awful predicament since ever the foul principle was recognised, that religion and education are separable terms. In my heart I feel the Eternal God has united them, add that no man, save at the peril of his soul, can put them asu n d er . The State has, in its Board system, disconnected them ' • in its t rea ty by the hands of the Lord Lieutenant it has disconnected them ; and thus it is done : The state says—" We insist upon provision being made for secular instruction ; that being done, you may add to the hours appointed for secular instruction as many hours as you please for religious instruction ; but that is your concern, not ours. In your after hours, (for it is a fancy to call then, stated school hours), you may have Bible, or Butler's Cate chism, the Westminster Confession, or M'Hale's Epistles to the faithful—or you may let all this alone. If you have re ligion to your several tastes, with this we, the Board or State, have nothing to do. One thing is certain, fixed, immutable, —THE BIBLE SHALL BE EXCLUDED DURING THE SECULAR HOURS—it shall not be a school-book at all; and when in the appendixed hours it is introduced, the Roman Catholic may flee from its sight, as from that of a thing abhorred !" This, to my mind, was and is the fixed principle of the Board. In vain I am told that there are school hours in which it may be read. This appears to me but the old thing under a new name. The " separate hours" of other days are tacked to the school hours and called by the one name. Then the Word of God is not as free as any other book—it is the manacled thing it ever was until Missa Est is proclaimed, and declaration made for all who reject it to abscond and deny it reverence. Now, let the Board—let Dr. Hincks—let all who write on this subject explain to me, if they can, if this he not dispar agement of the blessed Word of God ? Dr. Hincks rails against the Bible as unfit to be a school-book. I would hum bly entreat attention to my published sermon, as preached before the Sunday School Society, and there see how, from God's Word, it is proved that by inference, adaptation, and by positive command, it must be the basis and leaven of edu cation—that there can be no education separate from it—and, further, that no book on earth is so adapted for the heart and head of a child, as this same Word of God. Shall it then be left to any schoolmaster, or local patron, so say whether he shall or shall not have religious instruction from God's Word? I am pained beyond measure to see the Rev. Frederick Trench, in his Christian Journal, advocating an immediate and universal junction of Protestants with the Board. He, and such as he, must surely be unaware that the Bible is not yet free. I mean, that the State has thus committed us, as a nation, to an education which may or may not have the Bible, just as patrons or schoolmasters may decide. This is a fearful national sin ; and a league formed with a Board which recognises this principle of indifference to the primary claims of God's Bible, is, at least, haza r d ous an d a l arm i ng. The State is bound, before God to give the people educa tion ; yea, education united with religious teaching—the Bible, the first and best ingredient. I feel that the State dare not, if God were feared, offer this education exclusive of the Bible. I feel that if the State offer us such an educa tion, that we are not at liberty to partake of it, no matter how splendid the inducements which they have dangled before our eyes—no matter though collateral benefits, bringing temporal advantages to our church, should form a codicil to the grant. "Be not partakers of other men's sins," is written in light for our guidance ; and it appears to be our duty, as ministers, to appeal to the throne, to peer and com moner—to prince and peasant—to rectify this awful error of the State, which leaves the Word of God to man's caprice, and while it offers to the Presbyterian with one hand such indulgence as may be claimed, leaves to Romanism, on the other, the most deadly and overwhelming influence in con veying mental poison into the minds of millions. In vain we are met with the plausible cry of united educa tion; and that for the sake of the importance of this, much must be conceded on all sides. Yes ! everything may be conceded where God's word is not destroyed. But it is dis obedience in state or parson, presbyter or prelate, to turn out God's Word in order to accomplish this end. Do what they will, this must not be. And if the State insists on its hours for secular and scientific learning, leaving the Bible to its fate at the hands of Presbyters or Roinanists, then the state is a criminal before God, and having plundered God of his rights, puts into a similar peril of accusation all who con nive at the spoliation, the recipient being proverbially held to be as bad as the plunderer. The Board has by no means given up the so-called princi ple of united education. True ; they now allow the synod to apply, unaccompanied by the priest. Dr. Cooke need not go arm in arm with the learned Bishop Denvir to solicit aid ; but though the application may not . he called united, the Board will expect that still the education shall be united. It does not suppose that it gives aid merely to children of Presbyterians. I am satisfied the Board expects that the national schools shall be open to all denominations, and that Seceders, Methodists, Church children, and Roman Catholics shall be admitted. I am equally satisfied that my respected Presbyterian brethren would cordially give them such advantages as their parents would permit them to accept. This, then, is to inc a grand objection : the state sinfully recording its indifference to the Bible—the Board (represent ing the state) living up to this principle, and therefore unwor thy of the alliance of Bible-honouring men. But what of the constitution of the Board? Is that changed ? Many an hour have my ears been plied with statements of the anomalous, incongruous, unholy combination which exists there, in Protestants, Romanists, and Socinians ; the Board is still unclean in the admixture of its ruling elements. Dr. Murray is there, the patron of equivocal theo logy—and Holmes, the talented barrister, who would surely not be counted an orthodox dispenser of sacred truths, nor a sufficiently safe guardian of orthodox little ones ; Mr. Blake, a Romanist, is there also ; and so the matter stands, as it ever did. Yet does my memory fail me, or was not this with you, dear sir, and others, who must be nameless, an objec tion often urged with lightning-scathing eloquence, and