The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-29 00:00:00

proposed, namely, to tax, along with other pro perty, that of our dock and corporate estates. We will just mcntion a few facts which tend to show the urgency of the case before us—the ra pidity with which the wealthier classes of our popu lation are withdrawing into .the outskirts, beyond the reach of the parish tax collectors. In Stafford street, a few days ago, we observed no fewer than fifteen houses to let. In the upper part of Isling ton there were eleven, and in Bold-street nine shops. Nearly half of the houses in Rodney-street are unoccupied ; as area large number in Clarence street, Bedford-street, St. Anne-street, and similar neighbourhoods. The rates for every one of these houses, so described , are accumulating upon the heads of the shopkeepers and the poorer portion of the middle classes. This must have an end. It must result in the ruin of thousands, or leave once wealthy and thriving Liverpool a deserted locality. IMPORTANT TO COFFEE DEALERS. In consequence of the trustees of the Albert Dock ware houses having recently resolved to raise the delivery dues on the article of coffee, when bonded in their warehoutes, from -Id. to 21 per parcel; and that each of these pay ments should be made by the merchant instead of the pur chaser, a meeting of the merchants, brokers, and dealers in that article was held yesterday, at the office of Messrs. Molyneux and Taylor, Royal Bank Buildings, for the purpose of considering how the proposed alteration would affect the trade. Mr. ROI - DS having been unanimously called to the chair, he explained, in a brief and pertinent speech, the objects for which the meeting had been convened. Mr. SHARPE, an extensive coffee dealer, then stated that a few of the coffee buyers met on Saturday, when they came to the resolution,—lst, That with reference to the delivery rates payable on coffee at the Albert Dock warehouses, they are of opinion that these rates should be paid by the importers ; they recommend that all coffee should be re-weighed on delivery, in order to protect the buyers froni pilferage and other causes of loss, and se condly, that the dealers in coffee will on all occasions give a preference to coffee bonded in the Albert Dock ware houses, because of the superiority of the system there em ployed for its preservation. The meeting also recom mended that a memorial be presented to the trustee:, vi the dock, with the view of inducing that body to modify the proposed rates, and to place them on such a basis as would be calculated to advance the interests of the trade. Such being the state of the question, he would submit these resolutions to the consideration of the meeting. Mr. FERRER said it must be a matter of arrangement whether the buyer or seller should pay the rates. He then entered into a full statement of the position in which the trade stood with regard to these rates, contending at the same time that the rates levied by the dock trustees in Liverpool were much less than what was paid by the dealers in the London market. He then proceeded to read a statement of the amounts paid at London, as com pared with what was paid in Liverpool. He said, in Lon don, the dues on a bag of coffee of one cwt., not bulked, was Is. Id. Mr. SHARPE.—One shilling. Mr. FERRER.—One and threepence if bulked ; but that includes landing, sampling, and rent for twelve weeks. Barrels, bulked or not bulked, Is. 6d., tearage 4d., so that on barrels the merchant there has Is. 10d. to pay. Tierces Is. 6d., tearage 11d., making ls. 70. altogether. Now, at the Albert Dock, even under the 2d. proposed rate, the total amount paid on bags is to be Bd. ; on barrels Is. Id., and on tierces 10d.,—being Gid less on bags, 9d. less on barrels, and 9d. less upon tierces than was paid in Lon don. He thought that whatever way this was arranged, the Liverpcol dealers in coffee had no reason to complain. He should like to see the merchants of Liverpool placed on the same footing as the merchants of London were. After some further conversation, it was agreed to send a deputation to the Dock Committee, with the view of com ing to the best possible arrangement respecting the pay ment of these dun. It was stated, we should remark, by every gentleman present, that the working of the Albert warehouses, with regard to the article of coffee, had, since their opening, been most excellent ; and they were of opi nion that it would be better for the trade if all the mer chants were to bond their coffee in the Albert warehouses. THIRD EDITION. Standard-office, Two o'clock, p.m. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET.—THis DAY. Our Share market this morning has been firm, but we have not had any advance in prices. The account which has been thought a bear account, has turned out to be a bull account. The prices are:—Caledonian preference, p; Leeds sths, Leeds preference, :I p • Liverpool and Bury, 14 d; London stock, 115; Ditto 4-sliares ' 3/9; Midland stock, 92 91}; Ditto }-shares, 8 73 7 18/9 d; North Stafiords, 3 18/9 d; Old foyers, 253; No. 2,9 i d; No. 3, 9 d; No. 4, 2 16/3 d; New castle preference, 6/3 p. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—This DAY. The arrivals into this port during the entire week form rather a scanty supply of produce generally coastwise and fro,n Ire land ; and beyond a moderate quantity of Wheat we have little Grain in from Europe : from Canada and the States, however, the import of Flour is liberal, and that of Indian Corn from the latter source moderate. 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THE budget of the most incapable of even - Whig Chancellors of the Exchequer has been at length laid before the House, at so late a period, indeed, that it may be almost considered a posthumous production. Sir Charles Wood has waited to col lect for the nation every scrap of financial comfort which the chapter of accidents could possibly turn pp; and the result is, nevertheless, a deficiency of upwards of two millions sterling, to be made up by increasing our debt, and saddling permanently upon the country the additional amount of interest to he paid. It is true that only a portion of this defi ciency is upon ordinary income and expenditure, nearly two millions of it being for expenditure on the eaffre war, and for the proposed loan to the West India planters. We have no assurance, how .evere of the continual recurrence of similar extra ordinary items of expenditure ; there is little pre sent prospect of such an improvement in the con dition of the country as will afford us a margin of ordinary revenue sufficient to cover such emergen ems; and the question with which we commenced the session—How are we to equalise our expendi ture and our revenue ?—remains still to he solved. It is clear that we cannot continue to borrow as we are now doing. It would he madness, even could we assure ourselves that the necessity for our having to do so was only temporary. We must take the bull by the horns, and decide promptly upon either retrenchment or an addition of taxa tion. There is the . probability before us of an early claim for money for the relief of Irish dis tress. We may also be drawn into a continental struggle ; or, supposing that we are fortunate enough to escape this evil, there is certainly little chance of our being, for some while, in a position to disarm, and thus effect any considerable saving in the expense of either branch of the service. Peddling reductions elsewhere will effect little. Our first effort, therefore, must be by some modification of our system of taxation, or some fresh impost, to add to the amount of the ordinary revenue of the country, which, it is tolerably clear, has been cut down to too low a scale. Who, then, are the party upon whom we shall have to call to conduct this operation ? The Whig party are obviously incompetent for the task: Their past failures as financiers have been too signal to allow us to entertain any hope from that quarter; and there does not seem to be any other party at present sufficiently strong to assume their places. The Conservatives, following the ordinary tactics of their astute leader, are " biding their time" — waiting until their opponents