The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-17 00:00:00

ANNUAL RECITATIONS AND DELIVERY OP PRIZES AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION. The annual recitations and delivery of prizes took place Y es terday, at the Royal Institution, Colquitt-streat, when the theatre, including the gallery, was crowded by a highly recpectable and fashionable assemblage of ladies and gentle tien, the former preponderating. Joseph Brooks Yates, f'sq• Was presid en t upon the occasion. The pupils of the Institution were ranged on the side forms in the lower part of the theatre, whilst those, to the number of twelve, who Were selected to deliver recitations, with those to whom the Prizes were to be awarded, occupied a seat in front of the Platform. The Rev. Dr. Iliff, immediately upon the arrival of the hour appointed—twelve o'clock—called upon the pupils to commence their recitations. The first revitatiou was the scene from Shakspeare's play of Henry V., in which the young monarch, upon his acces sion to the throne, expresses his satisfaction with the firm ness displayed by the Chief Justice in having executed the law OPon himself for his violent conduct whilst Prince of '. ales. The dignified justification of the Chief Justice was delivered ery gracefully, a nd with very appropritate action, by Master p Y, and the part of Henry sustained with considerable nullity by Master POOLE ; and both young gentlemen were rewarded with the warm approbation of the audience. The next was a Latin recitation, by Mr. CHILTON, of the death of Turnus, from Virgil's JEnead ; and to those who were hut partially acquainted with the author, the spirit and c orrectness of tone with which it was delivered must have conveyed a great portion of the beauty of the passage, into the full appreciation of which the reciter had evidently entered ; •whilst to every classical scholar it must have afforded unmixed gratification. Mr. SALUSBURY delivered, with considerable feeling and ect, a poem, " My Three Sons," by Moultrie, and was warmly applauded, although the piece itself was not one "fitted for the display of the graces of elocution. ' Mr. MILNER gave, with considerable energy, and, what Is better, with correct enunciation, Helen's description to Priam of the Grecian Chiefs, in the original Greek of the The only desideratum, in our opinion, of this beau tiful and somewhat arduous effort was a better preservation of the stately rhyth of the author. Mr. Milner was loudly and deservedly applauded. The next recitation was by Mr. WILLINK, and was very prettily given, although the producfion itself was quite un- Worthy of being selected for such an occasion. Mr. BENSON recited from the Greek of Plato, the Dis course of Socrates upon the I mmortality of the Soul. It was beautifully and impressively delivered, and elicited marked approbation. _ . Mr. HARRISON gave, with great chasteness and taste, although occasionally with somewhat too little energy, the Powers of Music," by Dryden. The gem, if we may so term it, of the recitations was the scene front Terence, given by Masters BOUTFLOWER and PLETCIIER. Nothing could be finer than the picture of Subserviency and plausible cunning depicted in the tones and manner of Master Boutflower, as the " Parasite," un less we except that of the opposite qualities of " the patron," as depicted by Master Fletcher. The enunciation too of both was beautifully distinct; and the whole was received with, and deserved, the loudly expressed approbation of the audience. . . I _ 4 The Prisoner of Chinon." by Byron, was given with great taste and feeling, by Mr. BANNER, and was loudly applauded. The concluding recitation was the noble description, by Milton. of " The Battle of the Angels," and was given very spiritedly by Master GLADSTONE. The President, JOSEPH 'BROOKS YATES, Esq., then rose to deliver the prizes to the successful competitors, previous to doing which he expressed himself in highly flattering t erms of the recitations which had just been delivered, and Particularized especially that of Mr. MILNER. He com mented at the same time upon the excellent conduct which had distinguished the pupils generally, and in a few feeling re marks impressed upon them the all importance of preserving, together with their attainments in learning, correct morality. Ile then explained briefly the motives by which the com mittee and Dr. _Hifi had been actuated in abstaining at the Present meeting from awarding the classical prizes to any of the seven young gentlemen whose names appeared as the most worthy to contend for it. Five of these had been selected for the university ; and it was thought better in order to forward their proficiency that they should be con tinued a little longer in their course of amicable emulation. He took the opportunity now, on the part of the master, the Rev. Dr. of correcting an error which might go abroad—that this was solely or chiefly a university school. The number of pupils which it had hitherto furnished for academical education were very few. It had seldom been more than at the rate of two in a year, although this present quarter six had left for Oxford and Cambridge. The edu efttion which they designed to supply was one which would fit the pupils to adorn any station or profession to which t hey might be called. Messrs. WILLINK and CHILTON were then called up to receive the prizes for mathematical proficiency, in the course of which both were highly complimented by the president; end in corroboration of what had been before stated with re sPect to the objects of the course of education pursued in the school, Dr. TUFF explained that Mr. WILLINK had, only a few weeks ago, been decided upon to go to the university, and that, in consequence of his proficiency in his studies. Ile remarked also that the competitors for the mathematical Prizes were required to have a certain proficiency in the clas sics as well. The prizes awarded were—to Mr. WlLLtrix—Wordsworth's Greece and Martin's Edition of Milton ; Mr. CuiLTON—Curiosities of Literature and Wilkinson's Ancient Egyptians ; the whole in beautiful bindings. _ The prizes for the drawing class were awarded to Messrs. and DESPREUX,as follows, viz., to. ER—Haydon's Dictionary of Dates. Mr. Dzsrauvx—Sir Walter Scott's Poem of " Marmion." The names of the seven young gentlemen, selected for fur ther conQtion for the classical prize, were Messrs. BAN NER, B BOUTFLOWER. FLETCHER, GLADSTONE, ti.s.asilsON - , and MILNER. We have arranged them, as Riven is.the printed bills, alphabetically, in order to avoid th e appearance of preference. It was announced by Dr. ILIFF, that the president, Mr. YATEs, had intimated to him his intention of presenting to the successful competitor a itost valuable and splendid work, at present in course of Publication, viz., a " Dictionary of Greek and Roman Anti quities." which, when completed, would be a prize worthy of the acceptation of any scholar. YATEs then moved that the thanks of the audience were due to Doctor ILIFE, the head master of the school, and to his four tutors, for the eratification which had been afforded to them by the interesting recitations which they had heard. The motion was seconded by Mr. bstAN, and was re sponded to with loud acclamations, after which Dr. 'LIFT , briefly returned thanks, and the meeting dispersed. We cannot conclude our hasty notice of this gratifying ex hibition without expressing our warm satisfaction with the degree of proficiency displayed by the pupils who were brought forward on the occasion ; a proficiency—and the pro mise which it afforded, as well, of better things to come — Which must bare been the source of highly delightful feelings to those of their parents and friends who were present. LIVERPOOL INTERMEDIATE SESSIONS The Intermediate Sessions commenced on Tuesday, before James Clarke, Esq., Recorder. The calendar contains the names of 75 prisoners for felony, and two for misdemeanours. The following gentl emen were sworn of the Grand Jury : CHRISTOPHER HERD JONES, Esq., Foreman. Ralph Brocklebank, Esq.. Thomas Sleddon, Esq. Henry Cleaver Chapman, Esq. Thomas Tobin, Esq. Thomas Oldfield Cooper, Esq. Edward Tennant, Esq. Charles William Fosberry, Esq. John D. Thornelf , Esq. Charles Inman, Esq. John Tomlinson, Esq. Thomas Joynson, Esq. John Unsworth, Esq. Samuel Martin, Esq. Joint Walker, Esq. John Jackson Starkie, Esq. Isaac Worthington, Esq. James Stitt, Esq. I John Wellstood, Esq. Samuel Symonds, Esq. The RECORDER briefly addressed the Grand Jury, con gratulating them that though the prisoners were rather nu merous, considering the brief period that had elapsed, the Crimes were generally of a trifling description. The calendar Was light, considering the state of the conntry. They had been called together earlier than usual, in compliance with the wishes of the magistrates. The learned Recorder advised amicable co-operation between the town and rural police, and, in allusion to the frequency of thefts from bonded or other warehouses, and to the systematic manner in which such thefts had been committed, he further advised, that Owners of property in bonded warehouses should exercise a watchful surveillance, and frequently examine and count the goods in such warehouses. THEFT FROM A TIMBER YARD James Fury and 11' illiam Merlon were indicted for having on the 20th November feloniously stolen twenty feet of ma hogany, the property of Edward Chaloner and Co. Mr. Aspivall conducted the prosecution. The prisoners was undefended. The LEARNED COUNSEL stated, that about half-past nine O'clock on Saturday night, the 20th November last, as Joseph Stone, an inspector of police, was passing along Grafton street, he saw a piece of mahogany lying on the footpath. A Person named Lightfoot, who was at hand, stated that he had seen a man carrying the piece of mahogany on his head. The man, on being asked where he got the wood, threw it down and ran away. The inapector obtained a description of the man, and went in search of him. About two hundred Yards from the spot where he had found the timber, he dis covered the prisoners, when be took them into custody. Fury told him that he had found the mahogany in Grafton-street. Merton said he knew nothing about the matter, as he had been merely requested by Fury to assist him to place it on his head. He would prove by the evidence of Messrs. Chal oner and Co.'s clerk that the piece of mahogany had been stolen from their yard. The above facts were fully proved. The Jury found the Prisoners guilty. The LEARNED REconnua said he quite agreed with the verdict, as far as one of the prisoners was concerned. He would make sonic inquiry. The prisoners were put down and the sentence deferred. THEFT BY A DOMESTIC SERVANT. Sarah Williams, a good-looking girl, aged 18, was charged with having feloniously stolen 50 half-crowns, 50 crowns, 100 shillings, 100 sixpences, 10 sovereigns, and 5 half-sovereigns, the property of Samuel Broadbent Ingham. Mr. Blackburn conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Murphy the defence. The prisoner lived as house-servant with Mr. Ingham, who is a draper residing in Scotland-road. Mr. Ingham kept his money in one of the drawers of a painted chest of drawers in on upper chamber. The prisoner knew that he kept his money there. The evidence was altogether circumstantial. It was proved that the prisoner was without money, and that the cash had been missed from the drawer, the wood-work of which had been broken ; that the prisoner was seen going to the privy in which part of the money was subsequently found; that she went out of the house, and that she had, durin g that time, expended some money. Mr. MURPHY appealed energetically to the jury in behalf of the prisoner, requesting them to look closely to the whole evidence, and to see if it were not more likely that the robbery had been committed by some other parties more ex pert than the prisoner. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and recommended her to mercy. Sentence deferred. THEFT FROM A TAVERN. John .Mackay, aged 26, was charged with having, on the 30 th of October last, stolen a looking-glass and five pictures, the pr o p er ty of James Foley, publican, of No. 4, Lion-street. Mr. James appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner, it appeared, went into Mr. Foley's house, and called for some drink, and walked off with the property above mentioned. It was found in his possession. The prisoner, on being apprehended, fought hard for his release, and broke a looking-glass. When the case had been partially heard, the prisoner with drew his plea, and said he was guilty. He was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment, and hard labour. FELONY. Thornao Barrow, a respectable-looking man, aged 26, was charged with having stolen a depth-tool and a nmiature, the property of Richard Copeland, and twenty-three watch move ments, one depth-tool, fourteen sets of chains, ten sets of hands, and one box, the property of Lewis Henry Samuel. It was proved that the prisoner worked at the shop of Mr. Samuel. The articles above-mentioned were missed in March last. On the 3d of November last the prisoner's house was searched, when nearly the whole of the go ods were found there. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the Iticounvit sentenced him to twelve months imprisonment. LATEST FROM THE UNITEEI STATES By the packet-ship Roscius, Captain Collins, which sailed from New York on the 27th ultimo, we have received files of American papers to the above date, inclusive. The Roscius has made the passage across the Atlantic in eighteen days, and has brought 29 cabin passengers. On the 7th instant she fell in with the wreck of the Erin-go-Bragh, Sumpton, of this port, homeward bound, from Quebec. The Erin-go- Bragh was in a sinking state, and the Roscius took on board the captain, J. W. Merritt, a passenger and 19 of the crew, all of whom she has brought to Liverpool. The vessel sunk immediately after the Roscius quitted her. So imminent was the peril of those who were so fortunately rescued that they had no time to save an article of their property. The news brought by the Roscius was not generally im portant. The politicians were speculating on the probable course of events during the approaching session of congress. The whiff majority was somewhat reduced, but it was be lieved, if no division occurred amongst the party themselves that it would be sufficient to enable them to carry their mea sures. The markets pre'ented but little appearance of ac tivity. Cotton and flour were exceedingly dull. The daily sales of the former were to small amount, and the stock of the latter on hand at New York not more than 150,000 bar rels. It was believed that the shipmenti to England would produce some effect on the market. The quotations were for Canal to 6 62-4. dols. ; Ohio 6,50 a 6,621 dols.; Michigan to 6,50 a 56 dots. ; and Georgetown to 6,50. It appears that the news of the probable scarcity in England some time since drove the market up, and that it has been recently getting down to its proper level. The stock market was heavy and prices falling. Exchange on England was 94- to 10 per cent. premium. There appears to be still much conversation touching the right of England to search the merchant ships of the United States. The subject is one which has been very industri ously stirred for the purpose of exciting a feeling of hostility towards England. It is generally alleged that this country claims a right to search American merchant ships. The first allegation was, that certain English cruisers, having found that slave vessels were in the habit of dealing under the Ame rican flag, by mistake boarded and searched a merchant vessel. Some correspondence it seems has passed on the subject with Lord Palmerston, but in what state he has left the question we know not. It was very generally rumoured in the United States, that England is to have " a grave re buke" administered for her misconduct, or in other words, that the subject is to " occupy a conspicuous place in the president's message." From Canada we have nothing important. M`Leod, it was rumoured, had again got into trouble. It is stated that he had been arrested on a capias, at Niagara, for defalcation at Canada. _ _ The papers contain additional details of the disastrous fire at St. John's, from which it appears that, in addition to the new market-house, lately erected at expense to the city of 40,000 dollars, the following buildings were destroyed : namely " seventeen in South Market-strset, eight in Ward street, eight in Water-street, three in Market-square, and three in Prince William-street, making a total of thirty-nine buildings, n2arly all of which were large, and three or four stories each." Many bonded warehouses were also much injured. It is not stated that any vessels were burnt. The aggregate loss is not less than 400,000 dollars ; other accounts state it as high as 1,200,000 dollars. The Observer says, that " a large portion of those persons deprived of their places of business were burnt out in former fires:—Messrs. M'Avity, D. M`Millan, and C. M`Lauchlan have been three times subjected to this trial. The whole of the present district was within the district laid waste in January, 1837. Many of the sufferers lost their entire stock of goods. Several of them have been but a few months in business. The insurance companies have of late decidedly refused taking risks on wooden buildings in the district now destroyed, except at very high premiums, consequently nearly all the parties were without insurance." Intelligence had been received from Texas to the 13th ult. Congress had commenced its session on the Ist, and the mes sage of President Lancar was delivered on the 3d. It is a lengthy document, and opens with congratulations on the prosperity of the country. The relations with Mexico are deemed unsatisfactory, and an amicable adjustment of the quarrel impracticable. The President advises hostilities, and states that he has made arrangements to send the Texican navy to co-operate with the government of Yucatan in acting against Mexico. Thus, he says, the navy will be preserved in active service free from expense, and will compel the Mexican government to a more peaceable policy as regards Texas. He is opposed to a military invasion of Mexico, but advises the establishment of military posts for the protection of the exposed portion of the country. The commercial convention trerty with this country is not completed. The ratification thereof is postponed till June, 1842. The cause of this ap pears to be some difficulty about a clause in the instrument respecting the suppression of the slave trade with the United States. The relations of Texas with France are friendly. The Caledonia, Halifax and Boston steamer, reached this port last night, bringing New York journals to the 30th ult., Boston to the Ist inst., and Halifax to the sth inst. She reached Halifax late on the evening of the 3d inst., having been detained twelve hours by fog. At twenty minutes past eight a.m. on the sth inst. she left Halifax, and has therefore accomplished the voyage from that port in little better than eleven days. She has brought thirty-one passengers. The Acadia, which left Liverpool on the 19th ult., reached Hali fax at two on the morning of the sth inst., after a very stormy passage. The papers brought by the Caledonia contain little ad ditional intelligence to that conveyed by the Roscius, and given above. The chief features of interest are the festivities which have greeted the Prince de Joinville and Lord Morpeth on their visit to New York. The former was entertained at a dinner on Saturday, the 27th ult., which is described as the most brilliant affair ever given in any country on the same scale. About one hundred and forty gentlemen, including Lord Morpeth, sat down to dinner. The prince left the shores of the States on the 29th ult. on his voyage to Lisbon. The entertainment to Lord Morpeth was equally magnifi cent, though not quite such a numerous company welcomed his lordship. The mode of conducting these dinners is rather ludicrous, and must have contrasted strangely, with what Lord Morpeth has been in the habit of witnessing in this country. There is nothing peculiarly striking in his lordship's address. Mr. Clay, it is alleged, has announced his intention of re tiring from the senate immediately on the termination of the Florida war. The winter had set in in good earnest, and a considerable quantity of snow had fallen. The first regular session of the twenty seventh congress commenced on the 6th instant, and was expected to be pro tracted and stormy. As there were no officers to be chosen preparatory to the organization of either house, the message of the President was expected to reach New York on the following day. The details of the administration scheme had not transpired, bat the impression was, that one feature would be a provision for the issue of Exchequer Bills, never ex ceeding fifteen, or possibly twenty millions. The news from Canada and New Brunswick is not impor tant. All were on tiptoe awaiting the arrival of Sir Charles Bagot, the new Governor General. The loss by the recent great fire at New Brunswick was upwards of five hundred thousand dollars. No fresh intelligence had been received from Texas or Mexico. _ . Advices had been received in New York from Jamaica, to the ith ult., being a few days later than the last intelligence brought to this country. The subject of European immi gration was warmly discussed in assembly. Much sickness prevailed in Kingston and Spanish Town. The markets were overstocked with American produce. The application of the colonial government to the mother country for the remission of the loan of £200,000, due the latter, had not been successful, and " principal and interest would be ex acted from the colony." NLIV YORK MONEY MARKET, TUESDAY, Nov. 30. The sales at the Stock Board this morning have been to fair extent, and rates have generally declined ; Long Island 4 ; Harlem 3 ; Mohawkl; Farmers Trust rose 14. Sales of Illinois bonds at a rise of .4 ; Indiana s's declined 14. Sales of bills on Philadelphia 4 to 5 ; New Orleans 6to 7. The supply of foreign bills for the Caledonia is fully equal to the demand, which is not large, and many southern bills are offering without city endorsement, at SI to 9. The rates have been as follows : RATES OF FOREIGN BILLS IN NEW YORK Oct. 15. Nov. 15. Nov. 22. Nov. 30. London.... Ka 10 10 a 101 9.1 a 10 91a 9i France ... . 5 173a5 1815 20 a 5 21 a 5 25 5 23 ) 05 25 Amsterdam, 30'pla 401 40/a 401 40ka al 40 a 401 Hamburg .. 36aa 36 : 1 361 a 361 36aa 36-a 364-a 36a Bremen.. .. 783 a 79 7 . 