re sponded to with deafening cheers? I am a churchman by birth, education, and liking : I am high church enough to desire that all the education in the land should be entrusted to the prelates of my own beloved communion. Yet if edu cation will not be so entrusted, I and low church enough to be content if it be placed in orthodox hands ; and I would be delighted beyond measure to see a Board constituted, with holy orthodox men co-operating with the governors of our church, in administering an unfettered Bible edu cation to the millions of Irish children. Such an educa tion, I feel confident, would be received. Our exclusively church-schools have many hundreds of children of Dissenting and Roman Catholic parents : still more has the valuable London Hibernian Society upwards of 40,000 Roman Catho lic children, and perhaps 60,000 more of the children of Dissenters. From this I see that a Bible education WOULD be received, administered by orthodox hands. Under the seal of the state its success would be measureless. The priests would growl and be furious ; but steady perseverance, under Heaven's blessing, would be triumphant. Never yet, mark ! was this kind of education boldly and consistently tried by the State. The Kildare-place Education Society was but feebly and timidly administered ; never yet has the Scriptural education of the people had a fair trial —never yet had it been tried upon Christian, Scriptural, Catholic, Orthodox principles. The Board thus constituted, in such wise as is incompatible with the nature of a Protestant state, and ad ministering education in such a manner as must still appear inconsistent with Protestant principles, may modify arrange ments, may appear to make concessions, and parley prettily upon paper or in council chamber; but there stand on fixed and obnoxious principles the original statements, the Scrip tureless enactments, and the latitudinarian indian-rubber arrangements, which change, as the cameleon his colour, but the nature of the beast remains unaltered. My dear and reverend sir, do you not tremble for the changes which are before us? The transfer of rights and privileges is about to go on in fearful velocity ; and I fear, lest the voices of God's ministers may be silenced in many of our clergy aid stations, if our ministers " hark in" at the cry of miscalculating newspapers. What a deplorable thing it would be for us of the Established Church who have now divine service frequently celebrated in our school houses under episcopal license, ever readily conferred —if, having given up to the Board the title deeds of these schools, we sold our pri vileges, and thus consented that the preaching of the gospel should, within these humble walls, be heard never more ! I grieve for the extinguishing of many a gospel light which will now take place through the hills and valleys of Ulster— schools may flourish, but the feet of the preacher will never be beautiful on such desert places more. Worst of all in practical demonstration. Will not Roman ism be the greater now ? Would you believe it, that for se veral days back I am under the i mpression that the sbrewd northerns have been taken in by their crafty brethren of the south—and that query lists have been removed, and Presby terian ministers allowed to apply in their own single memo rial, &c. &c. &c., in order that the Roman Catholic priests might be enabled to do likewise, and the Board be enabled to give them all they desire, "no question being asked." If Presbyterians have received a boon in their thousands—what has Popery gained in their millions? If Ulster's venerable Synod draws on the purse of the sagacious Board for ten thousand a year—(a sum needed for 210 congregations, which have at least three schools each, at the rate of eight pounds a year minimum) —Will not the Romish prelates crave one one hundred thousand a pear? If Presbyterianism gain seven fold by this then has Popery gained seventy times seven fold of a verity I fear that Murray is wiser than Dr. Whately, and that the Jesuit has the best of the inauspicious bargain. I am painfully aware of the miserable position in which this unexpected business has placed us —I am distressed, that there is no possibility of deferring such a public notice as this without a risk, which at first sight was not apparent—for when I found several of my clerical brethren ripe for enlarging the ranks of craving applicants and I studied the preferred statements—l found no relief. I was as much as ever dissa tisfied ; I counted the cost, and by resource was none short of giving pain to some whom I have ever h eld in respect little short of veneration —it is ever a miserable sight to exhibit our dissatisfactions, doubts, and difference s , to the eyes of greedy and gratified Radicals. But this is better far than to lie down in error, or suffer under the bitter stings of a sore conscience. I lay before you, and th e b rethren of England and Ireland, the views which in my poor judgment 1 feel con strained to entertain. I trust lam open to conviction, but as in Ireland I cannot now apply to one whom I ever regarded as infallible on these points, I look to the honoured land of your adoption, and humbly inquire of you is the Board really changed, or (like its patroness the Church of Rome,) is it merely suiting itself to the fancies and prejudices of men, while it abides by its own deadly principles ? We must soon be set right—the human mind is neve r content to remain long in equilibrio, and may the great God o ur S av i our, through his Holy Spirit, give us a right judgment in this and in all things, and bless our church, and you and all who preach, and all who love Christ in sincerity.—A men. THOMAS DREW, Minister, Christ Church, Belfast. REPLY OF THE REV. HUGH M`NEILE TO THE REV. THOMAS DREW. My DEAR Sin,—Publicly appealed to, as I am, in your letter, I -can have no difficulty in giving you my opinion through the same public channel. 