are hopelessly run aground, to come forward with some magnificent project for their extrication. It may be found, however, that the country has had rather too much of this kind of strategy; that the game of setting each other puzzles may be fun to the statesmen who play it, but is death to those at whose expense it is played. We cannot, as a community, afford every two or three years to be driven into raging fever, or wasted to tenuity, in order that this or that rival state-doctor may be provided with a great case to operate upon. This question of money — this living beyond the nation's means—is the thing of all others which must be dealt with at once; or we may find ourselves some of these days beyond the skill of the great Tamworth physician himself. A portion of the people of Liverpool petitioned Parliament, the other day, that it would graciously abandon its usual practice of bringing its sittings to an end; and the same cry of "esto perpetua," has just been repeated from Birmingham. Many persons declined to concur in. a request so exacting, for two or three reasons to which we shall briefly advert. It is indecorous, say these petitioners, in grown lap legislators, to be hurrying off to grouse and partridges when there is legislative business of im portance remaining to be done. Why not let their gamekeepers and the poachers have a season to themselves, and give the country the benefit of their own presence, during the winter, in Whitehall and Downing-street ? The indecorum we admit. It is shocking that honourable members should prefer a day with Joa Manton, amongst the heather and in the bracing autumn, to a night with Joseph Hume in the heated atmosphere of St. Stephens; or should have the bad taste to think of powder and percus sion caps, whilst John Bright is ready primed and loaded for an anti-church battue, and Chisholm Anstey willing to talk them to sleep for any given number of hours. The poet tells us truly, how ever, that "Men are but children of a larger growth." Our very pedagogues loved a holiday, as well as the urchins whom they flogged through their acci dence. Members of Parliament are made of flesh and blood ; want exercise, at times, and change of air; and if they do manage to combine amusement with their search of these, we can scarcely blame them. Many of the truants, moreover, have busi ness of their own to attend to, which cannot he de legated so easily as the Brights of the house can delegate theirs to a salesman in Manchester or a broker in Liverpool. Some of them are lieutenants c)fcounties, sheriffs, and chairmen of quarter ses sions. Many have estates and mansions, which attract their notice as well as the grouse and par tridges which are upon them, and have tenantry besides, whose welfare and wants require to be at tended to. Before the dream of our advocates of continuous legislation—all work and no play—can realize.d, we must alter the composition of Par liament. We must fill both houses with . men of 1 , the Cobden and Brotherton stamp—human clocks, that go for ever without winding up—take constant lodgings for them in a cheap neighbourhood, and stipulate with them,. on behalf of the public, after the Squeers plan, for "No holidays, except at the • request of their friends." We are ourselves rather anxious than otherwise to get rid of Parliament just now. We are sick of its endless debates, which lead to nothing ; its in competency for good, and its proneness to evil. We are sick of the miserable exhibition made day after day of an incapable Ministry, subsisting only upon the charity of its opponents, or rather being kept up, like a football, by the kicks which it re ceives. But most especially are we tired with the sayings and doings of the rump at present left in London to do the dirty work of party. In charity and pity they should be sent home to wash out of their brains the dust and cobwebs of a session in tolerable enough from its length and prosiness to have qualified half of its members for finding corn- Tort, and comparatively rational enjoyment within the walls of a, lunatic asylum. Rebuke sensible . members for hurrying off. to the moors, indeed! - 'Who would not be glad to get anywhere out of the each of such a nuisance as they have been enduring for the past nine months ? THE question, whether or not our dock and cor porate estates are to be made to contribute to the support of our local burthens, will be brought before a meeting of the ratepayers of the parish, advertised to be held in the vestry of St. Nicholas' Church, on Thursday next. A more important— indeed a more vital—question, as affecting the financial interests of all classes, was perhaps never hefore mooted ; and we beg respectfully to urge won our townsmen the duty of being present on the occasion, and of supporting the proposition which will be brought forward by our respected churchwardens. There are, no doubt, many and plausible objec tions against the proposition in question. It is our interest, as a community, to cheapen to the utmost the dock accommodation of the port. We ought to invite, by every temptation within our power to offer, the resort of the commerce of the world to the shores of the Mersey. This ever has been the policy of the authorities of Liverpool; and we see its result before us in the proud position which we hold as the. first commercial port in the world. But there is a limit beyond which such exertions, and, so far as the parish of Liverpool is concerned, such forbearance, cannot be carried. By the vast extension which our commerce and our population have sustained, that parish has been reduced to but a small speck upon the area which they cover; and its inhabitants, now no longer the wealthy mer chants of the port, but the struggling shopkeepers, the humble tradesmen, and the working classes, ean_no longer afford to sustain the overwhelming amount of the general burthens of the locality thrOwq:uPon them. These burthens must distributed•; - *15:1 we can see no plan at once so he t being worked, as that Mrt. DAMSON IN A FIX:.—Mr. Councillor Ranson is at present holding a controversy with the Journal vrhiPh improves as it proceeds. The reporter for our contem porary made Mr. Danson say that when the water works were purchased by the Corporation there were twenty seven yards of water in the Windsor wells; when he was corrected by Mr. Lace, who said, "inches, not yards." In a letter to the Mercury, Mr. Danson denies in toto the alleged correction of Mr. Lace, and then the reporter for the Journal comes forward with his notes and clearly establishes the accuracy of his original report. But this is not enough. Mr. Danson again falls foul of Mr. M`Donald, and boldly asserts that the report of the latter gentleman to the Mayor "was written and signed by a Mr. French in the establishment of the Journal." To this the editor replies that "there is no person in his establishment of the name of French." Mr. Danson also accuses Mr. M`Donald of being a " tool" in the hands of the Journal. This is of course beneath Mr. .M`Donald's notice, but that gentleman has reminded Mr. Danson of a conversation between them, which took place on the morning of the sth of April, during which Mr. Danson " promised to give Mr. M`Donald his full support—main tained that every member of the Water Committee were sick of the contemplated project—and that it was only necessary to apply the match to the magazine in order to blow the whole concern to pieces." Mr. M`Donald leaves Mr. Danson to reconcile his subsequent conduct with these statements, and so the matter stands at present. To-morrow will be launched from the building yard of Messrs. Cato, Miller, and Co., a tine new vessel, 12 years A 1, 400 tons, intended for the China trade, the pi.operty of Messrs. Pryde and Jones, of this town. PITT-STREET WARD.