81 a 7 8 t 78 a 781 78 a 781- There will be but little specie shipped by this conveyance, and rates have given way. The depression which was upon the stock market at the date of our last, owing chiefly to the results of the Mississippi election, has continued up to this time. The results of the election thus far, are in the State Senate 22 anti .bond men to 10 bond-payers. In the house it stands 63 anti-bond to 39 bond-payers. The immediate effect of this state of things upon State credits was apparent at the departure of the last packet. Since then Illinois and Indiana bonds fell to 25, and subsequently rose to 23. NEW YORK CORN TRADE, Nov. 30.—Notwithstanding the purchase of twenty thousand barrels of flour for shipment, the article has a tendency to decline. Prices for all kinds range from 6 37 dolls. to 6 621 dolls., and but very few sales at the latter price. We have a supply here of about 225,000 barrels. NEW YORK COTTON TRADE, Nov. 30.—The transactions in this market have been very moderate, reaching scarcely more than 2200 bales for the past week, at prices which run from + to -1 cent less than the rates current previous to the last news from abroad. At the South the business continues dull, and generally at falling prices. The receipts are large and stock generally accumulating, the rivers being now in good boating condition. The crops promise exceedingly well as to quantity, but the quality will be poorin consequence of the rains during the " picking out." The following is a table of the transactions at the different ports for the week, previous to the date affixed : STOCKS, SALES, PRICES, AND REMARKS. Stocks. Sales. Prices. Remarks. New York, Nov. 30 2,250 9 a 111 deciine +a 1 N. Orleans, " 20 87,495 14,000 84 - a 10 firm Mobile " 20 14,213 4,000 71a 10 declining Augusta " 24 7,053 1,000 7 a 8/ " ct Columbus " 21 300 8 a 8i " ct Savannah " 24 13,862 4,065 7 a 9/ " Charleston " 24 19,530 6,137 Na 10 PHILADELPHIA MARKET, Nov. 29.—The price of Flour has declined. Several sales have been made for export at 86,50 per bbl for common brands of Peana Flour. Corn is dull, and is offered on rather easier terms. An import of near 700 Laguayra Hides were taken at 121 cents. yer lb., less 3 per cent. for cash. We subjoin the log and list of passengers. Abstract of the Log of the Royal Mail Steam-ship CALE DONIA, on a voyage from Boston to Halifax and Liver pool, E. G. Lott, Commander, in December, 1841. December Ist, Wind S.W. P.M. received on board the mails and passengers, and backed out from the wharf at east Boston. At three, dismissed the pilot. Moderate breeze and fine weather. 2nd, Wind W. by N. to E.N.E., 198 miles. A.M. mode rate and fine. P.M. strong breeze and fine weather. 3rd, Wind N.E., 200 miles. A.M. light breeze and fine. P.M. light wind. At H arrived at Halifax, having been de tained twelve hours in consequence of fog. 4th, Wind S. by E. lying at Halifax. A.M. strong gales and squally, with heavy rain. P.M. strong wind. sth, Wind W.S.W. A.M. fresh breeze and fine clear weather; at 8 20, sailed from Halifax. P.M. strong breeze and squally, with a heavy swell from Westward. 6th, Wind 212 miles. A.M. fresh breeze and cloudy weather. P.M. fresh breeze, and fine clear weather. 7th, Wind S.W., 230 miles. A.M. steady breeze and fine clear weather. P.M. moderate and tine. Bth, Wind S.E. to N.B. by N., 210 miles. A.M. light breeze and fine. P.M. increasing breeze and hazy weather. 9th, Wind N.E. by N., 187 miles. A.M. fresh breeze and cloudy. P.M. fresh breeze and cloudy. 10th, Wind N.E. by E., 215 miles. A.M. steady breeze and clear weather. P.M. strong head breeze, with heavy rain, 11th, Wind S., 209 miles. A.M. fresh breeze and hazy, with rain. P.M. moderate and hazy. 12th, Wind S.W., 236 miles. A.M. fresh breeze and squally, with rain. P.M. fresh gales and heavy squalls. 13th, Wind 223 miles. A.M. strong gales and squally, with rain. P.M. hard gale and heavy squalls. 14th, Wind S.E. by E. E., 240 miles. A.M. fresh breeze and cloudy weather. P.M. increasing breeze and cloudy weather, passed a brig, running E.S.E. 15th, Wind S.W., 236 miles. A.M. strong breezes and squally, with rain. At noon, saw wizen bead, bearing N.E. by N., distance seven miles. P.M. strong breezes and clear weather. IGth, Wind S.W., hurtling up Channel. A.M. fresh breezes and cloudy, with small rain. At noon received on board a pilot. P.M. strong breeze and cloudy, with showers. At six moored in the Sloyne. PASSENGER LIST OF THE STEAM-SHIP CALEDONIA. — From Boston to Liverpool. —Rev. R. Baird, Mr. John Gor don, Mr. William Reynolds, Mr. Deacon and Lady, Mrs. Parker, Miss E. E. Parker, and Servant, Mr. J. M`kinnon; Mr. R. Lewis, Mr. J. Drummond, Mr. C. Alexander, Mr. James Shaw, Mr. Wm. Keprick, Lieut. J. B. Clark, R.N. From Halifax to Liverpool.—Mr. Stephen Boggs and Lady, Mr. W. Clark, Mr. John Churchhill, Mr. Gordon ' Mr. Thomas Grassie, Rev. Mr. Dease, Mr. W. Fyfe, Mr. Hugh M'Kechnie, Mr. James Ferguson, Mr. Robert Hughes, Mr. William Delziel, Mr. John Towel, Mr. Robert Watson, Mr. John Roberts, Mr. Kennedy Campbell. THE LATE MULtDER AT ST. HELENS The adjourned inquest, on view of the body of the late Mr. Henry Grayson, was held at St. Helens on Tuesday, before John Heyes, Esq., coroner. Mr. Wiliam Storey, superin tendent of the county police, said that having received in formation of the murder, he went to the deceased's house on the morning of the fatal occurrence, and gave directions for the apprehension of the Woodses, the Jacques, and the Lutases, who have been taken since. Serjeant Brandwood told witness he had captured a man of the name of Meadow croft, who had marks of blood upon his trowsers, which ap peared to have been scraped with a knife. Meadowcroft had a knife in his possession, which had the appearance of blood on the blade, and which he stated was moss. I told him the marks were not moss ; and he made no reply. Jacques had had some drink, and was very dirty, as if he had not been in bed all night. Meadowcroft was drunk. I passed them on to St. Helens, and took them up in my gig between the de ceased's house and Denton's-green. As I passed Denton's green, I pointed out the spot where deceased was murdered. They said, "Is it?" I had them locked up separately. When I tit st took Jacques into the gig, he said, " I will tell you something." I said, " Well, what is it ?" He said, " I shan't tell you until we get to St. Helens." When he got to St. Helens, he said, " I shan't tell you anything now." Prior to going to Rainford, I examined the marks of a foot which I saw near the spot where the body was found. I af terwards compared them with the prisoner Woods's shoe, There appeared to be marks of a scuffie,—a regular ring was made round the body. About six or seven yards from this, I observed the footmarks, which I believe corresponded with Woods's shoes. There were several large nails in the soles. After Charles and Robert Woods had been apprehended, I took their shoes up. The left foot shoe of Robert Woods corresponded with the impression. They had been brought to the police-station about twelve o'clock. Robert was brought first, and Charles afterwards. When I first saw the shoe, I at once thought it corresponded with the footmark. The' pocket-handkerchief of the deceased was found near the footmark. When I compared the shoe with the footmark, I first noticed the mark of the three nails in the centre of the heel, and one makes an impression by the side of the other. I found they were exectiv alike. Since that day I have ap prehended Molyneux and William Jacques. The handker chief now produced by me was left at the station-house, by Thomas Lightfoot. The stick I produce was found by me in the ditch, near where the deceased was found lying. There is now a little human hair on the stick ; it had more when I found it. A knife was found on Meadowcroft, which appears to have been used for scraping mud. On searching Meadow croft, I found one shilling and eightpence, and a tobacco-box. Christopher Blades sworn : 1 keep the Gerrard Arms, at Denton's-green. On Saturday, the 4th instant, several per sons were drinking at my house in the evening. One of them was Mr. John Marsh. Between twelve and one o'clock I accompanied him on his way home. On the road we saw two men ; one of them was a tall man, who wore a light barragau jacket and trowsers, and a' cap ; the other was a short roan, in dark clothes. Marsh remarked to me, that he did tut like their appearance, and requested me to go a little further with him, which I did. When I left him I returned home. I saw the men go in the direction of my door, but, on inquiry. I found they had not been there. They must have gone in the direction of the Seven Stars. It was one o'clock when I got to bed. James Ranson sworn : I live at Eccleston, and keep the Seven Stars public-house in Gracious-street. On Saturday night, the 4th instant, about ten minutes to eleven o'clock, Isaac Jaques, Thomas Molyneux, who had a fiddle, and Robert Woods, came to my house. They had not anything to drink that I know of, and they appeared to me to be sober. I know Meadowcroft, but he was not with them. John Parr had been in my house, and I understand they afterwards went to his house. I did not see Thomas Woods that night. It was a club night, but they had nothing to do with it. They left about twelve o'clock. They had neither stick nor gun with them. Ann Eccleston sworn : I left the Seven Stars on Saturday night, the 4th instant, about twelve o'clock. I saw Robert Woods, Isaac Jaques, and a man named Molyneux there. I left them there at twelve o'clock. They had nothing to - drink. Molyneux wanted to play the fiddle, but he was not permitted. Henry Colquitt sworn.—l live near the Seven Stars. On Sunday morning week, some persons, whom I did not see, broke my door open. I slept at my father-in-law's. A young man who courts my wife's sister fetched me to see them fight another man. I went to my father-in-law's. They had some ale in a bottle, and we drank until it was all gone. We came out at about five minutes past one o'clock. A man fastened on me by the collar, and said, " Will you see fair play ?" I said " N es." This was before I had the ale. After I had seen fair play, and had the ale, I went home. I found three men there. One was asleep on the dresser. It was before daylight. It was between five and six o'clock. One of them said that if I did not get out of the house, he would make me. They asked if I had any money. I said I had threepence, and would give it to them. They were not open at the Seven Stars. They then left the house. I had been drinking. brandy on Saturday, at the Seven Stars, and ale afterwards, and I was very drunk. One of the men played the fiddle, and we danced, and I don't know what. I went with them. We first went to Arnold's beer-shop. There were two men there. After the bell rang for church the•landlord would not fill us any more drink, and told us to go out of the house one at a time. I then went home. It was not my house, but Parr's, that the men or dered me out of. Jacques said to me there, " Will you forgive me for breaking your door open?" I said yes, and he then told me how he came to break it open. They had broken into the house to get something to eat. The men's names are Woods, Jacques, and Molyneux. When I was in Arnold's house, Jacques said he had, on the previous night. peeped iu over the window-shutter of Blade's house, and seen Marsh and some other men there. I had . previously seen the men at the Seven Stars. I know that my house was broken open, as I have had to put another lock upon it. Jacques had a stick with him, about as long as the stick produced, (that found near the body.) 1 beard of the mur der in my own house. I did not at first know who it was. It was my wife who mentioned it. This witness, who had been out of the way for a couple of days, was brought before the jury in a very advanced state of intoxication. The coroner did not reduce his evidence to writing in consequence, and the courtlwas further adjourned until to-morrow. Mary Colquitt, the wife of the last witness, was afterwards examined. Her evidence went to corroborate the chief points spoken of by her husband. Sir John Gerard, Bart., on returning from a hunt with his stag-hounds, called at the Town-hall to make inquiries as to the progress of the coroner's inquiry, and a messenger from Knowsley-hall was in waiting some time to convey the result of it to the noble resident of that place. The Earl of Derby has laudably intimated his desire to give £5O, in addition to the reward of £lOO, which is already offered by the govern ment and the deceased's relatives, for the discovery of the murderer. ST.HELEN'S, WEDNESDAY MoRNING.