1 must premise, how ever, that it is simply my individual opinion, given without any consultation, without access to any information upon the subject beyond what we all possess in common, and without the slightest pretension to be considered as an ex ' pression of the sentiments of any collective body or party whatever. I have little doubt, nevertheless, that a vast ma jority of our reverend brethren, in the nited Church of England and Ireland, do substantially agree in this opinion. My view of the Irish Education Board system has, from the first, been very simple, and such as rendered all discus sion, in detail, wholly superfluous, so far as my own convic tions were concerned. It was, and is, a part of that system to promote instruction in what I believe to be falsehood : consequently, I never could even parley about terms of connexion with it. To say that it is also a part of the system to promote instruction in what I believe to be truth, is nothing to the purpose. It may be said of every heresy which has distracted the Christian church, that it contained some truth ; but this, instead of an excuse, only made the falsehood more dangerous, because more subtle and deceptive. If any system of education encourage instruction in Popery or Socinianism, it is vain to plead, in its behalf, that it also encourages instruction in Christianity. "Be not partakers of other men's sins." " Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others." These are Christian exhortations which condemn all insulated selfishness. If the board offered me the unrestricted use of the Bible and the prayer-book for my own schools, I could not so exclusively look upon my own things, and so uncharitably overlook the things of others, as to give the sanction (however insignificant) of my name and co-operation to a system which must equally countenance the unrestricted use of the mass-book, and the I. nitarian new version of the Testament. The avowed design, and original constitution, of the board, cut off me, and all who agree with me, from any ap proach towards any negotiation with it. I have just read a report of a conversation which took place in the House of Commons, on Friday evening last, be tween Lord Morpeth and Mr. Sergeant Jackson, but nothing was elicited to throw any additional light upon the subject. The line adopted by the Synod of Ulster seems to embar rass you. But why should it? Your opposition to the board was never grounded on the fact, that the Synod of Ulster also was opposed to it. Their coalition on having obtained, as it would appear, their own objects, does not affect your ,un changed Catholic duty. It may render the performance of your duty more arduous, depriving you of valued counte nance, and powerful co-operation and advocacy, but it does not, in my opinion, touch the foundation. You will probably be accused of ultra and incorrigible bigotry in holding out still, and you may find (though I do not apprehend much) increased difficulty in procuring funds to maintain and multiply your church schools; but none of these things affect Christian duty. Let the lawful means within your reach be sedulously and perseveringly exercised ; the result is in higher hands ; and in the end, it is better, if the will of God be so, to have no school at all, than to pur chase support for thousands by becoming partakers in a sys tem which treats truth and falsehood as if it were impossible for men to determine which is which ; in other words, as if we had no revelation from God, and all doctrines were equally good, and, of course, equally good for nothing. It is argued, that the Synod of Ulster had a right to a share of the public funds voted for education ; but I think their claim should have been urged upon the government, not upon the board. I understood all along that their nego tiations were with the government, and I thought them quite right in continuing to press their application. But when the government referred them to the board, I think they should have declined, and pleaded that the objects and constitution of the board were, in their judgment, so essentially unscrip tural, they could not treat with it. I am sorry they saw it right to act otherwise,—for their own sake, rather than for any injury it can inflict on you and your good cause. Only be united among yourselves : explain the principles, and urge the claims of the Church Education Society. There you have the true line drawn between latitudinarianism as regards Christianity, and bigotry as regards any human for mula, and you teach nothing else. There you enforce Scriptural Christianity, by means of the church formularies, upon all, except when protested against by any parent ; in which case you are content to teach Scriptural Christianity without such special enforcement, but you give no sanction, direct or indirect, to the teaching of any falsehood whatever. This is the line we have adopted for our Collegiate Insti tution in this town, dVid we feel assured of its truly Christian, and therefore legitimately Catholic, operation. It is equally removed from the narrow intolerance which would elevate any human composition, even our Church Catechism, into an equality with the WORD OF Gon, and from the infidel in difference, which would degrade the Word of GOD down to an equality with the Mass Book, or any human composition. —I am, my dear sir, very faithfully your's, HUGH WNEILE. Liverpool, 11th February, 1840. NEILL'S REPORT ON DEAFNESS, WITH THE MODERN MEANS OF CURE. This well-timed report has reached a second edition, which is on the eve of publication. The author deserves great credit for the spirited and able manner in which he addresses the body of his profession on the neglected de partment of ear-surgery. The expostulation seems to have met with the heartiest approval of the members of the Me dical Association of Liverpool, to whom it was read, and by whom it was distinguished by a special vote of thanks unani mously passed, and entered to Mr. Neill's credit in the re cords of their transactions. The work is published at a price which places it within the means of all but the impoverished of her Majesty's subjects; and as it is in an exceedingly readable form of expression, and wonderfully free from technical slang, we recommend every deaf or " deafish" individual to peruse it with the at tention which its energetic style is calculated to sustain. What Mr. Neill designates " the modern means of cure," are exceedingly interesting. His mode of operating is de tailed, and an ingenious commentary is made on the proba ble cause of a sudden death which occurred some months since in London. The author's views strike us as infinitely more just and pertinent than the " novel" and romance " opinions" obtruded by the ex parte witnesses, who in dulged in a tissue of conjectures after the fact, when under examination at the inquest. Our own medical adviser, to whom we showed the passage, is of the same opinion with respect to the greater pla us ibility o f M r. Neill's surmises over those of Surgeon Liston, the celebrated operator. Operating surgeons have seldom been distinguished for their knowledge and talent as physiologists ; at all events, so say medical men themselves, if they are to be