—At a meeting of the Pitt-street Ward Branch of the National Confederation, on Friday, the thanks of the meeting were tendered to Mr. Councillor Robinson and Mr. Councillor Toulmin, " for supporting in the Town Council the opinions of the ward on the water and rating questions." ANNIVERSARY MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS. The anniversary meeting of the above society was held yesterday evening, in the Theatre of the Collegiate Insti tution ; and was very numerously attended. The audience was particularly respectable and intelligent, as, indepen dently of the great body of the local clergy, the meeting was to he addressed by two eminent Colonial Bishops— the Bishop of Madras (Dr. Spencer), and the Bishop of Fredericton, New Brunswick, (Dr. Medley), who sailed from this port about three years ago for his newly-formed diocese. Amongst the clergy and laity present, in addi tion to the distinguished speakers we observed—Revds. Cecil Wray, Dr. Carpenter, James North, Robert Davies, Thos. Nolan, Frederick Barker, J. C. Prince, Win. Ryan, Joseph Baylee, John Hughes (Aberystwyth,) G. Cuthbert, Thos. Bold, I. B. Phillips, H. H. Higgins, E. G. Jones, C. W. Lawrence, Wm. Hughes, Henry Hampton, J. Brancker, J. Stewart (West Derby), H. - Marten, D. J. Hirsch, R. Faulkner, E. It. Jones, A. Knox, and D. Barry ; the Worshipful the Mayor, Chas. Groves, Esq., Adam Hodgson, Esq., A. Swainoon, Esq., and Richard Harbor& Esq. The Rev. Rector Baootts moved that the Worshipful the Mayor be requested to take the chair. His WORSHIP took the chair, amid loud cheers, and on doing so, called upon the Rev. James North, one of the clerical secretaries of the society, to offer up prayer. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to state the object of the assembly. He need hardly say that the meeting was called for the purpose of supporting the great object which, for nearly a century and a half, the Society for the Propagation of the Gozl in Foreign Parts, had en deavoured to forward. the principles and objnts of the society were clearly defined—the prOpagation and spread of the doctrines of Christianity in distant regions, (pri marily amongst our own colonies, and secondly in foreign lands,) according to the formularies and discipline of the Church of England. It was not his intention to enter into a detail of the operations of the society, because there were those present who could speak more fully on that. subject. His duty was simply to ask their calm and deliberate attention to the sentiments which would be laid before them—sentiments from which, if they were Christians indeed, they would feel themselves bound under obligations the most obvious, and by love the most endearing, toTender to this society not a cold and chillier assent, but a solid, substantial, and enduring support. (Hear, hear.) His Worship concluded by calling upon the Rev. John Jones, who, in the absence of the Rev. Rector, who was obliged to leave town, had been selected to move the first resolution. The Rev. JOHN JONES came forward amidst applause to propose the resolution. He had great pleasure in doing so on every ground ; and it was not necessary for him to use many words to enforce it, inasmuch as it was to be supported most ably. They were highly honoured upon the present occasion by the presence of two of our colonial bishops. He felt this to be a high honour to this town, and more especially to that meeting, and he hoped from the statements which would be put forth that evening, a new era would start in that society, for its operations were most important to our colonies. Ho had no doubt the statements they would hear would convince them that hitherto they had not done their duty to the society. He bore his testimony to the excellence of the society, notwithstanding the prejudices which had ex isted against it. It would bear the strictest and most minute scrutiny, and, in proportion as that was made, so would it be the more manifest that its objects were honest and its faults few and far between, and that it had been the means of diffusing in our colonies most incalculable benefits. It was an unostentatious society, saying little but doing much ; and most thankful should he be, if meetings like that tended, as he believed they would, to remove prejudices which had existed. How many mis sionaries might have been sent forth, had those prejudices not prevailed ! There was a time when the society was not so well supported as now, but God had been pleased to revive religion in the Church, and in the same propor tion had the support afforded to that society increased. (Cheers.) The rev. gentleman concluded by proposing the first resolution. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of MADRAS (Dr. Spencer) said he rose to second the motion with mingled feelings of responsibility aed anxiety, and with a deep and anxious desire to do justice to the important trust committed to him. He believed it was known to some present that he had come to the meeting under peculiar circumstances. He was suffering from considerable bodily evils, and a very heavy dispensation of the Al mighty; and thought he should not have strength, how ever he might have the disposition. to speak at great length upon this deeply interesting subject, for it was in deed a subject of deep interest to all who were present, and of infinite interest to those upon whom God, in His mysterious providence, bad thought fit to lay the crushing responsibility of a bishop's office in our colonial depen dencies. The church of the colonies was bound to us by the closest ties of national and spiritual relationship. The resolution spoke of those ties, and therefore it was our manifest duty to minister to the necessities of the colonial church, and to pray in spirit and in truth that the peace of Almighty God might rest upon the church both at home and abroad. These churches at home and abroad were one. They had one body, whose head was Jesus Christ, and they had "one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of us all." The natural tie between them was this—that thousands had gone forth Eton: year to year from this port to seek abroad for that home which their native land had denied them. The subject of emigration had, therefore, become a subject of the deepest interest. Great Britain had become too straightened to hold the immense population which God had given to us, and it was absolutely necessary that hun dreds of thousands should go forth annually to seek a temporal home in the colonies. God had committed to Great Britain a colonial empire far more vast than that which had been boasted of by Rome in her palmiest days. Nuthing could be more wonderful than the colonial em pire ; and if it had not been for the labours of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, the hundreds of thou sands who went forth to that empire would have been unable in very many instances to find a church. They might have found a refuge for their bodies, but would they have found a refuge for their souls ? Would they find the pure, unmixed, unadulterated, clear religion of Jesus Christ in those dependencies of the British Empire, were it not for the really evangelical labours of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign parts. (Hear and applause.) He (the Bishop) trusted that he would not be considered in any sense the advocate of a party, for the Rev. Gentleman who preceded him had alluded to party questions connected with the society. He was quite aware that the society had, by those who were igno rant of its real principles, been associated with some party divisions in the church, hut those who knew what the society was, knew very well that it was far above all party spirit—that it sought to do to the utmost of its abilities that which it professed to do—that it promulgated the gospel, the whole gospel, the pure and blessed gospel, as it was handed down to us by Jesus Christ and his apostles —that it propagated the gospel and nothing but the gos pel throughout the length and breadth of the colonial empire of Great Britain. He hoped the Bishops of the church, all of whom were the supporters of the Propa gation Society, would never be supposed to be tainted with any Anti-Christian spirit of party ; and though he was then pleading the interests of the Propagation So ciety, yet equally and thankfully should he be to stand up in Liverpool or elsewhere, to advocate the interests of the Church Missionary Society. (Applause.) He contended that the Propagation Society was spreading the gospel throughout the length and breadth of the Colonial em pire of Great Britain. Look at what it had done in Bri