—The prisoners were again brought up before Samuel Taylor and Charles Orrell, Esqrs., the magistrates, to-day. The additional evidence taken by the coroner since their last meeting was read over, and Colquitt, who gave evidence at the inquest while in a state of intoxication, was re-examined, and corroborated in every particular what he then deposed. He affirmed more confi dently that the stick he saw in Jacque's possession the night before the murder is the same as that found near the place of the murder by Mr. Storey, with human hair upon it. The magistrates, after a long deliberation, concluded upon discharging three of the prisoners—namely, Charles Woods, Thos. Meadowcroft, and Win. Jacques, on entering into their own recognizanees to appear again when called upon. The other three—viz., Isaac Jacques, Robert Woods, and Thos. Molyneux, were remanded until Tuesday afternoon, to await the decision of the jury on the inquest. There were several other parties whom the jury thought it expedient to have examined; but not being present, they de cided upon an adjournment until Thursday afternoon at half past one o'clock, then intending positively to close the inquiry. The Coroner adjourned the inquest until Thursday. ADJOURNED INQUEST. ST. HELEN'S, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. — Mary Colquitt again examined.—She went to the Seven Stars about eleven o'clock for her husband, and there saw Isaac Jacques, Robt. Woods, and Thomas Molyneux, also in the house. She stayed there until twelve o'clock, and left those men there. She went to say further, that she saw Jacques strike the table with something, but saw no stick. William Colquitt was also again examined, and said, the stick found near the place of the murder was very like the one Isaac Jacque had on Saturday night, at the Seven Stars public-house. It was cut in the same manner at the end. lie left the three prisoners—isaac Jacques, Woods, and Molyneux, in the Seven Stars, at twelve o'clock. After re capitulating the substance of the evidence as detailed above, he said it was about seven o'clock when he and the prisoners went to Arnold's beer shop. Arnold had just got up, and was dressin g . They had some ale. The prisoners paid for none of the drink. They stayed until the bell began to ring for church. Arnold asked them whether they had been any where else than Ranson's the night before, and Jacque said they had been to Blades's, at Denton's Green, but did not enter in, and looking over the window-shutter, he saw who were in, mentioning John Marsh, John Tasker, and some others. There was some paper produced after this was mentioned, which Jacque said be had found on coming back from the Green, on the side of the road, wrapped up in a rag. The rag was of a dark colour, the same as a pocket, and had the appearance of a purse. It was the size of a small money bag;:about as large as a man's hand, and had no string to it. It was jagged at the top edge, as if it were roved. They stuck the rag and paper in the fire altogether. The paper was printed, and figures written upon it. Arnold read it. The coroner produced two tickets From the Red Lion weighing machine, where the deceased had been the day be fore, and weighed some potatoes, the tickets of which it was supposed he must have had in his possession when murdered, and witness was asked whether papers he saw were like them ? Witness replied, that one of the papers was given to him, and it was like one of them. Re-examination continued.—l heard Arnold read them, and " potatoes " were mentioned. I believe the name " Grayson " was mentioned. They gave me one ticket, which they said was dated the day before (Saturday), and it was the only one of any use. Arnold said I might perhaps get a quart of ale for giving it to Grayson. I put it in my pocket—the side pocket, I think. It remained there, I be lieve, until last night, when I think 1 used it in the neces sary. I have looked for it to-day, but cannot find it. The other papers and the rag were burnt, I think, by Arnold. I had not at that time heard of Grayson 's death. I have heard since how he was injured, and that his pocket wrtS cut out. The rag which was burnt at Arnold's was not a bag, but like a bag. The prisoner Molyneux was in our house afterwards that morning. While the prisoners were talking about being at Denton's Green, one of them called prisoner Molyneux a dirty d—l for sleeping on the midden, and be replied that it was not on a midden, but on some litter on the back-side of a midden. which ad Mr. Storey here said he had examined the h placthe and found a number of potatoe-tops lying , p . pearance of a man having lain upon them ; but it had rained a great deal since the night of the murder, so that the marks of a person having lain there were but feeble. William Arnold, beerseller, Eccleston, said—l remember Jacques,Woods, Molyneux and Colquitt coming to my house on Sunday morning. They had some drink. They remained there until the church bell rung. No one ever produced me any paper to read. I never saw any in possession of auk of them, and neither a bag nor rag. I did not hear them men tion about being at Rawson's. They did not say they had been at Denton's Green. They did not say they had peeped over the window. The three men who were discharged yes terday called at my house last night, but I had no conversation with them. None of their friends have had any conversation with me. This evidence being contradictory to Colquitt's, he was again called in, when some questions were put to Arnold by him, and repeated contradictions of the statement he previ ously made ensued. Previous to any witnesses being called in, the Coroner in quired of Mr. Storey whether he was aware of a prevailing report which was current in Rainford, that a person named Edward Stopforth, a farmer, had been in St. Helen's on the night of the murder, having a deal of money in his posses sion—say some hundreds of pounds, which he had received that day in Liverpool. He understood that Mr. Stopforth had slept in St. Helen's that night, and it was possible that he might have been boasting in some place of the amount of money he had on him, and the parties who murdered Mr. Grayson might have heard of this, and waylaid him, but mistook the unfortunate deceased for Mr. Stopforth. Mr. Higginson, the landlord of the Fleece Inn, at whose house it was discovered that Mr. Stopforth had stayed all night, informed the Coroner that Mr. S. tirst went to his house at about three o'clock in the afternoon. He was then rather intoxicated, and, after having some dinner, he went out for there or four hours, but where he went he (Mr. H.) did not know. Received last night at twelve o'clock by express. John Fore, a lodger at the Seven Stars, was called to state whether he saw Jacques with a stick, and whether at that house on the night before the murder, but he could not speak to it. John Sasher said, he went to the Gerard's Arms at about eight o'clock in the evening, along with John Littler. John Marsh was there. Thos. Brown came there in about an hoar after. Witness left thereat about a quarter before one o'clock. He sat in the kitchen from ten o'clock until he left. John Marsh and he sat in front of the fire, and opposite the win dow. Saw a man standing near the house when he left. John Parr, the perso❑ in whose house the prisoner was found by Colquitt, on returning home this morning, subse quent to the murder, was next examined, but the statement he made was, that Jacques, Wood, and Molyneux went to his house between eleven and twelve o'clock. He (Parr) went to bed about two o'clock and left them there. He also found them in the house when he got up next morning. He supposed they had been there all night. Mr. A. T. Woods stated, that a day or two ago he had met Parr in Eccicston, when that person commenced a con versation with him, in which he stated that Jacques having been an apprentice with him, he was rather inclined to think well of him, and having come to his house sometime in the morning, he came down stairs and let him and his compa nion in. This being directly contradictory to what Parr had deposed upon oath, his evidence was discredited. Ellen Richardson said, I remember reading one of the bills, announcing a reward for the discovery of the parties who committed the murder, to Colquitt on Tuesday. After I read it, he asked me if I would tell if I knew, and I replied " Yes." He asked me if the man who did it would be par doned if he confessed; but I told him not the actual party who struck the blow. He said something lay heavy on his mind, but it had nothing to do with that. He was tipsey. John Manchester and his wife, who reside in Eccleston, were called, but their evidence was not material. Henry Colquitt was recalled.