allowed to be (what we greatly question that they are) either competent or impartial judges of the endowments and shortcomings of their rivals. But our business is with Mr. Neill individually, in con nexion with his Report on Deafness. It gives us pleasure to bear testimony to the ease and adroitness with which he passes a catheter (as the little silver instrument is called) through the nostril and along the mysterious sort of a North West Passage from the throat to the inner side of the drum of the ear. What struck us as very odd was, that none o f the patients sneezed or comp l a i ne d of pain while the nosegay was put up ! On this important and peculiar operation de pends the great and newly discovered chance of remedy or cure in thousands of cases of deafness. One person's deaf ness or " dullness of hearing" is not necessarily the same, either in kind or degree, as that of another. This inner pas sage that Mr, Neill explores, in the Institution, to which he was appointed at the public meeting, and of which a report appeared in this and all the local journals at the time—is where the disease may be situated, and not in the outer pas sage. The operator has invited his professional brethren to witness his handiwork. This is unusually liberal ; and it is, we should think, one of the most convincing proofs to the public that they are in safe hands with such a public manipu lator. We had marked several passages from the exordium and peroration of this brochure, as extracts for publication ; but, on reconsideration, we withhold them. We can conscien tiously recommend the report to the public. Mr. Neill has our best wishes for his success : enterprise and public spirit are most praiseworthy. TRADESMEN'S CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. The quarterly meeting of the members of this association was held on Wednesday evening, in the large room of the Operative Conservative Association, Houghton -street. The attendance was very large. In the absence of the worthy president, Mr. S. Holme, the chair was taken by Mr. Jos. Cooper. In the course of the evening the meeting was ad dressed by the chairman, by Mr. Councillor Sands, Mr. Glazebrook, and several other gentlemen. An address to the Queen, congratulating her on her marriage with Prince Albert, was unanimously adopted ; the address to be for warded to Lord Sandon (or, in his absen ce , t o C . C resswell, Esq. ) for presentatio n to her Maje s ty. Th e meeting also passed a vote of thanks to the glorious minority of 287, who so ably and zealously defended the best interests of the country by their support of the motion of Sir J. Y. Buller. The following is a copy of the address : " TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " We, your Majesty' s d ut if ul and loyal subjects, the members of the ' Liverpool Tradesmen's Conservative Asso ciation,' beg most respectfully to approach your Majesty, praying that your Majesty will graciously accept our heart felt congratulations upon the auspicious occasion of your Majesty's alliance in marriage with his Royal Highness Al bert, Prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha. " Inspired with feelings of the most devoted loyalty and affection to your Majesty, we rejoice in an event destined, under the blessing of Divine Providence, greatly to promote your Majesty's happiness, and to yield to your Majesty, amidst the cares and responsibilities of your exalted station, the purest enjoyments of domestic felicity. " As Englishmen, we rejoice in your Majesty's union with an illustrious Prince whose talents, virtues, and religious principles render him worthy of the affection of our Queen. As Protestants fervently attached to our most ancient na tional church, we anticipate from that union additional strength and firmness to our Protestant institutions, fully convinced that your Majesty's Royal Consort is imbued with those principles which inspired his ancestors, amidst the opposition of surrounding monarchs, with courage to protect the persecuted Luther ; and we see in this selection by your Majesty of a Royal Consort, the most distinguished proof of your Majesty's devotion to the highest and most sacred in terests of your country. " Whilst offering to your Majesty this humble tribute of our loyalty and attachment, we fervently pray the Almighty Disposer of Events that your Majesty and your Royal Con sort may enjoy, through years of unclouded happiness, the richest blessings of His goodness ; and that your Majesty may long reign the " Defender of the Faith," and the guar dian of the rights and liberties of a free and loyal people. " Signed, on behalf of the members of the Liverpool Tradesmen's Conservative Association, SAML. HOLME, President." PREJUDICES. — Every country has particular prejudices with regard to accelerating personal impro vemen t s ; b u t, with a few barbarian exceptions, a set of fine Teeth is an object of general solicitude. The pre sen t age a b oun d s i n useful and elegant discoveries (says an eminent member of the faculty) but all yield in beauty and utility to ROWL AND'S Onowro, which, as an embellisher and preserver of the Teeth, and consequent promoter of comfort and attraction, is certainly the first Dentrifice of the present age.—M.S. Memoranda of Modern Science. DEMONSTRATION OF LOYALTY AT SEAFORTH.—We are glad to learn, that, whilst other places were rejoicing in an event which has caused sensations of loyal delight in every town and village throughout the kingdom—the marriage of our beloved Sovereign—the village of Seaforth took its shafe in the loyal expressi ons o f th e d ay . Th roug h t h e ki n d n ess of their highly-respected and much-beloved pastor, the Rev. W. Rawson, after an address suitable to the occasion had been delivered by hi m , upwar d s o f 2 00 c hild ren were enter tained with tea and buns, in the new school-room, which was beautifully decorated with evergreens, flags of various descriptions, and other devices, all prepared and arranged by the correct taste and well-directed exertions of Miss Rawson and the ladies of Seaforth who take an interest in the Sun day-school. After tea the children were entertained with some beautiful fireworks ; they then gave three cheers for the Queen and the illustrious Prince to whom she is united, and returned to their homes much delighted with the bounty provided for them, and, we hope, long to remember as an occasion of great pleasure the marriage of Queen Victoria. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint Colonel Fitzge rald to the consulship of Carthagena. This gallant officer had been for some time previously British consul at Port Mahon. FOURTH SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL, FEB. 11, 1840. Our notice of this Concert shall be brief; for, in good sooth, we are disinclined to dwell on a subject that impar tiality dictates an estimate of its pretensions which must be the reverse of pleasant or flattering to the parties concerned in its management. We say so at once and explicitly. Such general reasons, of many that we hare to offer in support of the exceptions which we conceive it incumbent to advance, shall appear on the face of this critique —one, the truth and justice of which we confidently think will be allowed by the best of all possible judges in the matter, namely, the public who were present. First of all, we take exception at the " arrangement," and also with three-fourths of the vocal music which composed the " selections." We ask, was the one, or were the other, in keeping with the occasion ? Why throw the onus of bet ter taste upon the public as was done by " arranging" as last what—in honour of her Majesty's marriage, celebrated the very day before—should have taken precedence of every thing else ? The public most becomingly, and with one voice, demanded that the proposed " Finale" should be the Overture, and accordingly the national and glorious anthem of " God save the Queen" was performed. With the only imperfection of being a little too sharp, it was finely given : the drawback just instanced applied exclusively to the vocalists. The instrumentation and tone of the accompani ment were better than faultless ; they were inspiring as they were perfect. While on this part of our 'animadversions, we may observe that the instrumental was vastly superior to the vocal department of the entertainments. Herrmann, and every one of his instrumental assistants, without exception, deserve the highest meed of praise. There was talent, but little strength, as regards the band of vocalists. Individually, they are doubtless able, and of unquestioned ability ; but that is not the question. As a group, and as they stood in relation to the point of " effect " and to each other, they were decidedly meagre and inefficient. If these remarks be unpalatable, they are, unfortunately, additionally offensive, because of their truth. In a word, the concerts of next season must be stronger and more concerted, in respect of vocal performers of varied excellence and distinction, or they cannot, and ought not, to be supported by the public. Never were concerts more liberally patronized than those which have come so tamely off. The audience overflowed with their patronage to all parts of the house. The scene " Mad Tom" was splendidly sung by Mr. Machin, who has a fine, full-toned voice, which he works from the proper place. Madame Stockhausen warbled a German ballad with bird-like purity and finish, and Miss Birch gave proofs of progressive and marked improvement. She excels in Sacred Music, but can delight by her mode of executing sweet sounds of a different class and character. As pianist, the younger of the Miss Wellers has immense pro mise. Her fingering, and the decision and precision of her style, attracted general attention. Both ladies were de servedly applauded. We shall say no more in detail, as we agree with nine tenths of what fell from a contemporary, who has treated the concert of Tuesday with marked forbearance. But in one point we differ from him. It is with reference to the ungra cious and disgraceful reception which a flutist of established reputation —we mean poor Monsieur Schneider—met with. We blame the " arrangement" that placed him and his ab struse hyper-scientific composition so late in the bill of fare, when the patience of the house was all but exhausted; and though we cannot excuse the rudeness of part of the audience, which reflected on them rather than on the unpopular per former or performance ; yet Mons. Schneider may depend upon it, that the " arrangement," rather than the house, was to blame for the intolerance and hasty temper, &c. In conclusion—be it repeated, the vocal entertainments must be very much raised in their character next season, or we unhesitatingly say the disposition to encourage concerts, evinced by the liberal and patronising portion of the music lovers of Liverpool, is not met as handsomely as it ought to be. What we have set down has been reluctantly forced from us ; and as the Liverpool Standard has on every past occasion, and as it desires on all future occasions to take the more difficult side of praise rather than the easy and ungracious one of censure, we appeal to our readers, and to those who attended at the Theatre-Royal on Tuesday, to bear concurrent testimony to the justice and necessity which characterise the exceptions thus unwillingly but truthfully made. CELEBRATION OF HER MAJESTY'S MARRIAGE AT C HOB, LEY.—The inhabitants of Chorley were enlivened at an early hour by a merry peal from the tower of the parish church, which was repeated at various intervals during the day. At five o'clock in the afternoon, about forty or fifty gentlemen met at the Royal Oak 'lnn, to commemorate this most auspicious event, R. Smethurst, Esq. in the chair. The toast, " Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg," was drunk with most enthusiastic cheers ;_then followed those of the Queen Dowager—the Duchess of ICent and the rest of the Royal Family—the Duke of Wellington and the Army— the Navy, the wooden walls of old England—her Majesty's Ministers—the Clergy of the Town and Neighbourhood —and the Magistrates of the County—which were all received with due honours. We understand that the splendid new steam-ship intended for the transatlantic station, and now building by Messrs. Wilson, of this town, is intended to be launched on the 6th ofjnext month. She is to be called the United States, and will sail alternately with the Liverpool. MARINERS' CHURCH READING Room.—We have been favoured by the Committee of the Mariners' Church with a report of the Seamens' Reading Room, which is situated at the south end of George's Dock, and has been fitted up for the benefit of the seamen, to afford them a comfortable shel ter whilst they read the publications which are provided for them in the room. The value of such an institution must be apparent to all who consider the condition of the seamen while on shore, and we cordially recommend it to the notice of the public. THE PUBLIC CHARITIES OF LIVERPOOL.