tish America ! Look at what it had done in that country whose political connexion with us was now dissevcred— he alluded to the United States of America. He believed that the Episcopal Church there was a pure, Evangelical, fruit-bearing branch of the church of Christ, and that, under God's Providence, had it not been for the labours of this society's missionaries, there was every reason to believe that the Episcopal Church of America would not now have a local habitation and a name. Time would not allow him to enter into what the society had done in British America, but there was a Right Rev. Prelate pre sent, the Bishop of Fredericton, who would speak upon that branch of the subject. Let him, however, pass on to that country, of which he could speak after a ten years experience,—let him pass on to British India, where the society was acting up to its professions and propagating the gospel, throughout the length and breadth of that marvellous and deeply interesting land —a land of the deepest darkness and of the most hide ous idolatry, and for the restoration of which England had done comparatively nothing. But what as a nation we had neglected to do had been done, according to their means and opportunities, by the agents of the Church of England—by the two handmaids of that church, the Pro pagation Society and the Church Missionary Society, neither of which he would exalt at the expense of the other. He hesitated not to declare that the missionaries of the former society were all that they could be wished to be—faithful, devoted servants of the Lord Jesus Christ ; men chosen by those who were best qualified to choose, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bishop of London, and a committee of cler g y men . Th ere f ore , th e society had a right to claim the confidence of the church and to say, "Give us your con fid ence, an d b e assured that, so far as it is in our power to judge, we send out no man to preach the gospel in foreign parts who will not preach the gospel—aye, and nothing else but the gospel." And what had been the result ? Why, i n th e south eastern extremity of India—in Tinnevellv, a district about as extensive as Ireland, the gospel had 'struck deep root downward, and borne unequivocal rich fruit upward. There, both the Church Missionary Society and the Pro pagation Society were labouring hand-in-hand, as brothers in office and brethren in love, k now i ng no di st i nct i on, an d in that province alone there were at the prese n t momen t 50,000 converts to Christianity. Were th e y con t en t w ith a mere nominal conversion, such as another Church was contented with, where they numbered now their tens of thousands, they might, without the slightest difficulty, number their hundreds of thousands. Rome now num bered 700,000 converts ; the Church of England numbered her 50,000; but he would infinitely prefer the tens of thousands of our converts than he would accept the hun dreds of thousands of such converts as he feared those who had embraced Popery to be. (Applause.) The Bishop then proceeded to say that wh en th e na ti ve o f British India embraced Christianity he became, like the Redeemer, " despised and rejected of men ;" and in conclusion he defied any one to point out a single instance in which any Missionary of the Propagation Society had embraced the false, fallen Church of Rome. He made a powerful appeal in favour of the missionary cause, and concluded an able speech amid great applause. The Lord Bishop of FREDERICTON rose to propose tie next resolution, to the effect that the Society was entitled to the aid of all true Churchmen. He came from a part of the world intimately connected with Liverpool—Nee Brunswick, and as his diocese was mainly supported by the Society whose anniversary they had met to celebrate, he trusted increased exertions would be made in it s b e . I half. He was happy to bear his testimony to the general good character, Christian zeal and activity or fbeMissicen aries throughout the whole of his diocese. B:r thdi ex ertions the number of churches built, and comirAnicants connected with those churches, had increased, were in creasing, and were the means at their disposal greater, would increase still further. (Hear, hear, hear.) It was time however for the people of this country to arouse themselves, and to tell the Government that into whatever colony members of the Church of England emigrated, it was their duty to see that their sph itual wants were not neglected. (Loud cheers.) He showed the wickedness and the folly of the doctrine advanced by some, that the Colonies might be thrown off. It would be just as natural for a parent to dis card his own family because they were a burthen to him. If they did they might depend upon it that the country would not become merely a second-rate state, but sink into the lowest depths of degradation and ruin. (Hear, hear.) The right rev. prelate then at length detailed the operation of the missionaries and clergy connected with the society throughout his diocese, and gave a very gratifying statement of the great exertlnns and disiaterested labours performed by them. Some of the parishes were So large that it was entirely impossible for one man to perform duties with satisfaction to himgelf, or with that advantage be desired to his flock. He strongly appealed to the meetinn for support, in order not only to build more Churches, to support more missionaries, but also to enable them to establish schools in connection with the Church of England for the education of youth. His lordship concluded by proposing the resolution, and re sumed his seat amid loud cheers. The Rev. Dr. M`NEILE then came forward to second the resolution, and was received with several rounds of applause. When it had subsided, he spoke nearly as fol lows :—ln compliance with the request of the Committee, through their Rev. Secretary, 1 have much pleasure in rising to second this resolution, proposed by the Right Rev. Prelate. Various reasons of a minor and more secu lar character might be urged, and especially in this town, for the support of this Society, but I prefer the reiteration of that highest of all reasons, that the direct object of this Society is to Christianize our colonies. (Cheers.) Touch ing this venerable Society, I am content that you should take things as you find them on this platform. We have a specimen of its Catholicity from the East and West, and the plain, straightforward, and businesslike address which you have just heard from the Right Rev. Prelate will commend itself to your attention ; but I cannot refrain from noticing the address which preceded it,— that deeply touching- address, in which the feeling of fervent piety seemed only checked by charity, tem pered with a deep sense of responsibility. (Loud cheers.) If in the division of labour allotted to us, I shall feel dis , posed to speak on a different subject to those who have preceded me—if unable to refer to facts which I have wit nessed, either in India or New Brunswick, I should speak to facts we can witness around us—l am sure you will think it is in perfect keeping—filling up the branch of the labour allotted to me in the support of this society. (Hear, hear.) Before I advert to this subject I wish to say some thing respecting those members of our church who would wish to spend a portion of their time in some of our colo nies. It was only the other day that I received a letter from a clergyman in George Town, Demerara, who having important matters requiring his presence in this country, would be willing to pay the passage from this country and home again, together with his board and lodgings, and £BO, to any brother willing to perform his duties for 12 months. I speak in the hearing of some of the younger branch of our clergy, who may perhaps be willing to vcs lunteer their services for twelve months. (Cheers.) We have lately heard much about emigration. It is remark able how emigration stands connected with population in the earliest history of the world. The command was this, —" Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it." The former part of the command is obeyed to the letter, the latter but tardily so. until we are driven to the painful necessity of emigration. The earth must be replenished and subdued. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The object of this society is to propagate in the colonies the Gospel, the everlasting Gospel of the grace of God, as it is revealed in the Scriptures, and as it is defined in the Articles, enjoined in the Litanies, and exemplified in the history of the Church of England. (Applause.) In this, the society, like all good colonists, is not .only a planter, but also an eradicator. This is rendered neces sary in our fallen world by the pre-occupied state of the soil with weeds. "Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee" was the solemn sentence originally pro nounced, and weeds have been the natural produce ever since. Our Missionary Bishop Heber, one of the sweetest singers who ever graced our Zion, has indeed sung of Ceylon's Isle, " that every prospect pleases, and only man is vile ;" but this must be received as poetic license, since even these noxious weeds abound both in the jungles of the plains and in the brushwood of the moun tains. Neither are these the only or the worst weeds which we have to contend against there and elsewhere. In the moral, as well as in the physical world, noxious plants are indigenous, and the great Tempter of mankind continues his malignant activity in pro pagating the evil and counteracting the good. Our church is not only an exponent of the direct and saving truths of revelation, but also an antagonist of error, particularly of those fatal forms of error, so destructive both in our colonies and at home, which are:pressed with proselytizing zeal by the missionaries of Antichrist. In this our church follows the example of the great apostle, who not only proclaimed the glad tidings of the gospel, but also denounced the falsehoods of those Judaising per verters who had introduced what they called another gos pel, but what St. Paul said was not another. It was not a gospel at all. We may say further, that our church in this is a follower of St. Paul, only as he was a follower of Christ. For Christ was not content with revealing the mind of God in direct rays of pure white light; he felt that the infirmities of fallen man required a more antago nistic dealing with error, and therefore he exposed and de nounced the falsehoods of the Jews around him, even those entrusted with the highest ecclesiastical dignities. They boasted their national descent from Abraham, their sacerdotal succession from Aaron, and their covenant re lationship with God, while all the time they were making vain the Word of God through their traditions, and teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Christ rebuked them, not denying their national or ecclesiastical privileges, but while he freely conceded to them that they were the seed of Abraham, he told them that they had so far departed from being followers of Abraham, that they had become the children of the devil, who was a liar and .a murderer from the beginning, and that they were doing the works of their father. ( Hear, hear.) In happy harmony with these examples, the venerable so ciety, on whose behalf we are assembled, in her efforts to propagate the Gospel, adopts no new, no, fanciful, no in dependent course, but walks dutifully in the steps of our mother church, not only expounding truth, but exposing and denouncing falsehood. Our venerable society does not presume to give a one-sided, partial, or partizan as pect of our truly Catholic Church ; but taking her solemn stand on the broad foundation of the British Reformation, she not only declares truly that Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation, but also argues contro versially against the tradition mongers, that whatever is not read in Holy Scriptures, nor may be proved thereby, is not required of any man to be believed as an article of faith, or be thought necessary or requisite to salvation. She not only declares truly that original sin is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man, but argues controversially-that original sin does not consist in the mere following Adam's example, as the Pelagians do vainly talk. She not only declares truly that the offering of Christ once made, is the only satisfaction for sin, whether c final or actual, but also argues contro versially tlINt the sacrifice of the mass is a blas phemous fable and a dangerous deceit. (Hear, hear.) She not only declares truly that we are accounted righte ous before God only for the merit of Christ by faith, and not for our own works and doings, and that good works follow after justification, but also argues controversially that works before justification are not good, whatever men may think of them, neither do they make those who perform them meet to receive grace, but they are at the best only splendida peccata. She not only declares truly that Christ has ordained two sacraments in his church, that is to say Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord, but also argues controversially that five other things which the Romish apostacy declares to be sacraments, are not to be counted for sacraments. She not only declares truly that Jesus Christ is the one only Mediator between God and man, bin; also argues controversially that the in vocation of saints, and bowing to images and pictures and relics, are all fond things vainly invented, grounded on no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the word of God. She not only declares truly that general councils may not be gathered together without the com mandment and will of princes, but also argues contro versially that when they are gathered, they may err, and have erred in things pertaining to God ; and, there fore, what is ordained by them as necessary to salvation, has neither strength nor authority, unless it can be shown to be taken out of holy Scripture. She not only declares truly that the Queen's Majesty has the chief power in this realm of England, and other her dominions, in. eluding all her colonies, but argues controversially that no cause in her Majesty's dominions, whether ecclesi astical or civil, ought to be subject to forOgn jurisdiction, and that the Bishop of Rome has no jurisdiction in this realm of England. ( Loud and long continued cheering.) Thus, while propagating in our colonies the best blessings to mankind which human instrumentality can aim at, this venerable society is found, where we delight to find her, on the right side in the great controversy nowegoing forward between the Christians of England and the states men of England. England's statesmen are no longer true to England's Church. (Applause.) The Christians of England and the Church of England are openly, de cidedly, and irreconcilably opposed to the Church of Rome, (Hear, hear.) They believe her system to be idolatrous, and cannot consent to recognise it as Christi. anity, to encourage it, or endow it, without feeling that they are sinning against God. The statesmen of England are willing that Romanism and Christianity should divide the world between them, both at home and abroad. They endow both in the colonies, and then plead this fact as a reason for endowing both at home. They wish truth and error, light and darkness, Christ and Belial to dwell to ;ether in harmony. In other words, they wish to make indifference universal, and to banish from the earth all zeal for religion, whether right or wrong, because zeal elicits sincerity, and sincerity explodes liberalism: The Christians of this country are unwilling to be parties to any such compromise. The Church of England solemnly protests against it, and binds all her ministers by a most solemn vow to keep up the controversy ; that is, to mani fest and elicit sincerity. So does Romanism. "Whatever politic tone she may assume for a time, and for a purpose, to the statesmen of England ; so far from any contented Ind peaceable division of the world, she claims all the world as her own, England not excepted ; and she is indefatigable in her labours to obtain full and undisputed possession. Hence her ceaseless activity, both by fraud and force. Force is failing her even in her native city on the seven hills, while fraud is favouring her even in the citadels of the Church of England. Alas, for our