—He exhibited his pocket, and described that 'which he had supposed to be a rag in Jacques' possession in Arnold's, and the bottom part of his pocket. He showed that it was just such a piece as had been cut off the deceased's pocket. The deceased's trousers were produced, and witness said the jagged edge of the bag, or rag, he saw corresponded with that on the residue of the pocket. Mr. Storey said there was another fact he should mention, namely, that between the place were the body and the stick were found a few finger marks were plainly perceptible & sonic drops of blood upon them. From that it might be surmised that the first blow was struck there, and the murder had not been actually committed when the body was found. This closed the evidence. _ _ The Jury asked for a few minutes' deliberation, and after about twenty minutes had elapsed, they intimated that they had come to a decision. The Coroner then said the jury had, during the few mi nutes they had been left alone, come to a decision as to their verdict, and he called upon the foreman to pronounce it. Mr. Sharp (the foreman) said, the verdict they had con cluded upon was one of " Wilful Murder" against Isaac Jacques, Robert Woods, and Thomas Molyneux. The jury wished him to state that they altogether disregarded the evi dence of Arnold, the beer-seller, Parr, and his daughter.. The prisoners were then brought into the room, and the Coroner in addressing them said :—The jury, after a long and patient investigation, had. found them guilty of the mur der of the late Henry Grayson. The evidence affected Jaques more rarticularly than the others, but there were in evidence conversations which had passed in the presence and hearing of the other prisoners, and which they did not deny. By their conversation they were implicated in the murder, and therefore it was the jury had also included them in their verdict. The Coroner then read over the whole of the evidence taken, and whilst reading that of Colquitt, which so mate rially affects them. Jacques exclaimed, " Oh, he must be lu natic, gentlemen." The prisoners all denied any participation in the crime, but were committed, under the Coroner's warrant, to take their trial at the next assizes. _ The inquest only terminated last night at nine o'clock, and the excitement on the subject was so great, that the room was crowded throughout the whole afternoon. EDUCATION QUESTION A meeting of the Conservative Operatives resident in Kirkdale took place on Tuesday evening last, on the subject of this all important question. It was numerously attended, and the feeling of all present appeared to be a determination to do all they could to restore the schools to their former Christian course of instruction. The assembly was chiefly composed of the humbler classes. - . Mr. PROCTER begged leave to propose that they should not separate before giving a vote of thanks to Mr. David Hodgson, for his manly support in the Town-council of Pro testant Scriptural education in the corporation schools. He for one could not account for certain members of that council, professing conservative principles, so far forgetting them selves as to join the radical party ' • by so doing they had tampered with n question, which, it left in its present shape, would cuuse many Protestant children to he thrown on the resources of the humbler classes for education. Mr. JOHN SMITH perfectly agreed with the motion now made, and was satisfied that there would not be one dissent ing voice, and proposed that a resolution to that effect be now made. Mr. HUMPHREYS observed, at their last meeting he pro posed that a memorial should be then drawn up, and pre sented to our representatives, asking them to stand firm on the school question ; but he was overruled, as being prema ture, and was told that we ought to see what would be done now that that all-important question was before the council. It had been before the council twice, and was still in abey ance, through certain conservative councillors voting with the supporters of the present rules and regulations of the schools. He thought it high time that the thanks not only of this ward, but all wards, should be voted to those conser vatives who had unflinchingly supported the motion brought in by the education committee, and to memorialize those who had deserted the cause to stand firm to the principle which, after a struggle of six years, they had been returned to the Town-council to support. Mr. JAMES HUNTER stated that be was glad to hear that such a resolution was proposed ; we had been fighting the battle in the registration courts, and at the municipal elections, for five or six years, for the main purpose of establishing the corporation schools on true protestant principles, and now that we had a majority of conservatives in the council to enable them to carry out that measure, we were pnt back from meeting to meeting by certain gentlemen professing conservative principles. A WORKING MAN observed that the conservatives had mainly gained their present position from the help they had had from the clergy—from such men as the Rev. Hugh M`Neile, Fielding Ould, and last, though not least, their own minister, David James. It was remarked that though at present there was much distress in Kirkdale it was not greater than► usually exists at this period of the year, and this, as was alleged, caused by the adoption of free-trade principles. There were many watchmakers out of work through the importation of Geneva watches ; and many of the market gardeners had not got so good a price for their fruit, owing to so much French fruit ' being brought here. It was said that several of their body were now suffering from the consequences of giving a eon , scientious vote at the last municipal election. We understand that Dr. Wm. Hunter, rector of the grammar-school, Paisley, has been appointed principal clas sical master of the High school, Liverpool. There were 41 candidates for the situation, several of whom were also emi nent scholars and successful teachers ; but the claims of Dr. Hunter to the support of the electors were found to be pount. The magistrates of Paisley, in accepting the resigna tion of Dr. Hunter, expressed, at the same time, in their minutes, regret at being deprived of his eminent services.— Scottish Guardian. - - AMPAITHEATRE. — Mr. Beverly has secured the aidof Mr. Sloan, and Mr. Harper—two very popular actors—to add to the attractions of his benefit this evening. Mr. Beverly, in point of humour and broad farce, is not excelled by any on the stage. It appears that Mr. Egerton has entered into an engagement with Mr. Ducrow, who will shortly be here. AN INGENIOUS DEVICE.—Thomas Hogle, a young man, was charged before Mr. Rushton, on Wednesday, by a recruiting sergeant. with having endeavoured to impose upon her majesty's service in a somewhat singular and novel manner. It appeared that the prisoner was extremely anxious to become a soldier, but being one•eigth of an inch under the standard height he fixed to the crown of his head a ball of wax covered with hair. Having by this means elongated himself to the required dimensions he was passed on Friday, but being ordered to attend again on Sunday the ingenious device was then detected, at which the colonel, in his turn, waxed so wrath that he commanded the unfortu nate fellow to be taken into custody. Mr. Rushton said he knew of no law which condemned a man to punishment for such an act as that committed by the prisoner ; and he thought, he said, that the East India Company were not so very precise as to the height as in her majesty's service. The sergeant, however, said that they were equally strict, and that the standard heights were the same in both services,— five feet six inches. At the request of the sergeant the prisoner was cautioned not to repeat the offence, and was then discharged. - - - - The Vice-Chancellor and the Heads of the Colleages at Cambridge have by public notice interdicted students from driving tandems and four-in-hand, on pain of suspension, rustication, or expulsion. THE " PEKING GAZETTE. " —There exists throughout China but a single newspaper, which is published at Peking, and bears the title of King-naou, or " Messenger of the Im perial Residence." - • • A poor man, named Charles Musgrove, an operative mason at Sidford, in the parish of Sidbury, is a claimant, and the supposed heir, to a large property, stated io be £30,000 in the funds, besides considerable landed property in Somerset. —Western Times. " In a family, near Anjers," says a Nantes paper, there is now to be witnessed the extraordinary genealogical pheno menon of a child, now two years old, who has got nine ascendants all living—viz., a father, mother, two grandfa thers, two grandmothers, a great grandfather, and two great grandmothers. The joint ages of the family, inclilding the child, amounted to 530 years." NORTH UNION RAILWAY. — We understand, that tha arrangements which have hitherto subsisted between the Lancaster Railway and the North Union Company, by which the former agreed to take the Lancaster passengers up at the North Union Station at Preston, will cease on the 31st inst. The distance between the North Union Railway and the Lancaster Railway is said to be only 200 yards, but has cost the North Union Company a sum of about £20,000. Hi therto the proprietors of the Lancaster line have, by a friendly arrangement, paid the North Union a moderate sum per annum for the use of this expensive portion of the line, and thus, while some measure of justice has been awarded to the latter, the public have been greatly benefitted. This new move of the Lancaster directors will, in addition to what, in our humble judgment, seems to be unjust to the North Union Company, put the public to grsat inconvenience, by causing considerable delay. The injustice to the proprietors of the North Union may, in some measure, be obviated by the di rectors of the latter company laying o n an extra charge, suf ficient to reimburse them for the su m withdrawn. t will then be necessary for the Lancaster Company to reduce their fares to a corresponding extent, otherwise it is plain the pub lic will be the sufierers. But even suppose the matter should be thus adjusted, we do not see how the public is to be in demnified for the delay which will necessarily arise from the alteration. WEST INDIA MAIL STATION f We resume our notice of the advantages which Liverpool possesses over Southampton, as the station tor the West In- dian steamers, and shall first point attention to those for landing and embarking, repairs, &c. SOUTHAMPTON.—AII we can learn from the evidence on this point, amounts merely to the fact, that Southampton is not yet capable of accommodating the packets;—that, in deed, while Liverpool is a port already made, Southampton has yet, at an immense outlay, to be formed and adapted for the purpose. Mr. Wm. Walker " sees no difficulty in driving piles into the mud, and forming jetties to allow ves sels to approach," and, " as engineers have made a basin at Sheerness, he does not see why the same might not be ac complished at Southampton." He admit:, that even at the jetty at that port passengers cannot always embark, and that " at low water spring tides he thinks it possible the steam ships would ground. Captain Ward (who is employed at the works at Southampton, connected with the docks and railway, and where evidence ought therefore to be received with some caution,) speaks more favourably. He admits, however, that there are yet no graving docks, but that two are projected ; that there are three foundries, and that en gines (of what kind or size ?) are constructed there ; that the company have taken ground to erect forges upon ; that a light is to be put on the Spit outside of Calshot Castle, which is much wanted, and that the Great Liverpool may have grounded, but not in the direct channel. The evidence, indeed, taken en masse, shows that Southampton is compa ratively a young port, and the conclusion to be drawn is, that " with all efforts and pliances to boot," it can never be rendered equal to our port. Let us on the other hand refer on this point to Liverpool.—There is no port in Great Britain where the facilities for the repairs, either of the ship or machinery, are so great as at Liverpool.—Lieutenant Lord. I think it presents more advantages than any other port in the king dom. We have docks, made for the purpose, capable of containing the largest steamers. For all the purposes of a ship for docking and repairing, and getting supplies for the station, I think Liver pool decidedly the best port that can be selected.—Aikin. Passengers may be landed at all times of the tide on the quay. The government have a small steamer for landing and embarking the passengers, when the large steamers do not dock. The mails may be landed or got on board at all times. The rise of tide at the dock Vacs is 32 to 33 feet. The mails may be taken on board even if the packet sails at dead low water.—Lieut. Lord. The docks at Liverpool afford perfect facilities for large steamers.