—We beg to recommend the public charities of this town to the conside ration of the wealthy and the charitable. Onr readers are in possession of the conditions on which the council has pro mised a gift of £lOOO to them, and we sincerely trust those conditions on the part of the charities may be fulfilled. At the council meeting on Wednesday the Mayor stated that a tradesman had forwarded to him a donation of £lO for the purpose, and that Mr. Ducrow, the spirited proprietor of the Royal Amphitheatre, had undertaken to give the pro ceeds of one night's performance towards the same object. We feel assured th a t th ese i ns t ances o f generos i ty and public spirit need only be known to be extensively imitated. CONCERT AT THE TEMLARS' HALL.—Miss Yaniewics'a concert, we beg to remind our readers, takes place on Monday evening next. We trust her friends will crowd the place, not only from the merits of the lady herself, but from the ex cellence of the music to be performed. ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE.—Success continues to follow the efforts of Mr. Ducrow, and we congratulate him on having used the means and appliauces for securing public support' In every department the same finish and completeness is visible as at the first, and in the grand spectacle which has been represented this week, these attributes are eminently conspicuous. By the way we ought to recommend our friends to pay an early visit to the spectacle. They will be highly gratified with its splendour, its grouping, and with its gene ral effect. LIVER THEAERE.-Mr. T. D. Rice takes his benefit this evening, and concludes his engagement to-morrow evening. The house has been filled every night, tolerably substantial proof of the popular taste for the entertainments provided in this little theatre. SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND Duun.—The annual meet• ing of the subscribers to the school, for the education of the deaf and dumb, will be held in the Royal Institution, on Tuesday next. A public examination of the pupils will afterwards take place, and one of them will speak an ad dress, in order to show the progress made by some of the children in articulation. There are few things more interest ing than exhibitions of this nature, and we hope to see a crowded attendance. PORTRAIT OF PRINCE ALBERT.—WC were yesterday fa voured with a view of th e magn ifi cen t por t ra it o f Prince Albert, painted by express command by Mr. George Patten, A.R.A., now exhibiting at Mr. Burland's Rooms, in Church street. It is the most successful of Mr. Patten's efforts, in our opinion, as well as in the opinions of several of the visitors with whom we have conversed. This is no mean praise, considering the high reputation which Mr. Patten enjoys as a portrait painter. It is considered an admirable likeness : indeed, the Morning Herald says " it is consi dered an excellent one by the illustrious personage who is most interested in pronouncing an opinion." The picture, independently of its fidelity, possess very high claims as a work of art. We understand that between three and four thousand ladies and gentlemen visited Mr. Burland's rooms yesterday to inspect this splendid painting. It will only re main on view to-day and tomorrow. A Common Hall was held in London on Friday last, and a petition to the House of Commons to release the sheriffs, and amend the law of libel, carried unanimously. Between 700 and 800 persons were present. Government has resolved that the Mediterranean armed steam-packets are in future to be stationed on the line for a period of five years, instead of three, as heretofore.—Hamp shire Telegraph. The banking institutions now in France are 15 in number, viz., the Bank of France, with its four branches, and ten provincial banks. The discounts effected by the whole of these in 1839 amount to 1,633,000,000 f. £ 65,320,000, and their circulation has been about 261,500,000 f., £10,460, 000 . A NEW SCIENCE.—A philosopher, who has travelled much, and is a man of great experience, has discovered that no bow-legged individual has ever been distinguished for any extraordinary evidence of mental su periority. — American paper. - - The mansion house taken by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, for a temporary residence, is No. 36, Bel grave-square, adjoining the Duchess of Gordon s and Sir John Shelley's. The mansion belongs to Lord Ingestrie, who let the house last season to the Prince of Capu a . The duchess will remove, it is understood, from B uc ki ng h am Palace to her new bode in about three weeks.--Morning Herald. ---- --- LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT.—THREE LIVES LOST.—On the sth instant, Mr. Benjamin Kirkby, shoemaker, with his Henry, a youth about 19 years of age, a daughter named Eliza, a little older, and a Mrs. Parker, wife of the son of Colonel Parker, of Lancaster, who married sbout three years ag o, went on a shooting excursion on Ulverston Sands ; and, being on a Scar named Ellwood, a little below the Chapel Island, they were surrounded before they'were aware by the tide, which was about half-past eleven o'clock, a.m. Their perilous situation was first observed by Mr. Kirkby, who called to the rest of the party to run for their lives, and fol low him. Mr. K„ who had two large guns on his shoulders, (and to which he attributes his preservation, by keeping him from being swept away, and acting as ballast,) with much difficulty reached the Chapel Island ; but the others were lost in the flood. Mrs. Parker, it was observed, clung to a net stake, at which place she was found, when the tide re ceded, standing by, and grasping the stake. Mr. K.'s daugh ter was found the same afternoon, but the body of her bro ther has not yet been discovered. Mrs. Parker, who was one of the unfortunate females, both in life and death was an interesting looking young woman, about 22 years of age. She is a native of Ulverston, and since her marriage has resided with Mr. Kirkby's family. Her husband, who is much at, tached to her, is at present living at Manchester, having, since his marriage, lived only occasionally with his wife, but supplied her with every requisite for her domestic comfort. —Kendal Mercury. WAR WITH CHINA. (From the Sun of Wednesday.) By extraordinary express from Paris the following impor tant news from India and China. The news from China was brought to Bo m b a y by th e G oo d S uccess, C apta i n F raser, which arrived there on the 23d of December. It was an nounced by the Good Success that all negotiations between the superintendent and the Chinese government were broken off, and also the part i cu l ars o f an engagement between her Majesty's