fallen watchmen, both those who have deserted their posts, and those who still occupy their posts, though they have deserted their principles ! (Hear, hear, hear.) Sir, Christianity and Romanism are essentially, and fun damentally opposed to one another. It is the real and final object of each, when fairly, frankly, and unreservedly administered, to destroy the other. If Christianity were universally triumphant, there would not remain a Roman ist upon earth, not a man, woman, or child to bow to an image or say a prayer to a saint. And if Romanism were universally triumphant, there would not remain a Chris tian upon earth, not a man, woman, or child, to find God's service perfect freedom. (Hear, hear.) This sort of sin cerity is found fault with as excessive, and we are asked why adopt such extreme language; why not admit that Romanism is Christianity though much corrupted ? Sir, I answer that I know not, and cannot divine what is meant by corrupt divinity. The terms are contradictory. I can as easily understand light lead or heavy feathers. I can as easily understand earth that will not gravitate, or steam that will not expand. Is our church Christian ? (Cries of " Yes, yes. ") Yes—then Romanism cannot be. (" No, no.") Our great philosopher, Bishop Butler, says, " Every thing is what it is, and nothing else." If our church be true, Romanism must be falSe j and Wl* is false cannot be Christianity, and ought not to be called by the sacred name. (Cheers.) In this the consistency of Romanism is worthy of our imitation. She does not call us Christians to be fraternised, but heretics to be co erced or burned. It is very encouraging, Sir, in this great controversy, to find this venerable society supported as it is by the whole Episcopal. Bench, unequivocally on the side of the Christians of the realm in their fidelity ; and in opposition to the temporising indifference, the practical contempt of God's word and commandment exhibited by our statesmen. There is no hope for the Christianity of our colonies through our 'statesmen, but there may be through this and kindred societies, and our Misdonary Church. On this ground, I have much pleasure in com mending this cause to the favourable regard, the liberal support, and the incessant agitation of this meeting and of the whole Christian community. The Rev. Dr. con cluded by seconding the motion, and resumed his seat amid loud cheers. A collection was then made, arter,which, The Rev. THOMAS NOLAN said, in pi-oposing the next resolution, that if there were a little disadvantage to speak at so late an hour, there was some advantage, and that was there was little left to be said, after the preceding addresses. The motion he had to propose was—" That the cause of Christ in the colonies bad especial claims upon the in habitants of Liverpool, from the close commercial relations that existed between this port and our colonial empire." Bishop Butler had said, that if two evils arose, one of which was greater than the other, we are apt to overlook the smaller altogether ; and the converse of this had been stated with equal force of two good things, one greater than the other. The cause advocated that night was worthy of their sympathy and support; and the society ought to he added to their list of missionary associations. The church had already showed its sincerity and benevo lence by establishing their Protestant School Societies ; their Church Pastoral Aid Society; the Church Mis sionary Society, and other institutions ; and why should not the call of our colonies be equally at tended to ? Why should they not speak to Eng land's exiled children in those colonies, and say to them, " Know the Lord." If commerce were an advantage—and Liverpool would not deny it—the pro motion of this cause would be beneficial to them all. The exchange of the products, natural or artificial, of one coun try for those of another, were mutually advantageous, but confidence would be more established by the bond of a common church ; by the same spiritual tie. That was a power which would lead men who never saw each other in the flesh to love one another in the spirit. He then al luded to Ireland, which was an integral part of the king dom, and he trusted would remain so. What was the cause of commotions there and the want of unity and sym pathy between the countries. It was because there the hearts of the mass did not throb with our's in favour of Scriptural truth. If our Church had acted more energe tically in former years, and obtained the means then to extend the dominion of Christ, the evils alluded to would not have arisen. They should, however, be thankful that the Church was progressing in good works, and pray that they might be enabled to hand it down to their posterity in all its grandeur and purity. He then referred to our noble docks, and the numerous vessels, with their names and destinations on their sterns or rigging, to show what commerce existed between this port and our colonies. The present meeting would, he trusted, be but a beginning, but an auspicious one; and, after a high compliment to the Mayor, he moved the resolution. Mr. ADAM lIODGSON seconded the resolution. The Rev. Mr. POLLOCK, after a high compliment to the chairman, proposed a vote of thanks to that gentle man, which was carried by acclamation. Thanks were also voted to the Right Rev. Bishops. Mr. HORSFALL returned thanks for the high compli ment paid to him. He could only say that this and every other kindred society which had the glory of God and the good of his fellow-men at heart should ever have his cordial support. (Cheers.) After a blessing, pronounced by the Right Rev. the ,1 Bishop of Madras, the meeting separated. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (By EXPRESS.) FRANCE. FLIGHT OF LOUIS BLANC AND CAUSIDIERE. On Saturday, the National Assembly of France was authorised to prosecute Louis Blanc and Causidiere, but, when they were searched for, it was ascertained that they had flown, and it is believed they h ave l e ft th e cap i ta l . It is said that government has connived at their escape, in order to get rid of two such persons. Serious apprehen sions of an outbreak are entertained, and the most exten sive military preparations have been made. An immense tent has been erected in the Champs ElyEies, and the vast area is covered with soldiers. The populace seem quite ready for another insurrection. MONEY MARKET. YESTERDAY. Notwithstanding the rise in the corn market, and the un happy financial exhibit of the treasury, we have rather better quotations in Consols. They are now 861- to for money and time, with a fair business doing. Reduced Threes, are 86A to A. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 87 to 4. Exchequer Bills, 30s. to 345. premium. It must be observed, however. that-the improvement in the funds noted commenced only with the re appearance of sunshine, which seemed to flatter with a promise of more seasonable and settled weather. Previously, and whilst the rain was pouring down, or threatening, Consols were heavy at 83i to 6k. LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. Fine old and really choice samples of new realised from 2s. to 3s more money than on this day se'nnight, but the trade was not so lively as might have been expected, the millers acting with great caution. The secondary and inferior parcels of new Wheat met with little attention, at prices varying from 425. to 565. for red, and 455. to 60s. for white. Foreign, both bonded and free, sold at an advance from 28. to 3s. per qr. Barley was in fair request, at an improvement in value of Is. to 2s per qr. The sale for Oats was not brisk, but in the busi ness transacted Is. to is. 6d. more money was obtained. Beans were Is. to 25., and Peas, 3s. to 4s. dearer. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET—YESTERDAY. There was some inquiry for Rice, but holders were disin clined to accept last week's currency, and buyers were not dis posed to advance in the face of the large quantity offering. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. In some instances a choice Scot makes 4s. 4d. ; but tbe general average of best qualities do not reach'that figure. The number of Sheep is smaller, and some of the very best. des criptions make rather more money. The weather operates against big Sheep, and trade is slow, but everything is cleared off at fair rates. Good Calvers are not quite so plentiful ; trade is, however slow, at very little advance. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET—YESTEUDAY. The share market rallied yesterday to a small extent from the extreme depression noticed last week; but still the public only appear to be interested in it as sellers. The greater part of the business consists of jobbing trans actions. Midland stock is quoted 91.2; London, 114.15. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET—YESTERDAY. The market was steady yesterday, and no change in prices. LIVERPOOL PRODLTCE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. Since Thursday last there has been an improved demand for Sugar ; the grocers and refiners purchasing much more freely, rather higher prices have been paid ; and should the present fine weather continue, we may safely look for ward to a further advance. The sales comprise 120 hhds. Jamaica, at 355: 6d. to 375. ; 200 hhds. Porto Ricol3ss. to 365. 6d. ; 150 tons Paraiba, afloat, 20s. 3d. ; 5,000 bags Bengal. principally at 38s. 6d. to 41s. 6d. for good to white. Molasses are more sought after, and full prices paid. 80 puns. Porto Rico realised 18s. 3d. Bengal Rice is in less request : about 5 to 6000 bags have been sold, chiefly t 11s. 3d. to lls. 6d. per cwt. for middling; white much broken, being 3d. to 6d. cheaper. Rum is more in demand ; holders continue very firm, and will not sell at previous rates. Saltpetre very flat ; nothing doing in the article. 7000 bales Cotton to-day. Steady market. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, AUG. 28. We have had a large supply of all kinds of Stock to-day, and prices a little lower. Beet, sd. to 6d. ; Mutton, 51d. to -6 id. ; Lamb, sd. to 6d. Na ',musts FOR THE BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. — The licensing day for this borough is fixed for Monday next, and the number of new licenses for which applica tion will be made, inclusive of two notices for transfers, is 221. The numbers in the different wards are as follow, viz., in Everton Ward 34 ; in Kirkdale 11 ; hi Scotland 43 ; in Vauxhall 6 ; in St. Paul's 3; in Exchange 3 ; in Castle-street 2; in St. Peter's 10; in Pitt-street 3; in Great George-street 10; in Rodney 7 street 4; in Aber cromby 16; in Lime-street 10; in St. Anne's 16; in West Derby 24 ; in North . and South Toxteth 26. WHOLESALE DEPREDATION.--On Thursday, a man who gave the name of Barker, and a clothes-dealer, call ing himself Jas. Conway, were brought up on charges of wholesale theft of wearing apparel, umbrellas, &c., from the Assize Courts. Barker, it appeared, attended the court, and seized all he could lay his hands on, the pro perty of jurymen, witnesses, &c., and Conway received and paid for the stolen goods. ANOTHER ARREST.Ataher committal for "treasonable conspiracy" has taken place. Mr. Martin Boshill, con nected with the firm of Messrs Orr and Barber, merchants, South Castle-street, who was apprehended on Wednesday by warrant, was brought up before Mr. Rushton and full bench. Mr. Rushton expressed his deep regret at seeing a young man of his rising rank and station in life placed under circumstances like the present. He had been a most active member, and, from his own hand writing, was proved to have been a member up to a recent date. He had no doubt but he had been made the dup€ of older and designing men ; but his only alternative was to commit him for trial, upon the evidence which hai', been adduced against the other prisoner with whom lit was connected. He was committed for trial. During an unsuccessful attack on one of the barricade: raised in Paris during the insurrection in June List, young garde mobile was made a prisoner by the insur gents, who proceeded to hang him to a balcony ; but LI shot cut the halter and killed his executioner, while th, garde mobile was found in a swoon by his comrades, wh( shortly afterwards successfully renewed the attack. iloinsi *OA YESTBRDA.Y'S ASSIZE INTEtillcalsiCß. (Ctiiitiddedji:orn our Third Poqe.) the plaintiffs had begi required to repOrt; as to thieligibiliti°- the applicants. • The Jury found for the plaintiffs—damages 'l,lso,'being tge amount claimed, less the sum paid into court. • Mr. MARTIN and Mr. Hoooncs were counsel for the Pia' tiffs, and Mr. WATSON for the defendant. CUMMINO V. SPURR.—In this case a verdict of £2,000 Wa g returned to the plaintiff, subject to a reference. ALLEGED NEGLIGENCE BY A BANKER. COOPER V. POWLES.—ThIS was an action brought by M."' Thomas Oldfield Cooper, a merchant of Liverpool, against t h e defendant, Mr. Powles, who was the public officer (gibe Lister, pool Joint Stock Banking Company, to recover the sum 9 .tl3O 4s. fid., the amount of a bill of exchange due in 1841, 07 which, it was alleged, had been lost through the negligenceA the defendant. It appeared, however, in evidence, that the. T ... in question had been handed by the bank to their attorney. x.` Brooke, with the knowledge and consent of the plaintiff, ,O order that the parties to it might be sued, it not having been paid at maturity. The jury found a verdict for the defendant. Mr. aiartin and Mr. Atherton were counsel for the plaintiff Mr. Warren . and Air. Hill for the defendant. PRICHARD V. DERHAM.—This was an action brought by the harebrelier in Liverpool, to recover the sum!! £624 16. 3d., a balance of account due to the defendant , who was a sharebroker in Leeds. After the first witness had been called, Mr. MARTIN, on behalf of the defendant, consented to a verdict against hint /ya a'so, observing that it was more thfin ever the plaintiff WOu l get. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he thought so too, or he should not have consented to take so small a sutra. SUN AND OTHERS v. BUTLER.—This WRS an action to recove r a debt of 4s. 50. for coals supplied to the defendant.. Verdict for the plaintiff for the amount sought. The court rose soon after five. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—`The late unpropitious weather though it has in same measure retarded visitors to these grounds, has in no way checked the arduous enterprise, of the managers. To-ni g ht th e ga l a o f th e Society of Foresters is to come off—and for to-morrow, Madan_ Warton is announced. Ho w e ver anno yi ng t o v i s itors the late rains may have been, they have lent to the gardens 3 great amount of beauty. The verdure is splendid. Eve r / stranger as well as resident should seize the earliest op portunity of visiting this establishment. A NOBLE AND ROYAL GIFT.—The Mayor has receive a communication from Lord John Russell, informing hial that her Majcsty has b( en graciously pleased to direct that the sum of fifty pounds should be paid to Frederick Jerome from the Royal Bounty fund, in consequence of his gallant conduct in saving the lives of so many of the passengers of the Ocean Monarch. THE AMATEUR PERFORMANCE AT TFIE THEATRE' ROYAL, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SUFFERERS BY TH3 OCEAN MONARCH.