— Capt. Drew. We may add to this evidence, that the largest vessels do not " ground" on the Mersey, (unless they are wilfully run ashore); that if they enter even at low water, when they cannot dock for some few hours, they have excel lent anchoring ground in the stream, and also in the Sloyne, on the Cheshire side opposite, about a mile and a quarter from the principal quays, and where they are protected from westerly gales by the high land in Wirrall. The large go vernment Irish Mail-packets, more constantly on the latter ground, where they lie in perfect safety a little to the north of the quarantine hulks. There is no instance ofany accident befalling them, and they now never enter the docks, in order to save time, but when in want of repair. The Halifax and Boston mail-ships, after leaving dock, generally proceed to sea from the same spot, where excellent moorings are fixed. When they come up at high water they can dock immedi ately, and all goods (with the exception of luggage arriving on the eve of their departure) are shipped in the docks. In place of only three small foundries, we have upwards of 40 on a large scale, one of which employs in the building and repairing of large engines, boilers, &c., upwards of 700 men. There are also large and numerous manufactories of chain cables, cordage, and every article of ship's appurtenances,and an ample and constant force of shipcarpenters, joiners, cabi net-makers, upholsterers, &c. 3. COMMUNICATION AND COMMERCE WITH THE WEST Date of leaving London (rid Marseilles), Jan. 4, 1841 Feb. 4 March 4 April 5 . May 1 June 5. July 5 August 4 .. September 6 In addition, however, to the facilities thus afforded for the transit of our mails to India, we have now to communicate the concession by the Viceroy of Egypt to the Peninsular and Oriental Navigation Company of a route for the transit of merchandize from Alexandria to the lied Sea, by which the time occupied in the conveyance of goods to the markets of India will he reduced to within a few weeks of that occu pied by the transmission of correspondence. The permission is to commence on the Ist of January, 1842, the Viceroy fur- CORRESPONDENCE. THE AFRICAN TRADE AND KING PEPPLE We have been favoured with the following communication from Capt. Grant, of the ship Hero, belonging to this port. The letter was received by the Brutus, which reached here on Sunday : TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, do not know if you have either time or inclination to read all that the prolific pens of your contemporaries pro duce from day to day ; but I beg to call your attention, and that of your numerous readers, to the convention for the total suppression of the slave trade, entered into by Great Britain and King Pepple and the Chiefs of Grand Bonny; a copy of which I annex : " Convention for the Total Suppression of the Slave Trade, agreed upon by William Tucker, Esquire, Captain of H. B. Majesty's ship Iris, and Senior Officer in com mand of tier Britannic Majesty's ships and vessels on the West Coast of Africa, and King Pepple and the Chiefs of the Bonny Dominions. " It is agreed, and the two contracting parties hereby co venant and agree— " Ist. That the slave trade shall be totally and for ever abolished in the dominions subject to the jurisdiction of King Pepple and the Chiefs of the Bonny ; and that no slaves shall he passed through or exported from those domi nions, from the date of the ratification of the agreement. " 2nd. That in consideration of the total abolition of the slave trade for ever, and that no slaves shall ever be permit ted to pass through or be exported from the said dominions, Great Britain engages to pay King Pepple, on the ratifica tion of this agreement, goods to the amount of ten thousand dollars per annum for five years. " 3rd. That on each future time of making the annual payment, the roan of war bringing the annual gift shall fur nish Great Britain with a document from the merchants fre quenting the Bonny, certifying the fact that no slave trade has, to their knowledge, existed there, and that no slaves have bean passed through the dominions subject to the juris diction of King Pepple and the Chiefs of Bonny during the preceding year. " 4th. That if, at any time whatever, either from want of that document, or from any other circumstance, it shall ap pear that the slave trade has been carried on in, from, or through the dominions subject to the jurisdiction of King Pepple and the Chiefs of the Bonny, the gifts mentioned in the preceding article will be discontinued, the slave trade put down by force, and King Pepple and the Chiefs of the Bonny will subject themselves to severe acts of displeasure on the part of Great Britain. " sth. That King Pepple shall make a proclamation and a law, prohibiting all his subjects, or persons depending on him, from selling any slaves to be transported from the do minions subject to his jurisdiction, or to aid, or abet, or assist in any such sale, under penalty of severe punishment. " t th. That, at the particular request of King Pepple, the said gift shall he paid to him in dollars, viz., ten thousand dollars per annum year by year, for five years ; upon the document required being received as proof of his having ful filled the above articles. _ . " 7th. That should Great Britain at any future time per mit the slave trade to be carried on again, the Kings and Chiefs of the Bonny shall be at liberty to carry on the slave trade also. " Done at the Parliament House, Bonny Town, this 20th day of August, 1811. " (Signed) " WILLIAM TUCKER. " KING PEPPLE. " In the presence of " M. flaunt, Lieut. commanding H.M.S. Pluto. " W. Webster, 2nd Lieut. H.M.S. Iris. " Thos. E. Symonds, addl. Lieut. H.M.S. Iris. " Robert Graham, assistant surgeon, do. " Christopher Jackson, ship Hesperus. his his " King X George. Grand X Bonny. mark. mark. his his " Jack X Brown. Jew Jew X Peter. mark. mark. his his " Old Indian X Qucn. Captain X Hart. mark. mark. his his " Jew Jew X Guana. Manilla X Pepple. mark. mark. his King X Holiday. mark. his " Anna X Pepple. mark. his " Dappo X Pepple mark. his " Ogea X Africa. mark. his X Bonny. mark. his " Tom X Tom. mark. his " John X Africa. mark. his " Long X Bristol. mark." his Parliament X Gentleman mark. his Allison. X mark. his Black X Foobra. mark. his Jungo. X mark. " Jetn his Young Anna X Pepple mark. Now supposing that King Pepple should think proper to carry on the slave trade (if nut in the Bonny) in the adjacent rivers, with several of which there is daily communication through the creeks, and it being a notorious fact that half the slaves exported from the Brass River are purchased from the Bonny dealers, who, may I ask, would give information of the same ? Is it reasonable to suppose that the merchants or agents frequenting the Bonny would have the hardihood • to do so. or even to refuse furnishing the necessary docu ment, when, by so doing, they would draw down upon them selves King Pepple's severest displeasure, and for ever pre clude all hopes of trading i❑ his territories. To shew with what despotic sway he exercises his royal prerogative, I mention the following facts, and then leave it to the judgment of a discerning public to decide whether it is just to call upo❑ us, either individually or as a body, to furnish such document or information : " All vessels arriving in the Bonny, before opening trade, are compelled (however unwillingly) to entrust the King with any amount of goods he may think proper to demand. If the merchant or agent refuse to comply with his exorbitant demand, the trade of the vessel is (though in an indirect manner) stopped ; but this is a case of rare occurrence. The goods are paid, and, after the merchant has purchased suffi cient oil to load his vessel, he is compelled to detain her a month or six weeks (and frequently two or three months), till it suits his Majesty's convenience to pay his debt. The loss sustained by the owners of the vessel, in this manner, is considerable, as, independent of the loss in men's wages and interest of money, they seldom succeed in getting the whole of the debt liquidated ; and it is more than they dare do, even to remonstrate with him upon his unjust proceedings." For the last two months the trade has been at almost an entire standstill, owing to the arbitrary proceedings of the King, in seizing upon all oil he can lay his hands upon, to liquidate his heavy debts ; and we dare not even send our boats to guard our own oil, under penalty of having all oil so brought on board deducted from the amount of his debts due to us. And what protection have we against such gross imposi tions ? Where are her Majesty's cruizers ? some may ask. If we claim their assistance, though it is not actually DENIED to us, still the interference is seldom to our advantage. I myself once, when waiting in this river for payment of trust, called upon one of them to interfere in my behalf; and though I had been detained upwards of a month, the com mander decided that a French vessel (the Navigatcur, of Nantes), which had been detained about a week, should be despatched first. One would imagine that it would be better policy on the part of Great Britain to afford her utmost pro tectii to a trade which is yearly increasing, and cannot fail to add a-aonsiderable sum to her revenue; but possibly she is not aware o 7 es neglected state. The objects I have ✓ in view in thus trespassing upon your valuable time, are—in the first place, to shew the inefficacy of the treaty entered into by Great Britain and King Pepple, inasmuch as the British government can have no means of ascertaining whether the contract is fulfilled by King Pepple or not; and, in the second, to shew the unprotected state of British property in this river. But I suppose it needs not, in the present day, when men perform their operations by rules deduced from precedent—when they work out their business by principles founded on the calculations of experi ence, govern communities by systems drawn from the state ments of statistics, and will scarcely form an opinion without due consultation and data—to say one word regarding the importance of a strict investigation into the real state of affairs in the Bonny, and of summary proceedings being taken on the part of Great Britain to check the despotism of King Pepple, so as to afford protection to the property of the merchants trading in his dominions. Your kindly publishing this letter, if you deem it worthy' of a place in your columns, will greatly oblige, Sir, very faithfully yours, Ship Hero, Bonny River, Sept. 26th, 1541 F. GRANT, THE LATE MR. COURTENA Y. STEAM MAIL COMMUNICATION WWI THE EAST INDIES, AND oPENING FOR E TRANSIT OF MERCHANDIZE OF A ROUTE ACROSS THE ISTHMUS Ok SUEZ. We give below a Table, showing the time which has been of her rich possessions in the Eastern and Western worlds occupied in the transit of the Mails between the East Indies —reducing, what but a few sears ago were distances which and Great Britain during the present year. To those who required months to communicate between, to voyages of are interested in the welfare of those noble possessions, and only weeks or days, can her merchants and. manufacturers be to the mercantile and manufacturing community in particular, blind to the advantages which the future offers to their view —to whom they offer the prospect ( ) fan almo s t unlimited field in these markets—more important and more valuable, we for enterprize and industry—the regularity of coinmunica- do not hesitate to say, than all that they can ' , ring, by the tion which, by the aid of steam, we have been enabled to most unlimited and reckless concessions, from the whole attain with them, must be productive of unmixed gratifica- I world besides ? tion. When England is thus drawing round her the whole OVERLAND MAILS FOR INDIA, 1811 Arrived at Bombay, Days to I Arrived at (rid Suez, Aden, &c.) Bombay. I Madras. Feb. 13 .. .. (per Victoria) 40 Feb. 20 . IMar. 14.... (per Berenice) 38 March 21 April 10.... (per Victoria) 37 April 18. May 8.... (per Cleopatra) 33 May 13 . June 6.... (per Auckland) 33 June 15 .. 