ships Volage and Hyacinth, with 30 Chinese war junks, in which the latter is said to have lost 900 men. (From the Bombay Courier, of Dec. 24.) The Good Success, Captain Fraser, arrived yesterday from China. By her we have received Singapore papers to the 21st November, from which we present our readers with the following summary of the latest China news : " successive event in this quarter seems to deepen the crisis at which affairs bare arrived, and to com plicate our affairs with the empire. We had scarcely issued an extra on Thursday evening, announc i ng to our readers that the imperial commissioner had broken off the convention which he had concluded with the superintendent, for carry ing on a trade outside the Bogue, had renewed his de mand for the surrender of the murderer of Lin-wel-he, and threatened all the shipping at Hong-Kong with de struction, unless they either entered the port, or took their departure from the coast within three days, when intelligence was brought by the Cornwallis, that her Majesty's ships of war the Volage and Hyacinth had an engagement with a fleet of war junks off Chumpee'.—ending, as might be expected, in the discomfiture of the latter, who it appears, were the first to assume the offensive. The facts, as stated in private cor respondence, are as follows :—Captain Elliot had proceeded on board of the Volage, with the Hyacinth in company, to Chumpee, to deliver a chop to the commissioner, when a fleet of twenty-nine war junks sa il e d ou t, w ith the manifestinten tion of surrounding the two ships of war, and continued to close round them, regardle ss o f re p ea t e d an d urgen t warning as to consequences, until it became necessary to open fire upon them. This was promptly returned by the junks, when a regular engagement ensued, and in less than half an hour five of the junks were sunk, another was blown up, and the remainder, many of them i n a di sa bl e d s t a t e , crow d e d a ll sail to escape. This they were permitted to do ; the example that had been made of them having been deemed sufficient, or rather, as it is said, Captain Smith, of the Volage, having yielded to the entreaties of Captain Elliot, to discontinue the destructive fire from the ships, and permit the escape of the fugitives. It is allowed that the Chinese fought pretty well ; but the only damage sustained on our side is stated to be a 121 b. shot in the mizen-mast of the Hyacinth. " Letters state that new fortifications were in course of construction at Hong-kong, and the few English who had gone back to Macao were again warned away by Capt. Elliot after the engagement. How that event will operate with re spect to those on board of the Thomas Coatts, which is en tirely in the power of the commissioner, is a serious consi deration, and seems destined to put to the test the sincerity of his professions of Moderation and favour towards vessels entering the port, or the justice of the charges made against him of acting ' with undistinguishing violence.' "A recent adventure on the coast will in all probability tend to heighten the general difficulties with which our affairs are surrounded in China. The Canton Press of the 2d instant, reports that accounts have been received from the west coast of an affair between opium smugglers and the Mandarin boats, in which one of the latter was sunk, several men killed, and seven of the survivors sent back with their tails cut off ! This fact, it appears, had come to the commissioner's know ledge ; and " swarm" as he still proclaims himself to be, " on behalf of the celestial empire to remove utterly this root of misery, and not to let the foreign vessels have an off-shoot left for the evil to bud forth again," the intelligence is not likely to incline him to gentler measures than be has hereto fore resorted to." (From the Bombay Courier, of Dec. 28.) Hong Kong Bay, 7th of November, 1839. Our last respects of the 29th ult. communicated the viola tion on the part of the imperial commissioner of the conven tion between him and Captain Elliot, to conduct the trade outside the Bogus. The two vessels of war at present here went to the Bogue with Captain Elliot, to deliver a chop, which after little discussion was taken by the Chinese Ad miral on the 3d instant, and immediately after it appears he. ordered twenty-nine of his war junks out, with the evident object of surrounding the men of war, which was repre sented by the Captain of the Volage, he ordering them the same time to move away ; they, however, perse vering in their object, Captain Smith was compelled in self defence to open his fire upon them, and an engagement of short duration was the result between the Volage, the Hyacinth, and the war junks, in which the latter suffered severely ; five or six were sunk or blown up, and the rest were spared as they were preparing to retire ; whether this forbearance 'has been judicious or not, remain to be seen. Captain Elliot returned to Macao most unexpectedly, and in the night all the English.were warned to leave hmediately, and only a few now remain. Preparations are making here by the Chinese. Constructing fortifications and encamp.. ments, no doubt to operate against the fleet, and they have already attempted to carry off some gentlemen walking peaceably on shore. We have not had any communication from Captain Eliot yet, or the vessels of war which are now here, but we trust some more energetic measures will be adopted than have hitherto characterised his proceedings to bring the Chinese to reasonable terms. With respect to trade it appears that a serious decline had taken place in the price of all imports, but that tea and silk had advanced. There was nothing doing in Exchanges. We learn that the Good Success has brought on about £lO,OOO of Captain Eliott's bills on her Majesty's treasury. IMPORTANT FROM INDIA. (From the Bombay Times Extra, December 4.) Captain Outram has brought despatches from General Wilshire, whose camp before Khelat he left on the night of the 15th ult., announcing the capture of that place on the 13th ult., and the death in the conflict of Mehrab Khan, the chief, all of whose principal Sirdars were killed or taken, and hundreds of other prisoners. This was accomplished by a weak brigade of infantry (her Majesty's 17th and 2d foot, and Bengal 31st regiment,) and six light guns, at mid-day, by storming the place in the teeth of 2000 Beloochees, the elite of the natio n , a ft er a prev i ous march and assault of some heights commanding the approach, on which the enemy had six guns in position. Our loss was severe, 140 killed and wounded—about one fifth of the number actually engaged, one officer, Lieutenant Gravat, of the Queen's, among the former ; and six or seven officers among the latter, but none severely. Captain Outram made his way through Beloocbistan in disguise, from Khelat to Somneana, by a different route to that travelled by Pottinger in 1869—a distance of upwards of 350 miles, which he accomplished in 74 days, but has since had an unfortunately tedious passage by sea. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-Y E STE R D AY. A TROUBLESOME " BIRD." Alice Plunkett, a pretty-looking young woman, albeit with somewhat of the " tartar" in her countenance and demeanour, which former exhibited certain proofs of a recent pugilistic encounter, charged her husband, Robert Plunkett, with having returned home late on Tuesday night, and assaulted her. She said she had been married to the defendant about nine years, and had two children. She wished him to allow her a separate maintenance. When defendant was asked what he had to say, he com menced—" I had been to the Circus " Plaintiff (depreciatingly)--lon had been to Holloway's Sans Pareil. (Laughter.) Defendant then said that when he went home he found the plaintiff and her mother intoxicated they caught hold of him, but were so drunk that they fell over each other on to the door. He did not blame his wife so much as her mother: they were a bad set. Plaintiff (sneeringly)—You ! you are all rogues and black guards : if you don't mind, I'll send you somewhere. (Laughter.) Defendant said there was no person in his neighbourhood who could say anything against him. Mr. Rushton, having read a paper which the plaintiff called her " character," asked him if he knew Connor, Brewer, Hutton, and others. Defendant—Oh, yes, they use the public-house where my wife goes and gets drunk. The wife denied this : she did take a glass when she liked (laughter), but never sat down in a public-house. Her body was sore from end to side." Mr. Rushton—Well, the defendant will have to pay for the assault. Plaintiff said she wanted him to support her. Defendant, who appeared not yet " Sated of life, of wife and children tired," said he was ready to live comfortably with her. Plaintiff—Oh, its no use. This is not the first time. He broke eight shillings' worth of mugs, and spilt all my milk. (Laughter.) Defendant said they could live comfortably together if it it was not for•complainant's mother. Plaintiff (imploringly)—lf my mother was not to come and see me sometimes, I should be left like a lone bird by my self. (Laughter.) Mr. Rushton did not attempt " To soothe the many parting griefs she bore ; None had a tear for that sweet spirit lone—" and merely ordered the defendant to pay ss. and costs. A TEE-TOTALLER AT FAULT. Wm. Kelly chargedThos. Wright with having assaulted him. Kelly stated that he drove a team for Mr. Prescot, and was at work in his master's yard, when defendant came in, " cotched" him by the collar, and wanted to borrow a shil ling. He had not got one. He had had one in the course of the week. (Laughter.) Defendant knowed he sometimes had a shilling in his pocket, for he had been one of those tee-total chaps, and had not drank anything for eighteen months. (Laughter.) When he told defendant he had no money, he knocked him on the eye, so that he could not see no more nor one wot never seed. (Laughter.) Mr. Prescot then came into the yard, when defendant said he would like to kill the -- Irishman. Defendant said that this occurred some time back ; that complainant had lost his place through getting drunk ; he had obtained it, and this proceeding had arisen from sp i te. Complainant did not agree with the defendant in this par ticular; he said he was discharged because lie did not drink enough to to please Mrs. Presout. Mr. Rushton said that, as the complainant had chosen to let the m atter sleep for so long a time; and as the accusation had evidently been brought forNN ard , through spite, he should inflict the lowest possible penalty, namely, Is. and costs. THE AVIAN G PASSION ALWAYS STRONG. A miserable-looking woman was brought up u n d er th e following circumstances .—lt appeared that she had bean sent to the borough prison, as a reputed thief, for fourteen days, and that at the expiration of that term, on her being about to leave the prison, she was found to have secreted one of the prison blankets about her person, having previously cut it into convenient pieces for that purpose. The blanket was worth from four to five rhillings. She was ordered to Pay ss. and costs, or be imprisoned for fourteen days. ILLEGALLY PAWNING. Elizabeth Fox was charged with having illegally pawned several shirts, to the value of 365., the property of Mrs. Stephenson, with whom she lodged. The prisoner, who had a very wretched appearance, acknowledged to having sent the shirts to he pawned, but stated that poverty urged her to do so. When asked by Mr. Rushton why she did not apply for relief, she stated that she had done so, but that Mr. Evans (the relieving officer) would not assist her unless she went into the workhouse; she did not accept of this offer, as she had a daughter sick, and could not leave her. She was ordered to pay 365., the value of the property, and 50s. fine, or be imprisoned for one month. THREATENING LETTERS. George Rees, formerly captain of a vessel trading to Val paraiso, was charged by Mr. Thos. Barber, a merchant, with having sent him, at intervals, a number of threatening let ters, in the last of which he urged complainant, for the sake of his young family, to find him (defendant) a situation, un less which was done, he would enforce a charge on which he wonld be convicted of forgery, and sent across the seas ; he also stated that he was out of patience, and would wait no longer. In previous letters he had also used threats, and de manded money. It having been proved that the impliedcharges were utterly without foundation, Mr. Rushton severely re primanded the prisoner, and ordered him to find good bail or be sent to prison. CAUTION TO POSTI4ASTERS. Mr. Jonathan Spinks, of the Bull Inn, was charged with having neglected to enter the amount of duty in his weekly post horse account. It appeared that on Sunday, the 6th October, he drove a Mr. Morgan in a gig, for which h e charged a sum the duty on which, 4s. 6d., he had neglected to enter. Mr. Spinks said it was entirely an °reunion. It was no t likely he should wish to defraud the revenue for so small an amount. the duty, and e nstz ,. Ordered to pay a fine of X 5, iths the the e of for or ;og- , n ce the the Z