—If the calamity which attended this unfortunate vessel startled the town, a noble response 10 5 been made to the efforts on behalf of the unhappy survi" vors. To aid the object, the gentlemen amateurs ea'. nected with the Brunswick Club have handsomely coot° forward to play the " Twelfth Night." The theatre l'e fi been iiberally placed at their service by Mr. Simpson, the lessee, without charge. Mr. Copeland of the Royal An 3 ' phitheatre, has aided in the good work in the same spiri t ' The band of the 46th Regiment will play during the evert' ing, and the officers, to the number of thirty, will be . , present. A concert will follow, in w hi c h th e unpurc hasr services of Miss Whitnall, Miss Marsh, Mr. Ryalls. G. Holden and his lady, and others, will be prominent' The farce will exhibit the talents of Mr. Baker and promising daughter. In fact, an evening's amusement of the most refined and sterling kind will be produced. The spirit with which this noble project has been taken UP' reflects the highest credit on all parties connected with it' The amateurs themselves require no eulogy. Their set' ing will stand the test of comparison with that of ant average company of comedians. THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. The following statements may be cited from parliamen tary documents regarding New South Wales. The popo - in this colony in 1846 was 189,609, the number 1 0 Sydney, the capital, being 50,000, and there is still a con siderable disproportion between the sexes. In the Yes; 1845 the quantity of land under cultivation was 163,3 31 acres. The number of sheep is now 8,000,000, although., not less than 900,000 were boiled down for tallow in 18 41 —a process which yields a net profit of only about 5 0 . per head, while the annual average of the fleece, if it were not compelled to be sacrifi ce d f or wan t o f l a b our , wou ld be about 4s. Amongst articles of experimental cultiva tion the vine has been introduced, and is increasing veil rapidly. Cuttings planted on about one or two acres, yielded a vintage in 16 months w hi c h gave f our pipes of wine. Much of what is planted is the Rhine graPf* There is also some of the claret grape and the Constanto grape. The latter grows very abundantly, and gives no! a sweet wine but a sparkling dry wine of the colour 0 ' amber, and it is believed that by skill it may be m ade to produce something original. The o th er qua lity of i wino, chiefly resembles hock. Although at present it s no; much drunk at the tables of the colonists, but is consnnled,. chiefly by the labourers, who p a y s s . p er ga llon for it, a is thought to be soon likely to come into general use. Sotne pains have been taken to introduce persons who un derstand the cultivation of vineyards and the manufacture of wine. The latitude of New South Wales is similar .to that of the south of Spain, and the climate is very like it, but not quite so hot. In Spain nothing can be don e without irrigation, and in A us t ra li a this has not been commenced. The duty on imported wine is 15 per Cen t ' ad valorem. The olive has also been introduced to a small extent. It thrives wonderfully, but an erroneous impression has baen entertained that it requires 20 years to produce fruit , whereas, by the proper method of planting, such a_ i s practised in Andalusia, a good crop m ay be obtained three years. Silk production likewise has been tried, but still only on a limited scale, although it is produced ver y easily, and in great abundan c e. The mulberry is not in digenous, but it grows well. The orange grows magnifi cently. The cotton plant, unlike the American descrip tion, is a perennial, the same as in the Brazils, the East Indies, and Egypt. With regard to mineral productions, coal, it appears, is abundant. In many localities it may be seen cropping out at the surface, and it has been ascertained to extend to a great depth, Copper mines have also been disco vered. About the beginning of the present year an ex tensive settler in Bathurst county, about 120 miles" from Sydney, had obtained some specimens from the Burro Burra Mine in the neighbouring colony of South Austra lia, and having given a specimen to each of the shepherds in his employment, with a promise that he would make it worth their while if they could find in their sheep walks anything similar to it, he was surprised in the course of a few weeks by a piece being brought to him with an on: nouncement that at a spot distant about 35 miles he might find similar ore in any quantity. The result was the do' covery of a very rich and apparently inexhaustible coppe r mine, and labourers are either now on their way out for the purpose of working it, or a negotiation is pending for sending them. Again, in the Yass district country, about 140 miles from Sydney, there has been found a very valu able lead mine. Steam communication exists from Sydney to Melbourne, Launceston, and Adelaide. The construction of railways is eagerly desired, and a line has been surveyed from Sycl; ney to Goulburn, about 120 miles. One plan suggeste d as an inducement to European capitalists is, that Govern ment should give a free grant of an acre of land for everY, pound subscribed to these unde r t a ki ngs , so th a t th e suu, - scriber, in addition to his c h ance o f p ro fit f rom th e rah' way, would be put in possession of land equal in value' at the Government minimum price, to the amount of his investment, and which land would be sure to advance greatly from the completion of the undertaking. At the same time the temptation to the Government would be, that in making the estimated grant of 560,000 acr es for the purpose of railway, they would bring into v alue j ; supposing the advantages of th e li ne t o b e f e lt w ithin 2" square miles on either side, a total of 2,560,000 acres' leaving 2,000,000 available for speedy sales, and probably at advanced prices. A supply of labour is the grand want. According to 0 majority of the witnesses, the. co l on y cou ld rece i ve d u ring the present year 20,000 actual labourers, independent ll of their wives and families, without depressing to any portant extent the rate of wages. The colonists having voted the application of £lOO,OOO to the purpose, on th e security of the land fund, Lord Grey has authorised the commissioners to send out to them and to South Austra: lia at least 10,000 people in the next twelve months. It is understood that a very large number of the children e a parents who died during the Irish famine of 1847, a e whose ages are between 14 and 18, will be included i° this emigration. It is stated by several witnesses that; great desire exists on the part of the l a b ourers an d sit% settlers, similar to that which is s o st rong ly o bservabl e among the Irish in America, to aid the emigration of r e ; lations and friends by maki ng rem itt ances , an d Lor Grey has accordingly directed the g o vernor t o o ff er ever facility for the purpose. In May 1847, suc h wa s the nr: gency of the colonists to obtain labour that a propositio n was made in the Legislati v e C ounc il regar di ng th e exP e : diency of procuring it even from China, India, or the South Sea Islands, although. the evil of engrafting ba r barons or inferior races upon th e p o p u l a ti on wa s clear: foreseen. The measure, h owever , was no t carr ied one except in the shape of an experiment on the part of o l le intelligent and enterprising settler, who imported 50 Sow; Sea Islanders from the island of Tanna, one of the N e L , Hebrides group. From the allusions made to this exPer' went it appears to have been a failure. Regarding the Moreton Bay territory, which forms, t N • northern portion of New South Wales, it is a sserted Dr. Lang to he " one of the most favourable fields ! s `i., colonization that has ever been occupied by the Bri, t v ,d, race." Its extent of navigable rivers is almost unequal lw and the climate is of the finest order. M r . F r y, a e° ll o missioner of Crown lands, desc r ibed th e pl a ins on L, banks of the Clarence river as " an al m o s t co mplete ree n "a cation of Fenelon's conception of Calypso's isle," s o , such is its salubrity that, although the r e is a thriving 1 1 0 pulation of 1,000 souls, a medical man of popular mano„` a t and known talent found, after two yea r s' ex perience, 'f„,d :t was impossible to make an income. The Richinso river is also in this portion of Ne w South W a les, an d s )lains, which are still more extensive, possess the sere, re , character, and in Mr. Fry's opinion are capable ceiving and settling the whole redundant populatio n r s :;neat Britain. "On the whole," he says, a tour Yee o , residence has confirmed me in the opinion that no ce,i, r.ry ever came from the hands of its Creator more aently qualified to be the abode of a thriving and nuT eerj ais population, and in forming this estimate I have u „, n o uninfluenced either by prejudice or by interest, beno. .ray concerned with it, save in that arising from WY .rial capacity." LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, AUG. 29, 1848. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED Os 'VERY TUESDAY MORN". By JOSHUA FLNICIIEtt, LA r. p., of 53 G rov e street, - LEONARD ADDISON, or 14, Great Orford-street, At No. 4, ST. 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