'July 7 .... (per Victoria) 32 July 13 .. lAug. 5 .. (per Cleopatra) 31 Aug. 12 ~ I Sept. 6.... (per Beret,ice) 33 Sept. 13., iOct. 11 .... (per Victoria) 35 Oct. 18 ~ Days to I\l2;:lras Arrived in Calcutta. Days to (In divisions.) Calcutta, 47 IFebruary 21, &c. 45 March 23, &c. . 45 April 19, &c.... 40 !May 16, &e. 42 iJune 16, &c.... 38 iJuly 18, &c.... 38 ' Aug . - - 40 Sept. 18, &c . _ 46 41 43 A Mail will be made up in London, for India, vid Falmouth, on 31st Dec., and rid Marseilles, on the 4th January OVERLAND MAILS FROM INDIA, 1841 Arrived in , Louth* Arrived in London Date of leaving Per Steamer to Days from Days from via vid Falmouth, Bombay. Suez. Bombay.. Marseilles. - +I Oriental Sc. Great Liverpool.• ---• January 1,1811 ... Victoria February 1 Berenice March 11 March 1 Victoria April 1 May 1 Berenice June 3 May 23 June 19 July 19 September 2.. .... Victoria October 1 November 1 Berenice In addition, however, to the facilities thus afforded for the nishing the necessary military escort to ensure the perfe( transit of our mails to India, we have now to communicate sacety of the goods conveyed. We need scarcely commer the concession by the Viceroy of Egypt to the Peninsular , upon the importance which this arrangement—even as i wishing the necessary military escort to ensure the perfect tifety of the goods conveyed. We need scarcely comment ipon the importance which this arrangement—even as at present conceded only to the Oriental Steam Navigation Company—is likely to afford to the interests of our mercan tile readers, as opening to the commerce of Europe the pros pect, at no distant day, of the unrestricted communication .hus afforded with the markets of India and China. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR.—In answer to the inquiries you have made respect ing the late Mr. Courtenay, I can only say that I have very little more to add to that which has already appeared in the report of the inquest in the Liverpool Times and other pa pers, but to that little you are welcome. I was called to this unfortunate gentleman about five o'clock in the afternoon of Friday last, and found him, as described by Sarah Harris on the inquest, lying on his right side, with his face to the wall, and bedewed with perspira tion, his breathing was loud, effected with much difficulty, and with rattling in the throat ; the action of his heart was much impeded. To relieve the latter symptom, I took three or four ounces .of blood from the arm, which seemed, in a slight measure, and for a very short period, to do so. The countenance was cadaverous and of the usual vacant appear ance, which is observable in poisoning by opium or its prepa rations, the pupils of the eyes were contracted to the size of pins'-heads, and no shaking or other similar means were ca pable of arousing him ; 1 found that none of the usual secre tions had taken place since he retired on the previous even ing; all these circumstances led me to conclude that my patient was under the influence of a poison of a narco tic class, most probably opium, and I desired Sarah Harris to see if she could find any bottle which might have con tained laudanum or other poison. She speedily discovered the bottles described by her in her evidence, and which, by their labels, I found had contained a solution of morphia, the essential salt of opium. Of course my opinion as to the cause of Mr. Courtenay's state was now fully made up ; and I requested Mr. Radley, the proprietor of the Adelphi Hotel, to let me and my patient have the benefit of another opinion, and Mr. Bickersteth was immediately sent for. Before his arrival I had ascertained that the unfortunate gentleman could not swallow, so that internal means were not available, except by the use of the stomach-pump. I had ordered mustard cataplasms to be applied to the feet and stomach, and also hot water bottles to the inside of the calves of the legs and thighs. Mr. Bickersteth speedily afforded me his valuable assistance. In consultation with him it was deter mined to use the stomach-pump, although apparently so many hours had gone by as to render it useless, as far as the removing any portion of the poison ; yet still it was just possible that the poison might have been more reently taken than had been supposed, and some portion still be in the stomach. The patient was raised for the purpose of passing the tube, when the respiration became more difficult and the pulse failed ; so much worse, indeed, did the change of posi tion cause the patient to appear, that Mr. Bickersteth and myself thought his last moments had arrived. Of course no further attempt for the present could be made to use the stomach instrument. It was also very apparent, that with out sonic very powerful means were resorted to—although the system slightly rallied when the recumbent position was regained—life in a few minutes would be extinct. It was therefore determined to make use of the powerful stimulus of the electro-galvanic battery, as being the means most likely to prolong life, and to give nature time to overcome the obnoxious influence she DOW laboured under; for in many such cases, if life can be maintained for a certain time by any means, it is preserved. Mr. Lewis, Mr. Bickersteth's assistant, speedily attended with the electro-galvanic appa ratus, and we proceeded to the use of this wonderful power, and with considerable apparent benefit; for the pulse, respi ration, and appearance of the countenance—all improved under its use. Friction and other means were also used from time to time. After the application of the battery for nearly four hours we deemed it proper once more to attempt the unloading of the stomach, with the view— after having done so—of injecting into that organ certain medicines, for the purpose of producing more complete re action. We succeeded in injecting a considerable portion of warm water, which was again withdrawn, and another por tion thrown in, and again withdrawn, until the liquid coming away from the stomach was colourless. The first portion of liquid was of a very dark colour, resembling porter, but did not, so far as we could judge, contain morphia, nor was it likely so to do if the poison was taken the previous night. During the use of the stomach apparatus, the galvanic bat tery was of necessity discontinued for a short time; but its use was speedily resumed, but without any beneficial effect, and the unfortunate gentleman breathed his last at 25 mi nutes to eleven on Friday evening. All the other particulars, interesting to the public, ars pretty fully detailed in the reports of the inquest. I cannot conclude this statement without bearing my tes timony to the prompt kindness of Mr. Radley, and the great attention paid by him and his domestics to the deceased gen tleman. I am, sir, your obedient servant, HY. STOOKES. 27, Lime-street, Liverpool, 16th Dec., 18-41. THE LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE NEWS-ROOMS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sin,—As a subscriber of many years standing to the above room, allow me, through the medium of the STANDARD, to call the attention of those who have power to prevent annoy ance, to the system of turning out the subscribers at four o'clock each day. The represented advantage is a solitary one—viz.: that it closes business at that hour. The actual disadvantages, annoyances, and inconveniences, are many, amongst which are the following, viz.—That the subscribers are turned out of the room just as the London Morning Papers are received; thus the majority of them era prevented seeing that news which gets to hand at the abevs hour—and, as the room is not re-opend till five o'clock, most of the merchants and others leave their offices by that time— thus the opportunity of perusing the London Morning Papers is altogether lost to them for many hours. Secondly ,—Many persons Irons the inland towns would be glad to see the London morning papers at four each day, as well as to be permitted to remain in the room, hut are thus Thrust out, and have to pass the time as they best can— in many cases inconveniently in the counting-houses of their friends, whose business is thus interrupted. And again, as to closing business sooner, it has no such effect, for the gentlemen merely resort to the outside, or go on the flags, and remain there, as before the room was closM, so long as they think proper, except in the case of a wet day, when the vexation of being thus ordered out (for the manner in which the porters almost drive the subscribers out is any thing but courteous) is most annoying—to say nothing of the danger to the health of the parties from a deluge of rain. I am well assured a vast majority of the subscribers agree, that the closing of the room between four and live is unne cessary and uncalled for, and that the sooner the system it given up the better. People paying so large an annual subscription are entitled to every consideration, and the sentiments of each might be easily ascertained, when the subscriptions for the coining year are collected.—Yours, &c., A. B. C. MARINER'S CHURCH SEAMEN'S READING ROOM AND SCHOOLS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Will you allow me through the medium of your paper to call the attention of your readers, and more espe cially of the merchants and shipowners, to this institution, the main object of which is to promote the comfort and benefit of our seamen while on shore, by affording them an oppor tunity of spending their evenings profitably and comfortably, and thus preserving them from those innumerable evils and temptations to which they are exposed. The room is open with fire and light and books every evening in the week from six till half-past ten, free of all charge to the seamen ; and in the morning it is occupied, as a daily school, for the daugh ters of seamen, where they are receiving a scriptural and valuable education suited to their circumstances. In addi tion to this, a master has been appointed during the past year for the instruction of the apprentices in navigation three evenings in the week, to which subsc ribers of one guinea are privileged to send apprentices. It is also the . desire of the friends engaged in this institutio n to form lending libraries for the use of the crews at sea. It has now been opened for three years, with increasing success ; and many of the seamen have expressed their thanks for the privilege thus afforded them. Above 3000 have availed themselves of it during the past year ; an d many of them have been constant and regular in their attendance while on shore, so that I may appeal to this fact as a proof of its usefulness, and of the value which the sailors, put upon As a great deal of interest has been excited in reference to this melancholy case, and as some misrepresentations have crept into the accounts, which appeared in our own journal as well as our contemporaries, we have applied to the surgeon (Mr. Alexander Stookes) who attended the deceased, and gave evidence at the inquest, for further information. The following we have received, and believe it will be reed with interest : it. Hitherto, however, their efforts have been much camped for want of funds, and it is feared they will he compelled to relinquish the services of the navigation master, unless the subscriptions are increased. The amount of subscriptions and donations during the past year is only about £B7. The subscriptions being .£4l, and donations £ 2 d. The annual expenses amount to £.120. I trust the perusal of these facts may induce many to come forward, and assist the institution by their subscriptions and c ontributions, and that the best interests of the seamen may be thereby increasingly promoted.-1 r emain, sir. your's obediently, . NV. MAYNARD, President and Treasurer Mariner's Chui-ch, Dec. 16, 1841. r rE .—Then began the plunder! the vs I.I.7NDE R OF G ilU zN whole of the chiefs' women , children, and p ro p erty of every description was in this inner court ; and you soon saw Cash mere shawls, ermine dresses, and ladies' inexpressibles, over The carved wood work in the windo ws and d o ors wa s knocked in , and the the blood-stained uni forms of our men. poor women themselves, in some instances, dragged out before the guard, which General Sale immediately ordered arrived. The poor creatures cried and sobbed our arms ; none, however, were either°i oar': pretty over them, Such a scene of plunder and confusion I never saw. One blackguard of ours had a cooking•pot w rapped up in a Cashmere shawl ; a second was bus il y ern ployed in ripping up a wom an ' s qu ilt, and sticking the silk into his pocket or inexpressiblr s ; while tbree or four others i bad seated themselves on the steps with a huge poi of bailie ! rind paste..--Cerpt. Pane': Pre Tears he podia. INDIES Southamplon.—Comparatively none per se. The same may be said with regard to proprietary in the West India colonies. All that is proved is, that Southampton is a little more favourably situated as regards correspondence than Dal tmouth, and that letters for London will reach their des tination six hours sooner than from this port. When the mail trains are accellerated, that advantage will be reduced to 4 hours, and the small difference in time is more than made up by this being in the middle of the great manufac turing and mining districts, and more proximate to Scotland and Ireland, with which we have daily and rapid communi cation by steam-packets, railways, highways, and canals, drawing to the spot a vast amount of correspondence, passen gers, &c., and involving the interests of a vast population. Be it remembered, too, that letters arriving at London on Sunday will not be forwarded to the provinces until the fol lowing day. Liverpool.—" A great portion of the exports from this coun try to the West Indies are shipped here. There are more manufactures seut from Liverpool to all parts of the world, and especially to the West Indies, than through any other port in the kingdom, and the correspondence, of course, bears a proportion to the quantity of business. A strong desire exists on the part of the Glasgow people that Liver pool should be the station. There are great facilities at Liverpool for communicating with all parts of the kingdom by inland navigation, railways, &e. It is the roost central situation that could be selected. The exports to Mexico, Columbia, Peru, Chili, and the west coasts of South America, go almost entirely from Liverpool. We should lose a day, and sometimes two, by the mails arriving at Sobthampton or Falmouth".—Aikia. Mr. Lawrence concurs, and adds, that there is considerable export from Glasgow to the West Indies, and that the general advantage of having Liverpool as the packet station would preponderate over any disadvan tage the ship-owners might sustain. It would be a gain to all the districts communicating with Liverpool, and would injure none. COALS. Southainpton.—Price of South Wales coals, con tracted for by the Peninsular and Oriental Company, for their ships, delivered from de- X s. d. 0 18 6 pets, per ton Liverpool.—Cost of St. Helen's coals here, for the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company's vessels 0 9 3 Saving per ton one half, or £0 9 3 We shall hereafter offer some suggestions on the practica bility, were Liverpool the station, of the packets availing themselves of " a port of call" in the south or south-west coast of Ireland, on their way out and home, by which, when a rail-road is constructed through Ireland from north to south, the whole of the letters from and to that country and Scotland might be deposited and received with a prodigious gain of time, as compared with the working of the vessels from Southampton,—and shall wind up our remarks by a proposition which, we think, will tend to induce the govern ment to reconsider their present contract with the West India Mail Company in our behalf. OUR PORTFOLIO—No. XII Our " horrid climate"—so fertile in catarrhs, rheumatism, and blue devils—what can be said of it? but what should prompt the invalid to fly—the mere creature of sky-y influ ences to pack up and depart—the devout admirer of nature's loveliness to hasten to some more genial clime ? Our ances tors, the ancient Britons, (we are all true Britons, of course,) were clothed with skins of beasts, and dwelt in huts which they erected in the " forests and marshes with which the country was covered." " And marshes"—mark that !we quote the words of an eminent historian. England was a marshy country in " those days ;" and that is not surprising, if England's climate was then anything at all akin to what it is in our days. What precious wild-ducks those skin-covered ancestors of ours must have been with their nests in the bull-rushes—strong on the wing, too, for, adds our historical remembrancer, " they shi,fted easily their habitation, when actuated either by the hopes of plunder or the fear of an enemy." He has another observation upon them, but it is almost superfluous after the preceding recitals; it is, that " as they were ignorant of all the refinements of life, their wants and their possessions were equally scanty and limited." Well, the marshes have been drained pretty tolerably, but there is water enough left upon the surface, we are happy to say, to preserve a connection between the descriptions of ancient geographers and the phenomena of modern times. Our winter still comes— " Sullen and sad, with all his rising train— .. Vapours, and clouds, and storms." Fogs visit us in November. The hail rebounds from our plate glass in April, and sometimes in June and July ' • and as to rain, simple rain, we have at all times enough of it— enough, at least, to keep the umbrella trade from perishing. Some people talk of the rigours of a Canadian winter; but though different from, we question if they are greater than, those of our sea-girt isle. In the country of the St. Lawrence, it is true, the cold is greater, and at this season nature assumes her universal snowy mantle • but what then ? We are assured that the " sky is quite cloudless, the air bracing ; and, from the absence of wind, in spite of the low temperature, the cold is not felt to be disagreeable." Canada is at least as inviting a country to a wandering Englishman as England must have appeared to an inhabitant of the eter nal city in the days of Julius Caesar. We cannot conceive of anything more terrible than old Albion must have seemed to a cargo of Italian emigrants, had some speculative Wake field of that day been able to get up a company, and induce a colonial settlement of society in its frame" from the banks of the Tibur to, let us say, the banks of the Mersey, and that they had debarked on the Lancashire side in such another season as the present. Merciful heaven! would not " Shadows vast— Deep-tinged and damp—and congregated clouds, And all the vapoury turbulence of heaven" — in which we have been involved for months together—have dismayed them ? Houseless wretches—without coal, without gas—amid fens and morasses, and darkness almost Cimme rian, upon what an inhospitable, gloomy coast, would they not have deemed themselves cast? Would they have stayed to hear some soothsayer's predictions of great things here after to arise—would they have had an ear or stomach for such improbable imaginings, while they looked from their tents upon one uninterrupted and sunless envelopement of mist—heard the continual howl of storm, or surveyed the almost hopeless sail to which the plausible, but unreal, des criptions of a projector had invited them ? Modern Liver pool, had it been drawn for them, would, indeed, have looked like a very beautiful castle—in the air—a mirage in the de sert—conjured up only to deceive and disappoint ; they would have turned away from it as a delusion, and, most likely, have fled the scene altogether. Now see what wonders persevering industry has accom plished ! It is not in human power, indeed, to cause every wilderness and howling waste to blossom as the rose; but where certain capabilities exist, we may say with our writing master's school piece, that " labour overcometh all things." It is true that our sun is not, like the sun of Italy, overhead ; neither do we go abroad to bask in his rays, or to enjoy his light; nor is there anything in his appearance that should tempt us to worship him, as the Persians do the great lumi nary above. No ; our sun is beneath the earth's surface, and we dig him up—the most manageable of constellations — just as we want him. With this invaluable body we coun teract all the churlishness of nature in other respects, and can do almost anything. With this we smile at frosts and imbrious falls, darkness and tempest, and are unenvious of those who are warmed without labour, and who, stretched under the open canopy of heaven, are content with existence, as in itself enjoyment. With this we greet even winter— " ruler of th' inverted year"—and crown him King of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturbed retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening, know." In short, it is here that nature has compensated us for what she has otherwise denied, and, upon the whole, we have rea son to be grateful for her favours. It is no forced or extra vagant hypothesis to say that Englishmen owe a great deal to their outwardly ungenial clime. It .supplies a perpetual spur to their exertions, and gives vitali t y to their industry ; it creates in them that desire for comforts which forms so fixed a trait in the national character. Nor is this stimulus in vain : a bountiful Providence has taken care that it shall not be so; and England is just England—that is to say, simply with her people the first and finest country on the face of the earth. Those who rail at our climate are but shallow people, and we pity their ignorance. The executors of Dr. Soloman, who died in 1819, after having acquired a large fortune by his Balm of Gilead, are contending in Chancery some matters arising out of the provisions of the will as to the management of the business of balm•making. Notice has been given, that application is intended to be made to Parliament in the nest session for leave to bring in a Bill to incorporate a company, by the name or style of " The Farmers' and Gardeners ,Hail-Storm Insurance Com pany."—Mark Lane Express.